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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28 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The annual Public Speaking Contest was this year judged by Mr. Philip Pugsley. The boys, who had been chosen from the preliminaries, all proved to be good speakers. The following topics were selected by the finalists: Gordon McNeil: Thomas Edison Graeme Tennant: i'The Little Island in the Sun Thomas Birks: Can Machines Replace Teachers? Tony Stikeman: Behind the Scenes of Ben Hur Philip Webster: Birth of the Earth Duncan McMartin: The World's Food Problem Tony Stilceman was judged the winner, Thomas Birks second, and Gordon McNeil third. lENl Literary Competition As last year, Mr. Moodey very kindly evaluated the varied efforts of contestants in the annual magazine literary competition. Prizes awarded were as follows-Poetry- Thomas Birks, Essay - Georges Hebert, Short Story 4 Hugh Roberts. House points were awarded for commendable contributions in the Poetry section to Philip Webster, Gray Buchanan and Drew Colby, in the Essay section to Gordon McNeil, John LeMoine, Robert Monteith, and Barrie Birks, and in the Short Story section to .lon Scott.