Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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VOX COLLEGII Marjorie Hughes was elected, with the fall approval of everyone. The other officers • were : Vice-President, Dorothy MacDonald; Secretary, Lois Newberry. In the fall when the Freshmen class took their tnrn to sit at the French table Miss Squair, the French teacher, and Miss Elliott took us down to Elliott ' s Cafe. There we had great fun and we listened to a Victrola, which added much to the enjoyment of the splendid dinner. We were very sorry that we had to hurry back to the school in time for a concert. Later on in the fall Miss Chantler toek us down to the lake on a Science walk, and of course at the end there was a wiener roast which fortified us for the return journey. We had heaps of lun around the fire and were sorry to have to return. When the fourteenth of February came we felt that it was time for an- other celebration, so we decided to have a dinner in the Domestic Science class- room. When all get together there is plenty of fun and decorating the table was enjoyed very much. The lights were covered with red paper and red streamers and place cards decorated with little hearts made the dining table look beautiful. And when one ' s presid- ent is a prize cook well, the dinner couldn ' t help being a success. We felt greatly honoured by the presence of Mademoiselle Jous from Havergal and she made a very happy addition to our table. At the Old Girls ' Re-union everyone had to help in the decorating and both at it and the Senior Dinner our table was beautifully decorated with green stream- ers and white sweet peas representing our silver and green colours. This spring Miss Chantler, our science teacher, took the Sophomores and fresh- men to the lovely woods north of Osh- awa. The trilliums and violets were at their best and everyone ' s arms were loaded with wild flowers on the way back. But we didn ' t return so smoothly as we had gone, for when we came to the first hill the engine refused to toil all the way up with such a load, so we had to get out and walk up ourselves. We had to do this at every hill we came to, but finally we reached a fairly level road and sped home to a much needed dinner. Miss Squair has been a constant help to us and I know Ave all wish her the best success in the coming years. THE ELEMENTARY CLASS 1920-1921 Ontario Ladies ' College, Whitby, Ontario The Elementary Class of 1920-1921 is the largest and as we strenuously assert, the very best that has ever been at 0. L. C. The class was made up of fourteen members of which eight are going up for the Entrance Examination. With the exception of two of the Seniors, and our president, who was a Junior, we were all new girls. I think we all agree that the person who did most toward making our class the great success it has been all year was our beloved advisory teacher, Miss Mor- den. During the year Miss Morden made us feel that although we were the young- est class in the school we were really very important and we must therefore live up to our class ideals, and do our part toward making this year the most wonderful that O.L.C. has ever had. Next to our class teacher I think we put our president, Florence Eastmond, in importance to our class. The other offic- ers of - the class were Mary Faircloth, the vice-president, and Virginia Frid, the secretary-treasurer. Virginia had to leave during the year on account of her illness, and we certainly missed her as she was a most efficient class officer. The Elementaries are noted for being one of the busiest classes in the whole school and we therefore did not have much time for many class affairs. How- ever, those we did have were so nice that they deseiwe mention here. Our first class party was one given down in the Domestic Science Room. Miss Morden did a great deal toward the preparing of the dinner, and Margaret

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16 VOX COLLEGII for the failure of the Carnival were for- gotten. When the day of the Junior Picnic ar- rived we were favoured with fine weath- er. At two o ' clock the class started for the Lake, while Miss Chantler preceded in her Ford with a load of ' ' eats. ' ' The day was perfect, a day made for a pic- nic. On our arrival at 3 p.m. an hour of As You Like It followed. When supertime came we gathered driftwood bit by bit and over the fire we boiled our coffee, cooked the weiners, and toast- ed marshmallows. Supper over we were soon homeward bound because no Junior wanted to miss her much needed ' ' study hour. And after all is said and done the Junior Class ' year has been most successful and enjoyable. SOPHOMORES After having had the Greenness ' taken out of us during our Freshman year, we now appear at O.L.C. as sedate Sophomores. At our first class meeting we chose as our President Shirlie Leishman; Vice- Preident Winnif red Hambly ; Secretary- Treasurer, Marjorie.Kisbey. We were very sorry to have to accept Winifred ' s resignation later in the year but Helen Robinson has filled her place as Vice- President admirably. Then came the excitement of electing our class teacher. Miss Murchie was unanimously chosen. Then we adjourned to get Miss Mur- chie ' s verdict, which, we ' re glad to say, was favorable. The Sophs were looking forward to their sleigh ride but, alack, and alas ! the necessary article was missing, Snow! But the Sophs, not to be outdone, de- cided to give a play. There were two weeks in which to prepare it. And the Sophs did work those two weeks, even if it was only ' ' working to keep from laugh- ing at the funny parts because Sun- bonnets was really a comedy. After the play gray-hair, spectacled, and be- aproned figures were to be seen gliding among other prettily dressed Sophomor- es, skillfully (considering their suppos- ed age) distributing refreshments. At a fitting time for old people to go to bed the Sophs could be seen coming up the stairs quietly, in order not to awaken the ' ' young folk. ' ' As this is a tale strictly about Sopho- mores I will omit our initiation and let the Juniors, our worthy torturers, de- scribe our plight one Friday night when we were told to encase ourselves in bloomers provided by said Torturers. The next thing on our programme was the picnic at the lake. This happened strange to say, on Miss Murchie ' s birth- day, the thirteenth of May. Promptly at three we arrived at the side door where we were asked by Presi- dent Le ishman if we had any jackets. If we had — Thump ! In went a couple of bottles of Pop. When we had all arrived we set out with that land of free feeling you get when you go on a picnic. But this feel- ing must have been absent in Shirlie ' s mind as when we were about a quarter of the way there she said, Where are the weiners ' ' ! ? — and two of our mem- bers were sent back for those mislaid ar- ticles. No further mishaps occurred and ev- erything went off just like a well — or- ganized ( ?) picnic — except, perhaps, the burning of a couple of those precious weiners. About four or five days before Com- mencement we had our last meeting — Sherlie said Good-bye to us as a class and thanked us for our co-operation and Miss Murchie for her co-operation. Miss Murchie then thanked us for our co-op- eration. I don ' t know whether you know but I guess we were about the hap- piest class in O.L.C. Even with all that co-operation. Now that you know our happy past, Aren ' t we just the very best class? FRESHMEN The Freshmen of 1921 had a splendid time this year ; but, of course, who could help it with Miss Squair as the class teacher ? In the first of the year was much ex- citement over the electing of officers.

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18 VOX COLLEGII Webster came down and helped us with the cooking. The class was all arrayed in bloomers and middies, and everyone could not but feel unconstrained and at home in those garments. The dinner was delicious, steak done to a turn, ice- cream, and olives, rather rare viands about O.L.C. When the party broke up at seven-thirty everyone felt more than satisfied with our first attempt at class entertainment. As the winter advanced the Elementaries began to have less and less time and our second party was plan- ned in a great hurry. This was a sur- prise birthday feast for Miss S pence. Miss Morden had to go away unfortun- ately, so Miss Chantler kindly helped us decorate the table with our class colours of orange and blue, and helped us pur- chase our flowers and eatables. The table looked very pretty, the flowers wei ' e beautiful, the surprise was complete, but perhaps the crowning glory of the feast was the birthday cake, decorated as a gentle compliment to Miss Spence, with just sixteen candles. Of all the happenings in our class I think that which stands out most prom- inently in our minds was the making and giving for the first time of our class yell. Although we sincerely admire and rever- ence our predecessors in the Elementary class either their voices were too weak or their feelings too over-powering for them to make much impression in the matter of a yell on O.L.C. We were determin- ed that we would outstrip the whole school. Miss Mo rden made up a great deal of it, and when, on that reat oc- casion of the Old Girls ' Ke-union Din- ner we gave it for the first time, we flat- ter ourselves Ave made a hit. Since then our work has crowded us more and more, and though we have tried to have something else, it has been impossible. However we all knew that could not be helped and as the year drew to a close we voted our dear Miss Morden and our splendid president a hearty vote of thanks for their patient persevering efforts for the happiness of the class, their unfailing class spirit and their good leadership. N. H. This year 1920-21 we have been very fortunate in having had quite a number of illustrated lectures and talks. These have not only been a source of enjoy- ment but of great benefit. Among the number of very interest- ing and inspiring lectures, we had a ser- ies of travelettes given by Dr. Jacques. The first one was given October 12, on Canada. We started our travel at the east coast and as we journeyed westward we found ourselves swelling with pride, and by the time we reached the coast there was not one of us but was proud to call Canada our native land. On Octo- ber 26 he favored us again, by giving one on Ceylon, quite the most interesting of the series. The week-end of January 14, 15, 16 Dr. Jacques completed his ser- ies, one on England, and one on South Africa, and lastly one on Mesopotamia; and as we look back on these travelettes we feel that they have been very in- structive and we have travelled to some places that we may never see again. Dr. Chant, of Toronto University, visited the College October 30 and gave his illustrated lecture on Astronomy. We all agree that astronomy is a vast subject, but after he told us of the stars, moon and sun and other planets and ex- plained their motion, it seemed that there was more to learn than we had ever suspected. The wonders of the