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

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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

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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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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 5 visit the town. Only Prefects and Seniors are allowed town-leave on other days. There is a short study on Saturday nights. The longer time between the services on Sunday gives increased scope for country walking, especially as there is a full afternoon with no interrupting call-over. Tea is served in the Reception Room of Trinity House on half- holidays and Sundays for the staff and visitors. It is hoped that Old Boys and parents visiting the School will not miss these pleasant gatherings. Golf has been added to School activities. On Sunday after- noons the truck may be seen departing with a load of keen golfers, who very much appreciate the opportunity to play the Port Hope course on the long free afternoon. The annual athletic sports have been postponed from the beginning of the Michaelmas term to a date in the spring. The Dispensary has been removed from Trinity House to the School Hospital, where Miss Wood continues in charge of the nursing and health service. At the beginning of the term the Headmaster appointed D. Wigle to be Head Prefectg and a little later made W. Vaughan a School Prefect. We congratulate both on the honour and the op- portunity to be additionally useful in the life of the School. -W.B.R. THE SCIENCE AND ARTS SOCIETY There has been one meeting of the Society this term so far, and there are only a few members. Three of these, having paid subscriptions for three years, are life members. It is hoped that after the Rugby season and during next term there will be a greater interest -shown in the Society. Only two officers have been appointed as yet. These are: Pincott, in charge of the workshop, and White, in charge of the dark-room. A set of cupboards has been made for members' use and these have been placed in the dark-room. K-F.E.