Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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23 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Sports Prizegiving, May, 1962 The Annual Track and Field meet were held in Molson Stadium on Wednesday, May 23rd, with preliminary events having been run off the previous Friday. The weather was ideal, and there was a large crowd of parents present. The Guest of Honour, Mr. R. W. Coristine, an old boy of the School, and father of two ot our pupils gave a short address, and presented the prizes. A number of new School records were set at all levels of competition, and both winners and losers competed with much good will. There was tight competition for the Victor Ludorum, with John Pike and Hugh Roberts ending equal. The following is a list of the winners of Sports Prizes: I. 75 yards I9 yearsl lst Peter Scott 2nd Stewart Beck 75 yards t8 yearst lst Michael Isaacs 2nd Alan Victor 75 yards 17 yearst lst Scott Elliott 2nd David Knight 75 yards lb yearsl lst Jay Rankin 2nd J. Goldbloom IOO yards LTO yearsl lst John Grossman 2nd Sven Hurum l0O yards lll yearsl lst Michael Culver 2nd Kenneth May IOO yards lI2 yearsb lst Gregory Weil 2nd John Moseley IOO yards C13 years! ls Michael Pike 2nd Allan Case lO0 yards lopenj lst Hugh Roberts 2nd Melvin Thorn Brood Jump lopenl lst John Pike 2nd Melvin Thorn Broad Jump lunder l3l lst John Moseley 2nd Mark Stethem High Jump lunder l3j lst John Molson 2nd John Fricker High Jump lopenl ist Stuart Cryer 2nd Harold Crabtree IA, Relay Races:-Senior B, Macaulay House, Senior A, Lucas House. Intermediate B, Lucas House, Intermediate A, Lucas House, Junior B, Speirs House, Junior A, Wonstall House: l5. 220 yards lopenl lst Hugh Roberts 2nd Melvin Thorn lb. 440 yards lopenl ist John Pike 2nd Melvin Thorn I7. Sack Race lJuniorl lst David Knight 2nd Thomas Scott IB. Sack Race lSeniorJ lst Harold Crabtree 2nd Peter Scrivener l9. Sisters' Race H00 yards handicopt 20. Brothers' Race 21. Father, Mother and Son Race Winner: Andrea Wexler Winner: Michael Weil lst The Dench Family 22. Swimming Awards:-lst Michael Dench, 2nd Nicholas Rankin, 3rd John Pike and Richard Kent. 23. Boxing Competition:-Lightweight, Neil Cryerg Bantamweight, John Rudelg Welterweight, Gray Buchanan, Heavyweight, Hugh Roberts. 24. Skiing Awards:-Alntermediate Downhill, Michael Culver, Intermediate Slalom, Senior Downhill, Rodney Devittp Senior Slalom, Michael Dench. 25. Junior Sportsman's Cup lCassils Memorial Cupl-Richard Kent. 26. The Sportsman's Cup lMcMaster Memorial Cupl-Michael Dench. Michael Culver, 27- VICIOY LUd0fUf11 John Pike, Hugh Roberts, leq.l 28. Soccer lThe Gillespie Cupl Speirs House 29, Hockey lThe Creighton Cupl Lucas House 30. House Competition in Individual Sports lThe Pitcher Cupl Lucas House

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30 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Literary Competition The quality of this year's entries fell short of the standard of recent years. Too many boys submitted slovenly transcripts of class essays, so that certain dreary themes appeared repeatedly, too many contributions were not signed and were therefore automatically reiected. Once again far too many showed a curious misunderstanding of the kind of subiect suitable for a school magazine, and too many regarded a few lines of pitiful doggerel as easier than a longer prose passage. Parental assistance, on the other hand, happily seems to have waned, even if it has not entirely disappeared. Of what remained, the short stories were the least successful. Several cases of unabashed plagiarism occurred, most of the others consisted merely of trivial incidents, largely criminal in nature. The winning contribution admittedly shows the influence of past reading, but it is given preference as an excellent piece of work by a boy whose English is comparatively recently acquired. Much of the poetry limped badly, but several entries showed at least some understanding of the form the writers were attempting. Among the essays, unpolished resumes of encyclopaedia articles were passed over in favour of those in which some attempt was shown to choose words to produce a pleasing effect. Future competitors are reminded that the ultimate test of their work is whether it is enioyable to read. The Junior School is to be congratulated upon the entries which it submitted. Many showed a refreshing zest for the simple things about them, and the standard was most praiseworthy. The prize-winners are: U. Scheel, D. McMartin, J. Allison and A. Victor. A TRIP IN THE ARCTIC My uncle is an engineer for the Department of Northern Affairs, and is stationed at Frobisher Bay. Quite often he has to go on trips to the outlying settlements. Last August he went to Pangnirtung, Broughton Island, Clyde River, Pond Inlet and Grise Fiord. Grise Fiord is on Ellesmere Island, about as far north of Frobisher Bay as Montreal is south, and the other places are either on Baffin Island or on small islands off the coast of Baffin. My uncle and his crew made this trip in a Canso aeroplane, and at Clyde River the wind and sea were so rough, that they had to let a construction crew and their gear off into big freighter canoes and then take off immediately as the aeroplane was dragging its anchor. They had to keep the engines running to keep from being dashed onto the rocks. They had intended spending the night there, with the plane at anchor, but instead they had to go fifteen miles to the United States Coast Guard station at Cape Christian, where there is an air strip on the beach. Next morning, they left at about five thirty, and arrived at Pond Inlet in time for breakfast. They refueled the plane, having to pump gas with a hand pump from forty-five gallon drums in a canoe, into the wing tanks of the plane. Then they headed for Grise Fiord, but were unable to land in the mouth of the Fiord, because of the gigantic icebergs. So they had to fly further up the Fiord to find a stretch of water clear enough for a landing. Landing on ice or water, the plane has no brakes and has to coast to a stop. Two hours later, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Boat reached them and took them to the settlement at Grise Fiord.