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

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Brentwood College M a g a z i n e started, the words were not the same — they came drifting down the years to me from the end of a summer term at my own school in England, and this is how they went : Lord, thou has brought us to our journey ' s end; Once more to thee our evening prayers ascend; Once more we stand to praise thee for the past : Grant prayer and praise be honest at the last. For all the joys which thou hast deigned to share; For all the pains which thou hast helped to bear : For all the friends, in life and death the same. We thank thee, Lord, and praise thy glorious name. If we have learnt to feel our neighbour ' s need : To fight for truth in thought and word and deed : If these be lessons which the years have taught, Then stablish, Lord, what Thou in us has wrought. Valete C. M. B. Symons — Lower House Captain; Senior Matriculation; Head of School; Captain of Rugby; Captain of Boats; Basketball V. ; Editor of Maga- zine; Assistant Scout Master. A. H. Mitchell — Upper House Captain; Senior Matriculation and College Board ; School Prefect ; Rugby XV. ; School Crew ; Basketball V. ; Badmin- ton V. J. W. Asselstine — Lower House; Junior Matriculation; School Prefect; Rugby XV. ; School Crew ; Basketball V. J. A. Wells — Lower House; Junior Matriculation; School Prefect; Cap- tain of Cricket; Rugby XV; Assistant Scout Master. R. I. Ross — Upper House; Senior Matriculation; Rugby XV.; Cricket XL; Basketball V.; Squash IV. T. R. Bassett — Lower House ; Junior Matriculation ; Rugby XV ; Cricket XI; Badminton IV. P. Andrus — Lower House; Junior Matriculation and C ollege Board; Bas- ketball V. K. Cooke — Lower House; Grade XI;)Riugby XV. J. F. Ryan — Lower House; Grade XI; Rugby XV. C. Williams — Upper House; Grade XL; Rugby XV. P. Waterstrat — Upper House ; Grade XL ; Rugby XV. N. Beard — Upper House; Grade XL; 2nd Rugby XV. J. Mays — Upper House; Grade X.; 2nd Rugby XV. A. Hay — Lower House; Grade IX.; 2nd Rugby XV. Page Thirty

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Brentwood College Magazine ' ' Of course they are, he answered. Surely you realize that although they all take a great many things away with them, most of them leave some- thing behind. In fact the best leave so much behind them that you can hardly say they leave the school at all. I suppose I looked rather puzzled, because he went on to explain further — You see, what they leave behind are the things they did while they were here; the way they played that rugger match against University School, the keenness with which they ran or rowed or played cricket ; the discipline they maintained as Prefects : their willingness to help on Pioneer Parties : their laughter: their sense of honour: their pride in Brentwood and in themselves as Brentonians — ah, these things do not leave with them : they remain and become a permanent part of the school they have helped to build. You have probably noticed, he continued in a sadder tone, that some of the lockers are almost empty. They belong to the boys who just lived for themselves and had as easy a time as they could : the school didn ' t mean much to them, so, naturally, they couldn ' t expect to make much im- pression on the school. And he quoted very softly They are perished as though they had never been and are become as though they had never been born. They don ' t seem to take much away either, ' I commented. No, he agreed, a few moving picture magazines and gramophone records are not much to be proud of. Most of them do better than that though, he went on, as if eager to talk about more cheerful things. Can you explain, I asked, to help change the subject, why many of those who are leaving most behind them seem to be taking least away? That doesn ' t seem to bear out what I have often told them, that the more you give, the more they get. It does seem odd at first, answered the Spirit, until you find out that those are the boys who are really taking most with them. They have not cumbered themselves very much with the material things of the world, but a close look at them will show you that they are not being sent away empty. Those are the ones who have learnt, as Job put it, that the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil, that is understanding. They have been building up a standard of behaviour during their years here which will be an anchor for them in times of trouble. They know that it is not going to be easy to maintain that standard after they have left : the temptation to depart from it will increase rather than decrease, but they know, too, that as St. Peter puts it nothing can harm them if they be followers of that which is good. So, though their baggage seems light, their hearts are full and they will go on their way in the spirit of the valiant pilgrim that old John Bunyan wrote about. As he stopped speaking, one of those odd changes took place which seem so natural in dreams, for I suddenly found myself in the chapel, with the organ playing over the tune you have just sung. But when the singing Page Twenty-nine

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Brent w o o d College Magazine Old Boys Notes OLD BOYS ' DAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1936 This year ' s Old Boys ' Day did not have the good turn out that is usually expected at the annual gathering - . In the afternoon several of the Old Boys turned out against the school in an excellent rugby match which was played on the lower green. The Old Boys ' superior weight and strength told on the lighter school team and the final score was 16-13 in their favor. In the eve- ning after a dinner, the school defeated the Old Boys in a basketball game, held in the gymnasium, by a margin of 16 points. At the annual general meeting, held in the Headmaster ' s study after the basketball game, there were twenty members present. The meeting opened with Mr. Ellis in the chair, as the president and vice-president were unable to attend. After the reading and adoption of the minutes and balance sheet of the last meeting, a short discussion was held on the matter of the Old Boys ' tie. This however gave way to the election of officers. The new officers were : President J. D. D. Campbell Vice-President L. Scott-MoncriefT Secretary-Treasurer (Vancouver) O. B. Allan Secretary-Treasurer (Victoria) .... Logan Mayhew L. Mayhew was then elected as committee of one to make up the design for the Old Boys ' tie. After this a new system of correspondence was arranged whereby the Old Boys might be kept in better touch with the school. The idea was that certain boys should be made under-secretaries in various parts of the world and that it would be their duty to notify any boys in that dist- rict of the doings of the school. After other minor business the Old Boys voted the sum of 25 dollars to the school to be used as the start of bringing the pictures in the dining hall up to date. After votes of thanks to Mr. Ellis the meeting adjourned. News has just arrived that the Old Boys ' tie may be obtained at W. J. Wilson ' s, at Victoria, for $0.75. Letters have been received from the following : — C. T. Wier, G. Davidson (H.M.S. Hermes), G. Phillips (H.M.S. Royal Sovereign), J. Barber-Starkey (R.N. Engineering College), C. T. B. Todd (H.M.S. Frobisher), J. R. and D. H. W. Angus (McGill University), J. Yarrow (Cambridge University), D. Bar- rett-Lennard (University of B.C.), A. Duncan, K. Philip, D. Archibald (Creston). Congratulations to C. P. Sharland on entering the Colonial Service. After com- pleting the year at Cambridge, he left for a post in Africa. D. Barrett-Lennard spent the last week of the summer-term at the College while training with the first crew preparatorv to rowing bow in the Brentwood Four entered for the N.P.A.A.O. Regatta at Elk Lake. F. D. M. Williams has completed his work in Edinburgh and is now a fully qualified Chartered Accountant. In September he is to join the staff of Price, Waterhouse Company in Montreal. D. O. Wooten is doing very well with Price, Waterhouse Company in Vancouver, where he is to qualify shortly as a Chartered Accountant. J. R. Angus, B.A. (McGill, 1937), earned the signal distinction of becoming the only McGill undergraduate ever to receive 100 per cent for a history thesis. Page Thirty-one