Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAX. PERSONALS Old Girls visiting the school find missing two faces which were centres of the most pleasant memories of the first years at Branksome Hall. When first Miss MacCurdy left there went with her recol- lections of violent struggles connected with Themistocles, Neoclis filins, Atheniensis ' ; squares on the hypotenuse of a triangle ; ladder- against-the-wall problems, etc. Still, we remembered the gentler arts while Miss Macdonald was there ready to help us farther onward, but she, too, is away this year earning a well-deserved rest from the nerve- racking duties of governess in a ladies ' college. The patience they both had with us, even in our most wilfully irritating moods, we realize and appreciate now fully, and can thank them all the more lovingly for the time, thought and care they gave us unstintingly. The Alumnae Association cannot be grateful enough to Miss Macdonald for her assistance in the past year. She has been so interested and helpful, and ever ready with advice and suggestion. Indeed, it is through her that this paper has become a reality. Miss MacCurdy is living in San Francisco, but all letters addressed to her home, Onslow Station, IS ' ova Scotia, will be forwarded to her. Miss Macdonald is living with her brother at 117 Frederica Street, West Fort William, Ont. Miss Eeid and Mile. Compondu spent the summer abroad, the latter visiting her home in Switzerland, and Miss Eeid travelling on the Continent. Miss Jean McTavish was abroad with her father last summer, and is now living at 570 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. Miss Alice Fortune, of Winnipeg, an enthusiastic golfer, was suc- cessful in winning four cups last summer. Miss Lily Shannon has charge of the Choral Class at Branksome, and we may feel sure of its success. Miss Maud Banning, of Chatham, is visiting in California. Miss Gladys Brock and Mr. Edward Martin were married in Winni- peg last June. One of the prettiest of October weddings took place in Peterborough, when Miss Mollie Meldrum was united in marriage to Mr. Ernest Green. They are living at 133 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto. Miss Edith Anderson, Miss Mary Elliot and Miss Gladys White made their debut at the Governor-Generars ball in AYinnipeg last October.

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22 THE BEANKSOME SLOGAN. CO-EDS As this initial immber of The Slogan is a gathering of the Brank- some clan, it would not be complete without a greeting from those few members who are now treading the path to knowledge mapped ont in the University. Many and engrossing as our interests are, we wish to assure our fellow-members that our interest in Branksome Hall is never lagging, owing to the care-free days spent there. None wel- comed the formation of an Alumnae as heartily as we, for we knew it would preserve a tie which would otherwise have been severed. Some of our absent members may be interested in knowing how their higher educationists are progressing. At the present time there are twelve enrolled as regular students in University College and one as an occasional in French. One of these can already see the end of four valuable happy years of college life, as she expects to graduate in the spring. Four others are now enjoying the third year, which, in many respects, is equal to the fourth, for a junior has almost all the privileges of a senior without the responsibilities and extra labor. Four of the remaining seven have passed the first bewilderingly pleasant stages and are now complacent sophomores, satisfied with themselves and life in general. Last, but not least, come the three freshettes, who are the most fortunate of all, just beginning four years which they can make the happiest of their lives. We, one and all, unite in wishing The Slogan every success, and hope that each year may have a still larger representation of the Branksome Alumnae at University College. L. C. G. Fourth Year . . . . L. Christine Graham. Third Year Euth Winchester. Irene O Neil. Mary Blain. Janie Williams. Second Year .... Tsobel Thomas. Greta Playter. Eeta Chestnut. First Year Laura Aitken. Alice Anderson. Elfreda Cory. In an English class at Heidelberg University the professor asked one studious youth to conjugate the verb to have in the sentence I have a gold mine. The student rose and with serious mien pro- ceeded: I half a golt mine: Thou hast a golt thine, He has a golt hiss, We half a golt ourss, You half a golt yours, They half a golt theirs.

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24 THE. BEAOTvSOME SLOGAAT. Miss Marjorie Weller, of St. Catharines, has returned home after an enjoyable trip on the Continent. Miss Muriel Eobertson is teaching piano at Havergal Ladies Col- lege, Toronto. Miss Marjorie Hopkirk and Miss May Chown, of Kingston, are continuing their studies at Queen s University. The marriage of Miss Abbie Morrison to Mr. Frank Allan took place at St. Augustine s Church, Toronto, on October 6th, 09. Miss Marion Phin, of Gait, has returned to her home after spend- ing the summer in Portland, Ore. Miss Jean Mickleborough, of St. Thomas, was in Toronto for a few hours on her way to Winnipeg, where she is to spend the winter. Miss Geraldine Stephenson, of Winnipeg, has been visiting in Chatham. Mrs. Hillary, formerly Elsie Taylor, of White Horse, is living in Skagway, Alaska. Miss McKay has returned from abroad, but is not teaching at Branksome, much to the regret of the girls. She is now living in Montreal. Miss Jean Eoss has made her home in Strassburg, Sask., and is teaching school there. Miss Katie Maclaren has been at. the Eastbury School for Girls, Watford, Hertford, England, for the last two years, but has now returned to her home, 292 Frank Street, Ottawa. Miss Edith Mason is now living in Vancouver, at 1796 Sixth Avenue, Fairview. Miss Kathleen Eaton, of Port Hope, is going to Philadelphia to live. Mrs. Harvey Gordon (nee Thelma Lester) is living at 921 Bathurst Street, Toronto. Mrs. Leslie Victor Smith (nee Edith Ellis) has returned to the city after spending her honeymoon in England, and intends to board at Windermere Hall, Jarvis Street. Miss Laura Aitken and Miss Greta Playter are at Varsity now and in residence at Queen ' s Hall. Miss Helen Cantley was abroad last summer. Miss Annie Bryson, of Ottawa, attended the Macdonald Institute at Ste. Anne ' s, Quebec, last year.