Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Sl-ll,WYN HOUSI-1 SCHOOL INIAGAYZINE Benny A large truck filled with twenty boys of all ages pulled up in front of the Camp lodge. As they jumped down on to the grass, one boy caught my attention. I-Ie was smaller than all the others, yet to me he seemed to have the largest head, for his forehead was very high and the top of his head was covered with thick curls. That was my first im- pression of Benny. I-Iis real name was Bill, but because he looked like Benny in the comic papers he was always called that by his friends. Since the day he came to camp we have always shared a tent each summer, and Benny has become my best friend. I-Ie liked the same kind of sports that I did. Our favourites were swimming and sailing, but when I had to brush my hair from the wet and the wind Benny only gave a quick rub with his towel and all his curls were in place. In fact I never saw him use a hair brush all summer. Watermelon was his favourite dish, and the big slices he cut himselfreached up to his curls. It was not the taste that he liked so much, he just liked to shoot the smooth stones at other boys. As he was small he could move more quickly than most of us. We could always rely on a homer from Benny in Baseball. When Benny grows up he will lose his curls, and his head will no longer seem so big, but I shall always think of him as the curly headed boy who jumped down from the camp truck. W. P. Form 4. Q wartime Qllbristmas Dear Flossy, I 'ope 'as 'ow the kids and' you 'ave a 'appy C'rismas. Of course it fair breaks me 'eart to be away from 'ome, Sweetheart, for Cristmas, but I s'pose this 'ere 'itler 'as to be put were 'e ruddy well ort to be. 'Owever, I am going to give you a description of the sort of time we're 'aving nah. Last night I was on the middle watch, an' the weather was abaht as dirty as 'amstead 'eath in a fog. .-Xny'ow, it clears a bit with the dawn, and we all sets to as usual to scrub the decks. I'iv'rybody works quicker, as some 'ave to practise for the concert. The day seems longer than others, but at length four bells comes, and we all troops down to the gunroom. I manage to get a fairly decent seat about 'arfway between the stage and the door. The piany stands all grand like in the middle of the platform. The concert starts with Macfarlane playin' it and 'e 'its the keys fair fit to bust 'em. I.ore Iummy, I never 'eard ' 'ark the 'erald Angles Sing' played like that before. It seems as 'ow it all gets mixed up with 'Roll out the Barrel'. Arter that we 'as a bit of sentiment, and Tommy 'awkins sings 'Drink to me only , an' we knew that all he was thinkin' abaht was his next tot of rum. l34I

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FOR THIS SCHOOL YFAR 19-H-11142 Then comes the skit all concernin' the doc's lwloomin' medsins, lDick 'arris was the pashent 7, an' it made me larf' so much I thort I was going to be sick. Later we goes to the mess an' 'as some grub. Near the end of the meal 'awkius swipes 'arris's rum, then they 'as a right but the biisllli comes down an' gives 'arris back 'is rum lwats left of itl, meanwhile fair tellin' 'em orti, IVatson brings in the C'rismas puddin' an' it ain't arf bad, though not so good as the one we 'ad last year. Wel, its my trick now, so it looks as that I'll soon 'ave to be gettin' on deck. .-Xu' that is 'ow I spent my blinkin' Crismas. I,ove to the kids. I-Xll the best. Your lovin' 'usband. George. -I. IJ., Iiorm -I. .im . Svcirnre Qliluh 'I'he Science Club Ciilislsfs ol' a group of eight boys, Whose names are: 5. Klorgany A. Kingman, R. Ilullliuss, ID. Rhea, R. hliilssili, NI, Ilaubeny, G. ljousouby, and AI. A. Powell. 'Iihe club was organized in early December I9-ll. The members are interested in some branch of science. lhere are four sections: Iflectricity, Chemistry, Nledicine, and Xlechanical Ifngineering. Our equipment includes: a two hundred and ten power microscope, about seventy- iive different chemicals, two electric sets, TWH electric eye sets, a two thousand live hundred power microscope, a set of telephones, picture printing apparatus, a steam engine, a one hundred power telescope, and some electrical equipment. We also have a library ul- about t'orty-hve books on science, including a set of The Book of Knowledge and we collect copies nl' Popular Mechanics Our Laboratory is in the basement ot' Mrs. Kingman's house. We have meetings about twice a week. :Xt our meetings we perform experiments and endeavour to teach each other something about the subject in which we are interested. We are indeed thankful to Mrs. Kingman for the use of her house, and we hope some day to have a bigger and better equipped laboratory. UI. A. P., Iiorm 2. l 35 l