Riverbend School for Girls - Vox Fluminis Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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VOX FLUMINIS Page Twenty-two We must not stop. said hero Lean, Or else you will be drowned in cream, You must not weaken, there is a way, And we will find it ere close of day. And so frog Lean pursuaded Slim, But all the air was out of him. And to the bottom with a plunk, The froggy Slim, caved in and sunk. But Mr. Lean continued on, Until at last the cream was gone, And there instead of creamy splutter, He sat upon a cake of butter. -Elspeth Wilson, Grade IX. BANNOCKBURN ' CHARACTERS Robert the Bruce-King of Scotland. Edward I .-King of England. Gilbert Hambledon-Earl of Montgomery. Lord M onteitlz-Betrayer of VVil1iam Wallace. Lord Rutlwen. Lord Botlzwell. Lady Helen-Wife of William Wallace. Lady Isabella-Sister of Helen and betrothed of Robert the Bruce. ACT I. Scene l.-Bruce's Tent. Time-Night before the Battle. QBrure is seated musing.j Bruce: Tomorrow Scotland shall be free or I will not rest with those who have died for her freedom. The noblest, brave Wallace might have been here to share the glory but for that base and periidious Monteith who betrayed him. Who goes there ?', QA slight commotion outside the tent. A soldier enters accompanied by a knight.j Bruce: What! Montgomery? VVhat brings you here 3 Montgomery Qdropping on his kneej : Receive a subject as well as a friend, victorious prince! I have forsworn the vassalage of the Planta- genets and thus, without title or land, with only a faithful heart, Gilbert Hambledon comes to vow himself yours and Scotland's forever. Bruce Craising him from the groundj : Welcome, my faithful Mont- gomeryf' The Earl : Montgomery no more. I have thrown theninsignia of my earldom at the feet of the unjust Edward, and yet I come not without a treasure, for the sacred corpse of William Wallace is now in my bark and I am now at your feet, brave and just king, no longer Montgomery but a true Scot in heart and loyalty. '

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Page T7Q'61Zfj.'-01'lC V O X F L U M I NI S Then when the snow begins to fall Soon we can't see leaves at all, just snow, snow, snow, . Wl1e1'ever we go. I like Autumn best of all the yearg It seems so brisk and fresh and clear. The leaves as I've said twice before Are beautiful. Don't you think they are? -Betty Rose Eager, Grade IX. THE RILL Down in our meadow There's a merry little rill. It sings to me laughingly, Daringly, Follow Men- And some day I will. It never stops to tell me much, But. as it runs, it trills To me, happily, expectantly, Follow Me-Come and See - And some day I will. It's going to some exciting place, I knowgby the thrill Gf its voice when it sings to me, joyously, Follow Me - And some day I will. -Carla Lehmann. A STUDY The ship I made was like a crude boat of the olden days. But to my surprise it sailed down the stream as easily as a duck and it shone in the sun like some distinguished deed a great man had done, making the others Seem Small' -Grace McCurdy, Grade IX. NEVER GIVE UP There were two frogs named Slim and Lean, Une day they fell into some cream. They swam until it began to seem They were to drown in a pot of cream. I can not keep it up, said Slim, Three hundred times I've swum this tin, And every time that I begin The cream nigh drowns me round the chin.

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Page Twenty-tlzree VOX FL UMINIS Bruce: And as a kinsman I receive you. Qsound of trumpetsj Come, we must haste to the Council tent. Scene 2.-Council Tent. QBruce surrounded by his baironsj Lord Rutlweu: Edward has forced a rapid march through the low- lands and is now within a few hours' march of Stirling. Bruce: Let him come, my brave barons, and he shall find that Ban- nockburn shall page with Cambus-Kenneth! All our plans have 'been care- fully made to reserve our strength and Drummond's pits and pikes I have no doubt will give good account of the strategy employed. Lords, with VVallace's sacred corpse in our midst we cannot fail. I-Ie who deserts it murders Williani Wallace anew! To your posts my brave barons. Scene 3.-Battlefield in distance. Cl-inters Monteitlrj Mont-eitlz C greatly agitatedj : I must haste quickly. This battle is all but lost and as Wallace's betrayer I can hope for no quarter. Q1-Enters Lord B otlzwell with drawn .vzvordj Lord Botlzwell: Friend of the most damned treason, vengeance is come! CFights Monteith and kills himj So perish the murderers of VVil- liam Wallace. Clinters Lord Dougldsj Douglas: Quick, Bothwell, the Southerons are in full retreat and we must cut them off ere they reach the border. '- u 4 ' y BASKETBALL