Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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

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SICLWYN HtJL'Sl-1 SCHOOL lNIACi.-XZINE tamarins We had planned to present two English one-act plays and two lfrench playlets at the close of the Christmas Term -f enthusiasm ran high, and if looked as though the last week ot' rehearsals would put the finishing touches to an excellent series of productions, when suddenly the grippe descended upon us in its most virulent form--last-minute changes had to be made in the French playlets, the Scout HCI had to be greatly curtailed, but, worst of all, the Christmas Carol had to be cancelled entirely. This last blow was indeed :1 hard one, especially to Mr. Kent-Barber and his Cust after having put in so much work and training upon it. Several solo items were introducedfpiano selections by James llomville, accordion renditions by Dwight Bartholomew, and carol items by Ian Bovey and Malcolm Evans. lfor the great success of the entertainment we were greatly indebted to Mme. Gyger, Mrs. Howis, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Kent-Barber and all the other members of the staff who helped in the presentation of the various items. Special mention should here be made ot' Mr. Anderson's shameless adaptation ofTcl1eliov's Marriage Proposal, which brought down the house! The following is the programme as originally scheduled: O CANADA. v 1. J. lJoMv1i.1.n . Soaring . . Roberl Sfhumann. 2. CAROL SINGHRS. Ian Bovey, McLean Holmes, Malcolm Ifvans, Jimmie Bonthron, John Yvilfle, Alan Frosst, John Trott, Peter Krohn, Michael Alexandor, James Rose. 3. Forms AZ, I, II, III present an excerpt from A CHRISTMAS CAROL By CHARLES IDICKENS. In Three Acts. Characters Cin order of appearancej Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge Malcolm Evans A BUY Taylor Carlin Bolt Crilttlllt Peter hlilner Ghost of Christmas Present Michael Ogilvie. IIAHE CRATCI-II'l' I?.-xm1i.v:- Gordon Currie, Teddy Evans, Peter Davison, Frederick Meredith, Anthony Bogert, Peter Mitchell, Timothy Carsley. Produmi Bywe MR. K. KENT-BARBER. lltll