Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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a iHlfSgagc from JHisfEi iiioni How very short a time it seems when you look back on it now, these last ten months at O.L.C. But what a store of pleasant memories we share! Let us turn the pages of our mental snapshot album. Even that rather painful rainy day when we first slipped a trifle nervously past the guard of the lions, and ran a gauntlet of questions, and said good ' bye to parents, and faced a bare bedroom and an unknown room-mate, seems precious and amusing now. Then those lovely autumn days and that one perfect golden tree flooding the whole dining-room with sunshine; winter — the evergreens piled high with snow and the vestibule with skis (br-r-r but morning walks were chill) ; spring — the apple orchards and the May Day sunshine as a fitting setting for our pretty Queen and her Court; and to cap it all another perfect day for commencement and our white-gowned graduates, glamorous with red roses, the centre of everyone ' s attention and pride. It has surely been a good year, with frequent news of victories, providentially not for many of us saddened by news of loss of loved ones overseas. Certainly the one day out of the whole year which we will never forget to the end of our lives was the thrilling day when we heard that the guns had ceased in Europe and the Atlantic was at peace. With what thankful hearts we went together to Church to pray that this peace would endure not only for our time but far beyond it. We can not forget that, and, remembering, we must not forget that the keeping of the peace depends on us. We all enjoy singing Whittier ' s grand hymn ' O Brother Man ' . (We have had it on Main Hall nearly every morning, led by that notable quartette in No. 9). Let us hope that, like its tune, which sticks in the mind, its principles may be incised deep into our conduct, and every time we find ourselves slipping into intolerance or prejudice of class or race, those words may sing in our hearts above all the ' harsh discords and unpleasing sharps ' of life. To all of us the year has brought much of lasting benefit. We have made progress in our studies: through art and music and science and literature we have been learning more of the beauty and wonder of the world; through language and history and geography more of our brother man himself; through mathematics, commerce and economics how to adjust ourselves to practical problems; how to care for our health through courses in home nursing and healthful living; how to exercise, relax, and play in teams through games and gymnastics; how to train our minds through the formation of regular study habits; how to govern ourselves through the observance of simple rules of community living; and where Divine direction may always be found through regular Church and Chapel attendance. We have not all, of course, enjoyed complete success in learning these things. But even from our failures we can profit, if we have learned, in spite of discouragement, to keep our courage and our standards high. Only by setting our goal of perfection ever farther ahead, and then striving with all our might and main to reach it, do we win satisfaction for ourselves. We are never really pleased with ourselves when we have done something which was easy to do. The real satisfaction comes with achieving something hard. We may be a bit out of breath when we reach the moutain top, but the view up there will be wonderful. I am afraid that I have become so used to dishing out the oysters that the flavour is here too. But no one reads a message as long as this anyhow. Perhaps however, someone may skip to the last paragraph, and so here I shall put what I most want to say: to all the students of the year ' 44- ' 4 ' T, and especially to the graduates, my most sincere good wishes for success and happiness. Ave atque vale! Muriel H. Sissons Page Eleven

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OTelcome to Jtliss isisions We welcome to our rn dst Miss Sissons, the new Dean of our College. Miss Sissons has travelled widely abroad and her experience thus gained on the Continent and also at Ontario High Schools where she previously taught have all helped her to attain the qualifications of a cap ' able and understanding Dean. Miss Sissons has had before her a very difficult tas and we believe that she has succeeded in capably fidfilUng the position of Dean of our College. Let those of us who return m the Fall pledge ourselves to give every possible assistance to Miss Sissons during the next years when she will be with us. We hope that you have enjoyed this, your first year at O.L.C., Miss Sissons, and that you will continue to be happy here during the years that follow. Page Ten

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