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

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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 .

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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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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 9 sides of the ship were painted, it was then impossible for any light to enter or go out. Light-traps were built at all doors leading to the open deck. Smoking or striking matches on deck was forbidden between dark and dawn. We had to carry lifebelts wherever we went, no matter where or when. The torpedoing of the Athenian came as a blow to almost everyone on board, as she had left Liverpool only two hours after us, and was following the same course. The passengers became suddenly apprehensive and con- scious of the danger which might be lurking nearby. That night some slept on deck, with their lifebelts on, and some slept not at all. That night and the next day were the most dangerous part of the voyage, as at any minute we might have been torpedoed. Since no chart was posted showing our position, we were at a loss as to where we were at any time. The course zigzagged to such an extent that on this westward voyage we were sometimes, as we could see when the sun came out, headed due east! We were overjoyed when we saw the Hshing boats of the Grand Banksg and four days later the familiar skyline of New York presented the most welcome picture the Weary passengers had seen for two weeks. It meant that we had emerged from the Valley of the Shadow. -M.L.A.P. ll x 1- f iiio xg 'I l-. , Qi sag nr