Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine Feb. 11 — St. Valentine and Upper Third give a delightful party. Feb. 17 — Mme. Clara Butt ' s singing much appreciated by the girls who attended. Feb. 18 — Moonlight snowshoe tramp to Elm Park. Hot cocoa enjoyed by all. Feb. 20 — Topsy Turvy Zoo. The Lower Third Form has some cnte little monkeys. How do you know that a bumble- beaver can sea-urchinchilla muff? Because she-tor- toise. Feb. 20 — The Shell Form presents scenes from The Mill on the Floss. Miss Evans to the rescue. Mr. Glegg, it does make you look so small ! Feb. 21 — Mid-term holiday. Mar. 5 — Exciting hockey match between Havergal and St. John ' s girls. Goals 5 — 1 in favour of Havergal. Mar. 6 — The Art Gallery — a series of living pictures by Mat- riculation I. and Upper V. Forms. Mar. 11 — Hockey: Havergal v. St. John ' s at the St. John ' s rink. Havergal victorious, 1 — 0. Gladys Phinney the success- ful shot. Mar. 13 — Lower Fifth Form presents the famous Bardell v. Pickwick breach of promise suit. A great success ; the performers are to be congratulated. Mar. 20 — Girls go home for Easter week-end. Holidays are postponed until three weeks after Easter. School-work and weather both considered. Mar. 22 — Several happy girls go with Miss Jones to see the horses at the barracks — exciting Saturday. Mar. 27 — Afternoon when both the First and Second Forms each give a delightful entertainment. Everybody, proud of them, especially the parents.. Mar. 27 — Fourth Form hold a debate. Kesolved: That life in the city is superior to life in the country. L T pholders of the negative victorious. Mar. 28 — The Second Matric and Sixth Forms give a brilliant presentation of The Rivals. All-star cast. Grand success. April 3 — Miss Jones ' At Home to Old Girls. Many a glad handshake. April 4 — Second presentation of The Rivals, in aid of the Hay River Mission Fund. 18

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Havergal College Magazine Sept. 26 — At Home 7 ' for the Missioners. Sept. 28 — Swimming baths. Quite a fishy party. Sept. 29 — Mission of Help services begin. Oct. 1 — Bishop of Edinburgh gives an address on Bible study. Oct. 4 — Picnic to City Park. Return laden with autumn leaves. Oct. S— Basketball. Day Girls win (9—8). Oct. 15 — Basketball. Quite a walk-over. Day Girls are victori- ous (18—4). Oct. 21 — Mrs. Kewton ' s tea to Old Girls. Oct. 24 — Boarders attend The Pirates of Penzance. Oct. 20 — First snowfall. Grand rush to excavate skates and snow- shoes from last year ' s debris. Oct. 30 — Lecture on India by Mrs. Pullen. Oct. 31 — Hallow-e ' en. Xow who will stand on either hand And keep the bridge with me ? Hallowe ' en Masquerade. The chef won all hearts. Nov. 2 — An revoir to Miss Hoi ditch. Welcome to Miss Crum- mack. Dec. 2 — Examinations begin. General feeling that ten cents for examination paper will be wasted. Dec. 4 — The Blue Bird brought happiness to many for one night, at least. Dec. — Sewing-bee to make costumes. Are you a boy ? Xo, I ' m a green girl ! Dec. 17 — Gymnastic Display. Ascent to the roof by Bosalie Brittain and sensational descent of Elsie 1 Scrimes as a ' Flying Angel. Dec. 20 — Home for the Christmas holidays ! Jan. 8 — School re-opens. Jan. 13 — First skating on our rink. Morning walks decrease. Jan. 15 — Welcome to Miss Hunter Gray. Jan. 24 — Dean and Mrs. Robinson join us at morning prayers. We hope to see them very frequently at Havergal. Jan. 24 — Evening lecture on The Evolution of the Battleship at Manitoba University. Jan. 31 — Fifth Special skating party a great success. How many dishes of ice-cream did you take? S-s-s-h! Feb. 1 — Meeting of the Alpine Club. Feb. 7 — Madame Tussaud ' s Waxworks given by Form I V. Feb. 11 — Hockey match — Mistresses v. Girls; a draw. 17

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Havergal College Magazine April 5 — Opening of Palestine Exhibition. Botany Stall hon- oured by Havergal. April 7 — Several of the boarders attend the symphony concert at the Walker. Delightful music. April 9 — Gymnastic Display — great success. April 11 — Packing and holidays — ten days. Oh, joy! April 22 — Back to work again. Don ' t look so sad — there ' s a good time coining! THE FASCINATION OF LONDON Those of us who love London, love it with an ever-increasing passion, and come further and further under its spell. Its fascination lies party in the stream of intense movement — swift, merciless, charged with thought, rushing towards action, whether mental or physical ; and partly in the sensation of vast- ness, not vastness of space, but vastness in understanding, which none but a congested spot can give, paradoxical as this may sound. For, if we come to think of it, can anything be more stagnat- ing to thought than vast unlimited space, whether of land or ocean ? And does not thought need the impetus of activity in order to create and produce ? The mind, left to itself, gets atrophied and dulled. Peace, whether of land or of nations, induces stagnation ; great epochs of art and literature have followed on times of stress and war, and most men of genius have worked in towns or cities. The roar of cannon or the roar of London ' s streets quickens and stimulates the intellect as nothing else can do. We all know the sensation of vegetating which comes on us after a sojourn in the country — or, still worse, in a small town — or the torpor which covers us as we sit on an ocean liner, gazing at the vastness of a never-ending sheet of water. Unlimited physical space, however beautiful, cannot induce mental width of vision, on the contrary; but great congested cities, like London or Paris, with their never-ceasing movement and over- crowded thoroughfares, give to most of us a sensation of vitality, of aliveness and joy such as the country cannot produce, however much we may love and appreciate the beauties of nature. But were London devoid of natural beauty, were the hand of man as wilfully destructive of all that is lovely as that which cre- ated the horror of the Albert Memorial, then we could not find in England ' s great metropolis that inspiration and fascination which I am striving to analyse. London has a supreme beauty and dignity which no other European city possesses in the same degree. The beauty, to my 19