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

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VOX FLUMINIS 11 A DAY IN THE GRADE Xl ROOM 8:10 a.m. Margaret Powell arrives. 8:15 8:30 8:40 8:45 8:46 8:53 8:5315 8:55 8:57 8:5915 9:00 9:10 9:11 9:1115 9:12 QIIZV3 9:13 9:1315 9:14 9:48 9:51 9:52 9I52V2 9:53 9:54 9:55 10:00 10:03 10:29 Margaret does French. Lydia arrives. Lydia gets Marg's French. Miss Grant arrives. Miss Grant opens windows. Marilyn arrives. Marilyn closes windows. Betty, Morna, Peggy and Lydia tear up to the gym to put up benches. Rest of the class tears up. Vivian arrives Qwithout glassesj. Second bell. Dead silence UD. School troops noiselessly down from prayers. Miss Grant leaves room. Some of the girls stand up. Miss Edgar trots in. Betty, Good morning, Miss Edgar. Lydia, Good morning, Miss Edgar. Peggy, Good morning, Miss Edgar. Miss Edgar smiles UD. Loud whispers- Who's ringing bells?', Tonsy rises to ring bell. Miss Sheffield sweeps in. Miss Sheffield, Good morning, girls. Girls Cgleefullyl, Good morning, Miss Sheffield. Pat, Good morning, Miss Sheffield. Frances, Margaret and Betty struggle to put map up. Miss Sheffield, Winnifred, read your note on the results of the Reciprocity Treaty. Winnifred collects herself, rises, and proceeds to read eleven p-ages of notes on one page of history. fShe makes her notes her own waytj Tonsy, having been prodded and bribed, rises guiltily to ring bell. l0:291!2 Tonsy hesitates at en-d of hall-finally pushes bell feebly. 10:31 10:36 10:45 11:12 11:31 Miss Grant plods in. Agnes, Who's ringing bells? Frances gazes into space, swinging her foot happily. Tonsy, on way to door, hears bell peal out angrily. Re- turns nonchalantly to her seat. Agnes, There will be a slight discussion . . . 11:1315 Frances slinks out door. 11:13V2 Agnes, sternly, You can wait for your milk and bis- 11:14 11:30 11:32 cuits . . . - Lydia tears out door, followed hungrily by Marilyn. Bell. Some of the girls amble in. Miss Carter enters.

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VOX FLUMINIS She studies all night And burns out the light And doesn't know anything yet. Another young student named Powell Delighted in making us howell Her careless demeanour Becomes not a senior But rather compels one to growell. There is a young student called Agnus Who seldom puts plus for a minus A mathematician Is not her ambician But still the girls call her a genius. There is a young student named Mousie Who used to live in the Red Housie She Works all day long , Gets everything wrong No wonder at times she is grousie. f7 ,. ,., ., . - His Majesty King George VI Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth lung filing Efhvg Zyign

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12 VOX FLUMINIS 11:32V3 Take a little piece of paper, girls, and do- a few sen- tences . . . QGroans.J 11:33-12:10 Silence, especially when questions are asked. 12:11 12:13 12:17 12:40 1224015 12:41 12:45 12:48 12:50 12:51 12I511fg 12:52 12:53 12:54 12:55 12:56 1:30 1:42 1:43 1:45 2:00 2:01 2:02 2:0215 2Z03V3 2:04 2:05 2:06 2Z061fQ 2:07 Miss Edgar re-trots in, books falling in her wake. Agnes hurries in, having been with Miss Carter. Miss Edgar drops chalk. Winnifred lets blind up. Pat pulls blind down. Winnifred and Pat discuss advantages and disadvantages of sunlight. Marilyn rouses herself to close windows. Pat opens windows. Bell. Class manifests great impatience. Peggy, Betty and Lydia half rise from seats. Pat asks involved question. Peggy, Betty and Lydia slump down resignedly, and begin to lose their appetites. Pat is at black-board, gesticulating wildly. Peggy, Betty and Lydia are thoughtfully holding open door for Miss Edgar. Pat, Well I donlt understand- as Miss Edgar hastily gathers and drops books. Peggy, Betty and Lydia have left. Going-out bell rings. Some girls retreat to their hide- outs, the rest go outside. Girls run briskly up steps and crowd around do-or. Miss Dunlop, hardening her heart against pathetic group huddled at door, There are two minutes left. Doors quake as herd of Riverbenders stampede to- locker- rooms. Miss Grant enters empty class-room for roll-call. Last strains of Slumming on Park Avenue are heard from gym gramaphone, and most of the class enter dejectedly. Miss Grant weakly calls roll, and Betty, with unusual foresight, answers for those who are absent. Marilyn inquires about weather conditions, to see if they are suitable for her taking Mutch. - Lydia, grimly, I refuse to go to Chemistry lab. Agnes fequally grimlyj, So do I -as rest of class leave in groups, having first ransacked the Grade VII room for pencils. Agnes and Lydia leave for Chemistry lab, meeting Vivian, who is thoughtfully taking Frances' ink along. Miss Edgar, We will do experiments numbers 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44. Take out your outlines and read through them. CPeggy finds place for Marg.J Vivian enters, having been obliged to return to the class- room to get her book. Vivian,f Lydia, what experiments are we doing?