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

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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 ]

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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 « The Rag Concert » ENTHUSIASM for the play and a fair amount of dramatic talent were apparent in this year ' s performance. A reproduction of The Mad Hatter ' s Tea Party began the programme, and the cos- tuming in this was excellently done. Remove B and Form III followed with their own interpretation of a memorable scene from Torn Sawyer. For many of these youthful performers it was their first night and the prospect of painting a fence on stage was pardonably exciting. But well-inten- tioned property men had inadvertently so diluted the whitewash that this part of the act put an undue strain on the imagination of the audience. Herr Hitler came in for more than his usual share of ribbing as the Fourth and Upper Fifth vied with each other in skits de- signed to illuminate certain weak points in this character. In one he was depicted as a map maker extraordinary, in the other as a consultant of the occult powers. Men of letters might have felt resentment at the lack of dignity and restraint shown in The Highwayman as the Lower Fifth replaced his horse with an eccentric-wheeled bicycle, and his red- coats with Groves ' House Blazers. Members of the staff viewed themselves in alarm as the Sixth Form unleashed its dramatic powers after a term of silent suffer- ing. Mothers and Others was the title of this skit, which humour- ously depicted the foibles of both mothers and masters. Lake ' s House had an amusing scene centred around the difficul- ties of the Joint Defence Commission. As the Commission deliber- ated over their problems, the Indian rope trick was realistically performed. All went well until Premier Da Pullo of the Commis- sion attempted to do the trick himself. The rope proved unequal to the strain. In the final play, Groves ' House showed their keen appreciation of the Classics, for the title of this skit was Antony and Cleo- patra. The tragedienne of the evening proved to be Cleopatra, who as a modern miss in ancient costume held her audience spell- bound. With sharper wit than that with which history endows her, she proved thoroughly decisive in her dealings with Antony. The appreciation of the audience was shown in their frequent applause. [ 18 ]