Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FUN 'l'lll'I Stflltlttl, N ICN!! IU50 l'l5l FUIHI N. l'1ll'Ill N s cightccn nu-mlu-rs haw- play-rl an actin- part in tlu- lilc ol tlu- school durinf' thc mast xc,-ar. P' . l ndcl' thc lcadcrship ol' Nlr. Phillips. thc Form Nlaste'-r. thc hoys haw had a most succcssl'ul ye,-ar. Fiw- hops play-cl on thc scnior socccr le-ani and lin- on llu- scnior hoclu-5 tcam. whilc thrci- playcd on thc junior tcalns. 'l'w4-lxc nu-nihcrs took part in thc Christmas plays. whilc thrcc actcd in llu- liastcr progralnnu-. Scicralsnu-nilu-rs ol tht- Form wcrc in thc school choir and wcrc llll'llllN'l'S ol' thc dm-hating: clulm. l.ct us glance- through tlu- class in alphahctical ordcr. First wc haw- Nlichacl .XI1-xandor. llc play-d a wry nu-rrp 4 if-orgc Nlcrry 'i in 'l'rcasnrc Island at iilll'lSllllHN. Frcddic Xngus. thc g:irall'c ol' thc class. aniazcs ns all with his une-nding: know'l1-dgc ol coins and thc Nlontrcal Tralnways ffonipanp. llrian liuchanan. anothcr coin collcctor. playcd tlu- rolc ol' a doctor in thc Fri-nch play at lilll'lSllllt'lS. Taylor tiarlin playcd scnior socccr and was lsraa-l Hands in 'l'rcasurc Island. llc is also a proiniiu-nt choristcr and dclratcr. ililllltllllf l'canut tiarslcy brought gre-at l'anu- to thc Form as hc so capahly captaincd hoth thc junior socccr and lun-lu-3 tcalns. llc also actcd at lillt'lSlllliiS and at lfastcr. Philip tluniyn shows gre-at know- lcdgc ol' hirds and clcctricity and hclps hrigrhtcn up llu- class. Pctl-r Darling playcd both junior hockcy and socccr. llc is also a choristcr and an actor ol' notc. Nlichacl Dcnnis plays-d scnior hoclo-5 and was in 'l'r4-asurc Island . llc is a choir hoy. a lllt'lllllt'l' ol' llu- dt-hating clnh. and was a pnhlic-spcaking linalist. .lack Fray. who startm,-d tlu- yt-ar w ith ns. lcI't during tlu-tfhristinas ti-rnizwc wcrc all sorry to lose- hint. l'ctcr lxrohn. onc ol' thc sniallcr. lint gay-r nu-nilu-rs ol' thc l orni. was a scout and an actor. starring in thc l rcnch play al lllll'lSllllkiS and llu- ltnssian play at lfastcr. t'l'hc liussian play was not in linssianl. lla-ri-lt Nlarpolc play-rl on hoth ss-nior tcains. llc was a pnhlic-spcaking: linalist. a choristcr. and hc playcd thc rolc ol' a lu-anlil'ul girl in thc Fri-nch play. lxcn Xlatson hrougrht tht- Form grcat distinction wlu-n hc was appointcd an acting pn-Il-ct ol' llu- school. Latcr in thc ycar. hc bccanlc a l'nll prcll-ct. thus lu,-ing: thc lirst boy ol' Form Y vxcr to bu invcstcd as a lull-ilcilgcd prefcct. llc is tlu- scout troop lcadcr. a de-hate-r. a public- spcaking finalist. and a nu-mb:-r ol' tlu- scnior socccr tcam. Charle-s Nlaclinu-s was an actor in thc Fri-nch play. Hc is also a gre-at. hird low-r and hopcs some- day to hcconu- a zoologist. Donald Mactaggart. thc lnatlu-niatical hrain. is a skicr ol' notc. and an clcc- trical gm-nius. Picrrc Raymond is a hockcy star. Ile- cxccls in horscluanship and schoolwork. llc playcd thc lcading role in thc Frcnch play. Harry Seifert. was a scout. patrol li-adcr and a star in both svnior soccer and hoclu-5. .lack Se-gall is another who hrought dis- tinction to thc Form on his appointnu-nt as an 2'lt'llllgl'-l,ll't'l'Qf'l. llc also plays-d on both scnior tt-anis. Billy rlilIllIlllllS play:-d junior lioclu,-5 and starred in thc lllll'lSl.,Ill8S and liastcr plays. John L-dd. a vcry chccrt'ul. but quict boy. was iu thc French play. lfach boy. in his own way. has grrcatly cnrichcd Selwyn House- Schools N50- 1951 Form X . M. D. l3Tl

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SICLWN N lltlt'SI'1StZlItNtl, XIUGXZINIC lfttliyl ly. 'l'his yt-ar Form Four. though small. is surprisingly xot-al. and front within tht- t-lassrooni t'ttlllt'S1l noist- t-tpial to that ot' a st-ort- at lt-ast. 'I'ht- spirit ol' tht- hoys is also t-tpial to that numht-r. X I't-w hoys math- tt-ams. whilt- all trit-tl. lit-attiv madt- tht- hot'kt-y antl sot-t-t-r It-anis. and sings in tht- choir. lit-snt-r stutlit-s hartl 'intl l'rt-tpit-ntly -ft-ts high marks: ht t I ,. t has not ht-t-n ahlt- to play many gamt-s. dnt- to an illnt-ss. tfhoqut-ttv sings in tht- Ulltbll mtl is ont- ol' tht- l't-w hoys who art- in tht- St-outs. Nlt-tlrt-t-yy is likt-tl hy t-xt'ryont-, trit-s hard and is in tht- Scouts. Notkin yainly lrit-tl to makt- tht- untlt-r lil'tt-t-n hot'kt-y'. hut will ht- a surt- thing nt-xt yt-ar. St-t-ly is ont- ol' tht- top Ihrt-t- hoys in st-holastit standing. was in tht- plays and would hayt- math- tht- undt-r thirtt-t-ni' sot-t-t-r tt-am had it not ht-t-n l'or an injurt-d hantl. Short matlt- tht- sot-t't-r tt-am. was in tht- tlhristmas play ind ranks high in popularity. l,ast. hut not It-ast. N t-rhat-gt-n is tht- hrain ol' tht- t-lass and st-ltlom nusst-s t-oming llrst: ht- also was in tht- plays. Xntl. in t-ntling. l might add that Xlr. lfurst- is tht- Form mastt-r. who islikt-tl hy' all. Pt-tt-r llullit-ld. I-'of-nt llIlSf.W'l'I.lIl.' 'l'ht- t-:litor ol' tht- form nott-s. ht-ing motlt-st. nt-glt-t'tt-tl to mt-ntion that ht- was tpiitt- a st-holar himst-ll' antl t-wt-llt-tl in hoth plays. lftbllyl lll. 'l'wt-lyt- months ago ff- just al'tt-r l hatl linisht-d writing my t-lass nott-s in l05tl. lo ht- prt-t-ist- a t-loud. no higgt-r than a man's list. started to l'orm on my' mt-ntal horizon, uid grow and grow and grow until it rt-at'ht-d sut-h monumt-ntal proportions that it now' oyt-rshadows my w holt- lil't-. l w akt- up to its grim hlarknt-ss. and w ht-n l go to ht-d it is mort- int-naring than t-yt-r. lt has takt-n tht- joy and tht- t-olour l'rom lift- and has turnt-tl spring into a pt-rpt-tual wintt-r. It is tht- thought ol' writing tht-sv t-lass nott-s. llow to w ritt- somt-thing nru' is tht- tpit-stion that has t-chot-d mot-kingly in tht- t-nipty raxt-rns ol' my skull l'or a twt-lyt--month. With so many hrilliant antl original minds daily making rit'h tht- t-ommon-room atmospht-rt-. how shall l t-ompt-tt-2' What fitlflll will tht- nott-s takt-fl Tht- t-t-ho answt-rs mt-. Form - form - form. ' Xud thatis ts lar as l gt-t. l t-xt-rishly l think ol' yt-rstf somt-thing ratht-r high-laluting: nohlt- yt-t prt-gnant with ht-auty. sut-h as. l stood on lit-dpath Strt-t-t at dark knd pondt-rt-tl oyt'r tlarslt-y 's liatt' Xngl w ht-tht-r ht-'tl out-distant't- tllarkt- Xnd would Nlrklastt-r yanquish Wait -f Ur lilavidson f or Smith -f or tlohtfn - klasl tht- answt-r is not knowt-n. lint tht- t-ll'ort is too mut-h ttht-rv art- twt-nty hoys in tht- lormll and l sink hack t-xhaustt-tl on my t-out-h. Pt-rhaps tht- solution is in tht- limt-rit-k or y it't--yt-rsa: tht- spark- ling limt-rit-k. w ith tht- t-It-yt-r twist in its tail! l rush to my typt-writt-r. and produt't'. 1:81 1