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

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28 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL To bring the situation home forcibly to our citizens, Vilinnipeg was invaded by an imaginary enemy. Thousands of our troops were manning defence posts on the outskirts of the city, trying in vain to ward off the overpowering enemy. Our street lights had been turned out in antici- pation of an air raid. Many families ate their breakfasts in darkness that morning as blackout regulations were in force. Eerie sirens wailed, guns boomed in the distance and gas bombs exploded, Winni- peg citizens knew the horrors of an in- vasion. Driving to school in the morning I had an excellent view of the day's activity- sand bags were piled high in front of store windows, some stores faked a wreck- ed building, while soldiers were grouped on street corners. Mounted police stopped street cars to inspect the occupants' regis- tration cardsg tear gas bombs exploded right under street cars and automobiles. All this rehearsed action was very effective but aroused an unrehearsed fear in the hearts of the citizens. The radio played a prominent role in the promotion of the campaign. Bulletins in the form of communiques broadcast at ten minute intervals during the invasion described events as reported to military headquarters. NVith each communique an appeal was made on behalf of the Victory Loan pointing to the responsibility of every citizen to subscribe to the Loan. Besides all this a play illustrating school under Nazi rule was broadcast to all school children in their classrooms. Ger- man orders and commands were relayed by radio to the would-be-anxious people. When the city was officially taken the Nazi troops swarmed to the City Hall, arresting such prominent men as Mayor Queen and his Council who played their part perfectly, looking as if the end had come. The Storm Troopers raided the public libraries destroying and burning all anti-Nazi reading material ruthlessly. Pillaging did not stop at that, but churches such as All Saints' were closed and officials taken into custody. The Germans raided St. Mary's School, draping the swastika ominously over the desk and erasing patriotic passages on the black- boards. People eating in restaurants were forced to give up their places and lunches to the Nazi soldiers. Thus would the German aggressors pre-empt all civilian privileges. S Striking posters and transfers on the street cars caught my attention for they were written in German., In the Stores employees handed me German Reich marks with my changeg even the lid on my milk bottle was written in German. The uniforms of the Storm Troopers were correct in every minor detail which in- fluenced my realization of Hitler's power- ful scheme. X These illustrations and others made Manitobans conscious of their duty toward Canada's second Victory Loan. If Day impressed on the majority of us the objective for which we are fightingland the urgency of our war needs. We all know the value of Democracy which is at stake in the World War today. If Day impressed on all of us the horrors and danger of a war at home. Lillian Ruttan, CGrade XD .111-

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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.

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THE EAGLE SPCDRTS1941-1942 GU' ' ll 'Sv . Qi fl fl 'IS fl a B a n ' -slu- TENNIS WE began the season with the Junior Tennis Tournament which was played by girls fourteen years and under. Martha Grimble and Daphne Goulding were the finalists and after a good game Daphne suceeeded in holding the title of Junior Champion which she won last year. Last year's Senior Tennis Tournament was again won by Jean Sellers after a good game with Monica Mackersy, This term we have not yet started the House matches. have shown great enthusiasm and the team players have co-operated well to- gether. Results of the games as follows: lst Team- Friday, Nov. 21, vs. Riverbend Cawayj -won 4--2. Friday, Feb. 13, vs. St. Mary's Chomeb -won 22-12. Friday, Mar. 6, vs. St. Mary's Cawayj -won 18-5. Friday, Mar. 20, vs. Riverbend Chomej -won 20-9. Unfortunately, due to bad weather, we were not able to hold our Annual Sports Day in the fall. BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM. This season has not been quite as suc- cessful as previous ones, but all the girls SECOND TEAM 2nd Team- Friday, Nov. 21, vs. Riverbend Cawayl -won 13-2. Friday, Feb. 13, vs. St. Mary's Chomej -won 23-9. Friday, Mar. 6, vs. St. Mary's Cawayj -lost 14-16.