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

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Brentwood College Magazine We were up at 4 :30, our feet thoroughly wet and our bodies altogether very sore. We ate a meal of fried potatoes, pork and beans, sliced pineapples, and canteloupe. We were on the road from 6:30 until 8:35 walking and resting. Then at the Big Qualicum River we received a lift from a lumber truck for a short distance, while at the Little Qualicum River an hour and a half later, we received a lift from the mailman for quite a considerable distance ( from Dash- wood to Parksville). It was now 10:15. Twenty minutes later a foreigner gave us a ride to Nanaimo. An hour and a half after we had left Parksville, we had one of the most interesting rides of our trip. The gentleman, we learned, was the Chemainus parson. He asked me questions such as what did I think of the morale of Brentwood College — to which of course there could only be one opin- ion ; and talked to us on religion generally, impressing on us the evil of smutty stories. At 12:30, wishing us God Speed, he left us at Chemainus. Now came the last spasm of the journey; after two short lifts, we received one which took us within three miles of Sahtlam. Here we ate our last can of pork and beans and then walked the remainder of the journey, arriving at Sahtlam by 3:45. Here at Mr. Williams ' house I was very kindly put up for the night. The next morning they considerately took me into Duncan, from where I received my final lift to Victoria. The driver of the car turned out to be the Longshore- men ' s Agent of B.C., who offered me a job that he knew to be open. He also gave me some interesting sidelights on the present strike. I bade him adieu at Victoria about mid-day. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip, and felt that we had gained some ex- perience of human nature, and were particularly pleased in having accomplished it in so short a time. We found miost people only too pleased to give us a lift when hailed, with the exception of American cars, who in no case answered our signals. We understand the reason, for there is a difference in conditions in their country. Data (Summary) Total Distance in cars 320 miles Total Distance walked 35 miles Total Distance travelled 355 miles Total Number of lifts 26 Total Expenses for both $1.40 N.B. — The participants in this trip object to it being stated it was a hitch- hiking and not a hiking trip. Thirty-five miles were actually walked! GEORGE P. KIDD. Page Ten »

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Brentwood College Magazine at 5:00 p.m. we walked about a mile, and then from 5:15 to 5:20 got a ride into Courtenay, where we bought our supper and breakfast. At 5 :45 we left Courtenay and started out for the Elk Hotel at Comox, in order to visit Mr. Osier. The people in this district seemed very cruel, for we had traversed three weary miles before we got a lift. On arriving at the Elk Hotel, we refused a kind invitation to stay to dinner and to spend the night there. Perhaps the eighth wonder of the world was when we refused a drink of gin. We left Comox at 7:20, and after a one and a half mile walk, received a lift in the same car as had taken us there. After some trouble, we found a camp site by the Courtenay River about a mile outside Courtenay. From 8.15 to 9:15 we prepared our bed and cooked supper. We certainly enjoyed the pork and beans and sliced pine- apples that we had to eat. At 10:00 we hit the hay but did not sleep very well. The bed seemed even harder than our customary ones at Brentwood. When we got up at 5 :30 the next morning it was raining slightly. We had some poached eggs and ham for breakfast, and at 8 :00 we started off for Campbell River. We did not obtain a ride until 9 :10, having then walked about four miles. At 9:15 the car we had just occupied dropped us at Merville. After Merville the road is rougher, which makes the walking much harder. We stopped a short distance from Merville and picked and ate some huckleberries. At 10 :40, only two miles having been traversed, we were picked up by a friendly milk wagon. It was only a five-minute ride but very much appreciated. Fifteen min- utes later we received a ride from Black Creek, which is half a mile from where the milk wagon dropped us, to Oyster Bay. Then came the drudgery of the journey, from 11:15 until 1:45 no lifts; two and one half hours is a long time on the road with nothing to do. We only walked three miles, resting most of the time. We were going to drink some water at a creek, when the soft purring of an engine attracted our attention. It was a welcome lift, even if we had to fill some sacks with wood for the driver. We arrived at Campbell River at two o ' clock. We bought some provisions and a post card, and had a drink there. It was raining, so we decided not to go fishing. We had reached the limit of our journey now, but could we get back again was the question. About three hours later, under the protection of a tree a mile south of Campbell River — as it was still raining hard — we unanimously decided the answer was no. We were wrong however, for at 4 :50 we got a ride from the manager of the Union Oil Company at Courtenay. He dropped us at Courtenay at 5 :40. Fifteen min- utes later we left this town, having restocked our larder with a few provisions. A few hundred yards outside Courtenay, our signals again bore fruit, and by 6:25 we found ourselves at Union Bay. Here we remained in the shelter of a hotel verandah, as the rain was still pouring down heavily. An hour later we started to walk and were picked up by a car which took us to Bowser. In this car we ran across a fellow-hobo whom we had previously met. From 8:10 to 9:15 we walked some three miles, until the combined forces of darkness and rain compelled us to stop for the night. We slept the night in a garage. Wil- liams was half the night on the running board and the other half beside me on the floor. There was just three feet in which we had to wedge ourselves. Page Nine

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Brentwood College Magazine Christmas Concert On December 15th the Christmas Concert was held in the School Gymna- sium. The parents were entertained by a play from the boys, and afterwards refreshments were served in the Reading Room. The play, entitled The Luck of the Navy, was a war story about German spies in England. The success of the play was in large measure due to the able coaching of Mr. Hincks. The lead- ing parts were ably portrayed, with a great deal of emotion, by G. P. Kidd as the German Chief of Intelligence in England, Baron Schoffer, and E. M. Wil- liams as the hero, Commander Stanton, V.C. The supporting male parts, as en- acted by C. M. B. Symons as Francois, the German servant, G. Phillips as the German spy, Lieutenant Peel, R. Phillips as Midshipman Eden, and A. B. Dun- can as Seaman Evans, made the play very effective. The leading female part of Mrs. Peel was well portrayed by D. Barrett-Lennard. The other female part was enacted by A. Izard as Miss Elsie Eden. Rowing ROWING for the School year, 1933-34, came to a successful conclusion on July 2nd last, when a Brentwood crew, consisting of West (bow), Philip, Kelley and Davidson ( stroke ) , rowed in the Dominion Day Re- gatta at the Gorge. After a magnificent race, they were beaten by the J.B.A.A. Junior Crew by a mere three feet. The first event of the current year was a race against St. George ' s School in Vancouver in October. We were lent a beautiful boat which suited the crew nicely, and they soon accustomed themselves to swivel riggers. During the race Brentwood took the lead after the first half-minute and finished two lengths ahead. The Brentwood crew was : Symons (bow), Barrett-Lennard (2), Thwaites (3), West (stroke). A long and stormy winter, which completed the destruction of the boat- house float, made it impossible to get any rowing done before Easter. The efforts of the rowing boys were concentrated on the completion of a new float, which was placed in position early in the summer term. A race was arranged against St. George ' s over our five-eighth-mile course for June 8th. A week before the race, one of the shells was in collision with an incompetent gas-boat which put it out of commission for the rest of the term. Two days later, our stroke made a most indifferent attempt to jump a hurdle and succeeded in straining his shoulder badly. It looked as though the race would have to be cancelled altogether. However, the J.B.A.A. kindly offered to lend us a boat for the occasion ; the crew was reshuffled, Asselstine being brought in from the 2nd crew, and all was ready in time for the race, which was rowed at 3:15 on Saturday, June 8th. There was a strong westerly breeze which made the water unpleasantly choppy over the first half of the course, but both crews Page Eleven