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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■■ ' ■ Class of ' 77 MATT ARROTT Matt has been one of the most valuable members of the school in his five years at Shawnigan. As head of the school in his final year, he led his classmates and the rest of the students through a most enjoyable and productive session. His services to the school have been numerous, and the most outstanding of these has been his contribution to the sports ' Programme. He spent four years in the Varsity VIII and three seasons in the first XV, gaining his colours in both the sports concerned and being named captain of each in his last year. Matt took great interest in gymnastics, and somehow found time to captain this sport in his grade 12 year. An outstanding public speaker , Matt caught the interest of all with his Grad toast: . . . to the Grads ... uh ... to the parents . . . Matt ' s extra-curricular activities were varied, ranging from wild midnight bike-rides around the lake to those FEW moments devoted to his academic studies. Matt will not be forgotten by Shawnigan, and the Grad class wishes him the very best in the future as he continues in his new school — Harvard. 20