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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Song of the Gym. Was you asking me my experience In the fire of ' 26? Why without me, well, just ask anyone, Yes, they would ' ave be en in a fix. I ' d ' ardly been properly finished, The windows weren ' t all of them done, When the School burnt down in a night, sir, And I was left all alone. They first of all used me for sortin ' The things they saved from the blaze. The place was a regular shambles, We was working for days and days. And while all this was a ' appening, The boys they ' ad to be fed ; So we served them their meals right ' ere, sir, Good work! sir, was that you said? When the boys came back after Christmas, AVhy Bert ' ad been rushing about; He ' d altered the whole of me landscape, And fair turned me inside out. He ' d dining and store rooms and class rooms, And a carpenter ' s workshop as well ; Was the noise very bad? did you say, sir? Just ask Mr. Skrimshire, he ' ll tell. And now I ' m all beautifully stuccoed, And they ' re using me quite a lot ; But it ' s good to feel you ' ve been useful, So long as you ain ' t forgot. is

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THINGS WE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER girls are any better at telling the time than boys. AND IF SO whether this has anything to do with the direction taken by most boats on Sunday afternoons. WHAT would be the result of a beauty competition be- tween Shawnigan Lake School and Strathcona Girls ' School. AND WHETHER Captain Levien would be allowed to enter. IF MARTIN I. has found out yet whether Pontius Pilate was a disease. IF ANYBODY wants a good anchor for a boat. AND WHETHER the School ' bus wouldn ' t answer the purpose very well. WHETHER some of the Old Boys didn ' t envy the pre- fect ' s studies when they came over. WHEN a Greyhound Racing Club is to be started in B.C. AND IF Crisp would not make a very good Secretary, after his hurdling episode in the Paige. WHO WINS the prize (if any) for falling over the most things during the year. AND WHETHER honours would not be fairly evenly divided between Johnston and a certain member of the staff. HOW MANY of the School, after consuming more than half a dozen cream purls, will agree that the singular of 6 is sick. WHO SHUT Winch into one of the changing room lock- ers just before prayers one evening. AND WHETHER the thought in Winch ' s mind of miss- ing prayers wasn ' t slight as compared with the fear of missing supper. IF MR. KNIGHT really enjoys his early morning bathe in the lake in this weather. OR IS IT THAT he finds more privacy in this form of ablution than in the Senior wash-room just after 9 p.m. IF MRS. STANTON has a separate electric light account for the surgery. 17

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Tennis - Golf - Badminton SOME tennis was possible this year, but the demands of the new building being rather exacting there was not always the same time available for play as in former years. That part of the School which was at Cadboro Bay enjoyed some games on the cement court there. The play seemed, however, to consist mostly of that style of shot generally associated with a pitching mashie. The veterans of Shawnigan, however, were more ortho- dox, and some very fair games resulted on the Shawnigan wooden courts. Golf was hardly played at all, but with the ploughing and seeding which has been done in the last year, not to mention many hours of picking up stones on the part of the School in general, it should be possible by next Spring to have a small nine-hole course ready for excavation by the enthusiasts of the Royal and Ancient Game. Badminton is now in full swing again. With our gym once more being used for its proper functions (it having pro- vided us with class room, dining room, workshop and general storage accommodation since the fire), we are now able to use two courts for play. The added height, as compared with our old quarters, makes the game twice what it ever was be- fore, and though there may not be the same satisfaction in smiting a shuttlecock as there is in flogging a squash ball, yet competition is as keen as ever and the courts are seldom vacant. SQUASH We are justly proud of our two new squash courts, the only courts at present on Vancouver Island. Play has been very keen and the game seems to have taken a firm hold. With the addition of artificial light in the not too distant future, the hours of play will be greatly lengthened, an improvement which will be much appreciated. 19