Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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OPHELEO SOCIETY President — Karen Keir Vice-President — Terry Chambers OPHELEO REPORT Committee: SuSie Fu-Ying Chu, Paula Eaton, Susan Kelleher, Margaret Reid, Beverley Wilkinson, Nancy Beagley, Lynne Grant, Mamie Griffith, Deborah Hutchins, Diane Stafford, Kristine Tenhunen, Elizabeth Tilt, Mary Cameron, Jennifer Svenningson The Opheleo Society serves, to as great an extent as possible, the needs of others less fortunate than we. Unofficially every Branksomite is a member of this group— when the Opheleo committee calls for help each girl comes forward and offers, her spirited assistance. The last week of October saw an enthusiastic drive to raise money— Ramabai Week. This week, marked by food festivals, school spirit sales, novelty boutiques, the infamous prefects ' versus teachers ' volleyball game, the exhilarating (?) prefects ' auction and rhythmic Ribbit ' s Rock Revival, resulted in a collection of one thousand, six hundred and seven dollars. The Junior School must be praised for their extremely substantial free will donation. To the Ramabai Mukti Mission, Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship and the Ludhiana Hospital we were able to send a larger sum than usual. Many of our fellow Canadians benefited from the donations we made to the Red Cross, United Appeal, Canadian Indian Centre, Bellwood ' s House and Grenfell Mission. Contributions were also sent to the Bethlehem Hospital and the Nigeria— Biafra Relief Fund. Have you ever thought of using Christmas cards as note-paper? That is how our friends across the ocean use the cards we send them. Thank you to all who gave their old Christmas cards, from people who treasure a piece of blank paper. As the Slogan goes to press we are anticipating our next big endeavour— the voluntary donation during Lent. This money will be distributed among a number of Branksome graduates who are doing missionary work in less prosperous parts of the world. To Miss Baker, without whose advice and guidance I would have been at a serious loss, to Miss Forsyth, whose experience was extremely valuable and to every member of Branksome who demonstrated that they understood the meaning of Opheleo— I serve , infinite thanks. Branksomites definitely are big people. Karen Year Book, 1970 Page 15

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BETA KAPPA BETA KAPPA SOCIETY President — Linda McQuaig Vice-President — Sheila Scott Comnriittee: Katherine Andrachuk, Shelagh Boxer, Margaret Evans, Felicity Hawley, Barbara McKee, Kathleen Schrunnp, Vivian Swan, Susan TurnbuM, Barbara Arnold, Margot Newton, Antionette Falconer, Wendy Philpott, Nancy Robinson, Patricia Thorn, Jennifer O ' Brian, Carol McLean, Anne Levenston, Brenda Lillico, Margaret Vernor, Colleen Shields. If you were to ask a typical member of the Beta Kappa Society to summarize this year ' s accomplishments she would probably hesitate for a moment (as I did for a week), and then tell you we produced the following: Ribbit ' s Rock Revival. Despite the temptation of Hallowe ' en night, crowds of Branksome girls came dancing, and, in doing so, added more than $500 to the Ramabai fund. They brought with them dates— mostly blind ones, for which Grace Rasmussen is largely responsible. Placed in charge of blind dates, Grace worked tenaciously. Two weeks and 103 boys later, she had exhausted every source conceivable and brought excitement to the lives of many Branksome girls. Although this undoubtedly improved the dance, it has been said that the experience left her greatly altered. The 4th and 5th. Our preparations for this dance were aided by the invaluable ideas of a group of non-Beta Kappa members, (who understandably wish to remain anonymous.) Working long hours in the basement of Ainslie House under the capable guidance of Barbara McKee, they put together a variety of very strange decorations. The dance was a semi-formal for Grades 12 and 13, held in the Cafeteria. From all reports it appears that everyone had fun - almost as much as the servers. Miss Sime ' s Formal has not yet happened but the Beta Kappa Society is already making plans for this climactic ( c;casion. Throughout the year w( have encouraged as many girls as possible to come to the dances, as they are, like other school activities, fun. We feel that Branksome ' s social side is a significant part of school life. Furthermore, as Miss Perry Oore once pointed out, Dancing is good for muscle-tone. Linda McQuaig P. ' iqf; M The Branksonne Slogan THIS SECTION IS SPONSORED BY PITFIELD, McKAY, ROSS CO.

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UNITED NATIONS CLUB President — Margery Tow Vice-President — Jill Ramsay Secretary — Laura MacFeeters Leader of the Delegation — Sheila Morgan. The United Nations Club is an organization, in Branksome, in which we all try to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. By means of films, we introduce the members to some of the major problems of today— war, starvation, poverty and disease. Through these films the girls become aware of the great need in the world and we begin our campaign. In previous years we have given aid to foreign countries. This year we decided to try to help our own city along with other cjountries. We started out by sending money to those who lost everything they had in the big Malton fire. Then, when the plea came to us for toys forUhe underpriveleged in Toronto, we gathered voluntary donations and purchased about 80 new toys for thCvSe children. We also took part in the Mysore share-a-loaf plan, and we sold Unicef Christmas cards. Later in the year, we will be having a fund-raising drive in order to support our foster-child, Erol, in Turkey. The executive thank all the enthusiastic members of the United Nations Club for helping us, help others. The best of luck to next year ' s executive and w(, ' hope they have a group that is as co-operative as this year ' s was. Margery Mrs. Coutts, always concerned with our appearance, urged, Sing, girls! It takes off weight. The Branksome Slogan