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

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In Track and Field we again put our best feet forward, but unfortunately, they were not good enough. Led by Don Ingledew, there were some good efforts by Dave Gardner in the Senior, and we did gain more standards than last year; however we ended up bringing up the rear with a last place. December came, and we proved that we had not been dulled by the snow and cold; we also gave our rather befuddled spirit a lift. Captained by Reynolds, our Junior rugby seven-a-sides won the cup, with Barnett, Bar- low and Mellor running through the opposition to win five of six games. So with this winning spirit, we returned from the Christmas holidays to find no outlet for our energy until half way through the term. But with Gymnastics, it came, and led by Matt Wade who was captain, and Graham Hun- ter, who was individual champion, we flipped and tumbled into our third consecutive year as winning house. However, the wait between January and February had a slightly dulling effect and we managed to only put up our usual fine competition in the other events of that term. A tremendously spirited effort by our basketball teams, led by Don Ingledew, saw us pull an upset by placing second to Lake ' s Trotters. For very fine playing, Tom Davis, Frank Mitchell and Bill Barnett received their House Colors. On the rugby field, Don Ingledew led our seven-a-side, senior teams to a third place, despite hard playing by Dave Gardner, John Garraway and Pat O ' Callaghan. Pat O ' Callaghan received his Colors for some very good defense. In the squash courts, we gained another third place under the leadership of Pat O ' Callaghan. We finished the Lent Term with two rather incon- gruous sports. In the shooting competition, led by Larry Cochrane, our seniors placed third and our juniors took the cup in that division. In the final sport of the term, Cross-country, we again proved our spirit by training runs - organized by Jamie Lawson, the captain, and Dean Nelsen who returned, it seemed, just for the middle term. But despite our efforts, we were unable to topple Copeman ' s from their pinnacle, and in the dust we placed last. The Summer Term continued the trend in our sports - that we should win one event and not quite manage in the others. So the rowing saw our newly formed eight row its first 1500 to place third. As a consolation in lieu of the advantage held by Lake ' s with their First VIII crew, Jamie Lawson, captain, and Tom Andrews, stroke, re- ceived their rowing House Colors. Yet cricket livened the end of the year considerably with a clean sweep by both our Senior and Junior teams. In the Senior, led by Don Ingledew, we won a very exciting game against Copeman ' s, thanks to the bowling of Don and Tom Davis and the batting of Dave Slater, who received his Colors for saving the day with his runs. In the Junior, we won handily against Copeman ' s once again - this time thanks to the bat- ting of Brown and Barlow. So thus we ended not an unsuccessful year of sports. Despite the time they consume, however, sports are not the prime concern of Shawnigan or our House. And in other achievements we can count many successes over the past year. In the classroom, we spent good hard labors and regained for all three terms, the Academic Shield which was lost last year. Particularly, Barlow, who was points champion of the school, as well as Rampton, Foster and Barclay should be complimented. In fact, Bar- clay and Foster did receive their House Colors for their work in the classroom. In addition to academics, we man- aged to keep the Junior Efficiency Cup throughout the year since Barlow received the largest vote every term; and we also kept the Senior Efficiency in the Officers room, under the guard of either Andrews or O ' Callaghan. Not to be missed among the inter-house activities was the competitive Music Festival during the Lent Term. Though we only placed third, we ranked high in tone, with Dave Gardner, our captain, leading the House Glee Club, and high in acting ability, as Foster, Fellows and Barnett did a popular rennovation of Hello Dolly. The year also found our House members actively participating and flourishing in activities outside these com- petitions. Hamer Foster ' s leading role in the Admirable Crichton and the parts played by Grauer and Comber were a tribute to our acting ability, as was Graham Hunter ' s presentation of the Best Actor ' s award in the Cow- ichan Festival for his Napoleon in the Man of Destiny. Graham Nelson spoke out in the Impromptu Speaking, also at Cowichan, to take but one more first place for our house. We also found potential stars in our midst when Tom Andrews and Graham Nelson appeared on the School ' s Reach for the Top team which many saw over CBC one Lent evening. In Vancouver, Pat O ' Callaghan, as Drum Major, led the Sea Cadet Band to a provincial second place. And so the list goes on with many more accomplishments that deserve mention but for which there is no more room. Yet one more House activity merits mention before finishing this report. For the boys of the House con- tinued, for the third year, to give support to their ' adopted ' refugee in Vietnam, Nguyen Van Due. Peter Roaf and Brian Connelly carried on a very able correspondence with Nguyen on behalf of the House. And our second 30

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The Tfoum RIPLEY ' S HOUSE 3rd Row (left to right): S. Rothman, P. Richardson, C Grauer, Rampton. B. Clark, M. Hammond, A. Sayers, E. Mellor, B. Connely, ]. Bamett, ]. Myring, C. Banks, Collins, C Traunweiser, A. Shephard, N. Comber, D. Barlow, D. Ren- olds, R. Robinson. 2nd Row: R. McRae, P. Roaf, R. Angus, L. Cochrane, F. Mitchell, G. Hunter, ]. Fellows, G. Nelson, T. Davis, D. Harris, C. Ouinn, M. Bruce, R. Dawson, }. Coleman, W. Brown. Sitting: J. Garraway, A. Slater, ]. Barclay, D. Gardner, P. O ' Callaghan, D. lngledew, Mr. ] Grey, T. Andrews, R. Tanton. ]. Lawsen, H. Foster, ]. McFarland, M. Wade, T. Tryon. Though the world continues to turn at its hectic pace as if nothing has changed, we who have been fortunate enough to call ourselves Ripleyites for the past nine months, and longer, know that things are different. For it is June once more and we have come to the end of a very full and memorable year. As we have lived, studied and played games together, we have fostered a good house spirit along with our school spirit, and with this spirit we have accomplished a great deal. The small room down our dorm wing labelled Officers Only had a full complement with three School Pre- fects - Don fngledew, Tom Andrews and Pat O ' Callaghan. Their leadership, plus the hard work of the House Pre- fects, led by Ron Tanton - Ian Agus, then Dave Gardner and Jamie Lawson and then towards the end of the year, Hamer Foster, John Barclay and Dave Slater, helped to make the year a very good one. Sports are always of prime excitement at Shawnigan, and true to form, Inter-house sports were a source of rivalry again. Though our house was not recognized as having ' great potential ' this year, we pulled a number of surprises through dogged determination. We began the year with a quick splash into the lake; and though we didn ' t win the swimming, we went down fighting. In the Senior division, our captain Dave Gardner was a close runner-up for the individual trophy and Pat O ' Callaghan won the diving event. In the Under 16 division, Ross McRae had a powerful stroke and was runner-up for the individual trophy - and he was backed up well by Gra- ham Nelson. We were a trifle disappointed that they saw fit to award us with a third place for such an excellent record. 29

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annual auction turned out to be a major succes of the year when Tanton, Ingledew, Garraway, O ' Callaghan and Andrews exhorted and extorted some $105 from the masters and boys for things ranging from ovens to lamps. We wish to thank all those who made contributions to this success. It has been a full year for the School and for Ripley ' s House. We have tended to flourish in the more refined arts but have not done all so poorly in the physical aspects either. An interesting observation might be that our trophy shelf this June holds more silverware, spread over a wider range of fields, than any of the other houses. But perhaps this is unimportant - and the only true evaluation of merit can be in the tremendous value the House ' s activities have been to each and everv individual that has spent the vear under the motto Acta Non Verba. — T. Andrews COPEMAN ' S HOUSE 5th Row (left to right): D Hyndman, B McBain, P Simpson. B Caple. T Heslop, C Clark. R Freeman. T Luce. E. Pigott. 4th Row: G Larsen, K Fraser, T Park. T Trafford, H Thiele. P. Williamson. A McPhedran. ] Collbran. R MacFarlane. D. Tetrault. W. Wheaton, B dough. M Atwood. C Simpson 3rd Row: J. Marcellus, C. Dalziel. S Rultan. ]. Marcellus. D. Jennings. P Bauman. P. Cronne. C. Mewhorl. C. Curtis. P. Nissen, D. Borne. ] Thompson. M Bowell. B Thompson Sitting: P. Hitchcock, R Creighton, ]. Wheaton, ] Pyhus. ' . Longridge, Mrs fosselvn. Mr ]ossel n. Mrs. Harile. D Craig. ]. Lunam, R. Wesl, B ]ohnson. M Davidson Kneeling: D. Hansen. F. Henderson. D. Chapman. Savage. ] Blakewaw Mark ]., David ]., ]. Peck. M Hall. P. Hancock. W. Gould. S. Heislev O flesh, flesh, how thou art fishified! Romeo and ]uliet - Act II Scene iv The year 1963-64 will long be remembered as The Year of the Banana. The year 1964-65 will be remem- bered longer as the Year of the Bununa. Mr. McGavin himself, Robert Hungerford, was at the controls of the Copeman ' s B-52 Superfortress, with David Craig, co-pilot and coach, giving his best support all the way. James Longridge was an accurate bombadier - hitting 437 jobs in one year is a new house record - while John Lunam brought his Rover Scout compass, navigating the ' bird ' marvellously. Bob West and John Pybus manned their guns and listened to Peter, Paul and Mary records; while John Wheaton, who recommends Coppertone, sunbathed on the rear gun-deck! Together they made a formidable group - ready to help or hinder, whatever necessary. 37