Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Branksome Slogan 23 Vice-president Louise Luke and Secretary-treasurer Catherine Buffam. As the school year draws so quickly to a close, we look back on days full of work, fun and activity, and offer our thanks to Miss Boyes, who has advised us so well. IIA Stop! Think! Have you already forgotten the wonderful picnic we had at the school farm on September twenty-fourth? Our active basket- ball team? The evening many of us spent at St. Andrew ' s? Goodness, you must have short memories. Let us take you back to the fall term. The form picnic marked the beginning of a wonderful year. As the autumn advanced, IIA took a great interest in basketball and were repre- sented on the Fourth team by Jane Watson and Joyce Sanderson. The form team was captained by Pam Kerr; players were Judy Durance, Sandra Holm, Jane Burt, Carole Anne Coutts, Mary Breckenridge, Sheila Harvie, and Heather Holt. They played extremely well, but lost to IIIA. Many girls have joined the Scottish Dancing Group, and enjoyed a Scottish Dancing party at Saint Andrew ' s in the fall term. Others are members of the Senior Choir and still others may be found further afield, taking part in ballet, art, dramatics, dress-designing, skating, riding and stamp-collecting. All these industrious souls may also be found studying, especially around exam time. As we write, the class actresses are preparing to blossom forth in their production of ' Too Many Marys . Wendy Lockhart, Pat Gordon, Sandra Seagram, Rosalie Biggar and Elizabeth Graham are among those taking part in the play. We should like to thank Miss Johnston, our form teacher, for her excellent advice throughout the school year, and for her help with the play. IIB This year IIB has had a never-ending stream of activities and ex- citement. In the first term, of course, the big interest was basketball. IIIB proved too strong a team for II Arts, but was defeated by IIIA. Good basketball was evident in all the games, and inter-school teams of the future may be drawn from this form team. During the second term, the class play, ' Tarty Line was a lot of fun to prepare, and was enthusiastically received by the audience. Con- gratulations to the actresses, Cathie Aylesworth, Ann Moore, Jo Anne Wayman, Mary Rogers, Margot Dunn and Betty Dalton. Sue Stanley did an excellent piece of work as director. Many thanks to Miss Johnston for her help and constructive criticism. Taryl Tompkinson represented the form in the Verse Speaking Contest. A good try. Tarry! Our thanks go to Miss Duffus, and to our form officers, for a happy and successful year.

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22 The Branksome Slogan lA Throughout the year lA has had a warm welcome from the Senior School, and has been encouraged to enter many sports and daily events. During the first term we spent a most successful day at the school farm, where we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Later came basketball, the main sport of the fall term, in which lA defeated IB. Our star players were Elizabeth Aylesworth, (captain), Jackie Burroughs, and Gail Burton. During the winter term, lA, hoping to raise the most money for the Lenten Collection, put up a good fight for first place, thanks to Jackie Burroughs, our secretary-treasurer. Next we must mention our form play, ' The Pampered Darling , directed by Margaret Benson. It was a hilarious comedy starring Joan Henson, Gail Burton, Jackie Burroughs, Jeanie Haines and others. We enjoyed the play to the full, and extend our thanks to our form teacher. Miss Phimister, for her patience in helping us. We have also taken part in other activities. The form has been well represented in the Scottish Dancing Class, and many of us may be found in the Apparatus Class on Fridays. So ends the school year 1954, and we assure you that we are all looking forward to future eventful years at Branksome. IB This year IB has been well represented in all school activities. Early in the fall term the whole form enjoyed a picnic at the school farm, where the girls spent a wonderful afternoon hiking over the spacious grounds and through the woods. A basketball match was played against lA early in the first term. Unfortunately IB lost, but it was a very exciting game ; the score — 16-20. The form play was Something to Talk About , starring Judith Mclndoo, Janet MacArthur, Marion Cox, Louise Luke, Marilyn Bolton, Ingrid Style, and Rosemary Marsh. It was ably directed by Catherine Buff am and Frances Wilson. Thanks to the hard work of our Secretary-treasurer, Catherine Buffam, IB did very well in the Lenten collections immediately preceding the Easter holidays. Our patient President is Ingrid Style, who is capably assisted by

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24 The Branksome Slogan IIIA This year we add another chapter to t he history of IIIA. It is interest- ing to look back over Branksome ' s fifty golden years and imagine the girls of the many other classes that have filled this half-way position in the past. Were they studious, fond of games, full of fun? As has been the custom for several years at least, we started the first term ' s activities with a wonderful picnic at the School farm. Early in the term our interest turned to basketball. Coached by Sue Strathy, with Janny Lovering as sub-coach, the Form Basketball Team did extremely well, going as far as the semi-finals, when it was beaten by the mighty IVA. IIIA was well represented this year on the Third Team by Susie Hanna, Kathy Broughall, Janny Lovering, and Sue Strathy. Great enthusiasm has been shown this year in volley-ball, badminton, bowling and swimming. Janny Lovering was on the Branksome Team in the Inter-School Badminton Tournament. Sue Strathy and Gerry Damon were members of the Swimming Team. To turn from IIIA at home to IIIA abroad, we have been hearing that Mary Daniell-Jenkins, our exchange student at Sherborne School in Dorset, England, is having a most interesting year. In the world of the Arts, Linda Stearns and Elizabeth Davies have been doing well in ballet. When the third form plays were presented on March twelfth, IIIA gave a musical revue, ' ' An Evening In Paris, composed of songs and dances from the gay nineties and later periods. Linda Stearns was choreographer; Barbara Clark and Jane Garden were directors; Gerry Damon was the pianist. So ends another chapter in the lives of IIIA at Branksome. We should like to express our sincere thanks to Miss Claxton, our form teacher, who has helped to make this year such a happy one. IIIB For IIIB this has been an interesting and exciting year; we look forward to events yet to come in the school calendar. The first gathering of the fall term was, of course, the form picnic. Many girls, clad in jeans and carrying lunches hiked over the various trails, admiring the autumn beauty of the school farm. The half -holiday provided a wonderful opportunity for old and new girls to mingle. IIIB boarders this year hail from far-away places in Western Canada, United States, Central America and England. Later in the season, we favoured games, and especially to basketball. The form team, coached by Gillian Cleather and Judy Ross, included Ruth Walmsley, Jane Patterson, Penny Dobson, Janet Hubbel, Nancy Banning, Marcia Magwood, Maureen Bullock, and Judy Ross. The spirit of the team was good, but they lost to IIIA in the inter-form games. Swimming was another favoured sport throughout the year. Enthusiasts were Gillian Cleather, Judy Ross, and Libby Smith. Good luck to them in their tests ! Congratulations to Judy Ross, Badminton Singles Champion.