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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine BOXING COMPETITION Heavyweight — Dawson beat Hum- Lightweight — Holland beat Hay- phreys. ward. Light Heavies — Mackie beat Reed. Featherweight — Niven ii beat Wace ii. Middleweight — Gardner beat Day i. Bantamweight — Wheeler beat Burns. Welterweight — Niven i beat Oakes. Good Loser ' s Cup — Oakes. THE INTREPID ON STEPPING aboard Mr. Murphy ' s yacht Intrepid, where she was moored at the outer wharf at Victoria, we were greeted by her captain. He, strangely enough, fulfilled all our preconceived ideas as to what the cap- tain of a sailing ship should look like, being a stocky man with a rather red face and a hearty expression. We obeyed his invitation to step aboard with great alacrity and were sent forward to the chartroom to dispose of our coats. There we met the first mate, who took us up and showed us the bridge, from which vantage point we could get a fairly comprehensive view of the whole ship. Just forward was the square-rigged foremast with its many yards recalling the days when all ships were square-rigged and hence had so much difficulty in sailing against the wind. Still further forward was the large winch used for hauling up the anchor. Beside this was a large coil of rope on top of the spare propeller. In front of the winch the deck stretched up to the bowsprit, perfectly bare except for the fore-peak hatch. On the bridge itself, the most conspicuous objects were the electric steering gear, the engine-room telegraph, and a row of speaking tubes leading to various parts of the ship. Just aft were two launches and two lifeboats. Between the launches was the funnel and aft of it was the main mast which, together with the mizzen mast, was rigged fore and aft. Then there was the bare deck stretching about fifteen feet aft to the forward end of the saloon, behind which was the mizzen mast. Aft of this again was the elevated poop on which were a couple of winches, the binnacle, the after wheel, an engine-room telegraph, a speaking tube to the bridge, and other miscellaneous pieces of apparatus, including two dinghies. From the bridge we went below, where we saw an array of refrigerating plants, distilling apparatus and such minor appliances, as well as the main engine and another smaller Diesel running a generator. Aft of the engine room were the water and fuel tanks, which stretched right back to the stern, and a tool and spare parts room where practically any repair work could be done. We then went up a deck and inspected the galley, the dining saloon, where we found a sumptuous array of good things to eat awaiting us, and the owner ' s section of the ship, which was so beautifully furnished that you might have thought that you were in a palace and not on board a ship. As it was now getting rather late we took a last look around the ship, and then returned to the school, reflecting that we could always, when we were feeling down at heart, cheer ourselves by thinking back to that pleasant day on board the auxiliary barquentine Intrepid. — 20 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine TENNIS While the standard of play cannot be said to be very high, tennis is proving more popular every year, and during the summer term the courts were not often idle. In the School tournament Reed again won the senior singles, beating Whittle in the final. The junior singles were won by Elverson. BADMINTON During the Christmas Term the Badminton Club seemed to be rather apathetic, but under the stimulus of the visit of a team to Duncan to play in the Junior Tournament, interest revived in the Easter Term. The School singles tournament provided some good matches, the final in particular affording a good exhibition of badminton. Whittle had been expected to win easily, but was fully extended by Newton. The junior singles were won by Elverson. In the Duncan tournament in which Whittle, Newton, Smith i, Day i, Mackie and Seaton took part, Newton reached the semi-final of the singles. Most of our other representatives were beaten in close games by players with greater tour- nament experience. SPORTS Event Winner Second Third House Sports Cup Groves ' (122 pts.) Ripley ' s(89 pts.) Lake ' s (51 pts.) House Relay (Land) Groves ' Ripley ' s Lake ' s Rogers Burchard Harris Day i House Relay (Water) Groves ' Ripley ' s Lake ' s Rogers Whittle Mcintosh Burchard Senior Cup Mackie, 16 pts. Reed . g f Rogers, 7 pts. Dawson ' . IJlb - Middle Cup Burchard, 21 pts. Budd, 13 pts. Pearce i, 12 pts. Junior Cup Spencer i, 14 pts. Ley, 10 pts. Wheeler, 9 pts. SENIOR — 100 Yards Mackie Day i Rogers 14 Mile Mackie Harris Tryon Vs Mile Mackie Seaton Tryon Long Jump Reed Dawson Harris High Jump Dawson Niven i Mackie Swimming — 50 Yards Rogers Whittle Mcintosh 250 Yards Humphreys Mcintosh Rogers Diving Torland Reed Mcintosh MIDDLE— 100 Yards.. Burchard Pearce i Budd 14 Mile Burchard Budd Pearce i V 2 Mile Pearce i Budd Burchard Long Jump Rudd Pearce i Robertson High Jump Burchard Wilson i Robertson Swimming — 50 Yards Burchard Robertson Budd 250 Yards Robertson Ridewood Rendell Diving Rhodes Milne Hayward JUNIOR — 100 Yards Spencer i Wheeler Hall 220 Yards Soencer i Charleson Wheeler Long Jump Hall Lake ii ) Wheeler High Jump Charleson Wheeler Burns Swimming — 50 Yards Ley Lake ii Spencer i 250 Yards.. Ley Spencer i Lake ii Diving Burns Towne ii Lake ii — 19 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine A MARI USQUE AD MARE 44 W TERE SHE COMES! was the excited murmur which ran through a 11 small crowd one fine June morning at the Seattle airport. And down sped the United Air Lines silver-grey monoplane from Vancouver. Out stepped the passengers, and click went the Press cameras as a celebrity alighted from the plane — none other than Man-Mountain Dean of wrestling fame. He certainly reassured me as to the carrying capacity of the machine. We were spared yet a few moments to make what we wrongly thought would be our last earthly contacts, as the plane was hitched by the tail to on ordinary V8 and towed to the refuelling pumps. A moment or two later it re- appeared and our prescribed forty-five pounds of baggage was pitched into its nose. Bidding my kind friends good-bye and steeling my shaky nerves, I walked to the mounting steps, doing my best to assume the nonchalant air of a J. Wellington Wimpy. In we climbed and took our seats, while the stewardess handed me a small packet containing gum and cotton-wool. I made no use of the latter as the engines were pleasantly quiet, but the former I chewed with gusto just to ease my nerves. Just then the engines began to tick over, the door was locked tight from the outside and at 11:10 a.m. we taxied across to the far end of the field and turned into the wind. Meanwhile the stewardess strapped us in and gave us the morning ' s paper to read. Then with a roar we began to take-off, and with a peculiar sensation running through our bones the great plane rose gently into the air, leaving the airport, the houses and the trees hundreds of feet below. My seat was so placed that I looked directly out on to the expansive wing. In order to see the ground I had to look either forward or back over its edge. Perhaps this was just as well, for this was my first experience of the kind: and it was only the reassuring smile of the stewardess that gave me any reason to think things were normal. Every now and again we ran into the occasional bump, and one could see the wing tips swaying up and down as the machine found her level course. The Olympic mountains were over to our right, the Cascades to the left, and one caught glimpses of Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier in the North and East. Beneath us was a vast expanse of water, forest and field, but the ceiling was low and we ran into many a cloud-bank. It was not long before we spotted Tacoma down on our right. But we flew over it (quite close enough!) and slid gently down to its airport, some distance from the city. Off we took again after a short stop, but unfortunately the stewardess paid me no attention this time, and I had a feeling as if something had died inside me. For a while the scenery was lovely, but we soon ran into another cloud- bank, and I felt as if I was in a complete fog in more senses than one. On droned the engines like Grey ' s elegiac beetle — mm-mm--mm--mm, and, as I could see nothing outside, I took a glance round the inside of my airy prison. In the front of the machine the two pilots had their control-room, with all their gear and instruments, including a couple of revolvers (just to see we behaved our- selves!) . On the partition facing us were two notices — one giving us the names of our pilots and stewardess; the other, an illuminated sign saying Please tighten belts : No smoking while this sign is on. Seating accommodation is provided for ten passengers, five on each side of a central gangway. Each — 21 —