Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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vox COLLEGII 3: forget yesterday, no matter what hap- pened, and face to-day ' s work as though he had no reputation. Since then he has always found it better to keep himself humble than to have life come along and humble him. There is no place on any payroll for a man who is living on his reputation. The man who has quit trying has quit producing. Nothing is a cinch in business. What is worth having is worth taking care of. To-morrow should be one ' s big stimu- lant. All should ask Avhat it holds in store for them to face. Coming back to the athlete. He goes out one day and makes a big hit. He gets into the good graces of the fans, players and manager. A week later he begins to feel that he doesn ' t have to work so hard. He doesn ' t have to prac- tice the game. He loafs on the bench never grasping the opportunity to pi ' ac- tiee. The day come ; when he does not make good. The same thing follows rap- idly in succession. He is dropped from the squad and has to begin all over a- gain. His reputation is lost. If he had practiced and taken as much interest in his work after he made a name for him- self, as he did before he earned a repu- tation, he would prol al ly have been held in the high esteem of his fellow players. This is a little creed many should ad- opt : That I shall come each day to its task eager and fjiad to work-, grateful for the accomplishments of the past, but mindful always that to-day demands the best that is in me. — Kink ' ie. The Graduating Class of 1923 (See illustrations on centre pages of this issue) Estelle Bagshaw Some ten years hence, when Mr. Re- porter is interviewing Estelle on How to be a Sucessful CJomposer of Musical Comedies, ' ' he will discover that Hailey- bury has another plea to fame than fires. Hov ever, much of Estelle ' s life has been spent in Toronto — two years at St. Margaret ' s College and two years at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. Last year she spent at home, teaching aes- thetic dancing to an interesting class of wee tots, and also some public school work. The year of 1922-23, however, found her at 0. L. C, where she took Domestic Science until Easter, and in that memorable day in June graduated with honors in her A.T.C.M. piano. Dur- ing her year here, Estelle has demon- strated her various talents, and we wish this versatile maiden success in realizing her big ambition. Hobby — Everything. Favorite expression — I love that! ! Edna Bassett Montreal claims Edna and there she received her public school education. She came to O.L.C. in 1920, here to complete her High School Avork, but in 1921 she branched off to Ccmmercial. This year Edna is giaduating in that course. Dur- ing the past yeai ' she has been a very able President of the Commercial Club, and because she has proved so worthy of her position we ai-e sure that she will succeed in anything she undertakes. Hobby — Writing eight or ten page letters to ( ?) — (the Woods). Expression — Oh! you apple! Evelyn Seattle Better known as just Beattie first saw light in JEuntsville, Ontario, in the year 190-1. She started her primary ed- ucation at the Soo ; she continued it in Fort William, and later went to the Gar- den City, St. Catharines, to complete it. Evelyn then decided on her Commer- cial career. She took one year of Com- mercial at the St. Catharines High, com- ing to 0. L. C. in the fall of 1921 to com- plete her course. The first . year she took some of her Senior subjects, and this year she is one. of our happy graduates.

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2 VOX C O L L E G 1 1 Vin your first fight. Build your first house. Make good in your first game. Do .something well and you will cease to worry. It was the old familiar belief wherever the future was being discussed. Get a reputation. And I struggled to get one, believing that when it came, there will be an vna to work and trial. How many had f.a d it out and out that you could settle back and live on your reputation, but the in- ferenc? was there, and I am sure that was the idea lurking in the back of my brain. One real success and I could loaf. But it isn ' t so. Reputation has been falsely advertised or grossly misrepre- sented. Jt is not an endowment but an obligation. It is the most valuable as- set one can possess, but it is not a lounge to lie b ack upon. A week-old reputation will get you nowheie. Uncarcd for and unnursed, it will die a speedy death and leave you sick at heart. The fir.st success has been fatal to many a promising athlete. Every city is peopled with wrecks who once believ- ed they had safely come to port. There is only one insurance for a reputation, and that is hard, ceaseless practice. Napoleon said that the British never won anything except the last battle. Germany to-day is a pitiful illustra- tion of the ia t that reputations win no battles. The last failure wiped out a hundred victories. What was once a powerful nation is nothing but a coun- try of despair. One should try not to have any illus- ions about himself. An athlete should be in the game to play his little part, and he should play to the best of his ability. Remember that yesterday ' s a- chievcmerits will net do to-day ' s work. It may bring to you the job to do, but the performance of it must also come from you. Always remem):)er, whenever you are inclined to grow too proud and chesty over some past accomplishment, that what you are to be, does not depend on what you have done, but wliat you still have to do. I heard of a young fellow who had a little experience aliout two years ago. Although a very young reporter to re- ceive a l)ig assignment, a chance meet- ing with a friendly police inspector, gave him an exclusive story. It was the first big scoop he ever turned in. It tickled him and it pleased his city editor. That was a great story you gave us yesterday, he said, when he reported for duty the next day. Fine work, young man. keep it up. That little p]ira:-e ' ' keep it up, ' ' didn ' t moan much to him then, Init he Avas later to learn that it was the first and most important rule of the game. He thought he had arrived. He was; a recognized reporter of ability. He had beaten old men in his position. He had been praised by his editor and he was entitled to his little spice of conceit; Unconsciously he settled back to enjoy a few days of living on his reputation. Then life handed him a jolt. He missed one of the big stories of the year. He knev why he missed it, but had Jiever confesf. ' ed it to any one but himself. He neglected to visit one of the outlying police stations, accord- ing to the custom and rule. He didn ' t go because he was sure that if an ' thing worth while happened the officer would telephone him, as he had done many times in the past. He knev him and the little reputation he had. Say, said the editor that noon,, ' ' where were you last night 1 ' ' On the job, he replied. It doesn ' t look like it, he replied. You fell down hopelessly on that big l)urglaTy story. What burglary s ' cory? He showed him one of the papers of their rival, containing a front page ar- ticle, of which he had not heard the slightest hint. His reputation had let him down. Three days l)efoi ' e he had been filled with pride ; to-day he was. humbled and temporarily in disgrace. But he had learned his lesson. No more sprees of conceit for him! He ' d

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vox COLLEGII Next year Evelyn hopes to secure a position in St. Catharines. We all hope .she Avill succeed. Hobby — Sleeping. Favorite Expression — Oh! Hea- vens ! ' ' Eileen Boake Better known as Sis, is one of our Toronto girls. She received her Junior and part of her Senior matriculation at Technical High School, Toronto. Sis believes in hard work, for with her Sen- ior subjects she is taking Junior Dra- matics, Intenncdiate Piano and Junior Vocal. She is a past-master at accomp- anying the vocalists and is always will- ing to play for the girls as well as take part in the Junior Dramatics and Com- mencement Plays. We know that from her past record she will be successful in anything she attempts. Expression — Gee! ! Heck! ! ! Hobby — Cats. Maisie Bowman Twenty years ago Lethbridge, Alber- ta, was honored by the arrival of Maisie Bowman. There her Public and High School work was completed and she went to St. Margaret ' s, Victoria, where •she took music and art. La.st year was her first year at O.L.C. and she began her Household Science cour.se. After her graduation and her return to the West, we wish her every success. Hobby — Worrying over her sewing. Favorite Expression — For the love of the Pope! ! Jessie Brown Of the nineteen years of her life two short fleeting ones have been spent at O.L.C, Born in Ridgeway, 1904, Jes- sie came to us in 1921 with a Junior Matriculation Certificate already ac- quired. The first question was as us- ual, What course shall I take? But when Mr. Farewell explained that the course to be taken was the one that would best fit her for her life course to come, with no hesitation whatever, Jessie dived boldly and bravely into tne Household Science course. And now as a graduate of the same course she leaves us, carrying away with her a great deal of what is most desirable in life, a host of friends, recollections of the best times of her life and success in all lines of activity she entered into. Hobby — Doing art needlework. Favorite Expression — Well, girls, I won ' t curl my hair to-night! Evelyn Carss Ev was born in Orillia in 1902. There she passed many happy days at public school and three years at High School. She came to O.L.C. in 1921 and passed her Junior, matriculating with flying- colors. The following year she returned with high hopes for her Honor Matriculation, in which we are all sure she will be successful. Ev is what one might call an all-round student. Although her course has been a difficult one she has not neglected the physical side of her development. Ev is President of the Athletic Association and is a sport in every sense of the term. The basket-ball squad will cer- tainly miss her next year in their fiery combats. We all wish her the best of luck in the future, but what a pity one cannot see the future beforehand, Ev might have changed her course. Hobby — AVriting letters. Favorite Expression — Did I get a letter? Virginia Charles Toronto was the great metropolis that first hailed Virginia to this world full nineteen years ago. To begin with the claims of Ontario suited her, but before long we find her flying away to England where she went to school. However, Canada drew her again, and for a while Toronto schools dealt with her. Inevit- ably, liowever, she came to O. L. C. and for six years Virginia has been true to the blue and blue. In her first year she tackled her Entrance, and it fell before her. Then for three years she dug indus- triously into Latin verbs, square roots, and plucked from 0. L. C. ' s High School wisdom the fruits of knov ledge. This