St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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HAMBER HOUSE Back Roiv, Left to right: Kjell Nasselquist, Blair MacAulay, Colin Hayter, Craig Bell, Lloyd Mitchell. Second row: Richard Mark, Lionel Carter, Willie Nairn, Roddy McNaughton, David Drybrough, David Sellers, Glen Thompson, Andrew Schaffer, Bruce Cunningham, Clinton Young, Douglas Clark, Dennis Lamb, Jack Marsch,Don Carol, Joe Graham, Charles Walton, Angus MacDougald. Seated: Frank Green, Alan de Jardin, Mr. J. F. Waudby, Karl Radymski, Cliff Darke. Front row: Ricky Schaller, Garry Read, Lars Andersen, Timothy Eaton, Donald Greenlaw, Ronald Bennett, Tony Shaw, Mac Moore. Ten EAGLE

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From the primary discussions a number of changes were agreed upon. The fees for the present guild are one dollar, payable in September for the ensuing year. The new constitution provides that fifty per cent of the Executive shall be mothers of boys present in the school. It also provides for at least five meetings of the Guild per school year, one of which is to be an evening meeting. There is also a new standing com¬ mittee, The Committee on Education. The activities of the Guild during this school year have been quite numerous but have been limited by insufficient funds to somewhat small projects. The Library Committee has again done faithful and yeoman work. Some seventy-five dollars has been used for renewing subscriptions and for some of the material costs relative to building. It should be realized that this committee is doing the actual rebinding of the books itself. A further one hundred dollar bond has been put aside for the library fund. The Social Committee looked after the “Father and Son” banquet, and it was a success. Refreshments after the Guild meetings have also been arranged by this committee. Work still to be carried out includes refreshments at Prize Giving and after the Cadet Inspection. The con¬ venor of this committee also looked after many arrangements for some of the care and entertainment of the boys of the St. Paul’s Academy Hockey Team when they played at the school this winter. The House Committee are redecorating the Prefects’ and Senior Boys’ common rooms. The Guild has been able to apportion a small amount of money for the costs of this project. The Convenor of the Education Committee arranged for the one even¬ ing meeting of this year. The title for the panel discussion was, “What are boys made of?” The Guild are very grateful to the members of the panel,—Mrs. A. W. Dampsy, Mrs. Alfred Savage, Dr. Gordon M. Stephens, and the Headmaster, for the interesting and instructive papers presented. One of the Guild members designed several crests from which we believe, one has been selected by the Board of Governors for the ’new school. Another member has arranged for the school to be the recipient of shrubs from Holland. The photograph requested from the past Headmaster of Ravenscourt Mr. P. H. A. Wykes, has been received and framed. All the above projects have been carried out as well as possible but many have been very limited in their extent due to the available funds during this rather important year. T vo factors stand out in being the main causes of this situation. The amalgamation of two guilds whose dues were not only of different amounts but also whose fiscal years varied by some six months. The second factor, which rests partially on the first one, is one of more portent. Instead of a larger number of paid up mem¬ bers this year there are actually fewer. A past project which could still be made use of is that of the cook books. We still hold, on hand, nearly a thousand copies which present a potential profit. It will be seen from the above that despite some lack of fusion of ideas and different interests, and lack of more adequate funds, the new Guild has been able to carry out, in a limited way, many projects which have been well worth while. It is hoped that we may be able to materially enlarge the scope of our projects in the coming year. MRS. DUNCAN CROLL, Assistant Secretary. EAGLE Nine

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HAMBER HOUSE REPORT One of the most important requisites for a successful venture is a good beginning. With this in mind Hamber House has made an excellent start in the new school. We were fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Waudby as House Master and we greatly appreciate his efforts and hope that he will remain with us for a long time to come. We were also very pleased to have Lionel Carter chosen from our ranks to become captain of the Lower School. In both Sports and Studies we came out on top. We won the Senior Soccer, Rugby, Basketball, Baseball, and Hockey Championships; not to mention the Junior Basketball, Hockey, and Rugby Cups, and the Lower School Hockey, Basketball, and Soccer Trophies. We are also proud to report that Hamber House composed the majority of fellows on all Sport and Athletic teams of senior calibre. At the moment we shape up as a very distinct threat for the Track and Field Trophies. Scholastically, we have the largest group of boys writing their Level Three and Grade XI matriculation of any House. In Cadets, Kjell Nasselquist was appointed as Lieutenant of the First Platoon; Craig Bell was made Sergeant; Bruce Cunningham, Glen Thomp¬ son, and Colin Hayter were made Corporals. For the House Gym Competition we were glad to find in our midst a seasoned athlete in the person of Denny Lamb. Congratulations Denny, on winning the “Best Gymnast” Award. The squad which Denny led came within an exceedingly small margin of winning the Gym Cup. A good half of this year’s “Eagle” staff are members of Hamber. They are Karl Radymski, Blair MacAulay, Don Carol, Frank Green, and Cliff Darke. So far this school year we have continued to amass the greater amount of Honors and Points and we hope to carry off the respective Shields. In closing, I would like to thank, on behalf of the House, all the boys that have contributed so much time and effort in making this first year such a memorable one; especially Alan Laing and Frank Green as our chief “Honour-getters”; the Captains of the numerous House Teams that brought us so many laurels; Karl Radymski who has been made a School Prefect and lastly to Andrew Schaffer who showed excellent House spirit in the Gym Competition. To the Graduates—good luck, and success in your chosen field. To the Newcomer—we wish you to rise to even greater heights of School Spirit and to instil in yourselves the sportsmanship which has been so prevalent in the past year. —Alan de Jardin. EAGLE Eleven