Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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AYMEN NADER On equal temper of hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. After half a decade, Aymen emerges from the cesspool of the student body. Suffering from permanent five o'clock shadow, he was captain of the football team and a pursuing prefect. We have to say something about academics but as his quote says, he is strong in will, to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield, but he has trouble finding his own. Usually, he finds someone else's. Whatever happens in Aymen's life, he will always find excitement and success. PETER NORRIS How am I supposed to cram eleven years of my life into twenty nine words? Oh, boys, don't be sentimentalg it's bad for the digestion! Take a tonic, follow me! - Herman Melville AMEDEO PACE Gheeeee! Amedeo, vieni a tabolo! Amedeo's four years at Selwyn House have greatly enhanced his education, as we have all seen in this last year. His outstanding manners at the lunch table tat which he gained over 14 pounds this yearj, his mysterious consumption of coffee from the teacher's common room, as well as his efforts with his band at Selwyn House dances are prime examples of his extra-curricular contributions to the school. He has grown from a decent boy in grade eight to a REALLY decent man in grade eleven. Don't expect too much. Even the best musicians have to be patient with one another. lt always takes a few sessions to get your act together. - John Gindick

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JON LAPIN Type of monster: A Lapin Occurrence: Rare Alignment: chaotic chaos Hit dice: varies with mood Size: medium small Hit Points: varies with weather Move: 90 ft. walking: vfmg flying tstraight downj per turn Attacks: 1 tverbal stingj Damage: 80070 Demoralization Armor Class: lim x, x 2 '? Nationalism is the measles of mankind - Albert Einstein PAUL LAPLANTE There is a time to live and a time to die. I have lived a bit and died a bit. Strange days have followed bizarre nights. Madness is a relative state. Who can say which of us is truly insane? And while l roam through Central Park wearing moth-eaten clothes and a surgical mask, screaming revolutionary slogans and laughing hysterically, I wonder even now if what l did was really so irrational. l'm sick of these stinky boats Thanks to all l have known, liked or despised. SANDY MAAG Morison Woody Allen Since Sandy decided not to exercise his prerogative in writing a grad note, the Central Committee would like to exercise its own and wish him the best of luck wherever he is.

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DAVID OSMOND Receive my instruction, and not silver: and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom IS better than rubiesg and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 8:l0,ll After coming back from the Swiss Alps, David made a profound impression on this year's class. What this impression is, no one has yet discovered. Known affectionately as Oz, or Ozzie ibut never Ozymandiasj he could be found taking pictures of strange events in this year's Grade ll for the photo contest. Never- theless he won - he was the only entry. We wish David a successful future in his search for a medical career but I hope he never becomes my neurosurgeon. A Friend? If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vaing if I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson ANDREW OSTERLAND Selwyn House is a strange place with quite a few strange people inside. There are so many inconspicuous little holes in which to fall that it takes a good deal of work to regulate what you do, when you do it, and how you do it, in such a way as to get along at Selwyn. But there were also a number of good people at Selwyn House and I suppose that I shall remember the fun times I had with these people when I think of Selwyn after a few years. If I ever expected to feel a sense of gratification or fulfillment upon leaving this school, it was many years back. It felt great leaving but my experience at Selwyn House was not five years of work, climaxing in the triumph of graduation but rather it was like five years of, well, Selwyn House.