Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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24 The Branksome Slogan The twenty-second annual isium- mer closing of the School was held on Thursday, June 18, in the Rose- dale Presbyterian Church. After the singing of the school hymn and prayer by Rev. Dr. Little, the fol- lowing prizes were presented: PRIZE LIST. Presented by Rev. J. B. Paulin. Junior School. Form I., Junior. General Praficiency: Isobel Moore, Ann Radcliff . Form II., Junior. General Proficiency; Betty Davison. Conduct: Jane Lumbers. Form III., Junior. General Proficiency: Gwynneth Sinclair. Joyce Sweatman. Form IV., Junior. General Proficiency: ' Barbara Warren, Betty Duthie, Eleanor Wylie. Intermediate. General Proficiency: Margaret Eaton (Scholarship). Ruth Hamilton. Senior SchooL Presented by Rev. Napier Smith. Form I. General Proficiency: Elizabeth Burress ' , June Warren. Form II. General Proficiency: Valerie Jones, Betty Rutherford. Form III. General Proficiency: Isabel Eastcott, Euphemia Walker. Form IV. General Proficiency: Margaret Donald, Language: Norah Deacon. Mathematics : Margaret Harvey. Form V. Mathematics: Helen Spence. General Proficiency for Matriculation Record): Gwynneth Scholfield. History of Art: Margery Watson, Mary Sutherland, Kathleen Wilson. Honorable Mention: Marjorie Jones, Kathleen Wilson, Helena Meikle, Ruth Goulding. Domestic Science Certificates. Presented by Rev. Napier Smith. Dorothy Thomas Shirley Stewart, Katherine Coate, Sheila Higgins, Margaret Stafford, Helen Goring, Jean Piri , Hazel Brown, Helena Meikle, Eleanor Rowlatt, Mary Foster, Mary Bailey. House and Special Prizes. Presented by Rev. Dr. Eakin. Tennis and Sports. Senior Tennis Singles — Jessie Wright. Senior Tennis Doubles — Jessie Wright and Margaret Aitken. Junior Tennis Singles — Valerie Jones. Junior Tennis Doubles — Margaret Rob- ertson and Bessie Home. Senior Sports Championship — Leith Hutcheson. Junior Sports ' Championship — Gret- chen Gray. Sportsmanship. Margaret Aitken. Courtesy. Mary Duff, Jessie Kelly. French House Prizes. French Composition: Shirley Stewart. Progress in French: Jean Pirie. Resident Girls ' Prizes. Presented by Miss Florence Taylor. Integrity: Katie Clarke.

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Branksome ' s Menace Suddenly, without giving the slightest warning, a deadly menace descended onto the ordered life of Branksome Hall. Nor was there time for the making of preiparations with which to cope with this sweep- ing epidemic, and in a few days it had become a deep-rooted evil. Now, Branksome had a problem. How was she to proceed in order to protect her students? They were entrusted to her keeping, and in the face of this terror, how was she to guard them? From one room to another it spread, till practically the whole school was stricken with the deadly disease. Everywhere, one was in constant danger of annihilation at the hands of any one of the depraved victims. They were a menace to the rest of Branksome, yet, as I have said, the school was powerless to deal with them. The stricken were diseased men- tally as well as physically. Many a sane Branksomite was in grave dan- ger of losing her mind by the inane and constant questiomngs of : Am I doing it right? or Now, watch this hand. In fact, it is a wonder that many cases of total blindness have not resulted from the constant watchings that were required of the helpless boarders by their crazed feliow-pupils. Their acts of violence were by far the most serious, though happily, none were critically injured upon entering a room or even uncon- sciously walking through the hall, the danger one ran was appalling! Just by the steadiness of nerve and the quickness of motion were you enabled to dodge the missiles that seemed hurled from every direction. Indeed, it was miraculous if you es- caped with merely an aching head or a pair of smarting knuckles. For weeks this condition has con- tinued unchecked, and the few that have not succumbed to the dread mania are dangerously near the verge of a nervous collapse. How- ever, it is the fervent hope of several of the hardiest! survivors that in the near future a remedy will be dis- covered sufficiently powerful to com- pletely overcome the detestable and loathsome vice of club-swinging. m m Have you seen in the still of a Sum- mer night The rise of the moon in a glorious light? Have you heard the whispering pines on a hill. Or the plaintive call of a whip-poor- will? Have you felt in the still, a breeze pass by. Swaying the trees with a gentle sigh ? Have you smelt Mother Earth in the dew-damped air. With her fre h green moss and flowerets fair? Have you lain on this moss and gazed at the sky. With wondering thoughts of the stars on high? Then, you know how Nature ' s charm allures And the purest of delights is yours. E. McF. and H. H. 23

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The Branksome Slogan 25 Perseverance: Olive Clemonsi. School Spirit: Helen Spence. Gomradeship : Edith McKay. Service: Jessie Wright. Poetry. Presented ' by Miss Jean McMichael. Katherine Scott. Alumnae Prize for English, Form V. Presented by Miss Aileen Marks. Marjorie Jones. Eleanor Stanbury Memorial Prize. Margaret Donald. Margaret T. Scott Memorial Prizes. Presented by Rev. Dr. Baird. Dorothy Henry, Helen Innes, Phyllis Stewart, Shirley Stewart, Katherine Tait, Jean Baillie, Eleanor Ross, Margaret Stafford, Grizel Gow Jean Rutherford. Helen Goring, Mary Wiloock, Pansy Herrold, Margaret Smythe, Dorothy Willson, t abel Eastcott, Helen Lawson, Medals presented by Rev. Dr. Nell. Jean Hume — Memorial Medal. Leadlership in Scholarship, Influence, Athletics — Helen Spence. AUTUMN. It is a sunny day in early Fall The ibreezes whisper softly in the trees As Suminer takes its farewell, ere it flees In answer to the Winter ' s dreary call. The birds all twitter from their leafy height, Squirrels are madly racing up and down, Hidden ' mong leaves brown against tawny ' brown, And insects scurry quickly out of sight. The sun shines in a sky of vivid blue And pours its gold upon a radiant earth ; Late-bloo ' ming flowers of every shade and hue Glow in the widespread foresit, shad- owy brown, Half- ' hidden in the sunipierced am- ber hiaze, The glory of the Autumn takes our praise. DOROTHY KNOWLTON, T TTT Form II. THEORBM I THEOaETM TL THEOREM m THEOREM JS THeOREM 7 hvtUioTT. THEoaEMm.