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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Football 1932-33 FOOTBALL throughout the school this season has been of a very fair standard. The first fifteen in particular has played very good football, being undoubtedly the strongest side that the school has yet produced, mainly due to the fact that it was composed almost entirely of boys who have learnt their football at the school in junior years. The forwards, though almost all newcomers to the team and so being inclined at first to play as indivdiuals rather than as a pack, soon settled down and developed into a very useful lot of players. Particularly noticeable is the way in which they back up any member of the team who has the ball, whether another for- ward or a three-quarter : as a result of these tactics, a large number of the tries were scored by forwards. The three- quarters are very quick off the mark, and quite good at seeing any opening that is offered. At the beginning of the season there was rather a tendency to get out of position and be too flat in attack, but latterly Dyson has always kept them well in position. The handling has been very good, a particularly fine exhibition being given during the match against Nanaimo, when a very greasy ball was handled perfectly by all the three- quarters before a try was scored on the opposite wing. The greatest weakness shown has been in falling on the ball, there has been some hesitation about this, and when done it was not done whole heartedly enough. To singl e out individuals would be impossible, when the side has played so well to- gether as a team, but mention should be made of Lake who has captained the side very well and has always given it a splendid example in his own hard work. He has been very well backed up by his vice-captain, Bradford, whose play at scrum-half has been very good indeed. The second fifteen has also had a good season. Forwards have been plentiful and their play has been of a very fair 13

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE annoying- part of this episode was that I had to write to my well-meaning relation, telling her how pleased I was with the gift, and how useful I knew it would be. We often read in advertisements of new fountain pens that never leak, that always run smoothly and that give us every pleasure to write with. I, personally, have never had the good luck to have a pen of this type. Every fountain pen I have ever had the misfortune to own has been unsatisfactory. If it does not leak, it will not write. I must have spent hours thumping it on a blotter, swinging it around in the air, filling and emptying it, in vain attempts to persuade it to write. The only one of these tricks it ever responds to is the swinging one. Then ink will suddenly gush out and spread itself in pretty blue patterns over the plaster. If it leaks the only thing to do is to leave it empty. In this case you spend hours in a fruitless search for ink, which is never where you saw it last. Pens that have nibs which do not suit your style are only an invention to increase your vocabulary. In fact, I would even say that they rival golf in that function, for it is as dis- concerting to try to write with an unfamiliar type of nib, as it is to miss a two-foot putt. If you like a fine nib you invariably get a thick one, and so spend hours turning it sideways and writing at every conceiv- able angle. Sometimes you find that by turning the nib around it will give satisfactory results. In these cases, however, after one month ' s use, the nib is worn right away. If you like a thick nib and get a fine one, you either t end the ends of the nib apart by pressing too hard on it, or you try to have the nib changed. Finding that both these methods fail, you resort to the old way — via the ash can. I am sure that the only satisfactory answer to the unsatis- factory fountain pen question is to write in pencil. — J. D. Noswal. 12

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE standard. At the beginning of the season, three-quarters of any merit were scarce, but they have improved considerably and are becoming quite useful players. The team as a whole has worked hard and well but has shown rather a tendency to try to tackle a man without going at him hard enough. Reed, as captain, played a very good game at scrum-half all through the season. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Brentwood On Saturday afternoon, under perfect playing conditions, Shawnigan Lake School, on their own ground, gained a big victory over Brentwood, winning by 52-5. The Shawnigan forwards gained possession of the ball in the majority of the scrums, and the backs, handling well, scored six tries through Bradford (2), Covernton, Mackie, Lake and Robert- son. Robertson was successful with each place kick. The fourth was the result of a particularly good passing movement and the fifth of a clever punt ahead by Covernton, which Robertson caught and went over the line with. The second half was more evenly contested, the Brent- wood forwards playing well, particularly in the loose scrums. Tries, however, were scored at fairly regular intervals by Bradford (2), Robertson (2), Covernton and Pownall, Rob- ertson converting the last two. Brentwood ' s try came mid- way through the second half when, following good work by their forwards, Todd made a fine run down the left wing to score between the posts, Angus converting. Shawnigan Lake School: Back, Dawson; three-quarters, Covernton, Robertson, Bird, Adams ; five-eighths, ' Dyson, TVtackie ; half, Bradford; forwards, Lake (captain), Skrimshire, Shannon, Pownall, Stirling, Homer-Dixon, Lawson. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Nanaimo Mosquitos On Saturday afternoon Shawnigan Lake School beat the recently-formed Nanaimo Mosquitos on the School ground by three goals and six tries (33 points) to nothing. In spite 14