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

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decorated Big School and the garden with its hint of budding beauty provided an unforgettable setting. Our grateful thanks to Messrs. P. A. Woodward, J. H. Roaf, Dr. Colin Graham, and R. H. Tupper for their valuable help to the School. We regret to report the death on December 2nd, 1945, of Lady Lake, widow of the late Lieut. -General Sir Percy Lake, who was the first Chairman of our Board of Governors; and also of Lord Col- ville who was killed on March 19th, 1944. The School was lent to the Diocesan Clergy Conference in July, 1944, and again in 1945. This year it was succeeded by a Layman Conference under the direction of the Reverend Canon Coleman. The Department of Education held a short course in Leadership during the 1945 Summer School and some sixty-five teachers attended. Our grateful thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt for their gift of a large number of Bob ' s books for the Library. Mrs. F. H. Stanton and Peter Belither are to be congratulated on the results of their work in the garden. Page 8 Photograph by Freeth. SHAWNIGAN LAKE

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Softool loied T8{ THIS year, the first for many a one, we have a full teaching and matrons ' staff. It is a very great pleasure to welcome back Miss Fenwick, who returns to us after four strenuous years in various theatres of war with the A.T.S. We should like to extend a welcome to the following: To Mr. and Mrs. Muir who have come from Eastern Canada. Mr. Muir is in charge of the Science. During the war years he has been employed by the army in a technical capacity. To Mr. Timmis who eventually arrived from England where he was, for many years prior to the war, senior Mathematical Master at Canford. To Miss Herriges who has come to teach the junior form after a wide experience on the prairies and elsewhere. To Mr. Mclntyre who has exchanged H.M.C.S. Uganda for the Shawnigan Lake gymnasium. The School Prefects this year are E. T. Naden, J . S. Oostermeyer, I. G. L. Freeth, R. D. Chapman, P. J. Goodenough, and S. G. Mil- brad. In January of this year, P. F. Rawlinson successfully passed the Entrance Examination into the California Institute of Tech- nology. In Senior Matriculation, Macdonald was successful and Ed- munds, Everest and Belither were successful in the Junior Matricu- lation. For the second successive year the School won the Provincial Government Scholarship for this District, this year ' s winner being Everest. Macdonald was Captain of Cricket this summer and Naden is the Captain of the present Football Team. The Pancake Greaze, held on Shrove Tuesday, was won by Dun- can and Goodenough for Form VTJ. There have been very few movie shows during the past year as the machine was out of order for the greater part of the period. However, we hope that with the coming of Peace it will be possible to get the necessary parts for the machine. A number of dances have been held during the past year. We shall long remember the one early in June when the beautifully- SCHOOL MAGAZINE Page 7

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(tttjaprl Not? THE usual Chapel Services have been held throughout the past three years with evening services during each Lent Term. The Bishop of Columbia has confirmed, each year, candidates from the School as well as girls from Strathcona Lodge School. The follow- ing number of boys were confirmed : four in 1943, sixteen in 1944, and ten in 1945. The flowers at these Services were given by Mrs. V. A. Woodward and, in 1943, a new dossal curtain behind the Altar, given by Mrs. Dudgeon, was used for the first time. We are very grateful to these friends of the School for their continued interest. The Rev. F. E. Tomalin left the School in June, 1943, to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was succeeded by Brother Douglas, S.S.F., and then by the Rev. B. O. G. Dixon in September, 1944. The Rev. E. M. Willis is back with us, since September, 1945, and is taking Matins every Sunday and Holy Communion. Sermons have been preached by the Lord Bishop of Columbia, the Rev. Canon Coleman, the Rev. N. S. Noel and the Head Master. The Choir has made its contribution towards worship by giving us the following anthems during the course of the last three years: Jesu, Joy (Bach). Blessing, Glory, Wisdom and Thanks (Bach). How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee? (Bach). Expectans Expectavi (Wood). Blessed Are They That Mourn (Brahm ' s Requiem). The Lord My Pasture (G. Shaw). God is a Spirit (Sterndale Bennett). There has been an Intercession Service each year on November 11th and a Memorial Service in 1945. We should like to express the hope that this particular service will never be discontinued. This solemn service was never meant to celebrate the successful ending of one war; rather its purpose was to recall once more that men have died that we may live, that the sacrifice of past generations must not be lightly forgotten but kept perpetually enshrined in our hearts. Carol Services have been held on the last Sunday of each Michaelmas Term. The outspoken enjoyment and deep appreciation of these services have, we hope, repaid Miss Lonsdale in some measure for the long hours of practice necessary to produce such an apparently effortless result . The rather unusual experience of spending Easter, 1943, in resi- dence at the School enabled us to have fine Easter Services. Most SCHOOL MAGAZINE P age 9