Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SI-ILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE oyerlookinga valley to hayeourlunch. The view was superb,one could see for miles around, and it was very cool and pleasant under the trees. Soon afterwards we saw the dome of lfarher Andre's Shrine and it was not long before we were back amongst all the hustle and bustle of street cars. We arrived home at 6 PRI. August the 25th, after having enjoyed a two week's trip. With the 2100 miles we covered, we had only one accident -f a blow-out, but it did not inconvenience us very much. II. M., Iform 6. THIS ROBIN HIC kind of bird I like best is the robin. It has a long beak, a red breast and its back is either grey, black or brown, and frequently a mixture of colours. Often, early in the morning, in the autumn, I look out of my window and see it digging up many worms g and this shows what the robin's beak is used for! Coming home from morning school I pass through a nice garden. When the robins which are there see me, they Hy up to the trees. The sun shines on their beautiful red breasts and so presents a lovely spectacle. The robin has a graceful way of Hying. It catapults itself off a tree, flaps its wings, swoops for a while, Haps its wings again, and then, swoops into another tree. I should have mentioned before that the robin, in order to find his prey, runs along the ground, stops if he hears any unusual sound, bends his head down to the ground, and repeats this action until he finds a worm A mother robin lays, not white eggs as many people would think, but blue ones- .-Xround our house the robin has many playmates, such as squirrels, sparrows, and wild canaries. My cat, who is very fond of catching his own meal, has never caught a robin, because this bird is a fast flyer and has good ears. :X trick which I do not enjoy doing ibut others do! is, when the bird has found a worm, to go and scare poor cock-robin away and let the worm escape. Ivhoever wrote VVho killed cock-robin F was rather silly to say that it was the sparrow, or so it seems, since that round our house the sparrow is one of the robin's best friends. Of course this poem was written about an Iinglish robin, which is very much smaller, the Canadian robin really being a thrush. I think the robin likes the autumn best because the rowan-berries are blooming. There are several rowan trees near our house which helps us to have many robins around our grounds. The boys of our street often stupidly waste these berries by having fights. The robin is usually my alarm-clock, because one has its nest just outside my window. It sounds like an alarm clock too, because it goes chirp, chirp, chirp, while the alarm goes ding, ding, ding, - just as good, I think l I. B., Form 2. l30l

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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

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1942-1943 THREE DAYS IN THE DIARY OF ODYSSEUS' SECOND-IN-COMMAND NINE DAYS AFTER THE FEAST OF ZEUS T has been a very hard day. As usual, I arose at dawn, laved myself in the small stream that flows past my hut, buckled on my armour, and went to Odysseus' tent to re- ceive my orders for the day. I found that he had already risen, and I received my instructions immediately. I was to lead the Ithacan men to Agamemnon and place them at his disposal as Odysseus, in yesterday's battle in front of the walls of Troy, had IDBI with a slight wound in the thigh which rendered his leg too stiff for him to light to-day. In due course we arrived at Agamennon's part of the camp, to find him just about to set forth g so our men fell in behind his, while I went to report. Menelaus and Diomedes fought on the right wing, Aias and his brother on the left, the men of Agamemnon and Odysseus bore the brunt in the centre, while Achilles and his Myrmidons formed the reserves. ' All day long the battle raged and several times my chariot came nigh to that of Hector, but never near enough for me to do aught but shout at him. When night came we had driven the Trojans back into their city. As I write this, our men are out on the plain bringing in the Greek wounded and stripping the arms from the Trojan dead. I am very weary, so I will write no more to-night. TEN DAYS AFTER THE FEAST OF ZEFS This mornin I found Odysseus well again, thanks to the skill of5Iachaon, the healer, 1 u g . . - and eager to join the fray. To-day, Agamemnon and Menelaus fought on the right wing, and Diomedes, Aias, and his brother on the left, Achilles and Odysseus with half his men in the centre, while I, with the remainder of Odysseus' men, formed a reserve in case of defeat, and time showed that reserves were indeed needed. About noon the attack of our men became less fierce until Hector, with a whirlwind charge, drove them back to the wall that guarded their ships. This was where my men were needed. With a roar we charged into the fray, and for a time it seemed as if the tide of battle would turn in our favour, but Hector rallied his men, pressing more fiercely than ever, and I know that most of us were glad when darkness fell. As I write these lines the Trojan watch-Fires are twinkling on the plain, and sounds of laughter and merrymaking come floating to my ears. Odysseus' orders are that every man must rest well in preparation for to-morrow, and I will now obey those orders very gratefully. l3ll