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

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Semi How Socm CJumpiofU YOUNG HOUSE BACK ROW: Hjarkarson, Sprague, Purdy, Elves, Taylor, Reimer, Ubell, Hogg. FRONT ROW: Christie, Alvi, Haworth, Bowden, Ramsay. Jttiemediate How Socm Ckmpiotu BACK ROW: M. Bredin, D. Hogg, B. Bottomley, D. McGill, R. Kernawan, A. Beech, C. Harvey. FRONT ROW: D. Clark, R. Bond, D. Quinton, D. Reimer, G. Jacob, P. d’Agincourt. V A A. f, 1r ffctnioi How Socm ClumfcM BACK ROW: Reimer, Nesbitt, Young, Boulston. FRONT ROW: Alvi, Freedy, Shaddy. MISSING: Wolff, Jones, Ainley. 73

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Horn ' JtefoiU RICHARDSON Looking at the sport department, Richardson House is not doing very well, and, although it has been beaten in soccer, it has greatly improved in cross-country. It has come up from last place to second in the seniors, while the juniors have led the field for most of the time. It had better watch out as the other houses are striving for that trophy. It looks as if we shall have more prosperous second and third terms. On behalf of the boys I would like to extend my hearty thanks to Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Ward and Mr. Mackenzie for their guidance and help through an encouraging first term. James Hutchinson House Captain HAMBER Hamber has had a slow start but is now regaining the standard set last year. In both Honours and Stripes we are second which is a let-down from last year. The seniors came out top in the cross-country competition, but the juniors let us down because they didn’t show enough spirit. In soccer we were a great challenge to Young House. Winter is upon us now and we hope to do well in both hockey and later in athletics. The House thanks Mr. Cowie and Madame Perrault for their help in Hamber’s success. Richard Kernahan House Captain NEW New House had done fairly well this year. Although we did not come out on top of the soccer league, we did man¬ age to win the knock-out competition which shows that with a little more effort we could have managed both. In the cross-country races the valient effort put in the few was spoiled by the lack of spirit shown by many who were quite happy to trail on at the tail. I would like to see much more effort put in by these slackers” in hockey and athletics. Best of luck to you all and let us see if we can’t put New House at the top during the next terms. I would like to thank Mrs. Barrett and Mr. Shepherd for their assistance through the year. Chip” McGill House Captain YOUNG HOUSE Young House had been doing exceptionally well this year collecting house points in sports. We won the soccer league but unfortunately were defeated in the knock-out competition on Father and Sons’ Weekend. We are not doing nearly so well in the Honours and Stripes Competition as we have not won once during the past term. I am not too sure how we shall fare in the inter-house hockey as we have only played two games so far, but I hope we shall push ahead to make this the best year Young House has ever had. I would like to thank Mrs. MacMillan, Mr. Bevis and Mr. Beare for their help and encouragement in our many victories. 72 Richard Bowden House Captain

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' Hojfk did FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Alvi, Hutchison, Sprague, Bowden, Cruickshank, McGill, Ross, Kernahan, Truelove, Goldring. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Beare, Hogg, Hjartarson, Klassen, Annett, Grymonpre, Taylor, Guest, Haworth, Meredith. BACK ROW: Quinton, Bond, Clark, Christie, Jacob, Krueger, Beech, d’Agincourt, Ramsay, Bredin, Guest. Halloween, ' JtMlq by Alan Bennett This year we had a very successful Hallowe’en Party with some of the most colourful costumes we’ve ever had. Hours of discussion and work went into them before the big day arrived. On the afternoon of October 31st, the gym was filled with an assortment of witches, goblins, hippies and Generals de Gaulle much to the delight and amusement of the many visitors and staff. On our entrance, the whole school paraded round the gym and then separated into their various forms to await judgement. As their turn came, the different forms paraded before the judges, who were chosen at random by the audience, so that the winners, three from each form, could be chosen. What a difficult task they had! After the contest, we all went to the dining hall for treats and the winners received their cakes. On behalf of the school I would like to thank the teachers, the kitchen staff and the judges, not to mention the many parents who produced such colourful costumes, for making the party such a success. t7 It Sijmpkoiuf toMMi by James Hutchison This concert, sponsored by the Women’s Committee of the Symphony Orchestra, is put on annually to help cultivate interest in young people for classical music. It is attended by many classes up to fifteen years of age. Even if their ef¬ forts cause just one person to become interested, they have succeeded in their purpose. The concert is usually made up of a variety of short pieces, classical, modern and novelty. The ones best received are the novelty numbers which can have whistlers and many other distracting effects. The more modern pieces are received with almost as much interest. The classical variety, unfortunately, are the least popular. The concert opened with a classical overture by Rossini, Semiramide”. This was quite lively and contained a beautiful solo passage for the horn. This was followed by a modern composition by the Russian, Shostokovitch, called the Golden Eagle. This introduced the xylophone which held the attention of most of the audience. The most intrigu¬ ing piece was a novelty number by Leroy Anderson entitled The Waltzing Cat”. In it the symphony howled like cats much to the delight of the younger members of the audience. The last piece was the ballet music to Billy the Kid” by the contempory composer Aaron Copland and was divided into four short movements. The whole concert was a great success. Everyone, or nearly everyone, enjoyed it and it was well worth while. It could have encouraged more than one future artist to make music his, or her, career.