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

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[- rouincial C xaminationd The results attained this year by our Grades 11 and 12 in the Departmental Examinations were much better than expected and give cause for optimism for the future. Out of one hundred and eighty-three papers written there were only four failures. Moreover, the graduating class, which had achieved an average of 57.9% in Grade 11, brought their average up this year to 68.3%. Indeed, in spite of losing all cbssroom facilities in the fire of October 2nd, a higher percentage of successful papers than ever before in the school ' s history has been achieved. The teaching staff and boys alike are certainly to be congratulated on the response which they have made to the difficulties resulting from the fire. A list of results obtained by those who wrote the Grade 12 and Grade 11 Departmental Examinations is given below: No. of No. who Average Highest Grade 12 candidates passed (percent) mark English Language 40 20 18 67 85 English Literature 40 20 20 73.1 88 Mathematics 91 20 20 69.4 88 History 91 20 20 66.3 84 Physics 91 - 19 19 65.8 79 Latin 92 1 1 84 84 French 92 3 3 62 77 1959 — 101 passed out of 103 papers. Average 68.3%. 1958 — 61 passed out of 66 papers. Average 64.7%. 1957 — 105 passed out of 108 papers. Average 64.6%. Best average 1959— R. A. Mcintosh 83.7%. Best average 1958— R. C. R. Malkin 89%. Best average 1957— J. O. E. Lundell 76.6%. No. of No. who Average Highest Grade 11 candidates passed (percent) mark Mathematics 30 22 22 65.5 81 Socials 30 22 22 68.3 87 Geography 91 22 21 68.1 89 Chemistry 91 14 13 56.8 72 1959 — 78 passed out of 80 papers. Average 65.4%. 1958 — 72 passed out of 83 papers. Average 57.9%. 1957 — 42 passed out of 46 papers. Average 636%. Best average 1959— C. C. Pentland 85.3%. Best average 1958— R. A. Mcintosh 80%. Best average 1957— R. C. R. Malkin 80%. —18—

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l Lpieu 3 Jsft ipieu 5 rtoude The year 1958-59 was a decidedly good one for Ripley ' s. In the great majority of school activities Ripley ' s boys made a full contribution, earning many distinctions, not all of which are mentioned here. The spirit of the house was good. We started the year with Peter Armstrong as our school prefect, and Simon Wade, Gerald Haddon and Sandy Foster as house prefects. Tony Archbold was made a house prefect during the course of the year. Armstrong, Haddon and Foster will be returning next year, so Ripley ' s should not suffer from inexperienced leaders. In the swimming competition we came a close second to Groves ' . We more than held our own in the under-sixteen and under-fourteen events and supplied the two junior champions in the persons of Charles Pentland and Ian Martin, but our seniors were outswam by Groves ' — although Forrie Angus did win the diving. The inter-house track and field competition was chiefly remarkable for the bad luck which dogged Groves ' , and we offer them our sympathy. As things turned out Ripley ' s lost the cup to Copeman ' s. In the senior events Gerald Haddon ended up as champion, and we put up a new record for the relay race. In the under-sixteen events Geoffrey Archbold came second in five events and Kemp Leith and Christopher Ross also did well. In the under-fourteen events we owed nearly all our points to Ian Martin. David Macdonald was the under-twelve champion. In the Lent term our teams won the basketball trophy by a small margin, thanks mainly to our under-fourteen team which won both its matches. In the cross-country competition we did not do very well; it was one of the few inter-house competitions in which we were not first or second. We retained the inter-house squash cup with convincing victories over Lake ' s and Groves ' , and in the summer term Simon Wade won the individual squash cup. At rugger Armstrong, Foster and Angus played for the 1st XV and we supplied our fair share of boys to the other school teams, but we failed to retain the inter-house cup. We ended the year very well indeed. By an extremely narrow margin we won the academic trophy from Groves ' . This is a trophy which we shall try very hard to retain. It may not be the most glamorous but it is obviously the most important competition, and it is a competition in which all the boys in the house can — and in fact must — play their part. Several of our boys gained individual academic prizes, and we were delighted that Charles Pentland should be the first winner of a new trophy awarded to the boy gaining the most academic points during the year in Grades 9 to 12. We also did well in the athletic line. At rowing it is true that our crew seemed more anxious to have a get-together with Copeman ' s than is usual in the best row- ing circles and finished third or fourth, but we won back the cricket cup from Cope- man ' s, and our juniors also beat Copeman ' s in a newly instituted competition for junior cricket teams. In other departments of school life Ripley ' s boys played their part. Peter Arm- strong was a right good captain in H.M.S. Pinafore, and Charles Pentland did well as Banquo in the Dramatic Society ' s presentation of Macbeth. But our greatest contribution to the drama was Christopher Ross ' performance as Lady Macbeth, particularly in the sleep-walking scene. In the Cadets Tony Archbold and Bill Hibbard were P.O.s and Gerald Haddon won an award for the best guardsman. At shooting we came second in both senior and junior competitions. Karl Anderson collected still more distinctions, and James and Alistair Macdonald won gold pins. Finally, we should like to make it quite plain that we do not assess the merits of a house by the number of trophies that it wins, nor the contribution a boy makes to the house by the number of times he is mentioned in these notes. We should also bear in mind that Ripley ' s is only one of four houses at a numerically small school, and that what seems good here might easily be classed as mediocre if judged by more exacting standards. —20—