Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Sl1l.WXY HOl'Sl'. SCHOOL XIX!-.XZINE Svrlinnl nits t1ONIPli'l'lTlONS ln the l.ennos lloyd lissay Ilompetition the lollowing hoys were awarded prizes:- Gtoup X: .Xnthony Ilogerl and Peter Xlitchell. Group ll: Michael Dennis and liillv Timmins. l'he entries were sent across to linglancl and evaluated hy Nlr. .Xlan Lennox- llovd. NLP.. to whom we are greatly indebted lor his kindness and continued interest. We are very gratified to learn ol tlte success ol Freddie Angus and Billy McKeown in the annual Royal limpire Society Contest. ln over lour htmdred essays submitted in thc three sections, Freddie won lirst prize in Section li and Billy second prize in Section 62. Our heartiest congratulations to them hoth! We regret that these essays ale loo lengthy lor publication in the inagazine. ln the niagazine contests no award was made in the Poetry section, hut in the lissay section Peter Cowie and Pierre Raymond were placed first and second respectively, and in the Short Story section prizes were awarded to Anthony Hildred and Ivan Phillips. XXX- were pleased to have a goodly ntnnber of entries in the Poetry section lrom younger boys. THE CHOIR 'l'he Choir. in addition to leading the singing at the morning assembly, has pc-rlotmed with distinction at the Academic Prize-Giving and at the School Entertain- ment at tihristmas, and has shown continued improvement both in tone and volume, while the clearness ol the words has been commented on very favourably. The places ol the boys who graduated lrom the Choir last .lune have been Filled by some promising ic-ciuits lrom the -junior Choir. 'I'here is likely to be an extremely keen competition lor the Singing Prize this year, as several ol' the boys are developing pleasing solo voices. 'l'he Clhoir is composed as lollows: Foim lX': .Xlexandoty Krohn, Carlin, Darling, Dennis, Marpole. l'orm Ill: lleattie, Clhoquette, Ilullield, Gillespie. MacNaughton, Price 1, Seely, Vintcent l. l'oini ll: S. .Xrhucklcx S. llain, E. llarraclough. Clarke, Cohen, D. Friesen, P. Hyde. S. Kimble, Nl. Price, H. Smith, S. Vlinton. l'otnt I: Maxwell. Nlcilonnell, Nesbitt. Pedoe, Peters l, Vintcent 2. MOVIES .Xs in pi evious years movie progrannnes were organized by Mr. Perkins, mostly on lfriday alternoons, tliroughout the winter months. .'xlllOllgSl the films shown and enioved hy large groups ol boys were the lollowing:- Exercise Musk Ox , Animals ol South .Xlrica . Zululand , Song ol the Ski , Song of the Mountain , Hockey llfl

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1949-1950 Senior Master at Eaglehurst College, Northampton, England. prior to his coming to Selwyn House. Both served in the Armed Forces during the war, Mr. Picard as Lieut- Cornmander in the Royal Canadian Navy, and Mr. Moodey as Flight-Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. lt is our hope that their stay with us will be a long and happy one. XVhen Miss Snead fell ill in October, we were very fortunate to secure the services of Mrs. Etanda Farquhar. L'nfortunately, she was unable to stay with us beyond Christmas. but Mrs. Grace Cunningham very kindly stepped into the breach. YVe are very grateful indeed to both these ladies for their most valuable help in the work of the Junior School. BOARD OF GOVERNORS Since our last issue of the School Magazine there have been three changes in our Board of Governors. Mrs. Anson C. Mcliim. Mr. XV. C. RI. Meredith, and Mr. T. C. Brainerd have retired from the Board. and we should like to extend to them the schools appreciation of their valuable help and direction during the past five years. Mrs. Paul B. Pitcher, Mr. A. XVQ-sley Mason. and Mr. Robert R. McLernon have been appointed to the Board in their place. if , llll

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