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

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD It is not our intention to try to explain the system used in cataloguing, because there are notices in the Library showing how it works. But we feel that the lack of comprehension of the fundamentals of the system is largely responsible for deterring boys who would other- wise use the Library. Every book is listed in the filing cabinet, and if only it were known how simple it is to use these files, the Library would benefit a far larger part of the School. It would be ridiculous, of course, to try to read through an encyclopedia, the average student would glean nothing from it. But he should, at every opportimity, read a good book. If he feels lost, and does not know where to begin, the Librarian is more than willing to give him some suggestions. The advantages of reading as many books as possible when you are young cannot be over-emphasized. You will enjoy them more and take more out of them than you will in later years. And when you are old, you will find that you have not had nearly enough time for the books you would like to have read, and you will wish that you had started sooner. -A.O.A. WILLIAM OSLER lAn address given at the Osler Memorial Service by L. W. Brockington, C.M.G., K.C.J I have been asked to praise a famous man. His praise is recorded far more eloquently than I can speak it, in the life which he lived, in the lessons which he taught, and above all, in the things which he did. It is, however, fitting that praise should be given in this place and at this time. For Sir William Osler, or Dr. Osler as a grateful world knew him best, was born one hundred years ago and came as a boy to Trinity College School in 1866. He was, you

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Trinity College School Record VOL. 53 'TRINITY Cotteoia SCHOOL. PORT Hope. Ocrosen, 1949 No. 1 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF-A. O. Aitken Ass1sT.A.NT EDITOR-j. A. Palmer News EDITOR-D. I. F. Lawson LITERARY EDITGR-G. M. Luxton SPORTS EDITOR-D. A. Selby Busmess MANAGERS ........................... J. D. L. Ross, G. M. Levey ASSISTANTS ...... R. Anderson, T. Arlclay, W. F. B. Church, D. L. Cleland, I. cle.B. Domville, 1. A. L. Gordon, W. G. Harris, P. S. Hunt, P. R. Hylton, P. G. C. Ketchum, H. M. M. Lewis, P. G. Martin, E. B. Newcomb. D. M. Pierce, C. N. Pitt, L. A. M. Redford, N. Nl. Seagram, C. P. R. L. Slater, C. O. Spencer, H. S. B. Symons, C. P. B. Taylor, R. L. Vanden- Bergh, T. D. Wilding. W. W. Winspear. PIQYPISTS ........ W. A. Heard fLibrarianj, C. C. M. Baker, W. H. Southam, R. A. Tench, A. R. Williams. ILLUSTR.-xrroNs.... .......... .......... j . D. M. Brierley, H. W. Welsford. TREASURER ......... ............. A . H. N. Snelgrove, Esq. MANAGING EDITOR .... ................................ A . H. Humble, Esq. The Record is published five times a year, in the months of October, December, February, April and Iuljv. Authorized as Second Class Pvlail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. EDITORIAL Many boys in the School do not realize the value of reading. As soon as they have covered the prescribed text-books, they are satisfied. Unfortunately for them, it is impossible in this Way to obtain any sort of a general education. This is the main reason why the School has a Library, and Why we are encouraged to use it. But a distressingly large proportion of the School does not even know how to use the Library. Several times boys have been seen examining every shelf in the search for a particular book. Perhaps it encouraging that a boy would do this, for he must have Wanted the book strongly, but it is a useless waste of time that might have been spent in the reading of the book.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 will remember, a Prefect and your first Head Boy. If you had known him when he was a famous man, I think you would have felt that even then he Wasyour schoolfellow. For wherever he went and whatever he did, he never let his heart and mind grow old, or his hopes grow dim. He carried his Ontario boyhood with him into all the world. And I like to think that in a real sense he is still your schoolfellow and that the memory of his goodness and greatness is now, and will be for ever, a blessing to this place. It is going to be very hard for me to speak about his life within a small space of time, and especially in the presence of many who knew him well, and of some who belong to his family and can proudly claim him as a kins- man. No Canadian who ever lived had a clearer title to greatness, or a richer life than Osler, or touched the world of men at more points and with greater distinction. He studied at Toronto, McGill and in Europe. He became the most famous professor of his day in the Medical Schools of McGill, Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins and Oxford. He was the author of the greatest medical book of his time, and one of the greatest of all times, The Principles and Practice of Medicine . It was translated into many languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was honoured by degrees from most of the leading Universities of the civilized world. He was a Fellow of many learned societies. He has been acclaimed as the greatest medical teacher of his age and one of the most inspiring in the Whole history of medicine. Partly because of Osler's books, his example, and his Work, John D. Rockefeller turned his mind and devoted his fortune to medical re- search and the relief of suffering. One might almost say that the Rockefeller Institute had its far beginning in Trinity College School. Osler wrote many books, gave many memorable addresses and published many pamphlets. They number in all nearly 800. Although he was trained in science and