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

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(ZaUeye Qufclee atUeived Cy fyiieacU and rfCtcnttti ck tew memara le daeft o- Pu ute fo @6ni4tiau The whole idea was conceived some ten years ago when, following the fortieth anniversary dinner, a group of “the boys” sat down with Brother Lyons and kicked around some thoughts for the fiftieth celebration. It had to be a civic affair at the Hotel Vancouver with a thousand people . . . and the picture at the bot- tom of the page, taken by old faithful friend Bill Cunningham ’26, shows what nearly a thousand people looks like. Twenty old-time Brothers from years back were to be invited, tran- sportation paid, if necessary . . . there were twenty-two. A reception was held the night before to per- mit a more leisurely opportunity to visit with the Brothers-from-afar . . . four to six hundred showed up at the College to meet the Brothers, meet each other, look at the old pictures . . . and talk. A special Mass on Saturday morning was well attended and suitable com- memorations made of the deceased, with thanksgiving for the past and petition for the future. Everyone was very pleased, everything went off very well and great credit is due to the organizers. A group of old-timers from Richards Street days crowded around Brother Keane after the banquet and those that can be identified are Tom McCarry and Jim O ' Hagan, seated, and from the left Lou Grant, Jack Walshe, Gray King, Lewis Horan, Jacques Giroday, Charlie Sullivan, Lou Mariacher, Bus McCarry, Silvio Zarrelli (and Friend) Charlie Graham and Frank Humber. Bill Cunningham is standing on a chair behind. Charlie Sullivan is holding a copy of the program distributed at the dinner — a souvenir of College’s history. Brother P.J. Keane received a standing ovation when he rose to speak as the official representative of the Brothers who have taught at V.C. during the past 50 years. He was a member of the original staff in 1922. Mr. Frank Richter 34, the minister of Mines and Forests in the B.C. government, brought greetings from the Premier. Brother Bucher is the present principal. The four clerics on the other side of the table are Brothers Bates, Finch and Penny, ex-principals of College, and Father James McGivern, S.J.. the doyen of the priest-graduates in virtue of his being a member of the first graduating class. Mr. and Mrs. Charle McLachlan are on the right, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Willox on the left and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wright in the centre, old friends of the College through the B.C. Basket- ball Association.

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A portion of the head table at the Fortieth Anniversary Banquet is shown — Brother G.P. Lyons, Alumni Moderator then and now, Brother E.B, Walsh, Hon. Frank Richter ’30, Brother W.C. Penny, then Provincial of the Brothers, and Mnsgr. Nichol. r FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS In February of 1962 the Alumni Association celebrated the Fortieth Anniversary when 400 old boys gathered in the gym. Two of the oldest are shown here cutting the huge birthday cake. Brother Keane, vintage of 1922, and Lou Grant, a graduate of the class of 1926. Dr. David Steele, a graduate of the first class in 1925, was an out- standing member of the medical profession in Vancouver and an exceptional Catholic layman, a strong supporter of Vancouver College. On his death in 1959, the Alumni Association felt his name should be perpetuated and the newly inaugurated annual Alumni scholarship for the top College graduate was named after him. Ten years later, in the late fifties, a grad of 1950, Brother Ron MacKenzie, began discussing the possibility of its reactivation. He interested a group and had a few exploratory meetings with Ben MacDonald in the chair. Before it really got under way Ben was posted out of town and Lou Murphy was installed as first president in the spring of 1959. Brother MacKenzie was shifted east and Brother Lyons took over and has had the privilege, with one small deviation, ever since. The first big challenge came in 1962 with the 40th an- niversary banquet, and this was catered in the gym for 400 old boys, strictly stag, with Brother Keane as the main speaker. Mike Giroday was president. The next big concern was in 1965 when the Alumni paid a considerable role in the fund drive for the Brothers’ new Canadian Novitiate in Mono Mills, Ontario. President Jim Lipp provided the leadership for that very creditable ac- complishment. The Alumni has sponsored a scholarship for the out- standing graduating senior since 1959 when Sanford Clare used it to help him go on to an M.D. It was named the Dr. David Steele Scholarship one year later, in memory of an outstanding member of the class of ’25, and has been awarded ever since. It was felt that something should also be done for students attending College and, casting about for something to perpetuate the name of Brother E.B. Walsh and his 28 years of service to V.C., President Bill Lynch and his executive came up with the Brother Walsh Memorial Fund and President Dave Steele pushed it along. Each year, along with his dues, the members of the Alumni Association are asked to include something extra. In 1969 the amount collected was $1450 and in 1970 it was $1680. In the year just passed the amount was $1510. This is given over to the school to be dispersed as grants-in-aid where needed. Though this ad hoc arrangement for funding students at College is commendable, and should indeed continue to be supported, it only underlines the fact College should long ago have had an endowment fund for such purposes. The present group of officers, led by John Brown and Norm Oddy have drawn up papers for the founding of the Vancouver College Foundation which will hopefully provide a permanent endowment and a financial stability long needed at Vancouver College.

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Friday evening the Reception The hall pictured above was filled on Friday evening with graduates and friends who came to meet the visiting Brothers who had come from as far away as New York and Newfoundland to be present. The pictures, put up that very afternoon, cover all wall space on the first and second floor corridors of Lannon Hall and represent the history of College in pictures from the earliest days. They are to remain permanently as one of the Jubilee projects so that they may be accessible to visitors at anytime. Saturday morning Mass and Buffet Luncheon. Saturday morning at ten o ' clock there was a gathering of a different nature — the Jubilee Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Church, sung by the Brothers and boys, said by Msgr. T.M. Nichol, with the Archbishop in attendance. A splendid sermon by the Monsignor highlighted this retrospective ceremony and, coupled with the remarks of the Archbishop at the end of the Mass, it made everyone feel how much the clergy of Vancouver have appreciated the Brothers and their work during the years. After the ceremony those in attendance were invited over to the College cafeteria where a splendid buffet luncheon was laid on in a beautifully decorated cafeteria. The Brothers acted as hosts for both the Friday evening and Saturday morning affairs. After the dinner the crowd spilled out into two adjoining ballrooms — one set up as a lounge, and one for dancing. Two grad-politicos find a brief moment to be serious - Alderman Ed Sweeney 48 who brought greetings from the mayor and M.L.A. Herb Capozzi ’43, who acted as master of ceremonies. Past and present greats of the B.C. Lions - Paul Seale ' 59 gets down some facts from Greg Findlay ’60 while Mrs. Findlay pretends to understand. Some of the principals of the evening’s proceedings - Jim D’Hagan ' 25, in the midst of his hilarious speech, directs a ;omment to chairman John Brown ' 50, Archbishop Carney 36 and Mrs. Brown. Wt m dwSniw J r a fB|| j