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

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THE EAGLE 15 Mau BaufZetz 4 .fezfiea MY DEAR GIRLS : S I write this letter, we are all looking for the announcement at almost any moment that the war in Europe is over, and that makes it quite difficult to keep anything else in mind or to settle down to ordinary, clear thinking about either the present or the future. It is very hard to imagine just how We shall feel when that great moment comes. After almost six years of war, in which we have witnessed so many terrible things, the relief at the cessation of hostilities even in one field will be very great: and our joy and thankfulness will be natural and fitting. But I am sure that every one of us realizes that there is much yet to be done. Such problems as face our statesmen, our governments and our people are greater than at any other time in history. Many of you are wondering what part you will be able to play, and are eagerly looking forward to the time when you can assist in the solution of the world's difficulties. You can indeed begin now. Never forget the sacrifices made by so many of your own country- men and by those who have borne the brunt of the war in Europe. And remem.ber that that spirit of sacrifice must be kept alive if any solution to our problems is to be found. Remember, too. that each of you is involved in this. Each one must be prepared to live a life of sacrifice. This has always been so. You cannot make a success of life, in what- ever sphere you may be, without sacriiice. The sooner we can all learn this, the sooner shall we see something of that better world about which we all dream and for which we so fervently hope. Let us then begin now to practise greater self-sacrifice in our everyday lives Just before I end my letter I want to say how much we who were there enjoyed the Sunday afternoon tea I held for the Alumnae, and how much we are looking for- ward to other teas like that. I want to urge those who are leaving to join the Alumnae Association and to come toevery meeting they possibly can. We are always glad to see you, and if we cannot see you we want to hear from you. So remember to let us know where you are and what you are doing. I was very pleased that the Senior Chorus entered the Musical Festival this year, and I hope that we shall go on year by year and do still better than we did this time. Some ten or fifteen years ago we used to compete very successfully, and then, after several years with no competition in the classes for Private Schools, we gave it up. Now we welcome the opportunity once more of joining in this great festival. The Junior Red Cross Rally in honour of the Governor-General and Princess Alice was a great inspiration to those who were able to attend. The great gathe-ring of four thousand young workers made us all feel that we must go on to even greater efforts on behalf of the Red Cross, and that brings me back to the idea I began with: let us practise self-sacrifice in the service of our generation and generations to come. Yours affectionately. ELSIE M. BARTLETT.

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14 RUPERTJS LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL 1944 Sept. 7. Sept. 26. Sept. 28. Sept. 29. Oct. 5. Oct. 6. Oct. 9. Oct. 12. Oct. 13. Oct. 20. Oct. 26. Nov. 1. Nov. 3. Nov. 17. Nov. 23. Nov. 30. Dec. 18. Dec. 19. Dec. 20. 1945 Ian. 9. Jan. 19. Feb. 2. Feb. 9. Feb. 12. Feb. 16. Feb. 17. Mar. 23. Mar. 28. April 10. April 23. April 25. April 30. May 5. May 8 May 10 May 15. May 17. May 30. ,lune 8. ,Tune 10. June 15. School Galemlm, 1944-45 School opened. VVelcome to Mrs. Gray, Miss Hines, Miss Murray, Mrs. Peterson. Annual Old Girls' Prayers. Talk by Frances Douglas. Presentation of books to the School Library. Alderman Hilda Hesson gave a talk to the xseniors on the City Council. Initiation Day. Canon Askey read prayers and gave an address. Rev. Bryan Green, of Brompton, London, Eng., gave an address. Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Grade X. visited the Sugar Factory. Matheson House Picnic: Dalton House Party. Tea for parents-Grades VIII.-XII. Rev. Terence J. Finlay read prayers and gave an address. ' Commemoration Service at St. ,lohn's Cathedral. ' Tea for parents. Kindergarten to Grade VII. ' House Music Competition. Miss Ethel A. Kinleyiand Miss Marjorie Dillabougli adjudicated. XN'inner-Dalton House. Mrs. Stanley Laing gave a talk on Opportunities For Service and House Planning. His Grace. The Archbishop of Rupert's Land gave an address. Intermediate and Senior Christmas Parties. Kindergarten and Junior Christmas Partigg' End of Term. Spring Term began. . Grade XII. visited the Claude Neon Ruddy Kester Factory. Basketball Match-'Present girls vs. Alumnae. Alumnae Dance. Home Economics students visited FIaton's Experimental Laboratory. Variety Show. Variety Show. . Mrs. R. F. McVVilliams gave a talk on U.N.R.R.A. End of Term. Seniors visited the Home Economics Department of the University of Manitoba. Summer Term began. Senior Chorus competed in the Musical Festival. Half-holiday in honor of the visit of the Governor-General and Princess Alice. i ' Junior Red Cross Rally-Grades IX. and VIII. formed Guard of Honour. Mission Tea. ' g V-E Day. Gymnastics Competition. Canon Pierce read prayers and gave an address. Miss Marion Collins gave a talk on Preparation For Employment. Dancing and Music Recital. Grade X. Home Economics girls held a Tea. Rupert's Land Alumnae Association Service 'at Holy Trinity Church. Prize-giving and Dance for Graduates.

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A y - y , regretfully, to the twenty-second Head 16 RUPERT'S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL S we are now about to sa good b e Girl in the history of the School, it seems a good moment for considering briefly that long line of Head Girls, of which Amy Best has been so worthy a member. The whole trend of the School during the last quarter century has been towards self-government - necessarily something to be achieved gradually, rather than by sud- den change. Those who a-re interested in autonomy, and aware of its dangers and potentialities, can see in the prefect system of the School proof of its sound develop- ment in the realization by these girl leaders that power means responsibility, the dis- covery and maintenance of personal stand- ards of honour ,and most of all, living lives that contribute to the welfare and happiness of the community as a whole. Gone are the days when individual pro- gress in work or sports was considered an end in itself. Isolationism can be as real a danger in the little world of the school as in the great world of nationsg life that is lived in the spirit of fellowship is a life of sharing. I cannot write with any personal know- ledge of the school careers of the first . H - ..- seven Head Girls. I know that they were 'worthy pioneers. But I have known through AMY BEST personal daily contact the last fifteen, and of them I can say sincerely that each, in a spirit of discovery, has built upon the progress in leadership made by her predecessors, endeavouring to make her position more truly significant in the life of the School. . ' Rupert's Land School was founded, as most of us know, in 1901, but not until 1923 was the machinery of Head Girl and Prefects established. This ran side by side with the House System, founded in 1929, until in 1941 the two channels of self-govern- ment were fused: the twelve prefects are now elected from the four Houses and placed, with ths Sports Captain, under the leadership of the Head Girl. For the interest of readers of this Year Book-Old Gfirls who will recognize their friends in the list that follows, present girls for whom some of these dates represent a shadowy epoch before they were born, and friends of the School who recognize it as the training ground of future citizens, this list has been compiled: Past Head Girls of the School 1923-1924-Katherine Middleton 1934-1935-Mary Kate Florance 1924-1925-Ruth Tucker 1935-1936-Sheila O'Grady 1925-1926-Margaret Carey 1936-1937-Margaret Martin ' 1926-1927-Marjorie Hoskin 1937-1938-Beverley McVicar 1927-1928-Isobel Magill 1938-1939-Jocelyn Richardson 1928-1929-Muriel Wright 1939-1940-Leslie Florance 1929-1930-Jocelyn Botterell 1940-1941-Monica Mackersey 1930-1931-Mary Lile Love 1941-1942-Kathryn Milner ' 1931-1932-Jean Wells 1942-1943-Anne Cunningham 1932-1933-Katherine Saunders 1943-1944--Gertrude Elancl 1933-1934-Joan Watsoii 1944-1945--Amy Best And now we come to our present Head Girl, Amy Best, who has herself known twelve on that list, for she entered Kindergarten in 1933. Her scholastic record is an enviable one, for she has almost invariably headed her grade-though there was an