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

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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

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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 few cows standing stupidly at the upper end of the glen com- pleted a perfect Christmas calendar scene. We arrived noisily, and soon the hamper was emptied. As a man from the West, I considered it my duty to procure fresh milk for my friends. I don ' t know yet which of us, the sleepy cow or myself, was the more surprised as I filled the cup. Returning in triumph, I tripped — dashed milk over the victuals and the cup itself into the lap of mine hostess. To Varsity It was early morning when I took my place on board the train, known vulgarly as the kick and push. Soon we were chugging up the slope of Hamilton Mountain, about the height of the Shaughnessy district in Vancouver. It was a bright, crisp morning and from the summit one could see the shore of Lake Erie curve around by Hamilton, to Burlington and then, almost directly across the lake, Toronto loomed up. The short stop at Hamilton was memorable, for the advent to our car of the news vendor with his Esk-mo pies, mag- zeens, chew ' n gum, seegars an ' sof drinks. — Historicus. House Notes Ripley ' s After an absence of a term and a half, owing to his illness, Capt. Levien resumed command of the House at the beginning of the Christmas Term. Whilst he was away the Headmaster took charge of us, with Mr. Wisden as his understudy, and we take this opportunity of thanking them for their services. At the end of the Summer Term two house prefects left, Nixon i to fill a stool in the Bank of Montreal, and Taylor iii to commence his studies at U.B.C. Two very old timers in Tryon i and Douglas took their departure at the end of the Easter Term, but the loss of these members of society was 32