Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1956 Page 29

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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.

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Page SO THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN IVA FORM REPpRT (With Humble Apologies to Carl Sandburg) 4A of Branksome Hall, Hard Worker, Stacker of Books, Place of Learning, Scene of many Clan Meetings; Noisy, sometimes studious, Centre of the Future Greats (?). They tell us you are overworked and we believe them, for we have seen your haggard faces ' neath the T.V. rays doing your homework. And they tell us you are trying and we answer: Yes, it is true we have battled with our Lit. and gone on to try again. And they tell us you are dieting and our reply is: On the faces of starving boarders we have seen the marks of wanton hunger. Guided by Miss MacNeill and led by the Pats, Cath and Linda, games captain, here is a group striving to meet the heights of the fifth year. Strong as a fighter with a heart craving for challenge, contented only when that challenge, at last, is won. Studying, Eating, Partying, Sleeping, Swimming, beaching, playing, Playing as even a top team plays who has never lost a game, Playing and laughing that under its wrist is the pulse, and under its ribs the heart of the class. Laughing! Laughing the cheery, happy, joyous laughter of Youth, contended, friendly, Proud to be IVA, Hard Worker, Stacker of Books, Place of Learning, And a small part of Branksome Hall. IVB FORM REPORT IVB this year is really a scream, Tune in a while and see what we mean. Cathie Aylesworth ' s our Pres. — athletic, too; As for friendship, she proves true blue. Then Sally Cox with her tiny black car Roams up to Thornton, which isn ' t so far. We claim as our own, and proud of it too, Sub-Prefect Anne Moore, with loyalty true. We must mention Tarry from north Timmin ' s land, Ready and willing to give you a hand. Gay Box, a genius in hiding, that one,