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

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B r e n t w o o cl College M a g a z i ti e Apart from the mutual joy of collecting-, and talking about stamps, the weekly meeting provides opportunity for much interesting information con- cerning old and new issues. Two representatives of the Victoria Philatelic Society have visited the club, bringing with them volumes containing speci- mens of rare philatelic interest. On invitation of the Victoria Society, members of the school club were privileged to exhibit stamps at the Society ' s show in the Empress Hotel at Victoria on June 4 and 5. The fact that Jacobs won an award at this exhibi- tion stimulated a great deal of interest among the members of the club. This new interest resulted in a school exhibition at the end of summer term. Twelve frames were entered for competition, and the awards went to Milligan and Clist respectively, with Jacobs, Logan and Bate receiving special mention for their efforts. A new club, with plenty of sustained interest, we wish it every success. Scout Troop With the advent of so many younger lads it seemed natural that the newly formed troop of Boy Scouts should have met with such a hearty response. Under the leadership of Mr. Bott, a warranted Scout Leader, ably assist- ed by Symons and Wells, the college troop was organized in October. There were already many scouts in the school who, having dropped affiliation with town troops, were glad of this opportunity to continue in Scouting. Of this group we were fortunate in securing the services of Johnston, a King ' s Scout, as Troop Leader. Three patrols of six in each Avere formed, these boys displaying origin- ality in the choosing of patrol names aptly calling them after specimens of the better known wild life of the Island : Cougar, Salmon and Sea Gull. Mil- ligan, Holmes, D. and Digby are the respective leaders of these patrols. Activities for the first term consisted chiefly of work in the Tenderfoot and Second-class stages. Major Wise, Major Hunter and Col. Palmer, of the Victoria district, making- frequent visits to the college to watch our progress, and give assistance. During the Easter term all the boys of the Troop were invested, and several completed their second-class requirements. Freeman King of the Sidney Troop gave a first-aid talk and demonstrations one evening (a little too late for the measle sufferers however). The P.L. ' s and their seconds accompanied the Leaders to Seattle during the Easter vacation where they had been invited by the Lakeside School Troop (Seattle 312), for the purpose of attending the 16th annual Seattle Scout Circus. This opportunity for international scouting was made possible Page Twenty-four

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Brentwood College Magazine During the past sum- mer term, for the first time in a number of years sailing once again came into its own. The fleet consisted of two dinghies, a flattie, and a snipe, all privately owned, in addition to the venerable college kitten. The last named craft, known to past generations of Brentonians as The Black Cat, was overhauled and refitted during the winter by Mr. Taylor and his assistants to such good effect that throughout the season she showed her heels to all comers in a manner almost undignified for one of her age. While there were a considerable number of candidates for the fair weather test, lack of satisfactory heavy weather prevented any attempts being made to pass the more difficult heavy weather test. Those success- fully passing the former were : — Bassett, Cooke, Harvey, Hinton, Hotham, Rogers, Ryan and N. Wilby. Model Aeroplane Club Early in the summer term the model aeroplane club was revived. Air. Hincks kindly accepted an invitation to be the master in charge of the club. At the first official club meeting which was held on April 25th, two officers were elected from the fourteen enthusiastic model builders who attended. These were G. Milligan, Wing Commander (he later resigned in favour of G. Hotham) and K. R. Nairn, secretary-treasurer. Permission was obtained from the Headmaster to use the room below the classrooms as a workshop. The club dues are a modest ten cents a term which will be used as a subscrip- tion to a model aeroplane magazine. Prospects for the future are most favourable. Stamp Club Among the many new activities which have sprung into being, with mushroom-like rapidity, this year, is the school stamp club. While the collecting of stamps is no new fad about the school, it was not until February of this year that a philatelist ' s club was properly estab- lished. Page Twenty-three

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Brentwood College Magazine through the courtesy of Scouter C. Hulford and S.P.L. Arthur Schmitz, of Troop 312. We were billeted for the week-end with boys of the Seattle Troop. The Leaders represented the Troop at a Scout gathering in the Cowichan district at the beginning of summer term, and again during the twenty-fourth of May week-end when they camped in the Ouamichan Cougar district. With the lengthening of the days and consequent warmer weather, out- door meetings were held each Saturday evening during the last term. Begin- ning with camp-fires held on the Point, the programmes also included evening hikes for the purpose of tracking and trail-following, and one hike on which we cooked supper out of doors, this latter providing a chance for fire-lighting and cooking tests. Scout good turns consisted of providing instructors for the neighbouring Scout Troop and Cub Pack at Moodyville, a Scout opera addition to the school concert, a Coronation beacon-fire on May 12, and a pioneering project for the school. Much interest was seen in the inter-patrol competition although the Salmon patrol seem to have won handily each term. Each member of this winning patrol was awarded a Scout diary for his efforts during the Christ- mas term. The Troop summer-camp for the purpose of training patrol leaders, and for general advancement work is planned to commence Monday, August 9th at the Gilwell campsite at Deep Cove. This first camp venture should pro- vide a jolly outing for all. We are grateful to Eng. Commander Stephens and Major C. Holmes, members of the Troop Committee, and the Headmaster, for their kind co- operation. TENDERFOOT. ❖ RIDICULA Many hours of music appreciation in the Prefect ' s study may account for the remonstrance of a Prefect to a fag engaged in a job of cleaning up. Hey! Hay. How ' re you doing? Char ! Char ! Char ! Char ! Char ! g» «§» «g Asselstine ' s basketball is rather prone What? Right, I ' ll come at once. ❖ ❖ ❖ APOLOGIA We couldn ' t help laughing — we wished him no ill At what happened to teacher. He leaned ' gainst the sill And intending in comfort sometime to remain He settled himself with his back to the pane. But Suddenly A crash and a tinkle, as out his feet shot ; ' Twas the defenestration of Mr. Bott ! Page Twenty -five