Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine Nov. t8, 19, 20. — Bazaar held in Manitoba Hall in aid of Chil- dren ' s Hospital. Miss Jones and Mrs. Richardson in charge of English Thatched Cottage, and made $333. Dec. 17. — Advertisement party. Nora Jardine looked well as Mel 1 ins ' Baby Food, and took the prize for guessing most costumes. Dec. 18. — Y.W.C.A. concert. Dec. 21. — Kindergarten Xmas Tree. Merry action-songs and drills. Jan. 10. — Back at school after enjoyable Xmas holidays. Jan. 11. — New wing inhabited, excepting the Assembly Hall, which is still decorated with ladders and paint-pots. Jan. 17. — Astronomy lecture at All Saints ' schoolhouse. Jan. 19. — Midnight. Most exciting hunt. Hunters, Miss Jones and Miss Morrison. Hunted, a strange cat. Jan. 20 — Another enjoyable Y.W.C.A. concert. Daylight comet seen by few. Jan. 26. — C omet interviewed by whole school. Jan. 27. — Delightful sleigh ride organized by Miss Morrison. Tomato soup and crackers. Jan. 28. — Our Alpine climbers commended by Mr. Wheeler as the most accomplished in Canada. Feb. 5.— At Women ' s Canadian Club lecture. Snowshoeing ex- cursion to Deer Lodge. Five-course luncheon. Feb. 11.— Miss Hanson and Miss Millidge give a lantern lecture in studio, on some of the world ' s greatest pictures. Feb. 18. — Violet-making begins. Feb. 25. — Zenana Mission lecture in Y.M.C.A. Auditorium. March 1.— Mark Hambourg in the Walker Theatre. A line con- cert. March 5. — Consul Jones gives amusing and instructive lecture on Japan. Very good lantern slides of the Cherry Blossom Land. March 19. — Violet Day. March 20. — Confirmation Service in Holy Trinity Church. March 7. — Fifth Form tea for Miss Adams. Miss Adams leaves us to get ma rried. Much sorrow at parting. March 24.— Easter Holidays begin. April 4, 5, 6. — Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra concerts. Wed- nesday matinee performance very much appreciated. April 6. — School reopens. 17

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Havergal College Magazine The Annual Masquerade on Nov. 5th was as amusing as ever, Prizes for the best costumes were awarded to Beatrice Hall, as a winsome little Fairy Queen, and Elsie Scrimes, as a most realistic- Chinaman. The two Suffragettes were very prominent, but did not make any converts, though their pamphlets demanding Up with Women, the rightful heads of Creation! and Men to the Wash-tub! voiced a decidedly popular opinion. On April Tgth, a reception was held in the new Assembly Hall to formally declare it open. The whole school was thrown open, and was inspected from top flat to ground floor by the guests. After a complete tour of the building, when the new Studio and Assembly Hall were much admired, the guests had the pleasure of listening to the following musical programme, rendered with much accuracy and charm by the pupils of the school : 1. Valse — Chopin Nora Elliott 2. Sunbeam — Vocal Issie McLean 3. Liebeslied — Bohm Vnhie Wodlinger 4. Valse — Chopin Leone Stephenson 5. Song — Chaminade Gladys Alsip 6. Rigoletto Fantasie — Verdi-Liszt Nora Jardine 7. Calm as the Night — Vocal Stella Boyd S. Etude — Chopin Lelia Henderson Refreshments, served in the dining-hall, brought a most pleas- ant evening to a close. HAVERGAL CHRONICLE June 7. — We all go to the Walker Theatre to see A Midsummer Night ' s Dream. June 18. — Concert given in aid of Madeline fLtenaishi. All forms contribute to the amusement of the many visitors. June 22. — Miss Cornell, our Kindergarten directress, becomes Mrs. Ruby. Prize Distribution. Congratulations and commiserations. Sept. 21. — School reopens after an extra week ' s holiday. Oct. 5. — The new Hymnal used at prayers. Oct. 6. — Earl and Lady Grey arrive in the city. Oct. 20. — Their Excellencies, Earl and Countess Grey visit the College. Havergal very loyal. Holiday granted. Flag- flies high. Oct. 25. — Thanksgiving Day. Long week-end enjoyed by many Nov. 5. — Annual Masquerade. Interruptions caused by noisy serenade of St. John ' s boys. 16

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Havergal College Magazine April 19. — Reception in new Assembly Hall. May 2. — Miss Maynard and Miss Gabrielle Maynard from Eng- land pay us a visit. May 6 -Death of His Majesty, King Edward VII. Accession of King George V. May 20 — Day of general mourning on the occasion of the funeral of King Edward VII. Canada mourns. May 2T — Lecture by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his Farthest South Expedition. Modest, manly, patriotic. May 24 — Empire Day. God Save King George. May 25 — Halley ' s Comet at last visible to Havergal star-gazers. General opinion in favour of Empire Day fireworks. May 26 — Queen ' s birthday. Twenty-one guns for Her Majesty, Queen Victoria Mary. Maisie Longbottom, Form V. Upper. THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT It was with a feeling of love and pity for humanity, and a desire to give an exiled people an open, unlimited home, that Lord Selkirk, in 181 1, bought a large tract of land from the Hudson ' s Bay Company. This territory lay along the Red River, and had as its central point the famous Fort Garry. So we see that the founding of this settlement was the establishing of the greatest city of the West. The Scottish Highlanders, at this time, were being cruelly turned from their homes to satisfy the whim of selfish land-owners. Lord Selkirk, understanding the circumstances, grasped this op- portunity of encouraging a distressed people to settle in a new country. In 1 81 2, the first shipload arrived. Besides seventy industrious Scotchmen, we find some twenty Irish immigrants. In this com- pany, landing in 1813, the newcomers consisted mostly of skilled workmen, who came for the purpose of helping the former settlers in the erection of their buildings. Some of these, again, were of Irish blood. During the next two years, 193 immigrants arrived, bringing the total amount of settlers up to 270. Besides the Hudson ' s Bay Company in Canada, there was an- other, which went under the name of The Northwestern. These Nor ' westers, as they were commonly called, considered it unfair that the Selkirk settlement should be s under the care of their rivals, and they therefore set about to entice some of the settlers from their newly-found homes. In 1814, a Nor ' western officer, Duncan Cameron, appeared at Fort Garry, and as a result of his vivid descriptions of life in Upper Canada, about 180 of me original settlers were persuaded to go with him to Ontario. Thus the 18