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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine

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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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine of hundreds of thousands of others less fortunate than they. They must remember that to whom much is given, of him much will be required. PRIZE LIST, JUNE, 1934 Form VII— P. F. Pullen Form II— L. R. Musgrave Form VI — J. R. Maybee General Progress I — A. R. Guthrie Upper Vth— D. F. H. Corbett, F.S. General Progress II — P. C. Musgrave Lower Vth— C. R. Day, Exh. Reading— J. F. Mackie Form IV — C. T. Corse Efficiency (Michaelmas) — J. F. Mackie Remove — R. M. Day Efficiency (Lent)— J. F. Mackie Form III — W. E. Ridewood Efficiency (Summer)— J. F. Mackie Sportsmanship Cup — G. W. Reed EXAMINATIONS The examination results were again very satisfactory. Nine boys wrote the complete examination from Form VI, seven of whom passed, with an average of 77.7 ( [ , the boys who passed being: J. I. Bird, W. B. Hyde, R. L. Lake, G. W. Reed, A. Wilson, P. E. M. Helliwell, J. R. Maybee. Six members of the Upper Vth Form decided to sit for the Matriculation Examination. G. F. Mackie passed, the others, as was expected, failed. Four boys took partial examinations. j. R. Maybee came top of our candidates, obtaining over S0 f ( in six subjects. SCHOLARSHIPS The Foundation Scholars this year are: D. P. Oakes, D. F. H. Corbett, J. D. C. Holland, and R. G. Reynolds. Exhibitioners this year are: R. B. Hay ward, R. L. Lake, G. W. Reed, J. W. Reynolds, and C. R. Day. THE HOBBY SHOP IN THIS issue of the magazine we reproduce a photograph of the new Hobby Shop. The building is the outcome of an idea to enable the boys to have somewhere in which to utilize their leisure time in an effort to do something of a creative nature. It is at present, of course, unfinished inside, and even when finished will be used more or less experimentally, but there is no doubt that it is possible to stress the academic side or education or the organized games too much and there is no question that arts and crafts should be valued instru- ments of intellectual education. The scheme should develop into a valuable branch of education which will enable a boy to develop his own personality, to discover a real interest through his own activities, and to enable him in later years to have a hobby which will enrich his whole after life. One room is to be devoted to machine work and gradually, we hope, will develop so that a boy may take the Provincial Government ' s Manual Training Course in Metal. Another room is to be used for woodwork, including wood- carving. There is space allotted for clay-modelling, a biology laboratory and