Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1958 Page 5 MISS JENNIE E. MacNEILL, M . Assistant to the Principal

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Page 4 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN To the Girls of the Graduating Class of 1958 My Dear Girls: Your school life is over and you are leav- ing us to take your place in the world and we very proudly greet you with a Hail and Farewell. We send you forth believing that you will do your part wherever your lot is cast and to each one of us a special role is assigned. You have been given much, and much will be required of you, but I am sure you will not fail, and may the world be a better place because you have lived in it. Ever strive to follow Christ the King and then you cannot fail because we are prom- ised that his Presence shall go with us. Some day every knee shall bow to Him and the Kingdoms of this world will become the King- doms of our Lord and Saviour and He shall reign over all the earth. May that day be hastened and may the Blessing of our Heavenly Father rest upon you one and all.

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Page 6 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN EDITORIAL As this editorial is being written, an international conference on education is currently being held in Toronto with participants from various parts of the North American continent. The subject of education is being discussed, not only by the teachers themselves, but by those who have been taught on the three levels (Elementary, High School and University), as well as business and industrial employers. At this conference it has been stated that ' ' the essence of a good and stable education lies in the High School training. The educators and their former students alike are clamouring for a higher standard of education than that which is in vogue. The common denominator of present educational standards does not cater to the gifted student. The intellectual in North American class- rooms to-day is looked upon as something extraordinary. A good per- centage of Canadian and American students attend school only under compulsion and few students are encouraged to think independently, while few continue their education after the completion of their formal schooling. During the 1957-58 school year, we at Branksome have witnessed man ' s first successful attempt to place man-made satellites in orbit. At present, one can only guess where these experiments will lead us. It may be the first stride in man ' s travelling to the moon — an idle dream of half a century ago — proving that dreams can become reality, of the first step towards total obliteration of this planet. No longer will we be bound by our cities, our countries, or the earth ' s atmosphere. Knowledge is the key to the safe use of the scientific mysteries which are being unfolded daily before us. Tomorrow, students face a complexity of problems unknown even fifty years ago when most of our educational standards were set. A new concept for training is urgently needed, a problem which the international conference is tackling. But what of to-day? Have we who are graduating from Branksome Hall this year and next wasted our time? The answer of course is certainly not — for we have learned human and spiritual values which are ageless. We have had the best of present day training as inadequate as it may seem to those studying the educational requirements of the future. We have learned to ' ' Keep Well the Road — our children may learn to fly as well!