Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

Text from Pages 1 - 124 of the 1949 volume:

THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN The Branksome Slogan Photograph by Karsh THE VISCOUNTESS ALEXANDER OF TUNIS EDITORIAL The year 1948-49 will be a memorable one in the history of Brank- some Hall. At the traditional ceremony of the Installation of the Pre- fects, we were honoured by the presence of the Viscountess Alexander of Tunis, wife of the Governor-General of Canada. Praising our Can- adian system of education, Her Excellency said, ' ' Ignorance induces fear and the world needs the education being given in so many Canadian homes, schools, universities and churches ... to fear God, to love our country, and to act courageously. Although we are no longer fighting a war of arms, the world is now faced with a war of ideas, between Christian democracy and atheistic ideology. We in Canada are fortunate in that we can choose freely for ourselves without fear of death or starvation ; but because of this free dom, many of us do not appreciate our way of life for which thousa nds of men, women and children gave their lives. Yet the responsibility of preserving it will fall on the shoulders of our generation and we must not be unprepared to accept it. At Branksome we are gaining this education as responsible citizens in many ways. We have the opportunity to try for ourselves the principles of democracy and see their effect in the miniature world of our school. As well as academic knowledge we are acquiring courage and good sportsmanship through our athletics, and we are learning loyalty and leadership through our many other activities. Because Branksome is a cosmopolitan school we can learn from our friends the viewpoints of other countries, thus gaining a deeper understanding of the small differ- ences which so often lead to disastrous results. Above all, if we are to make our contribution to world peace and security, we must maintain our faith in God, and our belief in the ulti- mate victory of right over wrong. Let us take advantage of our Canadian education to develop a truer sense of values, and by preserving our Christian democracy, help to build a peaceful and united world. 3 The Branksome Slogan EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief: Diane Johnson. Advertising: Jean Gillanders, Margaret Ritchie. Art Editor: Cathleen Cherry Sports Editor: Patricia Marriner. Literary Editor: Marilyn Maclean. School News Editor: Marion Wallace. Committee : Mary Anne Hearn, Corinne May- hew, Barbara Heise, Pam Wil- son, Jane Thomson, Diana King, Sally Langford, Geraldine Jeph- cott, Lois Dunn. Reporters : Edith Thomson, Ellen Avigdor, Yvonne Laurent, Pauline Cole, Jennifer Jones, Anne Smyth, Mildred Harris, Dorothy Barn- house, Susan Troop. Advertising Committee : Barbara Heise, Jane Wilcox, Helen Hill, Pauline Cole, Johanna Broughall, Beverley Lynch, Jane Capon. The Branksome Slogan 5 Keep Well the Road has become a true signpost to all of us at Branksome along our way in life. This year has taught us many things. We have been well and carefully guided mentally, physically and spirit- ually. Those of us w ho are graduating will feel this most deeply of all as the time to leave approarhes. In the sadly troubled world which we have inherited may Branksome girls, everywhere, remain loyal to the original principles on which our school was founded. ALICIA EAGER, Head Girl. The Branksome Slogan Sept. Sept. -Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. No ' V. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. CALENDAR 15 — leathering of the Clans. 17 — Boiarders ' Picnic. 19— Mr. George Bell. 28— Henry V. l_01d Girls ' Basket Ball Game. 3— Dr. Paul Roberts. 5— Macbeth. 11 — Thanksgiving Weekend. 14 — Basket Ball — Havergal vs. B.H.S. 17— Mr. Jeff Adams. 18 — Junior Basket Ball — Moulton vs. B.H.S. 19 — Basket Ball — Havergal vs. B.H.S. 24— Miss J. Stevens. 26— Basket Ball— St. Clem- ents vs. B.H.S. 27 — Fourth Form Plays. 28— Basket Ball— St. Clem- ents vs. B.H.S. 31 — Mr. Donald Warren. 2 — Basket Ball — Bishop Strachan vs. B.H.S. 4_Basket Ball—St. Clem- ents vs. B.H.S. 4 — Lauritz Melchior. 8— Basket Ball— Bishop Strachan vs. B.H.S. 9— Basket Ball— St. Clem- ents vs. B.H.S. 12— Basket Ball— Bishop Strachan vs. Juniors. 15 — Basket Ball — Havergal vs. Juniors. 19-23— Winter Fair. 24 — Installation of Prefects and visit of Lady Alex- ander. 25 — U.S. Thanksgiving Dinner. FOR 1948-1949 Nov. 26— Thomas L. Thomas. 1 — Basket Ball— Ontario Ladies College vs. B.H.S. 1 — Ramabai. 2 — Marion Anderson. 3— Fifth Form Play. 8— Basket Ball— B.H.S. vs. Ontario Ladies College. 10 — Christmas Dance. 12 — Carol Service. 17 — Christmas Holidays. 10 — School re-opened. 16 — Anna MacKay. 28— At Home. 31 — Miss DesFosses. 2— Ice Follies. 11 — First Form Plays. 16 — Prefects ' Dinner. 18 — Long Weekend. 25— Third Form Plays. 26 — Vienna Boys ' Choir. 27— Musical. 4— Importance of Being Earnest. 5 — Canadian Ballet. 18— Debate vs. U. T. S. 18— Art Gallery. 25 — Second Form Plays. 27 — Mrs. Thompson. 31 — Ceremony for Newfoundland. 1 — Junior Operetta. 2 — Alumnae Dinner. 6 — Easter Holidays. 19 — School re-opened. 18 — Alumnae Garden Party 3 — Graduation Dance and Strawberry Festival. 5 — Closing Service. 6 — Junior Prize-Giving. 7 — Senior Prize-Giving. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Fe ' b. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May June June June June The Branksome Slogan 7 SUB-PREFECTS Left to Right, Back Row — Pat Howorth, Frances Snetsinger, Evelyn Park, Ann Sutherland, Elizabeth Stairs, Meriam Moeller, Mary Avery. Front Row — Mary Louise Edmonds, Dorothy Barnhouse, Helen Humphries, Jane Taylor, Jane Capon, Elinor Greenwood, Mary Anne Hearn, Helen Hill, Jane Thomson Mary Lou Porter, Barbara Sudden, Ann Cooling, Cathleen Cherry. PRIZE LIST 1948 Form IV English — Diane Jo ' hnson. French — Mary Anne Hearn. Spanish — Alice Jean Buchan. History — Marilyn Maclean. Mathematics — Helen Hill. German — Wilma Muirhead. Science and Latin — Constance Copses. Form V English — Jessie Marriner. French — Valinda Burruss. Latin — Sally Dalton. History — Sally McConnell, Betty Southorate. Biology — Joan Heise. Physics and Chemistry — Evelyn Howden. Mathematics — Jean Catto. Secretarial — Jane McPherson. History of Art, V. Sp. — Jeanne Roscoe. History of Art, IV Sp. — Harriett Saylor. Interior Dec, V. Sp. — Diane Wad- dington. Interior Dec, IV. Sp. — Molly McMurray. Household Economics — Margaret Graham. 8 The Branksome Slogan Essays — Senior School — Joan Archer, Marion Wallace, Jeremy Weir. Essays — Junior School — Noreen Philpott, Elizal)eth Wilson. Library Service — Helen De Nike. Poetry — Lucy Deck. Dramatics — Helen De Nike. Slog:an — Nancy Blundell. Loyal Co-operation -Xandra IIos- king, Alicia Eager, Mu.sic — Grace Flavelle. Sporty Basketball — Form cup — lA IB. Clan cup — MacGregor. Badminton — Singles — Alma Hatch. Doubles — Sally Dalton, Frances Snetsinger. Clan Bowling Team — Douglas — Pauline Cole, Helen De Nike, Katherine Smith, Constance Stiles. Swimming — Senior— Naomi Inglis. Intermediate — Ann Sutherland. Junior — Wendy Rogers. Diving — Naomi Inglis. Archery — Anna Lea Ellderkin. Clan Volleyball— Campbell- Jeremy Weir. Tennis — Senior Singles — Alma Hatch. Senior Doubles — Alma Hatch, Sally Dalton. Int. Singles — Eve Cassels. Junior Singles — Sheila Todd. Sports Day — Senior — Alma Hatch. Intermediate — Mary Binnie. Junior — Elizabeth Smyth. 100 yards dash — Mary Binnie. Clan Award — Mac Alpine, Chieftain — Alison Zimmerman. Integrity — Day — Jessie Marriner.| House — Doris Badgley. Sportsmanship — Day — Sally Dalton. House — Naomi Inglis. Service — Day— Sally McConnell. House — Alma Hatch. Loyalty — Day — Valmda Burruss. House — Judith Shoebottom. Perseverance — Day — Evelyn Howaen. House — Mary Stephens. ' School Spirit — Day — Jeremy Weir. House — Marjorie Flavelle. Comradeship — Marion Cornish. Best All Round Girl- Joan Langlois. Margaret T. Scott Memorial Prizes Susan Anderson, Doris Badgley, Rita Barr, Margaret Bulmer, Anne Croll, Alicia Eager, Ailsa Reid, Jean Robertson, Grace Sea- man, Ann Sutherland, Sylvia Thomson. Form V Scholarship — Valinda Burruss, Jean Catto, Sally Dalton, Jessie Marriner, Sally McConnell. Ruth Caven Memorial Medal — Form IV — Diane Johnson. Governor- General ' s Medal — Evelyn Howden. Jean Hume Memorial Medal for Leadership — Joan Langlois. The Branksome Slogan 9 APPOINTMENTS Head Girl — Alicia Eager. HOUSE PREFECTS Alice Jean Buchan, Margaret Bulracr, Jane Macaulay, Ailsa Keid, Helen Scace. DAY PREFECTS Anne Blackwell, Nancy Blundell, Margann Chisholm, Jean Gillanders, Diane Johnson, Virginia Leishman, Ann Lowndes, Alison Zimmerman. SUB-PREFECTS— (House) Mary Avery, Dorothy Barnhouse, Mary-Anne Heam, Pat Howorth, Meriam Moeller, Evelyn Park, Mary Lou Porter, Frances Snetsinger, Elizabeth Stairs, Barbara Sudden, Ann Sutherland. SUB-PREFECTS — (Day) Jane Capon, Cathleen Cherry, Ann Cooling, Mary Louise Edmonds, Elinor Greenv ood, Virginia Hearst, Helen Hill, Helen Humphries, Jane Taylor, Jane Thomson. BETTA KAPPA SOCIETY President — Jane Macaulay. Vice-President — Virginia Hearst. Secretary-Treasurer — Mary Lou Porter. Committee: Nancy Blundell, Mary Belle Booker. Jane Cant ' ey, Jane Capon, Mary Ruth Crossin, Mary Louise Edmonds, Pamela Fulford, Carolyn Dowler, Barbara Hodkinson, Virgrinia Leish- man, (3orinne Mayhew, Molly Mc- Murray, Dorothy McNiven, Margaret Ritchie. OPHELEO SOCIETY President — Ailsa Reid. Vice ' -President — Margaret Bulmer. Secretary-Treasurer ' — Anne Lowndes. Committee: Mai-y Binnie, Elinor Greenwood, Helen Hill, Pat Howorth, Marilyn McLelland, Claire McMullen. HIGH NEWS REPRESENTATIVE Sally Langford. I.S.C.F. President — Dorothy Barnhouse. Vice-President — Ailsa Reid. Secretary-Treasurer — Lucretia Bond. Social and Publicity — Helen Humphries. CLAN CHIEFTAINS Campbell — Anne Blackwell. Douglas — Faye Purdy. MacAlpine — Shirley Bates. Macgregor — Virginia Leishman. McLean — Jean Gillanders. McLeod — Mary Lou Lyon. Ross — Nancy Blundell. Scott — Pat Marriner. SUB-CHIEFTAINS Frances Snetsinger Helen Scace Anne Gilday Eve Cassels Sally Langford Muriel Ferguson Marion Wallace Mary Eleanor Riddell UBRARY ASSISTANT —Alice Jean Buchan LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVES:— Ann Cooling, Peggy Mackenzie, Elizabeth Stairs, Ailsa Reid, Joyce Dibblee, Shirley Mann, Betty Taylor, Susan Anderson, Jane Wilson, Gail Purdy, Nancy Lyle, Stella Chang, Adele Gammon. President Form VA — Margaret Ritchie Form VB — Barbara Hodkinson Form VCk)m. — Pamela Wilson Form VSp.— Patricia McClocklin Form IVA — Mary Caven Form IVB — Muriel Ferguson Form IVSp.- Elizabeth Wilkinson Form IIIA — Ann Elderkin Form IIIB — Mary Dorner Form HA — Peggy Porter Form HB — Nancy Patten Form I A — Janet Howard Form IB— Joan Smith FORM OFFICERS Vice-President Marilyn Mclean Marilyn McLelland Maxwell Stewart Molly McMurray Claire Clarke Evelyn Park Sue (yhisholm Anne Gilday Frances Snetsinger Joan Ash worth Elizabeth Rich Rosemary Smith Jean West Sec. -Treasurer Mary Avery Jane Cantley Pat Williams Anne Croll Dorothy Orr Joane Mills Lois Dunn Ruth Pigeon Carmen Scott Joan Archer Judith Waddington Wendy Simpson Wendy Rogers 10 The Branksome Slogan The Installation of Prefects One of the greatest days in our school history was November 24, 1948, the day of the installation of prefects. Always an impressive ceremony, it was even more memorable this year because of our disting- uished guest, the Viscountess Alexander of Tunis. For weeks we had talked of nothing but the coming ceremony ; and when the day finally arrived, excitement ran high. As the service began, the Fifth Form girls formed a guard of honour, and between their ranks the Clan Chieftains carried their banners up the aisle to the platform, where the colourful tartans made an impressive back gound for the ceremony. Miss Read delivered the installation address, explaining to the new girls the meaning of the school crest and the school flag. Then the pre- fects were called to the platform, one at a time, to receive Miss Read ' s congratulations amid the clapping of ' parents and friends. Then Lady Alexander gave a short address, touching briefly on English and Canadian schools. Her Excellency said that she had met many Brankso-me girls during her travels. She believed that their fine school spirit was due to our splendid school traditions, and stressed the importance of traditions in life. Her Excellency also pointed out that it was gratifying to see so many Canadian girls going on to Universities as the world needs the benefits of the training being given in Canadian churches, homes, schools and colleges — to fear God, to love one ' s country, and to act courageously. As she spoke, everyone sat up a little straighter and realized, perhaps for the first time, the importance of daily school- work. Lady Alexander was presented with a bouquet by Ann Ross, and with a Branksome pennant (for her daughter Rose) by Diana Kent and Elizabeth Wilson. Then Alicia Eager, our Head Oirl, made a short speech. The ceremony over, the newly installed prefects marched from the gymnasium through the Fifth Form guard of honour. As Her Excellency drove away, smiling and waving, from the school grounds, hundreds of girls flocked to wave good-bye to the gracious lady who had honoured with her presence our traditional ceremony. PREFECTS Alicia Eager— Lish , our head girl, can be found any morning- handing out pencils at the gym door. Loves: Photography , eating malt bread and volleyball. Favourite pastime: cal- ling Prefect Meetings for four successive days before April 1. Her talents may be found at Cornell next year, where we hope she will be able to arrange for a private telephone. Anne Blackwell— Inky ' s Chief problem is trying to work in all those dates. Her favour- ite saying is, Has he any nice friends? Future seems Mor-on than off but at present she keeps herself well nourished by eating her lunch in history periods. Fair chieftain of the Campbells is noted for her sunny smile and bright remarks. Nancy Blundell — Crash! Bang! Boom! Here comes Nancy — 5 ' 3i of smiles and sunshine Favourite saying — Just what am I going to do now ? The industrious chieftain of the Ross clan and member of the Beta Kappa is headed for Varsity next year. Probable Future — a brilliant career in higher mathematics. Alice Jean Buchan — Bucky is Miss Shaw ' s right hand man in the library. Heard saying I could say something but I won ' t. Com- mercial ' s whizz hoi es to join the Shell Oil Company as an interpreter. Margaret Bulmer — This petite miss from Wind- sor sparks the first basketball team as well as being vice-president of the Opheleo. We love that puii le coat that Mert sports. Probable future — trying to figure out a way to drop geometry. Margann Chisholm — Our prefect without port- folio can be heard saying, I dont get it to any joke. You notice her naturally curly eyelashes (gratis curlers) her tidy desk and her perpetual hunger. Probable future — taking a slow boat to Slobovia. Jean Gillanders — Being prefect, Mac ' ean Chief- tain, co-advertising manager of the Slogan and captain of the second basketball team keeps her busy. You notice her rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes and gurgling laugh. Pa.stime — trying to escape those first formers. Jeannie ' s private life is a deep dark secret. Diane Johnson — Woojy our capable editor- in-chief spends her spare time concocting literature?!! for the Slogan. Favourite pas- time — taking brisk strolls down to the incinera- tor. You notice her baby face, black wavy hair. Destination — Varsity Meds (genius in our midst.) Virginia Leishman — 1st Team B.B. guard, MacGregor Chieftain and member of B.K. Wee MacGregor loves dancing Bear Island Style with Princess and Indians, keeping open house for boarders, arranging prefects hours, and being a soothing note at the B.K. meet- ings. Ann Lowndes — Eaton ' s Rep. and Tely re- porter, Ann ' s favourite expression is Hey kids, do you know what? Pet aversions are doing frangais and counting money for the Opheleo. Noted for her numerous colds and informing gullible victims of our wonderful navy. PREFECTS Jane Macaulay — President of Beta Kappa and Simpson ' s Rep. , Mac always has her nose in the organization of something or other. She has fabulous feeling for hazardous ways. In- terests — food ' and how to get out early Satur- day morning. Next year will probably find her at U. of T. or Shaws. Ailsa Reid- The well-known President of the Opheleo hails from Trinidad and is tops in all gymnastic feats and various other sports. Incidentally she likes the sound of ticking watches — wonder why? Favourite saying: Good on you, kid . Probable Future: Secret tary to the Prime Minister. Helen Scace — Scacey is Branksome ' s Dorothy Dix and a mother to all. A star guard on the second basketball team, she likes skiing, bran muffins and Cieorge. Probable future : — House mother at U.C.C. Alison Zimmerman — After leading the Mac- Alpines to victory last year Buzzy-Bee starred on the fir.st basketball team this year. Looking forward to teaching swimming at Inawendawin next summer and frequent (?) letters from Bwooth . Noted for her B.I. ' s and blond hair. Pet aversion: — walking more than two feet. Pet saying ; — But kids, this is different. V ACADEMIC Mary Avery — Mary is si sub-prefect and sec.- treas. of V.A. In her spare time poems she makes her favourite expression Oh, for Pete ' s sake! From Espanola near the iSoo. A nurse she ' ll be when she gets through. Shirley Bates — Shirl is MacAlpine chieftain and a skating enthusiast. You notice those big green eyes and those shiny short locks. Ambition ; — to find her way home without a compass. Can be heard saying at five to nine, Connie, may I boi ' row your Latin ? Destination ; — Physical Education at U. of T. Jane Cantley — This faithful Bluenose is a member of the Beta Kappa and is notorious for cramming ten minutes into evei y five and for those little white lies . Announces herself by saying, Guess what, I ' m going on a diet. Her ambition is to be a vet but she is headed for Arts at McGill. Janie Capon — S . . . . is kept busy with her duties as subi-prefect and member of the Beta Kappa. Pet saying; — Open a window! Ambition ; — to pose for the after ads. Probable future ; — to pose for before ads. This year will end her career as official curtain-puller, but we hope they can use her talents at Western. Cathleen Cherry — Bee-Bee , one of our victorious debaters is also a suib-perfect and Art Editor of the Slogan. Can be found hiding behind her specs, or in her desk dur- ing History. Ambition : To diminish her waist- line to 18 . Probable Future: Pursuing? an art career. Ann Cooling — Oh to be in England, now that April ' s here. One of our sub-prefects, Ann was elected library rep and is also interested in dramatics in which she excells. One of those honest girls who says she ' ll be back next year, and is eventually headed for Art andl Archaeology at Trinity. V ACADEMIC Constance Copses — Corpses , the gal with those A and P eyes can usually be found trying- to evade Shirl at five to nine. Pays frequent visits to Montreal, Boston, and all points south. Are they all cousins, Connie? Joan Dalgleish — Better known as Dal , she is noted for the apple-red cheeks and can be heard almost any time of day leaning over the third floor bannister yelling DOWLER! Notorious for sitting up all night with Cantley waiting for their curls to di-y. Next year will see her breaking in the new Sherb. boarders. Barbara Davey — This musical genius hails from Vanleek Hill (near Ottawa that is). Her favourite pastime is having crumpets and coffee at Coles. Is never seen without Dorothy and hates the feel of cold water. Headed for nursing at Toronto General. Vida Davidg© — Petite and vivacious. Vida is noted for her absence from prayers. May be found any time in libraiy skipping classes. Pet aversion — French, with Spanish running a close second. Past, present and probable future —Blair. Molly Doran — Our photographer ' s dream is an authority on northern wild-life! You notice — that hair! Favourite saying — censored. Ambi- tion — to be an occupational therapist, but her probable future is a brilliant career in politics campaigning for the Tories. Mary Louise Edmonds — The Sarah Bernhardt of Branksome is cute, blond, a sub-prefect and a member of the Beta Kappa and Debating Team. She loves nagby shoulders and being involved. Will be taking- her sweet disposition to languages at U. of T. next year. Elizabeth Evans — Bump ' s droll humour livens up the French classes. Helps the boarders keep their figures trim by bringing them cakes, periodically. He ' s Just My Bill is No. 1 on her Hit Parade. Spends her summers teaching- sailing at Northway Lodge. Pet aversion — borrowers . Pet saying — Oh su-u-u-pei ' . Destination — Mac Hall. Jane Freeman — Belleville ' s claim to fame keeps Sherb. shuffling with the latest music. Pet aversion — disappearing books. Pet saying — I ' m the youngest girl in Sherb. Ambition — to go to Queens. Pi-obable future — Stand in for Frankie Carle. Pam Fulford — Neat, determined, little, Pammy is always to be found either around a horse or a pair of knitting- needles — and you should see those delectable ski sweaters. Works with a hopeful expression at whatever happens to be occui ying her mind at that moment — we hope it is usually school work. Future — coming back for more. Anne Gaynor — This recruit from Humberside has big dimples and numerous boy-friends. Favourite song — That Certain Party. Noted for her absence from French Class. One of the BFBC. Ambition — to learn to drive. Future — Soc. and Phil, at Trinity. V ACADEMIC Elinor Greenwood — Our crazy redhead is sub- prefect, member of Opheleo and Kuard on second basketball team. Noted for her vim and vigour and her brilliancy? in Triff. Pet aver- sion — French and intellectual people. Plans to enter U. of T. nursing course but will probably end up working- out her high finances with logs. Mary Anne Hearn — Skipper to her room- mates, Mary Anne is a sub-prefect and Poetry Editor for the Slogan. She manages good marks without studying-, and good ))iano playing without practising. Spends most of her time eating — food and fingernails. Future — Michigan State. Virginia Hearst — Sub-prefect and vice-president of BK. Short and dark, twinkle-nose, Always has lots of clothes, Shes the only girl we know. Who to the dentist loves to go. Bosom pal to everyone, Ginny ' s always full of fun. Barbara Heisie — A member of the Slogan Com- mittee, you notice Barb ' s red hair and sheep dog bangs. The Barber of VA cuts every- one else ' s hair and. someday may get around to her own. Famous for her brilliant wit and midnight excursions to Hamilton. Ambition- to be a surgical nurse. Probable future — impersonating B.H.S. teachers on television. Helen Hill— Sub-prefect, Oi ' jheleo member. This maths whizz is noted for her winsome smile and gleaful chuckle (usually heard during Trig.) She sparked 1st basketball team and clan volleyball. Probable future — passing pills at Toronto General. Barbara Hodkinson — Member of BK and VB ' s president, is hopping a slow boat to England just before departmentals. Favourite saying — I ' ve lost something. Favourite pastime — going to school. Ambition — to be a business- woman. Probable future — running a matri- monial bureau. Helen Humphries — One of our sub-prefects. Dr. Humphries favourite pastime is trying to discover whether sulphuric acid will really burn a hole in her hand. Probable future — teaching the African natives to do the samba on skates. Ambition — to discover an atom with no electrons. Shirley Lougheed — Our quiet newcomer from from East York can be found any day at noon hour in VB getting her homework done so that she can go out at night. Favourite haunt — Oak Room. Ambition — to struggle through Latin. Probable future — training at Toronto General. Bieverly Lynch, — Can be found in history class plotting wild schemes with Ritche. You notice the photogenic smile and bubbling enthusiasm. Bev is a platonic ( !) friend of all. Ambition — to marry a millionaire and live on the Riviera. Probable future — a crack at English and Philosophy at U. of T. and spending her old age in a shack on the Humber. Mary Lou Lyon — The MacLeod chieftain, and guard on second basketball team, likes all sports. Noted for her correspondence with Lady MacLeod. Lou cemented foundations at Trinity College this year. Can be seen evei-y noon hour planning that big summer job p -o ' -rjcct avec Mawgwit . Probable future — O. T. V ACADEMIC Marilyn Maclean — Va ' s vice-president and Literary Editor of the Slogan. Likes actins in school pla ys, beinj? happy all the time, getting 90 in history. Favourite pastime — doin.u the Charleston. How can Pretzel-Stick look so innocent when she ' s concocting ' such fiendish plans? Another one for O. T. (lucky O. T.) Peggy Mackenzie — VB ' s library rep. is a lead- ing- pillar of the MacGregors. Usual question — Who ' s going to Spanish this morning? Pet aversion — doing what others do. Mawgwlt says she isn ' t interested in men but we know her better. Marilyn McLelland — Vice-president of VB and member of Opheleo. A tennis, skiing and golf enthusiast. Pet expression — Ridley is a won- derful place! A leading: li.ght in the BFBC. Marilyn is headed for Varsity next year if all goes well. Helen McDonald — Hails from Sault Ste. Marie and follows the activities of the basketball and football teams of that metropolis with unusual interest. Ambition — to pass a Latin test. Favourite .song- — Life Gets Tedious, Don ' t It? Probable future — moving her menagerie of stuffed animals to Queen ' s. Dorothy McNiven — Do from Victoria, B.C.. is a membar of the B.K. Her trade marks are For Pete ' s Sake and that orange gremlin peering over her blazer pocket. Another Trig enthusiast. She likes Chopin, skating, and tennis. Future — Dental Nursing at Varsity. Eleanor Mills — You notice: her curly hair, big green eyes, a (luiet spot in a noisy corridor. Favourite Song- — Going Home. Ambition — To have R.M.C. moved to a desert island. Future — Queens (in King-ston that is). Miriam Moe!ler — Sub-prefect and another Nova Scotian, Miriam is a faithful supporter of Eagle Grill ! Loves driving cars in ditches and out-board motors in sand. You notice her giggle and her beloved moccasins. Headed for MacDonald College. Mary Lou Porter — McGee — is a sub-prefect and member of the B.K. A fugitive from Ahmek sloe-eye has a mania for flu ' — 24 hours that is. Is noted for taking early morning baths and Spanish. Interests — horses, redheads, Vogue. Future — joining Roscoe at Cantab. Faye Purdy — Hop-Grasser is Douglas chief- tain and one of our many budding geniuses in higher mathematics. Her destiny has been decided since grade 8 -maybe chief cook in a lumber camp? Pet aversion — being wrong in an argument. Pet saying: — Oh for Pete ' s sake ! Margaret Ritchie — VA ' s class president, mem- ber of the B.K. and co-advertising editor of the Slogan has travelled in Quebec but prefers Upper Canada. You notice her ready Irish grin and fondness of the word Peculiar. Ambition — to make a million before she ' s 25, and retire. After a short jaunt to Paris this summer, she will enter English and Philosophy at U. of T. V ACADEMIC Hester Strojiach — Hes is captain of the first basketball team. Back attain, she is striving- for her Matric. Next year this Florida fiend will have to endure the winter at O.A.C. Favourite pastime — draffginK poor unsuspecting- victims up at the crack of dawn for basket- ball practice and burning- holes in the Lab floor with acid. Barbara Sudden — Sub-prefect. This new-comer from Dundalk spends her week-ends with her handsome horse Babe and entertaining her room-mates. Muffin attends numerous hockey grames and likes g-etting up with the rising bell She will take her friendly disposition to U. of T. Jane Taylor -Sub-prefect. A staunch Brank- somite since Grade 1, Jane may be found at the piano in Prayer s. You notice those horn- rimmed goggles. Pet saying— Whata wonder- ful week-end. Destination — Music at U. of T. Jane Thomson — Sub-prefect, Beta-Kappa, mem- ber of the Slog-an committee. Jane loves ski- ing-, especially on her face. Monday morning usually finds her in a dazed condition. Future: Pass Arts at Varsity. Joan Turnbull — Her laugh-a scream. Favourite colour? Green. From Gait — nothing worse. Her aim — children ' s nurse. Big noise in chemistry. A distraction in Geometry. Big feet and all the rest. So long Joan- here ' s our best. Harley Walters — Interests include badminton, bowling-, BFBC and Bill (last but not least). Pet aversion — fortune tellers and translating Latin. Future — Varsity. V COMMERCIAL Barbara Bunney — A newcomer from Port Arthur, Barb is noted for her shiny locks, and infectious giggle. Favourite saying- — Howdy Bub. Seldom seen without her other half Kinley. Probable future — Secretary at St. Paul ' s College!??? Carolyn Dewier — Sherborne ' s favourite clown who is never quite there when the teacher arrives. Favourite saying — Ah, cut it out. Favourite pet — Panda called Percy. Future —picking- flowers in someone ' s garden. Joan Mills — The gal from the north who can be heard saying anytime, I thought I ' d die laughing. Loves skating, driving, horses and laughing. Has taken quite a fancy to O.A.C. Probable futui ' e — farmer ' s wife. Joan Phelan — The gal from Arnprior who now lives in Toronto and is one of the custodians of humour in the commercial class. Greatest desire — to see Stratford ' s hockey team win. V COMMERCIAL Maxwell Stewart — Our vice-president and never ending comic. Maxie is noted for her i:)erson- alit y and longr blonde hair. She loves skiing, swimming, frat pai-ties, and R.M.C. Ambition — to have her ashes scattered over Georgian Bay. Probable future — mascot of the Alpha Delts. Mary Stinson — An authority on Bermuda, Trinity and Tip Top Tailors, Mary spends profitable summers at R.C.Y.C., in Quebec, and the tropics. Favourite expression — Guess who phoned last night? Ambition — to pay a flying visit to Nassau. Sylvia Thomson — Future — winner of the mara- thon ! Pet aversion — people who borrow erasers. Heard saying — Hiya sport. Seen doing — Running at top speed between Sherborne and Main. Ambition — A lifetime devoted to drawing; horses. Shirley Vick — The only quiet member of V Commercial. A super person — well liked by all. Beneath the silence lie the brains. Future — a very efficient secretary to some attractive young boss. Patricia Williams — Our dark-haired beauty who will soothe you anytime with her favourite saying — Perish the thought. Pet aversion — rising bell. Ambition — secretary in Medical Arts Building. Probable future — Demonstrating the Law of Moments to Trig, classes. Pamela Wilson — President of V Commercial, a good thing in a small package from Trini- dad. We understand she is quite interested in the school her brother attends, don ' t U.C.? Or pesha.ps we should say Di. ye Ken ? V SPECIAL Joan Cowie — Joan entertains us at noon play- ing the piano. She is fond of swimming and skiing and gets along well with evei-ybody. She hopes to enter the advertising field and her secret ambition is matrimony with a cer- tain Jack. Anne Croll — A pretty, young member of V special, has two main weaknesses ; her flaring temper, and an engineering student! (try wheaties) ! We wish you the best of luck in whatever you do next year. Branksome? Margann Dixon — Commonly known as Dixie, she is noted for her cakes, housekeeping and hats. Favourite pastime — wearing civies. P iture — water boy on her own team or married to the sheik of Araby. Dixie is very interested in sports especially U.C.C. rugby. Jane Doan — Heard saying — Do ten, take off , or do a cherry. (We don ' t know what it means either.) You note: her generosity in V special and her wonderful chocolate cakes. Future! — Doan plans to live a clueless life. Her interest lies in Franklyn. V SPECIAL Jean Doull — Jeannie with the light brown hair and hifs blue eyes. You note: her jokes, her weakness for the Zeta Psi fraternity. She is: brimming over with wim, wigour and wital- ity and a strong supporter of the maritimes and Bermuda, Amibition — matrimony (not another) . Beverley Hamm — Bev, who ' s known as Poo- Bear to her friends, has designs on designing everything- from furniture to comic-strips. Future — Interior Decoration, and with her drawing ability we know she will be a success. Bev ' s ambition is toi see Paris in spring. Evielyn Kinley — A friend of all, a true Easterner and the gal who is always receiving phone calls from Halifax and that certain somebody. Spends most of her time counting the days until vacation. Hopes to take Inteiioi Decoration. Claire Johnston — An attractive, and i)opular member of V special. Has one main interest An Englishman. We all wish you the best of luck next year— Matrimony ? Molly McMurray — Pretty bl ond member of V special. Molly is a boarder with a special fondness for Wednesday nights and a certain reporter She hails from Niagara Falls and lives for those weekends at home. Where did she get those roses on Valentines Day ? Patricia McLocklin — Class president of V special. You note: her petite, laughing, brown eyes. Pat is loved by all. Ambition — to study ? in New York. Favourite pastime — dreaming of the weekends — Wonder who that interest at Humberside is? Joanne Patterson — Fair maiden with bangs! !t Loves swimming, basketball and riding. Her interest lies in a certain someone, of Humber- side Collegiate. Future — Shaw ' s Business Col- leg-e and matrimony. Elizabeth Mitchell — Favourite pastimes — sing- ing, tap dancing and drawing. Ambition — tc visit the States. Future — Psychology. Liz i; very generous with her money and keeps V special up to date financially. Libby Stairs — Sub-prefect from Montreal can be heard saying, Oh, my double chin. Ambi- tion — to graduate from McGill. Can be seen : walking around the block without a coat at 20 below on a snowy day. Noted for: friendly disposition and brilliant remarks in Algebra. June Stafford — Our girl from fair Vancouver, she is calm, cool and collected. Pet aversion — arguing. Ambition — to loaf. Probable future. The Branksome Slogan 11 V SPECIAL Lucy Strauss — Lucy, our chic from South America, is up in Canada for g ood, (she hopes). She is noted for her vivid sense of humour and that slov r drawl. Loves the opera, as anyone could guess from her large collection of records. Favourite pastime — skiing at the farm. Mary Troup — Tall and attractive member of V special. Noted for her chestnut hair and big brown eyes. Fond of sports. Her secret ambition is matrimony with a certain University stu- dent. We wish you the best of luck, Mary. Patricia Ward — Pat is another bridge fiend and spends most of her time quoting Culbertson. Likes swimming, tennis and Ajax. Ambition — another one for Interior Decoration. Prob- able future — business partner- ship with Mr. T.N.T. STORM FORCE Out to the storm! The wind is flying In curving arcs about the sky ; The howling snow and the pines ' sad sighing Press in a tremor, and singing, die. Come! climb the mountain! feel the coldness, Stand, where the snow-gale fiercely blows! There, the heart of the Viking boldness Adventure, which in their black blood flows. Yah! bite the fury, feel the wild- ness! Strength, like a whip-lash, flings desire ; Scoop up youth, till the old-age mildness Robs you of winds and the mountain fire! SHIRLEY MANN, IVB. Awarded prize for Poetry, 1948. PAST: PRESENT: FUTURE The past is gone; it isn ' t ours It ' s gone to join those other hours Of songs of birds and scents of flowers That passed so long ago. Now is the time ; here is our chance Each passing moment to enhance Before we go on down the dance Which ends in Evermore. The Future too is ours. Who knows How far ahead the Future goes? Perhaps the blooming of a rose. And we are known no more. MARY A. C. HEARN, VB. 12 The Branksome Slogan fHE Branksome Slogan 13 Form Forum ' Then the schoolboy With shining morning face, creeping Like a snail, unwillingly to school. — Shakespeare. We hesitate to say anything about the scholastic year, but in all other respects the year 1948-49 has been a great success. The autumn classes were temporarily interrupted by the picnics at Clansdale Heights foi each form. The winter picnics were a little harder to arrange ' ' due to circumstances beyond, our control , the erratic weather. However, no form was left out and we all enjoyed skiing and tobogganing on the snowy slopes. HB captured the basketball cup, after a hard-fought battle with HIA. All the forms took an active part in clan competition . . . volley- ball, badminton, swimming, bowling and basketball. Some of the more energetic members assisted by Miss Bertram ' s competent instruction presented an apparatus and tumbling display which was thoroughly CLASS PRESIDENTS Left to Right, Front Row — Mary Caven, Muriel Ferguson, Pamela Wilson, Pat McClocklin, Marilyn McClelland, Margaret Ritchie, Betty Wilkinson. Back Row — Janet Howard, Mary Dorner, Anne Elderkin, Joan Smith, Nancy Patten, Peggy Porter. 14 The Branksome Slogan enjoyed by the spectators and showed a great deal of practice on the part of the girls. In addition to our athletic aspirations, each form presented a play. Fourth form opened the series with IVA enacting a satire on Julius Caesar ' ' entitled ' ' God Caesar , and IVB by presenting a Mock Trial. In a joint effort, the fifth formis presented Lena Rivers , a comedy- drama which Mary Louise Edmonds completely directed, produced and acted in the title role. (A Laurence Olivier in our midst!) IIIA donned their best Irish brogues to present Spreading the News while IIIB had everyone rolling in the aisles with A Little Cuckoo . II A tried a new idea and held a Noihsaf Wohs ( Fashion Show spelled backwards) at the height of which Miss Read brought down the house when she appeared dressed as the typical school Marm of fifty years ago. IIB used an all negro cast to present Culcha . Both the second forms are to be commended on their original announcements which kept us in suspense until the curtains were pulled. Teen-age problems were aired by lA in their play For Whom the Telephone Rings ; and Nobody Home was presented by IB who gave an execellent performance. The Special and Commercial forms plan to enact Getting Pin in the spring term and everyone is looking forward to it immensely. Third, fourth and fifth form girls participated in plays, musical and educational programmes over the B.B.C. (Branksome Broadcasting Corporation) under the capable direction of Miss MacNeill. Jane Capon, Anne Blackwell and Diane Johnson sponsored a drive for the Community Chest during the fall term, and there was scarcely a member of the school who was not sporting a red feather on her blouse. Although a slight matter of exams must be attended to in the near future, everyone is looking forward to the Strawberry Festival, the Graduation Dance and the Prize-giving. Looking back on this year we can see that it has been filled to the brim with fun and interest and we think all will agree that it has been a wonderful year. KINGS OF NIGHT CLOUDS Hawks call Unto the night Like ghosts they skin the trees And prey on those ' below for food Of life. Like ships They sail the sky, Their hazy outlines blurr ' d And changing with each breeze to form More dreams. ANN SUTHERLAND. ANNE SMYTH. The Branksome Slogan 15 Branxholm Castle, Scotland Lying between the fells of Teviotdale and Liddesdale in the Border- land of Scotland, is the old Castle of Branxholm. Doubly celebrated as the ancient home of the Scotts of Buccleuch, and as the scene of Sir Walter Scott ' s Lay of the Last Minstrel, it stands on a gentle eminence in full command of the approaches above and below. There, the lords of Branxholm maintained their large companies of retainers in the days of Border strife. Little remains of the fifteenth century stronghold for the castle was burned in 1532 by the Earl of Northumberland, and later in 1570 it was blown up with gunpowder by the Earl of Essex, but not before Scott himself, in anticipation of the vengeance of the English, partly destroyed it. The rebuilding was begun almost immediately by Sir Walter Scott and completed by his wife Margaret Douglas in 1574. On the twenty-fourth of June 1948, I set out to visit this old peel tower which bears the .same name as our school. As I entered the drive- way, I met a gardener whom I asked if I might be permitted to look around. He smilingly pointed out to me a lady gardening on the other side of the lawn and said, ' That ' s Her Grace. Tell her your story, she ' ll be very pleased to see you. The Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch, Chatelaine of Branxholm, received me graciously. I was invited into the old flag-stoned entrance hall with its armour and family portraits, and there Her Grace 16 The Branksome Slogan plied me with questions about Branksome Hall, Toronto. Its founding, its history, the school badge, the school uniform were discussed with great interest. Her Grace told me that the Scotts, descended from the Earl of Monmouth, a son of Charles the Second, were entitled to wear the Stewart tartan. I was shown some very old etchings and a history of the castle. Together we read the original motto of the Scotts and found the words Keep well the road. Her Grace then very kindly offered to take me on a tour of the castle and I could not have wished for a more informed guide. Two old towers, Nesbie and Tentifute, dating back to the restoration period of 1571-74, still stand. Over an old doorway we read together the ancient legend cut in letters of stone which we have displayed in a panel in our hall. ' ' In vorld is nocht natur hes vrought yat sal lest ay, Thairfore serve God, kei p veil ye rod, thy fame sal nocht dekay. Sir Valter Scot of Branxholme, Knycht ; Margaret Douglas 1571. ' What a splendid motto for a girls ' school, remarked Her Grace as she shook hands with me and expressed her pleasure at my visit. It had been a great day for me too. My one regret was that I wasn ' t wearing the school uniform! JESSIE R. JOHNSTON. The Branksome Slogan r BRANKSOnE J. i ACTIVITIES 18 The Branksome Slogan CAROL SERVICE On a frosty Sunday in Decem- ber the Christmas season was once more ushered in by the Branksome Carol Serwce at St. Andrew ' s Presbyterian Church. The service was opened by a fanfare played on the coronet by Captain Parr. Miss Mary Smith, Charmion Mc- Roberts and Janice Riddell saiig Golos and the musical accompani- ment was provided by the organ a violin and a flute. As always the Carol Service was concluded with Mrs. Perry ' s bea- utiful and touching pageant. A vote of thanks is well deserved by Miss La Von Doherty for her un- tiring direction and patience. UuNCH PREFECTS DINNER During the winter term, Miss Read entertained the Branksome Prefects and two girls from each of Havergal, Bishop Strachan, Moulton, St. Clements and Ontario Ladies ' College at a dinner in her home. The group discussed just about everything concerning school life, from how much free time the boarders have, (B.H.S. had the most), to discipline and the man- agement of school dances. We of Branksome felt that the meeting was a great success and hope that this event will be repeated next year. THE BOARDERS ' BANQUETS In honour of our friends south of the iborder, we celebrated the American Thanksgiving with a dinner party at Branksome. Miss Read, as toast mistress, spoke warmly of the American members of our school and of the original meaning of their festival of Thanksgiving. Those in charge of the dinner out did themselves; the speeches were most entertaining, and a great many bouquets were thrown back and forth across the border. The Christmas banquet was equally gala, except that we had the added attraction of guests. Candlelight, a delicious aura of luxury and elegance, subdued ex- citement — all added to the festive atmosphere. Carol singing and games in the gymnasium were a fitting climax to a wonderful even- ing and a wonderful banquet. The Branksome Slogan 19 THE DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS On March 4 the final curtain swirled to a close the presentation of Oscar Wilde ' s play ' ' The Im- portance of Being Ernest, which is, as he so aptly described it, a trivial comedy for serious people. Once more Miss Sime and Miss MacNeill had given their invaluable time and tireless efforts to direct- ing the school ' s drama enthusiasts. The leading role, that of John (we mean Ernest) Worthing J. P., the bewildered young bachelor and guardian, was portrayed by Alice Ann Russell, who brought him to life most vividly. Sharing the spotlight, Shirley Mann gave a rollicking characterization of the reckless Algy. Mary Louise Ed- monds and Marilyn Maclean came out fighting , and gave superb performances as the de- mure Cecily Cardew and the flirta- tious Gwendolyn Fairfax. Joyce Dibblee also deserved the thunder- ing applause for her sterling per- formance as the pompous Lady Bracknell. The principals were well sup- ported by Jane Macaulay as the portly Canon Chasuable, Ann Cooling as pedantic Miss Prism, Margann Chisholm and Diana King as Lane and Merriman. Honourable mention should be given to Cathleen Cherry who did an excellent job as stage manager ; and to Sheila Craig who was in charge of the make-up. The beautiful costumes also contribut- ed to making the play extreniely reahstic and effective. Through co-operation and per- serverance The Importance of Being Ernest was a complete suc- cess and was a credit to the whole school. THE DEBATE With the resolution, Canadian Yiouth has as great a future in Canada as in the United States, the debate between U.TjS. and Branksome began. It was held on March 18th at 3.30 p.m. in the gymnasium. Mary Louise Edmonds, Pat Marriner and Cathleen Cherry represented the school with the affirmative. Donald Landon, Bob Shirriff and Arthur Pennington voiced the opinions of U.T.S. on the negative side. The judges were Miss Dorothy Ford (English head at Forest Hill), Mr. Gulston (English head at Riverdale), and Mr. Bennet (graduate of U. of T.). The debate was won by Brank- some ; so one may say never under- estimate the powers of a woman. Afterwards a tea was held in the drawing-room, which gave the de- baters the opportunity of meeting the judges, and of further discus- sing t ' - ' . debate. MARION WALLACE. INTER-SCHOOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP This year the Fellowship met, as usual in Miss Read ' s living-room, 16 Elm Avenue, at three-thirty on Tuesday afternoons. Speakers in- cluded Miss Read, Miss Snyder, 20 The Branksome Slogan Misis Cathie Nicoll, Mr. Donald MacLennan, Mr. Gerald Gregson and Mr. Donald Campbell. Lucretia Bond told us of her experiences in Europe and Lena Liu and Stella Chang gave gave an interesting sketch of their school life in China. We are exceedingly grateful to Miss Mary Nicoll for being our Sponsor this year and being so ready to help us at all times. The best wishes of all the Fellowship girls, and indeed all Branksome, will follow her as she goes to Chijia with the China Inland Mission. Her departure will be a great loss to the school. Miss Read made it possible for us to go to several gatherings held by the Toronto LS.C.F. group dur- ing the year, and also for our Com- mittee to meet with the other Committees of the Toronto area. DOROTHY BARNHOUSE, President. EARLY BRANKSOME We have noticed the unique desks which can be found in vari- ous classrooms, but few of us know their traditional value. In 1903, when Branksome Hall was founded. Miss Scott, our former principal, purchased these second-hand desks for the approxi- mately seventy-five pupils in at- tendance. As the school grew throughout the years, similar desks couM not be procured, and so the light wal- nut finish was stained to match the dark hue of the new ones. Human nature being what it is, the desks have acquired the names of three generations. Their curly legs and ornate hinges hold an irresistible fascina- tion. Because of their antiquity they are now worth six times their original cost. 22 The Branksome Slogan THE BETA KAPPA The first test of the elasticity of the Beta Kappa was the annual Hallo w ' een party, held October 31st. Everyone came as the person she would like to be — past or present. Miss Read and the staff put on a skit, representing the spirit of the school. Square dancing followed the judging of the costumes, with everyone breathless with so much activity. The distribution of prizes and refreshments was held in the dining-room. On December 10th, Sherbourne House was alive (with sounds of fun) as the fourth and fifth forms ' dance was taking pace. Christmas trees, snowmen, Santa Glaus and snow created a festive atmosphere. Music was supplied by the Band Box. After weeks (three) of thought and energy, the Branksome Hall at Home was held under the banner of the Navy. A gang plank was in use and the walls were decorated to resemble the railing of a ship, with large dreamy drawings of sailors. Hundreds of blue and white balloons hung from the ceiling, caricatures bedecked the curtains, and the stage where Don Warner and his orchestra were holding port, was alive with pink fish. Half way through everyone was fortified with ice cream and cake. The remainder of the evening was spent dancing. The Graduate ' s Dance still to come will be held in the newly decorated Read Hall and the Strawberry Festival in the Main Building. As head of this talkative and boisterous organization may I thank everyone for their co-operation and enthusiasm. An event is only as successful as the effort put forth and it seems that everyone worked overtime on every occasion. JANE MAGAULAY. THE OPHELEO Those of us who are members of the Gommittee of the Opheleo would like to express our gratitude to the Senior and the Junior Schools for their co-operation. Indeed, the work of the Juniors this year has been quite outstanding. In India, our Society supports an Indian Teacher and a small orphan at Manmad, and the Branksome Hall Bed in the Women ' s Hospital at Ludiana. It also sends a yearly subscription to the Ramabai Mission. During the past year we sent contributions also to missions in Europe, Africa, South America and Ghina. Our work in Ganada is with the underprivileged children, the Indians, the Lumbermen, and the Merchant Marine. We have all enjoyed our term on the Opheleo, and we hope that those who follow us in years to come will get as much pleasure out of serving a worthy cause as we have this year. AILS A REID, President. The Branksome Slogan 23 OPHELEO FINANCIAL REPORT COLLECTED June 4, 1948— Strawberry Festival 62.75 June 6, 1948— Closing Service 67.50 Dec. 3, 1948— Senior School 70.00 Junior School 31.00 Food saved by house girls 50.00 Outside donations 49.00 Miss Read 25.00 Total Amount for Ramabai Week $225.00 Oct. 13-20, 1948 Total Amount Paid Out, Community Chest $239.00 Dec. 12, 1948— Carol Service ..$305.00 March 2 to April 6, 1949 1st week .$100.00 2nd week 50.00 3rd week 50.00 4th week 50.00 5th week 55.00 Total Amount for Lenten Collection $305.00 PAID OUT Sent to Underprivileged Camps ....$100.00 Expenses 30.25 Dec. 3, 1948 Ramabai Mission $200.00 Orphan in India 25.00 Total Amount Paid Out $225.00 Oct. 13-20, 1948— Community Chest Total $239.00 Dec. 12, 1948 Christmas Relief and Expenses $305.00 Africa, China, Ludianah ..$100.00 India, Orphan Sukantala ' 50.00 Spain and Germany 50.00 China Medical Supplies .... 50.00 South America 55.00 Total Amount Paid Out $305.00 LENTEN COLLECTIONS 1. Entrance: Madame Perry. 2. Madame Perry: What did I give you for homework? 3. ' ' Oh yes, the vocaibulary. 4. ' ' Ouvrez vos cahiers 24 The Branksome Slogan CLAN CHIEFTAINS Left to Right — MacAlpine, Shirley Bates; Ross, Nancy Blundell; McLeod, Mary Lou Lyon; Douglas, Faye Purdy; Campbell, Frances Snetsinger; McLean, Jean Gillanders; Scott, Pat Marriner; Macgregor, Virginia Leishman. CLAN MEET The first sporting event of the year was as usual the Clan mieet. All the clans gathered around with their standards at Head Acres and a series of relay races were run off. The MacGregor Clan won to(p honours and greatly en- joyed the two delicious cakes that were provided for the victors. ARCHERY This year archery moved over to Read Acres. There, on warm after- noons many enthusiasts learned how to get closer to that gold under the very apt leadership of Anne Elderkin, who took our archery cup in 1948. This comparatively new sport is slowly making its way into many of our schools and colleges. Many more students are really beginning to enjoy it at its full value and to get a thrill from it. We are sure that the spring term will bring forth even more archers to try for the cup of 1949. BOWLING Again bowling was a popular sport this winter. In the clan tournament the Douglas team took first place. Pauline Cole, Kay Smith and Anne Chisholm bowled in the Inter-School Tournament in which Branksome Hall came second. The Branksome Slogan 25 SWIMMING Tihis fall the pool was filled with eager contestants for the annual Inter-Clan Swimming meet. The MacAlpines splashed their way to victory, with Scott and McLean taking close second and third places. The many races consisted of balloon races, candle races, pota- toe races, and three-legged races. The annual Inter-School meet was held at Bishop Strachan on Thursday night, February 24. Due to the efforts of Virginia Grant, who placed first in the junior free- style; Janice Lovering, Claire Mc- Mullen, Lou Carnahan, Pam Adam- son, Wendy Rogers, who won the Intermediate diving, Sylvia Thom- son, Alice Ann Russell who swam herself to third place in the Senior Style and Joan Archer who won third place in the Senior diving, we managed to take fourth place. Bishop Strachan took the top honours for the year, Havergal came second and St. Clen ents third This year a great interest has been taken in Red Cross Swimming and Life Saving Classes. In the first term quite a few were success- ful in passing the tests and recieived their medals or badges. Due t o the mild weather, the pool was opened in March, despite a little trouble SWIMiMING TEAM Left to Right—Front Row — Joan Archer, Janis Lovering, Claire McMullan, Virginia Grant. Back Row— Mary Lou Carnahan, Pam Adamson, Alice Ann Russell, Wendy Rogers 26 The Branksome Slogan FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM Left to Right — Mary Binnie, Frances Snetsinger, Margaret Bulmer, Helen Hill, Alison Zimmerman, Eve Cassels, Virginia Leishman. Centre — Hester Stronach (Captain) with sand in the pipes, caused by the new road construction, and the life saving classes were begun again. The swimming and diving cham- pionships have yet to be contested for and it ' s anybody ' s guess as to who the winners will be. BASKETBALL The basketball season started this year on October 1st with the Old Girls playing part of this year ' s first and second teams. The Old Girls proved that they were not as rusty as their name im- plies by winning 26-11. In our Inter-School basketball games the first and third teams made the record with four wins out of six games, and two out of three respectively. The second and fourth teams also kept together with two wins out of six games and one out of three respectively. Most of the games were very well played. Credit should be given to Miss Bertram who had the coach- ing of all four teams this year. The season ended with two games for the first and second teams with O.L.C. the first set at home and the other at their school. We all had a very pleasant visit and this time managed to keep all The Branksome Slogan 27 their lights intact. Both our teams won their two games. In Clan basketball this year each clan organized two teams to give the lower forms a chance to plaj The A series was won by the Mac- Gregor Clan and the B series by the Douglas Clan. After the form basketball the seniors wondered if the lower forms had been given too great an O ' pportunity. 2-B and 3-A were the finalists with 2-B winning top honours. THIRD TEAM Forwards: P. Strand, S. Mair, C. McMullen, M. Morgan. Guards: M. Ferguson, J. Ma- whinney, L. Dibblee, A. Gilday. FOURTH TEAM Forwards: M. L. Carnahan, J. Jones, J. Wahlroth, K. Miller, J. Archer. Guards: G. Thomas, C. Stiles, M. Barnett, J. Howard. BASKETBALL Staif Versus Students On the afternoon of February 4th, seven of our illustrious staff were found wandering around in shorts and gym tunics. What was this? A strike against the New Look? But no, they all marched into the gym where that famous SECOND BASKETBALL TEAM Left to Right — Pat Marriner, Mary Wilkinson, Ann Sutherland, Mary Lou Lyon, Norma Webber, Jean Gillanders (Captain), Alison Roach, Elinor Greenwood. Absent — Helen Scace. 28. The Branksome Slogan basketball game, Staff versus First Team, was to- be held. Miss Bert- ram was outstanding as a forward for her trick shots, and her somer- saults, Miss Leach played a very fast game as guard. (Has Frances Snetsinger met her match at last?) Miss Spracklin started demonstra- ting the different kinds of fouls but unfortunately she was removed after the first four. Her place was taken by that popular player, Miss Stevens, who was greeted with wild acclaim as she stepped on the floor. When the staff saw that they had taken all the limelight with these outstanding stars, in a true spirit of sportsmanship they sacrificed the glory of the best score to thfe girls. The First Team won 21-8. SENIOR SPORTS BADMINTON Once again the inter-school bad- minton tournament was held at St. Paul ' s Church. Havergal came first, B.S.S. second, Branksome third and St. Clement ' s fourth. The badminton doubles were won by Mary Elinor Riddell and Frances Snetzinger in a hard fought battle against Margaret Wansbrough and Eve Cassels. The clan tournament was very closely contested. Mary Elinor Riddell won the A Singles and Eve Cassels the B Singles. Frances Snetzinger and Margaret Wans- brough won the A Doubles with Constance Stiles and Gwen Thomas the B. Doubles. BADMINTON Left to Right — Peggy Porter, Margaret Wansbrough. Back Rrow — Frances Snetsinger, Eve Cassels, Vonnie Davis The Branksome Slogan 29 WINTER SPORTS Due to our very mild weather winter sports were practically non-existent this year. We had Varsity Stadium for skating but it could only be used for a few weeks. However there were two skating parties which were very much enjoyed. Plans had been made for an Inter-School Ski Meet this year but they could not ' be put into effect. To make up for the lack of outdoor sports a new game, floor hockey, was introduced into the school. Many of the girls took to this sport as was proved by the large number of bruised shins in the school. A very early start was made in tennis this year. With the new courts and the extra time to practise there should be very keen competition in the tourna- ments. We are also looking for- ward to the Clan Baseball Tourna- ment. VOLLEYBALL There was a greater interest shown in volleyball this year which made the playing better than in former years. The Clan Tournament had a very exciting finish. MacGregor and Campbell were the finalists and the game ended with a tie, however, Mac- Gregor managed to get a slight edge during the few minutes of overtime. BOWLING TEAM Left to Right — Katherine Smith, Pauline Cole, Sue Chisholm 30 The Branksome Slogan NEWFOUNDLAND On March 31, Branksome marked the entrance into the Do- minion of Canada of our tenth pro- vince, by a short service in the gymnasium at which the Junior School was present. Miss Read impressed upon us the importance of this union and the correct pro- nunciation of the name of our new province. After a brief history of Newfoundland was given by Diane Johnson, a shield, painted by Miss Johnston, Head of the Junior School, was placed in the north-east corner of the gym by Anna Lea Elderkin, a native ' ' Newfoundlander . The service was concluded by the singing of our national anthem. SPORT ' S DAY A birdseye view of Branksome on S ' port ' s Day would have shown many unkilted little figures run- ning, jumping and throwing balls with great speed and gusto. In the senior competition the pace was set by Barbara Skea who easily took top honours, with Frances Snetsinger second, and Mary Bin- nie third. In the intermediate sec- tion Clare McMullen came first, Carol Merrit, second, and Lynn Dibblee third. One of the most exciting events was the Slow Bicycle Race in which Lynn Dib- blee wobbled her way to victory. The Viscountess Alexander of Tunis at the Installation of Prefects. The Branksome Slogan 33 LEGANUS LECAMUS 34 The Branksome Slogan So Are We All Brothers First came the warning. It was not a noisy warning, in fact it was exactly the opposite. Silence. A deathly silence that brooded and waited and made the very trees seem to shrink and huddle together. Next came a sigh. It was very soft and low, but with a dangerous hiss to its softness, telling perhaps of what was coming, and then hurrying on lest it too should be caught. Then the waiting was over ! Through the darkness, which until then I had not realized existed, came a blind- ing flash of lightning. An answering crash screamed and tore at the air. I pulled my coat closer and shrank back against the huge rock which sheltered me by flinging a grey stone arm above my head. With a crash that was almost a roar the storm sped on. The wind, cruel and angry, tore at the mighty pine trees which swayed in agony under the relentless lashes of fury. Brittle trunks cried out in fear and terrified branches writhed and twisted like snakes as they flung beseeching arms to heaven. As one in a nightmare I saw an oak tree split exactly in two as though it had been geometrically divided, hesitate for a moment, and then plunge down carrying with it smaller trees, some of them sprung from its own acorns. A sort of crazy exultation came over me as I watched it all. I wanted to run and cry out too .... or perhaps to laugh hysterically. I wanted to rejoice with the storm and cry with the trees. Then it was over! Just like that it was over. Again there was silence, but this time a silence of hesitation, as though the world needed to be sure that all was done. Like a stream of liquid gold the sun poured down, showing every glistening drop of crystal and every broken blade of grass. I got up, still amazed and a little dazed. It had all been so quick, so terrible, and now it was gone. A sparrow chirped a question from a thicket and another answered from a nearby tree. That started a series of chirps and twitters. Nature ' s air raid I thought as I walked along. Now the casualties must be reckoned. No, human beings are not so very different from Nature. They make a larger and more terrible replica of Nature ' s storms and call them bombs ! Just a storm in a metal case which is dropped from the sky, does more damage than lightning, and makes more noise than thunder. The tiny bits of sunlight that managed to slip through the green- black pine trees formed a sharp crazy pattern on the smooth brown needles underfoot. Shiny, soft and slippery they were, as glossy as the hard surface of the tiny beetle scooting for cover as I passed. And there was the smell of wet pine. No one who has ever been in a pine woods can forget that smell. It is the perfume of our hopes for the future coupled with the sharp tangy odour of the uncertainty of what is to come. The Branksome Slogan 35 I walked along slowly. Somehow everything in the world that was bad seemed useless and stupid. If only the Makers of Destruction could walk thus, they could never plan their campaigns of horror and suffer- ing. Alone. They would have to be alone, for then there is only the mind and soul with Nature, which is, perhaps , after all, God. No one can plan destruction and walk with his God. As I walked I dreamed, and the silvery mist of my memories glided before my eyes to set the stage for my castles in the air. Everyone in this land has his castles. Dreams are allowed only to those who have free minds, and free minds are allowed only in free countries. And my country is free, for my country is Canada. So must all the world be some day . . . free . . . free to dream. It must be, so that to dream is noi ridiculous, for ridicule breeds fear. Free from the fear of rude awaken- ing . . . for who can stand to see his beautiful castles torn and crumbled to a fine powder under the heavy foot of ridicule? Is it not the same as having the body torn by a bomb ? As I thought of the terrible storm I shuddered, for I had liked the excitement of its terror. Then I thought of the warm sun afterwards. Perhaps soon, the earth will get over its love of terrible excitement, and peace will dawn everywhere. Then we will be as a small sparrow and sing with joy and the joy of life. There, there will be no fear. I straightened and walked on . . . on through the woods . . . my woods for was I not part of them? Were they not Canada and I a Canadian? So are we all brothers. ANNE SMYTH, Form IVA HOY VRANKSOME! 36 The Branksome Slogan Justice Joe Marshall struggled through the thick wet snow to the river crossing carrying a pack of food on his back. ' Tm safe here, safe and free, he thought, and a feeling of pride for his own cunning crept over him. He took a quick glance at his surroundings. He hated them! And as far as he could see there was a clear expanse of snow, which looked bleak and startlingly white in the sunlight. The only thing that broke the monotony of the scenery was a small group of pine trees, around which an icy river twisted, and was lost to sight. Joe could see spirals of smoke from the chimney of his hut, off in the distance, curling upwards over the horizon, it looked warm and inviting. ' ' Oh well, he thought, ' ' spring will soon be here, and with the warm weather this life will be easier to endure. In a few years he would ba safe to move into some city again. It would have to be a large city where he could mingle with the crowds. Joe reached the bank of the river. There was a strong current in the water under the ice, and earlier in the morning while he was away getting food the force of this undertow had loosened a thick piece of ice, and carried it down the river, leaving behind only a fairly thin layer on the surface. When in midstream Joe was suddenly startled by a creaking sound, and looking down, he noticed a large crack in the ice not more than six inches from his feet. He went to turn back, but within a split second the ice gave way beneath him, and the cold ' black water closed over his head. With arms stiffened from the cold, Joe gave a mighty downwards heave which ibrought him to the surface. When he reached the air he tried to breathe, but the cold water seemed to be compressing his lungs, and he could manage nothing but little shallow gasps. As he struggled to safety, the keen wind bit into his face, partly freezing the water on it. A sharp piece of ice jabbed his cheek, cutting it, but no blood came. Reaching the edge of the thick ice, Joe tried to pull himself up on the surface, but with each attempt he slipped back into the water. There was no longer any feeling in his legs. The man who, up to this time had been able to face any situation in life, was now helpless, and with the realization of this a scowl blackened his face. With one final effort he flung himself onto the ice and lay, panting, on the surface. The cold north wind whistled through the pine trees. Joe raised his head slightly, and could still see the smoke from the warm fire in his cabin rising lazily into the air. It was not far away. He knew The Branksome Slogan that he had to reach that cabin, but could not move. His head dropped on his hands once more, and he lay motionless. Soon a delicious warmth crept over him, starting in his feet, and then covering his whole body. He felt sleepy .... the wind sounded far off ... . In Detroit nearly a month ago a man had been killed. The news- papers were filled with pictures and articles on the murder for a short while, but the mystery remained unsolved. This time the law court in Detroit had no murderer to try, and the electiic chair, as on other occasions, had once more been cheated of itkS victim. However, justice had been carried out up in the northlands and Joe Marshall had been found guilty. BARBARA HEISE, Form V. THE ROCKIES Oh, pinnacles of age and years Have seen the world in joy and tears Your crowns are blanketed in snow While turbulently far below A river ' s path — is winding. In nation ' s wars — contending. Can you never take a rest From ceaseless standing? No, it ' s Norway spruce, pine and hemlock Have conquered the eternal rock That stretches — best You stay erect forever — never ending. never bending. VIVIAN FROST, Form 2. 38 The Branksome Slogan Aunt Harriet ' s House If ever you should happen to visit a village called Marion, and if — as you probably will — you get bored, and wonder why you came, stop in at Jim ' s Grocery, and ask if there is anything interesting to see. For to most people who come to Marion, it seems a pretty dull village. When you ask that question, Jim will look at you in surprise. His mild eyes will gaze at you reproachfully. Then he will thoughtfully scratch his left ear, and say, ' ' Well, you might go and take a look at Aunt Harriet ' s house. Just go down Commonwealth Boulevard, and cross Jacob ' s Corner. You can ' t miss it. It ' s quite a purty sight. And so you set off, wondering what you are going to see. You will probably come to the conclusion that the place is some modern brick house, of which the folks around are proud. You cross Jacob ' s Corner, and look about. There are no houses in sight. Then you will see a little footpath winding down the side of a hill, and you decide that the house is down there. You follow the path, and it leads you into the woods. Birds twitter overhead, and the sun makes a golden carpet as it sifts through the leaves. Here and there you will catch glimpses of a sparkling stream as it cascades down the hill. Wild flowers are numerous, and, if you aren ' t careful, you will find that your spirit of boredom has gone, and that you are whistling. Then you come to a clearing, which turns out to be the end of the woods. Stretching away for three or four miles are hills, covered with golden wheat. If a breeze should come along, you will see a sea of golden waves tossing against a deep blue sky. Oddly enough, you will feel not gay, but at peace. And what about Aunt Harriet ' s house ? There is no such place. Jim is a doctor of human nature. He sent you out into those woods, not to find the house, but to find something better — contentment. I know this, because I once looked for Aunt Harriet ' s house, too. BARBARA SMYTH, Form I iin cca Qsa 11 mm ill v:n=-- The Branksome Slogan 39 Operation Hades The night was dark and warm ; the sky was a Cyclops with its one eye, the moon staring knowingly in at me and my book of Homer ' s ' ' Odyssey through my dormitory window. However, 1 was not alone. There was Odysseus standing before me, he had crawled unnoticed by me or any other being from the pages of my immortal tome. He beckoned. I came. Grasping his hand, not utter- ing or making a sound. I entered with him, the annals of Homer, skim- ming past Ithaca, pausing only to nod at Menelaus and Helen, to the land of the Phoenicians we went, speaking only to Nlausicaa and her father King AJcinous in order to refuse their gracious invitation to attend the Phoenician games. And across the sea we sped to the land of the Lotus-eaters where we tasted the honeyed fruit of the plant, past the alien home of the Eyclops, and made a wide detour around the island of Aeaea, the home of the dishonourable Circe. Finally we arrived at our destination, the Land of Hades, where all departed souls of the dead are found. Now we stopped to catch the breath we had lost on the long, fast journey just completed; now Odysseus spoke his first words. ' ' Follow me, speak only when spoken to, and you will come to no harm. This last warning aroused my senses, for since we had sped so fast, 1 had had no time to think of fearing. Now in a land where time stands still. I did fear, and as I feared, I trembled. However, I gathered my wits about me as a cloak of life and followed my guide. All was dark and gloomy, Odysseus led me through dark passages and by ethereal beings which were feeble of body and longing to see once more the radiant beams of the day ' s sun. Of all the dead souls in this morbid land I desired most to meet and chat with Achilles. The Greek hero and chief character in Homer ' s IlUad. However, as I had ibeen warned not to speak unless spoken to, I was una ' ble to express this desire to Odysseus and could only hope that we would meet him somewhere. These thoughts of Achilles were rudely interrupted by a voice calling my name. It was Odysseus introducing me to some of his friends : Tiresias, Theban, Antiope, the daughter of Asopus, Minos and his daughter Ariadne and Orion the giant hunter. I was speechless but managed to blurt out something the words of which I do not now recall. Odysseus continued his conversation to them at great length but as I had never spoken to the dead, my tongue was tied tighter than a food parcel to Europe. Over the sound of unfamiliar words which I presume now were Greek, a voice reached my ears that seemed strangely friendly and without looking up I was aware of the approach of my hero, Achilles. I wanted to call out to him, shake his hand, ask childishly for 40 , The Branksome Slogan his autograph, but remembering my leader ' s warning my vocal chords remained still, my lips motionless. At last Odysseus presented to me this man whose ghost was jus t a thin and feeble as his brethren. I was aware of an odd feeling inside me, of the old Greek way of life, their strivings for democracy and their individual competition in games. I realized that they had been, in the ancient days, a fine and wonderful people, and before I knew why I was bowing my head to the throng of souls surrounding me and to Odysseus amid them. My mind went blank. I found myself sitting with my head lowered towards a book which lay open on the table, open at a chapter entitled ' The Book of the Dead. It was Homer ' s Odyssey. Glancing out of my window I noticed the sun had pushed the moon aside once again and was pouring a wide shaft of golden radiance on the whole earth beneath. My limbs ached but I felt rested and at perfect peace with the whole world and with the day before me. BARBARA SHAW, Form IVA Editor: These jokes you sub- mitted are awful. Nancy: ' 0h I don ' t know, I put some in the furnace and it just roared. Miss Phillips: . . . and so we find that x turns out to be zero . . . Elinor: ' What! All that work for nothing! APRIL FOOL! The Branksome Slogan 41 A Voyage Hilla watched the two little boys. They were throwing stones in the water and watching the ripples grow large and then fade. ' ' My life is like that, Hilla thought suddenly. It will make ripples like those but they will soon fade and other ripples will take their place. Speaking of other ripples she thought of the Merediths. How kind they had been when she had first arrived pale and tense, from Europe, with the horrors of the concentration camp still beating against her brain! They had done so much for her, taught her their harsh but beautiful language, bought her nylons and cosmetics and spotless uni- forms. Her bedroom on the third floor of their spacious Toronto home was warm and comfortable. The work was light and varied. Why, oh why had it not been enough? Surely after the war years — long hours of walking to and fro in the mud with the scenery all criss-crossed by the bars of her cage, trying to forget the gnawing hunger, dancing with grimfaced Poles and Nor- wegians for long hours each evening, (that was their only form of recreation) — the life of a Canadian maid was paradise. But what about the years bef ore the war ? No, one mustn ' t think of them. They hurt even more. Yet airing one ' s thoughts often helps. As a young girl surrounded by the luxuries of a well-to-do home in Helsinki she had been supremely happy. Her father a musician of great repute had travelled all over Europe. How Hilla loved the excitement of first nights, the few delicious seconds when her father had raised his baton for silence, the flowers and evening gowns, and the late suppers after the concerts. Hilla had taken to music as a duck takes to water. She was going to be a great pianist and someday play Finlandia with her father. In fact she had been preparing for her first recital at the outbreak of the war. She gazed down at her red, weather beaten, work-stained hands. There was no music left in her fingers. It had left her fingers when it had left her heart. There was nothing for her in Finland. There was a new power in her land, or was it new? Nazism, Communism, they both destroyed the important things in life — freedom, initiative, religion. The young girl touched the gold cross resting on her throat. That was her mother ' s influence. A semi-invalid since Hilla ' s birth she had been as deeply religious as Hilla and her father were musical. 42 The Branksome Slogan ' Take care of your mother, he had said. She is weak and dependent. You must take my place when I am gone. Disappearing down the walk he had looked so old and tired between the youthful members of the Gestapo. That was when music had been wrenched from Hilla ' s heart. Mother must be dead. She couldn ' t have lived through the war years. George Meredith wanted to marry me. He loved me. I could have loved him. I loved his country, its hardness and strength and beauty. A light breeze had sprung up. It played with Hilla ' s hair. It smelled of green things, of life, of hope. The shore-line was growing larger. Hilla looked out to it. I am coming home, father, she said softly. WENDY AITKEN, Form IVA. The Viscountess Alexander of Tunis Arrives at Branksome, November 24th, 1949. The Branksome Slogan 43 Michelangelo Was a Superman The dictionary defines superman as, sl man with mental and physical powers far above the ordinary. What other word is there that could so aptly describe as great a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet as Michelangelo? There is none. The words ' ' magnificent, ' ' stupendous, wonderful, seem ludicrous upon gazing on the perfect beauty of the Sistine Chapel, the statue of David and the mighty dome of St. Peter ' s Cathedral. He was born in Caiprese, Italy in 1475. His kind, but penniless father, afraid of losing his social status by w orking for a living, allowed his three sons to be brought up in near starvation. As Michelangelo showed early promise of becoming a great sculptor, he was apprenticed to Ghirlandajo in the hopes that he would win money and fame and so restore the family fortunes. The young lad worked and studied industriously and was brought to the attention of Lorenzo de ' Medici who nominated him to the famous Garden School in Venice. Lorenzo took an interest in the boy and watched his career closely. Unfortunately he died three years later, and the seventeen year old Michelangelo was left to make his v ay in the world. Miserable under the degenerate Piero de ' Medici, Michelangelo fled to Bologna. There, amidst learned circles he read Dante and Petrarch and was touched by the ' beauty of their antique world. At the same time that Savonarola was heaping pagan pictures, ornaments and books on his Bonfire of Vanities, Michelangelo was proving himself a pagan of pagans by producing an Adonis, a Bacchus, and a Sleeping Child so lovely that it was sold in Rome to a Cardinal as an antique by a Greek sculptor. This hoax proved to be embarrassing to the Cardinal, who professed to be a connoisseur of the ancient Greek arts, but it brought Michel- angelo to the threshold of his fame. Meanwhile, in Florence, the fickle populace turned against its idol, and Savonarola was burnt at the stake. Michelangelo did not appear to notice, but began to work, perhaps remorsefully, on a Virgin and Christ, the like of which had never before been seen. Then from a huge block of marble, that no other sculptor would atti mpt toi cut, Michelangelo, with infinite patience and loving care, fashioned a statue that is considered one of the finest pieces of sculpture in the world. It was the immortal David. His family now believing him to be wealthy, pestered and abused him for money, and he, too proud to admit his poverty, starved himself to send them alms. When they had finally bled him white and he could send them no more, his father denounced him as being mean. 44 The Branksome Slogan In 1505 he was called to Rome, Pope Julius 11 wished to have a colossal mausoleum built for his remains and the sculptor eagerly entered the plans, spending eight months in the Carrara quarries selecting his marbles. But bad luck stepped in again. Bramarte, a jealous rival, suggested to the Pope that it was bad luck to have your tomb built during your lifetime, and perhaps Michelangelo could be used to better advantage painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Unpaid for his work, in debt for the marble, in March 1508 the distracted artist wrote: To-day, 1, Michelangelo, sculptor, begin the painting of the Chapel. The following January he wrote again : This is not my profession. . . I am uselessly wasting ' my time. To-day the whole world thinks differently. Furious and suspicious of everybody, Michelangelo locked himself in the Chapel, and refused to admit anybody. The work was new to him and he had to learn the technique as he went along. His relatives were badgering him for money, and the Pope, annoyed by his secrecy, threatened to have him thrown out. Seemingly indifferent, Michelangelo worked on, and on All Saints Day, 1512, he allowed the public in. Even his enemies were amazed at the greatness and magnitude of his achievement. Raphael, himself, was the first to praise it, thanking God that he had been born in the same century. The ceiling, one hundred and fifty feet long, and fifty feet wide, was ornamented with scenes from the world ' s history, pointing to the coming of Christ. The work was finished, but Michelangelo at thirty-seven was an old man. His health was shattered. Working for four years with his head thrown The Branksome Slogan 45 back had strained his neck, and brought on painful swelHngs of the glands. His eyesight was so impaired that he had to hold a book over his head to be able to read it. Then, when the old Pope, satisfied at last, could have rewarded him, he died, and was succeeded by Leo X who had work for Raphael, but none for Michelangelo. The harassed sculptor went back to Florence, where he began to work on the ' Tomb of Lorenzo de ' Medici. Finally, disgusted with everything, himself included, he threw himself into the revolution which convulsed Florence, and was put in charge of the fortifications of the city. Six months later, the revolutionists were betrayed by their general. Irony of fate! The life of the wretched sculptor was spared, in order that he might work again for those tyrants against whom he had fought, the Medici. This time it was the immense wall the entrance of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo at sixty-one, shut himself up for five years, and painted his interpretation of ' ' The Last Judgment. The following year, he turned from painting to architecture and designed the mighty dome of St. Peter ' s Cathedral, which to all the world to-day is the sign and the symbol of the Eternal City. At this period of his life he fell in love for the first and the last time. The object of his affections was the beautiful Marchioness Vittoria Colonna. To her, he wrote some of the most beautiful poems; poems, dynamic and forceful, that seemed to be written with the same ruthless 46 The Branksome Slogan energy with which he hacked out a statue from a block of marble. He lived for twenty-eight more years, working now as a sculptor, then as a painter, and sometimes as an architect and engineer. In 1564, when almost ninety years old, engaged upon the Herculean task of converting some old Roman Baths into a Christian church, he suffered a stroke and died. It has been said, Michelangelo ' s greatness lay in his divine dis- content — not with others but with himself . . . And like Moses, glancing longingly at the dim and hazy outlines of the Promised Land, he realized that it will never be given to any of us mere mortals to reach that which cannot possibly be surpassed. Hence, that divine discontent, which is not only the beginning of all wisdom but also the beginning and end of all great art. CATHLEEN CHERRY. Form V Miss Bertram giving first Basketball Team a pre-game pep- talk : ' Well, here we are, unbeaten, untied and unscored-on . . . and getting ready for our first game. Miss Craig: You missed your classes yesterday, Noi-ma, didn ' t you? Norma: ' ' No, Miss Craig, not in the least. BRANKSOME, APRIL 1st, 1949 The Branksome Slogan 47 Al Terrifying Experience As a child I used to spend my summer holidays with my family at the Lake of the Woods. Situated on the Northwestern border of Ontario, this lake is probably one of the most beautiful bodies of water of its size in the world. The crystal clear atmosphere and the long sunny days make the district a mecca for those who love the true north. The summer my story opens was unusually hot and dry, and from oar cottage we could see clouds of smoke rising from forest fires. Fortunately for us they seemed to be miles away, but every few days my father used to go over to the fire-ranger ' s lookout to check the progress of the fires. They kept assuring us that we were perfectly safe, for the time being at least, but at night we would sit on the shore and watch the sky lighted up and wonder if perhaps we shouldn ' t pack up and go home. Every Saturday we went to the town of Rainy River, about twenty miles south-east of our island, for supplies. We always made a day of it as we would meet so many other cottagers. Rainy River was a busy little town on the main line of the Canadian National Railway, so there was always something entertaining to do. This particular Saturday, the heat was almost unbearable. The sun was like a great ball of fire and there was such an oppressive feeling in the air that it seemed difficult even to breathe. We did our shopping, and as we went from store to store, we could tell that the townspeople were a bit uneasy about the nearness of the forest fires. Farmers in from the surrounding districts told of having had some bad times saving their homes and many were talking of bringing their families into town during the weekend. Mother and Father were going to get some chickens and eggs at a farm a short distance out of town so we decided to go to the one and only movie. The wind had started to blow but it was such a hot wind that we felt would be cooler indoors. We had been in the theatre about an hour when the manager announced that the wind was driving the fires toward the town and that everyone must go either to the trains or to the boats. We rushed out of the movie but in the confusion I became separated from my friends and found myself being swept along with a crowd of people toward the station. We were hustled into railway coaches, and although I tried to make people understand that I should be with my family in the boat, no one was allowed out of the train and as hoon as the coaches were filled we started to move away from the town. It was now almost evening, but the entire sky was ablaze with 48 The Branksome Slogan millions of tiny sparks and in the distance we could see trees being enveloped by the flames. About ten miles away from the town we came to an abrupt halt, and there we stayed until morning. We were all too frightened even to whisper and efforts to organize a sing-song met with little response. We didn ' t know until later that the fire had reached the tracks ahead of us, and had not the wind changed we would all have been burned to death in the train. The next morning we crept back to Rainy River, but what a sad sight met our eyes ! The town had been almost completely wiped out and the patients from three hospitals were on stretchers in the waiting room of the station. There were many people from the surrounding country who had been badly iburned trying to save their homes and stock. What a re-union I had with mother and father! They had been nearly frantic with worry, until someone had told them that they had seen me on one of the trains. When we got back to the lake we found our lovely cottage had been burned to the ground, so father packed us all off to our home in Winnipeg. ELIZABETH TUBBY Form II The Branksome Slogan 49 Dream Come True For years I had looked forward to this day. Unlike most girls whose childhood dreams concerned a first formal dress or a first formal party, my dream had always ' been my first entry in the Royal Winter Fair. My weekends had been filled with practice for the past two months ; doing figure of eights, changing leads on the straight, reining back, turning using only the leg aids and most of all, jumping. Soon Lucky came to know exactly what was expected of him by the tone of my voice. Of course he was not always the best mannered pony either. Often he would refuse to jump. When this happened it called for more severe methods on my part. Usually after a few reminders from my crop, fol- lowed by six or seven bucks on Lucky ' s part, we would come to an under- standing. Then we would go through all the jumps perfectly, bush, bar, gate and others. After a good workout of jumping, we would practise equitation; and here again Lucky often did not prove so obedient. He would not canter on his right lead. Finally after another session we would start again with Lucky leading on his right. Last but not least we would attempt figure-eights and turning. After all the contrariness was worked out of Lucky, he was a good as gold. So usually by the end of the day, he would do his work like a champion saddle-horse. After this daily workout I would rub Lucky down, give him his feed plus a treat of sugar or apples. Then the tack had to ' be cleaned. So witih saddle and bridle over one arm and clothes and saddle soap in the other hand, I would make my way to the tack room, or if it were a particularly sunny day I would clean it sitting on the corral fence. At the end of each day my bed certainly looked good to me. As I lay in bed thinking of the coming event, my mind would wander, and I would find myself dreaming of a small bay pony and a blond-headed girl going into the huge ring for the jump-off s, and returning with a big blue rosette dangling from the bridle, and carrying a beautiful silver trophy. Would this be possible? I wondered. Then thinking back to the Exhibition, and last year ' s Winter Fair I remembered how Lucky had refused to jump the bush jump which was the first jump. Over and over to myself I kept saying, ' This year it shall be different! But would it? This had happened two years in succession that Lucky had refused the bush jump. All I could do was to wait and pray. The eventful day dawned. For years I had looked forward to this time. But now that it was here I was not feeling so happy about it. I rose early, washed and put on my especially cleaned jodphurs, and my 50 The Branksome Slogan shiny boots. My riding jacket looked pretty nice too, having been freshly cleaned and pressed. When I finally arrived at the Horse Palace, I rushed immediately to check on Lucky. As I gave him an extra rub-down, he seemed to sense my excitement and realized w hat was going to happen. After giving him a piece of sugar, I sat in his manger combing his forelock. Then again the fearful dread came back. I knew he would do well in the equitation classes, but what about the jumping? If he would only make up his mind to do well, he could walk away with the trophy, as the jumps were not to exceed three feet, six inches. We had not long to wait as ours was the first class that morning. I received my last minute instructions from my trainer as he led me to the hitching ring. Lucky seemed very calm and collected. I hoped he could not sense that my heart was up in my throat and I had butterflies in my stomach. All I could think of was, ' ' Will Lucky refuse to jump? My number was fifty-two. I leaned forward and whispered in Lucky ' s ear. He knew what I wanted but it looked to me as if he were winking derisively at me. As I walked from the hitching ring Lucky held his head high and I wondered whether he was determined to jump or not to jump. I checked my stirrups, my reins, and adjusted my hat and then trotted Lucky in, circling the jump. Then I noticed it. The first jump was a bush jump ! I gave Lucky a firm kick with my heels and a touch of my crop and we cantered easily towards the jump. ' Be ready for anything! Those last minute instructions rang in my ears. The jump seemed to loom up to us. My heart stood still ! Lucky had refused. I gave him a sharp tap with my crop as we cantered back and turned again towards the jump. Only three refusals were allowed and already we had had one. My heels kept digging into Lucky and just as I thought he was slowing down, he started, almost galloping with his ears forward at the jump. Now I knew my worries were over. To this day I do not know what caused the sudden change in Lucky, but I did not care much. I was too busy enjoying myself as Lucky cleared the jumps with a clean performance. Number fifty-two was called again. This was for the jump-off s. This time I entered the ring as Lucky, head high, and very confident. I had no worries now. Over the jumps, one by one, we sailed clearing them with inches to spare. At the end of our class Lucky and I made our exit, both proud as punch. Lucky with his blue rosette flapping as he shook his head, and I with my beautiful silver trophy. JOAN ARCHER Form II The Branksome Slogan 51 Marie Curie ' ' Marie Curie was a woman; she belonged to an oppressed nation; she was poor; she was beautiful. A powerful vocation summoned her from her motherland, Poland, to Paris, where she lived through years of poverty and solitude. There she met a man whose genius was akin to hers. She married him, their happiness was unique. By the most desperate and arid effort, they discovered the magic element, radium. This discovery not only gave birth to a new science and a new philosophy ; it provided mankind with the means of treating a dreadful disease. In one small paragraph in the introduction to her book, ' ' Marie Curie , Eve Curie has managed to sum up the wonderful life of her mother. But behind the simple facts lie a life of hardship, heartache and final triumph. Marie Curie was born in November, 1867, the daughter of a patriotic Polish schoolteacher. She was the youngest of five children, brought up as any other normal youngster of that age in Poland, under the oppression of the Tsar. She was a bright pupil all during her school-days and rarely forgot anything she was told. But even during her childhood she learned that life could be cruel. Her mother ' s death and that of her sister, Sophia, were to leave a deep impression on her because of her intense love and admiration for both of them. And learning under the shadow of the Tsar stirred rebellion in her, even in her youngest days. After a gay whirl following her honouraible graduation from secondary school, Marie was forced to teach to augment the meagre earnings of her father and to help send her brother to medical school. She longed to reform the established order and to enlighten the masses of the people. She had an infinite kindness in her heart for the oppressed people and a dee p love for her country, which she longed to serve wholeheartedly. And this complex, kind person was Marie Curie at seventeen! Her extreme kindness was reflected in her offer to take a job as governess in order to earn enough money so that she might send her sister to school and also support herself. And so she took the next step, and became a governess. But her soul longed for greater things, and while she was working for her own re- laxation in her cousin ' s small laboratory, something was loosed in her that had long been obscured, and she realized that chemistry was to be her chosen vocation. And forthwith, she set off to Paris to study in earnest. 52 The Branksome Slogan Sihe stayed with her sister for a while, but finding that the journey to the college was too long, she moved to a small garret apart- ment where she might study undisturbed and where she had close access to the school. She studied extremely hard, sometimes as if in a fever, but she was perfectly happy. She had few friends, but those she had were students like herself, losing themselves to the outside world in their studies. She lived in extreme poverty, sometimes having barely enough to eat, but she was thriving in her love for her work and she was doing splendidly. Just before her graduation from the Sor bonne she met the already well-known physicist, Pierre Curie, who was to have the most profound effect on her obscure life. These two were extremely happy in their marriage and in their work. Even during the hard labour in their tiny laboratory, they had time to raise a family, destined to follow in their parents ' footsteps. Soon after the birth of their first daughter, Marie returned to the tiny shack which served as the laboratory, determined to choose an original subject of research. She was fascinated by the reports of a PRINCIPALS. The Branksome Slogan 53 scientist of the time on his studies with the X-ray and she felt that she must delve furtlher into its secrets. And so she embarked on the hard, often discouraging search for the missing element which ended in the discovery of radium. Her husband became equally absorbed and to- gether they melted tons of ore, trying to extract an unknown element. Finally the precious element, radium, was found, and after writ- ing a thesis on their discovery, Marie received her doctor ' s degree and an annual salary. And so it was farewell to the shed that had housed the wonderful discovery, and on to new and greater achievements. But life was to be darkened again, this time by the death of her husband in a street accident. Brokenhearted but undaunted, Marie turned to science with a new vigour as a sort of refuge and strength. Many other lesser discoveries followed. Because of her the arsenal of medicine gained a tremendous new weapon, radium, and it lost a great champion in her death in 1934. And the reason for her death, perhaps the most tragic incident of all, wias the effect of radioactivity on her body, — the radioactivity whose discovery was to save many thousands of people in the years to come. To her death, it was man- kind she cared for, not fame. As Albert Einstein said, Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted. ALISON ZIMMERMAN, Form V. OH PEN! The pen is such A useful thing. And such a graceful object too, That hereby I Do swear oh pen To dedicate this verse to you. But let us now leave ' forty-nine And see how old Egyptians fared. As they their hieroglyphics traced With sharpened reed, how they ' d have stared To see a pen of new design Race smoothly on the dotted line. Poor Shakespeare, when his ink did blot And so destroy his work, ' tis true He often wished his sharpened quill Would not completely break in two, And ruin all his ordered thoughts While in the midst of passioned plots. Perhaps the future will invent A pen so perfect in design. That people then will smile to see In some museum, one like mine. And wonder how I ever went Through life with such an instrument. ANNE SMYTH, Form IVA. 54 The Branksome Slogan Macdeath by William Shortspeak Scene I — Macdeath ' s castle. Macdeath: King. Lady Macdeath: Who? Enter Macdeath who has just murdered King Ashcan of Scot- land. Lady Macdeath goes to meet him eagerly. Macdeath: Done! Lady Macdeath: Dead? Macdeath: Quite Lady Macdeath: Good! Macdeath: Afraid. Lady Macdeath: Why? Macdeath: Blood. Lady Macdeath: Where? Macdeath: Hands. Lady Macdeath: Pshaw! They begin to leave the death chamber. Lady Macdeath : Now ? Macdeath: Me! Lady Macdeath : Queen. Macdeath: W ho? Lady Macdeath: Me! Macdeath: Love! Lady Macdeath: Dove! Scene II — The palace. Enter King Macdeath. (Au- thor ' s note. This is Macdeath ' s famous soliloquy.) Macdeath: Hmmmm! Scene III. The banquet hall of the palace. Several Lords are seat- ed at a banquet table. Enter Macdeath and Lady Mac- death. Lords: King! Macdeath: Welcome. Lady Macdeath: Sit. Everyone sits down except Mac- death who purposes to take an empty seat among his nobles. Macdeath (turning slightly green) Eeek! Lady Macdeath: What? Macdeath (pointing to ghost of Bouquet whom he had recent- ly killed sitting in the empty chair.) Look! Lady Madeath: Nothing! Macdeath: Didn ' t. Lady Macdeath :— What? Macdeath: Murder. Lord (in sagacious tone to com- panions) : Insane! Lady Macdeath (persistently) : Nothing ! Ghost disappears. Macdeath (sheepishly) : Nothing! Lady Macdeath: Feast! Ghost re-enters. Macdeath (turning green again) : Eeek! Lady Macdeath (to guests) Go! Exeunt guests. Macdeath: See? Lady Macdeath: No! Macdeath: But Lady Macdeath: Stupid! Ghost disappears. Macdeath: Gone! Scene IV. The three witches tav- ern. Macdeath stumbles into tavern as three witches are mix- ing up a brew. Macdeath : Howdydoody ! The Branksome Slogan 55 1st Witch: Beware! Macdeath: Who? 2nd Witch: Macfluff. Macdeath: O.K. Scene V. Macfluff ' s castle. Enter Lady MacflufF and Httle SnufF. Lady MacflufF: Traitor! SnufF: Who? Lady MacflufF: Pater! Murderers stroll in and seise little SnufF. SnufF: Dead. Lady MacflufF: Who? SnufF (sniffing) Me! Exit Lady MacflufF with the murderers strolling after her FLASH!! He stabs! he scores! The score is now 4-0 for Mac- death. Re-enter one murderer. Murderer: Success! Scene V. The ' battlefield. M a c d e a t h remembering the witches ' warning scurries be- hind a tree as MacflufF enters, MacflufF: Come! Macdeath: Won ' t MacflufF: Will! Macdeath: Why? MacflufF: Kill! (Sound effects man — Splat!) Macdeath (suddenly becoming lo- quacious in his last moments) : So long! So ends the happy little short- spoken tale with the death of our Macdeath. CURTAIN! 56 The Branksome Slogan FAME WINTER PINES To be Soft snow Illustrious Gently dusting, And known, is everyone ' s Stately sentinels, silent Desire . . . but those who reach the In their brilliant mantel sparkling goal Brightly. Are few. BARBARA SKEA. ANNE SMYTH. THE CURTAIN It lifts. The audience Is still. They sit and stare With obvious delight. The play Begins. ANN SUTHERLAND. DESTINY The brook Which gurgles here Is destined for the sea. And there amid the mighty waves Is lost. DOROTHY ORR. The Branksome Slogan 57 The Part That Canadian Women Played in the Last War During the war women took on various types of work, in offices, factories and plants. They also joined the women ' s forces, the Navy, Army and Airforce, doing administrative work, and as nursing sisters in the hospitals. Many joined volunteer organizations such as the Can- adian Red Cross Society, the St. Johns ' Ambulance Corps, service clubs and canteens. This work was not always pleasant, but very important and did a great deal to build up the moral of the men in the fighting forces. In this way Canada ' s contributions, I feel, were very important. We all know the women ' s forces were called up for overseas service, and I understand the largest proportion were the nursing sisters. In the hospitals and medical units there were also small groups of Canadian Red Cross Welfare Officers. I have chosen this subject because I know personally one of the Red Cross Welfare Officers and I would like to tell you about the work she did while she was overseas. In August 1943, my friend joined her unit which was No. 15 Can- adian General Hospital; and at this time stationed near El Arouch about 20 miles inland from Phillipville, North Africa. This hospital was under canvas, which meant it was functioning in tents. I have asked her many times to describe the life there to me. Can you imagine the heat at 120° ; and the Surrocco storms, a fierce hot wind lifting the sand as it follows its course and strong enough to even blow down the tents? Then the rainy seasons, which would last from three to six weeks, making the ground just a mass of muddy clay! But other problems also arose. Great care had to be taken to avoid malaria; and dysentry was all too prevalent. The Arabs, often un- friendly neightbours, would cut off the water supply. This frequently meant that each person would have ony one pint of water to last her a day. I mentioned before, the sand and dust, these were rather un- savory condiments even for the monotonous bully beef and spam. Did I remind you of the flies ? If not, she tells me they were terrible. But what she speaks of the most, is the work of the Welfare Officers. They wrote letters for the patients who were either too sick to write for themselves, or had injured an eye or hand, or maybe were in a body cast. They gave out comforts, such as toilet articles, shaving kits, cigar- ettes and stationery, games and reading material. They entertained the patients by arranging cribbage games and bridge tournaments ; supply- ing the materials and giving instructions for the handicrafts. I think 5a The Rranksome Slogan that one of the most interesting parts of their work was the meeting of the ambulance convoys as they arrived at the hospitals and waving good-bye to others when they left for the hospital ships which sailed for England. In the summer and autumn of 1943 the dangers of war had passed to Sicily and Italy. In February, 1944, No. 15 moved to Italy and were stationed at Caserta which was 20 miles inland from Naples. The buildings which housed the hospital, had been originally used for a Cavalry School. At this time the Battle of Monte Casino took place. Although this hospital was listed as a 1,200 beds, they had actually eighteen hundred beds filled for several weeks. This was one of the greatest emergencies that faced the hospital. The operating rooms were working on forty-eight hour shifts, the admitting rooms were never empty and the walking patients volunteered to be stretcher bearers. Many new duties were given to the Red Cross Welfare Officers, by the Matron and the Nursing Sisters. No one on the staff ever knew more than five hours sleep, at any one time. But the challenge was to do as much as possible for each and every patient. This is just a small example of one phase of work that Canadian Women were able to do, not only for the soldier v ho was fighting, but also for those of us who were at home. (Information obtained from Miss M. E. Jenkins, Principal Welfare Officer, The Canadian Red Cross Society, Overseas Corps., Toronto. ) JUDY FAREWELL. The Branksome Slogan 59 A Visit to the Chateau de Versailles As I stepped from the bus and my eyes beheld the Chateau de Versailles, I found it even more beautiful than I had ever imagined it. A gilded iron gate and stone balustrade marked the court of the palace. The building itself consisted of a great central court, the Cour Royale, from which extended lateral wings surpassing in length the central block. In the court and garden stood statues of Richelieu, Coode, Du Gireschin and a large equestrian statue of Louis XIV. The palace was originally a chateau erected by Louis XIII, but in 1670 Louis XIV commissioned Le Van, an architect, and later Monsart and De Cotte to add to the building. Le Brun decorated the interior. Twenty years were spent on the building of Versailles. Many visitors had travelled the eleven miles from Paris to wander through the elaborate rooms and gardens on the day we took our trip to the beautiful chateau. We found the interior the way we had imagined it to be. The ceilings were very high and ornate with beautiful glass chandeliers hanging from them. The bedrooms of the king and queen in the Hall of Hercules, were simply exquisite. The beds, under dark canopies, were enormous. There were fireplaces but the rooms were so large that I imagine very little heat circulated through them. In the north wing we found galleries and halls filled with historical pictures, sculpture and other great treasures. The central buildings included the former Dauphin ' s apartments, fine state rooms and overlooking the park, the beautiful Hall of Mirrors where the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. The Oeil de Boeuf, named from the oval window, was the anteroom where the courtiers waited for the King to rise in the morning. It leads to the room where Louis XIV died. In the south wing of the palace we saw the gallery of the Republic and the First Empire. Here, too, was the room where the Chamber of Deputies met, where Congress sat to revise the Constitution voted at Versailles and to elect the President of the Republic. The first floor is almost entirely occupied by the Battel Gallery. As our guide pointed out, Versailles was the scene of many histori- cal events. Here in 1730 Britain recognized the independence of her American colonies, then in 1871, the capitulation of Paris was signed. William I was crowned German Emperor in 1871 and later the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the famous Hall of Mirrors. As I walked down the wide staircase on my way to the gardens, I thought of Louis XIV and others who had also used these stairs and who had met many famous people in these same halls. What a thrill it gave me! 60. The Branksome Slogan The gardens of Versailles were enchanting. The tree-lmca waiKs and gardens with their carefully trimmed hedges gave one an exciting feeling. The great fountain that stood in the middle with its many children and spouting frogs completed the picture of the beautiful Chateau de Versailles. I can very truthfully say that of all the many places I visited this summer and the multitudinous castles and palaces that I wandered through, Versailles was the most beautiful and enchanting of them all. LUCRETIA BOND, Form IVA OUR CHINESE STUDENTS From left to right — Gwendolyn, iMillicent and Bonita Hsiung, daughters of Mr. Y. I. Hsiung, Chinese Consul General for Canada; Lena Liu, daughter of Dr. S. Y. Liu, Minister of Finance, Chinese National Government; Stella Chang, daughter of Mr. Chang Ching-Yu, Member Administration Chinese National Government. Fhe Branksome Slogan 61 HARVEST TIME Beyond the fields the Autumn haze Enveils the distant hill, And all the scarlet leaves inflame The oaks beside the mill. Tall stooks of corn like wigwams stretch In intersecting lines, While yellow pumpkins gleam against The nearby groves of pines. Dull russet brown, warm shades of red, Bedeck the orchard trees. In silent hives between their trunks The treasure of the bees. Along a fence of twisted rail, A squirrel flashes by To add an acorn to his hoard. He knows that Winter ' s nigh. A solemn stillness fills this land With bounteous harvest blest. Although all Nature bows her head In grace and sinks to rest. MARY L. MARTIN, IVB. SALT WATER TAFFY The smells o-f salt water taffy, fish, popcorn, petunias and the sea permeated the narrow picturesque street in old Provincetown. Quaint studios and venerable shops in which paintings and all kinds of curios were sold, bordered the road- way. Flocks of tourists dressed in gay colourful sun-clothes strolled along the narrow street. Between the rows of immaculate white build- ings one could catch a glimpse of the bay where large fishing schoon- ers and small dinghies bobbed aim- lessly on the swells. The sun was untrammelled by clouds, and shone down on the water turning every wave into a sparkling hill. Along the shore the nets were spread out on the beach or strung up on poles to be dried and mended ibefore they were taken out to sea again. Street vendors bawled, children played and tourists shopped, while artists serenely painted. All this could be seen from the corner under the sign Salt Water Taffy. SHIRLEY BATES, Form V. 62 The Branksome Slogan Junior Activities JUNIOR OPERETTA On Friday, April 1, Junior School presented its operetta, The Adventures of Pinocchio. CAST Pinoochio - Mary D. Jenkins Geppetto - Joy Cassels Blue Fairy Belinda McConnell Talking Cricket Pat Fulford Fire Eater Judy Lovering Master Cherry . ' Sally Kingsmill Fox Janice McBride Cat - — Margo Thompson Dr. Crow „ ... Esther Williams Dr. Owl Noreen Philpott Harlequin Lynn Cadby Punchinello Marie Peaker Lampwick Janny Lovering Choruses of fish, villagers, fairies, soldiers, etc. The performance went off smoothly and was enjoyed by a large audience of parents and friends. The operetta was directed by Miss LaVon Doherty; the scenery was designed and made by Miss Johnson and Miss Christie and the costumes were designed by Miss A. Smith and Miss Weatherby. The Branksome Slogan 63 JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS General Proficiency Grade VII — Patricia Fulford, 1 TTT T. 1 Paula White. Grade III— Paula Aitken. Grade VIII— Elizabeth Smyth, Jen- Grade IV— Jane Watson. - Denison. Grade V — Mary Daniell- Jenkins Scripture Grade VI— Elizabeth Wilson. Grade VIII— Elizabeth Smyth. JUNIOR CLAN CHIEFTAINS Left to Right — First Row — Sue Savage, Janice McBride, Susan Hardie. Second Row — Tanya Patterson, Pat Fulford. Back Row — Noreen Philpott. 64 The Branksome Slogan JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Left to Right — Front Row — Sally Kingsmill, Tanya Patterson, Judy Levering, Belinda McConnell, Paula White. Back Row — Sandra Woods, Esther Williams, Joy Cassels, Susan Hardie. JUNIOR SPORTS The sports of 1948-49 in the Junior School have been very suc- cessful. In the fall a basket-ball team was chosen by our coach and gym teacher, Miss Spracklin. The players were: Forwards Judy Lovering, Captain, Sally Kingsmill, Sue Hardy, Paula White. Guards Belinda McConnell, Esther Wil- liams, Sandra Woods, Joy Cassels, Tanya Patterson. Games were played with Moul- ton, St. Clement ' s, Havergal, and Bishop Strachan. We won four games out of five. The Junior School went skating at Varsity Arena, and we also enjoyed our skiing and toboggan- ing trips to the school Farm. Volley-ball was played in the senior gym. The Sports Cup was won by Sue Hardy. For the early fall and spring terms we enjoyed the use of the swimming pool. The Branksome Slogan G5 Wings Over The Arctic A Stormy Adventure in the Life of an Arctic Goose As far as his eye could see was an ice-capiped wilderness. Low-lying storm clouds scudded in ragged patches, heralds of the advancing gale. He flew slowly at first, then faster as he realized the terrible fate which might befall him. Soon the great expanse of grey sky was filled with white flakes, whirling and scurrying in a mad frenzy. The grey sky suddenly grew black, as if a mysterious hand had drawn a curtain across the world. He became filled with the fear of being blown away from his Arctic home by the merciless gale which guarded the entrance to the shelter and food of his own ice-covered lake. He felt that he was a prisoner and the wind his jailor and tormentor. Farther and farther away from his comfortable abode he was blown. Terror and hunger tore at his tired body and his wings flapped uselessly against the buffeting tempest. With his last frantic struggle, he saw his lake go out of view. He seemed so alone and weak against his powerful opponent that he almost gave up hope. After wearisome hours, he felt as if the cruel wind was dying and its fury abating. Below him, he saw a lake, not frozen, but still it was a lake. Relief flooded his throbbing body as he flew down to an ice floe. Ah, a haven of peace and security at last ! He then bowed his head in reverence to his goose deity. Afloat on the tranquil waters of the little lake, he fell into a deep and dreamless sleep, NOREEN PHILPOTT, Grade Eight. 66 The Branksome Slogan SUMMER Plant the seeds and they will grow, Tiny plants, all in a row. Plants grow big, flowers appear Summer time will soon be here. SUSAN RICHARDSON, Grade 7. RIDDLE ME REE My first is in cat, but not in dog. My second is in house, but not in mouse, My third is in rat, but not in mat. My fourth is in ink, but not in pen. My fifth is in sat, but not in pat, My sixth is in city, but not in world, My seventh is in crumb, but no!, m bread, My eighth is in pan, but not in dish. My ninth is in test, but not in exam, whole is a day that we all enjoy. JUDY LOVERING, Grade 8. My THE HORRORS OF WRITING POETRY You said I must write poem. You said that the words must rhyme, I ' ve sat and I ' ve thought, And I ' ve thought and I ' ve sat. And I just can ' t think of a line. I ' ve worked as I ' ve played. And I ' ve played as I ' ve worked, But really I ' m wasting my time, I just can ' t think of a line. The masters of old were most brilliant I ' m told At the making of verse they did shine, But me, I ' m a fool, and even for school I just can ' t think of a line. BELINDA McCONNELL. Grade 8. The Branksome Slogan 67 THE CHIMING BELLS Twas Sunday morn, And the bells adorn, The tower tall and slender, The organ below played hymns we know. As the bells rang out in splendour. The choir sang as the church bells rang, And to this day I have always remembered, The bells ringing out. So sweet and tender. PATRICIA GORDON. Grade 4. SANTA! Go to sleep, go to sleep. Dear little baby. Santa might come, Maybe, maybe. Go to sleep, go to sleep. Dear httle child. Santa won ' t hurt you. He ' s mild, mild. PAULA AIKEN, Grade 4. MY SNOWMAN A snowman stood in our backyard, He looked so very sad. And so I brought him in the house, And thought that he ' d be glad. , I went and ate an apple, I ate it to the core. When I came back to my snowman. There was just a puddle on the floor. KATHY BROUGHALL, Grade 6. 68 The Branksome Slogan LITTLE RAINDROPS Little rain drops, silver and bright, Do so much good when they drop all night, They help the pretty flowers to grow, And we will see them all in a row. ANNABELLE McINTOSH, Grade 4. LITTLE POLLY PARROT Little Polly Parrot Sat in her garret Eating toast and tea. A little brown mouse. Jumped into her house, And took it all away. GAIL BURTON, Grade 4 AUTUMN When cottage doors are boarded. And Vv ' indO ' W;i locked secure, We know that Autumn surrounds us, And Summer ' s lost its lure. The mice and skunks have taken over Our cottage by the sea, For Autumn days are none too warm. For people such as we, SANDRA DONALDSON,Grade 6. THE ROBIN The bird With breast of red Chirrup ' d from the leafy boughs And filled a world, too full of grief. With joy. ANNE SMYTH. The Branksome Slogan 69 THE DINGHY RACE My hands are blistered and sore from the sheet, And we ' re both wet through to the skin, But the challenging call of the race is sweet. The race that we must win. We ' re hiked far out on the windward side, We passed an opponent just now, The skipper growls and curses my hide, And the halyards creak in the bow. The skipper skifts the tiller some. And wipes the sweat from her face, She gives the order about to come On the other tack to race. A river of water sweeps down the decks, And wets us like heavy rain. When we get home we ' ll be perfect wrecks. But ready to try again. The course is tough but the boat is strong. And strong is each stick and rope. So tired and happy we sail along To victory, (we hope). PAT FULFORD, Grade 8. 70 The Branksome Slogan ALUMNAE Honourary President President - - - Miss Read Carmen Fair Capon First Vice-President - - - - Shirley Lind Chelew Second Vice-President - - - Jacqueline Sinclair Blackwell Slogan Representative - - - - Ainslie McMichael Miss Read ' s annual dinner for Branksome Hall Alumnae Associa- tion was held April second. It was, as usual, a most delightful affair with the largest attendance ever. After the dinner brief reports were given by Erie Sheppard Catto, Mary Jean Hall, Edythe Hewitt and Daisy Robertson Gall. The President, Carmen Fair Capon spoke of a number of things but especially of the Garden Fete and Sale of Work which is to be held May eighteenth at our new property ' Readacres . As the ' Slogan goes to press before this date it is impossible to give an ac- count of what we all expect to be a very successful venture. Theresa Goldie Faulkner, incidentally the first editor of the ' ' Slogan , gave a most interesting and informative talk on the ' ' doings at the City Hall. Theresa attends all meetings of the city council and takes notes which are mimeographed and sent out to various women ' s organizations. She gave a pressing invitation to all to attend some of these meetings and she made one feel they were far from dull. Joan Langlois moved a vote of thanks to Theresa for her delightful and humourous address. Winifride Drover, Ann Larmour and Ann Smith are at Queen ' s also Anne Garland who ranked first in the Queen ' s University group which ranked third in scoring at the Inter Varsity Archery Meet, held at McMaster University, October fifteenth. Louise Walwyn, who is at Western, came third in individual scoring. Ann Armour and Mary Beth Coutts are at the University of Western Ontario Secretary Treasurer Scholarship Treasurer - - - Social Convenor Erie Sheppard Catto Mary Jean Hall Edythe Hewitt Margaret Withers The Branksome Slogan 71 from which college Margaret Hawkin and Frances Thomson graduate this year. Barbara Keeler pledges her allegiance to McMaster. Grace Flavelle is at the University of British Columibia. Beverley Fortye is attending a college in Massachusetts and Johnnie Ritchie is in San Antonia, Texas at Trinity University. Frances Chase spent the winter in Geneva at the University in that Swiss city while Laura Tolmie is at the Sorbonne, Paris, where Joan Adams spent the autumn months. At Toronto University are Joan Heise, Valinda Burruss, Sally Dalton, Jessie Marriner, Sally McConnell, Jean Catto, Eileen Murton and Betty Southgate also Patricia Marlow who won the Professor William Clark Scholarship and the Glen Mawr Old Girls ' Association Scholarship in English Language and Literature. Patricia Stewart, who graduated from Victoria last June, obtained the J. J. McLaren gold medal for proficiency in Modern Languages. Mary Alice Burton is one of the assistant literary editors of the ' ' Undergrad a magazine published four times a year by the students of University College. Catharine Catto is a member of the all Varsity volley ball team. She also took part in the Inter Faculty Swimming Meet. Doreen Miller won the Marion Ferguson Organ Scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, last June. Wilma Muirhead gave a most successful Song Recital March twelfth. Jill Etherington and Helen De Nike are in Boston, Jill at the Chamberlain School of Retailing and Helen at the Garland School. Judith Barbour is studying to be a medical assistant in New York. Shirley Smith is taking a business course in Gait. Frances Defoe and Margaret Graham are at the Ontario College of Art. Nursing seems to be a favourite vocation of Branksome Old Girls. The following are in training at the Royal Victoria, Montreal, Maureen O ' Reilly, Jane Mack, Nora Stratford and Sheila Smith. Jean Wallace and Margaret Ann Robertson are at a Hamilton Hospital, Mary Fletcher at Victoria Hospital, London and Joan Spackman at St. Joseph Hospital in that same Ontario city. Jean Reid is at the Women ' s College Hospital and Helen Costerus at Toronto General while Maida Harris and Jane Keslick have chosen the Western. Doris Badgley is in training at the Kingston General. Mary Bankier Angus lives on a sugar estate in the Dominican Re- public. She has three children, a girl and two boys. Ora Forster Selby is making her home in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and Joan Archibald Col- borne is on Prince Edward Island. Both of these girls are married to ministers. Marjory Busteed has moved to Pender Island and Marjorie Sherlock is also on this British Columbia island. Patricia Stockton 72 The Branksome Slogan Denhoff is living in Saskatoon, Jeanne Montgomery Maclean Smith is, at ipresent, in Sheffield, England and Barbara Rawlinson Holwell is making her home in Bermuda. Helen Russell Winter is at Deep River, Ontario, Alixe Phillips Lillico in Peterborough and Eleanor Rising Reevie in Barrie while Joanne Edmonds Hunt is in Guelph. Lilah Patterson Oheisterfield lives in North Bay. Ruby Joe Cannon Richard- son has moved to Collingwood, Dorothy Code Caldwell to Orillia and Florence Eraser Smith to Gait. Peggy Essery Butler has returned to Toronto and Wilma Nugent McConnell is also domiciled in the Ontario metro-polls. Pat Gillespie McCulloch is sojourning in Pickering. Julia Echlin Etherington is living in Norman, Oklahoma, Barbara Donovan Carver in New York, Judith Palmer Bailey may be found in Rochester, N.Y. and Shirley Halsted Kline in Norfolk, Va. Verena Zybach Lucas has moved to Pittsburg and Joan Ostrander Frampton is in Los Angeles. Molly Ponton Armitage spent last summer in Great Britain and whilef there visited the original Branksome Hall, being conducted around the place by the present, owner, the Duchess Dowager of Buc- cleuch. Joyce Tedman Howell, editor of ' ' Women published in the interests of good citizenship, is in Europe on an extended visit. Margaret Aitken was in Palestine this winter reporting events for the Toronto Telegram. Helen Allan, who has been working as an occupa- tional therapist in Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, for the past three years, sailed in April to spend five months in Euroipe. Gladys Simpson Brown was in Pineihurst, N.C. this Spring, Georgina Carmen Bryden visited Georgia and Margaret Kent Heintzman spent two months in Nassau. Rita Chestnut Teetzel, who has been living in the Barbadoes for a number of years, spent a few weeks in Toronto recently. Persis Coleman Cutler whose home is in Virginiatown, Ontario, and Ethel Wadge MacLennan, who lives in Port Arthur, were in Toronto in April attending Girl Guide meetings. Mary Walker Ryan is President of Winnipeg ' s Junior League. Mary Barker is with the National Y.W.C.A. programme department, her special responsibility is health education. Jessie Wright Evans who is charman of the National Corps committee of the Red Cross was presented with an honourary membership in this Society in December. Two very lovely windows were unveiled, last Novemiber, in West- minster Central Church, Toronto, in memory of Jean Morton. Peggy Howard Strong, Beverley Britt, Margaretl Eddis Green, Mary and S ' heila Craig are the latest additions to the Life Membership The Branksome Slogan 73 list of the AJumnae. The last named took part in the play The Skin of Our Teeth produced at Hart House last October and in the French play ' Topaze given the following month. It is always ' nice hearing from Old Girls and the following have written lately: Margaret McGlashan McAlpin, Lorene and Gloria Pier- cey, Mary McLean Stewart, Alice Redman Gooch, Gwen Armstrong Cornfoot, Marjorie Ann Gauchat, Kathryn Gooderham Donaldson, Anne Izat, Irma Brock Marik, Barbara Jane, Cory Porter, Katharine Scott West and Eleanor Gibson McGregor. In residence this year are the daughters of Margaret Morton Lightbourn, Muriel Zybach McBurney and Isabel Mackay Doull. In the day school the children of Jean Wilkinson Shaw, Marion McCulloch Green, Cynthia Copping Crookston, Constance Davies Wilson, Isabel Clark Cox, Jane Lumbers McCrimmon, and Alice Sissons Mackenzie. Helen Holmes Broughall sends us a second daughter, Esther de Beau- regard Ketchum a niece and the Earls a sister. Among those who visited the school are Mary K. Campbell, Helen Anderson Magnussen, Doreen and Daphne Martin, Virginia and Cynthia Outerbridge, Janice McCoU, Cherry MacGregor, Helen Sneath Cowan, Janet Brown Rumble, Barbara Barclay, Joan Peat, Beverley McCoy, Lillian Buckley McMur- ray, Marjorie Flavelle. MARRIAGES 1948 Patricia Stockton to J. W. Denhoff, March. Ruth Aikenhead to Melvin S. Green, April 24th. Barbara Jane Cory to Robert Porter, April. Heather Forgie to Wm. Eddy Blake, May 8th. Barbara Donovan to Ross D. Carver, May 15th. Norma MacDonald to Geo. M. Livingstone, May. Mary Bastow to G. H. Briggs-Lawrence, May 27th. Marilyn Hogarth to Ian McG. ' Clark, May 29th. Claire Dibble to Robt. I. Shales, June 5th. Anne Woodrow to Dean S. Dignam, June 5th. Judith Palmer to Donald Wm. Bailey, June 6th. Elizabeth Scarlett to Chas. H. Draper, June 8th. Eleanor Rising to Ivan A. Reevie, June 12th. Alixe Phillips to Thos. A. Lillico, June 18th. Helen Russell tto Eric E. Winter, June 19th. Grace Paterso|i McDonald to W. H. D. Brouse, June 21st. 74. The Branksome Slogan Sally Chapman to Thos. A. Cookson, June 23rd. Barbara Baalim to Robt. McCullough, June 25th. Marion Joy Mackinnon to Norman A. Ballard, June 26th. Nancy Macleod Baker to J. D. S. Cromarty, June 26th. Antoinette Echlin to Robt. B. Hague, June 26th. Wilma Nugent to John F. McConnell, July 3rd. Joanne Edmonds to Earl C. Hunt, August 7th. Mary Northcott to Richard Isaacson, August 14th. Rosemary Kerr to Rowan T. Hutchinson, August 16th. Noreen Emory to Robert Jackson, August 21st. Eliza ' beth Winter to John F. Munn, August 25th. Barbara Pattison to Norman R. H. Young, September 4th. Jean Ross to Bruno Skoggard, September 11th. Sheilagh O ' Reilly to Wm. J. H. Verity, September 11th. Peggy Maclean Howard to Leonard A. Strong, September 11th. Peggy McCarthy to J. J. H. Hatch, November 10th. Elizabeth Prudham to Norman A. G. Hagen, November 20th. Patricia Gillespie to Wm. E. McCulloch, December 9th. Editha Johnston to Duncan 0. McLennan, December 11th. Nancy Benjamin to Robt. G. Brooke, October 16th. Mary McLeod to John A. Rowand, October 27th. Elynor Cobb to Ronald Thos. McBride, November 3rd. Aileen Winslow to Bonney M. Powell, November 6th. Helen Hawks to David L. Roby, October 6th. Norma McBride to Stewart W. Hewitt, October 15th. Doreen Martin to David Evans, October 16th. Alice Cochrane to Andrew G. Cardy, October 14th. Joan Vanstone to Wm. R. Livingstone, September 25th Diane Kinzie to Ronald MacN. Jones, September 25th. Evelyn McCormick to John Northcote, October 1st. Shirley Halstead to Ed. Chas. Kline, Jr., October 5th. Grace Cawthra to H. Cole, September. Judith Godfrey to Irving Green, September 14th. Nancy Trees to Alex. K. Dixon, September 18th. Nancy Marlow to Roderick D. Turner, September 24th. Elizabeth Green to John A. Rhind, September 24th. Jeanne Montgomery to John Maclean-Smith, December 23rd. Gwen De Mont to Geo. M. Thompson, December 28th. Caroline Coghill to John W. Scott, December 29th. Joan Archibald to Blair B. Colborne, December 30th. Pamela Eby to Frederick L. Jasper, December 31st. MARRIAGES 1949 Elizabeth Duthie to Jas. Edward Martin, January 15th. The Branksome Slogan Julia Echlin to A. Bruce Etherington, January 24th. Betty Francis to Everard J. B. How, January 27th. Rose-Marjan Hartog to Jan Schokking, March 14th. Dorothy Robinette to Alan M. MacNeill, April 2nd. Gretta Riddell to Alan B. Dixon, April 9th. Judith Humphreys to Henry D. Joy, April 9th. BIRTHS 1948 Margaret Lansdowne Ross, a daughter, February 6th. Twila May Lounsbury, a son, April 6th. Shirle Milner Brown, a son, April 22nd. Isobel Waite Dunster, a son, April 22nd. Elizabeth Matchett McClelland, a daughter, April 26th. Portia Butt Hay, a daughter, April 27th. Shirley Shoebottom Gibb, a son, April 27th. Virginia Piers Finch Noyes, a daughter, April 28th. Jean Sutherland Boyd, a daughter, April 30th. Jean Seifert Bradford, a daughter. May 5th. Shirley Ross Goldsmith, twin sons. May 6th. Betty Darling Halwig, a son. May 7th. Betty Pauline Cutten, a son, May 11th. Kate Brydon Brown, a son, May 18th. Mary Fairclough Hamilton, a son, May 21st. Mary Sloan Musson, a daughter. May 27th. Jeanette McVicar Vila, a son. May 27th. Mary Clement Edwards, a daughter, June 7th. Helen Wright Walker, a son, June 7th. Helen Richardson Stearns, a son, June 8th. Helen Spencer Hughes, a son, June 16th. Phyllis Cook Carlisle, a daughter, June 18th. Joan Eraser Pelly, a son, June 19th. Delphine Gregory Moore, a son, June 28th. Patricia Gundy Patterson, a son, June 29th. Esther McWaters Ewart, a daughter, June 30th. Ruth Barber Grimshaw, a son, July 7th. Marion Lumbers Gibson, a son, July 27th. Marion Ostrosser Evans, a son, July 28th. Inez Ante Bushnell, a son, August 3rd. Jean Nathanson Levin, a son, August 22nd. Elizabeth Gumming Irwin, a son, August 27th. Pauline Phillips Hoare, a daughter, August 28th. Barbara Martin Bensen, a son, September 14th. Margaret Grafton Ross, a son, September 25th. Elizabeth Beck Boddington, a son, September 29th. 76 The Branksome Slogan Ruth Tamblyn Simmonds, a son, October 5th. Joan Bradburn Mansfield, a son, October 8th. Sonia Skinner Apple, a daughter, October 9th. Pamela Pearse Biggs, a son, October 17th. Bettj Flavelle Gage, a son, October 18th. Sonya Williams Bird, a son, Octo ' ber 2()th. Doreen Brown Frith, a son, October 23rd. Peggy Waldie Lownsborough, a daughter, October 24th. Madeleine Windeyer Park, a son, October 26th. Rosemary Balfour Selkirk, a son, October 29th. Christine Auld West, a daughter, November 6th. Phyllis McTurk Cornwall, a son, November 16th. Bey Boyd Henderson, a son, November 23rd. Margaret Gibbs Jackson, a son, November 23rd. Claudia Engholm Landon, a daughter, November 25th. Lilah Pattison Chesterfield, a daughter, November 27th. Peggy Phair Drinkwater, a son, November 27th. Winifred Walker Ames, a son, December 12th. Mary Burroughes Gibson, a son, December 22nd. Grace Wheelwright Keefe, a son, December 23rd. Margaret Donald Elgie, a son, December 27th. 1949 Antoinette Echlin Hague, twin daughters, January 18th. Euphemia Walker Gilday, a son, January 19th. Jane Lum ' bers McCrimmon, a son, January 22nd. Kathleen Hair McBean, a son, January 22nd. Barbara Wookey Davidson, a son, January 23rd. Barbara Waite Kee, a son, January 27th. Isabel Earl Eraser, a daughter, February 3rd. Jane Kelley Dare, a son, February 7th. Mary Bankier Angus, a son, February 11th. Norah Morton Fullerton, a son, February 12th. Haldane Goodeve Hutchins, a son, February 16th. Phyllis Holden Elliott, a son, February 17th. Dorothy Hoyle Patterson, a son, February 26th. Eleanor Reed Gartshore, a son, March 4th. Margaret Muir Kennard, a son, March 7th. Eleanor Coatsworth Kerfoot, a daughter, March 14th. Claire Keachie McDougall, a daughter, March 20th. Claire Kilgour Vogel, a daughter, March 25th. Nancy Wigle Harrison, a daughter, March 28th. Patricia McConnell Ross, a son, April 2nd. Jean Ross Skoggard, a son, April 7th. Amy McLean Stewart, a son, April 16th. Cynthia Copping Crookston, a son, April 18th. The Branksome Slogan 77 DEATHS Mr. R. Bruce Henderson, husband of Bey Boyd Henderson, June 4th, 1948. Mr. Stanley G. Tobin, husband of Greta Playter Tobin, June 12th, 1948. Mr. John H. Keens, husband of Delphine Burr Keens and father of Charlotte, August 22nd, 1948. Mr. Ivor C. Butler, husband of Peggy Essery Butler, September 27th, 1948. Mr. D. Stuart Bankier, husband of Kathleen Cahill Bankier and father of Mary and Jane, October 26th, 1948. Michael, son of Nancy Dibble McLean, October 26th, 1948. Mr. Arthur V. Walker, husband of Dorothy Follett Walker, November 14th, 1948. Dr. William W. Dow, husband of Marian Medland Dow, February 14th, 1949. STAFF — BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Davidson (Miss Noreen Allport), a daughter, November 14th, 1948. To Mr. and Mrs. R. F. D. Roach (Miss Hazel Mackenzie), a son, January 24th, 1949. To Mr. and Mrs. David Haley (Miss Charlotte Coombs), a daughter, March 3rd, 1949. MARRIAGES Miss Laura Graham to Mr. Carroll Chauvin, August 21st, 1948. Miss Jean Stirling to Mr. Charles Crowdis, September 1st, 1948. 7 8 The Branksome Slogan 3n iHemoriam Jane Aitken Gordon, May 11th, 1948. Donalda Campbell Murray, May 30th, 1948. Elsie Borrowman Mattock, June 6th. 1948. Jane Williams Waugh, August 6th, 1948. Jean McMichael, August 12th, 1948. Dorothy Kennedy Smith, March 12th, 1949. Constance May, April 12th, 1949. The Branksome Slogan 79 ALUMNAE DONORS TO THE BRANKSOME HALL EXTENSION FUND Elspeth Abbey, Charlotte Abbott, Jean Hanna Allward, Nadine Angstrom, Molly Ponton Armitage, Annabelle Auld, Joan Knowlton Ayers. Jean Fleck Barclay, Barbara Martin Bensen, Jacqueline Sinclair Blackwell, Marjorie Scott Boothe, Helen Borrett, Jean Sutherland Boyd, Marjorie Evans Britt, Helen Rutherford Bunting. Elizabeth Callow, Jean Rankin Camp- bell, Betty Piersol Campbell, Carmen Fair Capon, Joan Cation, Jean Robert- son Carruthers, Betty King Smith Cassels, Philippa Chapman, Katie Clark, Helen Coatsworth, Elizabeth Sanderson Connor, Sally Chapman Cookson, Marion Coote, Marjorie Neale Cope, Peggy McCordick Cor- bett, Marion Armitage Corless, Marion Cosford, Anne Henderson Coulter, Isabel Coulthard, Grace Morris Craig, Mary Craig, Sheila Craig, Helen Crawford, Mary Crouch. Jean Loblaw Dawson, Lucille Dumaresq, Mary MacMillan Duncanson. Alice Eastmure, Phyllis Holden Elliott. Nancy Fairley, Catharine Bryans Fallis, Sarah MacGregor Findlay, Molly Mor- ton Flavelle, Alice Watson Fleming, Joan Mitchell Flintoft, Barbara Thomas Francis, Muriel Parsons Fulford, Nora Morton Fullerton. Daisy Robertson Gall, Elizabeth Ger- man, Helen German, Rosamund Find- lay Gillies, Margaret Eddis Greene. Mary Hanna Hall, Mary Jane Hall, Sybil Croll Halliwell, Gwen Plant Hambley, Jean Hendry, Edythe Hewitt, Jocelyn Hodge, Phyllis Hollinrake, Athol Hughes, Eleanor Hughes, Marion Hughes, Haldane Goodeve Hutchins. Gladys Billings Ireland. Barbara Waite Kee, Charlotte Keens, Isabel Ross Kelley, Helen Ballentine Kemp, Marjorie Postlewaite Kerry, Esther de Beauregard Ketchum. Bridget Gregson Lawson, Monica McColl Lawson, Betty Flavelle Love, Jessie Lucas. Alexander Stanners Macdonald, Errol Grosch Mackenzie, Stella Fleming Mackenzie, Elizabeth MacKerrow, Dorothy Mansell, Evelyn Mansell, Joan Bradburn Mansfield, Diane L. Mathew- son, Bruce McFarren, Isabel Adams Mcintosh, Margaret McKelvey, Editha Johnston McLennan, Ainslie McMichael, Audrey Joy Lyons McQuaig, Mary Glennie Merrick, Betty Davidson Mor- lock, Iria Mueller, Wilma Muirhead, Donna Campbell Murray, Joan Neilson, Margaret Ness, Natalie Kemp Nixon. Jean Inwood de Packh, Molly Parker, Jean Peacock, Madelaine Rogers Peers, Lillie Shannon Plant, Gwynneth Sinclair Powell. Gladys Rankin, Eleanor Rising Reevie, Justine Campbell Richardson, Jean Cal- vert Ritchie, Mary McLeod Rowand. Jean Sass, Bernice Jephcott Sanderson, Claire Dibble Shales, Rosemary Shep- pard, Gringan Trimble Smith-Bingham, Eleanor Lyie Somerville, Kathleen Elgie Sprague, Helen Richardson Stearns, Amy McLean Stewart, Mary McLean Stewart. Katharine Kemp Tidy, Dorothy Robert- son Trimble, Mary Gall Tweedie. Ruth Hamilton Upjohn. Janet Gibson Van Every. Helen Wright Walker, Betty Ruther- ford Ward, Elizabeth Scott Warren, Christine Auld West, Mary Fraser Williams, C. Elizabeth Williamson, Margaret Withers. As of May 6th, 1949. Any further donations will be printed in next year ' s Slogan. It is hoped every member of the Alumnae will see that her name is on this list. 80 The Branksome Slogan The Branksome Slogan 81 = SIMPSON ' S COLLEGIATE CLUB 1948-49 She Rates a V.I.P. JANE MACAULEY Sure she does . . . she ' s a Simpson ' s Collegiate Club Member, a Very Important Person for you to meet, a Very Important Person for us to know. Jane, as your representative, keeps you up-to- date on all the big do ' s the Club is planning for this year. And don ' t forget they keep us up-to-date too. They tell us what you want, what you rate BIG news in everything from clothes to records. It ' s through them that we learn how to please you. Simpson ' s is Canada ' s Youth Centre. 82 The Branksome Slogan NOW FOR IHH-AOtRS Teen Talk by dot Hodges EVERY SAWmV IN THE mV Read these lively columns and keep posted on the latest teen news on sports, drama, music and social activities . . . present opinions of average teens on. current topics. Follow Dot Hodges and her Teen Talk every Saturday in The New Telegram. It ' s an exclusive Tely feature you ' ll enjoy. ' 7Tle ie nuyie lot aow Uv The?Telegram The Branksome Slogan 83 AND ELIZABETH ARDEN PROVES IT! It ' s not birthdays that count . . . it ' s beauty and health such as only Elizabeth Arden ' s famous Three-Fold Routine can give. CLEANSE with Ardena or Fluffy Cleansing Cream, 1.25 to 7.00. REFRESH with Ardena Skin Tonic, 1.25 to 9.75. Ardena Special Astiingent, 2.75 and 4.75. SMOOTH with Ardena Velva Cream, 1.25 to 7.00 Orange Skin Cream, 1.25 to 9.50; or Ardena Perfection Cream, 7.50 and 12.50. 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RICHARDSON ' S 546 YONGE STREET, TORONTO Ml. 1662 After school . . . have a Coke Ask for it either way , . . both trade-marks mean the same thing. Coke 178 The Branksome Slogan 99 Never a Dull Moment! There is never a dull moment at Canada Bread bakeries! Huge mixers are forever on the go . . . ovens are constantly being filled at one end . . . emptied at the other . . . Every department is busily engaged in a continuous endeavour to satisfy the enormous demand for Quality Bakery Products. Qamfilimentd. al a n ien d lOQ The Branksome Slogan Compliments of CRAIG MADILL ARCHITECTS 20 ST. CLAIR WEST TORONTO 5 THOMPSON - JONES CO GOLF AND LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS AND CONTRACTORS 57 QUEEN STREET WEST TORONTO STANLEY THOMPSON RICHARD G. WILKINSON The Branksome Slogan 101 C. E. LAURENT CONSULTANT Pension Trust torpuraiion Insnranee ... the word of God . . . liveth and abideth for- ever. I. Peter 1:23. ... the scrip- tures . . . able to make thee wise unto salva- tion. II. Timothy 3:15. 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Phone, call or write for FREE Booklet — L p with the Times ' to SHAW SCHOOLS— Head Office, 1130 Bay St, Toronto Kl. 3165 SHAW BUSINESS SCHOOLS c ihi ' SS . The Branksome Slogan 103 Compliments of Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. of Canada Limited CONVEYORS • ELEVATORS • REDLER CONVEYOR- ELEVATORS • TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT Aurora, Ills.— BELLEVILLE, ONT.— Los Angeles, Cal. BRANCH SALES AND ENGINEERING OFFICES in principal cities of Canada and United States Queensdale Tea Room FOR QUALITY We serve the best the market has to offer SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT The meeting place for Branksome girls 401 BLOOR ST. EAST, TORONTO Phone RA. 2583 104 The Branksome Slogan CHEZ mum Individuality Our Keynote DAY-TIME. SEMI and FORMAL DRESSES TRAVEL. SPORTS and DRESS COATS 242 Bloor St. W.. Toronto (At Bedford Road) Phone KIngsdale 1313 off a fiiend Hooper ' s ©rug tore Bloor and Sherbourne Sts. TORONTO Phone RAndolph 4165 :Our 59th Year: FOR THE GIRL AND THE GAME WILSON ' S FOR ALL OF YOUR SPORTS EQUIPMENT! 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