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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD IT for two or more years, the staff are in possession oi' considerable data pertaining to his work, Again, I con- tend that if a person is occupied in doing sofnething which is congenial to him, it will do more to t'orm his character than if he is sitting watching the clock, loaf- ing, and paying no attention to what is going on. Ot' course. people tell of strong characters molded by ad- versity and all that sort of thing, which is all very fine in its place, and which I do not intend to belittle, but we are talking about the scientific formation of charact- er by carefully selected and supervised studies. There are those who will say that if either a Ma- thematical or Classical course is to be chosen, the aver- age boy will naturally take whichever seems easiest. whether he really likes it or not. lVell, if marks and re- sults of previous years are produced, and these 'things put before him in a logical way, he will at once realise the common-sense of the matter, and sign-on for that which he feels he really should, whether it be the eas- ier or not. Yours, etc., -C. F. H. PUZZLES DOUBLE ACROSTIC N. 5 For uprights here's a popular boy. In body-checking far from coy. 1. My first, as a sea, is a rivulet, That sometime went by Gennesaret. 2. The christian name of Gasoline, That boosts the price three cents, I've seen. 3. My third's the entrails, tubes and gall, Yet only awful after all. 4. Our favourite way of eating boeufs : It's French, but known to more than chefs . 5. A mythical monster with snaky hair: Cut off her tail, she'll suit you here. 6. Behead the tiny poacher of rabbit: Or let it wander in Rome: there you have it! ONE MINUTE TEASERS Q13 A boy sold 22 tickets for a concert. The tick- ets were priced at S51 and S2 each. The money amount- ed to 332. How many of each did he sell? Q21 Tom and Dick had been to the range. Togeth- er they made 34 bull's eyes, but Tom got ten more than Dick. How many did each register? Q35 Jimmy bought a toy aeroplane, and a few day later sold it for 32.75 and half as much as he gave for it-gaining 75 cents on the deal. How much did he pay for the toy? C45 Can you read this marriage equation? Love marriage love-armour marriage armour. Q51 Is it possible to take one syllable from a word of five syllables and no syllable is left? Solutions to last issue's puzzles. DOUBLE ACROSTIC No. 4 1. C O G 2. H O O V E R 3. R E T R I E V E 4. I O L A N T H E . S C O T . T A U R I 5 6 7. M O R M O N 8 G 9 S . S 3. Retriever, without his tail, Hr . 6. Lat. Taurus , a bull. 8. Lady Godiva of the long tresses. 9. Morse Code: S O S: ... --- .AVIDO O THE ARABS AND THE MONKEY 14121 nuts. A takes 255 and leaves one for the monkey: ll takes 191 and leaves one for the monkey: C' takes 1-132 and leaves one for the monkey: lb lakes 107 and leave- one for the monkey. All take so each 1:3210 and leave one forthe monkey. FOR BUDDING OFFICERS 301 men. Two deep, 1511 ranks and l over: three deep, 100 tanks and I over: four deegx 75 ranks and 1 over: five deep, 60 ranks and 1 over: six deep, 50 ranks and 1 over: seven deep, 421 ranks exactly. HOCKEY T.C.S. Firsts vs. Ridley Firsts, at St. Catharines, Feb. 2. Ridley: Goal, Fischer: Defence, Subosits, Sea- gram: Forwards, Bell, Hayes. Griffiths: Subs, Innes. Carson. T. C. S.: Goal, Howard: Defence, Johnson, Ni- chol: Forwards, Cameron, Roper, Elliot: Subs, Vi'ily, Robertson. The School journeyed to St. Catharines to play in the first home and home games, and it is also the first time the two schools have ever met on the ice. We play- ed on Ridley's own rink, which is very much smaller' than the one we have been used to, and so our forwards' combination play was rather demoralized. The game was very fast and the checking and rushing of both teams was a treat to watch. Ridley outscored us 9-4: but up till half-way through the third period, it was anybody's game, then the school cracked and Ridley drilled in four goals. For the School Elliot, Cameron and Nichol played best, and for Ridley, Bell. Hayes and Subosits were outstanding. First Period: Ridley broke away fast and Bell and Hayes got through out defence and Howard made a nice stop. Nichol came back with one of his solo efforts that was stopped at the Ridley defence. Hayes and Griffiths came back with a nice combination play which was broken up by our defence. Johnson stick- handled his way through the Ridley team, and Fischer made a beautiful save. Bell came rushing down the left rail, and drove a hard shot into the corner of the net 1-0. The school came back very strong, and kept the play in Ridley's end, and Elliot on a terrific shot from the blue line evened the score, 1-1. Hayes at centre for Ridley was worrying the School attackers with his checking. Seagram came down alone, and fooled our defence, giving Howard no chance to save, 2-1. A few moments later, Nichol came back with one of his spec- tacular solo rushes, and lost the puck near the Ridley net, but managed to get it again and shoved it over. 2-2. Both teams were rushing well. T.C.S., 2: Ridley, 2. Second Period: The play kept around mid-ice for awhile, and then Bell got the puck, and got as far as the defence. but was stopped. Seagram came through again and got a goal on a back hand shot from scramble in front of net, but it was not counted. Ridley were pressing very hard: Howard made lovely save off Bell's hard shot. The School were stopped at centre and Rid- ley came down three abreast and Hayes. receiving pass from Griffiths in front of net, scored, 3-2. Johnson, Cameron, Elliot broke away, but Fischer made a nice save. Ridley's defence was very hard to get through and the School were shooting from the blue line. Elliot was breaking up the Ridley rushes nicely at centre. Bell and Hayes got through again, but Beil shot high. Ni- chol broke up some promising rushes. Bell came down

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16 g Yi TRgIT'r'gggCOLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD LETTERS TO THE EDITOR llear Sir: Your editorial on the subject of pronunciation and spelling of English takes no account of the fact that America has set herself to remove certain faults in the English language which England is content to put up with. English is a notoriously difficult language for foreigners to learn and the Americans, realizing that such difficulties bring no profit to the country which speaks such a language, have set themselves to simplify it by removing some unnecessary inconsistencies. The spelling thru for through, to which you object, is an instance of this, as is catalog, honor and others. The American language can no more be blamed for Governor Al Smitli's Foist come foist served than the English for the Cockney Ity-ite , for eighty-eight. The Englishman will find more variations of pronuncia- tion in his own country than in any part of America of the same size, but he is only intolerant, it seems, of the American pronunciation. Every other is pictures- que . Yours faithfully, -P. E. R. Editorial Note: The editorial in the last issue of the Record did take account of the American efforts to remove certain faults and welcomes them provided the improvements are substantiated by rules of deriva- tion or phonetics . Honor, catalog and program are not objected to, but to thro there is an objection because it is an abbreviation, and in any case does not pro- nounce through : and to thru , because the final u , pronounced properly, has a narrower sound than ou in through , tExam candidates, note that whatever your own feeling in the matter may be, the English examiners have decided to mark thro, thru' and thro' as spelling errorsl. Our correspondent does not take us to task con- cerning refered for referred , so we assume that he agrees with us. U The pronunciation foist come foist soived is probably the outcome in the beginning of peculiar cli- matic conditions and a different regimen in nutriment, and no blame is attached to anyone so speakingg but just as the Cockney child learns with difficulty that t'paper is not piper , and painfully says payper to show that he is no longer a Cockney, so we expect educated men in English-speaking countries to say first and not foist after the manner of Calvin Cool- idge and Herbert Hoover. After all, in the educated classes of Britain the picturesqueness arises from variety of intonation and not false pronunciation. Dear Sir: I note with interest the position you are assuming in an attempt to amalgamate the English and American languages in a logical manner I will refrain from making any comment as to the Gargantuan nature of the task, but will pass on to a point suggested fpronounced sujestedj by your ob- jection to the abbreviations tho and 'tthru . Far be it from me to defend such a habit, any more than one which would spell through as Uthropmorganbor- ough while still retaining its present pronunciation. You must admit, dear Sir, that even this might have supporters who bear in mind the well known name of Cholmondeley , and base their defence on its pronun- ciation. To come to the point. In the interests of foreign- ers particularly. who wish to master our difficult tongues tEnglish and Americanj, could nothing be done to make it an easier task by standardizing the pronunciation of the syllable Hough as in plough cough , through , and thorough , I must admit that I do realize the supreme difficulty in attempting this. If the syllable were always pronounced as in plough some confusion might arise as to whether a patient were suffering from a mild disease or from that domesticated quadruped which supplies us with cream Cpronounced milkj If, on the other hand we as- sumed its pronunciation as in cough while ploff might sound all right, on attempting to pronounce through some malicious individual would be sure to suggest that the speaker had been over indulging in froth-blowing If tl apologize for all the ifs l, on the third hand it were pronounced as in through , there would always be the danger of the speaker being ac- cused of being a Scotsman, though, undoubtedly this is preferable to the other evils. I will leave it at this, and conclude that it might be better to pronounce it silently Cas the P in FISHJ. Yours, hoping that this germ will bear fruit, but very much doubting it. WAHNSINN . Editorial Note: VVahnsinn is evidently replying in the spirit in which the editorial in queston was writ- ten, that of harmless banter, therefore no comment need be made except this: that his last conclusion is not the least of the three evils, as he says, in witness whereof consult the nationality of the majority of Lon- don Editors. MATHEMATICS, OR LANGUAGES, OR BOTH? Dear Sir: Why should a boy who has no ability in the pursuit of mathematics be obliged to do them, and why also should a boy who cannot make anything of languages be obliged to do them? There you have the question to be discussed. Of course, up as far as the Junior Matriculation, all subjects should be compulsory. By the time that the average boy has passed his Junior Matriculation, he knows what he likes best, and what he is best at, and so do his instructors. When he proceeds further, and begins to work for his Honor or Senior Matriculation, he should be allow- ed to specialize in the type of work which he has prev- iously shown himself to be best suited for . As far as I can see, it does a boy absolutely no good to spend so many unwilling hours every week at French verbs or Latin proses, when it is manifest to all concerned that he would be a better-employed and more willing scholar if he were busy in the Science lab. Again, what on earth is the purpose in obliginf, a boy to learn long pages of Trigonometrical ratios, or puzzle over Geometry riders, when the master who is taking him knows that not only is he not even interest- ed, but that he hasn't even a mathematically-inclined brain? Of course, there are those who will say that when I make the above statements, I say that in other words no boy should be made to do that which he doesn't like, and that if that were to be allowed, no characters would be formed, but that is not what I mean. At most schools, the examination-marks are kept, I should imagine, or at any rate, should be kept, as should all reports, so that by the time that a boy has been attending a school

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18 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD if g A- the left side and got a goal, the puck hitting both posts, 4-2. The School were again pressing Ridley, and our forwards went down three abreast, and Robertson re- ceiving ai bass from lflliot, scored, -1-IS. Both teams rush- ea were being stopped at the defence. Nichol got by the Ridley forwards and scored on a long shot that glanced oft' l ischer's glove, -1--1. There was a scramble in front o fthe School net. and Bell flipped the puck into the net. 5-4. Ridley, 5: T.C.S., 4. Third Period: Both defences were beginning to use their bodies a little more, and Seagram took a dive into Johnson and both landed on the ice. The School were getting as far as the Ridley defence but no further. Subosits coming down with Hayes, got through the whole School team and hit the post. Elliot and Cam- eron got through but Fischer saved. Hayes through again, but Howard saved. The School were showing up much better now than in the earlier stages of the game, and continually got through only to have ha1'd luck around the nets, mostly for being offside. Nichol got through but was checked before he could shoot. Hayes and Griffiths came down and Hayes scored from scramble around net, 6-4. Elliot and Cameron were checking well at centre. The school were still trying hard, but lacked the punch they had in the early part of the game. Seagram broke up a rush of Cameron and Elliot and sailed right through the school and scored 7- 4. Howard was doing spectacular work in the nets, and prevented the score from being higher. Seagram was put off for tripping, and the school Qnade a final effort, and were very fortunate not being able to score. Car- son scored an easy goal, 8-4, and just before the end of the game, Bell scored a goal on a nice piece of stick- handling. Ridley, 93 T. C. S., 4. Junior Series, T.C.S. vs. Chalmers United, Jan. 29. T. C. S.: Goal, Douglas: Defence, Nichol, Johnson 1: Forwards. Elliot, Turnbull, Cameron: Subs. VVily. Roper. Chalmers: Goal, Eaton: Defence, Moyer, Bottoms: Forwards, Mercer, Clark, Holley. The School came against a very weak team, and completely swamped them, 13-1. The School played nice hockey but it was mostly of the individual style of play that netted us our goals. There was a total lack of combination in the evening's play. Chalme1's tried hard the whole game. and held the School better in the second and third periods than in the first, when Turn- bull ran wild and scored five goals out of eight. In the third, Chalmers came out on the ice after a delay, min- us aa man, and we lent them Roper, who got their only goa . The first period started with a rush towa1'ds Chal- mers' goal, but was repulsed, and Elliot, in trying to get through the defence, was upset by the defence, who piled on top of him, and Turnbull grabbed the puck and got an easy goal, 1-0. Turnbull came back again, and skating around the defence scored another, 2-0. The play was becoming very ragged: and Turnbull got through again for his third goal, 3-0. Soon afterwards Cameron and Elliot came through, and Cameron made it, 4-0. Chalmers had a hard time getting through our first line of defence, and the back-checking of the for- wards was good. Before the period ended Turnbull and Nichol had netted two counters each, making it 8-0. ' 2nd. Period: The School were getting through time and time again, but had hard luck around the net Nichol stickhandled his way through the whole Chal- mers' team, and drew the goalkeeper out, 9-0. Our for- wards were beginning to show signs of combination. Turnbull came through again, fooled the defence, and put the puck in the corner of the net, 10-0. Elliot got a goal on a hard shot, 11-0. Roper and Wily nearly had goals, but the Chalmers goalie was very steady, 11-0. 3rd. Period: Chalmers, plus Roper, started off with a flourish, and Roper drove in a hard one from the side, 11-1. Cameron came through and got a rebound, 12-1. The play was very slow and uninte1'esting. Nichol came through, and stopped at the defence, and got hold of the puck again and scored 13-1. The period closed with the school showering shots on the Chalmers citadel. Junior Series, T.C.S. vs. Wanderers, Feb. 4th, T. C. S.: Goal, Howardg Defence, Nichol, Johnson' Forwards, Cameron, Roper, Elliot: Subs, Mudge. Wily. 'Warderersz Goal, Bennetg Defence, Crawford, Littlewood: Forwards, Brotherton, Sibbald, Disch' Davis, Hayden, VVatson. The School came up against the much-heralded Wanderers tonight, and decisively trimmed them, 4-0. The school were much bigger than their opponents, and used their bodies to full advantage, especially in the last period, when all thoughts of hockey were thrown away. The first two frames were very interesting, and both teams displayed a nice style of hockey. There was lot: cf combination. and all the forwards were back- checking well. For the School, in fairness to the team, everybody played a good game, and for the Wander- ers, Brotherton, Hayden and Wfatson played well. First Period: Right at the start our forwards got away and Cameron and Roper were right on top of the goaler. who saved. The 'Wanderers were having trouble in getting by our front line, who were checking well. Disch and Brotherton got through but Howard, watch- ing the puck like a hawk, outriched them, going to his knees to make the save. Johnson made a rush the length of the rink, but was stopped by the goaler. The Wand- erers came down three abreast, but were stopped at the School defence, and Nichol, grabbing the puck, shot from the blue line, and scored. The goalkeeper's sight having been blocked by their defence, 1-0. Hayden and Disch were worrying our attackers a little with their clever checking at centre. The referee was busy check- ing up our minor points, while he let a lot of boarding cnfl unnecessary tripping go by. T.C. S., 13 Wanderers, ll 9 2nd. Period: This was the fastest period of 'the game and the puck was being chased from one end to the other. Both goal keepers had a lot of work to do. The Sfhool staged a rush that nearly resulted in a goal, but their goal-keeper made a nice save, and from the face-off near the net Roper banged the puck in, 2-0. Wanderers came back with vengeance and Davis and Littlewood broke through, and Howard made a beauti- ful save. Cameron and Elliot were combining nicely, but they had hard luck around the net. Nichol, who had been breaking up the Wanderers' rushes well, got hold of the puck and, stickhandling his way to the goal, shot wild. VVily on for Roper, and coming down with Elliot ieceived a pass in front of net and scored, 3-0. Howard made another nice save, when Wanderers broke through our defence. Johnson just missed goal in front of Wanderers' net. lVatson and Hayden were checking well. Nichol rushed the length of rink for goal, 4-0. 3rd. Period: The period started with both teams rushing and combining well, and then both defences started using their bodies more than usual, with the result that the play was very ragged and all thoughts of good hockey were gone. Nichol, Johnson and Elliot were using their bodies to telling effects, and took the