Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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TRAFALGAR 1917-1918 SCHOOL SONG Tune, Marching Through Georgia. Fortiter — Fideliter — Feliciter A hundred years and more have passed since Nelson sailed the seas, But still, the flag he died to save, floats hi h on every breeze, And still we keep in memory his year of victories At our good old school of Trafalgar. Chorus. Hurrah! Hurrah! our heroes of the sea! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Canada so free! Then our third and last hurrah! the greatest of the three, For our good old school of Trafalgar! To fill their pails with knowledge ,like a modern Jack and Jill, For quarter of a century, our girls have climbed the hill. The mother climbed before her and the daughter ' s climbing still . To the good old school of Trafalgar. Chorus Hurah! Hurrah! Trafalgar ' s blue and white! Hurrah! Hurrah! we hail them with delight. Whether at games or lessons, we will work with all our might To uphold the colours of Trafalgar. This day to do our duty is Trafalgar ' s motto true. Courageously and happily, we learn to do it too. When days are dark and stormy or when skies are bright and blue We uphold the motto of Trafalgar. Chorus. Fortiter , with courage now we say, Fideliter , where duty points the way. And then the last— feliciter —we ' re happy all the day At our good old school of Trafalgar. 22

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summer of 1916, and are now working at high pressure. In August and September of 1916 numbers of fever stricken soldiers were sent to the Riviera from Salonika, and our voluntary helpers found themselves called upon to undertake even more strenuous work than in 1915, as these poor wrecks of humanity need the most constant and watchful care, and the task of nursing them is a far greater tax on the strength than the nursing of the wounded. Our surgical masseuse in Cannes writes: — I do not know what the hospitals here would do without the cases of things that are sent from Canada, as it is almost impossible to get things from the administration and everything is so expensive, and they are cutting things down all the time. The men only have a bath once in about three weeks now, as coal and fuel are so scarce, we are allo wed only a little laundry, one sheet a week. The other day one of the men ' s shirts got wet during his dressing, and as there was no other (they are only allowed one a week for day and night) he had to go to bed till it dried. One has to make the best of things, but so far as I can see, all the comforts here come from Canada. All I can say is that from the bottom of our hearts we thank you, the kind thoughtful senders; I wish I ' Could tell you all that I feel, forCanada s generous gifts will ever be remembered. Old Trafalgar girls who are doing V. A. D. work are: — Agnes Hastings, Ruth Stevenson, Ina McNab, Dorothea Mackeen, University War Hospital, Southampton Francis Mackeen, a R.U.H. graduate has been in France for two and a half yfears with the McGill No. 3 Hospital. She is now Mrs. Dr. Henderson. Ruth Armstrong has been in France fof thirteen months for the South of France Relief Association. Katharine Cotton is teaching in a Hospital for the blind in England. Beatrice Caverhill has worked with Lady Drummond ia the Canadian Office for two years. Isabella Strathy, a M.G.H. graduate has nursed in France for three years. She is now the wife of Lieut. McMurry. Helen Kendall, a R.V.H. graduate is nursing in France. Marguerite Strathy has been doing canteen work in Paris gince 1916. Allison Strathy was a masseuse in AJdershot Hospital for one year and is now driving a motor ambi iance in London. Elvira Strathy is working with Lady Drummond in the Red Cross, Prisoners of War Department. Marjorie Cook has been doing canteen work in France for two years. Jane Yuile Strathy (Mrs. W. W. Lawrence) and Gaile Yuile (Mrs. Lucas) are both doing Y.M.C.A. Canteen work in France. Irene Cains, graduate of St. Lukes Hospital ,New York, has been, since the beginning of the war, nursing in France, and Salonika. She is now second in command at London Head- quarters, having gained her captaincy. 21

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HONOURS OF McGILL UNIVERSITY 1896 Florence Botterell, B.A English 1896 Katherine Mitchell, B.A English 1897 Mary Cameron, B.A.. : Mathematics, Medal 1898 Frances Cameron, B.A French and German, Medal 1899 Kathleen Finley,B.A French and German, Medal 1904 Myra Bouchard, B.A 1905 Ruth Lyman B.A Biology 1906 Blanche Gillmor, B.A 1908 Anna MacKeen, B.A 1909 Jessie McDonald, B.A Special Certificate, M.A. 1910 Katherine Trenholme, B.A .English and French 1913 Anna Cameron, B.A English 1913 Anna Leonqwens, B.A English 1913 Margaret Morison, B.A English and French 1913 Olive Reinhardt, B.A English and History 1913 Dorothy DuiT,B.A Biology, Medal 1915 Theodora Braidwood 1916 Margaret Cameron, B.A First Bank Honours French and English 1916 Helen Eraser, B.A . . . : 1916 Grace McDonald, B.A .Special Certificate 1917 Marjorie Spier, B.A. First Bank Honours English and History Miss Mabel Hanington, M.A Toronto University Medical Missionary in China. The following girls are at present working at McGill: — Helen Hague, Gwynneth Craig, Fanny Grindley, Mary Gibbs, Florence MacLaren, Janie Spier, Helen Higginson. SCHOOL SONG Tun ' ' Tight Little Island Daddy Wisdom one day to Nelson did say If ever I needed a school now The one I should hit on would be that on Simpson Said Nelson why that ' s my Trafalgar. Oh what a schqpl is Trafalgar! The best of all schools is Trafalgar! All the world round, none can be found So happy as our old Trafalgar! 23