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

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4 'l'IilNlfllY t'0l,I,l'Xll'1 SCHOOL RIQUORID. Tins Niwnzi-ii: will, we hnpe, meet with the approval of our readers. We lint- nitiile great efforts tu iinpmve the Riaeoitn, and by some vlmnyes lu rt-ntl--r it :mire aittrnvtive iintl rezitlalile. 'l'hese efforts have lit-en nnlily st-vnmletl ln' the litlituriul Staff, and we wish to take this nppmtiiiiity uflli.1nl4it1t.1 them. ln nrtler that the ininrovement may he stist.nnt-il, it is l1L'l'L'SSLll'y that Buys take at lively interest in the welfare uf the iiitigwniiie. lt is also to he wishetl that Old Buys should not for- get us. llie lrive trietl to make the Ultl llnys' liige :is complete I1 ref:- nrtl tlfl.l1t'lI'1lHll1gS :is is pnssilile, lint there is une thing lacking, and we lieg that it unity he supplietjl. Will .in Ulti llny at 'Yt1rsity, nt Meiiill iinil git R. Nl. V. iintlt-rtzike tn write the liditnr Il letter each term, telling uf tht' ilnings :intl interests nf Ultl llnys alt those institutions? This wtiultl. intlt-t-tl, he it ht-Ip, tintl we feel sure of :1 kindly response. 'l'in-. l'iXXNlINXlluNsg1t'i'llcliurt'lllL'tlfmI'Z first the R. Nl. V. :intl llif-n thi' Xl.ittiriil.iliwiis. ll e wish till llmse entering every sneer-ss. f f.. 'I iOr Q?-fs-,-a L.'5 0,1 it pia+ill'XIl 1,l.jml'l'

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rinity Gollege School 1Recorb. 1 r IBM-IOl'ial. ' Mas. Rlom' 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 5 but in our next number we hope to publish an article, written by 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 he looked back upon as a most important epoch in the history of the School. WINTER 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. :Ks it was, we had a splendid sheet of ice for several weeks, and to that may he attrihutedthe success of our Hockey 'l'eam, whom we congratulate on its performance.

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TRINITY f'Ul,l.litll'l SCIHIUUI. lllilftililb, 5 311 flbcntoriam Ellen 1Rigby3. It is our very sad duty to announce the death of Mrs. Rigby, the dearly beloved 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 3 she suffered from heart trouble, and by the advice of her doctor, she spent five weeks in St. 'lohn'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 been home very long before she seemed to gain new strength, and it al- most looked as if the doctors, opinion might be falsihed. 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 the Chapel on Tuesday afternoon at hall-past four, and was most solemn and impressive. 'The body was met at the main door ofthe School by Nlr. Britten-who took the ser- vice-and the choir, and was followed by the mourners : the Head-