Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 23 their lives ' there arose for these two souls a new and beautiful world, where there reigned peace and love and sweet content. It was the miracle of the death of self. This great miracle of friendship with its infinite wonder and beauty may be denied to us. To pos- sess it is to have one of the world ' s sweetest gifts. ' ' College may be the loneliest and most unhappy place in the world, if one is alone in the crowd without friends,— but it may be the happiest, if the numbers hold even one who is in the truest sense worthy of the name —friend, one who has seen in us the best, and for that very fact, called forth the best from us. Our college loves have made our path easier, smoother, and the hard things easier to bear. They have made our lives richer and happier, but, oh, let us beware of the danger of letting these old friendships lapse after the college days are over, when new inter- ests crop up, and new relations are formed. The beautiful words of Ruth, of days long gone by, will be an example of faithfulness to friends for ages to come : Entreat me not to leave thee, And to return from following after thee For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my God ; Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried : The Lord do so to me, and more also Tf aught but death part thee and me. THANK YOU. The ' Vox staff wishes to heartily thank all those who have contributed to the ' ' Vox during the year. The ' ' Vox would not be possible were it not for the valuable assistance it has received from a certain few. We earn- estly hope you will give our success- ors less indifference and more loyal support, by subscribing promptly for the magazine, giving any helpful sug- gestions that may occur to you, and, above all, in handing in material. Don ' t be shy ! If your fir3t attempt isn ' t accepted— try again, and you will be assured at least of the gratitude of the Editor. We hope you will like our last issue. We have, one and all, work- ed hard to make it the best ever, and we will be rewarded if you vote it A 1 !• CHANGES IN THE FACULTY. Those returning in the Fall will find two or three changes in the faculty. Miss Findlay, Miss Weir, Miss Gordon and Miss Clough will not be back, a fact which will be deeply regr.etted by students and teachers. They leave with our sincerest wishes for success and happiness. Owing to the fact that this is Grad- uation Number, and that we have wished to give our space chiefly to the matters incident to the Closing Week, the usual reports from the Music, Do- mestic Science and Oratory Depart- ments and the Y.W.C.A. have been omitted. We should, however, like to make special reference to one or two facts. Miss Clough, who this y ar is leaving us to become a member ot the staff of the Toronto Conservatory, generously gave us a musical treat on the evening of May ISth. She not only delighted her audience, but she

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22 VOX COLLEGII WHAT SO RARE AS A DAY IN JUNE ? June has come with its final exams, commencement week, graduation exer- cises and the last goodbyes on the morning of the 23rd. The goodbyes are hard, aren ' t they, girls, even though we have looked forward so eagerly to closing ? For some it means the end of school days — the happy care-free time of life, and June 23rd with its goodbyes is touched with sadness for them. We are proud of our 1914 Sen- iors,— they have indeed been a credit to their Alma Mater, and they leave with our love and good wishes. What our Seniors have accomplished through hard and faithful work should be an mspiration to each of us. Their train- ing at College, the difficulties they have conquered, fit them ' ' to breathe the world thought and do the world deed. ' ' I think the motto of our grad- uates, although unexpressed, may be : To be alive in such ati age- To live to it. To give to it ! COLLEGE FRIENDSHIPS, The word ' ' friendships brings to the mind of each of us happy associations of College days. Unfortunate indeed is the girl who has not felt the joy, . the rich content one experiences in the miracle of friendship. For it is a mir- acle,— this wonderful thing called friendship. Friends are born not made. We find it hard to tell how these friendships began. They came through no effort of ours, but they have become part of our lives and we just accept them with sweet content and glad confidence. Many of the greatest and noblest friendships have been made at College. Here we come in contact with those who are congen- ial, those whose tastes resemble ours, who have the same ambitions and as- pirations. These friendships may have been an education in themselves for ex- change of thought, and the practice of expressing oneself to one ' s friends is of benefit intellectually. There mav be many of these congenial spirits a- mong our college acquaintances whom we like to call friends, but there can only be one or two in the inner circle of friendship— of the David and Jon- athan type. Hugh Black, in his charm- ing little book on friendships, writes very beautifully about this typical friendship, (David and Jonathan) — They met, and at the meeting knew each other to be nearer than kindred. By subtle affinity they felt that they belonged to each, other. Out of all the chaos of the time and the disorder of

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24 VOX COLLEGIl enriched the treasury of the Trafalgar Daughters by some eighteen dollars. Marguerite Homuth was the vocalivSt of the evening, and rendered several songs with considerable ability. The excellent examination results are in themselves sufficient evidence of the work of th.e Musical Department. The Y.W.C.A. has to the very end of the year had a real place in the College life. Though money cannot measure spiritual influences, yet it is gratifying to know that the girls give ungrudg- ingly to further the various good causes which the Y.W.C.A. tries to help. We have paid half the expenses of representatives to the Conferences at Kansas City, Kingston and Elgin House. A bale has been sent to Nor- way House, Cross Lake, where Mr. and Mrs. Gaudin are working among the Indians. Mrs. Gaudin is herself an old O.L.C. student. After a contribution has been sent to the Dominion Council we still have sixty dollars, which we intend to divide between missions in China and Japan, in which OJ..C. is specially interested. Our last meeting this year was on the afternoon of Bac- calaureate Sunday, when we had the great pleasure of hearing from Mrs. Kilborn about her work in China. From the fact that we have had Con- stance and Cora in our midst for four years, we have been particularly inter- ested in the work of Dr. and Mrs. Kil- born, and we were delighted to hand over to her a cheque for $25 for the new hospital in which she is so inter- ested. Summer.Conference in Dining Room.