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

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Pagg -s-.s.,x..s.,x..x.-x..x..,.,,.-x--x..s..x..x.-xnxvxv.xnx.-snsus.-x.Ansnsns- I H E E A G L E Ig-- BOARDING SCHOOL Fort Garry Hotel. On week nights several boarders have gone to science lectures. Out week-ends are fun, when the girls are allowed to visit friends for a week-end, and on Satur- day nights there is badminton or dancing h or opportunities for sewing, reading or study- ? Q ing, but usually the group is aroundthe radio v., listening to the hockey game. Sunday evenings V' If are always enjoyable, as there is an oppor- , 1 E tunity either to go to. church or to. sit with Q. '. - 'f ' the other boarders in the drawing-room . f ' 1 around the fire and talk or read, and before bed we have soup downstairs in the dining- ' room. Sunday afternoons are spent inwalking, ' - Q4 writing letters and resting. All studying is 3., Q 1. : done Friday night or Saturday morning. The boarders usually attend Holy Trinity 1 I .- -'- X, Church, but sometimes go to All Saints' or 2 ' i ' 5 .fff St. John's Cathedral. Some girls attend St. I J ' ' 4- Stephen's United Church, and often we visit other churches. REGARDING school life as seen by day-girl looking on, is very different from the reality of it, as discovered by a boarder looking in. The boarders have happy, industrious, pleasant hours in each day. To the average day-girl, the boarders' walks seem monotonous, but we, the boarders, know that besides getting beneficial exercise and fresh air, we are enabled to become more familiar with different parts of VVinnipeg. Often our destination has been the Museum, Art Gallery, Parliament Buildings, and other such places of interest. Then too, we have our parties and special nights, such as Valentine's Day, St. Patricks, Thanksgiving, when Mrs. Rumbal has taken pains to plan a different and individual meal, especially for the day, and has decorated the table in many ways. A girl, entering boarding school as I did, after being a day- girl, realizes the great amount of difference there is in the lives of these girls. While at home, during study time, one has always one ear open for the favourite jazz tune, an occasional dash to the telephone, there may be a very interesting new magazine that was left on the top of your desk, or a discussion, too interesting to be missed. At school, study is a quiet time for working independently and thoroughly with few or no interruptions. A boarder has more opportunity to ask for help in weaker subjects, and thereby benefits if she takes this advantage. New interests and ideas are developed as well as new ability, unsuspected before. Friendships with other girls whom perhaps the day-girl would not meet, are formed, and bring so much pleasure to the life of a boarder. The teachers are always kind and friendly, and I know most of the boarders feel that they are real friends. Our spare time is well taken up with reading and handcraft clubs. Every boarder makes something useful under Miss Wells' careful supervision. Saturday afternoons are planned ahead for hikes, or plays, or movies, or visits to places of interest. While I have returned home on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the other girls have gone to see several plays! 'fRuddigore, Peer Gyntf' Good l riday,'l and have paid a visit to the University of Manitoba. Of course we all went to Nine Till Six, which was produced by Miss Turner in the The boarders have a comfortable, and now sunny, bright sitting-room, and some books, although we arc allowed the use of the Library. The bedrooms are cheerful, bright rooms, and we are allowed to put in them anything we like to improve them, such as rugs and cushions. VVe are responsible for the care of our rooms, drawers, etc., and receive points for them-good or otherwise. May I hint darkly at midnight feasts? Of course, we boarders never think of such things! My term in boarding has been profitable and pleasant, and I shall always look back on it with a good deal of pleasure. C-L56 THE KINDERGARTEN DOLLS' HOUSE One day when Mr. Rathbone Came in with boxes two, We thought we'd make a dolls' house, And furnish it for you. We papered all the ceilings, And covered all the walls, And then hung up the curtains- We hope somebody calls! The outside walls we painted, The inside chairs as well. We wove some mats and carpets, So won't you ring the bell? We've books within the bookcase, And china on the shelves, And chickens, pups and camel Live there beside ourselves. -Kindergarten CLQ63 THE MERRY FAY Once I saw a merry fay, On a lovely summer's dayg She was playing in the hay, I was walking on my way. Hallo! I heard the fairy say, 'fWon't you come and kindly stay? I'll sing to you if you will play All this merry, merry day. :5 MY TREE This is my tree, It grew for me. Branches that bend Near to the end. 'l'here's a hole in my tree. Where a squirrel can beg And he stores up his nuts Till he eats them up. ---Grades I and II

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ssusnsfas-niuxunsuxnx-'LsninisnmnsninxusnLnuLnxnxsnxnxnininxnxaAsn T H E E A G L E Ip.. CAROL We journeyed to a city from hills far away, And in Bcthlehem's dwellings we wanted to stay. But houses were crowded, and inns were the same, And only a st.able would honour our name. And there 'neath the bright stars with cattle around, The little King Jesus. a baby was found. lVe knelt down beside him and kissed His sweet head, The hay was His pillow, the manger His bed. And out on the hillside where shepherds were still, A choir of the angels sang songs of goodwill. They told them to hasten to Bethlehem town, And seek for a King to give love, not a crown. -Grade V, 1930. 9443 GOLDEN TRUMPETS l saw some golden daffodils Upon a quiet hill- With gentle breezes blowing, Their petals never still. The trumpets have a frilly edge, All shining in the sun. The leaves are tall and graceful, And loved by everyone. -Urnrlc V, 1935. 9619 SHINING THINGS The rich men love their jewels, The merchants love their gold, But we love all the shining things That are never, never old. The little dazzling snowdrop, As white as silver leaves, And all the soft refiections The flowers gay receive. The pretty castle on the hill, All lit with lights so queer, And all the pretty glow worms And waterfalls we hear. -IJKIILJTIIVC Pearce Clarke, Grrule V. c-awe JAPAN QJUAPAN is a string of islands on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. It is a warm country, except for about two months when it is snowy and slushy. It has many mountains, one of which is bigger and more beautiful than the rest. Its name is Fugiyama. The dangers of Japan are earthquakes and volcanoes and the tidal waves which knock down houses and villages. The beauties in Japan are the cherry trees, chrysanthemums, crooked trees and crooked bridges and beautiful gardens. Two cities are Tokio and Yokohama. The old streets are very queer to us, for the stores are open to the street and are raised on a wooden platform. The inns are made of oiled paper stretched on little runners so the inn keeper may have as many rooms as he likes. For lights they have coloured lanterns with a hole in the top for the candle. In the narrow streets we see strange two-wheeled carts called jinrickshaws. They have two shafts, which men called jinrickshaw-men pull. They are dressed in trousers, shirts, wooden shoes for their feet, and coolie hats which look like soup plat.es. When they see us, they draw small cards, and the man who draws the longest card wins, and he takes us in his jinrickshaw. There are also many bicycles. They have signs which tell where one store ends and the next begins. The new modern streets are much like our own, with street cars, taxis, a.nd a few horses and wagons and electric lights. A Japanese lady wears a kimono with wide sleeves and a sash which is called an obi. She wears wooden clogs and carries a. paper parasol and fan. Her black hair is piled on the top of her head. She is small and has slanting black eyes and yellow skin. The men wear kimonos also. The children are dressed the same as their parents. The girls' hair is long to their shoulders and they have bangs. The country is very interesting. The farms are very small, as Japan is small and there are seventy million people. The rice is planted and is flooded. When it begins to show, the farmer and his wife and children wade through the mud and pick the rice. They transplant it farther apart. When it is ripe they cut it and hang it on racks to dry. Then they put it through a great comb. Then they eat it. The railway trains are very clean, and never late. When the people go in they take their shoes off in the aisle and squat down on the seats. When they want to go to sleep they rest their heads on the other person's head and fall asleep. The Japanese have very polite manners. When they speak to us they bow and talk very beautifully. Many brothers and sisters play with the babies strapped on their backs, and the poor things have to gaze up at the sun all day, so that is why many people are blind in Japan. Their food is rice, tea, soup, beans and raw fish. Buddha is one of their gods whom they pray to. When they think he doesn't answer their prayers they run to the temple and clash the bells, because they think he is asleep. They have beautiful temples. Their festivals are the Dolls' Festival and the Kite Festival. The Dolls' Festival is on the third day of the third month, and the Kite Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month. The little girls get out their dolls and play with them on their festival, and the boys play with kites on their festival. On the boys' festival the father hangs out as many paper fish as he has sons. The tea leaves grow on bushes, and are picked by the coolies and dried in the sun and then are packed and sent away. The silkworm makes a lot of silk, and is fed on mulberry leaves. He is treated politely, and is called the Honourable Little Gentleman. The Japanese have birds called cormorants to do their fishing. They have rings around their necks, and when they see a fish they dive and catch it, but cannot swallow it because of the ring. -Illargnrct Anne Adler, Grade IV. owe MY PET TINY GJJTIINY is a mouse. I found him when he was only a tiny pink ball of fuzz. First of all, we fed him on bread dipped in milk. Then, when he grew older he would go under the table at meals and wait for his food there. Sometimes we Would feed him from a china doll's dish, but he still made a mess. A treat for Tiny is to give him some jam on bread and butter. At night Tiny sleeps in a little wooden box my cousin has made for him. One day Tiny was missing, and we hunted everywhere. He was finally found three days later, with a wife and three tiny little pink balls. They reminded me of him when I found him in the wood-shed. The three babies were in the very same place where I had found him. Now Tiny has many, many children and grandchildren. Tiny has a silky white coat and pink paws and ears. He has pretty, light blue eyes, and he is very fat and playful. -Margaret Raft, Grade VI. owe THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC JIJKQICHARD HARDHEART, middle-aged, bad-tempered, and intolerant, stamped testily down the wide front stairs of his son's home. From the drawing-room came the sweet notes of a violin. Marjorie, Richards granddaughter, was entertain- ing her mother's guests. She played remarkably well, but to her grandfathefs unappreciative ears, the beauty she brought forth from her instrument was only irritating. As he reached the bottom step, and a bell-like top note beautifully held issued from the violin, a sudden fit of uncontrollable fury overcame him. 0h! that violin-scratch, scratch, scratch on one's ears. I wish there were no music in this world.