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

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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.

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30 They were going to the King's wedding on Green Dolphin Street at the foot of Gentian Hill. As they walked by the deepfflowing brook, johnny Tremain and Maria Chapdelaine joined them. The towers in the mist could be seen as they walked along the bridge of San Luis Rey. They arrived at Northanger Abbey and bowed before the seats of the mighty Scarlet Pimpernel, Ivanhoe and Napoleon. The bride entered with her father, the Count of Monte Cristo, and her sisters, Mary and Emma, followed as bridesmaids. Behind them came the King and his brother, Lord jim. They knelt before the robe of the little minister and he blessed them, saying, I hope your love is eternal and that your lust for life continues. The service ended and the bride, with a royal flush, followed in the path ofthe King. Shirley and jane left by the door to the North and walked through the little flowers to their Uncle 'Tornks cabin, which was far from the madcling crowd. DORA DEM PSTBR, Grade IX Two Hours in Switzerland On Tuesday, October 27th, most of the senior school saw a very fine film about Switzerland. Mr. Lundi, who showed the film, is Swiss himself, and so is well acquainted with and completely devoted to this lovely country. He kept up a stimulating and often amusing commentary throughout. He left for a few moments at one point during the movie, and amazed us all by returning dressed in a beautifully embroidered native costume. During a brief intermission he told us that in Switzerland there are sixty different men's costumes, and over a hundred women's. On the screen we later saw remarkable girls' costumes with lace caps and gaily coloured skirts. Nothing could compare with the scenery. Who could forget the unbelievable Lac Bleu, so clear and still that its fish appeared to be suspended in air? The fields upon fields of wild flowers were a topic of conversation for some time afterwards, as were the mountains and quaint villages. The climax was the Swiss version of a Fox Hunt . One could almost feel the thrill of skim' ming over the snow on skis with the fox , as the hounds followed in hot pursuit. Who could help but appreciate the fox's wiliness and sense of humour when she tied her wouldfbe captors' skis into impossible knots, or when she donned different winter garments, took a camera, and placidly photographed them as they flew by? But all good things must come to an end, and the fox was at last surrounded. She received a face full of snow for being so elusive, and fox and hounds returned together, the best of friends. Mr. Lundi told us a legend that when the Lord had made the earth in six days, He found that He had a little of all the beautiful things left over. With these, He made Switzerland on the seventh day to please Himself. As we watched the last enchanting scenes, we felt that we could appreciate how this legend had arisen. Louxsn MCKENTY, Grade XI A SINGING CLASS