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

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f- ancaKe Cy reaze The Annual Pancake Greaze took place in the gymnasium as usual on Shrove Tuesday, February 14th. As soon as Tom had thrown the pancake after the blowing of the whistle, the struggle was on. It lasted the traditional three minutes, long enough for Vandersluys and Cromie, repre- senting the Upper Fourth, to seize the lion ' s share and to emerge victorious. Those who represented their forms are listed below: Upper Vlth — Smith and Money. Remove A — Armstrong II and Phillips. Lower Vlth — Stainer and Vincent. Remove B — Appleton and Ross. Upper Vth — Benson and Brown. Form III — Fox and La Sette. Upper I Vth — Cromie and Vandersluys. Form II — Curtis I, Robson and Taylor. Lower IVth — Mead-Robins and Pratt. ik ti ft SJhe cJLibrary During the year the Library saw many changes and improvements as new books and magazines were added to the shelves and furniture, another table and eight chairs, was placed in the Library. This made it possible for more boys to read a wider range of books or to work there with the reference works that are now available. For these improvements the school is most grateful to those parents in Vancouver who contributed to the fund which paid for a large number of the books and the periodicals and who sent the table and the chairs to make the Library more comfortable. Over two hundred new books, fiction and non -fiction, and reference works, dictionaries and encyclopaedias, have been bought to bring the books on the shelves more up-to-date. The Illustrated London News, The Spectator, The National Geographic, the week-end edition of The New York Times, Life, Time, Maclean ' s, Punch and Sports Illustrated are among the most popular papers and magazines which now arrive regularly. As a result of increasing the number of books that boys enjoy reading it has become possible to encourage many more boys to take an interest in reading for pleasure and to use the Library for research. Without a doubt the wide use of the Library by the majority in the school will result in general improvement in the reading and the writing of English at all levels. The intangible benefits, moreover, accruing from the habit of reading, which defy measurement in material terms, are undoubtedly of first importance in the development of a philosophy of living. Mr. Archbold, the Librarian, had as his assistant during the year Bortles I, Lundell, Ryland, Scott-Moncrieff, Stainer, Stewart and Vincent, all of whom helped in keeping the Library neat and presentable. Page Sixteen

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Wotf Cd flotes The Wolf Cubs had an enjoyable though uneventful year. Slightly higher membership gave two even Sixes, and competition was keen for both work and games, resulting in a good all-round standard. The Wigwam in the woods was completed, but in spite of high hopes the hot weather came too late into the examination period to enable the Cubs to sleep out. Mr. T Bounce Uhe Dramatic S ocieti The Society produced two main shows during the 1955-56 season and each showed an improved standard over that of the previous year. On the Old Boys ' week-end in November, the Society staged H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan. It was the first time that a full length operetta had been staged by the school, and it seemed to be extremely popular both with the audience and the participants. Particularly successful in their roles were Murray McAlpine as Captain Corceran; John Armstrong as Sir Joseph; John Mackenzie as Josephine and W. Muller as a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman. In March the Society produced its annual spring presentation, which consisted of four one- act plays. The first was a play put on by Copeman ' s House called Dream House. It was well directed by Mr. Curtis and the boys obviously enjoyed doing it. The second was Milne ' s The Ugly Duckling. This proved to be an excellent comedy and was very well directed by Mr. Orpen. T. Burrows, as the King, and C. Pentland as the Chancellor, performed particularly well in their roles and demonstrated a good deal of dramatic ability. The beautiful but very dumb maid, Dulcibella, was portrayed admirably by B. Varcoe. One of the finest contributions to the success of the production was made by P. Culter as the Prince. Others who took part were W. Muller, M. Nuttall-Smith and D. Ross. The third play was The Monkey ' s Paw by W. W. Jacobs. This was very difficult to put across because of the fact that it depends for its success almost entirely upon atmosphere. However, a very fine effort was made and all who took part are to be congratulated. These are A. Vincent as Mr. White, C. Malkin as Mrs. White, S. Ryland as Herbert, C. Kyles as Sergeant-Major Morris and R. McKechnie as Mr. Samson. The final play was another attempt by the staff to frustrate any efforts the Dramatic Society were making to achieve success. It was the farce, Box and Cox, by J. M. Morton. Mr. Box and Mr. Cox were played by Mr. Knibb and Mr. Larsen and the cockney landlady, Mrs. Bouncer, was executed by Mr. Hyde Lay. Page Fifteen

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y. Club membership remained high and two litters from the sow gave ample livestock. The fall in the price of pork in the autumn caused a loss to the club from which, at the time of writing, it has not recovered. It is hoped to remedy this by the sale of the latest litter in September. A number of rabbits were kept in the school and great interest in these animals was shown by their owners. ft ft OL fL CU This club, one of the most popular in the school, had a total of fifty-eight active members who managed to use up several kegs of gunpowder during the year in trying to hit the bull ' s-eye. Some of the club became quite proficient for altogether twenty-seven won Dominion marksman- ship awards. Twenty-two earned their Bronze Maple Leaf Buttons; three received Silver Buttons, and two, Wade and Shaneman, collected Gold Buttons. The keen interest in the House competition resulted in fine scores. The senior trophy was won by the Grove ' s House team, McKechnie I, Millar, Money and Neal, who had an average of 97.25. Ripley ' s team of Andrews, Douglas, Shaneman and Wade was victorious in the junior competition with an average of 90.75. The members of the Rifle Club extend their thanks to the masters who undertook the supervision of the range and who with the poet echo this belief — Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. ix ft ti Jhe rrobbu S kop For the Hobby Shop and the many boys who spend busy, constructive hours there, the high- light of a most successful year was the Hobby Show at Duncan when the school won a total of six ribbons and a trophy for having the best school entry. Individuals who distinguished them- selves for their entries in this show were Scott-Moncrieff, who won first prize for his sailing dinghy, and Clarke I, who took third place for his exhibit of furniture that was judged with all entries in the Hobby Show. It was not only the boys who profited from Mr. Can ' s skilful guidance and instruction, for one evening each week members of the staff used the Hobby Shop and Mrs. Whitney, Miss Clunas and Miss Marie all made furniture, of which they and the Hobby Shop are proud. Jne f notoarapnu L lub The Photo Club, under Mr. Robinson ' s direction, did not have the same number of devotees as in previous years. Three or four former members and Mr. Robinson were the only ones to enter the little room, lighted dimly by means of dark red bulbs and smelling evilly of chemicals. The club, however, became busier than a city department store the week before Christmas, when early in June Larry Bortles mass-produced five-by-seven prints of the pictures of school teams and of the Cadet Corps. It is rumored that this energetic member of the Photo Club is planning to buy the Hobby Shop building as he cleared more than one hundred dollars. v Boah CU As usual, the Boats Club did not really begin to hum with activity until early in the summer term when, for two weeks, members of the club became frenzied in their efforts to ensure that their boats be seaworthy and trim for the sail-past on Inspection Day. On that day the breeze was fitful — light at first and then squally. Slowly all the boats and dinghies moved into formation to sail past the float where the Inspecting Officer was to take the salute, when suddenly, about halfway through the manoeuvres, a squall blew up. One boat tipped over and Page Seventeen