Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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- 26 - Continued much more fun dancing when one can hear the music. Everyone said that it was the nicest P.C. Dance ever, but isn ' t every dance al- ways the nicest one ever? Hmm--I wonder if anyone has ideas about dates for the coming formal now?? Well, I must go to bed so that I can study tomorrow. Who invented exams! ! March 12. Dear Diary: Has everyone been inspired to be a singer after tonight ' s concert? I hear lots of humming and warbling(?) as I write this! Elizabeth Benson Guy and Jan Simons must have done something to the girls. Maybe it was Mr, Simon ' s rendition of Gershwin ' s I Got Plenty of Nuthin and Miss Guy ' s beau- tiful Allelulia ' by Mozart that did it. I will give up my budding career for a good sleep right now, March 19. Dear Diary: Soft lights, an orchestra playing the swish of filmy formals and an imaginary moon shining down on Spring in the Park . In case you are wondering what I am talking about ... it is the annual O.L.C. At Home Dance put on by the Athletic Association. It is strange how long we look forward to dances like this one, and how soon they are over. This one fulfilled every anticipa- tion. Well, it has been quite a night -- I am too excited to sleep . . . hmm , , . Miss Carter changed my mind. March 25. Dear Diary: Tonight was very appropriately term- ed An Evening of Music as the members of the Okticlos displayed their musical talents before us. We had special guests too, Marilyn Reader, Elaine Miller and Margaret Cameron, graduates of last year, who are studying this year at the Toronto Conserva- tory, sang and played for us. They really added something lovely to the concert. Also, making its first appearance on an Okticlos program, was the Choir which sang very beautifully. All in all, it was a thrilling evening. Everyone was good. It was so nice to watch your roomie or friend perform so well. I heard someone say it was one of the nicest concerts ever. I cannot say because it was my first one, but I know I will not forget it for a long time. April 29. Dear Diary: A night to remember always! The night of the Senior Dinner! The spirit and feeling expressed in all of the wonderful speeches is more than I can put into words. Miss Carter summed it up in a very clever poem that went like this: T ' s for the Teachers, so clever and bright, And also for Tuck that you guzzle at night. R ' s for the Reading and Writing you learn And ' rithmetic also must have its turn. A ' s for Athletics, of games quite a few. F is for French, vous en savez tout. A ' s for the Algebra Miss Hardie instructs, L ' s for the Latin with its hies, haecs and hoes, G ' s for Geography and History too, A ' s for all good that is coming to you. R ' s for the Rules we all keep with care And also for Rowcliffe, whose work is so fair. C ' s for the Cottage we all love to visit For the very great kindness we always find in it. A ' s for the Activity at the sound of the bell. S for the Staff who help us so well T is for Temple and Typing and Trig. L ' s for the Ladies you ' ll be when you ' re big. E ' s for us Elders who wish you the best. Both now and hereafter in every test. After the dinner and the autographs (we felt like celebrities the Seniors went

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- 25 - DIARY - Continued December 4, afternoon. Dear Diary: Wonderful news! The exams ended yesterday and I am still alive along with everyone else. To lop that, we could sleep in this morning, until noon jf we wanted to. What a life! Our exam results? -- time will tell. For the moment, let us relax. December 4, evening. Dear Diary: The Canadian Concert Association of Whitby presented here, tonight, their first concert, featuring Mary Syme, pianist, and Catherine Howard, mezzo-soprano. There were many beautiful selections among which were Handel ' s Art Thou Troubled and Debussy ' s Brouillards . But for O.L.C., the most interesting piece was the premiere performance of Little Rhap- sody by Helen Durant. You see, Helen Durant had gone to school here for ten years and was sitting in the audience tonight. It was a well-spent evening. December 17. Dear Diary: Turkey, candlelight and carol singing -- they were all part of the beautiful Christmas festival that took place tonight. The dining room was transformed into what certainly could have been the Royal York as the candlelighters went around to each table lighting the candles. The girls looked very lovely in their formals as they sat and talked, and waited for the turkey. Besides the Candlelighting Procession, there was the Boar ' s Head Procession -- something that added an extra bit of Christ- mas spirit to the whole celebration. Last but not least --the carol singing. There is no song as beautiful as a Christmas carol. I Wish You a Merry Christmas was very gay, even if we could not stamp our feet for the figgy pudding ; besides, we had our figgy pudding , anyway. After the dinner, a very stirring pa- geant took place on the Lower Main stairs -- The Nativity Scene -- with the Choir sing- ing in the background, and Janet Millin- champ reading the Scripture was a perfect ending to a perfect evening. January 8. Dear Diary: 1 feel as though I have just returned from a tour of Europe! We just saw Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Toll ' s 3-D pictures of their summer trip, and they were wonderful. We visited everywhere from Trafalgar Square to the peak of Mount Etna, travelling all the way via Volkswagen — a very in- teresting way to travel. I was sorry, when the lights came on, to find myself back in Whitby. I hope that we can go on another such journey very soon. January 15. Dear Diary: We had a special treat tonight in the person of Mr. Gordon Hallett, who is a bril- liant pianist. He certainly kept us engrossed in music, especially by his finale Funerailles . Enjoyed too, because of its familiarity, was his encore --a Chopin Waltz. February 12. Dear Diary: Tonight we visited the land of China as speech and drama students presented Lady Precious Stream . All the girls handled their parts very well; Margaret Bird, as Precious Stream , and Anne Robertson, as her lively sister Silver Stream , were especially good, February 19, Dear Diary: Our last fling before the exams has been flung! The Pickering Dance was a huge suc- cess. The record player did not break and the P.A. System did not let us down. It is

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THE MAY QUEEN