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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine P. A. Woodward, and lastly the Carnegie Corporation for their generous allocation of a music set to this School. The war has brought many changes at the School. Mr. Gerry, Mr. C. J. Lonsdale, Mr. Stoddart, all left in the summer holidays. Mr. Benson, who was here in 1923 and ' 24, has returned to the staff ; Mr. Robson has replaced Mr. Bennett ; Miss Stewart has left for fairer fields. And yet the various changes have in no way impaired the efficiency of the routine. Our congratulations to Mr. Twite and Miss Shuckburgh on their engagement. Miss Lonsdale has returned and is taking the music. The School has lost another old friend in the death of Judge Lampman. We shall all miss him and the cheery interest that he always took in the School. « Chapel Notes » THE Chapel Services during the past year have been as usual except that it has been possible to have a Celebration of the Holv Communion everv Sunday with a resident Chaplain on the Staff. The Rev. F. E. Tomalin joined the Staff at the beginning of the Michaelmas term. The Lord Bishop of Columbia held a Confirmation in the School Chapel on March 3rd. The beautiful flowers on the Altar at that service were given by Mrs. P. A. Woodward. At the Special Service on St. Peter ' s Day, the Dean, the Very Rev. Spencer Elliott, was the Preacher. We were very pleased that the Bishop also found it possible to be with us on that occasion. The Bishop of the Diocese also visited the School and conducted the first Service of the Michaelmas Term. A Memorial Service was held in the Chapel on Nov. 19th for Lieut.-Gen. Sir Percy Lake, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., conducted by the Chaplain. Addresses have been given in the Chapel this year by the Rev. E. M. Willis, the Rev. R. H. B. Butler, the present Chaplain and the Headmaster, as well as the Special Preachers already mentioned. Donations amounting to $115.00 have been made from the Chapel Collections to the Poppy Fund, the Red Cross, Mrs. Hamber ' s Fund for Bombed Children and St. Barnabas ' , Victoria. [ 8 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « School Notes » THE School has lost a great friend and the world has lost a great man in the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. We offer no comments other than the address by the Bishop and the photograph which was taken on the last Speech Day which he attended in 1940. On March 3rd the Lord Bishop of Columbia held the Confirma- tion Service in the School Chapel, when twelve boys and twelve girls were confirmed. Again we have to thank Mrs. P. A. Woodward for the very beautiful floAvers which she sent. A succession of dances have been held throughout the year, but this year the Seniors of Strathcona and the Seniors of Shawnigan met more frequently for shorter dances. The usual Armistice Service was held on November 11th and took the form of an Intercession Service with the Litany. Weekly motion picture shows have been discontinued at the present owing to the war. Many of our new boys are unable to afford the expensive shows produced from Hollywood and many other boys felt that it was an expense and a luxury which should be dispensed with during the war. Excellent shows, however, have been put on by Dr. Stephen Pan on China, by Mr. Ashton of Dun- can, Mr. Stokes of Cowichan and Dr. Barrow from Saanich. In the Lent term Ripley ' s and Groves ' put on House concerts which were most successful and much enjoyed. The Hobby Shop is the richer for the generous gift of a machine lathe by Mr. C. B. Archibald of Vancouver, who, with his brother, presented this lathe in memory of John Archibald Littlewood of Calgary, who was killed whilst serving his country on January 16th, 1940. Our grateful thanks once more to Mrs. Stimson for her con- tinued interest in the School and for her generous Scholarship for an evacuee boy. We must also thank our very good friends in Cal- gary for their gifts of necessary bedding which had to be provided for some of the evacuee boys. Our congratulations to W. G. H. Roaf on having been promoted to Major; at the moment he is taking a staff course at Camberley. Our list of benefactors this year is so long that we hesitate to present all the names concerned, but particularly we must mention Mrs. Ripley and Alex, Mrs. Stimson, Mr. Grogan, Mr. and Mrs. [ 7 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Sneech Dav » THE 26th Speech Day was held on Saturday, June 29th, in per- fect weather. It began with Leaving Service in the chapel, where the Very Rev. H. Spencer Elliott, Dean of Columbia, gave the address. The Bishop of Columbia, the Rt. Rev. H. E. Sexton, was present, and the Rev. Canon T. M. Hughes and the Rev. E. M. Willis assisted. Finals of the water sports in the early afternoon were followed by speeches in the gymnasium. On the platform were Sir Robert Holland, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.V.O., V.D., who presented the prizes; Sir Percy Lake, Sir Richard Lake, Capt, J. D. Groves, Mr. J. Y. Copeman, Bishop Sexton, Dean Elliott and Lt.-Col. A. F. M. Slater. The Head Master apologized for the absence of two members of the Board of Governors — Lord Colville, who had a previous en- gagement aboard one of His Majesty ' s ships somewhere in the North Sea; and Major Roaf, who was in England somewhere. Five members of the teaching staif were with the forces, as were about 100 Old Boys, four of whom had been killed : Anthony Play- fair, John Littlewood and Stephen Rose in the R.A.F., and Peter Piddington in the Royal Navy. Examination results had been good. Two Shawnigan boys sat for the California Institute of Technology- examinations. Both Avere among the 160 applicants accepted out of a total of 660, and one of them, ranking in the first 12, Avon a scholarship. Sir Robert Holland, retired after a distinguished administrative career in India, spoke his admiration of the aesthetic quality of the services in the chapel, which reminded him of the beautiful chapel of Winchester, his old school. He stressed the importance of reading good literature, especially the Bible, as one of the most important aspects of education. He gave those boys who were leaving three tips: to be careful to con- serve the energy and talents of youth ; to be unafraid of responsi- bility; and to realize that full supporters of even such bad causes as Nazi-ism are better than those who pay lip service to a better idealism, but in their hearts are giving way to indulgences, com- promise and weakness of the spirit. ' ' We must despise ourselves, said Sir Robert, if Ave cannot find the same mettle in our spirits as the Nazis show. It is not the dol- lar, not the protection of America, not contempt for your enemies, but the spirit of each one of you, that will win the Avar. [ 9 ]