Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR195-L-1955 School jliutes THE LIBRARY XYhen the Easter holidays were over in 1954, the Library was privileged to have a unique experience in being allowed to exhibit the original drawings made by Mrs. Jacqueline Berrill to illustrate her book entitled XYonders of the XYoodland Animals . The pictures were drawn with a pointed knife on 'Scratch Board' lcardboard covered with plaster and then inkedl. The boys not only admired the lovely drawings, but were absorbed in puzzling out the unusual method used. We were grateful to Mrs. Berrill for allowing us to enjoy these drawings. Birds interested us deeply during May. 195-1. Mr. Howes arranged a loan of feathered specimens from the Redpath Museum, and the talks on the Cardinal, the XYood Duck. and the Cedar lYaxwing were inspiring. Michael Berrill. at the same time, most appropriately exhibited a beauti- ful little spruce tree which he had brought from Maine. It was about a foot high and its branches held tiny little carved and coloured wooden birds, perching here and there. John Chamard surprised us with a small cypress tree. It was over two feet high, and about its base was a small pond in which a turtle disported itself. This, with Michael's spruce. and the birds from McGill. brought the country right into the Library. In spite of our interest in the birds we were diverted by a collection of coins provided by Michael Guite. There were examples from Africa, Asia, and Europe. also from South America. We were specially intrigued with a coin from Pakistan, and a huge George III penny of 1813. Michael Berrill lent us a geological collection with corresponding notes. This was an outstanding exhibit, and was studied well and frequently. Guite's collection of coins inspired others, and Richard l'dd's group of bank bills was unusual. There was a large Roumanian bill for 10.000 lei which attracted attention. There were other European bllls of interest. but the Amer- ican bill with a portrait of Jefferson on it, for two dollars, was a rarity. Timothy Coristine showed some Angola postage stamps which were very interesting, as well as a group of European coins and bills. Carlo de Rege exhibited a small Spanish bill for only one peseta. also a Korean bank note of today. Neither had been seen before in the Library. Rene Des Marais, jeremy Pearce and John Beament showed us coins and bills from France, Germany, Italy and Malaya. September brought us plunder from the sea. Kerry Martin interested us first with a collection of razor-blade clam shells, which we have not had before, also some very small glapers as well as a large one. An original idea of Kerry's was to collect a few pieces of coloured glass which had been worn smooth as marbles by the action of the waves after many years. Martin's exhibit was quickly followed by an excellent group of cockle shells from the Gulf of Mexico, lent by Nicholas Kairis. They were graded from l13l

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SELWYN HOl'Sl-I SCHOOL MAGAZINE YALIi'l'l-1e105-1 Beament, John Belton, Ian Brainerd, Dwight Brazier, Timothy Broadhead, Andrew Charley, Ciharles fleghorn, john Colby, Fharles Dawson, Eric Evans, james Gray, Thomas Hunter, Andrew Levitan, Stephen Matson, Hugh Nlaxwell, Anthony SALYI Bastian, Alichael Bell, Neil Bell, Roddy Birks, Barrie Bloomberg, Robert Bonnycastle, Stephen Bourne, Thomas Brown, David Carrigan, Patrick Case, Allan Cloristine, james Douse, Raymond lfsdaile, John Feifer, Phillippe Fisher, Geoffrey Grant, Alex Hearne, Michael Hugessen, Kenneth Hutcheson, David Hutcheson, john xlavitch, Daniel ll'--1 ll2l 0 Nlonge, jay AlcLernon, David McNeill, james KlcR0bie, Frederick Pedoe, XYilliam Peters, Tim Rothschild, Leslie Small, Brian Tait, Rodney lerroux, David Turnbull, Hugh Ldd, Richard Zeller, Robert Zimand, Rodney 34-lllnm Laing, David Landers, Coleman Lattoni, Marc Klacphail, john Alcfonnell. Peter Klcfionnell, Royden Nlchlartin, Allen Nlcklartin, Duncan Kleadowcroft, Michael K l on teith, Robert Kloquette, Lawrence Nlorgan, james Alurlin, David Alurhn, Keith Peterson, David Richardson. james Rolland. Stuart Rousseau, Eric Russel, Blair Thom, Philip

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SELWYN HOVSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE two inch to half an inch shells, and were perfect in form. Aleco Kairis lent some interesting examples from Florida, specially a good whelk. Richard Hunt brought a very large, dark scallop shell, lovely in color, from a Maine beach. Peter Russel's collection of beautiful cockle shells drew much attention. Some of them were as small and delicate as jewels. Yytis Iiaestli and Howard Sherback both brought shells of interest. Stephen Paquet showed us a sea horse with a tiny baby sea horse, in which we were most interested. john Edd, now in his first year at McGill, presented the Library with very fine specimens of shells from his own collection. These we were glad to have. During the last week of September Michael Berrill brought us a model of a 'Fish House'. It was a copy made by him of the work-house used by the fisher- men on the coast of Maine. The model itself, fourteen inches long by five inches wide, contained all the implements and objects necessary in the work of the fishermen and their activities. Everything was modelled according to scale. A dory, ready to leave for the sea, was tied to the Fish House, while another was upside down and drying out. A roller for drying the nets was nearby, with nets on it. There was a 'Hoist' for bringing up the nets full of hsh. There were black and white buoys to show the position of oyster traps. All the many tools of the hsherman were there, and even reserves of many of them. Near the Fish House were models of a seal, a porpoise and a whale-all made by Michael. XYe were allowed to keep the model for two weeks, and, when it had to be removed, Michael left, in its place, a lovely sea fan and other specimens of coral. A fitting end to our Sea Exhibit. During the first week in October an exhibition of coins and stamps was opened. Stephen Parker was the first contributor with an outstanding collection: four early Victorian stamps were particularly noted. We were interested to see that the hair style in the Queens portrait resembled the 'pony switch' of today. A George III penny of 1797 was also of great interest, as were the silver, copper coins and stamps of Elizabeth II's coronation. Stephen also showed stamps of European countries, as well as of India and Egypt. This was a most compre- hensive exhibit. Bill Hambly's collection of bank notes attracted much attention and the coins in his group were interesting, more especially those of France during the German Occupation. .-X bill which he showed from the Island of Martinique was a rare one in the Library. So many other coins in his collection were of interest, but lack of space prevents a description of them. Maxi Ferro showed bank notes from Italy. Poland and Greece. The por- trait of Sophocles on a ten lire note was beautifully engraved. There was also a striking design on a Polish note of 1030 and a good design on a note from Greece. George Thomson lent a Russian gold coin of tifteen roubles QS-20.00l with a portrait on it of the last fzar of Russia, Nicholas ll. lt was dated 1897. He also lent gold coins of the l'nited States. l14l