Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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GUESTS FROM OVERSEAS JANE BEEMAN ] MARCIA BEEMAN f MARGARET BOURNE ANTHEA CADBURY | VERONICA CADBURY ( MARIGOLD CHARLESWORTH DENISE CRAIG 1 SHIRLEY CRAIG | ELIZABETH ELDER JILL FITZCLARENCE MAEVE FOGT ) SONIA FOGT f SHELAGH FORBES DOREEN HARVEY JESSICA HORNIMAN PAMELA IRVINE ELIZABETH MAXWELL TATIANA ORLOFF ALICE PATON | MARLEIGH PATON | PEGGY PEGRAM FRANCOISE PLEVEN ) NICOLE PLEVEN } LYA POPPER EMMANUELE SALEM HAZEL SCOTT-ELLIS ARLENE WINTER FRANCES YOUNG NORAH YOUNG The Manor House, Limpsfield, Surrey. Berkhampstead Grammar School, Berkhampstead Herts. Edgbaston High School, Birmingham. St. James ' s School, West Malvern, Worcestershire. Sutton High School Sutton Surrey. Wellington School, Hatch End, Middlesex. Queen ' s College chool, Harley Street, London W.l. Bedgebury Park, Gouldhurst, Surrey. Belstead School, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Queen Elizabeth ' s Grammar School, Barnet, Hertfordshire. Moira House, Eastbourne, Sussex. St. Helen ' s School, Northwood, Middlesex. Malvern Girls ' College, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. The Convent, Taunton, Somerset. Buchan School, Castletown, Isle of Man. The French Institute, London S.W.5. Birklands, St. Alban ' s, Hertfordshire. Cours Fenelon, Paris. Heathfield School, Ascot, Berkshire. St. Katherine ' s School, St. Andrew ' s, Scotland. St. Leonard ' s School, St. Andrew ' s, Scotland. [19]

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In School they distinguished themselves by being good at their work and their games. We still stand in awe of them. Here in Trafalgar we have a great many friends from the other side. They have very keen spirits and are ready to tackle anything. We have learnt a great deal from them and I hope we too have set them a good example. Each one of our guests has made a great number of friends here in school. This friendship between the English and Canadian youth will someday prove to be a great asset when the flowers of Europe can once more see their way to a fine and peaceful summer. The girls who joined us as boarders were welcomed with very warm hearts. Although at first it was difficult for them to understand our ways, they picked them up very quickly. They are no longer strangers. We look up to them as the younger genera- tion of that great nation across the sea — our Motherland. She who is teaching us the real meaning of courage, strength and faith has them for her representatives. Therefore to all you from the other side we give a hearty welcome. Welcome to our lakes and forests, to our cities and towns and to all of the many blessings we have. May you share them all and join with us in saying: God bless England! [18]

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TO THE PEOPLE OVER THERE Oh, to be in England Now that April ' s there. So wrote the poet Browning About that land so fair. And English hearts are longing To glimpse old England ' s shore, And English voices pray now To see their land once more. And so do France ' s children, And bonny Scotland ' s pray. Theirs not this day of conflict, But theirs tomorrow ' s day. So, till the war is over And they can cross the foam They ' ll stay with us in Canada And make this land their home. We know not all the hardships That happen over there. That they will soon be over Is each Canadian ' s prayer. Their race will make no difference. From Alp to Pyrenee, From England or from Scotland, From islets of the sea. We ' ll welcome all these children. We ' ll do whate ' ver we may To fit them for to-morrow ' s task By helping them to-day. For Freedom ' s candle flickers. Snuffed at by cruel hand; Their task is to rekindle That flame in every land. Joyce Rankin, IIIb Fairley House. MY IMPRESSIONS OF CANADA LITTLE did I know, when I sailed from England last August, what a wonderful time I would have when I reached Canada. I think the thing that will remain most deeply impressed on us English people, is the wonderful kindness everyone showed to us. This meant so much, when we had had to leave our parents in England and to face a new and different life. In some ways Canada is so similar to England that occasionally I forget and imagine myself back again in my native country. This happens particularly when the weather is typically English — what you Canadians would call a nasty damp day! A number of people think that Canadian girls differ very much from those of England, but I disagree, although I must admit that Canadian girls seem to grow up sooner and become more independent at an earlier age than we do. But I am not at all sure that they gain anything by it. I think that Canadian schools on the whole are stricter and more rigid than those [20]