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

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'F 5 . lla vt ua. suf .N -. 5 X 'r K . ff' . 1 Q. 4 I -ww . TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. 3 left to the following term. In the Bigside chess Ned Martin beat Reg. Dempster, and in the Littleside Andrew Voght beat Roberts. It is only fair to say that there were agreat 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 i9oS 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:- Hitt lfound-Laing beat S. G. Coldwell, W. M. Pearce beat Battersby, Clarkson beat Symons,D'.-Xrcy 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-Laing beat Pearce, D'Arcy Martin beat Clarkson, P. Lumsden beat Macaulay, Parkes beat Taylor, Voght beat Ince, Campbell beat G. Lumsden. Tluird Round'-Martin beat Laing, Lumsden beat Parkes, V oght beat Campbell. In the play-off each of the three played three games with every other making a possible of six :-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 Dr. Petry 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 prosperous condition. After paying for prizes and meeting some incidental expenses there 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. Che Eeatb of our llbresibent. 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 sympathiae 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 IQO7 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 words of admonition and encouragement at their Confirmation, and also his

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. iliac Chess Club, IQOSJOQ. OR the last three or four years at any rate chess and checkers at T. C. S. have not enjoyed their fair share of popularity. 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 llishop'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 were 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 ot? by straight elimination. The following is the score :- mosrnr-: CHESS-21 Poss1BI.E. Reg. Dempster 17M 5 Ned Martin r7ffQ3 Ketchum ISMQ Jack Ross IO, Osler QQ Spragge S155 Portertield 55 D'Arcy Martin 1 LlT'1'LESll'lE CHESS-27 POSSIBLE. Roberts 23M, A. F. Voght 235-6, M. B. Boyd 222, J. B. Waller ZIM, Dempster 1954, Wainwright MM, Grylls 1 I, Dennistoun 82, Billings 75, Thompson 7, Bauersby 6. CHECKERS. R'r.fi Round-Greer beat Billingsg Downer beat Westgate 3 Ketchum beat Moore 3 P. V. Lumsden beat H. K. Thompson, Haultain beat J. Rossg R. Den- nistoun beat Caswell, Spragge beat Gryllsg D'Arcy Martin beat Simpson, Wylde beat F. C. S. Rcidg Campbell heat Hanburyg Reg. Dempster beat Clapp 3 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 ldorurd-Lumsden beat Downer, 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 xo 1--Dempster 7, Haultain 5, Lumsden 3. When the tournaments were finished it was late in the term and the play-05's 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 fora 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 ifpossible 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. ll. W. Saunders and Mr. Wm. Ince. In the absence of the Head Master. who was away for his health, Dr. Petry represented the Stafli Mrs. Rigby was also present. wut' Mew llbresibent. 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 avisit on Sunday May 9th, when he will preach at the afternoon Chapel Service. Che CliOll5l'm8tIOll. 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 connrmed :- 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. mr. owen Smileys Entertainment. On the evening of Tuesday, March 16th, we had the privilege of hearing Mr. Owen Smiley of Toronto, in a highly successful entertainment, consisting of recitations, 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 dunng a programme of nearly two hours in length, yet Mr. Smiley not only did this I ' i . ,. .aa ri. ,Y 4 2 1 7' ,, 1 1 L. ,J r 1 1 -a 4 'l .4 1 ,4