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

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12 'l'l1I?1l'l'Y COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD For a break in the schedule, they took a couple of trips into Port Hope for supper and a movie, making much welcomed stops at the 'Dairy Queen' for soft ice-cream. Once on the way into the camp, those lagging behind were ambushed and frightened out of their wits. At the end of the two weeks, the fully fledged campers reluctantly took leave of Trinity Camp. However, all had a good time and were anxious to return next year. We are indebted to James Smith, Doug Higgins, Ken Scott, Tony Ketchum, and Mr. Scott for all their help in making the camp a success. Ian Binnie gave very generously of his extra time to the camp. He worked on the Port Hope Guide during the day, and at night went out to the camp to entertain every- one with ghost stories. May next year be as successful as this year was. THE SCHOOL CLUBS The Debating Society, with Allen as President and Mr. Dale again as Director, has started off well this fall and should have a most suc- cessful season. Last year it was was decided by the Society not to ,par- ticipate in debates with other schools. This decision stemmed from a feeling that not enough boys within the School were becoming good speakers, and from the reluctance of the Sixth Form boys in particular to spend the time necessary for the preparation of a formal debate. There were some good pepper pot sessions during the year, but few actual debates, and it was felt that the success of the club was limited, because the attraction to the School of the big debates was lacking. By the end of next term, however, there will have been at least four competitions with other schools, two of them away and two here. Our speakers will visit U.C.C. in February and S.A.C. will come to us in March. On Friday, November 8, Gordon ii, Molson, and Osler debated here against the U.T.S. motion: Resolved that Canada is a satellite of the USA. Although the half-term weekend interfered with their prepara- tions, the opposition spoke well against the convincing arguments of Geoffrey Duckworth, Dick Jones, and Peter Jackson. The debate was well attended, and after an almost equal diversion of the House, a large number of speeches from the floor were delivered, showing at least some of those present were interested in more than missing study. The judges had to deliberate for over half an hour before deciding in favour of the U.T.S. boys. Both teams must be thanked for providing a most interest- ing evening.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 11 The visitors, about sixty of them, with the members of the staff. were entertained at luncheon in the hall. Mr. Argue Martin, as chair- man, made presentations to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bickle. Mr. Hall and Mr. C. F. W. Burns, Mr. Bickle and the Headmaster spoke briefly. TRINITY CAMP The School ski camp, given in memory of Pat Moss, is used as a sum- mer campsite during two weeks of mid-summer. The campers are less privileged children who have never been in the country before. Some mem- bers of the Pat Moss club volunteer to act as counsellers under the super- .. vision of Mr. Scott. This year, eight boys came ,. x from Toronto and two from Montreal. - . The camp is in a heavily wooded area, Age' ,. we www:-wx,4ns..,,.,,. x ' A about eight miles north of Port Hope and its ,. - location is enhanced by a stream nearby in if which trout may be caught at the right time. --'QYS-Qi?-isgg The boys arrived during the latter part of July and were driven from Port Hope to the campsite in the School jeep. On the way there, the brakes gave out, and the vehicle ' had to return cautiously to Port Hope for repairs. The incident provided such novelty that few of the boys slept that night due to excitement. They were housed in two large tents, five in each. The next morning was a new adventure for the campers. After a tent inspection, they watched a flag raising ceremony. A few days after the boys had become accustomed to the ceremony, someone slipped an egg into the flag. The next day on the unfurling, the egg fell out, but luckily no one was hit. During the day, the boys took enthusiastically to the various sports- baseball, swimming, fishing, apple fights, and cow chasing. One exciting day was set aside as a sport's day. The highlight of the day was a mammoth, obstacle race. Here competition 99 reached its peak. C - '- '- - - cr f i .3 45 Several excursions were made to interest- .. ,' . gg f ing points in the area. The boys much enjoyed swimming at Sylvan Glen, the Boulden House f 'Q picnic site. Rice Lake was invaded by the 3' ' V 'ff 'RS A campers, who, with two small outboards, J ' 1 3 . - - 2 ' 1 ff-,: competed in races to the islands. There, they -1 at i- wi . . - 'Lf ' X ,.ll:w,:-'.2'.2h , 4 ' had a grand picnic and all enjoyed the day ,' !,k.,Q,,.,.,QV A N . Very much: One trip was made to a large farm near in '- ' ' A' v Canton. Excitement ran high as the boys discovered what farm life is really like. On the way back, a stop was made at the Canton flour mill which proved very popular with the boys.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 13 At the time of writing, the three executives of the Society are pre- paring to argue for the motion, That all earth satellites should imme- diately come under the control of an international agency. This debate is at Ridley on Friday, November 22. The Pat Moss Club has not yet been organized at the time of writing, but we hope that all its activities will be as successful as last year'sg Mr. Scott and all former members of the Club must be congratulated for their efforts in organizing the excellent Fair last March, and in running the Trinity Camp last summer. Mr. Bishop is in charge of the French Club of which Allen is Presi- dent. There are forty members, the largest group yet, and instead of the half-hour meetings on Fridays, the Club meets for about an hour and a half every second Sunday. Some very worthwhile discussions have taken place, and at one meeting, Miss Hammond, a teacher from Port Hope High School, showed slides of Northern Ontario and of a trip to France and Switzerland. The Club also hopes for a visit, sometime in the near future, from Professor Jeanneret of the University of Toronto. The Electronics Club, recently formed under the guidance of Mr. Wilson, with Joy ii as President, plans to have a programme which should prove of great value to all its members. Not only will radios be built from kits as in previous years, but the boys will receive lectures which should give them a firm basic knowledge of this vital branch of science. Once again Mr. Hodgetts is directing the Political Science Club of which Kennish is President. Nine new members have been recently elected, and a programme as popular as last year, Aspects of Life in Canada, should enable the Club to enjoy another successful season. Allen has worked hard in the Cadet Band training new trumpeters and standards should be as high as ever, although a number of vacancies have had to be filled. Six trumpeters played the Last Post and Reveille at the town Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. Mr. Scott is in charge of the Dramatic Society, and Thompson and Stockwood are President and Secretary respectively. Nine new members have been elected, bringing the total to seventeen. The Society has decided to produce its customary one-act play at Christmas, and a three- act play may be produced at Easter, although a one-act play may be produced at Kingston as part of an Eastern Ontario secondary schools' competition in February. The Kingston invitation was declined last year because of the difficulty of finding a suitable play and of conducting re- hearsals for it during the winter term, when the Easter play also demands