Editing Trinity College, Toronto (section)

===Traditions and lore===
{{Further|List of songs and yells of the University of Trinity College}}
[[File:Christmasdinnerinstrachan2006.jpg|thumb|Students departing from the annual Christmas dinner in Strachan Hall]]
Until 1993, weekday dinners at Trinity College were punctuated by the tradition of "{{not a typo|Poorings Out}}". This tradition was a tongue-in-cheek way of imposing "discipline" on errant male members of college. The name "{{not a typo|Pooring out}}" relates to the "poor" behaviour of the targeted student. Often spurious or humorous reasons would be given for a {{not a typo|pooring out}}. Under this tradition, members of second year would attempt to expel an "errant" student from the dining hall during the first 15 minutes of dinner. The targeted student would lie across the dinner table, and was usually defended by three fellow students who linked together to form a strong a defensive shell over the table and on top of the targeted student. Upon a publicly announced "call" as to the alleged transgression, the assembled members of second year would stampede from their seats to the defenders, where they were given one minute to pull the targeted student off the table. On the rare occasion that a defence did prevail for more than one minute, the defendant was permitted to leave the dining hall on his own feet. Otherwise, the head of second year (or delegate) would drag the defendant out of the hall.<ref name="Old Traditions"/>

In 1992 a campaign was organised against {{not a typo|poorings}} out by a vocal minority of students who claimed victimisation. College authorities banned {{not a typo|poorings}} out on the basis of legal liability in 1993. Rather than simply disappearing, the tradition of the {{not a typo|pooring out}} has merely evolved to suit the contemporary climate. Today, {{not a typo|pooring}} out is an honour generally reserved for students elected to prominent positions in the college, particularly the Student Heads. Both men and women may now be {{not a typo|poored out}}; however the actual practice is most often gender segregated. For example, a man of college is defended by men and {{not a typo|poored out}} by men, while a woman of college is defended by women and {{not a typo|poored out}} by women. On account of the administration's aforementioned hostility to the practice, they are no longer supposed to take place on college grounds and are absolutely forbidden in Strachan Hall. Rather, {{not a typo|poorings-out}} now often occur during The Lit. However, their actual form has changed little. The student selected to be {{not a typo|poored out}} lies across a table while three of his fellow students lie across him to defend him. The assemblage is then rushed by the upper year students, who shred the gown of the person, while removing his or her defenders. Once a student has been {{not a typo|poored out}}, they wear the remains of their gown bound as a sash. The gown is never to be washed, mended or sewn and must be worn in its original state as a sign of pride for the experiences of the student whilst at Trinity.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Trinity College Historical Society|date= September 2007 |title=Poorings-Out: A History |magazine= The Salterrae |location= Toronto|publisher= Trinity College}}</ref>

[[File:St. Hilda's Baseball Team, 1957.jpg|thumb|right|The St. Hilda's College Baseball Team, 1957]]
Prior to the desegregation of residences in 2005, St. Hilda's College maintained a distinct residence life for the women of college, with its own institutions and traditions. These included an independent student government, literary institute, and dramatic society. Through till the 1950s, St. Hilda's students were required to attend services in the makeshift college chapel, as well as volunteer in the [[University Settlement|university settlement house]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kuhn (Kirkwood) |first=Naomi |editor-last=Sutton |editor-first=Barbara |title=Sanctam Hildam Canimus: A Collection of Reminiscences |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1988 |pages=17–9 |chapter=Two St. Hildians - Mother and Daughter}}</ref> Other St. Hilda's-specific traditions included the wearing of halos, a reference to the nickname "Saints" given by the men of Trinity to the women of St. Hilda's.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sutton (Ham) |first=Barbara |editor-last=Sutton |editor-first=Barbara |title=Sanctam Hildam Canimus: A Collection of Reminiscences |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1988 |page=73 |chapter=The Spirited Year}}</ref> The men of Trinity often performed "Saints Serenades," which generally involved singing late at night outside the windows of St. Hilda's.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ham (Grout) |first=Margaret |editor-last=Sutton |editor-first=Barbara |title=Sanctam Hildam Canimus: A Collection of Reminiscences |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1988 |page=23 |chapter=Timor Dei Principium Sapientiae}}</ref> Male students were strictly limited in their access to the residence for its first decades of existence. These restrictions were eventually loosened to reflect the changing moral norms of Toronto. Trinity men often found creative ways to sneak into the building after hours, or occasionally engaged in forceful [[panty raid]]s, to the consternation of the administration.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Miller | first=Weston |date= April 2, 0167 |title=Some THings Never Change: A Trip Into Trinity's Past |magazine= The Salterrae |location= Toronto|publisher= Trinity College |url= https://issuu.com/salterrae/docs/salterrae_issue_4_issuu}}</ref>

[[Episkopon]] is a controversial student society at Trinity College, with a male branch founded in 1858<ref>Watson, Andrew. ''Trinity, 1852-1952.'' Trinity University Review, 1952, p. 34.</ref>
and a female branch founded in 1899.<ref name="Post">{{cite news |newspaper = [[National Post]] |last = Black |first = Shannon |title = Juvenile jokes or cruel cuts? Episkopon, the 140-year-old vehicle of public shaming at U of T's Trinity College |volume= 1 |issue = 129 |pages = B12}}</ref> The society operated mostly in public, and often with official support and encouragement until it was banned from Trinity grounds by the college administration in the 1990s. Episkopon has since gone underground, and continues to operate as a pseduo-[[secret society]].