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

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THE IIBRARY EXECUTIVE Senior Librarian ...... ................ ' F. Nance Processing .......,..... ................. F . Tanner Display ......... ...... C . Bell, T. Rogers THE SENIOR LIBRARY This year the Senior Library committee is pleased to report the accession of many new books. Monthly book donations from the friends of the library were among our most prized new editions. Perhaps the most widely read has been The Albert Schweitzer Al- bum. . Beside these the library ordered and processed 250 books. Some of the title-s are: The Art of India - Goetz Of Hu-man Bondage - Somerset Maughan Sean O'Casey -- Krause The Comfortable Pew - Berton The Fossil Book - Fenton Tennis - Sports Illustrated Complete Poems of Robert Frost Dictionary of the Bible by Hastings Venture to the Interior - Van der Post My Darling Clementine - Fishman . Circulation has been steady and wide use made of the reference books. As usual some students have had overdue books but with the fines collected by Rosemary Condo we have bought a shelf-label-marker. After school on Friday the library has been a meeting place for many committees. Under the guid- nace of Frances Tanner everyone had some 'I'u'1'i1ly fll'-O Circulation ......................... ....... A . Hunt Treasurer .............................. ..... R . Condo Junior School Librarian ....... ...... S . Spohn experience in processing. Another busy group has been the display committee. Interesting displays of 'books on musi-c, science, archi- tecture, art and careers, hav-e shown both students and staff the wide range of subject matter on our library shelves and in the picture file. A special thanks to Garrity Smith for her posters. A Library Quiz attracted many contes- tants and stimulated wide research, with Nina Mae Sutherland, Ballatefr and Jean Riley, Craig Gowan winning the honours for the Quiz and Marlene Fandrick, Braemar and Deanna Silvester, Glen Gairn placing first in their section for the title-s-tory. My thanks go to the Library Committee who assisted with the corrections. Perhaps the most useful change has been the completion of the subject file begun last summer by Jane Moody, one of our old girls. Subject, title and author cards are now inter- filed. This year has certainly been an exciting one for me, acknowledging new books, seeing them processed, displayed and finally in cir- culation. We have a library to be proud of and a library committee is a wonderful way to serve our school. TEDDIE NAN CE - Librarian

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CUPID CAPERS Cuipids, heart and candles transformed the dining-room of Dalton House into a place of stately elegance, an appropriate setting for the Cupid Capers banquet. Following dinner, coffee was served in Aikins House. Everyone then proceeded to the gymna- sium where a cascade of red and white streamers and hearts and cupids greeted the dancers. Reign-ing over the festivities was a golden cupid, who did h-is work throughout the eve- ning, as his arrows appeared to hit many a target. CATHERINE VIVIAN DANCE PREPARA TIONS The great success of Cupid Capers was due to the careful planning and thoughful preparation on the part of a few girls. Mary Bruce, the Convener, co-ordinated the work involved in the making of wall decorationsg she also m-ade artistic use of Sheryl Noonan's Cupid. Cathi Bell displayed great ingenuity in decorating t-he diining-roomg as Miss Mur- rell-Wright said, It has never been so beau- tiful . All those who contributed so tangibly to the success of Cupid Capers are to be congratulated. SUSAN CRAMP INI TIA T ION Initiation 1965 was a very eventful night for old girls as well as new. The prepara- tions for Spectaculum Romanum' included activities wfhich varied from furniture-moving to popcorn popping, but once begun, not even a flood of mustard could stop the fun. The evening of entertainment began in the Colosseum with many skill-testing games, ranging from the shot-put to a chariot race. Roman table manners were demonstrated and all the latest medical techniquesiwere ex- hibited in Surgery-a-go-go. After the games were completed, it was unanimously decided to accept the captives as Roman citizens. We then moved up the Appian Way to the United Way in the Forum. Stalls run by each House tempted guests to participate in various money-making but interest-ing activ- ities. Returning to the Colosseum, the prae fectae presented a fairly tale called Album Nix which thoroughly delighted everyone. Any similarity to any other fairy tale is purely accidental! Who could ever forget the cackle of the witch, and the efforts of Latin oration. A hearty sing-song brought to a close a very worthwhile evening in which we raised 5169.58 for the United Way, enlisted some new citizens, and enjoyed a lovely evening back in Roman days. SUSAN BRACKEN Twrwzty mu'

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THE JUNIOR IIBRARY Book displays have helped to maintain an interest in reading in the Junior School. Throughout the year, in addition to displays of books on music, composers and hobbies, we have correlated class Georgraphy studies with displays of books on France, Egypt and Scandinavia. At the time of the parents' meeting in March a special d-isplay was created to il- lustrate Mrs. Berry's report on Early Pat- terns in Reading which was given in the Junior Library. At this time the Junior Lib- rary Committee took a new look at Stepping Stones , our guide book in this area, and displayed from our shelves the best in chil- dren's classics. Successful has been the use of small class- room libraries in the junior grades. The easy- to-read books were re-organized according to reading level and subject matter and groups of books were -taken to the classroom for rea-dy distribution, an easy return and con- stand circulation. Approximately 100 new books were pro- cessed during the year and after display, found their way to the right shelf. A library committee from the senior school assisted each day with returning books to the shelves and setting up the displays. SALLY SPOHN - For the Student Committee MESSAGE FROM AFRICA On September 24, Mr. Kiisosankole from Uganda was a guest speaker at Morning Prayers. Mr. Kisonankole told the following story which could be applied to anyone of any age. A naturalist visited a man who raised chickens in the jungle of Africa. Among the chickens was an eagle which had been tamed, and which the ow-ner was sure would never fly away. The naturalist disagreed. When the eagle was placed on a fence, it fell back amongst the chickens, as it did when it was later set free from a tree. However, the naturalist was sure that if the eagle were set free in its natural habitat, it would fly away. He therefore took it to a mountain top and again released it. This time the eagle soared high above the earth. In this story we see the message that a Christian should always be worthy of his special endowments, not matter where he may be. DITTE LANSKY THE DAY IN THE COUNTRY The evening of Saturday, September 8th, brought to a close a third wonderful Day in the Country, held this year, thanks to Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Richardson, at Kelburn Stock Farms. What a day! Thanks to the timeless planning and efforts of the mothers, and the enthusiasm of the girls and the countless visi- tors who came to support us, it was again a tremendous success. Even the weather-man co-operated and after rain had fallen steadily all week until Friday night, Saturday burst forth in bright sunshine. From the bus and from cars, the girls hur- ried to find their varied jobs and were ready as the first visitors arrived. Throughout the day children of all ages competed in games of skill, enjoyed hay rides, fed animals, and in between guarded the riverbank, cleaned up the grounds, helped with pony rides or worked in the many booths. The guests were equally busy. A steady stream visited the home-baking tent in search of home-baked cakes and pies, or were seen laden with farm-freslh squash, eggs, cauli- flowers or pickling needs as they moved away from the vegetable stand. Popular again were the novel items of the handicraft booth, with excting gifts for Christmas, interesting decor- ations and all kinds of clothes for Barbie-dolls. The busy booths were surpassed only by the business at the hot dog and hamburger stands where barbecued foods were ravenously en- joyed, as well as candy, popcorn and cold drinks. Perhaps the highlight of the day's activi- ties for us was the horse racing, for which we had sold numerous tickets. To Braemar's de- light the house with the Blue banner proved to be the champion. The end of the day saw first the visitors disappear and then the cars moving away from the parking lot with tired children hap- pily bedecked with ribbons, indicating their victories, weary but happy mothers with their home-baking, vegetables and handicrafts and the senior students eagerly anticipating the results of another successful Day in the Country. DEANNA SILVESTER Tll'f'7lf1l !h1'c'r