Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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jfuremurh lt' ont- writm-s at l'ore-worrl l'or a Sm-hool inagrazinn-. one- trim-s to say sonu-thing ol' in- tt-rf-st to tht- lioys. knowing: l'ull wt-ll tht-y will skip it anrl turn to tht- pug:-s yyh1-rf- thc,- athln,-tcs ol' tht- yt-ar arm- portrayn-tl in l'row ning glory . sith- hy sifls- with tht- annual rr-rorcls ol'tllt'llot'li1-y. 1-rit-kt-t and soccc-r nialrln-s: anfl that il may only ln- ru-acl lay pare-nts anfl possibly' stall. Une- trim-s to ht- intt-ri-sting: without ln-ing st-nl:-nlious and fails: ont- tria-s lo ht- l'unny and fails: ont- trim,-s not to sountl pompous antl tails: so it is all yu-ry :lillit-ult. f' At tht- risk ol writing lor tht- wrong autln-na-v l clo want lo say. how:-yi-r. that all the boys in tht- St-hool. partie-ularly tht- sm-nior tDllt'SL'Dl,ll't'Ht'll lu- tat-1-rl soont-r or latt-r with a quitt- important pf-rsonal cle-vision y iz. wltf-tht-r to li-all a lill- in whit-li iiululgt-nm-. comic strips. sharp liDl'lil'f.ll't'S antl yyatilling otht-r pm-oplv play ligrure- hr-ay ily 1 or wha-tha-r to adopt tht- t4-t-l1niunm- ol' lit't'lllllQ1i till ku-e-ping proniist-s. working hartl. playing hard I'klll'lt't' than watching: otht-rs anrl pit-king up from tht- inassiyt- history ol' thi- past as much ol' lite-raturt-. art. niusir and history as you can stnll' into your he-atl lo your lasting bt-1 it-fit. - ' ,XS a gruirls- to your prohahlt- 1-liojt-4-. l would say. hut it's only a pm-rsonal opinion. that il' you haya- not lm-arne-fl to olu-y whilst at st-hool. you will in-yt-r t-onunanrl otlu-rs aI'tt-rwards: il' you han- not lt-arnt-cl to-st-rw whilst at st-hool. you will in-yt-r lt-acl oth:-rs aftt-rwarfls: anrl that il' you haym- not lm-urns-tl to t-lt-an your own boots whilst at school. you are a washout any way. The cynit- might say that tht- tlt-vision is only important lo thu- inrliy iflual anfl that it clot-s not matt:-r ye-ry mum-h what ha- mlm-itlt-s to do with his own hrain anrl hotly. Hut that isn't truc-. Thr- gre-ate-st assi-l ol' any Nation lic-s in thu- young pf-oplv it proflut-1-s and tht- manne-r in whit-h. ancl tht-1-xl:-nt to whit-h. its 1-tlnrational pl'o1'c-sst-slllakv those- children into good nu-n and wonn-n with 4-ltarat-te-r. lilirt- untl pt-rsonality. ll' you arlopt tht- l'ornu-r 4-ours:-. it may lu- quita- plz-asant I'or you until you arm- ahout thirty-liyt-. and tht-n you are- linishm-cl. Thu- lrrains oli SSQ ol' Ihr- population ol' the- world haye- gonn- pe-rmann-ntly to slt-4-p at thu- aggw- ol' thirty-liy'r-. ln so cloing you haye- not only lm-t yours:-ll' clown. whit-h flow-sn'l math,-r. hut you han- la-t your family clown. your School flown. ancl your 4-ounlry clown. Xnnl this is yt-ry important at thc- prm-se,-nt lllUIllL'llt. Xt thi- pre-st-nt mom:-nt il is mort- important than 4-yer. livraust- the- next fifty' years will sw- a grrt,-ate-r nw-:l than 1-ye-r lie-l'orv for nn-n anrl wont:-n ol' t'll2'll'Ht'lt?l'. ability' and hone-sly ol' purpost-. Xnzl anyont- will tm-ll you that tht- progrra-ss mails- hy your own t-ountry' oy 4-r tht- last thirty yt-ars has hm-1-n phi-nonn-nal. l am not spm-aking ol' material progrt-ss or tht- tligrgring out ol' ore-s from your hillsor the opt-ning ol' clot-ks or the making: ol' vast quantitit-s ol' woorl pulp: l aln talking: ahout tht- mann:-r in whit-h Canada has comm- to stantl alongsislt- olrle-r anfl liiggu-r 1-ountrim-s so that torlay its voice- is he-ard in all tha- 1-ount-ils ol' tht- worltl. its state,-sun-n art- re-spt-rt:-rl by all oths-r state-smt-n ol' the worlrl. and its opportunilia-s l'or goorl arf- alnsolule-ly lu-wiltlf,-ring. lou hay t- a grt,-at obligation antl a grt-at opportunity. I knew it woultl sound likt- a Sttfllltlll. ancl it clicl. So sorry l NX lLl.l tu l'. lllLDlll'lll.

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