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

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We hear that George Officer is now a confidential secre- tary, but we want to hear more of this. C. Phillipps-Wooley has gone to Stowe. A. Pooley, R. Mellin, W. Leckie, are all in banks in the Province. L. W. Neel, c-o. J. H. Whittome Co. at Duncan. S. E. Morres was 4th for his year at R.M.C. and is playing left-half for their soccer team. J. Ross has joined him at R.M.C. B. Schwengers, c-o. E. G. Prior Co., Victoria. J. Slade, E. Hyde-Parker and P. Malkin are in England, the last-named having gone to the Leys School, Cambridge. R. Walkem is at Upper Canada College and doing well in school and sports, having carried off the Junior Championship his first term. The Macdonalds are at Kincolith doing private tuition. W. G. and J. L. Roaf are at the School House, St. Bees, Cumberland, and we hope are receiving as many interesting letters as they are writing. - E. T. Knight has gone to California. Any letters written to Old Boys may be sent to the School and will be forwarded. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS J.D.H. — No, the short notes on the piano are not known as wafers. You are probably confused with the name ' bun- worries ' given to certain musical tea-parties. S.D.F. — An antelope could hardly be called a four-footed animal of South America which eats ants. Nor is Manilla the stuff they put into ice-cream to make it taste, as somebody informed us the other day. Musical — No, a ' cello is not an overgrown violin. A friend of ours who planted a crop of violins last spring and 31

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OLD BOYS ' NOTES There was a most interesting re-union of Old Boys on November 7th, when about sixteen turned up for the Old Boys ' match. Later an impromptu concert was held in Big School and the evening closed with the general expression of hope that this might become an annual affair. Thanks to one or two Old Boys an interesting account of this re-union appeared in the Cow r ichan Leader, dated November 12th. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Robertson paid us a visit in the sum- mer. Robertson is now a law student in the firm of Robert- son Douglas in Vancouver. Allan Robertson also was up and is the same cheery soul as ever; he is with Messrs. Evans, Coleman Evans in Van- couver. Ross Wilson at last dropped in and says he is now work- ing with his father ' s firm in Victoria. R. C. Inglis is learning the printer ' s business and is with the Cowichan Leader in Duncan. R. Eddison is still at Charterhouse. T. Eddison has passed all exams well and is now a snottie in H.M.S. Revenge. J. Mair has arrived at his destination in Kenya Colony. J. Lander and H. Lander are still at Shrewsbury. The former was not quite so successful with his crew at Henley this year. L. Stewart Macleod hopes to go to Cambridge next year and is working at home. M. Magill is living at Shawnigan with his parents. T. Groves is at the U.B.C. K. Craig, J. Musgrave, F. Gooch are all in various branches of the automobile business. F. Musgrave and K. Halley are at the Victoria College. T. Golby has been to see us and is now a cadet in the Empress of Canada. K. Leeming is with the Royal Trust Co. in Victoria. 30

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fed them very carefully on Fertabs, ' tells us that it didn ' t improve the instruments in the least. H J.L. — No, Tennyson ' s Ulysses was not written in ' Quad- ratic Thirds. ' J.M.L. — No, a museum is not a place to keep music in. Though some of the music we have heard coming, from the singing-room might well have been put into a museum. Helpful — We are inclined to agree with your suggestion as to helping Numbers 3 and 4 Divisions to remember their right and left hands. We doubt, however, if parents would approve of their sons appearing home tatooed with an ' R ' on one side and an ' L on the other. Curious — No, the rumoured end of the world on Friday, February 6th, this year, caused no confusion that we remem- ber. The only remark we overheard was that of a mem- ber of the Vlth Form who murmured, Oh well, thank Heavens, no P.T. on Saturday. Worried — No, to punctuate means more than knowing when to stop. Taking your sentence, The driver was not able to punctuate his car, we feel that something more than a pair of brackets would be needed to bring the school ' bus to a full stop. F.W.I.M. — You are quite right in your description of the early Puritans. You would not have expected to find them in a picture show. Neither were they in the habit of listening in to the sermons of the elders over the radio. Sufferer — Your suggestion that all the members of the orchestra should play the same tune, has been received some- what coldly. We ourselves belong to a highly trained band and know the difficulties and dangers attending any such pro- ceeding. Bar Stin — Possibly the air in Form VI. does get a trifle blue at times, which may cause it to weigh rather heavy. We doubt, however, if it goes as much as 800 lbs. to the cubic foot. On the other hand, this might account for the difficulty some people seem to find in shooting a goal with a cubic foot of air encased in a piece of leather. 32