Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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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).

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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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vox COLLEGII 21 Intermediate. — Aileen O ' Hara, 70 (honors) ; Isabel Gordon, 68, pass. Junior. — Grace Linton, 72 (honors). Primary. — Lois Dixon, 69 (pass). VOCAL. Everyone has been very busy this term, especially with the prospect of ex- aminations before them. However, they are over, and with very good success. The results are as follows: A. T. C. M.— Marjorie Garloek, 71 (honors), gold medal. Junior. — Aileen O ' Hara, 81 (1st class honors), Eva M. Shaw, 72 (honors), Grace Linton, 69 (pass). RECITAL IN TORONTO. The College gave a recital in Toronto at Oddfellows Hall, on June 6th, which was very successful. A special train took us all up to the Union Station and thence by private car we went to Oddfellows Hall, a delightful place for the recital. We were very pleased to have some five or six hundred friends of the college greet us. They Avere all good enough to pronounce the programme extraordinarily good, as in- deed it was. Each of the girls excelled herself, and Mr. Atkinson ' s and Mr. Blight ' s Choral Class , well — they just outshone themselves. The program was as follows : 1. (a) The Lord is My ,Shepherd (MacFarren), (b) Slumber Song (Chal- linor) — Choral Class, Mr. Arthur Blight, Conductor. 2. Piano — Concerto in G. Minor (last two movements) (Mendelssohn), Miss Mabel M. Sharpe; orchestral accompani- ment on second piano by Mr. G. D. At- kinson. 3. (a) Hindoo Slumber Song (Ware), (b) The Quest (Smith), Miss Norma K. Wright. 4. (a) Wanted, a Husband (Waldo Warner), (b) Sleepy-Time (G.D. Atkin- son), Choral Class; words by Margery Trueman Moore, O.L.C. 5. (a) A Birthday (Woodman), (b) When I Gaze on a Rose (Trotere), Miss Ina Tod. 6. Reading — The Rivals (Sheridan), Miss Catharine McCormick. 7. How Friendly Sleep Was to Me (Weber), from Der Freischutz — Miss Marjorie Garloek. 8. Piano — Concerto in A Minor, first movement (Greig), Miss Georgian W. Smith ; orchestral accompaniment on sec- ond piano by Mr. G. D. Atkinson. 9. (a) The River (Challinor), (b) The Busy Bee (John B. Miles), Choral Class. God iSave the King. Many of the student friends compli- mented them with beautiful bouquets of flowers. STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. Everyone is glad when summer holi- days arrive, but we regret that we must discontinue our lessons with Mrs. Smith, and we will always remember her as our very dear teacher. It is now our aim to give pleasure to our holiday friends. The moon was softly shining Upon the dancing waves When into the breeze subdued and low There stole a melody soft, and lo ' — I knew it to be a banjo. ORGAN. For the greater part of this year there has only been one organ pupil, and we hope that next year more of the girls will have time for this very interesting study. THEORY. We are very sorry that the girls had to stay after Commencement for their exams., but we have just learned that they Avere very successful. Here are the marks : Intermediate Form. — Georgian Smith,, 66 : Dorothy Whitteker, 74 ; Olive Wood- man, 84. Junior Counterpoint. — Gertrude Hull,. 62; Aileen O ' Hara, 75; Muriel Snet- singer, 64. Primary Harmony — Isabel Gordon,, 88. Primary Rudiments. — Mary Depew, 85 ; Clarice Packham, 88 ; Madeleine- Preston, 83.