Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1956 Page 27 IIA FORM REPORT Our year started with a picnic gay, Sporting and singing all the day. Casey was the mascot small When we played our basketball. Hanging there since early last fall, Ramabai ' s pennant was on the wall. We tried to make our play the best, With photographers and all the rest. At our form party we danced and ate And everybody brought a ' ' date . The Verse Speaking contest proved a success ; Three from IIA were chosen as best. The concerts held on Tuesday night Brought artists and music at their height. We walked and we skied on the Collingwood hills, But the slides and the falls seemed to give the most thrills. Back row, second balcony housed IIA ; It ' s really quite fun to see Opera that way. The girls in the Choir are happy as larks ; They won (first in the festival) ninety marks. Posters were such an important endeavour — You ' d never have guessed IIA was so clever. Throughout the year, with its troubles and trials Mrs. Fleming has given encouraging smiles. IIB FORM REPORT This brings to an end another eventful year in the illustrious history of IIB. First on our program of events, which, from time to time, diverted us from our books, was the annual form picnic at the school farm, which was a great success. Next, the Christmas Exams, which were soon forgotten during the most varied and exciting part of the school year, the Christmas Holidays. During the second term we gave a performance of ' The Will , our play which was so skilfully and successfully directed by Jennifer Grey, with the co-operation and valuable help of Miss Brien and the entire class. After Easter the final exams kept everyone busy with studies, but spring sports were not forgotten. Games Captain, Karen Jacobsen kept IIB sports enthusiasts tired out all year with swimming, basketball, volley- ball and baseball. The class was well represented by able president Marie Koenig, Vice- President Jennifer Grey and Secretary-Treasurer Susan Reid, who did such a wonderful job during Ramabai and Lent. Three cheers for Beverley Orr, our class celebrity, who, with her partner, won the Junior skating championships at Gait.

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Page 26 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN

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Page 28 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN In June we were reluctant to leave our lively class but IIB and Miss Brien will always be happily remembered by its members. May we take this opportunity to thank you, Miss Brien, for a wonder- ful year. YEA IIB ! ! ! II ARTS FORM REPORT To open the story of II Arts this year. We hope you enjoy all that you hear. Jane is our Pres., Anne Brown is our ' ' Vice Put them together and you get good advice. Anne is our Sec. and really a honey. She truly knows how to collect all our money. Thanks to Terry we won a first prize For the halo she made us that opened all eyes. Diana, our Captain, has plenty of skill. On the train every morning comes Pat from Oakville. From Caracas comes Jani, from Bermuda comes Jean; With Judy from New York they make quite a team. The funny ones here are Sue and Andy And Leslie and Joan are certainly dandy. Jocelyn is II Art ' s greatest pal ; She really is one terrific gal. Our crew has all been accounted for now, And so to Miss Livingston we extend a big bow. IIIA and IIIB FORM REPORTS The seventh of September last, saw our classes move into the Main building, their heads full of good resolutions for the year ' 55-56. To start the term with a bang, fifty enthusiastic Branksomites besieged the school farm, anticipating a day of fun on the trails. Soon after that we were caught up in a whirl of activity centering around the basketball court. The star players were Nancy Hirst, Gail Burton, Genie Russell, Betty-Lou Joynt, Marg Benson, Frances Wilson, and Joan Henson. Under the excel- lent leadership of Marg Benson, IIIA ' s team won the school championship. Appropriate to the bleakness of November came that dreaded event — exams. However, brighter prospects were ahead for a festive holiday season. January brought the question, Whom shall I ask now? — for ' The Sea Sirens Soiree was scheduled for the twentieth. In the field of sports third form was well represented. Anne Dixon and Jackie Burroughs starred in swimming, and others took part in volleyball, badminton and bowling. For making our two plays so successful, special credit should be given to Gail Burton, Mary Jane Whiting, Joanne Valiant, Joan Henson, Jean Nesbit, Frances Wilson, Ingrid Style and Mary McKeracher, for their excellent performances. Special credit should also be given IIIA ' s triple trio who won great acclaim in the Kiwanis Festival. Sincere thanks to Miss Claxton and Mrs. Coulter, our form teachers, and to our two presidents, Joan Henson and Elizabeth Grant, who have contributed so much to this wonderful year in third form.