Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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THIS YEAR marks the end of one era for Trafalgar and the start of another. As ihe new building nears completion, the rear section of our old school approaches the day of its demolition. It is with a pang that we see the familiar classrooms and the time-worn but friendly laboratory about to become memories for those who are here and past history for those who have yet to come. But a change affords a certain amount of excitement, tempered with a few difficulties, and adapting ourselves to new conditions is not an impossible feat. Though there will be many new improved additions in the section of the school that is being completed, the heart of Trafalgar — her gym — will remain. Perhaps it is not the largest gym nor the most up-to-date, but it has character and reflects the mood of its occupants. On mark reading days there is a tense atmosphere; on the nights of the Gym Demonstration, there is an atmosphere full of excitement. Everything goes on in the gym, from House Competitions and basketball games to spelling bees and lectures. There is something about it, an elusive, intangible something, that has instilled itself within the four walls of the gym, and we who must leave Trafalgar will fondly recall the gym when we look back on our school days. When the last year of high school is reached, we realize how much we shall miss the daily drama of school life which we groan about from time to time. We shall no longer be quite so sheltered and guided. But though we shall leave Trafalgar and make our way in the various pathways of life we have chosen, there will always be the name of Trafalgar and what it stands for to honour and maintain. That is a very common statement, but the fact remains that the standards of Trafalgar, established and maintained over a long period of time, must still be maintained not only by the present students, but by those who have left and by us who are leaving. As we go out into the world, we would like to wish our Head Mistress, our teachers and all the girls the very best in the coming year — a successful entry into the new building and a continuance within it of the same school spirit that enhanced the old, of the same standards it upheld: and we leave with you this parting thought: It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive; and true success is to labour. [12]

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MAGAZINE STAFF Editor MoRVEN McIlquham Literary Editor Caryl Churchill Sub-Editor Beth Corden Secretary -Treasurer . Lynne Harrison Art Editor Elizabeth Dingman Photography Editor Joan Branscombe Sports Editor Kristin Liersch House Editor Sandra Kovacs Honorary Adviser Miss Stansfield MAGAZINE COMMITTEE Arts VI Carol Armstrong Science VI Gail Fitzpatrick Form Va . Carol Clark Form Vb Sandra Keymer Form IVa Anne Murray Form IVb . , . . ' . Carolyn Bedford- J ones Form IIIa Anne Begor Form IIIb Margaret MacLean Form Upper II Barbara Stanfield [11]

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SEPT. 8 OCT. 11 OCT. 20 OCT. 21 OCT. 29 School Opening Mid-term Holiday Inter-school Tennis Matches Trafalgar Day Hallowe ' en Party NOV. 1 NOV. 24 NOV. 29 DEC. 13 DEC. 21 Mid-term House Miss Christmas Carol Marks Competition Hasell Exams Singing DEC. 22 JAN. 11 JAN. 21 FEB. 7 9 FEB. 21 End of Start of Grad Public Mid-term Term I Term H Dance Speaking Holiday FEB. 22 MAR. 10 11 MAR. 16 APRIL 6 APRIL 19 Mid-term Marks Gym Dem. Spelling Bee General Knowledge Closing Start of Term III [ 13 ]