Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 193'-1933 When a group of Fascists comes into power, their leader becomes a dictator, and his word is law. The Fascists do away with all unnecessary laws' and practically eliminate waste in government. Some of the weak points in Fascism, however, are that its methods are too drastic and that the freedom of the citizens is greatly lessened. There is, also, greater risk of war, because a dictator does not have to consult anyone but himself, and has no dread of an election in the near future. Usually when a country becomes Fascist, it regains its self-respect, and after every- thing has been put in order at home, the leader tries to enhance his prestige by fostering the country's ambition to expand, which usually leads to a war. Communism is very much opposed to Fascism in that it is a system of society in which common property is the recognized form. Fascism is national, while Communism is international, in other words Communism is the poor man against the man of property, while Fascism is an efficient but tyrannical form of government adopted by a particular country. Communism not only contiscates property to redistribute it as it sees fit, but con- scripts labour. Communism pampers the labouring masses, while Fascism shows no partiality to any Special class. :X Communist country is governed by the masses for the masses, while a Fascist country is willing to sacrifice the individual for the good of the state. Russia and Italy are, respectively, examples of the Communist and Fascist nations of the world. In Russia, the low type of man has triumphed, while in Italy the higher and more intelligent men are still at the head of affairs. For instance, Mussolini is a much better type of man than Stalin. The chief trouble about Fascism is that if the wrong man becomes dictator, life is liable to become as dreadful as it is in Russia. The chief trouble about Communism is COMMl'NlSNI. KI. C. Form 6. The Eesnriptinn uf a iBi:ture. The picture which I am going to describe is called Una scena in Venezia CA scene in Yenicel. It was painted by a Venetian artist, Francesco Guardi, who lived from the year 1712 to 1793. The size of the picture is one foot, two and a quarter inches high, by one foot, nine inches wide. The foreground consists ofa number of people standing on a piazzetta with gondolas tied to it. The people on the piazzetta have powdered hair, and very grand costumes with gold lining. l2ll