Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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16 VOX COLLEGII if it die it bringeth forth much, fruit. . . For this cause came I unto this hour. The present conflict has called for sacrifice from practically all peoples in the world. It is not a conflict of civilization against uncivilization, but of one civilization against another. It is a conflict of the ideal against the idea. And in order that the higher may win, we must give out utmost. And the crisis is not confined to the military operations going on in Europe. It exists the world over. It exists here in Canada. When the war is over, and peace is made, the crisis will not be pass- ed. There will be a great influx into Canada from almost all parts of the world — from countries of different and lower civilization and ideals than ours. What is to become of the Caandian ideal? Is it to be lowered, or are the immigrants to be raised? For the lat- ter the utmost effort of every citizen in Caanda is necessary. The city of To- ronto is an illustration of how the tend- ency of uniformity lowers standards. Twenty-five years ago Toronto had a much higher moi-al standing than now; and the reason is that it has received new inhabitants of lower ideals and has failed to give them the higher standard. Will Canada be thus demoralized, or will her citizens prove equal to the crisis ? In closing. Dr. Brown made a special appeal to the graduating class. They had enjoyed the advantages of culture and education, and he had been wonder- ing, he said, if that sentence were not true of each of them, too: — ' ' For this cause came I unto this hour. ' ' He urged them to put forth everj possible .effort in order that the higher and better things should triumph. If each one did his own part the crisis would be safely passed. ' ' To thine own self be true And it doth follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man. ' ' The program closed with the singing of the National Anthem, the out-of-town guests leaving on the 4.55 C.P.R. train. Editorial The Editors of Vox for 1916-17 lay down their pens with something of wear- iness and relief, as well as with grati- tude to contributors and readers. To the latter they desire to express their regret for the shortcomings of the year ; to t]ie former their sense of deep indebt- edness. To the faculty advisors .a special acknowledgement is due for their un- wearied kindness in reading proofs, and otherwise rendering valuable assistance. School and college papers have a trick, peculiar to the species, of requiring to go to press when everything else is press- ing. Let there but come a time when examinations loom large, when the ba- zaar is at hand, when everyone is en- gaged in rehearsals for a play or a re- cital, lo, the Vox is heard demanding at- tention ! And so it is with mingled feel- ings that the editors lay down the Vork nov ended, but it is with unmixed good will and heartiest wishes for success that, they resign their office to those who shall follow.

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vox COLLEGII 15 iilty and I personally have in each of you. It is impossible to be two years to rether as faculty and students — friends toojether in class room and morninij worship and week-night and Sunday service, in play and other re- creation and social life and in many other experiences and activities, without your making for yourselves a large place in our hearts and lives. It is therefore with mixed feelings of sorrow and joy that we see you go from us at this time ; of sorrow because of the breaking of the immediate friendly and close relationship ; of joy because you now Have an opportunity to put to the practical test your application of the ideals for which in school life we have stood together. At your departure let me express my appreciation of your splendid loyalty to college life and college discipline during these years. Throughout you have stead- ily given that consideration and co-op- eration which has made us glad to have you in the school. To your studies you have been continuously faithful. You have passed most creditably your exam- ination tests, and in some cases with high honoi ' s. You have our most cordial con- gratulations. So far as your particular school work goes you have finished your respective courses. So far as education goes you have just begun the process. That con- tinues thi ' oughout life. You ai ' c going out from college into a world of problems and of conflict such as was never seen before. It is your world, and young as you are, they are your problems, and your conflict. They ai-e the problems and conflicts of y our fathers and your brothers, and they are yours. Canada is at war. the United States is at war, and as you go back to your respective states and provinces, to Afaiiitoba and Ontario and Michigan and Wisconsin and New York, you will find war conditions. And in the midst of it all you will take your j)lace in the home, in nui ' sing, in red cross woi-k, in the com- innnity, in a dozen ways giving your best that the war may })e won and won speedily in order that right and liberty and democracy and God may triumph in the earth. In this labor and in these sacrifices I know you will not fail. But the Avar will end some day and that triumphantly. New communities and new nations and a new world will be created. And again the new world Avill be your Avorld — a new Avorld, purer, freer, more democratic, more spiritual, with larger opportunities and greater challenges — and these all are yours, and in these too you will not fail. I have faith in you, and the college has faith in you that in your womanhood as well as in your girlhood you will respond to these challenges and become truly great in each of your liA es, because you have learned to serve. As you go from these halls into your larger life remember, and remember al- Avays, that our kindest thought and best wishes go Avith you. We shall be sorry when you are sorry and glad Avhen you are glad, and proud ever to hear of your Avelfare and success, and ahvays ready to give you a glad Avelcome to these halls. The Rev. J. G. Brown, D.D., Secretary of the Baptist Foreign Missionary So- ciety, of Toronto, Avas the speaker of the afternoon. Dr. BroAvn ' s address was a strong ap- peal to the o-ii ' ls to give their very best and highest to humanity at this great crisis. He called attention to the fact that never before has there been a Avorld crisis. There have been Avars, reforma- tions, and revolutions, which have shaken a Avhole continent, but in this all the continents of the world are involved. The Avorld is becoming more of a unit as mankind progresses. Racial d ' ff ' er- ences ai ' c becoming less and less d ' tant ; uncivilized peoples are being civ ' l ' zed: even religion is tending toward un foi-m- ity. Eatiw reform, every step in the progress of mankind, has cost great sac- rifice. God himself had to sacrifice his only Son: and Oh]-ist ' s OAvn woi ' ds show- ed that the sacrifice Avas inevitabV: ' ' Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but

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vox COLLEGII 17 Eva Hutcheson Ruth Dixon Lois Dixon May Queen Councillor Councillor MAY DAY FESTIVAL. A few timid leaves, almost no I3I0S- soms, a chilly atmosphere, and many showers — these were the untoward cir- cumstances of our May Festival, and yet the occasion was both happy and beau- tiful. The f ' enial humor of Dr. Tovell ' s address and the fine seriousness of its close, made it both a pleasure and in- spiration to his listeners. The usual breathless excitement attended the elec- tion of the May Queen, Eva Hutcheson, and her two Councillors, Ruth and Lois Rixon. The coronation had, of course, to take place in the gymnasium, as the day was too wet for the ceremony out- of-doors. When the j irls had lined u]) expectant after the grand march, the newly elected Queen appeared in prett - pomp, attended by her two train ])car- ers, Grace Britnell and P velyn Woods- worth ; the beai ' er of the cushion, Anne Phillips; the beai-er of the crovvii, Irene (Virss; the beai ' cr of the pin, Mildred P irewell; and the two counsellors, Ruth and Lois Dixon. Mrs. Richardson, the president of the Whitby Chapter of Trafalgar Daughters, administered the coronation oath and [)laced the pretty crown of lillies of the valley and pink sweet peas upon the head of the Queen. Then Mary Valentine, our last year ' s Queen, phiccd upon 1h(; new Queen ' s brcjist the pretty pin of ' uk()n gold which cjich (jueeu wears for the year. It may be said just here that through the kindness of the Whitby Cha])tcr of Tra- falgar Daughters, a beautiful little j)in in the shape of a crown has this yeai ' been bestowed, and will l)e hereafter stoAved upon each May Queen when sh( surrenders the official pin. The grncct ' nl and iri ' acious gift will be higly ] i ' izod i) the May Queens who have hithei ' to given up regretfully the only pennant soii- venii ' of a day of ha])i)y memories. Wh(Mi the Queen Avas enthroned, her ]oy ] sub- jects entertained her by the Highlnnd fiing, very gi-acefully danced l)y (Jljulys Field ami Florence Horn; the l lay Pole dance, executed very pi-ettily by eight- een gii ' ls in dainty costutnes of l;i ' (Mi(h ' r and white; and the Sn()wl);i]I Di ' il) n ehai ' ining grou]) nttirod in soi ' l hliif nnd green. At tlie ( )ue(Mr,s inlAv ;ii lunelieoii sat hei ' two ( ' ouneilloi ' s ; tlie ( ueen Regent of tiiis year, I ;it1ile( n Smitli ; the two counsel )urs of Ihis y( ;ii Jcciii Ilaniiltoii and (i(M ' i rude llidl, 1h( May Queen of hist yc;ii Ahiry ;deii- tine; and the May )ueetl oi ' ;i few ycnrs ago. Miss Gott. TUv laldc ;is prdlilx decorated with ])ink tidips ;md the C0I-. lege colors. At five o ' clock thei-e was a delightful impromptu concei ' t in the drawing-i ' ooiii, when Miss Meath, one of our graduates and teacher of last yeiir. phiyed for us; and Catherine McCor- 111 ick, also a graduate and this yeai a student at the Emei ' son College of Ora- tory, I ' ead for us. At six our picnic