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

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36 RUPERT's BAND GIRLS, SCHOOL The gym takes care of the glamour department on that night, and several girls may be seen there, improving QF their figures by playing badminton or deck tennis. Mrs. McLintoch and Miss McMillan have been very kind to all of us by run- ning around and obtaining remedies for our various ailments, and for all their trouble we are truly grateful. 'W'e will always remember the happy days we spent in boarding, and next year we will miss those who will not be back. VVe wish them good luck. and hope we may often meet to recall our experiences. PAT lov IGrade XJ and ELSPETH THOMPSON CGrade XD. KINDERGARTEN VVC love to be fairies, VVC love to be elves: VVe play we are giants Another is Mother, And then how the children All bother each other! And now we are Bunnies, And now we are Mice, And then into elephants VVe change in a trice! VVe are Little Bo-Peep, VVe're the King and the Queen, W'e are all Princes' daughters, The fairest you've seen! There is nothing too wonderful . lk lk lk May the stars in your eyes ln their brightness and love, Forever, yes, ever, Match the stars up above! -G.A. MY KITTEN ' My brother Eric and I have a greyish- black kitten. His name is Willie and he f 5? 1 f f' 4, ?Yl:','lf if f ,X i 4 , , ,A ,X , X! V 'Wi W R T lf f' ff ! ll f T T fi ! i f ' . fl l Q l A A f 'W i 'lla 4 Mx! ,lfflfflff X K Wire Q train! 5. l l , ' z 4 5: I x It W U T if We love fo be WX, X wo'-4 the km? ana Fmklzs AND 'nie Queen? ELVQS .L l -L-'- ri ' f ! Q is X. f f -S: N., ,mere Mile ' Swv'-if ,A 5s.Peev. , '4 v' And frighten ourselves! There is nothing too wonderful, Nothing too vast, VVe are all things and small things, The tirst and the last! VVe roar up the stairway, VVe puff and we strain. CThe maid on the landing Cannot know we're the train!! One says she 'is Father, is my alarm clock. Mummy and Daddy have an alarm clock, and when Willie hears it he runs into my room, jumps up on me and purs 'very loudly. Then I wake right up and dress for school. I love Willie very much. He often comes to school with me in our car.- EIRENE LANDON CGrade IU.

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THE EAGLE 35 Grade X boarders. As we withdraw, how- ever, we have to be careful not to catch one of the ten wires which run in all directions from the switch in the centre of the room. CWe wonder about those blown fuses?D 4 Willie and Mugs Chow did she get a name like that?!J, our two redheads, are our next objective. We find them at home? CWhat! Not in the detention room?j, and as we enter,Willie says in a mournful tone: What am I gonna doo P 'Willie's hair has turned greasy and won'1i do right, and 'she especially wants it to .because she has a date. We see what Willie means, but she really hasn't any- thing to worry about, as she'1l use a dry shampoo. Mugs announces that she is hungry, but due to the fact that we're Grade X's no grub is obtainable at night. Mugs, therefore, continues cutting up Miss Speers' old hat, which was found in the trash can, with the idea of making a pennant with her name on it. We I :N f N, I A 8 - - u. - f-Jiffy, g JSM: iihfilitbi 4i'ii.+-M' :SVT 1 lx i ii N 1 N t ly' Ninn. Q Smitty and Looney Junie Cwe'll call her June for shortj' are across the hall. so we'll see what they have to say. As we enter, One Meat Ball Cexpressing Grade X's love of foodl, is blaring out on the gramophone. June and Smitty are discussing fin slightly raised tonesj their holidays at Yorkton. June is simply sent Cwhich way, I don't knowl, and Smitty, our quieter member and therefore class pre- sident Cwhich reminds me-she owes me 25c for that votelj is taking June's ravings as a matter of course, and at the same time, finishing up some forgotten harmony homework four prize musicianlj. By now Stardust is being scraped out on old gram, and we leave Smitty dreaming, and June trying to convince herself, with emphatic punches on her pillow, that even if she does go in for Our Gang and Mickey Mouse comic books, she still isn't crazy-and even if she is, so what?! Jers and Spencer in the room next door are sitting and singing in mournful tones one of our pet theme songs, Don't Fence Me In ! fthe other being Home Sweet Home D. We can no longer stand their beautiful singing CU, so we will migrate elsewhere. Well, you asked for a glimpse of the Grade X boarders, and this is how they really are. They have their serious side, but when they show it they are too serious to be like themselves. lk Dk Bk Who would be a day girl if she could be a boarder? We would take the boarding school every time Ctake it from one who knowslj. ' There are thirty-eight boarders this year. from Kindergarten to Grade XII, and all sizes from Elizabeth Nairnsey, of three- feet-nine, to Nancy Bridgett, of five-feet- nine. We have two juniors on the top fiat who felt quite indignant about being put there with the seniors. A girl has often innocently decided to walk down the corri- dor, only to get her feet hopelessly tangled in thread, be drenched with water, and have a waste-paper basket rolled into her, to complete the entanglement. The for- lorn girl looks over to the names on the door, and then she understands-dthose two juniors are just getting their revenge! There are twelve little girls in the cubicles this year, who have loads of fun with their dolls: one of these dolls even has a pram to sleep and be driven around in. Shrieks of laughter may often be heard coming from the gym or playground. First term, they actually put on a concert by themselves, which proved to be as enjoyable for the audience as it was for the performers. Every night from Monday to Thursday, you see about twenty-five girls stumbling down the stairs at 7.30, to the summons of that bell, and five minutes later you see them all at work. Later, as the or- deal draws to a close, heavy eyelids are propped open with pencils to see the various comedians in the room perform. VVe certaily feel as though we are living Cseeking the trudge our number of up to our motto, Alta Petens heightsl, each night as we weary way up the countless stairs to bed, after an evening of hard CPD study. On Friday night, you are apt to see something quite different: you might see some stooped creature coming toward you with a heavy bag over one shoulder. a box of Lux in the other hand on which is balanced, in vain, a bar of soap, which. much to the distress of the laundress, per- sists in fulfilling the law of gravity. .Another queer specimen of human nature might be seen looming ahead, looking somewhat like a hairy ape, but you realize, to your relief, that someone has just washed her hair.

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THE EAGLE THE KINDERGARTEN MY CHICKS Grandpa bought me a present of two little Chicks. They were very good chicks, and every time I brought them food they would jump up on me, and were so happy. They played with me whenever I came near. Whitie died, but Pinkie is still with me. He wants to fly around the room. and likes to lie in my rocking chair. I love my little chick. SUZANNE FINIKLESTEIN CGrade ID. ' I THE CUBS Cubby and Tubby were two little bears that were around 'our summer camp. We all wondered where they came from. When they came near, we fed them. One day they found a beehive. They put their paws into it and licked the honey off. The bees came back to the hive and stung Cubby and Tubhy until they cried with pain. No one ever saw them again. JOAN .ANDERSON CGrade IU. MY CAT Mother and I went to the pet shop and Mother asked the clerk if they had any kittens. She said they had three, one black and two white. Mother bought a white one. The Clerk put it in a box for us. When we got home we opened the box and out popped the wee kitten. I named him William. We are very fond of each other. He follows me up to bed and sits on the rug while I have my bath. Then he goes into the den and sleeps under my stool when I'm ready for bed. One day he jumped out of the window on to the roof. He got his white coat all dirty, so when he came in he sat in front of the fire-place and washed himself. GLEN KIIIRRAY CGracle IIID. 37