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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « SPEECH DAY » THE prize-giving took place in the gymnasium on Saturday, June 29th, before the usual gathering of parents and friends of the School. The Head Master, after congratulating St. Michael ' s School, Victoria, and Vernon Preparatory School, on twenty-five and twenty-one years of success- ful work, pointed out how satisfactory the past year had been in every phase of the School ' s life. He suggested greater co-operation of the parents with the school masters. A school master was a conscientious individual, whose con- sidered opinion should be valuable because of his experience of every type of boy. If his work kept him aloof from the more sordid realities of business life, and if his vision was fixed on the ideal rather than the practical, that should be a gain to the educationist and not the cause of derision it so often was. If ideal- ism was absorbed in liberal quantities in the days of youth it could last forever. He emphasized the necessity for a continued cultivation of the three R ' s which could be interpreted as Reverence, Respect and Restraint: reverence for the Deity and all things spiritual; respect for law and the conventions of society; restraint in their behaviour to their fellow man. He then introduced Mr. Justice Robertson who gave away the prizes. Mr. Robertson in his speech said that even if he was not the oldest man on the platform, he could claim to be one of the oldest in knowledge of the School, one of his boys being amongst the first seven who came to it. He was much struck by the physical growth of the School, by the excellent grounds and magnificent buildings. He was gratified, too, to see the high standard the School had taken in scholarship. But greater than either scholarship or sports- manship in the school life was discipline. Every day in life there were examples of lack of self-control, want of reverence for the country ' s laws and other people ' s rights, want of respect in children to their parents. In private schools such as Shawnigan, much more so than in public schools, boys could derive greater benefit from the discipline, the self-control, the respect which they learnt there. For a boy to think discipline and self-control of no practical value in the world was a great mistake, as bv them only could a man get out of the diffi- culties in which he found himself. By showing restraint, boys built up their characters and fitted themselves more for their actual work in life. By paying; respect to their elders, by showine reverence to their superiors, to religion, to their country ' s institutions, bovs showed their superiority and what they had learned from the schools they had attended. As an illustration of the point he wished to make. Mr. Robertson s?H that he could not do better than to ta ke as an example Sir Percy Lake, the Chairman of the Board of Governors, for it was because of the discipline which had in- fluenced the whole of his life that he was a vigorous man, that day celebrating his eightieth birthday, on which all congratulated him. Sir Percy Lake in reply said he found it difficult to foreive Mr. Robertson for making him blush on his eightieth birthdav and for asking him to make a speech. But to sneak on discipline was to sneak on a subject of which he, as a soldier, thoroughly approved. It was a quality to which many were apt to pay — 5 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SCHOOL NOTES WE welcome Mr. E. H. Bayly (Rugby and Oxford) and Mr. L. E. Jones (Liverpool College and Oxford), who have joined the staff this term, Mr. L. L. Warrener left at the end of the summer term to start an art school at Toronto. We congratulate Lord and Lady Colville on the birth of their second son. The School Prefects this year are G. F. Mackie, J. C. Whittle, I. Davis, J. G. Niven, and G. C. H. Tupper. The Captain of the 1st XV is J. C. Whittle; Vice-Captain, J. G. Niven. Colours have been awarded to Reynolds i, Wilson i, Mackie, Tupper i, Newton, Mcintosh and Smith ii. The Pancake Greaze, held on March 5 th, was won by D. A. Dawson and the Sixth Form. After lapsing for several years the Fancy Dress Dance was again held in the Easter Term on March 1st. A set of hand bells has arrived from England, and Mr. Trotman hopes to interest some of the more mathematically minded. The usual Rag Concert was held on the Saturday of Armistice week-end. On September 14th the School were the guests of Mr. Murphy, of New York, on his barquentine Intrepid, which was lying at Victoria. Through the kindness of Mr. T. B. Wilson, the entire School was transported from the school to the ship and back, and, after an excellent lunch on board, we were given a very unusual and interesting opportunity to see over every detail of a real sailing ship, and probably one of the most luxurious afloat. Our grateful thanks to Mr. James Forman for the gift of Mine for the coming year. CHAPEL NOTES The Reverend H. St. J. Payne began his duties as acting School Chaplain last February. The Confirmation Service was held in the Chapel on Sunday, May 5th, conducted by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Columbia, who confirmed the following boys: D. F. Pownall, R. Derby, R. H. Milne, P. McR. Robert- son, D. F. J. Mcintosh, J. M. Oldham, J. P. Ogilvie, I. M. Bell-Irving and C. R. Day. There were also eleven candidates from Strathcona Lodge School. The School is indebted to Mrs. Stanton for the gift of a book rest, carved by herself, for the altar. During the Lent term Mr. Bott very kindly gave a series of organ recitals on Sunday evenings. Sermons during the summer term were preached by Rev. R. Connell and Archdeacon A. Dewdney. The Right Reverend Bishop Sexton, our new co-adjutor bishop, very kindly came up and preached on October 20th.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine too little account, but without it the Allies would not have achieved victory in the Great War, and the discipline of the people of the United Kingdom and Canada was equally wonderful during those difficult times. It was necessary for Canada, a growing nation, to have a number of leaders, constant in behaviour and conduct, who would be an example to all classes, and amongst the qualities they must have, he would put discipline first of all. Finally the three R ' s, mentioned by the Head Master, should always be before the boys in their future careers. PRIZE LIST, JUNE, 193 5 Form VII— G. W. Reed. Remove B— D. A. Matthews. Form VI— R. A. Kerr. Form III— B. M. Hall. Upper Vth— C. R. Day. Reading— A. T. Rogers. Lower Vth — D. F. J. Mcintosh. Efficiency (Michaelmas) T.C.Tryon. Form IV — A. Gardner. Efficiency (Lent) — J. G. Niven. Remove A — J. P. Ogilvie. Efficiency (Summer) — G. W. Reed. Sportsmanship Cup — J. C. Whittle. EXAMINATIONS For the Matriculation Examination this year the School sent in ten can- didates, of whom seven passed in all subjects, their average of marks being 70.6%. Four boys wrote a partial examination. Of these one completed his matric- ulation. Three others obtained standing in eight papers. Three candidates failed to satisfy the examiners. Of these, two wrote the examination at the express desire of their parents; otherwise we should not have entered them. The third reached the necessary total but must take three supplementals. One candidate ' s name appears in the Honours List with an average of 83.-1%. In September, 1935, three boys entered the University of British Columbia, two boys entered McGill University, one boy entered Stanford University, one boy entered Dartmouth College and one boy entered Brandon College. SCHOLARSHIPS The Foundation Scholars this year are: D. P. Oakes, J. D. C. Holland, and R. G. Reynolds. Exhibitioners this year are: R. B. Hay ward, L. C. Lake, J. W. Reynolds, W. T. S. Pearce and C. R. Day. °3€r°