Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Message From the l lead Girl As the end of another year ap- proaches, I look back over the days we have spent together and ponder over the things that have made this year so beneficial to us. Since our first days here the ever-present guidance of Miss Read and of the Staff has proved of invaluable assistance in the moulding of our characters. Quali- ties of faith, integrity, loyalty, and co-operation have ever been before us. In these days of stress it is gratifying to know that we are being trained to go out into the world with a deep knowledge of those ideals for which we are fighting. For many of us our career at Branksome is drawing to a close; we are about to embark on a new career. The tools have been placed in our hands; now let us use them. PATRICIA STOCKTON OUR SCHOOL SONG Lives are in the making here, Hearts are in the waking here, Mighty undertaking here, Up, and On ! We are arming for the fight. Pressing on with all our might. Pluming wings for higher flight. Up, and On! Foes in plenty we shall meet, Hearts courageous scorn defeat, So we press with eager feet, Up, and On! Ever onward to the fight, Ever upward to the light. Ever true to God and Right, Up, and On! Up then! Truest fame lies in high endeavour. Play the game! Keep the flame burning brightly ever Up, then! Play the game! Up, and On! PATRICIA STOCKTON.

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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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Post War Planning for Canada With the example of a peace gloriously won by our soldier sons and weakly thrown away by our politicans we of the United Nations are now, during this war, looking for some firm social and economic foundation for world order. The combination of peoples which has pro- ved indispensable in the war must not fall apart if order is to endure. We need not settle our differences in order to unite. We must unite in order to settle our differences. The four freedoms for which we fight are freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear, and freedom from want. But how can we achieve freedom from fear and want? Economically we are producing more food, more metals, more textiles and more machinery than Canada has ever before been able to produce. When the war is won, we shall have to see that we find ways and means to keep up the high rate of production and that we use our great productive powers to raise the standard of living. The government must maintain the purchasing power at the high level that has been achieved today. The answer is continued government control of industries, price control, the national system of job placements and a training system to fit men for peace. If the government subsidizes the armed forces and the essential producers of munitions and supplies, these expenditures in turn will mean more demand for raw material, food, clothing, homes and entertainment. This government control to prevent inflation and scarcities can be tapered off gradually. If production and employment are high, financial problems solve themselves. 22