Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII. 15 text. There is i difference between knowladge and wisdom. Wisdom is a gift, or faculty or disposition for the right use of knowledge. Wisdom gets deep down into the soul. Knowledge comes to us rapidly ; wisdom lingers, full of sad experiences. Still ex- pei ience. often fails to teach us .wis- dom, as our foolishness often, times paoves. Wisdom canaol bo taught. Solomon could not procure it until he prayed that he might oe measured up for it, and God granted his prayer. It has een said the, ,fear of the Lord is wisdom. It is not that we are to dread Go t any mora than w© wou d dread o !r I arents. But there is a reverence due God in the same way as we reverence our home, our lather, our mother,, our sister, our brother,. W© do not fear them ; we reverence them. Tennyson speaks of his reverencei for Almighty God, not his fear. Without reverence we wou d be without the music of life - we would b© dead. When ' knowledge gets i)o session of our heart, and wis- dom the possession ot our soul, it will OQ pleasant to our mind. Not till then will we be able to i)roperly judge the fiist things to be ' placed first and see all things aright, and thus live in har- mony with ourselves. The preacher then addressed himself more partic- ularly to tho graduating class, and said it yvas. ai great privilege to be able to do so. It had given him great pleasure to hear read at the late Con- ference Dr. Hare ' s reporti of iso many young lives being within the influence of that wonderful power for Igood in th Ontario Ladies ' College. He had been speaking of knowledge, wisdom, reverence as the reck of stability. He hoimd these [would be their guide in youth. Put Christ in the centre of these that they, may ' be made useful. There is do perfect moral (gift until it is interpreted. Take music as, an) ex- ample. Unless it imparts sentiment and flies like an arrow ' into the very depths of nature what does it accom- i:lish t It is the sentiment that makes singing what it is. When he was away from home in his youth he was broken down through hearing a singer sing Home sweet home. The power was caused by the sentiment. It Was the power of lifting up he wished tliese young ladies to cultivate. It (Was the noblest gift God has, given us. Our happiness is in helping ' lift up the world. When you students return to your native heath, you will be known as students of the Ontario Ladies ' College. See to it, therefore, that you h dp your church, your Young People ' s Society, you Epworth League, your Sunday school, or your W. C. T. U. If some one is ' wanted to lead in these, let it always be felt we can look with certainty to the help of the graduates of the Ontario Ladies ' College. ThLs sphere is given to you to help you to reach out and do good to others. Wis- dom will give you a ladylike bearing much superior to that to be acquired from a dancing school. Let your who- lei face become a ipower for good that the transliguration may shine out with brightness and gladness that will last forever and forever. The song service, like the sermon, was most impressive, and reflected great credit ux onl Mrs. Ayers, the organist, the choir, and the soloists, Miss Rice, Miss Powell and Mr. Stevenson. The Visitors Arrive. On the arrival of the S£)ecial train from Toronto on Monda afternoon, which landed its p«assengers at the very gates of the si)acious grounds, the guests assembled in the concert ' hall and the foi lowing programme was rendered— Cantata, Queen of the Se I, Ferd Hummell, choral class ; so- loists, Misses Rice and Wilson ; acco- mpanist, M ' ss N. McTaggart J condu- ctress, Miss M. H. Smart ; piano solo Polka ae la Reine, ' Raff,, Miss W. Gumpriciit ; vocal solo, ' 0h. Dry Those Tears, Rego,Miss D. Seccombe ■ violin solo, The Son of th:i Puszta, Keler-Bela, Mi s Edna Beaii, ; vcK-al soloo I Wait for Thee, Hawley, Miss A. Cooper ; March, Reina de Sab Gounod ; violius, Mis K. Arch- er, Miss E. Beail, Miss Beall,, Miss R. McDiarmid. Miss Beath ; pianos, Miss W. Gumiiricht and Misg M. Edwards, MiSs L. Wilson and Miss D. Secombe ; organ. Miss E. Mclndoo. The sing- ing of Miss Wilson and Miss Rice in connection wi h the cantata deserves spe-ial mention. The work of the chorus relleoted great ' credit upon Miss Smart, the conductress. Gouno- d ' s march rendered, by violins,( pianos and organ was received with ' tumult- uous applause and had to be rei)eated. Mr Harrison too was warmly compli- mented. The Graduation Exercises. At the close of the concert the guests repaired to the basement for refresh- ments or spent some time, examining the beautiful display of the art in the drawing room and chapel or in. pro- menading about the grounds. At 7.30 o ' clock Francis Hall was agair filled for commencement proper. In the absence of the Hon. Chas. Drury, the Rev. Dr. Dewarti presided, and seated on either side of him were the Rev. Dr.

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vox COLLEGII. O. L. C, and later bF ' tho Boston Sch- ool of Oratory, His, Honor Judge Mc Crimmon, of this town, and Rev. John E. Miles, of the Whitby Baptist chu- rch, retired for consultation, and re- turned a verdict awarding ' , thej gold m ' Hlal to Miss Badg ' ley. The decision m t w th the hearty and general ' ai - provul of all present. The) vocal, sel- ections were rendered in an efficient manner by Miss Wilson, accompanied by Miss McTaggart, who modestly and wisely supports and follows her pupil. Knowing the voice ' iai the thing. Encouragement seems the aim of the excellent teacher. Spirituality. If there is one feature of Ontario Ladies ' College life more than another which receives careful attention, that one is the cultivation of a religious sentiment. It is little wonder, there-: fore, that sucli a, long processioni of CoUoge students wended their way to the Methodist Taoernacle last Sunday evening to join in the service of praise and to hear the Rev. Dr. Brecken, of Mt. iSll son Univor ity, New Brunswi- k, ]r a h ihs tac ca ' aureate sermon. He ably discoursed u yon. the 33rd cha- 1 tor of Isaiah, 6th verse— And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and, strength of salva- tion; the fear of the Ijord is his trea- sure. Stability in thine time, Dr. Brecken went on to say, evidently was a reference made by Isaiah to good King Hezekiah during thel troubleous times when the Assyrian army was coming down uixjn him. Isaiah fore- told Hezekiah ' s coming victory. It was in answer to prayer. God always hel])S those who do as (did good Heze- kiah and had confidence in His stren- gth, stability and their salvation. That is why there was no ijanic when the Assyrian hosts came down. Thi is comprehensive of Christ and. the chii tiin age— we trust in the stabili- ty of God. It has been true to us in all times. Even in our time, wisdom and knowledge represent stability as is shown from the unhappy struggle in South Africa, and its final influence for good. Jesus shall reign. He de- sired to give a practical, talk to our young friends gathered here to-night, whose very i)resence lends to the im- pressiveness of the occasion. He plea- ded for their staoility as implied in his text. If knowledge is properly poss- ess ' d it must oe indirectly based upon the immortal soul, and oe a liower for good. Whether in music, in art, in literature, in all callings, we ought ' tjo try and get nearer to nature, and thus nearer to God. If we are to be the better for these accomplishments, we must, consciously or unconsciously, pay tribute to our Heavenly Father. If we are not blind, to our own short- sightedness or our apparent ignorance we will confess we are not qualified to us-i our knowl-dge as it is intended un- til we gain the staoility referred to by Isaiah. With Sir Isaac ISewton ' s great knowledge we see him,, just like a little child, Dending at, ' the sea-shore and picking up a pebble while the great ocean rolled on that he might sift out d refined and appreciated sen- sitiveness from the sands. Thus do It is our privilege to imitate them, some meekly obtain their knowledge. Loudly procl limed knowledge never tawes. The knowledge we possess is e-isily seen in our home life. A truly refined lady never finds pleasure in ultra-fashionable society. We have seen instances of this where society ladias have come to see the hollowness of fashion and of their own choosing have turned their efforts into slum work. They get possessed of a feeling of ennui, as thei French would say — a sort of hungry, sick, tired, weary of worldly pleasure feeling— and strike out into the world to accomplish some good. Books are our safe companions. So if a man is known by the com- panions he keeps, his home life in books readily shows what we are. Books talk to us in our leisure hours, and Ie:id us to knowledge. Knowledge is a power too in opening up a specu- lative thought to us. We then grad- ually speculate uponi the future, and the boys and girls are led to think out a calling in life. Many of the higher ones are to-day wida oj[)en ' to girls as well as to the boys. Of coursQ some say it would be Ijetter if we had not this speculative knowledge, as it is overcrowding the professions. Per- hajjis it is doing this, out if it contin- ues thoae possessing knowledge will Degin to turn their attention to other walks in life for the betterment of all. Why should not ' a farmer or his wife be just as well educated as the law- yer | They would be more resourceful, and thereby more useful. He had no prejudice against the higher branches of learning. They are a power for usefulness, and the man knowing most about them will know most about God ' s eaching3. The call to-day is for intelligent enthusiasm— men and women all on fire. It is a divine gift. While we want enthusiasm, we, want intelligent, helpful, prayerful, reve- rential enthusiasm. There never was yet a convert who did not hunger for usefulness, for knowledge, and for wisdom, such as is six)kon of in the

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16 VOX COLLEGII. Hare and the Rer. Dr. German. The graduating class in beautiful white gowns took a seat on the piatlorm. A- round thym was a large number of la- dies and gentlemen who ,were to ' take part in the proceedings or who were memb ' irs ol thtv staff. After prayer by Rev. V., H. Emory and an organ solo by Miss Swan, the dii lomas, medals and prizes were jire- Bented, those taking part in the pre- sentations being Mrs. Dewart, Mrs. McCrimmon ; Mrs. Mustard, Denver, Col,, Mrs. Dale, Madoc ; Mrs. Winters, Mrs. Sto e ; M s. Knowles, Mrs. Hare, Miss M Giliivray, Miss IBurkholder, Principal Hogarth, Rev. L. H Hill, Rev. Dr. German, Rev. Dr. Chambers, Albert Ogden, Rev. Dr. Tovell ; Mr. Cliif, Carxeton Place, Mr. J. Milne, To- ronto ; Mrs. T. Gibson, Rev. W. B. Scccombe, Judge McCrimmon ; Mr. J. S. Barnard, London ; Mr. C. Kelly, Guelph ; Rev. Messrs Wright, J. Abraham and Dr. McDairmid. ' Mr. R echab Tandy sang the Holy City with great feeling, and, after a short address by Rev. Wm. H. Uincks commencement was closed with tbb singing of God Save the King. That the splendid success was due to the energetic etforts of the Rev. Dr. Hare, principal and governor, ably as- sisted by Mr. W. J. Greenwood, Miss Burkhoider, the lady principal, and the talented faculty, goes without say- ing. It is certainly, a fitting tribute to their worth, their work and their constant aim to leave no stone un- turned to maintain the proud distinc- tion which the College now occui)ies— that of being the foremost in America. Following are the proceedings of the Commencement — REV. DR. DEWART, Presiding. Prayer REV. V. H. EMORY. Organ Solo Concert Overture, C minor .Hollins MISS AGNES SWAN. Conferring of Diplomas— LITERARY— M .E.L.—msses Isabella Dale, Viva Gile.s and Ina Kelly. yOCAL—A.O CM. afti A. T. CM. —Miss Lillian WiLson. OR A rORY—M. Misse.s Helen Badgley and Tottie Hall. COMMERCIAL— M ssfis Gladys Cliff and Daisy Harvey. DOMESTIC SCIENCE— M ss Nevada Webster. 7— Mis-ses Margaret McConnell and Emma Mclntyre. Presentation of Certificates— ART— Miss Hilda Merner, OR A TORY— Misses Olive Biggs, Maude Heal and Hilda Merner, M USICAL — (Toronto Conservatory)— Qo e%e students have distingui.shed them- selves in the recent June examinations in theory conducted by Toronto Conservatory of Music, as is shown by the folluvi ing report : — Intermediate Theory— Msss Lottie Coakwell (ist class honors). Junior Theory- Misses Corrigan, Petherbridge, Stalker, Ferguson and Crabb (all iSt class honors). Mi.s.ses Beatrice Craig and Jean Gregory (2nd class honors). Misses Campazzi and Michaelis (pass). Primary Theory- Misses McDiarmid and Richardson (ist class honors). Miss W. A. Scott (2ud class honors). Intermediate— ORGAN— Miss Edith Mclndoo (first class honors). PIANO— Misses Ethel Bullock and Jean Gregory. VOCAL— Miss Minnie Michaelis (fir.st class honors). Miss Margaret Edwards (honors). Miss E. Katherine Fra.ser (honors). Miss Janet Crabb (honors) . Miss Flora Jones. VIOLIN— Miss Edna Beall. THEORY— Miss Daisy Seccombe (first class honors). Mabel Taylor (fir.st class honors). ' Janet Crabb (honors). Margaret Edwards (honors) . Edith Mclndoo. Junior— ORGAN— Miss W. Gunipricht. PI AND— Miss Desiree Campazzi (honors). Winifred Scott. Huda Ferguson. VOCAL— Miss Ada Chown (honors). Sarah Matthewman (honors). THEOR K— Miss Edith Mclndoo (first class honors). Hattie M. Grass (first class honors). ' Lottie Coakwell (honors). Primary— Misses Lottie Coakwell, Maude Vrooman and Lulu Doble. THEOR Y— Miss Ada Chown (first class honors). Huda Ferguson (first class honors) . LITER A R Y CEJt T I PICA TES— 3rd year- Misses P. Whyte, Ritter, A. Snider, B. Webster, and year— Misses Hamilton, Gibson, Faulds.