The Vigornian December 1886 by King's Worcester

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WORCESTER CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHRONICLE. .

DECEMBER, 1886.·

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Editorial The July Examinations ... .., .... Ode to Worcester Cathedral Grammar School An Elephant Hunt. Cleopatra's Needle .;. The •• Faerie Queene" . Cricket ... Beachy Head .... Sunshine by the Sea ... Entomology,in 1886 .:. School News ... ... Athletic Sports Correspondence· Acrostic . Chess Problems and Solutions

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organising our· successful expedition.

143 The CriCket of the past year was so heavily 144 144 · handicapped owing to our field being flooded in the 144 · month of May, that the Eleven nev~; had a chance of 145 145 getting into good form. Apartfrom this season's poor 148 success the flood has, we fear,· inflicted on us another 15 1

and more serious injury; for the junior players had no 153 of practising t~lllate in the season, and. this opportunity . 153 154 will probably affect the state of next year's Eleven when 155 & 157 new members have to be chosen to fill up the places of 155 157 · those that have left. The matches we played were with 157 but one or two exceptions against clubs far stronger than ourselves, and it was no disgrace to be beaten by them, though we ougpt on several occasions to have made a .J8~ltoriaI. NOTHER. year has passed and the school is better show. The Rowing Club was by no means so still in exile, a state of things which we hope · much patronised. as at first seemed probable. Let us will soon come to an end. Lord Alwyne , hope that it. was not the prospect of having to work Compton, who had for six years been head of which caused the falling off. At the beginning of the our governing body, left us at the beginning of this · present term some very good paper chases were indulg year, and his loss would have been most seriously felt ed in befote football was commenced; if the practice in 0Ul' school world, had his place been takeJ;l by any be kepf. up next term, these short hard runs will other than Dr. Gott. The whole holiday, which.~ome certainly bring about a marked improvement in the small boys consider the first and greatest, perhaps the racing at the next year's Sports. In football the only, advantage gained by a change in rulers; was most School has contented itself with -in-school matches, happily spent in visiting the Colinderies, and we take which have been very well attended throughout the this opportunity. of . chroniCling on behalf of the term. But if some more out· matches could be ar boys andtp.eir friends the warm thanks they owe to . ranged, more interest and enthusiasm, as well as better our. :Head Ma,ster fQr the trouble he took in play, will be certirimy obtained,

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HE Examiner this Summer was the Rev. Maurice DaYI M.A., our old Head Master. The Examination (as last year) was partially held in .~ the Chapter House. The VI Form as a class were not entered for the Higher Certificates this year, but H. A. Counsell, who had obtained one last year, tried again in order to add Greek to his subjec~.. · He passed this year in Latin, Greek, Matli?matics (elementary), History, and Divinity. The V Form tried for Lower Certificates, and we must congratulate them heartily on their success. Op.ly ,two failed, and these each. passed in five subjects, though' not . in the right 'groups.' -,-We give a list of the results in alphabetical order: BAYLIS......... a, b, c, f, I, J, K, t. BRANTHWAITE a, b, c, f, l, J~ K DAVIES a, f, g, I, J, K, t. KEEN ... .... . . a, f, t~ J~ k. LITTLEBURY a, c, F,g, I, j, K SHATTOCK a, c, j, g, l, J~ k, t. WARREN a, c, f, l, j, k.

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j English k History c French l Scripture t Geography. Capital Letters denote First-Class.

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We think that we may fairly be proud of our First Classes in English History. Out of nine boys five were in the First-Class, while only twenty-three 'Firsts' in th\,: Subject were obtained by the 400 Candidates ..from other schools. The following is the list of Prizes:---': Greek Testament......... COUNSELL I. Englt"sh Essay............ WHEELER 1. - Latin Prose............... . COUNSELL I. Prayer Book BAYLIs.

Form Prtzes: VI -COUNSELL I; V-LITTLEBURY; . IV-CONACHER (Extra Prize: DIMONT); III-HAD LEY ; I1-CHAMBERLAIN. Mathematics: Open.-WHITE; A2.-LITTLEBURY; B.-NEwMAN ; C.-WADE; D>-RoAN Ill. History &> Dlvlnt'ty : V-LITTLEBURY; IV-CON ACHER; III-HIGGINS; II-CHAMBERLAIN. French: Open....::.-WEBB I; IV-CONACHER; 111 SMILEY; II.--:-CHAMBERLAIN.

Drawlng .~- Freehand (open)-WHEELER Ill. " (under 14)-HApLEY. Shaded Figure-WHEELER 11. Art Masters Prlze :-DAVIES I. Natural Htstory : - WHEELER 11.

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to 'tlmorceater <tatbebral Q3rammar School. (BY AN OLD Boy.)

o School! wherein I spent eight happy years,

To thee I sing, mindful- of what I owe To thy tuition, scarce restraining tearsBut here we go ! I Preparatory! with thy infant rows I .' I Of small round faces, late in nursery nursed, . '. I And childish prattle-everybody knows . II . The baby First ! ..' I And thou too, Second! through>-the schoolrClom rings I The echo ofthy still infantile squeak; .I We recognise the little inky things. .. ' .. With loud-voiced cheek! Form number Three! though of a larger pize, Yet still we find a noisy little set, Hoots, yells, and hisses, with offensive cries, Our ears beset. Up in the Fourth! 0 energetic form! Greater in body as in studious (?) mind, . I honour thee! for thee a friendship warm I leave behind. Great Fifth! if e'er I spent a ;olly year Full to the end of laziness and larkS, . - That time I spent amid that rowdy cheer Thy presence marks, ' Majestic Sixth! inspiring junior hearts , With awful dread of monitorial powers,. All hail! I've passed amid thy classic arts My happiest hours.

~Sn 18lepbant '!bunt. To THE EDITORS OF THE" VIGORNIAN." DEAR SIRs,-Some time ago, I sent you an account written by a friend in India of some buffalo shooting which hehad had. I have received from the same frierid, who is a member of the India Forestry Departthent, a letter in which he describes the pursuit of' a .'rogue' elephant. I enclose some extracts which m~y interest

THE VIGORNIAN. your readers. I have now in my possession one of the feet of the elephant, which gives some idea of the animal's size., The'district is that of Coimbatore in the Madr~s Presidency. I remain, Yours truly, W. E. BOLLAND.

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CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. Poor Cleopatra's needle! How I pity Thine exile here! ' What! prisoned in this grim prosaic City By waters drear Blacker than Styx! How lonely and forlorn Thou wait'st the tardy step of sullen morn..

" •.•. The elephant was reported to be doing a great deal of Excuse me pray, well meaning friend, you've blundered, damage: and directly I heard of it I asked leave to shoot him, I'm quite at ease, . as under the present rules for the preservation of elephants a I'm sundered I do not sulk arid fret although' chance does not often offer itself. 1 had to tra,-:el by road Over From azure seas one hundred miles to the place, and got news of his having charged some cattle on the day of my arrival. I went out next Tall palm and yellow sand. Who cares to stay, morning accompanied by my assistant in consequence of thIs When pride of life and power have ebbed away? information. After a walk of four or five miles we came on his ' tracks; which led us soon into a very ugly jungle ot that 'most Prone upon earth I mourned, the present dismal distr~iul ' character -a dense growth of young barnboos; for not The future worse, onlY»l the thorns catch you at every step, but you can. hardly I longed full'sore to plunge in night abysmal advance noiselessly, where silence is so necessary: and in the event . And 'scape the curse of a charge the elephant crashes through the 'bamboos as if they were so many reeds, while you, cannot get out of the way, and . Of boredom dull neglect.and bitter thought. what is worse often cannot shoot straight. After going for some For how had all my glory come to nought! time cautiously on his trac~ we came to a place where he had Here though I miss the brown dear joyous faces trlade a sharp turn, and shortly alterwards heard him. He was snorting (not trumpeting) at intervals 'and lazily pulling down And breezes soft, bamboo shoots. We stopped when we heard him and had an, In this Queen city of man's myriad races, anxious debate whether to follow on his tracks or try to get round I lift aloft . him. However the jungle was so dense in every direction that My holy emblems and have honour meet we caine. to the conclusion that we could get through best on his From men who smile the world b'eneath their feet. tracks. Accordingly with rather quickened pulses we cautiously crept towards him. He was moving slowly forward and when ever he came to a dead stop and was quite quiet we paused too. After an exciting half hour of this work the jungle became a little more open, and we heard him just in front of us.. We then decided to 'rush' him before he got into the jungle again. Accord U ~ueene.tt ingly we pushed on as fast as we could and came up within is with great diffidenceC-that I venture to write a twentyofive yards of him. He was then standing with his back towards us rocking to and fro, as only elephants can rock, and _ few remarks for the "Vigornian." The critical he certainly looked a trlonster. He was apparently about to turn re~ders-and who more critical than readers of towards the left, and I waited' for him: when all of a sudden I suppose he got. our wind, and he turned to the right instead. ~ a school paper?-ofthis interesting publication . This gave my assistant the first shot, and he aimed at the ear. . will doubtless vote me dull and dry, and perhaps. The elephant was not however suflicently turned for the shot to "shoppy.". To the former accusation I plead guilty: be deadly-at any rate the only effect was to make him ~wing round left about face, whic!) he did with extraordinary rapidity, like the would-be-Cicero who prefaced his maiden and came straight at us, with his trunk curled, and his ears speech with, thii,i flight ofrhetoric, viz: "Unaccustomed extended, and his wicked little eyes gleaming again. My assist as 1 am to public speaking,"~so would I plead my ant had to bolt to get clear of his smoke, and I had just time to take in tlie whole situation (which was that in a few mOTe strides he ' inexperience in composition, nor do I seek to interest would be into us) so I tl'lok a shot at his forehead, which I could by my own words, but merely to induce those who fortunately get at over'his curled trunk, as I was on slightly higher' ground. 1 hit him fair, and the shot turned him. I measured haveAtbt already done so to read a poem which fully the distarfce afterwards, and found it eleven paces. As he rushed . rep~y: the perusal. As to being " shoppy "-the past me, my assistant (who was now behind me) took shot schoolboy's greatest abhorrence--I account it no fault at his left ear: but hit him in the neck a little too far ·back. As he swerved from the shot, I got a ba]1 in behind his right '~ar, and in a school paper. this almost brought him to his knees; but he struggled up and As a rule, boys when at school are too much ran about sixty yards down hill mid fell heavily. We went down, engrossed with the noble poetry of the old Greeks and and I finished him with bullet from my express through the top, of the head. He was a very large brute and 'had good tusks Romans to devote much time to the study of the which I have been allowed by Government to keep as a trophy

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THE VIGORNIAN.' real living beings. Both writers are quite in earnest in their religion, but Spenser is (ree from the Puritan ism, the gloominess, and fanaticism of Bunyan's creed. Dean Church, in his life of Spenser, says :-" Spenser is often spoken of as a Puritan. He certainly had the' "' It seems strange that Romans and Greeks should take precedence of our own forefathers. Lord Ma Puritan hatred of Rome, and in the Church system as caulay, in one of his Essays, says ;-" We believe that it existed in Eng!and he saw many instances of ignor the books' which have been written in the langua.ges ance, laziness, and corruption, and he agreed. with .the of western Europe during the last two hundre.&· and. Puritans in denouncing them. . . . Indeed though fifty years-translations from the ancient languages of Spenser hated with an Ehglishman's hatred all that he course included-are of greater value than all the considered Roman superstition and tyranny, he had a ~ books which at the beginning of that period were extant sense of the poetic~l impressiveness of the old cere-:. in the world." Surely the English contrlDution to these monial, and the ideas which clung to it, its pomp, its beauty, its suggestiveness, very far removed from the '~ " books of western Europe" is the most valuable. iconoclastic temper of the Puritians." I would fain caU attention to one English work, Not to encroach too much on the" Vigornian's " 1 which is too little studied in the present day, viz., valuable space, I pas'S on to give a slight sketch of the '~ Spenser's "Faerie' Queene." I will confine my remarks contents of this first book of the" Faerie Queene." to the First Book of this grand poem, both because it Spenser prefixed to the work a letter of explanation of may be regarded as a complete work in itself, and also its allegory-for allegory it is-addressed to Sir Walter because-as Hallam says---.,." it is generally admitted Raleigh. In this he tells us ;-" I labour to pourtrait to be the finest ofthe six." in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave Lovers of the ancient Classics will find m knight, perfected in the twelve private mora.ll virtu.cs, the" Faerie Queene "-beauty of lancruage as elegant as Aristotle hath devised." Prince Arthur, he says, as Virgil's, yet a simplicity worthy of Homer: a had a dream in which he saw the Faery Queen and boldness and aptness' of personificati on reminding us was so ravished by her that when. he awoke he deter of Ovid: adventures as romantic and exciting as those mined to seek i.ler out and not rest till he had found in the beautiful old legends of the Greeks; a sense of her. c, In that Faery Queene I meane Glory in my the beauties of nature ",:hich seems sadly lacking in generall intention: but in my particular I conceive, all Greek or Roman poetry: above all there is a the most excellent and glorious person of our soveraine philosophy' and. a moral teaching in the." Faerie the Queene." The" generall intention" is the real and Queene," as earnest as that of Plato, but far higher for noblest meaning of the poem. Thek;ery Queene is . it' proceeds from a mind infused with a pure and deep Glory in the highest sense-" The Glory of GOd." sense of Christianity, from a spirit glowing with the Prince Arthur, though he may be identified with the enthusiasm of the Reformed Religion, from· one' of Earl of Leict'ster, is in the spiritual allegory the those of whom Wordsworth says : " Divine Grace of God;" In fact throughout the poem, " Holy and heavenly Spirits as they are, "two allegories," as Mr. Kitchen ably puts it, "underlie Spotless in life, and eloquent as wise. .the tale: one of abstract vi~es and religious qualities, With what entire affection do they prize, the other the concrete presentations of the same. The Their Church Reformed! " The "Faerie Queene" might, not unfitly, be de first is the struggle of the human'soul after holiness scribed as a poetical version of Bunyan's Pilgrim's and purity, under the guidance of ~gospel truth,' the Progress. Though there is a strong-and perhaps not second sets before us the chief personages of Spenser's accidental-likeness between the two, yet there is a day, each playing a part, according to the character of marked difference. Bunyan's characters are hardly each, in this 'life's drama.''' Spenser further informs characters at all; they are but the lifeless abstract us in this letter to Raleigh-what he intended to have qualities from which they derive their several names; explained in the twelfth book, but he lived not to com in Spencer these qualities ar~ nQt ~ere shadQws but plete the wQrk-that the ;~

With the exception of Tennyson, the plays of the. immortal Bard of Avon, and perhaps some of Milton's works, they have' but little acquaintance with the writings of anyone of England's glorious role of poets.

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"F~erie Queene kept her annuall feast twelve daies: uppon which twelve severall dayes, the occasions of the twelve severall adventures ha-pned,' which being undertaken by xii. severaIr knigh~, are in these twelve books severally handled and dis . coursed. The first was this. In the beginning of the feast, there .presented him selfe a tall clownish younge man, who falling' before the Queene of Fairies desired a boone: which was that hee might have the atchievement of any adventure, which during that feast should happen; that being granted, he rested him selfe on the fioore, unfit through his rusticitie for a better place. Soone- after entred a faire Ladie in mourning weedes, riding on a white asse, with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed, .that bore the armes of a knight, and his speare in the dwarfes hand. She falling before the Queene of Fairies complayned that her father and mother, an ancient King and Queene, had bene by a lluge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle, who he~suffered them not to issew: and therefore besought the tF£1J Queene to assigne her some one of her knights to take on him. that exployt. Presently that clownish person upstarting, desired that adventure; whereat the Queene much wondering, and the Lady much gaine-saying, yet he earnestly importuned his desire. In the end the Lady told him, that unlesse that armour which she brought would serve him (that is, the armour of a Christian man specified by Saint Paul, v. Ephes.) that he' could not succeed in that enterprise: which being forth-with put up~n him with due furnitures thereunto, he seemed the goodliest . man in a:I that company, and was well liked of the Lady. And eftesoones taking on him knighthood, and mounting on that straupge Courser, he went forth with her on that adventure: where . beginneth the first booke, viz.-

enchanter. He is intended for the Pope, or PhiIip H, or the general spirit of the false religion. He invites tlie travellers to his hermitage j and, as they slept, by magic art he deludes the Knight with a false dream, who believing his Una false to him rises and leaves the hermitage before' daybreak. Thus are pictured the wiles and artifices of the Jesuits. The Red Cross Knight now parted from Truth meets with a faithless Saracen, named Sansfoy, Infidel~ ity, who is accompanied by Duessathe representative of the Church· of Rome. A fight ensues, Sansfoy is killed, imd the Knight takes Duessa for his companion, believing her to be-as she styled herself-Fidessa, the tru'e faith. The Christian can now no longer distin guish between Trutl:l and falsehood. The day is hot. The blight and his new. lady rest under the shade of some trees. He plucks a bough. Lo! the tree bleeds and utters a plaintive cry. It is Fradubio, who relates how he had halted betweentwo opinions, the truly fair (Frrelissa) and the falsely fair (Duessa). He had chosen D~essa, but discovering her true ugliness was transformed by this witch into a tree. At thi~ recital Duessa pretended to faint. The " A gentle knight was pricking on the playne, etc." knight forgets the story in his anxiety at her supposed Thus the Christi~n warrior, represented by the Red condition. Meanwhile, forsaken Una, in her search for her lost Cross Knight S1. George, t~ pattern English gentle man, 'clad in the armour spoken of by St. Paul 'and knight, is guarded by a lion, the emblem of natural guided by Una (that is Truth,. so named because honour. She seeks refuge in the house of Corceca, "Truth is one, error manifiold") sets forth to fight Blind Devotion, who is unwilling to receive Truth. Here the lion slays Kirkrapine, the Church robber, against the "Old Serpent" the Devil. On the way he meets with many " lets and hindrances." First of all who was wont to seek protection at Corceca's cottage. they are driven by a storm to take shelter in the wood This is a protest against the right of sanctuary in of Error. In a beautiful stanza the trees' of this wood churches. are described, each with an appropriate epithet. There Una sets out the next day and meets Archimago dis is the" sayling pine "-because of the Latin usage of guised as.- the. Red Cross Knight. Sansloy appears, pt"nus 'per synecdochen' for ship :~the "vine plOp challenges Archimago, unhorses him, and then drags elme"-reminding us of avid's "Amictre vitibus ulmi:" away Una as his captive. To return to the true Red Cross Knight. He is taken by Duessa to the lIouse ~"the mirrhe sweet bleeding in the bitter wound " becausr . the myrrh has a bitter taste whilst the exu-. of$de. A noble conception of the poet is this Hou~e and beautifully described. Here is Lucifera dation from its bark is sweet of smell. The knight slays the monster Error.. ' A terrible . that is Mary of Scots-the Queen of Pride, and her creature, half human, half bestial; parent of a' countless six counsellers, who with her make up the seven deadly sins. Sansjoy comes hither and seeing his brood 0'£ lies. The description of the monster. is brother Sansfoy's shield in the Knight's possession, coarse, but fearfully vivid. Having escaped with challenges him to fight for it, which he does the next difficulty from this wood, they meet an· old man day and would have killed him had not Duessa spread "bidding his beades " ( z". e. 'saying his prayers,') by the wayside. This is Archimago, Hypocrisy, the chief a mist over his senseless form and therby prevented

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Whose face he made all beastes to feare, and gave the Knight from finding his enemy. In some very All in his hand, even dead we honour should. fine stanzas Spenser describes how Duessa decends to Ab, dearest Goel me graunt, I dead be not defould." Hell and brings back with her Night; how Sansjoy is Thus purified the knight goes forth to his great" conveyed in the chariot of Night to Hell; and how encounter with the Dragon. The description of the, ' :~ JEsculapius is persuaded to heal him. When all this battle is somewhat tedious, Jor it lasts two whol€ was done Duessa returns to the house of Lucifera to days with varying fortune; but at last the beast is find that the Knight and his dwarf {he was always, slain on the third day. An amusing account is given accompanied by this dwarf who represents co~mon of the timidity display€;d by the "rascal many" at the sense or prudehce) have fled from the palace having ,' sight of the huge beast from which, though dead, they discovered its true nature. Meantime the faithful kept at a respectful distance. Una has been rescued from Sansloy by the succour of Thus has the Christian ov~rcome the world, the a troop of Satyrs. Sir Satyrane-':'representing'the plain, flesh, and the devil., The book closes with the, blunt, honest Englishman-finding her among this betrothal of the Red Cross Knight to Una. salvage race, helps her to escape from them: I must apologise for having trespassed too, much on They are met by Archimago \vho leads thein to the space of the "Vigornian 'I and the patience of its Sansloy, ~ith him Sir Satyrane fights, during the con readers. , , test Una escapes. I have but a word to add on'Spenser's language: The Red Cross Knight, free from the house of Pride, At first sight, those who are unaccustomed to read is again found by Duessa. He is induced by her to Early English, maybe frightened at the Faerie Queene, Jay 'aside his armour. The Christian warrior having but by the use of a glossary the difficulty will soon h6w put away his spiritual armour is made captive by vanish. The" Globe Edition," published by Mac ,Antichrist; or, as Spenserexpresses it, the Knight is millan, 'will be found very good Jor the whole work. taken captive by Orgoglio. The dwarf escapes and For Books I. and 11. I would strongly recommend tells Una how his master has fallen. Prince Arthur the very excellent edition by Mr. Kitchin, in the meets' Una and pron~ises to help her. By him is Clarendon Press Series. The notes in this edition are , meant the spiritiIal help which can rescue when all most interesting and instructive. Spenser, who looked else fails. Arthur comes to Orgoglio's castle; 'slays to Chaucer as his master, chose the language that the Giant, rescues the knight, and captures Duessa was' dying out, and ever looked back rather than whom they strip of her finery and then let free. forward in his choice of words. His work is a protest After parting from Arthur the Knight is sorely tempted against the Euphuistic style (as it was termed); the to suicide by Despair. Wonderfully clever is the pic love of quaint conceits and verbal antiphises, so much ture of this dangerous ene~y to the Christian conscious in vogue in his day. of failure and sinfulness. But Una rescues him, and Should any think that the" Faerie Queene" falls carries him to the House of Mercy, ~here he under 'short of my estimate of it, I will only say to them goes a strict spiritual discipline, and is then allowed a with quaint John Lyly : 'glimpse of the Heavenly City. Nothing could be more "Commendit, or amend it." beautiful tlian the lines which describe this House of R. P. Q.' Holiness. Faith, Hope, and Charity; Mercy and her seven beadsmen, are all drawn with great simplicity, and yet with astonishing beauty. I cannot forbear quoting the lovely stanza in which he whose work was E are sorry notto be able to congratulate to bury the dead, is described:- ' the School' on the success ofthe" Cricket " The sixt had charge of them now being dead, Season; we have, in fact, not shown so In seemely sort their corses t6 engrave (i.e. bury) And deck witli dainty flowres their bridaIl bed, poorly for several years., But admitting That to their heavenly spouse both Sweet and brave that the team, was weak in many ways, it may fairly They might appeare, when he their soules shall save. 'be said, that there were oth~r causes at work to account The wondrous workmanship of God's owne mould, "

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for our failure. Every one will remember the floods of May, which disastrous to many, were not wholly without their effect upon us. For all reguhr practice . was Jl!Jined by them, owing to our field lying so low. Indeed, had it. not been for the kindness of the County Club, who lent us Boughton to practice on, .;ve should have had no Cricket at alL Again, it was certainly out of our power. to cope with any chance of success with many of our opponents. The lists will show that· the same names are constantly occurring. It seemed that these gentlemen looked upon a tIlatch with us as a very good practice, at any. rate· they greedily, if we may be allow~d such an

ex~.{r.i. lion, .seized e~ery opportunity ~f playing ns.

one exceptIOn no new gemus came to our help. The exception is in favour of R. Webb, who bowled with conspicuous SUcCess throughout the season, ably taking the place left. vacant by his brother.

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CATHEDRAL SCHOOL v. WICHENFORD C.C.-This match was played at Wichenford on June 14th,resulting in.a victory for Wichenford. The scores on both sides were. very poor as will be seen :...:,. WrcHENFORD e.c. L. Maclean, run out 0 b R. W e b b 5 H. Hemus,b W. Counsel! . 3 lbw b W. Counsell 5 b W .. Counsel! .1 c Wright b W. .. J. Hemus, . . Counsell 0 lbW. Counsell ... 0 A. Nash, b R. Webb o c H. Counsel! b W. M. Day, b W. Counsel! .. Counsell 24 o b R. Webb 2 F. Fidoe, b R. Webb o run out... 3 . H. Bradley, b R. Webb . o c Davies,b R. Webb 0 H. Hemus, b R. Webb .. I b R. Webb... I MajorDomville, b W. Counsell I cBolland,bR.Webb5 W. Hemus, run out o not out ... ··4 H. Childers, not out . Extras· 5 Extras... 4·

We take this opportunity of reminding the School of the services ofP. B. Wright, who was our Captain for no less than five years, and who left us. at Mid 12 summer. ·In thanking him now, we may_ well 53 C/.THEDRAL SCHOOL. remember how much he did for us and how successful 0 st Hemus, bHemus ) we have been under his ieadership. We can only W. Counsell, b M. Day .. ~ 4 c Day, b Hemns... 0 R. Webb, b M. Day regret that· we did =not prosper· the last year he H. Counsel!,.lbw b Day... 9 b Hemus .4 G. Bird, b Day 0 b Hemns 8 was with us. It was certainly not his fault as we P. Wright, not out 9 c Day, b Hemus 4 4 b Day... 4 hope we have shown above-but the fates decreed C. Counsel!, b Hemus . M. Webb, run out 2 b Day... 3 that . his efforts should not be crowned with the W. Bol!and, b Day I· b Day... 0 C. Davies, b Day 0 b Hemus I success he deserved. 0 not out... I C. Wheeler, b Day B. Roan, b Day Extras

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30 CATHEDRAL SCH<JOL V. HALLOW C:C.-Played on ·our ground, and may becal!ed famous for it was our only victory during the Season. The finish was very excitiny. Scores: HALLOW C.C. H. Savage, b R. Webb G. HIU, c and b W. Counsel! .M. Barber,. b 'V. Counsell C. Wheeler, b W. Counsell ... Rev. G. Owen, c M. Webb, b W. CounseU... Rev. H. Matthews, c C. Counsel!, b W. Counsell A. Lock, c and b R. Webb H. Lock, not out . ... A. Moon, b W. Counsell A. C. Cherry; absent... Extras

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CATHEDRAL SCHOOL V. NORTON BARRACKS C.C.-Played at Norton on July'6th. We were again unsuccessful, although our defeat was not quite so great as in the first m:itc~ :.,.....' CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. H. Counsel!, b Downey \V. CounseII, run out R. Webb, b Hastings P. Wright, lbw, b Downey G. Bird, run out M. Webb, b Steward C. Counsell, b Steward H. Laurie, c Downey, b Hastings T. Shattock, c and b Hastings B. Roan, b Steward C. Davies, not out , Extras

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built during the French invasion panic, is easily dis tinguished, while westward the Pier and Grand Hotel at Brighton may sometimes' be glimpsed, and under phenomenal atmospheric conditions the Isle of Wight has been seen. Below on the beach the rounded pebbles look like fine sand and, the waves like gentle ripples. The face of the rock is a sheer perpendicular wall" even appeanng from below to lean outwards, an effect due-I was told by an old fisherman-to the State of the Windl He seemed to consider it quite an indis putable fact.. __ For a mile or two eastwards and westwards of the Head itself the cliffs are more or less precipitious, though there are places where paths of a more or less breakn!i.ck_ character are provided. Two of them, at , .;> any fate, are practicable to persons of average nerve, but for at least two miles there is absoluteiy no way of reaching the summit from below. Hence the exca.. vations in the rock fp:.: the benefit 6f any shipwrecked mariners who may be so unfortunate as to be caught by the tide, which even in fine weather often reache~ to the fooCof the cliffs: These refuges-at any rate in the case of the one I inspected-consist _of square 0

THE VIGORNIAN. chambers hewn out within the rock and approached probably scores of persons, many of them children, pass daily, is left with, not even the protection of ~' by a passage which enters the cliff about five feet from the base and slopes upwards j' consequently it is not single-rail fence, The flowers which grow along the! edge of the cliffs are a peculiar temptation, as many of: very easy to reach. Once on the lowest step, however, it is not difficult to crawl up into the cave; though the them are rare and most of them too striking to misS' i steps are few and far between. ' Several of these caverns However, the Burnet or Cliff rose is an exception, for I have been cut out by orders from Trinity HQl}se, but it is uncommonly hard to find unless you know exactly, the largest one, just below the lighthouse, is k'hown as ,'where to look for it, and when it is found thistles and " "Darby's Hole," and is said to have been excavated furze are nothing to the thorns which fasten into your I by a benevolent clergyman of that name who was in , .hands by dozens, however cautious you are. The scent, the habit of retiring here in stormy w~ath,er and hang however, amply compensates for any such trifles ! ing out lights to guide distressed mariners. Another these. The plant itself grows close to the ground, I account, however, asserts that his object in proViding flowers in June, and is only found, I tJ:i.ink, close to the Sea. Conspicuous, too, beside the path, are the tall his singular retreat was to escape the tongue of his better-half, and enjoy here that peace and quiet which purple heads ofthe Bugloss, which grows very thickly he could not obtain at home. close to the edge and on the less steep parts of the The fauna of Beachy Head does not appear to be cliffs. Samphire used to be found here, apropos ,of very: extensive. On the downs above there are hosts which there. is a story ~onceining some sailors who 'of rabbits and, a sprinkling of foxes, whieh latter appear were shipwrecked and took refuge on a rock here, and to be at home on the cliffs and climb into apparently were extremely uneasy owing to the fact that the' inaccessible' places with surprising boldness. Birds tide was rising fast. However, just whe~ they had there are of course exclusive of the Sea-birds: the given up all hope, one of them by the aid of a flash of chief being jackdaws and starlings which nest about lightning, recognised a bit of samphire growing on their the cliffs, wagtails on the shore, and wheatears on the rock ofrefuge, and knowing that this plant cannot live downs above. The latter used to occur much more under salt water, he concluded that the tide would rise 'numerously than they do how. The shepherds snare no higher, and that he and his comrades were saved, them in traps made of turf (something like the familiar as indeed they were. brick sparrow-trap) into which the timid bird hastens The Head itself is a mass of the purest white chalk, for shelter at the least alarm and is immediately caught. rising in towers and pinnacles, exactly resembling some The jackd~ws and gulls are continually whirling about highly fortified castle built on the top of a pr~ipice"':"' over-head and settling here and there on projecting a resemblance heightened by the thin parallel layers of pinnacles of rock, and the despairing shriek of the gulls black flints which run through the chalk and give it is by far too realistic to be pleasant, as it causes one the appearance of regularly laid courses of masonry. to be continually expecting to light on an awful At intervals are fresh-looking patches on the cliff, each marking the site of a landslip, which is also betrayed accident of some so~. by the heap ofdCbris on the shore below. These Accidents are, unfortunately, only too frequent. With in the lapt few years many lives, have been lost or frequent falls of chalk make it risky to walk too near endangered on these dangerous heights. The path the foot of the cliff, and, as I said before, the over" along the top is wholly unprotected and in most places hanging ledges at the top are still more dangerous. In 1813a piece of the edge three hundred feet long passes within a foot or two of the edge, only separated from the latter by a strip of turf, often overhanging the by fifty broad went down wholesale, almost taking with face of the cliff, and supported only by a few inches of it a clergyman who happened to be on it at the time, soft chalk and earth. Not once nor twice has a though( but who had the presence of mind to jump when he less excm'sionist, leaning to pluck a flower that grew too saw a gap ~eginning to appear between himself :ind terra jirma. near the edge, slipped and fallen, and been dashed life ,From the foot of the cliffs a long range of sunkeD less on the rocks below. It is a public disgrace that a frequented path like this,along which in summer time rocks stretches out to sea for nearly a mile, and has not

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unfrequently been a cause of disaster to ships venturing The first·insect which turned out was a bee, followed in too near the shore, though wrecks have been much by several lady-birds, Feb. 2~th ; cold weather followed, less freq~nt since the erection of the lighthouse. The and my next entry is "wasps, gnats and a hornet," latter is not on the highest part of the Head but on a March 2lst; the next day I caught some.peacock and· prominence a little to the west of it, which projects .tortoishell butterflies, down by the Ketch. Next on farther out to sea, and is consequently visible to a greater April 8th a Corunna butterfly appeared. But all the . distance. The light is a very· powerful one,· being above were last year's specimens which had hibernated, visible fourteen miles out at sea, and takingabout six so really the first butterfly of this yeat was a small minutes to complete a revolution.. garden white, April loth, though the next day About half a mile west of the lighthom;e is a coast was marked by sharp frost and ice ! ~ard station close to· which a subIllarine telegraph April l6th, I have an entry "thrushes' eggs." ·The, between France and England enters the sea. Eastward . great flood which submerged all the fields round of the ;Head th~re is anothe~ coastguard ~tatio~ where Bransfbrd completely spoilt that and many other remams· the old Iron cradle In which the there favourite localities; and then the sp~ing was so late in beacon· fires were lighted~possibly the very one settling, that a great many insects must have been mentioned in Macaulay's famous poeml taken unawares; for instance I saw a butterfly. 011.t ". High on St. Michael's Mount it shone, it· shone on before the spring mid-term holiday, which we spent in Beachy Head." . C. G. W. skating! As the summer came on the other common butterflies, walls, orange-tips, ringlets etc. turned out, both late and very ~p:i.ringly, at least in all Iow lying localities, but at Cowleigh Park, which of .course SUNSHINE BY THE SEA. escaped the flood, skippers, large and small, fritillaries, (In the Channel Islands.) meadow browns, ringlets, walls, blues e.tc., were Again over ocean is flashing abundant from the end of June. . Glad sun-light, the rain-clouds have fled, This autumn, the Vanessas, Peacocks, TortoishelIs, And sweet is the murmurous plashing Red Admirals, etc. hav·e been comparativelysca:rce, Of waves upon beach and pier-head. while the Brimstones, both the male and the generally Fair France, in the distance I view thee, scarce -female have abounded. Bright country of corn-land and vine, Fond mother of· hopes that renew thee, I will now conclude with a few pradical hints. When crushed, like a draught of strong wine. First. If any of your flies want resetting, now is the Around. us the rocky isles cluster, time to do it ; .put them' to float cn a piece of cork in Begirt by the warm summer sea, a zinc collecting box some damp night, and by morning o earth, thou art bathed in the lustre they will be quite relaxed and ready for resetting. If That heaven showers down upon thee. you leave them longer than a night they will get rotten Again over ocean is flashing and mouldy. . .Glad sun-light, the rain-clouds have fled, Second. In resetting set the body well up on the And sweet is the murmurous plashing Of waves upon beach and pier-head. pin, nottl'ijwn which greases the paper of the drawer and is handy for mites. And don't in setting pull the wings forward too far, they should be in a line with . the heaq, and be careful to set not only the antennre, but also legs and palpi; if these are lost, some of the JEntomolog\? in 1886. chief means of classification are gone. HE past year, regarded from an entomological

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$cbool 'fReWB. HE Second Examination in Ambulance Work was held last December, and all the can didates passed. F. H. Coombs, H. A. Counsell, C. G. Wheeler, E. A. White, P. B.Wright, W. H. Counsell,' C. Wheeler, S. M. Baylis, T. Shattock, A. Warren, F. W. Keen, G. H. Bird, A. K Wheeler, H. Laurie, A. Pearson, C. C. Counsell, C. Dimont, W. H. :qyson, S: T. Dutton, F. M. Webb, W. T. Newman, H. W. 'Bolland, C. Forbes, S. H. Wilkes, A. E. Davies, W. W; Finch, P. Wilks, C. H. C. Faram, J. Powell, K Webb, G. Threlfell, were successful f<;lr the second time;C. Davies passed in the third and final Examination. H. K E. Arthure, Hertford College, Oxford, obtained last March a second class in the Honour School of Classical Moderations. F. H. Coombs was elected last October to a Choral Scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford. S. B. Martin, Non. ColI. Oxford passed Moderations this month; J. Martin, Hertford College, Oxford, took his degree last June. H. A. Counsell has been elected to a MeekeScholar ship at Hertford College, Oxford; and to the Peel Exhibition. . S. B. Martin played in the Picked Fifteens, at Oxford. ' H. Laurie won the Mile Tricycle Race at the County Sports last Summer. School Services have been held as usual during Advent, in tlie Cathedral. The preachers have been the Revs. H. Woodward, K V. Hall, G. Caroll. Considerable' changes have taken place during the past year in our Governing Body. The new Dean, the Chairman of our Governors, Dr. Gott, has shown the greatest interest in the School. His sympathy and kindness have already made him popular among us. Of a later change we must speak with mixed feelings, the venerable member of the chapter has passed away. Canon Wood had seen forty-five years of our School life pass by him, and his interest in its members was sustained to the last. All who knew him will sincerely , regret him. Canon Clmlghton, his' successor, is not .yet known to us personally, but we have heard that he takes much interest in education, and we tend him a hearty welcome. November brought us as usual a new governor by the change of the Mayors., Mr. Holland's name is too

well known III Worcester, that we need only say that the School should be much congratulated in having him as a governor at this important crisis of our' School life. Canon Wood's funeral took place on November 13th. The King's Scholars in surplices took part in the· procession and the service at the grave. None who were, there will quickly forget the impressive sight, the solemn beauty of the service. THE NEW BUILDiNGs.-We wish that we could chronicle greater progress in the repairs of oui Great Hall. The discovery of a winding turret. staircase at the N.W. corner occasioned considerable .delay, be- ,. cause it was necessary to restore it in many parts. The roof also has received more attention than was at first intended. The new wood ceiling will greatly add to the beauty of the room, but it has also contributed to thelength of time during which we are kept out of it. We understand that the Governors have now decided upon the internal fittings and intend to make them worthy of the fabric. There is no hope that all will be completed before the Summer. The New School House progresses quickly. It is already possible to see what an imposing building it will be. No fault can be found, with the energy of the builders or the care shown about every detail. The Boarding House will have the' advantage-. of all the improvements that have lately been made in the building of schools. The shape of the Dining Hall and Dormitories can now clearly be seen. They will each measure 42 by 22 feet. We can see also the size of the new large Playground which will be a, great addition to the comfort ofthe School. We hope to see Fives Courts rise in it before long.' Would-that ~ome friends would give us a good Gymnasium. On November' 20th, our Football team played Bromsgrove Grammar School, arid although we were most soundlyl beaten-six goals and three tries to nil-yet the game has had a most beneficial effecton our play owing to efforts, however humble, being now made to imitate the effective way in which our opponents passed. If the Severn will allow us, we hope to continue football next term until the middle of February at least, provided the Cricket Committee do not put their veto on the matter. Th'~ Christmas Holidays will commence on Tuesday D'ecember 21st. Next term will commence on Friday, January 21St. ·We beg to acknowledge the following Magaz.ines ; "Lily," "Ousel,"," Cantuarian," "Bathonian," " Ulula." .,

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UR Annual Athletic Sports were held as usual The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions ori the County Cricket Ground, at Boughton, .of their Correspondents. 'tln April the 14th and 15 th . The bright All letters intended for insertion in these columns must be authenticated by the name and address of the sender; not sunshine of early morning attracted a larger necessarily for publication, but as evidence .of good faith. attendance of spectators than usual, though unfortun Every facility will be afforded for the discussion of matters of ately·the,aftemoon c1oude<;l over and became wet and interest to the school, but a rigid -compliance with this rule will cold. In the absence of the Head Master, who had be enforced. gone away to recruit his. health after a serious illness, To THE EDITORS OF THE 11 VIGORNIAN." .' Mr. Clarkekindly took his place.. DEAR SIRS,-I beg to make a proposal, which I hope The Long Jump showed a marked Improvement on last· year's performance; but. Throwing the Cricket Ball will be well received in the school-namely to place was very poor. The pnzes for first.plac~s were.~ore jumping posts, and hurdles, in the cricket field next equally divided than last year, but m spite of thiS E. Webb secured the Champion Prize by a good majority . term, in order that boys may have a better chance of ofpoints.~ At the conc1usionthe Prizes were presented practising jumping for the Sports. I fancy if this is by Mr~ • . W. Knott. done we shall not'have so many complaints about the judglsf- Mr . Clarke and Mr. Jordan. poorness of our jumping. Starter-Mr. Lidd~ll. . Timekeeper-Mr. Cooper. . I am, dear Sirs, The following events were decided on Wednesday: Yours sincerely,

Throwing the Cn'cket Ball (open )-H. Counsell I, W. Coun " TRAINER." . sell z, E. Webb (owes 7 yds) 3. Distance 66 yards. . Long Jump (open)-E. Webb I, W. Counsell z, H. Webb 3, Webb jumped more than two feet further than either of the To THE EDITORS OF· THE "VIGORNIAN." other competitors. . Distance 17ft. 8 in. Throwing the Cn'cket Ball (under I5)-C. Counsell I, T. DEAR SIRS,-:-AlI.ow me space in your columns to Shattock z, W. Bolland 3· Distance 54 yards. . One Mt'le (Open)-H. Counsell (owes zo yards) I, C. Forbes suggest that I think Compulsory Cricket and Football z, E. W~bb 3. After an exciting finish this race was won by be a great improvement to the' School, at least would . about half-a-yard. Time 5 min. 17 seconds. I20 Yards Handicap (open)-Ist. Heat: E. Webb(scratch) I, once a week for Football, and twice a week for Cricket, R. Webb (6 yds.) z, C. Forbes (3 yds.) 3. Second Heat: H. Coun (as there are generally three half holidays in the sell (I yard) I, H. Webb (5 yds) z, P. WilkS (6 yds) 3. Third Heat: W. Counsell (3 yds) I, B. Roan (13 yds.) z, T. Shattock (9 yds.) 3. Final: W. Counsell I, E. Webb z, P. Wilks 3· . Summer Term). I thinkthen the School's Cricket and Counsell get.ting off to a good start, won easily. Time 13 z-3 Football would improve wonderfully. seconds. .

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(Open)-W. Counsell I, E. Webb z, H. Counsell " A SUGGESTER." 3. Time I I Yz seconds. IOO yards (under I5 )~First Heat: T. Shattock I, G. Thre To THE EDITORS OF "THE VIGORNIAN." fell (owes z yds.) z, A. Roan 3; Second Heat: P. Wilks I, B. Roan z, C. Faram, and C. Counsell 3. Final: P_ Wilks I, T. DEAR SIRS,-Ever since its' first appearance in Shattock z, H. Roan 3 . ' • 1878, the Correspondence column of the" Vigornian " . High Jump (open)-E. Webb I, R. Webb z, C. Forbes 3. Height 4 ft. 7 in. has been largely utilized as a medium for suggestions LtmgJump (under I5)-F. Evans I, C. Counsell z. Dis tance 13 ft. of all sorts, with a view to the improvement of the 220 Yards Handicap (under I3)~B. Roan (4 yards) I, F. existing state things in all departmen.ts of School Hadley (scratch) z, 1. Threlfell (4 yards) 3· . .Quarter Mile (open)-E. Webb I, H. Counsell z. Won management, etc. Something over three dozen letters easily by several yards. Time 63 secs. HigkJumP (under I5)-F. EvansI. Height 4ft. I in. . have been published in your colu91ns, the great major Quarter Mt'le Ha1tdicap (under I5)-P. Wilks (9 yards) I, e. Faram (z3) yards) z, G. Threlfell (scratch) and C. Counse1l3. ity of th~ containing proposals which were at least The tie for third place when run off resulted in Threlfell winning. worth c6~sideration, and generally meriting common H.tlfMile Handicap (open)-H.Counsell (scratch) I, E. Webb (5 yards) z, C. Forbes (scratch) 3. Time z min. Z4 secs. support. Yet, whether for want qf energy on the part Old Boys Race (I20 Yards Handfcap)-H. Minshull{ID yds) of those in authority, or from the fact that the School, I, R. :aaylis, (IOyards) Z, W. Bennett (14 yards) and A; Lewis (15 yards) 3. . naturally conservative, is blind to all suggestions which TheSack Race-which caused great amusement,was won"by have an appearance of change, hardly one of these J. Powell. . I20 Yards Hurdle Race (Eight Flights)-E. Webb I, C. numerous proposais has been fairly worked out and Forbes z. Choristers Race ( I20 Yards Handicap)-West I. tested, whilst many have been ailowed to pass utterly Consolation Race (220 Yards Hatult'cap)-A. Davis I, 1. unheeded. Take, for exampie, the very first' letter Threlfell z,

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which appeared in your magazine, advocating the irregular times. More than one correspondent has ·erection of some sort of shelte·r, if only a "cow-shed," asked for gymnastic apparatus, ifonly a horizontal in the foot-ball field, and thus to supply a much-needed bar, to be placed in the play-ground; but all t~ese appendage to the never very dry ground. Since then, sensible proposals have been allowed to pass by many a~ able correspondent has urged the necessity of almost unheard. this comparatively small expenditure of the Sports' Now,Sirs, ought this sort of thing to continue? :Fund', but what has been the result? The matter has Shill it be said of us that we are determined to remain . been talked about, and allowed to drop; yet apparently in the same benighted state in which we were ten the only objection is the expense-a difficulty perfectly years ago? Are all these letters, ;:;0 uSeful in filling easy to overcome if the School would orify take the up your columns, to have no further object--,-:no actual affair up in earnest. A Fives' Club was proposed, and result? . I hope not.. Vigornians! it is not too late actually formed; it existed for one term, and then di.ed to wake up, and throw yourselves into the breach. a death not natural, but owing to want of unity in its Let the year...I887 witness the erection· of the "cow. members. Yet all good fives-players acknowledge the shed," the revival of the. Fives and Chess·qubs, the advantages to be gained from a systematic arrangement formation of a Debating Society, at:d the re-organization in this game as in all others. A Debating Society has of the Library. Let us have the much· needed been warmly advocated by many an argumentative . umbrella-stand, the useful horizontal bar; and let the Vigornian, who has clearly pointed out the benefits of King's Scholars appear in robes of one coJour-and such an institution; is it owing to the dislike of the that colour white. Sixth to the trouble which would necessarily accom Apologising for encroaching so much on-your space, pany the starting of such a project that this also I am, Sirs, has been allowed to drop? Or again, who is to blame Yours truly, .. for the extraordinary and sudden disappearance of the Chess Club, which actually did exhibit great " REFORMER." vitality two years ago, but is now known only in name -a thing of the 'past, to be revived just so soon as a sufficiently strong agitating body asserts existence in fact as well as in theory? Look to it, juniorVigornians, 1ktngt g Scbolarg. that· your seniors have not a moment's peace until they have done their duty in this matter. Four King's Scholars were elected last November: The proposal to layout Tennis Courts on the G. E. ROwLAND Cathedral Grammar SchooL Cricket Field never received the attention which was W. H. HILL Swindon High School. its due, though for my own part I agree with those F. H. DuTToN Cathedral. Grammar SchooL who say that such an arrangement would lessen the C. C. PETcH , Cathedral Grammar SchooL number of cricketers, and is therefore to be avoided. On the other hand, the re-organization of the Library entirely depends on the Librarian himsel£ Let us Scbool ~mcerg. have a pushing fellow for this post-one who has no Captain of the School ;.:......... H. A. COUNSELL. other pressing duties to attend to, and I believe we Captain of Football............... W. H. COUNSELLo . should see the W.C.S. Library in as. flourishing a Secretary of Football............... W. H. WEBB. condition as it was five years ago. Captain of Cricket........... P. B. W~IGHT. In many minor matters also the School has shown Secretary of Cricket H. A. COUNSELL. a sad want of energy and esprit de corps. There H. A. COUNSELL. was the letter urging the provision of a proper Uffi Editors of " Vigornian" ........ { W. H.WEBB. brellastand-in the lobby; and another calling attention to the variety of colour displayed in the King's Scholars' Surplices, owing to their being washed at c

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THEVIGORNIAN.

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ATHLETIC SPORTS, 1886. 1 ~ '.

Subs"'ip~onS and} Donations "Entrance Fees Gate Money

.£62 14 9 2

0 .. 0

o IS

. Cooper & Son .£9 '3 0 Collms . 415 6 016 6 West»y 566 Hutchinson 0:17 0 Smith (bats) Smith (ground, etc.) 2 7 6 510 6· Littlebury (printing) o 2 8· Police Band 33 0 o I5~ Pistol, tape, eto. 066 Stanips and Cards 066 Sacks O:I5 0 Winwood 050 Man at Gate Secretary's Expenses ~ ~.~ Tips Paid to Col. N OrbUry} for use of Boughton 6 ·6 '0 Ground for years '884, .885, and .885

BLACK.

_ 41 0 8~ 24 9 o~

Balance .

.£65 9 9

'£65 9 9

:li. CLARKE. Rev. W. Eo BOLLAND.

Audited andfuundcorrect by ......... .• Treasurer

The Accounts for Cricket, Football, and BoatiDj: will be published as soon asille money due from the Govemors for SubcriptlOn>; of Non-Fonndatiomirs has been received. " .

WHITE~ WHITE TO

PIAY

Immortal Pair! when Alpine Clubs are gone The memory of your exploit shall live on ! Fame shall recount the glorious end in view, Fame also mention what that end o'threw. Spoken, is quite enough for a ~hole bird. Some lose their gains by talking; one of old Found in a word the key to heaps of gold.

3. Fair fields once gave a n~me to Beauty here, Now bricks and mortar made the prospect mear. 4. 'Highflyer he, but not too proud to stoop

To humblest prey that comes within his swoop. ,L.

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SOLUTION.

JACK& JILt.

J 2

3 4

CAMBERWEL

KESTREL

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WHITE.

THREE

MOVES.

IN LAST

BLACK.

r. R toQ 4 2. 2.

K takes R or 1. K takes Kt.

B to Kt 2 Mate Kt to K Kt 4 Mate

PROBLEM XV:

I •. One letter, written, gives us but a third;

01.

MATE

PROBLEM XIV.

Acrostic in last Number:

AND

SOLUTIONS' TO . PROBLEMS NUMBER.

Bcroatic. "

XVI. . By A. E. W.

PROBLKM

EXPENDITURE.

RECEIPTS.

WHITE. I. Q to R 3

Q to B 5 Mate Q to Q 3 Mate 2. Q to Q7 Mate

2. 2.

BLACK.

r. K to K 5 or K 4

or K to B 5 or K to B 3

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