Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1932-1933 Extract from a history Note in Form 2, on the founding of the Colonies. Sir Walter Raleigh, nightied by the Yergin Queen Elizabeth, did a lot. So did the Pilgrim Fathers who led a pilgrimage to America in 1620, and founded lots of colonies that still resist. It is interesting to think that some of our boys' fathers were the Pilgrim fathers. CVVe will pass gently over the reference to parental Methuselahs, and merely add that the budding historian presumably wrote 'resist' for 'exist': or did he, with the War Debts in mind, mean ' insist ' ? Pld.7 Form 4 C again. Smith: Hullol Lend me a History book, will you F Nex! door nfighbozzr. Certainly: l've got two, Smith: VVhat, accumulating F JVM! door rzeiglzbrmr. Yes: but I'm short on Spellers Y Coming events .. ..... ., ..... F That was a depression, wasn't it F THE Rrz'roR'i' coL'R'rEoL's. Our London correspondent sends us the following, which well illustrates the parti- cular humour of the Cockney. Two Cockney taxicab drivers were trying to pass each other when one of the cabs caught the other's mudguard and slightly bent it. A flood of vituperative abuse poured from the mouth of one of them. At last the other could stand it no longer, and, holding up his hand to stay the steady stream of words, he pointed to the sprig of holly tied to the radiator Cfor it was the Xmas season? of his rival's cab and exclaimed, 'Fre, maite, give over, carn't yer P VVot's the good of ' aving 'olly on yer bally bonnet, when yer ain't got no bally 'olly in yer 'eart F illzzster, readirzgfrom an fuzz-i' on Hnr.fe.v .' The young colts are very interesting: they are very like eggs. Puzzfed .lI1z.v!er: How like eggs F Boy: Well, Sir, they have to be broken before they can be used l A dark horse, that boy! Hamish McTavish tells us that his father is very superstitious, and never allows himself to be the thirteenth on one match, when lighting a cigarette. He probably learnt this in the War, during which he had an interesting experience. He was once out on patrol in No lVIan's Land, when the man next him was hit by a stray bullet. l'm hit, said Jock. YYhereaboots F In the fut Get on ma back, then , said Mr. NIc'I'avish, and I'll carry ye back to the trenches . Nae, Nate said Jock, for then you'll get the V.C., and I'll get another bullet Y l25l

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE BRIiYITIF.S C,XYhilst believing the following information to be more or less correct, we do not take any responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of the statements. l .d.l XYe should very much like to know the name of the Old Boy who failed in one of his examinations last year, and who, wishing to break the sad news gently to his father, sent the following telegram to his elder brother: Have failed examg prepare father. He received this reply the next day: Father prepared: prepare yourself. Mr. .-Xnstey is simply delighted with the present of a clock which the School so kindly gave him at Xmas. We think lla' dork keeps excellent time. Uemocracy ' To every man, three acres and a cow: Technocracy ' Two hours of work a day, a car, and how ! E.v.frm',f -15-0111 11 zvfwzl grazlznuzr paper: An interjection is a loud exclamation, used when we are annoyed. Father uses them all the time. A We like this ending to an essay on International Peace 1 :Xnd so, in con- clusion, there may never be any more wars, but of course one can never tell, with all these pacilists about. :X reference to the League of Notions, nerhaps F Those spelling slips! librom an essay on YYindowsl: There are very many kinds of widows. Some have strange shapes, and others have strange material in them. An S.H.S. expert on skis Went out with a girl, and said Plis, On the next precipice May T give you a kice ? Said she, Quick, before anyone sis ! Hope springs eternal .......... Who is the boy in one of the Fourth Forms whose little sister, aged three, having observed with much pleasure a hen sitting on eggs to bring forth chicks, determined to try and do likewise F Being unable to find any real eggs in the pantry, she was discovered one morning by her parents sitting on a basket of ..... potatoes! Trying to get away with it. Master, to boy who arrived slightly late: Now then, young fellow, you should have been here at nine o'clock. Boy, Really, Sir, what happened P OYe won't say what did happen later! Fd.l l 34 l

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