Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR 'l'Hl-Q SCHOOL YL.-XR N38 - WSW NLOIIN IWFN-SU Bark Razz. A Sutherland, Xl.ickeii2'ie, Nloyse, Czinipbell, ihiult, Ref-ird,Gil1liii,Ii. White,Church,O'H.inl0n Pdw. Brr-nl'iii.in. .7.'I:l',R01i'-f,I'UP71!74l1',41'.' Seely, Currie, Decgiry, Nlattson, P. lloliell, Black, lfetherstonhiiugh, Kirl-ceggizifd, Penheld, liiirneau, Stevenxon, XY. Dobell, Pdg. Bronfiiian. Jviif Ru1:'fr'o211f:-fiut:V Klappin, Tees, Riiiiisev, Hut-stu, Little, Xlr, NYS. tireenlees, lfleniing, lioldhlooni, Strong, Klatheweoii, Nldclleruiot. 1'll'i77Jf Rox, w:j7'ww'.' Cleveltind, Lehui.in, D. White, ltlolliind, Hope, lirinizildi, llay, Cottinghziin, Ly man, xvllbb. SCOUT NEWS Sllfliillfl' Term, 1935: Patrol Leader B. Little waf invested :ix a memlier of the Sphinx Patrol, having successfully completed the training course in leadership conducted hy Scout Headquarters .-Xt the Central Dixtrict Rally on the evening ol. June lst, at the Klciiill Campus the Troop put on a display' for which it had done conxideralile preparatory practising. 'l he Seniore performed a tent-pitching exhibition, and the Aluniore gave a programme of Scouting gamee. On hlune Tth the annual Scout H41lfHoliday took place. The Troop went up to the cricket pitch on the mountain, where a spirited liaxeliall game wae played, Patrol Leaderx Chevalier and Little acting ae captaini. Littlel team emerged triumphant. whereupon all hands fell to on the ice cream and sandwichex. Chevalier prexented a tint-aid kit to C. Bovey' for good Scouting in the Bullialci Patrol. :Xt the School Prize giving, the Scout prizes and awards for the year were pre- sented. They are to be found in the prize list elsewhere in the magazine. llll

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SICLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE a snail. Next, he jabs the two mandibles, one after the other, into the snai1's Hesh, before the snail can protect himself. The anaesthetic, which is supplied by a gland, Hows into the snail through minute grooves, and the victim is helpless. Ir is then an easy matter for the glow-worm to pulp and eat the insensible snail. A brush is to be found near the glow-worm's tail. This the glow-worm uses as a help in climbing, and to clean his skin, so as to emit a clear light. hlost people are familiar with the glow-worm's power to give forth light, so I will not describe it. A recently discovered species of marine worm is capable of gnawing through the lead covering of an undersea cable, and then severing a seven-tenths of an inch thick wire. The telegraph company will have great trouble in killing this worm, as it lives so far be- neath the surface. Ir is a relative of the destructive shipworm. In Java, Mr. Ifairchild discovered termites growing mushrooms for their own nour- ishment. :Xn ant guards aphides, so as to be able to drink the aphides' honeydew, which the aphis excretes, when stroked by the ant. All this happens in your own yard, on a rose- bush, and is one of the most famous friendships. The wor1d's annual silk output could be made into a thread so long that it could be stretched about 365 times to the Sun. The distance to the Sun is 93,000,000 miles, so you can see how many caterpillars it takes to spin the world's annual silk output l Th beetle is the strongest animal for its size in the world. I-Ie can lift anything up to 850 times his own weight. A man would have to lift seventy tons to equal this. The mandibles of a beetle are very strong, also. Probably you have had experience of the nip- ping powers of a stag beetle. An insect's eye is divided up into a number oflenses. A human being's eye, like most animals', is composed of one big lens. The robber Hy possesses 30,000 lenses in his small eye, while a Brazilian beetle has only eight. A beetle found in Guiana is a veritable giant. Its name is Titanus Giganteus, and it is very rare. The length of this beetle is eight inches, and it is two and a half inches wide. Another beetle, Dynastes Neptunus by name, is seven inches in length, and is of about the same width as Titanus Giganteus. In the moth family, the largest member is the Great Atlas Moth C.-Xttacus Atlasj. The distance from wing tip to wing tip is usually about nine inches, although a specimen in the British Museum measures 1134 inches across the wing tips. If you are going to take up entomology as a hobby, I advise you to read a book on it beforehand. 1 abre's Book of Insects and Grassroot jungles are good books to read. The former is mostly written on European insects, while the latter is about insects found in your garden. The former is illustrated by coloured plates, while the latter has a large number of photographs. A good rule to remember in entomology is: Never kill an insect, unless it is ab- solutely necessary to do so. Live insects are more useful than preserved ones. I can gua- rantee you will find entomology a fascinating study, and you will discover many strange, minute animals awaiting observation in your garden. The rule seems to be that the smaller the animal, the more interesting he is. :X mantis, for instance, is much more interesting than a horse or dog. .-Xn exception to this is found in the animals of prehistoric times. But, as a whole, entomology is the most enga- ging hobby and I think a large number of people will agree with me. D. D. P., Iform 3. l 101

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ll'i11fe1' Term, emi qf 1935: FOR THE SCHOOL YI-I.-XR 1938 - 1939 Numerous recruits were enrolled at the beginning of this school Year. The number of Scouts in the Troop was finally established at forty-six, in seven patrols, as follows, with B. Little as Senior Patrol Leader and D. Huestis, a Senior, doing a good turn hy acting as Troop Leader of the Junior Section: SENIOR SECTION C.'Ill'fc EU.f U :dy B zgffaforf P.L. LI'l I'l.E P.L. lfiemiso P.L. Goi.DBi.ooM Ind S'rRoNo Ind RAMSEY 2nd HL'ES'FlS S'rEvENsoN BLACK KIRREGAARD 'lil-IES lh'1Al'l'IN TfE'l'HERS'I'0NHAUGH Morse P. Doiirgri. AICNIOR SECTION C'0II.LfIl7'.f H5111-ew Foxex 11 'ofsfxv P.I.. CLTRRIE P.L. MA'1'HExxsoN P.L. MAelJPgRMo'i' P.l.. DEC.-xRY GRIMALDI Nlacisexziiz O'HANi.oN GAL'i.'r SU'i'HERi.AND LSARNE.-Xl? REI-'ORD PENHELD Co'1 1'1isc,HAn1 G. XVHITE LEHMAIN CHASE CHURCH Ci.EvEi.AND Hora YAss C.-KMl'BEl.I. FDU. Baoximax W. Donsri. NIA'l l'SON P. Baoxrm.-xx LSIBLIN DAY Huw. Buoarismx LYMAN SEEN' T'lOl.l..-XXD D. XVI-il'l'li On Memorial Day, Nov. llth, the customary Troop ceremony was held in front of the School. The .wo minute silence was observed, and a bugler from the Black VVatch Regiment sounded The Last Post and Reyeille. During the month before Christmas, when the hall at Headquarters was occupied by the Scout Toy Shop, the Troop was obliged to meet elsewhere. Due to the kindness of the Rev. David Scott and the Church, we were again permitted to use the Knox Crescent Church hall. .Xt a swimming meet open to Scouts of the Montreal Central Uistrict, held at the hlontreal High School tank, Fleming won the fifty yards breast stroke and placed second in the fifty yards free style, for Scouts aged l-l I5 years. Huestis won the twenty-live yards breast stroke for Scouts I2 13 years old. This achievement qualified both these Scouts to enter a final meet in which the best swimmers among all the Scouts of Mont- real were to compete. Huestis was unfortunately unable to attend the big meet, held at the N.D.G. Community Swimming Tank, Dec. Ind, but Fleming swam splendidly to win the fifty yards breast stroke for Scouts fourteen years old. Shortly before Christmas a voluntary contribution was taken up in the Troop, and the proceeds were given to a less fortunate Troop, to be used for buying needed items of the Scout uniform. l l3l