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

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Vox Fluminis 15 GYM IN GENERAL BADMINTON LATE in annual girls were little time went off as the fall, Riverbend had its Sports Day. None of the well trained because of so to practice, but the events scheduled with nearly every girl in the school taking part in at least one event. Every grade has three gym periods a week. A certain amount of time is set for the various activities. For in- stance one period might be taken up with marching, the next with apparatus and the third with a variety programme of perhaps five -different games or dances. Most girls enjoy gym because it adds a little more action to the day's curriculum. It allows everyone to let OH excess energy and to get a good stretch after studying in desks for the part of a day. Last year's gym display was a great success and we owe a vote of thanks to Mrs. Kobalt for her patience in train- ing us before it was presented. One of the main features was to illustrate the relaxing exercises which are used so universally at present by war workers. Box and horse work as well as bal- ance beams were featured. During this year under the direction of Mrs. M-cWilliam, we have learned a number of new things such as tum- bling and many types of pyramids. The girls. feel that our gym periods have been a great success and that we have not only had invigorating exer- cise, but have learned a great deal. E.K. ii-....l SWIMMING SWIMMING has been one of the main sports enjoyed by the girls of River- bend, from grad.e three up. Classes have been held every Wednesday after- noon, and for the benefit of tho-se who could not swim, there was some special instruction given. Under the able su- pervision of Mrs. McWilliam, these classes at the Y.W.C.A. were a lot of fun and a great benefit to all of the girls participating. BADIMINTON has again played an active part in the School activities this year. The partners for the doubles of former years were slightly changed, as both the girls had to be from the same House. There was keen competi- tion among the large number of par- ticipants. The girls turned up at eleven o'clock Saturday mornings to defend their respective Houses. Some girls were experienced players whilst others were making a very good start. We seemed to overcome the fact that the war caused a shortage of birds. We extend our congratulations to Gail Graham and Jill Riddell, defeating Frances White and Joan Newton in the finals, played off before Easter. H.C. VOLLEYBALL THIS year, for the second time, River- bend entered into the Inter-High School Volleyball League. This was the third year of Volleyball for our school. At the beginning of the term many of the girls were unfamiliar with the game, but after careful constructive coaching from Miss Martin the girls soon picked it up. We played schools from all over the city and won a good many of our games. In playing off these games we made friends with the girls of other schools. Altogether this sea- son of Volleyball has been very suc- cessful and we hope that next year an even keener interest will carry our team to the top. G.G. .11T-T-1 RIDING RIDING has been a lea.ding sport in the school, although not quite so popular as others. The girls have taken riding lessons at the Cambridge Stables every Friday afternoon. Many thanks to Mrs. McWilliam for her splendid co-operation in making this sport such a success.

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Vox Fluminis 17 !..l'l'E.I AI l FALLEN BLOSSOMS IT WAS a simple little cottage, with slender roses entwining themselves around the heavy oaken. door, and yet there was that look about it which made you suppose it was built just for the family who lived in it. They were simple folk too, kind and very sweet as were the roses which gave a delicate scent into the summer air and which ever stretched their climbing stems until they finally succeeded in covering the whole front of the house, emerging in mystic splendour under the eaves. Autumn, summer, winter or spring, no matter what the season or weather, the sun always seemed to be reflected in the sparkling glass windows, which gave the impression of twinkling eyes so bright they were. The cottage stood in a garden full of beautiful flowers, with green sloping lawns and stone-flagged paths. At the foot of one of these winding paths there stood a wooden gate which had a familiar screech to it, at least it was familiar to the occupants of the house, and which opened out o-nto a large expanse of sand. Beyond that the sing- ing waves of the ocean flung foam- crested spray far up the beach. The cottage was called the Golden Flute because in summer whe-n the wind was low the bees would gather around the multi-colo-red blossoms and their hum- ming and the faint tinkle of the blue- bells-if you listened very closely you could sometimes hear the bluebells ring--sounded so very-like a Golden Flute. When the war commenced in other parts of the world it was still far from the little cottage of the Golden Flute, and yet as the war drums rolled louder the family living there were not wholly free from the sorrow of it. The Ashmens, as the owners of the cottage were called, had a son, Martin. Martin was a tall lad, very slender with clear cut features and grey-blue eyes. His hair was dark like his mothers and he had her voice and the same sweet smile. From his father, who was a distinguished surgeon, Martin got his height and humorous, laughing eyes. When Martin was young he always wanted to be a doctor and when he grew up he decided to study medicine. At eighteen, Martin went to the University at Edinburgh, where he studied for two years. Then came the fatal year of war when everyones life was changed and when thousands of men, women and children were being mercilessly killed and tortured in the awful terror and cruelty of war. Martin began to think of joining up as all his friends around him began joining the navy, army or air force. After talking it over with his parents it was decided that he should enlist in the navy, since he knew quite a bit about boats and was interested in them. Martin then took eight months of officers training course, after which he emerged as a full-fledged sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserves. He was then given a month's leave before reporting for active duty. The month was spent at home with his mother and father and sometimes when his father was out on a case, he and his mother would wander down to the sea shore and watch the rolling waves and the seagulls flying high above them as they used to when Mar- tin was a child. Each day was a treasured memory in Martin's mind, yet each day brought him closer to the time of parting. Eventually the day of leave-taking arrived and Martin went for a last stroll round the garden where he had spent his childhood days. Strangely enough everything seemed so much more beautiful then, than it