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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine This term we have seven 1st XV players, among whom we congratulate Rogers, Campbell and Seaton on winning their School Colours. Although Lake ' s House have a radio which they consider one of the best, ours is still regarded as the finest in the School. The superiority of ours is guar- anteed by the fact that various members of Lake ' s House monopolize the wicker chairs in our Common-room while listening to it. During the Easter Term our Senior Common Room produced a paper known as the Weekly Review under the editorship of Maitland and Maybee. As no fewer than six members of the House passed their Junior Matriculation, we have some justification in congratulating ourselves on our all-round ability. EXCHANGES We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries: Glenalmond Chronicle. Vernon Preparatory School Chronicle. Black and Gold. Brentwood College Magazine. The Mitre. AFTERMATH After such an exciting journey, even though they did lose the joust at arms, it was not unnatural that, as the troop was so young and unsophisticated, never previously having put lance in rest, two of them should forget to take their suitcases from the boot of the royal carriage in which they had been privileged to ride to the ferry. But the suitcases did not elude the eagle eye of the master-at-arms who, whilst toting one of them down to the boat, was working himself up into a fine state of choler, just as his minion, similarly burdened, was getting distinctly hot under the collar over this carelessness. Once the stately barge had cast off, all hands were called on deck and the suspects lined up that the miscreants might be detected. But each on being interrogated firmly maintained that he was completely equipped, though one or two not without a twinge of conscience, having that within his baggage which should not be there. With a sudden blinding flash of intuition the master-at-arms saw that he had only to open the cases to pin the guilt on the proper person. To prise up the lids was the work of a few seconds, when, All the deck twinkled with lipsticks red, Myriads of compacts bright, cosmetics ' aid To subtlest toiletry. Hurriedly these intimate articles were pushed under the lid and the cases given into the safe keeping of the captain of the vessel to be returned to their royal owner. ... : .. ... Diplomatic relations between the two countries are strained and there is a feeling of tension in the air. The comments of the latter ' s queen on receiving back her regalia were pearls of even greater price than those in the regalia themselves, and not fit to be cast before such swine as me and you, gentle reader.

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SHAWNIGAN FROM A TO 2 A is for Ajax, so blithe and so free, Who trots round the trail while I ' m doing P. T. B is the barber who makes the hair fall Till my head is as bare as a billiard ball. C stands for Chink, they ' re a comical race, Who make funny noises while we ' re saying grace. D is for dome, which is not, as a rule, The chocolate variety liked by the school. E stands for extra, I hope it ' s not haddie, Which I always suspect of once having been Caddy. F is our fort, we ' ve a lock on the door, But the rats still get in through a hole in the floor . G is the grub, mostly pancakes or toast; If the cows come again, though, we might swipe a roast. H is the Hobby Shop — scene of much toil — The front made of cedar anointed with oil. I is the idiot who fooled during prep., Now I ' m in detention to relearn my rep. J stands for juniors: I used to be one. But now I ' m a senior and have much more fun. K is for kindness; now that makes me laugh, It ' s a word quite unknown to the prefects and staff. L is the language, descriptive and neat, When the ball in the scrum gets hung up in my feet. M is the master who ' s always about, And who grins with delight when he catches me out. N is the nuisance he says that I am When he wants an excuse to get me in a jam. O is the organ which sometimes goes wrong And emits comic noises the whole service long. P stands for plaground: its fate is assured So we shan ' t have to scrape it with old bits of board. Q is a quarrel held over some psalters, Which ended with both of us put in defaulters. R is the reason I tried to invent To explain that my shoes were not stolen, but lent. S is the soot that ' s so thick on the breeze That it blackens your hands and your face and your knees. T stands for talking and teatime and toast; The same letter stands for the one who talks most. U stands for unlearnt, and when my work that is, It always results in my being put on satis. V stands for vegetables, horrible stuff; We always get more if we don ' t take enough. W ' s the window I broke yesterday. As they don ' t know I did it I think it ' s O.K. X is the quantity always unknown: In this case it stays so, I candidly own. Y is the yearning that all of us feel For a long lie in bed and a really good meal. Z is for Zeus, and it ' s lucky for me That he ' s there in the murals to fill in for Z