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

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vvwvvv v vrvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vv v'v'vv vvvvvvvv -1.2 Balmoral Hall June, 1966 My dear Girls, My letter this year is set within the framework of some well - known phrases. There is something here for each of you. LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID. This well-known inscription, carved in the mantel-piece of the Music Room, is for all of us, but today it is for you who are graduating. As you enter the wider world b e y o n d your School days, the choice is yours to condemn, to criticize, to gossip, or ,whenever possible to let something good be said . My very best wishes go with you as you fare forth in new fields. MENS SANA IN CORPORE SAND A sound mind in a sound body Here is a phrase to think about. Canada's youth can well look with some dismay at to- day's world. Your chance to lead or to help your husbands who will be leaders, is coming. Lea- dership depends on a sound mind in a sound body. Use every opportunity to pursue knowledge and form habits of discipline and exercise to develop a sound body. LIFE OFFERS MANY AN EASY PRIZE, CHRIST POINTS THE HARDER WAYQ' This brings to mind the matter of choice. We are all free to be kind or unkind, to deceive or be honest, to be courteous or rude. The Christ in us speaks quite audibly and we hear Him, and yet to avoid punishment, to gain marks or to win t'friends we often choose the easy way. If you are ever in doubt be sure that He is a very safe leader. For those of you who reach the end of this letter I have a special message. It is written particularly for next yearls leaders, but it is for all of you who are returning. September will usher in a very special school year - a year filled with happy surprises ,different opportunities and new challenges. Together with all of Canada, Balmoral Hall is preparing for one of its most exciting years in history. Even now I can see today's graduates joining you with their alumnae- look as they return to honour our opening day on Thursday, September 8. Until then may you all have a happy, happy summer. Yours affectionately, A,A,A.AAA,4,,,. A,Av.-5 x,x.xA M.xAAA JSKAAAAJ AAA.4Af AAA xA,x,xfg4.A.4.4 .sw-

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I n.mrasmxmaf.xua-1-K THIC PHICFIGCTS S'l'.XXlvlNG 1 lreana Silvester, Midge Gosku, Tetldi Nance, Kathryn Neilson, Rosemar Cyonclo, lf'r:inces Tanner, lritte Lansky, Catherine Vivian, Toni Stovel, Judith Dowler CSchool Captainl. SITTING - Patricia Jnlinston, Nancy Little fHeanl Girll, Mary Bruce, Susan Bracken, Alixe Hunt. M ODE! UNITED NA TIONS This December, I enjoyed the experience of being one of three Manitoba high school students chosen to attend a Model United Nations in Mountain Lake, Minnesotag rough- ly one hundred other delegates, from Min- nesota and Wisconsin, also participated. Each attending delegation was assigned a country other than their own to represent. The delegates' objective was to learn the position taken by the adopted nation on va- rious controversial world situations, and to defend the position. The purpose of this was to increase the students' worldwide interests, to make them more broadmindedg for they often had to argue in favor of a policy with which they did not personally agree. As we were the only non-American dele- gation, we represented the United States of Americag this was a difficult task for us, as so many authorities on American policy were present. The first session of the General Assembly opened on a humorous note, for we were NH' introduced to the members of the Canadian delegation who were wearing name tags bearing the Canadian ensign. On our insis- tence they raised a point of order, and the president promised to rectify the situation immediately. This was followed by other epi- sodes, such as the Indian delegation picket- ing the cafeteria, where roast beef was being served, and the Communist Block continually staging demonstrations against the West. But the day was also filled with inform- ation and profitable discussion. We argued heatedly with Russia on methods of enforc- ing nuclear disarmament, and with Britain on the emerging African states. I even had occasion to attack Canadian financial policy on peace-keeping operations. In the evening we concluded with a ban- quet, at which our delegation was honoured by a standing ovation for so successfully giving the conference an international flav- our. Respectfully submitted, NANCY LITTLE

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VAIEDICTORY There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune . . Y' 'Julius Caesari' Though Form VI completes a twelve years segment of our life labelled Hschool-days , the end of this year for us is really a be- ginning. We have been preparing ourselves for the unknown fields of business, nursing or university, where perhaps some of us will make important contributions through science and the arts or in practical ways, to the com- munity where we find ourselves. At this turning point or tide in the careers and the lives of those of us who will be graduating let us review and assess our years at Balmoral Hall and by doing so try to enrich our future with some plan to carry on what we have learned here. No matter at what age we entered the school, and some of us started in kindergar- ten, we wereall eventually welcomed with a riotous Octo-ber ceremony called Initiation. In our final year at the school we were given the responsibility of running and planning this School Captain Head Girl event as well as other such s-tudent pro- JUDITH DOWLER NANCY LITTLE grammes. We have found many and various ways to serve our school. These opportunities have included singing in the school choir, serving on the library and magazine committees and playing on School or House teams. The house system at Balmoral Hall has given us an excellent means of working to- gether towards a common goal. When we were too young to participate in various school committees, we could serve our house and the school by keeping our shoes shiny and our names out of the Conduct Book. Some of us were called upon to be house heads or school leaders and some of us received the great honour of being appointed a prefect. It is not for us to judge how successful we have been but the experience of self-discipline and the opportunity to lead others has been both challenging and rewarding. These experiences we will take with us and hope to us in new fields. By the time we have reached Form VI, many of us have had a share in resident life. Boarding at school is one of the most interesting and rewarding experiences a girl of our age can enjoy. Who can forget the Christmas dinners, trips to the Ballet, to the Theatre Centre, and the impromptu pizza parties? No matter how far we spread afield what fun it will always be our B.H. friends all across the world. The memories of school prayers, the Christmas Carol Service, and the stirring an- thems the choir has sung, rush back to me as I reminisce and I know that the Closing Even- song and the last day of school prayers will mean more than ever to the graduating class, as it is we who must say farewell and you who must carry on. Even with the gateway to the future open before us, we take this backward glance at our happy days at this school. Be sure that in future years we will return for opening days, for special events and for House prayers. Whether or not this high moment in our life Hleads on to fortune we won't forget our school's traditions, its history and all that Balmoral Hall has given to us. JUDITH DOWLER - School Captain Iffllllt