Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE BUYING OF A DRESS The clock on the mantle-piece iingled out four, As Mrs. O'Donnell walked into a store. As she seated herself she discovered with glee That the dress she admired so was practically free. She summoned a salesman who corrected her speech By saying the dresses were twelve dollars each. She flew to a passion of fury and rage, And the clerk thought it silly of a woman her age. So he summoned the owner who silenced her fast, By saying thot those prices were used in the post. And so the old woman at last bought the dress, And her speedy departure the two men did bless. THE LONELY VALLEYS Down beyond the river, where the roses were red, J. Matheson, Form 3A. There the moss lay thick and green ln the lonely valleys. There, lovely thrushes sang their daily songs, and scattered to and fro, Down beyond the river, ln the lonely valleys. Timothy Frueh, Form TB DINOSAURS The Dinosaurs were animals That were very big, Not like our usual horse or cow, Or pig. The Dinosaurs were animals That lived long ago In lands that had no snow. They ruled the earth for T40 Million years, And when Tyrannosaurus Rex hunted Everyone was in tears. The old Podokesaurus wasn't Very tall, He was only two feet Small. The heaviest was heavier than Everyone. The Brachosaurus weighed Many a ton. The Allosaurus was the terror Of his day, When he was 'round everyone Fled away. Sixty million years ago, The last ot them did go. J. T. Mappin, Form A2.

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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.

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R THE SCHOOL YEAR 1961-1962 27 SUBJECTS Geography is fun to do, And sometimes we have something new: Countries, people, rivers, trees, Valleys, mountains, lakes and seas. Arithmetic we have to learn, But how those tables make me burn! Writing has to be so neat, lt's something you have got to beat. Reading l like best of all- Even more than playing ball. History is full of fun, About great battles being won. Then theres French. lt's nice to do, With verbs and conversation too. Then come Scripture, Singing, Gym - And that is almost everything. Last of all, we love our lunch, And line up for it in a bunch. We eat so much we almost burst, And always try to finish first! Christopher Laxton, Form Bll, SCHOOL School! oh, what a dreaded thing For most of us to swallow! Did I hear the school-bell ring? I hate a note so hollow! Subjects that I find the worst Are things like mathematics. Other things with which l'm cursed Are the school's fanatics. They are in the staff and boys- Oh, what a quaint collection! The last are noted most for noise, The others for correction! P. L. MacDermot, Form lllA