Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1958 volume:

4 , 1 SELVVYBI HCDUSE Vol. 30 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-58 SCHOOL MAGAZINE QDUQiy r X -Q 'E I-LF, IQ W W Ei-ft VERITAS 1957 1958 CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD 1945-I9 HON. MR. JUSTICE G. MILLER HYDE MR. GORDON H. MQCDOUGALL 58 MR. A. R. GILLESPIE MR. H. STIRLING MAXWELL Foreword So many things could be said about Selwyn House that it is difficult to know where to start or where to finish. There is something rather special about this Year, however-and that is that the School has all but reached its fiftieth birthday. Over the years Selwyn House has become a very real part of Montreal and its reputation has spread in many directions. lt is almost traditional for old boys to enroll their sons in the School. The fathers who were taken in hand by Captain Lucas and Mr. Macaulay have entrusted their young to Mr. Wanstall and Mr. Speirs, and even now the third generation is beginning to appear in the Junior School. This is as it should be-yet let us hope that there will always be room for boys whose fathers are not old boys , but whose sons undoubtedly will be in the course of time. l am sure that the fiftieth year will be faithfully mirrored between the covers of this volume, and that it will be a worthy record of an important period, I am sure too that all who read this would wish to say Many Happy Returns, and Good Luck , as the School enters the second half of its Century. STIRLING MAXWELL, Chairman, Board of Governors. Montreal, May l4th, l958. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Board of Governors Chairman H. Stirling Maxwell, Esq. Immediate Past-Chairman Gordon H. MacDougall, Esq. Vice-Chairman J. Bartlett Morgan, Esq. Honorary Secretary A. V. Lennox Mills, Esq. Honorary Treasurer Robert W. Wakefield, Esq. G. Drummond Birks, Esq. Mrs. Harald A. R. Martin Daniel Doheny, Esq. Percival T. Molson, Esq. Mrs. Stuart A. Cobbett H. J. Ross Newman, Esq. Peter M. Laing, Esq. Staff HEADMASTER Robert A. Speirs, M.A. lEdinburgh and Columbia Universitiesl SENIOR MASTER F. Gordon Phillips, M.A. lOxtord Universityl SENIOR MISTRESS OF JUNIOR SCHOOL lMrs.l Christian l. Markland lLiverpool Universityl Brian Cleary, Dip. Ph. Ed. Edgar C. Moodey lNottingham Universityl lLondon Universityl E. Geoffrey Davies, B.A. Timothy Rutley, B.Eng. lManchester Universityl lMcGill Universityl lMrs.l Etanda Farquhar lMmel Francoise Salathe lBritish Columbia Teaching Diplomal lUniversity of Parisl James E. Iversen, M.A. Frederick A. Tees, B.Com. lMcGill Universityl lMcGill Universityl lMissl Helen D, Locke lMrs.l Dorothy M. Tester lQuebec Teaching Diplomal Miss E. L. Pick lLibrarianl OFFICE STAFF lMrs.l Constance E. Howis lMissl Frances H. Gault Contents Page Editorial 9 Sports Prizegiving, 1957 10 Academic Prizegiving, 1957 H Speakers 14 The Library 19 Form Notes 20 Litercria 32 Cricket 47 Soccer 50 Hockey 51 House Championship 53 Gym Display 56 Dramatics 58 Debating , 58 Scouts and Cubs 62 Old Boys' Section 64 3 A Q.. .13 gs . r K' M' 27, ' E15 ' z .lil 1 ' :W ffwrll-Q ji . , .4 l'! .i:. Boehler, T, Knudsen, P. School. G. Pelers, W. 5 birico Em ood, E Henw Rear: M. Berrill, R. J. Nickson. Gillis, W. Hesler Mc J Baxter Thom, H. Kenys, D. Aikman, J Cenfrez J oodey, N. Kairis, A. Miller. MM csfer dm the Hea 5. J illip Ph man, Mr. J. Slike Smith, Fronl: FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 7 Student Omcers PREFECTS John Stikeman lHead Prefectl Nicolas Kairis lAssistant Head Prefectl James Aikman Hamilton Baxter Michael Berrill Wilfried Boehler Epaminondas Embiricos Robert Henwood William Hesler John Keays Trygve Knudsen John McGillis Alexander Miller John Nickson Gordon Peters Peter Schaal Rodney Smith David Thom DEBATING SOCIETY INUI Gordon Peters CRICKET lI957I David Hutcheson FOOTBALL H9571 Alexander Miller HOCKEY lI958I John McGilIis HOUSE CAPTAINS and VICE-CAPTAINS Lucas House James Aikman Robert Henwood Macaulay House Alexander Miller Michael Berrill Beaver Patrol Michael Berrill SPORTS EDITOR John Nickson Epaminondas Embiricos Wanstall House Gordon Peters John McGillis Speirs House Rodney Smith Barrie Brock SCOUTS Bulldog Patrol Epaminondas Embiricos Magazine Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alexander Miller LITERARY EDITOR Nicolas Kairis CLASS EDITORS Ralph Walker Eagle Patrol Peter Schaal PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR James Aikman William Ballantyne SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Barry, Michael Bell, Neil Bell, Roderick Bloomberg, Robert Campbell, Andrew Campbell, Martin Corrigan, Michael Corrigan, Patrick Coristine, Christopher Doyle, Donald Ferro, Maximiliano Forbes, Duncan Fowler, Bruce Garland, Eric Graham, Ronald Harding, John Hutcheson, David Hyde, Christopher Jackson, Peter SALVETE - 1957- Aimers, John Ainley, Timothy Barwick, Blair Barott, Patrick Brunton, James Buchanan, Gray Cahn, David Chenoweth, Richard Clark, Jeremy Connolly, Edward Cooke, Terry Dawes, Michael Dench, Michael Dodd, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Jamie From, Shaw Gordon, Lindsay Hadekel, Peter Hailstone, Colin Hamilton, Bruce Harwood, Christopher Hurum, Sven Hutchinson, Terry Johnston, James LeNormand, Jacques Leopold, Stephen Maase, Peter VALETE - 1957 Javitch, Daniel LaFontaine, Todd Laing, Murdoch Martin, Kerry Murfin, David McConnell, Royden Nobbs, Peter Peel, Hugo Phillips, Patrick Randaccio, Antonio Rawlings, Michael Russel, Blair Russel, Peter Saunderson, Brian Stanger, Michael Terroux, Peter Vicinelli, Gaetano Vicinelli, Giampaulo Wakefield, Allan 58 Mactarlane, Hugh MacDermot, Pembroke McGregor, James Mclntosh, Shawn McLeod, John Molson, David Monteith, Donald Moseley, Christopher Newland, Robert Nixon, Peter Oliver, Thomas Ostiguy, Charles Peper, Patrick Peper, Richard Price, Stephen Rankin, Nicholas Riddock, lan Riley, Simon Rudel, John Skoryna, Christopher Smith, Tony Southam, Fred Stewart, Alain Usher-Jones, Gordon Vermette, Nelson Weil, Gregory 6'-Q LT? 311 ? ,ML gf 5 X Q-N JAJ5411 ,N-lg X ,fa ,H ... 5, f g T ffiw XX I Editorial This school year marks the fittieth anniversary ot Selwyn House School. That flat state- ment encompasses fifty years during which a highly-trained teaching staft has succeeded remarkably well in preparing boys to become responsible citizens in a complex and difficult world. I speak for the whole graduating form when I offer heartfelt thanks to a very patient and wonderful staff tor their fine work in instructing us so well to take our place in all walks of lite. We have been happy to enioy the excellent work done by our new teachers, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Rutley and Madame Salathe. Without stealing the spotlight from other sections of this magazine, it is only fitting to mention the successful seasons enjoyed by the soccer and hockey teams, and the fine year passed by the scouts and cubs. The list is long, and, as you can see, people and events have filled a whole school magazine. However, the competent work of our new librarian, Miss Pick, cannot be overlooked. It is natural, and perhaps excusable, loyalty that prompts me to say that I think this graduating class is one ot the best and I hope that its members will go on in lite to reward the skill with which their teachers have instructed them. However, the reflected glory of a high standard is no excuse for succeeding senior forms to sit idly by. Thus it is our sincere hope that each ot the subsequent senior classes will equal, if not surpass, our own record by their diligence and spirit. lO SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Sports and Sports Prizegiving uviAY, 19571 The annual track-meet and sports prizegiving of the school were held at the Molson Stadium on the afternoon ot Wednesday, May 29th, with the usual large turn-out of parents and friends in attendance. Peter Nobbs won the Victor Ludorum Cup with the highest aggregate of points in the open events ot the meet, Brian Saunderson was awarded the McMaster Memorial Cup for all-round distinction in senior sports and Michael Bastian the Cassils Memorial Cup for outstanding sportsmanship in the middle-school. University, congratulated the contestants and The prize list, which included top awards Mr. Gordon MacDougall, chairman of the Board of Governors, presided over the prizegiving exercises, and Mr. Harry E. Grillliths, B.Com., Director of Athletics at McGill presented the awards. in scouting, swimming, and boxing, as well as house league competitions, was as follows:- l. 75 yards I9 yeorsl lst J. Sedgewick 2. 75 yarcls l8 yearsl lst A Case 3. 75 yards t7 yearsl lst J, Moseley 4. 75 yards I6 yearsl lst B. Wilson 5. l00 yards ll0 yearsl lst P. Doheny 6. lO0 yards lll yearsl lst W. Ballontyne 7. IOO yards ll2 yearsl lst S. Wells 8. lOO yards ll3 yearsl lst P. Phillips 9. l00 yards lopenl lst P. Nobbs l0. Broad Jump lunder l3l lst R. Walker ll. Broad Jump lopenl lst A Wakefield l2. High Jump lunder l3l lst P, Saint-Pierre l3. High Jump lopenl lst P, Nobbs Doyle Doyle Gainsbury Gainsbury Baxter anstall House, USC, ld. Relay Races: - Intermediate B, Macaulay House, Intermediate A, W House, Senior B, Lucas House, Senior A, Macaulay Ho l5. 220 yards lopenl lst D I6. 440 yards topenl .,...... lst D l7. Sack Race Uuniorl lst P. l8. Sack Race lSeniorl lst L, l9. Sisters' Race ll00 yards handicapl lst S, 20. Brothers' Race lst D 21. 22. Scouting Awards:- Father, Mother and Son Race . . lst Robson The Doyle Family 2nd J. Esdaile 2nd B. McMartin 2nd C. Phillips 2nd C. Odell 2nd P. Maurice 2nd D. McNeill 2nd P. Russel 2nd J. Stikeman 2nd B. Saunderson 2nd G. Tennant 2nd A. Miller 2nd R. Dolman 2nd D. Murfin Junior A and B, Lucas 2nd P. Nobbs 2nd M. Ferro 2nd I. Dobell 2nd M. Shaughnessy Mackenzie Cup-Cougar Patrol IM. Berrill, PIL, Nicolas Kairis, Epaminondas Embiricos, R. Johnston, J. LeMoine, Gordon MacDougalll. Best Senior Cub Six-Brown lP. Webster, Sixer, J. Caird, Duncan McMartin, J. Harding, Peter Steinl. Winner of Jock Barclay Memorial Trophy- Philip Webster. Best Junior Cub Six-A. Vodstrcil, Sixer: M. Boulton, B. Birks, T. Bourne, A. Case, P. McConnell, J. MacPhail, l. Robsonl. 23. 24. Heavyweight, P, Nobbs. 25. 26. Swimming Awards lst B. Saunderson, 2nd G. Tennant Boxing Competition:-Lightweight, M. Bastian, Bantamweight, S, Paquet, Welterweight, M. Stangerg Junior Sportsmarfs Cup lCassils Memorial Cupl - Michael Bastian The Sportsman's Cup lMcMaster Memorial Cupl - Brian Saunderson 27. Victor Ludorum Peter Nobbs 28. Soccer lGillespie Cupl Wanstall House 29. Hockey lCreighton Cupl . Wanstall House 30. Basketball tRutIey Cupl Lucas House 31, Soltball lCarIin Cupl Wanstall House 32. House Competition in Individual Sports lPitcher Cupl Wanstall House FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 II Academic Prizegiving IJUNE, 'l957l The Annual Academic Prizegiving of the School was held in the Moyse Hall of McGill University on the evening of Wednesday, June l2th. Mr. Gordon MacDougall, chairman of the Board of Governors, presided and the special choir under the direction of Mr, Phillips, rendered the Lords Prayer and ln Derry Vale most acceptably. In his Headmasters Report Mr. Speirs paid tribute to the large array of scholarship winners and to the staff for the notable academic distinctions of the year. He bade a reluctant farewell to Madame Gyger, Mr. Howes and Mr. Cooke, expressing the school's thanks for their splendid services and best wishes for the future. In closing, Mr. Speirs voiced his gratitude to a vigorous and energetic Board of Governors, and especially its chairman, Mr. MacDougall, now concluding a three-year spell of leadership, and added: We are a closely knit family in Selwyn House. Many of you parents and governors are Old Boys of the School or closely related to Old Boys, and all of us share common ideals and dreams and ambitions for our children. We are all bound together in a common enterprise to lay a sound and solid foundation for their future, and in a day when the ancient ramparts of the human spirit- its loyalties and its faith-are being undermined by insidious forces of disintegration from within and assaulted by a crude and savage materialism from without, and a cacophony of voices is clamouring for possession of man's soul, now more than ever do we need to think of those profound simplicities that were a rock beneath the feet of Paul of Tarsus-the things of life that are iust and pure, true and honest, lovely and of good report. These above all we wish for our children-our age ignores them at its peril, for without them education is mere vanity, and turns to dust and ashes in our hands. Guest of Honour at the prizegiving exercises was Senator the Honourable A. Knatch- bull'Hugessen, QC. In his speech to the boys, he urged each one to start a library of good books that would become lasting friends and bring countless hours of pleasure in the years ahead. The prizes I won at Eton, he said, have been a constant source of knowledge to me, and I still read them with unmixed delight. The following was the prize list for the academic year: - Form Dl lst David Galt 2nd lan Dobell Form D2 lst Clive Munro 2nd John Tatlow Form C lst Henry Joseph 2nd Mark Fawcett Form B lst Richard Dobell 2nd Barrie Birks FormA lst Kip Cobbett 2nd Andrew Vodstrcil Form IA lst Paul Valois 2nd Georges Hebert Form IB lst Graeme Tennant 2nd Raymond Douse Form IIA lst David Walker 2nd Robert Johnston Form IIB lst William Ballantyne 2nd Jonathan Birks Form lll lst Ralph Walker 2nd L66 WGTCIWOVN Form IV lst Alex Miller 2nd Epaminondas Embiricos Form V lst Daniel lavitch 2nd Allan Wakefield I2 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Distinction in Oral French Senior: Daniel Javitch Intermediate: Homer Grant Distinction in Junior School French lpresented by Mrs. G. Miller Hydel Andrew Vodstrcil Distinction in Senior Mathematics lpresented by Colin Moseleyl Allan Wakefield Distinction in Fourth Form Latin Distinction in History Nicolas Kairis Daniel Javitch Distinction in Third Form Mathematics Distinction in Fourth Form Science lpresented by Mrs. G. R. H. Simsi lpresented by Dr. 8- Mrs. H. Baxterl Ralph Walker Alex Miller Publis EpeSkln9MPrlie , Prize for General Excellence lP'eSen'eG ZA S3881 r' Ushce lpresented by Mr. T. H. P. Molsonl .' ' Ch ' h H d Christopher Hyde nsiop er Y e Distinction in Literature Angus Murray Essay Prize Daniel Javitch Christopher Hyde Distinction in Creative Writing lpresented by Mr. 8. Mrs. C. F. Carsleyl Patrick Phillips Distinction in Choir lpresented by Mrs. Anson McKimi Michael Gwinnell Eric Garland Dramatics Prizes lpresented by Mr. 8. Mrs. H. S. Bogertl Daniel Javitch Ralph Walker Michael Stanger Magazine Contest Awards Essay Poetry Short Story Maxi Ferro Nicolas Kairis Michael Berrill Prizes for Order lDonated by Montreal City 8. District Savings Bankl lst Maxi Ferro 2nd Brian Saunderson Prefects' Medals Michael Barry Peter Jackson Peter Nobbs Christopher Coristine Daniel Javitch Patrick Phillips Donald Doyle Todd Lafontaine Maxi Ferro Kerry Martin David Hutcheson David Murfin Allan Wakefield Head Prefect's Cup Christopher Hyde House Captains' Cup S Brian Saunderson Michael Stanger Peter Terroux Donald Doyle Brian Saunderson Michael Stanger Allan Wakefield FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 House Prizes for Individual Achievement lpresented by Mr. 8: Mrs. G. N. Kairisl Academic General Activities Senior: Paul Valois Brian Saunderson Junior: Richard Dobell Richard Dobell The Nesbitt Cup lfor inter-house Competition in General Activitiesl Macaulay House The Anstey Cup lfor inter-house Academic Competitionl Macaulay House The LeMoine Trophy lfor inter-house Competition in Debatingl Wanstall House The Governors' Shield lfor over-all ascendancy in inter-house Competitionl Macaulay House The Howis Cup lfor inter-house Cricket Competitionl Speirs House The Bogert Cricket Trophy mpetition between the lst Xl and the Fathers' Teaml Won by: The Fathers lfor co The Lieutenant-Governors Silver Medal ltor Academic Distinction in Senior Schooll Daniel Javitch The Lieutenant-Governors Bronze Medal lfor Academic Distinction in Junior Schooll Kip Cobbett The JelTrey Russel Prize lAwarded for all-round ability and presented by Mrs. H. Y. Russelll Brian Saunderson The Lucas Medal lAwarded to the most outstanding boy in the Senior Form of the School in work, games, leadership and character, on vote of his fellow-students and Staff ot the Schooll Christopher Hyde Academic Successes Trinity College School:-Sir William Osler Scholarship: Christopher Hyde: H.J.H. Petry Scholarship: Maxi Ferro: Governor's Scholarship: Brian Saunderson: Entrance Scholarship: Patrick Phillips. Bishop's College School:-R d o erick A. Kane Scholarship: Daniel .lavitch. 14 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Speakers As in former years, Selwyn House has been favoured by visits from a number of distinguished speakers. Among those who have thus honoured us since our last magazine went to print are the following:- Senator the Hon. A. Knotchbull-Hugessen, QC., Mr. Harry E. Griffiths, Sports Director, McGill University, and Mr. W. J. C. Stikeman , who spoke at the Academic Prizegiving, the Sports Prizegiving and the School Gymnastic Display respectively, Mr. James Lotz, McGill School of Geography, and Mr. B. Cosgrove, Bell Telephone Company, who showed slides and a film respectively, Members of the Board of Governors-Mr. H. Stirling Maxwell', who presided at an investiture of prefects, and Mr. J, Bartlett Morgan' who presented Junior School Skiing Awards, Rt. Rev. the Hon. P. W. Gibson, Bishop of Jamaica, Rt. Rev. Donald B. Marsh, Bishop of the Arctic, Rt. Rev. C. R. H. Wilkinson, Bishop of Amritsar, lndia, Rt. Rev. A. Henry O'Neil, Bishop of Fredericton, Rev. Anthony C. Capon, M.A., of the North American Scripture Union, and Rev. Canon Sydenham B. Lindsay, Church of the Advent, Westmount, who addressed special assemblies, Mr. Philip A. C. Ketchum, M.A., LL.D., Headmaster of Trinity College School, Port Hope, who addressed the boys after a luncheon visit, Lieutenant-Commandor Leonard Picard, R.C.N., formerly on the Staff, who told us something of his experiences with the navy in the near east, Mr. Adam Robson of Dollar Academy and Mr. James Greenwood of Glenal- mond College in Scotland fmembers of the Barbarian Rugby Teaml, who explained the game to the senior boys, and Mr. Thomas Glover, of the English Department of Lower Canada College, who adiudicated our Public Speaking Contest-finalists being Michael Berrill, Epaminondas Embiricos, Bill Hesler, Nicolas Kairis, Alec Miller and Gordon Peters, Mr. Vernon C. McAdom, Executive Director of Weredale House, who made an appeal on behalf of the Welfare Federation Campaign, and Mr. Charles Houston, who gave a career talk on the Social Services, Colonel G. Ross Robertson', commanding officer of the Victoria Rifles who gave the address at the Remembrance Day Service, .and Provincial Executive Commissioner C. J. Dendy, who spoke at the Annual Scout and Cub Assembly, Mr. Lucien Moise, of the Bell Telephone Company, who outlined recent developments in telephony, Eeleo and Renee Wiebenga, who gave a recital of Folk Songs and Dances, and Madame llonka Nevay Sterk, formerly professor at the Budapest Music Conservatory, who delighted the school with a piano recital, Mr. Jim Laker, fabulous M.C.C. cricketer, rated the greatest of modern spin-bowlers in professional cricket, who thrilled the boys with an account of his test match experiences, Mr. Brian Markland', who addressed the graduates at the closing luncheon of the year, and Christopher Hyde', Head Prefect of T956-57, who delivered the valedictory address last June. 'Indicates Old Boy of School. ,,..f,x,' ' .nv tr- is- ag, L .F I A .31 Lliaw - ES. ifl aR Col. G. Ross Robenson, Viclori ghl: lf. . Ri rilsar Am Wilkinson, Bishop of v. C. R. H. Re Centre: Rl. es Laker, M. C. C. Cricketer H Mr. Jam Le I6 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Remembrance Day 1957 Address, by Colonel Ross Robertson As on Old Boy of Selwyn House School and as Commanding Officer of my Regiment I am very honoured and privileged indeed to have been invited to attend this Remembrance Day Assembly and to have the opportunity of saying a few words to you and would like to express my thanks to your Headmaster for inviting me. The llth November- Remembrance Day - is the one day set apart each year when we pause and honour the memories of those many thousands who lost their lives in two Great World Wars and those lesser conflicts which have taken place since. We honour then' because when their services were needed they did not hesitate to answer the call to duty and we remember with humble gratitude the sacrifices they made for us. Our commemoration of Remembrance Day centres on a two minutes' silence. There are parades and bands and gun salutes but the very heart or remembrance is that brief silence. This silence will be observed in every sort of place-in the forests, on the sea, in humble cottage and in the central parts of the great cities. Due to differences in time it is like a succession of silences moving as a noiseless stream around the globe. We honour bravery no matter what prompts it. lf men make sacrifices in fire or other disasters our honouring them does not mean we approve of these calamities. Horrible as we hold war to be, it is a great test of manhood and we admire those who bravely meet the test. Our gallant dead need no words of praise. Nothing we can say will add to their fame and we can only stand in silent admiration. At the same time I think we should also give some thought to the future and our responsibilities in preserving the precious heritage which so many gallant men and women have fought and died to defend. We are fortunate in living in this wonderful country of Canada where we take freedom as a matter of course. You boys are fortunate in attending a school such as this and obtaining all the many advantages available here. Many thousands throughout the world are in no such happy position and no one can clearly foresee what the future holds in store for us. One thing is certain and that is that we must all be prepared in body, mind and spirit to meet whatever challenge may come our way and to meet it with a clear under- standing of the tremendous advantages and opportunities offered by our Canadian way of life. You as the students of to-day are the leaders of tomorrow. Tomorrow is not so far off and the responsibilities that await you cannot be avoided. In either a state of peace or war you must be prepared to play your parts as those gallant men did whom we remember to-day and particularly those who went from this school, In these uncertain times with new types of armaments being developed and the existing animosities between nations we are at times apt to grow discouraged, but in our more serious moments we are sure that at last war must be forever abolished and peace prevail. The men we remember to-day died to end war and we must all resolve to complete their sacrifice by doing all we can to preserve and maintain the happiness and freedom which we enjoy today. So, as we pause to remember on this llth day of November, we must also look to the future with a spirit of courage and resolution. This can be the final note of our silence fulfilling the poet's words: Over the broken dead Woe to the nations of men Over the trenches and wire Who in their heat or desire Bugles of God rang out- Break that stern order of God - 'Cease Fire' 'Cease Fire' FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 17 Board of Governors The Board of Governors accepted the resignation of the Hon. Mr. Justice G. Miller Hyde at its October Meeting with profound regret. Judge Hyde was the moving spirit behind the formation of the Selwyn House Association on the death of Mr. Wanstall in 1945, was twice chairman of the Board of Governors, and during his terms of office initiated extensive additions and improvements to the school plant, which were of immense value to the suc- cessful running of Selwyn House. We should like to place on record the school's deepest appreciation of his enthusiastic and farsighted leadership over the years, and, though we regret his withdrawal from the Board, we are happy in the thought that his devotion to his old school is unabated and his good judgement and wise counsel are readily available at all times. After a three-year spell of service Mr. Gordon MacDougall has resigned as chairman of the Board, but he has left the memorial of his leadership behind him in the Dining Hall, other additions to the school plant, and the structural changes which effected such a transformation on the top floor of the school last year. We congratulate him on a magni- ficient iob so conscientiously done, and we are delighted that he has agreed to remain on the Board. The new chairman of the Board, Mr. H. Stirling Maxwell, is no stranger to its chal- lenges and its problems, because for many years he has chaired its Building Committee and kept an eagle eye both on repairs and structural additions. We are fortunate to have his leadership and look forward with confidence to a fruitful term of office. A special vote of thanks is due Mr. Ross Newman, who has wrestled with the hon. treasurer's duties so capably over the post few years. We wish Mr. Wakefield an equal measure of success as he takes over these arduous tasks of finance. To fill the single vacancy on the Board, Mr. Percival T. Molson was appointed a member after the last annual meeting. As one of the younger Old Boy parents, and one who is also on the Board of the Old Boys' Association, he has much to offer by way of keen, practical interest in furthering and developing the good work of the school. Staff Notes We were pleased to welcome to our Staff four new members in the Fall -Miss E. L. Pick, who took over administration of the school library after the grievous loss sustained by us all in the passing of Mrs. Warren, Madame Francoise Salathe, who succeeded Madame Gyger in the French Department, Mr. Brian Cleary, who assumed direction of physical education and scouts, and Mr. Timothy Rutley, an Old Boy of the School, who has taken over the Manual Training Department in addition to regular classroom duties. Two members of the staff will be leaving us in June, Mrs. Farquhar and Madame Salathe. When the last structural addition to the school was completed some two and a half years ago, we were most fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. Etanda Farquhar, who had helped us out in former years, to teach in the iunior and middle school. Mrs. Farquhar's quiet competence and devotion to duty have been a source of great strength to the school, and her kindly personality and charm will be greatly missed. Madame Salathe has been with us only since September, when she took over the teaching of French in the junior and middle school. We are grateful to her for her wholehearted efforts and enthusiasm, and extend our best wishes to her as she returns to her native France, We are always happy to hear from Miss Snead in England, to have visits from Mr. Howis and Mme Gyger and to get good news of other former members of the staff like Mr. Mayer, Mr. Howes and Mr. Cooke. We were most grieved to hear of the sudden passing of Mr. Gyger and extend our deep sympathy to Madame. 18 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Mrs. Dorothy Warren When the Geoffrey Wanstall Memorial Library was formed in l947, we were extremely fortunate to secure the services of Mrs. Dorothy Warren to undertake the arduous work of adding substantially to the nucleus of books then on the library shelves and of organising the new library for action. Mrs. Warren brought to her new task not only a wealth of library experience alike with adults and children, but also an intense love and profound knowledge of good literature, a sympathetic understanding of the various phases through which the youthful readers pass, and a rare ability to interest students not particularly attracted by books, Not only so, but she herself displayed such an enthusiasm for the passing interests of the boys, that what might have remained only a fleeting fad was transformed into a worthwhile project, with exhibits of valuable examples that led to endless research both by the librarian herself and her insatiably curious fellow-enthusiasts. Never at a loss she would comb the shelves of book-stores and other libraries, write to information services, consulates or embassies, for data required for class projects, Royal Empire Society essays, and other juvenile researches. The boys came to take it as a matter of course that Mrs. Warren would have all the answers ready for them -what kind of rock they had picked up on Mount Royal, what Babe Ruth's batting average had been, and what had happened anyway to the contents of the pyramids! But to the staff she was a continuing marvel land often a very present help in time of literary troublel-her loyalty and devotion to the best interests of Selwyn House, her able scholarship and her happy humour were a source of pride and joy to all her colleagues over the ten years we were privileged to know and love her here. Last summer she turned very ill and iust before school re-opened in September, she passed on to higher service leaving a great void in our midst but a rich and gracious influence for good on the minds and hearts of her friends at Selwyn House-young and old alike--that will abide as a benediction upon us all The Dorothy Warren Book Shelf. Friends and admirers of Mrs. Warren have most kindly presented books to the library in her memory. Amongst the volumes already donated are the following: Audubon- The Birds of America, LeBourdais-Metals and Meng Disneys Worlds of Nature, Life Magazines The World We Live ln, and the first two volumes of the Encyclopedia Canadians. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 I9 Our Library As the new Librarian, I wish to state that l think everyone connected with the school should be extremely proud of their Library, here at Selwyn House School. The room itself is an exceptionally beautiful one and serves as a perfect setting for the most important part, the many thousands of wonderful books. The books cover every subject imaginable, for reference and pleasure, and with their gay covers are very decorative. The Library has acquired many new books in the last year, thirty-three as gifts, nine- teen purchased by the school and well over twenty-five paid for with fines from overdue books. Some of the interesting gifts are worth mentioning. Lost year, Mr. Frank Nobbs gave the school some very interesting Plaques. Mr. F. Tees donated a book. A Sculptor Of Youth , which discusses and explains the Plaques. Mrs. J. R. Colby donated two books: One The Greek Way , and the other, The Echo of Greece . Miss Locke donated a very beau- tiful copy of Hans Anderson Fairy Tales . D. W. A. Moseley donated Indians of the Americas . Some of the Boys have donated books. Robert Stikeman donated a Pictorial Encyclopedia , a Big Book of Real Airplanes, and an Encyclopedia For Children . Peter Porteous donated a Childs Book of Horses , and Fury and The Lone Pine . Davy Fuller donated Curious George Rides a Bike . Martin Smith donated Now We are Six . Michael Shaughnessy donated a sports book entitled The First Four Minutes . We have had some interesting exhibits on a variety of subjects, The Royal Visit, Transportation, Antarctica, Japan, Animals, Christmas, Special Magazines and other sub- jects. The boys have exhibited such varied objects as a sperm whale's tooth, ancient pistols, coconuts, shells, coins, model planes, cars and snake skins and a baby alligator. A Book Reading Contest was held by Form A which created quite a lot of interest. Also quite a few boys entered the Gazette Book Contest. The Library now has between four and five thousand books, most of which are in excellent condition and what is more pleasing, there is a steadily increasing circulation. Well over a hundred books go out each week now, and are thoroughly enjoyed. The staff and the boys have been most helpful to the newcomer, your Librarian. And with the wonder- ful books it has been a very busy time but a very pleasant one. E. L. Pick. 20 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Form Notes Foam v JAMES MARSHAL AIKMAN lI95l-'l958I Lucas House A ragged colt makes a fine horse. H953-l955l Intermediate House Vice-Captain, Choir, H955-l956l Patrol Leader, Scouts, Choir, Dance Committee, H957-19581 Pretect, Debating Society, Soccer Team, under IS, Dance Committee, Magazine Staff, Photography, House Captain. Ambition: Teaching, or Research Chemistry, FREDERICK HAMILTON ATCHESON BAXTER H949-I958I Wanstall House The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it. ll95l-l952l Choir, H952-l953l Choir, Cubs, Seconder, H953-l954l Choir, Cubs, Sixer, Gym Team, H954-I955l Choir, Cubs, Sixer, Gym Crest, H955-l956J Choir, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, H956-l957l Choir, Gym Team, H957-l958l Preiect, Debating Society, Dance Committee, Gym Shield. Ambition: Plastic Surgeon. MICHAEL BERRILL H950-I958l Macaulay House The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. H953-19541 Cubs, Winning Six, Seconder, Poetry Competition, Honourable Mention, Class Prize, Second, H954-19551 Cubs, Winning Six, Sixer, Dramatics, Poetry Competition Prize, Winning House Relay Team, H955-I956l Scouts, Winning Patrol, Dramatics, H956-l957l Scouts, Winning Patrol, Patrol Leader, Soccer Team, under I3, Hockey Team, under I3, Short Story Competition Prize, H957-I958l Prefect, Soccer Team, Under IS, Debating Society, Secretary, Scouts, Patrol Leader, Queens Scout, Dramatics, Dance Committee, Public Speak- ing Finalist, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, House Vice-Captain. Ambition, Biologist. WILFRIED ERNEST BOHLER H953-l958I Lucas House Knowledge is Power. H954-l955l Dramatics, H955-l956l Choir, H956-l957l Dramatics, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, H957-l958l Choir, Preiect, Dance Committee, Debating Society, Dramatics. Ambition: Diplomat. Q! .9 9 G P ay 0 L1-J ff 3 1.1.15 Ulu C30 O2 fs Z3 an Ao U3 . X . I I A A CD E2 U2 an F JU HD s VA lm n ' 41? 22 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE GEORGE EPAMINONDAS EMBIRICOS 11950-19581 Speirs House l always see both points ol view, the one is wrong, and the other is mine. 11951-19521 Class Prize, lst, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, 11952-19531 Class Prize, 1st, Junior School French Prize, 11953-19541 Class Prize, 1st, Dramatics Prize, 11954- 19551 Class Prize, 1st, Intermediate School French Prize, Dramatics, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, Cubs, Winning Six, 11955-19561 Class Prize, 2nd, Intermediate School Mathematics Prize, Poetry Competition Prize, Dramatics, 11956-19571 Class Prize, 2nd, Dramatics, Scouts, Winning Patrol, Choir, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, 11957- 19581 Prefect, Debating Society, Soccer Team, Under 15, Magazine Staff, Class Editor, Public Speaking, Finalist, Essay Competition Prize, Scouts, Patrol Leader, Royal Empire Society Essay, Honourable Mention. Ambition: Naval Engineer and Architect, or, Politics. ROBERT BLAKE HENWOOD 11949-19581 Lucas House lt is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a tool, than to open it and prove it. 11951-19541 Choir, 11954-19551 Hockey Team Captain, Under 12, Choir, Soccer Team Cap- tain, Under 12, 11955-19561 Soccer Team, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 13, Cricket Team, Swimming Cup, Choir, 11956-19571 Soccer Team Captain, Under 13, Hockey Team Captain, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 15, Soccer Team, Under 15, Cricket Team, Choir, 11957- 19581 Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Colours, Under 15, Debating Society, Prefect. Ambition: Engineer. JOHN WILLIAM HESLER 11950-19581 Lucas House Full well they laughed for many a joke had he. 11950-19511 Cubs, Winning Six, 11951-19521 Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, 11952- 19531 Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, 11953-19541 Cubs, Winning Six, 11954- 19551 Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, 11955-19561 Choir, 11956-19571 Choir, Gym Squad, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, 11957-19581 Pretect, Soccer Team, Under 15, Dramatics, Debating Society, Public Speaking, Finalist, Dance Committee. Ambition: Civil Law. NICOLAS GIANNIS KAIRIS 11950-19581 Macaulay House To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force ot human nature. 11951-19521 Choir, 11952-19531 Choir, Class Prize, 2nd, 11953-19541 Choir, 11954-19551 Class Prize, 2nd, Dramatics, Choir Prize, 11955-19561 Choir, Finalist, Class Prize, 1st, 11956-19571 Choir, Finalist, Senior Latin Prize, Poetry Competition Prize, Dramatics, Scouts, Seconder, 11957-19581 Assistant Head Prefect, Magazine Staff, Literary Editor, Debating Society, Dance Committee, Soccer Team, Under 15, Public Speaking, Finalist, 1st, Dramatics, Royal Empire Society, Second, Ambition: Naval Architect and Engineer. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 23 JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE KEAYS 11950-19581 Macaulay House Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your homework. 11952-19541 Choir, 11954-19551 Choir, Poem Competition, Honourable Mention, 11955-19561 Choir, Essay Competition, Honourable Mention, Hockey Team, Under 13, 11956-19571 Choir, Hockey Team, Under 13, 11957-19581 Prefect, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours, Debating Society, Dance Committee. Ambition: Electrical Engineer. TRYGVE ANDREAS SIQUELAND KNUDSEN 11953-19581 Lucas House I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. 11953-19551 Choir, Finalist, 11955-19561 Soccer Team, Under 13, Choir Finalist, 11956-19571 Choir, 11957-19581 Prefect, Soccer Team, Under 15, Debating Society, Hockey Team, Under 15, Dance Committee. Ambition: Atomic Scientist. JOHN MCGILLIS 11949-19581 Wanstall House He's always been slow, he's never been last, but give him three cheers, he's made it at last! 11949-19501 Cubs, Winning Six, 11950-19511 Choir, Junior Gym Team, Cubs, Winning Six, Junior House Captain, 11951-19521 Cubs, Sixer, Best All-round Junior Athlete, Junior House Captain, Choir, 11952-19531 Choir, Hockey Team, Under 12, Soccer Team, Under 12, Cubs, Sixer, Best All-round Intermediate Athlete, 11953-19541 Hockey Team, Under 13, Soccer Team, Under 13, Choir, 11954-19551 Hockey Team, Under 13, Soccer Team, Under 13, Choir, Cricket Team, 11955-19561 Choir, Dramatics, 11956-19571 Table Monitor, Hockey Team, Under 15, Soccer Team, Under 15, 11957-19581 Senior House Vice-Captain, Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Under 15, Prefect, Debating Society. Ambition, Doctor of Medicine. ALTEN ALEXANDER LEWIS MILLER 11952-19581 Macaulay House The night brings counsel. 11952-19531 Choir, Dramatics, Junior Gym Squad, Best All-round Junior Athlete, 11953-19541 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 12, Hockey Team, Under 12, Cricket Team, 100 yard dash, 1st, Cubs, Winning Six, Class Prize lst, 11954-19551 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 12, Captain, Hockey Team, Under 12, Captain, Under 13, Hockey and Soccer Teams, Cricket Team, Gym Crest, Gym Squad, Intermediate House Captain, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, Class Prize, 1st, Dramatics, Broad-Jump, 1st, 11955-19561 Choir, Class Prize, 1st, Dramatics, Academic Achievement Prize, Gym Squad, Gym Crest, Soccer Team Captain, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 13, Cricket Team, Sportsman's Cup, 11956-19571 Choir, Class Prize, lst, Science Prize, Dramatics, Gym Squad, Gym Crest, Cricket Team, Soccer Team, Colours, Under 15, Hockey Team, Colours, Under 15, 11957-19581 Prefect, Debating Society, Vice-President, Magazine Staft, Editor, Dance Committee, Dramatics, Public Speaking Finalist, Short Story Competition Prize, Gym Squad, Soccer Team, Under 15, Captain, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours. House Captain. Ambition, Diplomatic Corps. 24 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE JOHN JAMES NICKSON 11951-19581 Wanstall House The best things in lite are free, except for food. 11951-19521 Choir, Cubs, Seconder, 11952-19531 Choir, 100 yard dash, 1st, 220 yard dash, 1st, Broacl-Jump, 1st, 11953-19541 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 15, Colours, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours, 11954-19551 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 15, Colours, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours, 11955-19561 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 15, Colours, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours, 11956-19571 Choir, Dramatics, Soccer Team, Under 15, Colours, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours, 11957-19581 Prefect, Debating Society, Magazine Statt, Sports Editor, Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Under 15, Colours. Ambition, Forestry Engineer. JOHN GORDON PETERS 11949-19581 Wanstall House A little learning is a dangerous thing. 11949-19501 Form Prize, 2nd, 11951-19521 Choir, 11952-19531 Choir, Cubs, Sixer, Gym Squad, Form Prize, 2nd, Junior School French Prize, Junior General Activities Prize, 11953-19541 Choir, Cubs, Seconder, Form Prize, 2nd, Gym Squad, Gym Crest, 11954-19551 Choir, lnter- mediate House Captain, Soccer Team, Under 12, 11955-19561 Choir, Magazine Staff, Class Editor, Soccer Team, Captain, Under 12, Hockey Team, Captain, Under 12, Soccer Team, Hockey Team, Under 13, Gym Squad, 11956-19571 Choir, Magazine StafT, Class Editor, Soccer and Hockey Teams, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 15, Cricket Team, Gym Squad, Debating Society, Dramatics, Royal Empire Society Essay, 1st in Canada, Honourable Mention in Commonwealth, 11957-19581 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Colours Under 15, Debating Society, President, Public Speaking, Finals, Dramatics, Senior House Captain, Pretect, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, Royal Empire Society, Honourable Mention. Ambition, Chartered Accountant. PETER GERHARD HERMANN SCHAAL 11953-19581 Speirs House Wer immer strebend sich bemhut, Den konnen wir erlosenf' Goethe. 11953-19541 Choir, Dramatics, 11954-19551 Choir, 11955-19561 Cricket Team, Scouts, Seconder, Poetry Competition, Honourable Mention, Essay Competition Honourable Mention, 11956- 19571 Cricket Team, Scouts, Patrol Leader, Swimming Meet, 2nd, Choir, 11957-19581 Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Under 15, Prefect, Dance Committee, Senior House Vice- Captain, Short Story Competition, Honourable Mention, Swimming Meet, 2nd, Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Ambition, Doctor at Medicine. RODNEY LAWRENCE KAYE SMlTl l 11953-19581 Speirs House I often sits and thinks, but mostly l ,ust sits. 11953-19541 Choir, Soccer Team, Under 12, 11954-19551 Choir, Finalist, Soccer Team, Under 12, Cricket Team, 11955-19561 Winning House Relay Team, Choir Prize, Soccer Team, Under 13, 11956-19571 Choir, Finalist, Soccer Team, Under 15, 11957-19581 Pretect, Debating Society, Senior House Captain, Dramatics, Dance Committee, Soccer Team, Under 15, Hockey Team, Under 15. Ambition, Automobile Engineer. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 25 JOHN CAWTHORN STIKEMAN 11949-19581 Macaulay House Deep rivers move with silent majesty. 11949-19501 Gym Crest, 11950-19511 Form Prize, 1st, 11951-19521 Choir, 11952-19531 Choir, Junior House Vice-Captain, Sports Merit Medal, Cubs, Sixer, 11953-19541 Choir, Cubs, Winning Six, Seconder, 11954-19551 Gym Squad, Gym Crest, Soccer Team and Hockey Team, Under 12, Hockey Team, Under 13, Sports Award, Intermediate House Vice-Captain, Dramatics, Choir, 11955-19561 Choir, Gym Squad, Soccer and Hockey Teams, Under 13, 11956-19571 Gym Squad, Hockey Team, Colours, Under 15, Sports Award, 11957-19581 Public Speaking, Chairman, Head Pretect, Dance Committee, Soccer and Hockey Teams, Under 15, Colours for Hockey. Ambition: Engineer. ANTHONY DAVID THOM 11952-19581 Wanstall House Never say die. 11952-19531 Cubs, Seconder, 11954-19551 Soccer Team, Under 12, Hockey Team, Under 12, 11955-19561 Soccer Team, Under 12, Hockey Team, Under 12, Hockey Team, Under 13, 11956-19571 Soccer Team, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 13, Hockey Team, Under 15, 11957-19581 Pretect, Debating Society, Ski Meet, Ist, Hockey Team, Under 15. Ambition: Doctor of Medicine. FORM IV Form Four consists of nineteen boys, With all their many, varied ploys. There's Bastian, who is good at gym, And Guite, always full of vim, Herzer, always spick and span, And Dolman, a great hockey tan. There's Bloomfield, who makes funny cracks, Gwinnell, who knowledge never lacks, Steven, the skiIful pianist, Gilbert, the accomplished vocalist, And the clever fisher, Coristine. Bruce studies the l.B.M. machine, Paquet speaks several languages. There's Watchorn, too, one ot the sages, And Riddoch, who is new this year. Murfin, who'lI be an engineer, With Brock, who knows about aeroplanes, And Stewart, who has lots of brains. Prager's a wise and clever one, Thomas his worthy companion. There: that's eighteen-with me, one more- And that's the whole of our Form Four. The thanks of all of us are due To our master, Mr. Moodey, who Has been excellent, the whole year through. R. W. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE P.S. Our gratitude t FORM Ill Quiet as a band of mice, Well behaved and very nice, Come with me and you shall see Mr. Davies' Form Three. Stikeman does his homework well, lWhile listening to Hal Wardelll Though Teddy Manthorp's at the back We still can hear his cheerful yak! Grant has tactics that are crushin', He simply swears at us in Russian. We are glad that Usher-Jones Has no further broken bones. Though Johnnie Birks is rather small, ln skiing he can beat us all. Neill and Dougall, Mc and Mac, Star in soccer and in track. Walker is the master mind, With Roulson running close behind. Ayre and Johnston are terrific In any matter scientific. We have the UN. to inspire us With Paul St. Pierre and Alec Kairis. Tyrer excels gymnastically, And Rousseau spells fantastically. Merry jokes of Dodds and Wells Send us off in laughing spells, But l pray you silence keep- Peter Campbell is asleep. Fisher, G. and Maxwell, G. Are master mariners to be. Coming late is Wakefields right Because he's our suburbanite. Here, l'm running out of quips But what about our good friend Whipps? Hamilton I won't forego, We can't insult Ontario. Now you can write the final line, Just make it rhyme with Ballantyne. o Mr. Davies for putting up with us this past year FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 27 FORM IIA Form IIA, on returning last September, was pleasantly surprised to find their form room had undergone a transformation. The windows had been enlarged considerably and, as a result, the character of the room had changed. lt was bright, airy, and cheerful. The members of the class soon adopted the character of the room itself. They become bright, cheerful, and not infrequently airy. As usual, there exists a keen rivalry between Forms llA and llB both in studies and in games. llA's standard of achievement in both these aspects of school life is very good, and this friendly inter-Form rivalry serves as an added incentive to improvement. The individuals who make up this class are listed below, along with a few pertinent, or impertinent comments concerning each boy. BASSADONE: Known in class as Boom-Boom . He is the usual lender of pens to those who daily manage to forget them. BIRKS1 IIA's wandering skier who, during winter months, manages to commute from either Shawbridge or Stowe and still maintains an A average. BROWN: David occupies an honoured front-row pew and has become quite adept at dodging low-flying chalk and books. CAIRD: A leading scouter and owner of numerous lapel gadgets which serve to amuse not only James but his neighbours as well. HEBERT1 Whose rear pew now resembles an executive suite. An athlete and scholar of note. LaFONTAINE1 Gary's supposed weakened physical condition demands morning and after- noon candy snacks-a lovely ailment LeMOlNE: John is one of llA's shy, quiet members. He is a hard-working student and a keen scout. MARTIN: The custodian ot door and inkwell who is always ready for a lark with Shaugh- nessy. Member of the Under l2 Soccer Team. MAURICE: A quiet, conscientious citizen and a candidate for a School Soccer Team next year. NIXON. Peter is one of our two new boys this year, and he has proved a fine addition to llA and the Under T3 Hockey Team. RALSTON: Ivan is one of the School's trenchermen and his luncheon duels with Wright are a joy to see. SHAUGHNESSY: Michael is a willing worker, a possessor of a lively sense of humour, and a keen participant on all Macaulay House Teams. SKORYNA: Chris is llA's other new boy. He is going to be a definite asset to future Hockey and Soccer Teams. VALOIS: Paul is llA's top student. He thrives on work, but still has time for numerous House Activities. WRIGHT: The form's other eater of note. His daily intake is a continual source of wonder to all except Ralston. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM IIB Lulled by quiet hum of Latin, By small children throwing spit balls, Seeing not the wide eyes creeping To the desks of other pupils, There the Latin master, sits he, Thinking of his eager students, Of their strength, and of their weakness, Tennant working hard at Latin But reploying Monday's hockey, Zinman pausing in his labour Thinks how he can stop a break-a-way. There the pensive master wonders From what lands these people travel. Gord McNeil rides in each morning O'er the bridge, 'bove pike and dare, And Malone treks through the country From Terrebonne, through miles of forest Douse arrives from distant places Near the lake by garbage filled. How behave these fourteen pupils? Let us watch them in their labours. Webster sat before the master, Dreamed up questions sage and clever. Stikeman too sat in his corner Giving answers, always rightly. Wiser grew young Lawrence Gainsbury, He grew brighter every fortnight. Peter Stein supplied much humour To his class, was always pleasant. And Ross Brydon from the centre Smiled benignly 'cross the classroom. Right before the master's glasses Sat John Galt, at work, lndustrious. Taylor sat and passed his moments Doomed to be his last at Selwyn. Hibbert sometimes rose to greatness, Put to shame the leading students. Hoffman languished in his corner Doing his work with ease and quickness. Thus the master muses gladly, Till at length a dripping spit ball Lands against his weary forehead Rouses him from his quiet torpor, Rouses him to heights of fury, Doubles homework for the evening. But the boys ignore the summons, For it is the end of term. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR T957-1958 29 FORM I Three weeks from tomorrow, a rocket ship leaves, With a crew-full of space bucconeer. Each man has a duty to help sail the ship, As it hurtles through space by light years. The complements young, but it seems well informed About matters celestial, too, And though small in stature, each member has seen, By T,V., clear advice what to do. Both Sedgewick and Grosvenor had thought of it first: To escape so much Tuesday night prep , And Sanford's concluded the road to the Town Makes Mars only appear iust a step. The technical details were left to Diez lWho takes pens apart by the scorel, While Vodstrcil, Brunton and Scott used their Man- Ual Training to make the craft soar. They made Michael Boulton their expert on food, And brought Anguss fine Chinese cook. McMaster and Leiter they put hard to work Mixing paint for the Jupiter look . Whenever they land lat wherever they dol, They've put Cobbett in charge of a plan. So Doheny, Dench and John Esdaile can try A sports tournament with a space man. As Riley speaks English and Peper's from France, Other spacemen they'll greet with words wise. Caird Il will swop Hamsters and Laing will trade stamps, While MacNaughton distributes bow ties. To write all the journals, they've hired Stephen Price, And a Hspacementu store Eaton has planned, While Pete Fialkowskis piano will play With a Rocket-and-Rollet dance band. But left on the earth, there are two who must watch, While the rocket shots on to'rds a star. Ones Shemilt, who moved down to Knowlton this Spring, While the other ones known as T.R. FORM A The astonishing thing is that a year can pass so quickly, and that, in this short time, the boys who were such chubby infants in September should blossom into long-legged, robust school-boys: leaders of the Junior School, and preparing to go forward into the strenuous life of the Senior department after June. An interesting problem in Arithmetic would be to know the tons of food consumed per year by, let us say, Bourne, Case, McLeod i and Feifer, then find the fraction turned into flesh and bone, the fraction producing their incredible energy, and the remaining traction allotted to, shall we say, the filling of exercise books. The resulting equation would be some- thing like this: physical growth plus energy plus exercise books equals about five times 30 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE the tonnage of food consumed. Alice in Wonderland is one of the books digested this year, and suggests a kind of logical nonsense. However, the growth of a nine-year old boy in one short year, is quite illogical, and is a phenomenon which can only be contemplated with o feeling of wonder and awe. This year, everything is important, everything is serious, and all activities are explored with unabated fervour. By now, games can be played with a certain proficiency, and the boys of Form A expect to be the stars of the Junior teams. Birks iii, Dobell i, Coristine ii, Case, Cooke, McMartin ii, Vickers i and Porteous shine in hockey and football. ln the gym squad we are represented by MacDermot, and are proud of his magnificent work on the team. Cubs this yeor are as keen as ever, the sixes vying with each other to gain badges, and marks for their various Houses. Sixers this yeor are Birks iii, Bourne, Case, Dobell i, McConnell and Morgan. Their able seconders are Cooke, MacPhail, Pitt i, Porteous, Robson and Vickers i. Other Cubs are Chenoweth i, Feifer, LeNormand, McLeod i, McMartin ii, Monteith i and Thom ii. Some of these same boys are .lunior House Captains and we wonder how Wanstall House would fare without Dobell i, Speirs House without Coristine ii, Macaulay without McMartin ii, or Lucas without Birks iii. Their keenness makes the competition between the Houses all the sharper but no less friendly. For some boys the snowy season brings the joy of skiing lessons. Cooke, MacPhail, Pitt i, Porteous, Robson and Thom ii improved their techniques under the skillful tutoring of M. Kirschgessner. Then there is the craftsmanship acquired by Case, Chenoweth i, Cooke, Coristine ii, Dobell i, Feifer, Harwood, Hutchinson, LeNormand, MacDermot, Mcl.eod i, McMartin ii, Morgan, Pitt i, Porteous, Smith and Vickers i. Down in the depths, in the wood-working room, those efficient-looking saws carve marvellous trophies without shaving off any small fingers, thanks to Mr. Rutley's vigilance. ln September we welcomed several new boys into the Form: Cooke, MacDermot, Harwood, Hutchinson, LeNormand and Smith. They have become well-integrated members of the group and have earned the friendship of us all. C.I.M. FORM Bl Last year's large Form C was, this year, divided into Forms Bl and Bll. Certain pupils from other schools, realizing the error of their ways, joined the two groups. Bl has been enriched by the addition of Hailstone, Maase, Peper ll, Stewart and Weil. Of this number Maase has, so far, proved the greatest menace to those holding the top positions in the Form, namely Joseph, Grosvenor II, Sise, Kingston etc. Into this lofty group has quietly crept Molson, while Weil has done a remarkable iob of learn'ng to read English in a few short months, after having previously read nothing but French. This Form would seem to represent a perfect cross-section of any school. Certain boys are clever and ambitions, and can almost always be depended on to do their best. At the other end of the scale are the ones who find it d'Hicult to put farth the effort, while there is the large middle section, who, being exceedingly human, have times of ambition and moments of sloth. The inevitable bouts of illness, accidents and operations have taken their toll, but all have lived to fight another day. From the athletic standpoint, although there appear to be no potential Bannisters or Landys among them, there have been good reports of some individual efforts. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 3l ln team sports, an enioyable time seems to have been had by all, although no cups or special accolades have come their way. It can hardly be said that this group gets quiet enioyment out of life, but on the whole there is very little sign of nervous collapse caused by an overwhelming and thwarting drive for perfection! The boys of Bl are:-Caird lll, Colby, Dickman, Grosvenor ll, Hailstone, Joseph, Kingston, Le Moyne, Maase, Martin ll, Molson l, Moseley l, Peper ll, Sise, Stephenson, Stewart, Tratt and Weil. EF. FORM BII Children are traditionally unwilling to be educated, but the boys of Bll put on such a bold front that one is led to believe that they thoroughly enioy the process. This indus- trious little band has many talents, not the least of which is their ability at public speaking, they seem not to waste a single moment in practising this art! We were sorry to lose Mark Fawcett and look forward to his return, his temporary retirement has, however, made the struggle for the coveted 'first place' a more interesting one. DeWolf Shaw, Johnston, Mark Molson and Teddy Connolly have all been successful contenders. The class ranks have been considerably thinned from time to time by the 'flu' bug, but such minor ailments pall into insignificance when one remembers that Phil Gainsbury and his appendix parted company last term. Mark Molson was awarded the Gym Crest, although the competition was very keen and there was very little to choose between the first tour boys. lt would be a serious omission if, in concluding these notes, no mention were made of the friendly and co-operative spirit which exists among the boys, and which, more than anything else, has made the year such an enioyable one. B.C. FORM CI INVICTUS Pitch'd from our world of fun and play To work which has an endless goal, lt's good to have, what people say, ls our unconquerable soul. Coping with many sums to do, Trying to add, but not aloud, With borrowing and tables too Our heads are bloody, but unbowed. Then games, which must be lost or won, Writing, with letters neatly made, French and spelling which must be done, Finds us and leaves us unafraid. ln all our many sports and work We try to play our different roles, What e'er the price, we will not shirk, We are the captains of our souls. With apologies to William Ernest Henley and an affectionate little tribute to the boys of Form Cl who have been so valiant in their co-operation. Ainley, Amundsen, Carsley, Copping, Culver, Cusack, Daniels, Davies, Dobell ll, Drummond, Dufour, Eaton ll, Fisher, Fitzpatrick l, Fuller, Galt, Graham, Gwinnell ll, Hoffmann ll, Van Rantwyk, Young and Vermette. D.M.T. 32 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM CII ll etait une fois . .. ll etait une fois...ainsi commencent tous les contes de fees dans la bonne langue francaise. Cette langue at son origine s'appelait la langue francoise et comme dans les contes de fees il y a des lutins, quoi de plus normal que Francoise essaie dapprendre sa langue aux lutins de sa closse. Quant au resultat, s'ils arrivent ei dechilifrer ce rebus, ce ne sera deja pas si mal en fin de compte... Les lutins charmants sont: John Kent, Robert Kerlin, John Macaulay, Laurence Mac- naughton, John Martin, Jamie McDougall, David Mills, David Molson, Derek Morton, Clive Munro, Carroll Odell, Billy Palmer, Barry Pitt, John Rudel, David Sanford, Jean Selye Martin Smith, Tony Smith, Mark Stethem, John Tatlow, James McGregor, and Duncan Roy McMartin. F.S. FORM D The boys of Form D have worked well and made good progress. They have seemed interested and happy in work and play. ln making new friends and becoming acquainted with school life this, their first year at Selwyn House appears to have been a successful one. The boys have their own ideas about the subjects taught and are very frank in stating preferences. Gym ranks high in favour- Because you can run around and play , and lt's a good thing to play games with other boys , and Your Muscles become hard and strong , and You're likely to grow up strong and healthy . French runs a close second to Gym. lt's a useful thing to know , lt's fun to answer a French boy in French when he thinks you know only English, and lt's a good thing to know when you live in a French village as l do . Reading appeals to quite a number. One boy wants to learn to read well because I use what l learn and it helps me to read library books . History and Geography stories delight them as do their Bible stories in Scripture periods. Other boys prefer writing lessons, music periods and Arithmetic. Then there are the boys who say they like all subjects equally well, and a few there are who say We just love school. We also have one or two who lspeaking facetiouslyl say We like recess best- no work to do . Teaching this group of boys has been a pleasure -satisfying their curiosity a challenge. Here are their names:- Aimers, Barott, Barwick, Cahn, Chenoweth ii, Clark, Dawes, Fitzpatrick ii, From, Gordon, Hadekel, Hurum, Leopold, MacFarlane, Mclntosh, McLeod ii, Monteith ii, Moseley ii, Oliver ii, Ostiguy ii, Rawlings, Southam, and Usher-Jones ii. LITERARIA Magazine Competition The competition this year was judged by Mr. E. C. Moodey, and from the numerous contributions the following awards were made: ln the Short Story section Alex Miller placed first, with Michael Berrill second, and John Esdaile, Michael Gwinnell, and Gordon Peters commended. ln the Essay section the prize was awarded to Pandy Embiricos, with Michael Berrill being the runner-up, and with John Caird, Geoffrey Fisher, James Sedgewick, Donald Steven, and Ralph Walker being commended. In the Poetry section David Walker topped the field, with Richard Herzer, Gregor Maxwell, Peter Schaal, and Ralph Walker close behind. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 33 MAROONED! lt's all a plot! my mind screamed, as I tried to escape from the merciless sun which scorched my agonized skin, my haggard face, and my deteriorating reason. No! I assured myself and my aching senses that a cruel world had not hatched a plot to maroon me on a God-forsaken island. The emotional spasm passed, leaving me passionless, almost laughing at the fact that my little island was iust like the ones you see in the cartoons-about one hundred feet square, with a palm tree in the middle. Only there was no shade-giving palm tree! A month before I had set out on a journey that was to follow the route of the Kontiki, alone! Looking back I realize that this was simply because I had no desire to share the glory with anyone else. lt was foolhardy, and it ended in disaster. One night while sleeping in my cot I was awakened by a loud crunch, followed by a sharp blow on the head, my last sensation was of cool water closing over my battered head. When I came out of my coma, I was being rocked back and forth by waves breaking on the beach of hell! With a supreme effort, I pulled myself on to the small island, stretched out on the hot sand, and fell into a drugged sleep. I was awakened by the imaginary crackling of flames. I rolled over on my back to see what the trouble was and felt hot pokers of fire sear through my blistered and burnt back. 'Till the sun grows cold, and the stars are old. God! how I wanted that day! .lust thinking of the blessed coolness I had once known dulled the shrieking pain which every nerve in my racked body cried out. It was several days after I had been washed ashore, and my sanity was losing ground to mania. The nights were a time of respite during which I could steel myself forthe coming day's ordeal, and put my frenzied mind in order. The day came easily, a gently warming sun softly pushed away the caressing breezes which had stroked my body during the night, and then it grew slowly hotter and larger until it became a blazing inferno that filled the sky, even when I closed my tortured eyes. I must confess that at times like these I would cry like a baby and try to bury myself in the sand. It only added to my agony. On the fourth day I started talking to myself, reassuring my hopeless mind that I would be rescued, On the fifth day, I babbled incoherently to myself that life on the island was not as bad as it had first seemed. On the sixth day, I went for a swim and laughed at the large, black blisters which formed. On the seventh day, I brooded hysterically in one spot. On the eighth day, I frolicked and gamboled in the sand, which I thought was a green pasture. On the ninth, and final day, I begged and pleaded with the three men not to take me off my little island paradise. When I woke up, I found a cool, white hand on my forehead, I was in a cool bed, between cool sheets, in a cool room. I screamed, I couldn't help it, the new surroundings were too much to take after red-hot life on the island. Later I was released from the hospital and put in my present home. Everyone is very kind but they just wan't let me go back to my paradise. If you want to go, I may be contacted in Number 28, Block B. However, I won't tell you where my island is, unless you take me with you!! Author's Post Script:-This man's story is a tragedy, let it serve as a warning notice to the foolhardy, the vain, and the seekers of glory. Alec Miller lForm VI A NIGHT OUT It was getting dark as Mike's train pulled into the station an hour and a half overdue. He was in the city to attend the theatre and spend a few days with his college room-mate, Bill Dean, and his family. Carrying his small suitcase, Mike immediately went to the tele- phone booth and called his hostess to explain his late arrival and the impossibility of seeing them before going to the theatre, as it was already so late. Mrs. Dean was very helpful, 34 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE and suggested that he check his suitcase at the station and pick it up later on his way to their home, adding that her refrigerator was at his disposal and that she would leave their house-key under the door-mat for him, telling him also to use the front bedroom to sleep in, since they would not wait up for him. After an enioyable evening, Mike returned to the station by taxi, picked up his suit- case, and proceeded to the address given to him, 43 East 23 Street. On arriving, he went up to the house, but found no key under the mat. On an impulse he tried the door, and to his relief found it unlocked. Being quite hungry, he slipped into the kitchen and prepared for himself a satisfying meal. Then, carrying his shoes, he tiptoed quietly upstairs and opened the door of the front bedroom, but, on the verge of switching on the light, he pre- ceived that someone was in the bed. Realizing that he must have misunderstood Mrs. Dean, Mike went to the next bedroom and, finding it empty and the bed fully made up, unpacked his few belongings, and within ten minutes was sleeping heavily, quite full, and quite happy. He wakened very late next morning to the buzz of voices from the room below, but what woke him completely was the slam of the front door. He iumped from the bed and ran to the window, and, looking out, saw a family of four getting into a car-a family totally unfamiliar to him. He dressed quickly and ran out of his room and down the stairs. He called the name of his room-mate, but there was no answer. The house was empty. Something was amiss and Mike suddenly had an uncomfortable feeling in his stomach He walked quickly out of the front door and looked at the house number, but found it to be number 43 as he thought it should be. He then pulled the piece of paper with the address from his pocket, and fearfully looked at it. He read it several times, aghast. He had come to house number 43 on East 23 Street, but the residence of the Dean family was actually number 23 on East 43 Street! Mike raced back to the room he had slept in, shocked into complete wakefulness, and hurriedly threw his clothes into his suitcase. He then fled from the house, wondering what the family he had just visited would think when they returned to find food missing from the refrigerator, and a bed that had been slept in. Only as he proceeded toward the right address did he also wonder what the Dean family would have to say when he finally arrived and told them what had happened, or if they would even believe his story. Michael Berrill IForm Vl A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PENNY I am a penny. I was born in 1903. I was very happy in the house I lived in and I hoped I might remain a long time in this warmth with Jane Buckley. Early in the morning, before their Mother and Father were awake, I was hidden, and the children played a guessing game of where-I-was. Later they tried to guess my year. Lastly they made a great deal of noise, when they used me to play tiddly-winks. The children were banished to their rooms and told to sit quietly until breakfast. Jane soon was tired with doing nothing so she took out her nail polish, that she was given for Christmas, and painted a funny face on me. Just then their father called them for breakfast and I was left to dry, When Jane arrived at the table her father asked her if she had some change, because the bus drivers didn't like to always be changing money, and he only had a two dollar bill, Jane gathered all her nickles, dimes, and pennies together, and I was thrown in too. When the father bought his ticket, I was given to the bus driver. lt was a very scratchy, noisy ride for me. About eleven o'clock a man climbed onto the bus, and asked the driver to change a quarter, it was then that the driver handed me over to the man with four other pennies and two dimes. The man left the bus at the next stop, and by then I was in the man's pocket. I shuddered as I felt a gun beside me. A big black car stopped and the man jumped in with three others. He loaded his gun and they made off for the bank on the FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-l958 35 corner. They all hopped out quickly, and when they reached the door they pulled up their masks and walked in with their guns ready to fire. The teller was very frightened and as she did not want to be killed, she handed one of them the five thousand dollars, which she was about to put in the vault. The men made oFf in their car, and were well down i'The No. 9 Highway before the alarm was rung. I was scratched all the way by the horrid gun next to me. Just as we were about to cross the border, there was a screech of brakes, and a whine of sirens, as policemen surrounded us. That night, I was emptied from the bad men's pocket, and put into a bag at the police station, where Jane and David Buckley's father was an officer, and the guns were put into another bag. I slept comfortably until Officer Buckley recognized me as his daughters penny and decided to take it home, and show me to Jane, also let her guess what might have happened to me in the few hours since she had lent me to her father. How happy I was to be back again and how comfortably I slept. John Esdaile lForm ll HOW A DETECTIVE BECAME A CLERGYMAN Fred Martin was lying, more dead than alive, on a straw palliasse in the cellars of a house which was on a rocky islet off the coast of North Cornwall. For some days he lay in a stupor, exhausted by pneumonia and rough handling, but then he regained consciousness, and, during the days that followed, he surveyed his pre- dicament: there he was, Frederick Martin, Special Agent, who had been inspecting the island, on which he was now imprisoned, by motor-boat, when his craft had been rammed and sunk by another, and during his long period in the water before being fished out with a boat-hook by the crooks, had contracted pneumonia. Beyond that moment he remembered nothing. The question was, how was he to escape with his dearly won secret? Fred inspected the walls of his prison, discovering that they were made of blocks of stone ioined by mortar. The oaken door was strongly bolted and did not budge an inch when he put his shoulder against it. He turned again to the walls. The mortar was very old, and with the aid of a penknife he loosened and removed one of the stones in the wall which he guessed to be on the outside wall of his room. After a short time, Fred had made a hole large enough to crawl through. He was iust removing the rubble which constituted the inner section of the wall when he heard the ominous clank of bolts being drawn back. He cursed himself for being such a fool- in his excitement he had forgotten his midday meal. Hurriedly he stuffed the rubble in his bed. Agonisingly slowly, he put back the stones. One by one, he fitted them in place. lt would be too bad to be caught now, so early on. With a creak, the door came open. Just in time! What a relief. The servant placed the meagre meal on the ground and dis- appeared through the door. Then Fred removed the stones and went back to work. 0 0 0 By the evening Fred had got through to the outside of the wall. lt was now or never. Had he chosen the right wall? With a sigh of relief he smelt the night air outside. He crawled through the hole he had made. As his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness he made out a rowing boat pulled up on the shingle. Fate was on his side! Here was his means of escape! Carefully, so as to make no noise, he ran to the boat. Suddenly, he froze, What was that noise? He heard two low and guttural voices approaching, German, probably. Fred suddenly remembered his position. He had to hide. Ducking behind a boulder, he dimly saw the outlines of two men approaching, carrying something between them. Luckily, it was a cloudy night, and there were no heavenly bodies visible. He grew cramped 36 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE in the hastily assumed position. Moving slightly, he mode a small noise with his feet against the stones. What was that? said one in German. Fred made himself as small as possible. lt would be too bad to be discovered now, after all his trouble. The other man flashed a torch and asked where the sound had come from. Suddenly, Fred had an idea. He would try the old Indian trick of throwing some stones behind the men, and they would then think he was there. This he did, and gave a cry of relief as the men gave up the search and put off in the rowing boat. Fred's cry of ioy turned to a groan. They had cut off his means of escape! He went right around the island and there was none. He saw the last lights going out in the village not far away. How he longed to be safe, and home, once more. He felt the water. It was very cold. The thought of it made him shiver. He couIdn't stay on the island, that was certain. He couIdn't get off by boat, that was out of the question, Therefore he must swim. He might die, but they would certainly kill him if they caught him again. Stripped to his underwear, he shiverringly slid into the water and started a side- stroke towards the one remaining light in the village. As he had gleefully observed before, it was cloudy and there was no moon or stars. If that lone light went out he was doomed to Davy Jones' Locker. The water was freezing cold. After half-an-hour, Fred was so numb he could hardly swim, but if he stopped he knew he would die, he who had only just recovered from pneumonia, and was weak from malnutrition. He would probably die, but he would die free. Fred thought over his life, and asked himself what good he had done for the world. Captured a few petty thieves that would have been caught anyway - that was about all- until he had been offered this iob of Special Agent by the Harwell Atomic Research Estab- lishment - and made a mess of it. If I ever get out of here, he promised, 'fI'Il do some- thing worthwhile, and thank God for His Mercy. Why ,... I at this point he sank beneath the surface of the sea-the third time they said, was your last. Suddenly he heard voices, not guttural, German ones, but English. With his last ounce of energy he yelled Help again and again. Oh, will they hear me? he thought. Please, God! Slowly, the boat bearing the voices drew nearer. A boy bent over the gunwale and hauled him aboard. At this release, Fred collapsed on the bottom boards. A few days later, Fred was in the police station with the boys, who, on a very early morning fishing trip, had saved him from a watery grave. He told his story to the police sergeant who gave orders that a party of policemen be sent to storm the island, which was successful and captured all the crooks. The boys each received a bicycle as a reward, and Fred, remembering his experience in the sea, was ordained, and is now an archdeacon. Michael Gwinnell lForm IVI SIX MONTHS TO LIVE One night, when I was out in British Columbia, I went to see a fortune-teller, because I had nothing in particular to do. After examining my palm, she told me that I had six months to live. But that was not all she told me. She gave a running account of what would happen to me during that time. Surprisingly enough, she was right, and so, here is what l did. For the first day, I was quite worried, but as I got back to my job as a pilot for Pan American Airlines, I completely forgot about it. And so the time passed, sometimes I would FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 37 think of what the fortune-teller had said, but I always thought of it as a kind of a ioke, never worrying. And so I flew from city to city until finally six months were up, I looked at my date book, and saw I was flying a Viscount from Houston, Texas to Phoenix, Arizona. I also noticed that it was Friday the thirteenth and that it was the exact day when the fortune- teller had predicted my death. I did not think of it again until during the flight, when I heard the following over the earphones, from a man in the control tower at Houston. Tower to Viscount IO9, Tower to Viscount IO9. There is a Russian spy aboard your plane, with many secret documents. I will relay all details as soon as they are available. At that moment the stewardess burst into the cockpit with a note which she read. 'Turn south 60 degrees, if you do not the whole plane will be blown up by a time- bomb.' I found it an a tray that was sitting on my counter, she continued, I told her what I had heard, and advised her to try and act as normally as possible. As the stewardess walked out, I thought of the fortune-teller again, and in my imagination, I could actually hear her witch-like voice repeating what she had said. i'You have six months to live. You will die when your plane will be blown up by a timeebomb. You cannot avoid it. You have six months to live, six months to live, and she burst out into a terrifying cackle. However, my thoughts were interrupted by another message from the control tower. Tower to Viscount IO9, Tower to Viscount IO9. The person has blue eyes and has a time-e bomb, concealed in a parcel. I messaged back to him what I had learned, and asked whether I should turn south over Mexico. The answer was to continue on course and try to find who the person was. Five minutes later another note was received by the stewardess. You have signed your own death warrant. Be prepared to be blown up. When I heard this, the voice of the fortune-teller returned. i'You have six months to live, you have six months to live... and it kept repeating itself. Then the three of us, the pilot, the co-pilot lmyselfl and the stewardess decided on a plan. The spy was one of two people. We decided we would have to take a chance on the more likely, and grab him, but it was essential that we choose the right one. The plan was that the stewardess and I would walk down the aisle, and the pilot would ierk the plane just as we got to the suspect. Then we would take his parcel from him. We syn- chronized our watches, decided on a time and the stewardess left for the back of the plane. My heart was beating like an Indian war drum, but I could still hear the voice, you will die when your plane will be blown up by a time-bomb! At the appointed time, I left my position, and opened the door to the main cabin. At the other end was the stewardess, right on time. The plane was jerked at the perfect time, and we both fell on the suspect. I grabbed the suitcase, and heard the ticking of thel bomb. I rushed to the door and threw out the suitcase. At that moment, the supposed spy rushed up to me and asked me why l had thrown his suitcase out of the plane. I told him that l had heard the ticking of a time-bomb inside. But that was only my loud-ticking alarm clock, he replied. I was going to give it to... At that moment he was interrupted by a large explosion. It was the time-bomb. And so the fortune-teller had been right. I had had only six months to live. With a start, I woke up to find myself in bed at home. G. Peters IForm VI JB SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE A NEW DAY IS BORN It was a dark night, land and sea were covered with clouds and the black sky had blotted out the whole world. Mountainous waves advancing with a maiestic sweep, rolled, curled, and finally crashed down with an angry roar, battering at the rocks of the island and veiling all in spray. Aeolus, the warden of the gales, had let loose the winds from his leather bag, in which he kept them imprisoned. Suddenly, far away, a faint white radiance appeared on the clouds above the horizon. A new day was being born and Nature, smiling at it, gradually swept away the frightening darkness. Dawn had risen from her bed and thrown round her shoulders a grayish veil which slowly spread over all the tirmament, the waters and the earth. She was on her way to meet, in the skies, her lover, Orion, the hunter. Pale light touched the sea with silver and outlined the silhouettes of mountains and capes. Dawn, in all her beauty, first showed her rosy fingers and at this marvelous sight the fury of the winds abated and calm set in, The east was flecked with red, colouring clouds and water, as the neweborn day came into life. Sea gulls and wild pigeons flew out of caves and crevices to play with the tossing waves. At the end of the creek, the valley awoke from her slumber, the fields donned their usual green robe and the water ran merrily in the brook, I could see the reddish roofs of peasant houses, curling smoke pouring out of primitive chimneys, and Hne white sand on which rollers came to batter their crests into foam. My ears were filled with the hum of bees and insects, the thunder of breaking waves and the sound of pebbles rolling after the receding waters. The sea in the creek was a transparent emerald green, while further out it turned to an opaque dark blue. All nature was young, radiant and full of life, what an enchanting scene! A bright red sphere peeped through the waters at the horizon. Apollo in his dazzling chariot ascended into the skies, and their glow filled the universe with purple and gold. Leaving the waters of the splendid east, Helios leaped up into the flrmament and Dawn enthroned herself in the sky. And so, the sun rose and shone once more to renew eternal life and in this miracle of magnificient splendour, to glorify The Creator. E. G. Embiricos lForm VI LIFE IN 2058 One hundred years, in comparison to the length of time man has been on the earth, is very short. However, just one hundred years from now the way of life will be completely different from what it is today. The present population is expected to be doubled by the end of this century, and probably will be trebled by the middle of the next. There are two main reasons for this vast increase, one being the high birth rate, and the other, more important, being the safety from fatal diseases which in previous years have killed so many people in childhood, and have prevented so many people from reaching old age. This latter reason, of course, is the result of the industrious work of the scientists of our era in their attempts to conquer disease, and, as a result of this, the number of people over retirement age will soon reach a large proportion of the total population. With this rise in population, and with great advances in the use of machinery, there will be more people to do the work and less work to do by hand, and so the work week will have diminished to one of about three days. Also a new system will be necessary to feed so many people, and synthetic food contained in capsules will be used, for there will be very little room left on the earth to grow food anyway. ln one hundred years the whole surface of the earth will appear as one giant city with its suburbs, and it will mean travelling far to come into direct contact with nature and her wonders. By the year 2058 all the fossil fuels will have been completely used up, all the coal possible to mine will have been mined, and all the oil wells possible to sink will have dried up. Maybe in several million years a human race will once more discover coal from LUCAS HOUSE nh ,,nfQH0n MACAULAY HOUSE A H rw G 40 ssLwvN House scnooi MAoAziNE vegetation which has by that time petrified, and oil that has formed under the land that is now beneath the sea. But in one hundred years there will be no coal, oil or gasoline, and all machines will depend upon electricity passing through cables issuing from numerous large atomic plants. Since transmission cables will be necessary, it will be impossible to have any small machines, such as cars, in use, unless entirely new kinds of strange, portable batteries can be invented, but this is improbable. And so a new form of transportation will have to come in, and it will probably appear in the form of some sort of streamlined electrical machine running on tracks-this being the electrical train of 2058. The multitudes of people of 2058 will look back to the time of their grandparents and will feel sorry for them with their many hardships that the numerous changes of one hundred years had succeeded in erasing. Perhaps, however, they will look back with envy to a time when there was still room to move around and it was possible to escape from the noisy crowds. Michael Berrill lForm VI WINTER WONDERLAND It is winter in the woods. Here and there squirrels are looking tor food, and rabbits' footprints are in the snow. On the other side of the wood is a little village. Children are enjoying skating on the little lily pond and on the nearby slopes people are skiing in brightly coloured clothes and the metal of the skis is glittering in the winter sun. In the streets of the village are sleighbells ringing merrily and people on horseback with brightly coloured reins and the icicles, on the trees and house roofs, are tinkling. The chickadees are twittering in the trees. Outside every house is a snow sculpture, for this is carnival time in this village. Out- side one house is an old model T Ford, outside another is an enormous dog, outside a third is a statue of Tweety and Sylvester and a fourth, catching on to the idea, is building a Tom and Jerry . Suddenly the sun goes behind a cloud, and before the children know it, there are a few flakes of snow coming down, then more, and then still more. The skiers are taking oFf their skis, the people who were tobogganing have one more slide and then pull or pick up their toboggans and go home, and the skaters take off their skates, put on their shoes and go home. The chickadees stop twittering, for the snowstorm has now suddenly turned into a blizzard. In the cottages lamps are being lit, smoke is coming out of the chimneys and stories are being told by the tire. The storm is over, the clouds have rolled away and the moon is shining on Nature's own Winter Wonderland. .lohn Caird lForm Ill MY TRIP TO ITALY During the summer of last year when I was visiting my mother in France, we left on a short visit to les Chateaux de la Loire, in the Loire Valley, before proceeding to Italy. The grandeur and magnificence of those castles is beyond all imagination. From Paris we journeyed by car through the French and Italian Alps to Cattolico, Italy, via Chamonix, Torino, Allessandria, Parma, Bologna, Jorli, and Rimini. It took seven days to complete this trip. Throughout the entire trip there were many interesting sights to be seen, but what I saw in Ravenna and Florence, which I visited some time after my arrival at Cattolica, have FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 41 surpassed them all-I shall never forget what I saw and what I have learned in these two cities. In Ravenna I saw some of the worId's most famous Mosaics of the fifth and sixth centuries. St. Vital's Temple, and Apollinare in Classe Basilica with their ancient and extremely beautiful murals of mosaics and Zeodorico's Mausoleum with its one thousand gold stars set in its roof, are just a few of the memorable attractions. Florence was the site of many ancient monuments and masterpieces of sculpture and paintings. At the Academy Gallery, among the interesting things I saw, was MicheIangeIo's famous David. I saw his Lorenzo of Medicis, and his sculptures of Daybreak, Noon, and Twilight at the Medicean Chapels. In the Plazzo Vecchio, a massive and stately stone structure, I saw Verrocchio's Amour of the Fountain , an infant with wings holding a huge fish, and standing on a lion's back. Outside this stately palace stands Michelangelos Neptune , Neptune himself is standing in the middle of a fountain with fish all around him and springs of water coming out of the mouths of the fish. On the steps of the old palace is a reproduction of Angelo's David , which is not as well done as the original work. In front of David is an open gallery in which are numerous ancient sculptures, and many artists painting them. In a busy corner of the city is Giotto's Cathedral, fashioned in green and white marble. Beside this rises the Campanicle, a towering structure also of marble, in the bell tower of which the bells of long ago still ring out the hours. In front of the Campanicle is a little shrine with gilded doors of green and white marble also. In Florence numerous shops are crowded together, an excellent example of this is found on a little bridge. This bridge is centuries old. It has about ten iewellery and silver shops bunched together all the way across it. These shops date back to about the fourteenth century and before. At noon they are closed down, thick wooden shutters being placed over the counters and windows, but about three in the afternoon, they open again, and from this river it is an exquisite sight to see the reflection in the river and the flower boxes in the shop keeper's windows. All good things come to an end and so did my summer holidays, and my trip to Italy. The memories of the events that took place between Paris and Cattolica will always remain in my mind. Wherever I go and whatever I do, I shall always remember romantic Italy. Geoffrey Fisher lForm llll HOW TO MAKE PAPER In the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, there is a paper mill called the Mersey Paper Company. I have been through it many times and would like to tell about it. The story of paper begins in the woods. In the late autumn the lumberiacks go into the woods to cut down the big trees. They live in camps all winter and come home in the spring. They cut the trees into four foot lengths and float them in the river which is called a boom. When there are enough logs gathered the men break the booms and the logs float down to the mill. In the mill there are big cranes that lift the wood and drop it into a barking machine. You can tell by its name that this machine removes the bark from the logs. From the barking machine the logs are carried along a ramp and dumped into a grinding machine. This machine has big teeth that grind the logs into pulp. This pulp is mixed with water and passed along the pressing machines. The pressing machines are big heavy rollers which are kept very warm. The pulp is passed between these wheels which squeezes out the water. This is repeated several times until the pulp begins to stick together into one long sheet. This long sheet of pulp has finally been pressed into paper. This paper is wound into huge rolls and shipped by boat and train to make newspaper or any other products re- quiring paper. Sometimes when it is being rolled there is a break and the paper flies all 42 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE over the room. Then men from all parts of the mill rush to fix it. ll witnessed this myself and ran for cover.l lt is usually fixed within an hour and all is well. We have followed the story of paper from the tree to the newspaper office. lt is up to you to imagine the life from there on. l think of it as telling us the worlds news. James Sedgewick lFom ll THE TERROR One winter's evening, just as the sun went down and Montrealers were preparing to wend their ways home, the Terror struck. Montreal, the metropolis of Canada, prides itself on the efficient way the city is run, and on this particular night, St. Catherine St. was ablaze with its Neon signs and its gayly lit store windows. The aroma of toasted nuts from the nut shop and the smell of hot coffee from the revolving doors of its many cafes were so familiar to the thousands wending their way home after a long day's work. Suddenly, the lights quivered, steadied, quivered again, and slowly began to fade: then out. The effect was electrifying. A city was plunged into darkness that was terrifying. The only lights were those of the buses and automobiles. As the traffic lights were out, it was every car for himself, and Peel and St. Catherine St. was o giant cross of cars with nothing moving in any direction. A group of people wended their way down Mansfield towards Dorchester St. with the evident intention of getting their regular trains home, before they realized that trains too, ran by electricity. The C.N.R. Station stood out against the skyline like a giant, forbidding tomb, so back they went to St. Catherine St. in the hope of eventually getting a bus, but the crowds lined up for the buses were anything but encourag- ing. Coffee was out of the question, as all the restaurants had shut their doors, and their usually courteous staffs were peering out of the windows like ghosts, lit up by the eerie light of the passing cars. For the first fifteen minutes, it seemed like a lot of fun, but as time dragged on to half an hour, and to 45 minutes, Montrealers began to realize how dependent this giant city was on electricity. lt took only one hour of electrical power failure to shock Montrealers into the realiza- tion that they, as individuals or collectively as a city, were totally unequipped or prepared to deal with any major disaster. They have no training for Civil Defence, there was no one to tell them what to do, and had there been, there was no equipment to do it with, apart from the telephone. As the lights went out, the trains stopped, the radios stopped, the televisions stopped, the streetcars stopped, the furnaces stopped, and Montreal went back a hundred years. lt was a quiet, dark, cold city. Lucky the man who had a few candles and a box of matches. l wasn't one of them. Donald Steven lForm lVl THE FLOOD There is hardly a nation in the world which does not preserve among its legends mention of the Flood. To what extent this great deluge existed is unknown, and in various past times its very being has actually been questioned. It was thought iust to have been a story. The first material trace of the Flood was discovered by the archaeologist Leonard Wooley when he was excavating the remains of the city of Ur in the Chaldees. He dis- covered a ten-foot layer of sea clay, under which pieces of hand-made pottery and other primitive remains were found-relics of an antediluvian civilization. SPEIRS HOUSE 71 re V' WANSTALL HOUSE 44 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE A similar result was come across later, at an excavation some distance away, only this time the layer of flood-clay was only eighteen inches thick. Thus scientists are able to calculate the extent of this deluge, for it certainly had not been world-wide. The only question is Was this the real flood about which there are so many stories? lt seems likely, but we have as yet no means of ascertaining whether it was or not, What must have happened, was that a cyclone swept up the Bay of Bengal and up the Tigris-Euphrates valley where Ur is situated. lt must have been a tremendous disaster, and, illustrative of Gods almighty power, its memory was preserved in the folk-lore of many lands. Archaeologists say that it must have taken place about 403OB.C. That was before the lncas or the Red Indians came to America, they could easily have picked up the tale in Asia and brought it here with them. There is a very close resemblance between the Biblical Flood-story and an old Baby- lonian legend. The story of Utnapishtim, the Babylonian Noah, is so like the story of the Ark that it seems probable that the Jews learnt the tale while captives in Chaldea. There are, of course, several discrepancies between the two legends, one which is that the Babylonian one depicts Mt. Nisio as the stopping-place of the Ark instead of the Mt. Ararat of Biblical tradition. lt seems, to say the least, doubtful, in the circumstances l mentioned above, that a boat could be carried as far as either of these two mountains, nevertheless, several people are said to have seen the remains of the Ark, preserved in the ice on Mount Ararat. Among them was an ecclesiastic, who was at the time Archdeacon of Jerusalem, also a Russian expedition under Tzar Nicholas ll, which claimed to have photographed the craft. All proof of this has, however, been lost. Whether the disaster of 4000B.C. was the Great Flood, no-one knows. However the Flood story lives on and will continue to live on among legends, a tale of the omnipotence of God. Ralph Walker lForm lVl THE FOX-HUNT View halloo on distant ridge, Frightens vixen into hedge. lt startles widgeon, startles lark- The fox pursued while foxhounds bark. The hunters, glorious to behold, Are dressed in liveries red and gold. Reynard has left the sheltered copseg He runs beside the autumn crops. lnto the meadow he rushes fast, Each breath he takes may be his last. Looks left. The meadows luscious green And glorious trees are barely seen. Turns left, the route he knows so well. He travels through a thorny dell. He runs, ne'er faltering, to the road Whereby a mossy ditch once flowed. Across that road, toward the gorse. The path, quite rough, is getting worse. Through sheltered wood to pasture ground, Wherever passage can be found! Across that pasture then he went, Across three fields, his breathing spent. He ran in many a leaping rush ' Towards the tangle of blackberry bush. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 Just forty yards! But, ten behind, The foxhounds race, their faces lined. Just twenty yards! The leading hound Was two yards off in that last bound. The bramble-bushes! Almost there A fleeter bound! Oh, for more air! A flight complete, a battle lost, The fox has soon to pay the cost. Just fifteen yards, without a lead! The hounds are on him. Nearly dead He runs, fights, leaps, his last breath sighing. Beneath the bush he's bleeding, dying. The fox is dying in agony. Oh, could not man keep that decree 'Thou shalt not kill? No! Cruel man, ln conquering, tortures all he can! The fox is testament to those Who go about in heavenly clothes. Great God will lift him, ever calm, And heal his wounds with royal balm. The hens he killed shall greet him there, And never will he harm one hair. No iealous man will seek his brush, No eager hound his soul will crush. No view halloo on distant ridge, Will frighten Vixen into hedge. Reynard is gone, his body dying, His soul in heaven's glories flying. David Walker DRIFTWOOD They lay half buried in the sand, A rusty hinge and an oaken chest. They could have come from a far-off land, Perhaps the end of o pirate's quest. Was it once used for the wealth of a king Who fled from his realm and was wrecked at sea? Or a maiden's dower and wedding-ring? A soldier's loot, or a city's key? l tugged at the box, with might and with main, I pushed and I pried, and opened the lid. When l looked inside, my hopes were in vain. For there, on the bottom, was a shrivelled-up squid. Richard Herzer THE 'FLU l wish l were a skier, flying down a hill, l wish I were a pilot, soaring in the sky. l'd like to climb a mountain, a thousand metres high. Instead of lying here in bed, dining on a pill. lForrn llll lForm IV! 46 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE I wish I were a frogman, diving in a pool, Or perhaps a cowboy, riding on the range. I wish-and this, I know, will sound completely strange- That I, young Gregor Maxwell, were at my desk at school Gregor Maxwell lForm llll MARCH SNOW On the wings of the wind they softly float down To the streets and the parks of the sprawling big town, ln the light of the lamps they sparkle and ride Down to the ground they cover and hide. In the morning they lie as white as can be On the streets and the walks where later you see How, trampled and crushed, their beauty is hurt And turned into water, and slush, and dirt. But the mountain amidst is blazing with light, It's bathing in sunshine, a glory in white, Deep sink my boots, my cheeks are aglow, l'm shouting for ioy while ramping in snow. I'm looking around from the top ot the hill, Down there the harbour is quiet and still, No flower, no robin, not a token is there, And yet there is something ot spring in the air. Peter Schaal lForm VI I WISH I wish I were a sailor, To sail the azure main. If I became a sailor, Then I would think again, I'd wish I were a doctor, With a stethoscope or two. Then l'd wish I were a proctor, Or a Workman in a zoo. I wish I were a scholar, With a solemn LL. D., l wish I were a traveller, With all the world to see. I wish I were a rich man, Who everything could buy. But it I had my wish, I know l'd wish that I were I. Ralph Walker lForm IVI Royal Empire Society Essay Competition Nicolas Kairis won second place in Class B section of the Royal Empire Society annual essay contest, and the following were awarded special prizes for essays of outstanding merits:MHarry Bloomfield, Pandy Embiricos, Gordon Peters and Donald Steven. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 47 W! tal Q es PEWRT s Although we had originally abandoned hope of obtaining any facilities for Cricket this year, we were eventually able to have the use of the Upper Molson field in the late after- noon for a group of senior boys. While the younger boys were thus unable to practise, it was possible to arrange two matches for the School Team. Owing to the late start, our batting was always suspect, but the side fielded keenly and the bowling was steady, Colours were awarded to Hutcheson, Hyde and Saunderson. S.H.S. v. Sedbergh School at Montebello. May 25th, Selwyn House batted first, and against some very accurate bowling were dismissed for l3 runs. Sedbergh reached our score for the loss of 3 wickets, all taken by Hutcheson at the cost of 8 runs, and then declared. In our second innings our total reached l7 and Sedbergh replied with 35 IHutcheson 6 for l3l. The bowlers were on top throughout the day, but the match was most enioyable and the weather perfect. Result: lost by l8 runs, S.H.S. v. The Fathers on the Upper Molson Field. June 5th. The school made a promising start and reached 38 before the 3rd wicket fell lSaunder- son l6, Hyde lO and Hutcheson 91. The later batsmen, however, did not offer much oppo- sition and we were all out for 60. The Fathers' used six bowlers, and wickets were taken by Messrs. Coristine, Dobell, Gwinnell and Wakefield. Hutcheson was run out when batting well by a brilliant piece of fielding on the part of Mr. Sanford. The Fathers also held some excellent catches and all showed amazing agility in the field. They proceeded to hit off the runs for the loss of 5 wickets lMr. Sanford 28, Mr. Carsley l6, Mr. Wakefield i6 not out.l Hutcheson took the 5 wicket at a cost of 28 runs. The Fathers declared their innings closed and each side then batted for half an hour, Hutcheson making l5 for the school, and Mr. Martin 39 not out for the Fathers. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Stikeman and Mr. Martin, the former for organizing the Fathers' Team, and the latter for captaining it so efficiently. Result: lost by 5 wickets. 48 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE .gig-r MH, SENIOR CRICKET TEAM Rear: Mr. Phillips, R. Henwood, B. Saunderson, D. Doyle, A. Wakefield, D. Javitch. Front: K. Martin, P. Phillips, C. Hyde, D. Hutcheson, A. Miller, M. Stanger, G. Peters. CHARACTERS I-IUTCHESON lcaptainl. Potentially a very good batsman with a variety of strokes. While easily the best bowler on the side he lacked persistence and his desire to experiment was inclined to be costly. Captained the side with intelligence. HYDE lvice-captainl. Improved steadily both as batsman and bowler. A little uncertain in the field, SAUNDERSON. In his first lull season ol cricket showed most promising lorm in every department. Should do excellently next year. DOYLE. Did not make the progress hoped lor, but will undoubtedly make runs when he curbs his impatience, and his bowling shows promise. MILLER. Kept wicket consistently well, Was unlucky with his batting and should make many runs as he has learned to keep the ball down. PHILLIPS. With steady practice should develop well both as batsman and bowler. MARTIN. Also needs regular practice to improve on ci good beginning this year. STANGER. Batted with praiseworthy patience, and will be useful when he develops some scoring shots. HENWOOD. Must take a greater interest in the game it he is to improve as he should. Fielded well. WAKEFIELD. Was unable to practice regularly, but with ample opportunity will do well. JAVITCH. Fielded very well and his batting showed steady improvement during his first season, PETERS. Batted with persistence, and made a good deputy wicket-keeper. FERRO. Fielded well, but his batting lacked discretion. SCHAAL. Fielding good, and batting will improve with practice. The Howis Cup was won by Speirs House, which defeated Lucas in the final F.G.P. SENIOR SOCCER TEAM Rear: W. Hesler, I. Riddoch, N. Kciris, J. Nickson, T. Knudsen, R. Henwood, R. Smith. Front: E. Embiricos, J. Stikemun, A. Miller, M. Berrill, G. Peters. UNDER 13 SOCCER TEAM Rear: I. Taylor, T. Birks, P. Webster, J. Brunton. Centre: G. Hebert, P. Maurice, P. Nixon, D. Malone, P. Martin, S. Price, Mr. Tees. Front: P. Valois, L. Gcinsbury, J. Birks, G. MucDouguII, G. Tennant, A. Stikeman, M. Shaughnessy 50 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE SOCCER The Senior Soccer team turned in a very creditable performance against opposition which so often was much older and more experienced. The spirit and determination of the team, under the leadership of Miller, was highly commendable. Undoubtedly the maior weakness of the team was a lack of ball control and inability to kick with both feet, this latter defect reducing the efficiency of the team by half. However, the boys made a determined effort to overcome these shortcomings and showed a marked improvement through the season. CHARACTERS MILLER. A hard working player who developed into a dangerous forward, he also showed sound defensive play in the half back line. lcaptainl RIDDOCH. Showed considerable ball skill and played the difficult inside forward position well. Should be a most valuable player next year. SMITH. Although he lacks the speed of a winger, he played a steady and thoughtful game. He combined well with his inside man. PETERS. A skilful player who used his intelligence and skill to offset his lack of inches. His ability to cut in at the right moment made him a dangerous winger. HENWOOD. Sometimes rather lethargic, he showed considerable ability and dash later in the season. STIKEMAN. A good half who worked tirelessly and never shirked a tackle. He plays a constructive game using careful passes to set the forwards moving. MCGILLIS. A sound half-back who worked extremely hard, and was a great asset to the team. Assistant captain. SCHAAL. A vigorous player whose sound kicking had a steadying effect on the team. KNUDSEN. A much improved goalkeeper who, although sometimes subject to considerable pressure, refused to panic. EMBIRICOS. His lack of ball skill was amply compensated by his enthusiasm. His stout- hearted tackling was a joy to watch and repeatedly broke up attacks. BERRILL. A cool and courageous back who never shirked the often rugged duties of a full back. His enthusiasm sometimes caused him to be drawn out of position. HESLER. Took a long time to settle down and often had difficulty in controlling the ball. He improved considerably as he developed more confidence. KAIRIS. Was a little unsure of his kicking in defence but often intimidated the opposition by the vigour of his tackling. Sept. l7th vs. Westmount Away Won 5-l Sept. 28th vs. Ashbury Away Draw l-l Sept. 30th vs. Sedbergh Home Won 7-O Oct. 7th vs. Gault Home Lost l-0 Oct. l9th vs. Gault Away Lost 4-2 Oct. 26th vs. Sedbergh Away Lost 6-3 Nov. 28th vs. Ashbury Home Lost 2-O Goals for: l8 Goals against: l5 UNDER 'I3 SOCCER This year's Under T3 team had a longer season than last year, playing four games, winning two and losing one and tying one. With Bishops, both games followed a pattern, with a very even game until half time, and Bishops winning in the second half. ln our two games with Ashbury, we played extremely well in our game in Ottawa, but on our return to Montreal, had to be content with a draw. The boys on this team played well, and tried hard, and should develop well in future years. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-T958 51 The boys who played were Tim Gilbert, Bobby Dolman, Graeme Tennant, Tim Coris- tine, Lee Watchorn, the Captain, Stephen Wells, Michael Shaughnessy, ,lon Birks, Michael Bastian, Steven Ayre, Gordie MacDougall, Billy Ballantyne, Peter Nixon, Donald Steven, and Laurence Gainsbury. Sat. Sept. 28 vs. Ashbury Away Won 2-0 Sat. Oct. T9 vs. B.C.S. Away Lost 4-l Mon. Oct. 21 vs. B.C.S. Home Lost l-O Mon. Oct. 28 vs. Ashbury Home Tied l-l UNDER 'I2 SOCCER The Under 12 team had a very successful season this year, although it only played two games. These were against Sedbergh. For the first time for four years, we brought back the Wanstall Cup from Sedbergh for undisputed possession. During the year, this team increased in determination, and in skill. The competition for places on the team was intense, and this meant that nobody played unless they wanted to play hard. I believe that this group will do well as it rises through the School. Those who played were David Malone, Philip Webster, .lon Birks, Graeme Tennant, Tony Stikeman, Georges Hebert, Patrick Shaughnessy, Paul Valois, Philip Maurice, Peter Martin, Stephen Price, lan Taylor, Peter Nixon, Gardie MacDougall, the Captain, Laurence Gainsbury, Jimmy Brunton, and Chris Skoryna. Mon. Sept. 30 Home Tied 0-0 vs. Sedbergh Sat. Oct. 26 Away Won l-0 vs. Sedbergh HOCKEY lThe Under 'l5l This year, we had a good spirited team, that played every game to the best of its ability. We played eight games during the course of the season, and had an even split, winning four, and losing four. Under the most enthusiastic leadership of Captain John McGillis, the team played cleanly, and checked hard. During the course of the year a tremendous improvement was made by all the players, and in every way there was a difference between the opening of Hockey in November, and the close in early March. CHARACTERS Zinman lGoall. Zinman is a very young member of the team, but his contribution in the final games was tremendous. There were some games which he won for us by his sen- sational saves, particularly against Ashbury. Schaal fGoall. Schaal played extremely well for us during the first part of the season. He was particularly good on close in play, but was inclined to have trouble with long shots. Miller lDefencel. Miller played a most useful game on Defence. He was tireless, and as the team was somewhat short of reserves, he was able to play for three quarters or more of all games. He was the Vice-Captain of the team. Colours. McGillis lCaptain of the team, Defencel. McGillis played very hard all season long, and was a tower of strength on the defence. He was also very useful as a forward on the Power Play. His enthusiasm on and off the ice were particularly valuable. Colours and Captain. Nickson fDefencel. Nickson was particularly valuable because of his size. This he used to great advantage at all times, playing hard, and intelligently. He was a very difficult man to pass. Colours. Bastian lForwardl. Bastian, although small played very hard for the team. He carried the puck well, and passed intelligently. He will be a most useful player next year. 52 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Henwood lForwordl. Henwood developed very well during the season, improving from game to game. He was a good stick handler, and was often able to take the puck well into the opponents end. Colours. Keays llforwardl. Keays greatest talent is his strong although sometimes erratic shot, which he was able to fire from well away from the net, and which worried the opposing goalers. He also possessed considerable skill in stick handling. Peters lForwardl. Peters was the hard worker of his line, digging the puck out of corners to his linemates, and setting up plays. He played every game to the best of his ability, and was at all times in the right place. Colours. Smith llforwardl. Although Smith was not the most skilled of the members of the team, he made up for this by his tremendous spirit, and his will to win. He gave every bit of effort for his team that he had. Stikeman lForwarcll. Stikeman was one of the hardest working members of the team, and although he scored very few goals, he played intelligently, maintaining his position, and setting up plays. He was particularly valuable in fore-checking, and back-checking. Colours. Thom ffiorwardl. Thom was somewhat erratic in his hockey, playing some games extremely well. When he wanted, he was extremely good at stickhandling, and had a very good shot which gave us quite a number of goals. Watchorn fForwardl. Watchorn was probably the most improved player during the course of the year. At the beginning of the season, he was used only as a spare, but by the end, he had made the team in his own right. He will be extremely useful next year. Wells fForwardl. Wells probably will make a better defenceman than a forward, but he played ably for the team this year. He was fearless, and particularly strong at checking other players. He will help greatly with next year s team. SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM ,li U Rear: R. Henwood, R. Smith, J. Nickson, D. Thom, Mr. Tees. Centre: P. Szhaal, J. Keuys, J. McGilIis, A. Miller, J. Stikeman, G. Peters, A. Zinmun. Front: L. Watchorn, M. Bastian, S. Wells. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 57-1958 53 Mon. Jan. 25 St. Georges Home Lost 3-1 Mon. Feb. 3 Sedbergh Home Lost 2-1 Sat. Feb. 8 Sedbergh Away Lost 5-3 Mon. Feb. 10 Ashbury Home Lost 6-3 Wed. Feb. 12 St. Georges Away Won 3-1 Sat. Feb. 22 Ashbury Away Won 2-1 Sat. Mar. 1 Stanstead Away Won 9-8 Wed Mar. 5 Stanstead Home Won 4-3 Our Under 13 hockey team was playing in a hard league this year, but despite this they tried very hard indeed, and played very good hockey. Six games were played, home and home series with Bishops, L.C.C. and Ashbury. L.C.C. again this year had a very strong team, and in our first game we played well against them, being beaten by a score of 4-2. ln our second game, though they played extremely well, we were decisively beaten. Against Bishops, we had two good games, but were again well beaten both times. Our best score was made on our visit to Ashbury, but we also managed to win when they visited us. The team consisted of the following boys: Bastian, Captain Watchorn, Dolman, Steven, Nixon, Ayre, McNeill Wells, Hamilton, Birks i, MacDougall, Ballantyne, Tennant, and Zinman. Wed. Jan. 15 L.C.C. Away Lost 4-2 Sat. Jan. 25 B.C.S. Away Lost 5-1 Mon. Jan. 27 L.C.C. Home Lost 6-1 Sat. Feb. 1 Ashbury Away Won 5-O Mon. Feb. 3 B.C.S. Home Lost 5-2 Mon. Feb. 10 Ashbury Home Won 3-2 JUNIOR SKIING This year, with the heavy snowfalls and cold weather, one of the most successlul Junior Ski Courses was completed. This year, as last, Peter Kirchgessner conducted the classes and, at the end of the skiing season, awards and diplomas were presented by Mr. Kirchgessner, Jamie Morgan, Philip Thom and .lohn MacPhail received cups for their outstanding achievement, and Terry Cooke, Brian Cusack, Bruce McMartin, Peter McLeod and Robert Smith were awarded diplomas. lt looks now, and in years to come, that there will be even keener competition in our Senior School House Meet. Good luck to all our junior skiers. HOUSE SKI-MEET A very successful meet was held this year at St. Sauveur and, with 40 inches of snow, a wonderful time was had by all. Under Mr. Iversen's supervision, as usual, and with help from Mr. Cleary and Mr. Rutley, an accident-free day was spent. The following are the house results:- 1st: Lucas House 2nd: Macaulay House 3rd: Wanstall House 4th: Speirs House There was very close competition this year in the senior section-in the top three, a difference of 2 points. The downhill run was won by David Thom, followed by Happy Baxter. The slalom was won by Tim Coristine, followed again by David Thom. The cross- country was won also by Tim Coristine, followed by Steve Paquet. ln the intermediate competition Philip Webster won the downhill and the slalom, and David Malone the cross-country, with Jonathan Birks gaining the highest aggregate points. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE SWIMMING MEET On April 2lst our annual Swimming Meet was held at the MAAA pool, under the guidance of Mr. Phillips, Mr. lversen and Mr. Cleary. Peter Schaal and McMartin fought it out for the combined results, but McMartin came out on top followed by Schaal and Ballantyne. The following are the results: lengths IopenI lengths II4 and overI lengths II3 yearsI lengths II2 yearsI length III yearsl length IIO and underI 2 2 2 2 2 SWIMMING . I Schaal ISIg I Schaal ISII I Fisher, G. ISII I Galt, I. IMI, I McMartin i IMI, I Gainsbury i IMIg length backstroke II3 and overI I length baclcstroke II2 and underI I Diving II3 and overI Diving II2 and underl Senior Relay Race Intermediate Relay Race Final house points: Work General Football Hockey Basketball Softball Cricket Individual Sports Stilceman i IMI, 2 2 Fisher, G. ISI Brock ISI Ayre Iwy Ballantyne ILI Maurice ILI Dench ILI Schaal ISI Final positions Imaximum I,000I:- McMartin i IMIQ 2 Ballantyne ILI I Baxter IWI, 2 Wells IWI I McMartin i IMI5 2 Ballantyne ILI I Macaulayg 2 Wanstall I Macaulayg 2 Wanstall Actual Max. 40 I. Macaulay 26 40.00 2. Speirs I2 I8.46 3. Wanstall 9 I3.85 4. Lucas 5 7.69 HOUSE COMPETITION, I956-57 Lucas Macaulay Wanstall Speirs 283.13 300.00 ISI .62 20I .36 I 56.5I I 78.53 I 76.52 I 45.73 74.34 82.05 I 00.00 82.05 25.56 72.22 I 00.00 42.22 50.00 38.89 27.78 I4.82 4I .84 4I .84 50.00 I6.67 25.00 l2.50 0.00 50.00 I07.30 I25.I3 I33.85 56.II 763.68 851.16 739.87 608.96 I. Macaulay 85I.I6 2. Lucas 763.68 3. Wanstall 739.87 4. Speirs 603.96 wb CT' GYM TEAM -s....f 'wg' ffff x p V , X 1 E.: QQ? Rear: M, Bcslian, H. Baxler, J. Sfikeman, A. Miller, W. Ballcnlyne. Cenlre: G. Tennant, R. Henwood, Mr. Cleary, S. Wells, G. H6bert. Front: M. Tyrer, P, Doheny, J. Esclaile, G. Maxwell. FORMS C AND D .nf-,fly-we afksni 56 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP, 1957-58 At the end of the Easter term, the positions were:- Lucas Macaulay Wanstall Speirs Work 198.19 300.00 231.92 272.88 General 131.75 158.50 141.60 164.62 Junior 46.21 43.18 46.21 50.00 Football 44.12 73.53 100.00 64.71 Hockey 35.16 65.93 100.00 36,26 Skiing 32.64 32.16 31.43 24.02 Total lmaximum 790I 488.07 673.30 651.16 612.49 1. Macaulay 85.221 2. Wanstall 82.42 3. Speirs 77.53 4. Lucas 61.78 GYMNASTIC DISPLAY The two performances of the annual gymnastic display were held on Tuesday, April 1st., 1958. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Harold Martin, one of the School's Gov- ernors, Mrs. Speirs acted in her stead in presenting Junior School Gym Crests to the follow- ing boys:-Freddie Southam lForm DI, Clive Munro lForm CIII, Robin Davies and Robert Graham lForm CII, Peter Molson lForm BII, Mark Molson lForm BIII, James Coristine and Pembroke MacDermot ll-orm AI. At the evening performance our Guest of Honour was Mr. W. John C. Stikeman, an Old Boy of the school, who congratulated the boys on their performance and their instructor on his careful training and skill. Mr. Stikeman presented crests to the following Senior School Winnersz- Patrick Doheny and John Esdaile lForm II, Georges Hebert lForm 2AI, Graeme Tennant lForm 2BI, William Ballantyne and Miles Tyrer lForm IIII, Michael Bastian and Barrie Brock lForm IVI, and Hamilton Baxter lForm VI. The de Wolfe Mackay Shield for the outstanding athlete of the school year was presented to Hamilton Baxter. Mr. Phillips provided musical accompaniment on the piano, and Mr. Moodey was in charge of the excellent arrangements outside the gym. THE PROGRAMME WAS AS FOLLOWS: Minor Gymnastics Skill Relays Bench and Mat Work Steeplechase Basketball Drills High Box Horse and Tumbling Combat Groups iDuck for the Oyster' Pattern Marching Calisthenics lin the afternoon onIyI lin the afternoon Onlyl Grand March and Presentation of Crests Form D Forms Bl 8- Bll Form A Forms CI 8- CII Forms IIA 8. IIB The Gym. Team Form Ill Form I Form IV Form V FOR THE sci-IOOL YEAR 1957-1958 57 Boxing Competition Lightweight Webster ISI I Cobbett IMI Iwebstel 'Sl D h M enc Dench Il.I Tennant IWI Dench lu Birks i ILI . . Maxwell IMI fB kS ' lu Sedgewick IWI sed ewack IWI' Sedgwick lwl Tcyfor tsl tsedgewack IWI . iSedgewick IWI BIJSNGF lMl 'Bastian IMI Birks II ILI I Welterweight Ballantyne ILI I Stewart, T' IMH Ballantyne ILI Dolmfm IMI MacDou all IWI Dolman IMI 9 Watchorn IWI II W MacDougoII IWI MOCDOUQO l l Middleweight P L Aayfgegvw I Poquef ILI sfakemcm I IMII S ,k , Poque' lu McGilIis IWI I emon ' IMI Heavyweight Miller IMI I , Benin IMI I Mme' IMI S h I IS, C CIC School ISI I I Hesler ILI Schoc lsl House points:- Actual Max. 10 l. Wanstall , 15 10.00 2. Lucas 14 9-33 3. Macaulay 12 8.00 4. Speirs 8 5.33 58 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Dramatics Despite the incidence of grippe and colds, which led to the cancellation of an interlude by Ralph and David Walker, we were fortunate in being able to present three Dramatic Sketches for the Christmas Entertainment, The first was a selection from Marcel Pagnol's Topaze, produced by Madame Salathe and acted by boys from Form lll. The title role was in the capable hands of Geoffrey Fisher, who acted the schoolmaster's part with dignified aplomb, His skittish and restive students provided a happy mixture of schoolboy humour and misbehaviour-consisting of Aleco Kairis, Billy Ballantyne, David McNeill, Stephen Wells, Charles Wakefield, Miles Tyrer, Eric Rousseau and Robert Stikeman. The second play was an original sketch, written and produced by Mr. Moodey, and entitled The Masterpiece . The scene was laid in an art dealers show-room, with brilliant examples of modern art becomingly and prominently displayed. The cast was aptly chosen and carefully trained-Michael Gwinnell as the high falutin' art dealer providing a fine contrast to Harry Bloomfield as the down to earth business manager, and the various patrons of the arts, Vincent Prager, Timothy Stewart, Donald Steven and Roger Thomas all excelling as redoubtable female supporters of the modern extremes, ably abetted by the budding artist, Michael Guite, but sadly debunked by the earthy but practical Robert Bruce. Michael Bastian filled the role of the artists son and Barry Brock that of a prospective customer. This bright and sparkling satire was warmly appreciated by a responsive audience. The senior offering was Clemence Dane's Shivering Shocks. Alex Miller acted the part of the crippled veteran with sympathetic feeling, Michael Berrill proved most realistic as the inventive genius-iittery but determined in the face of danger. Nicolas Kairis played his hypocritical role with capable smoothness and ruthlessness, supported ably by Wilfried Boehler, his fellow-crook. Gordon Peters, in his dual capacity of taxi-driver and detective, proved a most effective and versatile actor, while Bill Hesler turned in a fine performance as the cockney manservant, and Rodney Smith provided the strong arm of the law as policeman at the end. Jimmie Aikman acted as stage manager. As usual, Mrs. Howis and Mrs. Tester were responsible for the excellent make-up, and Mr. Moodey was in charge of all back-stage arrangements. Debating The Nu club ot the Selwyn Oratorical Society this year had T7 members. The executive committee was elected by the members at the first meeting of the season, Gordon Peters elected as President, Alec Miller as Vice-President, and Michael Berrill as Secretary- Treasurer. Meetings were held every two weeks, usually on Thursdays or Fridays, and of these meetings several were held at the homes of some of the members, the other meetings being held in Mr. Speirs' Study. Formal debates and speeches of various lengths highlighted the meetings of the season. We are very grateful and indebted to Mr. Speirs for his help and supervision to make this season very successful. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST Each year, near the end of the Easter Term, the Public Speaking Contest takes place, with its preliminaries and finals. Mr. Speirs acted as iudge at the preliminaries, and at the finals, which were held at the school assembly, Mr. Thomas Glover, of Lower Canada College, kindly consented to be iudge, John Stikeman acting as chairman. 'fr AA- W-4 P I w Y i S 3 C4 C3 CQ C, C. C, C, o C I L. C j at C C C Q 5 c l F1 H 1 60 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The finalists and their subjects were: Michael Berrill: Capital Punishment. Epaminondas Embiricos: Will Democracy be Perfected? Bill Hesler: Crash Programmes and their Modern Necessities. Nicolas Kairisz The Dent in the Iron Curtain. Alec Miller: Rumours. Gordon Peters: Professional Sports Today are Unsportsmanlike. Nicolas Kairis was adjudged the winner, with Gordon Peters and Michael Berrill runners-up. HOUSE DEBATING This year, as usual, the competition has been very keen in the House Debates. At the preliminaries Speirs House defeated Macaulay House, upholding the affirmative on the subject Boarding School is better than day school , while Wanstall House emerged victorious with the negative side against Lucas House on The pen is mightier than the sword . ln the second round of debates, Speirs House defeated Wanstall House, upholding the affirmative on Machines are more a curse than a blessing , Macaulay House defeating Lucas House on Summer sports are better than winter sports , Macaulay House upholding the affirmative. In the third and final round, Speirs House defeated Lucas House with the affirmative on the subject i'Atomic tests should be suspended , while Wanstall House defeated Macau- lay House upholding the affirmative on American education has too many frills. As a result, Speirs House came in first place with three wins, followed by Wanstall House, Macaulay House and Lucas House respectively. We would like to thank Mr, Moodey for kindly acting as judge at these debates. THE CHOIR We are very grateful to Mr. C. V. Frayn, Organist and Choirmaster of Trinity Memorial Church, who last June came to the school and judged the contestants for the Singing Prizes. The winner in the Senior Choir was Michael Gwinnell, who sang Where'er you walk by Handel. Eric Garland was placed first in the Intermediate Choir, with a solo to the tune of the Londonderry Air. Congratulations to both these boys, and to the other finalists who provided them with stiff competition. Three choirs as usual sang groups of carols at the Christmas Entertainment. Some new carols from different countries were learnt, and the singing reached a high standard, with that of the Senior Choir being particularly outstanding. The soloists were as follows:- Senior Choir: Ralph Walker, Timothy Gilbert, Michael Gwinnell, Timothy Coristine, Harry Bloomfield, Robert Dolman, Billy Ballantyne, Eric Roulson and Gordon Peters. Intermediate Choir: John Wright, David Malone, Graeme Tennant, Peter Martin and Jimmy Sedgewick. Competition for the Singing Prizes will again be very keen this year, and a very interesting group of songs is now being prepared for presentation at the School Prizegiving in June. An Appreciation We would like to offer our thanks to Mrs. Jean Bower, who helped out in the School Office during Miss Gault's absence in hospital, and to Mr. James Lotz, of the McGill Graduate School of Geography, who substituted for Mr. Davies for some time after his operation in February. We hope they enjoyed their stay at Selwyn House. E C. C Q D U Q 4 z 4 C :a 0 u Q I 4 C 1? - , 62 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Scouts and Senior Cubs The school troop met regularly every Tuesday while the senior cubs presented them- selves, when not in detention, on Thursdays. Lack of time has made it very difficult to accomplish many of the things that we had hoped to do. The scouts have done well in the annual tournament so tar, but, unfortunately one ol the meetings was held while the school was on holiday. This makes it very difficult, in tact almost impossible, for us to win the series. Mike Berrill is to be commended on his Queens Scout award and the troop offers its heartiest congratulations. A combined scout and cub party was held iust before Christmas. lt was a most enioyable evening, dampened literally but not metaphorically, when the bottom of a tubful of water succumbed to the enthusiasm of competitors in an apple-stabbing com- petition. The consequent deluge seemed to add greatly to the merriment-it was un- fortunate that the Head should choose this moment to visit us! PATROLS Cgugqr Eagle Beaver Embiricos PIL Schaal PIL Berrill PIL McDougall 2nd Walker i 2nd Bruce 2nd LeMoine Zinman Caird i Maxwell Malone Bassadone Hibbert Webster Nixon Galt Red Six Gold Six Brown Six Ralston, lSixerl Hebert, ISixerl Caird ii ISixerl Esdaile i Leiter Scott Diez Peper i Laing Shemilt Grosvenor i Sanford JUNIORS CUBS The iunior cubs have had a good year this year. Thirty six boys have been active in the pack, and these have been divided into six sixes. As over halt at the pack was new at the beginning ol the year, a considerable period of time was spent in passing the new cubs in their tendertoot, and investing them into the Pack. From the start, the pack has been learning to signal in the Semaphore code, and many have made considerable progress. Seven boys from the Junior Pack attended the sixer's rally held in Provincial Head- quarters iust before Christmas. These boys had a thoroughly good time, and closed the meeting by consuming a tremendous quantity of food. The competition in the race for the champion Six has up to the time of printing been led quite handsomely by the white six, but there is tremendous competition for second place, tour of the sixes being within ten points of each other out of a maximum of over 200 points. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR i957-i958 The following boys have been in the Pack: White Six Barry Birks, Sixer John McPhail Mark Molson James Johnston Peter Grosvenor Duncan Vickers. Green Six Allan Case, Sixer lan Robson Philippe Feifer Erfc Dickman David Chenoweth Robert Ostiguy Nicholas Rankin Gold Six Richard Dobell, Sixer Peter Porteous Bruce McMartin Peter Molson Robert Monteith Peter McLeod Red Six Peter McConnell, Sixer Victor Vickers Philip Thom Alain Stewart Christopher Harwood John Moseley Brown Six Tommy Bourne, Sixer Richard Peper Edward Connolly David Esdaile Terry Cooke Colin Hailstone Jacques LeNormand Blue Six Jamie Morgan, Sixer Ernest Pitt Gregor Weil Peter Maase Michael Selye Drew Colby SENIOR FORM VISITS OTTAWA On Tuesday, May 27th, the boys of Form V laid aside their text-books and boarded the early train for the nations capital, in company with Mr. Speirs and Mr. Davies. At Union Station, Ottawa, the party was met by Mr. Egan Chambers, Old Boy of Selwyn House, and Member of Parliament for the riding of St, Lawrence and St. George, in which the school is located. After seeing the Speakers Parade and listening to the question period in the House of Commons, we viewed the city from the top of the Peace Tower before proceeding to lunch in a room adjoining the Parliamentary Restaurant. After lunch we were privileged to meet Right Hon. John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, who addressed the group and reminisced over his boyhood meeting with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the Hon. Paul Martin, who spoke to us on the symbolism of Parliament. Mr. Chambers gave an account of parliamentary procedure to round off a wonderful hour, and Head-prefect John Stikeman expressed the thanks of the School party. After a tour of the Parliament Buildings we next visited the Mint and were duly impressed by all the processes undergone by silver and copper before the finished article was ready for circulation. Final item on our itfnerary was an exciting visit to Government House, where under direction of Aide-de-camp Lieutenant Henley we were shown round the spacious halls of the interior and the lovely grounds, ablaze with the glorious display of tulips. His Excel- lency, Mr. Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada, accompanied by his daughter- in-law, Mrs. Lionel Massey, met our party in the gardens, and His Excellency addressed the school group briefly, expressing the hope that he would be able to visit Selwyn House at an early date. After supper in Ottawa we boarded the Canadian , and many of the party admired the view from the scenic clome-car on our return trip to Montreal after a very pleasant holiday in the capital. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE 3 . 1 . Q It Q is .AlI'll, I H ll'llll. A Old Boys' Association OFFICERS Honorary President Hon. Justice G. M. Hyde Honorary Vlce'President Mr. Robert A. Speirs President Brian Morlclond Vice-President P. T. Molson Treasurer Beou Quinlan Secretary Conrod Porteous Post'Presideni Ross T. Clarkson MEMBERS OF THE BOARD A. K. S. Lomplough Roy Bond Derek Hanson E. Usher-Jones Representative of the Schools Board of Governors H. Stirling Moxwell Old Boys' Stat? Representative Fred A. Tees FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR T957-T958 65 ASHBURY NOTES John Chamard-Woolcombe House, lst Football, lst Hockey, lst Cricket, Debating. Robin Gilbert-Woolcombe House, Soccer Team, 2nd Hockey, 2nd Cricket, Debating society. Rodney Moore-Alexander House, Soccer, Skiing, Extra Curricular Greek. Chris Coristine-Alexander House, 2nd Coccer, 2nd Skiing, Colours. B.C.S. NOTES FORM VII Fraser Baillie-Chapman House, Headboy, lst Football Team, Bison Hockey Team, Tennis, Debating Society, Players Club, Cadet Staff Sergeant, Sports Editor ot B.C.S. magazine. Michael Byers-Williams House, Head Prefect, Captain ot lst Football Team, lst Hockey Team, Wiggett Trophy, lMost valuable player on the Hockey Teaml lst Cricket Team, Debating, Players Club, Cadet Maior, Choir. Duncan McNeill-Williams House, Headboy, lst Football Team, lst Hockey Team, lst Cricket Team, Players Club, Cadet Lance Corporal. Colin Moseley-Williams House, Headboy, lst Football Team, lst Hockey Team, Cadet Band Sergeant, Debating Society Treasurer, School representative in Rotary Club Public Speaking, Players Club. Deane Nesbitt-Williams House, 2nd Team Football manager, 2nd Crease Skiing, Tennis, Players Club, Camera Club, French Club, Librarian, Cadet Corporal. Robin Pitcher-Chapman House, Head Boy, Soccer Crease, 2nd Crease Skiing, Tennis, Players Club, French Club, President of Camera Club, Photography Editor of B.C.S. magazine, Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant. Brian Vincent- Smith House, Head Boy, Soccer Team, 2nd Crease Skiing, Tennis, Debating, Players Club, Choir, Cadet Range Sergeant, French Club, B.C.S. Magazine Editor in Chief. FORM VI Michael Alexander-Smith House, Head Boy, lst Football Team, Captain of Bisons Hockey Team, Captain of Track Team, Choir, Librarian, Players Club, Cadet Sergeant, Senior Cross Country Winner. Teddy Coumantaros-Chapman House, Manager of 2nd Football Team, Second Crease Skiing, Tennis, Players' Club. Peter Cumyn - Chapman House Soccer Team, Bisons Hockey Team, Choir, Debating, Cadet Lance Corporal. Peter Gillespie-Chapman House, Soccer Team, Bisons Hockey Team, Tennis, Cadet Corporal. Charles Hart-Williams House, 2nd Football Team, Bisons Hockey Team, Tennis. Alex Kyrtsis--Williams House, Soccer Team, lst Ski Crease, Tennis, Cadet Staff Sergeant. John McLernan -Williams House, Pretect, Ass't Captain of lst Football Team, Ass't Captain of lst Hockey Team, lst Cricket Team, Players Club, Debating Society, School Magazine, Cadet Band Leader. Joe Meakins-Williams House, 2nd Football Team, lst Hockey Team, Tennis, Cadet Band, Lance Corporal. Carlos Meiia-Williams House, 2nd Football Team, Bisons Hockey Team, Track Team, Cadet Lance Corporal, Librarian. Peter Vodstrcil-Srnith House, 2nd Football Crease, lst Ski Crease, Track Crease, French Club, Librarian, Cadet Lance Corporal. 66 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM V Daniel Javitch-School House, Soccer Team, 2nd Crease Skiing, lst Cricket Crease, Debating, French Club, B.C.S. Magazine Stott. Wakeham Pilot-Smith House, Soccer Crease, Mohawk Hockey Team, Manager of lst Cricket Team. FORM IV Archie Baillie-School House, 2nd Football Crease, Mohawk Hockey Team, Under 'l6 Cricket Team. Allan Christensen - School House, 3rd Crease Football, 3rd Crease Skiing, Tennis, Debating. Brian Gillespie-School House, 3rd Crease Football, Bantam Hockey Team, Under 16 Cricket, Debating, Cadet Lance Corporal. Crozier Lucas-HSchool House, 3rd Crease Football, Bantam Hockey Team, Under 'lo Cricket Team, Debating Society. David McLernon-School House, 2nd Football Team, Ass't Captain ot Bantam Hockey Team, Track Crease, French Club, Debating Club. Victor Mills-School House, 3rd Crease Football, Bantam Hockey Team, Track Crease, Choir. John Newman-School House, 2nd Crease Football, Captain of Bantam Hockey Team, Under T6 Cricket. FORM III Robert Fowler-School House, 3rd Football Crease, 3rd Ski Crease, New Boy Cricket, Choir. Gerald Ross-School House, 3rd Crease Football, 3rd Ski Crease, New Boy Cricket, Choir. Patrick Shaughnessy-School House, 3rd Crease Football, Bantam Hockey Team, New Boy Cricket. LOWER CANADA COLLEGE GRADE TWELVE: John Hutcheson--C.Q.M.S., Pretect, Magazine Committee, French House. Tony Maxwell -Senior Football lV.-Capt.l, All-Star Football, Senior Ski Team lCapt.l, Pretect, Students Council, Sports Committee, Platoon Lieutenant, Russel House lCapt.l. Tim Peters-Senior Football, Senior Hockey lCapt.l, Swimming Team, Band Lieutenant, Students Council, Head Pretect, Magazine Committee, Russel lCapt.l. John Quinlan-Senior Football, Quintillian Club, Platoon Sergeant, Drummond House. John Savage- Swimming Team, Sergeant-Major, Hockey Team lMngr.l, Woods House. GRADE ELEVEN lArtsl: Hugh Matson - Eaton's Junior Executive, Dance Committee Chairman, Students Council, Senior Football, Senior Basketball, Bugle Sergeant, Woods House. David Phillips-Quintillian Club, Drummond House. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958 67 GRADE ELEVEN lSciencel: Jim Evans-Senior Football, Senior Curling, Platoon Lieutenant, French House. Robert Hallett-Quintillian Club, French House. Ditlef Knudsen: Camera Club, Science Club, Senior Basketball, Woods House. Michael McConnell-Science Club, Camera Club, Russel House. Wilson McLean - Senior Hockey, Bugle Sergeant, Science Club, Drummond House. GRADE TEN: David Hutcheson-Junior Football, French House. Fred McRobie-Junior Football, Junior Hockey, Swimming Team, French House. David Murfin-Science Club, Balsa Busters, Woods House. Peter Terroux-Junior Football lMngr.l, Junior and Senior Ski Teams lMngr.l, School Play, Quintillian Club, Science Club, Woods House. John Louson-Senior Curling, Band, Russel House. GRADE NINE: John Fieldhouse-Junior Football, School Play, French House. Peter Jackson - Drummond House. Bob Zeller-Junior Football, Junior Red Cross Representative, Balsa Busters, French House. GRADE EIGHT: Vytis Kaestli - Woods House. NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE Hugh McLennan, who graduated in i942 is now an assistant professor of Physiology at Dalhousie University, Halifax. Donald D. Patterson, is also in the University world, being an assistant professor of Chemistry at University of Montreal. Peter Dobell, after spending a successful time as a diplomat behind the iron curtain is now at Ottawa, being an Expert on Eastern European at7tairs. Charles Taylor has won a fellowship at All Soul's College, Oxford. Edgar Bronfman is now the Treasurer of Distillers Corporation, Seagrams Limited. C. M. Seymour is a Lieutenant in the R.C.N., and is attached to H.M.C.S. St. Laurent, based in Halifax. David Seymour is doing geological explorations for Williamson Diamonds, Limited, in Tanganyika. Egan Chambers has at last done it by being elected to Parliament for St. Lawrence-St. George. Bob Aikman is now in his final year at Phillips Exeter Academy, taking a very active part in the school life. V '-LA lyln' 5 I I N . L' I 1 in Q '... J r gb., , . ay, .. ln S IA' If I' swf' Pr 0 1.1 4 ' 1 -rg... I N .' , ...1 '-5' , .H v . dv. ' , .5 A - ,f 4 ,-'.'Ln,',' X. -K N, ,, - , .-. 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