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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine JdlCW L J it I e Wil ' ieS Qone Guiftu V g see S race no more for what he thought u $ H 2 Was H a SO WATITSI Watitsi Avas the sou of Old Tana, the village fisherman. All his life had been spent in the village of Katsuza which nestled on the coastline of great Nippon. The brisk sea air and the hardy work of a fisherboy ' s life had developed him into a fine strong youth of seventeen. One morning a man came to his father ' s cottage and told Watitsi that he must leave his work and join the army. Although he was sorry to leave his home, he felt proud that he would fight the Chin- ese barbarians and win glory for his Emperor and Nippon. Slowly the last few Japanese islands disappeared from Watitsi ' s tear filled eyes as the troop ship headed Avest to China. The green- sloped shores never had meant so much to him as they did that day. The next feAv Aveeks Avas a nightmare for poor Watitsi. Attacks, retreats, ambushes and the eternal raids of the peasant guerrilas were foreA er robbing him of his comrades and he began to feel dis- heartened. ' Banzai, Nippon, ' he had cried as he fought in the first Aveek, but only muttered curses escaped his lips noAV. [ 27 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine was very even, but the defence of both sides was sure and there was no further scoring. Shawnigan Team: Vaughan; Mcholls, Nanson, Fleck, Sloan; Burns ; Leir ; Hickey, Simpson, Lake, Steiwer ; Ley, Pearce, Mother- well, Oxholm. SHAWNIGAN SENTIMENT Stalin ' s broken every rule, Hitler too, And such things, (we ' re taught at School), Won ' t do. No one is allowed to look In the Great Defaulters ' Book; Goodness knows their names are there And, when Justice comes, this pair 11 Need thick pants — and a cushioned chair! G. LIGHTER MOMENTS OF A JUNIOR FORM LAMBS ' TAILS? ' ' Beatrice came over to Benedick and said in hash tones that lunch was ready. POSSIBLY AUTO-SUGGESTION A few years later Pitt ' s health was failing him, so later on Pitt died. A FORM OF PROPITIATION? Macbeth was haunted by Banquo and almost exposed his gilt. THE FACE THAT SANK A THOUSAND SHIPS? Elizabeth, the next queen to rule England, again started the Protestant Movement. She was also the one that sank the Spanish Armada. THE MODERN DANCE CRAZE (Extract from essay) : When we crossed over we were stopped at the Customs for two hours and thirty minuets. [ 26 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine One night he decided he must leave this terrible land. Slipping out of camp he steadily made his way over the mountains towards the coast. The wind began to howl and soon snow was falling heavily. Gasping for breath, Watitsi stumbled forward, knowing that rest meant death. Feverishly he rubbed his bronze skin to keep the awful coldness out of his body. Slowly he crawled over the snow covered boulders, his hands raw and his face blue. Childhood memories returned, the green fields, the weeping willows and best of all the rising sun. Pillowing his head on his cold arms he lay down, he knew he was dying but ah! death seemed sweet. The snow soon covered the huddled form of Watitsi and the sun rose on a little lump of snow that would hide his body from his friends for many a day. C. P. F. A JAPANESE STREET We are walking down a Japanese street and it is the time of the Omatsuni (boys ' festival). Everywhere the houses are decorated — straw ropes with white praying paper and pine branches sway in the wind. The street is filled with loudly talking crowds, and darting among them are the Japanese children dressed in their kimona and geta. In the bewildering profusion of colour our attention is finally drawn to the gaily decorated shops. How delightfully neat they are and how different from the shops one sees in Europe. The owners sit in front of their doorways and some patiently make their wares. We espy one old man diligently carving a little boat. Here in the street can be seen the Japanese fondness for flowers and shrubs, for these are everywhere. We are surprised to find them in the street itself, in the open doorways, and blossoming gaily from the windows above. Since this is the boys ' festival, the centre of interest for all of us is the procession of temples. These are ornate gold and lacquer miniatures of real temples and each is borne aloft on the shoulders of thirty boys. We watch the procession sway out of sight and regret- fully realize that the bovs ' festival is ended. E. C. M. E. THE CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION OF COFFEE The coffees grown in Central America are usually classed as mild, which distinguishes them from the harsher type grown in Brazil. The mildness is attributable in part to the nature of the soils in which they are grown, but perhaps more to the preparation of the coffee for market. The greater bulk of the Central American production is Arabian Coffee, which is grown at an elevation of [ 28 ]