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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine to welcome them home and to listen to the epic story of hardship and heroism, which they were good enough to tell. The Head Master went East in January to attend the Head Masters ' Conference at Trinity College School, Port Hope, where some twenty Head Masters enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. P. A. C. Ketchnm and the Governors of the School, and derived much inter- esting information from the programme arranged by Mr. MacDermot, Head Master of Upper Canada College, which included addresses by President R. C. Wallace of Queen ' s University, Principal Malcolm Wallace of Toronto and Dr. George S. Counts of Columbia Univer- sity. On the way he was able to see Fill Reed, Douglas Newton in Calgary, Bill Ferguson in Winnipeg and R. W. Harcourt in Toronto and several Old Boys in Toronto on the return tri p. In March Ave had a long weekend visit from Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Malini. Mr. Malim, one-time Head Master of Sedbergh, Haileybury and Wellington, was on his way to England after an extended educa- tional tour of the Empire on behalf of the English Head Masters ' Conference. On April 23rd the Bishop of Columbia held the annual Confirma- tion Service in the School Chapel. Dr. W. Gibson, a Victorian, who took his degree at Oxford Uni- versity and has travelled extensively in Scandinavia, Germany, Spain and Mexico, came up on November 17th and gave the School a most interesting talk, illustrated by his own films. The Annual Dance for Strathcona, held on October 26th, was a great success. The usual Armistice Service was held on November 11th, and a new and deeper significance 1 was obvious to the great majority who remember not the last war but have already had the present one brought home by the number of Staff changes this term, Old Boys arriving in uniform, and the loss of two boys for whom Memorial Services have been held, and about whom more detail appears on later pages. The Reverend E. M. Willis, who was Chaplain to the School for many years and is now vicar of Shawnigan, is living in the School and helps the Reverend R. H. B. Butler when possible with our services. Weekly motion pictures, excepting in the Summer Term, have been very popular. For the second year running the School Fencing Team won the British Columbia Foils Championship. A. B. Fleck went to England last summer with the Canadian School Boys ' Cricket Team and appears to have enjoyed the experi- ence although he did not have an opportunity of showing his prowess behind the sticks. Our congratulations to Mr. C. J. G. Lonsdal e on the successful trials of his newly patented Rotary Type Engine. [ 5 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine height, would be, for each who tries, an adventure of the spirit into new and unexplored regions of human usefulness. Two thousand years ago was born at Bethlehem the Child Christ. As a boy He worked at humble tasks in a carpenter ' s workshop. When the time came for Him to leave home, led by the clear vision of a better world, the fulfilment of which could be won only by His Own Sacrifice, He set out, not without gratitude and not without sorrow, to undertake the greatest spiritual adventure in the world ' s history. It is through such visions, renewed from age to age, that the slow evolution of the human race has been achieved, and, in the light of them shining through the long years between, man can still hope that, when the present tragic struggle is ended, the nations of the earth will at last find enduring peace. « Schoo l Notes » HE School Prefects this year are Yates Hickey, W. T. S. Pearce, R. H. Leir, H. C. Wilkinson, S. D. Ashby and A. B. Fleck. A Foundation Scholarship has been awarded to GL Spencer Elliott. Congratulations to all Matriculation Candidates, who did much better even than they anticipated, only one boy still having supple- mentals to take and he preferred a tour to England ; also to Doan Hartnell on successfully passing into the California Institute of Technology; to E. A. Wheeler, avIio passed with exceptionally good marks (there were 550 candidates, of which 166 were successful, and Wheeler was in the first 75) ; to T. N. K. Beard, who passed the Navy Entrance Examination and is now at Dartmouth. Tony Slater is now in H.M.S. Conway, and we all hope he will emulate the great successes of Robin Hayward, who has left and passed into Dartmouth. Our grateful thanks to many benefactors for their generous gifts, which include the much-needed new Boathouse, given by Mr. Hart- nell ; a mace which was originally presented in 1858 T)y the Imperial Government to the government of Vancouver Island, and for which we have to thank Mr. Bruce McKelvie ; a very fine Buffalo head, for which we are indebted to Mr. Grote Stirling, the Dominion Govern- ment and Mr. John Burns ; and to Mrs. Ripley, Mr. A. B. Ripley (who has just written to tell us of his engagement and approaching mar- riage in January), Mrs. Emma B. Stimson, Mr. L .A. Grogan, Dr. B. E. Mckells, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. P. A. Woodward and Mrs. Blanken- horn. The sinking of the Athenia came as a shock to the School which was mitigated only when we heard that Sir Richard and Lady Lake had reached Ireland in safety. And on Armistice Day we were able [ 4 ]

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Si-iAWNiciAN Lake School Magazine § Chapel Notes § WE HAVE HAD the usual School Services this year, with Holy Communion celebrated twice a month. During the Easter and Summer Terms we were fortunate in having the services of the Reverend Robert Council. His skilful use of Nature in expanding his texts and the straightforwardness of his approach to the subject held our interest, and made his addresses an inspiration. This term our regular Services have been taken by the Rev. R. H. B. Butler, who has taken a great interest in the School since his recent arrival from England. We also welcome Mr. Willis, who, after an absence of six years, is making his home in the School. The Lord Bishop of Columbia held the Annual Confirmation Ser- vice on April 23rd, at which twelve boys and six girls from Strath- cona were confirmed. On June 24th, Speech Day, an impressive service was conducted b} Bishop Sexton, Dean Spencer Elliott, who preached the sermon, Canon Hughes and Mr. Willis. A Memorial Service for A. B. Playf air, our first Old Boy casualty of the war, was held on the first Sunday of the Michaelmas Term. Within a month, a similar service was held in memory of Peter Pid- dington, who lost his life in the Royal Oak. On All Saints Day, Holy Communion was followed by the usual short Service, which was conducted by Mr. Butler. Sermons have been preached by the Lord Bishop of Columbia, the Dean of Columbia, the Rev. R. Connell, Mr. F. B. Malim, the Rev. P. Bury, the Rev. F. Comley, the Rev. H. R. Trumpour and the Head Master. Donations have been made to the Poppy Fund, All Saints, Shawni- gan, Queen Alexandra Solarium and St. Barnabas ' , Victoria. Through the generosity of Mr. Grogan, the doors at the West End of the Chapel were recovered with baize and have taken on their original appearance. And again we have to thank Mrs. P. A. Wood- ward for her gift of flowers for the Confirmation Service. [ 6 ]