Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE 25 During the Afternoon the Junior Choir performed singing: The Little Lord Jesus is sleeping See amid the winter snow The Robin's Song And following the Juniors, Form ll sang: The snow lay on the ground The seven joys of Mary Earth's joy To close the evening, there was the acting of the one act play The Princess and the Woodcutter, by A. A. Milne. Mr. Ted Phillips directed the play, which was a tremendous success. The players are as follows: The Princess MICHAEL HOFFMANN The Woodcutter BRUCE BARKER The King JODY ALLISON The Queen DANNY RODEN The Red Prince SIDNEY SEGALOWITZ The Yellow Prince ROBERT TENNANT The Blue Prince WILLY WANKLYN and Jack Oliver was the prompter, but luckily was not needed. The play began with a talk between the Princess and the Woodcutter, and it showed clearly the love between them. However, the King and Queen had plans for their daughter's marriage and the Princess' future husband would be one of three suitors: the Yellow Prince, a fop, the Red Prince, a superfluous snob, or the Blue Prince, a dolt. To see which prince deserved the princess' hand in marriage, the queen disguised herself as a poor beggar woman, and when the princes wandered through the forest one by one, she would ask them as they came for a crust for a poor old beggar woman . Thus the one who gave her the crust would earn the princess. But the woodcutter realized this plan and warned the princes to fill the queen up with stale bread. By the time the queen had eaten 3 crusts of bread, she collapsed from exhaustion and as the woodcutter gave the queen some wine to drink, he deservedly won the princess. The entire performance was perfectly presented. The beautiful costumes were made by Mrs. A. L. Phillips and we thank her for the hours she spent making a play a greater success. Backstage, Mr. Moodey was in charge, and he, along with some helpers, spent much time preparing the stage for the two performances. Mr. Rutley and Tom Stewart assembled the lights and T. Stewart operated the lights during the performances. DeWolf Shaw acted as stage manager for the English Play and also set up the props for the 2 Junior plays. J. Johnstone worked the curtains and P. Gurd helped with extra props. Finally after superb performances by everyone the l964 Christmas Enter- tainment came to a close. DeWolf Shaw.

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24 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The whole affair ran extremely smoothly as did the second junior play called The Case of Maior Wiskers. These are the players: Reader RICHARD PEARSON Speaker CHRISTOPHER BOVAIRD Ushers GRAEME KILGOUR JONATHAN COWEN Judge JOHN CONNOLLY Prosecutor GEOFFREY HALE Defence FERNANDO MACHON Ginger IAN DONALD Whiskers RORY BYRNE Foreman JEFFREY WITKOV Jury FORM A2 These two plays were held during the afternoon only, and the French play, under the direction of M. Picard, was performed only in the evening. The play's title was le Professeur Distrait. These were the characters: Le patron JAN WYLLIE Le gargon ALAN BYRNE Le professeur PHILLIPPE DORLAND Premier Camelot TIMOTHY AINLEY Deuxieme Camelot NEIL CRYER Premier Client MARK LAZAR Deuxierne Client JEREMY CLARK Sa femme PER AMUNDSEN Troisieme Client JOHN WOOTON Un agent PETER HADEKEL Une Vieille Dame JOHN DESPIC JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR Rankin, McKenzie 2, Grossman 2, Byrne 2, Donald I, Hale. FORTVI 1 CHOIR Noble, Claxton I, Ayre 2, Agnew, Groome I, Parker, Clarke 2, Wooler, Leopold 2, Oliver 4. FORM 2 CHOIR Tyler 2, Morton 2, Hickey, Gray, Lee, Boggs 2, McCallum D, Cooper, Hendery, Culver 2, Walker, MacDougall J, Tobias, Stinnes. SENIOR CHOIR Tennant, Weil I, Craig, Leopold I, Cowans, Ludgate 2, Delmar, Purvis I, Kirkegaord, Miller P. The JUNIOR CHOIR SANG THESE SONGS The Little Lord Jesus is sleeping , See amid the winter snow , The Robin's song . The Form I choir followed the French play and sang these songs: Villagers all, this frosty tide When the sun had sunk to rest What cheer? Good cheer .

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,Q ACADEMIC PRIZE GIVING Annual Academic Prize-giving June 1964 Once more the annual academic prize giving was held on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, IOth June in the School gym- nasium. The guest of honour for the Junior School prize giving was Revd. Professor Donald D. Evans of the United Theological College of McGill University. Drawing illustrations from the lives of Telemachus and Damyon, Doctor Evans told his young audience that courage and suffering might be required of them if they were to become worthy citizens. In the evening the School was honoured by the presence of Doc- tor H. Rocke Robertson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill Uni- versity. Dr. Robertson urged the students not to waste time in worrying about the future but to get busy and do what must be done now. This is a great country with wonderful opportunities said the speaker, but now you must learn to concentrate on the job at hand. The following were the afternoon and evening programmes: