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

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Vox Flum-inis 13 experienced by the girls who took up the art of jumping. A few of these thrills were felt by one of the new and intrepid riders who decided to mount Dinah, a Shetland pony. But evidently Dinah had different ideas and in a twinkling of an eye the rider was seen emerging from a mud puddle, mut- tering to herself. So ended the winter season with all looking forward to more Wednesdays of riding. B.L. SWIMMING NY day now should see the River- bend mermaids in hard practice at the Y.W.C.A., in preparation for the coming Swimming Meet. Once again the four houses-Nelson, York, Garry, and Douglas-will try to prove their prowess against one another. The In- terhouse Swimming Meet is held an- nually in May, and affords a good op- portunity for the girls to win points for their houses. In past years the affair has been a marked success, and we are sure no efforts will be spared this year in making the meet one of the best ever. M.D. TENNIS NOTES ENNIS has become very popular and the girls played as long as the weather permitted on the courts which Westminster Church very kindly al- lowed us to use. The enthusiasm over tennis has increased so much this past year that we hope to organize tourna- ments this spring. Regardless of how they play, all the girls should have fun and exercise in this grand sport. MARY -M-Aei-mr: ---meta BADMINTON HE badminton this year was rather late in getting started, but our play- ing has definitely improved since that time. Every Saturday morning there have been doubles round robins fol- lowed by several rounds of singles. Many of our players, especially the younger ones, are just beginners and it has been very interesting to watch them master the simple shots and at- tempt the more intricate ones. While this is going into print we will be chal- lenging the staff to play us in doubles. 1 SKATING KATING is a great sport. Many people love skating. Everybody should know how to skate. Skating is very popular nowadays. Riverbend has two rinks, one small one and a big one. All over Switzerland, Norway, and Sweden people skate. Some girls from Riverbend were in the Winter Club Carnival in March. I MARY MACKAY. l SKIING F ALL the sports that have been introduced to Riverbend none has ever become so popular as skiing be- came last winter. We had the great privilege Cdue to the kindness of Miss Carterl of having Mr. Ted Paris, an expert skier, come to the school twice a week to coach us. The girls were very enthusiastic and spent as much time as could be spared on the slopes. The river bank was used and some of the tracks were exceptionally good. About half the school, both teachers and girls, took to skiing. Not many of them have as yet taken the ski trains to Miami and La Riviere, but next year we hope to see them all on the more advanced hills. J .E. i DANCING HIS year the dancing at Riverbend has been conducted by Miss Gwen- eth Lloyd, of London, England. Previ- ous to coming here Miss Lloyd studied in England. Many types of dancing were taught us-creative, interpretive and Greek. The dances presented at the display were highly praised by everyone and even the girls themselves have noticed a great improvement in their dancing style since the beginning of the school Year-

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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

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14 Voxl Fluminis ACTWIITIIIES HOUSE NOTES HIS year the activities of the four houses-York, Garry, Nelson, and Douglas-were varied. The house pic- nics were held early in the fall and were enjoyed by teachers and girls alike. Keen enthusiasm was shown over Sports Day, the victors being Nelson in the senior events and Garry in the junior events. At Christmas, the mem- bers of each house helped a needy fam- ily. During the winter term, frequent meetings encouraged the girls to work hard, thus gaining more house points. Before Easter the interhouse basketball games were played. Douglas was suc- cessful, defeating York in the finals. Having had a successful year so far, the houses are looking forward to the swimming meet and the Lilac Tea to be held in the summer term. J.J., M.McD., M.McL., A.c. LIBRARY RESH, crisp pages, the faint aroma of printer's ink and glue, the dimly audible scratch of a pen busily enter- ing names in a thick business-like book -and the inevitable endless stream of girlish chatter-these are only a few of the sights, scents and sounds which hover about our library these days. Interest in the library has been great- ly stimulated this year, thanks to a neat and efficient plan by the Library Committee of the Advisory Council. Through February and the early part of March, books flocked in, while Miss Grant worked conscientiously catalo- gueing them, and our weekly student librarians helped stack them away on the shelves. We wish to thank all whose prompt and generous contributions made it pos-. sible for this being one of the most prosperous and interesting years for the Riverbend library. Thanks are also due to the members of our staff and senior girls of the school whose spontaneous assistance has proved invaluable. E.E. DEBATING N THURSDAY, March the ninth, excited groups of Riverbenders, were making their way to Rupert's Land-but not for the usual thing- a basketball game. This time it was something new, thrilling, something which had never been tried before in the history of Riverbend. A debate! True, we have had many a debate with- in Riverbend, but none so important as this challenge from Rupert's Land, Resolved that tolerance has done and is doing more harm in the world than intolerance. The two girls representing River- bend and defending the affirmative were Eileen Gray and Roberta Jean McQueen, with Leslie Florence and Virginia Cameron the worthy oppo- nents, from Rupert's Land. The three judges were, Mrs. G. V. Ferguson, Mr. E. K. Williams, and Captain J. J. Wil- kinson. So close was the debate and so evenly matched were the two teams, in mater- ial, argument, and presentation, that the judges' decision resulted in a draw. The debate excelled in humor and edu- cation. As regards the latter, none of us will forget the paralytic ineptitude as mentioned in an affirmative refuta- tion. Above all, we are proud of our two debaters and are firmly aware that they have successfully passed another mile-