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

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12 TRINITY OOLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD vary, depending on our own interestsg for some it might be the football field, and for others, the friends that one makes here. But many, the Canon said, regard the Chapel as the centre of school life. This is not only because of the symbol it represents, but also because without it there would be no meaning to the rest of the picture. We are at School, he continued, not only to acquire an education, but also to build character. Everything we do here helps in the building of our character. The associa- tions of the Chapel especially aid us, for with God, character takes on a meaning and purpose. The minister concluded by saying that While we can not take earthly goods with us to the next world, our character shall always remain with us. .ii THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES On October 3, we were fortunate to have for our speaker Mr. F. A. Brewin, a delegate to this year's meeting of the World Council of Churches at Evanston near Chicago. He came to describe to us the important issues involved in this assembly and his own impressions of them. Mr. Brewin said that there were close to eight hundred delegates from forty-eight countries present. These men and women represented one hundred and sixty-three dif- ferent churches, whose respective congregations totalled one hundred and seventy thousand people, the Roman Catho- lic and Chinese churches were not included. During this mass discussion, Mr. Brewin listened to an average of six addresses a day, delivered by the various delegates, these included a wide range of topics, such as Christ and So- ciety and Christ and Segregation. 'A striking impression was that of the tremendous vitality of the church and the urgency of preaching Christ's word in this troubled world of ours, he continued. The council found an urgent need for unity in the Christian church and although the different churches did not have

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD' 11 In this Chapel we have opportunities to become more at one with our inmost thoughts, with God and with his will for us and for all men. St. Augustine says it is our will which has to be changed and it has to become God's will. Archbishop Temple told a story of Sir Walford Davies teaching two hundred boys to sing . . . Listen, listen, listen, he said, now you shall sing it-only one rule, you must not try, you must enjoy it and let the music sing itself. And they sang well. If we offer ourselves to God, through Christ, we shall learn to enjoy Him and His music will sing itself into our hearts. The Headmaster then gave encouragement to the boys who were entering a boarding school for the first time. There were two important guides to success in facing any new and difficult task: 1. Do what lies at hand, the immediate work, with all your heart and mind and soul. 2. Rely on God and let Him be your ideal, your vision and strength, your shield and breastplate, knowing that He is with you always. Do your best to let your will become His. lt Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with thine and take away All that now makes it hard to say, Thy will be done. .Ti-.1 BUILDING CHARACTER On September 26, the Reverend Canon C. S. Moulton addressed the School in the Chapel. He began his address by telling us that in ten years' time we should take a look back at our school life. Canon Moulton suggested that we compare it with an attractive and treasured picture. This picture should con- tain all aspects of our life here, but at the same time there should be a definite centre of the picture. This centre would

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 13 the same principles, they were bound together by one com- mon unity-Christ. They agreed that Christ is the Hope of the World and that we should impress this fact on our fellow men by thought, word, deed, and action. Mr. Brewin concluded his address by reading to us the last two paragraphs of the Evanston Message. The essence of these articles embodied the principle that Christ is our Hope and we rejoice in Hope. l.1l-L-1... THANKSGIVING On Sunday, October 10, the Chaplain spoke to the School. He cited the parable of the Prodigal Son and used it as an example to illustrate the meaning of our celebration of Thanksgiving. The Canon described the enthusiastic wel- come given the son by his father and the gifts bestowed on him as tokens of hisSfather's love. He pictured the son after the feast, pondering over the life he had led during the preceding few years and contrasting them with his mo- mentous reception. But most significantly, he was filled with gratitude for his father's sincere love. This story, Canon Lawrence told us, is the perfect ex- ample of gratitude such as that which is expressed in Thanksgiving. The fruits we reap from the earth represent the wonderful gifts the Lord has given us. It is in return for them that we give thanks to Him from Whom all good- ness flows. THE CHOIR This Choral Group is always faced with an unhappy dilemma when the School re-opens in September. Senior boys must migrate to other spheres, Juniors will grow up and retire awhile for a vocal restg the organiza- tion which functioned so successfully last year was sadly depleted in numbers by the absence of so many stout fel- lows.