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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SCHOOL NOTES REV. E. M. WILLIS resigned from the staff at the end of the Easter Term, and Mr. Corbett left at the end of the year and is now at a school in Hertford. Miss Lonsdale left in the middle of last April for a protracted visit to England. We hope that she is enjoying her well-earned holiday. We welcome Mr. A. E. F. Trotman (Marlborough and Oxford), who has joined the staff this term, and under his coaching rowing in shells has again been resumed. Mr. Twite has succeeded Mr. Corbett as house master of Lake ' s. We offer our congratulations to Lord and Lady Colville on the arrival of the Master of Colville. Unfortunately the event occurred during the summer holi- days so that we could not celebrate it by an additional half holiday. We congratulate D. E. Bradford on passing into R. M. C, Kingston, also on winning the Grogan Cup for Tennis; M. G. Stirling on passing into the Royal Canadian Navy. He is now a cadet in H.M.S. Frobisher in the Mediter- ranean. The burning down of the Hill House on April 9th was much regretted by many of the older members of the school as it was the last remaining link with the Old School. The Pancake Greeze was held on February 28th, D. E. Bradford of Form VII. being the winner. The School Prefects this year are A. T. Rogers, J. F. Mackie, J. I. Bird, R. E. Homer-Dixon, G. S. Covernton, J. D. Rochfort. We congratulate J. F. Mackie on being appointed Captain of the 1st XV. On November 14th the Sixth and Seventh Forms went to Victoria to hear the lecture given by Dr. Zimmern on the Economic Crisis. Earlier in the year the same two forms had the good fortune to see Caval- cade having been forewarned against the supposedly more educational spec- tacle they were to have witnessed. On November 13th those who were musically inclined went to listen to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in the first concert it has given in Victoria. On November 2 5 th the Hart House Quartette came up to the school and later gave a concert at Strathcona, the two schools attending. The Staff and a large number of the boys were the guests of Strathcona at a very delightful Hallowe ' en party on October 3 1st. A Rag Concert, which seems rapidly to be becoming an annual occurrence, was again held on Armistice night in the Big School. On Empire Day those who did not go out with their parents went to Parks- ville for a picnic, which was much enjoyed in spite of the inclement weather. During the Michaelmas Term the Play Reading Society has read Dear Brutus and Abraham Lincoln. Our sincere sympathy goes to Derek Johnston on the tragic death of his father, Mr. Lukin Johnston. 4

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « EDITORIAL » WHEN we leave this School certain memories will linger with us: they may be few but at intervals during our life they will keep recurring to us. Particularly will they be stirred up when we meet a friend of our school- days whom we may not have seen for some time, and when the floodgate of reminiscences is opened. Among other activities that will be recalled will be the work division, and it is likely that the comments made with reference to it will not be kind ones. To most of us if we are perfectly frank the work division is a bore: a necessary evil which has to be endured. Picking up stones, raking, shovelling earth by the drive, cutting down trees that one day a new playing field may be made, all seem rather unnecessary. But a few moments ' thought should suffice to show what a completely wrong attitude we adopt and in actual fact the work division is one of our most worthwhile institutions, because it is creative and produces something which will probably last longer than we our- selves. The difficulty is that this is not always apparent at first sight. It is only necessary to take a single example to show this. The boys who picked stones off the main field in the days when it had as little grass on it as the top field now has, could hardly have visualised how good a ground they were helping eventu- al ly to form. For being able to play football on what is one of the best grounds on the Island we are indebted to a previous generation of boys. Hence surely it is worthwhile for us to do ungrudgingly something for those who will follow us. In this way can we make some return to the School for the benefits we derive from it.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Owing to Mr. C. F. Kumler having accepted a position in Oakland, Cali- fornia, we have reluctantly been compelled to allow two promising lads to go to school in their own country. Congratulations to Mr. Twite on making a score of 149 not out in Van- couver, and on winning the V. I. Squash Championship. Also to Mr. M. C. Ellis on captaining the V. I. Hockey Team against Vancouver. On November 29th Commander Lay showed at Strathcona a film of the Special Service Squadron ' s voyage round the world in 1923-24. Examinations T HE examination results this year were satisfactory. The first success the School obtained was in the Naval Entrance Examination, M. G. Stirling ; passing successfully with 74 The Matriculation Class was not quite so good as that of 1932. Greater success was noticeable in the results of boys who have been with us from an early age than of boys coming at fourteen and fifteen, as can be seen partly from the fact that the average age of our Senior Matriculation candidates was sixteen years, three months; and the average age of the Junior Matriculation class was sixteen years, nine months. The papers set on the whole were fair and obviously devised with the pur- pose of finding out how much the candidate knew of his subject within the set limits. We found the Physics paper a trifle more difficult than we had anticipated and four of our candidates out of nine received supplemental in this subject. Four out of the five Senior Matriculation candidates received respectively 78%, 74%, 70% and 60.4%. In addition, D. E. Bradford was accepted by the Royal Military College for which there were only four vacancies for British Columbia and over twenty-five candidates. The complete list of passes is as follows: Senior Matriculation — C. J. C. Henniker, R. F. Pearce, D. B. Savage. Junior Matriculation — A. F. C, Aikins, G. E. Davis, D. E. Maxwell, P. F. Pullen, G. F. Dyson, R. H. Hyde, W. D. Kennedy, J. F. Lake. PRIZE LIST Form VII— R. F. Pearce. Form III— R. M. Day. Form VI— A. F. C. Aikins. Form II— A. R. Smith. Form V-A— G. W. Reed. Efficiency, Michaelmas, Lent, Sum- Form V-B— D. F. H. Corbett. mer— D. E. Bradford. Form IV— R. A. Kerr. Sportsmanship— J. I. Bird. Rem ?T ' r? T : C ° Se ' • , JR. F. Pearce, 80.2%. Miss Gildea ' s prize for over 75% in Junior Matriculation g Savaee 76 1°