Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Hasan nits Debating Officers President : Jody Allison Vice-President : Robert Tennant Secretary : Bruce Barker Assistant Secretary: Henry Joseph Time-keeper : De Wolf Shaw Treasurer : Tom Stewart Despite a slow start because of heavy football commitments in the fall, the debating programme was completed. In a series of often closely contested de' bates, and only after an additional encounter caused by a tie with Lucas, Speirs House carried of? the LeMoine Trophy. The individual groups of the house competition were as follows: GROUP ONE That the trade unions of today are detrimental to our society. Affirmative -Lucas House - Bruce Barker, Jack Oliver Negative - Macaulay House - James Benson, Alan Byrne That Communists should be reiected from Canada. Affirmative - Speirs House - Jody Allison, Henry Joseph Negative - Wanstall House - Robert Tennant, Tom Stewart Lucas and Speirs were the winners. GROUP TWO That capital punishment should be abolished. Affirmative -Lucas House - Jack Oliver, Martin Tratt Negative - Wanstall House - Robert Tennant, De Wolf Shaw That sex education should be taught in school. Affirmative - Macaulay House - Alan Byrne, James Benson Negative - Speirs House - Henry Joseph, Dan Roden Speirs and Wanstall were the winners.

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14 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE soloists. Others who sang individually in My Favourite Things were Jay Rankin, John Leopold, Wilson Lewis, John Wooler, Reginald Groome, David McCallum, Nicholas Spillane, Richard Tetrault and lan Beardmore. The fact that Union rules forbade the use of any accompaniment made their task more difficult, but all came through with flying colours, as did the chorus. The Junior School Choir shows great keenness and promise and this augurs well for the future of singing at Selwyn House. The winning soloists at the Christmas Entertainment were as follows: Afternoon: Form 3 Prize ----- Campbell Hendery Form 2 Prize - - John Leopold Form l Prize - - Jay Rankin Junior Prize - - lan McKenzie Evening: Form 3 Prize - - Wilson Lewis Form 2 Prize - - John Wooler Form l Prize - - Jay Rankin F.G.P. W. X x JUNIOR CHOIR

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16 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE GROUP THREE That corporal punishment should be abolished at Selwyn House. Affirmatice - Lucas House N Bruce Barker, Jack Oliver Negative - Speirs House - Jody Allison, Dan Roden That childhood is the happiest time of our life. Affirmative - Macaulay House - James Benson, Alan Byrne Negative - Wanstall House - De Wolf Shaw, Tom Stewart Lucas and Macaulay were the winners. We should like to thank Mr. Becker and Mr. Moodey for judging and for their helpful criticisms and commendations. We would especially thank Mr. Hill under whose direction and coaching the Society has functioned. Junior Debating Club The start of this school year marked the beginning of the first Junior Debat- ing Club in Selwyn House. lt was organized by Mr. Becker for Forms 3 and 4 and it followed on the lines of the Senior Debating Club. We met every Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Art Room and we usually had two debates per meeting. They were usually two man teams with 5 minutes for the first speaker and 3 minutes for the other. As the year progressed our debates became more formal and more interesting with the affirmative usually holding the upper edge in points. Also the students took over the roles of chairman and time-keeper. The boys who attended regularly were: Michael OHearn, Brian Witkov Tony Warren John Mappin Andrew Phillips Nicholas Bala David Craig Duncan McCallum and Stuart Patch Duncan Campbell, as president. The boys of the Debating Club heartily thank Mr. Becker for the time he spent and the help he gave to us and we hope next year to have another Junior Debating Club. D C Public Speaking The finals of the annual Public Speaking contest were held on March 'l. There were six speakers each of whom was to give a five minute speech on the topic of his choice. De Wolf Shaw chaired the meeting. The speakers and their topics were: BARRY LAZAR - DANNY RODEN - BRUCE BARKER - ROBERT TENNANT JODY ALLISON - PETER HADEKEL - Private Schools versus the Parent Report' 'The State of Democracy Today' Substitutes for Violence Fashion' 'The Leadership of Our Two Major Political Parties' ls Man Really Civilized?