Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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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SIQLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Qlfbe Elsie of Skye. It was on a bright july morning that a party consisting of my mother, brother, a friend and I were going to Skye from Dulnain Bridge, Morayshire, on bicycles. VVe left at 7 A.M. for Aviemore which was twelve miles away. There we boarded the train for Inverness, crossing a most exciting viaduct, also Culloden Moor. VVhen we reached Inverness we had to get into another train for Kyle of Lochalsh. On the journey we saw some lovely mountain scenery. About L30 P.M., we suddenly came upon the Coolins and blue Loch Carron. A few minutes afterwards we arrived at Kyle of Lochalsh. It was a lovely sunny afternoon with deep purple shadows on the hills. From Kyle of Lochalsh we took a boat for Portree, a sail of about ly? hours. My brother thought that Portree was too trippery , so we went to the Post OHice, where they told us about an hotel about nine miles outside Portree. It was called Skirinish Ifarm Hotel, Skeabost Bridge, and was managed by a Canadian from VVinnipeg. We lost our way, but finally got on to the right road after bicycling into some chieftains' garden and passing an old stone with some interesting markings on it. It was a perfect hotel and we slept well that night. The next day we took our bicycles out of the garage and rode towards Uig. We had only gone a few miles when my brother's tyre punctured. After it had been tem- porarily mended we lunched beside two standing stones. :X minister, who was haymaking in the field, told us a traditional story about them. He said that long, long ago the people lived chiefly on deer. Then the deer went away and the people had to Gilt shell-fish. The deer came back and the stones on which they had broken the shells of the shell-fish were put up on end as a memorial. VVhen we got to Uig we had a swim in the bay, except my brother who had to have his tyre properly mended. On his return, he told us a story about the men in the garage. One was mending a car and the other his bicycle. They were talking in Gaelic but every now and then the word back-axle would come in. Apparently Gaelic isn't modern enough to have a word for back-axle. We bicycled home and as we looked back we saw the blue Atlantic and beyond that the brown hills of the Hebrides. The next morning we left Skye. lVe travelled with two Americans whom we had met on the journey there and followed the same route as before. At Carrbridge we got out of the train and bicycled back to Dulnain Bridge, nine miles away. C. S., Form 3. Q Qinmparisun ut Qllummunism with jfastism. Communism and Fascism are the result of previous oppression or bad government. Communism arises from the discontent of the masses, while Fascism is the doctrine of an energetic group which suddenly takes control of the government, by force, if ne- cessary, and its success in doing so is assured by the mere fact that its predecessors are as weak in supporting their rights as they were in their way of ruling. l20l