Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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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SFLWYN HfJ1'S1'1 SCHOOL M.-KG.-XZINF If the graduate decides to study civil law as a lawyer, he would find his work in divorces, petty thefts, promissory notes, debts, local hy-laws, etc. The defendant comes to the lawyer and asks him to defend him against a charge. The plaintiff may ask him to get a debt paid. CThe lawyer usually takes half the debt himselfl. lf the lawyer proves to be exceptionally good, he is offered the promotion to Judge. .-Xctually the salary is 'ess than that of a lawyer. He does not have to accept. Often I have heard people say, Why take law, as your profession ? I would answer, Because I like arguing and contesting my brain and wits against my opponent's. There is great satisfaction in playing the unexpected trump card in the game of law. Law is not a dull game -on the contrary, it is an interesting game, with much satisfaction and more thrills. G. F. BI., Form 4. THE PROGRESS OF AEROP1..-XNES In this article I will discuss four different points: 111 The progress of Aeroplanes generally. lll The Helicopters. 133 .let Propulsion. Q-ll :Xeroplanes after the war. 115 The 'two people we give most credit to for the invention of aeroplanes are the two YVright brothers, Wilbur and Orville. They began in 1900 by experimenting with gliders in order to learn the best shape and size. So that they might not be disturbed, they went to a lonely place on the sea coast of North Carolina named Kitty Hawk. Finally, on December 17, 1903, a machine arose carrying a man, and stayed in the air for fifty-nine seconds. After more trials a machine covered an estimated distance of 56 miles, and in another flight the man succeeded in keeping the machine up for two hours and twenty minutes. :Xfter that, the progress of aeroplanes continued very quickly. Then came the first world war, which saw many definite changes in the way of air- craft. The chief aeroplanes that the British had were the Sopwith Camel and Pup g they both averaged about 118 miles per hour at top speed. These planes may seem obsolete now, but so will our Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Mustangs in a very a short time. When world War II came, Britain found she needed fighters and she needed fast ones. This was a challenge to every inventor's skill. The government then came upon a plane which had won the Schneider Cup Trophy, namely the Spitfire. This plane had attained the speed of four hundred miles per hour in 1939. It was then the fastest plane in the world, and still remains amongst the best of the Allied fighters. When the Americans came into the war they contributed much to the aircraft industry, by bringing out such fighter planes as the P--17 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, and the Lightning. Besides these fighters the Americans introduced some of the world'S finest bombers like the Mitchell, Fortress and Super-Fortress. 1341