Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-KR 1932-1933 A QYIP. lhlr, .-Xnstey, with some of Shakespeare's puns 1 Not on thy soul, but on thy sole... etc, and Gaunt as a grave... etc., see Gaunt's speech in King Richard 21 and plays on words, in mind, sends us the following.l Curious how the great Vliilliam, and his contemporaries, loved the play upon words which we esteem so lightly nowadays. How, for instance, might he have said that this, our body-house, owes to bread and butler its lzrmdflz of foundation and the bu!!re,r,v of its walls, the which shall neither frznnbff nor xfip. And yet to these we all must yoke the mifk of human kindness, e'er, thus eggfd on, we produce the whiteji'0u r of a blame- less life l C. T. .-X. A REBLTS fHere is an ingenious rebus, or riddle, for you to solve. As it is rather diH'icult, we will give you one clue. The subject of this puzzle is a camp follower of the olden days who sold illicit liquor to the troops.-EDJ Soothed hy the ..... of leaves he sat, The ..... , spreading his .,... Hat. The moonbeams' ..... lighted his spoil, As he told the ..... of illicit toilg And to John Barleycorn sang his song: Thou ..,.. the brave: thou ..... the strong: The beaten ..... to feel thy thong I Six letters, the same, will till each space, :X different word in every place. Perhaps the following alternative lines will he found easier to solve: The moonheams' ..,.. lights the scene, 'Mid the ..... of boughs that form a screen, Where he waits, alert, and counts his spoil, The ..... , if he win it, of lawless toil. And this is the song the ..... sang As, clad in his ..... , he 'waited his gang: Thou ..... the haughty, ..... the strong, Thy victims ...., to feel thy thong. C . T. A. l3ll

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL Nl.-XCSAZINE .-KN .-X CROSTIC lThis little .-Xcrostic, may give the Junior School some fun. Take your solution to Xliss Bruce or Miss Snead, and they will tell you if you have solved it correctly. - EDJ Two well known children's names are hidden here, just solve the riddle: their names will soon appear. You ought to rind them quickly, l should say: They live in an enchanting fairy play. l. It comes in black and yellow: it stings: and it has wings: just try and call a Selwyn boy one of these little things Y 2. Better than precept, this word. so they say: lfive sevenths of it is ample, any way f 3. Describes a big Sixth Form boy, strolling down the street: Hair brushed, clothes tidy, well-shined shoes on feet. -lf. :Xsk lform 2 about him: he carried to a close A famous game of bowls, ere routing Britain's foes. 5. This little boy feels sleepy, or hungry, can it be F But soon he puts his hand to mouth: l'm sorry, Sir, says he Qfrntnhs lfrance, 1789. f A piteous, mournful, and very agitated voice could be heard above the murmuring of the crowd crying: My little boy Y He is lost... lost l With difficulty the troubled woman made her way to the edge of the crowd, which was very impatient by this time, having waited for over an hour, while Monseigneur finished his breakfast. The mass of people was being held back from the foot of the steps of the imposing mansion by several burly and merciless minions of the law. Oh, my little boy, my little boy. .. Lost l , said the woman imploringly. Mon- seigneur wil be out in a few minutes , was the reply. :Xnd she was thrust back into the crowd. :Xgain she made her way forward, and this time stood before another gen- darme. A little boy. . , in a red coat 5. ., I.ost I. . . l.ost I , the distressed voice rang out. I do not know where he has gone. Nor does Nlonseigneurn. And again she was pushed into the seething mass of discontented humans, if such they could be called. A bell rang. liveryone was still, and not a sound was heard but the whimpering of the poor mother. Monseigneur appeared at the top of the steps, with several servants and gendarmes on each side. My people, l love you . he said. You will receive all you need. Only do not be impatient, that is all .-Xnd he went in. The mass dispersed quickly but dis- contentedly, for they had so often heard the above oration, and were beginning to think it untrue. 1321