Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1967-1968 21 LA LETTRE CHARGEE comedie en un acte par Eugene Labiche Hortense, ieune veuve MARK WALKER Hector de Courvalin WALTER LOVELL Peters Fougasson, americain ANDRE TELIO Francine, servante CHRISTOPHER NOBLE L'action se passe dans un salon chez Hortense a Paris INTERMISSION Form III Choir Joseph and the angel Terry Myn lyking Terry Come, all you worthy gentlemen English carol ,arr. Casner R E F U N D a farce in one act by Percival Wilde The Principal DAVID MCCALLUM The Mathematics Master NICHOLAS BALA The Geography Master NORMAN TOBIAS The History Master MAXWELL LONDON The Physics Master GUY TOMBS A Servant CAMPBELL HENDERY Blenkinsop JOHN SELYE Scene: The Principal's office in an American preparatory school The Choir At the were made as follows: Forms 3 Forms 2 Forms I Forms A Forms B annual prizegiving, awards for distinction in the various choirs Christopher Noble. Geoffrey Hale. William Gould. Richard Donald. Christopher Shannon. All these boys are to be congratulated on their success. During the present school year, a special choir chosen from boys in Forms 3 and 2, after being successfully auditioned in the Victoria Hall, was honoured by being asked to sing at Expo in the Place des Nations on the oc- casion of Westmount Day. The Choir performed supremely well under the most deplorable conditions, and this event is one that we shall long remember. We were again asked to provide a choir to sing on Tween Set, and the Expo choir performed some New Year's music well, but without quite recap- turing the spirit of their earlier effort.

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20 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGA . SENIOR CHOIR A+ JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR

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22 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Soloists were Jay Rankin, Geoffrey Hale, Eric Sutton, Gerry Miller, Gregory Merrick, Frank Nemec, lan McKenzie, Bill Gould and Campbell Gordon. Points won by the various houses at the time of writing are as follows: Speirs 'l55 Lucas 8- Macaulay 98 Wanstall 82. We would welcome the gift of a shield that could be presented at the Prizegiving to the winning house as a tribute to the efforts of its members in all the various choirs during the year. Centennial '67 A Selwyn House Proiect To discuss the entire seven weeks would require substantial space, and to avoid a long dissertation, only the highlights of the trip will follow. Prior to the actual trip, the group lMr. Ashworth, Mr. Burgess, John Grossman and Steven Kirkegardl iourneyed to Vermont for a trial run. The future of the Centennial project looked pretty dim at first, however, most of the minor obstacles were removed at this time. Departure, June 28, 1967. All preparations were completed, and a reporter arrived from The Westmount Examiner to obtain the story. Finally, we were on our way to Toronto. In Toronto, we stayed with Mr. Ashworth's brother, and ironed out a few more camping problems. From Toronto, we travelled to Stratford and saw Richard III performed. This proved to be extremely interesting, and our Appre- ciation of Shakespeare doubled, it was like seeing print come to life. After the Festival, we toured Stratford, noting the architecture, and then moved on to Sudbury. In Sudbury, the Rev. Murray Bradford showed the group great considera- tion. In our brief stay, we discovered his specialities were good humour, mar- tinis, and spaghetti sauce. We saw what a mining town was like, and toured the Big Nickle . At this mine, we went down into a replica of a mine shaft. From this excursion we obtained insight into the arduous life of the miners. Go West, young man, Horace Greely said, and following his advice, we reluctantly left for the west. En route, we saw many spectacular scenes and camped in several beautiful locales. We reached Sault Saint Marie, where we took a boat cruise through the locks. Shortly after leaving this area, we visited a pulp and paper mill in Marathon. The process of reducing logs to paper was intriguing, but having to cope with the pungent, penetrating smell of the chemicals, we decided to forgo any other excursions into pulp mills. After this, we camped beside Lake Superior, where after careful experimentation, John and Steven concluded that icy water was not conducive to pleasant swimming. The Lakehead - Port Arthur and Fort William. Seven days gone. Here we visited the Lumbering lndustry Museum, and took another boat cruise around the Harbour area of the Twin Cities. This inland port - a vital transportation link - had the world's largest grain elevator C715 million bushel capacityl and the world's largest iron ore dock C432 feet long.l Our next major stop was Winnipeg. In this city, we were cordially received by the members of the staff of Saint John Ravenscourt School, which is located a short distance from the centre of the city. Because the school was lodging some of the athletes competing in the Pan-Am Games, we were com- pelled to sleep in a tent on the school grounds beside the Red River.