Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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24 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Choh We were very happy to have Mrs. Tester to iudge the singing Competition last June shortly before her retirement from the School. Mrs. Tester, who had taught singing in the Junior School most effectively for many years, gave some wise counsel to the contestants and stressed the fact that in this field as in all others success does not come without serious eFfort. The test pieces were Handel's How beautiful are the feet for the Senior prize, and the lovely melody Afton Water for the Intermediate. James Brunton and Rory Forbes were placed first equal in the Senior bracket, and Jan Wyllie first in the Intermediate, with Ian Robson second. These boys are to be congratulated for the high standard which they achieved. The performances of the School Choir of 45 picked voices at the Prizegiving in June, and of the five choirs which sang at the Carol Service, are commented on elsewhere. lt will be of interest to note, however, that T67 boys took part in the Carol Service, and that for the first time, a choir was formed from Bl and Bll and made a most favourable impression. We are very happy to have in the new school building a music room of our own in which to practise. This room in the tower is excellent both acoustically and in size, and we hope that it will always be available for our use. F.G.P. Debahng This year's Selwyn House Oratorical Society was given the name Rho, because this is the seventeenth year of its existence and because Rho is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet. The officers of the society were elected at the first meeting of the year. Gordon Norsworthy was elected president, Christopher Hoffmann vice-president, and James Brunton secretary-treasurer. Meetings were held fortnightly, usually on Friday. The meetings featured three minute speeches, prepared and unprepared. Refreshments were served after each meeting. This school year of l96l-T962 has been a very successful one for the society. We are very grateful to Mr. Speirs for supervising the meetings and giving us his advice on public speaking.

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR T961-1962 25 INTER-HOUSE DEBATING The following debates were held to determine the winner ot the LeMoine Trophy. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Moodey for judging these debates and criticising them. FIRST GROUP - That Quebec should become a separate state. Affirmative: Lucas House-Gordon Norsworthy, John Pike. Negative: Wanstall House-Murray Leiter, Andrew Vodstrcil. That manual labour is overpaid in comparison with mental labour. Affirmative: Macaulay House-Christopher Hoffmann, Robert Diez. Negative: Speirs House-James Brunton, Hugh Roberts. Wanstall and Speirs were winners. SECOND GROUP-That a capital punishment should be abolished. Affirmative: Lucas House-Gordon Norsworthy, John Pike. Negative: Macaulay House-Christopher Holtmann, Robert Diez. That total disarmament is desirable. Affirmative: Wanstall House - Andrew Vodstrcil, Murray Leiter. Negative: Speirs House-Stephen Price, Jon Scott. Macaulay and Speirs were winners. THIRD GROUP-That China should be admitted to the United Nations. Affirmative: Macaulay House-Christopher Hoffmann, Robert Diez. Negative: Wanstall House- Peter Fialkowski, Murray Leiter. That Canada should acquire nuclear arms. AFFirmative: Speirs House-James Brunton, Jon Scott. Negative: Lucas House-.lohn Pike, Gordon Norsworthy. Wanstall and Lucas were winners. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The preliminaries ot the annual Public Speaking Contest were judged this year by Mr. Hill. The following is a list of the finalists and their topics. Christopher Hoffmann: The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Murray Leiter: The Gateway to the Eighth Sea. Gordon Norsworthy: The Development of Canadian Aviation. Robert Diez: Man Under the Sea. Stephen Price: Procrastination. Stephen Price was judged the winner, Murray Leiter second, and Robert Diez third. The judge was Mr. Scott Kneeland, principal of Roslyn School, to whom we were most indebted for criticism and commendations. Literary Competition As on previous occasions, Mr. Moodey has very kindly judged the eftorts of the contestants in the three sections of the annual magazine literary competition. Prizes were awarded to Stuart Cryer, John Matheson, Gordon Norsworthy in the Essay, Poetry, and Short Story competitions respectively. House points were awarded for commendable contributions in the Poetry section to Pembroke MacDermot, John Mappin, Christopher Laxton and Timothy Frueh: in the Essay section to Gerald Smith, Michael Darling and Robert Monteith, in the Short Story section to Billy Wilson and Michael Pike.