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

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ll' 1. l,' E b TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 21 sive in March 1918-of which Brigade Capt. Aglionby's bat- tery formed a unit. Twelve pages of the book are given up to Captain Aglion- by's account of his share in the fighting of the Nine Days in which he naturally speaks very modestly of his own doings, but here is what Captain Behrend writes: Poor Aglionby! It was not until afterwards that we learn- ed how magnificently he had fought his Battery: ............ he was reconnnended for an -immediate D. IS. O. Cwhich shame- ful to say, he did not get.l Then tfhe narrative goes on to de- scribe some personal traits g-we quote one short extract: He was one of those lucky individuals who take life exactly as it comes, ............ unlike the majority of the Brigade he could face the 'Colonel without turning a hair. XNTICH we were resting ,at Gczaincourt, the Colonel, really angry. sent for him and strafed him up hill and down dale on account of the filthy appearance of his Battery car. Aglionby stood silent until the 'Colonel had finishedg whereupon he re- marked in a. slightly bored tone but with perfect sincerity, It may be dirty, sir, but I guarantee it can race yours to Amiensf' Captain Aglionby died of wounds on November 5th, 1918- a few days before the Armistice. His life was gentle. and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'fT'his was a. m'an.' Eelmrs from Horace in English Verse by E. DOl'GI.iXS ARMOUR CUniversity Press, Toronto! In a Very able article entitled Hlletrical Versions of the Odes of Horace which appeared in the Nineteenth 'Century for June 1912, Dr. R. Y. Tyrrell, formerly Professor of Latin, Trinity College, Dublin, begins by saying: Horace has with justice characterised Pindar as the great Lmtranslatable. With still greater justice it may be said that his own Odes defy the trans- lator's art, and t-hen he quotes Sir Stephen De Vere, o11e of the very best. of the translators, as follows: No classical auth- or is so difficult of translation as Horace. His extraordinary

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20 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD LENNAHD ma., 'S.'B. Weight 140 lbs. A great improve- ment over last year's playing. With more experience will make a good player. A hard worker. DODGE, F. Weight 174 lbs. Improved towards end of sea- son. A hard worker but should use his body more. The following were awarded 3rd. Team hockey colours: Len- nard max. C'Capt. J, Spragge, Cowan, Robson, Kingsmill, David- song extra eolour, 'Smith mi. ' The following were awarded Fifth team colours: Bibby, Mac- kenzie, Hyland, Cruickshank ma. C'Capt.j, Phipps ma., Youngg extra colour, Nichols. TO THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING AT MIDSUIVIMER. VVe should again like to remind those boys who are -not re- turning next year that they should keep in touch with the 'School by becoming members of the 'Old Boys' Association. 'The As- sociation exists to keep Old Boys in touch with one -another and to forward the interests of the School. VVe advise those who can to take out .a life membership. Fees may he paid to the Editor of the Record, or to the See- retary in Toronto. illentvmn Nine Days. Adventures of a heavy Artillery iBriga.de of the Third Army during the German offensive of Nlnrch 21-29, 1918, by ARTHUR F. 131-HIHEND, late Captain and Adiutant, 90th Brigade. R. G. A. Old Boys of the School year 1913-'14 will well remember Mr. Hugh Arrlionhy. the honffemaster for that year: but some of them may possibly not have heard that he played a hero's part in the Orr-at 1Var, and met-'in com-mon with so many others of our nmnber-a glorious death. This book by Captain Beh- reml. gives a detailed account of the work of the 90th Brigade R. O. A. flllvlllfl' the terrible Nine Days of the German offen-

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22 TRJNITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD condensation, ........ - ...... the curiosa felicitas iby which he draws a picture by a single epithet .......... the frequent ab- sence of a connecting link, enabling the modern reader to track the pervading idea of the poet ,through the apparently discon- nected passages of the poem, ........... these are a few of the obstacles with which a translator--of Horace has to contend. Now Mr. E. Douglas Armour, in his Echoes from? Horace in English Verse, has avoided the ,difficulties which lie in making a close translation, and has brought out ,a little book in which a selection of the best-known Odes is rendered in What may be more accurately termed paraphrases, or, as he himself calls them, 'Eehoes'g the result being that so closely does he sympa' thize with the spirit and meaning of Horace, so delicate is his wit, so happy and deft is he in his choice of Words and figures, so cleverly and artlessly does he reproduce the 'curiosa felicitasg that this volume is a sheer delight to any lover of the great Latin poet. It has been our privilege for the last year to have had access to a manuscript copy of Mr. Armour's bodk, and boys of the sixth form who have been studying the Odes. have derived both pleasure and benefit therefrom: repeatedly declaring that they have been enabled bv Nr. Armorr's Versions to get at the drift and meaning of odes which had secured so apparently discon- nected in thought. We venture to quote a few lines from two of the Odes: the first from Book 1, Ode l. which is in can somewhat rollicking strain, an example ot' Ur. .Xi-mour's Gilbertian humour: Some men will delight in a chariot race, Wlieri the wheels are a-glow with the heat of the pace .As they skim 'fpast the goal and tear up the clods, For the glorious palm that exalts to the Gods. Q Some think tlu-y've pt-rl'ormed an astonishing feat By ar-hieving: safer-ess in a corner in wheatg XV'hile others regard as well-merited fate An election to honours or office of State. '. .sql 1 Iii-'X 'raft ., Q.-.Hs .1 n , rg 70 ,n,,5 ., r l it ii ,. 14 ,g Ili. , .'l lflgim .find M ,Q far '.,w5.' 'J 1 J--1. I ,.. fx,-3,1 ' ,lpygx Q I , 1 : P. , 5' .41 .Q , ,lfgif N ,faq D gk' . will :'i' Y' il ' lf' 'P . w y n-Q .ay ,3- ,- .. , - 1. 5 L' E ffl' , . if, , :lv ,V . L ff i 1' y,:wY'f - W 1 s' ,g g . stil? N, , '. , vip -3. rs. i- 'F-P