Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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YEAR BOOK, 1966 Pages The Principal ' s Letter DEAR GIRLS: We hear a great deal about academic standards nowadays and most of you have been trying to reach the highest standard of excellence that it is possible for you to achieve. I am writing at a period when I have been spending a great deal of time filling out forms and writing letters of recommendation for students applying for summer {obs, to be trained as Camp Counsellors, or to enter Colleges or Universities. Employers or Directors of Ad- missions, want a report on the academic standing of prospective entrants and the Universities are concerned with their Mndustry and application as well as their intellectual interest. However, there are other standards, and the earlier a student develops a set of values and learns to live up to them the better. Some of the things I am asked about you are really covered by the term sense of honour , for the person who has not a high regard for truth in word and deed, is detrimental to any group. The acceptance of personal responsibility for one ' s actions, de- pendability, concern for others, co-operation, courtesy, emotional stability, social skills, and the participation in extra-curricular activities are all stressed by questionnaires. I often spend a long time in consultation with members of the staff before 1 feel that I have dealt fairly with both the enquirer and student and it is always satisfying when I can rate a girl ' Very highly in all the things that really matter. Often I have been able to say, ' delighted to recommend , and once I added to the application of a Head Girl, ' Tou will be lucky if you get this one . I may say she won provisional acceptance by return mail. Everyone may not be able to reach as high an academic standard as she wishes, but everyone can develop the finest aspects of her character so that she can keep her own self-respect and win the respect of others. John Oxenham, who wrote our School song, has also written: To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And fhe high soul climbs the high way. And fhe low soul gropes the low; And in between, on the misty flats. The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low. And every man decideth The way his soul shall go. To our graduates, and those who hope to be graduates some day, I say, Set your standards high, and Keep Well the Road ,

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Page 4 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN

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Page 6 THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN APPOINTMENTS 1965-1966 HEAD GIRL — SALLY ADAMS SPORTS CAPTAIN — BEVERLEY BAYLAY PREFECTS Beverley Baylay Anne Gregor Anne Housser Marilyn McLellan Gail McKinnon Victoria Pearse Jane Rapp Daphne Ross Mary Ruse Margaret Anne West Jean Willet CLAN CHIEFTAINS Campbell — Sandra Shaw Douglas — Deborah Parker MacAlpine — Susan Storey MacGregor — Elspeth Mcintosh McLean — Diane Price McLeod — Ann McKinnon Ross — Beverley Bowen Scott — Sandra Mills BETA KAPPA SOCIETY President — Victoria Pearse Vice-President — France Darte Secretary-Treasurer — Gail McKinnon Committee: Anne Donohue, Christine Earl, Mary Ellen Empringham, Patricia Lees, Virginia Luke, Patricia Pennock, Lynne Wadge, Carolyn Whitney, Anne Langley, Susan Pearce, Alexandra Skelton. SUB-PREFECTS (Day) Nancy Bradford France Darte Mary Ellen Empringham Andrea Garfitt Jane Hare Sonja Morawetz Gretchen Wedd SUB-PREFECTS (House) Sheila Barnard Christine Earl Bonnie Hood Frances McFarlane Patricia Pennock CLAN SUB CHIEFTAINS Campbell — Susan Gracey Douglas — Susan Duncanson MacAlpine — Janet Harris MacGregor — Sally Wodehouse McLean — Eleanor Lougheed McLeod — Betsy Anderson Ross — Virginia Brown Scott — Nancy Falconer OPHELEO COMMITTEE President — Jane Rapp Vice-President — Frances MacFarlane Secretary — Nancy Bradford Committee: Sheila Barnard, Virginia Brown, Brenda Burgess, Patricia Cross, Meredith Clark, Bonnie Hood, Jennifer James, Patricia Lees, Barbara MacKay, Cynthia Powell, Linda Rowan-Legg. LIBRARY COMMITTEE Student Librarians — Andrea Garfitt, Mary Ruse Pamela Alderson, Sherrill Bews, Rhonnie Breen, Elizabeth Buckley, Kimberley Chown, Barbara Davidson, Louise Emery, Kathy Faulkner, Frances Eraser, Robin Gallimore, Cynthia Gracey, Kathy Gunn, Sally Hill, Carol Hopkinson, Marilyn Jarvis, Patricia Kerr, Virginia Law, Pamela List, Barbara McKay, Ruth Maund, Sarah May, Susan More, Carey Munro, Susan Oldfield, Heather Rawlinson, Elizabeth Ruse, Barbara Scandrett, Deborah Stone, Linda Wallace. President 9A — Barbara Laskin 9B — Patricia McCabe 9C — Catherine Faulkner 10A — Barbara Pattison • 10B — Linden Armour 10C — Heather Simpson 10 Arts — Nancy Halwig 11A — Annemarie Bonkalo 11B — Patricia Parker 1 1 Arts — Janis Rigby 12A — Anne Langley 12B — Alexandra Skelton 12 Arts — Margaret Ann Graham 12 Commercial — Barbara Rycroft 13P — Kathleen Moore 13E — ' Anne Donohue CLASS OFFICERS Vice-President Linda McQuaig Lauren Neilson Marialba Rojas Katharine Lyon Caroline von Otter Martha Burns Beverley Willoughby Patricia Cross Marywinn Milne Maryska Janta Susan Collyer Linda Harvey Felicia Houtman Heather Anne Stuart Rebecca Chisholm Patricia Lees Secretary-Treasurer Ann Wilton Lynne Greig Deborah Hoult Cynthia Bundy Catherine Roper Carol Younghusband Betty Baggs Anne Godfrey Betsy Anderson Eve Martin Cynthia Lines Margot Scandrett Roberta Somerville Diana Barron Margot Miles Jennifer James