Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Found by a Form-Teacher Our Classroom, O.L.C. Dear Parents, We want to tell you about Initiation Day which was on Friday. After school, we ran to the Bulletin Board to see the order the Head Girl had posted there. Jane Carruthers said that all the new girls were to wear a slip over a gym. top, and a full skirt put on topsy-turvy and gathered at the waist, with a belt to hold it. We were to have lipstick on our hands, a nylon stocking over our heads, a nylon sock on one foot, with a rubber over it and a sock with a paper bag over it, on the other. You can imagine how funny it looked. The old girls felt very mighty when the new girls had to bow down four times to each of them. Our poor knees ! They were so dirty ! The tasks included shining shoes, dusting Main Hall stairs with one piece of Kleenex and countnig the squares on the side-walk. Some had to find pine cones for the fireplace, and some had to wash Dr. Osborne ' s car. At the end, everyone had to bunny-hop all the way down to the school gates and back. We changed for dinner and went into the dining-room as usual but we had to eat with the left hand in square motion and drink milk or water with a spoon. I do not think that I had much dinner that night. I did not have much sleep either, because I was so excited. We could not talk or smile and if we did, we heard that we should have to pay a forfeit. Every- one else in the dining-room laughed so much. Miss Carter laughed too. It was really a nice event. With love from, The Elementaries PAGE TWENTY

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McLeod remained. Mother and Father went into their room, and I climbed the ladder and lay on the floor of the loft. From there I could see pretty well but the logs in the fire crackled so loudly that I could not hear what was said. Elizabeth stood by the table with her back to Mr. McLeod. Slowly he walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders. He spoke to her, and she turned around, her face aglow, laughing and crying at the same time. Then she was in his arms. I was so happy that I put my head in my arms and cried. When I looked up Elizabeth h ad her golden, wool cape about her shoulders, and Robert was ushering her out of the door. 1 wondered where they had gone, and I waited there on the floor, for their return. The loft is cold. 1 became tired and stiff with waiting, and finally went to I awoke with Elizabeth laughing and shaking me. The sun shone through the window and turned her hair to gold. Her eyes sparkled as she raised her head, and showed me the shining gold wedding band. She and Robert had gone in his sleigh to Toronto, and they were married. She was blushing and starry-eyed, and I was so glad that she was happy. So you see, Katherine, I have had a very exciting few days. Now my school- master is my brother and my sister is Mistress William Robert McLeod, a school-master ' s wife. I shall write to you again soon, and tell you more of Canada, this wonderful land, but to-day I am too excited. P.S. Mr. McLeod says that he supposes a school-master can afford to study law and support a wife — especially if she is as pretty as Elizabeth. He says only an idiot would stay single. bed. Your affectionate friend. Molly. PAT RIDDELL A mournful sound, A dim light shone, A whoshing passed. And then was gone: And so was home. THE TRAIN in the far distance A shrill piercing call: The wolves. Out of the quiet night The eerie cries come forth Echoing to far distant lights: The wolves. M. MUNRO E. WESTHEUSER PAGE NINETEEN

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Clemen tarie In Swimming ON THE SPRING BOARD: Mary Jane Wilson, Richmond Hill — With grown-up ways, yet very small. Victoria Grosart, Pickering — Healthy and happy. Geraldine Grosart, Pickering — Always has Honours and never worries. Elizabeth McLeod — Young and full of fun. Barclay-Jane Gray — Smart and sweet as honey. Debbie Bennet, Oshawa — Small but mighty. Susan Read, Whitby — Quiet and shy, with a twinkle in her eye. RIGHT SIDE OF POOL: Sandra Robson, Oshawa — A kind friend. Helen Haakmeester, Bogota, Columbia — Pert and pretty. Barbara Robson, Oshawa — Our happy day-girl. IN THE WATER: Linda Lazarus, Honduras — Always tops. Elayne Barlow, Toronto — Always trying her hardest. Ronalda Haakmeester, Bogota, Colombia — A nice school-mate. Diane Robins, Toronto — A tease who is always at hand Elizabeth Newman, — As long in growth, as good in brain. ABSENT: President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Melitta Horvath, Venezuela — Kind, patient and full of fun. Pamela Earle Diana Lazarus Pamela Perry PAGE TWENTY-ONE