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

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School I loted We began the school year 1955-56 with a further increase in our enrolment and numbers touching the 140 mark in the Michaelmas Term. Brain McGavin was appointed Head Prefect and during the year proved himself a capable and enthusiastic leader. He was ably assisted bv Colin Crisp, Michael Kaye and Robert Cooper as School Prefects, who were later joined by Colin Kyles and John Armstrong. These six boys were a strong team who maintained a high degree of efficiency and a good spirit throughout the school during the year. In September it was a pleasure to welcome three new masters. Mr. Dennis Knibb and Mr. Patrick Orpen, both Oxford graduates with teaching experience in England, and Mr. Cyril Craig from Vancouver, where he had been teaching following experience at McGill University and a degree obtained at the University of British Columbia. We were also pleased to see the return of Mrs. B. Whitney as Lake ' s House Matron and to welcome Miss E. Mar!e as a replace- ment for Miss Davies in Ripley ' s House. The Michaelmas Term opened in the traditional manner with the celebration of Founder ' s Day on the first Sunday of term and the holding of the Swimming Sports in the initial week of term. We were visited by unusually cold and inclement weather for our half-term week-end, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of our many visitors for the production of H.M.S. Pinafore in the Big School. Many parents, however, found travel decidedly difficult, and accommoda- tion somewhat frigid. Despite these conditions the annual rugger match against the Old Boys took place on a snow-covered ground and resulted in a narrow victory for the school, before a goodly crowd of hardy Old Boys and parents. These conditions continued on and off throughout the remainder of the rugger season, and rather interfered with what might otherwise have been an outstanding season for a well-balanced and hard-working 1st XV. Wintery conditions, however, had their compensation, for we welcomed the opportunity afforded thereby for good skating on the lake for a period of a week at the end of January. Full advantage was taken of good weather in the Summer Term, which was packed with activity for the Sea Cadets, Cricket XIs and newly-formed House Rowing Crews. The presentation to the School of the old Brentwood rowing fours, and the renovation of these under the guidance of Mr. C. E. (Ned) Pratt and Mr. Knibb has provided the school with Page Six

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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.

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the opportunity to engage in a sport of great value from many aspects, and of growing interest to many at Shawnigan and throughout the province. The achievements of the Cadet Corps are recorded elsewhere in this issue, but deserve special mention by reason of an outstanding year under the leadership of C.P.O. Colin Crisp, who later was successful in gaining admission for naval training at H.M.C.S. Venture. The Annual Inspection was carried out by Capt. P. E. Haddon, R.C.N. , an Old Boy of the school and now Chief of Staff Pacific Command, Esquimalt, B.C. While, inevitably, farewells had to be said to a number of boys, graduates and others, who left at the end of the year, it was pleasing for the Headmaster to announce at Speech Day that there would be no staff changes for the school year commencing in September, 1956. ti ft ft Speech JUay — Aune, 1956 Our Annual Speech Day was held earlier than usual this year to enable the matriculation candidates to remain at the school for the examinations without interruption from other school activities. Another innovation was the holding of the Service in the School Chapel before the prize- giving ceremonies. The address at the Chapel Service was given by His Grace, The Most Rev. H. E. Sexton, D.D., Archbishop of British Columbia, who later distributed the prizes. The Headmaster, in his report on activities for the year, spoke of the loss suffered by the school in death during April of Commander Hew Paterson, who had been a Governor for nearly twenty years. He referrea to keen interest taken by Commander Paterson in the school ' s activities, and the affectionate regard in which he was held by many boys and staff members as well as by his associates on the Board of Governors. Reference was made to the improving academic record, and the hopes expressed for the success of this year ' s matriculation candidates were later realized in full measure. The successes of former students at University, notablv John Strathdee, who won 1st Class Honours in Physics and Maths at McGill, were mentioned, and stress was laid on the importance of continuing to raise standards in the academic sphere and every phase of school life to meet the exacting demands of this age. His Grace, the Archbishop, in presenting the prizes, congratulated the school and those who had won recognition on their achievement during the year. An expression of appreciation to Archbishop Sexton was given by the Honourable Mr. Justice H. I. Bird, a Governor of the school. On the platform with the Headmaster, were Archbishop Sexton, Mr. J. Y. Copeman, Chairman of the Board of Governors; Mr. Justice H .1. Bird, Mr. Hugh Savage (who presented the Annual Hugh Savage awards for English), Mr. E. R. Larsen (Senior Master) and Brian McGavin, Head Prefect. PRIZES AND AWARDS Upper 6th (Grade 12) F. M. Boyce Lower 6th (Grade 11) P. K. Janke Upper 5th (Grade 10) R. C. R. Malkin Upper 4th (Grade 9) R. A. Mcintosh Lower 4th (Grade 9) A. C. Yorath Remove A (Grade 8) W. R. G. Hansell Remove B (Grade 7) C. Pentland Form 3 (Grade 6) J. R. Macdonell Form 2 (Grade 5) R. M. Morgan Savage English Prizes: Senior B. N. McGavin Intermediate Adam Moss Junior T. M. Burrows History Prizes John Armstrong, A. G. Vincent Mathematics Prize John Armstrong Language Prize (Highest Language mark in Matriculation Exams) F. M. Boyce Page Seven