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

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Brentwood College Magazine The first friend, of course, was Courage. He wasn ' t physically very power- ful, but there was that about him which made you certain that he had within him the moral courage which makes a man unbeatable ; the courage that keeps you running at the end of the race and rowing at the end of a course ; the cour- age that knows fear, but overcomes it. His dog was a charming Cocker, proclaiming in every line of his lithe little body, from the tip of his nose to his stump of a tail, that his name was Cheer- fulness. And I thought to myself — the Spirit knows, for a man who starts on life ' s journey with courage, dogged by cheerfulness, will never find the way too long. The second friend was Strength, a fine, big fellow, but not, you could see, the sort of strength that wastes itself in becoming a prize-fighter or a profes- sional athlete ; rather the sort that spends itself in helping the weak, the unlucky and the unpopular. His dog was a huge St. Bernard, called Kindness. And last came Uprightness, a man you would trust with your friendship and your confidence; fair-minded and frank. His dog was a staunch old Bulldog whose name was Loyalty. And that is the message which I have to give to you. If you have been true friends of the Brentwood Spirit it bequeathes you these three companions on your journey through the world. Cheerful courage, kindly strength and upright loyalty. Make these a true part of yourselves and you will indeed fulfill the requirements of the Spirit and Be Men ! Page Seventeen

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Brentwood College Magazine Be Men (A talk given by the Headmaster in Chapel on Sunday, June YJth, and reprinted here by request of the Editor. ) Boys are naturally observant, so it won ' t surprise any of you very much when I tell you that, though I call myself Headmaster, it is not really I that run the School at all. Your lives here are directed by a very much more dis- tinguished little gentleman than myself, who, I ' m afraid, has to waste a good deal of his precious time in bullying me into doing the right thing. He is rather an attractive little man, still quite young and full of energy and enthusiasm. Some of you, I believe, know him fairly well by now ; all of you, I hope, have a slight acquaintance with him. He calls himself the Brentwood Spirit. Well, he came bustling into my study the other morning, and, leaning his hands on my desk, fixed me with those twinkling eyes of his and said : What are you going to say to the boys who are leaving this year? This Sunday will be your last chance, you know. Oh, I said, I don ' t think I shall say anything at all, because, you see the Dean is coming out on the last Sunday of the term and he will be able to say the right sort of things far better than I could. It is a great mis- take, said the Brentwood Spirit, to try to pass off laziness as modesty. You must care what becomes of the boys who go out from here, so isn ' t it up to you at least to try to say something that they might remember when they run into trouble — as they all do sooner or later, he added. Yes, of course you ' re right as usual, I said, a little wearily. But I never can think at this stage in the term. Couldn ' t you write something for me and I ' ll read it to them. Now the disconcerting thing about most spirits is that you can see through them, but the Brentwood Spirit is worse than that, because he always sees through you, so he replied rather sternly : I know you think you read rather well and I suspect that you wouldn ' t be above passing my work off for your own, but don ' t think that I am going to encourage your vices. I will do one thing for you, though, I ' ll give you a text ; what about ' Be Men. ' And here ' s a picture you might care to look at. Then muttering something about being off to see what the boys were doing, he hurried out of the room. So there I was, left with a text but no sermon. Be Men , I said to myself. As I began to wonder what the Spirit would look for most in Brentwood men, my glance fell on the picture postcard which he had left behind on the desk. It was a rather conventional desert scene, lit by a single bright star, and across the desert, marching toward the star, were three men. At first I thought it was just an ordniary picture of the Three Wise Men, but when I looked more carefully I noticed that each man had a dog with him, which was unusual, and after some time I woke up to the fact that the Spirit had done my sermon for. me after all, because he had drawn me a picture of the three great friends who, with their dogs, will help you most in your march towards that bright lone star. Page Sixteen

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Brentwood College Magazine Old Boys ' Section It is hoped that this section of the magazine will become a permanent feature. Its object is to keep Old Boys closely in touch with the School and with each other, and so to help to build up a strong Old Boys ' Association which will prove a real help both to the School and to its members. We print below a message from the President of the Association : To this Old Boys At the meeting- held on Old Boys ' Day, 1933, it was decided to alter the reg- ulations governing the Brentwood Old Boys ' Association. Membership in the Asso- ciation has been changed from the present yearly arrangement to a life basis; it has also been made to include a subscription for life to the Brentwood Magazine, as explained below. This year the magazine is being sent out to all the Old Boys to re-awaken their interest and to make new arrangements clear. It was agreed that a definite Old Boys ' Section should be added to the maga- zine, which would contain as accurate a list as possible of all the Old Boys, with their addresses, letters from Old Boys in different parts of the world, and any notes, sketches, snapshots or other contributions made by them to the magazine. It was felt that there were many Old Brentonians who would like to have the magazine each year, not only to keep up with the School itself, but also to learn about the activities of friends from whom they might not have heard for some time. The membership fee to the Association has been changed from the previous $1.00 per annum to a payment of $5.00, which will make the Old Boy a life member and will also entitle him to receive a circular letter at Christmas and at Easter, dealing with the current events of the term, together with a copy of the magazine each July. This new arrangement is felt to be much more satisfactory than the old. It is on the lines of flourishing Old Boys ' Associations of many great schools. Several Old Boys have already become members on the new basis, and it is hoped that the plan will prove an attractive one. Subscriptions should be sent direct to Brentwood College. L. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, President. Page Eighteen