#Trinity60‍

In striving to create a new image for a traditional magazine, one can always depend upon discovering numerous obstacles. This year the Trinity School Magazine has attained the honourable distinction of having completed sixty years of service. Yet like all grand old gentlemen, it continues to look towards the future with optimism. Sixty years old; for some, the age of retirement; for others, a time to count the nails being slowly hammered into the coffin—but for this venerable institution, it is a time of second childhood, a time for rebirth. Yet the obstacle is tradition; as the fallacy has it—"You cannot teach an old dog new tricks."

For years the School Magazine has been dragged under by conventionality and lack of foresight. Previous editors have striven against the School's apathy, but have allowed it to flourish in their own ranks. They have never shaken up the whole Editorial machinery, for fear that the springs might snap and the cogwheels of efficiency grind to a devastating halt. Secretly, this race of Editors must have worshipped at the idol of Gladstone, who believed that "You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side." However, Time is not on our side; after sixty years of mismanagement the mass begin to retaliate, shouting for current affairs sections, politics, free speech, no more censorship, and a general "with it"-ness.

But tradition and revolution are both forms of over-extremity. The surest path is through the middle. To satisfy both parties the School Magazine continues its policy of redesign. Throughout the whole of this present issue, we have used double columns of print, which, with a tasteful and cautious use of photographs, results in something aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The Magazine's appearance is as important as its content; the extraordinary and, we should imagine, unique front cover design is almost symbolic of the Magazine's ideals—the eye represents foresight and accentuates the importance of the journal's look.

Yet, in this concern for the magazine's image, we must not overlook a far more important factor—the quality of material. To be quite fair to the School as a whole, one must admit that there would be no grounds to reiterate the penultimate Editorial (Christmas 1965), where Mr. A. J. Freeman tried to stir up the School's conscience—"For example, we could publish a better Literary Section than we do at present if we received more contributions, thus giving us a wider choice of articles".

The quantity of material received for the Literary Section has been almost overwhelming, and without a single exception it has been of quality. The only distinction which had to be made when selecting articles for publication was to decide which were of quality and which were of excellence. The limiting degree of distinction is very fine. However, this of course does not suggest that we do not want any more literary material for the next issue; we intend to hold over several articles for future publication, but will gratefully receive any further contributions. We hasten to add that the Junior School should not be disillusioned; the Editorial Staff assess quality according to the respective age-group. You have as much chance as every other member of the School.

As from this issue onwards, we have devoted the former half of the Literary Section to articles of the non-fiction, general interest category. We aim to encourage members of the school to write on topics about which they possess a specific knowledge, and which might interest or amuse the readers of this patrimony.

The Sports and C.C.F. Reports have both been subjected to the Editorial knife. In the former, we are experimenting with a single Rugby Report which embodies its ten predecessors, and which eradicates the unsightly, almost "flung-together" image of an otherwise well-organised and sadly indispensible section. The C.C.F. Report is also subject to the pedantic taste of the Editorial Committee, and conforms to the two requisite essentials—brevity and interest. Unfortunately the Societies Reports remain unaltered, despite constant pleas to the secretaries concerned. The drive to restore life and vigour to this section, in the form of subtle humour as opposed to impassive reporting, has failed, as it stumbled across stony ground. Changes are to be made. However, we feel certain that you will find the lavish number of illustrations to be seen in this issue a refreshing contrast to the columns of prose.

The Editorial has been revived after seven issues of impersonalisation. Its object, in the future, will be to create judicious and explicit discussion by members of the school upon topics of a miscellaneous nature, within several columns set aside for Readers' Letters. This, we hope, will not detract from the magazine's heterogeneity, but should stimulate an enjoining desire to write.

Finally, the editor and his committee would like to take this opportunity of wishing all our readers a very happy and prosperous New Year.