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

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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.

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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

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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