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

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4 rRINirV COLLEr.K SCHOOL RECORD. This Xtmukr will, we hope, meet with the ap[)roval of our readers. W ' c have inaile great efforts to improve the Rkcord, and tjy some clianges to render it more attractive and readable. These eff(jrts have been nobly seconded by ihe Editorial Staff, and we wish to take this opportunity of thanking them. In order that the imurovement may be sustained, it is necessary that Boys take a lively interest in the welfare of the magazine. It is also to be wished that Old Boys should not for- get us. We have tried to make the Old Boys ' Pa e as complete a rec- ord of iheir doings as is possible, but there is one thing lacking, and we beg that it may be supplied. Will an Old Boy at ' Varsity, at Mc(}ill and at R. .M. C. undertake to write the Editor a letter each term, telling of the doings and interests of Old Boys at those institutions? This would, indeed, be a help, and we feel sure of a kindly response. Thk ICxAMtNATioNs are before the door ; first the R. .M. C. ;in(l then llu- .Matriculations. We wisli ;ill iho e entering every success. A KOOTHAl.t. CRori '

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tlvinit Colleoe School IRecorb. VOL XVI. TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL, PORT HOPE, APRIL 1913. NO. I. EMtorial. Mrs. RiGBY has passed away and the term has closed under the shadow of this sad bereavement. We know that the heartfelt sympathy of all our readers will be extended to the Headmaster in his great sor- row, and we feel assured that the School will do all in its power by lightening his load of responsibility, to show that its sympathy is real and deep, and that it mourns the gracious lady whose thoughts and in- terests to the very last were centered in the Boys. Dr. Rigby will only be with us for another term, for, after faithful and hard labour extending over ten years, he resigned the Headmaster- ship some short while since. This is neither the time nor the place to voice the general and sincere regret to which Dr. Rigby ' s decision has given rise ; but in our next number w6 hope to publish an article, written bv friends who know, dealing with the period of his Headmaster- ship. We know what a loss the School will sustain, and that the past ten years, which have been an era of progress and prosperity, will be looked back upon as a most important epoch in the history of tile School. W ' iNTF.R came late, but with unabated force, and the Rink was in use and justified its existence constantly. With that old, out-of-doors rink, the ice would have been poor, rough, snowy or soft more often than not. As it was, we had a splendid sheet of ice for several weeks, and to th;it may be attributed. the success of our Hockey ' I ' eam, whom we c.Migratiilate on its performance.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. 3n flDcmoriam lEllcn IRiiib . It is our very sad duty to announce the deatli of Mrs. Rigl)y, the dearly heloved wife of the Headmaster, which took place at the Lodge on the evening of Palm Sunday, March the sixteenth. Mrs. Rigby had been ill for nearly a year ; she suffered from heart trouble, and by the advice of her doctor, she spent five weeks in St. John ' s Hospital, Toronto, last summer, in order to get a complete rest and change. It was not, however, till last autumn that serious anxiety was felt on her behalf, and it was thought advisable for her to go again to the hospital for treatment. After a stay of nearly three months at the hospital, Mrs. Rigby returned to Port Hope just at the end of the Christmas holidays, the doctors in Toronto having come to the conclusion that she had not long to live, and that she would be happier in her own home. Although very weak Mrs. Rigby stood the journey remarkably well, and had not l)een home very long before sh- seemed to gain new strength, and it al- most looked as if the doctors ' opniion might be falsified. Once more she was able to see her friends, to take a keen interest in all that con- cerned the school, to listen to the choir boys who came over to sing hymns for her, and even to make plans for the future. However, on Friday, March 14th, a sudden period of intense suffering set in, the strain of which was too much for her enfeebled con- stitution to combat successfully, and although even on Saturday the doctor had not given up hope, by Sunday it could be seen that the end was not far off. The pain had mercifully ceased, and late on Sunday night, Mrs. Rigby passed quietly and peacefully away. The funeral service was held in t rie Chapel on Tuesday alternoon at hall-past four, and was most solemn and impressive. The body was met at the main door of the School by Mr. Britten — who took the ser- vice — and the choir, and was followed by the mourners : the Head-