Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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

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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