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

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EDITORIAL OUR second number! If the magazine is late we apologize. It is sure to be late, and it is our fault. No one knows the terrible strain undergone by an editor who has never edited; even though he has a large staff of assistants and con- tributors, it only tends to emphasize the tremendous import- ance of the teaching of hand-writing in our schools. The Michaelmas Term ended with the usual Sisters ' Dance — the best yet. The Big School was extremely well decorated, and ' he excellent coloured lighting effects were due to the efforts of Weld i and Crisp i. The Lent Term was a yery busy one and the weather was perfect throughout the entire term. The Bishop confirmed eleven candidates from the School in the church on April 2nd, and at a special meeting of the School it was decided to hold the regular School services every Sunday in the School instead of going through all weathers to the Church and to services usually taken by our own Chaplain. This has led to the beginning of a Chapel Fund, an ambi- tion long held by most of us, and now we hope, in the near future, to have a small but well-equipped Chapel of our own. Subscriptions from Old Boys would show that they still retain some interest in their old School. We have to record our most grateful thanks to Mrs. Fer- guson and to Miss E. Ravenhill for our very beautiful altar cloth. The Concert was a success of no mean order, and once more we have to thank Commander Kingscote for the interest he took in the Physical Training and Boxing, and, indeed, in the entire School. The Pancake Greeze was more energetic than usual, and more amusing.

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Our Football Team was good, and as an under sixteen team was unbeaten. Cricket is not as good as it should be, yet it was encouraging to note the great improvement through- out the school, helped perhaps, by the addition of two cement nets. The Michaelmas Term opened on September 11th, and Mr. Skrimshire has come in the place of Mr. Davies, who has gone to the States, where we hope he will make his fortune. We have never had a more healthy year, and can only record one boy in the sick-room during the entire year. We have much pleasure in telling any of our old boys, who do not already know, that two old masters, Mr. Towns- end and the Rev. C. K. Warren, have joined the ranks of the benedicts. They both have our very best wishes. While not considering it quite good form to pat our- selves on the back unduly, we feel that a modicum of gratitude should be expressed for the untiring efforts of our Clerk of the Works and his assistant. When the Special Service Squadron arrived, most of the School took the opportunity of going to Victoria and watch- ing the arrival of the fleet and then going over one or more of the ships. We have spent much time and all our spare cash on the new Footer field, and it really begins to look as if it might be in use next year. A lot of good work has been done on the golf course. Two most interesting lectures have been heard, one by the Dean of Columbia, on The Use and Misuse of the Eng- lish Language, and the other by Lt.-Col. Broome, whose delightful talk gave us an intimate knowledge of the entirely wonderful experience of the British Round the World Alight under Major MacLaren. His photographs and map were a source of very great interest. At the end of the Midsummer Term we said au tevoiv to seventeen boys, and in September welcomed twenty-five new boys, which number filled all our vacancies.