Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN

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The Branksome Slogan 3 at ttje ate You spake unto the man who kept the gate, Give me a light. And back the answer came. Take God ' s good Hand. Go forth with heart elate. Your faith will be an inward, quenchless flame. You gave us that brave word one Christmas day. And fearless through the shadows we did fare. What though the skies were dark, and hard the way, All would be well ; we knew that God was there. Bread cast upon the water comes again ! As you had given to us, God gave to you, When by the gate to which time brings all men, In quiet sleep. He told you what to do. Arise, my child, it is no longer night. Give me your hand, and walk with me in light. Robert Barr. EDITORIAL The Branksome year 1951-52 has been one of success and fulfilment, as have been its forty-nine preceding years. This is perhaps due to the fact that each year brings with it new hope of achievement and new events which produce a strong influence the world over. This year, royalty has played a leading role in the lives of the peoples of the British realm and especially here in Canada. The visit of Her Royal Highness, Princess Elizabeth, now our Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh, stirred in our hearts a staunch feeling of loyalty to the crown and its symbols of liberty and justice. This loyalty expresses itself in many ways — loyalty to our Empire and country, to our fellow-man, to our school, and to our high ideals. For Canada is a young country which, like a young life, must grow in strength and be moulded with the utmost care ever to achieve its ultimate prosperity. Therefore, loyalty and faith are vital to all young Canadians to whom falls the continuation of this neverending task. To have a prosperous country, we must endeavour to make prosper all institutions, industries and enterprises by maintaining their highest possible standards. Above all we must have faith in our ideals and loyaltiy to them to obtain this goal.