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

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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

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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 « CRICKET » THE Cricket eleven enjoyed a very succ essful season with six wins, two defeats and one match drawn. Both the bowling and fielding were well up to the standard of previous years, and the bat- ting proved much stronger, although no member of the side was very consistent ; there always seemed to be several to rise to the occasion when necessary. Newton, Fleck, Day i, Cooper, Day ii, and Torland, all made scores at different times which Avere decisive factors in the side ' s victories. With eight members of last year ' s side, including Newton, who has led the team for two years, we may look forward to an even more successful season in 1938. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL vs. COWICHAN C. C. May 15th, 1937 (Lost by 31 runs) Cowichan C. C. F. Considine, b. Smith.... R. Sowden, b. Newton S. Saunders, b. Cooper D. Dunlop, ct. Torland, b. Newton. A. Leggatt, run out G. Baiss, retired E. Fox, ct. Gardner, b. Smith... H. Charter, not out W. Corbishley, b. Smith Thackeray, b. Smith T. Jones, run out Extras 1 21 15 20 11 1 1 Shawnigan Lake School Cooper, b. Fox Smith, b. Baiss 13 Day i, ct. Thackeray, b. Fox. Fleck, l.b.w b. Leg-gatt Day ii, b. Leggatt Newton, b. Fox Torland, b. Leggatt Moore, b. Fox... Hayward, b. Leggatt Gardner, not out Bell, b. Leggatt... Extras .. Total 75 Total 44 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL vs. THE STAFF May 6th, 1937 (Won by 5 wickets The Staff C. W. Twite, b. Cooper 49 P. T. Shrimshire, b. Smith. 1 E. H. Bayly, b. Smith 3 M. C. Ellis, b. Smith D. V. Palin, b. Newton 2 E. D. W. Levien, run out 7 C. W. Lonsdale, b. Cooper 3 J. Stothard, ct. Day ii, b. Cooper.... 1 P. B. Bennett, not out 2 P. Bury, b. Cooper L. E. Jones, st. Torland, b. Hayward 2 Extras 2 Total 72 Shawnigan Lake School Cooper, b. Ellis 5 Hayward, ct. Twite, b. Levien.... 2 Day i, ct. Levien, b. Palin 4 Fleck, not out 35 Smith, b. Twite 15 Moore, ct. Stothard, b. Twite Torland, not out 10 Day ii Newton Gardner Bell ii Did not bat. Extras 6 Total (for 5 wickets) 77 is