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strange cross between Methusela and Mr. Chips. Nonetheless, on behalf of all adult members of this School community I would like to thank you all for making this campus such a joyous place each day. I also must thank personally the adult members of this community for their dedication and loyalty throughout the year. The academic Staff, who not only produce scholarship winners, but also manage to bring forth a degree of excellence from even the most reluctant student; the coaches, who uncomplainingly arise at the crack of dawn or work late into the night to keep the students in their charge at the peak of physical fitness; the laundry ladies, who turn out mountains of clean clothes and linen; the kitchen staff, who keep the calories coming, day after day. . . the list is endless and I cannot possibly say an individual thank you today to all who make Brentwood what it is. May I therefore simply let you know that your efforts on behalf of the School, whatever and wherever they are, are acknowledged and very greatly appreciated. We must, at this time, say a sad au revoir to three members of our academic Staff — Mrs. Hatfield, Mr. Keevil, and Mr. Reid. We wish them well in all theirfuture endeavors. At this time last year Mr. Bill Ross spoke of Brent- wood ' s development plans for the next few years, and some of you were able to view the model campus plan. As you can see, construction of the new girls dormitory is already under way. The dormitory, for 40 girls, will go into operation in January. However, although the plans for the development of the remainder of the School are still very much in effect, the time frame encompassing these changes has expanded to accommodate the financial climate. I wish to assure you all that we do not propose to commence any future building until funds are actually and totally available for that particular capital expense. When Mr. Bill Ross spoke at our Awards Day Ceremony last year, the nation was riding high on an economic crest. Since that time the economy has taken a plunge and that plunge has affected Canadians in many diifferent ways. To all of us the present economic conditions mean that we must contribute a little more, put forth that extra effort, and thereby help ourselves, our families, our com- munities, and our nation. It is interesting to note that in spite of the fact that financial difficulties mean that many parents have to make great sacrifices in order to cope with Brentwood fees, our Grade 8 enrollment has never been higher than it is for the 1982 83 School year. Personally, I am confident that these stringent economic times will have good results in the long run — there will not be so many easy dollars to be made, and Canada ' s productivity will and must increase so that we are to compete in world markets. Today ' s graduates will face many more challenges than have their predecessors for the last decade or so. Summer jobs will be few and far between. Students will have to work harder, produce better grades and skills in order to compete for the job openings that are available. As you all are aware, it is Brentwood ' s philosophy to require total commitment from our students in all aspects of their School lives. While we always have known that this policy will enable them to be more able and dedicated members of the adult communities they join after they leave School, we now feel that the training they receive here will give them a competitive edge in the situations with which they will be required to deal, because when the going gets tough the tough get going. To our 1982 graduates I must say that your lives, in the next few years, will not be easy — but if you are prepared to work hard, the challenge will be exciting and the rewards will be greater than ever because the satisfaction of doing well is always equal to the amount of effort put forth. As Samuel Coleridge so aptly said , We receive but what we give. June, 1982
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handicapped children. They collected a total of $10,424.91 in pledges. This summer our Cycling Club placed second in the annual Tour-du-Lac around Shawnigan Lake. Our sailors had a highly successful year — they won the Independent Schools Regatta, the Rogers Cup in com- petition with Shawnigan Lake School, and qualified for entry into the National Regatta. Marcus Rockliff and Andrew Clark are not with us today because they are participating in the National Single Handed Regatta in Victoria. In tennis our junior boys are Independent Schools Champions. The Tennis program was very popular this year with some 100 students playing hard. Our Cross- country runners won the Independent Schools Cham- pionships and the juvenile division of the Basil Parker Memorial Race. In soccer our senior boys are Indepen- dent Schools Champions and our Girls ' Soccer Team emerged unbeaten against all female opposition. Our Golf Team made it to the Island finals after a delightful season in the sun. Our senior boys track and field team was second in Independent Schools competition. I cannot allow comment on track and field to pass without men- tioning our student who was once described by a covetous rival coach as a track animal — Mark Williamson. Last summer at the Canada Games Mark won gold medals in the 400m. and the 4x400m, and a silver medal in the Canadian Men ' s Open Race. At the Canadian Indepen- dent Schools Meet this summer he won, in a single af- ternoon, the 100m., the 200m., the 400m., anchored the winning4x400 m. relay team, and won the shot put. Brentwood participants in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme served the local community in a number of ways. They raised money for the B.C. Lions Fund for Handicapped Children, visited and assisted elderly people in the neighbourhood, served as sellers for Vic- toria tag days, and worked so effectively with the Mill Bay Salmonid Enhancement Project that the Department of Fisheries offered lavish praise. Andrew Maile received his silver award in a recent ceremony at Government House and three other Brentwood students received certificates from the Lt. Governor for surviving Mr. Wingate ' s winter camping course. In October four of our students will receive gold medals under the Duke of Edinburgh ' s Scheme, 10 will receive silver medals and 16 bronze. The Girls ' Field Hockey Team won the Independent Girls Schools tournament for the second year in a row. In Double A school tournaments we finished a close third on the Island and 7th in B.C. As last year, we were the only single A school (fewer than 200 girls) to qualify for the double A Provincial Tournament. Our reputation as a force in the field hockey world is now Province wide. The Boys ' Field Hockey Team finished second in Independent Schools competition. Our first term Aquatics program culminated with 80 awards presented in Royal Life Saving. The second term was spent in the classroom instructing junior and senior resuscitation and first aid, with 60 students receiving awards, and in the third term nine students participated in an Instructors ' course. Nine students received cer- tification as open water divers in the Scuba program. Our 1ST XV Rugby Team played hard but an injury- plagued season left them with a win loss ratio of six to ten. The Second XV, Third XV, Fourth XV, Colts, and Junior Colts were all Independent Schools Champions in their divisions. This year it is rugby that has not ceased with the closing of the School term. On June 28th our 1ST XV fly off to Aukland, New Zealand for a tour of the South Pacific. They will play 12 matches in various corners of New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji, and atthesame time will have a good look at some of the highlights, cultural ones we trust, of that corner of the world. Not content with earthly pursuits, a few of our students opted for an aery experience. John Holt, George Payne, and Fred Wallis, in addition to all of their other Sc hool activities, have qualified privately for their pilot licenses. With all this activity going on in the Sports and Fine Arts Departments of the School, you will be wondering where academics fit into the scheme of things at Brent- wood. Academics, of course, are the number one priority. We ask our students to pay attention first to their studies and secondly to their extra-curricular commitments. Eighty percent of our graduates last year entered university or college in September — one to Princeton, 11 to Queens, 15 to U.B.C., 10 to the University of Alberta, 12 to the University of Victoria, to name just a few of their destinations. Mathematics has a strong emphasis at Brentwood and in this highly competitive, computer age we must match our progress with that of other Canadians. In the Canadian Junior Mathematics Contest for Grades 9, 10 and 11 , Brentwood placed fourth in British Columbia. The Canadian Euclid Competition for Grade 12 students placed Brentwood as fifth in B.C., with Michael Cottam and Herman Schenck rating in the top 60 students in Canada. 210 students in Canada were invited to write the Canadian mathematics Olympiad and three of our students, Donald Stanley, Michael Cottam, and Herman Schenck were among this elite number. The Canadian Mathematics League presents six papers throughout the year — Brentwood ranks third in British Columbia and fifteenth in Canada in this competition. We also entered, for the first time, the U.S.A. International Computer Problem Solving contest. We have had no official results for this contest as yet. In addition to external Mathematics contests, the Science Department entered students in contests organized by the Institute of Chemistry and Physics and the University of Waterloo. In competition with Grade 13 students from Ontario our students scored well, and Herman Schenck placed in the top 10 % in each contest. I am sure you all will be pleased to hear that, in essence, those remarks cover my Report. Before proceeding to make awards, however, I feel that there is one vital aspect of the year which I have ignored, an aspect for which there is no award, no recognition, and little public glory. Nevertheless, I intend to pay tribute to it publically today. I speak of the good-will, the cheerful spirit, the kindliness, and unfailing friendliness of all members of our student body. Of course, I am aware that in my own case the students regard me as a somewhat
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