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

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P. W.Pratt (1954) Capt. Rowing, 1st XV K. A. Pellett (1952) C A. Read (1953) J. E.C.Taylor (1956) 3rd XV myfi % D.B.Shannon (1955) C. K. Windeyer (1952) 4th XV, Track and Field, Cross Country. S. A. Wade (1953) 2nd XV, Track and Field, 1st XI. —13—

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A. G. S. Archbold (1956) Capt. 4th XV, 1st XI, Cross Country. M. P. Burke (1956) 1st XV, Capt. Track and Field, 1st Basketball team. A. H. Camp (1955) Capt. 2nd XV, 1st Basketball team R. E. Cromie (1954) 3rd XV, 1st Rowing crew. J. C. F. Longridge (1955) 1st XV, 1st XI, Track and Field, Cross Country. J. H. Mackenzie (1952) Capt. Cricket, 3rd XV, Cross Country. G. K. Macrae (1956) 2nd XV, 1st Basketball team. D. A. Mowat (1953) 1st Rowing crew. —12—

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Speech cJuau An eventful and progressive year for the school drew to a close on Saturday, June 13th, when the annual Speech Day ceremonies were celebrated. The Rt. Rev. Sherard Falkner, Bishop of Chelmsford, gave a most stimulating address in the chapel which was filled to overflowing with boys and parents. Proceeding from the chapel to the lawn in the quadrangle — with the main build- ing, chapel and gymnasium making a quiet enclosure — the Speech Day ceremonies continued with the Headmaster giving his first annual report. Mr. Larsen covered all phases of the school year from the academic field through sports and hobbies. By pointing out the many successes which had been achieved in the large number of extra-curricular activities there are at the school, he indicated a thoroughly healthy and all-embracing programme. When the Headmaster had concluded his annual report on the school ' s activities he finished with a message to the parents and boys which is sufficiently important to quote in its entirety: I hope it is apparent to you all that Shawnigan Lake School can, and is, offering the kind of training which is so necessary for our younger generation — a disciplined training for a disciplined leadership. At the same time it should be remembered that, while we are giving this opportunity to one hundred and seventy boys, the province is expanding rapidly and we have a greater duty to discharge. The school is at present filled to capacity and the demand for entrance is greater than it has been for thirty years. Indeed, a great many applicants will have to be denied entrance this coming September due to a lack of residential accommodation. It would seem, based on figures placed before the Royal Commission on Educa- tion in British Columbia, that in the next ten years there will be an increase of approximately fifty per cent in the number of students enrolled in high schools in the province. Consequently, it seems reasonable to anticipate that the demand for entrance to Shawnigan will likewise increase. The school, therefore, now faces two choices — either to remain at its present maximum enrollment of one hundred and seventy boys or to plan for an intake of an additional eighty boys over the next eight or ten years. In my opinion, if Shawnigan does not now plan to take care of the additional demand that will be made upon it, it will not be fulfilling its responsibility to offer to an increasing number of Canadian boys the higher quality of education that the independent boys ' schools such as Shawnigan can provide. It is, moreover, the con- sidered opinion of the Board of Governors that we must meet this challenge. To provide for this higher enrollment many of our existing facilities will have to be rehabilitated and expanded and, over a period of time, it will be necessary to construct additional residences for the increase in numbers. Shawnigan Lake School may well be at the turning point in its history — at the point where it either stands still, or moves forward to maintain its place among the leading Canadian independent schools, and my point at this stage is to make quite clear that the decision has been made. Indeed, the planning and implementation of a forward-looking programme is the task to which we shall be earnestly directing our efforts during the next few years. Finally, I would say this: if Shawnigan Lake School is going to expand and to continue to be desired by a large number of people, we must ensure that it is desired for the right reasons — for the kind of rigorous, balanced and constructive training in the disciplines of mind, body and spirit, to produce a keen and developed intellect, a broad and cultured mind, a sound physique, a character that will not stoop to meanness or discourtesy or slovenliness in standards, and above all a true understand- ing of the meaning of life, in which the ' reverence of God is the beginning of wisdom. ' — 14—