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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine by winning not only the Good Loser ' s award but also the Sportsman- ship Cnp. To these may we add our sincerest congratulations. Turning to this term and School year, we find that no less than a full half and more of the School Fifteen, captained by Fleck, is composed of Lake ' s House stalwarts, Leir and Nicholls already being awarded their School Colours. The house itself is well under con- trol, for there is a total of nine prefects, four of whom, Pearce, Leir, Wilkinson and Fleck, occupy the dais and are assisted by Oxholm, Nicholls, Steiwer, Motherwell and Fraser; so we should have an orderly year. We hope that we will be as successful this year as last, and there is no reason why this should not be accomplished with the material we have in hand and the proverbial Lake ' s House spirit to back it up. It will be difficult to fail in our task with the splendid example of Sir Richard and Lady Lake, whose supreme courage and endur- ance when adrift in the North Atlantic, will live as an inspiring memory to us throughout our lives. GROVES ' On returning in September we found that poor old Groves ' House had once more become sadly reduced in numbers, to such an extent, in fact, that this year we were unable to raise a House Rugby team. However, we have suffered reverses of this kind before and came through unscathed, so Ave intend to fall in line with the times and make our slogan Business as usual. As Ave have been especially asked to avoid harping on our claim of quality rather than quan- tity, a pet theme of ours in recent years, we shall try to give you the plain, unvarnished facts about our doings in the past three terms. To begin with, Ashby has been made a School Prefect and is Head of the House ; under him as House Prefects are Flynn and Charleson. Though Ave cannot produce the imposing list of Rugger stalwarts that Ave once did, so far this season Nanson and Flynn have been playing for the 1st XV, and Ashby, Charleson and McCleary for the 2nd XV. In the House Matches played near the end of last season Ave Avere no match for Ripley ' s, but after the game Nansen, Wheeler ii and Charleson received their House Colours for obvious reasons, and a little later Flynn and Warner Avere awarded theirs for generally good play throughout the term. At that time Hartnell and Derby Avere already School Colours of long standing, and Avhen at the end of the season the balance of the 1st XV Avere given their Colours, Livingston brought Groves ' total to three. Our very latest Rugger news is that Ashby and McCleary have just Avon their House Colours as a reward for hard work on the 2nd XV this term. In the House Boxing Competition and the School Boxing we did not shine very brightly, though Ave Avere unfortunate in having tAvo of our better boxers hors de combat part of the time. Xanson and Stainsby deserve mention for putting up very good losing fights. [ 12 ]

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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 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine After Christmas we came back to find Hartnell Head of the School, and some time later Ashby Avas made a House Prefect. Towards the end of this term a series of Inter-Honse Soccer matches was held, in which Ave defeated Lake ' s and Ripley ' s once each, and finally placed second to Lake ' s. In the Cricket matches Groves ' lost to Lake ' s. Nanson won his House Colours during the season, and he, Hartnell and Ashby played for the 1st XL We were outmatched by the other Houses in the struggle for the Sports cnp, but we did show onr superiority in sev- eral events. Onr distance runners, Hartnell, Derby, Nanson and Warner, won the 440-yards comfortably, but allowed Lake ' s to beat them in the 880-yards. Livingston proved himself the outstanding high jumper of the School ; and we won the diving with Westenhaver, Warner, Roberts and Ketcham ii. Nanson won the senior Tennis. For the roAving Ave produced a young and keen team who, with an excellent House record behind them to live up to, set to with a Avill to practise hard and win the cutter race. In the first round Lake ' s defeated Ripley ' s, and on Speech Day, when the final race was held, in spite of Lake ' s boastful attitude of last year, Ave beat them easily by about four lengths. We wish to thank Capt. and Mrs. droves for their very handsome gift of a rug for our Senior Common Room, and also the Head Master for an attractive and useful reading lamp. These iicav furnishings, together Avith a bookcase made in the Hobby Shop by members of the House, and some new desks provided by the School, haA e contributed to make Groves ' Senior Common Room the envy of the School. Let us hope that Ave can maintain it so. In conclusion, Ave must remember the main reason for coming to school, and say a Avord about scholastic achievement. We avouM like to congratulate D. M. Hartnell and E. A. Wheeler for being accepted into the California Institute of Technology, and R. Derby (avIio is noAv at Stanford University, studying medicine) and J. A. Flynn for passing their Junior Matriculation Examinations. Thus ends another chapter in the Saga of the House of Groves. [ 13 ]