Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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AUTUMN LAKE ROSES On a hazy autumn day All is quiet on the deep lake. The autumn colours reflect onto her Changing her colours from Dark green to oranges, reds and browns. The stillness of the lake is shattered By the arrival of some migrating ducks Come to feed on her pickerel weed and wild rice. The ducks, migrating south for the winter. Stop every year on her cool waters to feed and rest. As the morning dawns. The ducks leave her protective waters And continue their journey south. The lake is once more quiet And her cool waters again reflect the autumn colours. Joanne Bird Form V A I praised everything in Your name. Everything! did was for you But it is difficult to Praise everything for a Name that is non-existent. It is hard to talk to you, When I am lonely, And it is even harder to Think that if I touch your Picture, You will step out and Everything will be all right. For you see, I must go on living while You are sleeping and have No worries. Yesterday I carved your Name on a tree. Today I think I will Go out And put flowers on Your grave. Do you like roses? Bev Morgan, Form VI B QUI ES-TU? Peut-etre qu ' un jour Je te rencontrerai, Toi, qui m ' es destine. Je sais et je suis certaine de te connaitre Mais toi, tu ne me connais peut-etre pas. Nous sommes-nous deja rencontres? Peu importe, je t ' aime deja! Cyrile Ozkohen, Form IV A

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DONALD HOUSE Front row: Alexandra ( ruca, Joanne Ward, Janet Martin, Cora Sire, Susan Astle, Claire Panet-Rayinond. 2nd: Joan Marshall, Janet Blane, Beverly Morgan, Sue Ciuitle (House Head), Cathy Cash (House Head), Sally Moore (Form V Rep.), Elizabeth Williams, Karen Kendall, Maria Bronfman. 3rd: Kathy Drummond, Patsy (ilasslord, Monique Holloway, Brenda Kaine, Joanne Neale, Susan Fulton, Lesley Harris, Anne Martin. Back row: Nina (jiupta, Lucille Dorkin, Kathy Cantle, Julia Morgan, Joanne Bird, Michele Kirkwood, Linda Spinner, Pip Coupland. Absent: Mrs. Moore (House Mistress), Leslie Martin, Joanne Guthrie, Cyrile Ozkohen, Ann Chabassol, Susan Renaud. EN VERS Comment en vers peut-on exprimer Les vraies reflexions de Tcsprit, Les vraies emotions de Fame, Les vrais sentiments du corps? Par la conscience du cerveau Quelle connaissance coule Qu ' bn puisse ecrire sur le papier? Aucune! Et les sentiments d ' amour et de chagrin Exprimes en poesie, etre lus, analyses. La vue de la beaute — est-ce qu ' on peut Le parfum d ine fleur, L air d ' une chanson. La tendresse du velours, La douceur du miel et la chaleur du soleil — Est-ce possible de scntir tout cela avec des mots? Quelque longs que soient les details et les descriptions, Les vraies pensees, emotions, et sentiments Restent caches dans la profondeur de Fetre Et personne ne peut les connaitre, Jamais. Elizabeth Williams Form VI B Fevaluer sur [)apier? 30

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LABRADOR The word Labrador has the connotative meaning of bleak, cold, and desolate. This conception of the word is held by many city-dwellers who rarely move beyond the borders of their towns, but for me and for many others who have lived or are at present living in Labrador it holds a mystical lure that makes them love it and stay. Sure, the weather isn ' t hot, but then you don ' t need the heat. The winter is long and snowy — fantastic for all the winter sports you wish to dream about. The great thing about it is they ' re right in front of your door, waiting for you. It snows a great deal, but the air is dry so that you don ' t feel the cold. It ' s quiet wilderness, which is really a change from the more southern part of Canada. Labrador has a lot to offer to the sportsman, thinker, scientist, and in fact people of all walks of life. It is your neighbours rather than your en- vironment which determine whether you like a place or not, but the right environment lures the right people, your people. The approximate fifteen to twenty feet of snow yearly stays from about September to May. Easter is the best time of the year. There are no blizzards, and the sun shines brightly in an unclouded clear blue sky. The snow shimmers and sparkles and tans anyone who ventures out even for half an hour. The land is fairly flat, since it is a plateau, but here and there mighty rivers fall from the plateau causing tremendous waterfalls and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. The remoteness is what keeps these sights beautiful. Only a small path cuts through the weather-stunted, scraw- ny pine trees to the falls. When you behold a sight so spec- tacular as this one, you feel that you alone have seen it, which isn ' t far from the truth. Labrador, although remote, seems to be a place of peace and quiet for nature and the men living in it. Kathy Can tie. Form V A YOUTH IN REVOLT The environment in which our parents grew up was one of great upset. There was the Depression and then the Sec- ond World War. During these two great movements, our parents were growing up. They channelled all their work in this direction. This was their life, for their minds were total- ly tied up in these affairs. Most of our parents did not like the war, and wished for peace. Now our parents are trying to give their children what they think they, as children, would have liked — peace. Unfortunately, we realize that peace never accomplishes anything material, because we can- not keep everyone at peace. Once there is even one tiny warloving factor in such a large crowd as there is on Earth, it is like dropping a crystal of salt into a supersatu rated solution of salt and water. The result is that many salt crystals form around the seed, thus coming out of solution. Following this example, many people form around this one warloving person, coming out of society. These people then ruin society for those who want peace. Thus it is impossible to have peace on all of the Earth at one time; it is just too overcrowded here! Yet, not wanting peace, we do not want war either. In this predicament, we have taken the only solution visible to us — escape this planet ' s society. It is very easy to escape society. We are lucky, because there are two ways. The first is to take drugs such as LSD, or, for a shorter and less vivid experience and escape, ' pot ' . This way, I think, is not nearly so pleasant or useful as the next, for it is very negative; it is a lack of control and bonds. The second way is through a self-imposed trance, such as one used in Yoga. This is positive to me. The person on this kind of a trip is in total control all the way, and the experience is always happy. The only drawback to this solution is that it usually takes just over seven years to master. Therefore we tend to take the first means. Our parents do not like this, though, for it is very dangerous. As they disapprove, we must take these drugs secretly, which causes more disapproval. This situation snowballs, causing an amazing amount of friction between the two generations. In reaction to this friction, many of us shun everything having to do with our parents. This is stupid, because the society and ideas possessed by our parents have some good sense, or else they would have been disposed of long ago. Our parents are inclined to think that what we want is money. We don ' t. We have it, because, in general, the Hip- pies are of the middle and upper-middle classes. The society in which our parents grew up was extremely different from the one in which we now live. Their main objective was to get security through money, and to found businesses. Now we have the money, and small businesses are being incor- porated into larger ones. With all the unions now in exis- tence, it is very difficult to initiate anything; therefore, we have no fixed channel, and lie open to anyone who seems to have one ready to present to us. This seed crystal was a revolt against the ideas of our parents. Cathy Cash, Form VI A 32