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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD ,, I hope it will not be considered presumptuous on my part if I go beyond my commission to say a few words about Dr. Rigby, but it would be impossible for anyone who knew Mrs. Rigby to omit mentioning her in any account of the School, when her husband was Headlnaster. Whatever has been said in these brief notes about Dr. Rigby's intense interest in the boys and the School applies with equal force to his wife. Her graciousness, her hospitality, her kindness to everyone, her concern for the School in its many aspects are unforgettable traits in a lovely character. Her death, which happened shortly before the retirement of her husband from the School, dealt Wnat was, without exaggeration, a shattering blow to Dr. Rigby and to the School at large. Few more poignant memories remain in the writer's memory than the funeral service of Mrs. Rigby on that early spring afternoon in the School Chapel, filled by the boys she loved and who loved her. On the faces of all, from the youngest pupil to the oldest master, during the singing of the hymns she was known to love, there was depicted a solemnity and a loving respect beyond description. Would it be still more presumptious to suggest that in some fitting way the name of Mrs. Rigby should also be perpetuated in the School she loved so well? -SW. R. P. Bridger. The Chapel - The Chapel times have been rather differently arranged this year. The longer of the two Sunday services, with the sermon, has been changed to 10 a.m. and the short half-hour service is now at 5.15 p.m. On week days, Chapel is at 7.15 p.m. A voluntary choir has been formed, consisting of most of the Junior School and about a dozen of the Senior School. The offertory for the first four weeks of this term has amount- ed to 330.20 The Ven. F. G. Scott, C.M.G., D.S.O., Archdeacon of Quebec, preached in the School Chapel on September 24th. A new practice has been established this term with a Prefect reading a lesson each Sunday morning, while on weeks day the reading is done by the boys with senior privileges. -R.W.

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Q TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD ly remodelled and equipped for both ordinary and isolation cases, and extensive purchases of adjoining property more than doubled the extent of the grounds and playing fields. Furthermore, what appealed most of all to the boys, was the fact that, during his regime, a covered skating rink was erected by the Old Boys of the School. But Dr. Rigby will not be remembered chiefly for the material improvements to the buildings and grounds, which took place in his time, but rather for his endearing personality. His deep at- tachment to the School and all that concerned its physical develop- ment was far surpassed by his interest in the human element under his control. Each individual boy and master was treated with an affection which was unmistakable and an understanding which was rare, both at the School and, also, after he had left. This Christmas, for the first time since Dr. Rigby left the School in 1913, I shall not receive the customary little card of good wishes and there will be many other Old Boys and Masters in a like case. When a bad epidemic struck the School the Head's house was at once used as an overiiow hospital, and all who were ill were watched over with tender solicitude by their Headmaster. In times of sorrow or bereavement as well as in times of sickness every boy knew that this same house was a place of refuge and consola- tion. His sympathy, his understanding and his accessibility will always remain in the memories of his Old Boys and Masters. In the words of Sir Thomas Browne he was of a constitution which sympathised with all things. Dr. Rigby went to school himself at Liverpool College. From there he proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he ob- tained his M.A. His life in Canada was divided between Trinity College, Toronto, of which he was one of the most successful deans, Trinity College School, and the parish of St. Markis, Port Hope, where he spent the last twenty years of his life with his two sisters, Miss Edith Rigby and Miss Ada Rigby, the latter had also been for many years very closely identified with the School. He seem- ed to be very happy in Port Hope as he could of course keep in close touch with his old School and with its past and present mem- bers. No School function seemed to be complete without his presence, and no Old Boy nor Master missed the opportunity of a renewal of friendship, or at least a word with him. His name is perpetuated in the Rigby House and his memory in the hearts of all who knew him.

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.1 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Editorial When a school changes its Headmaster it changes many other things besides. New thoughts, new hopes, and new ideas, are brought into play. Some old traditions disappear and new ones take their place. At present our main feeling is probably one of youth, a feeling that our whole career has been restarted, that we have been handed a clean sheet and are going to keep it clear and stainless. Among these changes, the most obvious at the moment is of course in the publication of the Record . We are changing not only the outward form of our School Magazine, but also the style and the dates of publication. The Record is to come out twice a term, and from now on we hope to make it not only a complete record of School events, but also an interesting and attractive paper. We have increased our space for contributions, introduced a plan for a greater variety of photographs, and have even gone so far as to caricature some of the masters. New members of the staff this term are numerous: Mr. Speech- ly, the new Housemaster of Bethune House, and four assistant masters, to all of whom we extend the heartiest of welcomes and the best of wishes. A short write-up on each appears elsewhere in this issue. We feel sure that Old Boys and friends of the School every- where will join us in congratulating Mr. Batt on his promotion to commissioned rank and the command of the Cadet Corps. Old Boys will be interested to hear of the following changes at School. The VIth. Form, composed of boys with complete junior matriculation, are privileges, together with certain other.s appoint- ed, and these may, among other things, take toast and milk at the Lodge after study every night. There are now six periods in the morning, and one in the after- noon on a full school-day. Halves are Wednesday and Saturday. The rising bell goes at seven o'clock, and prayers are said before breakfast, there being no morning chapel. School begins at 8.15. Evening Chapel is at 7.15 and study from 7.30 to 9.15. On Saturday mornings, when school finishes at 11.30, boys may