Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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KING EDWARD VIII

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tlTrafalpr Editor Jean Scrimger MAGAZINE STAFF Sub-Editor Barbara Ward Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Sharp EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Athletic Representative Art Representative Advertising Manager - House Representative Adviser to Magazine Staff Katherine Creelman Joan Tooke Doreen Robinson Betty McCrory Miss Bryan CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Matriculation II. Upper VI. Upper V 2. Form IVa. Form IVb. Joan Tooke Betty Brodie Janet Slack Marie Fisher Peggy Ross Form IIIa. Form IIIb. Form Upper II. Form II. Georgina Grier Margaret Thompson Isabella Wurtele Frances Barnes Former Upper I. Elizabeth Johnson FORM OFFICERS Form Matric: I. Matric : II. Upper VI. Upper V2. Form IVa. Form IVb. Form IIIa. Form IIIb. Form II. Form Upper II. Form Upper I. President Jean Scrimger Joan Tooke Faith Lyman Jane Seely Anne Dodd Peggy MacMillan Peggy Capps Alma McFarlane Lyn Berens June Fairweather Margot Chambers Vice-President Barbara Ward Frances Coghill Peggy Elder Peggy Tyndale AiLSA Campbell Anne O ' Halloran Jane Elliot Betty Ward Grace Wurtele Barbara Smith Ann Hadrill [11]

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THE KING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE KING. ' T ' HE fatlier of this great family is tlie way King George spoke of himself JL in his Christmas greeting to the Empire a year ago. That is the way we shall always think of him. The bond between him and his people was greater by far than that between a King and his svxbjects. It was a bond of personal love. The King who never failed his people will always live in their hearts. Our late beloved Sovereign King George, came to the throne twenty-five years ago, and under his quiet leadership we have come through one of the most perilous periods of our history. Quietly and simply, always with dignity and understand- ing, the King has spoken the right word and done the right thing. Four years after he came to the throne began the World War. He and the Queen made themselves one with the people both at home and at the front. After that came the terrible time of financial difficulty through which he wisely guided Britain. He worked hard and long, never sparing himself, and deserved every bit of the wealth of affection, respect and loyalty to himself and our Queen shown by his very dear people at his Silver Jubilee. He has been such a wonderful personality that it is very hard for the nation, to realize, even under the sad rolling of the bells, that the King is Dead! The bells tolled. Kings must die, but Kingship never. Immediately after the tolling the spirited blasts of silver trumpets announced the accession to the throne of our much loved Prince of Wales. Long live the King! We have been used to dignified-looking bearded monarchs; now that young man, with those very wistful eyes, has come to the throne. In his picturesque red plane, after his father ' s death, he flew to Buckingham Palace to take the oath of accession. King Edward, who has been known for so long as the Prince of Wales, is the most widely travelled of all princes. He has long captured the love of his people. He has mixed with them as one of them. During the war he insisted on going to France, regardless of the danger. He also loved the life in the navy. He loves all that is in modern life. He is known as the gay and charming Prince , fond of dancing and late parties, and sports of all kinds, and of flying. He is the first British King to fly in an aeroplane. He has been prepared in everyway for his duties as King. He has been practically in every part of the British Empire, and business men laughingly call him, the Empire ' best salesman. At the time of the Jubilee he showed his sympathy for the youth of Great Britain by inaugurating a fund to help them. He again showed his thoughtful- ness for the people when he did not make the day of his father ' s funeral an official holiday in case it should mean any hardship to the workers. He has pledged himself to follow in his father ' s steps. With his mother. Queen Mary, to help him we need have no fear of the future. His reign has begun in very perplexing times, and hard work lies ahead of him, but we can feel sure that, like his father, it always will be service before self. Anne Dodd, Form IVa. [13]