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

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24 RUPERTJS LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL ceived a very favourable criticism from Mrs. Rutherford, the adjudicator. We placed second. Jones House has .been successful in volleyball this year, taking top honors. In basketball we placed third and in bad- minton fourth. Tennis and deck-tennis have yet to be, played and we hope with these we can raise our third place standing to second place. The annual Mission Tea was held in March this year. Jones and Machray shared the hall and together took in a very fine sum Of nearly seventy dollars. In February the members of Jones from grade nine up enjoyed a toboggan party at Polo Park. The party was very well attended and was a great success. At the end of another happy year I would like on behalf of the House to thank Miss Bussell, Miss Macdonald, Mrs. Derby and Anne Duffin for all their line co-operation and the help they have given the House this year. To the House graduates-Good-bye and good luck. CHRISTINE BRIDGETT, CSecretaryJ. MACHRAY HOUSE PRESIDENT .................................. Miss Ralston ASSOCIATES ........ Miss Gordon, Miss Smith CAPTAIN ...... . .............................. S hirley Potter HON. CAPTAIN ................ Anne Cunningham PREFECTS ...,.............. Margaret Tomkins, Peggy Lofthouse SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... Margaret Brown JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... Elizabeth Brown TREASURER .................................. Jane Grimble JUNIOR LIE.UTENANTS .... Suzanne McQuarrie, Joanne Ruttan SECRETARY ,,... .........,............ P hyllis Green 'N HIS year Machray House welcomed with pleasure the new girls joining our ranks, and not only did we bid farewell to several Oth-ers but to our great sorrow we lost Miss Foster who is now training to be a nurse at the General Hospital. We miss you, Miss Foster, and we all wish you the best of luck in future years. Shirley Potter and our new president Miss Ralston have really done their Work well. We are glad to welcome Miss Ralston and we hope she likes us as we like her. To get acquainted with the new mem- bers we held a party in two sections, one section for the juniors and one for the seniors. They were both enjoyed greatly and we thank Miss Gordon and Miss Smith for their co-Operation in making them a success. This year Machray stood third in the Dramatic Competition and with Jones House made a large amount of money from the annual Mission Tea. We were not as successful with our sports as in previous years, but with deck- tennis and tennis matches still to be played, we are hoping to gain some points. On behalf of the girls in Machray House I extend our sincere thanks to Miss Ralston and to Shirley, and I wish the best of luck to next year's Machray House. PHYLLIS GREEN, CSecretaryJ. .Tiii-L--1--.-. I MATHESON HOUSE PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATE .... Miss Sharman, Miss Eldred HONORARY CAPTAIN ................ Lola Marson CAPTAIN ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,.,,,......,,.. Sheila Hawkings PREFECTS .... Judy Huntting, Elizabeth Officer Summer Term: Ruth Thompson JUNIOR LIEUTENANTS .... Ruth Thompson, Kathleen Glover SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ........ Sheila Smith JUNIOR SPORTS' CAPTAIN ........ Donna Baker SECRETARY-TREASURER ........ Jeanne Johnson 'W 2 - 4 3 has been a successful year for Matheson House, under the capable leadership of our Captain, Sheila Hawkings and her executive. We were fortunate, too, in having Lola Marson, School Sports Cap- tain, as our Honorary Captain. The House play, A. A. Milne's The Boy Comes Home, with Sheila and Lola as co-producers was well done. The cast 9

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THE EAGLE 23 HOUSE NOTES DALTON HOUSE PRESIDENT .................................... Miss Turner ASSOCIATES ........ Miss Herkes, Mrs. Purdie CAPTAIN .............................. Phyllis Goulding HOUSE PREFECTS ........ Jocelyn Highmoor, Gertrude Eland JUNIOR LIEUTENANTS .... Dorothy Findlay, Amy Best SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... Margaret Milner JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... Daphne Goulding SECRETARY-TREASURER .... Phyllis 0'Connell 'W HIS year has .been a very successful one for Dalton House, under the cap- able leadership of Phyllis Goulding. On the evening of October 30, we held a HallOwe'en party for the whole house in the common-roomy each girl brought sandwiches and cookies which she shared with her partner. Games were played which were loads of fun, and I believe everyone enjoyed herself immensely. An Inter-House Drama Competition was held again this year on November 21. Phyllis Goulding, our producer, chose the play, The Princess and the Woodcutterf' which came first, much to our delight. Nellie Elsey was commended for giving the best performance of a male part. Our annual Mission Tea was held this year on March 27. Dalton and Matheson again shared the dining-room, making over sixty-five dollars between them. We were very grateful to Mrs. Purdie for making a lovely cake which was raffied most suc- cessfully by Dalton House, and to the mothers and friends of the girls who so kindly poured for us. Our table looked very pretty with daffodils and our blue and silver colours. The hot tomato juice and bouillon which were served were much appreciated, as it was a cold day, and in spite of butter, tea and sugar rationing, very attractive refreshments were pro- vided by the members of the House. There was no Inter-House sports day- this year, but volleyball, basketball and badminton have been very popular. In the badminton matches we came first, and in both basketball and volleyball we came second. Our conduct and work has been quite good, too. When these were all totalled at Easter we found that we -had come first. Tennis and deck-tennis have not been played yet, and the final results of the third term are yet to be seen, but certainly Dalton may be very proud of its achievements so far. In conclusion, on behalf of the House. I wish to thank Miss Turner, Miss Herkes, Mrs. Purdie and Phyllis Goulding, as well as well as the other House officials, for their splendid work during the year. To all our members, and especially to those who are leaving us this June, we wish the best of luck for the future. PHYLLIS .O'CONNELL, CSecretary-Treasurerj. JONES HOUSE PRESIDENT .................................... Miss Bussell ASSOCIATES .... Miss Macdonald, Mrs. Derby CAPTAIN ........................................ Anne Duffin PREFECFS ........ Shirley Claydon, Ainslie Lee SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ............ Ainslie Lee JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... ..Pat Gladstone LIEUTENANTS ...... Pat Love, Pat Gladstone SECRETARY-TREASURER .... Christine Bridgett 'W HE past year has been an eventful one for Jones. We have said good-bye to both our last year's associatesg Miss Armitage left us at the end of June last year after seven years in which she worked faithfully for the House. At Christmas Miss Ralston left us to be president of Machray House. However we have had two new assocates, Miss Macdonald and Mrs. Derby to welcome to the House. For our play in the Dramatic Competi- tionf Anne Duffin, our producer chose the Russian mystic play, Michael, which re-

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THE E AGLE 25 enjoyed their work, and the fun' of a pre-dress rehearsal dinner in the Common Room planned by the House Staff. Con- gratulations to Dalton House on winning the competition. In sports we have done quite well, coming first in basketball, second in bad- minton and third in volleyball. Of course, we are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the deck-tennis and tennis matches this term. At the Mission Tea, where the serving of bouillon and hot tomato juice was an innovation, we shared the dining room with Dalton, our combined efforts con- tributing a substantial sum to the Mission Fund. As we near the close of the year we resolve to renew our efforts to bring our conduct, work and sports to the highest possible level and to do our best to win back the shield for Matheson! On behalf of the House I would like to thank Miss Sharman, Miss Eldred, Sheila and our executive for their efforts and the girls for their willing co-opera- tion. Good luck to our graduates and to Elizabeth Officer who left at Easter to begin work in a bank. JEANNE JOHNSON, fSec.-Treas. J. MISSIONS HE school has for a great many years supported missions at home and in India. This year we were successful in raising S169 at our Annual Mission Tea. Some of this money has been sent to the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission where it helps to support a girl in school, pays the salary of a teacher and maintains a cot in the hospital there. Some percentage of this money is donated to the Sunday School by Post where it helps provide essentials for the teachers. Home mis- sions are also supported. The girls are all interested in mission work and I feel that it will thrive next year as well as it did this year. MARGARET TOM KINS. THE SCHOOIRS WAR EFFORT Report of Junior Red Cross Society Work Sept. 1942-May 1943. HE girls throughout the school have been very much interested in, in fact, very keen about Red Cross work. A large number of knitted goods have been turned in: sweaters, scarves, helmets, socks. Six afghans and two quilts have been com- pleted. The Juniors, especially, have con- centrated on knitting babies' clothes, at which they are very skilful. Each grade has made a special effort to raise money for some war purpose, the total amount up to date being about 35113. Grades I and II have been busily col- lecting pennies for the Red Cross and knitting squares for afghans. They are always ready to support the efforts of other grades. Grades III and IV. have made two quilts, each with different figures sewn on, and have also made a sweater of knitted squares. A great deal of silver paper was collected. Grades V and VI have again divided themselves into the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. These groups compete to see who can collect the most knitting and War Saving Stamps. 37.41 was raised and donated to the Crippled Children's Fund and Russian Relief. A great variety of things has been ac- complished .by Grade VII. Parcels have 1