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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN. ability and setting our little candles on the very bushel ' s pinnacle? The work of the Association done in the meetings will naturally be of greatest importance, and it is hoped that in future it can be veiy fully reported to, and followed by out-of-town girls, who perhaps may be tempted to arrange their visits to Toronto at meeting-time. sj: ❖ Those who are not familiar with Scotch speech may consider tlie sound of the name we have chosen for our magazine uncouth, if not barbaric. However, we think it has a vigor and vitality which sug- gests order and fidelity, with the Scottish connection suitable to a paper from Branksome Hall. Perhaps we may not apply its meaning very closely to our own peaceful intentions — Branksomites in battle array, wildly brandishing slates and note-books, rushing v ith a weird Gaelic yell upon ranks of dull, red volumes might be the resulting picture — but in a broad sense the slogan of the Scots may safely apply to our wish and effort to gather all the friends of Branksome in close fellowship for good work and old times sake. !• The Alumnae Association has been fortunate in having, in its first two terms, a President both competent and tactful, whose time has been liberally spent in the duties of her office, which, even in a small, simple organization, are surprisingly numerous and varied. Under her direction the meeting programmes have been ambitiously planned, and the outside business has had her promptest attention, as the Executive Committee in charge of this paper ha ' s good reason to know and appreciate. THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION It has been very difficult to keep the out-of-town members posted in regard to the meetings of the Branksome Hall Alumnae Association, but it is very pleasing indeed to be able to say that the first year (1908- ' 09) was a great success. All the girls seemed to enter into the spirit of the Association, and we had a number of ver} enjoyable meetings. Our aim is, of course, to keep the girls together after leavino- their much-beloved school, with all its pleasant memories, but to do this it is really necessary to have something else besides social meetings. Last year we had some very good papers on different subjects read at the meetings. The subjects were varied. The first, on Frank Brangwyn, the artist, who is attracting so much attention in Europe at the present time, was decidedly interesting. Another was on
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8 THE BEANKSOME SLOGAN. Chaminade, and several of the girls gave selections from her composi- tions on the piano. Then, at the March meeting, the centennial anni- versaries of Gladstone, Mendelssohn and Lincoln made appropriate papers on their lives. Mile. Compondn very kindly gave ns a French talk on Switzerland at the May meeting, and it mnst have been grati- fying to the governesses to see how mnch some understood, but, alas 1 very surprising to see how much others had forgotten. In February the Association held a most enjoyable luncheon at the Tea Pot Inn, Yonge Street, at which there were about fifty of fHe members present. The absence of our much-loved Honorary Presi- dent was regretted by all. After the luncheon a pleasant hour was spent, w hen the usual toasts were given. Miss MacCurdy, who is now in Los Angeles, California, replied to the toast to The Old Staff by a very interesting letter. Miss Geraldine Stephenson, of Winnipeg, wrote a letter responding to the Out-of-Town Members. ' Several letters and telegrams were read by the Secretary, among which was a letter from Gladys Cross, of Penshurst, Australia, whose name is the first on the register of the school and is included in the membership of the Association. One very informal little meeting that was held in April must not go without mention. We devoted most of the time to reading letters from some of our out-of-town members. It was interesting to hear from these girls, and we hope that they will continue to write this year. After the busines s was concluded at the First Annual Meeting last June we held a reception for the new members and the staff of the school, which all thoroughly enjoyed. At our meetings, after a programme of papers and musical numbers, we always spend some time in chatting with one another over the afternoon tea, and in this way, besides renewing old friendships, we are able to farm new ones with the girls who have followed the earlier graduates. This year we are starting with an idea to have a more systematic course of study for the literary meetings. For this we have chosen Pobert Louis Stevenson and several of his best-known books. In doing so we hope to accomplish more than we could in wandering to different subjects, as we did last year. But, of course, we must have the co-operation of all the members to make this a success. We might mention here how much we owe to Miss Macdonald and the other governesses for their great assistance in organizing this Association. They w ere alwa3 s most willing to help us in every way possible, and the Executive Committee of the first year join me in thanking them. We all hope Miss Macdonald is res aining her strength, and that she will soon be with us once more, feeling benefited by her much-needed rest.
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