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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Celebrities IF PREFECTORIAL dignity and tact you seek to find, If mental and athletic skill you also have in mind, Let me introduce some characters, both sterling and refined, In whom you ' ll find those virtues most effectively combined. Here, first, we have a potentate before whom juniors quake, Though he may be known as Jelly, he is seldom seen to shake, And if he sometimes wobbles, yet he never makes a break, He ' s a most efficient head man, is our senior prefect, Lake. Insatiate devourer of puddings, meats and sauce, A centre-half ubiquitous, who shoots with awful force, Brighter than broom on Beacon Hill, gayer than glowing gorse, Where shall we find the equal of our flaming-crested Horse. Though some may say the footer field needs quantities more grass on Our Captain seems to find it just the place to kick and pass on, He ' s not so very brainy but his smile helps any class on, And the darling of Strathcona is our blue-eyed Emma Larsen. If dignified sagacity you happen to admire, If to skill at nursery cannons or at squash you should aspire, Or if you merely like to sit and knit before the fire, Let me recommend the company of Piddington (Maria). And now our sergeant-major ' s touch appears upon the scene, He staggers the tough working gangs on whom he vents his spleen ; But in his private study where he cooks the porcine bean, He ' s as cheery as he ' s noisy, is young Douglas Huntley Green. A mighty hunter last we see, who never deigns to rest ; Be it footer, squash or cricket he displays an equal zest, And if you search the Islands through, North, South, or East, or West, I doubt if you ' ll find anyone who ' s better than our Best. M. H. E. 31

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The results of events were as follows : — (3 points for 1st; 2 for 2nd; 1 for 3rd) Event Senior Championship Junior Championship 100 yards, open 100 yards, junior 220 yards, open 220 yards, junior High jump, open High jump, junior - Long jump, open - Long jump, junior - Throw ' g cricket ball, open Throw ' g cricket ball, jun. 50 yards swim, open 50 yards swim, junior Diving, open - Diving, junior - Life-saving - Cock Fight - Double sculls - 3-legged race, under 10 Non-swimmers ' race Inter-house relay race, sr. Inter-house relay race, jr. Old oys race Winner Second Third Rochfort i Larsen i Parr (14 points). (11 points) (7 points) Lake ii Bradford ii (12 points) (11 points) H ' addon Rochfort i Larsen i Lake ii Bradford ii Barker Parr Larsen i Rochfort i Lake ii Bradford ii Larsen ii Larsen i Rochfort i Steward Lake ii Bradford ii Barclay ii Larsen i Steward Parr Lake ii Bradford ii Barker Best Rochfort i Steward Neel Graham Larsen Johnston Rochfort i Merritt Cooke Woodman Bunton Playfair Maxwell Merritt Bunton Cotton Bradford ii Maxwell Best Rochfort i Rochfort i Larsen i f Rochfort i J Larsen i [Best Parr Merritt Maxwell 1 Bradford ii 1 Larsen ii 1 Slater Tryon Nixon ii | Walkem ii 1 Farris Walkem ii Wilson Dearborn i Ripley ' s Lake ' s Maxwell Lake i Parr Haddon Best Merritt Rochfort i Larsen Lake ' s Ripley ' s Lake ii Barclay ii Barker Bradford ii Neel Taylor iii Cooke Johnson N. Jones Capt. Douglas Groves, Mr. J. Grant, and Mr. W. R. Rip- ley kindly acted as judges. 30

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Total Eclipse of the Sun June 29th, 1927 (The following account was received by a member of the staff from a relation in England) IN SPITE of a week ' s almost continuous rain, the total eclipse took place this morning. Beginning in the early hours of the morning we started from here (Ambleside) at 2 a.m. for a forty mile drive to Bowland Knott , near Giggleswick in Yorkshire. The sky at this time presented a cloudy yet fine aspect. At Kendal, however, the clouds turned into rain and our hearts sank. Still no one lost hope, and as the day began to break, patience was rewarded. The rain ceased, and when we arrived at our destination the morning was fine, though chilly. The moor on which we found ourselves, was pretty high up, but all the same some of us walked to another hill, on the way disturbing hundreds of gulls which were gathered round their nests by the side of a pond. Arrived at the hill, the sun, which until then had been hidden by clouds, suddenly showed itself, and I was able to see that the moon had already begun her transit across the sun. As the time advanced, the gulls began to get excited, and at 6:20, when it wanted only three minutes to the totality, the light began to get grey and weird, the atmosphere to be- come very cold, and the shadow cast by the moon on the earth to move rapidly towards us. Then, suddenly, at 6:23, the sun was completely hidden behind the moon. Immediately everything became very quiet, and as I watched, I saw the corona, in the shape of a wonder- ful bright light, appear round the moon. I saw, too, the chromosphere consisting of beautiful red flames, appear round the corona, also a greenish shadow on the moon herself, prob- ably a reflection caused by the chromosphere. 32