Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Senior Class Officers! Honorary President Class Teacher President (Until May) Marjorie Thal (From May on) Mary-Elisabeth Aitken (Until Easter) Jean Gordon Geraldine Muter Miss Maxwell Miss Taylor Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer QTtje Senior ©ance After long hours of waiting and preparation, the night of the Senior Dance finally came. We Seniors who have seen the Senior dance other years, appreciated it to the full this year I think, because for the first time we were dancing instead of looking on. Among the factors upon which the dance depended, and which added to its success were the decorations, which were nicer than usual. Our thanks to Miss Jaques and the Art students for that. The gym. was transformed into a romantically dim, moonlit garden, and the garden motif was even carried out in the ice cream, which was in the shape of pink roses. Unfortunately the roses were a little, shall we say, - — hard to disintegrate! However, that only added to the merriment. Too soon the hour of departure came, and we hade our partners good night. Of course we were careful not to pursue them too far toward the door. This year on Friday, March twenty-fourth, the Senior Class presented Sis Perkins with Ruth Williams playing the title role. The plot concerns another country girl who makes good, but how she does it is by no means dull. Quite the opposite. Will you ever forget Anne Griffith as Count Gaston de Long? or Helen Haggan as Baldwin Chandler? These characters and the many humorous incidents in the play make it unforgettable, especially to those taking part, judging from the loud laughter resounding from the practices held in the Reception Room. Although they had little time for practising, the play was a great success. The new stage set made by the Art students and designed by Ruth Williams, reminded us all of some New York penthouse, and added a great deal of atmosphere to the play. The speeches were prepared, the tables decorated in the candle-lit dining room. It was the night of April twenty-first, the night of the Senior dinner of O.L.C., the event which marks the beginning of the end of our school year. The tables were all beautifully decorated, but the Senior table looked especially attractive. In the middle of the table stood a sweet girl graduate which we found out later was Lita ' s doll dressed up in a cap and gown with a bouquet of roses and a diploma in her arms. The girl graduate was surrounded by red tulips and there were bouquets of red tulips at either end of the long table. At each Senior ' s place was a silver coffee spoon, in the traditional pine tree pattern, the gift of the Juniors, and the place cards were little mortar boards. All these things carried out the Senior Class Colours — red, green and silver. After a delicious dinner, not fully enjoyed perhaps by those making speeches, the Toastmaster, Dr. Carscallen, proposed the toast to the King. After this followed the toasts to Our Country, Alma Mater, The Faculty, the Senior Class, the Other Classes, Student Organizations and the College Press. ©be gllumnae ©ea On Monday, May eighth, the Seniors and the Faculty were entertained at the home of Mrs. R. G. Grohb, of Whitby, by the Castle Chapter of the Alumnae. While Efje Mentor tunt (Efje Senior Bfnner

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JOYCE TAPLIH To know her better is to love her more. Early one July morning, 1923, a squawking baby was born in Toronto to the Taplin family. The first word Joyce uttered was not the traditional Da-da or Ma-ma but Don — or was it Geoff ? After such a promising start in life her parents decided it would be an excellent idea if she acquired some book learning so she spent some years at St. Clement ' s School, followed by North Toronto Col- legiate. Three years ago she came to O.L.C. Having passed through the stages of Happy Medium a nd Jolly Junior she has now become a Sweet Senior. Next year she plans to study Music and Dramatics in England. Best of luck in everything, Joy! Hobby — Doing things for others. Favourite Saying — Oh gosh! RUTH ELAIHE THOMSOH A brush in the hand is worth two in the palette. At Hastings, Ontario, on February the 7th, Ruth Elaine Thomson, was born. At Owen Sound she obtained her high school education at the Owen Sound Collegiate Vocational Institute. Ruth came to us this year to graduate in the general course, with art, sewing, and cooking. She is interested in all sports such as swimming, in which she is obtaining her Bronze; riding and tennis. Ruth is uncertain as to the future, although she may take a course in Interior Decorating. I quote: I ' m not marrying for years and years! Hobby — Stamp collecting. Favourite Expression — I ' m going to do this quick like a flash. MADELEEHE TYE She seems to be quiet but one never knows. Madeleine was born in Calgary in the year 1919. Moving to Edmonton at the tender age of eight, she obtained her pub- lic schooling there and later graduated from Stratchona High School. Madeleine came to O.L.C. last Septem- ber and is graduating in the general course with Interior Decoration option. She takes a keen interest in College affairs, being president of the Dramatic Society and secretary-treasurer of the S.C.M. Madeleine is thinking of going to the University of Alberta next year to take Household Economics. With her she takes the best wishes of all her friends at O.L.C. Hobby — Dramatics. Favourite Saying — Oh fun! It ' s a pet. RUTH WILLIAMS Obliging and cheerful, industrious and kind. Ruth was born in Timmins in 1921. She attended Forest Hill Village School and St. Clement ' s previous to her last two years which have been spent at O.L.C. She is one of our outstanding Seniors in Academic, Art, Athletics and Dram- atics. As a Junior student, last year, she won honours in public speaking, and this year played the title role in Sis Perkins, the Senior play. Ruth expects to continue her studies at the University of Toronto next fall. Hobby — Week ends. Favourite Saying — It ' s colossal! HELEH WHTTOCK I like to work, I really do, But I like a little dancing, too. Nineteen years ago this June, Helen Louise Whytock was born in Madoc. She has lived there all her life and attended Madoc Public School and High School. She came to O.L.C. this year in order to complete her Senior Matric. She also took sewing in her spare time. Helen has taken a great interest in riding and we are glad to hear that she does not have to go on the lead any more. She is undecided what she will do next year but she thinks she will take a busi- ness course in Toronto. However we have all enjoyed having Helen with us this year and wish her the best of luck in whatever she undertakes. Hobby — Going uptown for a coke. Favourite Saying — So help me, I don ' t know. e Fourteen

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tea was being served, some of the girls played on the piano and Barbara Jones sang. We all enjoyed ourselves very much, and appreciate the trouble the Alumnae took to entertain us. The most solemn and perhaps the most stirring of the Commencement Exercises is the Baccalaureate service, which took place on Sunday evening, June fourth. After the rest of the school arrived at the United Church, the Senior Class in caps and gowns came slowly in. Bea Bullen , Junior Class president, cut the white satin ribbons on the pews. The Very Reverend Peter Bryce, D.D., was the special speaker, and his talk to us will be most helpful always. When the Seniors returned to the school, the other students, the teachers and friends were lined up in Main Hall and they sang Saviour again to Thy dear name we raise while the Seniors went up the stairs. Afterward refreshments were served in the Common Room for the Seniors and their friends, and they were introduced to Dr. Bryce, whom they found to be even nicer than they had anticipated. At seven ' thirty sharp on the undecided morning of June fifth, the Seniors picked their way through the wet grass to the back lane for their breakfast picnic. In spite of the dampness, Dodie Leggett, with the help of Miss Taylor, coaxed the blue smoke of the fire into a crackling flame. While this was going on, the lazier ones sat and ate oranges. The motto of that picnic was really every man for himself though, since each one wanted her bacon cooked differently. After gorging on toast, bacon and coffee and toast, bacon and coffee the Class president, Mary-Liz Aitken, presented to Miss Taylor a lovely tooled leather photograph album, the gift of the Seniors. The fire, which we had so much trouble lighting, was much harder to put out, but Miss Taylor distinguished herself by extinguishing it and we returned home in fine fettle. After the Seniors returned from their breakfast picnic, the morning passed very quietly, except for the Juniors, who were busy making the daisy chain. At luncheon the Seniors were entertained by the Juniors in the Household Science Room and had an enjoyable time. Shortly after the luncheon was over, the Class Day exercises began. The Seniors, joined by the daisy chain, and led by Miss Taylor, came slowly into the concert hall. After each Senior ' s biography was read, the daisy chain was cut, so that she was free to take her place on the platform. After the reading of the Class Prophecy and the Valedictory, the Seniors went out in procession, followed by the whole school, and proceeded to the north-west orchard, which was formally opened after the planting of some forty trees presented by the Juniors of ' 38. The procession wound in sunshine and shadow through the grassy aisles, and we are delighted to know that Dr. Carscallen took a moving picture of the occasion. At night, the usual bonfire was built, and each Senior threw into it the subject which was the bane of her existence and read a little poem as she did so. After the bonfire everyone moved en masse to the flood light where the first form Art students gave an excerpt from Much Ado about Nothing. The costumes were all designed and made by first form and they were really beautiful. The setting and lighting were so beautiful, and the girls ' acting showed so much appreciation and spirit, I think the play gave us a better understanding of Shakespeare than we had ever had before. baccalaureate H erbtce Pernor Jgreafefatft Partp Claw Bap Cxerctees Page Sixteen