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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 7 name of Saunders , after the famous Old Boy crickcter and former secretary of the Governing Body. Last year at the Football Dinner, a learned member of the staff suggested that T.C.S. start playing six-a-side football in honour of Mr. Armstr-ong's new mustache. This year, the mustache has apparently been given up as a bad job, but the six-a-side football has come in triumphantly . . . . With Mr. Armstrong in charge, at that! Each group fielded two sixes and a series of matches were played that aroused great enthusiasm and developed much promising football ability. At the end of the series, Johnson's two teams occupied the 'first and second places with Osler B a good third. Picnics As Well as the annual New Boys' Picnic, which this year was held on September 17th, it had been planned to hold a picnic at Trinity Camp for each form of the School. The Sixth Form had their outing on September 24th, but unfavourable weather deferred the others. New Boys from the Old Countries The School is very glad indeed to extend a warm wel- come to some eleven boys who, except for the war, would have been at schools abroad. Charterhouse, Haileybury, Oundle, St. EdWard's, Westminster, Reading and several preparatory schools are represented, and the boys concern- ed seem to be adapting themselves' to their new environ- ment without any difficulty. 'kwifiayi

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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD We wish him the best of success at Preston, where he is now teaching. We also miss Mr. Peck, who has left us to take up a career in insurance, with big-time football on the side. It is worthy of note that the number of Argo fans at the School has considerably increased. Good luck, Mr. Peck! Colonel Stevenson, dear to the memories of so many of us, has returned to the School as a regular master this year. We extend to him our heartiest welcome. Bigside is now going through its paces in the capable hands of Mr. P. B. Chantler, former star of the Queen's Football Team. We are glad to have him with us, and we hope to see him again in future years. No. 110 Squadron Our affiliated unit, No. 110 City of Toronto Squadron, under Squadron Leader Keith Russell, is the only reserve unit in the R.C.A.F. to be mobilised as yet. Visit of a Magician On the evening of Saturday, September 16th, the School was entertained by Mr. Edward Charles, who dis- played his very clever magic, and more than once com- pletely fooled us. We hope that in the future we may spend another such enjoyable evening. Intramural Sports Boys not on Bigside have been divided into three groups this year, to form an intramural league in various sports. It was natural that in selecting names for the groups. the Headmaster shhould choose among the famous in T.C.S. annals. The Johnson Group bore the name of the Founder of the School, the Osler was called after the tirst Head Boy: and the third group was given the

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8 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD pi it . . . 5 Contributions On September lst, the T.S.S. Vandyck was due to sail from Liverpool. The boat-train which pulled out from Euston Station in London was crowded with passengers for America, for once again a crisis was upon us. Everyone felt the danger which was at hand and all hoped that they would be in safety before it broke. The ship left the dock and anchored in the Mersey. Orders had arrived from the Admiralty to paint her grey, and immediately great activity was to be seen on board The crew set to work to paint the masts, funncls and ventilators, and on each side of us was a tug bearing six men armed with paint brushes attached to long poles, with which to paint the sides. As it was night, the work had to be carried on in darkness. Not a light could be seen in the whole of Liverpool, while high overheard the balloon barrage floated. Early next morning we sailed from Liverpool, grey from the tip of the mast to the waterline. That day was uneventful. The next night, by means of a loudspeaker which was mounted on thc deck, we learnt that war had been declared. During the day, the stewards had been busy covering thc- portholes with black-out paper and tightly fitting pic-rcs of wood. As they had been painted over when the Q .