Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine putting into it brick or marble, wood or stone, gold or silver or jewels, or imitations of all these. If so, do not allow another term or another week to pass without finding out, if you are able. The best time for building is in the morning and in the spring of the year, and the work will take us all our lives. You must have a Plan, and the best you can find is in an ancient Book which I hope every one of you study at home, and not only in Church and at School. Last winter, while the Wing was being built, the blue plan was never out of the foreman ' s hands; you could see it every day, worn and torn with frequent use. In your own Bible you will find the picture of a Life daily increasing in wis- dom and stature and growing, as ours must try to do, by prayer and faith and service, and by the grace of God, into a perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Xo other plan or pattern or design, believe me, can help you to build your life into a great and stately temple but this one. Among all your after-School memories of our Hall, it is my hope that the best will be of that quiet opening of the day ' s work, when we seek in prayer and praise and reading, new inspiration, new strength and new resolve for the work and effort of a new day. Only, Lord, in Thy dear love Fit us for perfect rest above, And help us this and every day To live more nearly as we pray. With every good wish to all our present and past Haver- galians, Your sincere friend, Eva L. Jones. EDITOR ' S NOTES. As three years have passed since the first issue, and the Haver- gal Magazine is welcomed with as much eagerness as ever, one may safely assume that it has become a school institution. The year 1910 is a very important one in our annals, as the much-talked-of new wing is an actuality, and adds much to the symmetry of the building and to the comfort of its inmates. In- deed, the College has grown to such large proportions that the first Havergalians would no doubt have difficulty in recognizing it. However, the spirit of progress need not in any way interfere with that of good comradeship, and the Havergal old-timers may pride themselves on having added their individual brick to help build the extensions, and may rest assured that there still remains a corner for them in the heart of New Havergal. Indeed, one of the functions of this humble literary effort— the Magazine — is to form a link to perfect the chain between girls of the past, present and future, so that all girls who have been here shall not only have the Havergal banner on their walls and the Havergal Magazine on their shelves, but the Havergal spirit in their hearts. 13

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Havergal College Magazine PRINCIPAL ' S LETTER Havergal College, Winnipeg, May 24th, 1910. My Dear Girls — We are adding to the portrait gallery of Havergal celebrities provided each year by our frontispiece, the picture of one of our earliest and best friends, the Vice-President of the College, Mr. E. L. Drewry. Old girls, as well as present pupils, will rejoice to see his familiar features and to read the little letter which accompanies them. His generous interest in us and in our work has been proved in countless ways ; his ready help and sympathy with all that will make the College more useful and inspiring is known to each one of us — and Prize Day would not be Prize Day without the kindly smile and gentle shafts of humour of our Vice-President. This year sees us rejoicing in the fulfilment of long-cherished hopes. The Wing, for which we have been waiting, with its fine Assembly Hall, and the new studio, class-rooms and music rooms, is an accomplished fact, and many possibilities of work and efforl lie before us. New privilege brings new responsibility, and a wider, broader School life should be the outcome of this widening of our borders. I like to think that in days to come, the memory of the Hall will bring back to you, not only the vision of Prize Day and the winners in their white dresses leading up to take their well- earned prizes, but of many an every day of pleasure and of profit : Shakesperean scenes well rendered, bright and clever gymnastic work, musical evenings, exhibitions of drawings from the studio, and lectures on subjects of lasting interest. We shall hope to wel- come on our platform many a visitor from the city itself, and from the East and the West, to give us new ideas, or help us better to ' understand the old ones. Yet, after all, these helps are like tonics — things we take to strengthen us and increase vitality — it is the daily food that sus- tains and nourishes life. What you think, and feel, and say, and do within School walls every day in the week is what is making you; the steady work, the brave attempt to correct some habit or weakness, the patient continuance in well-doing, the kind and cour- teous effort to help the weak and frightened, the brave refusal to join in what is unworthy and mean. All these are building up for you a character that will last for the rest of your life, firm and beautiful, strong and splendid as the polished corners of the Temple of which the Psalmist sang long ago. Perhaps you have not thought much yet about this character- building which goes on so silently every day, in School and out of it. You like a fine, large house to live in, and you enjoy the Hall now that it is finished. But you are not yet sure of the plan and the shape of the building of your own life, or whether you are 12

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Havergal College Magazine HEALTH. We have been most fortunate in this respect, and have nothing to report more serious than the usual colds, which are not alarming. The Infirmary is now on the top flat, with the Health Mistress ' s room adjoining. It is so arranged that in case of an epidemic of measles, mumps or any other unwelcome visitant, it is possible to shut off the whole suite, and, by a special lift direct from the kitchen to supply the sufferers with their meals, until the infectious period be over, and the colony be ready to return to its regular routine. CONFIRMATION. The Rev. E. C. Burch instructed the confirmation classes, which several of our girls attended. The rite of confirmation was held at Holy Trinity Church on March 20th, when His Grace the Archbishop of Rupert ' s Land addressed the candidates very eloquently. The girls who were confirmed were : Maisie Long- bottom, Margaret Thompson, Isabel Farmer, Dorothy Andrews and Mary Martin. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. This important event in school annals was held at the College on June 22nd, 1909. His (irate the Archbishop of Rupert ' s Land was in the chair, and after some speeches by the Directors, Miss Jones, the Principal, read her Annual Report, and Lady McMillan showed her continued interest in the College by distributing the prizes. These were many and well merited, as shown by the Prin- cipal ' s report, and were awarded as follows: Form I., Good Progress — (r) Archibald McBean ; (2) Valetta Boyd. Form II., General Proficiency — June Suckling. Form III., General Proficiency — Irma Brock. Form IV., General Proficiency — Fanny Rosner. General Merit — Wilhelmina Aird. Drawing — Jocelyn Allan. Shell, General Proficiency — Clarissa Waring. Form V., General Proficiency — Dorothy Allonby. Matriculation I. — (1) Nora Elliott, (2) Gladvs Downer, (3) Alice Walker. Matriculation II. — (1) Edna Henderson, (2) Gwen Inman, (3) Irene Tuckwell. Nora Elliott won the Day Girls ' Scholarship, and Gladys Downer the Boarders ' Scholarship, both presented by Mr. E. L. Drewry; while Louise Agnew received Lady McMillan ' s gold medal for conduct, Bessie Parker, Mrs. Minty ' s silver medal for litera- ture, and Eileen Tanqueray the silver cup presented by Mr. E. L. Drewry for gymnastics. Special thanks must be proffered to the Very Rev. Dean Coombes for adding to the list of prizes, and at the same time stim- 14