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

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£ of Tuttle, our Head Boy, and Maclnnes I. We wish them both the best of luck upon leaving, and also extend these wishes to all our other friends who are following them and we hope to see them all back in the very near future as Old Boys. Thee and Clark, our two House Prefects, have both done good jobs and it will seem strange to have neither of them back with us next term. Just in passing, we hope to slip it in so that no one will really notice it, the Head Boy was in Lake ' s House, the Captain of Football was in Lake ' s House and the Captain of Cricket was in Lake ' s House. We hope that you will draw the right conclusions from these three facts. wove A rrouAe f oted This year Groves ' House again presents a repertory of interesting characters, distin- guished and not-so. Among the former, Patrick and Edgett are School Prefects, and Pinkerton and Webster House Prefects. All four leave this term, the two last-named having been accepted for Stanford. In sport, Groves ' produced individuals rather than teams. Bellm, Patrick and Edgett have played Rugger and Cricket for the School ' s first teams, Webster for the 1st XV, and Goodenough and Pinkerton for the 1st XI. We also produced a good selection of the Colts ' Cricket team, one of whom lost two teeth in the process. Dryvynsyde carried off the Chess Cup by its one handle. Groves ' made a presentable start in the Inter-House Sports but the lack of older inter- mediates resulted in our position at second place. In the House Cricket we were able to sit out of the first game, having obtained a bye. We played Lake ' s for the Cup, which resulted in a 51-51 tie. To those familiar faces leaving us, we can only say that we hope to see them soon as Old Boys. -st Ratlin a i lote The cheery clank of belaying pins and the froufrou of ropes ' ends towing in the water abaft once more disturbed the fishy meditations of ancient anglers as they threaded their worms on quiet Sunday afternoons. A boatload of underclad adventurers could be seen skim- ming over the breeze-shot surface en route for St. Trinians across the bay. Spinnaker spanking, tops ' l toppling, the fair foam flew, and no painted ship idled upon a painted ocean; to unleash the metaphor, they jollied along. The youngest member of the crew had never sailed before, but the old hand in com- mand was born with a silver scupper in his mouth and is none of your freshwater sailors. His quiet authority after a termtime of slapping paint and caulking boat bottoms will inspire confidence and awe in the tyro — and what if his classroom reflections on the best way to dislodge the next barnacle do tax the patience of unboatlike teachers? Not for him a life of idle pleasure among Latin Participles: his genius soared before the discovery of steam, when fine ships, their white sails crowding, leaned over the bosom of the urgent west. (If not in his so many words.) It is indeed chiefly due to Young and his team of willing, if inexperienced, assistants that two sailboats were made floatworthy — a small fleet but what fun for both veteran sailors and beginners alike. We hope that next summer a larger fleet may be put in commission. 2 L C. anted rs ? ? The School has certainly enjoyed far more fruitful years in the Athletic field as far as success is concerned in the won-lost column but there can hardly have been any better years at Shawnigan during which the general spirit and good sportsmanship were higher. A great deal of this was due to the unselfish captaincy both in Rugby and Cricket by Tuttle and Maclnnes respectively. These two along with the other School Colours have shown a very fine spirit during all games and matches and have instilled this spirit into their teammates by their very enthusiasm. Shawnigan has long had a fine reputation for its attitude on the games field regardless of the conditions of the game and it has been most gratifying during the past year to see this grand spirit so evident in the School. It is hoped that it will be just as much to the fore next year when we will have very young and inexperienced teams taking the field. If so, there is little fear but that we shall give a good account of ourselves. We have been very fortunate in the weather all during the year. It has treated us with kindness in that not once had we to postpone or cancel a match. In fact, the only time we had the elements to contend with was during the St. George ' s game in Vancouver and we feel that we are hardly responsible for the weather offered by the Mainland. The thanks of the teams goes out to Miss Forbes who so nobly gave up her time to see that we were always cleanly and smartly clad for our matches. Page o

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Jhe r aa (concert The air was charged with excitement. In the dining room (temporary dressing quarters) the usual frenzied chaos was all-pervading as some donned suits of shiny armour, while others struggled into feminine attire of uncertain denominations. In the Big School, parents and visitors chatted amiably, apparently enjoying the lull before the storm. Then, as the curtain trembled on the rise, a tense hush fell over all. Out on the stage stepped the nine-year-olds. The show was on. To describe what followed would be of little interest to those who attended, and if any others chance to read this, the events of the evening might better be left to their imagina- tion. Suffice it to say that the unbounded enthusiasm of the performers compensated in some measure for the evident lack of finesse, and both the entertainers and the entertained enjoyed themselves to the full. If some in the audience frowned on the impersonations of Tuttle and Elmaleh, and raised their eyebrows at the alluring charms of London, why — when it came to Mr. Hyde-Lay ' s jokes — they literally gasped. Oh, yes, the programme was censored — and unsuitable material deleted. r ipleu 5 rrouie f oti r .e6 Although Ripley ' s is the senior House, we came back at the beginning of the year to find the youngest juniors in the School occupying our junior dormitory. We have since refuted any corridor whisperings that we are a House of Juniors. Under the good leadership and efficiency of Jack Riley, our only School Prefect, the House started the school year well. Unfortunately, Riley had to leave at Christmas because of his father ' s ill-health. As a result, Head of the House Peter Young and the other House Prefect, Harrison, managed the House for the remainder of the year and Mr. Pearce acted in lieu of a Housemaster. In School sports, the House was reasonably well represented: in Rugby by Young, Harrison I, Wilson I, Osvold, Obermarck I, and Elmaleh who was awarded his School Colours; in Cricket by Wilson I, Osvold and Obermarck I. The cross-country running team which ran at Royal Roads and did well was captained by Wilkinson. At the completion of all inter-house sports, Ripley ' s was lagging in points behind the other two Houses. However, we shone in the long distance races, winning the 880 yard relay, and the Trail Race was won by Obermarck I. The House also won the inter-house basketball competition. Note should also be made of a skit, staged as a part of the Rag Concert, written by Wilson I and acted mainly by Wilson I and Wilkinson, using a considerable amount of imagina- tion and some Cadet Corps experience. The result was a particularly lively few minutes in typical Wilsonian and Wilkinsonian manner. We take this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Nicholls, our Housematron, for taking such good care of us. We are sorry that Young, Harrison, Wilkinson and Denman (with his paintings) are leaving and we wish them good luck in their future endeavours. rJLake A rrouSe I loteA June has come around again and with it the time for our yearly reminiscences and meditations upon our achievements and activities during the past year. Rag Concert visitors saw us produce an amusing skit based on the antics, known and unknown, of the Masters in their Common Room at the morning Break. With the help of a congenial and cooperative audience, we seemed to be a success. In the realms of sport we have had our ups and downs. However, the ups have out- numbered the downs by a fairly wide margin. To the 1st XV we contributed five regular members, whilst three others played off and on. Unfortunately, there was no Inter-Houso Rugby, so we are unable to say that we won. However, it would not be boasting too much to say that we probably would have done so had it taken place. In Cricket we had the unique distinction of being joint holders of the Cricket Cup by dint of tying with Groves ' House in a most exciting cricket game, even the baseball addicts were chewing their finger nails at the end of this game. The Inter-House Sports Cup which is an aggregate competition, taking within its scope Boxing, Track and Field, and Swimming came to us for the second year in a row. Thee and Maclnnes I entered the Island Open Squash Championships and both did well. Thee, in particular, must be congratulated upon reaching the semi-finals and then only losing narrowly to a very much more experienced player. Had he won, he would have met the eventual winner, an Old Boy, in the British Columbia finals. The excellent spirit which has prevailed in the House has helped Lake ' s House to have an enjoyable year. This has been due in a large measure, to the steady and continued efforts Page 7

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RuaLu Ylotes 1950-1951 ' 9°y 9 Wl 9 v V fT- w l rr ' t ik 1st RUGBY XV Back Row: J. A. Clark, P. W. Maclnnes, E. W. Obermarck, A. V. Grauer, P. F. Harrison, G. R. Wilson, P. M. Young, T. M. Osvold. Centre Row: A. S. Patrick, D. C. Maclnnes, C. B. Tuttle, D. Bellm, W. S. Edgett. Front Row: F. L. A. Elmaleh, T. C. Thee. The statistician may appreciate the information that the 1st XV played seven matches, won three of them and had an adverse balance in points of 28. If he were to conclude from this that the calibre of the team was of a doubtful nature, he would be wrong. There can bei no denying that, on the evidence of the matches played, there was a lack of scoring power and, on occasion, the defence was guilty of some glaring lapses. But there is a certain consolation in the excuse that in both cases the blame could be put down to an inexperienced backfield. Indeed it became evident in the later matches that these two faults had been eradicated to a great extent. Unfortunately we went to University School with much practise under our belts but with no experience of having played as a team against stiff opposition. We also arrived at University School with the knowledge that they had a powerful side and this gave our opponents a try advantage before we even left the changing room. In the first fifteen minutes the School played as if they knew something about the game but were ashamed to admit it. During this rather depressing period, University School helped themselves to four very nice tries, and we found ourselves looking at the wrong end of a 16-0 score. However, by this time, Tuttle had had enough of such goings-on and exhorted his team to greater efforts. The response was immediate and for the last ten minutes of the first half, University School were hard put to it to keep us from scoring. When the whistle blew for half time, we were right on their line and a quick heel would surely have resulted in a try. The second half was no sooner under way than we stormed their line again and were finally awarded for our persistence when, after a good three-quarter movement, Obermarck dived over for a try in the corner. The kick was missed and we trailed by 13 points. The rest of the game saw us dominate the play completely. Maclnnes was hooking well and University were not getting the ball at all to their stand-off half, a most dangerous player. Obermarck scored again when he broke through with the ball and, although chased all the way to the tryline by three opponents, managed to get there first to score again in the corner. Again and again it seemed that we must score but University ' s defence held and although Edgett twice and Elmaleh, Tuttle and Patrick all came within an ace of scoring, the score remained 6-16 until the end of the game. Perhaps if the team had started sooner to play well, they might have avoided defeat. That is merely matter for con- jecture. However, what was important was that they had now got over their first-match jitters and had proved to themselves that they were capable of playing well. We met the Old Boys on November 12th and managed to give them a sound beating. This was a good win in that the Old Boys XV contained some illustrious members of past XV ' s and many of them were still in very good condition. However, it was lucky also that some of them were not in such good condition. It was in this game that the 1st XV gave its best display of attacking rugby as carried out by the three-quarters. There were some uncomfortable moments though, particularly when Rochester showed us a very clean pair of heels to score a good try right under the posts. However, both Edgett and Thee scored before half time to put us ahead. Changing ends, it was becoming evident that some of the more venerable of the Old Boys were beginning to feel the pace a bit and the School most unkindly took advantage Page 9