Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Commencement ©ap €xtni t WEDNESDAY— JUNE 11th, at 2 p.m. Chairman — Mr. T. G. Rogers President of the Board of Directors Invocation Remarks Hon. Capt. Rev. E. Ralph Adye, L.Th. Principal Carscallen GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS Collegiate — Violet I. Andress (Modern History), Sudbury, Ontario; Joan Campbell, Toronto, Ontario; Williston Mildred Downham (M.S. Latin, Modern History), Strathroy, Ontario; Mary E. Elliott (Physics), Deloro, Ontario; Dorothy W. Hawkings, Kenogami, Quebec; Mary Ruth James (Latin Comp., French Authors), Bowmanville, Ontario; Bernice Agnes Johnston (Physics, French Comp.), Eston, Saskatchewan; Ollie A. Koleff (French Comp., Modern History), Sudbury, On- tario; Elaine McKinley Peck, Toronto, Ontario; Louise Martina Skutezky, Mont- real, Quebec; Marian E. Thompson (Latin Comp.), Aurora, Ontario; Helen Margaret Yates (French Comp., Geometry), Hamilton, Ontario. Commercial — Elizabeth Livingstone Cameron, Niagara Falls, Ontario; Margaret Gwendolyn Dibben, Kitchener, Ontario; Donna Jean Gillis, Ridgetown, Ontario; Elizabeth Gift Hull, St. Catharines, Ontario; Vivian Eileen McConnell, Port Bur- well, Ontario; Evelyn Beth McNevin (Arithmetic, Typewriting Accuracy), King- ston, Ontario; Elizabeth Anne Reid (Arithmetic, Typewriting Accuracy), King- ston, Ontario; Barbara Elizabeth E. Stokes, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Barbara J. Turville, St. Thomas, Ontario; Margaret Norma Williams, Englehart, Ontario. Household Science — Elizabeth Lewis Forman, Detroit, Michigan; Charlotte Gentles, Whitby, Ontario; Kathleen Elizabeth Glynn, Sarnia, Ontario; Margaret Helen McCallum, Oshawa, Ontario; Pauline Audrey Woollings, Englehart, Ontario. Dietetics — Jean Marie Pipher, Stouffville, Ontario; Frances Mary Robb (Senior Dietetics), Sarnia, Ontario. Valedictory — Marian Thompson. Prelude in C Minor Bach arranged for two pianos by Harold Bauer Connie McKeen and Miss Ruth Loghead WINNERS OF CERTIFICATES PIANO— PRACTICAL Grade X — Jane Carol Renwick (Honours). Grade VIII— Marion Buell, Helen Yates. Grade IV — Jill Sieveking (Honours), Eva Skutezky (First Class Honours). VOCAL— Grade X — Jane Carol Renwick (Honours). Page Nineteen

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' Who ' s that in the middle of the street? ' Why, it ' s Dottie Hawkins — direct ' ing traffic at the four corners. Charlotte is finally realising her ambition as hotel hostess at the Royal York. I heard from Thompy the other day, and she ' s decided she wanted a little city life and excitement so she packed off to New York. She ' s staying at the Waldorf ' Astoria. Gee! that ' s quite an expensive abode! Oh! yes, but she ' s chief cook and bottle washer — (mostly bottle washer). I saw some woman pitching hay the other day on a farm. I stopped to get the time and do you know it was Ollic Koleff! She was even standing pigeon-toed! She said Helen Yates was chief spider killer in Labatt ' s Brewery. She takes after her great grand ' pappy, you know. Louise has had a nervous breakdown from getting up too early to study for exams. And Joan, I hear you are just back from Miami, where you ' ve been teaching the tropical fish how to swim. That ' s right! Valcbictorp At this time, in many places on this continent, schools and universities are marking the close of the year and the completion of courses of study by ceremonies such as these tO ' day. In the midst of a world of disorder and distress, these accustomed observ ances are proceeding in order and peace. We think of this circumstance with pro ' found gratitude. Learning still keeps its place of quiet, though from its halls both young men and young women go out to take the part which learning has fitted them to take in the vast struggle which civilization is waging for survival. If we were to search for a symbol which might embody our hopes as we leave the safe serenity of school and its accustomed tasks, we would find it in the torch which is being flown from the Western coast of Canada to England ' s great Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The torch, in many lands, and through many ages, has been the symbol of Learning, Enlightenment, Justice, Freedom and Victory. It is to be found on the keystone in the East Bay in the Hall of Honour in the Scottish War Memorial. It is characteristic of a torch in symbolic use that it is represented as being passed from hand to hand. It lights the path of him who carries it. It is timeless, it comes from strong and faithful hands in ancient days and it passes on to strong and faithful hands forever. These are the things which we would remember tO ' day in leaving our school. Some who once worked in these classrooms are now serving as nurses and ambulance drivers overseas. Some in their English homes are literally on the front line in the battle of Britain. When we began our course here three, four, five years ago a happy and joyous path seemed to lie beyond the gates of school. Now there lies a world so beset and threatened we search our minds for the steadfast purpose, the firm courage, and the clear vision of victorious endurance which will make us worthy to bear and to hand on these great things of which a torch is the symbol, and our school a teacher and guardian. Marian Thompson age Eighteen

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THEORY— Grade V Counterpoint — Ruth James (Honours). Grade V History — Jane Carol Renwick (Honours). Grade HI Harmony — Eleanor Quance. Grade H — Marian Buell (First Class Honours), Monica McMullen (First Class Honours). COMMERCIAL— Secretarial — Yvonne E. Baillie (Honours), Evelyn G. Fallow, M. Carmen Gauthier. ART— Interior Decoration — Ann Taylor. HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE— Homemakers ' — Ann Howden. RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE— Standard Leadership — Violet Andress, Yvonne Baillie, Mary Boulton, Marian Buell, Betty Cameron, Joan Campbell, Helen Craise, Margaret Dibben, Williston Down- ham, Mary Elliott, Evelyn Fallow, Betty Ferguson, Betty Forman, Patti Gervan, Donna Gillis, Kathleen Glynn, Dorothy Hawkings, Marion Holden, Ann Howden, Betty Hull, Ruth James, Joyce Jenkins, Bernice Johnston, OUie KoletT, Patricia Lill, Betty Mackintosh, Jean Marshall, Joan Morris, Margaret McCallum, Vivian McConnell, Jean Mclntyre, Connie McKeen, Marjorie McRae, Ethelind Nunns, Elaine, Peck, Jean Pipher, Jane Carol Renwick, Frances Robb, Louise Skutezky, Barbara Stokes, Ann Taylor, Marian Thompson, Barbara Turville, Evalyn Weese, Norma Williams, Audi ' ey Woollings, Helen Yates. Youth Leadership — June Burgess, Mona Campbell, Ann Fleming, Hazel Gordon, Daphne Healey, Sonia Healey, Mary Hetherington, Rosalie Holling, Christine Howse, Jean Kernaghan, Joan Lawrence, Helen Mitchell, Monica McMullen, Joan Ormiston, Hilda Pearson, Marilyn Rankin, Dorothy Richards, Margaret Smith, Margaret Staveley, Natalie Ward, Meriel Westmore. AWARDING OF MEDALS (Collegiate Department) The Governor-General ' s Medal, for highest standing in Fifth Form Collegiate — Dorothy Hawkings. Silver Medal, donated by Mr. G. M. Goodfellow, for second highest standing in Fifth Form Collegiate — Elaine Peck. The Lieutenant-Governor ' s Medal for highest standing in Fourth Form Collegiate- Connie McKeen. Silver Medal, donated by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, for second highest stand- ing in Fourth Form — Joan Morris. Silver Medal, donated by fhe Canadian Bank of Commerce, for highest standing in Third Form — Monica McMullen. AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Inter-Class Scholarship Trophy, in memory of May Thompson, teacher 1916-19, pre- sented by a friend — Form IV. Alumnae Association Scholarship, highest standing in any three Academic subjects, 1939-40— Louise Skutezky. Rev. Dr. Hare Memorial Scholarship, by Ottawa Alumnae Association, highest stand- ing in Fourth Form Collegiate — Connie McKeen. Page Twenty