Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION First: CARYL CHURCHILL BARCLAY HOUSE Tende bene et alta pete. WELCOME, NEW GIRLS i We want to thank you for your cooperation with the rest of the House in helping Barclay. This year Barclay has been very successful, obtaining first place in the first term, and in the Spelling Bee. We want to thank the girls for their interest and hard work, and also we ' d like to thank Miss Stansfield for her help and appreciated advice. The House Competition this year was a burlesque of a poem, acted in pantomine with narrators reading the words. We placed third with The Highwayman and would like to congratulate Cumming who won. We have a semi-athletic House, with several girls on the basketball teams. We are looking forward to the inter-house basketball matches and the Field Day next term. Let ' s hope we shall be as successful as Barclay has been in the past. Once more we ' d like to thank the girls, and wish them the best of luck with Barclay in the future. Kristin Liersch and Judith Bennett. [22]

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Pour moi, quand je vois encore une annee finie, et un groupe avec qui j ' ai travaille plusieurs annees qui s ' en va, rieur et plein d ' espoir, j ' ai Timpression de rester sur un quai de gare, au depart d ' un etre cher. Ce sent les dernieres minutes; on a le coeur tout gonfle de choses a se dire, et pourtant tout ce que I ' on trouve, ce sont des banalites telles que: Ecris-moi souvent! Tu as tout ce qu ' il te favit? Ne nous oublie pas! Fais bien attention a toi ! Sois heureuse! L. Ernout-Brouillette. WHY LEARN LANGUAGES? You WOULD surely expect a teacher of languages to recommend their study, wouldn ' t you? Of course you would! Not only for their cultural value; not only because of the new world of literature they open up to us, enriching our mental horizon. There is also the human interest involved, the sheer fun one may derive from understanding what is going on around us, — to say nothing of the economies that may be effected. Out of many such experiences, here is an example. One summer, in Florence, Italy, I went to the famous hat market to buy my Mother a hat. The woman at the stall addressed me in English, as I had just been talking in that language with a boat acquaintance I had run into there. Explaining what I wanted, I made my selection, then asked the price. I ' ll ask my husband, replied the woman. After doing so in Italian, there ensued a long discussion as to what they would have for dinner. Then, turning to me, she simply mentioned a sum which was exactly four times the price he had quoted. This in no way surprised me, as I had had the system explained to me the previous day in a tooled leather shop. In brief, if there is no fixed price attached, the sum first quoted will be four times the cost price; then if the buyer pays twice the cost price, the shop is making a fair profit, and the buyer is paying a reasonable amount. Gradually the purchaser increases his first low offer, the seller comes down until approximately the half-way stage is reached. Hence I proceeded to put the system into operation. At intervals each of us would p retend to have reached her limit. Then the woman would say to me, I ' ll have to ask my husband. But . . . What wine would you like today? was her question. No mention of price was introduced. After a while she would tell me, He say no! Nothing more. Finally I turned to the man and asked in Italian, Why don ' t you want wine today? Is it too hot? And don ' t you think tomatoes and onions are tastier than cheese? Then, to the woman, I will give you so-and-so, mentioning a fair amount, and putting the money in her hand. It was truly amusing to see the expression of stunned surprise on both faces when they realized I had understood their conversation. Their mouths fell open as they gaped at me. As in a dream, the woman packed up the hat. Mechanically she made change. And then off I walked, having thoroughly enjoyed the whole episode. As I reached the end of the long concourse, I turned and waved. They were still standing there, mouths agape, eyes still wide with astonishment as they feebly returned my gesture. So ... do learn languages! It ' s fun! H.M.G. [21]

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GUMMING HOUSE Facta non verba. THIS YEAR Gumming had a new house mistress, Miss Leonard, whom we would like to thank for all her help and encouragement. We are sorry that she is ill at the time of writing and wish her a speedy recovery. The first event of the year was the House Competition. We lived in a frantic rush from the moment we chose Tennyson ' s Lady Clare as our poem vmtil we collapsed on the great day to hear Mrs. Cushing ' s comments. Saturday mornings and the unearthly hour of 8.30 before prayers — a whirl of lost copies, woollen wigs, silver paper goblets, confetti, piles of old sheets and a head for the doe! A great deal of enthusiasm was shown by everyone and we were lucky enough to win the competition. Cumming ' s coming on! Another House project this year has been the afghan. For months it was a distant dream with an almost impossible total of 206 squares to be knitted, but finally we had enough, and the six inch squares — often five by seven rectangles — were sewn together. We would like to thank everyone for working together so well this year and showing so much House spirit. Special thanks to Betty Shannon, Anne Begor, Diana Falkner, Dawn Marshall and our Fifth For m Representative, Sandra Keymer, for all their house-points, help and enthusiasm. This year we were well represented on the basketball teams by Joan Branscombe and Ann Kampouris on the First Team and by Karen Curry, Janet Rutherford, Marjorie Cape and Elizabeth Biggs on the Second Team. We are looking forward to the inter-house basketball games and Field Day. At the end of the first term we were second to Barclay — congratulations, Barclay! — and we are working hard to see if we can do even better by the end of the year. But whether we pile up an impressive total or are dragged down by the inevitable bad marks, this has been one of Cumming ' s most enjoyable and successful years, and we hope she will do as well in the future. Good luck, Cumming! Joan Branscombe and Caryl Churchill. FAIRLEY HOUSE FIRST OF ALL we would like to take this opportunity to welcome into the House the many newcomers, and thank them sincerely for their support. This year, nevertheless, the standard of Fairley was not as high as it has been known to be in recent years. Perhaps less grim Tuesday mornings could pull this standard up. However, we wish to extend our sincere thanks to those members who have been so helpful, particvilarly the younger ones, who have contributed outstanding work to the House. We would also like to extend our thanks to Mrs. Leonard, whose advice has been much appreciated throughout the year. The major event of the first term was the House Competition. Everyone worked hectically, but in the end we ' re afraid Dangerous Dan McGrew proved indeed to be a true villain. Nevertheless, all had fun. Congratulations to Cumming ' s Lady Clare and her well deserved win! [ 23 1 I