Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELIVYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM II Sometime ago, being stuck with the perpetual weekly problem of finding new Essay subjects of sufficient interest to, and within the range of, small boys, I fell back in desper- ation on thc old trick of leaving the choice to them, only to find that one boy Knot in Form IIJ had been so astute as to write on The Difiiculty of Finding an Essay Subject , or some such thing. Sensing a certain sympathy, I looked with favour on his Work, Which proves his shrewdness. For me, much the same problem arises each year at this time, when material is being gathered for the magazine, and each master must contribute an article on his form. The problem is twofold-to think up a new method of approach, and to steer a delicate Way be- tween the Scylla of extreme pessimism Qfelt by every teacher at half-termj which might be resented and a Charybdis of platitudes which no one would believe. In this, it is rather like Writing end-of-term reports. Being English, I decided on a compromise: one which, I hope, will both pass the Censor and at the same time be sufficiently rude to please the boys. If this appears in print, you will know that the first obstacle has been overcome, and, as for the boys, they are generous enough-God Bless 'ern-to forgive much. Here is my alliterative effort. Archibald's ambiguous academic achievements amaze all. Buxom Beattie builds bulging biceps. Beware Besner's bland bewitching blamelessness-bright boy! Choquette's cheerful chatter charms congregations, chilling conjugations. Demonstrating declensions delights doughty demagogic Duffield. Frosst's fearful fast facility for facetiousness fascinates farcical few. Gently, gamely, gaily, Gillespie grasps genders. Hush! Husky Hammond, hockey hopeful, has happy hunches. Highbrow Humphrey, hair-splitting. hammers home hard hypotheses. Mackay makes marks manfully. IXIacNaughton's Machiavellian machinations inacerate. McGreevy's mathematics make me mad. Nutbrown nimble Notkin, nicely neat, never naps. Price, perforce perusing princeps , prefers playing peacefully. Scholarly Seely speaks seldom Qsarcasrnlj. Saucer-eyed Short, suspected sinner, stammers-saintlike- Sir?,' Sylph-like Spence sings siren songs susurrantly. Tantalizing Timmins trips tortuously through Tests. Versatile Yerhaegen volubly verifies valuable views. Vintce-nt's vibrating vitality vanquishes vigilance. 'Wide-awake Witherow wittily warbles weighty words. Young Yuile yawns yearningly. And that's that I-for another year. C .H. M. l30l

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n FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR I0-13 - 1949 Hugh Ross carries on his family tradition of brains and he still at times forgets such trifling things as bringing his essay to school on Monday. Mitchell Bronfman is always full of fung we hear that he plays the accordion and we are hoping he will bring it to school one of these days. Lastly there is Little Bill Pollock whom everyone likes but who is so quiet that we almost forget he is there. At the end of last year live boys left the class for other schools but this in no way diminished the vigour of Form IY. Even when the further three leave us at the end of this year we hope and expect to keep up our good record and uphold the best tradition of Selwyn House. 'We might even get that 75fZ3! D.L.S. FORM III On our return to School, after the Christmas Holidays, we noticed that Form III had the New Look -there were beautiful, impressive-looking new desks. If you are the owner of one of them, you cannot help but. work very well. Our Form seems to be always important in its size and interesting in its personalities, Michael Dennis leads the class with record-breaking weekly percentages, Pierre Raymond constantly keeps him on his toes. Other leading seholirs are Donald Mactaggart, Kenneth Matson, Purvis McDougall and Jack Segall. Tim Carsley, Peter Darling and jack Fray are very well-mannered, rather quiet boys. Freddy Angus, Philip Cumyn and Brian Buchanan seem to be quite interested in the adventures of the hero in our book le Tour du Monde. John Udd takes life more seriously: he tries hard to do very good work. Peter Krohn often gets into trouble, as he has to find out what happens around him. Once in a while he tries to communicate with Alan Fraser. IVe often miss Charles MacInnes and Taylor Carlin, who have the misfortune to be sick sometimes. I wonder if every attempt to make Taylor speak French causes a rash or any other strange symptons. Patrick Blake has come back after a year's absence and we wish him good luck and good health. Charles Frosst is always ready to helpg he is a very good Scout. So, also, are Kenneth Matson, Peter Krohn, Purvis McDougall, Harry Seifert, Derek Marpole, Philip Cumyn and jack Segall. Let us not forget the two Cubs-Michael Wilson and Peter Darling. Our outstanding hockey players this year are john VVright, Harry Seifert, Alan Fraser, Derek Marpole, Taylor Carlin, jack Segall, Billy Timmins, Peter Krohn and Pierre Raymond. The following boys kept up the honour of the class in the soccer game :-Segall. Carlin, McDougall, Krohn, Marpole, Fraser, Darling, Matson I and Seifert. The actors in the Christmas Play , The Stolen Prince , were Marpole, Timmins II, Raymond, Carlin, Darling, and Krohn. Michael Alexandor spent the winter months dans un pays ou fleurit l'oranger, where we would gladly go for a visit on very cold days. A.G. i291

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1948 -1949 FORM IA Form IA, the despair of some, has an engaging charm of its own nevertheless, and from a class of individualists at the beginning of the year, has developed a form spirit in advance of its age. It has something of everything in its make-up, but perhaps its most valuable quality is a sense of humour which prevents any lesson from degenerating into a dull routine. The chief ambition of the class is to defeat its rival IB at games or in French Tests, and, at the risk of starting something, let us predict that the day is not far distant when they will achieve victory over their older and heavier adversaries. That will be the day! Herewith a brief close-up of the members of the class. BAIN. One of our two blondes. A member of the Choir and a Cub, and active in good works. BRAINERD. Like the poor, he is still with us, in spite of repeated threats or promises to leave for Sudbury. Sings in the choir. Hobby, ink-bathing. CARSLEY. Not with us as often as we could wish. Shows signs of scholarship. CARRIQUE. Captain of Form Soccer, and bids fair to emulate the athletic prowess of his elder brother. Form policeman, but is not tlat-footed. COHEN. Drops in from time totime to see how we are gettingon and has earned the title of Inspector. CREERY. Greatly respected for his m ister mind. VVould all were such! HYDE. Hastens slowly and sheds a beneficent calm around him-a welcome attribute in these days of stress. KIMBLE. Is settling down again after his various escapades in snowy California. A singer of considerable merit. Never at a loss for a word. LEACH. t'The proper study of mankind is man . Geoffrey still has an insatiable curiosity. LEIVIOINE. A useful member of society with the charm of youth and an ever-ready smile, MATSON. Tl1e bebe of the class,.but well able to take care of himself. MCMASTER. Never lets the grass grow under his feet or the dust collect on his seat. Must order his pants in triplicate! MEIGHEN. Michael is our mighty midget. Captain of Form hockey and basketball, a sixer and form policeman. Also no mean scholar-a versatile character. NIOLSON. Is an old member of the class, Stephen exercises a benevolent influence on the other members of the class. POOLE. Our other blonde. Puddle!! is far from stagnant. No one will ever 'fput a fast one over on Anthony. WAIT. Another live wire , and a thorn in the side of the form policeman. Enjoys life to the full. WINTON. Also believes in Living dangerously . His motto: A little learning is a dangerous thing . In the choir. May their shadows never grow less. F .G. P, l31l