Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 193641937 Senior swimming, iirst, R. B. Sullivan, second, YY. M. Palmer. Junior swimming, first, .-X. B. Little, second, S. Day. Badminton, YY. R. F. Fleming defeated L. E. B. Walsh, 15-3. Ping-pong, first, XYalter Palmer, second, J. Chevalier. The winning hockey team included K. Porter, YY. May, B. Little, R. Tomlinson, B. Ramsey, .-X. Ramsey, YY. Palmer and YY. Fleming. M. L., Form 6. The Singing Qlllass The Singing Class has been held during the Faster Term on Monday and Friday afternoons from 5f6 p.m. at the Church Hall on the corner of Wood and Western .-Xvenues. Cp to date, the following boys have -ioined the class: -- Scott 1 K 2, Stanger 1 Sk 2, Suther- land 1, Bovey, O'Hanlon, Kirkegaard, Garneau, Buchanan, Penheld, Ker 2, Church, Reford, Maclienzie and Hayes. Voice training has been given and aural defects corrected, elementary theory has been taught from the blackboard, and songs learnt from the very comprehensive selection contained in Songs for Canadian Boys. The class will be held again during the summer term and new members will be welcome. It should be borne in mind that a good singing voice is not essential at the outset-enthusiasm and a reasonably accurate ear are of far greater importance. F.G.P. iiazaltb To ge! hir wmlfh he .fpenl lzif health, .Jud than wifh miglzf and main, He 1111718117 fzromzd, and .vpfnl l1i.r wezzflh, To get hif lzmffh again .' .ind lflfll he Jeezzmz' fo be romenf, For in fha and he gfzizmz' hi: lzeafflz, Jim' af rzfong fjfefv road he welll, Hefozmd if beffarfrzr lhalz uwzfllz f V B.P., Form -l. l23l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1936-1937 SCOUT NEWS Sllllllllfl' Term, 1930. The scout meetings were held on the mountain during good weather, and at Scout Headquarters on rainy days. On April 2-ith the Troop participated in the Central District Scout Rally at the Montreal High School. The attendance of Selwyn House Scouts was larger than that of any other troop at the Rally. On May lst Patrol Leaders Morgan and Magor carried the Colours for the Troop in a parade of the Colours before the Governor-General, lord Tweedsmuir, at a dinner given him at the Windsor Hotel by the Scout Association. The Gilwell Wood Badge was presented to the Scoutmaster on May 8th, by Mr, Thistlethwaite, the Central District Commissioner. Patrol Leaders M. Little and Cleveland were invested, on May 6th, as members of the Sphinx Patrol. On June 2nd the Troop attended the Display given by Montreal Troops at Molson Stadium. Six members of the Troop gave a signalling demonstration, with Semaphore and Morse Hags. The annual scout half-holiday took place on the mountain, on june 9th. .-Xt this meeting Troop Leader XYinters was invested in the Sphinx Patrol. Two extensive games of Prisoners' Base were played. Patrol Leader Hastings, of the VYolf Patrol, presented a pen and pencil set to his Patrol Second, V. Goldbloom, as a prize for good scouting in the Patrol. Large amounts of ice-cream and sandwiches were consumed by the Troop. Jward.rfor 19354936: The Philip Mackenzie Cup, for Inter-Patrol Competition: Fox PATROL: Patrol Leader LI. Chevalier, who received an individual cup, as Patro Leader. Scouting Manuals, to the other members of the Fox Patrol. Scouting Manuals, to all members of the Cougar Patrol. Cup for best all-round Scout: Troop Leader G. Winters. Cup for proficiency in test and badge work: Patrol Second M. Chevalier. Ilfintfr Term. Troop meetings began on the mountain. VVork was immediately commenced on training recruits for their Tenderfoot Tests. The Troop was divided into Senior and Junior Sections, as follows: ScoL'rMAs'rER W Mr. W. S. Greenlees. l25l