Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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I8 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Public Speaking On the morning of March lst. the finalists of the public speakers spoke in front of the school during a special assembly. Mr. Claude Richardson judged the finalists with, what he called, considerable difficulty. He was impressed by all the speakers. He judged Jody Allison the winner, with Bruce Gill and Barry Lazar very close behind. Consequently, with such close competition Mr. Richard- son decided to also donate a book to Bruce Gill and Barry Lazar at the Academic Prizegiving. The finalists and their topics were: ROBERT TENNANT - - 'Tomorrow's Giant' DAN RODEN ---- 'The Yellow Peril' DOUG COUSINS - - 'The United Nations' BARRY LAZAR - - 'The Negro in America' DE WOLFE SHAW - - 'Adolf Hitler' BRUCE GILL - - v 'Television' JODY ALLISON - - - 'An Evaluation to date of the twenty-sixth parliament' Sidney Segalowitz was made chairman of the meeting and Tom Stewart time-keeper. R.T. A SPEECH TO Tl-IE ROTARY CLUB by J. ALLISON Canada should make an Economic Union with the U.S. To most people the Tariff Wall along the 49th parallel is the sole protector of Canadian economic independence. But is it really the protector? As a matter of fact are we economically independent? Today, 6090 of our economy is con- trolled by U.S. investors. By T980 this figure is predicted to increase to 80 or 9000. Canadians may find it comforting to fool themselves and say even in the face of this evidence that Canada has economic autonomy - but the truth is that it has economic autonomy only in name. Unquestionably the Tariff Wall, since it reduced foreign competition, served a useful purpose by protecting young blossoming Canadian industries. lt is also true that the demands exercised by the small consumer market in Canada were sufficient to maintain the economy when it was ripening. But now our economy has matured, and small domestic markets impede its growth generally, and the growth of industrial giants which can compete successfully on the world market. Clearly our economy must look to bigger markets to expend, and the tariff is but a hindrance to this expansion. By restricting and limiting, this once useful tariff barrier has brought our economy to a relative standstill. This stagnancy is evident when we consider that the G.N.P. has hardly increased per capita of population since l956, that unemployment has increased, that national confid- ence has weakened and that hope for a prosperous economic future is shaky and uncertain. After nine years of having a 'lf'l0th population of the U.S. and only l l5th of its G.N.P. it is about time that our economy realized its full potential - and that, gentlemen, lies beyond the confines of our border - in the wealthy consumer market of T90 million Americans. On the other hand by res- tricting the economy to a market in Canada under the pretext that we are maintaining its identity and independence, we deny it the opportunity to pro- gress, to compete with American industries and to reap the rewards of a market which is ten times larger than its own.

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HDEBF-T TING Debating The Eighteenth Selwyn Oratorical Society met for its first meeting on Sep- tember 2lst 1964 when the following appointments were made: President, Bruce Gill, Vice-President, J. Allison, Secretary, Robert Tennant. A membership was given to those wishing it and to date there are fourteen members. However, no more than four members per House have presently been admitted. House Debating FIRST ROUND: Resolved that - religion has a place in Modern Society. Affirmative - Wanstall House - Robert Tennant and Tom Stewart. Negative - Speirs House - Jody Allison and Dan Roden. Resolved that- A Welfare State fosters apathy. Affirmative - Macaulay House - Gary Gentles and Andrew Schindler. Negative - Lucas House - Bruce Gill and Bruce Barker. Mr. E. O. Phillips iuclged Speirs and Lucas to be the winners. SECOND ROUND: Resolved that - Latin should be abolished in High Schools. Affirmative - Macaulay House - Preston Gurd and Robin Pitblado. Negative - Wanstall House - DeWolf Shaw and Tom Stewart. Resolved that - Capital Punishment should be abolished. Affirmative - Lucas House - Bruce Barker and Bruce Gill. Negative - Speirs House - Jody Allison and Henry Joseph. Again Mr. E. O. Phillips judged Macaulay and Lucas to be the winners. However, the Lucas vs. Speirs was a very close battle. THIRD ROUND: Resolved that - Sweepstakes should be legalized in Canada. Affirmative - Wanstall House - Robert Tennant and DeWolf Shaw. Negative - Lucas House - Bruce Barker and Bruce Gill. Resolved that - The United States should remain in South Viet Nam. Affirmative - Macaulay House - Preston Gurd and Robin Pitblado. Negative - Speirs House - Dan Roden and Henry Joseph. Mr. Moodey iudged Lucas and Speirs to be the winners. This ended the formal round of House Debating. Lucas received the Le Moine Trophy for House Debating, having scored three wins and no defeats.

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1964-1965 I9 The prosperity that economic union would bring to Canada is well beyond our expectations. No longer would Walter Gordon have to worry about foreign control of our economy, or Secretary of State Dillon take steps to impose restric- tions on the outflow of American dollors to foreign Canada. No longer would Canadian industries dance a tightrope over restrictions on the export of oil, gas and lumber. lndustry after industry would cease to have problems over the import of coal, outoparts and other materials Canada lacks. The prices Canadians now pay for manufactured goods would decline by the amount of our tariffs, about 'l5 to 2096. Our wages and salaries would gradually climb to the American level about 4096 higher than now. How many Canadians realize how much they pay in personal living standards for the maintenance of an unneeded border? With North American one big free trade area, rich and relatively undeveloped, Canada would become the magnet for enough dollars to finance the jobs we can't finance now, namely municipal and other government programmes as well as the expansion of existing industries and the establishment of new ones. Do we not do Canadians wrong if our patriotic fervour makes us forego these challenging realities of economic union? Are we not unwise and nearsighted if, for the sake of economic independence, we give up a higher standard of living, lower consumer costs and increased wages - in short if we give up a bright and successful future? To this argument many are disposed to report with considerable vehemence that economic union invariably leads to political union. The fear of political union which is so often expressed is certainly not so critical when one recognizes that in Europe today we have Italians, Germans, French, Belgians and others freely co-operating for the first time in recorded history without any concern about such an eventuality. Therefore instead of magnifying our small corping criticisms beyond reason, let us rather look with warmth and admiration upon the good things and the fine things that the U.S. has done for us and our economy. We have common beliefs, common desires, a common language and common problems. Does it not make sense that we share a common destiny? Canada stands face to face with a dilemma. Either it can follow the same road of high unemployment and precarious prosperity with a future beclouded with doubt, anxiety and austerity, or it can make on economic union with the U.S. The initiative will have to come from Canadians - and brave Canadians at that. But except for a few adjustments at the beginning, this step will in the long run provide salvation for this nation and its people. Career Talks This year the School instituted a programme of career talks for the boys in the senior forms. We were most fortunate in obtaining as speakers men who were highly qualified representatives in their respective fields. Educational requirements, advancement within the profession, and earnings were all com- mented upon by the speakersg and at the conclusion of each talk, the students were given an opportunity to ask questions concerning the career under dis- cussion. The following spoke to the members of Forms V, VI and Vll: Mr. Murray Savage - The Chartered Institute of Secretaries. Mr. Walter O'Hearn - Journalism. Professor J. O. McCutcheon - Engineering. Mr. G. Savard - Tri-Service Military Career. Mr. Jacques Tetrault - Law.