Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN IIUUSE SCIIUUI. MAGAZINE Uongratulations to all concerned and many, many thanks to you all and to Mrs. Markland. So now you know why we call ourselves a happy Form, tfolleetively speaking, that's all, now for individual items in alphabetical order, except for the first two boys who are Arnold and Bennetts. lVe couple these because their names at once bring to mind a very distinguished English author and playwright, viz:- Arnold Bennett. Perhaps Arnold and Bennetts might collaborate and do likewise- perhapsl Next comes Bronfman, a very generous supporter of the fund and wouldn't you like to know what he gave us for Cliristmasi Carrique comes next, an energetic scout, and Creighton of the gentle voice and ever ready to help. Dimples Davison follows and of him we would say that he goes about doing good in his small way, with a very happy and generous disposition. And now Michael Ferrier, who is something ofa puppy, with his tongue always licking his nose, but a delightful puppy in every way. Labarre, too often absent, but always a pleasure to welcome back. Pierre has brains, too. Next Le Moyne, clever, and with the faculty of pinch-hitting for the presiding pedagogue at any time on any subject. Manolovici, of whom we would say, lXIanolovenit, Manolovidit, lXIanolovincet and let it go at that. Meredith, somewhat boisterous, but a bonnie laddie 3 MacNaughton, or Curly-top , working hard this Term and who had the good sense to be provided with a baby brother a few months ago. VVe shall look forward to welcoming jamie at School about 1952. McKee, who is doing better now, in spite of rather poor health, possibly due to the fact that he usually arrives in School minus some garment or a shoe! We are looking forward to the day when he forgets his etceteras! A newcomer, Pat Northey, who settled down very happily, made himself very popular and who gets down to work before anybody else, Pollock, whom we 'were more than delighted to welcome back after his unfortunate illness. Raper, who excels in all sports, Ross ii, brainy, dreamy, friendly and inevitably minus his spectacles or book or pen or some- thing. Schopllocher t'l'ommy to youj, another newcomer-also very popular, very intelli- gent and who is making a big effort to beat Seymour tnext on the listl for top honours at the end of the School year. At the moment, we are betting on Seymour, who gets there with little effort seemingly. We wonder if David realises the fact that when he grows taller, he will Seymour! Thornton, rotund, with a smile that warms one's heart and a sound work- er. Timxnins tNelsonl, who coughs apologetically every time a mistake in his work is corrected tand he used to cough a lot, but less frequently nowl and finally Peter Romer, another new boy, who, joining late, had to be entered at the foot. of the register. Peter has settled down and is coming along fairly well. Good luck, Peter. You'll get there alright. The following boys have played in llockey matches:--Raper, Northey-Soccer, Carrique I and Northey. Ferrier, Pollock and Le Moyne are ski-ers. Scouts-Carrique, lXlacNaughton, Romer. Cub, Raper. Finally f Work hardg keep smiling and llappy Days to you all. B. K. T. H. IZOI

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1946 - 1047 FORM II To Form II fell the privilege of t'adorning the large new classroom on the top floor and if it is not still in its once pristine beauty, it has not suffered very extensively, save for a few splodges of ink here and there. And twenty-two boys must have their fling, even if it has to be ink-bottles! We are happy and we smile, and although we are the same guys as Form I of last year, we consider ourselves far removed from the untidy bunch that we were in those days. We even like Latin. If the suggestion is mooted that we go back a few pages, there is a storm of protest. This is a healthy sign and we cannot honestly name a single boy who does not seem anxious to solve the intricacies of a and ab, cum, ex and ad. We had a happy year with Form II of last year and this year has been no less happy. Before itemising each boy and telling him exactly what we think about him, more or less, we must mention one item of news, about which we are pardonably proud. On january 16th, the idea was put forward that we should raise a subscription to the Save the Children Fund, contributions to be in cents only. On the 17th, 386 cents poured ing on the 20th, 4685 on the 21st, 373, on the 22nd, 275 and on the 23rd, 2445 making a total of 1,746 cents. And so it went on until February 13th, when the subscription was closed with a total of 3,259 cents. In the meantime, Mrs. Markland had talked to Form A and along came a contribution of 685 cents, thus making a final total of 3,944, a cheque for which was for- warded to the Secretary of the Fund. to which we received the following reply :- The Canadian Save the Children Fund Quebec Committee, 266 St. James Street, West, Montreal, P.Q. March 21st, 1947. B. K. T. Howis, Esq., Selwyn House School, 3458 Redpath Street, Montreal, Que. Dear Mr. Howis, We should like to thank you very much for your letter of March 10th, enclosing the donations of Forms II and A for 839.-14 for our Fund. An official receipt has been sent to you under separate cover. We have sent in a notice to the Star about the boys' splendid efforts, and We enclose a clipping from Wednesdays edition. Will you please extend to the boys the sincere thanks and gratitude of our Committee for their co-operation and fine support of our work for the underprivileged children in Europe. Yours sincerely, KATHERINE H. GALLERY. Mrs. J. O'N. Gallery, Honorary Secretary, Quebec Committee. 1251

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1946-1947 FORM IA THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL It. is june, the term is finished, and the boys of Selwyn House have gone home. The Good bye, Sirs have been shrilled, and the old Form One classroom seems ready to settle down to a somnolent summer. The form master enters the room, sits down heavily, and begins to clear out his desk. Through the open window sifts the muted murmur of the Sherbrooke Street trafhc and the terse calls of the Trafalgar girls on their tennis court. The afternoon sun streaks a variegated haze of chalk dust and dances on the floor in wanton delight. A lone fly wars against the window glass and then is quiet as he loses his futile fight. The masters glance envelops the room, and he ponders on the hundreds of boys who have squirmed here, labouring with Latin and arriving at odd arithmetic computations. He thinks of the passions of irate masters these walls have witnessed, and the sonorous orations on studious behaviour. Well, they've all finished their year and left their room for a new crop to occupy its space next September, and IA is just a memory. Now, there was a form for you! They weren't too bright and they weren't too stupid. -lust, I guess, an average cross section of boys as a whole. So, like a silver picture upon a screen, Form IA appears before him. There is Trott up in the corner plotting out, behind an open book. a new play for the defence on the hockey team. He lovingly fingers the third stripe upon his cub jersey, for he is the Senior Sixerw a sturdy, reliable boy. Sharing the seat with him is little Timmins, who will probably become Timmins I around 1952, after Nelson departs from the senior form. Billy, like Edward VII, will have to wait a long time! It is the arithmetic hour and the first period. In a rear seat quiet Carsley is doing his work with meticulous mode and method, and, when you catch his eye, he gives you a shy smile. Alexandor sidles in through the half-open door and sneaks to his seat. But alas! the stern eye of the master has seen him. May I ask why you are late again? VVell, sir, the alarm lever stuck, and I didn't get up in timef' There are subdued guffaws from the class, and Carlin as usual has some advice to offer which is quickly suppressed. However, he always bobs up again in a little while as bright as ever. Poole frantically waggles his hand and asks for a new pen nib, as the old one has just fallen into the ink well. fPen nibs disappear very rapidly in this formi Meanwhile, Marpole has whizzed through an example in multiplication and is stunned to discover that his answer is less than what he started out with. Something must have gone wrong, and he struggles back through the strange hieroglyphics in his exercise book. Bill Daly looks up and grins. Perhaps he is thinking of the good time he had on the cub hike to St. Sauveur. Bill was always a sweet-tempered lad. His seatmate, Peter Krohn, reaches beneath for a book, and the entire contents of their desk erupt onto the BOOT, where picture cards of hockey players and aeroplanes mix in clandestine confusion with the less interesting, ink-stained academic tomes. l27l