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

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1970 volume:

Shawnigan Lake School Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Contents SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL Board of Governors 5 Dedication 6 School Staff 8 School Office Holders 10 Salvete 11 Valete 13 The Chapel 14 Prize List 15 Editorial 16 The Royal Visit 17 GRADUATION CLASS Head Boy ' s Letter 18 Grads 19 HOUSES Ripley ' s House 44 Lake ' s House 46 Grove ' s House 48 Copeman ' s House 50 Lonsdale ' s House 52 ACTIVITIES Julio Cesar 56 The V.T.R. Society 57 Why ' ' 57 Music 58 The Library 58 Debating 59 The Scuba Club 59 Art 61 Mountain Shelter Project 62 Outdoor Club 62 The Rifle Club 63 Ripley ' s House Store 63 Photo Club 63 Film Society 64 Gourmet Club 64 Spades 1970 64 The Driver Training Program 65 Biology Club 65 Soccer 65 SPORTS Rugby 68 Track Field 75 Field Hockey 76 Rowing 78 Squash 80 Cricket 81 Basketball 82 Tennis 83 Sailing 83 Cross Country 84 Junior Colts Cricket 84 Gymnastics 84 Golf 84 Inter-House Sports 85 •IN MEMORIUM 92 4 Shawnigan Lake School - 1969-70 The Founder The Late C. W. Lonsdale The Visitor The Right Reverend John O. Anderson, B.A., B.D., D.D., M.C., Bishop of British Columbia The Honorary Governors The Honourable Henry I. Bird Harry M. Boyce, B.Com. Gordon Farrell Walter C. Koerner, C.C., K.St.J., LL.D. John B. Macdonald, A.M., M.S., Ph.D., D.D.S., LL.D. Malcolm F. McGregor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. D. K. Macrae, Q.C. Major-General The Honourable G. R. Pearkes, V.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. W. G. H. Roaf, C.B.E. The Honourable Mr. Justice A. B. Robertson, Q.C, B.A. The Most Reverend Archbishop H. E. Sexton, D.D., D.C.L. Malcolm G. Taylor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. The Board of Governors C. E. Morris, B.A., LL.B., FA.C.P.C. (Chairman of the Board) Arthur F. Armstrong, B.A. Peter Banks, M.D., M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P. (C), M.R.C.P. C. Tucker Battle, Ph.D. Frederick M. Binkley, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S. John A. Bourne, Q.C, B.A. G. S. J. Bowell, M.B.E., M.B.A. H. P. R. Brown C Burke, D.S.C John Cross G. R. Dawson, B.A.Sc, P.Eng. M. A. Ellissen, M.C. Kelly H. Gibson William C Gibson, B.A., M.Sc, D. Phil., M.D., CM., F.A.C.P. Kemble Greenwood, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P. (Ed.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.M.C.C. G. Peter Kave, C.A. T. E. Ladner, D.S.C, Q.C, B.A. J. M. McAvity W. E. Murdock R. B. O ' Callaghan C. E. Pratt, B.Arch., F.R.A.I.C, A.R.C.A. C. E. Sine, A.B. J. K. Sloan, B.Com. G. H. Wheaton J. B. Williams David Winslow, A.B. •I. U. Reid, President of Old Boys ' Society, 1969-70. Indicates Old Boy of Shawnigan Lake School Dedication The retirement of Mr. Hector Macintosh in June of 1970 marked the end of twenty-five years of dedication to the school, as a master. In acknowledgement of his work we would like to dedicate this year ' s school magazine to him. Any article can only be a small token of our appreciation of him, but we feel that in a short article summarizing Mr. Macintosh ' s achieve- ments we have found a truly fitting honour for such a man. Except for a year ' s sabbatical leave, Mr. Hec- tor Macintosh has been part of the Shawnigan scene since 1946. Throughout this time his room has always been one of the first ports of call for old Boys re-visiting the school, a sure token of the esteem in which he is held by the stu- dents grateful for his genuine interest in their welfare, both as pupils and as developing per- sonalities. He was born in the North West Territories, near the shores of Macintosh Lake, on the fringe of a large Indian reservation. His early education was received at the local little red school house some three miles away, and, while he attended that school, he played baseball for junior and senior teams in the area and he was engaged also as a part-time jockey. During the First World War he left school to become an S.O.S. (Soldier of the Soil) — ow- ing to the shortage of manpower, boys were employed extensively in this activity. He occa- sionally told his classes when they became un- cooperative that, you can lead a horse to water but you can ' t make a mule drink. No doubt this stems from his early experience driving four horses and two mules on a plough. Some years later he was able to return to school with his sights set on the medical pro- fession. In fact, in the late twenties he gradu- ated from the Regina Teacher Training School and he took up teaching to provide the where- withal for the medical course. However, the de- pression upset these plans and thus teaching became a career rather than a stop-gap. When he is asked by some of his students what uni- versities he attended he says, Oh, I only com- pleted grade five. Then how did you become a teacher? is the inevitable question. To which he replies, Well, of course standards were so much higher in those days. After teaching in the Prince Albert and Swift Current areas for twelve years he was employed during the Second War by the Dockyard, Esqui- mau; by Boeing ' s, and by the Consolidated Min- ing and Smelting Company, as hardware clerk, riveter, and Ration Administrator, respectively. However, in the fall of 1944, after this vari- ety of experience, he returned to teaching. He spent a year at Brentwood College, a year at the Parksville School and, in 1946, he was bitten by the Shawnigan bug. Arch-discoverer of the dark horse , Hector Macintosh has repeatedly surprised the com- munity — to say nothing of the individual — by bringing unsuspected talent to light in public speaking contests in and beyond the Cowichan area. If the boy lacks the gift of a ready inven- tion Mr. Macintosh can always supply the de- ficiency and whether it is on the side of the angels or as oratory for the devil ' s advocate the material he provides invariably has the resound- ing ring of authority. Painstaking coaching does the rest, and many a young speaker re- turns victorious from the fray. Boys who seek assistance with their studies have learnt to benefit by Mr. Macintosh ' s pa- tience and unflagging readiness — in season and out of season — to give them every attention. His colleagues know him as a canny observer, a no-nonsense man — unobtrusively non conform- ist — whose mastery of the gentle leg-pull only serves to increase their affection for him as a co-worker and friend. This article seems to sum up the contribu- tions of Mr. Macintosh so well that there is little left to say except that we are certainly pleased he is staying on at Shawnigan and will remain as the school ' s wise man, to keep a watchful eye over the life of the school. Mr. Macintosh would now like to have a few words with you. It has been a distinct privilege for me to have remained within the fabric of Shawnigan Lake School for such a time — an honour that I feel too few have had the opportunity to enjoy. What greater honour, or enjoyment, than to be surrounded by Grove ' s House with John Buck- ley pacing the corridors expounding on the higher philosophical warblings within the ram- ifications of the Zulu Constitution, or to be awakened at 1.30 a.m. by a screaming fire siren. Yes, this was life. What impressed me most with the school was the beauty of its setting, improved over the years by willing labourers. This was my first impression as I drove through the front gate with Mr. Lonsdale in his blue Packard. At the end of my first year I went to Mr. Lonsdale and suggested that I had some spare periods I could fill in next year. Oh, that ' s very good of you, Macintosh. I then said, In con- sideration, of course. Umphi How much do you think you are worth? I said, Two hundred more than I am getting. He said, We ' ll think about it! That was all that was said, but it was there — he was a man of his word. In closing let me greet the boys of the school — past and present. I have always found them amicable and co-operative. No generation gap has existed. A continued influence of such fine types guarantees the future of the school. —P.M. Shawnigan Lake School Staff HEADMASTER L. P. MacLachlan, B. Arch. (Cape Town), M.A. (Oxon) CHAPLAIN AND ASSISTANT HEADMASTER The Rev. W. H. H. McClelland, M.B.E., M.A. (Trinity College, Dublin) ACTING REGISTRAR Dr. J. T. Armstrong, B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc, (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Wales). HOUSE MASTERS J. H. Buckley, Dip. Fine Arts, (Royal Melbourne Inst, of Technology) — Groves ' House J. S. Grey Ripley ' s House G. P. Hill, Teachers ' Diploma (St. Luke ' s College, Exeter), Acting House Master Lake ' s House D. W. Hyde-Lay, Dip. Phys. Ed., E.T.C. (Switzerland) Copeman ' s House P. J. Kearns, M.A., (Oxon) Lonsdale ' s House ASSISTANT MASTERS P. M. L. Bingley, M.A., Cert. Ed. (Cantab.) T. L. Brierley J. K. Greenwood, B.A. (Cantab.) J. Gotthardt, B.A. (Carleton), M.S. (Wisconsin) B. S. Gorman, B.A., Dip Ed. (Melbourne) K. J. Hickling R. I. G. Hughes, M.A. (Cantab.) H. M. Mcintosh, Saskatchewan Teaching Certificate R. I. McLean, M.A. (Calgary) M. V. R. Nuth, M.A. (Oxon) B. A. Pollick, M.A. (Western Ontario) W. R. Salmon, B.A. (Toronto) J. Sanderson, A.R.C.M. On leave of absence: G. L. Anderson, B.A. (Brit. Col.) ADMINISTRATION Mr. D. M. Ferguson Bursar Miss M. Clunas Assistant Bursar Mrs. A. Farrell Secretary to the Headmaster Mrs. J. Hopton Secretary Mrs. B. Hilton Housekeeper Mrs. H. Pearson Nurse Mr. J. Hilton Maintenance Mr. B. Dinter Gardener Indicates Old Boy of Shawnigan Lake School School Staff Back Row: R. Hughes, B. Gorman, B. Pollick, P. Bingley, J. Gotthardt, K. Hickling, J. Sanderson, M. Nuth, R. McLean, R. Salmon, H. Mcintosh, J. Greenwood, T. Brierley. Sitting: G. Hill, D. Hyde-Lay, J. Grey, H. McClelland, L. P. MacLachlan (Headmaster), J. Armstrong, D. Ferguson, J. Buckley, P. Kearns. • ■£ Wfc ■- . SSMiflWK Standing: K. Hein, K. Hamilton, S. Williams, E. Bachen. Sitting: G. Thompson (Head Boy), L. P. MacLachlan (Headmaster), C. Winslow. SCHOOL PREFECTS Head Boy G. R. Thompson Deputy Head Boy C. Winslow School Prefects E. T. Bachen M. A. Forrester K. D. Hamilton K. S. Hein CHAPEL Organist and Choirmaster .... Mr. J. Sanderson Crucifer C. Winslow Senior Sacristan R. B. Bullock Senior Server P. K. Stremic Senior Chorister C. F. Owen SCHOLARSHIPS Open D. M. Anderson G. S. Davidson A. M. Kritzinger P. C. MacDonald J. G. Millar D. P. Stevenson Entrance j. f. Kerr P. Kritzinger M. L. MacLachlan G. M. Meredith C. A. J. Mills A. M. Penn MAGAZINE Editor P. MacDonald Assistant Editor and Photographer .. H. Ostlund Assistant Editor and Layout M. McColl LIBRARY Librarian Mr. W. R. Salmon Senior Assistant Librarian G. M. Meredith Assistant Librarians C. A. Backman ASSISTANTS F. M. Binkley J. A. G. Gregory G. R. Hurlburt K. M. Maclure C. Winslow GAMES Captain of Rugby R. K. Sterling Captain of Cricket — R. B. Anderson Captain of Rowing D. E. DeWitt Captain of Track and Field J. R. McBean Captain of Basketball C. P. Hetherington Captain of Squash J. M. Hungerford Captain of Field Hockey S. Bailey Captain of Cross Country J. R. McBean Captain of Gymnastics F. M. Binkley 10 Salvete R. I. G. Hughes Mr. Hughes was born in North London and schooled at Highgate School, to which he re- turned as a Teacher after receiving a degree in engineering from Cambridge. This year has seen Mr. Hughes teaching physics, organizing an inter-house soccer league and succeeding to strengthen drama in the school through his work with the Drama Club in the Canadian Anthology and especially in Julio Cesar, a , Hughe ' s brainchild, and a very successful pro- duction. A very busy man on the campus, we hope his meditative look has found a home in Shawnigan. R. I. McLean Mr. McLean is a Canadian native, a minority at Shawnigan, born in Toronto, and raised in Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia, he has lived in all regions of Canada at one time or another. After serving ten years with the R.C.A.F. and R.C.M.P. he studied at the University of Calgary and graduated with a B.A. and an M.A. in Canadian History. Now teaching Canadia n History at Shawnigan, Mr. McLean hopes to help our school develop socially and academically and make the students aware of the realities and potential of Canada and its people. Mr. McLean has added a new dimension to Shawnigan and we hope he has found a home here. G. P. Hill Mr. Hill has come to us from England, a graduate of St. Luke ' s College, Exeter, where he gained his Teaching Certificate in English and Geography and was the only captain of the rugby fifteen to ever win the poetry prize! ! ! After teaching for four years at the King ' s School. Rochester, Kent, he came to Shawnigan to fill in as Lake ' s Housemaster for one year, a iob which he handled masterfully. As well as teaching English and Geography, he has coached rugby and cricket and revitalized the Chess Club. Next vear will find Mr. Hill with an added responsibility, his first child. Congratulations. 11 B. S. Gorman Mr. Gorman, a native of Australia, was born and raised in Melbourne, where he graduated from Melbourne University with an Education Degree. Since then he has been teaching and travelling through Australia and England, until he was lured to Shawnigan by his urge to con- tinue travelling and see North America. While teaching English and Geography Mr. Gorman has found time to coach cricket and basketball as well as instruct in weight training and per- form the duties of Grove ' s House Assistant Housemaster. We ' re happy that Mr. Gorman has chosen to remain with us before he returns to Australia and possibly to the challenging environment of rapidly emerging Western Aus- tralia. ral part of education, Mr. Sanderson is deter- mined that it should play a more important role in the life at Shawnigan. Mr. Sanderson Mr. Sanderson was born in England and re- ceived his early musical training at York Min- ster under the late Sir Edward Bairstow. War- time service in the Royal. Navy included a stint in Fleet minesweepers, during which time he was severely wounded. Transferred to Naval In- telligence, he spent the rest of World War II in the Aegean, working with guerillas to free Greece from the German occupation, and was in Athens throughout the bitter civil war which broke out after this had been accomplished. Mr. Sanderson continued his interrupted educa- tion at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1947, after which he did post-graduate work in Paris under the great French musician, Maurice Durufle Mr. Sanderson came to Shawnigan to take charge of Music after a distinguished recital career in Europe, where his broadcasts of organ music for the B.B.C., Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise, Radio Geneva, Radio Munich and other European networks included many first performances. Believing that music is an integ- M. V. R. Nuth Mr. Nuth was born near Swansea, South Wales and was raised in Gloucester in the West Country of England. He attended Crypt Gram- mer School in Gloucester and went on to Oxford University from which he graduated with an Honours Degree in Modern Languages. After in- advertently shooting a Turkish cow on the island of Cyprus (having mistaken it for a terrorist), selling tires in France and England and teaching at Cheltenham Grammer School and in Ipswich, Suffolk, Mr. Nuth decided to come to Shawnigan to take over the Modern Languages Department. In this short time at Shawnigan he has shown his desire to raise the standards of French through his hard work and has developed Field Hockey into a major sport. His drive and humour will always be appreciated at Shawnigan. 12 Valete J. K. Greenwood Mr. Greenwood, a Shawnigan old boy, re- turned as a Master mid- way through 1968 to fill successive vacancies in the Music and Science Departments, a very timely arrival. Mr. Green- wood has displayed an exceptional versatility through teaching Music, Mathematics and Physics, coaching tennis and squash and par- ticipating in the choir and musical productions, all in less than two years. He is now leaving to undertake studies in Arctic Water Pollution with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He hopes to return to teaching in due course to introduce environmental considerations into school science courses. We wish him success in his new endeavour. J. H. Buckley Mr. Buckley joined the staff at Shawnigan in 1968 and unfortunately we have not been able to convince him to stay longer than his projected two year term. Shortly after arriving at Shawnigan, Mr. Buckley took over as Grove ' s Housemaster and this year finally led Grove ' s into their promised, new dwellings. While teach- ing English and Art and building a significant Art Club, Mr. Buckley injected a more liberal trend of thought into the Shawnigan thinking and was one of the prime backers and organi- zers of the Self-Directed Learning Program. Mr. Buckley will be teaching at St. George ' s School next year while attending U.B.C. to get his Bachelor of Education. P. M. L. Bingley Mr. Bingley came to Shawnigan in 1967 and since has played an active role in School life. Through his teaching of French and English he has displayed energy, patience and dedication towards the students and his work. For the past two years Mr. Bingley has been Grove ' s Assistant Housemaster and will be remembered for the interest and care he showed towards the boys. A coach of rugby and rowing, he was always will- ing to lend a hand. In order to broaden his teaching experience Mr. Bingley will be leaving to teach French at Royal Roads in Victoria. J. T. Armstrong Dr. Armstrong, an old boy of the School, returned to Shawnigan in 1966 to take over as Head of Mathematics. In 1968 he became Head of Physics and for the past year he has filled in competently as Registrar in the absence of Mr. Anderson. He has not only shown great versa- tility in the field of teaching but has displayed a unique administrational ability. While at Shawnigan, Dr. Armstrong has devoted much of his time to the Photo Club, which, through his hard work and interest, is now a thriving club with a well equipped laboratory. His energies have also found an outlet in the Outdoor Club, an activity which he helped to conceive and sup- ported. Dr. Armstrong will be teaching Mathe- matics at the Atlantic College in South Wales. 13 The Chapel Although there were no major changes in the Chapel programme during the past year the most noticeable difference has been in the standard of singing by the Choir which, under the direction of our new Organist and Choir- master Mr. John Sanderson, has shown great improvement in recent years. Consequently music — that is Worship through music — has played a more important part, eg.: We had as the Sunday Act of Worship on a Sunday before Christmas, Scarlatti ' s Christmas Cantata with Madeleine Groos as the guest Soloist and on another Sunday A recital of Music for Easter- tide with Evelyn Westinghouse as the guest Soloist. But perhaps the highlight was An Easter Cantata — music by David Williams, sung by our own Choir with the Choir of Strath- cona. (A more detailed account of the Chapel music appears in the report on Music). The same balance between corporate and individual worship has been preserved with Morning Prayers for the whole school every Wednesday and Evening Prayers on Tuesdays and Thursdays on a voluntary basis but we pre- fer to use the word ' individual ' rather than ' voluntary ' when describing these Services so as to emphasize the freedom of choice of the in- dividual. Now, although they have not been attended in vast numbers, it is not at all dis- couraging to find that throughout the whole year, winter and summer, bad weather and good weather and in spite of clashes on many oc- casions of other activities (there is no one time of the day that would not clash with something) the average attendance has been 19, with as few as 5 on one occasion and as many as 43 on another. We are very grateful to our guest preachers, the Reverend C. E. Lonsdale, nephew of the Founder, who most appropriately gave the address on Founder ' s Day, the Reverend D. Stannard, father of David, a grade 8 boy, the Reverend H. I. Hare, a Naval Chaplain and the Reverend J. G. Titus, a former Naval Chaplain. . ' • 5 a j8Br C Standing: Mr. L. P. MacLachlan (Headmaster), P. Stremic, N. Fairbank, P. Shahan, D. Stannard, H. Angus, M. Woodside, S. Dickey, D. MacKinnon, K. Ferguson, The Rev. H. McClelland. Seated: M. MacLachlan, D. McColl, D. Trebett, The Right Reverend H. E. Hives, A. Almerling, P. Kritzinger, H. Sewid. We are also most grateful to Bis ' hop H. E. Hives who confirmed 14 boys on Sunday, April 25 (for names of those confirmed, see photo- graph) . The late Bishop J. O. Anderson has been succeeded as Bishop of British Columbia by the Right Reverend R. E. Gartrell and a group of boys from the School were privileged to attend the new Bishop ' s Consecration and Installation in Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, on Ascen- sion Day. The day to day running of the Chapel has been very largely in the hands of Bob Bullock, the Senior Sacristan and Paul Stremic, the Senior Server with help from their assistants: Blair Fairweather, Mike Reynolds, Robbie Bourne, Rob Carere, Eugene Kilgore, Jeff Win- slow, Des Bazett, Peter MacDonald, Matthew Straight, Graeme Percival, Mike Robinson, Stephen Baker, David Ross and Alex Binz. Our thanks to them all and also to those wives of the staff who have kindly arranged the flowers. Just a word to parents — prompted by a question put to me one Sunday morning outside the Chapel before Service began by a parent who had come to collect her son, Is it alright to come in? The answer of course was, Yes, you are most welcome . And I would like to say this to all parents who have the opportunity to come and take their sons out on a Sunday. If you could come a little earlier and join in the Service, you would be most welcome. — w. h. h. McClelland. 14 Prize List General Proficiency Prizes 12 - P K. Maclure 12 - S A. Perm 12 - G M. Oliver 11 -H : P. MacDonald 11 -K T. Lai 11 -M G. Moore 10 - 1 J. Kerr 10 - 2 J. Bahktour 10 - 3 J. Oakley 9 - 1 D. McColl 9-2 G. Leslie 8-1 . M. Maclachlan 8-2 P. Messinger Savage Prizes for English M. Oliver J. Millar D. Trudel General Progress Prizes D. Cuming J. Bahktour P. Messinger Mathematics Prize F. Fung History Prizes K. Maclure M. Reynolds N. Zorkin Physics Prize B. Kuo Chemistry Prize A. Penn The Binkley Biology Prize L. Chung Art Prize R. Carere Music Prize N. Fairbank French Prizes P. Stevenson M. Shinner J. Winslow Junior Academic Shield D. McColl Senior Academic Shield J. Kerr Junior Citizenship Cup H. Hayes H. Hayes B. McDiarmid Senior Citizenship Cup K. Sterling K. Maclure M. Hobson Sportsmanship Cup P. Hetherington Grove ' s All Rounder C. Winslow Inter-House Challenge Shield Copeman ' s Athletic Awards Cricket: Independent School Cricket Cup. Rowing: Seattle Invitational Regatta. B.C. Festival of Sports and Shawnigan Lake Invitational Regatta. Vancouver High Schools Regatta. Track and Field: Independent Schools Cup. Cross Country: Independent Schools Cup. Gymnastics: Independent Schools Cup. Sailing: Independent Schools Cup. Field Hockey: Independent Schools Cup. Departmental Examinations Papers Papers Written Passed Average English Literature 12 15 15 67.9 History 12 25 25 69.1 Georgraphy 12 23 23 61.1 Mathematics 12 38 38 67.7 Biology 12 10 10 73.0 Chemistry 12 13 13 77.1 Physics 12 22 20 67.2 French 12 31 27 59.6 Latin 12 8 8 72.9 Totals 185 179 Average of the Graduating Class 65.7 No. of papers over 80% i.e. 1st Class 29 — 16% of the total written. School Colors Academic: R. Anderson, F. Fung, M. Maclure, A. Penn. Rugby: K. Sterling, R. Carere, E. Williams, J. William- son, E. Bachen, D. DeWitt, P. Hetherington, C. Backman, C. Mills. Rowing: S. Williams, D. Dewitt, K. Hamilton, C. Wins- low, K. Hein, R. Bourne, R. Carere, K. Sterling, I. Monford, T. Harrison, M. Robinson. Cricket: R. Anderson, C. Backman, P. MacDonald, C. Mills, D. Hancock, L. Chung. Cross Country: J. McBean, M. Patterson. Track and Field: J. McBean, P. Hetherington, J. Williamson, P. Gallow, M. Patterson. Squash: J. Hungerford, R. Wade. Tennis: J. Hungerford, R. Anderson. Gymnastics: T. Binkley, R. Bourne. Basketball: P. Hetherington, J. Hungerford. Sailing: C. Janeway, J. MacDonald. Hockey: S. Bailey, J. Gregory, P. Reinholdt, G. Rannie, J. Agassiz, J. Atkins. Stag Club: T. Binkley, G. Davidson, C. Winslow, G. Thomp- son, M. Hobson, B. Bullock. 15 Editorial It was predicted at the outset of the past academic year that 1969-70 would mark the be- ginning of a distinct era for Shawnigan. In retrospect, the events of the year serve to con- firm this opinion. The new administration, led by Mr. Mc- Lachlan as Headmaster, and Mr. McClelland as Assistant Headmaster, in its first full year has returned to Shawnigan the stability necessary for a well-run school. In its efforts to improve education at Shawnigan a number of new ideas and practices were instituted. The tutorial sys- tem, whereby each student meets regularly with a designated member of the staff, has proven to be of both educational and communicational value. The diligence system, enabling hard- working students and honours students to have the option to attend, or not to attend, some classes has also been put into effect this year. The exchange system with Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario, and Ashbury College in Ot- tawa, has proven to be extremely successful. Although the boys were all happy to return to their old school, this did not mean the boys did not enjoy their time spent as exchange students. Early in the fall the completion of the new residences was realized when Groves ' House fin- ally vacated the Main Building and entered its new home. The presence of the three new houses adds a contemporary feeling to the Shawnigan atmosphere and the architecture seems to com- plement that of the older buildings. The Official Opening and Dedication of the new houses was held during the May Open House and was at- tended by both the Lieutenant - Governor of British Columbia and the Bishop of British Co- lumbia. The new houses have added a unique dimension to the Shawnigan setting and seem to signify a progressive future for the school. The visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was another high- light of the year. His inspection, speech, and presentation of Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Me- dallions was a ceremony that will long be re- membered. We are grateful that he was able to visit Shawnigan, and we look forward to per- haps another in the near future. Of course, every year has its problems, this was no exception. The number of boys expelled for using drugs at the school was perhaps the foremost, but I not only see this as a reflection of the times but an example of the Shawnigan standards, which in every case must be met. The honesty and openness with which this sit- uation was handled is a tribute to those men who undoubtedly will uphold the rules. After attending Shawnigan for four years the Shawnigan way of life is all I know. The devotion and strength of purpose of the people that run the school only reflects the strengths upon which Shawnigan is built. Shawnigan is not only a school, not only a home, but for many boys and men, a way of life. Its principles are sound, and the honesty with which they are carried out is indicative of its soundness. It is hard to be acquainted with Shawnigan and neither agree with nor respect its values: I cannot. —P.M. 16 The Royal Visit His Royal Highness, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited the school on October 27th, 1969 to present the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. It marked the first time a member of the Royal Family had visited the school. «j ' • - ft x. . ■ v ' - ■ W ' f fe 1 1 .. He arrived sharply at 3.30 p.m. and was met by the school dignitaries at the Main Entrance. From there he was escorted by Glen Thompson and Chris Winslow on an inspection of the school. On his way he passed through one of the new residences, took in displays of rowing, sailing, gymnastics and outdoors club, visited the squash courts, the art club, the Video Tape Recording studio, the woodwork shop, the rifle club, and chatted with many students at the various exhibitions. After the inspection he ad- dressed the school and gave a short but witty speech which displayed his knowledge of private school life. He then presented the Duke of Edin- burgh Bronze Medallions to Bill Kuo, Michael Barclay, and Dane Flemming. This was followed by a short tea and then due to a strict schedule he had to leave, but not before speaking with some of the boys and a resounding three cheers by the entire school. The boys were certainly impressed with Prince Philip and I ' m sure he was with the school. — P.M. Salvete Exchange Students: Boyd, B. — Ashbury College. Macdonald, J. — Appelby College. Almerling, A. G. Angus, H. B. Billings, S. E. Boley, E. W. Briggs, J. W. Campbell, G. R. D. Cuming, I. R. Dickey, S. Dotten, C. A. Elworthy, R. B. Fairbank, N. R. Ferguson, K. M. Galaza, R. A. Gregson, G. Haggart, J. A. Hartwig, M. Hay, R. N. Heffelfinger, C. T. Hess, M. J. Hess, W. J. Higgins, H. R. Hoefer, W. E. Hosgood, C. P. Hyde, P. G. Kalugin, G. Kerr, J. F. Kimola, V. J. Kvitzinger, P. Lai, T. Lawley, S. I. Leslie, G. B. Ma, J. Maclver, M. B. McKean, K. C. MacKinnon, D. J. L. MacLachlan, M. L. McQuaid, W. Maguire, M. C. Marlow, J. M. Mengesha, J. M. Messinger, P. H. Moyles, C. Oakley, J. A. R. O ' Mea, R. G. Parnell, G. S. Percival, R. G. Perry, B. M. Perry R. T. Pinton, B. Potts, H. St. John A. Ross, D. W. Sawers, A. C. Severide, D. S. Sewid, H. J. Shaffran, Z. Shattuck, R. W. Stannard, D. H. Stevenson, D. H. Stevenson, J. K. Stewart, W. D. Stockton, J. F. Sucloy, D. K. Tait, R. C. P. Tennison, R. B. Tennison, W. B. Trudel, D. J. Trebett, D. T. Walker, J. S. Webb, P. D. Wilson, R. C. Yung, B. Zorkin, N. R. G. 17 Head Boy ' s Letter If I had written this letter at the beginning of the year instead of at the end, I might have said something entirely different for I am con- stantly surprised at how much I learned in these brief three terms. Many situations contributed to this, but the main influence came from people, from just being with them and dealing with them. The importance of the other guy really stood out for me this year and I found that, whether I liked it or not, I had to take notice of him. So, in taking stock of everything one day, it seemed to me that probably one of the most essential skills anyone can learn is listening. It may not sound earth-shattering, but few traits will earn friends so quickly or prove more valu- able. And, who knows? you might even learn something. There is a tendency at Shawnigan to shut out a lot of the sounds around yourself and only open your ears at the most demanding times. But there are people there with interesting ideas to be heard and experiencing them is a rich addition to anybody ' s life. But too many people, like myself, never fully realize this until their senior year, and some don ' t even realize it then, even though the op- portunity is there whenever they want it. The importance of getting along with your peers in the Shawnigan community has been stressed NHf often enough and this is one way of achieving it. Maybe responsibility is the mold which forms listeners, for those with a stake in life can ' t afford not to listen. But everyone has a stake in life and while they ' re at Shawnigan, they have a stake in the school and, if nothing else, it should convince them that there are other thoughts being kicked around besides their own. To my mind, the people this year showed a greater desire to listen than I had previously noticed and this applied particularly to the Grade Twelves. I suppose every Head Boy has words of praise for the Grad. Class, but this group, who inevitably had the toughest jobs, were tremendous and I owe them much. Yet you don ' t have to be a Grade Twelve just to lend an ear to your neighbour — the unique Shawnigan way of life affords the opportunity to everybody and you don ' t need any special talent to participate. There will of course come a moment when you won ' t be listening, but doing the talking and then is the time to test out what you ' ve heard and absorbed. Above all, it is important to be honest with yourself and stand up for what you believe in. Honesty of purpose is valued at Shawnigan as much as anywhere else and here you have a perfect chance to be frank and open. The school has honesty to its credit; its intentions are good if the results are not always exactly what we would like to see. One of Shawnigan ' s great values is that it is a medium of exchange, a meeting of ideas and a confrontation of personalities. The people are what make it so. Listen to them and it will help you to find out what education is really all about. — G.T. 18 19 Glen Thompson Glen and his Grad Class Shawnigan has an ideal; the molding of a mature student of dedication and discipline from the loose end and raw materials presented in each new boy. Like all ideals it is seldom reached, but there are the few who manage. Glen Thompson, the head boy, was the only member of the Class of ' 70 to be among those few. Indis- putably the best prefect, he wielded his authority without d amaging his place in the view of his fellows as a friend and an equal and he maintained admirably an equilibrium between the demands of his superiors and those of his peers so that ultimately he gained the respect of both. Though positions of height have been, more than once, oc- cupied bv lovers of pomp and power, the esteem of his appointment to head bov never entered Glen ' s thoughts. It was a responsibility, and as with everv other resnonsibilitv he had had before, he accepted it and took it for granted that his best was the minimum he must do. His fellow grade elevens at the end of the ' 69 vear evidently realized this because in their vote for head boy his support was virtually unanimous. Thompson was by no means a first-impressionist; indeed, the first impression he gave earned him the image of a cave-man with the accompanying nickname ' Gronk ' . But this image disappeared quickly as one became acquainted with him. Immediately one realized that he was a great idealist and one was quick to discover, too, the accompanying dedication he displayed. His idealism, in- terestingly enough, was portrayed by his parts in two Shakespearean dramas (as both Hamlet and Brutus, Glen was acting almost as he, himself, would have in those situations), and his dedication was personified by his peculiar method of sprinting in which, when at his maximum point, he was virtually pounding the life out of the ground. But his tough physical appearance disguised the truly sensi- tive person inside. Memorable is the laugh of his, by which he endured the joking but long-drawn ribbing his friends would give him, but more memorable still was the day when Brentwood ' s 1st XV went to the lengths of causing three major injuries in order to leave Shawnigan in bitter defeat. It was the only time his sensitivity was really visible; it was in the form of a stream of tears down the length of his cheeks. 20 Back Row: A. Kritzinger, J. Agassiz, D. Hancock, J. Hungerford, D. DeWitt, J. Eversoll, K. Sterling, P. Hetherington, W. Kuo, M. Oliver, Q. A. Forsythe, D. Parish, N. Hay, S. Bailey, A. Penn. Second Row: A. Binz, J. Gregory, F. Binkley, J. Godwin, G. Davidson, S. Best, I. Noble, R. Anderson, J. Williamson, J. McBean, T. Booth, G. Rannie, P. Gallow, J. Ma, P. Stevenson, R. Williams, P. Reinholdt, F. Fung, D. Cumming. Sitting: M. Maclure, R. Bullock, N. Taylor, S. Williams, K. Hein, C. Winslow, G. Thompson (Head Boy), K. Hamilton, M. Forrester, E. Bachen (missing), G. Meredith, M. Hobson. John Agassiz Bubble! That was John ' s nickname and it came very close to describing his physique and his character. John ' s bubbling, giddy laughter was a passport that gave him great success in making friends, in fact, there is little else about his personality that one can remember, (the image of John as a prefect with a stern, re- sponsible look upon his face just doesn ' t seem right) because all his other traits are drowned next to his jovial nature. In spite of his seemingly unique personality and appearance, at the computer dance, he was matched with a girl who looked so much like him that everyone thought they were related. This and the fact that they had a good time are real tributes to IBM. In sports, John seemed to lack a bit of finesse; one can see him on the rugby field enjoying himself not with the game but with the thought of the total comedy of compulsory athletics; and one can see him in the squash courts mastering a deadly stroke that should one-day make him the greatest of fly-swatters. Then John became a star in sports. John went out for grasshockey and was stupen- dous; he was awarded school colours for the accomplishment. 21 Ron Anderson Ron — It used to be quite a joke to say that he had the biggest tie rack in the school or that he had overdrawn his extra ' s account by getting so many school colours. With academic colours, cricket colours and tennis colours and top achievement in rugby, basket- ball, and squash it was generally acknowledged that Ron was the most ail-roundly proficient boy in grade twelve. But the masters expended much effort and many words to get Ron involved in the school community than he was, and it became general opinion that SLS and Ron had done nothing for each other. I doubt that. Labelled unjustly as being cynical, Ron ' s attitude may have been the sum of his talents and a pinch of self-consciousness. He would try hardest in games because everyone did; he was a dili- gent Nucleus columnist if no one was looking; but throw in an apathetic audience and Ron would not contribute. It was a big mountain out of a little mole hill; Ron simply liked playing with the squirt bottles in Chemistry, and testing Doc- tor Armstrong, and fiddling around in Physics labs. Alone in prep however he accomplished what he knew he could though he always degraded his achievement afterwards. Though he said he wasn ' t looking forward to UBC and he might take a year out before it, I think he actually is looking forward to it and will surely enjoy it. Eric Bachen Eric — The most noticeable quality that showed was a most mature outlook on everything. Compared to the maturity of the average boy in the grad class, it was astounding. There was no loss of humour in him though, and no loss of interest or enjoyment in the school activities that others enjoyed. He was one of the for- wards that made this year ' s one of the toughest 1st XV scrums ever. He was a good student and a good prefect. Yet always, in any sort of company, there was that inexplicable air of maturity. He arrived at school late to begin with -because he was on a fishing boat apparently earning his way to Shawnigan. He was rumoured to be the strongest person in the school but he never proved it because he had no desire to do so; he was the gentlest of all the 1st XV forwards when not on the field. Perhaps the image that will survive with the strongest impression will be the one of the rugby games posters showing Eric with a determined look on his face, an Indian feather in his hair, and the whole opposing team on his back. Stu Bailey Stu was another of the sort of boys who is found to be laughing so often, and who is known to get along with others so well because of it. Even in a black and white picture you can imagine his fiery red cheeks which came close to matching his hair colour when he was particularly embarassed or when he was in stitches of laughter. On the morning of the grade twelve deek, he was red-faced because he was laughing as much as everyone else did. On the evening of the deek, his cheeks were still red . . . and painful with sunburn, not to mention the rest of his body. Stewy-woowy , as he was somehow named by the Copeman ' s boys, was like many of Copemans, a very sportsminded person. He was very good at tennis, squash, and rugby, but his big sport of the year was grasshockey. He was captain of the school grasshockey team and, with Mr. Nuth ' s coaching, led his team through a very great year. He was awarded school colours for his abilities and accomplishments in that sport. 22 Stephen Best Stephen — Grade twelve for him was undoubtedly his best year. He made solid friendships and achieved certainly as much as he wanted to. It must have been a much more pleasant year than the previous one too, as he was able to trip off every weekend and, indeed, at times when it was strictly forbidden, to his dear friends the Jacksons in Mill Bay where he would be treated with afternoon tea, a pleasant countryside farm, and the opportunity to borrow the family car. I dare say that, while the months passed, the hunky became Steve ' s lifeline to the upper crust world he liked so much. At school itself, Steve ' s favourite activities were typing English essays and meaningless notes, planning SHair, reciting Shake- speare, Dudley Cooke and P. Bingley, and handing in his resig- nation. Actually as far as his resignation slips were concerned, he suffered more ribbing than he deserved. For a person so used to making essays without a typing error, speaking English faultlessly, and wearing immaculate grub clothes, (for which he was nick- named Stevy Bow-wow and Bunnv ) the disorganization of a pre- fect ' s task would be understandably unnerving. Alex Binz When Alex came to Shawnigan in grade eleven, English was his third best language. Even when he left two years later he said that his English was a little worse than his German. Because of this a lot of people considered him to have a shallow character; he did not. Frequently he engaged himself in a good discussion but it was always interrupted by How do say . . . His roommate, Dave Cumming, must have taught him all sorts of new English words though Alex was a very friendly and polite person. He had several guitars lying about his room and occas- sionally would be heard singing La Bamba at the top of his lungs for some requesting visitor. His singing contribution to Ripley ' s in the inter-house music and to the school through the choir was quite exceptional. Alex enjoyed Shawnigan a great deal and was disappointed at not being able to go to UVic where a good many of his friends will be. On the second game in rugby and on the track team he displayed his great capacity for speed remarkable for his size and he was pretty good at lumping as well as swimming breast stroke. He was sometimes referred to as the Mexican Jumping Binz. Aside from all the unmentionable Spanish expressions he taught everyone, the greatest memory of him will likelv be his ear to ear smile that was supposed to be great for attracting grade nines at Strath. 23 Terry Booth In many ways Terry had an unabashed personality. One won- ders whether it was this that caused people to jeer Booth, Booth, Booth sharply in class or some sort of assembly when they wished to single him out, as if it were a sort of imitation of him. Terry liked to joke or make puns at any opportunity to bring laughter or groans or complaints such as Disgusto from the company. Ap- parently much of his humour thrived on memories of the European tour. It must be added that he had a very characteristic laugh that his roommates and fellow Lonsdale twelves will probably remember well. Unforgettable too, was his passion ... for motorbikes. It has been said that three is a crowd. Terry, Gord Rannie and Dan Parish were a crowd of boisterous clowns that spiced, if not characterized, Lonsdale ' s House this year. By looking at that group in their spare time one would have thought that none would ever be serious. Terry however was a good student, a very diligent one. He got 90% on his math matric. It must have been gratifying to a good many people to see him do well amidst the temptation of delinquency. Bob Bullock One might recall how in Grade 1 1 Bob was extremely anxious to reach the top by the usual prescribed means. He was actually the subject of a little criticism then for being so conscientious in his being Captain of the Colts XV for one, in his school work for another, and in his wanting to become a big prefect the next year for another. In Grade 12 Bob didn ' t reach the top in sports, academics, or prefectship, as one might have expected (this is not to say of course that he didn ' t continue being conscientious) but he did end up by being one of the school ' s top citizens by other approaches. Bob was a pleasant mixture of extremes. He could achieve extremely high standards through concentration and dedication in so many areas, and yet he lived in the jungle he called his room. He could be one of the most trusted boys to carry out duties for masters, though especially in dealing with other boys of the grad class, he was not so lucky to be angelicly perfect. Obviously for Namu (as he was once called) it was a ques- tion of priority. For in matter of unquestionably high priority, Bob was very loyal. An extremely faithful member of the choir, he also exercised his voice in front of the school, in a masterful performance of Cesar, in the school play Julio Cesar . The highest priority on his list, his dedication to which is impossible to overlook was the Spade Club. The first time a club of such size, for voluntary social work had been established in Shawnigan, and it was an over- whelming success. Such success can only come through good leadership, and as President of the Spades, Bob surely must have provided that. This was the final route he took to becoming a great contributor to the school, and consequently he became a deserving member of the Stag Club. 24 Dave dimming Dave was one of he most amazing of all the people in the grad class. Whether it was Shawnigan, or friends at Shawnigan, or neither, something drastically changed Dave ' s outlook on life while he was at SLS. Somewhere around the time of Michaelmas half- term, he began showing a complete change of attitude. Those who knew him in earlier years knew that he was by no means concerned with self -discipline; some said he was in bad shape. By the end of the grade twelve year, no one, but no one, was as self-disciplined as he. At the grade twelve deek, as everyone posed for a photograph with a bottle in hand, Dave showed symbolically his empty hands. He was the most conscientious, if not successful, prefect in Ripley ' s House. And he spent twenty times as long as others on prep that he was genuinely interested in, while not letting the rest slacken. In spite of reputations quite to the contrary, derived largely from his apparent disinterest in class, he was the most ambitious of students, determined to become an astronomer or some space scientist. He had yet another reputation for sick jokes, and he was nicknamed Gub-gub and Soor though no one was really aware of the reason. George Davidson George Samuel Davidson, General Consultant and Advisor — according to his business cards, a stack of which he carried about with him in his conspicuous briefcase, was in every sense sophisti- cated, ( refined to the point of artificiality; not naive — Webster). To many this characteristic of his was annoying and he was some- times accused of being pseudo-intellectual, but just as many other admired him or at least found him amusing because of it. As one-time Ritz head, computor programmer, inter-indepen- dent school diplomat, Retrospectus editor, rugby-draft evader, and organizer of the mvsterious Indoor Club, he maintained a unique status in the school of appearing to be extremely busy and desper- ately trying to meet a deadline although no one was ever sure just what it was he was doing. The best oersonification of this was his never once getting in line for meals throughout grade 11, he would march down the right hand mrt of the hall and into the master ' s common room and ten seconds later go from there into the dining room. No grade 12 ever stopped him. In spite of his seeming to be busy and keeping to a deadline, he could often be seen espousing at length the philosophy of Bert- rand Russell, and he rarely met a deadline, but instead, masterly procrastinated and would insist that he was not really late; every- one else was early. George was always jumping in and out of activity after activity, almost as quickly as he did in and out of people ' s favour. Due much to a family connection with the school in his early years, he was uninhibited in involvement; his memorable mechanical mouse and interest in computors must have spawned from his close friendship with Mr. Brown. Although he diluted his abilities by never fully concentrating on one thing (he was a member of the choir, an Outdoor Club enthusiast, a Nucleus humour columnist, etc., etc.), on several occasions he displayed his potential; notably his determination in cross-country, and his initiative and organizational ability in two successful computor dances. In truth, George had reaped the benefits of Shawnigan to their limit; the only others who came close to doing this were usually those directly influenced by him. He was undeniably a well-deserv- ing member of the Stag Club. 25 Dave DeWitt Sharing the four man dorm at the top of Groves with no one besides Kendal Sterling and a gerbal must have at least in part affected Dave ' s last year at SLS. Binding in together in the second row of the First XV scrum, (Dave and Kendal, not the gerbal) straining against the oars one behind the other in the first eight, or laughing at each others jokes in class, obviously had some sort of alliance between them. Dave was this year ' s Captain of Rowing and the perfect one, at that. He was just the type to keep spirit high without missing out on any of the fun. It was a phenomenal achievement for him to have come to Shawnigan in grade eleven and become so profi- cient at it in one year that he became captain. Undoubtedly, when he donated the gigantic trophy to the school at the end of grade twelve, there was much sentiment in it. It marked the end of his rowing at S.L.S., probably the most rewarding part of his Shawni- gan years. Jay Eversoll Jay ' s claim to fame was his superb acting in the role of Laertes in Hamlet. The only actor who really seemed to be at home on the stage (except for Winslow) , he was also the only actor whose voice filled the hall. (The consequence of his entry into drama, besides being allowed to have his hair longer) was his being subsequently the person who did the most reading aloud in English. Whether he was just naturally suited to the part of Laertes or not one cannot tell. Certainly after the performance one could not help imagining Laertes in present day society wearing Jay ' s favourite leather jacket. Jay accomplished a good deal on the sports side of things, also. He was quite a good rower, a member of the basketball team, and a good rugby player. He was captain of the 2nd XV, and did a good job leading the team to a victorious season. Mark Forrester Mark was privileged to share Winslow ' s castle at the end of Lake ' s Wing, the state of which revealed his often carefree nature. He was a good rower and a good rugby player and for a while, Mark was a great contributor to the VTR society. He also contributed greatly to his friend ' s mid-terms by throwing great parties. One remembers his easy loiter that used to suggest, that, though his mind was not on it, the situation was in complete control. An accomplished prefect, he probably learned the tricks of the trade over the five years he had been at Shawnigan; a sharp order was all there was to it. Mark ' s was a prefectship ended in a puff of smoke during the Graduation Class Photo. Mark had an excellent sense of humour, and it was no means a passive one. His frequent practical jokes, though small, were well picked in time and usually ran on the format of scaring you for a half-second. People were seldom bitter when they discovered their gullibility and yielded with a smile to the accusation Sucked in! The funniest thine about Mark was his extraordinary talent for imitation. Manv a boy on work divisions would break-off to the sound of Mr. Dinter ' s voice, then round the corner to see Mark chortling at his success. Mr. Nuth, Mr. Gorman, and numerous others often heard themselves saviner at the too of someone else ' s lunes. a favourite saving of theirs. His best imitation made; This is gewd, Bouys a cliche at SLS, long after Mr. Powell left. 26 Sandy Forsythe Sandy could not escape his reputation. It was not so much a flaw in his character but his philosophy of life that gave him the reputation for being careless. Don ' t worry, don ' t worry , he would say to people collecting debts, checking rooms, asking for due prep. In Turkey ' s mind, worrying about these was foolish because they were so trivial. He was not careless; he just preferred doing at the moment what he felt like doing at the moment. He generally kept his cares to himself, as well as most of his opinions and he wanted everyone to do the same. To many it was an outrageous philosophy, but Turk was one of the few people with which it would work. He was as smart as a steel trap as the saying goes. Unfortunately it was a rusty trap because he didn ' t like applying it to school work. He preferred going down the tracks and applying his ingenuity with an axe, or exercising his willpower for training for rugby, squash, track, tennis,b basketball . . . When he wanted to, he ' d work well, but he usually only wanted to, when it was too much of a nuisance not to work because of all the hassle. Don ' t worry, I ' ll be a million- aire when I ' m twenty-one . Frank Fung Frank — Three years before, he had arrived in Canada for the first time and landed in Shawnigan Lake School ' s make it on your own atmosphere. By the end of grade twelve he had made it; he had compromised to Westernization, he had learned English well though he still suffered a little in pronunciation, and he had over- come initial cultural and language barriers to make genuine, lasting friends. Frank was naturally shy of anything that didn ' t closely resemble quadratic equation (he got 800 in his SAT ' s). This was the only preventive factor in his becoming involved in the school as any of us. He liked the solitude of the photo club, and he en joyed deep discussion with any interested listener. He still had a little difficulty fitting in smoothly with everyone else but he endured the Fronk Fungus - - enw that boys said so often when he stumbled over vocabulary, and he found it fun to match the cut- down in the same friendly way. Frank will probably be doing his PhD thesis at M.I.T. in physics or pure mathematics in several years. But he won ' t be like many foreign students who know nothing but what they are studying; Frank will never be clued out Peter Gallow Peter, nicknamed Big Red by a close circle of friends, was just the sort of person that always seemed to go by unnoticed. He was not the prominent contributor to the school, the lauded athlete, the conspicuous intellectual or the attention getting clown. This was not to say that he did not contribute to the school, or was not an athlete, or was not intellectual or fun loving. On the con- trary he was everyone of these. He just was quiet about everything and this gave him an air of modesty about him. He seemed perfectly satisfied in a position of inconspicuity; he was a loyal and earnest choir member, one of the toughest members of the 2nd XV ' s three quarter line though never the type to cheer for all to hear when he got a try; he was a backroom man in the Ritz and a very diligent student. Everyone remembers the cool ease and smoothness of his sprinting; Peter always was the hardest of workers hidden behind a facade of ease. Never did he strive to catch everyone ' s eye, but he sought only the personal satisfaction of achieving what he thought he should. Certainly his grade twelve year was filled with that per- sonal satisfaction. 27 John Godwin John was hindered by only one thing at SLS and that was self-consciousness. He took a lot of ribbing because of his red hair and freckles ( Red Devil ) and never seemed to fight back. As soon as he escapes the Shawnigan critic he will flourish for sure. A day boy since grade eight (he lived in Shawnigan village) he had accustomed himself to the SLS way of life long before grade twelve. Grade twelve for him was by no means less successful than previous years. He was a determined person though whenever it came to doing something in front of the others he became unconfident. It was sort of like his charging up the rugby field to make a tackle, but when the ball-carrier was in reach his suddenly losing the will to keep going. In the end it seemed that what John did best was what he was used to doing day in and day out, that which he had con- fidence in himself for and could be done alone. He loved playing the guitar, and was quite content to do his prep the best he could. He will definitely have a pleasant future if he can be so satisfied with what many of us grow impatient at; those things done in solitude. John Gregory John was a very quiet person; not at all apathetic, however. Some people thought he was really lethargic in everything but this of course was perfectly incorrect. People get used to aggressive personalities and extroverts at Shawnigan because it is one of the best ways to rise up the hierarchy. Because John ' s personality was not in the least bit aggressive, he was sometimes overlooked. John was not particularly upset about not being high in the hierarchy. In fact, he was quite content doing such unnoticed duties as librarianship, and small interests like putting a puzzle in the nucleus. He did not suffer from being unnoticed. What was usually the case was the opposite, because whenever he was being regarded it was generally accompanied with a tone of mockery. So what ' s new about getting cut down at S.L.S.? Nothing, really. At least not for those on the giving end. But definitely there were times when the chicken clucking coming from one unseen source as John walked down the hall would cause him to become quite aggravated. The paradox came when John the quiet and meek, shone on the grass hockey field and became one of the first five hockey players to receive school colours at least in the recent history of Shawni- gan. How he managed to do so well in a sport that demands aggre- sion must be a question that lin gers in minds. But he did, and erased all beliefs in his lethargy. It was definitely the highlight of the grade twelve year. 28 Kirk Hamilton Kirk — If slow and steady wins the race then Kirk will probably win in the end. Sometimes called Stub for his rowing physique, he would walk down the hall as if it were full of jello. He wasn ' t stupid so his thought process musn ' t have been slow, but ask Mr. Bingley about how often Kirk got his prep in on time, or ask Mr. Grey how long it was before house dues were in. There was nothing wrong with what he had accomplished in the end, but the question was always when? There were of course other things that were memorable about Kirk. His rousing cheer for Montreal or Quebec whenever either word was so much as whispered. And of course there was skiing. He would come back from the Christmas holidays looking as if he had changed his race and for months there would be the rousing cheer — this time for skiing. Come to think of it maybe it was his love for skiing that made his marks behave like a downhill course until spring. Kirk was not lazy though. He had initiative and always con- tributed to things. I don ' t know how many hours he spent through- out the year in Mr. Grey ' s study discussing the affairs of the house. With his intelligence Kirk will do well in subsequent years at Mc- Gill. Yeah . . . McGill. Dave Hancock Dave, the true president of the non-existent (as yet) apathy club, always had a certain mystery about him. He always appeared as if he were laughing at you or something very amusing which he could not tell you about. Undoubtedly he reigns as the most sophi- sticated comedian in the grad class; he would never guffaw at his jokes like the rest of us do to get others to laugh. Indeed, he kept a straight face only smiling at the success he would almost always have at making people laugh. Even when he was running all out dodging tacklers as fullback on the 1st XV, his face often wore an expression which gave the impression that he was thinking of something different from what was going on about him. He was very alert; he must have been to come up with what was among his better timed comments: Discussing the importance of visual aids with the class, a visitor asked How can I show on the flat black- board that a tetrahedron is a three dimensional figure — a three sided pyramid? . Dave said, Draw some camels around it . Noel Hay Noel had one and only one characteristic that really struck you. Because of it all other sides of his personality became almost unobservable. What was it? His silence; his unending soft spoken manner. Coupled with the fact that grade twelve was his first year at Shawnigan, or rather, Shawnigan ' s first year with him, his quiet nature left him for much of the time unnoticed. How many people knew that Noel held the record throughout the year for the number of classes skipped? Many thought that Ron Anderson did, and indeed, his was an admirable attempt. But who could have hoped against such stiff competition as Noel ' s. Taking a different Math course for the first half year, only after Christmas did Noel join the regular math class. But unaccustomed as he was to his presence, Mr. MacLachlan never seemed to notice when Noel was absent. Mr. Bingley didn ' t even realize Noel existed let alone that he was in his class until March, when he discovered both. He was on the third XV yes, and on the school swim team, too, and he played golf in the summer term. Anything else? Can ' t remember. 29 Kent Hein Kent was the friendliest of guys; he seemed to get along with everyone perfectly. It was likely his very good humour (not joke telling but laughing when others would grumble) that appealed to everyone. It was impossible to rib him because he would just grin and there was never a reason to criticize him because he was never a bother to anyone. For a good rower and a good rugby forward, and a pretty good student he lacked a bit of the confidence one would expect though. Actually maintaining his own self-discipline the way he did was quite a feat with an environment like the one the rest of the Copeman ' s twelve ' s created about him. Of course there were many little memories of Kent which indirectly remind one of what he was like. There was the thunderous drumming on desks before biology class, and the kidding about his muscles, and there was the image of him wearing a rice hat, and his cheer for Rocky Mountain House. Kent was always efficient; he was one of the best prefects, he was always neat taking much rib- bing about being so clean and he was a very reliable forward on the 2nd XV. There is little more to say about him; he was nice. Pratt Hetherington Pratt was a remarkable person. Coming from the wilds of Copemans one would have expected that he would be far less sober than he so often appeared to be. (Perhaps this had something to do with the Plague). Indisputably the athlete of the year at Shawnigan, and winner of the Sportsman Trophy, he ' broke records for the number of tries scored by a forward in 1st XV rugby and records in numerous throwing events of track and field, scoring half the points for the SLS team in the mid-island track meet. He also got a silver medallion in the B.C. Festival of Sports shotput event. For these and being a good captain of the basketball team, he had been awarded triple school colours. Often people who are successful in sports are reluctant to achieve the same standards academically, but Pratt was by no means one-sided in his efforts. He was one of the first on the dili- gence list. He was often called Prattle-dattle with an accompanying howl that mimicked his voice, but this never seemed to anger him. It appeared as if he fully comprehended his strengths and weak- nesses but was discriminating with the directions he worked in nonetheless. Yet another successful Shawnigan graduate. 30 Mark Hobson Mark was another one of those guys who for many different reasons are classified as being shy. He came to Shawnigan in grade eleven and went through a pretty drab year, participating of course, but not revealing what real talent he had. What strange past Mark had buried in the bogs of Ireland was never evident, but from it he had developed a love for animals and an artistic talent, which combined to make his exercise books appear like menageries, not to mention a heavy accent when he wanted it. Unlike what the Irish are believed to be, Mark had a very controlled temper and a great deal of patience (remember how he used to admit with a smile that Truck was a descriptive name) but he was true to the Irish image in his taste for raucous singing which he often displaved at the back of the school bus returning from rugby games. His unabashed singing contributed much to Grove ' s show in inter-house singing, as well as to Julio Cesar. His dedication was above everyone elses in the grad class, and it was this quality of his, displayed in everything he did, notably the graduating dance, that made him a deserving member of the Stag Club and winner of the Citizenship Cup in the summer term. Last but not least by any means is the thanks that should be given to him for remembering every aspect of the school. His car- toons were superb; whether of blunt nosed rugby players, masters or prefects, thev usually captured the personality clearly. The car- toon book which he produced himself, recalls some of the funniest little aspects of school life that we would tend to forget normally, but which are the most nostalgia producing ones. John Hungerford John ' s nickname was Buns and he always found it as amusing as everyone else. Perhaps he knew that by answering to that, he could be safe from 6T eyeballs or Stick . John was a laugh when things were funny and serious when one needed to be. Whether he had just been challenging Mr. Bingley to a round of fisticuffs in French, or scuffing up at Copeman ' s, or joking around in the Library or up on the fields before a practice, he could always settle down to work afterwards. Most teachers thought of him as a conscientious student, and for a while at least Mr. Hyde-Lay was satisfied with his performance on the 1st XV. He certainly was a diligent student exemplified by his personal chair in the library at which, for hundreds of hours, he sat reading and taking notes in History. If his rugby was not perfect all season, his basketball has come near, and his tennis and squash were probably so close as they could get without his becoming professional. The sum of his efforts in both academics and athletics caused few of his classmates to predict his getting the Grove ' s All-round Award he did however get a substantial number of school colours; basketball, tennis and squash (he got the latter by representing B.C. in a Canada wide tournament). If those weren ' t a justifiable number of awards for all his diligence he certainly must have had more than enough in personal rewards. 31 • •-«■• Anton Kritzinger Anton will be remembered by his tantalizing Doc A., his un- buttoned jacket and hand in pocket, his flipping coins and chains, and his game of rummy at Forrester ' s party. Though he may have lost much of his top notch diligence that gave him the reputation for being a smart little ?3-:x; , in his final year at S.L.S. he was likely the most involved of all. He was a member of the V.T.R. He was a member of the Ritz, he was a member of the choir, he was a member of the Spades, he was an actor, he was an editor of the newspaper. These were perhaps the most demanding clubs to be involved in, yet he managed them all as well as maintaining a high academic standard. Being quick on his feet, Anton put a great deal of effort into rugby on the 2nd game, and track and field. He was undoubtedly a top contributor to the school but having diluted himself across the spectrum of activities, he was not officially recognized for it all. It is doubtful that he really cared about recognition though. He was more concerned about what he himself thought he should be like; or so it seemed by the way he would silently, .and without expression go about doing all his responsibilities. Bill Kuo Bill came in grade eleven and it was a year before he was fitting in easily. At first the only lauguage he could speak well was Mathematics and because other people did not exactly appreciate it at all hours of the day he received a good deal of static. After some comment had been made about his pronouncing his first name as Beer, and after the idea of calling him Snowmobile had worn thin, Bill began to take interest in improving his English pronounciation. Thanks to long efforts of G.S.D. he eventually stopped saying rut reefer wally ' when he meant red river valley and in return used to try occassionally to explain how Cantonese was spoken. Perhaps the biggest help to Bill in becoming Westernized came with his summer at Outward Bounds, though he did continue to keep a library of Math books in his room, and he did adore delv- ing into arguments; he became a very pleasant person to know. Love of logic, mathematics and physics will be how everyone remembers him though. He received the Physics prize. Mark Lydster A good many people in mainschool will surely remember the times when the guy with the curly dark hair would amble in to borrow some prep or something. Perhaps they will be more inclined to remember the times they stormed down to his room to get him to pay up on whatever he borrowed and lingered there as they surveyed the thousands of magazine cut-outs that he had completely wall- papered his room with. One thing Mark didn ' t need to borrow was the talent of using a racquet. If he was slow at returning things borrowed, he sure wasn ' t slow about returning serves. Mark was a really good tennis player and squash player, and he had long been valuable to the school teams, especially on their escapades to Europe. It was very unfortunate for the school that he broke his wrist and was unable to play much at all in grade twelve. It was probably more of a tragedy to him to have to miss all the afternoons in Victoria and weekends in Vancouver that the rest of the team enjoyed. Rugby was also a favourite sport of his. He played a good scrum half for victorious 2nd XV. 32 Jamie McBean Jamie — the last of a long line of McBeans to have come to Shawnigan ' s way, Jamie was not likely the least. He placed high academically and athletically. His greatest effort was cross-country, t hough he couldn ' t stand it. Mr. Nightingale ' s pressure and coaching got him to his high ability at the end of grade eleven, and his being appointed school captain of cross-country left no doubt in his mind what was again to be his big sport for the year. He did try his hand at rugby as wing forward on the second XV but sadly a knee injury kept him from playing all the season. He had received school colours in cross-country and track. Academically, the most noteworthy thing about J was his love of Biology. He was one of the most enthusiastic of Mr. Gott- hardt ' s annual output of enthusiastic biology students. It will be remembered how Jamie showed this interest at the grade twelve deke. Not only was he diving for sea-cucumbers and star-fish and dozens of other sea life until he was shivering, but he spent a good deal of time complaining about how man and his society did not have the right outlook on nature. Jamie will probably be remembered most for his good nature, good humour, and limitless energy. Malcolm MacLure Malcolm, who some persisted in calling Dak , was not ashamed to admit that he had been somewhat of a sheep to a person in Lonsdale ' s. He regretted that he and GSD had been much of the cause of 11-C clique business in their monopoly of the computer dance and Retrospectus of that year. By the middle of grade twelve, however, Malcolm was too far buried in the mystifying statistics of the imminent Ritz bankruptcy or hidden behind the keys of his typewriter for people to complain about his cliqueness. Malcolm became involved in a waning glee club, a disastrous debating club, and a reluctant school choir, as well as keeping a part-time membership in the VTR society and library service because of their respective advantages. H e main- tained the position of wing-forward on the 2nd XV, and a con- sistently high academic record, and he was the worst prefect in Ripley ' s. He boasted a lot about his History Prize, Grade 12 Pro- ficiency Prize and Easter Term Citizenship Cup. Then unsatisfied with himself, he went and won a week ' s ego trip to Ottawa and $50 in two different Public Speaking Contests. His greatest pride was his appointment to the Stag Club; he still wears the tie today. The reason for the appointment was his creating and destroying of the Symposium , a publication of over- estimated essays of opinion on mountainous - molehills of school problems which flopped financially and popularly. But it was a nice try so he got a pat on the back. At the end of Grade Twelve, he and George Davidson and Mark Hobson renewed their alliance that had produced the Retrospectus. This time it was going to be a $300, fifty page school annual; en- titled the Slag or Stab, it would have contained Mark Hobson ' s cartoons and George ' s and Malcolm ' s humour in writing; it would have been a parody of the present annual and at first identical. Of course, like the Ritz and the Symposium it was mismanaged and never came out. Determined to do at least something well Malcolm put his finger in one more pie; the grad class writeups of this very Stag you are looking at. You can judge for yourself if it was or was not done well. 33 Johnny Ma When Johnny came to SLS late in the year he was first put into grade eleven. He probably would have been better if he had stayed there but he was moved up to grade twelve. Perhaps his academics were just as good as they would have been in grade eleven; but he would have had two years at Shawnigan in which to become Westernized, (presumably that is the object of coming to Canada for an education) . Johnny, as he liked friends to call him, liked to wear flashier clothes on Sunday than school uniform. He had an unfortunately severe case of appendicitis in the middle of the year, which set him back and he retained most of the customs and manners he had been used to at home. John really wanted to be friends with every boy, but didn ' t quite realize how to make friends with them. Usually the response was only to Can I ask you a question? And it is difficult to become friends over a question on school. John enjoyed the year at Shawnigan, however, to him that was prime importance. Guy Meredith Guy — Guido as he was called for some reason, was a thinker not an intellectual. (An intellectual is one who likes people to know he thinks), but when provoked Guy could usually call upon his wit to invent a complex existentialist philosophy, that would excuse him for his late prep. Though he was a capable athlete, the co-ordination of his limbs in sports was no match to that of his tongue in any verbal contest whether it be an ear-boxing to a young fag, a defence of an all-study-period week in French, a scoffing one-line critique of Ritz management, or an unabashed attack on rugby, prep, a master, a boy, the school, or the universe. Guy did not affiliate himself to any particular activity to speak of, except Library duty which allowed him the leeway he liked. He would only dabble, he dabbled at one time or another in the newspaper, the Ritz, a project for reviving a lifeless Austin, the debating club and probably a number of others. Of course he was not one to overlook the pleasures of relaxation be it in his room with the stereo or during prep or in the Ritz with an ice-cream Twister during prep. And the reason he was tagged as cynical or apathetic was purely because of the way he often appeared to be laughing at you or pondering your stupidity, (which was of course, never in the realm of provable) or because everyone knew that he was using his high potential as much as a housewife would driving a Ferrari to the grocery store. Guy will never have any difficulties though; he will have the horsepower there when needed. 34 Ian Noble Ian was smooth. He had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve for overcoming obstacles. He avoided unnecessary exertion whenever possible, always keeping in good physical condition but never trying too hard to do better, always maintaining half decent marks but not letting school work burden himself. The picture of Ian was of a person in full control of the situation at hand. He did his pre- fects duty faithfully but never let it become a hinderance to the other things he had in mind to do. He was always the best fed person at his table and avoided the strain of room tidying. To say the least Ian knew the pleasures of relaxation. To preserve these pleasures he was rumoured to have hired someone else to complete overdue English essays and evaded payment until the last day of school had gone by and it was impossible to collect. If this was true which it probably is not, no one would have been too surprised. In the true sense of the world, Ian was clever. He will probably always be in full control of the situation in the future. He surely will not have any difficulties in being successful. He was useful but often wasted, lost down the drain, and he was smooth and slippery. Sounds like soap, doesn ' t it? Well, soap comes in bars. Mike Oliver Ollie was one person who set his aim at achieving some- thing and would then put everything into it. He had strong opin- ions about all things that one could have an opinion on. His determination was characterized in his scanning a page of history notes about two minutes before the final exam. The page contained hundreds of useless details about some Arabian uprisings in the early 20th century. Needless to say there wasn ' t a question on the uprisings but it was the epitome of Mike ' s hav- ing made up his mind and doing everything to that end. Mike really enjoyed writing essays and probably achieved his h igh stand- ard by what most of us would have considered torturous labour. It was not surprising that he was awarded the Savage English Prize. The two places he showed his determined character was on the rugby field and on the stage. He said he detested rugby but playing wing forward the way he did on the second game, he cer- tainly confused people as to what he really thought. His part of Polonius in Hamlet was the result of hours of practice. Mike could be very serious, but he also made sure that he enjoyed himself now and again. There were few boys who made such a conscious effort to get leave to Victoria as often as he did. The biggest punishment you could give him was a cancelling of leave. In his view, it was not fair game to eliminate the only chance of recuperating from a tight system. 35 Dan Parish Dan was a likeable character. An ear - to - ear smile would stretch across his face underneath his gold granny glasses when someone mentioned the weekend and the possibilities. One can remember his convincing expression as he explained to Mr. Bingley the efforts he had made in French; it was such a convincing ex- pression that everyone laughed. The reason was that somewhere along the way there was a bottle-neck which hindered him from really applying himself. No one could ever put his hand right on it, though, so it was never resolved. A weekend to him was the joy of seeing a girlfriend of his named Elcebe, in Duncan. The good humour she put him in was phenomenal. Apparently she was stag- gering and he was very much in love with her. Dan had a good time at Shawnigan. The European tour was a riot for him and the momentos he brought back with him added and provided an escape from routine. Dan proved a very successful athlete, particularly speaking of track. His Datsun, which he kept at school for the last term was a real pride for him. It was almost a symbol of the freedom he was anxiously awaiting in his last year. Andrew Penn Andrew could never escape the jokes about his size, but he never flinched at them. He was tough for a grade twelve smaller than many grommits. Two years younger than his classmates, he could slash some of the oldest one ' s until they felt even smaller than he was. The hours he put into the VTR, the Film Society ' s Why? , the computer dance and gymnastics, as well as regular prep assignments reflected on how tough he was. You have to be tough to be loyal to those! Andrew was always full of surprises because he showed his potential in bursts. The picture of him bouncing through positions on the parallel bars was reminiscent of his bouncing between activi- ties and duties with ever unpredictability. In spite of his always being late for Chemistry class and having the messiest lab, surprisingly, he received the Chemistry prize. In spite of his dis- playing what appeared to be irresponsibility in being so frequently caught in Victoria without leave, at the same time he showed the occasional burst of responsibility in presiding over the VTR. In spite of his always asking for extensions to finish prep late at night, as if he were too lazy to do it before the last minute, yet when it came to final exams he studied for two weeks solidly during which time there was a period of four days when he never left main school. Ultimately he achieved the highest scholarship average of the grad c lass. He was an actor too. Remember the time he was deaf for two days and had to miss classes? He wasn ' t. 36 V Gord Rannie (See Daniel Parish) . Gord had a particularly good year in many ways. There was rarely a dull moment when he was with Dan which was a large portion of the time. Gord was a real athlete and excelled particularly in running. He was a great member of the track team. His speed on his feet contributed to the 2nd XV on which he played wing or outside centre. His biggest accomplishment in the athletics however, was in grasshockey. Apparently he was nearly the most valuable player on the school team. Says Mr. Nuth of him: He hadn ' t played one game in his life before, and already he was playing as if he had played for four years. And what is more he was always able and wanting to learn more. He wanted to improve when it was almost, impossible to get any better. Indubitably, Gord was awarded school colours for grasshockey. Peter Reinholdt Peter has been at private school on Shawnigan Lake most of his life having come to Shawnigan from Cliffside. One quality of his that one could not forget which may indeed have been bred into him before his SLS days was his energy, his unlimited capacity for action. This probably contributed to his enthusiasm as hooker on the 2nd XV and as a forward on the grass hockey team, the latter for which he received school colours. Certainly it contributed to his behaviour whenever he visited others ' study dorms in mainschool, at which times a scuffle, an argument, or general mischief were standard procedure. Being reasonably proficient in class by nature, he never had difficulties because of fooling around, though he would have undoubtedly done exceedingly well if he weren ' t so active. Inevitably Pete ' s presence brought forth laughter (except when a specific job was to be done and humour was a nuisance) . Often jokes centered around his pride for Duncan grease or his nitch-mobile . But though it was difficult to get past his joking and one might decide that SLS had only been a joke to him, Pete definitely got a lot from Shawnigan and put much into it. Hopefully the fact that he has been to private school all his life will not be a hinderance in his later education at UVic. Kendall Sterling Kendal was a dominant member of the Grad class, a dominant member of the First XV and a dominant member of the basketball team. If his size didn ' t make him this in every circumstance, then the rest was made up for by his personality. He was, in fact, a great athlete excelling in everything he tried. He was rewarded with school colours for numerous sports, but it was the sheer dominance that he held as captain of the First XV that resulted in his name being on the Citizenship Cup for the first term. Of course, dominant Kendal ran into few difficulties when he was required to be less big. It was probably a necessity to have him and Dave De Witt in a four man dorm at the top of Grove ' s. Any- where else would be like putting a moose through the eye of a needle. At least one person dared call him Lumberhead once and it stuck, and besides that, he will probably be remembered for his voice proclaiming discredit to the muffins, credit to the muff-ins and anxiousness towards pulling a grocer. 37 Paul Stevenson Paul used to be nicknamed Stick which he took awhile to get used to. He received a lot of ribbing from friends as everyone did, but Paul being a little shier than most, was never able to defend himself with an equal cut-down to his critic as is the true Shawni- gan manner. The only other side effects of the shvness was an occassional st-st-stammer and a little difficulty in fitting into the raucous crowd around him. Paul was conscientious where most people need to be. He was not extremely active around the school, but when it came to some- thing that he was expected to try his hardest at he did just that. And the results of his efforts were always excellent. Racquet games were his strength in the sports world. Because of the efforts he made to improve, though he did not make the highest of standards necessary for colours, his badminton, squash and tennis were good enough so that he could enjoy a desirable number of weekends on leave to tournaments. His efforts in class were of the highest standard and it must have been an accident that he was not awarded school academic colours. He certainly worked harder than some of his classmates that wore their colours. Doing something extraordinary should not be the deciding factor in judging a successful year. We have been guilty often of not recognizing those who achieve where they are expected to, and tend to keep our eyes on those who achieve in out of the ordinary areas. If no one else appreciates how much Paul put into Shawni- gan, at least he will have personal satisfaction, something many of us will be lacking. Neil Taylor Neil was just the sort of person for which Shawnigan is really a benefit. On many occasions, in fact, he s poke freely on how much he enjoyed the school. Apparently in the first year that he had been sent to Shawnigan, he had not enjoyed it terribly much, but, after three years and many Well, back in Regina ' s later, he was quite settled into the system and reaping many pleasures from every aspect of school life. Neil was an extrovert, as everyone knows who sat at Ripley ' s first table, or at one stage or another roomed with him. To say the least, he liked telling stories, spouting facts, and clarifying his opinion in other people ' s minds. To say more than the least, he spoke sense most of the time and was only tiresome during his marathons of verbosity. The reason he was to benefit from Shawnigan was that he was free from the styles and status symbols of the anti-establishment that characteristically attracts the like of him. At Shawnigan his attention was focused towa rds the more worthwhile so that by the end of grade twelve he entertained strong interests in the V.T.R. Society, in Biology and many other areas that would not be taken for a grain of salt by many public schoolers, but which at S.L.S. were eyed upon as good interests. The best example: He gobbled up Time magazine and the various newspapers and journals that were around the school week after week. To what end? He had collected just the sort of general knowledge that let him head the Ripley ' s house Reach for the Top team to victory. 38 Robert Williams Some people are quiet because they are shy. Others are quiet because they have been put down by their peers. Still others are quiet because they just don ' t seem to notice that other people exist. Rob was undoubtedly a quiet person, and it seemed as if he just hadn ' t noticed that other people were at Shawnigan. This sort of statement, not noticing others, is often used in referring to selfishness. It was not this in Rob ' s case. He was the type of person we say just minds his own business, that ' s all. Rob was one of the proud ones who had endured Shawnigan for five years. Somewhere along the line he picked up the nickname Grunther, and if it was in spite at first, it was soon just a friendly joke. Over those five years, Rob will proudly tell you, he religiously maintained a tradition of going up to the trail to fill his lungs with the solitude that can only be found at Shawnigan in the peaceful woods. Few people knew this, but then again, few people knew Rob. Half-way through his grade twelve year Rob was made a house prefect, probably for no reasons other than routine. Then, to the shame of the rest of Groves ' house prefects, he proved to be the most responsible. He must have learned a lot over the five years about the way it was done. There is something admirable about a person who minds his own business but minds it well. Simon Williams When Rob Watts suddenly left Shawnigan in the middle of the year, a large gap was left in Groves House that would normally have been hard to fill. Simon, however, proved to be quite capable of replacing Robbie; he became an excellent head of house. Though one might have been deceived by his very jovial nature, the incident which seems to stick in mind when thinking about Simon and his joviality occurred shortly after his being appointed new head of Groves. He was seen running about after dark with bandages cov- ering his head and reeking ketchup, smeared over his wou nds , scaring grommits some of the time but most of the time just laughing. He was conscientious in his duties, his studies and his sports. His being the thing that made it undeniable was a wing forward on the 2nd ' s hinting about this quality of his, but the sight of him perfecting his sculling so as to qualify to represent Canada in a European regatta. Simon was very involved in the school in other ways; notably through the Film Society but perhaps his greatest contribution to the grad class if not to the school, was his hosting the grade twelve deke which must reign above all the years before it as the one fostering the most enjoyment among the members. 39 John Williamson Willie was the name most called him by, and there was also another title which was not as well known; something like S.B. II. John was one of the wildest of Copeman ' s it seemed. Never was there a meeting of the Copeman ' s twelves without his shrieking at John Hungerford for some reason or other the word Linseed or something very close to that. If course, the inevitable rebuttle was Stick, stick , shrieked with equal vigour back in his face. It was all in good humour, though, especially when Willie smiled and revealed the hole where one of his front teeth should have been. John had been a sprinter for track for some time. But suddenly in the summer of ' 69 he started getting faster. By the end of grade twelve he had broken numerous records in the school and had con- tributed handsomely at meets that at one time gave S.L.S. the title to the best high school boys team on the Island. When it came to rugby Willie ' s speed on the wing was very valuable. John was pre- sented with school colours for both track and rugby. Chris Winslow Chris Winslow was assistant head boy and the Grove ' s All- Rounder. Just a step behind Glen Thompson in some ways, Chris was on a par with him in many other ways. Like Glen, Chris displayed fine leadership and inspiration as a prefect, a scholar and an athlete. He, too, achieved great respect from his superiors and his peers and also, in spite of his attributes, he was christened with unflattering nicknames, ' Slag Heap ' and ' Sloth ' . Chris was a great idealist as well, but unlike Glen he de- manded more of himself than his best; perfection. Amazingly enough he achieved this whenever he was in a position of responsi- bility. Lasting will be the image of him with waistcoat and jacket, and hair neatly parted, the image that caused him so often to be mistook for an adult. In truth he was very much an adult at those times, but ultimately it was too demanding on him to remain the pillar of virtue amidst friends who were still bubbling with im- maturity. He made a habit of letting loose behind closed doors. For this apparent inconsistency he received much criticism; a conceited newspaper editor said that his virtue was an act to disguise his real self. This was a mistake but because of it Chris seemed to loose a little confidence. It was a personal conflict, not to be criticized. It was an act, but it was not a disguise; it was an attempt to make the transition between youth and adulthood, something Chris will obviously be the first of his graduating class to achieve. In truth, Chris was being most himself when he was the image of responsi- bility and self discipline. The memory that is sure to survive the clearest of all is Chris Winsl ow, the actor for acting ' s sake. Both his marvellous charac- terizations of Shakespeare ' s antagonists in Hamlet and Julio Cesar, and his clowning through the after-dinner announcements will ' remain unforgetable. 40 Benny Yung Benny Yung came from Hong Kong but did not really want to get involved in Shawnigan. Almost everyone agreed he was rather an isolationist. For most of the time in class, Benny sat speechless at the back of the room. Benny had a very pleasant smile but no- one really got to know him well. He spent most of his time looking over his Chemistry books and seemed to be quite content not to do anything else. Benny, it was rumoured, was an expert in karate. It turned out that he was not. Kendal Sterling was the one who discovered the fact. Benny apparently has great ideas for the future. He wants to be a waiter. Ted Binkley Ted was a very quiet and shy, but thougtful person. As with many people like him, he could communicate far better with one person, being ill at ease in groups. Consequently, he was frequently misunderstood. Almost no one was held in his disfavour, but, con- versely, a considerable number of persons he admired greatly, many times speaking at much length about their merits to others. For a person who always saw good in those about him, Binkles (his Nuth nick-name), was quite pessimistic when viewing his own affairs. His worst critic was himself, and one wondered whether his own self-criticism hindered him from achieving the perfection for which he so obviously aimed in everything, by robbing him of the neces- sary confidence. If you were to ask him about his grade twelve year, Ted would probably tell you that it was an anticlimax in his years at Shawni- gan. Admittedly he had been the target of a series of misfortunes this year, including an accident in Mr. Gotthardt ' s car, a broken wrist in pole vaulting, a bill for a grad date ' s torn dress and the Ritz books, but his successes were numerous and much more signi- ficant. It happened to be the less conspicuous activities that Ted excelled in. A superb gymnast and an equally talented photo- grapher, he had little more of an audience in each of these than those who worked with him. He was an accomplished prefect, and had it not been for his already handling too many activities, the Ritz, this year, would have been the efficient one it was in the Summer term of grade eleven when he fully managed it. It was this behind the scenes achievement which went unnoticed to almost everyone but which fortunately, did not escape the eyes of those who make appointments to the Stag Club. Hopefully he still wears his well-deserved Stag Club tie with great pride. 41 43 Ripley ' s House Back Row: R. Elworthy, R. McDiarmid, A. Manson, S. Siple, S. Taylor, H. Angus, R. Borsato, J. Townsend, H. Hayes, J. Johl, G. Conway, J. Baktour, I. Cumming, W. McQaid. Second Row. J. Godwin, M. Reynolds, R. O ' Mea, J. Ma, V. Kimola, C. Backman, T. Harrison, P. Elworthy, M. Robinson, M. Barclay, T. Lai, P. Field, S. Baker, D. Trudel, D. Ross. Sitting: A. Binz, N. Taylor, M. Maclure, K. Hamilton, Mrs. McPherson, Mr. J. Gotthardt, Mr. J. S. Grey, Mr. R. I. McLean, I. Noble, S. Best, D. Cumming, A. Penn, S. Forsythe. Squatting: G. Leslie, K. Ferguson. W hat comes after this is the Ripley ' s House report. But seeing that I ' m not much good at anything but rowing, I got somebody else to do it for me. — Kirk Hamilton. I would gladly do the Ripley ' s House report if I didn ' t have so much lounging around to catch up on. I ' ll get Maclure to do it. He charges only $1.50 an hour. — Ian Noble. Sorry. I just don ' t have time. Yes, I know I said I ' d do it but I ' ve got to do the Ritz books, and I ' ve got to do the newspaper. I ' ll get Steve Best to do it. — Malcolm Maclure. I would have done it. But I ' m just fed up. I gave you a chance, but you can ' t come walking in here and expect me to do this on the spur of the moment. I resign. — Steve Best. I ' ll do it if you give me the time. I ' ve got to get this Chem Lab done as well as a Physics Lab, plus all the doodling in the margins. Can I have an extension? — Andrew Penn. Don ' t worry about it. I ' ll get it done. Yes, I know I said that two weeks ago but don ' t worry. I can ' t do it right now, though, I ' ve got a squash game. — Sandy Forsythe. Me do the House report? What will I say? I ' ll do the typing if you want though. — Chris Owen. Oh great, I ' d love to do the House report. I ' ve just thought up some more jokes. What is a female deer that likes pickles called? — Dave Cumming. Maybe, I remember the time when I did the one for our Junior High School back in Regina. It was so rebellious that they had to bring in the cops to stop a riot. — Neil Taylor. OK, but can I ask you just one question. — Johnny Ma. (When I asked John Godwin if he would do it, he just flushed). Oh, ya I ' ll do it. But I don ' t write my English too good enough. — Alex Binz. In spite of all their short comings, the grade twelves of Ripley ' s were a pretty tolerable bunch. Their greatest merit was that they functioned nicely as a group. 44 The grade elevens showed promise. In boys like Mike Barclay and Mike Robinson there was seen a readiness to tackle the responsibilities that lay ahead of them. Trends towards mature attitudes were evident in Paul Elworthy, Vic Kimola and Mike Reynolds. Charlie Backman and Thomas Lai showed no signs of a diminish- ing example of high academic standards. Tony Harrison, with the temporary absence of his compatriot Mike Eayds, made long awaited efforts in all these areas which were most en- couraging. There was little doubt that Ripley ' s had everything of the initial ingredients to make next year as successful as any. From all indications, the grade tens, includ- ing Johl Bahktour, Taylor, Siple and Hayes, with special mention to the dynamic duo of Borsato ' n ' Angus, will keep next years grade twelves on their toes. They have shown great spirit and sometimes uninhibited activity which will be either a help or a hindrance (but noth- ing in between) to the House next year. A few, particularly Bob McDiarmid (probably because of his responsibility in the Ritz) , were developing the mature outlook that many elevens and twelves lacked. The grade nines and eights, except perhaps Trudell, fit well into the category of Grommits and nothing more can be said. Mr. Grey did a fine job, for the nth time, in handling all the demands on a housemaster. His standards for neatness, discipline, and order, that are reflected in everything he does, though not directly evident in the members of the house, made a good impression on them and left no doubt in their minds as to how they could best be successful. In the same way that Mr. Hyde-Lay got much of Copeman ' s involved in sports, Mr. Grey, who was in charge of clubs, got much of Ripley ' s active around the school. He knew that two things make for a good house; involvement of everyone in some school function, and constant communication between house- master and boys. Mr. Grey was always trying to keep these at their best and had this year as a result, one of the best houses, all things con- sidered. In September, the House began with encour- aging success in swimming, coming second by only one point to Groves in the Inter -House competition. Alex Binz led the senior breast- strokes, Ian Noble, the backstrokers, and For- sythe placed high in the butterfly so that in the medley relay, the last event of the day, Ripley ' s finished half a leg ahead of the rest. Paul Elworthy carried virtually the points the House gained in Juniors. All of these were awarded house colours. With this accomplishment as a striking block Ripley ' s went on to an equally fine performance in Inter-House music. Only a complaint about length by the adjudicator put Ripley ' s second. Singing Grasshopper Four, Edel Weiss, and Speed Bonnie Boat, with other assorted pre- sentations, the boys showed themselves what they could achieve with the right co-operation. In cross-country, Ripley ' s met its first failure, with Manson ' s run being the only worthy one of note. In basketball, however, the House picked up a little of what they had lost with a third in the Senior and a hard struggle to first in Junior. Credit goes to Manson, Borsato, Bahktour and Johl for the latter. In squash and tennis, it was failure again, but a third in track and field, and a first in both Junior Cricket and Rowing made the summer term satisfactory. It is interesting to note that the wins came largely in the sports where team work was required and losses occurred most frequently in the individual competitions. This is a great consolation, because talent is some- thing one is born with, but teamwork can only be developed. The only individual competitions that Rip- ley ' s did considerably well in were academic, coming in second place in two of the three terms, and Reach for the Top, in which the senior team fought hard for a well-deserved victory. Besides inter-house competitions, there were a couple of events that established the fact that it was at least a better than average year. A good deal of initiative and co-operation made Ripley ' s walkathon as successful or more so than those of other houses for raising money. It enabled the construction to get under way on a reading room where the Junior common room used to be. Another project that was begun with the help of walkathon funds was a Ripley ' s House store that should prove of great use to the school in subsequent years. 1969 - 70. A year. It was not exceptional, not especially memorable. There have been many years like it in the history of the school. In the last analysis, it is only the faces of the people in the school photograph that change from year to year. The measure of a good or bad year is whether those faces, in reflecting on their years at Shawnigan, wear an expression of content- ment or dissatisfaction. There is no doubt that the boys in Ripley ' s had little dissatisfaction with the events of the year. 45 Lake ' s House Back Row: B. Cross, K. Stevenson, J. Winslow, G. Lydster, B. Cereslce, E. Kilgore, B. Hoefer, H. Potts, S. Diskin, B. Boley, B. Ostlund, J. Briggs. Second Row: P. Riley, P. Manning, D. Powell-Williams, J. Hess, H. Ostlund, L. Chung, R. Banford, M. Sine, B. Boyd (Exchange), C. Janeway, M. Shinner, R. Wade, B. Fairweather, M. Hess, M. Oliver, M. Lydster. Sitting: F. Binkley, W. Kuo, P. Reinholdt, P. Stevenson, Mr. P. Bingley, Mr. R. Hughes, Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. G. Hill, C. Winslow, M. Forrester, R. Bullock, F. Fung, J. Agassiz. Squatting: P. Webb, D. Stevenson, J. Phillips, R. Galaza, R. Trethewey, P. Messinger, M. MacLachlan. With a Welsh Housemaster, an American Head of House, an Alaskan Senior Prefect, and a Samoyed dog for a mascot, Lakes House marched spiritedly on into International Year. The House began coming in 3rd in the Inter House Swimming, before marching away with the Music Cup. This was a splendid team effort, directed by Mr. R. I. G. Hughes and led by Chris Winslow. The House Choir sang lustily and well, Frank Fung fingered a Chinese version of Chopin, and the House effort was topped off with a barbershop quartet. In this breezy per- formance, Lulu well and truly came back to town . Chris Winslow ' s performance of a rag- time pianist out Grouchoe ' d Groucho Marx. In all, a splendid House performance. It was in this spirit of determination that the House turned its attention into redecorating the common room. A House walkathon was the first idea, and a thousand dollars was the tar- get. Every member of the House trudged around the Lake nobly led by Dylan its Samoyed mascot. The target was reached, and an Inter- national - sized, treble - slated pool table was bought. All are to be congratulated on this, particularly E. Kilgore, who raised the massive r . 46 proportion of the target by his own efforts, and T. Binkley the same. In the Academic Cup the House was well represented by P. Stevenson, F. Fung, M. Oliver and B. Kuo in the Senior section, and by J. Winslow, M. MacLachlan and P. Manning in the Junior. The House possessed several very good rac- quet players and although unlucky in the Squash, won handsomely in the badminton. R. Wade and P. Stevenson proving to be too strong for the competition, as it proved in the tennis. In school life at large it was good to see the Lake ' s House Seniors so active. Chris Winslow was an excellent prefect and Vice - Head of School. T. Binkley and B. Bullock both won a deserved membership into the Stag Club by their whole-hearted service to the community. Indeed, B. Bullock helped to inaugerate an excellent scheme to help retarded children. Several House characters emerged through the year. Briggs feet and Riley ' s tongue could make the charge of the Light Brigade sound like a soft shoe shuffle, while Shinner the Peru- vian Poncho sent many a-bed shivering from his eerie ghost stories. The years Grade Eleven students must have benefitted greatly from the example shown by the House Prefects throughout the year. Once again Mrs. Hewit was a tower of strength, and from Mr. P. Bingley and Mr. R. I. G. Hughes the House drew enthusiasm and knowledge. Dylan ' s tail wagged mightily at the end of the year! — G.P.H. 47 Groves ' House Back Row. R. Perry, J. Kerr, W. Tenison, S. Lawley, R. Tenison, M. McKinnon, M. Maclver, G. Robertson, R. Wilson, G. Percival, C. Dotten, R. Camerer, A. Brierley, J. Marlow. Second Row: M. Hartwig, D. Parke, G. Kalugin, D. Trebett, M. Johnson, D. Bazett, A. McKierahan, S. Koerner, A. Hunt, J. Millar, J. MacDonald (exchange student), B. Oughtred, G. Gregson, D. Fulton, S. Billings. Sitting: B. Yung, R. Williams, J. McBean, M. Hobson, Mrs. Godwin, Mr. K. Hickling, Mr. J. Buckley, Mr. B. Gorman, S. Williams, K. Sterling, D. DeWitt. Squatting: A. Almerling, C. Moyls, B. Perry, S. Walker. Groves House was finally forced from its traditional position at the top of the School this year. Much to the surprise of the boys the new house was completed and ready to accommodate them late in October. However, as far as school activities were concerned Groves managed to maintain its position near the bottom, but a marked improve- ment was achieved due to the enthusiastic leadership of Mr. Buckley and the enlivened spirit of the members of the house. The year ' s prospects looked hopeful when Groves took the swimming for the second time in three years, but as the year continued things took the nor- mal pattern, trying hard but without much success. It seemed that the same names con- stantly appeared for athletic commendation. Among the Juniors the Tenison brothers seemed to shine, while Kendall Sterling, Dave Dewitt, and Bob Oughtred seemed to be the significant Senior athletes. 48 As far as the daily antics of the house were concerned, the Junior dorm provided a great variety of entertainment. If Perry and Walker weren ' t engaged in a midget wrestling match, Dotten and Camerer could be heard yelling at each other, or muffled yells of agony could be heard from Almerling who was choking on one of Billing ' s socks, courtesy of Trebett. The bottom floor was dominated by the booming voices of Robertson and Koerner, who were constantly involved in philosophical de- bates, while Fulton was always throwing fits, unless Benny Yung beat him to it. New muff, Ken? The top floor was a dictatorship, dominated by Sterling and Dewitt, who always had some- body running an errand, and if Jocelyn Millar and Bruce McKinnon weren ' t engaged in a wild fight, it was Jamie Macdonald vs Bob Oughtred, and Simon Williams was always around to catch Parke and Kalugin smoking, and listen to Parke complain in his double bass voice. Even though this was not the most successful year for Groves House, it was very worthwhile and was enjoyed by most of us. The house is very grateful to Mrs. Godwin, Mr. Gorman, and Mr. Hickling for all their work and help this year, and most of all, our many thanks to Mr. Buckley, who, having endured an almost impos- sible two years as Housemaster, is leaving us. Mank thanks to him and the best of luck. Now we can only await the coming year and hope that it will be as enjoyable and even more successful. — A.H. 49 Copeman ' s House Buck Row: D. Titcomb, G. Severide, W. Trethewey, G. Moore, D. Carere, P. MacDonald, R. Shattuck, H. Alvarez, D. Anderson, G. Gi 1 lis, M. Hein, K. Sucloy, G. Bailey. Second Row: N. Hay, P. Stremic, R. Bourne, J. Boughton, M. Patterson, E. Williams, R. Carere, M. Straight, M. Wood- side, J. Oakley, G. Hurlburt, K. Christie, B. Pinton, I. Monford, S. Baileyr Sitting: D. Hancock, R. Anderson, P. Gallow, K. Hein, Mr. J. Sanderson, Mr. D. Hyde-Lay, Mrs. Hartl, Mr. B. Pollick, J. Williamson, P. Hetherington, J. Hungerford. Squatting: J. Hancock, J. Haggart, G. Campbell, C. Heffelfinger, N. Fairbank, R. Tait, A. Sawers, J. Alexander, D. Severide. Regaining our stronghold on the top of the hill, overlooking the school, Copeman ' s again commanded a leading position in inter - house activities. In athletic circles Copeman ' s fared well. Led by Pete Gallow, John Williamson and Pratt Hetherington, we won senior track, cross country and basketball, (the Rugby title eluded us only because there was no competition for which I am sure the other houses were thankful) . Through Robbie Bourne ' s efforts mainly, the Gymnastics Trophy came our way, and in fact, a number of minor trophies reside in Copeman ' s, but I will not mention these now for fear of being boastful. Realizing that Copeman ' s has somewhat of a tradition for being a rough and tumble house and winning regularly its fair share of sports trophies, it gave me great pleasure in walking up to the front of the assembly hall to receive the academic shield all three times during the year. This too put the damper on comments from boys of other houses who criticize the gen- eral character of a Copemanite as being a No sweat, we ' ve got the whole track team. 50 stereotype of the dumb athlete. At any rate we would have said look at Nicholas Fairbank, a well heeled young lad mastering the piano or look at the Titcomb-Moore duo who holed-up in the top floor coming out for the occasional meal but more often, were seen heading down to Masons for their nourishment. All of which contribute to the diversity of the house. Everyone settled quite nicely into the new building and appreciated the high standard of living conditions as compared to previous years in old Copeman ' s. Of course the new boys did not have the experience behind them so the goodness of the new building had to be carefully pointed out, e.g.: to Hancock J., Shattuck and company who were visited quite liberally by the Grade Twelve Vice Squad led by Willie (alias Acid Man) and abely by Peanut Head, The Com- puter, Lazy Dave and Buns. Every night was a circus in the house when it came to bedtime. Even more so during Gallow ' s week as he was either at choir practice or over at Strathcona. Often the scene was the duty prefect going to gather reinforcements if the job got a little tough. Two minutes later if one was watching through the windows by the stairway you would see dark misshapen figures bounding up the stairs armed with grass hockey sticks and pent up academic frustration to be worked off on the Juniors. It ' s all in fun admits Pratt as he slaps Hefflefinger on the back. The Slinky sneak. Salt and Pepper. One problem which afflicted everyone was the lack of sound proofing between rooms, if the music was too loud, however, you would be told, although Mr. Sanderson, who resided above me never admitted it, I think he occassionally liked a piece of heavy music from one of Hunger ford ' s records. Then there was the walkathon which took place during the middle of the year, where everyone in the house walked fifteen miles around the lake in order to raise money for the furnishing of the common room. We managed to raise a tidy sum of close to one thousand dollars from which a carpet and the furnishings were bought. I might add that the room is in- tended to be a quiet room for refugees from the gay rowdy dorms, thus the type of furniture that was purchased was not as comfortable as it could have been. I hope next year the boys add to the game room. All in all it was a very good year, if I may be so colloquial although it describes my feelings most exactly. I owe many thanks to Mr. Hyde- Lay for guiding the whole system which was used to run the house, and to Mrs. Hartl who tirelessly tended us with tender loving care. It was a pleasure to head the top house in the school and I wish the best of luck for the future of Copeman ' s House. — K. S. Hein. 51 Lonsdale ' s House Back Row: D. McColl, P. Shahan, M. Humme, W. Stewart, S. Dickie, B. Mann, J. Stockton, M. Lang, S. Ritchie, H. Higgins, L. Chaston. Second Row: P. Healy, C. Zorkin, M. Maguire, C. Read, H. Radman, A. Gibson, C. Collins, C. Mills, M. McColl, J. Atkins, P. Hyde, J. Mengesha, M. Healy. Sitting: A. Kritzinger, D. Parish, T. Booth, G. Rannie, G. Thompson, Mrs. Dinter, Mr. P. Kearns, Mr. M. Nuth, Mr. J. Greenwood, G. Davidson, J. Eversoll, G. Meredith, J. Gregory. Squatting: P. Kritzinger, N. Zorkin, D. McKinnon, Z. Shafran, D. Stannard, H. Sewid, C. Hosgood. One of the greatest milestones in Lonsdale ' s brief history was achieved right in September when the House became a House at last. After a year of camping out in front of the Classroom Block the doors of our new residence were flung open and we eagerly occupied our long-awaited luxury apartments. Their main disadvantage was a lack of soundproofing, perhaps most keenly felt by the unfortunate Juniors who managed to acquire accommodations next to various prefects, but no one really suffered too much. Having entrenched ourselves in our first permanent geographic setting (no more fires please) we set into the year with high hopes and much optimism. In retrospect it can be said that many of our hopes were fulfilled, for it was a good year in the House. In Inter-House competition we cer- tainly weren ' t lost but our results often left something to be desired. Our real success was right in the House itself where we had a relaxed A Dan ' s best friend. 52 A specimen of the Pre-Cambrian era? and friendly atmosphere coupled with a general all-over House spirit that made it pleasant to live there. Although our shelves may not have held too many cups we still proved good com- petitors in all aspects of the school life, thanks to this good spirit. In the realm of the sporting world, competi- tion is the key and Lonsdales gave a reasonable account of itself in everything. In the opener, Inter-House Swimming, we turned right about from last year and finished in fifth place, but still we didn ' t do too badly, thanks to the efforts of Chris Zorkin and Mike McColl, who partici- pated in a number of Senior events. Cross- country saw us surrender another trophy, but this time we improved and finished a close second, coming first in Junior and second in Senior. Max Lang won the Junior race for the second consecutive year and Craig Burnell fol- lowed close enough to win his House Colours. In Senior, Captain Terry Booth placed fourth and he was pushed on by George Davidson, Hal Hig- gins and Glen Thompson, all of whom earned their colours. In basketball, Jay Eversoll did his best to organize a winning five but we just didn ' t have it and were eliminated from the championships. When it came to gymnastics we were without Chris Zorkin due to a broken leg, but he coached a few novices and we had some representation. Steve Dickey did very well in Senior competition and helped things along. Squash and sailing didn ' t bring any victories but Junior shooting did and so we had ice cream for the first time ...(?) The rowers found in- experience a handicap but the Junior track men took away a good win with leading performance by Max Lang and John Stockton, while the Seniors placed second with the aid of Chris Mills and Captain Glen Thompson. Away from sport, we again entered the Inter-House Music Competition with a selection Ford ' s wheels of fire. of brilliant melody and musical genius and placed anywhere between third and fifth (the adjudicator never announced the winners of those positions). Academics didn ' t prove too stable this year and we didn ' t seem to be able to get hold of the Academic Shield despite the excellent efforts of some. Lively was one of the many adjectives used to describe House life these past few months, though the prefects often had a few of their own to add. House activity didn ' t really centre any- where — it was all over. Each floor and each dorm had its own personality and each contri- buted their little bit whether it be cleanliness, humour or anarchy. The first floor was under the supervision of Schoolie Eric (the N . . . .) Bachen who supplied all strong-arm tactics when needed and he was backed up by his 53 Not a mess! accomplice, Jay, Defender of the American Way of Life. At the other end of the hall sat Meredith, devising ways to get out of things and occasion- ally you noticed John Gregory, usually watching his treat box or removing the eggs from his bed. Wedged in the middle were Lang and McColl and Read and Zorkin who mostly concentrated on living the good life. Up above, Rannie, Booth and Parish presided over the Junior Dorm, a collection of various physical shapes who often resembled a zoo. Shafran won the record for jobs and defaulters and along with Stewart and Zorkin spent many an interesting evening in the prefect ' s room next door. Healey and Mac- Kinnon found trouble often enough but McColl faithfully stuck to his desk. The combination of Pat Healey, Gibson, Atkins and Mengesha was fortunately peaceful (Mengesha ' s pipe . . . ?) but it meant two more prefects in the Summer term to help silence the riots down the hall. The third floor had its share of excitement, mainly in the form of water bottles in the Chaston-Ritchie-Mann-Burnell Dorm., which kept all the prefects busy. Next door was the in- famous quartet of Maguire, Mills, Stockton and Collins, a favourite starting point for many searches and house inspections. Further down could be found Humme, usually eating after lights out while Shanan and Hyde dreamed on and next door were Higgins and Dickey who seemed to enjoy living above Radman for some reason. When he wasn ' t raving off to Victoria or taking stock in the Ritz, George Davidson kept a watchful eye on all, aided by Kritzinger, the best watch flicker in the school (when he wasn ' t in the dining room). Glen Thompson, between looking for Dr. X and searching Maguire, took up residence in the palatial pent- house suite, the most strategic position in the House, as well as the most comfortable. Someone waffling, Cal? The people in the House were what made it interesting and pleasant and from the prefects point of view, they weren ' t difficult to get along with. It was a happy year, if nothing else, and credit is due to many people. The Grade Twelves were a very co-operative and willing group and took their fair share of the load — no easy task. Our Matron, Mrs. Dinter and our House Tutor, Mr. Nuth, both deserve thanks for their un- complaining and valuable service; to Mr. Green- wood, our Assistant House Master, we say thank you and good luck as he leaves us to return to University. And of course, many thanks to Mr. Kearns for running the whole show and doing it well. Let us hope nex t year will see the same high standards and cheerfulness. — G.T. 54 ACTIVITIES 55 Julio Cesar There are two ways to write about a pro- duction; either to discuss the play as an activity and write about the preparations and rehearsals for it, or to review the production as it finally appeared on the stage. The director is only in a position to attempt the first of these. From conversations after the performances he may see which parts of the play were succesful and which failed to come across, which of his subtle ideas were so subtle that the audience completely missed them, and which miscarried totally, but those he talks to are often too generous or too polite to condemn the bad parts as roundly as they deserve. It could be argued that in school productions, particularly one which involves over a hundred of the school, the preparations and the work put into rehearsals are more im- portant that the performances. This is not a view to which I subscribe, as it could be used to justify all sorts of mediocrity, but neverthe- less for the present I will leave an assessment of the performance to the audience, and write here about the play as it affected those involved. I chose the play in the fall, and decided to set it in Latin America. Probably all modern dress productions of Shakespeare have the same ends in view; to use a new setting both to re- awaken the audience ' s interest, and to show how relevant the plays still remain after three and a half centuries. In this case I hoped to bring out one of Shakespeare ' s basic themes, the in- ter - action between politics and personalities, and to show its universality. Preliminary discussions about the set took place with Mr. Buckley at a party in the Christ- mas holidays, and oddly enough I have no very clear recollection of them. During subsequent meetings we found ourselves moving more and more in the direction of an abstract setting of planes and columns, which would be both the architecture of the city and the landscape of the desert. The general shapes of the set were decided on, as I was by then blocking the pro- duction in rehearsals. Then one evening late in April I was called in to view the model, and there were the shapes we had agreed on, but moulded and fashioned into magnificent sculptured forms, forms which suggested both architectural design and the natural forces of upheaval and erosion. We were both surprised when Mr. Hickling said it would be possible to build it, and more- over to build it in such a way that it could be taken apart and reassembled in Victoria, but he and the Stage Crew went to work, and piece by piece during the two weeks before production a complete realization of the model appeared on the stage. Auditions had taken place in February. Even before these it had been clear that there was a great concentration of talent to ,draw on, par- ticularly at the top of the school. The auditions made it clear just how much there was. Over seventy auditioned, to be categorized as: very good, more than adequate, adequate, to be avoided at all costs. Only two came into the last category, and there were several adequate per- formers who could not be given a speaking role. Of the three key parts, those of Brute and Cas- sio went to the old firm of Glen Thompson and Chris Winslow, while Ian Noble was selected to play Antony. By Easter the whole play had been blocked, in the hope that parts would be learnt during the holidays. This hope was, alas, not fulfilled, but, at least, by the end of the holidays we knew where most of the costumes were coming from — and the majority, it seemed, were to come from Mrs. MacLachlan ' s sewing machine. In the event, the scenes which were most unified and effective visually were those in which all the costumes were made by Mrs. MacLachlan or improvised by her from the military surplus stores, that is, the crowd scenes and the battle scenes. The beginning of the summer term brought all the Grade II into the play, either as the crowd or the soldiery. By now rehearsals are being squeezed into all spare moments of the week ' s timetable: Friday evenings are given over specifically to rabble-rousing and, by the cour- tesy of the English Department, so is one period per week. Marshalled with enormous efficiency by Anton Kritzinger, the principals appear and disappear from the rehearsal stage;; the pro- gramme is put together, set up in the wrong type face, reset in the right one; the posters, after taxing the expertise of a quarter of the Common Room, finally appear from the silk screen room; Owen operates a one-man box- office; the lights are set up and operated by Hunt and Millar, undeterred by the necessity to work at two switchboards, separated by the length of the auditorium; the recorded sound- track a patchwork of bullfight music, crowd shouts and gunfire, is put together by Fulton; Boyd is confronted by a yard-long list of proper- ties, all of which he produces; the Hunky whizzes to and from Strathcona; a brace of Physics periods is mysteriously cancelled; curi- ously, the producer and the rowing coach re- 56 main on speaking terms: Winslow finally learns his lines; Koerner suffers lynching for the twentieth time; there follow each other re- hearsals, run throughs, lighting rehearsals, dress rehearsal, more lighting rehearsals, technical rehearsals, three performances here, the dis- mantling of the set, its rebuilding in the Mc- Pherson Playhouse, a mass exodus to Victoria, more lighting rehearsals, more rehearsals, two more performances. It is observed that Tri-Weekly marks seem to have suffered, particularly in Grade II. Very probable. — R. I. G. Hughes. The V.T.R. Society The V.T.R. Society started in the year ' 68- ' 69. In the first year of operation the equipment consisted of a video tape recorder, television monitor, and a television camera. During that year it was realized that a studio would provide a much more efficient operation. It would allow us to produce our own original shows, with tal- ent within the school. One of the unused squash courts was con- verted by the members of the club, with the patient assistance of Mr. Hilton, into a full- fledged studio. It consists of a control booth and a studio area in which shows may either be produced or replayed to classes. Since the conception of the V.T.R. , its value as an educational device has been well proven. On the average the studio has been used twenty- five hours per week by classes. Television pro- grammes of educational value are taped directly off the air and replayed at a convenient time in the future. During the past year a collection of twenty video tapes have been accumulated by the club. On the production side, an attempt was made to tape the play, Twelve Angry Men, under the brilliant direction of Brian Gorman. However, the tape was erased as soon as possible (I wonder why? ? ?) During the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, the entire facilities of the V.T.R. were put to use. Some members of the Drama Society, directed by Mr. Hughes provided the talent. The Duke was very impressed by the whole set-up. In the future the addition of a portable videotape recorder is planned for, and who knows the studio might even be expanded as well. The members of the V.T.R. Society for the year ' 69 - ' 70 can be very proud of what they achieved. We wish to thank a very willing and able president, Andrew Penn, and also Strath- cona and Cliffside for the use of their equip- ment. Finally, our thanks go to Mr. Grey, who painstakingly put many hours into the leader- ship of the club. Thank you sir! — M.B. Why Driven by the encouragement and direction of Mr. Grey, six boys, Doug Anderson, Andrew Penn, Graham Gillis, Peter MacDonald, David Trudel and Kevin McKean, embarked on a project totally foreign to us all, that being, the making of a film. With a basic idea from which to work and limited technical skill we set out during the Easter holidays to capture on film the financial inequality of man. Making the Grosvenor Hotel the headquarters, we travelled throughout Greater Vancouver shooting film. Not only did we find that people did not act normally on camera but that people on camera can be hil- arious. Through various failures and some dis- organization we soon began to realize that it was not all fun but also a lot of hard work and were thankful for Mr. Grey ' s guidance. After five days of shooting and many memorable oc- curences we had completed ten rolls of film and were anxious to see what kind of a monster we had created. The film arrived at school as we did and at first glance seemed rather dull, but after much cutting and splicing it gradually began to take shape. Finally when the sound had been added the film took on a brighter appearance and, for many, conveyed a definite message. Having decided to entitle it Why we en- tered it in a National Film Contest for High School students; out of over fifty entrants it placed in the top ten, but unfortunately not among the top six which were sent to an Inter- national Film Contest in Yugoslavia, represent- ing Canada. We owe our success both to the hard work and energy of the boys and the direction of Mr. Grey, whose leadership and patience in the busy city were tested, and prevailed. A project such as this is not only fun but rewarding and I encourage anyone with the opportunity to un- dertake a similar venture in the coming year. —P.M. 57 Music This year found the Music School endeav- ouring to create delight through active musical experience, and developing tactics to circumvent some of the difficulties which can frustrate such a plan in the busy life boys lead at Shawnigan. Professional music-making included a reci- tal by the Czechoslovakian Foerstrovo Trio and a superb recital by the Canadian pianist Audrey Johannesen. Her programme included an audio- visual presentation of Moussorgsky ' s Pictures at an Exhibition. Another highlight of this season of Jeunesses Musicales concerts was a perform- ance given by Norbert Vesak ' s Western Dance Theatre, which included choreography adapted to the music of Olivier Messiaen. The newly instituted Musjc Society ' s pro- gramme included a lieder recital by Lily Kettle- well, a lecture by Dr. Roger Bray of Victoria University ' s Music Faculty and a most stimu- lating concert given by the Cowichan Valley Wind and Piano Quintet admirably led by Mr. Peter Kearns. Nicholas Fairbank, a Grade 8 student, brought back three silver cups from his excur- sions as a competitive pianist in two Music Festivals, those of Duncan and Victoria. At the former he obtained the highest marks in Bach playing throughout the Festival. His playing also won him First Class Honours in the Grade VI June examination of Toronto University ' s Royal Conservatory of Music. Inter-House Music was judged by the dis- tinguished Canadian musician Hugh McLean, late of King ' s College, Cambridge, and now a member of U.B.C. ' s Music Faculty. He found much to commend in the singing throughout the school, awarding the trophy to Lake ' s, whose versatile programme included a spirited Jug Band rendering of Lulu ' s Back in Town, a virile yet highly sensitive performance of Derek Hol- man ' s famous sea-song, Easy Away O! and a splendid piano solo by Frank Fung. Lake ' s were fortunate to have the guidance of Mr. R. I. G. Hughes during their weeks of preparation, and the enthusiastic leadership of C. Winslow who is, in this type of competition, a music-maker par excellence . Mr. J. K. Greenwood, a fine pianist and Lonsdale ' s coach, will be greatly missed next year. in addition to the hymns, psalms and an- thems one expects to hear sung during services, the Chapel became a focal point for music of a rather more special character. A recital of mu- sic for Christmastide included Alessandro Scar- latti ' s Cantata Pastorale on December 7th (so- loist, Madeleine Gros) and to mark Eastertide excerpts from Handel ' s Messiah were sung on March 15th by contralto Evelyn Westinghouse. Both these programmes included preludes from Bach ' s Orgelbuechlein. The Cantata Choir joined forces with Strathcona on April 19th to sing David Williams ' Easter Cantata and the many rehearsals that had gone into the prep- aration of this music produced a most satisfac- tory performance. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Green- wood sang the solo parts. Throughout the year boys attended the symphony concerts given in Duncan by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, and on June 6th a number of boys and staff heard the organ recital our Director of Music gave in Christ Church Cathedral on behalf of the Royal Cana- dian College of Organists. Finally, Mr. J. Hilton carried out with aplomb and artistry the task of redesigning the music School. Shawnigan now has a splendidly equipped Recital Room, admirably suited to all forms of music making, either professional or amateur. Thank you, Mr. Hilton, for ensuring that Music at Shawnigan goes forward in such an attractive environment. — J.S. The Library The librarians this year were largely con- cerned with the matter of day to day organi- zation and the entering of new books. These tasks were carried out under the patient leader- ship of Mr. Salmon, who gave so selflessly of his time, by a somewhat smaller group than in the past — G. Meredith, J. Gregory, C. Backman and G. Hurlburt. About 350 books have been entered this year. This rate of expansion was only made possible by the generous contributions of parents and friends of the school, to whom we extend our most grateful thanks. — G. M. M. 58 Debating Debating at S.L.S. this year was really a one shot affair. We were asked to participate in the 4 Newman Cup Debating Tournament, held for independent schools at the Convent of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, March 7. Shawnigan, game as ever, fielded both a senior and junior team for the occasion. T he junior team (grades 8 - 10) consisted of the following: — Paul Field, Philip Kritzinger, Martin MacLachlan and David Trudel. Their topic was Resolve that the spoken word is a better form of communication that the written word. The juniors worked hard at preparing their topic and, considering this was their first competition debate, they did quite well. By the time the results were tabulated our junior team stood fifth out of some seventeen schools, and one member, David Trudel, was ranked fourth in the individual score. It is significant to note that the debate in which Trudel and Field took part was the highest scoring single debate of the tournament. The senior team, irreverently labelled (though not libeled) in some corners of the school as ' The Big Mouths ' , boasted such stal- warts as George Davidson, Michael McColl, Mal- colm Maclure and Guy Meredith. Their topic was an extremely controversial one, Resolve that Bill 33 should be immediately abolished. (Bill 33 is the act which gives the Provincial Government the power to intervene in all Labour disputes.) Again our team consisted of intelligent and capable arguers but rather inexperienced de- baters. The senior team lost by a narrow margin to Convent of the Sacred Heart in what was a very exciting debate. The preparation and standards of our team were excellent and had we had more experience, the result might have been a lot different. Most importantly, however, there was no lack of effort. There is no reason why debating next year should remain as inert an activity as it did this past one. All your naturally born disputators, as well as those of you who wish to learn the art, may put your talents to worthy use, especi- ally since Shawnigan is hosting the Independent Schools ' Debating Tournament in 1971. Since the Cup will be brought to the school for the tournament, it would only be good manners not to put anyone to the trouble of having it take it away again. _ B A p nick. The Scuba Club Last year a small group of boys decided to try to get a scuba diving course off the ground. Mr. Grey helped us do this by contacting an instructor in Victoria, however his course was to take place in the Lake which wasn ' t a very appealing thought since there was no way of Walmth. standing on the bottom without sinking. Instead an instructor from Duncan, Dave Christie, was found and he offered to take us to a private pool just outside Duncan. So on two days of the week we would go for pool sessions and one day would be reserved to learn all the atrocities that could happen to us while diving. By the end of each classroom session most of us were quite queasy thinking about; spasms from the bends, or hav- ing our lungs blown out, but we would shake off all these after a day or so. After twelve pool sessions and twelve class- room horror talks we were to make our ocean dive. On a rainy windy day we plunged into the waters of Maple Bay and made our way down to sixty feet and all our hardships of pool and the classroom were made up for. Now it was all worth it, we were in a different world altogether where not even the fish were afraid of us. We all made it up safely, as did Graham Bailey who could hardly see for the blood in his facemask. So we all got our wallet cards and certificates, and surprisingly enough everyone survived. It was worth every penny and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. — P.H. 59 Art The centre of activity this year has largely been the new grade 11 course which began slowly, suddenly came to life about mid-year and has since flowered into a group of very creative and hardworking individuals — each of them, towards the end of the year, really be- ginning to explore his own particular talents seriously and with exciting results. The first works to show evidence of this, a series of abstract, coloured, wooden - relief - soul pictures, were the result of a decision to get back to the fundamentals of pure design as a firm basis from which individuals could and should depart when they felt that they had established a definite, personal direction. Among these first sculptures, works by R. Carere, B. Oughtred, R. Bourne, M. D. Johnson and E. Williams were exceptional: Carere, in particular, showing hitherto unguessed at ability for arranging colours and shapes in striking variations within harmonious wholes. Rob Bourne too, having joined the group only half-way through the year, quickly demonstrated his innate feeling for rich colour harmonies in a series of simple compositions. An exhibition of these first sculptures was held in the annex gallery at the end of the second term and at this point I should like to mention the other exhibitions which were held this year — The Galiano exhibition (something of which will be contained in another report) which included creative writing, the results of various scientific projects, slides of outdoor activities and paintings and drawings, all pro- duced by the grade 8 class as a result of their weekend at Galiano Island in the first term, the exhibition of the second group of relief sculp- tures by the Grade 11 group, the comprehensive open-day exhibition, an exhibition of Ingrid Dinter ' s line drawings and finally, a display of excellent photography by Hal Ostlund and Ted Binkley of the Photography Club. These exhibitions are a good thing and I would like to see them continue and even expand into exchange exhibitions with groups from other schools. The second wave of sculptures saw Carere and Bourne developing more sophisticated ver- sions of their original ideas. Pinton constructing a shaped wall-floor piece and Robin Wade pro- ducing a series of dazzling variations on an optical theme. Others, including Maguire, Atkins and Wil- liams had returned to painting — Atkins pro- ducing a series of shadow abstractions and Mike Maguire a series of very interesting pictures which blended social comment and personal imagery very successfully. Throughout the year, the Grade 8 ' s produced an amazing variety of creations which included ' murals about Jabberwockys, manic masks in clay, sensitive interpretations of the Crucifixion, mobiles of painted wood and woven wool, mach- ines which walked, decapitated plastic dolls or guided clay marbles down a maze of tubes and chutes. In the last three weeks a madness called Tie and Dye swept through the school and every available T - shirt or piece of white cloth was turned into a many-spendoured, multi-coloured, spotted and spiralled piece of plummage which, collectively at work - division time, seriously rivalled the colour of the gardens. H. B. 61 Mountain Shelter Project At 5 p.m. on Saturday, 29th August, the last nail was driven into place and a two year project was complete. The Billy Wheaton Memorial Hut, which began to take shape on the drawing boards of the 1969 Grade II Drafting Class, was pre- fabricated in the workshop by their successors, the Grade II Drafting Class of 1970. It was finally erected by this same class in the summer of that year. This mountain shelter, the first of its kind on the Island, stands on Marble Meadow Plateau in Strathcona Provincial Park. The site is 5,000 feet above sea level and is a days hike from Golden Hinde, Vancouver Island ' s highest moun- tain. Built as a Memorial to Billy Wheaton, who was killed climbing in the Austrian Alps, the hut is a gift to the Province and is intended for the use of all. The first boys involved in the project were the members of the ' 69 Drafting Class: G. Williamson, M. Forrester, A. Binz, Godwin, Williams and Bailey. From their drawings of an adapted Batzer design the ' 70 Class: Jim Bough- ton, Dez Bazett, Allan Gibson, Chris Janeway and Vic Kimola, began constructing the pre- fabricated parts. This task was completed by the end of the summer term. This same group (with the exception of Gibson who was working in the North West Territories), returned to the School on August 24th. The following day, accompanied by Mr. K. J. Hickling (Head of Industrial Arts) , Mr. R. Smith (Head of Art) and Mr. John Hilton, the party moved north to Buttle Lake. From Buttle Lake a helicopter, provided by the Parks ' Branch, lifted the hut parts and the building party to the Marble Meadows site where the hut was erected. Five days later the group walked out to Buttle Lake, where a ferry service, arranged by Mr. P. Kearns, was avail- able to pick them up and return them to civilization. Ds £« The Outdoorsmen. The Billy Wheaton Memorial Hut now stands as a fitting tribute to the young man after whom it v as named and as a place of rest and shelter for climbers, walkers and all others in- terested in outdoor life. Mr. George Wheaton, the boys of both clas- ses, their director and all others who assisted with this project are to be congratulated on the imagination and persistence which they so clearly exhibited in bringing this project to its successful conclusion. — K.J.H. , ■£$ - l 4 t j i j r« !-— til s  .Vv i • Sa (-• ' • ■ ' Outdoor Club This year has not been a successful one. The outdoor club, like many other hobbies in this experimental voluntary year, has suffered from the lack of enthusiastic volunteers — volunteers who are willing to learn how to handle a rope before attempting the glamour and excitement of a rock face; volunteers who will learn the important rudiments of navigation before ven- turing into a mountain wilderness; volunteers who will spend time on mastering the ' J ' stroke before committing themselves to ' white water ' ; volunteers who will tackle the mundane tasks of repairing canoes, servicing equipment and checking stores and finally volunteers to go on expeditions. Of the ten weekend expeditions offered in the summer term only three came to fruition; the remainder were cancelled due to lack of support. It would seem that being turned off has become the reason to opt out — the excuse for our own failure. Perhaps next year, whether it to be press-ganged or voluntary we will see a Club that will take advantage of our environ- ment, facilities and equipment, all of which would be the envy of less fortunate though per- haps more enthusiastic outdoor devotees. — K. H. 62 The Rifle Club At the beginning of the school year the Rifle Club had the pleasure of a visit from H.R.H. Prince Philip; he did not shoot so we don ' t know him as a marksman with a sporting rifle. This year, as other years, has been disap- pointing regards Grade 12. They could go for N higher awards and get them, but I know their academic standard comes first. Members of the Club would again like to thank Mrs. Christie for her gift of the Reming- ton .22 Cal. hand gun. The competition for the hand gun has increased. No H.G. awards have come to the Club this year, but next should see a difference. An Inter-House Round Robin was held with Copeman ' s coming out on top with 43 points. For his excellence with the sporting rifle, K. Christie won the Knock Out Competition and gets his name inscribed on the Fraser Trophy as Club Champion with a score of 300 x 300. The Inter-House was most interesting with the fol- lowing final results: SENIOR— Copeman ' s 396 Grove ' s 389 Lonsdale ' s 389 Lake ' s 383 Ripley ' s 375 JUNIOR— Lonsdale ' s 387 Grove ' s 380 Copeman ' s 371 Ripley ' s 363 Lake ' s 342 Sincere congratulations to P. Shahan and M. Woodside on winning their Silver Expert Shield. Awards Won by Members — S. E. S. Standing Kneeling Sitting 2 2 5 3 Gold Pin Silver Pin Bronze Pin 9 19 38 — G. M. F. Ripley ' s House Store An enterprising group of Ripley House stu- dents, under the direction of House Master Grey, began the operation of a School Store in April of this year. The students requested and received a school grant of $300 to finance the initial operation. This money is to be paid back in October. Because it was a relatively new idea, and because the operators were inexperienced, the store got off to a slow start. However, business should pick up this term with more PUBLICITY, and when the students realize that profits from the Store will benefit the school as a whole. The store is to function like the Ritz, to provide a service to the students and to raise money for school projects. The organizers partitioned off, and painted a section of the basement under the Assembly Hall. The student retailers plan to sell used clothing and games clothes: used furniture and small appliances: paper back books, both used and new; and wall decorations for studv rooms. For the present, the Store will sell articles on consignment, guaranteeing to refund 50 per cent of the selling price (when they are sold). Later, when the Store is sufficiently solvent (which it isn ' t now) articles will be purchased outright for resale later. The operators will be Grade eleven Rioley students. Those who initiated the organization last year were Backman. general manager, Owen, secretary, and Barclay, inventory man- ager. —CAB. Hare Krishna. Photo Club The photo club has had another successful year. Fortunately, the facilities were complete (thanks to work done in previous years) and the boys were able to work at photography rather than woodwork or painting. A particularly encouraging sign was the number of different students who were seen in the photography club at various times during the year. In the past there has been a tendency for a small number of boys to do a great deal of photography and it is therefore pleasant to see many new faces. Hal Ostlund and Ted Binkley again had entries in the Shawnigan Lake Flower Show and first prize this year went to Ted — the reverse of last year. This final tribute was well timed for it marks the end of four very active years of photography at Shawnigan for him. It is hoped that his interest in the subject will continue to grow. —J. T. A. 63 Film Society Once again, under the excellent organization of Mr. Grey and Simon Williams, the club has had another successful season. Over the past few years the standard of projection and the movies themselves, has steadily improved. This year has seen the showing of Dr. Zhivago, The Sand Pebbles and many other well known movies. Introduced this year was the season pass, making tickets available at a re- duced price. Also new this year was the double feature, a popular attraction. Branching out into film - making itself, a group of boys from the club shot a film during the Easter Holidays under the direction and encouragement of Mr. Grey. The movie was then edited and entered into an International Film Contest. The results are pending. The club is now fully, a Film Society, not only showing but also making films. Next year we hope to be able to continue film making and at the same time improve the stand- ard of movies which is only possible through the faithful support of the school. Our foremost aim is to make true the misconception that the Film Society is a profit making organization. — S.W. P.M. Gourmet Club . . . Shawnigan Lake Gourmet Club . . . Menu of Meeting February 27th, 1970: Meat Ball Appetizers, Shrimp Chowder, Karewai Steaks, Strawberry Royals . . . A dream of some members of the S.L.S. (Shawnigan Lunatic Society)? The wish, per- haps, of some Grade eight whose weekly CARE parcel did not arrive? A recommendation of the Hartrick Team? Wrong on all counts! It has actually happened; it is a Hobby Activity; it is real! Although some Old Boys — and possibly some others — now believe that the School has gone to the pots ( ! ) , the Gourmet Club has been functioning all year. The idea was conceived in that Great Country of Culinary Creations: Den- mark; in fact, while some of the grade twelves were enjoying the pleasures of a sauna at the Copenhagen Baths. This idea became reality and beginning in September a total of twelve senior students (plus a substitute here and there) have pursued cooking as a hobby at Mr. Gotthardt ' s home in Cobble Hill. Every second Friday two students were assigned to choose and cook a first course, two a main course, and two a dessert. At the end of the evening the menus were written up, together with the recipes, and also including a financial statement and given to the members partici- pating. What else was served? Why coffee, of course! Vat did you expect? Wine? —J. G. Spades 1970 Shawnigan Lake has been needing a service club like SPADES for many years. It was my pleasure to have been one of the many who have contributed to its success. Under the fine leadership of Bob Bullock the club was able to give the help that was so desperately needed to many handicapped and retarded children. I feel that everyone who has taken part in our activi- ties has benefitted. They know now that not everyone is as fortunate as they are. For many, SPADES stands for brotherhood and fellowship. It is these two ideals that we as a club strive to uphold. To those who are leaving us this year I thank you, to those that are coming back and to any new boys, I extend the invitation to pick up the cup of fellowship and join our numbers next year. — A.G. A Gourmet. 64 Male or Female, sir? The Driver ' s Training Program A Driver ' s Training program was offered at the school for the first time during the Easter and Summer terms. Mr. Grey, who had suggested the program, made the arrangements with the Windsor Driving School in Victoria and approxi- mately thirty students signed up for the course. The object of the course was to produce in- telligent, knowledgeable, attentive, safe drivers, ready and able to meet any traffic situation that may develop and thus prevent traffic accidents of all kinds and of all degrees of seriousness. The program was in two parts: — 1. Eight hours training on a simulator , and 2. Six hours training in a dual controlled car . The first part went off without a hitch. Mr. Cossey, the instructor, brought the simulator to the school, however, the scheduling for the driv- ing instruction was rather a hit and miss affair. The students were required to submit the times that they would be free to take instruction, however, sometimes the instructor arrived with- out the knowledge of the boys. Because of the country location of the school the students received little city driving experi- ence, and then only in Duncan. Consequently the time was spent mostly on the highway. Most of the students took the Driver ' s Exami- nation after they returned home in June and hopefully the results were positive. — C.A.B. Biology Club Not really a Club in the conventional sense, but rather what might be called a group of itinerant interested individuals. The faces changed, as did the occasions when we met: The Audoubon Film Lectures in Victoria, Seminars at U.Vic. , Field Trip to Port Renfrew, Sampling of Shawnigan Lake for the University of Victoria, attending periodic Guest Lectures at S.L.S. given by Biologists from U.Vic. , or interested parents such as Dr. J. Gillis, M.D.; there was also the Biology Council which met at regular intervals and which discussed, among other things, the May Day Display, Improve- ments to the Department, Student Projects, etc. There were individual students who did their own thing ; for instance Stremic and his in- cubation of chick eggs, Monford and the fine photomicrographs (which, by the way, U.Vic, are using this summer for their summer courses), and Zorkin with his Hyrax skeleton. There were also the dissections of anaesthetized rabbits, so interestingly and vividly recorded on photographs by Parish. There were many other events and projects, small in the over-all sense, but important to those students who invented or investiga ted them. We say thank you to those who took part. By your interest you have enriched yourselves and stimulated others in this exciting science. — J. G. Soccer Early in the year, by their rout of the Com- mon Room side, the school showed ample talent and enthusiasm for soccer. Accordingly prac- tice games were arranged outside the normal multiple sports programme in the Lent term, and an Inter-House six-a-side league started in the summer. Pressure of other activities did not allow the league to be completed, but some en- joyable games were played. Probably our most entertaining moments were the battles of Ma and Lolagar for the ball. These derived their chief humour from the fact that both players were on the same side. R.I.G.H. 65 67 Rugby Standing: Mr. D. Hyde-Lay (Coach), K. Hamilton, P. MacDonald, B. Oughtred, Q. Forsythe, S. Williams, J. Hungerford, D. DeWitt, C. Mills, D. Hancock, M. McColl. Silling: J. Williamson, G. Thompson, R. Carere, K. Sterling (Captain), E. Williams, P. Hetherington, E. Bachen. Squatting: C. Backman, R. Anderson. The First Fifteen The first XV played good attacking rugby throughout the season and averaged three tries a match. Most of the tries were scored by run- ning with the ball both in the backs and amongst the forwards and a good balance was achieved, the backs scoring 38 times to the for- wards 36. The pack was a good one and was seldom outplayed while the backs were not afraid to run with the ball and try moves, although at times they were a little hesitant and suspect in defense. We started th e season off with a drawn game against David Thompson S.S. Each side scored a penalty goal although we were lucky not to lose as David Thompson had a decided edge in the play. They were a good side and were a good team to open against. This match was followed by a fairly easy win over Oak Bay High School in which the backs gave a good display of handling and running. It was not stiff enough preparation for our home encounter with Brentwood, however, and we went down by a score of 9 - 5 in a well played match. We were the first to score as the two sides had nervously settled down after each side had enjoyed some territorial advantages from good attacking play. No sooner had we scored, however, than Brentwood replied with a well taken try as two of our backs politely waited for the other to deal with a well placed kick ahead, allowing the Brentwood wing to run between them, kick the ball on and win the race for the touchdown. This casual piece of work, seeming relatively unimportant at the time, had an undermining effect as the game wore on. Brent- wood gained the upper hand in the second half and poor positional play by the backs saw them concede two good tries. Brentwood were not as strong as we had feared and we had surprised ourselves with some good play by our young backs, nevertheless, it was the inexperience of these same backs which finally proved to be the difference between the two teams. Victoria High, weaker than for many years, went down 45 - 0. By this time it was clear that the forwards were quite an attacking force in their own right as they had scored ten tries in their first four matches. They backed up the three quarters well and gave the backs a lot of good ball which was not always used to advantage. 68 The University School game was very even in the first half as play swung up and down the field at a furious rate with attack and counter attack following in swift succession. Something always went wrong at the last moment and it wasn ' t until five minutes before half time that there was a score, Williamson finishing off a good movement to get over in the corner. For- sythe converted with a good kick. The second half, a few sporadic raids apart, was all Shawni- gan and we went on to win 20-0 as the kicking was on and we won by a much bigger margin than the run of play would have suggested. Although we beat St. George ' s 23-0 we did not play well, St. George ' s were not at full strength and conceded tries at fairly regular intervals. Next we ran through Oak Bay High in a return fixture in Victoria. The team played really well and a number of really fine tries were scored, the wings scoring three apiece and the fullback one. Mercifully only five of the thirteen tries were converted. Claremont had been running through their opposition very easily and so we looked forward to a close match with them. We ended up 13 - 13 in a strange game. Playing very controlled and sensible rugby we were 13 points up in twenty minutes. Then followed a casual period when we could have scored perhaps twice more but did not. At half time it seemed that we were home free, however, Claremont showed us why they were not to be counted out by scoring almost from the kick-off and following it up with another good try, which luckily they failed to convert. Not long afterwards a high punt ahead bounced favourably for their fast centre and he was away on a long run for the line. A conver- sion tied the score and we now had to deal with an aroused Claremont team which had success- fully turned the tables on us. There was still plenty of time left for further scoring but now it was Shawnigan that did all the threatening. For the last fifteen minutes we kept Claremont penned in inside their own 25, and swinging the ball from side to side did everything but get over the line. Three or four times a man was tackled on or just short of the line but a determined defense, although faltering here and there, did not yield the vital points and we had to settle for a draw after a very hard fought match. Lord Byng S.S. visited us from Vancouver and went back with their tails between their legs as we beat them handily. They were a young side and inexperienced thus the score of 47-3 was a bit deceiving. The Old Boys, as in recent years, produced an experienced side and won an interesting game 17-9. Their team was: Bill Sleath (Ln.), John Lusney (R), Ian Fairweather (L), Don Finlay (C), Kit Taylor (L), Mark Hall (C) Capt., Rocky Arnt (G), Gaither Zinkan (G), Dave Horton (G), Gary Ander (C), Rick Bourne (C), Steve Housser (G), Peter Manning (C), Mac Bowell (C) and Mark Robson (L) . Play was very even for most of the game but as time went by the Old Boys gradually gained the upper hand and both their tries came towards the end of the game. Bill Sleath was the main point-getter with three penalty goals and a convert, while Rick Bourne and Kit Taylor scored the tries. John Hungerford was in good kicking form as he kicked three penalty goals for the school ' s points. This was the fifth consecutive win for the Old Boys, their longest winning streak since the series was begun. The return match against Brentwood was probably the most disappointing match of the season. We were confident of winning the game but a nervous start saw us play some unintelli- gent football, which we continued to do for practically all the game. Brentwood on the other hand, as they have so often done against us in the past, played up to their potential and made good use of their opportunities. Both their tries came in the first half and they were distinctly unlucky not to be more than 8 points up at half time. With the slope in our favour we felt that we could salvage the match but carelessness and thoughtless play is not the way to go about things and for some reason we refused to try to attempt to kick any one of the six very kickable penalties we were awarded. The second half more or less took place inside the Brentwood half, much of it inside their 25 as we kept the pressure on. However, we were not able to score a try as Brentwood always had a defender there in time, despite the number of attacks launched by us. If a lesson was to be learned from this game it would merely be to take one ' s chances as they come ... a bird in the hand is worth two or even three points on this occasion. U.Vic Saxons were a difficult team to beat but we prevailed by a 14-11 score in an interest- ing game and we journeyed to Vancouver for our return match with St. George ' s. They had im- proved a lot since our first encounter and we knew that we would not have an easy time of it, however, we did not anticipate a spate of in- juries which severly cramped our style. Never- theless we were still ahead 10-6 with two minutes to go and the ball in our possession 69 when from a loose ruck a St. George ' s player emerged with the ball and moving it to their left wing (aided by a missed tackle) St. George ' s were able to score. We even allowed their wing to run it around under the posts just to make the convert a bit easier and present their kicker with the job of winning the game with his con- version attempt. He succeeded. Thus we lost a match that, had we a full side for the whole game, we would have undoubtedly won but such is the vagaries of sport. Our last match of the term was against University School and we again beat them fairly handily after an interesting game. As before, we spent some time in gaining the upper hand and University School were always ready for attack, even from their own line, thus they had to be watched extra carefully. A final score of 16-3 was slightly flattering even though we were the better side. This game was supposed to be the final match of the season but as it turned out we didn ' t know at the time that a very pleasant tour to Los Angeles was in store for us. Thus we took to the field again some 8 weeks later against these same University School team and short of practice had a third exciting match which we lost 13 - 14. University School thor- oughly deserved their win and had been training hard as they were to be off shortly on tour of the U.K. The lead changed hands several times in this match and the University School ' s win- ning points came in the dying moments of the game when their centre ran through five or six tacklers to score a spectacular try under the posts. The first match in Los Angeles was against a large Catholic day school, Allemany. This school has not been playing rugby for too long and although short on experience, is long on ability. They were very large young men and very physical. None of our players had ever been sub- jected to the brutal tackling that was inflicted upon us here. Fortunately experience told and we were able to win 28-0 before anyone was seriously hurt. The second match against Harvard School was entirely different. Harvard are remarkably good for a school side that must rely on local opposition for matches. They have an excellent grasp of the game and their forwards really know what a loose scrum is all about. In addi- tion they had some very powerful and elusive runners amongst their backs. In any event we started off very well, as well in fact as we had all season, and controlled the play for all of the first half scoring two very nice tries and almost scoring at least three or four others. Harvard were kept on the defensive and whenever their backs did get away, we tackled well and held them. The second half began much as the first, however, mid-way through the half, after we had muffed two more excellent chances to score, Harvard were awarded a penalty kick from well out which they made. This closed the score to three points but more important Harvard, realizing they were only a try away from tying up the match, threw themselves into things with renewed vigour. We on the other hand, due to the heat or just plain weariness, seemed to wilt and towards the end conceded the winning try. This was scored by one of Harvard ' s centres who, running with great speed, strength and balance, left his path strewn with would-be tacklers on his way to a try. The easy convert gave Harvard the game 8 to 6. Rather a disappointing way to end a grand game especially as we had had enough of the play to have won it handily in the first half. Even the Harvard players and coach felt that they had been lucky. Nevertheless it is a remarkable achievement for Harvard with their limited experience and exposure to the game to have reached the standards that they have and it is possibly a lucky thing for us that they do not play more. In any event this is a splendid fixture that we now have and we look forward to being able to entertain them when they return to visit next season. Kendall Sterling was a keen captain as well as being a fine forward. Tall and strong he was very useful in the lineout and quite mobile in the loose where his good positional play saw him involved in a number of movements with the backs. His second row partner, Dave DeWitt, developed into a fiery and hard working for- ward, who occasionally spoilt good work by dying with the ball in situations where it was imper- ative not to do so. This was due solely to in- experience, a commodity which will disappear as he plays more. The front row was solid and formidable. The two Erics, Williams and Bachen, were powerful scrummagers, the former being very mobile in the loose. They, along with Kirk Hamilton sewed up the front of the lineout and did much of the grafting for the ball in the loose mauls and rucks. Sandy Forsythe and Simon Williams shared one of the wing forward spots. Both have their good points but neither had the real ravaging spirit of the good marauding loose forward. Rob Carere the other wing for- ward certainly did. He played many fine games and earned a reputation as a fierce and deter- mined tackier. In addition he backed up his three-quarters well and scored a number of fine 70 tries. Pratt Hetherington the number 8 had an excellent season. He is big and fast, has good hands, is strong and very hard to stop near the line. He was also the main lineout forward and although some of his tapping was a bit way- ward, we would have been a much weaker team in this department without him. Like a lot of big forwards, his main weakness was that he was too good natured. If he ever learns to play the game with some real fire he will be given a wide berth by lots of opponents. The backs came on steadily during the sea- son and none more so than Charlie Backman at scrum half. New to the position at the start of the season, he showed a positional sense and a flair for the position that made him an invalu- able player. It is no coincidence that, deprived of his services for most of the St. George ' s match, we were unable to settle down and play our usual game and the backs were hardly in the match at all as an attacking force. His handling and kicking were sound and he gave a quick and long service to his fly-half. He needs to learn to break from the base of the scrum in order to complete his repertoire. John Hungerford and Ron Anderson shared the fly - half position. Hungerford has many talents but never really developed as we hoped whilst Anderson came on well at the end of the season and made us regret that we hadn ' t discovered him a bit sooner. He has a fine kick and a good pair of hands. These along with a thoughtful approach to the game and a rather cheeky dummy meant that he had to be watched rather carefully. The centres were Chris Mills and Peter MacDonald. The former a strong straight runner, rather apt to lose contact and the latter a steadier link with a good kick. Both players have their virtues and -v n « -v, it will be interesting to watch them develop next season. The wings were in good hands, John Williamson and Glen Thompson (and when Glen was injured, Bob Oughtred). All ran strongly, Williamson in particular, although a slightly built player was a hard man to stop and scored a number of good tries. His covering in defense too was excellent. At full-back we tried first, David Hancock and then Ron Anderson and although they both had good points, neither had the self confidence that this difficult position demands. Eventually Mike McColl won the posi- tion and whilst he still has much to learn, he proved himself to be cool under pressure. He comes into the line well as an extra attacker but his giving of the pass is not good neither is his left footed kicking. However, he has all next season to work on these weaknesses. Four of the backs and two of the forwards return for next season; a useful nucleus around which to build a strong side. There is much talent available lower down the school, therefore prospects at this time seem good for next year. 71 The Second Fifteen K. Hein. Standing: Mr. D. Hyde-Lay (Coach), P. Gallow, G. Rannie, T. Harrison, C. Winslow, R. Bullock, J. McBean, M. Maclure, Sitting: B. Oughtred, J. Hungerford, J. Eversoll (Captain), P. Reinholdt, D. Hancock, R. Anderson. Squatting: M. McColl, M. Lydster. The 2nd XV as all good 2nd XV ' s must, allowed their ranks to be invaded from time to time by the 1st XV. Despite these press gang tactics and the fact that 30 players represented them at one time or another during the season, they managed to lose only two of 13 matches and one of these was to the Old Boys 2nd XV. The other was a loss to Brentwood in a game which they (Brentwood) played all the rugby. However, the 2nd XV were so ashamed of this performance that they turned the tables neatly in the return encounter. University School and St. George ' s were both defeated twice and Oak Bay, Port Coquitlam, Claremont, Cowichan and David Thompson also fell victim to their charms. Sixteen players shared the scoring but Peter Reinholdt ' s boot accounted for the lion ' s share of the points as he amassed 88 points. Mark Lydster was a good scrum - half and although never called upon to serve in the 1st XV, would have done so with skill had the occasion arisen. Jay Eversoll, Gordon Rannie and Peter Gallow were the pick of the backs and they all had their good days. Bob Oughtred too was useful enough to play several times in the 1st XV. The forwards were a workmanlike lot without there being any outstanding players but Chris Winslow and Peter Oostermeyer both played many very use- ful matches. It was a fitting reward that this Team won the Independent Schools 2nd XV Trophy. This cup is awarded to the 2nd XV ' s because they have to act, year in and year out, as cannon fodder for their more glamourous brothers in the 1st XV ' s. 72 l il mi Wr Standing: Rev. H. McClelland (Coach), K. Sucloy, H. Angus, J. Stockton, M. Lang, S. Ritchie, M. McKinnon. Sitting: R. Borsato, D. Anderson, M. Hein, H. Hayes (Captain), J. Atkins, H. Alvarez, J. Millar. Squatting: P. Manning, A. Manson. Inset: Left: G. Creamer. Right: M. Eayds. The Colts Fifteen Record • Points Played Won For Against 13 13 315 36 By any assessment this Colt team was a very successful one. They won all their games; they played very good attractive rugby with no frills; and they had a lot of fun. Whether this was a better team than Mark Hall ' s of 1966 - 67 will of course never be resolved but it was of that class and that is high praise. (Mr. Hyde-Lay, the only one competent to judge, thought that this years ' pack was better while the 1966-67 Va line might have had the edge and when asked what the result would have been if the two teams could have played each other, he diplomatically thought it would have been a draw!) There were, I believe, 4 important factors — apart from the all-round excellence of the team — which contributed to their success: 1. All the changes of positions from the pre- vious year were highly successful. Jocelyn Millar from Centre to Prop. Doug Anderson from Wingforward to Centre. Jim Atkins from No. 8 to Hooker. Murray Hein from Lock to Prop. 2. The best team was found straight away. 3. There were very few injuries — only 17 players were called upon all season. 4. The individual performance of a new boy, Gordon Creamer, a naturally brilliant runner and goal kicker (soccer style) who scored 156 points, a record for the School, and all this in his first season of rugby. The record speaks for itself and needless to say it was built upon a great pack of forwards who as well as scoring 19 of the team ' s 65 tries, did all the simple things well. They were not a very heavy pack but they shoved well in the tight; the wing forwards, Harold Hayes and Kelly Sucloy (also new to the game) tackled well and were very quick on the loose ball and the others were all great hustlers, especially Murray Hein and Jim Atkins and in the line out Henri Alvarez was a tower of strength who held his own with the best opposition. An indication of the type of rugby played was the fact that of the 46 tries scored by the three quarters, 20 of these were scored by the wings where Roland Borsato was particularly strong and towards the end of the season John Stockton was beginning to run with much more confidence. The centres were sound, Doug Anderson a very good tackier and Alan Manson a tricky 73 runner who was always a threat and there was of course Gordon Creamer at fly half. With a number of boys new to rugby the team took a little while to settle down but after a couple of games it was obvious that this was going to be a more than useful team and it was with some confidence that they met Brentwood in the first of the Independent School ' s fixtures. This turned out to be a fairly easy win (18-0) and although a personal triumph for Gordon Creamer who scored all 18 points (2 brilliant Oooh, well, the colts, you know. tries and 4 penalty goals) this victory was gained by the loose play of the forwards — the 3 4 ' s had not really settled down at this stage. University School this year were rather weak and both games were easy wins for Shawnigan. The first half of the season was wound up with the first game against St. George ' s who had been a very strong Junior Colts team the pre- vious year. This would be by far the toughest game to date and so it was disappointing in one way that St. George ' s had to take the field minus some of their best players. Shawnigan won by 19 - and Gordon Creamer had another great day scoring 2 fine individual tries and kicking 2 penalty goals and 2 conversions. The return Away game against Brentwood was a very hard fought game. Shawnigan play- ing against the wind were soon 6 points down and defending desperately against a pack of forwards who were showing much more fire than in the previous game. But a try just before half time gave Shawnigan new heart and they turned around, luckily only 3 points down and although Creamer was very well marked they won convincingly by 16 points to 6. The return Away game against St. George ' s was a great game between two very strong teams — St. George ' s with better individual runners and Shawnigan with a better pack. Shawnigan were leading by 11-0 at one stage in the second half but the threat of St. George ' s Va line was always there and towards the end they scored the second of their 2 tries converting both and leaving Shawnigan winners by a single point, of a game that could have gone either way. Indeed in fairness to St. George ' s, it should be said that they had to play for nearly two- thirds of the game with only 14 players. I listed 4 important factors in the success of this team. There was a fifth — the wonderful leadership by example on the field of the Cap- tain, Harold Hayes. He was everywhere in attack and defense and his selection for the 1st XV at the end of the season was the climax to a memorable season. — W.H.H.McC. The Junior Colts Fifteen The ability to take on all comers, at any time or place, and give them a thumping good game was the most pleasant feature of the Junior Colts season. The vast majority of the games were played against sides who were on the larger side of big and the physical contrasts between the sides were often startling. If rumour is to be believed we often played against 18 year old bearded asiatics, especially imported for the Shawnigan game! The pack often gave as good at it got, especially in the set scrums and won praise from the opposition for their ability to push larger boys several yards in the direction of backwards. The backs lacked size and pace to take on the rest of the Independent Schools but often combined well. Zorkin in the centre and Lydster at scrum half each deserve several V.C ' s. for their tackling. In the last game of the season the gargan- tuan University School Colts were met. Having beaten us 20 points to 3 away, one could sense a strong feeling of confidence in our rivals. They had centres large and strong who were put in the second row if an attempt were to be made at a push over try! From the start the Junior Colts attacked and never missed a tackle. Uni- versity School, put out of its stride, became ragged and went under to the tune of 9-6. Several tackles would have done credit to the Magicians Union and on two occasions their largest player ran over the dead ball line before grounding the ball. — G.P.H. 74 ,..., Aw Track and Field r t , ) % ! i j . ■ i iy .. !■!■ ' ZW fc Rott 1 : Mr. D. Hyde-Lay (Coach), K. Sucloy, E. Williams, Q. A. Forsythe, M. Lang, J. Stockton, B. Fairweather, S. Dickey, W. D. Stewart, G. Gregson, G. Lydster, A. Manson. Sitting: M. Patterson, A. Binz, P. Gallow, J. Williamson, J. McBean (Captain), P. Hetherington, G. Thompson, E. Bachen, I. Noble. Squatting: B. Boley, A. Sawers. While not reaching the level of last year ' s team, the Track Team did leave it ' s mark. Five records were broken; three by John Williamson two by Pratt Hetherington. The 100 metres, 110 m hurdles and the relatively new event, the 300 m hurdles records fell to Williamson, who estab- lished himself as a more than useful sprinter- hurdler. Pratt ' s records were in the Discus and the Hammer and he came close to breaking the Shot and the Javelin records as well. In fact we shall very likely have to use three or four boys to fill his shoes next season. Pratt ' s sole defeat in the Shot came in the B.C. Championship where he placed second. Others who did well were Peter Gallow in the long and triple jumps, Mark Patterson and Bruce Lang in the middle distances and Alex Binz who long-jumped very well on occasions. Jamie McBean, the Captain, had a disappointing season. He found that added weight and growth since last year did not help at all and despite training hard he never reached the standards of the previous season. Glen Thompson too was a great disappointment in the 400 metres and found himself unable to produce the times he achieved in grade ten. Ian Noble, while hurdling beautifully in practice, always managed to spoil every race he was in by not concentrating properly. On the positive side, great improvement was noted from several of the juniors, particularly John Stockton and Alan Manson who came on tremendously. Not far behind them were Dan Stewart and Guy Lyd- ster. Others who showed up well, if not con- sistently were: Eric Bachen, Eric Williams, Blair Fairweather, Gary Gregson, Steve Dickey and Kelly Sucloy. With so many of the team leaving, things look a bit thin for next season, however, a year makes a very big difference in some cases so maybe we shall be stronger than we think. The highlight of tne season was the retain- ing of the Independent Schools Trophy. It was our 11th win in the last 15 years. — D.H.L. 75 Field Hockey Standing: Mr. M. Nuth (Coach), M. Hobson, D. Cumming, C. Read, V. Kimola, G. Meredith. Sitting: J. Agassiz, G. Rannie, P. Reinholdt, S. Bailey, J. Gregory, J. Atkins. Squatting: R. Williams, F. Camerer. This, the third season of hockey at the school has been a very successful and satisfying one. It has seen the standard of play, positional and as regards skill, raised beyond recognition — and the reason for this lies to a large extent in the players ' own keenness to improve their game and willingness to accept criticism and advice on how to enjoy their game more. It has been a refreshing experience working and playing with them, for their enthusiasm, for the game never wilted throughout quite a heavy programme of training and matches. The team reaped its just rewards when six of its members — Bailey, Agassiz, Atkins, Gregory, Rannie and Reinholdt — received full school colours and although these latter contributed in large measure to the success of the 1st XI, nevertheless, the real strength lay in the wonderful team spirit engen- dered in the course of the season. In the regular season the team came through unbeaten, their most satisfying victories being against St. George ' s, Vancouver, whom they not only beat for the first time ever, but went on to score a convincing double against them. Since hockey is played here at Shawnigan when most other school have finished and since the opposition on the Island is, in any case, some- what limited, we were forced to seek games with the surrounding girls ' schools — not that they should be underrated in any way, since they provided good opposition mainly and certainly brought an appreciated touch of feminine grace to our field. But the fact remained that except against St. George ' s the side was never extended. After such a high scoring season, to which obviously all members of the team contributed, it might seem invidious to single out individuals for specia. 1 mention, yet when a centre-forward scores half of the total goals, as did Atkins, exception has to be made. Never swift or devious he nevertheless harried and thrust to great effect and was always in position at the right time. Rannie at centre-half, was the. revelation of the year, displaying determination, persever- • ance and skill belying completely the fact that this was his first year in the game. The same qualities were also apparent in the displays of Agassiz at right-half, who was a real menace to opposing attacks. The unflurried yet thoroughly competent work of Gregory at left-back were an 76 inspiration to the team in tight spots and dim- ming, a tenacious player, learned a lot from him. The other member of the defense, at left- half, was Kimola, who, when he learns to keep his stick down at all times and finds the steam to help out in defense after incursions into the attack, should develop into a useful member of next years team. On the right wing (when he remembered to stay there!) was one of the key players, namely Reinholdt, who will, I am sure, go far in the game. Always thrustful and with a fine accurate shot and cross-pass, he was a constant source of worry to every defense he encountered and h e justly drew comments of approbation from visiting coaches. S. Bailey was a rather disappointing left-inner for the first half of the season but in the second he came into his own (probably due to discarding his razor-thin stick! ) and at times his reverse-stick centres were devastating. As Captain he was not always successful in silencing the more vocal elements on the right but he had the respect of all his team-mates and led the side well. To complete the forward-line, Meredith filled the right-inner position. He scored four fine goals and always gave his best. With more determi- nation in the tackle and with his stick always on the ground when tackling back he has the potential to become a forceful inner. In goal Read had a mixed season. At times frustrating and nonchalant, he could at others be quite brilliant. It seemed he needed the big occasion and constant attacks to steel him for at Van- couver in the B.C. Championships he got just that and responded magnificently. With greater concentration at all times he could make a very good goalkeeper next year. Hobson played at right - back and left - wing, where, especially in the home game against St. George ' s, he did some sterling work. He still suffers, however, from a lack of co-ordination between stick and body, probably because of over-anxiety. Mention must also be made of two other players who did service in the 1st XI, Camerer and R. E. Williams. Although not regular members of the side they gave of their best and improved greatly over the term and Camerer should be of invaluable assistance when we pick up the debris of the team next year. With only three of the side re- turning we shall have a job on our hands but if there is a repetition of this years enthusiasm, we should have no fears. ■ Among the ' firsts ' was the visit to the B.C. Junior Championships held at Ladner, Van- couver,, and this year forming part of the B.C. Festival of Sport. We lost all three matches in our division, yet had the satisfaction of knowing that we beat St. George ' s, who played in the semi-finals from the other division, on the two occasions we met them. More luck in the draw would probably have seen Shawnigan occupying their place. Against the fast and skillful Hawks side (containing a fair sprinkling of Canadian junior internationals and fringe-internationals) the side did extremely well to hold them to 2-0 at half-time and the final result of 0-6 was very creditable when one considers the other Hawks ' victories by 11-0 and 8-0! We were as prepared as we could have been for these games, given the paucity of really good opposition on the Island, but we were just not good enough. Yet all the players undoubtedly learned a great deal and this should stand them in good stead when they continue their playing next year. One happy result of the Championships is that some of the side should be getting trials for the B.C. team to visit the Canadian Championships in Cal- gary. We wish them well. Altogether then, a most enjoyable season and a productive one. We won no cups or ribbons but we enjoyed ourselves, and, who knows, next year perhaps the side might at last beat the masters, which thev deserved to do this time, the result being a 6-6 draw! Match Results: vs Norfolk Won 3-0 vs Q.M.S. Won 5-1 vs St. George ' s (A) Won 2-0 vs Brentwood Won 5-2 vs Oak Bay H.S. Drew 3-3 vs St. Margaret ' s Won 8-1 vs Brentwood Won 5-0 vs St. George ' s (H) Won 3-2 Scorers: Atkins 17, Reinholdt 7, Meredith 4, Hobson 4, Bailey 1, Agassiz 1. B.C. Championships: vs Castlegar Lost 2-4 vs Hawks Lost 0-6 vs Central H.S. Lost 0-1 Scorers: Atkins and Meredith. — M.V.R.N. 77 Rowing R. Carere, T. Harrison, I. Monford, M. Robinson, R. Bourne (Cox), K. Sterling, D. DeWitt (Captain), C. Winslow, S. Williams. Following the success of the Summer Rowing Tour to Europe, we began the year with five veterans which gave the Club the solid foun- dation for a good season. Outings began in September and continued throughout the Christmas term. In the Easter term we commenced a training program for beginners and thirty - six rowers were introduced to the fundamentals of the sport. The enrolment of the club was increased to seventy-five by the beginning of the Summer Season. To enable everyone to achieve some measure of success, it was decided to divide the crews into senior , middle , and junior lakes. Since the winter had been much windier than usual, we decided to have three days train- ing in Vancouver immediately prior to the sum- mer term, at which time we made use of the 16-man barges in Coal Harbour. How would your grandmother do it? The summer term began very well with high standards for the senior crews and good depth throughout the club. We were fortunate that the first two eights were quite close in times and so were able to spur each other on to obtain even better times. It was obvious that our other out- standing crew was a coxed pair. The three major regattas of the season were all victories for the Shawnigan Lake crews; our closest rivals throughout the season were Green Lake and Lakeside Schools, both of Seattle. With both of these Clubs we were able to have close and exciting races. 78 The results of the major regattas were as follows: At Vancouver May 2nd, 1970: Pts. Shawnigan Lake School 26 Lakeside School (Seattle) 21 West Vancouver 4 Lord Byng 2 Brentwood College At Seattle May 9 - 10, 1970: Pts. Shawnigan Lake School 50 Lakeside School (Seattle) 37 Brentwood College 24 Green Lake School (Seattle) 23 Vancouver Rowing Club 20 Lord Byng 9 Shawnigan has now won this Regatta for 10 years running. On May 30th the School hosted the B.C. Festival of Sports Rowing Regatta. This was the highlight of the season for all the Clubs and the largest Shawnigan Regatta to date, with in excess of four hundred participants rowing. We were fortunate in the weather which made pos- sible a great number of fine races; outstanding events of the day were the University of Wash- ington VIII racing UBC; the School Varsity and J.V. VIII in their finals and the School ' s Senior IV, coxed and coxless. The prize-giving ceremony took place during a very fine banquet provided by the parents and friends of the Shawnigan Rowers. The Provincial Government was rep- resented by a Member of the Cabinet, The Hon. Waldo Skillings, who presented the prizes and awards which included a new Grand Trophy donated by the Captain of Rowing, David De- Witt to the over-all winner of the Regatta: Shawnigan Lake School. A fitting climax to the season was reached when Simon Williams won the B.C. Schoolboy and Open Championships in sculling; by this he became eligible to represent B.C. at the World Open Trials in St. Catherines, Ont., or to rep- resent Canada at the World Youth Champion- ships in Greece. With the object of getting more experience in mind, Simon chose to enter the Youth Champ- ionship in Greece. While in Europe, prior to the World Regatta, Simon will participate in about a dozen County Regattas in England, including the Northwest Championships at Chester, Cheshire, where the current title - holder is Shawnigan Lake School. As Head Coach I should like to congratulate the Captain of the Club and his Regatta Execu- tive, all of whom worked very hard. I would like also to express my appreciation to Mr. Gotthardt and those who assisted in the coaching at any time during the year. Next season will begin a week before Term with a week of rowing for thirty-two crew members who will form the nucleus of next years ' Club and European Tour Crews. —J. S. Grey. 79 Squash ' 7yt§ ' Standing: J. K. Greenwood, G. Lydster. The squash courts have been very well used this year. We opened the season with the Shawnigan Invitational Tournament in Septem- ber to which we attracted some 40 outside entries. The Senior event was suitably won by an old boy, Michael Greenwood, in a tight final over the BCSRA President, George Morfitt. Over the next several months Shawnigan was represented at most major tournaments on the Pacific Coast with Robin Wade, John Hungerford, Paul Stevenson, Mark and Guy Lydster, Sandy For- sythe, Stu Bailey and John Hancock among the most successful. Undoubtedly the highlight of the year was the selection of John and Robin as B.C ' s. rep- resentatives to the Canadian Junior Tourna- ment in Montreal. Both acqu itted themselves very well against the best players on the con- tinent and Robin swears he will win next year! Mr. Greenwood in the meantime was represent- ing the B.C. Senior Team at the U.S. Nationals in Philadelphia. Shawnigan is now firmly on the squashing map. We look forward to the day when other Western Schools take our example, build squash courts and make inter-school matches possible. — J.K.G. 80 Cricket Standing: D. Anderson, J. Godwin, M. McColl, J. Alvarez, P. Hyde, A. Brierley, A. Bailey, Mr. T. Brierley (Coach). Sitting: L. Chung, C. Backman, D. Hancock, R. Anderson (Captain), P. MacDonald, C. Mills. The season culminated with an extraordinary match against St. George ' s played at Shawni- gan. For some unaccountable reason no batsman got any runs on what was an easy wicket. St. George ' s won the toss and as usual put the school into bat and dismissed us for 39 runs. The lowest total we have made in 10 years. Our team, although shaken, were somehow undismayed. Hancock and Mills bowled well, particularly Han- cock, and proceeded to bowl out St. George ' s for 15. This does not speak well for the standard of cricket but it is that type of game. When things start to go badly it is difficult to recover. In this game Hancock took 4 wickets for 6 runs and Mills 6 wickets for 9 runs. R . Anderson was the only batsman to reach double figures. Brierley batted well for 7 runs being in for over 30 minutes, possibly he missed many runs through lack of experience and confidence. Our other game against University School and our first game with St. George ' s produced some better cricket as far as scoring runs. The first game with University School we scored 130 runs, Chung 43 was top scorer. Hancock and Mills then bowled well and we won by 30 runs. Going on to Vancouver to play St. George ' s we had an exciting draw. The match was ruined by rain which accounted for St. George ' s making far too many runs, through us having to bowl with a wet ball and they declared at 112 for 7. We had little chance to win and were lucky to hold in and play out time being 80 for 9 wickets. The return game with University School, played at home, was a moral victory, although the result was a draw. In this game Backman 57 and MacDonald 33 put us in a strong position after several wickets had fallen quickly. Scores: School 106, University School 57 for 6. Two other matches were played, one against the Cowichan Cricket Club and the Staff. The boys, although playing well, could not overcome the experience of senior players. Thus another year has passed with the School not losing a game against another Inde- pendent School for the 9th time. The overall picture of the season, which weather - wise was not a good one, showed the School up well. In R. Anderson we had a good Captain, in batting we relied on Chung who won the batting prize, Backman, MacDonald, Ander- son, Mills and Bailey and the bowling was shared between Mills, who won the ball, and Hancock. Hyde, a new player, also bowled and shows great promise. The rest of the team in D. Anderson, Bailey and Alvarez all show ability of becoming useful players. Next year promises well in that we only have three players, Anderson, Hancock and Godwin graduating. — T.B. 81 Basketball Standing: Mr. D. Hyde-Lay, Q. A. Forsythe, C. Backman, D. Hancock, J. Eversoll, D. DeWitt, G. Rannie. Sitting: C. Mills, J. Hungerford, P. Hetherington (Captain), K. Sterling, R. Anderson. Senior The senior team had a succesful season. With plenty of height we were able to control the re- bounds at both ends of the court in most of our games. Using a zone defense effectively our op- ponents were seldom able to score many points and our losses were due more to our inability to score than our opponents having a hot hand. It was unfortunate that we were away on a rugby tour in California when the Independent Schools Tournament was played as we were only able to enter a weakened team who were well beaten in their two games. Later on in the season we played both St. George ' s and University School the two finalists, and won both games. This was some consolation for missing the Tournament. Pratt Hetherington, the Captain, was an excel- lent rebounder and although not a steady scorer, still had some good games. John Hungerford was the most accomplished player on the team and was the highest scorer in every game he played. He has very quick hands, good body control and some very deceptive moves. With more competition in good company he would become a very good player indeed. It is true to say that, with him, we were quite a useful team, and without him, a mediocre one. Ron Anderson was the other guard. He lacked confidence although he has a good feel for the game and is a good dribbler. He did not shoot enough and was to easily thrown off stride by an aggressive opponent. Kendall Sterling and Dave DeWitt both played well at forward and contributed equally to the success of the team. Chris Mills, another forward has much promise and played some very useful games and can score well on occasion. Experience is all he lacks. Jay Eversoll too, was a useful player to have as a substitute and came off the bench on several occasions to play well. The overall record of the team was 8 wins and 3 losses, one of our better showings in recent years. — D.H.L. Under 16 The under 16 team possessed both talent and style. Even our staunchest opponents would have conceded those claims. When our early shots dropped, as in convincing mid -season wins against Mount Prevost and Chemainus on our home court, the team could appear extremely 82 good. On the other hand, the squad ' s greatest weakness was that it could dominate general play for long periods without scoring the points to prove it. Several early season losses to George Bonner were the direct result of failure to clinch scoring opportunities in tight situations. However, although we were deservedly beaten by the talented Ladysmith team on several oc- casions, we were never thrashed or defeated by a margin of more than a few points. Taking into consideration the loss of some key players for several important fixtures, the team acquitted itself very creditably. Outstanding amongst the players was Alan Manson, whose quick hands and sure set shot earned him an average of 15 points a game. Harold Hayes averaged 12 points a match, which was a good effort considering how many shots he missed. Peter MacDonald proved a cool Cap- tain on the court and may develop yet into a more prolific point-scorer if he can manage to adopt a more aggressive approach. Blair Fair- weather did a lot of hard work under the baskets and Henri Alvarez developed a lot in the course of the season. — B.S.G. Tennis This has been a year, as must happen oc- casionally, when our team lacked real depth. John Hungerford and Ron Anderson made a fine first pair, (when Ron wasn ' t playing cricket) ; and Doug Anderson, improving fast this year, will give us valuable continuity into 1971. Paul Stevenson, Robin Wade, Malcolm Maclure and Mark Lydster all played keenly and well on occasions, but suffered too often from inconsis- tency and loosening concentration during the vital games. An excellent St. George ' s team was much too strong for us; but we were able to give a good battle to Brentwood, during which John ' s match with Brentwood ' s Kevin Lowe afforded some of the finest tennis, for spectators and players alike, ever seen there. Our match with Univer- sity School was unfortunately unfinished but the scores were even and the scales were tip- ping our way. Over all, it ' s been a fun year. — J.K.G. Sailing We had a very successful season of racing although our team was almost entirely new. A team consisting of skippers Chris Janeway, James MacDonald, Chris Mills and Bill Kuo sailed extremely well in the Brentwood Cup Regatta obtaining two firsts and two seconds so keeping the cup at the school for a further year. We met University School twice. We won easily on our own waters but were less successful when we returned the visit. We feel that we are not just finding excuses when we call attention to the many breakdowns in equipment we suf- fered there. All this was good practice. On May 30th, we went to Vancouver and sailed against Eagle Harbour Yacht Club Juniors, winning handily. The following day was the Independent Schools Regatta held at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Against stiff opposition Jamie MacDonald dis- tinguished himself by winning two firsts and a third in the three races. Our other skippers, Chris Janeway and Chris Mills, also did well so that we ended the day with Z5y 2 points when our nearest competitors, University School, had 54. Two sailing events occurred at the end of the term. The first was the Mill Bay Day Regatta where MacDonald skippered the winning boat in all three races with Janeway close behind him. The other was the Inter-house sailing won by Copeman ' s House. The first teams race was won by Chris Janeway and the second teams race by Bill Carere. Janeway and MacDonald were awarded their school colours for their notable contributions to school sailing. These encouraging results have been due in large measure to the unselfish efforts and en- thusiasm of Mr. Salmon over the past few years. The Sailing Club owes him a great debt. He has wisely directed our regular sailing sessions to- wards producing as many competent coxwains as possible and because of this we can look for- ward to further triumphs in the years ahead. — C. P. Janeway. 83 Gymnastics Cross Country 1970 has not been the best year for Shawni- gan ' s Cross Country Team if trophies are indicative of success. The departure of Mr. Nightingale who always placed strenuous de- mands upon himself and his team and the failure of Jamie McBean to live up to the promise he had shown earlier, may have affected the team ' s performance. However, a stalwart band of disciples trained hard and ran their best. Notably, Mark Patter- son who proved to be the team ' s number one and Max Lang, Bill Kuo, Peter Gallow and George Davidson turned out fine efforts for the team. The Independent Schools Trophy re- mained the School ' s property through the efforts of these boys and of course the Cross Country Captain, J. McBean. — D.H.L. Junior Colts Cricket A rather dismal year for the Junior Cricketers all-round. The first match against University School was lost by 1 run, after several batsmen were dismissed, bowled or caught for a duck. The batting strength was Winslow, the Captain, who had a fine eye for the loose ball. On the whole the batting was very weak, mainly because of the desire to hit the first ball into Mason ' s. The straight bat was played in practice, never during an actual school match. J. Hancock and M. Healy bowled quite well, the former taking 7-30 against a classy St. George ' s side in the last match of the season. The side was keen and fielded well but the batting was woefully weak. — G.P.H. B.G. This year the gymnasts won back the Inde- pendent School Gymnastics Cup, having lost it last year to St. George ' s. The team travelled to Vancouver under the Captaincy of Ted Binkley and produced a crackerjack display on all fronts to sweep the board. Rob Bourne won the outstanding individual cup; Ted Binkley came a close second in this but won the best display cup on the parallel bars and Murray Hein won the rings cup. The whole team performed well that day and saw the result of hard training during the sea- son. The team included: S. Dickey, R. Tennison, W. Tennison, J. Alexander, R. Tait and D. Ross. —G.P.H. Golf For some reason or other, the report on Golf submitted last year did not appear. This is recorded not by way of criticism of last years ' Editorial staff but because otherwise it might be thought that this was the first year of Golf as a Summer sport. It is in fact the second. Sixteen boys (last year there were eleven) joined as Junior members of the Cowichan Golf and Country Club playing as a group on Tues- days and Thursdays but with the right to play as individuals on other occasions (if they could find the time) except on Saturdays and Sunday mornings. This arrangement has been very satisfactory; particularly this year when we were able to arrange a series of 10 lessons by a professional. Many of the boys have benefitted greatly. Four took part in a Adult Junior 2 ball four- some Tournament at the Club and Jim Kerr in partnership with the Headmaster won the best gross prize. Others showing distinct promise are Brian Pinton, Geoff and David Severide. — W. H. H. McClelland. 84 Inter-House Sports Swimming Although it rained all day it seemed nothing could dampen the excitement over the opening inter-house competition. Throughout the entire afternoon the standings were in doubt and it was not until the final race that the first three places were established. After an exciting race Grove ' s emerged victorious with 6414 points, followed closely by Ripley ' s with 62 and Lake ' s with 58 . Copeman ' s and Lonsdale ' s trailed with 39 and 22 points respectively. Robin Wade and Peter Gallow tied for the Senior Trophy with 9 points each while Andrew Hunt ran away with the Junior Competition by scoring 20 points. — P.M. Cross Country There was no holding Copemans House once they got back to the hill after their year in the fine units. Both the Senior and Junior cups were won by them which gives further proof to the theory that those extra yards and steps daily travelled by all Copemanites is an un- noticed but valuable conditioner in all endurance events. (Who can remember the last fat Cope- manite?) In any event, after all the panting and puffing was over Copeman had won the McAvity Trophy for the twelfth time in thirteen years. Mark Patterson (C) was a comfortable win- ner in the Senior Division and he was followed home by Peter Gallow also of Copemans. The final standings were: — 1. Copemans 41 2. Lonsdales 56 3. Ripleys 108 4. Lakes 110 5. Groves 127 Bruce Lang (In) won the Junior and was followed home by teammate Craig Burnell. Final positions were: — 1. Copemans 61 2. Lonsdales 77 3. Groves 84 4. Lakes 89 5. Ripleys 118 — D.H.L. ■ mi I Track and Field The Inter House Track in both the Senior and Junior Competition turned out to be a one sided affair. Copeman ' s easily won the Senior Championship and Lonsdales the Junior. In the Senior competition Copeman ' s won every event except the High Jump where they were 2nd and 3rd. Although no records were set during the wet afternoon, there were many good races and much keen competition. Final points after stan- dard points had been added in were: 1. Copeman ' s 209 2. Lonsdale ' s 127 3. Ripley ' s 65 4. Grove ' s 61 5. Lake ' s 59 In the Junior competition, although meeting with a bit more opposition, Lonsdale ' s were nevertheless too well balanced and emerged winners by the following margin: 1. Lonsdale ' s 148 2. Lake ' s 98 3. Ripley ' s 88 4. Grove ' s 86 5. Copeman ' s 84 —D.H.L. Basketball Copeman ' s House with Hetherington, Hun- gerford and Anderson from the starting five of the School team plus David Hancock and Peter MacDonald were too well balanced for the other two houses and although Groves House gave them a good tussle, they were not able to hold the overall power of Copemans ' who repeated as Senior Champions. In the Junior Competition it was another story altogether as Ripley ' s, Lakes and Cope- mans all had good teams. Lakes House just squeaked by Copemans as Ripleys dealt with Lonsdales and in the final, which was a very exciting and even all match, Ripleys just man- aged to stage a small rally at a crucial time towards the end of the game and came out on- top 22-21. Harold Hayes and Alan Manson were the two big guns for Ripleys, whilst Blair Fair- weather was Lake ' s Sheet anchor. — D.H.L. 85 Life at Shawnigan was viable. A Pictorial Anthology So that explains the smell. 86 SHL 1 Si T fj 87 Narc-cut, please. OP A spade club failure. 88 Kiss my feet! vmm ' Wm: ' Spud. X 89 •-■ :? ' .- Intelligence: Rowing Nice Machine. Duh, Mur. Where ' s my pencil? American Aggression. 90 91 In fHemnriam It is with regret that we have to record the passing of George Fraser on October 5th, 1970. George was born in 1911 in Glasgow, Scot- land. During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery in the 1st and 8th Imperial Ar- mies, and saw extensive service in the North African desert campaign as well as the Italian campaign. In 1957 George came to Canada. He chose Vancouver Island, and Shawnigan Lake, because his sister (Mrs. M. Maitland) was already resi- dent in this area. In 1958 he joined the staff here and was em- ployed in various capacities in the maintenance of the school. His extra curricular duties saw George in the School Cadet Corps from 1963 to 1967, when the corps was disbanded. He also took over the ad- ministration of the rifle club, and under his watchful eye the boys of the club won many medals and crests. In both his work and his extra duties George carried out his tasks cheerfully and efficiently. He had a pride in his work, which was especially noticeable in the cadet corps and the rifle range. The halls of the school are silent now from his whistled renditions of Carmen, or La Bo- heme, and he will be sadly missed. 92