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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 5 Some twenty years ago, in a study in the principles underlying industrial reconstruction I sought to show the practical bearing of the principles of the Prince of Peace on industrial relations. They are principles which have be- come familiar in the settlement of industrial strife. We would do Well to recognize how equally applicable they are to international strife. What Jesus left the world of His method of the settlement of controversy and removal of injustice is simply told in three consecutive sentences as recorded in the 18th Chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew: v. 15, 'If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone, if he hear thee thou hast gained thy brother.' That is the method of conciliation and mediation. v. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. That is the method of investigation and arbitration. v. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church, but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. The church was the little community of those of that day who professed the principles of the Prince of Peace. The principle here set forth is that of the method of reliance upon an informed public opinion, and in our day upon the moral power of the much larger Christian com- munities and countries, to find the necessary means of re- dress where a wrong is done their sense of justice . Mr. Hull, in his address, spoke of the necessity for order, order based on moral law, between persons and be- tween groups of persons. And he was careful to point out that this moral law must begin with the individual man. by his learning an inner discipline. Without such discipline, without such order based on law, our destinies could not be fulfilled. Our freedom would disappear, we could not

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Memorial Service at St. Mark's On Sunday morning, October 24th., a service was held at St. Mark's Church, Port Hope, in which gifts to the church were dedicated in memory of the Rev. Oswald Rigby, M.A., LLD., rector from 1918 until he died in 1933. The Provost of Trinity College preached and mentioned how the blessings of life have come to us through the lives and accomplishments of good men. The Prefects and Seniors attended the service. Dr. Rigby was Headmaster of T.C.S. from 1903 until 1913 and very many Old Boys remember him with gratitude. We are hoping that before long we may have a painting of Dr. Rigby hanging in the Hall. The Headmastefs Address, 24th October, 1937 Last Friday I had the great privilege of attending a special convocation at the University of Toronto at which the Hon. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and ranking member of Mr. Roose- velt's cabinet, was given the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, as a tribute of respect to a great man and through him a tribute of respect to a great people. Seated beside Mr. Hull were the Governor General of Canada, representing the King, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Prime Minister of Canada, the American Min- ister to Canada and many other notable citizens. It was pre-eminently an occasion of good neighbour- liness between two important countries, and the speeches stressed that one beam of hope in a troubled world, the fact that two such peoples have lived, are living, and God grant will continue to live in complete harmony and mutual respect and affection, all differences being settled by arbitration. The Prime Minister of Canada, in his address, discuss- ed war and peace, and the difficulties of eradicating the one and strengthening the other. He made an observation which I should like to quote:

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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD achieve the best that is in us. He stressed too, the need for self-discipline among nations as among men, in opposi- tion to discipline imposed from without by force. He said that his country and the British Commonwealth of Nations had the same ideal, peace based on order and law. It was an historic occasion, one which We hope will give evidence to the world at large that great nations still be- lieve in the principles of the Christian religion, love as opposed to hate, understanding as opposed to suspicion, mediation as opposed to force. President Roosevelt spoke strongly on the same theme only a short time ago, and said that the world needed to remember the principles of the Prince of Peace. Mr. Hull and Mr. Mackenzie King spoke in similar vein, and each based his hope for the future on the individual's innate love of fair dealing, on the golden rule. They saw untold danger ahead if the individual became apathetic to public questions or hardened and cynical to wrong doing. A nation's will and influence is made up of each individual's will and influence, and each one of us must determine the way for himself and for others. There can be few more noble ideals than to prepare to bring comfort to this world of travail through giving our- selves in service to our fellow men, strengthening the cause of friendship and understanding among the nations. Canada and the United States are examples of good neighbourliness to the world, let us so fashion ourselves that we may zealously guard this glorious heritage and be prepared to promote a similar goodwill among all peoples. Since the installation of the organ, the Sunday morn- ing services are sung again, and it is hoped soon to make the Communion services fully choral. ,