Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN To the students of O. L. C. , especially those who are leaving. As you come to the end of your school life most of you will be experiencing two emotions - regret and expectation. The regret will be for a phase of your life that is over; for friends from whom you will soon be parted; and, perhaps, for neglected opportunities. The expectation will be for your entry into the world of business, or University life, or train- ing institution. You will be looking forward to making new friends, learn- ing new skills, and widening your horizons. Life today has much to offer young people - a great variety of jobs, opportunities for service in other lands, and challenging voca- tions here in Canada. It is difficult sometimes to know what career to choose, and, indeed, choice is impossible unless we have a goal. In his book Markings , published after his death, Dag Hammarskjbld writes: I don ' t know who - or what - put the question, I don ' t know when it was put. I don ' t remember even answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone - or Something - and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful, and that, therefore, my life, in self -surrender , had a goal. I hope that some of you have already discovered that exist- ence is meaningful, and that this knowledge will provide you with the much needed goal. For those of you who are still searching for a meaning, I wish a satisfying conclusion to your search. Whatever you decide to do , I hope you will find joy and happi- ness and fulfilment in the doing of it. Dorothy Perry

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TO DR. AND MRS. OSBORNE We ' d like to say a thing or two To show our deep regard for you. We hate to think that you must go, But we are told it must be so. Throughout the years you ' ve done so much, And now we shall remember such: The choir has been a great delight, We ' ve sung for you with all our might. We sung in Chapel come what may, What ' s often come I ' d best not say. Your German classes must be joyous, The tales we hear! - Some quite notorious! The tests you give - they really move! Here, all the girls don ' t approve. At the dances which we fling, You ' ve always been there to swing, swing, swing. You ' ve stopped us doing what we ought not, Seeking darkness, and you know what. Mrs. Osborne, thank you too, For all that we have learned from you. You ' ve always been the perfect hostess, The things you ' ve done are really mostest. Your work seems to have never ceased, We thank you last - by no means least. You ' ve done so much for O.L.C. , A list would last to eternity. For 20 years of service true, We dedicate this book to you. With Love - O. L.C. 1948 - 1968.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Friedrich DUrrenmatt, the famous Swiss dramatist who was born in 1921 and who won the Schiller prize for the most outstanding con- tribution to German drama in this generation, recently (in 1947, in fact) published a play entitled ' The Physicists ' . In this play three noted physi- cists are brought together -Mobius, Newton and Einstein. MBbius believes that a physicist must be free, but that in our world the only place he can enjoy this freedom is in a madhouse: there, he advised all scientists to feel with him to an insane asylum. Newton maintains that one must always put himself atthe service of one ' s country and be ready to solve the scien- tific problems for the sake ofthedefence of one ' s homeland. Einstein, how- ever, is confident that one must belong to a party and must endeavour to persuade the party to support him in his work. Inavery real sense these three men are our selves wrestling with what to do about our freedom. I have heard many voices lifting them- selves up in the defence of the right to be free - mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, leaders and followers. I have heard the arguments that were extant when I was a student in high school and university. Those that are flying around today are no different than those I met then. But there is a difference in the pattern: young people today are meeting these ideas at an earlier age than ever before, I believe, even at a time when they are scarcely able to cope with them wisely. After twenty years at OLC, I wish to affirm my confidence, nevertheless, in the youth of today. There are a few who are baffled by this world, but the great majority of young people I meet here at OLC and elsewhere today are exercising care and patience in formulating their goals and in coming to grips with this world which is greatly in need of young men and women who have passion combined with common sense and responsi- bility. As far as I can see, the young people who are making the greatest and most constructive gift to life are those who are living under God: only in him is one truly free. My good wishes go with you all. I shall follow your course into the farther ' reaches ' of your future wrestling with freedom, and al- ways with continued interest and expectation. Stanley L. Osborne.