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

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Trinity College School Record Editor-in-Chief-W. I. C. Binnie. School News Editor-C. H. H. McNairn. Assistants: D. H. Gorden, H. D. L. Gorden, W. E. Holton, J. T. Kennish, E. J. D. Ketchum, H. B. Snell, J. N. E. Wilson, D. A. Young. Features Editor-C. H. S. Dunbar. Assistants: J. E. Day, J. M. Embury, R. S. Hamer, W. P. Molson, R. M. Osler, W. R. Porritt, A. J. Ralph, R. W. Savage, D. T. Stockwood. Literary Editors ................................ T. P. Hamilton, D. M. C. Sutton. Sports Editor-M. I. G. C. Dowie, Assistants: I. W. M. Angus, D. A. Barbour, H. B. Bowen, P. M. D. Bradshaw, J. D. Connell, J. D. Cunningham, P. S. Davis, W. S. Ince, R. P. Smith, E. S. Stephen- son, F. P. Stephenson, G. E. Wigle. Photography Editor ................................................................ R. J. Austin Business Manager-A. M. Minard. Assistants: T. I. A. Allen, R. S. Bannerman, J. M. Cundill, P. W. Dick, H. S. Ellis, D. B. Farns- worth, J. A. N. Grant Duff, B. F. Johnston, S. C. Lamb, H. P. Lerch, J. E. Mockridge, B. O. Mockridge, M. J. Wilkinson. Head Typist-R. T. Hall. Assistants: N. T. Boyd, C. W. Colby, J. D. Crowe, P. S. Davis, J. I. M. Falkner, F. M. Gorden, T. M. Magladery, R. B. Mowat. Librarian ........................................... ........ M . G. G. Thompson Photography .... .......... P . R. Bishop, Esq. Treasurer ............. ............ W . K. Molson, Esq. Old Boys ................. ............................................. P . A. McFarlane, Esq. Managing Editor ........... ................................................. A . H. Humble, Esq. The Record is published five times a year in the months of October, December, March, May and August. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Printed by The Port Credit Weekly, Port Credit, Ont. EDITORIAL Fatalism and defeatism. Two common words. Two doctrines of similar nature. Attitudes not usually claimed, yet in actual fact enjoying widespread popularity. You dis- agree? I will attempt to explain. First of all, let us resolve the meaning of these terms. The word fatalism, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, means the submission to all that happens as inevitable. That is, that the outcome of any issue is completely pre- determined by some higher power, apparently exclusive of

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SCHOOL DIRECTORY PREFECTS C. H. S. Dunbar, R. T. Hall iAssociate Head Prefectsl, W. I. C. Binnie, D. E. Cape, C. H. H. McNairn, W. R. Porritt. HOUSE PREFECTS Bethune-C. J. English. h HOUSE OFFICERS Bethune-T. I. A. Allen, C. W. Colby, T. P. Hamilton, A. M. Minard, S. A. H. Saunders, S. A. W. Shier. Brent-A. B. Lash, G. J. NV. McKnight, E. S. Stephenson, D. M. C. Sutton. CHAPEL Head Sacristan-C. J. English Crucifers-D. E. Cape, P. W. Carsley, C. J. English, D. M. C. Sutton. Sacristans-R. K. Adair, P. A. Allen, R. A. Armstrong, H. B. Bowen, C. E. Chaffey, C. W. Colby, H. D. L. Gorden, T. P. Hamilton, G. E. T. McLaren, A. M. Minard, K. G. Scott, R. P. Smith, E. S. Stephenson, F. P. Stephenson, D. A. Young. FOOTBALL Co-Captains-C. H. S. Dunbar, R. T. Hall. Vice-Captain-C. H. H. McNairn. CHOIR Head Choir Boy-R. T. Hall. THE RECORD Editor-in-Chief-W. I. C. Binnie. Assistants-M. I. G. C. Dowie, C. H. S. Dunbar, T. P. Hamilton, C. H. H. McNairn, D. M. C. Sutton. Business Manager-A. M. Minard, Head Typist-R. T. Hall LIBRARIANS C. J. English, D. H. Gordon fHead Librariansjg R. E. Brookes P. N. Gross, W. E. Holton, A. M. Minard, B. M. Minnes, H. B. Snell M. G. G. Thompson.

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD human effort. You can see how this attitude might tend to degenerate to defeatism which is the conduct tending to bring about the acceptance of defeat. Most people would instinctively disagree with these opening statements. Granted, they seemingly present rather pessimistic observations. However, allow me to illustrate my simple postulations. Take for instance the recent examples of last year's Senior Matriculation Examinations. I think it is reasonable to state that a certain amount of fatalism is associated with every test, and the amount is as much or greater for these. You will remember that among the first papers written was Geometry, and an infamous paper it was! The paper was of such unexpected nature that it discouraged many a good student to the extent that mentally he con- ceded his entire matric. This was apparent in the results of the remaining papers. A costly if simple case of de- featism. The same philosophy has decided many an athletic contest. Frequently you hear of a so-called jinx , where one team for personl has become resigned to being tra- ditionally drubbed by another. Since they have virtually given up all hopes for victory before the game has as much as started, they do not play to win, but merely to finish the game . Under these conditions the fine tradition is usually upheld. TCS had some such troubles several years ago in football with the Little Big Four school that parades as its mascot a rather bedraggled looking jungle beast. However, we hasten to add that this misconception no longer exists. But let us not limit our scope to TCS, for as its life yields a multitude of examples, so does every other sphere of activity. Take voodoo fans, for instance. Here, once the dreaded curse has descended upon the hapless recipient, he begins to die immediately. His misguided faith is so strong that his mind submits to death without question, and con- sequently his body wastes away and shortly he dies a. physical death also.