Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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16 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Choir We were greatly indebted to Mr. Phillips Motley, an Old Boy of the School and Organist and Choirmaster of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, for judging our Singing Competition last June. Mr. Motley gave the competitors some very helpful advice and his humour afforded us all considerable amusement. The winners were as follows:- Junior. lst Andrew Kerr 2nd Freddie Cowans Intermediate ist Jan Wyllie 2nd Michael Culver Senior lst Rory Forbes 2nd Bobby Tennant The standard in the Senior Class was particularly high, and Mr. Motley com- mended all ofthe entrants. For the first time Junior and Senior Prizegivings were held separately, and two choirs were formed, the Junior consisting of 46 voices and the Senior of 60. The latter received an ovation for their rendition of 'iThey all call it Canada, but l call it home . Four choirs sang groups of carols at the Christmas entertainment in December. New numbers introduced included a Japanese carol by the Junior School Choir, and an African carol, with drum accompaniment, by Form lll, who also sang Star of Bethlehem from Ben-Hur. The best soloists ijudged by Mr. Teesj were: Boo Mac- Dermot, Charles Gurd, David Fuller, Billy Boggs, Grahame Hodgson, David Craig, John Cooper and Thomas Norsworthy, but all are to be congratulated. We are disappointed that this year it has been found possible for Forms 2 and 3 to have only one period of Singing a week. This has afforded very little time for new music. We hope that the second period for both groups will be restored next year.

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1962-1963 15 . .fs -fl .-Q. ,Qi-QV N2g3:,.g51imid'1 41- 3, As., Mrs. B. K. T. Howis Her many friends and admirers learned recently with great regret that Mrs. Howis had decided because of poor health to relinquish her responsible position in charge of the School Office. Although her close association with Selwyn House goes back to the mid-thirties when her husband ioined the teaching Staff, and although on numerous occasions she was invited to do supply teaching in the Junior School, it was in the summer of 1945 that she was asked to start the onerous task of building up a school office when Selwyn House became a chartered non-profit-making independent school. As the school grew steadily in numbers and activities, her responsibilities increased, and with the transfer to Westmount her duties became still more arduous and exacting. But the wonder of her service to Selwyn House has been not only the high quality of professional competence that has marked her outstanding contribution, but also the warmth of her friendship, the loyalty of her devotion to all that Selwyn House stands for, and her readiness at all times to give spontaneous assistance in innumerable ways both to countless indi- viduals and to group projects, whose success owes her a debt of gratitude it would indeed be impossible to repay. As she goes from our midst to undertake responsibilities of a less demanding nature, she leaves behind a rich and vital contribution to the school which she has loved and served so well. She goes with the sincere thanks of Governors, Staff and Students - past and present - and their best wishes for the future.

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