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

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Brentwood College Magazine Old Boys ' Notes We have been glad to welcome quite a number of Old Boys at the School during the past year, among them we remember meeting: Rocke Robertson — To whom congratulations on being top of his year at McGill. L. Bury — Who is studying Science at the University of Alberta. R. Adamson and W. Woods from Edmonton. Fraser Mitchell — Who, in spite of an aversion to French, is still at the U. of A. L. Wilkinson — Another highlight of Alberta ' s University. J. Angus — Who successfully passed his Second year at McGill University. D. Wootten — Now with Price, Waterhouse Co. to swell the ranks of Old Brentonian chartered accountants in Vancouver. W. Ferguson and Parker Campbell — On a week-end holiday from Vancouver. K. Philip — On the point of leaving for Eastern Canada. R. J. Appleton — Home on leave from tea planting in Ceylon. Dr. R. Scott-Moncrieff — Enjoying a short holiday on the coast- There was quite a good turn out of Old Boys for Old Boys ' Day, among those present were: F. Mannix, J. R. Roberts, B. M. Cooper, W. Bury, D. Cameron, A. Coulter, W. B. Mackie, C. A. Mayhe w, Logan Mayhew, K. Philip, W. Ferguson, L. Scott-MoncriefT, T. Kelley, K. Symons, M. Woods, L. Genge, J. Shallcross. We proudly extend our congratulations to D. Wilson on being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University. The following are Extracts Jrom Old Boys ' Letters: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Kamloops, B. C, June 27th, 1935. The Editor, Brentwood College Magazine, Brentwood College, Victoria, B. C. Dear Sir: It occurs to me that within the next month or so the School Magazine will again be making its appearance, accordingly I am writing now to make sure that I am on the mailing list. To my mind, the Old Boys ' Section is a splendid way in which to keep the old boys in touch with each other and the activities of the School in general, and is, I trust, to be a permanent feature of the College Magazine. I am delighted to see that the old School is keeping its end up, particularly in rowing and other sports and I feel sure that such will always be the case; also it would seem that we all owe a vote of thanks 1 to the Messrs. Symons for their untiring efforts on behalf of the School and the Old Boys ' Association. It was of considerable interest to me to read in last year ' s magazine of the careers of various old boys in different parts of the world, particularly of Weir, who seems to like the Royal Air Force. Since leaving the College I have been successively with the Gunners, the Sea- forth Highlanders of Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, so I can ap- preciate his love of His Majesty ' s Service. As is generally known, I believe, this is the centre of, or close to the centre of a large ranching district — cattle, sheep, etc.; there are also, of course, some very fair horses in this country, and in the fall we have a big Free Fair and Stampede with cowboys coming for miles around to ride the bucking broncs. The Indians near here also put on the occasional show of their own which is quite interesting as they appear to have plenty of lively horses. Page Twenty-one

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Brentwood College Magazine Brentwood v. West Road (Home) — Won 30-22. Brentwood v. Old Boys (Home) — Won 25-20. Brentwood v. University School (Home) — Draw 21-21. Brentwood v. West Road (Home) — Won 26-20. Brentwood 2nd v. West Road 2nd (Home) — Lost 20-11. Brentwood v. St. George ' s School (Home) — Won 28-21. Brentwood v. University School (Home) — Lost 44-26. Brentwood v. West Road (Home) — Won 31-12. Brentwood v. University School (Home) — Lost 35-30. House Match Round ' s House was crippled by the loss of Williams but put up a very good fight. The gainie was marked by bad shooting on both sides. Cock ' s House won 15-6. Kidd netted 13 points for Cock ' s House, while Angus, D., Field and Ray all netted 2 points for their House. Page Twenty

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Brentwood College Magazine Now and again I run into the odd old Brentonian — Bishop who is now with a bank at Vernon, and Grieve, who is, I believe, ranching near the same place, and Vincent and Hugh Pease at Kelowna. They are operating a fine fishing lodge at Beaver Lake high up in the mountains above Kelowna. Vincent has been married for a year or two now. Also, I occasionally see Ian MacLaren at Kelowna, where I have enjoyed the hospitality of his house and hearth. Chuck Martin recently graduated from Albany College, Oregon, and is also in the matrimonial ranks. To my knowledge there are two other members of the Old Boys ' Fraternity in the Mounted Police — Mason-Rooke is, I believe, at Hazelton, B. C, and Crease is stationed at Vancouver. Alex McTavish is, I understand, stationed somewhere in Eastern Canada with the Royal Canadian Engineers, although I have not heard from him, and my brother is at present at University College, Oxford, where he managed to win his oar for rowing last year. Wishing the School and the College Magazine every success, I remain Sincerely yours, T. J. QUIRK CAMERON Dear Friends: Before I left Vancouver I promised that when I got properly settled down to Naval routine I would write and give you, as well as I could, a des- cription of my life. There are 137 cadets aboard this ship; some of them entered as I did from a school, and the rest — the greater part — came from Dartmouth Naval College. The Public School Entry as we are called are known aboard this ship as preliminaries, While the Dartmouth people are called the Anson term. The greater part of the prelim ' s cruise is devoted to instruction, while nearly the whole of the Anson term do practical. The routine has been changed to-day so I will give you the details of the new routine, here and there comparing it with the old routine. On Mondays the routine is known as A routine, Tuesdays B, Wednesdays Wednesday, Thursdays C, Fridays D, and Saturdays Saturday. This method is used so that the programmes may be changed around. Every evening a list of the daily orders is posted on the notice board. At the top of this list is an announcement as to what the routine of the day will be. For instance, Tuesday is not necessarily B routine, though it usually is. On the new routine we all get up at 6.30, but by the old routine the Ansons got up at 5.30 while the prelims got up at 6.30. This lying in is known as Guard Steerage. We then lash up and stow our hammocks and get dressed into white shorts, flannel shirts, caps and sea-boots. We fall in on deck at 6.45 and scrub decks till 7.15 when we eat. Deck scrubbing is not as simple as it appears. First you squirt water over the decks then scrub them with hard brooms. After the scrubbing you provide yourself with a squee gee which is a wooden block with a rubber flap on it. When the decks are partially dry then we get cloths and buckets and dry the deck that way. After breakfast, the maximum time of eating being about ten minutes, some of us who have been previously detailed as study cleaners or mess cleaners clean up our respective parts and the rest go upon deck and lounge about and smoke till 8.00 when the bugle for colours — raising the ensign (this is not carried out at sea be- cause the ensign never comes down) — and we all turn aft and salute. After colours we fall in at our respective parts of ship and polish brass or clean guns or re-spread awnings. At 9.10 the bugle sounds the still and all hands face outboard until the carry on is sounded. We then fall in in our respective parts of ship and march onto Page Twenty-two