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

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PRIZE LIST FORM PRI ZES Grade VIII Charles Evans: Concise History of England. Grade IXA John Anderson : 100 Great Lives. Grade IXB Norman Cressey : Complete Book of Marvels. Grade XA William Holmes : The Reader ' s Encyclopedia. Grade XB Bruce Homer: The Canadians. Grade XC Louis Watson: Treasures of the World. Grade XI A William Cupples : This Is Your Century. Grade XIB James Braiden : Winston S. Churchill. Grade XII Robert Leaf: The World of Mankind. The Butchart Trophy : Dux of the School SUBJECT PRIZES ENGLISH Senior : Jeremy Mouat : The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Junior : James Britton : The Oxford Companion to English Literature. HISTORY Senior : Glen Hughes : The German Army and The Nazi Party. Junior: Donald Wood: Bosworth Field. SOCIAL STUDIES Senior : Ken Richardson : British Columbia : A History. GEOGRAPHY Junior: John Maclnnes: Patterns of Canada. PHYSICS Senior : Bruce Williams : The Living Land. CHEMISTRY Senior: John Dundee: Canada ' s Nuclear Story. BIOLOGY Senior : William Cupples : The Human Machine : Adjustments.

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his own days at the University of Cambridge just after the war. The students at Oxford and Cambridge were the most eccentric in the world and the British system of State Scholarships meant that the criterion for entrance was brains not blood. Soon after his arrival he had been informed that Cambridge gives no degrees for attending lectures and taking notes. It might be more advisable to drink beer and match wits in the Junior Common Room. He was amazed by the clothes of the undergraduates, but soon found that he too was affecting the crumpled look. The lecturers came in for a certain amount of admiration for they delivered their papers whether anyone were there or not. If after a few moments those who were there took out the Times newspaper and read the ads or did the crossword puzzle, the lecturers remained unperturbed. They took no offence and none was intended. Dean Jeff els then gave an hilarious description of a Cambridge tutorial. Once a week he endured this ordeal, always preceded by an essay crisis involving blood, sweat and tears. After a pleasant chat about the latest Footlights Revue, rugby or the beauty of the daffodils in the College gardens a glass of sherry and a biscuit might be produced. No -one at this stage seemed the least interested in beginning the tutorial. Eventually in a thin, reedy voice a name would be mentioned by the tutor (it always seemed to be Dean Jeffels ' name), followed by the dread summons Well, what about this thing you have prepared on the French epic? Immediately the tutor would slump down into his chair and appear to go soundly to sleep. At the conclusion he would reveal that he had in fact been listening very attentively by proceeding to rip to shreds the offering. On an essay that the student considered superlative, and on which the greatest care had been taken would be placed the highest accolade — the lean praise of Good show. An essay that the student considered first class would be granted the comment Barely fair, and a passable essay would evince No comment. After these hilarious and at times lyrical descriptions of a student ' s life in England, Dean Jeffels came to the core of his address. At Cambridge he had seen in practice those qualities which had made the British educational system what it was. The British student learned self-criticism, perseverance and stamina. He hoped that the Brentwood graduates would find similar qualities at the University of Victoria — a stimulating, intellectual climate where there would be excitement for the mind and charm for the spirit. Dean Jeffels concluded with the words of his Cambridge tutor Good Show and God Bless. 5

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GENERAL SCIENCE Gerald Whittall : A History of Science. MATHEMATICS Senior: Bruce Williams: Mathematics in the Making. Junior: Charles Evans : Of Men and Numbers. William Holmes: Mathematics and the Imagination. GERMAN Williams Holmes: Germany. FRENCH Senior: Jack Patriarch : Les Caracteres. Junior : Peter Farran : Le La Terre A La Lune Les Trois Mousquetaires. SPECIAL AWARDS The Florence Scott Award for Outstanding Work in Creative English Robert Leaf The Earnshaw Trophy for a Superior Dramatic Contribution Hamish Boyd The E. V. Young Memorial Award for Superior Dramatic Performance Robert Leaf The J. C. Mitchell Award for Endeavour Bruce McKinnon The Cooke Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to the Rugby Club Philip Stothert The Junior Citizenship Award : Nominated : P. Ross, J. Chellin, F. Juhan. The winner Frank Juhan The Powell Trophy for Senior Citizenship : Nominated : D. Tansley, M. Stone, B. Scott-Moncrieff, D. Sawyer. The winner Dean Sawyer The Davis Award and Book Prize for Outstanding Scholastic Progress : Nominated : P. Clarke, and G. MacRae. The winner Paul Clarke The Yarrow Shield for Scholastic and Athletic Attainments Mark Stone 7