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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE and helped us in many small ways. Also Fred Woods, that Prince of Plumbers, who never seemed to mind how much leg-pulling he received, and whose work was so efficiently and, incidentally, reasonably done. Surely he must have lost money on painting the pipes, as gold and silver paint has been found most valuable for bicycles, tobacco tins and many other com- modities not strictly connected with the plumber ' s trade ! The Pancake Greeze was held on Shrove Tuesday in the gymnasium, the delegates from Cadboro Bay coming up by car. It was won by Ripley. The new prefects are Lake (Head of the School), Roch- fort, Piddington, Green, Larsen and Best. The scheme of furnishing the Big School Room with chairs given by old boys is proving a great success. Prefects ' chairs are being given by various schools. At the moment those actually given are by Glenalmond, Malvern, Mill Hill, The Leys, Cambridge and Trinity College, Port Hope. These are Glastonbury chairs of English oak, bearing the Coat of Arms of the School which has given them. A very fine solid oak desk and chair were made and presented to the Head- master by ten of the carpenters engaged on construction. A very nice picture of the Entrance to Westminster was pre- sented to the School by Some Old Westminsters. We have made two additions to our staff this year. Mr. Knight, who is rilled with the ideas of Sanderson of Oundle, tempered by the influence of Cambridge. Also Mr. M. H. Ellis, who played soccer for Shrewsbury, and stroked the Oxford boat. He has been teaching for the last three years at Westminster and therefore the more welcome. A great deal of interest has been taken in the new build- ing by boys, parents and friends. The School, however, re- mains the same, and we sincerely hope that the tone of the School and the good work of the School will in no way suffer on account of our change of coat. Our numbers keep up. We have started this year with twenty more boys than we have ever had before, and it will keep us all very busy doing our

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE School Notes CONSTRUCTION of the new building started on Febru- ary 16, from plans drawn by Mr. Douglas James of Duncan. Our old friend, Mr. Boniface, undertook the work, and, with his brother as foreman, has carried on through the entire scheme. Bert ' s never failing energy and cheerful- ness in the face of obstacles was a valuable factor, and Charlie has endeared himself to all of us by his remarkable ability to make everyone with whom he conies in contact work hard and yet be cheerful. They began the work under great diffi- culties, and the most searching critics are compelled to admit that the work has been well and truly done, and at a low cost which surprises them. Five old boys have worked on the building at different times, A. G. Crisp staying most steadily and putting in six months ' work on it. The extraordinarily unselfish and loyal work of the entire staff was a wonderful stimulus to the success of the project. The School has been built entirely from lumber supplied by the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company and was of an uniformly excellent grade. Games, of course, suffered considerably, but our Junior Boys managed to win the Wilson Cup again for the fifth time, and one or two matches were played in Victoria ; but our First Eleven were never able to get together. A little cricket was made possible after our return to Shawnigan, by the kindness of the Cowichan Cricket Club, who allowed us to use their grounds on Thursdays. This season we are using our own grounds. We were fortunate to be able to hear most of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas when they were played in Victoria ; also Amundsen ' s lecture. We returned to Shawnigan on May 13, and by the end of the term the entire School was housed in the new build- ings, and on Speech Day practically everything inside was finished. One disadvantage of having finished is that we miss the cheery countenance of Mr. Allen, who did the plastering,

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE level best to imitate the high standard of efficiency set by our late Head Boy. Our thanks are due to other schools for their sympa- thetic help, but we must particularly mention the exception- ally kind offers of Cranleig ' h House and the University School in Victoria. Had we been unable to find suitable quarters all together, we should have accepted the very kind offers of these schools and gone to live with them temporarily in smaller sections. While not availing ourselves of their gener- osity we are none the less grateful for it. Others to whom our thanks are due are Brentwood College, St. Michael ' s, St. George ' s, Vancouver Grammar School, Vernon Preparatory School, the Collegiate, David Spencer Co., and the Hud- son ' s Bay Co. A new department in the School is the Drawing School, a long felt want. This has been brought into being and is being most enthusiastically carried on by Mr. Rose. Mr. Rose is giving up two days a week to this work, and has furnished the Art School himself most artistically. Our grateful thanks to Miss Gildea, Headmistress of Strathcona School, for her generosity in presenting us with a very fine Burroughes and Watts Billiard Table. The Squash Courts are now in daily use and are proving to be a wonderful boon.