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

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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

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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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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. the songs learned were :, — True till Death, Gatty, arranged for four voices by Batchelder ; The Men of Harleck, always a favourite; Arthur Sullivan ' s Oh Hush Thee my Baby, Barnaby ' s Sweet and Low, and Auld Lang Syne, set for four voices by Henry A. Lambeth. Contrary to the experience of former years the weak point in the club this season has been the scarcity of trebles, and this was very much in evidence in several of the practices when the efforts of the basses and tenors would quite drown the soprano parts. The club however has performed its function of affording a means of recreation to the music loving boys of the school, and thus has well justified its existence. be ZiKlk. IT MAY be of interest to some of us and also the Old Boys to know something of the history of that much patronized and wholly indispensable institution, The Tuck. Like all great and noble works of man it had a small and insignificant beginning. One fine ofternoon in the Fall Term of 1885 four youths of this seminary of scholastic attainment were returning, (let us hope they had leave), from a rendezvous on the pier. They were, as per custom, ravenously hungry ; they were also, contrary to any known custom, possessors of a few stray coins of the realm ; these they natur- ally wished to rid themselves of as soon as possible. After a brief consultation it was decided to visit one of the near-by farmhouses in hope of procuring something eata- ble. As luck would have it, a field of pumpkins belonging to a certain Mrs. Philp was near. The sight of the golden fruit ( ? ) was very suggestive, so going to the rear of the house, they knocked upon the portal thereof. They were received by Mrs. Philp in person, who. on learning their pitiful tale, consented to lay bare the contents of her larder. This consisted principally, as they had hoped, of pumpkin pie, which, owing to the famished condition of the aforementioned gentlemen was devoured with great avidity. Then, effervescing with pleasure — and pumpkin pie-— they returned to the school and spread the news among their comrades. The tidings were received with joyful demonstrations, and others in their turn lost no opportunity to further their ac- quaintance with Mrs. I ' hilp. Owing to the inconvenience of having to discuss the delicacies in the open air, especially in the wi.iter, Mrs. I ' hilp fitted up a room for the accommodation of her customers. This permitted of a more extensive menu, and from time to time welcome additions were made to the bill. From that time forth the Tuck flourished until it became the establishment it is at the present day. Let us hope that for many years to come Mrs. Philp will continue to allay the pangs of hunger for T. C. S. I