Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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ALEXANDER GAULT I could present you with an analogy about a sane person being admitted into an insane asylum, and thus present the life of Alexander Gault at Selwyn House, but a grad note should be pleasant, so I will give a more personal view of Sal and avoid school com- pletely. Alex is deeply attracted to politics and poetic discourse and in these fields, has developed a strong attachment to John Aimers. He always has a strong point of view which sometimes has been misinterpreted by some poor misguided souls, but never- theless he remains a leader. Alex is a very athletic young man and can often be found jogging up the mountain with his good friends David and Lucy, although he doesn't limit himself to this type of action. So baby, sit back, relax, have a beer and a smoke, and When the music's over, turn out the lights. -Jim Morrison JOHN PETER GUY At last! After nine years, it's time to leave Selwyn. Through years of waiting to be liberated I stood up to the challenge. Now that it's over, well, so much for liberation. l'll probably look back at all this in a couple of years and say those were some of the best times l had Lhopefully notj. Anyway, how could one sum up nine years of struggle other than saying GOODBYE ALREADY! This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill JONATHAN HERMAN Education is hanging around until you've caught on. Robert Frost If I caught on in grade two, then how come l hung around for ten years? Was it the food. Was it the obsession with the phrase, a DECADE at Selwyn House. Nay, says the wise man, stamina be the key to your survival. And survive I did. ' l know that in years to come when l pace the halls and assume the role of Selwyn's Chairman of the Board, only my fondest memories will echo from the classrooms, and remind me of the experiences that my schoolmasters and mistresses guided me througl in years past. For now, good luck and adieu.

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MICHAEL DUNGAN In future times when Mike has slain his last dragon, and rides his moose down from his happy vicarage, he will look back to this page of Selwyn House '80. He will read this note, and with a tear and a chuckle remember his days at Selwyn House. Five years have passed, and this summer the mad Irishman goes back home. In sports, and leadership, Mike performed with heart and enthusiasm. In the classroom and halls, his monty-pythonic humour and insane wit have sent many rolling in laughter. His tender love for the moose species, his pink jogging pants, and his Casanova- esque manner will be remembered by his classmates. A truly unique individual, Selwyn House will never be blessed with another of his kind. -A friend When I think of grade seven, I think of the cold, barrack-like locker room we used to have downstairs. When I think of this, my graduating year, I think of how close five years have brought me to my friends and even, believe it or not, my teachers. This closeness is the result of many strange things: with some of my friends, I laughed in- sanely at getting six per cent on a physics test, how can I ever forget the awesome spirit and team psyche I enjoyed on various teams, football in particular. This closeness is what made my term at Selwyn so important. This could quite possibly sound very gay, but I love you all. GLENN FONG Happiness only comes to people who are too busy to seek it . Aim: To try and be same. At this point in my life, I can safely say that I am burning with desire to experience all the laughs, the cries, the sudden manifestations, and the overwhelming disillusionments, all waiting in store for me in the future. Why? Don't ask me I seem to think it right. Probable Destination: a chance for survival Know your stuff, know who you are stuffing, then stuff them with style -Golden Rule for Debators

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LAWRENCE HSU Any preparatory high School will have accomplished its greatest success if it germinates within its students the interest on which they will base their lifework. From this point, of course, desire for further education follows naturally. Maintaining a varied curriculum so as to allow students to form a broad basis of perspective of life and of discerning in the real work is subordinate to that major goal. Pet Peeves: taking notes in class land retaining themj. showing work on math tests. organization at the expense of practicality. people who do not support the Morks-Spencer campaign. Ambition: Undecided. Probable Destination: Politics Parting Note: I don't know half of you as well as I should likeg and I like less than half of you as well as you deserve. -Bilbo Baggins THE LORD OF THE RINGS ANTONY ITON The other day, I looked down at my dirty old tennis shoes and sadly realized that soon I could no longer use them. I thought of all the good times I'd had in those tennis shoes and of all the neat people I'd met while wearing them. The thought of getting new shoes was exciting but the knowledge that I had outgrown my old faithfuls was sad. Five years at Selwyn, and all the time I never thought much of leaving. Now as it all comes to an end, I look forward with trepidation, at the new life awaiting me, but all of the excitement to come is balanced by the sad realization that Selly has nothing left to offer me. Good-bye, Selwyn House. Life is a straight, plain business, and the way is clear, blazed for you by generations of strong men, into whose labours you enter and whose ideals must be your inspirations. -Sir William Osler BRIAN ITON Brian, Brian, some people still don't know or understand who he is. He can't be a sports jock because he didn't win a team jacket. Oh no, at six feet three, one hundred and eighty pounds, Brian is far from being an athlete. He has played all games every game on both the offensive and defensive lines for every football team since grade seven. He played hockey for three years, vice-captaining on one team. Up until this year, Brian, coming out of Montreal West with a juvenile tennis championship, proved he knew what tennis was about by not losing matches. This year, however, he took rugby and became a scrumknockerover in the second row. But if you want a look at a real sports jock, check out Esko LSCJ the isn't wearing his jacket in this photoj. Brian was one of us in the academic society Qwhich receives report cards that say X is not fulfilling his potentialj, but let's not talk about academics. For five years he had the monopoly on all new expressions coming into the grade. It's amazing how he could turn expressions such as zees , oh boy , and excellent into poetry. What is Brian's future? Seriously now, Brian will ultimately end up somewhere doing something where he can eat oats, bench press metros, have lots of girl friends, and talk to his friends under the mode of the true philosopher he really is.