Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Cbitorial THE EDITORS of the 1937 Year Book present it to the students as a record of the chief events of the year. They wish also, by the design of the cover, to make it in some degree a memento of the Coronation Year, and in selecting a distinctive feature for the book, place here a brief history of the annual ceremony of crowning our May Queen, with a cut illustrating the modest but beautiful regalia which has been furnished through the years by the gifts of the students. The May day festivity of Trafalgar Castle is one which every girl will keep in her memory and in her heart as long as she may live. The story woven through the proceedings is one so true yet so like a story-book tale that it catches at the heart of every one of us and makes us realize what May day means. The ceremony was inaugurated in 1906 on the suggestion of the Countess of Aberdeen. We do not know who the first May Queen was and for several years after there is not a complete record. But now there is a beautiful pin worn by the May Queen for one year, received when she is crowned. This pin is made of gold nuggets from the Klondyke given by a former May Queen and when the Queen surrenders this traditional pin, the Castle Chapter pre- sents a pin, patterned after the first but set with pearls. It was in 1916 that Mary Valentine received this pin as a lasting remembrance of her honour and since then the pin has been presented to each May Queen at the crowning of her successor the following year. A basket on the May Queen ' s table al- ways filled with apple blossoms and lily-of-the-valley, was sent to Miss Max- well by Marion Norton, May Queen in 192 !. The basket was made by Marion herself in memory of her own May day. The Senior class of 1929 gave a new white satin train which was first worn by Janet Moffat, Queen for that year, and in 1931 two purple satin cushions with gold tassels were given by the Seniors, on one of which the crown is carried and on the other the Queen kneels for her coronation. To add to the beauty of the Queen and her court the Seniors again, in 1937, presented two gold pins commemorating the Coro- nation year, to be used for pinning the train on the May Queen ' s shoulders. There is no mistaking the feelings of former students toward this May day celebration and present students know that the memory will grow dearer as the years go by. Into this story of the May Queen have come incidents that stir the imagination and to mention these may not be amiss. Just after the May Queen of 1934 was crowned a white butterfly settled on the crown and poised there a moment. What a lovely picture that brings to mind — the Queen ' s crown of delicate blossoms and the butterfly with fragile white wings resting on the flowers. Does that not call up the beauty of May day to you ? In 1937 a rather humerous incident happened as the Queen was descending from her throne. A black kitten paused at her feet, then ran across her path. Now, some people say it means bad luck and others good — let us be- lieve it meant good luck for our May Queen. With such a history as a background, how could May day ever fade from our memory or cease to remind us of O.L.C. ? And how true of the graduate who is leaving this dear castle for a more adventurous life — how true are the words Thou only hast our hearts, dearest of schools. Our warmest thanks are due to all who have assisted in the preparation of this book, especially to Hildegarde Goodfellow, a graduate of last year, whose assistance has been invaluable.

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JBv. Cars;caUen ' s JWes gage I SHOULD li e to ta}{e this opportunity of writing a word of thanks j to all the Faculty and Students of O. L. C. for their helpfulness and co-operation in the wor of the past year. It has been a very pleasant year and, judged by most standards, a very good year in the history of the school, and it has been a joy to have been associated with you all. To those who are not to return in September but who are going on to the Universities or into positions of various inds or who may be staying at home, I desire on behalf of Mrs. Carscallen and myself to express our very best wishes that success may crown your chosen careers. Tou have ta en part of O. L. C. with you and in exchange have left something of yourselves here. To the students who are to return to O. L. C. in the Fall we wish a healthful and pleasant Summer and finally to the Editor of the Tear Boo and her staff we offer hearty congratidatwns on a wor well done. C. R. Carscallen