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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 have taken place during the Term. It must not be content to serve only as a record. It must lead, not follow. With the great potential it possesses, as a magazine which is cir- culated to every boy in T.C.S., the Record has every capability of pro- viding the tremendous stimulus necessary to provoke both thought and action within the school. If an institution such as T.C.S. is to endure, and if it is to boast of producing outstanding men, then it must be con- stantly re-examining itself, and making perpetual adjustments, to keep astride the times. The value of self-criticism cannot be over-empha- sized. It is the Record which can and must provide the stimulus necessary to achieve this end. Acting as a mouthpiece for opinion and criticism, only then can it achieve its real purpose, which is to cultivate in the mind of every boy at the school an awareness of the world around him. If T.C.S. is to give, as it claims, a truly well-rounded education, then it must allow for the natural insularity bred by the atmosphere of a boarding-school, and somehow find a means of combatting this. If T.C.S. is to make a contribution to society, then it must make certain that its graduates have been instilled with that acute power to discern between the good and the mediocre in life. In an attempt to foster this type of thinking, the Record this issue has somewhat re-vamped its main organs of expression, to provide the maximum facility for free writing. In place of the old Literary Section have sprung up three new departments, each with its own philosophy, yet each aimed at the achievement of our ultimate goal. The first of these we are calling the Centennial Section, which, although it was created a few years ago, as the school approached its anniversary, has now taken o11 a completely different purpose to that of its original design. Its name suggests the past, but its emphasis is on rather the present and the future. Its aim is one of self-criticism, to examine the existing institutions of T.C.S., and by presenting dif- ferent viewpoints, to assess their worth. This, we hope, will excite the type of controversy so vitally necessary to keep T.C.S. alive and grow- ing. Our second new section is called Comment and Criticism , a com- pletely new department devoted to opinion. In serving as a mouth- piece for views on any conceivable subject, its aim is to make the boys of the school realize that life is more than just the comfort and security of T.C.S. The name Comment and Criticism should be completely self-explanatory. Finally, we are purifying the old Literary Section, retaining its name, and turning it over completely to creative writing. It is now to be devoted entirely to poetry and short stories, in the hope that it will stimulate a sorely needed interest in original work in the school. The boys of T.C.S. are all of above-average intelligence, but the amount of free composition they do certainly would not indicate this. We hope to remedy this situation, as far as we are capable. This then is our attempt at providing what we think the Record should stand for, and what it should strive to achieve. Once we have overcome the apathy in the school, and have hit home to every boy in it, that he too can have a say in what is said, then we will be well on our way to achieving our end. The Record has the tremendous potential to do this, and both as a record and as a leader is absolutely indispen- sable to T.C.S. -J.A.W.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Vol. 69 Trinity College School. Port Hope, December 1965 No. 1 Editor-in-Chief - J. A. Whittingham School News lfltlitors - H. B. Kennedy, G. P. St. G. O'Brian. Assistants: J. E. Matheson. J. C. P. McCallum. l.iterary litlitor , . .. . . ,.,, .. ,. . R- H- Smith Centennial liditor - P. G. B. Grant. Assistants: P. T. Murton, R. B. Noble. Comment anti Criticism Editor ,,,,, ,,.V.V,,,,,,,4,,.V , .,,,V, Vevl , E. F. Willis Features Editor - T. B. Embury. Assistants: P. M. Brown, J. L. Cruickshank, H. A. P. Little, H. S. Southam. Sports Editors - J. L. M. Kortright, J. M. Sedgewick. Assistants: J. K. Carsley, P. V. E. Harcourt, H. A. P. Little, J. E. Matheson, D. P. McIntyre, R. H. Pearson, M. H. I.. McLoughlin, J. P. Molson, R. D. Ramsay, J. W. Turcot. Photography Editor - F. A. Rowlinson. Assistants: E. P. M. Chadwick, T. M. Dustan, P. R. W. Millard. Head Typist - D. S. Esdaile. Assistants: N. Cabell, T. Fisher, T. Fitzgerald, D. Gow, I. Henderson, P. Henderson, R. Kayler, K. Lambert, K. Marrett, J. Matheson, J. McCallum, H. McDonald, P. Newell, J. Molson, T. Molson, A. Mooney, J. Ryrie. Business Manager ,,,,,,,, ,,,, , ,,,,,,,,, , , R. M. Mewburn Staff Adviser H , , ,,,,,,,,,,,, A. H. Humble Esq. Art Adviser ,,,,.,,,,, , c ,,,, D. L. G. Blackwood Esq. Photography Adviser ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, P . R. Bishop, Esq. Official Photographer ,,,,,,, A. J. R. Dennys, Esq. Treasurer ,.......... .....,..,... . ...... . A . ....,,..,... .. ........ R. K. G0ebel, ESQ- Old Boys ..... ........ ..... ......, ...... . ..... . . ..,..................,.. . J . W. Kerr ESQ. The Record is published three times a year - in December, April and August. Printed by The Guide Publishing Co. Ltd.. Port Hope, Ont. Editorial The Record and T.C.S. There must be a certain amount of value in publishing a school magazine. Otherwise, the Record would probably not have survived the sixty-eight years that it has. If it were expendable, then it would have been done away with years ago. But the fact that the Record is still being published as T.C.S. enters its second century, indicates conclusive-- ly that in fact, a school magazine is worth considerably more than just the work that goes into it, or the paper on which it is printed. The Record, in my opinion, must serve a two-fold purpose, if it is to span the school's second hundred years. The first of these, the lesser in importance, is suggested by its very titleg it must serve as a record . This is one of the reasons that our magazine is published three times a year, rather than once, in the form of a yearbook. There has been a certain degree of agitation to have the Record condensed to yearbook statusg hut those advocating such a change seem to forget that one of the main purposes of the Record is to serve as a means of recording to posterity the events which occur throughout the year at T.C.S., term by term. The Record is in fact the only permanent file we have in the school, and our copies date back to 1898, its first year of publication, when it was put out twice a month! Surely to reduce the Record to a Xezirliook would he to destroy part of its basic purpose. D But there is a second role that the Record must play, I think more important, it it is to endureg it must act as a leader. The Record must not he content to give simply a bland regurgitation of the events that

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Cll-llAPlElL NOTES lle had come straight from HM. HM's orders were clear. They're a tough lot. 00-minus-7. Don't treat them with kid gloves. Don't turn your back on them. Stick it out for 42 minutes and your mission will be accomplished. This was it. A bell rang in the distance. 00-minus-7 grasped the handle ot' the door firmly. In a split second he opened the door and catapulted into the room. He surveyed the rows of ugly, mean faces before him, the faces of TRASH. So this was the adversary. Slowly he inched his way to the front of the room. Carefully he laid the briefcase supplied by armaments on the table and whipped out the weapon, the new, slim, white, dustless Sanigene MK 2. A smile broke on the corners of his cruel, enigmatic mouth as he clasped this ultimate weapon in his hand, turned to the blackboard and wrote, From this time forward R.K. marks will count and will be averaged in with all other marks for other academic subjects. The agents of TRASH had been dealt a crippling blow. F.A.T.H.E.R. had again triumphed. R.K. is not on everyone's best seller list. Not everyone has come to that great moment in life when he discovers that R.K. is important. A number of people received somewhat of a jolt when they saw James Rond on the R.K. curriculum this year. Some were convinced of the insanity of the Chaplain, others thought that it was a gimmick of some kind. It is neither. I came to T.C.S. to teach religion. I soon learned that religion was the last thing that I should be teaching as Chaplain in the School. Christianity is not concerned with religion but with life. I realised that I should be concentrating on life, discovering with others how to understand, criticize, and transform life. And that is what James Bond has to do with R.K. He's a slice of life and a rather popular one. God may be just as concerned with the reason why people read Dr. No and with what they get out of it as He is with why they read the Bible and what they get out of it. -B.J.B. CHOIR 19651966 Bass: Willis, Todd A., Rupert F., Molson J., Sedgewick, Ryrie, Ramsay, Grant, Schell A., Rudolph, Jackson. Tenor: Marshall, Kennedy S., Merrifield, Noble, Currelly C., Kennedy B., Smith, Joy, Millard, Chubb. Alto: Molson T., Austin, Stock, Hanbury, Osler M., Rupert S. Treble: Seagram, Baker, Hampson, Patterson P., Newell, Forbes, Hen- clerson, Scott, Ward, Wignall, Moore, Kortright R., Collins, Schell M., Wilkes R., Wilkes G., Curtis, Fischer, Wilson. Head Choir Roy: .l. ff. C. Currelly. Head Sacristan: M. ll. P. Marshall.