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

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Brentwood College Magazine OBITUARY REV. J. S. A. BASTIN. The news of Mr. Bastin ' s death in December, 1937, will have been heard with regret by many Old Brentonians, especially those whom he presented for confirmation and who used to attend the school Communion services. Mr. Bastin had been a friend and a minister to the spiritual needs of the school from its earliest days. His Com- munion Plate, which Mrs. Bastin has presented to the Chapel, will be a perpetual reminder of his faithful service. J. A. F. YARROW. John Yarrow was killed in a motor accident in England. He was at Brentwood from 1929 until 1933, and was in the middle of a successful career at Cambridge at the time of his death. During the Summer term, the Headmaster gave Junior and Senior Matriculation grades a series of informal lectures which took the place of Bible Class for those concerned. Problems were dealt with which it is the lot of every young man to face. The Head tried to help these Seniors, many of whom will leave the College this term, to form a definite and sane attitude toward such questions as war, suffering, sex, and faith. Definite solutions cannot always arise from these discussions, yet they serve their purpose : that of initiating a course of thought that will ultimately lead to sane and definite conclusions. SCHOOL NOTES During the Lent term a rock wall was constructed bordering the Power House road at the West end of the school. It gives that part of the grounds a much neater appearance. Early in the school year the Juniors, under the direction of two enter- prising prefects, remodelled their Common Room, dividing it by means of a partition into two parts, lounge and cloakroom. ♦:♦ During the Summer holidays the school building was repainted and re- stained. Upon returning in September everyone was pleasantly surprised to see the results of this refurbishing. Page Five

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Brentwood College Magazine CHAPEL NOTES The outstanding addition to Chapel Services this year has been the Hammond Electric Organ, which is being purchased by subscriptions from Old Boys, Parents, and the present school as a memorial to Mr. P. F. Curtis and Mr. H. P. Hope. As a result, of two appeals, about one-third of the required sum has been collected. The remainder must be raised within the next eighteen months. Sixteen candidates were prepared by Rev. A. G. Hendy during the Easter Term and confirmed by the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Columbia on April 3rd. An organ recital was held on May 29th in the chapel, which was attended by nearly two hundred visitors. Mr. Parsons was at the organ. Miss Dorothy Parsons and Mr. Dudley Wickett sang a programme of sacred songs. The singers ' voices could hardly have been better suited to the building and the organ selections were cleverly chosen to demonstrate the qualities and tone of the instrument. +i On December 5, 1937, at the Sunday afternoon service, the Lord Bishop of Columbia christened Michael Bryan Martin Ellis in the presence of the whole school. ❖ ❖ ❖ Our thanks are due to Mrs. Dowler for providing the altar flowers throughout the year; and to Capt. Levien and F. Angus for an effective rearrangement of the temporary lighting system. ♦$» ❖ ❖ We gratefully acknowledge the gift from Mrs. Bastin of her late hus- band ' s Communion set, and from Archdeacon Dewdney of a set of fair linen. ♦I »j« The following visitors have been kind enough to take services for us during the year : Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Columbia, Rt. Rev. Bishop Fleming, Very Rev. Dean Elliott, Ven. Archdeacon Nunns, Canon Wickens, Dr. Trumpour, Rev. G. Bolster, Rev. P. Bury, Rev. F. Comley, Rev. A. Gardiner, Rev. A. G. Hendy, Rev. T. Lancaster, Rev. H. Payne, Rev. E. Robothan, and Mr. P. Wills of the Shantyman ' s Mission. Page Four

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Brentwood College Magazine The usual Summer term schedule of one period of school before break- fast instead of afternoon classes was adhered to this year. A short period of P.T. in the morning break served as a refresher between long sessions in the classroom in the forenoon. ♦I The Prefects this year were A. Izard, R. C. Field, F. Angus, W. D. C. Holmes, T. R. Bassett, and A. Johnston, the latter replacing Bassett, whom we were sorry to see leave for his home in Shanghai at the end of the Christmas term. The Grounds Improvement programme has gone forward successfully again this year. Gardens and Paths have been renovated, steps repaired and new ones built from Chapel to boathouse, and from lawn to beach. Constant top dressing and watering has resulted in vastly improved cricket pitches. ❖ ❖ ❖ Members of the freehand drawing class conducted by Mrs. Privett ente?:- ed the Wild Flower Preservation poster contest. First prize in Class B went to George Milligan for what the adjudicator called a very excellent poster, and a consolation prize of one dollar was awarded to Robert Taylor. ❖ ❖ ❖ The Photography Club has been quite active this year and has made considerable use of the dark room that has been established across the hall from the music room. ❖ ❖ v A suggestion originating at a Prefects ' meeting led to the erection on Thursday, June 23, of a 70 foot flag pole on the flat area at the South end of the Chapel. Field and Johnston selected the pole, and under Field ' s direc- tion it was felled and trimmed, painted and rigged, — much of this work being done by Milligan and Chadwick. During the Lent term we suffered our share of the colds and coughs that were practically epidemic in the province of British Columbia at that time. For the rest of the year our health record was almost without blemish. •£» We express our thanks to : Major Taylor for his many kindnesses to us all and in particular for using his motor boat so frequently in connection with our sailing and sculling races. Mr. Izard for lending his hand bells for use in our Christmas concert. Page Six