Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 27 THINGS WE DO NOT LIKE

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26 THE l RANKSOME SLOGAN Food Conservation In these days so many tell us all the things we shouldn ' t eat, And I ' m pretty sure their method will soou bring a Ilun defeat, We ' re to scrape our i)lates so empty as to never leave a mite, Thus we add our little l)it to tliat of uien who bravely fight. Now the hungry crowd of school girls falls in line with sad salute; Just the same each one is i)roud to feel that she ' s a good recruit; We must turn our backs on luxury and do without our meat, Since everyone kee})s telling us the tliijigs W( should not eat. Though chocolate cakes are lost to us, it brings us joy to know- That we help those abroad, and ])ay them thus the debt we owe. So we ' ll do without our extras, and sans sugar take our tea, If in that way from the treiu ' hes all our ))oys may soon be free. And we ' ll lay aside our IxH ' fsteak, and have wheatless meals each day. In our effort, while the sun shines, to stock up our share of hay. E ' en with Hunt ' s and Regent Inn so m ar, we will jiot own defeat. Since everyone has told us the things we should not eat. LOIS HOWARD, Form V. A Sonnet Methinks a sonnet ' s difficult to write, Nor is it just the kind I would propose Of verse to choose, if choose I ' only might. But then, I hate all verse ; dear, goodness knows ! I would suggest instead a merry tune, For tunes are always running through my mind. And I must say in my mind there ' s no room For composition of the other kind. Now, having got thus far, I fear I ' m stuck; Though, praise be ! I am nearing line fourteen. And then I ' ll write no more such silly truck! For truck, to me, is what these sonnets seem. What rhymes with truck? — buck, puck, luck, duck and tuck? Here, take your choice, I ' m through, here ' s line fourteen! PHYLLIS LANGDON, Form lY.

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28 The Snowdrops Swee little snowdrops, AVith yciir drooping heads. Spring ' which comes awakens you From your wintry beds. Soon it ' s good-bye, Snowdrop, For your time is done, Spring has gone so (piiclvly, And now the summer ' s come. PAULINE STANBURY (12 yearsi.