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

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Brentwood College Magazine Board of Governors Lieut. -Col. W. E. Scott-Moncrieff, I.M.S. (Chairman) D. James Angus, Esq., M.A. Commander J. M. Grant, R.C.N. Major H. C. Holmes, M.A., J. P. Wing-Commander K. A. Nairn W. C. Todd, Esq. E. A. M. Williams, Esq. Headmaster: A. C. Privett, M.A. (Cantab.) i 1 i School Roster :: I94l - 1942 Prefects: J. T. Clarke (Head of School) J. A. Angus J. E. Schinbein G. A. U ndetbakke J. M. McClean A. D. Belyea i 1 -f House Prefects: Upper House P. G. May; V. G. Holland Lower House - A. E. Gillespie; O. J. A. Cavenagh i i i Captain of Football - J. T. Clarke Captain of Cricket J. M. McClean Captain of Cadet Corps J. A. Angus Captain of Rowing - J. E. Schinbein Captain of Tennis J. T. Clarke Captain of Badminton O. J. A. Cavenagh Captain of Squash - - J. A. Angus Captain of Sailing P. G. May Captain of Shooting V. G. Holland Chapel Warden A. E. Gillespie Librarian A. D. Belyea [Page Four]

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Brentwood College Magazine N OLD BOY of the school, returning recently after twelve years abroad, remarked: What pleases me most is that I find everything the same. In two years time Brentwood will come of age and although time has wrought many changes and there remains no single person here who was present at her birth, yet the remark of that Old Boy remains essentially true. More than six hundred boys have passed through the school, we have weathered a world-wide depression and are even now in the midst of the worst war that the world has ever known, yet, as in the grown man one can see the developed characteristics of the boy, so in the school one can see, despite the outward changes, the essential characteristics remaining the same — so that with con- viction we may say: This is the same place that we knew of old. The trees that we climbed have grown bigger, the desks that we carved have become more mutilated or have been replaced, new tennis courts have replaced the old, the Chapel we built has been made even more beautiful, but these are but the natural results of growth and passage of time — the spirit of service, which is the school, remains the same. This spirit of service, growing stronger as it grows older, we are proud to say, has been carried into the far corners of the world, into the three fighting services and into the homes and professions of the many boys who have passed through Brentwood in her nineteen years of existence as a school.

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Brentwood College Magazine T THE END of the Summer Term the staff and boys of the school presented a combined leaving and wedding present, in the form of a suitably inscribed silver cigarette box, to Mr. Hincks, who for thirteen years has been a valued member of the teaching staff. Every member of the school, both past and present, join in wishing him happiness, both in his forthcoming marriage and in his new appointment to the staff of Ashbury College, Ottawa. We shall remember with gratitude all he did for us as Science Master and as coach in Cricket, Badminton and Tennis, to say nothing of his talent for inventing picturesque phrases! In the lighting effects for the school stage he has left us a unique and valuable legacy, and a standard of stage production which we will find it hard to live up to in his absence. Good-bye and thank you, Professor. i i i On November 3, 1942, Miss Selma Reyes, noted Australian violinist, played in the gymnasium to an enthusiastic audience in aid of the Organ Fund. i i i Twice during the year a bus-load of boys made the trip to Victoria to hear important concerts — the first time to hear the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham, and later in the year to hear John Charles Thomas, baritone. i i i Mr. N. Yarrow provided us with one of our most enjoyable evenings when he came to show us coloured slides of Vancouver Island which were breath-taking in their beauty. i i i Commander Madden of the Warspite provided material for conversation for days after his visit by stories of ships and the sea. i i i On Speech Day the father of one boy who comes from a long way south of the border was introduced to Major Tayler. Is this the famous Major Tayler? I don ' t suppose that Bill has written home once without his letters being full of your kindness to him and the other boys. This remark seems to sum up the affection that we all have for the man whose kindness and interest make the lives of all of us more pleasant. To him we extend our thanks. [ Page Five ]