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

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Rupefrfs Land College Magazine Miss Holditch's kindness and feel that she will always be interested in our various activities. ' On the eve of Valentine's Day our Juniors gave a Valen- tine Party for the Staff. The tea tables were very prettily decorated with Valentine favours and dainties. Games were played, the most popular being the peanut hunt and musical chairs. After tea we enjoyed dancing and singing. - At the end of last term the Houses held a Games -Com- petition. Although our team did not attain first place, they gained five points for the House. And this brings us to the .greatest achievement of the year. In both Christmas and Easter terms we gained the highest number of points in the general competition for the House Shield, and we are doing our utmost to maintain our position right to the end of the year. We havefspent a very jolly year together, and some of us Wish we were going to be here to enjoy the House's activities and pleasures once more. We wish the best of success and prosperity to the girls who will be leaving us this term, and hope that they will not forget dear old E. L. J. We trust that those who are left will carry on the success and honour of the House, remembering always to aim high. MATHESON HOUSE Captain ......... . ........................................................ Miss SCHCENAU Lieutenants ................................ Miss YOUNG, Mlss RAINSFORD, MARJORY HUNT Secretary .......................................................... EILEEN CHANDLER V Games Captain ...............................................,........ PHYLLIS WEBB I, as ship's recorder, am now going to tell of the journeys of the ship Matheson House during the year 1930-31. Under the able guidance of Captain Schoenau we have hit few snags. It is true we have sometimes grounded on a hidden bank, but then our Junior crew have come to the rescue in full force and pulled and pushed us off. We are very grateful to them and the rest of the crew for their help. Last year the boat was new and like new things, a little slow and uncertain. But now she is well oiled and repaired and launched again much more seaworthy and ready to weather the storms. First and Second Mates Young and Rainsford and Ship's Doctor Hunt have kept the ship and crew in good order and everything is running smoothly. The first port our ship touched was River Park. Here the crew, superintended by the officers, had trial races for Sports Day. After running, jumping and doing other ener- getic sports, the panting crew retired for refreshments. We 'built a fire, cooked weiners and sausages, had a little play, and then returned to the ship. ' 2

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Rupert's Land College Magazine ' and junior couple for pianoforte duet, and then superin- tended the entire training themselves. Mr. Bancro-ft very kindly adjudicated. Although this was very much a first attempt, we all felt that it was very much worth while and spoke volumes for the keenness and energy of the lieutenants and members. We hope all good Daltonians are now straining every nerve to keep up the good games record, abstain from order marks, and raise their percentage. We extend very good wishes to those Daltonians who are leaving this year. EVA L. JONES HOUSE Captains ........................................ Miss BARTLETT, Miss TURNER Lientenants ........................................ Miss WELCH, JEAN WELLS Secretary ................................ ........................ H ELEN FERGUSON Entertainment Organizers... ' .............. ELEANOR LODGE, EVA MARY ADAMSON Gaines Captain .................. ................ V IOLA GLENNIE Senior Drill Captain .................................................. JEAN WELLS Junior Drill Captain ............................................ EVELYN ROGERS The first meeting of Eva L. Jones House took place on Wednesday, September 24th, at which all the members wel- comed Miss Bartlett and Miss Turner as our Captains, and also sixteen new girls. The election of officers took place and the meeting adjourned. Our first activity was a picnic at Sargent Part, to select our teams for Sports Day, which was unavoidably postponed on account of the weather, but we are still looking forward to it. The first Inter-House Musical Festival was held on De- cember 7th, and the final position of E. L. J. was third. We wish to congratulate all the girls who took part in this enterprise for the splendid House spirit they showed, by working so well, and exerting their best efforts to bring honour and credit to the House. In the Drill Competition we again took third place.' Just before the Christmas holidays the Senior Girls pro-- duced a play entitled The Countess Cathleen, by W. B. Yeats, which was directed by Miss Turner, assisted by Miss Bartlett. This was a great success, the Assembly Hall was crowded, and the proceeds amounted to 378. We had a great time at the practices and also felt that our efforts had not been in vain. A few days after we had come back from our Christmas vacation, Miss Holditch entertained the girls of our House- at tea. We spent a very enjoyable time, and we appreciate 22

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Ruperfs Land College Magazine The next port was a very busy, gay Assembly Hall. It was the Zenana Sale, and our crew was in charge of the candy stall. Good work was done by the crew for this occasion. The stall was decorated in black and yellow, and crowded with candy done up in boxes and paper table napkins. All our candy was sold. The crew were united in their efforts and it produced very favourable results. Our next port was the School Musical Festival. For weeks beforehand the crew were busy practising for this event. Wannie Mitten and Joan Wilbraham, coached by Katherine Saunders, could be heard practising diligently every noon hour. Every Tuesday and Thursday -the choir's lusty voices could be heard chanting O Worship the King and Come Down to Kew. The Senior duet could be heard in melodious tones floating through the cracks of the music room door, behind which sat Katherine Saunders and Eileen Chandler desperately thumping a poor, shaking piano. When the day arrived it was the Juniors, again, who gained us a few badly needed points by obligingly coming first. The Senior duet gained no renown and our choir collapsed in a fit of laughter, in which the audience obediently joined, but still our crew did work like slaves to gain distinction. f Our crew is really much more fond of sports than work. Our drill eights and basketball teams, under Phyllis Webb, have been doing their little bit throughout the year, and it has not gone entirely unrecognized. Matheson House crew have done good work and are sportsmen. I Our ship has nearly finished its journeying for this year, but there is another year to work for and we must not shirk our duties. Our House has been low in the order mark list, but we must make it lower. The crew must remember that every order mark and detention counts against the House. We have jumped from last to second and we must get first next year. MACHRAY HOUSE . Captain ......................................................................... Miss ADAMS Lfieutenants .......... .......,.., M Iss CHUBB, Miss JENNER, U MARY LILE LovE, PEGGY MURPHY Sports Captam .............................,.,,..,,,,.,,,,...,,...,,,, RUTH INKSTER We started the year well with a picnic at River Park. It was ostensibly for the purpose of practising for Inter-House Sports Day, but most of the time was taken up with roasting weiners and eating. A good time was had by all, even the smallest Junior in Grade III. At the end of the first half-term we had our usual Senior Drill Eights, in which Machray managed to get second place. 24 '