Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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The sun is out, the skies are blue, The grass is green and soft. The old charm is back in the apple-tree And is calling us aloft. And the same old voice that the old don ' t hear But we carefree youngsters do. Is calling us back to the heart of thee, And the joys that once we knew. With Commencement comes the end of school-days at O.L.C. for so many, not only the graduates, but also many others who will not be able to return. They go forth from these old walls with heavy hearts, for they realize that one chapter of their lives is closed never to be re-opened, and they linger, as over the last pages of a dearly loved book which they are loathe to put aside. Why does our Alma Mater fill such a large place in our lives? We all know that we love her dearly, but we seldom pause to consider why. It is partly on account of the friendships we form here, but there is something more — it is that intangible something which makes these friendships so dear to us, and makes them different from other friendships — the spirit of O.L.C. The spirit of every school has its own particular significance. In some schools it is merely a desire for victories in rugby or basketball, in others, for the honours in debates, but the spirit of O.L.C. is that force which incites us to put all our energy into whatever we may undertake, and to make a success of it, no matter how di fficult it may appear. Every daughter who goes forth from these halls, if she has grasped this spirit and made it a part of her life, owes a great deal to its influence; it has r aught her to enter whole-heartedly into work and play, and to do her best, no mat- ter how poor that best may seem.. This spirit has lived within these walls for more than fifty years; each year it is fostered anew and is strengthened so that it permeates the very walls of the build- ing, and is felt as soon as one crosses the threshold. It becomes so much a part of us that we hope when we stand at the gate, as we must one day stand, bidding Page Sixteen

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VOX COLLEGII Forsan et, haec elim meminisse juvabit. VOL. VXXV. WHITBY, JUNE, 1926 No. 2 EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Elizabeth Gunnison ASSISTANT EDITOR Dorothy Lounsbury BUSINESS MANAGER Georgia Allan ASSISTANT MANAGERS Helen Musgrove Anna Speers SCHOOL NOTES ODDS AND ENDS EXCHANGES PHOTOGRAPHER ARTIST Jeanne Knapman Gratia Hodge Nell Martin Irene Edmonds Catherine McCallum CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Kathleen Jenkins Katherine Stone Betty Wallace Margaret Woods Dorian Graham REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANIZATIONS Violet Maw Helen Sutcliff Virginia Frid Elizabeth Enlow Ruth Brown Doris Patton Nell Cooper Margaret Mossop FACULTY COUNSELLOR Miss L. M. Coburn Page Fifteen

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larewell to O.L.C., we may break off our twig of this ever-growing plant, and carry it with us always. We know that when we first go out from our school its name is branded upon us, but as time goes on this name gradually becomes indistinct and is lost, unless we take care to preserve it. When our turn comes to leave our Alma Mater, let us keep her name shining clear and bright, and strive to bring honour to this name, by living up to her ideals and following the teachings of her spirit. We may never gain honor or fame in the eyes of men, but if we have followed the voice of our school spirit we shall have attained success; for success, as interpreted by the spirit of O.L.C., does not mean wealth or fame, but doing the best we can under every circumstance, and at all times. — D. J. L. The old order changeth, yielding place to new In drawing to the close of the year, v e are about to turn another page in the lustory of Trafalgar. This year our school has moved forward with strides. Each girl has taken a keen interest in every branch of activity. The students give to our col- lege its most valuable qualities by holding to tradition, yet not allowing the past to bind ihem, for each student body has its own individuality and ideals. A splendid spirit of unity has been created among the classes and individual students. During the past year several innovations have been introduced. To begin with there is study hall which most closely affects each one of us. More pleasant to con- template is the new crest which we hope will grace the middies of all the future generations at O.L.C. And our frills! — to an outsider this may convey little or noth- ing, but to us it conjures visions of long black-stockinged legs, surmounted by a white middy from which there issues a brief pleated skirt — four (?) inches is the regulation length — and there you have our frills. Maybe they are not much to look at, but they are. so convenient for tennis and gym. There is, however, one thing which has been the desire of every student body for some years past, which has not yet been realized; that of changing the name of our college. In one of the old Whitby Gazettes it is referred to as A Female School for Girls. We admit that Ontario Ladies 1 College is a slight improvement on that, but even so it conveys the wrong conception of our school. We have no wish to suggest that we do not aspire to be ladies in the truest sense of the word, but we certainly are not so mid-Victorian as this title would imply. There are several ideas for a new name, all giving a truer impression of our beautiful building and spacious grounds. We love our Alma Mater as Dear old Trafalgar, and hope that some day the beauty of that stately name may become a part of our school ' s title. Surely such a name would be an incentive to every girl to put forth her best efforts to attain her goal. All of us have striven this last year and some perhaps have achieved. We feel we may say with gratitude to our Alma Mater: Take the praise that ' s due yoi School-house on the hill, We ' ll be faithful to you While remembering still This one word you taught us Hand, heart and soul, This high gift you brought us, How to ma e the goal. — E. H. G.