Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1942 volume:

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TORONTO A FAVORITE CLEANER Custom Quality $1.00 32 BLOOR ST. EAST Klngsdale 2344 3 PRICE SERVICES: Deluxe Quality 75c Economy Quality 59c THE BEST VALUES IN TORONTO United-De Forest DRY CLEANERS CANADA ' S FINEST COLD STORAGE VAULT The Branksome Slogan 3 In Times Like Th you are obliged more than ever before to conduct your affairs with care. Ask tfie Manager of this Bank ' s branch most convenient to you regarding services which will be helpful. PAYING YOUR BILLS BY CHEQUE saves time — saves money — is safer — provides a record. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT assists you in being methodical — in preparing for special payments and in providing for emergency and future needs. YOUR VICTORY BONDS are valuable. Protect them against loss by keeping them atthe Bank. The cost is small. %e BANK of NOVA SCOTIA Established 1832 — Over a Century of Service 4 The Branksome Slogan The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company Established 1887 Head Office: TORONTO CASUALTY - FIRE - LIFE WONDER BREAD AND HOSTESS CAKE WONDER BAKERIES LIMITED Lombard 1192 6 The Branksome Slogan ST. ANDREW ' S COLLEGE Aurora, Ontario. now offers AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY DEPARTMENT FOR BOYS OF SIX AND OYER YEARLY FEES AS LOW AS $450. This new Department, comprising grades I to III, is directed by a Primary School Specialist, assisted by resident Masters, Matron and Nurse. Sympathetic, individrual instruction given in all branches of iPrimary iSchool work. Special attention paid to health and physical de- velopment. Carefully planned programme of games and recreation. Weekly boarders spend week-ends at home, Friday to Sunday. Fees for full-timd boarders, $500 per annum. Weekly boarders, $450. For further information please rrrite: J. C. GARRETT, M.A., Acting Headmaster TELEPHONE: Midway 5252 Whitewood ' s Riding School R. E. WHITEWOOD, Prop.— Late Sergt.-lMajor, 4th C.M.R. Rear 921 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario — o — PRIVATE ROAD FROM STABLE TO RAVINE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO COLLEGE STUDENTS Riding and Driving Taught by Competent Instructors Saddle Horse Training a Specialty The Branksome Slogan 7 MAKE YOUR CAR LAST LONGER A clean engine — free from gum, carbon and otFier impurities — gives you more miles to the gallon and prolongs tfie life of your car. B - A Gasolenes and Autolene Motor Oil designed by experts to work TOGETHER ensure a clean engine at II times. The BRITISH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED Canada ' s Major Independent Oil Company 8 The Branksome Slogan It costs no more ...oft less ... to shop at HOIT RENFREW ' S Yonge at Adelaide lllli illil SERVING TORONTO WM SINCE 1868 1 DISTRIBUTORS OP 350 BAY STREET DU5TLE55 DELIVERY ELGIN ;ZOI DAY OR NIGHT The Branksome Slogan 9 LIONEL RAWLINSON LIMITED - TORONTO Queen sdale Tea Room FOR QUALITY We serve the best the market has to offer SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT The meeting place for Branksome girls 409 BLOOR ST. EAST, TORONTO Phone Midway 0233 THE MANAGEMENT 10 The Branksome Slogan Ifs Time To STORE your FURS WITH CREEDS FUR STORAGE VAULTS Phone KIngsdale 3154 Prevailing Storage Rates: Furs 2% Cloth Garments 75c Ask your retailer for WHYTE ' S Bacon and Hams Cooked Ham, Weiners and Bologna Nulaid Eiggs and Butter Picake Shortening Pure Lard of Finest Quality Meats put iip under Dominion Government Inspection WHYTE S PACKING COMPANY LIMITED 78-80 Front Street East TORONTO ELgin 0121 The Branksome Slogan 11 COMPLIMENTS OF Modern Gontaiiiers Ltd. TORONTO Help the war effort by returning your Empty Tooth Paste and Shaving Cream tubes to your Drug Store when making further purchases. COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND OF BRANKSOME HALL WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE VARSITY ARENA and THE VARSITY RINK STANDARD FUELS LIMITED BEST COAL COKE liL. 7151 79 KING ST. E. SINCE 1869 12 The Branksome Slogan THE SHAW WAY TO A BUSINESS CAREER Position - Salary - Success Send for this FREE Book When you have graduated or finished your High School Course — what will you do? What will you plan to be? Consider a business career. Canada will need increasingly more business executives — and the better trained you are the better your fitness to seize opportunities. We invite you to enquire (without obligation) about the various SHIAIW courses in Business Training. There are 12 SHAW ' Schools in Toronto. Shaw Courses lead to recognized standing. Shaw Model Office gives actual experience. Shaw Employment Bureau gives free assistance to gradu- ates. Here are a few of SHAW Courses: Shorthand Bookkeeping Banking Typewriting Accounting Salesmanship Stenotypy Secretarial Advertising Office Training Business Correspondence Business Organization Phone, call or write for FREE Booklet— Up with the Times to SHAW SCHOOLS— Head Office, 1130 Bay St., Toronto. KI. 3165 SHAW BUSINESS SCHOOLS v ' ' ' ' ' NIGHT For Your Vacation G ambols ♦ SWEATERS ♦ PLAY SUITS ♦ SKIRTS • ♦ BATHING SUITS ♦ JACKETS ♦ ACCESSORIES EVANGELINE SHOPS 5 STORES IN TORONTO LONDON :: OTTAWA == HAMILTON =: ST. CATHARINES := GUELPH 1 The Branksome Slogan 13 Financial independence is not a gift reserved for men and women of j large incomes. It can be gained by anyone who makes use oif a simple, | certain, definite plan based upon foresight. The PLAN is the vital factor, and The Commercial Life iVssurance Comipany in an ideal manner supplies the plan. Commercial Life Bonds with or without Life Insurance protection offer an absolutely guaranteed method of accumulating money by savings and investment for future use ! for any period from 6 years up. We will be glad to give you full particulars and will not consider you i under any obligation. THE COMMERCIAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA | Head Office— 350 Bay St., Toronto. Western Office— Edmonton, Alta. j Northern Ontario Office — Sudburj, Ont, | - I Carnahan ' %J LIMITED Prescription Specialists FINE PERFUMES AND COSMETICS Expert Photo Finishiiig • Main Store: 741 YONGE ST., TORONTO (at Bloor) KIngsdale 1197 Branch Store: 2066 YONGE ST., TORONTO (Cor. Lola Rd.) HYland 1145 W. J. A. CARNAHAN, President 14 The Branksome Slogan 1066 1887 WE ' RE so poor at remembering historical dates that these are the only two about which we can be quite sure. And as we want to write some history, we really must put down 1066 and 1887, because who ever heard of history without dates? In the year 1066 William the Conqueror landed on the south-east coast of England and defeated the Saxon King at the battle of Senlac (Hastings). The most enlightened authorities on history will confirm this statement. The second date 1887 is connected with an event that you will not find in your history books, but is one of tremendous importance to us. It is the date of the founding of the Burroughes firm. We were then furn- ishing homes for your grandparents. Later on we furnished homes for your parents, and some day we hope to furnish a home for you. Outside of remem- bering historical dates we are really a most dependable firm. FURNITURE CO., LIMITED 2436 YONGE STREET Main Store and Offices: QUEEN AT BATHURST DANFORTH at WOODBINE Toronto — London — St. Catharines — Niagara Falls — Brantford — Sudbury The Branksome Slogan 15 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN SLOGAN REPRESENTATIVES EDITORS ZILLAH CAUDWELL SHIRLE MILNER JEAN McLACHLIN ANGELA RIDDELL BETTY SHERMAN SLOGAN STAFF JOAN ADAMS ELIZABETH KINNEAR BARBARA DREW-BROOK ANNE SOMERVILLE MARY VAN WYCK ALUMNAE REPRESENT ATTYE AINSLIE McMICHAEL 16 The Branksome Slogan - The - SERIOUS SIDE Instead of making- their social debut and stepping into a whirl of gaiety, many Branksome graduates will this year don working clothes and enter some branch of war activity. For the first time many girls in their teens will be making money — good money at that. There will be the usual temptation to spend these earnings recklessly, per- haps foolishly. But the wiser will see an opportunity to put some away against the time when there will not be so much coming in. It will be a good chance for girls who have money to spare to put aside a reigular amount with which to pay the deposits on a life insurance policy — one of the best ways in which to save money. There are many sorts of policy and any one of our representatives will be glad to show you, without any obligation on your part, which one would be best suited to your needs. What you save today you mil have tomorrow. THE Established 1869 HEAD OFFICE • WATERLOO, ONT. The Branksome Slogan 17 Appointments Head Girl— Isobel Coulthard HOUSE Susan Davis Andrea McCall Gaynor Powell PREFECTS Angela Riddell Hele i Russell Patricia Stockton Audrey Angas Sally Chapman Zillah Caudwell Alice Cochrane Patricia Grant Jocelyn Hodge Marion Hughes Helen Lang DAY PREFECTS Mary MacMillan Sheila MacQueen Peggy McKelvey Shirle Milner Elizabeth McKechnie Mary Playfair Betty Sherman Elizabeth Shirriff SUB-PREFECTS— (House) Eve Beddow Patricia Hobbs Elizabeth Kinnear Veronica Owen Miriam Perry Sonia Skinner SUB-PREFECTS— (Day) Suzette Livingston Nancy Fairley Margaret Wilkinson BETA KAPPA SOCIETY President — Mary Stuart Playfair. Vice-President -Elizabeth Shirriff. Secretary — Elizabeth Kinnear. Treasurer — Sally Chapman. Committee— Eve Saunders, Patricia Coult- hard, Claire Gordon, Gwen De Mont. OPHELEO SOCIETY President -Pat. Stockton. Vice-President— Jocelyn Hodge. Secretary — Suzette Livingston. Treasurer -Andrea McCall. Committee — Margaret Wilkinson, Allison Henry, Pat. Hobbs, Peggy McKelvey, Veronica Owen. CLAN CHIEFTAINS Campbell — Natalie Kemp Douglas — Mary MacMillan Ross — Rosanne Parkinson Stewart — Marion Hughes MacAlpine — Nancy Trees McLeod — Alice Cochrane MacGregor — Sarah Symons McLean — Ann Nicholls SUB-CHIEFTAINS Joan Adams. Joan Burgess. June Whitehead. Helen Lang. Audrey Angas. Orde Skeeles. Mary V an Wyck. Shirley Trcthevvey. FORM OFFICERS Form VA — President, Sheila MacQueen ; Vice-President, Phyllis McTurk ; Secretary-Treasurer, Ann Nicholls. Form VB — President, Nancy Fairley ; Vice-President, Jocelyn Hedge ; Secretary-Treasurer, Zillah Caudwell. Form VC — President, Margaret Wilkinson ; Vice-President, Sonia Skinner ; Secretary-Treasurer, Pat. Hobbs. Form VSP (H.S.) — President, Helen Russell; Vice-President, Doieen Brown; Secretary- Treasure i ' , Elizabeth Kinnear. Form VSP (C) — President, Susan Davis; Vice-President, Gaynor Powell; Secretary-Treasurer, EvQ Beddow. Form IVA — President, Joan Adams ; Vice-President, Brenda Cruikshank ; Secretary- Treasui-er, Orde Skeeles. Form IVB — President, Nancy Farnum ; Vice-President, Ann Irw in ; Secretary-Treasurer, Virginia Goldingham. Form IVS — President, Joan Butler ; Vice-President, Yvonne Jones ; SecretatT-Treasurer, Diana Mathewson. Form III A — President, Mary Jean Hall ; y ice-President, Npncy Higginbottom ; Secretai-y- Treasurer, Kathleen Watson. Form IIIB — President, Joan Bradfield ; Vice-President, Mary Sloan ; Secretary- Treasurer, Robin Whyte. Form IIA — President, Margaret Smythe ; Vice-President, Joyce Frankel ; Secretai-y-Treasurer, Mary Ritchie. Form IIB — President, Shirley Brown ; Vice-President, Aileen Stinson ; Sec retai-y-Trea surer, Elizabeth Green. Form lA — President, Joan Frankel ; Vice-President, Jean Wilkinson ; Secretaiy-Treasurer, Helen GJerman. Form IB — President, Carolyn Massey ; Vice-President, Diana Be k ; Secretary-Treasurer. Kathleen McGlade. The outstanding event in an outstanding year was Miss Read ' s visit to Dalhousie University to receive the honorary degree of LL.D. This recognition of her distinguished service in the educational field comes at a time when Miss Pwead is takifig a leading part in the adapta- tion of school activities to war-time standards. By encouraging the girls to take part in war work our Principal has enabled us to direct our enthusiasm into useful channels. Naturally, everyone wants to do her best toward winning the war and the peace. In the midst of this present war, a holiday of three months, such as w e have had, seems a luxury not entirely suited to the time. And so the following suggestions have been put before the Branksome girls — suggestions which make it possible for every girl in the Senior School to do her part. First, and foremost, there has been the call from the Ontario Department of Labour for all girls of sixteen and over to join The Ontario Farm Service Force, and we are very proud of our record, because over seventy have answ ered this call. Then there is the work of the Bolton Camp for underprivileged mothers and children. For many years now, a num.ber of our girls have 19 20 The Branksome Slogan assisted in this very fine piece of work and this j ear also, a large num- ber are responding. We have also been interested for the last few years in the Visites interprovinciales which arranges exchange visits of students between Ontario and Quebec, and believe that the girls who have gone have not only learned French but have helped in promoting good feeling between the French and English in Canada. This summer, for those who are unable to leave the city, Brank- some is providing a summer school, where girls will be given the oppor- tunity to take courses which will be useful not only in this emergency but in the total education of girls and women. In striving to reach the highest ideal of service in whatever field is open to us, let us remember the inspiring lines of our school song: Foes in plenty we shall meet. Ever onward to the fight, Heai ts courageous scorn defeat. Ever upward to the light. So we press with eager feet Ever true to God and right. Up and on. Up and on. PORTIA WHITE, CANADIAN CONTRALTO On November 7th the School united with the Alumnae in vresenting Portia White at Eaton ' s Auditorium. The Branksome Slogan 21 Princess Alice s Speech The following ' is the text of the speech dehvered b ; H.R.H. Princess AUce, Countess of Athlone, on the occasion of her visit to Branksome on October 15th, 1941 : 1 can assure you and all the yoiung people present what a genuine pleasure it gives me tO ' visit this school today. For not only am I deeply interested in education itself , but I always feel particularly happy when I find myself in the company of young people. The very young present will probably say the reason is that I am on my way to my second child- hood! But whatever the reason, one thing is certain: I am delighted to be here. I am very glad to know that such a large num.ber of girls from Great Britain, including a whole group of iSherborne girls, are attend- ing Brankscme and enjoying its benefits, and the pleasures of life in Canada. It is a splendid thing to travel far afield when you are young, and it is of great value to character building for both you and your Can- adian s chool-fellows to rub shoulders with one anothei — there ' s nothing like it for broadening and stimulating the mind. Here I would like to 22 The Branksome Slogan congratulate Miss Read and all who have so ably assisted heir, for bring- ing about this happy state of affairs. Nci doubt many of you girls from England feel that you are missing something very wonderful through being away from the great battle of Britain, and it is true in a sense, you are, and so am I, but I am persuaded that our destiny has brought us out here for a definite purpose. We ALL — English, Scottish, and Canadian — have to prepare O ' urselves, to fit ourselves each in our own particular way to help oiur country get straight again at the end of the War. All those girls, liv- ing in peace and quiet and health and reasonable comfort, will have a great duty to fulfil towards all the sorely tried war-weary people of Britain, of Europe, yes, of Canada, too. We shall need young, cheerful people of sound common sense, with trained alert minds and courteous manners, able to put themselves in the other fellow ' s place and so help him or her to solve their problems wisely and sym.pathetically. All you learn here in every branch will be of little avail unless it is leading yo ' u up to this great after-War service — THAT is where the people whose lives have been sheltered from the horrors of war. must come in; so take heart, you who long to be back in England in the midst of the fray — you girls of this grand wide country — make up your minds that you will be leaders in the great army of Peace-Makers and in the beautiful words of Spring Rice say : ' T vow to thee my country all earthly things above Entire and whole and perfect, the Service of my love, The love that asks no questions — the love that stands the test. The love that never falters, the love that pays the price. The Farm, showing the new addition. The Branksome Slogan 23 How Is Your S.S.? 1. When your Clan Chieftain looks for you with that basket- ball glint in her eye— do you — (a) Acquire a limp? (b) Hide and pray she didn ' t see you? (c) Agree to play and try your best to win? 2. When a Prefect nabs you with your week-end nail polish still flashing on Tuesday — do ' you— (a) Hate her like poison from then on? (b) Remind her of her own shortcomings ? (c) Take it off? 3. Day Girls Only— When a poor neglected boarder wants a blind date for the dance — do you— (a) Agree to help and promptly forget all about it? (b) Look up your list of male goons and give her the gooniest one? (c) ' Phone your Saturday special, give her a build-up, and pray that she doesn ' t live up to it? 4. When your First Team basket- ball ability is ignored by the gym mistress. — do you — (a) Lose your sporting in- stincts ? (b) Bear a grudge against the gym mistress? (c) Play on the Third Team and like it? 5. When the Hallowe ' en Dance (Form VA). (School Spirit) is upon us — do you — (Seniors Only)— (a) Smugly say that parties are for the babies? (b) Say that you have another date and go to a movie with a girl friend ? (c) Make a costume, come, and enjoy yourself? 6. When you pass the clan lists on the bulletin board — do you — (a) Pretend that you don ' t see them ? (b) Look to see if anj one is watching and then put down two sports per week? (c) Print as you play? 7. When its up to you to clear the classroom — do you — (a) Wait until Friday to find that it ' s your week? (b) Pass the buck? (c) Establish a clean-up cam- paign ? Scoring — 100 points — Next year ' s Head Girl. 75 — At least a sub- chieftain. 50 — Don ' t you feel a twinge of con- science? 25 — Should have gone to a mixed school with boys to in- spire S.S. 0 ■ . SHIRLE MILNER 24 The Branksome Slogan Nis itfall In The Country All the men in the village take turns in watching on the hills each night now, foir parachute troops. The Home Guard is a serious matter, and will get the brunt of any invasion which will be attempted before the end of the war. Even old ' Steve goes out, with his grave-yard cough ; and fat Mr. Lambton, the butler from the Manor, who could not run if his life depended on it. Tonight is Doble ' s round. He is a slow fellow, a pure farmer — there is nothing emotional about him. The evening is wasted on him except from the point of view of ruminating over whether the winter-wheat has survived, and when to start his ploughing. Look at the evening, just look at it! The farmer is the only man whoi has time to admire the view, nowadays, and he probably admires it less than anyone. Doble is sitting on the bank now, to light his pipe. The evening is mild, for one in spring, and the field is his own. The upper fields are mostly poor, but he surveys- his with pride. The bank is dry, warmed throiugh the day. Here are primroses growing in the loose 3andy earth at the mouth of a rabbit ' s burrow. They have long stems, as the spot is secluded, undiscovered by village children and hikers, and they have opened during the day; now they look pale and fragile in the setting sun. In the winter months the sun was pale and lukewarm; now it is just glorious and golden. The birds are singing, shoiuting, to make the most of the few more minutes before the sun disappears behind Thistlegate Hill. Down in the village, already out of sight of the sun, the milk-pails are being put away. The farmers are whistling, satisfied with the day ' s work. There is a blackbird sitting, as he always does, on the top twig of the ash tree among the fat black buds. His watery yellow beak opens and clicks, his throat quivers, and the sun-warmed fields are fiooded with his song. The sun has gone. Shadows rise. Doble sits unm.oved ; he puffs a t his pipe, looking down into the valley. His gun is laid out on the bank, the leather strap dangling into the rabbit-hole. The misty village straggles way down the valley to Charmouth and the sea. Smoke rises, blue and scented. The fields spread out below, bare and brown from winter, but already struggling for life. Sitting out at sea, a damp spring fog hides Portland Bill and Golden Gap ; it is wait- ing for the evening before it comes in to blanket the earth. Doble takes his pipe out of his mouth, and thinks slowly — the ground will be soft to- morrow, just right for ploughing. The birds are quiet, except for a company of rooks who flap back to the rookeries around the Manor ponds. Their wings make a wheezing noise, and one bird croaks as he goes. Doble regards them silently ; they The Branksome Slogan 25 must have been hunting in freshly-turned furrows, following farmer Log ' s plough, over the hill. Yes, ;he will start ploughing tomorrow. It is colder now ; a little breeze springs up, bringing the mists in- land. Rabbits have come out to nibble green things in the twilight. The horizon, a clear limpid green, shades into darkness above, in which one star shines like a pale white lamp. With a shrill squeak, a bat, wakened from his hibernation, flits by, black against the western sky. Silence! Yet as the light fades, the isenses grow more acute. The smell of dew-moist earth rises, surges in rich waves. The winter leaves rustle roiund the roots of the ash trees ; the breeze makes a little piping sound through the twigs, a clear cold sound like marsh winds in the reeds. It grows louder; now it seems that you can hear the damp mists coming in from the sea, and, yet again, it sounds like a horse munching in the dusk. It is a friendly sound, like the chuckle of a rook — baby, warmed by its brothers in their nest high up. The rabbits scatter, their white scuts gleaming, bobbing. A pointed face shines in the darkness, and one by one they stop, satisfied, and re- turn to eat. Little hoofs rustle among the leaves with a prancing step. The hairy ears twitch, the nimble fingers whisk up and down their pipes. Who is this god-child with the goat-limbs? Thoughtless lad! The emblem of spring, he tramples the primrose buds and whistles aw ay down into the valley to waike odd roosters on their dirty perches. The old Pan is gone, the gnarled wise creature of the earth who helps the animals to find a secret place to die, who tells the burier-beetles where to find their bodies. He went with the winter, like a last leaf which taps against dry twigs, till the young buds, bursting with pride, push it aside, and it droips to moulder in the ground and give strength to the new leaves. Classical legends do not thrive in the English countryside. Doble knocks oiut the ashes on his gun-barrel, and puts his pipe away. The mists are closing down. No aircraft will be over tonight. He loops the strap of his gun over his shoulder and wanders ofi over the hill. HONOR PASS, (Form IV A). 26 The Branksome Slogan VICTORY LOAN B ritain long has ruled the seas U nto the Polar snows, Y ou must help to keep it free. y iotory is not for our foes I f you would keep our land so fair, C aim, and peaceful, and good, T ry to help them over there. O h! Send them equipment and food, R ender your money useful to them, Y ou know how much we shall gain. B uild a ship all complete from the stem to the stern, 0 r send shrapnel from cannon like rain. N ow that you know, let us keep from our land D er Fuhrer and his German race. S end your money in Victory Bonds over the strand. N ever let Hitler out of his place. O n Britain our hopes rest to guard our dear land, W ith giving we must not delay. To back our strong troops in the brave Motherland, Buy Victory Bonds today. SHIRLEY BAKER (Form lA). JUMBLED EPITAPHS Miss Walker, Miss Maxwell, Miss MacLaggan, Miss Robinson, Miss MacMichael, Miss Reader Harris, Miss Edmison, Miss Phillips, Miss Armstrong, Miss Craig, Miss Sime, Miss Howitt. ' ' You cannot learn Maths, with- out a pencil in your hand. ' ' I could never spell. ' ' Stop fidgeting, child. Now, listen! Not that you weren ' t listening, but ... I ' m appalled at your ignor- ance. Speaking in study is a serious offence. It ' s wonderful stuff! Use your head, child! Sh-h! Pull up your socks. That ' s right— isn ' t it? Jawohi! TAG DAY Buy a tag, sir? Help the blind. Oh, how that wind does blow ! Buy a tag, sir, help the Blind? Why did it have to snow? Each person hurries by me, Intent upon his work, A street-car stops, lets people off. Then starts up with a jerk. In this great noisy city street. Won ' t someone, please, be kind? I ' ve stood so long, my feet are cold, Would you, please, help the Blind? CHARLOTTE KEENS (Form IB). The Branksome Slogan 27 The Time Is Now Exactly Ten O clock ' Triends of the radio audience, we now bring you through the courtesy of ' Sillvean ' s Syrup ' those eminent young wizards of the air, the Kwizlings. I now present your Kwiz Maestro. What a programme! muttered Jane. She struck a high note and quavered: ' Sillvean ' s Syrup, that soothing, delicious remedy for colds, sore throats, rheumatism and gout! ' ' Why, we could probably put on a better show than that ourselves, I said. Jane sat up with a bang. ' We could, she cried, Why don ' t we? It ' s very simple; all we have to do is to write a script and find some actors and — and — anyway, it ' ll be very easy. Well, we did it ! Jane lunged headlong into the idea and I stayed behind to pull her back when she got too excited. The greatest prob- lem was deciding what type of programme to produce. Jane had a never-ending supply of ideas, but they never seemed to develop into anything worth putting on the air. A few days later, however, she burst out with a new thought. We ' ll produce a quiz programme ourselves, she cried. Why didn ' t we think of that ibefore? We ' ll think of something new, which will capture the hearts of the country and will wipe the Kwizlings off the face of the earth! Jane is always dramatic when she has an idea. It won ' t work, I said with a sigh, but I knew I wouldn ' t be able to stop her. Jane ' s ideas always blossom out beautifully at the beginning, but, gradually, they wither and dwindle into nothingness. I have learned this by experience. We struggled on. We bought all kinds of paper-backed books with questions and answers, and wrote our script. It might have even worked except for one thing. Where should we get our experts ? Whom did we know who could answer the questions in our script? There were ques- tions such as, indentifying yggdrasil and epicentrum and Mesene- bryanthemum , questions which only a good dictionary could answer, certainly not a mere human being. It ' s impossible, I said with a woeful face and a secretly happy heart, you can ' t even pronounce these words, much less understand them. Don ' t be silly, snapped Jane. You always want to give up. All we have to do is tell our experts the answers beforehand. What experts? I asked, but Jane did not answer. 28 The Branksome Slogan We next collected together all the people we knew who seemed to possess any intelligence, and Jane gave them the questions with the answers to learn. I tried to explain that it was dishonest, that all other programmes like ours went unrehearsed, but Jane would not listen. ' They probably only say that to make the audience think it ' s true, she said, ' ' audiences are such fools — they believe anything. I failed to remind her that she, too, had often been a member of some audience. After our experts were word-perfect in their answers, we decided they were ready to go on the air. Then the worst, so we thought, hap- pened. WHERE could we produce it? WHERE? and HOW? Jane was not daunted ' by such draw ' backs, however, and so we began a nightmare of trying to find someone who would produce our quiz pro- gramme. Finally, we got through the masses of secretaries and laid bare our plan to the impressive official behind the large desk. He list- ened patiently to us, but his first words were discouraging. You ' ll have to have a sponsor, he rumbled. Jane and I looked at each other. We were planning to institute a new type of radio programme, one without a sponsor, one where you really had a full half hour ' s enjoyment instead of a short fifteen minutes, and now, all our hopes and ideals were cracking down around us. I felt like crying, but Jane gulped and gathering her torn courage around her, said bravely, ' ' How do we get a sponsor? The man behind the desk smiled. I don ' t think you will be able to find one just yet. Why don ' t you wait, and in a few years perhaps you will have a really good idea which will make the country listen. Jane and I made som.e polite excuses, thanked him, and left. We were so afraid he would start telling us to be good little girls and run along home where we belonged. We trudged home wearily. We told the experts the sad news and went to my home to console ourselves. Why don ' t you turn on some refreshing music? I said. Jane, beyond speech, switched on the radio. A familiar voice boomed out: Once again, Sillvean ' s Syrup brings you the Kwizlings, those young wizards who will astound you with their .brilliant answers to even the most difficult of questions. And now, just a word about Sillveans ' Syrup. Jane turned it off. Anway, she reflected bitterly, no one can say that we didn ' t try. MARY ALICE BURTON, (Form HA). 30 The Branksome Slogan Lament (By Herr Hitler, peering out of his funk- hole in the Berchstergarden). On Monday, when the sun is high, I watch the Blenheims as they fly, And very sadly say ' ' Goodbye , To several Messcherschmitzes. On Tuesday, when the sky is blue, It worries me a little, too, That the Blenheim pilots ' aim is true In bombing German Fritzes. On Wednesday, when the wind is still, It makes me feel distinctly ILL To watch the Curtis bombers fill My cabbage patch with pitzes. On Thursday, under snow and sleet, It gives me coldness in der feet To see our Heinkel planes retreat. All filled with holes and splitzes. On Friday, in the pouring rain, It gifs me in der neck a pain — Mein household they have bombed again, Mein garage is in bitzes. On Saturday, when skies are grey. The Whitney bombers visits pay, They dodge around the clouds all day And score no end of hitzes. On Sunday, thunder rolls afar. My hopes have not come up to par, The ' ' krieg is raging fiercely — Ja, (I wonder where the ' ' Blitz is). JILL MILLIGAN (Form V C). The Branksome Slogan 31 The Contribution to the War Effort of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Known vario ' usly as The Brains of China , ' ' Madame Dictator , and ' ' China ' s First Lady , the Chinese-born, American-educated wife of General Chiang Kai-Shek has certainly had her hand in the destinies of the Chinese Republic. Born in 1898, little Mei-Ling Soong, the youngest of the three famous sisters, is internationally famous for her courage, devotion and incalculable contribution to the struggle of her co ' untry. Her father, a rich and powerful Chinese gentleman, spent much of his youth in the United States. Realizing the value of this early training, he sought a democratic education for all his children. It has stood them in good ' stead. His sons are China ' s richest bankers. His youngest daughter is Madame Chiang, another, Madame Sun Yat Sen, whilst the third, a clever politician, is married to H. H. Kung. The Soongs are a Christian family. When in 1927 the General- issimo asked Madame Soong for Mei Ling ' s hand in marriage, permis- sion was granted only on condition that Chiang become a Christian. He promised to study the matter and three years later was baptized in the house of his mother-in-law. This is but an example of the in- fluence his wife exerts on him China ' s New Life Movement originated in the minds of English missionaries who brought their ideas to Madame Chiang. She in turn, took them to the Generalissimo, who appointed her chief of the new idea. Based on four old Chinese virtues, courtesy, service, honour, and honesty, this movement has done much to ease the lot of the poor peasant. It has built him a better drainage system and taught him a more sanitary way of preparing food. Madame Chiang has exerted tremendous influence in arousing sympathy for her war-torn country. She has written many articles and pamphlets attempting to show that China ' s cause is the cause for democracy the whole world over. Two of her latest books, China in Peace and War , and This is Our China , have been widely read by admirers of China ' s splendid national spirit. Through her efforts, help in the form of bandages and medical supplies has been sent by American women. As a giver of first aid, Madame Chiang does not ask anyone to do anything she is unwilling to undertake herself. She has dressed soldiers ' wounds, done much sewing, and takes an active part in other forms of relief. She has 32 The Branksome Slogan urg-ed Chinese society women to take up war- work. Going from village to village, she arouses new hope in the hearts and minds of the people, but leaves them in full realization of their tremendous task. A most important part of her daily routine is the overseeing of schools in Nanking where fifty-thousand war orphans are stationed. These children, left homeless by Japanese air-raids, would probably starve if it were not for the protecting arm of the Chinese National Defence Organization, headed by this remarkable woman. Her sound judgment and boundless energy have accomplished many thing ' s which the Government has been unable to undertake. Industrial owners have at last consented to the movement of their factories out of war zones. Peasants are being supplied with simple hand-looms with which to weave cheap cotton. In the early stages of the war, when it was absolutely necessary for aeroplanes to be obtained cheaply and quickly, the Generalissimo could trust no one but his wife to negotiate with foreign officials and to get the best bargains for China. Thus, she became secretary -general of the Chinese Commission on Aeronautical Affairs. Again, after the capture of her husband in the Stan Mutiny, it was she who kept their friends from firing on the mutineers and arousing the country to civil strife. Ample proof is shown of Madame Chiang ' s value to her country by the repeated attacks on the part of the Japanese to capture her. She is forbidden to stay in the same village two nights in succession. Too often, Japanese bombers have attacked the locality only a few hours after her departure. Thus, it can be truthfully said of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek that she has converted her husband ' s desire for a United China from a mere political task to a crusade. Every freedom-loving Chinese is ready to lay down his life for this sweet-faced woman. MARION CROSS, (Form II A). The Branksome Slogan 33 A Visit He jerked up as the sound of the door-bell throbbed through the hollow house. Then he heard the maid ' s nasal voice: ' ' Mr. Rondermer? He ' s in No. 7. The third flour, to your left. ' Tt must be Sertuerman, or maybe Messmen, he thought, per- suasively, trying to convince himself. It could not be the cops, or the F.B.L! or could it? He heard the heavy steps mount the protesting stairs, unceasingly, inevitably. He laughed, sneered at his fears, but that did not conquer them. The steady beat of the footsteps became louder and louder. The tick of his watch and the throb of his heart swelled the terrifying rhythm. Two long and three short taps on his door relaxed his convulsed muscles. ' ' Come in, he said calmly, rather boringly, he hoped. A slight, insignificant man slipped through the door, a man who, like the chameleon, fitted into any background. You ' re Rondermer? Well, I ' m Joris. Sertuerman sent me to congratulate you on your work in getting the blueprints for the anti- tank guns, and to explain your next assignment to you. You ' re to make a plan of Sing-sing prison. Sertuerma;n figures that if we could turn loose thoise convicts, armed with decent guns, they ' d make quite a showing. What do you. think? Sure, that would be a good idea and it would be a cinch for me. You Iknow, when you come to think of it, the Americans certainly are dumb. They go plodding along, led by a blundering government, giv- ing their money, their sons, their strength, to keep freedom and liberty in their land. And where will freedom and liberty get them? In the disimal battalions of the postrwar unemployed. With failure after failure behind them, they can still look forward optimistically to a triumphant victory, placing their hopes, their fears, at the shrine of democracy. But I ' m not that dumb. What I want is money, position, and power, especially power. Power to command men, to master men, to break men. Power to make the men who scorned me cringe at my f eet begging for mercy. I ' ll show them how great I am, how strong I am how fearless I am. But, coming back to this Sing-Sing job, I ' ll be glad to do it. You know, people never realize that there are some men smart enough to forget about the ' right ' cause, and the ' wrong ' cause, and get something out of this war. Honestly, those big, simple cops would never catch me in a thousand years. Hey ! What are you doing with those handcuffs ? What do you want? Listen, I ' ll do anj thing you say . . . . Rondermer babbled brokenly. 34 The Branksome Slogan ' ' These? Oh, they ' re just a present from the Government, to see that you get safely to Sing-Sing, Joris taunted the fear-crazed man. ' ' Now, isn ' t that nice of them, after all the mean things you ' ve said about the good old U.S.A.? SHEILA MACQUEEN, (Form V A). The Visit to Cleveland At last we set off on the long-a nticipated visit to Cleveland where we were to play basket-ball and badminton games against the girls of Laurel School. Miss Read and fifteen girls made up the party. We had to fill out passport-forms, get our pictures taken and our finger prints, at the United States Consul, but, finally, the day arrived for us to set out. Just after we crossed the border, the Customs ' ofhcers came round, and examined our suitcases and soon we reached Buflalo. The United States at last!, where we boarded the Empire State Express and were soo ' n travelling at a speed sometimes as great as eighty-five miles per hour. We reached Cleveland at about 8.30, and after greeting the Head Mistress of Laurel School, I was whisked ofi: ' by m}- hostess for the week-end. The next morning I was shown around Cleveland and in the afternoon we went to the school for the game. We were all some- v hat nervous about playing. After we had started, however, we for- got our nervousness and played our hardest for the next half-hour or so. Then the final whistle blew. The game was over and we had won ! After our game, the badminton nets were put up and three sets were played. Our team was not so fortunate this time, and we lost two of the three games. On Sunday afternoon we went to the Naval Reserve Academy at Hudson, aboiut twenty-five miles from Cleveland. We attended their chapel service and had supper at the school. The next day we had the interesting experience of going to school with Oiur newly-made friends. At their prayer service. Miss Read spoke and Miss Lake, the Head of Laurel School, announced that a return game had been arranged for next year. On our way back, we had a great deal to talk about. All too soon we crossed the border and reached Toronto once again, after our very happy trip to Cleveland. JOYCE COBBAN, (Form V). The Branksome Slogan 35 DEAR MOTHER Dear Mother, Arrived safely and everything ' ' s fine, But I ' m dying to get on that old Nazi line. The food is all right, in its own little way. But I ' d love to be home where it ' s really okay. Our Sergeant is tough, but he ' s really a peach, He does all he can, but we ' re devils to teach. Oh, Mum, just think, the Queen came today, Gosh, but she ' s lovely : she did look so gay: It ' s no wonder the boys are so anxious to fight When our Queen is there standing for everything right. I guess that is all, so I ' ll be on my way. The bugle just blew and to- morrow ' s a. big day. Give Mary my love and tell her to write. And when it ' s all over, this terrible fight, I ' ll hurry home, just as fast as I can, ' Cause I love you, dear Mom. JOAN DAVIS (Form II B). DO YOU KNOW? 1. That Miss Read was the first basketball coach at Branksome and that Miss McMichael played on the team. 2. That the Branksome Carol Service has outgrown three churches in ten years? 3. That in the 1910 ' s there was great controversy as to whether or not the girls should play tennis ? 4. That Branksome Hall was formerly situated on the present site of The Manufacturer ' s Life In- surance building on Bloor Street? 5. That the school song was pub- lished in a book of war poems by John Oxenham called All ' s Well ? 6. That Dora Olive Thompson was a pupil of Branksome Hall, and that she used school life as ma- terial for some of her books? 7. That Mary Van Wyck ' s mother was the first editor of The Slogan? SHIRLE MILNER (FormVA). POETRY OF WORDS Don ' t you love the common words In usage all the time, Words that describe adequately. Words that form a rhyme, Words we often think of. Words that we discover, Words that show the love Of one man for another? Don ' t you love the nautical terms, A crew to hoist the sails. At the stern, the rudder that churns. The horn that never fails, A phantom ship, without the ghost, A furrow following free, The Captain at his post, On a rough and tumble sea? RUTH DOUGHERTY (Form V C). The Branksome Slogan Prefects HEAD GIRL Every girl in the school looks up to Izzy not only as a fine leader but also as a true friend. She is always ready to take time out for anyone. Positions held: Head Girl; Honorary President of the Beta Kappa; Honorary President of the Opheleo. Isobel Coulthard Audrey is the first to be called upon, not only because of her initials. Her efficiency and common-sense guarantee that a task will be well-done. Audrey An£ras Branksome could not have a better representative than Zee as a badminton player and all-round good sport. Position held : Editor of the Slogan. Zillah Caudwell We tease Sally about her worrying but we know that her keen sense of responsi- bility will always be appreciated by those about her. Position held: Treasurer of the Beta Kappa. Sally Chapman The Branksome Slogan Prefects Bay was scarcely ' ' bigger than a pea- nut when she first came to Branksome. She has always been a loyal friend and a ' ' Happy-go-lucky sport. Position held : Chieftain of the McLeod A ' . Clan. Alice Cociiraue Sue possesses a great deal of school spirit and understands the meaning of the word sporting in all uses. Poisition held: President of Commercial Class. Susan Davis Patsy in her quiet way is a staunch friend, always loyal to the school and popular wherever she goes. Patsy Grant For eleven years Joey has been surpris- ing Branksome with her unconscious humour. She certainly is an asset, and always will be — anywhere, anytime. Position held: Vice-President of the Opheleo. Jocelyn Hodge The Branksome Slogan Prefects As an actress in the school Marion is outstanding. She plays a great role in leading the Stewarts too. Position held: Chieftain of the Stewart Clan. Marion Hughes Helen makes friends very easily, and is one of thoise fortunate people who can combine social and athletic qualities with those of a good student. Helen Lang Marj smiles and you like her! She gets through any difficulties, real or imagined, with her irrepressible good humour. Position held: Chieftain of the Douglas Clan. Mary MacMillan Sheila will be remembered for her ex- ceptionally fine academic work, and un- usual all-round ability. As Branksome ' s representative ' she tied for first place in the Ontario Speech Competition. Positions held : President of the Student Council ; President of V A. The Branksome Slogan Andrea McCall Prefects You can depend on ' Andy to see through to a successful conclusion every task which she undertakes. Position held : Treasurer of the Opheleo. Lib has taken part in all branches of school activities and has proved her fine sportsmanship. Elizabeth McKechnie Teggy McKelvey No girl in the school can remember Branksome without Peg. You just can ' t resist that infectious grin of hers. Position held: Member of the Opheleo Committee. ' ' Laugh and the world laughs with you, Shirle. You will be successful and well loved wherever you go. Position held : Editor of the Slogan. 40 The Branksome Slogan Prefects We consider that Stuie is our manager. In whatever she organizes she is noted for her fairness and capabihty. Position held Kappa. President of the Beta Mary Playlair In her second year at Branksome Gay has shown her true worth in her position as a prefect. She has enthusiastically sup- ported all school activities. Position held: President of the Inter- School Christian Fellowship. Gaynor Powell Few English girls have contributed more than Angy to the good feeling exist- ing between the English and Canadian girls. She is a fine representative of Sher- borne and of Branksome. Position held: Editor of the Slogan. Angela Riddell Rusty is a real pal. She has an abund- ance of jokes and amusing stories to en- liven ever dull moment. Position held : President of VSp. A Helen Russell The Branksome Slogan Betty Sherman Prefects Bet always does a job well reg-ardless of the amount of work for herself. This has been shown especially in her outstanding directorship of form plays. Position held: Editor of the Sloofan. Libby knows everyone and everyone knows Libby. She has played a great part in the Beta Kappa and a greater part in the school. Position held: Vice-President of the Beta Kappa. Elizabeth Shirriff V ' I . Pat Stockton Pat ' s untiring efforts as President of the Opheileo and her enthusiasm in gup- porting all school activities have con- tributed much to the success of the year. Position held : President of the Opheleo. 42 The Branksome Slogan Appointment at Two Every turn of the wiheels seemed to say, ' ' At laist! at last! The bus was hot and stuffy and she was squashed between two large people, but she didn ' t notice the unpleasantness. She was thinking of what a struggle her life had been. She had left the orphanage when she was sixteen. These last seven years had been a series of hard-working jobs with little pay. Now, at last, this letter might change all that. They had told her very little about her parents at the orphanage. Her mother had died when she was three. Her father, thinking it best for the child, had taken her to an orphanage. Nothing had been heard from him since. Three days ago, she had received a letter. She took it out of her purse and read it yet again. Dear Miss Dale: I have some very important news for you, concerning your late father. It is necessary, however, that I see you in person. Please come to my apartment at two p.m. on Thursday, Novem- ber 20th. Yours Truly, THOMAS L. BOWEN. No. 306, Lexington Apts., New York City. That was all there was to the short note. But may be it meant the end of all her unhappiness — no more working in hamburger joints, the end of scrimping and scraping to get along, may be a chance to enjoy life! The next day she asked the iboss for the day off. She knew she would ' be too much excited to work even in the morning. She looked at a clock on a large store. Not even twelve yet! Two more hoiurs to live through until the appointment at two ! She rang the ' bell and got off at the next stop. The downtown streets were crowded iwith the noon-hour confusion. She went into a drug-store and sat down at the counter. Perhaps she could pass at least half an hour with a sandwich and a cup of coffee. But she was too nervous to eat. Who was this man? What would he tell her about her father? Why was it necessary to see her in person before he could tell her? In one hour she would know why. One thing she was sure of; it would be good news. She paid ' her twenty cents and got out of the store. If she walked slowly, it would take her three quarters of an hour to reach the apart- ment. The Branksome Slogan 48 The store windows were filled with smart expensive clothes. In the mirror her own clothes looked drab. This letter might mean she could buy all the things she wanted. It was only a quarter to two and she was already at the apart- ment building. She kept on walking; she would not go in for five minutes. No ! iShe couldn ' t wait any longer. She ran up the steps and into the building, her heart pounding violently. To the man at the desk she said : ' Will you phone Mr. Bowen in No. 306 and tell him that Miss Dale is here? ' Tm sorry, he said, Mr. Bowen died last night. ELIZABETH FALCONER, (Form IVA). The Port of Halifax ' Tor a hundred and seventy years the Holding Place of the British against the power of enemies and the forces of nature — so said the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, in his first speech on landing in Halifax in 1919. As he reached the quay, the guns of the British, French, and Italian warships fired the salute, and the echoes resounded among the hills that surround the town, symbolic, this echo, of a port that has always been a receiving-station, an invitation, rather than a place of military command. Looking down from the Citadel, one sees the ancient town set on a peninsula, a triangle, with its base to the east, making a main hanbour, the two sides formed by Bedford Basin, twenty miles in circumference, and by the North-West Arm, a three-mile strip of water. The earliest history and romance of Halifax lies about this harbour whose miagnificence and safety decided her bein . ' ' Here gathered the Armadas for the reduction of Louisburg in 1757-8, ' says Professor Archibald MacMechan, ' ' Loudan, Amhurst, Boscawen, Rodney, Wolfe, Cook, saw the old Halifax, with its stone-faced batteries, lining the waterside and the old flag flying from the top of Citadel Hill. Here came Howe with his defeated regulars, after ' being clawed by the buck- skins at Boston. Here floated safe, at last, the thousands of Loyalists from New York, who preferred exile to renouncing their ancient allegi- ance. In the (bitter winter of 1783-4, delicately-brought-up women lived in the floating transports, while others huddled in the cabooses taken from the ships and pitched like wigwams all along Granville Street. Then during the long wars with the French Republic and with Napoleon, the waters of the harbour never rested from the stirring of keels com- 44 The Branksome Slogan ing and going. Ships of the line, frigates, privateers, prizes, transports with license to ,make war on King George ' s enemies. In the war of 1812 there werei one ' hundred and six sihips of war on this station. On Sunday, June 6, 1813, there came a procesision of two ships, the little ' ' Shannon proudly leading her prize, the Chesapeake , up to anchorage by the dockyard. All yards were manned, the bands played, for at last, the stain was cleansed from the flag which Dares had hauled down on the Gueniere . Founded in 1749, by the Honouralble Edward Cornwallis, as a rival to the French town of Louisburg in Cape Breton, Halifax, named after the second Earl of Halifax, superseded Annapolis as the Capital of the province. Saint Pauls ' Church contains vaults of such Haligonians avs Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence, 1760, Admiral Durell, 1766, Baron Kniphausen, LieutenantrGovernor Wilmot, Baron de Seitz, Michael Franklin, 1782, Loird Charles Grenville Montague, and Chief Justice Jonathan Belcher. Government House has never seen a gayer period than during the Administration of Sir John Wentworth from 1792-1808, when His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, fourth son of King George HI, was stationed in Halifax. He was created Duke of Kent during his stay in Nova Scotia. The Duke of Kent loved his neighbour as himself, and remained the friend as well as the steady patron of Nova Scotians until his death. His estate was a veritable feudal village, and his lasting public memorial in Halifax is the Citadel and the Harbour, the forts, which he built being well-nigh impregnable. The Waegwaltic Club on the North West arm, m.ysteriously foeiau- tiful with its old trees tanked down to the water ' s edge, the Public Gardens, the drives through the Parks over roads made when the Brit- ish regulars were established at the barracks, are a part of modern Halifax, but there are also at the present time of war, moats and cannon, subterranean casements, hidden tunnels, and secret defences, conceal- ing what mystery? Here, something crouches ready to spring forward at a word, though the attitude of dilapidated Halifax is beautifully careless. One could hardly expect, and certainly would not desire her to be neat, for she keeps perpetual open house for many and strange guests. When the sea-doors of Quebec and Montreal are ice-abound, she is busiest. Her Naval Institute is the second largest in America, and to its friendly doors, year in and year out, come all sorts of sea- men, many of them sailors in distress, for Halifax has earned for her- self the name of the ' Tort of Missing Men. ALLISON HENRY, (Form VC). The Branksome Slogan 45 Calendar 1941-42 Sept. 10th — School re-opened. Sept. 12th— Visit of H.R.H. the Princess JuHana. Pic- nic at Farm. Sept. 18th— Fifth Form Picnic. Sept. 19 th — Gathering of the Clans. Sept. 25th — Russian ballet. Oct. 2nd — Promenade Concert. Oct. Srd—Old Girls Basketball. Oct. 8th — Initiation. Oct. 9th— B. Bali, B.H. vs. H.L.C. Oct. 10th— Thanksgiving W e e k - end. Oct. 15th— Visit of H.R.H. Prin- cess Alice. Oct. 16th— Mr. Peitz. Oct. 16th— B. Ball, B.H. vs. B.S.S. Oct. 17th— 1066 and All That. Oct. 24th — Fourth Form Plays. Oct. 24th— B. Bail, B.H. vs. H.L.C. Oct. 28th— B. Ball, B.H. vs. B.S.S. Oct. 31st — Masquerade. Oct. 31st— Visit of Miss Ruth Draper. Nov. 2nd — Sunday evening ser- vice — visitors, children from the House of Happiness. Nov. 4th— B. Ball, B.H. vs. H.L.C. Nov. 7th— Portia White. Nov. 8th— Short Week-end. Nov. 14th — Knee-Hi. Nov. 14th — Form V A Play. Nov. 18th— Henry V. Nov. 28th— ' Tovarich. Dec. 2nd — Toronto Symphony. Dec. 3rd — Mr. Pierce. Dec. 5th — Swimming Meet. Dec. 8th— The Rivals. Dec. 14th — Carol Service. Dec. 18th — School closed. Jan. 8th — School re-opened. Jan. 9th — Ski Movies. Jan. 11th — Wing Commander Gregson. Jan. 30th— The Dance. Feb. 1st — Mr, Robinson. Feb. 6th— Form V B Play. Feb. 13th— Long Week-end. Feb. 13th— Cleveland. Feb. 20th— Third Form Plays. Feb. 27th— First Form Plays. Mar. 6th — Second Form Plays. Mar. 6th— Short Week-end. Mar. 13 th — Skating Carnival. Mar. 15th— Dr. Ida S. Scudder. Mar. 20th — Fashion Show. Mar. 27th— Kathleen. Apr. 1st— School closed. Apr. 14th — School re-opened. Apr. 17th — ictoria Regina. Apr. 24th — Sr. Gym.. Dem. Apr. 29th— Jr. Gym. Dem. May 12th— Miss Read, LL.D. May 23rd — Long Week-end. May 29th— Sports Day. June 5th — Strawberry Festival. June 12th — House Picnic. June 14th — Evening S e r v i c e — Rosedale Presbyterian Church. June 15th — Prize Giving. 46 The Branksome Slogan The Beta Kappa The two main events of the Beta Kappa this year were the Masquerade which took place on the last Friday of October, and the School Dance, on the thirtieth of January. The Masquerade was a greater success this year than usual, owing to the effect created by the many original costumes, which were made very inexpensively. The skit put on by Miss Read and the Staff, dressed as Branksome and Sherborne girls was . received with much laughter and great applause. The School Dance with its navy decorations was a gala affair, and Bob Cringan ' s orchestra added to the enjoyment of all. Miss Read and Isobel , Coulthard received the guests and so began a gay evening. This year more than ever, the Beta Kappa and the Opheleo Com- mittees have worked together to start the Branksome War Fund which we hope will continue to grow, and will prove of some assistance to those serving our country. ELIZABETH SlIIRRIFF, (Clan Douglas). Opheleo The officers and committee of the Opheleo Society take this oppor- tunity to thank the school and the friends of Branksome for their generous support during the year. During the first term, the play ' 1066 and All That was presented by the English girls, when $131.50 was collected for the Red Cross and the Prisoners of War Fund. Following this, the sum of $160.00 was received from the sale of tickets for the Portia White Concert, the return of which went to the Branksome Alumnae for the purchase of War Materials. During Rama,bai Week the usual $250.00 was collected for the support of our Indian teacher and Clarebai, our Indian pupil. This sum was made up of money taken in at the swimming-meet, the sale of box-lunches and a contribution of $40.00, saved by the residence pupils in table expenses. At the Carol Service, $100.00 was received for the Christmas baskets for poor families. During Lent, $125.00 was contributed by the present pupils, $50.00 of which was sent for the support of Branksome Hall bed in Ludhiana The Branksome Slogan 47 Hospital, India, $50.00 for the support of our Indian orphan, and $25.00 to the China Inland Mission. In March the Beta Kappa and Opheleo societies combined in the production of a fashion-show, when $147.75 was collected for the Red Cross and other War Services. The sum of $17.99, resulting from the sale of waste-paper, was donated to the Home for Incurable Children. For War Savings Stamps, $260.00 has so far been raised, our objective being $300.00. During the last term, $100.00 was received for the Branksome Hall War Fund from the proceeds of the play, ' ' Victoria Regina. It is hoped that the same amount will be raised from the Straw- berry Festival. We are glad to announce that for the school year 1941-42 the sum of $1,268.73 has so far been cohected, and hope that before the end of school, we may be able to reach a total of $1,400.00. PAT. STOCKTON, (Clan Campbell). 48 The Branksome Slogan Library Day The followng have made contributions to ' ' Library Day : — Joan Adams, Joan Aitken, Rosemary Akerman, Ruth Alison, Ellen Avigdor, Shirley Baker, Beverley Balfour, Ruth Beynon, Anne Beare, Nancy Blundell, Jane Bov en, Dorothy Boughton, Jane Bradshaw, Barbara Browne, Alison Brown, Mary Alice Burton, Anne Burton, Elizabeth Busk, Eve Cassels, Grace Cawthra, Brenda Cooling, Zillah Caudwell, Margaret Capener, Barbara Chisholm, Sally Chapman, Alice Cochrane, Audrey Cooper, Marion Cosford, Marion Cobban, Pamela Conran-Smith, Miss Freda Cole, Miss Coombs, Thalia Collins, Barbara Clarke, Mary Craig, Marion Cross, Frances Dafoe, Gwen De Mont, Naomi de Langley, Helen de Jardine, Cynthia Dean, Christine Dendy, Hazel Dendy, Jacqueline Dimock, Margaret Dowe, Betty Earl, Patsy Earl, Joianne Edmonds, Miss Edmison, Flavia Elliott, Primula Eshelby, Agnes Fair- baiirn, Elspeth Fairbairn, Elizabeth Falconer, Ruth Fowler, Joan Eraser, Joan Frankel, Joyce Frankel, Nancy Frankel, Margaret P oulds, Zelda Friedman, Elizabeth German, Helen German, Katharine Gorvin, Beverley Graham, Nancy Graham, Pats 3 Grant, Bridget Gregson, Hilary Gregson, Carmen Griffith, Joan Hall, June Hamilton, Francesca Harrison, Barbara Hargraft, Rose Margan HaHog, Alison Henry, Mary Higginbo tom, Jane Hill, Eleanor Hogarth, Peggy Howard, Jocelyn Hodge, Helen Holmes, Anne Howitt, Marilyn Hogarth, Atholl Hughes, Heather Hughes, Marion Hughes, Eleanor Hug hes, Anne Izat, Naomi Inglis, Anne James, lone Jeffers, Miss J. R. Johnston, Margot Johnston, Natalie Kemp, Charlotte Keans, Catherine Kennington, Judith Kean, Karen Koppel, Lorraine Lauder, Helen Lang, Patsy Leckie, Marianne Lithgow, Gloria Lyons, Shiela MacQueen, Cynthia Maxwell, Gillian Massey, Mary MacMillan, Miss MacLellan, Miss MacNeill, Anne McCart, Shiela McCloughry, Pamela McCloiUghry, Althea McCoy, Peggy Mc- Kelvey, Elizabeth McKechnie, Jean McLachlin, Wendy McLaughlin, Miss McMichael, Elizabeth Merrill, Shirle Milner, Jean Morine, Johanna Nathanson, Jean Nathanson, Mary Nelson, Marjorie New, Anne Nicholls, Jean Norman, Maureen O ' Reilly, Veronica Owen, Rosanne Parkinson, Elva Parkinson, Honor Pass, Christabel Parbury, Rosanne Parbury, Hazel Parry, Jennifer Parry, Carol Pendrith, Miss Phillips, Mary Stuart Playfair, Patricia Ramsay, Betty Rackham, Miss Read, Mary Ringsleben, Angel Riddell, Elizabeth Riddell, Joan Riddell, Dorothy Robinette, Miss Robinson, Jane Rogers, Rosemary Roberts, Helen Russell, Eileen San- som, Betty Sherman, Elizabeth Shirriff, Judy Shoebottom, Belinda Shar- wood, Joyce Slione, Margaret Simpson, Barbara Simpson, Mary Sloan, Anne Somers, Joan Southam, Diane Stowe, Patricia Stewart, Sarah The Branksome Slogan 49 Symons, Jane Taylor, Anne Terry, Sylvia Thomson, Jane Thomson, Nancy Trees, Mary Van Wyck, Selma Vise, Joan Warren, Elizabeth Wardlaw, Suzette Westcott, Rosamund Wharton, June Whitehead, Mary Liz White, Marg-aret Wilkinson, Jean Wilkinson, Patricia Wise, Mary Winston, Shirley Young, Ann Hargraft, Phillippa Sharwood, Gail Purdy. September Dancing feet . . , . Carefree hearts pulsing- with love And laughter. Music that sings And echoes and re-echoes In the sky. Silent feet .... Amazed and stubborn. Slowly, Oh, sadly, Worlds awakening. War! But why? Repeating Why? Marching feet .... Rhythmic measure of eternity. On Without rest. Youth and age together Across the bloody face of earth that smiles No more. Stumbling feet .... Smitten souls staggering. 3rcl, 1939. But where? Neither light nor dark Nor ray of hope amid fate ' s mock- eries Before. Weary feet .... W ar-spent bodies. Sick hearts Longing, ■ Yearning, hoping, praying. For the horror of the Hell-on- Earth To cease. Tranquil feet .... Calm upon the fields of home. Steady, Firmly placed Beside the feet of every brother nation, Peace. SHIRLE MILNER (Form V). 50 The Branksome Slogan The Street A puff of wind sent the snow swirling, spraying fan-like across the road and the peaked roofs of houses. As httle Miss Peabody trotted homeward with her week ' s bit of shopping, she fell in love with her street all over again. Surely no other was so beautiful ! The snow descended gently on her faded bonnet, (like innumerable tiny fragments of cloud broken off from the silent calm of the sky.) Pure white trees and bushes depicted to perfection the elfin art of lace- work. Even the houses had a mysterious loveliness about them. To a casual observer, the street would have presented an air of hushed, unruffled placidity, but to JMiss Peabody it was full of never- ending surprises and fascination. She knew — who could know better? — the dramas enacted there every day. It was a street of contrasts. The west end was occupied by pom- pous mansions set nobly back on their paunches amidst sober expanses of lawn, each one scrupulously careful that it was NOT in line with its neighbour. From each mansion there issued forth every morning the lord and master, on his leisurely way to his office. In the course of the morning, out came the nurse maid to take the future lord and master for a walk. The mistress of the household appeared in the afternoon and drove off to her club. Sometimes, in the evening, many handsome cars drew up at one establishment, and all the stray dogs had a field day among the garbage cans, next day. If one walked in an easterly direction, one noticed suddenly that the mansions were mansions nO ' longer, but just houses, marshalled in orderly rows. It was here that Miss Peabody lived. She knew every- one, and was known of many. If questioned as to why the Jones had bought a new watch-dog, she could immediately give graphic details of the recent burglary. If someone asked her about the Smith ' s new baby, she could at once supply iiiformation as to its size, sex, features and disposition. She could tell the exact number of kittens which the neighbour ' s cat had produced the week before, and how many teeth their fourth baby had by his first birth-day. But it must not be thoiught that Miss Peabody was an inquisitive old gossip. She was such a friend of everyone that people naturally came to her about everything. The most joyful hour in the day to her was when the children scrambled home from school, and then dashed out to play. This was the hour when lively urchins, wise in the ways of aged and kindly women, gathered under her window and always seemed to find something delightful lying on the ground just below it. The Branksome Slogan 51 The son of the banker and the son of the clerk played together in the park ; the manager of the chain-store gave the owner of the grocery store a lift down to work; a maid from the mansion came to tea witli the salesman ' s wife; there were no class distinctions. There are few more interesting places in the world than the street. There is a singular lack of recognition of this fact. Every street needs at least one Miss P eabody who can appreciate its beauties apart from thinking of it as the most convenient way to reach the store, or the street-car stop. PATRICIA STEWART, (Form IIIA). Schools in Other Lands The School I attended in Switzer- land was co-educational. We start- ed at 8 or 8.45 in winter and at 7.10 or 7.50 in summer and finished at 3.45 or 4.50. We had school on Saturday but had three afternoons a week free. When one reaches the upper forms, one can choose only between English and Greek; all the other subjects are compulsory. We do not wear a school uniform. In most Swiss schools stress is put on actual school work and games are a side line. We often, however, went skiing, starting out early in the morning by train. What fun we had climbing up a moiuntain for an hour or two and then, after enjoying the view, sliding down again! In the highest form, we had school excursions for a week every year, often visiting sur- rounding countries. It was both interesting and instructive. KAREN KOPPEL (Form VA). I was at a school which was very modern and in some ways different from other schools in Holland. We had Thursday and Saturday after- noons off and Tuesday afternoon was for club meetings. I chose the Dramatic Club. In the first form, everyone takes the same subjects. In the second form, one chooses be- tween a modern and a classical education. The modern course takes five years and the classical six. There are separate schools for both courses, or they may be taught in the same school. Things are probably much changed now, but we learn from people who have escaped that all students within junior school, high-school, or university are show- ing great resistance to Nazi in- fluence. We hope that soon every- thing will return not only to normal, but to improved conditions. 52 The Bkanksome Slogan Jungle Justice Martin Shaw stood on the veranda of his tropical bungalow and put a hand to his feverish brow. It was evening, and the rain was pouring down in a, steady torrent, beating out a tattoo on the flat leaves of the palm trees, and everyv here istreams of muddy water swirled through the jungle vegetation. Despite the unceasing rain and oppres- sive heat, hundreds of beady-eyed lizards clung to the walls and ceil- ings, making harsh chirping noises which o nly served to aggravate his bad temper. Martin fell into his chair, and as he stared out into the darkness ahead, his bloodshot eyes began to see queer things. II saw the face of his neighbour, Geffrey Harkness, and immediately anger surged through his veins. How he hated Harkness! He hated him because he was rich, and Martin was not. He wished Harkness would be killed by some prowling tiger so that there would be no one but himself to take the man ' s riches, for Harkness had no relations. Martin Shaw ' s gaze wandered to his gun in the corner. As he sat watching it, the palms of his hands igrew suddenly moist, and beads of (perspiration stood out on his forehead; his body shook like a leaf in the wind. Finally, he icould stand it no longer ; he leaped out of his chair, reached for the gun, and, staggering down the steps, started across the dark clearing in the direction of Harkness ' s bungalow. As he crept close to the jungle edge, he heard the gruff cough of a hyena, and the hands that (held the gun trembled, and clutched the butt more tightly. Only a few more yards, and he would bei within close shooting range of the man he hated ! Then, behind him, he heard a soft foot fall, and the snap of a twig. Immediately he swung round, and saw two green eyes, not more than twenty yards away, staring at him from the lundergrowth. For a moment he was ti ' ansfixed, he fled towards the nearest, in fact the only shelter, Geoffrey Harkness ' s out- house. He could hear the pounding of the animal behind him and the snarling growl as it drew icloiser. Panic iseized him, and he covered the wet ground as only a terrified man could. In a minute, he was at the building, and tearing open the door; he flung himself inside, slamming it only just in time, as the heavy weight of the animal crashed lagainst the panels. Panting, half -sobbing, Shaw drew out his revolver, ready for any- thing that might happen. Nothing did. Peering out of the only window, he looked aroiund for his pursuer. To his surprise, he could see nothing, and wondering what he should do next, he glanced towiard the bungalow, the door of which opened at the same moment, sending The Branksome Slogan 53 a shaft of light out linto the darkness. Harkness ' s voice then came clearly across the space, calling -out if anyone was there. Suddenly, for- getting his mairrow escape, the only thought in Shaw s deranged mind was to kill this man and so ' remove the only barrier to his climb out of poverty. With a suddenly steady hand, he raised his revolver, aimed, and fired at the shadow that moved against the doorway. A shrill scream of paiin, like that of a wounded animal, came from the direction in which he had fired. Heeding nothing but thinking only of the gold, the riches, the wealth, that were now his, Martin Shaw flung open the door and ran, laughing like a maniac, and slipping in the wet mud and water that lay everywhere, towards the d ark form on the ground. Suddenly, he looked up. To his horror, he saw a figure silhouetted against the lighted room, and, as he stared, he recognized the seeming g ' host of the man he had just killed, staring in fear into the shadows at the foot of the veranda steps. Martin staggered back, his eyes dilated, and his brain grew lighter and lighter. He gave one ghastly cry, and turned to fiee back the way he had come ; but as he ran past the steps, a dark form detached itself from the ground land with a deafening roar, sprang upon him, bearing him to the ground, its huge fangs locked in his throat in the death grip of a wounded tiger. CHRISTINE DENDY, (Form VA). The White Haired Child First, let me introduce myself. Fm a sad little seal who was born on an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Newfoundland. There was a great commotion over my birth, because, unlike my brothers and sisters, I arrived in a coat of white fur instead of the usual black. This caused much embarrassment to my parents, for I heard them explain apologetically to one of the neighbours, Yes, Sealia does look anaemic. The poor child is very delicate, but we hope and pray she will outgrow it. Doctors came from far and near to view me and to consult about a cure. They fed me on cod-liver oil — buckets of it — and whale-bones, and gave me long sun baths to try to darken my com- plexion. Seldom was I allowed to play with other children on the reefs, and, on rare occasions, when 1 was taken anywhere — on nurse ' s day off for instance- — they wrapped me in a long black oil-skin water- proof with a peaked hat, well over my eyes, to protect me from the salt air, so they said, but in reality, I think so that I would not look so con- spicuous in the eyes of a prying world. Life seemed hardly worth living. Then, suddenly, things began to happen to me. It all started one day when the family had gone on a Sunday-school picnic. Mother said it would be too tiring for me, so she left me behind to play in the garden. I was busy balancing a ball on the end of my nose when a friendly-loo king sea-gull came flying overhead and invited me to have a race with him. We had a whale of a time! Then Gully started for wide-open spaces and I followed to the top of our rockery toi wave a fond farewell. While I was standing there, gazing after him as he dis- 54 The Branksome Slogan 55 appeared across the horizon, I heard a strange crackhng sound, and looking down, found that the pinnacle I was standing on had broken away from Bergland proper, and there I was floating through the Atlantic on a private iceberg all to myself. I flipped my flippers, and flapped my flappers, and squealed for help. I wept salt-water tears enough to make the ocean overflows In fact, great swells began to appear on the water, and gradually the sea became more and more perturbed. Then night fell, and a fog enveloped us. Suddenly, bump ! bump! bumpity-bang ! We had craished headlong into an ocean liner! Bouncing off my icy seat, I toboganned at break-neck speed into the briny deep. I felt all at sea. I thought sure that w as the end of me. But when I came to the surface, I found myself encircled by a great white rubber ring. The ring seemed to be attached to a rope and we were dragged through the waves and over the side of a little craft. At that point, I lost my grip on the slippery thing and slid to the floor, un- noticed, while a voice near-by said, ' ' Shucks ! I was sure I saw a head in that life-saver. Too bad, I lost him. Poor Chap! ' So there I re- mained until we drifted into shore — until someone tossed me out of the boat with a, ' ' Here, fisherman, I don ' t know where this came from, but maybe you ' d like it for bait. The fisherman looked me over and scratched his head. Hm — a white seal! Well, well, that ' s a rarity. I think I ' ll stuff it and sell it to one of those tourist people. Almost before I knew what was happening, I was on the operating table and my insides were being removed. But, somehow, the fisherman forgot to .take my heait out, and so, when he put the stuffing in, although I was still paralyzed, I still coiuld feel. My next move was to a store window where I reclined in best seal-likei fashion while people sitared at me. One day, a man in uniform came in and said to the store-keeper, Say, let me have that seal! That ' s just the thing to take home to my little girl in Canada. Accordingly, I was handed over to the major, and my next experience was a ride in a bomber to Nova Scotia, and from there a trip by train to Toronto. All along the way, people ad- mired me and patted me kindly, and when we reached our destination, I was presented to a funny little girl in pig-tails, who made a greait fuss about me and thanked her Dad a million times for bringing me to her. She says I ' m a perfect pet, and says she even might take me to Branksome Hall some day to show me off to the teachers and her school-mates ! So, after all, I am glad I was born a w hite-haired baby. I ' m not a sad little seal any longer. I am now Sealia the Satisfied. GLORIA LYONS, (Grade VHI). 56 The Branksome Slogan Teddy Koala All naturalists agree that koalas are the oldest animals in the world, and it is thought that they came from Malaya when Asia and Australia were bound together by a bridge of land. That was many centuries ago, and koalas are fast becoming extinct. The name koala means ' ' I do not drink , and this is true. Koala Teddy was only two inches long when he was born in the sunny Australian bush. His parents lived their rather anxious lives in the country, far from any settlements. A road ran through their district, but this occasioned them no anxiety. They roamed through the bush until Teddy was five months old, and then he would climb out on his mother ' s back for a little while each day until he was old enough to learn to fend for himself. One hot, summer day, his mother had just finished her after- noon nap. She wanted to forage for a meal, and she decended from the tree with Teddy clinging; to her back. While shuffling to another tree they were startled by a black-snake, who, seeing fhem, at once came forward to attack. He reared up to strike, but as his blunt head darted forward, the mother koala ducked. The shock sent Teddy flying, and he landed stunned, in between two tree roots. At the second strike, the reptile did not miss, and in a minute the faithful mother lay lifeless on the ground, and the snake dragged her away. When Teddy was left all alone, he uttered a mournful wail remark- ably like that of a human baby. He had sense enough to climb a tree, and he stayed there till sunset and waited for the moon to rise. Then he slowly climbed down his tree and shambled away .... There is nothing so beautiful as an Australian moonlight night in the bush. The graceful trees seem to become more than merely trees ; they appear to impersonate living bodies. The leaves quiver, sending little darts of shadow everywhere. A party of settlers were travelling that night, along the rough cart-track. An old covered wagon was their only means of transportation. They were silent, not wishing to disturb the brilliant beauty of the scene. The only sounds were the creaking of the old wooden wheels and the weary clopping of the horses ' hoofs. All at once, one of the men saw a little black shadow moving along the side of the road. ' ' What is it? was the tense whisper that went around. The little figure advanced into the moonlight, and the travellers saw a tiny baby Koala looking, oh, so sleepy, and crying in little weary whimpers. Immediately a kindly youth jumped off the wagon and strode over to the terrified little Teddy. He gathered him into his arms and carried him to the shelter of the old car. The Branksome Slogan 57 From then on, Teddy was the pet of the whole group. The only trouble was, food! At first he was content with a diet of bread and milk, but as he grew he needed other things. Everyday the men gathered a collection of different kinds of gum-leaves and Teddy chose his own. The settlers travelled until they arrived at a suitable location for a village. Here they built their huts, and here it was that Teddy grew up. In comparative freedom, he grew to love the villagers. He lived in a ibeautiful blue-gum tree on the edge of the bush, and was often seen with a pretty little female koala, who afterwards became his mate, and they brought up a happy little family of koalas in the old blue- gum tree. LUCY DECK, (Grade VIII). SPRING Now the spring has come again, Winter ' s gone away, I always know it s springtime when The birds come every day. The garden is a sunny place, With trees on either side. The apple trees are white as lace, The lawn is green and wide. The lilac bush is full of bees. The honeysuckle, too. And every little gentle breeze Brings out the flowers new. ALLISON BROWN (Grade V). MY MAP I have a little map, I hung it on my wall. And I can see Africa, Asia, and all. RATIONING Gas rationing is such a trial And when we want to go a mile, We have to stop ourselves and say, ' T mustn ' t v aste the gas this way. Tire rationing is just as bad And he who hoards, he is a cad. I think we all know what it ' s for But, if you don ' t, it ' s for the war. CAROL PENDRITH (Grade VI). JOHANNA BROUGHALL (Grade IV). 58 The Branksome Slogan MY VISIT TO NORWAY When I went to Norway with my mother, I stayed at my uncle ' s on a farm. He hved in a house very different from ours in Canada. It was a wonderful hoiuse to me. There were ladders leading to the doors and small verandas on both sides. The roomis inside were fairly large. I used to play with my httle friend. We ahvays used to wade in the mountain streamiS. The mountains are very high tand beautiful and many streams run down them. There were many goats and kids on my uncle ' s farm, and I used to play with them. When it was time for mother and me to go home, we sailed from Goteborg on the coast of Norway. We stopped for a short time in England and then sailed for Can- ada, landing in Mointreal. GILL MASSEY (Grade III). MY HOME IN SWEDEN In Sweden I lived for two years in Stockholm. 1 went to school every day. I was in kindergarten. I had a little dog in Sweden and he was black and white. He would come to meet me on my way home from school. I used to go and call for my friends sometimes. We woiuld go swimming and play in the woods near by. When I came to Canada my father took me to Branksome Hall. He took me to see Miss Read. She spoke to me kindly and then sent me over to Miss de Witt ' s class. Since I have been at Branksome I have studied many subjects. They are Reading, Writing, Spell- ing, English, Social Studies, French, Art and Sewing. JEAN BEACH (Grade II). THE BEE I am not very big, I am not very small, I am not very short, I am not very tall. Some people don ' t like me. It seems quite a pity. My father was tall. My niother was pretty. Dear mother and father, Alas ! they were squashed. But I ' m not going to be, not me! I am a bee! PHILLIPPA SHARWOOD (Grade VII). The Branksome Slogan 59 THE BIRDS ' LULLABY SUMMER SUN Isn ' t it lovel} to heacr the birds sing Up in the ti ' ees so high ? Singing their songs of summer and spring, Just like a bird ' s lullaby. NAOMI DE LANGLEY (Grade V). MY PEN I have a little pen that writes Every word I tell it. It writes my name, And where I live. I ' ll never, never sell it. JOAN HALL (Grade V). 0 Summer sun, Why do you shine so bright? You shine in my bedroom windov , And make it very light. 0 Summer sun, You have a glossy gleam, Just like a shining stream. lONE JEFFERS (Grade V). A PRAYER OF THANKS Thank you, God, for all the food. Bless it to our daily use. Thank you for the birds that sing. Thank you for our earthly king. Thank you, God, for everything, HEATHER HUGHES (Grade V). EASTER Easter, always makes me think Of lovely little pink Wes bunnies. That briskly skip around. Among wee tiny Easter eggs, All hidden in the ground. ROSEMARY ROBERTS (Grade IV). GOOD-BYE It was all over so quickly .... a kiss .... a tender whisper . . . . one last good-bye. She smiled bravely through her tears, as he waved a hand in parting. His mouth quivered slightly, but his head was thrown back with pride. This was the day he had so long expected. This was his day. It would not be long before he saw her beloved face again. Resolution echoed in his steps as he strode along. He had no need to be afraid. Today he had reached manhood . . . This was his first day at Kinder- garten ! SHIRLE MILNER (Form VA). THE CLAN CHIEFTAINS Marion Hughes, Ann Nicholls, Sarah Symons, Mary MacMillan, Rosanne Parkinson, Alice Cochrane, Nancy Trees, Natalie Kemp. THE SUB-PREFECTS Back Row: — Sonia Skinner, Patricia Hobbs, Rosanne Parkinson, Sarah Symons, Veronica Owen, Eve Beddow, Elizabeth Kinnear. Front Row : — Suzette Liviyigston, Nancy Trees, Nancy Fairley, Natalie Kemp, Margaret Wilkinson, Ann Nicholls. THE CLASS PRESIDENTS Back Row: — Shirley Broivn, Joan Butler, Robin Whyte, Nancy Farnv.m, Joan Adams, Caroline Massey, Joan Frankel, Margaret Smythe. Front Row: — Nancy Fairley, Helen Russell, Susan Davis, Sheila MacOueen, Margaret Wilkinson. 62 The Branksome Slogan SPC SWIMMING This year there has been more enthusiasm shown for the Life Saving than ever before. At the end of last year four girls received the Award of Merit: Eleanor Coats- worth, Diana Griffith, Susan Davis, and Eve Beddow. This year there are seven candidates for this Award: Rose-Mar j an Hartog, Ro- sanna Parbury, Peggy McKelvey, Joyce Cobban, Christine Dendy, Brenda Cruikshank, and A n n Irwin. The following girls won their First Class Instructors Certifi- cates: Shirley Young, Ann Irwin, and Peggy McKelvey. June White- head and Barbara Browne won their Second Class Instructors Cer- tificates. The girls who passed their In- termediate Tests are Elspeth Fair- bairn, Nancy Frankel, Agnes Fairbairn, Anne Thoburn, Joan Southam, Ann Hargraft, Erica Cruikshank, Lucy Deck, Anne James, Helen German, and Marjory Rogers. The Bronze Medals were won by the following: Anne Law, Brenda Cruikshank, Patricia Durand, Mar- garet Smythe, Patricia Bell-Irving, Elizabeth German, Jean Horwill, Cherry MacGregor, Rachel Rutter, Christabel Parbury, Marion Lewis, Jacqueline Dimock, Avis Bowen, Diana Beck, Joyce Cobban, and Sally Chapman. SALLY CHAPMAN (Clan McLeod). RTS BASKETBALL The First Team Captain: Ruth Beynon. Team: Jill Milligan, Bridget Gregson, Elizabeth Kinnear, Mar- garet Capener, Mary Van Wyck. After many weeks of practising, the First Team started off their season with a bang playing a close game against Havergal, the score being 31-25, in Branksome ' s fa vour. The next game was against Bishop Straichan and we were beaten 21-16. Then we pulled up our socks and again beat Havergal, this time by 22-18, a close shave but a victory nevertheless. We then played a game with the Alumnae, who beat us 43-27. For our final game, we had the privilege of playing the girls of Laurel School in Cleveland, Ohio. This was a grand game, be- sides being a very interesting ex- perience for us. MARY VAN WYCK (Clan MacGregor). THE PHYSICAL TRAINING REVIEW The 1942 Gymnasium Review- was held in Branksome Hall gym- nasium on Friday evening, April 24th. The review was opened by the singing of the school song by the entire senior school, followed by folk dancing, vaulting, tap and square dancing, and an exhibition The Branksome Slogan 63 of fundamental gymnastics. The evening was closed by the s inging of God Save the King, during which the girls were arranged in clans behind their chieftains and banners, with a row of prefects and sub-prefects around the outer edge of the room. Owing to the lack of space in the gym., the Junior school held their review on Wednesday after- noon, April 29th. It was excellent- ly carried out and much enjoyed by a large number of parents and friends. It is hoped that conditions in 1943 will again permit the use of Varsity Arena for the Gymnastic Demonstration. SHIRLE MILNER (Glan Ross). THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council has done very little work of an administra- tive character this year. This is a tribute to the very fine co-opera- tive spirit which exists between the staff and students of Brank- some Hall. As the Council is composed of the presidents of all the classes, the juniors, as well as the senior forms, have a chance to express their opinions. This greatly helps to unify and crystallize the school spirit. SHEILA MACQUEEN (Form VA). EVENING PAUSE There ' s a hush upon the mountain, there ' s a hush upon the hill. There ' s a hush upon the meadov and the sighing trees are still, There ' s a hush upon the woodland, there ' s a hush upon the plain. For the sun has lost her glory and is leaving us again. Oh, the singing stream is silent and the birds their shrill songs cease. And the hillside is enveloped in the magic cloak of peace. For a while the willows whisper, but once more the world is hushed. And the sky is glowing golden and the clouds are rosy-flushed. Yes, the sun is sinking westward and the clouds are lined with gold, And, afar off, the weary shepherd brings his sheep into the fold. With that majesty so matchless, great Apollo steals away, And the last long shadows linger as departs the dying day. DOREEN MARTIN (Form IVB). 64 The Branksome Slogan THE BRANKSOME CAROL SERVICE On Sunday, December 14th, the Branksome Carol Service was held at Old St. Andrew ' s Presbyterian Church, attended by large numbers of relatives of the pupils, and friends of the school. The con- gregation joined in the proces- sional Oh Come, All ye Faithful, and at other times throughout the service. The school, under the direction of Miss Shaw, sang numerous beautiful carols, often with the descant accompaniment of the choir, who also contributed several solo numbers. The juniors, also, sang several carols, including two in French, that were greatly ap- preciated. The service closed with a Christ- mas pageant, displaying all the mystery and wonder that has grown up concerning the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the final scene of the Virgin Babe being inex- pressably beautiful. The collection taken was, as usual, for the Christmas Baskets provided for poor families. JEAN NORMAN (Form VA). VICTORIA REGINA On Friday evening, April 17th, Victoria Regina was presented to an enthusiastic audience by a group of Senior School girls, cap- ably directed by Miss MacNeill and Miss Reader Harris. This out- standing play was a great success. Notable in their parts were Honor Pass as ' Victoria , aind Jill Milli- gan as Albert . Their fine per- formances brought them the weli- deserved praises of the whole school. Difficult of execution, pic- turing as it does the life of the Queen from her accession to the throne in 1837 to the Jubilee in 1897, the play was well performed, being in the best tradition of en- tertainment at Branksome. 1066 AND ALL THAT On Friday, October 17th, the English girls, under the able direc- tion of Miss Reader Harris, gave a presentation of several scenes from 1066 and All That . The play is a humorous take-off of Enghsh History, from the time Julius Caesar was com.pelled to invade Britain in 55 B.C.— in the Olden Days, when the Romans were Top Nation on account of their classical education, to the Indian Mutiny, which, however, bad as it was, was a good thing really, as it was the cause of Lucknow ' s being relieved by Generals Haveiock and Ellis, and Lord Roberts got the V.C. and stayed on for forty-one years. There was a part in the play for everyone who wanted to be in it. (There was a cast of ni nety). The songs were old tunes with new words; every scene of it was fun, from the first rehearsal to the night itself, and I hope the audi- ence liked seeing it as much as we enjoyed giving the performance. ALUMNAE The regular work meeting-s of the Branksome Hall Association have been held every Monday dur- ing the school year, except during the Christmas and Easter holi- days, with an average attendance of twenty-three. Over five hundred articles were made for the forces and more than one hundred and sixty articles for babies and child- ren. Thirty-eight personal pro- perty bags were sent to England and ten quilts were made f rom old socks and v oollen pieces. There have been four executive meetings during the year. At our first meeting, September four- teenth, plans were made for oiur most ambitious project, possibly the most ambitious undertaking of a social nature ever attempted by the B.H.A.A. This was the Portia White concert held November seventh, in the Eaton Auditorium. The gratifying results of this con- cert were that, with our timely help, a young artist is well launch- ed on a most promising career and that the Alumnae Association cleared over seven hundred dollars in the pleasantest manner possible. This was our only appeal for financial assistance this year and the money has been allotted to the various requirements of O ' ur war work. A new feature this year was the appointment of a Permanent Com- mittee of Representatives. The members of the committee with the years they represent are as follows : 1903-08— Lillie Shannon Plant. 1909-10— M a r g a r e t Maclennan Smythe. 1911-12— Irene Martin. 1913.14_Louise Maclennan White- head. 1915-16 — Marjorie Cook Proudfoot. 1917-18 — Lois Howard Armstrong. 1919-20— Beatrice Martin Calvert. 1921-22— Catherine Hyde Phin. 1923-24— Evelyn Mackay Gerow. 1925— Mary Duff Wace. 1926 — Marjorie Watson Tow. 1927— Christine Auld. 1928— Ray Cayley. 1929— Margaret Withers. 1930— Helen Stephens Howe. 1931— Donalda Macleod. 1932— Ruth Stock. 1933_Inez Ante. 1934_Charlotte Deacon. 1935 — Philippa Chapman. 1936— Betty Williamson. 1937_Nancy Stirrett. 1938— Joan Franks. 1939— Joan Mitchell. 1940 — Gwen Norman. 1941 — Janet Brown. 65 6G The Branksome Slogan From now on, whenever possible, each graduating class will be repre- sented by the Head Girl. Miss Read entertained the Alum- nae and graduating class at dinner Saturday, April 25th. After dinner Donalda Macleod addressed the graduates and welcomed them as members of the Association. Isabel Coulthard, Branksome ' s Head Girl, thanked her and introduced Eliza- beth Fowler, Sheila MacQueen, Patricia Stockton, Gaynor Powell and Flavia Elliott, who told the Alumnae of various school activi- ties. The Annual Meeting was then called to order by the President, Mary Wardlaw, who gave a sum- mary of the work accomplished during the year. Reports were read by the Sewing Convener, Treasurer and Secretary. The elec- tion of officers was then held. Be- fore the meeting adjourned a very happy ceremony took place when Mary Wardlaw, on behalf of the Alumnae, presented Miss Read with the Doctor of Laws gown which she wore when the degree was conferred on her by Dalhousie University. Members of the executive for the year 1942-43 are as follows: — Honorary President — Miss Read. President — Mary Wardlaw. First Vice-President — Laura Stone Bradfield. Second Vice-President — Do nalda Macleod. Treasurer — Ruth Hamilton Up- john. Secretary — Margaret Withers. Scholarship Convener — Jean Morton. Sewing Convener — Daisy Ro- bertson Gall. Social Convener Florence Kingsley Bastow. Slogan Representative — Ainslie McMichael. Gommittee: Grace Morris Craig, Florence Boyle Robinson, Marnie Milner, Catherine Bryaais, Jean Lander, Isabel Coulthard. GLADYS BILLINGS IRELAND, Secretary. The Branksome Slogan 67 Personals Miss Read was in Halifax in May when the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris cawsa, was conferred on her by her alma mater, Dalhousie University. We are all very proud that she has received this well- deserved honour. The following Old Girls are living in vaiious parts of Canada: — Barbara Ross Dixon, Vancouver; Virginia Piers Finch Noyes is in Victoiria with her naval husband, and Catherine Wilks Hay vard is in Yorkton, Sask. Mary Dickson Ringland, Margaret Boiughton Mannix are in Calgary, and Betty Merrick Kettle well and Joan Romeyn Birnie are living in Medicine Hat. Ruth Gibson Waaler is in Moose Jaw, and Patricia Gibbons Guy is making Winnipeg her home, v hile Marion Pirie Coleman is domiciled in Dundas, Ont. Constance Davies Wilson, Clare Keachie McDougal, Dorothy Trano Stoneham and Ruth Gordon Craig are in Hamilton. Montreal claims Jean Boyd Smith and Betty Hagmeier MacCarthy. The latest additions to the Ottawa Alumnae are Grace Ryrie Chisholm — there for the duration — Mary Roberts Hay, Dorothy Thayer Banwell and Suzanne Gaby MacBrien. Mary McDonald Bell Irving is in Trenton, and Jean Turnbull Hunter in Clinton. Mary Gib- son Baylay is at home in St. John, N.B. ; Gertrude Winger Macdonald is living in Rothesay, N.B., and Alice Livingston Kidd is in Moncton with her husband who is on Atlantic Convoy Patrol duty, Lena Ellis Morwick has returned to Toronto from Hamilton. Rachel Sheppard Devine may be addressed Midland. Helen McKim is now living in Port Arthur, and Jean Mcintosh Swinden has lately gone to Fort William where she will in future reside. Jeanette McVicar Vila lives in Chippawa,, Ont., and Barbara Waite Kee is making her home in Schu- macher. Hazel Wilkinson Barrett is domiciled in Belleville, and Gene- vieve Inglis Harcourt in Gaspe, P.Q. Isabel Farlinger Debeney and Ann Bastedo Blaikie are living in Pembroke where their liusbands are sta tioned. Margaret Burkholder Hilliard was in Toronto in February en route to Trinidad where she will reside. Charlotte Leitch Clements lives at Miami Beach, Madeleine Rogers Peers is now in Washington, D.C., and Helen Home Shenstone in Dayton, Ohio. Alice Uns worth is living in Hollywood, and Helen Unsworth Merrill in Gleiidale, Cal. Milli- cent Raymond Baker is in Norfolk, Virginia, with her husband who is in the United States navy, and Janet Garfield Brown is in California to be near her husband who is with the United States forces. Harriet Taggart Pearse is domiciled in Key West, Fla. Jean McKee is now 68 The Branksome Slogan Mrs. Daniel Greeley, she lives in Tacoma, Wash., and acquired a son the end of March. Upon her g-raduation from the University of Toronto, June, 1941, Catherine Bryans won an award for contributing most to all-university activities. Jeanne Montgomery g-raduated in medicine April 17, 1942, and the following- g-raduated in May from other faculties of Toronto University: — Marion Dietrich, Margaret Harrison, Marjorie Schuch, Joan Franks and Joy Mackinnon. At University Colleg-e, just completing their first year, are Ruth Aikenhead, Barbara Elliott, Margaret Emmerson, Joy Ferguson, Kath- leen Harbinson, Dorothy Hewetson, Leonore Koppel, Jean Nathanson, Shirley Shoebottom, Dorothy Turner, Joan Vanstone, Betty and Shirley Wells and Thelma Kerr. Thelma spent last summer studying at Trois Pistoles and received first prize for French diction. Marjorie Anne Sims and Peggy Purvis are at St. Hilda ' s. Peggy was a member of the team chosen, by her college tO ' compete in the Intramural Women ' s Swimming Meet, held in March. Audrey Lyons is taking the Modern Language course and plays on the freshman basketr-ball team. Winni- fred Clarke is alsoi a freshman and plays on the team. Winnie finds time to help with the concert parties which entertain the troops and does some very clever clogging. Bernie Harris is taldng occupational therapy. Shirley Smith is at the School for Child Study, and Elaine Read has just finished the first year in the School of Nursing. Christine Pearse is attending Macdonald College; St. Anne de Bellevue. Kathleen Everett is at the University of Manitoba, and Jocelyn Baker is a freshman at the University of British Columbia. Margaret Buller is also at University of British Columbia working to- wards becoming a lab. technician, and Norah Rend ell is in her second year. Applied Science, at this same university. Nancy Bash who is a senior at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, gave special dance num- bers at the annual dance recital held at the college in April. Marie Parkes has been appointed to the position of Acting General Secretary-Treasurer of the Students ' Administration Council of the Uni- versity of Toronto. Jean Ross was the general convener of the Victoria College Alumnae bridge and entertainment held in February. She and her committee ' ' turned out an evening ' s entertainment such as Victoria has never seen before to quote from the University Monthly for March. Joan Tamblyn was director of the U.C. Follies, the first time there has been a woman director. Leonore Kinghorn is president of the Beta Tau Chapter of the Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity. Betty Williamson is taking a post-graduate course in Teaching and The Branksome Slogan 69 Supervision for Hospital Work at the University of Toronto, School of Nursing. Mary Young and Mary Burroughes are nurses-in-training at the Wellesley Hospital. Anna Marie Smart is a pupil dietitian at the Western Hospital. Kathrine Campbell is doing private nursing in Toronto, and Janet McCaig is nursing in Sault Ste. Marie. Trudean Spencer is an occupational therapist in the Vancouver General Hospital and Madeleine Cantelon is a V.A.D. in a Vancouevr hospital. Constance O ' Grady obtained the Governor- GeneraFs medal at the Prize Giving of the Ontario College of Art in May, 1941. Betty Pidding- ton, Frances Tresidder and Eleanor Henderson graduated with honours. Pamela Pearse was also among the 1941 graduates. Francean Camp- bell obtained a musical scholarship at Mills College, San Francisco, and (Dr.) Macia Campbell has an interneship in a California hospital. Dorothy Hoyle was the chairman of the committee for the Course for Counsellors which was held in the Y.W.C.A. in March. It was sponsored by the Counsellors ' Sections of the Ontario Camping Associa- tioin. In the secretary ' s report you will read about Miss Portia White who gave isuch a delightful concert under the auspices of the Toronto Alumnae. Miss White went to Winnipeg in March to sing for the Women ' s Musical Club. Elinor Stovel Meyer arranged a tea at one of the clubs toi give the Winnipeg Alumnae the opportunity of meeting her. Junior Commander Margaret Eaton, C.W.A.C., has been posted to Staff Headquarters, Ottawa, and Mary Barker is a Commandant of Division No. 1, C.W.A.C., London, Ont. Elizabeth Burruss is in Eng- land with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, she headed the Canadians and was second in the class at recent examinations. Betty Jane In- wood is with the C.W.A.C. at St. Anne de Eellevue, and Mary Glen- dinning has charge of the supply depot of this corps in Toronto. Gertrude Carlyle is attached to the Calgary branch of this unit and is Second Lieutenant. She came to Toronto in April for a three weeks ' Ordnance course. Gwen Prattis is also with the C.W.A.C. Haldane Goodeve is at Camp Borden, an M.T. driver. Peggy Waldie Louns- borough and Elizabeth Trees are in Great Britain with the Canadian Transport Service Ruth Carlyle is overseas with number eight General Hospital, as physiotherapist. Louise Jamieson is a nurse at- tached to the Britisih South Africa Military Service. Jean Crawford Smith is a member of the Red Cross Transport Service, Toronto. Katiharine Waterman is with the Women ' s Army Corps in Montreal. Dorothy Rason Lyon is joint head cd all the preparation of equip- ment for donated blood as well as its bottling in the blood serum de- 70 The Branksome Slogan partment of the Red Cross, Toronto. At first this vital work was handled only by technicians, now it is done by volunteers. Other Can- adian cities followed suit and their volunteers are all trained in Dorothy ' s department. Helen Spencer Hug hes has been organizing salvage col- lections in Welland where she is residing during her husband ' s absence overseas. , Margaret Morton Lightbourn is the head of the English branch of mail censors in Bermuda, and Frances Smith Zuill is the only woman member of the Bermuda Trade Development Board. Nora Conklin made her debut at the Town Hall, New York City, on December seventh. The following notice of the concert appeared in the New York Herald Tribune: — A debut of unusual promise was made by Nora Conklin, young Canadian contralto, in Town Hall last night. Miss Conklin ' s voice Js an exceptionally fine one, rich and warm in tex- ture, of great volume when employed full strength and of good range. There is no reason why she should not take her place among the dis- tinguished contraltos of the day. Her delivery of the Handel aria dis- closed an admirable sense of style and her florid singing therein was appropriatelj light in weight and clean cut. Miss Conklin may grow to be an artise of genuine distinction. Lorraine Whalen gave a most successful recital at the Heliconian Club in April. Molly Sclater was the pianist for the Branksome Hall operetta which was produced the end of March. ; A royal blue rug, hand- woven by Nadine Angstrom, v as presented to the Princess Alice on the occasion of a visit paid by Her Royal High- ness to the Women ' s Art Association the end of April. Marian Morton has a studio where she carves and paints those very attractive birds which are worn as lapel pins. Grace Meikle had an exhibition of her pictures at the, Arts Club, Asquith Ave., last autumn, and Janet Hender- son held an exhibit of her paintings in March, at this same club. Shirley Halsted is the Pro. at the Syracuse Figure Skating Club, Syracuse, N.Y. Elizabeth Ann McKellar was awarded third place in the Canadian lady figure skating championship held in Winnipeg in Janu- ary. She took part in the Prince Albert carnival in March. Lorna McLean Sheard, Florence Kemp Hammill and JMary Kings- mill are among those taking part in the Troop Show which is a weekly event at various army camps throughout Ontario. Mary McFarland and Eleanor Hamilton are going to England with Dr. Blatz ' s party to help establish nursery schools. Joyce Bertram, Diana Hawkins and Louise Mackenzie graduated from the Margaret Eaton School, May : 1 41. Diana is teaching at St. Margaret ' s, Kirk- The Branksome Slogan 71 field, Ont. Katharine Cannon, who graduated from Toronto University last year, has a post at Havergal. Helen Chitty goes to Ottawa June first where she will undertake a war job. Charlotte Deacon has a po sition with the British Purchasing Com- mission, New York City. Mairgaret Pyke Henshaw isi in IMiss Ada Mac- kenzie ' s shop. Nancy Stirrett is in charge of publicity Toronto Art Gallery, and Helen Rooke is secretary at Ottawa Ladies ' College. Lydia Phipps is in an office in Port Arthur and gives her spare time to the work of the Women ' s Transport Sen ice. Clare Brown Harris is living in Los Angeles and is secretary to a well-known psychotherapist. Joan Doteon has an office position with the Hydro-Electric, and Anne Dobson is assistant secretary at Branksome. Gwendolen Plant, who graduated with honours ini Modern History from the University, June, 1941, is with the Bell Telephone Co. Betty Marshall is also one of their em- ployees. Beth Nelson and Mary Percy have office positions in Toronto, and Marcia Fowler and Rosemary Baker are working in Vancouver banks. Johanne Lockhart is in Simpson ' s book depai ' tment, and Gwen Norman is with the North American Life Co. Mary Gall is in Eaton ' s ' ' Thrift House . Jean Lander is with the Neighbourhood Workers as dietitian, and Margaret Wardlaw is resident worker in the East End Day Nursery. Lei th Hutchinson F ' oisberry is working in a munitions plant in Tor- onto, and Irla Mueller is working in one in Sorel, P.Q. Marion Thomson is an inspector in a plant in Brantford. Shurley Dickson has an office position with the de Haviland firm, and Kathryn Carlyle is with a firm in Bouchard, P.Q. Helen Akeiinan has a job in the Parliament Build- ings, Toronto, and Natalie Campbell is teaching school in Arnprior. Susan Smith Brown is in charge of the collection of magazines donated by Junior Leagued Members to the Active Service magazine depot. Elinor Williams Lind was the Convener of the Public Speaking course sponsored by the League for its members. At the annual meet- ing held in April she was appointed one of the vice-presidents. Kitty Morden is one of the ' ' recorders at the Red Cross warehouse. The warehouse deals v ith, civilian clothing which is collected, sorted and sent to bomb victims. Ontario handles half of Canada ' s quota and Tor- onto ' s share is half of that. Helen Richardson Stearns is the Junior League representative toi the Board of the Protestant Children ' s Home. Mary Kingsmill is in charge of hospital clinics and Eleanor Lyle easa work. Mizpah Sussex Lithgow went to the Pacific Coast last October and stayed over in Calgary with Margaret McQueen Heard. Flora Wake- field spent Christmas in Nassau, and Margaret Withers was in New The Branksome, Slogan Orleans in March. Mildred and Aileen Winslow spent t?ie winter in Florida and Isabel Cown Butler also visited this state in February. Dorothy Walkover went to California in January for a three months ' sojourn, and Phyllis Van der Burg Thomas, who lives in California, and hsr small daughter spent last summer in Canada, Betty Stambaugh Stratton returned the end of April from spending some time in Jamaica where her husband was stationed. Mary Bates Lynch Watson arrived in Halifax from England in March and proceeded at once to Bermuda to join her husband. Mary Becker Grant is busy doing canteen work in Australia, the Canadian women who live in Sydney take charge c tai n days and endeavour to out-rival the Australian hostesses. Dorothy Leeming Le Corbeiller, her son and husband managed to leave France, June, 1941, and are living in Cambridge, Mass. M. Le Corbeiller is professor of mathematics at Harvard. Kathleen Gunne Li wis and her two children were at Pearl Harbour when the Japs made their first attack and had a harrowing experience. Amea Brewin Willoughby, whose husband is financial assistant to the United States High Commissioner to the Phillipines had a thrilling escape from Gorregidor to Australia. She left Australia in March and is now in Victoria, B.C. The daughters of Margaret Mackenzie Hodgson and Dorothy Kennedy Smith are in residence this year, as are the sisters of Barbara and Jane Ross and Jean Stobie Osier and the nieces of Sarah MacGregor Findlay, Audrey Porteous Wimster and the late Maud Kern. In the day school are the children of Delphine Burr Keens, Catherine North- way Thcburn, Edith Burchell Strickland, Grace Morris Craig, Helen Richardson Steams, Justine Campbell Richardson, Mary Johnston Magee, Virginia Gundy Thomson, Audrey Hewitt Massey and Ann Bastedo Blaikie, who also contributed a son to the Nursery School. Helen Holmes Broughall sends us another daughter, Rowena Harris and Barbara Sloan, sisters, and the nieces of Madeleine Chisholm Moon, Ruth Hamilton Upjohn, Margaret Aiken, Margaret Steele Blake, and Margery Watson Tow are also in the day school. Lucille Robinson Pratt ' s war guest is with us. The following Old Girls visited the school: — Helen Gilman, Rochester, N.Y. ; Margaret Essery Butler, South America; Elizabeth Ann Tanner Matthes, Cleveland; Barbara Spencer, Vancouver, B.C.; Dorothy Bou hton,, Ottawa, Ont. ; Kethryn Rowe, Prince Albert, Sask. ; Marjorie Hazelwood, Winnipeg, Man.; Louise Jamieson, Durham, Ont.; Helen Spencer Hughes, Welland, Ont. ; Mary Hendrie Cumming, London, England; Muriel Shewan Grant, Ames, Iowa; Bessie Webster Brown, Gait, Ont. ; Gertrude Carlyle, Calgary, Alta. ; Haldane Goodeve, Chatham, Ont. The Branksome Slogan 73 Marriages 1941 Jean Morton (Quebec City), to D. Bruce Rayside, March 15th. Ruth Corrigan to Geo. Donald McKay, May 17th. Florence Fraser to Gerald Drew Smith, May 17th. Mary Clement to Eric. R. Edwards, May 22nd. Jane Ryan to Ralph B. McDonald, May 24th. Theodosia Burr to James H. Pitman, May. Catherine Matthews to Arthur F. Cooper, June 2nd. Margery Morton to Eugene F. Noel, June 7th. Marion Ellsworth to Donald H. Rowan, Jr., June 14th. Miriam Locke to Chas. Henry Barrett, June 14th. Suzanne Sweatman to Wm. Raymond McNeillie, June 17th. Jean Boyd to J. F. Caulfield Smith, June 21st. Jeanette Mc Vicar to Alan Parry Vila, June 21st. Ruth McAllister to Gordon B. Humphreys, June 25th. Gretchen Gray to ' Hugh M. Bedford Jones, June 28th. Margaret Gibbs to Moore Jackson, June 28th. Margaret Steele to James A. Blake, June 28th. Mary Gibson to George Bay lay, July 5 th. Caroline Morgan to Arthur B. Rothfus, July 11th. Dorothy Edg r to Geo. Saunders Reid, July 16th. Betty Becker to John S. Kilgour, July 19th. Constance. Pringle to John L. Wright, July 19th. Eleanor Bone to Harold Ed. Dahl, July. Margaret Mickle to William E. Allan, August 16th. Elizabeth Boehm to A. H. FitzGerald, August 29t}i. Barbara Powis to John Michell, August 29th. Kathleen Boyd to Jas. Albert Carter, August 30th. Mary Dickson to John C. Ringland, September 1st. Catherine Wilkes to Robt. A. Haywood, September 6th. Mary Campbell Ga Nun to Dudley J. Lewis, September. Muriel Hendry to Eric D wight Chown, September 6th. Helen Wilson Liersch to R. E. Hunter Ogilvie, September 13th. The Branksome Slogan Elizabeth Ann Tanner to Carl F. Matthes, September 13th. Mary Nicholson to Geo. Morice Henderson, September 20th. Betty Flavelle to Gage H. Love, September 20th. Clare Keachie to John McDoiugall, September 20th. Kathleen Harding Bell to James A. Gairdner, September 27th. Eleanor Gibson to Kenneth J. MacGregor, October 4th. Eleanor Smith to Eric V. Allport, October 10th. Helen Stephens :to Wm. Dean Howe, October 11th. Twila Lounsbury to Garnet A. May, October 11th. Betty Hagmeier to Arthur H. MacCarthy, October 18th. Evelyn Baker to Austin H. Burch, October 18th. Margaret Griffis to Norman D. Moffat, October 25th. Margaret Kilgour to John D. Cameron, November 15th. Hazel Wilkinson to Flavelle Barrett, November 15th, Peggy Bell to Frederick M. Woolhouse, November. Ruth Gibson to Per Waaler, November 29th. Winifred Gibson to John L. Stewart, Jr., December 6th. Genevieve Inglis to John G. Harcourt, December 6th. Jean Stobie to Edmund Boyd Osier, December 10th. Marion Miller to Oscar S. Straus, Jr., December 11th. P g .y Marshall to Wm. 0. Buchanan, December 27th. Patricia Gibbons to Robt. Du Val Guy, December 27th. Elizabeth Young to M. H. M. MacKinnon, December 20th. Diana Marriott to John R. Irwin, December 30th. 1942 Marion Pirie to Jas. Rushton Coleman, January 17 th. Eleanor Wilson to Jonathan Britton Fisher, January 17th. Suzanne Gaby to Wm. Ross MacBrien, January 24th. Alma Skinner Mitchell to Chas. Leslie Owens, January. Barbara Phillips to Douglas F. Cousins, February 7th. Barbara Waite to Chas. Alex. Kee, February 7th. Yvonne Cherry to Eiarl Edgar Foster, February 7th. Audrey Porteous to Wm. Wimster, February 14th. Barbara Ross to Howard Hem y Dixon, February 21st. Jean TurnbuU to Harold Alex. Hunter, March 7th. Mary McDonald to Gordon Bell Irving, March 14th. Phyllis Pinder to koibert Wm. Thompson, March 18th. Florence Kemp to Arthur Douglas Hammill, April 4th. The Branksome Slogan Kathryn Shirriff to Joihn Marshall Reid, April 11th. Catherine Meyers to Richard Ross McCleary, April 11th. Joan Romeyn to Andrew W. Birnie, April 11th. Elizabeth Henry to Gordon H. Dunn, April 18th. Betty Ostroisser to Ronald Sanderson, April. Births 1941 Margaret Burkholder Hilliard, a soh, February. Margaret Dunoon Bick, a daughter, March 13th. Mairgaret Heather Pennal, a daughter, March 19th. Frances Whitman Davis, a son, April 30th. Roma Wilson Knapp, a daughter, May 6th. Jean McLaurin Precious, a daughter, May 8th. Lorna Somerville Crane, a son. May 9th. Esther Mc Waters Ewart, a daughter. May 9th, Betty Wheler Robinson, a son. May 14th. Marion Breay Beale, a daughter. May 29th. Harriet Taggart Pearse, a son. May 31st. Margaret Hend erson Tarr, a son. May 31st. Jocelyn Boone McPhedran, a son, June 5th. Norah Deacon McConnell, a daughter, June 14th. Ruth Rutherford Kinnear, a son, June 18th. Marjorie Bone Walwyn, a son, June 21st. Lillian Kribs Mackenzie, a daiUg ' hter, June 25th. Bernice Andrews Bickford, a son, June 29th. Phyllis Pattison Caldwell, a son, July 2nd. Margaret Beck Margesson, a son, July 8th. Mary Eraser Williams, a daughter, July 14th. Ruth Hindmarsh Eolland, a son, July 16th. Margaret Henderson Corrigan, a daughter, July 17tb. Audrey Piddington Symnes, a son, July 17th. Mary Wardlaw Edwards, a son, July 21st. Elinor Williams Lind, a son, July 27th. Caroline Bull Glyn, a daughter, August 1st. Mildred Mahood Thomson, a son, August 10th. Virginia Gundy Whiteley, a daughter, August 11th. Doris Sweeney Price, a daughter, August. Mary Trainer Out rbridge, a daughter, August 31st. Katherine Plaunt Thomson, a son, September 7th. The Branksome Slogan Katharine Robson Telfer, a son, September 13th. Wynifred Gentles Felton, a daug-hter, September 14th. Dorothy Pattison Forsyth, a son, September 15th. Joan Knowlton Ayers, a daughter, September 17th. Rachel Sheppard Devine, a son, October 9th. Virginia Piers Finch Noyes, a daughter, October 19th. Barbara Dailley Ronisoh, a son, October. Edna Chown Morse, a son, October 19th. Betty Wilson Auger, a son, October 20th. Marian Plaunt Mahaffy, a son, October 24th. Joy Thompson Hamber, a son, October 25th. Mary McLean Stewart, a son, November 6th. Jane Bastedo Dawson, a son, November 6th. Lillice Read Le Roy, a son, November 15th. Elizabeth Beck Boddington, a daughter, November 16th. Wilma Bate Smith, a son, November 17th. Norah Fletcher Raikes, a daughter, November 19th. Sybil Jones La Borde, a daug hter, November 28th, Frances Smith Zuill, a daughter, Decembei 1st. Miriam Fox Squires, a son, December 5th. Mary Becker Grant, a son, December 11th. Viola Beauchamp Farrow, a daughter, December 11th. Isabelle Bate Robinson, a son, December 31st. 1942 Jean McEachren Chubb, a son, January 2nd. Margaret Davison Lathrop, a daughter, January 6th. Mary Rowell Jackman, a daughter, January 6th. Sonja Williams Bird, a son, January 17th. Doris McClenaghan Land, a daughter, January 18th. Elizabeth Brydon Dickson, a daughter, January 20th. Grace Davison Gilpin, a son, January 24th. Mona Le Gallais French, a daughter, January 27th. Florence Wilson Thompson, a son, February 1st. Phyllis Cook Carlisle, a son, February 18th. Helen Shaw Thomson, a daughter, February 21st. Frainces Read Smith, a son, February 21st. Margaret Boughton Mannix, a son, February 24th. Margaret Lemon McKay, a daughter, March 9th. Georgina Carman Bryden, a son, March 10th. The Branksome Slogan Doreen Donovan Sweeny, a daughter, March 12th. Betty Piersol Campbell, a daug ' hter, March 18th, Jessie Davis Mackay, a daughter, March 17th. Nancy Macleod Baker, a daughter, March 21st. Dorothy Knowlton Russell, a daughter, March 22nd. Natalie Barber Pearce, a daughter, March 23rd. Dorothy Trano Stoneham, a son, March 29th. Rosamund McCoy Butler, a son, March 29th. Lois Brooks Harshaw, a daughter, March 30th. Jeanette Mc Vicar Vila, a daughter, April 5th. Jane Ryan McDonald, a son, April 10th. Alexandrina Donald Smith, a daughter, April 14th. Jean Loblaw Dawson, a daughter, April 17th. Alice Watson Fleming, a son, April 21st. Nan McLaren Martin, a daughter, April 21st 78 The Branksome Slogan DEATHS 1941 Flying Officer Peter Wm. Lochnan, husband of Jane Lumbers Lochnan, May 23rd. Squadron Leader Richard Bickford, D.F.C., husband of Beatrice Andrews Bickford, August 30th. Squadron Leader C. Bremner Green, husband of Marion Bailhe Green and father of Betsy, October 3rd. Bobbie, son of Bessie Webster Brown, October 26th. Richard Douglas, son of Margaret Smyth Smith, November 12th. 1942 Mr. H. Scott Ritchie, husband of Jean Calvert Ritchie and father of Mary, January 1st. Mr. Chauncey H. Bangs, husband of Dorothy Page Bangs, January 27th. Mr. Douglas Pearch, husband of Marion Skeans Peaixili, March 1st. Major E. Brooke Baxter, husband of Jean Leishman Baxter, March 22nd. Flying Officer Wm. Leslie Mackay, son of Jean Ross Mackay, and brother of Anna, March. STAFF Births To the Rev. and Mrs. Donald Sinclair (Miss Mary Jones), a daughter, August 15th, 1941. To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Duchemin (Miss Carmelita Kinley), a son, January 12th, 1942. To Mr. and Mrs. Leon MacCartney (Miss Dorothy Campbell), a son, January 13th, 1942. To Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Stewart (Miss Margaret Jubien), a daughter, March 1st, 1942. Deaths Mrs. Leon MacCartney (Miss Dorothy Campbell) , January 25th, 1942. The Branksome Slogan 79 M iilemoriam 1941 Joanne Horst, August 14th. Marj Elliott McGucken, September. Norah Deacon McConnell, December 6th. 1942 Marion Maclndoe Meredith, January. Margaret Estabrooks Osborne, February 12th. Nan Gooch Hutchinson, February 17th. cAutog rapk 82 The Branksome Slogan Our Century of accumulated experience ' is at the Service of every Bride in or out of Toronto. Let us help you plan Yciur Wedding. George COLES Limited 719 YONGE STREET RA. 1163 COMPLIMENTS OF DIANA SWEETS 188 BLOOR WEST AND 187 YONGE COMPLIMENTS OF G. TAMBLYN LIMITED A Tamhlyn Saves You Money Drug Store Near You in YOUR COMMUNITY Stores also in: HAMILTON— GUELPH— KITCHENER STRATFORD- -BRANTF0RD—I,9NB ON ST. CATHARINES— WINDSOR CHATHAM— OSHAWA -NIAGARA FALLS— KINGSTON— OTTAWA PETERBOROUGH— SARNI A and BARRIE WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND The Branksome Slogan 83 Care Saves Wear Now more than ever the care taken of your car is vitally important — for care saves wear. Imperial Oil dealers are ready to help you make your car last longer. They sell Canada ' s favourite gasolines and motor oils and are equip- ped to give complete service from bumper to bumper. OIL IS AMMUNITION! 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Ltd Copp Clark Co. Ltd Creeds 87 91 3 86 86 1 7 91 14 13 95 5 84 13 11 95 88 82 82 8 94 10 I PAGE Imiperial Oil Co. Ltd 83 L S. Lightfoot Son Ltd 88 M Maclver Co 95 Macoomlb Press 89 Helen Miller ' s Beauty Salon 92 Modern Containers Ltd 11 Harry T. Munro 94 Mutual Life of Canada 16 N William Neilson Ltd 81 Norris Iron Works 2 John Northway Sons Ltd. 84 Sir Isaac Pitman Sons 90 Q Queensdale Tea Room 9 George Rathbone Lumber Co 92 Lionel Rawlinson Ltd 9 Robertson Bros. Ltd 86 B. A. Robinson 92 Roher ' s Book Shop 90 F. H. Deacon Co 88 E. F. DeFoe 91 Diana Sweets - ------ Dominion Bank (Inside Back Cover) Dominion of Canada General Insur- ance Co - E T. Eaton Co (Inside Front Cover) Evangeline Shops 12 W. J. Gage Co. Ltd 94 Gift and Toy Shop - 92 H Hamilton Bros George R. Hargraft Co ' Heintzman Co George M. Hendry Co Holt, Renfrew Co. Ltd Hoopers Drug Store 95 88 84 84 90 8 St. Andrew ' s College 6 Shaw Business Schools 12 A. M. Shook Co 94 Robert Simpson Co. Ltd (Back Cover) Standard Fuels Ltd. 11 Swiss Laundry 85 G. Tamblyn Limited 82 U United De Forest 2 University College.— (Inside Back Cover) V Varsity Arena and Varsity Rink 11 W Ed. Wheatley 93 Whitewood ' s Riding 6 Whyte ' s Packing Co. Ltd 10 H. A. Wilson Co., Ltd 91 Winona Flowers 90 Wonder Bakeries 4 THE SLOGAN acknowledges with thanks the support of the Advertisers. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO tHnibersitp Callegt University CJoIIege is the Provincial Arts Colleg ' e, maintained by the Province of Ontario. It is nonrdenominational but not non-religious. There are residences for men and for women. A spirit of unity and co-operation pervades the whole College. University College offers thirty-three (33) scholarships at Matriculation and many scholar- ships and prizes in course. Substantial Bursaries are granted to able students who have difficulty in bearing the total expense of a university edtuoation. Preference is given to applicants from schools not situated in Toronto. 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