Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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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!

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

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YEAR BOOK, 1 958 Page 7 BRANKSOME EVENTS, 1957-1958 September 5th — Opening Day. 13th — Gathering of the Clans. 27th— Old Girl ' s Basketball Game Teachers vs. 2nd Team. October 3rd — Senior Sports Day. 4th — Portia White Concert. 5th — Interschool Basketball Round Robin. llth-16th— Thanksgiving Weekend. 21st-25th— Ramabai Week. 26th — Branksome Boarders ' Dance. 29th— ' Has Beens vs. 1st Team. 30th— Tom Ree. November 1st— Form IV Plays. 10th — Royal Winter Fair. 18th — Christmas Exams Begin. 28th — Christmas Exams End. December lst-6th — Hanger Week. 6th — Fourth and Fifth Form Dance. 15th — Carol Service. 18th — Christmas Holidays Begin. January 8th — Beginning of Term 13th— National Ballet. 24th — Miss Read ' s Dance. 27th— Art Gallery Exhibition. 31st — Parent-Teachers Meeting. February 3rd — Ice FolHes. 7th — Dinner for Lieutenant- Governor. 7th — Second Installation. 13th — Interschool Badminton and Bowling. 14th — Boarders Long Weekend. 21st— Form Three Plays. 22nd — Group of Twelve in Kiwanis. 27th — Intermediate Choir in Ki- wanis. 28th— ' ' How to Make Your Voice Sparkle. March 1st — Senior Choir in Kiwanis. 2nd — Interschool Swim Meet. 7th— Form I Plays. 14th— Form II Plays. 21st — Talent Afternoon. 26th — Easter Holidays Begin. April 9th — Spring Term Begins. 11th— Form II Plays. May 23rd — Graduation Dance. June 8th — Closing Service. 11th — Junior Graduation. 12th — Senior Graduation and Prizegiving.