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

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Vox Fluminis 9 9.1416-Pin proudly drops a penny in 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.5 9- Snake. -Miss Argyle waits patiently in hall. -Miss Grant departs, followed, as usual, by Shirley Rooper, with her half-knitted sock. --Miss Argyle strides in, grins, Good morning,', drops apparatus and chuckles merrily about it. Miss Gregory comes in, poises 9.4.5- 'waiting for a Good morning, and proceeds to ration out the time. Shirley Lush goes a half-minute overtime, discussing a Catholic- ismf' 9.5915-Betty Cameron loudly reminds 10.20- l0.30-- Lush that the time is s-hort. Miss Carter clicks in, breathless, sets down her books, remarks on the distance between the houses, and dictates ten words. Shirley Edmond confounds Miss Carter with new French con- struction. Miss Carter promptly asks her what time she went to bed. 10.46-Pin prances to the front and calls 10.55- 11.00 11.05 11.32 11.35 12.00- 12.05 loudly for French books. Every- one has gone for milk and bis- cuits. Margaret Mclnnes dazedly raises her head from her book, wonders where everyone has gone, and continues reading Ccompletely forgetting it was she who an- nounced the house meetingsb. -Clouds of chalk dust arise in a last vain attempt to show clean running shoes. -Gym-Miss Lowman trips lightly down the line, docking thirds of points for dirty shoes. -Dulcie removes her shorts and struggles into her tunic, all the while chatting gaily to Joan, for- getful of the waiting Latin class. -Joan returns to remind Mclnnes that she should be at Latin, not extra Algebra. Miss Moffat scurries into- room. -B. Anne stands for a split sec- ond and re-tumbles onto pillow with knitting. 1207-Miss Moffat scans faces to find 12.07 12.31 one which might possibly have done its homework-spies Mar- garet Winstanley. 12-13-Margaret reads her answer to a question which required only two words. -I'm hungry, too. 138-Lush, O Miss Grant, you should 1.40 1.41 1.42 see the fan ballet-it's a scream! -Only two in the room for roll call-the rest at basketball prac- tice C?D -Miss Shepley waits avidly in the hall. -Feverish work. 1.59-Alice and Lorna wander in. Ex- cuse us, please, Miss Shepley, we aren't really late. We were just waiting for Isobel. She's so slow. 2.11--Miss Grant asks for Wednesdayls 2.40 3.10 prep. Betty Best answers the first question from Marjorie's book, across the aisle. Marigold disentangles her legs, crawls out of the piles of books surrounding her, shakes her hair back, wig- gles her eyebrows and answers the second question. Miss Grant suspiciously asks Betty B. for the third one. Betty cranes her head over Mclnnes' shoulder, and Miss Grant brings her back Saturday morning. -Those not in Physics Lab. remain to study C? D -Recess. 3.25-Study begins. Miss Lowman 3.30 bounces in and looks blankly at the stream of girls leaving the room Cforgetting they belong to the other half of the Physics classb. -Most of the rest of the class go to the library leaving Miss Low- man with a study of about four people. 345-People return in order to pile books before going to knitting. 4.00-Knitting. 4.30-Bell. 4.45-Shirley P. collects pound and chases stray pupils from the school.

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8 Vox Fluminis Closs Notes PRE-COLLEGE FAMOUS LAST WORDS Dory Edmond: You see, I take my hands off the wheel and the car steers itself. Carol Lockhart: What a life! Mary E. Edgar: My tombstone is quite well-designed. Gloria Brown: Who do you think I saw last night? ! Mary Weiner: You do think you're clev- er, don't you? Mary Carpenter Cwhile driving a car in the Rockiesbz Do look at that preci- piceg isn't it thrilling! CCar does nose- dive over the thrill. J THURSDAY 8.15-Doris and Mona-Shirley clatter in, loudly discussing plans for the week-end. 8.17-Esther arrives, fresh from mea- sles, snatches the German crib from the desk, and buries her- self in it. 8.1755-Winnifred Ruth dashes in, look- ing hopefully for the German crib. Foiled again! 8.25-Marion glides down the hall, re- minding stray players about the basketball practice. 8.30-Shirley Pin darts into the room, grabs Marjorie's French transla- tion and makes up for time wast- ed the night before. 8.35-Doris and Mona-Shirley leave for the library. 8.35-8.45-A few more straggle in. 8.45-Miss Grant arrives in spirit. 8.54-Reita hangs over the hall radia- tor, deep in conversation with Dorothy Dickson. Doris and Mona return. 8.55-First bell. Makes no impression. Jane Swithinbank: But . . . why ? ? Gloria Cortrite: CNo words here, only long silences broken by guifaws of laughter or Down Argentine Way. Ruth Wilkinsfon: Do you like my hair like this or when it's loose? Phyllis Hunter: Miss Stuart, will you please play 'Danse Macabre ? Janet Edgar: I'll see you on the ski- train. ' All: Who are you takingnto the dance? IN GRADE XI 8.56-Miss Grant arrives in person. Scattered good mornings. Winni- fred Ruth remembers in a loud voice that the first bell has rung. 8.57-Miss Lowman appears in door- way- Benches, girls. 8.57 BQ -Pin, Marion, and Druth wander dazedly from the room. 8.58-Barbara Anne, looking in vain for Betty Best, follows protes- tingly. The second bell rings. 8.5892--Margaret Hamilton, coughing faintly, asks to be excused from going to prayers. 8.59-Betty Best breezes in, carefully hiding the holes in her blazer. 9.00-9.12-Pounding in the water pipe at the back of the room. 9.13-Bran, having had a strenuous basketball practice the night be- fore, produces a pillow and her knitting and settles down for the day. 9.14-Miss Grant taking roll call. Rosamond Esling? W h e r e ' s Rozy? Is she away again? Has anyone brought money for War Savings Stamps?

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10 Vox Fluminis GRADE X OUR CLASS IN SONG Jessie Dangerfield - You're Danger- ous. Dorothy Dickson- 'Is it True What They Say About Dixie? Betty Dowler- Heaven Help the Work- ing Girl. Virginia George- Keep An Eye On Your Heart. Joan Harris- The Wise 01d Owl. Penelope Hodgson- Pennies From Heaven. Anne Kingsley- Annie Doesn't Live There Any More. Jane Lee- Lazy Bones. Jean Love- My Little Fraternity Pin. Helen McLean- Sweet and Low. Jean McNearn- For When I Walk I Always Walk With Billy. Patricia Northcote- The Navy's Here. Helen Palk- She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific. Joan Pickard- The Nearness of You. Isobel Rice-Jones- Do I Worry? Miss Shepley-- I've Got My Eyes On You. GRADE IX Elizabeth Auld- The hand that made you fair hath made you good. - Measure for Measure. Rosa Rayner- A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. -Romeo and Juliet. Mildred Longstaffe- 'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all. -In Memoriam. Pat Bernard- Straining harsh discords and un- pleasant sharps! -Romeo and Juliet. Kitty Rainey- A close mouth catcheth no flies?- Don Quixote. Betty Loggie- Her flowing locks-the raven's wing. -Burns. Jean Gardiner- Ye have many strings to your bowef' -Proverb, by Heywood. Kathleen Richardson- She wears the rose of youth. -Anthony and Cleo- patra. Eleanor South- There's nothing half so sweet, As love's young dream. -Love's Young Dream. Helen Trickey- , Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low-an excellent thing. - King Lear. Elizabeth Holland- That place where I do keep my books, . . . Is unto me a glorious court. -By Fletcher. Nancy Complin- How far that little candle throws its beams, So shines a good deed in a naughty world. -The Merchant of Venice. Misqs Gregory - A lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. -Psalms. The Class- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. -King Henry V. GRADES VII AND VIII THE eights filed in with a bang and a din, The sevens trundled after. Then mischief was ready to begin, Mingled with shouts of laughter. Books were hurled high in the echoing air,