Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 3 Dr. Hare ' s Message to the Students I have been asked to give a short message to the outgoing students of this year. The best advice that I can give you is the one that Dr. Wilson, of Victoria College, gave the class of which I was a member, viz.: Keep humble and be useful. The complaint has sometimes been made against col- lege students that when they have re- turned to their homes they have felt themselves so much superior to their less favored friends, that they have been practically isolated from the needs of the community, and have been less fitted than previously for ;any good work. Such a complaint has never come to me respecting our stu- dents, and I feel quite certain that it will not be made against any of you. The earnest and morally healthful spirit of the institution that has shown itself in the faithful and suc- cessful work of the class rooms, the May Court Club, Y.W.C.A. meetings, Mission Study classes, Bible classes, etc., has not only promoted thorough scholarship, but has kept you in sym- pathetic touch with the vital issues of Christian life and service, and has, 1 trust, developed a type of character that will make you a power for good in the home and in the community to which you have returned. The time has passed when it was necessary to argue on behalf of the so- lidity and thoroughness of an educa- tion to be obtained in our College, and yet the guarantee of efficient instruc- tion does not adequately express the real worth and advantage of our col- lege training. There is a larger view of education than simply the acquisi- tion of knowledge, or the passing of examinations, and I take comfort from Dr. and Mrs. Hare at Home.

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EDITORJAL STAFF. Editor Helen Goforth Assistant Editor Grace Haig BUSINESS Managers): ■•■ ;|JXdry Art K. Breithauot Y.W.C.A .M. Freeman May Court Club d. Patrick Domestic Science M. Boyd Oratory ' ' ' x; ' .i i: ? I H. MacFadyen The Joker R. Day M. Messer Athletics Constance Kilborne Fireside Notes f; . I. McMillan CONTENTS. Dr. Hare ' s Message to the Students - - - 3 Message to the Graduates, by Miss Taylor - - 4 A Trip to Washington - - - - 5 The Graduates - - - 9 Graduation Exercises - - - - H May Day Exercises - - - 16 Junior Concert and Banquet - - - 19 New Teachers - - - - 20 Editorial - - - - - 22 Trafalgar Daughters - - - - 25 Art ----- 30 Fireside Notes - - - - 30 Athletics ----- 33 The Joker - - - - - 34

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4 VOX COLLEGII the thought that many of you have been inspired with higher ideals, and have become stronger and better fitted to meet the difficulties and tempta- tions of life than you were at the be- ginning of the year. Our age demands that a woman should be educated. Avenues of usefulness are opening to her on every hand by means of which she can not only make an honest and honorable livelihood, but help to initi- ate or direct movements tending to the well-being of the community in which she may reside and I look to you to take your full share of responsibility in this direction. One of the most hopeful signs of the times is the increasing interest taken in the work of the college by the var- ious chapters of ' ' Trafalgar Daugh- ters ' I do not regard this as a mere momentary wave of enthusiasm, but rather as an intelligent and sympa- thetic interest in everything that per- tains to the College that must bear abundant fruit. It is to be hoped that in the near future ' ' Trafalgar Daugh- ters will have the right, by legal en- actment, to appoint from their num- bers one or more members of our Board of Directors. Mrs. Hare and members of the Fac- ulty join with me in wishing you plea- sant holidays, and hoping to have the privilege of welcoming many of you back to the College in September. Message to the Graduates By MISS TAYLOR The editor of the Vox has asked me to write a message to the graduates, and I find it a difiicult thing to do, for there is so much that one might say, that to choose the most essential points is a task, indeed, a kind of boil- ing down the year ' s oysters. ' ' You girls leaving our Colleges have a tremendous responsibility laid upon you, for you represent the cultured, thinking women of the nation who are, at the present state of affairs, of the highest importance to its welfare. All over the world to-day, woman is demanding a more direct influence in the world ' s affairs. She has in the last century proved that she is cap- able of receiving as thorough, an edu- cation as man, that in many ot the professions she can work side by side with man, — indeed, to-day woman has entered almost every sphere of labor. This has produced many serious econ- omic difficulties — woman ' s labor is al- ways more or less sweated labor, and men have been thrown out of po«ts that women couW fill equally well be- cause women would do the work for less money. Again, in many cases, women have lost their taste for do- mestic work, and homes and children have suffered in consequence. To-day you cannot put the clock back, wheth- er you approve of the trend of affairs or not. Girls and women are out in the world in a way which would shock and horrify their grand- mothers. Then, what has to be the attitude of our College and Uni- versity women ? They are bound more or less to become leaders in their var- ious spheres, for knowledge is always Power. 1 would plead with you to en- large your own knowledge in every possible way ; do not be satisfied with mere hearsay or onesided views of any subjects, for narrowness and prejudice are the greatest enemies of progress. Do not feel when you leave College that your education is finished— it is only just beginning ; your minds have been trained, but your experience has been narrow ; it is your duty now to bring the trained mind to bear on