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

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friends regretfully in the spirit pro bono publico , we extend a hearty welcome to the new members of the House. We wish here to express our appreciation and sincere thanks to Mr. Twite for all he has done during the war years when all the staff had their hands over-full and we are glad to see him busy again with the foils. Mr. Timmis, who has recently arrived from England on demobilisation, is a resident master in the School pending his wife ' s arrival and is helping us to shake down on the lines of the old Lake ' s. Rugger. Normal inter-house rugger matches were replaced by a seven-aside tournament in which we lost to Ripley ' s 16-3 and to Groves ' 9-8. It is at least some consolation to know that the Cap- tain of Ripley ' s and of the School XV is Naden, who, until this term, was a member of Lake ' s. In the match versus Groves ' tries were scored by Harrison and Milbrad, Freeth converting the latter. We congratulate Freeth, Milbrad, Harrison and Bourke on play- ing regularly for the 1st XV. The House is also strongly repre- sented in the 2nd XV. Sailing. Sailing captains this term are Ranken and Balshaw. The Boat House is a scene of daily activity where much work is being done to renovate and repair the boats ready for next season. Fencing. The House is represented by Harrison, who is the outstanding fencer in the School this year. Squash. There has been some activity in the Squash Courts but no inter-house events have yet taken place. Lack of matches at present prevents this game from developing into a major house interest. Photography. Gowman is head of the Photographic Club and a number of house members are entering for the photographic com- petition to provide photographs for this magazine. At the time of writing the competition has not been decided, but whatever the result the House will have made a good effort to win. Rag Concert. The House contributed a fantasy When Knight- hood Was in Flower and many members took part in other sketches and songs or assisted with important off-stage duties. We welcome the following new boys this term : Harrison, Pid- dington, Berry, France, McKay I, McKay II, and Patterson II. GROVES ' We returned to school in September to find the Houses re- arranged. Thus, Goodenough and Wood I went to Ripley ' s and we received in exchange P orrest and Pruett I. Losses uncompensated included Fisher, who is now in the Royal Navy, Rawlinson at Reed College, Portland, and Stainsby in Victoria. Despite a slight increase in numbers, we were obliged to stick to seven-aside rugby for inter-house matches. These were productive of keen excitement, Lake ' s putting up an excellent fight against us SCHOOL MAGAZINE Page 17

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SE NOTES RIPLEY ' S Dear Mr. Ripley: The time has come to write the Ripley ' s House Report. All the members of Ripley ' s House were considerably shaken when it was announced that two boys, one from Groves ' , one from Lake ' s, were to be their house prefects. However, when we became accustomed to each other ' s faces, we settled down to do our utmost to preserve the tradition of Ripley ' s House as the best house in the school. When we took stock of ourselves, we found that we had obtained by various ways and means five new boys and a new housemaster in the person of Mr. Duxbury. Ripley ' s House produced a tremendous drama for the Rag Con- cert, Little Abner and all that. Luckily we had any amount of acting talent in the House and were able to put it over quite well. We also contributed two members to the quartette. In Rugby, we have maintained a fair standard. We have con- tributed six members to the First Rugby Team, including the Cap- tain, Tom Naden. In Inter-House Rugby we beat Lake ' s House 16-3, but unfortunately lost Hanson with a dislocated finger at the beginning of the game. However, when we played Groves ' we had a full team but, through the weakness of our forwards, we only tied them 3-3. We were glad to hear that the head of the house for the past two years, Macdonald, who was offered the District Scholarship to the University of B. C, passed his Senior Matriculation with a high average and is now at Trinity College, Toronto. We are also happy to record that Peter Belither, after successfully passing his Junior Matriculation, has gone to England, where he entered the Royal Navy. Early in the term we had a pleasant surprise when we learned that Hickey, who had left the school in 1942 to join the Marines, was returning to study for his entrance to the California Institute of Technology. We should like to welcome the following five new boys who en- tered our house at the beginning of the year: William Pope, Grant Butt, John Kueckelhan, Gar Gilmore and John Mauk. LAKE ' S In order to improve the distribution of boys throughout the School a number of exchanges have been made between the Houses. We have both gained and lost by this ; but, while we part with old Page 16 SHAWNIGAN LAKE

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and losing only 9-8, whilst we ourselves were able to tie 3-3 with the all-powerful Ripley ' s. Moreover, we contributed six players to the School 1st XV and six more to the Colts, one more of each than our fair share. But that, of course, is in strict accord with the Groves ' tradition, as witness the six we contributed to the School Cricket XI last summer, when Goodenough and Fisher gained their Colours. Several of the Old Boys paid us a visit on Armistice Day, and we were especially pleased to see that excellent Groves ' man, Larsen. Others came to Brockton Point and supported us in our rugby match against St. George ' s School, Vancouver. The House executive this year consists of Oostermeyer and Chap- man, school prefects, assisted to some extent by Forrest and Fraser, though there are not as yet any ex officio house prefects. Other activities, such a boxing and fencing, which vanished during the years of war, are making their appearance once more; and in our next publication we hope to give you a more varied and colourful account of ourselves. Page 18 Photograph by C. H. Randall. SHAWNIGAN LAKE