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

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THE EAGLE inniprg'5 Svvurntg-fifth Axiniiurrimrg ,Wx DURING the week of June 5 to ll, Winnipeg will be making every effort to celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday. The week is going to be one of continuous festivities for everyone, because a special committee has been working for months to plan programs and parties that will include every person in the city. In its earliest days Winnipeg was a small settlement of only a few white people and many Indians. To re-enact those days, a tribe of Indians from Alberta is being ,brought into the city, and they will come fully equipped with feathers and teepeesg these will certainly lend quite a fiavor of the pioneer days to Winnipeg, now Canadais fourth largest city. Along with the open air activities that will take place on the Parlia- ment Buildings' grounds and in Assiniboine Park, special programs will be taking place in the Civic Auditorium and Playhouse Theatre. A special concert is to be given by the Winnipeg Symphony asi well as a special ballet program to be presented by the Winnipeg Ballet. There is even going to be ice in the Amphitheatre so that Winnipeg will be able to enjoy an Ice Carnival in the middle of Juneg the big attraction is going to be Barbara Ann Scott who will thrill us all with her skating. Our own Rosemary Henderson will also be doing a solo, while some of our other girls will be skating in the choruses. Winnipeg's big birthday celebration will be enjoyed not only by its own citizens and visiting celebrities, but also by the many people who are planning to visit our city that week just for the fun of it all. According to all reports, the weekof June 5 to ll will certainly be the biggest week yet in the history of the city of Winnipeg.

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THE EAGLE 19 i hitnrial A C0-OPERATIVE spirit retaining the spirit of individualism is the goal of the democratic World of today. Last year, theories on individ- ualism were propounded in this book's edi- torialg it is, however, our contention that in- dividualism is essential to the World at large with this proviso: every man should work with his individualistic ideas, but at the same time have a definite view of others in mind. Often men and women have to go out on their own to reach for their ideals, yet no hermit ever ac- complished 'anything much for the good of humanity, because isolation loses this co-opera- tivc view towards others. On the other hand, co-operation may become twisted and distorted until the main purpose is lost and either a dic- tatorship or a communistic state is evolved. If the individual must give up the free expression of his ideas and merely co-operate with the group, enthusiasm and democracy is lost. Everyone who is not a hermit, and most people are not, is part of a group - either a team, a class, a staff, or something of the sort. In groups of any kind, good leaders are neces- sary. More than that, the 'individualism of each person contributing to the group as a whole is very necessary to obtain that wholehearted spirit whic-h is so essential and wonderful to feel. These three things - good leadership, individualism merged into co-operation, and a spirit of enthusiasm keep us from the indi- vidual being completely subjugated to the group. Let us have group effort, but not make the mistake of thinking that it is the leaders alone who matter. The co-operation and in- dividualism of each person is necessary to give the group that spirit and wholeheartedness which appears in democracy, but not nearly enough as yet. . With this spirit comes a regard for others, Without Whic-h any eHective co-operation, small or large, cannot be obtained. If this spirit of co-operation were present at school among stu- dents, the enthusiasm and regard for others, which go together, and which we feel has been somewhat lacking in school life, would accom- pany it. It is a vicious circle - begin by co- operation and the rest will follow. Men fight- ing for their country have felt this spirit and regard for one another, why cannot any group working towards any goal feel the same way? From co-operation between individuals de- velops national co-operation. Only if harmony exists in a country can that country survive: it is when this harmony or co-operation splits and produces acute discord that the internal life of a country seethes and may break out into open rebellion. This may be, you may say, a very harsh accusation to make against an un-co-operative spirit, but the fact remains that rebellions and civil wars have not been lacking in the past and certainly are not now. The future yet remains. This good spirit of co- operation has recently been exemplified by the entry of Newfoundland into confederation and the Dominion of Canada, this gives two pre- viously distinct countries, though existing side by side and part of the British Empire, the chance to work together in a spirit of co- operation. Co-operation may also be taken in an even larger sense - that of world co-operation. This always has been and still is the highest aim of man. It is the aim of the conqueror striving to rule the world, it is the aim of councils of men working together to make agreements for the good of the world at large. The desire for one united world is the aim of both these factionsg the difference is in their ways and means, the conqueror seeks to over- run with armies' - an effective means until it is checkedg the round table discussion, giv- ing a voice to the smallest parts of the world, is by far the most democratic means. Such an organization was set up in the League of Na- tions after 1918, it failed. Such an organiza- tion called the United Nations is at work now, its success is threatened by un-co-operative Russia. If this spirit of co-operation can over- come the desire for power carried to the ex- treme in some countries, then only will we have world peace. Tm: EDITORS.