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A school should be a place where students have the opportunity to stretch in many directions, where they learn to cope with difficulties, to contribute, to organize, to lead. This year Branksome has been such a place. I wish to thank those many girls who have taken positions of responsibility and leadership, who have directed the various activities of the school, who have kept me informed but required very little from me except well placed trust. My only concern has been that sometimes they have given too much of them- selves. The excellent student response to the bazaar, to fund raising, to times when extra help has been needed, the large cheering sections at games, substantial turn out at clan gatherings, drama, fashion show and debates, and certainly our large number of good report cards all indicate a healthy participa- tion in the various aspects of Branksome life. This has been very noticeable and much appreciated. Branksome has many concerned students who work hard and take responsibility well. But I would like to see more interest in seeking new directions. For instance, have we enough after school activities and sufficient interest and variety, should we add to our sports program? in a small community such as ours, everyone can be heard, and everyone can have the satisfaction of contributing, of helping to shape the school. 7
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The sudden death of Dr. Jennie MacNeill on May 30, 1975, brought a great sense of personal loss to all those who were associated with her in any way, but most particularly to thousands of us who had known and loved her at Branksome as teacher. Principal and friend. It is impossible to estimate the influence that her 41 years of devoted service had upon the school and upon all its members, but Brank- some remembers with gratitude and affection her life dedication. Miss MacNeill was born on January 14th, 1902, at Orwell, Prince Edward Island. She received her early education at Fredericton High School, and graduated with a B.A. from Mount Allison University in 1925. The fol- lowing year she completed work for a diploma in Honours English and received her M.A. degree in English from the University of Toronto in 1936. In 1926 Miss MacNeill came to Branksome as a teacher of English and History and later became head of the English Department. In 1947, she became Vice Principal of the School and retained this position for eleven years until becoming Principal in 1958. In 1959, she was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree by Mount Allison University in recognition of her enormous contribution over the years to the education and development of countless girls. She retired on July 31st, 1968, and until her death was actively involved as Secretary and later as President of the Women ' s Auxiliary of the Canadian Bible Society. Her years of retirement were happy. Though she missed school life, which had occupied her time and thoughts almost completely when she was Principal, she quickly filled her days with activities in which she took pleasure, and with work which she knew was important in her church and in the Bible Society Auxiliary and in other projects. She enjoyed setting up her own apartment; she became an excellent cook and was, as she always had been, a gracious hostess, entertaining, in small and large numbers, friends with many varying interests which she shared. A daughter of the manse. Miss MacNeill had always set for herself the highest standards of personal and professional behaviour, and without being in any way stuffy she would not turn aside nor would she let the school turn aside from these ideals. In her daily contact with people Miss MacNeill was gentle, kind and sociable, but many a student and many a teacher was surprised to find a very different woman when absolute values were attacked. As an educator, she believed that the happy child is one who lives and works within an orderly framework, who learns the joy of accomplishment, and who is conscious of being appreciated as an individual. Her lively sense of humour, her patience and sense of proportion gave her the capacity not only to understand her pupils and to treat them with fairness and compassion but also to enjoy them. During her ten years as Principal she led the school through a period of great social and educational change and it is due to her wise and firm administration that Branksome success- fully entered the world of today without upheaval and without loss of the principles for which it has always stood. To a great woman, a gracious lady and a dear friend a grateful Branksome sadly says farewell. In all the years to come she will be remembered here. 6
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