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

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Vox Fluminis 11 IPI!-WS IICAIL IEIDQUICATIIUN HYSICAL education has been found to be a very necessary part of the school programme. Exercise is necessary for everyone and without it good food and plenty of sleep will not make for the best of health. Good posture is also of vital importance, as, unless the body is held in a straight, uncramped position, it cannot work efficiently. Our aim at Riverbend is to provide the necessary exercise and at the same time to develop coordination of body and mind, and to make an easy upright carriage part of every girl's equipment for life. GYM DISPLAY HIS year's gym display continued Riverbend's reputation for well- planned and well-carried-out events. Under the leadership of Miss Anderson and Miss Lloyd the complete co-opera- tion of the girls was obtained. Bright costumes added to the charm of the folk dancing of the junior grades and their tumbling was well done. In the senior grades, the pyramids, marching, exercises and apparatus work won the approval of the audience. The second half of the program consisted of danc- ing, rhythmically performed by the senior girls and the classes. The program grand march in which the colors and formed their respective houses. special junior closed with a the girls wore the initials of A.C. SPORTS DAY ROBABLY one of the most out- standing sports events of this year was the Interhouse Field Meet, held the first week in October. Warm sun- shine and perfect autumn weather held sway and many parents and friends were present. The participants, who included all those from kindergarten to grade twelve, did their utmost to gain points for their houses. Everyone took part in at least one event, whether it was the potato race, the basketball throw, or the high jump, and all in all E. M. ANDERSON. it turned out to be a thoroughly satis- factory afternoon for all concerned. Upon reviewing previous meets it seems that York Hall had almost al- ways come out on top. This year, how- ever, the Senior Sports Cup was cap- tured by Nelson, a new house last year. Nelson won the senior events by a comparatively large margin, with forty- two points to her credit, while Garry was successful in winning the Junior Sports Cup. Any of you readers who are interested enough to have read this far will likely want to see the complete results, so here they are: SENIOR EVENTS J UN1oR EVENTS Nelson .......... 42 Garry ............ 42 Douglas ........ 30 York .............. 28 York .............. 25 Douglas ........ 17 Garry ............ 23 Nelson .......... 5 M.D. BASKETBALL NE of the most popular sports at Riverbend is basketball - one grand game, worthy of our new and athletic gym mistress, Margaret E. An- derson's able instruction. T'wice a week -Tuesdays and Thursdays after four- thirty-bright eyed, rosy cheeked, and enthusiastic groups of eager young ladies gather around Miss Ander- son in our splendid gym, for compe- tent tutoring before a warm game. Both the teams and the spectators en- joyed the exciting games with Ru-

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10 Vox Fluminis OCT. 24-Illustrated lecture on British Columbia by Mr. Humphrey. OCT. 28-Hallowe'en parties. Nov.--18-Basketball game - Rupert's Land vs. Riverbend. DEC. 2-Basketball game-St. Mary's vs. Riverbend. DEC. 19-Illustrated lecture on Astron- omy by Mrs. Taylor. DEC. 21-Christmas holidays. Second Term JAN. 9-School re-opened. JAN. 27-Senior play. FEB. 2-Nelson sisters' concert at Ru- pert's Land. FEB. 10-Junior Basketball game with Rupert's Land. if FEB. 17--Basketball game with St. Mary's. FEB. 21--Illustrated lecture on the Postal System 'by Mr. Jenkins. MARCH 3-Junior Basketball game with St. Mary's. MARCH 9-Debate at Rupert's Land. MARCH 17-Basketball ' game with Ru- pert's Land. MARCH 28-Illustrated lecture, With the Nascopie to the Top of the World, by the Rev. W. G. Martin. APRIL 3-Interhouse basketball games. APRIL 5-Easter holidays. Third Term APRIL 17-School re-opened. APRIL 25-Gymnasium Display. 29 'E 'if J g L s , s -3.

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12 Vox Fluminis pert's Land and St. Mary's for which the following are the scores: Nov. 18, at Rupertsland--lst Team, Riv- erbend C69 vs. Rupertsland C249. 2nd Team, Riverbend C169 vs. Ru- pertsland C269. Dec. 2, at Riverbend-lst Team, River- bend C139 vs. St. Mary's C229. 2nd Team, Riverbend C89 vs. St. Mary's C249. Feb. 17, at St. Mary's--1st Team, River- bend C59 vs. St. Mary's C549. 2nd Team, Riverbend C269 vs. St. Mary's C519. March 17, at Riverbend-lst Team, Riv- erbend C109 vs. Rupertsland C89. 2nd Team, Riverbend C49 vs. Ruperts- land C69. E.G. INTERHOUSE BASKETBALL HE Interhouse Basketball games were run off this year on March 31st and April 4th. Douglas took an easy 22 to 2 victory over Nelson, while York defeated Garry 11 to 2. The finals were played off then between York and Douglas. It was a close game and both teams showed plenty of fight- ing, do or die. York turned in their usual good brand of basketball, but they were not good enough for Douglas, who showed much better team work. In the first period York was leading but Douglas in the last two periods set a fast pace and as a result brought the score to 14-5 in favor of Douglas. Both teams fought hard for the rebounds with Roberta Jean McQueen doing stellar work in this department for Douglas. June Lear, the tricky Douglas forward, was their best shooter, collecting most of the points for her house, while Gloria Brown and Janet Edgar made the points for York. Whether it was good basket- ball or not it was a lot of fun for both teams and proved to be exciting enter- tainment for the spectators. M.D. JUNIOR BASKETBALL NEWS HIS year the Riverbend Junior Bas- ketball Team was organized and coached by Miss Anderson. The team practised in their spare period on Wednesdays and at noon and after four- thirty on other week days. The girls worked hard and played very well, and there are a lot of good players among the grade sevens and eights for the next year team. The scores were as follows: DATE ScHooLs WHERE PLAYED SCORE Feb. 10-Riverbend vs. Rupert's Land ........ Rupert's Land ......... Rup. 14, Riv. 2 Feb. 17-Riverbend vs. St. Mary's ................. St. Mary's ................ St.M. 34, Riv. 5 Mar. 3-Riverbend vs. St. Mary's ................. Riverbend ................ St.M. 30, Riv. 2 Mar. 17-Riverbend vs. Rupert's Land ......... Riverbend ........ .. ...... Rup. 18, Riv. 2 . N.C. RIDING ITH an air of excitement a large number of girls mounted their horses at the Cambridge Riding Aca- demy last fall, thus starting the riding season. Many girls kept finding that the horse was always going up when they were going down and vice versa, they were looking forward to getting down to terra firma again-in the or- dinary way. Many an evening meal was eaten from the mantlepiece, but a few Wednesdays soon changed that. At the Cambridge Horse Show a Saddle Class for Riverbend riders was included. Out of a large entry, Mary Harris, Beverley Latter and Phyllis Chester came first, second and third respectively. The Harris sisters brought honour to the school by having won the most prizes of the day. Several girls, undaunted by the rigours of a Manitoba winter, continued to ride. Many thrilling moments were