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

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OWEN CLARK Owen underwent a fantastic transition during his five year stay at Shawnigan: enter the small, red-haired junior from around the lake, and exit the Deputy Head of School and Head of Ripley ' s. After showing himself to be a hard worker and establishing himself on the Diligence List, Owen had some good results and rarely did his name not appear on the Honours List also. He was honoured for this feat by receiving his School Colours in Academics in his last year. After classes, Owen showed himself to be an athlete of respectable ability. He captained the very successful Second XV, and made some appearances on the Firsts, performing well both on and off the field. In the second and third terms, his interests turned to many if not to all of the racquet sports. Owen could frequently be seen on the squash courts inflating his ego by thrashing Dube, or playing away his weekends on the tennis court. The fish as he was well known in Ripley ' s, was also an avid swimmer. He became the School Captain of this sport in his senior year after receiving his House Colours some years before. Next year Owen intends to travel around Europe and maybe pick up his interest in girls. (It is interesting to point out that the only dance he attended in five years was Grad). To sum up O ' s stay at Shawnigan could only be done in his own immortal words: Hardly excellent!! BRENT COOPER In September of 1973, Andrew Brent Cooper came into grade nine at Shawnigan Lake School. He immediately started to create an outstanding career. That year, and in grade ten, he received numerous awards. In grade eleven he concentrated on French intensely and his academic aspirations fell to merely achieving B ' s as well as his academic house colours. Academics aside, Coops showed up for occasional games on the second XV though he spent most of his time on the thirds. He also performed as captain of the school cycling team for which his enthusiasm will never be forgotten. He was a not-so-active member of the sailing club, preferring sleep, and his remarkable performance on Reach For The Top will be talked about long after he leaves. His spare time was spent in the worlds of astronomy and advanced physics, but above all, in his Monty Python addiction. TREVOR CREANEY Trevor arrived at Shawnigan with Martin at the beginning of Grade Ten. As his parents had sent him to the school from Nigeria, he soon acquired the label of Nig . He adapted himself to the routine easily, and soon distinguished himself as an athlete and, to some degree, a scholar. Trev ' s light (but fast) build soon came to his advantage on the cross-country trail, and after running for the school, and earning his House Colours, he was honoured with the award of his School Colours. Trevor ' s senior year was completely successful; he was made a School Prefect (and then admitted into the CAC ten days after), and performed superfluously in sports. In the First Term, Trevor ran the line for the First XV for his last season of rugby, and then turned to the trail and courts for the rest of the year. He played first-string on the senior basketball team, and then turned to tennis where his strong game won him his School Colours and the position of captain of his senior year. He also showed his running skills on the track, and won his Colours there, specializing in middle-distance. Trevor plans to spend the next few years charming the pants off girls at U.B.C., and he should be very successful at whatever he does. 23

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TOM BRAIDWOOD Although this was only Tom ' s first year at Shawnigan, he lost no time in getting an interest in all aspects of school life. If Tom could stay awake the day following late night or weekend ' excursions ' he would be found as quite a capable academic student. Aside from the fact that he was an avid participant of ' good times ' with such people as Dave Lund, Tom was also known to be an excellent all-rounder in sports. In his first year of rugby, from previous experience at football, he achieved good standing on the line of the 2nd XV. Tom also rowed and was a keen member of the Junior Varsity IV throughout the year and on the Summer Tour of 1977. He also proved to be a capable sailor, enjoying weekend ' excursions ' with friends on his father ' s boat. As a member of Lake ' s House Tom would always keep Mr. Anderson wandering and wondering and along with his roommate proved to be the ' life of the party ' of the senior floor. Even though short, his stay with us at Shawnigan will leave us with many memories of the man who just couldn ' t turn down a good time. Good luck next year at U.B.C. from the rest of the Grad Class. DAVID CHENG Dave came to Shawnigan from the Philipines four years ago. In his senior year he roomed with ' Bone ' and ' Stud ' on Groves ' House top floor. When not rowing, playing pinball with Mike or rugby for the 1st XV, one could find him working (!?!!!) in the library, or playing squash, basketball, soccer or swimming. Now and then, in a spare moment, Dave found time to fill in on Shawnigan ' s track and field team. Not only a gifted athlete, Dave found time for activities and academics as well. A member of the outdoors club, foods 1 1 and stage-craft, he proved his career at Shawnigan to be a well rounded one. At the end of the school year Dave plans to travel to Europe on the Rowing Tour, then return to Canada, hopefully to attend SFU, one of these days . All the best Dave! RICHARD CHISOLM Even though this has been Rich ' s first and only year at Shawnigan, he was not deterred from making great progress in many fields of the school ' s life. Rich will always be remembered for working hard except when he was offered more pleasurable activities. In his sports. Rich was a hard driving forward on the Third XV, and played a fine first year of rugby. He also became a competent squash and tennis player during the rest of the year. Rich ' s greatest highlight at Shawnigan was the tremendous contribution which he made to the band. He was very well known for his talented performances on the Trombone, and playing both classical music and jazz. He was a tremendous asset to the band and will be sorely missed next year. In Lake ' s House, he showed enough responsibility to be made a House Prefect, yet seemed to be a motivator of good times along with his room-mate Tom. A somewhat more quiet member of the Class of ' 77, Rich will none-the-less be remembered as another contributor and great guy of the grad year. Next year, he plans to make the Trombone his career and study Music at U. Vic. He should do very well and we wish him all the best. 22

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DAVID DA VIES In beaming his way through 4 years at Shawnigan, David made friends with everyone except Lake ' s juniors, especially when he was appointed senior house prefect. A hard worker when he set his mind to it, David produced some highly respectable marks in History and Civilization. However, his mind did have a tendency to wander, especially towards weekends. It seemed that he could have published a book on - How to get an overnight every weekend without becoming a school prefect. Yet, he did help publish one book - he wrote and edited many of the grad personals. He was also a major factor in the grad night. In sports, David was a stout prop on the 3rd XV, and was proficient in the shot putt during the summer term. However, he preferred exercising his mouth and voice-box. Sis-Boom-Bah smiled so much it was a wonder that he didn ' t have a permanent squint. He leaves the school with the grad class ' s best wishes. MARK DIRNBERGER Mark came to Shawnigan as a new boy in his grade 12 year just as his parents were bound for Iran. Never having been to a private school before, he was plunged into the deep end of the life of a Shawnigan boy from day one and encountered a whole new aspect of life, totally different from anything he had previously experienced. He found the life at Shawnigan to be both demanding and different in most every aspect, but also rewarding and satisfying to a high degree. Mark found the academic side of Shawnigan particularly demanding and at first just a little bit exasperating. But he soon learned to handle it and could be found more often than not in his room and at his desk hard at work whiling away the hours well into the night. Many a weekend was spent in this way, deeply immersed in books, working hard to do well, something that his room-mate, Gregg Swanson, could never understand. His hard work paid off in the end and earned him university acceptance. Throughout the year, he felt no compunction to excell in any other way. Rugby was for him an unbearable pain which just was not for him at all, that is until he was made scrum-half of the fighting fourths . There he did quite well for someone in his first year of rugby. In the summer term he tried out for the grass hockey team and managed a position on the 2nd XI as a center forward. Here he quickly came to be known as feet for his innumerable penalties involving his feet. He was often informed by team-mates that he would probably be better off in soccer. But in spite of his tendencies toward illegal fancy footwork, he enjoyed a good season of grass hockey and contributed his share of goals. His plans for the future entail going back to Iran for the summer, taking a summer job and then returning to Canada to start his university education in the field of entomology - the science of insects. MARKDUBE Arriving at Shawnigan as a new boy in September 1973, Mark soon adjusted to school life by being sufficiently eccentric to avoid notice. Mark ' s free form guitar compositions filled the air or polluted it, depending on your point of view. Little Doobie rarely pursued academic pastimes, though he always maintained a highly respectable set of marks. He so confused the masters as to whether he really was working, that they soon gave up speculation altogether. Despite all the running interference given to him by the masters, Dube enjoyed his years at Shawnigan. An avid sailor and squash player, Mark would unnerve his opponents by singing French songs between rallies — there ' s style! He also attempted to learn the art of flying but unfortunately his lessons were cancelled while he had only 13 hours of carpet-time in. Whether Dube will finish his flight training outside the school is a mystery to us all, but one thing is certain, that whatever Mark turns his hand to in the future will be a success. 24