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

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RETREAT FR. QUINN elevates the Monstrance during Benediction; B. Brunelle and J. Patterson serve. DURING THE RETREAT all the boys received treat Master here shown counselling G. Hep- the chance to have a private talk with the Re- worth, to ask for help and guidance. RETREAT A Time For Introspection The Brothers believe our high school years are our formative years, and that habits formed now will last a lifetime. Because of this they set aside three days each year, in order that the boys may make a retreat. Fr. Quinn, O.M.I. led the retreat this year. Each day of the retreat used the same schedule, starting off with Mass and Holy Communion. Confessions were heard the day before the retreat to enable the boys to receive Communion. Following Mass breakfast was held in the Cafeteria. Break- fast finished, the boys went to the Church to hear a lecture by the retreat master, after which, they returned to the classroom for some religious reading and the rosary. The students attended one more lecture in the morning, and then went to lunch. Ex- cept for lunch and breakfast, silence was observed at all times. Two more short periods were spent in the Church in the afternoon lecture, and Benediction, which ended the day. Between these two periods was a final period of religious reading. THE STUDENTS took advantage of the oppor- here characterized by B. Brunelle and D. Cook, tunities offered to them for religious reading, in the foreground, of Grade 10B. 8

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...AND WHAT THEY DO DR. W. C. DONNELLY school physician checks on the health of the resident students every day. MRS. I. M. WATTS, piano, under the watchful eyes of Mr. Phillip J. B. Watts, choir director, Frank L. Smith, drama, and Br. E. M. McEnroe, moderator of the Glee Club, plays a piece for the Mikado.’ BR. J. C. Hunt, shown above working as lib- MRS. S. B. MULRONEY, head of the kitchen rarian. Teaches typing; moderates Mother’s Club. staff, and Lee, the efficient cook, prepare supper. BR. C. F. SEIFERT comments on the good weather Grades seven and eight respectively, on their way to Brs. F. J. Kelly and J. A. Brosnan, teachers of to the school from the Brother’s residence. BR. P. B. PASTONE, of Grade VIII introduces Br. Victor, Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes. 7

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GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLASSES Whimsical and Wise Starting out on the long road to the ever important education are these lofty neophytes, reluctant yet ready to learn. Ranging from Grade one to eight, marks from 20-100, and in size from pint to quart, they all belong together by the intangible tie of Vancouver College Grammer School Division. Up in the morning, dress, wash, eat, and off to school. Classes commence, rulers scrape, pens write, pencils draw all the assignments of the day with enthused attempts to master school courses. Comes afternoon, gym, tags-out, running shoes mats and apparatus, thuds and tumbles as students live up to the physical end of their training. With the beginning of religion classes the students depart for forty minutes a day to secude themselves in the quite confines of their classrooms studying Catholic Doctrine, from commandments and prayers through Christ’s teachings. With the commencement of school in September until it’s termination in June the Grammar school classes each year chalk up records devoutly to be proud of, in all respects activity-wise, mental, physical and spiritual.