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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Squash - Badminton GREATER enthusiasm than usual has been shown both in ■ Squash and in Badminton, especially among the younger boys in the School, due largely to the interest Mr. Twite — an Oxford Badminton Blue — has taken in these games. In the Badminton Championships held at Duncan early in the year Bradford, Fox, Riddell and Graburn played. Rid- dell was the winner of the Boys ' Singles, with Bradford run- ner-up. In the Final of the School Badminton Doubles, Fox and Bradford beat Mallam and Doull. The Singles Tourna- ment unfortunately could not be concluded. In a Doubles Tournament arranged on All Saints Day, November 1st, the Senior Event was won by Dawson and Seaton, and the Junior by Hayward and Torland ii. On the same day a Singles Tournament was played at Squash, Bradford winning the Senior and Smith i the Junior. Being Somewhat of an Account of My Sentimental Journey The Beginning No sooner had the train commenced to pull out of Van- couver than I made my way rapidly to the open observation car, to take one last, longing look at the city I knew so well. Of course I got a cinder in my eye. But then, one takes this as a matter of course. No train trip is ever complete with- out such items as cinders and dust and oranges. Later in the day my real worries began. Through some asinine mis- calculation on my part I found myself with X dollars : X plus 1 meals and the porter to tip. The prices on the menus are the only indication that I have seen in some time, to the effect that there is no depression. I ate, not only wisely, but also hardly at all. 30

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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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Welland The family centre and the city after which the ship canal is named. It is situated in the heart of the Niagara Peninsula, which is to my mind the original Garden of Eden. A dis- trict of small farms, each having its orchard, grape vine and either a hot dog stand or a gas station. Even the golf links has its fruit supply. At the sixth and seventh holes there are plums and pears, at the fifteenth and sixteenth, apples ; at the seventeenth, grapes. We shared the grapes with a big nest of hornets. Like most small cities, Welland has its disadvantages, such as the theatre and the cafe. But there is only one speed cop and Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Hamilton are each within easy driving distance. The Golf Links Have, I believe, what is considered to be a perfect natural situation. The clubhouse is built on the site of a former ob- servatory at the summit of Mt. Erie, some 600 feet above lake level. Lookout Point, as the club is called, merits its name. From the eighteenth tee one can look to the north some 40 or 50 miles, across Lake Ontario, to see the Royal York in Toronto. One can look to the east and see Buffalo 20 miles away, and if the wind is blowing up-stream, it is actually possible to see the spray at Niagara Falls, some 15 miles in the distance. P f p 5p The Picnic No summer is complete without a picnic — with its flies, its bugs and its sand. One Sunday I was dragged off to the Old Deserted Mill near Lundy ' s Lane, to be present at such a horrible affair. The day was perfect for golf — the scenery beautiful. Immense maples and chestnut trees shading rustic lanes — the drone of bees filled an air heavy with the odour of wild flowers, fruit and gasoline. The Old Mill was very old — so old, in fact, that it seemed to shake at every puff of wind. Moss and ivy gave the bare boards a quaint peaceful tone. The stream that chattered down the ravine and the 31