Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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THE HOUSES BARCLAY HOUSE Barclay has had its troubles this year, but it ' s been fun. In the House Competition we attempted to reproduce the highlights in the life of Helen Keller. The girls put a tremendous amount of effort and enthusiasm into it. Our congratulations go to the winner — Gumming — with their production of The Diary of Anne Frank . Many Barclayites have turned out to be very industrious and have contributed a great deal to the House. Special thanks go to our Red Cross Rep. — Rosemary LeGallais, and our Fifth Form Rep. — Jill Gardiner. We have a number of young members, both athletes and scholars, who will be a great help in the future. On the whole, we think that Barclay is on the up and up, thanks to the support of its forty-six members. Cynthia Oddie and Alice Home GUMMING HOUSE Cumming ' s motto, Deeds, not words , seems to have been reversed this year as is shown by the ever-increasing list of bad marks. However, Lynda Stenson, our Fifth Form Rep. has worked hard to keep track of them. Our grateful appreciation goes to Mrs. Timar, our House Mistress, who has always shown a great interest in all the girls in Gumming. We got off to a good start this year by winning the House Competition with our play on the life of Anne Frank. All Cummingites worked very hard, and a special debt of thanks goes to Linda Marchand who gave an excellent portrayal of Anne. The standard of all the Houses was very high, and it was a hard fought battle. Congratulations to everyone! Red Cross plays an important part in every House, and this year Gumming has been most fortunate in having Arlene Gloutier as Red Cross Rep. Arlene has been invaluable to us, and we really appreciate all the work she has done for the House. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the girls in Gumming who have worked so hard to make this such a successful year. Good luck in the years to come ! Holly Rankin and Sue Laverty DONALD HOUSE Donald has now been established for three years and therefore can no longer be considered a new House . This year we feel greatly cheered by the growth of House spirit which was shown both in the Hovise Competition and in the general work done by the girls. The Red Gross has been particularly good, and we are fortunate to have Beverley Robinson as our Red Gross Repr(;H(!ntative. Thank you also to Sally Johnson, our Fifth Form Representative, and to our House; Mistress, Miss C legg, for her enthusiasm and constant help. W«! look forward hopefully to the coming activities and hope that Donaldiles will continue; to show iIk; same spirit in these and in years to come. Suzanne Clahk and Linda Waverley [20]

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Inside the school entrance hung a huge pair of drawings of the Trafalgar girl, one in the original dress, the other in the present-day tunic. The central staircase was brightened with an imposing collection of this year ' s art work. Mrs. Gabor also arranged an exhibition of photographs taken during Trafalgar ' s seventy-five years, including a tin-type of the very first class. On the backs of the class and athletic pictures, pencils and paper were attached, and thus many Old Girls, returning to Trafalgar for the celebration, were able to recognize themselves and their school-friends, and to sign their names. It is a great honour to attend Trafalgar, which has so long and important a history, and her 75th birthday will be a wonderful memory for all of us. Claire Marshall, Arts VI, Fairley House AROUND SCHOOL IN 1962-63 [19]

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FAIRLEY HOUSE Service before Self This has been a very successful year for Fairley, and it is rewarding to see the House spirit shown by the girls. We would like to thank Mrs. Proulx in particular for all her help, encouragement and interest, for which we are extremely grateful. Everyone enjoyed the House Competition this year, and we tied for second place with Ross. Congratulations to Cumming, the winner. Anne Tomlinson ' s wonderful art work contributed greatly to the production, as did Susan Wood ' s excellent portrayal of Florence Nightingale. In the Red Cross department, we have all put in much effort, especially Victoria Knox, ovir Representative. Fairley placed a close second to Ross in house points at Christmas, and more than half the girls received Fairley tapes. If enthusiasm continues to run high, we should do well in June. Anndale Goggin, our Fifth Form Representative, has been keeping track of our bad marks, of which there have been amazingly few this term. Let ' s hope it continues that way! We would like to thank all the girls who have put so much effort into the House, and have made this an extremely enjoyable year. May you all have the best of luck in the future. Suzanne Kinsman and Claire Marshall ROSS HOUSE Fifth Form Representative — Yoko Narahashi Red Cross Representative — Theo Green We would like to thank all Rossites for their help and enthusiasm, and to give special thanks to Miss Harvie, whose advice and encouragement has been really appreciated. The House Competition was a great success this year, and we managed to tie for second place. Our Laura Secord was a lot of fun to put together, and helped to increase the House spirit. This was shown in that we came first in the overall points at Christmas. Ross won the Spelling Bee this year, despite some confusion in the finals. In past years, Ross has been strong in athletes but rather weak in geniuses. Now that we ' ve proven that we do have brains, let ' s make a good showing in the coming sports events. Good luck, Rossites! Barb Downie and Joan Clarkin [21]