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

Text from Pages 1 - 66 of the 1938 volume:

itJagazutP December, 1938 « Editorial  A YEAR has passed since we last strove with the giant inertia of the editorial pen — a year in which the world, driven by the inexorable forces of political error and international hatred, has staggered on from tragedy to tragedy, only to be halted with dramatic suddenness — face to face with the great European crisis. It is little more than two months since we sat by our radios listen- ing to Hitler ' s Berlin speech and to the frenzied cheers of the audience assembled in the Sportspalast to hear the momentous decision — peace or Avar. Later we heard Mr. Chamberlain ' s restrained appeal for national service and the despondent statement that he had done all he could to prevent a catastrophe. Here was a contrast striking enough to check the anger aroused by the thought that this was just one more failure in British foreign policy. History, in the light of future events, Avill assess the value of Mr. Chamberlain ' s achievement in preserving the peace of Europe ; for the present we can only be thankful that, whatever the mistakes of the post-war years may have been, one man was found brave enough to face criticism at home and abroad in trying to follow what he con- ceived to be the path of duty. The most remarkable phenomenon of those dark days was the rapidity with which the moral conscience of the world was aroused against the commitment of the crowning folly of war. Whether this moral pressure will be great enough to prevent future wars Ave gravely doubt ; and Ave even venture to predict that within the next feAV years, unless the democratic countries are aroused to the imminence of the danger, they will have to face a crisis Avhich can be solved by fighting alone. We turn from the sorry spectacle of the world in turmoil to the problem of the beAvilderment of the individual mind. Men, like nations, may follow false gods, they may stagnate in ignominious sloth awaiting the inevitable end of all useless things, or they may help to found the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth. If a man cannot hope to reform the world, he can at least reform himself. In a changing Avorld the age-old truths are still the foundation of all decent conduct. History proAddes countless noble examples to folloAv ; in our literature is enshrined the Avisdom of the ages. Here is advice culled from the pages of a great Victorian — A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder — a Avaif , a nothing, a no-man. Find a purpose in life, and, having found it, put into it such strength of mind and body as God has given you. ' ' To this quotation the editor needs must add a Avord of his OAvn : • ' In seeking your purpose you must forget yourself ; for there is more good to the Avorld in the self-denial of one man than in the misdirected effort of a Avhole nation. Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « School Notes  THE School Prefects this year are D. A. C. Newton, D. M. Hart- nell, J. B. Hicks, W. N. Cooper, N. C. Taylor and R. H. Milne. As a result of the examinations for Foundation Scholarships held in May, E. R. Larsen and E. D. Baker were awarded Scholarships. An Exhibition was awarded to K. P. Hughes. Congratulations to the thirteen candidates for Matriculation who proved the fallacy of that number being unlucky ; and to A. E. Bell, who passed third into the California Institute of Technology in com- petition with five hundred applicants, thus winning a much coveted scholarship; also to F. H. C. Taylor on winning a scholarship in Biology at the University of B. C. Our very grateful thanks to Mrs. Stimson, Dr. W. Otto Bell and Dr. W. B. McCreery for making it possible for us to procure a Motion Picture Projector. The Dramatic Society became very energetic during the Lent Term, and, as a result, produced two plays, Winsome Winnie and The Moving Finger. We welcome our first Old Boy on the staff, Mr. T. A. Piddington, who left here in 1927 and took his degree at McGill ; and also Mr. L. Ignatieff, another McGill man and late of Osgoode Hall. In January we enjoyed a delightful historical and geographical talk on Holland by Miss Cornelia van Geun. On February 1st a magician delighted both Schools by his incred- ible feats of illusion. On February 10th the Seattle Woodwind Trio came up and ren- dered a most delightful and instructive concert. The Annual Pancake Greaze on Shrove Tuesday was won by W. N. Cooper (Upper Fifth). In April the School enjoyed seeing the exceptionally good per- formance of Comus, played by the Strathcona girls, and also Les Precieuses Ridicules. Congratulations to Mr. Twite on defeating the Old Boys at Squash. The latter were represented by J. H. R. Larsen and D. K. Macrae, The School gave a very successful dance on October 20th. The details were better arranged than for many years, and the successful management was a credit to D. A. C. Newton, who organized the whole affair. We were sorry to say Good-bye to Lord and Lady Coville, who have left the district and are going to live in Scotland. We wish them all the best of everything. Armistice weekend was a great success. We had our usual Ser- vice of Remembrance on the 11th, a Governors ' Meeting in the after- noon to welcome the advent of Mr. W. G. H. Roaf to the Board, and a clever entertainment in the evening by Mr. Harkness. On Saturday Shawnigan Lake School Magazine morning there was a Physical Training Exhibition, and in the after- noon a Rugger match against the Old Boys. The Old Boys defeated us, but what could we expect when they produced such men as John Bird, Bruce Mackedie and Bill Brooks? In the evening there was a Rag Concert, the best for many years. On Sunday morning there was a Service, to which we welcomed the Bishop. Many thanks to Mr. W. H. Bullock-Webster for his gift of two very fine Goat heads, and to Mr. Grote Stirling for his interest in securing a Buffalo head for the School. A most useful and generous gift of carpentry tools has been given by Capt. R. H. Ley. Four boys left in July for England and were given a two weeks ' cruise with the Home Fleet on manoeuvres by the Admiralty. Newton was in H.M.S. Southampton, and her commander is R. W. B. Lacon (O.B.) ; Fraser was in H.M.S. Revenge with Motherwell, and Gardner was in H.M.S. Cornwall. We have to thank T. A. Piddington and David Savage for a delight- ful gift of pictures. These are reprints by well-known Canadian artists from the National Gallery in Ottawa. D. A. C. Newton is Captain of Football and Cricket. The School orchestra has been brought to life again. At the moment enthusiasm is more evident than technical skill. With a view to giving it time to develop, all members have been drawn from the lower school. P. F. Mackie passed, with merit, the Senior Piano Examination of Trinity College, London. R. M. Day is entering Jesus College, Cambridge, and D. W. Bur- chard is rowing No. 2 in the freshman boat at Yale University. Several boys took advantage of the visit of the San Francisco Opera Ballet to enjoy a most artistic evening on Monday, Noven ber 21st. Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « CnajizL z fotz±  DURING the year School Services have been as usual, with the addition of an evening service once a month. We were all sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Bury, who has given us some very outstanding addresses. The Bishop of Columbia held a Confirmation Service here on March 25th, at which fourteen boys and eight girls from Strathcona were confirmed. The beautiful flowers at that Service were given by Mrs. P. A. Woodward. The parish church was rebuilt during May, and for that time we invited the parish to use our Chapel. Some beautiful gifts were given to the Chapel, including Alms Bags from Mrs. Stanton and Miss Gildea, and a Veil and Burse, belonging to the late Rev. J. S. A. Bastin, by Mrs. Bastin. On Speech Day the final Service was held at 8: 00 p.m., and the Dean of Columbia preached an inspiring sermon in an overcrowded Chapel. On Armistice Sunday the Bishop preached. The Rev. E. M. Willis kindly ca me up for All Saints Day. The old Barless Psalter has been superseded by the New Cathedral Psalter, and its use is expected to give a more interesting and appre- ciative rendering of the Psalms. At Christmas there was a concert in the Big School, with a pro- gramme of Carols by the Choir. Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Speech Day  THE School Speech Day was held on June 25th and was preceded on the Friday evening by a Service in the Chapel at 8 p.m., with a most inspiring address by the Very Reverend the Dean of Columbia. The School buildings were all outlined with coloured lights, and a large number of parents and visitors at the lakeside watched a half hour ' s excellent fireworks display and a procession of over twenty boats decorated with Chinese lanterns. After this, refreshments were served at the School. On Saturday morning the Finals of the Water Sports were held and at 1 : 15 p.m. a Physical Training Exhibition on the Cricket Field. This was an exceptionally good show, including squads of Physical Training, Box Horse Squad, Tumbling Squad and Fencing Display. After this the prizes were given away after speeches by the Head Master, who spoke of the doings of the School during the past year, mentioning the successes of various Old Boys ; to wit, S. Lane, who has passed first in the Law School at Dalhousie ; H. Housser, fifth in the same class ; F. Taylor, who has won a scholarship at University of British Columbia ; and of this year ' s successes, a scholarship to the California Institute of Technology, won by A. E. Bell ; and after a very excellent speech on citizenship by Mr. E. W. Neel. At the con- clusion of the prize giving, the Lord Bisho p of Columbia, on behalf of the School, thanked Mr. Neel for his very excellent address. The prize list follows, and also Mr. Neel ' s address. After the prize giving, tea Avas served on the lawn to over four hundred people. Mr. Neel spoke as follows : Mr. Lonsdale has given us a list of the achievements of the School during the past year, and I should like to congratulate him on the School, particularly on his perfect score of 100% in examinations. I also wish to congratulate the boys who are responsible for these results, and I hope that in every succeeding venture they will be able to make an equally perfect score. I have not been here for many years, and it is a great pleasure to those of us who are parents who were associated with the School in its very earliest days and who have seen it grow to the spacious, stately structure that it is now. When Mr. Lonsdale honoured me with an invitation to speak here today, he asked me to say a few words on the subject of citizen- ship, a subject you hear a lot about these days. I do not suppose that boys have altered much since I was a boy, and I have exceedingly painful recollections of having to pay attention to Speech Dav speeches when my mind was full of thoughts of going home and holi- days. Now, what constitutes good citizenship? There is no mystery about it ; there are no rules ; there is no grammar, no verbs, no adjec- tives which usually make your lives very unpleasant at times. There are none of these things. You here occupy, so to speak, a country of your own. You are citizens of Shawnigan Lake School. Unconsciously you are every day absorbing the principles of good citizenship. I should define those principles as honesty, clean living, clean thinking 10 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine and good sportsmanship. You have your houses, the houses which make up the School. Every boy thinks his house is the best house, or he ought to, and to do his best to make his house the best house, to be first in conduct, games and in scholarship. You are proud of your house because your house is part of the School, and you want your School to be the best school, and so, as you know, the tone of the house makes the tone of the School. The better the house the better the School and the better citizen you are to the School. It also includes teamwork. The School may be playing a cricket match against another school. You are playing for the School. There are lots of reasons why you want to make a lot of runs. However, it is anybody ' s game. Most of the School wickets are down, but there is just a chance that the School may put it off. It is your turn to bat. All you have to do is to hold your wicket up. So in you go. You hold your wicket up long enough to enable your partner to make good. Result : you carry your bat out and the School wins the game. You showed good citizenship, good teamwork, you played for the School and not for yourself. Now, some of you are leaving here this term. Those of you who are leaving will find your lots cast in a great many different places. But wherever you are, whatever you may be doing, you hold fast to the principles you have been taught here, principles of honesty, decency and sportsmanship, and you will be qualified as good citizens. You may not have success, but you have to remember this, ' that it is not by success that a man is judged, but he is judged by the conduct of his life, by the kind of life he lives, and by how much he works with his fellow men to promote the welfare of the country to which he belongs. ' Some of you may go into public life, you may take an interest in public affairs, either in your own community, in the provincial field or the national field ; some of you may become leaders, but the principles which I have laid down as the principles of good citizenship will apply just as much in the United States as to Canada. The majority of you, however, will spend your lives in Canada, and to those of you who are going to spend your lives in public affairs, on you will be placed a very heavy responsibility in a country like this with a great future. I am going to make a comparison between Shawnigan Lake School and the houses which go to make it up and the Dominion of Canada and the component parts of the Provinces. When you go out into the Avorld outside the School, if you will always remember that you are Canadians and that your country is Canada in the same way that no matter what house you were in here you belong to Shawnigan Lake School, and if you never forget that the good name of the Dominion of Canada rests on those qualities of citizenship displayed by its people, in the same way the good name of Shawnigan Lake School depends on the conduct of the members of its houses ; if you remember these things, and if, by your example, you can help to strengthen that spirit of unity which is so lacking today in this country and without which no future national greatness is possible, if you will do this and can add in any way to the welfare of Canada and to the happiness of Canadian people, then you will have qualified 11 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine as high citizens in every sense of the word. You will have done some- thing to be proud of and something for your school to be proud of. Now, to those of you who are leaving, I wish to offer every pos- sible good wish and success to your future careers. FORM PRIZES Form VII— F. H. Davis Form IV— C. P. Layard Form VI— A. E. Bell Remove A— J. W. Milligan Form VU — A. B. Hammond Remove B — P. B. Ballentine Form VL — E. A. Wheeler French Prize — R. M. Day. Mathematics Prizes — 1. A. E. Bell. 2. F. H. Davis. 3. J. P. Ogilvie. Bishop of Columbia ' s Prize for Reading — R. M. Day. Efficiency Prize — Michaelmas Term — R. M. Day. Lent Term — R. M. Day. Summer Term — J. B. Hicks. House Cups — Sports — Lake ' s. Cricket — Ripley ' s. Rowing — Groves ' . Junior Sports Cup — Gr. A. Prentice. Sportsmanship Cup — W. B. McCreery. « Examinations  IN MAY, examinations for the two vacant Foundation Scholarships were held, and these were awarded to E. D. Baker from Glenlyon School and E. R. Larsen from Shawnigan. O. J. A. Cavenagh was a close third, but unfortunately the vacancies did not permit him being awarded a Scholarship. The only vacancy for an Exhibition was awarded to K. P. Hughes on the nomination of Mr. J. Y. Copeman. G W. Reed won the Trinity College Law Scholarship and the Langford-Rowell Scholarship for Law. A. E. Bell won a Scholarship to the California Institute of Technology. Thirteen boys wrote for Junior Matriculation and all passed, the average for the form being 67.6%. Of these boys, five have remained in the School to take Senior Matriculation, one has entered Cam- bridge University, one the University of British Columbia, one Stan- ford University, one Yale University, one Alberta University and one the California Institute of Technology. One boy has entered a Chartered Accountant ' s office and one is doing Senior Matriculation in Edmonton. F. H. Davis passed his Senior Matriculation and is at Toronto University. 12 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Milestones BOTH in the Senior and Middle groups, there has been a wide choice of subjects during the year. Among the seniors, topics dealing with some form of applied science have been th e most common, with personal experiences taking the next place. Bell and McCreery gave excellent talks on colour-photography, Derby told his audience about the Spark-Gap and early forms of transmitters and receivers, Aitkens demonstrated the reasons why radio reception fades , and Nixon explained the theory of stream- lining. All these speeches were interesting and as a rule well organized ; in each case the speaker made his meaning clearer by the use of dia- grams sketched on the blackboard. Newton, Beard and Oxholm chose travel-subjects — a visit to the British Fleet, a trip to the Forbidden Plateau, and the Olympic Mountains. The last was a particularly good effort. Cooper set out to inform the group how food is digested, but as the time-limit cut him off at the oesophagus, Wilkinson completed the description at a later date. Ogilvie ' s talk on salmon-fishing was very good, and Nicholls gave a good exposition of the present situation as far as Government fish-hatcheries are concerned. In the middle group the emphasis was on scientific and political topics, but here again the range was very varied. After the summer holidays, travel-talks Avere predominant. The two outstanding speeches were made by Forrest, on The Trek of the Chinese Red Army, and by Fraser, whose topic was his trip with the British Navy. 13 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Museum of Natural History THE most outstanding work done in the Club this year was the mounting of the skeleton of a White-Tail deer (young doe) by Day II. The skeleton was found under the tennis courts and was cleaned and set up with painstaking care. The work lasted over a month. A bat was caught in one of the Senior Dormitories in the fall. It turned out to be a Lump-nosed (C orynorihmus raflnesque) . These bats are very rare as far north as British Columbia, so we mounted it on plate glass. At present we are working on mounting the head of a mule deer, given to the club by Mr. E. J. Ketcham. Amongst the mounted specimens done this year are to be found : a Mallard, green-winged Teal, short-eared Owl, Brewer ' s Blackbird, and the head of a Raven. Several study skins have also been done, amongst them a Horned Owl, Cormorant, two Pacific Loons, and a red-breasted Woodpecker. We wish to thank Mr. Ashby for his interest in the Museum and for several specimens which he kindly presented. We also thank Mr. Hayes (Game- Warden) of Duncan for the two Pacific Loons. We also wish to thank Mr. T. G. Stokes for several excellent ornitho- logical reference books. We wish to thank Mr. Grote Stirling for his interest in obtaining a buffalo scalp and horns through the Department of Natural Re- sources. 14 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « House Notes  GROVES ' ON RETURNING to school in September we found that Mr. L. E. Jones, our resident Housemaster last year, had left us. We were very glad, however, to welcome Mr. T. A. Piddington as his successor. Mr. Piddington is an Old Boy of Shawnigan, having attended the School from 1921 to 1928, and is the first Old Boy to become a member of the staff. We also learned that R. M. Day, Head of the House and of the School last year, is at Cambridge, Allan Gardner is at U.B.C., and W. B. McCreery is at Stanford University. In the boxing last Easter Term, Groves ' supplied all the heavy- Aveights, the championship of which was subsequently won by Gard- ner. The Good Loser ' s Cup was awarded to R. M. Day. During this term R. Derby was appointed a House Prefect. Groves ' , as usual, won the rowing fixtures, both in the shells and the cutters. In the shells we beat Ripley ' s in the final round, despite the fact that Day ' s stretcher broke and that he had to stop and fix it. In the cutter races we beat both our rival houses by several lengths. While on the subject of rowing, we must offer congratulations to D. W. Burchard, our stroke oar, on being number two oar on Yale ' s freshman crew this year. Despite these thrilling nautical victories, we unfortunately failed to secure enough points in the boxing, fenc- ing and land sports to enable us to beat either Ripley ' s or Lake ' s in the final total for the sports cup. In the Cricket matches Groves ' lost of Ripley ' s after an exciting game which ended in the score of 38-23. Congratulations are due to D. M. Hartnell for Avinning his School Cricket Colours during the season. We also congratulate W. B. McCreery for being awarded the Sportsmanship Cup, and winning his School Colours for displaying general good qualities. This term we have a larger house than last year, having in all twenty-eight members, compared with two years ago, when we could only just raise a rugby team. Owing to the small size of many of the boys, though, we are not contributing our usual large proportion to the 1 st XV ; however, in addition to our two existing Colours, Hart- nell and Derby, Ave are very pleased to hear that M. H. Livingston has just been given his House Colours for his good efforts in tAvo recent matches. D. M. Hartnell is Head of the House this year, assisted in House affairs by R. Derby and E. A. Wheeler as House Prefects. In conclusion, but by no means of least importance, Ave Avish to acknoAvledge hoAV extremely grateful Ave are for tAvo gifts to our senior common room, in the form of four Windsor chairs from Mrs. Blanken- horn, and four leather chairs from the Headmaster. These tAvo addi- tions to the furniture of the room make a very great difference in its appearance and comfort, and are much appreciated by all Avho use it. 15 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine RIPLEY ' S The dormitory was silent. It had been a hard day, so all were fast asleep. But I could not sleep. My mind was too worried about the house notes. How was I to do them? But no matter how hard I thought, I only became more agitated and restless ; and finally, in disgust, I gave it up. But just as I was settling to sleep, I saw, to my amazement, a strange white light advancing towards my bed, and I could dimly see the figure of a man. As he drew near my bed, I could see his features to be that of a young man in his late twenties. My amazement increased ; but before I could say anything, he spoke in a grave voice : Are you Ripley ' s house correspondent for this year? Yes, I am. Good ! he replied, and I expect you are wondering who I am. I was wondering, but a strange suspicion came over me. Are you — Ripley ? Yes, I am, he replied, I came over as I saw you were in diffi- culties with the house notes. I, too, know that experience, and I feel my duty is to help you. With that he looked around at the sleeping dormitory and left me in a daze of thoughts that could find no outlet save that of wonder and curiosity. But his voice again interrupted my thoughts. I see that they sleep soundly, pointing around at the dormitory. Have they had a long work day? he said with a smile. No, I replied, they have been having a hard game of rugby, getting in shape for the house matches. Rugby! Has the house done well this year? At the end of last Christmas term, we were unable to have the house matches, but there are good hopes for them this year and we have a strong chance of winning. Make sure you do. Are there many Firsts to back them up? There are five of us, and Newton is the School Captain. The other houses must be stepping in now. Do we hold them off in boxing? We managed to tie in two weights, and Hicks took the light- heavies, Burns the lightweight, and Rattray the bantamweight. We are able to hold our own. We were also lucky in the fencing, having Bell, who won the B. C. Championship, but we were unable to win the house fencing. Fencing must be new to you. We were not as lucky then. But, even after that busy term you must have welcomed the summer term with the cricket and sports. Do we hold the cup still for cricket ? We have the cup once again after giving the others a sound beat- ing. This win was mainly due to Newton, Taylor, Stiell and Forrest, who are all on the First. Excellent ! but were we as lucky in the sports ? We did not get the cup this time, but we gave Lake ' s a hard battle for it. This year we had a new system whereby each house had its team of four and no one could be on more than three teams. LTnder this system we took three events and came second and third in the 16 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine other two. But the house showed its real worth by winning the tug- of-war. We felt very cheered by this lead ; but our luck was out in the water sports, where Lake ' s house was in its native element. Groves ' house beat us in the cutter and shell races, but we managed to hold off Lake ' s house. All these wins are mainly due to the great efforts of Fix, Newton, Taylor, Ley, Hickey and Stiell. Newton took the badminton and squash. That was a great term for the house. Did the sports detract too much attention from the examinations? They were not loved by the matriculation people, who had a hard struggle to pass that sinister examination, but Bell, Beard, Stiell, Reynolds, Taylor and Hicks all passed. Also, Bell won a Scholarship to the California Institute of Technology. Of these Ave are sorry to lose Bell, Reynolds, Stiell, and also Fix. So must have ended a great term for them ; and I wish them the best of luck in their future life. But there remain those who return for another school year and new ones come to join them. Have we a good number this year? We all arrived back very fat, and we found the house had swollen by an addition of eight boys, only six having left last term. They are young, but show great promise, especially Baker, who won a Foun- dation Scholarship. The authority of the house is upheld by Newton, head prefect, Hicks and Taylor, both prefects, and Beard and Hickey, both house prefects. The house welcomes our new house master, Mr. Ignatieff, and we appreciate his great enthusiasm for the house. He did not speak, but looked around the dormitory with fresh interest. Finally he spoke : I want you to tell the house what I say. The house has done very well this year and I am proud of it. The next year will be harder and you will have many tribulations. But if the boys stand by the house, display still greater keenness and respect in themselves, the house and the School, I know that we will once again prove our true worth. He grinned, and with quick steps he left the room. Once again the cold and darkness settled down. But I quickly dove under the covers and, with a peaceful mind, dreamed off to sleep. LAKE ' S Having read last year ' s House Notes (intending to use them as a pointer), I shall begin by apologising and assuring the reader that our own extension of Lake ' s House Anthology can never hope to reach those magnificent flights attained by our predecessor. The piece in question appears on page 13 of last year ' s magazine, and begins with a spirited dialogue, after which I find myself feeling utterly inade- quate before a veritable argosy of facts, details, and human interests. To produce a parallel for such a work would be impossible. Not only did it obscure the excellent efforts of his contemporaries but set a new high in the quality of note writing. . . . And now having successfully congratulated Mr. F. H. Davis (who is absorbedly writing poetry at the University of Toronto), I find it necessary to congratulate him 17 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine again ; first (as head of the House) for easing the House over the few rough places which appeared in its course ; and secondly, for a num- ber of other facts that will be touched upon later. Lake ' s has had a very successful year. Although not a heavy house or one owning spectacular performers, we have swung steadily through a medium arc like a well-greased pendulum, unerratic and unvarying. Fortunately, we Avere not cursed with extremes, and thus had not to rely upon the superficial brilliance of a few, but, by the dint of working together as a house, and not individually, we man- aged to make ourselves felt in not one, or even a few, but in each and ever} ' sport. This factor won us the Sports Cup. About the Rugby House Matches, little can be said — there were none. But under Day ii (who was captain) we had a strong XV. A heavy, hardworking scrum, and a fast backfield. Six of our members were on the First, and the remainder, with a few exceptions, played on the Second. Unfortunately, however, literally upon the Eve of Waterloo, Ripley ' s House fell sick (very, very sick), so sick, in fact, that they did not revive until the matches had been postponed in- definitely. During the season Pearce, Pownall and Ogilvie were awarded their House Colours, while four other members, Ridewood, Milne, Fleck and Da} ' ii, came triumphantly home on the crest, their blazers black and gold. As cricketers, Ripley ' s were not at all bilious. They beat us in a close hitting game in which, though we were defeated, we proved spirited if not polished players, and gave Ripley ' s a good run for their money. Those who deserve mention during the game are Ridewood and McPherson, who were awarded their House cricket colours for excellent fielding, and Nicholls, who is to be congratulated for having developed into a very commendable bowler. During the season Pearce Avas awarded his first XI colours. Others in the House who played for the School were Day ii, Fleck, Cooper, McPherson and Ham- mond i — a fair representation. In the boat races the least said the better ; Ave placed third in both events, and can only hide our smarting cheeks as Ave await the coming year, when Ave hope our creAv Avill be considerably more developed. In the Avater sports, hoAvever, we stand forth prominently, winning in the senior events the 50- and 250-yard swims, and placing second in the diving, thus considerably raising our average. The Avater, like the land sports, Avas run on a new system — each house electing teams whose members could only run in a limited number of races. L T nder this system, Lake ' s benefited mightily. In the land sports Ave kept up this high average by having five seconds in seven events. Stokes stood by us in the juniors by winning two and placing second in another two events. Lake ' s, as usual, took the majority of Form Prizes. This has be- come, in the last decade, a rather good habit. We congratulate Day ' s of the VII, Ogilvie, VI, Hammond, Upper V, and Ballentine, Remove B, for having kept up old traditions. Davis is especially to be con- 13 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine gratulated on winning his School Colours for scholarship and passing his Senior Matriculation. Not only, however, do scholars gaze upon our achievements with pride, but even the lowly pugilist might be induced to register some sort of primitive enthusiasm over our (to us) magnificent showing in the boxing tournament. This year we took five weights : Ham- mond i, Wace, Day ii, Vaughan and Ballentine, who won their weights ; and Milne, Steiwer, McPherson, Hammond ii and Stimson, who were all finalists, contributed points to the House total. And now, turning to a more genteel sport, Ave find that, out of five members of the fencing team, three (Davis, Milne and Pearce) were from Lake ' s House, a thoroughly capable team who pinked the other Houses most soundly. One member we especially congratulate for having won both his School Colours and a silver cup that main- tains he has the best fencing style in British Columbia, . . . namely, Pearce. Advancing to more recent times, we find that the House, in 1939, has grown even larger, with a governing body that has swollen pro- portionately. As head, we have Cooper, assisted by Milne. House prefects are Wace, Butts, Ridewood, Hammond i, and McPherson; plus (we must not forget them !) Lake ' s House Senior Common Room Committee, a proletariat body incorporated with, by, and for the people, more or less directed by Leir, (we hear) and with doubtful ideals. It is customary to finish oft ' House Notes with a somewhat moral note. Let us strike this note then by pointing out that internally the House is as tranquil as ever, while externally there would seem to be a greater manifestation of House spirit. Therefore let us hope that, with this improved outlook, we may, during this coming year, be even more successful than last. 19 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine «? Cricket CRICKET this year was well up to standard. The 1st XI, with five victories and two defeats, enjoyed a successful season. The batting of the side was fairly consistent. In nearly every match there were one or two good stands, notably at Brentwood, when the first pair made 66 runs before being separated. In all, seven members of the team made useful scores at one time or another. The bowling was probably not as strong as usual ; but the fielding, largely due to the example of Newton, who was leading the side for the third year, was exceptionally keen, and often made up for deficiencies in the attack. - -: v 1st CRICKET ELEVEN 1938 Back row: C. P. Forrest, W. T. S. Pearce, A. Gardner, D. M. Hartnell, W. M. Stiell, TsT. C. Taylor. Front row: A. B. Fleck, R. M. Day, D. A. C. Newton (Captain). W. N. Cooper, C. R. Day. 20 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Scores : — SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. COWICHAN C. C. Played at Cowichan on May 7th. Won by 44 runs. Cowichan C. C. Thackeray, b. Newton.. Corbishley, b. Taylor 4 Baiss, ct. Pearee, b. Newton.... 7 Vaughan, ct. Fleck, b. Cooper 10 E. S. Fox, ct. Taylor, b. Newton 7 Green, b. Cooper 4 Davie, b. Newton 2 J. Fox, ct. b. Newton A. Fox, ct. Forrest, b. Cooper 2 Leg-gait, ct. b. Newton 3 Charter, not out 1 Extras 2 Shawnigan Lake School Fleck, l.b.w., b. Baiss... 10 Day i, b. Baiss.. 13 Newton, b. Leggatt 23 Cooper, b. Vaughan 4 Day ii, ct. Leggatt, b. Green 3 Gardner, st. Charter, b. E. S. Fox 9 Pearee, not out 17 Taylor, ct. Charter, b. A. Fox 10 Stiell, b. A. Fox 4 Burchard, b. Vaughan Forrest, b. A. Fox. 5 Extras 8 Total 4 2 Total... 106 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. VICTORIA C. C. Played at Shawnigan on May 21st. Won by 41 runs. Victoria C. C. Sparks, b. Cooper 10 Mitchell, ct. Gardner, b. Newton Moore, b. Cooper 6 Go ward, ct. Day i, b. Newton R. Moffatt, ct. Hartnell, b. Cooper 9 Grant, ct. Newton, b. Cooper 10 Ley, ct. b. Stiell 7 W J. Moffatt, ct. Hartnell, b. Stiell.. 5 Barbor-Starkey, b. Newton. 2? Grogan, run out 4 Tyehurst, not out Extras 5 Shawnig-an Lake School Fleck, b. Goward... 2 Day i, b. Moffatt 2 Newton, ct. Goward, b. Sparks. 53 Cooper, b. Goward Gardner, b. Moore 1 Pearee, run out 15 Taylor, l.b.w., b. Moffatt. 3 Stiell, not out 24 Day ii, b. Moffatt 5 Burchard, ct. Ley, b. Grant 6 Hartnell, b. Moffatt Extras 8 Total. Total 11! SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. COWICHAN C. C. Played at Shawnigan on May 24th. Lost by 21 runs. Cowichan C. C. 1st Inning ' s Vaughan, ct. Day, b. Cooper 6 Baiss, b. Newton 7 E. S. Fox, b. Cooper.... 10 Davis, l.b.w., b. Newton 2 Wilkinson, ct. Stiell, b. Cooper 16 Charter, b. Cooper Ritchie, run out Fitzpatrick, b. Newton. 1 Corbishley, l.b.w., b. Stiell 5 Sweatman, b. Stiell 1 A. Fox, not out 6 Extras 13 2nd Innings Taylor 6 1 st. Fleck, b. b. Taylor b. Taylor .. 21 ct. Day i, b. Newton 2 b. Newton 3 not out 1 b. Cooper 4 run out 4 ct. Pearee, b. Newton 4 b. Newton 2 b. Newton. 4 Extras 5 Total. 6 7 Total. 57 Shawnig-an Lake School 1st Inning ' s Cooper, b. Baiss Newton, b. Baiss 1 Day i, b. Vaughan Fleck, l.b.w., b. Vaughan 1 Gardner, ct. b. Baiss 1 Pearee, b. Baiss... 6 Taylor, ct. Corbishley, b. Baiss 4 Stiell. b. Baiss Day ii, run out Hartnell, ct. Fitzpatrick, b. Vaughan 1 Burchard, not out Extras 3 2nd Inning ' s b. Baiss l.b.w., b. E. S. Fox 30 ct. b. E. S. Fox 19 run out 7 ct. Baiss, b. Wilkinson 6 b. Baiss 6 st. Charter, b. Wilkinson. 3 b. Vaughan 8 b. Vauerhan 1 st. Charter, b. Vaughan .... not out Extras 7 Total II Total S7 21 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. THE STAFF Played at Shawnigan on May 28th. Won by 80 runs. The Staff Mr. Skrimshire, run out... Mr. Twite, b. Newton 6 Capt. Palin, b. Newton.... b Mr. Bennett, st. Fleck, b. Newton 12 Mr. Gerry, st. Fleck, b. Cooper 10 Mr. Stothard, b. Stiell 11 Mr. Secretan, ct. Newton, b. Cooper.. 4 Mr. Costello, b. Stiell Mr Robinson, ct. Stiell, b. Day i .3 Mr. Jones, l.b.w., b. Day i Mr. Bury, not out Extras 6 Shawxug cm Lake scnool Cooper, b. Twite 2 Day i, ct. b. Twite 6 Newton, l.b.w., b. Palin G FlecK, b. Gerry 41 Gardner, run out. 1 Pearce, b. Bennett Taylor, b. Twite 4 Stiell, not out 55 Day ii, b. Twite..... 3 Hartnell, b. Bennett 12 McPherson, b. Twite 1 Extras 6 Total. 5 7 Total. .137 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. BRENTWOOD COLLEGE. Played at Brentwood on June 4th. Won by 65 runs. Brentwood College Johnstone, ct. Newton, b. Cooper IS Holmes, st. Fleck, b. Newton 1 A. Gillespie, ct. Gardner, b. Cooper.... 8 W. Wilby, ct. Burchard, b. Newton.... Brown, b. Newton.... Hinton, b. Newton 1 I. Gillespie, b. Cooper 2 Field, not out 4 G. Wilby, ct. Stiell, b. Newton Hotham, ct. b. Newton... Chadwick, ct. Fleck, b. Cooper... 2 Extra 1 Total 37 Shawnigan Lake School Day i, b. Johnstone 31 Cooper, b. Field 34 Newton, l.b.w., b. Gillespie... Fleck, b. Field. 6 Gardner, b. Gillespie 4 Pearce, ct. b. Johnstone Stiell, not out 7 Day ii, b. Johnstone 1 Taylor, b. Johnstone 2 Hartnell, run out 4 Burchard, b. Gillespie Extras 13 Total. .102 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI. VS. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. Played at University School on June 1 1th. Lost by one wicket. University School Huff, ct. Cooper, b. Newton 4 Sproule, b. Cooper.... 10 Thorne, ct. Day i, b. Newton.... 6 Hicks, b. Cooper 9 Field, ct. b. Cooper 25 Young-, b. Cooper. Boate, ct. Fleck, b. Newton 5 Massey, b. Cooper Everett, b. Cooper.. 12 Craig, not out 6 Ireland, not out 1 Extras 4 Shawnigan Lake School Day i, ct. b. Thorne 17 Cooper, b. Sproule Fleck, b. Huff 29 Newton, l.b.w., b. Thorne Stiell, b. Huff... 3 Pearce, b. Huff. 1 Gardner, b. Huff Hartnell, b. Thorne 1 Forrest, ct. Everett, b. Huff 3 Day ii, b. Hicks. 13 Taylor, not out... 7 Extras 6 Total (for 9 wickets). 82 Total. SO SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1ST XI VS. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. Played at Shawnigan on June 1 8th. Won by 7 runs. Shawnigan Lake School University School Sproule, ct. b. Cooper 17 Huff, b. Newton Thorne, b. Newton Hicks, ct. Day ii, b Cooper 11 Field, not out 26 Young, b. Newton Boate, b. Newton Everett, ct. Gardner, b. Stiell 2 Massey, b. Stiell Craig, ct. Gardner, b. Stiell..... Ireland, b. Cooper 2 Extra 1 Total 59 Day i, ct. Young, b. Thorne.. 14 Cooper, b. Thorne 3 Newton, ct. Boate, b. Thorne 17 Fleck, l.b.w., b. Thorne 9 Stiell, b. Hicks.... 11 Gardner, l.b.w., b. Huff Forrest, hit wicket, b. Thorne 1 Hartnell, b. Thorne 1 Hammond, run out 1 Dny ii, b. Huff 2 Tpvior, not out ..-. 1 Extras 6 Total 66 22 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL COLTS XI VS. GLENLYON SCHOOL. Played at Glenlyon on May 21st. Lost by 23 runs. Glenlyon School 64 Shawnigan Lake School 41 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL COLTS XI VS. GLENLYON SCHOOL. Played at Shawnigan on June 4th. Won by 64 runs. Shawnigan Lake School 78 Glenlyon School 14 HOUSE MATCHES First round — Ripley ' s beat Grove ' s. Final — Ripley ' s beat Lake ' s. BADMINTON Senior Tournament — Final : Newton beat Stiell. Junior Tournament — Final : Larsen beat Cavanagh. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL Owing to the comparatively mild weather, Association Football was played far more extensively than in previous years. Among the seniors the standard was not very high, but it is hoped that with the experience gained last year there will be improvement in the future. The best promise was shown by the Colts, Avho seemed much quicker at learning the game. In the only match, against the Staff, the School team showed plenty of spirit, but lacked experience and were defeated by 4 goals to 2. WW BOXING Heavy Weight — Gardner beat Burchard. Light Heavy — Hammond i beat Milne. Middle Weight — Hicks beat Steiwer. Welter Weight — Wace beat Livingston. Fly Weight— Burns beat Stiell. Light Weight — Day ii beat McPherson. Bantam Weight — Rattray beat Wheeler i. Feather Weight — Vaughan beat Hammond ii. Paper Weight — Ballentine beat Stimson. Good Loser ' s Cup — Day i. 23 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « FENCING  ON Saturday, January 29th, Shawnigan Lake School entertained the Gardes du Rapier fencing team from Washington Univer- sity to a match with foil and epee. The visitors were successful by 13 wins to 5. In the foil there were several good bouts, three of them going to the last hit. But the greater experience of the Washington team helped them to gain the deciding hit in each fight, and they won comfortably by 8 victories to 1. The School did much better with the epee, and when the last bout commenced the score was 4 all. Silver- man, hoAvever, proved too quick for Milne and soon won this weapon also for his team with two neat hits on the arm. After the match the visitors gave an interesting display of sabre, which was much appre- ciated by the spectators. Scores: Foil — Gardes du Rapier: Silverman and Smith, 3 wins each ; Tryon, 2 wins. Total, 8 wins. Shawnigan Lake School: Pearce, 1 win; Bell and Day. no wins. Total, 1 win. Epee — Gardes du Rapier: Silverman and Tryon, 2 wins each ; Smith, 1 win. Total, 5 wins. Shawnigan Lake School: Gardner and Milne, 2 wins each ; Davis, no win. Total, 4 wins. On Saturday, March 12th, the School fencing team took part in the Pacific North-West Conference meeting in Seattle. Four teams were met with the foil and one with the epee. Although they only succeeded in winning one match, the School team performed credit- ably, and if they had been a little more experienced they might easily have done better. Against Washington State University the School showed their best form and won by 5 bouts to 3. An exciting match with Oregon State was lost only by the odd fight. Bell found his best form in this match and Avas undefeated, winning all his three fights. Idaho and University of Washington defeated us rather easily, in each case by 5 bouts to 1, but with a little luck the score might have been closer, as several fights went to the last hit. School Team : Bell, Pearce, Milne, Gardner, and Davis. On Saturday, March 19th, Shawnigan entertained the Victoria Fencing Club to a match with foil, and were successful by 15 wins to 10. For the School, Bell was undefeated, fencing very well through- out. The whole team showed their best form of the season, being less apt to become wild when pressed. Scores : Shawnigan Lake School — A. E. Bell, 5 wins, no defeat ; A. Gardner, 4 wins, 1 defeat ; R. H. Milne, 3 wins, 2 de- feats ; W. T. S. Pearce, 2 wins, 3 defeats ; F. H. Davis, 1 win, 4 defeats. Total, 15 wins. Victoria Fencing Club — W. J. Farnsworth, 4 wins, 1 de- feat; R. Holstein, 3 wins, 2 defeats; E. G. Robbins, 2 wins, 3 defeats ; F. Ellison, 1 win, 4 defeats ; N. Smith, no win, 5 defeats. Total, 10 wins. 24 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine FENCING TEAM 1938 A. E. Bell, A. Gardner, W. T. S. Pearce, F. H. Davis, R. H. Milne. B. C. Championships The fencing season was brought to a successful close with the B. 0. Championships in Vancouver on April 23rd. With the entry restricted to three members from each elnb, our team consisted of Bell, Gardner and Pearce. After the first few rounds it was apparent that Bell Avas fencing in his best form, and at the end of the pool he was tied for first place with one other competitor. The fight-off was most exciting. Hits were level at 1-1. Bell then led 2-1, only to have the score tied at 2-2. The deciding hit took fully five minutes, but finally Bell scored with a quick parry and riposte, thus bringing the championship to Shawnigan for the first time. Gardner placed third and Pearce seventh. Pearce also won the cup for the best stylist in the tournament, an achievement which can rank only second to Bell ' s. 25 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « FOOTBALL  Shawnigan Lake School 1st XV vs. University of British Columbia Second Division XV THE first match of the season was played in Vancouver at the Varsity Stadium on October 29th. Despite a muddy field and driving rain, the School team did not take long to settle down to play good football. Within a few minutes of the start the Shawnigan for- wards took the ball into their opponents 25, and from a set scrim- mage the ball went quickly back to Fleck, who scored with a dropped goal. For some time after the game was all in our half of the field, but keen tackling prevented a score. Suddenly, from a quick heel on the School 25-yard line, the three-quarters broke away and, after a fine run by Cooper, Hicks scored. Fleck converted. Varsity, however, came beck and soon scored an unconverted try in the corner. Shortly before half-time some good passing among the forwards led to a try by Ride wood. For some time after the interval, play remained in mid-field. The ball was by now very slippery and both sides had some difficulty in handling it. Some good forward rushes almost brought a score, and from a scrimmage on the Varsity line McPherson wriggled over to make the score 15-3. As the game drew towards the end, the greater weight of the Varsity side began to be felt, and only resolute tackling and good defensive kicking prevented several scores. One mistake allowed Varsity to score a try, which was converted, but from then on the defence never appeared likely to break down, and at the final whistle the score was still 15-8. The victory was largely due to the forwards, who played a fine bustling game. The backs were very sound in defence and on occasions showed good combination in attack. Shawnigan Lake School: Pearce; Hicks, Cooper, Fleck, Hickey; Newton, McPherson ; Taylor, Milne, Beard, Hartnell, Derby, Oxholm, RideAvood, Hammond. Shawnigan Lake School 1st XV vs. The Wanderers The first home match was played on November 5th. The ground was firm and the ball dry, ideal conditions for fast football. From the kick-off the Wanderers pressed, and for the whole of the first half had much the best of the game. Their forwards were heavier and faster than ours and the School was kept largely on the defensive. It says much for the determined tackling of the backs and the quick covering up of the forwards that they held the Wanderers to a single unconverted try in the first half. Shortly before half-time Shawnigan had a chance to draw level when the Wanderers were penalized in their OAvn 25, but Fleck ' s kick missed the goal by inches. The second half was very largely controlled by the School for- wards, who heeled the ball consistently from the set scrimmage and gained their fair share of it in the loose. The backs, however, were not at their best, and it was a fumble in mid-field which let the Wan- derers in for their second try. Soon after this, however, Cooper broke 26 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine 1st RUGBY FIFTEEN 1938-39 Back row: I. E. McPherson, T. N. K. Beard, J. K. Sloan, R. Derby, A. B. Hammond, Y. Hickey, A. W. H. Oxholm. Middle row: R. H. Milne, A. B. Fleck, D. M. Hartnell, D. A. C. Newton (Captain), W. N. Cooper, J. B. Hicks, W. E. Ridewood. Front row: M. H. Livingston, N. C. Taylor, V. R. Butts. through the centre and sent Hartnell over in the corner for an un- converted try. The Wanderers soon retaliated and scored after a for- ward rush. Then, with ten minutes to go, the School was awarded a penalty close in, and Fleck kicked a goal. The rest of the game was very exciting. The School forwards were still getting the ball from most of the scirmmages, but the backs lacked the necessary thrust, and, although they seemed likely to score, the passing too often broke down and opportunities were lost. Time came with the score 9-6 in favour of the Wanderers. All the forwards played well and showed promise of becoming a really good pack. The backs, who were unfor- tunate to be without the captain, Newton, showed great resolution in defence. Shawnigan Lake School: Livingston; Burns, Butts, Cooper, Hicks; Fleck, McPherson; Hickey, Milne, Hammond, Hartnell, Derby, Oxholm, Ridewood, Sloan. Shawnigan Lake School 1st XV vs. The Old Boys On November 12th the School had the pleasure of playing the Old Boys for the first time for several years. The ground was slippery after two days ' rain, and both sides found difficulty in handling the ball; but, although conditions were against good football, the sides 27 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine were so evenly matched that an enjoyable and exciting game resulted. At first it seemed that the School would win easily. Fleck opened the scoring with a penalty goal from 35 yards out. Several times Hicks made strong runs down the wing and Avould have scored but for fine tackling by Macrae, the Old Boys ' fullback, who played an excep- tionally good ga me throughout. After 20 minutes, however, Hicks at last managed to fling himself over the line to give the School a lead of 6 points. But the Old Boys were settling doAvn. Bird was always dangerous, and just before half-time he set the three-quarters mov- ing. The ball went out quickly to Holland, Avho passed in for Barc- lay to score. Bird failed with the kick. The second half was keenly contested. The tackling of both sides was very sure and neither looked likely to score, when Bird suddenly raced up to take a long throw in from touch and scored near the posts. Bird also kicked the goal and the Old Boys were two points ahead. Play now went from end to end of the field and both lines had narrow escapes. Fleck once crossed for the School, but was held up before he could touch the ball down, and at the other end Bird was brought down only inches from the line. It had been expected that the School forwards would control the game in the last ten minutes, but the Old Boys ' pack was made of stern stuff, and, battling manfully, managed to preserve their lead to the end. Result: Shawnigan Lake School, 6 points; Old Boys, 8 points. Teams — Shawnigan Lake School: Livingston; Hicks, Cooper, Burns, Butts; Fleck, McPherson ; Hickey, Milne, Taylor, Hartnell, Derby, Oxholm, Sloan, Hammond. Old Boys: D. B. Macrae; J. H. Holland, C. Burke, J. I. Bird, I. Bell Irving; G. F. Mackie, M. G. Stirling; C. B. Mackedie, W. S. Brooks, J. H. Budd, H. R. Barclay, J. H. It. Larsen, R. P. Shannon, G. Weld, P. Mallam. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Brentwood College On Nevember 19th, the 1st XV travelled to Brentwood and won a hard fought game by two goals and three tries (19 points) to one goal and two tries (11 points). There was little to choose between the two packs of forwards, but outside Shawnigan held the advan- tage. Our backs combined better than their opponents and were less inclined to take the ball standing still. For the first few minutes of the game, play was largely in mid-field, but after five minutes a good passing movement sent Hicks away on the wing. Although he was tackled near the line, Hicks managed to regain the ball and scored in the corner. Fleck converted with a fine kick. Heartened by this success, Shawnigan returned to the attack and five minutes later scored again, this time through Fleck, who also kicked the goal. Brentwood now began to have more of the game, but the handling of their three-quarters was uncertain, and they lost several good chances of scoring. Shawnigan, also, were several times well placed and seemed certain to score, but the centres were inclined to hold on too long. Shawnigan, however, were the next to score, Hicks going over far out. This try was not converted. Shortly before half-time, John- 28 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine ston, who was always dangerous, broke through our defence and scored for Brentwood. The kick was successful, and at the interval Shawnigan led by 13 points to 5. The second half was largely a forward duel. The backs on both sides had chances, but could make little headway against close mark- ing and keen tackling. Shawnigan scored first when Fleck scrambled over from close in. Brentwood soon retaliated. A kick from our line was charged down, and a misunderstanding among our backs allowed a quick follow-up to score. Both lines then had narrow escapes. There were several good forward rushes, but chances were thrown away by over-eagerness. A quick heel near the Brentwood line gave Fleck a chance to slip round the blind side for an unconverted try, and finally Brentwood scored from a good three-quarter movement. This ended the scoring and full time came soon after. For Shawnigan the forwards showed plenty of dash in the loose and gained their fair share of the ball in the set scrimmages. The backs played their best game of the season. They were always dan- gerous in attack, and when the centres Avere content to pass instead of trying to force their way through overwhelming numbers, they usually gave their wings a clear run. Shawnigan team: Livingston; Hicks, Cooper, Newton, Hickey, Fleck ; McPherson ; Taylor, Milne, Beard, Hartnell, Derby, Oxholm, Ridewood, Sloan. Shawnigan Lake School Colts ' XV vs. Brentwood College Colts ' XV This game was played at Shawnigan on November 19th, the School winning by a goal and a try to two tries, 8 points to 6. Play through- out was very keen but neither side showed much combination. Brent- wood, who were the heavier side, had more of the ball and would have won easily but for the keen tackling of our three-quarters. McCleary and Wheeler scored tries, Gandossi converting one. Shawnigan team: Wilkinson; McCleary, Vaughan i, Burns, Charleson ; Gandossi ; Wheeler i ; Simpson, Slater, Layard, Milligan, Leir, Baker, Hughes, Lightbody. Shawnigan Lake School vs. St. George ' s School The last home match of the season was played on November 26th and resulted in a win for Shawnigan by two goals and one try (13 points) to one goal (5 points). St. George ' s pressed from the start and for the first fifteen minutes kept play in our half. Their forwards were heeling cleanly, but the backs lacked thrust and the Shawnigan line was never in real danger. St. George ' s nearly scored once from a penalty kick, but gradually our forwards began to take charge of the game. They were still being beaten in the set scrums and the line- out, but were using their feet to good purpose in the loose. A forward rush took play to the other end of the field, and from a quick heel the ball went out to Hicks, who crossed near the posts, only to be called back for a forward pass. Shawnigan, however, were not to be denied, 29 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine and from the next scrum Hicks cut inside and passed to Sloan, who scored close in. Fleck converted. There was no further scoring before half-time. Play became very fast in the second half. The forwards were hav- ing a tremendous struggle, but neither line of three-quarters could make much headway against determined tackling. Following a free kick on the Shawnigan 25, one of the St. George ' s forwards came up very fast, and, gaining possession of the ball, slid over the line near the posts. The kick was successful, making the scores level at 5 points all. From then on Shawnigan gradually gained the upper hand. St. George ' s made one or two raids in our half, chiefly by means of well- placed kicks, but they never appeared likely to score again. The Shawnigan three-quarters, on the other hand, were always dangerous. Once Hicks seemed certain to score, but was brought down near the line. A series of scrums followed, which culminated in Oxholm inter- cepting a pass and dashing over for an unconverted try. Soon after, St. George ' s were penalized, and Fleck just failed to kick a goal from near the touch line. Both sides were beginning to tire, and it seemed that there would be no further scoring when, in the last minute, a good three-quarter movement sent the ball to Cooper, who slipped his man and, after drawing the wing, gave Hicks a clear run in. This was the best try of the match. Fleck kicked the goal and immediately the whistle went for full time. Shawnigan showed their best form of the season and deserved their victory. For, though there was little to choose between the packs, our three-quarters were always more dangerous than their opponents. The defence was splendid, the cen- tres in particular never allowing St. George ' s a chance to develop a movement or to give their wings an opening. Shawnigan team: Livingston; Hicks, Cooper, Newton, Hickey; Fleck ; McPherson ; Sloan, Milne, Beard, Hartnell, Derby, Oxholm, Ridewood, Hammond. 30 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SXNIOJ 1VJ.OX To th b- CO «n? V ° Snj, r tH C© CO E-h O On CO ¥ s.s.a w « is ■ o If t G CU S3 -M S 0) (V £ «M r H CJ O tf §- : 3 u £ U cu 3 a) ft £ 3 O (D g °5 g a £ ' § ' S in-fi o ft 50 2 B Eh tf +3 O o -m o © id pi ' c F-l ft £ 0) c ,4 =4— ■P a5 50 +J 3 o ft CU -p go n3 H cfl tt -C o v g o 00 Xtl +- +- rH ♦rH o o ft ft SurairaiAYg joiunp o ao aa no §, o C 5 H Shtatq S ©, TO aDB j ureej, spj jt 026 CO s aodg piie i joraiif Supua Saixog u damp iiSttt ,£ -a c AT?p spjB 088 pa spjBA Off £epH spj x 022 iCBpa spjBi 001 ■M L tH CO X Tl Tl Tl •-o o -M cu Ph d I 00 o ft ZQ 31 w •n 32 ' 3. Photo by Sloan. 33 Photo by Sloan. 35 36 Shaavnigan Lake School Magazine fl Visit to the Home Fleet LAST SUMMER Gardner, Fraser, Motherwell and myself were very fortunate in having the wonderful opportunity of visiting the Home Fleet, from the 8th until the 22nd of July, during the time of the defensive manoeuvres. On June the 28th we all left for West Montreal, where we changed trains for Quebec, just in time to catch the Empress of Australia. On board we met students of our tour from many of the chief schools of Canada. We had a very pleasant crossing in spite of one day off the Irish Coast when some of the Prairie flowers were unable to weather storm. The day of our ar- rival at Southampton, July the 8th, was a very memorable one for us. We spent most of it on deck, watching the changing scenery as The Nelson and Rodney under Revenue ' s Fifteen-inch Guns. the Empress made her way up the narrow channel. We were escorted in by tugs and docked about 2 :30 p.m. Little time was wasted in catching the special train to London, and nearly all of us, not being used to the environment, had a most interesting journey to Waterloo Station. We spent two days in London, and took in as many of the sights as Ave were able to do. Soon, however, we were allotted to our ships, Gardner to the cruiser Cornwall, Fraser and Motherwell to the battleship Revenge, and myself to the cruiser flagship Southamp- ton. The following day we all left London to join our ships — Fraser, Motherwell and myself at Portsmouth, Gardner to an eastern port, from which place his ship, the Cornwall, immediately left to cruise the North Sea coast with the coastal defense fleet. I Avas very for- tunate in meeting Lieutenant-Commander Lacon, in the Southamp- ton, who is an Old Shawnigan Boy and who Avas extremely kind to 37 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine II. M.S. So uthampton. us. Upon our arrival at Ports- mouth we were met by a sub- lieutenant and midshipmen from our respective ships, who took us in a picket boat to H.M.S. Revenge and H.M.S. Southamp- ton. Here we were told to mess in the gun-room and in our spare time to attend lectures by naval officers, explaining the arm- aments of the ships. Both ships spent two days at Portsmouth, where Ave were shown all over the dockyard. The construction of new battleships, cruisers and destroyers, submarines, tor- pedos and mine-sweepers was shown to us. We also inspected Nelson ' s ship, Victory, and the dockyard museum. The next morning H.M.S. Southampton left Portsmouth dockyard to cruise up the east coast and to spend five days at Whitby in Yorkshire. Revenge left soon after Southampton for Margate. When the ships were visiting the seaside resorts, they were open to the public for inspection, and many hundreds of people took the op- portunity of looking over them. After our visit to the seaside resorts, the red fleet which were attacking the coastal defence, or blue fleet, left to rendezvous at some point in the North Sea. It took us two days to arrive at the rendezvous, during which time the ship ' s guns were constantly manned. At night there were black-outs, and the very powerful searchlights were continually in use to spot imaginary enemy ships. Upon arrival at our rendezvous, we met the battleships Nelson, Rodney, Revenge and Royal Sovereign, six cruisers and a flotilla-and-a-half of destroyers. We wasted little time at the rendez- vous but soon manoeuvred into our respective battle formations, with Revenge making her way with destroyer escorts to bombard New- castle-on-Tyne, and Southampton, accompanied by the cruiser New- castle and three destroyers, to attack Sheerness. The surprise attack on Sheerness harbour proved fatal to us, and theoretically we were sunk by a squadron of Avro-Ansons and three motor torpedo boats. H.M.S. Revenge also met imaginary defeat when a red ship engaged her, and a squadron of bombers bombarded her. Both ships, being ordered out of the battle for a day by the Admiralty, left for the rendezvous in the North Sea. From here the Southampton steamed with two destroyer escorts to bombard the Firth of Forth in Scotland. We were very successful with our surprise attack, and completely shelled the Firth of Forth and sunk two enemy destroyers which were 38 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine laying a smoke screen to protect the place. H.M.S. Revenge, which was ordered to shell a big air- drome near Newcastle at dawn, met with little success. As she was steaming in attacking forma- tion with her destroyer escorts, twenty - eight bombers attacked the ship and were able to drop magnesium flares on her to repre- sent bombs. The Admiralty de- cided that Revenge would have been sunk very quickly, and so she steamed out to sea again. After these manoeuvres were fin- ished, the Southampton went to Sheerness, where I landed, and the Revenge went to Devonport, where Fraser and Motherwell dis- embarked. It was very hard to leave after such a wonderful fort- night for us. We shall never for- get the extreme kindness of the naval officers to us Canadian boys. Fifteen-inch Gun of H.M.S. Revenge. RED MOUNTAIN It was 4 o ' clock in the morning and the elevation was 10,250 feet. Believe me, it was cold. Our destination was Red Mountain, twelfth highest peak in the United States. Another boy and I were going to climb it on horseback. We were making ready for the trip at my father ' s mine, which is situated at the bottom of the mountain. The other boy was an experienced woodsman and knew the best way to get to the top. We saddled our horses and made ready to start. We put our food in saddlebags and saw to our weapons. We each had our own guns, a 30-30, a .22, and a .38 pistol. We took the rifles. We started out feeling very cold and gay. At 11 :30 we had reached a point where we could see for miles around. We decided this was quite a good place to eat our lunch, so we unsaddled. We started to get our cooking utensils out to cook our meal. The bacon we brought along smelt good, frying in the open fire. I noticed the horses were rather restless and I told my friend about it. We had a pair of field glasses and thought we had better take a look around. All at once my friend gave me the glasses and pointed to the far hill. There I saw a brown bear and her cub coining 39 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine our way. We considered whether we should move on or take pot shots at her from the hillside. As for me, I would just as soon have moved on, but my friend said no ! He instructed me to hold the horses while he took his gun out of the scabbard. When the bear was about a hundred yards from us she stopped, started sniffing around. All this time I had stood motionless, hoping for the bear to turn around and go away. Then my friend started laughing. I wondered if he had gone crazy, and Avhen he went over to the frying pan, picked up the bacon (which was burnt by this time) and threw it out to the bears, I thought I knew he had. Then, like a thunderbolt, the light began to dawn on me. The bear seemed satisfied and ambled off with her cub following behind her. I gave a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off my brow. We finished our journey to the top in peace. On our way back we saw six elk and some mountain goats. When we got back we both knew that next time Ave Avould not take bacon for our meal. W. L. B. W THE EAGLE Soaring towards the sun the eagle checked his flight, Gazing on earth in puzzled Avonder from the height. Lord of the air, Avhose emblem marched Avith Caesar, He found the Avorld he noAv beheld a teaser. Hitler, Herr Goering, Goebbels and their other pals, Making themselves supreme within Teutonic Avails, Have given little thought to swrsum Corda — Their objects seem of quite another order. Straight doAvn the Avind the eagle fleAV to modern Rome, Where once, as mighty legions ' emblem, was his home ; But there he found II Duce rather funny Compared Avith even Crassus, man of money. At last o ' er ShaAvnigan the saddened eagle flew, Seeking afresh the brave, the faithful and the true ; Palm am, then he cried, Qui meruit ferat! Here is my home : no longer do I doubt that. J. A. F. 40 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine THE BOOK OF SHAGPAT THE SCRIBE NOW it came to pass in those days that he who was afortime Shagpat the Scribe, even Da the lesser, departed and went to his OAvn place, and became a scribe to the money-changers. And there was grief and lamentation among the sons of Laik and the sons of Rippli and the sons of Groev, for they said one to another : Who shall now tell us those tales wherein our soul delights, and who shall speak of our glory and honour, that our name may continue and that we be not altogether forgotten of the sons of men? Now there were certain young men whom the king delighted to honour, Kupur the Laikite, Hat-nel the Groevite, and of the sons of Kippli were Nuten and Ta-lor and Hikes. And these waxed mighty and fruitful, and did govern the people, as the king commanded. But no man noted their goings out and their coinings in. Then came one and said unto me : Take thy pen and write down quickly. And I answered and said : What shall I write, for I am an ignor- ant man and unlearned and have no knowledge of these things ? And he answered and said : Write that I shall tell thee, and look that thou change not my words, for I shall tell thee of the deeds of the sons of Rippli and of the sons of Laik and of the sons of Groev. Dost thou not remember how they did gather themselves to- gether, and take to them vessels of wood and vessels of paper, and did launch forth upon the deep, even upon Shawnigan Lake? And darkness fell upon the face of the earth and moved upon the waters: wherefore did they hang lanthorns of divers colours upon their vessels of wood ; but the vessels of paper did they burn and utterly consume with fire. And they did call one to another upon the waters, and others took cunning devices of fiery serpents and of flaming chariot wheels, and did send them into the air, so that all the peoples were amazed and said one to another : k Lo, is this not a pleasant sight, and pleasing unto our eyes ' ? And I answered and said: Sir, I remember. Then said he: Write yet again, how that Talor the Ripplite did take unto himself sandals of silence, and did mightily oppress the people, even the young men of the people, for that they could not hear the noise of his footsteps. And he said : The chariot of iron that was brought out of Egypt by Wimpit the musiek-maker, lo, it was bought by a cunning artificer in wood. And he brake it in pieces, and did clean it and renew it, and did paint it with bright colours, so that men marvelled and said, ' Is this a new chariot? For of a surety it cannot be the chariot of Wimpit, which he brought up out of Egypt. ' Now in these days certain of the young men did gather them- selves of the beasts of the field and of the fowls of the air. And the skins of these did they keep, and did fill them with tow and with string and with hair, and did preserve them. But the bodies they burned in the fire, and the smell of the burning waxed exceeding 41 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine strong, so that all the people were grieved and cried out : ' Is it not enough that Sixform do burn vile-smelling incense and gases of evil odour in the temple of the god Ke-mis-tra and in his high places, but must Ave be afflicted with this plague also? ' And their nostrils were filled with the smell of the burning. But in these latter days there arose a new captain of the host, and he gathered together the elders of the people and the young men, and did cause them to rage violently together, and to rush to and fro upon the field of the games, which be also called Rugbi-heber. And there were certain young men which had waxed fat and well-liking, so that they ran not with great speed. And to them the Captain of the host- said : ' Go now and run swiftly, and after return to me again, that I may prove you. And if ye run not, then shall more tasks be added unto you. ' And they ran with exceeding great toil, very heavily. But the elders and young men gathered themselves together, and did pass over the sea, even unto Mainland. And they fell upon the dwellers of the city, even upon those who followed skilful arts (which people be the Varsitites and the Ubyss- ites) and did strive with them. And they pushed mightily and prevailed. And they ran swiftly and did outrun the dwellers upon the mainland, and did overcome them, so that they returned home each man to his tent, exceeding merry and joyful, and of an excellent countenance. And the king said unto Nu-ten : ' Go thou into all the house of the Scribes and into all the rooms thereof, and measure in the height and the length and the breadth thereof. And the lamps that be in the rooms, see that thou prove them, whether they be good or no, that the people may have light. ' And Nu-ten did as he was commanded, and went into the house and into all the rooms thereof, and did call unto him young men of the people. And they did measure diligently, crying : ' This room hath twenty cubits and this one hath eighteen ' . And they climbed upon desks and upon chairs and did examine the lamps and try them, cry- ing: ' This one hath three score watts and this one hath three score and five and ten ' . And Nu-ten returned to the king and told him these things, and there was much light in the land. Now it came to pass after these things that the Feast of Arm-ist- us came nigh, and as was the custom of the Shawniganites, they did gather together for feasting and merrymaking ; and there were games and dances and much merrymaking in the great tent Gyms, where unto they gathered themselves. Here endeth the writing of Shagpat the Scribe. D. B. 42 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine A VISIT TO TRAIL THE Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada is one of the largest mining and industrial organizations in the world. It is situated on the hill between Trail and Tadanac, B. C, being quite close to the international boundary. The Sullivan mine at Kimberley supplies practically all the metal-producing ore for the smelter at Trail. This mine is the largest of its kind in the world. The ore body was discovered in 1892, but was not worked to any great extent until 1900. In that year the wealth of the ore was realized, and in 1909 the present Consolidated Company took it over. From that time on the mine has gradually been developed and nowadays about 6,500 tons of ore are taken out daily. Below the surface the vein slopes downward, the thickness being about 265 feet at the largest place. The ore is taken out through a tunnel which enters the hillside 850 feet below the outcrop of the vein on the mountain side. This tunnel extends horizontally a dis- tance of about 7,000 feet until it meets the ore. The ore above this level, which is being worked now, is brought down to the tunnel level and thence out of the mine by electric trains. The mine has the regu- lar mining equipment, the greatest care being taken for the safety of the miners. In the mills near Kimberley the ore is ground up into a thin mud and, after flotation process, the concentrates are shipped by Canadian Pacific Railway to the smelter at Trail. This plant covers 160 acres, has 30 acres of roofing on the buildings and employs 4,100 men, but these figures do not include the fertilizer plant. Arrangements have been made for visitors to be conducted through the smelter and the fertilizer plant, and they are given samples of fertilizer and pamphlets concerning the industry. The first department listed on the visitors ' itinerary is the boiler shop. It has floor space of 16,600 square feet and has punches and different kinds of shears, flange fires and many other things which characterize a boiler shop. Then there are the welding and blacksmith shops, which are considerably smaller in area and contain an oxy-acetylene welding outfit and other welding machines which are needed for work such as they have to do. The blacksmith shop has forges, steam ham- mers and iron cutters. The machine shop is a huge place and one of the most interesting from a mechanically-minded person ' s point of view. Upon entering this department, one is overwhelmed by the number of different kinds of lathes and machines. Generally, oil is used to lubricate the metal that is being cut by the lathes, but oil is very expensive under these conditions. Instead of oil, a white, milky compound, that runs freely, is used ; this is inexpensive and is made by the Smelting Company it- self. This watery compound is run off the lathe by pipes constructed for this purpose, is strained and then used again, as it has lost none of its efficiency. Another interesting fact is that the molten slag from the lead blast furnaces is poured into the slag fuming furnace, while powdered 43 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine coal is blown into it. The lead and zinc in the slag is fumed and drawn off through waste heat boilers, economizers and a long flue to the bag house. The dust, thus formed, is shipped in bags to the oxide leaching plant. The zinc in the oxide fume is dissolved in acid from the tank rooms in the leaching plant. The solution is purified and filtered. The pure solution is then pumped to the electrolytic tank rooms and the lead sulphate and iron go to the lead smelter. There are other plants besides those mentioned, but their descrip- tion would have to be scientific, and, of course, there are many things left unsaid about the departments already named. This company is one of the major organizations that is developing Canada; and any- one interested in this field of engineering would be well rewarded by a visit to Trail. T. P. THE SEVENTH FORM LOOKS AT ARMISTICE DAY TWENTY years after the Armistice a new generation has grown up, a generation unborn when the Great War ended. What are the thoughts and ideas with which they regard the yearly commemoration of this event ? It may be not without interest for their elders, as well as their contemporaries, to see how some of them express themselves on the meaning which they attach to Armistice Day. Certainly, the field of opinion is small, but the ideas here men- tioned should at least indicate the trend of opinion among boys who will be called upon to serve if the horror of war should again be in- flicted upon us. One boy ' s opinion is: Ever since I can remember, Armistice Day has been, for my family, a day of endless receptions, reviews, parades, cenotaphs and state dinners. For me, till I found out what it was about, it was simply a day when people rushed about with wreaths and uniforms and medals. Since it is a product of post-war days, all this sentimentality means little to me. All this memory of horrors is wrong in principle — they should be forgotten. Another boy writes : My thoughts of Armistice Da y are mixed. My father fought all through the war and from him I have learnt of the horrors and sufferings of war ; of the gross stupidity of war. But Armistice Day to me means little more than a brief revival of the thoughts and memories of twenty years ago. It seems rather useless and silly to pretend to be truly sorry and sad when the world is really so near to war again. To sum up, I believe in sincere prayers for those who died for their country twenty years ago, and in prayers that war may never come again, but that is all. Even more emphatic is the writer of the following: From a purely personal point of view, Armistice Day means nothing to me — there is no reason why it should. The war was the greatest disaster 44 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine the world has had ; but it was a war that affects me, if at all, only in the most indirect way. I have heard it said the war changed the des- tiny of the world. I do not believe it. If the forces at work in Europe in 1914 had not caused war, their effects would have been shown in some equally revolutionary change. Every Armistice Day hears of the men who gave up their lives for the salvation of the world, and it makes me feel very bitter towards those men who are responsible for world conditions as they are today. Each Armistice I realize that man is not as high and wise a creature as he believes himself if, having paid such a price, he cannot avert future war. One more opinion must suffice. It is that of a boy to whom Armis- tice Day does mean something. Armistice Day means to me the day set aside as a remembrance of those who fought and those who died to preserve Democracy for me and for their children. It should be observed for the prevention of war, for, remembering the horrible story of ' glamorous ' war, one surely would not again jump rashly in- to conflict. Armistice Day makes us remember all those who for the last twenty years have lived in beds, in wheel-chairs, in sanatoriums. Remembering these invalids, as they more than deserve, at least helps them to realize that, after all, perhaps people have not forgotten their sacrifice ; therefore, I think that we should observe Armistice Day as long as possible — if we do ever get caught in another war, nobody will be left to keep Armistice Day — civilization will be wiped out. T. N. K. B., V. R. B., M. T. D., N. C. T. BIG FLEAS HAVE— AND SO AD INFINITUM To begin with, I am a dog, a very nice collie, too. My hair, being very long and warm, is the perfect home for fleas, and especially for my pulex-irritans, whom I house during my travels as a sheep dog. But, as in every place of perfect luxury, there is a bite somewhere ; yes, like most dogs, I have a master who is very nice except when he prepares my bath and puts in a flea killer. Most dogs have their fleas, but I am sure they do not appreciate them as I do mine : for I am out on the heath all day alone, and with whom should I converse if I had not my little friends? Last week two of my little ones died in the September run ; it sad- dens me to think of them, cut off in the very prime of their fleahood and to be soon forgotten by their companions. But one could hardly blame my fleas, for there will be ten to take their places before another week is over. Today is Thursday ; only two more days and I shall lose my fleas, but only for a day. There is no doubt about it, my fleas and I have a very scientific method which we use on bath-days ; on Saturday night I leave them all in my warm bed so that they escape the bath. I shall never forget my first bath. I cry every time I think of it. All my fleas, we being ignorant of the deadly flea-destroyer, were killed. But Ave live quite happily now, my fleas and I. Y. H. 45 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine FORBIDDEN PLATEAU The Forbidden Plateau lies in the centre of Vancouver Island. It has an area of about 275 square miles and stretches from coast to coast. This large tract of land possesses some of the most fertile soil in British Columbia ; its streams are well stocked with fish, and wild game are in abundance. In spite of this no Indian has ever lived there and none will even put a foot in it. An old Indian legend explains the peculiarity. About six hundred years ago a large tribe of Indians lived in the district which is now called Courtenay. They were lazy and peaceful and lived mainly off the fish which were abundant on the coast. Although the tribe was peaceful, it was subjected to frequent raids from the Albernis, who lived on the west coast. The Albernis were warlike and always overpowering their more peaceful neighbours. One day a scout of the Nanaimos, the peaceful tribe, brought word that a great force of Albernis were marching over to completely wipe out the Nanaimos. The terrified Nanaimos agreed that if they were to exist they would have to stay and try to repulse the enemy. At once they collected all movable stock and put it in carts, then they brought forward all the squaws, old men and children and told them to go north into the Forbidden Plateau until the fighting had ended. They did this, and it was the last ever seen of them. The Nanaimos were defeated in the ensuing battle and only twelve escaped the tor- turing by hiding under canoes. Later, the twelve warriors went into the Plateau but could find no trace of the squaws. It is a belief of the Indians that a race of great hairy giants live in the Plateau and await the arrival of some more squaws. Lately, however, the Forbidden Plateau has been completely explored and it has been proved that no such race exists. 46 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine THE DNIEPER A Translation from the Kussian of Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). Wonderful is the Dnieper in quiet weather, when freely and flow- ingly he hurries his full waters through woods and through hills. He does not stir, he does not breathe. You look and you wonder whether his majestic bulk moves or no, and it seems that he is made all of glass, and that a blue, mirror-like road, boundless in width, endless in length, hurries and winds its way through a green world. Pleasant, then, is it for the warm sun to look down from above and to plunge its rays into the cool of the crystal depths and for the bordering woods to print their clear reflections in his waters. Adorned in their green locks, they crowd to the water with the flowers of the fields and, bending down, they gaze into it and cannot surfeit themselves with the vision of their bright shadows, and, laughing, they greet them, waving their branches. But into the middle of the Dnieper they dare not look : none save the sun and the blue sky look into it ; rare is the bird that flies there. Lovely one ! there is no river like him in the world. Wonderful, too, is the Dnieper on a warm summer night when all is sleeping, man and bird and beast, and God alone surveys the heaven and the earth and majestically shakes out his cloak. From the cloak fall stars ; they shine and burn over the world and, all at once, they reflect themselves in the Dnieper. He holds them all on his dark sur- face ; not one will escape him before its light fails in the heavens. The black woods, dotted with sleeping crows, and the long-broken hills, with an effort, try to cover him with their long shadows, but in vain ! Nothing in the world will cover him. Blue, so blue, he moves with his smooth fullness by night, as by day ; seen as far as the human eye can reach. Trembling and clinging closer to his banks from the cool of the night, he sends over his surface a silver spray which springs into light like the blade of a Damascene sword ; but he, the blue one, is asleep once again. Wonderful, then, is the Dnieper, and there is no river like him in the world ! But when black clouds roll like mountains over the sky, when the black woods shake to their roots, when the oaks groan, and the light- ning, breaking out through the clouds, with one flash lightens up the whole world, — terrible, then, is the Dnieper. Watery masses thunder, striking the hills, and, glittering and groaning, retreat and weep and l ament afar off. So laments an old Cossack mother, sending off her son to the wars ; reckless and brave, he rides his black horse, his arms akimbo and his hat on the side of his head ; while she, weeping, runs after him, catches his stirrup, wrings her hands and weeps bitter tears. L. I. 47 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine As a boy comes to the end of his time at school he usually asks him- self what he will do when he goes out into the world. As he sees nations racing against nations in armaments, and democracies bow- ing to the demands of dictators, he must wonder whether he will not Avithin the next few years enlist in the army, navy or air-force to defend his country. What a horrible outlook this is ! To defend one ' s country is honourable, but must we have war? Schoolboys are to o young to brood on the thought of war and have it always in our minds. Yet this is what may happen. Herr Hitler, merely a tool in the hand of destiny, has, in the crisis of September, 1938, caused waves of humiliation among the English- speaking peoples, and he may again do so in one way or another. And while England is making desperate efforts to strengthen herself to match the combined powers of the dictators, she is having to face the ironic condemnations and the blatant abuse of Herr Hitler. As Mr. Chamberlain said at the Lord Mayor of London ' s banquet, Ave must Avatch the signs of the times. There is a very good line in Tennyson ' s In Memoriam ,, which reads : We mock thee when Ave do not fear. Its truth has been sIioavii again recently. In the crisis, people, Avhen really frightened, flocked to church in England, the United Stat es and Canada. Yet in times of prosperity Ave forget to whom Ave OAve the prosperity and Avorship the material gods of money and finance. What help can we expect Avhen Ave forget our Christian religion and its founder? And so for our f orgetf ulness and boasts of atheism we shall have to expect sterner and more horrible manifestations of the dictatorships which send Doves of Peace ' ' with 1000 horsepoAver engines and carrying bombs. What else can Ave expect Avhen Ave refuse individually and nationally to return and seek help from God in our national and everyday life ? W. 48 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine PEACE They shall beat their swords into ploughshares And their spears into pruning hooks ; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any wore. In that dawn creation rose triumphant O ' er all the years that cumbered it so long. When out of the past there came, not vain hates And memories of war and blatant wrong, And empty pride among rapacious states, Nor lust to kill, as from a stinking pit : But, as out of a treasure trove long hid, There rose the lovely arts of patient hands, The wealth of Avisdom ' s long forgotten scrolls Then taught in fairer days in ancient lands, The thoughts, desires and dreams of noble souls Who laboured on, and died, that this might be. F. H. D. 49 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine REMOVE A WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT: A circle is 360 degrees — ail keeping the same distance from a certain point. The romance languages were started by Cleopatra. Their form master is not very capable because, when asked four questions simultaneously, he is apt to find coherent speech rather difficult. A point is not really there, because it has no magnitude, but it is drawn so that you can see it, otherwise we shouldn ' t know it was there. HORRIBILE DICTU A monsoon is a French gentleman. A yokel is part of an egg. In mathematics, Persia gave us the dismal system. A triangle is a circle with three corners to it. A swain is a female swan. Things which are equal to each other are equal to anything else. She looked like an angle going down the street, but she was only a human bean. Mineral wool is the shearings of a hydraulic ram. An eavesdropper is an icicle. Caviar is the eggs of a surgeon. What is the capital of the Hawaiian Islands? — Halleluiah ! 50 ,,:---. : r m a .r ' rm : . 51 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Valete RIPLEY ' S— Bell, A. E., 1934. House Prefect. Scholarship to California Insti- tute of Technology. Fix, G. D., 1936. 1st XV. Mackie, P. F., 1937. Reynolds, R. G., 1931. F. S. House Prefect. To Alberta Univer- sity. Stiell, W. M., 1936. 1st XI. To Alberta University. LAKES— Davis, F. H., 1929. School Prefect. To Toronto University. Day, C. R., 1930. Exh. School Prefect. 1st XV, 1st XI. Chartered Accountancy. Ogilvie, J. P., 1934. House Prefect. To Victoria College. Pownall, D. F., 1933. House Prefect. Chartered Accountancy. GROVES ' — Anderson, S. C, 1938. Burchard, D. W., 1934. School Prefect. 1st XV. To Yale Univer- sity. Day, R. M., 1929. School Prefect. 1st XV, 1st XI. To Cambridge University. Gardner, A., 1932. School Prefect. 1st XV, 1st XI. To University of British Columbia. Hansen, H. T., 1936. McCreery, W. B., 1934. House Prefect. 1st XV. To Stanford Uni- versitv. BIRTHS Lander — At Whetstone, England, on April 20th, 1937, to the wife of Hugh X. H. Lander (1919-1920), a son. Cromie — At Vancouver, B. C, on October 30th, 1937, to the wife of Robert E. Cromie (1925-1929), a daughter. Halley— At Quesnel, B. C, on Mav 22nd, 1938, to the wife of J. K. Halley (1918-1925), a daughter . Rochfort — At Nairobi, Kenva Colonv, on Julv 7th, 1938, to the wife of Maurice Rochfort (1920-1928), a son. Larsen — At Vancouver, B. C, on September 6th, 1938, to the wife of J. H. R, Larsen (1921-1929), a daughter. 52 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine MARRIAGES Best-Windeler — On January 29th, 1938, at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, Gordon Livingston Best, R.A.F., (1922-1925) to Mar- jorie Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Windeler, Ottawa. Henniker-Hemberow — On July 1st, 1938, at Victoria, B. C, Charles John Chandos Henniker (1928-1933) to Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hemberow, Victoria. Turnbull-Perkins — On July 2nd, 1938, at Capetown, South Africa, Archibald Turnbull (1918-1922) to Nerina, daughter of the late Mr. Alfred Perkins and Mrs. Herbert Hilton. Lander-Pearson — On October 8th, 1938, at Parkstone, Dorset, John Lander (1918-1920) to Betty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. M. Pearson. Mutter-Hale — On November 9th, 1938, at Victoria, B. C, James A. F. Mutter (1918-1919) to Daphne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maris Hale. POTPOURRI Member of Form VI (at French table) : Donnez-moi encore de dessert, parce que j ' ai une grande femme! ' 53 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Old Boys x Notes Our New Governor FIRST of all, may I remind Old Boys that there is a Life Member- ship Fee of five dollars. The following boys have, so far, paid a Life Subscription : A. B. Ripley T. C. Tryoii M. R. F. Oliver D. E. Bradford J. H. B. Watson J. M. Cross J. H. R. La r sen H. R. Barclay P. S. Mallam J. M. Oldham T. A. Piddington J. A. Piddington H. J. Lake W. B. McCreery School Blazers and Old Boys ' Ties may be obtained from the Bursar. Old Boys who have left the School with any credit are entitled to wear a School Blazer. Thus any boy who has matriculated or done anything worth while for the School is as much entitled to wear the School Colours as those boys who have won them for games only. 54 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine R. P. Shannon is President of the Old Boys ' Club this year, and his address is 1758 W. 14th Avenue, Vancouver. The first matter of importance that I want you to know about is that Ave have elected Mr. W. Gr. H. Roaf to the Board of Governors. Secondly, Mr. T. A. Piddington has joined the staff. So we have one Old Boy Governor and one Old Boy Master. Bill Reed has graduated successfully from Toronto with first-class honours and has won the Langford-Rowell Scholarship and the Trinity College Law Scholarship. Stuart Lane ranked first in the Law Class at Dalhousie. Harry Housser ranked fifth and won the first prize for the best essay. My thanks to many Old Boys for letters received, notably Marcus Smith, Ashton Wilson, Armand Powlett, Bruce Olsen, Jamie Malkin, Maurice Shaw, Robin Hayward, Thane Rogers, Noel Jones, Thorne Corse, Jack Revnolds, Bill Ferguson, Pat Mainguy, Michael Oliver, C. R. Elverson, Tom Wilson, Bill Fowler, C. Cautley, D. Seaton, Paddy Morris, Alex. Ripley, Geoff. Mackie, R. Lacon, A. Turnbull, Tor Tor- land, Peter Pullen, Bob Harcourt and Warren Bell. During the year we much enjoyed having many Old Boys as vis- itors to the School, amongst them Roger Stanier, T. C. Tryon, Jack Tryon, Dick Phillips, Bruce Mackedie, Bob Shannon, Tom Wilson, Bill Fowler, Peter Bradford, Mike Stirling, Francis Gregory, Jack Larsen, John Cross, Donald Lawson, Dick Walkem, Brian Weld, J. H. B. Watson, and also a number who were up for Speech Day. On August 18th I spent a day in Vancouver and had a delightful dinner party with Bob Shannon, Bill Ferguson, W. G. H. Roaf, Wal- ter Leckie, Derek Johnston, Jack Larsen, Bruce Mackedie, Steve Covernton and David Ames. Tor Torland writes a delightful letter from Seattle. He is now with Station KVI, Seattle, and is announcer and programme director. Another interesting letter from R. Lacon, Commander R. N., H.M.S. Southampton, who had in his care our present head boy, D. A. C. Newton, during the Home Fleet manoeuvres this summer. Geoff. Mackie, for his final year at the University of B. C, holds the Douglas Woodward Scholarship and gives every indication of proving himself a worthy holder of this Scholarship. Thorne Corse is a Freshman at Yale University. Miles Neel left in the middle of November for Sidney, Australia. As wireless operator he is seeing a great deal of the world. An interesting letter from John Lake, who is in the 1st Battalion in the East Lancashire Regiment, at present in Northern Ireland. J. W. Hutchison is farming in Kenya. J. K. H. Shaw is abroad with the Ulster Rifles. 55 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine OLD BOYS ' WEEKEND, NOVEMBER 11-13 It was a happy thought of the Headmaster to suggest that an Old Boys ' Reunion at the School should be arranged for the long Armistice Day weekend. His suggestion having been backed up by a warm invitation to all Old Boys, Thursday evening, the 10th of November, found a strong contingent of O.S.L.S. on the Nanaimo boat from Vancouver. Not so strong as had been hoped, pressure of work and last-minute colds having proved equally unaccommodating ; however, a cheerful party met in the saloon to dine with Bob Shannon, President O.S.L.S., John Bird, Dauglas and Dyne Macrae, H. Red- path, C. Burke and Jim Budd. Less hungry — or less extravagant? — Old Boys who foregathered in the Coffee Room were George Weld, Bruce Mackedie (with pipe), D. Lukin Johnston, Ian Bell-Irving and Geoff. Mackie. A shortage of cars for the drive down to Shawnigan might have proved embarrassing but for the kindness of Mr. Fleck, father of a boy now at the School, in whose large car your scribe and another travelled in much greater comfort than those who contended with the combined rigours of rumble seats, a bitterly cold night, and moun- tains of luggage. (In passing, may one ask why must Old Boys travel laden as if for a voyage to the South Pole?) However, the coldness of the night was soon forgotten in the very warm welcome — supported by cakes and piping hot coffee — from the Head and the Staff. Judging by the outcry with which the party greeted the fresh air in the dormitories at Copeman ' s, your scribe fears that Old Boys grow soft in later years, and succumb too easily to the lure of the hot water bottle and the closed window. However, there were no casualties during the night, and bright sunshine on Armistice Day, together with a real Shawnigan breakfast of porridge, bacon and eggs, and hotcakes, put new life into thawing circulations. After breakfast more Old Boys arrived for the Armistice Day service, among whom were W. Milne and H. J. Lake, the latter unfortunately only for a couple of hours, as he had to leave hurriedly at noon for a new period of military duty at Halifax. We hope his commanding officer forgave him the day ' s leave he had overstayed ! Armistice Memorial Service in the Chapel was simple and brief, but not the less moving; although the majority of those present were too young to have known the War, we live in times in which it is well to keep before us the example of those who valued freedom and ideals before their own lives. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We ivill remember them. After the service it was a great pleasure for Old Boys to meet again those old friends of the School — may one for the moment omit their more formal title? — Sir Percy and Sir Richard Lake, Captain Groves, and Mr. Copeman ; and also another without Avhom the phrase old friends is incomplete, Colonel Slater. 56 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Shortly before lunch arrived Marcus Smith and David Ames, in the former ' s English car of the put it on size, and Old Boys sat down to lunch some twenty strong. Further arrivals in time for tea with the Governors in the Study were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cromie, Don Cromie (facing the approaching matrimonial stakes with calm and fortitude), and A. F. C. Aikins. In the evening there was an entertainment in the gym for the School and their guests in the shape of two short sound films, followed by a first-class magician, Mr. Peter Harkness. The latter ' s manipula- tion of cards and lighted cigarettes was too much even for the ana- lytical minds of the lawyers and accountants amongst the Old Boys, and they refrained from asking Mr. Harkness to join the directors ' meeting at Copeinan ' s after the show. Directors who were con- cerned rather more with the attractions of mildly speculative invest- ment rather than with rules of sound finance might have found the presence of one with such command over aces and kings embarrass- ing. (Incidentally, your scribe wishes to deny the scandalous rumour that an Old Boy was heard to mutter, as he placed his contribution in the collection plate on Sunday morning, I ' ll raise it. ) At midnight on Friday the peace and quiet which reigned at Cope- man ' s was rudely shattered by the noisy arrival of the second con- tingent from Vancouver, consisting of Bill Brooks, Jack and Pat Larsen, H. R. Barclay and J. G. Whittall. Others who came in on Friday evening or Saturday morning were G. M. Stirling, R. Doull, Alan Gardner, Peter Mallam, L. Collett and W. Price. On Saturday morning a P.T. and fencing display was put on in the gym by the School for the Old Boys. To those of us who remem- bered P.T. in the old days as consisting largely of alternate on the hands — down and doubling around the gym, the variety and high standard of performance of this display was a revelation. Warmest congratulations to Mr. Stothard on a first-class show, which was the more enjoyable because of the obvious keenness of the performers. The climax of the weekend was, of course, the glorious victory of Saturday afternoon, when the Old Boys defeated the School 1st XV in a closely-fought Rugger match by the narrow margin of 8-6. Other pens more skilled than this have described the play on another page, and it would be presumptuous to infringe their copyright. One must, however, be permitted to murmur a word in praise of Old Boys who won the game against the heavy odds of lack of practice together, complete (in many cases) lack of training, and the diabolical con- spiracy which arranged that the member of the Staff responsible for the roast turkey dinner immediately before the game should also be the referee ! In the evening the School provided yet another entertainment — the Rag Concert. Flushed with their triumph of the afternoon, a squad of Old Boys, including Tom Piddington, who cast aside the cares of Groves ' House for a few minutes, took part in the programme and endeavoured to impress the audience with an impromptu display of P.T. Even the energetic drilling and Fascist discipline of Mr. 57 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine . Stothard could not produce any but the most lamentable results. As a consequence, Mr. Stothard has decided to institute a course of P.T. for decadent Old Boys, and those wishing to join should send in their names and addresses to him. Already by Sunday morning, far called, the guests were melting away, and after lunch bags were reluctantly packed, and goodbyes said to the Headmaster. His kindness had been responsible for a most delightful and much appreciated three days ' holiday for some thirty Old Boys. Apart from this, we are grateful for the opportunity we have had to see how the School is carrying on, what progress it is making, and whether the spirit without which no school may survive is keen and bright. All these things we saw, and found them good. Floreat Scola Nostra. Tonsus Kursijs. Amongst those seen at the Armistice Weekend were : D. Lukin Johnston W. S. Brooks Harrv Lake J. I. Bird J. H. Budd J. P. Ogilvie G. F. Mackie J. C. Holland L. C. A. Collett Ian M. Bell-Irving J. W. Whittall Hugh Redpath Corney Burke H. R. Barclav T. A. Piddington D. K. Macrae G. F. Weld J. R. Doull D. B. Macrae C. B. Mackedie P. Bradford W. M. Milne R. E. Cromie W. E. Price Don Cromie R. P. Shannon C. R. Day P. S. Mallam M. G. Stirling J. C. Smith D. A. Ames Jock Martin A. F. C. Aikins Marcus Smith J. H. B. Watson Alan Gardner M. P. Larsen 58 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine The Cottage, Shawnigan Lake, B. C. November 1st, 1938. Dear Old Boys: Thanks to the generous response to the circular letter sent out on the occasion of Mrs. Stanton ' s retirement, I have to acknowledge the receipt of the total sum of $600.00. A cheque for this amount was presented to Mrs. Stanton on October 8th. If there are any of you to whom I did not send a personal letter, please accept the thanks of myself and the committee. The subscrip- tion list will be filed in Mr. Copeman ' s office at Victoria. With all good wishes, Yours sincerely, P. T. Skrimshire. Mrs. F. H. Stanton also writes a letter asking us to express her very grateful thanks to all those who subscribed to the above fund. Calgary, Alta. November 14th, 1938. Dear Mr. Lonsdale : The majority of Shawnigan Old Boys hailing originally from Cal- gary or vicinity have become wanderers ; at least, they have not been contented with settling down in our fair city. As a result, it has been none too easy tracking them down, but I have managed to catch up with a few. Bill Johnson probably has been around as much as anyone. After leaving Shawnigan, he went to the University of Alberta at Edmonton, and thence to Toronto. Now he is in Winnipeg, filling the position of general office manager for the National Carbon Com- pany there. At last reports, George Graburn, another graduate of Groves- House, was working in a Vancouver bank after a spell of mining in the B. C. interior. Ian Russell is still engaged in the mining business at Osoyoos, B. C, and when last heard from was not at all enthusiastic about returning to civilization. Another miner is Ian Dyke, who is spending a year obtaining some practical experience at Bourlamaque, Quebec (I won ' t vouch for the spelling), before returning to Queen ' s for the third year of a course in mining engineering. Some of our ex- Shawnigan students are still seeking further edu- cation. Among these are Paddy Morris, who is taking his final year of law at the University of Alberta, and Jack Drumheller, who is taking an engineering course at the University of Washington. That leaves four and a half (the half is Art Smith, who spends his time between Turner Valley and the city) Shawnigan Old Boys to keep the flag flying in Calgary. 59 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Still here are Sid Dyke, Newton Bates, Bobby O ' Callaghan and myself. Dyke is with Neon signs, Bates has transferred his allegiance from the stock exchange to the grain business, and O ' Callaghan is with the Gas Company. A. R. Thomas visited the School in November. As for myself, I am still a struggling reporter with the Calgary Herald, managing to make the odd two-bits in spite of Mr. Aberhart ' s determination to deprive us of our source of income. Mr. Ellissen is still here, of course, and has become a real Cal- garian. His school is situated in new and better quarters and is prov- ing a success. Reports have it that he is to become married this winter. I am sure all Shawnigan Old Boys who knew our former bursar wish him the best of luck and happiness. While Shawnigan Old Boys here have not distinguished them- selves to any great extent as have those in other cities — I have noticed John Bird and Steve Covernton break into the headlines frequently for the exploits on the rugby fields of Vancouver — they have not done too badly, and I ' m certain you ' ll hear from them yet. The Headmaster paid Calgary a short visit this summer and I managed to steal three or four of his valuable hours. Unfortunately, we were both suffering from severe summer colds and much of our time was spent in sympathizing with one another. Finally, when I was beginning to feel so sorry for myself — and for him — that I was about ready to burst into tears, he kicked me out. We really had a very interesting conversation, however, during which, for the first time, I was given to realize the Headmaster ' s point of view. The least I can say is that I do not envy him. All of the best to Shawnigan and the same to the Magazine. Reg. Hayden. Edmonton, Alberta. 8319 101st Street, The Editor, Shawnigan Lake School Magazine : Dear Sir : — As the correspondent for the Edmonton Local of the Coal-heavers ' , Plumbers ' and Old Boys ' Union, I take great pleasure in reporting the condition of the members here present. Unlike the Vancouver members, we are little represented in the marts of com- merce, nor, being good Albertans, do we support the banks, in the manner of those who dwell in Victoria. We do, however, follow the elusive paths of learning, and many are at the University here. There is Pete McAulay, a worthy man and a Senior Engineer. There is Bob Kerr, who travels the stony path towards a geologist ' s ticket. Our great man, of course, is Paddy Morris. He is noted not only for his height, but also for his ability as a Senior Law student, and is a worthy holder of a most responsible position. He is secretary of Men ' s Athletics. Of the Reynolds brothers, Jack is at the bottom of the Engineering ladder, and Robert is attending High School. Our sole 60 Shawnigan Lake School Magazine business man is Cautley, and he is suspected of selling insurance. I can give no information about Stewart or Barnard, but doubtless they are still alive. Trusting that other branches are able to report as happily as our- selves, that there will be an Old Boys ' Register included in this maga- zine, and that the present members of the School are up to the stand- ard of those of the past, may I remain, Yours truly, Your Edmonton Correspondent. W 53 Ridge Drive, Toronto, Out. November 10th, 1938 Dear Mr. Lonsdale : Writing Old Boys ' Notes for the School Magazine reminds us that time must be getting on, though the summer seems hardly gone here — it doesn ' t rain more than twice a week. And then John Bird, who was in town last week, was just returning from his summer holiday in Europe. Shawnigan numbers on the University campus have been depleted by one — Don LaAvson graduated last spring and is now studying law at Osgoode Hall. Bill Reed is back in his usual academic stride again — last year he led his course in Law and got the Trinity College Scholarship for Law and the Langford Rowell Scholarship in Law. He has been playing on the Varsity Rugger team, and is active in the Trinity Col- lege Literary Institute. He is thinking of going to Osgoode Hall after graduation. Peter Pullen is back doing his last year in Mining Engineering after spending the summer working at Yellowknife, near Great Slave Lake. He is living in Knox College and is playing Rugby. Irwin Davis is back for his final year in Arts, with Law at Osgoode Hall as a possible future. He debates a good deal in the Trinity Col- lege Literary Institute, and at the moment is President of the Gov- ernment. We saw Bob Harcourt in the summer, and he said he was working for the Royal Trust Company. We hear that Bill Johnson has gone to Winnipeg. And finally, your correspondent is labouring through his fourth year and hopes to do graduate work in Philosophy next year. He spends spare afternoons helping to edit the Trinity Review. Best wishes to the School for the year. Jack Maybee. 61