Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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editorial Last year, in May, when I was elected Editor of Vox Collegii , I was thrilled beyond words. I was honoured that O.L.C. wanted me, a new girl, as Prefect. That night I dream- ed that I was Editor — in bifocals, with a stub of pencil, sitting at a littered desk, correcting galley sheets. It was very roman- tic. Then, after the night, in the cold light of morn- ing, I faced grim reality. The extent of my knowledge of writing and printing would not even cover the cheese in an O.L.C. mouse- trap. Now, as the smoke of battle clears, and Vox Col- legii goes to press, I won- der. Do I know much more? It has all happened so quickly and has been such a wonderful experience that it has seemed almost like the dream that I had. PATRICIA RIDDELL, Yearbook Prefect, This year, the Chapel year, is particularly special at O.L.C. and someday all of us privileged to be here now, will look back and say; I was there when the Chapel was built . But that is not all that we shall remember. We shall hear again the heated debates — Shall we change the Yearbook name or shall we not? We shall remember the posters: Vote for Blue Flyte or Vox Col- legii or Thread of Gold . We shall re-live the excitement of the voting day and the result: Vox Collegii was still our book. We shall hope: that we too have put something worth while into the collec- tion of College Yearbooks. Now the editorial desk is clearing and the floor again reveals its wooden nature. Already the Staff walks in a more or less normal way to the door instead of teetering one foot in front of the other through the clutter of copy and pictures. Yet the course of life is perverse for now, naturally, there are fewer knocks which need to be answered. The mail-man brings no more advertisement contracts or cuts: and picture proofs will not weigh his sack for a day or two yet. So, worn down with editing copy, your Editor reclines in her easy chair, a capacious wastepaper basket close at hand, composing her remarks to you. Chiefly these must consist of thanks: for the challenge we have been given and the opportunity we have found. It is true that we have quailed at the prospect of our inadequacies being laid bare but we have tried to forestall the possibility of this and individually, and as a Committee have consulted you, the Faculty and School, to know what suggestions you wished to offer us. You have been very good to us and there are indeed many of you that we must specially thank. Dr. Osborne gave us the privilege of calling this the Chapel Edition and has indeed made it all possible. Throughout the year he has given us of his resources as a Principal and of his gifts as a per- son. He offered us a great adventure when he asked us to join him in his plan to bring more closely to- gether, through the Alumnae Bulletin, all the members of the College, past and present. May his hope be fulfilled and in all our homes may Vox Collegii have a conspicuous place so that the name of the College may continue to be known across the country. To Miss Carter we are in perpetual debt — for ideas when ideas were lacking; for her judgment when feeling ran high and for time, when time ran out. Mrs. Hill too, we cannot re-pay. She leaves U3 with a lasting impression of integrity and ability as we look back over the days when she waited for o ur debates to end so that she could know for PAGE TEN

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Miss J. MAY CARTER Dean

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what she was to design a cover. And would we not all like to claim as our own, the work she has done for us ? Thank-you, Mrs. Hill more than we can say. To Mr. John Scott, of the Scott Studio, Whitby, we also offer our heartfelt thanks. He has been more than generous with his time and skill and patience. The large amount of fine photography available to the Committee is the result of his keenness. Of Mrs. Bradley we must also make special mention. At a moment ' s notice, she prepared for us a grand list of people who might be interested in advertising in Vox Collegii . Our advertising section itself is proof of the service she rendered us. And so to the work of our Bursar and School Secretary. Apart from so much that is already done, with them rest s the most important task of checking that our book reaches those with whom we want to join hands — our Alumnae members across the land. On behalf of students and Alumnae alike, may we offer our sincere thanks, Miss Newman and Mrs. Richardson, for all that you have done and will, we know, still find to do for Vox Collegii . No word of ours could end without a word of course for the Editorial Staff. Gloria Gardner, as As- sistant Editor, has been a jack-of-all trades and master of all, handling a thousand and one tasks that are classed under Miscellaneous in the Editorial Office. She has been patient and cheerfful even when I wanted to explode or at least to scream. Our School Events Editor, Doreen Yaxley, has always been busy lending a helping hand, thinking up new ideals and helping to make difficult decisions. Sharon Long has, over the year, as Sports ' Editor, kept a book of Athletic events that in itself should be printed. Excerpts from this have helped her edit the Sports ' pages. Wendy Greer, our photographer has taken and collect- ed snapshots all year with a bubbling zest and enthusiasm that spurred us all on. Thank-you, Wendy. Joanne Strowger and Shirley Moffatt as Business Managers have kept us from falling off the deep end financially. Owing to their management, we have a wonderful group of advertisers this year. Margaret Austin, too, has been a magnificent worker and we are sure that neither we nor she will forget that pages must be typed before they can be printed. Thank-you. Margaret. These girls, the Committee of Vox Collegii , with Mrs. Furlong at the helm, have steered the course through the rough waters of the Editorial Sea, working in harmony, developing seamanship. The end of the College year approaches and as we come to May Day and Graduation, our thoughts are very much with those for whom this year will be the last spent within the College gates. We wish them good luck in whatever they choose to do and we hope that next year, when Mrs. Osborne leaves for an Alumnae tea, that she will return to us with news that they keep the College ways deep in their hearts. Which brings us to another and final thank-you. No group of people can be held to- gether by ideals alone. Only through a living personality can we be united. When we look back upon our days here, some of our happiest recollec- tions will be of those happy hours when Mrs. Os- borne entertained us at formal dinner, buffet sup- per, tea or lunch and made us feel that in the lives of our Principal and his wife, there is, and always will be, a warmth of feeling that will make the College what it truly is to us, our other home. We know that we are feeling this as you, the Alumnae have felt it and still do feel it. It is in this spirit of fellowship that we now put before you, the Faculty, the present stu- dents and all our many friends and supporters, Vox Collegii of 1956. PATRICIA RIDDELL, Editor. PAGE ELEVEN