Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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DIETMAR KAPPES Motto: Do unto others before they do it unto you Ambition: Botanist Probable Destination: Famous Botanist Characteristics: Reactionary. intolerant and imperialist Aversions: Progress. French and petty colonials Achievements: Remaining civilized throughout all adversity - at least. most ofit. . . words are wise men's counters. they do but recl-con by them: but they are the money of fools. Thomas Hobbes JOSEPH KIRKPATRICK Joe has been with us for two years and he has certainly added another dimen- sion to our class. A keen skier. poet. and individualist. -I oe probably understood Selwyn better than anyone else. except ofcourse good old George' .... Not that he's about to apply for thejob ofjanitor at S.H.S., now rhar lie's finally out of schooll But whatever he does. we are sure that joe will be remembered by all. BERNARD KYONG Man is born with his hands clenched: he dies with his hands wide open. Entering life he desires to grasp everything: leaving the world, all that he possessed has slipped away. Rabbinical Ana The above reflects my stay at Selwyn House. I entered expecting to know more, but how come it seems that I know less?

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MICHAEL GABRIEL This is the best year A the last year. QMany interpretations., Dislikes: forget it! The list would be way too long! Favourite and only worthwhile activity: philosophising, pseudo preaching and con- templative time wasting. Sum up of five years of Selwyn House: why me?! Thank you everyone .... this is the best house of horrors I have ever seen. . . now can I leave? KENNETH HALLER You've heard the phrase, Drink with knowledge, Which you gain through years at college. l'm proud to say now that it's over For the last four years l've been cold soberf' MICHAEL HOOTON When Michael left a French school run by nuns to come to Selwyn House, he thought that beatings would stop. But his greeting to grade 3 was a caning for not washing his hands. Michael's behaviour still hasn't improved, as highlighted by his repeated tardiness, and Michael's reminder to Mr. Troubetzkoy: Look at it this way. sir - if it wasn't for kids like me, you'd be out ofajobf' During the past year, Michael has captained, co-captained, headed and co-headed a countless number of organizations at various times during their respective cam- paigns. He captained basketball teams and rugby forwards, co-headed the undergrad Crawler Society and the grad committee, and headed our most successful charity drive. Michael was also a member of raiders of George Dewland fbreak and post school sessionsl. Michael won the open mile this year, and was one of the eight people inducted into the sports guild during its first year of operation. Yet, Michael will be remembered for little things like his summer home in Pointe au Pic. the trophies he won in Murray Bay, his 700 game ping--pong series with Mark and his most successful social year and his tuxedo. But Michael's true claim to fame was an event which truly singles him out among Selwyn boys: his accident in drivers' ed. His Friend

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SIMON LANGSHUR To put it simply, Simon was a very hard-working and dedicated student. This showed up admirably in his wellaresearched term papers and in his marked attentive- ness in Chemistry class. Known as a brilliant chemist, Si1non's favourite pastimes were bubbling off hydrogen in empty drawers and blowing glass. No slouch in P.S.S.C. either, Simon's on inal labs often left the teacher uite uzzled... An active tl Cl P participant in extracurricular activities too, Simon first achieved fame as a political debater and then drew rave reviews and theatrical acclaim for his sensitive ortra al i P Y of Newton in the French class production of l'Hercules. Who knows? Perhaps one da he'll be teachin oetr at S.H.S.! Y g P Y ALASDAIR MACAULEY It is as reasonable to represent one kind ofimprisonment by another, as it is to represent anything that really exists by that which exists not! Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. Aujourd'hui, maman est rnorte. Ou peutfetre hier,je ne sais pas. A. Gamus, L'Etranger. And all shall be well And all manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of fire are infolded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one. T.S. Eliot, Little Guiding. There are two divisive forces in the world today, one of building up, and one of breaking down, supranationalism, and linguistic and ethnic nationalism respectively. Where will we find freedom between the two? Long live Canada! Vive le Quebec libre!