Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOUL YE.-XR 1943-19-H .-Xt one time, while he was in Holland, tempted by heavy bribes from Louis XIVol France, he worked secretly for James II. For this treachery he was imprisoned in the Tower. His fondness of money was largely responsible for his downfall. He was handsome, in fact the French knew him as the handsome Englishman , but he was selfish and miserly, and through his greed he often stooped to underhand actions to gain wealth. Queen Anne had had a quarrel with IXIarlborough's wife and had dismissed her from all her Court oflices. The Whig Ministry which had supported Marlborough had gone out of power and a new Tory Ministry had been formed. Some of the members of the new Cabinet wanted to ruin him and brought against him a charge of stealing the public money. He could not defend himself well enough and was dismissed. He bore his disgrace with dignity. XYhen George I became king of Great Britain and Ireland in I 7 I -I , he restored to Marlborough his honours. He died in I 7 2 2 , a successful general, but a bad man. C. T., Form 3. HOW TU CURE A COLD cold is more than most people think it is. .-Xlthough it may be but a snitlle to begin with, it may lead to a serious attack of bronchitis, influenza, or even pneumonia. .-Xt the very first sign ofa cold fusually a sore throat or snifflesl, the tem- perature should be taken. If the person has one, he or she, as the case may be, should retire to bed, and it is advisable to drink the Imperial drink. XYhen the temperature goes down, let the person arise, but confine him to the house for at least one day. If, after that, the person seems no worse, let him go out to get some fresh air, but do not let him eat too heavily. Then the cold should be cured and the person return to work. Take, for instance, the case of Peter's cold in the Gillet family. One morning Peter woke up and knew that he had a cold. There was an examina- tion which he did not want to miss, so he tried his hardest to conceal it. But as soon as he went into breakfast, his mother said, YYhy, Peter, do you feel all right F You look very white. Oh, sure, said Peter, I'm all right q it's just under this light I look white. But after breakfast, Mrs. Gillet took Peter's temperature and found it to be 1000. So Mrs. Gillet, like the wise woman she was, said, - All right, Peter, up you go, straight into bed. I'll be up in a minute. Peter reluctantly went up-stairs, undressed, and got into bed. In about an hour his,m0ther brought him some of the Imperial drink and some books to read, and so he spent the day. V151

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SFLWYX HOUSE SCI-IUOL NI.-XG.-KZINF Mary found Betty had led her to a hole, where Ilusky was almost buried. .-Xll Mary could see of him was a little of his back. He could hardly breathe in the hole. Mary managed to get his head out so that he could breathe better. Then I came home and got four trowels of all different sizes, and a spade. We dug away for a while and gilt Dusky out. I had a hard time getting him to the house. He was all right. P. D., Form I. DAISY FIELDS U11 .' Hou' fn:-clv More lllllif-I'.fft'ff1'.f arf, Hou' tcizff flier .tlrefrlz A mfrzr. The bIlffL'7:ffic'.f.Hff in flu' .fIll1.fhfllt', Uh .I Hott' I with lh0.tefrf11'.t wen' illfllf. Tlzqv .thine .vo Lrighl, In 1115 Lrighf Illilffghl, .ind llzrrv fri!! .thins brighr, In fire .tqfl nzomzliglzl. S. P., Form .-X. NIARLBOROFGI-I OHN CI-II'RCI-IILI., afterwards Duke of Marlborough, was born at .-Xshe in Devonshire in I 6 5 0. Fven in his boyhood he showed his skill as a General. Later he served as a Captain in the Royal Guards. About that time 6,000 troops were sent to France, among them john, who soon came under the notice of Turenne. Afterwards he fought for James II, but was the first to desert to William. For this William gave him the title of Farl of Nlarlborough, and sent him to command the forces in the Netherlands. He distinguished himself there by taking five fortresses from the French and Spaniards. In fact, so popular was he that the Dutch once actually wept for-ioy to see him when they had thought him captured. I-Iis first great success, however, was at Blenheim in I 7 0-I where he defeated the French and Bavarians, capturing, killing and wounding -40,000 of them. By this great victory he saved Germany from a French invasion. On his return to Fngland he was given the estate of IYoodstock, near Oxford, for these services. In the year I 7 0 6 Marlborough won the battle of Ramillies and drove the French from Holland. There was now a chance of peace but the :Xllies asked for very hard terms, and probably Marlborough wished that the war might continue that he might gain greater glory and more wealth. I-Ie won another battle, Oudenarde, in I 7 0 3 and also captured the strong fortress of Lille. Marlboi-ough's last great victory was Malplaquet in the year I 7 0 9 . Though he won, his troops lost more heavily than the French. Marlborough was a skilful General. Even his enemies said of him that he never besieged a fortress he did not take, or fought a battle he did not win . l24l

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHUUI. INIAGAZINE By the next day his temperature was down to normal, and his mother said he could arise but not go outside. The next day he went out, and the day after that he was back at school, to find that the examination had been changed so that he would be able to take it after all. Of course, as well as Peter's kind of cold, there is a cold ofa snithing nature, which people do not have to treat with such care. .-Ks long as the person keeps out of draughts and gets enough fresh air, these colds should be cured in two days at the most. Anybody who has either of these kinds of colds should not have much trouble if they follow this advice. But if a cold reaches the uncomfortable stage, or the temperature rises, the doctor should be called for. Ifor the benefit of any readers who may have a cold or grippe, we give below the recipe for the Imperial drink referred to in the above contribution. Tut: Inii-Rami. Diuxk. Juice of 2 oranges. Juice of 2 lemons. 5 tablespoonsful sugar. for part corn syrupj I teaspoonful cream of tartar I quart of iced tboiledl water. A. P., Form 3. THE FORTRESS OF EUROPE VERY day of lighting in Europe brings us closer to Hitler's Fortress, where the last battles will be fought and the war won. .-XII occupied Europe is a part of the system of defence which the Nazis have devised. The Inner Fortress is more than twice the size of Texas. Its boundaries are, roughly, the Vistula and the Dniester on the east. the Danube and the Po on the south, the Rhine and the Seigfried Line on the west. Ir includes not only Germany, .-Xustfia, Rumania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, but slices of the Baltic States, Russia, Yugoslavia, Italy, France and Belgium. These defences are more than a system of fixed fortifications. There are mobile de- fences as well. The Nazis have not overlooked anything! We are now faced with the problem of approach to Berlin from any suitable point on the line of fortihcations. It' the approach is from the sea the first problem is that of landing. Coastal defence is especially heavy. Ilfml