Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Dctucatton It would be an idle thing for us to try to make speeches or to write flowery words about the Royal Visit, of which so much has already been said. Ever since May 15th, the thought of Their Majesties has occupied our minds almost constantly. This tour has meant a great deal not only to Canada and the Canadian people, but to the whole Empire. Seldom, if ever, have the students of the College been moved by so thrilling an event as the sight of Their Majesties, King George and Queen Elizabeth, on the occasion of their visit to Toronto, where, with thousands of people from all parts of the province, we went on the twenty-second of May to join in a loyal welcome. Though our reactions were no different from those of the thousands of other people who saw them, the impressions of the day were so profound and so happy that we feel that they should find the chief place in our chronicle of the year, and so we dedicate the Year Book of 1939 to the memory of the Royal Visit, and publish a picture of Their Majesties as we ourselves saw them on this unfor- gettable occasion.

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jforetoorb bp Br. Cargcallert THE YEAR has gone very quic ly, and it seems impossible that it is so near its end. A[o sooner had we experienced the glories of Autumn, with which we began the year, than Winter was upon us, and, before we were aware of it, Spring was here, and Spring at O. L. C. is a rare experience of beauty. On the whole the year has been a happy one. We have shared intimately in a common life. We have wor ed, played and worshipped together and have become moulded into a very close family. To a great extent, we have made and enforced the regulations that have ordered our common life and have thus learned something of the values of democracy and the methods by which it functions, and, in this age of Dictators when democracy is being challenged on every side, that is something valuable to learn. Life in a residential school gives us that intangible sense of community which develops as character is formed through successful living together; for it is through living together that a boarding school with religious traditions and purposes mal{es its great contribution to society. We have formed friendships that ma e for wholesome adjustments in later life, and we have learned to understand people. Through our meetings for worship, we have been quic ened to an increasing awareness of spiritual values which has had a wholesome influence upon our whole group life. In one small community we cannot do much to reform society as a whole, but we can help the members of our community to develop those attitudes of responsibility to others which will contribute to community well-being wherever they may live in later life. In conclusion, I desire to congratulate the Editor of the Year Boo on a tas well done, and to wish all the school a very happy holidav. C. R. Carscallen