Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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In the world of sport Trafalfjar lias inairitaineci its usual iiifjl) standard. Firtit, we congratulate the Wurtele twins on their eontiinjed success in all skiing events. The school, too, is very proud of .)oan Staniforth, who was selected with others to represent the skiers from (Canada as the guests of the Sno-Birds at Lake Placid. Both our senior and junior ski teams were successful in the Inter-Scholastic .Ski Meet at .St. Sauveur, and we were happy in heing ahle to retrieve the Molson .Shield. Our thanks go to the Penguins for their kind hospitality. One of the events of the past year which certainly deserves special mention is tlic annual Gymnastic Demonstration. The novel and entertaining display, with its rhythm and harmony of movement, drew appreciative comments from girls and parents alike. We are grateful, also, to Miss Box for her untiring work in the training of the basketball teams, and it was certainly no fault of hers that we did not succeed in regaining the cup from The Study after a hard-fought struggle. Our congratulations go to the victors for their well-earned reward. The school has had the privilege this year of hearing several interesting talks. Miss Graham told us the story of the great achievements of the late -Sir Wilfred Grenfell and of the Grenfell Mission, illustrating her words with slides showing the settlements in Labrador. Miss Wyngate described the activities of Deaconess House in Toronto, while Archdeacon Alderwood and the ever-welcome Miss Hazel depicted the life of the settlers of Western Canada, and their interesting work there. Archdeacon Gower Rees paid his accustomed visits to the school on Trafalgar Day, Armistice Day and Ash Wednesday, and spoke to us from a well-stored mind. Interest in the Houses was stimulated at the beginning of the year by the dramatic competition, consisting of selected scenes from Shakespeare ' s plays, which brought out a good deal of latent talent. It was an innovation providing an excellent opportunity for the practice of dramatic interpretation, and we hope it will become a regular institution. Other House activities were the General Knowledge, Spelling and Basket- ball competitions. Red Cross work and the sale of War Saving Stamps continued throughout the year under the encouragement of Miss Hicks. Reading, too, has become a favourite means for obtaining points, while the reward of blue and silver shields to classes which have received no bad marks or detentions throughout the week has encouraged a spirit of competition between the forms. This year will be outstanding for the first School Dance in the history of Trafalgar. It was a very successful and enjoyable evening. We are grateful to Miss Foster and the Old Girls ' Association for their generosity, and may we express the hope that the dance may become an annual event. The (Christmas Play, under the direction of Miss Strawbridge, was an excellent pie(;e of work and the audience would gladly have lingered in the fairy world of kind- n(!HH and trancpiillity created by the players. The (Christmas (Carols, under the inspiring direction of Mr. B. K. (Ihadwick, whom we are delighted to welcome to our Staff this year, added greatly to the enjoyment of the afternoon. |14|

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FOR the fourth year school life has heen carried on under the shadow of war. So far we have been spared the horror and destruction it has brought to other lands, but we are becoming increasingly aware that for many the price of victory will be measured in a priceless currency — the lives of young Canadians. On the home front the year has brought added restrictions and rationing. School is now opening half an hour later — at 9:30 A.M. In our eflfort to meet the growing difficulties of transportation, and, in a hundred other ways, changes have been accepted in our daily living habits in order to achieve the peace, for which we are fighting. In the life of the school it was inevitable that Miss Bryan should be missed after her long association with all its activities. Even before her arrival at Crofton House, Vancouver, Miss Bryan was assured of a warm welcome there, and it is not too much to say that her cheery enthusiasm and great abilities have won her a permanent place in the affections of her new school. It is with the keenest regret that we hear that the school is, next year, to lose Miss Ridout, who is joining the Wrens . Miss Ridout has been with us for five years, and, during that time, she has won our whole-hearted admiration for her work with the juniors and for her enthusiastic interest in all school events. She has been a member of the Staff Tennis Team and has often accompanied the skiers to the ski-meet at St. Sauveur. Our best wishes go with her in her new career. This year the school welcomes Miss Jaques to the art studio. In an amazingly short time she has taken her place in the life of the school, and, throughout the year, the studio and the fascinating work of the art students have contributed much to our enjoyment, as well as deepened our interest in painting and modelling. [13]

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A number of our pirls entered ihe Nutrition Competition, sponsored by ibc English section of the Montreal Nutrition Committee. Our congratuhitions go to Helen Ayer, who won second prize in the Budgeting for Food contest, and to the other prize- winners, Nancy Bruneau, Barbara Watson, Marilyn Potter, Giana Lyman and Betty Sutherland. The academic record of the Scbool was well sustained by those who took their Matriculation last year. We find that almost every girl reached the required pass standard, and we extend to them our congratulations, and, particularly, to Janet Dixon in winning the Grace Fairley Scholarship. It is with a feeling of pride that we remember the many Old Girls who are actively serving with the Forces, at home or abroad, or working far into the night in offices or ministries to preserve the conceptions and traditions, which the school has taught them. We don ' t forget — while in this dark December — We sit in schoolrooms that you knew so well. And hear the sounds that you so well remember — The clock, the hurrying feet, the calling bell: Others are sitting in the desks you sat in: , and yet You know we don ' t forget. Our grateful thanks go to all those, who, in any way, have contributed to the making of this magazine — this includes those whose articles, for one reason or another, may not have been used, and especially to Miss Bedford-Jones, who has spared neither time nor effort, and to Miss MacGachen and the other members of the committee who have welded the various material together. MAGAZINE COMMITTEE Form VIa. Form VIb. Form Va. Form Vb. Form IVa. Form IVb. Nora Newman Verniez Hood Pat Ford A] N Taylor Basbara Brown Joan Thackray Form HIa. Form niB. Up. n. II. Up. I. Lower I. Helen Ayer Joan Wilkinson Nancy Jane McMillan Dorothy Marquis CATHERir-iE Pickering Carolee Beaudoin [15]