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

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RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE 11 over the year I think of the different sides of school life with which the various members of the staff are associated. It is to Miss Holdith that we turn when we want to borrow flowers, for she always manages to have some in her possession, whatever the season. Mrs. Purdie and Miss Coleman manage to keep the little people supremely happy, and one realizes that school spirit is already developing in these babies when they are heard singing our school song: The Best School Of All. Miss Church is definitely recognized as our newspaper correspondent, Miss Turner we associate with plays, Miss Bussell, who last year was a member of the Fort Rouge staff, is now really one of us, Miss Martin is still pursuing the somewhat thankless task of drilling mathematics into middle school heads, Miss Harding has devoted much of her time to accompanying and helping generally with the music, Mrs. Pidcock acts as a general mother, making boarding school life more like home, the visiting staff bring in their breath of freshness from the outside world, it is to Mrs. Fenton that we all turn when we need propping-up, and we realize how much we shall miss her in the next school year. It is always with a feeling of regret that we say good-bye to members of the staff with whom we have been in such close contact during their years at school. This year we are losing Miss Young and Miss Rainsford, who have done so much in the way of English and French plays in the Junior and Middle School. To Miss Brewer and Miss Dovey we must also with great regret say good-bye, and to Miss Lees who has taught so many of us our French and Latin. With the girls who are leaving we send our best wishes, but we are not losing them altogether, for they keep in close touch with the school through the Alumnae Association. Now, with Prize-giving, the climax of the year, almost upon us, we realize that the end has really come. First, I would like to thank Miss Millard who has helped me so much in every way, and then the staff and the prefects, who have proved themselves always helpful and willing, and lasitly the girls, who have shown what ends co-operation can ac IGVG. ' JOAN WATSON June 14th, 1933 'I' 'I' -If

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10 RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE Another outstanding event was the display of physical work, which was held in the school assembly hall, as in former years. To Miss Parker goes the credit for so successfully planning and carrying out the programme, while the girls co-operated splendidly to make the evenings a success. It was with great enjoyment that we viewed the display in the studio, there were drawings and paintings of all kinds, wool-work, furnished dolls' houses and linoleum cuts. A great deal of credit is due to Miss Brewer who has furnished inspiration to the art workers during the past two years. At the other extremity of the school, on the same nights, the chemistry laboratory was arrayed in its full splendour. Such things as chemical gardens, sensitive flames and coloured flame tests were exhibited-the work of Miss Sharman, who has laboured so energetically to improve the condition of the laboratory, and to present Chemistry and Physics as the interesting subjects that they are. Our closer relationship with Riverbend School this year has been very pleasant, we have felt that a spirit of friend- ship has become stronger than that of rivalry, much as we have enjoyed meeting on the battle-ground of sport and music, we hope that this drawing together may be increased and strengthened in future years. Quite an outstanding feature of the year has been the successful efforts of the girls to raise money for missions, the magazine fund, the gramophone fund and other school interests. Each House in turn has run a Tuck Shop at recess, when buns and apples have been sold to hungry girls of all ages. Grade XII sold candy posies, the prefects and form presidents organized a Tea which made 310.10. Other money-making schemes were Grade X's sale of candy, which made 35.70, Grade IX's woollen golliwogs, which made 315.00, Grade VIII's book-marks and raffle, which made 31060, Grade VII's felt animal tags and curio exhibition, which made 31020, and Grade XI's sale of snap shots, which made 33.15. Once again Tennis has proved a popular sport, the coaching which Miss Parker has given has resulted in the fact that many of us who used to play at tennis, now make a more serious effort to play real tennis, although our efforts may still appear somewhat hopeless to the casual on-looker. An unusually large number of basket-ball matches have been played, and the interest of the teams has been well maintained. Quite remarkable has been the way in which Grade XII more than doubled its numbers this year. Of course, the recurring problem of conflicting time tables arose, the solving of which required all the mathematical skill of Miss Bartlett, who, as ever, works hard behind the scenes of school life to make things run smoothly. Looking back

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12 RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE HOUSE NOTES 'I' 'I' 4' DALTON HOUSE President... ............ Miss TURNER Associates ............ Miss SI-IARMAN, Miss BREVVER Miss MARTIN ' Captai ..........,. JOYCE LAW Lieutena ts .,.......... DORIS PROCTOR, EVELYN WALLACE, MARGERY BEDFORD The year 1932-33 was a bright and happy year for Dalton House. Aided and upheld by our President and. Executive we entered into all the inter-House contests, and, although we were not always successful, we succeeded in retaining the much coveted House shield. At the Zenana bazaar, we managed the candy stall, operated the fishpond and acted a shadow play up in the studio as an added and unusual attraction. The latter was a great success and much enjoyed by all who witnessed it. Next came the annual Musical Festival, and, although we did not distinguish ourselves, our choir and pianist had worked well and benefited by the helpful criticism of Mrs. Wood, the adjudicator. Then came a new and entirely different event-a story-telling competition. Miss Sutherland was the judge and she gave us a most interesting preliminary talk. We spent a very happy morning in listening to the stories of the various members of each house, even if we did not win. The House basketball team did good work during the year and emerged from each match, if not victorious, at least not downcast, and with high hopes for the future. we were very proud of our drill eight, who came first, under the able direction of our sports captain, Anne Cameron, to whom many thanks are due. At the close of the year we were delighted to discover that we had again obtained the House shield, and we wish to thank the Executive for all which they did to make our year happy and interesting.