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Form News From the scholastic aspect and in outside interests, this school year has met with rousing success. We got off to an active start with picnics up at Clansdale Heights. Each form went up on a different day, and all found beautiful autumn weather and wonderful fun at the farm. Later in the year, when snow covered the hills of Clansdale Heights, we went back on form ski-picnics. In October, the hard-playing Form I captured the basketball cup. All forms were kept busy in clan competition — volley-ball, badminton, swimming, basketball, and bowling teams. For many form members, dramatic interests came first. Play practices were an important part of their activities. After hard work and planning, each form presented a play. Form IV put on A Miracle in Blaise and ' A Night at An Inn . ' A Ghost Named Henry and ' ' The Perfect Gentleman were presented by Form HI. Form II gave us ' The Little Father of the Wilderness and Belle , and Form I, Scrambled Eggs and Babe Goes Dramatic . In all, worthy efforts were very successful. Now an active and energetic school years ends and, looking back, we are brought clearly to the realization that we have had a ripping good time! CLASS PRESIDENTS Standing: C. Philpott. J. MacPherson. Seated: J. Garrow, J. MacCaulay, P. Cole, J. Bradshaw, J. Spackman, M. McMurrayr M. A. Chisholm, S. Mair, .T. Diblee, tM . Wallace (absent).
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22 The Branksome Slogan The Clans (Quite in keeping with our kilts and Gaelic yells, we at Branksome are divided into eight clans , as most schools are divided into houses. A new girl coming to Branksome may express her preference for one of the following: Campbell, Douglas, MacAlpine, MacGregor, Maclean, MacLeod, Ross or Scott. The Slogan has been asked to print a short historical account of each of those Scottish clans which have been chosen as our patrons. Editors.) The Camptoells have played a great part in Highland history. They were the rivals and later the supplanters of the old Lords of the Isles. Many elan territories, such as the MacDonald, MacGregor, Lamont, Macnaib, MacNaughtons and others, were gradually acquired by. the Campibells. Through the numerous clan conflicts of the early Scottish history the Campbells always managed to be on the right side, either by sword or by diplomacy. More than once in history has that war song, The Campbells are Coming, struck terror into the hearts of incon- venient rivals of the clan; for when the Campbells came they usually came to stay. The tartan we use at Branksome is the Campbell of Bread- albane, which is one of the three divisions of the clan, the other two being Campbell of Argyll and Campbell of Cawdor (Caldor). The crest of Campbell of Breadalbane is a boar ' s head; the present chieftain of this clan is 8th Earl. The origin of the Douglas clan, one of the most powerful families in Scotland and rivals of Royalty, is unknown. A branch of the Douglas clan is called Douglas of Drumlanrig. The Black Douglas mentioned in history was the Good Sir James of Douglas, a great captain in the long War of the Succession. The hero of seventy fights, it is said that he won all but thirteen, so leaving the name of Black Douglas — suggest- ed by his swarthy complexion. He was slain during one of the Crusades, carrying the heart of his royal master. The motto of the Douglas Arms is Jamais arnere — (Never behind). On the crest the bloody heart com- memorates Bruce ' s dying request to the Good Sir James to carry his heart to the Holy Land; the three stars which both the Douglases and the Murrays bear in common seem to denote the descent of both from one ancestor. The actual name of Alpine is derived from the Welsh. The ancestor of the clan is believed to be Kenneth MacAlpine. The clan itself has at all times claimed the distinction of being the noblest and most ancient of the Highland clans. The crest of the MacAlpines is a boar ' s head with the motto, ' ' Remember the death of Alpin . This motto refers to the murder of King Alpin by Brudus after the Picts defeated the Scots in the year 834. Royal is my race is the motto of the MacGregors, the senior of
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