Trafalgar Castle School - Yearbook (Whitby, Ontario Canada)

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Mrs. Lamb Retires Mrs. May Lamb our Bursar and Business Administrator from 1959-1982 retired this year. We hope that she will continue to play an active part in the life of Trafalgar for many years to come. Wanted said the paper, a bursar for school, Must be clever with money, handle cash that ' s real cool. This space is open we ' re all sad to say, ' Cause a lady is leaving, one dear Lamb named May. In the time that we ' ve known her she ' s so much to do, From post office to banking, her jobs are not few. Managing all of that money, finances she o ' ersees She ' ll advance a small loan and charge no usury, Find funds for an outing or a new fangled machine, An account juggling act like you ' ve never seen. Book lists, a stapler, a pen and scotch tape, where are they? Have you stole them? Don ' t worry, I ' ll wait. When out of her office there ' s more to her powers She ' s tending to fish tank, foliage and flowers. Feeding those guppies and watering plants, Picking up cookies, always wary of ants. Her interests don ' t lie just inside of our school For with gardener Bill she has made it a rule to keep all our grounds in special green order and produce for Trafalgar some spectacular borders. Her athletic powers, her great tennis game, may never bring May recognition or fame, but a wreath of green laurel she ' ll wear, and it fits, as the single staff member who ' s mastered the splits. The walls of this castle could not hold our May She ' s wandered the globe to lands far away. Pausing briefly at Delphi, the Greek men she wowed, In a nightie so naughty - it should not be allowed. And then on to Corinth, from Athens to Rome Barbados, Madrid, but May always came home, To her friends and her family so dear to her heart. From cats and from violets she couldn ' t long part. This marks not the end but a brand-new beginning And from all of us here our best wishes she ' s winning For happiness, adventure, good health with her man March may come in like a lion, but it leaves with May Lamb. Anonymous 4

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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

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Head Girl Trafalgar Castle School is a community and each person within its walls a citizen. During the past year we have all worked, played, studied and loved together. We have grown from the impersonality of a community and formed an intimate family atmosphere. Together we share everything from meals to study notes. Now some of us have to leave and pursue other paths. I wish you luck, but have faith in you, since, with your excellent Trafalgar background, you can ' t go wrong. For those who stay, I also wish you luck. Continue with the spirit of love shown this year and the world will be at your feet. Thank you for all your support. You have been fantastic. I ' d like to say a special thanks to the Prefects. They have worked as a unit and have been a credit to their school. Good-bye, good luck and love, always, Laurie Mitchell Prefects Melanie Silvera Anu Mehta Day Girl Prefect Day Girl Prefect Grade 7 and 8 Grade 12 Day Girl Prefect Head Girl Grade 10 and 11 Grade 9 Kim Berglund Mercedes Milbourne Muffie Bovell Laurie Mitchell Sharon Eckert Frances Bayley Mr. Kamcke