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

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Vox Fluminis 13 From Wainwright in the good ol' west Comes jolly Jean McNern. Who studies hard for every test- CShe comes to school to learn!! Then there's industrious Megan. To take Home EC. she vows. CRight now she's in the sewing-room, Finishing her blouse.D Our talented equestrienne Is Joianie P., you know. Her riding is outstanding At every Cambridge show. Jeannie Love's a quiet t?J girl, Her specs protect her eyes. But when she's at a party, Woo! Woo!--you'd be surprised! Our literary lady Of whom we're proud, is Palk. And in the History periods, She's never known to talkC??J. Her swimming is magniiicent, Her marks in Maths. are high. And every Wednesday afternoon Finds ' Fanny at the Y , A mild and quiet maiden Our Audrey proves to be. She's quite an ardent cyclist And rides most skilfully. Our quiet little Betty Is a poetic lass. She- never gets in trouble For shouting out in class. Then last, but certainly not least We come to robust Rae. She seldom rides, but goes to Guides, Where she excels they say. Our teacher is Miss Gregory, We like her very much. She always thinks of something nice- Like Library Clubsn and such. You've named just seventeen, I said, Now pray, how can this be? For you are wearing grey and red And are in this class, I see? Then merrily she said to me, 'Oh, lim not a real little lass. But my life I spend here, in Riverbend, I'm the Spirit of the Class! GRADE VIII I think that I shall never see A class as balmy as Room Three. A class that raise their inkstained hands And make of teachers these demands: Oh why was grammar e'er invented? This parsing drives me half demented! In history there are all those dates, In maths-deposits, bank-notes, rates. In science-bugs and worms and ants, In French is there for us a chance? Our room mistress is Miss McLeod Of whom we all are very proud She- teaches us to cook up messes, And shows the others to make dresses. From Eleanor, Helen, Pat and Jean, To Nancy, Betty and Kathleen, And last there's Mildred, Kitty and Lois, And now we think that you should know us. GRADE VII Joyce Stevens is our class President, She's a sweet little red-headed lass. She doesn't like maths, and she doesn't like grammar, And she goes about French in a te-rrible manner. Robin is like a little bird With a voice as sweet as any you've heard, Her daddy has joined the Royal Air Force So Robin is very proud, of course.

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12 Vox Fluminis GRADE X TUM-TUM, ta-ta-the music blares forth from the merry-go-round to the tune of School Days. Just as the circus contraption goes on and on, so pass the days, months, and terms at school. In the centre of the grade ten merry- go-round, watching and working the curious individuals, zis the pivot Cother- wise known as Miss Grant? around which the joyous animals rotate. They all have something in common-their ups and downs. The class 'pres., Betty Best, because of the amazing height she can jump, is our kangaroo. Marion Booth, the deer, runs the smoothest and the fast- est. Barbara Anne King, Shirley Pin- fold, Shirley Edmond, Margaret Win- stanley and Lorna Aikins are the mon- keys and the parrots, imitating very aptly the speech and actions of the characters in The Map, a play which we presented in February. Margaret Mclnnes is the only animal really at home on the ice. Shirley Lush is our joyful, playful puppy, and Nancy Ken- nedy, called Mother Hen, is the favor- ite of the Lower School. Jeanne Mc- Kenzie, a fawn, is so light of foot that one must look hard to find her. Doris Moscarella, Florence McCurdy and Mona-Shirley Paget are interested spectators who occasionally ride the others. Winnifred Ruth McIntyre can't be called any particular species of ani- mal, for she represented us all at the Inter-High School Youth Conference at Easter. Occasionally a Hgure gets out of commission and leaves the platform 'to be readjustedf' This year Alice Bull, Rosamond Esling and Reita Wepp- ler have been worked on, but are now all back, minus a little machinery. As Marjorie Kehm's charmed lingers produce the music to which the figures sway Cfor 'tmusic hath charms to soothe the savage beast D, the merry-go-round whirls on, the animals circling around the beauty of the school, trying to take in, somehow, the wisdom and knowl- edge concealed in the mainspring. GRADE IX WE ARE SEVEN- KTEENY' CWith apologies to Wm. Wordsworthj I met a gay Grade IX'er All dressed in grey and red. It seems she goes to Riverbend CAt least that's what she saidl. I said, 'tHoiw many are there, lass? - She smiled, and turned to me- You mean how many in our class? Oh, seventeen are Wef' First, there's Joannie Harris She dances, skates, and rides, And plans to go to Paris As soon as war subsides. Next comes Betty Dowler, Who's very, very tall. As a herald, she's a howler, And excels in basketball. Then there's our 'Uprima-donna Who led our operetta. I mean our jovial Jessie, In singing there's none betta. May I present our president Whose heart belongs to Garry. Her leisure time in study's spent fSome teachers called her Marry. J A happy kid is Janie Lee Though Latin gets her down. But when it comes to dancing- Deeds goes to town. I'll introduce our glamour girl I mean Miss George, of course. She simply loves a uniform Especially the Air Force. You simply must me-et Gilchrist Most everyone knows iLizzie. At every chance at every dance She keeps the stag-line dizzy.

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14 Vox Fluminis Evelyn Wolfe lives near the school, Of being on time she makes a rule. She loves to dance, and she loves to singg In fact, she's a good sport in most any- thing. Joan was with us the first of the term. We were very sorry indeed to learn That Joan to Toronto must go awayg We miss her more from day to day. Donalda Murdoch is very petiteg The time she likes best is when you eat. Shefs very fond of the work in the gym, She thinks it will help to keep her slim. Miss Mclnnis is the one who us teaches, She's just as lovely as cream and peaches. With her, in class, we have such fun We're always so-rry when her period's done. BOARDERS' NOTES Nancy's hAir. Agnes' comPlexion. Rossmes' intEllect. Jean's ge-neRosity. Rae's unselFishness. Daphne GunnE's hands. Marjorie's musiCal talents. Maureen's arTistic ability. Ellen's oBedience. Reita's ability tO swing it. Wee PAtsy's smile. Betty's wRiting talents. 5 Dorothy KenneDy's voice. Dorothy Donnelly's SEwing skill. Lois' aglleeable disposition. .Q ,bs 5, 44 jiri .al 4-LL, :Hx . W il . -.121-,. ' 'X 1 J? al V 4