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

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26 RUPER'r's LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL -'MQ .gases X mv- 3 gui ns: my Q .J- Q 154- 1 :-T 1 ,cfjlv ff fS:liEj!iQgy If -We 2-mum., , .- LIBRARY NOTES This year we have a large number of new books that have been added to the library. The Alumnae co-operated with the School in buying twenty-four volumes of the newest edition of the Encyclo- paedia Britannica. An anonymous friend gave us a beautiful book entitled The Worldls Greatest Paintings. Mr. Heber Archibald donated a series of books on Art: The Art of the Berlin Galleries, The Art of Pitti Palace, The Art of Uffizi Palace and Florence Academies, The Art of Prado, The Art of the Netherland Galleries, The Art of the Venice Academies, and The Art of the Vienna Galleries. One hundred and thirty-nine National Geographical Magazines were given to us by Mrs. W. H. Gollum. We are changing the system of cataloguing so that every book, rather than every person will have a card. This will be a much easier system-especially for the librarians. SYLVIA RETALLICK. CLQQD MUSIC Enrollment in the piano class has been large this year, and an active and interesting program has been carried out under the direction of Miss Tinning and Miss Scott. Musical clubs were formed under the presidency of Dorothy Aitken and Patricia Love, and three successful meetings were held at the homes of Mrs. H. Tooley, Mrs. Ball, and Mrs. E. Claydon. Several of the students entered the musical festival, and some good adjudications were received, although we didn't win any awards. At time of going to press, the girls are preparing for piano examinations, some for the

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RUPERT'S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL 25 LITERARY CLUB NOTES The Literary Club is glad to report a very successful and enjoyable year. At the first short meeting the following executive was elected: Honorary President Cacclamationj ..... ..... M Iss E. M. BARTLETT President .......... .... M Iss S. L. TURNER, Vice-President .... .... I OCELYN RICHARDSON Secretary ...... .... S ARAH GRIMBLE Treasurer ..... ...... V IROINIA CAMERON Social Conveners .......... VERNA VAN BLARICOM, LESLIE FLORANCE BERNICE HAIRSINE, RUTH FRYER Our programs have been varied and interesting, the first being a book review of Dr. Heizer's An American Doctor's Odyssey, given by Verna van Blaricom and Sarah Grimble. Following this was an inter-school debate with the motion Resolved that moving pictures are more harmful than helpful 'to the study of history and literature, the affirmative being supported by Virginia Cameron and Leslie Florance, the negative by Bernice Hairsine and Mary Campbell. A heated debate resulted in a win for the affirmative. At our next meeting we enjoyed something new in the history of the Literary Club-a talk given by Sylvia Retallick and Helen Aiartin, illustrated with lantern slides, on armour and weapons from the Stone Age to the Present Day. Gur last meeting for the term was a very interesting talk on The Beginnings of the Drama by Miss Ruth Taylor, a new teacher in the School this year. The busy winter term found us no less alert. YVe began with a playreading of Galsworthy's Silver Box by the Grade XII mem- bers. We are very fond of playreadings, it seems, for they comprised our next two meetings, first came a reading of Peter Pan by Barrie, then W. YV. Iacob's The Monkeys Paw by a boarding school team of Miss Turner, Verna van Blaricom, Marjorie Mackay, and Dorothy Adams. And last, but certainly not least, was our debate with Riverbend School. Many preliminaries preceded the great day, which at last arrived. The affirmative of the motion, Resolved that tolerance has done and is doing more harm in the world than intolerance, was taken by a Riverbend team of Eileen Gray Cleaderj and Roberta Iean McQueen, while Leslie Florance Cleaderj and Virginia Cameron defended the negative side for us. Both sides were so evenly matched that, in the opinions of the judges, Mrs. G. V. Ferguson, Captain I. Wilkinson, and Mr. E. K. Williams, K.C. Cand of the hearers too, I am surej, the result was a draw. The meeting then adjourned to an enjoyable tea Served in the Kindergarten and Drawing-room. In conclusion, I would like to say that I have been glad to help the Literary Club by acting as Secretary, and that I have enjoyed every minute of my membership. It is with great regret that I will leave the School this year. SARAH GRIMBLE.

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RUPERT's LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL 27 Royal Schools, some for the Toronto Conservatory of Music and some for the University of Manitoba. The annual School recital was held on Monday evening, April 5, in the Assembly Hall. The pianists were assisted in the recital by the speech training classes of Miss Taylor. I C960 THE IUNIOR GLEE CLUB The Iunior Glee Club was formed three years ago, the members of which, although very enthusiastic, numbered only seventeen, and since that time it has grown steadily. Although at first small pro- grams were given, it was not until the last two years that operettas have been undertaken by Miss Armitage, which have been very successful. The proceeds have been used to buy music and gramo- phone records for the Glee Club. ' , This year the membership has been thirty-six, drawn from Grades IV to VIII, the officers being: President, Laurel Bell, Vice- President, Isabelle Hamon, Secretary, Anne Cunningham. The program for the year included two open meetings, the first being Folk Songs of the British Isles, and the second, Christmas Carols. The main feature of the year was the operetta, The Magic Piper, in which the main characters were: Pied Piper, Isabelle Hamon, Mayor, Laurel Bell, Town Crier, Margaret Chown. The cast included all the members of the Glee Club, with the addition of Grades I and II acting as dogs and rats. There was a large attendance of parents and friends. The enthusiasm shown by all members promises a great future for the Glee Club. LAUREL BELL. C-LQ? CHORAL SPEAKING After getting to know one another during the first term, we were kept very busy working for the Recital and the Poetry Festival. The Recital for the piano and speech pupils was held at the School on April 5, and all the choirs may congratulate themselves on their performances. Grade IV spoke two very short poems, Chicken, by Walter de la Mare and one with such a long name, The Last Will and Testament of the Grey Mare. The audience seemed to enjoy this as much as the girls did. Grades V and VI can be especially congratulated for The Piper by Semnas O'Sul- livan, which was a real feather in their cap, and Grade VII for improving so much in the last few rehearsals and making a really good job of A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go. I told them that if they got a laugh from their audience at the end, they would know they had spoken it well, and they got the laugh! Grade VIII spoke two strongly contrasted poems, The Fighting Temeraire by Sir Henry Newbolt, that needed all the vigor of husky mariners, and Nod by Walter de la Mare, that needed a delicate, dreamy touch, both of which they managed excellently.