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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine We held our own in the boxing with Lake, Gandossi and Freeth winning their respective weights. Several other members of the House were finalists. Six members of the House played on the 1st XI. Of these Mit- ten, Ewing and Milligan received their School Colours and Ballen- tine and Stokes their House Colours. Barton, Lake and Layard also received their House Colours. At the beginning of the Summer Term Mitten and Milligan were made House Prefects. At the end of the term, Johnson, whom we wish to congratulate on winning a scholarship at the California Institute of Technology, was made a School Prefect. The prize-giving saw us retain the Sports Cup. Roberts and Love won their Form prizes. Ewing won the Efficiency Cup for the Michaelmas and Easter Terms, and Gandossi won the Grogan Tennis Cup. The Head of the House this year is Mitten. He is ably assisted by Stokes, who is a School Prefect, and Barton, Hughes i and Bal- lentine, who are House Prefects. We are not quite so well represented on the 1st XV this year as we have been in former years, having only six regular members on the team. However, already this term Ballentine and Hughes i have received their School Rugby Colours and Barton has received his House Colours. As we draw this note to a close we hope that in the future we will be able to keep up the fine standard set us in the past success- ful vear. GROVES ' One afternoon during the Christmas Holidays, while walking through Stanley Park, rounding a bend, I suddenly noticed a man wearing a Groves ' House blazer. Increasing my pace, I pursued the retreating figure. I soon overtook him and tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned, I found he was a middle-aged gentleman with pleasant, well formed features. Pardon me, sir, but you wear a Groves ' House blazer. Were you a member of Groves ' ? I asked. Yes, I am proud to say I was, was the prompt reply. Ah ! I guessed it ! I am a member of Groves ' House, so you will understand why I stopped you. Great! When you are an Old Boy you will find yourself rather cut off from the House. I have been yearning for someone who can bring me up to the minute. Well, I began, first, let me assure you that Groves ' is still [ 11 1

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine awarded their School colours and Huntington and Gale their House colours for good play in the School matches. No House matches have yet been played, but we are quietly confidence of victory. Two Ripley ' s house boys, only, headed their forms this year; Wheeler (Form VII), Huntington (Form VIA). However, many of our boys were close seconds, so do not think that the brains of the house have deteriorated. One of our boys passed his McGill Senior and three boys their McGill Junior Matriculation with honours. Thev were respectively Wheeler, Huntington, Wallis and Ward. During the past year, we have markedly improved the Common Room by painting the wall s and restaining the floor. Our comfort- able couch, alas, came to a sad end when some boy of rather more than average weight inadvertently deposited himself on it. It now stands abjectly in a corner of the Common Room awaiting repair. Now for some news of old Ripley ' s House boys. Reid joined the R.C.A.F. some months ago and is now a pilot officer. Duke recently entered the same Service and is doing well. Wheeler and Ward have both left us and are at U.B.C. Wheeler, incidentally, is doing evry well at rugby. That is about all the news I am able to supply you with. As you may see for yourself, although we have had no spectacular success in anything, we have remained consistent and upheld the integrity of Ripley ' s House. The House joins me in wishing you the very best for the coining year. — Your Ripley ' s House Correspondent. LAKE ' S This year, for the first time in twenty-one years, Ave came back to find that we are without a Lake in the House. However, we are still reminded that they were Avith us by a picture of the four Lake brothers which hangs in a place of honour in our Senior Common Room. At the end of a season of Inter-House league play our House soccer team Avas tied with Ripley ' s House for top place. In a hard- fought sudden-death final game Ave Avere beaten by the close score of 2-1. In the land sports Lake ' s House came through with flying colours. The seniors Avon every event except the 100 yd. dash, in Avhich they Avere second. This Avas a repetition of the previous year. The Juniors and Intermediates also upheld the honour of the House. But if Ave shone on the field we were even more brilliant in the Avater, Avhere our Seniors, Intermediates and Juniors Avon every event in Avhich they entered. We are very proud of this feat as Ave do not believe it has been done before. [ 10 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine the best-spirited House, and is successfully carrying on the traditions set by you Old Boys. During the Easter term, in spite of being the smallest House, Groves ' upheld itself well. Although we did not win the Inter- House Soccer league, we did win the admiration of all the School for our superior display of spirit. In the boxing, Fisher won his weight and we had several run- ners-up. We did quite well in the land sports also. We carried first place in the Senior and Junior hundred-yard dash, and second in the Senior two hundred and twenty yards, and eight hundred and eighty yards, broad jump, high jump, and Junior broad jump. Also, we came second in the tug-o ' -war. This was truly won by spirit. Spirit is unquestionably the most important factor in a House. Good spirit makes a good House! We Old Boys are proud to re- member Groves ' always had the best spirit. Now what about the Summer Term? We returned to find Mrs. Valentine had replaced our forme i House Matron, Mrs. Coope. Later in the term, Brockhurst was appointed a House Prefect to aid Larsen and Macdonald in run- ning the House. Larsen and Anderson i played on the 1st XI, and Larsen won his School colours. In the water sports, we took second place in two events. Our Speech Day awards are most noteworthy. Brockhurst won the Sportsmanship Cup. This Cup has been held for three out of five years by a member of our House. Larsen was first in Form VI B, Ling i first in the Lower Fifth, Oostermeyer headed the Remove A, and Bice took the honours in the Second Form. Ours was the only House from which no member failed his Matriculation examinations ! Well done ! That is indeed a record. Please go on. The biggest misfortune to befall the House in years came with the new term. We had to leave our dormitories on the top floor and move down to the common level of the second floor, where we have one dormitory in each wing. This was heartbreaking, but we resolved to maintain Groves ' as the best House in the School. We were sorry to lose our House Master, Mr. Cedric Lonsdale, who left for England last summer. The Groves ' prefects in thei Michaelmas Term are as follows : Larsen, Head Prefect ; Macdonald, School Prefect ; Smith, Koerner, and Deveson, House Prefects. At the Rag Concert, our House put on the most dramatic play of the evening. Also, we have several members in the Dramatic Society, some of whom starred in ' The Monkey ' s Paw ' and ' Box and Cox, ' the first two plays put on by this newly-formed society. [ 12 ]