Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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'le X .x w -x AQ 'A Q hiturial .Another school year is already drawing to a successful close. All activities have prosperedein sports we retained the Carsley Cup and the Timmins Trophy, in Scouts our representative troop in the central district competition carried off the highest honours. and at the time of going to press Francisco Cardona has distinguished himself in the academic field by winning an entrance scholarship to Phillips Academy. Exeter. New Hampshire. Dramatics and Debating continue to Hourish. The Old Boys' Association has consolidated its organisation under Kenneth KIatson's leadership. This year we have welcomed back to Selwyn House Klr. Fred Tees, an Old Boy of the School. who as a member of the Staff has been responsible for some middle-school English and Latin and for junior team soccer and hockey and as an Old Boy has taken over the editorship of the Old Boys' Association Bulletins. As stop-press news comes exciting word of structural changes and addi- tions to the School. YYith a new dining-hall, two new classrooms tone of which will be for manual trainingj and a number of other alterations. the improvement to the present premises next year will be IHOSI considerable. and we are all looking forward tremendously to the advantages which the extra accommodation will afford us. Our thanks are due to General Sir Archibald Nye for writing the inspiring Foreword to this magazine. and to all others who have contributed time and talent to its production. l9l

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Qlluntents Page Ifclilorizll . . 9 Spuukm-rs . 10 Svllunl Notcs . . . 13 Sports l'rizcgix'ing, Klum-, 1054. . 21 .'xl'ilClL'llliC I'l'izcgix'i11g, junc, 1054 . . 23 llclmling . . 27 l,l'lllllilliFS . . 28 lfurm Nou-S . 30 'Scouts :md Pubs. . 42 flynllmslic Display . . 46 fYil'il'kL'l . , . 48 Fuullxlll . . 51 llrwkcy . . . 54 Housv fgUlllIX'lili0llS . . 57 . . 59 I.Ill'I'QII'I-I . . . ' ' ' 74 Ulml Huw SVVIIUII . . I 3 I

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SELWYN HOVSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE bpeakers in past years, ive should like to express our appreciation of the kindness of a number of distinguished Old Boys and Yisitors who have addressed the boys of the School at Assembly or other functions since last year's magazine went to press. Among these have been the following: Lieutenant-General Sir .Archibald Nye. G.C.S.I., K.C.B., LL.D., L'nited Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada, Nlr. Campbell VY. Leach, C..-X., and the Right Hon. Lord Shaughnessyg, who spoke at the Academic Prizegiving, the Sports Prizegiving and the Gymnastic Display respectively. The Right Rev. R. Nl. Pierce. Lord Bishop of Athabasca. Rev. G. Campbell Xladsivorth. D.D., of Alontreal lYest Lnited Church, Canon A. H. Davis, with Rev. Norman Peterson of St. Columba's Anglican Church, Rev. Norman Rawson, B.D., of St. james Lnited Church. the Right Rev. Harry E. Hives. Lord Bishop of Keexvatin, and the Rev. R. H. L. Slater, D.D., Principal of the Diocesan Theological College, who all addressed special assemblies of the School. Major-General R. O. C. Morton, C.B.E.. who spoke on Empire Day, Brigadier Robert Xloncelg, C.B.E.. Deputy Chief of the Canadian General Staff, who visited his old school on November Znd. en route to England, accompanied by Captain Angus Murray , Quebec Command, Air-Commodore E. R. Pearce, who addressed the School at the Remembrance Day Service. Commodore Paul XY. Earl. C.B.E., who spoke at the annual Scouts and Cubs Assembly. Air. H. -I. Ross Xewmani. C.A.. member of the Board of Governors, who invested a number of senior boys as full prefects, Mr. Charles Kennedy, wh made an appeal on behalf of the Welfare Campaign, and Dr. -I. Al. Paton, Execu- tive Secretary of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers, who judged our annual public-speaking competition. Mrs. Doreen O'Brien Bellingham, who presented one of her own solo dramas. entitled Henry's Daughters , Mr. john KI. Humphrey, who returned to show us more of his pictures of Canada. Mr. Stephen Yamos, coach of Canadian Fencing Team in the 1954 Olym- pics, xvho outlined his particular skill to the senior boys. and Tim Peters', head prefect of 1953-54, who made the valedictory speech at the closing luncheon of his year. 'lndirafex Old BnyQfSe1u-yr: House. l10l