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

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD A Welcome to Our Old Boys The School gives a very warm wel- come indeed lo lhe ma-ny Olcl Boys who are now relurning from The balllefielcls. Your courage has broughl back a peaceful way of life, and proleclecl many millions from lhe ravages of war. Never can we forgel our debl 'ro you. We hope you will ollen visil us, and if al any lime lhe School can be of help lo you, please do nol hesilale lo lel us know. Well clone, good luck, and may peace bring you many blessings.

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD hostilities ceased we realized, perhaps for the first time, that the war had escaped us. We had done nothingg and now we could do no more. Yet are we to blame? Our age was a great handicap in giving very serious help. We were schoolboys, and our duty was to be educated. Now with the war at a close we find ourselves still in school, still striving to gain a useful education. Isn't our job to be done by steps, Lmtil we, the schoolboys of 1939 to 1945, may add our knowledge to the world, tottering on its new legs of peace? We have done relatively nothing to date. Our contribution is forthcoming, and in order to be able to help, we must take what we can from school experiences. We will be ignored by groups of veteransg we will miss much of the friendly comradeship felt between returned servicemen. We must be able to endure all this, and at the same time add our part. A firm foundation and an understanding sense of reality are required by all of us. Those who fought our battles, some of whom paid the supreme price, are at last allowed the rest they have well earned. But we must not permit ourselves to slip into lazy habitsg for we have no right to do so. we must strive to gain a sound education and make our battle a constructive one. -E. M. Sinclair

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4 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD - IN MEMORIAM And would you weep? Ah no! He would not have it so. But rather lift your head And face the East, as he. So all the gallant dead Will come triiunphantly With the new dawn. The night? Far spent! At hand the day When Right shall conquer might, And Peace shall have her sway. R. V. LESUEUR, K.C. The sudden death of Mr. LeSueur on September 6, shocked the whole communityg he had been busy with his many activities until a week before the end, and his hun- dredslof friends and admirers were numbed by the loss of such a prominent leader and such a great and good friend. Mr. LeSueur was elected a Governor of the School in 194: he had taken a keen interest in our work ever since he had visited the School some years earlier. He was Presi- dent of the Imperial Oil Company, and of the International Petroleum Company. For many years Mr. LeSueur had been closely connected with developments in South America and there were few men in this country or the United States who knew the details of life in those countries as well as Mr. LeSueur. He was anxious that Canadians should learn more about that great Continent. For four years, from 1921-1925, Mr. LeSueur was Conservative M.P. for Lambton West and he always main- tained his interest in good government. In 1933, he be- came Vice President of Imperial Oil and last year he was elected President. He was an executive or director of many other prominent companies and financial institutions, and his advice was often sought by business leaders.