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

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SENIOR HOUSE A very successful year for Senior House indeed. A most social group of young men gathered within the aged and teetering walls of our older buildings and set about the task of making them lived in. They were successful to such a degree that the House now requires major redeco- ration to return it to its normal state. This year saw the introduction of a table tennis table and many fierce games were played. Thompson and Washburn must be the only people who believe the game to be a contact sport. Wall punching was popular with some for a short period but it never really caught on. The different residential areas of the House remained quite separate this year and the Hilton rarely mixed with their inferiors on the ground floor. Senior east took pride in being the neatest and probably the noisiest group in the school. Senior west were opposite in both the geographical and social sense but all in all, I believe that most boys achieved success in their attempt to form a homogeneous community. There were many occasions when the house- master and prefects were frustrated and annoyed at the ineptitude of the boys in the House, but these moments were more than compensated for by the highlights following. Gary Drake made it to break- fast one morning. John Bradford ' s room passed inspection and Senior east had a shave cream feast one night. The housemaster apologises for missing the photograph but believes the photograph was improved by his absence. The House was well served by house prefects John Bradford, Derek Arnoldi and Stewart Campbell who gave varying lengths of service to the House, and a special word of thanks must be given to the school prefects Ron Friedli and house captain Murray Bayles, both of whom made an excellent contribution to the house and the school this year. 12

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HARRY WILLIAMS Duncan House prefect 1st XV rugby track team ROBERT WILLIAMS Duncan Capt. Ellis House School prefect 1st XV rugby, colours 1st XI soccer track team GARY WILSON Vancouver House prefect 1st XI hockey EMBERT VAN TILBURG Victoria Hammarskjold Debating Trophy WILLIAM VETLESON Beaver Cove School prefect 1st XI hockey Bff BILLY YUNG Hong Kong Badminton team 11

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ELLIS HOUSE It is well known that if you stand in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in London for long enough, the whole world will pass by you. Similar- ly if you stand in the centre of the ' L ' in the upper corridor of Elhs House, for more than five minutes, the whole House will be revealed to you in all its aspects! Of course you are taking your life in your hands because it is a worse corner for traffic than Hastings and Main and we all know what would happen if you stood in the centre there for more than five minutes . . . And being knocked down by a Vancouver city bus is not nearly so likely to be fatal as being felled by Bradley Martin as he rounds the corner leading to Dorm. 19; one leg hugging the floor, burniiig the lineoleum, the other swinging wildly to maintain balance, tooth brush scything through the air, as he attempts to reach his room in under three seconds and thereby — horror of horrors — avoid being late for bed! However, let us suppose that you could stand at the ' L ' without endangering life and limb, the Ufe blood of Ellis House would pass by you and in the process this is what you might see, hear and smell. Seen in passing Derek and Mike . . . sneaking along the corridor at 1 a.m. David . , . briefly . . . between weekends at his summer cottage. Bruce . . . signing a chit for a taxi (capitalist!) John . . . with his shoes on in the house. Pop bottles ... on their way to the pop drop (occasionally). Jeff ... on his way to take a shower (very occasionally). Pringle . . . carrying a mop (very, very occasion- ally). John . . . photographing Randy, photographing Dean, photographing John . . . Tim . . . scrubbing the floor (frequently). Bruce and Loren ... on their way to a late night taping session. Jonathan . . . collecting a bet. Heard in passing Brad . . . But, sir! . . . Reg . . . twin barrel over head cam . . . Jim . . . Campbell River greaseball (who on earth was he talking to?) John . . . Everybody out of the House (loudly) D.Y. laughing (very loudly) Mike , . . High Level is . . . (drowned out by shouts of derision) David ... I took my sandwedge and . . . Mayland ... ... and I said to ' lusty Ingrid ' . . . Mike . . . Sir, get out! N.P. and D.Y. . . . ' singing ' at the Christmas Party 13