Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Jfrienhsbip What an empty world it would be without any friends 5 lt is so staggering a thought that one can hardly comprehend its meaning. Co-operation is impossible without a certain degree of association, or friendship, between those involved. An important rule in the making and keeping of friends is to remember never to criticize anyone. lt hurts one's pride and sense of importance as well as causing resent- ment. Une should always try to make other people feel important without stressing your own association in that matter. A very important point to remember is never to argue at any time. If you think carefully you will almost surely find that you have never won an argument, only strength- ened your opponent's belief that he is absolutely correct. Even if you do win an argu- ment, you lose something of much greater importance Y the other's good will. Friendship is a great asset, as it makes one's decisions bear much more weight as well as increasing happiness. Loyalty is the essence of friendship. Since an appearance of being interested in the interests of other people may pave the way to a successful friendship, it is a good thing to appear immensely interested when one is listening to a man of science pouring forth knowledge which is comparatively useless to yourself. :X great mistake which may make a bad impression on first meeting is the use of the first person too often. :Xt all times one should remember Solon's famous words, Do not be hasty in form- ing friendships, but do not break off those which you have formed. F.G., Form V. The Harman Baron C1937 High Speed Model! In f1i.r frzflfe ffrfpfv ffiinking, Sal Ilia 1I'aff Nfzwt baron zl77'l'I1fCf7ZAg'f .iff zzrolzmf his rferfex were infeing Papezzvfor fzis f7lt'0H1L' mx. He pain' om' aff he was t'!l7'7Ifllg', 'Spin' Qf aff his men rgf fwzrfzizlgg Nzzffffffflfs' he firm' zz -wvzrnizzg Took zz fook brfzimf ffzeir barks' f .fnger in f1f.f,ff6l'l't' r'w'.v gfixtelmf, .ff fn' AI7!1Il.fc'127ff1!lf nigh! aim' fi.rlrm'11': Hmm' ffm neu' nzzizzfnv f1e'd been ffzrhvtwznz' f - 'A Irllflilfr' H, .vmpi11 ', M fllh' H. Brzrfcwanff from 1110 rfonrwzz-v 7't't'ffll.f, Realized hir ffflktf fwfr .flrafingq Sain' fu' G0 to ff lmid iciflzfeefingl Timburfoo or Halifax f I 201

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1936-1937 to see half of the wonderful things the great City has to offer a stranger An itinerary had been mapped out for us, and we saw all the most important places of interest, while we had sufficient spare time in which to roam around the great Metropolis. One Sunday afternoon and evening a few of us were greatly amused listening to the soap-box orators in Hyde Park. All too soon the 26th of August rolled around and we sailed for home on the Empress of Australia . A.S.F., CO.S.'J Q trip ahrnah last summer 119361 Last summer I was a member of a party of Canadian school boys who visited England and Germany, and a short description of our trip may be of interest to S.H.S. boys. After arriving at Southampton on July 17th, we proceeded by bus to Eastbourne, where we were accommodated at Lexden House School. During our pleasant stay here we saw a tennis match between Fred. Perry and Donald Budge, and took excursions to Dover, Pevensey, Battle Abbey, and Dymehurch. We also visited Brighton, and attended several social functions. On Iuly 27th we embussed for Yvinchester, travelling via a northern route through pretty country, arriving there in the evening. We had dinner with the Mayor and his family, going afterwards through the Cathedral and Winchester School. Early the next morning we left for Southampton and boarded a tender which took us to the Europa . The next day we arrived at Bremen and went directly by train to Berlin, later going to Der Jugend-lager , situated near the Olympic Stadium. While at the Youth Camp, the life and routine was similar to that in a Canadian boys' Camp. We were allowed very limited leave, and went over to the Games on all the important days. On our first day there we marched into the city of Berlin to the grave of the Cnknown Soldier, and while there viewed the Reichswehr , the crack German militia, doing the parade C goose J step. Each morning, if we had stayed out late, we were in no mood to get up, and went to Hag-raising in pybiamas, in contrast to the military array and total lack of freedom of the other countries, some of whom had been doing evercises since 6 a.m. Twice trips were made to Potsdam, where we saw the Palace of the Kaisers, and the town itself, and we also went to Grunau, where the rowing and sculling races were held. At the opening of the Games, Herr Hitler received a tremendous ovation from 160,000 people. After the competitions came the singing of the German national songs, Deutschland iiber alles , and Das Horst-VX'essel lied , which some of us learnt. On our last day in Germany we visited a Hitler Youth Camp, and saw their way of living. At these camps are made all the motorcycles and gliders used by the German army. On August 13th we went to Bremen, and stayed there a night. Next morning we sailed on the Bremen , and reached Southampton the following day, travelling by train immediately to London. While in London we saw most of the places of interest, including Westminster Abbey, Madame Tussaud's, and the Tower. Additional trips were made to Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, and as far as Cambridge. After leaving Southampton on August 26th we duly landed, after some rough weather, at Quebec, and so our interesting tour had come, as all things must, to an end. J.T., CS.H.S., 1927-3-lj. l19l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1936-1937 .iff lzif troubles noi: are pau.- .Yoic his making 7710713-X'f0,Vl.' For h8f0Il71tffh8.'lI out at last: .llighlifv he .riamzg the axe .' Nloaatz - Lf-you liars zz prefnouiiirm Tha! fflt'-V,l'F nal about xzzxpiriozz, IP:-rfiv your .fzzppodzimz f -4 Take iz look bah1'mz'1f1eir barks .' XYN., Form -I. Zin Qlluha We found the life and customs of Cuba very different from Canada. The first things I noticed were the narrow and dirty streets full of beggars. Little poor children wore no clothes in the summer, but in cool weather a short shirt which covered the throat and chest, for the Cubans thought if the throat was warm the body would be warm. Another queer idea was that moonlight made one sick and crazy. During the revolution when our villa was guarded by soldiers they asked if they could put the awnings down on the ver- andah, for the moonlight would make them sick, and once when I was ill during the night we couldnlt get the doctor, for he said he had a cold and would not dare go out in the moon- light l ' The fiesta is an important part of Cuban life and the feast is a very good one, but the main dish was usually stewed goat, which was good if you didn't know it was goat I We used to go swimming in a cove called Buena Vista, but it was dangerous to go out very far for there were many sharks and barracudas. Once a large fish must have frightened a school of small barracudas, for they came in close to shore and we were cut slightly by them. We got out of the water very quickly. Quite often Cuba has an awful cyclone which destroys many houses and buildings. We were awakened about four o'clock one morning by soldiers who were going along the Playa, which is the water front, warning all the people living there to seek shelter on a higher level. The wind blew from about 30 to 120 miles an hour and we saw trees and roofs blown away and large corner stones of buildings lifted and blown for several yards. The waves looked like mountains. I was very glad when it was over. One nice thing about it was that we had a rare treat afterwardsf the heart of the royal palm tree is very good to eat, but there is a law against cutting the trees down, so after the wind blew them down we could have all the palm hearts we wanted to eat l XYhile we were there a revolution broke out against President Machado. He had to leave the country and there were many presidents after that and everything was very upset and dangerous. I saw a mob of thousands of people destroy the governor's house and break up all his furniture. For over a week we had about 100 refugees in our house. They would have been killed by the mob if we hadn't saved them. For weeks there were hundreds of soldiers guarding our house. My mother and I finally had to leave Cuba, for it was no longer safe to live there. XIII., Form B. llll