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

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SHAW NIG AN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Inter-house relay, senior.... Ripley ' s Best i. Malkin i. Douglas i. Rochfort i. Inter-house relay, junior.... Groves ' Barclay ii. Douty Redden Whittall Old Boys ' race Ferguson Groves ' Bazett Larsen Sherlock Johnston Lake ' s Fox ii. Graham Piddington ii Hunter Officer a n ' In common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing. (Moby Dick, Chap. XXV., Herman Melville). Here, surely, cultured wisdom speaks. Attention, now, ye shaveling sheiks ; No longer venture to demean Yourselves, with scented vaseline. Oh, better far a crop of hair That stands straight up into the air, Than a sleek head, caked smooth and hard With oleaginous pomard. Henceforth be virile, and abhor The sickly-pungent pompadour. Eschew the subtle druggist ' s flora, Nor touch effeminate Eudora. Your daily habits thus appointing, You will not smell of vile anointing; Nor will you merit, though unkempt, The other fellow ' s mean contempt. — Oleander. 21;

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE swimming races, which, added to his other points, gave him third place. The Junior Sports Cup was a very closely contested affair. Hunter won by one point, Bradford ii. and Douty being tied for second place. The final day of the water sports was held on July 2, in glorious weather, some 500 visitors being present. The diving was good, and the events were well up to our usual standard. The results of events were as follows : (3 points for 1st; 2 for 2nd; 1 for 3rd) Eyent Winner Senior Championship Larsen (17 points) Junior Championship Hunter (12 points) 100 yards, open Larsen 100 yards, junior Hunter- rj ir •, j Larsen Half-mile, open j Lake » Half-mile, junior Douty 120 yds., hurdles, junior Larsen 120 yds., hurdles, junior.... Bradford ii. ■j- , ■ i Larsen High jump, open ( Begt { High jump, junior Douty Long jump, open Larsen Long jump, junior ....Hunter Throw ' g cricket ball, open.-Rochfort i. Throw ' g cricket ball, jun... Douty Diving, open . Maclaren Diving, junior Bradford ii. 50 yards swim, open Rochfort i. 50 yards swim, junior..... Cotton Life-saving Rochfort i. ( ' Larsen Double sculls JMerritt (Maxwell ii. 40 yards swim, under 10 Rogers Non-swimmers ' race .....Barker Second Third Best i. Rochfort i. (11 points) ( 10 points) 1 Bradford ii. I Doutv (11 points) Best i. Piddington i. Bradford ii. Barclay ii. Barclay i. Hunter Bradford ii. Lake ii. Piddington i. Doutv Redden Rochfort i. Graham Redden Best i. Motherwell Bradford ii. Graham Best i. Playfair Hunter Taylor iv. Whellams Taylor i. Bunton Robertson ii. Plavfair Johnston Hunter Redden Best i. Merritt (Sherlock Elliott ( Norie (Lake i. Best i. (Bradford ii. Rowntree Browm Cross Carter 25

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Mr Brandon-Thomas Concert N February 16, 1928, Mr. Brandon-Thomas and some of the members and friends of The Charley ' s Aunt Com- pany, gave us a splendid concert. In a most amusing introductory speech, Mr. Brandon- Thomas mentioned that he and another Old Westminster had asked the Head to grant a Play. The Head had agreed, on condition that the School found out what a Play meant. That the school was fully aware, was shown by the immedi- ate applause which followed. Mr. Hewetson, who has a very well-trained tenor voice, gave us some delightful songs. His enunciation and restrained rendering were a joy to hear. A very clever sketch followed, in which Mr. Shepley- Smith, as a master, and Mr. Brandon-Thomas as a schoolboy, brought down the house. The latter ' s use of the word Shawn- igan as a verb in connection with our sheep, will long be re- membered. Mr. Brandon-Thomas then gave us some excruciatingly funny and brilliantly clever impersonations. His wordless picture of a political meeting in the East End of London was a gem ; while the Musketry Instructor giving a lecture on the short and long rifles, was so true to life that certain mem- bers of the audience, who had seen the real thing in the army, nearly had hysterics. Mr. Shepley-Smith, in a most life-like impersonation of an earnest young curate, then introduced Miss Deirdre Doyle, and Mr. Brandon-Thomas, who convulsed the house in a very clever skit on The Keys of Heaven, and a perfectly priceless rendering of The Charge of the Light Brigade. Mr. Shepley-Smith told some amusing stories, and the programme ended with Widdecombe Fair, and a commun- ity singing effort at John Brown ' s Bo dy, which nearly suc- ceeded in its object of lifting the roof. 27