Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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UNDOUBTEDLY there will come a day when we will not have to go to school to gain knowl- edge — the necessary amount of learning will be easily obtained by swallowing a pill or by some equally unimaginable process. At that time, as you, a feeble old lady, watch your grand ' children being made to take a Latin pill by Mother, your thoughts may turn to your own youth, and you will remember, with a tear or a sigh, the days you spent at Traf. and the years of toil you apparently wasted in acquiring the same knowledge which your grandchild gets by swallowing a pill. But do we come to school merely to learn Reading, ' Riting and ' Rithmetic? Does not that child whom you were tempted to envy miss much that is joyous and happy in life? Will a pill bring the same feeling of achievement that a successful translation of Caesar, or the correct answer to a Geometry problem brought in the old days? Decidedly not! With this decision you will probably say, After all. Mother was right when she said, ' your school days are the happiest days of your life ' . You who read this magazine do not believe that tiresome saying — you are quite convinced that it is wrong — so were we once, yet I think that as we realize that we are leaving schooldays behind, we begin to believe that someday we will know that it is true. As we look back over the past few months there is comparatively little that we would wish otherwise, but there is one thing which we regret and which we hope next year ' s Sixth Form will seriously consider — namely. Hockey ! We have the rink and we have the equipment — yet we have no hockey — why? Other forms of sport, however, have not been neglected this year, for Trafites have ever been enthusiastic Tennis and Basketball players. The Basketball team has played splen- didly throughout the year and we are glad to see the League Cup in the Gym. once more. The school is general (and Botanists in particular) has suffered a great loss in the absence of Miss Hicks who has been away from us since the end of the Fall term owing to a most irnfortunate accident. We have all missed her very much indeed and we hope that her recovery may be as quick as possible. May we take this opportunity of thanking all those who have contributed in any way to the magazine? May we also assure those, whose contributions do not appear on the following pages, that we are none the less grateful to them, since they have not been content to let the magazine f - I

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JUNE 1929 VOLUME III Trafalgar Ccfjops; MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Marjorie Lynch Suk ' Editor Kathryn Wood Secretary ' Tredsurer Gretchen Tooke EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Audrey Doble Advertising Managers Lorraine Ward [ Anne Byers Art Representative - , , , , , , Maida Truax Athletic Representative ' ' ' - ' ' ' Hope Laurie House Representative Barbara Mackay Fifth Form Representative , , . , , Betty Stewart Adviser to Magazine Staff , , , , , , Miss Bryan MAGAZINE REPRESENTATIVES Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Lower VI. Upper V. Lower V. IVa. IVb. IIIa. IIIb. IIIb Special. Upper II. II. Barbara Mackay Betty Stewart Theo. Barclay RuTaMASSEY Helen Stewart Mary Pae Catherine Mullen Barbara Tirbutt Margaret Cannell Bet ty Forbes f 15 1

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be the work of a few, but have made it a representative record of all that we, as Trafites together, have made of igiS ' ig? And now our time has come! It is not without qualms that we see matric. looming ever nearer, and we look with wondering admiration at those who have gone before, in whose footsteps we must follow to the best of our ability. May we accomplish, at least in part, what they have done so splendidly. Think of us sometimes, and know that you are not forgotten. We shall meet again somewhere, sometime, somehow — so, for the moment, let it be no more than Au revoir. SCHOOL OFFICERS Marjorie Lynch Audrey Doble Gretchen Tooke Nancy Stocking PREFECTS Jean Darling Hope Laurie Kathryn Wood Anne Byers Audrey Ellis FORM OFFICERS Form President Vice-President Upper VI. Marjorie Lynch Audrey Doble Lower VI. Hope Laurie Nancy Stocking Upper V. Alma Howard Sallie Ward Lower V. Barbara Tooke Pauline Scott IVa. Editha Wood Margot Seely IVb. Barbara Haydon Marjorie Evans IIIa. Mary Pae Jean McGoun IIIb. Betty Robb Joan Henry IIIb Special. Beatrice Climo Lois Fosbery Upper II. Audrey Grafton Anna Thompson 11. Nancy Murray Ruth Oliver Upper I. Griselda Archibald Dorothy Brooks Remove. Janet Porteous Margaret Montgomery I. Jane Seely Lois Malcolm