Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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I vox COLLEGII 19 hind walls of stone with no legal rights and no hope of immortality, but yet she is a mighty force in the life of her na- tion or tribe. The Ideal Women will differ according +0 the place assigned to her. The Ideal Squaw of the Mohawk will not be the ideal wife and mother of our modem civilization. But there are some funda- mental principles, and to these we do well to give heed. In every age woman and man are complementary. Much of the talk of woman ' s rights and man ' s superiority is foolish. Neither man nor woman is superio r, neither inferior to the other. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife. And they twain shall be one flesh. Each supplies what the other lacks and so makes one perfect home. Man is the doer, the creator, the adventurer, the warrior; his fibre is coarse ; he is made for hard work and hard knocks. Women is made to rule, to judge, to guide, to praise. Man goes forth into the world, he is wounded ancl defeated, he fails and suffers. Woman is protected in her finer and gentler toil. She makes the home and rules there. Slie has a right to demand that her husband be strong and brave and alert in the great outside struggle. He has a right to ask that she be wise in her rule, clear and just in her judgment, and that the purity of her mind and heart be to him a refuge and strength in the hour of temptation. Surely this is a great place, and de- mands that the ideal women be : WISE. She has to know many things, for the home is the greatest kingdom on earth. Man is a specialist, but woman must know not only her own special tasks but also sympathize intelligently with hei husband. She, in wisdom, calms his pas- sions, blunts his revenge, stimulates by her faith his flagging zeal, and where man ' s poor logic halts she leaps by intui- tion to truth that lies beyond the com- mon light. STRONG. Her strength is not rude and coarse like that of man, but woman ' s charm lies not in her weakness. Her work needs a body as well as a soul. Strong in mind also. So she has al- ■ ways been. The ancients who defied the j forces of nature called them often by i the name of a goddess. In all ages wo- | man has proven the heroism of her soul j and the best interpreters of human life and character have given us more hero- ines than heroes. GRACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL. ] This may not be the most valued attri- | bute to the Ideal Woman, but it has some worth. We ask for beauty not only in art and uncultivated nature, but in the face and form of woman. The world needs grace and form and alertness of : hand and eyes and mind, and these must still be the gift the mother bestows. i SIMPLE. The simple life makes its wise appeal to all, but it is in character more than in physical life we ask for the simplicity that so well adorns a woman. We live in an artificial age, and the Ideal ] Woman will be sincere, she will be direct ' not adroit, she will be pure, gentle, grac- ious, unselfish, full of sweetness and love and faith. Woman has been pictured as i susceptible to flattery, given to intrigue, ] artifi.cial in dress and ornament and ' mind. But this is not the Ideal Woman ; she is not the woman you w ould love to call mother ; she is not the woman a good i man will choose for the wife who is to be counsellor and guide and friend. | FULL OF FAITH. She believes in God. He is her Strength, her Refuge, her Truth, her Staff, her Eternal Hope. : Her religion keeps her unspotted from ., the world, and also sends her to minister j to the needy. | Great indeed is the sphere of a true | woman. Little children need her mm- | istry, a suffering world calls for her lov- i ing touch. She must not waste herself j in pleasure and let the woiid ' s need be i fed by a cold charity. She ministered to - Jesus in His hour of loneliness, and to- day she ministers in His name. She must live in close fellowship with God, for the heart of her husband safely trusts her and in the light of her goodness and purity and truth has visions of the Eternal. i

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18 VOX COLLEGII The May Court Festivities. The 24th of May, 1916, was the first real spring day of the season, bright and warm and beautiful, just the kind of weather to help make it the maddest, merriest ' ' day of the year. And then the apple blossoms were out, and indeed everything contributed to make it one live-long happy day, ever to be remem- bered. We were honored by having several of the old girls hci ' e, including three former May Queens. After listening to a magnificent lecture by Rev. W. T. G. BroAvn, of Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, Toronto, we chose Mary Valentine to be our May Queen, as we .judged her to be the Ideal Woman among us. Elizabeth Vincent, of New York. Avas chosen as first councillor, and Kathleen Smith as second councillor. The grand march was very attractive, the girls being dressed in white middy 1 «uits and black ties. The aisle was form- ed, through which the Queen and her Royal Train marched slowly. The May Pole was woven by prettily costumed gii-ls, and one other dance called the Garland Dance was performed by twelve girls in pink and white costumes, cariwing garlands of yellow and white. We were glad to be among the old girls again, and after the dancing was over we had the opportunity of speaking to them. A delicious dinner followed the exercises, and we all hurried into four hayracks which carried us all to the lake. The woods and the water were lovely. We took snaps and ate the picnic lunch, which John brought down in the wagon. As the sun was just considering going down we left tlie water and enjoyed the beautiful ride home. But this twenty- fourth was different from last, in one re- spect. The evening Avas spent in watch- ing fireworks. In the meantime some of us managed to squeeze in a few moments in the drawing room to hear Marguerite Homuth sing once again, and Canada Whiteside read for us. THE IDEAL WOMAN. A synopsis of the address delivered by Rev. W. T. G. Brown, B.A., B.D., pastor of Sher- bourne St. Methodist Church, Toronto, at the May Court Festival, May 24th. This age claims the discovery of woman and her emancipation, but this is a A ain boast. Woman never need- ed to be discovered. ' ' She was in Eden and played a real part thus early in hu- man history. In Ancient Egypt one of the greatest sovereigns was a woman. In the tents of Abraham and Isaac the wo- man was the real ruler, however humil- iating her legal position. Among bar- barians and in decadent civilizations she may be a slave, a beast of burden or a toy, held in ignorance and hidden be-

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20 VOX COLLEGII Music OKTICLOS.. The meeting on AVednesday evening, May 3T.st, was delightfully informal. The selections were all well mastered, and showed the vast improvement in each performer since the beginning of the year. The meeting adjourned after being thoroughly enjoyed by all. PROGRAM. Bach Prelude and Fugi in C sharp Friml - - L ' Aurore Godard - - Jonglerie AILEEN o ' hARA. CJiopin - - Impromptu Lucas - - Ariel Bach Prelude and Fuge ISABEL GORDON. Rosenhloom Two Etudes in C G. HULL. Frind - Valse Concert Scott - - Scherzo G. SMITH. Cliopin Scherzo in C sharp Dinnee Two Mountain Scenes Mendelssolin Concerto in G M. SHARPE. On Wednesday evening, June 7th, we held our final meeting of the ' ' Okticlos ' ' in Mr. Atkinson ' s studio. Only the mem- bers were present, with the exception of Miss A. A. Maxwell, whom we were very glad to welcome. The studio was beau- tifully decorated with the lovely flow- ers received by the members of our Okti- clos, who had played the night previous in Toronto. Miss G. W. Smith, the President, opened the program, and in the midst of it made a very appropriate speech to Mr. Atkinson, mentioning, on behalf of the Club, our deep appreciation and sincere thanks to him for his kind- ness to us throughout the year, not for- getting to add the many extra lessons he was always too anxious to give. She then presented him with an envelope, which, on opening, he found to be a subscription to ' Life. Mr. Atkinson replied to this in his ever pleasing way. The program then proceeded, after which Miss Smitn thanked the officers under her and the executive committee most heartily for making this year, as Mr. Atkinson said, the most successful of all years, also men- tioning many other facts in her own nat- ural way. Dainty refreshments were then served by the executive. Miss G. Hull, the Vice-President, moved that Miss Maxwell and Mr. and Mrs. Farewell should be- come honorary mem])ers, Miss E. Walls seconding this. A standing vote carried the motion. The meeting then closed, the program being appreciated immensely by all. ' PROGRAM, JUNE 7. Woldenliaupt - RiAnilet MURIEL v. SNETSINGER. Jjiszt - Liebestraume No. 2 WINNIFRED SYMINGTON. Hensett - If I Were a Bird VIVIAN ALCOCK. Scliytte .JEAN WILLIS. ' Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp ISABEL GORDON. Liszt - Liebestraume No. ' Z E. WALLS. Friml - Du Reveit Printemps o. o ' hara. Bacli - - Prelude No. 3 G. HULL. Liszt - Liebestraume No. 3 DOROTHY C. WHITTEKER. Moszkowski - - Valse M. SHARPE. Griecj - iSpring Song G. SMITH. The results of the piano exams are as follows : A. T. C. M. — Georgian Smith, 79 (hon- ors) ; Mabel Sharpe, 70 (honors).