Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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.

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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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