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

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SPEECH DAY Headmaster ' s Report It is now time for me to once more present to you what is irreverently described in the staff room as the annual pre- sentation of platitudes. Well, I am glad to report that our nuts and bolts are in good shape, and so is the rest of the school too. PREFECTS Standing (I to r) Bill Winterton, Bruce MacKinnon, Mike Bramall, Bruce Williams, Chris Elwick, Larry Bakos, Ken Richardson, Alan Wilson. Seated (I to r) Mike Hall, Don Hickman, Sasha Angus (Head Prefect), The Headmaster, Dean Sawyer, Glen Hughes, Joe Milner. I should begin, I suppose, with matriculation results last year, and I am happy to report that every boy who went for matri- culation got a matriculation. This is the first time we have had 100% success in these examinations, and I hope it may become the usual thing. I may say too, our forecasts were pretty ac- curate. As you probably know, we are required on behalf of each boy who is writing the examination to submit a mark to the Department of Education some six weeks or two months before the exams are written. The marks which we submit and that which the student achieves are then averaged, and the result is then noted in his official documents. We forecast 5

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HONORARY GOVERNORS Capt. J. M. Grant, c.b.e., r.c.n. Ret ' d. A. C. Privett, m.a. Norman R. Whittall BOARD OF GOVERNORS F. Rogers, b.a.sc, Chairman (Vancouver) J. R. Genge, m.a. (Cantab), Vice-Chairman (Victoria) Colonel R. 0. Bull (Sidney) P. A. Cherniavsky, b.a.sc. (Vancouver) J. A. Angus (Edmonton) A. M. C. Kenning (Victoria) W. D. C. Mackenzie (Calgary) J. W. Pitts, b.eng., m.b.a. (Vancouver) H. R. Whittall (Vancouver) F. D. Williams, b.a., f.c.a. (Vancouver) F. G. Winspear, f.c.a., r.i.a., ll.d., f.r.s.a. (Edmonton) Dr. M. D. Young, c.d., m.a., m.b., bch., m.r.c.p., f.r.c.p. ( c ) (Vancouver) Assistant Headmaster T. G. Bunch, b.a. H. Brackenbury, b.a. I. R. Ford, m.a. N. R. B. Prowse, m.a. W. J. Burrows, b.sc. F. Martin, b.s.a. A. Rees, dip. phys. ed. STAFF Headmaster D. D. Mackenzie, m.a., f.r.s.a. A. C. Carr, m.a. R. G. Nash, b.sc. B. duTemple, b.a., b.ed.R. Orr, m.a. D. J. Pope, b.a. C. M. Ross, B.A. W. T. Ross, B.A.

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that fifty-nine successes would be attained when in fact sixty were. So that I suppose this small error was on the right side. Four boys entered for scholarship examinations, and three of them achieved averages of better than 80%, thus winning first-class Government Scholarships. You may remember last year that the school was inspected and a Report was made by Dr. Downey and his Team from the U. B. C. As a consequence of some of their recommendations we have initiated project work in addition to formal teaching in many classes. Grade 11(1), 10(1), and 9(1) for instance have all undertaken projects in English and Social Studies. This involves not mere teaching but independent investigation by the students, and the results have been commendable, and the experience I believe, enjoyable to those involved. One of the more lighthearted projects undertaken by two boys in Grade X was the re-writing oi the school prospectus. The result was quite original and very amusing although the spelling was hor- rendous. They quoted from the prospectus that it is The aim of this College to develop the best that is in the boy, and added the aim of the boy to see that they don ' t. The Science Club has been busy with their weekly meetings. They went down to the Science Fair in Seattle, and they also visited the Boeing plant when they were there. The Poetry Reading Club has likewise been active, and some of our Grade XII bo)s have been doing some teaching in French —this of course, for their own benefit rather than for the bene- fit of the students under instruction. We have had guest lecturers from outer space, that is, not exactly from outer space, but about outer space. We have had people talking about Marine Biology. We have had others talk- ing about Conservation, and we have had others talking about Salesmanship. What we have tried to do, as the Downey Report suggested, was to bring a little bit of excitement and variation to the classroom. We have experimented in Social Studies with team teaching, and although there is a somewhat limited appli- cation for such type of instruction in this school, at least we have experimented. Our boys, unfortunately, still have to write a Government examination because Mr. Bennett in his infinite wisdom has decided that no independent school is worthy of accreditation. The result is that, particularly at the time of year just finished, we tend to do much less education and much more training for examinations. We regret this, but we are stuck with it. Perhaps one day we can persuade the Government that we have teachers who are qualified, who are certificated, who are ex- 6