Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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30 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE SHADOW ON THE WALL I looked upon the wall Which was down the hall. A shadow there was cast, But it did not last. The bolt on the door shone like a lamp, And l was afraid there might be a tramp. It came nearer to me - and now l shrieked, Who art thou? But it stood quite still. l looked back. lt was only the shadow of a doll Upon the window-sill. D. Colby, Form IB. WINTER ln the winter all the snow's white, And when the day's over comes the night, When the night's over comes the light, And the snow is still all white. Michael Kent, Form C. RABBITS Easter rabbits run about, To make the children laugh and shout, They make our Easter bright and gay, With Easter eggs for Easter Day. Christopher Laxton, Form C. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY President Kennedy, as it was often held against him in the elections, is the son of a Millionaire. He was brought up under the best circumstances, went to the best schools and universities, has an outstanding war record, and has a reputation as being a shrewd and relentless fighter, which is a great attribute to a politician. He has travelled widely, has an appealing personality to the people around him as well as to the public, and has written a Pulitzer Prize winning book, which was a best seller. Republican reporters and editors describe him as Ha trained seal performing to the instructions of a team of shadowy trainers , his trainers being his family and advisors. Some people are apt to believe that since he is a Catholic, he would sometimes be influenced by the Pope, but being a Catholic myself l don't believe this. Although this will come beyond Kennedys time, some Catholic President may be faced with the problem of birth control which would be necessary for the country, but against the Catholic Religion. He said before the election that the separation of Church and State is fundamental in the American Heritage and should remain so. His wife is beautiful and has a lot of charm. This was very important for she had to attract the women voters since the women now have more voting power than the men. She, like her husband, has had an excellent education, one example being that she has

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R THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-1961 29 A JOURNEY IN SPRING TO THE HOLY LAND As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood And ebb into a former life, or seem To lapse far back in some confused dream To states of mystical similitudef' So came l to the Galilean Sea Where through the years with each returning spring The hearts of men o'erflow, and they do sing Of Him who died forlorn on Calvary. For with each spring the barren land reborn Gives promise to the wisdom of the Lord, And bids mankind forget the fire and sword As taught by Him who wore a Crown of Thorn. lf only each would pledge himself to love Then could the Master sit serene above. T. Birks, Form V PILGRIMAGE 1961 O telegraph to Tel-Aviv, Israeli here l come, So find a camel that won't heave and not too cumbersome, l'm here to lead a new crusade, with Toynbee as our guide, To find out what is happening to Eichmann and his hide, To see if seas can really be as Red and Dead as they, And also if the Wailing Wall is still iust as they say. We hope to see the Temple there, upon the rock afar, But l'm afraid they'll tell us that it's now the U.A.R. We hope to find old Nasser still quite friendly with big Nik, And isn't it too bad that J.F.K. has beaten Dick? For now the Commie nations will all have to toe the line, Could that have been enough to make Ben Gurion resign? So ofT we go with our pilgrim band, To see that glorious Holy Land. P. Webster, Form V. BY AIR We hear the engines roar While over earth we soar. Far below we see a river Winding along, a silver sliver. We see the clouds like balls of cotton, A sight that cannot be forgotten. Up in the air one feels like a sparrow As the runway looms up long and narrow. Fasten your seat-belts! cries a voice. We're going to land. We now rejoice. We see our friends in greeting waving, While children for their gifts are craving. G. Buchanan, Form IIB

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-1961 31 been to the Sorbonne in Paris. The President himself was a Cum Laude graduate of Harvard and went to the London School of Economics, which gives him an advantage in the economic field. He entered politics at 29, when he was elected to Congress. After winning two re-elections, he ran for the Senate in 1952 and defeated Henry Cabot Lodge, who was Nixon's right hand man, by 70,000 votes. At the Democratic convention in 1956 he challenged Estes Kefauver for the vice-presidential nomination, and though at one point he was leading by 100 votes he lost by a very small margin. ln the following four years he, his brother Bob, who was given the Father of the Year Award in 1960, and a group of Boston-lrish politicians, forged ahead and won him this year's Democratic Presidential Nomination and finally the presidentship. This is the first Catholic politician to even come within striking distance of the White House, since Al Smith lost to Herbert Hoover in 1928. George Hebert, Form V. CATS Ever since their first meeting, cats have been both companion and pet to man. During that time, they have been worshipped as gods, slaughtered almost to their extinction, and continually marvelled at by man for their amazing senses and hunting skills. In Egypt, cats were, at one time, put in the temples where they lived in complete luxury and safety, for anyone who killed or harmed a cat was put to death. On the other extreme, such great fear of cats arose during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in England, that they were thought to be supernatural, and to communicate with the witches, and so anyone who owned a cat was burned at the stake. During this period, countless hundreds of thousands of cats were tortured and burned. The mystery of the feline instincts has long baffled man's reasoning, piqued his curiosity, and has given rise to dozens of misconceptions about cats in general. For instance, it is common belief that cats can see in complete darkness. This is not so, the pupil of their eye can expand to such a magnitude that the eye can operate in very faint light, however, it does need at least a faint glimmer. Subiective colour discrimination tests at Columbia University reveal that cats are colour-blind. lt seems that they live in a world of gray shadows, and distinguish objects by their degree of brightness, rather than by hue. A cat which has been deprived of its whiskers will most certainly become stuck in a narrow opening, for its whiskers grow in proportion to the cat's size, and serve as a depth gauge. However, the cat would have a further disadvantage in its being unable to judge distances when iumping, for the whiskers of a cat help to focus the eyes. The body hairs, apart from being a protection from the weather, allow the cat to thread its way among light and breakable objects, without disturbing one. Again, contrary to popular belief, cats do not fear water. Some are very fine swimmers and fishermen, however, they usually learn by accident, such as falling off a dock. Also, cats do not instinctively hate rats. A rat's hide and tail are poisonous to a cat, and after eating one, a cat will probably look for some milk, an antidote to the poison. Scientists are continually learning other strange facts, such as-the Maltese cat does not come from the lsle of Malta lno one as yet knows the exact origin of this breedl, the