Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THI-I SCHOOL YEAR 10361-1937 lant les echos. La foret qui nous entourait etait sombre et majestueuse et paraissait impenetrable. .-Xpres avoir avironne quelques milles nous entendimes le bruit de rapides qui de- venait de plus en plus fort. Le guide me dit qu'il les avait deja sautes. Je voulus les sauter aussi. Pin quelques secondes, notre eanot bondissait dans les vagues des rapides et l'ecume nous eclaboussait. Mon guide me cria de ne plus avironner et de me tenir solidement. :Xu bout de quelques minutes dans le tumulte des eaux, ou nous semblions n'eviter les rochers que par miracle, nous Hottions de nouveau sur une eau tranquille. Un peu plus loin, on entendait le grondement de la Chute Grand'Mere. Il fallut faire du portage. :Xu pied de la Chute, qui tombait pardessus un grand mur de rochers, en emportant a'en0i-mes troncs d'arbres comme s'ils etaient des fetus de paille, le guide alluma un lieu, et fit bouillir du the et rechaurler des feves au lard. Puis, apres avoir fume sa pipe, il prit le canot sur ses epaules et s'enfonQa dans le bois. Il fallait maintenant retourner au Camp. Le portage etait tres 51 pic. :Xu dela de la montagne qui bordait la riviere, il y avait une chaine de lacs et de portages qui nous ramenerent. Mon homme me montra des pistes d'ours qui suivaient le sentier, et tout d'un coup nous entendimes tout pres, des Craquements de branches, comme si un gros animal s'enfuyait au galop. Cetait YOLIT probablement un orignal. :Xu premier lac, nous rencontrames un homme seul dans un canot. Cetait garde lieu. Ces hommes passent des mois d'ete dans les bois pour signaler les feux foret. Il nous dit qu'il venait de voir un orignal sur une pointe de sable a l'autre bout lac. lforignal etait parti mais nous vimes le sable couvert de pistes d'orignauX et Chevreuils venus boire. u n d e du de Comme nous arrivions au dernier lac le soleil se couchait. Cetait un bon moment 3 pour pecher. Hn moins d'une heure, -i':1vz1is pris neul' belles truites. Il faisait noir pour traverser le dernier portage. Il fallut aller lentement. Nous etions au camp 21 neuf heures apres treize heures Cle canot et de marehe. -Vetais fatigue mais content de mon expedition. If., Form VI Tklpun a Eater 'iiilp U11 Lib, Lili' bfllllfifllf, Tha! ar! 50 ,rpzzfkfiug wlzife, I am thy .fervmzf dulffuf, I love llzvv gorgmuf Jighr. Thy flew.: are srlroug 115 IllI'l' rope: They guard lhy fflffl' home: ,ind tlzfy would be llziue onli' Imp U u1zzifz'c'm f!1Il7ll't'd7f0 roam. Fi O11 Ilzou arf Qurerz of af! .fl1ej70wcr.r, E'e11 grwztw' fhllll ilu' row, ,l1uz'pa.r,r away fha evmilzg hour.: By rourfing .rweet repose. l15l H.F.S., Form 5.

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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

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Mary Zinn: There was a .rhip ralled .llazlv .1'nne: She alwavvx looked .fo .fpiek and .rpang One day a hu-ver rhanred lo pass, .ind bought Ihis serv rharming la.f,f. He war a millionaire, thirfellow, .ind always kept her hlaek and yellow, He u.ved to lake her ou! eaeh da-v,' kfilh her it seemed he liked to play. One day returning from the lake, He made a :env had mi.r.fake: He hought .rome .vlork with all his rash, - .ind .vuddenlv the .vharer went .fmafh .' .1'la:, he'd now lor! all his gold, .ind .Vary murl perforee he sold: Her owner had lo .fell her eheap, Beraufe :he was foo dear io keep. The .vhip way .f0ldf07' 20 dollarr: Sad indeed the yarn lhatfollars .' She warn? kept the proper way, .ind pain! fame offfrom day to day. -ind U' one day you ehanee to pau, You'll .tee her lving on the gran: .1 .fad and broken down old hoal, Tha! never more will .clay ajloa' W THE Mon.-xi.. f The moral if, Don't Irurt in xlofkx, Or you and hoar may .ffrike the roekf .' B.L., Form 5. iii ZS mere a Milliunnairz If I were a millionaire I would invest my money, two million dollars, in some safe stocks and bonds, which would give me an average of four per cent interest. My income would therefore be eighty thousand dollars per year. Each year I would set aside one tenth of my income for various charities. I would donate some of this money to the Hospital for Crippled Children, and as I am a lover of animals I would like to help the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Two thousand dollars of this money I would give to the Institution for the Blind. I would like to see an outdoor swimming pool in every working class district in Nfontreal, so that the poor people could enjoy the hot summer days. I would be willing to pay for the construction and upkeep of these pools. ll6l