Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Head Girl? Me? Never!!! The impossible happened June 7, 1971. This position has turned out to be one of the most challenging experiences of my life. Every Branksome girl has been through the many humourous, enjoyable, once-in-a-lifetime experiences that this school has to offer. You as v ell as I have learned from these many happenings. The first and newest venture I had as Head Girl was boarding. Having heard every imaginable story come out of the residence, 1 had a few reservations about giving up my status as a day girl. Boarding is a fantastic experience — one I ' m glad I haven ' t missed. Now, as a full-fledged boarder, I too can tell a mean tale. This year two exciting changes have taken place. The first development — and what a development! — was the addition of the new wing. I ' m sure every student felt the pride of being a Branksome girl as she explored the tremendous new aspects of the Margaret Sime Wing. The other is that the school is under the leadership of elected Prefects. We have never found our job dull and it has been wonderful working with your overwhelming support. Each Prefect inspired all those who were involved in activities with great enthusiasm. Lynn, BUzzy, Betsy and Ellen held many eventful grade meetings. Wendy and the Editors started on what appears to be a memorable Slogan. Carol and the Beta Kappa presented us with many entertaining and successful dances. Mary, the Opheleo and the School held a fattening up Ramabai Week. Mrs. Keyes and Mrs. Tweedy have been trying to help take the pounds off ever since. Patti and the basketball teams with the great help of Branksome ' s enthusiastic supporters brought the Inter-School Basketball Trophy home for the fifth year in a row!! Sheelagh has ably led the Library committee through the setting up of the new Resource Centre. Last, but never least. Kit has brought the Senior School closer than ever before to the always lively Junior School. 1 hope we have shown that elections are a good thing for Branksome. Every school function, from the thrilling Installation of the Prefects to the indescribably beautiful Carol Service, has been carried off with great success. I wish to thank everyone who has helped to make this year as wonderful as it has been. Good Luck to next year ' s Prefects — give them all your support. Up and on, Tony ■■■■■■jjjjjj (Gestapo — H H H l And the sense that the world is mad- Born with a gift of laughter,

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Editorial On October 21st, 1971, the Honourable W. Ross Macdonald emerged from the front door of Main House and proceeded to the entrance of the Margaret Sime Wing where he officially opened the new building. That procession carried the spirit and enthusiasm of almost seven decades of Branksome life and firmly planted it in this modern structure. If these vital qualities had not been placed there something valuable from the past would have been lost. The attachment of the Margaret Sime Wing to Main House is not only a physical one. It is a joining of both the old and the new to provide an institution rich in ancestral traditions and modern facilities for every aspect of school life. Similarly, the editors found it necessary to reach into the past in order to present a Slogan rich in traditions yet modern in appearance. We hope you will notice the many significant changes. Most apparent is the book ' s harder cover. Also, we have experimented with a new type face and more imaginative class pictures. With these and other distinct differences, we have tried to make each page a reflection of your year at Branksome. We hope that when reading through this Slogan you will not only become aware of these changes, but also recognize in them your enthusiasm and that of your classmates. With your continued support, we can commit ourselves to further progress. Don ' t hold back! Contribute your ideas to improve upon the standards that have been set by your predecessors. We hope that we have been successful in giving the future editors a basis on which to build and improve. The editors, with the helpful guidance and infinite patience of Miss Kenny and Miss Forsyth, offer you the 1972 Slogan as a total reflection of your school year at Branksome. Page 4 The Branksome Slogan

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My dear Girls, At the risk of being repetitious I want to speak to you once more about doing your own thing . The privilege claimed by modern youth in the cant phrase is as old as time, and Cain asserted his right to it when he slew his brother as did Christ when he preached in the face of authority. My point is that the pejorative sense is not the only one which these words bear. What is wrong with doing your own thing if you choose the right thing? If you are a builder not a destroyer, if you are a helper not a hindrance, if you are a friend not a foe, who will blame you for pursuing your own way? It is only when doing your own thing becomes synonymous with self-indulgence and self-interest that it strikes at the roots of the social structure and, therefore, becomes your private crime against humanity. You have a choice to make, then, between giving and taking, between serving and demanding service, between supporting and undermining, and upon the balance of your decision hangs your happiness, your worth, your life. Take a minute now to remember Mr. Hudson. You have probably never known a man who did his own thing with such singleness of purpose. No circumstances turned him aside from it and no one could persuade him to change his way. But then his way was to be loyal, serviceable, generous and kind. He was a man to laugh with and a man to whom we all brought our problems. He was a man with a tremendous capacity for friendship and the hundreds of people whose lives he touched know that they have gained in humanity by knowing him. If this is doing your own thing, the world needs more of it and my highest hope for you is that you may find the utmost satisfaction in fulfilling yourselves in the well-being of others, that you too as you pass through the world may, in however small a degree, make it a better place.