Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Girls’ Glee Club Winners of Aiken’s Shield for Senior High Schools Male Voice Choir Winners of High School Male Chorus 12

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hKs The school day commences at 9.00 o’clock. After three forty-minute les ¬ sons, a quarter of an hour recess is in¬ dulged in. Everybody loves this respite, teachers and girls alike. In the staff room, the urn bubbles, and the aroma of tea pervades the atmosphere, while the girls strengthen themselves with “play-lunch.” Back in school once more, lessons continue until 12.35. As everybody travels some conisderable distance to school, everyone lunches on the premises. Again the bell sum¬ mons each one to duty at 1.20, and after ten minutes, roll-call, the afternoon lessons go on until 3.30, when all scat¬ ter- their several ways for home, ex¬ cept the delinquents, who are punished with a half hour’s detention. Sport occupies a fairly prominent part in the curriculum. Every Wednes¬ day afternoon is entirely devoted to or¬ ganized sport of some kind. In sum¬ mer, swimming, tennis and vigoro are pursued: in winter it is ground hockey, tennis, basket-ball, table tennis and circlos. A carnival between pupils of the several high schools marks the con¬ clusion of the swimming season. Dur¬ ing winter, inter-high school matches are held in hockey, tennis and basket¬ ball. The routine of school life is enlivened by a great many activities, which pro¬ vide scope for individual talent or in¬ terest. The dramatic club, the orches¬ tra, the glee club, the historical society the verse-speaking choir, the debating society, the Christian union students’ movement, the social service club, all have their devotees, and all work in connection with these clubs is done after school hours. Such activities are greatly appreciated by the girls, and in many instances interesting contacts out¬ side the school are made. The school community is actively controlled by the girls themselves, for the senior girls elect a captain and prefects, who have definite duties to perform in maintaining orderliness and a well disciplined effect. From time to time they hold a uniform parade of all the students, to see that every girl is dressed in full uniform, which consists of a brown pleated tunic, white shirt blouse with long sleeves, brown tie, shoes and cotton stockings, both in brown. In winter a brown blazer is worn as well. The summer hat ' is white panama, and the winter, brown felt. The hat band is of brown bearing the school crest woven in gold. The school colours are brown and gold, and the motto —“Labor omnia vincit.” Eva Duhig. 11

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There’s music in the rushing of the wind; There’s music in the sighing of a reed; There’s music in all things; If men had ears Their world is hut an echo of the spheres. M USIC is the most wonderful thing in all the world. It is a part of every living being. No matter who you are or what you are, or what you do the common cord that ties you to this earth is music. There are all types of music—vocal, string, organ and instru¬ mental and many others, not counting the music of the birds and frogs. Music is an indefinable quality pos¬ sessed by all. As in everything else, however, it is necessary for us to be guided and we the students of Kelvin School humbly thank Miss Anderson for that guidance. Through her we have travelled many miles away into the realms of song in which we hope to remain. We have had an enjoyable time this year and our music has been varied. In the autumn the girls held a Carol Service, on Armistice a group of boys and girls took part in a School Service and later that evening that same group sang at Knox Church at a Youth Con¬ ference. On returning after the Christ¬ mas holidays the boys held a Musical Festival with Room 38 taking the lead and Room 36 coming a close second. This put the boys in the proper spirit and both boys and girls began to get ready for the Manitoba Musical Festi¬ val, which was to be held in the latter part of March. Kelvin entered three choirs, two of them obtaining first place in their respective places: the Boys’ Choir and the Girls’ Choir. We also congratulate Enid Hoover on winning the Junior Soprano Solo. Many of the singers are being honored as they are taking part in a massed choir which will sing before the King and Queen in May. However, now the activity with which we are most concerned is Graduation, and some chosen students are looking for¬ ward to practising for this, many of them for the last time under the able hand of Miss Anderson. Audrie Vincent. 13