Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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S1-ILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE H.S.H. SCIENCE CLUB HF season of 19-12 e 43 started with the Science Club still in operation. Our head- quarters have been moved since last year. They are now at S. Morgan's house on Summerhill Terrace, whereas they used to be at Mrs. lN1cConnell's house on Pine Avenue. Our equipment has been increased since last year. There have been many donations of new equipmentff mostly chemical equipment, including beakers, funnels, a bunsen burner, glass retorts and many more useful appliances. Our supply of chemicals has been increased. At the end of 19-12 we received a do- nation of a supply of acids and other essential chemicals, including some mercury. W'e now have enough chemicals and equipment to make hydrogen, oxygen and explosives such as : T.N.T., dynamite, gunpowder, nitro glycerine and a few others. W'e have added to our electrical equipment also. At present, we have three electric motors, two electric eye sets, and a variety of equipment of lesser importance. Last November we held a Scientific Display in the Church of the Advent hall. Tricks, such as lighting an alcohol lamp with a piece of ice, and changing water to wine and back to water again, were performed. In electricity, the wonders of the electric eye were explained and demonstrated. The proceeds of this show 01362. 103 were donated to the Merchant Navy. To date, we have had four shows and have raised S1-11 .60, which we contributed to various charities QRed Cross, the Queen's Canadian Fund, Merchant Navyj. Recently we have taken up photography. W'e make reprints and sometimes develop and print a whole film. Some of our other equipment includes a 100 power telescope and a 210 power mi- croscope. We collect copies of science magazines and have a library of about -10 books. In my opinion, the Science Club is a success, and this has been proved by its having held together so long. It not only provides occupation for a boy's spare time, but is in- teresting and educational also. -1. A. P., Form 3. MY TRIP TO WINNIPEG N the morning of August the 9th, 1939 I started out with my Father and Mother in our motor car on our long wished-for trip to Winnipeg to visit my uncle and aunt and my four cousins. The first stop was for a picnic lunch .by the side of the road. W'e were just reaching the City of Ottawa when it began to rain, but as we were going to stay there overnight we didn't mind it very much. W'hen we arrived at my aunt's house lwhere we were going to spend the nightl we washed up and after a little rest we went out with my aunt for supper W'e had an excellent supper and then made our way to a movie. The next morning we left very early and headed for Toronto, and as we got such an early start, we arrived 1231

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR I9-f24l9-13 The next morning we saw two men paddling towards the island. As they neared us we concluded that they must be fire-rangers, as they had the words St. Maurice Forest Protective .Association painted on the bow of their canoe. They stopped and told us that they were from St. Michel and were going to the fire-tower overlooking Lac Traverse. VVe offered them some tea and had quite a chat while they were drinking it. Mr. Greenlees did most of the talking as it was all in French, but we all could pick up the general meaning of the conversation. is Ik as After they had left, we paddled about half the remainder of Lac Long and made several portages to Lac Clair. YYhen we came to the end of the last portage we found a marvellous raspberry patch so we ate heartily for fifteen minutes when Mr. Doak an- nounced that it was time to get going . We were in a long inlet of Lac Clair so we paddled to a point at which we stopped to have a look at the lake. There was a gale blowing directly in our faces and, as it was getting late, we decided to camp there. The next morning, to our great surprise, the whole lake was as smooth as the pro- verbial mill-pond. Vfe paddled the length of Lac Clair before noon, some twelve miles, to the headwaters of the Post river, where there was a fire-rangers' depot at which we stopped with the purpose of buying some oatmeal. It began to drizzle as we started down the Post, which kept up all day. VVe made two portages at the beginning and from then on we shot rapids, during the process of which I was quite thrilled, never having done it before in my life. We intended to make Camp Salle, an old lumber-iacks, camp fairly near the mouth of the Post. As we came to the last rapids before reaching it, we in our canoe had a little argument to decide whether we should shoot them or not. We finally decided that we should, and, being very fast ones, we did virtually shoot down. After we had gone about two-thirds of the way however, the canoe struck a big rock just under the surface. It must have been a smooth one, for, as we discovered after collecting our wits, there was no gaping hole in the bottom of the canoe that I had had visions of. Anyhow, the shock had tipped us, and we found ourselves clinging to the upturned canoe and being swept down the rapids at an incredibly rapid speed, all the while our legs hitting the rocks underneath. We finally reached calm water and made a short portage to Camp Salle. That night Arthur and I slept in the same sleeping-bag. The next day was IlOt such foul weather and we made the last two portages down the Post into Lac Toro and paddled the length of that without event, and arrived in St. Michel at about nine o'clock. We slept in the hay-loft again that night, and arose the next morning at six, had breakfast at the Manowan Hotel and left in the bus at seven. VYhen we arrived in Camp all the little boys crowded round us asking all sorts of questions, to which we replied, Go away . By the end of the day they had exhausted their supply of questions and got no answers, so that the next day our presence in Camp was taken as a matter of course. So ended our canoe trip. G. YY. L., Form 6. l 27 l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-KR 1942-19-13 in Toronto at about 6 P.M. W'e stayed at the King Edward Hotel and the next morning we left Toronto, but not quite as early as on the previous morning, arriving in Sarnia during the afternoon. W'e stayed at a cabin on one of the beaches of Lake I-futon and spent the next day and the following morning there. :Xt 4:30 in the afternoon we boarded the Great Lakes S. S. Noronic and I enjoyed the trip very much by playing the horse races and listening to the music of the orchestra. Crossing from Lake Huron to Lake Superior we passed through the Sault Ste. Marie locks and while we were going through them I took several pictures for my collection of trip photographs. Our next stop was at Port Arthur where we stayed for a few hours. The following day, after a pleasant voyage, we arrived at Duluth, Minnesota. Cn our way up from Duluth to Winnipeg I noticed the long plains and the wide stretches of flat ground, also the many fields ofwheat caught my attention. The highways in Minnesota were excellent, having four lanes all the way and running very straight for miles. :Xfter crossing the border it was not very long before we met my uncle, aunt and cousins who accompanied us to Winnipeg. This was on August the 16th. and we were glad to arrive and settle down at my uncle's house for a few days. W'hile I was there I played a great deal of tennis. One day my cousins took me to the Zoo, and there was a great collection of wild animals, alligators etc. The ones that impressed me the most were the wild buffaloes and they had three or four acres of fenced- in ground to run about in. There were also a few peacocks strutting around showing OH: their beautiful feathers After staying in Winnipeg for four days we packed up, left the city, and started for home again. W'e travelled home a different way, going through Kenora and the Lake District and stopped at St. Ignace for the night. The highway was not as good as the Ameri- can highway but the scenery was much more beautiful, with hills and lakes and winding roads through fairly wooded country. We saw a good many partridges and I was able to creep up to within Fifteen feet ofone on the road and got a good photograph of it. We soon arrived at Kakebeke Falls, outside Fort William, where the scenery was magnificent and I succeeded in getting some pictures for my collection. We left and continued on to Fort W'illiam where it was extremely hot. I realized why it had been so hot, because in a few hours it began to rain and did so for the rest of the afternoon and all night. The next morning we went aboard the Canadian Pacific Steamer S.S. :Xssiniboine iwhich, incidentally, was turned into a destroyer and is now fighting in Canada's Navy with one submarine to its credit..J W'e settled on board, and, as it had stopped raining, I went out on deck for a walk. I had not been there very long when I saw the S.S. Noronic coming towards us, pre- sumably on another trip. The following morning I Filet a party of boys and girls who were with a gentleman in charge of them. I found Ollt they had all won scholarships and were enjoying a free trip around the Great Lakes. That afternoon I played shufiie-board on the top deck of the ship with them and we all had great fun. We arrived at Port McNicol at 9 .-LM. two days later and immediately left for home, arriving at Peterborough for lunch and Picton for dinner and the night. The final day we crossed on a ferry and the end of our journey was nearing. We stopped on a hill l29l