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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Yes, yes ; that ' s right, that ' s where I was working. The instructor continued, Out in India . . . I went away leaving them to exchange their wondrous tales in peace. — D. F. R. INTER-HOUSE FOURS, 1932 THE first round of the inter-house fours was rowed on June 16th at 4:30 p.m. Conditions were good : smooth water and a light following wind. In the first heat Copeman ' s beat Ripley ' s by two lengths in 2 mins., 51 sees. In the second heat Lake ' s beat Groves ' by three lengths in 2 mins., 48 sees. Both the losing crews were handicapped by the absence of their strokes during part of practice, but, quite apart from this, they were not of the same calibre as the winners. Covernton shewed promise in Ripley ' s boat, though he is a slow learner ; while Adams was outstanding for Groves ' . Final Heat Wednesday, June 22nd Lake ' s beat Copeman ' s in the final by three-quarters of a length in the fast time of 2 mins., 41 3-5 sees. Both crews got away very fast at the start, Copeman ' s rowed 11, 20 and 38 and Lake ' s a stroke a minute slower. At the end of the first minute the crews appeared to be dead level. Lake ' s were swinging the steadier of the two, and, taking every advantage of the strong following wind, they began to go away a little after the first minute, rowing 34 to Copeman ' s 35. Cautley kept his crew going well, spurt- ing strongly in the last three-quarters of a minute, but Lake ' s were good enough to beat off his challenge, crossing the line three-quarters of a length to the good. 2S

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE R. I. P. (With apologies to the Ruthless Rhymster) One day I was playing cricket : Ridewood bowled and hit my wicket. I could not, of course, stand that, So I brained him with my bat. Sentiment, I know, is silly, But I rather miss young Billy. VERY EXPERIENCED MEN One very wet night I wandered into the gym. As usual, one of the instructors was there to see that there were no casualties. On this particular night he was conversing with a very experienced man of the woods. The topic of conversa- tion was the rainfall, which was very heavy at that time. The woodsman was speaking. It ' s raining pretty hard to-night, isn ' t it, Captain? Why, this is nothing, replied the instructor, adopting his most convincing expression. Why, out in Afghanistan the rainfall is very great during a certain period of the year. As it happened we were encamped on the side of a mountain during one of the uprisings there. As it was the beginning of the rainy season we expected the rain any minute. Suddenly the sky became dark and down came the rain. Now there was a small lake which had been dried up by the previous heat. In a very short time it was filled and began to overflow. The torrent thus formed was so great that it washed the mountain right into two parts and carried away five of our tents con- taining fifty men. It was an awful catastrophe. Gee whizz! It must have been, agreed the woodsman. That reminds me of the rains we had on the West Coast when I was first feller in a logging camp there. Were you near Campbell River? It rains very heavily there. 27

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE For the winners, Lake was outstanding : rowing well himself, he imparted an excellent rhythm to his crew, and used his head during the race. The rest of the crew worked hard, improving greatly in uniformity and neatness of wrist work during practice. For the losers, Cautley rowed a gallant race. He will be a good stroke when he can learn to control his swing-forward better ; but he drove his crew with plenty of life all the way. Matthews was a tower of strength at three ; he has rowed consistently well all through the term. As a whole, Copeman ' s were not quite so polished a crew as Lake ' s, but they raced with great determination. HP HE finals of the Water Sports took place on July 1st. The - result was a tie for the House Cup between Ripley ' s and Copeman ' s. Event Winner Second Third Diving, open Torland i Covernton Robertson Diving, middle Semmes Bird Hyde iii Diving, junior ...Matthews ii Bell-Irving ii Hayward 50 yards, open. Cautley Housser Covertnon 50 yards, middle Watson Semmes Angus 50 yards, junior Wilson ii McDonald ii Oakes ii I Taylor J Lake i Double sculls.. Covernton Pownall ' NTiven ii | Davis ii 250 yards, open Cautley Adams Taylor Inter-House relay Copeman ' s Ripley ' s Groves ' (10 points) (6 points) (2 points) ■ Cautley 4 laps, 50 yds. each ) Stirling Scholefield ' Semmes fl. Copeman ' s .»- noints , House Sports Cup .... Ripley ' s iao points; 3. Groves ' (27 points) 4. Lake ' s (20 points) 29