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

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THE EAGLE 25 the inter-house sports competitions with 232 points. We came Hrst in the volley- ball and basketball, second in badminton and third in the shooting competition for the middle school. Of course we are eag- erly awaiting the tennis and deck tennis matches. Matheson has been successful along other lines too. Our play Thirty Minutes in ai Street, produced by Lois Cuff, won the dramatic competition with 85 marks, Sheila Hawkings was selected as the best actress. At the Annual Mission Tea, Dal- ton and Matheson shared the dining room and made a very substantial sum. Ruth Thompson won the scholarship last June, awarded by Archbishop Mathe- son to the girl of outstanding merit and sportsmanship. Matheson House had an executive break- fast party and a picnic in May which were well attended. As the year closes we are all firmly re- solved to raise our conduct to the level of our sports and school work, as we hope to win the shield back for Matheson. In conclusion, on behalf of the house I would like to thank Miss Sharman, Miss Eldred, Miss Dubois, Lola Marson and our executive for their unceasing work on be- half of the house, and to wish all Mathe- son graduates the best of luck in the future. Norma Jukes, QSecretaryJ MISSIONS ACH year, as Rupert's Land Girls' School grows one year older, more fortunate new comers find themselves within her friendly walls. It is indeed this good fortune which prompts us to wish to share it with others, and we feel that we can best do this by lending a helping hand to the Church Missions. Each year we are able to raise a fair-sized fund which we donate, partly to the Missions at home, partly to missionary work abroad. VVe keep an Indian girl in school in far off India, and maintain a cot in a hospital in that same country. Each year we receive a letter addressed to The Madam Sahib from our Indian protegee Nanu Marya Shirsatf' This year at our Annual Mission tea we raised rB156.69, 3125.00 of which has al- ready been sent OH to India and to the Sunday School by post. It seems a fitting conclusion to quote the words of Marya Shirsat with which she closed her letter. May God bless you, in all your work, and guard and protect you. Marilyn Mclvor. ,..l.i....... ..1. THE SCHOOL'S WAR EFFORT Report of Junior Red Cross Society Work Sept., 1941 ERHAPS the most important work done by the Junior Red Cross this year has been the knitting which has been ac- complished, 4,1 lbs. of wool have been used in making scarves, sweaters, socks, wrist- lets, mitts, children's sweaters and aero caps. In addition to this, wool has been contributed for making afghans, eight large and two small ones. A lot of work May, 1942 has been done for refugee babies, includ- ing the making of bonnets, bootees, mitts, jackets and two complete layettes. Also 10 kitbags for the children in Britain were made and filled. Each grade has made some efort to raise money for the Red Cross. Grades V, VI and VII had a very successful bazaar on December 5th which realized 346.00 for

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24' RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL Our sports this year have not been as successful as other years, but our deck- tennis and tennis games have yet to be played and we hope to be successful in them. The following girls took part in the games:-Shirley Claydon, Eithne Mills, Evelyn Murray, Ainslie Lee, Pam. Pilkie, Christine Bridgett, Monica Powell and Susi Eismann. Providing the weather is fine we hope to hold our annual picnic for the House executive. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to Shirley Claydon, who has worked faith- fully throughout the past year. Our best wishes also go to our dependable president Miss Bussell and to her associates Miss Ralston and Miss Armitage, for their help to us throughout the past year. To all our members we wish the very best of luck in the future. V Venetta Booth, CSecretaryj MACH RAY HOUSE PRESIDENT ...................................... Miss FOSter 1kSSOCIATE........ .... ...... ..Miss Gordon HOUSE CVAPTAINH.. ....... . .... Anne Cunningham PREFECTS ...... Lillian Ruttan, Dorothy Petrie SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN...Margaret Tomkins JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ................ Mary Bays JUNIOR LIEUTENANTS ...... Dorothy Mae Long- staife, Shirley Potter. SECRETARY ................... . ............. .Jane Grimble 40 WHEN school reopened last September, Machray House found that many of her members had leftg those of us who re- mained waited anxiously to see which of the new girls would take their places.. Finally the list was posted-sixteen new members. XVhat would they think of us and we of them? As the months have passed we have learned the answer to the latter half of the question-they are a great asset to the house and we are glad to have them. Clf you are curious re- garding the other point you will have to ask the girls themselvesj Close co-Operation and willingness to put the House first have characterized the year's activities. In September we had a get-together picnic at Assiniboine Park,- that was for fung our later efforts, al-' though they brought us enjoyment, were for serious purposes. In November, at the House Drama Festival, Machray girls di- rected by Dorothy Petrie, produced The Bishop's Candlesticks. At the Mission Tea everyone worked SO whole-heartedly that a smoothly efficient service resulted. In sports our new-comers, together with the old timers, have managed to improve the quality of our performance so that we were second in the House Basketball Com- petition, altogether we have had a satis- factory year. Now, at the end of the term, what can we who stay say to the girls who go? Just this: VVe liked having you with us, we give you our best wishes, and we shall try to carry on so that you will always be proud to say that you were in Machray. ' Jane Grimble, i MATHESON HOUSE PRESIDENT ........... . ......... , ............ Miss Sharman ASSOCIATES ............ Miss Dubois, Miss Eldred CAPTAIN .... .... ........ ....... . . ., .... ....LOla Marson HOUSE PREPIJCTS .................... Mary Lou Bell, Isabelle Hamon JUNIOR IIIEUTENAN'1'S .............. Judy Huntting Elizabeth Officer SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ...... ....... L aurel Bell Sheila Smith JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN CSecreta.ryJ SIICRETARY ..... . .......Norma Jukes TREASUREII.. .... .... ..........Lois Cuff 2 THIS year has been a very successful one for Matheson. It has been a year full of fun and happiness and keen com- etition in which we have all participated. Although there was no Sports Day this year Matheson still stands at the top in

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26 RUPERT's LAND GIRLS: SCHOOL Grade VII and 354-7.55 for Grades V and VI. Grade VII also had a doughnut sale which brought in 37.50. Grade VIII made and sold Christmas cards, and considering the rapidity with which they were sold, they must have been popular. This raised the sum of 357.323, Grade IX had candy sales Calways pop- ularlj which brought in a total of 31075. Grade X had two successful sales: the first was of home-made Victory pins which brought in 88.20, out of this they paid for two blankets made from wool they collect- edg contributed towards a Christmas hamper, and sent the balance, 3844.70 to the Red Cross. They also had a sale of blot- ters bearing the school crest, which brought in approximately 3512.00 Grade XI has been making baby gar- ments at their weekly sewing bees. Grade XII made an afghan and basket ball badges, and are making school pen-- nants. At the end of February these girls arranged for the showing of a moving picture in colors, Fur Rehabilitation in Northern Manitoba, lent by the courtesy of' the Department of Mines and Natural Resources, and shown by the Hon. J. S. McDiarmid himself. This made 261020, bringing the total for Grade XII up to 552219. The whole school has also supplied wool scraps and paid for the making of two blankets. I think Grades V and VI deserve special mention for the original idea of dividing their grade into three sections, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. These groups compete to see who can collect the most salvage, tin foil and war-savings. They are to be congratulated on having done a great deal for the Red Cross. The children of Grades I and II have been making an afghan with the help of their mothers and grandmothers, and are now preparing to sew it together. From September to May lst they' collected .416 pounds of silver paper, as well as tooth paste tubes and other miscellaneous articles. Altogether 1941-19442 has seen much good work done for the Red Cross Society, and we hope to see even more and better work done in the future. Sheila Hawkings, CPresident of Grade X Red Cross Society Branchl WAR SAVINGS From September 19-Ll to May 6th, 1942, a little over 581,000 was invested in YVar Savings by the girls in the school. SALVAGE COLLECTION '-1-IHIS year Grade XII Supervised the salvage collection for the school. In September Dorothy Petrie was elected head of the salvage committee, with Mar- garet Stovel, Murdina MacKay, and Betty Speed as assistants. At Christmas Margaret Stovel left the school due to ill health, and Dorothy Petrie succeeded her as prefect. Conse- quently, to help the two remaining girls, Monica Powell and Nan Pain volunteered for the Easter Term. Murdina and Monica weighed the salvage one week, while Betty and Nan did it the next. To keep the salvage as compact as poss- ible, Missl Bartlett provided, four big bins' in which the salvage could be kept. Dorothy also made labels for them so'the girls would place their salvage in the re- spective bins and thus facilitate the weigh- ing. Every second week the salvage was weighed before being collected by the City Collectors. If you happened to go down