Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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T II !■; I ' , l A N K S () M K S I. O C A X l ' i-c ' wi(l( ' iit — Ivilu ( ' iicsiuil. First Vicc ' -l ' ms ' dent — Jean Morton. Second Vice-President — Rcdii Kiillci-1on. Secretary— Mrs. VV. II. Plfinl. Assistant Secretary — Rosalind Moi ' ley. Treasurei- — liila Black. After (Jod Save llic KitiLr liad liccn )ic;n-lily suntr, tfie meet- ing was ad.joiirned, and we all went homeward, fcelin r that the first dinner-i)arty of the Alumnae As-soeiation had Ijeen a decided success. As Alice Anderson found the work on the Slo( an as Editor- in-Chief more than she could do alone, an Assistant Editor, Kath- leen Baird, Avas appointed this fall. HAIR. Hair ! hair ! hair ! Nowadays on the heads of the girls! How I wish that I could utter What I think of their piiffs and curls I Alas for those puffs and rolls. That pad and that large-sized rat, They were once your pride, O girls, But they went with your last year ' s hat. Hair ! hair I hair ! In front of the glass, 0 dear ! They will fuss and fume till the crack of doom. In the effort to cover an ear. RITA K. CHESXCT, B.A. President. M. H.

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T 1 1 K H i A N K S O M K S L ( ) ( ; A N 17 The Kiftli Aniiiuil Meet iiiu ' of liu ' Bi ' iiiiksome Hall Alumnae Association, wliich vas held at the Mis-sion Tea Rooms, Kiii ' Street West, on Tuesday, June 17th, at six-thirty i).m., took the form of a, dinnoi-. The ij ' uests, who nniiihei ' ed over t ' ii ' hty. included the principals, staff and , ' raduatini; ' class of Branksome Hall, and the Alumnae uirls who had conu ' from far and neai ' . All those i)resent were look-nu ' their best, and seemed to be brimming ' over with good health and spirits. The scene v as cer- tainly one to strike .joy to the hearts of the mendiers of the execu- tive. The room, which looked most attractive, was filled with small tables, each decorated with red and white carnations and ferns, while in the centre of the room was a larger table, decorated with red and white peonies, at which the executive wej e seated. The place-cards, toast-lists and menu were ornamented with the Brank- some colors. At the conclusion of the dinner proper, a few words of wel- come were spoken by the President, after which the toasts were proposed and drunk. The first toast to Their Majesties, which wns proposed by the Vice-Pres ' dent, Mrs. Plant, in a very loyal speech, was drunk most heartily. The second, The School, was proposed bv Irs. Henry and responded to by Miss Scott, our Hon- orary President. Then came the toast to The Principals, pro- posed by ] Iiss Ethel Ames, and responded to by Miss Kead. In her response, I Iiss Read traced the advancement in the education of women diiring the last hundred years in Canada. Next fol- lowed the toast to the Absent INIembers, proposed by IMiss Edna King and repl ' ed to by Mrs. Thomas Keefer. of Ottawa, in a letter read by ] riss Hilda Rutherford. liss IMareia Allen proposed the toast to the Graduating Class in a burst of poetry, and ATiss Ainslie lci lichael replied. Lastly came the toast to Our Fu- tures, proposed by IMiss Reda Fullerton and responded to by our treasurer, IM ' ss Jean Morton. In rc plying, Jean drew aside the curtain of the future, and in truly prophetic style showed ns our- . elves twenty years hence. The business part of the meeting followed, and during the election of officers Miss ] Iillichamp very kindly took the chair. The officers elected for ih season 1913-1914 were as follows: Editor-in-Chief of The Branksome Slogan — Al ' ce Anderson. Business Managei ' — !Marcia Allen. Assistant Business Manager — Laureda McAndicw. Honorary President of the Alumnae Association — ] liss Scott.

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' 1 ' 1 1 H H R A X K S ( ) M K S 1. () ( ; A 19 jfrnm luniou to |3ans by JJlninr. Pal•i . .hily ITlli, Dear Sloiian licadci-s, — I can liardl; liclicve tluit we have J4 ' i)t 1o I ' aris, and ( ' (iiiu ' all the way from |-)i-ist(il in oui ' own oai ' , l)ut such is the case. Th cai ' has hceii iunnin ' heaut ' t ' nlly and the roads are perfect. We spent four days in l.nndon. k avin - there on Tuesday morninji ' . It was pourinj ' rain, hut, as you know, one doesn ' t put ( ft ' outings on account of rain in En.uhrind, and the roads are so hard that it doesn ' t matter much if they are wet . We had a calm and peaceful drive of seventy niik s to Folkestone, which place we reached ' n time foi ' lun; h. We ate an extensive table d ' hote meal, rested for a while, then hoarded the boat, and crossed that channel of ill repute. P ven though I had established a very good record as a sailor, I had heard tales of other good sailors who had weath- ered many rough At ' antics only to succumb on this miserable little voyage. There was no great cause for alarm — just a nice, soothing motion — and we all reached Boulogne in good condition. We had planned to go r ' ght on to Abbeville for the night, expecting to get away from Boulogne about five o ' clock, but there was considerable delay in taking the ear off the boat, and by the time the motor-tank was filled with gasoline, and we had bought some sandwiches and fruit to eat on the journey, it was 7.30 and beginning to rain again. Imagine start ' ng off in the rain at that time of day to drive fifty miles in a foreign ' ' ouutry, with the most meagre smattering of the language and in blissful ignorance as to our route ! It happened to work cut all r ' ght, but before we had gone many miles we realized what a foolish enterprise it was. We didn ' t pa.ss through one village where we could have spent th night with even a suggestion of comfort, and, if we had lost our way, or had any other mishap, it would have meant camping in the car unt ' l moi-ning. The French roads are fine for speeding, and we made pretty good time before it got very dark, but when we finally got to Abbeville and drew up at the Tete de Boeuf it was nearly half- past ten. and a very weary party we were. We hadn ' t felt a bit certain that we were on the right I ' oad. and we saw very few people to ask. Several of the villages were in darkness, and we met practically no one on the road for miles. These little village-, which eons ' st of one .street with cottages on both sides, are peopled by farm lal orers who live close together instead of each one livinu ' right on his farm. Some of them nmst be a long way from th ii ' work.