Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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Brentwood College Magazine Occasional Jottings The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things. IN late September the school was brightened by an interlude which nearly caused us to lose a member of the staff. Suffice it to say that three fishers had gone fishing, and had not returned. How the news flew. Wives despaired — the master on duty became consolation officer for the day — the less literary members of the school openly rejoiced. Search parties were organized. The first search party did its business, and searched ; the second party sought, and got lost ; the third party was about to start when the fishermen found it. The fishers had run out of gas and, bravely battling the wind and the spray, had rowed with floorboards most of the way. The Staff, during the winter months, found a welcome relief from the day ' s work in the gentle art of ping pong. Some of the Staff can ping a pretty good pong. A junior member of the Remove was heard audibly to remark, however, with unutterable contempt : Huh, tiddley-winks next, I suppose . We have been asked to contradict the rumour that the Prefects decide their business for the day by spinning a coin. It had been generally thought that calling was more or less along the following lines : Heads, take it easy ; tails, take a rest; and if the coin stands on its edge, do a little work. The School Band pursues its turgid way in spite of venomous criticism. We maintain, however, that it requires genius to give recognizable imitations of a cow ' s last lament or feeding timle at the zoo. Where the orchestra excels, however, is in its rhythm. Even the most unmusical of us can now detect the difference between that pathetic Um-twang, um-twang, um-twang, urn , and the more lively and stimulating Twang-diddy-twang-twang-twang-twang-twang. I have recently been asked whether I believe in working (a) in the early morning, (b) in the morning, (c) in the afternoon, (d) in the evening, (e) late at night. My answer to all these queries is in the negative. The Fifth Form has recently taken to itself two new mottoes. The first, that sweet, mysterious aid, so often seen above the beds of little children, Heat lost equals heat gained , and the second, even more inspiring in its sweet simplicity, Barly to bed and early to rise Complete the square, or factorize. Page Six

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Brentwood College Magazine MR. M. H. ELLIS, M.A. (Oxon.) MR. M. H. ELLIS, the new Headmaster, was born in England and educated at Shrewsbury School, where he was captain of the Football XI and stroked the School VII I for two years. From Shrewsbury he went to Oxford, where he won an Exhibition at Keble College. He rowed for two years in the Oxford University crew against Cambridge. Mr. Ellis took an honours degree in History, From 1922 to 1926 he was a member of the staff of Westminster School in London, where he coached the school crews for Henley, was an officer in the O. T. C, and for two years was an assistant housemaster. In 1926 he came to Canada. From 1927 to 1932 he has been a housemaster at Shawnigan Lake School. Page Five

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B r e n t w o o d C o 1 1 e g e Magazine In 1930 a reference was made to the advent of a small crop of moustaches in the school. This disease, well known to the medical profession as facio fungi , usually attacks boys with a singular mildness, so much so that a vigorous ocular examination is usually required to detect it. In one case this year, however, the attack has been so severe that we fear the disfiguration may become permanent. One prominent member of the fourth form has had a particularly fruitful session. He commenced the year by a minor essay in the realms of aeronautics. Fortunately he did not choose a very high tree. Tiring of this, he found pleasure in a little wood carving, which quickly led him into the interesting realms of elementary surgery. We await with interest his further enterprise. During the rugger season we played a friendly against the Navy . So great was the bulk of some of our opponents that the sort of thing that happened was something like this : Brentwood Scrum Half : Look out, there ' s that big fella getting away again ! Brentwood Out Half: So he is, wait a minute, I ' ll go and get a couple of others . Two others arrive — the Navy is still perspiring towards the line. Well you chaps, let ' s go! They jump on the Navy . The game continues. We are informed that the Fourth Form have recently shown a profound interest in pyrotechnics. So much so that they recently organized a small fire- work display for .the benefit of a member of the staff. This so interested the aforementioned member of staff that he, too, became an enthusiastic pyrotechnician, and treated the Fourth Form to a firework display which greatly exceeded in brilliance their elementary efforts. We sorrow with them. Page Seven