Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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.

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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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SIMONE PACE Simone has and always will be a leader. Wherever he goesg Italy, Canada, anywhere, there will always be some luscious bimbo groveling at his feet or at other parts of his muscular body. After four long years at S.H.S, he was able to develop his musical career with the Bad Sinners and his talents at serving at the messiest grade ll table. I-Ie is the one who showed us how to eat without forks, knives or plates and sometimes even off the table. All in all he has acquired four satisfactory years at S.H.S. and is looking forward to a successful career later on in the future. Simone, telephono ...l! - Lawrence you talk to her! His friends DAVID RAMSAY Fiction can be defined as the creation of the mind, because the mind creates fiction and the mind is real so as a result the fiction the mind creates can be as real as anything relative to life, Better late than never, right Bear! NICHOLAS PRATLEY Claim to Fame: Having seniority on the Headmaster, who's been at the school for ten years. Cherished Memories: Inspection in grade 7 French, handing out polite parking tickets on Stanton St.g fighting with Mr. Reid for control of a certain study carrel Awards: Many, for academic prowess Un terms of monetary value, they just about cover the losses.J. Life is a jest, and all things show itg I thought so once, but now l know it. - John Gay