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

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Q. ANDA. leur Ijbr the Headmaster Q..' Do you have any regrets about leaving your last employment? Certainly no regrets. I must admit I do miss the close affiliation of having my own team, having my own class, or running my own House. Q.: We have seen three new teams introduced this year. Do you think that it is feasible for our sports program to be broadened anymore? .-1.5 In looking at the size of our school, we are probably spreading ourselves thin right now. But to legislate that only certain sports can be played can be pretty unhealthy in itself. We have enthusiastic young men who could be getting involved in all sorts of different activities. What really determines a great program is the quality of the men running it. The sport offerings will evolve as the faculty evolves and not necessarily follow what tradition has set. Q.: What tradition would you like to see be preserved or altered? A.: I certainly enjoy the tradition of Chapel and would work hard to preserve it. On the to be altered side, I am not too thrilled about the House system and how we exploit the structure of houses. I would like to see a boy make a commitment to his house and stick with it. I think that many of the young boys, to begin with, could contribute to the school if they started on a smaller part of the school and worked their way up. Such as, first start com- peting for their house, working for it and feeling proud about it. Eventually that will trickle up to the rest of the school and they will feel great about their whole school. Q.: What have been the highlights for you this year? A.: Working closely with Mr. Jones - he is very smart, very wise, and getting to know the Ad- ministrative staff, Mr. Proctor, Mr. Geale, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Norenius. Another guy I worked closely with was Mark Finlayson. He's been a delight to know and I certainly appreciate his strength. Also getting to know the 350 new boys has been great and full of surprises. I enjoyed the Pirates of Penzance which was a hoot. Seeing so many boys from right across Canada and different countries living together has always been a highlight. Oh, and Bigside Football beating UCC at UCC was kind of fun! Q.: Did Mr. Scott give you any particular advice that you have kept distinctly? A.: He gave all sorts of advice and it's hard to pick one. He did say that a Headmaster has to learn to say No . That is good advice but I probably don't follow it enough. Q.: What do you think about the emphasis on Bigside Football? A.: I don't think that we can pinpoint any particular sport and say that a person's participation in a certain sport is more meaningful than another person's participation in a different sport. But what has happened with Football is that there have been some very keen men who are really into that sport who have carved out a very strong program. This in turn has attracted a lot of attention to their sport. I've tried to reflect equal recognition of teams through the three End of Term Sports Dinners in- stead of just having a Bigside Football Dinner. Also the tables could turn with another sport in a different term. It may get a succession of very strong coaches and dedicated men. That is all fair ball. Q..' Now that you've seen the Prefect System in action, what do you think of it? A.: I think it stinks. Not the boys - they're great- but the system. I think that what has happened is that some very deserving boys with leadership potential are ordained Prefects and suddenly they are expected to know how a Prefect behaves without any guidance

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or training throughout the system. This is where l refer back to the House system of taking respon- sibility of little things and getting that sort of training as one comes up. That is why I am significantly altering the Prefect System. l would hope that we would have strong enough Prefects who would be able to confront a boy who is perhaps smoking dope. The Prefect, hopefully. would admonish him to CLII it out and if not. then march him to the Headmaster. This is a great amount of responsibility to put on a senior boy, but it cannot be put on him unless he has been given the proper training. Also, unless he embraces the principles of the school. Q.: What is your opinion on co-education? .-l.: l think that it makes a lot of sense. lt's really the most contemporary way to run a school. There's the whole half of the human population that is really different. Men and women think differently. They obviously have to interact: separating them during the critical years of their education is not healthy for their eventual interaction. Missing the female's point of view in the classroom. during the teenage years is a big gulf. Our graduates have to scramble to fill in later on. 5- i P I ' - l t l I i 1 I I l :Lf i C'lnt'Awiw from Twp A lunffillcd morn- ings in L'hapel'7L The man at work. -Xu athletic lleadniaster who loves to make strange faces.