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

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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 ]

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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 around the Chapel and more than one of us took advantage of the darkness for a forbidden short-cut across the lawn. At last we were safely in the school building, but mysterious blackness still engulfed us. We groped our way along the wall and into the changing room ; then counted each locker till we came to our own, and felt around for our slippers. Then, on to Ripley ' s senior common room whose windows were most deeoratively dressed in red blankets. Most of the seniors were here assembled and you can imagine the noise, with gramophones trying to outdo the radio and its last minute blackout directions. Soon came nine o ' clock and bed time. Through blackened cor- ridors we crept, sometimes meeting the sinister red aura of a camou- flaged electric torch which served to reveal a ghostly silhouette, sometimes tripping over a corner stair and thinking Ave had broken a pair of most indispensable glasses. In our dormitory no one had a flashlight, so we felt for our beds and changed in the dim light which came through a towel-wrapped light bulb. All the same, we did get into the right beds, even though a few counterpanes were left unfolded. What an opportunity it was to go to bed without washing ! Next day Mr. Boniface and others were very busy with large rolls of tar paper and strips of wood. The common rooms, Dining Room, and the corridors were all swathed in funeral black. It reminded one disturbingly of the Black Hole of Calcutta, but no one died, and we all felt much more safe and much more patriotic. At night, a patrol of boys circled the School searching for guilty lights, but all had been discreetly darkened. It must be confessed that we were glad when our blackout was cancelled until further notice. The experience had been mysteri- ously interesting but uncomfortable. But, the tar paper is still in the common room windows. Japs, ' beware! r r [ 16 ]