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

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TRINITY COLl.l'IGE SCHOOL RECORD 5 X x g 4 ea, VO li KK g, O -. 054 A-T , Bells! Bells! Bells! These medieval inventions seem to govern our daily lives at T.C.S. The soundest sleeper hears their ominous tones too early in the morning .... the hungriest student thinks the bell will never ring to summon the school to Osler Hall for nutritional ammunition. The bells chime out too soon for classes and always seem late for their close. There is one bell that rings out over the campus, and summons the whole school to the Chapel. It starts a flow of young men towards God's House. Daily this bell fills our Chapel, and a school has a few minutes of quiet peace, as worship comes. Now there is silence in Chapel .... the organ prelude begins . . . and the daily service proceeds. tl do hope the reader will not consider the writer sacrilegiousl. The worship period is a holy Smorgasbord! Each boy will choose his need. Some will select praise and lift heart and voice to God's glory. Others will choose beauty, and let eyes roam over the appointments and decorations of the Chapel. Undoubtedly there will be some young worshipper who comes with worries and problems - and there will be sincere prayers for self or family or world peace. These prayers bring a constant reinforcement of comfort, courage and serenity. Sunday finds the Chapel glowingg new flowers are added to God's Altar by willing helpers. Fresh linens adorn the altar and candles seem to gleam brighter. Worship today is in technicolour for it is the Lord's own day. Early Communion passes in the swift breath of prayers and praise and thanksgiving . . . then matins with full choir has her later devotees. Sunday, the day of privilege, has begun. Parents and friends will arrive, and bells pass into the background. At 5,15 PM. the bell rings again and the formal worship of Evensong brings an ever ricreasing gallery and the student body into God's presence. The Coll'- e choir follows the solemn crucifer down the aisle. for a moment the Chanel is full of blue and white . . . the processional hymn swells in volume Hymns. canticles and responses . . . the Headmaster reads the New

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD provincialisin and thus an indifferent attitude by many French Canadians to the rest of Canada. This has a great deal to do with the rise of men such as Duplessis in Quebec, who have used the peopleTs suspicions of Ottawa to keep themselves in power. This has also given rise to separatism, which preaches that Quebec should become a separate country. Marcel Chaput in his book t'Why I am a Separatistn outlines very clearly many logical reasons why there should be separatisin. When English speaking people read this book they should hang their heads in shame. In this book are revealed' various facts that show the tremendous discrimination we have practised against our l rench-speaking brothers. Therefore, it is not hard to see that by our own selfish actions we have given the Separatists one of their greatest grievances and motivations. Although many people do believe in the theory of separatism, few believe in its practicability. Luckily. the French Canadian press headed by 'ALE DEVOIRM has called attention to the fact that Separatism would not work and that the only solution to the problem is for better French-English relations to come about through mutual understanding. Therefore, we English-speaking Canadians should not criticize the recent trend of the Quebec provincial government towards public ownership of utilities. This has been done in several of our pro- vinces and has been relatively successful. Many students will ask What can I do? The student may do a tre- mendous amount to improve these relations. He may do this by learning the French language, by reading about French Canada, by having French Canadian pen pals, and best of all by visiting Quebec itself and by ex- change visits, getting to know the French Canadians and their way of life, Today, the opportunities to learn about French Canada are many. Let us take advantage of them. It will depend on the young people of this country to develop more friendly relations between the two cultures in the days to come. Let us get rid of our Mississippi. S. E. T. .. f if! '-,- - ,few Q 421, 1535? Tl ff-. . . 1 'ff E7 , ll 41 in q 11,1-' 4 - Ill U 0 a 'QJ19 LQ ' lm i HH --1-zK 4 v -Q :ff- f .i , ll Ill an ,KA I 'Zf.E., it., ' T' l-7 -- ' my , ' is -T-fgsinh slew .wh st--

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'l'lllNl'l'Y COI,l,EGE SFHOOL RECORD 'l't-stamcnt lesson . , r over 300 voices proclaim I believe in God . then thc slmfflc as knees touch kneelers and we, still in this age of science amd progress, acknowledge our Creator. 'l'hc sermon may hc preached by the Fhaplain lif so, it is carefully timed and the preacher will run the gamut of criticism for a whole week ol' lily. classcsir This year we have had Vanon Guy Marshall of St. Stcplicirs Vhurch. Toronto. as our first guest preacher. ln November two liisliops will be our guests A Bishop Gower of the Diocese of New West- minster. :md Bishop Brown ofthe Diocese of Quebec. The festivals of the Vhurch year are not forgotten. There is always it celebration ol' the lloly Vommunion at 6.50 ,X.lNl. on Saints' Days, or on Wednesday morning at the same early hour. till Ilarvcst Festival, objects of our school life were placed beside the .Xltar .lust as workers in agriculture can beautify Gods House with the products ofthe land. so too. school boys can present text books and work books and sports equipment as a symbol of their best efforts to God. lt is obvious that Old Boys miss the bells, for when they return to thc School, almost all pay a short visit to the chapel, Indeed this Con- secratecl building has become the centre of our lives. and consciously or unconsciously it is a symbol of our future lives - God-centred. 'Vllli i'llAI'I.AlN Z 1' ll, Brown