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

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T)edUaJtio(i REVEREND BROTHER C. S. McMANUS, fifty years an Irish Christian Brother devoted to the education of youth, this year celebrates the Golden Jubilee of his entering the Order. Brother McManus, who hails from Dundalk, Ireland, taught in Dublin until joining the American Province in 1925. In the years before his coming to Vancouver in 1957 he held the position of principal in three different schools, Iona School in New Rochelle, N.Y., All Hallows School in New York, and Palma High School in California, and at one rime was Assistant to the Superior-General of the Congre- gation. Always popular wherever he goes. Brother McManus is well known for his Irish brogue, his feel for Latin , his ready smile, and his friendly word. Completely dedicated to teaching, he always takes a deep interest in his stu- dents ' progress in their studies. It is with great pleasure and gratitude that we dedicate the 1962 Collegian to Brother McManus. 8

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available. It would seem that further expansion was indicated but the means were sadly lacking. However a start was made on assembling funds when suddenly, one day in the spring of 1956, Mr. Henry J. Mackin walked into the office bearing a cheque made out to Vancouver College for $125,000. This magnificent gift permitted an immediate start on the second wing, one to match the earlier gift of Mr. Mackin’s good friend, Mr. J. D. McCormack. Thus, the dream of Brother Lannon, the building he had envisioned way back in 1922, was now com- pleted. Through this new building, opened in 1957, capacity for boarders was increased to 120, dining and cafeteria facilities were made adequate and more classrooms provided. This increased capacity was quickly filled however, and enrollment leaped to 850 by 1959. Brother Bates at this time was under some pressure to provide drainage for the playing field so arrangements were made to have it done properly and $50,000 was spent on it and on the paving of a large playing area east of the gym. The appointment of Brother Finch as principal in 1961 came at a time when the fortunes of College were at an all time high. While striving to attain and maintain leadership in studies, sports and citi- zenship, it may be hoped that next ten years will see the completion of the third story on the central section of the building and the replacement of the Brothers’ Residence, now showing the signs of its 37 years of hard usage. ABOVE LEFT: The Vancouver College Cadet Corps presented a fine picture to the Lieutenant Governor when he reviewed them in 1941. ABOVE RIGHT: Anyone who has spent any time at College since 1925 has been drafted at one time or another to assist in one of many attempts made to convert the campus to something resem- bling a campus. Annual rock-picking campaigns and sporadic seed-sowing binges left things pretty much the same. In the fall of ’59 it was conceded that heroic measures were necessary. Ditches were dug every 20 feet for tile drains, filled with rocks and peat moss and a layer of peat moss spread over the whole area. Presto! Green grass. Probably the most disastrous event in College’s history occured in 1946 when a fire reduced the third floor to ruins. The slate roof hid the flames until a inferno had developed and only sound con- crete construction saved the rest of the building. Next morning in the rain the school looked ruined but in a couple of days it was business as usual for the students and teachers. The reconstruction which followed destroyed forever the attractive peaked roofs that had imparted a certain old-world, academic look to the place, at least in the eyes of the old-timers. IwL m r 1 p

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m College mmd E (f 7dwm(jt 01 Oamuuuai fiwMUkop His Excellency, Most Reverend MARTIN JOHNSON Co-adjutor Archbishop of Vancouver His Excellency, Most Reverend WILLIAM MARK DUKE Archbishop of Vancouver