Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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EDITORIAL Through these past, troubled years, Branksome has changed from a school of purely local character, first, to one of national proportions, and finally, to one which draws students from other lands ; now Brank- some alumnae may be found in every part of the world, and each year brings new girls from countries outside of the Dominion. The most ardent supporter of this exchange of students is our Principal, Miss Edith M. Read, who believes that it wdll go far toward solving inter- national differences, thus bringing a fuller peace to the world of nations. Miss Read came to Branksome in 1906, three years after it was founded, and in 1910 became Principal. From the time of her entrance into the School until the present date, she has devoted herself whole heartedly to its development and improvement. Perhaps very few of us know that she has been the director and organizing spirit of one school longer than any other educationalist in Canada, man or woman. This, Indeed, is a record of which Branksome is justly proud! In 1942, when Miss Read received her honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Dalhousie University, Professor H. L. Stewart wrote: The Senate presents her for honorary degree because of her signal achieve- ment in directing the work of a great school, whose advance she still carries further and higher year by year, and whose pupils — present and past — however widely scattered, concur in grateful admiration of her service to them. However, Miss Read contends that it is not the Principal, but the students and staff, who put the heart, the character and the spirit into any school. Let us then, in our years at Branksome, meet our re- sponsibilities and our problems with the realization that we are the future citizens of a world community; let us Keep well the road , that we may give to the school those qualities of greatness, nobility of character and genuine achievement, and let us, the students, justify Miss Read ' s belief in us, and hope that we, by giving ourselves to the bettering of the School, may encourage the growth of a spirit that will sipread from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth . THE EDITORS. 3

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MISS EDITH M. READ, M.A., LL.D. Princijyal of Branksome Hall School.

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4 The Branksome Slogan CALENDAR FOR 1946-1947 Sept. 11th — School re-opened. Sept. 13 th — Gathering ' of the clans. Sept. 17th — Toronto Symphony. Sept. 19th — Junior Picnic Farm. Sept. 20th — R e s i d e n c e Picnic Farm. Sept. 27th— ' ' Henry V. Oct. 2nd — Thomas L. Thomas. Oct. 4th— B. Ball, Old Girls vs. Present. Oct. 7th— B. Ball, St. Clements vs. B.H. Oct. 11th — Thanksgiving: Week- end. Oct. 19th— Rev. Tom Harris. Oct. 23rd— Installation of Pre- fects. Oct. 25th — Barn Dance. Oct. 29th— B. Ball, St. Clements vs. B.H. Oct. 30th— Hamlet. Nov. 1st — Ramabai. Nov. 3rd — Rev. Dr. Paulin. Nov. 5th — Kreisler. Nov. 8th — Minstrel Shov , Form V. Nov. 9th — Week-end. Nov. 13th — Winter Fair. Nov. 14th — Archery, St. Clements vs. B.H. Nov. 27th — Tea at Mrs. Bruce Hunter ' s. Nov. 28th— Debate U.T.S. vs. B.H. Nov. 29th— B. Ball B.H. vs. Whitby. Dec. 4th — Mr. Anderson — Skiing. Dec. 13th — Senior Dance. Dec. 15th — Carol Service. Dec. 18th— School Closed. Jan. 9th — School re-opened. Jan. 11th — Hockey — Maple Leaf Gardens — Boston vs. Toronto. Jan. 12th— Bakht Singh. Jan. 17th— B. Ball at Maple Leaf Gardens. Jan. 22nd— As You Like It. Jan. 24th — Swimming Meet at B.S.S. Jan. 31st— At Home. Feb. 5th — Ice Follies. Feb. 14th — Third Form Plays. Feb. 21st — Second Form Plays. Feb. 24th — Alec. Templeton. Feb. 28th— Admiral Crichton. ton. Mar. 2nd— God In Creation. Mar. 7th— Week-end. Mar. 16th— Mr. Christie Wilson. Mar. 28th — Quiz Programme. Apr. 2nd — School Closed. Apr-. 15th — School re-opened. Apr. 18th — Art Gallery. Apr. 26th — Niagara Falls. Apr. 30th — Barbara Ann Scott. May 3rd — Alumnae Dinner. May 16th — Jr. Swimming Meet. May 23rd — Week-end. May 29th— Sr. Sports Day. May 30th— Tennis Finals. June 6th — Graduation Dance. June 7th — Strawberry Festival. June 8th — Closing Service. June 10th — Prize Giving .