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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 7 Statesman's Year Book and the Canadian Annual Review. Efforts are also being made to enlarge and modernize the reference section of the Library. By the end of the year, all Departments of the school will benefit by the addition of some fifty new reference books. Plans are also underway to create a special reference section in the Library so that all books used for this purpose will be more readily available. The number of drama and poetry recordings in the Library has so greatly expanded in recent years that a much needed record cabinet to house them was recently installed. Another valuable addition to the facilities of the Library has been a newspaper stand. For both of these items the School is much indebted to the skilled craftsmanship of Mr. Van den Belt. It has been said that the intellectual life of a school can be measured by the importance attached to its Library. If this is so, then T.C.S. seems to possess sound habits of mind. For the first half-term, in addition to the almost continuous use of the Library by small groups, some 700 books were signed out by the boys, an average of 3.6 books per boy. The class with the best record was IV A with an average of 7 books per boy. UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS - 1961 The 6A Upper School examination results were the best any class has ever had at T.C.S.. and probably the best class results in Ontario. The Form was composed of boys who had completed their Middle School Work with averages of 655 or better. There were fifteen boys in the class but one did not write as he had been admitted to Dartmouth. The fourteen candidates wrote 122 papers and passed them all: 9161 were honour papers and 68'I were first class honour papers. Eleven of the fourteen scored overall averages lon at least eight papersl of 7562 or better, and six had averages of 8052 or better. Stikeman obtained an average of 9582 in his three Mathematics papers and two Science papersg four others obtained averages of 82-8682 in these a ers. p p Every paper written in history, Latin authors, geometry and physics was a first class honour. Many of the boys in 6B were attempting only a partial Upper School standingg they would not have been allowed to attempt any Grade 13 papers had they been at a Collegiate. They wrote 104 papers and passed 7682 of them. 4:' ' , f . x. 'ggi w I .J Lili f' 4 .I .R 9 --gsm Cf- 3,1 ., -31 ff- - 4- -1 K ,n.f,- QQ h ,I

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5 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD SXSW i.. I W 6 f 5 'Q - A 1 3' i' FTW 'Fit' ' ui u li V: .fe .Y it '. '3 'h ' 4 THE PAT MOSS CAMP As in previous years, the Pat Moss Camp was invaded by a group of underprivileged boys, this year a group of young Negroes from St. George the Martyr Church in Toronto. The boys ranged in age from nine to thirteen. On the opening day of camp only six of the twelve arrived at the train sta- tion, but were followed by the remaining six the next day. Mr. Lawson was in charge of the camp and was assisted by Frank Naylor and Dixon Winder. The boys had a marvellous time exploring the camp and the surround- ing areas. During the ten day period the boys were taken on many ex- cursions. They visited the Currellyls farm where they spent a wonderful afternoon swimming and horseback riding. They also went to the James' f'irm on Rice Lake where they were taken for a ride in a speed boat and then spent the rest of the afternoon angling, one of the boys catching a two and a half pound small mouth bass. Three afternoons were spent at the Port Hope and Cobourg beaches where the boys swam and played in the 14 ind. When it was all over, twelve healthy boys boarded the train for home, 'illed with many wonderful experiences that will long remain in their ITIQITTOTV. THE LIBRARY The outstanding news from the Library this term is the enthusiasm with which the Librarians have tackled the perennial problem of book repairs and rehinding, Under the capable supervision of Head Librarian Xlichael Evans. they have already done major repair work on more than vi-yo hundred books, led by Gregory Gordon with more than a hundred to his credit, ,Xlinost a hundred books have been added to the Library this term, among them if number of very useful reference books including the

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5 TRINITY COLLEGE scHooL RECORD HALLOWE'EN PARTY There was no study on the night of October 31 to enable the school to participate in the annual celebration of Hallowe'en. By 7:30 everyone had gathered in the gymnasium for the obstacle race. About half of the New Boys were assembled in teams of equal number representing Brent and Bethune. Two of the Prefects raced around the course to demonstrate the proper method before the race began. Amid loud cheering from the balcony Bethune gradually pulled ahead, winning by nearly a lap. The school then moved downstairs to the swimming pool into which had been emptied two bushels of apples. The remaining New Boys were soon in the pool, bobbing for the apples. When the results had been totalled, it was announced that Bethune House had again emerged victorious - by nine apples. Following this, the Privileges were hosts to the New Boys at a feast of doughnuts and apple cider in the Hall. This was followed by a sing song led by the Prefects. NEW BOYS' PICNIC This year there were two New Boys' picnics, one for the Third Form New Boys and the other for the Fourth Form. The former was held on the second Sunday of the term and the latter a week later. Usually, several Prefects take an unplanned dip but this year the situation was reversed when a few New Boys ended up in the lake. After some riotous games of football and baseball, the wonderful array of food was laid out and everyone settled down to the feast. NEW BOYS' PICNIC: OBJECT, FOOD -Photo by Hamlin