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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. 3 left to the following term. In the Bigside chess Ned Martin beat Reg. Dempster, and in the Littleside Andrew V ' oght beat Roberts. It is only fair to say that there were a great many good chess players who did not take part in the tournaments. This term Mr. Morris very kindly offered a chess set for the winner of a tyros ' tournament. September 1908 was set as the time after which the tyro must have learned the game. As it was rather late in the term it was decided to play it out by elimination. The following is the score : — First Round — l.aitig beat S. G. Coldwell, W. W.. Pearce beat Battersby, Clarkson beat Symons.D ' Arcy Martin beat W. N. Conyers, Macaulay beat Boyce, Peter Lums- den beat N. K. Thompson, W. L. Taylor beat A. C. H. Conyers, Parkes beat Hanbury, H. E. M. Ince beat Nation, A. Voght beat Maynard, G. L. Lums- den beat Mallory, Campbell a bye. Second Round — L.iing beat Pearce, D ' Arcy Martin beat Clarkson, P. Lumsden beat Macaulay, Parkes beat Taylor, Voght beat Ince, Campbell beat G. Lumsden. Third Round — Martin beat Laii ig, Lumsden beat Parkes, Voght beat Campbell. In the piay-ofT each of the three played three games with every other making a possible of si.x : — Martin 4, Voght 3, Lumsden 2. This tournament Mr. Morris himself superintended, and the thanks of the club are due to him for his kindness in donating the prize as well as for his time and trouble. To Ur. Peiry the warm thanks of the club are tendered for the care he bes- towed on the tournaments and the general business of the club. Financially the club is in a very [)rosperous condition. After paying for prizes and meeting some incidental expenses tiierc is still a handsome balance. Let us hope next year will be equally successful both in matter of finance, and the class of chess played. be Dcatb of our Iprc9i cnt. m HE death of the Archbishop of Toronto takes away from us not only the President of our Governing Body for nearly two-thirds of the history of the School, but one who throughout that period always took the warmest and most affectionate interest in its affairs. Himself an old schoolmaster for many years, and filled with a great love for boys, he was able to understand and sympathiij with both masters and boys on his frequent visits to the school. These visits were greatly valued and enjoyed by all, he was always so keenly interested in everything that went on. As Patron of the School Athletic Sports he made it a point to attend the annual meetings in person, and at the very last meeting held in the autumn of 1907 he hon- oured us by his presence and distributed the Prizes. There are hundreds of old boys now scattered all over the world, who, when they heard of his death, would recall his solemn tvords of admonition and encouragement at their Confirmation, and also his

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. Zbc Cbcss Club, wos ' oo. g t OR the last tlircc or four years at any rate chess and checkers at T. C. S. have , i not enjoyed their fair share of jiopularity. The Reading Room and the Glee Club have always been well patronized, and somehow there never seemed to be much interest taken in the games of the chequered board. Many years ago chess was evident- ly very popular, as a team from this school is known to have played a correspondence game with Bishop ' s College, Lennoxville. For some reason or other this year the fellows began to take a greater interest in the game, and when an unusually large number of members joined the club it was de- cided to hold a tournament. When this was announced more and more members came in, and soon the resources of the club were taxed to the utmost to meet the demand for sets. About the middle of Mich, term entries were asked for the tournament both in checkers and chess. Nineteen names Vi ' ere received for chess and twenty-four for checkers. The chess entries were divided up into Bigside and Littleside, and it was decided that the continental system should be followed, viz., that each person should play three games with every other, and the winner should be the one who scored most points in these games, and the checkers were to be played off by straight elimination. The following is the score : — U1C;S1I)F. CHESS — 21 POSSIBLE. Reg. Dempster 17J 2 ; Ned Martin lyJiS; Ketchum i5 ; Jack Ross 10; Osier 9; Spragge 8}i; Porterfield 5 ; D ' Arcy Martin 1 LITTLESIDE CHESS — 27 POSSIBLE. Roberts 23 , A. F. Voght 233 , M. B. Boyd 2 2j , J. B. Waller 2ij4, Dempster 19 , Wainwright 14 , Grylls 11, Dennistoun 85 , Billings 71 , Thompson 7, Battersby 6. CHECKERS. f ' rst found — Greer beat Billings ; Downer beat Westgate ; Ketchum beat Moore ; P. V. Lumsden beat H. K. Thompson ; Haultain beat J. Ross ; J. R. Den- nistoun beat Caswell ; Spragge beat Grylls ; D ' Arcy Martin beat Simpson ; Wylde heat F. C. S. Reid ; Campbell beat Hanbury ; Reg. Dempster beat Clapp ; Shortt beat Mitchell. Second Round — Downer beat Greer, Lumsden beat Ketchum, Haultain beat Dennis- toun, Martin beat Spragge, Campbell beat Wylde, Dempster beat Shortt. Third Round — Lumsden beat 1 )owner, Haultain beat Martin, Dempster beat Camp- bell. In the play off in the finals each of the three played every other five games, mak- ing a possible of 10 : — Dempster 7, Haultain 5, Lumsden 3. When the tournaments were finished it was late in the term and the playoffs were

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. friendly greetings as he met them in corridors, class-room or playground. He had a wonderful power of putting boys at their ease with him, and was always happy in their society. All who have witnessed it will remember his evident enjoyment of the cheers which his never failing claim for a half-holiday on each visit evoked. He was most regular in his attendance at the meetings of the Governing Body, where his long scholastic experience gave his counsels great weight. For thirty years he gave the Senior Prize for Divinity, and at the annual Speech Day was always present if possible to deliver it himself to the winner. For long years to come the name of Archbishop Sweatman will be held in affectionate remembrance at Trinity College School. The Governing Body of the School was represented at the funeral by Dr. Worrell, Dr. Johnson, Mr. D. W. .Saunders and Mr. Wm. Ince, In the absence of the Head Muster, who was away for his health, Dr. Petry represented the Staff. Mrs. Rigby was also present. ®nr IRcw ipresibcnt. We offer our most cordial welcome to Bishop Sweeney, who, as the new Bishop of Toronto, becomes President of our Governing Body, and Visitor of the School. He has promised the Head Master to pay the School a visit on Sunday May 9th, when he will preach at the afternoon Chapel Service. be Confirmation. On March the 26th in the School Chapel, the annual Confirmation took place. Bishop Reeves, who conducted the service, gave a fine address to the candidates. These boys were confirmed : — Archibald Dorsett Battersby, Fred. Maurice Billings, Cyril Philip Burgess, John Romeyn Dennistoun, Edward Charles F. O ' Conor Fenton, Edward Raymond West Hebden, Henry Vernon LeMesurier, George DuCane Luard, Peter Vernon Lumsden, Gordon Keith Lumsden, Arthur Fenwick Mewburn, Richard Arthur Mitchell, George Walter Nation, Norman Cummings Nelles, Geoffrey Stuart O ' Brien, George Ernest Shortt, Launcelot Arthur Spencer, George Poole Tett, Ewart Barclay Thompson, John Charles Waller, John Irton Wylde. flDr. ©wen Smile ' 0 lEntertainmeut. On the evening of Tuesday, March i6th, we had the privilege of hearing Mr. Owen Smiley of Toronto, in a highly successful entertainment, consisting of recitationi, humourous in the main, with one or two of a graver nature interspersed. It is not an easy matter for one man to hold the attention of an audience of boys during a programme of nearly two hours in length, yet Mr. Smiley not only did this