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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 3 IN MEMORIAM Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great icivill war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place of those people who here gave their lives that that nation might live. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate. we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget What they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unnnished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,-that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion, - that We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that the nation shall, under God. have a new birth of freedom, and that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. -Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Nov. 19th, 1863. FREDERICK THOMAS HYNDMAN Frederick Thomas Hyndman came to us in September, 1936, the second of two brothers who attended the School. His elder brother, Harry, is now a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy having entered Dartmouth from R.M.C.

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD We find that we have on our hands this year an augmented programme of military studies, made com- pulsory by the government. The timetable is so arranged that each boy covers three different courses during the year. The courses are much the same as last year, in- cluding signalling, first aid, air and naval navigation, army specialization, aircraft recognition and knots and lashings. is 95 IF 3 8 Unfortunately our sports programme has been curtail- ed this year to some extent. A considerable tax added to the cost of travel by rail, and gasoline rationing have drastically cut down taxi service and the use of private cars. At present Bigside trips are continuing, and a few a.way games have been arranged' for Middleside. This does not mean that sport in the rest of the School will cease. Intramural games in football and soccer will continue in anticipation of the time when we will be able to revert to our sports programme of past years. If we all pull together We can overcome our difficulties, which are comparatively few, and make this year one of the most successful we have ever had. This is our aim, and we can achieve it. -C.S.C.

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Tom very soon made a real place for himself in our life. He had a most appealing way with him, his eyes bright and questioning, and always he was ready to listen and anxious to learn and act. He was a really good student, painstaking with difficulties, quick to remember and re- call, and conscientious with details. In his nnal examinations in the Upper School he won first class honours in Modern History and Chemistry, and second class honours in Eng- lish. French and Trigonometry. During his last year he was a Senior, and a member of VIA Form, he played on Bigside football, showing skill and courage in tackling, and winning his second team colours, he was also a member of the first Gym. team. In October, 1939, he entered Trinity College, Toronto, where he took an active part in the life of the College and University. He left in 1941 and enlisted in the Air Force. At the same time his younger brother, George, resigned his commission in the Artillery to join Tom as an AC2. They both won their wings at Uplands in July, 1942. While on his last leave at the end of July, Tom insisted on visiting his old School and he and his brother Harry, on leave after two years' of service with the Royal Navy, wandered through the deserted rooms and halls of the buildings, revisiting old haunts and recalling old days. He left in August, and early in October he was reported missing, later being reported killed in action. Our deep sympathy goes out to his mother and brothers in the loss of such a splendid son and brother. Tom is another of those brave hearts who have given their earthly lives for our survival and for the preservation of the human spirit. We can never forget him, and we shall ever be proud of his bravery and sacrifice.