Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1956-1957 17 This may involve some burdens as we already know since the war, but they are small compared with the opportunities it offers of a fuller and richer life. ln this respect you are a fortunate generation, standing as you do on the threshold of great developments in science and technique in all fields of human endeavour, of new and exciting forms of international cooperation, of great and noble ventures in the expansion of the horizons of human welfare. May l remind you, both young and old, of what the greatest of our historians, Arnold Toynbee, had to say on this recently. He remarked that future generations will look back upon this age not so much as one of conflicts and controversies, but as one in which men everywhere dared to think of the welfare of the whole human race as a practicable objective. The Greeks had a saying that it is men, not walls, that make a city. This is iust as true today of this much bigger and far more complicated world. The Chinese had a saying: there is no substitute for sweat. This is also true today, in spite of automation and all the gadgets the flesh is now heir to. lt is well to remind ourselves of these fundamental things. ln this complex world, with all its allurements of material success, it is more than ever true than it was in the days when the Apostle Paul wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians, that you should put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil . Training and technical skills are at a premium today, and, in one sense, this is your refuge and your strength. But trust and leadership and intellectual and moral integrity are also at a premium, and your world and your life will fail you if you neglect these qualities and become absorbed in the glamour and excitement around you. Let it be said of you individually in the simple language of the Scots: he was a good man. How little we hear this expression today-not because there are not plenty of good men still, in the original sense of the expression, but with all the modern jargon in education and psychology, we are in danger of losing the virtue of simplicity. lt is for you to decide whether you are going to be cogs in a wheel, robots that are slaves to modern techniques and the pursuit of riches, or men in charge of their fate, contributing in labour and goodness to their world, and in the process enriching their own lives. You will not do this unless you recognize that men and women in their daily lives and in the moulding of their characters still decide the fate of communities and nations. This school will have taught you that, as well as giving you a basic education, do not dwell too much on the advantages of the basic education, in the long run it may be less important than the view of life and the sense of responsibility you have acquired for your school, your communitv, your nation and your wider Commonwealth. The following was the prize list for the academic year:- Form lst J. Hearne 2nd friggin Form lst R. Dobell 2nd J. Coristine Form lst K. Cobbett 2nd D. Laing Form lst P. Valois 2nd G. Hebert Form lst G. McNeil 2nd P. Webster Form lst R. Johnston 2nd S. Ayre Form lst W. Ballantyne 2nd S. Wells Form lst JVVSJEELH 2nd T. Stewart Form lst A. Miller 2nd E. Embiricos Form lst N. Kairis 2nd J. Fieldhouse Form lst A. Wakefield 2nd D. Javitch Form lst P. Vodstrcil 2nd J. Chamard Distinction in Oral French Senior: P. Vodstrcil Intermediate: L. Watchorn

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I6 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE s f 1 . Q , v . ---Y-V ,,. T x K Academic Prizegiving UUNE, 1956t The Academic Prizegiving of the School was held, as last year, in the spacious Moyse Hall of McGill University. Guest of Honour was l-lrs Excellency, Sir Douglas Copland, K.B.E., CMC., LLD., Australian High Commissioner to Canada, whose speech in part was as follows: You have youth, your country has youth, as does mine, and thus you are doubly blessed. You belong to a great Commonwealth of Nations with its inheritance of parlia- mentary government, the rule of law and freedom of association among peoples of vastly different race, religion and experience. lt is an expanding Commonwealth, rich in all the forces that foster the good life and offering unlimited opportunities for enterprise ancl adventure. There is much awaiting you in your own country, there is even more in your Commonwealth and in other fields of fruitful international cooperation. The frustrations of the thirties and the futility of the days of isolation belong to the past, there is no place for them in the world you are entering, We cant afford any longer to be little Canadians or little Australians, we have to embrace the problems of the Commonwealth, and of a new and exciting world, as well as our own, and make a contribution to this new world as well as to the pressing claims of our own countries.

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'l8 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Distinction in Junior School French lpresentecl by Mrs. G. Miller Hydel G. Hebert Distinction in Senior Mathematics lpresented by Colin Moseleyl J. Chamard Distinction in Fourth Form Latin Distinction in History P. Phillips J. Chamard Distinction in Third Form Mathematics Distinction in Fourth Form Science lpresented by Mrs. G. R. H. Simsl lPresented by Dr. 81 Mrs. H. Baxterl E. Embiricos A. Wakefield Public Speaking Prize Prize for General Excellence lpresented by Hon. Mr. Justice G. M. Hydel lpresented by Mr. T. H. P. Molsonl J. Chamard R. Hallett Distinction in Literature Angus Murray Essay Prize P. Vodstrcil J. Chamard Distinction in Creative Writing lpresented by Mr. 81 Mrs. C. F. Carsleyl D. Phillips Distinction in Choir lpresented by Mrs. Anson C. McKiml R. Smith D. Steven Dramatics Prizes lpresented by Mr. 81 Mrs. H. S. Bogertl D. Barry J. Chamard P. Vodstrcil Magazine Contest Awards Essay Poetry Short Story J. Chamard E. Embiricos D. Barry Prizes for Order lDoncited by Montreal City 8- District Savings Bankl lst D. Phillips 2nd G. Thomson Pretects' Medals D. Barry J. Henwood J. Chamard D, Knudsen R. Colby N. LeMoine B. Dodd S. Parker R. Gilbert D. Phillips R. Hallett G. Thomson P. Vodstrcil Head Prefect's Cup R. Aikman House Captains' Cups R. Aikman R. Gilbert N. LeMoine House Prizes for lndividual Achievement lpresented by Mr. 8. Mrs. G. N. Kairisl Academic General Activities Senior: A. Miller J. Chamard Junior: P. Valois P. Webster D. Phillips