Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine The woods at River Park and City Park have frequently rung with our merry snowshoe songs this winter. We owe a lasting debt of gratitude to Miss Adams and Miss Springate for forming the Excelsior Club three seasons ago — since when it has become a deservedly popular institution. We shall very much miss the President, Miss Adams, who has lately left us to be married, when we take our snowshoes out from their summer retreat next season. Besides the excursion to Deer Lodge, which is described else- where, there was a particularly enjoyable tramp to River Park, when the following photographs were taken and our favourite tramping songs, We went to the animal fair and Sweetly sings, made the echoes resound. Sweetly sings the donkey As he goes to hay ; If you don ' t sing with him He ' s sure to run aw r ay. Yo-ho ! Yo-hi ! Yo-ho-yo-hi-yo-hay ! The Snow-shoe Express A mile a minute ! Presidents Past and Present of the Excelsior Snow-shoe Club SNOWSHOE TRAMP TO DEER LODGE We knew a few days before of our snowshoe tramp to Deer Lodge, and we were all looking forward to it with a great, deal of pleasure. The eventful day arrived, clear and cold, and we were all

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Havergal College Magazine Scrimes made several very neat rushes, but failed to score. Maisie Longbottom at point made a good defence. COMMENTS ON PLAYERS. Allie Pitblado — A good captain and strong player. Always alert. Fanny Rosner — Good, but would benefit by more practice. D. Allonby — Keen player, but should practise skating, and should not gossip on the ice. M. Longbottom — A good point, but needs practice at hitting harder. B. Machaffie — A strong player, but needs to skate faster. M. Thompson — A plucky centre. (i. McGaw — Should make a very strong player. F. Burton — Very good, but should follow up the puck. N. Boynton — Would be good with more practice. E. Tupper — A good player, but needs practice in wielding the stick. Elsie Scrimes — Though a junior, she has played in many of the senior games, and acquitted herself very well and pluckily. She should learn to play her hardest on a losing side, as well as on a winning one. Marjorie Dickson — One of last year ' s team. Has not played much this season, owing to illness. Spares — K. Hinton and members of the Junior School. Dorothy Allonby, Hon. Sec. H.S.A. Form V. Upper. SNOWSHOEING Yo-ho ! Yo-ho ! We are the girls who snowshoe, you know. Out in the forest thro ' ice and snow, Returning triumphant, we ' re hungry, you know. Yo-ho ! Yo-ho ! - . ■fc 1 A merry group in River Park 56

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Havergal College Magazine waiting dov n in the hall at ten o ' clock. The party included Miss Jones, who very much honoured the occasion by her presence; Miss Adams, Miss Springate, Miss Church, Miss Norrington, Miss Hol- ditch, Miss Gourley, Miss Lewis, Adelina Henderson, Fanny Ros- ner, Pearl Pieper, (Lottie Ironsides, Elsie Scrimes and myself. We took the car as far as the City Limits, and then snowshoed along the Assiniboine River. It was great fun climbing fences and sliding down banks ; to do this latter feat the snowshoes are crossed at the back, and down you go in haste. If the snowshoes come un- crossed you do not feel quite as pleasant, as you are generally landed in a large snowdrift We made the old woods re sound by our merry songs and calls, and arrived at Deer Lodge about half past twelve — all of us very ready for our lunch. We enjoyed it immensely amidst the jokes and jolly conversation, having one long table, with Miss Jones at one end and Miss Springate at the other. Afterwards we had some music, and had great fun talking to the parrot. Then we went up to the large ball-room and danced, and although moccasins may not look very pretty for dancing, they are very comfortable About three o ' clock we started for home, and some, feeling rather tired, took the car, while others snowshoed. I think we shall always remember our snowshoe tramp out to Deer Lodge with great pleasure, and thank Miss Adams for arranging such a pleasant picnic for us. Isabel Farmer, Shell Form. Of snowshoeing how can we tire ? But there ' s one thing- that rouses our ire, There ' s nothing- so sad- d ' ning- So desperately madd ' n- ing As tackling a fence of barb ' d wire. Up against it ! 58