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

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Brentwood College Magazine PlCI MANI4 I FOUND MYSELF floating through the air. There were lights to the right of me, lights to the left of me; green lights, red lights, and lights of every other colour imaginable — dazzling and vivid before my eyes. I tried to think, but my brain was in a daze. I seemed to hear the murmur of soft voices. I rubbed my eyes and listened intently but could detect nothing but this faint murmuring combined with blinding colours. Then, all at once, my hands grasped a seemingly firm piece of matter and I hung on for dear life. I could see no bottom to this object and my arms were getting tired. I was going to fall! I WAS GOING TO FALL This thought was racing through my mind as my fingers began to lose their hold, then, as suddenly as I had grasped the object, I had lost it and was falling through endless fathoms of space. At last, instead of floating through the air with blinding lights and the accompanying murmur of the unseen voices, I found myself on a grassy knoll with a rainbow background. All around me were tiny little fairies, their blue dresses fluttering in the breeze and their silver wings glistening in the golden sun. They were singing a song that, to my mind, was enchanting. I strove to rise but found myself held down by some unknown force. Of a sudden, I heard a great rumbling noise in the distance, which became louder and louder until my eardrums were almost breaking. I looked around but could see nothing. The fairies were scampering in all directions. In a few moments I found I was utterly alone and completely powerless to oppose whomsoever or whatsoever might be the cause of the unidentified noise. While in this state, I became con- scious of many little specks — thousands of little specks, as far away as the eye could see. They were moving closer, emitting loud booming noises as they approached my direction. Instinctively, I closed my eyes. When next I opened them, it was to see millions of tiny beagled-eyed demons crowding about me. In their hands they carried pitchforks. The leader of the band screeched an order and they all rushed at me with their weapons. In alarm, I put my hands over my eyes and held my breath. I could feel the quick, piercing jabs. Suddenly, the gates of Heaven loomed before my eyes. Drifting through, I rested my tired body on a billowy cloud. My mind was at ease and I lay there blissfully content. It seemed I had only been resting a few moments when a great gust of wind came along, blowing the cloud onward at a fair rate. As the wind and the speed of the cloud increased, I became panic-stricken and screamed and yelled at the top of [Page Twenty -Three}

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Brentwood College Magazine HYDROGEN DIOXIDE (2) In this form H is a bleaching agent of hair. Consider the practical applications of this reaction and the appalling consequences that might ensue in the absence of this indispensable gas. The supply of blondes would be seriously impaired. The Misses Grable, Veronica Lake et al. would be out of a job, the U.S.O. would be forced to close its doors and the morale of the American forces would receive such a staggering blow that the success of the allied arms in the present war would be seriously jeopardized if not permanently stultified. In this reaction a perceptible odor is given forth and is a source of never failing interest and joy to boys during the laboratory period. If chemical students were deprived of the innocent diversion obtainable from this experiment, school morale would undoubtedly suffer to the possible extent of losing the next rugger game. And so our erudite author expands his theme through all the vista of human knowledge and experience. One of his most significant sections deals with the teaching of that subject known to the layman as History, and in that seat of cul- ture, the Parliament Buildings of British Columbia, Canada, as Social Studies. We much regret that consideration of space prevents us from giving further examples of the Professor ' s ripe scholarship and global observation. It is reported that his monumental work has been most favorably and even enthusi- astically received by our Department of Education though we understand its reception has been less favorable in the rather outmoded centres of learning at Oxford and Cambridge, England. HYDROGEN SULPHIDE (3) NOTES 1 2 3 The answer is 5. See Appendix p. 2843. See Appendix p. 2857. [Page Twenty ' Two]

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Brentwood College Magazine my voice, but to no avail. Then, all of a sudden, the cloud stopped dead and I shot forward like a rocket. Ahead of me I could see a circular shaped object and, as I neared it, I saw that the surface was very rugged. Could this be the moon? Its contour and aspect much resembled what I had read and seen in story books. I landed on this strange object. Was I the first person to reach the moon? I was! I WAS I jumped for joy and, to my utter astonishment, I rose a good one hundred feet, then descended. As soon as I had touched the surface I immediately rose again to the same height as before and descended with like speed. Was this to continue perpetually? I couldn ' t stop! I COULDN ' T STOP Intuitively, without hope of response, I shouted for help and was amazed to learn that my cry had attracted a most strange looking man — I call him this, since man is what he most closely resembled. I appealed to him for help and he replied that he would stop my jumping only if I promised him I wouldn ' t do it again. I promised, and immediately he pulled a nearby lever that had somehow escaped my notice. It occurred to me that this must be the man-in-the-moon. He told me to follow him and led me to a rock where he pushed a button which caused about five square feet of ground to open up before us. There was a winding stairway which he commanded me to descend. Following him for about ten minutes we came into a big room of which the fourth wall was circular and made of glass. He told me that this was the room from which he shone the light down on Mother Earth far below. I looked out and could see a remote object a great distance away. Apparently this was Earth! Without further comment he said it was just about time to turn on the light, and crossed over to the opposite wall and turned a switch. Instantly the wall lighted up with a phosphorescent glow which shone through the glass window. Then, turning suddenly, the man-in-the-moon asked if I should like to live with him, adding in a menacing tone that, whether I should like to or not, such was to be my fate. As he advanced toward me, I swiftly ran for the stairway and darted up the stairs with him close at my heels. Fortunately the exit in the rock was easily found. With gathering speed I emerged and rushed across the rugged surface. Reaching the edge of the planet, I leaped into space . . . and Raymond of the Rangers took the puck from behind his own net and crossed the blue line — a pass to McRae who skates down the ice — he ' s right in front of the net — he shoots — it ' s a GOAL!!! Score is 4 for the Rangers and 2 for the Cubs. Funny, I thought, I was certain the score was one all a few seconds ago. [Page Twenty-Four]