Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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22 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-1961 The New Wing The welcome addition of a new wing over the Dining Hall was the outstanding feature of school opening last September-and now that it has been in use for the best part of a year we all wonder how on earth we managed without it! Plans were prepared early last spring by Old Boy Frank Nobbs, who has done the planning for so many of the additions to the school, and work started in mid-May so as to make sure that all would be in readiness for September opening - as indeed it was. In addition to the provision of two large and bright classrooms, and a very useful Visual Aids room between them, the plans called for extensive changes on the top floor of the main building, where a smallish classroom was eliminated by the moving of partitions to make the rooms on either side much more spacious and commodious. At the first Assembly of the school year, the new wing was formally opened by Mr. H. Stirling Maxwell, chairman of the Board of Governors. Others present for this occasion were Colonel John G. Bourne, chairman of the Building Committee, Mr. Frank Nobbs, architect, and Mr. William C. Speirs, also an architect and builder, who was visiting our headmaster from Scotland. The Library Another year has passed-and it has been a good one for the Library. There are now more than five thousand books on our shelves. Many kind friends of the school have made donations of books. These include Mrs. Harold Beament who gave us a twenty volume set ol World Book Encyclopedia , Miss Locke, who donated a very beautiful set of twenty-one fruit pictures, Mr Angus Murroy, Ralston and Lafontaine of Form V, Peck, Chambers, Southam and Craig of B25 Colby of lB, McLernon of Bl, Henry Joseph of 2A, and Fuller of A2. ln addition the School purchased over twenty new volumes, while Fines between September and early April paid for nearly forty additional beautiful and sought after books. Selwyn House School is fortunate in having an especially large and varied collection of encyclopedias, reference books and biographies. Happily, these cover a wide range of age levels, so that all boys are able to find desired information for essays and other projects. Among others, the Stamp Club has found our many Stamp Catalogues and Stamp Reference Books most useful. The boys have been using the Library more and more for reference, which is most gratifying to the teaching staff. A special Geography Section is being planned which we hope will prove especially useful to both Staff and Students. Our collection of Junior Books has been greatly increased. These have been used to provide Forms D and C with large classroom libraries with books rotated occasionally from the main Library. These class libraries are very popular with the pupils. As is usual, the boys brought in for display a wide selection of interesting treasures, which have been greatly enioyed by all. l wish to thank Miss Locke and express my appreciation and gratitude for the efficient and kindly way she took over my work while I was in the hospital. All in all, with the large circulation of books and the good use made of them and also of the new cupboards in the Library Office, which are greatly appreciated. T960-l96l, I would say was a most successful year. E. Pick, Librarian.

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ful Dramatics The Christmas entertainment this year continued to measure up to its previously high standard. Most of the school, especially the staff, worked extremely hard and as usual everything ran very smoothly. After the singing of O Canada , a few words from Mr. Speirs, the Junior choir sang two carols- Once in Royal Davids City , i'Good King Wenceslas and the well known hymn O Come, All Ye Faithful . The whole choir together with the following soloists sang well: Patrick Dodd, John Aimers, John Fricker, Andrew Kerr, Peter Fox and Stephen Leopold. Andrew Kerr and Peter Fox were judged lst and 2nd respectively. The singing was followed by the one-act French comedy, Le Professeur Distraitn written by Strachan Turnbull and produced by Mr. Iversen, The play took place in front of a little Parisian cafe. Peter Stein played the part of the stout llittlel patron, Raymond Douse Ie garcon, Michael Dorland the learned professor, George Galt and Bruce McMartin the two sneaky camelots, Rodney Devitt the stern policeman, Barrie Birks an old woman and Stuart Cryer, Georges Hebert and Christopher Skoryna the respectable customers. Everyone acted well, so the play was a great success. The Intermediate choir composed of the best singers of Forms IA and IB sang the well known carols, mln Dulci Jubilo , When Christ Was Born of Mary Free and The Wassail Song . The whole choir, especially the soloists John Kent, Barrie Wexler, Jan Wyllie, Per Amundsen, Billy Palmer and Tom Molson, were very good and deserve much credit. The second play, The Eyes Have lt was written, produced and directed by Mr. Moodey. A second curtain call showed how much it was appreciated. The scene of this delightfully humorous play was-'iThe visual aids room of an unnamed school . The actors were Robert Diez, a progressive enthusiast, Allan Zinman, a conservative pessimist, Stephen Price, an earnest mistress, Gordon Norsworthy, the stern headmaster, Hugh Roberts, the form Jonah, and Christopher Hoffmann, Peter Fialkowski, Melvin Thorn, James Coristine, Andrew Vodstrcil were the other bright members of the 4th form The best singers from Forms IIA and IIB sang Carol of the Drum , 'Alf Ye Would Hear The Angels Sing , 'AO Holy Night . The soloists, Victor Vickers, Pembroke MacDermot, Paul Rider and John Molson put on a fine performance. The Senior choir from Forms Ill, IV and V sang I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By , t'Song of the Crib , The Snow Lay On The Ground . The soloists, Rory Forbes, George Galt, Bobby Smith, Hugh Roberts, sang extremely well as did James Brunton and Graeme Tennant who deserve a special word of praise. The last play, The Bishop's Candlesticks , was written by Norman McKinneI, was produced under the able direction of Mr. Speirs. The scene took place in France about