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

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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

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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. 5 but from first to last he won keen and enthusiastic applause. Mr. Smik-y his the ad- vantage over the ordinary [)ul)lic reciter in that he is a musician, and is possessed of a pleasing baritone voice, and these gifts he used witii much effect in some extremely amusing musical sketches, which were, perhaps, the hits of the evening. Should he visit the school again next year, as we hope he will, he may be assured of a very hearty welcome. Z K Mortbinoton riDcinoiial. ON .Saturday, March the 131I1, Colonel and Mrs. Worthington came down to the School and unveiled the tablet they have had set up in the Chapel to commemorate the death of their son Asheton. The Service at which the ceremony took place was the usual Evensong at 6 o ' clock. It was perfectly simple and quiet ; the prayers approi)riate to the occasion can hardly have added more than a minute or two to the length of the service, but the effect was very impressive. The brass is very handsome ; it is shield shape, mounted on dark oak of the same pattern. It is the tablet which appears in this number of the Magazine on the north wall of the Chapel Interior. The inscription is as follows : — Sacred to the Memory of AsHETON Norrevs Worthington only . nd beloved son of Lt. Colonel Norrevs Worthington AND May Worthington Born Aug. 14, 1890 Died June 23, 1908, Entered this School Sept. 1905. Deeply Lamented by all his Teachers and Schoolfellows By whom he was held in affectionate regard. He is not dead, the boy of our affection But gone into that School Where he no longer needs our poor protection And Christ Himself doth rule. be (Blec Club. The Glee Club was organized early in Lent term under the leadership of Dr. Petry, and, although we had no school concert at the end of the term, a very fair amount of interest has been shown by the members, and considerable progress made in part singing. Practices have been regularly held in the Speech Rooni twice a week, and among