Ruperts Land Girls School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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THE LATE MISS E. L. JONES To you, who, through our days at school Have been our teacher, helper, friend, To you, on whom we did depend . To help us live, by your own rule, A life as strong, as wise, as full, ' Our loving homage we extend, And pray that when through life we wend Our untried way-a striving tool Of the Great Teacher-and may earn Success, reward or even fame, That our achievements be yours, too g And if we should in future learn The sound of praise, we shall exclaim, Give praise to whom the praise is due! X AN OLD GIRL First published in School Magazine, 1913. 6

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Bishop's Court, Winnipeg, May, 1929. I am very much pleased to learn that the School Magazine is to be revived this year and I am taking the opportunity through the medium of the issue to send a message to the pupils and friends of the College. Rupert's Land College has now been in existence for twenty-seven years and during that period it has made a very rich contribution to the calibre of the womanhood of N orth-West Canada. For some years after it started it was known as Havergal College, but, true to the characteristics of its sex, when it attained the years of discre- tionit changed its name to that of Rupert's Land College. While it has always been a Church School, originally it was owned by a joint stock company, but later on it was taken over bythe corporation of St. J ohn's College and now is owned and controlled by that institution, so that, if possible, it is more than ever a distinctly Church School and for that reason should have a very special claim to the support and patronage of Anglican Church people. throughout the West. A year ago the institution lost through death Miss Eva L. Jones, the most esteemed and very able Principal who had guided its destinies for twenty years. -Through her fine per- sonality and wide erudition she had left the impact of her influence upon the character and culture of hundreds of girls and it is well nigh impossible to measure what she did for the girlhood and womanhood of the country during her long guid- ance of the College. Miss Millard, the new Principal appointed to succeed Miss Jones, has been a member of the staff of the College for several years and is therefore no stranger to the traditions of the place. Having had experience of her efficiency and her qualities of leadership, the authorities felt that they needed not to go outside of our own staff for a worthy- successor to the late Principal. Her able management during the past academic year has amply justified the wisdom of the choice. It will be most gratifying to all friends of the College to learn that both in the matter of attendance and in other important respects the session of 1928-29 has been a record one. Arrange- ments are being made for a thorough renovation of the building and surroundings of the College during the vacation, so that we may look forward with confidence to even better prospects for the future. . S. P. RUPE'RT'S LAND, President. lair 5

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'hr 7 aglr h Vol. 1. JUNE 1929. NO. 1. PRINCIPAL'S LETTER Rupert's Land College, My Dear Girls,- May wth' 1929' It is with much pleasure, tinged withsadness, that I address my first letter to you in the pages of our School Magazine. For several years I know many of you have been anxious that the Magazine should be revived, and the fact that it has arisen this year, after a sleep of eight years, is largely due to your enthusiasm shown at Christmas in the splendid sale of School greeting cards and your loyalty generally inside our walls and outside them. We felt that you would do your best to make the Magazine a success, and much co-operation is' necessary to do this.. Our thanks are due to all those who have so willingly given their time and thought to THE EAGLE. The title has been chosen by the School and it seems to be a most appro- priate one in company with our beautiful School motto, Alta Petensf' L When I spoke above of happiness tinged with sadness, I mean that my heart is full of joy and thankfulness when I think of the bright, full year nearly ended, but the joy is clouded with sadness when I remember that last year at this time we were looking forward to Miss Jones' return to the place she loved above all others. She would have been very happy if she could have known how helpful and kind you have been this year. We knew you would be pleased to have a por- trait of Miss Jones in the Magazine and We publish it with a Sonnet written by an Old Girl. This appeared opposite Miss Jones' photograph in the 1913 number. We are also glad to have as our frontispiece a picture of His Grace, the Archbishop of Rupert's Land. Old Girls as well as present pupils will rejoice to see his familiar features in our pages. This year is closing after a very full session. Although we were all dismayed in September when we found that we were to lose nearly three Weeks of study, our fears have hardly been realized, as with shorter Christmas and Easter holidays and hard work whilst at school, we have almost made up the days ost. ' Each day has been so crowded with activity and the time has passed so quickly, that it is difficult to realize that June is almost upon us. Our many opportunities throughout the year of listening to enthusiastic speakers from our own city and from England . 7 V