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FAREWELL MR. DEVENISH | RUGBY SPRING TOUR | PLACE-BASED LEARNING THETHE MAGAZINE OF ST.SAINT GEORGE’S SCHOOL | SPRING 2018 CHARACTER EDUCATION THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE TEACH THE SAINT THE MAGAZINE OF ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL ACTING MANAGING EDITORS NIK WILLIAMS-WALSHE DOMINIQUE ANDERSON SENIOR COPY EDITOR NANCY KUDRYK GRAPHIC DESIGNER BRUCE ELBEBLAWY GEORGIANS EDITOR COVER STORY IAN YEN ‘03 Head of Georgian Relations PRESIDENT OF THE ST. GEORGE’S OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION 36 DIRK LAUDAN ‘87 PHOTOGRAPHERS Richelle Akimow Photography Bob Frid St. George’s School Archives Clement Woo Ian Yen '03 CHARACTER EDUCATION THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE TEACH THE SAINT is published twice per year, expressly for Old Boys, parents, and friends of St. George’s School. It is also distributed to other Canadian independent schools and selected public or private institutions. Comments about any of the articles are always welcome. 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Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: St. George’s School Society 3851 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver BC V6S 1T6 24 FAREWELL MR. DEVENISH > SPRING 2018 12 40 FAREWELL MR. RNIC GLOBAL STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE 60 ADVENTURES IN HOCKEY 44 16 54 PLACE-BASED LEARNING BAND SPRING TOUR RUGBY SPRING TOUR SAINTS LIFE 4 | THE SAINT SAINTS LIFE On April 19th, 2018, Mr. Andrew D. Grant, Mr. Sam H. Gudewill, and Dr. Tony Mercer were inducted as Builders of St. George’s School. Board Members, faculty and staff, Georgians, family members, and the community gathered to honour these individuals who have made an extraordinary, transformational contribution over time to the building of the School. The Builders designation represents the highest award the School will confer in recognition of extraordinary support. Reflecting a genuine love of St. George’s School, this support may involve either personal effort ‘above and beyond the THE call of duty’ and/or financial support. BUILDERS2018 BUILDERS OF ST. GEORGE’S INDUCTEES SPRING 2018 | 5 SAINTS LIFE 6 | THE SAINT SAINTS LIFE BUILDERS OF ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL HONOURED IN 2018 MR. ANDREW D. GRANT MR. SAM H. GUDEWILL DR. TONY MERCER Georgian Parent (Timothy ’00, Douglas ’03); Georgian Parent (Spencer ’10); Foundation Chair Senior Master; Robinson Distinguished Service Honourary Old Boy; Board Member (1991-2003); (2005-2012), Board Member (2007-2012); Chair of Award Recipient; past Director of Senior School, Board Chair (1994-1996); Foundation Chair (1999- Advancement Committee (2007-2010); Member of the Head of Grade, and Head of Science; Outstanding 2001); Chair and Member of Building & Grounds Headmaster’s Council. Major donor since 2003. Educator Awards from the University of Chicago and Committee (1990 -2002). Major donor since 1991. Stanford University; Soccer, Rugby, Field Hockey, A tireless volunteer and supporter of and Golf Coach; Skydiving Aficionado and CSPA When his eldest son joined St. George’s St. George’s School, Sam played a key Master Course Facilitator; Photographer and World School in 1989, Andrew went ‘all in’ to leadership role at a definitive point in the Traveller contribute to the building of St. George’s School’s history. Already familiar with the School. As president and founding partner world of Canadian independent schools, Coming to Canada from England to pursue of PCI, and with development projects as a member of the School’s two Boards a PhD in X-ray crystallography at the around the city, his experience proved he emphasized the importance of thinking University of British Columbia, Dr. Tony invaluable to the School during a period of big and of striving to establish St. George’s Mercer then went on to complete his teacher expansion. Along with his wife, Joan, he was as one of the country’s pre-eminent training before finding a life-long home generous with his time and energy, putting independent schools. In particular, as Chair at St. George’s School. Having served St. his heart into everything he did for Saints. of the Foundation Board, he focused his George’s for more than four decades, Tony His many realms of service to the School attention on the importance of the School’s has worked with six different Headmasters, include stints as Foundation Chair and Endowment, pursuing the audacious goal and he has held many of the key positions Board Chair and over a decade as a member of building an Endowment large enough in the School, including Director of the of the Board of Directors. He served to cover the entire cost of the School’s Senior School (now Principal), Head of with the Nominating Committee and the Financial Aid Program. Grade, and Department Head. As Director, Advancement Committee, and was involved Under Sam’s leadership, the operations of he led the Senior School during a period with the Excellence in Education Campaign. the St. George’s School Foundation were of change and growth. Among his most However, it was as Chair of the Building systematized and professionalized. He also significant accomplishments was his focus and Grounds Committee he made his mark, worked hard to grow the Endowment from on improving the overall quality of the formally serving from 1990 to 2002, and then $3M to over $20M through a combination of School’s academic program. Tony has seen remaining as advisor through 2010. Andrew adept financial management and ongoing his share of changes, but he has never lost oversaw the first master plan for the Senior fundraising. The retirement of Headmaster his commitment to his students and their and Junior Schools and then the seismic Nigel Toy in 2010 helped facilitate this learning, nor his passion for teaching and upgrade and rebuilding of the Junior School, process through the creation of an endowed learning. the building of Harker Hall, new playing fund in his name. For Sam, the overriding The Senior School’s Senior Master since fields for the junior campus, the construction goal was to build the Endowment so that 2012, he truly is a master teacher who has of the Headmaster’s Residence, two financial aid could be provided to deserving inspired generations of Science students upgrades to the Senior School (including boys who would otherwise be unable through his dynamic and innovative McLean Hall and the Chan Arts and Science to attend the School. Sam’s loyalty and approach to teaching. As one of his former Wing), and was instrumental in guiding the commitment is reflected in the fact that he students noted, “What a journey it has School through dealings with City Hall and still serves on the Foundation’s Investment been through Dr. Mercer’s teaching, from the neighbours. He was also a member of Committee, even though he stepped down intellectual challenges along the way to the Search Committee that brought us past from his role as Chair of the Foundation continuous reminders about the importance Headmaster, and Builder, Nigel Toy. more than five years ago. of connecting knowledge to the real world. Dr. Mercer’s teaching sparked in me an intellectual passion for science that I can never thank him enough for.” Highlights of Dr. Mercer’s tenure also include various school trips to locations like Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest, and the Galapagos Islands, as well as the annual CAIS Soccer Tournament and numerous golf tournaments. Many of our Old Boys remember his spectacular entry to the 1992 Fair – skydiving from a plane! This is Tony’s 42nd year at St. George’s, making him the longest serving faculty member in the School’s history. SPRING 2018 | 7 SAINTS LIFE Dr. Hughes has wanted to write a novel set in Morocco since he first visited there as a boy and explored the Spanish Foreign Legion forts (not French) and learned about the Rif War and the Spanish Civil War. After receiving a doctorate in history in the UK, writing nonfiction, and teaching in the United States and ST. GEORGE’S VERY Canada, he finally wrote that novel. Dead in Tangier, the OWN DR. JOHN HUGHES first Captain Equi mystery novel, is set in Tangier against intrigues in Spanish Morocco that ignited Spain’s civil RECENTLY PUBLISHED war in 1936. Those who have heard Dr. Hughes speak at ArtsWeek or attended his lecture series are eagerly DEAD IN TANGIER, THE anticipating reading his story. FIRST IN A SERIES OF Notes from Kirkus Review: “In his series opener, Hughes makes excellent use of place, history, and character to MYSTERY NOVELS, tell a moving story that goes deeper than crime-solving. NOW AVAILABLE FROM Tangier of 1936 comes alive in his telling, with its tangle of cultures, languages, people, and neighborhoods. AMAZON/KINDLE. It’s a fine metaphor for moral ambiguity, summed up by Tangier rules, a phrase so central that it should be the book’s title. Equally well-drawn are the tale’s characters, particularly Equi, who has a complicated past that includes an English mother, an abusive father, and a wife who died 15 years previously.” AUTHOR IN THE HOUSE 8 | THE SAINT SAINTS LIFE HONOURING 25 OF SERVICEYears AT OUR ST.