Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 21 Hope - . - S.F. Watts Dorothy Follett. The Dancing Girl - Sargent Irma Wigle. The Angelas - - Millet Morden Busby, Muriel Maw. Juanita - - Selected Olive Tucker. • Evangeline - - Selected Margaret Maxwell. Shadowgraphy : Hebe - - Helen Millay Minerva- - - Donalda Vyse Diana - - Clara Underhill The Muses — Grace Sykes, Irma Wigle, Helen Ward. Liberty - Georgian Smith Britannia - Winifred Symington MUSIC. We were all particularly glad to have the pleasure of entertaining four of Mr. Atkinson ' s Toronto Club girls — Miss Cork, Miss Campbell, Miss Keeler and Miss Dunlop. The officers of the club received the guests, — Misses Grace Sykes, Vivian Al- cock and Winifred Symington. The con- cert hall looked lovely with its soft lights, wicker chairs and ferns. The splendid program given by the Toronto Club and Mr. Atkinson ' s in- teresting and inspiring talk on Music was thorouglily enjoyed by everyone. Mr. Atkinson has every right to be proud of these pupils. We hope to have the pleasure of hearing them again in the near future. We were all delighted to have Mrs. Atkinson and dear little Philip with us ; the meeting Avould have seemed incomplete without them. Light refresh- ments were sei ved at the close. We have many pleasant events to look back upon after leaving our Alma Mater, and foremost among them will always be our visit to Toronto where we were entertained by Mr. Atkinson ' s studio club. On Saturday afternoon, May 18th, a splendid program was given by the following Okticlos girls: Misses Vera Meath, Grace Sykes, Mildred Carse, Viv- ian Alcock, Helen Millay, Georgian Smith and Winifred Symington. The numbers were well received and called for hearty applause. Dainty refresh- ments were served in Mr. Atkinson ' s lovely studio at the close. In the evening, the same girls, assisted by Margaret Homuth and Edna Wake- field, gave a program in the Heliconian Club rooms. We were glad to see so many Trafalgar Daughters present. Each girl was inspired to do her best, and we are told each one succeeded. Af- ter the program, the evening was spent socially, and refreshments were sei ' ved. We were unable to thank Mr. and Mi ' s. Atkinson and the ( lub half enough for their hospitality and kindness to us. A very delightful informal meeting was held in the studio May 8th. The program was a splendid success. The fol- lowing were the numbers. BacJi - - Prelude and Fugue Adelaide Stenning. Beethoven - - - Sonata ■Rena Thomas. Vogricli - Staccato Caprice Mildred Carse. Nevin - Love Song, in A flat Winifred Symington. Cliopin - - Ballad in A Vera IMeath. After a very enjoyable talk on music- ians and their wor k the club adjourned. The meeting held in the studio May 15th was most enjoyable, all examination pupils playing. The program was as follows : Sextette— G. Sykes, H. Taylor, B. Walls, V. Alcock, 0. Lampman, M. Carse. The Troabadour - ScJiytte Fugue in C - - Bach Rena Thomas. Dancing Waves Variations in A - - Beetlwven Adelaide Stenning. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Bacli Miss Meath. Serenade - - Haherhier Mazurka - - Chopin Helen Millay. Prelude and Fugue in C - Bacli A la bien-aimee - - ScJiiltt Mildred Carse.

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20 VOX COLLEGII father and mother, home and college may offer by way of advantage, the all- important thing is thirdly, the young wo- man ' s detennination. She may atrophy all these, or she may greatly profit by them. To-day the young woman must find the objective ideal — not as her mother perchance — tliis is a new day for the world and this is a new day for woman. Many must live singly because this de- vastating war has robbed them of the companionship that they had naturally looked forward to. but after all ideal wo- manhood is witliin the realms of her pos- sibilit ies. The ideal woman is first, a wo- man with great ideals, secondly, a wo- man growing unto perfection. Questioning some scholars of a public school one day I asked them what was the most impoi ' tant thing that could be said about the plant in yonder window. One suggested its height, another its form, another its color another its flow- ers, but at last one little girl answered, Please, sir, the most important thing that can be said about that flower is that it grows. And it is now true that the most important thing that can be said about any life is that it grows, daily pass- ing on toward perfection. The ideal woman is, thirdly, a woman surrendering herself daily to the fash- ioning forces of God. The Avorld swings heavenward on the hinges of holy wo- manhood. The ideal woman, fourthly, is the wo- man who adapts herself to the times and lives her best. Bishop Quayle recently said: The day of God is here. Never since the time of Christ has thei ' e been a period so mo- mentous and articulate as the present. We must be big. ' ' My prayer is that you may all measure up to the demands of your day and to the expectation of your Christ. SENIOR CLASS CONCERT. Take your hats off to our Seniors, girls. They certainly deserve credit for their presentation on Friday evening, April 26th. of An Evening With the Arts. Before the concert, the Juniors were to be initiated for the second time and they awaited in fear and trembliiig outside the concert-hall door. But, as each one marched in, she received the welcome news that there would not be a second initiation as evciyone had gone through the first so well. On Tuesday the Seniors decided to bring before us in life form pictiares, that we have known and loved. They present- ed these in a series of tableaux. How they held their position without moving a muscle was a marvel to us all, and, when The Dancing Girl, Irma Wigle, stepped daintily out of her frame and began to dance one of our graceful old folk- dances, we could have easily believed that some mischievious fairy was playing a trick with our eyesight. The musical part of the program was ably managed by Miss Meath, Miss Geor- gian Smith, Miss Grace Sykes and Miss Helen Millay. The ])rogram was as follows : Senior Song The Senior Class. Liebestraume - - Liizt Staccato Etude - - Friml Miss Meath. The Girl I Left Behind Me Selected Helen Millay. Elaine on the Barge Dorothy Follet and Lucy Robertson. The Vigil - - John Pettie Donalda Vyse. Easter - - Selected Helen Ward. The Doctor - - Luke Fields Ruth Nixon, Lucy Robertson, Clara Underbill, Morden Busby. Madame Le Brun et Sa Fille Madame [Le Brun Muriel Maw, Florence McGillivray. The Rosary - - - Nevin Margaret Maxwell. Hiawatha - - Selected Olive Tucker. Whistler ' s Mother - - Whistler Donalda Vyse. Bubbles - - Sir J. E. Millais Ruth Dixon.

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22 VOX COLLEGII Concert Studv in E flat Eosenhloom Elizabeth Walls. Valse Impromptu - Peftse Fantasia Imprompti; - - Cliopin Dorothy Follett Wedding March Mendelssohn-Litzt Georgian Smith. On Wednesday evening, May 29th. the final meeting of the year was held with nearly all members present. Miss Max- well and riss Emsley also honored us with their presence, much to our delight. The meeting opened with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, after which Georgian Smith played the Waldstein Sonata very beautifully. Miss Maxwell told a very interesting story of this sonata which was taken from Joseph Vance. Olive Lam]unan then gave a very splendid rendering of a Haberbier Etude, and Yon by Pictro John. INIiss Jlaxwell gave a synopsis of the poem. In Gondolier, by Browning, which is connected with the Chopin Nocturne which Mr. Atkinson very kindly played for us. We were all very much pleased to have the rare pleasure of hearing l)oth Miss laxwell and Mr. Atkinson. The President made a few interest- ing remarks upon the work of the Studio Club during the past year, and spoke of the great interest Mr. Atkinson had taken in the Club and of the comradeship which existed between us. Mr. Atkin- son spoke to the girls for a few moments, after which Miss Maxwell said a few words. The meeting closed with the singing of ' ■ God Save the King, ' ' and the girls were all loathe to leave even then the room in which we have spent so many pleasant evenings. We are indeed indebted to our Hon- orary President and esteemed teacher for his great kindness and the careful, thought-out work he has done on our be- half. Congratulations to Adelaide Stenning, Mildred Carse and Winifred Scott, on the recent intermediate exams. Mildred received first-class honors ; Helen Millay and Rena Thomas received honors in their Junior Piano. We wish Georgian Smith the best success in her coming L. S. exams. It was with pleasure and anticipation that we greeted four of Mr. Blight ' s To- ronto pupils when they came down to sing for us on Thursday evening, May 2nd, and we were not disappointed. The artists, Miss Lydia Knapp, soprano; Mrs. Geo. .Scott, contralto ; Mr. Wm. C. Rut- tan, tenor; and Mr. Chas. Shearer, bari- tone, presented The Golden Threshold by Liza Lehmami, and all agreed that Mr. Blight indeed had a right to be proud of his Toronto stiidcnts. Miss Vera Hag- erman accompanied the quartette in her usual sympathetic manner. Miss Vera Mcath and IMiss Georgian Smith assisted in the concert, j)laying several most en- joyable piano numbers. The program was as follows : Cliopin - - Balad in A flat Miss Vera Meath. Song Cycle The (xolden Threshold Liza Lehmann Poems by Sarojini Naidu. Quartette - - Harvest Hymn Baritone - - Song of a Dream Duet and Quartette - - Henna Tenor and Baritone Palanquin Bearers Contralto - The Serpents are Asleep ,Soprano The Snake Charmer Baritone and Quartette The Royal Tombs of Golconda. Tenor (Love Song) You Flaunt Your Beauty. Contralto and Tenor Like a Serpent Quai-tette - Nightfall in Hyderbad Soprano - - Cradle Song Baritone and Quartette To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus Quartette - - Indian Dancers Soprano, Contralto and Tenor Trio Dew Leaves Grow Green CJontralto - - Alabaster Tenor and Quartette At the Threshold Finis. Friml - - Butterfly ScoU - - - Scherzo Raffmaninoff - - Prelude Miss Georgian Smith. One of the most enjoyable and appre- ciated concerts was given in the gymnas- ium Wednesday evening, May 8th by