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

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THE PREFECTS Standing - Roberta Kipp 1Spoa'ts Captainl, Marcia Jackson 4School Captainl, Alexandra Willis, Elizabeth Clough, Katharine Kilgour. Sitting - Jane Moody fHead Girlr, Susan Hutchings, Ruth Thomas, Catherine Gourley, Joanne Brodie, Janet Harrison. CLARE MQCULLOCH One of our former students, Clare McCulloch died at her home in Winni- peg on Qctober the third, 1963. She had spent last year studying at Neuchatel Iunior College, Switzerland, where she successfully completed her Senior Matriculation. It has been only a year since Clare was at Balmoral Hall. She entered Grade VII in 1957 from Grosvenor School and was an excellent student, placing first in her class several times. Good at gym and sports, she was Sports Captain of Glen Gairn I-louse and played on the School Basketball team. She did well at everything she tried, and was never satisfied with less than her best. Clare was a Prefect in Grade XI, served on the Library Executive, and was a member of the School Choir. Being artistic, she was often appointed the head of decorating committees for dances, and many of us remember her famous Apink tree'. Clare's last effort for her school was to arrange for the planting of a hedge, the gift of her class at graduation. As the hedge grows, we will con- tinue to remember her, Clare endeared herself to many friends for she was always full of fun, All last year her mother was visited by girls, wanting news from Switzerland. Many of her former class-mates and friends returned to Balmoral Hall to join the School on Monday, October the seventh for a simple and beautiful Memorial Service conducted by Miss Murrell-Wright.

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u VALEISIICTOR lune, 1964 As this years graduating class looks back on our experiences here, we remember with some nostalgia the many traditions of this School. The annual events have be- come part of us, especially of those who have frequented these halls since the lunior School. Some of us can still recall the junior Halloween Parties and many of us, the Christmas Parties in the residence. Crepe paper costumes, cardboard masks, cookies and ice cream whirl in our memory against i background of black and orange. Then. two months later, comes to mind, a Christ- mas tree laden with lights, ornaments and :mall presents, confused with laughter and Christmas songs. The gaiety of these two cvents will not be forgotten. The Gymnastics Displays and Field Days also bring back vivid recollections OUR HEAD GIRL OUR SCHOOL CAPTAIN Long rehearsals in the Playhouse, Clusty JANE MOODY N'ARC'A JACKSON chairs, brilliant theatre lights, mats and hoops along with the awful stage-fright flutter all rush back with amazing clearness when the words Gym Display are mentioned. Nor can we forget that final rush to the tape either on flying feet or in cumbersome sacks, or perhaps through tires and un- der benches. The House loyalty and excitement electrifies the fall air on this day as does the stage fright and anticipation on the display nights. Nlore subdued, but just as firmly implanted in our minds, are the memories of Prayers and the Carol Services. l am sure many of us will return later to join our School in the Opening Prayer, a hymn, a Bible passage, another hymn, and to hear Miss Murrell- Wright's announcements. VVith the memory of taking the part of the Shepherd boy, xi Shepherd, a King, Mary or loseph in the Nativity service, the Carol Service takes on a special significance for those of us who have played these parts. Some of us recall reading, singing in the Choir. or even watching each year with renewed awe the scenes of Bethlehem. Associations will remain of lighted Christmas trees dimly illuminating the Cfymnasium or of a choir bearing lighted candles and singing Once in Royal Davids City. These thoughts of Prayers and of the Christmas Service are imprinted clearly in our minds. These are but a few of the many traditions of the School which we who are graduat- ing take with us in our minds as we move on to Universities or into Schools of Nurs- ing. I could reminisce about so many of the events we remember, but we all feel glad that we shall be able to come back to share the happy events that will always belong to this School. JANE MOODY Head Girl

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9 Balmoral Hall Iune. 1964 My dear Girls, As another year draws to a close, I ask you to recall the poem This Year is Your Shipf' When you steer your ship into the harbour at the end of Iune will you be satis- fied with the course you charted for yourself? You had a stop-over at Christmas and Easter to examine your progress. Some of you proceeded thereafter more cautiously and with a clearer vision of the course you were following: and some of you became more aware of the reefs and cross-currents that were jeopardizing the safety of your journey. I would like to say a brief word about these reefs and cross-currents as they relate to your year's progress. The reefs of course are the difficulties you encounter in navigation. These difficulties vary, but I shall mention a few. Some of you have dif- ficulty in concentrating, in working independently or in mastering facts: others have dif- ficulty following instructions. delving below the surface, or finishing assignments in a given time. The cross-currents are the distractions that will always beset you - thc telephone interruptions, the television, the wandering thoughts and day dreams that you have not yet learned to control. The experienced navigator, and each year you should be more experienced, learns to look ahead in order to avoid the reefs, and to steer away from the cross-currents of distraction. In this way each year the journey, interesting with its ever-changing hori- zons, and challenging with its demands on the navigator, can be safely manoeuvered. My last thought is for those of you who are about to sail your ships to far-away places. I join with Prospero in wishing you f'Calm seas, propitious gales and sail so ex- peditious as may bring you, after a happy voyage, to a safe harbour. Yours affectionately, Special Pre-School Dates For September, l964 Senior girls are asked to meet in the Library at Balmoral I-Iall at the following times to arrange courses and get text books. Tuesday, September 8th 2 p.m. -f Grades X, XI, XII. 4 p.m. --1 Head Girl, School Captain and Prefects meet in the Library to plan the Opening. Wednesday, September 9th 7 p.m. -- Boarders X, XI, XII - Textbooks and courses.