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

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and in the Juniors ' eyes took unfair advantage of being up to snuff in all the dodges). Brent Dawson, Tony Marshall, Phil Ross and Don Wood relieved the Grade Twelves and took a consid- erable load on their shoulders. Thanks boys. Next year, it is anticipated, there will be a smaller House in numbers as a result of the new building programme, and we are going to be able, ultimately, to reduce the size of most of the dorms, thus making conditions more comfortable and amenable to all and sundery. ' Someone wrote a book called, A House is Not a Home, but this I feel is entirely wrong. The House can be a home, and it is the job of us all to make it so, Prefects, old- timers, new boys and all. And to those who progress on to senior houses, or who may be leaving the School, Good Luck and Good Hunting. 29

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One of the events of the year was the setting up of a small kitchenette for the use of the Hopefuls on weekends and in the evenings. It took quite a lot of persuading of the Headmaster and the Bursar once the Housemaster had been convinced (due considerably to the urgings of Messrs. Archer, G ray [Chopper] , Arnoldi and McGougan wtib IricFifekted that life could not pos- sibly be sustained without such an amenity). They won — but the amount of spaghetti and meatballs, pork and beans that were consumed — usually within half an hour of supper or bedtime led me seriously to consider laying in a large supply of Enos or a direct phone to Sick Bay. From bitter experience I do not advocate a late snack of incinerated pizza pie. As always there were the decor bugs, and some dormitories were quite outstanding. One (nameless), was decorated most fetchingly with a series of chains which quite impressed the Headmaster until on closer inspection he discovered they were the keys from beer cans. We had a Mexican dorm, and one festooned with various flags of the province of B.C. The only fault here was that one had to go around practically bent double. This term life was rendered chaotic by the Grade Eights who were preparing a TV film. Written, produced, acted and directed by the terrors of dorms nine and eleven, Scott Reed and Bruce Halliday proved themselves worthy of an Academy Award. Prize — one bag of popcorn. Ups and downs there were, and I was grateful to the usual scamps who spent so much time on my silver (thanks Andy), but life went on quite well. It is hard for a group of thirteen and fourteen year olds, many of whom are entirely new to boarding school life, to mold together quickly into a cohesive working unit, but to a considerable extent this was done well before Christmas. As always we had our characters, those who co- operate enthusiastically to see how many grey hairs each can produce for the Housemaster. I need hardly say that dorms three, six and eight stood well to the fore in this respect. All in all, a good year, and to the House Prefects, Peter McFarland, Bill Holmes, Jock McKinnon and Gerald Whittall, with their assistants Geoff Bowes and Bill Van der Straeten, I give my thanks for yeoman service rendered, with especial thanks to Peter and Gerald. During the Summer Term I had the capable assistance of four Monitors (all ex-Hopefuls who knew the ropes, 28

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MICHAEL HOG AN It was with shock and sadness that we heard of the tragic death of Michael in an accident on August 5th in the Fraser Canyon. Mike Hogan was very much one of the ' Hopefuls. ' He joined the House in 1967 as one of the ' new entries ' in Grade VIII and 30