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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SHLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAG.-XZINI-1 e 'AS YOU LIKE lT' For the second year in succession the School presented a Shakespearian play in the Kildonan Hall, and we will content ourselves by printing, hrstly, the excellent critique which appeared in the Montreal Gazette of March 25th, and secondly, a detailed and constructive account of the performance from the pen of Sir :Xndrew Nlacphail, to whom we are deeply indebted. From the Montreal Gazette: Shakespearian drama has received due tribute in Nlontreal this season and not least from the boys of Selwyn House in their production of As You l.ike lt, which packed Kildonan Hall to the doors yesterday afternoon. The version was an abbreviated one, for which an apology was made in the programme notes. The CZISY was masculine of necessity, and incidentally in keeping with the tradition of the Flizabethans. Harry Donald directed and the settings were by Cecil West. There was no need to apologize for cutting .-Xs You l.ike It to half its regular length. As a matter of fact this is one of the few Shakespearian plays which will stand the blue pencil. There is little real action, and beautiful poetry will not hold the atten- tion of an audience for three hours. The Selwyn House version was skilfully done. The trimmings mostly were taken off and the meat, to all intents and purposes, left untouched. These boys declaim their Shakespeare in a remarkably life-life manner. There is little trace of the usual routine way of mouthing the verses so that they become prac- tically unintelligible. On the contrary, every word was caught yesterday and, further- more, the romantic charm which makes .-Xs You l.ike lt the great pastoral comedy that it is, was instilled into the entire production not the least by careful attention paid to the rise and fall of the metre in the dialogue, which was blended with a natural way of speaking that avoided all traces of artihciality, Undoubtedly the triumph of the production was the beautiful way in which it was dressed. Cecil West's settings and plan of lighting were modern in style, simple, and yet forming a perfect background for the essential Arden atmosphere. They were almost as much a part of the play as the dialogue itself so far as this production was concerned. Equally imaginative in style and brilliant in colour were the costumes,which, outside of those used in the M.R.T.'s Hamlet, were the richest seen on any stage this season. The principals distinguished themselves by their unadected acting and clear diction. YYilder Penfleld was the handsome Orlando, Wallace Gowdey a very personable and con- fident Rosalind. The latter was admirably paired with John Henderson, the diminutive Celia. Benton Jackson's Jaques, the melancholy one , was perhaps the most individual- ized portrayal of any. F. Hingston and Reed Johnston were Touchstone and Audrey, respectively. Others in the cast included John Locke as Oliver and Alfred Pollack and Sydney Lyman as Duke Frederick and Duke Senior, respectively. A word of praise should be paid to the very artistic grouping of the characters in each of the ten scenes. l37l