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

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Most Reverend James F. Carney, ' 33 Archibishop of Vancouver REV. JAMES WHELIHAN, C.S.B., CHAPLAIN Our chaplain, Fr. Whelihan of the Basilian Fathers came to us from St. Mark’s College at U.B.C. Already he has provided a needed priestly presence at College by making Mass and the sacraments available to the students. Father’s long years of experience as a football coach at St. Mary’s High School in Calgary enabled him to help Br. Duff with the grammar school foot- ball program last fall. Rt. Reverend T.M. Nichol, V.G. Pastor Sts. Peter and Paul Parish 7

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DEDICATION MR. LEE WAI Lee Wai, our cook at V.C. for nearly four decades passed away December 19th after a short illness. He was seventy-six years of age. Born in Victoria, B.C., he went to China with his family at an early age but returned to Canada as a young man and remained permanently except for a four-month visit three years ago. Some spiritual writers have stated that the measure of a human being is how perfectly he fulfills the duties of his state of life. By this standard Lee Wai ranked with the highest for he labored conscientiously and without public acclaim over many years for the benefit of others. No call for his assitance ever went unanswered and he rendered his services cheerfully, full of the joy of giving. Numerous Christian Brothers who were assig ned to Vancouver College between 1940 and the present time have returned to Vancouver to he greeted by name by Mr. Lee who seemed never to forget a name or a face - a sign of his enduring personal in- terest in the people he served. The words of Alexander Pope provide a suitable epitaph for this trusted associate. “In action faithful, and in honour clear Who broke no promise, served no private end Who gained to title and who lost no friend.” MAY HE REST IN PEACE.

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ADMINISTRATION BR. JAMES C. BATES, PH.D. Brother Bates, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, first came to V.C. as principal in 1954. He served in this position until 1960 when he was appointed principal of Brother Rice High School in Chicago. When the Canadian Province of the Christian Brothers was established in 1963, he was appointed to the Provincial Council and stationed at the Brothers ' headquarters in Montreal. In 1966, he returned to Vancouver as Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese. After resigning this position in 1971, he rejoined the College faculty as teacher of Religion and French. In 1975 when Brother Bucher was assigned to Rome at the end of his term of of- fice, Brother Bates was named principal of V.C. for the second time. MR. JOHN KAVALEC, B.SC. A native of Flin Flon, our beloved Vice- Principal and Dean of Discipline is now in his ninth year at the College. When he is not tracking down wayward students or trying to find substitute teachers, Mr. Kavalec spends his time tormenting his Biology classes. This year he has em- barked on an organized program in a vain attempt to reform Fr. Whelihan, the College Chaplain. ww