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

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Ijatutugan iltanaztnp Smmhpr, 1934

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « EDITORIAL » A FIVE year diary complete with lock and key all for a dollar sounded as though he was getting his money ' s worth. But on mature reflection he did not feel quite so certain. Five years was a long time. Never before had he managed to keep a diary for five weeks in spite of his best intentions. Five years was a long time. Keys had a nasty trick of getting mislaid or lost; a splendid excuse if he was weary of the thing, but he had visions of himself blossoming out into a second Pepys. Five years was a long time. It was a morbid reflection, but he might be dead in less time than that and then what a waste of a good dirry. But it would be rather pleasant at some future time to read about the past when he was at school. There might be some fact he wanted to verify: someone ' s name he wished to remember: it was on the tip of his tongue but he just could not catch it. Of course there was the School Magazine and the Millstream. If he filed those during the five years he was at School they would form a diary in them- selves: and not only a diary, but there would bs some reading in them too. Possibly some of the articles, which now appeared dull and senseless, would then have some meaning. What a saving of labour it would be for himself too! Undoubtedly there was much to be said for the buying of these magazines. But he, the product of this mercenary age, must have his money ' s worth. He would buy the magazine when he considered it contained fifty cents worth of reading. Things might be different in a few years if he became someone of importance. He would buy it to satisfy his vanity. It would be jolly to see his name in print. But until then he would be content to borrow a copy from someone who was foolish enough to waste his money on the thing. Sentiment should not interfere wtih business where he was concerned. There should be no support of the magazine because it formed a part of the life of the school to which he belonged.