Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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F OHM 0 I ' I I C K H S FALL TERM Fori Presidents Vice-Presidents Arts YI Science VI Form Va Form Vb Form IVa Form IVb Form IIIa Form IIIb Upper II Arlene Cloutier Marika Coulourides Rosemary LeGallais Linda Marchand Mary Morgan Renee Morganti Jennifer Russell Janet Johnston Debby Dunkerley Alice Home Susan Laverty Anndale Goggin YoKo Narahashi Cathy Mills Maria Lubecki Jane Curwood Andrea Mason Pamela Sears SPRING TERM Arts VI Science VI Form Va Form Vb Form IVa Form IVb Form IIIa Form IIIb Upper II Arlene Cloutier Cathy Cooke Wendy Moore Diana Place Cassie Lewis Eleanor Nicholls Suzanne Cloutier Nancy Hughes Jennifer Hanley Deirdre Crutchlow Christina Edwards Joan Dickison Diane Pyves Carole Robitaille Heather Marshall Jane Bourne Andrea Whittaker Harriet Sachs Forms Library Representatives Treasurers Arts VI Science VI Form Va Form Vb Form IVa Form IVb Form IIIa Form IIIh Upper II Form 1 1 Linda Aboud Carol Holland Emily Black Patricia Hill Madeleine Palmer Heather Marshall (iHRisTiNE Cole Diane Etches Sherry Spencer lilRGn ' TI ' , SCHEEL Cakolyin Aingus Janice Tanton Lynne Clark Susan Black Wendy Ross Jill Marshall Shirley Aboud Martha Davidson JNancy Hughes Marilyn Forbes Brenda Wilson Eva Matute 14

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DONALD ROSS IN IHHl the Trafalfiar Institute, as it was Jiarn«; l at firhl, was op ;nf;d, lw ;nly y ;arH after it had [xcn found- ed accorrling to the will of Donald iioss. ' J h ; first I ' rotestant private girls ' school in Montreal, its original hoard included many distinguished man, among them I ord Strathcona and Sir William Dawson. The school was set up on its present Simpson Street location, in the house which had previously belonged to the Mitchell family, rather than on the old Tra- falgar property designated by Donald Ross. The first chairman of the hoard was the Rev. Dr. James Barclay, and the first headmistress was Miss Grace Fairley. By the end of its first year Trafalgar had six boarders, and about the same number of day girls. Miss fairley was detained by illness in her family, and did not arrive from Scotland until after Christmas. Miss Woolen became acting principal; the other teachers were Miss Smith, Miss Labatt, and Miss Sym. The classrooms and dormitories were all in part of what is now the boarding house, and the present drawing-room was then divided into a recreation room and the Principal ' s sitting room. At first there were only two classrooms, on the second floor; then more were added on the third floor, and a new wing was built. Gym and drawing classes were held in an outside building, originally a coach-hovise, and it was here that the girls sometimes put on plays. Sir William Dawson ' s arrangement of the proposed curriculum only allowed for two classes, in preparation for University, and only girls over thirteen years of age were admitted. In 1890 the trustees decided to open a Preparatory class, and in 1893 the regular division into forms was made. For quite a few years the final examinations were conducted by outside examiners, mainly from McGill. There were classes in English, French, German, Maths, History, Latin, and Botany. Gymnastics were limited, and tennis, made diflicuh by long skirts, was the only game played; basketball was introduced later. A NINETEENTH CENTURY SIXTH FORM 16]