Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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€tiitorial This year the future loo s more hopeful to us who are starting out in a world which is m the process of freeing itself from the dar shadows of war. Most of us realize that the years ahead offer all a mighty challenge. We are conscious of the tremendous problems which confront our generation — the tas of rebuilding abroad, the problem of readjustment at home and, above all, the necessity to establish a firm foundation for peace. We have been acquiring the tools with which to equip ourselves for ta ing part in the great job ahead. We now that the responsibility is that of youth and we realize that this responsibility is an honour — perhaps the greatest honour awarded any people at any time in the history of mankind. The leaders of every peace-loving nation realize, as exemplified m the San Francisco Conference, that we must rearm morally for the battle for peace which has already begun. There miwt be no Lotus Years ' this time. The slaughter, the hearthrea , the disease of the past decade must never be allowed to occur again. We, the people, have a responsibility to those of our generation, who will be returned service men and women, and to the starved peoples of Europe and Asia, crushed by the ruthless Isms ' . Totalitari anism must be banished. We must discard material- ism, don the garment of love, and rearm for the fight to retain the peace which we all hunger after. The challenge is directed not only to the Youth of today, who remained at home during these five years of war, but also to the veterans who return. They have a responsibility too. We must help them to fulfil their responsibility. There will be another war in another twentyfive years if the returned soldiers thin that their duty is done. We need these men who have met reality and now what will happen if we fail now. Everyone everywhere — no matter what his position in life — has before- him a challenge and a respo-nsibility in the Battle for Right. The education which we have been receiving here, and which we shall continue to further in the great wide world around us, will mal{e us responsible custodians of the democratic traditions of our land. We need the courage, the vision and the deter- mination of a strong people if we are to succeed. Let us bend our shoulders to the tas . Let us not shun the advice of our fathers and express the opinion that we, the Youth of the World, now all. Let us put our hand in the hand of God and soon we shall discover that the way is not as difficult as it now appears. V.J.R. Page Five

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Jforehjorb With the cessation of the war in Eurobe, we resume the puhlica- tion of our College Tear Boo with its record of our year together. The student hody this year has been a very representative one with students from Halifax to Vancouver, from England, and from the United States, Bermuda, Jamaica, Guatemala, and South America as well. We each have learned something from the other ' s viewpoint, and its effect on us should be to promote understanding, tolerance and respect in regard to those whose backgrounds differ much from our own. I congratulate the Editor and the Committee of Management on the completion of their enterprise and hope that the Tear Boo}{ may do mtich in preserving in memory, and perhaps deepening, the various experiences and activities of the school year. To those who go out from the school we extend best wishes for a well ' lived and happy life. Whether you go on to the University to further your education, or assume a business position, or set up a home for yourself, we trust that you will remember with pleasure your life at O.L C. and ivill cherish in your minds and hearts the things for which the College has endeavoured to stand. To the larger number of students who will be with us again in September we wish a happy and restfid holiday. C. R. Carscallen. Page Seven