Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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22 THE imANKSOMB SLOGAN The French House First, Uncle Sam ' s daughter, who a ])lue star can claim. To her Mademoiselle is a favorite name; For thoughtless rule-breaking she ' s never to ])lame! Houston ! Need we say Bermuda to give you the clue? If someone ne savveys, we ' d like to know who. Besides, we might say they are two prefects new, Elinor and Virginia ! Then there ' s the girl whose voice can be heard In speech and in song like a happy young bird. To nickname her Billy we all vote absurd, Maggie Baker! There are two whose praises we loudly cry, On hearing our French, they gave us a try, And left their comrades for French verbs dry, Marjorie and Eleanor! Then there ' s one in our midst with eyes of green. On tennis and hockey she ' s awfully keen; When we say ' ' London Belle, ' ' now whom can we mean ? Why, Jean ! And the one who rooms with her in happy content. For an earnest young student was surely not meant. She only came back from N. Y. by accident, Elizabeth ! Now, there ' s also a girl that works early and late. And whose worth in pure gold we can ne ' er hope to rate, She has just enough spice for a lively room mate, Pat! Then there ' s a dancer, so graceful and airy, Her talk and her laughter is always so merry. But in jokes her opinion is b ad — alas, very ! Sw eet Erie. Rooming with these you find fortunate me. Now, praises or slams, which is it to be? A nasty position you surely can see. Glad you agree.

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 21 La Maison Francaise Cette anne il y a une nouvelle institution a Branksonie, c ' est la maison francaise. Otte maison, a cote de Branksome. ets assez })etite. .Mademoiselle Chaubert la dirig-e et il y a seulement (juatorze jennes lilies. Cette maison est tres po])ulaire et toutes les jeunes filles tron- vent qu ' elles ont bien de la chance d ' y etre. Dans la maison on doit parler francais toute le temps, excepte le dimanche. J es jeunes filles, (jui y demeurent, sout toujours aux tal)le; francaises dans la salle a manger et on parle francais a chacjue re pas. (3n fait tout ce qu ' on pent pour rendre la vie dans la maison aussi facile et aussi agreable ({ue possible. Cha(iue mardi soir il y a une soiree francaise et nous faisons des jeux francais ou l)ien nous ecoutons ([uelqu ' un (jui nous lit en francais. Plusieurs fois on a donne de i)etites danses dans la maison francaise; elles etaient meme plus populaires (pie les jeux. Deux fois lonsieur Ledoux, un pro- fesseur belg ' c el un membre de rUniversite de Toronto, nous a donne des conferences tres interess antes. Tout le monde est tres heureux dans la maison et on la ([uittera en juin avec beaucoup, beaucoup de regret. JEAX JARVIS, Form V. Un coin du salon bleu de la Maison Francaise

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 28 From Brantford ari ived a sweet rosy-cheeked lass, Who, when fishing in air canght more than a l)ass, And her life with this ' ' flyer she now fain wonld pass, Grace ! Now there ' s one who ' s so fond of the chiklren of men, That she can ' t make a choice from a gronp of say, ten; There ' s Sammy, and Archie, and Donglas. and Ben — Fair Helen I Then there ' s one of the best we have left te the last. We can ' t call her slow, yet we can ' t call her fast. The mould was unique in which she was cast, Kempie i LOIS HOWARD. Form V. La Maiso n Francaise