Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1953 volume:

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Kindergarten to Grade XII 'k For prospectus and information concerning admission for September, 1955 Write to The Head Mistress: Miss G. Murrell-Wright, B.A. Balmoral Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba 92 QL! BACK ROW-Carol MacAulay. Eirene Landon, Carol Nixon, Louise Albertsen, Diana Duncan, Glen Mullay Gail Brooking, Dawna Duncan. FRONT ROW--Penny Clark, Joan Malaher, Ann Carroll. Joan Davidson, Gail Macdonald, Ann Jennings Norma Tweedy. Magazine Executive 1952-1953 EDITOR ................. ................u......,..............,.............. J oan Davidson LITERARY EDITORS I,,, ,,,, A nn Jennings, Dawna Duncan, Eirene Landon SPORTS EDITORS .,.., ...., ...... G 1 en Murray, Gail Macdonald ART SUPERVISORS ......I.I,,...I.. ..., J oan Malaher, Maureen Hunt PHOTOGRAPHY SUPERVISORS ..... Norma Tweedy, Diana Duncan EXCHANGE EDITOR .....c,,..... ......,,................,.....,......................... P enny Clark ADVERTISINQ. MANAC1l5RS .... z .... Ann Carroll, Gail Brooking, Carol MacAulay BUSINESS INIANAGERS cc.. ..., L ouise Albertsen, Carol Nixon Advertising Committee Geills Kilgour Martha Travers Susan Carnegie Suzanne Flood Shelagh Donegani Diana Phipps Eve Riley Patricia Busby Elaine Thomson Sylvia Pierce CONTENTS Editorial ......................... ....... . .. Letter from The Headmistress ...... Head Girl's Valedictory ...... The Prefects ....... Literary Section ........ . .... .. School Life Camera Shots ..... Class Notes ...... Exchanges ..... Library Notes ..... Our Juniors ...... School Activities ................,.......... . Guides and Brownies ....... Films ........... : ............e..,.. Gymnastics ..... Dramatics ....... Dancing ........ Sports .--- '- ..... . Graduates ........ School Calendar ....... Alumnae Notes .... School Directory .... alcknowlezlgemen L4 We would like to express our thanks to our photographer, Mr. Harold White, to Brigdens of Winnipeg, Ltd., to all who kindly offered advertisements for our magazine, and especially to Stovel-Advocate Press without whose consistent help this book would not have been possible. Af 2 'if fa If ea 'll P441 ex . ' .e + e qu-f gf 2325 :JA maria V3 . -9 ' 26 , ,- 1-N. ' N H . G ir! Sw l Q s if ' 9 v4 X1 I U, fx -fm -4 . iff' 'YZ ' A Ea Cf s- Yi f s'e21f2f-3353? J ,gf ,, xx- ..f qv 5 W., Ai si fx X ' ,, ,X 'FTS .L lxtt fi 1? ' 1' 4 N M 1 O, ' If sg nxy:uS f f Q .vhs 1 NJ an X 5 52. A 2 M J Nei' if 3' C nng 'ue the GB en EDITORIAL Sgmhnls in nur pzxilg Ellifles A symbol is a sign of something richly deep in meaning, which if understood, can be a valuable guide in one's daily life. Into a symbol we can read as much or as little as we like, but if we can find some deep significance in the sign, we are bound to be helped by it. Our thoughts at this time are naturally directed towards the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We have heard much about the pomp and splendour of this occasion, but we must not forget that it has a deep and religious significanceg indeed, that it is a service. The regalia used represent the qualities and powers we hope to find in our young Queen. The beautifully-jewelled Royal Sceptre, with its gold and white-enamelled dove is symbolic of the presence of the Holy Ghost. It is a further reminder of the religious significance of this great pageant. The Orb, which the Queen will hold in her right hand signifies the sovereignty of Christianity over the world. Later in the ceremony the ancient Sword of State is first placed in the right hand of Her Majesty, with the direction that it be used for the terror and punishment of evil-doers, and then this same sword is solemnly placed on the altar, an act which symbolizes that the might of the state is at the behest of the church, and gives meaning to the title Defender of the Faith. With our knowledge of the young Queen, we may be sure that she will look to these symbols to guide her in times of difficulty throughout her reign. We at Balmoral Hall have on our crests various symbols, which are to remind us of certain great responsibilities which we accept if we wish to be a member of our school. These symbols should encourage us. Our motto advises us to be seeking better things- Meliora Petensf' Our golden eagle is flying high to stimulate courage at times when we may need it. The white pillars, suggesting Pillars of Wisdom, symbolize the know- ledge we must strive to attain, while the river, on whose banks we work and play, suggest continuity of lessons learned at school. Man never stops learning, and his knowledge Hows on from here to eternity, adding bits and pieces to its stream, as the river gains water from its tributaries. The Coronation regalia can be thought of merely as lovely old relics of gold and silver, or they can be deep in meaning. Our crests can be pretty pieces of embroidered felt, or they can help us to make the best use of our time and our talent during our schooldays, when we are building character. We have a choice. We can live on the surface of things, neither giving our best, nor ever being aware of the great oppor- tunities offered us here, or we can make our life at Balmoral Hall full and rewarding by realizing more fully the significance of the symbols in our lives. joan Davidson, Editor 3 I ,x,. X, wk -. 'sw-aiqb? 44 .C .DL C th Miss Murrell-W E Cf. CI 4-5 cd. LU 'T' ax FS F71 O- 'va X-4 U 'U L- 'Ti O C3 4 Balmoral Hall June, 1955 LET ' SOMETHING ' GOOD ' BE ' SAID My dear Girls :- I am thinking of all of you as I write this letter for your School Magazine and I am going to challenge you with the above quotation. Where do you Hnd it in your school and what does it mean to you? I shall let you discover these words inscribed above a certain familiar fireplace but I shall suggest to you something of their importance. We all like to talk but we do not always realize that our listeners are judging us by our conversation. Sometimes we talk to impress or attract attention, sometimes we talk to get back at someone or to hurt and sometimes we make a positive effort to entertain, to help or to comfort. We cannot always realize the influence for good or evil our conversation may have on those with whom we work or play but as our motive for speaking so often sets the tone for our part of the conversation, we do well to think before we speak. What do you think of conversations on the games field, in the classrooms, in the drawing-room, in the lockers? How far are you responsible for the high or low standard and tone of these conversations? When you can govern your conversation by the above inscription leaving unsaid the unwholesome stories, the unkind remarks, the unnecessary, tell-tale, gossipy remarks that do no good and find that you are still popular letting 'something good be said', you will have learned one of lifes greatest lessons. We can do so much harm in this world by what we say and the way we say it- or by our conversation we can influence those with whom we work and play for good. Let us remember this great responsibility and say with purpose, I will pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. Affectionately yours, Our Head Girl Nora Anne Richards Head gala VALEDICTORY Dear Girls, Another school year has drawn to a close, a year that seems to have slipped by in no time at all! It is difficult to realize that it is time for us to leave the school, and though we are looking forward eagerly to the new world we shall enter and all it has in store for us, it is very hard to say good-bye. A great many of my memories are connected with this school, since I have been in these buildings for eleven years, climbing the ladder from grade one to eleven. The buildings and grounds are as familiar and as dear to me as my own home. I will always remember the happy time we have had together. This year has been a very satisfying one, and I feel that all our projects have been successful. I think of how we worked to- gether for the coffee-party and the Red Cross drive, and it seems that one of the main reasons for their success was the spirit of co-operation with which they were under- taken. We are extremely fortunate in that we have the opportunity at Balmoral Hall to learn to co-operate, for this is one of life's most valuable lessons. Free men the world over are fighting for democracy, striving together for world peace and freedom, They are lighting for their principles and their ideals. If we are to goin their ranks, and light for what we believe in, if we wish to succeed in this world, we must first learn to work together, In union, there is strength. In our school life, we have moments of frustration and struggle, but we learn to deal with our problems wisely, and so to emerge triumphant, discovering that the world really isn't as black as we supposed it to be. Only those who have had to overcome obstacles are really prepared for life. I would like to thank Miss Murrell-Wright for her understanding and patience. She has taught us many things-things that we will remember long after we leave, for education is not only in text-books. To the staff go our sincere thanks for the interest they have shown in us, and the time and trouble they have taken to help us. To the girls, the prefects and I say thank you for your great loyalty and support, which have made our job so much easier. I have enjoyed this, my last year at Balmoral Hall, and appreciate more than I can say the honour of being your Head Girl. To you who will follow me as Head Girl for 1955-1954, go my sincere good wishes. Though you may enter your new position with much hesitancy and anxiety as I certainly did, I am sure that you will, as I did, find that the experience of being Head Girl is one that you would never have missed for anything in the world. May your last year be as happy and as gratifying as mine has been. Good luck to you all, in whatever you do. Love, NORA ANNE 9 ifaf OUR PREFECTS LEFT-Nora Anne Richards, Glen Murray, Joan Malaher, Ann Jennings lseatedb. RIGHT-Louise Albertsen, Ann Carroll, Joan Davidson lseatedl. The Thanksgiving Service Our annual service of Thanksgiving was held on Friday morning, October 10th, in the Assembly Hall. In addition to staff and girls, several mothers of prefects were present, as these girls were to receive their cords of office during the service. As each girl entered, she presented a toy or gift to be sent as Christmas presents to European children through the Canada Save the Children Fund. After the service had begun with the singing of Prayer of Thanksgivingf' Miss Murrell-Wright addressed us on the subject of thankfulness, say- ing how very much we at Balmoral Hall have to be thankful for, and adding that we can best show our appreciation of this by giving to others, our toys for the underprivileged children that morning were a good example of this appreciation. After a Thanksgiving prayer in which the School joined in the responses, there was a brief ceremony in which the prefects received their cords of office. Witli a closing prayer and the singing of A Thanksgiving Hymn, this service ended. Ann Jennings, Grade XII. Presentation of Cords Until October 10 our prefects, who had earlier been named, wore no symbol of oliice. In pre- vious years the Head Girl, Games Captain, House Heads and Prefects of Balmoral Hall received during the first school term, their gold and green prefects' cords. And so this year, as a part of our Thanksgiving Service, cords were given to Nora Anne Richards, Glen Murray, joan Malaher, Joan Davidson, Ann Jennings, Louise Albertsen and Ann Carroll. Miss Murrell - Wright spoke to us about our responsibilities and asked each girl to think of our prefects who had been especially chosen to carry much of that responsibility. After the prefects had received their cords the special hymn, O jesus I have promised, was sung. Dawna Duncan, Grade X. lO fi g ' ' A ff ll .: 6 L I TE R RY fa ,Q-ilk FR MSA-I -I, . -1- Mary Ross Hallowe'en Apples The door opened, and a gaily- dressed horde poured out into the street. Cowboys, princes, gypsies, tramps, witches and ghosts, all carrying large paper bags or pillow casesga party of chil- dren bound on the traditional Halloween canvass for apples. They filed along the street, chattering noisily. They came to a stop beneath the first street-light, where their leader, a black-haired, blue-jeaned cow- boy suggested to them: Lets divide up and each group do one side of the street. tMurmurs of approvalj O.K. then, half of you go with Janie, and half with me. We've got until nine-thirty. VUhere'll we meet? asked Janie, a gaily- dressed gypsy. Oh-uh- at the apartment block on the Drive. Get there about quarter after nine, so we'll have time to get home. O.K. The gang straggled off, dividing roughly in half. The group headed by the cowboy started down the left-hand side of the street. Stopping at each house, they grouped around the door and ltollered lustily: I-lallowe'en Appuules! They clutched in their hands pieces of chalk or soap, to make good their threats of Trick or Treat! Their chalk and soap remained for the most part unused. Besides apples, they were given suckers, fudge by a little old lady, oranges by a young couple with a squalling baby, and one man, apolo- gizing for having nothing else to give them, poured pennies into their bags, saving his property from chalky or soapy defacement. They were not al- ways so fortunate, for at some houses their calls went unanswered. Hey, Paul, yelled a black-faced, red-haired, young negro to the leader, Let's go over a few streets to Crescent Boulevard. We oughta get something there - the people are so rich. Yeah! Lets go! Well, O.K. We've got just enough time, if we hurry. With a shout, they raced off, their panting breaths making little steamy clouds in front of them. Heres a huge place! Wow! We ought to really get something here. Brring. Brring. Mrs. Burns put her book down, sighed, and start- ed apprehensively to the door with Bobo, the cocker spaniel, padding silently along behind. She could hear the shouts of Halloween Apples as she put her hand to the door. The cowboy, Paul, stood on the door-step, grin- ning up at her expectantly. His confederates moved a little closer. Trick or treat, lady. I - I'm so sorry, she stammered softly. The outraged shouts of the children made her pause, before closing the door. Aw, gee whiz! Aw, lady, be a sport! ll Can't you give us anything, lady? No. I'm sorry. O.K. The leader turned. Let's go. Mrs. Burns shut the door after them softly. She leaned against the door, as everything began to swim before her eyes. ........ . Suddenly Freddy was standing in the room again, skinny little dark-haired Freddy, looking up at her through his long, dark lashes-pleading. Mom, why can't I? Spike and the other guys are going out for apples. Can't I go? Please? Quickly she thought of ways and means to dis- suade him. Wouldn't you rather have a party, instead? she asked, her mind racing to see how she could carry through the plan on such short notice. Spike and the other boys could come here. You could have hot dogs and pop, play games, and then go to the movies. Wouldn't you rather do that, Freddy? For a moment the boy appeared to be swayed. Then, with a stubborn set to his jaw, so like his fathers, he declared: That wouldn't be half as much fun as going out for apples. Spike said we could have super fun. Besides, - a happy thought occurred to him I could have a party like that for my birthday. She tried to argue with him, but finally gave in. When she saw his joy as he got into his cowboy regalia, she felt a little ashamed for trying to dampen his enthusiasm. Remember, Freddy, be careful. Watch the lights when you cross the Drive, and be back by eight. O.K., Mom. She remembered the twinkle in his eyes, as he and Spike and the other guys had come to the door a half -hour later. Trick or treat, Mom, he had grinned. She remembered how nervous she had grown as the time went by. Eight o'clock, eight-thirty, nine -then she began to phone the neighbours. No, we haven't seen Freddy. Our own boy hasn't come in yet, as a matter of fact. The door-bell rang. When she answered it, a beefy, red-faced policeman confronted her. Mrs, Burns? There's been an accident. I'm awfully sorry, but your little boy has been killed. An accident-your little boy-so little-it could not be-he's only six-so little-Hallowe'en-a year ago-oh Freddy! Freddy! ...... She began to sob, quietly. The spaniel whim- pered softly, in sympathy. Hey, Paul, let's really give her the treatment! Nn-no. He remembered the sad, hurt look in her eyes. We've got to get home now. Senior Literary Competition Eifffne Landon, Prize Slory Grads? X- Awake! You lie here as if in a dream, Oblivious, while others scheme. You see not the decay, nor smell The stink of rotg and while you dwell In grandeur, in magnificence- The thieves you pay to rule your land Perform dark deeds of violence. While saying, It is the Kings command! Conniving tongues link your royal name To countless tales of horrible shame And if your subjects dare to groan, They blame it all upon the throne. Once still, the sea is calm no more - But ripples of discontent are stirred And fanned to waves you yet ignore- And still their moaning is unheard. Q Gaze at your work and dismay! Through your neglect, they must decay. Awake! Atone for your great sin, Erase the crime that dwells within Our land! Cast out the evil men That plot destruction-death! And then From this welter shall arise An empire stretching to the skies. Not buried in greed and hate and lust, Or tied by false, unequal laws, Her people shall dwell with love, and trust, And work toward a common cause. Awake, before it is too late- Cast out the schemes and jealous hate! Hope then shall be a brighter gleam- Utopia - a truer dream. Nora Anne Richards Grade XI Senior Lifeiziry Compelifioii Prize Poem Room - Mates What else comes in all sizes, All shapes and all disguises? Dispositions sweet and sour, Laughing, crying, every hour. Nothing else could be so sweet, Nothing else so much could eat. Bad moods, good moods every day Depending on both work and play. Sylvia Pierce Grade X I2 Witness in the Window This is a short tale about a very small animal with a long one. His name was Sim and he was a fieldmouse who lived long ago in a small but comfortable nest in the corner of a stable. He spent most of his life hunting about for food to help feed the family, and watching out for the cats who came from the nearby inn to prowl through the dark stable at night in search of dinner. When he wasn't busy with these affairs, he often climbed up the wall to the small, high window at the end of the stable and sat on the ledge looking down onto the road outside. Sim liked barley, warm straw, sleeping and long grass, but most of all he liked looking out the window, for from this exalted position he could see the heads and bodies of passers-by with their camels and mules, instead of just their feet, and he could see the tops of houses and the sky. All his life Sim wished that he could look at the sky without craning his neck. One particular day, Sim woke up feeling better than he ever had before. He leaped from his nest, turned a few somersaults and jumped about, then fairly streaked up the wall to the window sill. There he stopped for a moment gazing out onto the fresh morning world and gulping early morning air till he nearly choked, then he scrambled down the other side of the wall and set out to visit the meadows. He followed along a steep embankment beside the road, swinging along at a jaunty pace, humming little tunes to himself and watching the travellers who were already streaming by in the opposite direction towards the town. just as he was turning off into the meadow, Sim saw near the edge of the road a travel-worn man and woman with a donkey who seemed indisposed to budge. The woman on the donkey was very beautiful. Sim watched them from behind a clump of grass until the donkey finally gave in, then scampered off into the field, his heart pattering triple time with un- accountable excitement. Long after the sun had sunk out of sight and night had spread a dark blanket over the sleeping world, Sim, weary from a long day in the meadow, was moving homeward under cover of the long grasses that hid him from the hunters in the sky. His tiny feet dragged over the pebbles and his tail trailed and bumped over the ground behind him. As he neared the window of the stable he could think of nothing but his warm nest in the dark- and sleep. Up, up the long wall he climbed, till just as he was nearly at the top, he noticed that a strange bright light was shining from within. He scrambled up the rest of the way and stood on the sill, blinking. And when he looked in, a sudden huge happiness took hold of him and wound round and round inside him till he could no longer con- tain himself, and he burst into a frenzied jig on the window sill, squeaking joyously at the top of his lungs. At last he got so dizzy that he lost his balance and tumbled head over heels into the manger full of hay below him. When he picked himself up, whom should he see looking down at him but the man and the beautiful woman with the donkey, and right beside him in the manger, so close that he felt a warm breath all down his back, lay- The mouse, overcome with shyness and awe, hid his head in the hay. Ann Jennings, Grade XII. St. Valentine's Day According to history there were in early Rome, two very holy Christian martyrs, both named Val- entine. Both died a very ugly death on February 14, the date of pagan Rome's Spring Festival. Lest anyone should want to make a pilgrimage to their graves, they were buried at widely separated spots on the Appian Way with neither a shrine nor a tombstone to mark their resting places. These two Christian martyrs were quite unknown to most of the pagan Romans, who, as was their custom on February 14, wrapped their togas about them and went off singing in celebration of their nameless annual Spring Festival. The mourning Christians, however, called February 14 St. Valentines Day, and each year thereafter, while the Christians mourned, the Romans celebrated and made gay flower wreaths. In time, since the Romans accepted the name of St. Valentines Day for their festival, and the Christians continued to remember their two martyrs, the two became synonymous. When the Romans reached Britain, they brought their customs with them. On February 14, the Britons saw the Romans having a splendid party. Clt may be noted here that, as the English Febru- aries are quite different from Italian Februaries, the gala occasion may have been a rather drizzly onelj They naturally inquired as to the reason for the gaiety, and when told, they immediately adopted the idea and, as the English are wont to do, they set about quickly establishing traditions to go with St. Valentines Day, for as everyone knows, nothing in Britain is good until it is at least four hundred years old, and steeped in tradition. Young British maidens were only waiting for a chance to snatch a husband, and so they took full advantage of this light-hearted festival. QAI Capp had not yet invented Sadie Hawkins' Daylj All the lads and lasses of the village would gather on the green, and the men would place hearts, with mottoes on them, in a hat. The girls would step blushingly forward and draw one, and the man 13 whose name was on the Valentine , was bound to be her sweetheart until next February. And, if she had not talked him into marrying her by then, she could have another beau for the next year. I am thinking of instituting this novel system in Winnipeg. It does have its drawbacks, but we would all be assured of escorts for the Graduation Dance! The British conception of St. Valentines Day emigrated to Canada with some of our early set- tlers, but what has happened to St. Valentine's Day in our fair land, I cannot discern or explain. All I know is that every year since I was six I have been sending and receiving penny Valentines, with no signatures on them. Such a waste of money! I am not too enthusiastic about returning to a day of mourning, but I am all for returning to a Roman spring festival. If we followed my sug- gestion, we would have a week-long holiday and gambol about in City Park, with hot-house roses adorning our long tresses. Also, to protect our tender little feet, we would wear fur sandals. Ah well, I must rush out and buy this year's supply of penny Valentines. If I don't send any, I might not receive any, and that would be tragic! joan Davidson, Grade XI. Hands An arm is resting on a table- a thick, muscu- lar arm-strong from heavy work, and constant labour-and at the end of it-a hand. With one glance at this hand, one can tell that the own- er is a poor labourer. The knuckles are large and protruding, the nails at the end of stubby fingers are clipped short, and are black. The skin is rough and red, cut and scarred from constant exposure to wind and sun, flying coal chunks and biting wire. The tendons are large and rippling, surging with strength. A child reaches with delight for a balloon. The chubby fingers fumble with it, drop it, and grab it up again, pressing softly into the soft rubber. These are small, fat hands, with dimples where there should be knuckles, and lines like thin brace- lets around the wrists. They are grubby, but clean in their innocence and inexperience. Smoke curls from the end of a cigarette in an ivory holder held casually but expertly between long slender fingers. The nails are tapered, mani- cured with care, and brightly polished. The skin on this hand is smooth and white, smelling slightly of flowers and telling the world of the work it has escaped. There is something odd, yet marvellous in these hands. Although they are the most outer part of the body, thought reaches them almost before it shows on the face. Fingers tremble over ivory keys, then slowly gain confidence as they move deftly over them-rapidly, then slowly, produc- ing notes that are painfully sweet, then startlingly harsh. A tense hand grips a smooth white throat. It trembles also, but trembles because it is so tense. The fingers tighten slowly and the strength pours from them until they relax, hot and wet. A friendly hand grips another, and love, sympathy, and sin- cerity are recognized by both persons, though not a word is said. Swift but sure and clear lines are stroked on a canvas, the expert fingers guiding their tool, until all the artist's thoughts and feel- ings are transmitted to the canvas. Surely hands are one of the most strange and wonderful works of the Creator. The poor work- man's strong hands, the childs chubby hand slip- ping trustfully into yours, the social butterfly's manicured hands, the artists, the musicians, the murderers-all tell of the work they do or do not do- the things they create or destroy. Nora Anne Richards, Grade XI. Through the Nylons on the Bathrod Parting fawn-coloured gossamer From the everyday world I go. fFirst testing my way cautiously With the tip of my big toe.j Seeking cover in denser foliage, I slip through like a woodland deer. .QBut in 15 denier and 51 gauge There is no dense, just sheer. j Into snowy whiteness I step, Whiteness as smooth as marble. fMaking sure I don't slip On a product of Procter and Gamblej Ambitiously I scourge myself Until my senses glow and tingle. QThen suddenly panic grips As too much hot with cold doth minglej Stillness-when I stop the deluge. The warm waters I again embrace. fBut silence has betrayed the gurgle From leaking plug I must replacej All is calm and peaceful, The moments swiftly fly. fUntil I'm gripped in agony Of soap-got-in-the-eye.j Mary-Kaye Simpkinson, Grade X. I4 Where I'd Like to Live Hare been tm1z5fer1'ed to Bella Bella 110117 flfleet we here the fezztla flop Park only fzerefritiey flop Bring children J'f0,U, So there it was. No more warning than that. In two days we left our secure and peaceful home, our friends and our pussy cat to meet my father and to go on to Bella Bella. Five hundred miles up the coast from Vancou- ver Island lies a small, sleepy, Indian fishing vil- lage, Bella Bella meaning beautiful, beautiful. Of all the places in the world it is here that I would most like to live. Here, a new world was opened to me and I have never forgotten it - the world of the violet sea anemone, a world of bound- less fertility and unsurpassed natural beauty. At the beginning of the war Bella Bella was turned into an air force base. A station and land- ing strip were blasted out of solid rock three miles from the town site. In peace time the white population consists of five people. During the war it rose to about two hundred, all service men and their wives and families. We arrived at the most beautiful time of the year, the late spring. The country was a mass of green. You could not take a step without crush- ing some delicate and fragile fern or mountain flower. Our cottage was right on the ocean. Except for a boat which came up from Vancouver every two weeks, we were completely cut off from civiliza- tion. These boats were the life blood of the tiny settlement. Without them we had nothing- no food, no fresh fruit or vegetables, no milk - nothing. I can remember walking three miles along a board walk, muskeg on either side of me, the pungent moist odour of the jungle-like growth filling my nostrils, the hot noonday sun beating down on my bare head, to meet the boat, to pick up mail, news from home and to buy fresh milk. I can remember, after the long trudge home again, crying because the heat of the sun and the three- day boat trip had soured the milk and I had to wait another two weeks for more. How I de- tested that powdered milk! I learned many things way up there. We had to depend upon ourselves for amusement. There were no shows to wander into when nothing else could be found to do, no tennis courts on which to run off excess energy. There was only the moun- tain, the streams and the ocean. Our rubber boots were our best friends. I distinctly remember how thrilled I was with the first pair and how, the first time I wore them, I walked out in the ocean at high tide and felt the cool, salt water ooze over ,al V' , 4 4 l7 l V I 5 K - I l E' 'f l ' I 3 .,l. ,lp- the tops and down in between my toes. They took three days to dry out and I was furious. I remember the sail boat we had and the little red row-boats and how terrified my mother used to be when she'd look out of the window toward the bay and see my four year old brother and his friends paddling out to the sand bar. The ocean fascinated me, It still does. I used to go down to the beach when the tide was out and wander around on the wet sand watching the small, soft-shelled crab scuttle to safety, pick up the abalone shell I'd find strewn in the sand and gather the tiny porcupine-like sea anemone on the end of a pencil. I was happy here, cut off from everything, revel- ling in natures beauty, running like some kind of shy, young animal. I no longer had to wear black patent leather shoes and stiffly-starched cotton dresses. Overalls and my beloved rubber boots were my everyday clothes. The grown ups were too busy with the business of war to bother with us much. Bella Bella was a number one alarm station. Submarines had been sighted just off the coast. Daddy and the rest of the men were always armed. japanese attack was expected at any mo- ment, but Eric and I and the rest of the children were too young to realize the gravity of the situa- tion. This was our childhood. We had no worries, no cares, no fears. Our days were untroubled from beginning to end. Some day I'll go back to Bella Bella. I'm al- most afraid to, however. Maybe it won't be as perfect as I remember it, now that childhood has passed. Sonja Nelson, Grade XI. iid f rim l - M Inf gmmw 15 Palm Trees and Flamingoes Jeremiah McLauf awoke that morning with a queer feeling in the pit of his stomach. He felt hot and as he raised his arm to rub his face, he realized that his nightgown was soaked with per- spiration. He wondered if he were sick-if he had neglected his glass of hot milk before he had gone to bed-and then he remembered! All through the night he had tossed and turned with a horrible dream. He, Jeremiah McLauf, had suddenly, and for no reason at all, turned from a meek, quiet, honest and dependable Christian man - a man who was as inoffensive and as pure as anyone could hope to be- into a loud, bois- terous, and eccentric crook! And worst of all, a crook who wore a tie, with-horrors of horrors- a quite indecent girl painted boldly against a back-ground of palm leaves and pink flamingoes! The very thought of it turned his face red with shame! Making an effort to forget such a shock- ing thing, he swung his white legs out of bed, felt for his slippers, and padded to the window to shut it. Somehow, as he looked out on the peace- ful street, with its steady traffic, the stop-lights blinking at regular intervals as always, and the people walking methodically along the sidewalk in a constant flowing stream, this familiar scene made Jeremiah more serene again. Jeremiah McLauf owned his own grocery store. He had bought it after years of careful and methodical saving. His was not what one might call a big store, but it was clean, well-run, with fair prices, and never, never, could one find any items on his shelves that had been there more than a week. Every night after he had locked the door, and pulled the blinds, he care- fully went through his books, tallying his ac- counts, and making careful uniform little checks, fwith nice conservative blue inkj, at the end of every complete list, Today, as he moved quietly around his little store in his white apron, he looked, to the casual passer-by, like a happy and contented man at peace with the world. But the more observant person would notice that as Mr. McLauf was add- ing up a cheque, or cutting slices of ham, his face would water, would though Jeremiah was struggling to put the remem- brance of his fitful night out of his mind, the vision of that tie, with its flamingoes and dis- graceful girl, kept jumping before his eyes, so that he could not help stumbling over his feet, and went around the counters mumbling inco- herently. In fact, he grew so agitated that at noon he shut up the store ten minutes early, and took a quick walk down-town to quiet his nerves. suddenly get very red, his eyes would- and he would have to turn around and be seized by a coughing-spell. For al- He was on the main street, when suddenly, something caught his eye-a flash of pink. He glanced into a store window, but kept on walk- ing. Then something clicked, and he stopped as if someone had suddenly pulled some string which was attached to him. He turned his head, hardly daring to look, afraid that it really was what he thought it was. And it was! The tie- there it was on a tie-rack, knotted into a huge knot-the tie of Jeremiah's dream! His eyes bulged, his hand passed over his damp forehead, and he wondered if it were another dream. But it wasn't, for he could feel the heat from his face as it was pushed, pushed, forced from the very core of his chest. He moved closer to the tie- opposite to it. Another man was staring out at him, a man with wide eyes-a man wearing the gaudy tie! Suddenly the strangers eyes began to glisten, to narrow, his hanging jaw tightened, and his slack mouth straightened into a thin sharp line. There was a look of cunning devilry in his eyes. Frightened, Jeremiah began to move away but the stranger moved too, and the tie dislocated itself from the strangers neck and stood on the rack as before. Then it occurred to Jeremiah Mc- Lauf that the tie had never moved at all, that the stranger was himself! The whole bottom seemed to drop from his stomach, and everything spun around till it all stopped with a crash and he found himself leaning on the side of the building. Trying to straighten himself out, Jeremiah stag- gered back to the store, to start afternoon business. If Jeremiah McLauf's customers thought that he had behaved oddly in the morning, they were now certain that they were dealing with a lunatic. His once orderly writing was illegible as he scribbled out their bills. His fingers kept wander- ing nervously through his once immaculate thin- ning hair, and he kept thinking of that villainous face that had gazed at him mockingly from the store window. He had almost looked like a crook! Why, a crook .rfole things! And a shudder passed through Jeremiah's body-a deep shudder which started at his hairline and ran down his body- and yet-a deep longing began to possess him, a frantic longing, a longing that began in a mere wish, and ended in an intense desire. Again he closed his shop early! When ten o'clock came, it was pitch black, and most respectable people were in their homes. But on the main street, a suspicious-looking char- acter lingered in the doorway of a small shop. He stepped out into the street, looked both ways, and raised his arm, bringing it down swiftly upon the glass window. There was a sound of splinter- ing, cracking glass, then the pound, pound of feet as he raced up the street. He was wearing a very ordinary mackintosh topped by a very ordi- nary hat. He flung the hat into a gutter, tore the I6 coat from his shoulders, and put a brightly col- ored strip of material around his neck. Now he slowed down, having reached a corner. He knot- ted it into a huge knot, and gazed lovingly down at it. There was a beautiful native girl, artistically hand-painted against a striking background of strong palm trees and exotic pink flamingoes. He smiled, and with a laugh disappeared into the darkness. Nora Anne Richards, Grade XI. Terror Before Triumph I strove to steady my shaking hand as jim directed me in the applying of grease paint to his disappearing features. Widen my nose-here, and he handed me a black tube. Oh brother, what a mess! I mumbled as I attempted to smear the grease on. I shuddered to think that in a few minutes, I would lovingly be stroking that hideous mess when I portrayed my role of Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in love with an Ass. Does he look like an ass? I thought des- perately, as I checked the brown stockings stretched over wire frames. They were rather precariously fastened to the top of his head with adhesive tape. I had a panicky feeling he didn't, which made the butterfiies in my stomach flutter more vigorously than before. I was feeling very uneasy and deserted in the stillness of the vacant dressing room, lost in the depths of the Nelson Civic Auditorium. If only Miss Stevenson, our coach, could have been there to supervise these last hectic minutes! And what was the time! Neither of us had a watch. All we knew was that there were miles of corridors and stairs to find our way along to the stage and there-that black audience with the one little light and a bell beside it, the adjudicator's desk! My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps coming down the cement passageway. Then Miss Stevenson's voice called out, jim, jim, where are you?'! Two seconds later she burst in on us and an- nounced, They've been waiting fire mizmfer for ou. Y Help! I shrieked and frantically started to gather up parts of my costume, not forgetting my paper posies. Miss Stevenson, gasped as she saw the conglomeration of muck on jim's face and then she fiew at him with a bunch of Kleenex. Take that off, she ordered. You'll look better without ir. My mother's dining room curtains which were draped on me in such a way as to resemble a fairy costume presented quite a problem on the stairs as I tripped on them at every step. But finally I made my way along the last hall before the stage door. I remember hearing the running footsteps of both jim and Miss Stevenson behind me, Miss Steven- son giving orders for making jim's costume resemble a little more closely the character of his part, and poor jim trying to carry them out as he ran! At last I reached the bright lights of the stage and gathering up a green, furry blanket which was to be our mossy bank rushed onto the stage. I hurriedly arranged the blanket on a piano bench in the centre of the stage, praying all the while that the curtains would not open. Then I dropped a few of my paper posies on it and, hear- ing the swish of the parting curtains behind me, dashed for the wings. The next moment I was Titania, the fairy queen, leading my lover the Ass, into my mossy bower. After it was all over, a hopeless feeling came over me as I tried to compare our performance with that of the other entrants in the Shakespeare under 21 Class. So many things that we had re- hearsed, we had forgotten! I tried to congratulate gaily the other contestants as they came off the stage, but I felt so small and unimportant! Then the adjudicator was on the stage and read- ing the criticism of the first group, ours. A well- timed entrance was one of the few things I re- member her saying. Next she read the adjudicat- ion of the other groups. At the end of this a hush fell over the audience as everyone strained to hear the marks. First, with 85 marks is - Group One from Trail. And the next thing I knew I was on the stage receiving the silver cup and certificate and not knowing how it all happened! 7 Mary-Kaye Simpkinson Grade X. As I Went By On the long, dark road, In the cold winter's night, The diamond-dropped stars gave an icy light, As I went by. .The silent trees in their shrouds of white Looked down as they heard my steps in the snow, While the smiling old moon seemed to say Hello, As I went by. While travelling along that road alone I wondered how any could fail to see This beautiful winter-land-my home, And the stars and the trees agreed with me, As I went by. joan Laird, Grade XII. K ' r i -sq MQQ S2-Ma ifw -15 SCHOOL LIFE 41' A-, . bmll - Ffsu.. I8 Room Inspection 'Twas the night of inspection And all in the Bunk Room Were busy and bustling To clean up their junk room. Their dressers are tidy, Their cupboards are spotless In hope that their mistress Would not think them thoughtless. The twins were all ready, Doreen had just finished While Nancy as usual Found time quite diminished. Then up the long stairs Climbs their brave Headmistress, She's headed this way For a shock and much distress. When what to her wondering Eyes should appear As she opens the door And around it does peer? She finds her dear boarders- Oh she's so much surprised- Why, they're all in their beds- Not at all as surmised. Why Diana, why Dawna, Why Nancy and Doreen, The room is so tidy, The cupboard so clean. They've all been good children, She bids them Sleep tight, Now girls, no more talking, Lights out, and Good-night! Doreen Nichol, Grade X. Places I Should Like to Visit Not long ago I was asked what I would do if I were suddenly left a fortune by a rich and doting aunt. I immediately replied, without even having to think, Why, I should go to England, of course! I didn't have to think about my reply because all that had been done before, in fact, I have been thinking constantly about it for nearly as long as I can remember. Perhaps my great longing and affection for the British Isles began when I went to live there at the age of one and one half. One and one half is an impressionable age, and although few people besides my parents will seriously believe me, I remember a surprising amount about that period in my life. I can remember the boat, the grey sea all around us, and the terrifying noise made by the bugler in white uniform calling us to lunch. QI think that was his motive.j I remember lying on my back in a cot and gazing at the ceiling, supposedly being sea-sick, although I am told by my mother that I weathered the storm consider- ably better than my father. I also remember run- ning about on the decks and I have a faint recol- lection of some rather rowdy singers to whom, I am told, I made several uncomplimentary remarks. All this I long to do again. In London I remember our flat, the paved court- yard outside, and walks in Regents Park. We lived across the road from one end of it in a place called Rossmore Court, and every morning Mummy and I went to play on the swings and in the sand- pile, to feed the birds by the pond, or to go for a boat ride, fit seems to me the rowboats were yellow and red stripedj. Occasionally my father took me canoeing in order to show off his Canadian woodsman's skill in paddling, to the onlooking English, but they never seemed to learn. One of my clearest memories is that of the statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. I remember the pond beside it too, chiefly because I had a friend named Robin who fell in and emerged with pollywogs and weeds all over his trousers. I remember all sorts of other things as well- Hampstead Heath, the green grocer - but I am digressing. This attachment of mine to England and things English has been kept up all through my long life by various forces: English friends, horses and riding Qproperly, not in Western tackj, English films, Beatrix Potter, Rudyard Kipling, trifie, Shakespeare, the Royal Family, influence of ances- tors, etcetera, etcetera, until now I can hardly bear to be here, and not there. I have decided that the simplest and quickest way of making the crossing would be by tramp steamer or cattle boat, and I hear that wages are pretty fair. Having arrived, I would first make a con- centrated tour of Scotland and Ireland, making sure of missing no village or hamlet. Having satis- fied myself on that score, I would return to Lon- don, explore it thoroughly, and then set up head- quarters there from which I would branch out in all directions, one at a time, and investigate the sur- rounding countryside. On the way I would choose for myself a smallish farm in a district where there was hunting, and retire there at the conclusion of my travels with a couple of thoroughbred, or per- haps Anglo-Arab hunters. Perhaps I should not say conclusion, because my travels would con- tinue till I was familiar with every stone, wood, inn, birthplace and street in England, in the Brit- :sn Isles, and even after that. And then I would begin on Paris. Oh, for a rich fand dotingj aunt! Ann Jennings, Grade XII. I9 What's In A Book? I have often thought, Ever since I was three, What's in a book? - Would it interest me? People have asked me, Why don't you look Behind the covers- Explore a book? And then one day When I was bored I found a box, Where books were stored. As I opened that box I never dreamt What I'd find in those books, Or what they meant. Now, often, you'll find me In corners or nooks Contented - exploring The land of books. janet Davis, ' Grade IX. Izzlermedifzle Lileimjf Competifiozz Prize Poem Whither ? It was the tenth of june. Tomorrow we were leaving on our summer vacation and the house was in a horrible turmoil of trunks, clothes and clean- ing women. Yes, it was hard to believe. We were really leaving at last. But where were we going? Nobody but Dad knew-not even Mother. For the past two months we had been racking our brains trying to think of some different place to go. Our thoughts didn't coincide, though, and we all wanted to go somewhere different. joey wanted to go to the mountains, Dad to South America, Mom to the lake resort to which we went last year, and I just wanted to travel anywhere. I like travelling because I am so proud of our little home town and when- ever anybody asks where I live I like to answer right out and watch their puzzled faces. But to get back to the story, nobody could decide, and so Dad went down to the travel bureau and had a long talk with the man. When he came home joey and I jumped with glee at the smirk on his face. We knew he had decided. Where are we going, Daddy, where? joey shouted the moment Dad came in the door. Well, I've been thinking it over, son, and I think l'1l keep it a surprise. You just wait and see. Now the time was almost here. Mom had packed enough clothes for a three-month vacation. Warm clothes, cool clothes - and we were all prepared. Mom and I went downtown on a shopping spree. I was going to buy a coat and a bathing suit. I found just what I wanted, we bought a few other things and then we separated. When I got out to the car I saw Mom had bought a lot more things but when I questioned her I was again kept in suspense. Well, curiosity killed the cat, and I surely didn't want to die yet, and so I held my peace and did not ask any more questions. That night we were all sitting in the den after dinner talking about what was ahead of us. Dad informed us we were going by car and I was satis- fied. My mind was full of guesses as to where we might be going but of course I couldn't be sure. Tomorrow would tell. I went to bed at nine o'c1ock. We were to get up at seven and I wanted to be bright and wide awake to face the unknown. My dreams, I'm sure, were very fine, but unfortunately I was so tired I fell right asleep and can't remember whether I dreamt or not. The morning dawned bright and beautiful. I woke with a start at the alarm. joey and I were so excited that we had to force our breakfast down. Mom seemed perfectly calm. Dad was a little ex- cited, though. The car was packed, the water heater turned off and the house locked. We are ready to leave. I don't know what is ahead, but whatever it is, I am ready and I know I shall enjoy it. Susan Moore, Grade IX. Intermediate Lilemfy Compefifimz Prize Story. Dieting At Balmoral Every few days in every term Some boarder decides to lose weight, It catches her like a measle germ And meagre's the food on her plate. No bread or potatoes, salt or fat, The housemothers watch with despair, She wants her stomach so nice and Hat, And a waist with a Hollywood air. But then comes the vision of fluffy, whipped cream Or chocolates or candy or pie, She says, Well, just one, with eyes all agleam, And we say, It was a good try! Brenda Dougall. Grade VIII. 20 A New Experience Before coming to Balmoral Hall I had heard, read and imagined countless stories of boarding school life but never in my wildest dreams had I imagined anything quite like this. I shall begin with the advantages. First and foremost in importance is the fact that it teaches you to live with other people. You no longer have the time, the energy or the power to think of your- self all the time. You must adjust yourself to the likes and dislikes of other people and learn to con- sider their comfort as well as your own. You will find yourself becoming a happier and a more well- balanced individual because you are becoming a more considerate and thoughtful one. You are given a chance to express yourself and to discuss your problems, ideas and theories with other people your own age. As a result you develop mentally and your outlook on life becomes much broader. You stop thinking in terms of What shall I wear tomorrow and I wonder if the party will be a success. School work takes on much greater importance. The idea is no longer- How soon can I finish this and get out of here? but How much can I learn? The two years I was in High School I did not open a book, but now for some strange unknown reason, I find myself wishing I had more time to learn the things I would like to. Of course, as with everything else in life, there are disadvantages as well as advantages. After the first few months you find yourself longing for home, your old friends and for the careless, thoughtless existence which comprised your former life. It is necessary to work much harder at every- thing you do here. The standards are higher and more exacting. There is no such thing as sliding through your work. You do it. There is no half-way or three-quarter way mark in any part of this new life. You must give all you have to give. There is a humorous side to our lives here too and a dangerous side. One night not long ago when I was peacefully wasting away the night sleeping, I felt a tug at my covers and I heard a small voice whisper, May I get into bed with you? The absurdity of the situation annoyed me. I wasn't awake yet and my sleepy brain couldn't figure out what was happening so I rolled over and fell asleep again. Two hours later I awoke, blue with cold. I looked over at my little uninvited friend and trembled with suppressed rage. She was not satis- fied with occupying three quarters of my bed, but had blissfully wrapped herself in my three blankets and my two sheets and was softly snoring to her- self. I gave up in despair, took my room-mate's feather tick and using two bath towels for a pillow, I spent the remainder of the night on the floor. Now for the dangerous side of our life. Have you ever raided an ice box, felt the tense suspense while tip-toeing from the scene of the crime up the creaking stairs? Into your room you steal, a gleam of fiendish satisfaction in your eye, to enjoy the plunder. Never has a piece of dry bread and pea- nut butter tasted the same. Have you ever out- witted a housemother, taken a pillow and a blanket and studied in the bath tub? No? Well you have not lived a dangerous life, then. With its advantages and disadvantages, its fun and its danger, boarding school life is a new and worthwhile experience for me. It has made me a more thoughtful person and I know that years from now I will remember the night I spent on the floor, with a towel for a pillow. I will prob- ably tell the story to my grand-children. Sonja Nelson, Prince Albert, Sask. Gifts to the School We are happy to acknowledge with grateful thanks the following very useful and attractive gifts which we have received in the past year: from Judith Patton, a 1952 gradu- ate, a silver flower bowl, from Mrs. Gordon Konantz, a leather-bound Visitors' Book, from Mr. A. E. Hoskin, some iris roots for our garden, from Mrs. R. M. Dennistoun, a dessert set in blue glass, a cheque for the Library from Mrs. james Richardson, a make- up kit for our Dramatic Group from Mrs. W. K. Chandler, and for our Science Labora- tory a very much needed pressure-cooker from Mrs. N. F. Carnegie. If you have read the above paragraph you will know that we are grateful for all gifts, but we still dream of the day when we shall have a row-boat, some junior play- ground equipment, some better rugs, lamps and pictures, and even a new piano for our drawing - room. We may dream with abandon, but who knows- this may be a land where dreams come true. 21 THE STAFF BACK ROW-Mrs. Coulter, Miss Kirby, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Price, Miss Lucas, Miss McMillan, Miss Boreham, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. McEwen, Miss Coubrough, Miss Hawkes. MIDDLE ROW-Mrs. Elliot, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Vaughan, Mrs. Dennis, Miss Sharman. FRONT ROW-Mrs. Brown, Miss Elliott. Remember When . . . . . . the River Room in the White House had a midnight seance . . . Leone heard that men wore tails', for dinner parties . . . Miss Hawkes phoned Mavis, only to be told that she must not be disturbed from her studies . . . Craig Gowan beat Ballater at volleyball . . . the boarders ate chow mein at 9:00 p.m .... Nora Annes render- ing of Rachmaninoff caused a landslide in the Kindergarten . . . Grade I defied Mr. Thorsen . . . the bolt of the Mixmaster was served up for dessert . . . Sylvia's cheeks wore a permanent blush . . . Maureen made peppermint creams . . . the library became the Press Room one afternoon . . . Jennifer said, I must be getting Canadian . . . . . . Sue knew there'd be a history test because Miss Boreham smiled at her . , . the water main burst . . . Eve said, I beg your pardon? to Mrs. Smith who replied, I hoped you would. On the Job I arrived at the Alexanders' home about eight o'clock that night. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander went out ten minutes later, leaving full instructions about putting Dot to bed. At eight-thirty, I bathed Dot for attempted toj. Twenty minutes, five bath towels, two bath mats, fifteen toys, two cakes of soap and a box of Kleenex later, I was finished. There was about an inch of water on the bath-room floor and I went wading through it into the bed- room with Dot. After reading her four fairy tales, she went to sleep. At nine o'clock, eleven boys and girls came over, and we had a party. First of all everybody raided the icebox which contained milk, ice, butter, apri- cots, lemons, celery, olives, sandwich spread, lettuce, bread, carrots, hot dogs, pickles, cheese, eggs, soft drinks and a few other things. Every- thing but the kitchen sink went into the sandwiches. We all had a lot of fun and ate nearly everything in the house. Poor Mrs. Alexander! The phono- graph was blaring as loudly as possible and half the kids were jiving. All of a sudden I remembered the baby. She was so quiet that I had forgotten her. Dianne, Joanne and I rushed upstairs to peek at her. I tiptoed into her room, looked in her bed and let out an awful scream. Dot was gone from her bed! I rushed into the bathroom to find her lying on the floor half dead with an empty bottle of rubbing alcohol beside her. I nearly fainted on the spot. First of all I phoned the Doctor, then took Dot downstairs and fed her dry mustard to make her sick. We rushed her to the hospital, and she was soon better again. I apologized to Mrs. Alexander and she was very nice about it. That is the last time I will ever have a party. I will stay on the job . Nancy Bathgate, G rude VIII. r BETH ATKIN GAIL BROOKINO DAWNA DUNCAN DIANA DUNCAN SUZANNE FLOOD NANCY ANN GREEN SUSAN HAYES JILL HERRICK MAUREEN HUNT EIRENE LANDON Grade X as the Poets See It 'Hear ye not the hum of mighty workingI.9 Scared out of her feven renter - Sir Walter Scott. He that publifhef a book fparagraphj rum a very great hazard . . . - M. De Cervantes N For fezferal dayf after my firft book Qparagraphj wat pub- liyhed, I carried it about in my porket and took Iurreptitiouy peepf at it to make Jure the ink had not faded. - Sir M. Barrie ff Happineff war born a twin. - Lord Byron. A little .runburnt by the glare of life. - E. B. Browning rf In the morning when thou art Iluggifh at routing thee, let thif thought be prefent: I am fixing to a man'J work. ' - M. A. Antoninus Love if like dizzineff, It wanna let a poor body Gang about hif bizzine.U. - Hogg Went to fee a Bounding Bug Dance a jig upon the rug. - G. Francis 'Ding dong bell! - W. Shakespeare. People Jay life if the thing, but I prefer reading. - L. P. Smith CAROL MACAULAY' Said little Eohippuf, 'I am going to be a horyel' - C. P. S. Gilman BEVERLEY MCLEOD My foul if dark with Jtormy riot Dirertly trareable to diet! - T. Maynard BETTY-LOU MCPI-IAIL Where did you get thofe eyef yo blue? - G. MacDonald DOREEN NICHOL A woman hath nine lizfef like a rat. - Heywood. CAROL NlXON Travel in the younger fort, if a part of edurationf' - F. Bacon PITSY PERRIN She if a winyome wee thing, She ii a handfome wee thing. - R. Burns. DINNY PHIPPS iWork if the leaft of my ideeyf' - W. Riley SYLVIA PIERCE There! little girly don't cry! - W. Riley ANGELA ROSE She'd fight a rattlefnake and give it the firft two biteJ. - H. L. Wilson MARY K. SIMPKINSON The happy windy upon her played, Blowing the ringlet from the braid. - Lord Tennyson 23 MARTHA TRAVERS Let no one pay me laonour willy leari, nor celebrale my funeral with mom'11i11g. - I. Ennius MAXINE WRIGHT Anotl:1er tumble!-tbaI'J lm' Qberj previous wore! - T. Hood MISS HAWKES lVe have had a jolly good lemon, and it iefrei Il! jolly well right! You have forly million reaiofzi' for failure, lm! no! a Jingle exr11ie! - Rudyard Kipling Grade Eight If you want to have fun better come to Grade Eight Say what you like but we think we're first-rate. Brenda is our outstanding star In ballet and gym she is first by far. Marilyn too is very keen A champ someday she will be seen. Not every class of twins can boast And other bright stars we can number a host. Theres Nancy and Gail-there's Arlene and joy, There's Joanne and jane and Gayle spelt with a Y, And then we have jennifer-were all full of fun' The fame of Grade Eight will shine as the sun. At Christmas time, with secretive looks We brought out our gifts for Our Miss Brooks.' High on her desk the presents were stacked And with gay Christmas spirit her gifts she unpacked. We too had presents and all were gay As we scattered paper that happy day. Our class had a party when Valentine came And our gay-coloured box held cards with no name. We awaited our teacher to greet her with cries, Offered some food and laughed, Surprise! We presented her next with a box of good candy And a cup and a saucer, pronounced very handyf For the Red Cross Fund, Grade Eight had a sale, A variety of things were sold by the bale. Tables piled high with all manner of loot, Books for the studious, for teachers canned fruit, jewels for seniors, games for the tot, Our day was successful, every item was bought. Because we sold things for a penny or two, Our cash added up would astonish you. Twenty-seven dollars was our total that day, We were glad to donate it, to help in some way. At the hrst of the year what all of us needed Was someone who'd help and one who'd be heeded. From four of our class-mates we made a selection, Dianne, it would seem, had won the election. Again in March voting time came around And Lyn for President we were bound, She will be President till end of the term And we can depend upon her to be firm. 1 r 1 Grade Nine A is for absence-lead taken by Harris. B is for blushing-the more Buz. to embarrass. C for Carnegie, our one-time Class Pres. D is for Dodo, Less noise, please! she sez. E is Elaine. You can say that again Y F is for feuding. By Cross-Davis, in vain. G is for glamour which jen will deny. H is for Harriet. Hiya, sweetie-pie! 1 is for Irene with a voice like a lark. I is for jacquie. For England shell embark. K is for Kilgour. Strictly for the birds! L is for Lynne. At a loss for words? Al is for Moo, a fair bonny lass. N is for Newman, our chief gymnass. O is for Onalee who wove her own skirt. P is for Pinky in front row alert. Q is for Quiz Kid. That means you, Mary. R is for Ross who is quite contrary. S is for Smitty who teeters on heels. T is for Thorkelson who looks as she feels. U is for Urp -Grin's favourite expression. V is for vague-thats Sue after a lesson. IV is for Watkins, art work she can do. X, Y, and Z, we shall leave to you. Grade VII's Red Cross Effort We decided to have a Fish Pond for our Red Cross Drive in February. It was a busy noon hour selling candy and looking after the Fish Pond and Wishing Well but it was fun. It also took us the whole morning with the help of Mrs. Brown to arrange the room. We earned 3520.81 24 THE FINISH OF A RACE Junior Sports Day Wednesday. October 15, was Sports Day for Balmoral Hall. It was a lovely day and all the girls were in their shorts, white socks and running shoes. First the Grade Ones had a race, then the Grade Twos and so on. There was a potato race, sack race, house relay and others. There was high jumping too. The junior Champion was Carolyn Wilson. We had a very good Sports Day and a lot of fun. ALMAFILIAN ------ BISHOP STRACHAN SCHOOL MAGAZINE - - - THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN - THE CROFTONIAN ---- BREEZES ------- SAMARA ----- PURPLE AND GOLD - OLLA PODRIDA- - - LUDEMUS ---- NEWTONIAN ------ PER ANNOS - - - - - MAPLE LEAF COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Year Book - THE HELICONIAN ---- ONTARIO LADIES' COLLEGE - vOcAMUs -------- BLEATINGS ------ THE PIBROCH - - - THE EAGLE ---- TRAFALGAR ECHOES - - TRIC Tics -------- THE WINKLER COLLEOIAN - THE YORK HOUSE CHRONICLE ST. HELEN's SCHOOL - - - Faith Wilson and Peggy Neal, Grade VI. EXCHANGES Alina College, St. Thoinaf, Ont. The Bifhop Strachan School, Toronto, Branhfonze Hall, Toronto, Ont. Crofton Home School, Vancouver, B Daniel Mclntyre Col. Init., Wirzrzipeg, Elmwood, Ottawa, Ontario Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Halifax Ladief' College, Nova Scotia Hazfergal College, Toronto, Ont. Iyaac Newton High School, Winnipeg King'5 Hall, Compton, P.Q. Morden, Man. Moulton College, Toronto, Ont. Whithy, Ont. Qn'Appelle Diocefan School, Regina, St. Agnef School, Alhany, New York Strathallan School, Hamilton, Ont. Ont .C. Man Man , Man S afh St. lohn'J Raoenfconrt, Wiiirzipeg, Man. Trafalgar School, Montreal, P.Q. United College, Wiizizipeg, Man. Winhle1', Man. York Home School, Vancouver, B.C. Dnnhanz, Qzcehec 25 LIBRARY REPORT Library Executive 1952-53 Beverley McLeod Betty-Lou McPhail Doreen Nichol This year Young Canada's Book Week was held from November 15th to November 22nd and at Balmoral Hall we were aware that it was a very special week. We had a short talk on the important part books play in our lives, and attractive posters reminded us that in schools and libraries across Canada, people were thinking particularly of books. There was a special Manitoba Book Weekl' contest and Balmoral Hall was proud to have one prize-winner from among those who entered. This was Carol Newman from Grade IX who received a very nice book prize entitled, The Trembling Years. This year the patron of Young Canada's Book Sylvia Pierce Mary-Kaye Simpkinson Martha Travers Week was the Governor-General of Canada, the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, and in a mes- sage to all young Canadians, he said: A generation ago, books were the most popu- lar form of entertainment: but for some years now, books have been only one of many things that com- pete for the childs interest. But it is still true that books are vital to the business of education. To be well-educated is to be well read, reading makes us familiar with our literature, and our history, respon- sive to the beauty and the power of words, and enable us to use them well. The taste for good reading is formed in childhood. It is important that young Canada should read. Z. Hawkes, Librarian. New Books Acquired 1952-53 TITLE AUTHOR GIVEN BY Tennis Made Easy Budge, L. j. Adamson The Little Princesses Crawford, M. C. Young Winston Churchill Taylor, R. L. Carr The Story of Art Gambrich, E. H. I. Dickson The Kon-Tiki Expedition Heyerdahl, T. Sheppard Canadian Art Mclnnes, G. I. Huehn The Unknown Country Hutchison, B. B. M. Ormiston The Life of Samuel johnson Boswell, P. Riley Lead, Kindly Light Sheean, V. j. Gladstone The American Womans Ency- clopedia of Home Decorating Koves, H. L. Craig The Complete Tales and Poems Poe, E. A. G. MacDonald Peony Buck, Pearl Park White Banners Douglas, L. C. B, M, Townsend Quo Vadis Sienkiewicz, H. C, Gustafson Basketball Made Easy Budge, L. Adamson World Famous Paintings Kent, R. Mr. 8: Mrs. W. H. Nixon Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form Edited by: Magill, F. Mi-5, R, D, Baker Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph: A Biography Q2 vol.j Johnson, E. Mrs. R. D. Baker Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version Nature Atlas of America Jordon, E. L. I. Dickson Oxford Canadian Atlas Mr. A. E. Hoskin Z 26 ll It J uf 3+3'6 C VV tkns The Meeting on the Path Many years ago there was a Fairy princess whose name was Lily. She was the only child of a Fairy king. They lived in an old pepper-shaker. She was very lonely. She had everything but she was still lonely. She also had a servant whose was Antony. Antony was very old and had travelled to many places. One day Lily called him and said, Antony, I'm especially lonely this morning. Tell me about something to do or someone to play with. Antony then told Lily about a Pixie prince named Tulip whom he had met when he had been travelling. Oh Antonyf exclaimed Lily, do you think I could see him? I know what I will do, I will send him a picture of myself. Antony thought that was a good idea. Yes, he said, you could do that. I think I am going on a trip pretty soon, so I could tell him about youfi Lily was just bursting with joy. Here was someone for her to play with! The next day Antony set off for his trip. He stopped at the princes castle and told him about Lily. Oh, he cried, now I shall have someone to play with! Antony smiled. I have a good idea. Why don't you send her a picture of yourself? I'm sure she would be delighted. Tulip was silent for a moment, then he cried, I know what I will do, I'll not just send her a picture of myself-I'll go to see her also! A very good idea, said Antony. When I go back to Lily, I'll tell her that you're coming to see her. Do you think she'll want to see me? asked Tulip. Oh yes, answered Antony. I'm sure she will be very pleased because she has no one to play with. The next day Antony set off for home. He told Lily about Tulip coming to see her. Antony, she said, do you think I could go and see him? Antony was silent. Then he said, No, I don't think so. You see, you might pass him in the path, then what would happen? I don't know, remarked Lily. I might see him though. She was quiet for a minute. Then she said in a loud voice, Antony, I'm going. I don't think we'll pass each other. All right, said Anthony. The next day Lily set off for Pixieland. She didn't know, but so had Tulip set off for Fairy- land. As she was going along she heard a hum- ming sound. She looked around but couldn't see anyone, so she kept on. Had she only known it was Tulip passing by. Wfhen she arrived in Pixieland she went to the palace of the king and asked for Tulip. Well, said the king, he went off to see the Fairy princess, Lily. Lily was flabbergasted. She had passed him in the path! She would have to go back home now. Now Tulip had the same thing happen to him. Lily's father said that she had gone to see Tulip so he would have to go back. Now both started out again. Then as Tulip was going along he saw Lily. He didn't know it was she, but he loved her at first sight. Then she saw him and she loved him at first sight too. He came over to her and said, What is your name? Lily, she answered. XY!hat is your name? Tulip, Are you, by any chance, the daughter of the king of the Fairies? Yes, she answered. Then you must be the son of the king of the Pixies. Yes. Would you like to marry me? If you would, let's go and ask your father if he would let us marry. Oh, I would! answered Lily. So they both started off for the pepper-shaker. Tulip went to Lily's father and asked for her hand in marriage. He said Yes, so Lily and Tulip were married the week after with great pomp and they lived happily for the rest of their lives. junior Lifemry Compefifiozz Faith Wfilson, Prize Sfory Grade VI. My Turtle I have a little turtle, On the bottom he is purple, On the top he is brown, If you want to see him, just come down. ,Arroll Miller, Grade I. Our Moth One of the girls found a cocoon in the early part November. She brought it inside and put it by the heater. The time came when we went home for our Christmas holidays. While we were away, the moth came out of the cocoon. Beth saw the moth flying around and put it under a bell-jar. The moth laid its eggs and tried to get out of the jar. When it tried to get out it banged its wings and tore them. Miss Sharman said it was a cecropia moth. She said that she had one mounted and she would let us see it. She said she would mount our moth for us. Monica Dowsea Grade III. g 27 Golden Streak There came a pony to my door, His silver hooves pranced on the floor, His body like a golden streak Was fierce and strong, yet kind and meek. He liked the barley and the hay I fed him all that autumn day. I gave him freedom that starry night. To know his joy, gave me delight. fmzirn' Liiemry Compelilion Alix Palk, Prize Poem Grade IV. My Trip to Winnipeg Mother and my father and our dog, called Candy, left Toronto by car for Winnipeg in Sep- tember. The weather was lovely and the trees were all turning into beautiful colours. We saw miles and miles of trees and rocks and lakes. One morning as we were starting out going through a place where the trees were very thick, a deer ran out of the woods and ran into the side of our car and killed itself. I felt very sad to have that happen. I came across the Straits of Mackinaw by boat. We drove our car onto the boat and then went up on top to see the sights. I was getting anxious to get to Winnipeg to go to Balmoral Hall School so I was very glad when we got here. I went to school and met all my fflCUCl5- Bonnie Brown, Grade III. Cats I have two cats. One cat is Blackie. The other cat is Smoky. They play in the stable. joan Sellers, Grade I. My Budgie I have a little budgie. His name is jerry. He pecks at mother's plants and pulls them apart. He flies to my head and pulls my hair up on end. One evening my father was playing cards. At that moment jerry flew down. He looked so funny and mother laughed so hard that I heard her up- stairs. ,Ierry took the cards in his beak and put them on the floor. My father pushed jerry down to the other end of the table. But jerry just march- ed back. At last my father said to jerry, You are a monkey. Then my father picked up jerry and put him in his cage. I don't think he liked it very much- Karen Zoltok, Grade III. 2.8 - - - gals THE SINGING CLASS - GRADES I and II Our Concert On Friday we had a Concert. I was a Fairy Queen. Our mothers came and Miss Murrell- Wright came too. I sat on Mrs. Coulter's chair. I had on a yellow crown with tinsel on it. Diane was the witch in the same play. I was a bit scared when we started acting in the play when people were sitting and watching us. We said little poems about ABC. I said, E is for Ernest The name of the lad Who said he felt sorry Because he was bad. Nora Baker, Grade II. Spring The sun is shining, Gone is the snow, The birds are singing- Some high, some low. The grass is green, The flowers are sweet, Mother Natures at work To make the world look neat. Barbara Sidgwick, Grade VI. I The Magic Pill Once upon a time, in a little cottage at the West- end of Shanty Town, lived an old lady and her husband. They were very poor, but happy. Now, this lady had a bird, it was a parrot. This bird was so big that it ate half of their food. They had tried to sell it so that they could get some money for food, but no one in Shanty Town could afford to to buy food for it, so they had to keep it. The inventor of this little town heard about this gigantic bird and right away began making a pill. When he had made this pill he took it over to the man's and lady's house. He offered to give the bird this pill and the man and woman let him. He gave the bird the pill and said he would be back in three weeks to see the result. One week, two weeks, three weeks, and the day had come. The inventor arrived and they waited. At last it happened. The bird began to grow smaller, smaller and smaller until at last it was normal size. The old lady and the husband cried out in joy, for now they would have enough money to buy more food for themselves. They offered to pay the inventor, but he wouldn't take their money. So now the man and the lady have enough money to feed the bird and themselves and live a happy life in Shanty Town. Gloria Clarke, Grade V. The Parliament Buildings One Friday afternoon Mrs. Price took us to the Parliament Buildings. At first she took us to see Queen Victoria. Then she showed us where to find the Sphinx which are right on each side of the door at the top. After that she took us to the big bronze buffalo. The man that was there let us walk up the staircase. He told us the stairs were made of Italian marble. Next he showed us the black star underneath the hole in the floor. Then he showed us the special room where the Queen signed the book. He told us that they had put the Queens name on the chair that the Royal Family sit in when they come and he told us also that the Golden Boy was thirteen and a half feet tall. Wfe learned that the Golden Boy was holding a sheaf of wheat in one hand and holding a torch over his head in the other. After that Mrs. Price took us out of the Building and showed us General Wolfe. She showed us the light on the big dome that flashes while Parliament is meeting. Then on our way home we saw the outside of the Lieutenant- Governors house. It was turquoise blue and white. It was very pretty. I liked it very much. We had a lot of fun at the Parliament Buildings and I hope we go again some day. Shonagh Smith, Grade III. My Box I had a box and I made it into a Valentine box with green and white and red paper. It is nice and has Valentines in it and on it. I had nine Valentines in my house. I made ten Valentines for the class. I have a little sister and she almost tore it apart but I put it up high. joan Smerchanski, Grade II. 29 Thoughts The green grass grows all around our school, Wfhere my friends all like to play, Now all we need is a swimming pool, Where we could spend the day. The trees and flowers bloom in spring, The time just Hies like birds, There are also lots of other things I just can't put into words. Ann Brumell, Grade VI, At Recess I run and jump in the snow, and I get my mitts wet. Brenda can run and jump backwards, but I cannot. I guess I could if I tried hard enough. I am going to try it today. I made an igloo. I made a snowman and we have lots of fun at recess. Sandra Vincent, Grade II. My Cat and My Bird I gave my cat a bath on Sunday. He ran to tell my bird. Before he could tell him my bird dumped birdseed all over him. I called my mother and she saw the mess. She put the bird on the verandah. I had to wash my cat all over again. I was cross. I scolded my bird over and over again till I was out of breath. Bliss Trafton, Grade Il. My Dog I have a brown dog. He jumps over a log. His name is Blackie. He likes me. Kit Grant, Grade l. THE KINDE RGARTEN 30 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2 X' xg'- CRAIG GOWAN IN THE TREE IN THE TREE-M. Gossiing, J. Rose, S. Flood, J. Davis, S. Hayes, D. Nichol. STANDING-N. A. Richards, Da. Smith, L. Cousens. M. Travers, J. Smith, B. McLeod, I. McKinnon, L. Sinclair, J. Blight, J. Bonnycastle, A. Jennings fHouse Headj. KNEELING-Di. Smith, B. A. Harris, L. Stephen, B. Sidgwick. W. Bracken, C. A. Fields, D. Grindley, C. Trimble, D. Biggar. SITTING-A. Palk, G. Northcott, M. Dowse, P. Neal, B. Head, Sh. Smith. A BSENT-N. Tweedy. Craig Gowan House This year a large fiock of new girls was wel- comed to the fold, and they, together with the old girls in the house, have worked with con- siderable teani spirit for the honour and glory of Craig Gowan. Our house has had rather an eventful year in the field of sports. In the Track and Field Day we placed second in our total score of points, and by a happy twist of fate we managed to make the finals in the house volleyball series. Golden op- portunities still await us in the summer term, when the basketball matches and the Ping Pong Tournament will be completed. Great enthusiasm was shown in the penny races held in the fall term, and combined efforts of all four houses added 387.80 to the Red Feather Campaign. We also helped with the Coffee Party by our large Mothers Auxiliary contribution to the candy sale. Our house is very proud of Nora Anne Rich- ards, the Head Girl, and of the fact that she is the third Head Girl in succession to come from Craig Gowan. A great deal of thanks is due to her, as well as to Doreen Nichol, our hard-working games captain, and to Martha Travers, our secre- tary, for their help during the year. We are par- ticuarly grateful to our staff members - Miss Boreham, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Smith - for their advice and encouragement. And finally, all you who have in any way, however small, contributed to the success of the House, thank you! Bonne chance, Craig Gowan! Ann Jennings, Head of Craig Gowan. 31 Guides 1952-53 has been a very busy year for the Guides of the 16th Company. Before Christmas the new recruits worked hard on their Tenderfoot Tests with the help of the older Guides. On December 9th we had our enrollment ceremony for twelve Guides. Seven Guides received service stars, three their Second Class, and one proficiency badge was presented by Mrs. Troop, District Commissioner. One blizzardy day in November a group of hardy Guides went for a hike and cooked their lunch outdoors. In February we went on a Tally- Ho and then came back to the house of one of the Guides for food and games. This party was planned by three Guides working on their Hostess Badges. Some of the Guides went to the Thinking Day Service at the Auditorium on February 15th. This is an annual service held to commemorate the birthday of Lady Baden-Powell and to honour Lord Baden-Powell's memory. One of our patrols en- tered the Bessborough Shield competition for dolls' houses and received an honourable mention. All the Guides are now busy working on the Coronation Project. Badges which you receive for doing some community service, are a tribute to Her Majesty, the Queen. Recently the Guides sold tickets for Girl Guide Theatre Night and are now taking orders for Girl Guide Cookies. Four Guides now have their Second Class Badges and are working for their First Class. Pro- ficiency badges earned were 4 Cooks, 3 Hostesses, 3 Homernakers, 2 Minstrels, 1 Pioneer, 1 Religion and Life, and 1 Weaver. On behalf of the Guides we would like to thank our Captain, Mrs. Hutchison, and our Lieutenant Mrs. Graham, for helping us. 7 Mary Thornton, Onalee Rudd, Diane Grindley. The Hall0we'en Party On October 31 the junior School had its Hal- lowe'en Party. There were clowns, fairies, witches, tramps and everything you could think of. The programme started with a Grand March. Then each class took part in the entertainment. Grades Five and Six put on a little play. Grades Three and Four acted Nursery Rhymes for us to guess, and Grades One and Two played some singing games. The party ended with dixies and cup- cakes. Carolyn Wilson and Carol Anne Fields, Grade V. Brownies Our Brownie meetings start at 3:00 every Tues- day. We play games and then settle down to work. Our favourite games are The Wind and the Flowers, and North, South, East and West. We have four Sixes - Fairies, Elves, Little People and Pixies. On December 10 eleven Brownykins were en- rolled-we call them Brownykins because they are not Brownies until they are enrolled. Eight Brownies won their Golden Bars and Carol Anne Fields got her Golden Hand. Carol Anne Fields and Gloria Clarke are flying up to Guides in May, because they have their Golden Hands. Our motto is Lend a Hand. We go on a picnic once a year and have lots of fun. Our meetings always end with Taps. The Four Sixers: G. Clarke, j. McDougald, C. A. Fields and W. R, Stibbard. Lend A Hand Brownies always try to do their best, When there's a lot of work they never rest. They are scattered wide through all the land, And never miss a chance to Lend a Hand. Alix Palk, Grade IV. Song of Spirit My soul longs for music lilting in the air, As a humming bird does seek the nectar From the blooms of roses fragrant-sweet. Songs that fill my heart and beat Their rhythms through my mind Are truly not the easiest to find. But once a tune has cast its spell, It changes me-I know too well, And my whole being is entranced. O wondrous words, beauty enhanced, 'Tis with you that I belong, Release my spirit with your song. Joanne Wilson Grade VII. Q L- L Initiation Day Initiation Day! Dreaded words to the new girls, who lie awake at nights, thinking of all the tortures those fiendish old girls will dream up! On Friday, October 17, the old girls came to school more cheerfully than usual, and were soon ensconced in chairs having their shoes shined - by the new girls, of course. Every old girl had her shoes shined at least once, and some had five or six shines! During the noon hour, various other little tasks had to be performed. One new member had to call Miss Boreham Miss Sharman and give her a two minute talk on science, one cleaned blackboardsg one walked down the halls tracing each step taken in chalk, and one sat at the main school door pretending to knit and rock her chair. But the best was yet to come! . This was an initiation party in the evening. The initiates came dressed in costumes prescribed by the prefects and the old girls in hard times dress. As the initiates marched around the gym, their varied and somewhat weird costumes caused a sensation. The old girls sat back, rubbing their hands in gleeful expectation. The programme opened with a ballet in the old QU classical UQ tradition Q?j. The Life and Loves of Obadiah Picklesnootf' in which the principals were Sonja Nelson, Brenda Dougall and Mary-Kaye Simpkinson. Then we were treated to a song by johnny Ray, ably impersonated by jennifer Rose. jennifer's sister, Angela, made quite a hit when she proposed to a paper-bag, only to find when the scarf was removed from her eyes that Miss Murrell-Wright had traded places with the bag! After this Beverly McLeod showed us the trouble she encounters when undressing in an upper berth fthe boxj. Then on came the Balmoral Hall chorus line, consisting of Carol Newman, Valdine Thorkelson, Maxine Wright, and Leone Stewart, who arrived fresh from Broadway suc- cesses - Ahem! The next act was a very timely one. Arlene McEwing and Irene MacKinnon did a take-off on Mr. Thorsen's gym classes, with special attention paid to the walk f!j and the extension rolls, or should we say extension falls? A tribe of aborigines, jill Herrick, Sue Holl- and, Norma Tweedie, Doreen Nichol and Lynn Stephen, next entertained us with one of their tribal dances. Have fun getting the lipstick and shoe-polish off your faces, girls? The next act by Carol Trimble and Bonnie Stovel, showed us why the Balmoral Hall girls are so tired in the morning. They later had a little difficulty during the relays, wearing those long night-gowns. Nancy White and Margaret Gillespie caused miniature snowstorms Qflourstormsj in the eagerness to get at the candies in the bottom of pans of flour. Then Sue Hayes and Irene MacKin- non rendered Daisy, Daisy, while bicycling for two on the gym-horse. What will they bicycle on next! The last act was the hit of the evening, how- ever, when Miss Kirby, Mrs. Vaughan and Mrs. Brown, three of our new teachers, did a skit on school life. Special praise must be given to Mrs. Vaughan for her tremendously funny take-off on today's gum-chewing, hair-combing school girls. ln the end Miss Kirby, exasperated by her two pupils was forced to leave. Do we ever have that effect on our teachers, we wonder? After this, we had relay races with old girls competing against new-the results were pretty even. Then Miss Murrell-Wright tested our spell- ing ability, finally stumping the last two contes- tants with queue',. The party came to a gloriously colourful Qbowsj end when the prefects presented their Kindergarten Party. Soon we were all happily demoted to kindergarten, and singing at the top of our lungs. After joining hands in a circle and singing Auld Lang Syne, we gave three cheers for the new girls for being such sports, and three cheers for the prefects, for such a super party. Eirene Landon, Grade X. A Visit to the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue On Friday evening, january 16, a group of Grade Ten boarders attended the Welcoming the Sabbath Service at the beautiful new synagogue on the river. The service began with a choir selection and an opening prayer by the Rabbi. We could follow the procedure in the service books which were in Hebrew but had the English translations. As a part of the Friday service a thirteen year old girl was conhrmed. She was dressed in blue, chanted in Hebrew and then read the portion of Scripture appointed for that day. Following her prayer before the Ark of the Covenant, she was welcomed into the Synagogue by the Rabbi and commended for having made her vows so sin- cerely. When the service had ended, the visitors were allowed to see one of the scrolls which is contained in the Ark. Every scroll, we were told, had been written by hand in Hebrew and each one contained the first five books of the Bible. The symbols on the Ark, and the significance of the different lamps were explained to us by one of the congregation. We were all invited then to have tea in the audi- torium. Everyone enjoyed this visit to the syna- gogue and we felt that we had spent a very educa- tional evening. , . . 33 ON THE RINK The Carol Service Our third Carol Service at Balmoral was held on December 19th in the School Assembly Hall lighted in traditional style by softly-lit Christmas trees. To the singing of The First Noel the choir proceeded to their places and Dr. W. C. Graham opened the service with a short prayer. A Christmas play entitled The Littlest Shep- herd was excellently presented by three members of the junior school. Alix Palk presented the prologue, Ann Brumell took the part of David, the littlest shepherd, and Gloria Clark rep- resented the tiniest star in the sky which watched over him. David wanted nothing save to see the Christ Child but he had to stay on the hills to watch his sheep. However, his wish was granted by the star and, to the quiet singing of O Little Town of Bethlehem, the curtain opened on the lovely manger scene. David's star then gave him the magic recipe for life-to be happy you must first make others happy. This could very easily have been referred to as the theme of the service. After the play, special carols were sung by two junior groups and by the school choir, and every- one joined in the more traditional Christmas hymns. Miss Murrell-Wright began the Nativity story by reading from the first chapter of St. Luke. The continuation of this wonderfully familiar story read by a prefect was brought to life by the senior dramatic class who presented tableaux of the Shepherds in the fields and the three Kings presenting their gifts at the feet of the Christ Child. With the story brought to its conclusion by the reading of the Flight into Egypt, His Grace, Arch- bishop L. R. Sherman pronounced the benediction and the choir went out, singing the age-old triumphant hymn, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. For some time this echoed in our ears, reminding us of the happy and impressive service. Glen Murray, Grade XI. The Christmas Boxes Again this year Balmoral I-Iall sent Christmas boxes of food, clothing and toys to the Point Douglas Mission and to the Fairford Indian Re- serve. We brought the gifts to Morning Prayers and later parcelled them and made them ready for delivery. Those of us who went to the Mis- sion with the boxes learned how very happy our gifts had made many people on previous Christ- mases and we heard from the letters received how much the boxes were appreciated by those in charge of the Indians. 'X l 720' SM 7ffVG Spfklf 'ii iiii ' Wa 21 1- as-'eI 25?' Q M. Hunt. 34 GLEN GAIRN ON THE RIVER STEPS BACK ROW-J. Hanson, S. Carnegie, S. Donegani, J. Laird, N. A. Green, L. Albertsen iHouse Headl, C. MacAulay, E. Riley, S. Holland, E. Landon, S. Pierce, B. Dougall, N. White, C. Watkins, N. Bathgate, B. L. McPhail, D. McPhail, H. Kane, VV. R. Stibbard, G. Clarke, C. Wilson, C. Newman, A. Laird, J. Wilson, G. Swinden. FRONT ROW7A. Urquhart, J. Welply, C. McLeod, D. Sheppard, P. McMahon. ABSENT-O. Nash, G. Burrows. J. Wallace. Glen Gairn House Dear Glen Gairnsz- This is my last message to you as your House Head and I am going to tell future Glen Gairns all about you so that they will appreciate being chosen for our House. First, many thanks to Mrs. Price, Mrs. Vaughan and Mrs. Wilson for doing your best to keep us out of trouble and for being proud of us when we excelled. Glen Gairns, you show promise for next year in many fields. Our House was represented in the junior play at Christmas and in the day-girls' play in March. We have seven members of the magazine committee and five members of the library committee in our House and we are honoured to have four class presidents. With the help of both the Intermediate and junior Track and Field Champions and of many other able athletes, we won the cup for House Field Ath- letics. Because of the speed and agility shown on Track and Field Day, I feel that we should do better in games. Come on, Glen Gairns, next year! I am very grateful, Carol, for your enthusiastic effort as House Games Captain and to all of the Grade Elevens for your support in organizing the candy for the coffee-party. In fact you all con- tributed generously to our candy sale and our ef- forts will be rewarded when we have a Common Room. The highlight of our year was the toboggan party on one delightful afternoon in March. To our Games Captains mother, we say a big thank you for letting us eat, drink and be merry in her home. We were worn and weary but it was such good fun. It has been a happy year for me to have had the honour of being your Head and I close with my best wishes to you all for a long and happy summer holiday. See you in September. Louise Albertsen, Head of Glen Gairn. 35 The Chinese Dinner The Flame Dining Room opens in two minutesf was spoken very mysteriously by one of the girls of the Grade Ten Home Economics class as she came from the library at noon on December 4. The doors were immediately closed behind her so as not to display the beauties of the decorated library to the guests until all preparations were complete. The guests were Miss Murrell-Wright, Miss Hawkes, Miss Boreham, and other Grade Ten students from the afternoon Home Economics Class. A few minutes later the doors opened and the guests flocked into the candle-lit room. Two long tapers were burning brightly on the table and a third candle was standing in a beautifully arranged silver urn filled with coloured balls. Other balls were suspended from the prettily decorated mantlepiece by long ribbons. On the Chinese table-cloth were the chopsticks which everyone eyed apprehensively until noticing silver forks also on the table. The main attraction, of course, were the steaming platters of different Chinese foods. After Grace was said, everyone bravely picked up a pair of chopsticks and a plate, then filed past Miss Murrell-Wright who was serving the chow- mein , helped themselves to rice and sweet and sour spareribs and were finallyigiven Chinese tea in little Chinese cups poured by the hostess, Carol MacAulay. Then everyone arranged them- selves around the room and expectantly watched Miss Boreham for ideas on how to wield the chop- sticks. She proved to be an expert at it and began to coach Miss Hawkes in the art. It looked easy and so hopefully we also sat down to try. Some of the girls squatted Chinese fashion on the floor and after kow-towing to one another to get into the spirit of things, they started. Frantic shrieks sounded through the room as everyone struggled to manoeuvre food from plate to mouth. But it wasn't until after many attempts that we were all chewing at least one noodle. The platters were kept loaded with piping hot food and as everyone was gradually becoming more familiar with the elusive chopsticks, plateful after plateful was consumed until some began to feel their eyes slanting. When no-one could manage anymore, the guests departed and four of them, Dawna, Diana, Gail and Carol, stuck their hands in their sleeves and went out to shuffle around the driveway comp- osing a Chinese chant in nasal voices as they went. Mary-Kaye Simpkinson, Grade X. Brenda Balmoral One day, Miss Murrell-Wright announced that we would be introduced that morning to someone whom we would meet in the library. This an- nouncement roused the whole school's curiosity, and we waited impatiently to be summoned to the library. At noon that day, Grade Ten, the last class to meet her, was introduced to Brenda Balmoral, a school girl doll. After the first gasps of surprise, we were shown her outfit. She was dressed in school uniform, complete with school bags and books, Qdid you notice the garter belt, Mavis and Sue?j but she also had many other beautiful clothes, the most admired being her graduation dress, with fur jacket, flowers, and pearls. Brenda, who was dressed for us by Mrs. G. H. Sellers, helped to provide funds for our new com- mon room, and every day our enthusiasm increased as Brenda's temperature rose. At the coffee party Brenda was won by Mrs. Purvis who has four sons! Eirene Landon, Grade X. BRENDA Sizes I am not very big, I am not very small, I am not very wise And not very tall. Anita Urquhart, Grade III. 36 gg gv The Junior Red Cross Drive We all became juniors at Balmoral Hall for the month of February this year. Our purpose was to raise money for the drive to help India, Korea, Pakistan and Indonesia, which the Red Cross was sponsoring in all the schools across Canada. The little juniors and the bigger juniors all worked together and supported each other in the individual form efforts to raise money. The fishermen and hunters visiting Grades Seven and Eight at the beginning of the month found ponds of prizes and tribes of white elephants upon which to practise their sporting skills. The Nifty Niners turned domestic and throughout the month were cleaning runners, iron- ing shorts, mending gym socksgand doing al- most anything Qfor a pricej. No one disliked their new laces or clean socks and all the time the Red Cross Thermometer was rising. The Tenteen offered soft drinks and chocolates to all the posses- sors of a dime. Three excellent movies were shown to all the campaigners by the Grade Twelve girls and the drive ended with a special buffet lunch served by Grade Eleven. On the last Friday in February our Red Cross donations were presented at Morning Prayers. Then at Red Cross headquarters our 33100.00 donation was accepted and from there it will be sent to buy school and medical supplies for the children of India, Korea, Pakistan and Indonesia. Dawna Duncan, Grade X. Films We have been particularly fortunate this year as regards visual entertainment. In addition to car- toons for the junior School and more serious- minded films for senior classes Qprovided by the Visual Education Departmentj, we have enjoyed several other movies for the whole school: The 1959 Lingiaclh brought by Mr. Thorsen, a film and talk on Switzerland given by M. Anton Lendi, and Vienna Art Treasures through the auspices of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. In a lighter vein, we all enjoyed Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities enot to mention an evenings entertain- ment by Blondie and Dagwood, courtesy of Rev. D. Vaughan who lent us several films last year as well. Wfe are most grateful to those responsible for these pleasant diversions, which are painlessly instructive as well as entertaining. Vienna Art Treasures About a year ago the Austrian government, on invitation from American exhibitors, sent a selected number of items from the Hapsburg art collection in Vienna to be exhibited in the United States and Canada. This world-famous collection, accumu- lated and selected from the great masters of Europe for centuries by the Hapsburg Emperors of Aus- tria, was later taken over by the Austrian State after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian em- pire and the abdication of the house of Hapsburg in 1918. In the last war measures were success- fully taken to evacuate the collection into safe- keeping, and happily a few years ago several of the paintings were restored to Austria by the Allies after being hidden by Hitler in a salt mine. Of this collection the two hundred and ninety-seven items sent to America alone are valued at eighty million dollars. As it was too risky and expensive to bring the collection to Western cities, a coloured movie was made of it in 'Toronto entitled Vienna Art Treasures, which has since been shown in large cities in Canada and the United States, and it was this film which was shown to the School on the afternoon of November 1Oth., under the auspices of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The items in the film are chosen so as to repre- sent the whole collection, and grouped in such a way as to depict four centuries of Hapsburg rule in Europe as well as the religious and mythological background of each work. Among the many famous pictures that the film shows are Giorgione's Moses and the Burning Bushu, a portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Nicholas Hilliard and a Rem- brandt painting of the Infante Philip of Spain. Three particularly interesting objects shown are a bronze basin fashioned in the form of sea cen- taurs, nereids and serpents, a gold salt cellar made by Benvenuto Cellini in the shape of a boat sur- mounted by the figures of Tellus and Neptune, and the cradle of the King of Rome which was made in silver gilt by distinguished silversmiths of the eighteenth century for the son of Napoleon. Many film experts and art critics said it would be impossible to catch the true rich colours of these works of art on film because of the fragility of the paintings and the problem of keeping them away from hot lights. However, all these difficulties were overcome thanks to the skill of the photo- graphers, and the result is a masterpiece in itself- a film which is beautiful, entertaining, instructive, and well worth seeing. Ann Jennings, Grade XII. i 1 l I a l i .Ah 37 THE FINALE OF THE GYMNASTIC DISPLAY Gymnastics In gymnastics this year, we have been working on Provincial Tests set by the Manitoba Gymnastic Association. Under Mr. Thorsen's careful instruc- tion many of us entered the gym competition which was held on March 18, and on that occasion quite a few of us passed our third test. Two guest judges and Mr. Thorsen marked our exercises. Consider- ing that this work was new to many of the girls, the general standard was quite high. Nancy Ann Eaton was the Midget Champion, Barbara Gilles- pie, a new girl, won the junior Cup, jill Kilgour headed the Intermediates, and Dawna Duncan captured the Senior honours. The highlight of the season is our Gymnastic Demonstration to be held in the Playhouse Theatre on April 29. Already we are working blisters on our hands and feet as we prepare for this all im- portant evening. Diana Duncan, Grade X. The Lingiad Film On Friday, October 8, Mr. Thorsen showed the Senior School an excellent film of the 1959 Lin- giad. This event is an international gymnastic fes- tival and is held every ten years. The film showed the first Lingiad held in Sweden, the home of the festivals founder, Per Henrik Ling. Representa- tives of England, Esthonia, Poland and Norway marched past King Gustav for a regal opening to the event, Throughout the busy weeks in gym- nasia, halls and arenas all kinds of gymnastics were performed. We saw Swedish girls doing their rhythmic drills and saw in them what Mr, Thorsen is striving for in us. Rings, ropes, boxes, spring-boards and mats were all used with ex- ceptional skill and at the end of the film we had learned what can be done in gymnastics. Dawna Duncan, Grade X. The Studlous Type I love to go to school each day, And like to work much more than play. Instead of playing with my buddies- At home I'm happy with my studies. To a hockey game or a picture show I never really want to go. No one ever calls me lazy, But honestly, I think I'm crazy. Diane Smith, Grade VIII 38 Senior Dramatics ST ILI. STANDS THE HOUSE by GWEN PHARIS RINGWOOD Ruth Warren, Bruce's wife - -MARY-KAYI3 SIMPKINSON Mr. Manning - - -DAWNA DUNCAN Hester Warren, Bruce's sister - -ANN JENNINGS Bruce Warren - - -SONJA NELSON Scene-Living-room in the old Warren farmhouse Time-About 1935. Place-Saskatchewan Pro erties QD. and D. DUNCAN P 'S ' 1 S. PIERCE l SDIANA DUNCAN A 'Y . Cogtumeg Y,,,A,,,,v, ,,,,,,,, M AUREEN HUNT Still Stands the House With the sound of the blizzard still in our ears we write our impressions of the boarders' per- formance of Still Stands the House by Gwen Pharis Ringwood. This one-act play takes place in the living-room of the old Warren farmhouse. Especially real and therefore effective were the stove and stove-pipes. The window with its snow-heaped panes and the convincing blizzard Qthanks to C.B.W.j which fairly chilled us each time the door opened, both deserve comment. The play called for modern dress and the cos- tumes used were simple and in character--pan ticularly Bruce's. More could have been desired with regard to the men's hair but the make-up otherwise was commendable. Hester's face was a masterpiece up close and effective to the back of the hall though not over-done. The atmosphere of impending tragedy was well sustained and great credit for this is due to Ann Jennings for her masterly portrayal of Hester who goes out of her mind and to Mary-Kaye Simpkin- son for her natural rendering of Ruth. Congratulations Boarders! The Day Girls. The Mouse Trapn Congratulations go to the day girls for their able and extremely amusing presentation of The Mouse Trap, a farce in one act by W. D. Howells. Before commenting on the play itself we would like to commend Dorothy Richardson for her ex- cellent management - of the costumes. Their colour and authenticity added much to the effec- tiveness of the play and made it easy for us to be transported from the auditorium of Balmoral Hall to a Victorian drawing-room. Gail Macdonald gave a humorous and convinc- ing performance as Mrs. Somers, the suffragette mouse-hater and heroine of the play. Mr. Camp- bell M.P., the only male, was portrayed exception- ally well by Carol MacAulay. The rest of the cast ably supported these two characters. Especially noteworthy was Carol Nixon's performance as Mrs. Roberts. Several of the fun-filled scenes from the play will stay with us. We remember Mr. Campbell announcing the presence of a mouse in the room and all the courageous females scrambling to table tops. Another highlight showed Mr. Campbell energetically beating the carpet with the fireplace poker in an effort to uncover the elusive mouse. The farce element was sustained throughout the performance. Except for the first scene which was a bit difficult to hear, the play can be deemed al complete success and the cast and crew deserve much credit. The Boarders. THE MOUSE-TRAP by W. D. HowELLs Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow GAIL MACDONALD CAROL MACAULAY EIRENE LANDON SUZANNE HOLLAND SUSAN CARNEGIE - JENNIFER RosE CAROL NIxoN Mr. Willis Campbell, M.P. Jane, a maid ----- Mrs. Curwen - - Mrs. Miller - - - Mrs. Lou Bemis - Mrs. Agnes Roberts - - Scene-Mrs. Somers' drawing-room. Time-The beginning of this century Stage-Managers .......... SJOAN MALAI-IER lNORA ANNE RICHARDS Prompter ........ ........ J oAN DAVIDSON Costumes ......... ........ D oRoTHY RICHARDSON Properties ....... ........ B ARBARA ANN HARRIS 39 ,,..-gg .1--'-' Qi to BRAEMAR AROUND THE BIRD BATH STANDING-J. McDiarmid, M. Thornton, J. Savage, D. Richardson, J. Herrick, J. Malaher tHouse Headj, C. Nixon, J. Hoare, G. Murray, G. Macdonald, A. Rose, C. Cross. KNEELING-K. Kinley, M. Stephenson, A. McEwing, A. Carroll, M. K. Simpkinson, O. Rudd, L. Paddon. B. Hoare, B. Stovel, M. Cooper. SITTING-Su. Smith, W. McPherson, J. MacDougald, A. Connacher, G. Delmarque, E. Cooper D M Nau hr I' W'l . c g on, 1. ison. ABSENT-N. A. Eaton, V. Thorkelson. Braemar House We of Braemar House can be justly proud of our achievements this year. Though we have not been winners in all efforts, it was not for want of keen sportsmanship, enthusiasm and a willingness always to do our bit. The hrst Inter-House Competition to start the Fall Term was Field Day. Everyone entered with a fine house spirit, though we didn't come out winners. In November Inter-House Volleyball Games were held. In this, Braemar won top laur- els. This was due to splendid teamwork at prac- tices and games. Early in the second term the houses had a candy booth at the coffee party given by Balmoral Hall Auxiliary. Thank you, girls, for your share in this effort. Two plays were put on this term by the Boar- ders and Day Girls. Braemar is proud of the dramatic talent displayed by Gail Macdonald, Carol Nixon, and Mary-Kaye Simpkinsori. We are also proud of Nancy Ann Eaton, the Midget winner in the Gym Competition held this term and of all who came in the close seconds and thirds in the junior, Intermediate and Senior Competitions. During the last term we are looking forward to four important events - Braemar House Party, School Gym Display, Basketball and Ping Pong results and the Lilac Mission Tea. judging by the past support, I am sure that these events will be most successful. The success of our house this year is largely due to the kind help and guidance of the staff members. May I therefore take this opportunity of expressing our very grateful thanks to Mrs. Mc- Ewen, Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Wright, and Miss Cou- brough. A very special thank you also to our pre- fects, Ann Carroll and Glen Murrayg to Gail Mac- donald, our house sports captain, who has done a tremendous job in creating interest in all games, and to Carol Nixon, the house secretary. I feel that Braemar House has had a very hap- py and successful year. Your co-operation, encour- agement and fine house spirit have made this possible and I know that your loyalty and support will be given whole heartedly to our new Head. To each and every one, my thanks and best wishes. I feel it an honour to have served as your head this past year. Good-Luck, Braemar. joan Malaher, Head of Braemar. 40 RED HOUSE NOTES NAME: Mrs. Elliott Miss McMillan Miss lnglis Beth Atkin Lynne Cousens Ca rol Cross Janet Davis Brenda Dougall Maureen Ford Sue Hayes Jill Herrick Maureen Hunt Kathy Kinley Amy Laird Carol Newman Sylvia Pierce Signe Salzberg Mary-Kaye Simpkinson Lyn Stephen Valdine Thorkelson Maxine Wright FAVOURITE SAYING: Who's out of bed now? Get up, girls. Quiet, please. Dearie. May l call Daddy? Oh you kids. What did you say? Hey, you guys. Good luck! Guess who phoned. We're going to move again. Get out of here. Want your window shut? Who, me? Start pounding. Do I have to? Goodness. Way to go. Stop, Carol! When can l come back? Mornin', Hon. FINDS IT HARD TO: watch all the juniors at once keep track of her goldfish keep our radios low sleep with the blind down take a taxi to the amphitheatre laugh quietly eat spinach live without apple juice pass her guide tests concentrate in study eat breakfast be ready for bed on time refuse a second helping wear her hair back keep her bed from falling avoid accidents stop smiling realise what time it is keep track of her hair clips live without school go upstairs without falling ENJOYS: her day off a spring rest her short duty as house-mistress listening to mysteries her skating after school being frightened of everything getting up late going to ballet a good game of marbles her weekends at home phoning her friends having a bath looking out the window visiting the top floor of the White House trying to fix her clock doing something daring reading comics having the window open visiting Jill letters from all using her flashlight Sylvia Pierce Grade X. 4l The Red House At Bedtime The doll on the dresser, Bronze horse on the chair, Have viewed goings on That would stiffen one's hair. The boarding-school escapades, Are wild and courageous- Splashing in bathtubs, And barefoot rampages. The whole Red-House shakes, With acrobats on the bunk, We each of us climb, Like a chimp or a monk. Then jan tiptoes out To see what is the matter, And Brenda comes in Beginning to chatter. Murders abound And we listen to mysteries, Stabbings at midnight, And old Bluebeard's histories. A bell going at ten Makes each quiet as a mouse, And brings sleep at last To our good old Red House. Lyn Stephen, Grade VIII. Boarder's Good-Night 'Tis the end of a day Says the bell with a hum, But Wait! We're not ready, For Nancy's to come. We soon settle down With a soft sound of hissing, To a quiet half hour Of just reminiscing. A few minutes later, From a bed one is leaving- To the window she creeps For we find trouble breathing. Above the warm blankets Our pets, eyes are peeping, And at last all is right For a nights pleasant sleeping. Diana Duncan, Still Stands THE WHITE HOUSE This year the White House is motherless, but its orphans are well cared for by a council of guar- dians who see that the River Room goes to sleep and that the Bunk Room wakes up. At the begin- ning of the Spring Term james and Sonja emi- grated to the second floor so that they would have more room to developee. Also, remote from the rest of us, they are better equipped with excuses ex- plaining why they are late for breakfast. Tweedy, well-versed in Einstein's theories, can find a more logical explanation of time, we are content to blame our lateness on the gentleness of the rising bell. Judith, constantly arrayed in driving ap- parel, mistakes all bells for traffic signals. How- ever, Louise, assisted by joan farmed with a .72 shot water pistolj gathers all her room- mates' problems and ties them in bed. When her prob- lems become too impossible, Norma's rocks make excellent ammunition. Utopia Qthe room that is GREEN with happiness because it's rich with a NICHOL and never broke because it's Scotch with the DUNCANSJ is to be found in the Bunk Room. Whether Sir Thomas More ever intended such simpletons to dwell in his paradise we do not know, but as long as the Bunkers have their crackers and cheese, peace reigns. But why go further? The names of all the White Housers may be found on the detention sheet at the head of the stairs where we are constantly reminded that we have Another New Day- To Be Glad In - Kind, Helpful, an' Goode Or be Bad In! The Bunk Room, ref jxxffg -fri N Qkgf gm fl L-4' f I Grade Reproduced by Susan Moore. 42 BALLATER ON THE RIVER BANK BACK ROW-D. Phipps, M. Edmonds, Da. Dunn-an, B. Atkin, P. Perrin, G. Brooking, J. Davidson iHouse Headl . SECOND ROWAG. Allman, Di. Duncan, M. Ross, E. Thomson, P. Busby, S. Moore, M. Wright, S. Nelson, S. Kelsey. THIRD ROWMA. Brumell, J. Mathewson, G. Mclean, S. J. Service, G. Kilgour, M. Hunt. FOURTH ROW-A Sellers. J. Steward, M. Gillespie, B. Gillespie. FRONT ROW-M. Ford, B. Brown, S. Salzberg, D. Mathewson. K. Zoltok. ABSENT-P. Clark. Ballater House The conversation overheard by someone eaves- dropping on the Ballater House basketball team after a match might go something like this: That sure was a close game. One more basket and they would have tied us. Yes, remember how Craig Gowan came near to defeating us in volleyball. We'll have to work especially hard at our basketball. Oh well, were getting some housepoints in the ping-pong tournament. By the way, joan, have you written up the House notes, yet? No. You can all help me with them. Well, of course you have to mention the gym competition. It isn't very often that one house has three champions. just think, Barbara Gillespie won the junior competition, jill Kilgour is the Inter- mediate champion, and Dawna Duncan won the Senior cup. And we won the Community Chest mile of pennies, too. Do you remember the pounds of candy we brought to be sold at the Mother's Auxil- iary Coffee Party? we certainly did our share towards the new Common Room! You must mention the House party and the sleigh ride, Mrs. Phipps' rumpus room was such an ideal place for supper. You nearly forgot Field Day. Dawna Duncan won the Senior Championship for us. And speak- ing of sports, how about a few words of praise for Diana Duncan. She was a marvellous Games' Captain. While you're handing out bouquets, thank Miss Hawkes, Mrs. Coulter, and Miss Kirby for their help and interest. Of course, our biggest effort will be the Lilac Mission Tea in May. Don't forget to put that in. Are you going to use all the things we've said? Yes, I'll talk about them all, and then I'll say how wonderful it has been, being your House Head. I'll also wish the best of everything to the Head and girls of next year's Ballater House. I hope you'll have as much success as we have had this year. I'm sure you will if you keep up your excellent House Spirit. .loan Davidson, Head of Ballater. 43 A Visit to the Ballet On Frida ni ht October 31st a number of the party, boarders, inisteagl of having a Halloween attended a performance by the Winnipeg Ballet Company. Everyone was most enthusiastic about the performance which was one of the Company's best for some time. The programme included: Les Sylphides, Shadow on the Prairie, a new ballet by Miss Lloyd about the early settlers in Manitoba, which was extremely well done, ex- cerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, and, to give the evening a bang-up finish, The Shooting of Dan McGrew. The Symphony On the afternoon of October 8th, the girls from Grades IX and X attended a special matinee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra which was put on for the high schools of the city. The programme included the Overture to Benvenuto Cellini by Berlioz, Air for the G string by Bach, Schumann's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, featuring Miss Constance Voth twho teaches piano here at the Schoolj as the soloist, the March from Verdi's Aida, and the Trumpeter's Lullaby by a modern American composer-Leroy Anderson. Everyone found great enjoyment in listening to these works, K LES SYLPHlDES - THE SENIOR BALLET CLASS Dancing Come and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe If you want to learn to dance, come to the gym at noon hour any day. Balmoral Hall is running over with Greek and Ballet enthusiasts of all ages-baby ballet, junior ballet and two senior classes. Mrs. Farrally has her hands full as we vigorously attempt our grandes jetes, our pirouettes, and our glissade assembles. But she has her own remedy for strugglers and idiots, and has no use for stragglers. We are, oh so busy, in all the classes-Greek and Ballet, preparing for our April Demonstration, which will include ballet technique, a Hungarian dance, and our most ambitious effort, a simplified version of Les Sylphidesn in the classical costume. Orchids to Mrs. Farrally and Miss Forster for their patience with our humble but eager effort. 44 f S. J 'l ftgyixfvd 'lf' seoiafrs f-if, lll llli agp i ii C 11 .L '- I., OUR SPORTS CAPTAIN - GLEN MURRAY Sports Report, 1952-1953 This year with the coming of many new sports-minded people and the stimulated en- thusiasm of the older girls, there was keen compe- tition in the various sports enjoyed at Balmoral Hall. The first indoor sport was the volleyball. In the semi-finals were Ballater and Craig Gowan, Brae- mar and Glen Gairn, with the result that Craig Gowan and Braemar met in an exciting and de- cisive final game which Braemar won. The highlight of the basketball season was a match with the Old Girls. Despite the valiant ef- fort of the Alumnae, Balmoral Hall defeated them by a score of 23-13. We played against United College and were again victorious. House games followed with the result that the Basketball cup was awarded to Braemar after an exciting game against Ballater. Miss Christie's careful instruction and enthusiasm were largely responsible for our enjoyment of the volleyball and basketball seasons. Many of the students' spare moments were spent on the school skating rink. Bumps and bruises were soon forgotten amidst the laughter and en- joyment of this sport, taken so seriously by the figure-skating fans. Many pleasant noon-hours have been spent in the ping-pong room. There were numerous entries for 45 THE BASKET BALL TEAM STANDING-N. A. Richards, G. Macdonald, Dawna Duncan, G. Kilgour. KNEELING-D. Nichol, J. Davidson. G. Brooking, Diana Duncan, M. Edmonds, J. Malaher. SITTING-G. Murray 4Sports Captainl. the Table Tennis Tournament from all the houses. The semi-finalists in the Senior tournament are Muriel Edmonds, Sonja Nelson, Gail Brooking, and Gail Macdonald. The semi-finalists in the Interme- diate tournament are Arlene McEwing, Carol New- man, Dianne McPhail, and Elaine Thomson. The tournament will soon be completed. Softball is now in full swing with games being played at noon-hours and after school under the supervision of Miss jacquie Heard. The compe- tition between the houses is keen, especially in the Middle school. The major sports event of the year was our Track and Field Day held in the autumn term when all the houses vied for top honours with many participating in the numerous events. Here enthusiasm and co-operation which were to be maintained throughout the year were displayed by all competitors. In the house totals Glen Gairn came first with 113 points. Three cheers! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the House Games Captains Doreen Nichol, Carol MacAulay, Gail Macdonald and Diana Duncan for their help and co-operation throughout the year, and to wish the best of everything to the next year's Sports Captain, hoping that the girls will be as much fun to work with as they have been this Yfaf- Glen Murray, Sports' Captain. TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAMME 17Zl67'IlI6djf1l'6 60 yard dash ................ ........,,..,............ M . Ross Sack race .............. ....... C . Newman House Special ....... ...... C . MaCAulay Obstacle Race ......., .... B . Dougall Three-legged race ........ B. Dougall D. McPhail Novelty Open .. B. Dougall High jump ,...... ................. .......... C . Newman 75 yard dash .,,,,,, ,,.,,,,,,,,,.,...... ..,.... G . Brooking Three-legged Da. Duncan Di. Duncan Sack race ......... ........ G . Brooking Obstacle race ...............,.................. G. Macdonald High jump ........................................ Da. Duncan INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Junior .........................,.................. Carolyn Wilson Intermediate ....,.. ...., B renda Dougall Senior ,............. ....... D awna Duncan Grade XI LOUISE ALBERTSEN Louise is our hard-working Glen Gairn House Head. This year Louise has been torn between spending her time in deep and ponderous thought, and inciting the girls in Glen Gairn to noble ac- tions. Her duties as Business Manager of the Magazine have kept her busy, too. Luigi plans to do Grade XII at Balmoral, but we expect some day to see her name in large print as the author of Mathematics for More Complex Minds. ANN CARROLL Ann has had a busy year. Besides being a pre- fect of Braemar House, she is the capable Adver- tising Manager of the Magazine. Her constant cheerfulness and winning smile have gained her many friends since she entered the school six years ago. Ann plans to be a nurse, and we agree that she is well suited for this. Next year will find her brightening the halls of United College. PENNY CLARK Pen delights in the stacks of mail she receives from distant points, in her position as Exchange Editor of the Magazine. Penny is a hard-working member of the Senior Ballet class, but her chief claim to fame is her deceptively demure outward appearance! Although her main ambition is to travel, next year will probably find her at the U. of M. We expect she will go on calmly passing music exams until she gets her degree. JOAN DAVIDSON As if being Editor of the Magazine and Head of Ballater isn't enough, Joan is also in the Choir and on the School basketball and House volley- ball teams and was stage-manager of the day-girls' play. She spends her Saturdays making her for- tune in Eaton's as our Rep. on the Junior Council. joan is off to the U. of M. next year, and then she hopes to go to the University of Western Ontario to study Journalism. SHELAGH DONEGANI Shelagh, a member of Glen Gairn House, is an ardent hockey and football fan. She is on the Magazine Advertising Committee, and manages to work hard at this, as well as finding time to plan her long-awaited vacation in New York with Ann. Some people get all the breaks! Next year Shelagh hopes to take a Home Economics course at Guelph, Ontario. MURIEL EDMONDS An active member of Ballater House, Muriel has played House volleyball and School basketball and ping-pong this year. She excels at most sports, and her favourite pastimes are eating, shouting at the top of her voice, and debating all matters, whether they concern her or not. Muriel is noted for her floor-length tunic! After next year at Balmoral her future holds only one thing-nursing. MAVIS GOSSLING Mavis is a vivacious though sometimes delin- quent member of Craig Gowan. She is fond of both sports and P.T., and can be found almost any evening either churning up the water at the Winter Club, or Hitting about the Ballet School, where she has taken a sudden interest in culti- vating poise and grace. Who could possibly be the reason for it, Gos? Next year will probably find Mavis back at B.H. JUDY HANSON Judy came back to us from Gordon Bell at -Christmas, after an absence of one term. She is an ardent student of ballet and will probably make this her career. Next year may find Judy studying at the Canadian School of Ballet while completing Grade XI. Some strange attraction draws Judy to the classroom every morning at eight-thirty. Could it be her love of history? GLEN MURRAY Glen is our Sports' Captain this year, and a very able one too. Of course games are her chief interest, and she excels at P.T. but she is also a member of the Choir and the Senior Ballet class. This year she is Sports' Editor of the Magazine. Plans for the future? Nursing, and we look for- ward to seeing her when she is Superintendent of the Winnipeg General Hospital. OURANIA NASH Ourania, also known as Oreen, is the genial secretary of Glen Gairn. Without her, the Grade Eleven classroom would certainly be most dull. Remember that laugh? How could we forget! Oreen is a talented pianist, and receives many re- quests to play for the more interested members of Grade Eleven. She will probably obtain her A.T.C.M. later on, but otherwise her future is unsettled. Maybe Paris? SONJ A NELSON This charming young miss hails from Prince Albert. A member of Ballater House, Sonja was Class President and, thanks to her, Grade Eleven was saved from financial ruin! A potential balle- rina, she hopes someday to join the Royal Winni- peg Ballet. She could always fall back on her dramatic talents, however, as proved by her per- formance in the boarders' play. Sonja will dance at Banff this summer on her scholarship and next year she has plans for Grade XII at Balmoral and still more dancing. NORA ANNE RICHARDS That girl with the twinkling eyes and the mis- chievous grin is Nora Anne, our capable Head' Girl who has been in school since Grade I. Nora sings in the Choir and is an active member of Senior Dramatics, being one of our better actresses. She is an accomplished pianist, but stopped Ballet because she just couldn't find her leotard and tights Qhmmm, Nonie?j. She is also an effective member of the Craig Gowan volleyball and School basketball teams. Next year will find Nora at the U. of M. EVE RILEY Eve, who is on the advertising staff of the Maga- zine, is our ping-pong and football expert. She keeps us supplied with scores and statistics about the Bombers, as well as the latest wins and losses from the Bun and Milk room. Her wails of des- pair in Maths classes keep us entertained but re- duce Mrs. Smith to a state of kindly exasperation. Eve has a real talent for getting herself excused from gym classes! NORMA TWE-EDY Tweedledee, our boarder from Flin Flon, is our new Class President in Grade Eleven. Norma is in the Choir and is Photography Editor of the- Magazine. Tweedy is our astronomer, and life in the White House would be very dull without her nightly star-gazing. She takes her astronomy seriously, despite our teasing, and after Grade XII at Balmoral, she hopes to make a career of it. Grade XII ANN JENNINGS Amidst the trials and tribulations of boarding, Jimmie, finds time to be House Head of Craig Gowan, Literary Editor of the Magazine, a mem- ber of the School Choir Qwhen she is not accom- panying at Prayersj and a prominent star in the boarders' play. Although her future plans are to return to Winnipeg to study ballet, Jimmie hopes her Grade XII French and her small dinghy will take her sailing across the Atlantic to the British Isles and Europe. See you anon, jim! JOAN LAIRD joan, called by many of us Glard, is a new- comer to the school, arriving at Christmas from Bird's Hill to be a boarder. A member of Glen Gairn House, loan is a popular pianist, and oh so popularbwas she on the night of the Gym Display. 'Although she takes constant ribbing from us, she is a terrific sport, and manages to bear it all quite well. GAIL MACDONALD Mac, the girl with the grin and a new ambition every day, is Class President of Grade Twelve and Games Captain of Braemar House. Gail has novel theories about concentration and she insists that M. Sydney Bechet helps her absorb her French! Gail recently triumphed as the delightful heroine of the day-girls' play. Next year Gail's sturdy little legs will carry her out to Fort Garry every morning to study something or other. JOAN M ALA-HER A prefect of two years standing and the holder of the Elizabeth Patton Shield, joan this year is also Head of Braemar House, Art Supervisor of the Magazine, a player on the School basketball team, an alto in the Choir and stage director of the day-girls' play. In any spare moments she plays the piano and participates in Grade XII classes. joan intends to become a nurse eventually, but meanwhile she hopes to do some travelling. See you in Piccadilly! BALMORAL HALL CALENDAR 50 CHRISTMAS TERM 1952 November September 10 Boarders arrive. September 11 Opening Prayers. November September 15 Presentation ot Head Girl's Pin November to Nora Anne Richards. November September 17 Glen Murray elected Sports Captain, November September 18 First Meeting of the Guide Company. September 22 House Heads and Prefects N0V6mbCf announced. September 23 First Meeting of the Brownie November Pack, November September 30 Brownies fly up to Guides. October 1 School Prayers: Rev. G. R. N0VCIT1bef Service. October 2 Gymnastic Demonstration for Physical Education Instructors DeCCmbe1' by Grade X girls. October 3 Boarders attend the Water Follies December October 4 Boarders attend concert by jeannette Macdonald. Decembef Guide Company Hike in Assini- boine Park. December october 8 rum- The First Lingiadf' December Children's Symphony Concert- Grades IX and X. October 10 Thanksgiving Service. Prefects December receive cords. Presentation of Gifts for Canada Save the chu. December dren Fund. October 10-1 Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend. October 17 Initiation Day. December October 21 Grade XI Biology class visit the Manitoba Museum. Annual Meeting of Alumnae Association. October 22 Track and Field Day. October 24 United Nations Day. Miles of Pennies for Red Feather january 8 Campaign. january 9 October 30 Grades IX and XII visit the Art january 15 Gallery - Dutch Old Masters. October 31 junior School Hallowe'en Party. january 16 Boarders attend Winnipeg Ballet. November 3 School Choir sings at St. john's College Commemoration Service january 21 in the Cathedral. january 28 November 4 Boarders attend Ballet Russe. November 5 Autumn Meeting of Balmoral january 30 Hall Auxiliary. November 6 Half-Term Reports. February November 7 Mental Ability Tests: Grades February VII-XII. February Boarders attend Oklahoma February November 10 Film- Vienna Art Treasuresf, November 11 Remembrance Day Service with February 1 Canon L. F. Wilmot. February 1 14 14-16 19 20 21 23 23 25 27 -27 2-4 4 5 9 10-18 16 18 19 Grade III visit Legislative Build- ings. Boarders Half-Term Weekend. School Prayers: Dr. H. A. Frame Movie Night: Royal Tour and Blondie Hits the jackpot. Boarders attend National Ballet. Boarders attend United Church Mission. Young Canada's Book Week- Carol Newman a prize-winner. junior Musicale. School Prayers: Rev. Blake Wood. Intermediate Musicale. Boarders attend St. john's Ravenscourt Party. Christmas Gifts for Fairford Indian Mission, Point Douglas Mission and Robertson House. Chinese Dinner: Grade X Home Economics Class. Grade II Christmas Concert. Senior Musicale. Guide and Brownie Enrollment. Term examinations. Balmoral Briefs - Christmas Issue. School Prayers: Rev. C. Clough. Kindergarten Party. Christmas Party for Staff, Pre- fects and Boarders. Christmas Carol Service and The Littlest Shepherd. School closes for Christmas Vacation. EASTER TERM 1953 2-6 6 7 9 0 2-14 Boarders return. School re-opens. Lecture: Interior Design-Miss Harland. Film: Coronation Preview. Boarders attend Service at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. Brenda Balmoral is introduced. Balmoral Hall Auxiliary Coffee Party. Old Girls vs. Balmoral Hall Basketball Game. Inspector j. Bruce Day. Boarders attend Brigadoon. Film: Tale of Two Cities. School Prayers: Dr. E. K. S. Seeley. junior Red Cross Drive begins. Boarders Weekend. Donnelly. 51 February 16 Ballater House Tally-ho. March 21 Alumnae Spring Tea. February 17 Grade V and VI Exhibition and March 23-31 Term examinations. Doll Show. April 1 School closes for Easter Vacation Boarders attend St. Matthew's Passion. February 18 Ash Wednesday: Very Rev. J. O. SUMMER TERM 1953 Anderson. February 19 Grade VII Fishpond. April Boarders return. United College vs. Balmoral Hall April School re-opens. Basketball Game. April Annual Meeting of Balmoral February 20 Grade XII Films. Hall Auxiliary. February 24 Grade VIII White Elephant Sale. Parents' Open Meeting. February 25 School Prayers: Rev. J. L. April Demonstration of Gymnastics Mclnnis. and Dancing at the Playhouse. junior Musicale. May School Prayers: Canon Crump. Senior School attends Royal May School Prayers: Rev. G. R. Winnipeg Ballet. Service February 26 Grade XI Buffet Lunch. May Boarders Weekend for Victoria February 27 Red Cross Collections offered at Day Holiday. School Prayers. May junior Piano Recital. March 2 Glen Gairn House Toboggan May Senior Piano Recital. Party, May Confirmation Service at March 3 Film and Lecture on Switzerland St. Luke's Church. -M, Anton Lendi, May Lilac Mission Tea and March 5 Senior Musicale. Fashion Show. March 6 St. john's Ravenscourt Cadet june Coronation Day. Dance. june Alumnae Luncheon for March 13 Senior Dramatic Group Plays. Graduates March 16 New Class Presidents appointed. june Closing Service at St. Luke's Boarders tape-record Still ChUfCl1- Stands the House. june Closing Exercises at Westminster March 18 School Prayers: Rev. W. E. ChufCh and Garden Party at the School. Gymnastic Competitions. ALUMNAE NOTES WHAT OF OUR OLD GIRLS? by Norma K. Elliott In this little section devoted to the Old Girls, have no illusions. It is a versa- tile term. It may apply to the eighteen-year-old, Queen of the Prom, who was a '52 graduate, or it may mean the sweet-faced, white-haired grandmother of a kindergartener, or, for that matter, of a senior, for it runs the gamut of more than a half century. At any rate, it is in the hope of bringing you news of your school mates of yester- year, that we devote these few pages to a tie up of past and present. What are we all doing now? Not to start at the long ago days, we are all proud of Sally Dangerfield of 1951-52 class, who was in charge of sorority rushing this year at University of Manitoba. Sally also made the basketball team which played at University of Alberta, Edmonton. Janet Bleeks, sports captain at Balmoral Hall in its initial year, has' proved her versatility by her performance as lead in the U. of M. performance of Brigadoon, Betty Gilman Moore has just completed a fine job as chairman of the Central Volunteer Bureau, taking over the work of Mrs. Stanley Laing, giving guidance to the centre providing volunteer workers for the organizations in and about Winnipeg. Roberta Lee Turner, active in the school and its alumnae, has just been chosen president of the junior League of Winnipeg. She has done good work on a number of League projects in the past, and should be a valuable chairman. Congratulations, Roberta. Frances Howe Thorlakson celebrated a year in England in April, and is expected home in mid-summer. She went over to join her husband, Dr. Robert, who is doing post graduate work overseas. Frances is enthusiastic about her Christmas spent with her hus- band's family in Norway, and about Sweden which they also visited. Graduation Dance at the School. Anne Windatt is still dreaming of the months she spent overseas last summer. She crossed with Frances and visited England and the continent. jennifer Gemmill, a second generation old girl fdaughter of the late Florence Cross Gemmillj was a tourist abroad, spending several months in Britain and on the continent. Frances Douglas, long a top-spot advertising gal of the T. Eaton Winnipeg store, is now a publicity executive at Toronto headquarters, and darts home to Winnipeg occassionally to renew old friendships. Rosemary Henderson is continuing the high standard established during her years at Rupert's Land. She graduates this spring in Home Economics, U. of M., aged twenty. During her years of study she has also captured not only the figure skating championship of her club, the Winnipeg Winter Club, now for the fifth time, but last season the Cana- dian Ladies' junior event and the Western in a previous year. Peggy Aikins Sellers is a human dynamo in her home circle in Charleswood. She not only does some of the finest weaving to be seen in Canada and has many examples of her work in her family wardrobes and in her home, but she erected a flat stone wall about the Sellers' garden, and is now interested in the erection of a new much-needed church in Charleswood. She takes a keen interest in the young folk of the district. Mrs. N. R. Preston, with her two daughters, Norma Preston Elliott and Marjorie Preston, spent three months last summer in Great Britain touring many ofi'-the-beaten- track towns and villages in an English Morris. Anne Crowe Collum, first president of Havergal QRupert's Landj Alumnae, and a tiny girl with long pigtails on the opening day of the school, is spending the spring on a cruise of the Mediterranean. Tannis Manning Hobday with her husband, Leonard, returned from Florida in time to repack their luggage before going overseas. They will visit Britain and France where their second son is buried. Tannis is very happy over a wee girl, her first grand- child. Marjorie Hoskin, always an enthusiastic Guider, is doing a fine job as secretary of Girl Guides. Nancy Montague Moncrieff took a few weeks away from her strenuous sons and, with her husband, Ernie tH.G.j, left on a 'plane tour of Britain and some of the Euro- pean countries. Nancy managed five plays in five days in London and loved it. Marjorie Harris Chisholm is a busy person, doing some fine weaving, but also conducting classes in pottery and has her own kiln. Agnes Hastings Pillman at lovely Quedley Farm, Flimwell, Sussex, added much Canadian equipment to modernize her sixteenth century English home. She has an apart- ment in London, having had her house there bombed. She has just returned with hus- band, Charles, from Africa and the Mediterranean. Her sister, Margaret Montague, arrived in England by air at the end of March, and will also visit her son, Dr. John Mon- tague, who is doing research on atomic energy and nuclear physics in Britain. Louise Agnew Woodman spent several months in the Maritimes with Betty and her family, and Easter in St. Paul with jean and her husband, Dr. Robert Fraser. Dr. Fraser has been doing post graduate work there and was recently chosen one of three Canadian medicos for five year scholarships worth 330,000 and will spend the next Hve years at his alma mater, Alberta University. Pat Cheshire McKay, living in London for the last year with her husband, J. McKay, plans to return to Canada in the autumn. Betty Dowler, working in London for the last year, will attend the Coronation prior to returning to Winnipeg. joan Harris MacRae resides in Scotland and she and her husband, Dr. Duncan MacRae, often have visits from her school mates holidaying overseas. 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O r 25 Patterns To Choose F lllbiiflis ,IEXWELLE RS Portage Ave. at Smith St. REI R terloo and A d QHITIIBJEI ullegn A12 Imliflrfiofz of The Uzziled Cblfrrla of Crzlmdfz Affiliated with The UlZjZ'67',l'jfy of Mazzifobn Cenfrfzfly fonzfed in !II01l'lIf01l'l? llyimzipeg UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT - Complete Arts Course First and Second Year Science Pre-Professional courses for Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, Law, Commerce COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT - Levels II and III fGrades XI and XIIQ Supplemental classes in Grades XI and XII CAugust Ist to 23rdj THEOLOGY DEPARTLIENT - Diploma, B.D. and S.T.M. courses SCHOLARSHIPS and BURSARIES available - Manitoba, Isbister and others tenable at United College RESIDENCES--for Men and Women Wfrile to the Regirtrfzr, Uzzifed College, lVimzipeg APEX GARAGE STORAGE COLLISION 81 BODY WORKS 24 HOUR SERVICE 761 Corydon - Phone 4 3800 BALL 74-5471 Bflywdmm A WESTERN ACHIEVEMENT . Compliments of . . . payoff 77iolafz4 ltd, PONTIAC - BUICK G R A M M A S GMC TRUCKS FRUIT MARKET P S I S 433 Portage Avenu GI'fS - O 65 - 1290 Mom sneer Ph 59 5381 P 92 m' 92 3206 Compfimezzrs of Jacob 8 Crowley Co. Make . . . Winnipeg Supply Your Heoti ng Heodquorfers for FUEL OII. CLEAN COAI. PHONE 92-8161 The WINNIPEG SUPPLY 8. FUEL C0., LTIJ It's never too early . . . to start musical training or a life insurance programme 76 GREAT-WEST LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY uno ornce-wmumec Iii?I-Mi1lwHilulil!WI'HIHNIVLN-Nl.WllFIIIWIIIHIHWIHNEI.MINI mm KIISES FIJOUR W KHLY BUTCHERS' SUPPLY CO. I IUHNSIIN-HUTCHINSIIN, lTIl if 4 S E ui m n nd Su I q P 1 G The perfect Diamond House 0 92 Arthur Street Winnipeg 286 Portoqe Avenue WINNIPEG See ua for guerylhing gfeclrical 0 RADIOS O APPLIANCES 0 WIRING 0 REPAIRS Kummen Shipman Electric Llmlted 270 Fort Street Phone 93-I577 DEALERS - CONTRACTORS - ENGINEERS GREEN BLANKSTEIN RUSSELL and ASSUGIATES ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS 222 Osborne Street N Winnipeg, Monitobci C pl nts of... MAY'S K, 'X brag Siore C ydon and Waterloo - Phone 40 1093 Hogan and lawrence FURRIERS 641P gl-X adShrb ok Ph 35384 COMPLIMENTS OF DCJMINION BRIQUETTES 8. CHEMICALS LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF HEAT GLOW, CARBONIZED BRIQUETTES HEAD OFFICE Q96 OARRY STREET W NNIREO Complzmefzfs of . . . DYSON'S LTD. WINNIPEG, MAN. 4-0-4-.4-0-0-0-.Q DYSON'S comm LTD. BRIGHTON, QNT. l l lo ming lo nz'versiflx' exi' year? IF so, it's wise to get some of your books during the summer. The Book Department is owned and operated by the University for the College students of Winnipeg. e New' ancl Used Copies Our Constant Aim-The Lowest Prices in Canada THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA BOOK DEPARTMENT BROADWAY BUILDING - 200 MEMORIAL BOULEVARD YOUR EYES Part of your body- Part of your HEALTH! Compliments of . . ' Your eyes are a part of your bodyig actually an external part of the brain. 9 Thus, care of your eyes is part of care of your health that you wisely trust to a medical many an lVI.D, ' A medical eye examiner lliye Physi- F P can tell whether you . . really need glasses, or treatment for some health condition that is affect- inq your eyes. I I Trust the care of your eyes to an Eye Physician CM.D.l the prescription to the optician he trusts, the Guild Optician! U RAMSAY-MATTHEWS LTD. OPTHAI-MIC DISPENSERS 227 CURRY BLDG., WINNIPEG 'I03 MEDICAL ARTS BLDG., WINNIPEG Telephone 92-3523 Best Bet with the College Set PHONE 40-3800 - 40-4800 HUIUHHD BRUUIH DRUGS LTD. 338 Portage Ave. 608 Main St For All Your School Sewing Needs SINGER SEWING MACHINE C o m p cx n y 546 ACADEMY RD. at LANARK 'A' 424 Portage Avenue - Winnipeg, Man 1853-CENTURY OF SECURITY-1953 ETNA LIFE INSURANCE CCMPANY HARTFORD, CONN. K. F. WINTEMUTE, Manager LIFE - ACCIDENT - GROUP DEPARTMENTS VICTORY BUILDING WINNIPEG - MANITOBA ESTABLISHED IN CANADA - 1850 72 E TO SERVE YOU THROUGH OUR JUNIOR COUNCIllORS AND EXECUTIVES fin, -G? - -A lll igrijll lull ii riiirfi- , wt 5EAioN5L3ArsiD l3Ox3 'Q V 1. .344-1, g - ij 75 , - L4 iii JP ',- . 'ig ,A . . r X t, , ,. . t,X .1 ,- . - 4 Q- , X i - i - SX I' Y Al l If f 4 Xi N w i cw. i ill ill 'lr' ff lf'-n JOAN DAVIDSON Each year, Eaton's selects a crew of enthusiastic, alert Councillors and Executives to represent you and your fellow pupils in the schools and colleges of Greater Winnipeg . . . academic, vocational and technical. ' We meet with these bright young lads and lassies every Saturday morning. They bring us news ot what goes on at school, tell us your ideas, fads and fancies. We in turn plan interesting events for them. They go on informative educational tours, hear lectures on all phases of merchandising and what goes on behind the scenes of a great department store, They gain selling experiences by work- ing with the salesclerks behind the counters . . . selling everything from scissors to sportswear. Every year we stage a big fashion show to bring the hi-crowd up-to-date on what's new and fashionable to wear. And, our band box entertains you at school dances and social get-togethers. Through our Junior Council and Junior Execu- tive we get to know more about you-so we can serve you better through Eaton's The Store for Young Canada! T. EATON CO. . !: 4 A, :cl f is l -. if? L' ii. be-Q H '52 35 jj I if ' EN Xlilvf ml .1 F yi' Z' Qiflf Ref clffQ. l gs f ' A ? J NNTP filiqb 'gif l l F ' A-F' fl J ir if- I 4jf!.1l1g X2 ff gk XX D' Y ' 3 lscuss our Qxfglllvfcillf QIUIIII-ll' fl-lff. 1 f .KCZCZLM WGWZ LADIES IMPORTED with CASI-IMERE SWEATERS del peters llmltecl By 703 Westminster Phone 3-6830 BRAEMAR AND PRINGLE Compliments of GE N SER 8: SONS The Store with all the right labels Compliments of -Tx Y I N QX l'lAHI-G lEATHEliIlAlE Your Favorite Record Shop FOR QUALITY, ACCURACY, EFFICIENCY AND DESRATCH PHONE 3-7025 662mg .fdmdled Cor. MARYLAND ond WOLSELEY AVENUE J. F. HOLLAND -1- A. J. STOKES PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED Compliments of NORRIS GRAIN COMPANY LIMITED ond NORRIS SECURITIES LIMITED WINNIPEG gacb about HECTRICITY It gives more for your money thorn olmost onything else you con buy. lt lights your home, cooks your meals, does the housework, Iounders your clothes, operotes your rodio-in foct there's hordly onythirig thot electri- city cormot do quicker, eosier, cmd better orourid the home. It costs so little-it does so much. :CITY HYDRO , SHOWRUOMS: Portage and Kennedy - - OFFICES: 55 Princess St. Zire Canadian esaclwof of Kaffe! Official Training School for The Royal Winnipeg Ballet All Classes Under The Personal Supervision And Direction of GWENETH LLOYD BETTY FARRALLY GLADYS FORRESTER JOY CAMDEN JUDY FORSTER and fully qualified staff TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. 719 Yonge St. 309 Hargrove St. Sports Centre Full professional training for the theatre, television and teaching. Special courses for students and teachers preparing for examinations of the Royal Academy of Dancing ll.on- don, Eng.J Business girls' classes in gen- eral movement, department and poise. Carefully graded classes for juniors, seniors, and semia professionals. Compliments of . HAROLD HITE 278 FORT STREET Phone 92-4289 FLO ER B-1' Spwifzl Dl!fjl'6l 'll By Telegraph Blllj' with lbe For Every Occasion Fl0u'er.i' Tha! Lay! R. B. ORMISTON XVINNIPIEKL AND FLIN FLON Art Ormiston A.l'.l'!ll'c1llliK of om' -17 yecllii' SL'l'l'fl't' in M111zi!0lm11.i'. LTD. Matt Ormiston 76 STOCKS I BONDS 0 GRAIN O INSURANCE O REAL ESTATE O LEASES O COAL 8. COKE We offer a complete Insurance and Financial service based on our sixty years business experience in Western Canada. sum, HAMMKND 3-NANTON TORONTO - MONTREAL - REGINA - WINNIPEG - CALGARY - EDMONTON - VANCOUVER - W 'I d ALL th Compliments of ' ' I Hairdferssingoin town? . . so we just do the BEST CLIFFORD'S HAIR STYLISTS mayo Grosvenor Avo. Phone 42-3531 v W I N N I P E G CHILDS BUILDING PHONE 93-6016 lightcap Securities limited STOCK BROKERS BOND DEALERS MUTUAL INVESTMENT FUNDS Ground Floor - Somerset Building WINNIPEG PHONE 92-4251 Compliments of . . czdfqb ltd. FLOWERS JOH N A. ORM I STON 243 Portage Avenue - Phone 92-6527 CONGRATULATIONS G I R L S W A N T E D GRADUATES Chance of a Lifetime Now Yours PLEASANT WORK - GOOD PAY No previous Experience Necessary GRADUATE IN A PEW MONTHS E Here is a remarkable Oppor- 'Q tunity. Modern Hair Styling Q ' 0 and popular new methods 'QQ have caused a great short- ' age oi help in this profession. 5 House oi Flowers .gy We have positions open and waiting for our graduates in almost every part of Canada. LEARN BEAUTY CULTURE Many start own shops. K Write or Call for FREE Literature No obligations. Marvel Beauty Scfzool PORTAGE at SMITH phone 92.2909 Phone 92-4331 Phone 92-4332 309 Donald Street - Winnipeg DILTS, LAIDLAW, SHEPARD, DILTS and JONES BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS THE HURON 8- ERIE BLDG. A. E. DILTS, Q.C. T. W. LAIDLAW, Q.C. C. D. SHEPARD, Q.C. Associate WINNIPEG, MAN. C. GORDON DILTS DAVID H. JONES J. HUGH MCDONALD E. G. PHIPPS BAKER, Q.C. W bat you should know about Sugar . . . THE WHITE SUGAR of the household is a carbohydrate, an organic compound, con- taining carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, and in chemistry is called sucrose CCNHNOHJ. Sucrose occurs in many plants, the most important of which are the sugar cane in the tropics and the sugar beet in temperate climates. From either cane or beet, sugar can be manufactured in various forms ranging from the finest crystals to tablets and cubes, and regardless of source is the same chemical compound with equal sweetening properties. Not withstanding these facts, for years the story has been circulated that the quality of beet sugar is inferior to cane sugar or that cane sugar is sweeter than beet sugar. This story is entirely lacking in fact, since, as said before, white sugar from either beet or cane is the same chemical compound. There are also rumors to the eftect that beet sugar causes spoilage in preserved foods. Spoilage is caused by bacteria and has nothing to do with either beet or cane sugar. Any canned food, whether unsweetened or sweetened with any sugar, will spoil if proper sterilization methods are not used. lt may also be mentioned that since the time of Napoleon, cane sugar has been practically unknown on the European continent where only beet sugar is used for all purposes without any disadvantage as to quality, sweetness or anything else. with the compliments of THE MANITOBA SUGAR Co. LTD. FORT GARRY ' WINNIPEG, MANITOBA For Highest Quality in Dry Clecminq Compliments of . . . 'A' NATIONAL X' Q. .1 I Qi . - if G R A I N : 'Q' L ,g:.lf.ll'il -gflkf if of L K K 6rr'ruon.'n.r ' fi f-.. N l CO. DYERS AND CLEANERS LlMlTED TAHLQRS FURRHERS . i t E L ' ek Phone 3-7061 Young at Portage EUff f.ZZf Mf?, cw, GWB SHORTENING The one that gives all rfzree . . . fl? Su Q23 S 633 R per shortening power mootflness and blanciness f the costliest shortenings eal econo y Swift Canadian CO. Ltd General Office TORONTO, CANADA Model Railroad and Hobby Supplies .15 -'Q 3 ' i 4 A Q px Headquarters NEW BIKES ir RENTALS 'A' SERVICE OOC The Bicycle Specialist 173 SHERBROOK ST. PHONE 74-1311 COMPLIIVIENTS OF RIVERBEND Grocery and Meat Market O FRUIT AND VEGETABLES I QUALITY GROCERIES O FRESH AND COOKED MEATS Phone 3-1389 635 Westminster Ave. IWe Deliver? Compliments OVERSEAS EDUcAT1oN LEAGUE OE CANADA vogue gui' c-SGIOH 133 Osborne Street Phone 4-3634 T R E L S E R V I c E QUALITY FURS SEA LAND AIR ot INDIVIDUAL STYLING 505 Tirne Bldg. Phone 92-2819 w. F. COOPER A.. SCHAEFEH WINNIPEG Compliments of . . IUIIIIIIPEG PIHIIU CU. LID. PORTAGE AVE. Tel. 92-5474 at EDMONTON Estab. 1903 STRAND RADIO 801 CORYDON AVE., WINNIPEG IArthur C. Beniaminl Guaranteed service on all makes of Radios and Household Electrical Appliances Phone 4-4143 Tops In Refreshm en t! DREWRYS XP DRY GINGER ALE 23, lIME RICKEY 23, CRYSTAl SODA 232 TOM C0llINS Established 1910 Phone 92-3248 BEN MOSS DIAMOND IMPORTERS WATCH REPAIRING as it should be done BLUE RIDER DIAMONDS OMEGA WATCHES 422 Main Street, Winnipeg TAMMAS Sco'r'r Flowers Telegrcrphed Everywhere 310 Donald St. - Phone 92-3404-5-6 Cancrdcfs Finest Flower Shop Cfafzkaon, gordon 6' Co. Chartered Accountants NANTON BUILDING Compliments of . . . l9el 3 HOME-MADE ICE CREAM cmd CANDY 455 Portage Avenue Hallet and Carey Powell Transports Fort William Elevator Eclible 0il's Limited CLAYDCN COMPANY LIMITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS ESTABLISHED 1904 VVINNIPEG PORT ARTHUR ATIKQKAN FORT WILLIAM C' mpliments of COMPLHVIENTS BBUUIIINIYS Qbrug Sfore M. 1. BROWN H m 116 O b rne St. Ph 46110 i, Established 1902 Compliments of Hinnrxfn iivntanrunt 84 Compliments of Chez .ferog 252 Stafford Street Phone 42-3509 Compliments ol? 6 wand Zmhiea ltd, Compliments ot IHHXllIEll HUUSE Lunches ond Soda Bar Cor. Sherbrook ond Westminster Baldy Northcott Sporting Goods EXE J .W 'Q 2 CAQQE 's 387 Portage Avenue Winnipeg ll!-WIS IIHY ClEANEP-S WINNIPEG-'S FINEST DYERS AND CLEANERS 0 PHONE 3-3003 ONE DAY SERVICE Telephone 4-1960 For All Your School Supplies Q EVHHS PHHITIHG 8 STHTIUHEHLI HU. School cmd Home Supplies Printing - Office Supplies 159 Osborne St. South E5 ll WELL Human S 1 ' NY BY SUM!-1 53 .... -'- Li -- I T. ': ESTAB.I899 LIMITED 1-1 -1 Ll- Estab1is1'1ed 1890 Compliments of . . . C. H. ENDERTON G COMPANY, LTD. fx I i' Real Estate - Investments - Mortqaaes L19 9 Cn ENDERTON, BRYDGES 6. WAUGH, LTD. River 7,1 tg DI U18 Insurance of Every Kind 5 1 5 222 Portage Avenue Phone 92-8411 Corydon at VUaier1co St. Telephone 40 31 Compliments of . . . COMPLIMENTS OF ' P 'I F I F. W . Gynn Co. t ' 0l'H ' Stafford at Grosvenor Phone 42-4511 P ONES 92 6531-2 136 LOMBARD Compliments of Purves Motors Ltd. Your best by for with a Purves Car Repairs To All Makes of Cars With the Compliments of . . . JAMES RICHARDSON 8c SONS STOCKS - BONDS - GRAIN 367 Moin Street Phone 92-3131 WINNIPEG THE G. MCLEAN COMPANY LTD. Pwfgofeaafs gzoaeza WINNIPEG British Made Imports ' Q CASHMERE Compliments ANGORA LAMBS WOOL BOTANY SWEATERS FOR MEN AND WOMEN of a Friend Club Sweaters and Crests Made Up. Own Design and Colour. 4- in ' , 1 H I f WM 286 Kennedy St. Phone 92-5319 Compliments of . . . DO ALD H. B I LI ITED g'1' Aw . 'af u . - 'I ,A ,fd .. -fx 4 'fu. 'ML I u ns,.+ I H 14 V x - '. -'J .1-. ' '..a'7 O ' 3 is 55... s 4- 'V 1 7 I Z 1 W mn X 7 Q K -,Q X D v U N . 4 , 1 ,A L' - . 'N1 - -Q. I .3-f .. .- -Q 1 lf. WW 2 lu 'Q li' .IJ.,v:E A 'Jag af - 'a 4 rf 'K n n r .. K. 'o. s 'sl a H r 4 ' ' z D '-1... . L 39,5 w I