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

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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

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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

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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