Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE of the motion that radio and television are more educational in their content than newspapers and current magazines . .-Xnd in the finals, Lucas House defeated Wanstall House, upholding the negative that Vanada should join the l'nited States , a very touchy subject. And Speirs came third, upholding the motion that Winter sports are preferable to Summer sports . Thus, Lucas came first, XYanstall second, Speirs third and Macaulay last. CH R ISTMAS EXTliR'l'AlXM I-INT Familiar carols and four playlets featured the School's annual Christmas Entertainment on Tuesday, December 21st, 1954. Mr. Phillips, as usual, had trained all three choirs admirably and the soloists excelled themselves. The junior fhoir sang Silent Night , We Three Kings of Orient Are and the First Nowelluq the Intermediate Choir rendered Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, See :Xmid the XYinter Snow, and Shepherds in the Fields Abidingu: whilst the Senior Choirs offering consisted of The Little Road to Bethlehem, The Seven joys of Mary, and Rejoice and Be Merry in Songs and in Mirth. The junior School Play, 'Thristmas Magic , was a delightful fantasy, played with a seeming unselfconsciousness and obvious pleasure that refiected great credit upon Mrs. Tester, who produced it with such skill. Geoffrey Fisher, as Santas elf, and Christopher Roulson, as his helper, performed their roles to perfection and the dolls frolicked around with easy naturalness-David McNeill as the golliwog, Billy Evans as the Teddy Bear, jonathan Birks as jack-in-a-Box. .-Xleco Kairis made an attractive Chinese, and Murdoch Laing a very martial and resplendent general. Miles Tyrer as Angela and Murray Leiter as the baby doll were admirably cast for their roles, whilst Gordon MacDougall made the perfect Santa flaus and Peter Hutchins his personal attendant. All the per- formers spoke their lines clearly and forcefully, and the bright and original cos- tumes added greatly to the colourfulness of the fine presentation. Le Petit Monsieur, under the able direction of Madame Gyger, made a real hit with the audience. Of the Prime does not pay variety, it presented four tough crooks-pleasantly diversified and played with great gusto by john Fieldhouse, Michael Berrill, Peter Schaal and john Stikeman-and their chief- une femme fatale''-well-acted by Nicolas Kairis. Alex Miller was the impassive chief of police to perfection and Pandy Embiricos the sauve, if forgetful, waiter. john McGillis as the American girl drew a cheerful chuckle from the appreciative audience. and her English boy-friend, Brien Gillespie, proved quite the gallant romantic. Wilfried Boehler and Yictor Mills looked quite the part as vigilant police and rounded off a good caste. Tom Sawyer and his friends in modern garb came to life with a vivid twang and slang that Mark Twain would have appreciated with a hearty chuckle. john Chamard as Tom played the reluctant worker and the boyish schemer l23l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEARIQS-1-1955 Behating This year, the Selwyn Oratorical Society was named the Kappa Club. It had twelve members: Bill Hambly, President: Francisco Cardona, Vice- President: Michael Lofft, Secretary: Teddy Coumantaros. Treasurer: Roger Bellingham, David Bogert, Geolifrey Gaherty, John Hutcheson. Colin Moseley, Robert Osler, Ian Robertson and Lawlor XYakem. The club met every two weeks on Friday afternoon or evening. There were formal debates. short speeches, hat nights, one-minute speeches and quizzes. XYe had a great variety of formal debates including That S.H.S. should go co- educational and That New Year's resolutions are worse than useless. There were also current event debates such as That the Seaway will be harmful to Montreal and That XYestern Germany should be re-armed. XYe all had a most enjoyable time and we must not forget to thank Mr, Speirs for the work that he did in assuring the success ofthe club. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The Public Speaking Contest, an annual feature of school life, took place last March. The finals were held at school assembly. Dr. J. M. Paton was the judge. Finalists and their subjects were: Robert Osler: Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Mission in Africa. Colin Moseley: The Fight Against Yellow Fever. Bill Hambly: The Mission Alamo. Michael LoFft: Sir VYilfrid Laurier. john Chamard: The Kemano-Kittimat Power Development. Francisco Cardona: Galileo's Discoveries. Michael Lofft was adjudged the winner. with Colin Moseley second and Bill Hambly third. john Hutcheson was chairman. HOUSE DEBATING This year the House Debating got under way very well, the subjects were unpleasantly hard, and well chosen by Mr. Speirs, and of course the com- petition was very keen. There were two representatives from each House, and all members of the Kappa Club. Mr. Tees and Mrs. Howis very kindly spared us some of their time to act as judges for the preliminaries and finals respectively. The representatives from each House were: Michael Lolft and Lawlor XYakem from Lucas House: Bill Hambly and Colin Moseley from Macaulay: Robert Osler and David Bogert from Wanstall: and Teddy Coumantaros and Francisco Cardona from Speirs House. ln the preliminaries, Lucas House, upholding the affirmative of the motion that Formosa should be handed over to Communist China defeated Speirs House, and lYanstall House defeated Macaulay House upholding the negative li-'Tl

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, 3.- FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 105-LWIOSS with great resourcefulness, and Robert Aikman as Aunt Polly was admirably cast. Patrick Phillips as the impish little Judy brought down the house, and Tours companions-from the amiable Sid, played by Michael Barry, to the fence-painting suckers Daniel -layitch, Peter Yodstrcil, David Phillips and Richard Hunt-proved vivid and individual boyish types of surprising con- trasts. lNlr. Moodey, as rnoderniser ol' Mark Twain and as producer, is to be congratulated on the splendid success ol his labours. The senior presentation was a one-act drama ol late eighteenth century Ireland, entitled The Sweeps of Ninety-liightu, by john Nlaseheld. The main role of the domineering, buniptious Anglo-lrish justice of the peace was played by Bill Hambly, his callous boon-companions by Michael l.oHt and Colin Mose- ley-comprising the Trinity of judas in the eyes of the defeated rebel, played with line sincerity by Teddy Coumantaros. Geohfrey Gaherty made a most effective hostess: David Bogert filled the part of Captain with authority, whilst Roger Bellingham, Francisco Cardona and Robert Osler, as English soldiers, captured the pseudo-rebels with a ready roughness of action and tongue that belitted their roles. Behind the scenes Mrs. Howis was her indefatigable self with the make-up magic, ably assisted by Mrs. Tester. Mr. Kloodey had all the tricky details of stage management under iron control, and Lawlor XYakem at the curtains and lan Robertson as manager of the senior play carried out their duties with cheerful efticiency. 0 vs 'J fi? ' X, 4 ffq X MTICS. l29l