Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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EDITORIAL The purpose of our editorials has usually been to point out the most outstfandino: events of the school year, but the year 1944-45 has been so filled with outstanding events that it is difficult to know where- to begin. However, we would like to name the visit of Sir William and Lady Dobbie as one of its highlights. The former Governor of Malta and his wife came to America to speak at large mass meetings from the Atlantic to the Pacific, taking as their main subject ' The Hand of God m Malta . While in Toronto, they made their headquarters at the home of Miss Read, and so we at Branksome had the great privilege of having them as guests, of hearing them both, and also having Lady Dobbie as ouj ' special speaker for our Winter Term service of Prayer and Intercession. This year also, the School has been greatly enriched by the large number of girls who have come to us, not only from all parts of Canada, but from many different parts of the world as well, so that now Brank- some Hall can indeed be considered a truly cosmopolitan school. But happy as we are to welcome these new friends, we have missed the com- panionship of the English girls, the majority of whom, after spend- mg four years with us, have now returned to their homes and families. We would send them all our best wishes and a speedy return to Can- ada (two of them already have become engaged to Canadians!). As we look back over the past few months, especially as we write this editorial today, we realize that the year 1944-45 has been the most momentous that we, who are still at School, have ever known. Until the advent of this war, many high school students were apt to be too preoccupied with their own small way of life, and consequently they gave little thought to the world at large. Today the war in Europe is over, V-E day has come! It is the events which have taken place during this year, and which have led to the victory in Europe, and soon, we hope, to final victory, that have reached out and touched the lives of us all. We are glad to think that the High School girl of today is more fully conscious than ever before of the contribution she can make to her school, to her community, and to her country. As Peace lies before us, with all its difficulties and problems, the con- tribution needed is no small one but will take our every effort. THE EDITORS, May 7, 1945. 5

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Copyright by Karsh. LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM DOBBIE, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O.

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Song of Thanksgiving Psalm 98 V- SING unto the Lord a npiv song — For he hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The Lord hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly shoived in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward ' ' us : All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise v.nto the Lord, all the earth: Make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praises. Sing unto the Lord with the harp; With the harp and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together — Before the Lord, For he cometh to judge the earth; With righteousness shall he judge the ivorld, And the world with equity. Used by the School at the Service of Praise and Thanksgiving, May 7, 194 ). 6