Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE CHRISTMAS Chri.ttmfz,r and 14 'fmt if Sm11d.ff0r. HRISTNI.-XS D.-XY celebrates the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world. Christmas is the most important day of the whole year for Christians ard it should be spent in a manner befitting the occasion. Too many people enjoy Christmas in a pagan way. They wait happily and eagerly for Christmas to come, anticipating the gifts that they are going to receive and the good times they are going to have and the delicious turkey dinner, and they never give a thought about what Christmas stands for and why they are celebrating Christmas. There should be worship also on Christmas day and people should think of Christ when they are having a good time, because they are celebrating Christmas on account of Him. This brings me to my second point which is Christmas XVorship. Everybody should go to Church at least once on Christmas. In Church on Christmas day there are usually beautiful services. YYorship is different from any other day of the year because it is our Saviour's Birthday. Beautiful carols are sung, and when they are played well with the accompaniment of bells the true Christian feels as if he were in a spiritual world. We should also pray in Church at Christmas, now of all times, for people less fortunate than ourselves and for heathen people and for the missionaries sent out to teach them. True worship is the most important part of Christmas, and should be practised by everybody. Christmas Spirit. The true spirit of Christmas is the finest thing of its kind in the world. People ofall nations celebrate Christmas and they all try and have the best time they can. They have all kinds of parties, dinners, festivals and many kinds of decorating. The Christmas Tree is one of the strongest symbols of Christmas Spirit. Christmas would never be the same if there wasn't a Christmas Tree with all its bright lights, candy, oranges, silver stars and trinkets. Another symbol of Christmas Spirit is holly. This looks very beauti- ful when put all around the house. Then Finally there is the mistletoe which is hung over a doorway and if a man can catch any lady underneath it, then he has the right to kiss her. :X great deal of fun is caused in this way. Christmas Shopping. At Christmas everybody gives presents to other people. Many people go about their Christmas shopping in the wrong way. They wait until about the 19th of December, then rush into the stores with piles of money and start trying to buy presents. Usually around this time the stores are jammed with other people just like them. The outcome of it is that they usually go home with about half the presents they wanted, and complain how disgraceful shopping is in war time ! Other people wait and see who is going to give them presents and then buy presents for those particular people I This is not at all the right kind of thing to do. The real joy of Christmas is to give presents, not to receive them. l33l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 1944- 1945 My tarts have been stolen again. Take my friend here to the stables and lind him a horse. I think it is the Knave, and you will probably find him in his usual hiding place . The soldiers pulled me out of the room to the stables where I mounted a horse and followed the men. They went galloping out of the gate, around the palace and then over a hill, where they dismounted and started walking. Suddenly they stopped and one of them drew out his sword, pushed it into the ground and then raised a large piece of earth. Below was a trap-door which he opened quietly and there, in a small cave underground with stairs leading down, was the Knave eating the tarts l But one of the soldiers fell down on the ground and the noise of his armour which rattled made the Knave look up and there he saw us I Ho ho , he said, you haven't captured me yet, and you never will l XYith this he ran to the end of the cave where there were more stairs which he climbed and then suddenly disappeared. Wie went running after him and when we reached the top we saw him mounting his horse. YYe ran back to our horses and galloped after him for about ten minutes. Meanwhile he was not faring so well. I-Ie could only hold the reins with one hand as the other one was holding the dish of tarts. Suddenly he fell off the horse, the tarts falling on the ground. XVe came up to him and the soldiers jumped off their horses and caught him firmly. They then tied his hands with a long cord which one soldier held with his hand. In this manner we marched back to the castle where the king and queen were waiting for us. When I had finished telling the King the story he marched the Knave off to the dungeons where he stayed for two days. During the rest of my stay I am glad to say that the Knave did not steal any more f3.I'fS. Two weeks after I had arrived I left on the same train. Wihen I was almost hgme I thought I felt very tired, so I leaned back and went to sleep. Suddenly I awoke at mv home and found I had been dreaming. Even though it was a dream it had been verv in'- teresting and full of adventure. i -i E. N., Form 3. FE.-XRLESS :IND PROUD Thejiriug fine was hushed a.v 21er1'e.v ran cold, The hear! of every' mmz was heafingfzzft, Earh .voldier wondered fhen how lon g he'd Karl, IV hen fha! grim order fo aa':'zz11fe :mf tofd. The .vim tear going down in rzzgvx of gofd, Erzchfare uplurned lo Hezzcen, O .vo 01151, Pravvin g zo lice - ro mixx ezzfh lhznzderour Hail, .ind pm-ring fha! fhii .vlozlv would mgfofd. .1 icarning hugfe echoed fhI'0ZlgfI lhe lines, Then wifh ez roar fhe hig gun: .vpfit lhe nighl, .Jud lhrough Ihe darknefs charged the ifjahlrj-, Ne:-er zz paufe for hzuzrfing .shells or mines, For lheiv were proud fha! lhev were in lhefghl, To fnifh warrfor zz!! elernifvv. J. H. G., Form 6. l31 l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1944-1945 Christmas Customs. The foremost custom of Christmas is for children to put out their stockings for Santa Claus to come and till them up. The legend of Santa Claus is very old. In some countries he is called St. Nicholas and in others Father Christmas. In some countries, such as Holland for instance, the children put out their shoes, and in Poland, hats are often put out. Another custom is to sing carols on Christmas Iiive. In some countries this is done every year regularly by wandering bands of minstrels. Christmas is the happiest time of the whole year and on that day everybody should enjoy themselves and flze-v muff izeaierforger -wlizzf if rommemorfzfes. I. D. R., Form 4. MY AIXIBITION IN LIFE Y ambition is to practise law as a notary or as a lawyer. To practise law I will have to take a four years art course. After completing this course I will have my B..-X. Then I will have to pass my law examinations. These law examinations are no laughing matter. They have to be hard because they are the last test for the finished product, of which there will probably be few. The exam. is set on each of the articles that are considered, by I1 group of examiners, to be important. The only way to study for these last examinations is to learn off by heart all articles used three or more times in, say, live previous exams. Yvhen the examiner comes to correct the papers, he will be amazed and much pleased to find the articles in the origi- nal text. All articles used twice should be read and learnt, so as to enable the student to give the examiner the trend of how the law reads. The questions are usually set in such manners as : VVhat would you do if . . . ? , XVhich man is legally in the right P It is no great disgrace to fail in these exams, and it is an honour to pass them. The graduate may practise one of the three following branches :civil law as a notary, civil law as a lawyer, criminal law as a lawyer. I prefer to take civil law, because I would not like to hold such great responsibilities as defending a man whose life was depending on his lawyer. Criminal lawyers should be resourceful thinkers and should always have the proverbial extra card up their sleeve. Often lawyers are called upon to defend a man who they know themselves inwardly is a dangerous man or a murderer. Their incomes are usually high, ranging from 512,000 to 518,000 yearly. They seldom work as a firm, but alone. Criminal law is written in English. If the graduate decides to practise civil law as a notary, his work would come in making marriage contracts, wills, etc. g in general, legal technicalities, which are necessary. This work is interesting and it is amazing to see how intricate the wording of the clauses is. The French language is used because it is generally more accurate. Notaries usually work in firms, of which there are several noted ones in Montreal. The other alternative is to start a firm, but this requires some capital. The advantage is that in a firm one does not cease to draw salary when one is sick. I33l