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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 15 Headmaster's jesting suggestion might be carried out: that the tomato-throwers be made to run around the course and the new boys posted to try their own skill. ee--K.G.P. NEW BOYS' PICNIC, 1939. The morning of Sunday, September 17th dawned bright and sunny, and there was much in store for it. New Boys, appearing for the first time in their Sunday finery, of stiff collars and navy blue suits, were informed at the breakfast table that they would depart for the New Boys' Picnic half an hour after morning Chapel. By eleven o'clock everyone was ready . . . in old clothes now . . . and soon there was a mad rush for the nearest cars. There was room for everyone, however, and in a few moments the cars were speeding off. The destination was reached without mishap, and we all piled out and began to look around the spot. It was ideal . . . cool and shady, surrounded by a semi-circular grove of cedars to one side, on the other was a rather dilapidated wooden rail fence separating it from a fiat, stony pasture. Mr. Morris industriously prepared and lit a fire, and for several minutes we were busily occupied in finding suitable wood for the same, of which there was plenty. The rest of the morning was occupied with a spirited game of baseball, in which Mr. Ketchum, Langmuir and Pearson joined with a will. The lunch was interesting to Watch. A long line was formed, with much pushing and shoving, and hamburgers were meted out thereto, ino pun intendedj. Then came lines for seconds and thirds of hamburgers. Finally the ice cream and cones were brought out. Lines were formed for firsts, seconds and when it came to the line for thirds, it was found that there were not enough cones for the en-

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14 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD NO MORE TOMATOES The contestants in the Magee Cup Race, on October 9, were given added cause to offer thanks when the course of this race was altered at the last minute to frustrate the would-be tomato-throwers, who were lining the route of the procession, equipped with plenty of putrescent vege- table matter. Praise be that these villains are at last foiled! When or why this barbarous custom originated is a mystery, but it seems to go on from year to year with cumulative fury, each generation of rogues offering as his sole excuse, I got it in my new boy year. To this we reply vehemently, Phooey! It is no justification for in- terfering with a School sporting event. If they must interfere with such events, why not go out any day of any week and throw fruit at the football team, or if the victims must be new boys, why not get after them when they are all together in the gym., as they are every evening? The answer would seem to be simple. Either the team en masse, or Mr. Batt, would administer their just desserts. If this is so apparently so, then is it not an act of cowardice to bully the new boys when they are incapable of retaliation? One of these offenders, somewhat irked by having received the proverbial lemon, actually submitted an article for publication in the Record . He bristled with indig- nation at having been so unfairly treated. With many arguments he defended the practice as the natural and just thing to do. What could inspire such a sentiment? Why should the new boys suffer again the sufferings of their predecessors? Thank goodness that even that shadow of extenuation has this year been removed. It is to be hoped that this is the last year in which the notion will be even so much as conceived. However, it does seem rather a pity that it should die out before the

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16 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD tire line. This was overcome by boys eating the ice cream from their last cones, but leaving the cones for the next helping. In the afternoon a game of football was played, but the only way it was recognizable as such, was by the shape of the ball. Mr. Armstrong headed one team and Langmuir the other. The game was played entirely Without rules. The game of football having been finished the New Boys were again packed into cars and taken back to School after a thoroughly enjoyable day. -D.W.H. -'X' -. :Wx . K fa ' 0 lv-L-r -' 'X :V T- .NL iii V . 'tt-IQ. I' gsJ1r-3 R, FXUVJCS