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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine House Notes RIPLEY ' S Dear Mr. Ripley: Last rear we, of Ripley ' s House, announced our intention of letting you know of all events which have taken place this year, appertaining to the House. This promise we have faithfully kept. First Ave will deal with the Easter Term. In Soccer, the House did extraordinarily well. In the inter- house competition, Lake ' s House Avas split up into two teams while we entered one. This team was defeated but once, and so emerged in first place in the league. Strange to relate, when it came to a showdown with Lake ' s House team, we beat them 2-1 in a very exciting game. Then followed the boxing and fencing; the former we won but in the latter Ave had to be content Avith second place. The folloAving boys in Ripley ' s won their respective weights in boxing : Ley ( Heavy- weight), Hickey (Welter), Macdonald I (Fly). The results of the sports Avere unfortunately not very good, Lake ' s House winning most of the events. This, however, Ave need hardly say, Avas not through lack of trying. The Summer Term brought continued success to the House. In the Cricket League, the house split up into two teams, namely, A and B. B effected a very close second place but A, being mostly composed of rather more inexperienced cricketers, alas, came last. These two teams on joining forces, however, became, on the Avhole, a pretty fair all-round team. We beat Gro r es ' fairly easily, and after a desperate struggle Avith Lake ' s, emerged victorious and thus regained the Cricket Cup. Considering that the bulk of Lake ' s House Avas composed of First Eleven men, our performance was quite creditable. Credit for this success Avas due to the boAvling of Forrest and Huntington 1 1, and to the batting of Reid, Frank, Mac- donald I and Huntington I. As Avell as being Captain of the house team, Wheeler captained the School Eleven. Hickey Avas aAvarded his School Cricket colours and Forrest and Huntington I received their House Colours, as well as playing on the First Eleven. The House also shone in the Water Sports by winning the fifty- yards relay and coming second in the Diving. ! This term the House had to combine with Groves ' to supply enough opposition for a far-stronger Lake ' s House team. HoAvever, five of our boys, Wheeler, Duke, Hickey, Reid, Forrest and Roenisch [ 11 1

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine ' All! These tales of primitive peoples are always fascinating. But take this title now. What could anyone say that is enlighten- ing about ' Fish Traps at Sooke ' ? Now, I said, the mechanically-minded boy delights in a sub- ject like this. He describes the construction of the traps, the prin- ciples on which they work; the duties of the watchman stationed at the trap, and the activities of the men working on the scow in clearing or lifting the trap. He takes us ashore where other workers ' butcher ' the fish and tar and wash the netting. Finally he lists the names, relative sizes and importance of the different kinds of fish. Excellent ! said my friend. And do all speakers acquit them- selves equally well? Sometimes, I said, the speakers are ill-prepared or nervous. But this latter fault is being eliminated by practice in impromptu speaking. This term we have had very good talks from Ewing, Wheeler, Koerner and Brockhurst. Cadet Corps THE Cadet Corps was organized towards the beginning of this term primarily as a Civilian Defence Corps for the purpose of giving the boys elementary training in signalling and first aid ; so that they may be of use to the civilian authorities in case of a national emergency of any description. Later we applied for recognition and became one of the widely organized Military Cadet Corps. Training up to now has been confined to squad drill, signalling and range practice. The efficiency so far attained in all these branches of training is due to the great keenness of the Cadets who have given up practically all their spare time to drills and classes. SIGNALLING RESULTS so far have been fairly satisfactory and are now in the initial stages of forming No. 1 and No. 2 signalling sec- tions. By the end of the summer term the signalling sections should be a credit to the Corps. It is gratifying to see that indi- idual boys are making good progress. RIFLE CLUB RANGE WORK has improved and the Club should produce a first class team. Members have won 14 Bronze, 3 Silver and 1 Gold medal this season, with several almost completed. This brings the total for two seasons to 40 Bronze, 10 Silver and 2 Gold. The Curwen Shield for 1939 was won by R. H. McCleary and for 1940 by C. D. Johnson. [ 10 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine played for the First Fifteen, Reid and Hickey being awarded their School Colours. Wilson I, Ely I, Ramus and Frank won their House Colours for fine play on the Second Fifteen. Our success in sports was due mainly to the magnificent con- quer or die spirit of the House, while our successes in the class- room go to show that we combine brawn with brain. We now come to the scholastic successes, of which there were a considerable number. The following headed their respective Forms : Ward (Upper Fifth), Hickey (Lower Fifth), Macdonald I (Fourth), Collison (Third), Hopkins (Second). Ward won the Bishop ' s Read- ing Prize and Hickey the Efficiency Cup for the Summer Term. Frank and Wheeler passed their McGill Junior Matriculation Exam- ination. Of those boys who left during the past year, Nixon is in the R.C.A.F., Baker is at Victoria College, and Ley is at Dartmouth after having passed his Navy Examination. Due to your kindness in helping the financial status of the House, we have been able to make many improvements in the Senior Common Room, such as light-shades, tables, chairs, a notice board and a large and comfortable couch. The House is directed by Wheeler and Duke, the two School Prefects, the former also being Head Boy. They are well backed up by Hickey and Huntington I as House Prefects. We think you will agree with us when we say that we have up- held the great traditions of Ripley ' s House and will continue to do so. The House joins me in wishing you the very best for the coming year. — Your Ripley ' s House Correspondent. LAKE ' S Faced with the command that we had to write the House Notes we immediately fled to the Reference Library to find out the various techniques of overcoming the difficulty. We read notes from all houses over a number of years. At first we met straight-forward remarks, but lately we have noticed a trend in other quarters to write letters, plays and other fantastic effusions that are passed off as House Notes. We have decided to state our facts without trying to embellish them with flowery effects. Early in the Easter term the Headmaster announced the engage- ment of our Housemaster Mr. Twite to our House Matron Miss [ 12 ]