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

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THE LIBRARY EXECUTIVE 1956-1957 Executive Honorary Librarian , .,.,., . ...E ,Lyn Stephen Librarian ,iV.i,i.i . i ...i Elsie Albertsen Staff Adviser .,...ii .. H a.., Mrs. Dawson Margaret Gillespie Reesa Riesenberg Margaret Macdermid Carol Stirling Susan Mack Jayne Swinden Gayle Morris Carol Trimble Carol Wallace Committee Gail Allman Barbara Sidgwick Maureen Ford Helen Smith Faith Wilson , dm, Y ' 4. X ' f, , 2 f - M- at r Q 0 OUR NEW JUNIOR LIBRARY This is a room with a charm and a personality all its own. It belongs to the junior School but the Kindergarten comes to it - some Senior girls come to it - and the Staff comes to it. There is a rug on the floor, a record player and records to go with the books on the shelves. We have French stories in French, English stories in English. There are Bible stories, myths, legends, fables, books on history, geography, biography, art, music, science and fiction, all classified and catalogued just like the Senior Library. The reference shelves are right up to date with a new Globe and Atlas, a large Oxford Dictionary, the new Junior Encyclopaedia Britannica and a Comptons on order. A Junior Library - perhaps - but we are all using it - and - loving it.

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. x . I THE SENIOR LIBRARY LIBRARY This year has seen the establishment of the new Senior School Library as a valued and integral part of the life of the School. The cataloguing according to the Dewey system of the books from the comf bined Riverbend, Rupert's Land and Balmoral Hall Libraries, together with the large number of valuable new books acquired as a result of last year's Library Tea, was completed by the beginning of this year, so that we were able to start from September with the new system. It did not take long for everyone to become familiar with the new arrangements, and with the advantages of the catalogue file which lists books according to author and title, and also according to their order on the shelves. A short acquaintance with the Dewey classification numbers allows this last list to be used as a subject index. In order to help borrowers to become accusf tomed to the new system, filmstrips were shown, illustrating the preparation and classification of the books. There were still, however, numbers of people whose exploration of the Library rarely extended beyond the Hction shelves, until in February the process of getting acquainted with the new Library culminated in the Library Quiz. This was designed to introduce competitors to parts of the Library which were still unknown territory to some of them. Questions sent girls to all sections in search of answers, jumbled titles were unscrambledg the connection between callfnumbers and subjects was investigated, and the use of books of reference was encouraged by such questions as: Who was known as the lv1apmaker? Which HEPUHT Spaniard fought with windmills? and i'What does 'ratiocination' mean? The winner from Grades X, XI and XII was Faith Wilson, and from Grades VII, VIII and IX, Barbara Wrenshall. Craig Gowan House obtained the highest number of points. A plan was established this year to make greater use of outfoffdate periodicals. Useful articles and pictures from discarded magazines are now being kept on file, and National Geographic magazines can be made use of with the help of the index volumes. Apart from the books acquired at the Library Tea, over sixty books have been added to the Library during the year. The majority of these were gifts, for these our very grateful thanks are due to the donors. We are also extremely grateful to Mrs. Leach and the mothers who helped her in the formidable task of repairing many battered books which are now back in circulation. The smooth running of the Library under the new system has been due in no small measure to the work of the Student Librarian, Elsie Albertsen, and the girls of the Library Executive and Com' mittee. They have been responsible for circulation, posters and publicity for the Library, and checking, as well as for many small tasks, all of which have contributed to a very successful year. VI. E. DAWSON, Staff Librarian

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20 X1 .9 '-I' xl? 'Q Underground Adventure lt was Sunday evening and john was taking a stroll down the lane just before he had to come in for bed. He was thinking about the june examinaf tions and worrying a little about the composition paper. As he rounded a bend in the road, he saw something shiny in the path, about the size of a quarter. He bent down to pick it up, and as he was putting it in his pocket he saw that where the quarter had been, was a small metal ring. He was an inquisitive lad, so he pulled it, and a trap started to open at his feet. He closed it quietly and knocked, just to be polite. As soon as he had done this, a haughty butler opened the door. What do you want? he asked, in the nastiest voice John had ever heard. I, I well ,... N You want to see Lady Holly. eh? Thinking that john was a suitor, he continued. She's had enough for one day, but you may stay the night, I suppose. qxarisg MRS as v 3+3-6 QQ. He led John, who was too surprised to protest, to a small but cosy chamber and left him. He got ready for bed, climbed in and soon dropped off to sleep. In the morning when he awoke, he looked out of the window, expecting to see his mother's flowers in bloom, and hear the birds singing. Instead he saw a large garden of plants, something like giant holly. He dressed quickly, putting on a suit of green velvet he found on the chair. A few minutes later the butler arrived and took him to breakfast. After that he was told to amuse himself till noon when he would meet Lady Holly. There was Dot much to amuse himself with for everywhere he went an invisible force from the giant holly plants pushed him back. The only place he could go was to his room. The hours dragged by. Finally it was time, and John was led down a spiral staircase into a large bright room. There on a large couch, wearing a holly wreath on her head and a lovely green gown, was the most beautiful young lady he had ever seen. She stepped down and took his hand and said to the butler,