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

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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

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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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THE EAGLE 35 INITIATION DAY YOU,-you over there! Come and polish my shoes! or Carry my lunch-tin down to the laboratory, and don't forget the straws! Such were the remarks which greeted the new girls on Friday, October 18th. It was Initiation Day at R. L. S., and if 1' -5 on by enthusiastic spectators. After this came the undignified but satisfac- tory process of paddling the new girlsg the bell, however, interrupted the revelry at its height, and the vic- tims walked stiffly to their next classes. If you had picked up a newspaper and glanced at the Society Column you might have read something like this: At eight o'clock on Friday evening the new Rupert's Land girls were offl- cially initiated. They wore their most flattering pyjamas Cpronounced paj- Amasb with bathing-suits over them. Their hair was done up in clothespins fthe modern curlersbg their facial ap- pearances dated back to the days of Marie Antoinette, for there were dabs of cold cream all over their faces, the original beauty spot was one black dot much enlarged. There followed a beauty contest judged by Miss Bartlett, Miss Sharman all girls from Grades VIII to XII in- clusive were undergoing the penalty of coming to a new school. No doubt all had come to school in the morning with dark forebodings as to what lay ahead, but all were smiling and taking it in the spirit of fun. They had been in- structed in what to wear the day be- fore, and in consequence they arrived in dunce's caps one and one-half feet tall, with their names graciously adorn- ing them. Also,-for such is the tradi- tion,-each had a boot-blacking kit. At re-cess they entertained the old girls by bunny-hopping. very nimbly down the length of the Assembly Hall, cheered