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

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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

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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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THE EAGLE 27 to- the common room or chemistry labor- atory at such a time you would have seen one of the girls balancing one of the bins on the bathroom scales while another was standing on her head, vainly trying to see where the arrow rested. The salvage was collected from the school only during the Summer Term as it was being collected from the day girls' homes individually. For the two terms the approximate amount of salvage collected was: Paper .............................. 1133 lbs. Cardboard ...... .... 4 69 lbs. Magazines .... .... 2 23 lbs. Rubber .... . 52 lbs. Rags ..... . 24 lbs. Bottles ............ .... 41 36 lbs. Miscellaneous .... ......... 1 10 lbs. Betty Speed -. ... ,, IF DAY S S F DAY in Manitoba was set apart in the Victory Loan Campaign to bring home to citizens what could happen here IF -IF we at home lost the war through failure to subscribe to the Victory Loan. The money raised was to put the weapons of war into the hands of the Candians who are even now in the front line defence. Thursday, February 19th was a red letter day for Winnipeg.