Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1939--1940 Ee Bemis ' Man. Ut will be remembered that Richard Goldbloom - Smiling Dick - was a regular Contributor whilst at School of poems in the Dr. Drummond style. He kindly sends us another exploit in the life of Papa Bouchard! Papa B0llt'!1Il7'd ,Elf go 0110 day To ,lf02lf7'6!lf, 'muff ,lfllilltl .ffl-Y, You got bad teelh, ,VOII go right way, .f7I, fee 11111 d1'11li.f' 50011 Papa 'e .fake 1165111 7lt'.V, fl'!Zi7l 11021-11, -fill pwily .TUON 'eff rome I0 102271, 'E get IIFFIII off, 1111' fook r1r01111' For 7I8!ll't'.V, beer .f!lf00II. 'Ejfnd eel quark, 110 lroubfa 111111, 'E'5feel11111rl1 belief, 011' dzztff whwz 'E .rtart righf 011 dr wa-v again Toxin' de dwztix' 1'00111. 'Ef01111' de plan, a11d11'e11li.f' my, lfoifzi, 111af1'e11', j'011'1'e in bad way, 'Crime 11!l,v0111- leelli t'07Ilt' 0111 l0dIZ'Y A Riglzl note... dir 11fla1'110011 .' B111 Papa 'e iffool 'im Jura, Lay fi0iL'7I 'ix plain, wafk 0111 de 11'001', D011' .ray 1150111 110ll1i11g 1271-1' 11101'r, AJ11' go 111 ben' .v11f0011. 'Eff 1i1'ef11lc 1156111 'aff tc deallz dai da-v, .lllllllfl .fre ABBIII, 5!1e'.ffai11f righl 'iozz-v, B111 Papa, 'e err d1'1111lc 1171. ga-v, For ,r111'f, '55 171 dr 1110011 .' R. G., O. S. QBrknzp ani! Sbetlanh. :Xt the end of July 1939 my mother, brother, aunt and I sailed for Orkney and Shetland on the S.S. Rognvald. The ship left Aberdeen at about lunch time, and we ar- rived at Kirkwall at 11 p.m. The whole town seemed to be waiting for the ship l We went out for a stroll on the big flagged pavements, as it was getting dark, and then we went to bed in the ship. l23l

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SELWYN HOCSE SCHOOL M.-XG.-XZINE The revolution in Germany was much more orderly than in many other countries. The Kaiser left Gen. H.Q. in Belgium for Holland on the morning ofNovember 9th, 1918, but refused to sign his abdication prepared for him by his Chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, till November 28th. The lirst German King to abdicate was that of Wlirtemberg, fol- lowed by the King of Saxony, then by the King of Bavaria, and later by all the Princes. The Republican Government, under Ebert the saddle maker, formed after the Armistice, had a hard battle against Communism. The Communists led by Dr. Carl Liebknecht and a Jewess, Rosa Luxemburg, who were later murdered, were utterly crushed by the Schupo under Noske, Ebert's right-hand man. The revolution of Greece was not due to the Great 1Yar but to the Turco-Greek War of about 1920. lt was here that King Constantine decided to invade Turkey and after some successes his army was routed by Mustapha Kemal before Angora and driven back into the sea. The Greeks, infuriated by the army's failure in Asia Minor, forced Constantine to abdicate, and thereafter Greece became a republic. About eight or nine years ago, King Alphonso ll of Spain abdicated and came to England owing to the socialist influence then in Spain, but after the revolution starting in 1936 a new King may someday reign in Spain. The monarchy in England lasted all through the war, it has lasted ever since, and will I think last far into the future, the reason being that the King has little power, and the government with which he rules is a democratic one. Where other kings have, through imperious methods, failed to keep their thrones, the King of England keeps his by democratic means. I. B., Form 3. The Zlihrarp. We are indebted to the following boys for the large increase of books on our shelves' To all these donors we are extremely grateful. A further bookcase was added last September, ere long it would seem that another will be needed. The Library has been patronized as extensively as ever, and particularly so by the small boys, which is encouraging and all to the good. Here is the list of donors, who, between them, contributed forty-five books in all:- Jimmy Paterson, Arthur hlathewson, George Currie, John l-lallward, Jeremy Lyman, 1Yilfrid Palmer, Hugh Cleveland, and Malcolm Nlacllougall. B. 14. T. H. 1331

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL BI.-XG.-XZIXI-A The next morning we had a walk up to the St. Magnus Cathedral. When we got back to the pier we found that the St. Rognvald was edging away from it, however, it came back, and we went aboard again. All that day until 5 p.m. we sailed north to Shetland. The sea was calm, which is unusual up there. We passed lfair Isle, from where the jerseys and sweaters come. We all disembarked at l,erwick and rented a car and drove to l-lillswick, seeing ponies and black sheep en route. It was a lovely evening, and the shadows on the bay were wonder- ful. We met a friend of my mother's who lives there, and then went back to Lerwick and boarded the ship. The next day we found ourselves back in liirkwall with a whole day to spend. We visited St. Nlagnus Cathedral, which is still intact after SOO years. After going to the top of the Cathedral! tower from which there is a fine view, we met another friend of my mother's who lived in Orkney. All of us had lunch, and then we went and saw over her husband's whisky factory, which was very interesting. From the factory we saw Scapa Flow. Then we bought some woollen articles, and went on the ship. The St. Rognvald was full of cargo and passengers, including many boisterous fisher-girls. The ship rolled and tossed its way back to Aberdeen where we disembarked early the next morning. I liked Shetland better than Orkney, because it was more undulating and wild. People who have a few days to spare in Scotland shouldn't hesitate to go to these Northern Isles. C. S., Form 5. 'Reprinted from the Veritas J. l34l