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

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The Stag is a portrait %-■ ' . W ■ -. of a year in the life of our school 4 iti

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The Editorial Committee of the 1979-80 edition of the Stag. Richard Ming (Editor), Hong Kong James Barekman, Duncan, B.C. Donald Bull, Delta, B.C. Richard Carruthers, West Vancouver, B.C. David Davies, Duncan, B.C. Todd Ellner, Richland, Washington Timothy Fairbank, Burnaby, B.C. Ryo Inoue, Panama City, Panama Bruce Kwan, Hong Kong John Martin, Prince George, B.C. Jeffrey Rosen, Vancouver, B.C. David Schieldrop, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Graeme Thompson, Port Coquitlam, B.C. Staff Advisor: Mr. Graham L. Anderson The Editorial Committee is grateful to the following who have contributed photographs to this edition. Mr G.L. Anderson D. Davies R. Donahue Mr. D. Ferguson »he cover photograph) Gibsons Studios Mr. J. Gotthardt Mr. M. Hobson R. inoue B. Kwan J. Lindsay Photographers R. Ming J. Mok J. Rosen B. Smart S. Szeto P dune.an prittt-cra t ltd.

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The 1979-80 edition of the Stag is dedicated to NORMAN MIDDLETON All who have been at Shawnigan and who have been devoted to it have tried in their own way to build a better school. For nearly all their building has been in an intangible sense but for Norman Middleton the building can be taken in its most literal interpretation. His building has been with hammer and nails; with saw and tape measure and every building we have today has been touched and in some cases almost totally transformed by his skill or under his direction. In an academic institution it may be that we occasionally need to be reminded that the school has a physical structure and that the efforts of those who work here with their hands is as important as any in the life of the school. Born in West Tanfield in Yorkshire, Norman Middleton ' s life is a story that deserves telling because it is one that must be of interest to all and an inspiration to Canadian youth. Accordingly, the Stag is privileged to take this opportunity to tell it. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the trade of painting, decorating and glazing in the town of Otley near his birthplace. Normally a seven year apprentice- ship, his was cut short by the outbreak of war in 1939. During the last years of peace he had been a reservist in the Royal Artillery at a wage of one shilling a day. In September, 1939 he transferred to the Royal Engineers, as he tells it, only because his pay would benefit from a sevenfold increase. 4