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THE B H A N K S () M E SLOGAN l I THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN Editor-in-Chief — Jean Morton Assi ant Editor — Rosalind Morley School Editors — Grace McGaw, Ruth Langlois Business Manager — Joan Stewart Assi ant Business Manager — Rita Black Vol.4. CHRISTMAS 1912 No. I. To those of lis who knew and loved every red brick and every inch of ground at 102 Bloor Street East, it is a sad sight to gaze upon where Branksome once was. When the word School is mentioned we shall always think of the little red annex and the row of poplars outside it on which we used to gaze for inspiration. Poor old poplars ! They look sadly over- worked now, — as if they had set too many thought-waves of Latin, German, Mathematics, etc., in motion for the good of their health. Perhaps they are sad and lonely without the happy, laughing girl-faces all about thjem. And just think of it, there were actually boys playing Rugby where the tennis courts used to be, when I passed the other day. Boys ! Ugh ! Nasty crea- tures we must never go near! — that was one of our precepts — of course we still ' obey, implicitly (note personal column!).
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12 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN And oh! those perfectly delicious surreptitious dances in the conservatory at recess, when we should have been inhaling- fresh air ! My, how we adored the creamy, dreamy waltzes and the rollicking two-steps, — unless we were some of the poor unfortu- nates who hadn ' t finished their Latin and were cramming for dear life in a corner with ears tight shut not to hear the music. And do 3 ou remember the Art room, with all sorts of startling- likenesses of man — I mean girl — and beast, and studies in still life ( ' mostly apples and grapes) ; and the gym where we learned to improve our fig-gers ; and the — but oh! what ' s the use? It makes the heartache worse. These were my melancholy cogitations as I passed along Bloor and over the Huntley Street Bridge the other day. I had just reached the heartache part, and was indulging in it freely when I arrived in front of the New Branksome Hall. Editors are really very brave, but I did feel sort of quaky as I opened the gate. The huge red brick house with its grand white stone porte- cochere was tremendously awe-inspiring. I had only gone a few steps up the walk, however, when a joyful medley of sounds from several pianos, accompanied by evidences that an aspiring voca- list was soaring to heights unknown (probably high C) took all the quakiness away. I might give a list of the various selections I ' oating forth, but should hate to have guessed wrong. I rang the bell, and after a few moments of suspense (accom- panied by said sounds) a neat maid, also new, ushered me into the hall, and led the way toward the office. I was waylaid by the sight of one of our esteemed school editors, a smudge on her otherAvise immaculate nose, hauling ghosts by the neck in the direction of gj mnasium. I tried to encourage her in her noble efforts and then passed on to speak to Miss Gardiner, who kindly consented to take me over the premises. First we visited the bright, airy class-rooms, in the new wing added at the back of the original house. I began to feel like Methuselah when we came to the tiny seats and desks of the wee tots, and yet in a way it doesn ' t seem long since I was seven and had a bran new school- bag. We then went upstairs to see the girls ' rooms, and that ' s where you reach the heart of the whole house. Oh, those rooms with their little blue cots, and gay pennants and photos! Some
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