Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine PERSONALS. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel. Shakespeare. Congratulations to Miss Cornell, who was married on June 22nd to Mr. J. Ruby, of Smith ' s Falls. Also to Miss Huston, who is now Mrs. Eraser, living at Pilot Mound. Mrs. Harris, whom we know beter as Agnes McLeod, paid us a visit on her way to China, the scene of her husband ' s mission- ary work; a letter, assuring us of her safe arrival, is inserted else- where. We said goodbye to Miss Adams with mingled feelings, of regret for her departure after six years in the College, and heartiest good wishes for her happiness in her married life. We welcomed, in September, Mrs. Campbell, from Stonewall, and Miss Lewis, from England ; and later, Miss Gourley, from the East, and Miss Foster-Palmer, from England, as members of the Staff. Miss Preston is in Los Angeles, studying osteopathy, and occasionally excites our envy by her descriptions of perpetual summer, when we are enjoying (?) 40 degrees below. Miss Macdonald has also wintered in the South with her mother and sister. We are all looking forward to a visit from our former school- mother, Mrs. Bray field, who has promised to come and see us in May. W 7 e had a visit during the year from Jessie Cousins, looking as merry as ever. Lucy Hanna was also in the city about the same time, and wished to be remembered to all the old girls. Dulcie Power sometimes writes from Thrums, B.C. We hope she is keeping up her music ; she used to delight us in the old days. Doris Baker and Jessie Jardine came out at the ball given by Sir Daniel and Lady MacMillan, in honour of Their Excellencies, Earl and Countess Grey. Dorothy Wilson ' s amusingly illustrated letters are in great demand ; we never see one without hoping that she still keeps up her painting and drawing. Edna Henderson is at Queen ' s College, Kingston, where we hear she is working hard, yet finding time to do wonderful things 67

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Havergal College Magazine NEW LIGHTS ON OLD THEMES. Tigers are useful for eating men. Jupiter, Mars and the United States are the largest planets. (One would think they might be content with the North Pole. — Ed.) It is rumoured that one of our boarders was the first to sight Halley ' s comet with the naked eye. Early in April, having set an alarm clock to arouse her, she viewed the heavenly body from a west window. We understand that, even at the rate of 150,000 miles per minute, it had rather a rush to get back to its eastern position at the time predicted . (Bravo, Havergal! beat the Free Press by a month! — Ed.) Birds change countries in winter, and fly to wormer countries. (Very sensible of them, too. — Ed.) The Ganges is a cafe on Garry Street. (Perchance she meant the Grange. — Ed.) Queen Mary married a Spinach King. (We should have thought her more carnivorous than vegetarian. — Ed.) A woma n is as good as a man. (No doubt Mrs. Pankhurst would prefer this rendering to the original, A miss is as good as a mile. — Ed.) Extract from history lesson: — He steered the ship of state through troublous times. Reproduction: — When he came over to Canada, he guided the Roval Vessel. Top Flats. We have heard of the Top Flattites absent-mindedly undressing at 6 p.m. instead of getting ready for tea, but we cannot recall an instance of one getting up at 6 a.m. and dressing for breakfast. A cure for a burn is to apply soap and bread to it, or butter will do. (Why not try bread and butter? — Ed.) A good plan to avoid losing one ' s handkerchiefs at the laundry is to sew them together. (Why not leave the spool of thread attached, and draw them home when wanted?- -Ed.) 66

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Havergal College Magazine at sport. She paid us a visit in April, when she stayed for a few days with Gwen Inman, another old girl. and a frequent visitor. We had very interesting visits from Wenona Marlatt and Annie Kelly ; the latter was the first boarder at Havergal. They both told us many amusing stories of early vicissitudes. They expressed their admiration of the two wings, both new since their day. A well-known post-mark from the Riding Mountain District is sometimes seen when Bessie Parker writes one of her chatty letters. We very much regret that Ainslie Dagg, through ill-health, has been obliged to drop her second part Matriculation subjects. We hope she will try again, when she feels better. Margaret Nesbitt has temporarily deserted the mercurial Third Form, to pay a visit to England. Among those who visited the School this year were Mrs. Peel, Mrs. Longbottom and her little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, Mrs. Hall and two daughters, Mrs. Fear, Miss Maynard, of West- field College, England, and her sister, Miss Ciabrielle Maynard. 68