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

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f rize eJList General Proficiency Prizes: Grade 12-A S. Angus 12-S D. Hyndman 1 1-C .. J. Peck 1 1-S S. Hamilton 11-A J. McDiarmid 1 0- 1 T. Bangs 1 0-2 D. Andrews 1 0-3 — B. Stewart 9- 1 P. Stevenson 9-2 S. Halsan 9-3 J. Butcher 8-1 P. MacDonald 8-2 H. Ostlund General Progress Prizes G. Will son, D. Blench, P. Reifel Savage Prizes for English R. Cairns, M. Bridge, G. Thompson Mathematics Prize S. Lane History Prize D. Hyndman Science Prize D. Hyndman French Prizes D. Barlow, T. Bangs, R. Anderson Individual Academic Shield: Senior S. Deering Junior R. Anderson Inter-House Academic Shield Lake ' s Departmental Examinations C 7His year the Final Provincial Examinations were J conducted in a different way from previous years and it is therefore a little difficult to relate to them. For example, a candidate ' s over-all average has no bearing on his Scholarship average; the Scholarship exams being, in fact, entirely separate. Generally the results are most satisfactory, with only 4 failures out of 123 papers written. The percentage passed to papers written being 96.5%; 27 papers over 80% (22% of the papers written); and 14 boys out of 32— nearly 44%— winning scholarships to university. Special mention must be made of Douglas Hyndman whose average was 84.3% for 7 subjects and whose Scholarship average was 90.5%. Summary Number Number Number . of Who Over Aver § e Candidates Passed 80% English Literature 12 31 31 7 68.9 History 12 11 11 4 74.0 Mathematics 12 19 19 3 67.6 Chemistry 12 8 8 2 70.5 Physics 12 11 11 5 77.5 Biology 12 8 6 - 54.3 French 12 23 21 3 63.4 Latin 12 4 4 2 73.5 Geography 12 8 8 1 64.1 Total 123 119 27 68.0 School L olc Academic: S. Angus, P. Richardson, R. Olson, R. Cairns, D. Hyndman, S. Lane. Rugby: G. Zinkan, B. Johnson, I. Fairweather, B. Clough, R. Brown. Basketball: I. Fairweather. Rowing: G. Zinkan, C. Blaylock, T. Burns, R. Bell-Irving, S. Housser, S. Luce, W. Brown, E. Poulsson, W. Wheaton, R. Freeman, G. Ander, C. Bowell, C. Clark, P. Roaf, B. Barrington, S. Hamilton, J. Clark, D. Lieberman, D. Motter. ours Cricket: G. Berwick, P. Gudewill, B. Colclough, P. Hancock, M. Atwood. Cross-Country: D. Hansen, A. McAllister, B. Ruddell, I. McBean, L. Bullivant. Track and Field: M. Scott, D. Hans en, J. Collbran, I. McBean, A. McAllister, T. Morris, S. Angus, B. Johnson. Stag Club: J. Collbran, C. Traunweiser, E. Poulsson, C. Grauer, R. Wilmot, G. Corbett, G. Zinkan, P. Roaf. 13

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Ualedictoru Arclcii y ire 5 5 yp roadway, New York City ... it can be one of ( J the most exciting streets to visit. One can pay a visit from The Music Man ' s Gary, Indiana to My Fair Lady ' s London scenes, musing on such topics as the slums of West Side Story or How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying . The tendency today is to attempt to get the most out of something with a minimum of effort . . . how to succeed without really trying! And, all too often, we find people who DO succeed with little or no effort . . . thanks to the efforts of those before them. It has always greatly disturbed me to see a boy fail at Shawnigan . . . fail, not in the sense of marks, but as a person successful at school. Mind you, success is not a prefect, or school colours or even house colours ... it is far more hard to earn than any of those. At the beginning of a 100 yard sprint I stand shaking behind my starting blocks. The finishing tape, far down the track, almost invisible, is just hanging there waiting for me to greet it. I know that it will be a hard race, everyone does, and you say to yourself a little prayer for the courage and strength to make it. Suddenly, you are in your blocks and the gun is up. This is the most crucial moment of the race. At the sound of that gun I must explode . . . and keep it up till I reach that tape. If I slow down I fall behind or, far worse, if I false start I may get a second chance but I just might be out of the race! This is an awkward and difficult parallel to what I am trying to say. The start of the race is your first days at school . . . you are young and need courage to take the first steps. At the sound of the gun you are on your own . . . you are in a school of 240 boys where no one is any different from anyone else. You want to explode at the start ... do not think a casual approach is going to get you very far. This is a crucial point in the race, if you false start it could be fatal. You may get another, you may not care, but sooner or later you will be sorry you never ran that race! At the same time, it will be vital for you to maintain your speed . . . once you slow down in this school you will fall behind and wind up last. An experienced runner may be able to make up for what he has lost, but his time will never be as good as it could have been. So, just what is it I am saying? All too often in my five years at Shawnigan I have seen of the finest people I have ever met lose their race at Shawnigan and drop out . . . commonly known as Bombing Out . . . the only mark they have made is a BAD one! Some have done well in other spheres, others have not. Many of them had false starts, some of them got another chance, others did not. And yet this false start, the getting off on the wrong foot is so clumsy and unnecessary as well as a waste, not only of your own, but of others ' time. It just is not worth it! Others get off the mark at a good pace but have not got what it takes to keep it up ... in the end, they may place but more than likely they will quit and default. The Unemployment Bureau puts it nicely when they say, Don ' t wait for Spring, do it NOW! Spring is too late. No, success at Shawnigan is not obtained without really trying . . . lines for such a play do not exist. It is only after hours, days, and even years of sweat and toil, of success and failure that one finallv succeeds and wins. How do you know if you have succeeded? In the editorial of this years ' school annual it is said that Shawnigan was not built by people who were looking for something of benefit for themselves. People have made something for themselves, it is true, but never set out with that in mind. People who have succeeded are indeed the people who can look back on their time at Shawnigan and see that they themselves did something to make it a better place or that others benefitted from knowing them . . . they are the ones who may bear the palm . . . and deserve it! So, why false start, why slow down? Gather up strength and courage and forge on. Look for that finish- ing tape ... it is a long way away, but you will have every chance of winning. There will always be another race somewhere, sometime, but if you are eliminated in the heats, you will never make the finals! Jim Collbran, Headboy 1966-1967 12

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Arthietic — rward 5 Cricket: Independent Schools Cricket Cup Shawnigan Lake School Rowing: Seattle International Regatta ... Shawnigan Lake School Pacific Northwest Championships Shawnigan Lake School Track and Field: Mid-Island Senior Bovs Championship . Shawnigan Lake School Pooley Cup D. Hansen School Track and Field Meet: Senior Champion B. Johnson Under 16 Champion D. Finlav Under 14 Champion .... E. McDonough Cross-Country: Pacific Northwest Championships Shawnigan Lake School B.C. Championships... .Shawnigan Lake School Independent Schools Competition Shawnigan Lake School Vancouver Mid-Island Championships Shawnigan Lake School W. R. Chandler Memorial Road Race Championships, Shawnigan Lake School School Cross-Country: Senior Champion .D. Hansen Junior Champion ...J. McBean Inter-House Champions Copeman ' s Gymnastics: Independent Schools Competition Shawnigan Lake School Inter-House Competition Copeman ' s Squash: Inter-House Competition Grove ' s Special sAtwarcld r Senior Efficiency Cup: Michaelmas P. F. Roaf Lent P. F. Roaf Summer .P. F. Roaf Inter-House Challenge Shield .Lake ' s House Sea Cadets: Captain Groves ' Prize to Cadet in charge of Corps P. F. Roaf Most Improved Cadet ...L. G. Bestwick Junior Efficiency Cup: Most Valuable Bandsman G. E. Berwick Michaelmas A. Whitehead Best New Entry K. D. Hamilton Lent P. C. MacDonald The Groves ' All Rounder Award R. S. Angus Summer P. C. MacDonald Runner-Up J. F. Collbran Sportsmanship Cup B. W. Johnson Head Boy Award J. F. Collbran Runner-Up B. E. Clough 14