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

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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

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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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36 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL and Miss Bussell, the contestants filing past the judges, looking daringly glam- orous. After much discussion Joyce Coulson was announced the winner, and was led forward blushing, to re- ceive the title of Miss Rupert's Land. After this the new girls were pre- vailed upon to perform for us, for in- stance, Lois Cuff taught us how to do the Hula dance, and Rosamond Deven- ish read us part of De Habitant -- abou' de habitant farmer. We paused in the middle of the fun and danced for a while, Miss Jackson kindly playing for us, and then were served with sand- wiches, cakes, cookies, lemonade and ice-cream dixies. After that we formed a large circle in the middle of the floor, and, under the expert direction of Mar- jorie Chisholm, we learned the Coakie O'akie -which proves that the evening was not only entertaining but also edu- cational! About ten o'clock we left for home, thus concluding a very enjoyable evening. Isabelle Hamon CGrade XJ. 1 . THE COCA ON November 12, 1940, Miss Sharman accompanied the Grade XII girls on a tour of inspection of the Coca-Cola plant. Our guide first took us into a large room where, in one corner, were bags of sugar, one of the most important constituents of the drink. In another corner was a tank holding 1,000 gallons of syrup. Next, we examined a glass- lined storage tank holding 500 gallons of the mixture. We also examined the barrels in whi-ch the syrup is shipped west, and learned how they are washed and sterilized with steam. We then entered the laboratory where samples of the syrup from West- COLA PLANT ern plants are analysed, and the color checked with a standard sample from Atlanta, Georgia. The most exciting part of our tour, the bottling plant, was then inspected. Bottles are taken from boxes, placed on a rocking table, sterilized in three lots of lye, rinsed and passed along a belt, where they are inspected under bright lights. The bottles are then re- filled, capped and boxed for sale. Our visit then came to a close, and samples were consumed gratefully by everyone present. Dorothy Petrie CGrade XID. .i. THE' SUGAR BEET FACTORY GN Monday, November 22, 1940, Grade XII, accompanied by Miss Shar- man, Miss Bussell, and Miss Jackson, visited the sugar beet factory. Outside the building, amid mud and water, we were shown the hills of beets, lying as they had been unloaded from the trains and trucks. These beets were floated into the factory in troughs, and the heads and tails removed, shredded and emptied into diffusion tanks where they remained two and a half minutes until the sugar was removed. All this was related by a kind guide who showed us around and continued to explain Cabove a great deal of noisel the con- secutive processes. The juice obtained from diffusion tanks, containing the sugar, left for the heaters where it was heated to a temperature of 90 to 100 degrees. It was treated to purify it with sulphur dioxide, limestone and coke. The lime and the remainder of the impurities were separated by pre- cipitation, and at huge rolling presses, the balance of the lime was separated, leaving water and sugar juice. The juice was boiled in evaporators until the crystals reached the desired size. To separate the crystals from the mixture, this mixture went into high speed cen- trifuges at 1,600 r.p.m. In these spin- ners all the syrup possible crystallized into pure white spun sugar, during the rapid revolutions of the drum. It was then washed with steam and dropped