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

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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.

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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 LIBRARY NOTES DURING the past year the Library has grown considerably in size. This has been due partly to a large number of books pre- sented to the Library by various members of the staff and boys, and partly to books purchased by the Library itself. James and Glen Niven presented about sixty books between them when they left for England in the spring. The practice of taking a termly subscription has been continued, and from the funds thus raised about forty books have been pur- chased during the year. Notable amongst the authors are: Gibbs, Kipling, Yates, Taffrail, Buchan, Sabatini, Oppenheim, Wallace, Masefield, Nicholls, Wren, Hay, Packard, Curwood, Christie, Sapper, Wodehouse, Hilton, and many other of the popular authors of to-day. As in other years the Library is being controlled by a committee of two boys from each House and several members of the staff who have kindly helped us. This committee is in charge of the purchase of books, library rules, etc. That the Library is widely used is shown by the fact that it is always croAvded, and over a thousand books were taken out for private reading during the past year. We would like to extend our thanks to Mr. Ellis, who so admirably ran the Library for seven years ; and also to Mr. Twite, who has kindly taken over the task of keeping an eye on it now that Mr. Ellis has left. IT