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

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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.

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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 FOOTBALL 1930-31 N the whole the football all through the School showed signs of improvement. The Colts especially have come on well, and several of the players should be very useful next year in either the first or second fifteens. Slater cap- tained the side well and was ably backed up by Lake as the leader of the forwards. The outsides, with the exception of Slater, Bradford and Dyson, were a rather slow thinking lot. Macrae, at full back, played some very good games, and his long touch finding was useful. Ames did not come up to last year ' s expectations of the forwards. Stewart, who was rather inclined to be wild, started to settle down into a very useful hard-working forward. Both Piddington and Housser have the makings of useful players. Lake succeeded Slater, who left at Christmas, as Captain of Football. SHAWNIGAN vs. H.M.C.S. SKEENA ' H.M.C.S. VANCOUVER and At Shawnigan on Saturday, October 3rd, 1931 Won— 13-0 The Navy sent up a fairly strong side, but took out some of their heavier players. From the kick off the School attacked but were not able to get through the defence. The Navy started to settle down and got well down into the School 25,