Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1961 Page 5 HELENE SANDOZ PERRY French, History of Art, Interior Decoration

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Page 4 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN To you, as to me, it must seem only the flick of on eyelash since September when we first assembled for the 1960-61 school session. Since then classes, games, work connected with the various organizations, choir. Form plays and social events, have filled your days. Associated with all these activities has been good fellowship whose importance cannot be over-estimated. ' Life says Chaucer, is a thinne subtil knittinge of thinges. Tennyson says much the same when he has Ulysses state, am a part of all that I have met. At Branksome we emphasize the importance of new knowledge with its consequent widening of the horizons of the mind, the necessity for logical reasoning, the value of good sportsmanship and, above all, the spiritual aspects of life. All this has had a subtle part in your development. Now, for some of you, the road leads out beyond the School boundaries and you wonder what is ahead. This year you have shown character and leadership of high calibre, having been efficient without loss of modesty. You have tried to ' ' keep well the road while in school and I have faith that you will continue to do so to the end of the journey. In this connection you might like to remember the poem by Marie Le Nart: Give us great dreams, O God, while thou art giving And keep the end; it is enough if we Live by the hope, nor falter in the living, That lures us on from dust to dignity. Give us the courage of the soul ' s high vision. Though its fulfillment here v e never see; The heart to make and keep the brave decision, And faith to leave the ultimate with Thee. Those of you who return in September will, I know, endeavour to live up to the School traditions, encouraged in your endeavours by the remem- brance of all those girls who from 1903 to 1961 have taken the concept of truth, honesty, justice and purity as the lodestar of their lives.

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Page 6 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN HEAD GIRL ' S MESSAGE When, in years to come, you hear the words Branksome Hall , what pictures will come to your mind? For me, a flood of memories rushes in. Memories of inter-school games, tests and exams, decorating for dances, teachers, class and clan activities, Ramabai, boarding, homework, Carol services, class plays, prefects ' hours, uniform week, choir practices, Installation, garden parties, and, of course, friendships. All these are Brank- some, but it is the spirit behind these activities which is most out- standing in my mind. Branksome has always been fa- mous for spirit and enthusiasm, and I think that the reason for this is HEAD GIRL -BARBARA LANGLEY that we recoguize that every girl has something to give to the school. No two girls are alike and, conse- quently, no two contributions are — — — the same. What one may give va- ries from athletic ability, to musical talent, to leadership, to dramatic ability, to co-operation, to scholastic ability. These contributions, whether large or small, all add up to Branksome ' s spirit and enthusiasm. For many years, Branksome has instilled into every girl the principles of truth, honesty, justice and purity, upon which the school is built. It is my hope that this spirit and enthusiasm, these principles and traditions which have been the basis o f our school life, will remain with us always.