Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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VOXCOLLEGir 9 I think just now, the thoughts of all our minds and the f eelings nearest to the hearts of all of us are very much alike. In a beautiful sense of the word we are sisters, drawn close together in love and gratefulness and loyalty to our Alma Mater; and while we say good-bye to her, our gracious mother, our hearts .are very full. Perhaps the strongest feeling there, is one of thankfulness ; thankfulness for the happiness of our life here together ; for the high ideals to- ward which we have here learned to strive ; and for the friendships we have formed. We want to try to express our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Farewell, whose kindly interest, patience and encourage- ment have meant a great deal to every •one. To Miss Maxwell whose constant graciousness, strength and wisdom have made her a living example to all of us ; to all the members of the Faculty for their untiring efforts with us and their •cheering helpfulness. And to the Juniors, our comrades, the :sisteirs who next year will be standing in our place to say good-bye. Our life to- ;gether with you has been very happy. Perhaps sometimes our responsibilities .as Seniors have separated us from you .a very little, but through all this year your splendid loyalty and friendship have helped in more than we can say. With your staunch co-operation we have upheld the old traditions and done our best to be worthy of the responsibilities laid upon us. Now we pass traditions and responsibilities on to you. May your Senior year be as hannonious and as sweet as ours has been ! In our hearts, too, there is a feeling of Tegret. The thought that our school -days are over, that next year we will not return and others will play and work in our beloved halls is always with us, in these closing days. Every hour comes the realization that we are doing some- thing for the last time. But mingled Avith the regret there is a feeling to -which we can give no name — which we -can only describe as a kind of passion- .ate determination to keep faith. It :is this which takes the sadness out of our farewells, for we feel that we are taking with us the greatest and most precious part of our school life. The ideals of loyalty and sei-vice and of noble woman- hood which we have learned to love while here, have become a part of us, ourselves. Wherever we may go our great desire will be to live worthily of this our Alma Mater. And always the remembrance of this place will bring back lovingly, As a sweet memory to women ' s hearts, Their days of maidenliood. Tuesday. Tuesday, Trafalgar Daughter ' s Day, dawned, not ' ' bright and fair, ' ' but dull, damp and unpromising. However, we relied on that never-failing prophecy, ' Riain before seven clear before eleven, ' which came tme and banished all our fears. At last the afternoon arrived. With eager interest we watched the bus diivc up to the door and saw a goodly group of the Trafalgar Daughter from To- ronto step out. At four o ' clock the Senioi s, twenty in all, were ready to meet their ' ' big sisters, ' ' the older grad- uates of the College. After a few min- utes spent in getting acquainted. Miss Brush entertained us in a most delight- ful manner at the piano, and Miss Al- cock, as usual, greatly channed us with a vocal solo. Mrs. Farewell then brought in the baby, Frances Claire, who was pre- sented with a gold locket by the Trafal- gar Daughters. After the meeting, re- freshments were served and a half -hour spent in pleasantly chatting, meeting ncAV friends and renewing old acquain- tances. In the evening, the whole school, a very excited crowd of girls, assembled in Upper Main Hall. Why the excite- ment? you ask. One or two might an- swer that it was their last night in O. L. C, but the majority would tell you that it was the night of the play, Twelfth Night. For weeks, we had been waiting for this in expectant anti- cipation ' and now the eventful night had arrived.

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8 VOX COLLEGII Monday — Class Day. Class Day came at last, that day of all the year when Seniors, clad in cap and gown, seem to receive all the honours. It was looked fonvard to with the greatest excitement and we were not to be disap- pointed either in the weather or the ceremonies. Each gi ' aduate ' s face was alight as the procession of twenty -two linked by a beautiful chain of bridal wi-eath proceeded do vTi the stainva - from Upper ] Iain. AVhen they reached the bottom of the staira the school was lined up on each side of the hall, and with a few appropriate words the Sen- ior President, Dorothy Morden, pre- sented a beautiful set of chimes to the School, a o ' ift from the Senior Class of 1920. Follo dng this ceremony, a link from the chain was cut as each fair graduate ' s biography was read by the Junior Presi- dent, Jean Leishman. The Senior song was then sung with a good deal of en- thusiasm, after which the President ex- pressed in a few words her appreciation of the co-operation which had been mani- fested in the Class dui-ing the whole year, and the honour she had felt in being its President. But even more than this, she washed to express appreci- ation of the class teacher. Miss Ball. She had been evei ' i:hing that could be desired — a girl among girls, a Senior among Seniors, and an inestimable ex- ample and help to the members of the Class. As a very slight token of es- teem. Miss Ball was then presented with a gold wrist watch. She replied very suitably, and emphasized the note of harmony which had existed between the class and teacher, the class and school, . and wished the graduates every success in the future. A short address was then read to fhe President by Jeannette Higginbotham : To the President of the Senior Class : Representing the Senior Class I take this opportunity to show in a very small way our great appreciation of yoiir splendid leadership during this year. It has meant so much to us to have such a competent and energetic President and we feel that our success as a class is due, in a great measure, to your -capability. We fully realize the responsibility which has rested upon you and the time you have spent in the interests of the class. The past year we hope has been as much pleasure to you as it has been to us and we wish you every success in whatever you may undertake. ' ' The prophecies were the next great item of interest and the graduates listen- ed attentively while their futures were revealed to them. Dorothea Snider then read the vale- dictory as follows : At six o ' clock a hungry lot of Seniors assembled in the drawing-room, and when dinner was announced withdrew to the Domestic Science Dining-room, where the Juniors had prepared a ban- quet. The table was very tastefully de- corated in the class colors — coral and black, using wi ' eaths of honeysuckle and paper streamers. It was a very merry dinner party and the menu was something not soon to be forgotten. The dainty salads and ices displayed some clever thinking on the part of the Junior Class, for the color scheme was can-ied out even in these. Everyone then made a hasty change into middy and bloomers and gathered on the lawn aroimd a never-to- be-forgotten bonfire. Each gi ' aduate put her most hated subject into the fire, and recited a suitable (and original) versb, watching the book slowly fade into grey ashes, never to return. Merry songs, accompanied by ukeleles, filled the night air and finally closed by an im- pressive singing of Auld Lang Syne. It was with deep regret that this won- derful day came to a close, and we •would like to say, Three Cheers for the Juniors. It usually is difficult for one to voice the thoughts and feelings of twenty but to-day it seems an easy task. Al- though our work has been so different, and so many different activities have taken up our time throughout the year

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10 vox COLLEGII Once in the Concert Hall, it seemed hours before the curtain rose, — and then — well it would be quite impossible to attempt to describe the characters or to say how gi-eat a success the play Avas! AVe all extend our heartiest congratu- lations to Aliss Ball and the Dramatic Club. COMMENCEMENT. DAY, WEDNES- DAY, JUNE 9. Commencement Day was all that could be desired, and brought a splen- did year to a beautiful and fitting close. The sunny, eventful hours passed so swiftly that not until sunset, when our guests had all departed, did we realize that there was packing to be done, and there were many lingering good-byes to be said in the short time before we sepa rated. The program follows : Morning . Cantique d ' Amour (Liszt), Dorothy Morden. (a) Joys of Spring (Geibel), (b) The Befls of St. Michael ' s Tower (Knyvett), (c) Old Sacred Lullaby (Ferrari) arr. —The Choral Class. Monsieur Beaucaire (Booth Tarking- ton) — Margaret Mclntyre. He is Kind, He is Good (from Hero- diade) (Massenet) — Mary Clark. Ballad in A Flat (Chopin) — ' Adelaide Stenning. Kecit. Ci son, ho tutto in franto (Thomas), air — In veder la mata stanza (from Mignon) — Beatrice Gerrie. Valse in E (Moskowski) — Dorothy Sarjeant. Parla (Arditi) — Dorothy Morden. Lochinvar ' s Ride (Shelley) — Choral Class. Concerto in A Minor, op. l6 (Grieg) T.C.M. Orchestral accompaniment on second piano by Mr. Atkinson). G. D. Atkinson, Musical Director. Arthur Blight, Vocal Director. . Vera Hagerman, A.T.C.M., accom- paniste. Afternoon. Prayer, Rev. E. Turkington. Granting- of Diplomas. Literary — M.E.L.— Dorothy Duck- worth Bayne (Latin), Ottawa, Ont. ; Catherine Fedora Burwash, Lachute, Que.; Annie Dorothea Snider, Toronto, Ont. ; Mary Laureen Terryberry, To- ronto, Ont. Piano— O.A.C.M. and A.T.C.M. — Gladys Frances Anderson, Caledonia, Ont. ; Reta Banks, Pickering, Ont. ; Flora Grace Cook (playing of pieces), Waterf ord, Ont. ; Dorothy Enfield Mor- den, Hamilton, Ont. ; Dorothy Jane Sar- jeant, Barrie, Ont. ; Adelaide Stenning, Sherbrooke, Que. Singing — Vivian Alcock, Edmonton, Alta. ; Mary Clark (Theory), Picker- ing, Ont.; Beatrice Helen Gerrie, Ham- ilton, Ont. Expression — Margaret Maud Mcln- tyre, Whitby, Ont. ; Cora Evelyn 01m- stead, Walter ' s Falls, Ont. Household Science — Ola Elizabeth Bennett, Mille Roches, Ont.; Jessie Eadie Buckingham, Winchester, Ont. ; Sara Jeanette Higginbotham, Nelson, B.C. ; Dorothy Douglas Sorby, Guelph, Ont.; May Marie Webster, Calgary, Alta. Commercial — Blanche May Bass, Prescott, Ont. ; Fern Beatrice Colborne, New York, N.Y. ; Frances Hurdman Stevens, Pembroke, Ont. ; Lillian Mul- holland, Toronto, Ont. Address — Principal Farewell. Solo — Prologue (from I Pagliacci ) (Leoncavallo) ; Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree (Capel) (by request). — Mr. Ar- thur Blight. Presentation of Certificates. Musical Piano — Intermediate — Marjorie Kisby (hon- ors), Lillian Gibson, Margaret Potter. Junior — Bemice Breese, Louise Burns, Madeline Charles. Junior School— Gladys Breese. Primary — Mary„ Fair cloth (honors) ,