Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Commencement JBap (ExerctsM WEDNESDAY— JUNE 7th, at 2 p.m. Chairman — Prof. C. B. Sissons, B.A., LL.D. President of the Board of Directors Invocation .... R ev . G. 0. Fallis, B.D., C.B.E. Remarks - Principal Carscallen Rhapsody - - - - - - - - - - Demarest (arranged for Organ and Piano) Miss Jean Mackenzie and Miss Helen Quinn GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS Collegiate — Mary-Elisabeth Aitken, Windermere, Ontario; Berenice Gordon (French Composition, German Composition), Toronto, Ontario; Helen Dorothy Haggan, Haliburton, Ontario; Margaret Venard Houston, Belleville, Ontario; Dorothy Alice Leggett, Ottawa, Ontario; Doris Jane Little (Modern History), Trenton, Ontario; Margaret Kathleen Mackey (Trigonometry, French Composition), Lindsay, On- tario; Olive Barbara Manville (French Composition), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; Marjorie Jean McMullen, Frankford, Ontario; Joyce Louise Taplin (Middle School Latin Composition, Zoology), Toronto, Ontario; Helen Louise Whytock, Madoc, Ontario; Ruth Gunning Williams, Toronto, Ont. Commercial — Grace Eleanor Dibben, Kitchener, Ontario; Grace Elizabeth Hemphill, Deloro, Ontario; Geraldine E. Muter, Waterloo, Ontario; Marion M. McColl, To- ronto, Ontario; Margaret Yvonne Senior, Listowel, Ontario; Dorothy Mary Serviss, (Shorthand Speed, Typing Speed), Gait, Ontario; Joyce London Smith, Marmora, Ontario. Household Science — Gwenfrydd Forrester, Paisley, Ontario; Helen Rae Hagerman, Bancroft, Ontario. General — (Art Option) Anne Muriel Griffith (French Composition, Middle School Latin Composition), Leamington, Ontario; Catharine Johnston Jewett, St. Catharines, Ontario; (Art Option) Eva Gwendolyn Sutcliffe, Trenton, Ontario; Ruth Elaine Thomson, Owen Sound, Ontario; (Art Option) Madeleine Watson Tye, Edmonton. Alberta. Valedictory — Ruth Williams. Man Coeur S ' Ouvre a ta Voix — From Samson and Delilah — Saint-Saens Barisara Jones WINNERS OF CERTIFICATES PIANO— PRACTICAL A.T.C.M. Teacher ' s Diploma — Barbara Jones (Honours). Grade IX — Gracia Bullen (Honours), Margaret Houston, Sheila Mackenzie (Hon- ours). Grade VIII— Olive Airhart. Grade VI — Doris Common. Grade IV — Annette Common. Grade II — Jane Mclntyre (Honours). Grade I — Frances Dale (Honours). ORGAN— Grade VIII — Gracia Bullen (First Class Honours). VOCAL— Grade VIII — Helen Haggan (Honours), Margaret Houston (Honours). THEORY— Written Examination in the Teaching of Piano — Elizabeth Doe (Honours), Mar garet MacDonald (Honours), Marjorie Thai (Honours). Grade V, Counterpoint — Barbara Jones (First Class Honours), Valerie Farewell (Honours), Marjorie Thai, Olive Airhart. Grade V Harmony — Elizabeth Doe (Honours), Margaret Macdonald. Grade V Form — Elizabeth Doe (Honours). Grade V History — Barbara Jones (First Class Honours). Grade IV Counterpoint — Mary-Elisabeth Aitken (Honours). Grade III Harmony — Gracia Bullen. Grade III History — Joyce Smith (Honours). Grade II— Ollie Koleff (First Class Honours). ART— (Interior Decoration) — Marye Butler, Fern Spracklin. I ' ikjc Nin

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Berenice Gordon had just married the fabulously wealthy Rajah of Newah, and will probably spend the rest of her life travelling. We then moved on to the cattle section, where Helen Whytock ' s prize bull had just won another first. Helen told us that Joyce Smith had moved again and was up north this time, teaching shorthand to the Eskimo. We met Gerry Muter for dinner and went on to the Horse Show, where we applauded to our hearts ' content when Dorothy Serviss carried off the cup for the Champion Ladies ' Hunter. We got together after the show and had to listen to a lot of raving from Gerry on the ideal husband. Dorothy told us that Ruth Williams was now Mrs. Jay Shyler, living in Painted Post, Missouri; also that Madeleine Tye had an Art studio in Athens teaching the fine Arts to the Greeks. And so ended a perfect day and back to work for us — Barbara back to her teaching out west and myself to my reporter ' s office to write up the news of the day for Winchell ' s column. alebutorp This year has been an anxious and troubled one in the world ' s history, and the future is yet heavily shadowed. Although, through a tremendous will for peace, the crisis of last Autumn was safely passed, time has proved that those argreements, though satisfactory then, really achieved nothing. The problem of the future peace of the world is yet unsolved. Older people, our mothers, fathers and teachers, in considering Youth ' s part in the world to-day, fall into two groups. The first appeal to Youth, urging us to be wise and courageous, that we may be fit to take up our responsibilities. The second group lament the chaos of the world, and pity the young people who must deal with the outcome of their mistakes. It would be strange, if, in a valediction to school life, a young speaker could say any profound or illuminating thing. This I cannot hope to do, but perhaps those older and wiser will listen patiently to a voice which, in bidding farewell to class ' mates and to a beloved school, strives to express a hope for an ultimate good emerging from the present struggle. Twenty-five years ago that gentle and fearless woman, Edith Cavell, about to face a cruel and ruthless death, said Patriotism is not enough. Let us consider this utterance for a moment, that we may understand its full signifiance. She did not mean that patriotism, a noble thing in itself, should be discarded. She meant that if nations are ever to live side by side in peace and harmony, something more than patriotism is needed. We must overcome our prejudices of race, creed and class, and adopt that wider view of patriotism, the essence of which no other single word but humanity can contain. To us who are young, and whose lives must be shaped and directed by some clear aim, here is, perhaps, the illuminating word. Humanity is the only concept of civilization large enough to preserve civilization. And so, in farewell to those with whom we have lived, worked and played, who with ourselves go forth to deal with a future tremendous in its possibilities, we would say humbly and sincerely that we shall strive for an understanding of patriotism that shall transcend national boundaries; for an appreciation of the contributions of peoples, different from ourselves; for a sense of justice, tolerance, and generosity in creed, class and race. And if this ideal should seem remote and visionary, we need only turn to history for evidence that Where there is no vision, the people perish, and that it is ever by vision that a people is exalted. — Ruth Williams Page Eighteen

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COMMERCIAL— ( Secretarial ) — Marjorie Snelgrove. HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE— (Homemaker ' s) — Grace Miller. RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE— Standard Leadership — Olive Airhart, Mary-Elisabeth Aitken, Gracia Bullen, Marye Butler, Grace Dibben, Gwenfrydd Forrester, Cherry Gauthier, Charlotte Gentles, Jean Gordon, Kathleen Gordon, Anne Griffith, Helen Hagerman, Helen Haggan, Grace Hemphill, Catharine Jewett, Barbara Jones, June Kennedy, Rotha Klopp, Dorothy Leggett, Doris Little, Margaret Mackey, Betty MacLeod, Barbara Man- ville, Grace Miller, Geraldine Muter, Marion McColl, Mary McGuffin, Annabel McKay, Jean McMullen, Ruth Neidelman, Margaret Senior, Dorothy Serviss, Joyce Smith, Marjorie Snelgrove, Fern Spracklin, Eva Sutcliffe, Joyce Taplin, Marjorie Thai, Ruth Thomson, Madeleine Tye, Annabelle Warren, Ruth Williams. Youth Leadership — Mary Louise Attridge, Betty Cameron, Joan Campbell, Annette Common, Doris Common, Patricia Compton, Valerie Farewell, Elizabeth Hazelton, Rosalie Holling, Marie House, Margaret Houston, Elizabeth Hungerford, Sheila Kennedy Ollie Koleff, Sheila Mackenzie, Muriel Messinger, Helen Mitchell, Janet Montgomery-Moore, Ruth McCulloch, Kathleen McGill, Peggy McGinness, Connie McKeen, Eleanor McKowan, Monica McMullen, Marjorie McRae, Hilda Pearson, Yvonne Rumfeldt, Marion Thompson, Helen Yates. AWARDING OF MEDALS The Governor-General ' s Medal, highest standing in Fifth Form Collegiate — Mary-Elisa- beth Aitken. Silver Medal, donated by Mr. G. M. Goodfellow for the second highest standing in Fifth Form Collegiate— Ruth Williams. The Lieutenant-Governor ' s Medal for the highest standing in Fourth Form Collegiate — Mary Louise Attridge. Silver Medal, donated by the Canadian Bank of Commerce for the second highest standing in Fourth Form — Valerie Farewell. Gold Medal, donated by Mr. Robert Thompson for the highest standing in Third Form Collegiate — Betty Hungerford. Silver Medal, donated by the Canadian Bank of Commerce for the highest standing in Second Form Collegiate — Connie McKeen. Gold Medal, donated by R. N. Bassett for the highest standing in A.T.C.M. Piano (Teacher ' s) — Barbara Jones. Silver Medal, donated by Mr. G. D. Atkinson, for the highest standing in Grade IX Piano — Gracia Bullen. AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Inter-Class Scholarship Trophy, in memory of May Thompson, teacher 1916-19, pre- sented by a friend — Form II. Alumnae Association Scholarship, highest standing in any three Academic subjects, 1937-38— Helen Haggan. Rev. Dr. Hare Memorial Scholarship, by Ottawa Alumnae Association, highest stand- ing in Fourth Form Collegiate — Mary Louise Attridge. The Dr. F. Louis Barber Bursary 1 The Arthur H. Allin Bursary } to be available to students ente ™g in 1939 - 40 - AWARDING OF PRIZES Collegiate Department — Prize, by Prof. C. B. Sissons, highest standing in Honour Matriculation Modern His- tory — Valerie Farewell, Helen Haggan (equal). Prize, by Prof. C. B. Sissons, highest standing in Junior Matriculation Ancient His- tory — Mary Louise Attridge. Prize for highest standing in Honour Matriculation Mathematics — Mary-Elisabeth Aitken. Prize, by Dr. C. F. McGillivray, highest standing in Honour Matriculation Biology — Dorothy Leggett. Parje Twenty