Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1 958 Page 1 7 Owing to the active support of the whole school, the Opheleo com- mittee feels that this year has been successful in money raising for the many missions and especially in developing closer ties with the Ramabai Mission. Perhaps the greatest reward is the knowledge that we, at Brank- some, have shared our laughter with those in other lands. OPHELEO FINANCIAL REPORT Collections Ramabai Collection $ 420.00 Hanger Collection 75.00 Bake Sale 123.00 Lost and Found Sale 37.00 Lenten Collection 390.00 Carol Service 315.00 Total $1360.00 MISS READ AND PREFECTS Front row: Donna Graham, Susan Moore, Jacqueline Burroughi, M.- Read, Jane M-M- .a,, Ad en le Allan, Joan Henson. Second row. Gail Burton, Margaret Benson, Betty-Lou Joynt, Lee Henderson, Arlene Walker, Joanne Valiant, Mary Ireland, Lowell Pelton. Absent: Elizabeth Aylesworth.

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Page 16 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN BETA KAPPA REPORT 1957-58 The first dance of the school year was the Boarder ' s Dance held on the twenty-fourth of October. With very little help from the Beta Kappa, the committee of eager house girls chose as their theme — Hallowe ' en! The Common Room was put under a magic spell with the aid of monstrous black cats, orange pumpkins and even a few spiders (not real — heaven forbid ! ) to give it an extra spine-tingling touch ! As the Christmas season approached, we racked our brains for a way to ' ' spark the spirit. On Friday, December the sixth, the Common Room was again decorated, this time gaily decorated with candy canes and snow- men. This fourth and fifth form dance was titled ' ' the Peppermint Prom with music supplied by John Beard. A few red hands were seen for the next couple of weeks as a result of dyeing pipe cleaner red, and fashioning them into small candy-cane pins that were given out at the door. On Friday, January the twenty-fifth, the girls of third, fourth and fifth forms were piped through the receiving line into the castle of Briga- doon. The towering walls bore the clan standards, and the orchestra of Jim MacDonald donned plaid sashes for the occasion. The false ceiling of billowing pink and mauve cobwebs completed the mystic atmosphere. Even dry ice, curling from the huge stone fireplace, which covered one end of the gymnasium, tried to create the misty environment of the Scottish highlands. By the grapevine it seems as though a good time was had by all. Many thanks to Miss Read for a wonderful Scottish evening! Our next venture — the Graduation dance — yet to come, hopes to dis- play the calypso touch (shh ' . keep that under your hat!) Already we are looking forward to it with great anticipation . . . and perhaps a little sadness. The Strawberry Festival held the same night should be extremely successful in the hands of our fourth formers. JANE McMURRAY, President. OPHELEO REPORT This year, it has been the aim of the Opheleo committee to have each girl at Branksome support our charitable programmes by personal con- tributions as well as financial. As well as continuing with the annual appeals, several new projects were introduced. Among the new projects, Christmas cards with balloons and ribbons were sent to the Ramabai Mission in India, early in the year. Also for the first time, donations were made of dressed dolls, clothes and used cards. A hanger drive in December met with much enthusiasm. Superb entertain- ment, with thanks to Priscilla Wright, and delicious home baking prepared by Branksomites, created another success at the Opheleo Bake Sale. The Annual Ramabai week at Branksome began with a broadcast by the committee describing the life of a young Indian girl at the mission. This, along with constant reminders by posters, aroused eager participation among the classes for the honour of winning the Class Scuffle. The Annual Lenten Collection brought the year to a successful end.

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Page 1 8 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN Disbursements Ramabai Mission S 200.00 Support of Teacher at Manmad 75.00 Support of Orphan at Manmad 50.00 Hospital in Nazareth 50.00 North African General Mission 50.00 Hospital in Bethlehem 50.00 Literature for Canadian Sailors 100.00 Bible Society 50.00 Gideon Society 25.00 Evangel Hall Mission 50.00 Canadian Lumbermen 25.00 Branksome Hall Bed in Ludhiana Hospital 50.00 China Inland Mission in China 50.00 Carol Service 300.00 General Expenses 235.00 Total $1360.00 THE CAROL SERVICE Every seat was taken in Saint Andrew ' s Presbyterian Church on the afternoon of December 15, 1957 for Branksome ' s thirty-first annual Carol Service. The entire school dressed in the traditional green Hunting Stewart intermingled here and there with a splash of red, took up the strains of the beautiful processional, ' ' Once in Royal David ' s City, the first verse of which was sung by Marion Cox, Caroline Stanley-Porter, Norma McLean and Margot Lathrop. Under the able leadership of Mrs. Coutts, the programme consisted of carols such as, ' ' Glory to God in the Highest sung by the Junior School, excerpts from Benjamin Britten ' s Ceremony of the Carols interpreted by the Senior Choir and Rejoice and Be Merry, a sequence of eight carols performed by the Senior School. As a fitting climax to the thrilling Christmas music, Mary, Joseph and the Babe, accompanied by the three Wise Men appeal in pageant above the Chancel while the whole school sang the joyous carols. The impressive recessional As With Gladness Men of Old followed by the Senior School and the congregation singing Angels from the Realms of Glory brought to an end another long-to-be-remembered Branksome Hall Carol Service.