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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 ll' S t ,,, lfflvl, I I -iii ii H112 ll IUWIIIJIIIIIINIIVW IIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIII llllllllllllllllllllIllllll If 1 aim. THE CHAPEL AND OUR LIVES On September 13, the first Sunday of the school year, the Headmaster addressed the School. His subject was the place of the chapel in our lives. He traced the history of the chapels of T.C.S. from the first, which was built largely by Doctor Johnson himself, to the present memorial chapel, which is our seventh. He also described the details of some of the furnishings of the present chapel and mentioned the generosity of the many people who made possible such a fitting memorial to the Old Boys who gave their lives for our freedom. All were glad to hear, too, that the lancet windows for the sanctuary, a memorial to all Old Boys who fell, would soon be installed. Mr. Ketchum then stressed the importance of the chapel in our lives. It is a place, he said, to which We can turn and forget the stress and strain of a busy world, a place for meditation where we may find how to be in com-

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD However, there is a rarer, far superior type of courage, wliich few people can claim to have. It is the courage that religious martyrs had, when they sacrificed their lives at the stake, rather than recant their religious beliefs. It is the courage that makes people stand up for what they know to be right, regardless of the consequences. To put it briefly, it is the courage to be different. Such situations sometimes occur in a boarding school of this type. The ideal of too many of the boys here is to be the same as the rest of the group with whom they spend their time. Many of the boys will gladly do anything, whether right or wrong, to remain popula.r with the rest of their friends. It is a rare person who will refuse to fol- low the bad example of his comrades and say that it is wrong, therefore he will not do it. If he has the courage to do this, he will sometimes be shunned by all his former friends and will not have a happy time at school. He will then either admit defeat and, by surrendering his principles, hope to regain some of his lost popularity, or else he will def end his beliefs, and have the inward satisfaction or know- ing that he has the strength of character to be different. Such a man rarely has many friends, but the few that he has will be true friends because they respect him for his courage. It is only this sort of man that will achieve real success, the others will be condemned to a life of mediocrity. A boarding school like T.C.S. provides a severe testing ground for such a person. If he can stand up to any criticism here, he will gain the confidence and strength of character to surmount any obstacle he meets in later life. -H.L.R. -:.x '- 'r emi +A -X-what it if V 'A A wi!

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4 TRINITY E: SGHOOL RECORD munication with God. He hoped that many boys would make full use of it as such. The Headmaster then described life by an illustration of a house with three floors. The first floor is our physical life, where we perform the general routine of the day. This must be kept clean and tidy. The second is the place of in- tellect and learning. Here we are surrounded by culture and books of all sorts. We must make good use of this place. The third floor, however, is the most important. It is above all the others and is our spiritual life. Here we are with God. The one book in this section is the Bible. We may all benefit from the teachings of God which are in it. On this floor we may be comforted and inspired. There are lovely views and we think we can see something beyond the horizons. The Headmaster then closed his address with a quota- tion from the lesson which had just been read. With it he summarized his whole address. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all other things shall be added unto you. MISSIONARY WORK IN THE NORTH On September 20, His Grace, Archbishop Renison addressed the School in the chapel. In a most interesting address he described his boyhood when he lived on the shores of Lake Nipigon. He and his brothers learnt to speak the Ojibway language and they grew to love the north country. After he left T.C.S., Archbishop Renison decided that missionary work was his vocation. After his ordination he returned to the northland. He had to go to James Bay, so with his brother and an Indian guide, he set out on the seven-week canoe trip down the Albany River. The journey was a hard oneg there were many portages and they had to shoot game for food. When he reached his destination he discovered that he had been put in charge of a large mis- sionary parish there. It was necessary to impress the Indians, and the retiring rector, Archdeacon Vincent, told