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

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out for 20. In the final competition of the year our rowers, Mowat, Larsen, Cromie ma. and Beddall, rowed an excellent race and were closing fast at the finish where they were edged out by Lake ' s by three-quarters of a length. In the productions of H.M.S. Pinafore and Macbeth, and in the Cadet guard and band, Groves ' boys were strongly represented. The enterprising operators of the Ritz continued their popular services, and a very fine effort was made by Mowat, Read ma. and Pellett in getting out some excellent issues of the new Shawnigan Illustrated News. Russ continued to make progress and beautiful sounds on the Steinway, and during one of Mr. Galliford ' s rare illnesses, played most acceptably on the organ in chapel. All in all, and despite some heartaches and pains, some disappointments and failures, it was a very active and worthwhile year, and our selective memories will find many green and pleasant things to touch on in the reflective moments of future years. School prefects for the year were Michael Beddall, head of the House, and Harold Robertson, who was appointed in January. House prefects were Robin Cromie, Tony Read, Malcolm Burke, Graeme Macrae and John Mackenzie. To all the prefects we give our thanks for the constructive efforts they have made for the good of Groves ' . On Speech Day the House said goodbye to Miss Boyd, who for the past seven years has so faithfully served us as matron. She was presented with a silver tray as a token of our appreciation and affectionate regard. She will be living in Victoria and we shall look forward to her visits from time to time. To Mrs. Duxbury and Mrs. Bolton we give our thanks for their kind attention after Miss Boyd was stricken by illness in December, and we extend a hearty welcome to Mrs. Duxbury, who is to be our new matron. fJLake d rtt oude This year we can take more pride in our academic record than we could last year. In the inter-house competition we came a good third, while in the classes three boys came first and four boys second. Perhaps we were most successful in the number of progress prizes won by boys in this house. Of five offered, we won four; the winners were Yorath, Pearce, Milne and Fraine. During the year academic house colours were awarded to Reid, and school colours to Mcintosh. Next year we look forward to even greater success in the academic competition. Although we cannot boast of a year of athletic triumphs, we can take pride in the spirit shown by all boys, particularly in the inter-house rowing and basketball. In both the swimming and the track and field we were last but in each, several individuals did well. McCallum in particular did extremely well for us in the under-fourteen track and field. It was pleasing to see that most of the one hundred and fifty-five points earned were standards. During the Lent term we suffered rather a blow when we lost the basketball shield to Ripley ' s after having held it for two years. All three games were very well played. Spirit was high and the standard of basketball quite good. After the games house colours were awarded to Murdoch, Reid and Hansell. In the last two weeks of the term a large number of inter-house activities took place. Our junior team won the junior marksmanship cup, and it looks as if we can look forward to winning the senior cup in the not too distant future. In the rugger this year we were rather unfortu- nate. Our team was not strong and in the draw we were unlucky enough to pick Groves ' who had in theory the strongest team this year. We met them in the semi- finals and although we lost 8-0 it was not without a tremendous struggle. After the game house colours were given to our scrum-half, Mclntyre, and to Claringbull, full-back. —22—

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Luroves ' rrt oude In academics, sports, and a host of extra-curricular activities, the House had a very busy and successful year. It was a year in which we won the rugger cup (for the first time in ten years); watched from the dormitories the terrible glow of fire; renovated the senior common-room; adopted a modified and greatly improved design for the House crest; produced Kimies and school papers; sold pop and buns; built forts and sail-boats; listened to music, argued about music and made music in the dormitories and common-rooms with guitars and ukes, in the streets of Victoria and Vancouver with bugles and drums, and in the stone-vaulted spaces of the great cathedral in Victoria; a year in which we murdered Duncan (and sleep — poor Mr. Galliford); fished in the Lake, in the rushing waters of Shawnigan Creek and under the shadow of freighters in Cowichan Bay; danced under the soft lights of a beautifully decorated Big School; crept to bed on Saturday nights late from the relaxation of Duncan or Victoria; rowed, and sailed and swam, shot and passed, ducked and volleyed, and triumphantly called check and howzat! In between times w read a few books, did some problems, and cleaned our boots and webbing! In the academic competition we led for the first term, fell behind in the second to Ripley ' s, crept back up in the summer term but just failed, at the end, by a few points in over a thousand, to beat Ripley ' s, to whom we offer our congratulations. Christopher Hicks made an outstanding effort by amassing over forty points by Christ- mas time, when, unfortunately, he had to leave the school. We were very sorry to see him go, as in his five terms at Shawnigan, he had won the regard of everyone for his outstanding spirit and character. Some consolation for losing the academic shield, which we had held for two years, was the fact that all our matric students passed all their papers in the departmental examinations in June. The most exciting event of the year was undoubtedly the winning of the House rugby cup. The matches this year against Lake ' s and Copeman ' s were very keenly fought, the spirit and skill of the players being matched by the enthusiasm and enterprise of the spec tators, who, banners waving, cymbals clashing and bugles and voices uplifted, must have made Father Beasley, our visiting referee from Yorkshire, wonder what on earth he ' d got into!! Malcolm Burke captained the team from inside- centre. The year gof off to a good start in September with the swimming competition which we won for the second year in a row, though this year not without a struggle. Our outstanding performers were Ross, who gained twenty-two points, and Mowat, who won the point race and placed second in two other races. In the under 16 division Smith did well in gaining two seconds, and Arnt dived well. Closely following the swimming came the track and field competition, but here we did not fare so well. We came second in standards (148 to Copeman ' s 153), but in the meet itself we lost two of our stars, Burke and Pelling, who were sidelined for most of the week due to injury, and we had to be content with third place. Those who did well included Ross (11 standards); Burke, who came on the field towards the end of the week to win both the discus and the shot; Pelling who did likewise to come second in the shot, and Beddall who placed second in the hop, step and jump. Under 16 contributors were Larsen (first in discus, second in shot), Don Cromie (second in 880 yards), and Arnt (second in discus). Our only under 14 point-getter was Tony Foster, who came second in the broad jump and third in the hop, step and jump. In basketball we came second to Ripley ' s in a very exciting competition, our top scorers being Macrae with twenty-two points and Ross with seventeen. In the cross country races an excellent effort was made, and, on the basis of the scoring system newly adopted, we came second to Copeman ' s. Particularly fine efforts were made by Cromie mi. and Larsen, who placed first and fourth respectively in the under 16 division, and by Johnstone and Bird who placed second and fifth respectively in the under 14 divi- sion. In squash we defeated Copeman ' s but lost to Ripley ' s in the final. In shooting our juniors came third, but our seniors retained the cup they had won last year with a superb team score, McKechnie and Halse both scoring 100, and Ardagh and Martland shooting well in the 90s. In cricket we had Ripley ' s worried for a while when their score stood at 25 for 6, but they went on to make about 100 and then quickly rattled us —21—

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This year the inter-house efficiency cup competition was discontinued. Even so we had both the senior and junior individual cups on our shelf. Roy Mcintosh is to be congratulated on winning the senior in both the Michaelmas and the Lent terms, while Tom Fraine won the junior in the summer. In Cadets both Mcintosh and Murdoch held senior positions while nine other boys found a place in the guard or band. It was also gratifying to see that our solitary member of the choir of last year, Culter, was joined this year by a number of the juniors, Barker, A. Dunlop, Grant and Popham. Moreover, Steel, Stroud, Conklin and Popham were servers in the chapel. In other indoor activities we were also well represented. We were pleased when Reid, Hansell, A. Dunlop and Popham, our junior chess players, won that competition even if Groves ' did win the senior. In the play Macbeth Ian Reid was Malcolm, Murdoch played the part of Ross, a nobleman, and Baylis, Veres, Mclntyre and P. Culter appeared in supporting roles. In the summer term, our seniors played well against Copeman ' s but we did not get into the cricket finals. Our main success was in the inter-house rowing. This year it was a very close race and Groves ' gave us a very good run for our money. To be honest, we might have lost had the course been a little longer. As it was, we won by a little more than half a length. Pratt, Mcintosh, Murdoch and Reid did extremely well and we were proud to have the rowing cup on our self for the third year. Finally, we note the adoption of a new house emblem. We can take pride in its impressive historical significance which is described elsewhere in these pages. Next year we look forward to wearing it on our green bla2ers. ( opeman 3 rroude September saw thirty-three old Copemanites return and fifteen new faces. Most of the boys were destined for Grades 9 and 10. The annual Copeman ' s Hallowe ' en bonfire seemed to be a great success, enjoyed by Grades 6, 7 and 8 this year. But the bonfire on October 2nd proved to be even more spectacular; Copeman ' s had the best seats from whic h to watch the levelling of the classroom block. In December we said au revoir to John Peanuts Payne who was off to Ireland for a year, to hobnob with the leprechauns no doubt! We won the track meet, everyone showing great enthusiasm. Waters ma., Wit- taker, Longridge, Wright ma., McAvity, Waters mi., Robson and Long were outstand- ing. In the swimming meet we did not excell, although several members put up a very good show against tough competition. We displayed great determination and spirit in the basketball competition but the opposition proved too strong for us. Inter- house rugger was closely contested. We played Ripley ' s in the opening game and won 6-3. The game was extremely close — a delight to watch. In the finals the extra speed of Appleton and Burke for Groves ' turned out to be the deciding factor; Appleton scored nine points to Longridge ' s six (two penalty goals). School colours were awarded to Longridge and McAvity, and house colours to J. Wright ma. and Ron Johnson ma. We won the inter-house cross-country bv a good margin. Waters ma., Longridge, Whit- taker, Waters mi and Long excelled. In the inter-house cricket finals both our junior and senior teams met Ripley ' s and were defeated. The junior game was very close, a matter of some fifteen runs, but Ripley ' s senior bowling and batting were more than a match for us. Our rowing team of McAvity, Camp, La Sette and McRoberts did well against strong opposition and placed third. McAvity received his school rowing colours. During the summer term Mr. Curtis spent a very trying time in and out of hospital and a slipped disc which he had acquired while playing soccer. We are pleased —23—