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

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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 —

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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 the reference library several inches deep in mess. He also has never been seen without a rolled score in his hand harrying some unfortun- ate individual about rehearsals.) The House play this year was a very good story about Mr. Chips with the title rdle being taken by Mr. Twite himself. As I hear the Editor ' s angry breathing down my neck, and mut- tered curses about the magazine being two weeks overdue at the printer ' s already, I must lay down my pen for another year. GROVES ' As has been the case for the last three or four years, the fates have provided Groves ' with the smallest roster of the three Houses. There must be a reason for this. There is a wise old phrase, Quality not Quantity. We feel this aptly describes our condition. In the final House match of the Christmas term of 1936 we lost a hard-fought game to Ripley ' s, after which A. S. Rendell, R. E. Barker, W. B. McCreery, and R. Derby were awarded their House colours for reasons that all four made obvious during the play. At the beginning of the Easter term three new boys in the persons of the Ketcham brothers and Woodside were welcomed. After some very close and exciting play we triumphed over Rip- ley ' s and Lake ' s Houses in the newly-formed Basketball league. In- cidentally, this sport seems to be gaining a firm foothold in the extra- curricular activities of the School, and we sincerely hope to see a continuation of the game this year. In the final Sports competition Groves ' made a fair showing in the senior division, but, having few middles or juniors, were unable to provide enough serious competition to carry off the silverware. We scored a double triumph on land and water, and in this regard F. J. Mcintosh is to be congratulated on his splendid showing. Owing to severe weather conditions the final Cricket match was not played off. After fielding for half the match against Lake ' s, Bur- chard, Mcintosh and Rendell were given their House Cricket colours. J. P. Torland was Vice-Captain of School Cricket, in which sport A. Gardner and R. Day were successful in winning their first XI colours. At the beginning of the Christmas term, 1937, R. M. Day is again Head of the House. We must here congratulate A. Gardner on being appointed Captain of School Football, also R. Derby on being awarded his first XV colours. This term our able House Prefects are D. M. Hartnell and W. B. McCreery. They are assisting Day i, Gardner and Burchard as School Prefects in House affairs. In conclusion, Groves ' House are small in numbers, but large in the matter of true loyalty. We should therefore take pains to in- culcate that spirit, not necessarily concerned with competition, in our newcomers.