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

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THE EAGLE 21 ALUMNAE NOTES 1940-41 EXECUTIVE: Honorary Member. .........,...................... - ................... Miss G. E. Millard Acting President ........ ....... . Miss Florence Windatt 1st Vice-President ...... .......... ll 'Irs. K. A. Laidlaw 2nd Vice-President ....... ....... M iss Florence Windatt Secretary .................. ...... . Miss Jocelyn Richardson Treasurer ......... .......................................,............. . Mrs. Wm. Busby ADVISORY BOARD: Mrs. R. C. Clifford Miss Katherine Robinson Mrs. W. T. Chisholm Miss Madeline Taylor Mrs. Guy Simonds Robt. Anderson Mrs. Miss Audrey Fisher Miss Miss Miss Pamela Hutchins Blanche Henderson Joan Macaw Miss Marjorie Hoskin T was with sincere regret and yet with good wishes that we said good-bye to our President, Mrs. H. M. Prockett, formerly Minerva Porter, who left for Fort William in January to be married, and we wish her the best of luck. Miss Florence Windatt kindly consented to be her successor, and with her the Alumnae has now completed a very successful year. The annual meeting for 1940 was held October 7th, 1940, at the school, and the Alumnae welcomed many of last year's graduates. The activities of the year which were reviewed, proved satisfactory iinancially as well as socially. The annual prayers held last May and the June Church Day had been well attended, and as usual, flowers had been placed on Miss Jones' grave. On November 22nd the Alumnae had a dance at the school which was again a very successful event. The committee, headed by Mrs. John Armytage, form- erly Betty McDonald, have to be congratulated on their hard work and splendid results. The net profit was 510500. Mrs. Prockett and Miss Bartlett received the guests. This year the Old Girls again bowed to the present girls in the annual basketball game, the score being, well - anyway the school won, but we will be back trying hard again next year. Last year the Rupert's Land Alumnae played the Riverbend Alumnae, both games being in our favor, and we hope to play them again very soon. The annual Alumnae luncheon was held this year on February 15th at Hud- son's Bay store. It was a hap-py reunion, as about 150 Old Girls turned up to see their old school chums. Miss Audrey Fisher was chairman and introduced the two spe-akers, Miss Charlotte Counsell, who spoke of her experiences when she was nursing with Queen Alexandra's Nursing Sisters in Australia, and Mrs. Garbutt, formerly Miss Colcleugh, who has just recently returned from England and who told us of her experiences during this war. . OLD GIRLS IN THE NEWS Miss Phyllis Hutchins graduated with Honours in Commerce from the Uni- versity of Manitob-a. Ruth Wells is in the Women's Royal Air Force in England, her rank being that of a Pilot Officer. Elizabeth Frances Morrison was called to the Bar in Manitoba. Peggy Moss is overseas studying wireless, prior to that she was in a clearing station.

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RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL THE HEAD GIRL MONICA MACKERSY, who 1 O has been Head Girl of Rupert's Land School 4 for the year 1940-1941, came to us from Robert H. Smith School in 1938. Here she had a fine rec- ord, winning the cup for all-round sportsmanship, which suggests the key to Monica's personality: sports are her chief in- terest. She has been a O member of the first bas- ketball team for three pears, she is a keen gym- nast and skates besides, and plays badminton and tennis. But sportsmanship to Monica means much more than being good at games. She has an innate love of MONICA MACKERSY fair play, good judgment, tolerance, good temper, equanimity, and these qualities have fitted her well for the position of Head Girl, which she has filled admir- ably. She was Captain and Sports Captain of Jones House for 1939-1940, being relieved of these offices when she became Head Girl. As Vice-President of the Literary Society and co-editor of The Eagle for the current year, she has Worked energetically and co-operatively,-in fact, quiet efficiency has characterized all Monica's activities. . Monica is planning to enter Manitoba University in the fall, to take her B.Sc., and then hopes to train as a laboratory technician. The good wishes of her old school follow her, and all those who have lived and Worked beside her will long remember her high ideals and good comradeship. S. LL. T.

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22 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL MARRIAGES Shirley Atkins - Don-ald D. Love. ' Clementina Adamson -- Jerrold Y. Reid. Eva Mary Adamson - Stewart Pugh. Betty McDonald - John Armytage. Minerva Porter -- H. M. Prockett. Mary Kate Florance - Kenneth Laid- law. Betty Jane Anderson - Thomas'Waite. Marjorie Hunt - Jack Campbell. Mary Arkell - Edward David Wilkin- son. Geraldine Kilvert - Roderick Philpot. Grace Leith Counsell - David K-enneth Rea. Patricia Pennock - John Milner Lind-- say. Rosemary McWilliams - Douglas Bracken. Eldred Jenkins-William Ormond. Jane Mary McConnell -- Archie Ste- . them. Lorraine Code-Herbert H. G. Moody. Carla Lehman - George Elliot.. Margaret Robb -- Kenneth Gosling. ALUMNAE SUCCESSES AT MANITOBA UNIVERSITY 1941 B.A. Honours: Katherine Young. B.A. General Course: Christine Pentland Stephanie Richards. B.Sc. General Course: Peggy Moorhouse Cynthia Bennest. B.Sc. H ome Economics: Joyce Chadwick Lois O'Grady Muriel Richards Beth Tooley. Master of Science: Nancy Green CB.Sc. Hons., 19395. Tucker Scholarship in Science, 1st year: Ruth Fryer. Sellers Scholarship in Arts, lst year: Sylvia Retallick. Julia Adamson and Ruth Hoskin are 1941 graduates of the Winnipeg General Hospital S-chool of Nursing. .. -... Father- Well daughter, how is the term re-port this time? Daughter- It's under water. Father- 'Under water, what do you Daughter- Below sea level. II' if III ' J oanne- We'll be friends to the end. Joyce L.- Lend me a quarter. Joanne- That's the end! DALTON HOUSE mean?', President .......................... Mis-s Turner Associates .... Miss Herkes and Mrs. Purdie Captain ............................ Kaye Milner House Prefects ........ Patricia Purdie, Vivian Basford Junior Lieutenants.-Gertrude Hop- pins, Jocelyn Fisher Senior Games Captain--Jean Wood- man Junior Games Captain .......... Phyllis Goulding Secretary-Treasurer ......... .Marilyn Miclvor Q TIHIS year has been a very successful one for Dalton House. We were very pleased with the result of our annual mission teag besides serving tea in the dining-room, we combined forces with Machray House for a candy sale, making S28.10. The grand total was the marvelous sum of 522050.