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D.D. Mackenzie, M.A. F.R.S.A. Ladies and Gentlemen: May I first welcome such a large group of parents and friends of the school to another presentation of awards afternoon. It is so nice to see so many enthusiastic people and have them come to join us for this occasion. — anticipatory fathers and expectant mothers. The first thing I suppose I should do is to make some comment about this changed school, changed not only in numbers but in content. We are this year 245 boys and 60 girls, a vast difference from what we were some 3 or 4 years ago. This development, I may say, was strongly urged by the Downey Committee who visited this school some eight years ago and who recommended that we increase our numbers to between 300 and 350. Next September we shall be precisely half way between these two with 325 and this, for the foreseeable future, will be our maximum. In order to accommodate more students we would have to build more classrooms, more residences, more laboratories, more playing fields, and this, I feel, would be too big a job. Besides which, the present figure still enables us all to know each student personally, the hallmark of our profession here at Brentwood. In academics I should report that Jerry Klima won the British Columbia High School Science Fair Competition and was sent then to Toronto where he finished second in the National Competition. In the University of Victoria Symposium this year we had three observers chosen from five entries so you see our academics remain strong. It is early enogh yet to say to what universities our students have been admitted but we have had acceptances from McGill, from Toronto as well as from British Columbia and Alberta universities. I am somewhat concerned that on our academic reports we used to note a student ' s height and weight at the beginning and end of each term. One lad started the term with a height of 4 ' 9 and finished, according to the report, at 4 ' 8 . The Housemaster, concerned about this, finally commented He is settling in nicely. We have not included such details in our reports since. In Fine Arts we have been most active. The Mikado was produced with some great success just before Christmas. The Choir and Band have both been very busy with festivals and concerts and each, I may say, extremely successful. The students and staff put on a fine concert at the end of the Easter Term while the Dramatic Society produced Everyman last Wednesday night. In Sports our Rowing Eight have once again been quite outstanding winning the Independent Schools and Western Canadian titles. They went to St. Catherine ' s where they finished fourth but against schools, all of whom used Grade 13 students, some of 21 and 22, and they broke the previous record. They qualified last week to go to the Canadian Youth Championships in Montreal and I think their accomplishments will be worth watching. The girls too have achieved great things in this sport and the Women ' s Singles were won by Barbara Sutherland while Valerie Knowles joined her in winning the Doubles. In addition, we have participated in girls and mixed field hockey, ice hockey, rugby and a most tremendous variety of other sports. We used to have a very enthusiastic Jewish mother who came to all the rugby games until half way through last season. Noticing her absence for three games all in a row I phoned her and asked why it was she had not been recently. She confided to me that she just realized what the ball was made of. In our academic staff only Miss Ainslie leaves the Library. All others return for which I am most grateful. I was a little under the weather at Christmas and after. While in hospital the Board of Governors met and the Secretary sent me a telegram which read The Board have met and passed a motion for your speedy recovery — by a vote of 13 to 12. The staff were rather more kind than that, adjusted beautifully to the situation and the school carried on better than ever. I am most grateful indeed to each and every one. Likewise goes my gratitude to the non-academic staff all of whom have remained most co-operative and cheerful. We are indeed lucky at this school with those who work here. And for the future, as I hinted at the beginning, we will get no bigger, at least not for the foreseeable future. Applications rush in and we are full at almost every level. At the moment things look very healthy. To the Graduating Class the message has already been given and in most articulate style by Mr. Phillips. All I can say to you now is good luck. It has been very nice having you here. D.D. Mackenzie
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T.G. Bunch, B.A. Assistant Headmaster W.T. Ross, B.A. Senior Master and Director of Studies W.J. Burrows, B.Sc. J.B. Garvey, B.Sc. M. Cullin, B.A. H.J. Martin, B.A.
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