Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Once again Juno is here, and another Sixth will soon be leavinjj;. Some of the girls have been in the school for many years, and one and all are going with the realization of what Traf- algar has meant to them during the past. In a few years we will be scattered, but wherever we may be, we will never forget the wonilerful days that we have spent at school, the many friendships we have maile, and the high iileals which we have tried to uphold. To the girls of the future we can wish nothing better, than that tlu v may have as many and as happy years as we ourselves have had at tlie best school of all , Trafalgar. We wish the happiest of holidays to everyone, and all success to those who, in future years will edit our Trafalgar Echoes . LAURA ROBERTSON CONSTANCE MURRAY EVERALD FARRAR MARGUERITE DORKEN MARGARET ARCHIBALD ELEANOR BISHOP MARGARET BRUCE ROWENA COTTON lARY BEARD Jform ©fftrers : Presidents Form Upper VI. — L. ROBERTSON Lower VI. — M. MARPOLE Upper V. — K. ANDERSON Lower V. — R. WALKER IV.a. — E. ELLIS IV. b. — E. ROBINSON III. a. — H. AHERN III. b. — F. PASHLEY Upper II. — H. STOCKING II. — D. AHERN Upper 1. — R. SEELY L — J. ARCHIBALD Vice-Presidents M. ARCHIBALD E. MILNE P. JAMIESON K. TAYLOR M. DOBLE E. ZINSSTAG J. SMART G. NIEGHORN M. COPELAND J. WALKER A. DOBLE B. STEWART — 3 —

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TTN this number of the Trafalgar Echoes the Magazine Staff has endeavoured to re- ■Ml present the work and interests of the school, from the youngest junior to the girls of the Sixth, and beyond them to the many Sixths of yesterday to which the school always looks up with the greatest pride. Owing to the splendid support which the girls have given us, we have been able to carry out our plans to a great extent, although we have, as has everyone, many dreams yet unfulfilled. We wish to thank not only those who have been successful in having their contributions accepted, but also those who have tried and failed, for it is the spirit behind the work that makes the magazine. Since the publication, a year ago, of the last Trafalgar Echoes , a very important and much appreciated addition has been made to the school grounds, for not only have we ob- tained the longed-for tennis courts, but also the greatly desired rink. In summer the girls are to be seen, interested spectators beside the courts, or participating in an exciting game, while in winter the rink is alive with merry skaters, some brandishing hockey-sticks, as if to prophesy the coming of that game, and with one or two exceptions, all dressed alike in blue and white . The girls wish to express their hearty thanks to Dr. Duncan and the Trustees, who by making these additions, have given us so much pleasure during the year. We congratulate those girls, who graduating last year, passed their matriculation exam- inations. The scholarship was won by Roba Dunton, while Jean Falconer and Hilda McLaughlin also passed in every subject. Roba, with two of her classmates is now at McGill, and all three have done splendid work. — 2 —

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MONG those who visited the school this year was Miss Drew, of Cambridge, England. She gave us a most interesting address on Shakespeare — his theatre and his audience, a subject upon which she speaks with enthusiasm and perfect understanding. Miss Drew pointed out that the spirit of an age is inevitably reflected by its literature. Obviously, therefore, we expect the reign of Queen Elizabeth to be an epoch of dramatists. To- day, the novel among the majority of people, has taken the place of drama. The reason for this fact is that now the general level of education is higher, and that, as there is not the need of being so mentally alert to understand, it is easier for us to appreciate a novel than a drama. Moreover, a novelist demands less co-operation from his readers than a playwright does from his audience. To understand Shakespeare ' s plays we need only the faculty of sympathetic appreciation. The Shakesperian theatre, in shape, was round. The nobility and the wealthy people sat in the boxes and galleries ; the poorer people looked up at the stage from the pit ; and the royaltj ' - and courtiers displayed their splendour from seats on the stage itself. Shakespeare was a popular dramatist, therefore his audiences were very representative of the time. Even the actors employed by him were drawn from every walk of life. The stage was a long platform extending halfway down the theatre. At the back was the small tiring-house, or dressing-room. It has a flat roof, called the upper stage, which was extremely useful, forming Juliet ' s balcony in Romeo and Juliet for instance. A sect-