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

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Ripley ' s House Notes And so, dear reader, another Term has passed. We have contributed our fair share to the School Teams, boasting three members in the 1st Rugby Team. Unfortunately we have no inter-house games to report on except a basketball game in which we triumphed over Lake ' s House, 30-22. Just before the Rag Concert, the Senior Common Room was inspired by the idea of re-decorating. We threw off the shackles of Ease with which we have so long been burdened and began a Fall cleaning. First came scraping and sand- ing, followed by calcimining and painting. Thanks to Mrs. Ripley ' s very gener- ous donation we were able to buy some new furniture which gave the New Look to the room. Let us hope that the members of our House will from now onwards keep the Common Room in a decent condition. We greatly appreciated the work done by the Head Master who came in every day and did his fair share at painting, scraping and any job that happened to be vacant. While this feverish labour was going on, the Rag Concert was looming dangerously close and in the midst of our labours we prepared our House Play. It went off better than anyone had expected: our subject was that ever-popular radio hero, Jack Armstrong. Lake ' s House Notes Lake ' s House is again the largest in the School. In 1946-47 we had three School Prefects: Milbrad, Freeth and Harrison. This year Milbrad was appointed Head of the School and is ably assisted by Pearkes and Gowman as School Prefects. In addition, Burr, Randall and Balshaw have been appointed House Prefects. The House has for these last two years been well-represented on the 1st XV and Cricket XI, and has given a number of Officers and N.C.O. ' s to the School Cadet Corps. Besides these athletic efforts many members of Lake ' s have shown an interest in the varied activities of the Hobby Shop. Our plays in the Rag Concerts of the last two years have been much ap- preciated and have supplied those taking part with considerable enjoyment. During the Summer Holidays, Kenderdine, who was unable to return home to Japan, prepared a most welcome surprise for the House by painting out the Senior Common Room. Burr is making valiant and successful efforts as organ accompanist for the School during the Sunday Services in Chapel. We welcome Mr. Brown who joined the Staff as Housemaster this Term and has already done much to raise the spirit in the House through his keen and untiring efforts. Groves ' House Notes J t usually seems to be true that Groves ' House has fewer members than any ■I of the other Houses: such has been the case both last year and this year. It is, however, always true that what we lack in quantity, we make up in quality. Last year our only School Prefect, Forrest, and our two Flouse Prefects, Fraser and Pruett 1, left us together with Pruett 2, Maclaren, Gillis and Coyne. School Magazine Page 1 3

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Hobby Shop 194 6 Although the Hobby Shop last year was more or less an each-man-for- himself affair, much fine work was turned out. As head of the Printing Club, Berry must receive credit for the very attractive school stationery which has been used by many boys. Gowman and Hagar spent much time in the Photography Club setting up a portrait system with a complete lighting ar- rangement. Perhaps the most interesting section of the Shop was the Model Club. If one had taken the trouble to push aside the oily rags and wood chips, one would have seen fine examples of workmanship by Ranken and Billings to name but two. Although nothing of great note was turned out of the Machine Shop, this part of the building is concerned mainly with training the younger mem- bers of the School to use elementary hand tools in preparation for the more specialized clubs. 1947 Although it is a bit early in the year to review the accomplishments of the Hobby Shop, one can see that the work done shows a definite improvement over that of last year. No longer is there disorder, but at present, each club has its own fag list and bank account. The Stamp Club has been revived with great enthusiasm and this hobby provides great joy to the members. The Machine Shop is running at full tilt. One of the most interesting pro- jects is under the able supervision of Mr. Nutter and is that of building a rail for the flag-pole. The members of the Taxidermy and Natural History Club have been mastering the elements of taxidermy and trying their skill on such specimens as they have been able to obtain. They hope that next Term they will be able to add to these indoor activities the study of animals in their natural haunts. Page 12 Shawnigan Lake

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This year we welcome Johnson, Dunn, Robinson, McDonald, Walker, ' Tutin, McAlpine and de Grandcourt. Day, Parke 1 and Billings are School Prefects and are ably assisted by Parke 2 and Bice as House Prefects. We have claimed our fair representation on the football field having six of our members in the School 1st XV and five in the Colts Team. Last year in the Boxing Tournaments we won the Heavyweight Cham- pionship and nearly every other boy who fought won in his weight. Our Team for this year shows great promise. During the year the Cadet Corps was run on an inter-house basis and Groves ' proudly claimed the honour of first place. In the Rag Concert this year we put on a skit, Casey at the Bat, which, we believe, was a success. We welcome Mr. Nutter as our Housemaster. He joined the Staff in September and has already put into effect many new ideas all to the betterment of the spirit and discipline of Groves ' . Last, but by no means least in importance, we wish to extend our thanks to Miss Stewart for the trouble she has taken in making such an excellent job of the new curtains for the Senior Common Room. Our thanks also go to Mrs. Groves and to an Old Boy, A. C. Johnson, for such generous donations to the Groves ' House fund. Rugby Notes 1946 I he Rugby season this year was not a great success. The First Fifteen won one game against Navy C, but lost games to Brentwood, the University School and the Oak Bay High School, Every game, however, was played with enthusiasm and courage. The Second Fifteen lost its only match to Navy D. The Colts, although they might have been judged as a good team, lost their matches to the University School and Brentwood College. There can be no doubt that they made a good Colts ' Team for the 1947 season as events have proved. The line-up for the First Fifteen was as follows: Naden (Captain), Mil- Page 14 Shawnigan Lake