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

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ifaumtgatt IHakp rijonl SCHOOL DIRECTORY 1955-56 Head Prefect B. N. McGavin J. ARMSTRONG School Prefects C. CRISP - R. COOPER - M. KAYE - C. KYLES GROVES K. Greenwood R. McKechnie I. Robertson E. D. G. SMITH House Prefects LAKES L. Bortles J. Keate B. White COPEMANS W. Money - J. Roaf RIPLEYS I. Beardmore F. Boyce S. Perry Captain of Rugby R. COOPER Captain of Basketball R. COOPER Captain of Cricket C. CRISP Chief P.O. of ' Cougar ' C. CRISP Crucifer C. CRISP Assistant Librarian L. BORTLES

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Editorial HAT there are many valuable disciplines imposed on a boy who attends a boarding school, those who have been to such schools will be the first to bear witness. It is, of course, the result of muddled thinking which lays undue stress on any one activity, inside or outside the classroom. Inasmuch as the ideal of boarding school life is the development of the well-rounded individual, each activity in the day is of value if it demands of those participating a self-discipline. Each will require a slightly different kind of disciplining of the sell. One school activity that is popular — one in which discipline is probably most apparent and in which success was marked this year — is the Cadet Corps. That the great majority of the boys in the school voluntarily enlist in the Corps to submit themselves to a training and to a discipline which they know will be salutary, gives the lie to the argument that many of today ' s youth are looking for the easy way out. To the onlooker the restraints imposed by those in authority on the rank and file of a Cadet Corps are obvious. But what is not so obvious is that such a discipline by itself can accomplish. little. Rather there must be a willingness among those in the ranks to accept direction and an eagerness to do their best in executing orders, if a corps is to prosper. That willing- ness and that eagerness have been most apparent in the last two years; the discipline inherent in the ceremonial drill, the teamwork in the display of seamanship, and the enthusiasm that produced a Seamanship Hall are manifestations of this spirit, an attitude which has become in five years a tradition in the Corps. Slowly growing as a Cadet advances from being a new entry to being in a position of responsibility, such an attitude matures into an integrity of heart and purpose that permits of nothing but of giving the best. It is a spirit imposed at first by discipline on an individual but is conceived later as an ideal towards which to strive through self-discipline. It is a tradition of which the Corps is justifiably proud. No single Cadet can be said to be responsible for the success of a whole ship ' s company any more than any one activity in school life can be held accountable for the making of the well-rounded individual. It is certain, however, that the ability to take orders cheerfully and to carry out instructions with despatch and thoroughness and the confidence gained from being in command and through self-discipline trying to become everything a commander should be will be held in part accountable later in life for the success attained by those who enlisted in the Cadets as schoolboys. There can be no doubt that the Cadet Corps is a valuable activity in boarding-school life at Shawnigan and that it has an important part to play in the making of a man. A. VINCENT.