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

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first-place Mason in the under-sixteen Point Race. No sooner had we dried off from the swimming than we started to train for the house track and field. In this we were fourth, due very largely to an insufficient number of stand- ards from all members of the house - a fatal weakness. In spite of this drawback, Walters and Milne - the house captain — managed to gain some glory in the long-distance running and the pole vault, respectively. Again in the under-sixteen division Maguire, Grant, Baylis and Whitley, with Fedun in the under-fourteen class, kept our heads above water. After the competition, house colours in track and field were awarded to Milne and Waters for their efforts. With regard to house colours, these were given to Pyke for his performance in Grade XI during the term. In order to shake down all the Christmas pudding and wear off the extra insulation acquired during the holidays, the inter-house rugger was held at the beginning of the Lent Term. The Junior was played on January 13 and perhaps this accounts for the fact that we came second. Seven-a-s ides was the order again this year and Gardiner captained our ' B and Keith Homer our ' A ' team. Outstanding players were Ladner, McKesson, Payne and Lindemere. Far from the relatively good weather of the Junior matches, the Senior games were played on a bad field in foul weather. However, there was no lack of support or morale and what the weather lacked in kindness, the spirit of the players and spectators made up for. Our teams were not up to full strength due to the absence of Evans and Maguire both of whom were off with injuries. Unhappily Waters had to leave the game completely exhausted and this further reduced our strength. We came fourth but the performance of all was first class. In the house basketball we were third in the final standing and were the under-sixteen cham- pions. In the latter, Whitley and Baylis played well and much thanks is due to Waters who 29

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In House track and field we placed second to a strong Copeman ' s team. Osburn, Grauer, Coldicutt, Kaiser and Garroway, backed up by many others, did a fine job. The inter-house rugby was again a seven-a-side tournament and was held at the begin- ning of the Easter term. Our senior teams won five out of the six matches to win the tourna- ment. Our junior teams did well to place third. Outstanding in the juniors were Slater, Garroway and Tony Kaiser. In the senior, all players did well; undoubtedly we were fortun- ate in having five members of the 1st XV on our team, but all played a fast, open game. Mark Osburn is to be commended for his captaincy. Inter-house basketball was well contested in all divisions. We lost the senior and under-sixteen games to the respective winners, Copeman ' s and Lake ' s. The most exciting game was playing Groves ' in the under-fourteen when the score was tied 8 — 8 at full time and Berwick of Groves ' sank a long shot in overtime to give Groves ' the victory. R. Ander- son and D. Ingledew played exceptionally well. Inter-house gymnastics was re-instituted this year after a lapse of several years. We won the event with six boys entered, of which Andrew Wade, John Gibson, Graham Hunter, Tony Hugman and Matthew Wade all played in various events. Hunter is to be especially commended for his performances in school and house meets. Inter-house cricket was none too successful from our point of view when we lost the senior to Copeman ' s and the junior to Groves ' . We did however have success in the house leagues, when we won the competition. House rowing was an easy win for Lake ' s, in the senior, and Copeman ' s in the junior. After years of ownership, we lent Groves ' the inter- house squash cup after a very close, exciting series of games. In cadets we had a monopoly of the brass . Bob O ' Callaghan, Tony Hugman, Alan Roaf and Tom Coldicutt were all prominent members. Bob O ' Callaghan is to be congratulated for his leadership in the cadets throughout the year. Most boys took part in plays and concerts during the year. House concerts proved a great success, featuring such groups as Peter and the Shepherds , and Andrew Through the Ages . In school plays Grauer, Tupper and Douglas were prominent. In the academic field some members of the House are to be congratulated. Andrew Wade, Charles Sauer, Richard Anderson and Nick Kaiser all won their Academic Colours. Tom Andrews won the scholarship examination, Barry Marks gained the most points in the academic competition, and John Barclay and Angus obtained steadily good results. The House came second to Groves ' for the Academic Shield. In many ways we played our part. To those leaving the school, we wish every suc- cess. Next year, we trust that effort and endeavour will hold true in the House: ' Acta non VERBA ' . LAKES HOUSE Another year has come and gone at Shawnigan and the day of departure is being met with diverse feelings. Life has been about the same hectic pace this year, but there have been many diversions to while away the time — even academics! The year was initiated with great pride and gusto with the .Inter-house Swimming l- though we were not the overall winners. Mason managed to ' cop ' the under-sixteen cham- pionship. Culter splashed his way to fourth place in the Senior and Keate came fifth behind 28

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encouraged the house and captained the teams. Came the final day of the Lent Term and with it the Cross-country and Shooting. Sad to say, this was the first year since 1957-58 that we failed to win either shooting cup. In the afternoon, the big race was the topic of conversation and the reason behind many furtive plans to evade the inevitable. We came third thanks largely to the efforts and encouragement of Bill Grant. For the first time, the School participated in the Cowichan Musical Festival this year, and several boys in Lake ' s managed to win prizes. Ladner won the under-fourteen piano, Redpath the under-sixteen Bible reading and Fraser the best actor award of the festival. In School life, Whitley ' s combo achieved notable fame and Fraser won the Soroptimist Essay Contest for this and the Nanaimo Regions. Since much of the Summer Term was awash with inclement weather we did not take a chance on weather suitable for our usual beach party. Rather, we availed ourselves of the new school bus and, after dinner at the Net Loft, had a night on the town. In the house cricket we never went beyond the semi-finals in either division, thereby failing to hold our rather flukily won senior cup of last year. However, in the house-leagues we tied with Rip- ley ' s for first place. The house was guided by Garth Homer as captain who, with Grant, was awarded House Cricket colours. We rewon the senior rowing later in the term having lost it to Groves ' last year, but were beaten in the junior by Copeman ' s. The house academic performance maybe glossed over lightly but mention must be made of McKesson, Ladner, Mason and Thompson all of whom won form prizes and of Christopher Kropinski who won a general progress prize. The house sends best wishes for the future to all its members who are leaving this year and especially to the prefects, lead by James Milne for all they have done. GROVES ' HOUSE As another busy year closes it is time to look back for a moment to recall some of our activities of the last ten months. I say ' some ' because it would be quite impossible to re- count all the adventures and disappointments of the year. As I glance through the faces in the photo, it occurs to me that everyone has been taking part in his own way in the life of the community. Prominent are the prefects David Gooderham, Pat Kingsford, Brent Smith and Michael Bird, who have all loyally and conscientiously attended to their duties, which are often mundane and time-consuming. We should indeed be grateful to them for their help and leader- ship. In one way we have shown our cooperative spirit by winning the academic shield. At a glance we seem to have remarkably few form leaders, but our strength has been broadly spread; each one of us has made his own contribution to the best of his ability. Neverthe- less it would be invidious not to mention Julian Greenwood, Tony Foster and Peter Schotch. By contrast our hoard of sports trophies has diminished considerably over the year, but this is no reflection of the way in which we have entered the competitions — enthusiasm has been high. As usual Brent Smith swam very smoothly last September, and Richard Craw- ford could not help but be prominent because his huge frame dwarfed his opponents. After this came the scramble for athletic standards where everyone competed well. In the finals Tony Foster ran faster than I thought he could, Brent Smith ran well without any training, and David Gooderham, Michael Bird, Mark Appleton and Ian Heath all performed bravely. It always seems to me however that the real heroes are those who enter furiously with little 30