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

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life in a boarding school: the resolution off con- flicts with other students, the ability to give and take with good grace, the wisdom to re- gard staff members as neither the repositories of all wisdom nor yet the arch-enemies of all students. Throughout this process many of the minor regulations in the house suffered some bruises, but I am happy to say that both the students and the regulations seem to have sur- vived the collisions. The spirit was generally good and most people were happy in the re- laxed atmosphere at the south end of the school. The house was very well served by its Pre- fect body, Peter Chettleburgh, Mark Rosebor- ough, and Eric Paul, all of whom were instrum- ental in generating this controlled atmosphere of ease. Their task was an extremely difficult one, and, on reflection, I think they handled it commendably well. I would like to pay special tribute to the House Captain, Paul L acterman, who demonstrated a remarkable talent for handling difficult situations and dealing with many of the routine matters which appear all too frequently in an environment such as ours. He must certainly be counted amongst the best Prefects ever to reside in Senior House. Paul Joins me in wishing every member of Senior House an enjoyable vacation as a pre- face to a healthful and productive future. A.C.C. 17

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SENIOR HOUSE Once again the year ends, and it falls to me to summarise the events, the humour and some of the conflicts that characterised our lives in Senior House. Our population expanded this year to a total of thirty-eight, the extra beds being housed in the old Ellis House build- ing, quickly christened the Hilton by the Mandarins amongst us. Despite the standardis- ing efforts of our summer maintenance and painting programme, the students quickly stamped each room with a unique, if at some times bizarre, character. Andy Raphael and Russell Barton spent an interminable time painting their room, their furniture and event- ually themselves in an indescribable colour of their own but no one else ' s preference. John Bradford and Gordon Archer looked at their freshly painted yet somewhat sterile room with horror and soon got to work making it live- able. In the Hilton lines of communication were being opened up between the walls, and report has it that, on a somewhat higher plane, Russell Barton intensified his communication with the college monkey, Tom, through the mechanics of an electronics laboratory in the upper storey. There were a number of memorable char- acters in Senior House and many notable ev- ents centred around their presence. For ex- ample, one November evening very weird sounds could be heard across the campus: Hope House slept fitfully, but David Manhas checked into Sick Bay with supposed fang marks and Jack Mussallem retired to his bed with crossed stakes for the remainder of the term. Fortun- ately exorcism was performed by some benevo- lent deity and the house returned to its usual state of tranquility. The house promoted an outing to Victoria and several small parties were enjoyed by groups of students throughout the year. Many people came to grips with the real meaning of 16

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ELLIS HOUSE Head of House: Brian Hawksworth Assistant Head: Greg Hood House Prefects: Ross Morrison, Brian Thorne, Jamie Watt ,Roly Wood House Council: Brian Hawksworth - Grade 12 Jim Russell - Grade 11 GeOf Butler - Grade 11 Chuck Wills - Grade 9 This has been another excellent year in Ellis House. With a good nucleus of old boys to show the way, the new ones soon came to terms with Mr. Prowse ' s way of doing things. Under the firm but friendly guidance of Brian Hawksworth and his prefects the House was quickly both cheerful and tidy and running with smooth efficiency. However, God forbid that a House should ever be judged solely on efficiency. It is a build- ing made up of people and their attitude, to- wards each other as well as towards their en- vironment, soon tells us whether they are living happily together or in a number of isolated, antagonistic cells . From the very beginning of the year a number of factors were apparent which showed that Ellis House was indeed a successful experiment in community living. Rooms were tastefully and lovingly decor- ated, all facilities were treated with care and re- spect, consideration was constantly shown for others by keeping the volume of radios and rec- ord players down, prefects, (the house adminis- trators), prefaced all requests with ' please ' , people rarely shouted at each other, the House Council were full of constructive and useful sug- gestions and were listened to by both the Housemaster and the students, punishments were done, for the most part, cheerfully, with a smile on the face of the culprit, everyone was addressed by their christian name and the Housemaster always found a cheerful and re- laxed welcome in every room that he visited. Everyone knew and understood everyone else 18