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

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Head of School ' s Address By some kindly act of fate my classmates and I are, after twelve years, graduating today. The last five of those twelve years I have spent at Shawnigan and I can honestly say foi myself and I think for most of the graduating class that these years rould not have been more profitable and more enjoyable for lis. When I came to this school as a giade 8, Shawnigan was a school of 165 with a new headmaster and it had many financial problems. Since that tune I have seen Shawnigan grow every year to where next year the school will be filled to capacity at 245 and will have eveiy bit of the spirit and the moiale the school has known in the past. You, the parents of all the students, I think, have played a very important role in the re-yitali ation of this valuable community. You have fulfilled this role through your profound foresight in seeing and in trusting in the value of this school. To the staff of Shawnigan words are not enough for the thanks which you deserve. For you are the men and women who have, because of youi dedication and devotion to the spirit of education and die-hard attitude, always given Shawnigan Lake School its potential to be a great school. My greatest amount of thanks though, goes to you, the boys, for you have had the maturity to take advantage of your parents ' foresight and the staff ' s unquestionable ability and made this school the great school that it is. On behalf of the class of 77 I would like to say that we see strength in Shawnigan in the years to come and we wish you, the boys who are returning, and the ever present staff, the best of luck, though we know you will not need it.

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Chapel Report The program this year has followed the course of the past two years, indeed the last few years, quite distinctly. The Saturday morning services of Morning Prayer and Holy Communion continued week in week out, as did the early morning services of Communion on Sundays. The Tuesday and Thursday services of Evening Prayer also continued. Attendance at these services was dependent on many factors: if the weather was too bad or too good ; if the Chaplain had been around the houses applying pressure or not. Special services also cropped up throughout the school year. On March 19 Bishop Gartrell confirmed the following in an impressive service: R. Carruthers R. Hope M. Springford D. Consta ble J. Innis B.Terry T. Fairbank A. Keate G. Thompson A. Forster A. Kelman R. Vierra R. Goody J. Reuss M.White W. Richards After the service Bishop Gartrell met with parents and relatives of the boys. The Founders Day service on April 31st. was unique in the year of chapel services. The guest speaker for that morning was Mr. T.E. Ladner, an old boy of the school (1928-31). His address on life at Shawnigan 50 years ago was so well liked that he was applauded as he stepped down from the pulpit. After such a speech all that could be said of the clapping was Why Not? This year, the Chaplain was aided by some 15 boys who acted as servers or sacristans. The highlight of their year in the chapel came at the end of the year when all were invited to the McClelland ' s for an excellent meal, thanks to Mrs. McClelland. Mrs. McClelland is also in line for thanks for the work she and her helpers did with the flowers in the chapel. D. Watt 17

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