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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 7 REWARDS On Sunday, October 7, the Chaplain spoke to the School using as his text, the Parable of the Talents. He pointed out that it is of great value to us as it is an important Christian belief. In the parable we see that the master did not give to each servant an equal number of talents, but as he saw fit. Then one day the master called for an account of what had been done with the money and each servant was rewarded in proportion to his due. In life at first there is an unequal distribution of what We consider valuable. But at the end we are called upon to give an account of our stewardship of the Lord's gifts. In closing, the Canon said that we will be rewarded by God in relation to the use we have made of God's gifts to us. i1 .. -.l CHOIR NOTES The past year has been a most gratifying one for the choir, on all occasions that the choristers were called upon to supply special music, the boys excelled themselves-first of all at the laying of the corner stone of the new chapel and then at the Carol Service. The latter program was interesting and varied and quite outstanding was the treble solo by Orval Reis. Adamson and Osler as assisting soloists Were most pleasing. In due course followed the Confirmation Service at which the choir sang the Veni Creator and Elgar's Anthem, Jesu Meek and Low1y , with Reis 'singing the solo very beautifully. 'The Memorial Service on Trinity Sunday was a great success and attended by a large congregation of visitors. The choir sang Elvey's memorial Anthem, The Souls of the Righteous Are in the Hand of God , and after the service in the chapel proceeded to the Cross for the most impressive part of the Service.

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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Canon Lawrence showed that even the elements are not as cruel as an ungrateful person. Another illustration used was the well-known story of Christ and the ten lepers. Often, the Canon pointed out, it is better to be a member of a minority, a minority which pauses like the one grateful leper, to give thanks. In conclusion, our chaplain urged us to try and express our recognition and thanks to God, even though we may never fully understand it. By using the old and beautiful Gloria in Excelsis we may make every day a Thanks- giving day. PATIENCE AND CAREFULNESS The Reverend C. J. Frank, M.A., preached in the old chapel on Sunday, October 14. Our last visiting preacher in the old chapel, he remarked on the speed with which the new chapel had been built and how proud we must be to have such a fine new chapel. The school would lose a great deal if it had no chapel services, he said. In the 1895 chapel, Mr. Frank was impressed by the air of mystery. He said that this chapel brought to mind the old stone churches of England in Kent. Simply decorated, and strongly constructed, the church walls seemed permanent and solid. The speaker said that the walls reminded him of the people, strong in character, who remained firm during the bombing of the war days. He was reminded, he said, of a very beautiful clock which had lain in the warehouse a long time. After the war it was taken out and he would often go to watch the craftsmen fix the intricate mechanism. And then he said he felt sorry when he thought of the workmanship of today as compared with the clever designing and careful, patient construction of that clock and the church walls. Everyone today is trying to do things too fast and trying to find too many shortcuts . He said that that is not God's way of doing things and that God does not use any shortcuts , .

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8 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD The music on Speech Day is of course the climax of a year of hard work and the boys quite excelled themselves in Stanford's setting of the 150th Psalm and Walford- Davies' setting of Psalm 23. The anthem chosen was O Brother Man by Shaw. A new hymn was used for the first time at this service, particularly appropriate for the boys who were leaving, Go Forth with God . The service closed with the very moving School Leaving Hymn, And Now With Thanks- giving . Prior to the end of term concert at which the School songs were sung with great gusto, pins were presented to all the choir boys as a gift from Mr. Britton Osler whose generosity and kindly thought is much appreciated. The choir lost many of the faithful in June, among whom were Mitchell fthe head Choir Boyl, Slater, Parfitt, Bruce, Emery, Smith, Cooper i, Cooper ii, Adamson i, Humphreys, Meredith, and Rutley. Several others have retired for vocal adjustments: Stevens-Guille, Osler, Ketchum, Merry, Clarke IJ. SJ. All these boys and those who are still members of the choir, the writer would thank most gratefully for their co-operation, enthusiasm and willing help which enabled this hard-working organization to maintain the high stand- ard of recent years, and so greatly assist in the life of the School. The choir at present consists of the following: Wilding fHead Choir Boylg Saegert fHead Boy, J.S.J. BASS-Wilding, Crawford, Wevill, Molson H., Norman, McGlennon, Molson J., Scott, Hylton, Adamson, Penny, Anstis and Dowker. TENOR-Gordon, Bonnycastle, Spencer, Oman, Boone, dePencier, Mc- Caughey, Houston, Ryley, Hendrie. ALTO-Davison, Kertland, Colman. TREBLE-Saegert, Seagram, Blaikie, Rogers, Bradshaw, Boughner ii, Whitehead, Cape ii, Price ii, Derry, Gordon, Fraenkel, Spence Kennish, Higgins, Trickett. PROBATIONERS - Lash, Rayson, Boyd, Marett, Graydon, Walter, Tamplin, English, Henderson, Woolley. -EC - . .