St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Reading ..... Writing ...... Spelling ...... .Arithmetic .... English ...,.,. French ..... Latin ............,. Science ..,.......... Social Studies ..... Art ..,....v....,....... Scripture ....... Library .,..,.. Grade IV .....l Grade Y .... Grade VI ......... Y Grade X II ....... Grade VIII .,,.. English ....... French ..... Latin .,..... Greek .....,,......... Mathematics ....... Science ............. Social Studies ...... Geography ........ Grade IX ..... Grade X ....... PRIZE LIST LOWER SCHOOL Subject Prizes NN, Norris, B. Nixon, A, TIHIIUIS M, Graham, W. Wright. R, Sommers T. Roberts. D. Bratt. J. Slottow XY. Bleakes. Dafoe, N. Ivlarsden Form Prizes Gurney, A. Meal-:es A. Rostoker. J. Rostoker C. Groos. J, Finch G. Thorp. S, Somnierfcldt A, fvIcGill. T. Radford BI, Johnson, D. Xlebster P. Hardy, T. Yaryan R. Chaworth-Nlusters Thorp P. Code A. Timmis C. Thorp R. Murdoch UPPER SCHOOL Subject Prizes N, Etheridge, M, Stephen, L. Devlin D, Bapty, D. Beban, I. Ogle M. Petter. R. Nixon, J. Henman D. Grubb, M. NN'oollends, R. WVhite R. YN'edd, P. Van der Goes. M. Rayner R, Boyd, J. Hinton. R. Mayfhew N, Etheridge. R, WVhite M. Fulton Form Prizes G. Murdoch M, YVoo1lends Grade XI ..... R. Nixon Grade XII ....... ............................. ........... I . Ogle Special Prizes General Knowledge CMarionette Libraryb ....... ....... R . Nixon Open Chess Competition .................................. ........................... L . Hudson Parents' Auxiliary Prizes: Essay .................................................................... IN. Etheridge. M. Rayner General Progress ........ M. Shaw. R. Barker, B. Blair, R. Yeakel, D. Angus Chapman Cup ................. ........................................................................ J , Finch Headmastefs Awards ...... ............ VN ', Lund, D. Simpson. L. Devlin Ker Cup ....................... ....................................................... I Y. Lund 13

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SPEECH DAY The fifty-third Annual Speech Day was held Saturday, June 6th., with The Hon. Robert YY. Mayhew, PC., LL.D., to present the prizes and to give the address. Mr. Mayhew's review of the Cadet Corps in 1957 was photographed in colour for the school record and it was with special pleasure there- fore that the school welcomed him again as the Guest of Honour. The proceedings opened with O Canadau followed by a reading from Ecclesiastes XII by D. YV. Beban. L. E. Devlin then played the accompaniment to the perennial favourite Worship the Lord and the Headmaster read the annual report wherein the various successes of the school during the year, both in the classroom and on the play- ing fields are recorded. These events and occurrences are related else- where in this Journal and it will be sufficient here to record only the closing sentences of the report: We started the year with more than the usual number of difficulties. Dining tables. not produced on time, caused complete disruption to classrooms. The swimming pool boiler refused to function. There were epidemics of cold and flu with one boy reported from home as under suspicion of polio - this complaint was eventually diagnosed as der- matitis. I leave you to imagine the consternation which that faulty suspicion caused - disciplinary troubles of far more than customary difficulty. the new nurse recalled to Eng- land within a month of her arrival and so ong but gradually these difficulties were overcome and the school has emerged stronger and healthier than before. It is in the fires of ad- versity that character is forged and while we could well do without many of the troubles which beset us it is through them that this school must grow in strength and spirit. Mr. Mayhew then gave his address. He described in simple but most eloquent language the great desire for learning shown by the under- privileged peoples of the world and in particular those of the country he knew so well -Japan- to which he had been Canadian Ambassador during a most historic period. He talked of the children in the villages and their almost pathetic desire to improve their under- standing and he urged the boys to realise more fully and to appreciate more truly the advantages of living in this great country of ours and the opportunities which the school - and especially this one - offered to them. So much is taken for granted. It is as well at times to pause and consider how much we owe and how fortunate we are. The silence which greeted Mr. Mayhew was a tribute not only to the respect and affection in which he is held but also to the impression made on the boys by the address. The Headmaster then called upon Mr. Nlayhew to present the prizes and afterwards the Head Prefect. XV. G. Lund, and the Chair- man of the Governors thanked N111 Mayhew warmly. 12

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CONFIRMATION The following six members of the School were prepared by the Rex T. D. B. Ragg, School Chaplain, and confirmed by His Grace the Archbishop fthe Most Rev. H. E. Sextonl, on April l9th., 1959 Nicholas Haggar Rowse Etheridge Stanley S. Flaslunan James Maurice Palmer Harry V. Pollard David Scott Wlebster Robert W'ilIiam James Wledd ACADEMIC RESULTS I to date - August The following' have completed 'L'nix'er F. G, Allen G. R. Clark L. E. Devlin L. P. Hudson R. G. Lewis 14 26th.u sity Entrance':- W. G. Lund I. C. G. Ogle VI. P. C. Schreiber G. C. Simpson J. R. G. Wennian