Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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f wt 'WJ fX I jf. ml HZGYW Literary Competition This year, we are very much indebted to Mr. Moodey who once again iudged the annual magazine Literary Competition. There were a great many entries from the whole school and an especially large number from the Junior School. The entries were split into tour categories and the winners were: SHORT STORY - U. Scheel, ESSAY - R. Diez, POETRY - J. Matheson, JUNIOR - J. Stephens. Honourable Mentions went to: T. Bourne, M. Pollack, J. Carsley, Cavanaugh, A. Schindler, J. Wooler, J. McCalum, and T. Stoker. THE LIBRARY The year 1963-1964 has been a progressively good one tor our Library. We now have nearly fifty-four hundred books, divided between the Senior and the Junior Schools. There has been a large circulation of books, both in the Junior and the Senior Libraries and a great deal of research has taken place in the Senior Library. The Junior Libraries, downstairs, have been very thoroughly used and enioyed. In fact, the Juniors seem to find more time to read iust for enjoyment, than do the Seniors with their heavier schedules. There have been many generous gifts at books made to the Library by Captain Angus Murray, Colonel Campbell, Mr. Tim Rutley, Jamie MacDougaI, Richard Tetrault, Ron Linden, Charles Agnew, Sass Khazzam and Peter Roden. The School has purchased over twenty very fine books for the Library and Fines have purchased several more. We are all very pleased that it has become a habit tor some of the boys to come into the Library for a quiet bit of reading or study or even just to look through the magazines. The Library seems to be the recognized gathering place for Form VII. It is the aim of the School to make the Library an attractive, quiet place for work and reading. E. Pick, Librarian

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27 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Distinction in Choir Cpresented by Mrs. Anson McKim! Brandon Ayre Gregory Weil The Selwyn House Chronicle Cup: Michael Hoffmann Magazine Contest Awards Essay Short Story Poetry Jody Allison Ulrich Scheel Duncan McMartin Dramatics Prize ipresented by Mr. 8- Mrs. H. S. Bogert! Gordon Norsworthy Jon Scott Michael Dorland Prize for Application and Personality iDonated by Montreal City and District Savings Bank! Robert Diez Head Prefect's Cup: Gordon Norsworthy House Captains' Cups John Pike Christopher Hoffmann Andrew Vodstrcil Stephen Price Medal for Outstanding Achievement in House Competition Senior School ipresented by Mr. 8- Mrs. G. N. Kairis! John Pike The Nesbitt Cup ifor inter-House Competition in General Activities! Speirs House The Anstey Cup ifor inter-House Academic Competition! Wanstall House The Carlin Cup ffor inter-House Competition in Softball! Lucas House The LeMoine Trophy lfor inter-House Competition in Debating! Lucas House The Pitcher Cup ifor inter-House Competition in Individual Sports! Lucas House The Governors' Shield ffor over-all ascendancy in inter-House Competition! Speirs House The Lieutenant-Governor's Silver Medal lfor Academic Distinction in Senior School! Christopher Hoffmann The Thomas Chalmers Brainerd Memorial Award Qpresented by Mr. Charles Lineaweaver! Stephen Price The Jeffrey Russel Prize iAwarded for all-round ability and presented by Mrs. H. Y. Russel! G. Norsworthy The Lucas Medal fAwarded to the most outstanding boy in the Senior Form of the School in work, games, leadership and character, on vote of Staff and his fellow-students! John Pike

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I4 BELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Quebec's Contribution to Confederation from 1867-1967 In Quebec today, a question has arisen in the minds of many English and French- speaking Quebecers: that quesilon ls: llWill Quebec secede from Confederation? Recent events have shown that some Quebecois would like to see their state as an independent republic. These people have their reasons for wishing to see Quebec a republic, but why do they strive so hard to undo the work of the men who made Confederation possible, among whom were French Canadians? ls the situation that desperate that the nation should be split up? These separatists want to ruin the work of one hundred years, during which Canada grew up-one hundred years work, to which Quebec itself contributed. That is the topic of my essay: Quebec's contributions to Confederation. This province's first important contribution was in the realization of Confederation itself. lt was a French Canadian George ilater Sir George! Etienne Cartier, who had the insight to see that unless French and English Canadians joined as one, there would never be Confederation. Thus, in 1864 he joined forces with John A. Macdonald and the Conservatives of Upper Canada, in an attempt to achieve responsible government and confederation. This union proved that French and English could work side by side for the good of the nation. Later, in the same year, he displayed great statesman- ship at the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences, where he and Macdonald were trying to explain the benefits of Confederation to delegates from the other provinces. During 1865-66, when the cause of Confederation seemed dead, Cartier, Macdonald and George Brown remained steadfast in their opinions and sailed to England to urge action on the British government. Finally their efforts paid off when on July 1st, 1867, the Canadian Dominion came into being, and Quebec had contributed to this event. For the next few years, Quebec played an unimportant role in national affairs and did not contribute much. ln 1885, there even arose rumblings of discontent and protest over the execution of Louis Riel, a half-breed rebel, who had tried to establish his own government in the West. After a while, these rumblings calmed down. The next notable contribution from the French speaking province came in 1896 with the election of Wilfrid Laurier as prime-minister. He had the honor of being Canada's first French speaking prime-minister, and he firmly believed that all Canadian people should understand each other and work together for their country. Laurier's fifteen years as prime-minister were years of unprecedented growth and prosperity. Although he was not directly responsible for this wealth, his policy did much to promote this good fortune, by encouraging immigration, opening up the West to settlement and railroads, and the expansion of commerce and industry. Laurier also established a Board of Railroad Commissioners to control railway rates and service, a Civil Service Commission for government officials, and a Commission of Conservation for the preservation and use of Canada's natural resources. ln 1900, he created a Department of Labor to control labor problems. Because of Laurier's policy of winning the people of every province to a common loyalty, and binding together the country, Canada had progressed much since 1867. When Laurier resigned in 1911, five provinces had been added to the four at the time of Confederation, vast changes had taken place in communications and trade, in ways of life and beliefs. A new sense of pride and loyalty for Canada had developed. In Quebec, this pride did not make itself too apparent, and if it was there the Quebecers were doing a good job of hiding it. They did not contribute anything until 1917, when they began to cause trouble. Borden was advocating conscription and wanted to introduce it in Canada. Laurier and some of the Liberals were against it -this caused a split in the Liberal party. ln Quebec, Henri Bourassa and his National-