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

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12 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD surface, hearing very probable destruction to such a small ship as the Q-5. The connnander waited till the last moment before swinging over the helm, which was done to ensure the hit being registered abaft the en- gine-rooni. As it was, it crashed and exploded at the after bnlkliezul. and the ship was two-thirds open t0 the sea. there being only two hulklicads. Abandon Ship , as alreadv described, was the order. and, as soon as the crew had got to their feet again, there was a Iianic-stricken scaniper for the boats. As has been rehearsed again and again the boats came down very awkwardly. and the falls of one jammed so that she was left very realistically upended. XVhat had not been rehearsed again and again was the very fat chief stew- ard's fall from the falls into the boat. So fat and heavy was he, that his arms couldn't long bear his weight, and down he crashed on two of his mates in the bottom of the boat. At length the boats pulled hurriedly away with a skipper , and a fairly representative crew on board. Still the U-boat showed no more than her periscopel she cruised slowly along the starboard side about twen- ty yards off, while the Q-5 was sinking by the stern, but the hidden gun crews could not risk shooting at an underwater target. Round to port she came and looked as if she was making off, while all the time the Q-5 commander was on tenterhooks. Soon the stern would be too low in the water for any of the after guns to shoot at all. However, the sacrifice was not for nothing: the L'-83 broke water about 300 yards off on the port- bow, while the life-boats were crawling round the port quarter. She came nearer and nearer, till at 100 yards off her commander stepped from the conning tower, which was now well up. Then the signal was given. Up shot the VVhite Ensign and three 12-pounders, one 6- pounder and several maxims poured 45 shells and small shot into the submarine. There could be only one end as practically every one was a hit. It seemed brutal work but a sporting chance had been taken by the Q-5 and she had come out on top. The lifeboats then came round but only the commander of the U-boat and one man were saved. As the Q-5 had still some hours of life, they were taken aboard and later transferred to the destroyer that came up in answer to the wireless that she was sinking. And that night another submarine was signalling the U-83, obtaining no reply. To Be Continued REAR-ADMIRAL GORDON CAMPBELL, V.C., D.S.0. Scourge of the German Submarine a Visitor to Toronto The hero of our Mystery Ships articles was a vis- itor to Toronto last week, and was welcomed by the mayor. He was accompanied by George Gooderham, Esq., and W. S. Dobbs, Esq., representative of the Am- putation Association, under whose auspices the Admir- al spoke. After his reception at the City Hall, the dis- tinguished visitor placed a floral triangle at the Ceno- taph on behalf of the Amputation Association. Seeking a new mode of life, Admiral Campbell re- tired last year. After the publication of his book, My Mystery Ships , an opportunity was presented to him to go on a lecture tour, and it is in this capacity that he has come to Canada. He arrived in Toronto from Mont- real February 5th, and on that evening gave an illus- trated lecture in Massey Hall on How the Q-boat Fought the German Submarines . On Feb. 6th he was the guest of the Governor-General in Ottawa. 944615 11 I Nf '1'J! iNv1Q Vim ll in t , x h c X , A an 6 JA , it . f r'hf7'l'1fL.'.liltfilifl Q ' 'L' 'W -fl' lltktt 'tt fr' will 'f ll l' 1' l 1 ,I ,fe - H , -i Q ,-,- f'-P lil if Z li IX-Z.. W.M.C. i An Innocent Abroad Mr. Grant Richards, the well-known publisher, tells a delightful little story concerning a certain au- thor of his acquaintance who was travelling recently from Florence to Milan. The only other occupant of his compartment was a young American girl of singular charm, and not un- naturally he made the most of his opportunity and fell into conversation with her. She was carrying a statuette which she had pur- chased in Florence and of which she was very proud. ls it alabaster? he asked. I don't think so, she answered, with a smile. They told me at the shop it was Aphrodite . Greedy Of Praise When Sir Ignace Paderewski, the famous pianist, is on tour he invariably takes his own chef with him. The man is certainly a very good chef, but he is also fond of praise. Knowing this, his master makes a point of com- plimenting him frequently. At the conclusion of a luncheon party he gave to a few friends recently, he said to one of the waiters: Go and tell the chef that the fish was marvellous, the roast superb, and the sweet unsurpassablen. The waiter took the message, and returned a mo- ment later with the answer: : The chef says, he told Paderewski, that the soup was unsurpassable too .

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figgg i g TRINITY t'Ol.l.l the strange spectacle ot' an ocean liner, leaving but little room for the many luxurious pleasure yachts which are always there. The buildings of the city, which c1'owd around the harbour and begin the steep ascent of the mountain are all white or yellowish, and would be unsightly if the severity of their aspect were notfbroken by masses of green foliage, the gardens, those surrounding the casino especially, being among the most beautiful in Europe. We have reached our des- tination so let us leave the char-a-banc and explore these enticing Jardins et terrasses du Casino . We find them to be acres in extent and containing every kind of tropical, sub-tropical and native vegetation. As we walk along winding paths, over rustic bridges, or up quaint stairways, we see they are set about with beauti- 'IGIC SVHOOI. ltl'It'OltlJ ll ful fountains and cascades. streani- and lily--'lad pon-l-, with here and there a bench in a slit-lt--iw-I arhour. and l'Yl'l'yXYlll'l'l' beds ot' flowers ot' ni:tnj.' hue- wlneli lend colour and add beauty to tht- scene 'lbt-se yardeii- are indeed a paradise, combining inan's art with the bonn- tles ol' nature. Such is this laughing land ol' garden-de-'l-.1--l cities and seaside bythe mountains. holding all that is inod- e1'n in pleasures and conveniences with a wealth til' his- toric antiquity- a spot on the earth which one ls not content to visit but once: lfrance, the llt-ditt-rrant-an, the Riviera, magic words which to our Vanadian niinds conjure up pictures ol' sunshine and cart-t'i'ee happi- ness: la vie l'arisienne . --- lint llitslf' l A X' 4? --V X ld NX X F 2-2 it TNQ 4 Qlft -. . QW it-,tffnrfmRifi:fgi,,., -I ,V,1Il',il -51, . t it I .elf f l I ri -1 1-.Q X W 417' 77 ' f ' i N ' tit t lt 4511, f .Hz I , th at -fy - +- 4-0 1' , Z, . l ,' ' 31 ,lf '-sagirs wtvilc. 'WI 'IW I. fm! W il W ,xi ,, ,--- X77 g glitltgsterg ,Ships INTENSIFIED SUBMARINE WARFARE We left the old Farnborough fitting in Ply- mouth. Under her new name of Q5 she was preparing to meet the emergencies of an intensified campaign. The very fact that her last action had only been partly successful must certainly have put the U-boats on guard against disguised merchantmen. For nearly five months then, the scattered mystery ships had nothing to report. but on Feb. 1st, 1917 it became known that a new and more vigorous warfare was to be the offering of the U- boats. The Q skippers had much to think about dur- ing this inactive periodg all merchantmen would be sus- pected and disguise would probably be of little useg unless the U-boat commander could be positive that the enemy was an abandoned craft, he would not show more than his periscope. Consequently the only hope for an engagement lay in the Q boat's willingness to be hit first. As will be seen, Commander Campbell was absol- utely correct in his surmise. With this change of conditions the hazards of the Q-boat's crew were greatly increasedg they had to be hit first. Considering this the crew were given the op- portunity to transfer to some other sphere of naval ac- tivity, but not a man accepted. We can understand their attitude, when Britain and her allies were losing 600,- 000 tons of shipping a month in the U-boats' active per- iods, and, if it were known, this was the factor that most jeapordised our cause at that time, therefore the keenness of the Q-boat's crew. On the last day of January, then, the Q-5 set out for her old hunting-grounds, the south west coasts of Ireland. Ordinarily a ship of this kind was under orders to remain out ten or eleven days at a time, as being the most one could expect of a crew on double watches: but as her coal would last twenty-two or twenty-three days, her commander was bent on staying out that length of time. The eleven days passed with only two incidents of note: a barque was sighted, a neutral and abandoned it was found on closer inspection. She had been boarded by a submarine commandei'. it was learn- ed from intercepted signals, and ordered not to go within 100 miles of the English or French coasts on penalty of being sunk without warning. As she had not enough drinking water to return to America or go south, she was abandoned with a full cargo of maize. Commander Campbell took her in tow, hoping that he would now be a much better mark. He made for Bere- haveii and on the way a ship about eighteen miles ahead was seen to go up in a terrific explosion, an ammunition ship. The Q-5 sailed over the spot expecting a torpedo any minute, but, although a periscope was sighted. no attack was made. It turned out later that the l'-boat was damaged herself, and had to make for her depot. The tow was then turned over to the Senior Naval Of- ficer at Berehaven, and the Q-5 set out again. At last on Feb. 17th, her chance came. Overnight two submarines had been overheard talking in her vicinity, and in the morning at 9.45 a periscope was seen approaching. A minute or two after she was sight- ed the track ofa torpedo was seen. fired at great range. There she was, travelling her -10 knots just below the

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TRINITY' COLLEQEASCEQQI. Rnconn ARE THE RADIO AND THE MOTOR CAR HARM- FUL TO THE YOUNG? With Other Uncomfortable Reflections The time has come to deprive some of the products of scientific progress of the halo which surrounds them ! l1fli0X pmine them calmly, to see whether they deserve the almost sacred veneration which is paid to them. VVe are not the first who have tried to do this. The question which heads this article is being asked fre- quently at present and it seems there can be only one answer. None can deny the benefits which have been con- ferred upon mankind by the radio and the motor-car in certain spheres, but we have no hesitation in saying that, as affects the young, the influence of these things is definitely harmful. Take the radio first. We have always been told that it is a great educator and we are still asked to believe this when we know that the ela- borate radio set of today has completely defeated its own ends in this respect, since the young can escape education by merely turning a handle. If Toronto de- cides to instruct the young for half an hour, the young move on to some other station and get the dance music that they love, while Toronto lectures to a few who would probably otherwise be reading ta much more profitable cmploymentl. Even the child with a thirst for knowledge can get very little real education out of a series of talks on varied subjects. No child is interested in many subjects and he can get much more good out of choosing his own subjects and reading books about them. Besides, anyone who has seen our youth listening to a radio knows that they don't con- centrate on it. It is never more than an aid to conversa- tion and a refuge from boredom. It is not to be expected that any wide interest could be taken in those parts of the program which are supposed to give instruction. It is a curious fact that human beings like to feel when they are learn- ing something that they are gaining knowledge which most people haven't got. It spoils the whole thing to feel that all their friends are learning the same thing at the same time. XVhat is the difference between that and a class? That the child of today reads less than the child of 10 years ago is a fact which admits of no dispute. The effects are painfully obvious, and the radio must take most of the blame. The movie is not the villain this time because it was as much frequented 10 years ago as it is now. To sum up, the radio is a pernicious short cut in education. Roughly speaking all short cuts in education are pernicious and the present age, which spends its time looking for short cuts, would do well to remember that Good things are difficult , as the Greek proverb says. VVhat the radio is doing for our minds the motor car is doing for our bodies, but with this difference, that whereas the radio is most poisonous to people be- tween the ages of 12 and 20, the motor car does its deadliest work between 20 and 40. Up to 20 the exub- erance of undignified youth or the desire for athletic distinction will keep the muscles hard, in spite of all the inducements to complete physical inaction which mod- ern material progress offers. Even so, the outdoor ex- ercise which young people get is, thanks to the motor- car, much less regular than it used to be. It is something out of the ordinary, rather than part of the regular rou- tine. Possibly the strange diets and special treatments so lavishly prescribed for children in the last few years are designed to take its place. That they will fail to do so should be obvious to the children themselves. But, as l have said, it ls :filer the age nl 20 that men come really under the spell of the motor car and other labour-saving devices. lly then most ot' them have lost all athletic ambition and feel too dignified lo run. 'After this age a man is apt to go to pieces and use everything that Nature has given him inthe wrong way. His feet are used only for stepping on the gas or putting up on the office table: his hands for thumping on said table to persuade someone to buy something. His heart is kept for falling sentimentally in love at the age of 23 and getting tied up with someone as inexper- ienced as himself tafter which it has to be tested once a year by a doctor to make sure that the strain ol' get- ting in and out of cars and elevators has not been too much for it.J I was very much amused a few days ago to see the wrath of a passenger in a street car when the driver very properly refused to stop the car and let him off after a run of about 30 yards from the last stopping place. If he had been a decrepit old man he would have had some excuse for objecting to a walk of 30 yards extra, but he was actually not more than about ao and a great deal too stout for his age. In the same way I have seen people wait a full minute for an elevator rather than go down three flights of stairs. Now going up and down stairs is just the sort of thing that is good for us and, though I know that a business man's time is money , I should like to point out that the faster a man goes up or down stairs the more good he does himself, whatever his business may be. Another vice which is growing up among men under middle age is that of being too fastidious about games. However hotly anybody may deny it. men are getting less sporting every year. If they can't take their exercise just how they like it they would sooner go for a drive in a motor. This is about as sensible as deciding that if they can't drink champagne they won't drink anything at all. It is neglecting the necessities of life because they aren't presented as pleasantly as they might have been. The motor car is ruining local games and local activities generally, because the young man with a car feels himself to be under no obligation to his town or district, and as a matter of fact he is under no obligation. He can easily go to a more amusing place, and who could reasonably stop him? Yet local patriot- ism is a very important thing and local games go to make up a large part of it. The idea that first class games are the only sort worth playing is ruining sport and it is the motor car which takes people away to watch first class games instead of playing in second or third class ones. From what I have seen I would not hesitate to say that the French are now a more sporting nation than any of the English speaking countries. At any of the less fashionable French sea-side places you can see an enormous variety of sports being indulged in, under the very worst conditions. A Frenchman is not blase about his games. He has no objection to playing tennis on the sands with a piece of string for a net, or to running a half mile race with someone whom he knows will beat him. There are several reasons. One is that he isn't afraid that there may be an expert watching him. He wouldn't care if there was. Another is that he hasn't got a car probably. France is a poorer country. and the percentage of car owners is much smaller than in Eng- land, Canada or America. The result is that the French- man goes around on his feet and finds that it can be Continued on Page 15