Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 23 Mile. Rochereau de la Sabliere spent the winter in Paris, study- ing singing ' and painting. Miss Johnston has been studying at Columbia this year. Miss Amsden spent the winter in town, and we were pleased to have visits from her occasionally. Miss Baxter sails for England in June. Mrs. Patterson had an apartment in Boston for the winter, where her husband was studying for further work in China. Madame Ledoux graduates from the Toronto General Hospital in May. Miss Ramsay, who was at Branksome in Bloor Street days, and who has been living in Vancouver, is returning to England this sum- mer, where she will live in future. LA VIE A LA ' ' MAISON FRANC AISE. Notre vie a la ' ' Maison Frangaise est tres heureuse. Quelque fois nous trouvons que c ' est un pen difficile de parler frangais et notre francais est continuellement une repetition des memes phrases mais nous nous faisons comprendre et c ' est I ' essentiel. Quelques-unes d ' entre nous peuvent vraiment soutenir une conversation, mais les autres, moins courageuses, se contentent de phrases courtes et faciles. Nous avons eu de la chance cette annee, car nous avons eu plusieurs anniversaires dans la maison, et chaque anniversaire est I ' occasion d ' une petite fete. Ces petites fetes sont un charmant melange de bonnes choses a mauger et de danses. Qui n ' est pas contente quand quelqu ' une de nous annonce, ' ' C ' est bientot mon anniversaire! Au commencement de 1 ' annee scolaire les deux maisons se sont rencontres dans un jeu trps anime de basket-ball. Apres une demi- heure de combat acharne, la ' ' Maison Frangaise sortit victorieuse de la lutte. Nous nous sommes reucontrees encore une fois dans un ardent combat la nuit du Rumpus. Les Anglaises vinrent mettre nos chambres en desordre, mais sans perdre une minute nous leur rendimes la pareille. Une lutte tres vive s ' ensuivit. Qui gagna? Personne ne I ' a jamais su; mais ce que je puis vous affirmer, c ' est qu ' un egal chaos regnait dans les chambres des deiux maisons. Laissez-moi vous dire avant de terminer que cette annee a ete tres heureuse, et que les jeunes filles, qui vont quitter en juin notre chere Maison Frangaise, le font avec le plus grand regret car, comme le dit notre cri de ralliement — Rataplan ! Rataplan ! Cric ! crac ! zut ! Notre ecole ! Branksome Hall ! Est au-dessus de toutes ! MARGARET CAMPBELL, Form V.

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 25 SPORTS DAY, 1920 Our annual Sports Day was held on Wednesday, May 26tli, in the Varsity Stadium. Id-eal weather and the excellent music of the 48th Kig ' lilanders ' Band tended g-reatly to make it a splendid success. The stadium held an eager and appreciative audience, and a general sir of excitement and entluisiasm prevailed. A band of Alumnae occupied a popular corner next tlie grand stand, from which they sold ice-cream cones and lemonade, the- proceeds to be given to missions. Much credit is due Miss Amsden, the physical training instruc- tress, for her unwearying efforts during the year, and her zeal to make this special event an unrivalled success. The program was as follows :— I. Grand march — In which the Avhole school took part. ' 2. Swedish drill competition, between the different Forms — Won by Form Y. Senior and the Intermediate. 3. Wand drill— Forms II. Jr. to I. Sr. 4. 75-yard dash, 14 years of age and over— Won by (1) Helen Howard, (2) Bernice Dennis, (3) Helen Wright. 5. 50-yard dash, 13 vears of age and under — Won bv (1) Grace Despard, (2) Sally Baker, (3) Sylvia Cayley. 6. Sack race, open — Won by (1) Sheila Lee, (2) Jean Adele Bur- ritt, (3) Phyllis May. 7. 50-yard dash, 10 years of age and under — Won by (1) PhvUis Calvert, (2) Edith Coleman, (3) Isabel Sheridan. 8. 100-yard dash, open — Won bv (1) Helen Howard, (2) Bernice Dennis, (3) Helen Wright. 9. Thread and needle race — Won by (1) Nona Stewart and Mar- jorie Hattie, (2) Isabel Ross and Margaret Phippen, (3) Sally Baker and Helen Wright. Senior School 10. High Jump, 14 years of age and over— Won by (1) Margaret Maclean, (2) Ruth Becker, (3) Jean Southam. High jump, 13 years of age and under — Won by (1) Marjorie Ridout, (2) Isobel Ross, (3) Dillwyn Warren. Broad jump, open— Won by (1) Ruth Porter, (2) Marion McCul- loch, (3) Jean Mcintosh. Hop, step and jump, open— Won by (1) Helen Wright, (2) Janet Gibson, (3) Laura Stone. Junior School Hop, step and jump, open— Won by (1) Margaret Despard, (2) Katharine Dean, (3) Jessie Wright. II. Three-legged race, 14 years of age and over— Won by (1) Jean Southam and Vera Birkett, (2) Adelaide and Marion McCulloch, (3) Helen Wright and Ruth Porter. 12. Three-legged race, 13 years of age and under — Won by (1) Elizabeth Osborne and Virginia Gundy, (2) Phyllis Calvert and Dill- wyn Warren, (3) Katharine Scott and Marjorie ' Jones. 13. Senior Forms relay race — Won by (1) Form III., Helen How- ard, Helen Wright, Catharine Hyde, Kathleen Gallagher, Mollie Parker, Eleanor Sykes ; (2) Form IV., Margaret Maclean, Jean Crombie, Mar-