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

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.1 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD well, and you know, too, the many talents which he used for the good of others. We recall most vividly his all-embracing humanity, the out- pouring of his heart and soul to his fellow-man. I was privileged to know him well and to stay with him for the better part of a week in the North. I shall never forget the unfailing admiration and love which the people of that pioneer land gave to him wherever he went, it showed in their faces and flowed from their eyes. He came to T.C.S. from the Nipigon in 1886, was nick-named 'Paddy', won all the snow-shoe races and became Head Boy in 1892. After a brilliant career at the University of Toronto, he studied Theology at Wycliffe and was ordained in 1896. In 1898 he went to Moose Fort and Albany as a missionary and remained in that wild country for fourteen years. In succession, he was Rector of the Church of the Ascension in Hamilton, of Christ Church, Vancouver, Dean of New Westminster, Bishop of Athabaska, Rector of St. Paul's, Toronto, Bishop of Moosonee, Arch- bishop and Metropolitan of Ontario. During the first war he served in France as a Chaplain and in the Second World War he was Honorary Chaplain to the Air Force. He was elected a member of the Governing Body in 1941. His weekly articles in the Globe and Mail have been read by thousands and he finished his autobiography two days before he died. He had the soul of a poet and few men of our generation could paint word pictures so vividly and impressively. But it was his fellow-man whom he loved, whoever he was, wherever he was, and none of the many thousands who knew him will ever forget him, for when he passed by the sun shone, life was more sweet and had more meaning. R. C. H. cAssELs, Q.o. The death occurred in Toronto on November 23 of R. C. H. Cassels V89-'93l. for nearly forty years a member of the Board of Governors and for nearly sixty-five years a deeply loyal T.C.S. Old Boy. No one who recalls the most trying and difficult days of the depression in the early thirties will ever forget the strong and gallant leadership Mr. Bertie Cassels gave in meeting the unprecedented problems affecting the very life of the School. As Chairman and Secretary of the Governing Body he carried an exceedingly heavy load, day by day, for several years and the fact that the School weathered the successive crises of fire, new buildings, financing, enormous bank loans, loss of half the enrolment, and increasing indebtedness was in large part owing to his determination, his decisiveness and his deep rooted belief that T.C.S. must not bf- allowed to founder. I-Ie came to the School in the days before the first fire when living conditions were spartan and he often referred to the difference which had taken place in the amenities of the School. After a successful four years he qualified for admission to R.M.C., Kingston, and later to Osgoode

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TRINITY K'Ul.I.l'IGI'I SCHOOL IIICVUHIJ J THE MOST REV. R. J. RENISON, M.A., D.D. V88-'92i The whole School and indeed thousands of people in many countries felt a deep sense of personal loss when they heard of Archbishop Renison's sudden death on Sunday, October 6. He had been in good health all day Sunday, attended church at Grace Church on the Hill and had a happy luncheon party after which he watched T.V. and then lay down for his rest. In the evening he had a sudden heart attack which did not seem serious but he did not recover from a second attack which came after he reached the hospital. At the annual meeting of the Governing Body on October 16. the Headmaster paid tribute to him in the following words: In the sudden death of Archbishop Renison we have all lost a close friend, the School a devoted Old Boy and Governor who never missed an opportunity to visit T.C.S., the Church an inspiring, selfless and exceptionally gifted leader and Canada a most distinguished son who had achieved renown beyond the borders of our land. So much has been said and written about our beloved 'Robert John' that I shall not elaborate here: you know his life of devotion and service

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TRINITY COl,l.EGE SCHOOL REFOHID R. C. H. Cassels, Q.C. 41876-1957! T.C.S. 1889 - 1893. Hall. He was called to the Bar in 1900 and created a K.C. in 1921. At the time of his death he was the senior partner in the legal firm of Blake, Cassels and Graydon, formerly the firm of Blake, Lash, Anglin and Cassels. On one occasion he appeared as Counsel before the Privy Coun- cil in London. Law was in his blood as he was the son of Sir Walter Cassels, President of the Exchequer Court of Canada, and he became one of the most eminent counsel in Canada. His tall, handsome figure and strong features gave a clue to the keen mind, the fine sense of fair play, and the steel fibre of the character beneath. For sixty years he was a member of the Toronto Golf Club, President and Captain for many years, Club Champion in 1904 and 1906, runner- up in the Canadian Amateur in 1902, President of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1922 and Chairman of the Rules Committee for many years. He was a member of the Advisory Council of St. Simon's Church. Toronto, and a generous supporter of all the Church's work. In his death Canada loses a prominent son and the School one of its most eminent Governors. The School has also lost two other governors by death this term. A. F. Mewburn died on September 22 in Calgary, Alta., and N. H. Styx Macaulay of Aurora, Ont., died on October 20. 5