Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 1945-19-In Zin Memoriam GEOFFREY H. TORRENS WANSTALL T is a sad task for me to have to write a third obituary notice during my time f now almost twenty yearsf at Selwyn House School. It was hard in the cases of D.C. and C.T..-LA non sumus immemorese but to write of G.H.YY. is harder still. I will say only a few words about his earlier days. His experience as a master at Aysgarth School, in Yorkshire, lfngland, and later at Kearney Military Institute, Ne- braska, and at other Schools in the Middle XYest, coupled with his Army experience over- seas in France, Cthrice woundedl, and Ireland, during the first YYorld YYar, as a Captain in the Dorsetshire Regiment, ably fitted him for his responsibilities as Head Master, which he took over finally in 1930 from Nlr. Nlacaulay. His outstanding quality may be summed up in one word H thoroughness. He was fond of boys, yet never forgot the necessity for discipline, and it was his aim to offer at Selwyn House that solid basis of elementary knowledge upon which the success of all later education depends. His attitude toward athletics was that of the happy mean. Himself excelling in all sports, he believed firmly in the health giving character of games and the ideals of sports- manship, yet he never made a fetish of sport or took the attitude that a boy without na- tural ability for games was inferior to his fellows. If he eschewed fal-de-lals , las he often termed extra-curricular activitiesl, it was only because he laid so much stress upon that rock-like foundation for education and for life which has proved so invaluable to Old Boys, both in educational spheres and during their years of service in the last War. We can truly say of him, lto mis-quote Horace! : ffcfgil 7IZ07IIHIlt'lIfIlNI zzerc' pfrwz- nius. It was Ionicus who wrote ze .Jud when I lllllj' no f011gffrlii'a, Tlze-i-'lf .ray who knots' fha lruflz, He gave ta'h1zfe'rr he had to gina Tofreaffonz and 10 youflz. C.R.J. TRIBUTE TO G.H.W. BY AN OLD MASTER The following is an excerpt of a letter from Mr. R. Pattison to XII. B. K. T. Howis. Mr. YVanstall's death was a great shock to me. I lost a friend and one of my most valued ones. One cf the pleasures to which I looked forward during the dark days of the war was that of meeting G.H.W. again, either here or in Canada. He was the straight- est and most good-natured man I have eyer met. I am quite sure that he never did a mean thing and that he never said a malicious or damaging word about anyone. I know well that he did many very generous deeds, ones which, in the eyes of a lot of people who consider themselves Christians, were quite unnecessary and even stupid. The fact that he often received ingratitude, and even ill returns, never deterred him from repeating his generous deeds. G.H.W. was a first-rate sportsman and a perfect example ofa gentle- man. His tact was unsurpassed. His example is one to be followed by everyone and I am sure that he had a tremendous inHuence for good on both boys and Staff. I say with all sincerity that it was a real privilege to work for him, and I am proud to try to emulate his precepts. l 13 l

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SHIAYYN HOUSE SCHUUL MAGAZINE YAl.lC'l'lf, 19-I5 Black, Allan Brontinian, Charles Buchanan ,Anthony Cantlie, George lflanders, lfric lirenkel, Alex. Gray, John Green, lfredei icli Hugessen, ames l,atleur, Anthony l,aHeur, Henry Magor, Murray Markland, Howard McCulloch, Peter Nlchlaster, David Nettlefield, Peter Norman, Francis Paterson, Alex Powell, Andrew Rhea, David Riley, Ronald Sitwell, Francis Spencer-Nairn, John Spencer-Nairn, Robert Stewart-Patterson, Cleveland Strauss, Michel Vincent, Anthony SAI.YI3'I'lNf, 1945-46 Arnold, Timothy Bain, Stewart Brainerd, Winthrop Brodeur, Raymond Brown, Gihson Buchanan, Brian Cameron, Stuart Carsley, Peter Cohen, Johnnie Cooke, Ronald Cowie, Peter llll SALVETE, 19-15-46 Crawford, Dick Cumyn, Philip Cundill, John Darling, Peter Dolisie, Paul DuH:ield, Peter liberts, Edmond Hberts, Gordon Evans, James Forrest, lan Fray, Jack Frosst, Alan Frosst, Charles Grafton, Geoffrey Hyde, Peter Jaquays, Morton Johnston, Ian Kent-Barber, Nigel Le Moine, Anthony Matson, Hugh Meighen, Michael Milner, Peter Mitchell, Peter Moreau, Guy MacKay, Peter MacKay, Robin Maclnnes, Charles McMaster, Michael Mactaggart, Donald Nesbitt, Graham Porteous, Drury Raper, Donald Riley, Jeremy Rose, James Rudel, Edward Short, Harold Spence, Andrew XYait, Anthony XYilde, John XYinton, Stanley Wright, John Yuile, Peter. QCont'dJ

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SELWYX HUPSIE SCHUOL NIACE.-XZINIH iBri5e : Qihing Elune, 1945 FORM PRIZES These were gracefully presented by Mrs. Nlagor, June l3rh 43 I-'orm C. I. Spencer-Nairn II. 2, Stack. Form B. I. Raymond II. 2. Bonthron. Iform A. I. Seymourll. 2. Davison. Form I. I. Stewart-Patterson. 2. Lansdown. Form II. I. Hanson. 2. Ross II. Form III. I. Newcomb. 2. Domville. Form IV. I. Ross I. 2. Bovey. Form YI. I. Klagor. 2. Rhea and Powell. SPIQCIAL PRIZES Frfnm. NI. Klagor. Prize donated by Mr. and Mrs. A Tetrault .'lla1!i.v. Nl. Klagor Prize donated by Mr. and Mrs. Q C D Boxew Hi5I071I'. NI. Nlagor. Prize donated by C. Eldon Black Lrziin. Bl. Nlagor. Eng. Lit. NI. Klagor. Crefzliz-f l1'I7'iIiI1xQ'. I. D. Rhea. 2. A. Powell. .Hoff izlzproced boy in Senior Srlzool. B. Nlaclnnes. Donated by Mrs. I-I. Morgan B. Campbell especially mentioned. .Ilan impr0:'f'a' boy in ffunior -Vrlmof. NI. Perrier. Donated by Nlr. and Mrs. H. NI Gau t LUCAS MEDAL Awarded to the most cxutstanding boy in the school in work, games and Character NI. Magor. j I-1FIfRIHY RKSSFL PRIZE The runner-up to the Lucas Nledal for work, games and general influence J. Gray. I 14 l