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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Editorial IT HAS been suggested that a Phoenix should become the School Crest. We have never seen one, and such repre- sentation of this rara avis as we have seen does not seem to be a suitable emblem for the architectural result of Mr. Douglas James ' fertile brain. Still, we have emerged from the ashes of the old building, and the general appearance of the new shell may be gauged by the pictures in this number. The weeks and months immediately after the fire were so crammed with the business of life that the nightmare of December 16, and the event immediately following, have be- come rather hazy in our minds. The following day our diffi- culties seemed to be much less, on receiving a very generous offer from Dr. and Mrs. Woodman, offering us the use of the Island Hall at Parksville for temporary quarters. After due consideration we decided that it would be more convenient to take the Cadboro Bay Hotel, where, despite the cold and the lack of conveniences for school life, we were able to carry on during the Lent term without undue disruption. The Senior Boys, with Captain Levien and Mr. Skrimshire, remained at the Hill House and were of the utmost value in helping in the construction of the new buildings. That their school work was not too much neglected is proved by the Examination Results. The result of the past few months ' work has given us a more suitable and more attractive building than the old one. We have greater comfort and even luxury. W T e have many more boys than ever before, and every prospect appears to be a pleasant one. But, while the ordeal by fire has resulted in the strength- ening of some characters, we must strive to continue with an even and subdued spirit of quiet confidence and genuine en- deavour. We have experienced extremes of pessimism and optimism, and we should like to see the more even balance in favour of quality.