Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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24 THE FINISH OF A RACE Junior Sports Day Wednesday. October 15, was Sports Day for Balmoral Hall. It was a lovely day and all the girls were in their shorts, white socks and running shoes. First the Grade Ones had a race, then the Grade Twos and so on. There was a potato race, sack race, house relay and others. There was high jumping too. The junior Champion was Carolyn Wilson. We had a very good Sports Day and a lot of fun. ALMAFILIAN ------ BISHOP STRACHAN SCHOOL MAGAZINE - - - THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN - THE CROFTONIAN ---- BREEZES ------- SAMARA ----- PURPLE AND GOLD - OLLA PODRIDA- - - LUDEMUS ---- NEWTONIAN ------ PER ANNOS - - - - - MAPLE LEAF COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Year Book - THE HELICONIAN ---- ONTARIO LADIES' COLLEGE - vOcAMUs -------- BLEATINGS ------ THE PIBROCH - - - THE EAGLE ---- TRAFALGAR ECHOES - - TRIC Tics -------- THE WINKLER COLLEOIAN - THE YORK HOUSE CHRONICLE ST. HELEN's SCHOOL - - - Faith Wilson and Peggy Neal, Grade VI. EXCHANGES Alina College, St. Thoinaf, Ont. The Bifhop Strachan School, Toronto, Branhfonze Hall, Toronto, Ont. Crofton Home School, Vancouver, B Daniel Mclntyre Col. Init., Wirzrzipeg, Elmwood, Ottawa, Ontario Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Halifax Ladief' College, Nova Scotia Hazfergal College, Toronto, Ont. Iyaac Newton High School, Winnipeg King'5 Hall, Compton, P.Q. Morden, Man. Moulton College, Toronto, Ont. Whithy, Ont. Qn'Appelle Diocefan School, Regina, St. Agnef School, Alhany, New York Strathallan School, Hamilton, Ont. Ont .C. Man Man , Man S afh St. lohn'J Raoenfconrt, Wiiirzipeg, Man. Trafalgar School, Montreal, P.Q. United College, Wiizizipeg, Man. Winhle1', Man. York Home School, Vancouver, B.C. Dnnhanz, Qzcehec

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23 MARTHA TRAVERS Let no one pay me laonour willy leari, nor celebrale my funeral with mom'11i11g. - I. Ennius MAXINE WRIGHT Anotl:1er tumble!-tbaI'J lm' Qberj previous wore! - T. Hood MISS HAWKES lVe have had a jolly good lemon, and it iefrei Il! jolly well right! You have forly million reaiofzi' for failure, lm! no! a Jingle exr11ie! - Rudyard Kipling Grade Eight If you want to have fun better come to Grade Eight Say what you like but we think we're first-rate. Brenda is our outstanding star In ballet and gym she is first by far. Marilyn too is very keen A champ someday she will be seen. Not every class of twins can boast And other bright stars we can number a host. Theres Nancy and Gail-there's Arlene and joy, There's Joanne and jane and Gayle spelt with a Y, And then we have jennifer-were all full of fun' The fame of Grade Eight will shine as the sun. At Christmas time, with secretive looks We brought out our gifts for Our Miss Brooks.' High on her desk the presents were stacked And with gay Christmas spirit her gifts she unpacked. We too had presents and all were gay As we scattered paper that happy day. Our class had a party when Valentine came And our gay-coloured box held cards with no name. We awaited our teacher to greet her with cries, Offered some food and laughed, Surprise! We presented her next with a box of good candy And a cup and a saucer, pronounced very handyf For the Red Cross Fund, Grade Eight had a sale, A variety of things were sold by the bale. Tables piled high with all manner of loot, Books for the studious, for teachers canned fruit, jewels for seniors, games for the tot, Our day was successful, every item was bought. Because we sold things for a penny or two, Our cash added up would astonish you. Twenty-seven dollars was our total that day, We were glad to donate it, to help in some way. At the hrst of the year what all of us needed Was someone who'd help and one who'd be heeded. From four of our class-mates we made a selection, Dianne, it would seem, had won the election. Again in March voting time came around And Lyn for President we were bound, She will be President till end of the term And we can depend upon her to be firm. 1 r 1 Grade Nine A is for absence-lead taken by Harris. B is for blushing-the more Buz. to embarrass. C for Carnegie, our one-time Class Pres. D is for Dodo, Less noise, please! she sez. E is Elaine. You can say that again Y F is for feuding. By Cross-Davis, in vain. G is for glamour which jen will deny. H is for Harriet. Hiya, sweetie-pie! 1 is for Irene with a voice like a lark. I is for jacquie. For England shell embark. K is for Kilgour. Strictly for the birds! L is for Lynne. At a loss for words? Al is for Moo, a fair bonny lass. N is for Newman, our chief gymnass. O is for Onalee who wove her own skirt. P is for Pinky in front row alert. Q is for Quiz Kid. That means you, Mary. R is for Ross who is quite contrary. S is for Smitty who teeters on heels. T is for Thorkelson who looks as she feels. U is for Urp -Grin's favourite expression. V is for vague-thats Sue after a lesson. IV is for Watkins, art work she can do. X, Y, and Z, we shall leave to you. Grade VII's Red Cross Effort We decided to have a Fish Pond for our Red Cross Drive in February. It was a busy noon hour selling candy and looking after the Fish Pond and Wishing Well but it was fun. It also took us the whole morning with the help of Mrs. Brown to arrange the room. We earned 3520.81

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25 LIBRARY REPORT Library Executive 1952-53 Beverley McLeod Betty-Lou McPhail Doreen Nichol This year Young Canada's Book Week was held from November 15th to November 22nd and at Balmoral Hall we were aware that it was a very special week. We had a short talk on the important part books play in our lives, and attractive posters reminded us that in schools and libraries across Canada, people were thinking particularly of books. There was a special Manitoba Book Weekl' contest and Balmoral Hall was proud to have one prize-winner from among those who entered. This was Carol Newman from Grade IX who received a very nice book prize entitled, The Trembling Years. This year the patron of Young Canada's Book Sylvia Pierce Mary-Kaye Simpkinson Martha Travers Week was the Governor-General of Canada, the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, and in a mes- sage to all young Canadians, he said: A generation ago, books were the most popu- lar form of entertainment: but for some years now, books have been only one of many things that com- pete for the childs interest. But it is still true that books are vital to the business of education. To be well-educated is to be well read, reading makes us familiar with our literature, and our history, respon- sive to the beauty and the power of words, and enable us to use them well. The taste for good reading is formed in childhood. It is important that young Canada should read. Z. Hawkes, Librarian. New Books Acquired 1952-53 TITLE AUTHOR GIVEN BY Tennis Made Easy Budge, L. j. Adamson The Little Princesses Crawford, M. C. Young Winston Churchill Taylor, R. L. Carr The Story of Art Gambrich, E. H. I. Dickson The Kon-Tiki Expedition Heyerdahl, T. Sheppard Canadian Art Mclnnes, G. I. Huehn The Unknown Country Hutchison, B. B. M. Ormiston The Life of Samuel johnson Boswell, P. Riley Lead, Kindly Light Sheean, V. j. Gladstone The American Womans Ency- clopedia of Home Decorating Koves, H. L. Craig The Complete Tales and Poems Poe, E. A. G. MacDonald Peony Buck, Pearl Park White Banners Douglas, L. C. B, M, Townsend Quo Vadis Sienkiewicz, H. C, Gustafson Basketball Made Easy Budge, L. Adamson World Famous Paintings Kent, R. Mr. 8: Mrs. W. H. Nixon Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form Edited by: Magill, F. Mi-5, R, D, Baker Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph: A Biography Q2 vol.j Johnson, E. Mrs. R. D. Baker Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version Nature Atlas of America Jordon, E. L. I. Dickson Oxford Canadian Atlas Mr. A. E. Hoskin