Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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OLIVER MERSEREAU When Oliver came to us in grade six, he was no new boy to the system and fitted right in. Over the years we have regarded him as a trustworthy honest friend. Academically, Ollie las his friends call him! has kept a good average while being involved in various extra-cmricular activities. He has been invaluable to the yearbook and photography club. lOften he has been seen running around taking candid photos of unwary people! Oliver will always be remembered lespecially for asking me to write his grad note the day after they were due!. A friend ANDREW NEMEC Andrew Nemec became a prefect this year due to an uncanny ability to talk to teachers. His most interesting features are his feet. Andrew, even since grade one, has had feet! Another thing which Andrew is known for is his mouthg it is always moving. However, over the years Andrew's contribution to school sports has been outstanding. He has played football 4Bantam, Junior, Senior! and was this year's team captain. He is an all-star wrestler and has been a rugby player ever since he could grunt. We do not know what we would have done without him. Actually we do, but we won't tell. KAREL NEMEC Karel's career at Selly extends all the way back to grade one. From the days of Madame Dorion, Mrs. MacLean, and lVIr. Philips to the present timeg he has always made himself known to us by exercising his physical assets or by sharing his extremely diverse insight and knowledge. Although Karel excels in such sports as football, squash, and rugby. we never under-estimated his mental capabilities. His Friends.

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This Was the Year that Was In a recent survey conducted by a team of independent researchers, certain alarming trends emerged, trends which suggested that the Class of Seventy-nine actually ENJOYED their final year. Indeed, according to some emminent analysts, it was a vintage year from which the seniors imbibed wholeheartedly of both academic and athletic spirits offered, draining the year to the very least. Asked to note five moments lepiphaniesl which transformed their lives or presented them with new insights, the students observed that it all started well with the innovative leadership weekend in the Eastern T ownship, which according to some gave us good directions which we unfortunately lost. Despite their sense of being lost, limches laccording to one of that august numberl saved our sanity, but next year, maybe they can try having a budget for food. Of course, noon gommet feasts were, for some, occasions to escape by using that elusive release - one day a month - which some managed to use to avoid attending the dining hall festivities on a daily basis. Newly fotmd respon- sibilities, beyond sitting at the head of a table also ranked highly as moments of illumination, and the mornings, when they found thinking of excuses for not doing the morning duties too arduous, led them to the confrontation with the threes and fours. As one noted, I don 't know how lVIiss Hopson does it, but once more ingenuity triumphed and the library and the so-called study periodsvafforded, at least, some excuse for absence from duties. Is this what they meant by the innovative 'leisure' programme, one was heard to ask. or was it ll A's discovery that the class window was a means of observing and timing Chris Creighton 's run to class as well as a way to arrive at 8:44 and answer to roll call? However, not all discoveries related to the vision of serious duties, or of great responsibility. There were moments in the gym, on the fields, or on the rinks which prompted those surveyed to record with some satisfaction the winning of a Norsworthy trophy or of a rugby championship, or of an injury - a lasting memory of a week away from school. Not all successes, those polled felt, occurred in athletic arenas. Some indicated that the newspaper, THE SPECTRUM made new men of them and showed how gullible people could be. THE FOURTH DIMENSION No. 7, Radio-Canada Internationals A Canada to Discover, The Julia Richer Competition, and Project Pandora V, all came too late to elicit any response but five significant things have not yet happened, although some in- dividuals did discover it isn't impossible to get lousy marks, while others saw physics l good times with high marks, -bonus question! as a means of keeping the averages up, or at least as a break from fifty-hour marathons to complete English assignments - a spiritual and physical experience- or as much of one as Mona's Ballet Jazz. All in all, the peasantry - a team universally scorned - saw the year through rose-coloured glasses of one success after another - AND IT WAS .... G.C. Ian Burgess David Williams Il Year Veterans of Selwyn House r 'r 54 rip' M f 9 ' f 4 ,- ' in Y .'f i . . 5,,2fr.f55, . 1 ar- ,1 . QCWYLZ'-rg 7s vm -Q' I' -4 0 3 FRONT ROW: J. Ogilvy, A. Black, G. Zarifi, R. Lande, M. Walford, A. Nemec, D. Shannon, N. Powell, J. Ross. BACK ROW: J. Warner, K. Nemec, P. Korn.

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JEFFREY NEUMANN Destination: God only knows why I want to be a doctor when I could spent my time painting, playing chess or tennis. My ulterior motive is to have two nurses pose for me. Epilogue: Our great School has taught me humility and the ability to think, but alas, not to keep quiet. Si tacuisses, philxo sophus mansissesf' It is sad that I must leave my Selly studios. I never will find such a great bunch of fellows and teachers again. JACK OGILVY For years, everyone tried to understand Jack, but this year, we all gave up. Although it's hard to believe, Jack has been lphysicallyl at Selwyn for eleven years. A few years ago, it was rtunored that Jack had spent a summer vacation taking survival courses in Colombia. From that time on, he has had a new look on life. He will always be remembered for such classic comments as, God you're ugly, and Kiss mine. He will also be remembered for playing on various team sports lfootball and rugbyl. But, ever since Jack has been here. he has confided in us and he told us that he wants to get out of this place. Well, now's your chance Jack, and good luck. -his friends MARTIN OSMOND Since his arrival in our midst in the fall of 1974, Martin has undertaken many activities both in the academic and extra-curricular realms. However in order to avoid being g1mg ho , we will abstain from extolling them at great length. Instead, we shall dwell on his many shortcomings. He was appointed Prefect in the early-late-mid spring of 1978. and, to his great shame and poor soul, he was appointed to the Sportsmen's Guild. He was further burdened by being subjected to membership on the Entertainment Committee. Alas, the oft-pitied lad has managed to keep a stiff upper lip. One can 't help but admire the true deter- mination and spirit which has kept our little friend going. His contagious en- thusiasm threatened to upset the status-quo at Selly, and for that, we admire him. -his friends- A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. - The Bible: Proverbs 18:24.