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

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL The School extends its heartfelt gratitude to all those assisted in any way on that disastrous week-end of March 3rd, By our Wayside Cross and its memories Let's carry on, Keeping ever before us that admirable Trinity, Thoroughness, Courage, Sacrifice. All our friends know by now that the policy of our Headmaster is immediate reconstruction on a scale of nobility commensurate with the spirit shown by the School on that disastrous 3rd. March. No one can speak too highly of the courage and loyalty exhibited by the boys, and the institution which fosters such a group spirit should be a noble one in architecture as well as in ethics. Our readers have already guessed what we are leading up to: an appeal for help when the time is ripe. The sum necessary in excess of insurance to rebuild will be a large one, and through this medium we are anxious to present our situation as it really is. The traditions of Trinity College School must be kept alive, and that in a building in keeping with that noble monument to the courage of T. C. S. boys. the Junior School. With the sum recoverable from insurance this or even a very modest scheme would be impossible. So, readers, we arf- anxious to prepare your hearts and purses for contributing to an enterprise of national import built on the sacrifice synonymous with the name, Trinity College School. Our temporary headquarters at Woodstock, details of which are given later in this issue, have been definitely acquired to-day, and in such a way that mature thought can be given to our re-establish- ment in Port Hope. As will be gathered from the later account, we have been very fortunate in securing such a suitable building for our activities till we return to Port Hope. Co-operation and the same loyalty of March 3rd, are all that are asked for to transfer success- fully to Woodstock the whole Senior School and to carry on with a spirit that will announce our community as Trinity College School no matter where it is located. Y U11 li ll. .4' .: . .... - ,.. uae llil ... .F .1 ..- u' K' 5 fl! I iii 3- ... A.. .., ,,. :73.i 1 l ...... use .. . N.-I .- ' -1. 2221 f E a !t,i 'SEM , .,. l'::i ahah 5525 li l 1.1.- ::::: 142:22 -1.34 13:1 ill: 'ifzf 'NH .Lauri l 112.1 162:13 ' 512: Fill! time gigs 1 A . . F l 5: I gk? :sg E215 Lil: 52355 122552 Isis? 4 2 4 , ,. 4 II! -1254 4 I- 4.555 '-iii? .:,-. ll' . Fig Q1 5 ii .1. 'QIE 14:5 la Q1 fel SET? girl: VI.. :test Cffff ,i ir.. .:'ifi' 'chief 'Quiz 595541 UIQ: 52955 ziffif Mi' Tiff Fila ffifxi' .U .Fi rgiifli . ..:' 'I3l. ..,.1. rm: l .1 Row 1. 54 Mil 4 'Yi

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Ulrinitg Glnllvgv Svrhnnl ifwrnrh Ehitnrial. Glarry 0Dn. The words that Won the was and even HOW' epitomize the spirit of the British Empire. Those of us who saw that great struggle of 1014-18 realise the true significance of these words: those of us whose fathers and brothers fought must possess the blood that pulsed more courageously, under that very piosaic stimulus: 'Carry on.' Ten years ago on the Continent and the Seven Seas again and again the task loomed up hopeless and 'Carry on' was the cry: half- sinking vessels poured out their huge shells to save the day: trenches were won by the remnants of decimated battalions: in sum, the war was won by two badly shattered nations who had carried on. To our distant Old Boys: Our Senior School, Chapel, Gymnasium and Rink have been destroyed by fire. In the afternoon of Satur- day, March 3rd., the. buildings were gutted by a devastating confla- gration, which very fortunately caused no loss of life. The School showed a. wonderful spirit on that day, the only spirit that is sus- ceptible to our present slogan: Carry on. Now our apologies are due our readers for the brevity and rush nature of this issue. At the moment of writing we are now begin- ning our Easter vacation of from two to three weeks, as yet unde- termined exactly. Ordinarily the Record should not have gone to press till April -ith., but we shall carry on according to the new schedule, craving your indulgence. Practically all the material col- lected for the Lent issue has been lost in the fire, consequently this. perforce, is a very impromptu number. Since the Term was little more than half over, School Notes are necessarily circumscribed: hockey unfinished: no boxing: no gym. displayg and no theatricals. O

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 ' flllluair in thr Svrhnul. This Term has been an eventful one' with hard knocks all along. The singing in the Chapel was remarkably good from the com- mencement, a new method of singing rather than chanting the can- ticles was introduced and enthusiastically taken up by Choristers and School alike. U In the midst of our preparations for special music for the usual Confirmation Service and Easter Festival, that unromantic complaint known as mumps appeared in the Junior School, the necessary iso- lation of the Boys resulting in the disappearance of the Trebles from the Choir. We missed them very much but continued to make sat- isfactory progress by holding practices in both Schools until that ghastly coniiagration of March 3rd. destroyed both School and the magnificent Chapel. NOTICE T0 OUR FRIENDS The Headmaster has received so many kind expressions of sym- pathy that it has been quite impossible for him to answer them per- sonally. Through the Record he wants to thank everybody for the wonderful confidence reposed in us all. s i c nl fl ff