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

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B r e 11 1 w ood College Magazine of the undergraduates and the response to their efforts is excellent — with a popula- tion of only about 55,000 Cambridge manages to contribute about £2,000 (approxi- mately $9,000) annually to the fund. The undergraduates stage all sorts of stunts — for instance, jumping off a bridge into the Cam in flames, Scotties dancing eight- some reels, sham all-in wrestling matches, supposed operations in which yards of sausages, steak, etc., are taken from the unfortunate patient, and topics of the day such as Ghandi and his goat, the rescue of Mrs. Pawley in China, and so on. In no other town can there be such scenes on Armistice Day as in Cambridge. Personally, I have been out with the Scotties on two occasions, dressed in kilts, a Brentwood sweater and Brentwood rugby stockings! It is hard work, though, as one is collect- ing from 6.30 a.m. until 10 p.m., with only a slight break in the afternoon. Another amusing habit at Cambridge is the way in which the undergraduates audibly comment on the flicks. The latter, I may say, is the undergraduate name for a picture show or movie, and some of the wisecracks and backchat which may be heard are very amusing, especially if the flick is a poor one. I am at present at the London Hospital, the largest voluntary hospital in Eng- land, having about 800 beds. A great many of the English hospitals are maintained solely by voluntary contributions, bequests, and so on, and so differ from our Canadian hospitals. The students at The London work in the wards on firms, each firm consisting of two chiefs, a first assistant (the instructor of the firm), and a house physician or surgeon. So far I have done one medical and one surgical firm, each for three months, and have enjoyed them both. Each patient who comes in under the firm is allotted to one student (known as the clerk or dresser), whose job is to make a full history of the illness, examine the patient, endeavour to make a diagnosis, and follow the subsequent treatment and condition of the patient. Fortunately for the patient, the treatment is not in the student ' s hands! The average number of patients per student is about nine on a medical firm and about fourteen on a sur- gical firm, though the numbers vary according to the number of students on the firm (usually from four to six). As we have lectures to attend, rounds with the chiefs and first assistant, and on a surgical firm operations, we are kept fairly busy. It may interest some Old Brentonians to hear that Genge and I dined at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, with Stubbs the other night. The latter is at present attending a sub-lieutenant ' s course there, after spending about two years in the Mediterranean fleet. Although we were not able to meet more than once during the three years following our departure from Brentwood, he and I have been seeing a good deal of each other recently. Genge, Sharland and Roland Lawson are the only Brentonians at Cambridge now, but Yarrow is going up in October, I believe. In conclusion, may I wish Brentonians in general, and those whom I knew in particular, every success in the future and express the hope that should any of them come over to England they will look me up. With regrets that I haven ' t been able to render a more adequate account of life at Cambridge and The London , I remain Yours sincerely, MAURICE D. YOUNG. Page Twenty-three

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Bre n t w o o d College M a g a z i 11 e Of the life at Cambridge I can say but little in a letter, since books have been written on the subject, but I propose to comment on a few of the many interesting- traditions and customs of the university. The university is divided into colleges, each student belonging to a particular college, and each college having its own rules and regulations. There are certain rules to which every undergraduate must — or is sup- posed to — conform. One of these is that he must be in by 12 midnight. The gates of all colleges, and the doors and ground floor windows of all lodgings are locked at 10 p.m. Students may get in after 10 to their own lodgings, but not to anyone else ' s, and when they do come in after 10 the time of arrival is written down on a Gate Paper, which is sent to the tutor each week. Thus if a student comes in after 10 on too many occasions he may receive an intimation from his tutor that he is not paying sufficient attention to his work. Personally, I was in lodgings and each night at 10 my landlady arrived to lock my window, which I was permitted to have open only six inches after that hour. The usual custom is to be in lodgings for two years and in college for one year, though there are exceptions to this. Another rule is the wearing of cap and gown — mortar board (or square , as it is more commonly called) — and a black or blue gown reaching to the knees. No lectures (though this does not apply to science students) after dusk. Each college has its own gown, differing from that of other colleges in sonie small detail such as having three velvet stripes around the arm, etc. The officials who see that caps and gowns are worn are the Proctors and their Bulldogs, who walk through the streets after dark. The former wear the ordinary M.A. cap and gown and are each accompanied by two Bulldogs — college servants — wearing top hats. It is very amusing to see some of the races which go on when an unfortunate undergraduate is trying to escape from a Proctor — amusing, that is, unless you are the culprit. The fine for not wearing cap and gown is six and eight pence (roughly $1.50), but this is doubled if the student tries to escape and is eventually caught. Of the sports, there are inter-collegial e matches at rugby, soccer, hockey, cricket, tennis, etc., but as these are much the same as our own, I shall not comment further, although a short description of the boat races may be of interest. The May boat races (rowed in June incidentally) are the cause of a good deal of excitement. There are five divisions, each consisting of sixteen crews, some colleges having as many as six crews racing. The races take place on four consecutive after- noons, each division being rowed at intervals of about an hour. As the River Cam is not wide enough in some places to allow an eight to turn, there is not sufficient width to race the boats side by side. Consequently the sixteen crews race at one time, the object of the crews being to bump the boat in front. Usually the bump is light, after which both crews pull in to the bank to allow the crews following to pass; sometimes the bump is not so gentle, however, and the boats may get broadside- on across the river and so cause obstruction to the boats behind. On other occasions one boat may be holed or mount the bank, with the result that the crews have to swim for it. When one boat bumps another, then the bumping boat takes the place of the bumped boat and vice versa on the following day. The crew at the head of each division (except Division l) has ' to race twice during the afternoon — once at the head of the division and secondly at the bottom of the division above, thus having a chance of getting into the latter. The college finishing at the head of the river at the end of the fourth day ' s racing celebrate in the evening by victoriously carrying the boat to the college grounds and burning it. Armistice Day, November 11th, is the signal for a good deal of ragging, combined with hard work. The collections for Earl Haig ' s Fund are in the hands Page Twenty-two

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Brentwood College Magazine Old Boys ' Notes J. E. W. Eustace — Home on leave from India. Visited the School on June 7th and gave a most interesting talk on life in the Indian Civil Service. Although he was too modest to say so, we gathered that he was doing extremely well. We offer our heartiest congratulations to: R. Scott-Moncrieff — On the birth of a son and on his appointment to the visiting staff, Royal Military Hospital, Montreal. Roger Wilson — On completing his achievements at McGill with an M.D. E. A. G. Luxton — On winning a $1,000 fellowship in the Royal Bank of Canada essay competition, of which the Victoria press gave the following account: E. A. George Luxton, of 1765 Haultain Street, has won the $1,000 fellowship offered by the Royal Bank of Canada for the best essay submitted on one of certain specified topics by any student at a Canadian university, it announced yesterday. The paper with which Mr. Luxton, who is a student at the University of British Columbia, won the award was on The Restoration of International Movements of Capital. Mr. Luxton attended St. Michael ' s School, in Victoria, and also Brentwood College and Victoria College, before going to U.B.C. The winning paper was a careful analysis of the necessity for re-establishing the natural flow of funds to those countries where the opportunities for the develop- ment of natural resources are most favorable. It reached the conclusion that interna- tional debt must be written ' down in relation to current capacity to pay, before there will be a sufficient revival of confidence to permit the notation of foreign loans. J. Angus and C. T. Todd — On playing rugger for McGill in their first year. D. Kinlock, for doing the same at Queen ' s. R. P. McCaffrey — For playing on the Victoria College team, which won the Intermediate League championship. Rocke Robertson — On winning the Vancouver Tennis Tournament men ' s doubles. S. C. Robinson writes to tell us that J. Reade, the first head prefect, is in a Toronto bond house, contributes to the financial section of Toronto Saturday Night, and is the father of four children. C. T. Weir is in No. 25 Squadron, R.A.F., stationed at Hawkinge, Kent. A letter from him appears herewith. D. Elmore is going to University of Washington in October. J. L. Hyde goes to sea before the mast and appears to thrive on it. We congratulate Bruce Elmore on his marriage on June 12th to Miss Eddy, sister of J. Eddy, who is now at the School. We congratulate Julius Griffith on holding an exhibition of his work in the Vancouver Art Gallery from June 1st to June 10th. Bruce Mackie is working on the staff of The Regina Star and has joined the Regina Boat Club. An Old Boys ' four, consisting of Bruce Allan (stroke), Logan Mayhew (3), J. Hodge (2) and R. Driscoll (bow), rowed a sporting race against the School crew on Sports Day. During the year we have had visits from O. B. Allan, who brought a U.B.C. crew over to row the School. Logan Mayhew, who in spite of multitudinous activities in Victoria, finds time to attend most of the School functions. Page Twenty-four