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Those who have made the school what it is, those at Branksome now, and those who will follow after, — Branksomites of the past, pres- ent, and future — may rightly consider the year 1942-43 one of the greatest in the history of our school. One of the outstanding events of the year must surely have been the opening of the enchanting new property, Readacres, at York Mills. As a frontispiece this year we have a picture of the property, but you must have been there to know all its beauties. It is of particular value this year on account of the shortage of gasoline, which curtailed our trips to Clansdale Heights. This year Branksome has put forward a war effort far surpassing any of previous years. Everyone who has helped in this effort deserves praise for the part she has played, for giving up entertainments and luxuries in order to reach our goal. We must not lean now upon our oars, but do our bit in our own way — we may help at home, at the Red Cross, or at the Canteen ; we may thin peaches or pick strawberries until our backs ache; we may join the Forces and give our whole time to them. If we are coming back to school let us prepare for another hard push — this time we will push right on to Victory ! We want to thank you for your splendid contributions. We have tried to make the Slogan worthy of this year, of your co-operation, and above all, of our school ; we hope you enjoy it. THE EDITORS. 19
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THIS CHANGING SCHOOL Branksome has always been a school that did not mind making any changes as long as those changes seemed to be for the good of the school, and especially has this been the case ever since the war began. Only a feV days after war was declared we welcomed to our school a group of girls from Harrogate College in England — girls who had been travelling in Canada and were unable to return immediately — this nat- uj: ' ally meant certain adjustments. One of these girls remained in Canada, took a course in Physicial Education after a year with us, and is now a member of our staff, Miss Joyce O Neill. Then in the summer of 1940 girls from about twenty-five different schools in Great Britain, as well as from other lands, came to us. To commemorate these events one of our buildings has been called Harro- gate House and another Sherborne House — Sherborne School, Dorset, being our largest school group. That these last four years have been most interesting and that having these groups at Branksome has been a most valuable experience, everyone connected with the school will agree, and we shall always be thankful we were given this privilege. It goes without saying though that Branksome will never be the same again. It is true these girls and members of the staff cannot be with us many years but their influ- ence will live on and on, and due to their years of exile, Canada and Great Britain will forever be more closely bound together. We hope, too, when the war is over to establish scholarships so that the Old Country will always be represented at Branksome. This coming year, on account of the departure of the older girls in the Sherborne grown, in order to take up war work at home, those who remain will merge with the rest of the girls in residence and Sherborne House, our new property at number 3 Elm Avenue, will be used for the purpose for which it was intended — a residence for our Fifth Form girls. It will be conducted somewhat on the lines of a University Residence or a junior College, and the girls living there will be those who are taking first year university work or the secretarial or household science courses. These war years are extremely difficult for girls who have just completed their Junior Matriculation and are wondering what is best to do with their lives. We believe this residence will fill a special need at this time, and we are glad to say that already a number of girls are enrolled, promising to make a successful first year for this new venture of ours. I am sure you will be wondering what our next change will be — So Am I ! ! ! EDITH M. READ, Principal
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