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

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to say that he is well on the way to recovery now. Everyone pitched in to make the house spic and span for the May Weekend. A very artistic trellis was completed to hide the garbage cans at the rear of the building. Old Boys would not recognize the common room now! Under the able guidance of Johnson ma. it has been completely renovated; the walls and woodwork have been painted pale blue, the floor sanded and refinished and the lockers provided with sliding doors. Large red light shades, chairs and couches, and a shelf containing library books complete the picture for the present. To wind up the term a house party was held at the scout campside in the woods above the upper rugby field. Great quantities of hot dogs, pop, ice-cream, cake and melon were consumed, and wide games followed. Our thanks go to Kim and Jack for all the trouble they have taken to provide us with good meals this year, to Mr. and Mrs. Hard for keeping things so shipshape around the house, and to Mrs. Lodge and Mrs. Berard for their willingness to give, a hand at any time. Fred Waters, Andy Camp and Chris Longridge leave us this year. Andy goes to Virginia University, Chris to Neuchatel, Switzerland, and Fred — we ' ll have to wait and see! Also leaving us are Rusty Waters and Rhidiart Morgan; the former heads for the wilds of Van Anda Island and the latter continues his studies at Philips Academy, Andover, Mass. To all, the very best of luck, and please drop us a postcard at least once a year to let us know where you are and what you are doing. Mr. Higgs, the house prefects and boys are very sorry that Mr. and Mrs. Curtis will be leaving us. We would like to offer them our sincere thanks for their great contributions to Copeman ' s House, and we hope that their years at Cliffside Preparatory School will be most successful. They certainly deserve a reward. The Junior Hallowe ' en party at Copeman ' s —24-

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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—

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S hawniaan C mble 9 emA Through the medium of the movies or television, most of us saw all or part of the coronation service of the present Queen. I wonder how many of us realized that we were witnessing a pageant of heraldry. The magnificent robes; the colourful uni- forms; the dazzling regalia; the officers of state; the dignitaries of the Church; the order of precedence used in seating the peers and peeresses; even the orders, decora- tions and their ribbons were a part of it. Heraldry is all this and more. There is a branch of heraldry which we call armory, and it is this part of the art which concerns itself with the use of colours, emblems or symbols to represent individuals, families, clans or even nations It is a very ancient art; indeed, it has been in continuous use in Europe for at least eight hundred years. Originally it was used to identify members of a comparatively small class of nobles or knights. Today, it finds a much wider use among clubs, regiments, colleges, corporations and schools. Whether we realize it or not there is a good deal of heraldry at Shawnigan. Consider for a moment the colours of our school or house ties, or the emblem worn by those who have received th eir school colours or the gowns worn by members of the staff. They are all a part of heraldry. It is not difficult to appreciate the appeal which these symbols have for most people. The wearer of a device proclaims his membership in some organization and it enables him to feel, perhaps, more closely a part of that group. At the same time, one is often reminded of the antiquity of many coats of arms and in these cases an interesting link with the past is established. The arms of the University of Cambridge were granted in 1573. Other arms are even more ancient. Eton College received theirs from Henry VI in 1449- At this point I should like to say something about mottoes. It seems fairly certain that these were originally cries by means of which a leader might rally his forces in battle. Some were undoubtedly prayers invoking the aid of God while others simply expressed some ennobling sentiment. There are many hundreds in use and it is inevitable that some are more popular than others, thus they have been used many times. Shawnigan ' s motto, Palmam qui meruit ferat, was used by Lord Nelson. Copeman ' s, Vix ea nostra voco seems to have found favour with four or five families, among them that of Lord Greville and some branches of the Scottish clan Campbell. The coat of arms used by the School is that of the head of the Lonsdale family. It seems likely that it was granted to a person of that name sometime during the seventeenth century. Above the shield of the arms appears the crest, a stag ' s head. This, together with the hunting horns on the shield itself, suggest that the family was connected with some aspect of the chase. However, it ' is often a mistake to try to read too much int o the symbolism of armory. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the simplest geometrical designs were used. It —25—