Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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THIS year has been a most important one for the whole world. Indeed no one can deny that the rapid changes and the conflicting ideas in the governments of the world, have made it an outstanding period in history. In our school, though of little importance to the outside world but of great importance to us, this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Trafalgar. We are proud of our school, its reputation and tradi- tions, and what it means to us. In our daily routine our day is often pleasantly brightened by a lecturer speaking to us. On Trafalgar Day, we listened to Principal Morgan who told us how to adapt our- selves to community life. Community life, he said, consists of leaders and followers. Both parties must co-operate to attain the perfect community. Principal Morgan also told us that Jean Scrimger was elected President of her year at McGill. We all know that Jean will fill this position well, and we wish her and all the other old Traf girls, best of luck in their college life. One of the most interesting lectures this year was given by Miss Gullane who told us the history of many forms of poetry and singing. She gave us many beautiful ballads while we joined her in the choruses. In fact at the end of the lecture, new beauty in the melody of words was opened to us. Among other lecturers we welcomed back Miss Hazel, who again brought us a vivid picture of the condition of the Middle West. Miss Hicks and her Sewing Circle gave her a large contribution of clothes to be sent out to Western Canada. We were very proud of this gift, which was only possible through the work of Miss Hicks and the members of the Sewing Circle. [26]

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TRAFALGAR GRANDCHILDREN NOW IN THE SCHOOL Front Row (Left to Right) : Ann Soper, Elise Macklaier, Joan Macklaier, Daintry Chisholni, Natalie Chisholm, Sally Pitfield, Harriet Anderson. Second Row: Margaret Fisher, Charlotte Robertson, Peggy Muir, Marian Reward, Peggy Elder. Third Row: Maude Fox, Mavis Paton, Faith Lyman, Elvira Holden. Fourth Row: Betty Eraser, Mary Holden, Joan Redpath. Top Row: Mary Morris, Jane Seely, Marjorie Robinson, Mary Le Mercier, Joan Robertson. [25]

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Our school this year has taken a new and keen interest in music. For this perhaps the Quebec Musical Festival is partly responsible. We extend our thanks to Mr. Chadwick and Miss Strawbridge for their patient coaching of the choir and school singing. Another remarkable lecture this year was one given by Miss Snowden. Miss Snowden gave us an unusual and clear picture of Elizabethan music. This too — no doubt, inspired us to exercise our vocal chords and revive the fervent interest in music of those long past days. Our anniversary year was brightened by a very wide-spread interest in sports. Of course no year is complete without the Dem and this year we feel especially indebted to Miss Parker ' s splendid work as she was handicapped by illness. We only hope that we did not quite exhaust her, and that we performed half as well as she taught. We are pleased to find that again we win both Basketball Cups. Neither team lost a game and we are grateful to the ardent enthusiasm which was shown by the excellent attendance at the matches. Miss Parker is again responsible for our good fortune and we are most grateful to her. This year for the first time, ski-ing has become a school sport. Through the kindness of the Penguin Ski Club we were able to have an Interscholastic Ski Meet, which was hailed with much enthusiasm, in spite of the very short notice we had, to make up a team. Fortunately Traf distinguished herself in the meet, and we won the First Team Cup. We sincerely hope that ski-ing will remain a school sport, for since it is Canada ' s most popular sport it will always be welcomed as a delightful recreation. The week-end of the Meet, the Boarders went up to St. Sauveur with Miss Scott and Miss Sargent. We welcome Miss Sargent as the only new mistress this year; already she has shown enthusiasm in school affairs. She took the place of Miss Lendrum, whom we were very sorry to see go. Although we are rather engrossed in our school interests, current events never fail to arouse our curiosity. Miss Ella Smith gave us a most interesting picture of Spain, as it is to-day. In addition she told us the story of the growth of communism in the world. This subject is by no means easy to understand, but now many of us can apperciate and take an intelligent interest in the affairs of Spain. We extend our congratulations to Hester Williams who won the Trafalgar Scholar- ship last year for leading the Province in the Matriculation, and also for winning the McGill University Scholarship. This scholarship is confined to Canadians under twenty years of age, and has a standard considerably higher than that of Junior Matriculation. Hester is with us again this year and is taking her Senior Matric. Best of luck Hester — we have high hopes ! This year being of special importance to us, we have endeavoured to make the magazine equal to the occasion. We are most grateful for the co-operation given by the school and staff for the Mag. We are especially grateful for the contributions given by some members of the staff and we feel they have done a great deal to improve the magazine. Miss Brown, a former teacher of the school was good enough to write the history of the school, and found all the necessary references to make this history com- plete. We wish to thank Miss Brown for this work, and feel that her contribution is most appropriate in our anniversary number. We wish that we could have accepted all [27]