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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Trumpet Tune Purcell F. Stainsby The Spanish Main Tatton Wi ' a Hundred Pipers Old Scottish Song Jerusalem ( Blake ) Parry o « The Rag Concert » 111 Annual Laugh has come and gone! Not that we get no other laughs during the year — far from it — but only once do we engage in hectic efforts to keep the School and its friends in laughing mood for one whole evening. Yet, Ave must confess, it was no laughing matter that proved most worthy of our applause. The Juniors and Mrs. Manson must be congratulated for an excellent presentation of The Pied Piper. ' The lines were well and clearly spoken, and the costuming was appropriate and pleasing. The Tall, Tall Castle ' a mime produced by the Lower Fifth, was notable for skillful musical effects which most clearly depicted the said castle ' s enormous height, and for a very satisfactory ending, in which the timely deaths of all the other characters, including his beloved, left the hero with greatly enhanced material prospects. Lochinvar, by the Sixth, was intended to contain digs at the staff, but at least one eminent authority appreciated it as a most effective satire on the staff of a neighbouring girls ' school! For a few minute ' s before the appearance of the next item, Cap- tain Palin and Mr. Tgnatieff, for no apparent reason, shivered on the stage in nightshirts, and tried to keep warm by strangely inade- quate P.T., together with lamentations about the loss of their pyjamas. They were followed by Lake ' s House in Jumping Jupi- ter, a comment on the — alas ! — often reprehensible behaviour of the more notorious Roman deities. Ripley ' s House then proceeded to demonstrate that Roman deities were not the only people inter- ested in beer and skittles. That taste, according to Mice and Men, had spread as far even as a certain Ripington ' s House in a school, intriguingly left unnamed. Groves ' House ended the programme on a note perhaps unusually serious for a Rag Concert. Their play Mateo Falcone was a pic- ture of Corsica n family life. [ 15 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School .Magazine Several members of the orchestra were also heard in trio and quartette music for which the violins of Macdonald and Toshach and Rawlinson ' s Ante must be specially commended. Toshach played the clarinet most creditably, but, as yet, lacks experience. Anderson ' s solos were sung in a clear, cool and pleasing treble, and the words were quite audible. Songs by the Choir Trebles were charming in their simplicity, and the performers deserve praise for their clear enunciation and strict attention to the conductor. The harmony of the Part Songs performed by the Choir was well brought out and well blended. This concert has been the first arranged by Miss Lonsdale since she returned to take charge of school music. The school is no longer able to provide as many musicians, as formerly it did, and in view of this, Miss Lonsdale deserves our special thanks for so enjoyable and varied a programme. If old-timers are to be believed, it was no whit inferior to any of its predecessors. The Programme God Save the King March — Minuet, Musette from Anna Magdalena Suite Bach The Orchestra Ca ' the Ewes (Burns) Old Scottish Tune Come unto these yellow sands (Shakespeare) Purcell Choir Trebles Old English Dances : The Haymakers St. Mary Port Minuet Bumper Billy P. Rawlinson, E. Toshach, G. Anderson, F. Stainsby Linden Lea (Dorset Song) Vaughan Williams So sweete is shee (Ben Johnson) 17th Century Air G. Anderson 5-Part Songs : Sing we and chant it Morley The Turtle Dove (Old English) Vaughan William The Choir Trio — Sonata for two violins and piano Corelli P. Rawlinson, E. Toshach, H. Macdonald The Happy Day G. Shato Happiness Folk Song Up the Airy Mountain Rathoone Choir Trebles [ 14 ]

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « Prisoners of War » THE lives of prisoners of war in various parts of the world are little known. Whether they are badly treated or not, we can- not say, but in Japan I know that some prisoners have gone through a pretty harsh time. From civilians interned in Japan, and recently returned under an exchange agreement, I have received a full account of their live3 in a Japanese prison. The cells in which they were confined were eight feet by five feet in size, with a bed, table, and seat. The cells were clean and light but for warmth depended on the sun. A basin with a cold water tap was provided for the cleanliness of the pris- oners. Some pots and pans, mattresses and buckets were also pro- vided, but the rest of the necessary utensils and bedding had to be supplied from the internees ' homes. The prisoners were responsible for the housework in their own cells. Many, like my father, were fortunate in having faithful servants who supplied them with fresh food. These vegetables and fruits helped to supplement the prison fare of bread and one hard-boiled egg per day. The only entertainment allowed was reading and books arrived about January, 1942. Sometimes a Buddhist priest would play symphonies on a gramophone but this was discontinued in January. The prisoners were not allowed any exercise until January. This exercise consisted of a short solitary walk three times a week. All prisoners were in solitary confinement and were forbidden under penalty of slapping to talk to others. Baths were to be had once a week and bed-clothes were changed about once a month. Haircuts and shaves were very rare indeed. The jailers were harsh in their manner towards the prisoners because of their intense hatred of the foreign races. But a few were as friendly as they dared be. The treatment of individual prisoners can be well shown by the fact that so many men suffered physical injury and disease in these prisons. Some have been known to com- mit suicide. At times when the prisoners were brought together, they were forced to disguise themselves and were forbidden to recog- nize each other. The obvious plan of the Japanese was so to bully and annoy their captives as to give them no peace. These, as I have been told, are the conditions of the civilian prisoners in Japan. Whether the conditions are worse or better in other parts of the world, we cannot tell. We do know, however, that the life of a Japanese prisoner in Canada or the United States is luxurious in comparison with that of an English prisoner in Japan. — E. C. M. E. [ 16 ]