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

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Brentwood College Magazine SPORTS DAY All prophets were confounded when, for the first time in memory, it poured with rain for part of the afternoon of Sports Day, May 2nd. Despite the slow track and bad footing two records were set: Gillespie ran the 440 in 55 seconds to lower the old mark by one second, and Underbakke, after winning the cricket ball throw with a throw of 287 feet 2 inches, stepped up to the line for an extra attempt and threw the ball 323 feet 4 inches for a new record. Once again the Lower House easily won the day ' s honours by a margin of 1 7 points, winning two individual cups and sharing the third. The results were: House Competition Lower House Victor Ludorum A. E. Gillespie and W. A. Pinckard Intermediate Challenge Cup C. E. Jukes Junior Challenge Cup R. Lewis Other results were: Senior — 100 yards — Pinckard (10 4 5 seconds) ; Calhoun; Angus. 220 yards — Pinckard (24 1 5 seconds) ; McClean and Angus. 440 yards — Gillespie (55 seconds — new record) ; Cavenagh; Calhoun. 880 yards (Open) — Gillespie (2 minutes 17 2 5 seconds) ; Fox; Calhoun. Hurdles — Pinckard (16 2 5 seconds) ; Angus; McClean. High Jump — Gillespie (5 feet 1 inch) ; Clark; Angus and Macdowall. Broad Jump — Gillespie (18 feet 5y 2 inches) ; Pinckard; Clarke. Intermediate — 100 yards — Pitts and Jukes (11 2 5 seconds) ; Graham. 220 yards — Jukes (26 seconds) ; Graham; Pitts. 440 yards — Graham (60 3 5 seconds) ; Jukes; Conibear. Hurdles — Pitts (19 1 5 seconds) ; Young; Dempsey. High Jump — Homer-Dixon (4 feet 6% inches) ; Pitts; Wells. Broad Jump — Jukes (16 feet 10 2 inches) ; Pitts; Graham. Junior — 100 yards — Lewis (11 2 5 seconds) ; McCulloch. 220 yards— McCulloch; Adam. 440 yards — Lewis (65 2 5 seconds) ;, Ley. Hurdles— Scott (20 4 5 seconds) ; McCulloch. High Jump — Lewis (4 feet 9 x 2 inches) ; Ley. Broad Jump — McCulloch (16 feet 7 inches) ; Lewis. [Page Twenty- liuo]

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Brentwood College Magazine Oh, I see. A whole volume of criticism was implied in this short observa- tion. The Scene-Painter wilted and glanced nervously at her watch; it was 11:00 o ' clock. She sighed. Her visitor departed as abruptly as he had come and she was alone again. But somehow all the joy had gone out of her occu- pation; she felt as limp as a wrung-out dish towel. The canvas with its embryo temple, which had seemed to have such possibilities when she started, seemed now as vast and empty as the Pacific on which her visitor — or was it Cortez — had gazed with such eloquent and crushing silence. However, it was 11:00 o ' clock. . . . With brave determination she roused herself from her depression, reminding herself that there was work to be done and there were almost two hours in which to do it and a great deal can be done in two hours. Events and visitors in rapid succession confirmed her convic- tion during the next hour. One visitor thought that the pillars ought to be moved to the opposite side of the canvas. Another reminisced fondly and at great length about his own excursions into scene-painting long, long ago. The aesthetic sense of a third was offended by the colour of the sky. Another felt sure that there must be some way of producing the effect of marble by more efficient means. Yet another was enthusiastic in his compliments of her realistic portrayal of a railway station. At long last the hour passed and all was quiet once more, uncannily quiet. Her senses had become mercifully numbed. Almost furtively she placed the ladder against the canvas and, scarcely daring to breathe, mounted it quickly and softly and lifted her brush to start the sky. Away down in the silence of the gym a door creaked softly, ominously. It ' s only the wind! she cried desperately to herself. Surely, surely it can only be the wind! But deep in her heart she knew it was not. Automatically she dropped her brushes into the paint and slowly descended the ladder, mournfully dashing the paint from her eyes. Her visitor loomed large in the doorway, a genial smile on his ruddy countenance. Have you a moment to spare? he boomed cheerfully. I want to ask your advice about this tree-cutting job we ' re doing in the garden. Everyone else seems to be busy. The Scene-Painter controlled a hysterical desire to laugh and to laugh and laugh. Instead she followed him obediently into the garden. Later . . . she returned and looked at her watch. It was ten minutes to one. . . . [Page Twenty-one]

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Brentwood College Magazine Cricket Ball (Open) — Underbakke (95 yards 2 feet 2 inches) ; Pinckard; Gillespie. Shot Put (Open) — Underbakke (36 feet 8 inches) ; Angus; Clarke. Sack Race (Open) — Young; McCulloch. House Relay — Lower House (1 minute 15 seconds). i i i ROWING More boys took part in the rowing and sculling this year than for some years past. Every fine day of the summer term the shells could be seen criss- crossing the Inlet. From time to time the four was taken out, but because of lack of experience and the shortness of the term, was not entered in any competition. The Open Sculling final and the Inter-House race were rowed in one race. Schinbein defeated Gillespie, which gave Schinbein the Senior Sculling Trophy and kept the cup in the Upper House. Jukes won the Junior Trophy by a victory over Lewis. i i i SAILING During the winter months much time was spent in scraping, painting and varnishing the three sailing dinghies, and at the first hint of fine weather they were put in the water. Sailing began with much enthusiasm which continued right up to the end of term. Unfortunately the weather never gave much more than a hint of being fine, so the sailing opportunities were limited. Neverthe- less, when we did sail, the breezes were better than last year. Lack of wind made it impossible to complete the racing schedule and no champions were declared. i i i TENNIS Unfortunately we were not able to complete the second tennis court which was started last year. This was partly due to many rainy days and partly to the shortness of the season. Only one match was played this year and that was against an R.A.F. team. The school team, composed of J. Clarke, J. McClean, J. Angus, C. Graham. [ Page Twenty -three]