The Vigornian December 1883 by King's Worcester

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THE WORCE'STER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL CHRONICLE. No. 7, "VOL. 1.

DECEMBER, 1883.,

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Editorial The New Scheme............... .. Some Records of Our SchooL ;...... , Trip to Cairo :..... Athletic Sports ,............... ,................ AtJ1letic Sports Accounts Speech Day................................................... J;teading..... Cricket King's Scholarship Examinations '................. School News......... School Officers ;.. ,Correspondence Chess ;

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QT;l:Jitorial. N review of the events that have taken place among us since our last number, . it is natural to mention first, that the School still continues to meet in the same building, which "';e had expected at the beginning of the year, would be undergoing thorough repair, according to the' provisions of the much talked-of New Scheme. We insert a letter from a correspondent, who seems to fear . meeting an untimely' death from the' roof

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falling in, or some other equally fatal accident occ~rring, and are glad to b'e able at the same time to reaSSUI:e him and all others that may be interested in the intelligence, that the building has been most carefully examined by the Cathedral architect; and pronounced safe at any rate for the present. _ It was with deep regret that we heard, when we assembled' at the beginning of the term, that we were no longer to have the Rev. DESMOND H. W. SAMPSON as Second Master. He has been appointed Head Master of the Grammar School at Market Bosworth. He had worked among us for eight years, and had won universal, esteem and affection, from the eldest to the youngest, for his' amiability of character, his never-varying kindness and courtesy. We wish him all joy and success in the new sphere of his labours, and feel sure he )fill soon become as popular among his new' pupils as he was with us. By the Boat ing Club especially will his bss be felt; he was frequently to be seen on the river taking the greatest pains to' improve and train each individual member. This year the Cricket Club has made, a most marked improvement; for many past years this most excellent of school games has been sadly

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neglected. Although our change of field has, much to do with this great alteration for the - HE memory of the "oldest inhabitant," better, all win agree' in attributing the chief credit of .it to the deep interest shewn in the or rather of the" oldest scho011:>oy," can hardly recall the time when the game by our Head Master ever since he has been with us: and at the same 'time very New Scheme was not "soon corn· many thanks are due to Mr. BOND who during' ing." It is therefore hard to bel,ieve last term spent a great part of his,; leisure that this much-talked of Scheme is . hours on the field. An account·...:of the probably at last near at hand. It has already various matches is to be found in another passed through the months in whiqh it must part of this number. Football' has of be exposed to public criticism, and though course recommenced, but although there there are still before it considerable periods has been a tolerable amount 61 practice of necessary delay, it is not quite a wild no matches have as yet been played, owing to dream to hope that before next summer it the days fixed unfortunately proving wet. will have become law. It will be remembered We feel great pleasure in recording the that in 1881 a Scheme was proposfld by revival of the Chess Club which,is certainly a the_Charity Commissioners, but withdrawn,. most valuable addition to the list of our school because the proposed endowment was too a.musements. There is no necessity here to small. The delay of two years has done us speak of the advantages of such a Club, for some good, for the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners have increased their grant. In 1881 they have been fully discussed in a former number. If the Clrib goes on as successfully they offered £5,000 and £3,000 more if t,he. as it has begun, the hopes of Hon. Sec. may, town would raise alike amount. Now they be soon realised, and we ~hall become propose: acquainted with other Schools in peaceful con~· 1. To put our old School Hall in good tests over the 'Chess Board, no less than in the repair. Football and Cricket Field. This last term our 2. To' give us about one~and-a-half acres of the gardens behind the College Reading Room and Library have not been altogether as successful as, hitherto, but by Green for building. next term we hope to have new Book Cases, 3. To give £15,000. and everything re-arranged and set in order This is certainly a great improvement: still as to make a fresh start. Lately, the rooql. has Britons are allowed to grumble we should like been much more comfortable ta sit in, owing 'the endowment to be about twice as great I to the draughts having been stopped by the The fact is that teaching, such as is required boarding up of the lower part of the windows. , now-a-days, and such as we get here, is an In the beginning of this yea,)'; Mr. STRATFORD, expensive commodity, and as King's Scholars an old and much-respected citizen, died. pay no fees, the money for their education Among his numerous charitable bequests, 1.).e must come out of the endowment. As. that ., is has left to our School an exhibition of £30, limited the Commissioners propose to red.uce tenable for three years at either University, the number of King's Scholars to twenty, During the past years'the School has suffered . giving them each £5 a year instead lof greatly from several of our Upper Boys £2 13s. 4d. We understand that this pro leaving, but this term we are glad to see posal h&s been objected to, and perhaps some such a numb~r of new boys; indeed, there has alteration will be made. '1'he £5 a year would been a very much greater increase than for certainly be very useful for purchasing books, many years. but the amount does not seem to be enough to attract good boys from outside, or to 'make' up for the loss of twenty King's Scholars.

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when the monasteries themselves' were sup pressed and dissolved, the new Cathedral foundations taking their place. . King HENRY'S charter for the new founda tion was dated' January 24th, 1541, and provided for the endowment of a Dean, 10' Prebendaries, 10 Minor Canons, 2 School masters, 40 King's Scholars, an Organist, ] 0 Lay Clerks, and 10 Choristers, besides other subordinate members of the Cathedral staff, and certain officers attached to the Foundation. At first there was a common table, at which these several portions of the Cathedral body . had their respective places appointed for them. .$ome ·3LtecorbfS of our .$cbool. The two masters were known· as "The our last number we presented our Schoolmaster" and "The Usher," or as ~ readers with some account of the " The Read- Master" and "The Under Master." The Head Master was to receive the originan~ earl.y history of Cathedral Schools III general. - We then ex sa~e emolument as the Prebendaries, while pressed a hope that we might be the stipend of the Under Master was about able on a future occasion to trace the same as that of the Minor Canons, which the later· history of our own School, from was just half of the value of a Prebendal stall. the Reformation to the present time. It is We do not hear much of the newly consti our wish to follow out, to the best of our tuted school for the' first 50 years of its ability, the line which we then marked out existence. QUEEN ELIZABETH, somewhat un . 'for ourselves; and, in so doing, we shall necessarily, as it might seem, supplemented gratefully avail. ourselves of the valuable the Cathedral School by her new Free information supplied by Mr. NOAKE, the Grammar School, which, however, she seems learned historian of the Monastery find to have intended to form a sort of preparatory Cathedral of Worcester. school, from which boys might proceed to the more amply endowed Foundation of her The Cathedral Schools, as at present exist ing, owe their constitution to the genius· father, when sufficiently instructed to gain a and liberality of King HENRY the Eighth, King's Scholarship. In the year 1591, HENRY BRIGHT became 'who, however ruthless he might seem in suppressing and destroying even the best .Master of the Cathedral School,over which regulated of the monasteries, could nc;>t he presided with weat success for about at least be denied the credit of zeal in the 40 _years', - He was also a Prebendary of cause of education; We must not suppose, the Cathedral, and seems to have been a however, . that no p1'ovision was made for man of considerable learning and ability, the education of youth by the monasteries as we may gather from the inscription on . previous to the Reformation. As we before the. <:inural tablet, which still preserves pointed out, education was recognised as one his memory. Of him FULLER writes as' fol of the main duties of the Monks of the lows in his book of the Worthies of Eng~ Benedictine order, to which the monastery land :-" For my own part, I behold this at Worcester, as in most of our Cathedral Master BRIGHT placed by Divine Providence The existing monastic in this city, in the Marches, that he might cities, belonged. equally commuuicate the· lustre of grammar schools were, however, thoroughly reorgan ised f),:p,d put upon a new and firmer footing, 1 learning to youth both of England and

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Under his able administration the which has until lately been used as th~ 'Head School seems to have greatly flourished, many Mast,er's residence. Whether this be the same boys being sent up to the Universities of as Dr. STEWARD'S hO!1se, spoken of above, Oxford and Cambridge, as we learn from we are not ip. a position to .say. At any rate a change' seems to, have taken place with , the inscription in the Cathedral. With regard to the site of the School, it regard to the Master's residence in 1635. does not appear to have been always ,held In the records of the same survey in 1649; ,in the building now used for the purpose, we read, in reference to a certain house which was formerly the Refectory, of the therein mentioned, that (( It is much desired :Monastery.At one, time, according to by the Committee here, and many well affected' aucient tradition, the triforium over the people of the city and coun'ty, that this last south aisle of the nave, now used as tl~e mentioned house may {'emain for the Usher of Library, was the site of the School. It the Free School." This suggestion, however, was probably moved thence to the Refectory, does not seem to have been acted upon, and a when the common table was given up, and few years afterwards it appears' that two the Refectory was therefore no longer required Ushers or Under Masters had rooms 'in the for its proper use as a dining hall. At any Edgar ,Tower, a carpenter being paid rate, the latter had been used as a School £3 10s. 6d. in 1671, (( for stuff and workman before the year 1635, when, to quote, the ship about ye stu-ddy roomes for Mr. Walker words of HABINGDON,'! they removed the and Mr. Horsey in ye College. Tower." At famous grammer schole, which hath in this this time then, it would seem that there were , our age byn equal with the bes} in England, three Masters in the School. fro'the place, which was once the refectorie The School did not long retain its new of ye monks within the colledge of Worcester, position over the Charnel House. For in to the Chappell of the Charnel-house, which 1641, complaints having been made of the is without the cathedral church." There is a injury done to the health of the scholars by Chapter order for this removal, as follows : the dampness and unwholesome smells arising H That the Chapel called Capella Carnaria from the vaults, 'the matter was referred to shall be fitted up for the School-house, and Parliament, the result being that the School that the School-house that now is sha~l be wa,s moved back to the Refectory, where it has converted into a library, and a door made remained ever since. therinto . out of the cloister, and that, as In the reply made by the Chapter at soon as conveniently may be, part of the this time to the complaints contained' in , house, which is now Dr. STEWARD'S, shall be the petition of the city to Parliament, we provided for the Schoolmaster."'. ,find the following notice of the School: It would seem from this that not only were H The hite Schoole is designed for _ our there from time to time changes in the site of library and a prebend's house when we the School, but that also the Master's residence are able. ' Special care is taken to provide a was not always the same. In the year 1650, most able master. It is unworthy and against when the Parliamentary Surveyors inspected the statute to place rich men's children" in the Cathedral buildings, -it was reported, that poor scholars' places; ,the' Deane know$ no' Dr. JOHN llARDINGE, Schoolmaster of the man' guilty of it. Choristers are by. our Free School, by virtue of his place as School statutes more capable than others to, be master, as formerly all Schoolmasters have King's Scholars." This connecti'Ou of the had, holdeth one ma:nsion house situate in the Choristers with the Cathedral School is precincts of the College, having- the melting referred to in' a petition oil the pai·t of the house on the west, and, the green on, the Chapter during the reign of QUEEN MARY, north." This may' possibly be the house, when a proposal was made to reduce' the ,

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explain the following items of "players' gere" nnmber of scholars to 36, ~he petition proceed contained in a College inventory made in ing as follows :-" For so always as the Chor isters (i.e., their voices) do change, we might 1576: A gowne of frenes gyrdles. remove them to the Grand School, there to A- woman's gowne. continue until they be Priests, and able to A cloth of tissew, a jerkyn, and a pair of !erve the quire again in singing of the Gospel breeches. and Epistle and in other - offices of - the A lytill cloth of tissew, a gowne of sylke. Church." A jerkyn of /SI'eene. The School, like other institutions iu the Two cappes and the devil's apparelJ. country, has from time to time felt the effects of. the various changes in Church and State. At the The last rather strange item is ~o doubt Great Rebellion, JOHN ToYE, the Schoolmaster, provided for use in the representation of was ejected from his office. During the time Miracle Plays, which were very popular in pre~Reformation times and doubtless for some of the Commonwealth three masters in succes sion held office, but at the restoration in 1660, time afterwards. It is of course quite possi ble, as Mr. NOAKE suggests, that the "players' J ORN TOYE was reinstated in his master ship, the following entry appearing in the gear" may have been provided partly for books at that time :-" To Mr. BAREFOOT, who - the use of strolling players, though it would was schoolmaster in Mr. TOYE's sequestration, seem noW hardly consonant with Cathedral £15." The fabric of the School as well as-of dignity to patronise a form of artistic talent the. Cathedral Church seems to have suffered at of such doubtful respectability, Possibly towards the end of the seventeenth this time, either from neglect or from actual century there may have been a tendencv to damage inflicted by the soldiers in the Civil War. This WE;) may gather from an entry give up too much time to such lighter ac~om which occurs in 1660, wherein a charge is made plishments as acting. At ,any rate there for" pitch and tallow spent in -making several seems to have been some laxity of discipline wooden trunks for discharging tIle water that in the School. We find Mr. JOHN WRIGHT, fell from ye Church Library and School upon the Master about this time, admonished for ye vaulted roof of ye cloister, whereby it had "notorious negligence," and it was thought necessary to make the - following orders: been much ruined." "That for the future the schoolmaster shall In the period subsequent to the Restora not grant any whole day for play; that he tion, when, by a natural re-action from the shall never grant any time for play upon ~ excessive strictness of the Puritans, dramatic Friday; that he shall never grant any time entertainments were eagerly sought after, we find that the boys of the School were for play in any week wherein there shall be allowed to practise their powe-rs of acting and any holy day." We think our readers will recitation. In 1672, w~ find the following agree with us that the authorities were item in the College accounts:- " Twelve inclined to run into the opposite extreme of paires of gloves for ye boys .declaiming in the undue strictness in their wholesome fear of schoole, 18s." Also in the following year :~ too' much play and too many holidays. "Paid to Mr. Wright, schoolmaster, for the There must certainly have been a danger of 8chollers, for their actinge of a playe at ma~~rg the seventeenth century Jack a. dull Christmas, by Mr. Deane and the Chapter's boy, if this Draconian legislation was strictly orders, £2." This was probably no new thing, observed. We find an incidental notice at this time of the boys having apparently been accustomed to act plays, though all such light amusements the connection subsisting between Worcester would -have been entirely discountenanced Cathedral School and Magdalen Hall (now under the Commonwealth. This may serve to Hertford College), Oxford, owing doubtless to

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the provision made for poor scholars by the master's leave, and that no play be given foundation of the Meeke Schobrships. The until he have fll'st been advised with." Dean and Ohapter represented to Dr. LEVET, We must admit that some abridgement of the principal of lvlagdalen Hall, how desirable their labour was a not unnatural object of' it was that boys sent there from Worcester deilil'e on the part of the scholars, the school should be cc solemnly elected at public exami~ · hours at that time being what we should now nations," and offered to entertain and pay}he consider portentously long, namely, from travelling expenses of any' examiner sent ftom seven o'clock, or earlier, till twelve, with an Oxford for' thepnrpose. · hour's break, in the morning, and from two The state of the School seems to have been till six in the afternoon, except in winter, improved by the exertions of the Ohaptel~ at 'when the hours were somewhat fewer. The this time, and the improved regulahons made boys had to asseroble in the School at si le for its administration. In the answer to the o'clock every morning fol' pl'ayers, which at Bishop's "Articles of Enqui ry," we find the one time seem to have taken place in School, School well reported of as follows :-" The a regular form of prayel' being provided in Grammar School is well attended by' the the statutes. Towards the end of the seven masters, the m~thod of teaching is somewhat teenth century, however, the boys were ex different from that pre/loCribed by the statutes, pected to be present at the early service in but such as we suppose will better answer the the Cathedral, which then, and until com paratively recent· times, took place at six design of the statutes. The boys are cate chised every Saturday." The attendance of o'clock. In 1677, the following entry is made . the masters to their scholastic duties seems in the books :-"Whereas the worship of God to have been by no means r a matter c.f at the six-of-clock morning prayers is the less' course, as in th~ year 1703, we find the - solerone, and the devotions of the people often Usher's place declared void, "he' having disturbed by the late· coming and noise of boys towards the end of service, it is decreed long since deserted the same." '1'0 - pro vide against the appointment of unsuitable that all the schollers of the College Schocilshall 01' inefficient mastel's, it was at this time be reddy everie morning in the said School ordered that for the future the School before the great bell for the said prayers hath master and Usher should always be appointed done tolling, and. thence proceed orderly to on probation for one year, as had preVi the Church at the beginning of the said ously been the case with "the Minor prayers." It is but fair to add; that this Canons. Some few years after this it was . seems to be a solitary instance in which the found necessary to impose a restraint upon conduct of the boys in this respect is COil. anxious and injudicious parents by the adop sidered worthy of censure.· It is quite tion of the fonowing rule :-"That parents possible that they may have been allowed to dQ suffer their childl'en to be corrected for · fall into lax ways by the carelessness of- the theil' faults, and forbear coming to the school masters. The Master and Usher are at this on such occasions that the masters may not same time ordered to be present with them at "Qe discouraged." We can quite sympathise the service, "to awe them unto reverend ~nd with the Master of· the School at that time decent gestures agreeable to the place. and in his horror of an invasion of his sacred presence they are in, and to keep a Toll, domains by an army of lachrymose or wrathful wherein to mark the absentees, who are to ·be . mothers! The Master is also guarded against duly punished." We may notice in con:neC~ being pestered with requests for half holidays tion with this subject, that in 1771 the seats by the following very sensible regulation : on the north side of the choir, to· the E!ast "That none of the children do presume to of the pulpit, were' appropriated to the boys cODle to any pel'son to ask a·play without the of the College School.

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As we have had occasion to point out before,' \! m::rip to C!!airo. was careful to provide for the, ~ religious character of his School by directing INDING on our arrival at Port Said, that the boys should be present at some of en route for India, that we could the Cathedral services. This connection of visit Cairo and join our steamer at the King's scholars with the Cathedral Church . Suez, leaving the steamer with the has always been kept up, though from time pilot, we landed at Ismailia. It is a pretty looking place, both from to time changes have been made in the times of service, and of the attendance required, the side of the lake on which it is situate, on the part of the School. We venture to and from the side of the desert. We remained hope, that whatever changes the School may a short time only in' Ismailia, breakfasting at undergo in the future, this religious character the hotel near the jetty. It was most re nt least may never be lost.. As our readers freshing to find in the garden attached to the are aware, anew Scheme, which we have been hotel some delicious mandarin iJranges, and long expecting, will shortly be provided for the beautiful white jasmine. Leaving Ismailia the Sohool by the Charity Commissioners. for Cairo, we passed en route the chief scenes By this new Scheme changes will be made in of the late campaign---:Nefiche, Tel-el-Mahuta, the constitution of the School, which we trust Kassassin, and Tel-el-Kebir. We were for may impart to it new life and vigour, and tunate in having an intelligent Egyptian moreover there will be an increased supply of ... guard attached to our train. One of our those "sinews of' war," without which it is fellow-travellers was a good French scholar,' impossible for the School to hold its own . and succeeded in getting our guard to point against those numerous scholastic rivals, out to us the ehlef places of interest on the road. We were thus able tq identify most ' which now occupy the educational field. And now it is time that we brought to a of the ground over which our troops had' close these scattered notices of the historical marched and fought, by the tracks of wheels. existence of our Cathedral School. They are and the carcases of camels and horses. The but materials, put together somewhat roughly, place that had the greatest interest for us we fear, from which the fair edifice of our was naturally Tel.el-Kebir, and as the railway School's history might be constructed by one runs through a portion of the entrenchments, who had leisure and ability for the task. It we had a good view of the size, if not the has often struck us that a work of interest, plan, of the lines. The entrenchments, from not only to the profeesed antiquarian, but even the bottom of the ditch to the top of the to the ordinary reader, might be provided in embankments, were on an average 12 feet the Annals of a School such as our own, high, and at a sharp angle, with no easy slopes. which could not fail to throw light on many We passed along their southern base, leaving points of interest and importance in the them some little diatance from Abon Hamad, on the west, where a branch line had history of our Church and Nation. In conclusion, let us once more express our been made, well protected by embankments, obligation to Mr. NOAKE, the local. historian, rig-ht into the centre of the lines. To a non from whose pages we have derived almost all profe~ional eye the- position seemed to have our- information, and without whose valuable been admirably chosen for a battle field. To contributions to the history of our Cathedral the south were the railway and canal, from Church and its surroundings we should have whence supplies could be drawn; to the east been quite unable to supply even this meagre and north, where the attack might be ex~ account of olie of the most important portions pected, was the desert; to the west was the of the :Cathedral Foundation-the Grammar outer fringe of the cultivated land. The ground itself was the highest that could be School of King HENRY the Eighth. HENRY VIII.

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not sufficientlygaugf;'ld the,new-born deference shown to the. conquering race, and the only conditions asked were removal of our shoes, and a present to the Chief Effendi. Mounting a flight of steps, we entered, through a lofty 'sl~in. and missive door, a long arched corridor. Near the station of Tel-el-Kebir wa,s a This led us first to the Sanctuary, which Dababerah, belonging t6 the ubiquitous qpo'K, appeared to be the best-frequented place of ofor the convenience of persons wishing to worship. Its well-worn pavement was slightly o remain there for the purpose of visiting the raised above the level of the corridor floor, obattle field, and picking up relics of the fight. and the chief object of attraction appeared 'to A regular service of trains was also just being, be some verses from the Koran inscribed in established to run from Cairo and back in the Arabic characters on a large block of marble day. We travelled up from Tel-el-Kebir with let into the wall facing the worshippel's. an officer of the Black Watch, who gave us Passing on, we continued along the corridor some very vivid accouuts of the capture of until we reached another massive door. Before Arabi's position. He was taking back with we were allowed to enter, we had to remove him, as souvenirs of the fight, some shells our shoes, in place of which we were pre~ sented with some grass slippers; 'our hats we and their caRes. The most pretentious place that we passed were requested to leave on. Entering, we betweenlsmailia and Cairo was Zagazig. It found ourselves in a magnificent square court, was a large place, and the houses chiefly the marble floor of which was raised above .t~~-Btoried ones, built of sun-dried bricks the surrounding level; the kindly moonlight cemented over, with small latticed verandahs that streamed down the central opening , ~t,' th~' windows, like rnanyin 'Italian houses, brought out only the beauties of the place to allow the ladies of the harem "to eat the and hid the asperities. On each side of the . ~ir.:' Between Zagazig ,and Cairo it was square was a very handsome and lofty Nor-' : curious to see in some of the most cultivated man Arch,which led into a chamber roofed '~nd rich' spots, occasional 'long mounds of with an expansive dome, such as the Mussul ~and,,~hich the waters of the overflowing of man loves in his architecture. In the centre the Nile had for ages failed to roeach and stood an alabaster and marble fountain, and fertilise: It was easy to see, how this process forming, as it were, a natural central dome ~ent on, and hoW-fatal to Egypt it would be was the matchless blue vault of ,the heavens, were the Nile to cease to inundate her lands. we could not but admire the genius of, the .Ju~t before reaching Cair:o we caught our architect who had conceived and carried out first glimpse of the Pyramids, those ancient this grand idea. We were afterwards taken 'witnesses of a power and a magnificence that to see the marble sepulchre of Sultan HASSAN, 'seems to have passed .from Egypt for ever. but Were not allowed to enter the sanctuary '1'he sun was sinking below the horizon, and where it was. Leaving the Mosque, we drove ~learand well-defined they stood out in relief home through some of the many narrow against the sky line, tinged with a delicate streets of the native quarter. The people pink" and grand in their solitariness. We, seemed generally indifferent, if not sullen, were most fortunate in having a brilliant when they saw us, and we were only once moon for our' evening drive round the city, greeted by their favourite wares of abuse for and by its soft and mellow light we saw the the ghiaour-" Infidel dogs." As w"e did grand old Mosque and Citadel. not understand Arabic we took no notice. A , We hesitated at first to ask permissiou to ,friend told us that he had been greeted in ~ee the interior of the Mosque, but we had ,the same way in the Bazaars. He did under

found m those parts, and it takes its very name from that fact. Tel-el-Kebir is simply ~'The Mound of Height," or "The Great oMound!' A great mound it now is, with a o new significa:nce, covering, as it does, so many

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stand, and was' about to' chastise the man, remains of the overflowing of the Nile. As when the merchants left their wares and the land was so much nearer the river the chased the offender out of the bazaar with water had but just began to subside, and in blows and imprecations. It was a good proof places where .it had done so there was a. of the readiness with which an Oriental and . deposit of rich' black loamy' soil. In many places the water was still standing in large .a. Mussulman acquiesce in the inevitable. In his heart of hearts the ghiaour who happened pools; in the immediate neighbourhood of to be the conqueror for the time being is still which were birds, such as snipe and duck, in the "Infidel Dog j "but it is the will of great quantities. After a drive of about one Heaven that he should submit, and he does hour and a half we reached the foot of the Pyramids. At our first view of the three, as so with the best grace that he can. On the morning after our arrival at Cairo we seen from the carriage road, we were rather disappointed. They seemed much sma.ller than ·were up before daylight, and. after an early cup of coffee, started off about four a.m., for we had anticipated, and it· was not till we the Pyramids. We had arranged with COOK'S a.ctual.ly reachjed the foot of the largest, after .people the evening before to supply us with a ascending for some distance what must be the carriage for the trip, the distance being about ancient base, but is now covered with sand, nine miles from the' hotel we were stopping and began the ascent, that we realised their. at, the Grand New Hotel, as it is called. The real magnificence. Cairo carriages are chiefly Victorias drawn by The huge:blocks of lime-stone, of which ca.pital horses, which though small, go at a nry . .they are in the main composed, were so good pace. We noticed that the notables of arranged as to form a series of very steep Cairo usuallydtove in these or in broughams, steps to the top, a distance of some 470 feet preceded by runners, one carrying a staff, and from the base. The ascen.t was decidedly at night the other a torch. The moon was -difficult and fatiguing, especially as we had still up when we started, and we could only hardly yet recovered our land legs, and we ·see the various objects as we passed in a dim were very glad of· the assistance of two Arab 'indistinct haze j indeed, we were lucky to guides apiece, who where supplied to us by ·escape a fog, which at this season of the year the Sheikh of the Arlib village near: with .is very common in the early mornings. their assistance we mounted, and even then . Driving past Arabi's prison, along a fine road, we had to halt two or three times to recove~ With splendid houses on either side, we came breath and get rid of a kind of giddy sensa-' to the magnificent range of the Kasr-el-Nil' tion caused by the rapid mounting. It took Barracks, just newly painted and generally those of our party who were in good condition done up for the use of our troops, who began fourteen minutes mounting up, at a fairly to move into them in the course of the day: smart pace, all things considered: the stoutest passing these we crossed the very fine bridge man of our. party succeeded with great which at this point spans the broad expanse difficulty in get~ing up in twenty minutes. of the Nile; it is some 800 yards long j the As we reached the top we were' fully roads we found very sandy, and it was very rewarded for our early rising by seeing the heavy work for our small horses, who still sun rise over Oairo. U util the clouds dispersed however laboured pluckily on.. On either side weh8:d to content ourselves with the reflection of the road, all· the way from Cairo to the of the rays from beneath, but even this was Pyramids, fine trees are planted forming a perfect, as it glowed with a beautiful and very pretty and shady avenue; they are all of delicate crimson tinge over the Nile and the one kind. water that lay between us and Cairo, over the As it grew lighter, the nearer we reached mosques and minarets of Oairo itself, and our destination, we were able to see the over the range of hills behind; in the distance

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t.o the south close to the. horizon it coloured with hieroglyphics, and i~s roof was composed the other Pyramids with its rosy hue. of magnificent. marble slabs of great. size; Behind us, as we were facing Cairo, lay the one of the guides struck a magnesian light trackless desert, as also to the right: to the for us to . view the interior; below was a. left a rich black loam was lying over land smaller chamb-er, probably forming the which for many years had never been toughed chamber of the consort of the King fQr at all by the waters of the Nile, as >·<fWas whom the larger one seemed to be intended. evident from the very thin layers of soil on The descent was not any more easy ~hall the surface of the sand. At our feet was the the ascent, and in one or two places were huge block of red granite carved to repre!3ent awkward looking gulfs into which we should the mysterious Sphinx with its' immovable have been precipitated in all probability had face looking towards the S.B., and round and we had no guides. about were blocks of limestone with fossils As soon as we had finished our explora embedded in them gradually hardening into tions we were presented by the Arab Sheikh the consistency of solid rock. Amongst many in command of the guides with some most -,names that we found inscribed on the summit delicious coffee, made as it can only be in an of the great Pyramid, it was. interesting to Arab tent. After our hot and fatiguing work have pointed out· to us the well-known initials it was most acceptable, and, though it was . .LE, with the dates 1862 and 1869, of the two n6minally a- gift, we did not grudge the visit,s of the Prince of Wales to Egypt. reward we were called upon to pay by the The descent, which·. we accomplished in ~warthy cup-bearers.· In addition _to the ,about ten minutes, was managed with the help sums we had paid the Sheikh,we 'were ,of our two guides each taking a hand, by a obliged to pay almost as much a~in in sel'-ies of jumps' from one block down to different ways to the extortionate guides who . another. Before we could see the interior we crowded round us noisily demanding to be paid were called upon to pay two shillings apiece for every little service, for _which in fact a to the Sheikh tor guides, WllO are really fresh guide seemed to spring from the ground, .necessary. Mounting a gentle ascent we: the same man never accompanying us·for any - entered through a small and low doorway, and time toget4er. . They seemed, by a tacit ~nder immediately began to descend along an standing, to pass us on to each other· in turn, inclined plane of slippery stone with here and • so that the whole clan might in that way get there a nick for the foot. We found it very a larger amount; thus all places of interest difficult in thick bClots to keep our footing, but and resort in the East are robbed of much of with one guidein front and another behind, we their chief charm When the Sheikh saw that managed to struggle along. We determined, his large and unruly followers had got out of us should we again have an opportunity of visit all that could be expected, and that we were ing the Pyramids, to be supplied with India growing choleric, he allowed us to go to our rubber shoes, as also with candles. carriages without further molestation, and. it After what seemed rather. a long d,escent, was very amusing to see him preventing it was certainly an uncommonly hot one, we. them from following us by threatening them began to mount np along a similar inclined with his cane; it ·was the Patriarch and. his plane, on either side of which were smaller family to the life. ones raised some three feet above us, and We left the Pyramids with· feelings of evidently intended for dragging .a stone regTet that we could not Hnger longer to look sarcophagus up, At the top of this. we and admire in .solitary meditation these entered a large granite and marble-lined mighty memorials of an ancient civilization, chamber containing an empty stone sar these witnesses to a past to which-the words cophagus; its marble walls were inscribed of. Holy Scripture might well be applied,

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There were giants in the earth in those ,what with the heat, the dust, and the, general' , discomfort. The train was very full, and days." The original designers must have been one poor unfortunate Indian merchant, wa~ possessed of niore than, ordinary mechanical disconsolately, wll-ndering from station to ,.skill, looking at the architectural powers station, in vain hope of recovering some two ,displayed, the difficulty of a foundation on thousand rupees' worth of silver bangles, of sand overcome; the broad and noble base which some light-fingered Arab had despoiled him at the station of Tel-el-Kebir. th~ -slope gradually but effectively tapering Among 'our fellow-travellers were some to a point, the whole calculated with mathe matical accuracy to withstand the destructive handsome old Arab Sheikhs, one wearing the powers of time. The workmen, 'too, must green turban that distinguishes a true de . have been men of unparalleled patience, look scendant of the Prophet. Like most other Orientals, they seemed ,to' ing at th,e distance of the quarries from which these huge blocks had been hewn, and the think there was some magical charm in a letter shifting sand over which they had been signed by a European, which' they had only to produce' to receive some benefit thereby. drawn to their final resting-place. The sun was well up by the time we One of them showed us a letter in Arabic:, , returned to Cairo. On' the road we passed apparently an agreement to supply camels, several camel caravans bearing the produce and with pride he drew our attention to the Qf distant districts to the ,capital-the camels, signature. . It wa,s that of the late Com all marching soberly along in single file con mander-in-Chief of our forces in Egypt, Sir nected by chains throughout the line. Many GARNET'WOLSELEY. With some difficulty we native gentlemen also we passed" riding on discovered that what he . wanted was that their sleek white donkeys, going to business unvariable solace to an Arab, tobacco; pro found was his salaam and great was his Qr to pleasure. The markets and bazaars were all opening, satisfaction, when we presented him and, his and one large square in the centre of the companions, with some cigars. Without town we foundpovered with small tents, in coffee and tobacco the Arab rarely travels ; which the native merchants from the distant and he himself is so naturally hospitable and and remo~s quarters of the city love to con 'generous towards strangers, that' he would gregate and sell their wares. have considered it as the profoundest dis-' We were obliged to leave Cairo rather courtesy on our part had we denied him his hurriedly, as we had received a telegram to request. We arrived at Suez late in the rejoin our steamer at Suez. evening, and were not sorry to get back to We were thus unable to visit the famous our steamer and its comforts after our hurried Boulak Museum, the treasury of so many but still most enjoyable trip to Cairo. rifled tombs of the ancient PHARAOHS 6f the G.D.O. land, the place for the safety of, which the hearts of so many savants were quaking ~tblttic .$port.5. -during the progress of the late Anglo Egyptian, or rather, if we may so say, HESE School Sports were held on Anglo-Arabi war. Wednesday and Thursday, April , On' driving to the -railway station we , ,11th and 12th, the we,ather being noticed the havoc that had been committed fine, and a large number of people in the large sheds by the explosion of shells present on both days. The Rev., that took place there shortly after the occu , W. E. BOLLAND and 'Mr.CLARKE pation of the city by our troops. acted as Judges, and Mr. BOND' as starter_ " Our return journey to Suez was fatiguing, every race produced a large number Nearly 4(

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. of competitors, there being some very excit ATHLETIC SPORTS ACCOUNTS, 18SL ing finishes. J. MARTIN showed good pace REOEIPTS. and undoubted staying powers, winning the Balance from 1880 '" £14 1 10 ·Quarter-mile, Half-mile, and Mile with com Subscriptions, &0. 50 60 parative ease. The Champion Medal, how~ - - - £ B 4 71~ ever, fell to MrnSHULL, MARTIN being only . .EXPENDITURE. three points behind him. £22 14 6' Prizes, 1881 During the afternoon the Band of ,,~he Use of GrOlll1d... 2 0 0 410 0 . Worcestershire Volunteers played a selectioI.l Band Gri1fith ::......... 4 2 2 of' popular music, and at the conclusion of . Flowers... 1 18 ·0 &C. 5 16 2 the Sports the Prizes ~ere presented by Mrs. 'Printing, Sundries ;......................... 2 2 8 ,c...... 2 0 () : KNOX-LITTLE. Annexed are details 'ofthe .Football Boating.. . .. .. 2 0 0 running: Fives 0 10 0 120 Y(wds' Handicap.-First Heat: H. Minshull (3 yds, start), 1; H. Smallwood (6 yds.), 2; A. Lewis (6 yds.), 3. Second Heat: F. Wynne l6 yds.), 1; W. Jones (4 yds.), 2; oH, Knott (1 yd.), 3. Third Heat: G. Hopkins(1 y.d.), 1; C. Martin (6 yds.), 2; N. Martin (4 yds.), 3. Final Heat: F. Wynne, 1; H. Knott, 2; G. Hopkins, 3. Th1'(Yrvi:ng the OriciMt Ball, under 15 'l/ear3.-L. Sharp (174ft. 9in.), 1; H. Smallwood, 2; A. Sharp, 3. Throrving .the Oric.ket Ball, Ope1t.-H. Minshull (203 ft. 6 in.), 1; S" B. Martin, 2; H. Knott, 3. . . Long Jump.-'-W. Jones (15 ft. 7 in.), 1 ; H. Minshull, 2 ; H. Knott, 3. I)ne M;J.e, Open.-J. Martin,l; W. Jones. 2; F; Wynne, 3. Martin ran well the whole way, winning easily by ID yards. 100 Yard3' Sm'atck Race, 71.ndcr 15 Yea1·3.-A. Sharp, 1; H. Smalhvood, 2; G. Riggins. 3. . High Jump, Open.-H. Minshull (4ft. 7 in.), 1; W.· Jones, 2; H. Smallwood, 3.. 200 Yard3' (1(nder 15) Handicap.-G. Threlfeli (scratch), 1; W. Wyndham (6 yds.), 2 ;J. Branthwaite (8 yds.), 3. . Qw1.rter.Mile Sm'atch Ro,ce.-J. Martin, 1; W. Jones, 2.; N. Martin, 3. High Jump, under 15.-A. Sharp (3 ft. Ilin.), 1; H. Smallwcod, 2. . 100 Yard3' Scratch Ro,ce, wnil81' 14.-G.. Threlfell, 1; C. WheelElT, 2; A. Sharp, 3. S/X,ck Race.-W.Higgins, 1; F. Branthwaite, 2; C. Martin, 3. A. most amusing race, which, however, had. to be run twice, as the sack in which Higgins ran burst, and freed one foot. He won the second race also with com· . parative ease. 100 Yards', 1mder 12.-G. Thelfell, 1; T. Shattoek, 2; W, Wyildham, 3. Half·lIlile Handicap.-J. Martin (scratch), 1; F. Wynne (10 yds.), 2; H. Greenland (20 yds.), 3. Another victory for Martin, who waited on Wynne nearly all the way, but putting on a grand spurt' about 100 yards from home won easily by 8 yards. Old BOY3' 120 Ya1'ds' Handicap.-F. George (9 yds.), 1 ; E. Swete 19 yds.), 2; F. Jones (6 yds.), 3. Quarter.Mile Handicap, unde" 15.-W. Bennett (10 yds.), 1; H. Smallwood(scratch), 2; G. Riggins (25 yds.), 3. Chmi3tt1·S'. Ro,ce.- S. Mather, 1; A. Meredith,' 2; O. Baylis,3. . :lOO Yard$, Open.-G. Hopkins, I; H ..Knott, 2; H. Minshull, 3. A most exciting race. Hopkins winning on the tape. '120 Ya·..d&, Hurdle Race.- H. Minshull, 1· N. Martin 2· W· Jones, 3. A very well contested rac'e. N. illarti~ . taking the hurdles inparticnlariy good style. .

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The lengthy programme of speeches from Latin, Greek; French, and English authors, iuterspersed with part songs aud glees, was excellently rendered. The mn8ical arrange ments were under the able conduct of the Rev. E. Vine £7 3 3 Hall, precentor and sacrist. At the conclusion, The HEAD MASTER said that, although the head master 9 should keep his moutli shut on such an occasion, he 0 could not let it pass without offering a few remarks as 3 5 9 t,o the work which had been done. Neither could he help Total Reoeipts £7 3 3 saying a word of welcome to their many friends whom Total Expenditure 3 5 9 they saw there that day. He was sure ~hat when they heard that the examiner was their old head master, Mr. £317 6 Day, they would give him a hearty welcome. (llear, hear.) The examiner hl1.d had a week's hard work, and, in faot, they had all had pretty hard work of late, because this year DESMOND H. W. SAMPSON, they had been venturing on new seas and encountering . HON. TREASURER. fresh perils. They had all heard about the Oxford and Cambridge examinations. Those examinations were excellent in their way, and had done a great deal of CRICKET ACCOUNTS, ~IIDSUMMER, good, but in some respects they were not applicable to 1883. ' the working of higher grade schools. In the junior competitions they would have to take boys out of their RECEIPTS. classes, and make them work certain books together Balance from Sports FlInd, 1883 £11 10 9 before they could pass in those examinations. That inter Subscriptions 3. 9. 3 fered with their progress in the forms without bringing about ---£15 0 o , any adequate advantage. He would just say shortly that they could not carry on their ordinary routine work and EXPENDITURE. prepare boys for' the Universities, and aend them into McCanlis (May 28th) 4 10 0 · competition in the Cambridge and Oxford Local Examina. Seven Cricket Balls... 1 16 9 tions. To meet that difficulty the Oxford and Camhridge Fares of Umpire and Scorer to Board of Examination, which was' different from that for o 5 10 Gloucester , . the Local Examinations, agreed upon the course of setting 0'5 0 Fares of ditto to. Hanley . the !;loys a hard examination, very nearly as heavy as that 110 for 1', scholarship, and they required each candidate to pass ' Lunch for Gloucester Tea.m .. · in four subjects, which must be in particular groups. The. 553 McCanlis (August 2nd) .. Local Examinations required, he believed, only two subjeots 13 3 10 for juniors and three for seniors. The difference in that· , Total Receipts £15 o 0 examination was that every boy must pass in four subjects, Total Expenditure 13 3 10 and it had proved a great advantage to public schools which now sent in candidates every year in large numbers. ,Last £116 2 year they sent in two candidates from that school, Martin and Campbell, and he was very g-Iad to say that Martin passed in five subjects and CampbeJl also passed very W. E. BOLLAND, well in four subjects. In that examination, if the candi HON. TREASURER. dates did not work in groups of subjects, they did not get the certificates. That 'would show them that the 'examinations were nseful, because the boys were passed in all-round work. But then the time came when something ma~. more was wanted, and this year they had started an entirely new .examination; it was called the lower certificate (Reprinted from Berr01J"8WorceBter Journal). examination, and, instead of making the task easier, it The annual speech day was held at the Worcester made it heavier. They wero expected to pass in a; group of Cathedral School on Wednesday, the spacious room being five subjects, and the boys did not get their certificates if as usual tastefuly decorated with shrubs and flowers for the they did not pass in five subjects. The average boy was occasion. There were present: The Dean of Worcester supposed to be about 16 years, but he thought the examiners (Lord Alwyne Compton), the Mayor of WorcesteJ.: (Mr. F. must have met some extraordinary boys. Three boys had Corbett), the. Revos. Canons Wood, Melville, Douglas. and gone in for the senior certificates,'and several for the junior, Cattley; W. E. Bolland (head master), M. Day (examiner), and from what he had seen of their work he hoped that D. H. W. Sampson; H. Clarke, Esq., Dr. Liidecke, some of them, at any rate, would have done themselves F. Bond, Esq. credit and brought credit to the school. (Hear, hear.) The The proceedings were opened with the sinl(ing of the results were not yet known. He was sorry to have detained them so long-, but he thought that without these remarks NATIONAL ANTHEM. they could not wel! understand the examinations which Part Song, " Integer Vit!e," Musical Sdciety. would appear in the papers before long. He expressed the Cicero in Catilinam ' , Arthure. pleasure which the school felt at the success of Campbell Sh k K R' h dIll' S Clarence Quilier i. a espeare. . IC ar . t Brackenbury Martin iii. last year in obtaining a Meeke's schol,.rship in Hertfard College, Oxon. (Applause.) That was the last tinIe he Chorus " Hark o'er 'the Stilly Lake," (Auber) ; hoped they should meet in that room before its restoration. , . Musical Society. . (Hear, hear.) "- . d S .', S Scapin Mltrtin ii. M oliere. • L es'Fouruerles e capm, t Geronde Coomb8 i. The Rev. M. DAY, formerly Head·Master of the school, S h I <Ed' R {<Edipus Martin i. and now Vicar of Wichenford, then read his report, a. op oc es. IPUS ex............... ~eiresias Campbel~. summa)!.y of which is appended :-' Part Song.;." T&,ke thyIBlldlner," (Purday) ... Musical Sooiety. The work of the upper boys for the higher University S h 1 f r {Sir Oliver Surface . Cooms i. certificates which camo under my notice was for the Sh .d . Cs 00 dal° Charles Surface .Mattin ii. . can. erI an. { Careless Min8huU. most part highly satisfactory. In olassioal work Martin FIrst Scene. Moses (heenland. stands decidedly first. Those of Campbel! and Art!Iure, if falling somewhat below Martin's in merit, were Part Song... " The Sun has set," (Bisseter) ... MuSicalSociety. also very commendable. The Greek Testament paper' Characters as before, !!,lso-; School for was thoroug-hly well done by all, and the transla" Sdi J oseph Surface Qu_lter -. . Sherid an. { can a. . Rowley Sharp i. tions both of prepared and unprepared passages gave Seoond Scene. SirPeter Tea.zle Branthwaite i. evidence of carelul reading and intelligent appreciation of the niceties of the text. I was muoh pleased with the compo . .. DULCB DOMUM."

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sitions sent in for the Latin Prose prize. It was awarded to Martin, but there ~as considerable merit in tbe work of all who competed for It. This is the first occasion of a school examination for lower oertificates peing beld by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridg-e in compliance with requ~sts from some of the public schools. The candidates, 14 III number, who have offered themselves from your school, do not all come up t<> the same Btandard ; but all have done fairly, and Bome very well indeed. In Divinitv two paverB were Bet, one in general New Testament History, and one in St. Mark'B Gospel. In the former I Bhould mention Sharp and Martin (iil) as havjng gained distinction; in the latter, Martin, Greenland, Knbtt, and Sharp. The following are thoBe who deBerve h?nourable mention for the quality 0f their work .in other BubJects. In Latin, C. Martin, S. B. Martin, and A. Sharp. In Greek. C. Martin, A., Sharp, S. B. Martin, and Branthwaite. In Hi3 tory, C. Martin, Sharp, and Branthwaite. In EngliBh Grammar, A. Sharp, E;nott, Wheeler, and White. In Shake3peare (Richard HL), Knott and Greenland. In Macaulay's Essay on Clive, C. Martin, Branthwaite, and Jourdain. Besides thiB, I have examined the fifth form viva v,ce, and was well Batisfied with the knowledge which they displayed of their books, confirming the impreBsion which I had already derived from their paper work, and also with the readineBS of their replieB to my questionB. I waB particularly ple.ased with the manner in which C. Martin and Quilter acqUItted themselves in thiB part of their examination. The boys of the fourth form generally were somewhat leBs successful in v'iva voce, and gave me the idea of being less familiar with their subjects. I am glad to say, however, that , their paper work was far more BatiBfactory. Those who did beBt on 'paper were Branthwaite, Coombs, and Wheeler. In' Greek the higheBt markB were gained by Wheeler (L), Branthwaite, Wheeler (iL), and Jourdain (iL), all of whGm did creditable work. In English Grammar the higheBt markB fell to Baylis, closely followed by Branthwaite. In English History highly credit!l'ble paperB were ~hown by BayliB Coombs, and Branthwalte. In Roman HIBtory the Bame ~ameB come to ·the front only in different order, . CoombB ranking first. In Divinity the paperB, generally speaking, were remarkably well done. The higheBt marks were gained by CoombB, but excellent work waB Bhown up by BayliB, Littlebury, and Brauthwaite. . The work of the third claBB waB ou the whole very good indeed. In Divinity really excellent anBwerB were given to the queBtionB by Bennett, and thoBe of Bolland, who came next to him, deserve much praise for their g'reat neatneBs and accuracy. In Latin Grammar, while Bpecial credit iB due to Jourdain (ill.), Warren, Bennett, and Keen, whoBe work would not have done diBcredit to foU\·th form bOYB, the claBB in general did vers: Batis~actorily for Buch young boS:B. Their knowledge of thell' Latin author waB no leBB credIt· able and their anBwerB toqueBtionB in a viva voce were to the pnrpose and briBkly given. In Greek, J ourdain, Bennett, Shattock, Warren, and Keen deBerve honourable ·mention. In EngliBh and Roman hiBtory Bennett waB facile princeps, bnt Warren lmd otherB 'produced good paperB. In English Grammar Bennett again Btands pre-eminent, but Warren, Jourdain (iii.), and Hill, wrote vert Batisfaotory paperB, aud uone did badly. The work of the second form was very fair indeed for boys so young. In Mathematios the work done by the candidates for cer. tifioateB waB on the whole very oorreot. In Enclid all the propoBitions Bet by the examiners in their higher paper were fully worked out. The higheBt marks were gained by Arthnre, and both he and Martin were BucoeBBf?1 in doing riderB. Of the candidateB for· the lower certifioateB, C. Martin and Quilter did exceedingly good paperB, and of the rest, Bome gained full markB for all they did. Coombs (L), Branthwaite, and Knott merit special mention. In t~e B. division,Greenland, CoombB,Webb, and Bennett acqUItted themBelveB remarkably well. Praise iB alBo due to Wheeler, Higgins, and J ourdain. Tho upper papers in algebra were very fairly done all round, Campbell, Arthure, and Martin all obtaining a very good percentage of markB. In the lower A., fairly good paperB were produced by Quilte\' and Sharp. Lewis's paperB were the beBt in the B., and the rest, with only two excep. tiOnB, were very fair• .:/

InarithmetIo, paperB done throughout the sch~ol were by no meanB iuferior to those done -in other subjects. The papers of the upper diviBion were remarkably g:ood, .Martin obtaining nearly full marks and Arthure followmg' hIm very closely. Ot those who have been working for. the lower certificate examinationB, the most Buccessful candldateB were Martin (iii) and Knott, both of whom obtained a very credit. able proportion of the m..rks. On the whole I look upon the results of the examination as extremely satiBfactory. Making allowance for weakness here and there among> the bOYB of A class, a general evenness of work is everywhere observable, which doeB credit not only to the bOyB but to their masters. I think I may fairly. oharacterise the present Btate of the Bchool, under Mr. Bolland's a.ble adminiBtration, as one of actual effioienoy, and much promise for the future. PRIZE LIST. FORM PRIZES.-VL, Martin (i); V., Martin (iii); IV., Wheeler (i) ; IlL, Bennett; Il., Wheeler (iii). GREEK TESTAMENT, LATIN COMPOSITION, AND ENGLI6H ESBAY.-Martin L MATHEMATICS.-(l.) Open to all, Arthure; (2) Lower A Division, Martin iii; (3,) B. Division. Greenland; (4.) C. , Division, Warren; (5.) D. Division, Newman L HISTORY AND DIVINI'l'Y (open to all).-Campbell; V. Form, Martin (iii) ; IV. Form, Coombs; Ill. Form, Bennett; Il. Form, Wheeler (iii). . MODERN LANGUAGEs.-Open to all, Quilter (iJ; IV. Form, Webb (i); IlL, Jourdain (ivl; n., Wheeler (iii). NATURAL HIBTORY.-Open to all, Branthwaite i. . DRAWING.-Figure and LandBcape, Quilter i; 2nd, Hop kins. Freehand, open to all under 14, Wheeler i; Branth. waite ii. WRITING.-Open to all, Knott. THE NEW SCHEME FOR THE SCHOOL. 'The DEAN, before proceeding to diBtribute the prizes,said he thought they might congratulate themBelveB upo~ the very satisfa.ctory repor~ given them by the Examine,:" ~nd they were verymuoh oblIged to the a:ead Master for aB.IstlDg them to understand it by hiB preliminary remarks. He was Bure that these examinations gave them all a great deal' of' trouble. He was sure that they were very much obliged to Mr. Day for coininl\' among them again, and returning to hiB old pleasures there in examining the new and old' bOYB, . occupations which must remind him of the time when he had not only to examine the boys, but to teaoh them as well. (Hear, hear.) He had no doubt they were anxiiJUS to hear .' something from him about the fnture prospects of their· sohool. He, however, feared he oould not tell them much' more than they knew. The new soheme would be published shortly, and anybody would be s,t liberty to criticise it and' make any suggestion upon it to the Commissioners. The scheme would be isBued at first not in its final form, butfor the purposes of critioism, and after that it would be published with what improments could be made in it. They had spent a great deal of time over thi~, scheme-Ca langh)~ but he was sure that they would, when they saw it; say that the new scheme was a better one tha.n the old one; as rar as money was ooncerned at least. He did not want to place too great a value on money for itself, but it was a,good thing for the advancement of the school. (Hear, hear.) The one thing which had retarded the progress of the sohool had beeu the want of meanB. The Chapter had always been anxious to do all they could for the school, but t,hey could net do what they wished beoauBe their means were limited. Under the arrangement by which the whole of the property was made over to the Ecclesiastioal CommiBsioners, a' pOl" tion of the funds was to be devoted to the sohool, but it was only a limited amount. The endowment waB not a liberal' one, and the school was hampered for funds. He was glad. to say that the Charity Commissioners had now obtained for .' the school a much more liberal endowment t and therefore' . he hoped that in future they should be able to carry on ·the sohool in a better ani! more liberal manner. For one thing he hoped that the masters would be better paid for their services than they had been, for 'hitherto the m"sterB had but miserable pittances in that respect. He hoped also that when they next met in that room, which was one of the finest rooms in the kingdom, they would find it in a thorough state of repair and restoration. In the ll\eli.ntime· theYc should have to find some temporary place for the boys, and the carrying on of the'sohool work a.fter thQ vaoa.tion. The.

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ceiling was not 8S I\'ood as they could wish, and they had always felt relieved, whenever there had been a meeting there, that it had not come down on their heads. (A laugh.) He hoped that before they met again the room would be put in good order; that they should be able to find a good house for the Head Master, where he could take in boarders; and that the wbole machinery of the school would be put in a thoroughly efficient working state. That was a work which they s}Jould have accomplished hefore, but for the fact that they were pinched for means. He thought they wvuld have aeen that the boys WHe lookinl< very well and healthy, and he had come there mainly for tl:e purpose of distributing the prizes to the boys, and he was pleased to see so many present. He hoped the school would go on increasing and improving until it became as great as other public schools. They had seen one Cathedral School after aDother making marked advancement, and he was sure they all hoped to see that school advance in a similar manner and some new feature introduced from time to time. (Hear, hear.) Canon WOOD proj)osed a vote of thanks to the Examiner. Cauou MELVILLE seconded the",proposition, which was carried with acclamation. lft1j _. The EXAMINER, acknowledging'lthK 'vote; ;dbJlerved that there were some boys in the school at p~eaelit\¥,,' , entered while he was Head Master, and he wa&," ".. leased to see the progress they. had made. Thei.jj', ing that disappointed him, and that was that the liu boys in .the school was not what it ought to be. He supposed that arose partly from external circumstances, and partly to the fluctuations which attended most schools. He hoped the returning wa,e would come with inoreased force. At any rate, it was not due at all to any deficiency in the educational machinery of the school. He did not see how that could be better or more effectiTe thau it was. (Hear, hear.) He was quite pleased with the work of the boys, and he was quite sure from all that he had seen, that the school was one that deserved to llourish, and it would llourish if the promises they had heard were carried out. When the new scheme was brought into existence, and the school obtained those educa tional advantages which they had heard of, he trusted the Head Master would feel his hands greatly strengthened. They saw what could be done under present circumstances, and with the increased advantages promised he trusted that they should see the school grow aud increase iu its use· snluess greatly, that greater results 'than the present would be shown, and that they should see a revival of the golden age in its history under Canon Bright. (Hear, hear.) Going into the details of the work had enabled him to observe one thing which he was sure would 19ive pleasure to the parents of the boys. 'I'hat was that the religious educa tion of the hoys had a due share of attentiou. (Applause). The secularising spirit oE the present age must necessarily cauae anxiety in all Christian minds, but he was sure that a school conducted on high Christian principles as that school was would do much to stem sceptical tendencies, and the boys would be taught to believe in that living God V\'ho, though unseen by us, was not far away from us. He trusted the governors and masters of that school would always bear themselves with regard to religoious education in the same spirit that the city was reputed to bear itself towar.ds the Sovereign. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the Head Master and his colleagues. (Applause). The Rev. C. H. OGLE, of Magdalen College School, Oxford, seconded, and the vote waS heartily accorded, . The HEAD MASTER, returninl< thanks, took the oppor tunity of thanking the assistant masters for the honest, steady, and sustained support which they had given him, and moved a vote ef thanks to the Dean for presiding and distributing' the prizss. (Applause.) The MAYOR seconded the proposition. He believed that . nnder the new scheme a prosperous future was in store for the school, that it would no longer be kept in a starving state, and that it would rival those schools which already ranked as the first educational institutions .of the time. (!lear, hear.) They would remember that when the additional endowment waS proposed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners some two years ago, it was sUl<gested that all additional Exhibition Fund should be raised by public suhscription; but the citizens then looked upon the pro posed additional endowment as so inadeauate that they declined to subsoribe to an Exhihition Fund. The present additional endowment was so much better than .the other that he trusted a substantial Exhibition Fuud

would quickly be raised-a fund equal· to and prob.ably exoeeding the amount proposed by the' Commibsioners; (Hear, hear.) They knew well that a benevolent citizen had left .. considerable sum to such .. fund, and it would require very little effort OD the part of the citizens to raise a fund that weuld meet the requirements.• (Applause.) The DEAN having' acknowledged the vote of thanks, the boys sang' "Dulce Domum," and the proceedings were brought to a close.

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N Wednesday evening, 10th of Octo ber last, an entertainment was given in the College Hall, during which the certificates awarded by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Ex amination Board were distributed to the successful candidates from Worcester Cathedral School. Among those present were the DEAN (Lord ALWYNE COMPTON) and Lady· ALWYNE COMPTON, Canons WOOD, MELVILLE, and BUTLER, the Revs. W. E. . BOLLAND, and H. H. WOODWARD, the MAYOR and MAYORESS (Mr. F. and Mrs. CORBETT), &c. The following programme, was adnlirably rendered by the pupils and others, the Rev. E. V. fuLL, Precentor of the Cathedral, officiating as conductor, and accompanying the singing: Glee...... " Hark! o'er the stilly lake," Sing-ing Class. Recitation ....., .. Ode to Eton College." Arthnre. Reading 'Rev. J. Hunt. Recitation Young Lochinv..r." Martin, IT. Quartette ; Sailor's Lullaby." Members of [Singing Class. Recitation " Elegy on a Mad Deg." Wheeler, ITI. Song " Home, sweet Home." Goedwin, I. Reading' " Mazeppa." Rev. Canon Melville. Recitatiori "The Manly Heart." Quilter, I. Song " :BOYs of the Old Brigade." J. Martin. Reading' , " Yice·Yersa," Rev. E. Y. Hall. 'Recibiti6iJ " The New·M.P,'s Maiden Speech." . [Coombs, I. Quartette Where shall 'the Lover rest? " . LSinging Class. Reo~tion " I vant dafly." Minshull. Gleet.. " Carn6vale," Singing Class•

The Rev. W.E. BOLLAND remarked that the nJlmber of certificates were a tangible proof of the success of the School at the last examination. The Dean had kindly con sented to give away the cei'tificates. Candi dates under 16 must pa~s in five subjects; if not,th~y did not get' a certifi'cate. The'

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higher, or leaving certificates, were obtained before going to the Universities. There 'were three candidates for these certificates from the Worcester Cathedral School, and all succeeded. (A.pplause). The list of the certificates awarded was as follows ; Higher Oertijicates. "H. E. E. ARTHURE passed in... 8o, b, f, 'g, i, k. A. M. CAHPBELL " a, b, f, i, k. J. MARTIN a, b, f, I, k. Lower Certificates. F. J. BRANTHWAITE'passed in ...a, b, f, g,'i, J, K. F. H. COOHBS a., c, f, g, i, j, K. H. G. GREENLAND a., b, f, i, j, k. W. E. JONES a., f, i, j, k. C. MARTIN A, b, c, F, g, I, J, K. R. P. QUILTER a, b, c, g, i, j, K. A. P. L. SHARP a, b, c, f, g, I, j, K. C. G. WHEELER " a, c, f, i, j, k. E. A. WHITE a, f, g, i, j, k. First·classes were gained by Higgins, 1., for History and by Knott for English, GeQgraphy, History, and Arithmetic, but these failed to gain certificates. The letters denote :-ci, Latin; b, Greek; c, 'French; j, Mathematics (Elementary); g, Mathematics (Addi. tional); i, Scripture Knowledge; j, English; k, HIstory. A capital ,letter denotes a First Class; a small letter a Second Class. '

-The DEAN, having distributed the certifi 'cates, congratulated the Head J¥{aster on the success of the School in these examinations, into which all the best schools entered. Of the Senior boys, about one~half, or more than one-half, passed, taking one school with another. From Worcester Cathedral School, all the Senior candidates passed. Then, as , regards the Junior boys, the number passed from the schools generally was 45 per cent. From this School 64 per cent. of the Junior boys passed. Therefore, in both respects, the School was above the general average, and they ought to be well satisfied. Success of this kind depended upon the HeadMaster, the assistants, and the boys 'themselves, as well as upon the support which the ,He~d Master received, and he hoped that the result would increase the numbers of the School:' The New Scheme fuLd been sent dowp.; and, speaking generally, it' was a good one, and one the Dean and Chapter, could approve. It gave promii;le for such 'support to the School as to make it a,

thoroughly good one. They would be able to extend the staff, and be able to make better arrangements for class-rooms, and provide for proper teaching, under a more modern system than at present obtained. He had no doubt that the School would improve, though they could not wish for greater success than Mr. BOLLAND had obtained. He hoped all present would make known how successful' the School had been. (A.pplause) . The. National Anthem was then sung, and the procee 'JJ,gs inated.

E feei sure that the School considers that it has good reason. to con gratulate itself on the whole upon ... the result of the Cricket season., The loss of the best player§! of last year's eleven, and the illness which deprived us. of the 'services of our captain made the prospects of su-ccess seem . very poor. The eleven, however, worked hard, improving themselves immensely, !l-nd' eventually succeeded in win~ing three out of the five matches they played. The first match, played at Gloucester against the Gloucester Cathedral School was on very wet ground, and remarkable only for the way in which one after the other the eleven suc The_ cumbed to Hassard's (( shooters;" second match, against Hanley Castle School, with its four Masters, ended in the defeat'of our elevl?n by 16 runs~ However, in' the return matches with these Schools the result was reversed, and the eleven's steady play gained two well earned victories. ,In the last match, played at Boughton" against an eleven belonging to the, County Club, the School was a,gain victorious, Wind ing up' the season with. a 'very creditable dispJay. ' ,CATHEDRAL SCHOOL' V" HANLEY CASTLE' SCHOOL.-The first match of the season was , played .at Ha~ey Castle, and'resulted in a'

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victory for the home team by 16 runs on the first innings I Score:

C~tHEi)RAL ScnooL. 7 b Williams .. 0 Higlgins,v Brown, b Firkins 0 rnn ant 2 S. Martin, b Gnest ...... 3 cBrown,bWilliams 1 11 c Brown,bWilliams 21 Mr. Bond, H.W., b Firkins H. Smallwood, b Firkins... 1 not ant 15 W.Jones, bWilliams 12 not ont . 0 H. Hill, c Brown, b Williams 3 run ont ...... ...... 6 H. Knott, run ont.................. 4. R. Martin, b Brown............... 2 H. Gl'8enland, run ont............ 0 H. Minshnll, not out 3 Extras :...... 7 Extras .;....... 3 .

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5 HANLEY C', Mr. Williams, c Jones, b Hill :' . .. Mr. Brown, b Hill Rev. H. Lis~r,'c:s~Martin,b Hill. Ml·. Lnarg~ibJJ!ltpi .

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WORCESTER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL v. GLon (rESTER CATHED:R.AL SCHOOL.-This match was played on July 18th on the School Grounda;t Worcester, resulting in a victory for the home team by 21 runs. Score: WORCESTER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL.

Mr. Bond, e Grifliths, b Moore W. Bennett, b Hassard S. Martin, b. Hassard

12 c Taller, b Hassard 12' 0 b Hassard 2 2 c Whitaksr, b Has· Bard 0 10 W. Riggins, b Hassard ... ...... 2 rnn ant H. Hill, e Moore, b Hassard... 5 b Brewer............ 3 W. J ones, 0 Grifliths, b Hassard 0 b Hassard ......... 2 H. Knott, b Hassard 0 not ont :........ 7 R. Martin, b Toller, .. . 0 b Hassard 1 A. Lewis, b Hassard .. 2 b Hassard .- 4 H' Greenland, not ont ; f b Has'sard 0 H. Minshnll, b Hassard 0 b Hassard 0 Extras ... ...... ...... .. 1 Extras.... . 2 25

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CATHEDRAL SCHOOL V. GLOUCESTER CATHE DRAL SCHOOL.-This match was played at 'Gloucester, and resulted ina victory fo~ Gloucestei' by 49 runs. GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL.

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c Hyde, b Car michaeL ......... 21. W.Bennett,cNorbnry,bChance .1 e Chance, b Bate 8 S.Martin,rnriout 4 bHayes .. : , 12· Rev. W. E. Bolland, b Barker 33 not ont 11 W. Hi::l'gins, b Chance............ 0 H. Hill, c Hayes, b Norbnry ... 14 H. Knott, b Chance :.... 5 W. Jones, b Chance...... 0 R. Martin, run out 0 A. Lewis, O. Bate, b Chance... 2 H. Greenland,.not'ont............ 0 Extras ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... 11 Extras. .. ... ... 8

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W. Bennett, rnn ont :........... 7 0 W. Hig-gin., rnn ant.: ,.. S. Martin, b, Rassard 2 111 r. Bond" b Hassard 0 H. Smallwood, runont : 0 W.Jones,bMoore : 1 It· :Martil), b Hassard 2 H. Knott, c Hassard,' b rdoore 2 H. 'Hill, b Hassard .... :.......... 4 H. Greenland, not ont...... 0 . ]I. Minshull,b Hassard ~.... 0 . Byes ...... :...................... 1

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WORCESTERCATH~DRAL SCHOUL.

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HANLEyCASTLE SCHOOL .V. CATHEDRAL SCHooL.-This match was played on July 28th, and resulted in a victory for the Cathe d.ral School on the first innings by 27 runs. Score : HANLEY CASTLE. Mr. Brown, b Bond 22 b Bond ,;, 22 L. Billi1ps, c Bolland, b Bond... 0 cR. Martin, b1301· land 1 Mr. Williams, run out............ . 6 b noud . 13 Rev. It. Lister,b Bolland ...... 0 cS. Martin; b Bol. , land .. ;............ 8 Mr. Luard; c S. Martin, b Bond 1 not out ......... ... 8 L. Brown, c S•. Martin; b Bond 1 c and b'Bolland... 0 H. Sanders, b Bond............... . 0 b Bond ... .. .... ... 0 J. Guest, not out.................. 4 and b Bolland... 0 H. Tomkin, c R. Martin, b Bond 0 c Jones, b Bolland 0 It. Firkins, c and b Bond 0 b Bond ........ ~... 0 V. Bowen, b Bond ...... 3 c Bennett, b Bol. land............... 0 Extras .. .......... ..... .... ... 5 . Extras ......... 6

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H. E. E. ARTHURE has been 'elected to 'the Meeke Scholarship, at Hertford College, Oxford. The Scholarship is tenable for three years. ~e has also been elected to the W orfield Exhibition. The School Concert will take place in the College Hall, on Friday Evening,December 21st, commencing at eight 0' clock. , The Christmas Holidays will commence on Saturday, December 22nd. . Next Term will commence on Tues4ay, January 22, 1884. We "b~ to "a()~nowledge the following Magazi" ""'~:(~~ily,""mula," ".Ousell," "Cant. "" \Bathonian," " High' School Magazine, ~1isle."

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. Mr. Bond, b Brown Bennett, b Williams SmaUwood, b Brown Rev. W. E. Bollan.d, b Brown S. Martin, b Brown.. ......

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Captain of the School . Captain of Football . Secretary of Football . Captain of Cricket . Secretary of Cricket Secretary of Chess Club

JI. E. E. A:RTHURE. F.~COOMBS.

S. B. MARTIN. P. B. WRIGHT. W. E. JONES. R. P. QUILTER. Editors of " Vigornian" { JI. E. E. ARTHURE. A. P. L. SHARP.

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-1Iting'~ .$cbolar~, ~lectel) JuL}!, t88$. THOMPSON, A. IT.... LITTLEBURY,W. S.H. DYSON, W. H . DIMONT, C. T .. DAVIES, C. R ..

MISS OSBORN'S, WO·RCESTER. CATHEDRAL CHORISTER SCHOOL. CATHEDRAL CHORISTER SCHOOL. CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER. .. MISS OSBORN'S, WORCESTER. .. MIssREACH'S,WOLVERHAMPTON . OATHEDRAL SCHOOL. .. HOME TUITION.

(The Editors do not hold themselves responsibie for the opini~n8 of thei,' Oorrespondents).. .

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BOATING AND SWIMMING. To the Editor of "The Vigoinian." SIR,-Few schools can boast of such an excellent river as the Severn. Why is it not used more? Boating is as in. vigorating and beneficial an exercise as almost any· other. Some years ago, when bOJoting- was better supported in the School, a regatta was successfully got up. Why has -it-n.ot bee.n. repeated? Are "there so few who are able to fulfil the sine qud. non condition of swi'mming? Why are there no swimming rac~s, then? Surely the~e (orm as necessary a part of athlBtlCs a! cricket. or runnmg-a more useful one' the most prejudiced will allow. If boating and swirilminll'. have been neglected before, why .shouM "they be so next. season? May I stay lonl!' enough in the School to see a regatta with swimming races take pla.ce annually. Yours, &c.; NEPTUNE.

The Rev.' D. H. W. SAMPSON has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School, Market Bosworth. As a token of the esteem and affection in which he was held by the whole School, a testimouial is .to be presented to him on December 22.

THE SCHOOL. To the Editor of "The Vig-ornian." SIR,-Permit me to call attention to the supposed dangerous condition of our Schoolroom. This apprehension bas no doubt ariMn from a remark of the Dean's at our last speech.day, doubtless intendA"d for a joke~ I refer to bis }.ordsbip drawing attention to the comfortable facttbat··. the roof of the School~oom might at. any time fall on our heads. I do not wish to imply that the room is really . unsafe, but merely to draw attention to the fact tha.~ it is ""

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THE VIG-ORNIAN. believed to be so by several parents and not a few of the boys. We are aware that the New Scheme provides for the thorough repair of the Schoolroom, but until it comes in force-a happy event which Mother Shipton herself would hardly have dared to foretell-must the School continue to be held in' the venerable building, thereby risking, perhaps, the lives of nearly 100 boys P Surely these fears might easily be allayed by having the room properly examined and, publicly declared safe P Yours, &c., , RESPICE FINEM. !"The Scheol has been examined by Mr. Rowe.-ED.] SCHOOL FITTINGS. To the Editor of "The'Vigornian." SIB.,-I certainly think that some arrangement ought to be made for umbrellas at the SchooL They get very much knocked about, and when required after school are Il'enerally covered with dust. A stand would be the best thing, and the umbrellas would be much safer. , H. [The Editor cannot but endoree till:! remarks of H.] FOOTBALL. To the Editor of "The Vigornian." , SIR,-Might I call attention to the total absence of any means of shelter in the football field P The coats and jackets of necessity are left on the grass, and, if a storm comes on, g'et soaked through. The players also get wet, and, IloII there is no place ~o cha~ge !n, '!'re forced to walk ho~e in damp clothes, which I Imagme IS by no means condnClve to good health. Yours, &c.;

\!crostic. TAKEN APART-No kitchen is without them. TOGETHER-Every boy goes wild about them. I.

Part of the ~ame that famous kingdom bore, Which good King Valoroso ruled of yore." II.

She's big but weak; in vuglar minds no doubt Confusion soon occurs 'twixt nought and knout. tIt.

Hateful in sums, but otherwise alluring.

Iv. Scales of this sort are often past enduring.

v. Sad Hungary.mourns her exiled patriot's fate. VI.

Unhappy Source of trouble to her mate. VII.

"Too much of a good thing" may be said By poor papa who has to ~the bread. #

SCHOOL FINANCES. To the Editor of "The Vigornian." SIR,-I wish to call attention to the state in whicih the , School finances are kept. When" The Vigornian" first came out (December, 1878), the accounts of the Athletic Sports and Football Club were all inserted, yet since then 'the only account whit-h has been made public is that of the Sports in 1880. Rurely this state of things oue:ht to be rectified. Where does all the balance from the Sports and the subscriptions of the Cricket and Football Clubs go to P Why has no accouut been rendered of it P Is it the fault of the. respective secretaries P If so, no time should be lost iu tl:nding out how much spare money-and there must be' a 'considerable amount-is really standing to the credit of the SchooL Hoping' to see a better and more businesslike state of thinll'S by next year's issue, I am yours, Z. [The accouuts of the sports are regularly audited by the hon. treasnrer and at least one member of the Sports Committee, which is chosen by the School; those of the Cricket and Football Clubs by the hon. treasurer aud the resvective club secretaries, who ",re also chosen by the School. Therefore, the vower "f remedying these so called mistakes lies entirely in the chcice of the School, hut by consulting, the accounts which are published in this numher, I fancy Z. will find the .. considerable amount" is about £5 odd -ED.] THE LIBRARY. To the Editor of "The Vigornian." SIR,-I thiflk that something ought to be done towards put.tinll' the School Libr.a~y in proper order and managerpent, as ID ItS present condItIOn the boys scarcely ever use it. Some years ago it WaS open to all the boys, the charge being, I believe, 1s. a term. The books were given ,out on t;wo ~xed days in t.he week, after morning' school, by the hbranan, who was eIther a master or onB of the senior boys. Hoping that something will be done, Yours, etc., ALPHA. [During the holidays the Librarian intends to rearrange all the books. In all probability, fresh books will be bought and days fixed for giving out the books.-ED.]

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HE CHESS CLUB.-This Club, ,which has been rather neglected last, winter, shews a large increase of Members j and the interest in the game seems to have become much greater. There are now 20 Members. The season opened on August 7th, ' when the Head Master played a simultaneous· match with seven boys, with the result that he won against KNOTT, MARTIN ii, WRIGHT and COUNSELL ii, drew with QUILTER, and lost to BENNETT and WHEELER. THE PROBLEM PRIZE.-A Prize was offered by the Head Master for the best original problem composed by some boy in the School. This. ~as won by QUILTER, who sent in two problems. 'rhe winning problem is given below, and is very good for a first attempt. We are glad to see that so many boys com peteil, no fewer than six sending in problems. NEWMAN was ambitious, and sent in a four mover, in which each move was forced, but the position of the pieces was distinctly good. .

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- PROBLEM X. PRIZE PRO:t!LEM BY R. P. QUILTER.

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PROBLEM. Solution of problems in the last number: PROBLEM VIII.; BLACK.

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1. B to Q Kt 3 (b 3) 2. Kt. takes Kt. P. mate

1. R takes B (01' A) (A.) 1. Pto B 4 (01' B) (f 5)

2. P takes P, mate

WHITE. WHITE TO PLAY AND MATE IN Two MOVES.

PROBLEM 'XI. COMPOSED FOB THE "VIGORNIAN" BY W. E. B.

2. P to Q B 5, discovers (c 5) mate

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PROBLEM IX:-,. WHITE.

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1. Pto K7

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2. R to K 5, mate

Correct solutions were received to Problem VIII. from R. P. QUILTER; to Problem-IX. from R. P. QUILTER and S. B. MARTIN.

WHITE. WHlTE TO lhAY AND MATE IN Two MOVES.

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