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

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RELIGION C EVERY YEAR during the month of May, the students make May altars, where D. Loughran and B. Fletcher decorate one with fresh tulips. IN GRADE 9 Religion there is a short study of the Passion of Christ. Gary Matthews and Mike Beaton ponder the last stages of the Crucifixion. THIS YEAR’S ROSARY Rally at Capilano Stadium was blessed with beautiful weather. The annual event was well attended. All the college boys from Gr. 6 to 12 were present. B. THERRIEN answers a question on the New Testament in the Grade II Religion class. D. Paterson, P. Brown, and J. Compean study. M. SANDERS and H. Gougeon take advantage of the opportunity to go to confession in prepara- tion for the First Friday’s Holy Communion. BR. BATES explains a problem in Religion 40 to D. Kennedy, R. McGinnis and W. Biggin on the proof that God is the First or Supreme Cause. 24

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HIGH SCHOOL COURSES Curriculum Gives Meaning The Vancouver College High School Division consists of Grade nine to twelve in the scholastic course. Al- gebra and Geometry with their X and Y values, ab- scissa and ordinates; their proportional segments, angles and inequalities. Latin with its accusative case, dative, Semper Fidelis. French, verb agreement, pro- noun and subjunctives, Jean est mal. Chemistry for- mulas and Physics experiments. All these new approaches to higher education are absorbed and stored away in a high school student’s mind. These thinking subjects” are not for their own face value, but rather to more adequately make the student acquire the latent habit of thinking. If youth could but realize for a moment how soon they become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct, thoughts and studies while in the plastic moulding stage. Every piece of work well done, every stroke of virtue acquired in high school classes leaves its mark on the forming young mind for better or for worse. The time is now.

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BISHOP SHEEN ' S TELEVISION PROGRAMME WAS WITNESSED OFTEN BY GR. 11 IN REC. ROOM. PAMPHLET RACK provides additional good reading material for W. Markle and other students. CARE OF THE SOUL IS MOST IMPORTANT Although a secular education requires in- tentness, the complete education requires more, for it must prepare one for the life to come. So behind all school activities lies the constant endeavour to build a strong moral character, to prepare the student for life in the world, where temptations cons- tantly assail the individual, and where a good Catholic education is necessary. Here, at Vancouver College, the Brothers do their utmost to prepare the students for this end. The students co-operate whole-heartedly. The school year is started with a Mass of the Holy Ghost. Every First Friday, the students attend Mass in nearby Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Confessions are heard every month before First Friday so that the students may go to communion. The Brothers even sacrifice three days of school so that the High School boys may make a retreat. By the end of their fourth year, students of College are ready to go out and face a modern and avaricious world safely. BR. BATES principal of the College with Br. Clancy, Superior General, and Br. Loftus, Provincial who were on an extended tour of the Brother’s schools. tl- , v )%• .v i J m f - THIS WAS A PROUD OCCASION when three of the College alumni. Fathers Bileski, Carney and Paris, class of ’48 were recently ordained 25