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

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BR. BREEN ' S QUESTION ON VERB FORMATION IS QUICKLY ANSWERED BY ENG. 10 ' s J. DUMONT EXPRESSION ' S VARY FROM BRIGHT-EYED INTEREST TO LEARNED SLEEPINESS! BR. REILLY ' S QUOTE FROM ROBERT BURN ' S THOUGHTFUL FACES SUGGEST THE DIFFICULTY THE ENGLISH -THE ART OF We speak it, we write it, we read it, but how much do we know about it? Obviously not enough, because we are required to take four years of English. Br. Breen teaches English 10, or Grade 9 English, and handles both grade 9A and 9B. This English con- sists of spelling, grammer and literature. Grade 10 English, or English 20 drops spelling, and places the emphasis on gram- mer, though an increased portion of liter- ature is taken. Br. Walsh teaches both A and B classes. In Grade 11, there’s a little more literature than grammer. Br. Cobb teaches the English 30 grammer, and Br. 28

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by Br. Heaphy. Seen looking on are (l.-r.) M. McLurry. and W. Fletcher, all members of 10-B, in a math class. E. B. ADAMS asks J. Ryan to explain a thorny step in the proof of a geometric theorem, (from back to front) : B. Olson and R. Durand watch on. MATHEMATICS by Br. Cobb. Math 20, taught by Br. Heaphy, concerns elementary algebra and geometry. Math 30 students, under the direction of Br. Hickey, take intermediate algebra and more advanced geometry. For those students who wish to enter U.B.C. in the fall, Math 91, or advanced algebra and trigonometry is taught by Br. Walsh. Brother Hickey showing J. Rabbitt and R. Mc- Kinnon the difficulties of linear equations. BR. WALSH PONDERS WITH MATH. 92 CLASS FIGURING OUT THE MANTISSAS AND CHARACTERISTICS 27

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IMMORTAL POEMS BRINGS SMILES TO ENG. CLASS S. CLAIR EXPLAINS TO T. SKUPA THE WELSH DIALECT IN ENG. 20 ' s BIRDS OF A FEATHER ENG. 30 CLASS FINDS IN GRAMMAR USAGE P. LECLAIR AND D. McCONACHIE QUIZ EACH OTHER ON ESSAYS FOR AN ENG. 91 TEST Reilly, the literature. English 40, the last year, is again taught by Brs. Cobb and Reilly, the same as in English 30, with slightly more literature. Also in Grade 12 is English 91, an advanced English course J consisting entirely of literature. This course must be taken for an English major and is an introduction to College English. DURING the last 3 years Br Reilly has managed to show his English 30 and 40 students Shakespeare’s immortal plays Julius Caesar,” Romeo and Juliet,” Hamlet,” Macbeth.” 29