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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
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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
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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
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