Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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22 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Junior School Choir: Away in a Manger Soloist: Mark Culver. When Christ was Born of Mary free Soloists: Ian Mackenzie, William Gould, Anthony Graham, Peter Grossman. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Arr. Austin The final performance enactment of The Fantastic Flight by Sidney Box. The play was directed by Mr. Moss-Davies and the cast was: Reporter BARRY LAZAR News Editor STEPHEN LEOPOLD Noah Boomer ALAN BYRNE Jake PHILIP MILLER Foster JAMES BENSON Heatherfield CHARLES GURD Stella PER AMUNDSEN The scene changes between a telephone booth and the News Editor's Office lboth offstagel, and at first, a study in Prairie University and subsequently in an office at the Boomer Manufacturing Works. The final scenes take place sixteen years after the introductory scenes. The play is a rather sombre narrative of Noah Boomer's life from the time that he, a pacifist, inherits an armaments concern until the world is covered by poison gas during a war. Only a chosen few in a helicopter survive. Behind the scenes, Mr. Moodey and Mr. lversen kept order and insured that everything ran smoothly. Madame Dorland, Mrs. Sutton, and Mr. Moss-Davies took charge of the make-up. Mr. Ashworth, T. Stewart, G. Buchanan, and S. Hurum controlled the lighting. De Wolfe Shaw and J. MacDougall set up the scenery with assistance from McGregor who also worked the curtains, while Mr. Tees, D. Barker and C. Miller did the ushering. The cooperation and ardor displayed by all concerned made the perform- ances a heralded success. gg if I , l I I ' I ' I r I 1 Y ARMISTICE DAY 1965 4 0

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1965-1966 21 The acoustics improved considerably over the previous year as the choirs sang from the balcony, accompanied and directed by Mr. Phillips. The Form l choir sang the following carols: Still, still, still Sans Day Carol - German, arr. Wetzler - Cornish Soloists: Clifford Pearson, Ian Donald, Rory Byrne, Dean Bremner, Jay Rankin. Shepherds of Belen Soloist: Geoffrey Hale. Form B-l Choir: Noel Form B-2 Choir: Chant des Bergers Form 2 Choir: Gesu Bambino Song of the Crib - Spanish - Poesie par Theophile Gauthier - Air de Ste-Genevieve - Pietro Yon - German, arr. Vaughan Williams Soloists: Bruce Oliver, David Claxton, John Leopold, Reginald Groome, Kim The Yodlers' Carol Form A-2 Drama: Vaughan, David Nonnenman. - Austrian The Poetry Appreciation lesson was directed by Mrs. Marsh. The teacher The class - David Cronin - Boys of A-2. After that two carols, Shepherds in the Fields Abiding and Good King Wenceslas , were sung with much enthusiasm and talent by the audience. Form A-l gave a really professional performance of their interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream , also directed by Mrs. Marsh. The cast was as follows: Bottom Quince Flute Starveling Snug Snout Puck Chorus Form 3 Choir: O Holy Night The Holly and the lvy Soloists: Campbell Hender John Light and George Stinnes. Star of Bethlehem FORREST PALMER CAMPBELL GORDON JEREMY HENDERSON HENRY MORSE BILL TURNER MARK SALZBORN ANTHONY SEHON BOYS OF A-'I - Adam - Traditional John MacDougall, Tony Warren, Norman Tobias, - Rozsa arr. Wilson

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,A NK K ACADEMIC PRIZE GIVING Annual Academic Prizegiving June 1965 Once again the annual academic prizegiving wus held in the school gym- nasium on the afternoon and evening of Thursday, IOth June. In the afternoon the guest of honour was Geoffrey H. Merrill, Esq., BA., Director of Junior School, Lower Canada College, who presented the prizes to the Junior School and Form I of the Middle School. In a splendid address Mr, Merrill pointed out that there was no such thing as Instant Education and that only persistent hard work would meet the demands made for university entrance. But Mr. Merrill also pointed out that beside the academic requirements, there were the qualities of honesty, cour' tesy and loyalty which must be inculcated into the minds of his youthful aud- ience. In the evening the school was honoured by the presence of Mr. Justice G. Miller Hyde. Mr. Justice Hyde warned his audience that young men cannot afford to live in the past in a changing Quebec. You must learn French he said, and don't be satisfied until you can express yourself with equal ease in both lon- guages. Emphasising his point Mr. Justice Hyde delivered part of his speech in French and expressed the hope that the day would soon come when Selwyn House could participate in a student exchange programme with French-Canadian schools and thus form lasting friendships which would bridge the gap between what some people now call the 'Two Solitudes' . The following were the afternoon's and evening's programmes and awards: