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

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'uri- THE HE DMASTER WRITES The school year now drawing to its close has been a happy one. The thread of llSll2ll events which we come to expect, and use to measure the progress ofthe year. was embroidered this year in a number of ways. During Ulll' visit to the UK. in the spring of 1973 we extended invitations to the Schools we played to come and visit 11s. Happily two accepted and in the second term Sevenoaks School from Kent and Brynteg School from Bridgend -journeyed to B.C. The rugby was of the highest order and the details will be found elsewhere in this book. My pleasure was to see boys from overseas having the opportunity to visit Canada and to see S.NI.L'. learn from the experiences of other students. I have alway s been convinced that 'understanding' comes from 'knowingf Contacts such as these make the educational experience of the st11- dents here richer. as they do for our visitors. Iiveryone benefits from such ex- changes. At Christmas the Parents' Auxiliary, which has worked so hard for our School, asked permission to arrange two Christmas Dinners in Brown Hall. I was delighted to agree. I want Olll' school facilities to he used to the utmost at all times. Two very happy evenings ensued and the Auxiliary plan to make these Dinners annual affairs. This is another positive step in the continuing process ofbringing everyone into the School. Parents, friends and strangers - we want to see you using Ulll' facilities where possible. The academic picture continues to make excellent reading. The Graduating Class. the largest in the Schools history, was excellent and I commend them for their work this year. All indications are that the School will grow by over 100 students next year. We are enrolling Grades I and II for the first time and this will mean 30 more boys at the Prep alone. During the year a series of long-range decisions by the Board led to the im- mediate start on a new Residence for the Senior School. It is a handsome build- ing and it will accommodate 91 Boarders. It will give 11s the opportunity to re- novate School House this coming year. Next we will start on a new Athletics Changing Room Building - a pressing need. It is to be hoped that the funds for these vital extensions will come from everyone interested in o11r School. This has been a year of solid achievement in every field. Next year we will make more progress -the spirit is strong.. the staffdetermined and the clirec- tion clearly charted: To be unequalled in the educational field in the West. It will he done! P.A.C. fi

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STAFF 1973-1974 HEADMASTER P.A. Caleb, LLB. fLOI1dU7ll DEPUTY HEADMASTER DJ. Williams. C.D.. M..-X. fOx0n.l, O.St.j. SENIOR MASTER CL. Pollard. B.A. fVI'Cf07'lI1l Charles Birch, Dip. Ed. KCIIPSIH' College! Senior Master, junior Rev. C.D. Blencoe, B.A. IL0rzdmz2, R.A.F. fRet.l Peter Bousfield, fI'irforia1 Peter Daniels, B.F.A. fN0tre Dame, Nfflsorzj, L.A. Cert. A.L. Dolsen, B..-X. IHon5.j fBri!. Coll R. Dyson, C.D., B.Eng. f.lIt'GiIlj P.K.B. Gallagher, B.Ed. Wirlormj, Dip. Ed. Lllarzflzestmy PC. Gardiner. Dip. Ed. !Bris1oll D.V. Harlow lOl1erz1lb G-YN!fIl.YffkllkYjl7.S,lf!lIl'II, Dflllllflfkl uI.R. Harris. Dip. Ed. fL071liUlll M. jones, BSC.. Dip. Ed. flfalffsj S.Y. Kayal, fL071d071l A.j.B. Keble, B.A.fI'iftoria1, MA. f.N'.l'.L'.l john Lankester, Dip. Ed. fLOI1d0lIl H.E.F. Makovski, C.D. Murray MCAlpine,IVffturi11l JS. Mclntyre. M..-X. fl'irtorial R.E.H. Parsons. MA. fOxm1.1, Dip. Ed. fRmdingj T.C. Piete, Standard Cert. fVirt0riaJ Madame C. Roberts R.G. Rompkey, CD., Ph.D. fL0lld07ll Brian Rudgttrd, M.A. !Cm1tr1b.l Rene Sanscartier. B.Sp.l.ing.!Q1u'bfrl Mrs. N. Selwood EJ. Symons, B..-X. KBrit. CUM Beal Thomas, B.Mus. fS.M.L'.j, S.M.M. fllllflllll M..-X. Walsh. B.Sc. fDll7'lIf1lIIl BURSAR Geoffrey Rooper PHYSICIAN M.j.W. Penn, M..-X.. M.B., B.Ch.fC11nmb.l 5 School

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FROM THE DEP TY HEADMASTER 39 H FK Wu, W wk X 1 A Deputy Headmaster's message can be square or round to match the man. I don't really mind how this one comes out as far as its shape is concerned. It can be twisted into any configuration that the readers feel is appropriate. What is more important is whether or not it is sincere. There is so much hypocrisy, so much double dealing and deceit in this world - and so much ofit slipped in and hammered into people in a theatrical virulence ofwords, that we all grow tired ofit. Any message can only be of real signihtance if it is simple and honest. I hope mine is both. The year has been a very very hard one for us all, for you and me. It's been a very successful one too! And why? Because you guys, at least the great majority of you, liked the School enough and believed in the School enough to take what was dished out to you and to come back for more. There were times when you were teed off and worse, but the point is that you kept rolling right on and bounced back in the best traditions ofthe thousands of fellows who have done it before you. Full marks for guts and understanding, much of it well beyond your years. Full marks, no matter how you cut it. 1i.k1.vv. 7