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

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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?

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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 13 2:0715 Lydia, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 4937 2:08 Miss Edgar, Constance, give me the method for number 433' fLydia looks mystifiedj 2:08V2 Tonsy, Well, you take a test-tube, more or less, and you heat it, don't you think, Well, that is, yes, you heat it '-H 2:09 Pat, helpfully, Well I thought-- 2110 Morna is giving method for number 43. 2:25 Vivian, industriously cleaning her test-tube, fails to notice that the brush is protruding through the end. 2:30 Winnifred goes airily past on her Way home, and Waves at the girls hanging dejectedly out of the Window. 2:31 Marilyn, having besought everyone- in sight with no suc- cess, goes to her bedroom to prepare to take Mutch herself. 2:35 Experiments are being Written up. Margaret, fortunately, sits in the centre. On one side, Tonsy is copying from her, Agnes from Tonsy, and Morna from Agnes. Gn the other side, Peggy is copying from Margaret, Frances from Peggy, Lydia from Frances and Vivian from Lydia. 2:40 Betty and Pat, in a corner, having finished and Written up all experiments, Washed several test-tubes, found tops for all lamps, and cleaned the table, leave the room with smug smiles on their faces, having been congratulated by Miss Edgar. 2:45 Marg glances anxiously at her Watch, and hastily leaves the room. The girls look helplessly around for another victim so fortunate as to have her Work done. 3:00 Marilyn sets off with Mutch. 3:09 Vivian hastily scratches down the conclusion for 43 on number 45, and all but Morna leave. 3:30 ,Morna comes in to study, having torn herself away from lab, as Peggy, Tonsy, Vivian and Lydia leave for a Glee Club practice. QBetty has gone to a music lesson f?J.J 3:32 Peggy, Tonsy. Vivian and Lydia return, slightly dazed, having discovered that the practice was yesterday. 3:40 Agnes hurries in, having been with Miss Carter. 3:45 Marilyn returns, tired but happy, having successfully disposed of Mutch. 4:00 Betty decides that the time is ripe for refreshments, and With great subtlety passes her peppermints around in a reinforcement box. 4:05 Frantic pokes and distracted looks from unfed members, as Frances fails to pass box on. 4:06 Miss Grant nobly ignores unmistakable odor. 4:10 Tonsy Cat the radiatorj calls around the room for someone to come and join her in doing French.