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

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DRAMA DEBATE DRAFTING PUBLIC SPEAKING g SASM W LIBRARY 1 1924 U.N. CLUB WRITING ECONOMICS HOME COOKING BAND ; 1924 LE( 77 1 - £ l CADETS 1941 HISTORY INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY REC GEOGRAPHY W NEWSPAPER SWIMMING VTURE [SH YEARBOOK SODALTY WEIGHT TRAINING SAILING SKIING MECHANICS GOLF YEARS DWING

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TENNIS 1962 SOCCER 1922 HOCKEY 1940 TYPING RUGBY 1926 BASEBALL 1926 MATHEMATIC GYMNASTICS 1928 WRESTLING SCIENCE CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY BOXING 1954 TRACK PHYSICS FOOTBALL BASKETBALL S p ORTS N.CjOO h Pc I jA in BOOKKEE LITE ENG FIFTY A ' GR

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The Alumni Association was revived in 1959 and the first officers are pic- tured above. Barry McNeil (left) was the Treasurer, Jim Durkin was Secretary and Lou Murphy ' 51, the first President. Bernie Car- ter served as Vice- President and Brother Ron MacKenzie was the first moderator and spark-plug of the renewed interest. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAS MADE HISTOR ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ The work of years is apparent in the above two pictures, both of the same person — little Jimmie O ' Hagan in 1924, one of College’s Prize Debaters, and Mr. James P. O ' Hagan, successful lumber tycoon . In between he was first president of the V.C. Alumni Association from 1927 to 1929. Among the many projects Brother Lannon launched in the very early years was the Alumni Association. The first class had barely graduated when he had them coming back to school for meetings. The Senior Matric class, inaugurated in 1928, was instructed to attend en masse. The first president was James O’Hagan and such was the spirit of those days that he was able to hold mon- thly meetings at which members took turns at providing entertainment. Charlie Sullivan was active as were Dave Steele and the Murphy twins from the class of ’25, and Lou Grant and Lewis Horan from the ’26 class. Johnnie White of the ’27 class got a great little band going which played for all the College affairs. The Alumni Association carried on as long as Brother Lannon was around to make it go. It was still going in 1935 with Ed Gladstone as president when they contributed a one-act play to the annual en- tertainment of that year. Brother Walsh returned to V.C. as principal and set up a men’s club embracing both parents and Alumni. Foun- der’s Day banquets were laid on in the auditorium of McCormack Hall in 1941 and ’42 with up to 400 attending and addressed by Brother Lannon who was by this time principal of O’Dea High School in Seattle. By the time the 25th anniversary rolled around in 1947, however, the Alumni had apparently ceased operations again. The occasion was marked by a Mass in the Cathedral followed by a luncheon for the clergy and Brothers in the Hotel Vancouver, hosted by the faculty. Above are two of the men responsible for the Fortieth Anniversary Dinner. Mike Giroday, on the left, was president of the Association at the time and Louis Grant was the Chairman of the Banquet. Louis was also the second president of the Alumni group from 1929 to 1931. He is presently a vice- principal of Vancouver City College out at the Langara campus. Some of the Alumni Assocation Executive for 1971-73: Nelson Gray ’60, Treasurer; Brother Ronald L. MacKenzie ' 50, Director; David Dumaresq, ' 55, Vice-President; Gordon MacKenzie ' 53, Vice-President; John J. Brown ’50, President; Brother G.P. Lyons ' 28, Membership Secretary; Norm Oddy ' 56, Director; and Dave Steele ' 55, Director. ABSENT: Bill O ' Brien ' 40, Secretary.