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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine HOUSE NOTES » RIPLEY ' S NOTHER year has passed and the time has come again to review the House activities. We were sorry to say good-bye to Mr. Ignatieff, who, for a year, acted as our House Master. He is succeeded by Mr. Cedric Lonsdale. We missed many old faces when we returned at the beginning of the school year. Among the more notable were Newton, Hicks, Taylor and Beard, all of whom were School Prefects. We Avere particularly sorry to lose Doug Newton, Avho was thoroughly deserving of his great popularity in the House. In our efforts to retain the Rugby Cup we defeated Groves ' House 27-0. In the final we were unfortunate enough to lose Hflckey with a broken ankle just before half time and were beaten by Lake ' s in a very good game. We managed to get second place in the Inter-House Boxing Tour- nament ; Hickey ii and Moorehead reached the finals in their respec- tive weights. The Easter Term brought us soccer and the Inter-House Matches. With keener competition, the standard of play was raised over that of previous years. Our XI made a fair shoAving but lacked sufficient thrust among the fomvards to bring us the Championship. In the School Boxing, held in the Easter Term, Burns, Hickey ii and Moorehead won their Aveights and showed considerable skill. Our efforts in the sports Avere disappointing, and only in the jumps did we show anything of our form of the previous year. Once again the Cricket Cup is ours. Although, on paper, the team was rather an unknoAvn quantity concentration and the will to Avin Avorked Avonders and confounded the prophets. Taylor cap- tained the side really well, and Ave owed much to Wheeler ' s steady batting and to Forrest ' s bowling. We are glad to be able to record that all candidates from the House Avere successful in the Matriculation exams. Taylor, Beard and Hicks passed Senior, and Wilkie Junior matriculation. Beard has since gone to England and has joined the Royal Navy. This year our House Prefects are Wilkie and Burns. Hickey i has added further lustre to the House by becoming Head of the School. House colours Avere Avon by Wheeler (Rugger and Cricket), Forrest (Cricket), Burns, Simpson and Ley (Rugger). Hickey i, Sloan and Beard Avere awarded their school colours for Rugger, and Forrest for Cricket. It is with regret Ave hear that Miss Femviek is leaving us. She has been Matron in the House for ten years and has gained our respect [ 10 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Examinations » THEKE was only one vacancy for a Foundation Scholarship in September and this was awarded to G. Spencer Elliott, who came from Glenlyon School. D. M. Hartnell and E. A. Wheeler were successful in passing the entrance examination to the California Institute of Technology. T. X. K. Beard passed the Navy Examination and is now at Dart- mouth with Robin Hay ward, who entered from H.M.S. Conwtti . A. H. M. Slater passed into the Conway. Eleven boys wrote the Junior Matriculation Examinations and ten have passed in all subjects. In Senior Matriculation, three boys wrote the full Examination and passed in all subjects and one wrote a partial. He is now at Victoria College and two of the other three are at universities and four Junior Matriculants are at universities. .). B. Hicks won the Douglas Woodward Scholarship and is at the University of British Columbia. « Museum of Natural History » THE activities of the Natural History Club this year have been badly hampered by lack of experience and the scarcity of its members. However, several study skins have been collected and one specimen has been mounted. Also several moths and butterflies have been added to the club collection, the best of which is a Salvador moth of the Death Head family, collected by Flynn. Among the study skins collected this year are to be found a red- tailed Hawk, a Teal, a crow, a red-breasted Sap Sucker, and a red- winged Blackbird. A Blue Grouse was mounted by Motherwell. At present we are working on a Sharp-Skinned Hawk and a cock Pheasant ' s head, which were kindly given to the club by Mr. W. Kingscote. We are also working on a squirrel. We wish to thank Mr. Ashby for several additions to the club, amongst which are two Stinging Hymenopetera (Mind Wasps) and their nests, and also some line eggs, the best of which are four Song Sparrow ' s, four Tule Wren ' s, three Robin ' s, four Thrush and one Willow Grouse. The club has collected three Blue Grouse, five Blue- jay and four Pheasant eggs. Flynn gave the club a large, poisonous Rana De Cavallo spider and four scorpions. We wish to thank Captain Dobbie for his line presentation of a collection of skulls, amongst which were several Indian Antelope, Alligators and Mountain Sheep skulls. The club is slowly growing. We now have five members, Mother- well, Flynn. Ramus, Taylor and Ballentine. It is hoped that more birds will be mounted by all members when more experience is gained. —J. P. M. [ 9 ]

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Shawniuan Lake School Magazine and admiration. We wish her well in the future and bon voyage. The House is very grateful to Mr . Ripley for his great generosity in giving the interest on his school debenture to the Senior Common Room and takes this opportunity of expressing its thanks. — Floreat. LAKE ' S On looking over the house notes for the past few years, we find that it seems to be the usual custom to apologize for one ' s own style of writing, and to compare it most unfavourably with that of the preceding author. Not having the experience and sense of humour with which both Davis and Cooper are endowed, may we begin by grovelling in the terrain for our own piece of work. Under the expert management of Cooper and Milne the house had an excellent year. To begin with, we were represented on last year ' s 1st XV by Cooper, Milne, Fleck, Ridewood, Hammond, McPherson and Oxholm, the last three of whom received their School Colours by the end of the season. With the strong support of these members our house team retrieved for us the Inter-House Rugby Cup : Steiwer, Nicholls, Haywood and Lake being awarded their House Colours. In the Inter-House Boxing we were equally successful, our total num- ber of points being equal to the sum of those of the other two houses. Neither does our list of achievements end here, for our house sports team, planned in a scientific manner by Cooper and Milne, won, in the land sports, the hundred, two-twenty and eight-eighty-yard dashes, the long jump and, last but not least, the tug o ' war. Although we were not so successful in the water, the medley and fifty-yard free style were won ; in the final of the cutter races we lost the toss and failed to pull the heavier boat home in time. With a strong fencing team composed of members who all duelled for the School, Milne the Captain and Gandossi being awarded their School Colours, we again prevailed over our opponents. After an encouraging start in the house Cricket matches, when we defeated Groves ' by 10 wickets and a number of runs, we were disappointingly beaten by Ripley ' s, our Vice-Captain Fleck being ill. To the School team we gave seven valuable players, Cooper and Fleck being Cap- tain and Vice-Captain respectively. Wilkinson, after distinguishing himself with 81 runs, was awarded his School Colours, being followed later by McPherson. The second high score was 83 not out made by Fleck, who later accompanied the Canadian Schools Cricket Team to England, Avhere his success Avas a credit to the School. Neither was Lake ' s House in the background on Speech Day, for Butts was top of the School, Wilkinson head of the Sixth and Layard, Milligan and Ballentine topped their respective classes. On that day, also, the winners of the School Boxing Tournament, among whom were Hammond, Milne, Pearee, McPherson, Vaughan from Lake ' s, were given their trophies by the Bishop. Gandossi gained prominence [ 11 ]