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

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18 TRINITY COLLEGE S-CHOOL RECORD 1st class honours ................................ 48 W1 ...................... ...... 1 6.3 2nd class honours ........ ...... 4 7 96 .................. ...... 1 6 3rd class honours ........ ...... 4 3 'Zi ................. ...... 1 4.6 Credits ........... ...... 9 5 96 ................ ...... 3 2.3 Total honours ...................................... 138 96 ................................................ 46.9 This was the lowest percentage of passes since 1945 and the lowest percentage of honours since 1942. The Eng- lish Literature and French Composition papers were given the poorest standingg they were written just before and just after Speech Day and the general tension may have affected the candidates. But there were too many failures or credits in nearly all the other subjects and the reason is yet to be found. It seems true that most other schools had results somewhat similar, but that does not explain the sud- den drop at T.C.S. There is certainly something wrong when a first rate scholar is given a third in English Literature, and another top French student gets seconds. We are making a thorough investigation into all our work and we shall hope for much better results next spring. There is a brighter side to the picture, one-third of all the failures were suffered by three boys who insisted on attempting more subjects than they were capable of doing. Only one paper was failed by the top half of the Sixth Form. A classes in Algebra, Chemistry and History obtained all iirsts except two credits in Algebra, two seconds and one third in Chemistry. There is a growing feeling that the Upper School examinations, as at present constituted, are far too much of a gamble. One year a paper is very easy and most candi- dates obtain firstsg the next year the paper in the same subject is far too difficult and most people fail or obtain credits. The type of question in nearly all papers puts too

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PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, OR DETENTION REVERSED Photo by P. XV, Davison L 1 1 wg ,f 3 '15 'Q' ii 2 lam, - '3 'QA 1 x LITTLESIDE VS. U.C.C. Photo by C. Yorath