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

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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.

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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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28 RUPERT's LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL The Festival of Spoken Poetry was held at the Gordon Bell School on April 22, and I must admit, that as far as we were con- cerned it was rather a disappointing evening. The School entered three choirs, but as they were all scheduled for Saturday night so many of the younger people were unable to turn up that Grade IV had to speak, very bravely but rather uneasily, with only half the choir present, and the choir from Grades V and VI had to be scratched altogether. However, Grade VIII's, who were the last number on the program, made up for the other misfortunes by excelling them- selves and getting a very good criticism, especially for The Fighting Temerairef' Next year, when we have worked together a little longer, I am sure we shall be able to produce some really splendid results. I should like to take this opportunity to thank all those girls who came to extra classes, even during the holidays, and whose hard work enabled us to feel proud of our year's work. R. H. T. C556 THE ART STUDIO 1 NTARY CARMICHAEL MARCIA ROBLIN Quite different and advanced work has been done in the studio this year. The junior art classes specialize in drawing and painting, and their illustrations of stories and poems are very good. They have modelled some small articles in clay for their dollls house, and are very proud of the cups and saucers, bird baths and pots -that they have turned out. In the intermediate special art class, pottery is also made, and interior decorating is begun. By the time the girls reach the senior class they are well grounded in these two branches of art. The girls also do illustrations and drawings of still life. Before Christmas, the senior special art class did pottery, which is always very popular with the girls, and also tried dyeing, that is, making patterns on cloth with the aid of some dye, buttons and string. As this was our first attempt, we were not very successful, but several girls by perseverance did make quite pretty patterns.