Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1966-1967 13 Board and Staff We are very proud to dedicate this year's issue of the School Magazine to Mr. Hugh H. Norsworthy who was appointed to the Board and was Honorary- Treasurer from 1960 to 1964 when he was appointed Chairman of the Board, and would like to add a further word of profound gratitude to him for the superlative direction, vision and hard work which marked his tenure of office during the years of striking change and development in the school. We were more sorry than we can say to learn that he would not be able to carry on his fine work for his old school but congratulate him most heartily on his high exe- cutive appointment in Toronto and wish him and his family every success there. We were very fortunate indeed to have Mr. David M. Culver, the Vice- Chairman take over the arduous assignment as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Culver, who is also an Old Boy of the school, ioined the Board in 1961 and has already made a very fine contribution to the direction of the school and we are looking 'Forward to continuous progress and development under his far- seeing and practical leadership. We were very sorry indeed that Mr. J. Bartlett Morgan decided to retire from the Board of Governors in October. Since his appointment to the Board in 1955 Mr. Morgan has given most generously of his time and talent to the development of the school. He acted as Vice-Chairman of the Board from 1957 to 1964 and was Co-Chairman of the financial drive which ended with such success in establishing the school on a firm footing in its quarters in Westmount. We would like to pay a high tribute to Mr. Morgan for his dynamic service to his old school. We are happy that Mr. J. M. G. Scott has agreed to serve on the Board in his place and already he has undertaken special duties as Head of the Education Committee of the Board. In September we welcomed two new members to the staff, Mr. G. C. lan Burgess and Mr. Ronald Leadbetter. Mr. Burgess has enriched our English- Department and has been a tower of strength on our coaching staff as coach of the Bantam football and Senior hockey groups. Mr. Ronald A. Leadbetter has worked mostly in the Middle school and acted as assistant coach for the Senior football team. Mr. Leadbetter will be leaving in June and we would like to express to him our thanks for all he has done. Also leaving will be Mrs. Winnifred Haughland who has been on the Junior school staff since September 1962. She has undertaken a great deal of specialist work in Remedial Reading and has made a very special niche for herself in the Junior School. She will be residing in Vermont. Mr. Meldrum has been in the Science Department of the school since September 1965 and has also undertaken, with success, the work of Manual Training with the Junior and Middle school students. Mr. John A. Messenger who has been with us for the past two years has brought an expert knowledge of History and of football coaching to our Senior boys so that he has made a very important impact on the life of the school-room and the playing field. Mr. Messenger is proceeding for post graduate work to the University of Massachusetts where he will also take on administrative duties as Assistant Dean. Also going to the University of Massachusetts is Mr. Anthony Moss-Davies but we are very delighted that he will be coming back to Selwyn House after a year's post graduate study and we shall look forward to his return with great pleasure. To all of these members of the staff we would express our thanks for a very fine contribution to our school life in so many facets of endeavour and we extend our best wishes to them for every future success.

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Edit0riaI This year for the first time, the Junior houses were affiliated, but not incorporated, with the Senior houses. The middle school debating flourished. The special gym squad gave several successful demonstrations about the city. A four-boy team from Form VI participated in a television quiz. The B.B.C. filmed an assembly, and it was business as usual during the Provincial and Municipal Teachers' strikes. Thus the academic year of T966-67 has not been an unusual one for most people at Selwyn House, there have been several changes, but the school remains essentially the same, There is, however, a conspicuous minority for whom this year has been rather unlike previous ones, and for whom there will be no more years at Selwyn House with which to compare it. I am referring to the graduating class, who have accumulated about two hundred years of ex- perience at Selwyn House collectively. It would be impossible to assess the effect of Selwyn House on us. To decide which of our attitudes and values were formed here. But Selwyn House has left its indelible mark on all of us, and we shall retain this mark, aware of it or not, as we go on to further education, and probably for the rest of our lives. LATE BULLETIN Arthur Meighen Essay Results Form VII 'lst Melvin Weigel 2nd Barry Lazar Jan Wyllie Form VI lst Brandon Ayre

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Pri V1 ,Y . ' 'i .wx 'X VHP Annual Academic Prizegiving June 1966 On the afternoon and evening of 8th June with two packed houses , the annual prizegiving was held in the school gymnasium. In the afternoon the guest of honour was John B. Claxton Esq. B.C.L. who spoke to the boys on the need to prepare for and adapt to the speedily changing way of life, and to recognize and respect the ways of life of other peoples. He then presented the prizes io the Junior School and to forms l and ll of the Middle School. In the evening our guest of honour was Doctor Howard Ross, Chancellor of McGill University. In his address Doctor Ross emphasised the importance of the individual and exhorted the boys to work hard towards becoming brilliant individuals, Citing the examples of Sir Winston Churchill and President Kennedy the speaker said Hthere has never been a time when we have more desperately needed brilliant men. Problems are handed on, Dr. Ross said, llnot because the previous generation was not aware of them but because no one has, as yet, been able to solve them. The present generation, he told the students, must try to develop enough boys who are wise and intelligent enough to cope with these problems. The following are the afternoons and evening's programmes and awards: