Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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DEDICATION Each year we members of the Faculty approach Commencement Day with mingled feelings. We rejoice with the graduating class in the achievement of their goal; we sympathize with their high hopes for the future; and on the other hand, we regret the severing of the ties which have bound us so closely together as members of our little com- munity. But Commencement Day of 1948 brought with it an even more profound regret, for this year our Principal Dr. Carscallen, after bidding farewell to his twentieth group of graduates, was himself to bid farewell to O.L.C. — not, like his students to face the problems and perplexities of the workaday world, but to reap the fruits of his years of high endeavour, to enjoy, we hope, a long period of well-earned leisure. When Dr. Carscallen in 1928 assumed the responsibilities of his present position he had already had a wide experience in academic life, having spent twenty-one years on the staff of West China Union University, as professor of Theology and later also as Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Vice-President of the University. He was in this capacity a member of the group of educationists who were re- sponsible for the development of this modern seat of learning in the heart of China. This experience, though gained in a very different environment, has been a prime factor in his success in dealing with the problems of our College. His practical grasp of finance, his mature judgment, his insistence on the observance of democratic principles in the relations among the various elements of our Community life, have contributed largely to the maintaining of a harmonious atmosphere and to the prosperity which the College has enjoyed during these years. His students will always cherish the memory of his patience and for- bearance, his words of encouragement when homesickness or low grades brought them to his office for an interview, and his keen interest in every phase of their College life. But I must not fail to pay tribute also to the part played by Mrs. Carscallen during her years at O.L.C. She has participated, as far as her other duties would permit, in all College activities, and her gracious hospitality, both at the Cottage and at the more formal College functions, will be warmly remembered by students and faculty alike. As Librarian she has so reorganized and expanded the College Library that it now affords an unusually wide choice of reading matter for pleasure as well as for reference purposes. Her inspiring talks at morning Chapel service and her splendid courses in Religious Knowl- edge have left a lasting impression on the minds of her young hearers. So it is with a keen sense of loss that we say farewell to Dr. and Mrs. Carscallen, while wishing them health and happiness during their years of retirement. M. Carman Page Eleven

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