Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Branksome Slogan 25 remarkable mountains, one of whk ' h is Mounit Eg ' mont, a single cone perpetually snow-clad, the second mosit perfect cone after Fujiam ' a in Japan. Quite by accident, three wonderful cones were discovered a few years ago. Burlesques of innumerable shapes and forms are made by ithe stalactites growing down ifrom ' the ceiling to meet itdie stalagmites growing up from the ground. In one of these caves is a glow-worm igrotto which is very wonderful. One descends into a ,boat on a subiterranean river in perfect darkness and silence. The boat moves noiselessly along, and sud- denly the curved roof is filled with golden points, the shimmer being re- flected on the still water. At first the mind cannot grasp this, and one feels that one must be in another world. These glow worms are very sensitive and if any noise is made, their light will go out. When the shores of New Zealand recede from view, one feels that it has been truly named, The Brighter Britain of the South. MARGARET GRIFFIS (Clan Campbell). A Formosan Bus Ride The Taihoku-Tamsui bus was late. Piled solidly with a miscellaneous assortment of Formosans and bundles, the bus was just about to start wihen a fat lady with a baby tied to her back, refused ito pay for her fare, and stood defiantly at bay on the running board. Why should you get the money when this animal does all the woirk? sihe stormed. I ' ve as much right to ride in this animal as you have ! The ticket- collector only yawned and the woman, sitill puzzled, finally paid, clambered in, and treated the animal to a violent jolt as the bus shot (forward. Immediately, in the customary Formosan fas ' hion, everybody began talking at once. The woman who had delayed the bus discussed a coming feast with an old peanut vendor at the back of (the bus. The road was bad, and at every jo ' lt the old man would exclaim, with a toothless chuckle, This is getting my money ' s worth ! He was smoking a ifour-.foot pipe w hich he seemed in danger of swallowing. In another quarter, squeezed in between a bundle of live crabs, two dead fish and a basket of oharcoal, some farmers discussed the rice crop, occasionally throwing in a word of advice to a group who were heatedly