Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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DR. GEORGE H. DONALD Chairman of the Board of Governors Trafalgar School 1925-46 Dr. Donald ' s keen interest in the many sides of scliool life has been unfailing: he has been, at all tii:ies, a wise counsellor and a warm friend. Trafalgar Girls, both past and present, wish him continued health and happiness in his retirement. We hope that his visits to the school, in the future, will be frequent.

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Because of tliis impossibility, one must learn somehow the way to use one ' s faculties. The majority never do this, and remain for their entire life with their eyes and ears shut tight and their minds a dark vacuum. A few open their eyes and ears, and hv what thev see and hear they learn to live, not only to exist in the manner of a fungus. The chief lessons which these ' live-wires learn are to be observant, and to put themselves in another person ' s place. In short, they learn to think for themselves. Tiiere are verv few people who are able to learn the art of tiiinking unassisted, because such a strain is against human nature. Those who can, the world calls geniuses, and the average person is decidedly not a genius. Therefore, most people must be given an easy opportunity to learn to think; for this purpose there are schools and universi- ties. Too often we think that these institutions were purposely designed to stuff book- learning into the minds of imwilling pupils. On the contrary, the aim of a school is to train us to use our minds through the study of books and other sources of knowledge, anil so by easy stages we accustom oursehes to the process of thinking. Trafalgar School has been pro iiling this mental exercise for sixty years now: exercise for girls ' minds which once were thought to be extremely shallow and trivial. Trafalgar has been working hard at this for sixty years — each of us has only to work at scliool for eleven years. e should be all the more thankfid, therefore, for a grand school which has worked so long and hard to gi e us preparation for life, and we should do our full share of work, so tliat wlieii people look at us later in life they will .say, ' She is really alive: she went to Trafalgar School. There must be some con- nection ! MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Nain ' cy Incus Sub-Editor Jean Sinnamon Secretary-Treasurer ........ SoNiA FoGT Art Editor Giana Lyman Sports Editor Diane Lillie House Representative Leticia Artola Honorary Adviser Miss MacGachen MAGAZINE COMMITTEE Form Senior YI. Nora Corley Form IVa. Anne Pattison Form Arts VI. Sylvia Skelly Form IVb. Heather Cumyn Form Science VI. Nancy Hltcheson Form IIIa. Patricia Wright Form Va. Jacqueline Beaudoin Form IIIb. Judy Westaway Form Vb. Joan Lucas Form Upper II Jan Torrance THE TRAFALGAR CUP The Trafalgar Cup, awarded to the most public-spirited of the Senior girls who at. the same time has maintained a high standard of conduct and has shown devotion to work, was awarded jointly last year to Helen Aver and Patricia Witherow. THE FORSYTH CUP The Forsyth Cup, aw arded to the Senior girl who has made the most of her oppor- tunities, showing herself friendly and helpful to all, was won last year by Elizabeth THE INTER-HOUSE SHIELD The Inter-House Shield, presented by Mrs. Wynne Robinson, was won last year by Ross House. ' [13]

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DEVIL ' S PEAK SL MMER in tlie Adirondacks is everything: they say it is. The cool lakes and the dusky mountains form an ideal hack jround for the rustic but snu ; cabins where wearv citv folks and lovers of the vild find peace and contentment. For as long as 1 can remember. June has been, for our family, a time of last minute preparation to reach our summer luiven. Our camp is set farther back than most of the others at Rugged Lake, being at the foot of the mountain having the same name. We had arrived in the afternoon and after the long trip over irregular roads, everyone was glad to retire early. As the smell of the pines drifted into my room that first night, and the eerie wails of the owls and the loons began a serenade to which I had grown accustomed with the years, a plan came to my mind. I thought of Devil ' s Peak and its treacherous slope which only a few had climbed successfully. My brother and I, as well as some of our neighbours, dearly loved an adventure, but our pleading requests for permission to explore even a half of the mysterious peak were met by firm refusals. But each year, the desire to attempt the climb became stronger as our curiosity increased and opposition from our parents weakened because of our nearly thorough knowledge of the surrounding mountains. I decided that, as far as I was concerned, the time for our hazardous venture had now come. [15]