Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SFLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL INI.-XG.-XZINF S U N D A Y lto-morrowj Nllfllllllj' e the time ui!! rome' lVhen voirex onre again Iliff .ting their song - the .fun Iliff .I?i67'f6' the Jmolee and .ray : Belts, ring once more .' the day Hai rome. l,etfrf'efiom reign I By the late FD. Peter G. Holt. Rf..-LF. A WINTER SCENE Never again will I see such a heavenly sight 5 It was mid-winter. The scene was a wild bit ofQueliec's woodland. It had been raining a few days before, because of a sudden warm spell, but it had turned cold again. The trees, which were encased in ice, hung in a graceful loop over the road. The road was one of Quebec's typical cart tracks . The two trees were both surrounded by a pettitcoat of snow, making them look like half-dressed debutantes. The sky was a soft blue, and not a cloud was to he seen. The sun was shining bright- ly, and it was reflected on the ice-covered trees. The snow on the cart track was not a dirty brown, but a pure white. There were no impressions of tyres, but instead there were the footprints of 11131178 great friend, the horse. I was so intrigued with the scene, that I did not notice that it had begun to snow, but soon I realised it. The Hakes were like those of crystal, and each one that passed before my eyes was of a ditierent shape from the others. Of all the winter sights that I have seen, I have never watched a more beautiful one than this. To me it was an artist's dream. If. KI., Form 3. AN APOLOGY 1 wi.th - Oh, how I with I roltfa' lfrite a poem realty good. I .vfratrh my head, and na' to think, Until my hoptzt hfgin to tink. 'Tix .raid no ffc'i't 7' fhihz' .fhoufdfail To .vet to TIIHTIIIF a .fimpfc tale, But I have tried, and must roztfexx .Hy fimzf .fo for arejuxt a meff. I reafiv 1Ion't knot: what to do g I hidyou, Jo, afond adien, .ind may I ra!! a .fpade a Jpade? Poftf are horn, ami .reidom made. D. R., Form S. llfml

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FOR THE SCHOOL YFAR 19-13M 1044 The annual scout half-holiday took place as usual on the mountain. :X softball game was played, and won by Cottingham's team. The game was followed by the con- sumption of a surprising amount of ice cream. A list of the prizes presented to scouts at the School Prizegiying may be found elsewhere in the magazine. Hfinler Term, 1943 z IYhen the new School year began, membership of the Troop took shape as follows : SENIOR SECTION CUC'G.v'R-N' E.JGl,ES' NE.!l..V T.I.. If. Bronfman P.I.. Yass P.L. Molson Ind I. Morgan Ind H. Nlarkland Ind Rhea Gray Fadie Bovey Sharwood Black C. Bronfman Aitken Marler Holmes Franklin Paterson Ross AICNIOR SECTION BL'l,LDOG.N' BE.!1'ER.N' P.L. Bartholomew P.I,. B. Markland Newcomb Domville Lindsay Raymond Green Shaw Blelloch Bond Gaherty Porteous Various members of the Troop were active in Proficiency Badge work, the awards being distributed as follows : F. Bronfman, Laundryman g Vass, Swiminer and Laundry- mang Molson, Missioner, I.aundryman and Knotterg H. Markland, Missionerg Rhea, Swimmer and Laundryman g Gray, Swimmer, I.aundryman and Knotterq C. Bronfman, Laundryinang and Ross, Laundryman and Missioner. Easier Term, I9-I-I: The annual Patrol Leaders' Banquet, held this year at the Mount Royal Hotel, was attended by Scouts Vass, Molson and H. Markland, with the Scoutmaster. . A cheque for 515.00 was sent by the Troop as a contribution to the current campaign of the Canadian Red Cross. S. G. l15l

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FOR THE 5CHooL YEAR 1943-1944 THE STORY OF COMBINED OPERATIONS HE first troops :specifically chosen for raiding were The Independent Companies H. These were raised in a hurry to meet the needs for offensive o erations in Norwa ' I . i and were all volunteers from the British Army. Lieutenant-Colonel D. YY. Clarke, Royal Artillery, was largely responsible for the idea and name of the Commandos. To swim with firearms held above the water, to be familiar with all the weapons of a soldier -from the rifie to the three inch mortar -to be able to carry and use high explosives, are some, only some, of the very many things a Commando has to learn. Be- sides, before an applicant can get into the Commandos, he has to pass a very severe medical test. The first Director of' the Combined Operations Command was Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Bourne, Royal Marines. In 19-10, in July, Admiral of' the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes, G.C.B., K.C.Y.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., NLP., was made Director, and then in October 1941 Captain Lord Louis lVlountbatten, G.C.Y.O., D.S.O., A.D.C., promoted to Acting Vice- Admiral and given honorary commissions in the Army and Air Force, succeeded Sir Roger Keyes. The first raids that attracted public attention were, firstly, the parachute raid on an aqueduct in the south of Italy on February 10th, 19-10 and, secondly, the raid on the Lofioten Islands on 3rd--fth March and 26th ! 28th December, 19-11. Since then the Commandos have made many raids, but the most noticeable are Dieppe, August 19-10, Casablanca, Oran and Algiers, November 19-12, and very lately the landing in Sicily QRoyal Marinesi. When the time comes, we'll see whether 1'Iitler's crack Storm Troopers can meet the Commandos without trembling! G. S., Form III. A LIMERICK Tbere once war zz man from Berfin, H710 fliougbf making war was no ,rin g He emlzzzied men by milliom, .ind bombed flze riziilizzrzs, How 012 erzrfb rould HE ever win ? D. A. H., Form 1. 1171