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

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RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL 17 To show what Houses the girls are in there are different House signs. Une is the tie, being black and gold striped. jones has .the narrowest stripe, of a quarter of an inch, Dalton a half an inch, Machray three-quarters of an inch, and Matheson, the widest, an inch. There are also the House pins, which consist of the School pins, with the eagle on it and the House initial attached. Matheson has a Roman M, while Machray has an Old English one. Then there are the House colours. Matheson has black, Machray has green, jones has pink and Dalton has blue. These colours are worn on Sports Day. There is competition between the Houses in sports. An annual Sports Day is held every year, if weather permits, in which the Houses compete. That day, running, jumping, obstacle 'and relay races take place. It is all very interesting and exciting. Also, there are the different games of basketball, tennis and badminton which give points to the Houses. The School pays the expenses of keeping a cot in the Zenana Dlission Hospital and also helps missions of other kinds and many needy people. To raise money for these purposes there is a tea given, at which each House has a table. Generally each House tries to make the most. The Houses, nearly always, have two parties each year. One is a toboggan party and the other is generally a picnic in the Spring. Both parties are very much fun, and I am sure everyone enjoys them. After the jolly side of competition comes the working part. Everyday work counts as -well as the examinations. All school work counts in an indirect way. An A standard gives three points, and a B gives two points to your House. Orders, marks and detentions do not help your House but pull it down. Order marks take off one mark and detentions a fifth of a mark each. The House captain is not very pleased with girls who pull down their House, but very pleased with the girls who obtain an A, The Houses are not just groups any more but mean more to the individual girl now. Each girl should be very proud of her House, and show a great interest in it. Naturally, each girl wants her House to win the shield. If the shield is to be obtained each individual must do her best in work as well as in sports. MARGARET TOMKINS, Grade VIH.

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16 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL n VVhen you leave school and have not had the privilege of belong- ing to a House, a great deal of your interest in the activities within the school ceases, as you have no one to whom you can come back: your class is finished with as far as the schoolgirls are concerned. But if you did belong to a House it will still be there: there may be different faces but they will still have the same good old tie and the same good old interests at heart. They will still feel Matheson or Machray or Dalton or Iones is the best, and nothing will ever change that feeling. You will be somebody to them, not merely from the year '59, but they will welcome you as one of themselves because you will be one of them and will remain one of them through- out all the years that stretch ahead. They will be starting, as you did, on the same road with the signpost, Co-operation and Good Fellowship. ' ' I entered a House in Grade III and have grown up with its tradi- tions, and today I feel I shall never forget them, nor the lessons I have been taught by them. My House has given me a bigger sense of achievement and a deeper understanding of comradeship and a chance to prove my love for her, and has set me firmly on a broad road to happiness. I am very grateful to the House System. LESLIE FLORANCE, Grade XI. C-LQ?-D THE HOUSE SYSTEM IN RUPERT'S LAND SCHOOL PRIZE EssAY-IUNIoR It was during Miss Millard's first year as principal at Rupert's Land School in 1929 that she started the House System. At first the School was divided into groups called Houses, and the idea did not mean much to the girls then. They did not have any self- government and were nothing like the Houses of today. The Houses could not be called by numbers so names had to be found for them. The first House was called Dalton after the first headmistress-Miss Dalton, the next was called Iones after the second headmistress. It would not be very interesting to have just two Houses, so it was decided that there should be four, the last two being called Machray and Matheson after two Archbishops of Rupert's Land diocese. It would be no use having Houses in a school if they were not going to do good. First of all they are to help the girls work together and co-operate. Secondly, they are for competition. That is, when a girl does good work, it honours her, as well as the House she is in. The Houses are managed by the girls, with help from some of the Staff. All the old girls from Grade III to XII can vote. The different officers are captain, vice-captain, secretary, treasurer and junior and senior sports captain. Generally a girl from Grade XII is voted as House captain, and the head girl is not allowed to take an office, because she has so many other things to do. Miss Bartlett chooses one teacher from each House to be president, and others are associates.

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18 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL 1 Barkeiball PAT PARRISH JEAN WOODMAN KAY MILNER HELEN MARTIN PAT PURDIE MARY MILNER DALTON HOUSE 1 I President ....................... MISS TURNER Associates ...,..... ..... M ISS HERKES, MISS GRUENKE Captain ............ ..... M ARY MILNER Senior Lieutenants ...., ,.... I oc ROBB, VIRGINIA CAMERON Iunior Lieutenant ...... ..... H ELEN MARTIN Secretary-Treasurer .... ..... A NNE GRIFFIN, PAT PARRISH Senior Sports Captain ..... ..... V ERNA VAN BLARICOM Iumor Sports Captain ............ BETTY FOSTER Badminlon IOCELYN Roms VIVIAN BASFORD HELEN MARTIN PHYLLIS GOULDIN KAY MILNER MARY MILNER Sports have been Dalton's strong point, and although we placed only third on our Annual Sports Day in the fall, we are now holding first place, and hope to win sport honours for the year. Amy Best and Vivian Basford are to be congratulated for their excellent run- ning and jumping on Sports Day. Praise is also forthcoming to our basketball and badminton teams, which did most to put us ahead, also to our senior sports captain, Verna, who kept us organized. We have also been socially engaged this year, mainly in our Annual School Missionary Tea, which was held in November. Dalton's table in the dining-room was decorated with blue and silver streamers, and centred with a bowl of chrysanthemums. Mothers of the girls in the House kindly lent silver services and some consented to pour. The girls serving wore blue and silver aprons, and the tiny messengers wore blue hair bows. Dalton's side attraction was an attractively arranged handkerchief stall. We were well rewarded for our good work, the total sum from the proceeds being 3185. We are also planning a House picnic for Friday, May 19, our final social round-up of the season. Then exams! Although Dalton placed only third in the House results at the end of Christmas and Easter terms we still have a chance to win the House cup. P.S. A very successful picnic was held on May 19 in the City Park. We all set off after school ended at four o'clock, making our way by bus and bicycle to the rendezvous at the swings, we spent some