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

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WENMAN HOUSE It has been a pleasure being house captain for Wenman House this year. We were in the rttnning for the lead the whole year, neck and neck with Bolton, and this made for a very interesting competition. Our house spirit was as good if not better than the other houses. We always had full teams for every event, and we managed to win some overall. But only the extra efforts gave tts the necessary seconds and thirds, to keep us in contention. We won basketball and rugby, the latter being the IINJSI gratifying to me especially. I must thank certain people who regularly turned out to every event and helped organize squads and teams. Horne and Zanic virtually ran thexjunior end ofour teams while Billy Hope handled the under l6's. They made myxjob much easier. l thank them and everyone else in the house and Nlr. lieble for his never ending support for making this year unforgettable. David Olson WINSLOW HOUSE REPORT This year the lack of members in Winslow House, especially in the Senior section, proved to be a hard barrier to overcome. Nonetheless, the never ending house spirit was clearly evident in all the schoofs activities. Thejunior section of the house, though small, contained a sizeable amount of talent. This talent should come in quite useful in future years. Many thanks must go to Mr. jones whose endless . . . encouragement kept the house and myselfon our toes. l also find it necessary to thank my assistant house captains, Ed Macaulay and Mark Turner and all the house prefects, Dennis Branson, Terry Maclaren, Bruce Moore, Tom Hosie, Xavier Abrioux, David Pickles and Tim Shipley for the tremendous support they gave me all year long. Many thanks must also go to Sam Paterson for the great effort he put into thejunior teams. My best wishes and good luck go to the new and returning members of the house and I know that in the near future Winslow will once again become the great power it used to be. The overall winning of softball is only the beginning. David Wasylynko. House Captain HARVEY HOUSE REPORT With the school adopting grades l and 2 this year, Harvey House has a small munber of even smaller boys. This has, of course. required a very different approach by both staff and boys. Mrs. Harlow has been extremely kind in acting as a mother figure - providing cookies and milk after school and many other home comforts. In spite of the very limited tgttvatatics in the House the boys have, with the help ofthe activity master at weekends, entertained themselves very well. I was very pleased to note that the television spent most ofthe year gathering dust. Activities ranged from the endless roar of tnodel aircraft engines in the I9

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HOUSE REPORTS BARNACLE HOUSE REPORT, 1975 I do not think we can be blamed for being enthusiastic about the house this year. In every field the members of Barnacle have tried their best . It goes without saying that we owe our success mainly to our housemaster, Nfr. Parsons. who unselfishly spent most of his spare time aiding and advising members of the house. Although Barnacle House encountered stiff' competition in Inter-House events, house spirit was always evident. To the boys I extend my gratitude for their unselfish attitudes in attempting to make Barnacle the best. I would also like to thank my fellow prefects. D. Crawford, W. Chu. P. Blair, P. Tsang. W. Chan, C. Blackstock and NI. Cheng for their efforts in keeping the house in order. Next year. Barnacle House will be led by Clark Blackstock, I wish both him and the House every success that can be achieved by the finest house in the school. Nfichael C.K. Lau, Captain of House. BOLTON HOUSE REPORT This year was an extremely successful year for Bolton House, winning the IN'I'ER-HOUSE SPORTS CUP for the second consecutive year. From the beginning of the House competition. we quickly established an early lead, which eventually proved insurmountable. Among Bolton House's many successes were firsts in swimming: in senior and junior cricket, in junior basketball. in senior voIIeybaII1 in senior soccer: in senior track, in senior cross-country and junior rugby. The main factors behind our success can be attributed to enthusiastic participation and resounding house spirit. Bolton House was able to encourage the large number of new boys to participate in the numerous school activities peculiar to SMU. The new influx combined with the nucleus of Bolton House veterans to prodtice this years resounding achievements. Un hehalf of the House, I would like to thank Nlr. Walsh and Nlr. Peach for their constant advice and direction. In addition, I would like to congratulate this yc-ar's House Prefectsg Iienty Lai. David Town. Frank Leung, Horatius Ho. john Humphrey and Kerry Wilson for their excellent work. Finally, I would like to wish the best of luck and fortune to those returning and hope the success of the House continues. Dmitri Hardman, House Captain I S

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basement to the more academic air ol' the knowledgeable stamp liends engaged in high linance transactions in the dorms or the Guiness Book ol' Records addicts endlessly questioning each other and passing staff and prelects. .Xnimals were so numerous this year that we even considered charging them tees. Cierbils remain the ever-popular beasts with their mazes and tunnels. either plastic or simply made from a wild array of bedclothes, pillows and pieces ol cardboard. With the arrival ol summer, volleyball caught on very quickly under the good lnnnoured direction ol Nlr. Harlow who could quickly provide a variety ol rules to keep the score on an even keel. Skateboards also had their part - nnicli to the horror ol' drivers entering and leaving the school. Swimming has probably been the most enduring ol all the activities during the year. I am certain that duty masters are still hearing the chorused soprano cry ol' 'Sir, is there swimming tonight? Halloween brought the usual bun-light and apple ducking party with the pleasant surprise ol' returning ghosts and from the past-Norliolk graduates who have previously haunted our Halloween party. Nlrs. Wilson has been our Florence Nightingale in the House, surviving the endless onslaught ol' waving arms, legs, ears, and stealthily creeping into dorms at the dead ol night to see that some little boy's tonsils hadn't fallen Olll. Overall. it has been a very busy and yet in retrospect, rewarding year. The resident stall are pleased. however. that they can now rest from popping pop-corn, starting aeroplane engines, umpiring soft ball games ta very authoritative umpire Nlr. Wilson! getting soaked in the pool and a whole variety ol things that are all part ol' an evenings work. P,G. Gardiner. DEBATING 'l'he Schools hosting ol' the Hammarskjold Cup Debates was clearly the highlight of the year in this sphere ol' activity. Our resources were stretched to the limit but the day went well thanks to a concerted team ellort within the School. Debating Club meetings dttring the year were held weekly on Tuesday evenings and were open to members ol Norlolk llottse School as well as ourselves. The meetings were mostly on an informal basis with impromptu talks, debates, video tapes, research disctissions and visits to L'Yic Library. VVC' usually provided a good turnout and the enthusiasm was most encouraging. ln the lfall term. meetings were held at NHS: Miss Scott, Mrs. Penn and Miss tLilrov were most gracious hosts and we thank them lor their interest and entouragement. lhe lirst major debating event was the Ravenscourt Nanaimo Debate in November. lhe real success lor tis on that occasion was Dermod Travis who vvoii the Novice tlztss and earned himsell a trip to the Western le'rov'incial Debating Seminar in Regina. Dermod seetned to enjoy the trip and catne back vvith int reased knowledge. conlidence and ability. l'he other two major events were the Independent Schools Newman and l'.l.S..X. tlnp debates, held this year at St. CLeorge's School in Vancouver, and the Hammarskjold Debates here at SNILQ We were not very successful in any ol these events but this should not detract lrom otir perliormances. QU