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

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We Have the Tools (AN EDITORIAL) Solomon was ambitious. He wanted to be rich. He wanted to be powerful. And, like most national figures, he wanted to be a hero. But when God said, Ask what you will, and I will give it thee, Solomon did not ask for riches or power, for honour or glory. Instead, he asked for the one quality which would produce all the other things. Solomon asked for wisdom. The wisdom of Solomon was infinitely more than a mere accumulation of facts. It was not scientific knowledge. It was not just a wide range of informa- tion. Solomon ' s wisdom was a deep perception— an understanding of people and their institutions. He had learned early in life that factual evidence without the ability to assimilate and draw sound conclusions from that evidence is little better than ignorance. The advice of Solomon as recorded in the book of Proverbs has never ceased to be timely: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Knowledge without understanding provides fertile soil for despotism. A totalitarian state is grounded in popular misconception. Hitler perverted the minds of German youth. His schools were not the tools of learning; they were the instruments of German national policy. They did not teach the student how to think. They taught him what to think. The Kremlin has constructed one of the most efficient school systems the world has ever known. But with all its presentation of facts and figures, the curriculum does not include the elements of logic and analysis. A curriculum which teaches the people to reach logical conclusions of their own would make it impossible for a demigod to dupe them. A wise and understanding people would quickly destroy Russia ' s monolithic regime. We must judge our education less by the amount of knowledge it instils than by the wisdom of living it creates. As citizens of one of the great Western democracies we pride ourselves on our freedom to think. But unless we exercise that freedom, we become objects of propaganda— one of the greatest dangers to a democracy. The reiteration of slogans, the distortion of the news, the great storm of propaganda that beats upon the citizen 24 hours a day, means either that democracy will succumb to the loudest and most persistent propagandists, or that people must save themselves by strengthening their minds so that they can appraise the issues for themselves. If we, who have freedom of thought, fail to exercise this freedom, we must bear the additional burden of responsibility for the failings of our own government. And our governments past and present have had their failings. But the blackness of the Democracies ' failures is not without a ray of hope; a hope which rests with the people; a people who are the government, and who determine its policy. Only in a democracy can an intelligently informed electorate hope to achieve its national goals. Only a government imbued with wisdom and understanding can serve the interests of such an electorate.

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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 Honourable Major-General G. R. Pearkes, v.C, P.C., C.B., D.S.O.. M.c. Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia The Honourable Mr. Justice H. I. Bird Gordon Farrell, Esq. Dr. H. Hickman, Principal of Victoria College Dr. M. McGregor, Head of the Classics Department of the University of British Columbia D. K. Macrea, Esq. A. B. Robertson, q.c BOARD OF GOVERNORS W. G. H. Roaf, O.B.E.. (Chairman) Harry M. Boyce, Esq. (Vice-Chairman) R. H. Angus, Esq. J. M. Cross, Esq. H. A. Dunlop, Esq. J. L. Gibson, Esq. Dr. K. Greenwood, m.b.b.s., m.r.c.r, M.R.C.S., L.M.C.C. G. Peter Kaye, C.A. J. M. McAvity, 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. J. H. Wade, F.R.A.I.C., F.R.I.B.A., A.A.Dip. G. H. Wheaton, Esq. J. W. Whittall, Esq. J. B. Williams, Esq. W. Ellis, Esq. W. Foster, Esq. T. E. Ladner, Esq. President of the Old Boys ' Society— J. I. Bird, Esq., for 1963-64. Indicates Old Boy of Shawnigan Lake School

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We live in a world of crisis, but there is a panacea for its many and diverse problems. The simple application of wisdom and understanding will quickly alleviate our many pressing problems. It will show us the way to lasting peace and prosperity. And best of all, the sincere application of wisdom will bring freedom to a world crying for self-expression. God, however, will not come to us in a dream, as He came to Solomon. Morning will not find us wise enough and bold enough to mold the pattern of history in a shape to our own liking. But we can strive to develop in ourselves and in our leaders the kind of intellectual fibre that will bring about our fondest dreams and highest aspirations. God has given us, even as He gave Solomon, the tools with which we can build a beter future. Our hope is that He will grant us the strength and wisdom to use them well. School Staff HEADMASTER Edward R. Larsen, Dip. Phys. Ed., B.A.(Brit.CoL), M.A.(Oxon.) SENIOR MASTER H. S. C. Archbold, C.D., B.A. (Toronto) . B.Sc. (Alberta) , M.A. (Alberta) CHAPLAIN The Rev. E. W. Scott, b.d.. m.a. (Cantab.) HOUSEMASTERS D. W. Hyde-Lay, Dip. Phys. Ed., E.T.S. (Switzerland). P.T. Instructor and Games Copeman ' s G. L. Anderson, b A.(Brit.Coi), Head of History Lake ' s J. S. Grey, (Durham), Maths, and P.T Ripley ' s M. Nightingale, M.A.(Oxon.), History Groves ' D. B. Evers, MA.(Oxon), Languages Junior House ASSISTANT MASTERS J. Arthurs, b.a. (Durham) Head of Modern Languages T. L. Brierley Maths and Games A. C. M. Brown, b.Sc.(U.b.C), Di P .Ed.(Oxon.) Science and Maths R. Carr Maths and Industrial Arts J. E. Dickens, Teaching Certificates (Eng., Sask., B.C.) English and History I. A. Galliford, a.r.t.c. (Toronto), a. a.g.o. (New York) Music and Choir Master P. H. Josselyn, b.a. (Nottingham) . Dip. Ed. Head of English H. M. Mcintosh. Saskatchewan Teaching Certificate Maths L. P. MacLachlan, B.Arch.(Hons.) (Capetown), m.a. (Oxon.) Maths and Industrial Arts G. W. Oteman, B. A. (Nijmegen), Teacher ' s Cert, of Music Art, Music, Languages C. A. C. Porter B.Sc.. M.Sc. (Wales), Ph.D. (Bari), Dip. Ed.(Oxon.),F.R.i.c, f.c.s., m.c.i.c. Head of Science A. G. Wllden, University of Victoria Languages 4