Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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14 VOX COLLEGII Irma Wigle. One fine afternoon a fcAv days aeo in lovely California where I have betaken myself to enjoy that blessed peace of old age after the strenuous days at O.L. C., thoughts of old friends back in Ontario prompted me to take a short journey in my new 1948 aeroplane. jNIaking en- quiries from the air-traffic cop stationed above Windsor as to the pleasure route to Toronto, the information was given ac- companied by a smile and a smart salute, but something in the smile and s alute brought back memories of O.L.C., and to my amazement I foimd it was our own Irma Wigle. She has a wonderful i e- cord of aei ' oplane accomplishments, and it is obvious that the calling she chose has been of a great benefit to her. Irma is now anxious to complete her twenty years in the sei ' vice for which she re- ceives a comfortable little bonus — to vnt a pension. My suggestion of coming up to see you all was accepted with joy, and Irma will be leaving as soon as she is off the beat. In the evening, from 6 to 8 o ' clock, the Seniors were banqueted by the Jun- iors and the usual toasts wei ' e proposed and responded to by many witticisms and oratorical effect. TUESDAY, JUNE 12th. The Undergraduates ' concert was given at 3.30 Tuesday afternoon. The program was very delightful and afford- ed the audience a great deal of pleasure. It was as follows : Allitsen - - - Won Nellie Gardiner. VogricJi - - Staccato Caprice Mildred Carse. GeeM - - A Spring Carol Helen Campbell. L. M. Montgomery Pollyanna Takes a Walk Marcelle Smith. Giamdina - - You Olive Lampman Colburn - - Requiem Lois Dixon. Mary Wilkins Freeman The Object of Love Cora Olmstead Morgan - An Indian Squaw Song Alyivard - - Deep in My Heart The Bird I Love the Best Rena Thomas. Moszkowfiki - Waltz in A Elizabeth Walls. Cyril Scott - Lullaby Batten - - April Morn Vivian Alcock. In the evening the graduates in piano gave a program which excelled in bril- liancy and interpretation. We feel veiy proud of our musicians, and feel satis- fied that they can compare most favor- ably with the graduates of any school. The following was the program : Mendelssohn - - Variations Dorothy Follett. CJiopin - Ballade in A Flat Vera Meath. Hiller - Concerto F Sharp Minor Andante Grace Sykes. (Orchestral accompaniment on second piano). Chopin - ' Fantasie Impromptu Dorothy Follett. Godard - 4th Barcarolle Ma.cdowell Concert Etude Vera Meath. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13th. Wednesday, June 12, was Commence- ment Day. The Choral Class concert in the morning was attended by a large number of guests from out of town, and was a source of pleasure to all. The fol- lowing is the program : Piano Solo — Fantasie Impromptu, (Chopin). Dorothy Follett. Reading— Peg 0 ' My Heart, (Hai - ley Manners). Winifred Symington, M. e . Piano Solo — Concert Etude Op. 36 (MacDowell). Vera Meath. Cantata — Indian Summer, (Ed- uardo Marzo).

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vox COLLEGII 13 the Pike. Here we found numerous at- tractions ; men were calling for our at- tention everywhere. At last one appeal- ed to us, and after paying the price. lOc, we entered a tent. This was the tent of the Famous Diving Girls! talked of all over the world by those who have seen them. After watching them for a few minutes my attention was drawn to one in particular. A very fat, pale dark girl, who took the 60 foot leap and sum- mei ' saults beautifully. I asked someone who she was. ' ' Starry her name is, ' ' they said. ' ' Starry ? ' ' l said. Yes, ' ' they replied, of course that is only her Pike name. Her own name is Olive Tucker. She comes from the Queen City of Canada, and was at one time a gi aduate of the Ontario Ladies ' College in Commercial. But owing to her gi-eat ability of leap- ing from one key to the other, every- one decided she should put it to higher and better advantage, so she now per- forms in the World Famous Exhibit inns under the assumed name of Starry. After the performance I was able, with great delight, to talk with this young lady, who was one of my friends and classmates in the said college, and wish her every success in her wonderful fete. Clara Underhill. January, 1930. — I was feeling rather b)lue yesterday afternoon, so, in order to cheer my broken spirits, I decided to go to the theatre, having heard that the bill was good. We all enjoyed the acts very much, more especially the fifth one. A dainty little toe-dancer, garbed in a green ballet-skirt, flitted across the stage and executed a most beautiful dance call- ed the Swan dance. Now Avho do you suppose that little soubrette was? If I didn ' t discover that it was my old college pal, Clara Underhill ! We would never have imagined that Clara, after graduat- ing in 1918 as a housekeeper, would go on the stage, but she did. Perhaps the second part of her act will give us some light on the subject. When she brought out her partner we found him to be a very handsome young man. who appear- ed most attentive to his graceful little partner. DONALDA VySE. As I was going through one of the departmental stores in New York, I hapr pened to see a very familiar face, which I had seen several years ago. Now, who do you suppose it was? My old school chum, Donalda Vyse, who graduated in ' 18. She said she had been traveling with Barnum Bailey ' s world-wide known circus. Her career was long and tedious, but sh e had now reached the heights of star and head-liner. At this late period she had at last decided to desert the public and resume a quiet and regular life. Here I found her, as head bookkeeper. We thereby see that Don- alda, like the rest of us, holds to the old proverb That variety is the spice of life ' ' ; so just for a change she is doing bookkeeping and proving a credit to her Alma Mater, wbom she left ten years ago. HELEN V ARD. I In the summer of 1935, I was travel- ing in Japan. While in Tokyo one after- noon I visited the Y.W.C.A. building. I was shown over the building, and while walking through one of the upper halls I heard a very familiar sound. I was shown into the room from which this strange sound came, and I Avas unable to proceed any farther than the door, for there sat Helen Ward, my old classmate, and she was demonstrating at 125 words a minute on an Underwood typewriter, for the benefit of an interested group of Japanese girls. Needless to say she was very much surprised to see me too, but when we had both recovered from our astonishment, she told me that she had been there for several years, having gone as a missionary. As she had graduated in Commercial at O.L.C. in 1918, she thought she could best serve as an in- structor in the Business College, so here she was teaching the mysteries of the Touch System.

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vox COLLEGII 15 CHARACTERS. Narrator — Miss Ruth Dixon. Frigida — Miss Vivian Alcock. Aestula. — Miss Helen Millay. Aestas — Miss Lois Dixon. Chorus — Choral Class. (a) ' Tis Said, Hibernus Sent to Earth. (b) Aestas Oped Her Pretty Eyes. (c) Frigida, Spirit of Mischief, am I. (d) But, Hark, the Matins. (e) Breezes of Dawn. (f ) Come, while the Dawn is Fresh. ' ' (g) Eestas, Mournfully I Greet Thee. ' ' (h) When the Frosty Kiss of Win- ter. (i) Hear the Mortals Smgmg. Arthur Blight, Conductor of Choral Class. Vera Hagerman, L.T.C.M., aceompan- iste. List the Cherubic Host (A. R. Gaul). Sop. Obligate, Miss Vivian Alcock ; Bar- itone Solo, Arthur Blight. Choral Class. Piano — Concerto in A Minor, (Grieg). (First Movement) . Georgian Smith. (Orchestral accompaniment on second piano by Mr. Atkinson). As the weather was rather unfavor- able refreshments were served informal- ly in the gymnasium. During the inter- val before the time appointed for the closing exercises, the guests examined the interesting exhibitions of the Art and Domestic Science Departments. At 2.30 the granting of diplomas and awarding of medals and prizes began. The following is the afternoon ' s pro- gram : Prayer — Rev. A. H. Foster. GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS. Piano.— (A.O.C.M. and A.T.C.M.) — Vera Meath, Buffalo, N.Y. .Dorothy Wil helmina Follett, Toronto, Ont. ; Grace Louise Millicent Sykes, Kitchener, Ont. Singing.— (A.O.C.M. and A.T.C.M.) — Helen Margreete Millay. Art— Winnifred Scott, Whitby, Ont. Household Science.— Ruth Marion Dixon, Maple Creek, Sask. ; Muriel Jose- phine Maw, Hamilton, Ont. ; Margaret Rice Maxwell, St. John, N.B. ; Clara May Underbill, Claremont, Ontario. Commercial. — Emma Morden Busby, Sudbury, Ont. ; Lucy Hanna Robert- son, Orillia, Ont. ; 01ive Hazel Tucker, Toronto Ont. ; Donalda Viola Vyse, Gamebridge, Ont. ; Helen Barbara Ward, Toronto, Ont. ; Irma Banwell Wigle, Windsor, Ont. The Principal then delivered an inter- esting address outlining the work of the year, and closed by an appeal to the student body and the graduating class as follows : I would not let this occasion go by without a word to the undergraduates and students of the school generally. There is no one of you whom I do not know and know even better than you think. And I think I may say on this last day of our college year that I know nothing bad of any one of you. I do not mean to say that you are all angels, nor would you wish to be regarded as such. It may be that now and then you have been somewhat careless and indifferent to the passing opportunities and have not always been your best or done your best. Indeed we have all lapsed sometimes during the year. But notwithstanding these lapses, I think to-day only of your strength and goodness and splendid pos- sibilities. If I remember, I said a year ago you were all my favorites. I can say this again to-day — You are all my favor- ites. I see you each not only as you are but as you miglit be. I am as deeply in- terested in you as you are. I am espe- cialy interested in the strong and true personaliites you miglit be. Let me thank you personally, and on behalf of the Fac- ulty, for your good will and co-operation throughout the year, and to extend to you our best wishes for a happy holiday. To those of you who return in September next, we shall give a glad welcome. To you to whom this is impossible, let me say we shall always remember you and follow you in your careers with keen- est interest and expectation. Diplomas granted subject to Supple- mental Examination.