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

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VOX FLUMINIS 21 P FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row-Louie Leistikow, Agnes Richardson, Ferne Lount, Lydia Klein. Second Row-Iris Norman, Miss Fraser, Frances Heakes. . Bottom Row-Betty Newcombe QCaptainJ. appreciate that. But at any rate I think it is high time you attended to your study. We conclude that our would-be adventuress settled down to work tout de suite and so-what of the elephants? , Riverbend School possesses two very fine herds, a number one herd and a number two herd. They have a twofold purpose in life fab to win a game against St. lVIary's and Cbj to avoid having to go out at noon by having basketball practices. And now for a birdls- eye View of one of these practices. There's Betty Newcofnbe four captainj running down the floor with the ball in her hands oblivious to the cry of steps, Once Betty starts going-well, watch the Fords go- by! And that goes for baskets too. Then there's Louie four crack forward! swinging it as she miraculously avoids her guards to make a beautiful basket. Now we have Lydia with a set look on her face. No, she really isn't going to bite you,-in fact the truth is that the score is tied and Lydials the one to untie it in our favour. Here are Agnes and Iris, two first team guards, who can make life miserable for any venture- some forwards. Then we have Ferne, who is bound to get the tallest

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20 VOX FLUMINIS fi J O O U 0 H1. 5 uf: - ' ' S ' lil 3 ,J .fx 5 br X . ,JE 4 .1 1 xl '?1,,,'Q,9 Y . . , ll. 1 I , - A ..':Ib, Oil ' x ,xv X cf-'4 52'31WR' ' It . 5 ,X '- ' , q :falogr V Y x Y 4- ' l. o..q,o xl. X x, ng ':r.t. , T xi , 4 X . r if 7 'Lf .5 4' V. Q I if X ' '- t uni PHYSICAL EDUCATION THE natural free movements of the very young child supply all that is required in the way of physical education. When, how- ever, the child first comes to school her natural desire for movement is necessarily restricted for purposes of organization and discipline. This restriction must be compensated by frequent opportunities for free movement, which should chiefly take the form of play. The exercises should then be gradually increased until they take the form of regular lessons in all the following types: at Riverbend the Educational and Remedial are given in the form of Pehr Henrik Lingls Swedish System and Neils Bukh's Danish System, to produce discipline, strength, control and courage, recreative in basketball, badminton, volley ball, soft ball, tennis, all organized games and folk dancing, swimming and riding, to make you nice, jolly and happy,--Ha really good sport , aesthetic in natural and Greek Dancing to express by gesture and interpretation. The two main effects we aim at in Physical Education are fly The physical effect on the general nutrition, corrective, develop- mental: 125 the educational effect on the formation of the character and the development of the higher mental and moral qualities. C.L.F. BASKETBALL, 1936-37 ' ITTING in a classroom on the first floor it is not an uncommon H thing for a snoozing student fwhose mind is far enough away anyhowj suddenly to become aware of a herd of elephants on the stampede above her. She grabs for an axe, her only weapon, and is a bit frightened when she finds it to be so small and inadequate. In fact on closer examination it becomes quite clear that she must be a trifle pixilated for it is a pencil she is holding. Don't be a fool, she says and drops off again. But not for long as the sound of elephants' hoofs is getting louder and the pfoor child awakes again. Uttering a war whoop fonly in her fright it doesn't sound quite like Tarzanj, she jumps to her feet. . My dear child, what is the matter? Help at last! The elephants are coming! Well I am not quite sure whether our basketball teams would

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22 VOX FLUMINIS of all jumps to guard, and Frances, who sometimes spares for her. So much for herd number one! Did you ever see a whirl-wind? That's Margaret Graban. She is everywhere at 'once and keeps the rest of her team on their toes. For forwards Grade X need never be ashamed of Irene and Verna. As for guards, herd number two have Peggy, Anne and Jean, who know how to get their man. Pat Murray and Morna Kenny play side centres and then we have a new addition, Roberta Jean Mc- Queen, who can play almost anything and does it well. Then last but not by a long way least we have Miss Fraser, our elephant-trainer, who bosses us all and is a crack player herself. There is her whistle now and all the elephants are stampeding towards the stairs. The practice is over and the students beneath heave a sigh of relief. For the benefit of the curious-the season's scores. ' First Team: Riverbend 4151 vs. St. Mary's 1265, at home. Riverbend 1435 vs. Rupertsland 4201, at home. Riverbend C363 vs. Rupertsland 1395, at Rupertsland. SECOND BASKETBALL TEAM Back ROW-MOTHH Kenny, Peggy Murray, Verna MacLach1an, Roberta Jean McQueen, Pat. Murray. Second Row-Anne Shaw, Peggie Willson, Miss Fraser, Jean Vinson, Irene Pieper. Bottom Row-Margaret Graban iCaptainJ.