Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1947 - 1948 FORM III Form III is the most important class on the upper floor,-especially in number. If you have any doubt about their importance , listen sometimes at the top of the stairs . . . But it is surprising how quickly their voices calm down, when they are told: On ne parle que le francais . The personalities of the class are interesting and diversified. Bennetts is a well- mannered and rather quiet boy. Bronfman, always happy about something, often has to be told: Asseyez-vous droitf' Carrique, who is quite a sportsman, is very popular among the boys. Creighton is a tall, very pleasant boy. Davison, always smiling, tries very hard to reach top place in class. Ferrier has come back to us after a trip to Hollandg quite often you can see him scratching his head, when he is thinking very hard. Hobart, a new boy, is very good at work, especially in Frenchg his ambition is to acquire an excellent French accent before the end of the year. The genius in drawing is MacNaughtong he has a great sense of humour. McKee always forgets something in the cloakroom and would love to go down for a pleasant walkg but some heartless person always prevents him from doing it. Northey is an excellent student. Pollock, with a happy disposition, is well liked by everyone. Raper is growing so fast that he does not know what to do with his legs, when sitting at a deskg he is in his element on the sports field. Ross, very clever, friendly, but sometimes very absent-minded. Schopflocher QI prefer Tommyj is quite brainy, speaks French with an excellent accent, and is a very popular boy. Seymour is nearly always topg he is interested in birds, and has told me many facts about birds in Canada. Thornton, always smiling, is a very sound worker. Timmins, a rather quiet boy, is a good skier. The following boys had a part. in the Christmas play: Davison, Meredith, Ross, Seymour and Thornton. Carrique, Creighton, Meredith, Northey, Raper and Timmins were on the under 13 soccer team. The under 13 hockey players were: Carrique, Northey, Raper and Timmins. A.G. FORM II A. THE TAPPING CIVith apologies to Poej I Once upon a morning dreary, while I marveled, weak and weary, Over II A's quaint and curious lads with their forgotten lore,- VVhile Seifert studied, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at our classroom door. 'Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at our classroom door- Only this, and nothing more. II Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And Patrick Blake, a II A member, was with his former class no more. And McDougall wished the morrow, vainly he had sought to borrow From his books surcease of sorrow-eager for the snow-clad moor, For the rare and longed-for morrow, skiing on the mountain spoof- Only this, and nothing more. l29l

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The form was also well represented in the Christmas dramatics. Tim Rutley made a most beautiful Russian woman as Madame La Stonka and Anson McKim played his part of the archdeacon excellently. Hamish Stewart took the part of a distressed schoolmaster and did exceptionally well, while Gordon Currie was very good in the part of a rather ignorant pupil. Form V also takes part in the debating with Anson McKim, Gibson Brown, Hamish Stewart, Andrew Ross, Tim Rutley and Dick Crawford all being members. Anson McKim represented the form in the Selwyn House scouts, being the Troup leader. Nearly all the boys in Form V have joined the singing and Hamish Stewart is the choir leader. In between these many activities the form boys all seem to find means of relaxation- Dick Crawford and Beverley Maclnnes try, in vain, to make the others laugh with their unceasing jokes, Donald Jackson, Bobby Watson and Andrew Ross flip coins and the rest busy themselves by playing hockey Cwithout their skatesl between morning and afternoon school. Next year the form may comprise a smaller number of boys, but I cannot help thinking that they will continue to shine at any activity in which they take part. D.H. FORM IV Form IV has enjoyed a very successful year. The members have had a variety of interests and hobbies. Peter Mitchell is one of the form's outstanding athletes, and besides playing on the school teams, he also plays with a Hampstead hockey team of which he is very proud. Two other Peters, Milner and Timmins,operate a photographic dark room in which they develop pictures for the form. They have really done some swell Work. Neil Saunders is the literary expert of the class. He won the Christmas Essay Contest sponsored by the Herald -congratulations, Neil. Donald Bond builds model planes and promises the form free rides on his future airline. Teddy Evans honoured the form by winning the Junior Sportsman Cup for his excellent athletic ability. Peter Cowie also stood out in sports by being on both soccer and hockey teams. lVesley Mason, who lives in the wilds of the Town of Mount Royal, and Ivan Phillips are both interested in model railroading and are always discussing it. Billy McKeown and Antony Bogert had the misfortune to be sick and away quite a bit, but they participated in all the regular form activities when they attended. Tony Hildred, always full of keen class enthusiasm, has improved tremendously. Paul Dolisie, our French boy, has learnt so much English that he will soon have to take French lessons. Ronnie Cooke is also a very active member, taking part in all the form's activities. Dick Sproule, the only new boy, is the tallest member of the form. He must breathe a rarefied air in those high altitudes. Milner was the only Scout in the form while Sproule, Evans and Mitchell were on school teams. Ivan Phillips and Peter Milner won form scholastic prizes and Mason won first prize in the photographic contest. Milner took part in the Christmas entertainment, while Evans, Bogert and Hildred were in the School Choir. The form contributed 321 to the Welfare Federation to lead the forms towards the S100 total oversubscribed. I.E.P. l28l

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE III And Billy Timmins, sad, uncertain, prayed history marks would curtain Other num'rals more fantastic than ever on his card beforeg Whilst Segall fashioned cartoons rare of quiet Poole with rumpltd hair, And standing by his lowly chair, Molson murmured, Henry Tudor Had five wives and no more. IV t'You are wrong, my boy, I said. 't He married six, then he was dead. Quoth Daly, What a mighty king to accomplish such a thing! But harkl there came again the tappingg and Peter Krohn spoke, Someone's rapping, And not faintly is he tapping, but loudly rapping at our door. Sir, I'll answer, proffered Raymond. Here he opened wide the door- Carpet there, and nothing more. V Deep into the passage peering, long I stood there wond'ring, fearing, Doubting that my eyes deceived me, for some one must have knocked before But the silence was unbroken. the office ladies gave no token, And the only word there spoken came from D , Two two's are four. Whispers then I heard 1- He's sore, said Carsley, Let us have no more. - Only this and nothing more. VI Back into the form room turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard the tapping, something louder than before. Surely, said I. it,'s Alexandor over by the window'd door. Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore. If lX'Iatson will be still a moment. let me this mystery explore- Alack! the wind and nothing more. VII But then Marpole, sitting lonely on his varnished chair, spoke only, Not I, Sir, as if his soul in these three Words he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered, not a paper then he flutteredg Carlin, gentle-voiced, next muttered, Other forms were here before. On the morrow he will leave you, 'tis a ghost of some boy here before. I uttered, Nonsense! to the core! VIII And then I saw the culprit. rap with his foot the wall a tap, Swung by stealth his foot did fall, tapping on the ink-stained floor. IVretcl1l I cried, I have caught thee: by thy error I have seen thee. A hundred lines you'll do for me, for we thought it was the door. And the secret from that shadow methought was tapping on the door Has been lifted-evermore. L.R.P. I 301