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

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McGILL UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS Eight papers in Trigonometry were written by boys who had followed the courses designed to prepare for the Junior and Intermediate examinations set by McGill Univer- sity in this subject. Six were successful in the Junior examination and Kemble passed the Intermediate paper with a mark of 77%. Special mention should be made of M. Kemble who did two courses in Trigonometry in one year and did well on both papers. it it it L hcipet I lews As intimated in the School Calendar, the Chapel plays an important part in the life of the School. The services are carried out as laid down in the Book of Common Prayer with due respect to the rubrics contained therein. The Daily Offices are said and morning Prayers are held each day with the full attendance of all the School at the latter. As well Evening Prayers are said by the individual boy in his own personal manner before he retires. These prayers are usually held with a Master in attendance or with the Chaplain as he visits each night with the various Houses and Dormitories. A Choral Eucharist is celebrated every third Sunday and an early Celebration is held each Sunday and Holy Day throughout the School term. The Servers ' Guild appoints a Sacristan and two boys serve at each Celebration of the Holy Mysteries. The setting used for the Choral Eucharist is that composed by John Merbecke in 1549 and is the only choral setting passed by the Houses of Convocation. The aim of the Sunday Services and the reason for the rotation from Matins to Evensong to Eucharist is to train the boy in the acts of devotion as he will meet them in Parish Life. There is the forward-looking idea here, that we are not entirely concerned with worship here and now, but that we wish to train the boy so that when he is an adult he will be able to participate in and contribute to Parish life as he will meet it in the ordinary Canadian Church Parish. During the year just passed these various facets of the Christian worship have been dwelt upon and developed as laid down here. As well, there have been those State occasions which are a very necessary and valuable part of our life. Founder ' s Day, Remembrance Day, Carol Service, Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday have all been celebrated in the accepted manner. The two really great days in Church and School life have been Confirmation and Speech Day. At the former, the Visitor to the School, the Lord Archbishop of British Columbia confirmed ten boys whose names appear below. This was a very impressive service and will be one that will remain in the memory of those most concerned for a long time. His Grace after the service met the boys informally with their parents in the Headmaster ' s Study. On Speech Day the proceedings began with a Chapel Service, at which the retiring Headmaster gave the address, in which he put forth the aims and objects of the School as far as the education of the whole man is concerned. To sum up this report I might say that the whole School year has been successful and active with respect to the Chapel and all that it touches. The Confirmation Candidates: — Michael Fall, Walter Hansell, Jeremy Long, Donald Manning, Ian Munro, Brian Plummer, Bruce Sharp, Gerald Sims, Brenton Smith, Raymond Waters. R.F.S. it it it Speech oUau — Aune 1 f 4tn, 1958 Address in Chapel by the Headmaster My text is taken from The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Chapter 4, verses 8 - 9. It has been the custom in recent years for His Grace Archbishop Sexton, who is the School Visitor, as well as Bishop of this Diocese, to give the address at this Closing Service in the School year. On the eve of his departure for the United Kingdom, where he is attending the Lambeth Conference, the Archbishop wrote me, expressing his regret at not being able to be present today. This service, and the events of this day, are, of course, of particular significance to those who are graduates, but I hope what I am to say will bring a message not only to them, but also to others who may be leaving, and those who will be back at Shawnigan in September under a new Headmaster. Page Twenty-one

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(June) 1958, C xamlnat xaminauond B.C. JUNIOR MATRICULATION The most important fact connected with the matriculation results this year was per- haps the news that R. C. R. Malkin had won the scholarship open for award to students in this area. His average of 89% was close to the highest achieved in the province in this set of examinations, that is, 92%. Throughout his career at Shawnigan Malkin had shown promise as a scholar. There is no doubt, however, that the marks he gained were the result of a determined and conscientious effort to be successful in his ambition to win a scholarship both for the School and for his own satisfaction. To him we extend our heartiest congratulations and our wish that this will be but the first of many more academic successes in the future. Of the eleven candidates writing examinations for university entrance, ten were suc- cessful in gaining admission to the university. A total of 66 papers were attempted and 61 were passed. The average mark earned by all candidates was 64.7%. The members of the graduating class are attending the Urnvers : ty of British Columbia or Victoria College with the exception of Malkin and Wilson who are studying for a year in Switzerland at Neuchatel College. A list of results obtained by those who wrote the Grade XII departmental exam ' na- tions is given below: Xo. of No. Who Average Highest GRADE XII Candidates Passed (Per Cent) Mark English 40 Language 11 10 60.9 87 English 40 Literature 11 11 70.6 89 Mathematics 91 11 10 62.4 79 Historv 91 11 10 63.9 80 Phvsics 91 9 9 66.7 83 Chemistrv 91 2 2 68.3 76 Chemistry 101 1 1 70 70 Geography 91 1 1 53 53 French 92 6 4 57 91 Latin 92 2 2 75 94 German 92 1 1 76 76 McGill Intermediate Trig 1 1 77 77 McGill Jr. Trigonometry 7 6 57.7 71 1958 — 61 passed out of 66 papers. Average 64.7%. 1957 — 105 passed out of 108 papers. Average 64.6%. 1956 — 69 passed out of 71 papers. Average 67.9% Best average 1958— R. C. R. Malkin, 89%. Best average 1957— J. O. E. Lundell, 76.6%. Best average 1956— F. M. Boyce, 84.1%. GRADE XI EXAMINATIONS In the departmental examinations that are written in Grade XI in terminal courses at that level the results were not as good as they have been in previous years. This was partly owing to one boy who failed every paper attempted. The really promising achieve- ment was the record made by the members of Grade 11A in the mathematics 30 examination: the highest mark was 94% and the average of the class was considerably better than usual. A list of the results obtained by the students in Grade XI is given below: No. of No. Who Average Highest GRADE XI Candidates Passed (Per Cent) Mark Mathematics 30 22 21 68.4 94 Socials 30 23 21 59.2 78 Geography 91 14 11 50.4 61 Chemistry 91 t 22 19 58.7 76 French 92 3 1 39 62 1958 — 72 passed out of 83 papers. Average 57.9%. 1957 — 42 passed out of 46 papers. Average 63.6%. 1956 — 55 passed out cf 58 papers. Average 64.5? . Best average 1958— R. Mcintosh, 80%. Best average 1957— R. C. R. Malkin, 80%. Best average 1956— J. O. E. Lundell, 81%. Page Twenty

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I have spoken in this Chapel on previous occasions of the three parts of the education offered at this School and of the three parts of us, as individuals: body, mind and spirit. During the time you have been at Shawnigan, whether it be just this one year or several, there have been a variety of activities in which you have engaged which have as their aim the development of your body. Activities designed to make you physically fit and alert. These have had other objects as well, for example, in teaching you to play as a team, and to accept defeat with cheerfulness, and success with humility. It is only when you are physically fit that you can achieve your full potential in the other aspects of life, whether at school or elsewhere. In this phase, or part, of school life, many of you have played a prominent part and have earned recognition for yourselves and for the School or your House which will live on after you have left here. There are others who have achieved success in the academic sphere and who will be honoured shortly at the Prize Distribution. They have achieved that success by using the talents with which they have been endowed, by hard work and by acceptance of the instruction and advice they have been given; they also have made a name for themselves in the School. When we come to consider the third part of our nature we are dealing with something more difficult to measure, yet something infinitely greater and the basis or foundation on which all else rests. No one thinks much of the athlete who is a poor sport, or a good Rugger player who thinks only of himself and not of his team. The best brain or the hardest worker is not going to achieve lasting success if his word cannot be trusted, or if he uses his knowledge for a dishonest purpose. These things come in the realm of character. They are things of the spirit. Throughout your term at Shawnigan you have been taught that this Chapel and all for which it stands is in the centre of the School. We believe that our religion is the basis and cornerstone of all education, and in the Chapel and in the religious teaching of the School you have had an opportunity to learn of things of the spirit, of God, and of His teaching: to worship Him and to turn to Him for help. Just as you wish, no doubt, to continue to develop your body and keep fit through sport in the days and years which lie ahead, and just as you wish to further your academic education and the development of the mind at university and elsewhere, so you must resolve to grow in your knowledge and understanding of God by continuing the practices you have started here. The practices of worship, of prayer and of reading the Word of God through the Bible. The boys who leave here, be they best athletes or footballers or the best scholars, who have not come to a realization of God ' s will and God ' s purpose, and are not prepared to pursue and enlarge on that knowledge and that worship, will find that success is illusory and life empty of meaningfulness. Therefore, in this, my last word, I refer to Paul ' s Epistle to the Philippians: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest; whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure; whatsoever things are lovely; whatsoever things are of good report — think on these things. And these things, which ye have both learned and received, and heard — do: and the God of Peace shall be with you. it ft ea L aaefo When R.C.S.C.C. COUGAR was commissioned in September, 1952, enrolment was com- pulsory. Two years later, as an experiment, participation was placed on a voluntary basis. There is little doubt that as far as the morale of the Corps was concerned, this was an excellent move. For three years, enrolment was voluntary, and the Corps reached a high standard of efficiency. It was noted, however, that several boys, to whom the Cadet training would have been a benefit, were staying out of the Corps. The question then arose as to whether the School was supplying, particularly to these people, the complete and rounded education it undertakes to provide. Consequently, it was decided that, effective September, 1957, a draft system would be instituted and all boys over the age of 15 at the date of the Annual Inspection would be liable for service in the Cadets. Under certain circumstances, boys who were in the draft category could be, and in fact, were, exempted. When the idea of the draft system was first made public, there were many misgivings, not only by the boys most likely to be affected by the new ruling, but also by Old Boys, parents and friends of the School, who feared that the high standard of the Corps might be impaired. This latter fear should have been completely dispelled at the Annual Inspection, which was Page Twenty-two