Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Branksome: Slogan 25 The Pines of Manitou The pines of Manitou are calling, Calling as the Redmen called; The pines of Manitou are calling. Calling to the weary world. The Indians of Manitou are calling, Oh! hearken to their moaning call, They call to us of hemmed-in cities. Cities dark with sin and thrall. But now the Redskins long have van- ished. Vanished from our Northern wold, But their spirit ever lingers, Lingers in the sunset ' s gold. M. WITHERS, Form IV.

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24 Thu Branksome Slogan the sphinx ' s nose. Immediately it sneez- ed and down came the chestnuts. I gath- ered them up and found I had five bags full; one of which I gave to my father, one to the people of our city, sold two at an enormous price, as they were sacred chestnuts, and kept the last for myself. I believe every word of it! ex- claimed the king. I haven ' t quite finished yet, said the young liar. I was informed by your steward that you wanted this last bag, and though very loth to part with it. I at last consented when offered ten thou- sand won for it, and to-day I came to collect the money. At this, the indignant king stood up and said, It ' s a lie! Of course, it ' s a lie, said the young man, and now give me my prize. Thus the king paid the ten thousand won. HAZEL GRIERSON. A Battle Flag Tattered and torn as you flutter, Riddled with shot and with shell, Ribboned and bloodstained and ragged. Many a tale you can tell. Tales of the wounded and weary. On the dark, drear battlefield; The spit and fire of the cannon From the men who do not yield. A crash, a roar, a cry, a moan, A livid streak, and thunder. Sizzling, hissing, shrieking, booming. Near rends the world assunder. Yet you ' re the cause of the turmoil. Around you it is they fight; You are the ensign of all things. For both the wrong and the right. There is one for every nation, Each man for his own must fight; For one there is joy and vict ' ry, For the other comes the night. ELEANOR WYLIE, Form II.

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26 The; Branksomic Slogan Canada ' s Future — Her People Extracts from one of the prize-winning speeches at the Oratorical Contest. By MARY MacLEAN, .... Canada, as a country, is the home of many different races of people. Every year thousands from every coun- try flock into Canada. Now, if the fu- ture of Canada, our country, depends on the kind of citizens she possesses, isn ' t it clearly our duty to help make these new- comers learn to love their adopted coun- try and become true and loyal to her? .... Of the many different races settled in Canada, I have chosen a very few of which to speak, viz., the Ukran- ians, the Armenians, the Icelanders and the British. . . . .... The Ukranians are known for their tendency to settle in colonies .... .... At the end of the nineteenth century these people, in their crowded homeland, heard of Canada where land, in those days, might be had for the till- ing of it; and it was then that the first great movement to Canada started. In 1917, following the revolution in Rus- sia, the Ukranians again emigrated in large numbers, until now they lead in number of the foreign-born groups of Canada. .... The second race of people, the Armenians, are different in every way from the people of Ukrania. . . . .... The very name Armenian brings to our minds a picture of torture and suffering. The persecution which has been inflicted upon them by the Turks is their chief reason for coming to Canada. After each massacre, we find large numbers of the people emigrating to different lands, chiefly Canada. An- other reason for their coming is their great ambition for higher education. As a race they are a very studious people and we find many of them winning distinc- tion in our colleges and universities. . . . .... The Icelanders, the next of the New Canadians, are very different from the two we have already mentioned and they are sometimes considered the most desirable settlers for Canada, although opinions differ on this point. . . . .... As for their reasons for com- ing, they may be summed up in an answer an immigration ofiicer received when he asked the same question. The reply was abrupt and to the point. Why shouldn ' t we come to Canada? Didn ' t we first discover this country? .... .... The Icelanders are known as a very studious people and many of them have made names for themselves, particu- larly in politics. They have representa- tives in all the legislatures and in almost every public oflice. They have provided several professors to our Canadian uni- versities and have among their numbers some of the cleverest doctors and lawyers and shrewdest business men of the West. In the Great War they were well repre- sented; some of the finest types of man- hood who donned our khaki and fought for our safety were of Icelandic de- scent. . . . .... After speaking of these three different types of people, we turn at last to the most important of all — the people of the British Isles. To whom do we owe all, or almost all, that Canada is to- day? Who gained and held this land for us? Who suffered terrible priva- tions in the pioneer days? Who, other than the men and women of our Mother- land? From them we have taken those ways and ideals of which we are so proud and which it is our duty to pass on to the New Canadians entering this land of ours for the first time. . . .