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

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PRIZE LIST Form VI. — Roaf ii. Form V. — Best i. Form IV. — Griffith. Form III. — Colthurst i. Form II. — Douglas i. Form I. — Woodman. French — Musgrave. Maths.— Cook, i. Music — Olsen. General Progress — Cameron, Larsen. Reading — Groves. Efficiency — Halley, Crisp. Photography — Lake i. Natural History Collection — Moore and Roaf ii. Snap Shooting— Crisp. Dormitory Shield — No. 4, Ripley. Sports Cup (Senior) — Melrose. Sports Cup (Junior) — Merritt. Old Boy ' s Race — Watson. Sisters Race — Ruth Walcot. Prizes were kindly presented by the following: Mrs. Wells, Mrs. F. Stanton, Mrs. Lampman, Rev. E. M. Willis, Miss Lonsdale, Miss K. E. Lonsdale, The Bishop of Columbia, Mrs. Tryon, Mrs. Hartl. HEARD OVER THE RADIO THAT Form VI. is in future to be known as The Ken- nels. THAT Culloden Moor was the general who defeated Bonnie Prince Charlie. THAT serious earthquake disturbances have been felt in the lower regions of Form IV. 26

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necessitated the entire hotel being woken up to share in the revels. After breakfast, more golf on the sands, tennis for others and so forth, until about 11.30 a.m., when the whole party re- embarked and proceeded to Mrs. Tryon ' s, about 5 miles on, where another eating competition took place. Those who were then able to move, chased a golf ball about, or played games, while their more replete brethren composed themselves for a little slumber against a log or anything handy. After a bathe, supper and a camp fire. Finally the rem- nants gathered themselves together, minus the juniors who had left earlier in the afternoon, packed everything into the cars and started for home, which was reached without mishap towards midnight. To add that the trip was successful would be superfluous ; suffice it to say that it was one of the most enjoyable holidays that Shawnigan Lake School can arrange, and those who have sampled former efforts will know what that means. EXAMINATION RESULTS E. Musgrave passed his Senior Matriculation. J. J. D. Groves, A. G. Crisp, W. G. H. Roaf, J. L. Roaf, J. K. Halley, passed the Junior Matriculation. G. Best took the Departmental Examination and passed into third year. J. E. L. Griffiths, W. S. Ferguson, H. J, Lake, P. J. Cook, C. S. Melrose, passed into second year. July 1st was Prize Day. The finals of all water sports were held immediately after lunch, after which the large crowd of parents and visitors assembled in Big School for prize giving. The Headmaster, in a short speech, summarized the work and progress of the School during the past year as being one of the most successful in our history. Dr. Wace then distributed the prizes. 25

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THAT the Junior ' s seven o ' clock train was derailed the other night, and the service has since been discontinued. THAT a Ford is to be permanently attached to the front of the school bus for towing purposes. THAT Mr. Skinner ' s Ford coupe really has been sold. THAT Wallbridge suggests carrying the Tuck Shop around in a trunk on a wheelbarrow, preceded we suppose by the Chaplain carrying a red flag and calling out Bring Out Your Dead. MUSINGS FROM A MASTER ' S DIARY Monday again ! How regularly Sunday is followed by Monday. Yes, and how truly it has been said that the school- master lives in a little world of his own — and what a world! It is a world in which trivialities assume the proportions of questions of real import, and petty annoyances a weight al- most too great to bear. Why do so many men become schoolmasters? Ask me another. There are plenty of ' occupations in which they would be much better suited — book-agents, vaudeville artists, music- ians, photographers, jig-saw puzzle specialists, under house- keepers. I have heard of one even, who became a chocolate- bar seller till he got into difficulties in computing the profits, or perhaps the losses, and had to go back to teaching, with the word Arithmetic erased from his credentials. For myself I always wanted to be a butcher, but failing to realize this ambition, I have fallen back on my second best role — that of educational reformer. In this work 1 would be- gin at the common room, with a better understanding in our schools that this apartment does not always derive its name from the character of its occupants, and that what is said within its walls is not necessarily to be published up the hill or on the playground. Next I would tackle the problem of the prevalence of slang, Americanese, and such other wild tongues. To erad- icate these I should at first encourage the boys to learn them, and after a fortnight or so make all language except the most 27