Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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MISS ELLEN K. BRYAN Vice-Principal of Trafalgar School for Girls from 1919 to 1942. Died January 5th, 1961, at Victoria, British Columbia. Although Miss Bryan left Trafalgar nineteen years ago, her influence on the school and on the lives and characters of those whom she taught still remains. Along with Trafalgar ' s three outstanding Principals, she played a great part in guiding the destiny and shaping the traditions of the school. Miss Bryan came to Canada from Ireland before the First World War, an honour graduate in Classics of Trinity College, Dublin, and joined the staff of Havergal College in Toronto. In 1919 she came to Trafalgar, where she was Vice-Principal and head of the English and Classics Departments imtil her [12]

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iSrafaUiax MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Margot Donnelly Assistant Eilitor Wkndy Davies First Sub-Editor Nanci Van Vlaandeken Second Sub-Editor Elizabeth Kent Seoretar -Trt asnrt ' r ELIZABETH Irwin Sports Editor Mary Dorion Art Editor DOROTHEA BuRNS Pbotographv Kdilor Rose-Marie Thorn Boarders ' Editor Sally Green Honorary Adviser MlSS Stansfield MA GA ZINE COMMITTEE Arts I I Margot Place Scu ' iicc VI Renata Palenzona Form Carole Irvine Form Tb Kathy Hall Form U ' Carol Holland Form 11 B Linda Waverley Form IIIx Jill Gardiner Form Ills Susan Wood UpjH ' r II Madeleine Palmer Form II Mildred Brown CONTENTS Tribute to Miss Bryan 12 Editorial 13 Activities 15 Sixth Forms 23 Senior Literary 35 Boarders 47 Junior Literary .49 Foreign Section 55 Sports 59 Old Girls ' Notes 66 School Directory 70 [11]

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appointment, ia 1 ' 42. .is Ht adniistress of Crolton House School in Vancouver. There she remained uulil iUness forced her lo retire, in 1958, and under her guichmce ( rofton Hou.-c [irospered and grew. It is as a teacher that we lirst think of Miss Bryan, . ' he was lunlouhtedly one of the finest teachers in (lanachi. ami lu r hrilHant iniinl, hijili schohirship, enthusiasm, and sense of hinnt Mr all iHjinhiiicd to make her lessons a stimulating experience. Her love for Enjilish literature, and for the laii ;ua !:e and literature of the Greeks and Romans, instilled in her pupils, e en the dull ones, something of her own appreciation and K) e of knowledge. In other wavs, too. Miss Br an gave much to the School. l erha|)s her most remarkable qualit vvas her vitality, her intense interest in everyone and evervthing around her. This interest of hers, in great measure, led to the growth of the school magazine, the founding of the Library, and the introduction of the House system. Her personal interest in each girl, continuing long after schooldays were over, was an incentive to her pupils to aim at her high ideals of character and scholarship. Even after she left Trafalgar, she retained a keen interest in the School, and never failed to remember its anniversaries and important events. Two vears ago, after Miss Bryan fell ill, the Trafalgar Old Girls ' Association gave the School two gifts in her honour. One of these, the World Book Encyclopedia , now in the Senior Library, was a tribute to her love of know- ledge: the other, the Bryan Prize for Creative riting, to be awarded annually, was a token of her interest in the indi idual. Miss Bry an knew of these gifts and was delighted by them, and we are happy to have these permanent reminders of this gifted woman in the School which she loved and to which she contributed so much. J. E. H EDITORIAL AS THE SCHOOL year rapidly conies to its end, I am sure that everyone in this year ' s graduating class looks back over the years with emotion. We look back with regret for lost opportunities, and wistfulness for neglected advice given us by teachers, who were not fully appreciated. We realize now that all the activities in the school life combine to build character and shape the person for her role in life. The curriculum, the teaching staff, the extra-curricular activities, and the friendships we have made, all combine to form the girl who will graduate and go out into the world to spread the School ' s reputation. Some day you will understand this too. Until then, carry on the school traditions: wear your school uniform proudly, so that, on the eve of your graduation, you too may say, Look out, world; here we come. [13]