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

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We are sorry to lose David Craig this year and wish him every happiness and success in his new school. At the time of writing he is our only leaver, so with a House well stocked with old hands we look forward to a happy and successful 1957-58 in all fields. ix it Ljrove 5 rroude I joted The biggest slice of our new boys were in the upper school — five in the fifth form and five in the fourth. They seemed a pretty solid group, and while they gave us hope in the sporting field, our expectations did not seem good of taking the Academic Shield from Ripley ' s. However, we got away to a good start in the early triweeklies and by Christmas had a lead of thirty points. Ripley ' s encroached slowly during the Lent term when Satis was the order of the day for some of the less energetic, and by early June the lead was down to twelve points. A supreme effort in the final exams left the issue in no doubt and we finished sixty-two points up on Ripley ' s. Lun- dell and Malkin were awarded School academic colours for their consistently high standards, and with Pellett and Burrows contributed one-third of the total points. Housser, among the new boys, showed academic promise, and was awarded the Junior Efficiency Cup at Christmas for his all-round enthusiasm. Again we had to be content with second place in the swimming in spite of the efforts of Ross and Mowat. In the athletics, Burke did well in the sprints and field events and Vincent in the middle distances. Both were awarded School colours in the summer for their fine per- formances in School track meets. Vincent won the Senior Cross-country conclusively after hard training, but apart from Cromie and Pelling in the intermediate race, no one else did at all well, and the House finished third. Several cups had to be conceded. The senior rifle shooting went to Lake ' s, but the cadet team of Neal, Millar, McKechnie and Housser all came from Groves ' and easily beat St. George ' s cadets. The squash cup was lost to Ripley ' s by a narrow margin, and, most bitter of all, the cricket cup had to be returned to Ripley ' s. The game was exciting and for a long time hung in the balance. Groves ' batted first and made 63 runs, the largest share being Lecky ' s 28. Then our bowlers took three Ripley ' s wickets for 11 runs, but the opponents obstinately guarded their stumps and hit out at the occasional loose ball to pass the Groves ' score with seven wickets in hand. In rugby the House made a stout showing against Lake ' s in the first round but were too light and too young to hold them. In the rowing also our crews tried hard, but only the second crew were able to gain any points. However, the boxing was a Groves ' triumph and Booth, Neal and Hogarth won cups for their various weights. The winning of cups is not, perhaps, the best criterion in judging the spirit of a House. Athletic enthusiasm is only one side, and something of the other showed up when a group of seniors got together with their Housemaster to produce a one-act play at the end of the Lent term. The performance of Thread o ' Scarlet was only mediocre before the School, but for the Duncan Drama Festival polish was applied and the play was highly commended. At the command repeat performance on the Saturday night, Vincent was given a runners-up award for his acting of Butters, the distracted murderer. Our record in the defaulters ' book was not so good this year; on the other hand we provided one-half of the School and House prefects in the Summer term, and five-sixths of the Cadet Corps petty officers. Once again naval hands were at the helm of Groves ' and Ian Robertson as Head of the House steered a straight and true course throughout the year. He was supported by Vincent, Lecky, Neal, Lundell and Ryland, who leave for University with our best wishes, and by Millar and Keith in whose hands will be the control of the House for the coming year. We again are happy to record our gratitude to Miss Boyd and to Mr. Knibb for their kindness and loyalty to the House. -fr cJLamd J4ouie ffofej In some ways this year has been a contrast to last in that, with the five oldest boys in the school, we are no longer the youngest house. Also we have had only eight new boys this year, compared with nineteen last, and so most of us were old hands in September, and quickly settled down again. We were fortunate to have Bob Cooper still with us as Head Prefect, loyally sup- ported by Larry Bortles as a School Prefect and Peter Mcintosh as a House Prefect. We won the Efficiency Cup three terms in a row this year, and this is an achievement to which all have contributed. Our successes this year have been mostly in the athletic line, for we have had- a greater proportion of brawn than brains. However, we can comfort ourselves with the fact that Peter Janke was Head Student, and was awarded his Academic Colours. Page Eighteen

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