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

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ELLIS HOUSE After a brief settling down period, that was, to say the least, a traumatic experience for both Housemaster and Housemembers, we all got used to each others ideas and eccentricities, and a pleasant and happy year followed. The usual amount of dormitory trading produced a number of distinctive groups all of which added im- measurably to the easy-going atmosphere of the House. Indeed the considerable spirit and enthusiasm that existed was very dependent on the thriving individuality of the various House members. The rooms themselves were excellent examples of this feeling of indi- viduality. They varied greatly in decor from the Fisherman ' s Wharf motif of Glen MacRae and Bruce Kirkpatrick to the cigarette packages and sick jokes of John Mclnnis, Doug Milroy and Peter Moodie. However all the rooms had at least one thing in common throughout the year, namely the very high standard of tidiness that was maintained. The whole House is to be congratulated on 18

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We also appeared to have a larger than normal group of silver- tinged grinners who made the monthly pilgrimage to Vancouver orthodontists. Cam Gardiner became the reluctant custodian of the television, but nevertheless handled the financial responsibility extremely well. Our other financial wizard was Michael Carpenter who dealt with the matter of House pocket money far more effi- ciently than I did — at least t o the best of my knowledge he is not in debt to the Bursar. My sincere thanks to Michael Ohman the House Captain, and also his prefects — Skip Stothert, Arne Dahl, Mark Stone, and Bard Haddrell for their great service during the year. The success of the House this year must be directly attributed to their under- standing and treatment of the Junior members. Heard in Passing . . . Haddrell with graduate in Muscle 12. Ohman has more friends in Duncan than just Mark Stone. Guthrie smokes Old Port and Stothert and Stone drink it. The Franco-German Society room is really a 4th Reich H.Q. Lachelt coaches Stuart Mackenzie. Mcllveen has applied for Canadian citizenship. Wilkes is Brentwood ' s answer to Francis Chichester. Holmes should be on the staff. Muskrat is really the White Knight. Herbie is the Jolly Green Giant. As this will be my last term as Housemaster, I would like to thank all Privett Whittall house members for their co-operation and friendship during the last two years. —A. R. 17

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this; they can be justifiably proud of the extra weekend leave awarded them by the Headmaster. The most active group in the House was the Body Builders under the leadership of the Body Beautiful himself, who used to thrill us all every Friday night by collecting his pocket money clad only in a loincloth. At the other end of the scale there was the Duncan Duo upstairs who were al- ways to be found lounging in a horizontal position, though it was rumoured that they had actually been seen actively participating in a Colts rugby match ! Meanwhile back downstairs Louie and Barney could be heard arguing endlessly over the relative merits of Alberta and Girls. Neither was ever known to listen to the other. Further down the hall strange Honda-like noises meant that you were ap- proaching Paul Clarke ' s room. For the more aesthetically-minded John Compston could be heard quoting Dante whilst he trained for his proposed ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger by climbing into his top bunk in the most difficult way imaginable. Lack of space and time unfortunately do not allow me to men- tion the remainder of the house ' s characters, but undoubtedly the spirit of the house emanated from their individuality, together with their willingness to co-operate with each other. It was a good year and a happy one. Certainly the Housemaster enjoyed it, even if he was forced to swing the cane occasionally and was forever being challenged to a fight by John Sladen. Ultimately a well run house is very dependent on hard working and responsible prefects. These I was lucky enough to have. To Bob, Scotty, Randy and John, I say thank you and all the best for the future. — N. P. 19