Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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You Can ' t Take It with You Exerpt from HOLLYWOOD PRESS ... last April 22 and 23, A metropolitian Toronto school, Branksome Hall, put on an out- standing performance of Hart and Kaufman ' s, YOU CAN ' T TAKE IT WITH YOU starring up and coming actresses such as Natasha Prior, Kim Robarts, Heather Lafleur, Marny MacMillan, Rachel Home, Mary Boynton, Penny Pilgrim, Martha McCarthy, Laurie Lupton, Sarah Holding and Haley Wymes. Of course, it also starred some veterans: Margo Nesbitt, Julia Weinstein, Wendy Buchanan, Caird Stewart, Adie Decks, Bonnie Barnes and Gwen Baillie. It was a riotously funny play, interpreted with great style, and it never slowed down until it reached a horrendous climax. A great year ' s work and an enjoyable evening; it was obvious that much work had been put into this fine production. The actresses were completely at ease on stage and often added their own impromptu lines which contributed to the overall performance. Thanks to Mrs. Smith, Miss Friend, Maggie Hermant and Theresa Hoefen- mayer. Martha McCarthy Graduation Day It is not supposed to rain on anyone ' s parade - but it did on Graduation Day 1982. We awoke to the discouraging forecast and felt so sorry for all the girls who had waited thirteen or more years for their big day - Graduation - only to find it raining. Let it not be said that Branksome girls are not hearty and full of spirit. Not even rain or the announcement that only relatives could attend the garden party dampened their enthusiasm. They still proceeded down the aisle of St. Paul ' s in their beautiful white formals, they still marched in the traditional parade with their roses led by bag pipes and they still cried as they said farewell to friends they might not see for many years. So, despite the fact that rain forced Miss Roach to change the setting ever so slightly, Graduation will always be a highlight in those girls lives and it is doubtful that in ten years they will even remember it rained on Graduation. by Maggie Hermant

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Principal Branksome has always been a lively, productively busy place but the year 1982-83 has been an unusually active one. In addition to plays, concerts, fashion show, debates, dances and sports, we have ventured forth in several new directions. Much of our energy last fall was dedicated to producing Branksome ' s first student bazaar which raised over four thousand dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society. We were pleased to donate this money in memory of Pippa Harris, a graduate of 1978. The demanding Duke of Edinburgh Award programme was begun this year and sixty girls have been working for their bronze award, the first level of achievement. We are proud of the Junior School Madrigal Choir which entered the Kiwanis Festival and placed second. An Amnesty International Chapter was formed last fall, the first one in a Toronto school. Consequently our students were asked to start a newsletter to circulate among the few high school chapters across Canada and they were invited to appear on a C. B.C. television show about Amnesty. The filming was done at Branksome. Also for the first time, we took part in a three month student exchange between Ontario and Quebec students. And 14 I must not forget that this was the year the necktie for fathers and the computer course for parents first appeared. Our board of Governors and staff have been much involved with planning the new science wing, relocating our infirmary and day care, launching our long overdue Annual Giving programme, publishing the improved and expanded newsletter and with preparing an instrumental music course to begin in our Junior School next September. The present review of the Ontario education system will certainly have its effect upon Branksome very soon. Naturally the administration of the school has spent long hours preparing for changes which must come almost immediately. I cannot remember a year when we have at- tempted and successfully completed so many projects, old and new, or when time has seemed so short. We could not have accomplished so much if it were not for the high quality of student leadership which we have enjoyed and the co- operation and obliging spirit of the present Branksome girls. My thanks to all of them. Allison Roach.