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

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RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE 19 Mothers, and Brothers and Sisters would know, that when a Brownie is at a Pack meeting, if she falls out of a tree or off a toadstool, the other Brownies will be quite capable of looking after her. And that was the end of the year. There was just one more pack meeting, when we said Good-Bye to two fairies, two elves and one little person, who had to move away to another part of the Forest. 'I' 'I' -I' THE MAN FROM ALBERTA Friday, April the seventh, saw the majority of the school assembled together to enjoy The Man from Alberta , a play in three acts under the able direction of Miss Turner. The proceeds amounting to thirty-one dollars and twenty cents, of which five dollars and seventy cents were made by the Grade ten candy stall, were in aid of the Magazine Fund. The man from Alberta, Fergus Wimbush CJoan Watsonl goes to England with the hope of persuading Mrs. Calthorpe CMiss Parker! to marry him, because if he does so they inherit between them the state of a wealthy uncle who has just died. It is with great difficulty that Mr. Priestley, CMary Laird! Mrs. Calthorpe's guardian and legal advisor persuades her that Mr. Wimbush is most eligible . In order to form her own opinion of Fergus, Mrs. Calthorpe poses as Perkins , the parlor-maid, and while she is playing this part Fergus falls in love with her. Robert Gilmour fGerry Kilvertl, Mrs. Calthorpe's young cousin, is visiting at Beach House, and when Ada QEileen Chandlerj and Ruth Wimbush CJane McConnellJ go for their brother, he falls in love with Ada. Mrs. Hubbard CMary Kingstonj the ugliest woman in Christendom and her daughter Minnie CAgnes Swalwellj add greatly to the humour of the play. Minnie, who is leaving England, has come with her mother to bid farewell to Mrs. Calthorpe, to whom they both present their photographs. Later in the play when Fergus asks for a photograph of Mrs. Calthorpe, Perkins shows him Mrs. Hubbard's, which is most amusing, and thus he forms an utterly wrong conception of her. The part of Martha, the cook-general of Beach House was capably filled by Miss Bartlett. , When Perkins, by her audacity and charm has succeeded in making Fergus fall in love with her, she returns under her correct name, and having straightened out all complications, happily marries him. ELIZABETH WRIGHT

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18 RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE OUR GUIDES 'Tis not for love of fame we bring Our work before the public eyeg But 'tis for quite another thing, And this the reason why. When others show they are in need We try to play the game, And often do a kindly deed In the Guide Movement's name. During the year 1932-33 we were busy at work and play. A variety of badges were won, ranging from Life Savers to Cooks. Eight of the Guides, after attending lectures from a General Hospital graduate, were able to qualify for their Sick Nurse badge. The Infirmary became a busy centre in those days for poulticing and bandaging. The weather was not always kind to us when we planned hikes and treasure hunts, but we remembered the Eighth Law- and did our best. On February 14th, we entertained a Ukrainian Company of Guides, serving tea and playing games. Our Guides took part in the Rally held in May at the Amphitheatre, appearing in the march past, the human flag, folk dancing, the pageant and the singing around the camp fire. We were sorry to say good-bye to Peggy Moor- house, leader of the Red Rose Patrol. News has reached us that she is now a Robin in a Guide Company in the East. The Guides had a very happy year, and are looking forward to another one. 'I' 'X' 'I' BROWNIES The Brownies were very sad last Christmas when their Brown Owl fMrs. Chownj was flying away to another part of the forest. However they did not forget the Brownie smile, and when Brown Owl promised to come back as often as possible to see them, the smile turned to a real grin. All winter long the Brownies worked hard in their homes under the trees, and when spring came two or three of them were quite ready for second class badges, and the others were all trying hard to catch up to them. The springtime has such a nice exciting feeling in the air, as though thousands of secrets and lovely things were waiting to be found, and it was then that we found six new Brownies who wanted to join the pack. When they were all ready to be enrolled, the former Brown Owl flew back to see them, and the Eagle Owl CMiss Millardb came into the forest and performed the ceremony. Naturally there was great excitement amongst all the Brownies, and when the new ones had been enrolled, the whole pack showed their visitors some of the things they had learned during the winter. The most important was a first aid demonstration, so that all their Fathers and

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20 RUPERT'S LAND COLLEGE MAGAZINE GRADE X PICNIC The day to which we had looked forward so many times during the past few years at last dawned. June the 10th, 1933 was the eventful day of the Grade X picnic for the Graduating Class. How many of us lay in bed that morning pondering over the terrors that ran through our veins this very day a year ago when it was up to us to supply the graduating class with a,full day of entertainment! But happy were we that morning of 1933 when we blissfully realized that it was our turn this year to be entertained. It happened to be a Saturday, but even so, ten o'clock found Grade XI in the bitter depths of an Algebra class two weeks before the departmentals, so great was the relief when motor horns were heard outside, and the beckoning voices of their occupants telling us to hurry out to the cars which were to drive us to Mrs. Pugh's beautiful summer home. Some even resorted to a scarlet-coloured truck which conveyed them there not as soon as hoped, but never-the-less on time. . The day proved to be very hot and the first hour or so was spent, by most of us, in roaming around the lovely grounds and hankering after the river. Soon however our hostesses had us all seated on the ground, then gave us a scrumptious lunch, composed of several kinds of salads, dozens of sandwiches and some wonderful concoction which quenched our thirst most satisfyingly. Ice cream with huge strawberries poured over it was the dessert, with cake and cookies, and when everyone had eaten as much as she could an afternoon full of activities began. Croquet, badminton, tennis, bowls and dancing were tried by everyone until we became too hot. Then we roamed about the garden and the woods, finding there a swing, which proved disastrous to one! The busy afternoon sped past, and soon it was time for tea, which was every bit as delightful as the lunch. It was nearly six o'clock when we finished, and people began to try to make themselves look respectable enough to venture home again. Finally however, as all good things do, so did this day come to an end. Cheers were raised, good-byes and thank- you's were said, motor engines buzzed and with many voices ringing in the evening air the Grads drove away home, all agreed that the 'day had been most happy and successful. KATHERINE SAUNDERS