Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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EOF! THE SCHOOL YEAR 1968-1969 debating The twenty-second Selwyn House Oratorical Society commenced its year in the month of September 1968. The society under the direction of Mr, Hill, elected its executives at this first meeting. The following appointments were made: President: Norman Tobias Vice-President: Michael O'Hearn Secretary: Peeter Kivestu Treasurer: Peter Genzel Time-Keeper: Bruce Fox House Debating: First Round Resolved that marijuana should be legalized. Affirmative: Lucas House - Peter Genzel and Michael Dawes. Negative: Speirs House - Norman Tobias and Campbell Hendery. Public The finals of the annual Public Speaking contest were held on 'llth February. There were five speakers each of whom was to give a five minute speech on the topic of his choice. John Benbow chaired the meeting. The speakers and their topics were : SCOTT DISHER - On Vita Cares PETER GENZEL - On a Misconception MICHAEL O'HEARN - On Nervousness JOHN SELYE - On Pomposity NORMAN TOBIAS - On a Sense of Humour Resolved that the Pope's Encyclical is justified from the Roman Catholic point of view. Affirmative: Wanstall f John Fricker and Peeter Kivestu. Negative: Macaulay - Michael O'Hearn and John Mappin. Mr. Moodey judged Lucas to be the winner of the first debate and Macaulay and Wanstall to be tied in the second debate. House Debating: Second Round Resolved that a World Government should be established. Affirmative: Macaulay House - Tony Warren and Guy Tombs. Speirs House - Norman Tobias and Timothy Dumper. Mr. Moodey judged Speirs to be the winner. Negative: Speaking Mr. Egan Chambers kindly consented to judge the competition, and after hearing all the speeches, complimented the speakers on the fine quality of their material and planning. He offered some well received suggestions and announced the winner, although he emphasized that the marks were very close. Peter Genzel and Scott Disher were declared the winners, followed closely by John Selye in second place and Norman Tobias and Michael O'Hearn in third. N.C.T.

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SELWVN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE :Sill ,nil ---.El lllll Wine and cheese function for new extension in new gym . R..-' . X , . East side showing extension - lst Floor - Gym -Q 2nd Floor - Classrooms The Extension of the School After a strenuous financial campaign, the school has been reorganized and enlarged. Three modern laboratories and an art room and five new closs rooms were built. The gymnasium's size was doubled. A subterranean locker room appeared. To link up these areas, a new stairway was constructed. The official opening of the new school was on February llth. A wine and cheese party was held in the new gym to honour the occasion. Parents seemed very satisfied with the outcome of such extensive additions. Some were so impressed that they said they would give T000 more to the school than they had planned. The many additional facilities of course give a broader and more enioycible education and will prove very valuable in ci fast growing world.

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24 SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE WINNER OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION A Misconception It is my firm belief that in the good old days oxen had bigger heads, pigs had better meat, and it rained less. Ah yes, the good old days. Why, those were the days of good personal freedom, Those were the days when the individual still counted as someone. Yes, I remember how I roamed the streets during the depression years. I didn't be- long to any of that trade union stuff, you know. We were all our own masters in those good old days . . . and that's more than I can say for today's dehumanized and mechanized society, you know. In my youth, we had a decent educa- tion, Those were the days of the right pupil- teacher relationship. Why, if we failed a test, we'd be taken into a back room, and be beaten with a hazel brush. And today, well today, we give the young one a mental examination and say he has an emotional stumbling block . I have never heard of such drivel. lf you spare the rod, you spoil the child. After all, look what happened with those nose-picking trouble makers at Sir George Williams University. A good licking on the bee-hind would have stopped all this trouble forever. Ah yes, how I long for the peace of the good old days, Those were the days when the family was still intact. Every Sunday we used to get into our little old locomobile town coupe, and take a bumpy ride to my grandparents. Then we'd sit there for the whole afternoon, drink tea, twiddle our thumbs, and hear Dad talk about the Great War. No sir, there was no generation gap then. And those rides to grandma were fun, too, you know. Why, those were the days of true autocar excitement. We would take our old loco- mobile town coupe, and fly along the country roads - you should have seen those farm hands iump C-why, my uncle killed two of theml. Yes, those were the good old days. And don't think from what l've just said that there was no law and order in those days. Believe me, when I see today's youth on the rampage, and them negroes causing trouble in the ghettos, I wish I were back in the good old days. We didn't let those negroes cause any trouble then - and if they did, the strong arm of the law des- cended upon them, and gave them a . . . ah, lynching's the word. Gentlemen, that kept them in place . , . and you know, the stories of Bonnie and Clyde, the Dillinger Kid, AI Capone, the Mobsters - these stories have all been exag- gerated by the Communists. Sure, these people terrorized the west, but folks, they killed for a living, not like today's thugs who do it for kicks. Yes - how codes of conduct change for the worse. Ladies and Gentlemen, I liked the good healthy atmosphere in those days. Everyone was happy. And today - how do we get our happiness today? Why, when I go along some downtown street, l see all these lurid, lecherous, and corrup- ting movie ads, and you young ones ogling at them, and you teen-agers necking in the parks, and . , . folks, it isn't a laughing matter. In the old days, this kind of immorality didn't exist. No sir - and if you did neck, you at least did it in the back seat of your locomobile town coupe - mo- destly parked beside a deserted scrapyard. We were decent about it and hushed it up - yes folks, I warn you, you are witnessing the Decline of Western Civilization as we know it today. Except for us churchgoing folk, everyone is desti- ned to roast in hell as a pervert. Yes, l guess the times really are a changing, though for the worse . . , and nobody seems to lament this except for Us older folks. And so, we alone, folks, we alone cling to our unshakeable belief that in the good old days oxen had bigger heads, pigs had better meat, and it rained less. Oh, did I tell you how the individual . .. - Peter Genzel