Vancouver College - Collegian Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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ADMISSION. Resident as well as Day Students are ad- mitted. Arrangements for resident students should be made during the summer and for day students in the last week of the month of August. New students will be admitted at other times during the year, at the discretion of the Registrar. Report cards from the last school attended must be presented. COURSES. Elementary: Grade three to High School Entrance. Secondary: Four years of High School. At the end of four years of high school the student writes the Jun- ior Matriculation Exam- inations of the Depart- ment of Education. First Year College: First year College or Senior Matriculation in- cludes English, Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry, one lan- guage, and two of the following options: Lat- in, French, Greek, Ger- man, Physics, Chemis- try, Physical Sciences, Economic History. Written tests are held every two months and the results sent to the parents. A certain percentage of each class in each subject, depending on the stand- ard attained, is released from writing the finals in June. GYM CLASS ORCHESTRA TENNIS 6

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DIRECTION. The College is under the d i rection of the Christian Brothers of Ireland, a religious Con- gregation, which since its foundation in 1802 has been devoted to the Christian education of youth in various parts of the world. CHAPEL CLASS ROOM RELIGION. Each day carries one period of thirty minutes during which secular study ceases in every class to give place to Christian Doctrine. The course in Relig- ion strives to instruct the boy in the knowl- edge of Christian Doc- trine, making him thor- oughly conversant with the foundations of his Faith and of theChurch. 5

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CADETS CADET TRAINING INCLUDES: First aid (stretcher and medical training) Signalling (telegraph and semaphore train- ing) Field tactics. Mock-commando at- tack. Infantry training. Aircraft recognition. Woodcraft. Knots and Lashings. Physical training. Target Shooting. AMERICAN FOOTBALL CHOIR. The Choir is under the direction of Mr. C. E. Findlater, L.T.C.L., A. T. C.M., A.T. S.C., Principal of the Elgar School of Music. MUSIC. Ample provision is made for those who wish to learn music. Private lessons in all band and orchestral in- struments are given five days of the week at the school. HANDBALL VACATIONS. The school year be- gins on Wednesday after Labcr Day in Sep- tember. ALL BOARD- ERS as well as day stu- dents must be in at- tendance on that day to get a list of books and to be assigned to their classes. The Christmas vacation usually begins in mid-December and ends the first week in January. Ten days re- cess is given at Easter. The summer vacation begins about the end of the third week in June. 7