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

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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

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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

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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