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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Hobby Shop Notes » PERHAPS in no department of School life has the war been felt more than in the Hobby Shop. The inroads on time made by Cadet Corps and A. R. P. activities, the scarcity of materials, and the reduced number of boys in the Middle School have all played a part in curtailing Hobby Shop activities. The loss of Mr. C. J. G. Lonsdale has been felt in the Machine Shop and lack of lumber, nails, and metal has resulted in it being used as little more than a work shop for odd jobs this term. Since our Art enthusiasts left us last year the Art Club has not been used. Photography continues to be popular but even there the luxury tax lias made itself felt and less has been done than in former years. We are very grateful to Dean Johnson for; the enlarger which he donated to the lub when he left last term. The Model Club and Printing Club continue to be popular with certain boys. The former makes its chief appeal to the Juniors, the latter, as usual, devotes much of its energy to printing School programmes. The Natural History Club has added a certain number of mineral specimens to its collection. The greatest thrill it has had this year has been the donation of a very tine collection of Lepidoptera, num- bering about twenty thousand specimens, to the School by Mr. Athelstan Day of Duncan. For this gift we are indeed grateful. « Music Notes » THE Orchestra, though small, is doing good work under the the guidance of Miss Lonsdale. The Concert was held on May 9th and an account of this will be found elsewhere in these pages. This term the Orchestra is working hard at the Mozart Overture to Figaro and part of the Haydn Oxford Symphony. The Choir, also, has done its share of work and Blessed Are They That Mourn from the Brahms Requiem was sung again on All Saints ' Day, and Jesu, Joy of Man ' s Desiring,- ' Bach, was sung on the last Sunday of the School Year. On January 27th, the School went to Strathcona to attend a Concert given by Dr. and Miss Raven in aid of Coventry Cathedral Organ. On Sunday evening, March 1st, the Hart House Quartette and Gertrude Huntly Green played to a delighted audience at the School composed of the boys, the girls from Strathcona Lodge, the staff of both Schools and friends. The first part of the programme consisted [ 7 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Speech Day, 1942 » The Leaving Service was held in Chapel as usual. The Address was given by our Visitor, the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Columbia. PRIZE LIST, JUNE, 1942 Form VI A — J. R. Huntington Form Rem ove A — J. S. Ooster- Form VI B — E. R. Larsen Meyer Form VU—D. Roberts Form Remove B — W. F. Chad- Form VL — R. S. M. Ling wick Form IV— G. D. Love Form III II— W. C. Bice Science Prize — C. D. Johnson Bishop ' s Prize for Reading — P. W. DeS. Duke fMichaelmas Term — W. McC. Ewing Efficiency Prize — -{Lent Term — W. McC. Ewing [Summer Term — J. O. Wheeler House Cups — Soprts — Lake ' s The Grogan Tennis Cup — M. L. Gandossi Sportsmanship Cup — D. N. Brockhurst « Examinations » BEFORE giving the results of our Examinations this year, we would like to point out that our whole Vlth Forms sit for Matriculation and boys are not refused permission to write simply because they may or will fail. Also, all our candidates sit for the whole examination in one year and do not try to pass by covering one or two subjects per annum. The following are the results of Examinations: — McGill Senior Matriculation. Two boys sat for ' this Examina- tion and passed in all subjects with an average of 67% and 65%. One boy wrote two subjects and passed with 97% and 75%. McGill Junior Matriculation. Thirteen boys wrote McGill Junior Matriculation. Of these, ten passed in all subjects taken, six with Distinction, one failed and two had supplenientals to write in French and English. B. C. Junior Matriculation. Nine boys sat for this Examination. Eight passed in all subjects and one failed only in French. One boy sat for the Entrance Examination to the California Institute of Technology and won a Scholarship. This is our third Scholarship in four years. It is of some interest to note that out of one hundred and forty- nine Matriculation papers : 6 were marked between 90% and 98% 18 were marked between 80% and 90% 30 were marked between 70% and 80%. r e ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine of the Schubert Quartette in E Flat, Op. 125, and short pieces by de Ridder, Mendelssohn, Borodin and McEwen. After the interval Mrs. Huntly Green joined the quartette in the Schumann Piano Quintette in E Flat. The Scherzo was repeated in response to the enthusiastic applause of the audience. The members of the Quar- tette were James Levey, 1st Violin, Adolf Koldovski, 2nd violin, Allard de Ridder, viola, and Boris Hambourg, ' cello. « Exchanges » We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following contem- poraries : Black and Red (University School). Genalmond Chronicle. The Ashburian. The College Times (Upper Canada College). The Grove Chronicle (Lakefield). « Milestones » THIS year the speeches have been equal to the high standard set in former years. In choice of subject matter and organization of material there has been an improvement, for all speeches showed a serious and discriminating attitude. However, poor posture and halting delivery often marred a carefully prepared talk. Koerner showed skill in composition in his oral essay, Logging, while Huntington, Wallis and Hughes showed skill in delivery. All speak- ers displayed clear thought and all made an effort to interest their listeners. Steiwer ' s talk on Fossil was a venture into the realm of homespun humour which proved very entertaining. A list of the varied topics includes : Medieval Gas Attack — Smith. Food Ratioining in Britain — Payne. Q-Ships — Selous. The Japanese Jungle Fighter — McMcoll. Death and Glory Boys — Ramus. Confucius — Graham. The Discovery of an Anaesthetic — Forrest. Brewing — Gale. War Gases — Coldwell. Watch out for Watchmakers — Roberts. Get Rommel Dead or Alive — Huntington. The Titanic Disaster — Hughes. The Mediterranean 1940-41 — Agar. Fossil — Steiwer. Gustavus Adolphus — Wallis. Logging — Koerner. [ 8 ]