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

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27 NOTES FOR SALE Musical Moment An Organ - Building Luncheon On Wednesday morning, November 25th, the Mothers' Auxiliary had placed a mock organ in the red in the centre of the gymnasium. They had raised a giant keyboard along the walls, and placed staves, clefs and notes everywhere to prof claim their Musical Moment. By elevenfthirty, white notes had already started to appear on the curtains as a result of the expert shopping service which attended to mail orders. As the morning went on, the curtains became a mass of notes of every size, and every mother, student, and friend of the School proudly wore a white eighth note to show that she was a shareholder in the new organ. At two o'clock the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. A. S. Leach, announced that the organ was assured, and by the end of the day, a substantial beginning had been made towards an Organ Scholarship. To entertain the shoppers , interludes of song were provided by each grade in turn, from the Nursery School upwards, and an excellent lunch was served in the diningfroom by the mothers. Once more our Mothers' Auxiliary was victorious, for no organ has ever sold more parts, nor built itself more quickly. SIGNE SALZBERG, Grade XII There's Always A First Time Our new organ was dedicated at our Carol Service just before Christmas. Those of us who had been playing for Morning Prayers were naturally wondering if this privilege would now go to a qualified organist, or if we would ever have a chance. Early in January, Miss MurrellfWright asked me to meet her for an organ lesson. I was amazed, I was frightened, and I was excited, but offl went with my Hymn Book to keep my appointment. Lesson one taught me how to unlock and open the organ without scratching the sides, and how to lock and cover the instrument when I had finished. We talked about the various stops and I was shown the automatic pedal stop which I must use until I learn about the pedal board. Then Miss Murrellf Wright gave me a hymn to play and, setting my hands on the keys, I began. By the wrinkles in her forehead I realized that I was playing many wrong notes, but we moved on to the next step and I looked at the instruction book. What a lot there is to learn about the stops and their uses and about organ technique! The following day I saw my name on the list to play for Prayers in two daysl time. I practised my two hymns on the piano until I felt I was notef perfect, but as the hour drew near, my knees grew weaker. One of my better qualified friends played while the school filed in, but soon the opening hymn was announced. My hands touched the keys and, sure enough, there was an organ sound. In fact, I played both hymns and began to feel more confident. Now as I became more familiar with the organ itself and with the stops and the effect of stops, I look forward to this special privilege once each week. There are so many new ideas to try, and so many new hymns to learn that one could spend hours experimenting. My next challenge is to learn to use the pedals. I can see that it will require many hours of pracmqu but I cannot wait to begin! JAQUELlNl1 Lvl, Grads K

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29 LIBRARY THE LIBRARY EXECUTIVE 1959-1960 LIBRARIANS: Pamela MacCharles Lori McDougall Signe Salzberg ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS: Wendy Bracken Carol Cranston Judith Cowie Caroline Damerell Margaret Fisher Lynn Funnell Margaret Kosinski Gail Steele Nancy Webb Deidre White GRADE X LIBRARY COMMITTEE: julia Berry Linda Miller Elsa Rensaa Elsie Shandro Janis Thorkelsson Anita Urquhart Dilys White YEAR'S ACTIVITIES During Young Canada's Book Week in Novemf ber, we held our annual Library Quiz in the Senior School. The final question produced a number of ingenious stories, which were to be composed chiefly of book titles. The best of these are printed below. The winners of the Quiz were, in the Senior Section, Suzanne Evans, and in the Junior, Nora Baker. Braemar obtained the most points. We congratulate them! One can readily imagine that, as the number of books increases, space becomes scarce, and soon, a problem. During the Easter Holidays, therefore, a number of unread for unreadable D fiction books were discarded, unused reference sets removed, and the shelving of the fiction section shifted to cover the far wall of the Senior Library. Among activities in the Junior Library, displays of posters, charts and books on such topics as Fairy Tales, The Commonwealth, Animals and Astron' omy were part of the effort to interest young readers in some of the many subjects found in their library books. During Education Week this spring, a display of Canadian books was on view in the Senior Library. These displays, and much of the routine circulation and other tasks in both Libraries, were the responsibility of the Library Executive. With the circulation of so many books, some are bound to sustain a certain amount of damage from time to time. To repair these books, Pam Mac' Charles and a group of helpers met on many Thursday afternoons with glue, thread and binding cloth. Cone with the Wind has now been REPURT repaired three times this year! We cannot be too grateful for the work of the doctoring groupg appreciation can best be shown by a little more care for books borrowed from the School Libraries. Additions to the Libraries Many new books have been added to both Libraries this year, including both purchases from the Library Account and gifts from many sources, and the total of over 150 accessions is indeed im' pressive! We acknowledge gratefully many gifts from parents and friends, including the books, still coming in as this report is written, and not included in this year's total, given in response to our appeal for fiction for the Senior Library. We are particuf larly grateful for the latest edition of the World Book Encyclopedial' which was given to the junior Library last summer, and which is of great value to Juniors seeking information on all topics, and we were fortunate to receive from the publishers the upftofdate Encyclopedia Britannica , for the Senior Library. Our record collection also grows, and we are beginning to build up a useful selection of record' ings of Shakespeare's plays. Two more of these have been added this year. The scope of the picture file in the Junior Library continues to expand, thanks to the interest and patient work of the mothers who have contri' buted to it. The Library Committee of the Mothers, Auxiliary has done some valuable research into the best available editions of the children's classics, to ensure that we may have a complete collection of the standard classics. This project has done much to enhance the quality of the Libraries. To all the parents and friends who have helped the Libraries in so many ways, we extend our thanks. PAMELA MACCHARLES Loki MCDOUGALL SIGNE SALZBERG Chief Librarian-1 Royal Marriage Commended Entry in the BoolqfTitle Contest ofthe Library .Quiz In falna, the city of bells, Shirley .ind jane Eyre climbed down the thirtyfnine steps into the olcl curiosity shop where Oliver 'Twist and Rebecca awaited them.