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

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TRINITY K'Ul.I.l'IGI'I SCHOOL IIICVUHIJ J THE MOST REV. R. J. RENISON, M.A., D.D. V88-'92i The whole School and indeed thousands of people in many countries felt a deep sense of personal loss when they heard of Archbishop Renison's sudden death on Sunday, October 6. He had been in good health all day Sunday, attended church at Grace Church on the Hill and had a happy luncheon party after which he watched T.V. and then lay down for his rest. In the evening he had a sudden heart attack which did not seem serious but he did not recover from a second attack which came after he reached the hospital. At the annual meeting of the Governing Body on October 16. the Headmaster paid tribute to him in the following words: In the sudden death of Archbishop Renison we have all lost a close friend, the School a devoted Old Boy and Governor who never missed an opportunity to visit T.C.S., the Church an inspiring, selfless and exceptionally gifted leader and Canada a most distinguished son who had achieved renown beyond the borders of our land. So much has been said and written about our beloved 'Robert John' that I shall not elaborate here: you know his life of devotion and service

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Here we set up our ladder on a more important project. If we are to reach the summit once again, we must immediately begin to repair the perhaps shattered remnants of our first ladder. We must also apply our previous experiences to the building of a well-founded ladder. It is now clearly apparent to us how much easier it is if we haven't broken too many rungs in the past. And while we are ascending for the second time. we should realize how important it is to replace every rung with the utmost care. No sooner do we reach our goal here than we are con- fronted with an even more difficult climb as we enter university or the world of business. It is at this stage, surely, that we realize the importance of having built a sturdy ladder in our School days. This, perhaps, is the most im- portant stage of our building career as it presents the last opportunity to make all the necessary repairs before we suddenly move up into a life of personal decision and freedom where we are entirely dependent upon our own resources of character and personality. As we build and fortify every rung to withstand the more serious crises of life, we ought to look to our days at T.C.S. and remember how we are taught to construct the first two ladders, and realize just how important is the strength of every rung in the structure of character. In this, our sixtieth anniversary issue of the Record, we offer,our readers an entirely new format and hope that they will approve the new gloss paper throughout the magazine which has enabled us to insert pictures in their appropriate places. The cover on this issue reproduces that of the first issue of the Record published in February, 1898. To commemorate the occasion, we have extracted a few interesting items from our past, a brief history of the Record, and a special literary section of earlier contributions. Letters to the Editor and contributions of concern to the Record or to the School would be highly appreciated. M.C.D.

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.1 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD well, and you know, too, the many talents which he used for the good of others. We recall most vividly his all-embracing humanity, the out- pouring of his heart and soul to his fellow-man. I was privileged to know him well and to stay with him for the better part of a week in the North. I shall never forget the unfailing admiration and love which the people of that pioneer land gave to him wherever he went, it showed in their faces and flowed from their eyes. He came to T.C.S. from the Nipigon in 1886, was nick-named 'Paddy', won all the snow-shoe races and became Head Boy in 1892. After a brilliant career at the University of Toronto, he studied Theology at Wycliffe and was ordained in 1896. In 1898 he went to Moose Fort and Albany as a missionary and remained in that wild country for fourteen years. In succession, he was Rector of the Church of the Ascension in Hamilton, of Christ Church, Vancouver, Dean of New Westminster, Bishop of Athabaska, Rector of St. Paul's, Toronto, Bishop of Moosonee, Arch- bishop and Metropolitan of Ontario. During the first war he served in France as a Chaplain and in the Second World War he was Honorary Chaplain to the Air Force. He was elected a member of the Governing Body in 1941. His weekly articles in the Globe and Mail have been read by thousands and he finished his autobiography two days before he died. He had the soul of a poet and few men of our generation could paint word pictures so vividly and impressively. But it was his fellow-man whom he loved, whoever he was, wherever he was, and none of the many thousands who knew him will ever forget him, for when he passed by the sun shone, life was more sweet and had more meaning. R. C. H. cAssELs, Q.o. The death occurred in Toronto on November 23 of R. C. H. Cassels V89-'93l. for nearly forty years a member of the Board of Governors and for nearly sixty-five years a deeply loyal T.C.S. Old Boy. No one who recalls the most trying and difficult days of the depression in the early thirties will ever forget the strong and gallant leadership Mr. Bertie Cassels gave in meeting the unprecedented problems affecting the very life of the School. As Chairman and Secretary of the Governing Body he carried an exceedingly heavy load, day by day, for several years and the fact that the School weathered the successive crises of fire, new buildings, financing, enormous bank loans, loss of half the enrolment, and increasing indebtedness was in large part owing to his determination, his decisiveness and his deep rooted belief that T.C.S. must not bf- allowed to founder. I-Ie came to the School in the days before the first fire when living conditions were spartan and he often referred to the difference which had taken place in the amenities of the School. After a successful four years he qualified for admission to R.M.C., Kingston, and later to Osgoode