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

Page 10 text:

HEADMASTERS ADDRESS AWARDS DAY — 1970 Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the ninth Annual Presentation of Awards Ceremony at this school. I must express two feelings— first of all delight that so many of you are here and secondly, astonishment that we have over 700 people in this auditorium which we built to accommodate 450. In presenting to you my Annual Report, I should like to begin by making reference to a number of academic achievements which have been a source of gratification to us all. Last year William Holmes, with an examination average of 99 percent, won the Governor-General ' s Medal, which as you know, is awarded to a student achieving the highest scholarship average in the Provincial matriculation examinations. In addition, 14 more boys won scholarships, bringing our total of successes in scholarship competition over the last two years to 25. Worthy of note this year was John Anderson ' s entry to the Victoria University Arts and Science Symposium which was selected for presentation by the author, Jim Stone ' s per- formance in the College Board Exams where he scored 727 in Biology and 800 in Chemistry, the latter being the equivalent of 100 percent, and the achievement of the Debating Team which won the competition open to students of all the In- dependent, Private and Parochial Schools in British Columbia. I am not sure that this should be classified as an academic item, but I must mention that this term we have had an ex- change programme with both Bishop ' s College in Quebec and Lakefield College in Ontario. Two boys from each of these schools have been with us since April, and we have sent two boys to each of them. So far as we are concerned this ex- change has been a huge success. It has been a delight to have had these four young gentlemen with us, and I would like to state publicly that they have been most excellent am- bassadors for their own schools. I understand that our boys too have done well, and certainly reports I have had from 8

Page 9 text:

ACADEMIC AWARDS — BOOK PRIZES Grade VIII Form Prize Grade IX English History Geography Mathematics General Science French Spanish Computer Programming GRADE X English History Geography Mathematics General Science French Spanish Grade XI English Social Studies Mathematics French Spanish German General Science Grade XII English History Geography Mathematics French German Senior Chemistry Senior Physics Senior Biology C. McDiarmid, Port Alberni W. Black, Lethbridge C. Heerensperger, Seattle T. Burley, Ucluelet G. Butler, Vancouver J. Turner, Vancouver R. Gross, Vancouver S. Reed, Mexico City P. Harvie, Calgary J. Russell, Salt Spring Island G. Wilson, Seattle E. Van Tilburg, Victoria P. Davis, Sidney P. Davis, Sidney P. Davis, Sidney P. Lindsay, Vancouver W. Davis, Victoria W. Davis, Victoria B. Koo, Hong Kong G. Benmore, Kelowna P. Farran, Calgary D. Wilkinson, Cobble Hill G. Hood, Rossland K. Cehak, Gabriola Island D. Wood, Vancouver B. Weare, Smithers R. Reith, Victoria A. Carter, Vancouver J. Anderson, Bellingham J. Stone, Duncan R. Reith, Victoria K. Cehak, Gabriola Island 7

Page 11 text:

them have indicated that they have enjoyed the experience thoroughly. Last year at this time we had just embarked on a new building programme which was due for completion at the beginning of September. Of course it was not and con- sequently we had quite a difficult time during our first term coping with an increased student population in our old facilities. However, everything was finished by Christmas, since when we have had full use of two new residences, this auditorium and the new dining-room upstairs. In the dining- room meals are served cafeteria style, and the resultant improvement in the food has been considerable. The auditorium has been used so much for so many things that I am not sure how we ever did without it, and the new residences have certainly provided a most acceptable calibre of accommodation. I believe we may now be reasonably satisfied with our plant. We have altered the daily timetable considerably. We now have full academic instruction from 8:30 till 1:10 daily. Lunch follows at 1 : 15. Thereafter three afternoons a week we have sports and, on the other three, we offer a programme of activities comprising Art, Choir, Band, Drama, Science Club, Typing, and so on, most of which carry academic credit, and may be used as subjects to qualify for University Entrance. The work of the Band and the Choir will be demon- strated during the ceremony, and I very much hope that afterwards, you will be able to take time to look at the exhibits of our Science and Arts clubs. The former you will find in the Biology and Physics Labs, and the latter in the foyer. I believe this new programme has been well worth while, and we certainly intend to continue it. Other extra curricular activities which we continue to offer are Flying where 4 boys have qualified for their licences this year already, and several more are approaching that stage, Driving, in which 36 were successful, Red Cross Swimming, in which 27 boys qualified for the Senior Award, 14 for the Intermediate and 6 for the Junior. In addition, 12 boys qualified for the Royal Life Saving Bronze Medal standing, thus becoming qualified to act as lifeguards anywhere in 9