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

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Jack and Leo Leavy . . . The Twins, who have been a familiar sight around V.C. for the past five years! Standing 6 feet 8 high and tipping the scales at 265 lbs., Leo with his brother, Jack, would be the world ' s comedy team on the stage arguing an abstruse Latin construction, prompting ineffectually his un- heeding brother or wrestling with himself or his double, except that no stage could stand the power of over 500 lbs. when it hits all in the one spot. The most persistent and painstaking students are both of them. On being asked their hobby, they replied in unre- hearsed unison, Studying. However, it is our private opinion that it is collecting jokes for Fred Allen ' s pro- gramme or from it. Their future — hush! it ' s a mili- tary secret. Allan MacDonald . - . A I is just nine months out of Cranbrook, his first year at V.C. His favorite sport is singing the praises of his home town besides skiing and shooting when the opportunity is offered. Burning the midnight oil at his books, he had not time to tur n out for either football or basketball, although if he did get going at either he would go places. William Murphy . . . Active both on and off the gridiron, Bill is bound to go far in the business world. As evidence — the ad and ticket campaign in which he ranked first — head salesman for football tickets alone with the phenomenal total of $70.00. And as for his power in hitting the line in football, when he hits them they remain hit. He was advocate of the Back to Coca Cola movement till the ceiling came down. William O ' Neil . . . Quiet, unassuming and good- natured is genial Bill, who has been with us now for the past three years. As class president, as cadet cap- tain, as Captain Stanhope in Sylvia ' s Son or as a student he is always in there pitching He hopes to be a civil engineer. 13

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Szniox zA [at%LauLatLon 1942 Alan Burbank . . . Quiet and good-humored, the pride of Prince Rupert, Alan is finishing his fourth year as a boarder at V.C. with a melange of senior and junior matric subjects that will be of benefit for his pre-med course. He has had his turn as cadet officer, was on this year ' s senior basketball team and swings a smart racquet in both tennis and badminton. John Burns . . . Genial John is St. Augustine ' s gift to V.C. He combines pleasure with business — in the forenoon, doing some hours of study, in the after- noon some hours of work at the family store, Burns ' Leather Goods. Always a steady student, last year he surprised us by pinch-hitting with honors at the last moment as Peter Steele in the record-breaking drama, Dust of the Road. Jim Edgett . . . To look at Jim you would think he grew up at V.C. — he knows his way round so well and fits in as an old-timer. Last fall he arrived here fresh from P.W. and the football team, but a sprained back early in the season hurt his chances of making the senior squad. However, he did some yeoman work for the intermediates. Jim is another of those who combine senior with junior and hope for the best — and U.B.C. in the fall. Robert Hanna . . . Bob has been at V.C. longer than any of the rest of us can remember. He is an authority on V.C., neutrality or what have you. He has probably covered more ground in his time in com- ing to and going from class than anyone else except his forensic rival, M. S. He covers ground also in his studies, for he has always been among the first in his class. Sebastian Klett ... A student turned athlete, or athlete turned student, according to the proximity of the sport or the study. That is the dilemma. Be that as it may, Sebby has taken his sport seriously and in his time has become pro . . . proficient in several branches of sport. Another of those who combine senior and junior matric and hope — for aeronautical engineering some day. 12

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S nioz atziautation , 1Q 2 Jack Patterson . . . 200 lbs. of raw meat on the hoof with every pound counting, a triple threat man in any football team if the charms of Dawson City had not delayed him three years too long up north; He has carved up the senior matric course to digest it piecemeal. The Alaska Highway will run through his back yard and that practically identifies Jack with it from now on. Robert Scarabelli . . . Easy-going, except on ice or when a football or basketball is sailing through the air, Bob runs a Hotel Vancouver elevator for home work and hopes to be some day hotel-manager. He came here from Ottawa three years ago and still longs for ice-skating in the great outdoors. Martin Sherry . . . Martin, a boarder for the past two years, comes from Hong Kong by way of bonny Scotland. In the latter place he went to school for several years till the war broke out. His parents are in Japanese-held territory. At the drop of a book he will plunge into an endless argument. Next year he hopes to join the other engineers at U.B.C. or perhaps he may get impatient with the progress of the war and join the R.C.A.F. Peter Short . . . Peter came here from Magee last fall to do senior. Since he leaves class early, spends the weekend on the mountain, we don ' t see enough of him to write home about. A member of the Tyee Ski Runners, he can tell you all about the art of sliding around the country on a pair of greased planks. He is bound for forestry engineering. Pat Tiernan . . . Another from Magee for a year, he leans towards the sciences and hopes to enroll with the varsity engineers in the fall. His hearty laugh can be heard above the rest of the class — that is, when the class is resting. Boxing fascinates him — when the other fellow does it! Charles Watkiss . . . Sylvan Lake, Alberta, is calling. Being a boarder, he has time for practising his favorite instrument, the cornet; playing billiards; blowing smoke screens; and studying his books which are not always his favorite authors. He is bound for the University of Alberta. 14