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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 9 possible to retain them all, it was decided to have each sacristan help in the Chapel for two terms only. McDowell has been appointed head sacristan and will share with Watts, Wright, and Boulden the duties of crucifer. The following boys are to help Mr. Bagley this term: Alley, Banks, Brodeur i, Byers, Burland, Chester, Cooper i, Doheny, Goering, Kingman, Morgan i, Mackenzie, Pater- son ii, Pepler i, Rhea, Scowen, Snowdon and Thompson i. Choir Notes The usual task of rebuilding the Choir is in progress. Our impressive and useful Bass and Tenor sections of last year are sadly depleted with the loss of Curtis, Taylor, Campbell ii, Campbell iii, Lawson, Pearson, Thompson ii, Dalley, Newcomb and Stewart. The past school year was so very successful from the viewpoint of choral work attempted and accomplished that the Choir now in the making will have to put its best foot forward to maintain that standard. We pay a sincere tribute to all the boys who made this success possible. We remember gratefully their enthusiasm and cheerful help, the giving up of much of their valuable spare time to practice, particularly when additional prac- tices were considered necessary to produce desired results. Not once did they fail to give of their best on the many occasions, special occasions, shall we say, that they were called on to perform, particularly might be mentioned the Choral Service, the concert on the eve of Speech Day, and the music on Speech Day. In June the Choir and Organist were honoured to re- ceive invitations from the Rectors of St. J ohn's Church, Port Hope, and St. Paul's Church, Perrytown, to sing Even- song at their respective churches. The invitations were gladly accepted and the memory of these services are pleasant ones, also of the Tuck that followed!

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8 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD master and the Housemaster of Brent House. The can- ticles and hymns were really beautifully rendered by the Choir to whom great credit. is due for their 'presentation of the anthem Worship , based on the words of the hymn, O, brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother . It was extraordinary to note the difference in the quality of the Choir's tone as heard in a spacious church, in contrast to the effect of the low ceiling of the School Chapel, and made one hope for the time Cin the near future ?l when we shall have a Chapel, Worthy of the School, which will bring out the full beauty of the organ and the glory of young boys' rich voices. The Rector, the Rev. C. H. Boulden, at one time House- master of the Junior School and a veteran of World Wars I and II, spoke briefly of the celebrations in connection with the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, and thanked all those who had helped in the social entertain- ment during the week, those who had responded so gen- erously to the financial appeal made for the needed work in the church fabric, and the Choir of Trinity College School for the beautiful rendering of the closing service of the celebration. He stressed the necessity for looking for- ward and working for the future life and health of the Church rather than the remembrance of what St. Mark's had done for the individual and community life of Port Hope. After the service the Choir mysteriously disappeared over Jacob's Ladder, the shortest way to the Parish Hall, where the inner man was fortified by more than the kind- ness of various members of the parish. ... -1-l-. - Sacristans This year an overwhelming response was made to the Chaplains request for boys to help him in the Chapel. Mr. Bagley said he was most gratified to see so many boys interested in performing sacristan duties. As, it was im-

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1U TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD At St. John's, the fine organ added much to the accompaniments. This was particularly noticeable in the singing of the Halleluiah Chorus from The Messiah, an out- standing item. At St. Paul's, the Anthem was rendered in masterly fashion, in fact much better than on two previous occasions that the writer recalls. The response to the appeal for volunteers for the choir at the beginning of this term was quick and cheering, with more would-be choristers than vacancies. It is much re- gretted that all could not be accepted because of the limited space available in the choir stalls. Mr. Bagley, our chaplain, very rightly deserves men- tion from us for his encouragement at all times and his frequent help at practices. Many thanks, too, are due to Miss Wilkin for her care of the Choir Vestments and her attendance before Sunday Services armed withneedle and thread and sundry other items to take care of the Choir boys. The following choir appointments were made recently: Head Choir Boy, Goeringg Senior, Junior School Choir Boy, Clarke ig Choir Librarian, Cooper i. Members of the Choir this year are: Tenor-Goering, Watts, Graham, Boulden, Chester, Cross, Hughes ii. Bass-Deverall, dePencier, Pepler, James, Snowdon, Har- vie i, Croll, Mackenzie-Kennedy, Byers, Paterson ii, Thompson i, Morgan i, Welsford. Alto-Cooper i, Bovey, Cooper ii, Thompson iii, Pasmore. Symons. Trebles, J .S.-Clark i, Hunt, Spencer, Fitzgerald, Anderson, Willoughby, Strathy, Tuer, Norman, Hylton, Mc- Cullagh, Nevin, McKinnon, Bingham, Price. Probationers-Osler, Montizambert, Gordon, Richardson, Merston, Clark iii, Symons. il.