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

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GRADE ELEVEN RADE Eleven. That's the year where the girls start receiving flowers and jewellery, driving around wrapped in fur coats, in 1947 cars, and graduate from Blaire's to Moore'sf' That's the 10 months that makes or breaks a woman. That's the period where life goes on despite allowances being purged to the penny for some outlandish contrivance and last year's car licence is too, too prosaic! Well, let's take a look into the fabulous everyday life of these fortune-smiled-upon- females behind the ivy-covered walls of River- bend. The day begins at two minutes to nine, when last night's make-up is removed with the left hand, and the right hand is busily engrossed in doing first periodts homework fexcept for Mathers, who is completing next month'sD. The bell rings and they crawl into position. Two young ladies have propped themselves against the doors leading into the gym. There's always such a scramble for this position that they have been forced to submit entries as early as five to nine. The lucky two stumble up the steps to grin smugly at those 'tchildren of G sixteen and under. The final entrance is of the half dozen dollies who dish up the doleful days dilemna by giving an elusive shrug to their reefers, as two go to the right, two go to the left and two decide to go home. After prayers, the gracious grade elevens sweep back down to their humble abode of learning with Gloria and her bloomers taking a short-cut via the bannister. Upon entering the room, Mrs. Doerksen car- ries on a mute battle of the ventilation problem with Patt, while Barbara hugs the radiator affectionately. The roll is called when each demure damselle reports her presence or whispers her attendance as in the case of Breathless Beth, who sounds as if she is speaking from Russell. Mademoiselle McCarthy smashes the morning stillness with the much voiced plea of 'tHas anyone seen my ink? Phyllis is immediately sympathetic and issues forth with one of her inimitable French retorts of 'tVraiment -she'd shed a few tears only got up at seven o'clock to put that mascara on. Ruthe would have found it for her in pound. but she was too busy telling Mclntosh about last night's telephone calls and that she was just about Hcheesed off with life! Gwen listened to the gory details of Ruthe's romances, and then' very reverently reminded everyone that he-d-d-phoned. To be in love must be ghastly, but not to be in love is definitely worse! By this time Miss Dickson has entered the room, sat down, read a selection from Leacock's priceless little bookg doodled on her scratch- pad, said uh-huh and precisely a few hun- dred times, smiled amiably and left to conduct a class with her darling little cherubs in Grade Five. Bravo, Miss Dickson, they loved you for it! The next period being Gym, each girl sud- denly gets a stitch in the side, a broken leg, a funny feeling behind the ear or a definite headache. This is usually good for a laugh if not an argument and the class begins with one- half of the girls in the Gym and the other half in the library. From the latter, they view the rural scenes on Langside Street and show a charming disregard for the passage of time. As for their less fortunate sisters, they are upstairs braining themselves on those coconut mats. The rest of the morning goes quickly, and by eleven, everyone is sufficiently wide awake to absorb an abnormal half-hour of geometry, then curl up into a hexagon and die. Food brings them back to earth, as some go home to their hamburgers, some stay for sausages, and Gloria gloats over her calories. The afternoon jogs from French to Physics and finally collapse at Chemistry. Miss Shep- ley was defeated before she began, but remem- bering that Hlife can be beautiful, she doggedly carried on. Finally four o'clock and freedom for those fourteen languid ladies who rush off to the solitude of telephones, make-up, men, cars, radios and the quiet more essential things of life. Behind them the door closes on the past and opens into the present. It gave them all it could possibly offer, and they hand it on to the Grade Tens who already act too old, know too little and want too much. They took care of it and they hope that those mentioned will follow suit. For that Grade Eleven room has an astringent effect on those who spend a year there. It symbolizes, that the first leg of the journey is over, and they slip into second for the coming Hill. RUTHE MYLES, XI. Pane Twelve

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WE are now nearing the end of another school year. As we look back to the golden days of September, the advance of winter in October and November, the happiness of the Christmas season, and the promise of spring in March and April, we realize that a year has passed, almost too quickly, it seems. What has happened to us, who have been pupils at Riverbend during this time? For one thing, most of us are a little wiser now than we were in September. Also, most of us have grown up a little more, and are now ready to face the work and fun of another year. Riverbend is partly responsible for this men- tal and physical growth. It, as a school, has played its part in shaping our lives, to enable us to face whatever circumstances arise. By acting as a testing-ground, it has helped, and will help us to discover the talents which will finally lead us to a rightful place as citizens of tomorrow. Therefore, school work should not be con- sidered an unnecessary chore. Preparation today for what may come tomorrow is one of the wisest and most necessary things in life. We, who are at the doorway to life, and who are dependent upon parents and teachers now, will some day be the ones upon whom others depend. It is for this day that we must prepare, and with the help of the knowledge we gain in school, we will move on, and help make a world of better things. Ad Meliora! MARY MA'rm-:as Dear Girls: Another year has come to a close., For us it has been a memorable year never to be for- gotten. For this, we have to thank you, the girls of Riverbend, for your co-operation. To be successful and happy a school needs the contributions of all the pupils, whether prefects, grade tens or grade ones. To those who take our places we pass on the duties which have been tradition through the years. THE PREFECTS MARY MACINTOSHZ Noted for: That United Pin! Interest: Young Peoples. Ambition: To be an educated housewife at 22. Favorite saying: It's terrific. RUTHE MYLES: Noted for: Her Men-y troubles. Interest: Flowers and jewellery. Ambition: To be a dentist. Favorite saying: 'Tm cheesed off. PEGGY DOLMAGE: Noted for: Truthfulness. Interest: Bing Crosby. Ambition: To see the SPHlNX. Favorite sayingz: Yea Douglas. PHYLISS HUSTON: Noted for: Those phone calls! Interest: A shining REA from Portage. Ambition: To be a nurse. Favorite saying: I'm bored. This space was originally for our annual column on staff weaknesses. This year, how- ever, despite much research, no such weak- nesses could be unearthed. So that the staff shall not feel neglected, we are dedicating their usual corner to them. Page Eleven

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