Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Sir William Peterson, K.C.M.G. Trustee 1895-1919 14

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staff has been enlarged by the offices of advertising manager and art representative. They have been found to be of great assistance in dividing more evenly the work, which had to be done before by fewer girls, and we advise that in future these offices should remain. The editors wish to thank the girls both past and present who have contributed to the Magazine in any way, especially Margaret Robert- son, who has been of much assistance to the Magazine staff. Some of us are leaving school for good and it is with feelings of regret, mingled with expectations of the future that we go. We carry with us happy memories of the past, of the good times which we have had at Traf., enriched by the ideals which the school has given us. PREFECTS, 1920-1921 Elise Dunton Adriance Kilgour Katherine Falconer Ellen Wright Margaret Young Muriel Carsley Kathleen Perrin Margaret Robertson Esther England FORM OFFICERS Presidents Vice-Presidents Form VI. V. IV.A. IV. B. III.A. III.B. L pper II 11. I I)p(T I . M. MacKenzie L. Robertson R. Shaw R. Walker K. Anderson N. Sullivan B. Howell M. diaries I). Ahearn E. Dunton K. Falconer M. Bazin M. Archibald P. Jamieson J. Jamieson J. Worden M. Doble J. Smart C;. Price A. Ellis 13

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3n fl emortam I THE LATE SIR WILLIAM PETERSON, M.A., LL.D., K.C.M.G. BY Rev. George Duncan, M.A., D.D., President This year brings another loss to Trafalgar in the death of one of its distinguished ex-presidents, Sir William Peterson. As principal of McGill University, Sir William was for twenty-four years a governor of Trafalgar, and after the retirement of the Rev. Dr. Barclay became its president. In the words of the Rev. Principal Fraser at the memorial service in the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul: Principal Peterson was primarily a scholar and adminis- trator. He magnified the office of the teacher, and deplored the apathy of the public towards those entrusted with the training of the future manhood and womanhood of the nation. He never ceased to protest against the narrow idea that education consists mainly in the acquiring of knowledge and is to be measured by success in examinations: and he constantly held up to teachers of youth the need of caring for such things as good manners, courtesy, consideration for others, respect for seniors, friendly politeness to all. Character to Sir William was the end of all education. Those who know of his work at Trafalgar, remember his intimate and kindly interest in the members of the teaching staff, and his sympathetic personal management of the scholars in their various studies. His acquaintance in detail with the curriculum and life of the school, and the high ideal of education which he upheld before all, contributed greatly to the success and prestige of Trafalgar. Its affiliation to McGill he strove to make a real and vital thing. One can never forget his enthusiastic support of music and art in their elevating and enriching influence upon the young women of tf)-day. Lonely with a scholar ' s shyness. Principal Peterson was never more in his atmosphere than in touch with the school life of Tra- falgar. Loyal to all that makes for true education and true citizen- ship, his loyalty must inspire all who share his deep attachment to Trafalgar, where his scholarship, administration and personality must j)ro ' e an abiding influence. 15