Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 1936-193' W'e had gone a week when we were again attacked by Indians called Nlundrucus Indians. This time we were not so fortunate, and our two helpers were killed, and when this happened, we thought it better to Hee, so we just by good luck got out of their sight. W'e ran and ran, stopping now and then for rests till it was quite dark, then we rested till morning. All this time our supplies were giving out, and we had hardly had time to explore. The next morning I looked at my compass, for rather tried to look at it,l but found that in running so much the previous night it had fallen out of my pocket. Fortunately my friends had Compasses, so that was not so bad. That day we trudged on, studying plants and the different animals that were about. All the time we were going we did not know that our Compasses were not working correctly, and that we were not going in the right direction, so naturally we did not think of looking at the sun till we saw that the Compasses were not saying the same. That night we ate the last of our supplies. We were for the next few days starving without even water in the centre of the jungle. W'e then found a more fertilized region as far as animals were concerned, so we killed a few birds and ate them, which relieved us greatly. The next day we Came to a big stream or small river where all along the opposite shore was a large clearing, and we did not specially want to go where there was no food, so after talking things over we decided to make a dugout and go up stream which we hoped would bring us somewhere. Three days of hard work soon found us in possession of a crude dugout. The next day we started off, taking a supply of dead birds. For tive days we travelled without any sign of civilization. But on the afternoon of the sixth day we saw some Indians who ran away when they saw us but then came back and were very gentle, unlike any of the other Indians we had seen. They told us of the things that were to be gotten, such as diiferent kinds of eatable birds, and they gave us things to fish with. It was then that we realized where we were because the Indians told us. W'e had been travelling on the Tapajos River. The Indians traded with us and gave us food and our lodgings. When we bade them farewell, they offered to send two guides with us but we said that we liked to travel by ourselves, though two guides would help us very much. They gave us a dugout made much better than ours and we felt ashamed because we had had axes, good knives and other implements with which to work. We continued up the Tapajos River till we came to Cuvaba. The trip took us a little less than a month and was very uneventful. From Cuvaba we took a train to the Atlantic Coast and from there to New York by steamer, and from New York to Montreal. The whole trip in the jungle took about a year, and we had travelled 985 miles. W'e arrived home April 26th 1893. . . B.R., Form -1. Qhhenturzs on Blum It was in the year 3285. Huge crowds were assembled at the great airport outside London. The skies were clouded with darting airocabs. The Thames was dotted with boats, large and small, actuated by electric motors. The world had gone mad with ex- citement, and why F Because man had accomplished his age-long dream, space travel l Already Mars, Venus and Mercury had been explored, the only one capable of bearing l13l

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SFLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL M.-XG.-XZLNI-L The war seemed likely to end in a smashing victory for the government in a very short time, but interference came from an unlooked for quarter. Germany and Italy, the two strong Fascist powers, started to send munitions, supplies, and soldiers to the aid of the rebels, and socialistic Russia, following this example, did likewise for the govern- ment. Thus a comparatively unimportant civil war began to take on foreboding aspects for the l'est of the world. The situation which, if it arises, might make war imminent is this: f If the govern- ment defeats the insurgents with the help of Soviet Russia, there will be a communistic state to the south of France. France has a very strong communistic faction, as has Bel- gium. It' there was a communistic victory to the south, it might lead to a communistic revolution in lfrance and Belgium. If such an event took place, Germany would, if the revolution was successful, be in a very unenviable position, having a communistic block surrounding her, and therefore to protect herself from such a position might march her armies into lfrance in the middle of the chaos resulting from the revolution. Such an action would bring Soviet Russia into the conHict because of her treaty with lfrance, and the chances are that a world contlagration might ensue. Although at the present uncertain time armaments are a deciding factor of peace, in the long run collective security is the only sure and sane way thereto. D.R.C., ll5orm Yi. lust in the Blungls VYhen I was exploring in the equatorial regions of Brazil I met with several excit- ing incidents. But the one that I remember the most vividly is the time I got lost with two other men. It was the 20th Jan. 1392 when I left Montreal in an old-fashioned train for what would be now called old-fashionedl for the South. .-Xt that time there was no Panama Canal, so I went across the Isthmus to South America. I was going to explore the un- known regions of Brazil lor rather unknown to the civilized worldl with two of my friends and two helpers. XYe arrived in Brazil on the 27th -lan. 1392. Our expedition started three days later from Barra Do Rio Negro, a place on the Negro River. We worked our way south- wards to the unexplored regions. Wihen we got well into the jungle our little band of five was attacked by hostile Indians known as the Parintintins, but we were fortunately in a good position to meet them, so after we had killed a few they began to retreat. But we hailed them Kfor I had on my way learnt a little of their languagel to come back, for we were friends. They came back, and soon we were before their chief, who was very kind to us. He traded with us, for we had brought some things to trade with them. He also offered us a night's lodging which we readily accepted, but I had suspected them, so that night we all got away without anyone seeing us. We ran through the jungle not knowing where we were going because it was so dark. Then we rested till morning. The next morning we woke up and found that we were in just an ordinary .iungleq the place swarmed with biting ants, flies, and other infectious things. llll

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SI-ILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL NI.-XG.-XZINE life being Venus, on which we had established many colonies. Now an exploring party was being sent off to the outpost of the Solar System, the planet Pluto Y Sir Gordon Frost was a proud man, proud because he had been detailed to captain the trip of exploration to Pluto. He was very young to pilot such an expedition, being a mere two hundred and fifteen years old, and having had only ten gland injections. john Macdonald, his closest friend, was to be second in command, and there were some twenty other men to complete the party. A sudden hush fell over the crowd which watched with bated breath, then with a hiss and roar the rocket shot out of the long steel tube and up out of sight into the blue. The journey was eventful, and as they travelled practically with the speed of light, it was a year before they arrived within two hundred miles of the planet. Then they had their first surprise. Doctor Charles l.eamanne, the astronomer, discovered that the atmosphere was quite breathable, though the oxygen content was slightly greater than that on earth. Their second surprise was that on turning their light-wave amplifiers, Ca remarkable machine of that age which caught the light waves and produced a three-dimensional image in a glass globel on the surface of the planet, they discovered, much to their great joy, that it was inhabited. Tiny but beautiful winged creatures merely one foot long were Hitting everywhere on the surface of the globe. These creatures were covered with gorgeous plumage of weird unearthly colours. Sir Gordon descended from the ship, fully armed with ray-pistols, with Doctor I.eamanne and four of the men. They were immediately surrounded by Quormalians, as they learned that the creatures were called. Suddenly a clear thought entered their amazed brains, l am Mokapz Furzu, lfmperor of Quormaliag I have studied you care- fully and see that you come peacefully. l bear a message to Colin VIII, Emperor of.-Xrzove flafarthl. Together with Durzove fVenusl we would make a great power. Take this to your lsfmperor. A little individual fluttered to them, handing Sir Gordon a treaty for the emperor. As a result of this treaty the three great planets were united, forming a mighty solar empire. Earth was vastly overpopulated, and needed another planet to which to send her surplus population. So lriarth, Venus, and Pluto put their heads together H, and decided to include Mars. They first put an artificial atmosphere on it, then each planet transported many trees and plants and bushes to Mars. ln that way the Great lrfmpire of Mars, Venus, Pluto and lrfarth came into being under limperor Colin VIII. D.H., Form III. Eine juurnie bans les huis .Ie vais vous raconter une excursion en canot que -i'ai faire l'automne dernier sur la riviere hlattawin. l.a Mattawin est une riviere qui prend sa source dans les l.aurentides et se jette dans la Saint-Maurice au nord de Shawinigan lfalls. Nous sommes partis du camp ou fetais, avec des provisions, une hache et mon attirail de peche. Tetais seul avec mon guide. Nous avironnions tous les deux. Des que les petites cabanes du camp eurent disparues, nous nous trouvzimes com- pletement seuls sur la riviere. Pas un signe de vie, sauf le rire moqueur d'un huard evail- ll4l