University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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editorial A N N UH L l923'21l E Victoria Gollege dll Rlflllldol VIII ll. D. BJ VIGTQIII, B. 8. . Tower '67 is the forty-fourth annual published by this institution. The first few, printed in the twenties, were called simply, The Victoria College Annual. In the thirties the yearbook was re-named The Craigdarroch, after the nineteenth-century castle that housed the College, it was given its present name when the College moved in the late forties to the Normal School. When we leafed through some of theiold annuals lwhich, incidentally, are difficult to locatej, we felt a glimmer of sentimentality, particularly when we noticed the Old Collegew spirit and realized that with our gigantic size, we'll probably never have it quite the same again. We discovered that there are loads of interesting facts waiting for some person to gather and write the definitive work on the Collegels history. Some of these facts we have printed in this year's annual, along with reproductions of old photos and write-ups. The intention is simple: to pay a small tribute to our past.

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dedication .. ,N Dr, Fred T. Tyler Dean of Education A scholar who came to UVic in 1965 and ably assumed the headship of the University's largest faculty. His intelligent, unassuming ways have won him the admiration of both faculty and students. Under his leader- ship the division of psychology of education has developed, with emphasis on exceptional childreng a new summer intern programme for older graduates has begung and the province's first Five-year elementary teacher training programme has been established at UVic.

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K T Q Y 4,,,,....-.M- ' 'Tl' No more. Just before Christmas the remaining students with lectures at the old Vic College campus picked up books and pens, scarcely felt the hidden gaze of the busts of Goethe and Shakespeare in the auditorium and descended for the last time down the worn steps of the 53-year-old Young Building. With the move from the old Provincial Normal School, another era ended in the 64-year history of the College, which saw four diflerent locations and ceased to exist during the lfirst YVorld Wlar. 'X'ictorizi, College had seven students when it first opened in the print ipal's ollif t- in Victoria High School in iqojg. l ormer diplomat, llr. li, B. Paul, was principal and students, including L7Yicw's first chancellor, llr. li. tlleariliue, took first year university courses alliliatrd with Mt Cill University. 'l'he in-things then 1ii 1 . , apparently were parcheesi and guessing games. Dancing was 'fdeemed wicked. In 1921, local demand forced the College to re-commence, this time as a UBC afhliate, and 89 students moved from Victoria High School quarters to a former soldier's convalescent home at Craigdarroch Castle. There was plenty of spirit for HOld College among the one or two hundred students and less than a dozen faculty at the castle. The Wfednesday noon Pep,' rallies, with wild antics of the rugby team, generated a strong feeling for campus sports. At Christmas 1933, there was a student- faeulty party, where, Yuletide trirnnzings and a sparkling tree laden with ,breseizis for the Faculty fof 121 brightenefl zz room which held such haunting memories of an . . . exanz.