Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Sl-ILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl.-XG.-XZINI-I Zfabenture he Hlunsisur Zgunnitar ,X . . . I Uetait l'habitude de i I. Bonnicar, un vieux bourgeois de laris, de promener son chien tous les jours. Il etait tres tier du chien qui etait grand et fort. M. Bonnicar l'ap- pelait Napoleon et le croyait tres brave. l'n jour pendant les emeutes, NI. Bonnicar se promenait avec Napoleon quand il vit pres d'un pont quelques hommes qui le regardaient avec ferocite. Il vit aussi des bouteilles vides pres d'eux. ll Ce sont des revolutionnaires, il faut que je prenne une autre route vw, se dit-il. 'l'out at coup les hommes qui C-taient ivres, courent vers lui en criant: 44 C'est un mouchard, il faut l'attraper. JP f l,e chien en voyant les hommes partir en courant, la queue entre les jambes. I.e pauvre bl. Bonnicar essaya de s'expliquer. mais les hommes ne voulurent rien entendre. 11 Uest un reactionnaireg il taut l'emmener fi notre chef. D Sur quoi, les hommes pousscrent le pauvre bourgeois devant eux fi la pointe de leurs baionnettes. Quelques femmes aidaient a le pousser avec des batons et de tous Cotes de petits gamins les suivaient lui jetant de la boue et des cailloux. Tout le monde riait de sa figure ridicule et de ses vetements sales. Subitement, fi la grande .ioie de NI. Bonnicar, une troupe de chasseurs arriva au galop. I,es femmes et les enfants coururent aussi vite que possible vers leurs maisons et les hommes aussi essayerent de s'echapper. blais on ne pi-it pas longtemps 51 les rattraper. Certains d'entre eux qui n'avaient pas le temps de s'enfuir, essayerent de se de- liendre: mais eux aussi furent captures. Les chasseurs se moquerent un peu du sale vieux. Quand bl. Bonnicar arriva eniin chez lui, malpropre, epuise et furieux de son avenl- ture, il vit, fi sa grande surprise, le brave Napoleon couche sous son lit et tremblant de peur. -I. C., Form Y. ZErapping Ein fzortbsrn Quebec .lim and Tom, two young trappers, were on their way north. They were going to l.ake Mistassini to trap mink. When they arrived at their hut, which they had built the previous year, they got everything together including their traps. Next day Jim went out to set the traps while Tom stayed at the hut. The next day also .lim made his usual rounds. this time Tom com- ing with him. When they came to the tirst trap they were out of luck, but on arriving at the second, .lim let out a whoop ofjoy: for there, in the trap, was a beautiful mink l just as .lim was about to take the mink out of the trap, another one sprang out of the bushes and started scratching: Jim got a few bad scratches, but Tom fixed that up. In a few days time Jim was himself again. R. I.. B., Form 1. 1301

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SIEIAYYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl.-XGAZINE Qu Zllintrutbful Sung tSee Songs from Books: :X Truthful Song, by the late Rudyard Kiplingj The Schoolmaster: I tell this tale, which is quite untrue, .lust by way of convincing you How very little, since boys were made, Things have altered in the teaching trade. Some years ago and how years pass I e We were reading Caesar in a l.atin class, When a dear old man, with snow white hair. Came in to hear us construing there. Now there wasn't a construction, or single word. Ut' the I,atin tongue that hr hadn't heard: There wasn't a Final or Consecutive clause, Gerund or Gerundive, that made lzim pause I Then the hth Form master up and spoke, Politely addressing the dear old bloke: Dic age, senex, die: quis es tu F lTo the uninitiated -H Sir, who are you F D, The old man answered kindly: Please, I might be, young gentlemen, Socrates, Or Plato, perhaps, but I'd have you know, My name it is really - Cicero. Your pronunciation 's rather queer: l'Vicissim' is now ' we kiss 'im', I hearl, But I think I could teach you many a trick Of the ancient tongues, . . with Ihr aid of zz ,ttirk .' I tell this fale, not strictly true, just by way of convincing you, How very little, since boys were made, Things have altered in the teaching trade I Spes. when the first snow falls When the first snow fell I put on my skis and went up the mountain. On the moun- tain the trees were bent with the heavy snow, and the ground, as far as you could see, was clean and white. The sun was shining and all the world was glittering. There were other people skiing besides myself who seemed to be enjoying it too. I had my dog with llll