Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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22 VOX COLLEGII to the college. Shortly after our arriv- al there we enjoyed a wonderful and varied display of fire-works for several hours. At the end of a perfect day we retired willingly to our very inviting beds. THE SOPHOMORES O.L.C. Whitby It is said here that everybody must blow their own horn, for the simple reason that if they don ' t nobody else will. The Sophomores fully realize this and intend to get a megaphone if neces- sary. Our class was organized in October and Dorothy MacDonald was elected President; Lois Newberry was chosen as Vice and Grace Elliot was made Sec- retary. We have never had cause to re- great our choice of either our President or Vice President, and Grace makes a most wonderful Secretary. She is the best collector of class fees you ever met. Miss Child was chosen as our form teacher, and has been a splendid one all through the year. Our class is a small one, and so, when our turn came round to give an enter- tainment for the school, we decided to unite with the Freshmen, who are a small class also. St. Patrick ' s Day was chosen for our party. Such excitement ! We started to prepare for it a little over a week beforehand, and from that day on every Sophomore and Fresh- man door was barricaded with an en- gaged sign. We all went around like so many conspirators, planning a bank robbery, instead of the givers of a St. Patrick ' s party. At last the seven- teenth arived and early in the after- noon we all went down to the Gymnas- ium and began our task of decorating it. We had prepared a lot of green and white paper cut in long strips before- hand, and these we hung from the lamps, and the balcony, and ladder. Irish pipes, and hats decorated the walls, and green baloons were strung along the travelling ring s, the ladder and around the baskets. We ransacked our rooms for pillows, rugs, and arm eairs, and these we placed around the room. By dinner time we were finished and really the Gym looked lovely. After dinner we scattered to our rooms to begin the most important function of the evening — that of getting dressed. The Sophomores were to go as Irish boys and the Freshmen as Irish girls. The two class teachers had also prom- ised to be in costume but quite refused to tell us what their costumes were to be like. Those costumes of ours were fearfully and wonderfully made to be sure but they looked all right when we got downstairs and that was the main thing. A few minutes after we had as- sembled in the Gym. Mademoiselle Ri- gaud,the Freshman class teacher, and Miss Child, made their appearance. They were received with ohs ! and ahs ! and a perfect storm of questions. They were certainly the finishing touch to our scheme of decoration, and gave the party such a g-ay appearance that ' we hardly knew ourselves. Miss Child was dressed as an Irish Nobleman of the eighteenth century, with green bro- caded coat, white satin breeches, ruf- fles and powdered hair all complete, while mademoiselle looked lovely as an old-fashioned Irish girl. There were ten dances and then two couples gave the Irish jig, Velma La- France sang, and i efreshments were served. Then came the Grand Fin- ale of the evening. A basket full of mysterious looking parcels was drag- ged itno the middle of the floor and everyone made a grab for a pai ' cel. They were all shapes and sizes. Some were suit, dress and hat boxes, while others were quite small. After undo- ing yards of paper you came to one small ' green sucker. You may imag- ine the result! The evening closed with the giving, of class yells, and songs, and everybody went off to bed declaring that the Sophs and Freshies were trumps, while we re-

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vox COLLEGII 21 MAY COURT EXERCISES MAY QUEEN— OLIVE ISAACS Summer Wooiu.t; — Luella and Siizaii- II a Scott The Fountain — . roup dance Flower girls ' dance — Jean llephuiu, Marjorie Nicol, Dorothy La France. Dresden China Gavotte — Attendants Bridal Minuet — Luella and Suzanna Scott Weddin )- Ceremony — Cupid Kiss Waltz — Irene Carse with olili- ato by Miss Vivian Alcock Sprin time — Grace Moody, Enid Cocker ' .U, Velma La France,Jean Suth- erland, Charlotte Fralick. Other numbers on the programme were — Sailors llornpipj — Betty Wrij ht Pyramids lli.uliland Flinji — Eleanor MaeWil- liam May Pole Dance The luncheon was a ceremony in lion- our of the May Queen who presided over her attendants at her own table and afterwards left the dinhig- room followed by the rest of the school. In the afternoon we laid aside all ceremony and piled on hay racks head- ed for the lake singing- and strumming on our ukeleles. At the lake the girls played games and ate a sumptuous re- past before returning tired and weai-y

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1. SOPHOMORE CLASS, 1921-22 2. FIRST CABINET OF THE CIVICS CLUB, 1921-22. 3. THE FRESHMEN, 1921-22.