Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-1961 25 30 miles from Paris at the beginning ot the l9th Century. The cast was composed of Thomas Birks as the kind, wise Bishop, Graeme Tennant as the Convict, who, later in the play, reformed, Michael Shaughnessy as Persome, the Bishops grouchy little sister and housekeeper, Tony Stikeman as the sweet maid Marie, and Gordon McNeil and Gary LaFontaine, who portrayed the parts ot the proud police sergeant and his assistant respectively. A special word ot praise should be given to Mr. Phillips who taught the Choirs so admirably, and to Messrs. Iversen and Moodey who directed the plays, as well as to Mrs Howis, Mme. Dorland and Mrs Watts for their contribution to the make-up department, and to John Pike and David Brown for their industrious efforts behind the scenes. Without the able assistance and hard work ot these people, the Christmas entertainment would not have been the great success it was. ----li- The School Choir Singing prizes for the year T959-60 were won by Jimmy Brunton in the Senior Choir and by Rory Forbes in the Intermediate. The runners-up were Graeme Tennant and lan Robson. We were very fortunate in having Miss Vera Jamieson, Music Specialist in the Westmount Schools, to iudge the competition for us. The solo in the Senior Class was Angels, ever bright and fair , and in the Intermediate, ln Derry Vale . These two numbers, together with Meg Merrilies , were sung by the Prizegiving Choir-the two-part arrangement ot the Londonderry Air being especially effective. Four choirs sang groups of carols at the Christmas Entertainment and the names of the soloists-over twenty in number-appear elsewhere. Particularly enjoyed was a new carol by Sowerby, The Snow lay on the ground which was sung in two parts by the Senior Choir. At the Quebec Music Festival in February, Jimmy Brunton was placed 2nd with 86 marks in the Boys' Sacred Solo Class Open, and in the T2 years and under class, Rory Forbes won first place with 86 marks and Bobby Tennant second with 84. These boys are to be heartily congratulated on their success, and tor the high marks they obtained. There are many promising singers in the school, and competition for the limited number of places in this year's Prizegiving Choir will be particularly keen.

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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

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DEER UNC, li Debating ln the first meeting of this year, the Selwyn Oratorical Society, consisting of the boys from Form V, elected oflicers for the Executive Committee, Thomas Birks was elected President, Philip Webster as Vice-President, and Graeme Tennant as Secretary-Treasurer. The meetings were held every two weeks. There were hat draws, speeches, and formal debates. i960-T961 has been a most successful year for the Society, and we would like to extend our thanks to Mr. Speirs, who has helped us all year with his worthy advice. We wish to thank Mr Moodey for iudging the debates. INTER-HOUSE DEBATING The following keenly contested inter-house debates were held for the LeMoine Trophy, all judged by Mr E. C. Moodey. FIRST GROUP - That Montreal should annex the suburban municipalities. Affimativez Lucas House - Thomas Birks and David Brown. Negative: Macaulay House - Duncan McMartin and Tony Stikeman. Police are eliiective in the curbing of crime. Afifirmativez Wanstall House -- Graeme Tennant and Gary LaFontaine. Negative: Speirs House - Philip Webster and Gordon McNeil. Macaulay and Speirs were the winners. SECOND GROUP - That girls have a better time than boys. Afhrmative: Macaulay House -Tony Stikeman and Duncan McMartin. Negative: Speirs House - Gordon McNeil and Philip Webster. That the first Elizabethan Age was a better one to live in than the second. Aflimative: Wanstall House - Graeme Tennant and Peter Wright. Negative: Lucas House - David Brown and Thomas Birks. Macaulay and Lucas were the winners. THIRD GROUP - That Twentieth Century Science has done more harm than good. Aftirmative. Speirs House - Philip Webster and Gordon McNeil. Negative: Lucas House - David Brown and Thomas Birks. That Expressways are better for Montreal than a Subway. Affirmative: Wanstall House - Graeme Tennant and Gary La Fontaine. Negative. Macaulay House - Tony Stikeman and George Hebert. Lucas and Macaulay were the winners. Macaulay House was the happy recipient of the LeMoine Trophy.