Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Principal ' s Message We live in a time when the idea that small is good has for many a new at- tractiveness. Our school has always been small relative to our sister schools. Still, the fact is that over the past three years we have increased our enrolment by fifty per cent. In other words, when retrenchment has been the course of so many we have embarked on the road to growth. Growth poses problems. Some of our seniors, girls who have been here a number of years, find that life seems more crowded in, less comfortable. It is true that our classes are a little larger in size than in years past. It is a fact that the din in the dining room seems louder. It is a reality that empty beds for occasional visitors are almost impossible to find. These are prices to be paid for growth. Still, there are gains as well. A larger school enables us to have a broader scope of activities and even to add to our selection of academic courses. When our forces go forth to do battle against other schools they are now more competitive. The income generated from a larger population makes possible improvements to the school plant, much needed but unaffordable in years past. More significant is the fact that growth is a vital force that in itself generates a healthy spirit in the school. It has been said that an institution that ceases to grow soon starts to die. Our recent growth has forced us to think constructively of our future. Out of this thought has sprung the impetus for a new wing. The energy necessary to build the new wing again creates a new spirit in everyone connected with the school, past and present. In short, the whole process of growth, although it involves some temporary dislocation, is fun- damentally a positive force for Trafalgar Castle School. Let us all become a part of that force and grow as individuals at the same time that our school grows in stature. 2

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Trafalgar Castle School Whitby, Ontario 1874-1982 This yearbook is dedicated to the memory of Florence Osborne, chatelaine of our school from 1948 to 1968. She is remembered with love by the many students who knew her.

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Dean ' s Message Many years ago in a remote town (so goes the story) the inhabitants were accustomed to calling the local telephone operator to check the time. Each day, the operator called the observatory in the next town, to be sure she had the correct time to give to callers, so they could set their watches. In due course, someone gave the town money for a large clock in the town square. People could hear the clock strike, or see the time when they passed by. They no longer needed to call the operator. A stranger visiting the town one day happened to ask the man who looked after the public clock how he regulated it. He said that he called the operator each day at noon, and then adjusted the clock, if necessary. Chatting with the operator, the stranger asked whether many people still called her, out of habit, to ask the time. Only one, she said. A man calls just before noon every day. I can see the town clock from where I sit, so I simply look out the window and tell him the time. He thanks me, and hangs up. We may wonder how long the man in the clock tower and the operator went on believing they were providing accurate information, when perhaps all they were doing was perpetuating misinformation. Here at Trafalgar Castle School, the staff and the students have been striving together, in every class since 1874, to examine and check sources of in- formation and belief, in the hope of learning which are to be relied on. Life on the Hall, in the classroom, at Chapel and in the gymnasium, as well as in the many extracurricular activities, provides op- portunities for checking out opinions, and for revising and updating these when it seems indicated. Those of you who are leaving the School this year will, I hope, continue this process of evaluation and re-evaluation, based on your good experiences at T.C.S. I wish you rewards in all the ways which matter most. To those who will be returning in September, every good wish for a happy summer. Affectionately, Mary I. Buch Dean