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

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THE EAGLE 33 LITERARY SOCIETY NOTES THE Literary Society has just com- pleted its eighth successful year with one of the largest memberships in its history, namely, forty-three members. At the first short meeting the following executive was elected: Hon. President .... Miss E. M. Bartlett Cacclamationb President -,,,n,,,-,-,,, Miss S. L. TLIITIGI' Vice-President ...... Monica Mackersy Secretary ,,,,, - ,............ Mary Medland Treasurer -,,.,,..,....,...... Mary TiOmki1'1S Social Conveners: Jean Woodman, Kaye Milner, Anne Cunningham, Margaret Tomkins. Until this year no one had ever thought of having a Literary Society pin, but this year it was suggested that we had one, and with the agreement of the whole club a smart black and gold pin was purchased, one which I am sure every girl will treasure, especially those of us who are leaving school this year. During the Christmas term, with the exception of our outside guest speaker, Miss Norton, who discussed with us Books and Reading, we carried out our plan of studying Essays and Essay- ists, with Miss Turner as our first speak- er, telling us about the author Charles Lamb. Addison and Steele's mythical characters, Sir Roger de Coverley was dealt with by Mary Doris Le Roy and Mary Medland, while R. L. Stevenson was the essayist whom Mary MacWil- liam and Gertrude Hoppins took as their subject. Our second and longest term of the year was a busy one for the Literary Society. The new pins were given out, and we had a debate as well as an out- side speaker. At the first meeting of the term, Mary Tomkins and Dorothy Petrie took as their subject A. A. Milne, and following this, Norma Jukes and Isabelle Hamon told us about G. K. Chesterton. Joyce Coulson and Murdina MacKay were the last members of the club to give a program, and these girls told us something about the life of an- other rnodern writer, E. V. Lucas. Dr. Roy Daniells, from the University of Manitoba, gave us all a very delightful afternoon by discussing with us Prose and Poetry. His humor, friendliness and originality delighted us all. The last meeting of the year was held in the assembly hall, taking the form of a debate between Grades X and XI. Many preparations preceded the great day which finally arrived. The affirma- tive of the motion, Resolved, that the world is a better place to live in today than it was a hundred years ago, was taken by Anne Dufiin Cleaderj and Joan Adamson, both from Grade X, and the negative side was defended by two Grade XI girls, Kaye Milner Cleaderb and Norma Jukes. The debate was a very animated one, and the decision of the three judges, Mrs. J. Hercus, Miss A. Grant, and Mrs. H. Moore, was an unanimous one in favor of the affirma- tive side. Tea, as always, was served to the guests and members afterwards. I should like to take this opportunity to tell the executive and members of the Literary Society how happy I have been in filling my position of secretary, and I should like also to wish the club and all its members every happiness in the future. Mary Me-dland CSecretaryD. BOARDERS' NOTES THIS year has been a very happy one in Boarding school with Miss Foster as our house mother, Miss Graham as our matron, and Miss Hockin as our duty mistress. We wish to thank these members of the staff for all that they have done to making 1940-41 a very successful year. There are twenty-eight boarders, eighteen of whom are seniors. We have five prefects: Dorothy King and Jean Sellers from Fort William, Mary Mac- William from Quill Lake, Lorena Mc- Donald from Quibell, Ontario, and Mary Tomkins from Winnipeg. Our Sports Captain, Lillian Hultman, from

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32 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL THE GLEE CLUB THE Glee Club held its first meeting of the 1940-1941 season on October 16th. Eighteen members were present and the following officers were elected: President ........ .,.... . .---.Pamela Pilkie Vice-President .,.. Pamela Goodman Secretary ..... - ..................... Mary M1llS Librarian ..... - ............... Patricia Booth Our first celebration was a very suc- cessful Birthday Party in October, when we had our general sing-song, re- freshments and games. At Christmas we put on an operetta, The Makers of Christmas. Half of the proceeds of the silver collection went to the Red Cross Society. We completed the sea- son with a patriotic concert in aid of War Funds. Altogether we have had a good year of music and pleasant times. We are very grateful to Miss Jackson for acting as our pianist again this year, and we give three che-ers for Miss Armitage and Miss Jackson for giving up so much time to make the year a success. Pam. Pilkie CGrade IXJ. LIBRARY NOTES time X mv: 1 M 2 sf : itil. Q aim: - :.l ft E ,tlygxy gf ggtiggigggp :: X -iw Zami. - .- THE library has had another success- ful year, and more and more books have been read, especially by the girls in the middle school. Consequently the librarians have had a busy time. In November, a welcome addition of several dozen novels was made to the library, and the books proved to be well chosen. The stories included Beau Geste, K, Quo Vadis, The Little Ministerf' Under the Lilacs, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. We are very grateful to the Alumnae Reading Club for the gift of Reader's Guide to Prose Fiction. According to the library cards, AWhite Bird Flying, by Bess Streeter Aldrich, has been the most p-opular book of the year. The librarians held their annual party in February. It took the form of a dinner-party in the school dining-room, and then a show, Let George Do It, starring George Formby. We all en- joyed it very much. The library was remodelled in April. The shelves were moved to give access to Miss Bartlett's sitting-room, deep red curtains were put upg the chairs were upholstered, and a librarian's ladder provided, so that we all had fun clam- bering up to high shelves. This year Miss Kennedy again kindly gave her time to supervising the library, and all has run smoothly. The librarians selected last September from Grade X were: Margaret Tomkins, Joan Adam- son, Anne Cunningham, Lillian Ruttan, Jocelyn Highmoor, Anne Dufiin, and Isabelle Hamon. In Grade XI the girls acting as librarians for their second year were: Norma J ukes, Gertrude Hop- pins, and myself. As usual, we wore little silver L pins on our tunics to distinguish us as librarians. We hope the girls will continue to show an increasing interest in the library, and will act on our motto, Read More Books. Dorothy Adams.

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34 RUPI-:RT's LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL Mistatim, has been kept busy as we have played several basketball matches, volleyball, tennis and deck tennis. Irene Williams of Pine Falls has been a wel- come addition to Boarding school, and we cannot imagine Grade XII without her. Dorothy Adams from Tisdale, Sask., is a day school prefect and so has been a model boarder. A number of girls are interested in Guiding, Gertrude Hoppins has won her gold cord, Mar- garet Tomkins her all-round cord, Mary Bays from Portage, Pam Good- man from Winnipeg and Pat Wils0n from Hudson are enthusiastic members of the company. Lola Marson has been our star athlete for several years as a member of the first team and winner of the senior gym cup. Doreen Waddell from Beausejour is also interested in athletics, and was in the gym competi- tion the first year she was here. Lois Dalgleish from Banff specializes in golf and tennis, Ruth Thorpe, from Portage. took part in the provincial long distance sprint championship of 1940. Lois Cuff, of Brandon, Frances Earl from Saska- toon and Pam Pilkie of Winnipeg are our three main artists, Frances excelling at oil-painting. Norma Benwell of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Joyce Heggmark of Flin Flon spend a lot of their free time riding. Barbara Bon- nick is a Winnipeg girl whose favorite sport is swimming. There are also four little girls who spend most of their time enjoying themselves: Rosemary Horse- field of The Pas in Grade III, Jane Davis of Toronto and Patricia Skinner of Winnipeg in Grade II, and Irene Mor- rison of Winnipeg in Grade I. All these girls are members of the ninth Brownie pack. Many of the girls visit their friends on Saturdays and Miss Faraday has taken girls out to Assiniboine Park, Kildonan Park, River Park and to shows. We had a ve-ry tasty Christmas dinner, and, thanks to Mrs. Rumbal, specially decorated tables at Hallowe'en, on St. Valentine's and St. Patrick's days. One night Grade X Home Eco- nomics class cooked and served us a delicious dinner. It should be noted that we are NEVER given sulphur and molasses as is reported about some boarding-schools. Every morning at 8.20 the Boarders go for a walk, so if you see a croc of girls in green tunics and brown shoes and stockings it will be the Rupert's Land boarders. Mary Tomkins and Mary MacWi1liam. 1 , ,l fm! E 2 1 .f,.ff