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

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The Head Boys Letter At the beginning of th is year one of the most distressing facts that occurred to me was that as Head Boy I was obliged to give a report on the school at the Old Boys ' Dinner. As always these fears are over-emphasized and the occasion takes place without any problems, as did this one. How- ever, now I have come upon another problem which I had never thought of so far back as Sep- tember but which also occurred as one of my pri- vileges. That duty is to try and sum the year up which I must say is far more difficult than writing any report. I feel that the school has withstood one of the most strenuous and confusing years that it has ever faced. Never before has the school lost a building, a headmaster and the life of one of the boys all in one term. As a result of that Christmas term, everyone came back to the school in the new year with a refreshed attitude and each per- son took a greater respect towards the school, and as a result Shawnigan has been put on an even higher standard than before. Much of the thanks for this revival can be given to a very fine Graduating Class . It has been the spirit and liveliness of this class that has made the junior school get out and support the school at rugby matches and other functions. To have a senior class like this is one of the most im- portant aspects of the running of a school. Looking back over the years I find that under the new system of leadership neither the school clique nor the peons had a chance to develop. From the administrative point of view this new system did not really have a chance to fully develop itself due to the unfortunate occurrences at the beginning of the year; but I feel if the Grade 12s had maintained the spirit and determination they had in the summer term the year would have gone that much better. I don ' t like to put this as a bitter criticism of the class of ' 69 but mostly as some advice to the classes of the years to come. Whether the system of leadership is changed is irrelevant, but it is up to the people who are work- ing within that system to make it work. When the system seems to be failing that is the time to put more effort into it. Since I am on a note of the future I would like to comment on the future of Shawnigan. — A school like this does a great deal for a person in preparing him for later life. In order to get along in life it is essential to be able to live and to co- operate with people. This basic knowledge must be learned at an early age. What Shawnigan does, if nothing else, is to teach people while they are young to live happily in a group. I have mentioned one attribute of this amaz- ing institution and there are yet many more. If any boys going through Shawnigan do not have a feeling for the greatness of their school, I am sure they will by the time they reach the gradu- ating class. They will then really be proud to be a graduate of a school like Shawnigan. G.M.R. ■■■i 30

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