Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Yth. Form of 1953 presented the Library with a subscription to the National Geographic Magazine for the year 1953-54. This occurred at the end of the Summer Term and the readers began to enjoy it on returning to school in September. It is greatly appreciated. Tim Peters was very kind when he gave the Library the junior Natural History Magazine . It comes every month and is full of funny things about animals. Richard I'dd has kindly presented the Library with the copy of the Royal anointing spoon. john Beament gave a model of Columbus' ship, The Pima , to the Library. It is 1 ft. 8 in. long, and is quite inspiring in the Explorer's section. The circulation of books during the year, from March 31, 1953 to March 31, 195-1 amounted to 2,8271 an increase over last year of 679. Of this number 250 were on scientific subjects, 182 in history. 1-14 on 'Xature', 90 in Geography, 75 in biography. and the remainder in works of fiction. 'Younger Books' and 'Things to do'. The number of books in the library to date is 3,387. 305 books have been added this year. Some of the outstanding works acquired through the year are the follow- ing:fTrevelyan's Illustrated English Social History . vols. 3 X 4: The Ox- ford junior Encyclopedia vol. 5: Churchill's Triumph and Tragedy : Here I Stand , the life of Martin Luther, by Roland Bainton: Alexander the Great . by Gunther, Masterpieces of Eloquence , edited by a group of scholars: and Men around Churchill by Rene Kraus. There was a marked increase in the use of works on the Classical period. Greek and Roman history were much in demand. DAY. THE CHOIRS The three choirs-Senior, Intermediate and junior-are to be con- gratulated on their rendering of the morning hymn at the School Assembly. This year new hymns and descants have been learnt and the singing has reached a commendable high standard, both as regards volume and tone. At the School Entertainment in December the Senior Choir sang O Nightingale, Awake in two parts. The Holly and the Ivy , with solos by Brian Dodd, David Barry. Bobby Aikman. Bill Hambly, Colin Moseley, David Bogert and Ditlef Iinudsen. and The Twelve Days of Christmas . which proved a great favourite with singers and audience alike. The Intermediate Choir sang All my heart this night rejoices , XYhen Christ was born of Mary free and Ding, dong. merrily on high . Soloists were Michael Stanger. Tommy Gray. Donald Doyle and Dwight Brainerd. In the bleak mid-winter , The Friendly Beasts and Good King IYenceslas were the carols rendered by the junior Choir. which furnished a long list of soloists as follows:fDonald Steven, john Buckell. Patrick Shaugh- nessy, Harry Bloomfield, Robert Bruce. Rene Desmarais, Tim Gilbert. Giles Hunt, Yytis Kaestli and Gerald Ross. It was generally agreed that this was the most successful performance by the choirs and the soloists especially were heard to greater advantage than ever before. Extra house points for the best solos were awarded as follows:-Two points each to Brian Dodd and Michael Stanger: one point each to David Barry, Tommy Gray, Donald Steven. Harry Bloomfield and Patrick Shaughnessy. l14l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR1953-1954 Peter Vodstrcil exhibited three Chinese Christmas cards of which the illustrations were made entirely of stamps. The workmanship was very delicate and the colouring so skilfully managed with the various stamps that the im- pression that they were painted was very convincing. In February the Far East stamps gave way to 'Stamps of Flower and Insect' design. There were very few of these among the members but Maxi Ferro lent the library an extremely well-arranged group of butterfly and insect stamps, as well as some beautiful flower forms, from Venezuela. The Belgian Congo, Colombia, Salatan, Holland, and Costa Rica. But those of San Marino were the most beautiful of all. Bill Hesler lent stamps from San Marino and Colombia, with lovely flower patterns. Nigel Greenwood also contributed a 'lily' Bermudian stamp, with four animal stamps. Geology interested us in March in the library. Michael Berrill's well- assorted specimens of rock from Canada caused incessant questioning. But all the questions were answered by Michael's notes, numbered to correspond with the exhibits. Old and young alike were curious about them all. lYe are grateful to Michael for allowing us to enjoy them. Nigel Greenwood also brought some samples of rock from France, Greenland and Western Germany. They were carefully examined for weeks, and we liked seeing samples from other countries. The library had various small contributions to many different subjects. Aeroplane models made by Richard Hunt claimed much attention. Maxi Ferro allowed us to show five good models of airships, the most impressive being the 'Thunder jet'. Maxi also let us see his model of the U.S.S. warship 'Missouri'. Richard Hunt's 'skyrocket' was much admired. Peter Schaal let us use his map of Canada, raised in plasticene, and well done,l in our geography shelf. Peter Russel and Eric Garland collected a bird's nest, we think a fine example: while john Beament brought nests of a wren and a nuthatch, Howard Sherback a robin's nest, and Gerald Ross a humming bird. A well formed oriole's nest was given by Rodney Tait. These will fit into a bird display before the Summer term ends, we hope. Timothy Stewart presented the Library with eighteen stamps, which we will use in future exhibits. Rene Des- marais lent two interesting aerial stamps from Lille, France. Miles Tyrer lent the library an English shell. Miss Mabel Molson has been a generous donor to the Library throughout the year. She has presented books on history, biography, geography, science, nature, art, and Scripture, as well as works of fiction. A large collection of books, on the subject of the Coronation, was sent by her to the school last May. These have been well used and enjoyed. Mrs. S. B. Ralston gave a long list of useful books also: as did Mr. G. H. M. Campbell. Peter Mitchell donated a large number of books for all ages which are now in circulation and being enjoyed by many readers. Books have also been given by the following:-Mrs. N. J. Berrill, who kindly gave us her XVoodland Animalsf' and her latest work, Strange Nurseriesng and other donors are Kerry Martin, Bruce McHale, Michael Meighen, john Clarke, Mrs. D. D. McGoun, Mrs. E. Hambly, the Hon. Mr. Arthur Meighen, who gave his own work, autographed, on Xllilliam Shakespeare. Roger Bellingham, Peter Russel, Edward Manthorp, and Bobby Bolles all gave nice, useful books. l13l J

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