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

Text from Pages 1 - 94 of the 1961 volume:

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P S II TABLE OF CONTENTS THE SCHOOL 1960-61 1 Board of Governors 1 School Staff School Office Holders SPEECH DAY Headmaster ' s Report Prize List PROVINCIAL EXAMINATIONS ... _ 14 VALETE 16 SALVETE 20 THE HOUSES 22 Ripley ' s House 22 Lake ' s House 25 Groves ' House 25 Copeman ' s House 28 THE CHAPEL 32 Chapel Choir Notes 32 Summer Choir Session 36 ACTIVITIES 37 Dramatic Festival 37 The Mikado . 37 Hobby Shop Notes 1961 .. .. 38 Radio Club ...... 39 Rifle Club 40 Gymnastics Club .40 The Second Shawn igan Scout Troop .41 Beavers ' and Seals ' Overnight Hike _......_.. 41 Scout Outing to Mr. Wellburn ' s Museum 42 Cadets „„.. 42 SPORES 45 Inter House Competition „_. 15 Rugger .... 46 1st XV Tour to England 51 From the Other Side .61 The 2nd XV 63 Results of 1st XV Matches 62 The Colts XV 63 The Junior Colts XV .. 61 Cricket .... 65 Results of 1st XI Matches 65 1 he Junior Colts XI ... 65 Results ol Junior Colts XI Matches _ 66 The Junior XI 66 Cross Country .... 67 Track and Field .. 69 Inter House Track and Field 72 Rowing ... ... 72 Basketball 73 Inter House Basketball 74 Swiming ... 75 Squash 75 LITERARY .-.. 78 The Man I Would Like To Be 80 History ' through the Novel 78 The Lie that Back-fired 79 A Spanish Lesson 81 Heroism in E very-day Life 82 Memories 83 OLD BOYS ' NOTES 84 Marriages 86 ADVERTISEMENTS 87 THE SCHOOL 1960-61 FOUNDER The late C. W. Lonsdale VISITOR The Most Reverend the Archbishop of British Columbia H. E. Sexton, d.d. HONORARY BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Honorable Major General G. R. Pearkes, v.c, p.c., d.s.o., m.c., c.b., Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Gordon Farrell, Esq. Dr. H. Hickman, Principal of Victoria College Dr. M. McGregor, Head of the Classics Department of the University of British Columbia BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Honourable Mr. Justice H. I. Bird (Chairman). A. B. Robertson, q.c. (Vice Chairman). Harry M. Boyce, Esq. A. Dunlop, Esq. J. L. Gibson, Esq. Dr. K. Greenwood, m.b.b.s., m.r.c.p., m.r.c.s., l.m.c.c. G. Peter Kaye, c.a. J. M. McAvity, Esq. D. K. Macrae, Esq. C. E. Morris, Esq. W. E. Murdoch, Esq. R. B. O ' Callaghan, Esq. C. E. Pratt, f.r.a.i.c., b.arch. Frank Read, Esq. W. G. H. Roaf, o.b.e. J. H. Wade, f.r.a.i.c, f.r.i.b.a., a.a.dip. President of the Old Boys ' Society - C. Burke, d.s.c, for 1961 - 62. — Indicates Old Boy of Shawnigan Lake School SCHOOL STAFF HEADMASTER Edward R. Lai sen, b.a. (bri t. col.j, m.a. (oxon.) SENIOR MASTER G. J. D. Archbold, b.a. (brit. col.), m.a. (Cincinnati). CHAPLAIN The Rev. R. F. Stephenson, b.a., l.th., s.t.b. (Toronto). HOUSEMASTERS D. W. Hyde-Lay, p.t.i., e.t.s. (Switzerland) P.T. Instructor and Games Copeinans ' G. L. Anderson, b.a. (brit. col.) History and Geography Lakes ' J. S. Grey, (durham) Maths, and P.T Ripleys ' M. Nightingale, m.a. (oxon) History and Geography Groves ' ASSISTANT MASTERS J. Arthurs, b.a. (durham) ..... Languages R. I. Birchall, b.a. (cantab) Geography and History T. L. Brierley - Maths, and Games R. Carr Maths, and Industrial Arts C. Craig, b.sc. (brit. col.) Science F. Duxbury, m.a. (cantab) Head of History J. A. Gallitord, a.r.t.c. (Toronto), a.a.g.o. (new vork) Music and Choir Master D. M. Hopson, b.a. (oxon) English and Latin P. H. Josselyn, b.a. (Nottingham), dip. id. English H. M. Mcintosh, Saskatchewan tkachinc ckrtificate Maths. D. D. MacKenzie, b.a. (Edinburgh) English and History C. A. C. Porter, b.sc v m.sc. (wales), ph.d. (bari), dip. ed. (oxon), f.r.i.c, f.c.s., M.c.i.c. Head of Science H. Whitelaw, b.ed. (brit. col.), b.c. teaching certificate French ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF D. M. Ferguson Acting Bursar Miss M. C. Chinas Accountant and Secretary to the Headmaster Mrs. C. Young Secretary Miss E. Bragge Housekeeper Miss P. Webster Head Matron Mrs. H. Hewitt Matrons in Main Building Mrs. P. Merrick Mrs. F. Haiti Matrons in Copemans ' House Miss A. Langford MASTER-AT-ARMS D. W. Barker, c.p.o. (r.c.n. ret.) d.s.m. — Indicates Old Boy of S iaivnigan Lake School SCHOOL OFFICE-HOLDERS SCHOOL PREFECTS Head Boy — C. C. Pentland J. L. Brierley, ma R. Pelling, ma G. Archbold J. F. Angus J. E. Larsen, ma D. Arndt D. Ross, ma P. Brierley, mi HOUSE PREFECTS Ripleys ' House J. Phillips M. Osburn J. Gibson, ma Lakes ' House P. J. Culter, ma J. Emery T. Janke J. Milne, ma B. Culter, mi D. Fraser Groves ' House I. E. Appleton, ma W. Gooderham, ma Copemans ' House G. Hungerford, ma J. Macdonald G. LaSette J. Creighton, ma CHAPEL Crucifer D. Ross, ma Sacristan C. Russ Chief Server K. Stroud LIBRARY Assistant Librarians P. Brierley, mi G. Homer, ma SCHOLARS Koerner C. C. Pentland J. K. Greenwood Open R. Anderson G. Seeds GAMES Captain of Rugby D. Ross, ma Captain of Cricket -J. L. Brierley, ma Captain of Rowing J. E. Larsen, ma Captain of Basketball J. E. Larsen, ma Captain of Track and Field I. E. Appleton, ma Captain of Cross Country J. Emery R.C.S.C.C. COUGAR Officer in Command Mr. D. Barker Chief Petty Officer G. Archbold SPEECH DAY On Saturday, June 24th, the Headmaster and Staff welcomed over five hundred parents and friends to the Annual Speech Day Ceremonies. The Ceremonies began with the closing service in the School Chapel where His Grace the Archbishop of British Columbia, H. E. Sexton, gave the address. He spoke on the importance of development of character in the education of future citizens. After the Chapel Service everyone assembled on the School lawn for the remaining addresses and the prize giving. It was a great privilege for the School to have as its Guest of Honour the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia, the Honourable Major General G. R. Pearkes. After the Headmaster ' s Report, which is printed below, His Honour delivered a most interesting address. As he wished the gradu- ating class all success when they take the next step in their life ' s work, General Pearkes reminded the boys of all the mottos or standards adopted by many of the famous families in history and of how those mottos became a standard by which they lived and a guide for the young members of the family. He went on to say that term closing has a sense of accomplishment and a looking forward to the future; and he concluded by saying that all the tradition established by the School would be a help and guide to the boys as they progressed in their chosen occupations with courage, self-control and initiative. WW The Lieutenant Governor presenting the Sportsmanship Cup to D. Ross, major. With them are the Headmaster and C. Pentland, the Head Boy, to ho won the J. D. Groves ' All-Rounders ' Award. HEADMASTERS REPORT Your Honour, Your Grace, Mr. Justice Bird, members of the Graduating Glass, boys of the School, Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 must begin my report by saying how delighted are my colleagues and 1 and the boys at receiving you all at Shawnigan today. We know that some of you have come great distances, and it means much to us that you have made the effort to support us during these Closing Ceremonies. Jn my report, 1 shall touch first of all on the academic side, in which aspect I believe I can safely say we have maintained a sound standard. In a country where so many of our youth think one is queer if one is interested in his studies, I feel we are making distinct progress and that each year the boys are taking more and more pride in their academic work and that in general they are beginning to appreciate the great values to be derived from the pursuit of knowledge. Of course, there are still many boys for whom studies do not come easily and who will be travelling home armed with books in order that they may have extra tuition in the summer; I would just urge them not to be discouraged — if they will just persevere, determined to show us in the sups in September that they are up to standard, we shall certainly do all we can next winter to continue their progress toward the University. With regard to our graduating class, it is difficult to tell at this time how they have done in their matriculation examinations. It is a matter of record that in the last five years we have had only four failures in our matriculation classes out of eighty-one entries, and that the results have been around an average of 68 per cent. Moreover, judging by the way this year ' s classes have worked and the amount of patient and careful teaching they have received, I feel that they will certainly maintain our standards. In connection with our determination to improve the academic standards of the School, it might interest you to know that, along with York House in Vancouver, we initiated this past February the first Independent Schools Work- shop — the purpose of which was to study better methods of enriching courses for quick students and better methods of teaching slow learners. About 115 teachers assembled from our various schools and we studied these matters for two days. The results were excellent: in the first place, it brought these schools together in a way which they had never experienced before; and secondly it got the heads of departments in our various schools thinking and analyzing and developing — and now committees have been set up to work on specific pro- jects and to produce conclusions for our next Workshop. For example, there will be a two-day Conference here at Shawnigan next week for all teachers in these Schools on the subject of an improved curriculum and improved teaching methods in mathematics. The fact that we have Dr. James, who is the Head of Mathematics at U.B.C., and Professor Farquhar of the College of Education in Victoria, coming to help us, will indicate the growing interest in the universities in what these independent schools can do. If these schools can work together and pool their wisdom and experience, I am quite certain that they can eventually provide the leadership which is so badly needed in the field of education in this Province. In the realm of sport the School has certainly had a most successful year. Not only did our 1st rugger XV and 1st track and field team have outstanding seasons, but also — which is more important — throughout the School in all our games a distinct attitude of enthusiasm as well as good sportsmanship pre- vailed. To begin with the rugger, I must say we are very fortunate at Shawnigan to have seven first-class coaches — in fact, one at every level; and the boys are now being well taught right from the beginning. The main result is that our 1st XV has been playing outstanding rugby on schoolboy standards for a couple of years now. In fact, over these two seasons this team was undefeated in 24 consecutive school matches — and was finally defeated in England by Oundle 9-3. Realizing that Oundle has been undefeated in England this year and is considered at present as the best schoolboy team in that country, we were extremely pleased with the show the boys put up on that day. I might add that two days later they started another winning streak by beating Harrow 24-10. With reference to this trip which the boys made to England over the Easter holidays, it is my opinion that it was an unqualified success. We went, of course, for two reasons: first, we h oped to do sufficiently well to encourage more rugby in the schools of B.C., and second, we felt and feel that it is important in education to expose the boys as much as possible to standards, in every field, which are better than their own. I realize that some of you, on asking your sons how they enjoyed the trip, have received little more than a fine or it was neat, but I can assure you that over there their eyes popped and their response was spontaneous — and I can assure you the seeds of inspiration were sown, their horizons were broadened, their idea of standards improved and, in fact, from an educational standpoint, I think that possibly they got as much from those two weeks as from the rest of the year put together. The standard of cricket in the School has again been very good right down the line. This is due partly to the tremendous job Mr. Brierley has done on the development of true pitches. As a result of this and the good coaching of the several masters involved, there has been an unbelievable improvement in at- titude and standard in this sport over the past two years. I should like to con- gratulate John Brierley, who is the Captain of Cricket, on his selection as a member of the Canadian Under 21 Cricket team which is travelling to England at the beginning of next week. With reference to the Rowing in the School, 1 am pleased to record a splendid attitude by the boys in this Club. This is an expensive sport and the boys volunteered much help towards the maintenance of our equipment — for example the new roof on the shell house was put on entirely by the boys, and they have also helped with the fibre-glassing of two shells and with much other general refurbishing. As to performance, the highlight of the season took place in Seattle when our Senior Four rowed against the best schoolboy crews in Washington and, by winning, established themselves as the fastest school crew in the Pacific Northwest. With regard to our other sports, our Track and Field team was unde- feated, winning the Mid-Island Track meet and the Independent Schools Track meet; our Senior Basketball team managed to defeat both St. George ' s and University School; and our Cross Country team, competing against all the main high schools in the province, came fourth in B.C. In addition to these sports the boys have continued enthusiastically to pursue tennis, squash, swimming, sailing and gymnastics. Time, however, does not permit me to go into the details of all our games, but I can assure you that we make a special effort to teach our boys, particularly at their present age, to enjoy many games. More- over, while I have listed our results to you since they are indicative of the spirit in the School, we make it our main purpose in the athletic sphere to teach the boys to play whatever it is in a sporting way, remembering that the game itself — not the winning of it — is the important thing. To go on to other aspects of school life, we are continuing to aim high in our music and drama. Our choir was one of three choirs in the province select- ed to produce for the radio an hour of carols on Christmas afternoon; and in April the choir presented Haydn ' s Imperial Mass first at Fairbridge and then in St. James ' Church, Vancouver. Anyone who heard this, I think will agree that the performance of Mr. Galliford and the boys was an inspiration indeed. More- over, two of our boys, Julian Greenwood and Charles Russ, achieved most not- able distinction in their organ recitals in Victoria in April; while Julian Green- wood also won the recent public speaking contest for all high school students in B.C. Also our Operatic Society, under the very able direction of Mr. Grey, put on The Mikado in November; and the Dramatic Society put on Shake- speare ' s Henry IV - Part I in May. Thus you will see it is our purpose to aim for the highest possible standards in all fields and to achieve an all round education for our boys. In other spheres, probably the most notable achievement has been that of the Sea Cadets. To have witnessed the way in which our Cadets worked for the Inspection under the blazing heat which preceded it, would have made one proud of the perseverance, and the determination to do their best for ' the School, which was shown by the boys. Those of you who witnessed their precision and smartness at the annual Inspection will recognize the general spirit and co- operation which there must be in the corps to produce such a result, and in The Headmaster and School Prefects. Standing (l-r): G. Archbold, P. Brierley, J. Larsen, D. Arndt. Sitting (l-r): F. Angus, C. Pentland, The Headmaster, . Brierley, D. Ross. this connection I would express my congratulations to Mr. Barker and Mr. Whitelaw lor their work to this end. Adding to all these activities the enthusiasm there has been for shooting, woodwork, model building, Scouts and the Debating Society, you will see that the boys at Shawnigan have much opportunity for their varied interests to be developed. At this point in my report, as I finish the outline of our activities and results, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to the staff at Shawni- gan who have made all these activities and results possible. 1 cannot imagine in a school of this size, which has a staff of over 50, a group of people who are better qualified, or more co-operative, or more dedicated to the interests of the School. For this, believe me, I am deeply grateful. Inevitably, some are leaving — as has always been the case in a country school. Mr. Archbold, who has been Senior Master for four years, has accepted a position on the Faculty of Victoria College. We shall miss him sorely for his pure, scholarly approach, for his ever ready willingness to help anyone who had a problem and for his quiet and sympathetic humanity. However, this new position will be a great opportunity for him; we respect his reasons for accepting the challenge and extend to his family and himself our grateful thanks and all best wishes for the future. I am able to announce at this time that his replacement as Senior Master will be his brother, Mr. Seymour Archbold. Mr. Seymour Archbold is extremely well qualified — having an M.A. from the University of Alberta, an M.Sc. from the University of Toronto, having been Senior Master at an independent school in the East, having had a great deal of experience in organizing as a senior administrative officer in the Civil Service, having played rugby and rowed for the University of Toronto — and 1 feel we are most fortunate that he is joining us. Retiring this June is Mr. Duxbury. As a matter of fact, he retired officially a few years ago and we have just been most fortunate to have his services for these two years. His leaving will be a great loss to the School, the interests of which he has always so well and so loyally served. I am quite certain that new- comers to the Shawnigan scene, and possibly many who have been here some time, do not realize that this unassuming man is one of the two or three who could be named whose courage and loyalty during Shawnigan ' s lowest ebb, the late forties and early fifties, saved the School, so that it was able to rise again and become what it is today. To us who have worked with him in this profession for nearly fifteen years, he has always been a great inspiration — not only as a teacher who has a thorough grasp of his subject but as a gentleman in the finest sense of the word. Not only will we miss you, Mr. Duxbury, but also will every other member of the staff and every boy in the School, and we extend to you our best wishes for a happy retirement. Also leaving are Mr. Hopson, who originally came from England for four years and, having been here that length of time, is now returning home; and Mr. Birchall, who originally came from England for two years and, having stayed three, is now moving on for further experience. To both of them we extend our grateful thanks for all they have done for the School, and our sincere good wishes for continued success in the future. Our fifth and last change this year is Mr. Mackenzie, who only came lor a year in the first place. If any of you do not already know it, Mr. Mackenzie is going to be the Headmaster of the new Brentwood College which will be s situated on Mill Bay. 1 might add that the starting of Brentwood is a venture which has had my full support right from the start, as I feel most definitely that B.C. needs more good schools, and, knowing Mr. Mackenzie as I do, I am convinced that he will run an excellent show and, for the sake of the youth who will go through his hands, I feel he should be encouraged at every stage. At this point I should like to congratulate publicly some of our Old Boys: first, John Madden who has been selected as B.C. ' s Rhodes Scholar for 1961; second, Commodore Robertson for receiving the Massey Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (this is only the third time the medal has been awarded and was awarded for his contribution to the geographical knowledge of the Canadian Arctic); third, Rear- Admiral Ed- dison who has been appointed Navy Deputy to the Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe; and finally to the following Old Boys who have just received degrees at U.B.C. — Barry Dryvynsyde (B.Law), Farrell Boyce (B.Sc. - Engineering Physics), John Armstrong (B.Sc. - Mechanical Engineer- ing), Alan Casselman (B.Sc. - Forestry), Bob Simson and John Lecky (B.Com), John Lundell and Shane Ryland (B.A.) .To all these Old Boys go our very best wishes — and I would add just one footnote: I would urge you to remember that a College education seldom hurts a man if he ' s willing to learn a little something after he graduates. Before closing my annual report I should like to make a few general com- ments. Much is said in this school about the importance of accepting responsi- bility, of serving one ' s community, of ideals like perseverance, courage and honesty — but unfortunately they are considered by many simply as ideals and in a materialistic world they are dismissed as being of little usefulness. I submit that these are not simply ideals, but that they will have a very real value for us in a realistic world. Russia ' s man-in-space is a great deal more than a scientific challenge to those of us living in the western democracies. It is an important signpost in the cold war. It recalls Kruschev ' s threat to grind us into the ground economically. It asks a question: can a nation that wins space races eventually beat us in in- dustrial production as well? Involved, however, are more than natural resources and production methods. The Russians are putting everything they have into the achievement of their goal. They are making immense sacrifices in human comfort and con- venience to make their backward country the greatest industrial power on earth. Whether this is intrinsically good or bad is, at the moment, immaterial. They are doing it and they are getting results. Since the war the Soviet Union has overcome the devastation wrought by the Germans and, in thirteen years, quintupled her steel production, more than trebled her coal production, more than quadrupled her oil production and increased generation of electrical power by five times. I am certainly not saying that we should adopt Russia ' s system of govern- ment but I am saying that we might learn by considering the courage, the determination and the discipline of her people. In countries where many people are too comfortable and for whom far too many things are too easy, are we training ourselves and developing the character needed to overcome the difficul- ties which lie ahead? One simply has to look at the youth in our country to get the answer. Is it not true that the majority of young Canadians and Americans think that the world belongs to them: that all they have to do is ask and they will receive; that the general approach seems to be how many parties can I have, In the Headmaster ' s Study. how many rules of behaviour can I break, how much easy money can 1 make, how little honest hard work can I do? Is not a thorough overhaul ol our Canadian schools required which will involve more challenge and more disci- pline to the extent that our young might learn something of their obligations, that they might learn to respect hard work and that they might develop those important qualities ol perseverance and sell discipline? Now, in this important development I think the independent schools have a vital role to play. While we are, of course, still tailing short, let me indicate what we are trying to do. My, premise is that it is part ol the duty oi our schools to prepare the boy lor the stresses of life; to give him a robustness — though maybe 1 should label it toughness or resiliency — which will stand him in good stead in adult life. He must acquire physical, intellectual, emotional and moral toughness, for it needs all four to make him into a whole man. The games field with its challenge to face physical hurt, and the long road with its challenge to endure, are the natural places in which he may develop physical toughness Why do you think it is that Americans and Canadians rarely produce long distance runners in the Olympic Games? Why do Americans and Canadians only excel at short races which require explosive energy — like the 100m., the High Jump, the Shot Put — and rarely at long races — like the Mile, the 5000m, the Marathon — which require courage and endurance. One of the reasons is because, in comparison with England and the European countries, we have many more material advantages and consequently lead much softer lives. Ease and comfort do not develop character. Thus, in the schools right 70 across the land we need to begin physical fitness programmes designed to extend our youth, to toughen them up physically, and to develop courage and endur- ance. In such a programme sports like rugby, rowing and cross country would play an important part. So much for physical toughness. In the classroom they must be taught the value of intellectual striving and the meaning of intellectual courage. Any good schoolmaster knows only too well that one of the most grievous sins into which he may run in the classroom is to resolve too quickly and too easily his pupils ' difficulties. He may do so from the most generous motive, but it is, in reality, a disservice that he does his charges. There is no substitute for effort on the part of the learner, just as there are few satisfactions comparable with the kn owledge of difficulties overcome, and work well done. Emotional robustness is a slow growth in a small boy. For him it is no easy transition from the privileged consideration of the home to the equality of boarding school life; from being the focus of attention to becoming one of the many. Yet it is essential that he learn to accept the even-handedness of justice and the irony of life — even its injustices, its disappointments and its frustrations — with equanimity. I can think of few qualities more precious that we can inculcate in the young than the keeping of an even mind in dif- ficulties. Contact with nature will help — a contemplation of the everlasting hills, a watching of the timeless river, a communion with the silent stars. Contact with his fellows in the interplay and friction of everyday life will help. The schoolmaster must also help by sympathetically putting into proper perspective those (rises which understandably loom too large on a youthful horizon. Moral robustness needs perhaps more cultivation today than ever before. Most of us must be aware of a sorry falling-off of standards on this continent. Jt is easy to explain but wrong to condone. It is possible that two world wars have shaken our faith in a divinely ordered progress; economic factors have tended to break up the home in which vital early moral training was best given and most naturally received; the welfare state has emphasized benefits to be received rather than responsibilities to be met. There is no easy way to combat this weakening of the moral fibre or to create anew a moral toughness and integrity in the young. We can appeal to tradition; we can insist upon discipline in the things that matter — personal cleanliness, or standing still and erect for the National Anthem, or reverent silence at morning prayers. In fact we can demand outward respect — but the reality must be rooted in deep personal conviction, in self respect, and in regard for whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report. As long as our independent schools try to foster this four-fold robustness — physical, intellectual, emotional and moral — so long will they justify their continuing existence in a country which, in reaching out towards equality, puts a premium on mediocrity. In conclusion, as it will be my last opportunity, I would just say a few short things to those boys who are now leaving Shawnigan. I imagine that you are anxious to be successful in the lives which lie ahead of you; but what exactly is success? In this materialistic world being famous is one criterion of success and being rich is another. But I wonder if you realize how many people who are famous, or rich, or both, are most un- happy inside themselves. That is, a person who looks like a success from the outside may be a complete failure when seen from the inside. 77 In fact, I believe that one of the most important ingredients of success — and the one least heard about — is the sense of inner well-being. With it, no matter how modest your achievements in this life, you are a success. That inner well-being comes from a refusal to compromise the standards of behaviour you have set yourself when you are young and full of ideals. It reveals itself in a disposition to love your fellow men, spon- taneously to give the other fellow the benefit of the doubt, to participate enthusiastically in wholesome activities, to respect your body and that precious product called character. Some people manage to become famous or wealthy or both without losing anything of that inner wholeness of spirit. They are the big success; but they are very, very few and they will become increasingly rare as the climate of success becomes more and more hostile to integrity. For every Albert Einstein there are a thousand Lana Turners and James Hoffas. However, to be a small success should be quite enough for us. We cannot affect the measure of luck life grants us, or the amount of talent we are born with, or the quantity of wealth which may come our way. But the amount of our integrity is ours to treasure, never to mortgage to buy either gold or glory. All of which is just a long way of saying what the Bible puts succintly: What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? A Special Group Tutorial. 12 PRIZE LIST ACADEMIC Grade 13 .... C. Pentland Grade 12A J. Woodsworth Grade 1 2 A.Macdonald, ma Grade 1 1A J. Greenwood Grade 11 ___ M. Clare Grade 10 A N. Kaiser Grade 10 R. Pyke Grade 9A A. Marks Grade 9 D. Larson, mi Grade 8A T. Andrews Grade 8 I. Back Grade 7 A T. Barclay Grade 7 . D. Nichols GENERAL PROGRESS PRIZES C. Ross, mi J. Simson, mi R. Tanton R. Piers SAVAGE ENGLISH PRIZES Senior C. Ross, mi Intermediate D. Grauer Junior P. Cox MATHEMATICS PRIZE G. Archbold SCIENCE PRIZE J. Greenwood THE BAUSCH AND LOMB SCIENCE AWARD P. Boyd LANGUAGES PRIZE J. Woodsworth GEOGRAPHY PRIZE G. Homer, ma READING PRIZES Senior i B. Sharp Junior G. Hunter INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC SHIELD J. Greenwood HOUSE ACADEMIC SHIELD Ripleys ' ATHLETIC Rugger: Winners of Seven-a-Side Tournament for Vancouver Island D. Ross, ma I. Appleton, ma J. Larsen, ma C. Pentland D. Arndt F. Angus R. Farrally CRICKET Cricket Bat J. Creighton, ma Cricket Ball N. Veres TRACK AND FIELD Senior Champion I. Appleton, ma Under 16 J. Long Under 14 D. Craig 73 SQUASH J. Larsen, ma SWIMMING Senior B. Smith Under 16 D. Grauer Under 14 R. MacLaren CADET AWARDS Captain Groves ' Prize to Leading Cadet G. Archbold C.O. ' s Prize for best New Entry Cadet _ R. Quinn, ma E. McAvity X.O. ' s Prize to Most Improved Cadet J. Emery Prize for Smartest Guardsman A. Hugman Cadet Bugle D. Arndt SPECIAL AWARDS The J. D. Groves ' All-Rounder Award C. Pentland Runner-up J. Larsen, ma EFFICIENCY CUPS Senior: Michaelmas J. Brierley, ma Lent P. Brierley, mi Summer J. Creighton, ma Junior: Michaelmas J. Greenwood Lent N. Kaiser Summer 1 N. Kaiser SPORTSMANSHIP CUP D. Ross, ma Runners-up _ J. Brierley, ma D. Ingledow J. Larsen, ma D. Arndt HEAD PREFECTS AWARD C. Pentland PROVINCIAL EXAMINATIONS While the results in the Departmental Examinations were not quite as good as last year, they were sufficiently high to indicate a sound standard in the School and were, therefore, very encouraging. Again the great majority of the boys passed all their courses, and also a good percentage received very high marks. In fact, the following boys achieved overall averages over 75 per cent and will be receiving Government Bursaries: P. Brierley and C. Pentland in Grade 13, and J. Woodsworth, J. Macdonell, B. Cooper, P. Boyd, G. Foster, D. Phillips, D. Arndt, W. Gooderham, G. Hunger- ford, C. Russ and C. Ross in Grade 12. Whether the examinations for Grade 13 are easier than those for first year university is debatable; in any event, the course content is the same. With this in mind, it may be interesting for parents of boys coming up in the School to realize that the results for our Grade 13 boys were far better than were the results of their contemporaries who left in Grade 12 and did their Grade 13 at U.B.C. or at Victoria College. u Grade 13 No. of No. who Average candidates passed (percent) English Lit. 100 6 6 68 English Comp. 101 6 5 68 Maths. 101 6 5 63 Chemistry 101 6 5 68 Physics 101 . 6 6 68 French 110 3 3 76 French 120 1 1 87 German 90 2 2 69 33 passed out of 36 papers. Average 68%. Best average - P. Brierley - 83.2%. Grade 12 No. of No. who Average candidates passed (per cent) English Lang. 40 I 28 28 65 English Lit. ' 40 28 28 69 Mathematics 91 27 27 69 History 91 27 22 62 Physics 91 27 25 64 Biology 91 11 11 64 French 92 14 13 59 Latin 92 6 6 74 German 92 . 1 1 74 23 boys out ol 27 gained University Entrance. 1961 — 161 passed out ol 169 papers. Average 65.3%. 1960 — 144 passed out of 146 papers. Average 70.3%. 1959 — ioi passed out of 103 papers. Average 68.3%. 1958 — 61 passed out of 66 papers. Average 64.7%. Best average 1961 — J. Woodsworth - 86.4%. Best average 1960— C. Pentland - 91.8%. Best average 1959— R. A. Mcintosh - 83.7%. Best average 1958— R. C. R. Malkin - 89%. Grade 11 No. of No. who Average candidates passed (per cent) Mathematics 30 25 24 68 Socials 30 25 25 69 Chemistry 91 24 20 56 Geography 91 8 5 61 1961 — 74 passed out of 82 papers. Average 64%. 1960 — 109 passed out of 117 papers. Average 64.8%. 1959 — 78 passed out of 80 papers. Average 65.4%. 1958— 72 passed out of 83 papers. Average 57.9%. Best average 1961 — J. Greenwood - 85%. Best average I960— G. Dunlop - 82.4%. Best average 1959— C. Pentland - 85.3%. Best average 1958— R. A. Mcintosh - 80%. 75 VALETE IA J. F.ANGUS (1956) School Prefect, 1st XV, 1st XI R. I. E.APPLETON(I954) Capt. Track and Field, 1st XV A. G. S. ARCHBOLD (1958) School Prefect, 1st XV, 1st XI N.F. BOWSHER(1958) 1st XV MM P. J. BOYD (1954) 2nd XV, Senior Basketball Team, Track and Field Team J. L. BRIERLEY(1959) School Prefect, Capt. 1st XI, 1st XV R. P.BRIERLEY(1959) School Prefect, 2nd XV 16 R. J. CLARINGBULL (1957) Capt. 2nd XV, Track and Field Team P.J.CULTER(1955) 2nd XV J. H.EMERY (1957) Capt. Cross Country, 2nd XV, Track and Field Team ' m Aa G.G.FOSTER (1956) 3rd XV, 1st Rowing VIII W. G. GOODERHAM (1957) 1st XV, Track and Field Team ■fc j| R.C.GRIGGS (1960) 1st XV G. P. H. HALSE(1955) 17 A. KROPlNSKI(1959) 4th XV J.E. LARSEN(1955) School Prefect, Capt. Rowing, Capt. Basketball, 1st XV B. K. LEITH(1957) 2nd XV, Cross Country Team A. D. MACDONALD (1957) Capt. 5th XV, Capt. 2nd XI k . It mm J. R. MACDONELL (1955) Capt. 6th XV .§.. I. H. MUNRO(1956) 5th XV R. PELLING(1953) School Prefect, 1st XV, Track and Field Team 78 C. C. PENTLAND(1955) Head Boy, 1st XV, Senior Basketball Team, Track and Field Team J. D.PHILLIPS (1958) 3rd XV, Track and Field Team CI. ROSS (1958) Track and Field Team iiM D.A.ROSS (1952) School Prefect, Capt. 1st XV, 1st Rowing VIII, Senior Basketball Team C. A.RUSS(1956) 6th XV, Track and Field Team P. N.VERES (1957) 1st XI, 4th XV C. J. A. WOODSWORTH (1957) 79 SALVETE G. L. Adams H. Atwood J. Barclay G. Bell H. Bell-Irving H. Bellows D. Bentley E. Berwick M. Bowell M. Clare C. S. Clark P. Clough P. Cooke R. Creighton C. H. Davidson T. C. Davis J. S. N. Fedun J. Fellows D. Flynn P. D. Forrester T. L. Garner J. M. Gibson R. Griggs T. Gritzuk R. Guider D. W. E. Harris J. R. Harstad P. Head P. W. Hitchcock K. Homer A. D. L. Hughes R. F. Hunger ford G. Hunter D. Ingledew N. Kaiser W. Keate D. Kingsford R. Lint J. Longridge D. Maguire B. Marks R. Milne G. MacKenzie W. MacLaren A. McLaughlin D. McLaughlin G. H. Nelson D. Nichols J. Nicholson J. W. Payne J. Piers D. Popham J. Pybus T. Pischel P. Quinn C. P. Quinn C. Robertson S. Ruttan R. Sherwood J. Simson M. Wade B. Wallace S. C. Walton W. C. Wells 20 21 THE HOUSES RIPLEY ' S HOUSE Following upon the successes of last year, the House had a high standard to maintain. This year we Tared better in academics, and not so well in athletic events, whilst our members were well represented in the many aspects of school life. The seniors generally gave a good lead in House activities. We started the year with two House Prefects, Geoffrey Archbold and David Phillips. As the year progressed, Archbold was appointed a School Prefect, whilst Mark Osburn and John Gibson were appointed House Prefects. At the end of the year a number of Grade XI ' s had temporary appointments, with encouraging prospects for next year. In the swimming competition we came third in the House standings. We did not fare too well in the open and under fourteen events, although O ' Cal- laghan did well to win the senior breaststroke. The majority of our successes came in the under sixteen events, when all did well. Grauer won the under sixteen championship well backed-up by Giraud. The inter-house track and field competition was closely contested and it was not until the final day that Groves ' , the eventual winners, pulled ahead. Ripley ' s and Copeman ' s fought to the wire for second place. Outstanding amongst the seniors was Osburn, who was the runner up to Appleton, the victor ludorum. In the under sixteen events Ross, Grauer and Coldicutt all did well. In the Lent Term our House Basketball Teams did not distinguish them- selves, although they played several close matches. On School Basketball Teams we were well represented. In Cross-Country we placed third, Coldicutt and O ' Callaghan distinguished themselves in the Senior Event: these two with Osburn were on the School Cross-Country Team. We retained the Inter-house Squash Cup, defeating Copeman ' s in the finals; Andrew Wade and Osburn both played well. The Inter-house Rugby was a seven-a-side tournament. In the senior divi- sion we placed third, and in the junior division we were second. Representing us on the 1st XV was Osburn, although Archbold also played a great number of matches. These two were successful members of the U.K. touring team. Ingledew also played in the 1st XV and shows great promise for the future. We ended the year in good style. We won back the academic trophy, which we shall certainly try hard to retain. All members of the House contributed towards this trophy, excellent performances being made by Andrews, Marks, Kaiser, Barclay and Hunter. Good results were also attained by Alister Mac- donald, Anderson, Seeds, John Simson and Fellows. Several of our boys also gained individual prizes on Speech Day. In cricket we won the Junior House Cup, defeating Groves ' by four wickets; David Macdonald, Giraud and Fawcett all doing well. In the senior we lost the finals to a revitalised Lake ' s House. In many other activities we played our part, whether on parade with the Cadets or preparing an explorer rocket for launching. We trust that next year will again be marked by real effort and worthwhile endeavour. 22 23 24 LAKES HOUSE In general this has been quite a successful year in all fields. Although we did not ' cop ' all the glory, we nevertheless had a better showing than that of previous years. During the Michaelmas term in the swimming events we man- aged to win the Under 16 Relay, but were unsuccessful in acquiring any other individual prizes. For Track and Field we had a better showing when Maguire kept the Under 14 Championship in the House. In the Lent Term for the inter-house rugger the tradition was changed from a senior and junior team of fifteen players to a system of having a senior and junior A and B team of seven-a-side members which played every other house. We won the junior in a very close match with Copeman ' s but placed fourth in the senior. In the inter-house shooting we won the senior but lost the junior. At the end of the term the annual nemesis of all schoolboys re- turned in the aspect of the inter-house X-country, but nevertheless the House made quite a respectable showing. In the inter-house basketball we were suc- cesful in winning the Under 14 matches, but were quite badly beaten in the other divisions. In the Summer Term the home stretch before the examinations arrived but there was still pots of time for extra-curricular activities. This year the School Dramatic Society put on Shakespeare ' s Henry IV Part 1 in the school gymna- sium, in which the House was quite well represented. Salmon and Veres and Culter ma. were very good as barroom cronies and a sheriff respectively. The highlight of the afternoon was Fraser ' s performance of that ' hill of flesh ' , Falstaff, portraying the wily rogue with great gusto. For the inter-house rowing both races were extremely close with the first two boats in each race separated only by about half a deck-length. We were second in the senior but came first in the junior. A real upset occurred in the cricket, for we were considered the underdogs. This prediction came true when we were badly trounced by Cope- man ' s in the junior match, but this service was returned when we won a very closely contested match against them in the Senior, and then went on to overcome Ripley ' s. These victories would not have been possible without the superlative bowling of Veres and Janke, both of whom played extremely well. Among all our success this year, there is a sad note in that we are very sorry that our Matron, Mrs. Hewitt, is leaving the House. She has been a staunch supporter of the House and has been an angel in time of distress to all the boys many times during the past years. We are truly very sorry that she is leaving us, and hope that she returns to visit us often. To all the boys leaving the House we send our very best wishes for good luck in their chosen profession and best wishes for a fine future. GROVE ' S HOUSE We have been a happy and cooperative company this year. In large measure this is due to the kindly presence of David Ross as head of the house, and to his kindly colleagues Rodney Pelling, Derek Arndt, Ian Appleton and Will Gooderham. Prefects are always the target for much unjustified criticism, so here we can publicly extend our thanks to them for jobs well done, and our best wishes for success elsewhere. We have had one great disappointment this year, the loss of the academic shield. There have been some very diligent performances by John Woodsworth, Geof. Foster, Julian Greenwood, Tony Foster and Peter Schotch, to mention just a few. But the efforts of these and many others have been spoiled by the 25 failings of others; we have had too many candidates for ' satis ' . Next year I trust that the shield will return to our shelf. We must congratulate John Woodsworth and Julian Greenwood on winning their School Academic Colours. I suppose the sports trophies are more highly coveted than the academic by most of the boys. Here we have had considerable success; I am told that this is only fair, because in the previous year we came a close second so many times! We started well by winning the house swimming competition — congratula- tions to Brent Smith on being senior champion. Then we plunged into the athletic sports and, well led by Ian Appleton, we won the competition. Although there were fine individual performances from Charles Russ, David Gooderham and Michael Bird, the chief event in this was that it was an achievement by the whole house. David Ross and Rodney Pelling were unable to compete, but the spirit with which everyone entered the standards ' competition more than made up for their absence. So to the modified rugby competition where our seniors were successful, although if Cooper ' s attempted conversion of a Copeman ' s try had been six inches straighter the result might have been different! Our juniors were con- sistantly defeated, but they played to the very best of their powers — the tackling of Robert Lint and Eddy Berwick, and the general hustle of Doug Kingsford were devastating. The situation looks promising for next year. In the summer term the house cricket competition was closely contested. Our seniors surprised themselves by conceding the narrowest of victories to Ripley ' s, but our juniors were unexpectedly defeated. I think it unlikely that Julian Greenwood will ever run himself out again. We have some promising cricketers in the house, Blair Halse and Arthur Monahan with the bat, Tony Foster with the ball, and Julian Greenwood with both. Also during the summer term David Ross stroked our first boat to a grand victory. Brian Plummer then rapidly changed boats for the junior race, but his crew could not quite match the pace of the other houses. In the various other sports Dick Lonsdale ran well in the cross country, Julian Greenwood played some good squash, and the junior rifle team won their competition. Fortunately however our activities are by no means confined to sports. We have a large contingent in the choir, and there boys have all enjoyed a most satisfying year. May the gaps created by the departing choristers be readily filled by others. Charles Russ and Julian Greenwood have made a notable contribu- tion by playing the organ for a number of chapel services. As a further witness of the wide activities of the house Harold Munn has been busy in the model railway club, the wild imagination of David Gooderham created mural decorations for the school dance, Rodney Pelling and John Larsen entertained the dancers in the fashion of the Hungry! Ronnie Blanc and Tony Foster have kept their favourite fishing haunts secret, David Bentley tried to sail across Piggs Pool on a homemade raft, Rodney Pelling, David Ross, Julian Greenwood, Harold Munn and David Gooderham all played in Henry IV, as did a muted Arndt, a good company had parts in the Mikado, and Ken Clark has sailed to all the parts of the Lake. It is indeed hard to follow all the activities of the boys in the house. Finally to those who are leaving us we extend our t hanks and best wishes for the future. May those returning continue to contribute actively and self- lessly to the life of the house and school, and indeed of the world outside too, where we have adopted a Lithuanian refugee in West Germany, for in this way only can our community life be truly worthwhile and satisfying. 26 27 COPEMAN ' S HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins left in July, for Gordonstown, Mr. Jenkins ' old school, where he was to take over the Geography Department. We wish them both, and little Tommy, the best of luck in their new surroundings. We would also like to congratulate them on the arrival of Kirsty last March. Taking Mr. Jenkins place was Mr. Hyde-Lay, who brings a wealth of experience with him, for not only has he been a member of the staff for some years, b ut in 1955 was house- master of Lakes ' , a position he vacated at that time to be married. To assist him in his duties Mr. Whitelaw was appointed, and these two between them handled the destinies of some 80 hardy souls. Miss Langford and Mrs. Hartl were once again the matrons, whilst Mr. Hartl did the janitoring. In the kitchen Bill was King, and with Jack, George and Yip provided us with meals that were as good as they were regular. We hope Bill and his boys realise just how much we appreciate their efforts in the kitchen, and although we may have grumbled at times, — we didn ' t mean it Bill, — really we didn ' t. The Junior House again occupied the top floor. There were 20 or so in Grade 7, with a leavening of 4 or 5 experienced Grade 8-ers, to keep them honest — a difficult proposition. In supreme command reigned John Brierley and Russell Griggs, and these two between them kept law and order, as well as helping out in a hundred and one little ways too numerous to mention. To them goes a large slice of credit for the way the juniors quickly settled down and gradu- ally became less and less of a nuisance. When not ragging or making large amounts of noise the juniors found time to make a vast number of models, some of them were very well done, Lint, Barclay, Gritzuk and Flynn being especially talented in this direction. Wells could often be heard in the evenings strumming on his wotchermacallit , a sort of harp-like guitar, especially imported from San Francisco, Popham minor too helped swell the sound of music with his mouth organ, but perhaps the greatest contribution made by these Juniors was their help towards Joseph and Jurek, the two refugees which we have adopted. Under the guidance of Russell Griggs they ran a very successful raffle, which netted $230.00. This sum was divided between the four houses, and will be spent, or sent, depending on what seems to be the best thing for the adopted friends. Wells was the champion ticket seller, talking friends and enemies alike into buying umpteen tickets each. On the two floors below dwelt the rest of Copemans ' . The dormitory floor was generally neat and tidy, but the prefects had a strenuous time trying to keep the common-rooms and changing-rooms as clean, despite a rigorous fagging system. George Hungerford was head of the house, and has as assistant prefects Jamie Macdonell, George LaSette, John Creighton, Barry Gooper, Mike Robin- son and John Simpson. Seven prefects may seem a lot to some people, but Cope- mans ' was so efficiently run that they justified their appointment. The Senior Common-Room, the Junior Common-Room, the Senior Study and the Prefects ' Study, all received much care and attention during the year, and each revealed the artistic hand of some madman. These rooms were all well used, and the wear and tear on them in a school year is considerable. This year was no exception, and they will probably all receive a fresh coat of paint next term. Down in the basement one found the Senior Club flourishing in a variety of nefarious ways. Michael Falls and Saunders messed about with radios and hi-fi ' s at every spare moment, occasionally managing to produce music that sounded suspiciously like the inner clankings of a rusty toilet. Whetham and Tatum were 28 29 active small-time railroad builders. McLaughlin just wandered about from one thing to another. Just around the corner and not far away was the oil-shoot of the Senior Club, the Junior Club, whose members included Gelpke, Piers and Hungerford minor. Their club is a very superior sort of place, well furnished and cosy, obviously far too comfortable for much of interest to be accomplished in it. Academically this was just an average year for Copemans ' . We placed third in the Academic Shield Competition, this was due to the efforts of some, more than others. Michael Clare and David Larson were the only two to head their grades, however Piers, Creighton minor, Bellows, West and Ruttan all came close. Those at the other end of the scale hardly need mentioning — they know who they are! Athletically speaking this was also an average year. We retained our firm grip on the Cross Country Cup, (perhaps the other houses would rather not win it), and we won the Basketball very comfortably. However we came a cropper in the Cricket house-matches and the Rowing, two sports which we favoured. We were beaten in the finals of the Squash by Ripleys ' , lost to Groves ' in the Senior Rugger, and were nosed out by Lakes ' in the Junior Rugger. In Track and in Swimming we were second. Long was the Under 16 Track Champion and MacLaren the Under 14 Swimming Champion. Hunger- ford, Cooper, Farrally and LaSette were regular 1st XV forwards, (very nearly 800 lbs. of prime beef there), Bowsher also played a number of matches. In cricket, Brierley mi. and Creighton opened the batting for the XI, and Farrally kept wicket. Hungerford major and Creighton major were two forwards on the Basketball Team and Cooper a guard. So good representation was made by Copemans ' on all major teams. In addition we know that we have the two best tennis players in the School, in the brothers Creighton. Bruce Sharp and Jeremy Long each had leads in the Mikado , and both did well. They are also staunch members of the Chapel Choir along with Peter Nissen, Paul Longridge, Peter Tatum, Michael Saunders and Stuart Clark. John Creighton — Sports Editor, and Barry Cooper — Miscellaneous Editor, were two of the main driving forces behind the production of the School Paper. Work divisions still play an important part for Copemans ' boys, for we are under Mr. Dinter ' s direction to improve the surrounding area and general outward appearance of the house. Much progress has been made, and the man- hours put in have been well worth it. A vegetable Garden of Eden is develop- ing, and how can one fail with the eager help of such as Adams, Jennings and Nicholson — to mention but a few whose enthusiasm is only matched by the pride shown in the results of the completed efforts — ? Fire drills have provided a welcome diversion to sleep on some nights during the year. Complete evacuation, (from a sleeping start), can now be achieved in two minutes. This despite realistic fire-bombs set off in strategic places. Fall, Tatum and Long were efficient fire marshalls, and fulfilled their tasks well during the year. Only Norman Bowsher of Grade 12 is leaving, and we wish him good fortune next year during Grade XIII in Calgary. All our other Grade 12 ' s are returning for Grade 13, which is most pleasing, and although we know they will not be officially attached to Copemans ' , they will be pulling for us mentally. 30 37 THE CHAPEL Worship is a natural inclination of the normal human. What establishes his ultimate end, is, of course, that which he inclines to worship. The Chapel exists not as a Church in essence (as some may suppose), but as a place where people worship corporately. It is a building set aside for the worship of Al- mighty God. And here, day by day, week by week, the youth of these three Schools on the lake participate in the fellowship of praise, adoration, penitence and thanksgiving. Here willingly at times, unwillingly at others (as is natural with all men), we gather to render worship to the Highest that men know. Surely this must be a primary aim of any educational philosophy — to set the highest possible goal as an objective for its students. Inasmuch as we set either higher or lower objectives we are successful or unsuccessful in the sight of God. This year there were 30 candidates for Confirmation from Shawnigan and Strathcona. The Archbishop of British Columbia was present and addressed the confirmands and parents at that time. After the service the Archbishop met the candidates and parents informally. During the year the School had as guest preachers the following men: The Rt. Rev. E. G. Munn. The Rev. John Frith. The Rev. Dr. N. B. Larmonth. The Rev. E. J. Hulford. The Ven. P. R. Ellis. The collections from the Sunday services are dispensed by the Chapel Committee at the end of each year. This Committee is made up of personnel from both Strathcona and Shawnigan and is in large measure comprised of the student body. It is of interest to note that by their direction two thirds of total income must be sent for mission work. This year this latter included the Com- munity of the Resurrection, the Columbia Coast Mission and the Diocese of Caledonia. During the year this Committee meets each term and carries on the current work of the Chapel. One of the works ordered this year was the making of a set of Eucharistic Vestments to augment the one small set that we have. The beautiful green set which arrived was the work of two of the members of the parish of St. James in Vancouver. Once again we are grateful for the help extended to us from Strathcona in the care of the altar and sanctuary, to Miss Clunas who orders and arranges the flowers week by week, to the Servers Guild under Ken Stroud and also to the mothers of members of Strathcona and Shawnigan who took upon themselves the task of raising funds to provide cassocks and surplices for the Choir. Finally, the Chaplain wishes to thank all who assisted him in his duties throughout the year. CHAPEL CHOIR NOTES In addition to fulfilling its chief function in the ministry of music for the regular chapel services throughout the year, the choir prepared recitals and radio broadcasts. Recordings were made at Shawnigan by station CFAX, Victoria, for programmes heard on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The question is sometimes asked (though not within its own ranks) — 32 Why does the choir sing only sacred music? Why not an occasional secular programme? If time were unlimited, and printed scores inexpensive, we might often venture into delightful and thoroughly worthwhile realms of secular choral literature. But both time and funds are decidedly limited, and under the circumstances there would seem little wisdom in ever turning our attention away from religious music. Where in the entire choral repertory can better material be found for the training of the boy voice? In their finest religious works the great composers have reached the heights of inspiration; they have walked on the Mount of Transfiguration with God. To whatever extent the young chorister can enter with them into the holy places the experience must be ennobling. The time devoted to the study of such sublime expression is precious indeed. On three occasions in April the choir presented Haydn ' s Imperial Mass, No. 3 (also known as the Lord Nelson ). The first performance was in the chapel of the former Prince of Wales Fail bridge Farm School near Duncan. The other two — attended by very large congregations — took place in the atmospherically beautiful setting of St. James ' Church, Vancouver, on the last Saturday and Sunday of the month. The soloists, Margaret Abbott, Peter Yelland, and John Bray, all of whom sang with us last year in the Dubois Seven Last Words , were joined for the Haydn Mass by June Gruber, contralto. All these singers have well earned our warm esteem through their whole-hearted co-operation in our musical under- takings. Preceding each performance of the Mass, a group of duets was sung by Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Gruber with impressive artistic effectiveness. Their finely- matched voices and competent readings are always a delight. The violin obbligati for these duets were played by Marie Milburn. Hazards aplenty imperil the success of a school choir. Continuity — an ingredient almost essential to the development of a secure ensemble — is difficult indeed to come by. Young tenors and baritones, having attained some degree of ability, graduate, leaving hard-to-fill vacancies. Voices change, and throats are vulnerable. A thousand influences, tangible and intangible, tilt the scale for better or for worse. Our chapel choir knows what it is to ' skate on thin ice ' and sometimes to fall through. The Fairbridge performance of the Haydn Mass was seriously marred by a sense (and alack! a sound) of strain — the consequence in part of too-recent physical exertion by a number of the choristers. An eleventh-hour dilemma, precipitated by Mr. Bray ' s attack of ' flu, had also disturbed our poise. (That Mr. Douglas Abbott — with the briefest of notice — could so successfully master the baritone solos was cause for our sincerest gratitude.) At St. James ' Church, Vancouver, a comparatively relaxed approach made possible more musically authentic and revent performances. 33 34 We are indebted to the group of parents who have worked so hard on behalf of the chapel. This year, more than sufficient money was raised to pay for a complete — and much needed — set of new cassocks. By placing the order through the Royal School of Church Music, with which our choir is affiliated, we were able to avail ourselves of a substantial discount. The team aspects of choral singing form no insignificant part of its value. It is an interesting anomaly that serious concerted musical activity tends to bring together those who are by nature the most strongly individualistic, yet who, within the group, must exercise the most relentless self-disciplines. The urge for freedom of expression (and perhaps for personal display) presses hard upon imaginative, artistically-inclined youth. Yet a choir — and particularly a liturgical choir — blessedly free from the vices inherent in rivalry, admits of no ' starring ' , no spectacular break-throughs, no trophy-winning. Disaster is immediate when even for a moment the individual fails in his responsibility to the ensemble. The real end of concerted music-making trans- cends even community success, for the goal is always the worthy interpretation of another man ' s work. The greater and more profound that work, the richer and more humbling will be the experience of those who make themselves its vehicle. For any apt young person such experience may well be the seed, not merely of a greater appreciati on of music, but of a growing acceptance of responsibility and of a deepening of spiritual insights. Several musicians have expressed surprise over the fact that forty volunteers in a comparatively small community of boys have the aptitudes and interest necessary for the presentation of a major musical work. Truth is that — if time and facilities permitted — the number might well be more than doubled. Perhaps because of the false concept that music ' s function is to amuse, years of possible growth are commonly frittered away on inferior ' teaching ' material. Experience with choirboys repeatedly proves how quickly young people (often very young people) can learn the joy of active participation in the greatest of music. Though full appreciation must naturally wait upon de- veloping maturity, the boy can at least glimpse the vision, and the shining of it may well reveal the stark poverty of those juke-box outpourings that 20th century fashion calls the music of youth. To keep the chapel organ functioning, stop-gap repairs have long been necessary. During the past year such repairs have proved quite inadequate to the increasing problems, and on a number of occasions the instrument has failed us entirely. A Victoria organ builder, Mr. Hugo Spilker, has generously offered to teach interested boys how to effect major improvements. This will mean a very large saving in labour costs. Mr. Spilker suggests that the boys may even be able to undertake electrification of the action. Materials will, of course, have to be purchased, and re-voicing and any possible enlargement can be done only by experts. The organ is small, but the task of rebuilding is a large one, and ways and means may require long-term planning. 35 SUMMER CHOIR SESSION An innovation at Shawnigan this summer was the two-week training session held in August for choristers from various churches in the Province. Thirty boys — ranging in age from eight to sixteen years — practised for several hours daily to prepare the service music for Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, for the two Sundays on which the regular Cathedral choir was on vacation. During the session the night service of Compline was sung by the boys each weekday at 9 o ' clock in the school chapel. On the first Saturday morning there was a choral eucharist, with the Very Rev. Brian Whitlow as celebrant, assisted by the school Chaplain. Although various obstacles had seriously reduced the expected number of helpers and so created administrative difficulties, a great deal of satisfactory work was accomplished. The full choir sang four services — complete with anthems — in the Cathedral. A fifth anthem was sung from the West Gallery by a group of four of the boys. The final service was broadcast. Musical directors of the session were Mr. Richard Proudman, Cathedral Organist, and Mr. Galliford. Bruce Sharp, of our own Chapel Choir, was staff assistant, and Peter Nissen — also a member of the Shawnigan choir — acted as librarian both in the school chapel and at the Cathedral. Mr. Carr of the school staff very kindly directed the popular handicrafts periods, and Murray McAlpine of Cliffside School was in charge of recreation. £JL =: «, ? g? me Chape! and Classroom Block £du-a£i- oaa- 36 ACTIVITIES DRAMA FESTIVAL During the third week in May the School staged for the third consecutive year a Shakespeare Drama Festival. For many reasons the standard of the plays and the general attitude in the School toward them were greatly improved. This was partly due to the fact that this year we built a proper removable stage for the gymnasium, and this certainly increased the scope which could be contemplated by the various directors. In addition to this a great deal of effort was put into the productions by masters and boys alike and as a result of course the participants learned much. On Monday May 15th, four short productions were given: The Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice by Grade 7A; Scenes from The Winslow Boy by Grade 8; The Murder of Bangus, and the Banquet Scene from Macbeth by Grade 9; and the Funeral Oration from Julius Caesar by Grade 10A. On Wednesday May 17, there were five more: The Voice of Canada by Grade 7; The Murder of Duncan from Macbeth by Grade 8 A; Scenes from Richard III by Grade 9A; Scenes from Abraham Lincoln by Grade 10; and the Quarrel Scene from Julius Caesar by Grade 11. On Saturday May 20, as a climax to the Festival, the full production of Shakespeare ' s Henry IV - Part I was presented. The characters were as follows: King Henry IV — R. Pelling ma; Henry, Prince of Wales — R. Griggs; John of Lancaster — H. Munn; Westmoreland — C. Sauer; Sir Walter Blunt — J. Brierley ma; Worcester — G. Archbold; Nor- thumberland — R. Sherwood; Hotspur — C. Pentland; Mortimer — J. Green- wood; Douglas — N: Vincent; Glendower — A. Wade ma; Sir Richard Vernon — N. Kaiser; Sir John Falstaff — D. Fraser; Peins — M. Osburn; Godshill — N. Veres; Peto — G. Salmon; Bardolph — D. Ross ma; Lady Percy, wife to Hotspur — Miss S. Crawford; Lady Mortimer — Miss C. Badger; Mistress Quickly — Miss K. Housser; Sheriff — P. Culter ma; Attendants — G. Hunter and G. Nelson; Travellers — D. Gooderham mi and B. Halse. Since so many worked hard and since the success of a play depends so much upon its being a community effort, the fact that the production was extremely well received should be attributed to all participants both in front and behind scenes, rather than to any particular individuals. Not only did the actors in general show an understanding for their parts and an enjoyment in playing them, but also the team of boys working behind the scenes operated most efficiently to produce the effects required; and, on the whole, it was a most creditable performance. Already enthusiasm is being shown for next year ' s production, and it is hoped that again an improvement in standards will be shown. THE MIKADO A packed auditorium or gymnasium is a good indication of the interest shown in the School ' s production of The Mikado . The operetta was pre- sented twice, once to the school and parents, and again to the Old Boys and the 37 public. There were fifty-five boys involved in the presentation, all of whom did their jobs admirably. All concerned in the Mikado deserve mention, but as space is limited it must suffice to say that outstanding performances were given by a number of actors. Bruce Sharp as Koko created a convincing and resilient Lord High Executioner. Jeremy Long, Julian Greenwood, and Glen Seeds played their parts with assurance and spirit. Miss Maunsell played the difficult role of Katisha very well. Messrs. Josselyn, Whitelaw, and Hyde-Lay, and the entire company all combined . . . with laughing song and merry dance to provide a most enjoyable occasion. HOBBY SHOP NOTES 1961 Once again the cabinet work was excellent. Tables appeared to dominate the scene, interspersed with kayaks made by Kropinski, Andrews and Ph-Wolley. Baylis made a very fine Danish style teak coffee table and stool, others were produced by Turvey, Cox, Nicholson, Salmon, Cromie and Longridge to name just a few. Mrs. Nissen is pleased with the gigantic fire-side stool manufactured by Peter. The Parents ' Guild have kindly donated sufficient funds to build several twelve foot sailing boats for the school. This year three were on the ways, one almost complete built by Gordon and Tanner; followed closely by those being built by Westinghouse, Rendell and Gardiner, and Heath and Pischell. This time next year we hope to have five completed and duly launched. Rob Hurst and Ingledew were instrumental in establishing the new metal workshop on the second floor in what used to be the paint room. Much work has yet to be done but all machines are in operation. 38 ®mm ■ iWRlWs Witts ' WC5 -I ' iHTSL- i ' ' 1 : ii ajiiiO|iiH x ' ! ■— m u ' n;«i , Tr e Hobbu Shop. du)€Ln)AoodsJ(, It appears that some of the masters were envious of the projects made by the boys, consequently Mr. Grey and Mr. Nightingale worked furiously but not in vain to produce a Hi-Fi cabinet apiece. The staff is welcome in the shop but should be careful about the waste. One might be led to believe that the wood grows on trees! RADIO CLUB This year saw sporadic activity, as one thing and another tended to interrupt or upset any planned programme. Code and Theory Classes suffered most. However, the Radio Club building is all but complete, and as soon as the roof is made sound and the heating unit satisfactorily operating, the School should have its own station on the air contacting other Clubs throughout the world. The Club has both a transmitter and a receiver waiting for one of the members to get his licence. Many side activities took place with radio repairing a chief though some- times illicit occupation!! It is hoped that next year this can be a regular and organised aspect of the Club. Time is the chief factor counting against any real progress at this point as it takes many hours of concentration to study and learn the Morse Code and also to delve into the intricacies of electronic theories. But with additional help much of this difficulty will be overcome. All told, while the year had its ups and downs, there was progress made and enjoyment derived from the activities of this Club. 39 RIFLE CLUB Interest in shooting was as high as ever this year with the club numbering some thirty active members. A fairly substantial number of Dominion Marksmen awards were won. Outstanding among them were the award of sitting crests (20 targets, 95 100 in the sitting position) to Robertson ma and Popham ma. Evans gained the standing crest which, so far as the records of the club go, seems to be only the third of its kind won by a boy at this school. In a match against University School during the Lent Term both our teams suffered defeat. The 1st IV lost by 19 points; the 2nd IV by 20 points. We are resolved, however, to do better next year. GYMNASTICS CLUB The Club gained strength and members during the past year. Unfortunately it was found that there was insufficient time to take all those interested — nevertheless, the twelve most proficient boys attended classes each week, and achieved a good standard. The first display was given at the Cadet Inspection, when all members of the Gym Team participated. The main competition of the year was a Meet with Lake Cowichan High School. The Team was encouraged by their win of 850J 2 points to 511 gained by Lake Cowichan. Outstanding per- formances were given by Dave Ross and Derek Arndt. It is hoped that next year at least three competitions will be held. Standing (l-r): G. Archbold, I. Appleton, D. Ross, A. Wade, B. Baylis, D. Arndt. Kneeling (l-r): R. Quinn, R. Curtis, J. C. C. Gibson. Missing: A . Hugman, R Pelling. 40 THE SECOND SHAWNIGAN SCOUT TROOP The Second Shawnigan Troop has had a very successful scouting year, and our sincere gratitude is due to Mr. Hopson, our scout master, and to Mr. Curtis, his assistant. Unfortunately, Mr. Hopson is leaving us this year, and we are sorry to see him go. We wish you luck, Mr. Hopson, with the scouts over in England! The troop got off to a good start this year. Much work was done on the scout forts behind the top field during the first term, the Beavers and Seals having almost completed their forts. In addition to this many regular scouting projects were undertaken. Most of the new scouts have passed their tenderfoot and are on their way to becoming full-fledged scouts. Mr. Curtis ran an Ambulance Man course for the Court of Honour. After much hard work on the part of everyone — including the examiner in Duncan — we all passed. Our thanks to Mr. Curtis! Six Swimmers ' badges were obtained, and Barr Hall and Gordon Mewhort passed their second class. The PL ' s and Seconds went on a three day excursion to Port Renfrew in April. Although it rained for most of the time spirits of the boys were not dampened. The first night was spent high and dry above Harris Creek, but unfor- tunately the next was in the damp valley of the San Juan River. However, a good deal of valuable experience was gained from the trip. Several patrol trips ended the year, and we again express our sincere thanks to Mr. Hopson and Mr. Curtis for making it a memorable and successful one. BEAVERS ' AND SEALS ' OVERNIGHT HIKE We arrived in camp at Cliff side at 2:45 on April 22nd, and at once set about doing necessary jobs until dinner time. (The meal took an hour and a quarter to cook, eat, and clean up.) After dinner we got water, made beds (of fir) and organized the equipment for the night. By 7:45 the campfire was roaring, and we sat around it, singing and story-telling until 9:30. We had settled down for the night by 10:15. On Sunday morning everyone had breakfast cooking by 7:30, and then we washed and packed and prepared the camp for inspection. At 10 o ' clock, Brad and Doug, starting at the railroad tracks, set a trail around the base of Mount Baldy. The other boys were on the trail twenty minutes later. Once, the trail was lost by the boys when they failed to notice a blazed tree. After an hour ' s time we were back in camp to begin the lunch. After lunch we cleaned up all the dishes and put them away. For half an hour a few of the boys studied, while two of us conducted tests for others. We also found time to plan out our Pathfinder. At 3:30 we took down the tents and carried all the equipment out to the road. So as to get dinner out of the way we had it at 4:30, using the fewest possible utensils. The menu was sardines, hot dogs, toast and jam, jello and cake. By 5:30 we were all ready to leave, so we had a good hot game of hide-and- seek-and-when-found-slaughter among the broom. At 6 o ' clock we washed and changed into our uniforms and then attended evening service in the Cliffside chapel. We arrived back at school at 8:15, after a good day and a very successful camp. 41 SCOUT OUTING TO MR. WELLBURNS MUSEUM We set out from the School at 2 o ' clock, and drove through the Cowichan Bay area to Duncan, arriving at our destination at 3:15. We quickly joined a group of girls from Queen Margaret ' s School, who were already being shown about by Mr. Wellburn. First of all we were given a ride in an ancient logging crummy, driven by an eight cylinder truck engine and running on a mile of narrow-gauge track. At the bottom of the yard Mr. Wellburn stopped to show us an old log cabin. Beginning a tour of the grounds, we came first to an open shed that houses a collection of interesting old carriages and wagons. One of them is the coach that used to run between Sooke and Victoria. Another is the former Duncan Co-op Delivery wagon, and beside it the Nanaimo Dairy Products van. All of these vehicles had been horse-drawn. In the same shed stands an old fire-engine once belonging to the Duncan Fire Department, and in a neighbouring building is a collection of antique open surreys — one with the whip still in its holder. Next we saw two perfectly restored steam engines, complete with bells, and ready to move for anyone who might be willing to stoke up a fire. After trying out some hand-pumped ' speeders ' we climbed into the caboose drawn by a diesel locomotive and were taken again over the mile of track. Beside some old steam-driven donkey engines with tall stacks is a log car- riage that used to run on log tracks. Its wheels are arc-shaped to fit over the logs. When we had seen all these fascinating things, we were taken through a house filled with relics of the past — old hatchets and model engines, the first picture ever painted of a steam train, an old safe that was for many years in the mill of the Shawnigan Lumber Company, and numerous ancient logging tools. On leaving the house we visited still another display shed — this one containing early-model tractors and an old steam-roller, all of them in running order. All in all, the visit to Mr. Wellburn ' s was most interesting and enjoyable. CADETS The object of Sea Cadets at Shawnigan is to build better citizens, en- courage leadership and promote self discipline. Again this year a very high standard was achieved, but not without hard work and great effort by the cadets. It was realized early in the year that the obstacle of a very young corps, with only a remnant of the previous year ' s guard and band, would have to be overcome. Under the excellent leadership of C.P.O. Anthony Archbold; P.O. Derek Arndt, band; P.O. John Emery, guard; P.O. K. Leith, Fraser Division; and P.O. W. Gooderham, Skeena Division; the corps proved that age is no deterant if the will to do well is present. During Michaelmas Term the corps attended two main events. The first event was the presentation of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Shield on Wednesday, October 19th, 1960. This Shield was awarded to R.C.S.C.C. Cougar for first place in the Victoria Cadet Sunset Ceremony Competition. It was awarded by Colonel Johnson, R.C.A., at the Bay Street Armouries. Much as the corps enjoyed this ceremony, the boys were very aware that many of the boys 42 JjrJ Band of R.C.S.C.C. Cougar, Shawnigan Lake Sea Cadets, on parade. who contributed to the winning of this competition had left the corps. The second event took place on Sunday, October 30th, 1960, when R.C.S.C.C. Cougar paraded to St. John ' s Church, Victoria. The two events in the Michael- mas Term were very successful, if unusual. It is not often that a corps makes two public parades during it ' s first month of training. The Lent Term brought one major event. R.C.S.C.C. Cougar had the honour to be inspected and addressed by Major General C. B. Price, R.C.A. (ret ' d.). The Summer Term saw the culmination of the year ' s training. There were five successful candidates for Petty Officer and ten successful candidates for Leading Cadet in the examinations conducted by the Assistant Area Officer. On Sunday, April 9th, 1961, R.C.S.C.C. Cougar took part in an Army, Navy and Air Force Cadet Band and Drill Competition at Duncan, B.C. Ten corps from Vancouver Island competed, and Cougar placed third in the overall results. This was a new and novel event and Cougar looks forward, with great enthusiasm, to competing again next year. May 5th, 6th and 7th, saw sixty cadets at H.M.C.S. Naden for Naden Weekend . The Rifle Shooting, Tug of War and Sport Events all fell to Cougar . This year Cougar did not compete for the Commodore ' s Pennant. The annual inspection took place on May 20th, 1961. The inspecting officer, Commander T. Crone, H.M.C. Dock- yard, rated the corps as excellent . This is the standard Cougar always hopes to attain. The leadership qualities of the senior cadets, and the self discipline of the whole corp s were very evident during the inspection ceremony. A pleasant highlight of the Summer Term was a day aboard H.M.C.S. Oriole, a R.C.N. 43 sailing vessel. This was a happy combination of instruction and pleasure for the cadets. This year nineteen cadets will attend summer camp at H.M.C.S. Quadra, Comox, B.C. This is the largest representation Cougar has ever had at Quadra . The loss of Cougar bandmaster, Mr. A. Higgs, who left the School in January, was a severe blow to the corps. The band under the leadership of P.O. D. Arndt is to be highly commended for keeping the standard that Mr. Higgs set. This year R.C.S.C.C. Cougar commenced training with a tremendous change of personnel both in officers and men. In September it seemed that the corps was faced with insurmountable difficulties, however, through hard work and team spirit, 1960 - 61 was again a very successful year. m H u M kw fe r a? . .•• .-......■- ' ■ ■ % Tlauina Fields i idu 4oodoM ' . 44 SPORTS INTER HOUSE COMPETITION AT A GLANCE Rugger Cricket Rowin g Track and Field Swimmin g Sq uash Basketball Shootin g Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Junior Final Senior Under 16 Under 14 Senior Junior Groves ' 6 Lakes ' 5 Lakes ' 69 Ripleys ' Copemans ' 5 Copemans ' Ripleys ' 29 Copemans ' Groves ' by 4 ' over Lakes ' Lakes ' by 6 ' over Copemans ' Cross Countr y 1. Groves ' 310 2. Copemans ' —282 1. Groves ' 103 2. Copemans ' _ 96 Ripleys ' 4 Copemans ' 5 Ripleys ' 4 Copemans ' Lakes ' Copemans ' 1. Lakes ' 386 2. Groves ' 385 1. Groves ' 387 2. Copemans ' -384 1. Copemans ' -68.4 2. Groves ' 87.5 3. Ripleys ' 280 4. Lakes ' 177 3. Ripleys ' 66 4. Lakes ' 36 Groves ' 1 Lakes ' Copemans ' 1 3. Ripleys ' 375 4. Copemans ' -357 3. Lakes ' 337 4. Ripleys ' 328 3. Lakes ' 96.4 4. Ripleys ' —99.6 45 RUGGER With the prospects of a Tour to the U.K. at the end of the season in the offing the 1st XV quickly developed into a very efficient side. For the second successive year it was undefeated in school matches and during the Christmas term played nine games, scoring 253-pts. against 23. Only the match against the Old Boys was lost. It was clear that stronger opposition would have to be met in order to have some practice in defence and also to spot certain weaknesses which we knew existed. Two games against Victoria University and one against Royal Roads sufficed to show us that we were no world-beaters, and enabled us to plug the gaps and shore up the dykes. Our forwards were big and strong and soon developed into a grand pack. They were seldom held and never beaten. The backs were somewhat unpredic- table but had ideas and often played with intelligence and dash. David Ross playing his 5th season on the 1st XV was an excellent captain and was in a large measure responsible for the overall success of the side. His example and play whilst we were on tour were an inspiration, and were the largest single factor for the School ' s fine showing over there. For five seasons and sixty-six matches Ross has given unstintingly of his time, energy and courage, and has never in that time played a poor game. Whilst he has been on the side the School has only lost seven out of fifty-three school matches. One could almost call it the Ross Era . David is now off to London to work for two years and it will be interesting to follow his progress in rugger in Great Britain. It will be some time before his record here at Shawnigan will be matched. The opening game of the season was against Royal Roads 2nd XV, a very inexperienced team, and we flattered ourselves with a 60-0 win. This was fol- lowed with an easy 35-3 rout of Victoria High School. Our third game was against Lord Byng High School and when we won it 28-0 and then trounced Magee High School 40-0, it began to look as if the team was of champion calibre. However our first real test came against St. George ' s. They had a large and useful side and were also undefeated. That we won the match 8-6 was more due to our opponents ' failure to take their chances than to our playing well. St. George ' s lost a golden opportunity to take the lead when a forward pass cost them a certain try fairly early on in the game. This was a lovely dummy scissors move that was perfectly executed and caught us completely flat footed. This reprieve served to tighten our defences and despite a steady supply of the ball from the set scrums, they never seriously threatened to score again. However they did score first through a well-taken penalty goal. Angus soon levelled matters with a similar effort a short while later. The forward battle was growing very tense but Ross made sure there was no quarter asked or given. St. George ' s threes were now being forced to run across the field and were losing their earlier thrust. The only try of the match came after about ten minutes of play in the second half. We had been pressing and from a lineout, Angus, who had been harried all afternoon, punted diagonally ahead and Appleton following up like the wind caught two St. George ' s defenders napping, darting between them and 46 8 b£ 8 — N « 0 bO £ 3 o be 8 47 gathering the ball cleanly to score near the posts. Angus, whose kicking had been a feature of the game, made no mistake with the convert. St. George ' s now applied steady pressure for the remainder of the game. However our defenses held without much trouble and the frustration of the St. George ' s backs was best revealed by the aimless drop goal which their centre kicked in the dying minutes of the game. Larsen and Ross were outstanding among the forwards, dominating the lineout, despite the attentions of Strachan, the very tall St. George ' s forward. Appleton was the pick of the backs, being always dangerous and covering very well the defence. Griggs too on the left wing was a lion on the defence and brought off at least one rousing tackle, abruptly ending a threaten- ing movement. Our unbeaten streak finally came to an end the next week-end when the Old Boys beat us quite comfortably 11-3. It was also the first occasion that our line was crossed. The Old Boys ' turned out a very strong side, particularly in the backs which, as it happened, won them the game. After a shaky start the School settled down and Appleton was once very nearly away. A dropped pass enabled McAlpine (R) to race away and score an alert, but somewhat lucky, try. Play continued to be quite even, but the Old Boys scored again when Vandersluys was allowed to free himself from a half-tackle and he ran strongly and cleverly catching several defenders on the wrong foot. This proved to be a tonic to the School and they now played their best rugger and were rewarded for persistent efforts when Osburn fell on a loose ball following one of Angus ' probing kicks. It was now 8-3 and we were determined to level matters with another try, however McAlpine salted away the victory for the Old Boys when he dropped on a fumbled pass on our goal line to score his second try. The School stormed back and pressed hard, only a forward pass from Ross to Larsen preventing a score. This was as close as they were to come, but when the whistle went to end the game we were still pressing. The referee arrived forty minutes late for our match against Oak Bay High School and thus we played two very short halves before darkness settled in. In the keenly-awaited game against University School we were without Arndt, but knew we had an able deputy in Archbold. As it turned out Arndt wasn ' t missed at all and Archbold played a sparkling game in his place. The School quickly got on top and as the game wore on played with more and more confidence whilst our opponents got from bad to worse. Ross led his team splendidly whilst Larsen played what must be one of the finest games by a school forward as he got through a ton of honest work and at the same time scored three tries. All this from a 2nd row forward! His second try was a real gem. We were awarded a penalty and Ross decided against kicking for touch, took the tap back, passed to Larsen who ran across the field pulling a dummy scissors with Angus and Osburn before passing to Appleton, who sped for the corner at top speed. Seeing that he would be cut off he grub-kicked inwards, towards the try line, a defender fell on the ball and from the ensuing melee, Larsen burst forth with the ball and hurled himself over the line. The whole manoevre carried some seventy yards. A magnificent example of backing up. There were many tries worthy of mention, especially Angus ' clever solo run through a maze of opponents towards the end of the game; in fact Angus ' balanced running was a feature of the match. He and Archbold struck up a happy partnership and with a liberal supply of the ball he was able to engineer quite a few excellent moves. It was a satisfying win, as generally, games between 48 ourselves and University School develop into very close affairs with very few points separating the winner from the loser. Taking stock over the holidays it was realized that stiff er opposition would have to be met and so games were arranged with club sides. Our first match was against Oak Bay Wanderers 1st XV, which though somewhat weakened by the absence of a few key players was nevertheless a strong side to tackle. It was therefore creditable to win 11-0. The Wanderers matched us in the tight but we had an edge in both the loose and the lineouts. We were also without Apple- ton, who was playing in the Rep Trial at Macdonald Park, so the backs did not settle down at all well although Pelling did his best with some thrustful running. The experiment of playing Arndt as a centre did not work and it was not until he had moved back to his accustomed spot as scrum-half that the team woke up and began to play well. Angus, Cooper and Griggs scored with Angus converting one. Royal Roads 1st XV, our next opponents, beat us 6-0 and showed up our deficiencies. This was the first time that the School had failed to score in 34 matches and although we came close at times, we certainly deserved to lose. R.R. played with great bustle and determination and never let us settle down. We spent large portions of the game inside our own half and on defence. Their aggressive play unnerved us somewhat and the greatest weakness appeared to be a hesitation to fall on a loose ball. Royal Roads were quick to turn these errors to their own advantage. Both Royal Roads ' tries came as a result of a slight case of panic by us and in retrospect it must be admitted that we were fortunate that there were not three or four more tries scored against us. With snow at Shawnigan we played Victoria University at Royal Roads. We were beaten 17-6 but had much more of the play than the score suggests. However there was much poor play and repetition of the mistakes that had been made the previous week. Some of the players were showing that they were not yet ready for the rough and tumble playing older opponents. Both our tries were well taken and we led 6-3 at half-time. The beginning of the second half saw Victoria University go ahead 8-6 and play continued to be very even: then for some reason the whole side played very badly for the final 10 minutes which permitted Victoria University to score three unanswered tries, none of which they really earned. Despite these two losses, there was much that had been learned and we were soon able to repair the damage to our defences and egos which the easy schedule before Christmas had done much to inflate. When we met Victoria University a week later we had slightly the better of a drawn game 0-0 with them, as both sides played a strong defensive game. Both sides had their chances, Victoria University twice carelessly letting scoring opportunities slip, first through a forward pass and second by being offside. We too could have scored, but knocked-on. Pelling raised our hopes by cutting cleanly down the middle but failed to link up again with either Angus or Appleton; however, he repeated this move early in the second half and swinging over to his left, found Appleton ready for the pass. He timed it well and Appleton went off like an arrow for the corner. With the tryline only a step away he was cut down from the side by a beautiful tackle and a certain try was thus stopped. There was no further excitement as both teams concentrated on defence. It was most satisfactory to see that the team had learned its lessons well from its two previous losses and every member of the side is to be com- mended for playing well. 49 St. George ' s were very keen to send us off on our tour with a blot on our copy-book, hoping to be the first school side to beat us in 24 matches. The field, although sticky in spots from the wet weather, was dry enough to permit handling. Ross had his side ready and from the start we were on the attack. Angus cut through sharply, slipping inside the wing forward whose orders were obviously to keep out of the scrum and diso rganise our backs, and with the entire threequarter line up with him on his left, he tried for some unaccountable reason to drop a goal. St. George ' s were very relieved at this and soon took play out of their end with a good kick for touch. Angus, anxious to make up for his faux-pas , neatly cut through again and with the line at his feet lost control of the ball and knocked it on. Ross had his forwards going great guns and we kept the pressure on St. George ' s, dominating all scrums and lineouts. Eventually from a five yards scrum Arndt dived over and Angus converted. St. George ' s were now galvanised into action and rushed into our half. Their backs looked very smooth but were inclined to run across the field. At the lineouts Angus was cut off from his backs by two St. George ' s forwards who made little effort to get into any lineout and he was thus forced to cut inside them and feed the ball back to the forwards. This resulted in one or two nice movements, one of which Farrally ruined by passing the ball a step too late. However, it was from a lineout that we scored again, Larsen and Ross winning their duel with the tall St. George ' s forward, and taking advantage of a defensive lapse by the St. George ' s wing who failed to cover the blind side, they slipped the ball off to Pentland who raced around the front of the lineout, and with no one between him and the full-back had a clear run in. As he approached this last defender, he lowered his shoulder, barged into him hard, spun off and dived over in the corner. Cooper converted with a fine kick from the touchline. We now eased off a bit and St. George ' s scored when their left wing brushed off some half-hearted attempts at tackling him. It was at this point that Osburn, in covering, injured his hip and was virtually a passenger for the rest of the match. Ross too had collected a charley horse and was hobbling about the field. This hampered his mobility considerably, but his spirit and leadership were in no way impaired. We went further ahead when St. George ' s were off-side in a lineout. Angus put up a perfect high punt ahead. It landed on the 25 yards line right between the posts where Larsen tackled a St. George ' s player in possession. Another penalty was immediately awarded and Angus made sure of things with a good kick. This gave us a 13-5 lead which soon decreased to 13-10 when St. George ' s took advantage of an errant tap back from the line to score a good try in the corner. The pressure was really on and St. George ' s feeling certain that they would snatch victory away staged a series of attacks on our line which were hair-raising to the spectators; however Ross was not alarmed and made sure that although they came close, they came not closer than that. We scored again just before the end of the game when Griggs and Pentland alertly pounced on a bad pass from their scrum half and kicked it up the field. Pentland kicked on and just when it seemed that he was going to lose the race for the ball, Appleton appeared at the perfect moment, gave the ball a last tap over the tryline and outsped all pursuers to the ball and dived on to it as it came to rest between the posts. Angus converted. This was a grand game. Once again the scrum came through, when after the injury to Ross it played with seven men. The backs too played well individually, but there were 50 weaknesses. Appleton had far too much covering to do for Archbold and Brierley, who missed their tackles repeatedly. Angus and Arndt had good games, and Gooderham did all that was expected of him. It was difficult for Ross to get his team toQnealise that for their last game of the season they must not take University School too lightly. He proved absolutely right, as we were very lucky indeed to escape with a 3-3 draw. We were without Cooper and Osburn for the game and a nasty injury to Brierley early on did not help our chances, nevertheless we were never allowed to settle down by an aggressive University School side who were determined to show that our 35-0 win before Christmas had just been one of those things. Their pack, which we handled so well previously, played like men inspired and we got less and less of the ball as the game wore on. Our backs too, played badly, being closely marked, but yet not marking their opposite numbers closely. Angus kicked a penalty goal for us fairly early on in the game, and University School scored their try early in the second half and very nearly won it ten minutes later when their wing was permitted a long run. Fortunately he was adjudged to have put his foot in touch enroute. We thus left for England with our record of not having lost to another school for more than two seasons intact. We didn ' t quite know what to expect, but we thought that we would have to play a great deal better than we had played against University School in order to make a good impression. It was felt that we would be inexperienced outside the scrum but would be able to hold our own in the forwards. This proved to be more or less the case. The Vancouver Island Sevens were held a week after we returned to B.C., at the Royal Roads Grounds. Obviously having benefitted tremendously from playing in the Oxford Sevens, we were clearly in a class by ourselves, winning our four games, 23-0, 25-0, 22-0 and 16-3, in the final against Oak Bay Wanderers Intermediates. Our second VII had the misfortune to draw our first VII in the second round and went down to defeat 25-0. The members of the first VII were: I. Appleton, R. Farrally, F. Angus, D. Arndt, D. Ross (Captain), C. Pentland and J. Larsen. Characters of the Team Members: J. Brierley A fast but light player, was rather prone to injury largely through inexperience. His tackling was only fair and his kicking not always accurate, however he had excellent hands, positioned himself well and was very useful in attack. R. Pelling A thrustful runner but very unreliable in defence. His handling was far too casual, and his kicking rather carefree. However he played some excellent games to make up for his inconsistency. I. Appleton Vice Captain. The spearhead of the attack, he has scored 48 tries in three seasons. Very fast and strong he used his speed well, not only in attack, but also covering in defence, where he brought off a number of spectacular tackles. His passing and kicking need some improving. 57 M. Osburn A strong defensive player who is also quite elusive Centre in attack, but allows his openings to be wasted by not linking up again. His handling is only fair, whilst his kicking needs much work. R. Griggs Poor hands prevented him from having an outstand- R. Wing ing season. His defence was very sound and his posi- tional play good, but his kicking was weak. He al- ways ran very hard and played with great energy and drive. F. Angus An excellent all round player. His handling was first Fly-half class, as was his kicking. His tactical sense was de- veloping very well, and when he decided to go through on his own he was a beautifully balanced and elusive runner. On defence he was satisfactory, without being outstanding. The 112 points he scored in the season, mainly by kicking, are a school record. He will be sorely missed. D. Arndt A very sound scrum-half, who combined well with his Scrum-half fly-half. His service was good, he was sound on defence, had good hands, led the forwards well and could stand any amount of punishment. Although he scored a number of tries, he is not always quick to exploit the openings which occur around the base of the scrum. R. Cooper A steady forward who used his weight well. His Prop handling was good, and his positioning sound. His tackling needs developing, and he could be more aggressive. He was also a good place kicker. B. Culter A good hooker by B.C. standards, but he found him- Hooker self well beaten on tour, however he is also a hard working and useful forward, excelling in tackling and falling. His kicking is weak and his handling needs improving. G. LaSette He has improved tremendously during the season, Prop developing into a very aggressive and hard working forward, never very far from the ball. His handling and kicking are still weak, as is his positional play, but he is an excellent tackier and faller. C. Pentland A very intelligent, aggressive, hard-working, forward. Wing forward His positional play was first class and his tackling and falling, hard and sure. This along with a safe pair of hands made him a very valuable player. He was also a useful place kicker, but was seldom used in this capacity. D. Ross Captain. His only weakness was his kicking, which Lock was only average, otherwise he excelled in all the other aspects of the game, particularly in the line- outs. He never played a poor game, and constantly set a very high standard of conduct both off and on the field. He was an excellent Captain. 52 J. Larsen A magnificent forward who had an outstanding sea- Lock son. A tireless worker with a real flair for open play, his only weakness was that he was on the slbw side; had he the speed of a threequarter there is no telling how many more tries he would have set up or scored him- self. His hands were excellent, his tackling and fall- ing very safe and his lineout work only equalled by that of Ross. He should reach the top in rugger wherever it is played. R. Farrally A big fast forward, he could also play in the front Wing forward row or in the centre. His handing was good and he was sound on defence, and was one of the better punters on the side. A very useful player. G. Hungerford Tall and strong, he came on strongly as an all round No. 8 forward as the season wore on. Good in the lineouts he also pushed his weight in the scrums. His handling was excellent and his tackling and falling very good. Had Ross and Larsen not been more experienced lineout forwards, he would have had to bear the brunt of it himself. Also played: N. Bowsher A big strong forward he was unlucky not to hold his place, however he was guilty of taking rests during a game. With other good forwards in the School, this could not be tolerated. G. Archbold A very unlucky player. He was as good a scrum-half as Arndt in attack, but not on defence. He played many useful games on the wing as he was quite fast. W. Gooderham A steady but unspectacular threequarter who filled in well when called upon. J. Emery Poor handling seriously handicapped this player. Ag- gressive and hard-working he excelled on defence but was a liability on attack. P. Boyd A good hooker and useful forward, rather on the light side, he played some useful games. J. Claringbull Captain of the second XV he had the experience necessary to come through in the clutch when called upon to play out of position, as he was during the tour. Steady but unspectacular he generally managed to keep a cool head. P. Culter Very lucky to be selected to go on the tour as his play fell off during the Lent Term. His defence is very weak, however he is quite a good hooker and when in the mood can be a useful forward. D. Ingledew A young and light player of great promise. He has the talent to become a first rate threequarter; time and experience are all he needs. 53 1st XV TOUR TO ENGLAND On March 12th (the day for which nineteen boys had been anxiously waiting) the Headmaster, Mr. Hyde-Lay, Mr. Gray and the 1st XV left Shawni- gan for England. To take an English rugby team to England was like taking coals to Newcastle but, in spite of this, it was felt that we should take the bull by the horns and go. I t was realized that such a tour to an older civilization would be a priceless educational experience for the boys, in that it would broaden their horizons and raise their sense of values. In this respect, as well as in the sphere of rugger, it has been judged by all who went as an unqualified success. The following is a copy of a diary which was kept while we were over there: March 13 — We arrived in London by air at 4:45 in the afternoon and went straight to the Y.M.C.A. where we established our headquarters. March 14 — In the morning we had our first rugger practice and the boys felt greatly revived to be able to run around again after such a long trip. After dinner we attended a performance of the musical My Fair Lady on the London stage. With our limited experience of this kind of show, we were simply amazed by the excellence of the production. In all respects, the standard was beyond anything we could have imagined. March 15 — At 10:00 a.m. we had a conducted tour of Westminster Abbey. There seemed to some of us to be far too many statues in the Abbey, which accumulation tended to detract from the beauty of the building itself. At 11:00 we embarked upon a tour of the House of Commons with a guide especially selected for the purpose. As he was an old South African Springbok Rugby player he took great pains with us. For ninety minutes we moved slowly across stone floors while he described in the minutest detail the traditions behind every room and every procedure in both Houses. For the first thirty minutes we were fascinated; and then gradually, since we were not permitted to sit anywhere at any time, human frailty in one form or another began to appear. We did our best but, when we reached the end of the circuit, even those with the most endurance showed signs of fatigue. At this point we happily dispersed for lunch. In the afternoon we were free to sight-see as we chose. Some of us bought new clothes, some spent the afternoon at the London Zoo, and some returned to the House of Commons to hear the debate. We had an early night as tomorrow we play St. John ' s School, Leatherhead. March 16 — In the morning we left London by bus for St. John ' s School, which is situated in Leatherhead, Surrey, about 30 miles from the Y.M.C.A. This is an Anglican school, having about 350 boys, and is considered a good rugger school. We arrived at about 12 noon and were shown around before lunch. We found it quite similar to Shawnigan in many ways, and we were im- pressed with the general spirit which prevails there. We had a beautiful afternoon for the game and both teams looked very smart. Ross led his team out for the Cowichan Indian war dance, which we had all gone to great pains to learn, and a very impressive and lifelike per- formance it was. Playing up the slight slope, we were soon on the attack, and several very likely moves developed as we settled down to the task of probing their defence. It was soon evident that we were not going to get the ball in the 54 5o J Q$ k) is o O § 5 •mS e . : T 8 s —- S ' -S Q -tS 8 O © .. o JO 8 8 8 £ O 55 set scrums as we were badly outhooked. The loose scrums were slightly in our favour and we completely dominated the lineouts. Thus we had slightly more of the ball than they did and an open game ensued. After fifteen minutes we opened the scoring fittingly enough through Appleton. Angus made a half break, and that was enough for Appleton to turn on the speed and round the defence and score between the posts. Angus converted. Play was fairly even for a while as St. John ' s came back to the attack, but the chances they had were squandered generally because they delayed the vital pass. We scored again from a lineout, the ball travelling along the three lines to Archbold on the wing. Just when it seemed he would be bundled unceremoniously into touch, Claring- bull raced up outside him from full-back, called for the ball, and Archbold was just able to get his pass away before being tackled, enabling Claringbull to dive over and score in the corner. 8-0 at half-time was encouraging, especially as we were now to play downhill and with the sun at our backs. The team had played well and were somewhat unlucky not to have scored at least another try. Upon the resumption of play St. John ' s had given up the battle of trying to gain possession in the lineouts and merely contented themselves in spoiling tactics. We on the other hand still could not get the ball in the set scrum. St. John ' s scored their try from a very promising attacking move by us. Sweeping down field on a dangerous looking movement, and with much support on either side, Angus let a pass go astray. A St. John forward kicked it ahead, catching nearly all our defenders behind him and, in a race with Larsen, he reached the ball first, kicked it again and yet a third time, and just managed to beat Larsen to touch it down in the right hand corner. This made it 8-3 and, of course, made things much more interesting as St. John ' s, sensing an opportunity to draw level, attacked with vigour. As usual Ross made certain that the defences tightened and it was not long before we were down in their half again. We scored our last try from a lineout, fittingly enough. A deep throw in to Hungerford was tapped down to him by Ross, with Larsen and Farrally up in support. These three had swept around from the front of the lineout. Ross ran, the end man in the lineout slipped the ball to Larsen who aimed at their fly-half. At the crucial moment he too slipped the ball to Farrally and he stepped over the line to score a good try — a satisfying try — the fruit of much practice. Angus converted and made the final score 13-3. There was no further scoring although we again came very close before the end of the game. After the match we went back to St. John ' s for tea, where Ross presented Simon Curtis — their Captain — with one of the three totem poles we had brought with us for just such a purpose. Now that the match was over and had been won, we all felt a little easier. The big question How would we stack up over there? had been answered. Several things were evident to Mr. Hyde-Lay, however, and he pointed them out to us: (1) we were going to be outhooked, (2) we were generally larger forward and could count on a fair share of the ball from the loose, (3) we were vastly superior in the lineout and here we would have to launch a numbe r of our attacks, (4) our backs, although weak in spots, were nevertheless adequate — Arndt and Angus were good halves and given half a chance Appleton would score a lot of tries, (5) the weakness at full-back had been partially answered by Clai ingbull ' s steady play. After a very interesting and satisfying day we returned to London at about 6:00 in the evening. Several of the party went to the Old Vic and saw Shakes- peare ' s Henry IV, Part I. Again we witnessed a performance which was beyond 56 belief; the characterization was superb, the scenery and costumes and general staging were excellent, and the general production transported us in an un- believable way into the first decade of the fifteenth century. March 17 — This morning we walked over to the British Museum where we enjoyed a rich and profitable experience. In the afternoon, some of the party who are particularly interested in painting went over to the National Gallery where we were exposed to a challenge which was entirely new for most of us. We saw examples of art which were unbelievable and which suddenly in a captivating way opened new vistas for us to explore. We are beginning to realize how much more there is for us to gain from this tour than simply the joy of playing rugby. March 18 — Today we took a bus to Twickenham to watch England play rugger against Scotland. We had been led to believe that in B.C., if one went on to play in the men ' s league, one had to resort to dirty tactics in order to survive. Thus, it was most encouraging and it renewed our faith in the game to see teams, ranked among the best in the world, playing open, fast and clean rugby. It was a great game and we were very lucky to have the privilege of seeing it. We noticed the difference, too, between the restrained and disciplined attitude of the crowd at this game and the irresponsible attitude of the crowd at the Grey Cup final last year in Vancouver. In the evening we all saw one of England ' s greatest actors, Paul Scofield, in A Man for All Seasons. Again we saw drama at its best and, on most of us, it made a very profound impression. March 19 — At 10:30 a.m. we attended the morning service at St. Paul ' s Cathedral. Fortunately we had seats reserved for us next to the choir and were, therefore, able to appreciate their singing to the full. When one hears a choir leading the service the way they do, one sees what Shawnigan is trying to achieve (and how important it is) in giving so much time and thought to the develop- ment of our choir. In the afternoon we had a rugger practice at the Blackheath ground, which we enjoyed very much. In the evening we were free until 11:00 p.m. March 20 — After witnessing the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace we drove the 90 miles to Oundle by bus, arriving there at 5:30 in the evening. We were then shown around. Oundle, having 650 boys, is a large school and is obviously very well endowed. Its fine old buildings are well pre- served and well equipped and, in particular, it has a magnificent chapel. March 21 — A feature of our stay was that we were all lodged in the School Sanitorium, where we were given strict instructions to stay in bed for breakfast as this was apparently the easiest method of serving us a meal. This unusual treatment certainly gave us ideas for improvement at Shawnigan. The rugger match began at 2:00 in the afternoon and, but for the weather conditions, it looked as though it might be a good one. In fact, since Oundle has been undefeated this year against all the best English schoolboy teams, we knew we had our work cut out for us. There were three changes in the team from the St. John ' s match, Osburn coming in at full-back, Claringbull moving out to the wing and Emery and La Sette coming into the scrum. The ground was as hard as rock after the fine weather, and there was a cold strong wind blowing straight down the field. Losing the toss we played the first half against the wind. We soon discovered that Oundle were a stronger side than St. John ' s and we saw little of the ball except from the lineouts, where we again had much 57 the better of things. Also as soon as the game started we lost Osburn with a broken collarbone. He suffered his injury in stemming an early attack. Oundle never let us settle down, and we no sooner worked our way out of trouble, than a well-directed kick sent us deep back on the defence again. With the injury to Osburn we had to move Claringbull to full-back and drop Emery from scrum out to the wing. After about ten minutes Oundle scored when Peck, their centre, gathered in Lewin ' s diagonal kick. They scored again a short while later when from a quick heel from the loose their other centre, Bell, found himself with the ball and no one to beat. Despite almost constant pressure this was all the scoring in the first half. Upon the resumption of play it was now our turn to use the wind, and although Oundle coped with the situation better than we had, we still had little trouble keeping them well inside their own half. After ten minutes pressure we scored through Ross, who took a short pass at the front of the lineout and threw himself over in the corner. Angus was unable to convert. We continued to press and the Oundle line had some narrow escapes, but they were unable to relieve pressure when Pelling missed his man badly twice, and from the second occasion, Lewin the scrum-half and Captain, was able to twist his way over in the corner. With the score 9-3 Oundle felt safe and now began to play really well, their threes being particularly dangerous, and for the last few minutes we were subjected to almost constant attacks which we somehow managed to survive. There is no telling how we would have done had we had a full side the entire game. Certainly with the score 6-3 against us and with 8 forwards instead of 7 we might have been a ble to force another score, which would very likely have changed the aspect of the game; however, the team certainly played hard, and deserve every credit for not going down by a larger margin to a side of Oundle ' s experience. In the evening we returned to London. March 22 — Today we received a telegram from the School: Defeat with honour. Well done. Isaiah 35:3 against Harrow. Good luck. The School. At noon we toured the Tower of London, and from 2:00 until 6:00 we were taken around the Port of London on a motor launch, which was arranged by B.C. House. In the evening we were free until 10:00; we are in early because we have a very important match tomorrow. March 23 — We left the Y in the morning, travelling by bus, and had lunch in Harrow with Mr. Warr and their 1st XV. After lunch we were shown around the school, which was of great interest to us. The match was played at 4:00 p.m. and refereed by Air Marshall G. A. Walker of the R.A.F., who is a one-armed wonder with a marvellous zest for life. He refereed the game in a very exhuberant manner, and clearly enjoyed it as much as the rest of us. As in the St. John ' s game, we went quickly to the attack, and scored two good tries in ten minutes. The first was by Gooderham, in the corner when Angus went round the blind side after a quick heel from the loose, and the second by Arndt, who dived over a five-yard scrum. Pressure was kept on and we scored again, Farrally receiving the ball at the end of the lineout, and slipping it off to Angus, who found himself outside his man. The ball travelled along the line to Appleton, who in his characteristic manner burst through, and was over for a spectacular try, which Angus converted. Meanwhile Harrow lost a centre with a knee injury, but instead of taking a forward out of the pack, elected to play one short in the backs instead. 58 This seemed like a good idea and, within the space of ten minutes, they had drawn within one point (11-10) through scoring two tries — largely due to some loose play on our part. So far we had controlled the game at forward, but Harrow had improved steadily, and it looked as if they might overtake us, but Ross soon settled matters by scoring a good try, which once again had its origin from a lineout, and which Angus had managed to convert. Harrow ' s tactics of playing one short in the backs now back-fired, as we scored twice more before the end of the game, making the final score 24-10. The last ten minutes of the match saw us settle down and play the best rugger of the tour. In the evening we were entertained at dinner by our Harrovian friends and had the unique experience (for another school) of joining with them in their Songs. We were tremendously impressed with the hospitality of Harrow, and feel that Shawnigan has made a very good friend. March 24 — We received the following telegram from the School: Many congratulations. Proverbs 25:25. The School. In the morning we left Harrow by bus for Oxford. This was a great experience; to come up the famous High Street, with the spires of Oxford on either side, was truly an inspiration. After lunch the Headmaster showed us over Magdalen, Christ Church, New College, Queen ' s and Exeter Colleges. It is quite apparent that this city of spires is a world apart, having an atmos- phere charged with tradition and achievement. How much many of us wish we could come here as students and be part of the life! Later in the afternoon we were taken on a conducted tour of Blenheim Palace, which is the family seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. It was certainly interesting for us to see a country estate of this magnitude. We are now lodged for the night in Exeter College, which of course is a tremendous privilege. Some of the party, who are used to central heating and good lighting and ventilation, are disturbed by the fact that we are living in stone buildings which have been standing for 600 years and which are heated only by small open fireplaces. We have been told that the first consideration here is the standard of scholarship, not of comfort. As long as one has a modicum of both, one can see that the former is more important. March 25 — We had a first-class breakfast in the great Dining Hall of Exeter College. There we sat, a group from Shawnigan, having a most sump- tuous breakfast at a long oak table in one of the most beautiful halls in Oxford. Particularly notable were the magnificent timbered roof, whose wood is Spanish chestnut, and the stained glass windows. After breakfast J. P. Balsdon, Esq., the Senior Tutor of Exeter, gave us an outline of the history of the College and showed us original documents per- taining to its development. Even apart from what was said, it was quite an experience to receive a lecture from an Oxford Don. This afternoon we entered two teams in the Public School Seven-a-side Competition. This game we found to be a quite different one from that which we play and it obviously requires special training. As a result both our Sevens lost in the second round. As a matter of fact, we were just beginning to learn some of the tricks of the game when we were eliminated. Our first VII lost 5-10 to Solihull, who only just missed becoming the winners of the tournament; they lost 10-15 to Oundle who emerged, as expected, the winners. In the evening we returned to London. 59 March 26 — At 10:30 we attended the Morning Service at Westminster Abbey, and again we had reserved seats right next to the choir. The choir- singing in England is certainly fabulous — we have never heard anything like it. In the afternoon we went along to Hyde Park to hear the soap box orators we had heard so much about. It was incredible. Spaced at about twenty-yard intervals there must have been at least fifteen speakers talking on the widest range of topics imaginable. While each was wild-eyed and a bit fanatical in his approach, they were all completely different from each other — and from us, I think. Shawnigan, however, played its part. A few of us joined a group listening to a mad Irishman (who had no teeth) rant and rave about the many sins of the United States. To our surprise Derek Arndt joined the band of hecklers and took issue with him. Pat, the Irishman, then challenged Derek to get up on the stand, and Derek said All right, I will. Before we could take another breath, there was our scrum-half standing on a soap box in Hyde Park address- ing a hundred Londoners on the virtues of the American way of life. This was tremendous. We of course heckled a bit, and asked questions to keep him going, and he for his part was able to pour forth for fifteen minutes the most arrant nonsense we had ever heard. He got d own amid much applause, and Shawnigan felt it had made its mark in London. As we left we heard a Negro with large blood-shot eyes screaming that the next Prime Minister of England would be a Negro. This would be fine, of course, but we weren ' t quite certain who he had in mind. March 27 — We left for Amsterdam in the morning and had a conducted tour of the city and canals. It whetted our appetites for the future to have a day on the Continent, and particularly in this fabulous city. In the evening we left for Vancouver. In closing this article on the tour it is probably appropriate to quote part of an account which appeared in the London Times: The anonymous sub- scribers and the British Columbia Rugby Union, who had given strong financial backing to the English tour of Shawnigan Lake School, have done excellent work for the further promotion of rugby football in Canada. £$ 9 = « QK 60 FROM THE OTHER SIDE Taken from The Johnian St. John ' s School Magazine, St. John ' s School, Leatherhead, England— THE SCHOOL v. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL, CANADA. Played at Dorking on Thursday, 16th March and lost by a try to two goals and a try (3-13). Shawnigan Lake School is some 215-strong, 29 miles north of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. By plane and a bewildering degree of enterprise they brought over to England a rugger side for a brief tour sponsored by the Barbarians. Inside a fortnight they met ourselves, Oundle and Harrow, in that order, and played in the Oxford Schools Seven-a-side Tournament. In view of the feats of our visitors, who, in their round trip, must have crossed some 15,000 miles, our own administrative problems were less than pin-pricks; but the co-operation of the School ' s athletics, in giving up their training time for the game, was greatly appreciated, as was that of Dorking R.F.C., who very kindly put their attractive ground and pavilion at our disposal at the time when our own field was given over to running lanes and hurdles. The weather, too, co-operated with a gem of a day, sunny and warm, and the ground, though unyielding, looked charming as it nestled at the foot of Box Hill. But what would the game be like? Nervously the School lined up on the half-way line for the last minute assault on their morale by an Indian war dance, which ended in a tomahawk- brandishing, man-for-man charge. The thin green and white line stood firm, more or less, greener and whiter perhaps from the ordeal, but enriched by the neatly made, fortunately wooden, tomahawks generously handed them by their opponents. Gratefully the tomahawks were laid on the touch line, where one was immediately seized and borne off triumphantly by a small savage of Dorking in a manner more amusing in a Giles cartoon than in reality. But doubtless long-dead Cowichan braves, whose war dance he had just witnessed, would have watched his hot-footed departure with a sympathetic chuckle. English spectators might have liked the heat a little higher and less metamor- phical. However, Mr. Templeman sounded the charge, and the battle commenced. Within seconds the School must have been wondering what hit them. The Shawnigan pack was big, fast, fit, and keen. Moreover they were skilful, heeling swiftly from the loose, and dominating the line-out not merely by having two tall forwards, but by having two tall forwards who jumped, caught, and cleverly varied their play, which was strongly supported by a well-drilled pack. In the set scrums we were out-shoved, but here was a chink of hope, for Malins was not merely out-hooking his man, but hooking swiftly and cleanly. The chink became a gleam outside the scrum, where we seemed more their match, though their centre, Appleton, ran fast and cleverly, and all played with tremendous dash. The first half was mostly Shawnigan. After 15 minutes Appleton raced through from a heel from the loose of our ' 25 ' . Angus converted, but failed later when Edmonton came quickly and intelligently up from full-back to round off a break by Claringbull (0-8). ' Don ' t let up now Shawnigan, ' their Captain had urged after the first try. ' These fellows won ' t. They ' ve been playing rugger for centuries. ' This 61 sounded a little hard on Malins, who is only 15, but the general principle looked well founded in the second half, when the School gave a better account of themselves. Their tackling on a hard ground had from the first been heroic and played its part in keeping the score within bounds. Possibly Shawnigan were resting, possibly they were feeling the pace that they themselves had set. Cer- tainly the School had learned to blanket their line-out, and were launching vigorous probes of their own. A good, fast dribble by Gray from the half-way line produced a try that Reddish nearly converted from the corner (3-8); and if we were lucky to escape when Angus missed a penalty under our posts, so were Shawnigan to get a touch-down after a mid-field break by Jackson from inside his ' 25 ' swept play to their line. Back they came through, for Farrally to clench the issue with a try from a scramble near our line. The conversion went only part way towards showing Shawnigan ' s real degree of superiority. Clearly the result hardly mattered, and while it was some consolation to see that we were not Shawnigan ' s only victims on the tour, the essential feature of the day was that it was a splendid game played in a splendid spirit, rounded off equally happily afterwards by Shawnigan giving us a further lesson, this time in throwing the ball in the American fashion. Finally they overwhelmed us by presenting Curtis with a most handsomely carved Totem. There was only one lingering note of regret. Shawnigan Lake is so very far away. RESULTS OF 1st XV MATCHES Oct. 15 v Royal Roads B Away Won 60 - Oct. 25 v Victoria High School Away Won 35 - 3 Oct. 29 v Lord Byng High School Away Won 28 - Nov. 5 v Magee High School ... Home Won 40 - Nov. 12 v St. George ' s School Home Won 8 - 6 Nov. 20 v Old Boys Home Lost 3-11 Nov. 24 v Oak Bay High School Away Won 18 - Nov. 26 v Lord Byng High School Away Won 26 - 3 Dec. 2 v University School Home Won 35 - Jan. 21 v Oak Bay Wanderers Away Won 11 - Jan. 28 v Royal Roads 1st XV Away Lost 0- 6 Feb. 2 v Victoria University 1st XV Away Lost 6-17 Feb. v Victoria High School Home Won 44 - 3 Feb. 11 v Victoria University 1st XV Home Drew - Feb. 24 v St. George ' s School Away Won 18 - 10 Mar. 8 v University School Away Drew 3 - 3 On Tour Mar. 16 v St. John ' s - Leatherhead Away Won 13 - 3 Mar. 21 v Oundle School Away Lost 3 - 9 Mar. 23 v Harrow School Away Won 24-10 Total P 19 W 13 L 4 D 2 375-84 62 THE 2nd XV The 2nd XV was rather a young and light side but came on well towards the end of the season, and managed to win j) of its 14 matches. It had no real strengths and a lot of general weaknesses, but as it played other teams similarly equipped, these weaknesses were not always exploited. Claringbull proved to be a sound Captain, and played steadily at scrum-half, where he usually managed to see that the forwards did as they were told. His service was quite accurate if he did not try to give too long a pass. Ingledew and Hugman shared the fly-half position, both having good games there. Ingledew is definitely a player with a fine future as he has all the tools necessary to fill this difficult position. However he is yet light and young, and next season will probably see him come into his own. Hugman, steadier and more reliable, does not have the real feel for this position, and played better when either at centre or full-back, however he is a great trier and always tried hard. Gooder- ham and Archbold, when not performing for the 1st XV, were adequate in the centre, but neither has the ability to carve out an opening. Brierley minor and Pybus were very average players, the former handicapped by poor hands and the latter by inexperience. The rest were fairly good, Emery, Bowsher and Boyd all having had some experience with the first XV. Leith was also a good forward and played well in several games. Smith and Milne were very steady and towards the end of the season both Bird and Plummer showed much promise. As a team they performed their greatest service as opposition to the first XV, a thankless task, but one which paved the way for successes of the School. Matches were split with University School and St. George ' s, Qualicum College ' s 1st XV were defeated twice, and victories were also registered against H.M.C.S. Venture , Victoria High School 1st XV, and the Oak Bay Wanderers Intermediates. THE COLTS XV It was an enjoyable season, but a little disappointing because although we played hard and correctly, we just lacked that intuitive flair for the game. The pack was solid and fairly mobile, but the backs were weak chiefly because we did not find any wing three-quarters with pace and thrust. We won two of our three games with University School, but suffered two defeats by St. George ' s, a strong, well-balanced side with plenty of ideas. Waters led the side well from wing forward and was a splendid example to the others with his hard tackling and determined running. With Grant and Pelling minor he formed a useful back row. Marks and Popham major proved to be hard workers, fearless in the tackle, and Quinn major was beginning to hook well and to show good form when injury laid him low. Williams and Dunlop minor both scrummaged hard. Behind the scrum, Johnstone was irrepressible, but his partnership with Larson minor never developed smoothly. The centres, Baylis and Brierley mi., never fulfilled their promise because they operated most of the time at half speed: a pity, because they are talented and have a good grasp of the funda- mental skills. Four candidates played at full-back during the season, Anderson who was correct but a little slow, Brierley mi., who lacked experience, Baylis whose tackling was devastating, and Popham ma., who was always ready to turn defense into attack. 63 THE JUNIOR COLTS XV In terms of actual results we would not regard last season as being particularly successful; but in terms of rugby progress the year was much more satisfactory. Initially there was too little aggressiveness about the play of the team as a whole. Various changes in the composition of the team failed to bring about any really consistent determination. At last the inclusion of Craig at scrum-half not only solved one of our positional problems but also added that much needed dose of pep . Others became infected with this grimmer air of determination, the general play was more zestful and this reached a climax in the return with St. George ' s, whose talented team was permitted to cross our line but twice, and that after our resisting their grim seige for most of the game; this was a very creditable result after the earlier drubbing received at St. George ' s hands. The games with University School were more even. We won the first, but were beaten in the next two; however, neither team managed to win by more than three points, and both teams showed a more robust approach in the final match. In the less crucial atmosphere of the games with George Bonner the team were able to exhibit the undoubted talent that some of them have. Having at last found the necessary spark we can hope for more victories next year. Standing (l-r): D. Ingledew, A. Monahan, M. Osburn, T. Hugman, G. Archbold, T. Brierley. Sitting (l-r): T. Veres, F. Angus, J. Brierley (Capt.), J. Creighton, R. Farrally. 64 CRICKET What promised to be a successful and interesting season, was very nearly completely ruined by bad weather. Only one school match was played to a finish — that against St. George ' s. The school made a bad start when they were put into bat and never recovered, being all out for 42 runs. Then, when we still had a chance of winning, having eight of St. George ' s men out for 32, one bad over, due possibly to the tenseness of the situation, caused us to lose by 2 wickets. Previous to this, our game with University School was rained out and later, the return game was ruined after getting University School 8 wickets down for 67. In other games the School beat a team from the Nanaimo Cricket Club, and a mixed team of boys and masters beat an Albion C.C. side. The master ' s match was drawn due to stoppage for rain, and the conditions were far from being good. The boys scored 93 for 4 wickets and the masters 81 for 9 wickets. There were no outstanding performances, although J. Creighton maintained his promise of scoring many runs. John Brierley never really settled down and did not do himself justice as Captain. He set a good example particularly on the field. RESULTS OF 1st XI MATCHES Cowichan C.C. 120 School 53 Albion C.C. 91 School 99 for 6 wickets School 93 for 4 wickets declared Masters 81 for 9 wickets (J. Creighton 41) School 101 for 3 wickets declared Nanaimo 99 (J. Brierley 60) (J. Brierley 8 for 27) School 157 Mainland League 86 for 9 wickets School 42 St. George ' s 44 for 8 wickets University School 67 for 8 wickets School did not bat West Vancouver 109 School 108 THE JUNIOR COLTS XI What an unpredictable game cricket is! In the first match of the season Glenlyon bowled us out for 9, and made us look a class below them. This young team however, refused to be dismayed. They practised eagerly and gradually gained some confidence, so that in their last match they defeated Glenlyon in a close and thrilling finish. Creighton minor made splendid progress with the bat in his first season, and Fawcett was beginning to make runs by the end of the term. Among the batters Longridge minor did much good work, and he was well supported by Fawcett and Creighton minor. The fielding was on the whole respectable, but too many possible catches were missed. The Junior Colts XI: T. Lee D. Fawcett M. Bowell J. Longridge mi D. Macdonald R. West R. Creighton mi D. Craig S. Cromie J. Payne G. Mewhort 65 RESULTS OF JUNIOR COLTS XI MATCHES Away — Shawnigan 9 Glenlyon 52 (Longridge mi 8 for 8) Away — University School 59 for 8 dec. Shawnigan 20 for 9 (Longridge mi 5 for 13) Away — Shawnigan 47 St. Michael ' s 30 (Longridge mi 7 for 13) Home — Shawnigan 28 University School 34 for 4 Home — Shawnigan 58 St. Michael ' s 24 (Longridge mi 3 for 5; Creighton mi 3 for 5; Davis 2 for 1) Home — Glenlyon 63 Shawnigan 68 for 9 (Longridge mi 5 for 14; (Creighton mi 25; Longridge mi Fawcett 3 for 27) 17) THE JUNIOR XI The enthusiasm with which these boys took to the ritual of the English- man ' s summer devotion enabled some of them to make gratifying progress in acquiring some of the skills of the game. They were unable to prove themselves under match conditions as their only official game, the one with University School, was rained off when at an interesting stage. But in the friendly games with Cliffside several boys were able to experience the atmosphere out in the middle . Roberts approached the formidable task of captaincy intelligently, while Davis, Head and Berwick appeared in the exalted ranks of the Junior Colts. t J K -. Ib- W 2if 1 . . ' ' V - v vvJjsmvc-..,, A „ - 1 h Cricket on the Playing Fields. 66 CROSS COUNTRY With the majority of last season ' s team still available, we enjoyed a successful year. John Emery was once again the captain and although he did not produce the form hoped for he proved his value by insisting that the team train conscientiously and the steady improvement made by the team during the season was due in a large measure to his efforts. Our first race was against our old rivals Victoria High School, and we soon saw that much work was needed when Jeremy Long, our number one man, was placed 7th. However this was not as discouraging as might at first appeal, as we knew that Victoria High had potentially the strongest school team in the Province. A week later we held our first home race, in which four schools participated. Victoria High again proved easy winners, however we placed second just as comfortably, followed by Chemainus High School, with Cowichan High School fourth. The Annual British Legion road race was held at Victoria High School, on Wednesday October 26th, and it was fitting that Jeremy Long finally won a race. Entering the Under 16 Section, he led for most of the distance, and came home in the lead in the good time of 10.36, for the 2 miles. Waters was 6th and Bird 7th. The conditions were appalling, cold wind and lashing rain making conditions very unpleasant. There were 30 runners in this section. In the Under 18 Section our first man home was Osburn, who was 8th, out of 36 runners. The first Mid Island Inter High School Cross Country Meet was held at Shawnigan on Thursday November 3rd, and only three other schools apart from ourselves entered. We proved too strong in the team race, bunching our runners well. It was something of a surprise when Long was beaten into 2nd place. The final results were: 1. Shawnigan 27 (2. Long, 4. Creighton, 5. Bird, 6. Emery) 2. Nanaimo High School 41 3. Cowichan High School 42 4. Chemainus High School 77 Perhaps the most satisfying win of the season occurred at St. George ' s, when we defeated St. George ' s and University School, in a triangular race. Long again showed the way, and won quite comfortably, pulling away strongly half a mile away from home. Waters was second and Emery sixth. The course was approximately three miles long, through brush, trail and along the road. This prepared us well for the big race of the year, the B.C. High Schools Cross Country, held this year at Victoria High School. The host school was a strong favourite to win, however there were several Vancouver High Schools entered, whose chances appeared hardly less favourable. The distance on road was 3.4 miles, and as expected the powerful John Valiant — the Victoria High runner — won, easily pulling away from a team-mate with about 600 yards to go. Long running beautifully was placed 6th, and in the process beat four Victoria High runners, whom he had run against many times in the past, but had never managed to defeat. Our next man home was Waters who ran very steadily, to place 20th, as did Creighton — 22nd, and Coldicutt — 24th. In the team standings we were placed 4th, with 72 points. A very satisfactory result. Fourteen High Schools took part. 67 The team results were: 1. Victoria High School 21 2. Lester Pearson 42 3. Oak Bay High School 57 4. Shawnigan Lake School 72 The Inter House Cross Country was held at the end of the Lent Term. As usual every boy ran, and there was a record number of entries in the three age groups. When the complicated scoring system was finally completed, it showed that Copemans ' had won for the third year in succession, apparently giving proof to the theory common in the School, that the location of Cope- mans ' House unconsciously gives its boys training the entire year round. The other three houses however, do not appear to be unduly jealous. Tom Coldicutt (R) culminated a season of steady running by winning the senior race, beating Creighton (C), and O ' Callaghan (R), in the process. As expected Long (C) broke the under 16 record for the course, in winning the Under 16 Race, but got a stiff battle from Waters (L), for most of the course. Clare (C), was a good but rather surprising third. In the Under 14, Craig (C), won from Payne (L), and Creighton minor (C). The final team standings were: 1. Copeman ' s 68.4 2. Grove ' s 87.5 3. Lake ' s 96.4 4. Ripley ' s 99.6 Standing (l-r): R. O ' Callaghan, M. Fall, ]. Creighton, M. Bird, T. Grout. Sitting (l-r): M. Osbum, J. Long, J. Emery (Capt.), T. Coldicutt, R. Waters. 68 A fairly active season was thus drawn to a close, much to the relief of many. Cross country has developed well in the School during the past few years and is now accepted as a necessary evil. During the track season our distance runners always do well, and this can be directly traced to the fact that they are all members of the Cross Country Team. At the end of the season, School Colours were awarded to Long, Coldicutt and Osburn. TRACK AND FIELD After a slow start which saw us lose our first two meets, we gathered momentum, and finished off the season with a great show of all round strength. There is little doubt that if we could have met Oak Bay High School and Victoria High School later in the summer, we would not have lost to them. However these two losses showed up our weaknesses and also gave the team a shock. It was obvious that unless we were prepared to work hard, we would lose more meets. The fact that we went from strength to strength is ample proof that the team did train hard and developed very well. Our first meet against Oak Bay resulted in an easy win for them, and showed up our weaknesses in field events. We were deficient as we went down 36 - 29. However there were some bright spots. Long ran a waiting race against Gunter, the good Oak Bay miler, and swinging wide off the final curve, raced him for the tape and just won in 4:51.8. Ross was a double winner in the sprints. We were at full strength for our Meet with Victoria High and it proved to be an exciting affair. With every event completed, and only the relay to be run, we were tied at 27 - 27. The relay was worth 3 to the winner, and none to the loser. We just lost a good race, and the Meet ' s most notable feature was the Mile in which Valiant of Victoria High proved not only what an outstanding runner he was, but also the value of a strenuous cross country season, when he w on the Mile in 4:21.4 — a B.C. School Record, and the second fastest in Canada. Long was a distant second, but still managed to break the school record with 4:44.2. Pentland had a good double in the Shot and Discus, putting 44 ' 5 in the former, and throwing 117 ' 11 . A friendly Meet with the Cowichan High School in which we joined forces with Strathcona Lodge School, proved to be most enjoyable. Unfortunately there occurred an unpleasant accident to Clare, our most promising Junior Sprinter, who after winning the 100, severely pulled his thigh muscles in the middle of the 220, and was lost to us for the rest of the season. Pentland again had a good double, winning the shot with a put one inch shy of the school record, then beating the school record in the Discus, with 1 19 ' 0 . Strathcona again joined in with us in our next Meet with Lake Cowichan and Chemainus — at Chemainus. We both won quite comfortably, but the wet conditions and heavy going spoiled the chances of any good performances. Sharp did well in the junior events, with four first places and a third. In pouring rain our Under 16 Team had an enjoyable (!) Meet with Uni- versity School, and emerged comfortable winners. Grauer led the way, in Sharpe ' s absence, with four wins. By this time the team was in good form, and it was not too surprising when we won the Mid Island Track Meet for the 5th time in six years. Chris. Ross won the 220, and the 440, and by placing second in the 100 became the Senior Boys ' Champion. Long won the 880 and Mile, much as he pleased. Pentland again upped the School record in both the Shot and the Discus. He set a Meet and School record of 47 ' 3 in the former, and threw 128 ' 8 in the 69 Standing (l-r): M. Claire, D. Arndt, D. Gooderham, M. Bird, J. Emery, S. Macrae, D. Grauer, T. Coldicutt, B. Sharp. Sitting (l-r): R. Pelling, J. Long, C. Ross, I. Appleton (Capt.), C. Pentland, C. Russ, W. Gooderham. Foreground (l-r): P. Boyd, J. Claringbull. latter. Pelling set a School record of 9 ' 10 in the Pole Vault. Although the Under 16 ' s did well on the whole, there were some disappointments. Gooderham D was a double winner in the 440 and 880, in which he set a Meet record (2:11.2). Bird ran a good Mile, to win by some 50 yards in 5:01. The best race of the afternoon was the 440 relay, in which Sharp just held off a strong chal- lenge by the anchor man of Cowichan High School, as both teams were timed in 48.5. The final team standings were: 1. Shawnigan Strathcona 135 2. Cowichan High School 95 3. Chemainus High School 82 4. Ladysmith High School 71 5. Queen Margaret ' s 44 6. Nanaimo High School 43 7. Salt Spring High School 12 8. George Bonner High School 9 9. Lake Cowichan High School 4 The team was now eager for our final and most looked-forward-to Meet, the Independent Schools Meet, which was to be held here at Shawnigan. We felt we had a good chance of regaining the Logan-Slick trophy, which we had lost the previous year to University School. It was realised however that St. George ' s would be hard to beat, as they had a strong team. Our hope lay 70 mainly in team balance. We had to pick up those vital 2nd and 3rd places. As it turned out this was exactly what won the Meet for us, as St. George ' s won live events and set lour Meet records. Porter the St. George ' s sprinter was the outstanding performer of the Meet, as he won the 100 in 10.1 from a strong field in a Meet record. Ross ran well to tie the School record - 10.2. Porter tied his 220 record 22.8, set last year, and then had a tremendous race with Ross in the 440, but proved the stronger finisher, as he won in 51.2, Ross came within .1 of the School record, with a very fine 51.9. Long won the 880 easily enough, but what came as a pleasant surprise was Gooderham ' s strong finish, as he out-kicked Taylor, the St. George ' s runner, in the home straight. Long again won the Mile, but was disappointed in his time 4:48.0 at the start, but by taking Bird along with him, ruined Bird ' s chances as well. In the field events Pentland was outstanding as he set a Meet record of 45 ' 9 in the shot, won the triple jump with a good 40 ' 4}4 , and placed third in both the Discus, (slightly off form), and Javelin Throw, where his throw of 136 ' 4 was still good enough to break our School record. By the time the relays came, we were in the comfortable position of knowing that a win, or two second places in them, would assure us of victory. This victory was assured in the first relay when our sprinters, changing the baton very smoothly, handed Ian Appleton a five yard lead. Appleton, running his last race for the School, really flew down the home straight and won by about eight yards. The time of 45.4 was a new Meet record. We cushioned our lead in the Mile relay by winning in a new Meet record of 3:44.4. A poor 440 in the Medaly relay left us far in arrears and saw any chance of making a sweep of the relays disappear. Naturally it was a successful Meet for us, but both St. George ' s and University School enjoyed themselves too, and nearly all the events were hotly contested. Results: 1. Shawnigan — 72; 2. St. George ' s — 61; 3. University School — 46. INTER HOUSE TRACK AND FIELD A close three-way battle for supremacy ensued and it was not evident until well through the final day ' s events that Groves ' would emerge the winner. Copeman ' s just nipped Ripley ' s for second. A spell of fine weather had left the track in excellent shape, and the performances generally fairly good. Apple- ton (C) was the senior victor ludorum amassing 40 points, but only just managed to nose out Osburn (R) who showed great versatility and application by placing in six events. Appleton ' s times in the 100, 220 and 440 were all good. Long (C) led the way in the Under 16 ' s placing in every running event. Grauer (R) was the runner but was well behind in total points to Long. No under 16 records were broken. This was not the case in the under 14 ' s where Maguire (L) showed the way with some very impressive running. He won the 100 in 12.0, then won the 220 in a new inter house record of 26.5, and then followed up with a 61.0 440. Very good running for a thirteen year old. Standards again proved to be popular, and each house amassed more standards than ever before. However no senior boys managed to get all 12 standards, although Baylis (L), Waters (L), and Foster minor (G), all reached their maximums in the under 16 ' s. Greenwood (G), Heath (G), and Lee (G) all did likewise in the under 14 ' s. As it turned out it was the points obtained from standards that pulled Groves ' out in front, as in the actual competition only 9 points separated Groves ' from 3rd place. The results are given on page 45. 71 ROWING CLUB Once again in the total picture there was a showing of real and satisfactory progress made in Rowing. The Club was enlarged to take in more boys and this taxed both the equipment and the coaching. There will be for some time yet the problem of repair and refurbishing to take up time from hours usually spent on the water. However, each year has seen progress made and this year probably the largest move forward has been achieved. The Rowing Club now has a sound and waterproof roof, power and light and four shells in good condition. When one realizes that all the equipment except two boats is over fifty years old the magnitude of the problem begins to be seen. Until such time as the novice ' oar ' can be put into a training barge or equivalent and not into a ' fine ' boat the real strain on the shells and rigging will be constantly with us. The boys in the Rowing Club under the leadership of John Larsen have done a great deal of work. The re-roofing was done by the boys in the Michael- mas term; and also the main job of fibre-glassing two of the ' fours ' was effected under the guidance of Dave Seeds who came over to the Island from Vancouver to supervise the work and assist in the application of the resins and fibre-glass. As well as this there were work crews who tidied up the area round the Shell-house and made runners where the sail-boats could be beached. Thus in a very real sense the Rowing Club has contributed a great deal beyond the fact of producing ' crews ' . In the two Regattas held the School did very well. The first competition brought thirty-nine boys from Seattle with three Coxed fours in which the races were rowed. There were four races held and the School crews placed with one first, two seconds and a third. The decisive race was the senior event Left to right: G. Foster, C. Sauer, D. Ross, J. Larsen (Capt.), G. Hunger- ford, G. LaSette, D. Phillips, P. Kingsford. 72 A shell on the lake. in which the first crew held a good lead throughout the course and finished well ahead. The following week a return engagement was held in Seattle where the fastest time was made by the School four and we were thus declared the winners there. BASKETBALL With Basketball not beginning in the School until January, we again found ourselves behind the local high schools in experience , but not ability. The senior team played some close games against the high schools, but generally after being on level terms half-time, fell away in the second half. Nevertheless the standard of play improved by the time the Mid Island Tournament ar- rived, and we had high hopes of doing well. Unfortunately after winning our first game we lost to Cowichan High School, whom we had defeated two weeks earlier with some ease. This was to be our last loss of the season as we won two very close and exciting games against University School 38 - 36 and St. George ' s 43 - 41. The team was a tall one, the shortest member being 6 ' 0 , and was naturally good at rebounding. The shooting was not always as good as it should have been and we were unlucky in that all of the starting five were really for- wards, thus Ross and Pentland who were converted into guards rarely played their positions with true confidence. Hungerford was a good centre, but needs to be more aggressive and shoot more, as does Creighton the left forward. Larsen, the Captain, was guilty at times of shooting when he should have passed. Arndt, O ' Callaghan, Boyd and Cooper, proved to be reliable spares whenever inserted into the game. Although it was a somewhat disappointing season, as it was plain that with more time for practice we would have been very formidable opposition for anyone. The Under 16 Team developed very rapidly into an interesting side. In Davidson, the Captain and centre, they had the best player in the league. Waters and Ingledew with their excellent ball-handling and dribbling pro- vided a first class trio. The two forwards Turvey and Anderson both lacked inches, and this proved to be a severe handicap at times. After an inauspicious start the team began to roll and surprised many, when in the Mid Island Tournament, it reached the final, only to lose to Ladysmith, a very experienced 73 Standing (l-r): P. Boyd, R. O ' Callaghan, B. Cooper, D. Arndt. Sitting (1-r): C. PentJand, D. Ross, J. Larsen (Capt.), G. Hungerford, J. Creighton. group. This was very largely due to the tine play of Davidson, Waters and Anderson, well backed up by the others. But these three in particular refused to be at all intimidated by the smooth play of their opposition, and by general hustle and endurance upset the balance of both Nanaimo and Chemainus High Schools to reach the final. In the final they only lost by 6 points. The Under 14 Team were apt to become excited under pressure, and thus often did not do themselves justice. They disappointed in the Tournament losing to a weaker team, however later in the season they began to show their true form and did not lose another game. In the process they notched three victories at the expense of the University School Under 14 ' s. McAvity played well at centre, but does not shoot enough. Creighton too has this same fault, and needs to play with more aggression. He is the best shot on the team, and must therefore take advantage of this fact. Fafvcett played some good games, as did both West and Curtis minor. INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL Copemans ' with two strong sides, Senior and Under 14 ' s, had little dif- ficulty in winning the inter house competition. Their seniors beat Lakes ' 53 - 5 and then disposed Groves ' 30 - 13. Copemans ' Under 14 ' s won 40-11 against Groves ' , and then beat Lakes ' 41 - 6 in the final. Lakes ' house pulled off a mild upset in the first round of the Under 16 ' s by beating Copemans ' 11-9, then won an exciting game 15-14 against Groves ' . Much interest was shown in the Basketball this year and with more time and another Gymn we could easily produce ten teams. However Basketball ' s great disadvantage is that only ten people can play at once and they take up the whole gymn to do so. 74 SWIMMING The weather was once again very warm and pleasant for the inter house swimming sports. A close duel developed between Groves ' and Copemans ' , and although Groves ' were always ahead in total points, the spread was never large. Groves ' eventually won, scoring 103 points to 96 for Copemans ' ; Ripleys ' were a good third with 66 points, and Lakes ' were last with 36. The big surprise in the Senior events was the failure of Ross to win the championship, after having been champion for three years. Smith (G) won, by beating Ross in both the Free-Style and the Back-Stroke, and comfortably won the cup. The other champions were Grauer (R) Under 16, and McLaren (C) Under 14. As soon as the House swimming was over, a School team was chosen to swim against the University School, who had defeated us last year in Victoria, in our first swimming fixture. This time we were more fortunate, and won a close Meet 66 - 54. Much depended on the relays — which we won. Had we lost them both, University School would have just beaten us. It was a very enjoyable Meet. SQUASH There has been a good deal of enthusiasm shown by the boys for this Sport this year, and it is hoped that many of them will continue to play after they leave the School. Apart from its intrinsic worth as a game, this Sport has the value of being one of the few in which men can enjoy healthy and vigorous exercise long after they have become too old to continue with team games. For these reasons it is strongly encouraged. The Annual Jesters ' Match was held at the School on October 9th, and we were particularly fortunate in having Ted Clarke at the School for this match. Ted has been the top player on the Pacific Coast for nearly twenty years and it was most illuminating for the boys to see him play. We welcomed also five other Jesters: Jack Larsen, Kemble Greenwood, Ed Kemble, Bob Wade, and Bob Houston. On October 16th several of our boys entered the Victoria Invitational Tournament. Larsen ma and Angus entered C class and, while both matches went to five games, they were beaten in the second round. Gibson ma, Wade ma and O ' Callaghan were defeated in the early rounds of the D class, but Creighton ma and Greenwood met each other in the semi finals. In this match Creighton won 15 - 11 in the fifth game, but lost in the finals. It is hoped that the School will participate in more tournaments next year in order to give the boys more experience of this kind of play. The Inter House Squash Tournament was held in the Spring. In the semi finals, Ripley ' s beat Groves ' 4 - 1 and Copeman ' s beat Lake ' s 3 - 2. In the finals, Ripley ' s beat Copeman ' s 4 - 1 and the results follow: Osburn lost to Creighton ma - 2 Gibson ma beat Farrally 2 - O ' Callaghan beat Hungerford ma 2 - Gibson mi beat Creighton mi 2-0 Macdonald mi beat Curtis mi 2-0 In the School Open Squash Tournament, Larsen ma beat Greenwood in the finals: 15 - 1, 16 - 14, 15 - 10. 75 ]Fv if %.iM -BlttS ♦ ' 76 ? i m ¥ • ; « i ■ ■ 77 LITERARY HISTORY THROUGH THE NOVEL by CHRISTOPHER ROSS Winner of the Savage Prize — Senior School The application of the novel-form to history is comparatively recent in literature, yet it has already created a form of writing which has proved both popular and useful. Because it is usually written for light reading or pastime, and often con- tains fictional overtones, the historical novel has not been greatly used in the field of education. It does, however, offer certain useful qualities for the study of history. By using in effect the same principle as the teacher who clarifies his point with an anecdote, the historical novel with its story can make a point both clearer and more interesting. The good historical novel can in fact create a lasting interest in the subject covered, which is ultimately of far more value than a quickly learned, but soon forgotten text. The great advantage of the novel is, however, its atmosphere. No text book is able to catch the flavour of an era, the way a good story told in the period can. How much more interesting an impression is made, for example, by reading of Napoleon ' s futile attack on Moscow in Tolstoy ' s War and Peace , instead of seeing the bare facts in half a page of text book print. Where the analytical history work, through lack of sufficient documentary records, sometimes fails, the more informal historical novel often succeeds admirably. There would be, for instance, conspicuously little worthwhile reading material concerned with such personalities of history as Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Tzu-Hsi (last Manchu Empress of China), or Rasputin, to list a few, were it not for the capable work of novelists, who soothingly unravel their tales with narratives composed of actual incidents, closely knit with the interpolations of the author, in a way the pure history book, by virtue of its more rigid form, would never be able to imitate. For the same reason, of fragmentary records, the novel is sometimes the best for presenting much of the ancient, and even medieval, world ' s history, for the historical novelist need not be inconvenienced by the clumsy ' probably it was ' , ' evidence seems to point to ' , and the like, the fetters of the historian. In relationship to the analytical and systematic text, the historical novel does have serious disadvantages if used exclusively for the purpose of learning. The most important defect is undoubtedly the license of the novelist which allows distortion of the truth, change in time sequence, and complete fiction to be written in the interests of the dramatic effect. The novel, moreover, because its object is primarily to introduce and develop a plot, is forced to sacrifice the directness and often the scope of the history book, for the necessity of plot development. Nevertheless for successfully presenting history simply for interest and enjoyment, the novel remains unrivalled, for it utilizes a form which has universal appeal. In education, moreover, when the novel (though it is no substitute) is used in conjunction with the history book, the interest and lasting attraction thus added to a history course are of immense importance and value. 78 A LIE THAT BACKFIRED by C. ARNDT Come join our contest! Just tell us the biggest lie and you will win fifty, yes! fifty dollars. When I heard this on the radio as I sat doing my prep, one evening, I thought of all the articles I could buy. Fifty dollars could buy for me the necessary articles which would win for me the vivacious blonde next door, who had just arrived from California. Just the strictly necessary items of course: five new white shirts, a new jacket and five pounds of chocolates, sixteen bars of peanut brittle, an I like Kennedy Button and a valentine. Also five dozen long-stemmed roses for her, (the other items being for myself). There was one problem which caused me much grief. I am an indolent, inocuous person, and generally I am filled with a great amount of diffidence. How was I to tell the biggest lie in our town, which has sixty thousand in- habitants? However, I disregarded this problem and submitted my application forth- with to the Town Hall, where the judging was to take place. In two days I received an entrance ticket which explained the rules of the contest and the commencement time. As it was to be held the day after I received the ticket, I went to bed early, so that I might have a good night ' s sleep. Arriving early at the designated place I was ushered into a small room, where sat five male judges. I was then asked to stand in the middle of the room and begin my lie. Well, I began, I am in a very embarrassing position because I had intended to concoct a monstrous lie on my trip here, however I had to stop in the department store and buy some ink for my mother. I proceeded to the ink counter and glanced about in search of a clerk. There was not one in sight and as the ink I wanted lay right in front of me, I decided to take it and look for a salesman. I hadn ' t gone far when I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turning I came face to face with a man in a gabardine suit. ' All right, ' he said, ' there will be no stealing in our store. ' ' Excuse me! ' I replied, ' I am not stealing but only looking for a clerk. ' Whereupon he replied, ' Come with me son, no excuses now. ' ' Here is the money with which I intended to make the payment, ' I said. ' Just come with me to see the manager, ' was his reply, and I must confess that this scared me slightly. Upon arriving in the manager ' s outer office I was left alone while the store detective spoke to the manager. I was getting worried by this time as it was obvious that no one was going to believe my side of the story. I saw the fire escape outside and a thought came to me that if I were able to get on to the fire escape I would be free. I ran to the window and began to climb out, when the store detective came in and started pulling my leg — Just as I am pulling yours now. The latter I said quietly, and apparently it was not heard by the judges, as I was then interrupted by: Is that true? Whereupon I answered affirmatively, which is certainly the biggest lie I have ever spoken. The other judges realized that they had been deceived and burst into laughter. Elated at my success, I walked into the waiting room where much to my 79 chagrin I met Suzy, the blonde from California. I realized that if she won the contest I would not stand a chance with her. And yet if I won she might resent me. Therefore please imagine my dismay when I was announced the winner, and Suzy, standing right beside me, said, That horrible person! I hope he loses that money. Oh! I wanted to win so badly! As I walked home, alone and lonely, I said to myself, Lying never pays . THE MAN I WOULD LIKE TO BE By M. BIRD In my opinion, the ideal man would have to possess several distinguishing features. His character or personality would be the most important of these. He would be thoughtful of other people, sincere and good natured. He would also be able to take the rough with the smooth, without complaining when things seemed to go the wrong way. And so, sincerity, determination, persever- ence, and thoughtfulness would all blend to mold an outstanding character, which is by far the most significant quality that anyone could wish for. Next would come intelligence and knowledge. Though not as important as his personality, through his learning and common sense he would be capable of pursuing a successful career in the field of his choice. Because he would be well educated, he would be able to speak well in public, using a wide vocabu- lary in which he could express himself easily. He might also be able to appreciate great music and outstanding literature. Light music and other arts would appeal to him. Since man in this age is so competetive, knowledge in various fields of science and the arts is vital in order to obtain a position of much significance or importance. Sporting ability would be found in the ideal man. A great satisfaction can be felt after you have become proficient in any sport. Even though sports are usually not as rewarding as schoolwork in regard to money, they can be just as significant in the way that you have achieved your goal in some field of sport. Besides giving a variation in the day ' s routine, will power and determination are usually developed, two invaluable qualities in everyday life. Also, by participating in numerous games, he could appreciate watching them much more than if he never took part in them. These are the reasons why achieving a goal or even just participating in sports is fairly important. Looks, apart from personal cleanliness and tidiness, I will place last among the qualities of the ideal person. This is because a favourable personality and a sincere character are much more vital than good looks, for someone who is handsome but conceited, insincere, and thoughtless of others will have no friends. However, if one possesses a good character, he should have friends, no matter how bad his outward appearance. These are the features which I would include in my idea of the man I would like to be. However, I think that such a man would be virtually im- possible to find. There are men such as Robert Louis Stevenson, the renowned adventure story writer. There is one of the greatest statesmen of our age, Sir Winston Churchill. There is Einstein, a true genius, and there are men like Roger Bannister, renowned for the fact that he broke the four-minute mile. All these men have a part of what is needed in the ideal person, but none can fulfill all his requirements. That is why I have to come to the conclusion that I should just like to be myself and live my life in the best possible way that I am able to. 80 A SPANISH LESSON By CHARLES PENTLAND Our hopes were high and our hearts longing as we watched the coastline of Spain and the destination of our ship draw near. We had long heard of this land of sun and song, where life was easy and gay, and laughter was as cheap as wine. Moreover, our student group had prepared well for this holiday. For the two months previous we had read voraciously every novel, magazine article, poem or pamphlet the university possessed, to do with Spain. John and I had learned a few basic words of the language, while Pete and Edward had acquainted themselves with the customs of the Spanish people. Above all, in our research, we were impressed by the gaiety and colour of this ancient land, for, after all, it was for these reasons we had decided to visit it in the first place. We had indeed learned much, or at least, so we thought. Visions of dusty, sleepy adobe towns in groves of acacia trees, or of pebble-beaches washed by the silver blue Mediterranean, or of the rocky ramparts of the snowy Pyrenees — these sights had been promised us. We looked with expectation to seeing swirling flamenco dancers and hearing the wild song of guitars in a smoke-filled inn, or hearing Ole! and Viva! roaring in the wild throng of the bull-ring. We longed for the colours of the land and its people — the green and ochre of the vineyards, the sparkling of the rivers in the red-brown rock deserts, the gold-braided splendour of the matador in his traje de luces , the red of a rose in the hair of a fair senorita. Yes, colour and charm was our idea of Spain. And we were right. But there also existed much more, something we had not foreseen. As our ship moved gracefully up the muddy, sluggish Guadalquivir River towards Seville, where we planned to disembark, the paint on our precon- ceived picture of this land began to be chipped away. Wielding the chisel was the ageless, gaunt spectre of poverty. From the deck, while music throbbed in the background, we could see on the river-banks spacious houses of marble and stone, set amid lush growths of cork-oaks; yet, down by the water, scarcely a hundred paces from the house, was that not an old fishing-shack, half in ruins, where an ancient beggar sat in rags fishing for his meagre supper? We saw gaily dressed caballeros riding along picturesque roads by the waterside, singing in the musical Andalusian dialect; yet were not these songs pierced by the shrill shouts of half-naked children grovelling in the dirt by the roadside, while their mothers squatted by the river, washing what was left of the family linen? Yes, there was beauty here, but we began to see that there was something larger underlying it. We arrived in Seville, and our already somewhat defaced portrait of Spain suffered further vandalism by reason of the sights we saw in the Customs buildings and on the streets. Everywhere stalked grey-uniformed military police, armed with rifles and revolvers. These imperious-looking figures guarded the doors and roamed the corridors and alleys with the insolent air of men who instinctively feel they are out of place. They always smiled pleasantly, their white teeth flashing, when a tourist approached, yet would kick a beggar for standing in the way of a baggage-cart. I saw an old woman led off for stealing an apple from the market-place — led off by the same soldier who had offered to show me to the most beautiful cathedral in all Spain. This was sunny Spain , a land of gaiety and song! 87 Our journey progressed along the Mediterranean coast, through Granada, Cartagena, Valencia, Barcelona. And we saw our charm and colour. The bull- fight was an unforgettable spectacle of Latin fervour, wild music and festive pageantry. The marble-and-stone haciendas of the nobles, where we were invited guests, swept our imaginations back to Armada days. But no matter how the soul was transported by this vision, there always remained the memories of that puling beggar in Seville, of the fishing-shacks along the river, of the poverty and cruelty that existed in this land; submerged perhaps, but still grim facts. Being young and impressionable, we were sensitive to these con- trasts, and they disturbed us. It was in Madrid that the last veil was torn from my eyes, and I realized why these differences existed in Spain. We were in the company of Don Pepe Fernando y Cortes, a haughty and disdainful, but nevertheless charming, noble of Old Castille, who had been our host the previous night. It was late in the afternoon as we sat in his beautiful garden and listened as he told us of the traditions alive in his country today. We were fascinated by the deep knowledge he possessed, and would have re- mained spellbound, were it not that we were suddenly distracted by a sound from beyond the tall hedge on our left. It was a child crying. When we went to investigate, we saw a young mother, clothed in rags, peering through the thorns, and holding an infant who wailed wretchedly because it was thirsty. She looked imploringly at Don Pepe, and we also turned to him, trusting that he would offer her some of the wine from the bottle he still held. Seeing our concern, he said Oh, pay no attention to this woman! If I gave her drink I would have every beggar in Madrid at my gates. There is. only one way to teach these people ... and he uncorked the wine-bottle, turned it upside down, and emptied it over a rose-bush. The woman watched the last drops fall, hissed her defiance, and carried away her unhappy child. In that moment 1 realized how small my knowledge of this land really was. We had all been beguiled with carefully prepared, idyllic descriptions of life in Spain. We had read nothing of its cruelty. No beggars walked through the pages of the tourist pamphlets. I knew now that the only way to see the true character of a country — to understand its thought — is to live among its people. Don Pepe ' s disdain for the unfortunate woman was born of the tradition of the Spanish hierarchy. I learned a fundamental lesson on that trip to Spain, a lesson which has sharply altered my thinking. I no longer scorn the statesmen who fumble in their efforts to bring about world peace, for now I know something of the differences which do exist between men. HEROISM IN EVERYDAY LIFE By R. WATERS The dictionary states that a hero is a demigod, a man of superhuman qualities, a man admired for great deeds and noble qualities, a man who has fought for his country. I think this is greatly over-emphasizing the word hero. A person does not have to be a demigod, nor does he have to be any of the mentioned definitions to be a hero. 82 The heroic deeds which we are able to notice, we greatly inflate, until the doers of these courageous deeds are raised into the demigod category. It seems rather senseless to heap praise upon one man; he will soon be lost to the memory of all. The great spectacular deeds of heroism are praised far too much and the small acts hardly at all. We should recognize the need to praise those people who go about, continually unnoticed, performing small acts of heroism in every-day life. We do not consider the man who suffers from arthritis, whose every movement brings a stabbing pain to the very core of his existence, almost making him scream out-loud or bring a complaint of this agonizing pain to his lips, a hero. The blind-man who goes through life in darkness, experiencing a great loneliness without an utterance of lamentation, is not doing an act of heroism in our eyes. We do not see a hero in action when we see a crippled boy or girl watching children at play. We do not call the man who sticks up for what he feels is right, while all about him are tormentors trying to persuade him he is wrong, a demigod. In our eyes, the physically or mentally sick person who spends painfull months in bed, with little consolation other than watching the sun create weird patterns on the walls, is not performing an act of heroism but merely existing. Knowing he will be intimidated when he speaks, the person who stutters is not considered a hero. Why? Why aren ' t these and many more people who suffer great pain, due either to disease or pain inflicted by the people of this earth, considered heroes performing acts of heroism? The answer is quite simple. We give all our attention to the showy, spectacular acts of heroism, which make the papers; to the deeds that are talked about in the high society circles. We will not lower ourselves and notice the acts of heroism which are always occurring around us everyday, because we are ashamed. And it is this shame which keeps us from recognizing and helping these heroes of every-day life. MEMORIES It was a lovely warm afternoon in Jun e, in this year of grace 1961; maybe I nodded off a bit after lunch, but I seemed to be back in the Bursary in 1932. Many of the names of the boys are the same, Bell-Irving, Bird, Douglas, Larsen, Milne, O ' Callaghan, Phillipps-Wolley, Plummer, Roaf, Tupper, and Westing- house. The creeper on the buildings and the trees in the gardens have all grown considerably; there seems to be a change in the appearance of the Class-room Block, but after all there is the Chapel and there is the Gymn and the Squash Courts. Defaulters seem to be lining us as before though there are one or two new faces I don ' t seem to know — no, that must be Tupper as usual; I can ' t see Merritt though, or Smith from Calgary — wonder what ' s happened, they can ' t have turned over a new leaf — surely! The Head seems to have got a new car. Fancy turning in the Packard on a small car. And there ' s Mrs. Stanton. Wonder why she isn ' t up in the surgery? And who ' s that man in the garden? It doesn ' t look like Palin, and all those motor mowing machines, don ' t remember them before. What ' s that noise up there? Looks like jets. It can ' t be 1932 after all, and yet — and yet it feels very like home. Perhaps it ' s going to be. I certainly hope so. — M.A.E. 83 OLD BOYS ' NOTES We at the School are particularly grateful to the Class Secretaries and the many other Old Boys who this year have written in to give us their news. We are very proud to report that John Madden (1956) is this year ' s Rhodes Scholarship winner from B.C.; also that Commander O. C. S. Robertson (1919) has received the 1961 Massey Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The latter award was made in recognition of his contribution to the geographical knowledge of the Canadian Arctic. Congratulations are in order for John Bird who, in recognition of his outstanding services to the legal profession, has this year been made a Q.C.; and also to the following Old Boys who this year have received degrees at U.B.C.: Farrell Boyce (B.Sc. - Engineering Physics), John Armstrong (B.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering), Barry Dryvynside (B.Law), Alan Caselman (B.Sc. - Forestry), John Lundell (B.A.), Shane Ryland (B.A.), Robert Simson (B.Com.), John Leckie (B.Com.). We hear that the Rev. Harold Macdonald is doing excellent work in the Anglican Clergy House in Toronto. From the services as usual we have many items of news. Commander Craig Campbell has just finished a course in Paris at the N.A.T.O. Defence College and has returned to take up an appointment on the joint Staff in Ottawa dealing in disarmament matters. Whilst in Paris he met another Old Boy who has dcme extremely well in his chosen profession; this is T. L. Eddison, who left the School in 1919, and is now a Rear Admiral and the Five sons of Old Boys seated in the fathers ' chairs. They are (l-r): H. B. Robertson (Bruce), G. Macrae (Dong), J. E. Larsen (Jack), R. E. Cromie (Bob), and A. R. G. Douglas (Bob). 84 Naval Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Commodore Micky Stirling is at present the Naval Member of the Directing Staff at the National Defence College, Kingston. In October he will take up his new appointment as the Senior Officer Afloat Atlantic. Captain Pat Nixon is at present on a course on the National Defence College having just finished an appointment on the Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. Captain Phil Haddon is now in London, England, in charge of H.M.C.S. Niobe. Com- mader Dick Leir, recetly XO of Bonaventure, is now the Commanding Officer of the Fleet School in Halifax. Commander Robin Hayward is at H.Q. in Ottawa on the Staff of the Director of Naval Ship Requirements. Commander Reg Hayden is the Director of Naval Information in Ottawa. In the Cana- dian Army, Major I. D. Macdonald continues as the Administrative Officer, R.C.S.M.E., at Camp Chilliwack in B.C. At the universities we continue to have many Old Boys. At U.B.C. we have Sam Perry playing for the Thunderbirds Rugger Team. John Lecky began the year playing for them and, when he became Captain of U.B.C. Rowing, he had to drop out. The latter is also to be congratulated for being a member of the 8-oared crew which represented Canada at the Olympics last summer. Also at U.B.C. are Bob McKechnie, Peter Hebb, Derek Hood, Brian McGavin, John Stainer, Ed. Stewart, Anthony Vincent, John Brighton, Peter and Roy Mcintosh, Kit Malkin, Tony Pellett, Tony Read, Mike Beddall, Malcolm Burke, Graeme Macrae, Don Shannon, Peter Armstrong, Sandy Foster, Robin Douglas, Bruce Housser, Malcolm McAvity, Bob Murdoch, John Mclntyre, Bill McKechnie and Don Mowat. At the University of Victoria there are Simon Wade, Christopher Long- ridge, David Wilson, Jim Taylor and Bill Hibbard — incidentally, the last mentioned has just spent most of the summer cruising in the Carribbean with the U.N.T.D. This we feel certain will interest Tony Archbold who, although he is attending R.M.C. Kingston and is therefore taking the Navy rather more seriously, has nevertheless spent the summer cruising in and around Hardy Bay on northern Vancouver Island. In other universities we have Tucker Battle at M.I.T., Ian Robertson at McGill, John Neal at the University of Alberta, Freeman Ford at Dartmouth, Foster Knight at Yale, Larry Bortles at Cornell, Andy Camp at the University of Virginia, Karl Anderson at the University of Washington, John Martland at Carleton University, Terry Burrows at London Polytechnic, and Ian Reid and Jon Ardagh have just completed a year at Neuchatel Junior College. Teaching at Universities we have Maurice Rattray at the University of Washington (he is, moreover, the leading Oceanographer on the Pacific Coast), Stephen Knight at M.I.T., and Hugh Wilkinson and Raymond Best at U.B.C. Miscellaneous information is that Michael Bellon (who was married in April 1960) is living in Montreal, and is the General Manager of Delagar Limited. His brother David was married in February 1958 and now has a poultry farm in Port Kells near Vancouver. We are pleased to report that David and Angela already have two sons — John who is 2 J 2 years and Mark who is a year old. John Wheeler continues with the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys in Ottawa and recently had an interesting summer ' s work in the Selkirk Mountains. Steve Covernton is the Manager of the Cantor Sales Co., Ltd., in Vancouver. Rex Pearce, who is a Metallurgical Engineer, is the Head of the Industrial Department in Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. Norm Hayward is a Superintendent with the Super Valu Stores in Vancouver. Ebbin Robinson, who 85 has been a construction foreman in Pincher Creek, has gone into farming in Cornwallis, Oregon. Tom Naden has started a new dental practice in Bellevue, Washington. Michael Kemble has just completed a year travelling and working in Europe; his letters indicate that he has had the most interesting and stimulat- ing experience. Wally Hansell has taken a year out in a stock and brokerage firm in San Francisco, and will attend Stanford during this coming year. We are happy to draw attention to the fact that this issue of our yearbook is published by Old Boy George S. Elliott (1939 - 1942), who has an interest in Delta Lithotype Ltd., Vancouver. This is a comparatively recent side-line to his consulting practice in construction estimating, and we were pleased to hear that he was recently elected a Fellow of the Construction Surveyor ' s Institute (New York). Old Boys are encouraged to write into the School with news of themselves and of other Old Boys. MARRIAGES Stewart - Buel: on May 5th, 1961, in Menlo Park, California, Joseph V. Stewart (1956) to Jane Lauren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Samuel Buel. Olsen - Keas: on May 27th, 1961, in Lawton, Oklahoma, Peter M. Olsen (1954) to Betty Jean, daughter of C.W.O. and Mrs. A. H. Keas. Robertson - Finn: on August 5th, 1961, in Vancouver, Thomas Rocke Robertson (1955) to Marion Eleanor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bartley Finn. Copemans oosd mfw -iMj [rom The Classroom Block. ■£ «J! 86 ifee Mam Hall JIB -€duwd4oodcdi UITHO ' D IN CANADA Delta Lifhot y pe Ltd. VANCOUVER BC