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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE weather was kind to us in the Lent term. While we missed the skating of the previous two years, we were able to play football fairly continuously. The Pancake Greeze was held on February 17th, Shrove Tuesday, the winner being Ames from Form VI. A Memorial Service for R. Mellin, Head of the School from 1919-1921, who died suddenly at his home, was held in the Chapel on Sunday, March 22nd. The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Kootenay preached at this service. On May 18th, Miss H. Paterson was married to Mr. R. G. Humphreys in the Chapel. In June we had a visit from Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador to Japan. Various improvements and additions to the grounds and playing fields have been made during the year. A new field above the senior ground has been levelled and sown. An innovation during the Summer term was the opening of a Tuck Shop during the School Cricket Matches. Rumour hath it that the popularity of cricket is on the up-grade. We should like to offer our congratulations to Lord Col- ville on his recent marriage. The event was fittingly cele- brated at the School by an additional half holiday to the Empire Day week-end. Empire Day fell on a Sunday this year. Week-end leave was extended by the half-holiday for Lord Colville ' s wedding from Friday afternoon till Monday even ing. The boys remaining at the School had a really good time. They were taken to a Picture Show in Duncan, had a picnic at Parksville, and were kindly invited by Miss Gildea to a dance at Strathcona.

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE CHAPEL FUND Statement of Receipts and Expenditures September 1st, 1931 Receipts Offertories ,..$669.18 Donations 125.00 Special Collections 171.49 Interest 2.09 $96776 Expenditures Deficit from last Statement $ 18.50 Synod Assessment 200.00 Repayment of Loan 225.00 To St. Barnabas 30.00 To Red Cross 45.29 To Sunday School 5.00 Organ Tuning 95.00 Candles 2.09 Laundry and General Expenses 49.86 Furnace pipes renewed 28.75 Insurance 153.00 Additional Stops to Organ 32.00 Repairs to Blower 9.60 Balance 73.67 $967.76 Balance of Loan due to School $656.60

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE At the end of the Summer term the annual Matriculation dance was held in the Big School to which the Matriculation Candidates from Strathcona were invited. On the evening of Speech Day there was a procession of illuminated boats on the Lake. A certain number of fireworks which had not been affected by the damp were induced to go off. Our congratulations are due to Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Ellis on the arrival of a daughter. Possibly our contemporary from across the Lake will be — if possible — more interested than we are. The usual Armistice Day Service was held in the Chapel on November 11th. Mr. P. P. Henson joined the Staff in September this year. The School Prefects this year are J. F. Lake (Head of School), D. C. Barker, J. M. Malkin, D. E. Bradford, C. H. Hyde and G. F. Dyson. We thank Mrs. Doughty for another gift to the School, a copy of Kneller ' s portrait of Dryden.