Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 105-L-1955 Philip ivebster contributed a piece of iron ore and a specimen of bauxite. Peter Martin also lent a geological sample. Lawlor XYalcem let us show the skin of a baby chipmunk which he had prepared himself. and which attracted much attention and admiration from everyone. Tony Stikeman contribtlted a skein of raw silk which was carefully in- spected by many. David Murlin exhibited a 'Piper Cub' aeroplane model made by himself, and very well done. Colin Moseley allowed us to show a book of the early XVIII century which has been in his family for many years. lt was called A History of the World and was by M. Chevreau. lt was translated fiom the French and printed in England in 1703. This was a valuable loan. A model of the Kon-Tiki raft was exhibited by john I-Isdaile. lt measured 11 by 513 inches. lt was perfect in detail and greatly admired. Eric Garland surprised us with two handsome ducks, but they did not stay here very long, as leathers were being plucked out to see il they were real or 'just pretending' ducks. Howard Sherbaclc lent a model of Columbus' ship the 'Santa Mariah A very unusual loan was made by Eric Rousseau. lt was part of an ele- phant tusk. M e were not sorry it was only eleven inches of what IULISI have been a formidable tusk. lt was so much enjoyed it was almost worn OLII. David Brown interested us all with a bee's nest and two honeycombs. Allan Zinman presented a robin's nest. The Library was fortunate this year in receiving many welcome gifts of books. Professor Percy Xobbs presented two of his works, Fencing Tactics and Salmon Tactics with kind autographed messages. He also gave the Library an illustrated description of The Great and the Small , containing the wonders of the Universe in comparison. This was conveniently framed. It is clearly lettered by Mr. Brietzche and will be studied with great interest. The National Geographic Magazine, given by the Fifth Form, is being much enjoyed, as is also th: junior Natural History Magazine donated by Gordon Peters. M Ml h l 1 k d fi lh l lv n hi gvsnt' the . iss . 'o sow as ieel a generous on. F, H e Doo 's s' 2 ts gi t o Library cover a wide held in history, geography. biography and reference. Mrs. li. A. fret-ry and Mrs. Graham Ross have each donated an interest- ing collection of books. X ytis lxaesth gave nineteen of his books. lhgy are already in circulation and are in great demand. Welcome gifts of books were accepted from the follow- ing:+Miles Tyrer. Richard M.'aa'r:n, The Royal Norwegian Consulate. Mr. M. Ballantyne. Count de Regs. Sandy Duthie, fihristopher Hyde, Patrick Shangh- nessy, Robert Bloomberg. Roger Bellingham, Mr. F. Tees, Mr. H. de M. Molson. Nigel Greenwood. Firic Garland. Francisco fardona. Rene Desmarais. -loh 1 l17l

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Carlo de Rege showed a Moorish dagger from North Africa. It looked delicate but deadly. Germany was represented by three horribly business-like straight daggers. The one lent by Harry Bloomfield was captured from a Nazi Storm Trooper. Stephen Paquet's dagger dated from Germany in 1938. lt had a handsome ivory handle and a long straight blade. Robert Hallett let us show a copy of a Nazi knife. Timothy Gilbert's 'kukri' knife from lndia was one of the most important of the exhibits. lt was even more terrible than the daggers. A primitive leather sheath protected it: its wide blade was heavy and long. lt was slightly curved and was a weapon used in peace time for domestic purposes as well as in time of war for hand-to-hand lighting. David Bogert lent a fine example of an NYIII century pistol. The brass work on it was especially admired. lt was the only pistol in the exhibit. North America in 1812 was brought to mind by a large bullet found on the battlefield of Queenston Heights. This was lent by Roger Bellingham. :X cavalry sword made in Montreal at H357 St. Paul St. tengraved on the handled probably dated from the time of Queen Yictoria. Stephen Parker exhibited this, while Robert Aikman showed a handsome dress sword of the Slvanish-:Xmerican period. Roger Bellingham supplied a fencing foil and mask, which, with the kind gift of Professor Nobbs of his book on Fencing Tactics, gave a fitting introduction to the art of hghting. Guns were lent by Peter Russel and Timothy foristine. The former exhibited a 12 guage shot gun of 1861 and a breech-loading rifle ol 1862, while the latter lent a XYinchester repeating rifle. The guns were an invitation to markmanship and after queues had been formed and curiosity satisfied, the guns were removed for safe-keeping. Much interest was taken in the bullet pouch lent by Robert Aikman. lt apparently dated from the early part ol the NIN century and. to add to the interest, it was full ol bullets. Peter Nobbs let us show a model of a cannon, such as was used in the Tudor period. lt was well modelled in brass and mounted on a wooden carriage. liric Rousseau contributed a large shell of an explosive used in the last war. The 'Weapon Exhibit' was tittingly brought to a close by the loan of Stephen Parker's very tine lndian Peace Pipe. lt had belonged to an lndian Vhief in the XYest of Canada and was decorated with the original bead fringe. The l.ibrary had some extra exhibits which were of interest to all. They ranged from moths to elephant tusks. Peter Terroux lent two Field Signal Corps telephones of 1914. These found a place with our military exhibition. Paul St. Pierre lent three beautifully marked butterflies, and Peter Russel lent twelve specimens of moths, with a book describing their varieties. Donald Steven added a deceased frog, its natural colour somewhat marred. l16l

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SELWYN HOVSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Harding, Maxi Ferro, Colin Moseley, john Mulholland, Patrick Uoheny, Cole- man Landers. Murray Leiter, Ronald Graham, and David McMaster. Mr. Hartland Molson gave the interesting work entitled The Barley and the Stream . christopher Coristine presented a new and comprehensive work on the Navy. This will be most useful. Alec Miller gave an interesting new book called The Day Lincoln was Shot . Mr. Speirs donated The March of Democracy by james Truslow Adams. lt is a valuable history of the I'nited States, now out of print and difficult to obtain. Mr. Speirs also presented the 'Tomplete works of Robert Burns with his Life , which is most welcome in the Library. Some books of note acquired during the year are :- The Oxford junior lincyclopediau vol. xii: The Ascent of Everest by john Hunt: the Junior edition of the same: the Encyclopedia of Pictorial Knowledge in ten volumes: the International XYho's XYho : Fell's International Coin Book . Virculation of books amounted to 3,665 for the year ending March 31, 1055-an increase of about 30 2 over the previous year. Circulating Science books numbered 267: History 182: Nature 143: Geography 130: Biography 100. The remainder of the circulation was in Fiction, Younger Books and 'Things To IJo'. There was a marked increase in the circulation of picture books in Form D. Books catalogued to date number 3,652. DAY. . THE CHOIRS fhoir prizes last year were won by Bobby Aikman in the Senior Choir and by Tommy Gray in the Intermediate. Aikman sang Linden Lea by R. Vaughan XYilliams, and Gray XYhere'er You XYalk by Handel. Both boys are to be congratulated for their success against very keen competition. XYe were greatly indebted to Mrs. Tester. who very kindly judged the finals for us. At the Prizegiving on june Oth a choir of 36 voices picked from the Seniors and Intermediates gave its best performance yet in a two-part arrangement of L'All Through the Night, followed by XYhere'er You M'alk . This year the Senior, Intermediate and junior choirs reached their largest mernbersliip, and the Intermediate Fhoir in particular with -12 voices showed outstanding improvement. At the Christmas entertainment each choir sang a group of carols and among the large group of excellent soloists the following were adjudged the best and were awarded extra points for their houses: Aikman I, Barry, Steven, Smith, Tyrer, Manthorp and Roulson. A considerable number of new hymns has been learned since last Sep- tember, and the Choir now has a large repertoire lor all the seasons of the year. l his has provided a very welcome variety at the Morning Assembly. INTER ALIA We continue to hear from Miss Afra Snead, who lives in Hastings, Eng- land, but maintains a tremendous interest in Selwyn House, to which she l18l