Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1960 volume:

W SELWYN HOUSE X sc:-looL MAGAZINE I. 32 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-60 YXUUS5 5 SQ ,jf o U' 'Q mm W F 53 1959 1960 Academic Prize-giving Guest of Honour HIS EXCELLENCE' SFR SAVILLE GARNER KCMG FOREWORD It is very pleasant, in the midst of snowstorm and blizzard, to pick up again the threads of my attendance at the Prize-giving at Selwyn House in the flaming days of last June. On that occasion I mentioned how much more life could mean if one had a sense of adventure and if young people seized with open hands the opportunities facing them today. Since that time my son has arrived from England in a freighter, sailing through the Hudson Strait and landing in Churchill, he is now working in a lumber mill on the West Coast and before returning home has ambitions of exploring Canada's far North. This has all been a thrilling experience for him and has brought home vividly to me the exciting prospects in this vast and so richly endowed land of Canada. Great opportunities lie ahead for the young generation and from what I saw I know that Selwyn House School is equip- ping its boys to play their part manfully-by encouraging initiative and self-reliance and developing a strong sense of what is right. Floreat Selwyn - and good luck to all of you. Earnscliffe, SAVILLE GARNER Ottawa. 26th February, I96O CONTENTS page Editorial Sports Prizegiving, 1959 10 Academic Prizegiving, 1959 12 Visitors 16 The Library 20 Dramatics 22 Debating 25 Literaria 26 Form Notes 33 Soccer 49 Hockey 51 House Championship 55 Scouts and Cubs 58 Gymnastic Display 59 Old Boys' Section 62 R THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 Board of Governors Chairman H. Stirling Maxwell, Esq. Vice-chairman J. Bartlett Morgan, Esq. Honorary Secretary A. V. Lennox Mills, Esq. Honorary Treasurer Robert W. Wakefield, Esq. Mrs. Robert W. Coristine Daniel Doheny, Mrs. W. J. C. Stikeman Peter M. Laing, G. Drummond Birks, Esq. Percival T. Molson, John B, Bourne, Esq. Hugh H. Norsworthy, Staff HEADMASTER Robert A. Speirs, M.A. lEdinburgh and Columbia Universitiesl SENIOR MASTER F. Gordon Phillips, M.A. lOxford Universityl SENIOR MISTRESS OF JUNIOR SCHOOL lMrs.l Christian l. Markland lLiverpool Universityl Esq Esq Esq Esq Brian Cleary, Dip.Ph.Ed. Edgar C. Moodey lNottingham Universityl lLondon Universityl E. Geoffrey Davies, B.A. Rowland Philipp, B,A lManchester Universityl lMcGill Universityl lMme.l Janine Dorland, B.A. Brian Rothwell, B.Sc lUniversity of Parisl lQueen's University, Beltastl lMrs.l Etanda Farquhar, Frederick A. Tees, B. Com lBritish Columbia Teaching lMcGill Universityl DlPl0m0l lMrs.l Dorothy M. Tester James E. lversen, M.A. lMcGill Universityl lMissl Ethel L. Pick lLibrarianl OFFICE STAFF lMrs.l Constance E. Howis lMissl Frances H. Gault lMrs.l Ella Smart A. Kair s Tyrer, anlhorp, C. Roulson, M. ,T.M S Ik J I, Rear: G.Maxwel Hamilton. akefield, D. Walker, B. Rawlings, S. Ayre, C. W sher-Jones, M. Cenlre: B. U Ma:DougaII sler, Mr. Moodey, S. Wells, G. G eadm H Phillips, the I'. hipps, W. Ballnnfyne, M nl: M. W F10 R THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 7 Student OH'icers PREFECTS William Ballantyne lHead Prefectl Steven Ayre Gordon MacDougall Jonathan Birks Stephen Wells Charles Wakefield Murray Whipps SUB-PREFECTS Robert Dodds Michael Rawlings Bruce Hamilton Christopher Roulson Alexander Kairis Miles Tyrer Edward Manthorp Brian Usher-Jones Gregor Maxwell David Walker DEBATING SOCIETY lOl William Ballantyne SOCCER lI959l 8- HOCKEY lI96Ol Steven Ayre HOUSE OFFICERS Lucas House Wanstall House William Ballantyne Steven Ayre Jonathan Birks Gordon MacDougall Macaulay House Speirs House Gregor Maxwell Bruce Hamilton Tony Stikeman Gordon McNeil SCOUTS Panther Patrol Antelope Patrol John Galt Philip Webster Magazine Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David Walker LITERARY EDITORS Steven Ayre Gordon MacDougall PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS Miles Tyrer Brian Usher-Jones SPORTS EDITORS Charles Wakefield Alexander Kairis ART EDITOR Michael Rawlings CLASS EDITORS Robert Dodds Philip Webster James Brunton fditovi l aim C .E L fi iN , lx. ff A f Jr , fifff -'-, ,f lla I' ll ' Q' . . ' If I l J lf 63 M..-. This year l96O is the first year ot a new decade-a decade ot expansion tor Selwyn House School. Many are the signs of increasing growth and pressure upon our numbers. Form D, the lowest class of the school, is now tully booked for the next three years. However, thanks to the skill of the Stott, the school runs as smoothly as ever and is likely to go on doing so, in spite ot problems of numbers. On behalf ot the graduating class ot l960 l should like to extend our thanks to all who have cared for us so ettectively as we have come through the wide seas and troubled oceans ot early schoolboy-hood, not minimising the importance ot the wondertul contribution ot the Junior School teachers as well as that ol the masters ot the Senior School, who have drilled us so well in more recent years. Finally, we should like to express the hope that those boys entering school in the l96O's may enioy school lite in all its varied phases of work and play as much as the present top form has done, and may in their turn leave Selwyn House with as many happy memories. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 Bassadone, Michael Bastian, Michael Bloomfield, Harry Brizon, Arnaud Brizon, Olivier Brock, Barrie Bruce Robert Caird George Caird, James Caird John Cameron, James Capper, Christopher Cooke, Terence Coristine, Timothy Dolman, Robert Fisher, Geoffrey Gilbert, Timothy Grosvenor, Stephen Guite, Michael Gwinnell, Michael Herzer, Richard Aboud, Douglas Ayre, Brandon Bentley, John Besso, John Boggs, William Boswell, Gerald Carlton, Kenneth Chenoweth, Brian Clarke, Grier Cryer, Neil Culver, Andrew Demers, Derek Despic, John Devitt, Rodney Dickmcln, Clifford Fitzpatrick, Sean Forbes, Rory Goodtellow, Michael Graham, Barry Grosvenor, Philip Gurd, Preston Holland, Jan Kent, Toby Kent, Richard Laxton, Christopher VALETE - 1959 Johnston, Robert Laing, David Martin, Peter Morgan, James Murfin, Keith McConnell, Peter McMaster, David Macnaughton, Aylesworth Nixon, Peter Porteous, Peter Prager, Vincent Riddoch, lan Riley, Simon Russell, Rupert Saint-Pierre, Paul Selye, Jean Steven, Donald Stewart, Timothy Thomas, Roger Walker, Ralph Watchorn, Lee SALVETE - 'I959-60 Lester, Nigel Maase, John MacDougall, John MacDougall, Robert Marler, David McCallum, David McKenzie, Brian McLernon, Robert Molson, William Morton, Peter Oliver, Robert Purvis, Michael Rider, Peter Roberts, Hugh Ronalds, Jay Scrivener, Peter Sewell, Robert Steiner, Jelifrey Tennant, Robert Thorn, Melvin Tyler, Mason Victor, Alan Viger, Pierre Willis, Terence Wyllie, Jan Sports Prize-giving, May, 1959 The annual field day and sports prize-giving of the school was held in the Westmount Athletic Grounds on Wednesday, May 20th with a large number ot interested friends and parents present. As usual, the various events were run oft with great ex- pedition. We were happy to have as Guest ot Honour an Old Boy and former Governor of the School, Mr. William C. J. Meredith, MA., QC., Dean ot the Faculty of Law at McGill University, who briefly addressed the gathering and kindly presented the following awards: FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 11 1. 75 yards I9 yearsl D. Galt 2nd J. Moseley 2. 75 yards I8 yeorsl B. Wilson 2nd D. Sanford 3. 75 years I7 yearsl ,. .. T. Oliver 2nd S. Hurum 4. 75 yards 16 yearsl .,.., D. McDougall 2nd D. Stewart 5. 100 yards Q10 yearsl .,,,, A. Case 2nd P. Porteous 6. 100 yards l11 yearsl .,,,, T, Hutchinson 2nd O. Brizan 7. 100 yards l12 yearsl .. C. Slroryna 2nd D. McMartin 8. 100 yards ll3 yearsl ,.... W. Ballantyne 2nd A. Zinman 9. 100 yards lapenl .,,.,, .,.,.., L . Watchorn 2nd R. Thomas 10. Broad Jump lunder 131 ......,, C. Skoryna 2nd S. Price 11. Broad Jump lopenl . ..,.,.,,. B. Brock 2nd L. Watchorn 12. High Jump lunder 131 ,..,. G. Hebert 2nd P. Nixon 13. High Jump lopenl .. .. .. .,.,.,.., L. Watchorn 2nd C. Wakefield 14. Relay Racesz- Intermediate B, Macaulay House, Intermediate A, Speirs House, Junior B, Lucas House, Junior A, Lucas House, Senior B, Wanstall House, Senior A, Speirs House. 15. 200 yards Iopenl .........,...............,.......,..... ........... R . Thomas 2nd L, Watcharn 16. 440 yards lopenl ,.... L. Watchorn 2nd R. Thomas 17. Sack Race Uuniorl .. . I. Dobell 2nd G. Buchanan 18. Sack Race lSeniorl ......,... .. M, Bastian 2nd M Shcughnessy 19. Sisters' Race l100 yards handicapl J. Morton 20. Brothers' Race .,,...... 21. Father, Mother and San Race .... 22. Scouting Awards:- J. MacDougall The Dench Family Mackenzie Cup-Panther Patrol lRobert Dolman, PIL, John Galt, Philip Webster, Ivan Ralston, James Caird, John LeMoinel. Best Senior Cub Six- Red lAllan Case, David Chenoweth, Terry Cooke, Michael Dorland, Robert Diezl. Winner of Jock Barclay Memorial Trophy - Allan Case. Best Junior Cub Six-Green Uames Johnston, Duncan Vickers, Per Amundsen, lan Dobell, Brian Magee 23. Swimming Awards:-1st B. Brock, 2nd D. McMartin and J. Galt. John Kent, Jody Allisonl. 24. Boxing Competition:-Lightweight, S. Price, Bantamweight, M. Shaughnessy, Welterweight, T. Gilberr, Heavyweight, S. Ayre. 25. Skiing Awards:-lntermediate Cross Country, J. Galt, Intermediate Slalom, E. Pitt, Intermediate Downhill E. Pittg Senior Cross-Country, T. Coristine, Senior Slalom, G. Maxwell, Senior Downhill, G. Maxwell 26. Junior Sportsman's Cup lCassils Memorial Cupl - Christopher Skoryna. 27. The Sportsman's Cup lMcMaster Memorial Cupl - Lee Watchorn. 28. Victor Ludorum .. .. ....... .................,,..,. .......... , . . . . . .,.. ..... . . Lee 'Natchorn 29. Soccer lThe Gillespie Cupl ...... ....., W anstall House 30. Hockey l1'he Creighton Cupl ....... .........,.....,.,.... .....,.. . . ...... ...,. L ucas House 31. House Competition in Individual Sports lThe Pitcher Cupl .. .. ,... .. Lucas House I2 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Academic Prize-giving, June, 1959 Sir Saville Garner, K.C.M.G., was Guest of Honour at the Academic Prize- giving Exercises, held in the Moyse Hall ot McGill University, on Tuesday, June 9th, When you are young, you must make the most ot your opportunities, he counselled. You must aim high and seek a variety ot experiences. All your years can be your best years, and you can sow the seeds tor this when you are in school. You get out ot lite according to the measure you put in, concluded the United Kingdom High Commissioner. H. Stirling Maxwell, Chairman ot the Board of Governors, presided over the ceremony, which included also a report by the headmaster and songs by the choir under the direction of Mr. Phillips. Diplomas were awarded for the tirst time to the graduating class. The following is a list of awards presented:- Prize List Form D lst E. lversen 2nd C. Atack Form C lst P. Hadekel 2nd J. Aimers Form Bl lst J. Carsley 2nd M. Hoffmann Form B2 lst J. Kent 2nd B. Magee Form Al lst J. Allison 2nd H. Joseph Form A2 lst M. Molson 2nd J. Oliver Form lA lst S. Cryer 2nd G. Norsworthy Form lB lst M. Dorland 2nd J. Smele Form ll lst D. Laing 2nd J. Brunton Form Ill lst P. Valois 2nd R. Douse Form IV lst D. Walker 2nd W. Ballantyne Form V lst R. Walker 2nd L. Watchorn Special Prizes Distinction in Senior French R. Walker Distinction in Junior School French lpresented by Mrs. G. Miller Hydel J. Allison Distinction in Senior Mathematics Distinction in Third Form Mathematics lpresented by Colin Moseleyl lpresented by Mrs. G. R. H. Simsl L. Watchorn M. Gwinnell P. Valois Distinction in Literature Distinction in Fourth Form Latin R. Walker D. Walker Distinction in History Distinction in Fourth Form Science R. Walker lpresented by Dr. and Mrs H Baxterl Public Speaking Prize lpresented by Hon. Mr. Justice G. R. Walker R. Johnston M. Hydel Prize tor General Excellence lpresented by Mr. T. P Molsonl M. Gwinnell FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 Distinction in Creative Writing lpresented by Mr. 8. Mrs. C. F. Carsleyl V. Prager Distinction in Choir Ipresented by Mrs. Anson McKiml R. Walker R. Dobell Dramatics Prizes lpresented by Mr. 8. Mrs. H. S. Bogertl V. Prager T. Manthorp G. Fisher The Selwyn House Chronicle Cup G. McNeil Magazine Contest Awards Essay Poetry Short Story T. Stewart D. Walker R. Walker Prizes for Order lDonated by Montreal City 8. District Savings Bankl lst T. Stewart 2nd D. Steven Graduation Diplomas Michael Bastian Timothy Gilbert lan Riddoch Harry Bloomfield Michael Guite Donald Steven Barrie Brock Michael Gwinnell Timothy Stewart Robert Bruce Richard Herzer Roger Thomas Timothy Coristine Keith Muffin Ralph Walker Robert Dolman Vincent Prager Lee Watchorn Head Prefect's Cup Ralph Walker House Captain's Cups Ralph Walker Michael Bastian lan Riddoch Lee Watchorn Medals for Outstanding Achievement in House Competition lpresented by Mr. 8g Mrs. G. N. Kairisl Senior School: Ralph Walker Junior School: Jody Allison The Nesbitt Cup ltor inter-house Competition in General Activitiesl Wanstall House The Anstey Cup llor inter-house Academic Competitionl Speirs House The LeMoine Trophy lfor inter-house Competition in Debatingl Wanstall House The Governor's Shield ltor over-all ascendancy in inter-house Competitionl Lucas House SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Thomas Chalmers Brainerd Memorial Award lpresented by Mr. Charles Lineaweaverl Harry Bloomfield The Lieutenant-Governors Silver Medal liar Academic Distinction in Senior Schooll Ralph Walker The Lieutenant-Governors Bronze Medal lfor Academic Distinction in Junior Schooll Jody Allison The Jeffrey Russel Prize lAwarded for all-round ability and presented by Mrs. H. Y. Russell Ralph Walker The Lucas Medal lAwarded to the most outstanding boy in the Senior Form ofthe School in work, games, leadership and character, on vote of his fellow-students and Staff of the Schooll Lee Watchorn Academic Successes Trinity College School: C. H. Brent Memorial Scholarship: Vincent Prager. C. L. Worrell Memorial Scholarship: Ralph Walker. T. C. S. Old Boys' Memorial Scholarship: Lee Watchorn. Scholarships to Ashbury College: Donald Steven, Timothy Coristine. C1iQQ?YJ -A.. at Remembrance Day Service. ood Left: Col. W. A. W ssembly. A Day . Andrew's St t QC Hai rl Ea Hon. and Berlis ntre: Dr. R. J Ce Tap Hockey Trophy after Fathers Match esents pr Maxwe Stirling Mr. Centre Bottom to the School. of Headmaster it nts portra SE . Eva Prager pre YS M Right I6 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Visitors As in previous years Selwyn House has been favoured by a number of distinguished visitors, who have addressed various functions of the school. Among those who have thus honoured us since our last magazine went to press have been the following: Sir Saville Garner, K.C.M.G., United Kingdom High Commissioner in Canada, Professor William C. J. Meredith, Q.C., Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University, and Robert W. Wakefield, Esq., who spoke at the Academic Prize-giving, the Sports Prize-giving, and the School Gymnastic Display respec- tively, Rt. Hon. the Earl Haig of Bemersyde, Scotland, who addressed a St. Andrew's Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, G.C.M.G., first Gover- nor General of Ghana, who spoke on his long career in the U.K. Colonial service, and Col. William A. Wood, former Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of the Black Watch lR.H.R.l of Canada, who was the speaker at the annual Remembrance Day Service, Chaplain of the Fleet Ernest G. B. Foote, D.D., R.C.N., Rev. G. B. Caird, D.D., retiring principal of the United Theological College of Montreal, Rev. Norman M. Slaughter, M.A., Erskine-American United Church, and Rev. Murray C. Magorf Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, who all addressed special assemblies, D. W. A, Moseley, Esq., of the Montreal Star, David M. Culver, Esq., of the Aluminum Union, Ltd., Mrs. J. LeNormand, and Sydney Sherwood, Esq., of Bermuda, who all gave excellent illustrated addresses to the boys, Howard McCartney, Esq., of the University Settlement, who spoke on the Welfare Campaign, Bartlett Morgan, Esq., Vice-chairman of the Board of Governors, who spoke at an investiture of prefects, and Brigadier Eric Wilson, who brought along and described various weapons of warfare, Murray G. Ballantyne, Esq.,' who gave a very amusing address on the olden days at Selwyn House, Mrs. Eva Prager and her father, Mr. Oppenheimer, who presented to the chairman ofthe Board of Governors, Mr. H. Stirling Max- well, a handsome portrait of the headmaster, and the Rt. Hon. Lord Shaugh- nessy,' who presented Old Boy memberships to the graduating class of l959, William Arthur Hill, Esq., Headmaster, of Aylesbury, Bucks, England, and Frank Sharpe, Esq., Principal of Kings School, Westmount, who judged our Public-speaking Competition - finalists being Billy Ballantyne, Jonathan Birks, Gordon MacDougall, Teddy Manthorp, David Walker and Murray Whipps, Swami Vishnu Devanamda, professor of Hatha Yoga, Yoga Vadenta Forest Academy, Rishikesh, India. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR T959-T960 I7 Earl Haig's St. Andrew's Day Address It is a great privilege to be able to come to Canada and a very exciting experience for me, as it is my first visit to your country. The warm welcome that I have received from everyone shows the wonderful good-will which exists between Scots and Canadians. This good-will is based on a common heritage, on traditions of similar ways of life, and on common ideals, lt also, I feel, springs in part from mutual self-interest, from an interchange of trade and commerce. For the last century or so imports from Canada have flowed across the Atlantic to our main seaeport at Glasgow, and have enabled the merchants of the Clyde to establish a position in trade which they have never lost. The people of Britain, as you well know, are not self-supporting. They import the bulk of their food, their grain and their animal food- stuffs, and they also depend on some of Canada's minerals and chemicals. To pay for all this, to balance their budget, the Scots have to make things. Originally, they made things like nails, soap and linen. Then they turned their hand to the development of mechanical engineering. More than anything else the economy of Scotland has been based on the engines and ships which have been built on Clydeside. Today we are hoping that there will soon be a new order for the building of another Queen to take the place of the Queen Mary, Ships have been the life-blood of Scotland. Nowhere in the manufacturing area of Scotland can a factory be located more than thirty miles from the sea, and one might almost say that Scotland is surrounded by two ice-free lakes, one of which, the Atlantic, connects her with the New World. As their industry developed, the leaders of industry in Scotland helped to build up the industries in Canada. Scottish engineers, chemists and farmers went over the Atlantic. Other industries helped to earn her bread and butter. Amongst them are the textile indus- tries of the Borders and of the Highlands, which export many of your tweeds, and your pullovers to keep you warm in winter. Scotland today is being helped by the introduction of new industries from England and from across the Atlantic. New industries of all sorts are springing up, so that the serious unemployment caused by the disappearance of some of our traditional markets is happily a thing of the past. What are these new industries? First there is the electronic engineering industry, which is beginning to play a full part in the Scottish economy. Next there is the production of chemicals which provide the base for the plastic industry. The new steel strip mill is going to produce steel in all quantities and will help to pave the way for the production of cars and other products. Electrical power in Scotland, as in Canada, is to be had very cheaply near our doorsteps, thanks to the fast-flowing rivers. A new source of electricity is the great new nuclear power-station at Hunderston, where a huge dome of the magnitude of a medieval cathedral, built in the style of the twentieth century, dominates and yet harmonizes with a beautiful stretch of Ayrshire coast. More electric power is going to be produced from the station at Douneray in Caithness, which will also serve as an experimental base for the development of a new method of producing nuclear energy. New towns with new communities are springing up to complement the factory-building programme at East Kilbride, at Cumbernauld, and at Glenrothes. A new road-bridge is I8 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE being built over the Forth, and another is being proiected over the Tay at Dundee-so the traffic up the east coast will travel faster, and industry on the east side of Scotland will benefit. In the west a new graving dock is about to be built. Prestwick airport is being developed so that both sides of the Atlantic are being brought closer together, and a journey across it is no longer a formidable undertaking. All this will help us to be on closer terms as neighbours, to do more trade with each other, and in general to co-operate in this great new age of progress. Before I close, may I say a few words about three things with which I am personally connected in Scotland-the Church, the Arts and the Land. First, the Church. Scotland has never shown any sign of losing sight of the Christian values. Sunday is still the sacred day, and the Christian traditions are continuing to bring great happiness and richness to the lives of our people. Indeed there is a sort of religious revival nowadays, particularly in the newer towns, where new churches and centres are being built, and where the people show a need for religion which overrides all new scientific developments. Secondly, Painting lfor which I can personally speakl is at a high level in Scotland- there are several painters of the modern school who will be valued in the future. It is a pity that in general the people of Scotland are not taking still more interest in the work of the artist, but possibly this is a transition period. And we hope that the great advances which have been made in art-education and appreciation will lead to a greater understanding for the artist. In the world of industrial design the situation is better. As living standards rise, it is to be hoped that all the fine arts will come more and more into the lives and homes of the people. Finally, the Land. I think that one can say that farmers in Scotland today are living up to their reputation as being second to none in the world of agriculture. The practice of farming is keeping pace with new discoveries of agricultural science. However, we have to face the fact that farming in Great Britain is the Cinderella of the industries. Yet, thanks to fairly distributed government subsidies, an efficient home agriculture is being fostered without restricting imports of more cheaply raised foodstuffs from abroad. There seem to be hopes of expansion in the timber trade. If this is possible, more of the empty hillsides in the High- lands will be planted, and perhaps small communities will spring up in places where populations vanished during the last centuries to the cities. I do hope that these few remarks about life and conditions in Scotland today will encourage those of you who have never been there to go and see for yourselves, and I am sure I can guarantee you a really warm welcome. Gi? FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 'I9 Board and Staff We were very sorry to lose two valuable members from our Board of Governors last Fall in the persons of Mr. Gordon H. MacDougall and Mrs. Harald Martin. Mr. MacDougall has been a tremendous tower of strength to the school and it was under his dynamic chairmanship that the new wing was added some years ago. Mrs. Martin was always ready to give her practical help and counsel and contributed greatly to the work of the Board during her term of office. To replace these members we are most happy to welcome Mrs. R. W. Coristine and Mr. Hugh H. Norsworthy, the latter an Old Boy of Selwyn House. We were pleased to welcome Mr. Rowland Philipp to the school last September- in addition to his regular class-room duties, Mr. Philipp has complete charge of the Manual Training Department and also helps out with Junior Sports, and has already made a happy niche for himself in our hearts. We were also glad to welcome back Mrs. Etanda Farquhar to Junior School work, and regret very greatly that she is not able to stay with us for at least another year, as her quiet competence and sympathetic manner have meant so much to our school family, which has come to admire and love her so greatly. We were all so sorry to learn that Mrs. Dorothy Tester had decided to retire this year. Mrs. Tester came to Selwyn House in September, i946 to take charge of the first Form D, and since that time has given magnificent service in all junior and middle school classes -not only in the regular form subiects, but also in junior school singing, production of plays for the dramatics performances, and as a make-up artist for so many boys in the plays over the years. Her outstanding professional skill and happy, cheerful personality will be greatly missed by boys and staff alike, and our deepest thanks and best wishes go with her as she leaves our strenuous arena of battle for well-earned leisure. We hope to have frequent visits from her to cheer us all up from time to time. Mr. Brian Cleary's decision to return to England was received with great dismay by all. Although he has been in charge of Gymnastics at Selwyn House for only three years, his creative and imaginative work with the boys has made a lasting impression upon all, and his sound philosophy of Physical Education so effectively put into action in the Gymnasium has made him a highly esteemed educator far beyond the confines of our metropolis as well as a much admired teacher at Selwyn House. We wish him all good fortune in the administrative world of English education. We are happy to hear good news from time to time from Miss Afra Snead -formerly senior teacher of the Junior School-from Hastings, England, and from Mr. Timothy Rutley, who is on an extended trip around the world. We are always delighted to have visits from Mr. Howis and Madame Gyger and Miss Locke, who is presently on a tour of western Europe. A very generous gift was made to the school by Mrs. Eva Prager and her father, Mr. Oppenheimer, both outstanding artists, who collaborated in the painting of a very handsome portrait of the headmaster. This they presented at a special assembly of the school last November, and it was received by the chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. Maxwell, who voiced the thanks and appreciation of all for this magnificent gesture. 20 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Library The Library has been used more and more this year, resulting in a circulation of more than 3,550 books, from September to early in March. Many hours of research, among our fine reference books, have been spent by the boys looking up material for essays, debates and speeches. Many new reference books have been acquired in the last year. These include a new set of Encyclopedia Britannica and the Britannica Book of the Year , a set of En- cyclopedia Canadianau, and a set of the Golden Book Encyclopedia . As of early March, there were over 4,840 books registered in the Library proper, which does not take into account all the books stored elsewhere in the school. The School has purchased 24 new story books this year, the money from fines has bought 38 books, and 77 books have been donated. Some of the donors were: Murray Whipps, l8 books, Kim Eaton 30 books, Ian Fisher 10, Michael and David McMaster 3, Michael Martin 3, David Esdaile 2, Robert Graham 2, John Angus 2, plus donations from Jamie Fitzpatrick, Jamie McGregor, Pete Rider, Freddie Southam, Jeffrey Smele, Tommy Fisher, Shaun Mclntosh and Mr. Gardiner. Seasonal decorations for Halloween, Remembrance Day, Christmas, St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Easter, have proved a source of pleasure to the boys and staff. The Library being such a spacious, well-lighted room, lends itself easily to decorations and displays. The boys have proudly exhibited their treasures, which have run the full gamut from genuine African war shields, spears, Haiti Drums, ancient swords, models of ships, planes, rockets and rocket launching platforms, art work, stamps, coins, rocks, shells, to nests, lobster claws and traps and sets of hockey cards. ' The plastic covers, which by now are on most of the books, have proved to be money savers as well as beautifiers. Books emerging from snow banks or mud puddles have quite often only needed a good rubdown instead of a sad discard. Also, the enhanced beauty has been an incentive to circulation. There has been an added element. The boys have tended to be more proud and careful of the books, much less mending has been necessary and fewer discards have taken place. All in all, a successful and happy year for the Library. E. Pick, Librarian. i- Ti 5 M....wA,.,-mm o Y 4 J 9- gg., voun attic! This year's Christmas Entertainment was one of the best, and certainly one of the largest we have had for some time. Four choirsgl believe an almost unprecedented number at this school performancehand three plays were presented. The first event at the afternoon performance was the singing of three Christmas carols by the Junior Choir: A Child's Song of Christmas, O Little Town of Bethlehem, and All my heart this night rejoices. The members of this choir should be congratulated for their ex- cellent performance. The singing of the soloists, Jan Wyllie, Robin Davies, John Kent and John Gwinnell, especially deserves mention. The second choir, composed of the best singers in Form I, started the evening per- formance, for the Junior Choir sang only once. This choir sang: Villagers all, this frosty time, Shepherds in the fields abiding, and a traditional Wassail Song. Once again the choir, and particularly the soloists, Victor Vickers, Pembroke MacDermot, John Pike and Bobby Tennant, deserved the greatest praise. The third choir, chosen from the boys in Form ll, also merited much gratitude and exhibited great unanimity in their singing of The Twelve Days of Christmas, See amid the winter snow, and I Wish you a Merry Christmas. The soloists, carefully selected from their fellows, proved their worth, and the rest of the choir did well also. These soloists were: Ian Robson, Rory Forbes, George Galt, Terry Hutchinson, Richard Dobell and Tommy Bourne. The fourth and final choir was the Senior Choir, which triumphantly ended the choral proceedings with four Australian carols. Sung apparently effortlessly, these carols from the other side of the world, with their mention of hot summer days, supplied a bright change from the thought of frosts and snowbanks so likely to arise from our own carols. The Day that Christ was Born on, Sing Gloria, The Oxen and Merry Christmas were all sung very successfully. Here, more than anywhere else, the soloists - Peter Wright, Ivan Ralston, Graeme Tennant, Jimmy Brunton and Jimmy Sedgewick-were of the utmost importance to the success of the choir. In the field of Dramatics, three plays were presented by the boys of the Senior School. The first was Le Cafe Cognac, a little comedy in French written by Strachan Turnbull and produced by Mr. lversen. The scene was the interior of a French cafe, where Les Quatre Escrocs met, These men, the villains of the piece, were acted very well by Michael Dorland, who adopted with ease the part of a defiant leader of bandits, Christopher Skoryna, George Hebert and Aleca Kairis. The atmosphere had a note of realism, partly due to the efforts of John Pike, le garconha very typical one! Humour was added by a few lines of English, ably spoken by Duncan McMartin and Gordon McNeil. Christopher Hoffmann as un petit monsieur, silent behind his newspaper, yet listening all the while, Peter Fialkowski as le chef, and Hugh Roberts as l'agent de police, all acted admirably. The second play, For Homework Tonight, was written and produced by Mr. Moodey, our Maths master. The play afforded unbounded hilarity for the audience, thanks to the excellent performance of the actorsg yet it was crowded into two brief scenes. The story was a homely one and the characters were a normal family - Ma, Pa, an aunt and the T' W X if ' 24 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE children. Ma, the frustrated mother, was well acted by Raymond Douse, Aunt Zinnia by Graeme Tennant, and Pa, the gruff absentee from the family circle, by Allan Zinman, but in the family all centres round the children, and upon the entry of two of them, scattering their belongings behind them, all the fun began. Hardly had Angus, acted by Paul Valois, and Barney, acted by Miles Tyrer, comfortably settled to do their homework, than they were interrupted by Claude lMichael Shaughnessyl, who found little room for three sets of books on one small table. Then the fun began in earnest and the children, acted very well and very naturally, nearly threw the audience into hysterics by their antics. At the close of the scene, moreover, one of the children wishing help with his homework, Uncle Wilbur lThomas Birksl was called in, and he brought a friend, Leander, with him. The play concluded with Thomas Birks and Tony Stikeman lLeanderl acting brilliantly as Uncle Wilbur and his friend entangling themselves in the homework. The last play The Poison Party, written by F. Sladen-Smith, was acted by boys from Form V. Murray Whipps showed skill in acting the wily Queen Mother Marie whose char- acter was further enhanced by the adept touches of Stephen Wells, the Lord Bishop du Guesclin, secret confidant of her Majesty. One of the star parts in the play was that of King Philippe, a young king deprived of his responsibilities by the imperious Queen Mother, who nevertheless spoils him. The king, boyish and cheerful, with a large appetite and a great love for animals, was well acted by William Ballantyne. It was due to the latter characteristic that the Queen was foiled in one of her schemes to slightly reduce the population , for the whole play revolves round the plot of the Queen Mother to poison Denise de Beauiolis, a lady of the court apparently in love with King Philippe contrary to the wishes of his mother. The appetites of the king and his pet rabbit Madeleine avert, however, the impending catastrophe. Denise and her father, Monsieur de Beauiolis, attend the Poison Party. Jonathan Birks put into the part of the former a touch of hauteur suitable to a Belle Dame of the court, and Teddy Manthorp, as Denise's father, also succeeded with good elfect in portraying the character desired. The small parts in a play are the ones which often merit much praise, though they seldom receive it. Val-Jean, the Queens Page, and Christophe, Steward of the Household, acted by Gregor Maxwell and Christopher Roulson respectively, were very successful parts, the right touches of servility being achieved. Last but not least, those who worked behind the scenes deserve thanks, for were it not for their invisible hands the plays would not have been produced at all. D. W. The Choir Last June we were privileged to have Mrs. Forrest, a music specialist in the Westmount Protestant Schools, to judge our annual Singing Competition. This competition was a great success, the winners in the Intermediate bracket being Richard Dobell and lan Robson, those in the Senior bracket Ralph Walker and Peter Wright. The Intermediate group sang Eric Thyman's Sailing and the Senior group Bless this house, O Lord, we pray. All these boys should be proud of their achievement. The Prize-giving Choir this year was also very successful. It sang Henry Purcell's Nymphs and Shepherds, come away, to celebrate the tercentenary of his birth, Thiman's I have twelve oxen, a two-part canon, and Bless this house. The singing was of the highest quality and the parents greatly appreciated it. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 25 Debating This year the Selwyn House Oratorical Society was christened Omicron. lt was com- posed of all the members of Form Five, who at the first meeting elected officers for the Executive Committee. Bill Ballantyne was elected President, Steven Ayre as Vice-President and John Birks as Secretary'Treasurer. The members of the club met every two weeks, usually on a Friday and the subiects were many and varied. The meetings featured two minute speeches, hat nights, quizzes and formal debates. All were thoroughly enioyed by the members of the club. The year i959-60 has been a most successful season for the Society and we are looking forward to a few more meetings in the summer term. I would like to express, on behalf of the members, our sincere thanks to Mr. Speirs. He has devoted an endless amount of his time in supervising the club meetings throughout the past season. INTER-HOUSE DEBATING To date only two House debates have been held. They were as follows: I. Canada is only an attic to the United States. Affirmative: Macaulay House-Chris Roulson and Gregor Maxwell, Negative: Speirs House- Bruce Hamilton and Ted Manthorp. 2. The U.N. should talk less and act more. Affirmative: Lucas House-Bill Ballantyne and Jon Birks. Negative: Wanstall House - Steven Ayre and Stephen Wells. ln the Hrst debate the decision was a victory to the Negative, Speirs House. In the second debate Lucas House was awarded the victory. Thus Lucas House was first, Speirs House second, Macaulay House third, and Wanstall House fourth. We are all truly grateful to Mr. Moodey for having taken the trouble to iudge and comment on both debates. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The annual Public Speaking Contest was held at the beginning of March this year and the preliminaries were iudged by Mr. Speirs and Mr. Moodey. Six finalists were chosen and were iudged by Mr. Frank Sharpe, principal of King's School. Those chosen to speak were Bill Ballantyne, David Walker, Murray Whipps, Jon Birks, Gordon MacDougall and Ted Manthorp. Murray Whipps was adjudged the winner. Bruce Hamilton acted as chairman and Aleco Kairis was time-keeper. The following topics were selected by the finalists: Bill Ballantyne: Stratford , David Walker: 'Fabulous MONSTERS . Murray Whipps: The Production of Safety Matches in Canada Today . Jon Birks: Dogs that keep the Peace . Ted Manthorp: Will War mean destruction to the Human Race . Gordon MacDougall: Canadian Citizens in the World Today . Literary Competition Mr. Moodey very kindly iudged this year's contest. He awarded first prize in the Poetry and Essay brackets to David Walker, but decided that the standard of short story submitted did not merit a prize this year. House points were awarded in the Poetry Section to David Walker, Jonathan Birks, Peter Stein, Tommy Birks, and Philip Webster, in the Essay Section to David Walker, Jonathan Birks, Billy Ballantyne, Tommy Birks, Michael Rawlings: and in the Short Story Section to David Walker, Steven Ayre, Gordon McNeil, and Tommy Birks. 26 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE LITERARIH .TIC A STORM REMEMBERED ln February T952 a storm of wind swept over the British Isles doing great damage to the woodlands. Listen to that mournful howl, like wolfhound kept at bay, Enchambered in a kennel-house where he must always stayl Listen to that rushing sound- wind roaring in its course! Listen to the thundering noise of that great mystic force! Listen to the storm, my son, listen to the roar: Hark to the tempest ravaging and keep this night in shore. To the westward trees are falling: from the east there comes the light. Many lives may be lost at sea, my son, on such a fearsome night. For seven dreadful hours or more upon the seabound land The wind brought havoc in its wake across the rocks and sand, Tore roofs, hurled fence and paling down and mighty timbers too- Oh, there was such a vasty storm in Nineteen fifty-two! For seven peaceful years and more the folk have cleared away The giant corpses of the trees that died on that great day, Hurled to the ground by mighty force that fecrrful night before, When stormy winds their passions hurled against the westward shore. Through the fields of time the memory has brought forth from its shore The mighty sound, the mournful moan, the winds impassioned roar. David Walker, THE GOOD SHIP SOVEREIGN The Sovereign was a mighty ship, A mighty ship was she, And on one sunny afternoon, The Sovereign went to sea. The captain was a good man, A very good man was he, But, oh, the crew was terrible, As terrible as could be. The captain did not trust them, But what was he to do? He knew he could not fight them, They were thirty in the crew. Oh, but on the third day, The crew all turned on him, And they threw him in the ocean, For they knew he could not swim. The captain cried and shouted, The crew ignored his plea, And soon he sank beneath the waves To the bottom of the sea, But now, the crew aboard the ship, Were filled with mighty fear, None knew the way to navigate- And none of them could steer! The Sovereign was a mighty ship, A mighty ship was she, Shes gone to loin her captain At the bottom of the sea, Peter Stein, r Form V Form IV ,13- Monlreal. flicer, n O tio Informa U.K. Davies, H. T. Mr. and ak VV YCI Sa of ment OVCYI1 G r for C6 Ofli ormation nf nes, I Philip Jo I'. M Lefl 0 G. B. Foote, D.D., R.C.N 95 Cenire: Chaplain of the Fleet Ern Upper Rev Murray C Mogor, B.D. he School, and asler of t rM Senia Howis, formerly r. B. K. T. M er Cenlre W Lo amy. nephew and oy G. Ballunlyne r Murr hlM Rig 28 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE SONG OF THE TREASURE-SEEKER l've wandered over many a foreign land, Searching for that which Nature has in store. l've heard Niagara's foam-flecked waters roar: l've been from Abadan to Samarkand. I've seer the Yellow River and l've heard The kookaburra with his harsh voice call. I've seen a toad held in a python's thrall, A hindu tread on fire-coals undeterred. What have I found, though I have searched Tibet, Though I have trod the Asian iungles deep, And seen the dens where dragons used to sleep, And wandered westward till the sun has set? ln poverty oft, in trouble, fear and pain, Full three-score years in wanderings have l lost, But won a glorious hoard, worth all the cost- The memories that only wanderers gain. David Walker, Form V SKIING ADVICE You're zooming down the skiing slopes Your legs are hanging from the roof At near the speed of sound, Attached by hooks and string. And as you hear a shout behind, Your head is very, very sore, You chance to look around. Your arm is in a sling. ln front of you there is a tree, To all of you, who like to ski, You hit it going fast. And understand this verse, And as you wake in hospital, Try not to go as fast as sound, Around you is a cast. Or else you'Il need a hearse. Q P. Webster, Form IV THE SHIP From distant Araby came the ship, Laden with riches and spices for Royalty, Riding on giant waves came the ship, Driven onward by men of great loyalty. The Captain and crew all shared the same dream, As homeward they sailed with their cargo so rare, When from out of the south and on the port beam, Black storm clouds approached as the decks were made bare. With such fury and force the wind did it blow, That the masts were torn down and the sails washed away. The crew met their deaths in the depths down below As the ship disappeared in the mountainous spray. The moral is this: that dreams of great wealth Can bring ruin to men and to widows much sadness, For great riches can hardly compare with good health, And 'tis the simpler ioys often bring greatest gladness. J. Birks, Form V FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 29 WOODLAND SONG He sits upon a woodland bough, Singing merrily. Sweet are the sounds that from him flaw, Singing merrily. Through the frosted evening air He sings as if without a care. His echoing song in the listening night Enchants the snowflakes in their flight- Singing merrily. He stays until the stars come out, Singing merrily. From the shadowy branch where he sits throughout, Singing merrily. He charms the hovering hawk of night To hark to him in the fading light. He sings to the stars and the ebbing tide: He humbles the very mountainside- Singing merrily. David Walker, Form V THE DEAD HOUSE People say that areas of mountain and barren moor cannot support large populations. ln this, oddly enough, they are wrong, in tracts of land like the Scottish highlands great populations used to exist off the land and in spite of hardship managed to survive. The younger generation, however, seeking the social amenities of the outer world, have left the crafts of their forefathers. Life in the crafts was hard, but homely, only by co-operation was it worthwhile. The heart was willing, and the life was free from interference. These crofters lived off what they could obtain from the sail by hours of tail and patient labour. This was usually sparse fare, so they grazed sheep on the surrounding moors to help them live. Until about a hundred years ago, there was no outside source of food, but with the increase of transport a profitable trade in wool grew up round the crafts. Even so the people were poor, and in many cases the very walls of the crafts were built of turf, cut by hand, or else of local stone. Fish and fowl were in some cases a staple diet, though the moors were windswept and the burns and lochans supplied only a few trout. Goats were kept for their milk and cheese, also, these grazed with the sheep. The crafts are disappearing, leaving great tracts of habitable land uninhabited. The herbage, once cultivated, is going wild or being choked out. Soon, of over two hundred crafts, there may remain only two or three at most. The rest will not even leave a mark to show where they existed. Why are they being abandoned? They are dreadfully lonely, far from good roads, and the life is very hard. Loneliness in winter, particularly, is the main reason, for the crofter has few means to drive away the feeling of solitude by amusement, especially when he is snowed up with a bitter gale blowing round his croft. This makes 30 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE them, above all things, a religious and friendly folk, but it also makes it a life hard to endure even if left for a day, occasionally, for the ioys of city life. Populations have always shifted, but each and every move leaves behind the Dead House, that testimony of an abandoned way of life. I know a heathery moor. There stands a lonely cottage by a wind-torn cart-track. Withered, scarred and ruined, it daunts the fiery tempest. Often have I paid my respects to this Sine Nomine, the wind shrieking and howling, whistling with a spectral voice among the hills, lashing the rain against my face in a thundering roar, or with a Scotch mist hover- ing. Even in bright sunlight the wind-scarred croft, its windows shattered, is an awe-inspiring sight. The onlooker is overwhelmed at the thought of the courage of those who lived there in the lonely heart of the highlands. A cold and misty sense of solitude surrounds it, even in summer, and in winter the overpowering hills, with swirling mists enwrapping them and the loud winds rushing round them, close in its isolation. No wonder people living under such conditions believed in bocain and ghosts, for the atmosphere is very ghostly. The cold and clammy craft, with the haunting mists enshrouding it, would not be the chosen place of refuge except for very hardy people. These crofts are truly dead. Nobody will return to them, and even the nettles of the hillside know it, for they stand like sentinels over the Grave, round the little plots that were once gardens. The mildewy scent, like a bitter frankincense, further encourages the thought of death, but the little buildings, built low as a protection against the tearing wind, have still some years to stand before they crumble, and meanwhile moss and grass take their places in the crevices of the storm-rent walls. Such is the ultimate doom of all such places. As human life moves away to the more fertile valleys and far-off cities, wild nature resumes its sway. David Walker Form V MODERN ADVERTISING l froze with terror as the ice pick found its mark in the victim's back. My eyes blurred with excitement as the hero lay there in desperate need of help. Before I could recover from the tense drama, I heard those familiar words and now a word from our sponsor. Making a speedy exit, I dashed to the refrigerator, grabbed a sandwich and a drink, and, rushing back, learned that Players cigarettes had a new shock-proof box. Tapping my fingers and toes impatiently and changing channels to compare commercials, I began to count and pace the room to help the long seconds pass quicker. Most likely the same instance has confronted you, at some time or another. We are all guilty of changing channels, looking into the ice-box instead of the idiot-box , or even turning off the television, during a commercial. The advertisers believe that too many viewers miss their advertisements, and so they have cunningly placed them at unsuspected moments throughout the program. Modern advertisers know that a commercial must appeal to the T.V. audience for the audience to bear with it till its end. Two such samples are: Bathing- beauties, which attracts the male audience and money flashed across the screen, which attracts almost everybody. Recently famous celebrities have been used to endorse certain products. With the coming of the VIII Olympic Winter Games, Lifebuoy was named the official soap of the U.S. Olympic team, Vaseline Lip-ice was the teams official protection from chapped lips, and The Renault Dauphine was the official car of the Olympics, lthough I cannot think what that exactly meansl. So don't be surprised if one evening the Prime Ministers face appears on your screen asking you if you suffer from tired blood , and tells you that Geritol is what you need. If you are one of the many millions who despise com- mercials, there is but one sure cure-go to sleep! M. Rawlings, Form V .....- ,11- lPholos by Tyrer and Usher-Jonesl 32 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE AUTUMN IN NORTH AMERICA When the warmth of the sun begins to fail and bleak winds begin to blow, then summer is over and autumn comes to our Continent. This is the harvest season, the time of the year when the fruits of the earth have ripened and are ready to provide for man's needs. Autumn is a time for rejoicing. lt is a time to thank God for the bounty which He has allowed nature to provide us. As if to celebrate this time of Thanksgiving the foliage of the forest takes on the colours of the rainbow. ln North America the hard maple provides the brilliant hues of red and orange which punctuate the background of yellows and golds of the other deciduous trees. Against this background the solemn firs stand out, refusing to shed their dark green splendour. As the crops are harvested the fields are ploughed and the good earth begins to pre- pare for the enjoyment of its winter rest. The country roads are busy with farm carts carrying the produce to town and market. Pumpkins indicate the approach of Hallowe'en-a time of fun and frolic for the children. Baskets of apples are found in kitchens through the land, thrilling the nostrils and also the tongue. Lakes and rivers stand out in the clear, cool air. Geese, duck and loons are seen upon the chilled waters as they begin their southward flight. The scent of burning leaves fills the air and preparations are seen on every hand for the winter that lies ahead. As the season progresses, the trees shed their bright colours. Their leaves fall earthward leaving their branches stark and naked against the autumn sky. Then we know that snow will soon be falling and autumn will have passed for another year. Autumn will then have fulfilled her function to Uload and bless with fruit and we shall be filled with Thanksgiving. T. Birks, Form IV THE RUNAWAY BOY Huddled in a dark corner of an east-side food storage house was Melvin Cowsofski, taking shelter from a driving rain-storm. Melvin was running away from his parents because he thought they were neglecting him when they refused to buy him a black leather jacket. All the other boys in Melvin's gang had black leather jackets and Melvin felt that he, without one, would be unwanted, hence he would develop an inferiority complex, and then he would want to rebel against society through juvenile delinquency. So Melvin, instead of becoming a juvenile delinquent, was going to run away, he didn't know where, and it was while he was thinking about this, he heard the large doors of the warehouse open and he saw a big man enter. This man was obviously the driver of the big trailer truck which Melvin could see parked outside. This was it, thought Melvin, his way out, maybe even out of the city, so while the driver was in the rear of the warehouse, getting something out of the refrigerator section, Melvin made a run through the rain for the truck, jumped into the back, and hid himself behind some crates there. The driver soon returned and put some boxes into the truck, closed and locked the doors of the truck, then he did the same to the doors of the warehouse. It was rather chilly in the back of the truck, but that didn't bother Melvin, for he was more certain that the truck was heading out of town now, for he recognized the turns that the truck was taking as those that would lead out of town. He was also pre-occupied with how smart he had been to have hopped this truck, but he would not have been so happy if he could have read what was written on the side of the truck. lt read: HPOTRAZEBIE FOOD TRANSPORT with exclusive air-tight refrigerated trucks. S. Ayre, Form V FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 33 YOU CAN'T ESCAPE George Thompson was a large, heavily-built man, who claimed he wasn't afraid of anything. But he was afraid of something-aircraft. He had never flown anywhere, nor did he ever wish to, for he had a feeling that he would be killed in an air-crash. One occasion arose when he was required to meet an important client as soon as possible, and he had to travel four hundred miles. The Head Office had booked his passage by air, and when Mr. Thompson knew this he went to his boss and offered to take the night train, but was told he would travel by air this afternoon, or his company would get some- one who would. Very well said Mr. Thompson I'm not going by aircraft, the things aren't safe, my life is worth more to me than any job. You can get someone else, I've finished ! Mr. Thompson went home thinking he was right, he could not get killed in an air-crash if he didn't travel by plane, and besides, he would soon get another iob. He sat at home smoking his pipe when he heard the distant sound of an airplane. Ah he thought I'm glad I'm not up there, it's safer down here . The sound of the aircraft grew louder and louder, and then there was a terrible crash. Poor George Thompson was found dead under the aircraft among the shattered remains of his house. G. McNeil, Form IV Form Notes STEVEN GIBSON AYRE H955-I96Ol Wanstall House Quest-ce que tu fais Iaow? II955-I956l Choir, Class Prize. II956-I957I Choir, Under I2 Soccer Team. II957-I958I Choir, Under I3 Soccer Team, Under I3 Hockey Team. II958-I959I Choir, Under I4 Soccer Team, Under I4 Hockey Team, Heavyweight Boxing Champion. II959-l96Ol House Captain, Vice- President of Debating Society, House Debating, Essay Competition Winner, Under I5 Soccer Team Captain, Under I5 Hockey Team Captain, Full Prefect. Ambition, Doctor of Medicine. WILLIAM JAMES BALLANTYNE H951 -19601 Lucas House Can I have some glue for the gavel? II953-I954l Choir, Cubs. H954-I955I Cubs lseconderl, Winning Cub Six, Choir, Junior Gym Team. II955-I956I Form Prize, Gym Team, Choir, Cubs Iseconderl. II956-'l957I Under I2 Soccer Team, Under I3 Soccer Team, Gym Team Icrestl, Choir, Form Prize. II957-I958l Form Prize, Choir, Class Editor, Under I3 Soccer Team, Gym Team Icresti, Dramatics, Under I3 Cricket Team, II958-I959l Form Prize, Choir, Under I4 Hockey Team, Under I4 Soccer Team, Gym Team Icrestl, Dramatics. II959-I960l Essay Competition Ihonourable mentionl, Under I5 Soccer Team, Under I5 Hockey Team, Captain of Gym Team Icrestl, DeWoIfe MacKay Gym Shield, Dramatics, Public Speaking Finalist, House Debating, President of Debating Society, House Captain, Head Prefect. Ambition: Politics. 34 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE HENRY JONATHAN BIRKS lT95T-T960l Lucas House Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. lT953AT954l Choirg Cubs. H954-T955l Choirg Dramaticsg Jr. House Captaing Cubs lseconderl. TT955-T956l Choirg Cubsg Intermediate House Captain. H956-T957l Choirg Form Prizeg Under T2 Soccer Teamg Under T2 Hockey Team. H957-T958l Choirg Under T2 Soccer Teamg Under T2 Hockey Team lvice-captainlg Under T3 Cricket Teamg Selwyn House Chronicle Prize lcreative writingl. IT958-T959l Choirg Under T3 Hockey Team, Under T3 Soccer Teamg Drama- tics. TT959-T96-Ot Under T5 Hockey Team, Under T5 Soccer Teamg Vice-House Captaing Public Speaking Finalistg Dramaticsg Secretary-Treasurer of Debatingg Poetry Competition lHonour- ary Mentionlg Essay Competition lHonourable Mentionlg House Debatingp Full Prefect. Ambition: Master ot Business Administration. ROBERT NORMAN DODDS lT955-T96-Ol Wanstall House Duck! here comes the chalk again! TT955-T956l Choir, Winning Cub Six. H956-T957l Choirg Cubsg Gym Team. H957-T958l Choir. H958-T959T Choir. H959-T960l Magazine Staftg House Debatingg Sub Prefect. Ambition: Mining Engineer. FREDERICK BRUCE HAMILTON H957-T960l Speirs House Ne me regardez pas, agent de police, ie suis un arbref' H957-T958l Choir, Under T3 Soccer Team, Under T3 Hockey Team. H958-T959l Under T5 Soccer Team, Under T4 Hockey Teamg Dramatics. H959-T96OT Under T5 Soccer Teamg Under T5 Hockey Team, House Debating, House Captaing Sub-Pretect. Ambition: Chartered Accountant. ALEXANDER GIANNIS KAIRIS lT95T-T96OT Macaulay House You can walk with kings nor lose the common touch. lT953-T954l Choir, Cubs. TT954-T955l Choir, Cubsg Dramatics. H955-T956l Choirg Cubs. H956- T957l Choir. H957-T958l Choirg Dramatics. H958-T959l Choir. lT959-T96Ol Dramaticsg Maga- zine Stott lHockey Editorlg Sub-prefect. Ambition: Business GORDON HOWARD MACDOUGALL IT952-T96Ol Wanstall House The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. H952-T953l Class Prizeg Gym Crest. H953-T954l Class Prizeg Choirg Winning Cub Six. H954- T955l Class Prizeg Sixer of Winning Cub Sixg Junior Dramaticsg Junior Gym Teamg Junior House Captain. H955-T956l Choir, Under T2 Soccer Te-amp Cubsg Under T2 Hockey Teamg Gym Team, H956-T957T Intermediate House Captaing Under T2 Soccer Teamg Under T3 Soccer Team, Patrol Seconder of Winning Scout Patrolg Under T2 Hockey Teamp Under T3 Hockey Team, Gym Team lcrestl. H957-T958T Choir, Captain of Under T2 Soccer Teomp Captain of Under T2 Hockey Teamg Under T3 Soccer Teamg Under T3 Hockey Teamg Scoutsg Boxing Champion lbantamlg Gym Teamg Under T3 Cricket Teamg Charles Cassils Memorial Trophy Tall round iunior sportsmanshipl. TT958-T959l Choirg Under T3 Soccer Team, Under T3 Hockey Team lcaptain of bothlg Scout Patrol Seconder, Under T4 Hockey Teamg Under T4 Soccer Team lcolourslg Essay Competition Honourable Mention. TT959-T96Ol Under T5 Soccer Teamg Under T5 Hockey Team lvice-captainlg Vice-House Captaing Finalist in Public Speaking Competitiong House Debatingg Dramaticsg Magazine Staftg Full Prefect. Ambition: Teacher. Ji Si xl Q31 ma, X' 5 I '1 Q Y 'ako Nfl as , .N V .. e, wk ,.- F In 1357 n- 'wo vi K, y ff' ,NG . 3 V, 1 is J gf ,gt .s ak' Y 3 L 12 1 4 1' L I if , I K I m Y lx ,ei 3' T' QM Jw' L T O w UO H SC LQ I-4 CD Z D- 3 11 ,x LL. O Y QQ. I Us I-1 I Z az 3 an W -.1- a G5 Ill I Q L0 CD -ima Q 2 vw If C. ' Q .NI GRADU ' 11 'J G I' 36 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE EDWARD GEORGE MANTHORP 11951-19601 Speirs House Ink eraclicator, please! 11953-19541 Cubs: Choir. 11954-19551 Choir, Cubs. 11955-19561 Choir. 11956-19571 Choir. 11957- 19581 Choir. 11958-19591 Dramatics Prize, Choir. 11959-19601 Dramatics: Under 13 Hockey Team: House Debating: Public Speaking Finalist, Sub Prefect. Ambition: Lawyer. GREGOR JAMES BLYTH MAXWELL 11951-19601 Macaulay House ln God we trust, all others pay cost. 11953-19541 Choirg Cubs: Gym Crest. 11954-19551 Choir, Cubs 1seconder1g Gym Team. 11955- 19561 Choir, Cubs: Gym Team 1crest1. 11956-19571 Choirg Scouts: Gym Team. 11957-19581 Gym Team: Choir: Magazine Award 1poetry1. 11958-19591 Choir: Gym Team, Dramatics. 11959-19601 Gym Team, House Captain: House Debating: Under 15 Soccer Team: Dramaticsg Sub-Prefect. Ambition: Royal Canadian Navy or Business Man. MICHAEL HENRY MILLAR RAWLINGS 11950-19601 Speirs House Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te. 11954-19551 Choir: Winning Cub Six. 11955-19561 Choir, Cubs: Under 13 Soccer Team. 11956- 19571 Choirg Under 13 Soccer Team. 11959-19601 Essay Competition Honourable Mention, Magazine Staflg Sub-Prefect. Ambition: Psychiatrist. ' CHRISTOPHER PAUL ROULSON 11953-19601 Macaulay House The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be wise. 11953-19541 Choir. 11954-19551 Choir, Dramatics. 11955-19561 Choir. 11956-19571 Choir. 11957- 19581 Choir. 11958-19591 Choir. 11959-19601 Dramatics, House Debating: Sub-Prefect. Ambition: Doctor. MILES CONRAD TYRER 11952-19601 Lucas House Keep smiling, it makes everybody wonder what you've been doing. 11952-19531 Cubs. 11953-19541 Choir: Cubs. 11954-19551 Choir: Cub Sixer: Junior Dramatics. 11955-19561 Choir, Gym Team. 11956-19571 Choir: Gym Teamg Under 12 Soccer Team. 11957- 19581 Choir: Gym Team 1crest1g Dramatics. 11958-19591 Choir: Gym Team 1crest1: Under 15 Soccer Team. 11959-19601 Dramaticsg Magazine Staff: Under 15 Soccer Team: Gym Team 1crest1: Sub-Prelect. Ambition: Doctor of Medicine. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 37 BRIAN ERNEST USHER-JONES 11951-19601 Wanstall House lf you can't convince them, confuse them. 11953-19541 Choir: Cubs. 11954-19551 Choir: Winning Cub Six. 11955-19561 Choir. 11956-19571 Under 12 Hockey Team: Choir. 11957-19581 Choir. 11958-19591 Choir: Second in Ski Meet. 11959-19601 Under 15 Soccer Team, Magazine Staff: Sub-Pretect. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer. CHARLES JAMES WAKEFIELD 11955-19601 Lucas House Persistence winneth over all. 11955-19561 Choir: Cubs. 11956-19571 Choir: Cubs. 11957-19581 Choir, Scouts: Under 13 Cricket Team: Dramatics. 11958-19591 Choir: Scouts: Under 14 Soccer Team: Magazine Award 1Ess0YI1 Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Award 1Honourable Mention1. 11959- 19601 Under 15 Soccer Team: Under 15 Hockey Team: Magazine Staff: House Debating: Full Pretect. Ambition: Lawyer. DAVID ALAN CRUDEN WALKER 11955-19601 Lucas House Anything for Peace and a Quiet Life. 11955-19561 Poetry Competition 1honourable mention1. 11956-19571 Class Prize. 11957-19581 Class Prize 1Second1 Mathematics Prize: Poetry Prize. 11958-19591 Class Prizeg Latin Prize: Poetry Prize: 11959-19601 Sub-Pretect: Poetry Prize: Essay Prizeg Short Story 1Honourable Mention1g Magazine Staff, Editor-in-Chief. Ambition: Archaeologist. JOHN STEPHEN WELLS 11955-19601 Wanstall House Qu'est-ce que tu dis? 11955-19561 Under 12 Hockey Team: Class Prize. 11956-19571 Under 12 Soccer Team: Under 12 Hockey Team. 11957-19581 Under 13 Soccer Team: Under 13 Hockey Team: Under 15 Hockey Team: Gym Team, Dramatics. 11958-19591 Under 13 Soccer Team: Under 15 Soccer Team: Dramatics. 11959-19601 Full Pretectg Under 15 Hockey Team: Dramatics: House Debating. Ambition: Doctor of Medicine. MURRAY EDWIN WHIPPS 11955-19601 Wanstall House Never say die. 11955-19561 Choir. 11956-19571 Choir. 11957-19581 Choir. 11958-19591 Choir: Dramatics. 11959- 19601 Dramaticsg Full Prefect: Winner Public Speaking Contest. Ambition: Marine Lawyer. SELWYN HOUS E SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM IV This year Form IV has twenty-two As one boy left us hall way through, Brydon's gone across the sea, Or else we would be twenty-three. Valois and Douse excel with the mind, With Birks and Hebert not far behind. Brown tries hard in work and hockey, And Stikeman is a real disc Jockey. Stein and Shaughnessy are often amusing, Their brains and mouths they're always using. While Hibbert went to Mexico, McNeil stayed home to shovel snow. ln sports we have a varied lot, Though some ot us are not so hot. Tennant's good and so is Sewell, Skoryna's good and is no fool. And as for goaling Zinman's great, For the All Star Team he need not wait. Malone and Maurice play hockey too, When we think of the scores we needn't Both Ralston and LeMoine are Scouts. McMartin often had his doubts As captain of the soccer team, But now he can look back and beam. Lafontaine and Wright are scientists now, To blow up the school they really know how, Mr. Moocley's a scientist too, And he does his best to get us through. And now that summer's almost here, We hope to make Form V next year. l'm sure that now you all must know ' l'm not designed to be a poet. it, P. FORM III Go two flights up and turn to the right And there you'll see a remarkable sight- The boys of Form lll, all quiet and good, Sitting, hands folded, as they say boys should. There's Cobbett and Dench, who both have fair hair, And with whom at sports there are few to compare. Diez, who fills himself up with cokes, ls always ready with plenty of jokes. Ramsden was there at the start of the year, But he left for New Zealand with all of his gear. Norsworthy's a grammarian of widespread renown, While Vodstrcil's model cars race up and down. feel blue. Webster, Form IV UCAS HOUSE 0566 CAULAY HOUSE nsn0f'fN:0 40 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE And now we come to young Stephen Price, Who cuts quite a figure out there on the ice. Alchemy's art is what interests Kent, While riding on horse-back is Roberts's bent. Hoffmann and Galt in contrast stand out: The first is a writer, the second a scout. Sedge-wick's a songbird at St. Andre-w's and Pauls, If you go there on Sundays he's there in the stalls. Thorn is an expert at l-can't-tell-you-what And his aider and abetter is young Johnnie Scott. Fialkowski and Leiter are joint projectors Of a club tor all-sorts-ot-junk collectors. Pike with his airplanes keeps up with the times And Brunton's the one who's composing these rhymes. ln charge ol this gang is poor Mr. Davies, Doing his best from our worst selves to save us. J. Brunton, Form lll. FORM ll The largest room on the third floor is occupied by Form ll, twenty-tour boys in all. They are not a unique group in any sense of the word. They bear great resemblance to classes that have preceded them, and, undoubtedly, they will be tollowed by many similar groups. Form ll then is merely a label afitixed to twentyefour boys to designate a level of achievement in their education. As a group, it has its quota of boys who are highly in- telligent-the gifted few, those who are of average intelligence, and those who are not so fortunate. It has its athletes and its readers, its doers and its dreamers, and each type finds his niche within the group as a whole. Since there is so little to distinguish this Form II as a whole from its predecessors, let us examine the individuals who make up this class. Bentley: A new boy to the school this year who is one of Form's academic leaders, also a member ot the choir. Theres honesty, manhood, and good fellowship in th-ee . Birks: Barrie is keeping up the scholastic and athletic standards set by his two older brothers which is no mean achievement. A ready grin and a winning way. Bourne: Tommy is the Form's commuter from St. Sauveur and between weekends does a creditable iob in class and choir. Full of iest and youthful jollityf' Case: Allan lor occasionally Stengel l is a fine soccer and hockey player, also a hard- working member of the Cub Pack. 'ASO quiet, unnoticed might he be. Chenoweth: A leading member ot the Cubs and Choir- one ot the Form's solid citizens. Large in stature, kind in manner. Coristine: Jimmy is a willing worker and a keen participant in all school activities-one of the youngest members of the Gym Team The merry twinkle of his eyes foretells his disposition. Cryer: Despite Stuarts annual iunket to Florida, he is always a contender for top honours. Possibly he does study on the beach after all. Whose little body lodged a mighty mind. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-l96O 41 Dobell: Richard is the Form's Trencherman, but his large noontime intake in no way affects his fine scholastic and athletic achievements or his ability to dodge chalk. 'iYet with all this, a graceful modesty. Dorland: Form Il's top scholar who thrives on work, but who still has time for numerous hobbies and a leading role in the French play Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit. Forbes: Rory is another new boy this year. He has a lively sense of humour, a choir soloist's voice, and a capacity for hard work Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. Galt: Occupant ot seat one, row one is the possessor of a quiet chuckle and a quick and ready mind - a participant in all House activities. Sharp as a tack, bright as a penny. Goodfellow: The Form's third new member. Michael is a keen skier and hockey player and also a member of the choir. His name belies him not . Hutchinson: Terry is the hardworking intermediate captain of Macaulay House and one of the Form's better soccer players. l'm not arguing with you, l'm telling you! LeNormand: Has a lively, natural curiosity, a wide range ot interests, and an ability to complicate simple problems in maths. Curious, amazed and confounded am I. McLeod: Peter is a quiet, conscientious citizen ot Form ll-a member ot the choir and a charter member ofthe N.B. Club. Cut your nails on Monday, cut them for wealth McMartin: One ot the Form's better athletes-on the Under l2 and 13 Soccer and the Under l2 Hockey teams-also in the chain Mirth and mischief combine in thee.' Monteith: One of the youngest in the class who more than holds his own in work and play -a keen member of the Cub Pack. 'His size and years betray him not. Pitt: Ernie is always ready for a prank even it it costs him a Thursday afternoon - a success- ful N.B. club member and a fine competitive skier. lt all the year were playing holidays. No sport would be as tedious as work. Robson: lan is a hardworking member of the class and a soloist in the choir. His ready smile has made a host of friends tor him among his classmates. Warm and winning are his ways. Smele: A leading candidate for top honours in the class and an enthusiastic participant in House activities. Content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say. Smith: Bobbie is another of the Form's itinerant skiers whose activities range from Stowe northward -also a member of the choir. O'er hill and dale my path does wendf' Stevenson: Hugh is a budding geologist and his rock collection enlivens the occasional classroom lull. All that glitters Thom: Philip is another outstanding athlete-a member of hockey and soccer teams and a leading contender for intermediate Skiing honours. To love the game above the prize Devitt: The fourth new member of Form II and certainly the most vocal. Possessor of a fine sense of humour and an inquiring mind. Winner of intermediate ski honours. His wit and skill are closely interminigledf' 42 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM IA Form IA has been a large class, but a very happy class over the past year. The boys have worked hard, both at Schoolwork and at games and other activities. Here is a list of the members of the class together with some of their qualities. Allison -an attentive, aspiring, ambitious acolyte. Carlton -a cheerful, candid, captivating, clunk. Connolly- a capable, chatty, competitive, chap. Esdaile-an efficient, eager, enthusiastic, ex-student. Gibson -a garrulous, gleefully glad gentleman. Gurd -a gregarious, gallavanting, glorious guy. Grosvenor - a genial, genteel, gay gent. Joseph-a joyous, jolly, joking Joe. Kent-a knowing, knowledgable, knice knight. Kingston - Keen, kingly, kind kid. Landers-a laughing, lusty, life-loving lad. LeMoyne-a lucky, lively, lithe luron. Maase - a meritorious, methodical, meticulous member. MacDermot-a muscular, meteoric, masterful mite. MacPhail - A merry, masculine, magnanimous monster. Martin-a magnificent model, major mischief. Molson-marvelous, magnificent, matchless male. Moseley- a musical, munificent, minute man. Rider-a reliable, robust, rugged rogue. Shaw-serious, sensible, skilful student. Vickers-a volatile, vibrant, vivacious Victor. Under the direction of, Tees-a terrible, tempestuous, torturing teacheg f' Ohle n FORM IB Our members have had a busy and happy year, especially in the sports world. Although we did not beat IA at hockey, we were by no means walked over, Two of our leading forwards were Johnston and Scrivener. Buchanan, the star of the game, was in defence with Vickers ll behind in goals, Tennant ll and Tratt were always waiting to take over in goals. Weil and Pike ll were two more hockey enthusiasts. Connolly E., Molson M., Rankin, Sise and Stewart I were the happy ones from our Form at the Ski Meet. They did not carry off any gold medals, but prepared for greater fame next year. Luckily our only injury this year was Ostiguy l dislocating a finger. Apparently he ran into someone on Redpath Street! Soccer seems a long way off, but we cannot forget that Willis was the backbone of the Soccer games. Feifer was also seen flying after the ball. Sports Day will soon be here and we remember Wilson's fine effort last year. We wonder if any dark horses will appear this year. Cubs has been the main interest for several boys. Connolly E. is a Sixer, Molson M. a Seconder and Rankin, Stewart A. and Stewart I have supported the pack loyally. The newly formed Stamp Club has interested Johnston, Oliver I, Phillips I, Scrivener and Sise. lt you have any unwanted stamps, these boys and several in other Forms would welcome them. Even Canadian ones are welcome. It is late in the year to welcome newcomers Scrivener, Tennant ll and Willis, es- pecially as they have settled in and contributed well to the Form. Stop press. Congratulations to Molson M. on winning the Gym Crest again. U PEIRS HOUSE f5f5hf5B Ag AL L, f 1 NSTALL HOUSE 'S H A A W 44 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM Al Nothing of outstanding importance has happened this year in Form AI to require more than a routine report. We are a Class of twenty-three souls who have come up through school together, and all know to a nicety just what can be expected of each other. Abiding friendships are formed, and some short-lived iealousies. At one time some boys had the idea of forming Clubs, with elaborate lapel-badges to wear, and for a few days all went well. But it was found to foster friction rather than cameraderie, so the idea was dropped. There is keen competition in many fields. All boys belong to one of the four Houses, and each boy tries to boost his I-louse above all others. ln games there is much rivalry. The Cub Pack has its groups too, with Sixers and Seconders to urge on his own Six to excellence. Then on the academic front the striving continues, with fortnightly marks re- cording our success or failure. John Carsley attains top place consistently, and with such ease in spite of the valiant efforts of Michael Hoffmann, John Gwinnell, David Galt, Eli Daniels and John Drummond to unseat him. The miracle can happen when John is kept at home by his enemy, asthma, but in this battle too, we are pleased to report that he seems to be getting the upper hand. Cubs appear in appropriate uniforms on Thursdays. Our Cubs are Timothy Ainley, a Sixer, Per Amundsen, Jamie Copping, Michael Culver, Brian Cusack, Robin Davies, lan Dobell, Patrick Dodd-a Sixer, Michael Fitzpatrick, a Seconder, David Fuller, David Galt, a Sixer, Robert Graham, George Hodgson, a Seconder, and Nelson Vermette, a Sixer. Although all are too young land Michael Young tool to ioin in the annual Ski Meet, many boys are quite good little skiers. Robin Davies and Tommy Fisher improved their style under Mr. Ertel's watchful eye. Acquiring skill with hammer and nail, saw and plane, are our woodworkers. lt is a relief to see that the carpenters, including Drew Colby, finish their course without drawing blood on these sharp instruments. Their bookends, match-strikers and other useful creations, make prized gifts to mothers and fathers. It was with regret that we parted with John Gwinnell at Easter. But all our good wishes for a happy and successful future go with him. C. I. M. FORM All It meant for us this year an airy classroom at your right hand when you come in at the front door of the School, and also a sanctuary in which twenty-one boys have been from September until June-day after day-fed with various disciplines, of which they did not always see the necessity. ln spite of that, they usually smiled, showed good will, earnestness and high spirits. A2 has really been a most enjoyable group ll think all their teachers agreel with a very pleasant esprit de corps . We had at the head of the class a little brain trust of seven or eight boys, who struggled eagerly for the first ranks, led by John Kent lyes, David Molson, I include you in that groupl. Amongst these was Jan Wyllie, one of our new-comers. The rest of the class followed closely, and the academic standard was high. Less scholarly activities were very popular and Gym, of course, was much preferred to French. In this field, one of our new-comers, Neil Cryer, made Us very proud since Mr. Cleary took him in the Gym Squad. We also felt flattered to send a representative to the Ski Meet, in the person of Barry Pitt-the only boy picked from the Junior School. Cubs were well attended: seventeen boys ioined in the Grand Howl every Thursday afternoon, shaking the school with their powerful uproar. Amongst these cubs, John Mac- FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-T960 45 aulay, Derek Morton, Billy Palmer, David Sanford, Mark Stethem, David Thackray, Pierre Viger lour third new-comerl, Barrie Wexler, Jan Wyllie, Robert Kerlin, were all under the able direction of the Sixers Carroll Odell, Tony Smith, Philippe Dorland, and their seconders John Rudel, Brian Magee and John Kent. Manual Training had thirteen adepts and boys such as Jamie McDougall or David Thackray were very proud to bring home smooth and well-finished book-ends or letter- holders. I should not fail to mention our ghost pupil, Redpath, whom we never saw, but whose empty desk and elusive presence haunted us. So altogether a happy year-and very important-since it concludes for twenty-one boys the first round of their education and marks their last year in the Junior School. J. D. FORM BI Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play . . . So wrote the poet Gray while in the grounds of Eton. Mouse Macfarlane has the makings of such a poet in him, but the collaboration of Dippy Darling is necessary to add that touch of gloom appropriate to the poetry of despair. Madman Mills can provide excellent sound-effects-gibbering delightfully like Hamlet's father. And Despic from Dubrovnik, stepping out of the delicious world of the renaissance can play the part of the European lost in our age of technology and nonsense. Of course such a play requires the shrieks and groans of a Euripidean chorus, composed in this instance of Lester, Fitzpatrick, Clark, Dawes, Moseley, Oliver, Ostiguy, Usher-Jones, Young and McLeod - their delightful voices luring young masters into the wine-filled cellars of Circe's house. There the incidental music is provided by Bourke, McKenzie, Hadekel, Barott-and Sydney Bechet's September Song re-arranged as a trumpet voluntary by Monteith. A strange play, no doubt, but, All the world's a stage . . even the classroom! R. P. FORM B2 Form B2 has risen to greater heights than any of its predecessors! We now occupy a small classroom at the top of the school, where we rub shoulders with the upper classes. We have demonstrated our worthiness to move in such exalted circles by maintaining a high position in the classroom tidiness competition. Our leading scholars battle bi-monthly for first place - a position which has been held by John Maase, John Aimers, Sven Hurum and Billy Boggs. In close contention are Brandon Ayre, Stephen Leopold and Mason Tyler. We are well represented in sports by such stalwarts as Shaun Mclntosh whose incredible energy gives the impression that he is playing for both teams at once! Mark Rawlings' fine scrap book of hockey players and records is a further example of the general enthusiasm for sports and games in this form. Sven Hurum was this year's Gym Crest winner - but we have many good performers in the gym who made the choice a very difficult one. Barry Graham, Ricky Chenoweth, Blair Barwick, David Cahn and Lindsay Gordon are some of the iSteal Ball' and Dodge Ball stars. It is incredible that the school year is now nearly over and that this little assembly of noisy, enthusiastic and eminently likeable boys will soon move on to a higher form. My sincere thanks to them all for such a pleasant and happy year. B. C. SELWYN HOUS E SCHOOL MAGAZINE FORM C An Alphabet for Form C A is for Atack, who has worked well this year, He is cheery and bright and rather a clear. B is tor blaclc boards, of which we have three, Wherever we sit they are easy to see. C is for Craig, Chambers, Clarks B. G. and P. Paul is without, the others spelt with an e. D tor Dean and Diclcman who came to us later, Although both are small, their brain power see E is lor l'Excellent we all hope to acquire, But it isn't too easy and some ot us tire. F is tor figures and also for lun Waiting tor all when they have their work clone. FORMS C AND D ms greater FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 47 G is for Goldbloom and Christopher Galt, And should our form lag, it won't be their fault. H is for Hodgson and Hone who have now learnt, at last, That work and work only will get them there fast. I is for lversen, our wizard on ice, A jolly good worker and really quite nice. J sounds, by chance, that it might be for gym. lt's not? And why not an n as in hymn? K is for Kerr who lust must get things right, Too anxious, he sometimes stands in his light. L for the Library books with their covers so gay, If we keep them too long there is something to pay. M for McCorriston and McDougall D. Two excellent workers in this years Form C. N is for naughty and nimble and nice, Much of the former is dear at the price. O is for overshoes, a nuisance to all, lt's good to be rid of them now till the Fall. P is for Peck, Purvis and Phillips ll, All eager and anxious to see the work through. Q for Queen Elizabeth who gave us great joy When a few months ago she gave birth to a boy. R is for R. McLernon, who was often quite ill, In spite of this drawback, he has worked with a will. S is for six of the boys in our class, We haven't a doubt that they will all pass. There's Savard and Shenkman and Stewart D. Bright and intelligent, neat as can be. Then Stapleton, Southam and Peter Scott, Finish the S's and also the lot. T for D. Tester who comes in the last And soon to be added to one of the past. D. M. T. FORM D ln the room with D on its door, the small new-comers to Selwyn House School serious- ly begin the great Adventure of Life, and their adjustments to it and each other, the prelude to Public Relations. Dale Carnegie would probably shudder at their prospects of Making Friends and Influencing People if he were to hear their uninhibited comments. However, their truthfulness 48 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE and candour, even though too harsh at times, are rather refreshing to ears accustomed to the more studied remarks and behaviour of their elders. For example, on the day following a birthday party, one of the erstwhile guests was overheard graciously assuring his late host that he'd given the worst party of the year. However, on seeing his hosts distress, his better instincts prevailed, and he explained that he preferred larger parties, evidently belonging to the quantity-rather-than-quality school of thought, The precept, lt is more blessed to give than to receive has not yet taken root in at least one mind. The young man in question arrived on Valentines Day, armed with cards lor all, and happily began to deliver them, After a few minutes of giving, he stopped, glanced at his own desk, and announced, Why, l've only been given one Valentine! Turning angrily tothe boys he'd just given a card to, he said, A'Did you give me a Valentine? Did you? On receiving a shake of the head, he snatched back his gift, and several others he'd presented, and retired to his desk, where he returned the cards neatly to a large envelope. Later he complained that one ot the deprived recipients had called him Fat Face in retaliation. Like all small children the boys take remarks very literally. One of them who had pre- viously been most co-operative, misbehaved in Assembly one morning. On receiving what was meant as a quelling glance, he returned a thoroughly brazen and unabashed stare. Later he was admonished and asked if he had gotten out of the wrong side of the bed to produce such unusual behaviour. He pondered the matter seriously, then replied, No, but possibly it was caused by my going to bed very late last night. Possibly he was right! Upon the first appearance ot a map on which various countries were coloured different- ly, one little boy impulsively pointed and called out lcorrectlyl, I see Greenland . Another excitedly added, And I see Pinkland! Following a search for their pencils, one child, emerging with two, assured his com- panions that they were his own private ones . As students the children have done well, being on the whole, quite eager, and not struggling too violently against work. - As people they are lovable and should get through school without pain to themselves or others, and be a credit to Selwyn House. These boys of Form D arez- Aboud, Besso, Boswell, Chenoweth lll, Culver ll, Demers, Fisher, Fitzpatrick lll, Grosvenor ll, Holland, Laxton, MacDougall ll, MacDougall lll, Marler, McCallum, Billy Molson, Morton ll, Oliver Ill, Ronalds, Smith ll, Steiner and Victor. E. F. ? SPORTS Senior Soccer The senior soccer team faced such a wide variety of opposition through the season that it was difficult for each member of the team to assess his true ability. At Ashbury we met an extremely sound team whose ability to cover and mark our forwards was quite outstanding. However, our defence learned rapidly and in the second half we were able to contain their forwards with the result that our forwards were brought more effectively into the play. This was in contrast with the game against Stanstead in which our forwards and halves were given considerable room in which to move. At first, remembering the lesson at Ashbury, we were guilty of passing the ball too soon thereby wasting many opportunities. Once the team realised the amount of room they were being given they were quick to take advantage and moved well in possession of the ball. The opposition was constantly drawn out of position and the game was won in convincing fashion. AYRE. lCaptl A good half back who played quite a sound game. He was sometimes caught out of position through advancing the ball and then losing it through poor passing. BALLANTYNE. A tireless worker who covered a great deal of territory. His kicking and passing were inclined to be a little erratic. SEWELL. Showed considerable promise and ability but at the moment lacks sufficient drive to fulfil that promise. WAKEFIELD. Worked hard to improve himself at fullback, he needs to develop kicking ability with both feet. VALOIS. A useful goalkeeper who showed good anticipation, still a little unsure of ground shots. MALONE. Played a very sound game in goal, I feel that he showed great potential in this position and should work at it through the coming season. MCDOUGALL. Combined good ball control with a fair knowledge of the game. He should develop into an excellent forward. TENNANT. Showed considerable skill. He played courageously against larger and heavier opponents. ZINMAN. A very strong player who still lacks ball control. His frequent rushes on goal were often fruitless, due to poor shooting. TYRER. A useful forward with quite good ball control, he should try to develop more speed. BIRKS. An inspiration in enthusiasm and effort. He worked tremendously hard. Has the making of a very good soccer player. WEBSTER. A good forward who will do very well as he develops more confidence. MAXWELL. A keen, determined player who improved greatly through the season. His kicking was a little unsure, but his tackling was sound. B. C. SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Senior Soccer Scores Home versus Sedberglw Stonsleod Ashbury Away versus Sedbergh Stcmsfeod Ashbury UNDER 13 SOCCER B.C.S.Awcy Home Stonste-odAwoy Home Asl'1buryAwoy Home l - l 8 - l l - l O - l 4 - l l - 5 lost 11-0 lost 2-O won 5-0 won 5-O lost 8-l tied 000 SENIOR SOCCER TEAM sm 'JH . Y F Rear: Mr. Cleary, R. Sewell, S. Ayre, C. Wakefield, W. Bcllontyne, A Zunmon Cenlre: P. Webster, A. Tennant, D. Malone, G, Mc:cDougalI, G. Maxwell Front: J. Birks, M. Tyrer, G. Heber? FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 51 The Under 13 Soccer team, after making a rather slow start improved tremendously as the season progressed. Our first game was our away game at B.C.S, where we were well beaten, and our second game was at Ottawa where we were overwhelmed. This rather tragic start stung the team into action, and although the only games we won were our Stanstead games, our second game against Ashbury could be a moral victory in that we tied the team that had beaten us badly before. The boys who played for the Under 13 team were: Hugh Roberts, Michael Shaughnessy, Tony Stikeman, Stephen Price, James Ramsden, George Hebert, Duncan McMartin, Jimmy Brunton, Terry Hutchinson, Philip Maurice, Kip Cobbett, Michael Dench and Toby Kent. UNDER 12 SOCCER Sedbergh at home Lost 2-1 away Tied 1-1 Our Under 12 Soccer team showed good promise for next year, and although we lost the Wanstall Cup, there was a very good spirit on the team, and they went down to defeat valiantly. Both games were tightly contested, and our game at Serbergh was played in torrential rains that slowed down the game greatly, and at times brought well kicked balls to a complete standstill. The following boys played for the team: Jimmy Brunton, Kip Cobett, Jimmy Coristine, Stuart Cryer, Richard Dobell, Terry Hutchinson, Bruce McMartin, Philip Thom, Victor Vickers, Alan Case, Melvyn Thorn, and Rickie Kent. SENIOR HOCKEY W.J.H.S. Away Lost 7-5 L.C.C. At Home Won 2-1 Away Tied 3-3 Ashbury Home Won 8-0 Stanstead Away Won 4-O Home Won 5-1 Sedbergh Away Won 8-1 Home Won 8-4 Fathers Match Won 9-3 This year our Senior team, under the leadership of Captain Steven Ayre, had one of the best seasons that we have had in several years. We played nine games, and of these we won seven, tied one, and lost only one, There was a tremendous spirit on the team, and all players were willing to work hard to improve their skill. This was particularly apparent in the hard, and often rather unpleasant work, of skating themselves into shape. This was one of the best conditioned teams that we have ever had. CHARACTERS ALLAN ZINMAN, Goaler. Played with great enthusiasm, as he has done for at least two years. His ability to stop shots from all directions was important on many occasions and was of vital help to our team. lColoursl STEVEN WELLS, Defence. A hard checking defenceman afraid of no one, who was prepared to dig into corners to gain possession of the puck, and then to get the puck out of his own end zone. A good skater, with a good shot. JON BIRKS, Defence. Although small, he did a good iob on diverting oncoming forwards into the corners, taking away the puck, and clearing loose pucks from in front of the nets. He played with intelligence. 52 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE GRAEME TENNANT, Defence. A very able defenceman who has a great skill in intercepting passes and blocking shots. He is able to position himself very well so that he would be in the best position to prevent players from getting close to the net. A good skater, who set up many scoring plays from the blueline. lColoursI CHARLES WAKEFIELD, Defence. Although not an unduly good skater or skilful player, he made up for these by having great enthusiasm and aggressiveness. He gave of his best at all times on the ice. STEVEN AYRE, Forward. A good skater, and stick handler, who managed to score many goals by being an opportunist in the right place at the right time. BILLY BALLANTYNE, Forward. A digging type of player who loved to go into the corners and to battle the puck out in front of the net. He had a very good shot. BRUCE HAMILTON, Forward. Played a steady game, skating hard, and backchecking well. A very enthusiastic player who gave of his best in every game. GORDIE MGCDOUGALL, Forward. A very fast skater and a good stick handler. He produced a considerable number of goals for us by good break-awayeplays. An intelligent player who played hard both ways. lColoursI CHRIS SKORYNA, Forward. A very keen, enthusiastic player who put his whole heart into every game that he played. He skated hard both ways, and led the team in goals scored. lColoursI BOBBY SEWELL, Forward. A good hard working player who will be a most useful player next year. He skates and carries the puck well. He is very good at playmaking. DAVID MALONE, Forward. Although not a regular player during the whole of the season due to an injury, he showed a great deal of fight in his hockey. He will be a very important player next year. UNDER 'I3 HOCKEY Stanstead At home -won 7-2 Away lost 2-I Ashbury At home won 3-2 Away lost 3-I B.C.S. At home won 3-I Away tied 2-2 L.C.C. At home lost 'I-0 Away tied I-I Our Under I3 team was an extremely good team this year, but had a bad habit of playing erratically at times. In our hardest series with Bishops and with L.C.C. the boys played excellently, and in total points outscored Bishops for the first time in several years. However, the team had at times a bad case of overconfidence which caused us to lose several games which we might have won. Despite this there was a very good spirit on the team, and the boys put a great deal of effort into practice. The following played for the team: Teddy Manthorp, Jimmy Sedgewick, Tommy Birks, Tony Stikeman, George Hebert, Kip Cobbett, Duncan McMartin, Philip Maurice, Michael Dench, Michael Shaughnessy, John Pike and Stephen Price. THE FATHERS' HOCKEY TEAM .I -Ie, - SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM 1. Rear: A Zinman, C. Skoryna, G. MacDougall, S. Ayre, R. Sewell, W. Ballanlyne, B. Hamilton, Mr. Tees. Front: D. Malone, J. Birks, C. Wakefield, G. Tennant, S, Wells. 54 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE UNDER 12 HOCKEY The Under I2 Hockey team played only one game this year. They showed great pro- mise, however, in beating Van Horne School by six goals to nothing. MacDermot was the leading scorer with three goals. Scrivener, Dobell I and Vickers I each scored one. Van Horne played well, but the school forwards were too fast and were able to break clear on many occasions. Vickers ll, althought not seriously tested, proved a cool and capable goaltender. Dobell as captain played a very sound game and was an inspiring leader. The following boys represented the school Dobell I lCapt.l Cobbett, Vickers I, Vickers ll, Buchanan, Johnston, Thom MacDermot, Birks Ill, McMartin ll, Scrivener. lf.,- Q. I V .lt it ' as 5-N X X if 'eu LX 'Y 'JM 'Y M ll I, X ni. I HOUSE SKI MEET Under the direction of Mr. lversen, ably assisted by Mr. Cleary and Mr. Phillips, a very successful house ski meet was held at St. Sauveur in late February. The senior downhill was won by Brian Usher-Jones, followed by Michael Dench, Gregor Maxwell, Andrew Vodstrcil, and Jonathan Birks, the senior slalom by Gregor Maxwell, followed by Bobby Sewell, Philip Webster, Michael Rawlings, Gordon MacDougall and Tommy Birks. Ernest Pitt won the intermediate downhill, and the runners-up were Rodney Devitt, Tommy Bourne, Philip Thom and Mark Molson, whilst in the intermediate slalom Rodney Devitt placed first, followed by Philip Thom, Barrie Birks and Ernest Pitt INTERMEDIATE SKI MEET VERSUS SEDBERGH Under Mr. Tees' direction an intermediate ski team had a very happy day as guests of Sedbergh School, the results of which were as follows: In the downhill Rodney Devit placed first, Ernest Pitt third, Michael Dench sixth, Philip Thom eight, and Andrew Vodstrcil tenth - final points Sedbergh 379, Selwyn House 374. In the slalom Ernest Pitt placed second, Rodney Devitt third, Michael Dench fourth, FOR YHE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-19 60 55 Andrew Vodstrcil sixth, and Philip Thom eighth equal - final points Selwyn House 352 Sedbergh 331. ln the cross-country our boys were not so experienced, Rodney Devitt placed fifth and Michael Dench, Ernest Pitt, Andrew Vodstrcil and Philip Thom seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth respectively - final points Sedbergh 359, Selwyn House 274. Combined totals Sedbergh 1070, Selwyn House 1001. Final Table, 1958-59 HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP Lucas Macaulay Wanstall Speirs Work 250.99 217.73 212.83 300.00 General Act 156.43 160.95 161.56 140.66 Junior 49.46 49.82 43.93 50.00 Football 86.61 57.97 100.00 72.92 Hockey 100.00 43.66 80.00 38.18 Cricket ---- Softball 25.00 18.75 25.00 18.75 Skiing 35.89 30.35 30.86 36.40 Swimming 35.29 40.00 21.18 25.88 Boxing 7.14 5.71 10.00 3.81 Athletics 47.50 45.00 60.00 35.00 794.31 669.94 745.36 721.60 Maximum 1000 1. LUCAS 836.1 1 2. WANSTALL 784.59 3. SPEIRS 759.57 4. MACAULAY 705.20 1959-60 Positions at the end of the Easter Term:- Lucas Macaulay Wanstall Speirs Work 230.31 285.66 226.66 300.00 General Act 179.19 149.26 163.85 168.99 Junior 36.56 41.55 37.41 50.00 Football 85.00 95.00 100.00 55.00 Hockey , 97.22 23.89 100.00 79.17 Skiing 28.86 33.49 40.00 30.66 657.14 628.85 627.92 683.82 Maximum 1000 SPEIRS 865.59 LUCAS 831.82 MACAULAY 796.00 WANSTALL 794.83 56 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Bcmtamweight Vickers ii CLI Birks iii CLI Gibson CWI Oliver i CLI Joseph CSI Molson i CPI CMI Grosvenor i CLI Welterweight Vickers i CLI Norsworthy CLI Landers CMI Thorn CLI Price CSI Rider CSI McMartin ii CMI Forbes CMI Middleweight Brown CLI Roberts CSI Case CWI Birks i CLI Tennant i CWI Heavyweight Ayre i CWI Galt, J. CMI Ballantyne CLI Sewell CSI MacDougalI i CN Boxing Birks iii CLI Birks iii CLI Oliver i CLI Molson i CPI CMI Molson i CPI CMI Vickers i CLI Vickers i CLI Landers CMI Price CSI Price CSI McMartin ii CMI Roberts ls, Roberts CSI Birks i CLI Ayre i CWI Ballantyne CLI l I MacDougall i CWI Birks iii CLI Price CSI Roberts CSI Ayre i CWI sn D D U Q Z 4 VI I- D O U V1 58 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE SCOUT NOTES The School Scout Troop has been meeting regularly every Tuesday alternoon since the end of the Soccer season. At the beginning of the year the Troop was called together, and Patrols were chosen, and Patrol Leaders elected. The Patrol Leaders were Philip Webster and John Galt, and these two chose Ivan Ralston and Terry Hutchinson as their Seconds. These four, together with Mr. Tees, the Scoutmaster, spent a weekend up north planning tor the yeor's activities, and taking part in Scouting activities. The Troop got down to business in earnest early in November, and continued in the Gymnasium until the end of the term. During the Christmas holidays, a group of Scouts spent a short period up north performing more Scouting skills. During the Easter term, as the gymnasium was not available, the Troop moved its headquarters to the Dining Hall, and had several enjoyable meetings there. There were also several exciting games of hockey on the School rink. The final term of Scouting usually sends the Troop up the mountain looking for more interesting activities, and there is no doubt that we will be doing the same this year. PATROLS ANTELOPE PATROL PANTHER PATROL CUBS Philip Webster John Galt lvan Ralston Terry Hutchinson Pete Rider Jon Scott Toby Kent Ricky Kent Billy Landers John LeMoine The Junior Cubs meet every Thursday and shatter the sequestered air of the library with their Grand Howl. Our sympathies go out to Miss Pick tor whom our howl is, l'm sure, anything but grand. There are fifty-two in our pack leach one, in his own way, o cardll and this may best be described as a great deal. With such a large group the problem of testing has been a very difficult one - however all cubs have passed the tenderpad test and many have almost completed the requirements for their first star. The points race is developing into a very close struggle. At the time of writing Red Six has a slim lead with White Gold and Blue in hot pursuit. The Senior Pack though fewer in numbers displays every bit as much enthusiasm as its junior counterpart. The Pack was reorganized after Christmas and now has two sixes, Grey and Gold. Our latest eftorts have been directed towards the making and breaking of codes at which the pack has become quite adept. They have also shown great aptitude as detectives having solved most elaborately staged murders, mysteries and misdemeanours. With iust a few weeks to go the two sixes are deadlocked for points and whoever does win will certainly do so by a very small margin. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-19 60 59 GYMNASTIC DISPLAY As usual, there was great excitement as the date of the annual Gymnastic Display - Friday, March llth -drew near. The various forms had been working with frenetic energy, and on every conceivable occasion the special gym squad had been practising to perfect their difficult and complicated routines. The afternoon performance was highlighted by the presentation of Gym Crests by Mrs. W. J. C. Stikeman, a member of the Board of Governors, to the following boys: Andrew Culver lForm Dl, Freddie Southam lForm Cl, Tommy Oliver lForm Bll, Sven Hurum lForm B2l, David Galt lForm All and Neil Cryer lForm A2l. At the evening performance our Guest of Honour was Mr. Robert W. Wakefield, another member of the school's Board of Governors, who warmly congratulated Mr. Cleary on his splendid work with the boys and commended the gymnasts on their outstanding performance. Mr. Wakefield presented Crests to the Stuart lForm lForm Connolly and Pembroke MacDermot lForm lAl, lBl, Jimmie Coristine and Stuart Cryer lForm 21, 3l, Georges Hebert and Graeme Tennant lForm Tyrer lForm 51. The de Wolfe Mackay Shield was presented to Billy Ballantyne as the outstanding gymnast of the senior form. following Senior School winners: Mark Molson and Peter Scrivener Michael Dench and Stephen Price 41 and Billy Ballantyne and Miles 60 SELWYN HOUS E SCHOOL MAGAZINE H Swimming Four lengths lopenl: 1 One length l10 and underl: 1 One length l11 yearsl: 1 Two lengths l12 yearsl: 1 Two lengths l13 yearsl: 1 Two lengths 114 and overl: 1 One length backstroke ll 2 and underl:1. One length backstroke l13 and overlzl. Diving l12 and underl: 1 Diving ll3 and overl: 1 Intermediate Relay lforms Il and ll: 1 Senior Relay lforms V, IV and llllz 1 OUSE SCORES 1. 2. 3. 4. McMartin i IMlg Vickers ii ILlp Kent ii IMlg Norsworthy ILlg McMc1rtin i IMl Wells IWJ5 Dench ILlg McMcrtin i IMlg Thom IWlg Tennant i IWlg Lucasg Wonstollg LUCAS MACAULAY WANSTALL SPEIRS 2. Sewell ISI 2. Oliver i ILl Vickers I ILl Dench ILl Birks ii ILl Sewell ISI Kent ii IMl 2. Galt, .l. IMl 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. Scrivener ISI 2. Stikemon IMl 2. Speirs 2. Lucas Actual Max. 40 19 40.00 15 31.58 13 27.37 5 1 0.53 GYM DISPLAY fPho9os by Tyre: and Usher-Jones 62 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE . 3 if up All T, Q .H vw MJ t f Old Boys Association Honorary President Hon. Mr. Justice G. Miller Hyde Honorary Vice-President Mr. Robert A. Speirs President Mr. Brian Markland Vice-President Rt. Hon. Lord Shaughnessy Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary Mr. Roy Bond Mr. Alfred M. Dobell Mr. Alan K. S. Lamplough Mr. W. H. Budden Mr. Beau Quinlan Mr. Charles Colby, Jr. Mr. Ernest Usher-Jones ' Staff Representative Mr. Frederick A. Tees Board of Governors' Representative Mr. H. Stirling Maxwell The Presiclent's Message Fellow Old Boys, This year has seen some big changes in your Association. At the annual dinner last fall Bill Budden presented a plan to reorganise the Association as follows: l. 2. 3. 4. To change the year-end of the Association from December 3lst to June 30th - corresponding to the school year. To make the fees payable directly to the School - in this way they become eligible as a deduction for income tax purposes. To increase the fees from S3 to S5 per annum, the increase to be used to establish a bursary fund. To establish life memberships for those Old Boys who contribute Sl0O or more to the Association, either at one time or over a period of years. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960 63 This plan was approved unanimously by the members present at the dinner meeting and put into effect immediately. One result of this is that there will be no annual meeting this spring. Instead it will be held next fall at the time of our annual dinner. The present executive will therefore remain in office until then. Another result is that you will not be billed for fees until the fall and the start of a new fiscal year under the new arrangements. The annual dinner lost fall was one of our most successful. Over fifty old boys attended and enioyed another delicious repost prepared by George, the school chef. Before dinner, cocktails were served in the gym and old boys had a chance to renew old acquaintances and to wander around the school and see the latest changes. Those who hadn't been back to the school for some time certainly saw a great many changes and those of us who return in the fall will see even more. I understand that a further addition is planned, to be built over the assembly hall. This will provide urgently needed new classrooms to accom- modate an ever expanding student body. After the dinner, Tim Porteous of My Fur Lady fame gave an interesting and amusing talk on his recent trip behind the iron curtain. As Tim said, the curtain is getting a bit rusty and there are lots of holes in it now for those who are really interested in visiting the eastern European countries. The main point brought out in his speech was that the Russians as o whole are o warm and generous people, much the some as the others all over the world land Tim has covered a good part of the worldl. The main difference between them and us is that they have even less control over their governments actions than we have over ours. The paid-up membership in the Association now stands at l86. These members are continuing to provide a bursary for a deserving student who was awarded this bursary on the recommendation of Mr. Speirs, the headmaster. lt is hoped that next year we will be able to help other students who otherwise might not be able to continue at the school. To do this we will have to expand our membership. l hope that, remembering the great benefit we all received from the training we had at Selwyn House, you will all continue to spread the word about the Association and what we are attempting to do to help the School and its students. If we can each persuade a former classmate or friend to come to the annual dinner and to join the Association in the coming year, l am sure that we will have an even more successful year than this one. BRIAN MARKLAND, President. MCGILL OLD BOYS Among the 1959 graduates from McGill were the following Old Boys of Selwyn House - Murray Magor, B.A., B.C.L., Bachelor of Divinity with first class honours in systematic theology, Taylor Carlin and Harry Seifert, Bachelor of Commerce, Freddie Angus, Philip Cumyn, Peter Duffield and .lohn Udd, Bachelor of Engineering, Tom Gillespie, Peter Mackay and Derek Marpole, Bachelor of Arts, Anthony Lafleur, Henri Lafleur, lvan Phillips, Bachelor of Civil Law, R. Graydon Goodall, B.A., M.D.C.M., and Geoffrey W. Lehman, B.A., M.D.C.M., Diploma in Surgery. Among the students enrolled at McGill for the current session, i959-l96O, are the following: Aikman, Robert, B.Sc. 2 Cleghorn, John, B.Com. 2 Alexander, Michael, B.Com. 2 Colby, Charles, B.Eng. 3 Baillie, Fraser, B.A. 2 Colby, Robert, B.Sc. l Bain, Stewart, B.Eng. 3 Cumyn, Peter, B.A. 2 Barry, David, B.A. l Darling, Peter, B.Eng. 5 Bennetts, Richard, B.C.L. 2 Davidson, Peter, B.A. 4 Berwick, James, B.Eng. 2 Dennis, Michael, B.C.L. 2 Byers, Michael, B.Eng. 2 Dobell, Colin, B.A. 3 Choltey, Charles, B.Sc. 3 Eaton, Robert, B.A. 3 64 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Frosst, Alan, B.Sc. 4 McNeill, Duncan, B.A. 2 Gaherty, Geoffrey, B.Sc. 2 McRobie, Blair, B.A. 3 Gilbert, Robin, B.Sc. 2 Meakins, Jonathan, B.Sc. 2 Gillespie, Peter, B.Sc, 'I Molson, Stephen, B.Com. 3 Gillespie, Thomas, B.C.L. l Nobbs, Peter, B.Eng. l Hart, Charles, B.Eng. l Ogilvie, Michael, B.C.L. 2 Hyde, Peter, B.A. 3 Osler, Robert, B.A. 2 Knudsen, Ditlef, B.Arch. 2 Peters, Tim, B.A. 3 Lafleur, Anthony, B.C.L. 4 Phillips, David, B.A. l Lafleur, Henri, B.C.L. 4 Phillips, Ivan, B.C.L. 4 Landry, Peter, M.Sc. l Quinlan, Beau, B.Eng. 3 Leach, Geoffrey, B.Sc. 4 Raymond, Pierre, B.C.L. 3 Leach, Richard, B.Eng. l Robertson, lan, B.A. 3 Lofft, Michael, B.A. 3 Saunders, Roderick, B.Eng. 2 Mackay, Peter, M.D.C.M. l Seely, John, M.D.C.M. 2 Mactaggart, Donald, B.Eng. 4 Tait, Rodney, B.Eng. 4 Marpole, Derek, M.D.C.M. l Thomson, George, B.A. l Matson, Kenneth, B.Eng. 5 Udd, John, M.Eng. l Maxwell, Anthony, B.Eng. 3 Wait, Anthony, B.A. 4 McLernon, John, B.A.2 Windsor, George, B.Eng. l Other names which have come to hand are Timothy Carsley, B.C.L. 2, Rudolf Dolfuss, M.D.C.M. 2, Edmond Eberts, B.Sc. 4, Gordon Eberts, B.A. 3, Alexander Herron, B.A. 3, and Peter Vodstrcil, B.A. 2. Alan D. McCall was elected president of the McGill Graduate Society. Both Vice- presidents are also Old Boys of Selwyn House, namely, Mr. Justice G. Miller Hyde, and Mr. Charles H. Peters. Howard l. Ross, formerly a member of the school's Board of Governors, and father of Gerry, has been appointed one of the Society's three repre- sentatives on the Board of Governors of the University. Peter Darling was appointed president of the K.A. Society, and was assistant chairman of Dances. Alex Herron, Tim Peters, Colin Moseley and John McLernon were all on the McGill Hockey Team, and Tony Maxwell skied for the Universityf NEWS OF OTHER OLD BOYS Ross Heward graduated with honours in English and History from Bishop's University last year and is now studying at New College, Oxford. Eric Molson and Billy Timmins were among last year's graduates of Princeton University. Richard Udd and Teddy Coumantaros have distinguished themselves at Sir George Williams University. Philip Creery was awarded the David Mason Little Memorial Scholarship at the close of his junior year at Harvard University. Tony Vintcent is now teaching at Sedbergh School, after graduating from Bishop's University last year. His brother Brian is doing second year work at the University of Toronto. Francisco Cardona is in his final year at Harvard, which he entered as a sophomore from Exeter. He spent last summer in the jungles of Colombia as an interpreter for an expedition from Cambridge University. ln a recent letter he writes of meeting Daniel Javitch from Princeton. Epaminondos Embiricos was recently made a member of the august Cum Laude Society and attained highest honours at Exeter, where Nicky Kairis and Alec Miller have FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR I959-'I960 65 also distinguished themselves. Alec also starred on the hockey team. Rodney Moore is now at Abingdon School, near Oxford. He graduated from Ashbury College last year with first-class honours, and carried off prizes in Greek, French, Latin and Ancient History. Congratulations are in order for Denis Gaherty and Anthony Bogert and Anson McKim, all ot whom got married recently. Congratulations to Don Raper on the birth of a daughter and Barry Carrique on the birth of a son. From the University of New Brunswick comes word of David MUTTID in the Faculty of Engineering, and ot Robert Hallett in Forestry. Bill Hambly is enioying work at Bishop's University, and doing a great deal of radio broadcasting at the same time. Mr. John de M. Marler, Father of David, has been appointed honorary councillor of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Captain D. Lantier has been appointed Naval, Military and Air Attache to the Canadian Ambassador in Turkey for a period of at least three years. Jay Monge is a House President at Lawrenceville, stars on the Lacrosse Team, participates in school dramatics and is editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. Mr. Alan G. Magee has been president of the Montreal Canadian Club this past year, and has been named chairman of the Fund Committee ot Bishop's University Alumni Association. James Domville, who came down from Toronto for the Old Boys' Dinner, is producer of Spring Thaw , the New Play Society's annual revue. Anson McKim is chemical engineer with C.I.L. in Nobel, Ontario. Nicky LeMoine is working with Canadian Aviation Electronics Limited. David Seymour is in Balawyl, Southern Rhodesia, with Frobisher Ltd., but will be back in North America in September at the Colorado School of Mining. Peter W. A. Davison is completing his theological studies at Oxford. Hugh Maclennan is on the staff of the University of British Columbia. PHILLIPS ACADEMY, EXETER Alexander Miller, Academy Hockey Team. Nicholas J. Kairis, Honours, three terms, International Club, Secretary Treasurer, Red Key Society, Secretary, Academy Lacrosse Team, Manager. Epaminondas G. E. Embiricos: Cum Laude Society, Highest Honours, one term, High Honours, four terms, International Club, President, P.E.A. Senate, President, Academy Debating Team. 66 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE LOWER CANADA COLLEGE Fred McRobie, Grade T2. Arts, Senior Football, Senior Hockey, Prefect, Cadet Officer, Science Club, French House, John Fieldhouse, Grade ll. Arts, Senior Football, Head Monitor, Cadet Lieutenant, Dance Committee, Class Vice Captain, Quintillian Club, Dramatic Committee, Russel House. Bill Hesler, Grade ll. Arts, Senior Hockey lManagerl, Rifle Team, Track and Field, Science Club, Quintillian Club, Librarian, French House. Peter Schaal: Grade ll. Arts, Band Senior, Basketball Team, Woods House. Gordon Peters: Grade ll. Science, Students Council, Junior Hockey, Band, Science Club lVice-Presidentl, Mathematics Club lSecretaryl, Russell House. Michael Berrill, Curling, Eaton's Junior Executive, Science Club lPresidentl, Student's Council lChairmanl, Dance Committee, Woods House, Bob Dolman, Grade TO. Bantam Football, Drummond House. lan Riddoch: Grade TO. Junior Football, Drummond House. Harry Bloomfield, Grade TO. Curling, Science Club, Camera Club, Russel House. Tim Stewart, Grade TO. Quintillian Club, Drummond House. Robert Bruce: Junior Basketball lManagerl, Drummond House. Tim Gilbert, Grade IX. Bantam Football, French House. GRADUATING CLASS OF 1956-57 Michael Barry: Loyola College, B Ski Team. David Hutcheson: Upper Canada College. Peter Jackson: Hoscote Tutorial College. Daniel Javitch, Princeton University, B.A. T. Todd Lafontaine, H.M.C.S. Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. David Muffin: University of New Brunswick, B.Eng. T. Peter Nobbs, McGill University, B.Eng. T, Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Brian Saunderson, McGill University, B.A. T, PSI Upsilon Fraternity, Inter-Fraternity Hockey. Michael Stanger, McGill University, B.Sc. T, PSI Upsilon Fraternity. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR I959-1960 67 STOP-PRESS NEWS We have iust received news of Sandy Duthie - now at Robert Gordon's College Aberdeen, Scotland - recently returned from a trip to Switzerland. Sandy is anxious to ioin the R.A.F. in due course. He sends special greetings to this year's graduates lmost heartily reciprocatedl as theirs would have been his class had his family stayed in Canada. Congratulations are in order for Billy Ballantyne, who has been awarded the Cane Memorial Scholarship to Bishops College School, Lennoxville. Both Billy Ballantyne and Miles Tyres appeared on the prize list of the Royal Commonwealth Society for outstanding contributions to this year's Essay Competition, Entries exceeded 2000 from all across the Dominion. 1 ,lu Autograph ... 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