Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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I8 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Board and Stal? We would like to express the great appreciation of all for the wonderful service to the school of several members of the Board who have retired during the past year-Mrs. W. J. C. Stikeman, Mr. H. Stirling Maxwell, Mr. G. Drummond Birks and Mr. Percival T. Molson. Mrs. Stikeman served a three-year term from T958 and her quiet and devoted work in so many capacities was invaluable to us. Mr. Maxwell joined the Board in 1953, headed the important Building Committee for years and was Chairman during a most important period of the school's development when he gave outstanding leadership and direction. Mr. Birks has been a member since l954, and Mr. Molson since T957-both have been most enthusiastic workers in the good cause. We shall miss the sage counsel of all, but we are happy in the thought that they are always ready to help, and we thank them from our hearts. We are delighted to welcome to the Board Mrs. A. lan Matheson, Mr. David M. Culver, Mr. Alfred M. Dobell and Mr, Allan G. Magee-all intensely interested and active in the affairs of the school. New members on the Staff as of last September were Mrs. Judith Clark and Mrs. Erica Sutton in the iunior school and Mr. James P. Hill and Mr. W. L. Verrier in the senior. ln the expansion towards Matriculation we shall increase our Staff numbers by three next yearfMrs. Winnifred M. Haugland will be joining the iunior department and Colonel E. Geoffrey Brine and Mr. Anthony A. Vintcent lan old Boy of Selwyn Housel will be teaching in the intermediate and senior divisions. We have heard regularly from former members of the Staff-Miss Afra Snead sends her best wishes to all former students and colleagues from England - as does also Mrs. Tester who moved last Fall from Montreal to Torquay. Mr. Rutley is still teaching in Japan. Miss Bruce, Madame Gyger, Mrs. Farquhar, Miss Locke and Mr. Davies pay us happy visits from time to time. Mr. Howis is on extended vacation in England and sends happy greetings to all his old friends. Christopher Coristine Memorial Dining-Hall Through the great generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Coristine, a beautifully oak-panelled dining-hall, with fully equipped kitchen adioining, was fashioned out of the rooms in the east wing of the ground floor of our new school, in memory of their son Christopher, who lost his life in the sinking of the Brigantine Albatross in May, l96l. Mr. Harold Beament, R.C.A., distinguished marine artist, painted a picture of the Albatross at sea, and this painting graces the west wall of the dining-hall.

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20 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Library The new Library is not as large as the old one, but it does not have to share tables and become a diningeroom or a hall for Cubs on bad days. It is now a quiet study and research area where the boys can sit at the tables and work at their various proiects. Displays do not ha I6 to be cleared away at the end of each day. Books can be left on the tables to be admired and read. Certain shelves can be used to gather all the books dealing with a special study or project. Books may also be read at tables for enjoyment only. We like to encourage boys to become book lovers. One of the added benefits resulting from the move into Westmount is that the Westmount Library has most graciously granted the boys the full use of their facilities. This is a very valuable asset because when, in the next few years, l0th year and then llth year are opened, the students will need access to even more reference books. We have an extra fine reference section, much larger and better than most schools, and now with the added advantage of the vast facilities of the Westmount Library for extra research work at Matriculation level, we have an extremely Hne set-up for the boys. Because the School is going to have l0th and llth year, our Library is being built up as a senior Library. The A's and B's have Library Period once each week in special libraries set up for them on their own floor, looked alter by the Librarian. The C's and D's have large classroom libraries looked after by their class teacher. The thought behind all this is that, when the senior boys are working and studying at Matriculation level, it would be too much of a disturbance to have the Juniors in the Library proper. Also the Librarian would not be able to help as much in senior research ii the Juniors were also asking for help. Of course, our present system means that a very large part of our books are scattered around the school and that the Librarian is, in a way, running three Libraries, with the class teachers in C and D running the Beginners libraries. Our circulation of books is large and we have very beautiful books. ln the first half of the l96l-i962 year, in the Senior section of the Library, around seventeen hundred books were taken out. Also in this period of time, twentyeone books were purchased with money from fines. Friends have been most kind and in this same length of time have donated over fifty books. There have been donations by Mr. Speirs, Mr. Tees and Miss Molson. Henry Joseph Jr., of lllA donated 28 booksg John Peck of A2 gave ten books and Gerald Boswell of Bl and Michael Martin of lllA also donated books. The moving of our Library from the old to the new location meant a very great deal of work and planning. lt could never have been accomplished without a lot of help. l would like to express my grateful thanks to those who did so much to help. Mr. P. T. Molson donated ove' 500 new cartons. Mr. and Mrs. Speirs spent days packing and labelling books. Miss Locke spent many, many days in the summer helping in the placing of books on the shelves. The Librarian spent a great deal of time planning the best location for each type of book so that they would be easily found and that reference books would have tables and chairs near il material or information for proiects was being studied. Mrs. Markland helped choose books to set up the iunior Libraries. George and his staff hunted up tables, chairs, desks and other necessary items and carried away hundreds of cartons. ln fact, it was a group effort most of the way. A new-to our school-project has been set up. Magazines are placed on the tables as bait and it has worked. Boys lured into the Library by the magazines have noticed interesting books and have taken them out to read. On the whole, the Senior boys like the new Library very much. Our beautiful books would decorate any room and they are certainly being admired and used, which is what all of us have been working for.