1953 Log Canadian Services College Royal Roads by Royal Roads University Archives

Royal Roods

THE LOG of the CANADIAN SERVICES COLLEGE ROYAL ROADS

7952-1953 - VOL.

12 -

LOG STAFF ~ Ed11or: Cl.ff!= SHOOK Assonat.- Editor& BRY,\N El.SON, COLLT·C,F Nr-ws

HILi. Al WOOD. 1:x-CADl'TS literary ld,tors: NORr-.1 H:\SLI TT. RON T I LL ~ports Ed11or: JOHN LA\\' Assistant· Pl:TER SIMPSON Jumor Term Pd11or· ARCHIE BEARE Photography Editors: GUY LESSARD. J IM REA AdvMtising Managers . ,\IIKI: RICH,

IRV SANDE

AliS1&1anu· SCOTT PRICE. JACK FOI.KI :--:S TOM NOON.

FR ANK NORMAN

Circulation Manager. r:R:\51:R ISBESTl:R Tvpists. RICK go1.1.1. LEO I I: Bl.A:--.:C Stafi Advrsm: PROPI:SSOR SC!HcDER. MR ~tcCAUGHEY

THE LOG ROY AL ROADS. VICTORIA. B.C. APRIL 30. 1953

VOL. 12

CONTENTS FRONTISPIECE

PICTORIAL SECTION

LOG STAFF

SPORTS

FOREWORD

Sl AFF GOVERNING BODY Colleges

Canadian Service

EDITORIAL

12 13

Addresses

In vitat1on Cross Country The Rifle Team Representative Basketball Regatta Soccer Inter-Flight Cross Country

GRADUATING CLASS. 1953 Biographies

Canadian Football

l 5-3 7 38

Inter-Flight Volleyball Inter-Flight Boxing Inter-Flight Swimming

COLLEGE NEWS

Graduation I 9 52

Summer Training Calendar

46 5I

Cadet Officers. I 95 2-51

Clubs

60 63 64

Junior Term Calendar Senior Gunroom Notes l.lTERARY

My Idea of a University The Patriot Deux Ans de College Militairc The Has-Been

• 72 74 75 77

Hockey C.S.C. Tournament

81-92 91 9-1 95 9S 96 96 97 97 97 97 98 98 98

RIGHT COLUMN

104

EX-CADET CLUB

107 !OS 10«3

Ed11or's Note Ob11uanes

THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE OF CANADA l 18 CHJPS FROM THE LOG

122

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

125

My best wishes go with you, the class of ·5 3, as you leave to Join your ships. units. or to complete your Service education at the Royal 'v11litary College. Our foremost aim here is to produce skilled leaders of determined and disciplined character Your class has trained hard and well You now have the firm base that will enable you to meet the exacting tests that he ahead of vou in the further service of your country Few worthwhile tasks arc easy. but you will be guided always by the fine traditions and spirit that you ha,·c kuned ar Royal Roads Never depan from those standards. To the junior term. on the threshold of becoming seniors. I sa}' that you promise well It is now your turn to take on the responsibility and privilege of leadership in the Cadet Wing. Guide yourselves by the College motto. Truth. Duty Valour, and I know that Royal Roads will have every reason to be proud of you.

C. B. WAR!", Commandant. RO\Al ROADS.

STAFF

• Commandant COIONI.I C. B. WARE. DSO. C.D Dtn•flur of Studu.•.\

PRO! FSSOR I

A BROWN MA.

Otitct'r ,n-(haryt• C.ad,1 \\ ir,~

COM\!ANDLR R \V TIMBRrl.L DSC., C D. R.C.N ( l',u-Commundor/) E.tt·cutive Oilict•r

l.!El- Tl.N.-\NT COMMt\NDLR I B. B. MORROW. R.C N Chaplain,

CIIAPI A!N IV (RCl R. \\ \\'ARD. R.C.N CHAPLAIN Ill !Pl B A. l'fGLAR R C.N PROFESSOR C C COOK . B.A \I Sc PROfESSOR C. S . BURCHII L :VI A PROfFSSOR .·\ L C ATKl,';SON MSc

Ph~sio HistnrtJ and F.conomic4i RS A MIN A M.f' IC. fnatn(•t•nnc, Drau.,.•1nµ and Dtst-r1p1a.·t Gtomrirv

MR A PRIVETT MA R.eQistrar ASSOC PROFESSOR A f CARLSLN :VI A. Hi.~tory and Economics ASSOC PRO! ESSOR R M SCHIEDFR. M ·\ Enq/i.<h ASSOC PROFJ'SSOR F SONI T M -\ Docteur d Uni\'mit< Frtnch ASST PROrF.SSOR H. M DUTTON. ~l Sc A ln,i P Phl}sfrs ASSl PROITSSOR A G BRICKNEI I. A R.C.S B.Sc Chemurru Ass·, PROI-ESSOR G I- 0.\1 SIN B.s, MathC'mati~-~ ,\SST PRO!! SSOR J . ,\. IZ.-\RD. Bfng M I- l C .. P.f'ng. Fnq1n..:tr1n9 Druu.:inq und Vl'Mrrprtl't' Gtomt'tr11 ASST. PROHSSOR J. D. Kl YS PhD Phv<in ASST PRO! fSSOR R S1 [WART MA .. MC I.C Chemistrv t\SST PROITSSOR R Ol DHA:VI. DI .C.. Croix de Gutm Jnd M .,\ , Docteur di:! l"Universite

MR f T NAlSH . B.•\ . \IR. G J , M•cKf.N7.IE, B. ,\ .\IR. G S ..\lcCA llGHE Y B. A MRS M CA\IPBrl.l.. BJ\ .. I' I A. I. . Cdr (SJ B. \\'. F,\IR\\'I..\ nil R CO R.C N SHPT 1.1' J ,\ .\Id ,\RI•:-,/, CD R C.N I. I'. (L) W G 1\l TWU l , CD R L N IT <Sl P J BA TLS. CD. R C.N LT G. ~I de ROSI •:-ROI l . RC N CAPTAIN J P R. TRFMBI i\Y \IC R. 22c. R. F/1 I C.-\\JPBI I l BP HI'., R.C r\ I· IT <M,\d) C, ·\ SlOCOMI.I.CD. RCN I ·1 £: J' Pl.Tl RS01\ B l'.H I' R.C..\.

fren, h Alurht'maltc~

French £n9/i.<h l.1brarian Su1>plv Ofiiar Sh1pwn9h1 OII,ur Eng1-neer Officer Stuff Ad1u1an1 S,1uadro n Communclt:r

No. No. l Squadron Commartdt•( No. J s,,uadron Commander ,\ftd,cal Adm1nU1ralvr P (j R.f. Olfic.-r

..,

....

l'ns,dl.'nt ol rhe C.111.1d1.1n Sl.'n·1ces Colkgrs I HE uo:-.:OURABLE BROOKE CLAXTON Q ( ' ,\/rn1s11-r of \'u1w,wl /)efenc,

ADVISORY 1\0,\RI) Brig.1d1er C ;-..1 Drun CB I

DS0

l)epull/ ,\{1ms/t'r ot ,\11110,10/ fJcfrnce

\'JCc Adm1r.tl E R M,ungu) O.B I . C D. R Chief of lhl' VaLal \raff

c.;,.:

I 1,·ut,·n.1111 ( "·ncr.11 G (, S11nond,. C I\ C B ! .. D S.O. C D ( href of lh, Gtnerul ~tali Air ;,..1.mh.11 (

R Siemon CB <..BI.. CI) ( href of Arr Srafi

Dr O ;,..1 Solandt. 0 BE.. of the /Jdcnce Uesear,h li,xird

( hu1rn1,m

Two Repr.~nt.tll\'t'S from ,ach of the Provrnccs of Oni,mo and Qul.'bcc One Reprnentatt\C from each of the oth,r Pro\·mc,s 'J wo Rl.'prcscnt.lli\'n No111in.11cd bv th,· Roy.ii \ltli1.1ry College Cluh of Canad.1

On,· Rq>r,srnt,1t1w ~,rn11n.1tl.'d hr th,· b,-C .tdl.'t Club, Rora! Ro.1ds

PERS0:--:1'1 J. Ml MBFRs ( OMt\111 I LL

r Pullen O BF C D. RC~ Ch1t/ of ,\aLul l'.rsonnel Ottau.:a

R,.11 r\dmtral H

'vbJor G:neral \\' H S l-bckltn CB I ,\d1uIun1 (;,•m•ral

Air \'ice ;,..IJ,sh.1I I· C, \\',1it, CB I \ir ,\/ ,•mber for l'i'rsonni'/

CD C D

Rcprc-;m1a11w of th, D\'fcncc Rcs,anh Bo.ud

TH I: LOG

I9 53

EDI T ORIAL

YING the daily routine of the i~U NDERL d1vidual at Royal Roads arc four main pnnoples followed closely enough to merir being regarded as our second college mot to They are followed the way Truth and Duty and Valour should be followed- unconsciously The first is term spirit

What is term spirit 1

It 1s what dis11nguishcs Royal Roads cadets from R.M C cadets. It 1s what transforms eighty -four very bewildered ov1ltans into .1 unified whole. united against the Common Enemy-in the form of the Senior Term 111 general and the Cadet Officers in particular. How 1s 11 achieved' Ir began the moment th, first new entry hn the Square. and conttnued 10 develop through all the ac tivities that are a Jun,or ·s hmtage-rn the cry · Stand by beds." 1n skylarks and gunroom meetings. in bun. fights and midterm dances. in examinations and speculatton over · next ye.u's Cadet Officers... And what docs it achieve' It gives the individual a sense of belongrng to somcthrng bigger than himself • even ,f he is onl)' Number 21 in the rear rank. From this sense of 'belongtng' arises a feeling stronger than com radcship for everyone else who share his fate The second fundamental is that of selfpride Now It is fully realized that everyon, possesses a full me,1sure of this when he arnws , but somehow. college life tries to orient the individual ego until it points rn the same direction as one hundred and fort)'•five other egos. It is a tribute to the system when th~

degree of success JltJined rn this orientation 1s considered Self pride ,s often m1s1Jkcn. by authors of articles such as this. for the third precepl: college spirit It s not college sp,nt that makes you forget that cramp on the Cross-Country. or dive at the churnrng knees of an onrushing fullback it's self pride College spi rit docs have tts place in the will 10 win in sports. but individual aCllons are funcrions of individual worth and dcterminauon. But when all thcs~ individu.1! egos or spirits or detcrmin.uions arc added together. the coral obtained is College Spmt. And certainly Royal Roads' total is a prodigious one. The fourth principle. and probably th~ most evident al present 1s the most difficult ro define Ill words. It 1s the bond cxis11ng between staff and cadets-<>xistrng off the parade square. outside of the office or the class room. As 1 sit here stud)•tng the f-acultv Ltsl I cannot see the name of a single person who docs not make some attempt at gemng to know the cadets. in ways ranging from coachrng an athlettC team lo lending ht\ office for a study position \Vhy do they do it' I can only guess partiallr from a 1ealiza11on that the job must be done, partial ly from a desire to do somcthrng constructive. and p.iruallr because they like cadets. ln tlm. the I wclfth volume of The /.oq. we of the Class of 5 1-'i > can look to the futur~ with confidence. for so long as the 'spirih cx1s1 Royal Roads will continue to prosper.

..,

Congratulations to the

/J(J r:-J1adualtn~ \... CTJ,.'

9 5 ~3

70 6 - 708 Yates Street

Victoria, B. C.

ATES

James Ro11ald Standell Educated: University of Saskatchewan. Home: ~linnco, Ontario. Every year the Staff at Royal Roads is faced with the problem of selecting a Cadet Wing Commander from the eighty-odd members of the Junior THm. But in 1952 tl11s task must have been singularly easy-for we had Jim Standen. Excelling in drill and sports and possessing all the possible nonentities like personality, popularity, and officer-like qualities, Jim was indeed a '"natural."' In sports, he has represented the college in football and basketball, while remaining a more than staunch supporter of Fraser Flight, especially in hockey. As a student Jim promises fair to enter the ranks of the First Class honours students despite his heavy responsibilities as Cadet \Ving Commander. His immediate future contains R.M.C. and the Ordnance Branch of the R.C.l\. and it is certain that his natural ability, his drive and his personality will see him far.

E.H.G.

---- ---------------George Ross Rayment Educated; Alexander Composite High School. Home . Medicine Hat, Alberta. Ross wafted into Royal Roads behind the wildest smile we've ever seen and it wasn't long before hi~ carefree nature and easy manner made hnn the most popular member of the term. E"en the staff shared Lhis opinion, although they sometimes doubt whether he ever sleeps at night. He quickly won recognition when he pro"cd himself the standout player on the football team. :,.;'01 stopping here. he went on to pro,·e himself the college's top athl<te-<:xcelling in basketball. swimming, boxing and hockey. This position he easily maintained in his second year, and his many victories in both R.11.C. tournaments will always be remembered. Ross' officer-like qualities did not go unnoticed either; for he "a' made a Squadron Leader in the first and last terms of his senior year. In this capacity he distinguished himself both in the Cadet Office and on the parade ground. (For who else can toss a rifle around like a match stick?) Hi, plans for the future are as .ret ,·ague, but he i~ stron~ly considering continuing hi, studies at U.B.C. U.A.P S.

Edward Hugh Garrard Educated: Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. Home. Guelph. Ontario. From the day he first arrived at Royal Roads till the day he graduated, Hughie has certainly been one of the most outstanding cadets ever 10 attend the college. Both as an athlete and as a student Hughie has shown his prowess, and therefore it was natural that his initiative and leadership abilities should draw considerable attention in his Junior year. As a result he was appointed a first term Squadron Leader and \Ving Commander in the second. Hughies abundance of dri,·e was manifested in his representing the college in football, basketball and volleyball, and in his ability in inter-fight sports, especiay hockey. where he stood out as one of the smoothest payers ever to attend Royal Roads. He didn't let up when he was off the sports field either. Take leave, for instance: you could always find him catching the first liberty boat ashore if it were at all possible. The attraction in Victoria seems to have some connection with a very famous American battleship. Hughie is planning to continue his Enl;lineering course at R.M.C. next year. We know that he will distinguish himself as he did here.

J.R.$.

Educated: Trinity College School, Port Ilopc. Home. Belleville, Ont. Service: Navy. From the time of Dave Smith's first appearance at the college !WO years ago, it was evident to all that he was so1neone ,.,,ith (lual• 1tic~ neCC$Sary for an outstanding cadet, Since then, the enthusiasm,

drive and natural ability he has shown in all his endeavours have borne out these firM impressions. In sport,, "Dap" ha, excelled in football where hi< spirit and skill were prime factors in the team':-. succes!S during hi~ Junior year.

Had he not been sidelined early in his second vear with a knee illJUry, the college might well have retained the cup. As a Squadron Leader first term and \Ving Commander third t<rm, Dave ha, earned the respect of hoth gunrooms. Hi, smart apflt-.arancc, fair dccisio1h._ and commanding per:-,onality, ha\lC given confidence to those workmg under him.

In the classroom this raclet is one of the lueky ones who is able to remain in the "66 or over'' group with appafent case

.Da\'e", plan, for the future reach as far as the next five years. Ile intends to take Divinity at the Univer:--ity of Toronto and 5pcnd

h,~ ~ummcr month, with the Na\'y,

G.R.R.

Jeffery Scott Upton Educated Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Home Galt, Ontario. Jeri. in Hud,on in his first and Cartier in his second year, is ~crious bolt, in studit-s and other activities. On the square he has been Fli1?ht L,·ader. Squadron Leader, and Leadmg Cadet In sports he made the repre~cntative soccer and ~wimming teams, and enjoys basketball and other sports. J n the "Hobby Club" he builds protolYJle aero11lancs. specializing in those which develop engine trouble. For the Juniors the work of "Eek" and his instruction and example in the fine art of "Hound dog doubling" has further increased his infamy. Definitely an 1 nfantryman. elected "Mr. Cannon Fodder of 1953", he pursues his career under R.O.T.P. which he hopes will lead to an airborne unit.

R.T.W.

Dennis N orman Bailey F.ducated: Lord Byng High School and U.B.C. llomc: Vancouver, B.C. ''Den" i:-- one of the those fortunate men who combine brains, keenness, athletic ability and a sense of humour to produce an all around "good guy."

His appointment to Flight Leader ftrst term and Squadron Leader third term show that his abilities were not wasted on the higher ups. He played Rep. football and was a charter member of the B.C. A11 Stars Hockey Fellow,hip 111 his flight. His fleetness on the field was matched by his quick footwork with the feminine side of the Victoria population, earning him the dubious sobriquet of "Dennis the ~lenace." \\'ith his sil(hts set on a permanent commission Dennis is off to R.M.C and perhaps a further year for a degree. J.D.B.

Clifton Arnold Shook Educated: Lamont High School. • Home: Chauvin, Alberta. "Uncle" Shook, as he is aifect1011atel>· called hy the Junior Term, was born in darkest Alberta. In spite of this he was very precocious as a child, uttering his first words "Defaulter, One Day's c·• at the age of 4}S months. Having made a shambles of his first year, he was punished hy heing appointed F /L in the second and he later received a promotion to S/L for good behaviour. He wa:; soon recognized by h1s tcrmmate~ as a practising genius. Standing first a, a junior, he bids fair to repeat this year, despite his work on The Log. Cliff':) achievements in sports can be traced in his nickname~. \fter making the cross-country team he was referred to as "Gazelle Boy." After maiming several of the opposition uuring the hockey season he earned the title "Dirty" Shook, which persisted until his efforts on the rifle range earned him the sobriquet "Shakey." It's R.1f.C. and the Air Force for Clifi after graduation. J.BE.

Ralph Rundle H owsam Educated; Brandon Collegiate Institute. Brandon. ,\lanitoba. Horne: Ottawa, Ontario. The first time mo:--t of us met Hardrock How:-.ie. we w .... re on the "rong end oi a singularly well-aimed pillow during a ,kylark. The initial shock of meeting ovtr, we were struck by hi~ drive and de• termination. wluch carried him to the appointments of Cadet Flight Leader and Squadron Leader in his Senior year. In the field of athletics particularly, Ralph distinguished himscll, e:\celling 111 !-".OC'Cer, hockey and gymnastics. R.M .C.. Electrical Engineering, and the R.C.A. will claim How:,ic upon graduation and we arc certain he will succc\'d in l'\'Cry field of endeavour.

C..\.S.

Michael James Rich Educated· London Central and Medway Collegiate. Service: Army. H ,,, two years at the college have been busy ones for ).fike. In the first year h(• was the hard-working president of the junior gunroom. As a senior, he held the position of Flight Leader of Hudson flight in the first term and was made a Squadron Leader in the second, as well as being vice-president of the 1.R.C. A natural athlete. Mike was a hack fielder for the Canadian Football team, a memhcr of the representative Cross-Country team, and a big asset to Hudson flight in inter-flight sports. In an emergency he has also proven his excellence in the realm of escort duty. His plan, include completion of R..M.C. and entry into the Royal Canadian Engineers.

J.B.E.

Frederick Duncan Jardine Educated· Sydney Mines. N.S .. anc.l R.C.K. Preparatory School. llome: Sydnev Mmes. Nova Scotia. From sonu~-.vhcrc ea!)t of Montreal co1nes this wild Bluenose. whom everyone calls ,..Newf.'• .\n<l i£ anyone i~n't sure where a Bluc::nO!--C con1es from, all he's got to do is ~tand near :"\c,.\.'fie, for great talcs of Ca(Jc Breton are his special!). In reality, Fred i, one of the most out:,,tanding cadets in the college-playing first,tring foothall and cxcellin~ in hockey and weight training. 1-\,., a hridge ph1ycr, he i~ without equal (unless you consider nn trump hand,) .ancl his failure to make First Class Honours cau prohahly he attributed to the amount of time ,pent at bridgt. As a first term fli;,ht leader and third term squadron leader. Fred \\Oil the respect of both terms. R.M.C .. Electrical Engineering ;rnd, of course, the St:nior Service occupy his future plans.

J.C.!,.

John Law Educated Canora High School and l,nivers11y of Manitoba. Home· Canora. Saskatchewan. Canora'< (anybody know where that is?) gift to our term has taken the form of Big John Law. Tn his two years at the college, John has distinguished himself in inter-rligh1 sports, especially soccer, basketball, boxing and hockey. In recognition of this. John was appointed leading cadet in the band for the fir,t two terms and flight leader of Lasalle for the third. But John's most outstanding characteristics do not lie in the realm of athletics. \Vhile seated m the gunroom, holding thirteen cards, and telling tall stories, John has no equal. It is for this that we will rememuer him. It is R.M.C., the R.C.A.F., and Arts for John.

F.D.J

George MacIntosh Hughes Douglas Educated: Wood,tock Collegiate Tnstitute. Home: \Voodstock, Ontario. George has proved a great addition 10 many Rep sports. As a junior he 1>layed Canadian Football and contributed greatly to the victories in basketball and volleyball during the C.S.C. tournament, He was captain of the volleyball team; this year he was co-captain of the football team. He is a member in 1100d standing of the Saturday Afternoon Bridge Club and is considered by ,ome a good player. ~fost certainly he is 311 unusual player. George gained valuable experience with the R.C. Anny Cadets, one of the few cho,cn for the Cadet Camp at Banff. La,t summer he took his basic training with the R.C..-\.C. but plans 10 do the remaining phases of his COTC as an engineer. MacKenzie Flight Leader in the 3rd term, George ha, been an ardent supporter of that

unit for two years.

His goal is a degree in civil engineering and he will take that

course at R.M.C. next year.

A.F.J.

William Hobart Atwood Education: Victoria College, Victoria, B.C. Home; Kamloops, B.C. Take a ,lice out of the uncxµlorcd 11t1enor of British Columbia. dress it in navy blue, screw on a mechanical brain topped with a

lock of golden hair and you can vaguely picture "\Vild Willie" Atwood. He managed to take enough time off from constructing solid model sailboat. in the Hobby Shop to place on the Represcntati,·c Cross-Country team. Bill was of valuable assistance to the Band as a tenor drummer during his second year visit to the College. \Vith the help of the other band members he succeeded in keeping himself, and at times the whole wing, in step. As Ex-Cadet Editor of The Log, Bill gathered information about ex-cadets living in all corners of the world. Bill's high standard in academics will carry him far in his service career as an officer in the Constructor Branch. He plans to lurther his education at Keyham as a Mid ( E). J.F.R.

Peter Rogerson Baker Educated: St. Catherines Collegiate Institute. Home: Port Credit, Ont. Early last year Pete emerged a, term philosopher: there was no rigour of first year life for which. ,i he did not have a remedy. he at least had a theory. Besides philosophizing, he lent his talents to all sports, especially sailing and swimming, representing the college against R.M.C. in the latter. 'fhis year, his interests are divided between the Camera Club and the pursuit of a liberal education in the Arts. Late in Fcbruarv, Pete shocked the college with his decision to transfer from the R:C.N., which he has defended so volubly, to the Army, which he has always denounced with equal fervor. And this time Pongo Pete plans to train with the Amourcd Corps until he gains his degree in Law. \Ve predict a brilliant future for him at the bar, and in any future courts-martial we know he will not forget his old pals. C.D.H.

Donald Frederick Black E-lucated: Kclowna High School. Home: Kelowna, B.C, Fred is one of our brighter students, standing in the top ten during both his years. He was a member of the air cadets and has obtained his private pilot's licence. Black has been the college's outstanding cross country runner, having won the rnterflight meet this year and serving on the representative team both years. I'm sure if there was a road to Vancouver, he would run over there for the weekend. Originally in Cartier flight, Fred was transferred to Fraser flight this year. where he was a leading cadet in the second term. Next year he plans to go to R.M.C. and take civil engineering and perhaps proceed into aeronautical. After the degree he intends to go into the Reserve Airforce.

J.D.H.

Erik Stuart Holli Educated: Jasper High School. Home; Sidney, B.C. In 1993, when our term has been reduced to the status of the "Old Eighteen" and half the class (the P.F. boys) have forgotten about the other half, there will be one cadet we will still remember. That man will he Rick Bolli for Rick's talent at impromptu entertainment in class and gunroom will never be forgotten. But his talents do not end here. His natural ability and his une,celled drive have placed him upon every first team of InterFlight Sporn, Competition. For hi, immediate future, Rick plans on R. M C .. the Navy. and Chemical Engineering. C.F.S.

Douglas

.fohn

Bowie

Educated. Bedford Road Collegiate Institute flome· Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hailin!( from the hub city our fair-haired lad has ma<lc a name for himself as ~• gym11ast and as sccond•la'.->t rnan out of hcd 011 a Sat11rday morning. \\'1th his casual "Take three", Bowie gamed the "love and affection" of the Junior Term as a Leadin!( Cadet last term. Doug ha~ hl'en :i "First-liner'' in ,\1acken7.ic Flight, 101) team in the inter-flight sport>. As a scholar ht: is a truic Art~man and stood in the upper hrackets in hoth his years. A !-itaunch navy ca<lt:t, "Booie" ha.:; cho:-.en the Executive Branch. Durin~ th(' summer he \\'as noted for his keenness and coulcl often be fou11d in hi, spare Lime readi11g his Seamanshir, Manual in the coffee shop of Empn•s, Hotel. This year he joined R.O.T.P. and p la11s to enter the R.C.X. as a Midshipman after gratluat1on. L.E.\\'.

Ernest Alfred Brown Educated: Brandon Collegiate Institute. Home: Brnndon, .Manitoha. From somewhere west of \Vinnipeg comes this hall of fire who entered Royal Roads, much the !'.ame way as he'll leave it laughing. In the realm of ~ports, Ernie is certainly among the outstanding-excelling III soccer. hasketball, boxing and hockey. ln studies he is a member of the "Solid Seventy" ~roup and threatens to crash the rank!-, or the intelligcnt~la. But ii is in the field of summer trauung that Ernie finds h imself. After taking an Air Cadet Flying Scholarship and obtaining his private Jiccnsc, la!>it year's !-,Ummcr training wa~ a piece of cake for our jovial lad. Ernie seems to prefer the thought of home to all others-and it is to this end that he plans on entering third year EnginecrinK at tla, University of )..lanitoba next year.

R.C.C.

James Denis Buchan l~ducated: !,ord Byng and R.CN H M.C.S. .:--'aden. Home: Vancou\:cr, B.C.

Preparatory School.

"Smiley", one of our service cadet~, came to us via 11.:M C.S. ~adcn and readily gainc:d popularity among us with hi~ good nature and read)' wll. As an athlete he is certainly above avcra1,tc. especially in soccer, \·olleyhall and the Cross-country run. During ~ummt.'r training J im ~bowed us his nnturaJ ability a~ n leader b)· exccllinR in all his courses. A supreme orga1112cr and entertainer. he h:15 done much to make our ~ocial functions a ~ucce"-.-.. and to put the r)rofe~sors in good ~pints. Ahhou1,th Smiley i:-.n't Ct:'rtain as yet what next year will bring, i·ou can be sure that he'll choose the p:.th that leads him hack to Victoria as c~uickly a, possible.

D.N.B.

Harvey Ross Burnham Educated: Kamloops High School. Home: Kamloops, B.C. Out of the wild, of B.C. came this mirthful lad, known to all for his sarcastic witticisms added to the Gunroom conversation. Ross is ,1..·ell known for timely comments on many diverse subjects. Possessing musical talent and interest, Ross has been a loyal supporter of the Glee Club during his "stretch." In addition he recently undertook the playing of a ukelelc which, however, refused to respond to Ross's musical ability. Ross, doing well in all sports, ha, been a valuable asset to "The 11ighty Mackenzie ~fachinc" in its athletic endeavours. He is rememhercd especially for improving his last year's standard by 102 places in the cross-country run.

Ross's future includes R.M.C. and electrical engineering. J . W.C.

John Phillip Cheevers Educated: Oakwood Collegiate l nstitute. Home. Toronto. Ontario. Phil, in Chem. lab, "Let's knock 01£ those four digits for easier figurin~."

Phil, a staunch Torontonian, likes the Victoria climate when rain interrupts wing parades, but being an ardent ~kier he prefers snow.

\Vith his happ}'-go-lucky smile, his carefree manner. his propensity for weird card games, and his passion for strange pipes, Phil has won man~· friends here during his two.year stretch. His friends were not confined to his term-mates but included a large number of the fairer sex. However, he maintains his allegiance to the home front. He is a confirmed Arn,y man of the strange species known a~ ~ignalman. Ntxt year he intends to take an electrical engineering course at R M.C. and is considering a military career.

D.G.D.

John Wyllie Coburn Educated: King Edward High School. Home . Vancouver, B.C. From the moment he arrived John ha, bc~n a 5tand-out pen,onality. His 6 feet S½ inches hein!t a major contributing factor. John's accomphshments run from beating the big bass drum in the band to standing consi:,tently in the 101> five inte11igentsia of the term. In the Gunroom, with the collaboration of one J. B. Elson, he has the dubious honour of introducing the "Siberian·• or "Slobbovian" ron,·cntion to bridge. An in"ctcratc practical joker, he is a constant menace in the dorms. where he manages to di~pense enormous quantities of alter-shave lotion. On the soccer field, John's booming kirk won him the position of fullback on the representative team. .:-Ccxt y,·ar will sec John at U.B.C. tak,ng Chemical Engineering, "here he will probably devote his life to perfecting a suitable compound to fire the cannons in front of the Cadet Block. H.R.B.

Robert David Detwiler Educated: London South Collegiate Institute. Home . Lambeth, Ontario. A Leading Cadet in the first term, "Det'' is a great asset to Hudson Flight, showing pl,nty of spirit and enthusiasm in interflight sports, hockey being his specialty. If not busy reading one oi his many letters from "The girl back home", Boh is usually ready to join any discussion, especially if humour i:; involved. Hi:-- fa\'Ourite !-ittbject ,~ Ten \\'ays to Use a Tra\'el Claim. A more than ~taunch Navy man, he is a ron~iderablc menace to Pongo~ and Pigeons in triscrvicc arguments.

Bob plans to enter the Engineering Branch of the R.C.N. after two years at R.M.C.

Roger Angus Devine Educated: Orillia Collcgia1c ln,titutc Home: Orilha, Ontario. A ,taunch lineman on the footl,all squad for two years, Rog has made a name for himself as one of the hetter all•round cadets in the College Academically, h,· stood well near the top of the term, despite the time behind the folding door in Room 6. Besides playing football, he shone in boxing and volleyball. In the CunMom he is alway... a willing participant in anything from a bridge E(ame to a

,kylark. A, owner and mana1ter of the Devrne Transport Co., h~ will 1,robably J>ro,per in thi, pursuit of the R.C.E. and Civil Engineering at R.M.C

R.S.W.

Donald Gordon Duncan Educated: Ottawa Technical High School. Home: Ottawa, Ontario. \\:'hen "Dunc" camt• we~t to be a cadet it was a Jos5 to Ottawa square dancers and an all around gain to us.

He diligently applied himself to his studies and carried out college routine ,,·ith an unexcelled enthusiasm--espccially with re• gard to card playing. I 11 sports he showed good endurance, strong spirit, and a wholehearlt!d wlllingness to participate.

His unlimited cheerfulness and ready grin have made him well liked by his fellow cadets-in spite of the occasional loaded cigarette. Dunc's next step is a history course at R.M.C. and then he 1>lans to be the best pilot the R.C.A.F. ever had.

J,P.C.

James Br yan Elsori Educated: Herschel High School. Home: Herschel, Sask. From the depths of the Saskatchewan wilderness ( when he goes home the population is said to rise to two figures) comes Royal Roads' most outstanding Artsman. While excelling in English, History and Economics, • Bryan manages to fare well enough in other subJects to amass a paltry 80% average. Out of the classroom his determination and will to win have earned him a spot on Hudson's first teams-especially soccer and hockey. His ready wit has contributed much to the life and vocabulary of the Gunroom. and his skill at bridge (the national game of the realm of the Senior Cadet) is marred onlr by an unfortunate choice of partners. For some strange reason he seems to prefer the austere life of a midshipman to that of a cadet, but rumour has it that the R.C.N. may relent and send him to R.M.C. In any case, we know he will succeed. -M.J.R.

Richard John Folkins Educated: Wcstmount Senior High School. Home: Montreal, Quebec. Since his arrival at Royal Roads, Jack h~s been a happy-golucky, well-liked member of his term. He has excelled himself in football as flying wing. This year Jack showed himself to be far more than an average boxer; in fact, he fought four bouts and emcr!{cd without a scratch. After rounds ( 1030, that is) he has had a susceptibility for wrestling, ready and waiting to take on all comers. Although Jack is a "Brykream Boy", his main ambition is to graduate from R.M.C .. be a chemical engineer, and then serve for three years as a pilot in the R.C.A. F. He is one of Professor Atkinson's favored lads, because of his proficiency in mechanical drawing. T.A.N.

Ralph Gar field Gallinger Educated· Fon \Villiam Colle!{iate Institute. Home, Fort \Villiam. Ontario. Ralph made his first appearance at Royal Roads two years ago as a member of a very spirited Junior Term. His wit and ea~y going manner provided the term with many laughs-especially his uncanny ability at "turning in" bdore rounds with the aid of a chair, During summer training Ralph was a member of the Brylcn.·am 8oys1 Organilation at Trenton ,,:here he took his first y~r of flying. In his third term as a senior Ralph became Flight Leader of Champlain Flight. It was not until Ralph began partaking in the many arts of self defense that he obtained one of his first College nicknames ... that of "N cz Cass.'' Ralph ,s a 1>rospcctive Mechanical Engineer and hopes to continue with this branch of EngineerinR at R.~I.C. E.A.B.

:.u...-

--.

John Douglas Hagerman Edurated · Bellcnlle H ii:h SrhooL llome: Belleville, Ontario. "Big John" Hagerman. l'pper Canada"s gift 10 La Salle Fligh1 . has hccn what is known as a "good cadet" ever :-.111ct: he entered the Colleg1.·. and i11 consequence he ha~ had two .,uccessful year-, here. In sports especially he ha, excelled. A full had< on the rt·ti. footl,all team in his fir,t year. he was prc"cnted from playing thi!', year by an unfortunate: leg injury. He ha:-. recovered in time, how• c,·er. to r<:JH'at as .a. mcmher nf the Collc;rt.· foothatl team. and to strengthen hi, flight Ill volleyball and hockey. A hard \\Orker, John has had a i:ood record academically a, well as in sporh, and should have no trouhle with hi~ future studie~. ~lade a leading cadet in the third term, he was reappointed for the final ~iate because of his e:-ccelleut wurk. John intends to go to Queeu'.;, next year to complete: his !'>tudie.., itt Enginel·rin!t.

D-F.B.

Charles Douglas Hardwick Educated: A pplcby College, Oakville, Ont. Home: Oakville, Ont. Hardwick here ?-Clas~ mu~tcred and correct. sir. In his ju111or year Doug was a pillar of strength to the band. \Vhen his brushing talents ,\ ere not appreciated in the third term, he was ~toned out and ohlif{ed to return to the wing. His attraction for the band was not enticrly lost, however, for he returned to the drum in the third term of his senior year A Navy man who has as yet failed to sell his ,oul. he attained the exalted rank of captain of motels la,t summer In hoth years Cce Dec found time to play inside on the football squad, run with the Cross-Country team and radio with the radio club_ On top of all this he consistently remains one of the shining lights of the academic wing. Doug plans on Electrical Engineering at R.M.C. and th•n U. of T. for a degree. P.A.B.

John Harwood Educated: \\'estdale Secondary School. Hamilton, Ontario. Home: •\ldcrshot, Ontario. Of a sea-going family, John"s earliest ambition was a Naval career; so it was natural that he should enter Royal Roads. Here he has 1iroved himself to be admirably suited for the Service life. as an interc~red and industrious cadet, and a great companion and member of the Gunroom. \\'e shaH pass lightly over his academic accomplishments to the Naval Summer Training. where John developed into a very fine seaman and mess- matt!. His natural cnthusia,m and sportsmanship, so very apparent in all aspects of college life, will carry him far in his cho5cn profes~ion, on which he is about to embark as a Midshipman in the F.xecut,ve branch N.J.1'.H.

Norman John Tosh Haslett Educated: R.C.~ Preparatory School. Home: North Vancouver, B.C. "Tosh" (to be hyphenated upon reaching the rank of Lt.) was undecided for some time about his future. Finally the thought of ··a green one" breaking over the bo" dispelled all thoughts of ohms. volts and R.M.C. and he settled on life 0< a midshipman Norm's two years in the lower deck prepared him well for college life, for he was appointed a first term leading cadet. Tn the realm of academics he take, a back seat to no one and excels in all his subjects. I II sports he show~ no lack of the requ"ite "drive"-his excellent performanrt! in the gruelling Cro:,s-Country run bearing witness 10 this fact. On the lighter side, bridia:e has become his favourite ('aSt1mc His trials and tribulation~ a.s a beginner have heen a source of amusement to the Gunroom.

J.H.

Andrew Clinton Hodges Henning Educated: Garneau Di,•1sion of Strathcona High School. Home: Edmonton, Alberta. Imagine the s-pirit of the gaye!'.t skylarker you've C\'Cr known; rai~c it to the nth power, and you'll have something approximatinK the spirit of our Andy. He was soon \'ested with the title of "Term Comedian'\ for which he is so aptly qualified. Wh~ther staunchly defending the laurels of the \\'est or telling of his latest exploits, he alway, draws a cro" d of laughing spectators. Hi, drive and compctiti,·e spirit have earned him a berth on most teams in the inter-flight competition, and a Leading Cadetship in the third term . He played for the rep. soccer team. and was a finalist in the college tennis championship. During lus summers in the R.C.N'. Andy may he seen peering down the barrel of a 4-inch gun as all good Ordnance Cadets must do. After R.M .C. he plan, to obtain a commission in the R.CS.

E.E.S.

Alexander Fraser Isbester Educated , :-/apance Collegiate Institute. Hom<: !\" apance. Ontario. Fraser, or .. Izzy". comes from that small town in Ontario catkd Xapanee . H c was. a veteran of six year~ rcser\'e service in the R.C.A. in which he plans to remain aitcr R.M.C. At present he is debating between an Engineering or Art~ cours.e next year. His fate 1s. to he dccidc,t in the final examinations. Last year Izzy was a hard worker on the advertising staff of the Log: this year he continues his. career as circulation mana~er. He is an ardent hunter spcciali2in1t in duck,. Although he is strictly ~lll army man he tnjoy~ ~ailinl,! and ts an adept. ,\ Leading Cadet in the third term Fraser transferred his allegiance from Cartier to Fraser, takinf.? an active part in sport, in lJoth. C.M.11.0.

Robert Gammell Jekyll Educated. \\'estmin,ter School and Bishop's College School. Home: 1lontreal, P.Q. Bob', early da"s at the college certainly were not the most promising, he arrived late, and before he had begun to hit his stride, he had the unfortunate accident which necessitated his wearing that tremendous plaster collar we remember so well. This 111 omen meant nothing, howe\'er; for this year he pro"ed himself the ablest of cadets. A, a flight leader second term, "Kipper" showed great enthusiasm in carrying out his duties. He was president of the I.R.C .. member of the newly formed ski dub, and of the ('?lee club. One of the most enthusiastic ,ailors in the college, Bob showed his ability in winning the whaler race in the Regatta. He has sold his soul to the l\"avy, and hopes to go to Keyham next year.

R.L.W.T.

W illiam Herbert Johnston Educated· Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School. Home; Sarnia, Ontario. An excellent athlete. a natural leader, and a mildlv incurable skylarker is one Willie H. Johnston. · .\s an athlete he played centre half for the rep. football team for two years, represented the college twice against R.M C. as a di\'er, and sparked Fraser flight to many a victory i11 baskethall, volleyball :md hockey. This year he was a finalist in the middleweight boxing division. His leadership qualities were more than pro,·en in his apt filling of the posnions of Senior Gunroom president, Leadi11g Cadet, and Cadet Flight Leader for the second term. As for the skylarki11g part of his versatile makeup, we all know that two more summers as a pilot with the R.C.A.F. and two more academic years at R.M.C. as a chemical engineer will be much lighter with this ball of fire about.

William Harvey Jopling Educated Champion High School. Home: Champion, Alberta. This year Cri1,ing, the fa\'ourite sport of nearly all cadets, didn't mtercst Bill. Instead you would hear the pride of Champion relating inc-id~nts from hi~ summer's training at Summer!iide. di~cus-sing the merits oi a navigator or pcrha.ps laughing at a st:If-manufacturc<l

practical joke. In inter fli('?ht sports, \Villic's dri"e and ability ,.ere invaluable to Fraser flight. Hocke)·, especially, seem, to claim Bill's first athletic love. He stood near the academic top in spite of his love tor a joke; and the appointment as Fhght Leader of Fra,er in the third term was admirably fulfilled. Next year R.~l .C. will have the undisputed privilege of enrolling Bill as a chemical engmeer.

\\' H.J.

Robert John K elly Educated· Southern Okanagan High School. Home: Osoyoos, B.C. Bob was one of the many of us who joined the college without prc\'ious militar_,. experience, but he adapted himself quickly-not allowing his name to appear many times in the Big Black Book. "Swish" and his famed hook shot made the representati"c basketball team in 1951-52. Other sports include soccer, "olleyball and swimming. Although a staunch Xavy man, he has not yet sold his soul to the Service. During summer training the Kelly-Langill fulltray escapades went into the Hall of Fame. Bob's plans for the future include R.11 C. and a degree in Chemical Engineering. R.D.D.

Frank Langill Educated: South Turner Valley High School. Home: Hartell, Alberta. From the heart of the Black Gold country comes Lounging Frank Lanl(ill, with his profound hatred of early rising. (Someone once remarked that the R. in his in111als stood for Reclining.) Xot that our Frank has any cobwebs on him, for once in gear he keeps driving, A graduate of Alberta's superior education system, Frank pulled himself into the top ten academic elite at Christmas where he- now resides. LaSalle flight has in hun a staunch supporter in inter-flight sports, especially soccer and hockey. His main pastime ,eems to be employing the R.R. bridge convention on Saturday ahernoon!-t. Summer training is a large part of his life, and the Kelly-Langill duo is always a source oi many laughs. It's R. M.C. and Engineering in the Senior Sen·ice for him in the future. C.A.S.

Leo Vincent LeBlane F.ducatcd: Ecole Superieure St. Coucr de ~farie. Home: Shediac, N B. "Attena-haw". You may be certain that Leo is Cadet Win!{ adJutant; for that Acadian accent is noticeal.,le in his drill command, llowncr, Leo got an "above average" in drill last year. Quiet in collc!(c life, his leadership qualities arc proved by his Army Cadet background. Hi, hobbies are photography. weiRht lilt• ing. soccer and hockey. An ankle injury sustained during the Ob•tacle Course kept him out of sports in his first year, but after a summer with the Ordnance Corps, he came back with two good legs. .An intensive reader and a conscientious student, Leo has done very well in the academic side. The sole Spanish student, he will have three languages by graduation, for his career in the active force. G.L.

Guy Lessard Educated: Ecole Supcncure, St. Henri. ~lontrcal. Home: :llontreal, P.Q. "Junior, report here." The booming voice belongs to Gu.Y, who came to us from 1lontreal. Alway~ in good spirit,;. Guy ha-, done well in ,ports. He played on the rep, football team last year, hut ..,witched to reJ>. soccer thi:-. rear . Hoth year:,,. hl' fought hie.. way into the boxing ~emi,.fiuab. ln i11tcr•fli~ht ~ports Guy was one of

the main reasons hchind 1lackcnzic', capture of the Inter-Flight Shield. Gu,· is industrious, lta\'i1tg the gay life for leave in Montreal whcr'c he is known to have special interests.

As president of the

Ca111cra Club he h:is done excellent work. H c was Photography F.ditor of "'The Log" thi, year. He is also an author of note. havin~ composed th" year', French article. Guy was outstanding in drill and voice of command. and was

leading cadet first and fourth terms and did not rise higher only because of trouble in translatiog Physics equations. His many O. L.Q.'s ,dll be put to good use, for Guy is bound for a caret:"r in the Jnfantry. L.V. LcB

Verne Foster Macdonald Educated: l'cnucton Se111or High School. Home Pcnticton. B.C, From the da) he arrived at the College Verne has endeared hirn~clf to all his term-mate:,,, by hi-, keen ~cns:c of humour and his

ability to look always on the good side of life. '"Mac" has alway, hccn the personification of drive and was invaluable in leading his flight to many victorit:s- in intcr-£1ight competition. He was in lus clement during the soccer season and captained La Salle Flight to a championship last fall. In all sports Verne ,s an on<piratton to othtr'> with hi~ great "will to win."

In the Gunroom Verne can usually he found playing his fa\'OUrite game, bridge, at which he is fast bttcoming one of th~ exp<:rt'!)

of the College. In iact, the onlJ time Verne is heard to complain is after he has had about four poor hands in a row. L'.pon graduation Verne plans to continue on to R.M.C. for a degree in Electrical Engineering and then perhaps mto the permanent Air Force. After looking at his record during the la,t twu :,t:ar:-., "c all f~cl sure that he will be a ~rcat !'JUCce~s in his future career.

R.J.W.

James Henry George MacKeen Educated: Calgary Central High School. Home: Calgary, Alberta. Jim came to us from the wide open ,paces and judging from the volume of h,s mail he has retained special interests in those part,. Jim is one of Ma,::kenzie Flight's staunch supporters. His industrv and drive were rewarded in the second term when he sprouted Leading Cadet's bars. After Christmas by Joining the band as a trumpeter he dodged the '"In" week's duties as gunroom sweeper, which are allotted all ex-brass. Spare time often finds Jim busy with his camera. The executive branch of the R.C.N, will occupy Jim's summer before ht head, east for R.M.C. and an economics course. W.H.A.

Struan MacKay Matheson Educated: Lawrence Park Institute. Home: Toronto. Ontario. '"Stu"' contributes a great deal to the lives of his term mates. He has never said no to any skylark. no matter how unorthodox; he has never refused anyone a loan; he has done much to enlarge the cadet"s vocabulary with such phrases as "Kipper", "Gumbo Garbage" and the senior term war cry, "Out pipes. Galley Staff." A staunch member of the "'Nicotine, caffein, and cram" club, he manages to stay in the upper third when April comes. He holds his own in athletics as a hard-hitting middleweight boxer, an ardent golfer and tennis player. The college has succeeded in bending his freedom-loving ways (slightly), and his great ability (hitherto almost latent) should make him a rare success in the executive branch of the R.C.K

J.A.P.

Thomas Andrew Noon 1,ducatcd: Earl Hail{ Colle!(iatc Jn,titute. Home. York ~lills, Ontario. ·•Killer" Noon ~111a~hed hb wav to the :,emi-finals in the welterweight bo~ing divi~ion thi~ year. a"noth~r exp]oit in the long li~t of

tho,e attributed to our Tom. Adept in the gymnasium, on the soccer field, and on the volleyball court. Tom captained ~lackenzie", baskethall team to an unbeaten season. 1n academics, Tom rank, with the more fortunate of the ··66 and over" group. Having :,pent la:-;t '.'inmmer with the .-\rmoured Corps at Camp

Borden, Tom i, now a R.C.1':.M.E. man. Next year will find him trying more Engineering Drawing problems at R.~l.C.

R.J.F.

George Vincent Orser Educated. Picton High School. Home: Picton, Ontario. The Air Force ha, no more adamant supporter at Royal Roads than one George Vincent Orser. This is probably only just, bccau,e George is the only Senior Pigeon Service Cadet. During the summer he acted as Cadet Wing Commander at the Graduation Ccremonie, at the Reserve Officers' School in King:5ton. Later. he complet~d his fir~t year summer training as a ).;a,igator at Summcrside, P.E.I. At the College his activities arc divided even!)' between the bridge table, the sports field and the drill square. As a leading cadc.:t third ancl fourth term~ he ha~ been a vital cog in the succc:-.:t of Mack...-niic Flight this year. George·~ immediate future involve~ Mechanical Engineering at R.M.C.

C..\.S.

John Donald P earce Educated; Ridgetown District High School. Home: R.R. 5. Thamesvillc, Ontario. Service: A1r Force. John proves the old adage, "small t<?wn boy makes good" by l!Ultinf: Thaa1esville on the map. It is interesting to watch "J. D." go through great pains to show its location. He is one of the "hot shots" on the rifle team and holds down an end position on the football team He kept Cartier"s hopes alive in inter-fhght sports such as basketball and hockey. He was a Leading Cadet m the 2nd term and a consistent executor of high standard drill. Summers he casts away his school books to take up new ones at Summerside, P.E.l.; for John "' an up and coming Navigator (back-se•t driver). He has been known to work diligently for hours, then to go up to the pilot to ask '"\Vhere are we now?" He intends to take Electrical Eng. at R.:M.C. and Queen's. J.\,V.P.

James William Plummer Educated: Thorold High School. Home: Thorold. Ontario. Jimmy (more commonly known as "Plum") may always be found in the Cunroom on a Sunday afternoon beside the g ramophone li,tcning to records by popular feminine vocalists. This period of Sunday afternoon requiem was well deserved. however ; for although Jim is small in stature he laboured valiant ly for the representative football and basketball teams. His academic achievements placed him in the upper brackets of the Royal Roads intellectuals. Jim's keenness and conscientiousness made h im a leading cadet and a second term flight leader. Jim belongs to the Royal Order of '"Flyboys" and took hi, summer training at Trenton, Ontario. He aspires to be a jet pilot some day and ha;: even gone to the extrtme of signing up for R.O.T.P. Jim will be going to R.M.C. and hopes to get a chemical engineering degree.

J.D.P.

James Alexander Priebe Educated. Leader High School. Home Leader, Sask. '"J. A,", the best player and main bulwark of lmdge, is an easygoing, lanky westerner transformed hy the college into a good soldier His branch is the Armored Corps. On \\'cdncsdays he can he seen hitting tremendous drives at the Col wood ( Golf Course). He 1,lays a good game of tennis. hockey and football. He makes lifr rock for his many buddies who tumhle into '" Priebe Free Driv111g School'" char iots. Riotously good times can he had with "J. A." and his fine Oak Bay choices. A, a stalwart member of the •·after rounds nicotine fiend society," he can be counted on to dispense information from his clear-thinking brain. His fme engineering marks and aptitudes will bring him to the 101> in Engincerin~.

Harcourt Scott Price Educated: Ashbury College, Ottawa. Ontario. Home. Quebec City. Imagine a F-86 jet fighter without win!(S with a happy-golucky young man at the controls and you have met our Scotty. Next to airplanes. Scotty likes cars and girls. Since his arrival at the college Scotty has proven himself one of the most po1>ular cadets on the campus. Besides piloting the Big Blue Football team skilfully at quarterback, Scotty has shown his athletic ability at skiing, tennis. hockey and basketball. An ardent Air Force supporter, he obtained his pilot's wings at Centralia last summer and appears beaded for a flying career. In academic study. Scott and the senior ,taff have a difference of opinion. Having passed an eventful ~criod at Royal Roads, as a member of the "Three Year Plan" he plans 10 continue his Engineering education at R.M.C. J.B.S.

James Franklin Rea Educated: Stavely High School and University of Alberta. Home: Stavely, Alberta. Before entering the College Jim successfully completed his first year in Engineering at the University of Alberta. Since he was lured to Royal Roads his high academic standing has shown him to be a worker. In sports Jim is not lacking either, showing well in soccer, boxing and hockey. Both years at the Colle!(e he has represented Royal Roads on the rille team. A trumpeter in his first year, he rose to be Flight Leader of the band in the third term of his last year. Jim has spent two summers at the R.C.E.M.E. school in Kingston and this year has high hopes for a summer in Germany. Next year will sec him at R.M.C.. studying Electrical Engineering, then he will enter a career in the Army. J.A.M.

Irvin Elder Sande Educated: Ja,per Hi!(h School. Home: Jasper, Alberta. This lloatmg "Scandihoovian" from Jasper has provided many a colorful saving for the gunroom. Since coming to Royal Roads, Irv has shown excellent potential leadership quahtic, and an enthusiastic dri\'e in all sports. In recogmtion of this ln was given a Leading Cadctship in Hudson in the third term, and showed us how it should be done. In has joined the $10 a month club, and will be seeing a great deal of the Nav>· in the futurr. His next ,topping stone will be an engineering course at RM C. and then into the Senior Service. On April JO the term "ill he breaking up. a lot of us never to sec each other again, but when we look back Irv will certainly he among the first to be remembered. A.C.H.H,

Earl Joseph Sinnett Educated: St. Cathenncs Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Home St. Catherines, Ontario. The only suitable substitute for Gabriel's trumpet in the Hatley Park vicinity is the clarion voice of one fart J. Sinnett. His word of con,mand has been known to paralyee a junior in his tracks at forty paces. Forgetting that voice is going to be difficult, although many of those in Hudson flight's front rank probably wish they could. But Earl's predominance is not limited to the parade square. As a second term leading cadet and th,rd term flight leader, Earl sparked ol' Hudson on to many a victory, especially in soccer and basketball. After graduating from R.M.C. in Arts. he plans on entering the Air Force.

R.F.S."

Richard Francis Slee Educated · Mimico High School. Home · Mimico. Ontario. The Air Cadet Annual called him Canada's "Flyingest" cadet and that title might well be carried to Royal Roads. Besides being a very enthusiastic pilot, "Rick" made the representative swimming team two years in a row and was active in many sports and hobbies.

His favourite expres,ion is "Hey fellas. have you heard .. .'' Rick has proved his popularity in the term through his interest in keeping the gang together through parties either in Victoria or Toronto. A vote of thanks from the term for the cxccltent organizing, "Rick."

He plans to make the R.C.A.F. his career.

Gordon Frederick Smith Educated: Stratford Collegiate Institute. Home: Stratford, Ontario. Since "Smitty'' took his first wary step on the square two years ago he has proved himself an energetic and competent cadet. He is an asset to his flight in all sports, but has a definite partiality to football; for in both his junior and senior year he has loaned his talent as snap to the representative team.

These qualities and his ability as a drummer led him to the coveted appointment of cadet in charge of the band in the first two terms. In the third term he was made Flight Leader of Cartier fligh t and fulfilled this appointment excellently. Gordon is a stalwart navy man and enjoyed a good deal of success in his first year of ~ummer training. After his g raduation from Royal Roads he intends to take Naval Engineering at Kcyham, En11,land. E.S.B.

.. John Benson Swayne Educated: Smith Falls Collegiate Institute. Home: Smith Falls, Ontario. Jack arrived at Royal Roads complete with strides. silver buckles and an answer 10 the inevitable question, "'\Vhcre is Smith Falls?" As a staunch supporter of the ··J-year plan" he has excelled in sports. especially soccer, in which he has made the Rep. team, hockey, basketball, and lately skiing. Jack's fine record in Summer Training and his capable filling of the posts of leading cadet and flight leader, in which he ,howed hi, O.L.Q.'s, mark him as a man to be watched in the future of the Canadian Army. It would appear that Jack has other (heart) interests in th• East, and it's for that reason that he i, looking forward to a course in Electrical Engineering at R.:M .C.

ll.S.P.

Ronald Lawrence Willmott Till Educated: Upper Canada College. Home: Toronto, Ontario. An old U.C.C. man, he is one of the few "Salts" in the term who still has his freedom. This year has been full of activity for Ron, who was a Leading Cadtt in Lasalle Flight during the first term and Flight Leader of Mackenzie in the second. He was the stalwart goalie in the newly created College Soccer team, and his skill and enthusiasm gave us a solid and reliable backfield. Academic studies are not one of Ron's problems and the exammatoons arc no more to him than a duel with Cliff Shook for first place in the term. One is always sure of a willing and helping hand when lectures become obscure and finals loom ahead. After saying farewell to Roads, sailor Ron will return to his native Toronto and embark on a rugged course in Maths and Actuarial Science at Trinity College, U. of T.

R.G.J.

Richard Alvin Gerald Ursel Educated; Central Collegiate I nstitutc: Home: Regina, Saskatchewan. Dick enjoys the distinction of being one of the \'Cry few mem• l>crs of our term to have graduated twice in one year. This wa> a result of his holding the responsible 1,osition of Senior Term Junior, for "hich he was amply qualified by his proficiency at the bar. Athletirally, "Ur~" was a :-.tandout on the rep. soccer team. and despite his diminuti\'c size. wa~ a big help to Fraser Flight in mo:,l

other ~ports, e•pccially hockey and ba,kcthall. An l!.ngincer to the core, hi~ marks art excellent, in ~pite of the fact that he spent most of the year m the "Black llolc" off the Rdercncc Library. ,\ pilot and hridgc player of renown, he will take these talents with him when he goc.., to R.M.C. next fall in que"lt of a cc>ur:i.e in Chi:mical Engi1u:cring.

J.D.Y.

Gerald Eugene Vansickle Educated: St. Catherine's Colle11iate and Vocational School. Home: \Veller Park, Ontario. Apparently working on the assumption that one can't get enough of a good thing, Jerry adopted the "3-ycar plan" in order to prolong his enioyable residence at Royal Roads. In his third year, however, other en11agcments took up a great deal of his time, and the College saw little of him between Saturday noon and Monday morning. \\'hen he was aboard. though, he made good use of his time. In the first term, he was a leading cadet in Cnamberlain Flight. He played on the Rep. soccer team. was runner-up for the lightweight boxing title, and wa.!- oubtanding in mter-fliRhl competition in hockey, shooting and basketball. At the end of this year, Jerry is going to enter the R.C.N. as a "'middie". His good records both at the College and in Summer Training promise him plenty of success ln his career. F.R.L.

Reginald Stanley Wallace Educated: \Voodstock Collegiate Institute. Home: Woodstock, Ontario. Big Stan (Sammy \Valrus) at 186 pounds has starred for two years as right inside on the Roads football team, and is the top man in wrestling and weight training. The Rayment-\Vallace boxing match this year was the closest and best contested heavyweight bout III years. In his spare time Stan likes to tinker about in the Engrneering School. The oldest man in the college (at least from the point of view of birthdays) "Meal-line" Stan's steadiness of cha racter and lack of emotional pettine,s have endeared him as a "stout fella" with his term mates. After graduating from R.:\LC. he intends to go to Queen's or U. of T. for his degree.

R.A.D.

Robert John Wark Educated: l:lrockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Home: Brockville, Ontario. Bob came swaggering in to Royal Roads with his football boots in one hand and his boxing gloves in the other. He made the football team both years and slugged his way to the middleweight semi• fi11als m his first year. Strictly an easterner at heart. Bob accepted B.C. as part of Canada upon learning that we do have sinks. Although Bob seems to use the classroom as a place to build up his ··sack time" he consistently pulls off ama>-ing marks when examination time rolls around. Within the Cadet Wing Bob also did cmite well. He was appointed Leading Cadet for the first term and Cadet Flight Leader of Champlain Flight for the second term. \\'c have reason to believe that a certain blonde from Victoria has stolen Bob's heart and we think that he is loathe to leave hcrr. However, it's on to R.M.C. for Bob next year where he will take a mt:chanical engineering course.

V.F.M.

Lorne Ellwood W est Educated : Lis towel High School, Home: Listowcl, Ontario. Lorne "Push-me Through a Tray·• \Vest is always ready with a witt)' saying or hearty laugh. His good humor and drive have made him a popular member of the tern, and the CunToom. "Lew" was a member of the shooting team in the R.R.R.M.C. tournament last year and this year he is the captain of the team. He is also an ardent member of the Camera Club. In his summer training at Camp Shoto he ranked high in his class and this year he was second-term Leading Cadet. 0

Lew" plans to take an arts course at R.1l.C. and secure a

permanent commission in the Royal Canadian Artillery. D.J.B.

Richard Tinning Wilson Educated: Upper Canada College. Home: Toronto, Ontario. Dick rarely says much unless it is to extol the virtues of the Navy or other subjects dear to his heart. Being an intellectual. he saw the limited scope of an engineering course and abruptly became an Artsman. His second year was marked by another switch-from Champlain 10 Fraser flight. Dick enjoys rugby. sailing, bridge and sculling. and played middle on the B team in his Junior year. He seems to have a special love for the 1,o" horse, and he has been known to kiss it on every pass. Dick also enjoys sailing and learned the fundamentals of seamanship as a "Don Riner Sailor." His knowledge and experience or sailing craft enabled him to win this year's Dinghr races. His present amhition is to sail as a 1fiddie on the O · his future plans include the sea and a naval career. J.S.U.

John David Younger l~ducatcd, A,hhury College. Home: Ottawa. Ontario. From Ashhury Colle)(e comes our a<tU Ilic lJppcr Canadian. whom time has dubbed "Hun)(er." .\ctually. in hi, a1hlettc pursuits he show~ very little of th1-.. quality ( no more lhan the average ~allcr victim); but hb unhurried manner and his inexplicable drawl make the name ~tick. In hi\ two year!!. at the Colle>(t.', Dave has twic~ mad~ the ~wim~ ming team and has lahoured valiantly for Champlain Flight in inter-flight sport,. A pigeon of ~umc n•no\\'11, he will µrohahly continue to inflict hb hr-idgc: playing upon unfortunate~ for ~omc

time to rome. It appear~ that 311 Engineering Physic!-. cour~c ha .. ca1,tur~d Dave•, imagination ""d it i, to this .:nd that l9SJ will find him

lahourini: at ~lcGill.

R.A.C, L' .

.,._.,, {iraJuating ClaH - 1953 • NAME ADDRESS ATWOOD. W H .. - ..- --·· . I 9 Roy,l Avenue N .. K•mloops. B.C. BAILEY. D. N ··--..- --..· - - ·..··-·. . 2416 Courten,y Street, Vancouver. B.C. BAKER. P R.. _______ -···--- ... ... ... _ 73 Cumberland Drive. Porr Cred1', On,. BLACK. D. F - - - - · - ..•··- •--- R.R. 4. K•lown,, B.C. BOLL!. E. S.. ---·--·- ·- - ··· ..-·-···-·-·- ·- ··--· .. 2095 3 rd Street. Sidney. B.C. BOWIE. 0. J ·- ·..- - - - - - - · - - ··· - 350 Avenue "S" South. S,sbtoon, Sask. BROWN, E. A... .. . _ _ ----- -·· - - - · - _ _ .. _ 4 I 6--4th Strtet. Brandon, Man. BUCHAN. J. D. •. ···· - - -··· - - - ____ - .. 3927 W 34th Avenue. V,ncouver. B.C. BURNHAM. H R....... ... • _ _ --·--- _ _ _ _ . . .. K•mloops, B.C. CHEEVERS. J. P - -·····-·- ------... .. .. ... 10 Stuut, Willowdale, Ont COBURN. J. W. ·· · ___ ....... 1012 Balfour Avenue. Vancouver, B.C. DETWILER. R. D-----·-···-......... __ .59 Main Strt<1 E. L•mbeth. Ont DEVINE. R . A 400 Peter Suect. Orillia, Ont. DOUGLAS. G. M H. 99 Light Strett. Woodstock . Ont. DUNCAN. D. G.. __ ................ . _ R.R. 2, Billing's Bridge, Ont. ELSON. J. B •.• Herschel. Sask FOLKINS. R. J . _ - - · - ... ----·--····· -··· .... 3556 Grey Avenue. Montreat. P.Q. GALLINGER. R. G. . . --·-· -·-··---·····I I 5 E Christina Street, Fort William, Ont. GARRARD. E. H .. ---·•-··-·-·- . .... ...........47 College Avenue. Guelph, Onr. HAGERMAN, J. 0 .. ·· ----··-··-··..•--··..···---- .. _ ... R.R. I , Belleville. Ont HARDWICK. C. D·······-------·•...·..- - _ _ _ • Appleby College. O•kville, Ont HARWOOD. J .... . _ ,______.. _ - · - - - - - · • - ··· ..... .. ... R.R. I. Ald,rshot. Onr HASLETT, N. J. ...-..... _____ · · - -411 E•st 15th Street, Norrh Vancouver, B.C HENNING. A. C.H..........._ --··--···------·-6037-107,h Street, Edmonton Alta . HOWSAM. R. R .. - . ·-·---· ..-·- -- - ......- ............ - ·.....603 Courtney Street, Ottaw•, Ont. ISBESTER. A. F. ......... __ ..... - ......_._...___ ...... P 0 . Box 564. Napanee, Ont. JARDINE. F. D ..- .• ·····-·--··---·--· •. . . Main Street. Sydney Mmes. N.S. JEKYLL. R. G •• . - - - - - -·- - -·- 7 Upper Harley Street. London. N.\V. I. Eng. JOHNSTON. W . H ....... · - - ·....- ........·-··--·---. I 204 Woodrowe Road. Sarni•, Ont. JOPLING. W H. ........ . ... _.. ... _ -· . .Champion. Alta KELLY. R. J . • . - - .... ...... _..... ..·- - -·- - - - · - - . . ...Osoyoos, B.C. LANGILL. F. R ... _ .... __ ·- ·-···• ...... .. ·- -~ ~ - ..-· ...... Box 33. Hamil, Alta. LAW. J C. .. ................. ---·-·. • . • ··---- _.. . .C•nora, Sask LeBLANC, L V - ..·-· -····- _ •• _ ... 153 Main Street, ShedtAc, N.B LESSARD. G. _ __ .... _ ··. I 009 Lacasse. Montreal P.Q. MacDONALD. V. F.. • _ _ _ _ - - ···· ... 750 Eckhardt Avenue W .. Penticton, B.C MacKEEN. J H. G.....·--··· _ .......... __ 1807-18,b Street SW .. Calg,ry, Alta MATHESON. S. M ..•• ----· ___ • 5 Rothsay Avenue Toronto 12. Ont. NOON. T. ____ ...Sted,s Avenue W .. R .R . I York Mills, Ont ORSER. G V. -····-----··--·..·-···-·· .South Bay, Ont. PEARCE. J . 0 . ..... .............· - · · - - RR. 5. Thamesvillt. Ont. PLUMMER. J. W ....- . - - - - - 40 Sullivan Avenue. Thorold. Onr. PRICE. H S. •. . ·--~--- - ·- - ---· ·- _ J 221 \Volfesfield Avenue. Qutbec. P Q. PRIEBE. J. A... -·-·- ··-- ··- ··... ·· ..--·--- ----··-·Leader, Sask. RAYMENT, G. R ..... - -··------ ..·- - - -122 Division Avenue, Medicine H,t. Alta REA. J. F...... ..•• _ ~---·----·· - --- · - - · ___ .. . Stavely. Alta RICH, M J. ·-----·- --·- 75 Bri1annia Avenue, London, Ont SANDE. E . E .. ··- .• . •. . _ .. ....- ........ - .. . . P.O. Box 76 Jasper Ah• SHOOK. C. A............ ..... - - ··--·---·- ......____ -·· ... ··- - -· .. .......... ..Chauvin. Alt•. SINNETT. E. J.. . ___________ . ·--· 60 Eastchester Avenue. St Caiherines, Ont. SLEE. R. F. • .... · - -·..---- -··- ----- .. .. 3 Dartmou1h Crescent, Mimico. Ont. SMITH. D. A. P.......- ---- ---·- ·-- · 79 Bridge Street E .. Belleville. On,. SMITH. G. F..... . ........ _.-...... -------..... _ - .. 90 Well Street, Stratford. Ont. STANDEN, J. R. __ ._..........- .... _ ..__ 445 Lakeshore Road , M,mico. Toronto. Ont , SWAYNE, J. __________ .50 Ogden Av,nue. Smith falls. On,. TILL. R.W ... .......- - - - - - - · -·- - -•··· .. .. 27 Vesco Onve. Toronto. Ont. UPTON. J . S.... _ · -..· --· -- -- - - ··-·- _ . 85 Barne Street, Gair. Ont. URSEL. R. A G - - - - - · -··- --..---- _ _ _ 2 J 28 Reynolds Street. Regino. S.sk. VAN SICKLE. G E ·-·- _ _ _ _ _ _ ----··- -· ..··- _ .5th A,·enue. Wt ller P>rk. On1. \VALLACE , R S. - ··· .. •·- • Front Steen Princeton, On, WARK. R. J 212 King S•«•t W, Brockv,lk On, WEST. L. E.. . .... _. Box 564. Lisrowel, On1. WILSON. R. T ....·- ··-··-· . 17 Teddington Pork Boulevard. Toron10, On, YOUNGER. J. D .. ......_·-··· _ - ·-• ... _ J04 Range Ro•d. Ottawa, On1.

COLLEGE NEWS

-H

THI: LOG-195,

GRADUATION -1952 1 he Cadet \Ving was formed up in front of the Cadet Block for J flash inspection prior to marching down for the Big Show April the t wenry-fifth' Our Gradu,H1on · The lod.crs wuc empty rhc trunks filled Whisks had moved. dust flown, and spirits soared as we had added the final touches. At kast the rain was holding off' Our fingers were crossed. Never before had our boors been so shiny, our belts so white. our brass so gleam111g Never before had we been so filled with excitement and ant1c1pation Sgt Brien and W 0. Devooght were strutting around trymg in vain to Joke the edge off our tense nerves for the all1mport.i.nt parade This was their day also. They had toiled on the bla;,;ing Square for two years to make this parade possible Now. with motherly pride, they watched us turn rnto line ,ind. as one. march off to the P.ira,k ground Cadet Wing Commander Marshall called a halt on the roadway beside the Square \Vhile we nervously awaited the command to start the parade. W 0. Dcvooght broke out a pack of cigarettes and passed them around . It was a last resort to calm us down and rt worked fhe butterfics were sllll flutt,·nng around our stomachs when we were called to a11en110n. but we were thinking dnll now The rhythm ot the drill movements was in every brain \Ve held our breath as the command broke the silence Royal Roads Cadets. by the right quick march'" The strains of the · R.:\ F. March Past" surged through our bodies, urging us rnto motion The sun broke through the overcast flooding rhc parade with light This wJs our vision and tbrs was a rcaht 1• The sun was shining, the band was playing. and our loved ones were there. This was the moment we had lrvcd for This was the moment we would never forget Every thought, cveq• muscle was steeled for the next move The sergeant's final worch echoed in our cars ' Don· t get nervous-pretend rt's only a practice \Ve don't want any flake rs today'· Pretend this is a practice' Don't get nervous' Stop breathing' ·1 his was our parade. ,ind rt had to be good. This was our day. and there couldn't be a boob: The silence after every movement was filled with dread. lest there should be a clatter. a rustle. a rifle out of place ",\re you with us, boy'" "Get those dbows in " That's got it. team that's got it,.. \VO Dcvooght's voice coaxed, pkaded. praised. and comn1.1ndcd as it had done in the past. J'he inspccllon, the march past. and the presen1auon of .,ward,

sped past wnhout a flaw '\fo boobs No flakcrs. No weak lmks toda}'·• •We were working as a team. The Junror T,,rm was before us now -two straight lines forming an aisle The full import of the day hit us then In a moment we would be through that aisle• we were lca\'ing. This wJs the !Jsl time we would move 10 gether JS J team The bJnd was playing "Auld Lange Sync" and second by second. step br step, we were leaving One by one our successors. 1he new Senior Term. were left behind. List vear we stood there. rifles at the present, drea~ing of the day we would be marching through that aisle. Today we wished with all our hearts, that the clock could be turned back. that we were holding the nflcs at the present. We were leaving. This was rhc culmina11on of our stay at Royal Roads' Thrs was the day we had been dreaming of for so long' ·1 his was the day we had talked about wnh light hearts' And this is how we frlc now that w,· wae going: !low many times. wlwn we sw,in-di,•cd into the muck-pits as Juniors. when we went through the pressure of cxamin,uions. when we fell in for slack party inspection. when standing hat in hand in the \\ling Office, when pushing a rifle .uound the Square. how many times had we longed for this moment: 1 bis was the moment we had dreamed about when running around the Circle, wlwn duck walking around the Circle after midnight Oh. to be able to live lt agarn' The aisle was getting shorter and our eyes felt slightlv mom \Ve w~rc leaving. No longer woulu we hcJr the encouraging word, of Group Captain Millward. the enlightening voKe of Profrssor Brown, or the thundering Carry on"' of Professor Cook Wttb even· srep we approached the end of the aisle. and tlw end ot our lrfe at Royal Roads. When we reached the end of that ,11sle we would ccas~ to exist as a team />.!any of the fellows we had worked. sweated. and laughed with we would sec no more \Ve were breaking up. Some would go to R l'v1.C, some to the U.K some to Universn1· We were through' The band ~truck up .. l be British Grenadiers as we marclwd from the Parade Square. \Ve were Graduates' That was the last moment we hacl together. There was no Graduation B,111 One by one we sped around the Circle for the last time and d1sapp,·.ircd O\'er tlw bill bebrnd the Cadet Block We have gone but we have taken something with m .1 sense of duty a store of knowlcdg,·. and a wealth of memories.

T H E I. 0 G -- I 9 5 3

Prize Winners and \Vinners of Acade1nic A \Vards (.;RAI)l ATION-1952

GoH•rnor•G<'nl'rlll', Siln•r :\fod>ll Awarded to the Senior term cadet who, having passed all subjects, obtains the highest standing in his academic year. Cadet Wing Commander J. A. Marshall

1,he <·onunnndanf'!', Cup Awarded to the Senior term cadet who proves himself most out~tanding in athletic ability and sportsmanship. Ca<let Squadron Leader J. E. Cwja

Governor-General'~ Bron7P )led,.J Awarded to the Junior term cadet who, havin~ passed all subjects, obtains the highest standing in his academic year. Cadet C. A Shook

The Dir!'clor of ~Indies' Cup Awardt>cl to the Junior term cadet who proves l1imself most outstanding in athletic ability and sportsmanship. Cadet G R. Rayment

Lieutenant-Go,ernor of Qul'l>e(", Rronze ) ledal ( ti nl{li-.h ) Awarded to the Senior term French-spt>akmg cadet who has made the most progre~s in Engli<,h. Cadet J. G R. Tardif J,it>utenant-GO\'ernor of Qn<>be,··, Bronze ) l edal (FrPnC'h) AwardPrl to th<' SC'nior term English-speaking <'adet who has made the most progress in French. Leading Cadet G. L. Kilger If. E. Seller, Offic·er of thP \Vatch Telei.c-ope

Awarded by Mr. II. E. Sellf'rs to the cadet holding the position of Cadet \\'mg Commander for the final academic term. Cadet Wing Commander J. A. Marshall

The WisPner Cup

Awarded to the flight which maintains the highest standard of drill. \\'on hy Cartier Flight Thr Inter-Flii:-ht Grand Aggregaf{' Shield Awarded to the flight amassing the highest number of points in Inter-Flight Sports compe• tition. \\'on by Fraser Flight Ji'irM Clns~ Diploma~

\1arshall, J. A. Wightman, D. P. Casey, R. J. Strong, D. G. Stroud, H. R.

·1 H E L O G -

I <J

s 3

SUMMER TRAINING * * * * NAVY By J . D. Bl:'CHAN The Senior Service, which always takes the lead over the other two. ran rrue to form and started 195 2 Summer Training on the 28th of April Classes B4 and B5. consisting mostly of Royal Roads cadets with a few U.N.T D . and R M C cadets. started the first half of their Navigation I course ,11 Royal Roads on this date. During the first few days, all spare ttm~ was devoted to getting our uniforms in shape The "Seniors" brought out their salty old sea caps with the green brass and the Firs1 Year types tried on rhe,r new "rig·· and covertly ,admired their dashing appearance The Nav. course lasted two weeks at the end of which time our classes were drafted to H.ivl C Ships "B1 J\C0N HILL and ANTIG0NISH," with the ma3onty in the latter In our new "homes" we busied ourselves with learning thr intricacies of shipboard life. not the least of which was the art of slinging and sleeping in that infernal machine. th11 hammock. Becaus,' of trouble in the evaporator system, '"A:-.TI~ G0NISH" was in refit longer than planned and when we finally sailed, we headed straight for Juneau 00

From Pnncc Rupert we proceeded on to Juneau with cadets taking classes in seamanship and gaining a little practice ,n pilotage. When we reached Juneau on the fourth of June, we were warmly received. Many cadets took the opportunity of vis,ung an honest - to-goodness glaocr. Mendenhall by name After two days we left and proceeded 10 Bedwell Harbour down the outside of Vancouver Island This part of the trip was enlivened b)• a cltsplay of A.S weapons an<l a gunneq• shoot On arrival at Bedwell all ships prepared for carrying out general drills by work,ng the whole crew into an efficient team. When drills wer~ earned out. ANTIG0!\ISll won hands down while taking the honours in the regatta and softball 1n the field of skylarks .. ANTIG0NISH" was aga,n top dog and succeeded ,n completely demoralizing 5101.,:C and ""BE ,,c oN HILL.· 00

•

We rel urned to Esquimalt and bade our ships sa<l farewell. as ,f we had been aboard six years instead of six weeks Our classes were then sent 10 Royal Roads for two more weeks of Navigation I Our final four weeks were spent at RTE. ( Recreational Training F.stabl,shmrnr) where cvcr)'onc had a nice resr and became quite obese on the Div,s,onal course

The cru,se to Juneau was for the most part um•vcntful except for those few days when many of our number adopted paddy green complexions and a sudden love for the upper deck. ·'Sioux:· which was ,n company with us. fell prey to some .. ,\ntigonish Artists" an<l had a shark s mouth ,n boudoir pink painted on her bow, much to the chagrin of her whole complement

August I st brought the end of our course and rhe Pacific Command Ball, a " ~mashing·· success. A few of the cadets were wnring academic " sups·· an<l stayed .it Royal Roads for th~ " M1dsh1pmcn·s Parade·· but most of our class went home for a long awaited leave

Prince Rupert was our first port of call and showed us fine hospitality Unfortunately. on our first night in port '"BFAC0N HILL'' wa, <lespatchcd in search of a reporccd mine which turned out to be a buoy and thus had her stay shortened.

Summer trJining as a whole was very good. The training was excellent and the comrade,h,p which evolved was 1rreplaccablc Although most of our cllss w,11 be separated ,n the ,om ing yc<Hs. we will always remember the Summer of 1<J 5 1 as an exceptional one.

THE LOG-1953

ARMY ROYAL CANADIA

INFANTRY CORPS

in May four enlightened R.R. cadets EARLY Al LeBar. Guy Lessard. Brian O'Leary 1

of backyard shanties). By far the most pleasant scheme was Operation Elbow, the platoon party. le was conducted on that famous battle site, the Mad River Bow, which also doubles as the local Wolf Cub Camp.

(

and Jeff Upton) arrived at the Royal Canadian School of Infantry After the usual formali ties of documentation and a trip through Quarter Stores. they began the srudy of fir~ and movement. There were weapons courses on the nfle. bayonet. bren gun. sten gun. grenade mine. 3. 5 rocket launcher. 2-inch mortar. and. last but not leasl. the shovel. 1 hat horrible word still brings memories of blisters, sore muscles. Mhing backs. and cavedin trenches. After much diligent practice Al was able 10 dig a ··slittic" that would not cave in-a difficult feat in sandy soil. ' Eventually the lectures and range work gave way to schemes. The boys rolled up an impressive number of campaigns. including the Battle of Catawampus Creek and the Defence of Lysle ( a small village consisting of three families. two cows. and an uncounted number

But all was not work. Besides running among the poison ivy, sand. and mesquites that constitute Borden. they devoted the,r week -ends ro exploring the metropolises of Barrie. Alliston. Wasaga Beach and Toronto. Al. with his fire-chariot, was always handy to provide the necessary transportation. The ,oving life proved so intriguing to Brian that he decided to see the bright lights of Jasper. Good luck to you, Brian. As in any other summer training establishments. we had our ups and downs, but no matter what the gunroom cynics say, wt will still pick the Queen of Battle as the best corps of all.

ROYAL CAN.A.DIAN ARI\IIOURED CORPS Bl/

.JA:-.!Es

Seven represcntac,ves of Royal Roads. Hugh Boyd, Barry O'Hara. Ralph Risebrough. Frank Champion-Demers. George Douglas. Tom Noon and Jim Priebe. disembarked from the No. -I train ac Essa. on the prophetically bleak night of May 2. 1952. to commence training with the "Tanked Corps•·· We started the ball rolling with nine week~ of very base ( 1c) training, including small arms training. infantry tactics. route marches. military law, route marches drill. technique of instruc 1100 and route marches. Typical of the sp1m of our troop. everyone made the grade.

PRIEBf:

in stock car driving during this period. Th•~ passing-out parade on July 28 marked the end oft welve weeks at rhe school and the complct1on of Summer Training for some. For those who elecrcd to stay. familiarization courses were given in gunnery, driving and maintenance. map reading and aerial photography There was also a route march to Barne The most interesting pan of our summer was the one time during basic trining when we actually saw a real live rank drive by.

From there we went to S1gs Wing for three weeks and managed to drive the instructors crazy by our nonchalant disregard of wireless s1kncc. We were also given an advanced cours,·

The high standard of discipline and instrucuon throughout the summer. together with the best possible fellowship and the odd raid on the \Vellesley Hospital Nurses· Residence made for a most interesting and educational summer.

Prof. Burchill: " In clccuons of 1923 :-Slackrnzic King was supported by 173 straight Liberals. ,1nd . independent l ,b crals." Cadet "Sir. what do you mean by a straight Liberal, ..

And then there was the Maths. Professor who finally succeeded by the use of simple algebra in simplifying two equations rn eight unknowns to four ridiculously e.,sy equations rn six unknowns.

Tllr LOG-!CJj"\

ROY AL C \ ,ADI \ "\T El\Gl \EERS By i\l .J R.

ti R

A.O.

The first vcar at Roads had cndetl and the two would-be "Sappers.· Devine and Rich. set oH with high hopes for R.C.S. ME., Chilliwack, BC.. the home of the Royal Canatlian Engineers. The gamson itself la; on the fringe of 1he picturesque f-rascr V,1llcy beneath the slopes oi the lnternattonal Ridge It was equal 10 our fondest hopes -green lawns ( no sand'). gardens. and a mess that stands second lO none . Paradise' Not quite, but a fin~ facsimile' Our course began with ten we~ks of Army basic training with lls ngorous drills, phys,cal training. marches and instruction in tacucs. \Ve put our acquired knowktlgc 10 practtce in a gruelling scheme combining an assault cross ing a river at night., b1vouacing. a climb of "treacherous" Vedder mountain under a scorching BC. sun. an amphibious landing. a gas a11ack. an elusive mobile enemy and thos~ endless. endless miles. The 'basic" wa~

rugged but en JO)'Cd br all our troop. We then commenced ou1 Corps training. which introduced us 10 the varied Jobs of the Engineers. \\le rook methods of water supply. minefield I.lying and pulling, field ddcnse p!Jnn,ng, rad,ological warfare. bomb disposal. demolitions. mapping and inrapretation of air photos. All was far from work, for within easy reach we had facilities for golfing, sk11ng )'achting. swimming. fishing. mountain climb ,ng, and, of course. the diwr.s lures of both Cultus Lake and Vancouver especially on wed.ends. Our mess was the s(ene of many COJoyable evenings wnh our French-Canadian buddies ofrcn supplying mus,cal talent ,\nyone doubting that the Engineers is the Army s finest Corps need only accept our invitation to come to RC.SM E -we're both convinced:

West. Howsam. Paul and lsbcstcr make up the sum total of CO ' I C cadets who represented Royal Roads at the R C.S A in Shilo. Manitob,1. last year During the summer we took our basic training and primary artillery training. The former proved a most unusual experience; however, all finished the course successfully in a blaze of glory with the obstadr race. ( So \'OU Juniors thought the init,auon race was hard' l \Vest 1sbestcr and Paul sported moustaches throughout the summer but they came off before return ing to Royal Roads \Vest further dis1ingu1shcJ himself by touch,ng off a small-scale war when

be forgot the challenge and rcph· during a night scheme. Howsam is still trying to find out how he scuffed the toe of his "\Velltngtons" and another of our group will not soon forget the many meals he ,He off the mantle -piece becaus,· of an anack of poison ivy in a most cmbarr,1ss1ng part of his anatom)' A two-week long scheme wound up the train ing and it was generally felt that more knowledge of pr.1ct,cal value was gained during the scheme than at any other time W,, arc all looking forward to seeing our friends from ·p· troop next summer and to furthering our knowledge of the Artillcrv.

ROY t\.L CA~ADI L"\T CORPS OF SIGl\ A.LS Rt/

[> C!IHVI RS

"Hq Benny. only li\'e minutes 10 parade .. "Aw. Beaver. why did you wake me up so carly 1 " Thus I wo Royal Roads cadets started anotb~r da)' of summer training hy managing. some how. 10 make parade before the troop marched off to lectures where we applied ourselves with diligence and concentration to talking o,•er th~ night befon• and making plans for the coming nighc. \Ve commenced our summer by becoming intttated into the mysteries of general militar}' training. This course was highlighted by field tnps to ,1CquJint. us very closely with th.: Kingston countryside \Ve were also instructed 1n the operation of "'irdess and line equipment,

the mechanic, of army vehicles and how to drive them As a resulc we spent m.1ny a happy hour touring the backro,1ds. charting with each other o\•er the sets, and making friends with the natiw population The summer passed pleasantly and quickly ,rnd ,lS we wai\cd on our passtng out pJradc to be inspected b)' th.: Director of Signals. fond r.·col:ecuons of the past months flitted through our heads: pa rue, at the mess. f·ort Henry squadron sports. mess dinners. K.1\1 H. trips to town, Cedar [,land. dances and schemes. \Vith these Jnd many other pleasant memories we turned our steps once again 1ow,1rds Royal Roads. already looking forward to graduation antl another summer of \limy hospitalit)'.

4'J

THE LOG-1953

ROYAL C.\"\f !\DIAN "\IECHA~IC \L & ELECTRICAL E~GINEERS Bl/ JA:\IES F. RcA THE Corps in 1 HE Service \Veil. that's the opinion of Hagerman. Rea and \Vallacc. The R C.E \-I E School. located at Barricfield. is JUSt outside the military-minded city of Kmgston Last year·s summer tram,ng will long be remembered both for its hard work and its good time The first year types, Wallace and Hagerman embarked upon a mission of 10 weeks bas1C naming upon thei r arrival at the school There were the inevnable long hours on the parade square. but there was also traming that was "practical · Weapon training mcludcd both the theory and firing of the . 303 Lee-Enfield rifle, the Bren. the Sten and the 9 mm Browning Pistol Elementary tactics were first worked out on the blackboard and then put into practice in a series of night exercises On those evenings when they weren't crawling around on their paunches in the poison ivy there was a Public Speaking Course to be mastered The)' clued up their buddies on topics of interest ranging from "The Sex Life of a f.lea" 10 "The Infantry Division Ill the Auack ·· BMT was followed by six weeks of t rades training where they learned to master the shaper. mil ling machine a nd metal lathe. and tools. 1n the welding. sheetmetal and foundry sections The second year trio of Graham, Rea and Shade became even more speoalized. Before splitting mto Electrical and Mechanical sections we took a course at Corps Training Coy .. whJCh brought us up to date on both R .C.E. M.E in Canada and m the field Then

there was the Armament course where \\', managed to stnp a 2 5 pdr. field piece ( Did anyone ever get it together again?) A basic power course which included motor generators and rectifiers was "enJoyed" by a ll. The sad partrng finally came a reality The Electricals spent the rcmarnder of their summer mastering a communications and radar course during which they built a 6-tube "superset" radio receiver. The Mechan1Cals. not 10 be outdone. gained valuable experience when they overhauled a vehicle from radiator to tail light followed by another "seigc" in the machine shops. But on the lighter side of life Wednesday afternoons were devoted to sports, The majority of us preferred to bask in the sun along the St. Lawrence: some of the bolder ones even took the odd dip in the waters We will ne,•cr forget the seven days C B . that were never quite carried our. for taking our platoon officers our for a swim before they had their swim trunks on. Other Wednesday afternoons were devoted to in dust rial tours. Among others were visits to the nylon. aluminum and diesel locomotive assembly plants. Then there was always Fort Henr)' wnh its "scarlet Jacketed" British regulars. Yes. it was quite a summer. Appropriate!)• enough our train ing came to an end with the colossal C.O.T.C. Graduation Ball Ill the Officers' Mess. Obviously. my advice to the undecided cadet· "Choose R C.E.M E .. you can't go wrong!"

AIR FORCE TUE RESERVE OFFICERS SCHOOL As junior Air f.'orcc cadets last summer we were introduced 10 a new course in summer trarning at Reserve Officers· School. Royal \-l ilitarr College. Krngscon Ontario. The six week course. designed to supplement our regular tra ,ning. included Air Force Law War fare, Public Spcakmg. Service Writing. Current Lvcnts and of cour\C the incv1table drill and phl'Sical training. We all agreed, however. that 11 was .rn cnJoyablc six \\'eeks. complete with Friday evening dances and numerous outings.

Royal Roads cadets managed 10 secure a maJor of the cadet officer appomtmenrs and many other distmct1ons in vanous fields of endeavour To finish off the course we had mess dinner formal ball and graduation parade. At the gradua11on parade. which was the first reserve unit parade at which the King's Colour was permitted to be flown. A V M Curtis lOok the sa lute and afterwards presented trophies to the flights for •various military and athletic achieve men ts. 11 y

THE LOG-1953

R.C.A.F. PILOT TRAI\'11\'G By D N. After our course al Reserve Officers' School twenty-three future pilots climbed aboard a bus for the anxiously awaited trip to the famous ·'Trenton Country Club." As we tumbled off. we gazed across the highway at long lines of Texan and Harnrd aircraft and envisioned ourselves dressed in flying suits. climbing into our jets to take off for another dangerous and thrilling mission All was not that easy. howe\'er, as we soon found ouc. We all rather dreaded the rumoured two weeks at ground school. but our fears were soon dispelled when we were told that. because of rhc length of our course at ROS, we were to start flying the first day. We shall never forget the thrill of that first flip, especially when our 111structors said, ''You h,we control." and we were permitted to fly the aircraft by ourselves for a few minutes. Although the thrill was never lost, we found it going hand in hand with long hours of hard work. includ111g four hours each day at ground school. where we learned how and why our aircraft flew, what causes the weather and how

BAil.FY

,t affects fl y1ng, pl us a few other related subJects. One of our biggest thrills during the course was when we were indeed f,r to rake our aircraft out alone. the ume we soloed. \Ve were not permitted to stray too far from the station at first, but before long we were exploring a lit tie of the neighbouring countryside with special emphasis on one Presque Isle. As we had the weekends to ourselves. many of us took the opportunity to visit such cities as Toronto. Montreal. Buffalo and New York. Some of the lucky ones managed to get home for the weekends and others stayed at the ~ration to soak up the ample hospitality of the "Country Club " As the end of the summer drew near. we were all so nervous about the 1mpendmg 65 hr check, that our first summer of flying was nearly over before we realized it and it was time to prepare for our return to the College. We all left wnh pangs of regret, but also with visions of a bigger and better summer in the following year.

AIR ARi\IA:MENT SCHOOL By J

When you hear the expression The Boys at Trenton" do not be deceived into picturing on! y a group of pilots in their Harvards and Texans. For although the pilots consutute a majority, the armament school ,s still the backbone of the air force, as Lord Trenchard said "Without Armamenr chcrc is no need for an Air Force." The ··new short course'' 111 armament consisted of a fairly detailed study of the offensive and defensive weapons of the R.C.A F. including the . 380 S ~ W revolver. the 12gauge shotgun, and the floar. marker-manne. navigation, No. II Mk. VII* The author here-

COBURN

by acknowledges the stamina necessarily possessed by those who were unfortunate enough to become involved in the "old slightly longer course. · A Ithough the majonty of the instruction took place in the classrooms. practical work was done on the gunneq• ranges and in Harvards and M1tchclls. At the end of the course a week long mstructional tour of the Canadair P lant. Domimon Arsenals, and other related industries was made, The two representatives from R.R. in the Armament course look forward to a course in electronics at Clinton this summer.

Prof Bmknell: "Burnie. would you give me the expression of the ionization constant of the acid in the problem on the board. please''' Burnie: ' 'Well. . . uh. i~ ir that (poinnngl times that over that, .. Prof Bricknell. "Possibly Burmc Then on the other hand. ,t might be JHAT times THAT over THAT,"

, THE LOG-- I 9 5 3

COLLEGE CALENDAR ~

Sept.

I I-Cadet Officers Amve.

1953 Jan

Junior Term Cadets Amve.

19-Scnior Term Arrives 28-V1s1t by P.P.C.LI. Band: Concert. 29 Oct

')(

Feb.

-Award of Canadian Services Decoration to Lieut. (M Ad.) Caddick and C.P O Bryan.

14-C.idets' Valentine Dance.

22-Junior Term Obstacle Course.

co -Stand-down Weekend.

23 RMC Tournament. 27-Lecture by Dr J 0. St ClairSobell, Depart men c of Slavonic Studies. U B C.

26-1 ncerfhght Regatta. 31 to Nov

-Stand-down Weekend.

3 3-Second Academic Term Commences.

7-Lecture by Commodore Adams. CD , R.C.N.

6-1nspection and address by MaJorGcncral C. Vokes. C.B., C.B.E.. D.S.O.. C.D.. General Officer Commanding Western Command. 20

24-lnspection and lecture by Lt.General Sir Arthur Smith, K.C.B .. KB.I:: .. C.B. D.S.O.. M.C.. Croix de Guerre. (Retired)

March 3-Inspection and address by Brigadier G. Walsh. C.B E .. D S.O.. C.D.. Director - General of M ilitary Training. 8-

8-Football Game. Royal Roads at Vancou,·er Meralomas. 9

Church Parade at First United Church and St. A n d re w ' s Cathedral

Remembrance Day Service.

Lecture b>• Mr A. R Landi.

Dec.

J()

Com-

Junior Term Mess Dinner. Inspection by MaJor-General W. H. P. E lkins.

Inspection and address by Air Commodore W. A Orr. C.B E . CD.. 12th Air Defence Group Commander.

April 23-Senior Term Mess Dinner. 24-Squadron Parties.

Carol Service. \-1css Dinner.

Senior Staff dines Senior Term

Graduation Ceremonies and Ball.

Christmas Ball.

20-Christmas Leave Commences.

Term

Mess

4 -I ntcrfl1ght S\\ im Meet. 18

Academic

Representative Cross-Country Run.

10-ViStt by PPCLI Band.

Church Parade at Christ Church Cathedral and St. Andrew's Cathedral

9-Fourth mences.

19-Interflight Cross-Country Run. 25-Junior Term Instructional Dinner

Lecture by Professor G. Davies, Department of History, U. B.C.

31-lnterflight Boxing Finals.

I I-Senior Term Mid-term Dance.

as as :e

Tabloid Sports Meet.

I 6-Vis1t by His Excellency the Governor-General. Presentation of M C. to Captain J. P. R Tremblay. R C.l C.

8-Third Academic Term Commences 16-Lecture by Supt G. W. Harrison. R.C.M.P.

:Vtar

I-College closes.

THE l O G - 1 951

CADET OFFICERS. l 9S2-S3 FIRST TL.RM C- W C S·1 A'lD!:'l J R ,\ o I Squadron

C-S L R,,;,,.1r:--.T G. R. Cartcer Fl1ght Fra.1er Flrght C-F L Upton J. S C F L Bailey D. N L1 C Plummer J W L C .Johnston W H L C HJslm N 1 L C .lopling W H

SLCOND rERM C- \V C GARRARD E H. \ o. I Squadron C .s I u PTO~ ,J s Cartier Fl,aht Fraser Flll1ht C..-F L Plummer J W. C. f- L Johnston \V H. Black D. r L •C Raymcnt G. R.. I C L C Pearce J . D. I C Standen J. R.

.Vo. 2 Squadron C. S I S11001, C. A,

.Vo 2 Squadron

C-S L GARRARD E. H . Champlain Fliqht

,\lackenzie Fl1aht

C-r I C-F L Shook C. A I C Wark R. J. l C L C Vansickle G. E L C

lfowsam· R R. Douglas G. ,\I I l Lessard G .

,\'o. 3 Squadron C-S L S.\!ITH D A P Hudson F/1qht Lu Salle Flight C-F L Rieb M. J C-r L J.1rd1nc F D L C Jekyll R. J. L C Swayne J B. I C Detwiler R. D LC I di R L W

Champ/am fl,yht

I C

Wm I

L C

Gallinger R. G

Vo. 3 .Squadron C.S L Rim M. J lfmlson Flrqhr

La Salle F/iqht

C-f· I Jekyll° R G. I. C Sinnm l::. J. L C Price H. S

·1 HIRD TERM C-W C S.,11111 0 . A. fl_ .Vo I .Squadron C-S L BAILEY D N Cart,er Flight Fra,er f /rght C-F L Smith G f. C-F L Jopling W H. L, C Upton J S L C Standen J R L, C Rayment G. R L C lsbcster A. F .Vo. 2 Squadron C-S L HO\\'SAM R' R. Champ/am Flight \,facken7ie Flight C-f. L Gallinger R. G. C-f-1 L Douglas G 1\.1 H. L C Garrard E H I. C Orser G V L C Shook C A L JC Bowie D. T.

No. 3 Squadron CS I Jardine F. D.

La Salle Fl,qht C·F, I. Law J C L C

UC Band

A C-F L Read J. F.

C-f. I Swayn~ J B L C Smith D. A P. L C MacDonJld V f. Band

I.IC l.Jw J. C.

Hudson F/rght C-f: L S,nnm E. J L C Rich M J . L C Sande E. E.

C F I. Till R L. W I C Mackeen J. H G L C Burnham H. R.

Band

L C Smith G. f..

,Uackenzie Fliyht

C..-r I Wark R. J,

Henning A C. H Hagerman J S

I C L.1w J. C.

t\-C-F L Sm11h G. F

fOURTH TLRM C-W C STANOE~ J R. C- \V f L Don,! AS C, ,\,I H. L C S1:-;"lFTr L J .

\'o. 1 Squadron C-S L RAn1Fvr G R Cartter Fl,ght Fraser Flight C-F/L Upton J S. C - F I L Bailey D. N I. C P lummer J W L , C Johnston W H . L 'C Isbestcr A F I C Jopling W. H . ,\ o. 2 Squudron C-S l GARRARD E. Ii Champ/am Flight C.F L Shook C A l.!C Wark R. J I C Galling~r R. G

Alackenzte F/1gh1

C- F L Howsam R. R LC Orser G . V l C Lessard G

~'o. 3 Squadron

C-S I S.,11111 D. A P La Salle flr(fht Hudson P/iqht C r L Jardine f. D C -F L. Rich M J I. C Swarnc J. B L C Jekyll R G. I C Hagerman J. D. l ,C Till R W Band C-F L Law J C L1C ReJ J f.

L C Smith G. F.

, 1 HE LOG

I9 53

INITIATION

G R

p F

On October 2 3 our time had come. as it had come to many terms before us. With mixed feelings we prepared to face the ordeal that would earn us the glory of being full fledged Juniors. \Ve resolved to put on as good a show as we could. Promptly al the appointed hour. we (di in on th, Square. while countless Scn,ors counwusly corrected our improper posture. I think they tried to be courteous, but they sounded more like a judge shouting "Order. Order'"') ,vlaners were almost under control. when the order · Number" came. 1 he alphabet was rapidly recited. amid smiles even from the cynical Seniors who regarded this as "orig,nal. · Since the order of the da)• called for a l1ttk PT . we were carefully herded ( after a short liwd dash for freedom), down to the soccer f,eld 1 here the unfortunate Semors exhausted themselves thinking of dev,lish contortions to put us through after making us pm our shirrs and pants on back wards. \Vhcn bored with th,s sport. they sent us off to the gravel pus There the object of their simple little game was co see how many lumps of coal a Junior could bring to the top with him. one at a time. ro make the event easier ( 1l ropes "'.~re placed at the cop for ou r ·convcn,cnce

\Vhen finally allowed to pass on to new conquests. we were confronted by a Senior. who. pointing toward a Jungle of underbrush. glecfuli)" cried. '"Go straight down " Upon reaching the bottom, we were treated co a conducted tour ot 1he beautiful. muddy stream. Unfortunatelv. as we slopped about ,n the slimy ooze. we couldn't quite bring ourselv.:5 to apprec,aw the surrounding beauty After sltd,ng face-first down sogg)" banks. doing headstands in choice mud-pits. 10 the deris1v.: shouts of onlooking Seniors, most of us had had enough mud to last us a lifetime

finished that part of the course floating downstream, face-down With a s,gn of reltef. each '"corpse'" scraped the mud from hrs eyes. nose. ears and mouth, and proceeded to assault the scienttfic obstacles wh1Ch had been arranged on che football field for our entertainment Eagerly we dragged ourselves o,·er the nets on the goal-posts to jo,n the fun Besides such old favorites as "owr-and-under'" ( the benches). "'walking the rail" and ""darts" (dart through the tire). there were novelties involving thoroughly lubricated poles and ramps. Needless to say every Junior was allowed to repeat each spot as man)• times as he wanted to. (The Seniors made quite sure we wanted to.) On the completion of this event, the old game of mud was resumed with a new l wist Th,s time an innocent-looking piece of canvas was used to keep our noses firmly pushed into rhc mud, while we crawled lugubriously under It

Quickly losing interest in this pasttme, we dutifully Jogged on co the Lower Lake to don hfe-belts. Three al a time. we hooked ourselves to the rope. thinking how lucky we were to be whisked safely over the water to the other side. Our hopes were quickly dispelled. when we were dumped far short even of the middle, and we had 10 struggle against the obstructing !,fr belts to reach the distant shore.

Alas: the fun had only begun A tnp through the notorious culvert. and a detour around the Falls. brought us to the second half of our torment \\'hat fun we had there" Those of us who were only half-dead or half frozen at this point were hanging on to life's last strands ,1s we hauled ourselves out at the end. Rumour has it rhac several bodies

After our refreshing plunge into the frigid water. we gracefully staggered up ro the gully. aptly named "'Devil's Gorge." We progressed upstream. h,p-decp in icy and muddy water, over and under strategically placed logs. which, as the Seniors considerately pointed out. were not to be missed A double feature ( for our added enJoymcnt) was provided b1• numerous gunshots and thunderflashes wh,ch, for some reason. faded to inspire much enthusiasm from us. After ducking under yet another log. we were greeted by the plainuvc voice of a certain helpless Senior sa1•ing ""Bring me some mud from the bottom."' Th,s little homage wa~ then rewarded with the sweetest music we had heard in a long time The Sergeant"s voice ma}' have been rough, but his words were wonder fut "Get out and go and cake a shower. Juniors·· It was all over, we were Juniors. HOOK and GUNNING.

All kavc will be cancdlcd unul the person who smoked a ctgar ,n the library has surrendered

( Heard last year/ Coburn I· m so mad I 'd Ith to take \1arshall and saw him up into four Leading Cadets.·•

. ... THE LOG-

1951

THE GOVERN OR-GEN ERAL'S VISIT not a trJmd p1lv1. 1mm,diatc:} took control of vf th, : q5 2- 'i \ Lill I ,rm the aircraft in order thac th,· pilot"s life might T HE h1.,hlight undoubtedly the visit to Royal Ro.,ds be saved So 1h:term1ncd was he to save the life W,1\

by His l:xcdlcncy the I lonourablc Vincent .\l.isscy, Governor General of Canada . This occasion marked the first 11me tlw cadet wing had even been reviewed by a vice -regal pcrson.,gc.

I he proximity of the d.Hc, \\'edn,sday. o,. tobcr 14. to the opening of the college year m September presented a re.1I chalkngc to the drill staff in thl" form of preparing thl.' wing for such an important occasion. Smee the Junior Term had had only five weeks for drill instruct ion . th, Senior Term alone was armed with r7flcs

After the insp,·ccion. His Excdlency took the salute as the cadets, led by Cadet Wing Commander J . R Standen, marched past Upon complc11on of the ceremony, His Excellency briefly addressed the cadet wing and presented the .\lilic.uv Cross to C.1ptain J P R 'J rcmblay, Roy.1I 22nd Reg1m,·n1. Number Two Squadron Commander. for bravHy in Korea ·1 he citation rc,1d m part . On I July I <J5 I while aucnding an Air Observer's Course, the pilot of the aircraft in which Cap1.1in Tr,mblay w.1s the observer, was wounded .1nd brcamc unconscio u\ , Captain

of his comrade he successfull\· navi~.1ted the ,11rcraft back to its bas,• and earned out a crash landing. Although dJ ✓cd. he removed the pilot from the burning aircraft .rnd carried him to SJfct y By hes admir.1bk decision to i.lnd th, ,1ircr.1ft and his Mtion in removing the wounded pilot he showed mor.1I courage of the highest order .ind w,1s credited with saving the pilot" life. On 12 Scptcmbrr 1951 . while serving as a Company Commander he led his company on a raid on an enemy hill The comp.my was cw,cc stopped by intense enemy artillery and small arms fire. His sheer d,·tcrmination and skilful handling of the fire of supporting arms enabled his company to reach the foot of the feature. During the final ,,ssaulr. constantly under fire, he directed his lcJding platoon in .1 bold Jrtack rncassfully owrrunning two cn.::my companies. During this operation Captain Trcmblay' s determination and personal bravery were .,n impir.uion to the men under his command. On numerous ocher occasions this officer has shown .1 coolness und1·r fire and J sense of re,ponsibilit y which has g.,ined th,• adm1rat1on of the whole battalion." Tremblay. although .1 trained parachutist but

THE CAROL SERVICE \Vith th,· la\t cxamina11on owr, th, .,lternoon of December 18th was occupied with primary preparations for the Clmstmas 1h11, a, the decorating of quarterdeck .,nd gunroom w JS mtrrruptcd only by cxcur'1ons to the v.u1ous faculty offices 10 find the results of previous examinations.

By f1w o"clock. all act,v,ty had ceased as the cadets n·11rcd 10 the dorms to dress for the evening nwal. which cook the lnrm of a cadc, mess dinner Seniors mingled freely wtth Juniors ,n a wry spirit.·d meJI with Cadet Wing Commander Garr.lrd as President and Junior Cadet Norman Js ,\tr \'ice. .\\rs. ,\lien and Lt C dr. Fairweather outdid them sdws in the provision of the splendid repast. Ac seven thirty the wing ad1ourned to the C.1sclc for the C.uol Scn·1ce Directed by Padre Pcgl.u. the Carol Service is one of the most eagerly anc,cipatcd events in College lifr 'J'h.- great h.111 of £he Castle w,lS filled to overflowing \\'Ith Cadets, Staff and gue,h. \V,,lls and the m,1"1ve f1rcpl.1ce

were cvmpktdy obs,ured by cedar and holly

boughs. and lantern, hung from the stair 1ailings in nests of red and green and yellow light Cadets, seated nn thr stairs mingled their v01ces w,th tho'< of the Glee Club in singing the tr,1dit1on.il songs of ( lmstmas. \'ar1l us scenes from th, Yuletide thrme were enacted \nth s,\·eral staff members, and Cadet> Johnston and Beare ,1Cting as narrators. Not the k.m among the groups presenting · bur · .1knt, were the bell nngers, under thr instruction of .\Ir. E \\' Izard. The direction of Cdr. F.,irfull wuh the Cadet Choir .11 the organ was most appreciated. \VorJ..ing unda the h.rnd,cap of approaching Christmas exams and therefore short rehearsals he brought the Christmas music to J high standard of perfection. As the final carol was sung. and the final reading given. the Spirit of Christmas seemed for the first time. fullr impressed upon the Cadet \\'ing. For such .1n cffco, one can only say to Padre· Pcglar ., very heartfelt "Thank you."

THE LOG-

195 3

THE CHRISTMAS BALL 19. 1952-it was the day of D ECEMBER the College's first official dance since 1951.

,.;ftcr frantic scrambling over odd chairs, tables. rugs. Christmas trees and fellow cadets. we ~ucceeded in changing our College into a stat( •hat can only be described as festive Eventually we finished with the buildings and, after finding time for our usual shoeshine. shower. shave and shampoo, departed for Victoria and its lovelies. Many Victoria homes feted us at pre-dance parties. The Midshipmen of H.M.C.S. "Ontario" even acted as hosts probably as a peace offering for last year's circles. On returning to the College we drew up co the front door of the Cadet Block where our ladies were met by a new and different Sergeant Brien his face wreathed in sm ilcs. After the usual feminine delay we wer~ ready for the receiving line where we were met by Colonel and Mrs. Ware, Cadet Wing Commander E H. Garrard and Miss Maureen Jenkins. Dennis, Izzy, Pogo, Albert and the boys had surpassed even themselves on the decorations. The caricatures of staff in animal form were well received by all Even the Cadet Office was in the spirit of things. Firmly ensconced

in this Valhalla of Charge Books was situ,ited a magnificently decorated punch bowl. The strains of Len Acres· orchestra were a more than welcome respite from the usual music heard about the college. Unfortunately, this fine orchestra was interrupted by "Three HasBeens and a Boy \Vho Made Good," who insisted on presenting their own version of "It's In The Book. " We were fortunate to have many guests at the dance. The academic staff forgave us for our showing in the exams and attended en masse. [ven the Middies forgot their grievances and a trended :V1rs. Allen and her competent staff came through with a wonderful buffet supper. More than one cadet could be seen surreptitiously slipping a menu into his pocket to guide mother as co what cadets should eat while on leave. Despite an unfortunate failure in the lighting system. the gunrooms proved to be a focal point for the couples. Like all good things. however. the dance Gid come co an end Tired and happy. we conducted our partners home and navigated back to the college for a fow hours sleep before setting out on chat Staff of Life - Christmas Leave.

The Canadian Bank of Commerce

THLLOG- I Q51

CLUBS TIIE li\TER"I.\TJO" \L RELATIO:\S CUB i\ cadet wa~ once confronted with the opened the year's procecdrngs with an en lighten question \\That do you thank of the Anglotng talk on "Aspects of :Vlodcrn France •· Dr. Iranian s1tuat1on an Abadan , . 'Gosh'" h,· birey of U BC spoke about the Far East. replied , "who 1s Abadan ,.. This might haw focusrng on Burmese life and problems. been asked by a personnel seke1 ion board or supplementing his talk with a number of tntcr during the course of a conversation with semor csung colour sl,dcs \.Ir Aubrey Mitchell. officas. and ob\·iously would present a wry recently arnnd from South Africa related embarrassing s1tuat1on and cause many red rn,rny of his experiences 1n the strife-torn faces Union. and cnl,ghccncd us considerably about At an institution such as Royal Roads. there the influmcc of the .\.!au \.!au movement on 1s such an antrns1vc academic and recreational rhc future of South Africa. vl1ss Baxendale. programme durmg the two years. that a cadet o f the staff of Victoria College. who has connormally spends what free time he has in com siderable interest and experience in German p lete relaxation and has littk incentive or deaffairs. spoke on recent developments m that sire to brush up on externa l affairs In other country and their effect on the European words we might tend to become individuals situation tn general. almos t completely isolated from the world This year we have been honoured to h,wc around us. Professor Burchill as chairman of 1 he l R ( The function o f the I R .C is to open a He has been of 1nval uable assistance to tlw com channel to world current affairs and to pro mmce 1n I be arrangement of speakers and as a vide cadets with an opportunity of hearmg the consu ltant in matters of organization views and opinions of experts in their respective \Ve can JUSt1f1ably feel that this year was fields This year has without doubt been a great 1mprovcmrnt over previous years. Those most successful we have been fortunate in of us who arc lo!avtng hope that our successor~ obtammg first rate speakers for all our meetings wdl rnnt1nuc the good work and integrate and their cop,cs ha1•e been, without exception. their activiucs more closdy with regular colleg,, most interesting life Dr Oldham. of our French Department. ROBl.!RT JrKYLL.

TITE C \'\fER \ CLLB From the da)' of its organization, the Camera Club has been a success. The enthusiasm of the Juniors. the experience of the Seniors. the executive Jbdity of Lessard. Rea. and Bale. and the guidance of Professor Bricknell made this an excellent year. New equipment. rncluding an enlarger and an exposure metre was purchased 10 widen the scope of the work that could be done within the club One need on ly glance at TH[ LOG to sec the result of the activity \\'ednesda)' afternoons were parucularl)' popular for "clicking" activtues We soon came to understand that our future fac,lit1es would have to be even

bcttrr. The suggestions included a larger work room with more counter space" This latter was aided by rearrangement of equipment

It 1s understood that in the near future a full-ume photographer will be employed at the College. Already a Speed Graphic pms camera has arrived for his use. The new camera was accompanied by an Auto-focus Enlarger and a large. electnc drum drier with an electric timer fhe executive wishes to thank Professor Bricknell for the time that be h,1s devoted to the club.

F. REA

T HE FE "lf.11\IG CLllB After an attempt to master the foil during mcnc Havmg no carry-overs rrom last year. the fall term. we changed over to the sabre the club had co make a fresh start and w~ with much bener results. After Christmas .1 greatly appreciate .\Ir. McCaughcy·s donating few newcomers to the dub learned the hard way his time ,n order to teach us the fine points in that there 1s more to fenc,ng that meets the eye, bur under the capable instruction of Mr the Jrt of fencing .\lcCaughcy we soon showed signs of improvef. A. CARSO:-/

J'HE I.OG--IQ53

THE RADIO CLl B At cwrr 1nst1tution hkc Royal Roads, there \'E1 R\1C. Th,rnks to the co-operation of 1s always a certain die-hard clement that likes the local Arm1· Signal Unit which lent us to rct,1in its concact with the outside world antenna gear for the occasion. the J0b was com\\'ith us. that element 1s represented by the pieced in ttmc. but the contact was unsuccessful operators or "hams of the Radio Club because of tcch111cal difficulty at Kingston This year the Uub expanded limited only However. the two clubs profited from th, by that sadll' lacking clement. ttme :-.!ember scheme in that they worked out a schedule ~hip was drawn chiefly from the Junior Team whteh will bring wre results for next year's and most of the work before Christmas was ro1:rnamcnt. confined to teaching new members Morse Code. The new sh,1ck provided vastly unproved in which they had to be thoroughly proficient operating condittons. as shown by some of the before going on the air In spite of adverse cont.lets r.rnging from ,\ laryland to Hawau. antenna condnions on the roof of the Cast!,, most of which were credited to J M Smith. those members already proficient were able to Next year, when it is stocked with tools and make some mterestmg calls in the course of test equipment. members will be able to expcrit he T crm ment and build sets of their own and thus learn The big news came late in J,rnuary when the vitally necessary radio theory with much the club received permission to move the station more case than from the blackboard from the Castle to the former lobby room in As we sign off for the year. we extend our the ,\lessdecks. ·1 he new Location made an thanks 10 Professor Du1ton who sponsored the excellent "ham shack " It was a race to get club Our log book has been well begun, and i1 fixed up and the equipment in workrng order we feel that next year the College will be on before the R R.-R. .'v1,C Tournament. tn order the air LO stay to' relay the results through the R. \I\ C Club. C. D. HARDWICK.

THE GOLF CLL'B The 1952-51 year was one of the better golfrng seasons. with club membership rising to the unparalleled heights of thirty. Through the Rec Club. twelve memberships were purchased at the R,C G C The provision of golf balls and clubs has induced many cadets to turn out for golf as a Wednesday afternoon sport. This year. three tournaments were hrld, two of the Cadets vs. Staff variety and one Junior vs. Senior effort. In the pre•

Christmas clash. the staff accomplished their usual feat of trimming the cadets. but on March 24 we gained our revenge. beating the Staff for the first time 111 College history The Junior-Senior tourney was a draw. With the added facilities and the fine prospects 111 the Junior 1 erm. we hope that next year may be an even more successful one for the Cadets' Golf Club

SKll ~G This year through the efforts of Dr. Keys and on Sarnrday night most of us could be a Ski Clllb was organized w11hin the College. found practising t\ number of skilled skiers Lnfortunately only two weekends away could were found 1n our midst and five were selected be arranged this winter. but they were to compete in a downhill race on the weekend thoroughly successful and it is to be hoped of Februarv 20th against ocher clubs from the that more ttmc can be given to skiers next year Island Both weekends were at Forbidden Plateau. Accordingly, on that weekend some twenty a beauuful spot about 20 miles inland from cadets cmbussed for Forbidden Plate,1u to Courtenay and 3.000 feet above it. The snow watch our team. Pme. Folkins. Barbeau. r:raser on our fmt ouung was exceptionally good, and Morewood. take a second in the big event. tlwrc being about four inches of powder snow Considering the lack of practice, this was rather on top of a hard crust. The weather. despite astounding to us. but most pleasing This a blizzard which lasted through Sunday weekend once agatn proved a huge success, Bill morning. proved to be on our side and when Jopling showed us what ,·xccllcnt skiers arc at lase the sun came out ,rnd the clouds drifted dcwlopcd in the prairies ( All right. Bill. so away the view was magnificent Room and there arc no hills around . you look prNt)' good board were reasonable and very good service on the cross-country stuff.) was provided at the Chalet. This building is We all hope that the idea of Ski Club now long and low but very spac,ous, The atmo • ,Larted will be perpetuated in the years to come splwrc is always most friendly and the pro and that perhaps the trips will be greater 111 prietors charming people There is easy access number and farther afield. to floodlit beginners' slopes from the chalet A. f. ISBl:STER.

THI:: 1.0G-1951

o2 TllE IIOBB)

Tl~IBER : \\'irh a rcmunding er ,,h <,ur future 101cm pok fdl to the ground 1ni11.1ting ,1001hcr successful year of 1hc dub undrr th,· lcader,hip of Protcs,or Carlsrn who has worked hard on 1hc town 1l11S year. \\'hen finislwd, it will be ,1 1nbu1e 10 Professor Carlsen , fine cardng ( \\'ho knows 1 ~laybc 1hc Senior Gunroom will get ,1 new hat rMk ). Bud1Jn also worhd hJrd carving the 101,·m and Im knee. The club was mowd from 1hc ,\ k" D,d,, to the Engineering School. whm: we h.wc more room ,ind tools, wnh foll use of the shop. Atwl>lld , Harwood and Folkins have 1inkcrcd on tlmr boa1,. Upton h,1, also tinkered on h1, plane, but, as we h.1wn' 1 yr1 been buzud chis

<H \VI'~

t:U B Har h, ,nust stdl hJvc some work to do on it \\'c sec \\'allacc in 1hc shop C\'fr}' \\'cdncsday afternoon, working on a fine !:imp. Hunt must h,wc enough min1Jture soldier- for a full di v1 sion. CunninghJm !1.1, made., tray from an old sh,ll casing a pro1,·ct \'CC\' popular this year. The wood-working ,hop h.is been a veritable hive or activity and Sugimoto. Johnson and \Vebster arc becoming experts on the wood lathe. Johnson h.1s made some earrings ,rn<l brooches from h.11 buuons and badges. while Sugimoto has cxpcruncnced wi1h plastic Jewel ry. So with three cheers for Profrssor Carlsen for his leadership this }'CM, let's p.1ck away the old O\"cralls until next )'Car.

THE !l\',D

During rhe year less 1b,1n ,1 score of c,1dets haw bc,·n in the cnv1.1blc pos1twn of being able ro sayI'm in 1hc band." ·1 he lucky cadet who c.10 make this statement 1, lifted immediately to ,1 pos111on ,, hae he feels th,· awe and admira1ion of his less fortun,Hc term maces. \\'here else can one find a valid excuse for " lousy drill. • .10 c,up~ from duty flight jobs. and the chance to go ash,>rc when his flight 1s duty, By the way. have }'OU c,·.:r noticed a bandsman on guard I These and other pri,·1kges arc not come by. however, wi1hou1 much perse\'CrJncc and hard work . .\tany Fnday afternoons whik the wing is on drill th,· b.rnd i, ruthkssh- rnnfined to the writing room for pr,1rn,e. Those who know what the b.rnd sounds like outsid,· will appreci,llc the strJin undergone by these sturdy souls who prawcc insidc. In add11ion 10 producing •·music" for the wing every morning the band 1s also responsible for the numerous bugk calls heard .11 r.rndom throughout the day ,\n individual known as the · Duty Bugler" or · Duty Bungler · chosen in rotation from the Junior buglers 1s the originator or these obnoxious noises. ( The drum sec11on of tlw

band hereby ,1bsolv,•s itself of .1II blamd O ne of thl'Sl c.1lls is th,• · •.\lcrt," the purpose of which 1, primJrilv. to aw.1kcn slumbering bandsm,·n .ind sccond.1rih·. to warn the officers of a ' GcncrJI Salute,- · Scriou,lr I think all will agree rha t the ba nd chis yc.u has dom· vay well wnsidering the lack of mu,1cal calrnt in the c.1dct wing. Under the capabk supervision of S~IITH, GF. REA ,ind I..\\\' the band has improved tremendously over 1hos,· first frw p.1inful weeks from a sou rce of a frw disordered noises to a source of m.rnv disordered noises. The repertoire of lhe band is now about twclv~ pieces. all of which sound quire simd.ir with the exception of th,1t tu ne for tlw fr,tivc sca,on "Jingle Bdls' I chink this would be J good place to offer a V"te l,' ' thanks to 1h,• ~adrn gand which filled in for u, on those r.irc occasions when we were unavailable, bccauw of prcvmus commllmcnts. \Ve aho i:ivc our bcsl wishes lo next year's band which will undoub1cdlr make musical history, .ind will .,!so carry out the tradition of playing " Bananas · on the circle. J W COBURN.

Prof. Bmkncll " Hurme, would you giw me 1h~ cxpn,sion of th,· ionization constant of th,· .1,id in th,· problem on the bo,ud, please'" !lurnic: · \\'di. . , uh ... 1s n th.11 ( poin1ing·l times that o ver chat '" Prof. Bracknell · ' 'Po, s1bly, Burnie Thrn on the other hand. tl might be Tl !,\T times THAT over THAT.

THE LOG-1953

JUN IOR TERM CALENDAR every cadet ( except those unfortunates from Victoria who spent hours making dates for frustrated Juniors) to concentrated study. By the way. where did you stand in the term, Ian I A ftcr examinations. the Christmas ball proved a welcome relief and a happy start to Christmas leave

Sepe ember IRST imprcmons are often misleading. No doubt everv Junior had visions of rhc glonous life he would lead ac rhc quiet. peacefullooking place he first saw when the bus took him through the grounds to the Cadet Block. Suddenly the air was rent by the Cadet Officers shouting at the top of their lungs those now all-too familiar words. "Fly. Junior. fly. double on the square. move yourself." and eighty-four Junior Cadets began a year of doubling. not knowing where chey were doubling to. Then began the indoctrination of the Junior Term to such well-known practices as duckwalking. star Jumping. small arm circling followed by the inevitable shout of "Turn in'" DeJong still needs a chair to get into bed As this routine continued we were all looking forward to our first leave when it was announced chat this was yet a month and a half away.

January Happy New Year' We're back! But why? S?me of us didn't quite make it on time, though. Eighteen fortunate cadets flying back from London were grounded at Lcthbridge. where they spent a welcome four days extra leave. Neptune was on slack party one morning when the Junior Term fell in for breakfast parade. Why was he on ? Improper! y turned out on parade' February The term as a whole swung into action and staged the biggest sk )•lark yet. At last. having the opportunity. the Cadet Officers turned us out on the Square. Skylarking continued as the only people who seemed to suffer were the C~dct Officers trying to keep dry in a pouring rain. As a result. the term spent the next Saturday afternoon on rhe Parade Square doing rifle drill. marching and doubling.

October Persecut 10n continued as the total of term circles to be run began to mount. The Senior Mid-term Dance in Victoria was celebrated at Royal Roads by a Junior Term sk)'lark Next morning. the Seniors had circles under their eyes. but the Juniors ran theirs off. On 2 2 October after a hard-fought battle through mud. water and obstacles. the Junior Term was official! y recognized by the Seniors Of course. 1t wasn't all give and no take on the part of the Seniors. Anybody could have found that out that day by asking one of the Cadet Officers hanging his wet clothes in the drying room 1 he day's activity was brought to a pleasant close when the Senior Term entertained the Juniors in the former's gunroom. On 25 October came the first long awaiced leave and most of the Junior Term went into Viccoria to sec what the city had to offer.

March One morning the dor ms were turned into engine rooms by the addition of rt>volution counters. engine room telegraphs and one elt>ctric turbine. (Garrard still doesn't know how to turn that electric fioor polisher on and off ) That morning the Cadet OfTicns couldn't open the doors to their cabins and someone had cut the Senior Term·s water off. While running term circles the same morning. the Jumors voluntarily ran a modified crosscountry When the Juniors were returning to the Cadet Block they could see the fire truck on the square with its ladder extended to one of the windows of the Flight Leader's cabin Rumour has it that Bailey just had to get into that cabin. (Something about trousers) At noon we found out that our morning cross-country had been modified co a marathon of fifty circles (Ouch')

\'oi:ember Novcm bcr I 7- the date of the separation of the men from the boys at Royal Roads The Juniors defeated the Seniors at Canadian Football Novem bcr 2 5 - It seems that the boys arc growing up a bit The)' bareI y managed to slow down the powerful Junior soccer team in a game with them The game ended score less. this proves we re good sports. December The impending

Christmas exams

April T~ere a_rc two short sentences one hopes to hear in this month ahead The first is "You passed " and the second is. "March off the Senior Term " Then we'll know it was all worth 11.

forced

- -

THE

LOG-1953

SENIOR GUNROOM NOTES I [P into our gunroom ,f you dare for S tonight 1s anothrr ,n the series of occasions for which the term of 1951-51 will be forever famous Yes. tonight we have another Gunroom meeting. It's six-fifteen now and the best ~printers of "A" Class are beginning to settle down tn the soft chairs w,th all the magazines Somebody closes all the windows. Over there ,s Henning. carefully teanng up pieces of paper and Jamming chem down inside the waste-basket to make the fire burn better. H,uwood and Baker are here now, taking pot shots at each other through the gloom. Plummer over in the corner has his ear glued to the r,1dio. At those long tables are four bridge games and two cribbage die hards. What's the occasion> It doesn't really matter for nothing was ever decided in a Gunroom meeting. People JUSI come to talk and listen. mostly to talk. Tonight may bring a vote on the Term Present to the College Because the staff suggested candelabra-we don't want candelabra Nobody really cares at allbut nobody wants to surrender to a foreign suggemon 1 his probably explains why we chose the best-natured head for G.P The door opens and in comes Law, laden with chocolate bars. ,cc cream and cigarettes. The meeting is re,1dy to commence. GLNROO.\l PRFSIDENT: Tonight we must make up our minds on the Term Present So far there has been but one concrete suggestiona set of four candelabra. ls there any discussion 1 Silence. G.P · Well. whac do you want' We've got a thousand dollars to spend. CHOR L'S We don't want candelabra. VorcF: Get me a revel when che canteen opens. Bill. HASLETT. Lrc's get a radio. a good one. GP Actually. a radio doesn't suit the purpose. It won't last at all. We've too many untidy visitors here in the summer \1/e want

something for which we can be remembered ATWOOD: A thousand dollar smash would be rem em be red for yea rs. G. P . Something original something l ypical of our term BOLL! Fifty shares of Seagrams. VorcF: How typical can you get' SWAYNE. How about an auto court? PRtCF A playpen for the S I 's cabin. E1soN· Sixty-four gold-plated spiffies. BuRNIIAM · An electric chair for the Cadet Office G.P Sull nothing constructive - and 1t looks like candelabra. BR!DGF PLA YFR · Four no. Voter: Four no 1.vbat? A NOTH!. R VorCE Four no candlesticks. EvFRYBODY· Double G.P · Redouble-what am I saying~ < Slighc pause) A midst the babble of voices could be heard the following suggest ions. - A book of short prayers. -Sixty-four copies of f_,Fe of Byron Prizes for the "Popularity Contest." Burberrics for the Advanced French Class. Ur>T0N. 1.et"s buy a coffee urn for the Gunroom G.P.: A thousand dollars for a coffee urn' DETWILER. Let's buy a whole plantationin Borneo- -and move the college there. BUCHAN. How about a covered escalator across the lawn? HASLf'TT. Let's adopt a Greek kid. ( \'eq• slight pause) GP All right. Let's put u to a vote All those for candlesucks. One-two-three. Opposed! One-twols your hand up. Stan 1 STAN: No. G.P . Motion carried

PREDICTIONS In Ttven1y Years \Ve'l/ See BILL ATWOOD--Still looking for cadets to lead hU·D BLACK-Hopelessly frustrated -

didn't

get a letter in the afternoon mail. P1 TE BAKER-Recently sculled out of Osgoode Hall final exams RrcK Bou.r

Still known as A W.O L Bolli.

Douc. BOWIF Trying to take his hands out of his burberry pockets.

ERNIE BROWN-Finally succeeded in getting his boogie cut under his flat hat. Ross BURNHAM Owner of the on! y maures~lined bathtub. S,'-l!Lf·Y BUCHAN- Owner and manager of th~ "Safe-T Driving School." PHIL ClfHVFRS \llodclling for the Canadian n11nt JOHN C0BUR:-:-Now known as ·Culbertson Coburn·'-after obtaining his degree in Bridge Engineering.

t F

THE LOG-

9 5 3

'R.D." DI- !'\\'JU R- -Scm1,satisficd with life in th~ R C.N ROGl:R DE\ INf Recently left a Bulldozer sculling. Dr-NJS BAIi l·Y-i\slccp in the front row of Staff College. Do:-: Du:s.cA-..: -Asleep rn the back row at Staff College GroRGF Dou<,! A5-Mcdically discharged from position as senior office boy 1n R.C.E. Grounds--nlfcin addict BRYAN El.SON Vice-President of the "Anything but RM C" Club. JACK FOLKINS Armtng his rocket craft with clasdc bands. JoH:--: HARWOOD- Head of the naval establishment in Antarctica by virtue of Haslcu's having become C.N .S WoR.\! HASl.l•Tl Also Head of a Foundling Home for young seals JOHN HAGie RMA:S: - Has stopped tr)•ing to civilize Stan 'Q.D." HARDWICK - Finally completed bis Engineering Drawtngs RALPH HoWSAM -Caught loading a 25 poundcr with pillows Confined to "the pen" A!':DY HI :--:NINC:.-Recently elected "UN TD of the )'Car " "Izzy" !SBESTER-Lance-Corporal m the 27th Bngade Editing a special edition of "Who's Who.' · Nrwr · JARDINI Taking giant strides as Cape Breton publicity man Bern JF~ YI I Recently completed the first Braille drawtng of a battleship BILI JOHNSTON As P.M C. trytng 10 use a thousand dollars worth of candelabra in the ·1 renton Mess. BOB Kl I LY-Head of the Anti-Bacon 1 rust. Still a full tray man .l0IIN LAW - Millionaire IS) I l'0 I l· RI ANC Owner of the only comb,na• tion office-coke machme tn the Canadian Army CASI Y I FSSARD· Leader of the St Patrick's Day parade in Montreal "RrD · MAOX)!'-:..\1.D- New leader of the Son\ of Freedom 1n the Ok1nagan Valley RALPH GALLJNGFR Known as 'Graceless Gallinger " HLGHll GARRARD -Second mate of the "'v\o." 811 I JOI'! 1:--:G I 1rs1 combination ballast• n,wig.uor in the RC A F

Sn., MATHFso:-:-As always. an artis1 HANK MACKEE:--.: President of the Calgary Stock ExchJngc. TO.\! NOON Pun,shrng his kids wnh D.G problems GEORGE ORSf'R Af1cr years of Box Horse has finally cut down his morntng troubles Ji.\l PRII-BF Tr)'ing to introduce the Standdown Weck-end into the Canadian Army Scorrv PRICE Writing a sequel 10 'Forever Amber" f-RA:--IK L \:--.CILL-Watcbmg for fire engines. MIKI- R1CH-B1g wheel at Santa An11.1. Ross RA,;'MlNT -Sul! trying lO "fight ii good S\Vlffi.

JI.\\ PU,.\11'.IFR--Saw the film "Niagara ' for the four hundred and cwent)'•scvcnth time. ··J.O. ' Pl'ARCE1 Trytng to decide who holds J1:-.1 Rl'A f the cup this year IRV SANDF Fiendishly dcsignmg "Join th~ Navy and sec 1hc world" posters CLJ! SHOOK Firnshing his thesis on "Th,• Intricacies of Charge Accounting.'' JACK SWAYNl· future farmer's champion of Vancouver Island. EARi. SINNETT-Found a successful subs111u1c for Rye Krisp. RICK SLU -Still wondering how to change cc 's to cubic centimetres JIM STANDl'N -Patenting an automatic selfcontrol system. · G.E." S.\IIT!l B11tcrly opposed to the pusscr collar "DA P" SMITH Wrmng a book on · How to Handle Infants. .. Rm-J TILL· Figuring out where that other four per ccn t in Maths went Jrr I UPT0"' Still polishmg his boots with emery cloth. OJCK URsl'I

RC A F attache at Col wood Wa11ing for the day Upton c.111s for close support

" LI\\'" \V1s-r

DICK WILSON

Flunking his 'Subb1cs Course'

wiz a smile.

BoR WARK Philanthropist home for nice kind old men

cs1abl1shc<l

'S.·\.\t . WALi.ACF The oldest living member of che Canadian Army Gl•RRY VAN SICK!. E -Strenuously advorating more shore leave D·\\'! YOUS(,1-R Transpon ~xprrl , advocates the free car method.

.LITERARY ~r

fl-~~-~

---

THE LOG-19'i1

.MY IDE A OF A UNIVERSITY From T

H Hcx1.n ·s · Scrence and Culture"

Bu J B ROM the time when the idea that attendance at a university need not necessarily entail the gaining of an educa1ion first became current. 1t has met with strenuous opposition from that now almost extinct species. educated man. This group has been subJccted to such a barra~e of criticism 1ha1 there can be few. 1f any. survivors If some. by mischance. remain. I propose to ~how them the error of their ways b,' means of a parable concerning one of their number Once upon a time. a young man. with nothing to depend on but his father's money entered university. and in the course of a few )'cars left 1t with an education of the highest standard Going into life. he succeeded in amassing a huge fortune by the time he reached middle age Then the probt.:m of disposing or his money arose After deep cogitation. this educated man could find no1hing bener to do than to embark on a wild spending spree, to which he devoted all his wealth and the few remaining years of

his life 1 need not em phasiu further the moral or this talc. which offers educated answers to educated obJectors. We m,1y thus accept the law that the gaining of an education must a1 all costs be avoided when at1ending university The only question to be discussed is 1he one roncern1ng the best means of obtaining this end. Here we have two competing groups· the passivists. ad,·ocating the slumb,·r method. and the ,1cr1vists. championing the creed of riotous recreation. Of these the passive cause 1s the more ancient. but has been steadily losing ground in modern times. except 1n such places as Military Colleges. where the active method 1s scverelv handicapped and nrcumscnbed by regulations That renowned authority. Little Abner. tells us that 1hc mean111g of ignorance is "to know nothing whatever about as many things as pcssibk" It is the unqucsttoning acceptance of life. Thll, acceptance regards the world as being " one greal kindergarten. whose inhabitants. working at cross purposes. have a complete lack or knowledge of and concern for others. which they have obtained through the passiw method of non -absorption of learning. · \Ve mt1s1 here discuss two different statements 1 he first. that an acceptance of life 1s the essence of ignorance: the second, that passive non cducatton contains the necessities for such an acceptance. Few people. l dunk. will contest the first proposition. If a person docs not accept life as it 1s. he searches for ways to improve upon 11 When and if he finds these ways. he must

ELSON

know something. and has 1hus departed the blissful state of ignorance But b}' no means ewryonc ,1ccepts the second of the two statements Indeed for a student who bas sampled the delights of an actiw 1esistancc to education the passive method hold5 no chJrm Perhaps an examinauon of history will help to resolve the controversy The universities of the Middle Ages occupied themselves with the solving of problems Lo which they already knew the answers. by means of unchanging methods or deduction What a happy. contented age it must have been: The difference between knowledge of these methods and answers and complete ignorance was infinitesimal. and the boring natnre of rhe studies and the scarc11 y of outside am usemcn t together produced an atmosphere admirably suited to the passive. or dozing method of remaining uneducated. Never since have students passed so many delightful hours in slumber It is sad to think those drowsy days can never come again \Vnh 1he advent of 1he Renaissance, things began to change. The Greek and Roman writings opened up new vistas. fhe lives of the passive ignoramuses. indeed. altered little. except that. inlluenccd by the idea of the ancients recl101ng upon couches wh1k dining. the students began co replace with beds the benches m their garret homes. For the first time. however. J few daring spirits began an active campaign co forget and avoid knowledge patterning their college lives on the revels of Alexander the Great and the Emperors of Rome. "Eat, drink and be merry · was 1he battle cry of these prophets. the true forerunners of most of our modern students 1 here was one very unfortunate result of the Renaissance For the first rime in ten centuries a group of men arose who actually knew something Their deplorable influence spread rapidly as scientific research gamed ground, and for a time it was even feared (laughable as 1t now seems) that the heyday of ignorance was over In the universities, new courses were originated. and in some of these classes it was found that sleep was absolutely impossible In desperation. those who wished to maintain the ancient tradiuons turned to active methods. In this they were aided by the rapid and fortunate increase in the number and variety of amusement establishments which occurred in the 191h and especially the 20th centuries. In the late I 8th century. moreover. occurred the first recorded instance of students skylarking during lectures The battle was of long duration. but th~

THE LOG-1953

educationalists were at last defeated and in our modern colleges knowledge is relegated to the d1Smal confines of the libraries and laboratories, where It looms like the spectre at the feast. With victor y. the pretensions of the passivists to the possession of a monopoly of ignorance wen overthrown by the active party, which had borne the burden of the struggle against learning. Make no mistake. however. Nothing 1 have said is meant to detract in any way from the value of the slumber method. While ignorance u our mutual aim. there are two ways to reach tt, and the direction chosen depends on the dlaracteristics of the individual student. So that, given a lower than average mentality. and a great ability to day-dream. a young university man in ftigh1 from knowledge can seldom do better than follow his natural incl inations. and sleep through as many classes as possible. But for those who intend to make dissipation their lifelong occupation, the course described above does not suffice. I am not suggesting a constant round of amusement. which could produce a personalicy twist. Bue with proper 111tervals of rest-say three hours a day - a continuous ftow of gaiety is made accessible to the student. Perhaps. however, our old bugbear the edu ·

73 cated man may emerge from his solitude to ask how a student who attends cl.uses at all can fail to retain some ' habit of mind" in dealing with problems which must necessarily dttract from his state of ignorance. I often wish the phrase .. habit of mind'' had never been invented. It suggests that our brains have the capacity to educate us in spite of ourselves. Nothing is further from the truth. With a little concentration. any facility in reasoning which our brains may have accident ally absorbed can be directed into worthwhile channels where knowledge is more efficiently combatted than by the unaided intellect. Today. most of our institutions of higher learning satisfy the desires of their inmates to perfection. No college man of ability can fail to make use of the tools of sleep and amusement which, when handled properly, enable h im to leave college with less knowledge. if possible. than when he entered. In conclusion. I am sure I express the sentiments of every student in rendering heartMt thanks to those early dunce~ who first fixed their gaze on the shining light of ignorance. and to their successors who never allowed that light to be ext inguished.

THE LOG-l953

THE PATRIOT R. G.

"IT IS fintshed. Senores." sighed the small. wizened figure sea red on stool behind a J

canvas almost twice his size. The small group of elegants moved across the magnificent state chamber to where the little man in a white smock was busy cleaning his brushes. "Sama Maria, ic's a wonder:" The youngest of the group srnod open-mouthed as he gazed at the work before him "Such colour. such life, such reality' Senor Esperanza. you have truly the gift of God." An excited murmur passed through the group as the)' gazed for the first time at the painting standing on the easel by the window. "Magnificent, magnificent," breathed a white-haired old gentleman robed in black and gold. "Pedro. you are without a doubt the master of masters." "I am deeply grateful for your kind words. Magnifico." The little artist bowed gracefully towards the group and moved closer to his master. "Shall J hang it in the vacant space in the gallery tonight 1 " "Si. Pedro, the President of Ecuador and his ministers deserve the highest honour in my house."

If Pedro Esperanza was truly a great artist. He was not just another product of a patron's whims. for there were many such in Peru He was quite exceptional; 1n face. it was said throughout the country that Senor Esperanza was the greatest artist Peru had ever known or was ever likel;• to know. Some said that he had divine genms, others were more reserved and said that his skill was the result of extraordinary talent and hard work. Nevertheless. all agreed that his pictures were surpassingly beautiful and marvelled at the luxuriant hues and trnts intermingled in their intricate detail. Pedro devoted all his time and talent to the creation of portran.s and tableaux: many great civil functions were portrayed on his canvasses. in which the figures were so truly represented that the whole seemed to live and breathe. The radiant beauty of the artist's rich colours transformed a bleak meeting of ambassadors into a royal court of kings. As was the custom. Pedro had a patron It was not everyone, however, who could boast one such as the Magnifico Jose Onoga, governor of the mountain province of San Martin, as his sponsor. Thus it was thar Pedro humbly dedicated his great works to h1~ Peruvian lord. Whenever there was a rec~ption for an important emissary or ambassador at the governor's house. one could always find the white-haired figu re sitting obscurely m a dark

JEKYLL

corner. sketching and dabbing at his easel. preparing another masterpiece. A small gallery had been built by Governor Orcoga to hold all Pedro's works and to exhibit them to greatest advantage. The Magnifico had ieceived many great offers, but he jealously guarded his dearest possessions and would not even consider selling the smallest. To be sure the gallery. with its splendid scenes of kings, nobles and statesmen, was the shrine of San Martin.

III In San Martin. people went about each day's work as they had the day before. as they had for generations. yes. even centuries. Time passed unnoticed in this mountain province where the soil was tilled and the herds were grazed under the shadows of the might;• Andes. Only the colling of the chapel bell on Sunday reminded the peasants that another week had passed and it was time to give thanks to the good God who provided for the needs of all. "Wake up, old man' Ecuador has declared war on us! Peru is at war'." The stcanger shook the old man sitting outside his white• washed dwelling by the deserted road. The old village sage nodded and murmured something abouc the rivers of Life and Death meeting and plunging together 10 confusion to rhe bottomless sea The stranger shook him again. then turned away in disgust and continued along his way carrying h is important message to more attentive ears. The rains had come and the hill country was struggling for existence amidst torrentia l downpours that lasted for many days. Roads were but avenues of muddy vegetation. deep 10 the mire of rotten growth Through this weather the Peruvian army commanded by General Mariano Vianco dragged its heavy weight along the valleys of swollen rivers up to the heights of the Andes Plateau. A sodden, weary group of officers made their way up the long drive leading to the manor of San Martin. From the top of the hill the grand porticos and gently sloping caves of the great house blended gracefully with columned chimneys and spired turrets. This was at least one beauty that the storms had not damaged. The group stopped to admire the enchanting sight and a tall handsome officer, obviously superior to his comrades, remarked that the Magnifico Ortoga was most fortunate, for were not his possessions the envy of all Peru The banquet held in honour of the general was in every way a success. The aroma of delicately cured pheasant and rare burgundy filled the hall wnh warmth and cheer-a time

THE LOG-1953 for travel-weary officers to relax and forget the Journey that had plagued them for a month. Tall General V1anco seemed not to share the cheer of his comrades for he did not enter into their animated discussions. but rather let has eyes wander enviously over the rich furnishings of the state chamber. Great tapestries hung from the frescoed walls of gilt stucco. and crystal urns suspended from wrought brackets. dimly lat the embellished ceiling Before him the general saw light dancing on shapes of crystal. silver and gold. but beyond and in the background shining out an radiance above its surroundings was a large portrait of the Magnifico. surpassingly beautiful in detail and luxuriant colour. It was not unusual that. after the guests had risen. the general suggested they move into the famed gallery to view the masterpieces. The governor was urged to present the renowned Pedro. that all might see what manner of man produced such great beauty. Pausing before each frame the group commented in deep admiration But the rail general was silent: his eyes were large with greed and envy. .. . Yes. this Magnifico is too fortunate." A sudden shout of disgust and rage filled the gallery and the startled party turned to see the general stride up to a portrait and tear it from he wall. He flung it at the feet of the advancing governor and snarled: "You entertain me falsely. Jose Ortoga. "In the name of the government of Peru. I arrest you for treason " All eyes followed the Magnifico as he stooped to pick up the handsome image-the image of Amirez. President of Ecuador. IV A stranger V1S1t1ng San Martin might approach a wizened old man dressed in the tallered remnants of once rich garments. busily

dabbing crude colors upon a ragged canvas stretched across a board on his knees. and pointing down the valley at a beautiful manor might ask co whom it belonged He would not be surprised co learn that General the Governor Mariano Vianco resided there. but should he nome the wistful glance of the old beggar's sad misty eyes. he might place a few pennies into the outstretched band For many years a poverty-stricken ancient had roamed about the hills seeking poor shelter and a pntance with which to buy cheap dyes and colours for his rag-covered board. He worked long hours. his tortured hands painfully daubing and brushing his priceless tints and hues into the canvas. For lack of better material he sometimes used coloured clay from the river banks and deep red blood from the slaughterhouses. carefully working them into his creation. V The Governor was surprised by a late vim in his chamber from the Captain of the Guard An old beggar had been found dead by the roadway clutching a painting in his gnarled hands. Taking the picture from the officer the general stared open-mouthed at a portrait: surpassingly beautiful in luxuriant colour and exquisite detail. a portrait of Mariano Vianco. The tall general carried this mysterious masterpiece to the gallery and hung it in a place that had long been vacant. He sat by it for many hours marvelling at the beauty of his image and reAecting how his ambitions had at last been fulfilled he was now amongst kings. Entering the gallery the next morning with his guests to show them his proud new possession, he walked across to the wall where he had hung his portrair the previous night and uttered a low cry of dismay The gilded frame was empty. On the carpet below the gaping frame lay a small heap of rags and dust

DEUX ANS DE COLLEGE l\ilILITAJRE By G.

LE CANADA ,i l'heure actuelle. posscde 1rois colleges militaires. Royal Military College.

Royal Roads et College Militaire Royal de SL. Jean Le but du colkge militaire est de donncr au pays des jeunes gens qui posscderont le5 qualitt·s indispensables i1 tout hommc qui aspir~ i, devenir un chef. aussi bien dans la vie mili taire que dans la vie civilc. Le programme academique est organise dl facon i, ce qu · ii corresponde autant que possible au mcme niveau d'i:tudc quc celui d'unc univcrsitc. Je dis autant quc possible car on ne

LESSARD

don pas s'attendre ii cc qu'il soit exactement !'equivalent de celui d'une universitc Dans un college militaire !'instruction compte pour beaucoup mais !'instruction scule ne pourrait suffire i, former de fucurs officiers. Le program me gt'.·ncral comprend done beaucoup d'autres sujcts tels qu'un intense entrainement physique, des itudes militaires et une ngidc discipline qui ne sc relache pas un seul instant. Avant d'entrcr dans le coeur de mon suJet. Je dcsirera,s repondre a une question que l'on nc manquera pas de me poser: Pourquoi la

76 maJorit,· des ca,k1s du college mili1airc n'cn1ren1-ils pas dans le service ac1if apri·s lcur gradua1ion ct pourquoi on1-ils etc admis au coll&g,· • \'oici. scion moi. ks raisons qui ont dicti- le nou\·cau ri·glcmenl des colli·gcs militaires: I c nombre des jeuncs gens qui d<'sircnt cmbrassrr la carrii·re militair.· ctant trt's limitc. le gouvcrncmcnt a sagcmcnt decidC:• d'acccptcr dcux cat,•gories de cadets. d'unc part ccux qui desircnt suivrc l.1 ,arrii•rc mili1airc ct de l'autrc ceux qui Jprt's kun t'.·tudcs au college mi litaire rctourncront a l.1 vie ci\·ik mais frronl partic du corps des officicrs de reserve. Le J0Ur de nouc .uri\'t;C au college militairc de Royal Roads. fu1 unc joic pour lcs cadets officicrs qui formaicnl le comiti- ,k rc:cep1ion. mais unc terrible deception pour ks nouveaux arrives. A pcinc etions-nous sortis du camion. ii pcinc avions-nour mis pied ii tcrre quc des vociferations sc firent entcndrc de toutcs parts. l.c cadc1 officicr;- .. Eh toi' ta valise cst-ellc lourdc'" la rccru,•:----Non, pas bcaucoup." ..Tres bien alors. au pas gymn.1stiquc d'ici au bloc des cadets. Dcpeche-1oi'" l.c futur junior .wee sa valise. ,urive i, des1ina1ion ct s'arri•tc pour s'eponger le visage en sucur. Pour lui la belle vie douce ct tranquillc du civil est termini-c du moins pour la durec de son si-Jour au colli·gc. Arrivt'.·. dcpuis dcux ~cmaincs sculcnwnt, on a diji, hale d'en finir. Durant ccs 14 jours on s'cst familiarisi· ave, le iamcux ccrdc. Cc quc !'on appcllc le cerclc cs1 une rout circulairc ,t'un~ longurnr d'environ un tiers de milk On en connait chaquc poucc d,· terrain. tant on I' a parcouru. Ces clwrs petits messieurs ( cadets officicrsl aux galons d'or sur lcs ep.iulcs. sc plaiscnt a nous faire counr autour de cc ccrd~ pour l.1 moindrc pc1itc fautc. ''Barbeau'. tu as un bouton de 1.1 tunique Jc dt'.·tach.:•. prcnds le ccrclc cc soir." C'cst a en dcvenir fou. croyezmoi.

Apri·s ces deux scmaincs d'cndoctrinemcn1 ie cours r.:•gulier des activit,;s du college commence. Les seniors sont alors 1ous de rctour. Les seniors sont lcs cadets de dcuxicmc annt'.·c ct ,., sont eux qui. avec les cad.-ts officiers. assurcnt cntii·rcmcnt la discipline du coll...gc. Its s·occupcnt de, punitions ct des 1ravaux qui nous (Juniors I incombcnt ct aussi de la bonnc marchc de tout le coll.:•ge. Le programme d'une Journec est tres charge. le n;vcil cst a 6: "10. la parade du dc:jcuncr :, 7:00 ct la grandc p.uadc de 1ou1 le corps :'i 7:40. Les cadets assistcnl ,lUX cours de 8: 20 :-. 3: 30. Aprt's le the. ils fon1 unc hcure ct demic de sports ou de cultur.· physique II ya unc periode d'etudcs obligatoires pour tou1 cadc1 de 7:00 '• 9: 30. Aprc·s .woir cir<· lcurs cha usu res ct astiquC:· leur .:-quipemcnt. les pauvrcs cadets pousscnt un soup1r de soulagcmcn1. car ils vont enfin pou\·oir jou1r d'un sommcil reparatcur.

THE LOG-1953 Les sports sont trt·s nombrcux. soit au gymnasc, soit en plein air. Tou1 cadet doit y prendrc part. quclks que solent ses aptitudes physiques. Si ses ap1i1udes ne sont pas suffiumment d,·vclopJX'cs. elks nc tarderont pas :1 s'amcliorcr grace :'1 ('intense programme de sports ct de culture physique. le corps des cadets es1 di\·isc en six esadrillcs Cl la comp<.;tition, dans le hockey. le ballon panier. le soccer. etc.. se fait entrc les six c:quipcs. Un bet esprit d't'.·quipe existe Cl la lutte est tOUJours chaudc qucl quc soil le sport auqucl on prcnd part. Le programm.- m1li1aire n'est pas crop charge. Nous avons dcux hcures d'cxcrciccs par semaine ainsi que dcux lectures sur lcs trois services .umes. I.cs autoritc:s exigent de chaquc cadet une bonnc connaissance des trois armes car c'est ainsi qu'unc coopi·ration t'lroite entre Jes trois branchcs pourra l'lre obtenuc. Durant le ,ours d'unc annee plusieurs grandcs parades ont lieu. G,'n.:•ralcment. aces ceremonies nous som mes pass,:s en revue par des officiers seniors des trois services ou bicn par des officiels du gouverncment. Cctte am:c nous avons eu l'honncur de recevoir It> gou\·t>rncur general. t'honor.1ble Vincent Massey. ainsi quc trois g,·ncraux et un amiral. Mais la vie au colk·ge a aussi ses bons ci,tes. car. mi:m,• si le conla.t des seniors et juniors se fai1 commc le ferait t'cau et le feu. ii arrive souvcnt que lcs deu~ clements sc rcncontren1 sur un terrain ncutre. Cc terrain sc prcsente dans lcs sports mais surtout lorsquc le college organise des danscs. Pcut-0:·trc ,eta est-ii di1 a ce que le s,'nior ne veut pas montrer sa cruaute en presencl' du sexc fa1ble. mais quoiqu'il en soit. Juniors et si·niors s'cntcndcnt toujours tri·s bien l'n ccs o,,asions. La vie socialc au college jouc un grand role ct cite est fortemcnt cncouragee par l'authorite. Ccux qui ne se scntcnt pas attires par le beau scxc, sont ici. qu'ils le veuilknt ou non. con1r.iints d,• sorrier avrc une jeunc fillc. Le grand .:-vencment de no1 r,· vie socialc est le bat de la graduation. Les cadc1s, un mois a l'avance. invitcnt lcur compagnc. Et quelle belle dansc' dansc dont le souvenir restcra :'1 jamais grave dans la mC:·moirc de tous lcs cade1s. On voit alors .:•voluer sur le parquet de danse dans un tourbillon dc robes multicolores, ces jolis minois de Victoria. Mais pour les sc:niors. cc bat marque leur depart du college. Its regrettcnt de quitter Royal Roads. c,· site si pittorcsque. ou ils ont passl' deux belles annces dc lcur vie. I.a premiere annee a ete dure. mais fut tri·s vitc oubliec dans la dcuxi.. mc annee. Et c'est avcc regret que nos tiers gradues disent un dernicr adieu ., Royal Roads. Partir. ,·est mourir un pcu.

THE LOG

I 9 5 '\

TUE HAS-BEE\ Bq

CLII TO;-; A

Oi D. and dark ll was , and Duclois shiwr~d inwardly despite his overcoat. Shifting his weight to the other foot. he slipped furth~r down against the rough brick exterior of th~ building. The lights of a passing automobile brushed away the gloom and revealed the ruddy features of a man not yet past his pnme His face was cast in a frown. for all was not quiet in the mind of Stephen Duclois. Suddenly. a yellowish light filled the dirty windowpane and spilled out over the drifting snow '>tooping. he picked up his bundle and hurried to the door A key grated, then the bolt was drawn back and the door opened. pcrmiuing him to step inside. Wordlessly. he bought a ticket from the old woman. tlwn moved down a ramp to the wooden-floored room from which the yellow light had emanated. He held up the bundle: 'Could I get these sharpened 1 " The woman's reply took the form of a call for J\hc :-.1ac appeared behind the counter to the nght Duclois gave him the skates. the o ld man grinned . · 'Don't sec these any more People JUSt won't use 'em. Dunno why " Duclois forceJ an affirmative smile Mac placed the skates in the clamp and began to run it against the grinding wheel Great streams of sparks moved 0u1 to the kft then died. suddenly and compleccly "Must've lain by for a while," che old man mused. · though they'n' in beautiful conJiuon " H,· rubbed the edge of the blade with so,1pstone then began to repeat the process with the second skate Duclois watched him impassively He withdrew two quarters from his pocket and held tb,·m ready for the man. Opening his fist. be glanced down at chc dates- I 9'35-botb of them. l91'i. odd that they should both be the ~ame And seventeen years was a long ume, wh)' seventeen y,·ars ago 7 be old man's voice broke the train of thought. "There y'arc. Good thing y'came early Takes ume to do a good job on those," he said pompously. He pockctcd' the two coins withouc looking at them . Duclo1s took the skaccs. and. sitting down , began to change The leather was sofc enough and still pliabk but the laces seemed rotten Duclois tried hard not to strain them "No use buying a new pair for just this once," be mullcrcd ,ls he ucd che knots. He stood up. Seventeen ycus sure was a long time Seventeen years wnhout a stick in his band. He wondered \\'f\•ly whether he could sllll stand or not. The room was beginning to fill with skaters. :,.,10s1ly young p,·opk he reflected That kid m•rr there- in the wiM jack,t looks good, mows nice .rnd loose The boy continued an

S!WOK

animated convcrsauon wubout nollcing Dudois stare Suddenly. the boy ramd his two hJnds before him as if cleanchmg a stick and brought them down , simulating the dread cross-check. Dudo1s winced outwJrdly and turned his head ,l\\'J\'

A fat attendant unlocked the grey doors 1,ading 10 the rink Duclo1s got up and strode on tiptoe to the exit Yeah they were always the same those doors. One said "OUT" and the other said ··JN" and rou nc,·er knew which one 10 t.1ke Duclois remembered the last time he' d seen doors like that. He hesitated on the catwalk leading to the 1cc Great pools of liquid yellow light streaked the polished 1cc surface and flowed cruelly into his aching cyc-sockccs The great. very real emptiness of the amphitheatre flung itself down upon him from the yawning tiers of bleachers. A shout from the dressing-room echoed reechoed and died in the cavernous empuness \Vith an effort. he stumbled to the ice surface. He moved away from the mesh gate and bcg.rn to Ctrdc the arena slow I y, unconscious of the straggling crowd chat passed him. He seemed to float. obl ivious of bis own straining muscles 3wuc only of the unreality of the whole experience The unnatural ice markings grated against bis sense of memory He forced his mind away from self-torture, seizing about himself for a bit of mental flotsam to cling to something to t,1kc charge of his disorganized mental processes. That centre red line. how would it speed the game ' He fought for an answer. then left Im mind to wander-from the red line to the bordering penalty box and another stark rem em bra nee He passed the thin red goal line• red red as the colour of blood on the ice. On! y this line was long and straight and did not break into streaming lines in the skate-cuts in the 1cc He stared down at the polished white surface innocent \Vho could dream that this could spin a man's skull and cum him into a gibbering. frothing idiot ? Guilt and conscience pounded thought after thought through his gasping, aching brain 7 he lights - the noise the puck the ice. and 1hen Barnard And after him th~ silence and despair that come, only with sclfhatc. Then merciful nature intervened and all was black The dull buzzing subsided and somewhere 1n tlw distance he cou ld bear ,·oiccs. He fought hi~ war to the surfac,· of rhe deadening ~ca , and tried to push the solid blocks of space from his brain . Somehow. he fclc b\'lter Sul! the pain -but without the paralyzing. meroless fear Thae was no sense of accomplishment Just a lessen• ing ol the ache He strained to hear tlw voices.

-- - - - ..

---

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

SOCCER Bock Row: G. Lenord, 1. SMort, J. Coburn, R. Till, A. Henning, J. Grohom, A. Wade. C•ntre Row: R. Howsom, J. Swayne, J. Upton, W, Laidlaw, R, Smith. Front Row (kne~ling): Sgt. [. Brien, R. Urwl, Prof. H, Dutton, Lieut. G. de Ro'Ulnroll, [. Brown, G. Gunning,

BOXING Bock Row: P. Monson, J. Mc.Nomee1 R. Gray, G. Royment, C.P.O. Bryon, Front Row: R. Wilbur, W. Johnston, M. Johnston, R. Borbeou, N. FrHman, G. Von Sickle-.

Rlfl[ TEAM Sock Row: L. Wed, C. Shook, J. Pt:orce. Missing: R. Kingham, Ff'Ont ~ow: J. Wlgmor~, J. Reo, Sgt. E. Brien, G. Smith, H. Pu0en.

SWIMMING TEAM

Bock Row: I, Smort, D. Brown. Centre Row: C. Smlth, J. Youngor, 0 . Hordwick, R, $lee, lieut. G. de Roienroll. front Row: F. Gunter, J. Upton, G. Roymcnt, W. Johndon, D. Spooner.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Bock Row: A. Wode, D. Stock, N. Haslett, R. Rowind. front Row: 0 . Hardwick, W. Atwood, M. Rich, M. John1ton, Sgt_ £. Brien.

BASKlTIALL Bock Aow: A ltbett.r. J . Hooerman, A. lrown, l••ut, , . lot••· Centre Row G Royment, A hore, A.. Wade, D. G,oy, Ooln, H , FrHMon. L, CrHlfflon,, G DOill'°'• , . Men""• F. Wtute, J . ""''""''·

VOLLlYIALL . .,k Ro,..: A lea,.-, G. Oou,101,. A. Wade, J Ho. .ffllon, Froftt • • • N , ,,.,.,.,.on, , Monson, H Garrard. J . Stanfield, Li♦vt. I , Pete"°"'

\ ~-M,. ~I=)

...

4,_

,riliill~. . .

.....

~ - - ~ : . . . _ = ~ ,~ COLLEGE SPORTS

C"'-

,:,...

No. 1 SQUADRON

Ho. 2 SQUADRON

•

No. J SQU,.ORON

Sgt. E. Brien

C.P.O. C. Bryan

a?.

P.O. II J. Jack

C.P.O. E. Sealy

W.O. II J. Cobain

I ■

COLLEGE LIFE

A rehie Beare

Fraser I sbester

Junior- Term E<litor

Circulation

Cliff Shook Editor

Mike Rich

.Jim Rea

Aclverti.,ing

Photography

John Law

Bill Atwood

Sports

Ex-Cadets

/(J52 /053 Guy Lessard Photo,:roph)

Bryan Elson A,.,,"lh,tant Editor

Erv Sande Ad"crti"in,:

-+-

_,_

-+......J--

~ ~

..'

;ii

SPORTS

THE LOG-1953

SPORTS REVIEW Bt/ J. C. OY AL Roads' year I 95 2 5 3 was an excellent one in sports. The intcr-llight compl· unons lived up to all expectations and wctc especially well organized. Mackenzie Flight bas clinched top \pot and the Grand Aggregate Shield \Ve would like 10 congratulate the whole of Mackenzie Flight and especially their team captains for thctr fine organization. The rest of the standings are still in doubt, with Champlain and La Salle vying for second place The big disappointment of the athletic year was the defeat of Royal Roads by R.M.C in the annual tournament. The teams. however. did well and made a very good name out east.

LAW

for themselves and the college. For th<' first time since its entrance into the league, Royal Roads lost the Greater Victoria Canadian Football title In another representative spore, the Annual lnv1tat1on Cross Country, the big blue team found much difficulty. Representative basketball had a good year and although the team got off to a slow stare. it gave a good account of itself in local hoop circles. Th,s )'car's representative teams did well. but could not keep up the old winning streaks The Juniors have assured us rhar next year they will do their best to have things back to normal.

CANADIA N FOOTBALL 195 2 marked the third year in which Royal to win to stay ,n the running. Heywood Park Roads entered a ream tn the Victoria Canadian was Jammed with spectators for this game Football League. It was, however, the first year against Vampires. As the game progressed, in which the league was nor of Junior calibre. things seemed to continue in the now familiar Lack of com pet it ion made i r obi igatory for rut with Vampires threatening a runaway Then Royal Roads to enter an Intermediate league, it happened. Somehow the spirit seemed co rewith its bigger and better teams. There were turn as the team caught fire. Somehow, the}' c>nl)' two other teams in the loop: Navy from ~temmed the Vampire tide-and rol led tt back H.M.C.S. "Naden"' and Vampires. organized tor a I 2-9 victory and a place in the finals. from the best players in Greater Victoria. In the second half of the first game, the VamThe first game pined Royal Roads aga1nst pires· anack suddenly caught fire. By the end Navy. Old rivalries broke our ,mew in rhe ->f the game it had piled up a commanding hard-fought contest, with Royal Roads winrwelve-point lead by virtue of a 19-7 win. A ning 8-5. Especially noticeable for the college sorry and rired group of football players rewere the backfielders. Rayment and Oaks. Rayturned to the college. ment's ltne plunging and Oaks' speed and deSeven days later the home of the Vampire$ ception on end runs were instrumental in gainwas again jammed with loyal Vampire fans. ing the victory. Al though matched against a Very much the underdog. Roads entered the nrnch heavier team. the college line proved itself field condemned to a season of mediocrity. But I he better of the two. from the opening gun they took command, The second game, against Vampires, marked driving back everrching the Vampires could the first time in three years that Royal Roads offer. piling up the yards and the points. Gradu had ever been defeated an league play. Fumbles, ~II)', spectacularly, the twelve-point lead was and a general lack of coord1nation, coupled approached until. with three minutes remaining with an excellent Vampire passing attack Ro)'al Roads surged into the lead by three accounted for the defeat. The backfield seemed points. The crowd was silent, almost stunned. least affected by apathy, bur the Royal Roads The Vampires then gained possession, and after tight of former days was gone Score for the a series of end runs. completed a pass into the game was Vampires 6. Royal Roads 5. Royal Roads end zone to take the lead. the This listless attitude seemed to be c.1rried into game. and the championship. Rayment, the the next game with Navy The sailors fielded team captain, then took the ball on the last a much improved squad and were full measure play of the game and proceeded to plough over, for their batd-fought win. Only rarely could around and through the entire Vampire team flashes of the brilliance of two undefc,1ted seauntil halted by sheer weight of numbers only 50ns be noticed. ten yards from paydin. The season was over. The loss of this game left Royal Roads and H.M.C.S "'Nadcn"' deadlocked for the seconn Although they Jost the series. the cadets wer~ and final playoff position With one game left not completely downhearted for the long-lost 1n league play, the boys 10 blue were obliged team spirit had returned for the final game

d p

:r p II

lid

THE LOG-1953

Rayment, Ink Oaks. Price and Manson of the backfidd earned much of the load . but the line, sparked by Devine, Wark and Jardine, could not be sold short. There was little doubt tbar. had the league remained of age-limit calibre. Royal Roads could have continued as city .hampions. One can not discount the value of the Vampires who were alwars best when th? :hips were down. During the season the team v1s1ted Vancouver co play the Vancouver Meralomas. As in

other rears, the islanders proved they could fare favourably with the better Junior teams of the West. A very hard fought game ensued and chc score of 15-11 clearly showed the de gree to which the teams were matched. The season I 9 5 2 was not a loss as far as football was concerned. The quality of and inceresc in football in Victona bas improved immeasurably. And for the Juniors who remain. one can but say. "Let's show 'em next year "

'.\JE:\IBERS OF CA~AOIA~ FOOTBALL T EA,J

Simpkin McNamee Robertson Standen Wark Wilbur Smith. D.A.P. Hagerman Murphy

Smith. G 1\ Jardine Gallinger Oaks Rich Gunter Devine Gray. D. M. Plummer

Garrard Jobnston.W.H Ink Price White Hardwick Freeman Manson Johnston.W.D.

Douglas Bailey Morewood Pearce Wallace Rayment Beare Folkins Gray. R. A

TUE a E PR ESE:NTATJ\'E SIIOOTII\G TEA'.\1 After three disappointing years of coaching opportunity to win. for the Sergeant and unsuccessful teams. Sergeant Brien must have Captain Tremblay. who had devoted so much started the l 952-51 season with a new sort of time to our training. determination Practice. pracricc and more 1 he first two practices on the unfamiliar praclJCe were the keywords in the new program. R.M.C. home range were unbelievable as we as the team took shape. Gradually the scores scored 493 and 49 I. When chis news had mounted until the once-rare 99 became commonleaked out. the odds began to shift. place. I suppose no one will ever forget the first Saturday morning. the two teams met. As lime we ha the almost unbelievable total of 490 the first relays were completed. we heard the out of 500 Sergeant leave cbe firing point and say. "[ need Suddenly. lhe tournament was upon us. To another 99." Lew got him his 99 and we cook those who had competed last year 1t was a the championship by a record-breaking score of 494 co 481. chance to win revenge for our narrow defeat. With the season over. one can but look back To the Juniors. it was a chance to prove themto those enjoyable days when Captain Trem selves against the stiffest of competition: for blay. Sgt. Brien, West. Pullen. Pearce. Rea. R.M.C. bad captured every major competition Wigmore. Smith. Kingham and Shook formed in Eastern Canada To all it represented a last the first victonous College Rifle Team.

THE l i\"\'JTATIO'lf CROSS-COU~TRY rn the well -balanced team entered by Victoria High which won the coveted Admiral Nelles Trophy. ending five years of cadet ownership. The teams' standings were computed on tbe performance of the first four runners to finish for each team The final score was·

\Vhen the inter-flight cross countr)' was over. :1 team was picked from the early fi~ishers_ to represent Royal Roads in the annual rnv1tat1on run They were Cadets Black. Haslett, Atwood, Round. Wade. Hardwick. Johnston \1 C and Rich. There were only two opposing teams this ,·ear, Mount View and Victoria High School In sp111• of the very wN roads. the winning 11mc of 21.14 5. made by t-.lurray of 1'vlount View. SN a course record, Training showed up

TEA~!

Victoria High Royal Roads Mount View

POSITIONS

2 6

3 4 5 9 11 12

I 18 19 20

POINTS

14 38 58

DF.B.

TIIE LOG

-1953

THE REPRESE:\TATr\ This year, after a prolonged absence. soccer was reorganized as a rcprcsentarive sport under Professor Dutton and Lieutenant de Rosenroll. The team consisted in the main of cadets, with several members of die staff aiding until the team found irs feet and gained experience. Great enthusiasm was developed and a solid foundauon was laid for a vastly improved team next year We were entered in a Services league composed of teams from H.;'\I.C.S. "Naden". the R.C.A.F. Base at Sea Island and the R.C.A. from Gordon Head Unfortunately . the last ream w,,s forced co withdraw before the season actually started We d,d, however. have time to play them in a practice game. which we won 2-0. The next reams we met were more experienced The Air Force beat us 3-1 and Navy pm on a brilliant display in defeating us I 0-1. Still. our spirit held up. and we were able to stage a comeback 111 the laner portion of the

E SOC(;ER TE.\ ,1 r,amc Return games were played at Nadcn and Sea Island but I don't think any of u5 have forgotten the wonderful dinner that 1nsp1rctl us to our greatest v,ctory-in Chilli • wack when we beat the Engineer~ 6-2. Other scores were. Royal Roads O Nadcn Supply ~ 2 RCSME 2 6 R.C.S.M E 2 3 Nadcn Supply 0 0 Naden 3 I Army Vets 3 I R.C.A.F. 3 In the backfield were Till in goal and Coburn. Smart and Graham as fullbacks. The ha lf line. aided by Lieut. de Rosenroll. proved very form idable and consisted of Howsam, Laidlaw, Lessard and Henning. The forwards were Sgt Brien and Cadets E. A Brown, Gun ning. Swayne. Upton and Urse! A very capable nucleus remains and the team shows promise for 1953.

REPRESENTATIYE It took the blue machine some time to hit its stride. because Lt Bates was carrying about fou r extra players. After the final cut the lines were juggled consistent!)' unti l the winning combinations were found Slowly the team began to raise ,rs average as it pruned Hself for its big test, the game at R.M.C. The score of the game was 64-62 in fa\·our of R . M .C . but it took a last minute drive by the Eastern team to decide it. Con-

BASI\.ETB.\LL gratulations. team, for a fine showing. As the chosen few who made the team formed a well-balanced unit IC was difficult to pick any individual stars. Players who deserve mention are Fr~eman, Plummer, Rayment and Douglas who seemed to steady the team down Jntl make it play 11s best ball. Most of the players were from the Junior Term and therefore we feel that next year the representative b,lSketball team should be even stronger.

Scores: Roxal Roads 62

97 71 66 105

40 79 47 36 67 20

R.M.C. 64 H.MC.S "Sioux" 9 Sr. George's School 35 St. Louis College 50 Army 43 McMorrans 50 Norma l School 65 Vic. High (tour.) 103 Vic College (tour.) 70 Navy f7 Supply School 68 A.N.AF. Vets 46

Name Freeman Rayment Plummer Beare Manson Oaks G rar Brown Douglas \Vadc White Hagerman Creelman

Games Pts. Av Game

11 8

8 11 10 9 8

10 10 9 10 8 10

109 69 61 83 73 59 53 52 38 H 36 26 29

99 86 76 75 7.3 6.6 6.6 5.2 3.8 38 36 3.3 2.9

REGATTA After a lapse of a few )'ears thr Regatt,,, and Champl.1in won the whaler pulling. The directed by Lieutenant - Commander Morrow, highlight of the affair was the JOUSting which was again held. First place was won by Hudson ended up m a tic bet ween "Adonis" Rich and Flight. with Fraser, La Salle, Mackenzie, Cham"New fie·' ( Hard head) Jardine representing plain and Cartier following in char order. The Hudson and La Salle f.lights respectively spirit shown was high l'he staff found the cadets in too good shape, Hudson Flight won the cutter sailing and as they normally do. and therefore could not cuner pullin g: La Salle won the war canoe keep up in the whaler pulling race. Congraturace; Fraser was victorious in the dinghy sailing lations to Senior Cadet Van Sickle and his crew.

THE LOG

I 9 53

I~TER-FLIGUT CROSS-COU~TRY Afler all cJdets had had a few practice lours the seemingly endless stretch through lhc trees \V11h great relief. the runners came to pavement o( the infamous Royal Roads' cross country ~gain and fairh· flew down the hill. finishing course. the stage wa, sec for the inter-flight Jt the football field, four miles from the start meet On \Vednesday, November 19, all but As each runner came in. his numerical posithe cripples gathered in front of the castle to tion was credited 10 his flight and when fifteen begin another gruelling dash On the slarting gun fared by the Cornman runners for each flight had finished, the flights' danl. one hundred and eighteen rushing bodies 1otals were added up. Hudson. the (light with choked the Circle Soon they spread out and 1he smallest total. won. The others were, in each steeled himself for the ordeal Down the order .\lackenz1c. Fraser, Champlain. LaSalle. ;iavcmem and out across the muddy flals they ran: then up the steep, slippery hill and along C..arti\?r.

J",TER-FLICHT SOCCER best. but the spirit was excellent as the cadets won 4-1 against a team who were obviousl y badly out of shape. but a team which tried hard We say "Better luck next time." Inter-Flight standings: 1. La Salle. 2. Cartier. 1. Fraser 4 Mackenzie 5 Champlain. 6. Hudson.

As in every year the most inter-flight spirit was found on the soccer pitch. No one team outclassed any other and the competition was very close. The team which came out of the mclce on top was La Salle The winner wa~ f\0t decided until the last day of play, with Cartier and Mackenzie tied for second and i\1acken11c Champlain and Hudson in that order The highlight of the soccer year was the Cadet-Staff game The soccer w,1s far from the

f:"ITEH-FLIGHT YOLLE) BALL ( or second place were I.a Salle and Champlain flights The ocher three flights played inspired ball. but were jusr not abk to garner the necessary wins Standings I. Macken7ie (undefeated). 2 La Salle I T 3. Champlain ( te. 4 Hudson 5. Fraser 6. Cartier

Volleyball 1s a game which looks relatively cas}' when one 1s watching but actually takes skill When two flights get on the floor the gJme is not the most skilful. but what is not there in skill 1s surely there in spam and detcrminat1on to win 1 ht> year the spoils were taken by Macken;i;i, n 1gh1 which had the maJ0rtl y of the rep. team in their flight This. howe,•er. did not make the games too one sided, even though the big team from Two Squadron was undefeated. Tied

HOXl"IG t\s usual on our rclllrn from Christmas. we were given a pair of gloves and told 10 demon· strate our boxing prowess. This. like all other sports, was compulsory, compulsory that 1s to 111 1hosc who were able 10 walk or who stili bad their own teeth Some excellent bouts took pl,1cc. The spectators witnessed c,·crything from the cleanest •·cutest'' bouts to mighty slu~-fcsts The champions in e.ich weight were I IG!ITWI JC,HT- J , C Freeman defeated S C \' Jn Sickle.

WH n

RWI ICHT

.J C Wi lbur defeated J C

Barbeau MIDDLF\\'UC,HT• .J C Manson defeated S C Johnson. W. H l.JGl-ll -1 IF,WY -J C McNamee defeated J C Johnson, M C H[ AV\'- S C Raymcnt defeated J C Gray

RA The winnrr of the outstanding boxing award was Senior Cadet Rayment Congratulations. Ross We should like 10 extend our thanks to Lhc offioals who helped make the fina ls such a success.

THE LOG

-1953

''HOCKEY •53 ·• On January 28. the unfortunately shore but exciting hockey season started Unlike last year. we played only once a week. every \Vedncsday morning for the first six or seven weeks of the term Classes starred at 7 · 30 so that we could be finished early enough 10 be ready to lcav~ for the arena in Victoria at 11 : ,0 Each day there would be three forty-five minute games with the losing team of the last game being given the unwelcome task of cleaning the 1cc. All the games were played with vigour and rhe competition was keen With such a short schedule a 101 depended on each game Even with this tension the games had their amusing moments. When such stars as Fletcher, Olson ,rnd Smart took the 1cc all emphasis was taken off hockey and the struggle co maintain one's equilibrium began Even though these players were handicapped by their lack of ability. there certainly was no lack of enthusiasm and spirit. The pre-season favourite. Champlain Flight, possessed a powerful first line. but as the season progressed it was seen that the team with the mosc efficient third and fourth lines scored the most goals. le was Hudson Flight that was

I NTEH-FUGJIT The Royal Roads swimming and diving meet moved from Naden Pool to the large pool of C rystal Gardens. The difference was very noticeable. A few of us who can hardly stay afloat barely splashed our way from one end LO the other of the fifty-yard pool. After much yelling and laughing. F raser Flight were declared winners. An added attraction was a race between Sgt. Brien and C.P.O. Seeley. The beefier chief emerged victorious. but the sergeant made a fight of it all the way. The crowd held its breath for an instant as

fortunate enough LO be blessed w11h such a well-balanced team Usually it was Hudson's fourth line chat saved the day This well-organized team emerged on top of the league boasting an unbeaten record Champlain almost liveJ up to tbc1r pre-season predictions by losing but one game and coming second. only one point behind the paccmaking Hudson. La Salle lost their first two games bur finished very strong! y with three wins to take lhird place. Mackenzie and Fraser finished fourth and fifth respectively rn<l poor old Cartier. without a win or tie, cam~ !asL. A special note of praise should be given 10 till' goaltenders. many of whom had never be fore don ne<l tbc pads and who put forth a remarkable effort How They Stood. Won Lost Tied Points Hudson 4 0 I 14 Champlain 4 I 0 13 LaSalle 3 2 0 II Mackenzie I 2 2 9 Y:raser I 3 I 8 Cartier 0 5 0 5

swnr

'IEET

the "Houdini" act which Chief Seeley put on went amuck. He could not find the hole in the bag in which he was tied. C.P.O. Brian reached into the water and pulled up the red-faced old clown JUSt in time. Standing: I. Fraser. 2. Mackenzie. 3. La Salle. 4. Champlain. 5. Cartier 6 Hudson.

THE CANA.DI ·\ N SERVICES COLLEGES TOURNAME~T The annual tournament between Royal Roads and R.M.C. got back 10to its old rut once more as the team represcnnng R.M.C. again won the Claxton Cup. The score of four events m one. however. does not indicate in the least how well contested the tourney was. Each event could have gone either way, and had Lady Luck smiled on the boys in blue. the Royal Roads team might again be the victors. At 1400 on Friday, February 20, the tournament began 10 the R.M.C. gym. The two basketball teams drove very hard with each man tr ying to give his team the lead. R.M C. started off quickly and held a commanding eight-point lead at one t ime. During the first half Royal

Roads seemed qu ire disorganized and was some time getting started. but when they did start they put on a commendable performance The game ended at 64-62 in favour of R.M.C. with rhe winnmg basket being scored in the last minute of play. Outstanding for Royal Roads were Douglas i.nd Freeman Freeman was cop scorer with 22 points and Douglas kept the team settled down excellently. One cannot forget the rest of the team, everyone gave his all. Later the R.M C gym was packed as the eastern team cook a 2-0 lead in games by winning the volleyball The scores were 2-15 . , 5-11. 15-8. In the first game Royal Roads

THE LOG-1953

,ould do nothing wrong and won 15-2: it was :tot until midway through the second game that R.M.C. started to roll and went on to cake the next two games. The highlight of the tournament from the standpoint of the Royal Roads team came .:t 0830 on Saturday morning. Eight sharpshooters from each college assembled at the R.M.C. range. By IO 30 Royal Roads had won with a score of 494 to 481 out of a possible 500. This, a new record. is one which will probably stand for years to come Congratulations to Sgt. Brien and his shooters At I 030 at the R . M.C. pool the two swim teams readied themselves for the swim meet. The first event, the medley relay. was won by Royal Roads with Brown Smith C.J.M. and Smart swimming in 41 2 seconds. R.M.C. gained its firsr point in the next race as Cadet Morrison, the best swimmer seen in the tournament for many a year, bested R.R 's Cadet Slee 1n the 100 yard free style. His time was 58.9 seconds. The Diving competition was quite spectacular. The Royal Roads divers. Johnson and Hardwick, did very well. considering that they had :o practise in the gym because of the lack of diving facilities. R.M.C. won. but Cadet Johnson was the best diver, gaining 209 points Then the swimmers took over Morrison again showed his great form to win the 50 yard free style in record time. Cadet Smart gave a boost co the hopes of Royal Roads as he smashed the 50 yd. breast stroke record by 3 seconds to win :n 31 6 seconds. Cadet Brown swam a good race in the 50 yard back stroke, but getting tangled up in the lane rope. lost much ground. The highlight of the meet and the deciding event was the I 00 yard free style. Cadets Slee. Smith. Upton and Raymcnt swam for Royal Roads. When the last man dove into the pool.

Royal Roads was ahead. but Mornson again was too much to compete against and R.:\I C. had won their third event. At 1500 in R.i\.1 C 's old gym the boxing competition began with Cadets Monroe and Freeman of R.M.C and Royal Roads rcspect1vely. baulmg it out Monroe was declare~ t~e winner on the strength of an unfortunate incident in the third round. Freeman ·s speed and aggressiveness contributed much towards making this an excellent fight. In the welterweight <livision. Cadet Warren of R.\l.C. had just too much for the tough little boxer from Royal Roads. Cadet Wilbur. In the middleweight division. Scttcn, by far R.M.C.'s best boxer, had !-'1s hands full when he fought Manson of Royal Roads and won by a close decision. Royal Roads' first victory came when Cadet McNamcc pounded out a close decision over Cadet Hindmarch of R.M.C. The best bout of the card was in the heavyweight class in which Cadet Rayment of Royal Roads and Cadet ~herlock were the opponents. Rayment was the aggressor all the way but, although Sherlock showed excellent boxing talent when things got rough, it was not enough to stand up against Rayment's indomitable will to win. The tournament as a whole was a rousing success. Spirit on both teams was high but friendly. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the feeling between the Cadets of the colleges 1s becoming better and better as these tournaments progress. The competition was close and the standard of athletics was higher than ever before. Although the Royal Roads team lost. they deserve a tremendous amount of credit for the spirtt and good sportsmanship shown at R.M.C. All we can..say is "Let's have the Trophy back next year.

CONGRATULATIONS to the 1953 CLASSES From

:MJLES-PETH~RD UNIVERSAL TRAVEL BUREAU Consultonts for Al l Your Travel by AIR - BUS - SHI P - RAIL Itineraries Plonn~d -Hotels, Resorts.

Personal ond Boggoge Insurance Effected.

Trovelcrs' Cheques ond M°"•Y Orders Suppl,cd. SEE US FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL PROBLEMS

Phone B-2822

855 Douglos Street, Victoria

·1 II E I O G -- I

10-l

'i l

FLIGHT COLUMN f

\ H'n ER t-LJGIIT

Car1ier l ligh1 ha, never b,·cn famed for its .uhlctK .1d11,vcm.::nh This FJr. from all outward appc,uances. the cadw: of 1he flight wcr.:: determined not 10 ,ct a preccndenl. Cartier, unfor1un.11dy, fin1sh,·d on th,· ho11om of the sports hc,1p. The Seniors of thi." flight hoped thJt lhctr sh.u.:: of the new term would b,• experts in ,111 ,ports. Thi, however, was wi,hful thinking. ,\ly comn1<·nt on the situation is that if we all have abi lity compa1,1ble 10 the sp1rit and drive exhibited in the Right we would all be pros• pc,rin· Olvmpic ch.1mpiom. In the ,occcr sca,on, some though1 1ha1 the h lack cloud had cleared and the light was ~hm 1ng at List After nuny clos,· hard-fought );Jmes. we just missed I he first ,pot and h,1d to be satisfied with a 11,· for second The 1abloid sport, meet gan- us our first look .11 rhe bo11om rung. Even though some of our boys were up wt1h tlw best, with the rest of u, competing .1lso, the sc.1ks were he.wily weighted. The r,-g,1tra was next. ,\, seamen. I'm ,1fr,1id we were m1srr.1ble fa1 lun·s. Our highest .1ccomplishmcnt w,1, ,1 wcond in whakr sailing, but you c.in't win ag.1mst stiff mmpetit1on and sailors \\' ith ind1v1du,1hst1c tendencies. ( i,e , those who sat! around courw the wrong w,1y}. In the cross-countr)' an d the swimming g.i la we were .1g.iin on t lw bottom looking up. It was the s.rnw story 0f lhe weighted scaks. Some oi our repr,,cntalive~ did excccdrngly well. In b,1sl,.c1ball things beg,rn 10 look up. Amazing!)' enough w,· won sonw of the g.1mcs.

,\, good ,lS the best. the games lost were lm t bv narrow margins \\',• finished m 1h1rd place ,\fter Christmas things started off with J IJ.\ng- -boxmg. Luck came through with .1 mis dc,11 1 hn·c of our d1.ips qualified for semi• lina ls, but unfortunatr injuries ncccrntatcd 1hc withdraw.ii of 1wo. Th,· third, IH)we,·cr. went on 10 win dcc1sivcly tlw heavy wright d1vi,1on Hockey w,1s indic,Hiw of how enthusiasm ,·xcccded ,1b1lny in the fligh t There w,1s 1crrific drive. mam· l.1ughs and no wins \'olkyball the last sport tn the inter-flight scri,s was .1 d1sappotntment. The ream mis,ed those on 1lw tournamcn1 teams. ' I he remainder h,1d consider,1blc abil it\', bu l lacked the linc.\Sc 1hat wtns g,,mcs. 1\thlct11: ac11nt1cs ,1ho rnclu<kd wrestling ,ind weight traintng In both event, we went the whole sc,1mn without ,1 loss. On the p.1rade squ.uc the f1igh1 bad a high 1andard to m.11ntarn tor Cartier won the drill comp<t1t1on l..st year ,\s in ,ports, the Right gaw Its all but sever.JI off days put us down. J'broughout the yc.u we had ,1ssorted leaders. v,1ry1ng from J famous silhoueu,· to a voice whos~ ongtnator could not be seen. The,· did their bcsl 10 keep flight spirit 111gb and our coll.us straight. In conclu,ion, I wish the flight and i1s new S,·niors the h,st of luck 111 the coming )'ear ,\\.Jy the flight be as closely knn ,ls this year, .ind more successful in 11s cnde.wours.

I I

' I

f! :\RWOOD.

Flt \'.',ER FLl(, IIT t\l though the dc,·p-rootccl rraser !'light traditions of spinl ,ind cnthu,i.1sm made lhem• sdns manifrst throughout the r,·.H, th,· Flight seemed un,1ble to frnd a formul.J ,·1tal to produong sut fioent v1c1oncs to put us on tvp ol t he spons rnmpcu1ion. In Soc"·r. though ,w <lid nol wrn all our g.1mes we managed to come out on top in several with the able .iss1stancc ol "Big John" Coburn, powerful 1,.icking and the bnlh,rnt footwork of Dick Ursel, Stubbings ,in<i Laidlaw. As the t1m,c for the annu,1I C.ross-Coun1n.1pproaclml. rrcd g1,1cl,. loomed up as pot,·nti:il wrnning material .1nd succcl'dcd in pull m g Fr,1scr m-.ir the top by coming in firsl in the gruelling event A fairly ,ubs1anual fund of sailing lore wa, brought to light 111 Fraser Hight during the lnter-f:light Rega1 1a Dick Wilson's undisputed skill in hand ling J dinghy coupled with

(.,ordi~ ~m11h's cap,1hd 11ics as coxswain of t h~ whaler crew put Fr,1scr dose 10 first position 1n pornl\: but victon· was \'irtu.1lly knocl,.cd I rom unda us. along with Orn B.,iky's fret. during the strenuous Jousting combat' I lowcwr. while the Hight showed talent on 1he water, we were th.11 much b\'lter 1n it JS ,een by thi." swimmrnr;, meet at Cq·,1al Gard~n~ S1urkcd un bv the r<>waful Bamuda team ol Oms S11111h ,rnd "1n Smart, ,,long with 1hc superb d1vmg of Bill Johns1on. l"r.1scr won the meet hands down In Ba~kctball althou;:h most of us were ,1r.ingcrs to the game the eagle eye of Jim S1,inden ,rnd t he unc,1nny aim o l Ard1ic l,rown did much I<' keep us 1n th ,· running. ,\, the sc.1son proi;iresscd we s.1w the dcwlopmcnt of ,1 potcn11.1I 'Globe I ,oner· .ind Tlukc" .Jopling st.1r1cd 10 die[.. with his "oif :inglc" shots, What we I.Jckc<l 1n skill w,1s compcns.11cd

I I

....

105

THE LOG-1953 for bv the fortitude shown by all during the boxin.g. The laurels went to Bill Johnston and Murray Johnston. who slugged their way up into the finals to give a welcome boost to the Flight's standing. Next came Hocker. where plenty of laughs were provided. along with some excellent playing bv Bill Josling. Jim Standen Dick Um!. Stubbings and Simpson 1 he B.C. All Stars showed hidden talent. too. especially Hetcher with h,s amazing ability to take part in all the plays from a horizontal posnion on the ice:

To the great delight of Cadet Flight Leader Bailey. Fraser Flight has shown ample compctancc on the parade square w,ch a good lead in the \Visrncr Cup competiuon to prove it' As the end of the yeJr draws near. the members of Prascr Flight can look back and know they have formed part of a grc.it fighting team and to next }'car's Seniors. we that arc leaving. wish the bcsl of luck. Keep up the good work: we know you can do 11. R. J KHLY

CHA'1PL.U 1' FLIGHT Fourteen Juniors and eleven Seniors were sclecred last fall to form the privileged organization known as Champlain Flight The chief pnvikgc cnJoycd by the twenty-five consisted in being able to stand direct! y before the dias and the multiferous stares during morning \J/ing Parade 1 his obvious opportunity to show off proved somewhat less than a blessing as manifested by our abysmal showing in Wisener Cup Competiuon In the realm of sports we have managed to fare a little better The tabloid sports meet was first: through our combined efforts we managed to eke out a respectable third place In the regatta. we salvaged one win, twenty points and a trophy l he rrophy for our stellar whaler crew in finishing fifth The cross-country would have been equally embarrassing had it not been for the efforts of Art Wade who cam~ second Soccer was llllk better. for the team sceme.J unable to get started Gerry Van Sickle. Andre Rinfret. Rick Boll1. Bob Smith and Smiley Buchan ( when we had him ) were especially outstanding The dog days ended. however. with soccer and the flight that had compiled a record of one third, two fourths and a fifth came back to score heavily ,n the basketball as we took

second place. Hughie Garrard. Bob Wark, Paul ~lanson. Andre Rinfret and Jack Fournier were the main reasons for our success. Sparked by fin.,hsts Ray Gray. Ray Barbeau and Gerry Van Sickle. and middleweight champion. Paul Manson, we won the boxing. 'v.'e finished an extremely close second in volleyball. as we did in hock,·y when Paul Manson and Hughie Garrard bolstered our first line. with able assistance from Paul Moody. Jim Priebe and Ralph Gallinger. The hard driving third line owed much of its success to "Tex" Hunt. Fred Gunter and Jerry Murphy. No one will C\'Cr forget the fourth line-as they tried valiantly The 'B.C. All-Stars" possessed such stalwarts as Gord Bale, Chuck Olson and " Pat" Tisdal!. Despite the efforts of Dave Younger. Paul Moody and Rick Belli. swimming was a return to our first term standard (Pete Baker could have changed things if he hadn't had that sore car.) With "Dead-Eye" Lew \Vest coaching th, shooting learn we should do well enough to finish second m Inter Flight Sports. As for next year we who graduate know we couldn't be leaving the traditions of Champlain Flight in the hands of a finer bunch of fellows C A

SHOOK.

:'IIACKENZIE FLIGHT 7 he · Big Bl uc Machine" of 19 51 smashed tts way to the sports trophy with astounding agility. Although many heroic big wheels were playing football. our soccer team. led by Howsam, Till and Lessard, did well enough The flight flew ,n the Cro~s-country as even Big George and Calgary Hank manage~ to. drag their posteriors noblv across the finish lrne.. Our natural born boy seaman came close m the sailing derby although several of our noble lJgooners were discovered going the ~vrong way. Basketball wound up th, pre-Christ mas race \\'ith the Rep. team opcr.1ting for us we bagged a ckan sweep- five games 10 zero.

In boxing. Bcanery Bo}•s. r:rceman and McNamce, showed cxcept,onal ferocity while chopping down all comers. Most hilarious was the sight of the heavier water buffaloes gasping and wheezing 111 the third round Volleyball provided another clean sweep as our driving big wheels and deadly hub caps bested the opposition I 0-0. Mackenzie Flight staged a stupendous drive in hockey. Our last year's record was liquidated as the team scored the odd goal 10 win one game and tic two. The brilliant play of the all-star line saved the day many a time with Grun well and Atwood showing remarkable talent. Although the team

THE L OG-1951

106 s,·cmcd to be off its sk,11cs mon· than on tlll·m. big Irish ()'Lessard .ind Hows,101 led the team to fourth pl.ue. . The shooting results arc not yet in but we ,.1n afford 10 score bo,,-all and still win the

Inter-Flight Challenge Shidd. Champagne-a to.1st to the flight-to its magnificent drive and keen approach'

S M. M/\THESON.

lll'l)~O:\ n .HatT As far as sports an· (Oncerned, Hudson flight had a fairly good record -1h.1t is. comp,ucd with last yrar. The flight cstabhslwd a pattern for imlf during the soccer SC,l\On. Sp.irked by such super-stars .1s "Legs" Rc,1. "Feet'· Gunnin!it and "Toenails" Carson. we were unbeatable al times. As far as the other occasions an? concerned. the less said the better. In the Cross-Country Race and the RcR,llla. w.: reaclwd our high points for the athktic year, standing first in both. Rea. GunninR, Rich. Jck yll, Hardwick and Round were out• standing in the Cross-Country whik Price came up with one of his usu.ii steady run;. We had better not tkscribc the Rq~atta in dct,1il for fear of hurting th,· fedings of some of the less nautical flights. Before Christmas. we also played. if you'll pardon th, expression, basketball. The post holiday term was one of gloom. Despite the l'fforts of Detwiler. Sinnett. Robenson and Bc.u.: we scored an almost unbroken series of moral \'tcton,·s in vollcvball. In the swim m,l't we hit an all-time ·low and our

La Salk!

boxing record was li11lc bc1tcr. In hockey. Canada's Nation,11 Sport. howcwr, we tool<. the laurds. patriotic as we a re. \\'c had a \'fr)' wcll-b.1lanccd team, with such s1,1lwarts as Rud, Rea, Girling, Hardwick. Pmrier and Johnson sprinkled (not salted) on crnr various lines. and reliable "Turk" Beare b.1eking us up in goal In shooting. our reputation was maintained. especially by Rea and Pullen who made the rep. team. As for the Wisener Cup~wc were in the running all the wav. but were nosed out in the final term. Despite the fact that we ~t no records either on the pl.lying field or on the square, we had !tits of spirir. as usu,11. Such things as flight p.Htics and our beautiful friendship with our buddies in I ,1 Salle will always be remembered. hnally. the graduating members of the flight congratulate the new Seniors: Arch. Ken. Bill, llugh. Robin, Bud. Jack. the two Bobs. the two Frank\ ,10d the three Charlics. and wish them all the best for next year. J.B. ELSON.

LA ~,\LLE RIGHT wae completely outcl,1sscd by the other flights. After Christmas L..1 Salle went on the win tr.iii again. Thanks to skilful performances nf Smith. Hook, Hagerman, Cheevers and g,·thcl we were able to take second place in volleyball. In the mc,rntime "Kid" Wilbu r was pund1ing his wa)' to the wdterwcight championship of the College. In hockey I.a Salle rcall v shone. With "Turk.. Sm'nh guarding the nets and with ''Logger Jack" Swayne and "Ncwfic" Jardine providing the scoring punch. we placed third in this competition. \\'hen thl' Seniors lca\'e this year for a new college. I am sure we shall al ways remember good old I.a Salle. Periodically. small groups of us will gather together to talk over the flight parties we used to have and to ponder about how La Salle is doing now. No doubt the flight will be going well: for we arc leaving behind a great group of fellows who. I am sure, will easily better this year's record. So to all the "new" Seniors may we. the "old" Seniors. wi,h you lots of luck for the forthcoming yc.ir. V. F. MACDONALD.

The moment the name of this famous flight is mentioned a sudden hush descends over the immediate surroundings T he sam,· question is on everybody's lips"What haw they done now?" Yes, I don't think there is a flight in the wing that has more colour on or off the parade square. All this is due 10 the willingness of each member of the flight "to do or die'' for old La Salle. From the start of the year the other flights knew that we were the ones to reckon with. First of all we walked away with the track meet and then srns.11ional performances by I ..1w, Hcnntng, Sw.1ync. Wigmorc. Bethd, Shancora. :\1cKinnon, Wilson. Langill and Townsend gained us first place in soccer. The swimming team sparked by Slee. Brown. Bethel and Polkins brought us a second place while in the meantime our regatta team had proved somewhat less spcctacul,u winding up in fourth place. Stellar performances by ''Run a little, walk a little" Swa)·nc and ''P.iunchy" I.aw were not sufficient to win the inter-flight cross country. Hagerman, Hlo hovsky, Hook and Stewart played well for the basketball team. but we

108

T II E

L OG-1951

EDITOR"S NOTE

HE Ex-Cadet Section bas received generous support from all quarters this year There was no scarcity of m,Herial; the problem has been to fit it all into the availab le space. \Ve thank Jll those who helped to create this happy situation-espcciall>· Vice-Admiral H. T W Grant. C B.E, D S.O.. C.D., whose article about Roy,1I Roads' ancestor. the Royal N,wal College of Canada. is most interesting, especiall}' with Hs contrast and resemblance to the present College, Our special than ks also go to Professor C. Cook. who donated so much time to this ~cct ion of THl' LOG, and particula rl}' to the ex-staff news. The latter sccuon is new this

)'Car and we hope it will become a permanent feature The system JOlliatcd last year by \V. Tetley whereby representatives of each class send in their news has been extremely successful this year with eight out of ten classes heard from l he class representative's name 1s at the end of each article. However. we have taken t h,· libert}' of add ing extra information from other sources as well as of condensing some arucles. It might be added that some of the class representatives say nothJOg about themselves. We hope this situation will be remedied befor~ next March. Thank you.

DEATHS OF EX-CADETS No. 18 [ IFL'H'sA"T JOHN SYDNEY MURPHY,

R.C.N l. ieur. Murphy received his early education in Ladner. B.C He gradua ted from Royal Roads in 1943, During the war he served in ~hips of the R.N. and R.C.N. After the WM, he JOtned the Fleet Air Arm and obtained his WJOgs. He was serving in H.lvl C.S. MAGNIFlc F"T until h is death in 195 2 Our sincerest sympathy goes out to his mother and father, No. 25 L!H T[NA:-IT W1LUA:,,1 JOHN SPFNCER. R.C.N. Lieut. Spencer was born JO Seaforth, Ontario in 19 24 He graduated from Trenton High School in 194 J , he attended the Unt versity of Toronto studying Mechanical Engineering 1941-42, He graduated from the Royal Canadian Naval College in l 94 3. During the war he served in Battleships H.M.S. Ki ng George V and Howe, and m the Destroyer Relentless. He saw Naval action in the Pacific theatre After the war he was sta tioned in England for Fl}'ing Instruction and obta ined his wings in February, 1947. ln November, 1947 he returned to Canada and served in the East until his most unfortunate crash on 24 Apri l. I 952. Deepest sympathy is extended to his widow ,111d two sons.

No. 2996 LII-UTE;,.,A'iT ARTllLR GRAHA:',I H ERM,\N,

B.A.

Lieut. Herman was born at Moncton, N B. JO 19 28 He was the only son of Rev. and Mrs Herman He attended the Canadian Ser vices College at Royal Roads m 1948 49 He then attended Acadia Universit}' and graduated with BA. degree in 1950 Dunng his public, h igh school and college courses he was a member of the Cadet Corps. a service unit I n July. 1950, he went rn Camp Borden. was commissioned and served on the staff He served in Korea wtth the Royal Twenty second Regiment as a platoon commander. Lieut Ramsay Withers wrote from the field in Korea on 19 August. 1952 'To-day w~ were being shel led as usua l. Art noticed that five of his men were bu nched together in .i trench. as usual. Art thought of his men first and bu rned to tell them co spread out No sooner dtd he arrive, than a 122 mm shell landed right amongst them, Art was one of the four ki lled "So the first member of our class has paid the supreme sacrifice. He gave his ltfe thinktng about the safety of others. It is a n example we rnust a ll heed "

L S L Rayment. "Sir. what are you gotng to do when half the term fai ls'" Prof Burchill (condesccndtngly) : "That's just one of the little disappointments 1n a teacher's life.''

THE LOG-1953

109

FORMER CO:\ThlANDANTS Captain J M. GRANT. C.B.E.. RC.N. is now retired and living in Victoria Rear-Admiral W. B. CREERY. C.B.L. CD. R.C N. 1s Vice-Chief of Naval Slaff at Onawa Commodore H S RAYNER. D.S.C. and Bar, C.D RC N .. 1s Commanding Officer of H.M CS MAGNIFICENT." Group Captain J. B. MILLWARD. DFC.. M A.. is Officer Commanding. R.C.A F. Station. Trenton. Ontario.

EX-STAFF Cdr (S) J P. LOOSEMORE. Supply Officer from I 942 to I 944. resides in • Toronto where he is financial secretary for the U of T Athletic Association. Cdr K. KETCHUM is the headmaster of St Andrew's College, Aurora, Ont. Inst. Cdr G. L. AMYOT is D.O.S. at our sister college in Saint-Jean. Ll. Cdr. ( E) AITKENS 1s on the slaff of the Chief of Naval Personnel. Cdr. (EJ E N CLARKE has reccncly been appointed to command H M C.S. "FLAMBROUGH HEAD" as director of apprenucc lraining for the R.C.N. I t. Cdr JAMES R COUl Tl:.R. term hcUlcnanl here in '·H and again in '50. was recently appointed to the Slaff of lhc Directorale of \Veapons and Taclics. A Caplain R WEl LAND left the College in 19-18 lie commanded the "ATHABASKAN · in Korea. where he obtained a bar for his D.S C. After leading the official procession at the Coronation he will go to Ollawa as D1reclor of Naval Training Cdr F C. FREWER afler commanding HM C.S · MICMAC." was appointed Director of Weapons and Tactics at Ottawa. Cdr G H DAVIDSON left the College in I Q-1-f co command H M C.S. "GATIN1:AU .. Rcccnlly he moved from lhc Canadian Joint Staff l .ondon, to become Commander al 'NADEN" Lt Cdr D W GROOS going to Washington JS Ass1slanl Naval Attachc. commanded H .\I C.S CRL5CfN'I .. and "SIOUX." Ll Cdr J W \1AX\Vl:LL has been Depuly O1rcclor of Naval Pay Accounting for the last eighteen months. Awaiting his "cue" ro return to Royal Roads. Ll

Lt Cdr IS\ W. J. WOODLEY (Ret'dJ is the senior buyer for BC. Electric's purchasing department. Inst. Cdr. W. H. FOWLER is Assistant Director of Naval Training (Cadets). Lt ( P) BILL ATKINSON 1s lhe Com manding Officer of 881 Squadron R.C.N .. which he hopes to take to lhe Coronation Inst. Lt. J D. HARBRON. still in Victoria. has been doing free lance wriling for several leading publicalions. (Rev.) IVAN R. EDWARDS currenlly pushing a desk in lhc Chaplain of the Fieel $ Office at Oltawa. Lt. Cdr. CHADWICK last reported at N H.Q Oltawa. S L C C. MARGERISON. presently allending the RC.AF Staff College. is travelling from Fionda 10 Manitoba 1n the process. r L BILL DLANE claims lO be intimalcly anJ personally asquainlcd with all land marks. etc . wnhin "n .. miles radius of Summcrs1dc P.E. I. He has just finished writing his pro• motion exams. He adds lhat the weather there 1s much like lhal in Victoria. (What's he uying lo do, d1scour,1gc prospective navigalors') Lt ( M. Ad.) B CADDICK lcfl this spring ahcr being here since 1947 and witnessing the College's lransformation from a purely Naval instilution lo its present lri-Servicc form He is Jl ' NADEN" Ll Cdr (SJ A. CRAIG (Rct dJ 1s with TCA al Vancouver Airport and spends his week ends sk11ng on Mount Seymour with his family Le Cdr TO\l WALL was appointed to command H M C S. "N[\V LISKEARD" after leaving lhc College in 1950 and now goes to lhc R. N Staff course at Greenwich. 0

THE LOG-1953

II 0

G S. GRAHAM is professor of History at King's College, University of London, England. Any former srudcnrs can purchase a copy of the lectures rhcy received at R.R. in "E:.mpirc of the North Atlantic." Rev

ROGERS is a minister

St.

Catherine's and doing Reserve Trarning in the summers. W CR. T HAMILTON is Technical Officer at Chatham. having just left Edmonton where he was doing cold weather research. G C R. INGALLS has been appointed C.O of R.C.A F. Station. Winnipeg.

CLASS OF 1943 I. DON CHASSELS. Lt. R.C.N.-married and stationed in Ottawa at N.O.H.Q. 2. BART JACKSON. Civilian - presumably in business. living in Toronto and very much a family man. 3. BRlG KILPATRICK. Married. living in Saint John, N.B .. zone manager in New Brunswick for McColl-Frontenac Oil Co.. Ltd. 4. GEOFF HUGHSON: Married two children. living in Onawa and employed in Research at International Pulp~ Paper Ltd. 5. NORM MILLEN: l'vlarried. a family man. living in Toronto and believed to be advancing in business just as he regularly did on the rugger field. 6. A. B. GERMAN: Married. father of a son and two poodles. now serving as Gunnery Officer aboard H .M C.S. ··QUEBEC." 7. ALISTAIR McDONALD: Married. one child, Chartered Accountant with Price. Waterhouse. etc. in Vancouver. Undoubtedly .1 huge unregenerate success. 8. RON CARLYLE: Married and a father. living rn Sr Catherines. Ont , employed by Lever Bros.-Still very clean cur. 9. BOB COCKS: Married. with a family. living in Dartmouth. N.S .. when not at sea in H M.C.S. "MAGN[FICENT." I 0. DON HASSELFIELD: Has dropped from sight. Believed to be in Manitoba where he may or may not be associated with his father in the drug business. 11. HANS ARNSDORF: Senior Engineer Watchkeeper in H.M.C.S. "QUEBEC"recently married. 12. ANDY COLLIER: Recipient of well d~served D.S.C. for Korean service. Married, has two children. stationed at Stadacona N.D. School. I> BlLL HIGGINS: Another who has dropped from sight. Believed to be in Quebec City and doubtless prospering. 14 "HUNK· HADLAND; Completely swallowed up. Belie,·ed to be somewhere on the North West Fromier. but we- are probably wrong 1n assuming ,t's Uranium he is after I 5. J G. WATERS: New Naval Aide to the Governor General

16. SASH ANGUS: Managing a branch of the family firm in Nelson, B.C.-married. with a large family. 17. SAM McLAUGHLIN: Married, family, in business in Toronto. 18. HARRY WADE: Married. family. believed to be at H M.S. "VERNON" on T.A.S. course. l 9 J. J. McBRIEN: On loan to the U.S.N. and presumably doing valiant things over in Korea. St.ill the most eligible bachelor pilot we've got. 20. J. L. NICHOL: Married, familyliving in Vancouver and in business there. We believe legitimate business. 2 I DICK STIKEMAN: Married, living in Montreal. also in business 22. J. D. HUNTER: Last known to be in London. Ontario. 23. WILLY SPENSER. Killed in crash at Dartmouth Air Station in April. 1952. \Vidow and two children live in Trenton. 24. BUD WALSH: Married, family, believed to be working as an engineer for Dept. of Mines and Resources. Ottawa. 25. K. R. CROMBIE: Married. family living in Victoria. N.D. Officer in H.M.C.S. ··ALGONQUIN" 26. FRED DENNIS: Married. last reported to be at Queen's University. Kingston. 27 TED CLAYAROS. i\1arricd. family. T A.S. Officer. H.M.C.S. "NAOEN." 28. BILL RANKIN: Married, family. last reported to be with Royal Dutch Shell in Holland. 29. JAKE KILMER: Married, family. living and working in Toronto. 30. BRUCE TORRIE: Single - attached only to HM.CS. "SHEARWATER" in Dartmouth. 3 I. AL MILL13R. Married. family. Director of Maritime Warfare School in H.M.C.S. · STADACONA... 32. DOC MANNING: Married. stationed at DH Q., Ottawa. 3 3 W. C. McPHILLIPS· Unreported, but believed to be rn London. Ontario.

I l

THE LOG-1953

111

34. C. G. PRATT· 1\.larricd, family. Officer-in-Charge. N D. School Esquimalt. 35. RED SKELTON: Married family. in business in Monrreal. 36. J S. MURPHY: Killed in crash outside of Halifax harbour on April 17. 1952. 37 DON JONES ;\·tarried, family, serving aboard H.M C.S. "QUEBEC." 38 KNOBBY GRAV: Assistant training officer in H .M.C.S. "ONTARIO." 39. JACK GIBBS: Victoria. believed to be studying the manipulation of bones. human vanery 40. GEO. HOPKINS: Married. believed now to be serving in Halifax. 4 I. H. G WALLS: Recen ti y resigned from

the R.C N. Believed to be studying psychology. Living in Ottawa. 42. l\HKE CONSIDINE: Now Communications Officer HM.C.S "NADEN." 43. $PANKY McFARLANE: Believed married and in business in Toronto. 44. BOB CENNETT: Lost in action in 1944. 45. JT,v!MY BLEAU. Believed to be in Quebec City. 46. B. B, BOYLE. Married, wich S.N.A.D. \Vest Coast. 47. AL SHIMMIN: Recovering well from broken back suffered last July in flying 48. PETER MAY: Married. three children. Communications Officer in D.H.Q., Ottawa accident. Married. stationed at Shearwater.

CLASS OF 1945 Everything these days is accompanied by 1 collection of statistics. After eight years this i, the class standing: RC.N. 25 Married R C.N 19 Civilian 21 Married Civilian I0 Dead 2 Those in the R C.N. nor married appear co be· Carle, Bell-Irving. Cocks. Dickenson, Mackay and Jackson (Please placate your wife if she objects to my conclusions ) If you butter merchants in the navy won't mind. it will be easier co name those exceptional married civilians· Common. Cornell. Brander Phippen, Paterson. Dawson. Mather. Morris. Stone and White The last of us civilians should be through our education. at least the formal part. this year We agree - it's about time. Rog Morcis and myself will write our last bar exams this spnng I trust Buck Brander will be through his Pharmaq•. Dave Common is. however. determined to gain all records Last fall he started Medicine at the University of London hospi1als after finishing Divinity al L'nion Theological Seminary. New York As for children I wish my information wer~ better and that a box score were available to record 1his aging process Some off the cuff reckoning shows at least 22 kiddies. Graham Dawson wi1h three takes the loving cup for the moment. G~of Hilliard and Jim Paterson have two. An)'onc rise wanting to climb into rh1s charmed bracket should send in his claim. or sec me 1n business hours. l hear that Red \Vilkes. alwan noted for Im flag waving and patriotism. is scheduled_ to bring in a l1ttle trkc 11 a.m .. Coronauon

morning-no doubt with one of those delightful Coronation spoons in his mouth. Friend John Tucker. another loyalist. is also on the June list. Wally White was reputedly a father in January. The last rime Geof Hilliard was in Montreal he gave me a packet of news. Whale Island secs a lot of our term. After completing their "G," Carle and Wilkes arc on the staff while Birch. Jones and McMillin should be back in Canada by now. Sky McRuev is taking his "G" now. Dickie is an Aeronautical E.O. at Shearwater. Stan Mitchell is a Supply Officer in the "MAGNIFICENT... Mc Morris is in submarines in the U.K. Cocks and Jackson are in "HAIDA" and have been to Korea. Trev Roberts is Captain's Secretary at Shearwater. Truck is Supply Officer in "BEACON HILL." Jack Farquhar has finished an N.D. course and is rccurning to Canada as is George Withers from his T.A.S. course. Don Radford 1s on the West Coast in "ANTIGONISH" Derry Dawson also out wcs1 is an E.O B.I and Bonehead arc both ar "SHEARWATER" with Brian MacKay. Geof. 1t seems. frequently has Brian or B.L as his observer and navigator Andy McMillin and his wife have taken to breeding and raising pure bred canines. As for us civilians. Bill Tetley is a busy lawyer He 1old me that he kept rwo secretaries busy with thirty-seven letters one Saturday morning. I recently heard Pete Mackell on his feet m court. Anyone who reads the ·1 oronto papers might have noticed that a new skyscraper is being promoted br one R \V i\torris of the well-known law firm of Borden Elliott, etc Moon Mullan is sttll reputed to be leading the life of Riley m Sou1h America Dave Mather has been trans

a;q;

THE LOG-1953

112 fcrrcd back to Northern Ontario after a year 1n Wisconsin for bis paper firm Paul S.,mson is being g,vcn six months special training b)• G.I:. in Schenectady. In J,muaq• he broke his leg while skiing in Vermont. Al Suth~rland has tckvision and his old skill with a politic.ii paradox Frank Phippen narro\\ ly missed being a new star in our political firmament He declined to run for Social Credit in

the last B.C. elections. saying that he could not meet the party requirements as to singing and understanding the party philosophy The S.C. won the riding and so as sole government lawyer he could have ended up as Attorne)'Gcneral. Gilbert and Sullivan aren't the only source of good talcs As for the rest of us. some are better off srnglc. others chink noc. All arc busy. ED C0SI0RD.

CLASS OF 1946 Inquiries made around the world indicate quite clear!)' that the members of the Class of '46 are ( as c,,ch of them expected and predicted) rapid!)' as~uming positions of great importance. However. it is apparent that the. twenty-six in the navy have acquired distinction in excess of the twenty-six who as yet can only be described as civilians. DUDLEY ALLAN obtained the most disunction with thac ~ensarional slide down the cawstrough of a htgh and very fashionable British hotel MOOSE McCULLOCH ( who has been copping too many track and field championships in Japan) is second when he was menuonec.1 in dispatches for his work as navigator of "ATHABASKAN" while in the neighbourhood of Korea. DONALD, WIKINS and NIXON are married and with KER toured Korea during the year. MAYNARD and ALLAN (Engineers) are at "SHEARWATER" as aviation gas station attendants. HASE. Engineer in "MAGNIFICENT," was married in February. ST A CHON reported to be working with or building a radio station somewhere in B.C. WILKINS has gone to "NlOBE'" as Staff Officer. ODELL is believed to b~ at N.S.H.Q . Ottawa WILSON 1s somewhere in "STADACONA." BLACKBURN 1s still at "CORN WAL LIS." MAR TIN ( M A ) , PEERS. BROWN and HUGHES are on a T.A S. course in England DUNBAR. MANORE and PEARCE arc taking a communications course at "CORNWALUS." FULTON and LEWIS are in England on long "G" courses NORTON is on ND (N) 1n the UK. after a v1s1t to friends in Holland. PEl E CAMBELL is on the staff of R.MC. DONALD is on his honeymoon. WISENER and ELSEY. to change to the civilian field, arc in Calgary with wives (one

each) and work with investment dealers and bond brokers. etc. DUKE of LeDuc MILNER is with wife and daughter in Edmonton. working for 1mpcrial Oil. JOHN rISHER is married and with Dominion Engrneering Co. in Montreal. PODGE McGIBBON is with Abitibi at Beaupre, Quebec. ROSCOE SMITH is reporting for the Onawa Journal. PETE /vlORSE is in the legal business. HUGH MacDONALD (Winnipeg) and JOHN des BRISA Y (Toronto) arc also lawyers. DON McCRIMMON is at Osgood Hall. taking law after graduating from McMaster. HOUSEBOAT HANNAH is married (to Lester Pearson's daughter) and is studying mediciM at London. Ontario, in the compan)' of ANDY HUNTER TlLLY THOMPSON. also in London, has a wife and daughter. KNEES WI LEY is with Vix Chemical Company in St. Thomas. SHUDDERS HY A TT is doing literary work in Vancouver. BOB LANNING. FRANK PROUSE and DOUG DYMEN-Y- are all in business in Toronto and environs. GEORGE OSBORNE (always a useful person to know J is assistant manager (Weston Branch) for Household Finance Corp. ADAM ZIMMERMAN. married. is also in "f oronto studying for his C.A. PHIL BANNISTER graduated from Edinburgh University and is interning at Children's Memorial Hospital. Montreal. KEITH MILLS is taking medicine at McGill JOHNNIE NLCOLLS. recently married, specializes 1n marine insurance. rn Vancouver HUGH CLOCKIE graduated from Chemistry :it Stanford U nivcrsity. One of the biggest term reunions followed Ian Donald's wedding to Ruth Pearce ( Dave's sister) in Toronto last December Manoce was best man while McCulloch, Dyment, des Bnsay. Zimmerman. Prouse, Nixon. Wilson. Pearce, '.\lilner and McCrimmon were also present.

I I3

THE LOG-1953

CLASS OF 1917 There h,we not been any great changes among the members of the Class. No high honours and no one an Jail. Herc 1s a revised Class List AITKEX; Salty Bob is living in Montreal : a married man with one child. ATK[NSO:--:: \Vee Davy is presently serving in "LA HULLorsc " He is married with one child (girl) and another expected soon . BAYIY: Ian is now a Constructor Lieu tenant at R.N.LC. BI-LCHER Burp has now gone to England for his long T A.S Course. Burp is married with one child BETHU"-:f': Norm is still working at C.G.E in Toronto. He fell by the ·wayside last October by marrying Barbara Bell BR£:XCHLEY. Brench married Naomi ivkTaggart in Montreal This was one of Brcnch's usual sly tricks, as he can now claim income tax exemption for the whole year. CARRUTHERS: K.DB. ha~ faded into the ' mists of Europe. on a travelling scholarship. It is rumoured that he is wintering in Scandinavia. CL,\RKI . Mortis. a "plumber" in "QUEB!:'C" is a happily married man with one child. CotIRS; When last heard of. John L was the Electrical Officer in "S1oi.;:-.:," thrilling all and sundry by stopping whirling fans with his head He has not been seen walking on his hands. COSTAR. Ron 1s in l11S last year at U N B . in Electrical Engineering Upon graduating, he will become a S Lieut. (L) R.C.N. CREl·RY: Twhc. after working for a newspaper in Winnipeg, 100k a position with The Lcthbridgc Herald. He went home for Christmas and is now travelling in an easterly direction in search of new fields His destination 1s un known to anyone. including himself CU.\I.\IINC, Nothing has been heard from Meatball Presumably, he is an his final year of medicine Ci.;RRII;: Nape 1s back at Un1vers1ty but tn Toronto. He is gelling his Master of Sewage Engineering. DAY· Dick is giving up the insurance bus1• ness and starting a plastics firm tn Toronto. DAVIS Spider. our first war hero, left "'CAYUGA" when she paid off. He 1s now in Montreal dtl1gcntly studying French in order to create a good impression on · /es belles 1eunes filfos." Dl:SCH:\)..IPS All that is known about Pop is that he is in ,\:lonlreal working for his father. (The Deschamps Construction Company) Et LIS: Reports arc that Pusser Hugh is now an "Stou:-.:" and still docs not smoke [\ILRSO:S: : Freezer is now Gunnery Oflin·r in '·Hi.;RoK"

PROST: Harry. a llyboy at ''SHI:AR\\'ATC R." married an Irish Colleen last summer GRAHA\l Nothing has been heard of J P Presumably. he 1s still in \lanchestcr trying to Canad1anize rhc English through the power of the press. HAYES: Still single. T .D. has reached the noble and exalted heights of Flag Lieutenant to FO. AC HI:'-.l.l·Y: Al has lardy been serving in "S1oi.;:-; · All his spare time is spent working on his M.G HOPKINS: Stan 1s married and a "plumber" in 'Ql.TBlC" To occupy his leisure hours. he has become a philatelist Donations to his collection will be gratefully received. HORN Long John is working in Sc. Carhannes for Foster. \\1heeler l°j Co. HvrcHFSON : Beaver was up in Onawa for a while. and it is rumoured that he is on the west coast. KER. 0. N . Articled to Price. \Vatcrhousc t'i Co in Vancouver. hopes to become a C.A. in two more years. He lives at the 0. U. Fraternity and guarantees bed and breakfast for all in need K1-R, S. I Sy ts married and is now on the long "O" course 111 l::.ngland KING: Knobby 1s studying for his C.A. and is no taller than before. K'\;0W-LEET: Pete is still in England breaking the sound barrier for the Air Force. l.A\IBJE: Vance has left the "ONTARIO." He avoids work like the plague except for sailing LATTIMLR. Diamond Jim is studying law at McGill. \!,CU:A--:: Mouse is now in the "ATHABASKAN" in Korea :>-•lo;-.:TG0\11 RY: Monty the most degreed m,rn of our term, has a B.A .. a B.Com .. and is now working on his LL.B. MUR\\'J'\; Hymie is married and has two ( 2) daughters He says that his days as a debonair young bachelor have come 10 a soggy ,nd NOBl.f- : George 1s married and prrsenrly serving in H MS 'GANNFT" at Eglinton, Ulster Ni.;Rst Roy is mamed with one child He 1s still building houses . QUAJ:-.; Red is studying law at McGill as well as studying for his C.A on the side. RATCl.lll!· : Dobie is married and a proud father He is in LnglJnd with Sy Ker. Ru0 0RD : Bobo is at Saranac Lake, NY , recovering from a bout w11h TB. He expects to be given a D2 in the near future and certified fully operational on -I- hours notice RFID: G.,by Dirk is now a fully llcdged

114

THE LOG

pilot with TC.A on the Toronto-LondonWindsor route RICHARDS: Pete has been called to the bar (law. that is) and 1s practising with his father in Vancouver He has a private pilot's licence, sails and serves on 1he Active List RUSK· Harry is now in Ottawa with DN.R. S~ilTH: Sm itty. presenlly serving in "CRESCENT." will be returning to the "L" School at Stad where he will conscirntiously do nothing. STEELE: Creeper now in "BEACON HJLL.'' spent the summer as a Nav Instructor at Royal Roads. THOMAS: Herb. now a proud father . is still studying medic ine at Queen's.

19 5 3

TOWNLI-'\' Dal gave up his appointment as Staff Officer UN T D ·s in November and is now working full time on bis ,\.\ A. in Economics at tbe V of T. He is still temperate and innocent. This will change in the autumn when he intends to get married to a rea l live girl. TOY: Samba has found the lure of tbc west too great and is now studying law at U.B C. WALE'S: Dinny is still rn " IROQUOIS .. and is married. of course. WISHART: Dave graduated from the U. of He is at presem working for Clarkson, Gordon and endeavouring to get his C.A. He is getting married in May

T. with a B.Com.

CLASS OF 1948 With several of our term helping to win the war in Korea and with many still engaged in a variety of courses. the past year has been a busy one. The ranks of bachelors and the ha ir of the remainder have continued to thin. However. faint not men I- the rate of thinning. in the former case at least. bas begun to level off. CRAIG BALSON: Still working on that "look around" graduated from Keyham and then toured Korea and Australia in H.M.S. ' 'GLORY." JIM KNOX: An ex-editor of the "Log,'· finished Keyham and left for the Mediterranean in H.M.S. ..LIVERPOOL." While in Split the ship was visited by Tito. JIM ATWOOD. is now taking his aeronautical engineering at Keybam. Was seen skiing in Austria last winter. "JOCK" ANDREW '·slipped" two terms at Keyham. He is now married and back at Keyham after being in H .M.S. "VENGEANCE." JACK WATSON is in "JIURON... MURISON in "NOOTKA." ROBBl!c YOUNG in "BEACON H ILL." MORTON at "STADACONA" and BOOTS BOOTH in "CRUSADER" are now watch-keeps. "MAc·· MACDONALD, AL. MORRIS and HAMISH BRIDGE.\1AN are now in "ALGONQUIN." FRANK COSTIN has been nominated to attend the Coronation parade. (While in "ANTI· GONISH" it is recorded that "PONCHO" carried a pocketful of sugar cubes. refusing to believe "Caddy" dead). AL LOWF and HUGH PLANT are in "HAJDA" while BOB WHYTE is in "NFW LISKEARD." ROBIN LF.CKIF is the cash officer aboard "ONTARIO." PETER SHIRLEY is Captain's Secretary at Cornwallis. MAC, ROBB IE and HUGH are all reported to have something running around the house bes ides a fence' O r hers that have tted cbe final splice arc Boots, P oncho and Peter

PENNEY PRATT is doing research with National Defence Board in Ottawa. GUNDER Mil.ES is at Headquarters m Onawa. ERNIE MCCUBBIN is married and somehow got talked into absorbing sunshine. orange Juice and a course down in Florida. BRUCE SHEASBY. our lone representative up in the wide blue yonder. has marr ied an English girl and is at present stationed in Paris. MAX BRIFRE is married and, after a year at the Sorbonne. is in his last year of law at University of Montreal. RED CARPENTER graduated from McGill and is now at a desk in a chartered accountant's firm working for his C.A. exams. GEORGE COWLEY hitch-hiked to France ( a-; only Kelly cou ld), and is rnssling a la Sorbonne with everything from Egyptian ceramics to existential ism TIM COUGHTRY is working with McCollFrontenac Oil Co. in Montreal. DON CURRIE and BoB McBUR.1'EY are both believed to be in Toronto. PETER HILL is exploring the possibilities of synthetic production of moose milk in the Aluminum Company's lab. in Kingston. TL'RB0 LABELLE is working with a Montrea l architectural firm and is senior U.N.T D. Divisional Officer at "DONNt\CONA ., TED LISTER. taking arts at Dalhousie, is married. and the proud father of a bouncing baby girl. BOBBIE McALLISTER 1s doing post-grad. work in engineering at McGill and continues to star on their football team. PFTER MCINTYRE is married and working in London. On1 DAVEY MALLOCH 1s married (to a slide ruleJ and works for Northern Electric in Montreal. O .UIE OSBOR)'o:l has obtained a Master's degree m physics at Laval.

l 15

THE LOG-1953 JE:-;:-.:EY PorrRAS is believed to be in last year engineenng at University of Montreal HART PRICE is away ahead of us all being the father of twins. Eddie is working for a chartered accountants firm in Montreal JE:-;:--.:y PROVOST. having obtained his degree is working for a Montreal law firm He is married AI ROWLANDS is down in the States on a course with the American Locomotive Co.

BucK SIRCO/o.l was reported in San Francisco 1ry1ng to sell the Golden Gate Bridge. "SMITTY'' S~IITH is accounting in Stratford TH.DEN is working for his father's firm 1n Ouawa. WAU EY is married and raising a family. CLASS OF '49 (Unreportcd)D CLARKE and Ross CURRY arc both instructors at No. 2 A ir Navigation School in Winnipeg.

CLASS OF 1950 At present twelve members of the term are in Korea: HAMMO;-.;D. Drvu:---: and MOFFAT are with the R.C. Horse Artillery, \VITHFRS and SI/I.IONS arc in R.C. S1gs.. while BELL, BLACK and PATTERSON are with the "S·1RATHCONAS." PEACOCK and LOO~IIS rook the Rivers. Manitoba. parachute course in record rime and are now with the Pats and R.C.R. MOFFAT married Daphne Holland before going overseas. Most Navy P.F members of the termSMYTHF. SWFF.NFY. CHASTE'R. CRICKARD, CU'-.1!\ll!NG, COTARAS. MCKEE, MAINGUY, NEU.ES and OKROS are in England becoming cultured at R.N. College, Greenwich. I understand CHASTER. CU,\ll\llNG and OKROS arc married, (OK ROS with a son). while SWEENEY is engaged (still 1), and NELLES' marital status is the usual my~tery Ross is at KEYHAM. RIDDELL is in "ONTARIO." while WELBOURNL is raking a naval gunnery course in "EXCELLENT.'' M ontrealers are BARBFAU (top honors in medicine) and PARI/EAlJ at U of M. (Commerce). GERMAIN. PEPLER. PrRRAULT and BISAILLON at McGill. lLSLFY is taking Commerce at Queen's with PAGl',;UTTI, LALONDE, SWART1'1A:-.l, LOCKHEAD, EASSON and COCKBURN who are engineers. All are living off the government McGREFR. LANDBACK HICKMAN and ALLISON are there as civilians. HARLEY. ARSl •NAUI.T. WISE:-IER and MILLER are in their final year of engineering at

Varsity PIDD!NGTON is in rheology at Wycliffe College. Jor MAY and WISHART are in philosophy at University and Tdnity Colleges respec tively. KERR is also in Toronto. LAWRENCE' is in his final year of law at U.B.C. Also at U.B.C. are ARNOLD in engineering. BELLAMY in forestry, and DON KNIGHT. LOWES graduated from U.B.C. and is with the R.C.A.F. at London. Ontario. McEWEN is flying jers at North Luffenham. is married and has a child MCLAUGHLIN. another jet pilot. is at Chatham. RHODES 1s a navigator at Rockcliffc. TILBURY is a lso a navigator. WALLIS. who married Shirley Johnson last June, is stationed at Greenwood. DAY left MacMaster for the Army, and, like PITTS and BULL. is reported to be in Korea. DESSAULLES is at Baie Comeau. P.Q. GEDDES is with the Bank of Commerce at Prince Rupert. KNOWLES is at U. of Chicago taking an M .A. 1n business administration. SANSUM is in the army. perhaps in Germany. STILES, in third year engineering at U B.C.. is now working at Trail according to latest reports. SULLIVAN is working for Trans-Northern Pipeline Co.. Coburg. Ont. WERNER was at U.B C. but is now working at the Highland Bell Mine in the interior of B.C. CllAPPlLL and MORIN are at R .M.C. SIVl.:RTSf-N married Marlyn Robinson. December '51. WATT was last heard of as a second lieULenanr in the Army P.F DEl:'OE is at the University of Western Ontario.

F L ( detailing work party) . · Now break yourselves up into pairs of three .. Hardwick· "Sir, arc we supposed to have understood all 1his'" Prof. Dalsin: "Well. l'm certain some of the class have followed it." Henning: "Let's have a vote."

116

THE LOG-1951

CLASS OF 1951 BFl:\U'R, A S Presently in fourth year mechanical engineering, R.M C Going to b~ a June bridegroom, then off on a fall honeymoon 10 Kore.1. BIGELOW. R. S : At R :vi C. majoring an history ,rnd polllics. he plans to become a C.A. B1 ACK A. R. Digging his way through civil engineering at R.M.C., next year on to U of T B0IINE H. R.: Civil engineer at R.M.C.. next year Korea. then to University for his degree Bor.C,FR. I F. · rascinatcd by mechanical engineering at R M.C, he plans 10 go to Queen's, 1ben to the R.C.A F to test all the new planes he bas built CA.\IPBELI . J. D.: Decided to become a doctor from RR. entered medicine at U of T CJ\.\IPBELL, J. M. In the Navy now aboard "IROQl..:OIS" bound for the Coronation ceremonies. CllAL :-.11:RS. J. 0 .. An electrical engineer at R M.C.. next year U of T. for his degree. CHAPPH l.. E. R. · At R.M.C. in civil. plans to attend Queen's next year. CL/\RK. J. N.: Another man planning marri3ge after graduation. also on to Queen's for his degree after finishing this year at R.M.C. CRESSEY. N. E.: Heading back to the prairies to U of Sask. for bi~ degree in civil engineering after R.M.C. CCM\IING, A R.. An electrical engineer at R \,I.C.. plans to attend U. of Man. next year D11 I !STONE. E. G · Drawn back to B.C. next year to obtain his degree in civil after completing this year at R M C. DZJOBA. L A: Afrer R.R. Larry left us for rhc Navy EDWARDS, R. B.: Another man of medicine at U. of T. ERNST. V. G.: Entered dw Navy in '51; ar present in England becoming an engineer. FITZPATRICK. J. E. W.: At R.M.C. majoring in history and English. becoming a world traveller (London and Tokyo last summer). FoR.\IAN. G. E.: An industrious electrica! engineer at R.M C. FRASI.R. R. C. · At R.M.C., on to U of T. Wedding bells soon perhaps 1 ?? GIBBONS. R A : Ckctcd the Navy as .1 future at present is in England at Keyham. GRAN"!. R. A : From R.R Dick entered Queen's and engineering. GROSS. R. D : Our new budget man is in commerce at R \,IC H11 ES/1.IAN. R. I Dtck decided that the Navy would be a much better life than more books. so it was · .\rl1ddie" after '51. HOLLAND. R F : Chemical engineering at R.:-.1.C., next ye.ir U B.C. Then the Atr Force.

HOUSTON. R. M . In the Navy is in engineering at Kcyham Hum,o:,.., J. R.: A mechanical engineer, plans 10 attend McGill next year. The wedding bells arc ringing pretty loudly in this boy's ears too. JEfFFRJFS. J. R.: An .1rtsman at R M.C. John says it's the Army and Korea in the bll KERR. N. S. · Seen packing a pick around R M.C.. Norm's in civil next year. It's U. of Taran1a' KFEN R. D.: Another civil. but n's rhc Army and Korea for Ralph in the Fall K0LBFR. T. S : An electrical at RM. C Says it will be Queen's next year. I wonder 1f he could be hearing bells 100 1 KOSTIUK, R. B : Our mad chemist, barring som~ new discovery. h's the Air Force for Bob after graduation from R.M.C. KYLE:. J D . One of the first to fall, our John is a married man studying law at U.B.C. LAW, W. J. · Majoring in history and English at R.\11.C. Next year it's Osgoode Hall and law for Willie. LOWRY. C. A.: A civil at R.M C. entering the Army after graduation After Korea on to U B.C. for his degree L l NDLJf-. M. 0.: He entered U of T. after R.R .. where he makes his tuition by winning "Share the Wealth ... MCCRIJ\l!\ION. K. G.: The old historian at R.M.C. has decided to be the only blind pilot in the Air Force. ,\llcKFF, W. H.: An electrical at R.M.C.. plans to attend Queen's next year. MCKFNZIF. J. A.: Another old married man now out of the Navy is residing on the west coast MCLl'OD. D. W : Now an arcsman at Mount Allison U Foggy stayed a while in Toronto after graduating from R.R .. then moved to New Brunswick. McM1u AN. K. W. · Spring marriage for Ken after graduation from R.M.C., where he is taking mechanical engineering. MAKI'! E. A: Another boy who joined the Navy after graduation from R.R. MARCHANT, W. T : Now aboard the "IROQUOIS.' joined the Navy after R.R MARTIN D. J : "Big Duke" is at R.M.C. m,11oring in Histoq· and English. MEEK. G. R.: A naval man now in "IROQUOIS." i'vlJLLl:'R. D. S.: A mechanical engineer at R. M C. and another spring bridegroom, then to Queen's and the R.C.A F MORIN. A. J. C.: At R.M.C. maJoring in History. Poli11cs and Bridge MORRIS, 0 N After Norm finishes commerce at R.,\I C. he plans on going on for bi~ C.A in Toronto.

THE I OG-1951

117

OR:-..tE. R C.: This studious lad may be found in Keyham. Pf.ARSON. D . F : A future teacher now at R.ivl.C with History and English Another man going back to BC. PF E:RS. J JV!. Joined the Navy after graduauon from R.R in '51 Plc'lSONNAUL T. P J . Now at R.M C. taking chemical engineering. Future plans include Army. Korea and U B.C. for his degree. R<>WSF A \V · Now a married man and resident of New Westminster A naval man he Joined the Navy after graduation in '51 RUCK. P G.: At RM C majoring an History and Policies R1.,:--1DLE. J R . Found in the civil department at R.,vl.C. SIIFPHl'RD, P . G. · The mad motorcyclist now at U of T. taking civil engineering. S1:-..1\tONS. T G .. At R.M.C. maJoring in Politics and Commerce S:-..tALLWOOD, J W.: A future lawyer now at R .MC. an History and English, next year on to Dalhousie. S:--tlC.HER. H. C.: With the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. .it Yel lowknife. NWT SoSKNOWSKY J. H. : Donned a naval hat after graduation an '51.

SOt;Lr. ,vl. M · Somebody hie this boy over the head with the wedding bell coo. After graduation from R M C , however. our industrious scholar plans to start down the trail of law at U B.C. before adding the second ring STEWART. J A A civil engineer at R.M C. also heading west to U. B.C. for his degree. TRAVES. P . J A Another naval lad in .. l ROQUOIS." URst L. L. V An electrical engineer at R.M C. heading out ro Calgary for bis degree (oh yeah' J then on to the R.C.A.F Vt\'IAN. J M.. Another hard working engineer at Keyham in the Navy. WADDINGTON. \V H: Working at Canadair in i\fontreal. WHITF. M . A. J.: A n arts student at R.M.C. A slight tingle of the bell here coo next year. It's the RC.AF for ::Big Moe." WILLSHER. J. M · A civi l engineer at R.M.C. beading out Lo U. of A. for his degree. YOUNG, J D.: An electrical engineer at R M.C. and it's wedd ing bells for Derrick in the Spring, lhen on co U. of A. for his degrlC and the R.C.A.F. Best wishes to the class' RON HOLLAND.

CLASS OF' 1952 We. the newest group of ex-cadets. take pleasure in making our first contribution to tbi5 section of the "Log .. Of 67 in our term. 41 went to R M C.. 26 as engineers and the remainder as a rts students. Many have Joined the Regular Officer Training P lan; they can be identified by their bu lging wallets. First the "salts." The executive branch claimed NIGi L BRODfl.,R, PAUL GODBOUT. BIi.I. HALL CHRIS Sl·Y:--IOUR. BRIAN VALi· QUl'lTF. Russ \VIL.COX, BILL \'.\LUVANl) and BILL FVA"iS The latter two arc reported to bJvc b,·come engaged while 1hc remainder put more faith in having one in every port. All have recently. in H.:VI C.S. "ONTARIO... passed with honours a course in South American women South American cocktail parties. South Amcncan cocktail parties and South American women. Showing the flag was an optional SU b JeCt. On reading cbc K1ppervillc Gazc1Ce. we learn of Midshipmen ( [) SCUD EYRF. ART GRIFPIK". AL INGLIS. DtcK STONr and 81:RT WAG:-SER.

They are currently passed at Kcyham between visits to Pans. Several of our members decided to lead a civil life. JACK CASEY. HARRY STROUD and SID WOOD are at U of A. Their latest prediction is that co-education is here 10 stay HrRB WAL TON. last year's "Log" editor. is now editing University of Manitoba's year book. Russ MERRI'DFW is a lso at U of M. MAL GRAY will take aeronautical cngincenng a t U. of T. ncxc year. PETE WATSON is at U. of T. now DON STRANG is R O.TP. at U.B.C and was occasionally seen at Royal Roads last Fall. (No doubt he couldn't bear to say good bye so sudden! y last Spring) YOUNG PELTON is attending the U. of Sask. DON SCHNl'IDFR is a radio officer 1n the RCA.F MAC ARTHUR is on his way to becoming President of the C.P. R. KEITH WALKER is working for a trust company 1n T .O MAC0oNAI.D is unreported. J. A. MARSHALL.

l 18

THE LOG-1953

THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE OF CANADA SOME NOTES ON ITS EARLY DAYS VICF-ADWRAL H. T

W GRANT. C.B.E., D.S.O.. C.D.. R.C N.

My term of eight cadets Joined the Royal Naval College of Canada on August 3rd., 19 H -the eve of the First World War. The old redbrick building, originally built as a Naval hospital for the Fleet. still stands in Halifax Dockyard. though altered out of all recognition. and now serves as Headquarters for the Flag Officer Atlantic Coast . . . a fitting memorial to those who nurtured the infant Royal Canadian Navy within its walls. As might be expected, the yard was the scene of frantic activity. Messages from Ottawa implementing such sketchy war plans as existed W\!re of no immediate concern to us, but we heard the buzzes and sensed that Captain E. H. Martin, the Captain in Charge. Halifax. and Captain R. G. Corbett. Commanding HMCS "NIOBE" (both lent from the Royal Navy 1 were in an unenviable position They were expected to make good in a few weeks the omissions borne of many years of indecisive and generally negative Naval policy at the political level. Here was our first lesson in Naval preparedness and I think we digested it. The college of those days was designed solely to provide the necessary grounding for a Naval career. which seems to me a laudable aim. and it is fair to say that until its melancholy closing in I 922. it survived on its own merits the fortunes and misfortunes of our country's divided and very uncertain Naval policy That it did so is due in very large measure to its Commanding Officer. Commander A. E. Nixon. His character must be stamped indelibly on the minds of all who served under him A born leader and disciplinarian as well as a merciless taskmaster. he knew what was expected of an officer and lived only to instill it in his charges. The Canadian Navy owes him a great debt and ir is fining that a son is serving as Executive Officer of HMCS "MAGNIFlCENT" at the date of writing. The academic side of the college was headed up by a Direetor of Studies. Naval Instructor B. S. Hartley. He was a sympathetic friend to all cadets and quite cheerfully disregarded our inability (l speak for myself) to keep pace with his hieroglyphics on the blackboard. However. his unerring aim with a piece of chalk kept us on our toes and all problems ended with a remark "Do-you-sce 1 " When it was obvious that we didn't, the curriculum was lengthened to three years. In the event the war intervened and a compromise of two and one half years at the college with further instruction afloat was decided on Engineering. shops and the voluminous con•

tents of Sennett and Oram were taught at one time or another by Engineering Lieutenant Sturrock. Engineer Lieutenant-Commanders Howley and Angus Curry. Professor L N Richardson. affectionately known as Apollonius and now at Carleton College, Ottawa. taught mathematics and navigation When not at the Naval College he was at R.M.C. and as Director of Naval Education at Naval Headquarters was instrumental in reopening the Naval College at Royal Roads during the early days of the last war. Professor A. G. Hatcher. beuer known as Archimedes educated us in science. utilizing No. 7 classroom on the water front until the Halifax explosion of I 9 I 7 larger than any we had been able to concoct with the paraphernalia at hand-finally demolished the building. He is presently enjoying Sabatical leave from St. John's Memorial University. Newfoundland. Professor J. J. Penny. fearful on the football field and ice hockey rink. taught languages. When I last saw him he was returning to his chair at Harvard. Naval history. of far greater importance than we realized. was taught by Professor A. MacMeahan of Dalhousie University and we also had glimpses ashore of Professor "Blitz" Robinson and "Cyclops" Allen though their time was normally spent afloat with cadets or midshipmen. Our physical training left nothing to be desired under the great M{. Kinch whose prowess in the ring was well-known to all Maritime pugilists. and what cadet will fail to remember Mr. Hall with his never-ending test examination papers. Granny Wills checking up on our rubbers, or Mr. Brooker taking sail off the old Diana. Victuals were provided by Mr. Hindle. They were adequate but we had no dietician. I have lost track of Sub. Lieutenant Deane. but sometimes see our erstwhile Paymaster Clerk now a retired Paymaster Rear Admiral living in Ottawa. Cadet's uniform required a stiff shirt and collar in 1914 and one's black tie was apt to ride up. To prevent this, tie clips were obligatory and Romeo Oscar Cosette never tired of docking us 2Sc from our 75c weekly allowance to pay for another six( The machine and work shops were another world where such characters as Mr. Kelly. "Hot Bearing" Bert Bligh and sundry others taught us the practical side of life below in a ship. Time and the necessity of knowing other people's Jobs has no doubt deleted much of this from today's curriculum bur it knitted the

THE LOG-1953 executive and technical branches into a happy family. The tides and currents of 40 vears as well as the thunder of two world wars has naturally enough scattered the sons of the College, and their present fortune is nor in all cases known to me. Noc so the early 1mpremon which they made on B. S. Hartle)' for they .1re recorded in ·•sea Breezes" the original College magazinc, first published in December 1914, under the cd1torsh1p of Cadet F L. Houghton. Later I sh,111 quote verb,1tim if not in full from this venerable tome January, 191 I sa\V 18 young CanadiaM whose age probably averaged 16 )'Cars, bring 10 fruition the clause in the Naval Service Act of I 9 IO respecting an "Institution for the purpose of imparting ,1 complete education in all branches of Naval science. tae1ics and strategy." ' These aspirants 10 a Naval career fell heir 10 the tradition of the Royal Navy and fortunate indeed is the established Canadian Navy of 10<.lay that this was so. A lesser breed would surely have succumbed to discouragement. Of the onginal term, five were lost in the First World War. Midshipmen W. A. Palmer. J. V. \V. Hathaway. A \V. Silver and M. Cann went down in HMS GOOD HOPE. Flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock at the Battle of Coronel. November 1st.. I 914. Lieut. W M. Maitland Dougall was lost in HM Submarine D- > on March 15th., I 918. 1 he years have taken six others of this term. Vice Admiral G. C Jones died in office as Chief of Naval Staff on February 8th.. 1946, Commodore R. I. Agnew died in the United Kingdom in 1949. whilst serving as Senior Canadian Naval Officer. London. I. ieut.-Commander R. C. Watson was lost in a s,1iling accident off V1ctona. B.C in 1924 whilst serving as Second-in-Command tn HMCS · 'NAD[N " Retired from active service, Captain J F Oland died in Victori,1 in 1948 L1eur.-Commander R. F. Lawson died in Montreal and Lieut. A H. Dand died in New Glasgow Of the remainder L. W Murray rmred as a Rear Admiral in I 945. took up law with eminrnt success and now resides in England. He was the first Ca nadian officer co hold the appointment as ·commander - m . Chief. Canadian North A tlanttc ·· J. M Grant retired from the Navy when the N.wal College was closed tn 1922 He was hrst Lieutenant at the time RcJ01nmg at the outbreak of World War 11. Stumpy was commissioned as Captain of the reopened Naval College, HMCS . ROYAL ROADS " Brother John is now m business in Victoria. B .C. C B . •'vloffat when last heard from wa; living on the \Vl'st Coast of the U.SA · Nooks" spent some time in the Merchant Navr but present o<:cupatton is unknown. H,:

I 19 retired around I 922. when. according to policy d1rcccion. that was the thing to do. H. J F "Paff · llibbard was senior w,1tchkeepcr tn the AURORA when I commissioned her as Sub-Lieutenant and he had not changed then In and out of the Navy he also rook Holy Orders and skippered many merchant ships. He now resides at Owen Sound and is interested ma crown company. L. J. M. Gauvreau is living on the West Coast of Canada. retired these many years. :-.faurice has interests in articles of Art far older than himself G A Worth stuck with his signals until retiring as a Captain in I 952. Ilowever. he tried retiring between the wars and liking the north country has headed there again Sam is sometimes at Deschene J. D Laurie. James Dunoon, retired around 19 3 3 and has lived in Victoria, B.C. ever since 1 have often wondered what urge directed the steps of these young Canadians and indeed my own term to sit for the Civil Service exam which pre-supposed a life afloat but promised nothing. It was nor security, for there was no form of pension, and in any case parents or guardians had 10 foot the bill. including our 75c per wceJ.. pocket money. As witnessed by the part)' strife. in both Conservative and Liberal Governments. the maiority of our countrymen did not appreciate the necessity for a Navy or. if they did. they were content to ler somebodv else pay the shot. This depressing state of affairs might well have given warning of worse shoals ahead. but tradition meant much in those days. \lie were 1•oung. and the path of glory looked rosy 111 1914 From my own point of view. I liked the sea and was brought up on it. Also there was no Latin in the curriculum. Short Service eng,,gements. ltke labour unions. were unknown as far as officers were concerned. a state of affairs which mitigated ag,,inst looking over one's shoulder The second term to join the College went to sea 1n l 914 before our date of joining and were therefore comparative strangers. However. the sm,,11 size of the RCN made it inevitable that we should sooner or later serve together. and I can therefore add a few notes. W. J. R. Beach Roy retired after the war and lives in VtCtOria. B.C J. C I. Edwards lives in Victoria. B.C. and dabbles in real estate. Dutchy's tennis has never flagged and I once saw him take a set off Borotra D St G Lindsay Donald retired early in the fray but came back for the war as Harbour :-.taster at Port of Sp,1in. Trinidad I believe he is still there. H E Reid retired as Chief of the Naval Staff in 1947 and knows more about fishing on the lsl,rnd of Vancouver than anyone with the poss1bk exception of Mr. Haig Brown

120

C R. H TJylor lives at Little \Vcstovcr in Clwstcr N.S. having retired from the Jppointment of Flag Officer Halifax. in I 947. R. W. Wood went to Duncan on retirement at the end of the war but took a bit of Halifax with him 11. W S Sou Isby· "Ark Jes' lives on the West Coast but 1s still interested in maritime affairs and his cJrvings arc the pride of the C.P Steamships ·1 S. Critchley has li\·cd in New Zealand these last 2 5 or >0 years sheep farming. He rcJOined for the war and w.1s S.N 0. of ,l strategic island in the Pacific January. 19 J 3 saw an entry of eight c.-idets, followed by five more in January, l 9 l4. These. therefore, were our seniors when we reported in August of the latter year. the date of commencenwnt having been changed co conform with the lengthened curriculum We learnt the first d,1y what routine meant. Our of bed at 0615. a plunge in an ice cold barb. flan ncl trousers. shirr and swearer. cup of cocoa and a mad dash ro the cutters for a mile pull around the harbour. Seven minutes to dress in uniform and make our beds and rhen breakfast before they day's studies. Recreation consisted of football, paper chas~. hockey, walk north. or blueboats, depending on weather and season and as everything was on the double we were tired enough when the bell rang ro end evening prep at 2100 From the time 1be bell went LO lights out was sewn minutes. Five to undress, brush our teeth. fold with precision one's clothes. and 1wo minutes for prayers before Jumping into bed Divisions and evening quarters were part of the routine and a missing lanyard or undone button meant at least two days leave stopped. More serious offences such as smoking called for a beating by the senior cadet captain and 1 well remember the weight of Max Puddicombe's arm. On the whole. the senior term treated us with reasonable firmness and we soon learnt what paid and what didn't. such as being last on the quarterdeck. (This brought a healthy boot in the behind from the Cader Captain and as often as not a bite in the heel from one of the Commander's airdales.) V S Godfrey is assistant Director of Civil Defence on the \Vest Coast and comes East occasion all}' 10 sec bis many friends. Val retired as a Commodore. Frank L Houghton retired from the appointment of Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1950 and is Director of Civil Defence for No\•J Scotia He 1s a companion of the "Innt!r Circle." R M Puddicombe left the service between the wars and resides 1n Toronto Arthur R. Pressey, better known as Starboard 1 en. now carries no weather helm. he retired after the war and farmed for som.? time near Duncan.

THE LOG-1953 Godfrey M, Hibbard retired from the appointment of Chief of Works and Buildings at N.S.H.Q. in 1948 with a C.B.E.. and now resides near Charlottetown. PE.I Edson C Sherwood left the Navy after the first war but returned for the second. Hr has only recently retired from the appointment of Clmf-A1dc-dc-Camp to the Governor General of Canada and 1s in business in Ottawa. Capt Richard H Oland belonged to this term and will be remembered with affection and 1espec1 by all who sheltered at Halifax during the war. Navy ,rnd l\lerchant Manne, for his outstanding work as Naval Control Officer He died at Halifax in 1945 B dass moved up to be lords of the Senior Gunroom in the summer of 1916 and went to sea at the end of that year Morris Adrian \Vood retired after the last war and hvcs tn Victoria. B.C. \Vil11am S Morrison was mayor of Parks ville when last seen. Estleigh came back for the war, having left the service in the thirties. Frederick G Hart retired after the war and lives on the West Coast. though Halifax would still welcome him. Alfred C. Wurtelc lives in Esquimalt, and has interested himself in horticulture as well as pol it,cs. 0. F. \V. Critchley. better known as Ozzy. graduated with this term, bur did not live to serve in the Second \Vorld War. He did well in the first. \Vith the departure from the College of the above cadets, my own class became senior term \Ve never lacked material for a good argument since we hailed in equal proportion from the East and West Coasts. but understood as well the value of unity, putting this principle to excellent use in the gunroom of HM S "MINOTAUR" where someone had the temerity to refer to us as mercenanes. The chronicler remarks that as a term we lived up to our motto "Oum v1vimus. vivamus" and that the leaders were Creery ( when he got over his homesickness). Musgrave and Thompson W B. Creerr was Flag Officer Pacific Coast and is now Vice-Chief of Naval Scaff G B. I--. Barnes retired between the wars. Came back for the second and now lives upIsland near Crofton where he inherited an oyster farm H T W Grant retired from the appointment of Chief of Naval Staff in December. 1951. lives in Ottawa and is interested in shipping. packaging and the Naval Officers Association. A. P. Musgrave retired from the appoincmcnt of Commanding Officer "CORNWALLIS" in 19 5 2. He was in and out of the Service more than once and is now interested in business in Ontario. A. M. I {ope had the good sense to make a "landfall'' in Chester N.S on retiring from th~

THE LOG

121

19 53

appo'mtment of Commodore, H M. C. S. "STADACONA"" m September, 1951 C. D Donald retired after the Second War and is on his way to skipf>('ring a fish packer on the West Coast. E. A Thompson Ned retired after the first war and wen! into business. He will be remem bered by countless officers as D.0.0.P during the second. Now he is Thompson. Adams cl Co.. Halifax. and I am mos! grateful lo him for the loan of h,s volume of "Sea Breezes." The one war casualty in our term was F. R.. W. R Gow. lost flying from Halifax to Newfoundland on duty. He was a genius in many things. My own term said goodbye lo college life on 2 February. 191 7. and joined as a body H.M.S. Levithan, Flagship of Admiral Sir Montagu~ Browingin, Commander in Chief, North America and Wes! !ndies Squadron. We left behind us as senior term. R. E. S. Bidwell. E. R. Mainguy. now Chief of the Naval Staff. K. A. Mackenzie and R. B. Bretl, who joined in January. 1915. and as B dass. G. H. Desbarats. F. N. Hilliard. H M S.

Pentelow, G. R. Miles (died in 1951}. A C. Lee H. Kingsley. E. T. C. Orde. W. B. L Holms, W. J. Kingsm1!1 (sin,e deceased and son of Admiral Sir Charles Kingsmill. who was th~ firs! head of the Royal Canadian Navy). W R. Richardson. J. \V. Roy (Josi al sea in the war). G B. Willson. The Halifax explosion of December 6. 191 7. wrecked the college beyond immediate repair The Commanding Officer was severely injured as were many of the cadets mentioned above and activities were temporarily transferred 10 H.M.S. ""Stone Fngate"' within the gates of the Royal Military College. Kingston. In September, 1918, !he Naval College was transferred lo Esquimal! Dockyard and re mained there until ii was closed in 1922 on the grounds that the prOSf>('CI of naval employment for cadets was loo limited to justify its contmuance In all. the old Royal Naval College of Canada trained 150 officns. linle enough for its span of I l years, but it had both name and tradition and in the light of subsequent world affairs. its dosing was a trag~dy.

year we_are unable lo publish an Ex T HISchange Section of The Log. We should

Royal Australian Naval College: Gordon Bell High School: St. John"s Ravenscourt School: Ridley College: Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, and Ashbury College.

like lo acknowledge the receipt of magazine~ from the following: Royal Air Force College, Cran well. Lincoln shire:

122

THE LOG-1953

CHIPS FRO~I THE LOG The pasl year saw the departure of many members of the staff. including· G CJ_ B. ~!ill ward. M.A., D.FC and bar, now commanding RCAF Station. Trrnton Lt.-Col R M Ross. 0.B.E .. E.D. R C.l.C. 10 Second CanadiJn Highland Baltalion S L C C Margerison. to RCAF Staff College. Toronto. MaJor G G. Brown. P.PCLI .. 1s now a Company Commander. Second Battalion P.P.C L.l.. Currie Barracks. CalgMy. F L \V. t\. Deane. BP.HE. RCAF, to RCAF Station, Summersidc, P.E.I. Chaplain IV (P) J. B Edwards, R.C.N .. Assistant Chaplain of the Hect. Ottawa. Professor A. E. Lauz1crc, M.A. Docteur de l'Universite, instructing at Royal Mi litary College, Kingston. Lt B. Caddick ( M Ad l to H.M C.S. "NADEN" as Secretary to the Command 1'vledical Officer. Chaplain IV ( R C.) J. H. L1portc is Chaplain 1n H.M C.S. "SfH,AR\\'ATER," Dartmouth. N.S. Li. {E) Hase. R.C.N .. to H.M.C.S. "MAGNil-'lCENT ,. W02 0. V. Devooghc co RCAF Station, St. Johns. and thence 10 RCAF Station London. Crumlin Airport. London, Ontario Cpl. R. S. Crabbe to No. 12 A ir Defence Group Headquarters. Vancouver, B.C. A.B. G. W. Espin to H.M CS. "SAULT STr. MARJE." A.B. M Fenrich to H.M.C.S. "NADFN." Below are the changes in College Staff during the l 9 5 2-5 3 acadcm ic year. \Ve roll out the "\Ve/come i\,/at" to: Colonel C B. Ware. D.S 0 .. C.D.. who comes co us from Currie Barracks. Calgary as our new Commandant. Commander R. W Timbrell. D.S.C.. C.D.. R.C.N .. from H M.C.S. "Ontario." as Officer Commanding the Cadet Wing.

Chaplain IV ( R.C.) R. M. Ward, R.C.N . who is now Roman Catholic Chaplain Captain J P R. Tremblay, :\1C.. Royal 22nd Regiment. Squadron Commander of No. 2 Squadron. Chaplain III (P) B A Peglar. R.C.N. who returns to the college after three years· absence Assistant Professor R. O ldham. M.A .. D F.C.. Croix de Guerre and Bar. Docceur d'Universitf ( Paris) to the French Department. Lieutenant E. T Peterson. B.P.H E.. RC A., who succeeds F. L Deane JS P ~ R1 officer Mr. G S. McCaughey, B.A .. 10 the Engl ish Department. W02 J Cobain. R.C.A.F.. our new dnll instructor. PO. J Jack. R.C.N. to the P ~ RT staff L.S. J. Battle to Sick Bay. A.B. A K. Blcnkiron to Sick Bay. A.B. D. Taylor to Sick Bay. L.A.C. J. Milne, R.C.A.F .. as Air Force rcpresen ta live. Lt. (E) W G. Attwell. C.D.. who succeed~ Lt. Hase as Engineering Officer. Conqratulations to· Commander R. W Timbrell. D.S.C.. C. D. R.C.N.. on receiving his third ring. Captain J. P. R. Tremblay, Ro}•al 22nd Regiment, on receiving the Military Cross. Leading Scaman A K. Blcnkiron on receiving his hook. Cpl. J. Milne on receiving his two stripes. The fol/owing marriages took place: I .r C. F. B Hase. R.C.N. to Miss Jeanette Langton in II.M.C.S "MAGNIFICENT" on February 28. 1953. AB D Taylor to Miss Frances Ayres on April 7. 1953 Visited by the Stork: To Professor and Mrs. G . F Dalsin. a son on March 22. 1953.

A CLOSING THOUGHT One often surveys the cdirorial staff of a publication such as this with great ~ympatby for the travail involved. But the weight of yearbook of 195 3 has been lifted considerably from our shoulders by the efforts of Professor Schieder and Mr McCaughcy. In their cases. sympathy must give way 10 adm1ra11on and thanks for the many hours spent organizing. cdiung and proof-reading. Sincere thanks must also go to: P rofessors Burchill and Bricknell for their aid to the I itcrary Editors and Professor Cook, whose assistance has been inva luable to the Ex-Cade! Section Miss L'Amie. Mrs. Harman and ,\iiss

Mitchell for their perseverance in deciphering our scribbles and typing tbem into pr~sentable form Lt Slocombe for his giving us the use of what we SI ylc the · LOG Of+ICF ·• Lt. Peterson for his kind co-operation with busy editors and advertisers. 1 he numerous members of the academic staff who a,dcd in proof-reading. /vlr Dudky Green of the Colonisl Pr~ss our publisher Concluding. one must say that its been a great deal of work, but there's not one minut~ ot it that any of us wouldn't relive

THE LOG

I 25

I953

\DVERTISERS' I~ DE:X. ,\Ibma Pacific Consolidated 011 Ltd. Allan. 0. B. Bank of \lontreal Bank of Nova Scoua B.C. I.Icctnc B (' r:orcst Products

BC Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.

Hocking \:j Forbes

Home Oil

5t,

Imperial Otl

39 121 39

K Boot Store McFarland. H.J. Construction Co. Ltd.

66 121

IO 3

McGavin B,1kcries

124

M1Ics-Pethard

Bernard l:j Sons Ltd

Mitchell f6 Duncan Jewellers

Birks Jewellers

Monterey. The

Bon Cafe

Murdoch Girard Ltd

British America Paint Co. Ltd.

Neilson. Wilham Ltd

British I mponcrs Ltd.

Old Country Boot Store

Burrard Dry Dock and Pacific Ory Dock

Old English Beverage Co. Ltd

Brers F=Iour Mills

Palm Dairies Ltd.

Palmer. Les

CJVI

I 126 41 124

Paulin. George

C.rnada I 1fo ,\ssurancc Co

Player's

C:.1nad1an Bank of Commerce

Purdy. R. C.. Chocolam

Campbdl Studio

Canadian Bank of Commerce. Colwood C:.1nad1an General Electric Charleton. W J .. Estate Cha \,larccl Club Sirocco

IO I

123 3 41 .103 101

I 24

Raymond l\lcrcantilc

Redwood Park Motel

Seven Seas

Share Oils Ltd.

Singer. Henry

Cole George P.

Sparkle Cleaners

103

Crown Lile Insurance Co.

Sprou Shaw School

100

Dmyland l\lilk Foods

StandJrd Steam Laundry

Dickson Bros. U-Drivc

Sun L 1fe Assurance Co.

Diggon Hibben

124

Sylvester U-Dnvc Townsend. Jack

124 40

Domm1on Hotd

Duma,. Armand

I rans Lmpire Oils Ltd.

Victoria Beverages Ltd.

78 41

·1 l:aton Co. Ltd. E,·an,. Coleman \:j Johnson

Western Molors

Fcrrida1· s U-Driv,·

Wilson \\' l'j J.

Fort. Robert

'>.'indsor ~lo1or Court

12~ I 23

I-ranees Jcwdlers

Wish111g Well Grocery

Gordon's Ltd.

\Voodward's Stores l.td.

Hickmrn TF Hardwar~

Yarrows Limited

fligh.1m. Ken f6 Companr

York Theatre

.-e,,o