Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

Page 22 text:

btbuul Qssemhlizs Tlirougli the courtesy ot' the Church ol. St. Andrew and St. Paul, special weekly assemhlies of the entire school have he-en held each Nlomlav morning in the Kildonan Hall. These have consisted ot' short devotional exercises, with a hymn and a scripture lesson reatl hv il prefect, and an address hv an outstanding speaker. We should like to set on record our appreciation ol. the kindness of the following in coming to our assembly and addressing the school :f Opening assemhlv: Ccl. A. A. Nlagee, C.B.l'1., KI. l Rs UI fl Oct. - N x N iv. 1 f'. H. Donalvl. Oct. ll Col. R. H. Dean. Oct. li james Paterson, lisq. Oct. 22 A. Nesbitt, lisq. Oct. 211 Major-General C. Basil Price, GB., DF-.O., l3.C.Nl., Y.l7 Nov. .' Dr. liwart ll. Hinds. Nov. I2 Rememhrance Uav Service : YWng-Cominantler G. Stewart, A.lf.C., lJ.l'i.C. Colonel Chipnian Drury, O.B.l .. l.ieuten:int Stanley Crowther, R.C.N.Y.R. Nov. IV Dr. lf. Stanley Jones. Nov. 26 Vernon NlcAclam, lisq. Dec. A Brigadier Victor XYhiteheavl. Dec. lil Rev. Dr. A. Johnston. Dec. If Right Rev. john Dixon, Lord Bishop ot' Montreal. 1946 l'.AS'lliR TERM jan. 14 Rev. Dr. A. Lloyd Smith. jan. ll ll. hl. C. Duckworth, lfsq. jan. 28 Pi-oliessor George Kimble. heh. -l Rev. Dr. David Scott. lfeh. ll Yerv Venerable Arch-Deacon Gower-Rees. lfeh. I8 District Scout Commissioner G. Rohley MacKay. lfeh. 25 Puhlic Speaking Finalists : lan Bovey, James Ross, Eric Nlarler, Alan Lindsay Mar. .' Senator the Honorable A. Knatchhull-Hugessen, Kf. Mar. ll l'. S. fonsul-General North XYinship. hlar. I3 -lacks in llotlds, lfsq., C.B.l'i. hlar. 25 Col. Willritl Bovey, O.B.l .. April l Dr. liwen Cameron. April 8 Very Rev. Kenneth C. lrivans, Dean ol'Alontl'e1ll. SL'NlNll .R 'l'liRNl April 24 Canon XY. H. Davison. April 29 Sqn.1tlron-l.eader Dal Russel, lJ.l .C. hlav 6 Rev. Sydenham B. l,invlsav. Col. A. A. Nlagee. hlav I3 George C. Nlarler, lfsq., Nl.l..A. May 20 hla-ior-General Ernest lYalford, C.B., C.B.l'i., NLM., l'i.l3. Major the Rev. john XY. lfoote, VLA. hlav 27 Lieutenant Ian Barclay, R.C.NA'.R. june 3 Professor john Hughes. June I0 Air Vice-Nlarshal Adelard Raymond, C.B.l'l. llfll

Page 21 text:

FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1945-1946 A hearty vote of thanks is due to Mr. Jackson, on his relinquishing the work of the magazine, for his many years of outstanding service as editor. It is gratifying to all that he has consented to continue to look after the Old Boys' Notes f always one of the most interesting sections of the magazine. We are indebted to him, also, for his line personal tribute to Mr. Wlanstall- who more Fitted to pen it than C.R.J., who knew him so well ? VVelcomed to the school last September were three new members of the Stall'- Mme. Gyger, Mr. Lester Perkins and Mr. K. Kent-Barber. Mme. Gyger holds a Brevet Superieur from France and has had many years experience in matriculation French teach- ing, and we have been most appreciative of her work and interest in the school, which ex- tended to the production of two excellent French playlets for the Christmas entertain- ment. Mr. Perkins was formerly Principal ol'Sawyerville High School, and has taken charge of games and the Scouts and Cubs of the School. The change in this latter department, particularly, has been phenomenal and the Cubs have reached astronomical proportions in numbers, due to Mr. Perkins' keenness and efficiency. In this work he has been great- ly helped by Mr. Kent-Barber, who came to us from St. Georgels School, Vanccuver. hir. Kent-Barber devoted a great deal of time and enthusiasm to producing Dickens' Christmas Carol in dramatic form, and it was a cruel chance which laid low, with grippe, most ofhis cast,-iust when he was putting the finishing touches to an excellent production. We regret to note that Mr. Kent-Barber will be leaving us at the close of the current ses- sion- the best wishes of Selwyn House School will go with him for future success. It will be a pleasure to see Mr. Gordon Phillips back on the Staljri ol' the School next September, after a year spent teaching at Lake-field, Hamilton. Mr. Phillips was for many years in charge ol' games at Selwyn House, and will resume that responsibility on his return. MR. PATRIC K ANDERSON There will be widespread regret amongst all friends of the School to learn that Mr. Anderson has decided to leave Selwyn House to devote his energies exclusively to writ- ing, where he has already shown such marked talent as a poet in A Tent for April and The VVhite Centre. The School's loss will be Canada's gain, but it will be hard for us to say more than :Xu Revoir to one who has contributed so much to the life of the School since his appointment in 19-LO as head of the English department. Boys and Staff will miss him greatlyehis keen, penetrating insight into things, his quiet humour and his kindly spirit of camaraderie, as well as his genius for clear-cut interpretation and de- finition in his class work, but above all his love of youth with all its questionings and en- thusiasms- these qualities have endeared him to us over the years, and we find it hard to let him go. But we would wish him God-speed and every success in his chosen field of contribution to the VVorld and we hope that we may see him at Selwyn on his frequent visits to the city from St. Sauveur in days to come. l17l

Page 23 text:

FUR TI-IE SCHOOL YIQAR I9-45-19-In sharing At the beginning of this year, the Headmaster introduced the idea of having 11 debating club consisting of twelve members, any from the Sixth Form who wished to join, and the remainder made up of boys from the Fourth Form. This idea was readily responded to, and we had our first meeting on September 28th. The charter members of the club are as follows : C. Taylor, J. Ross, I. Bovey, M. Holmes, Ii. Marler, If. New- comb, G. Sharwood, C. Beaubien, R. Timmins, D. Bartholomew, -I. Domville, A. Aitken. During the course of the first meeting the executive committee was elected. The President, C. Taylor. The Tice-President, AI. Ross. The Secretary, I. Bovey. The club has had a very successful year, and has occupied itself with a number of act- ivities. Among them there were two hat-nights held. There were three discussions, the lirst on Russia, the second was when hlr. Keyserlingk came and spoke to us about the press, the is the head of the British United Press in Canadal and the third subject was 'Empires and Imperialism.' There were three debates during the season, the first was : Whether the Atomic Bomb Secret should be shared with any other Nation. The next debate was That French Canada Dominates the Internal Policy of Canada. The third was That Mod- ern Music has contributed more to the musical world of today than Classic. Amongst other Club activities were a Quiz evening and an Information Please program broadcast to the other members of the club 4 ver the school broadcasting system. There was a Progressive Dinner held .lt the residences of the Bartholomews, the Timmins, the Rt.ss's and the Sharwoods. We of the club are very grateful for the use of parents' houses for our meetings during the year, and are especially grateful to Mr. Speirs for giving us such a splendid op- portunity in the field cf speech and also fcr the use of his house and for the splendid snacks he has provided for us. A Father and Son Dinner Debate was held on .April 6th., at the Mount Stephen Club. The Debate subject was That youth has done more for the world than age. The mo- tion was upheld by Marler and Ross, and the speakers against the motion were G. C. hilarler and Dr. G. Ross. hlr. Miller Hyde came and judged the debate which was won by the Afiirmative. The year has been very successful and the boys of the club htpe that the tradition will be carried on for many years to come. DIQBATING COMPETITION During the course of the Irfgister term a Public Speaking contest was instituted, .1 contest which was open to all. Taylor, Ross, Aitken, Bovey, Marler, Sharwood, were the boys who entered from the Sixth Form while Lindsay, Porteous, Newcomb and Gaherty entered from the Fourth Form. The boys who reached the finals were Bovey, Ross, Marler and Lindsay. They spoke at a Monday morning assembly before the schtol. The subjects respectively were lfamily Allowances, Total Abstinence, Immigration, Ski- ing and I-Iockey. Mr. Anderson judged the contest which was won by Bovey with 82 points. The runner-up was Ross with 80 points. I. B. I 19 l