Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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12 The Branksome Slogan

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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.

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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.