Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 7 Europena, or was it Australia, evinced a preference for green pups in mistake for cream puffs ; the frantic struggles of Mrs. Wiggs, entangled in her neighbor ' s ' eil, in fact the whole event, was very w ell presented by the reader. Marjorie Garlock, who was very suc- cessful in her exams, delighted the aud- ience with three very charming and, in one ease, very difficult numbers. Aside from a very charming personality, Miss Garlock possesses real ability in her de- partment. Mallei Sharpe and Georgian Smith, Mr. Atkinson ' s senior pupils, acquitted themselves admirably. In the former ' s playing, we appreciate her thorough knowledge of technique and brilliancy ; in the latter ' s performance, wonderful expression. Myrtle Fawcett read the story of David Copperfield ' s proposal to Dora. It was a very difficult reading, but even the dullest of us caught the subtle droll- ery of Dickens ' through David ' s love-sick raving. The immense amount of thought and work that Miss Fawcett must have spent on the selection was well worth while, for her interpretation of the read- ing was splendid. Another member of the Senior Class, Margery Moore, who is the Gold Medal- list in Expression for this year, read from Henrik Ibsen ' s Doll ' s House. The reading itself is very dramatic and contains a subtle pathos and depth of thought that demands careful interpreta- tion. Either the effect of that pathos or Margery ' s own reading of Nora ' s part (a personality which so aptly suits Iier own) reduced her audience to tears, and it was only when she bowed and smiled cheerfully three separate times that it consented to stop the applause and wipe its eyes. The concert was a very thorough pro- duct of the year ' s work, and was appre- ciated as such. FRIDAY. PRESENTATION OF tHE TAMING OF THE shrew by dramatic club. The time of the play was in the 17th century, and the scenes of action were laid in Padua, Italy. The story of the drama tells of the artifices by which the young man Petruchio tames the fiery spirit of Katharine, who possesses a pret- ty face and an abominable temper, and declares she will be subject to no man. Miss Catharine MeCormick as Pe- truchio, and Miss Myrtle Fawcett as Katheriiie, were particularly good, but the whole caste was worthy of praise. The admirable way in which the drama was presented showed much diligent applica- tion by the girls of the Club. The following was the cast of charac- ters : — Petruchio — Catharine MeCormick. Baptista — Gwendolyn Gauley. Veneentio — Etta Jackson. Lucentio — Mabel Sharpe. Gremio — Melva Hetherington. Hortensio — Madeline Preston. Tranio — Ida Dodge. Brondella — Frances Eraser. Pedant, Philip— Hazel Mill. Tailor, Nicholas — Eva Hutcheson. Haberdasher, Officer — Ada Snider. Branea — Margery Moore. Curtis— Mrs. Merkley. Widow — Winnifred Symington. SATURDAY. athletics and swimming. Saturday morning and afternoon were occupied by the students in participating in or witnessing athletic and swimming exercises. The aquatic side of the day ' s fun was particularly interesting. It was truly wonderful to see the ' ' stunts ' ' that the girls perf oi med in the water. The swimming pool has certainly become one of the most popular phases of college life. A recital was given by the pupils of Miss Gott and Miss Collins in the concert hall, in the evening. PROGRAM. Nollet - - Elegu Enid MacMinn. LoTir - Rose of My Heart winnifred SYMINGTON.

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6 VOX COLLEGII Graduation Exercises. The 1916 Commencement Exercises Avere inaugurated on AVednesday even- ing, June 14th, and Avere continued, Avith some scheduled eA ' ent every day, until Tuesday of the following Aveek Avhen the final day of a most interesting week Avas brought to a close. WEDNESDAY. undergraduates ' concert. PROGRAM. Organ — (a) Forest Vespers (Fiysin- ger) ; (b) March in G. (Smart) — Muriel Snetsinger. Piano — The Return of Spring (Friml) —Aileen A. K. 0 ' Hara. A ' ocal — The Garden of Your Heart (Ball) — Clarice Packham. Reading — Ann ' s Confession (Mont- gomery ) - — Winnif red Symington. Piano — Prelude in C. sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) — Isabel Gordon. Vocal — The Minor Chord (Mager) — Jean Willis. Reading — The AVidder Johnsing (Ruth McEmery Stuart) — Ida Dodge. Piano — (a) In Solitude (Poldini) ; (b) Concert Etude in C (Rosenbloom) — Gertrude Hull. Vocal — The Spring Has Come (Matide V. AA hite)— Olive AVoodman. The program opened Avith an organ number by Miss Snetsinger. By dint of much practice and perseverance, Muriel has improved her touch and technique AvonderfuUy in a year. AA e Avere doubly interested in Aileen O ' Hara ' s ntunber, and also in Isabel Gordon ' s performance, as both girls that very day had tried and passed AA ' ith hon- ors their respective Conseiwatory exams. In j Iiss Clarice Packham is a coming graduate of real ability. The audience Avas taken by surprise, for though the young lady ' s voice is a SAveet one, for a long time it has been a modest and silent one. The tAvo readings, by Winnifred Sym- ington and Ida Dodge, both, Ave expect, coming graduates in Expression, AA ere particularly good. AVe ahvays enjoy hearing either Jean AVillis or Miss OHa ' C AA oodman sing to us ; in each a- oice there lies a sincerity of expression and the trace of faithful Avork. Gertrude Hull played her piano num- bers sympathetically and very charming- ly; but perhaps the latter quality Avas partly due to Gertrude ' s very charming little self. The Undergraduates put on, to iise a stock phrase, a very creditalile perform- ance, and the .Seniors feel that next year the graduates Avill fill their concert bill very admirably indeed. THURSDAY graduates ' concert. The Thursday evening concert Avas one also of very great interest, because it Avas provided by members of the graduating class, that is, such of them as were taking Music or Expression. PROGRAM. Reading— The Theatre Party (Alice Hegan Rice), Meh a Hetherington. Vocal— (a) The First Meeting ; (Grieg); (b) I Love Thee, (Grieg), Marjorie Garlock. Reading— The Doll ' s House (Ib- sen) , Margery Moore. Piano — Scherzo in C Sharp Minor (CJhopin), Mabel M. Sharpe. Reading — The Picnic (Dickens), Myrtle FaAvcett. A ocal — Der Asra (Rubenstein) , Marjorie Garlock. Piano — Concert Valse (Friml), Georgian AV. Smith. God iSave the King. A very amusing opening number was provided by Miss Melva Hetherington, in her reading of ' ' The Theatre Party, ' ' from Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The SAvift and thorough preparations for the same — the dinner-party at which

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8 VOX COLLEGII Merkel - Spring Song CLARICE PACKHAM. Janowski - - Djorah MURIEL COOK. Woodforde-Findin (a) Less Than De Dust; (Indian Love Lvric) , (b) Till I Wake. GRACE LINTON. Wach Pei ' venclie EVELYN COOK. Dengia Sing On FRANCES FRASER. Friml Staccato Etude Op. 37, No. 1 JESSIE LOVE. Stojoioski Prelude Ap. 1 No. 2 Jean McLelland. Ayhvard (a) Love ' s Coi ' onation (b) Rose in the Bud MARJORIE ROSS. Hensett Si Orsean J ' Etais MARY DEPEW. Lautz ]My Love is Like a Red Rose Goetz Melisandi in the Wood MALTD SHAW. Cliopin (a) Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 Coleridge-Taylor (b) Impromptu. GRACE LINTON. SUNDAY. For the Baccaulaureate sermon one of Canada ' s most foremost preachers, Rev. Dr. G. M. Milligan, pastor emeritus of Old St. Andrew ' s Church, Toronto, had been secured, and the Methodist Taber- nacle was crowded. The Presbyterian and Baptist Churches cancelled their evening sei ' dces, and all three congrega- tions joined in the splendid service at the Tabernacle. On the platform with Dr. Milligan were Rev. A. H. Foster, pastor of the Tabernacle; Rev. F. L. Farewell, Prin- cipal, and Rev. Dr. Hare, Principal Emeritus of the College; Rev. G. A. McLean and Rev. S. G. McCormack, each of whom took part in the service. During the evening the choir rendered an an- them, and Miss Gott, of the College Fac- ulty, sang ' ' There is a Green Hill. ' ' Dr. Milligan chose for his text Genesis 17 : 1 — And when Abraham was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abraham, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. He laid particular em- phasis upon the last clause — Walk be- fore me and be thou perfect. ' ' Abraham was called from his native plaee,Ur of the Chaldecs,to go to the land God had for him to found a nation for his own people, and through them for the good of all peoples. In Babylon men worshipped the powers of nature; they mistook them for gods. Abraham was quickened to recognize that the founda- tion of things was spirit, not matter. God he apprehended was spirit, and in Him all things lived and moved and had their being. This conviction was im- pressed upon Abraham and gave main- tenance and purpose to his mission. He Avas to walk as under the eye of God, and by being genuine to his real inner self was to know God, whom to know is life eternal. The career of Abraham, as set before us in Genesis, constitute many various pictures of an historic nature. The world iDecame his schoolhouse, and the exper- iences he realized in it his lessons for the life that now is as well as that to come. His heart was stirred when he saw the fate the Sodomites were bringing upon themselves. He learned, by praying for their rescue from calamity, how ready and full was forgiveness in God. In giv- ing Lot his choice in material benefits, he showed that a high purpose in life saves from the greed that degrades. The patri- arch seems not to have been clear about the sacredness of the relation of husbana and wife. Pharaoh, when he found the deceit Abraham practiced upon him by passing off ,Sarah as his sister, ordered his men to turn him out of Egypt and all he had. The lesson to Abraham was: Be genuine hereafter, and allow no words about Sarah to be other than those of truth and soberness. ' ' It was customary for chiefs adjoining Abraham in Canaan to offer children in sacrifice to their gods. The principle that our choicest treasure should be de- voted to Jehovah, if we make Him su-