Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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jforettiord WANTED - WIT- NESSES! This is the placard which the Spirit of Truth lifts before you who stand poised at the disemba r k a t i o n point, your initial training completed; and why shouldn ' t she issue public notice of her claim? Today sinister pow- ers on every side are competing with one another in seek- ing to harness the enthusiastic and venturesome zeal of youth by masquer- ading their real in- tentions as they secretly go about their sly business of entrapping the un- wary in their ten- tacles. If ever anyone needed courageous champions to make a deter- mined and a permanent stand, Truth needs them now. You will be a fervent follower of some leader — perchance you may actually be the leader; but remember, the side you choose will determine the future of many who follow after you. Almost a century ago, Karl Marx wrote: Religion is a fantastic realization of the human being. Many were stupid enough to believe he was right — and see what a maelstrom he and they have set in motion with their vision of man without God! To share communism ' s materialistic hope is to impale yourself on the horns of certain destruction: but to side with truth is noble even though its price be high. It gives me singular pleasure to commend Vox Collegii of 1953 to you. It will serve as a picturesque account of a memorable year for you all, but particularly for the Seniors. Yet I trust that above all things O. L. C. has enkindled in you the vision that They must upward still and onward Who would keep abreast of Truth . S. L. Osborne. One