Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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30 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Affirmative - Macaulay House - Alan Byrne and James Benson. Negative - Speirs House - Barry Lazar and Peter Hadekel. That corporal punishment should be retained. Affirmative - Wanstall House - Hugh Markey and Brandon Ayre. Negative - Lucas House - Martin Tratt and Robert Seely. Mr. Becker judged Speirs and Wanstall to be the winners, and James Benson to be the best losing speaker. Deciding Round: That Capitalism should be abolished. Affirmative - Speirs House - John Lovell and Barry Lazar. Negative - Lucas House - Martin Tratt and Robert Seely. Mr. Becker judged Speirs to be the winner, and Martin Tratt to be the best losing speaker. Having won the deciding round, Speirs House carried off the LeMoine Trophy. The Society has functioned under the guidance of Mr. Hill, to whom we owe a vote of thanks for his coaching and advice. The Junior Debating Club This year's junior debating was presided over by Duncan Campbell and his committee. Credit is due to Mr. Becker who gave his time in order to help and organize our debates. Through his instruction, a few very prominent deba- ters have been discovered, two of which, O'Hearn and Campbell had the oppor- tunity to take part in a senior debate. The committee consisted of O'Hearn, Wit- kov and Tobias, with the regular attenders - Barer, Warren, Brown, McCallum, Ford, Onions, Roden, Kaplan and Khazzam. As a club, we have improved in co- operation and talent since our last year's meetings. B. W. Public Speaking On March lst, the public speaking contest was held. Mr. W. R. Noble kindly came to judge the speeches. He was impressed with, what he called, the high quality of the speaking. After Mr. Noble had commented on the individual speakers, he awarded first place to Barry Lazar, followed closely by Eric Hamovitch in second. The finalists and their topics were: Barry Lazar 'Plagiarism' Eric Hamovitch 'On Being Left-Handed' Brandon Ayre 'On Substitutes for War' Peter Hadekel 'ln Defence ofthe American Image' Mark Lazar 'Draft-dodging' Robert Seely 'The Rising and Falling of the Human Empire' De Wolf Shaw was chairman and Cary Miller time-keeper. J. B. Career Talks Guest SPEAKERS Selwyn House, this past school year, was privileged to have many inter- esting and informative guest speakers. Chief among them were those who spoke about their various professions in the series of career talks which were once again aptly managed by Mr. lversen.

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1966-I967 29 f it iaiii i ii Debating The Twentieth Selwyn Oratorical Society, under the direction of Mr. Hill, held its first meeting in October 1966. The following appointments were made: President, Barry Lazar, Vice-President, Cary Miller, Secretary, James Benson, Treasurer, Gray Buchanan, Time-keeper, De Wolf Shaw. The house debating competition was very fierce this year. Following the three rounds, an additional round was necessary because of a tie between Lucas and Speirs. Mr. Moodey and Mr. Becker iudged the house debates, and improved the calibre of debating with their helpful criticisms and comments. House Debating First Round 1 That money is the root of all evil. Affirmative - Wanstall House - De Wolf Shaw and Brandon Ayre. Negative - Speirs House - Barry Lazar and John Lovell. That the United Nations should intervene in Vietnam. Affirmative - Macaulay House - James Benson and Alan Byrne. Negative - Lucas House - Martin Tratt and Robert Seely. Mr. Moodey judged Speirs and Lucas to be the winners, and Alan Byrne and James Benson to be the best losing speakers. Second Round: That Scripture is necessary in school. Affirmative - Speirs House - Per Amundsen and Peter Hadekel. Negative - Lucas House - Martin Tratt and Robert Seely. That it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Affirmative - Macaulay House - Gray Buchanan and Alan Byrne. Negative - Wanstall House - De Wolf Shaw and Brandon Ayre. Mr. Moodey judged Lucas and Macaulay to be the winners. Third Round: That the drinking age in Quebec should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen.

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1966-1967 31 The first speaker was Mr. John Wyllie who addressed the members of forms six and seven on careers in movies and television. From his own exper- ience he was able to tell us about all aspects of entering these media in the form of actor, writer, producer, and others. The next career speaker was Mr. M. Scott who spoke on the investment dealer. This topic was made quite interesting as it was illustrated throughout. The last speaker in the series was Mr. J. M. Dealy, a chemical engineer and also a Professor in this field at McGill University. His dissertation on the various branches of engineering was enioyed especially by the many students who intend to enter this faculty in university. Pupils were also treated throughout the year to several other notable orators. The year commenced with the chairman of the board, Mr. Norsworthy giving the customary school opening address. On Red Feather day, Mr. Maurise Marasine, program director of the Montreal Boy's Association, spoke on how we could help contribute and also explained exactly what his organization is. Brian Marson, executive director of the Canadian University Students Overseas CC.U.S.O.D told of his recent soiurn abroad, helping the natives of India. He spoke on C.U.S.O.'s formation, its work in the world, and how university students can benefit by becoming members. On November 21, Mr. Norsworthy spoke again, this time at the installation of prefects and acting-prefects, on the subiect Definition of a Prefect . One of the final and most interesting set of speeches was made at the annual football dinner, where Mr. Wm. Molson, Mr. Culver, our coach Mr. Anderson, and Mike McHugh made short, commemorative speeches and where Cary Miller was given the cup for most valuable lineman and Mike McHugh was distinguished as most valuable player. The luncheon's guest speaker was Mr. B. R. Anderson, who gave us a very interesting discourse on the evolution of football throughout the past few decades. Barry LAZAR PROJECTS Centennial History Display Throughout the second term this year, the boys of the Sixth Form worked extremely hard in obtaining very interesting articles relevant to the Confedera- tion era, as o centennial proiect. These articles were presented in the form of a display preceding the afternoon and evening Gym shows, in the library and art room. There was every conceivable kind of object on display, from shaving mugs to rifles. The highlight of the display were the dresses modelled by several girls who kindly volunteered. A great deal of credit must go to all the boys who gathered together the articles and set up the individual proiects. The organizing committee consisted of: Mark Lazar, Chairman John Despic Patrick Nelson Hugh Blakely James Light Peter Hadekel Thanks must also go to the many contributors and to Miss Pick for allow- ing her library to be turned inside out! Peter HADEKEI.