Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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22 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN THE SCOTT MEMORIAL FUND When Miss Scott died in Vancouver in June last, the question of a memorial of course arose at once, but, as the summer holidays had begun, the time was unfavorable for doing anything in regard to it. The matter was taken up on the re-opening of the School in the Fall, and it was decided to call the new residence for Matriculation Stu- dents, Scott House. It was also decided to inaugurate an annual Ramabai week, when Ramabai ' s work among the child-widows of India would be brought before the girls, and a collection taken throughout the School for this work in which Miss Scott took so great an interest, and for which she used to collect a sum of money every year. The School raised one hundred and seventy-eight dollars in Ramabai Week this year. At a meeting of the Alumnae in November the matter was dis- cussed, and it w as unanimously decided to raise a sum of money that would produce a sufficient annuity to purchase ' all the Scrii)ture Memorizing prizes awarded in the School each year, and that these prizes should then l)e called the Margaret Scott Memorial Prizes. Miss Scott was especially interested in the memorizing done by the girls, and always presented the prizes to those who came first in this subject. The money for this annuity was to be raised by subscrijjtion, and letters were sent out to all AlumncC, all present pupils of the School, and all friends of Miss Scott and of the School, who, it w as thought, would he interested in this undertaking. So far, seven hun- dred and thirty-two dollars have been collected. The lists are still open, and contributions may be sent to Miss Freda Cole, 10 Elm Avenue, Toronto. The following is the list of subscril: ers to the Fund to date : — Annabel Auld Bertha Alexander Mary Anderson Phyllis Anderson Nadine Angstrom Mrs. W. R. Armitage Elsie Rain Marjorie Balm Maud Banning Jane Barclay Mrs. H. T. Beaty (Marjorie Stevenson) Mr. A. S. Binns Gladys Bishop Mary Blain Pauline Bowden Mrs. C. J. Bowell Mrs. J. R. K. Bristol Allison Bristol Janet Bristol Reta Bristol Mrs. Percy Bull (Geraldine Stephen- son) Mrs. A. P. Burritt Mrs. C. E. Calvert Jean Calvert Margaret Campbell Mr. H. V. Cann Miss May K. Caulfeild Mrs. E. C. Cayley Mademoiselle N. R. Chaubert May Chown Mabel Clark Aldyth Clarkson Mrs. W. Clements (Charlotte Leitch) Helen Coatsworth Miss Freda C. Cole Griswoldene Comstock Mrs. W. T. Connell Isobel Cope Kathleen Craig Gertrude Crannell Sybil Croll Evelyn Darling Mrs. M. Davey (Mabel Russell) Bernice Dennis Mrs. J. D. Dickson

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 21 did so much to sustain all those who bore the strain and responsibility of the first years. In the death of Miss Merrick, Miss Scott suffered an irreparable loss. In 1910, Miss Scott felt that she must give up the more active duties of the Principalship, and became Honorary Principal. She did not, however, in any way relax her interest in the welfare of the school, but kept, even during a long period of failing health, by correspondence and otherwise, in intimate touch with a large number of the Alumnae. Like Dr. Arnold of Rugby, it was Miss Scott ' s most earnest wish to introduce a Christian j rinciple into education. To this end she sought to stimulate among the pupils the study of the Scriptures, and an active interest in mission work at home and abroad. Her zeal for the work of Ramabai. the Leper Mission, and Ludhiana Hospital, can never be forgotten. That she succeeded through her strong personal influence in making her own high ideals actual in the lives of her pupils, even long after school days were over, has been attested by many old pupils, who now acknowledge gratefully how much they owe to the strict but kindly training received from Miss Scott in younger days. Her Christian faith, expressed in her unselfish outlook upon life, her high sense of honor and duty, her love of all good and beautiful things, combined with a cultivated mind, a rare grace of manner, and a fine presence, made Miss Scott an outstanding figure among- notable Canadian women, and make her memory an imi)elling example and inspiration for all time to come. VIOLET ROBINSON. Man ' s life is but a working da} Whose tasks are set aright ; A time to work, a time to pray, And then a quiet night — And then, praise God, a quiet night, Where palms are green, and robes are white, A long-drawn breath, a balm for sorrow — And all things lovely on the morrow. CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. Margaret Scott Rogers Age 16 months.

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 23 Mrs. G. H. Doherty Miss A. Dowell Mrs. R. G. Duncan Mrs. W. C. Eddis Mrs. B. H. Ellis (Bernice Palmer) Mrs. A. S. Elliott (Jean Cunmiings) Marjorie Evans Queenie Fleming- Jean Flemming Mrs. F. Follett (Vera Smith) Margaret Follett Miss Mary Fotheringham Elizabeth Fudger Mrs. H. Gall (Daisy Robertson) Kathleen Gallagher Mrs. Thos. Gibson Mrs. Thos. C. Glenn (Gladys Trethe- wey) Mrs. A. Goetchius (Alleen Erb) Ethel Goldstein Mrs. W. S. Goodeve (Winifred Gray) Miss Frances A. Grant Mrs. C. C. Grant Mrs. H, Green (Margaret Eddis) Elizabeth Haley Mrs. Irving Hall (Mary Hanna) Vera Hall Florence Hamilton Marv Hamilton Mrs. D. B. Hanna Jean Hanna Marion Hanna Katherine Hanna Mrs. Lawrence G. Hargraft Mrs. C. S. Hawkins (Mima Jenkins) Mary Hendrie Edith Hewitt Phyllis Hollinrake Mrs. A. W. Hutchison Mrs. D. E. Huycke (Jessie Cressman) Katherine Hyde Jean Inwood Margaret Inwood Ray Jacobs Bernice Jephcott Airs. F. E. Jewell Mrs. Franklin Jones Helen Junor Mrs. C. Kemp (Helen Ballantyne) Mrs. Geo. Kenzie (Marjorie Galbraith) Mrs. W. A. H. Kerr Mrs. P. Orr King (Jean Mickle- borough) Olive Kinnear Mrs. W. M. Knowlson (Ruth Caven) Mrs. F. H. Lane (Esther Eddis) Mrs. W. H. Langlois Dorrit Larkin Mrs. Ormond Lawson (Monica McColl) Mrs. Hector Lithgow (Mizpah Sussex) Marjorie Lyon Miss Mary Macdonald Agnes Macgillivray Mrs. E. P. Mackay Madeline Macrae Aileen Marks Mrs. J. Malott (Elsie Pense) Miss J. McAndrew Myrtle McCannell Mrs. Allan McEachren ((jladys Simp- son) Gladys McEvoy Agnes McGhie Margaret Mclnnis Jean Mcintosh Jean McKay Goldie McLauchlin Ainslic McMichael Jean McMichael Mrs. Munro E. Merrill (Helen Uns- worth) Aileen Milne Mrs. H. Miller (Evelyn Taylor) Anella Minnes Mrs. F. F. Mireault (Helen Ross) Doris Mitchell Mrs. W. S. Montgomery Rosalind Morley Jean Morton Margaret Morton Barbara Munro Gladj s Munro Mrs. J. D. Nicholson (Alice . Clappi- son) Mrs. W. R. P. Parker Kathleen Perry Mrs. Price (Lennie Macdonald) Hester Pyne Jean Rankin Miss Edith M. Read Margaret Reid Marjorie Reid Edith Renfrew Jessie Renfrew Miss Christine Reynar Miss Violet Robinson Winnifred Rodgers Mrs. F. Rogers (Isabel Campbell) Kathleen Romans Beatrice Rough Mary Rowell Grace Ryrie Mrs. Robt. Scott Mr. W. Scott Miss Beatrice Shand Erie Sheppard Jacquelin Sinclair Mrs. F. A. Sitwell (Constance Mac- donald) Gretchen Spohn