Malvern Collegiate Institute - Muse Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THEg MUSE In January the annual inter-form stunt contest was held. in which each year competed for the cup. The stunts showed excellent merit and the rivalry was keen. The fourth formers won the cup this year with the stunt 1066g and All That . On February we are having a Birthday Party celebrating the club's twentieth birthday. It is to take the form of a masquerade with the girls dressed in children's costumes if possible. We hope the girls will have a jolly evening in dancing, games, and entertain- ment. Later on in the month when there is enough snow, we will have a sleighing party. which will leave the school in sleighs and return to the cafeteria for refreshment. The Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet will be held on April. the fifteenth. YVe thank the staff very much for their kindly interest in all our activities. and the members for their line co-operation. Without this support we could have done little towards making the Maids of Mal- vern a success this year. -G. K. BEANS Members of the Maids of Malvern regard Beans as one of the many reasons for being glad they are High School girls. There we meet girls from other schools. play, laugh and talk with them. At every Beans we learn something of friendship and sports- manship. Beans is held every third Friday at the Y.W. on McGill Street. The supper tickets which are 25c. each may be bought from your Beans Representative. Each one of us has some particular interest at Beans. Perhaps it is swimming or playing in the gym. perhaps it is speaking to new friends or the little talks and readings. Girls who like dramatics find an opportunity to do something for their school by helping to produce a skit at the Beans stunt competition. At the annual song Beans a cup is presented for the best original school song. As you all know Mal- vern won this for 1931. This year we gained second place. Then there is the swimming meet. Points gained in these competitions as well as good attendance at Beans and in the Gym. count towards the Ryrie Trophy which is presented annually to the best all-round girls' club afliliated with the Y.lV.', The Maids of Malvern had the honour of winning this highly prized award last year and you can help to keep it at Malvern by taking an active interest in the club activities. especially those connected with Beans . It seems to me that in years to come when we recall our High School days, Beans nights will be remembered among the happiest of the many incidents enjoyed at Malvern. LMAUD GODFREY. I G1 1

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THE .11 USE p MAIDS OF MALVERN HIS year the Maids of Malvern activities began with a Big and, Little Sister Party. The new cabinet was introduced by the former president. Ruth Cunningham. A welcome was extended to all. during which the club's activities and purpose were explained, and the new motto. Come, Enter In, the Gate Is Open Wide, was given as the theme for this year. After theprogramme, the Big Sisters put their Little Sisters through an initiation and all were rewarded with refreshments in the cafeteria. The party was happily concluded with dancing. The following two weeks were devoted to the membership cam- paign which resulted in two hundred and fifty girls joining the Maids of Malvern. The annual hike was held in October and took the form of a hare and hound chase. The girls were divided into groups of countries with a leader for each. After supper two of the groups put on a play and a Charade around the camp fire which were greatly enjoyed by the girls. Everyone took part in the candle-lighting ceremony about the large tire. The president lit her candle by the tire and passed on the light to each leader as a symbol of the ideals and purpose of the club. The leaders then lit the candles of the mem- bers, and singing FOLLOW the GLEAM they wound in and out the trees in a single great circle. The hike was closed with TAPS, and a tired yet happy band of girls turned homeward. Near the end of October a Take a Chance meeting was held for the purpose of signing up for interest groups. The group leaders each explained her group and the stunt group favoured us with a charade. In November we held a Deportment Meeting at which a debate, Resolved that Pupils were of Better Deportment in the Past than in the Present. was successfully carried on by Frankie McClung, Eileen Berril, and Edith Martin, Vera Whittell. A satire on deportment was given by the stunt group. Club pins were presented to Una Boyd, lA, and Ruth Gordon, IH. for 'having highest percentage in membership campaign. At the close of the meeting we gave out dolls to be dressed by the girls and used for Christmas stockings. On December the eleventh a Tea Dance was held in aid of relief work. Due to the hearty response of the school we succeeded in rais- ing forty dollars for social service at Christmas and throughout the winter. Our Christmas meeting in December took place in the darkened auditorium, lighted only by wall lights and candles. A play, The Christmas Guest was prettily acted by the stunt group. The Glee Vlub sang a group of four carols. one of them French, which delighted the girls. Miss Burton, general-secretary of the Y.W.C.A. gave us an in'eresting account of Christmas in other lands, and brought the meeting to a close with a Vesper Service. The girls were given candy canes upon leaving. , fnilll

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THE MUSE CAMP Tapawingo-which is Indian for Place of Joy-is the name of the camp. which is near Parry Sound on Georgian Bay. And it cer- tainly is a Place of Joy to the girls from the Toronto high schools, who camp there together after examination time in the city is over. There is everything to make any kind of a girl happy-a morning dip to pep you up, a longer swim in the afternoon. hikes, games of baseball and volley ball, boat trips, canoeing, interest groups such as nature study, handicraft, reading and dramatics, and then in the evening the campfire or perhaps some other interesting program- a stunt night or a masquerade. Some of us perhaps will remember longest the quiet time in the morning that each camper spends alone. Just a few moments set apart for thinking. Or perhaps some of us will remember the even- ings around the campfire as we watched the stars come out or when we joined hands about the slowly dying camp-fire to sing Good-night and Taps , We remember these times the longest because it is at such times. that we come to understand better the magic spell of camp which makes life more interesting, more worth while and more oi' an adventure for us. Where the dark forests clasp the shore, Leaning low. Where the soft breezes watt bird lore. To and fro. Where the ripples break and beat. Where blue sky and forest meet, Where the air is fresh and sweet Let us go. -A. E. S. MAIDS OF MALVERN INTEREST GROUPS The Social Service group under the leadership of Lorraine Lush and Miss Cunningham have done splendid relief work this year. At Christmas they sewed and filled over fifty large stockings, and through the splendid response of the pupils have sent five large bundles of clothing to the Neighborhood Workers for distribution. .lust now they are busily engaged in sewing babies' layettes for a needy family, whom they have undertaken to look after till summer, sending a hamper of food each week. Throughout the Winter more clothing would be gratefully accepted. The First Aid group with Edith Martin in charge and Miss Gt-otlinan as instructor have completed five of their interesting les- sons in home nursing. One of the meetings will be open to the school ni which a doctor will illustrate the method of resuscitation. It is to be hoped that the pupils will respond heartily to this worth-while meeting. 14321