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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Early in the term, Lake ' s XV defeated a combined team from Ripley ' s and Groves ' by the score of 26-0. This victory was gained chiefly by our good co-operation and excellent team spirit. A great effort has been made this term to make the common room more comfortable. The good results achieved were made pos- sible by increased House spirit, and by the many generous gifts received from parents, whom we wish to thank. These notes might give the impression that Lake ' s is composed largely of brawn, but we hasten to correct any such misconception by adding the fact that Lake ' s were successful in carrying off four form prizes among their many other awards on Speech Day. We have every reason to be proud of these successes, and hope to equal if not better them in 1941. GROVES ' There was a rustle in the common room. Hey, you fellows at the window, there ' s a visitor coming in! A fine figure of a man in the prime of life, but of somewhat pros- perous proportions, entered the room. Well, well! You lads certainly do spread yourselves! Why couldn ' t the House have had a room like this in my day? Oh, were you in Groves ' , sir? Yes. We had the job of setting the House on its feet, but there was nothing like this then. Why, you felloAvs are rolling in luxury here — a rug for your floor, comfortable chairs, walls adorned with pictures and trophies of the chase and — well I ' m blowed — a sofa too ! Yes, sir, the head of our House presented us with that last term, and Mrs. Stainsby very kindly made us a cover for it. Indeed ! Now, what else have you to show for yourselves ? Well, sir, as far as school Avork is concerned, we were a bit short of seniors last year but Larsen carried off the form prize in Lower Fifth. And in sports several members of the House brought us credit. Ashby was awarded his School Cricket Colours and Lar- sen his House Cricket Colours. Nansen Avon the tennis cup and Larsen the squash tournament. We also Avon the inter-house shoot. Well, I see the House Avon many laurels in the past year. Now, which boys have a hand in running the affairs of the House? We have Charleson and McCleary as School prefects and Bone and Larsen as House prefects. Dennis Ashby came back for a feAV days in September to give us some encouragement and useful point- ers, before hurrying away to join the R.A.F. We are glad to hear [ 16 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine This year Ripley ' s supplied three School Prefects : Wheeler, Ley and Baker, who is acting head of the School in Ashby ' s place. The House prefects are Nixon, Duke and Hickey. The House contributed five boys to the School rugby team, including Ley, who was captain of football. He and Wheeler were given their School Colours, and House Colours were awarded to Hickey, Forrest, Roenisch, Duke and Baker. As the House is made up largely of new boys, we expect to have an interesting report on our cricket and soccer activities to give you in the future. With our best wishes for the New Year, I remain sincerely — Your Ripley ' s House Correspondent. LAKE ' S In former years it seems to have been the custom to fill up the first paragraph of our House notes with excuses for the author ' s attempt to write them. The present writer shall not be accused of any such display of false modesty. Beginning with the Lent term, we were able to enter two teams, Lake ' s A and B, to the other Houses ' one, in the Inter-House Soccer League. Our two teams, after playing • every opponent (including one another) twice, emerged first and third respectively in the standings. The team captains were Fleck and Pearce. With the beginning of the Summer term came the land sports, in which we triumphed generally. The Inter-House Cricket was run along the same lines as the soccer, and we were again able to enter two teams, and again took first and third places. Speech Day revealed that we had come out on top for the second successive year, winning the Sports Cup, the House Fencing and, for the first time in history, the Cricket Cup. In addition, Lake ' s supplied three members of the School fencing team. In the matter of School Colours, Ave wish to congratulate Steiwer, Leir, Nicholls and Lake, who won them at rugby last season, and this year Vaughan i, Gandossi and Ewing. After the University match, the whole First were awarded their House Colours, and the successful members of Lake ' s were Layard, John- son, Mitten, Milligan and Ballentine. Anderson was also given his House Colours for fine play on the Second Fifteen. We must also congratulate Oxholm on winning the Sportsman- ship Cup ; Wilkinson and Pearce for carrying off the Efficiency Cup in the Michaelmas and Summer terms. Lake is head of the House this year, ably assisted by Layard and Vaughan i, House prefects. [ 15 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine that lie lias been accepted for training in England, but we certainly miss him here. Our numbers are greater this year : we have several of the new English boys in the House, as well as a mob of promising if slightly obstreperous juniors who, we feel, will develop into something use- ful under the capable care of Miss Milne, who has become our matron, following Mrs. Stainsby, who took over for part of the term after Miss Mutter left. In the field of light entertainment we think we can safely state that we put on very much the most worthwhile of the House con- certs last year, and in the Rag Concert this term our play about Cleopatra, in Avhich Bone, Parr and Weaver shared the honours, achieved the distinction of arousing more comment than any other skit in the show. In this year ' s rugger season, of our few rugger-playing seniors, two played for the First XV, Charleson and Parr, and four of the House played on the Second XV, Larsen, Taylor, Weaver and Deveson. For playing well on the First XV, Charleson got his School and Parr his House Colours. Well ! After hearing that impressive account of your doings, I can return to the cruel world of big business with a feeling of assurance that the House is carrying on in the way its Old Boys would wish. I must go now — best of luck for the coming year. -Bosquet. « The Library » D URING the past year the Library has shown signs of increas- ing interest. The attendance has grown, and many new boys have been seen gleaning information about the country to which they have come. Books for instruction or amusement have been acquired through the Library Fund. Others were generous gifts. A number of vol- umes were transferred from Copeman ' s House to the Main Library. Books given to the Library through the Peter G. Piddington Memorial Fund during the past year were as follows : Days of Our Years, Van Paassen ; Wind, Sand and Stars, A. de Saint Exupery ; Les Miserables, V. Hugo ; Trelawney, M. Armstrong ; Memory Hold-the-Door, John Buchan. In conclusion, we wish to thank T. Pearce for his fine effort on behalf of the Library. [ IT ]