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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine HOUSE NOTES RIPLEY ' S A NOTHER school year has rolled by, and the House representative xV. takes up his pen to review a very successful year both in Scholastic and Sport achievments. We were sorry to lose Captain Levien as House master, but his position has been very ably filled by Mr. Gerry, and Mr. Secretan, assistant House master. In the Christ- mas term we defended the Rugby Cup successfully by defeating Lake ' s 36-0, and in the finals, Groves 16-0. After the House matches, Burne, Towne i, Matthews i and Fix were awarded their House Rugby colours. There being no Boxing in the Easter term, inter-House Basketball was introduced by the boys. Great enthusiasm was shown in all the games. The House, represented by Newton, Smith, Moore, Burne, and Mven ii, played well, and lost the series to Groves ' after several close and exciting games. In the Field and Water sports the House successfully defended the cup. Burne tied with Macintosh for the Senior Sports Cup, and Smith and Taylor did very well. Fix won the Middles Cup, and Cavenagh the Junior. The inter-House Cricket matches were postponed due to unfavour- able weather conditions, and so we were unable to defend the House Cup, which we had hoped to win for the fifth time in succession. At the end of the Summer term sixteen boys left. Among the Seniors were Reynolds i, Oakes, Taylor i, Smith, Moore, and Pater- son. The Mvens left us at the end of the Easter term. Mven i was captain of football, Reynolds i vice-captain, and Newton, captain of cricket. The House Prefects were Paterson, Smith, Moore, and Hicks. At the beginning of this term our numbers were reduced to twenty- five — a smaller and younger house than last year. Newton is head of the House, assisted by two House Prefects, Hicks and Bell. In the First XV this year we are represented by Newton, Hicks, and Fix. Congratulations go to Hicks on being awarded his Rugby colours. LAKE ' S The time has come, he said meaningly. Oh — er — ah, I answered, caught off my guard. The time has come, he repeated. Er, I said again, with a sinking heart, for this was beginning to sound ominous. And then brightly — It ' s only the seventeenth, you know .... No, he said. Perhaps the clock . . . . No, he repeated. — 13 — -

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Shawmgax Lake School Magazine « SCHOOL MUSEUM » ANEW INSTITUTION, the school museum of natural history, came into being at the beginning of this term. It promises to be something more than merely a taxidermy club, as it was formerly termed, since by the formation of a collection something interesting and useful can be achieved. This collection will be made up of birds mounted on stands for display purposes or in habitat groups and of study specimens. The latter are the skins of birds prepared neatly and compactly and kept in cabinets for scientific inspection. Skins of small mammals will also be collected, since very little study has been made in this district of the smaller forms of animal life. There is some difference of opinion as to whether a collection of birds ' eggs should be formed. Because the practice of collecting eggs has lately fallen into disrepute owing to the depredations of the nest-robbers, it has been decided to try to acquire eggs from people who possess and are willing to dispose of collections. One other possibility is the col- lection of mammal skulls, but, although the museum already pos- sesses some very interesting specimens in this field, it is doubtful whether the collecting of them will be carried any further. Up to the present the members of the museum have been endeav- ouring to carry on this line by learning the art of mounting and of making up study skins. A few mounts have been set up, among them a Steller ' s jay, a Western meadowlark, a Savannah sparrow, a pigmy owl and a red-tailed hawk, and a number of study skins have been prepared for which cabinets are shortly to be built. Captain Sprot of Mill Bay and Mr. Ashby of Duncan have both kindly contributed skins and have been very helpful with advice. Also Mr. Kermode, curator of the Provincial Museum at Victoria, and Dr. Cowan, assist- ant curator, have been kind enough to take an interest in the museum. The remaining two items of the collection, small mammals and birds ' eggs, have not been developed quite as much, although a good number of eggs and nests have already been donated. To aid the development of this work the museum possesses a good stock of equipment, and the other departments of the Hobby Shop are able to submit their services by making stands for the birds and printing labels for the specimens. A permit has been acquired for the collection of these specimens, since most birds are protected by law. Collecting these birds alone opens up a wide field, so that it is doubtful whether anything beyond what has been mentioned will find a place in the museum. Instead, by confining the collection to a fairly narroAV field, it is hoped that the School may eventually possess a useful, complete and interesting museum, and, by doing this, show its appreciation to Mr. Kermode, Dr. Cowan, Captain Sprot and Mr. Ashby. 12 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Feeling that this was getting me noAvhere, I tried a change of the subject. It ' s lovely weather . ... I began. No ' he interrupted. I finally summoned up all my courage and said : Time for what? The House notes, he replied. This blow took me badly amidships. My typewriter broken . . pencils gone . . no ink in my pen . . . I mumbled, for my hatred for work is truly great. Write ! he commanded firmly. And thus I take up my pen. When last I set down my pen we were standing in a drizzle of rain gazing with fond eyes at the House team. Alas, in the House matches ! They did not rise to winning the cup, but played such a match against Ripley ' s as will go down in the annals of history. Ogilvie and Wace were awarded their imperial green after the game. Earlier in the season Holland, McPherson and Ridewood were clothed in theirs after playing in the second XV against University School. The Christmas term drew to a close without much of note occur- ing, and we all departed to our fathers ' houses for a round of activi- ties as strenuous as possible. In the Easter term Ave found out that we had the ha-a-a-a-rdst House master, as Mr. TAvite survived a month of flu and measle epi- demics — several feet of thick snow, failing Avood and fuel supplies, to act successfully as Head Master for about three Aveeks. Oldham Avas also discovered to be the toughest House Prefect, as Avhen the other five Avere enjoying a Avell-earned rest in bed under the pretext of having flu ' , he manfully stuck to his post and maintained laAV and order with a ruthless hand. While acknoAvledging his endurance, we are afraid Ave still rather doubt his Avisdom, but perhaps that is only because we are soft and prefer chicken in bed to steAV and Avork. In the earlier part of the Easter term, Ripley ' s and Groves ' started a Basketball series amongst themselves, and Lake ' s joined in the series later in the term. Despite a lot of practice on the part of the team they only came third : this was a fact Avhich did not matter much, as the series did what it set out to do — pleasantly pass Saturday evenings. It Avas in this term also that the one and only Mouthpiece came into being with four members of Lake ' s on its staff trying to guide its hazardous journey. Instead of the usual Fencing tournament, each House put for- Avard a team of three members of which ours Avas comprised of Davis, Milne and Pearce. Unfortunately, both times Ave Avere beaten by a score of 5-4. — 14 —