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

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VOX FLUMINIS Page Four PRINCIPAUS LETTER - Riverbend, Spring, 1933. My dear Girls. It hardly seems possible that this is the fourth letter of U greeting I have written to you. But the calendar tells me it must be so, for we have now reached Spring, 1933', and I first wrote to you in that of 1930. Each year I have brought to your notice some of the outstanding changes which it particularly has brought. In the youth of Riverbend these were chiefly physical changes. We chronicled the appearance of new buildings. and so forth. Now, however, paralleling the growth of a real child, we have reached the age when our progress is not so much in out- ward things as in those perhaps more important aspects which in a man or woman we would call the mental or spiritual. I do not mean of course that environment is not important and I think we should never cease to be grateful that we have such beautiful grounds and such dignified and useful buildings, but they would be nothing without the living spirit of the school they house, and I do feel that we have seen a great development in that direction during the past year. The responsibility assumed by the prefects for the general conduct and tone of the school and the greater share taken by your own committee in the editing and managing of this magazine illustrate in part what I mean. Then again I have felt, and hope that you have felt also. that we are all-staff and students alike-drawing closer together and becoming very much more one whole, all working together for one common end and merging something of our own personalities in what we may now almost begin to call the spirit of Riverbend. I, personally, have felt much joy in the growth ofthis spirit of unity, which is one of the most important, in fact probably the most important of achievements. I should like, therefore, for myself to thank you for your support, of which I have been increasingly conscious this year, and which has been such a great help and inspiration to me. It is in no spirit of mock humility tha-t I say that my own interest in and affection for you individually seems to me a very small return. Once more however let me assure you of it as I sign myself, Yours affectionately, I JOAN M. V. FOSTER, Principal.

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Page Three VOX FLUMINI5 EDITORIAL 1933 Vox Fluminis-edited by the pupils of Riverbend School! May we thank MissErith for this mighty step onward. Now we are four. We are also toddling quite by ourselves. To be sure we are not very strong yet but we're growing fat and oh! so proud. We remember when we were very young and couldn't walk alone, even holding on to the hand that held ours so tightly. Now, however, that hand has shown us the way and sent us off to walk on our own. VV e don't know how far we shall get as we get older, but we know we're having exciting adventures and please, please, we mustn't stumble before we get there. -The Editor. . MISS ERITH 'S FIOREWORD Un suggesting that the School edit Vox Fluminis, I was agreeably surprised to find how enthusiastically the idea was received. As a result an Editorial Staff was appointed from Grades XI. and XII., with a Com- mittee of Class Representatives to assist. The Editorial Staff quickly started work and soon the files in the magazine office were filled with contributions. A School Magazine provides an excellent opportunity for those who wish to become writers and journalists. Let us hope that Vox Fluminis may contain the early work of some of the rising generation of novelists and poets! One thing is certain: the editing of this number has given those responsible some insight into the pleasures and pitfalls of journalism. I think everyone must agree that the capability and enthusiasm shown by Carla Lehmann and her staff have produced a magazine of which Riverbend may be proud. B. M. ERITH.

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Page Fi VOX F THE STAFF CFrom Left to Rightlz Back Row-Miss Wilson, Miss Gregory, Miss Bowman, Miss Vaux, Mrs. Dempsey, Mrs. Munroe, Miss Chestnut, Mrs. Jamieson, Miss MacDouga.l1, Miss Pitblado. Front Row-Miss Erith, Miss Cull, Miss Foster CPrincipaU, Mrs. Laing. Miss Fraser. SCHOOL CALENDAR Sept. 10111 Saw troops of tunic-clad Riverbenders assembling once again in familiar haunts. There were a few faithful faces lacking at the assembly, but several new ones appeared in the ranks of the staff as well as in those of the pupils. Miss Foster, in true Fosterian style, wel- comed us back to the halls of our Alma Mater. Oct. 3rd After a staff meeting at which the school longed to be a witness, the names of three of the Prefects were announced. the remaining two to be appointed at Christmas. Those appointed were: Grace Clark, Peggy Carlisle and Mary Walstoii. This ceremony was ob- served earlier than intended, at the request of the school, and it is to be hoped the school will co-operate with the efforts of the Prefects. Off. 7111: The results of the elections for School Captain were an- nounced. Of the three candidates, Mary XN'alston, Grace Clark, and Betty Dailley. winners of the preliminary elections, Mary VValston succeeded in gaining a majority of votes and will take up her new duties backed by the confidence of the school.