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

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THE EAGLE 33 usic As the school year began the number of girls enrolled for piano lessons was almost double the number Miss Hines could manage to teach. We were very very fortunate in getting Miss Margaret Randall to come in and take the extra girls, and good, steady work has been done throughout the year. We wish success to all those who will be taking examinations a little later in the term. In December many of the girls played at a meeting of the Studio Club at which some of the parents were present. This gave them a little practice and experience in preparation for the recital to be held in May. LH' -gi-' - . YY - Sffiqqis lv- Suv-sq!-Q1 T755 Senior girls have again enjoyed their choral work under the fine direction of Mr. Osborne, many of them singing in the choir at St. John's Cathedral at the Commemoration Service on November lst. A small ensemble helped with the entertainment at the Alumnae Associa- tion's Theatre Night in February. Two school choirs entered the Private School Choirs' Class at the Musical Festival, which was good experience for them. The g'rls have very good voices and splendid tone, but the criticism that they needed to show much greater animation and enthusiasm was justified and bore out what their leader had told them. There were a number of solo entries in the Festival and these girls all did very creditably. All the girls are most grateful to Mr. Osborne for the generous way he has given of his time and energy and for the splendid training he has given them. They also thank Mrs. Wrightson very much for coming to accompany the choirs. To Miss Hines, Miss Randall and Miss Davidson go sincere thanks for all their enthusiastic training and encouragement to which is due the pleasure and profit which the music pupils have gained from their studies. fllibe wma On Saturday, March 2nd, at 8 o'clock, the Drama Competition was held in the Assembly Hall. Each house presented a one-act play which was most ably adjudi- cated by Miss Kathleen Parker. Matheson House put on 'fElizabeth Refuses, a comedy adopted from Pride and Prejudice, and produced by Billie Baker with the following cast: ELIZABETH BENNETT ........ .Janet Reid JANE BENNETT ,........... Shannon Hall MRS. BENNETT ............ Eileen Conlin MR. COLLINS ............ Elizabeth Patton LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH Nancie Tooley Miss Parker awarded this play first place with 170 marks out of 190. She re- marked that the girls interpreted the characters very well, and that the stage setting and costumes were most effective. Qlinmpetitiun Liz Patton was judged the best male character for her amusing portrayal of Mr. Collins. if Bl- is Dalton House, with Pat Gattey produc- ing, presented The Grand Cham's Dia- mond, a humorous mystery which placed second with 160 marks. Cast: MRs. PERKINS ................ Joy Bedson MR. PERKINS ........ Priscilla Rayner POLLY PERKINS .... Barbara Cameron STRANGER ............ Winifred Grayston ALBERT WATKINS .... Beth McEachern The audience laughed heartily at the Perkins family, and shared their sus- pense over the problem of the diamond. Joy Bedson was judged the best female character, as Mrs. Perkins.

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32 RUPERT'S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL The literary Snnietp Executive HONORARY PRESIDENT ........ Miss Bartlett PRESIDENT .............................. Miss Turner VICE-PRESIDENT ............ Martha Grimble SECRETARY .,.................. Winifred Grayston TREASURER ...................... Particia Liggins SOCIAL CONVENOR .......... Daphne Graham Once again the Literary Society has had a successful year under the careful guidance of our President, Miss Turner. At the meetings held this past year approximately forty members have attended showing much enthusiasm. At the first meeting held October 25th the club was successfully re-opened and Miss Turner read very interesting ex- cerpts from John BroWn's Body, by Stephen Vincent Benet. The Grade X members provided an in- teresting meeting when they read Clemence Dane's play S h i v e r i n g Shocks. Those taking part were: Norma Davidson, Rosemary Watkins, Janet Reid, Beth McEachern, Jennifer McQueen, Barbara Cameron and Eleanor Mitchell. At another meeting, Martha Grimble, Daphne Graham, Patricia Liggins, Patricia Gattey and Joyce Burton, some of the Grade XII members, discussed popular reading material. Some of the magazines chosen to discuss were: Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Jour- nal, Life, True Confession, and detective stories. Lively comments were made after the girls had given the panel discussion. Two very interesting book reviews were given this year. The first one given by Joyce Morris and Jean McEachern was of Two Solitudes by Hugh Mc- Lennan, a story of the French and Eng- lish racial problems in Canada. At the following meeting Muriel Lipsey and Margot Burton reviewed SO Well Re- membered, one of Hilton's recent novels. From these reviews it was possible to obtain a very good idea of the contents of the books. One of the most entertaining meet- ings took the form of a debate, the resolution being: That pioneer women have done more for Canadian develop- ment than pioneer men. Although good arguments were put forth by the affirma- tive speakers who were Beth Hale and Janet Cameron, the members voted that the negative team, Dorothy Holland and Audrey Van Slyck, had done the better. At one of the latter meetings we were privileged to have Mrs. Russell fVirginia Cameronj a former member of the club, who now is engaged by the Free Press, to speak to us about her' work. On behalf of the society I would like to express our sincerest thanks to Miss Turner who is always full of new ideas for the club. To all the members who have been so co-operative we wish to ex- press our sincerest thanks for making 1945-46 a successful year for the Literary Society. WINIFRED GRAYSTON, 1 Secretaryj ,T-...iii-1 3Kupert's ilanh Zlrt Qiluh HONORARY PRESIDENT ........ Miss Bartlett PRESIDENT ....,....................... Mrs. Holland VICE-PRESIDENT ..... ............. J oy Bedson SECRETARY ........... ...... D oreen Ogilvie TREASURER ............................ Muriel Lipsey The Art Club has been formed this year under the leadership of Mrs. Hol- land. About thirty enthusiastic members attend the meetings which are held in the common room once a month. These Friday evenings have carried a series of talks given by Mrs. Holland, concerning the basic foundations of art, and by helpful suggestions have encouraged the girls to enter for the Ethel Merle Sures Memorial Trophy Competition. Mr. Mus- grove was the guest speaker for one of our meetings and presented very inter- esting slides dealing with the trend of art from the transition period up to modern times. All our meetings end with refreshments, games and community singing which is greatly enjoyed by the members, and disbanding is always de- layed until the latest possible moment. On behalf of the Art Club members, I wish to express our sincere appreciation to Mrs. Holland for her ceaseless efforts to make the club successful, and also for all the extra help and advice which has been so kindly given us. DOREEN OGILVIE, C Secretaryj

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34 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS, SCHOOL Jones House chose A Night at an Inn, a mysterious play produced by Murial Lipsey. . Cast: A. E. SCOTT-FORTEscUE QTHE TOFFJ .,.. Norma Davidson WILLIAM JONES QBILLI ................ Elaine Morton ALBERT THOMAS ........ Esme Nanton JACOB SMITH f SNIGGERSJ .... Jennifer McQueen THREE PRIESTS OF KLEsH Margaret Killick, Joan Norrie, Gwen Lipsey KLESH .......,................. Mary Harris In placing this play third with 159 marks, Miss Parker said that the girls had made a good attempt at presenting a difficult play. The dim lighting was particularly effective, especially when the idol reclaimed its stolen eye which glowed red in the dark. Pk if Ik Shivering Shocks, produced by Judy Claydon, was presented by Machray House, and received 148 marks. Cast : CAPTAIN DALLAS, V.C., D.S.0. ............ Judy Claydon KYSH ...................... Jean McEachern GRANVILLE HUGHES .....,....., Barbara Copeland THE SHEPHERDN Audrey Broadfoot DAWSON ........................ Gwen Roberts INSPECTOR JAMES POLLOCK De Lamater As Sheila Young was unable to take the part of Captain Dallas, Judy Claydon, at very short notice, took her place, for which she deserves much credit. Miss Parker said that the stage setting was particularly commendable. Miss Parker said that the standard of performance was Avery creditable, and that in making her choice of the best she had been presented with a problem. Everyone enjoyed the preparation of the plays, even though practices were some- times irksome, and I think the girls were sorry when the night was over. BETTY CALVERT ,miss This year, as for the past few years, the girls brought toys and trinkets to school for the Indian children at Kam- sack, Saskatchewan. These were collected before Christmas so that they could be sent as Christmas presents. The Mission Tea is to be held on Sat- urday, May 18th, and as usual the money raised at this tea will go partly to the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission and inns partly to the Sunday School by Post which does such good missionary Work in Canada. The money sent to India helps to support an Indian girl at the school and a cot in the hospital, and also pays part of a teacher's salary. We are con- fident that our Mission Tea will be as great a success this year as it has been in the past. BETTY CALVERT