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

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16 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD the sixteen quarters, there must have been a warming of the heart to realize there was no squelching of the ani- mated spirit so much in need to-day. And to a worried headmaster, experienced in dealing with schoolboy defaulters, a hidden, joyful smile and prayerful thanks that the spirit of this youth kept alive long after he had made his last walk down the road lead- ing from the School on the hill. And in that cablegrazn the proud father did not make amends for any great crime. Being spirited and full of vigour and vitality-the sort of Vitality that made good old Speech's hair curl-can hardly be labelled a crime. Merely the rebellious spirit of high-strung youth. The same spirit that dashed through the Ridley line for yards. The same spirit that flipped the puck behind the goal- keeper at U.C.C., and the same spirit that broke the bowl- er's heart at St. Andrew's. All types of people make a World. And although perhaps Dal Russel was no Rhodes Scholar, he has al- ready made a mark in this topsy turvy World that will be remembered equally as long as the names of the Chan- cel1or's Prize Men remain engraved in the oak panels of the old dining hall. For it was Dal Russel C26-'34J who received that cablegram one October day. It was Dal Russel who brought great honour to Trinity College School when he was award- ed the Distinguished Flying Cross for the daring and skill with which he is helping beat back the German air attacks on Britain . Bad Boy Makes Good . . . Good Boy Makes It Bad . . . For Hitler. -J. Vipond C33-'35J l-i- .

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 15 ,F S7 , fu, Aff- XV, , . , ,ll . I - 1? I I 6 fx-,I O11 Q 2 BAD BOY MAKES GOOD In a brief cable to one of the heroic members of Ernie McNab's Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron, stationed somewhere in England, a proud father recently wrote, Bad Boy Makes Good and thereby blew the lid off a wide field of discussion, and probably set the Head- master's eyes to twinkling. The discussion surrounds that age-worn question mark -athlete or scholar?-that has set many a school boy to dreaming, many an anxious father to worrying, and many a Master to arguing pro and con over the morning cocoa in the common room. And still the question is unanswered -although the hero worshipping J.S. with its collective eyes glued to the skies might think the question was answered by the objective of that brief but heartfelt cable. To many an Old Boy, who worried more about the future of the first rugby team than the future of a Latin examination, the exploits of this youthful member of the R.C.A.F. meant a silent chuckle of glee. To many a housemaster, with hair prematurely grey- ed by the pranks and antics of a spirited athlete, the ex- ploits of this former Bethunite must have wrought a silent admission that the grey hairs were worth it. To a hard-boiled drill sergeant, accustomed to making sure that those half-holiday detention squads actually felt

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SUB LIEUTENANT G. H. K. STRATHY Killed in Action FLYING OFFICER H. L. GORDON Killed on Active Service