Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 17 Governor-General ' s Bronze Medal for highest standing in Matriculation Eng- lish Literature and Composition — Mur- iel Golden. Gold Medal by Arthur Blight, Esq., for greatest proficiency in swimming and life-saving, open to students holding the Award of Merit Certificates from the Royal Life Saving Society of England — Marcelle Smith. Silver Medal by Rev. Dr. Hare for greatest proficiency in swimming and life-saving, open to students holding me- dallions from the Royal Life Saving So- ciety of England — Hellen Pulling. Honorary Instructor ' s Certificate by the Royal Life Sa ang .Society of Eng- land, for swimming and life-saving — Edith Abcrcronibie, Morden Busby. Silver Medal and Award of Merit Cer- tificate by Royal Life Saving Society of England, for swimming and life-saving — Morden Busby, Beatrice Lukes, Joy Marritt, Helen Scott, Marcelle Smith, Hazel Taylor. Bronze Medallion and Proficiency Cer- tificate by the Royal Life Saving Society of England, for swimming — Lauretta Irwin, Beatrice Lukes. Aleda Mitchell, Hellen Pulling, Helen Scott, Marcelle Smith, Irene Tarlton. Florence McGillivray and Margaret Mclntyre are ready for- examinations as soon as opportunity offers. SPECIAL, AWARDS. Presentation to Post-Graduate Stu- dents—Georgian Smith, Winifred Sym- ington. Trafalgar Daughters ' Scholarship — Winnifred Scott. May Queen Pin, by Trafalgar Daugh- ters, Whitby Chaptei- — Eva Hutcheson. AWARDING OF PRIZES. Music Department — Prizes given by A. ' S. Nordheimer, for Conservatory Examinations : Intermed. Piano — G. Mildred Carse. Junior Piano — Helen Millay. Intermediate Singing — Vivian Alcock. Junior Singing — Dorothy Johnson. Art Department — Awards bv T. G. Greene, O.S.A., and Miss E. N. K. Wright : Senior Art — Winnifred Scott. Junior Art — Lila Willinsky. Household Science Department : Highest Standing in Home-Makers ' Course — Jeannette Higginbotham. Commercial Department : Highest Standing in One Year Course, by Rev. F. L. Farewell — Jean Leckenby. Highest Standing in Writing,by Fred- erick Dane, Esq. — Irma Wigle. Athletics. — Prizes given by the Ath- letic Association : Silver A for proficiency in swim- ming — Hellen Pulling. Honorable Mention — Marcelle Smith. , Silver A , winner of tennis singles — Irma Wigle. Prizes, winners of tennis doubles — Ir- ma Wigle and Irene Tarlton. Silver A , holder of highest number of points in Fall Field-Day Sports — Beatrice Lukes. Award for second place — Lois Dixon. Prize, holder of highest number of points in Spring Field Day Sports — Margaret Blaisdell. The honor of having name on Strath- cona Shield for one year for Athletics, Scholarship and Womanly Qualities, was awarded by vote of the students to Hel- len Pulling. The closing address, by the Rev. R. Newton Powell, of Trinity Methodist Church, Toronto, was a powerful appeal to the girls to prepare themselves to be strong and capable Canadian women. His text was. Get Ready. Why, he asked, have women suffrage agitations been practically unlaiown since the war began? Because women have resigned themselves to smaller spheres of activity 1 No ; but because the war has given wo- men such a big task that they need ask for nothing more. The change has come about suddenly and of necessity, because of war conditions, but it is to be a per- manent one. The world ' s man power has been and Avill be so dei)leted that women must continue to do work for- merly done by men. Mr. Powell went on to speak partic- ularly of Canada and her need of train- ed women. Canada, he said, is big en- ough to contain all Europe, including

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16 VOX COLLEGII And now a closing word to the mem- bers of the graduating class. To say parting words is always a sadness. To say them to a group of graduates with whom one has been closely related and in whom he is deeply interested is a dif- ficult task. For one or two or three rears you have been with us. We have followed vou in your play and social in- tercourse and study and other college activities with increasing interest. We have seen your lives unfolding, and your nsions and ideals developing and broad- ening in response to the many helpful influences that have played iipon you. You have won the good-will of your fel- low students and the utmost confidence of every member of the Faculty. You have made for yourselves a large place in our college life and have greatly con- tributed to whatever measure of success may have attended the work throughout the vear. . You are about to leave us to go to your respective homes, and ultimately it may be into business, or teaching, or nursing or missionary work or other Christian activity. We shall expect much from you. We shall expect much from you l)ecause we have confidence in you .and believe each and all of you to be cap- able of big and worth-while achievement. .You are going out into a world of sor- row aiid sin and suffering. You cannot escape it. The Allies ' war is our war, and it is your war. It challenges you; it opens its opportunities to ymi ; it bids you to sacrifice and service; it calls to you and you will respond. And in mak- ing that response. I know that you will take with you your finest ideals, your simplest and surest faith, your stoutest heai-t and strongest will, your sunny op- timism and abiding love ; that you may do your whole work and bring joy and gladness and satisfaction to many hearts. As you go forth be assured that you carry with you our veiy best and most sincere wishes. We .shall remember you. We have faith in you, and we shall hope and pray for you that you may be and do yovr best. Always in His name your best. In the months and years to come, remem ber O.L.C.. Cherish throughout life memories of her and keep in mind that yon shall be always welcome to your Alma Mater. The presentation of certificates and prizes then continued. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES. (Music) Piano (Intermediate). — S. Mildred Carsc (first-class honors), Winnifrod Scott (honors), Adelaide Stcnning (hon- ors). Junior. — Irene C ' arse, Lillian Gib- son (honors), Lauretta Irwin (honors), Helen M. Millay (honors) , Maud E. Mit- chell, Eena M. Thomas (honors). Prim- arw.— Madeline H. Charles (honors), Alice M. Lunney (honors), Lillian B. Martinson. Singing (Intei ' mediatc) . — Vivian Al- cock (honors) ,Hellen K. Campbell, Mary Clark (honors), Lois D. Dixon, Nellie A. Gardiner, Rena M. Thomas (honors). Junior. — Dorothy C. Johnson (honors), Elnora McLelland (honors), Sara A. Mitchell. Household Science — Jeannette Higgin- botham, Alice Lumiey, Ruth Shiy)man. Commercial. — Hellen Campbell, Jean Leckenby, Beatrice Lukes, Lillian Mar- tinson, Edith Roach, Irene Tarlton. AWARDING OF MEDALS. Gold Medal by R. N. Bassett, Esq.. for highest standing in Piano C-ourse — Vei ' a Meath. Silver Medal by G. D. Atkinson, Esq., for second standing in Piano Course — Dorothy Follett. Special Silver Medal for highest stand- ing in Intermediate Piano. — G. Mildred Carse. R. J. Score Memorial Gold Medal by F. M. Score, Esq., for highest standing in Household Science Course — Muriel Maw. Gold Medal by R. C. Hamilton, Esq., for highest stnding in the Commercial Course — Irma Wigle. Silver Medal by T. G. Whitfield, Esq., for second standing in the Commercial Course — Morden Busby.

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18 VOX COLLEGII Russia. There are as many different na- tionalities in Canada as in Europe. In every vet;tern city one finds sections where the people are living exactly as they did in the old home lands. If these people are not Canadianized, the situa- tion in our nev. ' land of Canada will be worse than that now existing in old Eur- ope. After the war. there will be a great- er influx of foreignei-s than ever before, and Canada must be ready to cope with the situation, for it will require all her strength. The educated woman, with trained mind, repose, and poise, is one of the greatest forces a nation- has. Are our Canadian women ready for their mighty task ' ? In closing. Mr. Powell .sounded a note of warning. Education is always a mighty force, but it may be a mighty force for good, or a mighty foi ' ce for evil. Germany has educated her people very carefully, but she has educated ithem in the doctrine that might is right, and has entirely omitted from her edu- cational system Jesus Christ and His doctrine of love. In His teaching must our education centre, for only by keep- ing in close contact with Him can we be a force for good. And so ended one of the most success- ful Commencement days in the histoiy of the College. THE IDEAL WOMAN. [Substance of an address given by Rev. A. I. Tei ' iyberry, of Hope Church, Toronto, at the May Day celebration, and which was received too late for the last issue] . Mr. Chairman. — If you and I are to embrace the Ideal Woman this morn- ing, in our thought, we must consider first her desires in the matter, secondly her mother ' s ambitions, and thirdly, her father ' s plans. This is a rough outline of what we now propose to do. Embarrassing? So many ideal women present. Every husband will think we are meaning his wife, and every lady will think we are very personal in our re- marks. A famous author has said : There is no such thing as the ideal woman, yet it may be possible for us to discover such. Maeterlinck in his little book entit- led, Wisdom and Destiny, says, We should live as though we were on the eve of a great revelation, and it will be well to assume this attitude toward our sub- ject this morning. The first time I was ever requested to give consideration to the ideal woman was when as a probationer on my first cir- cuit the Supei ' intendent thereof inform- ed me that according to the discipline of the Methodist Church no young man should take any steps in matrimonial matters without first consulting his older brethren, that they would counsel him concerning the ideal woman for the par- sonage. This is the second time that I have been requested to think of the ideal wo- man — of course it is not the second time only that I have thought of the ideal woman, but just the second time that I have been requested to think along this line. Just why this time I do not know un- less perchance it was that I had found one myself, or secondly, possibly be- cause of the pei ' il of our days. Is it not true that many girls in these abnormal times are forgetting their ideals? or thirdly, I have thought possibly because your ambition as students is ideal wo- manhood. And if this be true then the words of Shakespeare in King Henry Y. may be aptly quoted in our ease : For now sits expectation in the air. When I was a boy at public school some time ago I was unfoi-tunatc enough to have a scrap with one of the girls of the school, and in a moment of forget- fulness was ungentlemanly enough to tell her to hold her tongue. She replied : My tongue is my own, and I ' ll use it, too : and she did. The Russians have a saying: A wo- man ' s hair is long: her tongue is long- er. That was the case with this girl, and evidently this was the case with the girls of Russia, and unfortunately it is the case in other places also.