Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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EDITORIAL S EACH day brings us nearer to the close of another school year, the last year for many of us, we cast back our minds to the events of the past year. Since the last magazine was published, there have been two days of great rejoicing throughout the world, V-E Day and V-J Day. The end of hostilities in Europe came early in May, to our infinite joy, and to the great happiness of people everywhere. V-J Day, bringing with it the downfall of .Japan, was the dawn of a free and peaceful world, in which every man and woman has a right to the four freedoms. Thus it was with lighter, happier hearts that we saw the beginning of this school year. The United Nations ' Organization has met in an effort to plan for world peace, with the threat of the atom bomb hanging over it. There have been many and great difficulties which are slowly being resolved, as the wondering world waits to discover what the final outcome will be. We who this year are leaving school have a great future to look forward to. No longer do we have to go forth to war; now there is a much larger and more satisfying task for us. Instead of destroying, we can build; instead of killing, we can encourage life. Our bravery must be greater than mere physical endurance. We must have mental strength, so that we shall not be disheartened by adversity. We have lived our lives in a safe and protected atmosphere, at school and at home. The war has not touched us to any great extent. We have not known hunger, sudden death, paralysing fear. Our parents and teachers have always stood between us and the harshness of the world around us. The time has come when we must step out from behind that comfortable, protec- tive barrier and go to the aid of those who liave never been helped in such a way. Many of us will be going to college where we shall have wider interests and broader horizons, but we shall still be somewhat sheltered. We must begin to prepare for the time when we shall be called upon to take our places in the world. We are the future women of Canada. We must try to train ourselves for such a position and then go forth and, as we meet the problems of life, deal with them as honestly and capably as we can. We must see to it that, because of our influence, our country ' s relationships with the other nations of the world will be such that real and lasting peace can be established. We, who are young, must see that new and more advanced ideas are brought forth, to keep men ' s minds active and alert; we, who are Christians, must learn to pattern our whole lives on true Christianity; we, who have learned to be fair, must fight racial injustice and religious intolerance wherever we find it. We look out into the world beyond with a little misgiving at its vastness, but we know that whatever work in life we undertake, we, who have been fortunate enough to have been taught at Trafalgar, will be well equipped to meet the inevitable difficulties and trials of the days to come. There is a great task for us in the post-war world. We must go out and do it.

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