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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 5 Those boys presently attending the School should ad- dress their letters simply to the Record, and deposit them in the slot now available for the return of borrowed books, in the Library. Old Boys should address their letters as follows: THE EDITORS OF THE RECORD, cfo TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL, PORT HOPE, ONTARIO. Thanking you for your co-operation in this new under- taking. The Editors. P.S.-All letters should be signed either personally, or by some suitable pseudonym. Unsigned letters will not be considered for publication. THE ARCHBISHOP When we heard that Archbishop Renison had decided to retire we felt that some of our life had come to an end. For always, subconsciously, we knew that Bob Renison is in the north, he is often in Toronto for meetings, his articles come out every week, he finds his way to T.C.S. and speaks in his inimitable fashion to the boys, he goes all over the north country, all over Canada, there is a man for you, his life packed full of adventures for his God and of deeds for his fellowmen, strong and vigorous in his leadership of an immense, young, growing part of Canada, filling his day more full in his seventies than most men in their liftiesf' His career has been outlined before, ofteng life in the Nipigon before the turn of the century, a missionary's son, T.C.S. Head Boy and winner of snow shoe races, first class honours at the University of Toronto, Theology at Wycliffe, missionary at Moose Fort and Albany, Archdeacon of Moo- sonee, trekking on snow shoes from James Bay to Cochrane, 186 miles, navigating the great rivers flowing into James Bay and Hudson Bay, Rector of Churches in Hamilton and

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD omitted, perhaps for some good reason entirely unknown to myself. I refer to the possible inauguration of a section entitled Letters to the Editors. This suggestion is the result of a private desire to comment on certain features of the magazine, perhaps occasionally adding some interest- ing information gleaned from personal experience. If the Editors did consider this, as well as being very grateful, I should beg of them not to overlook the advantages offered by the organization of such a department. Not only would a closer connection be established between older and younger Old Boys, but also such a scheme could serve those boys attending the School at present. If they wished to comment on certain articles, or suggest some technical cor- rections, no better plan could be adopted. Hence, through such a service, beneficial suggestions or helpful criticisms might be made which would assist in overcoming some of the obvious difficulties connected with the publication of such a fine magazine. Taking all into consideration, I feel that the addition of such a section would indeed prove a welcome asset to all the fortunate readers of the Record. Keep up the good work! And thank you for at least considering, perhaps a needless suggestion, by an Anonymous Old Boy. T0 THE READERS OF THE RECORD We have discussed in full all the pros and cons per- taining to the above proposal. Finally, we, the Editors, have reached the verdict that the above innovation should be attempted for at least one issue of the Record. If the re- sponse, from both within and without, is satisfactory, this section will continue to be included in the remaining pub- lications of the Record for this year. If at the end of this time, the Editors decide that the organization of such a department is beneficial to the publication of the Record, the section will become a permanent addition.

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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SOHOOL RECORD Vancouver, Chaplain overseas, Dean of New Westminster, Bishop of Athabaska, Rector of St. Paul's, Toronto, for eleven years Bishop of Moosonee, Metropolitan of Ontario. Truly a giant among men whose deeds and words, char- acter and personality will never be forgotten. It is his humanity and humility which win so many hearts, for truly there never was one in our time who loved his fellowman, saint or sinner, high or low, white or brown, as does the Archbishop. When he passes by, the world smiles and life is more sweet, long may his familiar and beloved figure tread our paths. And in retirement may he have more time for his reading and writing, and for his family. The School will always acclaim him as one of its three or four most distinguished men. The following tribute appeared in the Globe Sz Mail on September 8: Part of the history of Northern Ontario came to an end today with the retirement, on his seventy-ninth birthday, of the Mast Reverend Robert J. Renison, Archbishop of Moonsonee and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario in the Anglican Church. It is an occasion at once sad and triumphant. Those who know him, and that includes a very large proportion of the readers of this newspaper, are aware that only the onrushing tide of the years could have torn this great heart from its labors. But the restrain- ing touch of time has not come before mighty works have been done and a lifetime of accomplishment rarely achieved. Archbishop Renison's life has by no means been wholly spent in the North, but there is little doubt that the North, with its primitive challenges, its wilderness beauty and the simplicity and integrity of character of the Indian inhab- itants, has entered into his very soul. There, through all the changing fortunes of his life, he has been happiest. As a young man, and in his later years, when most ordinary men would have been thinking of easing up, he has ranged the woods and the rivers, in camp and settlement, bringing the message of the Christian Gospel to the people who made their homes beyond the frontier. He came by this predilection naturally. As a boy, his father brought him from his birthplace in Tipperary, Ireland, to the North when the father became an Anglican missionary