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

Page 12 text:

Brentwood College Magazine Things We Would Like To Know ' What the cook would do without Vanilla and Onions? What the matron would do without Iodex? Where the engineer gets all his magazines? Where Duncan and Wells went after play practices during the Easter term — and what they did during the Easter holidays? Why Mr. Privett ' s car doesn ' t stick on the tarry roads? What became of the School cat? —A. D. R. Time Marches On The tidings first we heard on Saturday — The King is ill— and, ere the close of day, The boys are crowded round the radios To hear the news of how his illness goes. Two dreary days and nights we watch and pray, With sinking hearts ; but on the second day The ill news comes, from one who surely knows — The King ' s life peacefully is drawing to its close. Yet still we hope that skill may intervene To save our monarch, whose long reign has been So full of joy and sorrow; by whose side We fought, to save the world from war lord ' s pride. But now physicians say that death is near, The King goes to his Maker ; not a fear Moves his weak body, strong in will. At last Death is omnipotent — his reign is past. Now let us flags full to the masthead raise, Then lower to halfmast to show our praise Of him we loved. But let us hopeful sing The King is dead, so now, long live the King. —J. B.-S. Page Ten

Page 11 text:

B r e 11 1 w o o cl College Magazine ligent interpretations of long and difficult parts. The prologue was well spoken by G. Milligan as Lucy, the deliberate simpleton of a maid, who gave a con- vincing rendering of a subtle character. The Misses Peggy and Barbara Garrard as Lydia Languish and Julia respectively, looked altogether enchanting, their delicate charm providing an excellent foil to the more vigorous and colorful acting of the male members of the cast. D. L. Barrett-Lennard as Faulkland deserves special mention for his clever interpretation of a smaller part. Other members of the cast included J. Barber- Starkey as Sir Anthony Absolute; J. W. Asselstine as Sir Lucius O ' Trigger ; M. Allan as Fag; D. Holmes as Thomas and A. Bryant as David. Altogether the play was a great success and it is hoped that such a pro- duction will become an annual institution. Thanks to the generosity of the audience, the expenses of the production were almost covered by their donations. The Dance The Senior Common Room Committee, having found to their amazement that the bar was making money, decided that there must be a dance. Permis- sion was received from the Head, and full arrangements were made. Various committees took matters in hand, and Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Privett offered to look after catering. Thus was everything arranged. On May 23rd, therefore, the dance was held. The gym was decorated with a false ceiling of streamers of School colors, crests and sports paraphernalia on the walls and flowers everywhere. A cabaret atmosphere was obtained by placing card tables and chairs around the walls, and the effective result was enhanced by the clever lighting system. An excellent orchestra provided the dance rhythm and the dance was a great success. As it was primarily a return dance for St. Margaret ' s, the largest number of guests came from there, while prefects from Shawnigan Lake, Lmiversity and Norfolk House Schools brought the total to over thirty couples. Proceedings started at 8:00, supper was served from 10:15 to 10:45 and dancing then continued, but unfortunately had to stop at 11:15. Thus ended the First Annual Dance, the only criticism being that it didn ' t last long enough. We Offer Our Thanks To St. Margaret ' s and St. Michael ' s Schools for the loan of stage furnishings for the play. Mrs. G. C. Grant for lending period furniture. All those who helped to make the play a success. Parents and friends who so kindly lent card tables for the dance. The Old Boys ' Association for a donation towards the new diving float and improvements in the gardens. Page Nine

Page 13 text:

Brentwood College Magazine THE team as a whole were more successful than in the previous year in that we afforded much keener competition to our opponents in all matches. Our weakness again lay in three-quarters, where we found difficulty in finding players of sufficient speed and thrust to make a strong attacking line. During the Easter term we concentrated rather on the Second XV, with the idea of developing some promising material for next year. Brentwood College: vs. St. George ' s School — Lost 21-6 This game, the first of the season, was played at Brockton Point in Van- couver. Apart from a glaring sun, which hampered Brentwood three-quarters in the first half, the playing conditions were excellent. St. George ' s controlled the greater part of the game, with Brentwood only being the aggressor near the end of the first half. A penalty kick converted by Symons, and a try by Rhodes after a forward rush, were the results of this momentary supremacy. In the second half the game went against Brentwood, with Berry of St. George ' s breaking through to make the rest of their points. In this game Brentwood suffered from over-confidence resulting from last year ' s victory. Our opponents made great use of the tactics of kicking to touch and following up. Brentwood College vs. Shawnigan Lake School — Lost 19-9 In order to obtain a faster three-quarter line, Brentwood changed to a seven-man scrum. A marked success resulted from this, and we were able to cope much better with the Shawnigan three-quarters than in previous games. Although Shawnigan had a substantial lead throughout the game, Brentwood was the aggressor for the greater part of it. Many times Brentwood had Shaw- nigan inside the latter ' s twenty-five line, but lacked the extra thrust needed to score. The game was played on our own ground. Page Eleven