Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine March 20 — Lower III. Ping-pong tournament. A short, sharp seizure of pingpongitis follows. April 3 — High class Variety Entertainment by Upper V. We all love Flossie. April 8 — Easter holidays. Farewell to Miss Jackson, and wel- come to Miss Lamond. April 21 — School re-opens. April 22 — Morris Dances given again by request. April 28 — Matrics vs. Upper V. The latter win 14-5. May 1 — Gym. girls give demonstration at St. Matthew ' s. May 5 — Miss Jones takes Junior boarders to see Rainey ' s Pictures. May 6 — Mistresses vs. Boarders. AVon by latter 11-0. May 7 — Commander Evans ' splendid and inspiring lecture — heroism and self-sacrifice. May 11 — Gym. competition. Cup winners. — Marian Sweeny and Jane Suckling. Hearty congratulations ! May 15 — Matriculation Form entertains boarders at a picnic. TO THE EDITOR. Editor, thou surely art A creature of a stony heart ! Else could ' st thou never turn thine ear From all the groanings thou dost hear ; Or dog our foot-steps when we see Thy Magazine and try to flee ! In vain we plead the stress of work, AVe ' re told quite plainly that we shirk; In vain complain of vacant mind, Ideas and subjects thou dost find. AA T e have no literary bent? Why, then, to drawing we are sent, Or, failing that, a last resort, Are told that riddles are our forte ! And so with matter, good or ill, Thou striv ' st the Magazine to fill. AVell, Editor, if this should strain Thy shattered nerves, and jaded brain, ' Twill prove the saying thou dost scorn, That writers are not made, but born ! 10

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Havergal College Magazine June 13 — Fete for Madeleine Etenaishi. Very successful. Ice cream most remunerative. June 19 — Prize giving, with its well-merited rewards. June 20 — General scattering and some final partings. Sept. 10 — School re-opens. Many new faces and many familiar smiles. Sept. 22 — William Faversham in Julius Caesar. Sept. 23— Basket-ball match against Old Girls. Present win 12-7. Oct. 9 — A welcome visit from Bishop Lucas. Oct. 21 — Florence Carey brings basket-ball team. We were glad to see them even if we did treat them badly ! 27-3. Oct. 29 — Bishop Stringer of the Yukon, with Mrs. Fortin, with us at Morning Prayers. A deeply interesting talk on Eskimo experiences. Oct. 30— Visit of Mr. and Mrs. Cavalier. Mrs. Cavalier tells of the life of the women in India. Oct. 31 — The Annual Masquerade. The sailor boy wins hearts. Dec. 17 — First Form Christmas Tree Entertainment. Dec. 18 — The Kindergarten Entertainment ; great success. Sybil Sapte the school baby. Dec. 19 — Hurrah for the holidays! Tidy up and off! Jan. 6 — School re-opens. The usual tiredness following the roiyid of gaiety in the holidays. Jan. 22 — Archdeacon Fortin ' s lecture on Switzerland. Jan. 24 — Prof. R. G. Moulton ' s lecture on World Literature. Jan. 26 — Kelvin vs. Havergal. Havergal wins 11-1. Jan. 29 — Stella Boyd ' s recital at the Fort Garry. Feb. 2 — Havergal vs. St. John ' s. Havergal wins 29-4. Feb. 3-4— Faust and Tannhauser. Feb. 5 — At St. John ' s, Havergal vs. St. John ' s. Ends in our favor 31-7. Feb. 6 — Plain Party. Plainly enjoyed. Feb. 9 — Havergal vs. United Colleges. Alas ! we are badly beaten— 31-9. Feb. 13 — Valentine Party, Upper III. A success as usual. Feb. 20 — St. John ' s is seized with Kleptomania. We much enjoy the seizure. Feb. 21— Mantell in Merchant of Venice. Feb. 25 — Dr. Archer tells of medical mission work in India. Feb. 27 — Pink Party, Lower V. So dainty, much enjoyed. March 3 — Gymnastic display. March 5 — To Fort Garry to hear Arthur Friedheim. March 13— Bloomer Party by Shell. What about the Arith- metic race? 18

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Havergal College Magazine ACKWORTH. Hurrah! Weekly pence to-night! You would have heard this remark made by many of the hundred and twenty girls at The School had you been there on any third Friday during the school year. The hundred and eighty boys each received their weekly pence on the Saturday following. It was given out to us at supper time. The mistress in charge came round the four large tables and deposited three pennies beside the plate of each one of us. I think we preferred three coppers to a silver threepenny piece, they seemed to suggest more variety in the way of investment. The supply of money from which this came had been bequeathed to the school by a man much interested in its foundation; each pupil in the school was entitled to re- ceive one penny per week. How we valued it ! We all of us had some pocket money from home as well, but that in no wise made us less appreciative of the weekly pence. We could get permission on the Wednesday and Saturday half-holidays to go across the road to Simpson ' s, or down the road to AA 7 alker ' s, the small shops where we laid out our money. You may guess on what our weekly pence chiefly went ! My own personal tastes led me to invest my three pennies thus, (1) a penny iced bun, (2) a penny bar of Fry ' s plain chocolate, (3) half a pound of Victoria plums at twopence a pound, when in season. Materials for sewing and letter writing could be purchased within the school. The Mistress on Duty kept an excellent vari- ety of fancy work, paper and envelopes, even postage stamps and birthday presents in a small chest of drawers kept in one of the form rooms. Sometimes we would say, Miss Taylor, may I buy so and so off you? She would look down at us with withering scorn and say, Can you see it on me? Is it on my sleeve? Gardens were a great feature of the school. A certain raised part of the grounds was laid out in small garden plots and the girls were allowed to rent these for half a year at a time. The rent of a garden was sixpence a half-year, and two girls usually shared one patch. Those gardens that had shades were the favorites; a shade was a square-shaped hole provided with a moveable sloping glass lid ; in this miniature greenhouse we planted ferns and water moss, and each shade was usually tenanted by a pet frog, the pride of the owners. Prizes were awarded annually for the best gardens. I never got a prize, but one year my shade received honourable mention. We went for a walk once a week, on Thursday, a grand scamper across beautiful country. This was the only time dur- ing the week that we wore hats. Some of the rules at Ackworth were very strict : for instance, 20