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

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Page Seven VOX FLUMINIHS' just before the holidays, we had our annual gym. display-very suc- cessful according to all reports Qwe thought so, tool. Various dances, exercises, and apparatus were clfimaxed by a gra-nd march and God Save the King. Third Term A certain do-or-die air was noticed in the Senior School the first day after holidays, partially worn off now, however, probably because we never could be serious in tunics. Un the occasion of the King's Silver Jubilee, Mrs. A. M. Campbell gave us a delightful talk on The King and Queen. Events we have yet to enjoy: The Qld Girls' visit. The Swim-ming Meet at the Y.VV.C.A. The Garden Party. h Closing and all that goes with it. And? Exams. -1-11nl1i- A TRIBUTE ' IN CE the founding of Riverbend School in 1929 Miss Laura Cull has supervised the Junior Department and taught Grades l and 2. It is undoubtedly true that the present status of the school in NVestern Canada is -due, in no small measure, to her wise and gracious leadership. The beginners who have entered Riverbend during the past six years have been privileged to begin the adventure of learning under the guidance of a teacher of wide experience and unusual professional prestige. After occupying various positions of responsibility in the Elementary schools of Winnipeg, Miss Cull was selected to demonstrate primary methods in the Provincial Normal School, and was later one of the first teachers chosen for the Normal Model, where she taught until that school was closd in 1922. It was not, however, as a Pri-ncipal of a city school or as a Normal School instruct-or, but as a teacher of little children that Miss Cull found the greatest happiness in her chosen profession. She has continually resisted flattering offers of promotion in order to remain in the primary classroom. Her sympathy with their youthful viewpoint and her rare gift of arousing in her pupils an enthusiasm for work for work's sake have contributed largely to her success. Because she belongs to that select group of living teachers who grow and develop steadily throughout the years, she has possessed the power to quicken life in the minds and souls of her pupils. ' '

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w 1 X . A S VOX FLUMINIS r s-cHooL NOTES Q i Lv 44 First Term C 5 Cl4l5'5Q ' ' -.44 ' School opened September 14th Awith our new principal, Miss: Dr. Mackay came to prayers and introduced her to us. . Q Early in October Mr. Avison spoke to us in prayers of 'the clothing around Deloraifne. As a result, three large 'boxes were H1 sent to that dried-out area. 4 . on Friday, October 27th. Each grade gave a skit-the teache resented a Rnverbend class-and we ended with ' eats in the -dining The next afternoon the junior School had' their party, the prefects entertain the children. ' The Senior School Hallowe'en Party was held as usual in- th 1 . , . . 5 After some delay, we had our Field Day early in November.. Hall came first in the Senior events, and Douglas took the Junior C detailed account will be found elsewhere. Q 1 , Our sincere congratulations to everyone who helped make the play She Stoops to Conquer such a success on the night 'of 1 ber 23rd. ' ' The last day of the Christmas term was the occasion of a i presentation The Children's Messiah, by the combined Glee. The si-nging was interspersed with three stories, told by Aline Ha gJ,,,,. I . S, .- ---x Q.,--+...-,,.. E ,. X A ' x ,gp X Second Term . . X . resolutions served to strengthen our morals-badly 'needed afte Christmas reportsidrj On February 22nd, Miss Carter entertained Grades X, XI ai at a party in the middle house. Miss Carter, Col. and Mrs. . Y and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Neil received the guests. After danc' had -a lovely lunch about 11.15. We danced again till 12.30. Than more, Miss Carter. . V , J , School reopened on january 11th. For a' 'short time, New 1 . I ' 1 l o The all-important inter-school basketball games were playedg ing the Easter term. sentative in the dining room one March morning All the pos activities were poitraved on the screen with information .amu otherwise-accompany ng it . V The Junior Plays were presented under the patronage -of Mrsf on Friday, March Sth. As a result, the school has some thirty for future use. 'f ' An interesting illustrated lecture was given us by a .post office . . . . J I , . . . -u . C i . . - 0 ' 4 Q 1 I I

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VOX FLUMINIS Page Eight Duri-ng the past few years Miss Cull has enjoyed the highest tribute that can be paid to any teacher. Her old pupils, often at a great sacrifice, have brought their own little ones to her, coveting for them the sympa- thetic understanding and sane training that it was the parents' privilege to receive from Miss Cull. Riverbend is losing Miss Cull as a memnber of its staff but is retaining her as a staunch friend and well-wisher and as a member of its Advisory Council. For years to come the influence of her 'personality and the results of her splendid teaching will be felt in the upper grades of the school. MISS ERITH T IS difficult to know where to begin when we come to wriite about Miss Erith. Perhaps the plays have been her most spectacular workg in the three years she has been with us she has produced six plays. Make Believe was the first and Cinderella the last. Between these two came The Rose and the Ring, Twelfth Night, Alice in Woncler- land and She Stoops to Conquer, all the Hrst of their ki-nd. If Mi-ss Erith measures the worth of her plays in the pleasure and expenience which they give to us. her actresses, 'and we are sure she does, the-n she must feel amply repaid for all the work which she and Miss White have put into them. Miss Erith has also done a great deal for the Magazineg it was she who First suggested that V 01' Fliumiuis be edited by the girls-a big step forward-and though her editors start with only ambition to make up for the knowledge they lack, she somehow manages to guide without ever dictating. VVe are not sure what it is about Miss Erithis English classes. but they seldom fail to be interesting and it is a feather in her cap that even