Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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4 THE BKA KSOME SLOGAN. ESTABLISHED 1840 BRANCHES IN ALL LEADING CITIES Aam- JoLf at in ' sfmasitme. d ?d ifir houf iffe cfear. The Nordheimer Piano Music Co., Ltd. 15 KING STREET EAST, TORONTO WHAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ARE YOU SENDING ? SOME SUGGESTIONS Remember Books are Best for Young and Old and are sure to please, not only for a few days, but for all time. BIBLES Authorized. Revised, Teachers ' . From 15c. to $15.00 HYMN BOOKS Methodist. Presbyterian. New Church of England, c., c. From 25c. to $6.00. ANNUALS Most of the foremost English Annuals which make such excellent gifts. From 25c, to $1.75. ART CALENDARS 1910 Beautiful designs and colorings, at 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, and $1.50 each postpaid. CHRISTMAS BOOKLETS Christmas Booklets, at 3c., 5c., 8c., 10c. and 15c. each. CHRISTMAS CARDS 10 in box with enve- lopes, 25o, 35c and 50c per box postpaid. In packages of 1 dozen , 10c, 15c, 25c. 35c, 50c, 75 and $1.00 per package postpaid. POETS All of the Popular Poets —in various Bindings. From 75c to $2.00. Please order early to save Christmas Rush, and ensure your having the best to select from. STANDARD SETS of all well-known authors in different bindings. 50c. per vol. upwards. Remember that the Best Books must be given — and this does not mean the most Expensive. Therefore call and look through our new, large and varied stock, or send for list of Christmas Gifts. WILLIAM BRIGGS, 29-37 Richmond Street West, TORONTO

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN. 3 SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SOLICITED SUMS OF $1.00 AND UPWARDS RECEIVED INTEREST ALLOWED AT 3i PER CENT. PER ANNUM ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO CHEQUE WITHOUT NOTICE INTEREST CALCULATED ON THE DAILY BALANCE CENTRAL CANADA LOAN SAVINGS CO. 26 King Street East, Toronto

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THE BEANKSOME SLOGAN. 5 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN Vol. I. CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1909. No. i. A FOREWORD The decision of the Executive of the Alumnae of Branksome Hall to publish a semi-annual paper has been favorably received by the members, and cordial support has been promised. It is to be hoped that the undertaking may serve important purposes, and well reward those who share the labor and responsibility. A bond of sympathy and mutual helpfulness always exists among fellow-students, which grows stronger when school days are over, days around which, as the years go by, cluster so many pleasant memories, days when life-long friendships are formed. The paper is to serve as a medium of communication among the widely scattered members of the Alumnae, strengthening the bond to their Alma Mater, bringing them into touch with each other, giving opportunities of encourage- ment and assistance, enabling them to fulfil the divine command to S3rmpathize with each other in joy or sorrow. Let us hope and pray that many noble lives may find a record in its pages. Up to the close of school and college days, study has been directed by teachers and professors, and, as a rule, examinations have been an additional incentive. When these infiuences are no longer operative, reading too often becomes desultory, if not positively useless and frivolous. The Alumnae hope, by means of the paper, to assist in encouraging a judicious and systematic course of reading among the members, knowing that a taste for the best in literature once formed becomes a perennial source of happiness, that through good books we are placed in contact with the best society in every period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. It is hardly possible but that the character should take a higher and better tone from the constant habit of associating in thought with a class of thinkers, to say the least of it, above the average of humanity. It is morally impossible but that the manners should take a tins e of good breeding and civilization from having constantly before one ' s eyes the way in which the best-bred and the best-informed have talked and conducted themselves in their intercourse with each other. There is a gentle but perfectly irresistible coercion in a habit, of reading well directed, over the whole tenor of one ' s character and conduct, which