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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SCHOOL NOTES LAST term the School had the misfortune to lose the services of Mr. A. P. j Musgrave. After ten years of loyal service to the School he decided to branch out into business for himself. One wonders how many Old Boys realize the tremendous amount of service Mr. Musgrave gave to the School and that the reason for his leaving was that after giving of his best efforts at high premium for ten years he felt that he could not continue to do it to the advancement of the School. We all wish him the best of everything in the future. Mr. R. G. Humphreys left at the end of the summer term to return to England. In his place we welcome Mr. J. H. Manson, who has joined the staff to run the Science side. Mr. J. Deane has succeeded Mr. Musgrave as Physical Training Instructor. The School prefects this year are A. T. Rogers, J. M. Cross, G. F. Mackie, G. W. Reed, R. L. Lake, T. C. Tryon. We congratulate D. A. Dawson on being appointed Captain of the 1st XV. The Pancake Greaze was held on February 13th, J. M. Lewis of Form VB being the winner. Don Mario Colonna paid the School a very fleeting visit on February 19th, but in the short time at his disposal he gave a most enlightening talk on the Corporate State as in Italy. On November 14th Sir Percy Sykes visited the School to give a lecture, with slides, on Persia. On November 1 7th the Hart House Quartette gave a concert at the School. As usual, a Rag Concert was given in the Big School on the night before Armistice Day. Though it is not yet quite completed, the building of the Cricket Pavilion was sufficiently far advanced during the Summer Term for it to be able to be used, an d it is a great improvement on the old marquee. The School is greatly indebted to Mr. Henniker for his untiring efforts and the trouble he has taken in order that it might be erected. We congratulate Mr. C. W. Twite on his third successive victory in the Vancouver Island (closed) Squash Racquets Tournament, thereby winning the cup outright. CHAPEL NOTES THE Confirmation Service was held in the Chapel on February 2 5th and conducted by The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Columbia, who confirmed the following boys: L. Wace, M. Wace, J. D. C. Holland, C. R. Elverson, P. C Pearce, W. E. Ridewood, J. G. Niven, H. G. Niven, H. C. Layland, A. R. Guthrie, D. A. Matthews, M. D. Tuck, P. C. Frith, J. H. Budd, C. T. Corse, R. B. Hayward, R. M. Day, J. A. Davis, and A. Gardner. There were also two candidates from Strathcona. The new steam heating plant has been installed, which is a great improve- ment. A series of short organ recitals were given on Sunday evenings during the Lent Term by Mr. Bott.

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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.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « SPEECH DAY » ON SATURDAY, June 23rd, the prize-giving took place in the gym- nasium before a large gathering of parents and friends of the School. The Head Master told of the successes of the School in the matriculation examinations, and of Old Boys in Canadian and English Universities. Some boys had failed in the government examinations, and it was to assist this type of boy in learning something to which he was more adapted that the new Hobby Shop had come into existence; it would also be a means of teaching boys to use their leisure hours constructively. The prizes were given away by Dr. G. G. Sedgewick, head of the English Department of the University of British Columbia. In his address Dr. Sedge- wick dealt with the word prize and its origin. One of the roots of the word prize was the Latin word, prebendere, to seize or grasp. The books and cups were something that could be grasped: they were visible rewards. But every effort that was noble and worthy always brought a prize. It might be invisible to others, but it lay deep in the brain and bone and character of the one who had made the effort. All men, however stupid they were or thought they were, or however clever they might be, could gain great prizes through honest effort. But it must be realized that there were unworthy efforts, and that there were still pirates after prizes, although not on the high seas. There had been a story in the paper that morning of a clothes merchant in Montreal who compelled girls to do their jobs for $2 500 less than they were entitled to get. That $2 500 was a prize, and no doubt plenty of work and worry had gone to the earning of it. But an effort could be unworthy and a prize debasing. Another origin of the word prize was the Latin pretium, something precious. The prizes themselves were precious as treasures to conjure up memories in years to come. But that was not really the precious thing. The most precious thing one got was what one won on the way, the fun and the training which left a permanent value. In the origin of the word prize was also the idea of praise and honour. It was necessary to train oneself to be generous to those who were in control, even though they had their faults, for they were only human beings. We are too ill-trained in Canada, Dr. Sedgewick said, admitting that he was himself the most thoroughly hard-boiled Canadian that had ever been hatched, in giving praise where it is due, and we are too little willing to honour with laurel the worthy. He warned against the effort which was disproportionate to the end, spending, for instance, too much time on games and not enough on the head. There was no great glory that a man might gain while he believed that his hands and feet were more important than his head. The boys of the School, who had benefited by the invigorating circum- stances of the School, should be more eager than most to try for the worth- while prizes: to strive for bigger and better prizes than those within the reach