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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine D. M. Anderson and D. Vaughan left ns to join the R.C.A.F. and A. M. Wood left to go to Trinity College, Toronto. This year we have three School Prefects: Lake, Layard and Ewing. They are ably assisted by Gandossi and Johnson, house prefects. We have eight members of the House playing regularly on the 1st XV of these Layard, Mitten and Johnson have been awarded School Colours and K. P. Hughes, House Colours. With so much talent in the House we hope to be able to enjoy a very successful year. GROVES ' We returned this year to find that our former Housemaster, Mr. Piddington, had left to join the R.C.A.F. Our present Housemaster is Mr. Cedric Lonsdale. Last year our house matron was Miss Milne, but she has been ably followed by Mrs. Coope. We were sorry to see that four of our Senior members had left, but the vacancy of second house prefect has been filled by Macdonald to aid Larsen in running the house. Groves ' House boys gave their full support to the new Cadet Corps formed this year by their Housemaster, Mr. Cedric Lonsdale. We are proud to mention that both the buglers came from our House and that a few of our members have shown distinction at signalling. In the Rag Concert, although ours was a last minute effort, we seemed to draw more laughs than any other skit in the show. On Speech Day, Brockhurst won the sixth form prize and Larsen Avon the Sportsmanship Cup. Larsen, Charleson and Anderson I played on the first cricket eleven last year and Charleson and Anderson I won their house cricket colours. With the aid of the above members we managed to win the inter-house cricket league. In the Sports last Spring, although our seniors and juniors both came second, our intermediates managed to come out on top. These same intermediates, namely, Deveson, Balme, Ling I and Stainsby brought honour to the House by good play on both the Colts ' soccer and cricket teams. Since the House had a good stock of enthusiastic boys it is to be hoped that Groves 1 will gain many further successes in the future. [ 14 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Shuckburgh, who became Mrs. Twite in the Summer Holidays. In honour of their engagement the House held a formal dance on 31st January in the Big School. We entered two teams in the inter-house Soccer League. Our A team was second and the B team third. In an informal match our combined team was unable to beat the Ripley ' s team. Having played as two units for the whole term we found we did not have enough time to mould ourselves into one truly combined force. Throughout the term our Fencers were usually found in the gym practising parries and ripostes. Their perseverance was rewarded by their striking victory in the Inter-house Fencing Tournament. However Ave were not so successful in the Boxing Competition, probably because of our lack of heavyweights and flyweights. We had many entrants in the middleweights who put up a very good showing. The land sports were held towards the end of the term. We were the only team to try to adhere to a training plan. On the field we were often ridiculed for our apparent lack of effort, but we h ad the last laugh when it was seen that our wind, on the crucial day, was so much more superior to that of our opponents. We won every senior event except the 100 yards, in which we were second. The intermediates and juniors were not quite as successful as the Seniors but won quite a number of events. We gained such a lead in the land sports that we could not have lost the Sports Cup even if we had been last in every Swimming Event. In the Summer Term we entered two teams in the Cricket League. The A team was second and the B team fourth. In the House Matches we reached the finals but lost by a few runs. We were fairly successful in the Swimming, Avinning the Senior 220 and the diving. The Intermediates and Juniors Avon many valuable points. At the prize-giving, Johnson received the Efficiency Cup for the Michaelmas Term and Layard for the Easter Term. ' We retained the Sports and Rugger Cups. Love and McBride Avon the prizes for Remove A and RemoA e B. This year will be noted for the many improvements made on the Common Room. Thanks to the generosity of manv parents, Avhose kindness is greatly appreciated, we noAV have added to the comfort of the Common Room with— a carpet, sofa, radio, small couch and table and numerous accessories. We doubt if the old boys Avho return to the school will be able to believe that such a great improve- ment could be possible in such a short time. [ 13 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine The Rag Concert THE Rag Concert is like a dinner of many courses: all are good even if some do not mix. Perhaps the best, dish in the varied feast was provided by Remove B who acted a scene from The Mer- chant of Venice. This was done very sincerely and convincingly, and was ' appropriately costumed. Hitler took his fourth bad ribbing in recent years and should be absolutely outside the pale by this time. He is, confidentially, not expected to recover from the attacks made upon him by the IV Form. Groves ' House brought great laughter as they paraded on stage disguised as spectators at a football game. We were led to believe that everything is discussed at a rugger match excepting the game itself. The VII and VI Forms combined to give a good burlesque. Their Althorpe Case was reminiscent of Stephen Leacock ' s sly digs at the detective story. Not to be outdone in this regard, VI B Form presented their version of life in the Army, complete to the last detail and including the subversive activities of a female spy. Lake ' s House maintained their reputation for impromptu as they cheerfully organized a truth or consequences programme. Some members of the audience were coerced on stage but they res- ponded nobly. The Juniors, too, provided their share of the fun as they romped through a piece dealing with a business prognosticator surrounded by an over-zealous and somewhat incompetent stall of assistants. Blackout I T WAS on Monday, December 8th, while we Avere at Prep in the classroom block, that a boy came running to tell us of our first blackout. The Prep room has no blinds, but, acting upon a wise suggestion, Wheeler took us into the lecture-room next door, which was pro- vided with blinds used to darken the room while lantern slides are shown. It was close in there, but, at least, it did the trick. But, when Prep was over and we had to leave our curtained and lighted security, Ave Avere doubly lost in the novel blackness outside. We stumbled along, through puddles, into trees, into the Avail r is ]