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

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Top-An Informal Shot. Top-Junior Play. CENTREAA Bu11's Eye. CENTRE-Another Informal Shot Bo'rToM-Bluebells. BoT'roM-Closing, 1941.

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Vox Fluminis 29 SKIING Although we had a very mild winter the girls of the school made the most of what little snow. there was. For three or four weeks, Skiing held the atten- tion of many of the Juniors and Seniors. We have some very good skiers at Riverbend, but most of us are just beginners. Several of the teachers took part in this sport also. On Wednesday afternoon we were allowed to ski through our sports period, accompanied by Miss Hobbs, who gave us careful instruction in the sport. The school grounds have many well sloped hills for beginners as well as steeper ones for the more advanced students. A ski train could not be arranged for this year, but if we have a longer season next year, I think we shall be able to look forward to such a trip. Daylight saving time has helped us this year in having longer skiing hours. Skiing, to us, is one of the finer winter sports in which we think everyone should participate. P. F. SWIMMING Twice a week Riverbend takes over the Sherbrooke Pool from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. Under the very capable guidance of Miss Hobbs, the girls have made marvellous improvements in diving and swimming. The Swimming Meet, to be held on May 19, will take the form of a competition between the houses in diving, racing, tricks, fancy dives, and novelty races. Showing great enthusi- asm in this sport, fifty-one girls from Grades 8 to ll entered the meet. The girls are practising hard, not only to win points for their houses, but to try to win the coveted swimming S's which are awarded for partaking in swimming and improvement in strokes. Although the swimming was not organized until the summer term, the work that has been accomplished has been very satisfactory. Swimming will be continued until the end of the term, enabling those who have not partaken in the sport up to now, to do so. So come on girls, join the fun! K. R. RIDING IN WINTER When riding in the winter, When trees are dressed in white, The bridle paths are shimmering In glory and delight. The horses love the winter So clear and crisp and cold, They fairly fly across the field- The reins are hard to hold. I like to ride in winter. The crispness and array Of sparkling snow and sunshine Take all my cares away. Jean Love, Grade XI, York Hall. THINGS I LOVE I love the smell of the apple bloom, Its blossom is of exquisite perfume. I love the smell of the fresh dew-drops That wash and cool the hollyhocks. I love the smell of the rushing brookg It reminds me of tales in a story book. I love the smell of the fresh green grass, And the smell of hay as the mowers pass. Joan Carruthers, Grade VI, York Hall. i s X y ,

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Vox Fluminis 31 .fetfers 27mm f70rmer gfffemlicrs of Staff Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, May 10, 1942. Grant Salutem Dicit Voci Fluminis: You will be making plans now for the Lilac Tea, and my ghost will be sitting on the sunny steps with the York House Committees, laying down the law about sandwiches and tablecloths, pickles and runners. Be kind to it-it's a very tired ghost this month. I wish you could see the campus to- day. The lilacs have been in bloom for a week, and have scarcely been noticed, so much more vivid and odorous are the many rare flowering trees and plants collected in this one spot. I still can't believe that the bright pink trees-the Japanese cherry, the Dogwood, and the Judas-are real. And I know that some- one went out each night in the early spring and stuck the little blue and white flowers into the dead grass and remnants of snow along the walks! They couldn't possibly grow like that. One learns to jump quickly to avoid the myriads of bicycles whirring past, especially between classes. Since Easter, the Seniors have been allowed to Wear their caps and gowns, and one of the most incongruous sights is that of a superior Senior on a bicycle, with her slacks or blue-jeans rolled just below her knees, an academic gown flying behind her, and a mortar board set rakishly on the back of her head! For over two weeks this semester the whole campus was quarantined-not that the two thousand of us had the evil but that the town was suffering from a concatenation of epidemics. To forego a show was sad enough, but to do without morning coffee was the supreme sacrifice. The shops on Green Street, on the edge of the campus, showed their great ingenuity by serving coffee and sandwiches, cokes and ice cream to rows of girls lined up on the curb on the college side of the road. Some were even seen trying on shoes on the street, or critically eyeing the dresses that the obliging salesladies brought to the doors of their shops. Buy- ing a dress for Junior Prom this year was indeed a novel experience. In our library there are over six hundred thousand books-all Cexcept those in the Rare Book Room? on open shelves where every student may go and find the book she wishes, either signing it out, or, if it is on reserve, sitting in the reading room to use it. No doubt books disappear-American than girls have no longer memories Canadians-but I know there is more reading done than if the shelves were guarded. Two of the most popular read- ing rooms have tables enough to seat four hundred girls in each. No one is in charge eithere here or in the many departmental rooms, yet there is never any noise or disturbance. Public opinion is too strong. The upper two floors of the library wing are as yet free from book shelves. One has the steel uprights all ready for the shelves, and is popularly known as the Petrified Forest, the other, equipped with large round tables and straight-backed leather chairs, is known as the Beer Garden. Nothing very sinister goes on in either romantic- sounding place, since each is surrounded by offices of the professors! Graduate study is fascinating and worthwhile, and I wouldn't have missed the experience for anything. Plan now