Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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PHOTO CONTEST First: Sally Xu.holls. Second: JosiANE PiNTO, IIIb. Cuniming House IVb. (.umniinji House Prizes won at the Young People ' s Symphony Concerts: Scrapbook Contest, 14 years and over: Nike Coulourides } . Arianne KudelskaJ t ' pnze Painting Contest, 11-13 years: Yoko Narahashi, 2nd prize 10 years and under: Janet Johnston, 2nd prize Yolanda Sosinska, 3rd prize Special Poster Contest: Elizabeth Tighe, 2nd prize. Essay Contest, 11-13 years: Sally Johnson, 3rd prize [23]

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THE GRADUATION DANCE THIS YEAR the anmial graduation dance was held on January 22nd in the gymnasium. The theme was a Southern Ball, and Morgan ' s was kind enough to assist us with the decorations. Four cocktail parties were given before the class met in the Vice-Regal Suite at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, where we enjoyed a delicious meal. After dinner, we came back to school, where we danced to the music of the Swingkings. After the dance, parties took place in the homes of several members of the class. We shovild like to thank Mrs. Anglin and Mrs. Nicholls of the Trafalgar Old Girls ' Association — our sponsors — f or the help they gave us. May next year ' s dance be as successful as ours was this year. Virginia Echols, Arts VI, Gumming House. Priscilla Mansour, Arts VI, Fairley House. Elizabeth McAuley won the Senior Division of the Public Speaking Con- test of the N.D.G. Arts and Letters Festival. Her subject was Infant Gare . Leslie Gann and her partner won the Junior Ladies ' pairs in the Eastern Canadian Championships for figure skating. A water-colour, by Mile. Juge, of the School as it was before the new build- ing was erected has been donated to the School in memory of Miss Box, and now hangs in the Jimior Library. [22]

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MADEMOISELLE ELISABETH LaMOTHE C5EST AVEC un tres grand regret que les pro- fesseurs et les eleves ont appris que Mademoiselle LaMothe quittait Trafalgar cette annee. Mademois- elle a toujours ete une collegue charmante. Son hunieur egale et souriante etait un reconfort moral et une aide appreciable dans les periodes de coup de feu , au moment on tout va mal et oil Ton a Tim- pression d ' etre submergees! Les eleves perdent beau- coup aussi par ce depart. Son experience de I ' enseigne- ment, sa patience sans egale, seront des qualites difficiles a retrouver chez une autre. Dans le sujet ardu qu ' est le frangais, elle a su deployer toutes les ressources de son intelligence pour le rendre plus accessible et moins ennuyeux. Rien ne la rejouissait plus qu ' im sucees merite ou inattendu d ' une de ses eleves. Mademoiselle etait professeur de classe de IIIb. Ses eleves pouvaient toujours compter sur son esprit de justice, sa charite, sa comprehension, lors- qu ' il s ' agissait de regler leurs problemes ou leurs differends. Mademoiselle avait aussi la direction de Gumming House ou elle exerga une autorite a la fois ferme et douce. En la quittant, nous lui souhaitons de continuer longuement sa vie dans les voies qui Finteressent, et nous lui demandons de ne pas nous oublier, nous ses amies et ses obligees. Louise Ernout-Brouillette Mademoiselle has taught us the rudiments of French from Remove to the Sixth Form, and has brought a touch of Gallic culture and piquancy int o our lives, to broaden our outlook. Her patience with us has certainly been re- markable; she has borne our pranks, and the sad fact that sometimes not all of us were listening, with a rallying Voyons girls! and a wish for a better tomorrow. We hope to see her around the school in spite of her leaving, and we give our Mademoiselle ovir best wishes for a more peaceful and a very happy future! RoNNE Heming, Arts VI MISS HARVIE The school was very pleased to hear of the appointment, by the Board of Governors, of Miss Harvie as Assistant Principal. It is especially satisfying to see an Old Girl of the School hold this position. Miss Harvie joined the staff in 1939 and teaches Classics and History. She is House Mistress of Ross House and Form Mistress of the Arts VI, and also runs the senior school library. [24]