Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE winter in the Qrttlt My exploring party was aboard one of the ships heading for the Arctic ocean. Very few ships ever go there. This is the land of the Fskimo. The climate is very cold, even in summerg the sun is never high in the sky. In winter. the sun never rises at all. During these months people often have to melt snow for drinking water. I.iving is very hard. The Ifskimo builds his hut of snow: this is called an Igloo. The Howers of the north are very pretty. W'e left Montreal, in May, on a ship going to the Arctic. W'e were all mining engineers, and our expedition was sent up to explore for minerals in the far north, coal and iron ore chieHy. W'e went down the St. I,avvrence river, through the straits of Belle Isle, north on the Atlantic ocean, just otl' the coast of Labrador, through Hudson strait to Hudson Bay. There we got into a gasoline launch, about hfty feet long, which we had brought with us. W'e used this for some time exploring among the islands, hut one day, late in August, our boat was caught and jammed in the floating ice. It sank and our supplies were lost. We had to walk over the ice to the shore. This land was the most northerly part of the province of Quebec. We walked around the shore, depending on what we could kill for food. Finally, in October, we arrived at Moose Factory in James Bay. There at the Hudson Bay Depot, we were given food, clothes and shelter. One of our party was sick and laid up for six weeks. Then they outfitted us with dog-teams and provisions. W'e arrived at Cochrane, in northern Ontario, on New Year's day. From here we communicated with our people, who had not heard from us since August and thought us dead. W'.G.AI.S., Form 1. may Bays 1,7101 Ihr .mu if high, Jmz' .Ihr .thy if hfuv, I1'0:c'p!m.vm11 to lif- 'Ymfh ll frm' Qf -vric. Lyilig hy Il lrrf, Ilffzirizzg lo haf, Cozzhf llllffflillg he .hIft't'l'Illlll1 fha! ? The bllffllldilyf mff Thriflf lo Ihr fort' .' Ifhwz hal IIIt't'f.Y hfzff, ll'i!!i1 he 11 'ifonrn F Ezwlv chap in Ala-v Ifith n .N'r.'tt'-viz rrrrr ll'ill put if this teauv f That frirkel 1.5 hex! ' T. B., Form SA. l34l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 193441935 Zlliinn Qlibaracters in ibistnrp THE CHJRJCTER I LIKE: THE DUKE OF IVELLINGTON: Sir Arthur Wlellesley, afterwards made in 1809 Duke of Wellington, was one of the greatest British Generals that ever lived. He was a very strong character, stern and rather haughty. Because of his sternness and bravery he was sometimes called the Iron Duke. He was the youngest son of the Earl of Mornington, and, like the heroic Nelson, was a delicate but courageous boy. :Xt the age of nineteen he had become an ensign in the British Army, and from that moment his promotion was rapid. In the Spanish Penin- sular 1Yars he won victory after victory against the French forces, and in the famous battle of Waterloo he played a lion's part in the final overthrow of Napoleon's power. If it had not been for Wellington's achievement at Waterloo, the map of Europe might be entirely different from what it turned out to be. Long after his military retirement he took part in the government of Britain, being Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830. He was born in 1767, died in 1850, and was buried at St. Paul's Cathedral. He ranks among the greatest of Britain's heroes. THE CHJRJCTER I DISLIKE: GRIGORY EFIJIOVICH R.1SPI.'TI.V: Rasputin was born in Siberia in 1870 and died in 1916. He was a Siberian peasant who had no education at all and who later became a monk. He was one of the most mysterious ligures in modern times. Rasputin swayed men, women, and nations by the power of his eyes. Most people thought that he practised hypnotism. Rasputin was a very big man physically, but, though childlike in some ways, he was very crafty and superhuman in his appetites and energies. Grigory had complete power over the Czar and Czarina of Russia, and was almost worshipped by many people. He had a curious belief that he must sin and sin,so that he might repent and have forgiveness. Rasputin was considered such a menace and traitor to Russia that some of the nobles decided to get rid of him, but all their attempts proved utter failures. However, in December 1916 Rasputin attended a supper-party at the house of a Prince. Here he was half poisoned, but since this made little or no ellfect upon him, his host with the assist- ance of others, shot and stabbed him several times. They then bound him hand and foot and threw him into the Neva River. Rasputin's body was recovered soon after, and was buried by the Czarina. R.T.C., Form 5-A. 1231

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 195-I-1935 ialngue The following dialogue between a French student of English and his tutor h IQ been culled from a century old volume, and may amuse our readers: Frf'11rb1mz11.' Ha, my good friend, I have met with one difficulty 1 one very stu rnffe word. How you call H-o-u-g-h F Tnfar: Hull. Fr.: Trix bien, Hldfi and Snu you spell S-n-o-u-g-h, ha I T11fo1'.' Oh, nog Ni11rf7 is S-n-u double f. The fact is, woi ds ent ing in ouglz are a little irregular. Fr.: Ah, ver' good. 'Tis beautiful language. I-I-0-u-g-h is Hzgff, I will iemem wer and C-o-u-g-h Czgff. I have one bad Cliff, ha l Tzzlar: No, that is wrong. YYe su Ixmzf not Czgf. Fr.: Kfzfrf, rl: bien. H1gf7' and Avlbbffl: and, pamlozzzzfz moi, how you call D o u cr 1 - Dzrff, ha l Tzzfof: No, not Dzrff. Fr.: Not llzgf P Ah l 0112: I understand' is um hey! 711lo1'.' No, D-o-u-g-h spells Dar. Fr.: Dov f It is ver' ISIIICQ wonderful luwu UL it is Doe: and 'llo-u-g'h is Tor, ff'rnz.fi1v111v11l. My beef-steak was very Tor. Tnfoz li no, nog you should say Tzqff. Fr.: Tlf ? and the thing the farmer uses, how you call him P-l-o-u-gi ' Ha I you smileg I see I am wrongg it is Pbzzgf ? No F Ah, then it is Plot' like 70 it 1 beautiful language, ver' fine f Pfof ? Tutor: You are still wrong, my friend: it is 0 Fr.: Plow .' XYonderful language Y l shall understand ver' soon. P ore, ra Kzzzdq and one more f R-o-u-g-h, what you call General Taylorg Rauf and Ready ' No certfziuezlmzf it is Rota and Ready! Tnfor: No: R-o-u-g-h spells Rzgf. Fr.: R h ' Let me not forget. R-o-u-g-h is Rzgf and B-o-u-g-h is BIQ7, ha l Tmor: No, H0 . I' Tis ver' simple, wonderful language! but l have had what you call E-n-ofu-g h what you call him Jfliuhr Lone bird above the ltciliglzt f Sing .' ,Jud rex!-rozrr icizlgf inffiglzf .' The .TIHZIJ bright wrzrriorr uowfling Day 011 the ,rpmrf qf nigbf. You weave fzn'0.v.f lbs bro-zo of spare Song-zzefr fo mfrlz my berzrf, jim' wiib ifrrozz zvozzldfec flzix plafe into zz won-bf bpm-1 ...... Uizearlbbv fnzff, Iblfll 5f!l7'71X' .rea You hope in :aiu to .milg .finrl overwhelmed by 6C.ffll,f-V You perirlr an fha gale, I.. W. H., KO l25l