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

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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.

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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 5 I? I U7 IUGRIXP IIS R. K. Arnold U59-'65l School Prefect Rick entered the Senior School after two years in Boulden House, and even as a New Boy made his presence strongly felt by his amazing athletic skill, in winning First Team Colours in Swimming and half-Bigside in Cricket. The same year he spent the off-seasons as a sports reporter for the Record, a job which he was to continue right through to Sixth Form. In Fourth Form he again won First Team Colours in Swimming and this time in Cricket as well, for he now enjoyed the phenomenal position of Vice-Captain of the team. Leaving no area of endeavor untouched, he also became an active participant in the Junior debating programme. In Fifth Form Rick continued both his reporting and his debating, this year a member of the Senior Club. He was elected president of his class, and served as secretary of the Student Council. He vice-captained both the Swimming team and the L.B.F. Championship Cricket team, again winning First Team Colours in both sports fyou will notice a little monotony here.J In the Cadet Corps Rick served as a Corporal in the Colour Party. And for all these accomplishments which can be de- scribed as nothing short of outstanding, Rick was appointed a House Officer at the end of the year. Entering Sixth Form, Rick had already achieved a remarkable stan- dard of leadership and participation and this, his final year, was the great climax to his career at T.C.S. He was appointed a School Prefect and made Head of Brent House, and in this capacity he served as Flight Lieutenant of No. 1 Flight in the Cadet Corps. Finally, for his steady, dependable work on the Record, he was appointed co-sports Editor. But it was in sports again that Rick made his outstanding mark in the school, for this year he not only captained both the Swimming Team and the Championship Cricket Team, but for his astounding achieve- ments in both sports, he was awarded a Distinction Cap in each. On Speech Day Rick was awarded the Jim McMullen Trophy and was also runner up to the Grand Challenge Cup. It was with a great deal of regret that Trinity had to part with as fine a person as Rick Arnold. But with him go our best wishes for suc- cess, as he moves on to Yale, a fitting climax to such a memorable six years at T.C.S.