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

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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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 11 furthermore that a new system was being instituted in order to give those in cha1'ge of admissions a better picture of the applicant. 'l'his new system is based on reference to past school records and letters of recom- mendation from the principal. Furthermore, Mr. Molson predicted that the College Board Examinations would soon be required by all Canadian Universities. This informative talk was followed by a question period for all those who had any questions on what had been said or on the re- quirements for McGill. The School is indebted to Mr, Molson for this most interesting and pertinent address. THE UNITED NATIONS PANEL DISCUSSION On October 28, a panel discussion on the work of the United Nations was held in Osler Hall. Stephen Traviss, chairman and moderator. intro- duced the subject, and informed the school and visitors that a question period would be held after every two boys had spoken. Neville Wallis showed that the United Nations had been an im- portant factor in stopping fighting in Korea, Indonesia, the Gaza strip. and the Congo. Murdoch Laing countered this list of successes with failure in Hungary, and described the organizations lack of power in the world situation. In the question period, Gordon Ambrose asked: The UN. con- tributed to the Zionist movement in 1947: why did the Canadians send troops to the Gaza strip to put down the trouble that the United Nations started in the first place? To this Wallis replied: The troops were there because of the Suez Canal and not because of the Israeli-Arab unfriendlinessf' After several other questions. D'Arcy Martin gave an informative talk on the humanitarian side of the United Nations' work. He discussed various welfare groups and pointed out that these held a position of great importance, in that the peace of the world depends upon the welfare of its nations. Bob Gibson then took the floor and described the appalling conditions of refugees, using the Algerians in Tunisia as an example. Although the work of the United Nations was good. he added that it was just a drop in the bucket . Following his talk. Doug Martin asked: 'LWhat happens to the refugees who don't go to Tunisia? Do they become thieves? What would they do without their six hundred calories? To this Gibson replied: I'm not condemning the U.N. - six hundred calories isn't enough. though. How can these refugees be re- established if they haven't the energy to work? On six hundred calories per day they have only enough energy to sit. to breathe. inhale and exhaled! Nat Bradley described the iudicial powers of the United Nations. He showed the composition and work of the Security Council. Inter- national Board of Justice Trusteeship Council and others. and stated that the United Nations could not succeed until member nations stop trying to make it work for them. Matheson followed. generally describing the United Nations as useless due to its lack of power, the unequal distribu- tion of votes. and the killing power of the veto. There followed such questions as What is the purpose of the International Court of Justice? To this Bradley replied. The International Court of Justice is a court which settles international legal disputes. An example is the settlement of the Iceland fishing rights problem. Steve Traviss concluded the evening by saying that the organization