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

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8 'l'RINl'l'Y COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD TRIP TO STRATFORD On September 14, the Fifth Form accompanied by some of the Sixth Form, the staff and their wives, travelled by bus to Stratford to see the production of Macbeth In playing Macbeth, Christopher Plummer gave a novel performance, showing how a man can be corrupted in his attempt to obtain power. Bruno Gerussi was excellent in his portrayal of Macduff. Excluding the sleepwalking scene, Kate Reid played Lady Macbeth powerfully, In contrast to these characters, Joseph Shaw was weak play- ing Duncan and not suited to the part of a great king who is loved and respected by his people. The realistic production of scenes such as the witches, which could have been subject to ridicule, and the construction of the theatre itself, involving the audience in the action, contributed to the success of the play. It was a valuable experience for all who saw it. lA full review of the play appears elsewhere in this issuel. HALLOWE'EN For many, October 31 represents a night of looting, a night in which neighbours compete to see who will have distributed the most jelly beans to the kiddies and a night on which witches and phantonis fill the skies. Not so at T.C.S.! Witches have been replaced by privileges, neighbours by Brent and Bethune House, and the looters by the New Boys. Competition began at 8.30 with an obstacle race in the gym. Nets, rubber tires, box horses, parallel bars and mats had been prepared for the event and amid shouts of tCherry', 'Bear', 'Slim', and tZit', Bethune House stumbled valiantly over the respective obstacles to victory. Well done, Bethune! Next on the agenda was the apple dunking contest which took place in the swimming pool. Brent House won in this event and immediately after ensued the customary free-for-all in which the New Boys had a chance to have some fun with the privileges by throwing them in the pool. After all the privileges had been given a good taste of the cold water, all retired to Osler Hall where there were refreshments, a treasure hunt yielding everything from chocolate bars to a S5 bill, and a most en- joyable sing song. THE LIBRARY A proposal made last spring for the Library to undertake the sale of used books at the beginning of the year has paid handsome dividends. Under the direction of Michael Moffatt, Head Librarian, the two day sale .netted the Library over 3200. Half of this sum has been used to provide new magazine binders. The remainder of it will go towards the purchase of badly needed reference books and subscriptions to SKI magazine and SKY AND TELESCOPE. A further generous gift of S200 from J. A. McKee is being devoted to thevpurchase of additional books. The Library is also indebted to the following for their gift of books since last June: Dr. Ketchum. L. E. Laybournc. Foster Russell, editor of the Cobourg SENTINEL-STAR, and Mrs. ti G. Lawrence who donated a number of books from the collection ol' the late Vanon C. G. Lawrence, T.C.S. Chaplain from 1950 to 1960. An attractive display case near the entrance to the Library is being

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD used for special exhibits. In charge is the assistant Head Librarian, Gor- don Ambrose. Exhibits to date have included the work of Sir William Osler and Nobel prize winner John Steinbeck. the United Nations, and a display of rare old books belonging to the School. The half term report on school reading habits revealed that some 650 books had been signed out for an average of 3.2 books per boy with Vollege Entrance leading the list with an average of 5.6. RALLIES AND CHEER-LEADING With the coming of a new football season there are of course the rallies. This year school spirit has been extremely high due to the adap- ability of this year's New Boys to the customs and tradition of a different school. The school has been very ably led in the cheer leading department by Duncanson, Evans, Hassel, Bayly and Gray. There has been a better balance between rallies and cheering at the games. This year there have been fewer but much better organized rallies which have been greatly aided by the musical group composed of King. Brown, Capreol, Barnard and Huntoon. Enthusiasm has been confined primarily to the L.B.F. games and especially to our home game against St. Andrew's when the whole school as well as the team showed tremendous spirit. THE NEW BOYS' PICNIC For newcomers to T.C.S., a notice on the bulletin board brings ex- citing news: The New Boys' picnic will be held next Sunday . Promptly after morning Chapel, two somewhat dilapidated yellow buses draw up in front of Trinity House and the race for seats is on. Some seventy boys later, they are off for Lake Ontario and the traditional picnic spot. The privileges are the first to swim: the turn of the New Boys comes later, at least for those who are hardy enough to tempt the waters. Amid the orderly confusion of gathering wood for the fire, food miraculously appears from the hidden recesses of the bus. Now it is lunch time and a feast of hot dogs, corn, cake, pop, ice cream, grapes and apple turn- overs. For the afternoon programme, a game of Stone Age rugger is sug- gested. But when the privileges find themselves outnumbered and are reaching the stages of exhaustion, they quickly change the game to soccer. The balance of power is again restored and a rest is called. Now small groups of boys gather around to discuss school life and what is to follow. Then comes an unwelcome shout -- the buses are returning. Slowly they fill up and a tired group of boys settle down for the short ride back to school. MR. MOLSON lllr. W. K. Molson. a former master at the school and at present. Dean of Admissions at McGill. paid a visit to the school over the Thanks- giving weekend. Ile kindly stayed over in order to address the whole school on the subject of the growing problems of admission to our universities. In his talk he pointed out that anybody who wished to go to university could do so provided he had the required marks. He stated