Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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VOX COLLEGII 2:: 3. The Night Before Xmas — Ruth Clemens. 4. The Over-worked Elocutionist ■ — Dorothy Van Vliet. 5. Barbara Fretchie — Jean Hick- ling. 6. Charge of the Light Brigade — Muriel Harvey. The talent from the city rendered the following : 1. The Kindergarten Tot — Muriel Harvey. 2. Sound and Fury — Marguerite Kersley and Grace Hinch. 3. The Lunatic Asylum — Ruth Clemens and Dorothy Van Vliet. 4. Mr. Traver ' s First Hunt — Dor- othy Sorby. The Kiddies ' concert seemed to be a success, and everyone went away great- ly delighted with the school talent. Among the ' ' Dramatic treats ' ' of the year was our annual visit from Presi- dent Southwick. For many weeks we had awaited his visit with the most ex- treme anticipation, and when he finally came on Saturday, January 22nd, we realized that those expectations had not been in vain. On Saturday afternoon he gave us several scenes from The Rivals, ' r by Sheridan. His interpreta- tions of Mrs. Malaprop and Sir An- thony, were delightful. Upon request he gave us a humorous piece entitled, The Camel, which the pupils seem to enjoy more every year. In the even- ing he delivered to us a lecture on The Orators and Oratory of Shakes- peare, illustrating his talk from the various plays. On Sunday afternoon he spoke to us on Vision, ' ' and we felt very sorry indeed when he bade us good-bye till next year. The second entertainment was the Mid- Year Play, What Every Woman Knows, by J. M. Barrie, on February 18th. The cast was as follows : Alick Wylie (father) — Jean Hick- ling. James Wylie (son) — Grace Hinch. David Wylie (son) — Marguerite Kersley. Maggie Wylie (daughter) — Ruth Clemens. Comtesse de la. Briere — Helene All- worth. Lady Sybil Tenderden — Muriel Har- vey. John Shand— Elva Haskett. Charles Venables — Dorothy Van Vliet. Maid — Dorothy Sorby. From all accounts the play was a huge success, and we all felt delighted that it proved to be much beyond our expectations, because indeed we had all worked hard and tediously upon it. It was a cause of great merriment when Charles Venables came within a hair ' s breadth of losing his delightfully real- istic moustache, and again, when John Shand tenderly placed The Drop of his Blood around Lady Sybil ' s neck, it dropped down, down, down, and was not procured again for at least seven minutes. Perhaps the audience failed to notice that. The Comtesse read Mag- gie ' s letter upside down — but there I ' ve told you plenty of stage secrets now. All we can say is, we hope you liked the Commencement Play as well. Then finally came our Commence- ment Play, The Taming of the Shrew, 011 Tuesday evening, June 7. The cast was as follows : Baptista (a rich gentleman of Padua) ■ — ' Marguerite Kersley. Vincentio (an old gentleman of Pisa) — Jean Sutherland. Lucentio (son of Vincentio, in love with Bianca) — Jean Hickling. Petruchio (a gentleman of Verona, suitor to Katherina) — Dorothy Van Vliet. Gremio, Hortensio (suitors to Bi- anca)— Elva Haskett, Grace Hinch. Tranio, Beondello .(servants to Lu- centio)— Muriel Harvey, Maude Mc- Quillan. Grumio, Curtis (servants to Petru- chio)— Dorothy Sorby, Elva Haskett. A Pedant — Sherley Leishman. Katherina, The Shrew. Bianco

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22 VOX COLLEGII absence of our President we were obliged to elect a new one. This honor fell on Elva Haskett. We discussed the matter of a trip to Oshawa on January 29— but this was later postponed until February 19. At the meeting on February 2nd we were greatly pleased to have two very delightful readings from Miss Ball. The first was one of our favorites: Hia- watha ' s Wooing, by Longfellow, and secondly, The Weathercock and the Maiden. After candy had been pass- ed the meeting adjourned. or three entertainments. The first of these was the Junior Dramatic Stunt. This was held in December. It took the form of a typical country school Christ- mas concert. The children were all ex- cited, but spake their pieces very well, and the grand finale was a very be- witching little song entitled, Dance Around the Christmas Tree, when the actors and actresses let themselves go back to their childhood days and hip- pity-hopped in childish glee as they received their bags of candies from the hands of their beloved teacher, Miss EI O PEKA The meeting on March 2nd was just as enjoyable as the former ones had been. Hilda Dawson gave a very en- joyable reading entitled, Encourage- ment, and Alice Lees favored us with The Bewitched Clock. Oranges were passed, and the meeting broke up about 9.30. Of late all the Tuesday evening class- es have been taken up for the Com- mencement Play. During this vear we have put on two Dorothy Sorby. They were not quite so good later, when a number of city friends came clown to entertain them, but considering that the Christmas va- cation was drawing near, teacher par- doned their naughtiness and did not reprove them. The program was as follows : 1. The Bear Story, by Riley — Marguerite Kersley. 2. Cassibianca — Grace Hinch.

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24 VOX COLLEGII (daughters to Baptisto)— Helene All- worth, Ruth Clemens. Widow — Laura Riddalls. Tailor — Jean Williams. Haberdasher — Dorothy Alges Servants — Helen Grout, Edna Bes- sett, Mavis Henman. Excitement ran high, although we felt quite confident that the play would run along quite smoothly as it did at the rehearsals, yet we could not but feel just a little nervous. Nevertheless it seemed to be quite enjoyable, and our friends told us that it was quite real- istic. Perhaps no one knew that the toasts were drunk with diluted rasp- berry juice, and the roast meat was a brown cambric bag filled with cotton. It would be quite impossible to describe the cha racters, the manly strides, the deep voices — we will leave this for your imagination; but we will say that we hope you enjoyed the play. Who knows but what we might have showed many a hen-pecked husband the way to lib- erty and freedom bv it. Household Science The Domestic Science Class of this year has certainly been a busy one, with its work and its pleasures. Until Christmas we were busy with our work but two weeks after the Christmas holi- days we gave a tea which everyone ad- mitted was a splendid success. At this tea we realized eighty-five dollars, clear- ing forty-five. Five dollars of this we wished to use for a sleigh ride but wait- ed in vain for the snow, so we treated ourselves to a dinner instead. We each did our share in the cooking and it must be admitted in the eating too. At this dinner we presented Miss Dowson with a little gift, as a small return for all her help and Kindness during the year. Much fun we had during the clearing up process. All went to bed tired but feel- ing that we had had a splendid time. The following Friday Mrs. Lander very kindly invited the whole class over to her home in Oshawa to have tea. We walked over and after a delicious supper drove home in cars. It was a rare treat and I am sure we shall never forget Mrs. Lander ' s kindness. After some consideration the Class de- cided to place the forty dollars they had cn hand at the disposal of the school — the interest to be used for a prize for the highest standing in the Junior Domestic class. The school kindly added sixty dollars to this fund making in all one hundred dollars, which bearing int erest at six per cent., will furnish a sufficient sum for a suitable prize. Now is the end of the year and all our class have been successful, in fact we have a larger number of graduates than any of the other departments, and all our Juniors and Homemakers have pass- ed their examinations successfully. Commercial At the beginning of the year, Mr. Farewell gave a very interesting address on The Business Woman, which all enjoyed, after which refreshments were served. A short time before our Christmas va- cation, Margaret Storey and Helen Moore very graciously consented to give addresses. The former spoke on The Opportunities of the Business Girl, ' ' and