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

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Chapel every day is still a most unusual, puzzling and irksome activity for the large majority of boys who come to the School; yet we hope that the daily reference to God before all other things, and the other ministries of the Church which go with it, will help our students to realize that the things of the Spirit are more enduring than anything else they learn or engage in here. This is a lesson much of our modern world needs to be convinced of afresh, and we make our small contribution of witness to its truth and importance each returning day. The total work of the Chapel is made up of many contributory services of varied kinds. Mr. Galliford and the Choir, working under more serious difficulties than are sometimes appreciated, maintain the music of our Services. Servers, led by Arthur Monahan, and Readers, assist the Chaplain in the orderly conduct of worship. Ladies of the Sanctuary Guild supply flowers, care for the altar linens, and clean the brasses. Bill Keate and Peter Nissen have capably completed an- other year of unfailing devotion as Sacristans. Russell Quinn has acted as Crucifer. The janitoresses keep the building clean and polished. Mothers and friends have busily hand-worked kneelers which add colour and beauty in the pews. Both an Adult Advisory and a Student Chapel Committee patiently consider possible improvements. Visitors frequently come in to join and encour- age us.Preachers from outside come to address us. And members of the Shawni- gan Lake community have come in to take part in our Christmas Carol Service. Again we held a Student Christian Conference at the opening of the Summer Term for delegates from the Independent Schools, this year ably guided and in- structed by the Reverend John Frame from the Caledonia Diocese. We pray that the Holy Spirit will take, sanctify and use all these services for His glory and our own blessing. Visitors coming to our Chapel Services often comment on the singing. We do not consider that their compliments are always justified, but no doubt some improvement in the congregational part of the worship has been achieved as the the result of our practices on Saturday mornings. Short singing practices in the Chapel for the whole school each Saturday morning have become a regular feat- ure, and we hope that their continuance will promote interest in Prayer Book worship and improvement in our performance of it. It is hoped that plans for the beautification of the Sanctuary made during the year will be put into effect in the summer in time for the beginning of the new school year. Indeed, our only obstacle to completion earlier has been lack of funds— a matter in which perhaps some kind reader might feel disposed to assist us as others have so generously assisted us in the past. It may be of general interest to know that as things stand at present our 29

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J. L. Anthony R. B. Arnt F. F. Bangs B. G. Barrington D. R. Bell-Irvi ng R. W. Bessom J. A. L. Bourne W. R. Brown B. H. D. Caple M. C. Chapman B. R. Clark B. C. Coe H. M. Comber A. R. Crooks P. Damon P. J. Edgar M. P. Flynn K. F. Fraser D. J. Gardner C. W. Gervais K. Gillett M. T. Hammond D. J. Hansen S. B. Heisley F. H. Henderson T. A. Heslop S. K. Housser B. Johnson R. C. Jones L. S. Ladner P. G. Lewis M. J. Lott M. E. W. Love J. G. Marcellus J. J. O. Marcellus K. L. Matthison T. E. Morris F. L. Morrison I. D McBean T. Park D. R. Paulson C. A. Read D. G. Reynolds P. F. Roaf R. T. W. Robinson C. P. P. Rowland A. C. Sayrs E. C. Sherman C. Simpson J. W. Stewart D. Sutherland J. C. Tall B. G. Taylor H. A. W. Thiele B. A. Thomson R. W. Thomson P. T. Williamson R. A. Wilmot D. Winslow G. J. Zinkan 28

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the chapel: The Chapel was completed in 1928 and has a capacity for forty in the Choir and two hundred in the congregation. An expansion of the Chapel is in sight and is going to be carried out in the near future . . . we hope! 30