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

Page 16 text:

3 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Message from the Head Prefect The school has definitely started off on the right foot this year with school spirit running high in all phases of the life at T.C.S. This was shown at the rally before the First Team's first football game when everyone turned out and did not hesitate to ioin in the rally or add something original and amusing to it. This spirit prevailed throughout the football season and Bigside was given very good support, not only when the team was winning some of its exhibition games, but also when it was losing its Little Big Four games. Excluding the U.C.C. game, the play in these games was exhilirating and close. Unfortunately, this has been the case for the past few years and we can only hope that good sportsmanship will prevail, and enjoyment continue to stimulate players on T.C.S. teams, until the school shakes off this brief losing spell. The Middleside and Littleside teams had successful seasons and the School should be commended for the way it supported these teams. The New Boys of 1960-61 have proved to be a keen, manageable group with a great deal of enthusiasm to do well in their sports, academic, and extra-curricular activities. Most of them show respect for the masters and privileges and have yet to complain about their duties or appear to 'give up the ship' when they are 'laden' with extra New Boy activities. Cadets has been started early this year. The school has had a few Cadet parades this fall to learn the essentials of squadron drill before next spring. With a few exceptions. as there always are, most of the Cadets have made a conscientious effort to look smart and impressive. We are hoping to have more competition between the flights in ceremonial drill this year to stimulate more interest in it. In closing, I should like to commend everyone in the School for the way they have started the year and I wish everyone the best of luck in their exams. Yours sincerely, Doug Cooper THE RECORD Business Mcinoger's Report In previous years, the business section of the Record has operated entirely in the background, with the results that little interest has been aroused in the school abort the business section, compared to the School News or Sports departments. This year, we hope the Record will be able to make full use of its advertising potential and operate at its maximum business efficiency. Ac- cordingly, the business staff of the Record is making a concerted effort this year to put the Record on its feet financially. We have had an ad- vertising blitz on local businessmen to gain more local support for the Record. We have sent letters, complete with rate-cards to prospective ad- vertisers, and made efforts to gain advertising wherever possible. However, not having much experience in this field, we undoubtedly have left many stones unturned. So, if any reader is interested in advertising in the Record, please drop a line to The Business Manager, The Record , and we will send you a rate-card and full information immediately. Apart from advertising, the business staff has also turned to promoting the circulation of the Record. This year we have invited all parents to take

Page 15 text:

TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL ICECUHIJ 2 this possibility can easily be overruled, for a new boy's responsibilities lie in many directions. He is responsible to his fagmaster, to whom he must report daily, he is responsible to each of his teachers, whose assignments must be completed regularly, he holds a certain responsibility to each and every team of which he is a member: and above all, he is responsible to the School, which he represents whenever he makes a public appearance. No, it appears that lack of responsibility cannot be a factor in the enjoyment and success of a new boy's life. It is not a lack of responsibility, but rather the very presence of responsibility which makes first year T.C.S., best year T.C.S. And this responsibility is gained through participation - participation in gymnastics, fagging, rifle drill, games, and daily chapel services. Without participation such as this, we soon find ourselves growing stale, lax, becoming mere nonentities, contributing nothing to society. We lose any enjoyment we may have been drawing from life, our dreams of success become hopelessly doomed to failureg we become left out, alone in the rapidly moving life of our School. To escape this loneliness, we may turn to self-centredness, egotism, and even conceit. A Is this, perhaps, the major problem presented to returning boys at T.C.S. - a sudden easing of compulsory participation? Granted, a second year boy still has compulsory athletic and academic responsibilities, but a new freedom is discovered in dress, courtesy, table manners, and club pursuits. Thus a second year boy may be co-operative and make many important contributions through participation in varied branches of school life, or he may feel so relievd at his newly found freedom that he neglects to become a voluntary participant, and so contributes nothing. If this is so, we have a tentative explanation for the disappointing attitudes and poor spirit of several second and even third year T.C.S. students. This small minority apparently fails to realize the impact dis- respect and flagrant violation of rules can have on the spirit of a school such as ours. These boys also apparently fail to realize that neither a good teaching staff, nor a strong Six Form, nor an exceptional group of New Boys, nor a supporting group of second and third year boys can alone make a good year. Rather, it takes the combined efforts of all four. And even then our attempts may be hampered or even thwarted by a small minority of trouble makers, spirit breakers, non-participants in the real sense .of the vmrd. It has happened before, T.C.S. Let's not let it happen- again' This scnocl year is off to an excellent start, but we can make it even better. The' i is not one of us here at T.C.S. that could not participate just a little mort Fully, give of himself just a little bit more. If We all remember this, and try to do something about it. we will not only be ,ielping the School, but also preparing ourselves for the life that lies ahead. A. D. H.

Page 17 text:

TRINITY COl.l,l'IGl'I SCIIUUI. lil'IC'UiliJ .1 out subscriptions. This has not been done in previous years and we hope that any parents who have not already sent in their subscriptions. will do so as soon as possible, in order to make this ei'l'ort a success. It is still early to forecast the financial success or lailurc ol' the llecorfl this year. However, if the School continues to show as much enthusiasm as it has done already, and if the businessmen of the 'l'.i'.S. family see lit to advertise in the Record, then, the Record will surely make lull use ol' its potential. M. C. H. R I I F I GRN? IES THE LEAVING CLASS Adair, C. J. t'58-'60l. Colin entered T.C.S. in the fall of '58, taking up residence in the notorious Middle Dorm Bethune. In his first year, Crow played on Little- side football and was awarded extra colours for his efforts. During the winter term, Squash was his strong point where he earned Bigside colours, and va during the summer term he ran on the Bigside track team. The Senior French Club was also a is part of his extra-curricular activities. The second year was by far the best for Gibby . He played on Middleside football, earn- ing full colours, and as captain of the Squash team that won the L.B.F. Championship, he was awarded a Distinction Cap. In the C.O.S.S.A. track meet he placed first in the 220 yard dash. Because of his athletic achievements, Colin won the award for the runner-up for the Grand Challenge Trophy. Crow joined the Senior Debating Society and the Political Science Club and also sang in the School Choir. For all these contributions to School life, Colin was made a House Officer. Now attending McGill, 'tGibby is studying medicine. a field in which we hope he will have great success.