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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XVII.

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APRIL,

1939

EDITORIAL Of course it is all rubbish to talk of love making the world go round - love could never do anything of th~ sort, however sincerely it was entertained, It is not love, it is laughter gaiety, humour, wit, anything that can crease a face, part a mouth, reveal some teeth, in that most delightful of all human muscular contortions, a smile, After all there should be no two ways about it ; life is simply not to be enjoyed, unless a man can contrive to laugh, If he sees the world as a joyful place, then he must laugh to be in tune with it; and if he sees the beastliness and ugliness of it all, then he must summon a smile to make it bearable for himself and others, " Hence loathed Melancholy" should be the motto even of this distracted world; and its disregard should be encountered by the full force of the Law, 75

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THE SCHOOL Head SH ..

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Captain of the School: H. P. WORTHAM P. F. LUCAS of Scbool House P. F. LUCAS {Jaggers Heads C. r. MEEK J. H. P. GlOB of the Grange ...

D. L. HURFORD of Walpole House H. P. WORTHAM of Meister Omers T. N . DONALDSON of Marlowe House MONITORS- .

H. P. WORTHAM , J. H . P. GlOB, P. F. LUCAS, D. L. HURFORD, T. N. DONALDSON, R. F. W. GRINDAL, C. 1. MEEK, D. G. CARTER, T. A. WATTS HOUSE PREFECTSJ. B. GOUDGE, J. e. GOULDSBURY, R. N. C. LOGAN, J. P. WHALLEY { School House, Heads : G. L. CLARKE, R. F. FENN, R. P. A. PIERCY The G range: . J. K . BIRLEY, B. W. FEARON, G. A. OSBORN, J. E. P. SAMPSON, J. S. WAYLAND, T. N. H. WELLS P. e. J. BRUNET, J. H. COLLIER, D. e. FRENCH, Walpole House : P. H. STARNES, G. WILLSDON P. G. BENNETT, A. M. DEA N, D. GALL, Meister Omers : P. N. MACDOUGALL, E. J. RISDON N. F. GORDON-WILSON, D. J. REEVES Marlowe House: D. G. CA RTER Captain of Football .. .

R. F. 'If; GRINDAL Captain of Hockey .. .

G. WILLSDON Captain of Athletics .. .

J. S. WAYLAND Captain of Boats D. G. CARTER Captain of Boxing R. F. W. GRINDAL Captain of Fencing H. P. WORTHAM Captain of Fives School House, Jaggers:

EDITORS OF "THE CANTUAR IAN " -

H. P. WORTHAM, R. F. W. GRINDAL, C. 1. MEEK (Hon. Sec.) GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEEChairman: THE HEADMASTER Hon. Secretary: W. A. R. GORMAN, EsQ. Hon. Treasurer: R. GROVES, ESQ.

J. B. HARRIS, ESQ., A. M. OLSSON, ESQ., R. P. TONG, ESQ., P. L. SHERWOOD, ESQ., B. E. MCCA l.L, EsQ., H. P. WORTHAM, P. F. LUCAS, R. F. W. GRINDAL, D. L. HURFORD, D. G. CARTEl', T. N. DONALDSON, J. H. P. GlOB, A. M. DEAN, G . WILLSDON, J. S. WAYLAND, J. P. WHALLEY, D. PAGE, e. I. MEEK

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G. N. B. PLETTs- Entered School, Jan ., '34 ; School House House Prefect, May, '38; 1st IV, '37, '38; Hon. Secretary of Boats, '38; 2nd XV, '36. '37, '38; P.T. Colours, '36, '37, '38; Captain of Fencing, '35, '36, '37, '38; Corporal, O.T.e.; Member of the G.P.C. A. H. LOVELACE- Entered School, Jan., '35; Marlowe House House Prefect, Sept., '38.; 1st XI Hockey, '38; 1st XV, '38; 2nd XI Cricket, '37, '38.

P. D. V. STRALLEN-Entered School, Sept., ' 34; Junior Scholarship; Meister Omers House Prefect, May, '38; Schoo l Certificate, '36 ; Ist XV, '38; 2nd XI Cricket, '37, '38; W.O., Class lIl, O.T.C., '38 ; Hon. Secretary, Debating Society, '38.

D. F. L. EVANs-Entered School, Sept., '34; Junior Scholarship; Grange House Prefect, July , '38; School Certificate, '36; 1st XV, '38; 2nd Athletics, '36, '37, '38; P.T. Colours, '36, '37, '38; Corporal, O.T.C., '38 .

VALETE P. D. Bowen, H . J. Fink, A. B. Holt-Wilson, M. C. Karop, G. A. Leman, T. P. Lewis, G. Lumb, R. H. Rothery, R. M. Thorpe, S. G. Venner, e. A. Yates . .

SAqVETE J. F. Berry, A. A. de C. Cussans, M. T. L. Davies, J. C. Hatton, P. B. Perkins, J. P. B. Shepherd, B. R. Sindall, D. S. Stevens, H. A. Turnor.

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NEXT TERM Next term begins on Tuesday, May 2nd; boarders will report to their Housemaster. not later than 8.30 p.m. The whole School will assemble at 9.30 a.m. the following morning. £100,000 ENDOWMENT

The Appeal for this Fund is prepared, and will be launched at a suitable moment.

Meanwhile, it is perhaps worth attempting to answer briefly the question: "Why do you need this Fund? ..

Our answers would be: (I) We do not need it NOW, because the School is full , and entirely self-supporting.

But (2) circumstances, social and political, will soon bring pressure upon Public Schools. Above all, a decline in population will deprive them of some of their revenues.

(3) We have no endowment of any kind, apart from existing Scholarship •.

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THE C ANTUARIAN Tberefore (4) we are anxious-not merely for ourselves, but as the oldest representatives of thirteen hundred years' educational tradition- to make the School safe for all time.

Witt. such an endowment, we can admit to the School with Scholarships, and afterwards send to the Universities, many boys who would not otherwi se be able to obtain such an education.

This we regard as a great and worthy cause ; for what causes are worthier of support than Hospitals and Schools ?

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C ANNON M EMOR IAL S CHOLARSHIP

DEDI CATION OF CHAPEL

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SCHOOL ApPOINTMENTS

As stated brieSy in the last number, Mrs. Ca nnon has most generously given the sum of 2,000 guineas to the Endowment Fund , for the purpose of foundin g an Entrance Scholarship to the School in memory of her husband, Mr. Tom Cannon, who was himself at the King 's School from 1871 to 1875.

The annual value of the Scholarship wi ll be £80, tenable fo r 5 years. Preference will be given to candidates born, resident, or educated in the County of Kent.

The Examination will be held in June, and candidates must not be more tban 14 at the time of examination. The T. G. Cannon Scholarship may be held together with any other award, and other things being equal a boy in straitened circumstances will be preferred . In addition to the £80 Scholarship. there will also be £4 or £5 p.a. for pocket money for the successful candidate.

The Governors cordially appreciate this generous action of Mrs. Cannon.

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As announced in a previous issue, Sir Stanford London, C.B.E. (whose son was at the School), has generously given two beautiful windows for the Memorial Cbapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury has kindly agreed to dedicate them in the afternoon of Saturday, June 17th.

In the Stop Press" of our December issue, brief mention was made of one of tbe School 's best intellectual achievements of recent years. Our sincere congratulations to C. I. Meek on winning the 1st Demyship (indeed, we believe he was as high as anyone in his " group " of Colleges) in Modern History, at Magdalen College, Oxford. We congratulate warmly, also, P. C. J. Brunet, who has just been awarded an Open Scholars hip in Natural Sciences at Keble College, Oxford; and R . F . W. Grindal, an Open and Parker Exbibitioner in Modern History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. We are glad to announce, too, that P. Starnes and J. R. Williams have each won Choral Scholarships at St. John 's College, Cambridge; to them also our hearty congratulations. <I

CONGRATULATIONS to the following :on being appointed House Prefects :- G. L. Clarke, J. B. Goudge, R. N. C. Logan, R. P. A. Piercy, J. K Birley, B. W. Fearon, J. E. P. Sampson, D . J. Reeves. on being awarded his Fencing Colours :-J. S. Wayland. on being awarded their Hockey Colours :1st XI-J. H. Collier, G. L. Clarke.

2nd XI-J. H. Collier, D. J. Reeves, D. G. Carter, P. L. H. Lovelace, A. P. Beale, H. R. R. Steele, A. E. W. Joyce, P. F. Lucas, J. G. M. Price.

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THE CANTUARIAN DISCUSSION G ROUPS

There has been an interesting addition to the curriculum of the Sixth Fon,!s this term, with the introduction of discussion groups on religious. polttlcal and plulosophlC theones, as well as on â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ current affairs." We have. learnt and exchanged new and varying views, to our profit and enlightenment.

ARM Y ENTR ANCE E XAM IN AT ION

We announce with pleasure-as an important step forward- a change in the Arm y Entrance Regulations :- Beginning from June, 1939, candidates for Sandhurst and Woolwich need not take the ordinary Arm y Entrance Examinations if they pass the Higber Certificate. We gather all that is needed is :(a) For Sand hurst. The Higher Certificate in an y subjects, but with Subsidiary Maths., unless the candidate got a credit in School Certificate Maths. (b) For Woolwicb. The Higher Certificate in Maths. or Science. (c) An interview. (d) Headmaster's recommendation.

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At the start of the term there was an outbreak of influenza of a very mild kind; we took the annual trip to Margate to banish it; the effect was magical. " 'Flu" was blown away; and, as usual, the fresh air of the:. coast presented us with a clean bill of health for the remainder of the term.

ARCHDEACON S CHILLENDEN CH AMBERS

We emphasize with pride the fact that both Archdeacons are O.K.S. , and we should like to offer them both our congratulations on their appointments.

The new Archdeacon of Canterbury (Canon T. K Sopwith, KS., 1887- 1889) will continue to live in No. 17, The Precincts. The new Archdeacon of Maidstone (Canon A. Sargent, K.S., 1905- 1914) will live in part of the house recently occupied by Archdeacon Hardcastle, while the other part is to be taken over by the School. The house is one of the most interesting in the Precincts and, indeed, iiI the neighbourhood. In Monastic days it was the Cellarer's Hall, and was joined to the Green Court by the Pentise, part of which can still be seen in the Lattergate garden. Along here Chaucer must have made his way, for while the very poor went to the Hall (now the Library) above the Norman Staircase, the better classes were accommodated in two chambers, "Heaven" and" Paradise," which still remain in the Cellarer 's Hall. The house has been known for many years as Chillenden Chambers.

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[n an endeavour to refute the frequent charge that .. English Public Schoolboys are not what they used to be," Mr. Corner and Mr. Olsson arc instituting a Labour Camp for a dozen members of the School next holidays.

They are to live under canvas, and spend their time chopping down trees and doing other forms of manual labour.

[We regard this as an admirable project in every way. The Editors only wish they could join the Camp- provided it IVas understood that the .. Horst Wessel Song" should not be sung till after breakfast !)

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We understand that the part taken over by the School is to be used as a Surgery and Doctor's room, with Masters' rooms above. This will leave No.3 The Forrens free to be used as classrooms for the Sixth Forms. Some structural changes will be made, to give larger and airier rooms.

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As a nn ounced in our December issue, the H eadmaster left after Christmas for a long-needed rest. We were glad to see him return at t he end of February, looking so fit and cheerful in spite of th e European tension. He has been to Switzerland, through Ital y and on to Sicily and Malta, and came home by way of Naples. At Malta he was deli ghted to be present at an O. K.S. Re-union.

He .tells us he enjoyed it all ; the glories of Taormina and the unbelievable heauty of Capri he will always remember. On another page we publish so me impressions he formed as a result of conversations with the people. The article is illustrated with photographs of Italian " types," ta ken by H . P. Wort ham during the Christmas holiday part of the tour.

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During the absence of the Headmaster, Mr. Harris acted as his deputy.

It wi ll be enough to quote th e Headmaster' s ow n wo rd s before he left: " T can go away with an easy mind, knowing that Mr. Harris wi ll be there."

On Tuesday, March 21 st, The Times an nounced the engagement of Mr. Rona ld Groves to Miss H ilary Annot Smith. Mr. Groves' fiancee, a graduate of St. Hilda's College, Oxford, is the dau ghter of Mr. George Smith, fo rmerly Master of Dulwich College and Director of the Department of Education in the University of Oxford. OUf sincere congratulations to Mr. Groves, and OUf very best wishes to him and his fiancee for their happiness.

With much pleasure we annoilnce the birth of a daughter, Joanna Susan, to Mr. and Mrs. B. E . W. McCall, to whom we offer our sincere congratulations.

We say good-bye with regret to Mr. R. W. F. Wootton, who has decided to teach in a school of the Church Missionary Society in Agra.

At this school, there are some 600 native boys; in a year's time he wi ll be the o nly Euro pean working t here.

Mr. Wootton has always taken a keen interest in the School's activities and the Pater and Somner Societies will lose him, their President, with deep regret. H e has also done much for the Canterbury Club in Bermondsey.

We wish him every success in this great a nd respo nsible work a nd hope th at, durin g the five yea rs he is abroad, we shall often hear from him.

His classical wo rk is being taken o n by Mr. Lampe an d Mr. Roach, who between them collected six "firsts " at the U ni versity !

We have been glad to welcome Mr. Taylor, here from Oxford on a "course" connected with his Diploma in Education; and Mr. Mansfield, a preparatory schoolmaster who has been studyin g the life a nd work of half a dozen or so well-known p ublic schools.

ARCHDEACON ANo MRS HARDCASTLE

The good wishes of the School go with Archdeacon and Mrs. Hardcastle on their retirement from Canterbury to Hythe. Many have been the kindnesses th at they have done for liS; for long their house was a centre of kind ly, un assum ing hospitality, of pleasant parties, qu iet Sunday su ppers, amateur theatricals, besides much else of greater importance that they wou ld be the last to mention. May they enjoy the leisure that is their due, and not forget to come and see us when they can.

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School House has recently increased very much in numbers: and indeed there is talk. of a further extension, both in numbers and accommodation. became O~~J OUS that- for. some purposes at least, notably games-the House must be dIVIded. For various reasons the Headmaster did not wish to make a complete .division into separate" Houses. " The new regime is therefore a compromlSc (so far a very happy one)- on lines similar to those adopted in " School Houses" of double size at other school s. School HOllse we were, and Schoo l HOllse we rema In, under one central control ' but for certa in details of inf ernal organ izat ion, and for games, we have divid~d into" Heads" (w hich reca lls Headmasters' previous associat ions) and " Jagge rs," the name of the far staircase by the" Gym." (exce llent autho rity has it that there is here som.e connect!o n wit h Mr. Lloyd Jones ! At any rate, we avoided the very ?,bvJOus ':,Ta lis ','I O. Let ,~o on ~ think. that there is ~ geographical division: Heads a nd Ja gge rs are mtermm gled. We sltll refer to ourselves as School House, and sho ut appropriately on touchl ines. " Jaggers" and .. H eads" wi ll be used, of course, when the in 7vitable happens- when we meet one another 111 InterneCIne stnfe. For a whlle, owing to the " youth" of the House, we may find it difficult to compete with the other Houses' but time a nd circ umstances and energy will alter t hat. '

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We are most gratefu l to Rev. A. H. Butler, who has come down from London every Thursday to give a series of addresses.

The 1938 elections to Scholarships were omitted from last term's Call1uarian.

SCHOLARS (Elected 1938) SENIOR KING'S SCHOLARS.- P. N. MacDougall, A. G. Eyre.

KtNG'S SCHOLARS.- A. D. Parso ns, D. M . D. Evans, W. R. Fischl, P. Gaastra, D. Gaastra, O. K . Johnson, T. H. Bou ltbee, J. D. Armstrong, E. H. Cornelius, J. 1.. Hahn, D. F. Murray, P. D. Grant, K. V. Jones, P. A. B. Gethin, S. A. R. Cawston.

ENTRANCE SCHOLAI<S.- T. H. Boultbee, J. D. Armstrong, E. H. Corn elius, J. 1.. Hahn, D. F. Murray.

GREAVES SCHOLAR.-W. M. Enderby.

MILNER MEMORIAL SCHOLAR.- !. K. Meek.

Two BOOKS

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The Reminiscences oJ the Rev. George Gilbert : ed. by Rev. John Shirley, Canon oj Canterbury and Headmaster of the King's School. Published privately.

Readers of The Canluarian wi ll remember that the " Reminiscences" were first published in insta lments in this Magazine. They have now been reprinted, with the footnotes (revISed and amplified) printed at the end of th is pleasa nt little brown and gold~?vered volume. The Editor has a lso written a new Preface. Tn the Preface he says much of the book IS perhaps dull for us." T think he mIght better have sa id: •• Parts here and there ..... " Prosy the remin iscences may be; but they give a picture of Canterbury life m the fi~st half of last century, which is delightfully intriguing, not merely to the student of ant IqUIty. Anyone who can spare lime from the materialist pursuits of 1939 to look back for an hour or two into a different, and perhaps happier age -or who cares to read the notes and jokes of a "kindly, Christian gentleman "~sho~ld try to borrow a copy of this little book.

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English Sampler: ed. by S. S. Sopwi!h, M.A. (K.S., 190 1- 1905), Senior English Masler, Shrewsbury School. Published by G. Bell a nd Sons, Ltd. I was delighted to receive Mr. Sopwith's new book. In his Introduction, Mr. Sopwith apo logizes for add ing another Anthology to the many already on the ma r ket: but th ere is no need to apo logise for this splendid collection of prose a nd poetry. I may be preJudIced, because T first learnt from Mr. Sopwith hImself an apprecIatIO n of much that figures m hIs English Sampler. Almost everythin g yo u ca n think of is he re: if the learning, studying. and appreciation of these does not lead schoolboys to explore for themsel ves the roads, the lanes and bypaths which Mr. Sopwith has sign posted fo r them-why, nothing will.

Mr. Sopwith's commentary a nd suppl ementary passages are, of COllrse, excellent. I o nly hope he will con tin ue to write books as good as this.

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AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLBOYS Applications are in vited for eighteen o r more schoi.arsrups, t? be a~arded und er

the British and A merican Schoolboy Scholarshi ps <;lfth e Enghs h-Speakmg Umon for September of the present year. Under this scheme British public schoolboys of 16t years of age and upwa rds are offered scholarshi ps fo r o ne year m some of the best-kn own Amencan schools.

Free board, lodging and tuitio n are give n by. the schools concerned, and during the winter and Easter holidays the scho la rs are enterta med by the masters or by the parents of boys who m they have met in the sc hool. Parents of applicants are asked to provide ÂŁ60 to meet incidenta l expenses du ring the sc hool yea r, together WIth the ocean fare wh Ich amounts to a bout ÂŁ38; to meet this last expe nse some small help ma y be give n by the Committee, in exce pti o nal circumsta nces.

Tbe scheme has now been in operation for the last eleve n yea rs and boys from the fo ll owing school s, amongst others, havc part icipated: Rugby, Well ington, Eton, Winchester, Harrow, Radley, Westmin ster, C ~ el tenI2a '.n , Felsted, Malve rn, Sherborne,. St. Columba's, Stowe, Clifton, Uppingham, Tonbndge, Edmburgh Academy, Oundle, DulwlCh, Hai leybury, Shrewsbury, Blundell 's, and E pso m. In . September, 1938, by a SImilar arran gement, eighteen British public schools each receIved an Amencan boy, and It IS hoped that these reciprocal scholarshIps will be contmued m 1939.

Details can be obtained from the headmaster of the candidate's present sc hool, or from the Secretary of the British and American Schoolboy Scholarships, The EnglishSpeaking Union, 37 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, W.l.

THE KING'S SCHOOL FEAST SOCIETY The King 's School Feast Society was fo unded in 17 12 to enable gentlemen educated at the School to meet together once a yea r. Two years la ter a Commemoration Sermon was preached in the Cath edral to the Company, before it sat down to dine, at 4 o'clock, in the Fountain Hotel. Since that date the reco rd of Anmversary Preachers tS preserved complete, and many of the Sermons are extant in print.

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In 1718 the Society's Constitution was changed whereby gentlemen educated elsewhere but .. desirous of J?fol11oting the in~erests of the King's School," became memhers:

Stewa r?s wer~ appomted, and the Minutes record many a no ble lord- Sondes, Cl i fton~ Fordwlch, Wmchelsea, Romney, North , ~ a rri s, Palmerston, Falmouth, F itzwa lter, Mount Charies, Darnley, Henley, Tenterden, M3Idstone, Conyngham, Loftus, Strangford , Colville, Ancr~m , GUildford, Carringto n- and s?ores of Kentish gentlemen of notc- Plumptre, Lushm gton, Hardy, Deedes,. Heyman, Bfldges, Honeywood, Knatchbull , Monins, Hardres, Boys, Oxenden, Sandys, Mliles, Has ted , Wheler, Dering, Akers-Douglas, Fausset, Finch, Boscawen, Delmar, Geary, Hales, Dahson, Gat horn e- Hard y, T ylden, James, Bcckingham. etc., etc., :vh<? regarded ~ he office as an ho no ur. The honour appeared to ca rry a financial burden WIth It, for a Mmute of 1850 records that there should be no fee pa id in rha! yea r by the Stewalds! Yet the Stewards, even If thell' office was costl y, had th e satisfac tion of power, for on Septemb~ r 12th, 1734, the Committee of th e Society resolved that a ny surplus funds In the Treas urer s hands, not exceed mg £ 100, should be taken up for a yea r a t 4 per cent. by a person nominated by the Stewards, and that, in th e event of the said perso n 's refusal, he sho uld pay a half-yea r 's interest at 4 pel' cent. as a fine!

The purpose of the Society was to enlist the hel p of form er Scholars a nd of Kentish ge ntlemen In foundmg Ex hIbItIO ns to ass Ist boys to proceed to the University. A Dinner

was held . once a year:-for which each mem ber paid hiS score- and a collection made, much as IS done to thIs day by the O)rporation .of the Sons of Clergy. The purpose was fulfilled, a nd man y well-known men In Kent enjoyed their Uni versity career through this benefactIOn. For many yea rs the Society took its purpose seriously, and the Dinner was merely a mea ns to an end . The eIghteent h-century members seem to ha ve been abstem ious folk Thus, in 1754, the " ordinary" cost only 2/6 a h ead, and the wine bill for thirty peopl~ ca me. to £1 8s.0d. They we re eq ually careful WIth the wa lters, who got 5/- between them.

A Minute of 1738 shows an average Income m the early days of the Society:Collected:

Guineas, 38t One M oidore Si lver

£40 8 6 I 7 0 4 6 Total , £42.

But the Society was not a lways thus frugal, and the men of tbe early part of the nineteenth century were greater ea ters and, judging from an item of 13/- for " Broken G lass" (1 834),

greater drInkers. The accounts ~~glD to , ~eveal a deeper concern in foo~-a guinea fee to the ga me-keeper appears for buck, and year by yea r the CommIttee affi rms its intentIOn of havmg both ve~lSon a nd turtle. In 1843 a genero us William Wi x, Esqre., gave £ 10 for turtle, and a Minute of 1844 empowers the Head master to order turtle in the event of Mr. WIX not gIVIng It! Should food and drin k prove insufficient in potency then th ere were si ngers provided to lull and soothe. ' The Dinners were al most a lways held at The Fountain, though for some few yea rs, fro m 1855, The Rose was favoured, but a Minute of 1867 decides" that the dinner be a t 4 a 'clock a nd Cas formerly) at The Fountain ." The ru les framed in 1712 provide that ~~ventee,! To~~ts should be h o n oure~, from "The Church a nd Queen " down to the

Exa mlne.rs.

Perhaps the Toast LIst accounts for an ominous note in 1860 that " a conversatIOn t.ook place o n the desirability of altering the Society's name, o n dcco unt of the ver~ fal s~, ImpreSSIOn produced by It on the outer world, as to the objects and scope of \~e Soctety..

I,~ 1864 both hotels were Ignored, and the Headmaster himself entertained a large clfcle In the School House; but the suspicions of the outer wo rld doubtless

THE CANTU ARIAN continued, since in 1872 a Sub-Committee sat to consider" how. the dinner may be rendered more useful to the purposes in view. " From tbat date the dinner was held from time to time, but no records of its •• scope" exist, and the generous-feeding Society was submerged into an Exhibition Fund, administered by a Committee under the direction of the Charity Commissioners.

The records of the Society are copious enough, and in 1834 are more interesti ng than usual, when the principal speakers were the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Howley), the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of Winchel sea, who one and all testified to thc appreciation in which Kcntish gentlemen held the School. The words were spoken more than a century ago, but therc is a familiar ring about them. Thus the Archbishop said, •• At a time when the instituti ons of the country werc threa tened with change, the King's School would naturally become an object of their solicitude," and proceeded to describe the virtues of form er scholars, particularly the then Bishop of Peterborough and the recently-deceased Lord Tenterdcn. Lord Winchel sea, proposing the toast, .. Prosperity to the School, " said, .. Connected as he was with the county of Kent, where all his early feelin gs were imbibed, and his earliest days spent, and where he fervently prayed his latest breath might be drawn," he could wish for nothing more advantageous to the county than the welfare of the ancient City and its School. The Duke of Wellington spoke twice, and declared it was impossible for him not to be interested in the King 's School, officially connected as he was with the county as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, that he had attended with interest to the speeches given by the King's ·Scholars, and found that both they and the School 's merits infinitely exceeded the acco unts he had been given; in short, .. he was determined to the utmost to defend and support all institutions established upon such pure and excellent principles. " Thus, for 150 years, the Feast Society had fulfilled its splendid purpose, achieved am id the turtle and the wine; and here, in passing, a grateful tribute ought to be paid to the family of Wightwick, which for tbree generations provided the Treasurer of the Fund, from 1859 to 1928, and is still represented on the Exhibition Committee.

Now, two centuries later, a plan is afoot to revive the Society under distinguished patronage.

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We would remind O.K.S. that, as it is to thcm that The Cantuorian is chiefly addressed, these items of news are of particular interest; and we invite their co-operation in making

them more complete. We wish to thank R. A. Finn for all the trouble he takes to provide us with O.K.S. news.

Visiting O.K.S. are reminded that the O.K.S. Book is in the hall of .. No. 23 . " A great many O.K.S. who come down fail to sign it.

Lt.-Col. Gordon Covell (1898- 1905), Director Malaria Survey of India. awarded the C.l.E. in the New Year Honours.

D. K. S. Grant (1904-1905) is Conservator of Forests, Tanganyika, and was awarded the O.B.E. in the New Year Honours.

L. H. Goble (1915- 1919) has been appointed Inspector of Labour for Nigeria. He starts at Lagos in September.

J. D. Handman (1920- 1924) has been appointed Chief Assistant to the District Engineer, Rio Cuarto District, Central Argentine Railway.

N . W. Gill (1931 - 1936) ha s passed his" Primary, " F.R.C.S. R. H. Gower (1930- 1936) has been awarded a Hockey Blue at Cambridge. We heartily congratulate Gower.

W. N. Hayes (1933- 1937) is Captain of Hockey at the R.M.C., Sandhurst.

We apologise for three mistakes in the last" O.K.S. News."

Colonel John Tuke (1 899- 1903) and R. H. Charles (1 896-- 1901) were both wrongly reported as having received the O.B.E. in the Birthday Honours. Actually, as reported \0 the July number of The Can luarian , both receIved the C.B.E. 1I1 the BIrthday Honours.

W. Woods-Hill (1935- 1937) was wrongly reported as having passed into the R.A.F. College, Cranwell.

SERVICE APPOINTMENTS ROYAL NAVY

Lt.-Com . (ret.) R. V. H. Isacke (1908- 1917), to be Commander (ret.).

Lt.-Com. G. F. Agutter (1911 - 1915), to Abingdon, in command, and as S.O. Sec. Minesweeping Flotilla.

ROYAL MARINES

Major-General W. H. L. Tripp, C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (1895- 1898), to be LieutenantGeneral.

Col. 2nd Comdt. J. M. Tuke, C.B.E. (1899- 1903), is placed on the Retired List at his own request.

REGULAR ARMY

Major-General B. L. Montgomery, D.S.O. (1897). from Com. 8th Division to be Com. 3rd Division (8th Division was in Palestine).

Lieut.-Col. E. D. Fanshawe, (1911 - 191 3) The Bays to be Colonel.

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D.A .D.M.S. Major W. L. E. Reyno[ds, M.C. (1903- [906), R.A.M.C. Major G. A. Townend, M.C., (1906- [9[ [) S. Lanes. Regiment, retires on reI. pay.

Major L. C. Manners-Smith (l9[ [- [9 [2) promoted Lieul.-Co[onel.

Capt. A. E. Brock[ehurst (1919- [923) relinquishes appointment of Instructor in Gunnery, and is restored to establishment.

Capt. G. D. G. Heyman, (1917- 1922) the King 's Regiment, remains seconded for

service on the Staff.

2j Lieui. J. W. R. Woodroffe (193[ - [933) resigns his commission.

Rev. T. W. Hea[e, O.B.E., M.A. ([897- 1899), Chapla in to the Forces, II[ Class to be Chap[aln, II Class.

REGULAR ARMY, RESERVE OF OFFICERS . Lieut.-Col. R. F. Nation, O.B.E. (1 895- 1902), 9th Batta[ion, Roya[ Fusiliers, resigns hi s comm iSSion and retains his rank .

. Licut. J. Chester (19[3- 1915), The Buffs, ceases to belong to Reserve of Officers oWlIlg to III-health. ' TERRITORIAL ARMY Lieu!. P. R. H. Elliott ([914- [922), 8th Ballalion, Middlesex Regiment, from T.A. Reserve of Officers to be Lieutenant.

Lieul. B. G . King (1909- 1913), [ate General List (New Armies) to be Lieutenant 36th (Midd[esex) A.A. Batta[ion. ' Gnr. J. Fenton ([925- 1927), from 62nd A.A. Brigade, R.A., to be Second-Lieutenant R.A.S.C. R. J. Wilby ([913- [9 [7), to be Second-Lieutenant 63rd (Northumbrian) A.A.R. H. V. Page (1917- [924), to be Second-Lieutenant, 75th A.A.R. We have been glad to welcome the following O.K.S. at the School this term :_ H. P. Player ...

1929- 1934 J. Gibbs 1932- 1936 [921- 1930 D. J. R. Thorndike...

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[935- 1938 O. S. Lane ...

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[933-1938 A. R. A. Iremonger ...

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1883 A. M. Durnford [932-1938 M. C. A. Spencer 1933- 1938 A. H. Lovelace 1935- 1938 BIRTHS CRowE.- On November 18th, 1938, at Felbridge, E. Grinstead, to E[izabeth and Geoffrey Crowe, a son.

JENKtN.-O n December 20th, 1938, at Hampton Old Hall, Ma[pas, Chesh ire, to Diana, Wife of E. Trevor Jenkin, I.F.S., a daughter.

KEELEY. -On Ju[y 18th, [938, to the wife of E. e. Kee[ey, a son.

MOLl NE.- On December 4th, 1938, at Poplar Rectory, to Mirabe[, wife of Rev. R. Moline, a daughter, who surVived only a few hours. Our sympathy goes to Mr. and Mrs.Moline.

ROIlI NsON.- On August [7th, [938, at Upper Vagav urrai Estate, Tolliar, Travancore, to Joy, wife of Geoffrey S. Robinson, a son.

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ENGAGEMENTS CLEGG: BOOTH.- The engagement is announced between John Wood Clegg, of Holly Bank, Wi[ms[ow, and Olive Catherine Booth.

CLOKE: BRUNT.- The engagement is announced between Frederick Nethersole Cloke, of t.he Long House, Sandwich, Kent, and Yvonne Brunt.

OLl VE : POWELL.- The engagement is announced between Charles Theodore Oli ve, of Rokeby, Wimbledon, and Mery[ Josephine Powe[1.

SCAWEN BLUNT: PHtLBY.-The engagement is announced between Captain Digby Scawen B[unt, R.E., of 2, The Mansions, Earl's Court, S.W.5, and Averil Katherine Philby.

MARRIAGES MIZEN: DELAvANTE.- On December [7th, 1938, at St. Thomas's Church, Slreatham 1-1 ill, A[fred Lansdell Mizen to Winifrede Cecilia De[evante.

TISDALL: WOOD.- On January 27th, [939, at Beverley Hills, Ca lifornia, Royston St. Clair Tisdall to Diana Gordon Wood.

DEATHS GARDNER.- On February [2th, [939, Major Harry Gardner, M.C., [ate Royal Artillery.

HUNT.- On February 1st, 1939, Edward Gowers Hunt, of Fordwich, Canterbury.

JEANS.- On November lIth, [938, R. H. Jeans.

LONGHuRST.-On February 23rd, [939, at Toronto, Wi[liam B. Longhurst, aged 92 yea rs.

McILVEEN.- On March 5th, 1939, at [0 Warwick Road, Bexhill, Hugh John Turnly Mcilveen .

POLEHAMPToN.- On September [7th, 1938, at St. Leonard 's-on-Sea, Herbert Edwa rd Polehampton, [ate Rector of Gawsworth, Cheshire.

O.K.S. MASONIC LODGE Dear Sirs,

Herewith a few not.es with reference to the meeting of the Cantuarian Lodge, on 13th January last, at Freemasons Hall, G reat Queen Street.

Unfortunately, the Worshipful Master, W. Bro. F. M. Fur[ey, was unable to be present; so the acting immediate Past Master, W. Bro. Frank Amos, took the Chair.

Brothers A. Latter and C. E. O. Bax were passed to the second Degree.

In the regrettable absence of the Headmaster, the Junior Warden's chair was taken

by W. Bro. W. Vernon Heale. The lecture on the" Tracing Board" was delivered by W. Bro. Rev. H. Poole.

W. Bro. H. Bigg[eston was elected Worshipful Master fo r the ensuing year, and Bro. e. H. Clemetson re-elected Treasurer.

Many of the brethren, after [caving the Lodge, attended the annual Re-U nion Dinner of O.K.S. at the Hote[ Victoria.

Installation Ceremony will take place at Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London, on Friday, 28th Apri[, [939.

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O.K.S. DINNER Over eighty O.K.S. attended the Dinner at the Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, on January 13th. The arrangements had been very efficiently carried out by J. P. Heming and everyone enjoyed an excellent dinner and an amusing evening.

Sir Fairfax Luxmoore was in tbe Chair and, in proposing the toast of , . The Scbool, "

he said how much he felt the absence of the Headmaster, who was having a holiday in Switzerland. He went on to review the numerous changes in the School during the past year and mentioned the Headmaster's plan to revi ve the Feast Society. Sir Fairfax had kep t us all laughing throughout his description of the School activities, but our best laugh came from his remarks about his promotion to the Court of Appeal.

Mr. Harris replied for tbe School. He might have complained that Si r Fairfax had stolen most of his thunder. Instead, he spoke of tbe numerous changes in the School bui ldings from the point of view of the staff and boys. He told a good story in connection with the new class rooms and particularly the black boards. He regretted, in one way, the passing of the old easels. The pegs were always getting lost. Hi s cure for lost pegs was to make a pair of well chosen boys each put a finger in the hole where the peg should be and thus support the board. After one demonstration of this simple method, he never lacked pegs.

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the time. Until we tried to gather some information about our fellow O.K.S ., this was indeed our experience. We could bard ly sally forth for elevenses without being greeted from across the street with" Hullo, old man, I suppose you ha ven' t got that half-crown I lent you on Saturday ? " oJ' worse: .. My word, I ' m glad to see you. I wonder if you CQuld lend me ten bob till next week. "

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A. J. P. Lockyer, another of Downing's O.K.S., we did find in , and we feel compelled to warn any intending visitor what to expect.

On arrival we were seized and thrown into

a sofa, and then he threw himself hard at the ground several times, and finally out of tbe window.

'vle slipped out feel ing rather baffled, but it has since transpired that he was

doing his ju-jitsu homework. Another mystery was more easily solved: the very curious noise from St. Catherine 's one evening. It turned out to be M. C. A. Spencer singing a sea-shanty.

He was, perhaps, trying to emu late the one great singer among Cambridge

O.K.S., D. G. M. Senior, who regularly outlarks the nightingale in King 's Chapel, but is otherwise untraceable.

We also have two budding Eystons among us. Whenever there is a roar and a flash and the policeman at a cross-roads appears to be struck by a thunderbolt, people exclaim, " That's Edbrooke and Hughe5-Hallett, that was," only, of course, they can't get it out quick enough. Another fast man is D . G. Glennie, who is literally and figuratively a flyer.

We hear that he is about to move into a second Hoor room so that he has good warning of approaching visitors.

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And here are a few fla shes- all strictly copyright- about other O.K.S. C . .II B. Wauton was concussed and lost several teeth on the hockey field , but on bein g questioned all he would say was " Gad, Sir! Damme, up the Coil. ! " During the Lent races we were scoffing at a certain boat, Corpus III to be exact, which

appeared to be trying to get into reverse, when it suddenl y dawned upon us that 3 was none other than W. A. P. Sampson. "Never again, " was his only comment.

D. G. R. Fox, who used to be a balletoman e, seems to have lowered his brow somewhat, for he now gi ves intimate dances in his ro oms in Benet Place, and the " Swa n Lake " has

given way to "Two Sleepy People. " D. S. Hearne is often seen at Thes Dansants, and th e black ere he gained at rugger seems to be an irresistible attraction to Cambrid ge's glamour-girls.

At the burning of the Clare boat, W. C. Youn g helped to make things go with a swing.

By all accounts" merry" does not fully describe his condition.

R. H. Gower has been upholding the School's high hockey reputation by thoroughl y

meriting his Blue, and we offer him our heartiest congratulations.

Dr. Budd has again lavishl y entertained us and we should like to impress upon him how very grateful we are.

Best wishes to the School in the O. K.S. hockey match.

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Dinner in January was, of course, the big event of th e season and wa s a very representative

gathering. As it will be reported separately, we will not dwell on it. Many of those who attended promised to come along to the Suppers, and some have already done so, but there is room for many more.

Attached is a list of those who have attended one or more of the Suppers in January, February and March.

N .B.¡- If O.K.S. who read this will forthwith get out their diaries and book up the first Wednesday of each month until the end of the year, we shall probably have to get extra tables to seat them all at Gatti's.

Yours faithfully, O.K.S. LoNDON G. Arnold A. C. Baker C. W. Barber ...

A. J. Barrett ...

T. Biron M. B. Creed ...

R. Austen Finn R. C. W. Fisher E. G. Hodgson

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G. C. Tnkson C. W. Kent ...

R. W. Marshall F. H. Plummer P. H. Shorthouse J . Twells-Grose J. G. Varley ...

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IN MEMORIAM E. M. SPICER (K.S., 1870-1875) On December 28th, 1938, Ernest Montague Spicer, O.K.S. , died at Sittingbourne, Kent, aged 80 yea rs.

From the King 's School he went on to St. Catharine 's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree. He was assistant master at several schools, mostly 10 Kent, and he retired in 1913. He comes of an O.K.S. family and to his brother, who was also at School here, we offer our deepest sympathy.

H. V. M. PHEllPS (K.S ., 1873-1877) H. V. M. Phclips was educated at King's . School, <;:a nterbuyy, and at the Roya l Engineers' College at Cooper's H ill. He se\ved 10 thelndlanPublic Works Department. and after his retirement in 1903 he became IOterested 10 religIOus ~ontrove[sy and wrote several books for the Rationalist Press Association . H~ had a .gental temperament which served to smooth tempers ruffled by his unorthodox religious vIews. He rettred to South Africa and died at Capetown in his seventy-eighth year.

JOHN DEAN (K.S ., 1869- 1876) The news of the death of John Dean, O.K.S., a t tbe age of 80 years will be received with sincere regret by all who knew him. He was well-known as a keen supporter .of Kin g" School crickel and members of man y School teams will remember him as a famIliar fi gure at matches. He was himself a fine opentng batsman wIth a wide range of strokes, and used to play frequently for the M.C.C. a nd the Band of Brothers 10 hIs younger days; for many years he was captain of the St. Lawrence Club, Ca nterbury. He was a graduate of Hertford College, Oxford , where he was an O"en Scholar, and for 37 years he had a distinguished career in the civil branch of the Admlfalty.

C. E . BLACKSTONE, M .R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (K.S. , 1886-1890)

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He was educated at K ing's School, Canterbury, from 1886 to 1890 and at the MIdd lesex Hospital.

For 35 years he was in practice at Ringwood, where a replica of his old School crest had a conspicuous place. in his surgery. "Blackie," as he was famIlia rly kn?wn, by hIs character, ski ll , generosIty and sagacIty, was well known and greatly respected ov~r a large area of the New Forest and Bournemouth Districts. A bearer of the blghest traditions of the General Practitioner and a worthy son of King 's School has passed.

F.H.W. PHILIP HOOKHAM (K.S., 1859- 1868) On Friday, February 10th, died Philip Hookham, one of our oldest O.K.S. He had a happy career at School as he often later tesllfied; he was a Scholar, and graduated at Lincoln College, Oxford.' He was a noted Birmin!lham business man and a dlfector of Messrs. Chamberlain and Hookham, electncal englOeers; he also partnered his .brother in the firm of G. and P. Hookham until it changed ha nds seven years ago. Smce hIs retirement he had lived in Stratford-on-A vo n, a bold thing to do for on~ who was s~ noted a Baconian. H is death will be regretted, but his many friends will rejoIce that he lived so long and happy a life.

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SIR EDMUND DAVIS It is with much regret that we record the death, on February 20th, of Sir Ed mund Davis.

Sir Edmund was born in Tuorak near Melbourne, Australia, in 1862, and was educated partly in Paris, where he studied art, and partly in London. At the age of 17 he was sent to South Africa, like Cecil Rhodes, for his health. There they met, and so firm did their friendship become, that when the great enterprise of carryi ng the telegraph from the Cape to Ca iro was checked, it was Edmund Davis who was sent to Berlin to induce the Kaiser to allow it to pass through what was then German territory. This fact was doubtless due to Sir Edmund's able negotiat ions with the most influential circles in German y. In his offices in St. Swithin 's Lane therc hun g a faded photograph of Rhodcs, signed in his siraggly hand: " In memory of Berl in. " Sir Edmund was director, managing dircctor, or Chairman of morc than 40 firms, and was interested in more than 100 concerns. His successfu l speculations in land and property became almost a legend.

In tbe War he played an extremely important part, as he was in close touch with the Admira lty concerning the sources of supply of chrome ore, an essential meta l for the production of large-calibre gUlls. As a result, Germany was practica lly " frozen out" of the world's supplies.

But if mining and finance were his interest and his work, collecting pictures was his passion. His tastes were catholic: he loved the Old Masters and the Moderns. His collection of Rodin statuary was unrivalled, and his gift of modern English pictures to the Luxembourg in 1915 was warmly received by M. Poincare on behalf of the French nation.

A year ago five famous pictures were stolen from Chilham Castle, his home near Canterbury; two were subsequently returned, one Rembrant and two others are still missing.

In 1925 Sir Edmund was appointed to the Board of the British South Africa Company, and in 1927 he was Knighted. He interested himself greatly in the Scout Mo vement, and in the social life of Chi lham , where his kindliness, interest and generosity will be sadly missed. He was a lso a J.P. and sometime High Sheriff of Ke nt.

In spite of his tremendous interests and wide philanth ropy, the School had pa rticular cause for gratitude to Sir Edm und, who founded the Edmund Davis Scholarshi p to Middlesex Hospital. Now that he is dead, we like to recall Sir Edmund a nd Lady Davis' telegraphed reply to the School 's congratulations on their Golden Wedding last January " .. . . sincerest thanks for your kind congratulations which are greatly appreciated by both of us."

To Lady Davis we express our deep sympatby.

C. M_ FEARN We record with much regret the sudden death of Mr. C. M. Fearn, until recently manager of the Westminster Bank in Canterbury. Generous, unassuming, kindly, humorous; yet he possessed a strong persona lity; and tbe gifts he had, he employed for the social work in which he was so keenly interested. He was banker, Rotarian, Cha irman of the Hospital's Appeals Committee, and a multitude of things besides; and a devoted Churchman, who did much of the unobtrusive work that a layman can sometimes do.

The School was in his debt, not merely for the actual gifts we received from him, but for much support and kindness. Wherever he was known, he will be greatly missed.

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THE C ANTUARIAN HON. C. L. GREEN (K.S., 1909- 1913) We announce with much regret the death of Mr. C. L. Green. Ch ristian Laurence Green was born in August, 1894, and was educated at the Kin g's School, and at the School of Mines, Ca m bo rne. wh ere he o btained great distinction. Throughout the War (in which he was severely wounded, and mentioned in dispatches) he served as capta in in the Hamp-

shire Regiment.

He subsequentl y joined Osborne and Chappel, after a period at Camborne.

In 1927 he becal1le a pa rtner in that firm , and later chairman or directo r of other mining

firm s in Malaya.

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Mr. G reen took a prom inent part in the social and sporting life of th e commun ity in

which he Ii ved--he played ru gby footba ll for Perak , and owned ma ny successful racehorses.

He wi ll be sadly missed by a host of friends.

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The wri ter has recently returned from a to ur abroad , wh ich began in December in Switzerland and ended in March. Most of the time was spent in Italy.

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I had been to Ita ly a few times before, but not for ten years, and I was naturall y agog to see a ll the improvements whic h tourists told us the Fascist regime had effected. My tou r comprised vi sits of reasonable length to Rome, Naples, the vicin ity of Naples, Capri,

and Sicily, whence I proceeded to Malta. Incidenta ll y it was good fun to ha ve at Malta a meeting of the O.K.S. in the Medite rra nea n- we had a pa rty at the villa of Sir Hendry Ma xwell -Anderso n o n Saturday, February 4th, in the evening, and I was gratified to have

then a telegra m that the School XV had beaten Tonbridge. T here are not many O.K.S. in those parts, but the followin g came to the meeting: 1908- 1916 Comdr. R. L. Jordan, R.N. 1919- 1925 Lt.-Col. S. G . Galpin, R.E. Maj. J . M . F. Cartwright, R.A. 191 8- 1922 Capt. E. G. H. Bellars, R.N. 1903- 1907 D. N. BurreLl, Esq . ...

1910- 1912 Lt.-Colonel E. C. Linton, R.A.M.C....

1902- 1904 Two oth ers were unable to come :Major W. L. Eastwick-Field,

Paymaster-Captain M. G. S. Cu ll , R.N. \905- 1906 R.A .

1908- 191 I But to return to Italy! I had a smattering of Italian, and enjoyed many conversations with people- but mostly workin g-classes. I discussed politics and economics with hotel proprietors, managers, clerks, wa ite rs, porters, shop-keepers, gu ides, cab drivers and

peasa nts, and they talked with surprising frankn ess. One porter fellow summed up in a sentence the impressions I had generall y gathered: he said dispiritedly, "La vita in Italia e molto triste." There is poverty, grim, miserable and widespread: I had thought the slums of Dublin were about as bad as could be, but conditions in the poorer parts of some towns I visited are indescribable and heartrending: you feel the inhabitants can be scarcely human.

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Switzerland at 125.50, a nd elsewhere at ISO. 1 could have stuffed my sui tcases fu ll a t th is price. So 500 lire a month may appea r handso me- but it mea ns something li ke ÂŁ5, and it does not go far when you pay 100 lire for a reasonable pa ir of shoes, 200 fo r a wo rking suit, 500 for a lounge suit ; not when the rent, for a three~ roo m work ing class apartment for yo ur family of five or seven children is 400 a mo nth in Rome, and not muc h less in Na ples- unless yo u go into the nea rby country a nd pay 200 rent. These wages do not run to ela borate meals; the people I knew- a nd some I visited in their homes-brea kfas ted on co ffee and bread (n o butter or substi tute or jam), lun ched o n macaro ni o r bea ns, and supped o n potatoes; fi sh they never saw, eggs- well , they might have one apiece in th e course of the week , if they we re not too poor; the only meat meal was on Su nday. It did

not strike me that prices were cheap any how; they to ld me bread was 2 lire (say 5d. Or 6d.) a kilo, butter 12 lire a kilo, cheese 10, salt 1. 50, fis h anyth ing from 15 to 20 lire a ki lo, beef 12, mu tto n 8, veal 15 a nd 16 a kilo. A kilogra mme is rat her more tha n 2i Ibs. Eggs, whe n 1 e nquired , were 70 centes imi each. My acquain tances were bitter in their comp laints- everythin g now costs more, they sa id, and we are much wo rse off th an we we re 20 yea rs ago; an d they are severely taxed. 1 fo und much discontent among all the

types I ha ve mentioned- a discontent sharpened for all hotel people a nd shop- kee pers by the fact that th is is proving the .. baddest " season (in the wo rds of one of them) for to urists they had had. Practically no English, no F rench and no Americans were travell ing wh en I was th e re- the Germans we re, but they had no mo ney to spend ; . , poli tica "

was at the bottom of it a ll, a nd where on earth was Ita ly driftin g to? G lory ! Wha t did the people want with glory, and in plain wo rds, what did it mean? They had litt le to ea t, lots of hard work to do, wretched wages, high rents a nd they were taxed right a nd left ; their fathers and brothers had died in Spain and Africa- a nd what good was it all ?

Civilise Africa ? Let Mussol ini civilise Italy ! Why were they not in close a lliance with Britain a nd F ra nce? Why should they a ll y with Germa ns? They never had liked Germans. M ore th an one asked why Mussolini sho uld have wasted lives and millions in Spain , whe n th e public were semi-starved and undernourished; and none of the m believed

the offi cia l protesta tion that the Fascists wo uld be withdrawn fro m Spa in wi thout a ny quid pro quo. My acqua intance allowed th at in ternall y the Government of Mussoli ni had a good dea l to its credit- the ra ilways were im proved, goo d roads made, slums cleared in Ro me, waste and marsh land brought under cult ivat ion, the Mafia had been aboli shed , but there was no sympathy for anti-F renc h and anti- British fo re ign po licy, and sharp d isconte nt at thei r econo mic conditio n. One man in Naples was so exasperated that he

said Ita ly wo uld be no good until " Julius Caesar " was re-enacted, a nd in a nother town when I suggested that Mussolini 's rule was popular I got a savage retort: .. II po polo Italia no a ma Mussolini morto ! " Others found matter for humou r in the Fascist reg ime, a nd said, .. Oh, it 's Musso this and Musso tha t- it a ll belongs to Musso! " T hey were reasonable enough peo ple- they recognized Ital y's prolific gro wth in population, and the co untry's lack of trade- but were of opini o n that peace, not war, was needed for

the solution of these problems; they certain ly were scared of a ny idea of wa r against Bri tai n and France-and I must say tha t after Mr. Chamberlain 's Birmingham speech

affirmin g our solida rity with France, the jaws of those members of the Fascist Pa rty I met dropped considerably. But I was left under little dou bt that the sort of people I knewthe working-classes and non-Fascists- would only with great difficulty be a ligned in wa r against us and F rance.

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In a cr isis it would appear that th e Government co uld count only 011 the Fascist Party ; wha t is it ? About 2,000,000 I think- bu t man y are members from mere motive of prudence; membership of the Party is the path to jobs ! An easy wa r- all gai n and no risk- wo uld be popular with Arm y Officers and the genuine Fascists, a nd doubtless such people had ho ped that France would be isolated. One of them told me the point of Mr. C hamberlain 's visit to Rom e was to arrange it!

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Saturday afternoo ns- but my firm impression is that

the people of mat urer years arc worried and depressed, not confident that they are being led in th e ri ght direct ion, and kn owing that a major war would write" finito " to the country.

And thi s no twit hstandin g a terrific attempt at mass cducation in " right political

thinking. "

From No rth to South the walls of buildings in town and vi llage are plastered

with sloga ns, painted in commanding size.

Here are some:

.. Believc, obey, fight. ))

" MussoJini is always right. " " The March on Abyssinia was the logical outcome of the March on Rome." "Courage, Faith, Battle. " "The Cry ofTtaly is the cry of Justice and of Victory." â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Our Deeds spea k loud and shall speak louder." They are innumerable, perhaps childish, and boring in their frequency, but possibly on ly tourists read them. So in every office, bank, railwa y station, from Chiasso in th e North to Syrac use in the South,

hang two pictures- King Victor Em ma nuel a nd Benito Mussol ini. But more than these things is needed to weld the people of Italy into a regimented Total itarian Sta te ; they do no t take kindly to discipline, and remain at heart the individualists they always ha ve been .

In ternally much has been" cleaned up " - but the beggars in Naples and the South can surely never have been marc in number ; the churches and streets are still dirty ; men and children spit everywhere. Tiny children smoke and cadge. Touts make your

life a misery, and cadgers pester you as in the good old da ys. The physique of very many is poor- the people backwa rd and illiterate- l met so me who co uld speak only dialectbut I thought the nati ve intelligence of the coun try people superior to that of townsfolk Offic ially Germans are in fa vo ur, and I mel man y Germans in useful employments.

In train s and large hotels if yo u could not spea k Ital ian, attendants at o nce broke into Ge rman. Bu t th ey were not so popular outside offi cial o r " Party" circles, and it is not easy to see how th e two countries ca n be easy bed-fellows, with tradition aga in st it and the

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The old Tip system still reigns-the Fascists cannot persuade the people it is too undignified for the descendants of the a ntique Romans! You pay you r 10 % on the billbut they a ll crowd round you on your departu re from the hotel, just as they used to do.

Nor can you blame them, for they get no wages,- the Management merely pays each of them hi s or her share of the percentages; it seems pretty mean, but th ey did the sa me

thing in German hotels when I was there two years ago. Everywhere the tourist exists for lips. At churches, theatres, museums, " belvederes," everywhere and anyw here they look fo r the odd lire or two to exchange hands. Only once did a ma n- a lighthouse keeper who had shown me his lan tern- refuse a tip; I proferred 5 lire- he drew himself up wi th di gnity a nd declined, but a llowed me to give it to his bambino!

I remember some very interesting talks- but this ar ticle is a lready too long. I could tell of a three-cornered chat between a Berlin high official, a wealthy Sicilian merchant and myself ; J reca ll how the merchan t poo-poo'd the" Jew T heory " of the German, and howled with laughter at the idea of Italians seriously colonising Abyssinia. I remember a scared little man in Rome with whom I went abou t who had not heard of the Jewish pogrom of last Autumn, but was convinced that thousands of Italians were piling up fortun es in Abyssinia . There was another fellow near Pompeii- a man of some substanceindifferent to the Kin g but devoted to the Duce, but puzzled to explain the Spanish advent ure. r met two yo un g Nazis with jobs in Ita ly- they thought li ttle of the I talia ns as a potential ally, and said they wo uld probably sit on the fence again as they did in 191 4- 15. And not least interesting was a German shop-keeper who having poured out his detestation of the Nazis, said earnestly to me, " Three-quarters of the people of Germany think as I do. " [ have tried to reproduce with accuracy what I heard and what 1 saw, and so to fo rmulate unbiassed impressions. I loved my tour and long to return to that beautiful la nd and its kindl y, excitable, humorous people. The Officials were helpful and courteous-I went through the Customs several times but was never requ ired to open a suitcase; the people welcomed one warmly, and took every occasion to demonstrate 't heir liking for and trust in Britishers.

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Delay and forgetfulness, coffee a nd conferences, and a fevered rush in the last three weeks of term regularly mark the trail of a Call1uarian. Of course, there is no need for it all-at least, not fo r the fever-but we do not take it upon ourselves to be brea kers of tradition! So the ample time that we have in which to prepare a magazine is three-quarters given over to other delights; and we bla me a host of seduction fo r this Edi torial inertia .

About half-term the machinery of production is stirred to its first spasmodic twitch.

A bund le of letters is examined and answered- sometimes requests for Cantuarians, couched in terms of blistering reproof, or longing .aspiration. But this faintly pathetic attempt to put off an evil day marks no turn for the better in the communal editorial character- in short, apathy reigns once more.

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But the realisation tbat the - - magazine must be published will in the long run stir even an Ed ito r into activity; and when he is eventua lly roused from his lethargy, the

hunt is on in earnest. " Hunt" is the word-¡for two or three days tbere is a dogging of footsteps, a hounding of contributors, a badge ring of potential authors; and there is all the thrill and satisfaction that greets the end of a long chase, when the quarry is run down, and the wanted article handed over. Of cou rse, the mere obtaining of the article is nothing worth.

So many of these muscular men, from whom perforce we have to demand " copy,"

find difficulty wit h the spelling; and day and night a large staff of" fags " are kept plying their diligent pens, as they turn" King's" Engl ish into English.

But the" vett ing" of articles that we have laid our hands upon is a pleasant ta sk, compared with the frantic pleadings for the articles that are not, from sources that hear not.

What shall we say of the Oxford Letter, which fi gures so prominently in this issue, and the last isslIe, and the issue before that? And now, even as we write, we have just remembered that the O.K.S. will want an account of the O.K .S. Dinnci'; the Magazi ne flows from the pens of so many" Jitter-bugs. "

But the Editors are a resourceful crowd.

We ca n always be trusted to produce a In vention is the Nursemaid of a COllluarian , and if we cannot write ourselves

magaz ine. a letter, we can produce an article on almost an yt hing. And so, a miscellaneous hotchpotch of errors and omissions (we nearly had " E. and O. E." on the cover this time), inventions and athletics, we go to Press. It is now that we find ourselves little children caught in the sprockets of the Machine Age. Writing- or rather punctuating- is our business; for

those who delight in wheels and brakes and funn els there is a set of admirable photographs to be examined.

Messrs. G ibbs themselves must often have cause [0 compare their lot with that of Job: they get a practically raw deal. It is a mystery to us how they ever decipher the revolting half-sheets of dirty paper, covered with blots and thumb-ma rks and unintelligible corrections.

To us it is manuscript, to Messrs. Gibbs. . .. But it all comes alike to that indomitable firm ; even when the Editors appear in their office on the day before publication, and hand in a bundle of papers with the regretful remark that they will be expelled, if Gibbs ca nnot con tri ve to print the" Editorial" and tbe " School News," which have been inadvertently

forgotten, those iron men do not blench. Mildly nrotesting that they are not the Daily Telegraph, they take it all in the night 's work. .. Ga lJey-proofs .. are the next tests of our in genuity ; and it is then that all our sins

return upon our heads.

The sloppy fellow who dashed off an a rticle on the back of an

old French prose must scan the proofs with every care- fo r even the most polished French prose will not look well in The Cantuarian with, alongside, the acid ulated comments of a

master. So the " galleys" come in for careful inspection. A " galley-proof," for those who do not know, is produced in long strips of several feel. Back they come upon us in the same diso rdered sequence as the filthy manuscripts we handed over the counter. Every word comes up for censorship, every misplaced comma must be ruthlessly set right ; we

hesitate to say that for a harassed day or two we serve a term a s galley-slaves.

Then there is the order to be arranged. "Easy," says the glib critic, who does not know enough to position a frontispiece correctly. But it is not so easy, when traditional sequence has to be set against the advantages of a neat antithesis; or when a photograph proves difficult to fit into the correct place; or indeed when any of a hundred and one possible difficulties upsets a preconceived formula. Order arranged, the job is nearly done. From the final proof, which closely resembles a Cantuarian, to the finished article, dul y deli vered by the unfailing Gibbs on the last Monday of term; and we are finished.

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THE CANTUARIAN Or so we feel-but ours is a lonely peak; and though acuiely conscious of its eminence, we find it makes an ample target of ns. So martyrdom is our lot, abusive letters all our fan-mail; and, ready though we are to accept the price of fame as it comes, we hope these confessions may suggest a new line of attack to. OUf .critics-they may sense the mingled howls of laughter and tears of rage that go to compose a Cantllarian. We know all aboul ourselves. Lazy we are, careless we are, inefficient we are, ilUterate of course. But, gosh! if yo u on ly knew how funny we are!

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[The Secretary of "The Cantuarian " is suffering from a nervolls breakdown,' he is under obsenation. We dissociate ollrseh'es from this tissue of falsehoods. - Eds. )

WALTER PATER W. B. Yeats, in his introduction to the Oxford Book of Modern Verse, says of Walter Paler: .' . . .. he was accustomed to give each sentence a separate page of manuscript, isolating and analysing its rhythm."

In this way did Walter Pater produce his perfect, rhythmical prose; this is the reason for the space of twelve years from the publishing of his first book to the publishing of his second book.

He was born in 1839 at Shadwell. At the age of fourteen he wenl to King's School, Canterbury, of which he has left us a picture in one of his imaginary portraits, Emerald Uthwart. Although he took no part in the School games, he was happy enough at the School ; and although he wrote no prose while he was here, he turned out great quantities of verse. Just before he left Canterbury he read Modern Painters, and it is cvident that Ruskin had a great influence on him.

In June, 1858, Pater entered Queen 's. College, Oxford, with an exhibition from Ca nterbury. He read Classics, and in 1862 he graduated with second. class honours.

While at the Un iversity he spent all his vacations in Germany, where his sisters were li ving.

During 1863 he made two attempts to gain a fellowship, but without success. In the following year, however, he was successful at Brasenose, and in 1865 he took his place in

the Society as a Non-Classical Fellow.

Pater had originall y had the idea of going into the Church, but he soon relinquished it. Later he thought of becoming a unitarian minister, but gave up the idea before 1864.

His interests at this time were mainly philosophical.

His first essay in composition was a fragment on Coleridge, which he wrote in 1866. ' In the January of the following year the Westminster RCI'ie", published his famous essay on Winckelmann, inspired by Otto John's Life of Winckelmann. From that time onwards he began to write more, contributing essays to the Fortnightly Review. Between 1869 and 1871 he wrote several essays on subjects concerning the Renaissance, which appeared as Studies in the history of the Renaissance in 1873. This was his first book: and it was twelve years before he completed Marius the Epicurean, although he was continuously engaged in writing it.

It was published in the Westminster Review.

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This is perhaps the best book he ever wrote. Its style is in every way masterly, and could hardly have been improved. He exhausted himself in the pursuit of absolute perfection of style, noting with extreme refinement nice shaMs of feeling and delicate distinctions of thought and sentiment. But he overburdened hIs sentences, makmg them over-long, and sometimes combined the antithetical and adjectival clauses. His style was lacking in simplicity and freshness.

After Marius the Epicurean he published several more books, all in the same style, very similar to each other, but entirely dissimilar from all other contemporary literature; in

1887 he published Imaginary Portraits; in 1889 Appreciations, with an essay on style; and in 1893 Plato alld Platonism. After hi s death Mr. Shadwell collected together a nd publi shed several essays under the title Miscellaneous S tudies; after Pater's death Mr. Shadwell a lso published Greek Studies and Gaston Latoru, an unfinished Romance.

He lived a quiet life, almost sequestered. Contemporaries failed to appreciate his greatness, perhaps. The acid test in these news-ridden days is an obituary notice in The Times; and poor Walter Pater passed unnoticed there upon his death. Yet some there must have been, just as there are some now, who could appreciate prose at its most nearly perfect; and these must surely have noticed the death of Walter Pater.

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But, short as the holiday was, it was looked for ward to with great eagerness by the boys, who, in the speeches they made to get it, certainly did not minimize the various hardships of the winter term. " I cannot tell the audience," says the orator on one of these occasions, " how much we suffer from the cold, whIle we spend. whole da ys readmg and writi ng in the schoolroom. The ink freezes in one boy 's inkhorn, the very brains freeze in the head of another. OUf teeth chatter, we hit out at one another In an Insane fashion .

We arc constrained to warm our frozen fingers with the breath of our mouths

because as you see there is here neither fire nor fireplace.

Some of us ha ve had such bad

chilblains th at we can nei ther run nor jump; besides, we do not dare to make a noise in

school lest the monito rs should report us to the masters. 0 whither shall we turn, or what ~ha ll we do ir. this evil plight? " But in addition to the discomforts within the School, there were perils to be encountered in reaching it on a dark winter's morning.

One boy we are told, would be apt to stumble in the dark and fi lthy streets into the gutter; another {",ould arrive at School like a " human spon ge, drenched with filthy water discharged from the upper windows of the houses, while like another Palinurus he was gazing upwards as though directing his course by the stars. : ' A third, as he groped his ~ay. through the gloomy precincts of the Church, ~ould stnke hIS head agamst some l?roJectmg pIllar. or buttress, with the result that he arnved at School WIth a black eye, a dIsfigurement whIch the master was sure to ascribe to pugilistic encounters with street boys and to punish accordingly. Nor did the boys forget to impress upon their audience the length of the hours of work and the severity of tbeir tasks.

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LECTURES

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MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES IN FOUR CONTINENTS On S~nday, Ja nuary 29th, Mr. L. V. ,~ryant gave an interesting lecture entitled Mountam Adventures III Four Contlllents.

As a New Zealander, Mr. Bryant's first task was obviously Mount Cook, in South Island, a climb of over twelve thousand feet.

An interesting feature of the foothills of Mount Cook was the presence of long glaciers moving slowly downwards, midst thick green folia ge on either side of them. "

He made a short mentio n of his visit to Canada last summer, during which he did so me

climbing in the Rocky Mountains, but was foiled of his chief objective, Mount Victoria, by a blizza rd. He went on to deSC ribe hiS adventures in Europe, which included an ascent of the Matterhorn.

The main attraction of the lecture was the number of most interestin g s1 ides taken

while on Mount Everest ill 1935. We were quite astonished by the extraordinary risks which every wou ld-be conqueror of Everest must undergo--the precipices, the crevasses, the avalanches and other perils of nature.

We must thank Mr. Bryant for an extraordinarily entertaining lecture and congratulate him on the vividness of his descriptions and the beauty of his slides.

RECITAL BY JOSEPH PLAUT, ESQ. On Sunday, February 5th, Joseph Plaut gave a recital to the School.

There had been

discuss ion over the nat ure of the recita l and no one seemed to know what fo rm it would take, but not even the most o ptimistic were disappointed. It would be unwise to attempt any criticism of his performance, because both in England and on the continent, the critics are unan im ous in their ap proval and in praisin g him as .. a first-rate actor," " an artiste of great delicacy" and "the prophet of the God of Humour." It would be equally

difficult to choose the best items on his programme, but mention can be made of the <<

ski t " on th e oratorio in a pro vincial town , and the imitation of recitations by children,

for these were very popula r and remain freshest in the memory.

Mr. Plaut had a good

si nging as well as a speakin g vo ice and displayed a keen sense of humour, shrewdness and

observation. [f his command of English was not entirely satisfactory, it was atoned for by his va riety of gest ure and facial expression, which was amazing. The School was loath to a llow him to finish his recital, and we can only hope that he will return very soon.

AN EMPIRE TOUR IN THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE On March 5th Sir Harry Lindsay came to lecture to us on the Imperial Institute.

He told us the purpose of the Imperial Institute, and explained the arrangement of the sections. The Im perial Institute was made to help on the development of the Empire, and to tell the story of the Empire to such as wish to hear it. There is a library on Empire subjects, a nd nineteen hundred Empire films have been made so that schools and societies can borrow them when they wa nt. Sir Harry then wandered from the subject, and told us what he thought held the Empire together. He dismissed trade, religion and language, and finally decided on the Crown. He finished his lecture with some amusing reminiscences, and suggested to Dr. Shirley that a party should go to the Imperial Institute, a suggestion which we all hope will bear fruit.

Tbe lecture was greatly appreciated, the more so as Sir Harry is a busy man, who must find it hard to make time for such a visit.

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MUSIC THE CH RISTMAS CONCERT It was our great good fortune to be able to base our Christmas programme on the knowledge that M r. George Baker was very kindly coming down to sing with us. This fact, coupled with our endeavour once more to ensure that the majority of the items were really performed by the School, made the selection of the numbers most interesting.

A. M. Dean opened the programme with Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary, and the Choral Society followed with an equally spirited rendering of two attractive part-songs. After K. V. Jones had given a most eloquent performance of " Papillon," by Greig, the Chorus sang Purcell's " ~ound the Trumpet," accompanied by strings, drums and brass. The " Ghost Scene," from" Ruddigore," which followed, was one of the high spots of the evening. Mr. Baker was just terrifying- there were some who said that he shook the courageous, if not always essentially musical, hearts of the Choral Society. Anyway, it was a very enjoyable number to hear, and has set the Chorus a high standard to maintain.

The first half ended with the first movement of Bach's Fifth Brandenburg COlicerto. J. R. Williams was at the piano, P. D. A. Kent was the violin soloist, and we were fortunate in .

having Mr. Black with us for the term, as he put in the flute solo. The work was a trifle ambitious perhaps, but it was confidently played, and Williams is to be complimented on his finished playing. .

A number of smaller items, including a Trio for violin, 'cello and piano, by Frank Bridge, were overshadowed in the second half by Mr. Baker's fine songs. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was an old favourite, and we enjoyed Mr. Baker 's irony in "The Song of the Flea, " but there were some of us who were so disappointed that Mr. HelyHutchinson's mock-Handelian setting of "Old Mother Hubbard" could not raise a ¡ laugh in Canterbury. Finally, Mr. Baker came among the Chorus and with infectious enthusiasm carried them and the audience to their feet in a number of Sea-Shanties.

From the performers' side it was a grand evening, and we feel that a liberal critic might have loved it too. We are most grateful to Mr. Knight for acting as accompan ist, and to Mr. Morris's friends for their help in the orchestral items. Mr. Tong and Mr. Morris shared the conductor's task between them, and together with performers and audience joined in a hearty expression of gratitude to Mr. Baker for his fine singing.

OPERATIC RECITAL SELECTIONS FROM MOZART'S OPERAS

On March 4th, in the Chapter House, there was another of our annual operatic recitals. This time we heard some new singers, for Mr. George Baker brought with him Miss Olive Groves, Miss Winifred Radford, Mr. Jan Van Der Gucht and Mr. John Walsh.

Mr. Norman Allin should have come to sing bass, but he had the misfortune to go down with influenza the day before, and so Mr. Walsh very ably took his place.

The Mozart selection was an excellent idea. It is so easy to find uninteresting moments in much operatic music, but not so in Mozart, and Mr. Baker's well-chosen comments on

each opera, as it was represented, added greatly to the enjoyment of the singing.

It is not possible to comment on every item, but some deserve special mention. Miss Olive Groves gave an exquisite rendering of " House of joy for ever banished" from" The Magic Flute." It seemed that she had gauged the effect of the Chapter House to the full, for it is not often that such clarity of tone and declamation are heard there. Of the selections 100

THE CANTUAR1AN from '" Don Giovanni" the duet by Miss Groves and Mr. Baker- " Give me thy hand, "II mio

o fairest "-was truly delightful, and Mr. Van der Gucht was specially good in tesoro."

The vigorous aria" 0 Sir Page" from" Figaro" was most popular with the

audience, and we were sorry Mr. Baker would not sing it again.

Mr. Walsh had nothing of the substitute about him, and his enviously deep and sonorous voice was well shown up in "

a Isis and Osiris,"

but it was his singing of ,. When

a maiden takes your fancy" that left us no doubt that he was a most accomplished singer.

The ensemble numbers were not quite so successful. The Chapter House is a peculiar building and is not sympathetic to men's voices if there is the merest suspicion of oversinging. It does, however, urge one to commit this fault, and it was a noticeable tendency to keep control, which detracted slightly from trios like" 0 my beloved we must part."

Mr. Geoffrey Corbett, whom we admire every year for his exquisite accompaniments, once again amazed us with his delicate agility.

It was a most enjoyable afternoon, and we are most grateful for the entertainment Mr. Baker and his friends gave us.

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Secretary: R. F. FBNN Last term ended with the Carol Service, which was sung as usual from the Screen.

Some new carols were introduced this time, and those sung by the Choir alone were placed in two main groups- an English Traditional group and one composed of foreign carols.

J. R. Williams played some attractive organ solos between the singing, and the School sang their carols with great spirit.

The gloomy tale of broken voices has once again to be told, and once more this term we have been reduced to singing plain-song settings of the psalms when the 'flu took away too many trebles. Still, the tenors and basses get more and better as time goes on, and no doubt, if no trebles are to be found, some male voice singing could well be substituted. It would be a great pity to do this, but we are at war with nature and must expect these lean periods.

A section of the Choir will be going to the Albert Hall to sing in the performance of Church Music in the London Festival of Music. The School of English Church Music are in charge of the performance, and we know that it is certain to go well and be most enjoyable. The music sung will be the same as that which we sang in the Cathedral at the Regional Festival last term.

We were delighted to hear that two of our members-Williams and Starnes- had been awarded Choral Scholarships at St. John's College, Cambridge, and we congratulate them heartily.

To the Secretary we owe our best thanks, and to Mr. Avery for his regular attendance.

Again we have had the help of A. J. Phillips, O.K.S., and we were sorry to lose Mr. Moulds at the end of last term.

THE CHORAL SOCIETY Secretary: R. F. FENN After some weeks of inactivity due largely to the unfriendliness of colds and the weather to singing, the tenors and basses are meeting again to prepare some part-songs for an informal concert to be held at the end of term.

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The numbers attending are very good, a nd we hope to give, at an y rate, a hearty performance. There a re many boys who seem to like the idea of continuing this malevoice choir, and we hope they will continue to be just as keen next term.

At the informal concert the School strings will once again appear ' and accompany J . R. Williams in Handel 's Organ Concerto in B flat.

THE GRAMOPHON E SOC IETY President:

R. P. T ONG, ESQ.

Hon. Secretary: A. M. DEA N The predominating figure at this term's meetin gs seems to ha ve been Toscanini wh ose influence has been felt in almost eve ry programm e, hi s interpretation of Beethoven' ~ Pastoral Symphon y being particularly appreciated.

So me forty-fi ve members of the Society visited the Rega l Cinema on Sunday, March 12th, to hear POllishnoff in a Chopin Recital, which, as was fi tting, was greatl y enjoyed by all.

Finally, Mr. Tong once aga in deserves all tha nks for all the help that makes the Society possible.

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TH E LIBRARY Librarian : A. E GERTON JONES, EsQ. Assistant Librarian: C. 1. M EEK The term is a short one and although as a consequence there is no question of a record number of books being taken out, the weekly average is still rising. In fact, the Library is being used more a nd morc in the correct manner. There has been a most welcome increase in the Library 's purchasing power, and a large number of books ha ve been bought. The classical section in particular has been immensely strengthened in this wa y. The foll owing books have been presented and we are really grateful for them :By Mrs. Neeld :The Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury........................... C. Cotton By the Author :On Personal Service... ...... ...... .. .. ......... .... ..... .... ..... F. de W. Lushington

By C. A. Yates, O.K.S. :In Search of England. ......... .. .... ......... .. .. .. ..... ... .. ..... H. V. Morton

By J. A. Young, O.K.S. :The Works of Robert Burns

By George Baker, Esq. :A Servant of the Empire ...... ....... .. ............ ......... .. Clara Boyle The Flight of Birds .. .... .... ..... .... .. .. .... ........... .. .. .. ... . C. Horton-Smith Quest for the Griffon ............ .. .... ... ... .. .. .... .... ..... .... . . R. Atk inson

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The activities of the Society so fa r this term have been confined to the showing of scientific films in the Physics Laboratory.

On Saturday, January 28th, .. Air Enterprise" was shown, the film describing the development of the Imperia l Airways since the Great War. On Monday, March 6th, a film on .. Spodi " potteries was shown. At this meeting we first made use of the amplifier to supplement the film with gramophone music. This experiment proved to be quite popular, especially when the musical director inadvertently put on one of the latest ,. swing " records !

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On Sunday, March 12th, two films were shown; .. Chilean Natural Nitrate," depicting lhe mining and uses of this val uable mineral, and " The Making of Wedgwood Pottery," describing the entire process whereby the" slip " of soft clay is converted into one of the artistic products of the factory.

On Ma rch 18th two more fil ms are being shown, entitled " Royal Sovereign, " and " Science makes a Dentifrice. " Later this term Mr. R. Baynton, O.K.S., is going to show us a film on his fi reextinguisher ; accompanied, we hope, by an actual demonstration.

There is to be one talk this term, on I ndia, by Major Langlands. It is somewhat disa ppointing that there should not be more pape rs by members of the Society themselves.

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A fairly successful term has been passed by the Society, to date two papers having been given and fou r plays read ; and Gala Night was held. C. I. Meek's paper is eagerly awaited.

The first paper by W. J. Merson was on the Sitwells and was wittily entitled " T. Rio Gra nde. " It was a very enjoya ble paper, well-written and interesting. At first it was purely biograp hi cal, but later he expounded the poetic virtues of the family and boldly proclaimed them the greatest of contemporary poets; needless to say, the statement did not pass unchallenged. He also read us several excerpts from the poems of the trio, and gave a good many members an interesting introduction to their works.

T he President read the other paper which was on .. Poetry and Modern Poetry."

It was knowledgeable and very interesting, especially since the Society was till then patently deficient in its knowledge of modern verse. This was demonstrated in the ensuing discussion which was confined to the President, Mr. Roach and one member, except for a few helpful re marks which from time to time interrupted the proceedings.

Mr. Gorman also read us several modern poems, and tried to discover what modern poets were aiming a t ; even their self-ex plained theories seemed thoroughly fantastical and the work of E. E_ Cummings a nd Ezra Pound provided the Society with some a musement.

Of the plays that were read" Ghosts" and" The Playboy of the Western World" were most notable, and "Squaring the Circle," by Katayev, would have been more enjoyable had the translator made less use of out-of-date American slang.

The Gala Night was a success, and the prose pieces showed much appreciation of style and effect. The verse rather lacked sincerity a nd fire, a nd perhaps suffered from a literary self-consciousness. The members selected four good pieces for insertion in the Marlowe Book; and several extracts from favourite authors, serious and flippant , were then read. The discussion which followed was fierce and informative, if inconclusive.

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On March 7th the Society visited Cambridge to see the performance of Sophocles' " Antigone" at the Arts Theatre. The production in general, and the singing of the chorus in particular, were excellent, while Creon is but one of several characters whose performances were worthy of praise. On the previous evening the Society had met to read a translation of the play, with the result that we were able to enjoy even more an already enjoyable production by baving a knowledge of the play fresh in our memories.

On March 13th Mr. Roach read a paper on "Goethe." This may seem a strange departure from the customary channels of classical study and discussion, but after all, as he explained, Goethe was a fine classical scholar, and classical learning had no small influence on his life and work. Mr. Roach gave us a short but colourful history of his life, telling us of his liberal education in all the various spheres of the arts, sciences and languages: how his classical tragedy, .. Iphigenie in Tauris," was received in silence, while " Werther " caused a national sensation. Finally he described to us, with frequent excerpts, the plot of " Faust," the work that took Goethe some forty years to complete.

The excellence of Mr. Roach's paper fully justificd his adoption of a subject somewhat beyond the usual sphere of classical study.

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Our visit to London took place last term according to plan, and we are very grateful to Sir Hugh for a most enjoyable evening. Before we left time was found for him to judge our short story competition, and first place was awarded to R. L. G. Sutcliffe's . . Arsenic. " Influenza interfered for a few days with our activities at the beginning of term, but since the end of January we have been meeting regularly. A paper on "Evolution," by Mr. Moss, was extremely interesting, and his large collection of skulls formed a convincing illustration to his talk. But there are still some questions that we would like to ask him, and we hope to see him again shortly.

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But the hour we were allowed was inadequate to ex"ress ourselves fully m the discussIOn that followed . We are grateful to Mr. Avery for his I~terestmg and provocatIVe paper, and should like to have another meeling to answer back .

Before the end of the term we are to have a visit from Mr. S. J .. Travers, M:B.E., who is Assistant Agricultural Organiser to the Kent EducatIOn Committee;. he will talk on " English Agriculture. " And Mr. Gerald Knight, tbe. Cathedral OrganIst, has promised to give us the musical talk which was postponed last tel m.

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This term there has been considerable activity in the Dark-Rooms, which have been thoroughly cleaned and repainted. There have been four lectures, but the attendance at them was rather poor on the whole.

In the second week of term, Mr. Taylor'gave a lecture.on " Portraiture, " which proved ¡ hteru'ng . A, cl'ew weeks later , on the suggestIOn he gave asa t mos en IIg h' h M of C the President, 'I t ractical demonstration of portrait-takin~, for w IC "r: orner spa e :all':era w borrowed; different lighting effects were tned out and cnlIclsed, exposures we, e discussed, d fterwards two or three members took portrait photographs for themselves. The S~cie~y is very grateful to Mr. Taylor for these interesting lectures, and also to the VlcePresident for the two demonstrations which he gave, one on EnlargIng and the other on Developing.

It is ex ected that the School Sports will produce a fresh bur~t of industry all':0ng members offhe Society, and it is hoped that some good photographs will be taken, especially in view of the exhibition next term.

THE SOMNER SOCIETY President,'

R . W. F. WOOTTON, EsQ.

Han . Secretary,' E. M.

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The activities of the Society this term have been somewhat curtailed, due partly, of course, to the influenza epidemic but mainly to bad weather.

Tours of the Cathedral have been continued this term whenever possible.. Th~ee tours have been made up to the moment, the first, conducted by Mr. Lampe, deabng, wltb the Grotesqne carvings in the Crypt and Cloisters. One afternoon was taken up Ill. an ex loration of the upper stories of the Cathedral. On March 14th .m~mbe~s ,?f the SOCiety viEted the Gabriel Chapel to study the very fine mural plaster pamtmgs III It. They are said to be the finest of theIr type m Europe, outside Italy.

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interesting objects had been found,

At the same meeting E. M. Lock read a paper on "The Ruins of Berry Pomeray," being an account of the history of the castle and its inmates from its foundation in the time of the Conqueror, the development of the castle itself, and its final ruin in the early 18th Century.

On March 7th members of the Society visited Westbere and Fordwich by bicycle under the direction of Mr. Lampe. At Fordwich Church the party saw one of the many alleged tombs of St. Augustine and climbed' the spire from which a fine view was obtained.

The Town Hall also proved very interesting, having stocks, a whipping post and a duckingcrane outside, and a court room in side. Beneath the building was a dark ceiL We were much impressed, and greatly enjoyed ourselves.

I t MODERN LANGUAGES SOCIETY The Society was founded in the belief that students of Modern Languages in the Upper School would welcome the opportunity, through informal discussion, of coming into contact With subjects other than thell' own.

The belief has so far proved itself justified, and the Society remains the enemy of exclusiveness.

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The last meeting of the term will be for a discussion on " Pacifism," opened by Mr. R. F. W. Wootton.

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Men pass, and their ineffecti ve lives are hidden in the fold s of time; Men pass, and with chastity sublime nature survives.

So veiled only is tbe tree with snow and mist- it knew no first temptation or lascivious thjrst,

and as the mournful winters pass, will fling its petals on the grass.

R.F.W.G .

WYOMING LANDSCAPE Tbe silver veil of rain has lifted, A light breeze stirs in the west ; The great clouds roll together Into fat white billowing feathery boisters, Welcoming the sun again.

Across the east a rainbow arches, Beautiful, bright and calm.

The pale green earth Bathes itself in the listless air, Golden with rain-washed sunlight.

The wild bees find the mulberry bush And the clusters of lavender bloom, And murmuring, Slowly wend their way Back to their home in the hickory tree, Back to their amber hoards.

All in the sun-varnished vale is still, Save the rusty cry of the bittern-bird Across the deserted swamp.

Then the white owl hoots And the night wind grows cold and chill.

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Beauty, how great till felt and seen Within the clasp of arms, each part Is analysed, so little clean And pure, to stir the languid heart.

Oft of a maiden's charm I sing, Then lie revolted by the act; So now the soul escapes, takes wing, To seek that beauty fair maids lacked.

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BRAICH·Y·PWLL " L'oeuvre sort plus belle d 'une forme au travail rebelle."

The mountain road winds endlessly, wearily, The drizzling rain falls lazily, ceaselessly, The unseen sun sets distantly, frigidly, And darkness comes oil us, murkily, pressingly.

The swollen stream flows hastily, busily, The scraggy sheep run aimlessly, stupidly, The shepherd plods on, carelessly, dully, His collie dog barks senselessly, viciously ....

Weakly we stumble on.

The night surrounds us, starlessly, stormily, The valley falls away, frighteningly, yawningly, The rocks tower over us, monstrously, loweringly,

The soft, scant grass lies saggily, squelchingly, The track grows narrower, roughly, vexingly, And winds more steeply, rutli ly, stonily.

But stay! There smoke rises, fitfully, spirally, A rough cottage stands there, ruggedly, peacefully, Rest at last!

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ALLEGORY IN THE HEREAFTER The other night St. Peter called. "Howald are you? " he said . "Eighteen," Ireplied, " and a bit young for this sort of thing. " "And is it true that you are happy? " " Quite true," I said firmly. " Then it is surely time that a judgement was passed upon you." I remembered some testimonials of good character that lay in the drawer of my desk; but it was too late, for Peter already had me by the hand and was leading me out of the door. .. Which way? " demanded Peter, as we came to a fork in the road; and I looked at the sign·posts and saw" Heaven" on the one, and" Hell" on the other. I felt that it would be more proper to sample Heaven first, and said as much; and we turned to pass down a long and narrow road. Yet I noticed that it was not as long as it made out to be,

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I looked on for some time' then I shuddered and turned away. "Let's try Hell," I said to Peter, who had been st;nd ing by with an expressionless face. "Don't be hasty,:: he said.

" Remember your eyes arc mortal, and are accustomed only to mortal thmgs.

But vain in my confidence that what I had seen was true, J bega n to stumble towards the gate, and we made our way out again to Hell. .. . .

Coloured lights were blazing outside the ,entrance, and a commISSI?natre, with horns and a tail in the approved manner; showed us 10: It was hke a vast cafe, full as far as the eye could see with little round tables, each seatmg some three or four ~eople. The first

impression was onc of hapPJn~~s-there w~s a constant buzz of conve,r.satJ~:m, and laughing

faces showed all round us.

Shall we hsten to them a moment? said Peter, and we drew near to a table where four men sat, smiling as gaily as a,nY0t.te; ~o. my .surpnse I nOhce.~ that the speaker there was a Politician. '.' But they don t mmd hvmg to slums really, he was saying. "Some of these people qUite hke them; after all, they have nevel known anything better. Besides .... "; here he fa ltered, but It h,~rdly seemed to ~atter, as Pass the vodka, saId one everyone just grinned and nodded their heads m agreement. of them, and then the Politician be~an again.. I l~l,oved away In dlSg;USt. A new vO ice broke upon my ears; _" No, no," It was sayll1g, these softer emotlO~s have no . place in the modern state. Pity 'and compassion would weaken up-to-date ties of allegiance.

A machine~gun seems to me to express what I mean. There IS no pity there, but ):'ou couldn ' t want anything more efficient." I began. to feel uncomfortable. A group behmd me attracted my attention. "Oh, yes, I know It IS dirty, and there IS a lot of blood about and that sort of thing; but you surely understand the t1~rill of usmg bayonets and that sort of thing. " ". And besides," put in somebo?,y ~I~e, anyone would thmk you saw something beastly 10 dymg for your country. . . . . ... so I got five hundred out of him in the end," came from somewhere else, followed by a roar of laughter.

I clutched at Peter's sleeve. " Heaven, " I. said. "We mU,st g~ back t? Heay~D." " It's a bit late for that, you know. After all, thiS was y.our chooslOg, he rephed." !.lut I realise now I see it all. The good God has a better Judgement than I thought.

A lot of them s~y that," said Peter, smiling a Ettie cyntca!l,y for an ex-Apostle; and he turned and asked a waiter to show me to a seat.

But walt, Icned wlt,h the courage of despal,r, "don't you see that it's no good? These people hke It all. 1 d spot! everythlOg, I? make them all miserable." "Well," said Peter thoughtfully, "perhaps you wouldn t fit so well' but there isn't anything to be done." "Why, take me back to Heaven, of ourse- I don't see who's to notice. " _" No, no, it's too late, " said Peter abstractedly,

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Thus it was that after dinner on Friday, January 4th, Mr. Barton was smoking contentedly in the bar-loun ge, from where he could sit and watch the people who came in and out of the hotel-an occupation that intrigued him greatly. As he sat smoking he saw the swing doors open and there entered a man of more than Sinister Aspect. Looking like a mixture of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Carl Peterson and the Lord Peter Wimsey, he presented a most unusual and formidable sight, and just as I have done, led MI'. Barton to co mpare him with those gentlemen, for he had lately read about them . This being limped - an(l J beg you to notice this fact, if possible, wit h horror- he limped to the Enq uiry Desk, and in a voice at once cultured and refined, and resembling a person of unusual corpulence grating cheese into a fast-burning gas-fire he said : " Pray tell me my good woma n as to whether a certain Mr. Montague Barton is in residence at this salu brious hostel ? " The lady in the Enquiry Desk was about to reply, when Mr. Barton himself, who had heard the qnestion, arrived on the scene in a sta te of apprehension at the possible outcomes, which he imagined to himself, of this rather Sin ister Person's visit. Mr. Barton said: " I am Mr. Barton . Whajjer want? " The man turned round and raised his left eyebrow in some disdain at Mr. Barton's appearance. This, however, had no effect, so he raised his right eyebrow as well. Then he sa id in a distant voice: ,. Oh," and went forth from the hotel into the street once more.

This strange occurrence filled Mr. Barton with many forebodings, reminding him as it did of those adventure stories where men look in shop-windows and hotel-registers to observe other men, and where having found those other men they usually kill them.

So when he went to bed that night he locked his door behind him, looked under his bed, into his wardrobe a nd in each drawer of his dressing table. Then he loaded a Diana air-pistol with slugs and placed it in readiness by his bed, undressed, washed and got into bed, leaving in the reading lamp a small night-light which he had managed to obtain from the hall-porter. In spite of his fears he was soon asleep.

Some time later he awoke suddenly to hear the constant drip, drip, drip of a tap dripping irritating ly into the basin in his room, He swore softly to himself, and was about to get out of bed to turn it off, when he saw that the night-light was no longer burning, and simultaneously a voice said from the darkness: "M' yes," and then it cleared its throat slowly and gratingly.

Mr. Barton was pe<rified, but nevertheless, notwithstanding however, he possessed a small allowance of true, blue, British, Empire and loyal pluck, and reaching for his air-pistol he said dramatically: "Put up your hands ! " There was a low and si nister laugh and he became aware of two tiny pin-pricks of li ght, small, gray-green, gleam ing and waving at him, wreathing mists about him and around him, dancing over him and through him, incessantly swirling back and forth, to and fro, up and down, curling round and round, vague, exotic, overpowering, slllall and gradually disappearing into thin red ethers, miles, and miles, and miles away, right away in a faint ethereal distance of blue in which he cou ld just see a scene so lovely that he wished at once

T H E CANTU ARI AN to be led there. Instantly he was sucked into one of those pin-pricks of light and rushed down a long, long, roaring, wind y tu nnel, sick with lights of a ll shapes a nd kinds rushi ng a ll over hi m a nd blindin g him, ti ll at last with a vast explosion he was hu rled forth into the lovely scene. Sti ll panting from his whi rlwind journey th ro ugh the tunnel he looked arou nd him, and such was the bea uty he saw that he wondered indeed how it could exist on ea rth. It was the kind of pastoral scene that a ll poets imagine but never see. There

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Eclogues of Virgil which he used to read at school and in which, he remembered, shepherds sang to o ne another in just such places as this. " Cur non, Mo pse. ba ni quo nia m co nvenimus ambo, T u ca lamos inflare lev is, ego dicere versus,

Hic corylis mixtas in ter considim us ul mos ? " he sa id to himself. And then tra nsla ting a lmost a uto maticall y : " Why haven 't we two Mopsus, skilled as you a re on the pipe a nd as I a m at reciting poetry, why haven 't we met befo re now, and sat down here together amongst the elms and hazels ? " He almost expected Mopsus to rep ly, when suddenl y he was rushed backwards down the tunnel a nd into his room aga in.

Once more a sin ister laugh was heard : . " Heh, -heh,- heh ! ..

Then a voice sa id : " Possihly yo u were under the lamenta ble and in all ways erroneous imp ression, my dea r good kind young fri end, that yo u were going to he a llowed to stay in that so-nice place, and that Mopsus was go ing to sing to you, eh ? " Mr. Ba rto n sa id nothing, but reac hed silently for his air-pistol, and to his relief his ha nd touched cold metal. Silently he aimed a nd pulled the trigger, a nd there was a " phut " as a slug flew gracefull y from the mu zzle.

The sinister voice went on : " Much as I ad mire your courage at endeavouring to terminate my life, 1 might inform yo u that no t onl y am I throwing my voice, but that I am also, like the late la mented Coun t Dracula, 1I0t a member of this earth at all, and indeed I came here for the express purpose of sucking your blood. " Mr. Barton 's heart leaped into his mouth, turned cold within him a nd sank back toto his boots, regardless of the fact that he was bare-footed and wearin g pyjamas. At the same moment his brain reeled, his breath proceeded to come in pa nts, his pulse quickened a nd he experienced a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Then his heart came fo rth once more fro m his boots, missed a beat, throbbed violentl y, a nd fin a ll y, givi ng up the struggle, died within him. He cried hoarsely: "No, No! You can' t do it! You 've gotter let me go, you can't do it, you can't, you can't! " And then slowly the tiny pin-pricks of light came to him, and he was transported down the tu nnel back to the scene he had just left. He was lifted up and up towards the wa terfa ll, a nd then on top of it, a nd at last he was let into the wa ter, a nd his soul was at rest.

Unfo rtunately, at that moment, he was carried over the waterfall by the current, a nd fetched up in the basin in the Rose a nd Crown with the offensive ta p dripping over him .

Or so he imagined, un til he loo ked a bout him, and discovered that he was actuall y lying with his head in the wash-basin of his bedroom at home, that the cold tap there was dripping all over him, that in his right hand was a copy of Detectioll, Mystery and Horror, and, fi na lly, that it was Thursday night.

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[s this annoyance due to examinations? (9) And not about the ocean is the cause (6) Is he legally an O.K.S. ? (9) A coloured signal of isolation? (6) The insignia of the King's School? (two words) (5. 4) A diplomatic part of O.T.e. training (8)

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Gave beers to drin k al the Tuck Shop (9) Competing in the Sports (6) See 7 (9) Uselessly (two words) (2, 4) An ecclesiastica l tower of strengt h in Canterbury (two words) (4, 5)

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O.T.C. As the contingent has been growing steadily for nearly two years it has been impossible up to the present to preserve a fixed organisation of training programme. This term has seen tbe introduction of a training organisation and programme which shou ld prove comparatively permanent now that the numbers have stabilised round about two hundred enrolled cadets and some thirty or forty recruits.

The contingent has been divided into two main divisions.

One company consisting

of those who have passed Certificate "A" or who are training for it, and tbe other of those who have fou r terms or less service ; in addition there are two squads of recru its.

In the former company are the R.A.F. Section, tbe Signals Platoon, the N .C.O. 's Course and aLi Certificate "A" Cand idates. This company is in the hands of the O.c. and Lieu!. McCall, assisted by C.S.M.l. Marshall.

Two platoons of the remainder are under the supervision of Lieu!. Sherwood, and two under Lieu!. Bennett, wh ilst the Cadet C.S.M. is responsible for the train ing of the recruits.

By this means it is hoped that the system of training can be standardised and the responsibility distributed in sucb a way that every N.C.O. feels he is doing a definite job witb a definite object.

The weather and infl uenza have not been very kind this term, and out-door parades have been few. Tbe new N.C.O. 's Course, composed of the majority of the twenty-four cadets who passed Certificate "A" in November, has therefore been somewhat confined, but it is hoped that they will have sufficient tactical exercises later on . The R.A.F. Section has suffered rather in the ill-health of their instructor, Fit/ lt. Stansfeld, and we aLi wish him a speedy recovery.

Even so, we have seen signs of armaments and navigating instruments

about the School, so no doubt tbey have not been idle. The Signallers have made rapid strides, and it is hoped that they will all qualify early in next term.

Certificate " A " practical examinat ion for the March session was singularly successful,

there being only four fail ures out of thirty candidates.

L/Cpl. Bell, who' had previously

passed the Written papers, made up for his absence at the previous examination, and earned

the unanimous commendation of the Regular Officers, and was promoted accordingly.

Finallv, a word about Camp. It is not yet known where we are to go, but it is boped that we shall take our full quota of 134. In these days when everyone is making great efforts for National Service, surely we will not be lax in this matter. Many people are engaged in work much more grim tban Camp in this anxious time, and after a ll, most of Camp is accorded" good fUll" and we have a reputation of high numbers to keep up.

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THE CANTUARIAN PROMOTIONS Promotions this term have been as fo llows :2/Lieut. G. G. Bennett to be Lieutenant (London Gazelle, 16th March, 1939).

C.Q.M.S. Watts to be Platoon Sergeant-Major.

Sgt. Bennett to be C.Q.M.S. Undermentioned Corporals to be Lance-Sergeants :Orindal, Lucas, Piercy, Fearon, Lock.

Undermentioned Cadets to be Lance-Corpora ls, as from January 20th :Ballantyne, Bell , Chambers, Clarke, Perrelle, Donaldson, Dow ma n, Freeland, Gordon.Wi lson, Gouldsbul'), Hearne, Logan, MacDouga ll 1, Neve, NOfns, Osborn, Page, Penn, Venner, Wells.

L/Cpl. Bell to be Corporal as from March 16th.

SCOUTS With once aoain a rather inexperienced troop, work has of necessity been of an

elementary character. ' Good progress has been made in signalling and in other work for the Second Class Badge.

In addition there has been a certain amount of preparation for week-end camps next term, including practice in the pitching and striking of tents and in firelighting and cooking.

We are very grateful for the help we have had from Mr. Taylor, who has been kind enough to come to most of our parades this term.

BERMONDSEY . CLUB On March 23rd sixteen of us paid a visit to the Club. We should like to tbank tbose who organised the evening and to say how much ;;e enjoyed ou;~elves and apprecIated tbe welcome sbown to us. Some of us went for the two bndges ru~ and what WIth plOgpong, billiards and finall y a sing-song, we had spent. a very fu ll eveOlng.

Ted Harlow, Manager of the Club, expressed bis regret at the departure for India of Mr. Wootton, who, he said, had done so much to bind School and Club together.

We beartily congratulate G. Howe of the Club for winning the 7 st. 7 lbs. Junior Boxing Competition at the Albert Hall, and also the JUOlor football team on therr most successful season; and we hope that they will win the Cup for the FederatlOn of Boys' Clubs.

We look forward to the Club's visit to the School next term.

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Lakeside, Ruxley Heights, Clayga te, Surrey.

17th March, 1939.

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. Ea rl y last yea r I ca lled you r attentio n to th e fac t th at the date of the foundat io n f K ing's , School, Ca nterbury, was given i n Whitake(s Almanac as 154 1 an d St.

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Yo rk, <I S 627, a nd suggested that yo u sho uld ad vIse Whitaker's Almanac of the actuai fo un da tI o n date a nd have It Il1serted, lllstead of the date 154 1, when th e old School . ~~-~~r;~?;d . To my letter yo u added a footno te " Whitaker 's A lmanGc have been i nfon;~~

H.owever, in this year 's publication there is n.o alterati,on at all, and 1 note there are Kin g 's School, Canterbury, IS generally ack nowledged to be the o ldest school, so why this modest ?

Doubtl ess, there IS some excellent reaso n for fa iling to pu blish the real date of its establ i ~l: ment and, beIng of a n enq uIrIn g turn of mllld, I sho uld dearl y love to know what th reason IS. e Yo urs fai thfull y, some three dozen sC!lOols whose dates of founda tIOn are given as prior to 154 1.

E. E. OSTLER, O.K.S., 1887- 1893 [Th~ Sc(1Ool aUfhol'it.ies ha ve corresponded with Whitaker 's on the maller, and their explanallon IS that the eVidence f or the early dale, though oJlerwhelming is inferential ' a ¡ I as they accept only documentary eJ'idefl ce, the date narned is that of the ;e-foundation.-.:....Ed,~,~J

[The following letter was sent to the Headmaster, and passed on to us /

publication.Eds.] Attached 1st Bn., T he Du ke of Cornwall 's Light Infa ntry, Lahore, India.

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Dear Mr. Headmaster ,

Perhaps I sho uld have addressed you otherwise, but as a n O.K.S. that title comes mo re readily to me.

Wo uld yo u be interested to have three boo ks, namely Pestilential Contagion, by Richa rd Mead, M.D., pnn ted In 1720, and two volumes of R obinson Crusoe (Cooke's Edition) in possessIO n of th e Strea tfield famil y prior to 1795? If they wo uld be so much lum'ber please let me know of some other books th e Schoo l req uire a nd I will see wha t my suba ltern 's pocket can afford I u8

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May I congratul ate you o n this excellent number of The Cantuarian a nd at the same time suggest tbat a stro nger wra pper be used for postin g, as J understa nd that it was falling a part wben it reached my home, and so I imagine that if it had made the j ou rney out bere d irect the India n Mai l wo uld probably ha ve ru ined it. (The ma il train as depicted on o ur fo ur a nna stamps is fai rl y safe carriage, but not the dak bullock cart of the two and a ha lf anna !)

Whi le yo u at th e School d urin g the crisis were going thro ugh th e d iffic ult time it must have been for you, I was recalled from Geneva and fl ew home just in lime to catch the boat,

and thus a telegram brought me out of my happy surround ings in "a permanent show of fl ora l art, " as the manager of my hotel called his ga rden, to Haifa , where we landed armed, and fai led to reach Jerusalem in our taxi owing to the large number of land mines on the road (ma ny set off by mo use- tra ps !) At Port Said o n September 26th we ca me under th e orders of G.O.C., Egypt, and began to wonder whether we would ever reach Bombay.

After two days ' orders and co unter-orders, destroyers slipping in and out, civilians ca ncelli ng and boo ki ng passages, we tra ns-shipped to the Sfrothu/lan and continued our passage, feeli ng very so rry for the " Manchesters," who after a very trying time in Pa lestine and d ue to go to Singa po re, had to rush off to the Egyptia n Fron tier.

Yours sincerely, J. P. D 'EsTOLBYILLE SKIPWITH To the Editors of " Dear Sirs,

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Your Pater Society correspondent seems to have got into difficulties in you r last issue.

He writes, .. .. .. at a lecture at SL Edmund 's on Sicily by H. v ere Godge, Esq., M r.

Hodge began by giving a n o utline of the History fro m the earliest times up to the end of the Puric Wars." To me it so un ds li ke pure hod ge podge.

Yours truly) GERT Cecil H o tel, Delhi .

271h February , 1939 .

To the Editors 0/ " T HE CANTUARIAN." Dea r School, As th e chance meeting of three O. K.S. , a ll with di fferent pa ths in life, under o ne hotel roof in India seems a bit out of the ordi na ry, we write to tell you about it and at the same time send you o ur good wishes. We ha ve been talking a lot a bo ut yo u.

Yours ever, F . R. HAW KES (Left School 1904) J . COVELL (Left School 1905) JOHN H. MOWLL (Left School 1907) To thr Editors of " THE CANTUA RIAN . " Sirs, Wo uld it not be an appropriate gesture fo r the O.K.S. Associatio n to present Lo rd Justice Lu xmoore with his portrait ? President of the Associatio n, a Governor of the School and one of the three eminent Lawyers the School has produced, it is felt th at he should watch us at our meals in Hall, as Tenterden and Th urlow do.

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To the Editors of " THe Dear Sirs,

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Owing to the serious state of affairs in Europe and the continuous depredations of the totalitarian Dictators it is quite possible that the devastating disaster of War may overtake the polyglot peoples of Europe. This may in volve US! Canterbury may wake up to find itself in ruins, for even if it is not in the front line of battle, bombers are no respecters of cannons-or Canons. Is NOTHING goi ng to be done 1 Hundreds of pounds are being spent on rearmament, but what is there for US? Could no t the Green Court and the Mint Yard and the Parrots' Playground be dug up to provide gas- and bomb-proof shelters for the School? This would in no way spoil the beauty of the School, and would render US SAFE. Yours truly, GASMASK

[We feel that there is a great deal of truth in what this Correspondent says. We suggest that the Cathedral should be armour-plated to make an air-raid shelter, which could be used as a car park ill peace. We calculate that this would provide shelter for at least ten million people at a cost of not mOl"e than ÂŁ5,000 per head: and surely bombers would respect callhedrals- or Cathedrals 1- Ed8. P.S.- We have heard the cuckoo in March. ]

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1ST Xl MATCH ES KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v B. E. W. MCCALL 'S Xl On T uesday, February 7th, the School met B. E. W. McCall 's XI on Birley's, a nd wo n by 4 goals to 2. T he standa rd of hockey was low, and had a full side been fielded the School must have won without a ny difficulty. Price opened the scoring for the School and Thorndike added another good goal before the opponents replied. There was no further score before half-time, but a fterwa rds the School went a head with good goals scored by T homson and G rindal. Mr. McCall 's Xl added anot her ra ther lucky goal before ti me.

For the School, Collier played ve ry well a nd Gouldsbury was sound at centre-ha lf ; the fo rward line was distinctl y ragged, their shooting being particula rl y wea k. For Mr. McCall 's XI , Mr. McCa ll himself a nd Mr. Wootton we re outsta nding.

The following represented the School :- D . G . Carter; G. Willsdon; J . H. Collier ; A. M. Dean, J. C. G ouldsbury, P. F . Lucas ; A . R. Thorndike, J . G . M. Price, R. F . W. G rinda l, J. Y. C. Thomson, P. D. A. Kent.

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v ST. EDMUN D's SCHOOL On Thursda y, February 16th, the School met St. Edmund 's School, away. Fortunately, the ground was dry, and though the sta ndard of play was not rema rkable, energy atoned for lack of science, and a very kee n ga me resul ted. St. Edmund 's scored first, but the School soon settled down and began a series of raids on the opponents' circle, which fin ally resulted in a goal scored by T homson off a fin e centre by Page. But before half-time St. Edmund 's went further ahead with a good goal. After the interval play was very even and Thomson scored once more for the School to level the scores; then both sides played very keenly and Thomson fina lly scored the winning goal for the School after clever interpassing between G rindal and Gouldsbury; his shot gave the goa lkeeper no cha nce a nd the ba ll found the corner of the net.

F or the School Page was outstanding, a nd he put several beautiful centres across, Thomson shot very well, but his passing was erratic, and Gouldsbury played energeticall y and well ; Collier was sound a t left-back.

The following represented the School :-D. G . Carter; H . R. R. Steele, J. H . Collier ; A. E. W. Joyce, J. C. Gouldsbury, P. F. Lucas ; D. Page, G . Willsdon, R. F . W. Grindal, J. Y. C. Thomson, P. D. A. Kent.

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTE RB URY v ROYAL WEST KENT REGI MENT On Tuesday, Februa ry 21 st, a match was played on Birley's against the Royal West Kent Regiment a nd after a dull and lifeless exhibi tion the School lost to a poor side by 1-3. All teams have " off-days" it is said, a nd if that is true, this was the team's fi rst " off-day." Very bad and uncertain tackling by the backs and a poor display in goal gave the visiting team three goals which they did not particularly deserve. The forward s failed to make use of their many chances and hindered by bad luck only scored once; twice Grindal hit the post with hard shots a nd there were severa l narrow misses.

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For the School, Gouldsbury tried very hard and Grindal almost held the forward line together; Willsdon appeared out of place at inside-right and Thomson wasted time and man y opportun ities by fiddlin g with the ball in mid-field .

The fo llowing represented the School :- 0 . G . Carter; T. N. Donaldson, J. H. Collier; P. L. H. Lovelace, J. C. Gouldsbury, P. F. Lucas ; D. Page, G. Wi llsdon , R. F. W. Grindal, J. Y. C. Thomson, P. D. A. Kent.

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On Saturday, February 25th, the School pla yed the Folkestone Optimists 2nd XI on Birley's in pouring rain and on a very sticky ground. Considering the conditions the standard of hockey was qu ite creditable and the School team played fairly well . There was no score in the first ha lf, which was very even, but both sides pressed very hard at times, and the goalkeepers played well to keep everything out. In the second half the School got the upper hand and only the impossible state of the ground prevented them from overrunning the visitors. About fifteen minutes fro m the end Grinda l scored a good goa l with a shot that gave the goalkeeper no chance.

For the School, Collier again played well at back, Gouldsbury completely blocked up the opposing forward s, and Grindal played ve ry well at centre-forward, starting severa l attacks with shrewd passes.

The fo llowing represented the School :- D. G . Carter; T. N. Donaldson, J. H .

Collier; B. E. Fern, J. C. Gouldsbury, P. L. H. Lovelace; D. Page, B. E. E. Marshall, R. F. W. Grindal, J. Y. C. T homson, P. D. A. Kent.

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On Saturday, March 4th, the School played Cran leigh School on Birley 's and lost a good game by I goal to 3. Rain fell steadily durin g the first half, during which the School had the upper hand and pressed frequently. Willsdon meanwh ile kept the Cranleigh forwards completely under control from right-back, tackl ing and intercepting magnificently.

Shortly before the interval Grindal scored a good goal ; tak ing a pass from Page he went through cleverly and beat the goalkeeper, as he came out, wit h a Rick shot. After the interval C ran leigh settled down and, well supported by the ha lves, the forwards pressed hard ; but the School defence kept them out until only fifteen minutes before the end.

T hen Prebblc scored a rather lucky goal, the defence lost heart, and he scored two mo re to put the issue beyond doubt. Considering the conditions it was a fine game and the School team played very well against a more experienced and cleverer side. Willsdon was the outstand ing player on the field, but apart from him the defence was shaky; in the fo rwards Grindal played very well, but the wings were closely marked. The inside-forwards were responsible for the fa ilure of the side to score more goals.

The following represented the School :-D. G . Carter; G. Willsdon, J. H. Collier ; B. E. Fern, J. C. Gouldsbury, P. L. H . Lovelace; D. Page, T. N. H. Wells, R. F. W. Grindal, J. Y. C. Thomson, A. P. Beale.

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On Wednesday, March 8th, the School played St. Lawrence College on Birley's and were defeated rather easily by 0- 6. If anyth ing, the School team played slight ly worse than aga inst the West Kents and there was never an y combination between the forwards or between the forwards a nd the defen ce. Once aga in the inside forwards played badly and the defence was weak. The forwa rds wasted their opportunities in the circle and thou gh they nearl y scored in the fi rst minute, never looked dan ge rous again. After that St. Lawrence settled down, dom inated the ga me completely and scored 3 goals in each half.

The School defence definitely" gave away" at least two goals and Carter in goal was sadly off form . Collier tried hard but was not supported by Donaldson, whose cleari ng and positioning were very weak. For SI. Lawrence, Gardiner at centre-half was outstanding.

The following represented the School :- 0. G. Carter ; T. N . Donaldson, J. H. Collier; G. Willsdon, J. C. Gouldsbury, P. L. H. Lovelace; D. Page, T. N. H. Wells, R. F. W. Grindal, .I . Y. C. T homson, A. P. Beale.

KI NG 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY)! DOVER C OLLEGE

On Saturday, March I I th, the School met Dover College at Dover a nd were defeated by 2 goals to 4. The team played qu ite well, a nd were slightly un lucky to lose; two of the Dover goals came after short corners. Page scored a beaut ifu l goal for the School, and Dover led 2- 1 at the interva l. Play was even in the second half, Dover scoring two good goa ls, and the School replying with a good individual effort by Grindal. Lack of combination among the forwards was chIefly responsIble for the School defeat. Gnnda l and Page looked da nge rous, and Clarke played very well in goal. Dawes was outstanding for Dover.

The fo llowing represented the School :- G. L. Clarke; T. N. Donaldson, J. H. Collier ; A. R. Thorndike, J . C. Gouldsbury, G. Willsdon ; D . Page, B. E. Fern, R. F . W. Grindal, J. Y. C. Thomson, D. J. Reeves.

K ING'S S CHOOL, CANTERBURY v OXFORD O CCASIONA LS

On T uesday, March 14th, the School played the Oxford Occasionals on Birley's on a wet pitch. The visitors fielded a stron g team but the School side played well and it was a very pleasant game. It was not long before the Occasionals scored through Das hwood , their centre-forwa rd, and in the first fifteen minutes they were 3 goals up. Then the School sett led down and, combining well, made severa l raids upon their opponents' goal, having the ha rdest luck not to score ; severa l short corners were wasted by both sides, and Donaldson conceded six or seven of these durin g the game by careless, hasty p lay in the circle. In the second half the Occasionals scored three more goals, but only two brill iant saves by Carter, who substituted in the visitors' goa l, from shots by Grindal and Page, prevented the School from scorin g. He also stopped a shot from Fern with. his head. Considering the state of the ground the standa rd of hockey was reasonably hIgh, and for the School, Grindal, Willsdon, Collier and Clarke a ll played well. The inside forwards were again disa ppointing.

The following represented the School :- G. L. Clarke ; T. N. Donaldson, J. H. Collier ; A. R. Thorndike, G. WiIlsdon, A. M. Dean; D. Page, B. E. Fern, R. F. W. Grindal, J. Y. C. Thomson, D. J. Reeves.

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R. F. W. GRINDAL (Captain, Centre-forward)- Has good stick work. give an accu rate through pass. Good in the circle.

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D. PAGE (Right-wing)-A hard working right-wing. His stick work is bad but he makes up a great deal with determination. Can centre well. ' G. WILLSDDN (Left-halO- Very fast and has good ball control. fli ck shot. Is apt to give in when beaten.

J. C. GOULDSBURY (Centre-halO- Has been very useful to the side. unpolished. Never gives in.

Wants to learn to do the A grand trier.

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B. E. FERN- Has excellent stick work, but hi s slowness is a great handica p. He must concentrate on quickening himself up if he is ever to become a hockey player.

J. H. COLLIER (Right-back)- Has played well throughout the season. wants to keep his eye on the ball a liUle more.

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G. L. CLARKE (Goalkeeper)- A courageous goa lkeeper. Must learn to stop the ball before clearing when not pressed. Fa irly good at running out.

J. Y. C. THOMSON- Very inclined to dither. He thinks it easier to control the ball with a reverse stick. Fairly good in the circle . .

D. J. REEVES (Left-wing)- Played quite well on the left-wing. He wants to bang the ball into the centre a little more often. Rather inclined to give up when beaten.

T. N. DONALDsoN- Clears ve ry well. A fair tack le. He spoils his good work by his unreliableness. One never knows what is going to happen next!

A. R. T HORNDIKE- A hard trier. Flicks the ball quite well, unfortunately, usually to an opponent; however, this is a common fault throughout the team.

THE 2ND XI The 2nd Xl had a fairly successful season, winning two matches and losing two' in every match they put up a creditable display. Against Barclay 's Bank, a faster and ;'ore experienced side, they played very well and only poor finishing by the forward s prevented any score. White in goal played very well in this match.

The next match, against St. Edmund's, was won 3-2, and Dover were defeated 5-4 after a rather lazy game.

At St. Lawrence a lead of two goals was lost, but the side was hampered by unusual conditions. In the team, Dean and Steele were sound full-backs, Perrelle played well at centre-half, and the forwards, especially Price and Marshall, combined well. Lucas led the team very well and occupied three different positions very satisfactorily.

The 2nd XI :-D. G . Carter; H. R. R. Steele, A. M. Dean; P. F. Lucas, B. L. de la Perrelle, A. E. W. Joyce; T. W. H. Wells, B. E. E. Marshall, J. G. M. Price, H. D. Bell, P. D. D. Kent.

The following also played :-A. N. G. White, R. P. A. Piercy, E. M. Lock, D. B. Young, N. L. Hearne, J. B. Goudge, M. G. Chatterton.

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The full-backs were slow but sure, arid Brett should be very good if he develops a little speed.

The Colts' Xl :- J. D. Ommaney; J. S. Brett, I. V. Gamon; P. Gaastra (Captain), P. L. H. Lovelace, M. Wa lsh ; J. H. Powell, M. G. Chatterton , J. D. Moss, D. Gaastra, A. P. Beale.

The following also played :- S. C. Robertson, A. A. Randall, C. A. MacDougall.

THE HOUSE MATCHES This year the House Matches have been very even ly contested and although the standa rd of hockey has possibly not been very high, great keenness has been shown throughout. In the ea rlier rounds the G range and Marlowe beat Jaggers an d Heads respectively in a downpour of torrential rain . In the semi-finals Meister Omers disposed of Walpole fairly easi ly and the Grange beat Marlowe after a good ga me. The sefles terminated with an extremely exciting final between the Grange and Meister Omers. The teams were very evenly matched and it was only after extra time had been allowed that the Grange scored the decisive goal to end a very keen match.

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ATHLETICS We have not been as fortunate in the weather this yea r as we were last, but with five old Colours left the Sports ought to be of a fa irly high standard. The School Sports are on March 24th and 25th; the meeting with Tonbridge School is on March 29th, and that with Eastbourne College on March 27th. Unfortunately, there is no time between the School Sports and the inter-school fixtures to get a team into proper shape, and for that reason, many of the team will lack experience; this is particularly so in the case of the mile and half mile runners.

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On February 4th the School played Tonbridge, a nd won 9-3; both schools fielded their prospective sides for next year. Tonbridge won the toss a nd played down. Throughout th e first. half the game was very even and there wa s no score until, towards the end,

from a line-out in the School "25," the Tonbridge forwards dribbled past Ca rter at back and scored far out. The try was not conve rted.

In the second half the School pressed almost continuously and it was not long before a scissors movement by Willsdon and Norris made an opening for Norris to cut through and send Steele over. A few minutes later Willsdon cut through a nd scored a second try between the posts. Unfortunately, the School 's kick ing was very bad and neither try was converted. The School conti nued to press but there was no further score unti l a few minutes from the end when Carter ra n right thro ugh the Tonbridge side to SCore between the posts. This try was also unconverted.

The forwards played an excellent ga me under the leadership of Dea n and Watts a nd the backs were working together very well indced.

The following represented the School :- 0. G. Ca rter ; L. J. Heathcoat, G. Willsdon, J. de la M. Norris, B. H. Brackenbu ry; D. Page, D. B. Young; T. A. Watts, A. M. Dean, E. M. Lock, R. P. A. Piercy, H. R. R. Steelc, J. B. Lovatt, B. L. de la Perrelle, H. St. J. Grant.

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The chief ca use of our success was the coaching of Mr. McCall a nd the confidence that his presence gave; he produced a well-ba la nced side; the pack played co nsistently well, and at Dover in particular its performance could hardly have been bettered. The hal ves and centres played a fine thrustful game, and Ca rter, at full-bac k, was invaluable. Any weak ness that there may have been lay in the wings, but this was rectified when we fielded ou r prospective side for next yea r aga insl Tonbridge. Here the new wings played wcll up to the sta ndard of the rest of the tcam, and the onl y thing lacking to make il a more convincing victory was a kicker of Hurford 's class. rr we can find a¡ successor for him there must surely be a great season ahead. ¡tt6

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P~r~~lns a~ a bat, Gaastra as a leg~brea k bowler, and Fe.rn as a wlCket~keepe~ an at, ale all possibles; and altogether tbere seems to be the makmgs of a very good Sldc.

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:~d ~r" r: th~ Sb ubm mer terms ;b fr~:ltht~:nt~bgS~ir~i~~ls ~:~g~;~ ~~:~~~i~o :huJle~~~a~~~ fours and pro a ly a new t u . support in this scheme. ..

b reviously has been restricted to about twenty mem ers.

RO~I~g ~IS ter~'b;str16 'flu at the beginning of the term, a skeleton first boat has d veral oulin s including three to Grove Ferr y, but no real Althoug an Icappe g:~~ ~o~~e~a:~~ yhe~sb~:n :t~ empted. ltl;letics has, of course, taken its usual toll of our members.

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Our thanks are due to Mr. Harris, who has coached the first boat for tbe latter half of the term, but was unable to do so for the first half owing to the absence of the Headmaster' also to Mr. Corner for coaching a second boat; and to Mr. Taylor, who coached and coxed the first boat during the first balf of the term in the absence of the 1st IV cox.

We are very grateful to have received the following donations (at the time of going to press) in answer to our appeal for funds for the rebuilding of the boathouse :_ £ s. d. £ s. d.

H. Biggleston, Esq. 2 2 0 Dr. T. S. Nelson 2 2 0 Dr. C. H. Budd ...

5 5 0 D. Paterson, Esq. I I 0 D. M. Hammonds, Esq. I I 0 V. S. Pate rson, Esq. 2 2 0 Capt. W. T. B. Heslop ...

2 2 0 Lord Plender .. .

5 5 0 R. Juckes, Esq ....

I 0 0 E. J. Wayland, Esq. ... 2 10 0 R. J. Layland, Esft.

I 0 0 G. Whalley, Esq. I I 0 I. R. Madge, Esq. I 5 0 F. S. Whalley, Esq. 2 2 0 LIST OF FIXTURES Date

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1ST IV °pPol/ents St. Augustine's College B.C. Medway Rowing Club .

Eastbourne College B.C. HaiJeybury College B.C. Tonhridge School B.C. Chatham Rowing Club ...

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2ND IV Sat May 27 St. Augustine's College B.C. Sat June 3 Medway Rowing Club Wed 7 Eastbourne College E.c.

Sat 10 Haileybury Col lege B.C. Sat 17 Tonbridge School B.C. Chatham Rowing Club

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BOXING Owing to the fact that they were not completed last term, the House Matches were finished off this term. In the semi-finals, Meister Omers beat Marlowe fairly easily by 7 fights to 3, with one draw, and Walpole beat the Grange after a very close match by 6 fights to 5. In the finals, Walpole beat Meister Omers with ease by 6 fights to I and 'one draw. The standard of House Boxing was very high and, from the House teams about twenty were chosen and trained for a match against Eastbo urne College on Wed~ esday 15th March. ' KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v EASTDOURNE COLLEGE . GNATWElGHT.- P. B~ya n-Brown .(Eastbourne College) v J. D . Twinberrow (K.S.C.).

Tbls was a close fight whICh resulted III a Will for Bryan-Brown, who had slight advantage in reach. Twinberrow might have done better had he attacked more and used his right more frequently.

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MIDGEWEIGHT.- B. R. Snowden (East bourne College) v W. D. Gulloch (K.S.C.).

Gulloch \Von this fight easi ly and quite definitel y out-boxed his opponent, who hardl y landed a single punch in the course of the fight.

MosQuITOWEIGHT.- M. S. R. Hutl (Eastbourne College) v J. E. Robinson (K.S.C.).

Robinson put up a very good fight thou gh his opponent had great advantages in height and reach.

If he had been able to box at n distance -he might have won.

FLYWEIGHT.- J. E. Dennys (Ea stbourne College) beat M. T. Davies (K.S.C.). Dennys kept up a co ntinued onslaught of lefts and rights, and the fight was sto pped at tbe end of lhe first rou nd.

Davies stood up well to a very superior opponent.

BANTAMWEIGHT.- J. M. Gwyther (Eastbourne College) lost to St. J. O. Vernede (K.S.C.). This was a very good fight betwee n two first class boxers. Ve rn ede might have made his victo ry more certa in if he had possessed a stronger left lead.

FEATHERWEIGHT.- C. D. Gwyther (Eastbourne College) lost to J. B. Goudge (K.S.C.).

This was perhaps the best fight of the day. Goudge seemed to have conquered his old impetuosity, and looked a thoroughly competent boxer. His opponent was a good deal bigger, but Goudge wore him down. and had he used straight punches instead of swings he must surely have knocked him out.

LIGHTWEIGHT.- E. E. Morris (Eastbourne College) beat H. St. J. Grant (K.S.C.).

This was a very hard and close fight. Morris was a heavier built boxer, though Grant was a little taller. Both hit very ha rd from start to finish and some thougbt Grant unlucky in the verdict. The reason for his defeat may have been due to his inability to guard a right and the fact that he drops his head when he leads.

WELTERWElGHT.- J. P. Scott (East bourne College) lost to J. S. Wayland (K.S.C.) .

Wayland, though his boxing was not styli sh, showed courage and determination in winning.

MIDDLEWEIGHT (I) .- This was a walk-over for D . G. Carter (K.S.C.).

MIDDLEWEIGHT (2).- G. Vernede (K.S.C.) won a very close fight. Had he used hi s left morc, or attacked in the la st ro und , it wou ld ha ve been a more decisive victory.

HEAVYWEIGHT.- F. D. Bryan-Brown (Eastbourne College) beat N. F . Gordon-Wilson (K.S.C.). Bryan-Brown, who possessed a powerful left-hook, ended this fight in the second round. Gordon-Wilson showed courage but lacked experience.

Both the courage and skill of the boxers did credit to the School and Vernede ii, Goudge and Grant deserve particular mention.

FlY ES On the whole the season has been a good one, and it has been pleasing to see tbe increasingly high standard set by some of the junior members of the Club. There have been six matches so far and two more are to take place before the end of the tenn . Only two have been won, but two of the others were extremely close, the School on ly losi ng by a few points .

On February 5th the School first pair played the Rugby Fives Association, who were represented by J. G. W. Davies and D. A. S. Day. Unfortunately, it had been impossible to have any practice before this match and tbe result was a decisive victory for tbe R.F.A., who won 15-5, 15-7 and 15- 10. H . P. Wortham and G. E. Needham played for tbe School.

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On February II tb the School lost badly to Eastbourne College, away, by 78 points to 175. The team were considerably weakened by the 'fiu epidemic, so the result was to a degree excusable. G. E. Needham won his singles, but the other ga mes were easily won

by Eastbourne. D. B. Young and H. D. Bell, first pair, and G. E. Need ham and J. D. Pettifer, second, represented t he School.

On Sunday, Febru ary 19th, the School had an excellent match against Guy's Hospital which resulted in a win for Guy's by 7 points. Wortham was still unable to play owing t~ the 'flu . Need ham and Bell played first pair and Young and Lovatt second.

The next match was at home against Sutton Valence School on March I st and resu lted in a win fo r the School by 140 points to 136. The match was close throughout as the score suggests and there were some excellent ga mes.

On March Sth the School played the Masters and won by 3S points. The best games were between the School first pair, Wortham and Need ham, and Mr. Tong and Mr. Roach, the score being 12- IS, 13-IS and 13-15 to the School.

On March 11th the School lost to Ki ng 's School, Rochester, at home by 3 points.

The School was not on its best form, but most of the ga mes were close and Rochester did wen to win in strange courts.

House matches ha ve again been played this term and in the fi rst ro un d Meister Omers beat School House, Heads, and Walpole beat the Grange. School House, Iaggers, had a " walk-over" from Marlowe in the second round, but were beaten by Walpole in the semi-fi nal. Meister Omers, therefore, meets Walpole in the fina l.

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FENCING This term several new matches were fought, and although the results were not entirely satisfactory, the team gained valuable experience which should be profitable for the fu ture.

Although a great deal of time was taken up in preparation for matches, attenda nces have been very satisfactory throughout the term, and a large num ber of novices received excellent instruction from Sergeant Osborn. It is hoped to hold some sort of competition, before the end of term, to discover talent and to give beginners practice.

In the team Grindal was consistently successful, losing o nl y 3 fights in 5 matches in the foil pools, while Wayland showed a marked improvement in sabre; in fact, the sabre team always did well, but the lower strings in the foil team fa iled regularly, a lthough their technique was quite good; and they were respo nsible for some of the lost matches.

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v DULWICH COLLEGE (Away). Foil4-S; Sabre 3-6. Lost 7-11. v ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL (Home). Foil 7-9; Sabre 5-4. Lost 12- 13. v ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL (Away). Foil 4- 12 ; Sabre 4-S . Lost 8-17. v R.M .A. (Away). Foil 7-9 ; Sabre 0-9. Lost 7- 18. v CRANLEIGH (Home). Foil 7-2 ; Sabre 3-6. Won 10-8.

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Individual results over the whole term :-

FoilR. F. W. Grindal. 15 wins, 3 defeats, 33 hits against.

J. C. Gouldsbury. 9 wins, 9 defeats, SI hits against.

J . de la M. Norris. 3 wins, 14 defeats, 60 hits against.

B. W. Fearon. 2 wins, 10 defeats, 41 hits against.

SabreJ. S. Wayland. 7 wins, 8 defeats, 42 hits against.

B. W. Fearon. 2 wins 10 defeats, 43 hits against.

R. F. W. Grindal. 4 wins, II defeats, 47 hits against.

1. C. Gouldsbury. I win, 2 defeats, 11 hits against.

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SQUASH Owing to the many and va ried activities this term, there has not been a great deal of time fo r practice. However, the School has acquitted itself well in matches, gai ning easy victories over the Kent Squash Association and the Folkestone Optimists.

The Kent Squash Association were weakened by the non-appearance of the first string, but as the School won three of the fo ur strings played, it would ha ve made no difference to the result. T he following represented the School :1st String- J. Y. C. Thomson. Walk-over.

2nd String- I. D. Pettifer. Won 3- 1.

3rd String-I. G. M. Price. Won 3- 2.

4th String-To N. H. Wells. Won 3-D. 5th String- B. W. Gill. Lost 1-3.

The match against the Folkestone Optimists resulted in a complete victory, the School winning all five strings. The following represented the School :1st String- J. Y. C. Thomson. Won 3- 1.

2nd String- I. D. Pettifer. Won 3-D. 3rd String- I. G. M. Price. Won 3-D. 4th String-To N. H. Wells. Won 3-D. 5th String- B. W. G ill. Won 3- 1.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines, and apologise for any accidental errors or omissions :The Artists' Rifles Gazette, The Berrovian, The Berkhamsteadiall, The Birkonian, The Blue, The Bll/lldellian, The Bradfield Col/ege Chronicle, The Breconian, The Bromsgrovian, The Burian, City o/LondonSchool Magazine, Col/egiate School o/St. Peter, The Cranbrookian, The Cranleighan, The Denstonian, The DovOI¡ian, The Eastbournian, EI BaUdor, The Elean,

The Elizabethan, E.P.S. C. Review, The Felstedian, The Glenalmond Chronicle, The Georgian, The Haileyburian, The Hiltonian, The Johnian, The lpswichian , King's School College

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Magazine, Lancing College Magazine, The Lawrentian, The Leys Fortnightly, The Umit The Log, The Lorettian, The Mamvoodian, The Mar/burian , The Meteor , The Middlese; Hospital JOl/rnal, The Olavian, The Ousel, Prillce Edward School Magazine, The Radleian The Reading School Magazine, The Reptonian, The Ro//ensian, The Rydeian, St. Edward'; School Chronicle, St . Edmund's School Chronicle, St. Peter 's School Magazine, The Salopian The Skylark, The Stonyhurst Magazine, Sutton Valence School Magazine, The Tonbridgian: The Worksopian, The Victorian.

CALENDAR Jan . 24 Term starts.

25 ST. PAUL, A.M. 28 Fencing I' Dulwich College (Away).

29 IVTH SU NDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Preacher: Rev. E. Graham, M.A., Principal of Cuddesdon College.

Lecture : "Mountain Adventures in Four Continents." L. V. Bryant, Esq. Feb. I Fencing l' St. Paul 's School (Home).

2 PURIFICATION OF THE B.V.M. 4 I st XV l' Ton bridge School (Home).

5 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Preacher: Tbe Ven. the Archdeacon of Canterbury, Canon-in-Residence.

Congregational Practice.

Recital by Joseph Plaut, Esq. 8 Fencing v St. Paul 's School (Away) .

12 SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. Preacher: Rev. Clifford A. Martin, M.A. , Vicar of Christ Church, Folkestone.

15 Fencing v R.M.A., Woolwich (Away).

16 1st Hockey XI v St. Edmund's School (Away).

19 . QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Preacher: Rev. W. H. Still, M .A., District Secretary, British and Foreign Bible Society.

21 SHROVE TuESDAY. 1st Hockey XI v Royal West Kent Regiment (Home).

22 ASH WEDNESDAY. 23 Squash Racquets v Kent County S.R.A. Lenten Address: Rev. A. H . Butler, M.A. 24 S. MATTHIAS, A. 25 1st Hockey XI v Folkestone Optimists (Home).

26 1ST SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: Rev. G. W. H. Lampe, B.A. 28 Hockey House Matches.

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2 Lenten Address: Rev. A. H. Butler, M.A. 41st Hockey XI v Cranleigh School (Home).

Operatic Recital in the Chapter House.

5 IIND SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: The Rt. Rev. H. Crotty, D.O., formerly Bishop of Bathurst, N .S. W. Lecture: •• An Empire Tour at the Imperial Institute." Sir Harry Lindsay, K.C.LE., C.B.E., Director of the Imperial Institute.

8 1st Hockey Xl v St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate (Home).

Fives v King 's School, Rochester. 1st Pair (Home); 2nd Pair (Away).

9 Lenten Add ress: Rev. A. H . Butler, M.A. II 1st Hockey Xl v Dover College (Away).

12 IIIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: Rev. G. K. Tibbatts, M.A., [U.M.C.A.] 13 Hockey House Match (Final).

14 1st Hockey Xl v Oxford University Occasionals (Home).

15 Boxing l' Eastbourne College (Home).

16 Lenten Address: Rev. A. H. Butler, M.A. 18 1st Hoc key Xl v St. John 's College, Cambridge (Home).

19 IVTH SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: The Chaplain.

22 Preparation of Confirmation Candidates : The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Dover.

23 Preparation of Confirmation Candidates : T he Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Dover.

24 Confi rmation Service in the Cathedra l : T he Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Dover.

25 ANNUNCIATION or B.V.M. School Sports.

26 PASSION SUNDAY. Preacher: The Rev. G. C. Streatfeild, Secretary for Youth Work, S.P.G. 29 Athletics v Tonbridge School (Home).

30 Boxing v St. Paul 's School (Home).

Lenten Address: Rev. A. H. Butier, M.A .

April Athletics l' Eastbourne College (Home).

2 PALM SU NDAY. Preacher: The Rev. F. B. Macnlltt, Canon-in.Residence.

Crypt Sermon: The Headmaster.

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