Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE NIY OPINION OF NIR. CI-IL'RCI-IILL ANY people have said that Mr. Churchill is Fngland's greatest leader. In a way I think this is true, and he certainly ranks high among Britain's greatest heroes. It seems strange that when Fngland is in trouble there is usually someone to lead her out of it, and this war has been no exception. I.ong before this war, when the Germans were beginning to prepare and Hitler had just come to power, many men in England and in other countries were content to watch all these preparations by the Germans and do nothing about it. It was here that Churchill began to show some of his wisdom. I-Ie warned the people of Fngland that the Germans would try to rule the world, but no one listened to him. In May, I9-IO, lYinston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain, and after the fall of France he stood supreme. When Britain stood alone and had no one to help her fight Germany, he showed the spirit of which British men are made when he said, Wie will never give in to slavery and Hitlerism. Many people ask, Ylihat makes Mr. Churchill so popular F I think that Mr. Churchill is a versatile genius who is a soldier, sailor, practical bricklayer, adventurer, author, states- man, painter, and one of the best orators in history. His ability to turn his fancy to any one of these qualifications makes him popular with all classes of men. His bulldog will to stick to his ideals makes him a really great leader. D. C., Form 3. MY LIFE AS A POTATO was a potato. My name was Peter, and I lived at Seedy Farm. I lived there with my brothers, sisters, mother and father. I had seven eyes and had grown to be about three inches long. I was the type that lived in the ground, until the farmer pulled me out. I went to a school which was called Iinderground School. This school was very nice but we did not learn 2 -l- 2 and all that stuff. We learned how to jump out of pots when people were cooking us. I must say that I thought that I would have a much better chance ifl were a Jumping Bean. :Ks summer went by, the farmer came every day to take some of us away. One day he took me out of the ground and gave me to his wife. She then put me in a bowl and started to hit me with a big wooden club. Good-bye readers. I cannot say anything more as I am being mashed to pieces. E. N., Form l. l13l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YF.-XR 1942- 1943 was now on the same side as Pitt. I agreed with both of them but I felt that more should be done about the Reform movement. During the course of our conversation we discussed the possibilities of invasion, but we all felt that the Royal Navy could ably repulse any attack. Mr. Wordsworth then offered me a drinkg I thanked him but told him I had to be going. He replied that he would take me out to see his garden and show me the supersilium, as it was not far from the path. Mr. Coleridge stayed behind and took his drink although he had not been offered one, but he seemed to be a great friend of Mr. W'ordsworth's how- ever, for the latter took no notice. The garden was beautiful, and not only was it obvious that my host was proud of it, but also fond of it. ' As I lifted my eyes and prepared to depart I saw across the road beyond Grasmere Lake, Silver Howe, and to the right and farther away, The Lion and The Lamb, rising up out of the midst of the valleys and lakes. :X little down to the left of Grasmere Lake lay Rydal YVater rich in a blaze of golden daffodils. Now I knew why Mr. Wordsworth chose to live in Grasmere. So with that memorable picture of beauty still in my mind as it is to this day, I walked down the path leading from Dove Cottage, shook hands with Mr. YVordsworth and thanked him for his kind hospitality. Ir had indeed been a pleasant visit and I accepted with great pleasure his kind invitation to come and visit him again when- ever I could. J. M. H., Form 6. THE SEASONS lfinffr is 1116 lime of snow, Ski-ing dawn lhe hills I go. I play hockey on the iff, ind, when I Jfore, il'J vein' nite! Sprizzgkr the lime' Qf .lprif ,rh0wc'r.v, Bringx aff 50775 of Ioz'fIvfI0wfr.r. On llze znomzfzzin I play rrirkef, If'.v lucky Q' I Iii! flze wirkel I I11 .vzmzzizer I0 llzf' bezzrlz I go, I learn fo paddle and to row. I swim and dive into the sea, lfhiflz if zz for offzm for me I .Jufzwzn is lhe LBJ! of aff, For when the leaziey begin 10 faff, I hurry our of 711-V.f7'07lf door, Back to Sflwyzz Home owe more ! D. .-X. H., Form A. ll7l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1942- 1943 THE SPEED OF ANIMALS F the fastest animal, the fastest fish, the fastest insect, and the fastest bird had a hun- dred yard's race, which do you think would win F As most people know, the bird would win by a very large margin. The type of bird that has a very fast rate of speed is the bird of prey. It earns its food in a peculiar manner. It climbs high into the sky, and when it sees a likely meal flying below, it power-dives on the bird and knocks the life out of it with one of its talons. It is during this tremendous stoop or power-dive that the bird of prey proves that it is the fastest thing alive. ' The speediest bird of prey is the peregrine falcon. Here is an experience of a pilot who was flying a small pursuit plane in America. This pilot noticed a Hight of ducks far below and ahead of him. Thinking that he could have some practice at diving at a moving object, he opened the throttle and hurtled down after the ducks. Just then he saw a peregrine falcon shoot past his plane. The falcon most probably thought that the plane was after the ducks and it determined to get there first. It did, and knocked one of the ducks lifeless to the ground. The pilot said that his air-speed needle read 175 m. p. h. as the bird passed his plane, and insisted that it was travelling two feet to his one. The winner of the second prize would be the animal. The fastest animal in the world is the cheetah, which the Rajahs of India use for racing the antelope across the plains and then killing it. One was once clocked at 70 m. p. h. This animal has very long legs and its whole body is built for speed. Coming in third place would be the fish. The fastest type known is the sailiish, a species of swordfish. One, when caught, took out a deep-sea lisherman's line at the rate of a hundred yards in three seconds, which works out to over 60 m. p. h. The insect, the loser, is not far behind the sailfish. The speediest of all insects is the dragon-fly, the fastest type being found in Australia. A man once held a stop watch on one that was patrolling up and down a mountain stream. He said that the dragon-fly had Hown at some 55 m. p. h. But we do not all get a chance to see these animals in action. If you have ever been in the north woods at night you may have seen an owl, a bird that can Hy at 40 m. p. h. in the dark. This shows the remarkable speed of some animals, very different from the speed of a sprinting human. G. T., Form 4. THE BIG INDIAN NCE upon a time there was a big Indian. He had a big black bear. He had a big brown deer. He had a big white rabbit. He had a big brown dog. He had a belt of white Wampum. He had a belt of pink Wampum. He had a belt of purple wamw pum. He had a big tan wigwam. He had a big name, Nuka-ib-kada-va . He had a big l19l