Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE At Madame Tussaud's Exhibition of Waxworks, the people certainly looked very real. There are Hitler, lots of Kings and Queens, and Shakespeare, and Sir Malcolm Camp- bell and many interesting tableaux. There was one of Clive in India when the natives were just going to kill him. The day we saw the changing of the Guard, Queen Mary drove by in an ordinary limousine and everybody said quietly, Queen Mary We looked at Buckingham Palace from every side and watched the sentinels walk up and down before their boxes. Opposite are two big gates into the park, one dedicated to Canada and another to South Africa. We walked down the Mall to the Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square with a statue of Nelson in the centre and four huge lions. I fed the pigeons a little, but they were very dirty. They would land on my head, shoulders, arms, and everywhere. In the London Zoo the most interesting animals are the elephants. They would nod and shake their heads, and they understood when the man told them to flap their ears, and seemed very, very clever. Some of the penguins are very big, and they waddled about as though they had heavy snow-shoes on. One day we visited Oxford and we went to Merton College because that was where my father lived when he was there. I thought it would be very dull to live there, but the sport places must be cheerful. Then we went along a street to Magdalen College, where Thomas Iwolsey went. Xve walked along I.ong Wall Street to visit some friends. Later we motored out to Boar's Hill for tea and had a lovely walk. On Yvednesday, November 3, we left for Southampton, and sailed on the S.S. Aqui- tania for New York. The sea was quite rough and one day the wind was so strong that the boat was tilted sideways for two hours. The swimming pool was closed most of the time. The Aquitania was launched in 191-I and has always been on time. VVe arrived in New York harbour in the early morning, and I watched the tugs pull the ship into dock. We returned home on Wednesday, November 10, having been away six weeks lacking twelve hours A. P., Form I. Q.-Xge 101 sbeltnpn Zlauusz. Sefulvrz Home, you know, 'J zz .ffhool If'herr good hrhaciom' is Ihe ruff. The hoyf fo11a'm't 1hev1.feI:-es in fIa.f.f, Beraufr Ihe ma.f1er.f fake no '.fa.f.t'. In reaa'in', wririzf, '1-ithmefif, They do Ihvir hfiffg if 7101, the .vlirk f In Jportf, they nj' lo dean lhejfrld, They like Ihr honomxf on lheir ,fhifh1'. In .rfl1oIa1'fhip.f, lhqv win the rave, Bffdllfc' the Sfhoof, A Oh dm! fha plafe .' I Ihihk, kimz' Sir, I'II tariff no more, I'm toufhifzg on a poinf thal'.f .fore .' T. F., Form 4. llgl

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 1937-1938 Northern France has many small trees and neat houses and is not very hilly. XYe arrived at I.ille after dark and looked for a l.incoln car, number 454316. When we got to the border of Belgium the chauffeur talked very jokingly to the customs ollicer, a huge gate Opened in front of us and shut just barely back of our bumpers. From then on to Courtrai the roads are cobbled. There was a bell in the church opposite the house where we visited which clanged several times a day. Once I counted 162 times. lVe went to the market where they had huge lumps of cheese, flowers, vegetables, coloured clothes f but mostly cheese. The most interesting thing was an electric washing machine which was going by itself at the side of the road. There was a very old watch tower in the centre of the square. We took a picture of one of the dogs that was harnessed to a bicycle to help pull a load of milk. On the way to Ghent we saw il small castle not much bigger than a house surrounded by water so that it looked like a towering island. In Ghent we saw the Castle of the Counts with very old walls that went down into the water, and the guild houses which were on the banks of canals going in every direction from where we were. It was raining when we motored to Ostende. There were many thatched houses and windmills with huge wings which furnish power for work on the farms as well as pump- ing water. We saw a grey battleship lying at anchor near the chalk clitls of Dover, and my father showed me the hospital where he lived after he was wounded during the war. I was glad to get to England so that I could talk my own language for a while. The country on the way to London is very pretty, and there are lots of very big trees scattered about, not in rows. One of the most interesting things we saw in London was the Tower, which should be called Tower . After the Middle Tower and Byward Tower we passed the Traitors' Gate where in olden times the prisoners entered from the river. The White Tower is the main building. One thing in it is a model of the Battle of Waterloo with all the tiny ligures of soldiers and horses and cannon. 1Ye went up a narrow winding stair to St. hIohn's Chapel, which has a lot of huge stone pillars. There are rooms full ol' old armour, very interesting. XYellington's sword is very large and decorated with jewels, but it was a pity we could not see the blade, for it was in the scabbard. The horses' armour did not go around the body, but there were spikes around the eyes. The armour ol' I-Ienry VIII is very, very large. In the Bloody Tower there were Beefeaters all over the place. They are dressed in old fashioned red costumes with black hats and carry fancy stalls. We saw many dungeons, but I liked best seeing the Crown jewels which are in a small room in a huge round glass case. The King's crown has .1 huge diamond, and the ruby given to the Black Prince, and in the royal sceptre is the largest diamond in the world. VVe went to climb the Monument which is the highest building in London, because I like towers. It was built in remembrance of the Great Fire of London in 1666. The inside of St. Paul's Cathedral is very beautiful and has lovely coloured windows. But the whispering gallery is most interesting. It is high up at the base of the dome and has a bench going all the way around with no spaces between. A man whispered about the history of London, and you would put your ear to the wall any where, even exactly opposite, and it would sound as though he were talking right in your ear T Down in the Crypt we passed a long line of tombs, and saw a huge carriage built in eighteen days. Il7l 'x

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 193'-1933 The Qliurnnatiun Rrntessiun. The King and Queen were crowned in Yiestminster Abbey on 12th May, 1937. In advance of Their Majesties' own Procession there were earlier Processions of those going to the Ceremony. The first of these was the Lord Mayor of I.ondon's Pro- cession. It was followed by the Speaker of the House of Commons in the Speaker's Coach. Then certain members of the Royal Family and Representatives of Foreign Powers left Buckingham Palace with escorts, and drove to the Abbey in motor-cars. The Prime Mi- nisters of different countries of the Fmpire, Representatives of India and Burma, and Colonial Rulers followed shortly after. The next Procession consisted of more members of the Royal Family including the two little Princesses and Queen Mary. Then came the King and Queen in a gold coach drawn by eight cream-coloured horses with an escort including his brothers, the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent, the heads of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, a large number of Indian Princes on horseback, and Yeomen ofthe Guard. The streets all along the route were lined with stands, which were full and besides that great numbers of people stood, many of whom had been there all night. The streets that the Procession passed along were so changed by the decorations and stands that they could hardly be recognized. The weather was dull, and soon after the King and Queen had left the Abbey to return to Buckingham Palace it began to rain, I was fortunate to witness this marvellous spectacle from a position near West- minster Abbey. H. H., Fmm 3. Ulbz war hettneen Qlhina ann Elapan. For a long time Japan was hardly known to other Powers because no people were allowed to go there or to leave. Then suddenly Japan opened up all its ports and let people go in and out. But she still had too many people for her size, so she decided to tight for some more territory. She took Korea and Formosa from China. Then she started to force the Russians into war by pushing into Russian territory. In this war she took Port Arthur and the southern portion of the island of Sakhalin from Russia. The Caroline Islands and other islands that once belonged to Germany were taken by her after the Great XVar and she now had a very powerful empire. A few years ago she made Manchuria into an independent state called Manchukuo, with the former Chinese Emperor as its ruler. The present war was started by Japan pushing into Chinese territory and refusing to go back. There was no actual declaration of war but the Japanese claim that the Chi- nese started it by firing upon them, which is true. The Japanese have captured Peiping and Nanking and have penetrated the Chinese part of Shanghai. There is a lot of trouble about the International Settlement because the Japanese have killed several British soldiers and have sunk the U.S.S. Panay, which was sent to protect .American citizens. The war may perhaps end with the British Empire and the United States taking sides with China. M., Form 3. lPlease note: We do not hold ourselves responsible for the political views of our contri- butors. Ed.l ll9l