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

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22 RL'PERT,S LAND GIRLS, ScHooL :Xt the beginning of the year, the House had a picnic to welcome the new girls and Miss Murray, to whom we had to say good-bye during the first term. Valerie Halland also left us to go back to England. Sylvia Meadows to go to Vancouver, and Helen Gregg to go to the States. lileanor Mitchell trained the chorus which came hrst in the Musical'Competi- tion among the Houses. Shirley Hoddinott sang a solo and came second, and Nancie Tooley played the piano solo and came third. These marks totalled so that, al- together. Matheson came second in the Music Competition. y Billie Baker and l.iz Patton. our Senior and .lunior Sports Captains. are to be con- gratulated on their work. The seniors tied for hrst place in basketball. having Mildred Parry on the first School team. and Billie Baker and Nancie Tooley on the second team. We also won the Senior Volleyball, and although our Interme- diates had no team members, they came second in both the volleyball and the basket- ball. Some of the Matheson talent was shown at the Variety Show: Doreen Ogilvie did the Sailor's Hornpipe, Eleanor Mitchell and Jeanne Beatty played piano solos, and Mildred Parry gave a very popular trum- pet solo. So. Matheson has come to the end of another successful year, thanks to the help of Miss Sharman, Miss Speers, Mrs. Anderson, Jeanne Beatty and the executive. We wish all the members of Matheson the best of luck in the future. NANCIE TOOLEY, CSecretaryl. THE SCHOOL'S WAR EFFORT September 1944 - April 1945 - l-llS year the ,lunior Red Cross Branches for the various grades in the school have been very active. and as the graphs show, much has been accomplished. R E D C Ross I MCDBA Raised fro US' U9 U So if go 05' IO f I . I I I I 'An xc x IX vm vu vw' vwnva Hfgl-tang Washeloths Lani'-U-e3 Xu Xl X I IX vm V0 VOVI am I . 3 I2 J.1f69l00lrf6l8 I2 'Paar-s oF NM-:si Seem Jug-'PERS is-6110114-1618 1468 Money has been raised in various ways by a hsh pond. a doughnut sale, play: Sauce for the Goslingsf' collecting fines, donations and selling the school basketball crests. each grade making some contribu- tion. A bazaar held jointly by grades five, six and seven raised the fine sum of fifty dollars. WAR SAWNGS qqoe 446ooI I Mnncu 1945 o qsoo QQOO H-300 DFCEHBER 1744 41.1 oo lf 1 o O .Tuul 1744- YOOO

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T H E E A G L E 21 SECOND TERM- Maximum Dalton Jones Machray Matheson fSeniOr Basketball J Sportsi Senior VOlley.ball .. 20 15.61 10.97 19.91 20.00 lMiddle School Volleyball Conduct ............,...................................... 40 34.59 36.44 34.74 36.22 Work ,.,,,... . ............................................ 40 34.12 30.00 32.63 28.61 Total .........., 100 84.32 77.41 87.28 84.83 I first: Elaine Bathie, Our singing Soloist. stood third, and our choir stood fourth. In the whole competition Jones placed third. Another member of Jones House, Joan Norrie, displayed unrealized vocal prowess when she came second in her singing class in the Festival. As yet Jones has held no social events. but we hope to have a picnic in the near future. Again this year Tones is going to share the Assembly Hall with Machray at the annual Mission Tea to be held on Satur- day, May Sth. We hope that this venture will be as Successful as it has been other years. Now, as we come to the end of another very happy year, I would like to express. on behalf of the girls of Jones House. our gratitude to Miss McLean, Miss Smith. and Natalie for their untiring efforts in the House, .and to wish Jones a very pros- perous and happy 1945-46. with the shield more nearly, if not entirely within our grasp. NANCY' BRIDGETT, fSecretary-TreasurerJ. MACHRAY HOUSE Executive PRESIDENT .... ............................. IX Iiss Eldred ASSOCIATE ........ ...........,,,, Mrs. Gray CAPTAIN ...................,................ Elspeth Young PREI-'ECTS .... Joan Arnold, Martha Grimble JUNIOR LIEUTENANTS ,............... Theo Jelly, Pat Wilson SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .... Barbara Copeland JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ........ Sheila Young SECRETARY-TREASURER ...... ....... B etty Hurst 'N URSTING with House Spirit after a year under enthusiastic House Captain of last year, Pat Chesshire, and our helpful President, Miss Eldred, the thirty-nine girls Of Machray HOuSe'began the year full Of -zeal. We were very glad to welcome to our House Mrs. Gray, who was Soon in great demand for reading people'S charac- ters by their handwriting. The Machray Intermediates have this year proved themselves to be the most valued members of the House, contribut- ing many points by skilful baskets, good volleyball Serves. and high academic averages. Machray started the year in a very angelic wav, by being the last House to add a black square to the detention sheet in the hall. and for this achievement, a special House meeting was called. and each girl was rewarded for her self-control by getting a ginger-snap. However, the cookies must have had upsetting effects, because Soon our sheet was sprinkled with black squares! There are some people in Machray who. this year, have been particularly notable in contributing to the success of the House. Barbara Copeland has been most capable as Senior Sports Captain: Dorothy Newman has shown skill in her volleyball serves in the Intermediate games: Jean McEachern and Rosemary VVatkins have maintained very good academic Standings: Miriam Baker, Jane Matheson, Sheila Young and Joan Everett have shown agility in Inter- mediate basketballg Martha Grimble has thrilled basketball fans with some lovely baskets, On the SchOol's First Team. In fact, this year the girls of Machray have shown themselves to be people of enthusiasm and integrity, and if, next year they have again stood first in marks at the end of the first two terms,.they will have Something to be very proud Of. Come on, Machray: we know you can do it! MATHESON HOUSE Executive PRESIDENT .................................. Miss Sharman .ASSOCIATES .... Miss Speers, Mrs. Anderson CAPTAIN ,,,,... ........................... J eanne Beatty PREFECTS .......................... Mildred Parry, Elspeth Thompson JUNIOR LIEUTENANTS ............ Pat Liggins, Janet Knowler SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN .Q .......... Billie Baker JUNIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN ,.., Elizabeth 'Patton SECRETARY-TREASURER .......... Nancie Tooley 'S' I-IE year 1944-45 has been a successful and happy one for all the members of Matheson House, due to the capable guid- ance Of our president, Miss Sharman, and Jeanne Beatty, the captain.

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THE EAGLE 23 Afghans, quilts, layettes, socks and jumper dresses for British children, wash- cloths, hospital supplies and scrapbooks have been made, and individual war work such as packing prisoner of war parcels, working in the Red Cross Guide Canteen and helping with salvage has been done. The amount of money raised at the time of going to press amounts to 35120.00 War Savings amount to 359025. MARGARET KILLICK. MISSIONS T the end of the Christmas term the girls of the school brought toys for the Indian children in Kamsack, Saskat- chewan. A large box was placed in the hall, into which books, toys, dolls, dolls' dishes, children's clothes, and trinkets were deposited. In January, the sum of twenty-five dol- lars was sent to St. Matthew's Church, which was destroyed by fire, to help in its rebuilding. This money was left over from the Mission Tea which was held last year. The Mission Tea this year was held on Saturday, the fifth of' May. The money raised from this tea each year goes partly to the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission in India, and partly to aid in the splendid work done by the Sunday School by Post in Canada. The money which goes to India helps to support a baby in the Eva L. Jones Memorial Cot at the Canada Hos- pital, to pay the salary of a teacher, and to help in the education of an Indian girl at the Mission. This year a net profit of two hundred and twenty-five dollars Calmost sixty dol- lars more than last yearj was raised at the tea, a sum of which we are all very proud. Miss I-Iasell very kindly brought her slides and in the Kindergarten gave an interest- ing talk on the work of the Sunday School by Post. We are also very grateful to Mr. M. Diamond, the father of a little boy in Grade Une, who showed moving pictures, talkies, in the Art Studio. As usual, Dalton and Matheson houses held their tea in the dining-room, while jones and Machray held theirs in the gym. Also contributing to the money raised were Mrs. Gray's character reading from hand- writing, and the home-cooking stall. VVe feel that our missionary effort this year has been a great success, and I am certain that the girls of our school in the coming years will continue to support the work of the missions in Canada and India. BETTY CALVERT. Sports .S en f A f-.yiggmiggf .1 f M 'se .. Q .. . M- Qi M fl TENNIS HIS year the sports at Rupert's Land have been as exciting and as enjoyable as in previous years. Miss Faraday was absent for a short while towards the end of the Easter term but Mrs. Kobald very kindly came to our assistance. A There was a large entry in the Senior Tennis Tournament which was held at the end of the Summer term last year. After many good games, the tournament ended with Martha Grimble winning the linals,