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

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TRINITY COIJIJEGE SCHOOL RECORD 9 THE SERVICE OF CONSECRATION OF THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL Sunday, October 21, 1951, Trafalgar Day, will live long in the memories of many T.C.S. people for on that day our new Memorial Chapel was consecrated and the first services were held in it. At eight o'clock the new Chapel bell rang for the first time and a service of Holy Communion was celebrated by the Right Rev. L. W. B. Broughall V88-'94J assisted by the Right Rev. R. J. Renison C89-'92J and the Chaplain. The day's formal proceedings began at 10.15 a.m. when His Excellency, the Governor General and Lady Alexander, accompanied by an aide and a lady-in-waiting, arrived at the salufting base, south of the Junior School. The Head- master greeted them and introduced them to some of the senior members of the Governing Body. Master Timmy Tottenham then presented a corsage- to Lady Alexander. The Corps then gave the royal salute and His Excellency inspected the ranks. Wings were given to Spencer and Dolph and after the march past, the Governor General ex- pressed himself as being much impressed with the steadi- ness and efficiency of the boys on parade. The Vice-Regal party then walked across the fields to the Memorial Cross and on to the Lodge, the boys did a quick change into their blue suits. At ten minutes to eleven, the procession was formed in the old Chapel, it was led by Norman Seagram, the Crucifer, followed by the 60 members of the choir in their blue cassocks and surplices. Then came ten members of the clergy, followed by Bishop Renison, Bishop Broughall, the Bishop of Toronto's Chaplain, the Rev. Terence Crosth- Wait and Bishop Beverley. Behind this procession came the Governors and other distinguished people including the Vice Regal party. There were, altogether, some 120 people in the procession. During the ringing of the 'Chapel bell it wound its way from the old Chapel doors, along the road- way to the new Memorial Chapel, when the choir reached

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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 - . .

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19 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD the doors .of the Memorial Chapel, the processional hymn, Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, The King of - Crea- tion began. Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Alexander, were met at the door of the Chapel by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, the official visitor of the School, and by the Chaplain of the School, Canon C. G. Lawrence. When Lady Alexander had been shown to her place, Viscount Alexander, accom- panied by the Bishops, Col. J. W. Langmuir, Chairman of the Governing Body, Provost Seeley, Dr. Cosgrave, Canon Stu-art, the Chaplain and the Headmaster moved to the altar steps, the Headmaster carrying the Book of Remem- brance. From the steps the Governor General read the Page of Dedication from the Book of Remembrance. When he had finished he handed fthe Book to Canon Stuart who then placed it on the altar. While all were facing the altar the choir sang the invocation: Father, in thy gracious keeping, leave we now Thy servants sleeping. When His Excellency had been shown to his place next to Lady Alexander, immediately to the right of the entrance doors, the Service of Consecration began in the Narthex of the Chapel. There, the Bishop of Toronto was received by the Chairman of the Governing Body and the Head- master, and Colonel Langmuir read a petition requesting the Bishop to consecrate the Chapel. The Bishop accepted the petition and during the singing of a psalm, he and the clergy, preceded by the Headmaster and the Chairman of the Governing Body, moved up the long aisle to the Sanc- tuary. There, the Bishop conducted the Service of Con- secration, praying that all the forms of service used in the Chapel would be acceptable in God's sightg he then asked the Rev. F. H. Cosgrave to read publicly the Sentence of Consecration. After the Chaplain, Chairman of the Governing Body and the Headmaster had returned to their places, a shor- tened form of Matins began with the singing of part of the Benedicite, followed by the First Lesson, the 55th Chapter