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

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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 —

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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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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine The summer term saw everyone busily engaged in doing some- thing. Those many who were not studying for exams, by boating, tennis, etc. Not having many very active juniors in the sports, we lost out rather badly in the land sports as a whole, although we managed to keep the lead in the senior sports for some time. And, despite the fact that we had several strong swimmers, we did not further our position by the water sports. The Coronation holiday was very much enjoyed by everyone. All Victorians returned brimming over with how they had burned the midnight filaments, certain of our Don Juans even boasting that they had had only an hour ' s sleep during the whole five days. Not having a better story to tell ourselves, of course, we didn ' t believe them. We were quite well represented in the cricketing world by Cooper, Day ii, Bell and Fleck, all of whom won or had their School colours to their credit. The House matches were, unfortunately, not held to completion. The first round started with Lake ' s batting first against Groves ' . Fowler and Hammond made most of our runs near the end of our innings, and Fleck knocked up a good score near the opening. Chiefly due to the efforts of these three the score stood at 72. But the downpour of the season stopped our opponents from having their innings, and there was no other time left last term to have another match. Quite a few of our number also rose to collect cups and gilt-bound volumes on Speech Day, but our memories of who these were are somewhat confused by anticipation of the holidays and the general excitement of leaving. Crofton, Holland, Fowler and Bell all passed in their matrics with varying degrees of success. And Day ii almost made first-class honours in passing his senior matric. When Ave returned this term Ave eagerly scanned the notice boards to find Avho Avere to be the arbiters of our fates in the coming year. Davis, Ave found, Avas elevated to the position of head of the House, ably helped by Day ii, also a Prefect, and Captain of Games of Lake ' s. Cooper headed a new lot of House Prefects, whom it behooves us to be wary of. They are Milne, Ogilvie, Wace and Pownall. McPherson heads No. 3 and Ave note he is not making the classic mistake of hav- ing a sleepy jiggers, but himself has taken the position. Once again Ave are the largest House, having eight more than Ripley ' s. This size is partly due to new boys this term, of whom we have eight who don ' t seem to be finding life too bad at the School. To add to our already SAvelling heads is the fact that Ave have six mem- bers of the first XV and also seven members of the second. This means that to complete our House team Ave shall only need two players from the second game. Once more we have Cooper looming high in the theatrical Avorld, as Ave hear that he Avrote all the play for the rag concert, (Editor ' s Note. — This is untrue, but a very reasonable error, as not only has he used someone ' s typeAvriter continuously this term, but he has kept — 15 —