Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 19-l5el9-in in its surge and swing and bears one, in all one's adult steepness, through the busy hours of the school day. Form One is always a dynamo of energy. lts boys are the Dart-makers, the ink- spillers, the book-forgetters, the restless eager questioners of anything and everything. Already they have class solidarity. Each winter they hurl themselves into bitter hope- less Hockey' Games with Form Two. :Xt Christmas theirs is the most lavishly decorated classroom. I can see them now. John XIacNaughton and Peter Davison are making murals, drawing their angular stylised figures and employing their gift for Hat colour. I can picture John's secret smile tdidn't he throw me into the swimming pool once FJ and Peter's chirpy willingness. Those two, and Bill Pollock, will draw cat-men and tiger- kings for hours on end. Nelson Timmins helps with the coloured paper and Raymond LeMoyne tacks up tinsel around the board. Jiminy Cricket-or Jimmy Creighton, if you will- supervises the workg he is soft spoken, efficient, quietly speculative with his occasional 'lookit l . . . l A 'policeman ' is posted at the door. Form One is famous for its policemen, whose job is to tidy up the odds and ends that accumulate around muddy feet and drop from ink-stained tattooed hands. Jimmy Hewis is often a policeman because of his keenness and dependability, or it might be Michael Ferrier or Freddy Meredith. I think, too, of Form One at lunch. His love of sausages gave Johnny XYright the curious nickname of Sizzlepup Xlagillicudy. No one has ever been known to use more Tomato Ketchup. George McKee sits 'Jpposite and talks about radios in the rare inter- vals between Sonny Raper's saga of the Hampstead Cubs hockey team, Richard Ben- nett's fish story and Bari y Carrique's argument as to which is the best summer camp. Colin Ross's piercing voice is almost lost as he asks me a riddle. Only on those days when ice-cream is served as dessert does a profound silence settle down upon the table. Not for long, though. Scon ' May I have a second, sir F' develops into a regular gourmet's chorus. There is an ineffable satisfaction about the tone in which George McKee says later : This is my third or This is my fourth. I leave him at last 1 a happy but weary warrior, the empty dishes around him. XYhen the end of the term comes around, the cry is for ghost stories. Nicky Thorn- ton and David Seymour are prepared for some bloodcurdling relief after their success with the exams : not that either of them has been worried, for they are as intelligent as they are carefree. Jerry Manolovici, or Picklepuss as some of us know him, wants plenty of shooting, as he has an obsession for guns and will ' fill you full of holes ' at a moment's notice. Garry Osborn's dark eyes shine and Timothy .-Xrnold's brow wrinkles with con- centration. Mitchell Bronfman and Pierre Labarre have too keen a sense of humour to be entirely impressed. Someone pulls the shades down. Spooks are everywhere! Yes, the classrocm looks strangely deserted now. The last to go was surely bright but scatter-brained Hugh Ross, who has such trouble recovering his lost propeity. . . It is getting darker. Dimly I make out on the board two drawings. ' Mr. Anderson ' and ' Mr. :Xnderson's Alligator '. But Mr. Anderson and his alligator must go too. After six happy strenuous years at the school, which have taught him an absolute respect for the child and the child's individuality, and a passionate belief that education must do all it can to further that imaginative individuality, ' Sir ' and his menagerie are moving north. He hopes, however, that he will often see his friends again, bath at the School and at his house in St. Sauveur. P. J. A. l 271 i I 'l i i i i l i I

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STCLWYN HUVSH SCHOOL MAGAZINE ably played the stellar roles. Stewart distinguished himself defending the goal of the winning lfive hockey team. ln the boxing competition McCulloch and Ross II were the best from lform III, and, in the swimming meet, Currie did extremely well, especially in the diving, whilst Craw- ford, Barber and -lackson also upheld the honour of the form. SECOND FUR NI Unhesitatingly we assert that this is the best-looking form in the school. We have blondes, brunettes, and one red-head. We have blue eves, brown eyes, grey eyes, and occasional black eyes. We have brains, collectively speaking, and much enthusiasm for our work. XYliat other boys ring up on lfriday evenings to find but their positions for the week F XYhat other boys have the foresight to use the other ends of their pens if the customary end fails them F e.g. Chris McConnell, Tony Bogert, and Donald Bond. What other form produces such Latin, by which we mean such Latin P We in-5 proud of Paul Dolisie, a lfrench boy, whose Latin is as good as his English e.g. Nlagister docuit puerum ef The master teached the boy land lost most of his hair in the attemptl f We have not yet given up hope that Teddy lfvans, Peter Cowie, and Ronald Cooke, either by accident or design, will put the :Xccusative Case after the verb by June, 1950. The following boys found places on the Soccer Teams :f hlilnei , Bogert, hlclieown, l ,vans, Ogilv ie, Phillips, Cowie, Timmins,' and on the Hockey Teams : f- Mitchell, Cooke, Cowie, lxuisdown, Phillips, and lfvans. The Scouts and Cubs are well represented, as practically every boy in the Form belongs to one 'ir th: othei. Michael Lansdown is a Troop Leader. ln the Swimming Meet Lansdown, Phillips, Evans and Mitchell all took part. Wesley hlason seems to be the chief utility member of the form. Should any- thing be needed, from a wrist-watch to a pen nib, XYesley has it. He is a very useful guy to have around. Donald Bond swims and is clever with hleccano. The day may come when he will build another bridge over the St. Lawrence. It' so, no tolls will be paid by any Form II bilyg lfinally, we take this opportunity of bidding farewell to Michael Lansdown, who sailed for lfngland in April. We wish him good luck and feel sure he will carry on the good work he has done here and will bring credit on himself and his old school. lform ll will always be remembered with affection bv , , , ' ' B. lx. l. H. Fl RST FO Rh I lr is quiet in the School. The whine of the vacuum cleaner, the quick staccato of hlrs. Howis's typewriter in the ollice, are the only sounds to break the silence in which the old red house seems to settle comfortably back into itself and to take a long, deep breath. ,lust a moment ago I went into lform One. The smell of pencil shavings and chalk hung suspended in the darkening air. The children had gone and the room looked naked without them, naked without their rich, heroic, barbarous life which takes one up l26l

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SHLWYN HOUSE SCHOOL ZNIAGAZINIC FORM Aell lform A ll is an overflow class from lform .-X, and would not, ordinarily, have a reason for existence. However, we have cause to be very glad that this particular group has come into being. jimmy Bonthron, our ski expert, is a quiet, studious boy, popular and well liked. He oliten leads the class, much to his surprise. Andy Bartholomew CBart IIJ is seldom heard from, but his infrequent comments are worth waiting for. Taylor Carlin, on the other hand, should have been equipped with a mutlfer at birthl No one ever accused 'l'aylor ol' being a quiet youth g but he is nevertheless a very solid citizen. He was the Boy in the, alas, unpresented Christmas Carol. Peanuts Carsley has enough quiet power and ability for a boy twice his size. He worked hard preparing his part as Tiny 'l'im e - so appropriate ef in the Carol. Bill Daly f Old Bill f is another of your deep, dark men. One day he will probably erupt then, look out l Purvis lNIcDougall 7 sharing with Barber in Form III the honour of representing the Old Boys Association of St. George's, Vancouver is our .-Xll-.-Xmerican. He, with equal ease, swims, plays Soccer, Hockey, Baseball and Cricketg in fact, if the good Purvis could only STUDY really hard! Kenneth Matson should be approached with caution l He is full of un- expected surprises, and has a delicious sense of humour. liric Molson, on the contrary, has never been known to sniilel lt must not be supposed that liric does not enjoy life, however. Derek hlarpole, also has unplumbed depths. Although Derek linds Maths. dif- Hicult ldon't we all ?l he leads the l'lock in Social Studies and Scripture. And now Monsieur Raymond l .-Xh l ze Raymond l bl. Pierre, un garcon pas bon Y Mais, tres gentil, tres gai l Harry Seifert has a puckish humour which is nearly always in evidence. Segall, .lack to you, has an interesting mind : he contributes much to our class. His father has often lent us most interesting books. Suggema Timmins very nearly became wee XYillie XYinkie, for hlr. Kipling's famous character and our Billy have much in common. Billy is truly as bright as a button. Last, but certainly not least, is our Trott. John, too, is steady and dependable: his friendly, heart-warming smile would cheer up a wooden In- dian. il. K. K.-B. FORM .-Kel lfoim :X l is the form of Contrasts. We started the year with the Old and the New boys and, as the New boys became old, we gradually acquired our personality. 'l'hcre is contrast even in the ,names of our boys. We have Frosst Qwho is any- thing but cool and silenth, and at a little distance is a tall and blushing Rose beside the deep Poole. lfray is close to Peter the Darling, and though Peter lives up to his name, lfray is never warlike. 'l'hen there is our live-wire blactaggart, loving his batteries as hlaclnnes cherishes his snails and guppies, f- and Alexandor who, like Christopher Robin's tigger , bounces incessantly. Ifortunately, in contrast, is the quiet corner with Short, Blake, Buchanan and Nesbitt, Rudel, Buckley and Nanton. l28l