Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 22 of the 1930 volume:

SELWY HOUSE SCHOOL IVIAGAZIN Yul. 2 I-'OR 'IiI'I If SCHOUI. YF,-XR llilfl - lllill ' I'il7l'I'IJIlI.XI. S'I'.-Xl l'i: J. H. Clnzfwzzzff l.ifwu11Li' ffifilui' l:70iN'i .N'1m1'.ff f'f11'1'fn1'.f . 01115 on I . ll'. I. . . 11, Brlitnijlf .N't'n11!.i' fiffllorf . 1 t' 'r ,l.l'.I.' WX! , , ,. I limp C UNI' Hllvlif llflllffllfhli Ii. llozgvmz' Ii IJ I TO R I A I. The year IQEO will, we think, prove to he a memoralile one in the history ol' the School, in as much as the liuildings now used in Sherbrooke and Mackay' Streets will he given up in june next, and the School will more as a whole to a more convenient location in Redpath St. The new building will, it is hoped, prove more suitalwle in every way, and the closer union of the .Iunior and Senior Schools suggests an addition to the present sehool motto of'Ye1'itas ', f viz : Duo -iuncta in uno I We wish Nlr. lYanstall's new more every success, and are confident that in this case I'nion will mean Strength XYe are informed that there is ample room for a hoclcy rink in the new grounds, and that we shall lie ahle to enjoy a morning hreather during term time. Good news indeed l It only remains for us to thank all those who have so kindly c.intrili.it:,l ti th: compilation of this little Magazine, and can assure them that their erliorts are much appre- eiated. SCI-IUUI, NOTES Mr. Macaulay has taken a house in l'elixstowe, and we hear that he has lietxirn: an enthusiastic gardener. Paul Pitcher, Christopher Iiherts, and Fraser Gurd have heen spending the lfali and lYinter in Switzerland. They are studying at Mr. Sillig's School at Ye-Vey. During the ski-ing season the whole school moves to the Chalet des Alpes at YillarsfsurlJllon. Paul has become an expert hockey player and played against the touring Canadian team at Yillars. Ill Sl'.l.WYY llOl'Sl-I SCHOOL NIAUAZIXI-Q Paul Sisc is at -laccauds -f-- Lausanne. Nation is now at school in lfngland. Macdonncll, whose parents have moved to Toronto, is at Ifpper Canada College. Chapman and Campbell are both trying for Scholarships at Upper Canada College. Mr. Slubicki, who was with us while Mr. Holliday was in England, is now at T.C.S. ' Laffy ' I.aHeur is a Rhodes Scholar at St. 'Iohn's College, Oxford. Palmer Howard and Howard Webster very kindly, and very efIiciently,oFI'iciated as referees in all our school matches. Mark, Desmond, and Charles Farrell are at school at Ampleforth College in Eng- land. Mark is in the Ylth Form. Melville Bell is at school in Iingland - He is entered for Charterhouse. Mr. C. R. Jackson has been appointed Montreal representative for Camp Kaga' wong, Kawartha Lakes, Fenelon Falls, Ont., about which he will be pleased to giveinforma- tion to parents. ANGCS MURRAY PRIZE FOR ENGLISH COMPOSITION This prize is offered by Angus Murray, an old boy, for the best Essay on a set sub- Aiect. The Sixth Form only are eligible to compete for this prize. The subject is an- nounced during the first week in March and the papers written during the lirst week in April. SONII-I RIQMINISCI-YNCES Eighteen years ago the school, which up to that time had been known as Lucas's School , became Selwyn House. It remained in the same building at 452 Mackay Street and started under the new regime with about fifty-live boys. The school colours remained the same, black and yellow, and were, I believe, originally chosen because they were the colours of a well known racing stable. Working hours were not long in those days, and of the four classes which made up the school, only two came back in the afternoon, and on two days a week work stopped at ll:-IS A.hI., so that games could be played on the M.A.A.A. grounds between I2 and I o'clock. The hockey rink was then the entire surface of the skating rink, at that time a very large area, quite twice the length and three times the width of the Forum ice, and its size was supposed to give the home team a great advantage. In any case scoring was infrequent. The Canadian game of Rugger was played for several years, but was never a great success, and the Association game was substituted about 1915. The chief matches were with Loyola College .Iunior and NYickham House. By 1915 all the larger rooms in the School were used as class rooms and the base- ment had already been turned into a dining room, where a few boys lunched and enjoyed amongst various items on the menu those famous apple tarts which have become an in- Sflfllfltlll. Ill FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1929- 1930 lt was somewhere about this time 119151 that owing to defective drains we had to turn out of the school for a matter of six or seven weeks. The Church of the Messiah came to our rescue and lent us the large Hall at the back of the Church where classes were held for a great part of the October term. 1Ye subsequently renewed acquaintance with that Hall on the several occasions that our annual Prize Givings were held there. Of masters in those comparatively early days land no longer at the Schoolj one remembers Mr. St. George, then a partner in the School, YI lform Mathematical master, and for a few years Scoutmaster. He left in 1917 to join up with the Forestry Corps, and is now a Professor in Cyprus. There was also Mr. Chapman, a man of numerous degrees, a good musician and scoutmaster. He afterwards, became Headmaster of McDonald High School at St..-Xnnes, and from there Vice Principal of St. Marks Training College, 1,ondon. Old boys will remember Mr. 1Yheeler, who produced a school magazine written, printed and bound by the boys with his assistance. The printing press was set up in the basement Hat of the house next the school and was in constant use for two or three years. There were, 1 think, two issues of that magazine but the erliort died when Mr. Wheeler left. The first woman on the statl' was Bliss Robinson, most patient of teachers, who began her reading classes in 1915 and continued until poor health compelled her to resign in 1928. ln 1920 the junior School on Sherbrooke Street was established, starting with about 50 small boys. For six years masters used to dodge the Sherbrooke Street traffic in their endeavours to be on time for their classes. ln 1926, however, when Mr. 1Vanstall took over the Senior House, this particular danger ceased and each house had its separate stall. ln 1929 Mr. Wanstall took over the junior School, and Selwyn House once more came under one Headmaster. ln conclusion it may be of interest to mention a few boys who distinguished them- selves in sport during the earlier years. Of hockey players those who stand out in one's memory are -1. Macintosh, C. Robertson, C. Nichol, G. Hutchison and C. F. Pacaud. There were few prominent football players, though many did well after leaving Selwyn House, notably C. Robertson. Track racing calls to mind XY. Glassco and il. Cape, and a most promising young boxer was J. Gilpin. Some mention, perhaps, should be made of Professor Hill, but these notes are al- ready too long and one requires space to do full justice to the subject. C. C. Nl. l-ll SI-IAYYN HOl'Sl-L SCHOOL INIAU.-XZINIQ SCHIXJI. PRIZIQS. f tI'PPl'QR SCIIUOIJ I929 The annual Sports antl the ilistrihution of Prizes took place at the M X 'X -X on Tuesday, june Ilth. .-X presentation was made to Nlr. Nlacaulay on the occasion of his retiring from active work in the Sehool. We all miss him antl wish him health and happi- ness in his retirement. The prizes were given away hy Nlrs. I . NI. G. johnson. The names of the winners tifAp1'ilq's: for Class XYork anal the Svhool Sports are as follows : we Il. I5 I. Cannell II' I. Gooilfellow, I. 2. DI. Locke. 2. Drury, C. II. A I. Birks Y I. Chapman 2. I.yman, I' 1. Bourne. III I. Gray Miller YI I. Crowther 2. Nlacnutt. 1. johnson, I.. Prize for I. Gray Xliller IPresenteiI lay Nliintreal City and District Goon IJRIDEIL I. .-Xrthur Camplwell Bankl .attendance Crowther Pacautl -Iohnson, I.. Davies Schofield. .letlirey Russell Prize: Pacautl lllpen to Ylth Form only. Presented to the Lucas Medal Croxwtlier. Imest allfround Iuoy from the point of View of I. Scholarship 2. Games 3. General Influence. SPORTS 1929 100 Yds. tilpenl Patch High Jump Iuntler Ill I. Dawes - johnson 2. Nlacnutt 100 Yds Iuntler Ill Banks Broad Junlp lilpenl I. Patch I -. l.untlon 2. Paeautl 75 Yds luntler IIII Barott Relay Race I. I.esIie 2 Marston 2. Banks 220 Yds IOpenJ Patch I fl. I.ittIe 220 Yds IH' cap Upeni Kerr 4. Lamplough -. Schlemm Brothers' R366 I. Keith Russell 220 Yds Iuntler Ill Banks 2. .-Klee Martin 1 5 Nlcfi hurt Sisters' Race I. joy Thomson 100 Yds luntler IKM Schmon 1. Rosemary Kerr - Porter Victor Ludorum Patch I High Jump lllpenl Pateh I I2 points Ihighest possilmlel 2 frowtlier SL'Ul I'INCi L'.XRl'l'iN'I'RY Ist Prize - Crowtlier lhvieg Qntl Prize - Best Qntl Class Scout --f .lones i i III FOR THE SCHOOL YF.-XR 1929-11130 S C O UTI N G CHRISTM.-XS TERM 1929 W'hen the troop reassembled after the holidays the following othcers were appointed by Mr. lXIcYitty. Asst. Scout Master Troop Leader Patrol Leader of the Patrol Leader of the Patrol Leader of the Patrol I.eader of the - I.Esi,ii2. e- BRAINERD. W'olves H IONES, Lions iCAMPBEl.l., Foxes - L.-XNTIER, Hyenas - Trkvix, Second Second Second Second Borkxiz. MARTIN. Powsri.. BisHoP. Scout games and Rugby were played as usual on th: Mountain an.l in rainy weathsr Scou t games in doors. .-X few weeks before Christmas the Scout Toy Repair Workshop was opened and most of our scouts worked well repairing toys. For the Christmas good turn each patrol made up a hamper and delivered it to a poor family. l-iach scout did an individual good turn as well. The annual scout paper chase was held on the mountain, Mr. W'anstall kindly allowing the scouts a half-holiday. Both trails were bad,but an excellent feed made up for this slight defect. I-I .-X STI-1 R THR M 1930 The rirst scouting day of this term was devoted to hearing the good turns. On the l5th of January the annual trip to St. Marguerite came oH'. This trip was very kindly financed bv Mr. Russell Cowans. W'e left Mile lind on Saturday morn- ing arriving at St. Marguerite at about eleven thirty. We skie,l until lunch time aftzr which the hares went out to pick their trails for the paper chase on skis. Mr. XV21IlSf.1ll accompanied us, also Stanley Crowther, last years .-X.S.M. The hares were Bourne and Johnston, the other pair being Brodie and Bishop. Both trails were excellent and we had a splendid run. On Sunday afternoon we ski-biored to Cochands and back, a distance of about four miles. W'hen we got back Mr. McYitty called a meeting of the troop and promoted Brainerd from Troop Leader to .-X.S.M. and -lones was appointed Troop Leader. The leaders of the troop were now 4 .-Xsst. Scout Master Troop Leader Patrol Leader of the Patrol Leader of the Patrol Leader of the Patrol Leader ofthe -e LEsi.iE. -e Baaixskn. - joxizs. W'olves - C.-XMI'BEl,I,, Second - Lions - LANTIER, Second Foxes - SLURPIN, Second Hyenas - NI.-XRTI X, Second The remainder of this term was taken up chiefly with Tests and indoor Scout games were also played so as to vary the programme. l5l Bocaxis. PowEi.i.. Bisuoi-. MACNL r'r Badge-work. SHINE g. S . me ,J Q , . 5 -ia f V ., M. T :N U ' - 5 1 ' ' 5 av V , . ,A K x J - 0- 'I ,. -S V e - 11- L-nv F ! ': . ' x x . K N ' f 055, ,f . S S 'JY I W ' Q ig s. S , f- K 'ln . ' 4' sl x '-as 'f .aw H - 'I W' N - ' , Tv wiv' f x Q V I X 4 1 ' ' . ' L' 3-1 'xx in ga 3 ' si X . ' V NL v - M ' ' fx 1 wb' XIJQQ uh. Q . ,iz X., My , M A GM .I Q nv F' gum ,M 3' ' , if .,. NIS Q Q ' qv' - -- 9-' 30 , . 1 . X Q 4- 1 f Xv g Q l-'OR THR SCHOOL YF.-XR 1929-1930 Sl',XlNII .R THRNI 1930 During this term rhe Scouts play cricket and scout games on the mountain. Usual- ly some very exciting matches are played. Outdoor tests are passed by our SKI. such as cooking and signalling. The senior scouts do their journey and their maps. Baseball is played by the juniors because there are too many to play cricket, and baseball is the next choice. There may be a Scouts versus the School cricket match but it is not definite. We are very sorry that our scouting careers have drawn to a close and we wish the officers who are following us the best of luck, also that they will do their best to keep up the fine reputation that the troop has built up in previous years. If next year's oH'icers are as good leaders as they are scouts the troop ought to be just as fine a troop as irhag been in the past. FWI fWB I-X9XIs1 YYH.-XT l THINK .-XBUl'T SCOl'TlNCi Scouting has come of age this year, and because it was founded on such good prin- ciples, it has already helped many boys to grow up in the right direction. YYhen a boy enters a Scout troop, he is first taught to obey orders without question Q to be honest g to be clean in word and deed g to be loyal, helpful and courteous, and above all to live up to the Scout Law. As he grows older, he is taught the practical side of things as well as the theoretical side, and as a result of this training he can live up to the Scout motto - Be prepared . In an emergency, someone may be heard to say : - There is 21 Scout, he will know what to do Y Therefore, let us be good Scouts and help others. l .W.l,. C.-X.S.NI.l I think that Scouting should be encouraged as much as possible because it is the best organisation for boys that the world has ever known. l advise every able-bodied boy to join the Scouts not only for the enormous amount of fun he will derive from it but also for the effect it will have upon his character. I think the best thing about Scouting is that Scouts get so easily acquainted wherever they go. A boy is taught in the Scouts the codes of honour and decency. The badgework makes him proficient in many things which are helpful in after life. W. B. lA.S.Nl.l The Boy Scouts organization was started to teach boys discipline, give them healthy recreation and develop the mind and body. Scouting was started about twenty- tive years ago and it has been so popular that it has spread over the whole world. It is at present by far the hnest and largest organisation for boys in the world. The object of scouting is to teach boys many things, to enable them to look after themselves and to help other people. .-X boy can get a great deal of enjoyment out of scouting if he is really interested because there are badge examinations, organized games and hikes to interest and give him pleasure. 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XI.l1'rI15 Sr. XIIw.1r1x III A l1mIm'I Www 1+ 1 wl3.1rIIk' 1, RLINNQII, KVIIVIL-11, li.IIImx.xx, IHIICX, I g'1lL'I1 Nur. Xl.m'I1N I .KV Rf All A lII1xIk'I I :Ar I I IXIIKI--m'r I N I FOR Tl-IH SCHOOL YEAR 1929-1930 The following were the teams : f tl-I and underl lld and underl ill and underl Hingston Goa! Hingston Goa! Hingston Goa! Schofield Dfjffizrf Jones Dfjfezm' Sharp l7ql'e11t'f' Jones Miller Starnes Baillie F0rwnm'.v Baillie f 0rwfzm'.r Burke ii l'i0l'iC'!lHfJ' Galloway McCourt McCourt Russell ' Russell 'l'irbutt Nlccourt l.eslie ii Miller O'Brien Campbell Dawes Szzlzx. Kerr Sabi. Kerr Nab. Lyman, S. Howard Little 'l'H li HOC KEY TH.-X MS BAILLIE S :X good skater and stick handler. He always tries hard and understands the game. BURKE ii B Played some good games. Must try to learn to pass. C.-XMPBEl.l,'.'lx little light but shows promise. DAwEs - With a little more experience he will do well. CSALLOXVAY - Very much improved. Skates well hut is sometimes inetlective in front of goal. HINCiS'I'CJN - .-X very plucky little ' goaler ' - Played a splendid game against St. .-Xlhans. HOWARD - l'ses his stick well hut a little unsteady on his skates. JONES - The most consistent memher of the team. Cool and safe. He was invaluable lioth on defence and in his forward rushes. KERR -Seems to have lost interest in goal -tending. LESLIE ii - Shows considerable promise but needs practise in stick-handling. Li'r'i'LE - Played well on occasions. I,viuAN, S. - Needs lots of practise in skating. N1CCOl'R'l immensely improved-Quite unselhsh hut inclined to get rattled . NIILLER- YYith a little more experience he should lie very valuable on defence. O'BRiEN - Skates well arid has a dangerous shot. Must try to work more closely with his team-mates. Rl'SSEI.I. - :X good skater and stick-handler. :X great improvement on his last year's form. SeHoFiELlJ - Rather disappointing - Has developed a nonchalant attitude which is inetlective - Skates and stick handles well. SHARP - Needs experience - Very keen and skates well. STARNES - Much improved hut inclined to get excited. 'l'lRBL r'1' - Played some very good games. lvl SliLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl,-Ui.-XZINH 111 I UO'lBXll SlKFSll-1 There were eight teams in the Sixes and great interest was taken in the matches. Howard's team won with a margin of two goals. The following were the teams : - Howard lL'apt.l Turpin lCapt.l Baillie Kerr Cannell Galloway Nlcfourt Stewart May Lundon Burke ii Hingston l lil goals l 18 goals! Chapman 1L'apt.l O'Brien IL .1pt.l Porteous Peck i Nlaenutt Pollack Bishop Little Lyman, lf. Nlolson Nliller llohnston, S. t6 goalsl K5 goals l Holland .I ohnston, Brainerd Vaughan Barott Ross 18 goals J Campbell Bourne i Russell Kemp Nation Sehlemm K3 goalsl lCapt.l jones lCapt.l K. Smith Miller i Banks i Peck ii Starnes tCapr.l SOCCLR NIATCHH5, 1929 l7 goals! Leslie i Leslie ii Lymans Birks Sharp Kingston TU goalsl lxCapt.J Two matches were played against Lower Canada College. The first match played on Nov. Ind on the L.C.C. ground was won hy the home team hy a score of l-0. The 5.1-LS. team was : 1 Conf Turpin liarkx Peck Hiller l1'z1fflm'm'fr.r jones Starnes Porteous f 0r:a'1m1'.f Smith fhapman Baillie N l cfou rt Kerr ln the Ind match Lyman took Starnes's place and O'Brien replaced McCourt. e gime ended in a draw ill e 01. Nlr. White of L. C. C. very' kindly acted as referee in lioth games. llol FOR 'PHI-1 SCHOOL YEAR 1929- 1930 'l'Hr1XX'ORl-lJ SL'Ol l' IANIBOR l-1 H 1910 Un the llth of june all the Canadian -Iamboree Scouts assembled at Ottawa for a week's training in camp prior to going to England for the International Jamboree held at .-Xrrowe Park, near Birkenhead. We totalled some one hundred and sixty scouts and were divided into four troops, namely the W'illingdon, Byng, Devonshire and Connaught troops. We were all from widely scattered homes in all the provinces and each patrol of eight scouts, - there being five patrols to a troop, - was so arranged as to represent a cross-section of the Dominion. For one week we camped in a Normal School recreation ground and practised dis- plays, historical pageants, Indian dancing, French-Canadian folk dancing and singing, pyramid work and tumbling for the Jamboree exhibitn. We also did a certain amount of route-marching on warm days with full equipment on our backs. Our scoutmaster - Mr. Power, of the Devonshire troop - led us on many enjoyable tours around the city. On july 13th, a Thursday, we entrained for Nlontreal and sailed the following morn- ing on the S.S. Antonia. At Quebec the following day we were reviewed at the Citadel by the Chief Scout for Canada, l.ord Willingdon, who was accompanied by I.ady Willing- don. His Excellency addressed us on the coming great enterprise and afterwards spoke personally'to several of us. .-Xfter sailing from Quebec the voyage was uneventful, the most interesting occurrences being the passing of icebergs in the Straits of Belle lsle and our chats with some American Scouts who were also Jamboree bound. Un the 27th .luly we sighted Ireland and later in the day some Scottish lslands with their neatly laid out green iieldsand hedges harmoniously blending with many-coloured hill-sides and red-roofed, white-walled cottages. .-Xfter calling at Greenock and Belfast we reached Liverpool on Sunday -luly 28th. When we landed at Birkenhead we took busses to :Xrrowe Park and then marched a mile and a half through the camp to our contingent location. Our camp was about 175 yards long and 75 yards in breadth and this gave usample room in which to move around between the tents. Fach of the four troops had a large marquee tent which served as a dining-room and each patrol of eight Scouts lived and slept in a bell tent. These tents were round and about l-l feet in diameter, a single pole supporting the weight of the tent, with tent pegs and stays maintaining the balance on the outside. For bedding we were each provided with two rubber ground-sheets and three heavy blankets and we used our dunnage bags for pillows. Our kitchen-range was at the rear of the camp. Here each patrol had its Fire-place and cooking-grill. They were all in one line, dug to plan and made to look as symmetrical as possible. The Patrol Leader ofa patrol x as numbered one and his cooking duties were to supervise and aid the efforts of his Scouts, the rest of his patrol was numbered according to rank from two to eight. The system of cooking was this : numbers two and three washed up after break- fast and cooked lunch g scouts four and Five washed up after lunch and cooked supper 3 six and seven washed up after supper and cooked breakfast- then the round began again, scouts eight and two pairing off to clean up after breakfast and so on. In this way we each had to cook and wash up one meal a day and it did not grow monotonous. For the first few days we were busy settling down and arranging camp and also lending a helping hand to the London and Sussex Scouts who were camped in front and beside us. Norway was quite near at hai d and Scotland was also close by. llll SIil.WYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl.-XG.-XZINIQ On Wednesday, .luly Klst, the Jamboree was ofiicially opened at the rally ground by the Duke of Connaught. l.ord Baden-Powell played a few notes on the famous Kudu horn after the Hag was broken and the National Anthem had been played. 'llhen followed a march past, the Duke and Chief Scout taking the salute 3 for an hour the Scouts of all nations marched past the saluting base. It was the most brilliant sight that I have ever seen and it was undoubtedly awe-inspiring for the thousands of spectators who sat in nine large white grand-stands with red supports spread in a semi-circular formation. Along the top of each stand the multifcoloured fiags of all the nations FCPI'-IS3!1fStl - forty-two countries in all - freely interspersed with l'nion -lacks, waved in the breeze. lmagine then a level ground ssveral acres in extent, bright with green grass, and pictarea sky sun- lit and dotted with fieecy white clouds and you have the scenic effect. Now imagine -lU,lJUO Scouts massed on the field, their banagrs a.i.l flags lending additional colour to the bright and varied uniforms and the eager spectators overflowing the stands form the necessary solid background to such a picture. Thus we witnessed one of the most colour- ful scenes in the history of Scouting and certainly by far the most important. 'l'o describe the next fortnight in detail would till a volume. l,etit saliic: tim say that four or five times was such an assembly held on the Rally ground - on one occasion for the Prince of Wales, and on yet another, when the Chief Scout was presented with a Rolls- Royce car, to buy which Scouts in all parts of the world had contributed. l5adenAPowell was greatly pleased with our Canadian displays, especially the Indians , and gave us the central position on the rally ground. There was one fellow in our troopf the Devonshires - fwhom we dubbed the Professor l who could always look absolutely stupid vrithout the slightest effort. But was he, you ask? The answer is Yes - and No. A brilliant linguist for one so young, speaking lferman, French and Spanish but a person who could not make himselflook neat, could not concentrate on cooking, and was unable to keep in step when marching. He gained renown in the troop for his cooking - neither could he watch bacon frying without allowing it to burn nor boil water without its boiling over and quenching the fire. The dear lad would sit down by a pot roast and after fixing the fire would allow the meat to become overeooked and dried up while he sat staring into space until roused from his reverie by an indignant fellow scout or his Patrol leader. XYhen we went out on parade, - after we had fixed his hat, shoes and scarf in place,- the chap beside him had to keep calling out the step for the Professor's benefit. He was undoubtedly the most odd fellow in the contingent but well liked by all except when he ruined some perfectly good porridge and his patrol had to go hungry. One of the outstanding features of the Jamboree was the abundance of mud during the first week. lt rained every day and almost continuously through that period. The result was that the main thoroughfares through the entire camp were reduced to lanes of mud some 4 to 8 inches deep. ln order that this might not deter too many people from visiting the camp the trafiic committee got to work to remedy the situation. During the days that this task was being done about one thousand scouts worked daily upon the roads. Old discarded fences were buried in the mud forming a foundation upon which to pour tons of ashes and sand lrrought in by a Heet of trucks. l rather liked the thoughtof this work, but one day at it soon cooled my ardour. .-Xt the end o' the week the sun came llll FOR THF SCHOOL YEAR 1029, 1930 out and assisted in drying the roads. These had originally been grass but now looked like a trampled circus ground. The Kludboree , as the -Iamboree was commonly called during the first few days, had been fun but we were all glad to be rid ofthe clinging mud and regain ' terra lirma '. The rags and -iapes which were perpetrated upon various persons were features of the lighter side of camp life. Ir was not uncommon to wake up and lind that you and your bed had been gently put out of the tent during the night whilst you slept, nor was it unusual to awake as the result of a douche of cold water pouring over your face 3 but really the most unpleasant of all was to awaken with a gurgle of alarm and a muH'led splutter to find your mouth crammed full of soap and water, mixed with tooth-paste and shaving cream. Our trips on leave to l,iverpool and the meals we thereby avoided cooking were also incidents which linger in oneis memory. Other things that one recalls to mind were the wonderful Hungarian sea-scout dis- plays, the massed Scottish folk-dancing, our attempts to speak Swiss, Belgian, .-Xustrian, American and many other foreign languages with our brother Scouts whose camps we visited W and the impressive religious ceremony held on Sunday, .-Xugust -lth, when the Archbishop of Canterbury conducted the service. Then on the 13th .-Xugust the lireat -lamboree ended and l went to the northern lake district with relatives and there enjoyed some mountain climbing,nshing,shooting and motoring until our contingent sailed from Glasgow for home on .-Xugust 23rd. - our memories full of innumerable reminiscences. After a safe and uneventful voyage home the contingent demobilized at Montreal to seek their respective homes-some to the West, some to the Maritimes, and one scout even to the Yukon, each and every one of us carrying happy remembrances of the Great Jamboree at ,-Xrrowe Park. SKI. CROWTHFR, late .-X.S.NI. -llst S.H,S.'l'roop it f ' is l ff' 4 4. 4, ,Q , J X,-V M . f - Sf. l, 7 J W:-, : 1' - I 1 .- N ll ii' . ' . ' , -at ' N xv ,...- V - YN NQQQKNN l l i I SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl.-XG.-XZINI-Q OLD BOYS' NEWS A S H B l' R Y Cimic. : lfirst team, hockey and football. BEARDMORE : First team hockey and football. .-Xxors : Shooting team. Romxsox : Goaler on first hockey team. F. LHORISTINE : Star on first hockey team. R. Cokls'rlNE : Star on intermediate hockey team. Bkomii : lntermediate hockey. Camo, Ronlxsox, and lf. CORISTINE are taking junior Nlarriculation. BEAR1Jx1okE is taking a Commercial course. Manoa, l'iERQil'SON, and H. .IOSEPH have done good work in their classes. BISHOIVS COLl.l-llili SCHOOL BARRY Q .-Xk'r. l. Headboy. First in Sixth lform. On third football team. Treasurer of B.S.C. Magazine. Coklsrlxs tulip. l. Senior prefect. Captain of first football team, also on first hockey team. Iixchange lfditor of B.C.S. Magazine. Davis L l SHoR'rY l. Headboy. lfirst cricket team, second football, and first hockey. Davis ll. t PH11.. l. Second football. Literary liditor. Domaxx' L l HL'oH H. Third football. IJOHENY ll. lHljANn l. Third football. Gran t S'i'EwAk'r l. Still as simple as ever. bl.-XL'lJ0l'UAl.l. f GoR1al5 J. Captain of second football. Second Hockey team. Headboy. Business Manager of B.C.S. Magazine. NlCl'iN'l'YRE l GEAR l. Librarian, and literary liditor of B.C.S. Magazine. HICLERNON l Bon 1. Headboy. On first hockey and football teams. Business manager of B.C.S. Magazine. Daz ki' lnBAl.IJlEHl,1lf1tl WAi.1.is luBER'I'lEu J, are still here. LOWER CAN.-XD.-X COLL l-iii I-I Senior football : l'iAIRl.IE. Senior soccer : Houc.Es, l,.uii'i.ot'oH, CRow'rHEk. Intermediate football : Hotness, Cassirs. Sports, '29, l'i.-XIRLIH won Hill yards and 440 yards, I6 and under. Homes won the High jump. Cadets : CAssii.s isa Lieutenant, l'iAlRl.lE and GRIER are Corporals, C.u1vaE1.i. and Woaosx are I.ance-Corporals. lixams. Cissirs and Cam-BEi.i. are going to take Senior Matriculation, while l...4MPl.0L'GH, Maisie, and lf.-KIRLIE will try the junior. I l-l l l-OOR THl-Q SCHOOI. YF.-XR IUZV. will TRINITY COl.l.liGli SCHOOL D.N. BYERS '26M is a Prefect this year, played on the First Rugby team, and is completing his Senior Matriculation. He intends to enter McGill next year. C.F. HARRINGTON Q'26j, is a Senior, played on the second Rugby team, and is also com- pleting his Senior Matriculation with the same object in view. Dot'GLAs fSAMMYD TNICLEAN C275 is newly promoted to a Senior, and played on the Third Rugby team. He is trying his ssnior Matric. TOMMY BRAINERD f'28j, was out of all activities last term owirg to a broken arm. GORDON SAVAGE V285 played on the fourth Rugby team, and is one of the bright boys in the Fifth Form. DAVID LAw GERRSRD MACNUTT l' V28 l, are all members of the McGill Fifth Term. ToM RING DOLYGLAS OswA1,D Ml H. STIKEMAN Q'26l, is rapidly becoming one of the world's foremost marine painters. ERIC I'I.-KRRINGTON L'28l, played on the Third Rugby team, and seems to have a good chance to play in goals on the First team. ALAN BYERS Q'28l, came to us after a year in the junior School, and consistently tops the Upper Remove, and also performs as a Fag. Louis Jonsisox N, PAUL Cl-IEVALIER l Ross NEXVMAN ARCHIE GRIER DONALD Tnompsox R. PAC.-AUD C293 another member of the Remove, distinguished himself by running in the Oxford Cup. RODNEY PATCH l G. GooDrE1,i.ow INGY RICE C273 is one of the brighter stars in the Shell's lirmament. '29, are all in the Remove, and belong to the World's lYorkers, i.e. the Fags. ' V291 l:.ith played for the Fifth Rugby team. THF .I l'NlOR SCHOOI., T.L'.S. The following are old Selwyn House boys at the Junior School 1 STEPHEN l:EAKlN, XYALTER Nlorsox, HL'GH Moaaisisy, DAL Rvsssig, PAT. Hixosros, XY.-XRD FMxiANs, l,At'DER BRFNTON, FINDLEY DL'MAREsQ, LENNOX TXTILLS, BRUCE Rtssiai.. On the Rugby team, which won live out of six matches, IDE.-XKIN played left inside and was responsible for at least one touchdown. PAT. T'IINGS'I'ON was a sub. for several games. ln the Rigby-Bethune match IDE.-XRIX and Hixcsrox showed up well for their sides. HINGSTON is spare left wing on the lirst Hockey team and has played in both games. DAL Rrssizi. is on the Seconds and Deakin is captain of one of the Hockey sixes. U51 Sl11,1XXX 11131151 Sl'llU1ll. NIXMXIIX1 1 1 1,11 11. l'1111111. Al 1, N111.1xx1x XX NC, 1i1x11x1. ,I 1,. 1l11111.1 'I.1'.L'. 1,Iil'k 11 C, 1x11-'1-:11.1x 11 I. 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Ilnnns IXlI7I.51lN Hr:n.u, 'I'If'rR rv' I.I I'UlJ'I' IS.-XI I 'I'I1e junior Sehnnl play etI a seIeetetI team uf' Seniors IIII years anti untIerI In 1 1111 game In which neither side senreti. juniors were out cIassetI Ivy the team play of the SSDIOI I:O1'VV1II'LIS, but their hacks put up a fine defence - In xx-Int-I1 ScuIIy, a new Iwy, and Roni t 5 exeeIIetI. Itxzunts m Ssxmns- RnnaItIs Umm' Peck fill!!! Marston Hfzrk I.IttIe Burk Barclay Banks 3cuIIy llfzff-bfzrk I.esIIe llrlff-Brzrk Hodge Nation Kerrigan Barntt NIcI.ennan IVrn':g'f1nf Hay f'I0I'CL'tlI't! Peck, C. jnlmnsnn, Ii. Fkers Ifay Burke 6 I'eacm'IQ I Iennng II II7I Iirlmntt ICapt.J Nle I June-II l fb1'1r11Jj' 14. SIIWYX HOl'Sl-I SCIIOOI. XIMHZINIA' HO L' K HY The Junior School team beat a scratch team of Seniors 6 goals to 3. The individual play of Seniors was excellent, but they lacked practice in combined play which the Juniors had enjoyed as a team, and were for a time quite out-classed. -.lL'NIORS- -Simons- Peck C. Goal Xlcllonnell Goa! Kerrigan llqfflm' Banks Dqffnre Stewart I.eslie Peacock High! lfizzg Tirbutt Cfapt. I Right llfing Ronalds fCapt.l Cwzlrf Burke Centre lfkers lajfi lfing Nlay Lqft Hfing NIcI,ennan Sub I.ittle Sub Bunting johnson A. Goals - Ronalds -I Goals - Burke 2 Peacock I I.eslie l Iikers I J , 1 -A TRII IO OKI.- Okinashima - the Oki Islands- the least known part of the Japanese Empire How the name fascinated me when I happened to hear it for the first time, and I immed- iately decided that sooner or later I must pay a visit there. After making enquiries among the natives, and with the kind assistance of the Rey. .l. Scott, the Protestant Missionary of Yonago, I found out that a steamboat left frequently from the port of Sakaiminato bound for these islands, About the middle of July, a start was made from Yonago at 9.40 p.m. for the port of Sakai, which is situated at the end ofa narrow peninsula, about I5 miles long. As the boat did not leave there until midnight, I had about an hour to stroll around this odori- ferous port, and notice the queer kind of craft at anchor near the water-front and the bi- zarre figures of the boat-men. The Oki Nlaru on which I was to make the crossing was a fair-sized steamer having three classes of accomodation. I decided to make use of the common saloon flnd Classl so that I should have a better chance of coming in contact with my fellow passengers. The third class accomodation was so very limited and I did not fancy sleep- ing on bales of rice l just before leaving, rugs were thrown on the floor, a pillow filled with sand was placed for one's comfort, and all the company stretched themselves at full- length for their slumbers. The voyage to Saigo on the main island took ten hours, and after a night dis- turbed by much unavoidable noise, the screeching of infants, and the wails of unhappy females suffering from the effects ofa detestable crossing, I was very glad to see through the porthole the shadowy outline of the first of the islands. llfll FOR THF SCHOOL YEAR 1920. V130 Hurrying on deck I felt that l was well repaid for any inconvenience and trouble endured on such a journey. The sun was rising, and silhouetted against the brilliant colours of the morning sky were many islands with all manner of fantastic shapes. For several hours our course led us in and out of numerous tortuous channels above which the precipitous cliff in all kinds of monstrous rock-formation, towered above us. Saigo, the capital of the islands, is a fair-sized town, consisting of native houses which border narrow lanes leading to the water's edge. My arrival there was greeted by a large crowd of the inhabitants to whom the advent ofa European in their midst was a source of great interest, some of the younger people never having seen one before. Fishing and a little agriculture form the chief occupation of the people. livery- where one's nostrils were unpleasantly reminded of this by the overpowering smell of the dried cuttle fish, which is the staple product of the surrounding seas, thousands being exported each year to the western coast of Japan and also to Korea. There was one small native hotel at which we were made very welcome, and one cannot help speaking in high terms of the hospitality and kindness of the natives. If one does not mind the strangeness of such native food as raw fish, seasweed, bamboo- shoots, and is willing to sleep on a fudtonn on tatami lHoorfmatsJ in a room having paper windows and walls, a very pleasant week can be spent. Among several enqioyable trips taken while at Uki one will always remain fresh in my memory. Hiring one of the 1'lat-bottomed boats, manned by a native boatman, we sailed for some distance down the inlet near the harbour and reached a large hill-side, show- ing signs of recent excavations. Our boatman brought us alongside and after scrambling up the face of the hill we were able to enter some fair-sized caves which have been recently opened up. These were of great interest to us on account of numerous examples of crude Korean carving on the walls. Had l not been accompanied on my journeys by my young interpreter Takemitsu Tabusa,a student of the liotogakko, to whom l am greatly indebted for his kind help, l should not have been able to see so much of unfamiliar Japan. After a very enjoyable visit we bade farewell to this little known part of the world with mingled feelings of regret at leaving such a tranquil spot and such delightful people, and of pleasure at the thought of once more getting in touch with the outside world. H. T. G. P li y w V 1. ' 5 . 'TW s ,wut 4 I gg, W or qv V ' I Q lp' . . .n l W X ieiii . . c c 'fi Yi, -ei Flegfff ' ll l