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

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I x WHITTALL HOUSE School Prefects: Dean Sawyer, David Hindson. House Prefects: Ken Black, Jeremy Etherington, Stewart Mackenzie, Bob Spoor. House Monitors: John Martin, John Rook, Maurice Stanley, Jim Stone. If noise is any indicator of happiness, then the residents of Whittall House must have been delirious. This joie de vivre carried through all the major and minor catastrophes when the tenants and the caretaker did not see eye to eye. It manifested itself in the success of the Chinese supper (with our own resident expert on Oriental food demonstrating how it should be eaten); it was well to the fore in the outings to Victoria and to Bamberton Beach and permeated all the other little im- promptu gatherings which took place at highly irregular times. Despite the fact that the number of residents living in close proximity in this House by far exceeded that of any other House, the good will and understanding shown towards others more than compensated for any lack of privacy. The Common Room was brightened by new furniture which some volunteers willingly helped paint (and over which others promptly spilled spaghetti!). The dorms were decorated by the 23

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its environs in close contact with the Staff and Prefects. Some evenings the House gourments were obliged to make do with canned foods and the musical groups felt it necessary to tone down their amplifiers a notch or two on occasions. In a final review of the year, I would like to thank the House for their humour and cheerful co-operation. In particular I would like to commend Paul Watson who did an excellent job as House Captain and the House Prefects, Robert Hindson, Peter Scarrow, David Mackenzie and John Maclnnes in absentia. Senior House was extremely fortunate in having so many other members of the House who were Prefects in other areas of the School and many prospective violaters were harassed by this contingent. Here are some comments written by our graduates prior to leaving. Seen in passing Hemie Shicklegruber The Executive Suite actually talking to common folk Aglia Night 1969 Senior House East going to the beach to look at the moon The giant economy sized bottle Jamie Neve, John Davis, Mike McClellan The School Prefects one Sunday Heard in passing . . . Heavy footfalls on Willows Beach at 3 a.m The L.C.B. is 67 Sound of digging under Senior House East Cats wailing, Sergio whining, amplified music Fraser ' s drawl Elvis Presley has bed bugs. The Prefects returning from an evening swim Smelt in passing . . . Seven pound steaks in the kitchen Sergio Smoke under Senior House -A.C.C. 22

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usual plethora of picture s ranging from Lenin (!) (who, some students believe, was ' an honourable man ' ) to exhortations to ' draft beer, not students. ' The TV Room had its usual square -eyed habites, who scam- pered out at .02 seconds before bed time to ask if they could stay up late to watch an extremely interesting, educational movie of world shattering importance, etc. etc. etc. I am heartened by the apparent new interest that the TV networks are taking in the education of the leaders of tomorrow, but would recom- mend that they programme their iconoclastic programmes at a less disruptive time. The House Library was well frequented and here too tastes covered a wide range, from, ' How to utilise hot houses to their best advantage, ' to, ' Hara Kiri as the zenith of modern political thought. ' It was necessary this year, again, to stress the important differ- ence between mine and thine, the climax of which came in the Case of the Missing Easter Bunny. Despite these isolated inci- dents of confused thinking the House has been composed, for the most part, of happy boys who are prepared to face up to difficulties rather than look for the ' easy ' way out and for this I am grateful. I am grateful also to a very able Head of House, who has served in this capacity for the last two years and has provided an example that will be an inspiration to future Prefects for some time to come. He was ably assisted by a group of Prefects and Monitors who tried, each in his own way, to provide that link between the Housemaster and his charges, a link which is often felt to be tenuous, but which is an important factor for the successful running of the House. Next year we welcome the arrival of a House Tutor, Mr. Georges Bombazin, who will assist me in House matters. I wish him well in his new post and trust that he will experience the satisfaction to be obtained from the daily challenge offered by the interplay of so many different personalities. I am looking forward to next year with interest and with the hope that with fewer residents and more relaxed surroundings for the boys I will be able to get to know them even better than was possible so far. q Housemaster 24