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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Sports » s o a J 2 Senior Junior CO a £ cS S3 H 1 K D % o o3 a j2 CO CO CO h3 CO a •4-1 o bJD CO ■oj 4 % ' 4 o i i P»s f a 3 bO U 13 •S O .3 © o O O fcJD Ph J0 — £ s rt ° £ o H O 00 £ o H 0) 1-3 o 10 Q £ O L lO Q M C r - Land Sports r , -Water Sports — — Lake ' s 4 6 4 6 ,2% 2 6 10 18 6 6 4 4 4 2 84% Ripley ' s 6 4 2 4 2% 3 4 6 12 2 4 6 6 6 6 73% Groves ' 22621 1246422224 42 « Contributions » SPRING Over hill and over dale Comes the call of Spring; Gloomy Winter lifts her veil When the bluebells ring. In the chanting of the brook And the song of birds There ' s a sound of happiness Which is not in words. a High above tia? lofty elms Nests old mother Daw, While the Swan in fields below Builds her home of straw. Every little creature knows Nothing need he fear If it rains or if it blows, For the Spring is here! D. N. Brock hurst.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Rugby Football » 1940 has been a very lean season. With only one old colour left, it Avas not to be expected that the team would be able to live up to those of former years. Heavily ontweighted, and far younger than our opponents, we had to be content to play all our games on the defensive. And it says much for the spirit of the team that, despite heavy scores against them, they never lost heart. Five matches were played and all live lost. The most encouraging feature of the season was the continued determination to achieve success. In the last match, although our opponents averaged nearly twenty pounds a man heavier, the team showed plenty of dash and spirit, which augurs well for next season. With most of this year ' s side return- ing for another season, there is every prospect that 1941 Avill see a team worthy of the best traditions of Shawnigan Rugby. 1ST XV MATCHES vs. 2nd Battalion Canadian Scottish, at Shawnigan Lost 0-11 vs. Victoria College at Shawnigan Lost - 17 vs. St. George ' s School, at Shawnigan Lost - 22 vs. Brentwood College, at Brentwood Lost - 56 vs. University School, at University School Lost 0- 9 2ND XV MATCH vs. University School, at University School .. Lost - 11 ; , I ' ■■ ft i-- .j.»- - %» . ▼ 1st XV, 1940 Back row: H. W. Roenisch, I. Forrest, C. D. Johnson, R. A. Mitten, R. W. Parr, C. P. Layard, J. W. Milligan, M. V. C. Hickey. Front row: D. N. Charleson, D. Vaughan, L. C. Lake, J. R. H. Ley (capt.). J. O. Wheeler, M. L. Gandossi, W. McC. Ewing. On Ground: P. B. Ballentine. t 24 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine AUTUMN As one begins to feel the dying heat of the sun, one is also reminded that Autumn is arriving in her chariot of brown, gold and faded green. Her sentinels are the trees, who, when she passes, shower clouds of leaves upon her, which fall slowly to the ground, shimmering in their rust-reds and browns. They collect in drifts upon the earth, which receives this mantle of warmth with gladness, for Winter is not far off. But the earth is not alone in preparing for Winter, because in Avoodland, and in hedge many a creature mourns the passing of Summer. Soon all its pleasures will be forgotten, and the wild creatures will start to prepare for the oncoming Winter. They fol- low the example of the industrious squirrel, who with incessant chattering scurries about gathering nuts into his garner. But in time the world will lapse into silence and its toils will cease, for the overawing whiteness of Winter will descend upon the ground as a mantle of ermine. — P. G. Drummond-Smith. ASCENT OF MOUNT COLUMBIA One of the greatest areas of snow and ice south of the Arctic Circle is the Columbia icefields in the Canadian Rockies. About 10,000 feet above sea level, they are surrounded by peaks of even higher altitudes. The loftiest of these peaks is Mt. Columbia, second highest in the Canadian Rockies. Few people have ever had the opportunity of seeing such grandeur as the scenery of that region affords. However, last summer Ted Baker and I had the pleasure of joining a party of enthusiastic mountaineers, under the leadership of Capt. Rex Gibson of Edmonton, on an expedition to this area. Our main objective was Mt. Columbia and, if time allowed, the climbing of one or two of the neighbouring peaks. The three days before the climb had been spent in sorting food and carrying the equipment up to our high camp at the head of the Athabaska glacier. We rose very early on the morning of July 9th, and after eating a hot breakfast we started our eight-mile trudge to the base of the peak. The snow had a hard crust that made going easy. The weather was superb: the sky Avas cloudless and the snow-capped peaks to the west were tinged a sunrise pink. After some five hours ' tramp- ing over the snow we reached the base of Mt. Columbia at an alti- tude of 10,200 feet. We ate a second breakfast of nuts, raisins and chocolates, and then roped up. There were five on the first rope and the remaining four on the second. r 26 ]