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

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had special dorms under their care and were known as Big Brothers (a cross between the Orwellian concept and the pre- sent day American system). The dorms also had areas of responsibility. Some took a pride in doing their duties con- scientiously. Others were equally conscientious about dodging their duties and in doing so worked harder than they would have if they had performed them well in the first place. The house outings to Victoria and to Bamberton beach and the house dance were activities which met with general acclaim and all round enjoyment. My thanks to all the boys in the house for showing me all the tricks I have to watch out for next year. My thanks also to the first rate House Captain for his faithful support throughout the year and on what were at times trying occasions, and to my other prefects and monitors who each helped in his own, individual way to make this, my first year as housemaster, one that I will find hard to forget! -R. 0. 25

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WHITTALL HOUSE Prefects: D. Sawyer (House Captain) M. Hall; D. Hickman; B. MacKinnon Monitors: G. Bowes; J. Britton; D. Hindson; B. Homer; S. Mackenzie; P. Scarrow. Be responsible! was the house rule and they were— for the most part. Of course, there were the trumpet tootlers, the super-stereophonic noise-makers, the midnight skulkers, and others of that ilk, but the majority of the sixty-eight boys in Whittall House this year lived in peace with their neighbours, respecting the Geneva Convention and the Marquis of Queensbury Rules. After the initial settling in period, during which I came to know them and they were compelled to recognize my existence, when new friendships were made and old enmities revived, when the dorm changers had finished playing their personal game of checkers,— after all this the house became a unit. The rules were as few as possible and made at the request of members of the house for the benefit of all. The prefects 24

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ELLIS HOUSE This has been a happy year in Ellis House. With a good nucleus of boys from last year still resident and well versed in the whims and eccentricities of the Housemaster, it did not take long for the new boys to get into the swim of things, and for the House to be running smoothly. The stream of boys sent to stand apprehensively outside the dreaded panelled study in the bottom corridor, after lunch of a weekday, soon reduced to a trickle, as everyone learnt how to make beds, sweep out rooms, clean corridors and empty garbage cans to the satisfaction of Mr. Prowse and his Prefects. To many new to the situation it probably appeared as if their lives were fast becoming controlled by these activities— too often taken for granted at home— but it was amazing how soon they became so much a part of life that they were hardly noticed in the daily routine. The House is to be congratulated on both the decor and the tidiness of the rooms. The decor varied greatly from the rugged bear-skinned, snowshoe ' d log cabin atmosphere of our backwoodsman from Quesnel, and his more sophisticated 26