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

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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

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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 inter-house warfare began in September with swimming. On this the house ' s first patrol, we forgot the bombs and Lake ' s managed to dive into first place ahead of us. But fighter pilot Jim Marcellus shot any competi- tors down in flames and was the Under 16 Champion. Still bloodthirsty after this second place finish, we fired up our Pratt and Whitney ' s and roared into Track and Field. This time we forgot to lower the landing gear during the high jump and crash landed into second place again. Mac Bowell did a great job urging us all to get standards, and House Colors were awarded to Bob West and Brian Johnson. By now we were becoming somewhat angered, so we added platformate to our aviation fuel and taxied onto the field for inter-house Rugger. Ah-ha! Finally - direct hits on all main targets. The A-seven played tremendous rugger, being in top form from the first whistle. In the final crucial game against Lake ' s, Craig sparked the squad- ron with a fantastic run through the opposition ' s defence; then Bowell broke through again to score. The most ex- citing moments occurred when Maguire (L) was in the clear at the 50-yard line - but Mac (and his 603 muscles) Bowell screamed in from the opposite wing and gunned him down with a perfect tackle on the 5-yard line. The B-seven also played a great series, winning two games and drawing the third. For their outstanding performances, House Colors were awarded to Robert Hungerford, Tim Park, Pat Cromie and Robin Creighton. In the inter-house Basketball, cloud-cover prevented us from seeing the hoop and we could only manage a third. However, much was learned in the ways of technique, and no doubt, next year, in our new gym, the weather will be much better! We buzzed through the inter-house gymnastics with much enthusiasm and many fine individual efforts, and were robbed of first place by three measly points. Perhaps we should have put some K-34 in our platformated Shell? As far as the Shooting goes, our gunners were at a distinct disadvantage because they were not used to sta- tionary targets. The seniors placed fourth and the juniors a commendable second, but all members, under Wing Commander Thompson, did very well and are to be congratulated. Copeman ' s was not represented by quantity in drama this year, but by quality. James Collbran, as Lady Brocklehurst and David Craig as the servant in Admirable Crichton. both did splendidly. They too should be congratulated. Then that wonderful time of year came once again: when engines roar, ailerons flap, and wing tanks are filled - Cross country! The more powerful Copeman ' s V-64 engines proved themselves unconquerable for the EIGHTH year in a row! House colors were awarded to Doug (Snell) Hansen. Clay (Carruthers) Simpson and Fred (Jazy) Henderson. That night we had an inter-house music festival to finish off the Lent Term. After expending so much fuel to do so well in the cross-countrv we again had a forced landing on second place, but Groves ' only beat us by a small margin. The summer term was soon upon us, with cricket, rowing and exams. In cricket, for the third time in three years, we were shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of Ripley ' s - but we almost had them, Hunter converting a cru- cial bowl into three winning runs and the game. In junior cricket we beat Groves ' in the semi-finals and facing Ripley ' s (again) in the finals, fell to their rapid fire for a total of 38 runs. In rowing our sea-planes were somewhat dominated by Lake ' s, but Bugs Johnson led our men on well, never relenting against unsurmountable odds - (Mcintosh ' s (L) sea-gull squadrons). The only area where we didn ' t do ourselves justice was in academics. Here we were left stalled on the runway. It is hoped that more boys now realize that to win the academic shield it takes everybody ' s utmost effort - and no- body ' s time wasted with satis cards and detention. Another good year has come to a close, and we the boys of Copeman ' s would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Josselyn very much for all the work he has done as housemaster while Mr. Hyde-Lay was away. It was a difficult task and we want you to know how much we appreciate all the trouble you went to over us. Thanks also to Mr. Brierley for controlling one of the best Junior Houses yet. This great housemastership really kept the lid on Copeman ' s! Once again, Mrs. Hartl, with the help of Mrs. Rausch in the Junior House, kept us and all our 32