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

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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

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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