Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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tratfjcona t)ifll Connie McKeen was awarded the honour of Warden of the Shield by the vote of the students, and received on Commencement Day the beautiful pm which indrcates the three qualities which the warden must possess in high degree — womanliness, athletic ability and intellectual quality. A glance over the Commencement Day programmes of Connie ' s four years at O.L.C. will justify the judgment of the students in their choice. She has had a wide range of interests and has done excellently in all. With our congratulations go the best wishes of staff and students for her future. (Cftc Ctjoir The year ' book once again pays tribute to the high place which the choir occupies in the life of the scb;. ' ol. It is not merely on occasions such as the Christmas Pageant or Commencement Day that the choir renders beautiful service to the College, but from week to week our Sunday evening chapel service acquires beauty and dignity through this means, especially in the last service before Christmas. In March the choir, under Miss Lochead ' s direction, together with her pupils and Mrs. Aymong ' s pupils, gave a Tudor entertainment with the assistance of the Art department in the stage setting and costumes. The audience, — Faculty, staff and students, — dressed in cos- tumes as nearly Tudor as ingenuity could manage, enjoyed the programme immensely. The proceeds from this entertainment were added to the students ' subscription to Red Cross funds. Page Twenty-seven

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ilap Bap A sigh of happy relief arose as May Day dawned bright and clear and we knew that the exercises could take place on the lawn. In the Concert Hall we enjoyed a short programme, including piano selections by Jane Carol Renwick, words of greeting by Mrs. Albert Matthews, and a stirring address by Miss Diana Reader Harris. This year Beth Howell was elected May Queen, with Mane Vance and Isobel Cherry as her Councillors. The crowning of the May Queen was followed by fundamentals, marching tactics, apparatus, and many dances. After the luncheon in Beth ' s honour, the school went for their annual May Day picnic, where we had the time of our lives. A trip to the movies in the evening ended another happy May Day. Twenty-six

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l allotoe ' cn fHaSqueratic This annual entertainment was no less entertaining than usual. The dramatic department under the direction of Mrs. Aymong, and the dancing under the direction of Miss Kennedy, furnished a great deal of pleasure to the audience and after much consideration the judges awarded prizes for the following costumes: Mary Lou Palmer, the most beautiful; Mary Butts, the most original; Anne Pollock the most comical single costume; Patti Gervan, Stella Levelton, Judy Moore, Connie McKean, Dorothy Richards and Merial Westmore the most comical group. The prizes for the faculty went to Miss Holterman and Miss Waddington. Miss Guest furnished a most bounti ' ful and delicious dinner as a prelude to this entertainment, and under the direction of Miss Jaques the art students decorated the halls in a wierd and witch-like fashion. arfetooob Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin again invited the school to beautiful Parkwood and filled the afternoon with such delightful plea.sures and kind hospitality as left the girls with no words to express their appreciation. The lovely flowers, beautiful paintings, dc licious tea, the moving pictures, especially those of the horses, the organ music so strangely beautiful on the stairs, and the beautiful setting of the house itself, with the kind hospitality and gracious welcome of Colonel and Mrs. McLaughlin made an occasion which we shall never forget. tlTlje (Efjtigtmag Pageant This year the greater part of the Christmas Pageant took place in the beautiful ■setting of the great kail. Extreme care was taken with the lighting effects on the grand staircase and the heraldic beauty of the stained glass in the great window was thrown up by a floodlight without. The group of the choir on the staircase itself was very effective, and the voices carried beautifully. The Christmas play was per- formed as usual in the concert hall, and dinner was enlivened by carols and dances. ' II erity-eight