Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. THE OLD BOYS ' DINNER. After a lapse of some years, tlie Old Boys ' Dinner has liceii riviveii, ami the | r )ni( ters of the rally which was held at Wehh ' s on Jan- uary 4th, have every reason to feel gratified with the success of their efforts. It is good for us, now and then, to feel again the warmth of earlv friendships, and to stir u| the past, when the pulse was heatinj; liigh with ambitious hopes, and it is deeply interesting, moreover, to hear again of those who once shared our lives. I ' he dear old never-to-be- forgotten stories of our School days, too, are always worth re-telling, and never lose by the repetition. Those who met on this occasion to do honour to their old School were so imbued with the spirit of fellowship, that the most perfect harmony prevailed. Even during the early courses, the gootl-humour broke out spontaneously in a vocal acconi|)animent to the stirring strains of the orchestra, and dur- ing the intervals between song and speech, snatches of old School and College choruses were to be heard on all sides. Excelltiit songs were contributed by Dr. Crawfnrd Scadding, Mr. Wyly (irier and Captain Barker. Professor C L. Worrell, who is Presulenl of the Old Boys ' .Vssociation, fulfilled the duties of chairman in a most charming manner, and the speech in which he proposed the toast of the .School was in every way worthy of the occasion. The speech of the evening was, of course, 1 )r. Bethune ' s. He was in a most happy vein. Reminis- cences, School history and distinctions, and even statistics were all of a delightful interest. One remark that must be recorded was that, as Head Master, he has had nearly 1300 boys under his care. His speech throughout was greeted with enthusiasm, and rousing cheers went up ar he resumed his seat. Dr. Parkin, responding to the toast of Sister Schools, given by Provost Welch, defended with earn- estness (as did the proposer) the existence of such institutions as his and our own. Others who had charge of toasts were Chancellor Allan, Kev. Professor Jones, E. D. Armour, Q. C, Kirwan Martin and Rev. O. H. Broughall. .Ml spoke eloquently, and met with that hearty recejition which can only come from an after-dinner audience. E. D. Armour regaled the company with very en- tertaining stories of the Weston days, while Rev. (;. H. Broughall proved himself a repos- itory of all kinds of strange information re- garding the whereabouts and doings of Old Boys. The ' ice-chairs were occupied hy Frank Darling and .Mexis Martin, to who.se energetic action, together with that of the Honorary Secretary, H. C. Osborne, the success of this New Year ' s gathering was mainly due. The Guests of the Evening were ; — Rev. I ' rof. Wnrrcll (President), Kev. Dr. Hclliune, flim. Ch.-.ncellor .All.Tii, l ' rovii.st Welch, Kev. Dr. Jones, Dr. I ' arkin (lle.- cl Mnsler uf U C. C). Below will he found the list of guests of individual members of the Association and of Old Boys present. E. Wyly (jrior, Capt. McKay, I. K. Osborne, J. II. Phillips, Dr. Ciawford .Sc.nilrii g, A H. .Scaife (Kdiiiir ul The Province), K D. .• rniour, C. M. Bald- win, L. II. Baldwin, E. Bayley, II. (. Belhiine, A. M. Belhune, K. Bethunc, C. Bogerl, Kev. G. II. Broughall, E. A. Canipi.ell, K. C. Cassells, Kev. E. C. Cayley, J. II. Collinson, Frank Darling, E. D.avidson, V. J. Douglas, W. K. Ferguson, (Iwyn Francis, N. F. (Sooch, D. F. Ilagarly, P. E, lleniicrsoii, J. B. Holland, A. I,. Ireland, (Juy Ire- land. I. lellelt.D. O. K. Jones. N. C. Jones. II. M. l.iiunl, T. II. Jones, D ' .Arcy Marlin, Alcvis Martin, Kirnan Martin, F. J. .S. Martin, E. L. Middlelnn, Leonard McMurray, K. ,S. Morris, A. P. Nasmith, F. F.Nasmith, H. C. Osborne, J. E. K. Osborne, (Jonlon Osier, C. H. Plumnier, T. H. Plumnicr, C. J. Price, V. Robin, D. W. Saunders, J. Grayson Smith, II. E Smith, G E. Spragge, A. B. Slcn- nett, H. Strickland, R.Sweny, II.S.Thorne,E. M. Watson, M. Whitehead, A. B. W ' ilkie, C. S. Wil- kie, J. A. Worrell. I etters of regret were received from Kev ' d J. O. Miller, (lle.ad Master of Bishop Kidley College), Sheriff Hope. H. II. Travers Lewis and several oilRrs. Chess. — Chess is the order of the day, and a club has been formed with Rev. C.. H. Broughall for President and Harris and Saun- ders for a Committee. We understand that there is to be a champion and a bodyguard of si. . . ' correspondence game is to be played with I.t-nnoxville, the result of which will be published in the Recorii. We wish the new club every success. PREFr;cTS. The Head-Master has ap)- pointed the following Prefects: G. St.G Bald- win, C. E. Duggan, E. . . Hammond and |. R. Maclaren. The Senior Prefect is (i. R. Hindes, last year ' s Bronze Medallist.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RKCORD. SCHOOL WORK. To conic upon a noiici. ' of school work in the Rkcor ), may produce in some of our readers a sliock similar to that [produced by school books in h )liday iin)e. Such things, they would say, like family troubles, are to be endured, not spoken of. But even at the risk of offending this sensitive minority, we must plead that our magazine would be false to its name, if it ignored this most important feature of school life. Both in quantity and quality, the work this term seems somewhat above tiie average. This estimate, however, is not to be appro- propriated indiscriminately. We can, in- deed, picture certain individuals, to whom it in no sense applies, reading it with intense satisfaction ; but for them it can only serve as an incentive to merit such commendation in the future. The work in hand, as usual, is for the most part preparation for the matriculation exam- ination of the Education Department of Ontario anil McGill, and the entrance exam- ination at the Royal Military College. In Classics, the boys are reading Caesar, Virgil, Horace, Cicero,Xenophon, Homer and Eu- ripides; in Mathematics,Euclid,Algebra,. rith- metic. Mensuration and Trigonometry occupy their attention ; while other studies le.ss exact- ing, if no less important, have their due place. May we express a hope that the boys en- gaged in this work will do their utmost to win fresh honours for the School in their dif- fe ent examinations? Those who have gone before them have established the reputation of the School, and it rests with them to main- tain, and, if possible, to increase it. . school, in the hist instance, is rightly judged .by the character of the boys it turns out ; and next in imporiance stand their achieve- ments in the paths of scholarship. In this connection we, even at this late dale, should like to offer our warmest congratula- tions to those who have won distinctions in examinations during the past year, and to wish them even greater success in the luture. Lj ersiiy and other distinctions obtained in r ' 97 : — Tkiniiv Univkrsitv. I,. W. B liKoniHAii,, B A., Jubilee scholar : Second Class Honours in Classics. S. SiiNKLKR, B. A., First Class Honours in Philosophy. P. S. Spencicr, Scholar in Philosophy, Second Year. M. 15. Li)WiN, Dickson Scholar. S. B. Lucas, Wellington Scholar in Mathe- matics at Matriculation. First Class Honours in Mathematics; Second Class Honours in Classics. B. Strathv, Runiside Scholar in Classics; First Class Honours in Classics.; Second Class Honours in French. McCiiLi, Univrrsitv. K. Roiif.KTsON, Second place in First tilass Honours in Mathematics. G. Hampson, Passed Matriculation in Arts and Science. RovAi. Military Coi.llge. A. Stairs, Batt. Serg.-Maj. ; .Sword cf Honour. . H. SvKR, Recommended for a Commis- sion, Imperial . ' rmy. . R. McCo.NKliV, Entered fifth in cl ass of thirty-one. E. Pattrrson, Entered sixth in class of thirty-one. F. 0,si,F.R, Entered twenty-second, in class of thirty-one. Univer.sitv oi ' Minnesota. E. Macgrf.gor. in . rls ' assed Mntriculation Last summer H. T .Allan, whom many will remember as an unusually good swimmtr, made an heroic, though unsuccessful attempt to save a man from drowning in Lake .St. Louis. Allan was out yachting whm the victim fell over nn ' l immediately went in after him. .After sever d attempts he caught hold ol him, but the man clutched him by the throat ; a canoeist near t)y came to Allan ' s as- sistance, but in spite ol his efforts the man pulled .Allan to the bottom. Allan managed to shake him off and when he got back to the yacht fell on the deck uncon.scious ; as soon as he recovered he insisted on diving after the victim once more, but was unalle to find him.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. THE TRINITY COLLEGE SCEOOL BOY. ( Oiu of the Old Ones.) He ' s a young rara avis, He ' ll always behave as A mixture of angel and divi ; His manners are various, Temper |irecari()us, He ' s rollicking, reckless and civil. He ' s modest, courageous — His boldness outrageous — He ' s never just what you e.xpect him. Hut the more that you see Ot what he can be. The more you will always respect him. He ' s slow to offend, Hut ([uick to defend When his honour and courage are doubted. He ' ll give his last penny (That ' s if he has any), And never care twopence about it. In fight or in play He goes in to stay Till his best is done, you may depend, For in fight or in play There ' s only one way — To play the game out to the end. He ' s loyal and true . nd he never could do Any cowardly action or mean; For the one, single rule, That is taught in the School Is P ' ear God and Honour the Queen. But this young mm avis ' ill alwavs behave as A mixture of angel and t ivi ,- He ' s proud and he ' s courteous, Mischievous, virtuous. Rollicking, reckless and civil. THE FOOTBALL SEASON OF 1897. Though it may not l)e pleasant to write down last season as unsuccessful, we can hardly do otherwise. Many things were against us; but lack of material, owing to the unusually large loss of old players, was, per- haps, the one most felt. Of the 1896 xv, there remained Haldwin, Duggan, Osier, Brown, Maclaren and Hammontl, a good enough nucleus if we had had more material behind it. Three matches were played, but an the games are now ancient history, a very brief survey will be sufficient. On Octolur yih we went out to Peterborough and met a XV that was much too strong for any school team, comprising as it did, several men who h.id played in Senior League matches. The score, 3 1 to o, speaks for itself; but at the same time it was a most plucky exhibition on the part of the School xv. i ' he way Reid collared the opposing halves was a treat ; he only missed his man once, and played to the end wh ' en he must have been in consiilerable pain. Patterson max and the ever ready Brown also showed u[) well. Mac- laren was absent and his loss was severely felt. Our next match was at Rcselale, vs. 15. R. C , and there too we suffered a bad de- feat ; perhaps the less said of the match the better. The XV seemed to get discouraged and lose their judgement after the first half was over, and tliough individuals did well at times, there was almost a total lack of team play. We met U. C. C. on our own grounds on Nov. 13. Again we had a good man absent, Patterson max, who was laid up for the sea- son, and the xv, though they did not win the g.ime, certainly recovered their prestige, and at half-time it was anybody ' s game Duggan at half and Martin at quarter were perhaps the particular stars. The latter was chosen from the Junior xv at the last nViment and amply justified his selection. Scovel made his first appearance and did splendid work, while Os- ier, Brown and Maclaren also deserve men- tion. The score was 14 to 3 in their favour. A word must be said for Darling, of U. C. C, who played all through the game with a bad knee, and was invaluable to his side. The game was the pleasantest we ever remember, and to see the way Petherbridge handled his team was a treat : no rougli- ness, no disputing decisions, no talking; it was a s|)ortsman ' s game from start to finish. So much for our first xv. The Juniors have a very different tale to tell, thanks to the unwearying coaching of Mr. Nightingale. The School owe him a deep debt of gratitude, for on the youngsters depends the future of the game here. It was a pleasure to see them play; the passing was accurate, the kicking well-timed and judicious, and thp collaring augurs well for future years. One feature that was particularly noticeable was the intense enthusiasm ; almost every day saw a game, and a game played for all it was worth. The xv went to Lakefiekl, which is