Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Senior Class ropijrcp Rosie: Say, I thought I smelt onions in this Air Raid shelter! MeKeen, imagine meeting you here! MeKeen: Holling, old bean, gee, the worst Air Raid we have had in months. Well, we might as well make the best of it. Rosie: Say, that girl over there looks familiar. Jean, my old room-mate! Jean: Oh, Rose! MeKeen! What are you people doing here? MeKeen : Why Tm growing onions for the Army. They don ' t need poison gas now. Rosie: I poisoned so many people in the Toronto General Hospital they sent me over here to see what I eould do about the wounded German prisoners. What are you doing here? Jean: Oh, I ' m a Squadron Leader in the Air Foree. I was shot down in a field nearby so 1 dropped in. Say, I just bumped into Pat Lill the other day, and she ' s an Admiral m the Navy. MeKeen: Speaking of the service, Ruth Cohen ' s in solitary confinement for letting out too many military secrets. Rosie: Now that we ' re on the subject of old school chums, the authorities made Pepper Ferguson turn in her collection of Fraternity pins for scrap iron to help the war effort. Jean : Have you heard the good news? After recovering from the worst case of Chicken Pox the world has ever seen, Peggy Endean has graduated from O.L.C. MeKeen : Say, did you know I ' m still holding the Strathcona Shield, and it ' s getting kind of heavy after all these years. I was reading in Patti Gervan ' s news- paper the other day that Joan Morris has the record of saving more criminals from the chair than any other lawyer in Canada. Rosie : Did you know that Jean Turnbull and Marie Vance are the only persons that keep the Metropolitan on its feet now? Jean: You know our Senior play really inspired Marg. Hillis; she ' s lecturing on Native Folk Lore at the University. MeKeen : Poor Puddle, she just wouldn ' t listen to my advice about her diet, and now she ' s fat lady at the circus. Rosie: Buellie liked the gas station business so much she opened a chain of them across Canada and she entertains between refills with some of those fish stories of hers. Jean: Do you remember how absent-minded Betty Mackintosh was? Well, I heard that she forgot to go home from O.L.C. and she ' s still sitting up in 9 Main. MeKeen: Have you heard about the new Vitamin pill Jo Jenkins and Mary Boulton have invented? They feed it to the German prisoners and it makes them sing There ' ll Always be an England. Rosie: Now that Sir Ernest MacMillan has resigned, Esther Mahon and Isobel Cherry are taking his place at the Conservatory. Jean : Nesta Chappell got the prize for having the healthiest family of the year because hec husband is such a good Doctor. MeKeen: Did you know that after all these years people are still trying to tell Frieda Reynolds and Lilian Hacking apart? Rosie: Did you hear about Beth Howell? A talent scout from Hollywood saw the pictures taken of her on May Day and signed her up for the Movies. MeKeen: Well, there goes the all-clear. Come on over and have an onion sandwich with me. ye Hixteen

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tKljc Alumnae Tea This year the Castle Chapter of the alumnae entertained the graduating class in the concert hall. A lovely tea was followed by a deHghtful programme, and we were given an excellent opportunity to learn about the Alumnae and to become acquainted with the members. We enjoyed this greatly, and appreciate very much the trouble that the Alumnae took to entertain us. Cfje Baccalaureate erbice On the last Sunday evening of the school year, one of the most beautiful cere- monies for the graduating class takes place. The Seniors are preceded to the church by the rest of the school, and when they enter in cap and gown the Junior Class presi ' dent leads them down the aisle and cuts the white ribbons to enable them to enter the pews. After the memorable sermon, the girls return to the school and the Seniors lead the way up Main Stairs to the strains of Saviour. Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise. This year, twenty-three Seniors gravely made their way to Whitby United Church, which had been traditionally decorated by the Juniors. Rev. David A. MacLennan, of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, preached the sermon, and at the close of the ceremonies in Main Hall, refreshments were served in the Common Room. Here the Seniors entertained their friends and had the pleasant opportunity of meeting Mr. and Mrs. MacLennan. oltje Senior ISreafefagt After many days of rain, June 8 turned out bright and sunny, and at 7.30 the Seniors assembled at the side door. Weighed down with food, blankets, pillows, and cameras, we hurried down the back lane. Soon Miss Kennedy had the fire blazing and Mary Boulton, Puddle, and other v illing cooks were preparing bacon and eggs, toast, and coffee. After eating everything that there was to eat, we sang, picked flowers, and generally refused to act like dignified Seniors. Cameras clicked on happy groups, and as the sun rose higher, we regretfully returned to the school. Class JBaj €xercises The Juniors busied themselves on Monday morning by picking daisies and making the daisy chain. At 3 o ' clock the Seniors assembled in cap and gown and entered the Chapel where the traditional daisy chain ceremony took place. After the Senior bio- graphies, the valedictory and class prophecy, the Seniors were presented with their class pins by Dr. Carscallen. Then, for the second to last time of the year, the strains of the school song filled the room. The school withdrew and the Juniors entertained the Seniors at tea in the Common Room. In the evening. Lower School presented A Midsummer Night ' s Dream in the garden. This play was under the direction of Miss Jaques and Mrs. Aymong, and Shakespeare ' s already delightful play was enhanced by the costumes, acting and setting. This was followed by the traditional bonfire, with each Senior casting her most hated subject into the flames and watching it turn to ashes, with a poem dedicated to its downfall. According to custom the Senior Class made a presentation to the College, this year a cheque for replacing the seats in the Chemistry laboratory. This was accepted on behalf of the College by Miss Maxwell. Thus ended one of the happiest days of the year.

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Talcbictorp to 0. %. C. 1942 The prophet Isaiah in a hold and vivid metaphor once told his people, dwellers in tents, to lengthen their ropes and strengthen their stakes at a time of need. As we leave our school life we shall find that our ropes have been very much lengthened, and, lest our tents be blown over in the storm that is raging, we must have strong, stout stakes to hold us firmly and securely. In the greater freedom which we shall have, there is danger unless we strengthen the stakes of responsibility, care and faith in those ideals which we have been taught to cherish — honour, fidelity and cour- age. Until this time our lives have been, to a large degree, regulated and directed by others. We have been assigned certain tasks, shown how to do them and given help if we needed it. But now we must carry on by ourselves. We shall be tried by sterner tests, harsher standards, and according to the mettle of our characters, we shall either fall in despair before failure and disappointment, or, holding to a faith rooted in things deeper than material success, meet the demand with courage and constant resolve. It has been a happy life here, and we love our school with a love which is mingled with reverence for that which has taught us truth and discipline. It has given us, we hope, understanding, a desire to live well and helpfully, and a respect for good work. These are the strong stakes our Alma Mater has given us; like those who have left these walls before us we look ahead with hopeful pride to the wider responsibilities which the prophet likened to longer ropes. We, the graduating class of ' 42, pledge ourselves to drive our stakes deep into the soil of faith and to be worthy of the noble heritage of w ' isdom and learning that is ours. Olmitutinirement Ba Sxcrrtscs WEDNESDAY— JUNE 10th, at 2 p.m. Chairman — Mr. T. G. Rogers President of the Board of Directors Rev. George Telford, Oshawa Principal Carscallen Invocation Remarks GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS Collegiate — Marion Ruth K. Buell, Sharbot Lake, Ontario; Nesta Bronwen Chappell (Chemistry, History), Oshawa, Ontario; Ruth Cohen (English Composition), Ottawa, Ontario; Patricia M. Gervan, Myrtle, Ontario; Rosalie Jacciueline Holling, New Liskeard, Ontario; Patricia E. Lill, Kapuskasing, Ontario; Elizabeth Ruth Mackintosh, Amherst, Nova Scotia; Joan Weir Morris (French Comp., Latin Comp.), Oshawa, Ontario; Constance Gwendolyn McKeen, Hagersville, Ontario: Commercial — Lilian A. Hacking (Shorthand), Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Elizabeth G. Howell, Brantford, Ontario; Muriel Jean Mclntyre (Bookkeeping, Rapid Calcula- tion), Chatham, Ontario; Freida Maria Reynolds, Windsor. Ontario; Maijorie V. Ruddle (Typewriting), Danby-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. Household Science — Mary L. Boulton (Chemistry), Cobourg, Ontario; Joyce Ellamarie Jenkins (Chemistry, Eng. Lit.), Oakwood, Ontario. Dietetics — 0. Elizabeth Ferguson, Delhi, Ontario. General — (Music Option) Mary Isobel Cherry, North Bay, Ontario; (Commercial Option) Margaret A. Endean, Richmond Hill. Ontario; (Music Option) Margaret Hunter Hillis (Chemistry, Physics), Little Britain, Ontario; (Music Option) Esther LaBelle Mahon (English Comp.), Taber, Alberta; (Commercial Option) Jean White Page Seventeen