Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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Things We Want to Know WHETHER some members of Form I. could not write a testimonial for motor tires. THE NAME of the bright soul who suggested making bunkers for our golf course. WHETHER we shall not soon have to pull down the School to make room for some more playgrounds, or build on the playground to make room for some more school. WHY Halley couldn ' t open his desk during a certain hour. AND WHETHER it had anything to do with the love of cats shown by another member of the same form. WHETHER anybody has picked up the double lately. AND IF NOT, what has happened to it. WHETHER the translation by a Fifth Form boy of the passage omnes fere hostes terga vettevunt into all the enemy turned their backs to weep does not conjure up sad visions for the next war. AND WHETHER the Germans would have been so considerate of our feelings as to. turn their backs. IF IT IS TRUE that the Chaplain has been seen fishing with a piece of string in his well for pheasants. AND IF SO, what kind of bait he uses. Colonel Broome ' s Lecture The School was honoured on Armistice Day by the pres- ence of Lt.-Col. Broome, who gave an extremely interesting account of the unsuccessful attempt to carry the British flag round the world by air. All who were privileged to hear this epic of peril and ad- venture, told in the most simple and unaffected way by the man who bore the brunt of the long and arduous preparations for the flight, could not fail to be impressed by the sincerity of the speaker ' s underlying motive — an effort for Britain. After all, there is honour in all effort made worthily, and Col. Broome left us in no doubt that Major MacLaren and his two able assistants deserved the success that the fogs 16

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was the opinion of most of the School that either Weld i or Alexander ii would be the winner. The starting point was at the boathouse by the railway station, and the course ran from there to the School boathouse on the opposite side of the lake. There were thirty-eight entrants, two of whom were unable to swim the whole course. Alexander ii won the race by about 30 yards from Weld i, who was followed by Melrose, Best ii and then the also rans . The cup which was awarded to Alexander was very kindly given by Mrs. Crisp. The length cf the course was about three-quarters of a mile, and was covered by the winner in a little over 14 min- utes. Although there was no Diving Competition, there are several boys who are beginning to dive well. If we may say so without hurting anyone ' s feelings, the best is Melrose, whose diving is excellent. The early morning plunge we presume will continue the year round, excepting, perhaps, when the ice is too thick to break. 15

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of the Northern Pacific and the penuriousness of the McDon- ald Government denied them. Col. Broome showed no rancour at this lack of support and was unstinted in his praise of the Am ericans for their help at a critical time of the flight and for the assistance rendered by the Canadian Government. No spoken word of condemnation could have been more impressive, coupled as it was with a frank recognition of the thoroughness of the American preparations and the efficiency of their flyers. Palmam qui meruit ferat. Col. Broome would be the first to award this palm to his successful rivals, but there is another honour often greater than victory — the honour of fighting a losing game against overwhelming odds known from the first, and faced with unflinching bravery to the last. This is the honour won by Col. Broome and his associ- ates. Letter from Form L We, the members of Form I., respectfully offer to the Editor our sincere congratulations upon the second anniversary of his editorial birthday. It is true that his corporeal person- ality is changed since last year, but his high office still remains. The Editor is dead, long live the Editor! We are ourselves young, and, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, we clap him on the back as high up as we can reach, and acclaim him with words of encouragement in his arduous task. It may be mentioned that we are not without our own troubles, which have come to us in the form of a surfeit of new boys, taxing our assimilative powers to such a degree as to cause a kind of mental and moral indigestion. Our Old Guard, steadied by long discipline, and trained in all the finer points of etiquette of scholastic life, were at first inclined to look askance at this barbaric horde and their untutored ways. Many of the newcomers seemed to think that ink was intended for bathing purposes; that window glass was made especially for the purpose of being broken by hurlin g small boys and other missiles through it; that masters, and even prefects,, were mere mortals, to be approached and addressed with the lack of reverence and the debonair freedom with which the modern youth is accustomed to treat his seniors. 17