The Cantuarian December 1941 - May 1943 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

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Vol. XIX.

No.1

December 1941

CONTENTS Page: 2

CALENDAR EorrOR IAL

EDITORIAL NOTES

TilE SCIIOOL

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VIRTUTE F UNCTI M ORE PATRUl\! D UCES

H OUS E NOTES

SPEECH DAY

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L ECTU RES AND ENTERTAINMENTS

THE T ERM'S MU SIC

SCHOOL SOCIETIES

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H OME GUARD

TH E LIBRARY

R UGGER ON THE PROSPECTS OF RELIGION I N ENGLAND

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CORHESPO NDENCE

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BOOKS FOR PRI SONERS OF WAR

OUR CONTEMPORARIE S

CALENDAR MICHAELMAS TERM, 1941. Sep. 22 Term begins. 28 XVIth SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. Father Elliot, S.S.F Oct. 5 XVIIth SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Chaplain. Lecture: Mount Everest. F. S. Smythe. 12 XVIIIth SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Headmaster. Iii 2nd XV and Junior Colts' XV v. R.N.C. , Dartmouth. Away. 7.45 p.m. "Arms and the Man." Osiris Repertory Company. 19 XIXth SUNDAY AFTER TmNITY. Preacher: The Warden, 22 1st XV v. Gresham's School, Holt. Home. 26 XXth SUNDAY AFTER TmNITY. Preacher: The Rev. S. B-R. Poole. Entertainment: Ernest Sewell . Nov. 1 ALL SAINTS DAY. Whole Holiday. Colts' XV v. R.N.C., Dartmouth. Away. 2 XXIst SUNDAY AlcrER TRINITY. Preacher.' The Rev. Canon E. Roberts, Vicar of St. Austell. Recital: Muriel Brunskill and Robert Ainsworth 5 Lecture: Sir Charles Grant Robertson, C.V.O. 1st XV v. Kelly College, Tavistock. Home. 2nd XV and Junior Colts' XV v. Clifton College. Away. 9 XXUnd SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher.' The Chaplain. 12 2nd XV and Junior Colts' XV v. Kelly College, Tavistock . Away. 15 1st XV v. Gresham's School, Holt. Away. 2nd XV and Colts' XV v. Gresham's School, Holt. Home. 16 XXIIIrd SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. S. Edmund. Preacher.' The Headmaster Lecture-Demonstration: Ginner-Mawer School of Drama and Dancing.

22 1st XV v. R.N.E.C., Keyham. Home. 23 XXIVth SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher.' The Rev. S. B-R. Poole. 26 Colts' XV v. Kelly College, Tavistock. Away. 29 1st XV and under 14 XV v. Truro School. Home. 2nd XV v. Truro School. Away. 30 ADVENT SUNDAY. S. ANDREW, A. and M. Preacher .' The Rev. Canon H. G. Mulliner, Chancellor of Truro Cathedral. Henry Wendon (Tenor). Dec. 4 1st XV v. R.N.E.C., Keyham. Away. 7 IInd SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Preacher.' The Headmaster. 10 1st XV v. Clifton. Away. 14 IIIrd SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Preacher .' The Warden . Carol Service. Lecture: A. L. Rowse, Esq., Fellow of All Souls.

15, 16, 17 "The Tempest." 18 Break-up Supper. 19 Term Ends. 2

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December. 1941. EDITORIAL Since the German conquest of Norway England has been cut off from her normal trade with the Scandinavian countries, and since Dunkirk most available merchant shipping has been used for the exclusive purpose of carrying food, armaments and other essentials of war. This has inevitably resulted in a considerable limitation in the country's paper supplies, which, as existing stocks come to be exhausted, is increasingly felt by all publications, great and small. The Minister of Supply has urged us all to practise the strictest economy 111 our use of paper and warned us not to expect any immediate improvement in the situation. Our readers will thus find the present issue of The Catltl<arian shorn of some of its familiar glory. There are no photographs this time because we must keep a careful eye on our diminishing stock of art paper, and we have felt obliged to omit for the present the promised list of Headmasters and Benefactors. We may easily have to make even more drastic reductions in the near future. We shall, however, do our best to provide at least a skeleton' news sheet' of School occurrences and O.K.S. news, for side by side with oral tradition the written word is perhaps the best guarantee of continuity. VOL. XI X. No. 1

EDITORIAL NOTES The good wishes of the King's School go out to the Rev. H. Balmforth, the Headmaster of St. Edmund's, in h is new appointment to a residentiary Canonry of Ely. Mr. Balmforth leaves this term to take up his work at Ely. We are grateful for the interest which he has taken in our School since May '940, when we and St. Edmund's joined forces in evacuating from Canterbury to Cornwall.

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We regret that included in the Chapel Notes of the last issue reference was made to Lord Plender's having given the new Reredos in the Chapel in memory of his son. This is of course inaccurate. It was in his character as a Governor of the School that he made his generous gift, and we feel most grateful for this simple token of his affection for the School.

The appointment of Lt.-Gen. B. L. Montgomery, C.B., D.S.O., as G.O.C., SouthEastern Command has a particular fitness in our eyes, for the new G.O.c. was, for a 3

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short time, in the "Parrots ", and has maintained his interest in the School, as is shown by the fact that, a few years ago, he carried out the annual inspection of the O.T.C Not having done that particular job before, the standard by which he judged the Con: tingent was that of his own regular troops. We congratulate General Montgomery on his new appointment , and regret that we are not at Canterbury to welcome him to his new Command.·

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The School has suffered three severe losses in the deaths in quick succession of Lady Davis, whose husband was a great benefactor to King's, Canon Gardner, who was ·once a Governor of the School, and Mrs. Whitehead Reid, the widow of a form er School doctor. Obituary notices will be found elsewhere. We have b een fortunate this term in securing the services of Professor Charles Singer, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P., as an Honorary Lecturer ·for the Advanced Course in Science. His assistance is proving invaluable to the band of scientists who work under his supervision.

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The infant son of the Bursar and Mrs. Groves was baptized by Dr. Shirley at Charlestown Church on August 5th. He received the names of J ohn Christopher, and Mr. Voigt acted as one of his sponsors.

We congratula te Major Robert Tong and Miss Snape on their marriage which took place at Oxford, in August. The bridegroom, who was called up at the outbreak of war, was for some years on the staff of the School, where he was Housemaster of Lattergate. Miss Snape was Matron there whilst we were at Canterbury. Owing to the calling up of the male domestic staff we have put into operation a new scheme in the Dining Hall. The tables are now laid by teams of boys, who also serve the food, clear away and do the washing up. This scheme, which is, we understand, in operation in several other schools, is proving, under th e careful guidance of the Steward and Mrs. Curtis, a successful venture. We have pleasure in publishing, by courtesy of the Modem Churchman, the Bishop of Truro 's new poem On the Prospects of Religion in England. In response to an appeal by the Master of Balliol, who is Director of the Educational Books Section of the War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of J erusalem, we publish a list of some of the books needed for British Prisoners of War studying for a n Honours Course in English. The School will be very grateful for secondhand clothing, especially games clothes, blazers, etc. Please send them to The Manager, The King's School Sh op, Carlyon Bay Hotel, St. Austell, stating whether they are sent for sale to the School Shop or as a gift to the School.

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THE SCHOOL Captain of School: J. CORBEN. Head of School House J. D.

ARMSTRONG D. LAMPARD N. SCARFE J. CORBEN

Head of The Grange . . Head of WalpOle House Head of Meister Omers

MONITORS :D. LAM PARD, N. SCARFE, J. D. ARMSRTONG, G. L. TAYLOR, J. H. BREESE, D. H. FEARON, J. D. OMMANNEY, P. J. KENNABY SCHOOL HOUSE

HOUSE PREFECTSM. G. CHATTERTON, D. H . HODKIN. P. H . SMITH, M. WALSH, P. M. WEATHERHEAD.

THE GRANGE

D. F. MURRAY, W. S. PRICE, S. C. ROBERTSON, SUGDEN, R. J. THORNE

WALPOLE HOUSE

C. R. CHEADLE, W. M. ENDERBY, SAO SAO

MEISTER OMERS

C. A. B. CLEMETSON, D. M. HAMILTON, H . A. TURNOR.

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CAPTAIN OF RUGBY FOOTBALL-J. COR BEN EDITORS OF "THE CANTUARIAN "J . CORBEN, N .. SCARFE , J. D. ARMSTRONG.

VALETE P. A. Abbey, C. Beale, G. P. Bradfield, T. Buckland, N. Dray, D. M. D. Evans, W. D. Gul1och , J. L. Hahn, D. R. Hill, KV. Jones, G. F. C. Leigh , J. D. Mackie, J. D. Murray, M. E. Noakes, J. A. Nor thover, P. N. Porritt, E . W. Swinhoe-Phelan, D. G. Whitehead, A. G. S. Wilson .

SALVETE L. A. Bassett, G. L. D'A. Beck, R. A. Bedingfield, L. H . Birley, J. H . Bloomberg, P.V. Brewer, M. J. Brooks, J. KW. Brown, G. A. Burtwell, J.c. Caiger, B. P. Chadwick, P. Coury, J. O. Cryan, M. R. Ditchburn , M. G. Elston, J. A. Flower, T. S. Hall, T. L. Hamilton, P. C. Hammond, T. H. Honour, J. M. H. Johnson, A. A. Kneller, M. A. Leadbitter, D. M. Long, R. T. Longford, T. J. Matthews, R. M. Moore, D. M. Moreau, R. W. L. Murphy, A. G. Payne, P. Pollak, J. D. Pugh, J. H. Sawtell, A. F. Secrett, I. H. Sharp, J. J. Slaughter, J. A. G. Smerdon, C. G. Stoneman, G. L. T. Withers. 5

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES O. C. WATSON- Entered Sept. '39; Captain of School and Meister Omers Sept. '40' Higher Cert. '46; Senior Scholar '40; 2nd XI Hockey '40; Corporal O.T.C.: Open Scholarship and Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi, Cambridge; Edito; .. Cantuarian .. ; Han. Sec. Marlowe Soc. ; Vice-Pres. Debating Soc. G. B. ARMSTRONG-Entered Sept. '36; Up. VI. '40; Senior S8holar '40; Walpole House Prefect, Summer '40; Head of Walpole and School Monitor, Sept. '40' First Monitor, Summer '4I; ISt XV '40; Sergeant O:1'.C. ; Captain of Shooting '4I ; Han. Sec. Harvey Society. B. E. F ERN-Entered Jan. '32; School Cert. Sept. '40; Grange House Prefeel Sept. '40; School Monitor, May '4I; ISt XI Hockey 38-41; Ist XI Cricket 39-4I; Ist XV Rugger 40; ISt XI Soccer Jan. '4I; Han. See. Hockey '39 and '40; C~ptain of Hockey and Cricket ' 4I; Lance-CorporaIO.T.C. O. K. JOH NsON-Entered September '36; King's Scholar '38; Senior Scholar '40; Higher Cert. '40; Sixth Form '40; School House Prefect Sept. '40; School Monitor, J an. '4I; Captain of School House J an. '4I; 2nd XV '40; Sergeant 0.T.c. '40. J. L. ROWBOTHAM-Entered Sept. '36; School Cert. '38; School Monitor '40; ISt XV '40 ; Captain of P.T. Sept. '40; 2nd XI Cricket, 2nd Athletic Colours C.S.M. Sept. '40 ; Han. Sec. Rugger '40. . P. C. B. HOLMER- Entered September '37; King's Scholar '37; Senior Scholar '40; Higher Certificate '40; Sixth Form September '40; Walpole House Prefect J an. '4I ; 2nd XV '40; Sergeant O.T.C. Jan. '4I. M. S. SPARK-Entered Sept. '37; School Cert. '38; Grange House Prefect '40; 2nd XV Sept. '40; 2nd XI Soccer Jan. '4I; ISt Athletics May '4I ; Sergeant O.T.C. '40 .

D. WILLsDON- Entered May '37; Walpole House Prefeel J an . '4I; ISt XV '40; Ist XI Soccer '4I; ISt Athletic Colours '4I; I st XI Cricket '4I.

HOUSE NOTES SCHOOL HOUSE THE WARDEN Head oJ House: J. D. ARMSTRONG

This term Mr. Poole has been living with the House as Assistant Housemaster and we are grateful to him for the interest he has shown in House affairs. The beginning of the School year has brought a number of new School and House appointments. Congratulations to J. D. Armstrong, J. H. Breese, and P. J. Kennaby, on their appointments as School Monitors, and to Smith, Weatherhead, Hodkin, and Chatterton on being appointed House Prefects. 6

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With numbers as high as 67, eleven members of the House in charge of a House relect are living in the Blue Cottage opposite th~ Hotel. Here they seem to enjoy ~ peaceful existence, ~nd followmi; the famous advIce of Volta ire, they spend much of their time in cultlvatmg theIr qUIte conSIderable garden. As the School has become gradnally more self-sufficient, the House has contributed 't' quota of boys as electricians, boilermen, gardeners and waiters, and in common with I ther Houses, has two serving teams under the able supervision of Evans I. We are ~uch indebted to these people for the good work they are doing for the House. In sport we have so far had a successful term. Since the last issue, we have won the Swimming Cup, and though the House rugger matches seem as yet far off, WIth 7 members in the Ist XV and 6 in the 2nd XV, we should be able to put up a good fight. THE GRANGE

MR. H. R. ROACH. Head of House: D. LAMPARD. We would like to congratulate D. H. Fearon, on being appointed a Monitor, and

J. P. M. Sugden and R. J. Thorne, on being appointed House Prefects.

The House has not fared as well in Rugger this term as we should have liked. Six boys in the first game is a very meagre quota, but we can look forward to a better showing next year, for we have more than fifteen people in the' Colts' and' Junior Colts' games. We are thankful that such a multitude of school games have been formed- the .. left-overs" can now have as much rugger as they want! House games, which we tried at the beginning of term, were a great success, but they could not accommodate every boy who wanted to play, so that the remainder had recourse to the club, where their energy in " minor sports" necessitated a Tennis Ladder in the Hall. G.A.S. has functioned as often as possible this term under Mr. Roach's careful supervision. Thanks to the generosity of the Marlowe Society, several plays became available to the lesser literary enthusiasts in the Grange, and among others which have been read have been journey's End, Hassan, and Noel Coward's The Vortex. The reading of the latter showed remarkable talent, and some presumptuous spirits have hazarded that it was better than that of the Marlowe Society. The Hall has been embellishecl this Term by the re-establishment of the House boards. Lampard (who visited Canterbury in the holidays) sent them down, and Cussans has offered to paint them up-to-date. Ware has continued to lend his radiogram to the Hall, and the Gramophone Society enables all the " Swing-fans" to indulge in " hot" music. Only one ping-pong match has been held this term, but we hope to offer more invitations on Sundays, when there may be a fire in the Hall. We would like to thank Walker and his assistants for their unremitting work in the library this term. 7

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WALPOLE HOUSE MR. R. GROVES. Head of House : N. SCARFE. This number of The Cantuarian goes to press earlier in the term than has been customary; the School may now b e said to be firmly rooted in Cornish soil, and the Academic Year has begun smoothly and uneventfully; both a dmirably healthy features of the term th ese do conspire, however, to make the task of compiling House Notes an altogether duller and more routine business. We heartily congratulate J. D. Ommanney on being appointed a School Monitor and W. M. Enderby, C. R. Cheadle andD. G. Graham on b eing appointed House Prefects: Ommanney, Scarfe, Enderbyand Porritt have played for the 1st XV, Vernede, GrahalU 1. and Cheadle for the 2nd XV, and Ackers, Belsham, Coleman, Maplethorp and Ainsworth for the Colts. We have noted that the School is firmly rooted in Cornish soil : the House is not only firmly established on Crinnis soil, but also hard at work on it, and our garden shows unmistakable signs of careful and thorough work. Twenty-three volunteers under Mr. Voigt are responsible for this important job, and with the very limited time at their disposal it is no mean feat to have kept the garden weeded, with seeds sown in the greater part- it is over an acre - and fifteen hundred cabbages planted- enough to provide the School with green vegetables for thirty days. Every member of the House is now an expert in the noble art- we believe Gladstone, if not George Washington, indulged in it- of log-splitting and sawing. Besides being most useful it is indeed a healthy and enjoyable pastime, and there are few afternoons when the rhythmic sound of falling sawdust cannot be heard from outside No. I Study window. Apart from these activities the upkeep of the drive, as may be gathered from one of the original contributions elsewhere in the magazine, constantly requires attention. and keeps us busy. The boiler, too, (which we have always run at Crinnis on a voluntary basis) continues to function efficiently, and cold water is comparatively seldom encountered. Walpole provides a Lab. Squad, which performs daily in the laboratories, keeping them clean and making up solutions. In National Savings the House has not been backward. The House Savings Secretary has dealt with ÂŁ9 in the past four weeks. At this rate an estimate of the total terminal turnover can be reckoned at a min imum of ÂŁ20. The House Penny-a-Week Red Cross Fund has just produced 15/6 in three weeks, comparing very favourably with the efforts of other Houses. In the more intellectual spheres the House is no less active. There are two members of the House - one elected from the Hall and one from the Studies - on the Committee of the Debating Society. In spite of restrictions th e House Play-Readings flourish We have read Sutton Vane's Outward B ound, Shaw's Arms and the Mal'. and Galsworthy's The Little Man. 8

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MEISTER OMERS MR .

A. M. OLSSON.

Head of House : J. CORBEN. This term has brought us Dr. C. H. Phillips as Assistant Housemaster: he has always shown interest in the House and we are extremely glad that, amidst his so many other duties, he has found time to help us. But this has not been the only change : forit was with regret that we said goodbye to O. C. Watson, J. L. H.owbotham, D. M. D. Evans, and E. W. Swinhoe-Phelan, but it was with corresponding pleasure that we welcomed J. c. Caiger, P. Coury, M. G. Elston, T. S. Hall, D. M. Long, T. J. Matthews, R. W. L. Murphy and P. Pollak. We would like to congratulate J. COl'ben on his appointment as Captain of School and Meister Omers, and also on his successful Captaincy of Rugger for the second year. Also G. L. Taylor on being appointed a School Monitor, C. A. B. Clemetson, D. M. Hamilton, and H. A. Tumor with their appointment as House Prefects. The House despite its dearth of senior members, has been well represented in the First Game and it is pleasing to see that we have six members of the Colts XV. in the House, a fact which bodes well for the future. Nobody will say that the House has not done its fair share of School duties for it boasts what might be well claimed as the best serving teams, under the able-leadership of D. M. Hamilton, who is also in charge of the boiler, and is thus responsible for the never failing supply of hot water.

SPEECH DAY The Speeches were held in the' new' Parry on Monday, July 28th. The occasion was noteworthy in that it marked the first time t he School had ever had a Speech Day away from its ancient setting in Canterbury and was the first held in Cornwall. By an irony of fate t his happened to coincide with the 400th Anniversaryof the reconstitution of the School, as the King's School, by King Henry VIII in 1541. The Bishop of Truro, who was the Anniversary Preacher, referred to this in his address at the Morning Service. He spoke of the Association of the School wi th "the great Mother Church of Canterbury, dedicated to Christ ", and how the ancient public schools of England still produced many of the most sincere suppor ters of the Church of England. " And with your traditional connection with Canterbury, I should like to think that of you", he said. . The Speeches followed in the afternoon. The Headmaster presided. Acting on behalf of the Chairman of the Governors (the Dean of Canterbury), who was unable to be present, he read the list of distinctionsÂˇ for the year, and then passed on to his own report. He began by explaining that it was not the custom that some distinguished visitor should corne down to give the prizes and deliver a speech explaining the modest role he himself had played at School. 9

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In the King's School tradition assigned the Speeches- extracts in Greek, French and English from the plays of famous dramatists-to the gentlemen of the Sixth Form Normally they would have been wearing their traditional costume- knee breeches ' buckled shoes, tail coats and white ties- for this purpose, but the war had made thes~ unprocurable for this year. The Headmaster then mentioned that during the year the School had gained 7" school certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board, 20 h igher certificates, ~ WIth chstmchon, and smce the prevlOus Speech Day, two years ago, I 3 Scholarships Or Exhibitions at Universities had been won. The J.T. C. (formerly the O.T.C.) had received a highly-gratifying report from an inspecting officer from the War Office. The masters and boys had provided officers and cadets of the Air Training Corps unit in the district, and other masters and boys formed a considerable part of the Home Guard in the area. The Headmaster then referred to the 400th Anniversary of the School's change of constitution under Henry VIII. From the seventh century until I54I it remained the school of the City and Archbishop of Canterbury. Then King Henry VIII made it the first of his Royal Schools in the country. Ordinarily the anniversary of this event would have been celebrated in Canterbury with considerable gusto, but here little could be done save to refer to it. A letter of congratulation from the King was then read, concluding with the words, " His Majesty is confident that the fine record of service which the School has established for itself in the past will be worthily maintained in the years to come. " The Headmaster then referred to the fact that I,OOO old boys were serving in the present war and that already 25 had given th eir lives for their country. The School had also lost one of its most distinguished sons and friends by the untimely death of Sir Hugh Walpole. The Headmaster ended by counting the blessings of the School. Its position and quarters were superior to those of most other evacuated schools and its numbers were still increasing. The future in fact was brighter than he had dared to hope. ANNIVERSARY PREACHER : T H E RT. REV. THE L ORD B I SHOP OF TRURO, D .D.

SPEECHES IN THE PARRY. GREEK SPEECH. A SCENE FROM TH E " A CHARNIA NS" OF ARI STOPHANE S.

G. L. TAYLOR I. K. MEEK J. H . BREESE { D.M. D. EVANS

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FRENCH SPEECH. FROM THE" MAI-ADE IMAGINAIRE " OF MOLIERE.

O. C. WATSON . . P. C. H. HOLMER J. D. ARMSTRONG N. SCARFE

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ARGAN )3ERALDE pU RGON

ENGLISH SPEECH. FROM" TWELFTH NIGHT" MALVOLIO

WILLIAM S HAKE SP EARE

D. H.. HILL O. C. WATSON N. SCARFE P. C. H. HOLMER G. L. TAYLOR

SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK SIR ToBY BELCH .. CLOWN

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SENIOR SCHOOL Captain's Prize (Mitchinson ) Natural Science (Mitchinson) Cinque Prize .. .. Senior : Reading and Elocution (Harvey B oys) Junior: Music (Ryley) " (Courtney) History (Stanley) Blare Prize for the Pater Society Blare Prize for the Harvey Society Streatfield Prize for the Marlowe Society Walpole Prizes Open: Junior: Divinity Prize: Lower School (Elwyn) Church History (L ady Davidson ) Merton College Prizes Latin Prizes: Upper School Miclclle School Greek Prizes: Upper School Middle School

O. C. Watson O. K. J ohnson N. Scarfe T. Buckland A. A. de C. Cussans J. Peschek K. V. J ones N. Scarfe G. L. Taylor G. B. Armstrong O. C. Watson 1'. Buckland W. H . Hanna h not awarded P. C. H . Holmer P. C. H. Holmer T. H. Boultbee E. M. Lock J. S. Macartney A. G. Eyre S. W. Brooks

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W. E. Chambers D. Lampard D. S. Stevens P . M. Weatherhead

Middle School French Prizes (Greaves) : Upper School Middle School Science Prizes (H a11!11!onds) : Upper School Middle School (Physics)

O. C. Watson O. W. Eustace W. E. Chambers D. S. Stevens C. W. Birkett D. S. Stevens W. M. Enderby

(Chemistry) German Prizes: (Greaves) : Upper School Middle School English Prizes : Middle School (Galpin)

O. C. Wa tson H. J. Stem W. T. Hinds M. G. Chatterton not awarded

Lower School (Evans) History Prize : Middle School (Gordon) Geography Prize : Middle School (Gordon)

S. W. Brooks

P. Taylor

After the Speeches tea was served in the Hotel and a programme of music was performed by a local band.Âˇ Altogether it proved a most successful day.

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS F. S. SMYTHE, ESQ. High places have always exercised a great fascination for the human race. Most of us with the Psalmist have lifted up our eyes to the hills whence cometh Our strength and ma ny of us have felt the active desire to explore them .and to cli~b them. There is something enigmatic and compelling about great mountams and partIcularly about such unconquered peaks as Everest. But whereas most of us have aspired in our small way to reach the top of Ben Nevis or perhaps the Matterhorn few can boast of having scaled any of the Himalayan Mountains. It takes the very finest climbers even to attempt Everest and the School was very proud to have a visit from Mr. F. S. Smythe, who with the experience behind him of three Everest Expeditions and five published books about them, was indeed well qualified to speak on the subject. â&#x20AC;˘2

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And so on Sunday, October 5th, Mr. Smythe gave the School the first lantern It was a great success. He showed ~fdes illustrating in considerable detail the course of the 1933 expedition on which he ~ 'mself was chosen to make the second of two determined attempts on the summit. As \ this occasion he reached a height above 28,00() feet he has th e rare distinction of ~~ving climbed higher than any man now alive. Also the School had the privilege of ~eing some of his photographs taken at higher altitude than any other non-aerial camera achievements. Mr. Smythe is a vivid speaker and he brought home to the audience, as could have been done perhaps in no other way! the very considerable difficulties of high altitude climbing- the appalling weather conditions for instance with raging gales, blizzards and snowstorms, the difficulties of flllding safe or even possible camping sites, the intense cold with its inevitable legacy ?f frostbite,. the rarefied atmosphere which numbs the faculties, both mental and physlc",l and whIch makes all progress slow and hard and the difficult .nature of the terra in itself. The lecture soon proved to ns what a miracle of organisation is needed to make such feats possible and how much depends on the courage. resource, and ski ll of those taking part and the devotion of the native porters. The whole lecture carried our thoughts away to the halcyon days of peace and to a job which can have its excitements and its victories no less than war, and most of uslike Mr. Smythe himself-were left hoping that it would not be long before condition!> would again permit of another expedition and a renewed attempt to reach the top of Everest . We should like to hea r of this first-hand from Mr. Smythe himself. I ture we have had since we left Canterbury.

THE OSIRIS REPERTORY COMPANY On Wednesday, October 15th, Miss Nancy Hewins presented to the School The Osiris Repertory Company in Shaw's Arms and the Man. In its authorship it is a pertipent war-time play, and in its presentation by a company entirely composed of females, there was displayed, apart from courage and initiative, that spirit of patriotism which Shaw mocks and which many of our women today, by playing the man's part, are embodying. In fact their performance oft stage involved a virility which would stand them in good stead in the portrayal of such an essentially masculine character as G. B. S.'s Man, Captain Bluntschli, and sure enough Constance Allen played the part magnificently; however it is perhaps less compatible with the virtues of a really feminine stagerepresentation, though it must here be recorded that Dera Cooper did an excellent characterization of Louka, the maid " with ideas above her station. " To' have been able to cast and stage a play containing four male parts (three army officers and a steward at that, though the captain is a Swiss mercenary and the two majors Petkoft " hold the high est rank in the Servian Army! "), and to obtain such a high standard of production, is a grand achievement. We take off Our hats to the Osiris Repertory Company and we are very glad they have been able to come down to entertain us. We hope this will be the first of many such visits . I3

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MR. ERNEST SEWELL It is not often that the School can include in its list of ;entertainments for one evening a comedian, a ventriloqmst, a conjuror and a manonette show, but m Mr. Sewell we had an admirable combinat ion of th ese four acts. Perhaps one of his best tricks was the delightful way in which he "conjured" up a light-hearted atmosphere throughout the School so that there was scarcely a pause in the laughter during the whole performance. Some of the boys were privileged to take part in the tricks, and credit is due to them for their valiant attempts to upset Mr. Sewell's plans and reveal to us the innermost secrets of the mystic art, but their efforts were in vain, and as one of t he tricks informed us, we were fi stung again." The marionette show and the repartee of the vent riloquist's doll were equally as humorous, ,md if the conjuror's tnsk is to leave his audience cheerful yet baffled, Mr. Sewell certainly achieved it , for t hough everyone had enjoyed a highly am using evening, none could put forward an accurate solu t IOn t o one of h,S tncks.

LECTURE BY SIR CHARLES GRANT ROBERTS ON, C.V.O. On November 5th, Sir Charles Grant Robertson spoke to the School on Germany. In a very forceful and lucid speech he put three principal points before his audienceflrstly, how the Nazis came to power, secondly, what was the Nazi creed, and thirdly how we were to find the best way to defeat it. SiT Charles began by demolishing the thesis held in SO many quarters that pre-Nazi Germany had been nothing but a land of professors and musicians devoted to the arts of peace. The whole idea was a complete misconcept ion. Such a Germany had never existed, not even before Bismarck's advent to power 111 186~ . We had thus not got the difficult task of trying to explain a mysterious and sudden change in 1933, which had converted a highly cultured Germany into a land of criminals, gansters, pagans and b arbarians. Tbere was not one single article in the Nazi creed that could not be traced back long before 1862. Sir Charles t hen bade his audience cast their minds back to the events of 1914, when the Germans made their first open bid for world power. Two fundamental principles had been asserted by t hem at that time. First that the only thing that counted was force, efficient and successful force, force best exercised through and by war, and secondly,that this force was to be wielded by a H errenvolk, a Master-Race. The Germans claimed to be that supreme Master-Race and based their interpretation of the world, Weltanscha",mg as they called it, on their right as Lords of the world to impose German Kultur on everyone else. Moreover they believed that the debacle of 1918 occurred not because their principles were wrong but because there had not been enough force to secure their victory. The only way to undo the Armistice of November nth, 1918, was by a victorious war. The Empire had collapsed and the Republic, with its democratic beliefs and its six million unemployed, could provide no answer to the desire for revenge. The Nazis could and it was to them that Germany listened.

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The speaker then described a political meeting at Coburg in 1932 which he attended. 6 ,000 packed tight in a hall built to hold only 4,000.. The Fuhrer spoke for an bour and forty minutes at tbe top of his voice in a mag!l1fic~nt tirade agamst all the parhes whIch bad brought Germany to her then pligbt. The audlence was held spellbound and SIr Charles confessed that not since the time of Hebel, the leader of the. Socialist p~rty in the Imperialist regime, bad he heard so great a mob orator. . Force, cned Herr Hltler,. was the only way out, and force he was prepared to use to achlevehls ends; force by thIS way or by that-so oder so. It was this crusade piuS the economlC depression which put him into power in 1933Âˇ It was a hot Au.gust mght, and t here were

As to the Nazi creed, his second point, Sir Charles recommended a careful reading of Mei., Kampf. The doctrines contained in that remarkable book could be boiled down to three pomts. Flrst, the old, old doctrine of force. It is not war that is a continuation of policy, to quote the historic statement of Clausewitz, but that policy is a continuation of war. Secondly, tbat the State lS ommpotent, supreme at all t imes over all persons; the indlvldual counts for notlllng. Tblrclly, more damnable even than the otber two tbat the ends justify the means. The only means tbat are not justifiable are tbe mean; that fall. The Issue for us, created by thlS awful programme, was best seen in tbe treatment we should recelve lf Great Bntam was defeated. Some four or five thousand important people would no doubt be shot forthw ith , and the rest completely enslaved, witb the eternal prospect of the concentratIon-camp for those who were foolisb enougb to resist. Allfreedom of the mmd, of worshIp, of speech and thought would disappear, and a secret 'p0hce ,,:o?ld keepyerpetual watcb over us. There would, of course, be crippling financial mdemmhes and, In sbort, hfe would not be worth hVIng. Sir Charles concluded, with his third point- bow were we to defeat the Nazis? He recalled Abraham Llllcoln s chctum tbat tbe United States could not be balf slave and half free. There could be no Europe which was half Nazi and half noll-Nazi. There could be nO pOSSIble truce between these two worlcls, based on such utterly different conceptions of hfe. The Nazl could not be defeated by matenal force alone. There was an urgent need for us to moboh~e our. spmtual forces for the struggle. The Kingdom of God as St. Paul pOInted out, IS not 111 word but in power. The spiritual forces were in the end the decisive ones, and if \~e were to win we must have them on our side. It was England's great opportumty. . As, 111 fact, the Pnme MlnIster had said, '.' Hard as the days may be, deep as the tnbulatlOn may be, let us remember that for us In Great Britain this is our hour, and it is a proud thing tbat it sbould be for us our bour, in whicb we are going to Will. "

THE TERM'S MUSIC The new music rooms, while providing perhaps unwanted entertainment for classes bell1g taken beneath, have enabled us to ensure that the stock of pianos and other IIIstnllnents WIll brave the damp ngours of another Cornish winter. Practising has fOl the most part not been the ICY Job lt was last winter at Treheathy, for the friendly hot-water pIpe runs through us. 15

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By placing two pianos in the chapel we have been able to strengthen the accompa . ments to the daily hymn and give the young idea a chance to learn the art of acco~Â panying a crowd and transposing at the same time. It is needless to add that the t\ instrume.nts have been extremely useful for two-piano duets-still rather' the vag,,:? m the bIg outsIde ,;orld-a~d for. the mOI;e hum~le aural tram mg. By splitting the chOIr mto two-an anthem chOIr and a hymn chOIr-dutIes have been lightened for some overworked old hands; other and newer members have joined with the aVowe I intention of im1'roving their reading powers by means of the dail~ dozen. If thc~. words seldom nse above a comfortable la, la, la, theIr notes are Improving. As consequence 01 t hese various innovations there has been considerable improvement i~ school hymn-smgmg, especIally. m rhythm and attack. For St. Edmund's day, November 16th, the anthem chOIr managed to tackle the Te Deum, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis of Stanford's fine service in C, and a new Tudor anthem, Redford's , Rejoice in the Lord,' and later gave a good account of some long overdue new carols which included Holst's exhilarating Fantasia on old tunes called' Christmas Day.' All this is no mean achievement as it has been carried out during the settling-in period inevitable during this first term of the year. We have to thank the Warden for the honour of appearing in the School Calendar: our practice times are now sacrosanct and that has been invaluable. With the orchestra the period of swaddling clothes has passed-at least for the original nucleus-and performance is a lready becoming adequate. The beginners who manage a note here and there are helped on by the old hands of a twelvemonth's hoary experience, and toge~h~r they have :ackled, besides last term's repertory, the Ballet mUSIC from Schubert s Rosamunde ; It IS hoped at the tIme of writing that the orchestra may help in the school concert and t he Carol Service at the end of term. We understand, however, that the conductor intends to ride the high horse in the matter of what shall be allowed to percolate to the public. Two new clubs have appeared: the Music Club, the proceedings of whose first term are reported elsewhere, will doubtless fill a gap for those who have a lready begun to feel the power of mUSIC and WIsh to probe further mto Its delIghts. Meister Omers have started a Glee Club which has met weekly and thoroughly enjoyed itself. It is significant that both these clubs have been formed by boys Without any prompting from above; the Director of Music has graciously been allowed to join the Music Club. The Gramophone Society has held innumerable concerts, all packed houses with the true 'Prom.' spirit. Âˇ Muriel Brunskill and Robert Ainsworth delighted the School with a concert of unctuous a nd colourful music performed in s,up~rb style. ,We had the highly emotIOnal gypsy songs of Dvorak and some an as from II rrovatore mterspersed with extremely popular renderings of Chopin's Scherzo)n B-Ilat minor and one of the Liszt Hungarian Fantasias, and a repeat of the exciting version of ' The Blue Danube' which was little short of a riot.

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SCHOOL SOCIETIES THE DEBATING SOCIETY President: T HE REV. S. B-R. POOLE . Vice-Presidents: H. R. ROACH, ESQ., F. H. VOIGT, ESQ., J. CORREN (ex-officio). Han. Secretary : N. SCARFE. To start the new School year the Society has been in small degree reconstituted, nd it is felt, with some success. Debates have been fixed for alternate Saturday :ve~ings: at half-term no debate has lapsed and the quota of three motions has been fulfilled. Each (School) House has elected two representatives to sit on the Committee, whose funct ion it is to suggest, and so far as is possible, determ ine motions and set-speakers. In his preliminary address from the chair at the first debate, the President stressed the advantage of cutting down regulations to the minimum.

On Saturday, 4th October, the motion before the House was that" In the opinion G. L. Taylor, seconded by J. D. Armstrong, proposed the motion, and after quoting Kipling, he surveyed the woman's status throughout history, with reference to Amazons, Romans, Greeks, Boadicea, Elizabeth, Victoria, Suffragettes and the W .V.S., urging in conclusion " that for the preservation of the human race, of beauty, and of tradition, the woman's place must be at home." D. F. Murray opposed the motion (albeit with a certain amount of scurrility) and was ably seconded by P. A. B. Gethin. On the motion being thrown open to the house the honourable member who spoke fourth was particularly witty, confessing himself a rabid anti-feminist, denying t hat the woman's presence was compatible with peace in the home, urging her removal as far as possible from the home, and deploring her incompetence as a mother, as a cook, and in general. At the division the motion was carried by 49 votes to 35Âˇ The Rev. S. B-R. Poole was in the Chair. On Saturday, 18th October, a balloon was invented for the purpose of the debate, and it was made to carry aloft G. B. Shaw, Miss Deanna Durbin, Igor Stravinsky, Mr. Vic. Oliver, Lady Oxford and P. G. Wodehouse. These six celebrities were horrified to find their balloon descending rapidly towards the waves, and to perceive that five of their number must be jettisoned in order that the sixth might have a chance of survival. The Society met in the Parry to decide which one of the six it were best to save. H. R. Roach, Esq., was in the chair. P. A. B. Gethin spoke first, and his client was Mr. George Bernard Shaw. He felt that there was little need for him to say much as G.B.S. is not backward in speaking up for himself. J. Peschek, supporting Deanna Durbin, disposed neatly of Stravinsky, whose compositions he contended were" governed only by writer's cramp," and sang the praises of Deanna as the symbol of womanhood and good modern music. G. A. H. Baker put up a brilliant defence for Stravinsky as " neither a bearded old crank nor a precious yo ung man with long hair wr iting music by firing buckshot at a sheet of manuscript paper." C. R. B. Brown maintained the dubious honour which of this House the woman's place is in the home " .

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was his in defending the Countess of Oxford and Asquith " a woman . . Iler sph ere " - wh'ICh fact no one contested! A point which A., umque IIl de C. Cussans t m defence of Mr. Vic. Oliver was that the Prime Minister must be spared the s~~~~ed of hIs death, and that the very safety of the nation was bound up in the safety of Mr Vi Ohver. SpeakIng sIxth , L K. Meek defended P. G. Wodehouse against the ch~r c. of treachery, and apphedlumself to the praises of the" world's greatest humorIS. . t "ges . On the debate being thrown open to a crowded House there was much r dIscussIOn. At the division Mr. Vic. Oliver secured 53 votes, P. G. WOdehou~~ely Mr. Bernard Shaw 27, StravInsky 16, Deanna Durbin 5, and Lady Oxford 1. 41 On 1St November the House debated the motion that "This House disap . of the Monitorial System." The Hon. Secretary proposed the motion and was 0 ploves by the Captain of School, G. A. H. Baker and 1. K. Meek ably seconding resp~~toSed Iy the proposItIon and opposition. It may have been felt that the set-speakel's IVeÂˇftuence db yves t ' m e md erests,' butt certamly on the motion being thrown open t were th House the hon. members so far lost sight of the general theme of the motion as to be 0 e III some cases, Incoherent. come, The division proved the House's confid~nce in the Monitorial System by the defeat of the motIon by 80 votes to 40. Mr. VOIgt took the chalf. For the next debate a political motion is being arranged. MARLOWE SOCIETY President: H. R. ROACH, ESQ. H on. Secretary: 1. K. MEEK. . . The end of the School year saw the departure of the Hon. Secretary and of many semOI members of the SocIety,. a loss whIch has not been fully repaired by the election of seven. new members early thIS tenn. A more serious set-back, however, is that the tradltIOl:al tune for meetIng has been altered to. 5.30 on Saturday Evening to fit in with other al1al~gements 111 the SchooL ThIS alteratIon j)ossesses several disadvantages- for one thmg, It puts an end to the enJoyable dISCUSSIOns 111 the President's room, for another, many members are away plaYIng 111 matches at that time. But despite these trials weekly meetings have been held as usual with no little success, and the SocIety has had a varied and entertaining term. There have been two free readings of verse and prose, and several plays have been read, 111clndIng: The Vortex, French for Love, and Hassan. The Vortex like Hay Fever and many of Coward's other plays, is excellent satire but it was felt to b; too excluslvelya product of its own per iod to be of any enduring value: Fre1tch for Love, a charmmgly sophIstIcated, If somewhat ri~que, light comedy by Marguerite Steen and Derek Patmore found fC\~ cntIcs, and the 111splfed poetry of Flecker'sHassan, which was read for the second tIme m a year, once again proved immensely popular. The Society looks forward to a Paper from N. A. Taylor, Esq., to readings of The Ascent of F.6, by Auden and Isherwood, and of Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral, and to ItS customary Gala NIght. 18

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THE SOMNER SOCIETY President: F. H. VOIGT, ESQ. Vice-P"esident: THE REV. S. B-R. POOLE. H 0". Secretary: N. SCARFE. At a business meeting held on Sunday, 28th September, after the election of new members and of the associate-member on the Committee had been held, the Vice-President ~gested to the Society that the recently founded School Genealogical Society b e ~~liated as a sub-division of the Somner Society. He went on to propose that a ~ubscription be paid to the Society of Genealogists, London, incorporating ourselves in that Society. The immediate occupation of the new School genealogists would be the copying and recordIng of local pansh regIsters. A. A. de C. Cussans proceeded with his proposal that the members of the Society should assist Mr. Anthony R. Wagner, Portcullis, Pursuivant of Arms, F.S.A., in the completion of his new addition of Papworth's monumental work The Ordinary of BTI#sh Armorials by recording and annotating the blazoury of the local Church memorials and families. C. R. B. Brown then reminded the Society of the need for further photographic records of the churches in this neighbourhood, this need being all the more urgent in the light of present-day widespread aerial destruction of historic buildings. The Society accorded full agreement to each of these three important proposals, and it was urged that the work be got under way as soon as possible. The time and place for meetings were determined as alternate Tuesdays at 5.30 p.m_ in the new School Library. Outings were planned for fine Sundays, and it was proposed that the first excursion of the term be made up the Luxulyan Valley,. This excursion was made on Sunday, 5th October, though it was poorly attended. On 14th October the.Society met with the Walpole Society in the Library to hear the President's paper on Art. Mr. Voigt showed, by means of the epidiascope, reproductions of some of the world's best pictures, ranging from the most modern school of European painting- Georges Braque's Shipwreck and Modigliani's Portrait of a Woman- to the early Italian and Dutch Schools, and then back to an excellent selection of modern works- of such artists as Cezanne, Van Gogh, Utrillo, Nash and Marc. He reminded the Society that the aim of the moderns is no longer photographic representation, but pictorial and plastic representations of spiritual and conscious experiences. We would take this opportunity of thanking the President for a delightful talk. On Tuesday, 21st October, the Society met to hear the Cinque Prize Essay-on Cor.nish Ch"rch Architecture as illustrated by the Churches of Mid-Cornwall-by the Hon. Secretary. After this A. de C. Cussans read two short sketches-one of Prior Thomas Chillenden, 139I-14II, by R. A. L. Smith, and the other of William Somner, O.K.S., and his Antiquaries of Canterbury, 1640, by William Urry-which excited 19

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certain feelings of nostalgia in the breasts of not a few members. Both these sketch and the essay were illustrated by the epicliascope, and they combined most approp es ately Cornwall with Canterbury. nOn All Saints Day the Society made a most profitable and enjoyable expedition to the Churches of Fowey and Lanteglos. We are next looking forward to a paper by W. M. Enderby on the Architecture of the R enaissance. THE PATER SOCIETY

President: N. A. TAYLOR, ESQ. Vice-President: H. R. ROACH, ESQ. H on . Secretary : G. L. TAYLOR. After the customary inactivity during the Summer Term, the Society was rather slow to resume its normal tempo. At the firs t meeting it was decided to hold weekly meetings, despite the for tnightly invitation, and a programme was arranged, which mcluded two plays-the Bacchae and the Troades, and the' Symposium' of original contributions at the end of the term. The Hon. Sec. read a short paper entitled' The Development of Warfare' an ambitious attempt which was rather too large for a full exposition. A new fea'ture 'The life of Augustus-a Scrapbook ', was an all-embracing and most successful venture giving each member a par t in the produc tion. Another successful trial was a debat~ on the motion' The peak of civi Ji ~atil)n was reached in A thens in the fifth century.' Mr. VOlgt gave us a most mterestll1g talk on the relahon between French Classical Literature and the Classics. THE WALPOLE SOCIETY

President: THE REV. S. B-R. POOLE. Vice-Presid",t : G. P. HOLLINGWORTH, ESQ. H on. Sec . : W. H . HAN NAH. This term the Society has unfortunately been limited to meeting every alternate week. Despite this unavoidable impediment, however, the programme has so far proved to be hIghly successful. The President, with the valuable assistance of M. Slater, has already produced an extremely entertaining paper entitled" Soup or Hors d'Oeuvres," while in conjunction with the Somner Society, we have heard a most instructive paper by Mr. F. H. Voigt, on " Modern Art." . The two play -readings we have had were both very enjoyable. The first-in which Noel Coward's Vortex was read, was appreciated by all, while the second was a selection of one-act plays. Thus we may look forward to a distinguished programme for the latter half of the term, in which it is hoped that plays, papers and lectures will all play their part. 20

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President: R. GROVES, ESQ. Hon. Secretary: C. R. B. BROWN. Mr. Groves very kindly consented to become our new President, in place of Mr. Brand, at a Committee meeting held on the 4th of November. Mr. Groves's duties of necessity make him a busy man, and we are therefore particularly grateful to h im for having stepped into the breach. The Society. as a whole has not been able to do a great deal this term, but the darkroom, has, we hope, been finally established in a permanent position . Its present occupants have much improved its appearance since it was taken over and it has been thoroughly cleaned out and redecorated, several items of equipment have been added this term. The plan for a photographic record of the School's stay in Cornwall has been endorsed and put under way. It is hoped that a nucleus of photographs will soon have been obtained, though anybody who has any more is asked to submit them to the Hon . Secretary. It is proposed that all likely negatives be collected together and that their enlargement should be made the subject of a series of lectures to the uninitiated. Another subject wh ich has b een broached this term is that of photographing churches. A body is in existence whose purpose is to make a complete record of all the churches in England, especially those liable to be destroyed by enemy action. It has therefore been proposed that joint expeditions with the Somner Society, armed with cameras, should be sent to some of the churches within reach. Though this plan offers opportunities for some useful outings, there are several diffIculties which would have to be overcome , so that the matter is still very much in prospect.

MUSIC CLUB President: DR. C. H . PHILLIPS. Vice-Presidmts : MRS. R. V. BUCKL AND, F. H . VOIGT, ESQ. H on . Sec. : A. A. de C. Cussans. There has long been in the School a growing need for more music. Until the advent of the Music Club the only ocganised music in the School was provided by the Gramophone Society: but though the Society is doing admirable work in producing musical appreciation in the School, it is only natural that by now there should be a group which is seeking to study music after a more serious fashion. So, then, at a general meeting of the Gramophone Society a committee was formed to create a means to satisfy this need and, in this, the Music Club had its b eginning. The Club meets once a week and by the end of the term a large a nd varied field of work will have been covered. The Club anticipates hearing with considerable interest papers on Bach, Rossin i, and two further papers by the President. Among the composers whose work has been heard th is term are included Bach- whose B minor Mass was, to 21

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many, a new experience in Choral Music- Brahms, Stravinsky, Delius, Debussy, not to mention Dvorak.. It is, it must always be, impossibl<; to comment fai rly upon such quantities of mUSIC as the Club has heard tlus term. [he very broadness of its taste But, though it may offend some, one cannot resist the temptation mocks at the writer. to say something of such peaks of musical expression as Brahms 4th Symphony Or Bee_ thoven's 3rd or 5th. The Brahm's symphony is filled with an austerity and an" other_ worldliness " which makes it a musical solace, so sought after in these times which can be found, perhaps, nowhere else. Many members heard Beethoven's' Eroica' symphony for the first time, and with this work, as with his 5th, so deplorably prostituted at the present time, were brought into contact, if only for a moment, with the lasting and truly beautiful things of this world. On the whole this has been a successful term and for a first term a very promising one. It now only remains to thank all those people who have helped the Club in any way especially those who have so kindly lent their gramophone records. The Club owes ~ considerable debt to A. A. de C. Cussans, who accepted and fulfilled so well the difficult task of secretary of a new Society.

J.T.C. MULLINS CUP RESULT 1. Walpole House 486 points 2. Grange 469 " 3. Meister Omers 460 4- School House 43I" ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT. As recorded in the last Cantuarian the Annual Inspection was carried out by Col. Millett, G.S.O.I., Southern Command. In the course of a highly satisfactory report the inspecting officer said : "The cadets are exceptionally keen. The contingent is a ' live' show, well run and well taught. All ranks who were called upon to command squads showed confidence and powers of command." N.C.O.'s COURSE OF INSTl~UCTION . The following attended a course of instruction at the N.C.O's. School of Instruction, Stainborough Cast/e, Barnsley, (staffed by the Guards) in August: C.S.M. N. Scarfe, Sgt. G. L. Taylor, CpI. J. D. Armstrong. It is to be hoped that similar courses will be avaliable in the Easter and Summer holidays as there can be no doubt that they are extremely valuable. Sgt. Taylor and the Demonstration Platoon have this term provided three very instructive demonstrations. FIELD DAYS. Whole clay exercises were carried out on Saturday, July 26th, in Crinnis Wood, and on October, I6th, at Par Moor. The latter exercise was attended by G.S.OÂˇ3Âˇ Devon and Cornwall Division who spent the whole day with us. LIAISON OFFICER. Capt. Gason, 6th Bn. D.C.L.I., has been detailed to provide liaison between ourselves and the army. We are very grateful to him for th e great amount of help he has given in the way of providing demonstrations and instructors. Vie were especially glad to hear at half-term that Lt. Avery was to act as temporary liaison officer. 22

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DEMONSTRATIONS. The D.C.L.I. have given the following demonstrations this term :. . October 9th. 1. A Platoon at full war strength- mcludmg the Platoon truck fully loaded. 2. The Platoon in attack. October 2ISt. 3 inch and 2 inch m,ortars. , . .. November 4th. Weapontrammg CIrcus ;. grenades; WIreless slgnallmg. Later in the term there WIll be a demonstration of the carner platoon . ~RMY MANOEUVRES. From October 20th to 24th Sergt. ~. L. Taylor and CpI. H. - A. Tumor attended army manoeuvres m East Cornwall. I here was naturally some competition for the pnvllege of shanng ,the pgours of army trammg under active service conditions.

PROMOTIONS. The following promotions were made-with effect from July 1st, 1941. L/CpI. Wilson to be CpI. L/CpI. P. A. St. C. Abbey to be Cpl. L/CpI. O. C. Watson to be CpI. L/CpI. J. Corben to be CpI. -with effect from September 23rd, 194I Sgt. N. Scarfe to be C.S.M. Cp!. C. A. J3. Clementson to be C.Q.M. S. L/Sgt. D. H . Fearon to be Sgt. CpI. P . H. Smith to be L/Sgt. CpI. G. L. Taylor to be L /Sgt. CpI. J. Corben to be L/Sgt. L/Cp!. D. F. Murray to be Cpl. L/Cp!. H . A. Tumor to be CpI. L/Cp!. J. D. Armstrong to be Cpl. L/Cp!. J. P. M. Sugden to be Cp!. L/CpI. A. J. Grey to be Cp!. L/CpI. C. R. Cheadle to b e Cpl. L/Cp!. D. M. Hamilton to be CpI. LlCp!. P. M. Weatherhead to be CpI. L/CpI. P . J. L. Kennaby to be CpI.

A.T.C. Eleven of our members left the School at the end of July, but the same number The enrolled at the beginning of this term, so our strength remains unaltered at 47. following promotions and appointments are recorded, and date from OcL 1st, 1941 :Acting Corporals Gordon, A.G. and Grant, P.D. to be Sergeants; Actmg Corporals Baker, G.A.H., Mayoh, J. H ., and Pnce, W.S., to be Corporals. About half the Flight has now been fitted with uniform, and this adds considerably to the smartness of appearance and work on parades. Unfortunately, no large umforms are yet available but this we hope will be remedied in the near future. 23

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"Ve were able to enter our first batch of candidates for the Proficiency Star examin_ ation last July, and all ten passed with high marks. The successful candidates were :_ Brooks, S. W. , Cawston, S. A. R., Chandler, D., How, J. H. , Glegg, S. E., Gordon, A. G. Poole, B. C., Simpson, G. c., Tipp, D. M. , and Wheeler, R. A. These are now entitled t~ display a special cloth' star' on their uniforms. A second group of Cadets will take the examination towards the end of November, and in future it will be our aim to enter candidates twice a year, as is done in the J.T.C. for certificate' A '. Already it has become necessary to divide the Flight into four instructional groups of varying standard, and it is hoped that as N.C.O's. and Proficiency Star holders increase their own capabilities they will, in turn, be able to undertake with confidence a greater share in the training of newer members. During the term the Fl.ight visited an R.A.F. Initial Training Wing to see something of the work done by newly enlIsted recrUIts. It had been hoped that on tlus occasion some, a t least, of our party would be able to go for a fli ght at a neighbouring aerodrome, but in th is we were disappointed. Instead, the majority of us went to another aerodrome where we were shown over two or three types of planes. When the Air Ministry film" Target for To-night" came to the local cinema the whole squadron attended a perf9rmance, and FlU. A. D. McDonald, commanding the Squadron, accepted an invitation to address the audience on the purpose and work of the A.T.C., and to urge their encouragement and support in every possible way for this important and nation-wide movement. His speech was well received, and everyone enjoyed the film which do ubtless helped to inspire many to work and train as never before in order to reach the exacting standards of efficiency and fitness essential to the maintenance and development of the R.A.F.

HOME GUARD During the Winter months, the Home Guard is being call ed upon for no Guard duties, so the programme is largely a traini ng one. We have now been issued with more automatic weapor.s and the crews have been hard at work. A shoot is to be h eld on the first available fine Sunday afternoon. A number of volunteers have now gone through a course of grenade throwing and it is hoped that most if not all , will have an opportunity of throwing live grenades before the end of tenn. On the first Sunday of term we acted as Umpires' runners in a combined operation with the Batt. and two r egular Batts. A number of valuable lessons were learnt, particu larly in respect of communications. Our thanks are due to Capt. Egerton-Jones for arranging the very interesting and instructive demonstrations which we get from the D.C.L.l. on J.T.C. parades.

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THE LIBRARY Librarian: TH E REV. S. B-R. POOLE. Assistant LiiJraftan: J. D, ARMSTRONG. The Library has found new and better quarters this term in the old Sixth Form at the far end of t he Annexe. Valiant and successful effor ts have been made to R~: the new headquarters more attractive than the old, and thanks are due to the m d f workers who helped to move the books distemper the walls, and generally make ~~; l~ce bright and cheerful. The presence' of a coal fire certainly contributes to the ~omÂĽort and well-being of the place, so too do the many new pen?dICals and magazmescontributed by masters many of them generously . . and boys-wh Ich now cover the tables d even sometImes overflow on to the mantelp,ece. an NoW that it has become quite apparent that our exile to Cornwall will be longer than was at first anticipated t he need for more books has become mcreasmgly pressmg. Orders have therefore been despatched for a further two hundred volumes from Canterbury. And already, the Loeb claSSical library, which IS kmdly lent by the ChaplaIn, h as safel arrived and is housed in its new case. To supplement what comes from Canterbury a suGscription to the London Library has been taken out which will enable us to have out IS volumes a t a tIme. The Librarian is most grateful for the following donations of books this,term : 1he Warden. We Were Not All Wrong: by G. Mander, M.P. ". The Teaching of the Church Catechism: by Browne-WIlson .. B. Tilton, O:KS. The Judicious MalTiage of Mr. Hooker: by Professor Sisson The Author. Money in Exports: by Walter Buchler . Sir John Hammerton. TI New Book of Knowledge B;~ium: The Official Accou,:,t of what Happened 1939-40 The Belgian Ambassador. England Under the Hanovenans: by Sir Charles Grant Robertson J. A. Northover, O.KS. O. K J ohnson, O.K.S. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 Vols.) .. I. K. Meek, K.S. Cruising and Ocean Racing: by Martin, Irving and others W. M. E nderby, KS. Rockwood: by W. H. Ainsworth A. A. de C. Cussans, K.S. Toilers of the Sea : by Victor Hugo ., The Spirit and Age of the English Poets J. P. Hutton , K.S. History of Canterbury

RUGGER CLUB RETROSPECT. Played 6. Won S. Lost 1. A successfu l season cut short by mumps. The only loss was against the RN.E. College, Keyham, by the nar!ow margin of 3-6. On the otherh ancl, the real test IS the match v. Clifton which will be played on Decembel loth . The backs

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never quite got out of the category of promising, chiefly owing to the lack of really good pair of halves. Ommanney and Robertson bore the burden of the defenc a but against some Army sides, some very pretty tries were scored; but there was a la ~ of cohesion and good handling which caused many a ttacks to break down again~t\ sound defence. ' We were for tunate in having Kennaby at fuJI back, where his tackling and coverit saved the side many times. Armstrong and Price were the best of a sound lot ~1 forwards who never played a bad game throughout the season. There are one or two very promising players in the 2nd XV but on the whole th gap behveen the 1st and 2nd was more marked than usual. They ,have had SOIl1~ very enjoyable and well fou ght games, wlllnmg two andlosmg two. rhey Were very well led by Breese. The Colts and Junior Colts have also had a good season, the former led by Corkrey and the latter by Brown 2. Both sides have yet to learn to tackle but rememberin that these two sides will in later years make up the 1St XV, the School should have n~ fear for the future. As r egards the School Games, the league system had to be abandoned owing to the irregularity in the size of the Houses, and we have had to revert to the ordinary School games. This has been a marked success, first owing to the hard work of Lampard and Chatterton who organised it, and secondly to the members of the 1St XV who have spent so much time refereeing and coaching the various games. ~KING' S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY, v. GRESHAM'S SCHOOL, I-IOLT. On October 22nd, the School opened their season with a win against Gresham's by a penalty goal and two tnes, to two tnes. Both stdes were short of practice and as a r esult the play was more conspicuous by its display of energy than skill. Gresham's Soon after opened the score by a tryon the touchline which they failed to convert. this Corben sCOl'ed on the blind side : this also was unconverted but immediately after Price kicked an excellent penalty goal from the touchline. The threequarters were combining better in the second half and it was not long before Chatterton broke through m the centre and scored. The last quarter of an hour found Gresham's attacking contmually and only the resolute defence of the backs prevented them scoring more than once. The School pack though lighter than Gresha m's held their own, and had the three-quarters held their own in the first half, the score might have been very different.

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v. RA.M.C. The School had two most enjoyable games v. RA.M.C., one on October 30th which they won by 40 points to nil and the second by 42 points, the RA.M.C. again not scoring. Although the score was large, the games were excellent and provided some real rugger ; the score gives no indication as to the play. The School won by their experience, and had obviously had much more time for practice than their opponents: we are grateful to Major Nesbitt for two very good games and we hope to have another before the season closes.

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTE RBURY v. KELLY COLLEGE. On Nov. 5th, the School had the better of an interesting game against Kelly College, and had the backs taken fuJI advantage of the excellent heeling of the pack the score might h~ve been a good deal higher than the final result of 27-8. The School were cons;antly on the attack in the first half, tries being sCOt"ed by Robertson, Chatterton and Corben, of which Corben and Price each converted one. Ommanney added to the score with a good dropped goal from a mark. Severa l promtsmg movements by the Kelly College backs were frustrated by good tackling, in which the School full back, J{ennaby, was particularly noticeable. In the second half the School added three more tries, through Corben, Gregson, and Chatterton, Price converting one. Edwards was the first to !score for Kelly College from a line out, and later Godfrey broke away to score between the posts after a fine run from the halfway line, his try being converted by Edwards. KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v. GRESHAM'S SCHOOL, at Newquay. Saturday, November 15th.

Won 6-3.

The School, playing downhill , pressed hard in the fi rst half, and after twenty minutes Chatterton touched down almost by the corner flag after the only really successful lhree-quarter movement in the game.

A forward rush gave us another try just before half-time, while our opponents had still to score. Gresham's seized the initiative in the second half and scOt'ed quite early all, and though they fa iled to score again the issue was in doubt until the last moment of the game. It was a forwards' game throughout: the three-quarters played well, although they were handicapped by the weather and some wild passing from the base of the serum. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v, R N.E.C., KEYHAM. This was the best game which the School has had a nd provided some good play. In Ihe flrst half the School were unfortunately unable to combine and RN.E.C. scored twice through dropped passes. The forwards were excellent and it was a pity that the three-quarters were off form in the first half. In the second half, the School played really well, especially Kenna by at full back who excelled himself. We scoreel after a very good forward rush and were unlucky not to score once or even twice more. We were very sorry when we heard that our return game had to be scratched, and should we be het:e next year, we look forward to a nother game with R N.E.C. , Keyham.

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PROSPECTS OF RELIGION IN ENGLAND

INTRODUCTION.

THE I NHE RITAN CE .

The hope of earth awakens with the Spring, And all the creatures bark or shout or sing. Allow me then this little song or bark, Newly awakened from the Winter dark.

Upon the map the county where I live Is strewn with holy names which serve to give A Christian colour to the countryside, With saints so many scattered far and wide. But, Christian reader, do not be misled, These, if they ever lived, are long since dead. They came to kill the heathendom they found, And some \Y. s killed, and some went underground. Then late many others tried again, And hundreds of their chapels still remain. So we have part-time Christians, old and new; But full-time Christians are surprising few.

" " I fmd the page in Whitaker and read, And rub my eyes- for this is news indeed That of the nation sixty-nine per cent. To count as 'Church of England' are content. H that is so, then let me near and far Ask in the name of wonder where they are. I do not see them in their place on Sunday! There's nothing to distinguish them on Monday.

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And yet I know I must without delay Hast en to qualify the words I say. The efforts of the past have had result Beyond the formal limits of the Cult. Bacillus Christianus has affected The human species where 'tis unsuspected. And some innoculated all too soon From further influence seem to be immune.

A parish church, a parson to command Serves every happy acre in the land. ' 'A privilege not highly prized: you say_ But try to take the holy man away, And every person who can hold a pen Will sign petitions to the Bishop then.

The ringin g bells to English ears are dear (Unless indeed the listener lives too near) ; And those who hear the summons and obey And come to Church to learn to praise and pray Expect to find for due assistance there The Bible and the Book of Common Prayer_ An expectation, my informant says, Not now so certain as in former days.

Sometimes an Archaist will try his hand: Without his people's trust, he writes on sand. That won, without complaining they will take Much elevated teaching for his sake. He gone, his laboured doctrines disappear Within one circle of the Christian yea r. Whatever be the English Churchman's hope It's certainly not centred in the Pope.

" How many a time returning through the rain, On Sunday night, along a country lane, I meet the fa rmer in his Sunday best, Faithful observer of the day of rest, And sturdy member of the Chapel Choir, Where he can worship God without the Squire, Enjoy the rousing hymn, the lengthy prayer, The flowery sermon _ in a building bare. The presence of his family and friends For any other drawback makes amends.

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all is said, the main effect is cheer, WMo ue Religion has a footing here. for trreat advantage he is quick to claim: One gu gested by the very name~:~h!rch is 'Free.' 'In what sense free? ' I ask, . To gain true Freedom IS no ea~y t~sk . Some JUen are free to .turn. their prIest away, Sonte priests are free .m spIte of all to stay: . But mutual freedom IS a mercy rare The final crown of common sense and prayer.'

OUf eyes perceive that trees are made of woodÂˇ That is their subst ance-well, so far, so good. ' But what is wood ? The microscope reveals The couritless living cells. Yet life conceals Its nature still, and when that life again Is spent , a mass of molecules remain. The Chemist shows that all of these consist Of atoms, various sorts of which exist. Each atom when examined proves to be A spot of emptiness, where one, two, three, Or mor~, electrons in their orbits range: Both mIte and movement being passing strange. If now we ask the Scientists again What's the electron m ade of? They explain The question's futile: we should rather ask How it behaves, and so transfer the task To Mathematics and the appropriate set Of suitable equations. We can get No nearer to the stuff of things than that _ A verdict hardly to be wondered at .

~ priest of honoured name beg~n the strife

Sot long ago for L,berty and Life, in the Church Assembl~ lives to see The harbinger of Life and L,berty. But morning star IS not the n smg sun: Tis summer time-the day has but begun. The Church Assembly rests upon the poll Of persons found on the electoral roll. Then let me look at Whitaker again: ~ simple calculation makes it plain That of the millions labelled C. of E. ~ot one in seven h as taken steps to be .~ qualified elector. Thus until .\ better organ of the public will Develops, it were better not to yield To such a fraction-part too great a field. Democracy cannot be held to be a Complete success within Laodicea. :~od

Assume the substance of the Self unknown, Its chief activities may still be shown . And high among them is the natural urge To find the real truth, beyond the verge Of wishful thinking. So we search the past To see what really happened: but at last Perceive that persons and events become Enveloped in a mist of myth: and some, Distorted in the telling, take a form Bizarre as rain-clouds in a thunder storm. A humdrum fact is readily received: A miracle requires-to be believedA weight 01 evidence. And yet to be Too sceptica l reduces History To levelled dreams of unreality.

)IODERN S OLVENTS .

Cpon a jutting rock I t ake my stand .'nd watch the tide of time devour the land. From recent storms these rushing waves must be ., strong solution of modernity. The acid eats away what once were kept "strong foundations. What will now be left ?

A N D NOW

Indifference was the major foe of late, Joined with the downward pull and fleshy weight Of Animal Nature. But a new attack Is launched, to bring barbaric ages back. For Toleration, long since hardly won, Afresh a bloody battle . has begun.

" To see is to believe' we used to sayÂˇ But Science takes that confidence a';'ay. ~JngS are not what they seem, and we receive ut What our senses take-and so believe. 29

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A graven image called t he Nazi State Set up in Europe-brazen, monstrous greatMust now be worshipped at the pain of death. Norwegians, Danes, Dutch, Belgians, hold their And smitten France, awakened in amaze [breath, As from a nightmare dream, averts her gaze.

Its doctrine, system, rites may be revised But not, in reason, utterly despised. ' Examine then without delay the three Departments of the Church Activity: Belief, and Morals, and the ordered Plan Of Prayer and Worship drawn for Every Ma Observe proportion: fi rst attention pay ,n. To Fundamentals. Till a later day Postpone the detailed study of the rest; For rapid view a bird's eye view is best.

Who holds the line against this massed attack? Whom can we count to keep the invaders back? Most plain to view, heroic in intent, Fanatic bands, with antique armament, In isolated posts defend the field, Firmly determined not one inch to yield, Either in conflict with the unknown foe, Or in a compromise with friends they know; While others stand within their private forts Preserving vested interests of all sorts. But the Main Body, people of goodwill And common-sense, are unawakened still. Oh for a siren and a mighty blast, Before the final hour of grace is past, To sound the alarm through Britain's breadth and And bid Religion rally all its strength- [length 'Co-operate: the pass-word of the day, With fads and frenzies all clean cut away!

THE CREED. Six major points are mentioned in the Creed ' On these the mass of Christians are agreed. ' The first- belief in God, the One, Alone, I~ Three revealed, in T~ree to man made known ! Fil'st Source, All SovereIgn Lord , Creative Might Whose was the primal word' Let there be light:' The mystenes of Creahon sound Hls praiseMost High, the Great I AM, Ancient of Days. And nearly now two thousand years ago A life was lived-the time and place we know_ Wherein the WORD was uttered and expressed The True Eternal Light made manifest. ' 'A' e call him Christus Victor, Saviour, Lord, For ever to be followed and adored. When those few yea rs of earthly life were past Men slowly came to realise at last Both WHO it was, and that His Spirit still Inspires, moves, h allows, quickens, as He will. Theologians thus enumerate the THIRD, Proceeding from the Father and the WORD. And so the doctrine of the Trinity But sums essential facts of History. Beware presumptuous efforts to define Or find a formula for the Divine.

Make no more effort to define-but think: Each chi ld of man must either rise or sink, And there is THAT that draws him on to GOOD, Ever beyond, but, n ghtly understood , Also within-an Influence and a Power, Felt from the earliest to the latest hour, And constantly assisting his escape From over-close cannexion with the ape. Let Aspiration then for all its worth Link on with THAT to which it owes its birth; And thus transformed to Worship let it be An intimation of Eternity.

The three remaining points are quickly stated. To the three first inherently related. Monopoly of grace can no man claim, In every man the Spirit is the same. By fellowship, in fellowship alone, The fullness of the Spirit may be known.

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WAR RECORD No, 7-DECEMBER, 1941. . advertently omitted from the Sixth List.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE. B CANN, 1936~38, All"Craftman 2nd Class. L· N HILL 1930.35 Ancraftm a n, R A.F V R G fI, -IIN~S 1936-40, Leadlllg AlrcHdtman, R A F V R \V. 1 I~ORE-i{ENNARD. 1031-33, Aucraftman, Royal Canadian AIr Force J. ~ S. JOHNSTON, 1922-32 , Alrcraftman H J 1< MEGAW, 1922-32, SquadlOll Leader E i\1 NETT 1925-31 Pilot Officer J F.S. IJI S ' 0 B'E 1890-H100 , (Late Lt.-Colonel, Indian Al my), Squadro n Lead er, W. CRUBY,., T

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R.A.F.V.R. FVR J. P. TAYLOR, 1937-40. Aircraftman Second Class, R.A. ' . . .

Correction-Sixth List Royal Navy-Promotions: For G. C. CURTIS, read G. C. CROWLEY. Promotions since June, 1941

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A. T. D. AGUTTER to Lieutenant", R.N.V.~. G E W. W. BAYLY to Commander, RN.\.R. R' L' S. BENNETT to Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. )1 : l\i. COURTNEY to A/Lieutenan t .

ARMY D. V. ALEXANDER to Lieutenant. A. P. BARRY, to O.C.T.U. R A. BAYNTON to Major. . P. G. BENNETT to 2nd Lieutenant, Reco~lIlalssance Corps. H. E. N. BREDIN, i\'l. C. (and Bar) to Major. T. BIRON to Captarn. D. BROWN to Lance-Corporal. D. G. CARTER to 2nd Lieutenant, R.A . M B CRBED to Lieutenant. A." D EAN to 2nd Lieutenant, The Queen 's Bays, R.A.C. W. E. DEAN t o Lieutenant-Colone1. P. DOWMAN to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutell~nt, ~h.e.Buffs .. D. H. FREELAND, to 2nd Lieutenant, Indian ~lvl slona l Signals. J. B. GOUDGE to 2nd Lieutenant, Gurkha ReguneD:t. J. C. GOULDSBURY to 2nd Lieutenant. Gurkha Regiment. J. F. GRAHAM to Captain. L. J. GRAVES to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, RA. W. D. HATTON to Corporal and transferred to R.A.F. G. E. HEIsel[ to O.C.T.U. . . C. C. I-lOOPER to 2nd Lieutenant, Oxford and Bucks L.I. R. A. S . JENKINS to O.C.T.U ., R.E. A. E. JOYCE to Lance Corporal. P. N. P. J OyeE to Lance-Corporal. H. C. S. LONDON to Lieutenant. G. Lm.m t o O.C.T.U .. RA. t R' t M. N. L Ui\IU to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, R. W. Ken eglmen.

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R. M. MARSHALL to Lieutenant. \V. 1- l\'IERSON to 2nd Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . C. O. J. MILLER to O.C.T.D. and 2nd Lieutcnant, R.E. B. L. MONTGOMERY, D.S.O., C.B. to Lieutenant·General a nd to G.O.C., S.E. Comm and. J. E. MORRIS to O.C.T.U. J. J. MORRIS to Lieutenant and Captain. G. E. NEEDHAM to 2nd Lieutenant, Welch Regiment. H. J. W. NEWTON to O.C.T.U. R. P. A. PIERCY to 2nd Lieutenant, Jat Regiment, I. A. J. G.IVl. PRICE to 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs. G. H. POWELL to O.C.T.D. and 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. J. H. POWELL, to O.C.T.D., I.A. R. T. RADCLIFFE to 2nd Lieutenant, I.A. A. R TUORNDIKE to Lance·Bombardier and to O.C.T.U. G. A. TOWN END to L ieutena n t.Colonel. M. C. TROUSDELL to 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Irish Fusil iers. J. W. ,i\' AYTE, M.C., T.D., to Lieutenant.Colonel. J. N. ''VICKHAl\1 to Major. D. N. WILMER to O.C.T.U. R. S. ':YILLIAMS, 1933-36, Royal Tank Regimen t. A. G. S. WILSON to L ance-Corpora l. .

ROYAL AIR FORCE W·. T. HINDS to Sergeant-Pilot. J. D. HORE-KENNARD, RC.A.F., to Leading Aircrafiman. W . J. NOTT to F lying Officer. M. E. REDGRAVE to Flight-Lieutenant and to Squadron Leader. J. :M. H. SARGENT to Flying Officer. W. l\f. TILTON to Leading Aircraftman. D. B. YOUNG to Leading Aircraftman. Decorations and Mentions CAPT. T. BIRON a warded Military Cross. MAJ OR J. N. WICKHAM, Mentioned in D espatches.

SEVENTH LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERVING ROYAL NAVY R C. McMULLIN, 1935-36, P etty Officer Sh ipwrigh t .

THE ARMY D. BROWN, 1935·39, Private, R.A.M.C.

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G. W. CHARNAUD , 1926-30, Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers. C. J. EVANS, 1924-27, Captain, R.A.M.C.

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1935-40, O.C.T.U., R.A.

R. A. FINN, 1916·25, 2nd Lieutenant, RLA.S.C. D. C. FRANKLIN, 1920-25, Captain, Beds. and Herts. Regiment. N. J. FRASER, 1931-35, Lieute nant , The Herefordshire Regiment. J. F. GRAHAU, 1926-34, Lieutenant, Punjab Regiment, LA. P. R. GRAVES, M.D., ~LRC.S., M.R.C.P., 1921-24, Lieutenant, RA.M.C. V. A. ST. A. H UBBARD, 1931·35, 2nd Lieutenant, I.A. R. A. S. JENKINS, 1928·37, Sapper, RE. A. E. W. JOYCE, 1935-39, Trooper, R.A.C. P. N. P. JOYCE, 1935·4.0, Trooper, H..A.C. D. C, D. KI!NNEDY, 1020·30, 2nd Lieutenan t, North Staffordshire R egiment. 1- LAMB, 1936·41, P rivate, The Buffs. C. O. J. MILLER , 1935·41. Sapper, R.E.

MINISTER, 1930-35, Lieutenant, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. g.. "A.NV'. LL:RANDALL, PEARCE, 1925·27, Trooper, Northamptonshire Yeomanry. 1937-39, O.C.T.l!. , I .A. A· A McC. REAY, 1928·33, 2nd Lieutenant, R.A.S.C. ~. 5 'REES, 1935-40, O.C:r.U., R,A. . S· ROBERTSON, 1925·29, O.C:f. U. J· L·. ROWBOTHAM, 1936-41. Gun ner,.RA. J. J R. THORNDIKE, 1933·38, 2nd LlCutenant, R.A. D: Ii. THORNDIKE, 1933-39, GUIl1!er, RA. .. ~ F \-VHlTTALL, 1928-32, 2nd LIeutenant, Gurkha Rlfif!s , LA. R' 5 . WILLIAMS, 1933·36, Royal Tank Regiment. A.' G'. S. WILSON, 1931-4 1, Private, The Buffs.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE R H EVANS, 1922-26, Flying Officer (Medical Branch). ~ . J 'B MOLONY 1036-40, Aircraftman 2nd Class. d. WALSH, 1934-37, P ilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R. (see List I V, Home Guard). A' N. E. WHITE, 1936·41, Aircraftman 1st Class. C· A. YATES, 1930-38, Airc raftma ll, RA.F.V.R D'. B. YOUNG, 1935·40, Aircraftman 2nd Class.

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\(AJOR E. F . H OUSDEN , M.C., T.D., Captain Home Guard (see also List 1, Army). HUNT, 1917-18, Intciligence. . C~LONEL A. R. A. I REMONGER, 1898-1001, Retired from Army (see Llst 2) n ow Company Officer National Fire Service. COLONEL B. H. r-.'lATHESON, M.C., 1004·8, len t to Ministry of H ome Security. H H. OAK-RHIND, 1926-30, Air Ministry. R~V . H. SPENCE, 1004·11, Special Constable.

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WOUNDED LIEUTENANT (E) R. L. EDMONDS, R.:,N., 1923·?2. . COLONEL G. H. FANSHAWE, 1912·10 (and P n soner-Ltst VI ) FLIGHT·LIEUTENANT W. SIMPSON, D.F.C., RA.F., 1~29 - 32. 2ND LIEUTENANT D. A. McC. REAY, 1928-33 (and Pnsoner of War).

PRISONERS

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Sun·LIEuTENANT C. E. S. BEALE, R.N., 1928·34. SQUADRON LEADER M. E. RBDGRAVE, R.A.F;, 1933-35.

MISSING PILOT·OFFICER G. H. HILL, R.A.F.V .R., HI30·35.

ROLL OF HONOUR LIEUTENANT D. V. ALE~ANDER, R.A., 1933·37, Missing in Greece, n ow repo rted I{illed in Action, April, 1941. Sun·LIEUTENANT P. G. Beard, R.N.V.R, (Master, J.K .S., 1938-40), Lost at sea. . 2nd LIEUTENANT G. COOK, RA., 1932-31. Reported Missing in France (List IV) now offiCIally reported Killed in Action. . . . .. LIEUTENANT N. J. FRASER, 1931·35, The Herefordslllre RegIment, ACCidentally Killed, November, 104 1. SQUADRON LEADER P. A. HUNTER, D.S.O., RA .F., 1922-24. Missing, presumed Killed in Action. LmuTENANT*COLONEL G. A. TOWNEND, M.C., :Princo of 'Vales Volunteers, 1906· 11. Died as result of an accident.

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MASTERS ] . H . CORNER, 1933~40. Trooper, H ousehold Cavalry. R. H . LUCAS, O.B. E ., Promoted Colonel.

MICHEL L,

Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, R.A.C.

SCHOOL STAFF V. P. F RAN KLI N, Promoted L ,A.C. A . GORB, Promo ted L. A. C.

N. SM ITH, Priva te, Reconnaissance Corps.

â&#x20AC;¢ Please send any ava ilable information re yoursel f or others to Ken neth Thomas, Redbu ry , Oakwood Aven ue, Pu rl ey, Su rrey.

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·t ve m ust share it wi th anot her, 1 \ . b I . 't meets US through and In our ro t l Cr. rhe ;P;"urth item in the Christian creed-

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In Worship we are gi ven a model prayer, Received and used by Christ ians every where:

So t c D'eh itself- is an essent ial need. h

The f.ft~'the same - for who could live wi thout The. ess' God in mercy folds about For1I ve:~ ng ~vings our souls; as bodies fee l His k,ea d'ly force of Natu re quickly heal. The in . I

And a Great Book, where he who runs may read What God has been of aI el to men in need: While central in the Church's rite is se t

A Celebration- lest we should forget That life involves us in unending figh t Against the E vil, in , or out of, sight-

The sixth and last IS a COtT O a~y . Orawn fro m the nat ure o ~ the D eI ty , Whose Jove cannot have li t t ~e human spark To have it que nched so soon III u tte r dark.

\¥herein we make His own Memorial

Of Him who won th rough suffering for us all, To His Great Offering add our tiny mite, And cleanse the finite in t he Infinite.

M ORALS.

The Morals of the Church are simply th ose

Now, patient reader, if as fa r as t his

Conscience itself is t he enlightened Mmd

Y ou' ve found my exhortation not amiss , Let me entreat you not to lea ve it thus,

Wh ich an in structed CO ll s~len ce must,Impose,

Demanding what IS true and Ju st and kmd,

Bu t from henceforth throw in yo ur lot with us. Choose one or other of the Christian bands,

One only Rule, and that t he. Golden Rule, Is paramoun t wIth,Ill the Chn~tI an School: A principle embodIed for all t une . By Christ our Savl0~ r In a h fe subltme,

Whose leaders now must join each other's hands. Y ou, re·in forcing, tell them so, and say

, Rally, and re·un ite, and wi n t he day.'

A livin g pa ttern, plam for u,s to see,

That will suffice us to eterm ty.

J OSEPHUS CORNUBlENSI S.

ORIGINAL AFTER RAYMOND QUENEAU'S "CHENE et CHIEN " Scoff and scare are my two names A subtle etymology How rest anonymous these days When bluff needs no apology Deterred from facing up to fact s By v ile collision in the world Of all the world a nd L ife itself My b anner .1 must keep tight-furled Or flaunt a false flag of blind faith " The just sh all live byf aith " - in what I wish I knew- panic appeals Does th e world know what I know not 3'

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I fancied I had seen what they So ruthlessly had overlooked . Could I presume to fancy when Man's passage over Styx was booked Fata l the sweep of social flood Impossible to pause and wait In postures of impotence peruse The questionnaire of faith and fate The antick " sits and scoffs his state Grins at his pomp" and I perspire Pretending to pretend to doubt The answer that all souls require The scoffer scoffed at-dare I call His bluff and win or lose the game He holds the trump-card for- he knows Whence I derived my second name Hyde and J eky}1 were allied More happily than my innate Dual personality Which scoffs at fate scared blind of fate. N. S. CRINNIS- SUMMER. Beelzebub, call off your minion flies, that swarm and dart in myriads, giving hell in paradise : for such is this green lawn, ensconced in Crinnis Woods. And here I dwell thoughtfully, lazily, luxuriously, in a relaxing calm, where all is well. An aged Irish yew shades my deck-chair, absorbs" Ie grand jour tremblant de midi," yet all its darkling growth cannot repel these pestilential fly-attacks on meand peace is shattered by their high-pitched scream and more mellifluously droning bee. It only a strange stillness could descend, all irritating insects leave this land ! But no- nothing's quite perfect. I must go mto the house and face the blaring band. -Peace is elusive as Virginia Woolf's " damp-rooted rhododendrons in the Strand." 32

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CRINNIS-WINTER. In these last moisture-saturated months, padding, and sometimes paddling, up the drive , one was aware how really tangible damp-rooted shrubs were: how bold, how alive, yet, how far from the Strand! -Cold foliage dripped accurately whence thick bushes thrive. Where, at the Cotwood signpost, the drive forks, the ivy~spattered whitewash of the House comes into view, stark, through the evergreens and sodden bark of pines which downpours souse incessantly.- It shelters warm music though seeming still as the proverbial mouse. For there is life : the House, like Lamartine's, vibrates, pulsates" comme un grand coeur de pierre." - My heart, Calypso, beats no more for you : I break faith with you, and your worst I dare you to devise.-The baby mewls, the boys make fiendish noise: I shall not turn a ha ir. RAOUL.

O.K.S. NEWS. Th e Editors invite the co-operation of O.I{.S. in strengthening thesc items in " TUE C ANTUAR IAN " which Glre of particular interest to 0. [(. 5 . They cannot themselve s obtain much of tlte necessary material, e8pecially particulaT8 of p romotions. and thereforc remind subscribers that aU items of news are always welcome.

A. E. W. JOYCE (1935-1939) and P. N. P. JOYCE (1935-40) are in the same Unit, doing Wireless training, and have been playing Cricket and Rugger for their Squadron. Eric played rugger with Mr. Michell who was doing a course at the same Station for a few weeks. B. J. WIGAN (1931-37) is at Cuddesdon Theological College, and hopes to be ordained next year. He is trying to learn Coptic and Syriac.

J. G. HASTINGS I NCE, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.O.G., has been appointed consulting Obstetrician and Gynaecologist under the Cornwall County Council. At a meeting of the County Council the Chairman stated that both the applicants interviewed were absolutely first-class and of the very highest standard. J. R. WILLIAMS (1935-39) was elected Organ Scholar of Clare College last year while retaining his Choral Scholarship at St. John's. He expects to be called up very shortly and has been recommended for a Commission in the Navy. P. N. PORRITT (1937-41), R. M. H. LAYLAND (1935-40) and G. P. BRADFIELD (193541) are all studying medicine at Cambridge as members of London University. 33

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J. F. MOORE (1936-39) is on tour with Owen Nares in .. Rebecca" as Stage-M He has volunteered for the Royal Artillery. . ana_

O. K. JOHNSON (1936-41) is at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, under the Army Tra' , Scheme. He has been doing a 16 weeks course in 6 weeks. ' lIlIng . P. H . MORRI.S (1937-40) is in the Reigate and Redhill Squadron of the A.T C whIch IllS father IS the C.O. He hopes to bc selected for an RA.F. University CO;lr~~,of A, J. B. MOLONY (1936-40) fhlds hi: training strenuous, but thanks to S(M, Marsl II and the J.T.C. has got on well wIth drrlls, P,T. and shooting. His C.O. told his f1i~~ they promIsed to be one of the best the station had produced. g t M.. L. H. EVANS (1929-32) qualified M.RC.S. , L.RC.P., in July and is now HOll PhYSICIan at the MIller General HospItal, London. sc . P. A. GOULDSBURY (19;33-37) h~s been boxinâ&#x201A;¬, for the Army. In h is first match whIch he lost, he had to go m as a MIddleweIght, not havmg had time to get down to weltel weIght, but he managed to put up an extremely good fight . His second mat h . c , as a welterweight, he won fairly easily. . J. L. ROWBOTHAM (1936-41) sent in his O.c. T. U. certificate for the Headmaster'S sIgnature after only 4 days at his training Station! He had just run acro THORNDIKE (1933-39). ss D. B. YOUNG (1935-41) and R. D. WOOD (1935-39) were on the same boat when the went abroad under the Empire Training Scheme. Young seems to be enjoying th~ hfe, and says It was wonderful to see a town completely lit up with lamp posts, Neon sIgns, he~dlamps and so on. He managed to get a game of Rugger recently, RA .F . v RN . whIch the RA.F. won. . . H. E. N. BREDIN (1926-34) was one of 18 officers selected for a M,SSIon.

speci~1 Military

A. E. C. BREDIN (1920-29) is a Brigade Major. S. W. HINDS (1929-33) has recently obtained the degrees of M.B., B.S. (Land.) THE REV. G.. C. R COOKE, M.C., .(1898-1903), Vicar of S. Chad's, Stafford, has been appoInted VIcar of the umted bemfice of St. Matthew and St. Jude, Sheffield. W. R. MowLL (1919-27) is now Paymaster Lieutenant, RN .V.R. . W. T . M.. BURR (1936-39) is among the exhibitors at the Society of Scottish Artists ExlubltlOn now bemg held in the Scottish National Gallery. DEATH WIL~!AMS--On November 14th, 1941, Raymond Speed Williams, (1933-6) late Royal

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BIRTHS BARNETT.-On April 2nd, 1941, to Leslie (nee Arnold) wife of T/Major C. H. Barnett, Royal Engineers-a daughter. ,\GVTTER.-On Sept. 17th, 1941, to Jane, wife of Lieutenant Anthony Agutter, R.N.V.R (19 21 -23 ),-a son. C»ARNAvD.-On June 30th, 1941, to Sheila, wife of 2nd Lieutenant J. G. W. Charnaud, Royal Fusiliers, (1926-30)- a son. PEGG.- On Sept. 21St, at Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, to the wife of Herbert E. Pegg (1922 -27)- a daughter (Suzanne Eleanor). SCR IVENoR.- On Sept. 26th, 1941, at J erusalem, to Mary Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Vaisey Scrivenor (1920-27) - a daughter (Phoebe Elizab eth). MARRIAGES MARSHALL: MUNDY.-At Christ Church, Southport, on 9th August, 1941, Robert Michael Marshall, Lieutenant, RE. , (1924-32) to Amy F. Mundy. GRAVES: BUTLER.-On 6th Sept., 1941, at Christ Church, Racliett, 2nd Lieutenant. J. Graves, RA., (1920-21) to Celia Mary Butler. PULI.AN: DOLAN .-On 26th September, 1941, at St. Mary's. Blackheath, 2nd Lieutenant A. W. Pullan, RA., (1920-25) to Patricia Dolan. BLUMER: TREANOR.- On Oct. 21St, 1941, George Frederick Blumer (1924-29) to Dympna, daughter of the late Hugh Treanor of Clogher, Co. Tyrone, and Mrs. Treanor of Dublin.

OBITUARY THE REV. HERBERT JAMES MOWLL, M.A. (O.K.S., 1892-1898). We recorded the death of the Reverend H. J. Mowll in the April number of The Calltuariall. His official record according to the School Register reads thus-VIth Form 1897 ; House Monitor 1897; XV 1896, 1897; J esus College, Cambridge, B.A. 1901, M.A. 1905; Ridley Hall 1901 ; Ordained 1902, to which record it is only necessary to add that he was also in his College XV. A correspondent writes of him: " After serving in two curacies at Cambridge and one at Woking he became Vicar of Holy Trinity, Derby, in 1913, where he worked till his death on the 22nd February last. Here he gained niany friends by his sincerity, originality and tenacity of purpose. To finance this working-class parish he organised one annual sale of work, which involved months of preparation and many personal letters, bu t h e was a good beggar, and under his leadership the effort generally realised £500-£600. As a parson, like the late Bishop of Sheffield, he took open air meetings as a means of reaching those who did not come 35

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to Church. He was quite at his best if heckled. Once a man in the crowd inter_ rupted with the remark' I don't believe in anythi,ng I ~annot see '. H . rs. retort HIs manhness and frIendliness was ' Do you beheve that you have got abram? appealed to his parishioners, and the larre congregatIOn at the funeral servIce, which was attended by the Bishop of Derby and many of I11S c1encal colleagues, was a great tribute of respect. Towards the end of his life he had to struggle agamst I11creasl11g weakness which he did with great courage, and retained his vigour in the pulpit almost to the very end. As an O.K.S. he had a great admiration for Dr. Field who reciprocated his affection. A cheery fellow with an infectious laugh, he was the life and soul of village cricket: having a good eye he won many games by his unorthodox hitt ing. He was also a safe catcll in the field. He was a capital raconteur but his friends had to burn the midnight oil to find him on his best form. Like many original men he had his peculiarities, but then he lacked a wife to correct his ways for he was a confirmed batchelor. There will be many sore hearts when his friends read of the passing of H.J.M." JOHN THORN-DRURY (1891-96). John Thorn-Drury died at Canterbury on August 14th, at the age of 63. He had been in failing health for some months, although he was at work only a week before his death. When admitted a solicitor he set up a practice in Ramsgate and in 1908 was appointed Clerk to the Borough Justices and the County Justices of the Ramsgate Division. He was well known thoughou t East Kent and was considered One of the most able advocates in the local Courts. He was a Freemason, but apart from his work never took part in local affairs. A man of great personal charm, he had a wide circle of friends and was blessed with a keen sense of humour. He was also a cricket enthusiast and followed the activities of the County XI with the greatest interest. He leaves a widow and one surviving sister, to whom we extend our sincere sympathy. WILFRID PAINE (1894-97). Wilfrid Paine died on September 25th, at the age of 60 after a brief illness. He was Managing Director of the family business in Maidstone, a member of the Maidstone Rotary Club and a Special Constable. During the last war he served in tha R.A.S.C. He leaves two sons and a claughter, to whom we offer our sympathy in their loss. GERALD ARTHUR TOWN END, M.C. (1906-II). Gerald Arthur Townend , M.C. who died on Active Service in October at the age of 48, was the youngest of three brothers to enter The King's School. He was a member of the XV of 1910, the best side the School ever had, which won all its School matches, including the defeat of Eton, by 50 points to 8. He gained a cadetship to the Royal Military College, Sanclliurst, and was gazetted to The Prince of Wales' Volunteers-The South Lancashire Regiment. He served throughout the War 1914-18 in France, Belgium, Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey and the Agean Islands,

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oted Captain in 1915, and awarded the Military Cross and Mentioned in ",as pro;n S After the war he saw a good deal of Service in India, retirinE, in 1938 with [)eSpatck'~i Major. Recalled on the outbreak of War, he was serving with his old the ran t and had been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. RegImen DERRICK VIONNEE ALEXANDER, (I933-37). Derrick Vionnee Alexander, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, entered the School as . , Scholar in September, 1933, and when he left was l1l the Upper SIxth a Kmg s House Monitor of School House, and Captain of Boats. He held t his For~'i~\936 and I937, and through his untiring effor ts the Boat Club had two very offic f I seasons. He stroked the boat through both seasons and set hIS crew an success u . f. . of the energy and enthusIasm necessary or wmnmg races. fxampIe He was killed in action in Greece last April, at t he age of 21. CANON THORY GAGE GARDINER. It will be with great regret that those O.K.S. who knew Canon Gardiner will have

learned of his death. After a n unusually active caCreer in impocrtant bPosts,. the RevereHd T. G. Gardiner was appointed to a Resldentrary anonry at anter ury 111 I9I7Âˇ e had already been R ector of Farnham, Rector of Lambeth and an Honorary Canon of So thwark. From 1903 until 1928 he was a Chaplalll to the ArchbIshop. In all these ve~rs he had been a strenuous upholder of the ]Jrinciples of social justice, and was widely esteemed. For years he had held vanous admmlstratrve posts l1l the Co-operatIve Ulllon, and early in his career had been Sub-Warden of Toynbee Hall. Own,? to fal lmg health, he resigned his Canonry in I937, retmng to S. Peter s Street, III the CIty of Canterbury, where he breathed his last on October 29th, I94I, at the age of 84Âˇ The Canons of Canterbury are ex officio Governors of the King's School and the present writer takes this opportunity of testifying to the affection which Canon Gardmer had for the School, and the zeal whereWIth h e served ItS cause 111 those llnportant twenty years. He was a man of staunch loyalities, a doughty opponent, and a splendId fnend. Our sympathy goes out to his kmdly and gracIOus wIfe. LADY DAVIS. In recent months death has made h eavy toll among the Friends of the School. On 30th October, 194I, that kind and gentle lady, Maud Davis, departed this life. In the years that she and Sir Edmund had lived at Chilham Castle, they proved warm fnends to the .School. In I929 Sir Edmund founded for it a scholarship to be held at the Middlesex Hospital, and later also bequeathed a substantrallegacy. In these as 111 all good works he was strongly supported by Lady Davis. The death of her husband and the chfficultres of the first year of the war deCIded Lady Davls to move from CluUlam to East Wellow, Hampshire, where she died. Her death will be a severe loss to her ma ny fnends; her nature was kindness itself. 37

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MRS. WHITEHEAD-REID. By the death of Mrs. Whitehead-H.eid, Canterbury loses one of its most prOIll' citizens and the School a lifelong friend. lOent Born in Canterbu;y herself: she married the late Dr. Thomas Whitehead-Reid, the offiCial doctor to Kmg s. On Ius death m '9'0, her son, Douglas, succeeded his f ath Many O.K.S. will remember the" Flying Doctor ", and on his death from a flying accid Cr. in 1930- a death mourned by all Canterbury- Mrs. Reid's son-in-law, Dr. Lucas ~~t present doctor to King's, succeeded him. ' Ie Her younger son, Roscow, was at King's, her two grandsons, Sam and Peter Lucas were at the School from 1926 to ' 939, and her youngest grandson is entered for '943. ' , Durin~ such a lifetime of connections with King's she showed an abiding interest in all our actIvItIes. Up to our leavmg Canterbury no School functIOn took place without her- she attended our last Speech Day at Canterbury m '939,- and the Countless generations of boys who must have known her wJlI miSs her both for herself and her inter_ est in the School as a whole. Few, perhaps, of this generation of King's boys knew Mrs. Reid. But to the many O.K.S. who knew her, and to the people of Canterbury who knew her, her death wi ll have come as a severe shock. Generous and charming in all that she did, she was a great lady, a lovable personality, and a true friend of the School. She will be missed.

CORRESPONDENCE To the Editor, .. The Cantuarian ". Sir, During the course of last term I was amazed to hear boys, some of them quite senior, express total ignorance of the existence and nature of our daughter School, The King's School, Parramatta. Is it possible that we have boys who are so ignorant of the history of their own School that they have no knowledge even of the existence of The King's School, Parramatta ? May I therefore be permitted to quote from Woodruff and Capes' History of lil. King's School, Canterbury (written in 1908) for the enlightenment of those who know nothing of our daughter School. . .... The King's School, Parramatta, was founded in 183 6 by William Grant Broughton, O.K.S., the first Bishop and Metropolitan of Australasia, who named it after his own School. As soon as he had been appointed Archdeacon (for in those days Australia belonged to the Diocese of Calcutta) he foresaw the great future of New South Wales and started a movement for founding a School at Paramatta, then the most fashionable town in the Colony. His proposal was taken up in England and by the help of many English Gentlemen (especially King William IV and the Duke of Wellington) enough money was soon forthcoming to build a School. The first Headmaster rapidly raised its numbers ... . and though since that time the scho?1 has passed through many vicissitudes, it is now in the most flourishing condition and It

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dueed many eminent men, notably perhaps, The Han. C. E. Wade, ICC., somehas pr~emier of New South Wales (incidentally, perhaps one of the ver:v greatest of "three rs" in his youth.) It IS most satISfactory that so close a connechon has been mal1lquar : between the two Schools and it is to be hoped that this bond will be most closely talOetained' and we may feel assured that in Canterbury or in Parramatta the most IO~~al wele~me would be given to Old King's Scholars of either School." cO S'nee this was written the King's School, Parramatta has continued to flourish d 'Sl today undoubtedly the premier School of Australasia; and it was with much anI lire that we welcomed some of its members to Canterbury '937Âˇ Surely a worthy Jl east daughter of a venerabl e 1110 tller.I

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Yours, etc.,

A. A. de C.

CUSSANS.

To the Editor of The Calltuarian :Ilear Sir, It is obvious to any enlightened and impartial observer that your correspondents 'ho sign themselves" Lovers of the Common Life" are members of the dwindling band of ~~assieists, who are trying to keep flying the tattered banner of " Down with the Narrow\!inded Scientists!" I would pomt out to them that It IS by now a well-known and IIldisputable fact that scientists are the only people who do ANY academic work in this establishment, and as such treat WIth the contempt It deserves thiS new outburst. A progressive subject pays but little attention to a decadent one. Yours etc. Scientist. BOOKS FOR PRISONERS OF WAR ENGLISH. (Reading for an Honours course in English, Language and Literature as far as possible under War Conditions.) A.

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B. Wardale Joseph Wright Sweet do. ed. Klaeber trans. Clarke Hall, re-ed. Tolkien &Wren. ed. E . V. Gordon ed. Ross & Dickins

Old English Grammar .. Old English Grammar .. Anglo-Saxon Primer Old English Reader Beowulf Beowulf Battle of Maldon Dream "f the Hood 39

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Specimens of Early English, Part I XIV Century Prose & Verse Middle English Reader Pearl Gwain & The Green Knight Short History of E nglish Growth and Structure of the English Language A Modern English Grammar, Vols. I and 2 . .

Morris & Skeat Sisam Emerson. ed. Gollancz ed. Tolkien & Gordon H. C. Wyld J espersen do.

MODERN ENGLI SH TEXT.

Chaucer. Sh.akespeare. Gower or Selectiolls from Gower/ Vol.

ed. H.obinson ed. Macaulay do. ed. Skeat

Piers Plowman or Selections from Piers Plowman or translation Morte D' Arthur, 2 Vols. English and Scottish Ballads Froissart's Chronicles . . King's Quair Skelton Tottel's Miscellany Chief Pre-Shakespearian Dramas Latimer's Sermons Utopia & Dialogue of Comfort Four Last Thinbs The. Schoolmaster Toxophilus Th e Book of the Governor Castiglione's Courtier Shorter Elizabethan Novels Euphues

do.

trans. K. W. Wells Malory Child trans. Benlers K. J ames eel. Root

ed. Henderson ed. Arber ed. Adams Thomas Moore do. Ascham do. Elyot trans, Hoby Lyly

OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of th e following and apologise for any omissions : The Blundellian, Bradfield College Chronicle, The Bryanston Saga, The Cranbrookia.,., The D ov01"ian, The Glenalmond Clwonicle, The H aileyburian, The fhtrst Jolmian, The J ournal of the H onourable Artillery Company, The King's School Magazine, The Lancing College lvlagazine, The lvlanwoodian, The Marlburian, The Meteor (2), The Roffensian, The Rossallian, Th.e St . Edward's School Chronicle, The St . Ed"m"d's School Chronicle, The Saloftian, The Stonylmrst Magazine, The Sutton Valence School Magazine, The Tonbridgian.

H. HOCKING

PRINTER ST. AUSTELL

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Vol. XIX. No.2

March, 1942

CONTENTS Page 42

C~LENDAR .. ,

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EDITOR IAL TilE SCHOOL V~LETE

S~LVE TE

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATR UM DUCES

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS

SH~KEPEARE IN A GARAGE

TilE TERM' S MUSIC

SCHOOL SOCIETIES

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A.T.C. HOME GUARD

THE SCHOOL LABOUR SCHEME

TilE GARDENS

THE LIBRARY

FOOTBALL

HOCKEY

OXFORD LETTER

C~"BRIDGE LETTER

O.K.S. NEWS

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OBITUARY NOTICES

BoOKS FO R PRISONERS OF WAR

OUR CONTEMPORARIES

THE BISHOP OF KHARTOUM'S LETTER

CALENDAR LENT TERM, 1942. Jan . 19 Term begins. 23 Lecture by T. L. Horrabin, Esq., M.P. 25 Hlrd SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Conversion of St. Paul, A. & M. Preacher: The Headmaster. 28 Lecture : "The Fleet Air Arm ". Lieut. G. R M. Going, RN . 31 1st Hockey XI v. R N.E.C. , Keyham. Away. Feb. I SEPTUAGESIMA. Preacher: The Rev. Brother Douglas, S.S.F. 2 PURIFICATION OF BLESSED VIIlGIN MARY. Lecture:" The Free French Movement" M. Georges Mathieu. 1st Hockey XI v. Kelly College, Tavistock. Away. 7 8 SEXAGESIM A. Preacher: The Chaplain. 12 1st Football XI v. Truro School. Home. 14 1st Football XI v. RA.F. 1G QUINQUAGESIMA. Preacher : The Winchester College Missioner. 18 ASH WED NESDAY. Preacher: The Headmaster. 1st Hockey XI v. Clifton College. Away. 19 1st Football XI v. 8th Beds. & Herts. Regiment. Away. 21 1st Football XI v. Highgate School. Home. 22 1st SUNDAV IN LENT. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. Lecture: "Spain and its Story" Professor E. Allison Peers. 23 Lecture: "Soviet Russia" The Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury. 25 1st Football XI v. R.N. College, Dartmouth. Home. Lecture : Mrs. Marsden-Smedley. 28 1st Football XI v. RN.A. S., St. Merryn. Und SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher : The Rev. R W. H. Moline, M.A., O.K.S., Mar. Vicar of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. 4 1st Football XI v. RN.E. College, Keyham, Away. Lecture: "The Merchant Navy " The Rev. E. Mowbray Finnis, Chaplain of the Port of London. 6 Lecture: Miss Clemence Dane. 8 Ulrd SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: The Rev. M. A. Leadbitter, M.A. Rector of Moretonhamstead. House Concerts. 10, ll , 12 Course of five Lectures on Art by J. E. Barton, Esq. II 1st Hockey XI v. Gresham's School. Away. 12 1st Football XI v. Truro School. Away . House Concerts. 15 IVth SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher; The Rev. S. B-R Poole. 17

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Lecture :" Science in Ancient Times 'I.

Professor Charles Singer, M.D., D.Sc., F.RC.P. Lecture:" Ignorance" Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Confirmation administered by The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Truro. PASSION $UNDAY. Preacher : The Rev. F. S. Williams. Lecture: Sir Ronald Storrs, K.C.M.G., etc. ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Lecture: "Science in the Middle Ages" Professor Charles Singer. PALM SUNDAY. Preacher : The Headmaster. Lecture: Sidney Dark, Esq. Term Ends.

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March, 1942.

EDITORIAL.

This has been a good term. For one thi ng we have escaped t he r igours of winter. When most of the r est of the country. :vas snowbound we were fort,!nate enough to bask in the sunshme of the Cormsh RIVIera. Apart from one short penod of mtense cold the weather has been good. Consequently the health of the School has been good as well. But what has made this term so successful is the galaxy of speakers and lecturers we have had. No one can say that our general education has been neglected this te rm. In particular it was very pleasant to have the Dean of Canterbury, who is of course the Chaillnan of the Governors of t he School, down here with us. And we are also very grateful to all the others. Often they came very long distances just to be able to speak to the School. We very much appreciate this in times like these. A new departure, which proved eminently successful, was the course of five lectures on Art given by Mr. J. E. Barton, and illustrated with slides. These proved of absorbing interest. Regularly for three days the School filed into the Parry twice a day to hear Mr. Barton ancl equally regularly they left it completely spellbound.. We hope this is only th e beginning of a series of such lectures. Readers will notice that the issue of The Canl<,aria1! contai ns about half the number of pages t hat were in the December issue. The printer offered us the choice between cutting down the size of the page by half and cutting down the total number of pages by half. We chose the latter partly for traditional and aesthetic reasons and partly because it would otherwise be difficult to bind t he war time copies in one standard binding if the size of the pages was drastically altered. There is a possibility that the School will take over the Cornish Riviera Club. The Club, which is in private management, intends to close down. If it does the School will lose all the sports facilities-the bathing pool, the squash, badminton and tennis courts, and the changing rooms and showers-which were one of the attractions which caused us to choose Carlyon Bay as the place of evacuation. If the School does take over the Club it will add considerably to its expenses and it is hoped that the generosity of parents and old boys will help it to meet them. 43

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THE SCHOOL Captain of School: J. CORBEN. Head Head Head Head

of of of of

J. D. ARMSTRONG D. LAMPARD J. D. OMMANNEY J. CORBEN

School House The Grange Walpole House Meister Omers MONITORS : -

D. LAMPARD, J. D. ARMSTRONG, J. D. OMMANNEY, J. H. BREESE, P. J. KENNABY, C. A. CLEMETSON, D. M. HAMILTON, S. C. ROBERTSON. HOUSE PREFECTS :SCHOOL HOUSE

G. A. H. BAKER, M. G. CHATTERTON, J. A. B. HESLOP, D. H . HODKIN,P. H . SMITH, P . M. WEATHERHEAD.

THE GRANGE

D. F . MURRAY, J. P. SUGDEN, R. J. THORNE.

\'1 ALPOLE HOUSE ..

C. R. CHEADLE, W. M. ENDERBY, D. G. GRAHAM, SAO SAO I.

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P. A. B. GETHIN, P. D. GRANT. CAPTAIN OF ATHLETICS: J. CORBEN CAPTAIN OF HOCKEY :- 1'. R. FENNELL CAPTAIN OF SOCCER :- R. MCVARISH EDITORS OF " THE CANTUARIAN " J. CORBEN, D. LAMPARD, J. D. ARMSTRONG.

VALETE J. K. Birley, P. Eveleigh-Smith, C. Fischl, S. E. Glegg, A. J. Grey, I. K. Meek, H . A. Tumor, J. P. Wall, R. Weidenbacker.

SALVETE M. W. Mc D. Cairns, P . J. Dudgeon, B. N. C. Jones, S. A. Kirby, J: P. D. Mallinson. M. P. D. Mallinson, R H . Nctherwood, J. N. G. PISal1l.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES A A. de C. CUSsANs- Entered J an. '39; School Cert. July '41; Lance-Corporal J.T.C. · Julv '41; Han. Sec. Walpole Society; Han. Sec. Choir and Choral Society; Ho~. Sec. Music Club ; Assistant Librarian. D H. FEARON- Entered May, '40 ; House Prefect June '41; School Monitor Nov. '41; · School Cert. July '40; Upper VI; Sergeant J.T.C. Sept '4I. W S. PRICE-Entered May '38 ; House Prefect May '41; 1St XV '41; 2nd XI · Cricket '41 ; 2nd XI Soccer '41 ; Corporal A.T.C. N. SCARFE-Entered Sept. '36; Senior King's Scholar Sept. '40; House Prefect June '40; School Monitor Sept. '40; Head of Walpole Sept. '41; Higher Certificate July '40 ; Upper VI ; .ISt. ?f-V '41; Han. Sec. Debating Society; Han. Sec. Somner Society; C.S.M. ; EdItor Cantuanan " ; Member of the G.P.C. G. 1. TAYLOR- Entered May '37; Milner Scholar; House Prefect Jan. '41; School Moni tor Sept. "41; Higher Cert. July '40 ; Upper VI ; 2nd XV '41; Han. Sec. Pater Society ; Sergeant J.T.C. M. WALSH- Entered Sept. '37; House Prefect May '41 ; School Cert. July '4I; 1St XI Soccer '4I; ISt XI Hockey '41; ISt XI Cricket '41; ISt XV '4I; Captain of Hockey '42; Lance Corporal J. T.C.

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS T. L. HORRABIN, ESQ., M.P. On January 23rd, Mr. Horrabin came down from the House of Commons to speak to the School. He chose as his subject the progress of the war. In an extremely interesting survey. of events he dealt first of all with Hitler's two great mistakes. The first of these was the seizure of Czechoslovakia in March, I939, when the policy of economic and political penetration which had been so successfully practised to break the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles and to secure Austria and the Sudetenland was publicly abandoned in favour of naked aggression- thus making it abundantly clear to every European nation that Hitler's ambitions definitely extended beyond the incorporation of Germans within the Reich and that they were once again faced with the spectre of Prussian imperialism. The second error, more inexplicable even than the first, was the German failure to follow up Dunkirk with a full scale attack upon England when we were hopelessly unprepared. Turning to the subject the conduct of modern warfare, Mr. Horrabin pointed out that it had been completely revolutionizecl by the short wave radio and the development of the petrol engine. Together they had increased the mobility of any invading force. No longer were modern armies tied-as in the last war-to railways for their lines of communication and supply. The position was now far more flexible and old methods of warfare needed to be modified to meet the new situation. 45

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Similar radical changes were needed in the equally vital sphere of production. 11 Horrabin pointed out that while private profit remained the domina~ing feature of a~i productive enterprise any real plannmg was more ?r less Impossible We should probably have to follow the RUSSian and German lead m havmg our future economy on a production basis which embraced in a regular and sane fashIOn both demand and supply. He also prophesied that bold steps would have to be taken in imp~rial affairs if we were to preserve our Empire intact. He suggested that the sooner India was given her long promised dominion status the better our ultimate position in the Far East would be. Questions were asked at the end and the School is very grateful to Mr. Horrabin for giving up so much of his time in answering them. We hope he will come again when he next visits his nearby constituency. LIEUTENANT GOING, R.N. The School has been privileged to hear lectures on the Army and the Royal Air Force and their work in this war, but the Senior Service has hitherto held aloof, as it were, until Lieutenant Going came to speak, if not actually on the Royal Navy, anyway on its pet, the Fleet Air Arm. And, mdeed, the School could hardly want a more capable speaker, for he combined the ready wit of an accomplished raconteur with the vividness born of his participation in the events he described. He began by outlining the war from the point of view of the Fleet Air Arm showing the important part played by aircraft in all spheres of naval activity. He described the various types of aircraft employed and then went on to talk and illustrate with slides, which accompanied the whole lecture, the more famous naval actions of the war, as the attack on the Italian warships in Taranto harbour and the rounding-up of the' Bismarck '. This was followed by a film of some of the scenes at the battle of Cape Matapan with which Lt. Going ended his lecture. He remained, however, for some time afterwards interviewing people and talking with them in connection with the' Y , scheme of war-time entrance into the Navy and Fleet Air Arm. The School is very grateful to Lt. Going for a most vital lecture on a lesser-discussed but none the less interesting aspect of the war. M. MATHIEU. On February 2nd, the School heard a Lecture on the Free French Movement., by M. Georges Mathieu, chef de cabinet to General de Gaulle. After an introductory sentence in French, which shocked his audience into a rapt attention, M Mathieu relaxed into an English so remarkably clear and fluent that we could understand why he had been for twenty years one of the chief interpreters at the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva. He began with a summary of the brave and brilliant career of General de Gaulle, whose progressive ideas on modern mechanical warfare had met with t.he prejudice and disa.pproval of the conservative French General Staff. It is a tragic irony that these ideas were to be investigated and adopted only by Nazi Germany, and that they resulted in the formation of those very panzer divisions which were to be the immediate cause of the downfall of France. 46

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After relating several exciting stories of escape from occupied France and heroic 'ifrce on the part of Frenchmen who risked their ltves and gave up their homes to self-sa~~ England and continue the fight against Germany, M.. Mathieu explained the comfs of the Movement which, he said, was entIrely non-pohtrcal and concerned only Ide~ the liberation of France from the appalhng yoke of the mvader. Wit \1 assured us that the vast majority of his fellow-countrymen were heart and soul . I t~e Allied cause and only lived in the hope of the ultimate liberation of their land. Wit 1We are grateful to M. Mathieu for his admirably lucid survey of a movement, onsiderable resources and unquestroned gallantry and devotron deserve a more whose C .. t Imn It . h as genera1 1 ' d. y receive sympathetic pubhclty PROFESSOR ALLISON PEERS. On Sunday, February 22nd, Professor Allison Peers, who is one of the most . ent and energetic authontres on Spam m the country, lectured to the School on ~~~nain and her Story" .. His lecture, which was illustrated b)ilantem slides, was a Pkable feat of lInpresslOns ' mc1udmg a summary of Spamsh history and a diSCUSSIOn remaI of the Spanish attitude to the present war. Professor Peers said that the conception of Kingship and the Church was essential to an understanding of the history of Sp~m,. and on these two Ideas he threaded. the whole modern developm.e nt of the country side. Spalllsh history may be diVided mto three great periods, which he labelled, Reconquest (from the Moors)-a periOd la.stmg f 1 the Moorish invasion in 7II to I492, when Granada, the last MOOrish strongl1old, ,::' captured by Ferdinand and Isabella ;- Decadence, when the vast undertakings of Spain in the new world and the Hapsburg DomlDions In Europe dramed her resources almost to extinction; and Renaissance, which Professor Peers attnbuted to the last roo years. Throughout these penods he declared the Ideas of Kingship and the Church were dominant, and he showed slrdes Illustrating great moments of the monarchy and the architectural splendours of the Church. The lecturer then passed on to the important question of Spain's future course of aclion in this war. All Spaniards are loyal to a debt of honour, and Franco IS no exception. Owing his position to the support. of Germany and Italy, he co,:slders himself under an obligation to help them. Their regimes are models for the } ranco Government, and then there is the traditional Spanish hostility to France and England. Though Spain'S problem now, with Hitler on her doorstep, is very different from that of 1940, when she was isolated by a strong France, yet her dilemma IS no nearer solutIOn, for she is an exhausted and unsettled country. Her famme-stncken people depend for food on what we send them, and Franco knows that quite half the population are hostile to his rule and would resist the active participation in the war which would inevitably result from alliance with the Axis. Professor Peers deduced that Franco and Sufier have therefore refused to renounce their neutrality, and would only do so under irresistible pressure. We are most grateful to Professor Peers for his informed and concentrated resume of the splendid but tragic story of a great country. 47

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MRS. MARSDEN-SMEDLEY. On February 25th, Mrs. Marsden-Smedley came to the School to give a t Ik sponsored by the Ministry of Information, on her experiences in the Low Countries ~s ' a newspaper correspondent for the Sunday Express. She began by describing how peaceful these countries had been, how Luxembur spent more on education than almost any other European country but possessed g army s~ve a small force of gendarmes, and how the people of Bel~uim were still on7Â° recovermg from the effects of the last war, whIlst Holland shll chenshed her long tradf. hon of neutrahty . Yet across the frontiers of all three could be seen the grey tanks of Germany ready to pounce when the occaSIOn arose. They all knew that sooner Or late their countries would be invaded from the east and yet they all hoped by conciliatin r the Reich to postpone if not prevent the inevitable. Alas it was not so. g The actual invasion found Mrs. Marsden-Smedley in Amsterdam and she described how the morale of the Dutch, despite their heroic resistance, was badly shaken when the people learned that the mechanised forces of Germany had penetrated the famous water defences of Holland in which they had trusted for centuries, much as we had in the English Channel. It was also here in Holland that the speaker was for the first time a witness of the German use of paratroops which, together with Fifth Column activity contributed so largely to the Dutch defeat. She was fortunate enough, however, to escape via Ymuiden to the ships that were convoying Queen Wilhelmina to England. Her paper then sent her back at once to France to contact the Belgian Government which had found a temporary resting place at Poitiers. In the prevailing confusion in France she never got further than Tours. There the chaos was indescribable and it was there that she heard the news of the fall of Paris. This produced on the morale of the French people much the same effect as the unexpected reverses in Holland had on the Dutch. There was nothing to it but to make for England once again. Miraculously securing. a car and petrol she made her wa~ to Nantes but there were so many wounded awaltmg evacuahon here that she decIded to push on into Brittany. For her it proved a lucky decision, for the boat at Nantes in which she would have sailed was the ill-fated Lancastria which was sunk with the loss of 6000 lives. From Brest she got across to Plymouth. Mrs. Marsden-Smedley emphasized the necessity of learning from what happened in Holland and France, how the civil population must behave in England should they ever be exposed to an invasion. The School is very grateful to Mrs. Marsden-Smedley for coming and we have already extracted a promise from her that she will come again soon.

THE CANTUARIAN THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY. Russia has been foremost in our minds lately-it could hardly be otherwise-and the knowledge that the Dean of Canterbury was to speak to us on his bvourite subject made us expectant of a very mterestmg lecture; our hopes were not dIsappointed. The Dean wasted no time in preliminaries but began by reminding his audience that 24 years ago, Russi~ w~s the land of the wooden plough, .that she had an illiterate population and an lllfantlle llldustry and contrasted the Sltuatlon wIth that of Germany at Ihe same period- Germany at the height of her colonial expansion and her industrial power. When Germany attacked the Soviet Union last June she was stronger than she had ever been before, stronger even than after Dunkirk, for not only had she seized French, Dutch, Belgian and other supplies but she had a llies in the Hungarians, Rumanians, Finns, and, for what they were worth, the Italians. The British Government, the German Government, most of the world, envisaged a quick war; but the Russians were and are fundamentally strong; they had the heritage of the Revolution to fight for, they were strong in the arts of peace: such a people does not lose. In their vast territories, one sixth of the world, they could, if necessary, retreat; fall back behind MosCOW, Leningrad, Rostov; they could fall back to the line of the Urals and again to a line behind that. The Dean went on to describe how the Soviet Union is the most highly mechanized country in the world: in Britain, tractors are produced of 20 and 30 h.p. each: one factory in Russia produces 40,000 yearly of 100 h.p. each. Machinery dominates agriculture: crops are sown and reaped by machines. The Dean produced statistics of the amazing engineering achievements and projects of the Soviet Union: of the vast Hall of the Soviets, to be built in Moscow, surmounted by a statue of Lenin to stand head and shoulders above Canterbury's Bell Harry tower. As an engineer himself, the Dean has examined Moscow's underground service, beautiful as well as faultless, with marble pillars and vaulted stations and trains that have run millions of miles without one accident. Moscow's water supply has been permanently secured from the mighty Volga by one of the largest dams of contemporary engineering ; thence this vast store of waters is led to Moscow by a canal 150 miles in length. In everything the Soviets have striven to achieve the best: as a rising people, they have swept aside the past and, regardless of cost or labour, have filled their new country with the finest and most beautiful that they know. From this consideration of the new Russia from the purely material point of view, the Dean passed on to the wider moral aspect of Soviet government; "why should things be produced? " To give health and fullness of life to all on an equal basis. To secure for all, education, work, care in sickness and old age. And this, surely the true function of all government, has become the order in Russia; free education for all, to university siandard for those who deserve it; work with an ensured living wage, and when the ritizen has given of his best to the State, the State gives him in return a pension that 49

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none is too proud to accept. All this however, demands complex organisation, and he the Dean described in brief, the system of the famous Five Year Plans ; the submissi re to Moscow of the capabilities of each production group, however large Or small: t~n formulation on that basis, of the State's requirements from each for the next five years ~ the comments from each factory on the plan: and the finallssmng of the requirements which are often exceeded, even doubled. All this, he explained, was not only scientifi' but moral. There are two instincts in life. Firstly," to look after No. I "-Christ onl c told us to love our neighbours as ourselves: not better than ourselves-and secondl~ care for the community. In Russia the second instinct was clearly satisfied; the first was turned to the account of others. If a man could get more coal out of the face than his comrades, he got some more money : but more important, he could show comrades how he did it : they could, under his leadership, do the same : the production of coal would be increased and all could have more coal a t a lower price. "What then is Communism? " One approaches it in two stages : F irstly, Socialism, which is, briefly "From each according to his ability : to each according to his work, " . or pay only in proporhon to the work done. And after unemployment has gone, productlOn has increased and the standard of living been raised, one can attain Communism. "From each according to his ability : to each according to his need" ; his need, with no reference to his capabilities which may be naturally lower than his comrades' . And so, the Dean concluded, here was Russia: some people complained that she lacked culture, religion, liber ty and morality. These could be answered simply : could a country lack culture, that at an international children's music contest, carried off the first three piano prizes and the first five violin prizes ? or that read Einstein far more assiduously than in England? For Russia's liberty, indeed she had much to learn from England : but so had England from the Soviets and the Dean hoped and prayed that such co-operation would be possible after the war. For morality, what could be more moral than economic development untrammelled by a false economic system ? And lastly, the Soviet Union might have appeared to renounce religion: but her actions spoke the real Christianity whatever she might say and her people were striving after God in a truer way than the people of many so-called Christian countries. One day she will profess openly the teachings of the God whom she has so long sought in thought and deed. On this encouraging note t he Dean ended. His a udience had listened as to few lecturers for a long time and he thrilled them in an amazing way, and the School's gratiÂˇ tude is unbounded to so eminent a man who gave an hour of his valuable time to us. H was far from wasted. THE REVEREND E . MOWBRAY FINNIS. On Wednesday, March 4th, t he School heard a lecture on the Merchant Navy by the Reverend E . Mowbray Finnis, Chaplain of the Port of London. The Merchant Navy is a service, whose work passes almost unnoticed by the public. Despite Government propaganda its valuable work is still eclipsed by the more glamorous achievements of the fi gh ting Forces and we all desire to know more about those men to whom we owe our very bread and butter. This need was very successfully met by Mr. Finnis in a comprehenSive description of t he work of our Merchant Seamen, stressing the ~ood work of the British Sailors' Society towards their comfort.

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Mr. Finnis shewed the School three films. The first detailing the worl d-wide li"ities of the British S~i l ors ' Society, which he repr~sented, the second, a vivid ~( rcsentation of some mCldent, m convoy work. He lJ1cluded the thll'd, a Popeye rePloon 011 the erroneous assumption that we would find the first two dull. It was none ~~~ lesS welcome and sent the School into roars of laughter. In this lecture, by one whose work brings him into such close contact with those en of whom he talked, the School was given a true insight into the lives of our British ~ilors, an insight which should be shared by every man and woman in t he country. MISS CLEMENCE DANE. Miss Clemence Dane, tho ugh no new visitor to the School, has not come to lecture for some time now a nd th e School was eager to hear her speak. Her subject was " elson Nelson, she said, was a great man and she went on to set forth her five requisites for greatness, namely, will-power, imagination, a sense of du ty, a sense of h umour and charm. On this basis England had only seen five really great figures : Alfred, Henry, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth and Nelson. Miss Clemence Dane then went on to explain her love of the life of Nelson : how she had been alone in the south of France with the volumes of Nelson's life and letters, which she had fou nd to be, not dry official documents but a most wonderful and dramatic story. Then she proceeded to tell this story in a simple and moving way showing all the t ime the charm, tbe courage, of England's great ~i10r. Coming of an unassuming family, be demanded to go to sea although a weakling and his uncle took him under his care. At the age of 15 he accompanied an expedition 10 the North Pole but it was not long before ill-health invalided him home. But throughout his life his mind held a mastery over his body and he soon was given command of IhE Leeward Islands at the period of the war of American independence when trading was going on between the islanders and the blockaded colonists. Single-handed he fought and stopped it and, having married the governor's daughter, came home but was retired on half-pay: he was too progressive. But when the French Revolutionary wars came, he was needed and was posted in the Mediterranean at one time under the famous Admiral Hood. And so he went on in this way, distinguishing himself wherever he went by his courage and by his ability both at naval warfare and at the management of his crews. Recovering from a severe wound in the temple, he visited Naples where he met Lady Hamilton, with whom he fell in love. But on his return to England he found that the country disapproved of his connection with Lady Hamilto n, more particularly as he abandoned Lacly Nelson in order to go and live with his Emma. H.

Then came the battle of Copenhagen-famous for the incident of Nelson's putting a telescope to his blind eye-and finally Trafa lgar. The story of this last great battle was laid in detail from his first premonition of death on being recalled to his ship, thro ugh lhe great chase of Villeneuve and the short breathing space afterwards, t o the fmal conflict and subsequent tragedy. ~l

THE CANTU,ARIAN Miss Clemence Dane's lecture was not without a moral. After Nelson's death and after the peace in 1815, as she pointed out, the soldiers and sailors who had So nobly stood by the country in her need were disbanded to unemployment. The same happened in 1918. England must be worthy of her great men. The audience, as the comin generation, was exhorted to care for the fighting men when the final mess was to b~ cleared up. To say that Miss Clemence Dane spoke well would be presumption. But she held her audience and shed a new light on England's greatest hero, making him stand out from the pages of history as a vital figure. The School is more than grateful to Miss Clemence Dane for her time and her most interesting lecture. H . E . BARTON, ESQ. The c.ourse of .five lectures on Art by Mr. H . E . Barton could only be adequately descnbed m an artIcle of several pages, so full were they of matter. The restrictions of space allow us only to say that they were most skilfully planned to show the importance of function in art, which must not be considered an affair for connoisseurs, stowed away in museums and picture-galleries, but within the scope of every man and in touch with daily life, so that even bath-room fittings may be art. Three of the lectures were illustrated by carefully chosen slides : the first, of arcbitecture, showing the merits of restraint and balance characteristic of the English Gothic, compared with the flamboyant, perishable and often meaningless ornament of mucb of the Gothic abroad. Here Mr. Barton made a striking juxtaposition of details from Rouen Cathedral and the jumbled apse of Rheims with the simple austerity of Southwell and the beautifully balanced mass of Salisbury. He showed, too, the interesting transformation of the choir of Gloucester from Norman to Gothic. In spite of their comparative simplicity Mr. Barton claimed that English masons and sculptors were unrivalled in their liveliness of design, in foliage and vaulting. The best art of the middle ages, in domestic building also, had this quality of local fitness, and the treatment of local material, (such as the Cotswoldlimestone) with a craftsmanship which was the result of a tradition of skilled labour. This unselfconscious rightness appeared in the humblest products, sucb as village barns and tombstones, as well as domestic furniture: indeed, one of the most beautiful slides showed three fireside trivets, perfect in their simple design and workmanship. Art, Mr. Barton concluded, must be bred in the bone and not taught academically in art schools, and he showed us the awful result of the loss of this tradition and practise of craft smanship, an outcome of the Industrial Revolution, in a peculiarly horrible example of hybrid Victorian suburban architecture, completely lacking in feeling and distinction, in spite of the 27 different architectural styles involved in its composition ! The second lantern lecture was devoted to painting, illustrated by slides of old masters of the Italian, Dutch a nd English Schools, from Giotto to Cotman, and Mr. Barton stressed again the beauty of design and the decorative fitness of treatment, particularly noticeable in our own early landscape painting. Painting must never be the copying of Nature or the mere accurate representation of a pretty or dramatic subj ect.

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The last lecture was devoted to modern ar t, especially in building, with many table examples such as the Stockholm Town Hall and (he Karl-Marx Hof in Vienna, ~o \~hich simplicity and the skilful balance of mass rather than ornament are the key'"otes. The artistic importance of the rr,odern age finds its outlet in engineering, and ~ typical product is the moto~' car, beautiful in the simplicity of its streamlining and embodying the essentI~l s of skilled workmanshlp andsUltabJ!lty to ltS purpose. I~ w~s at startling to see, aJmc!.st pIctures of skyscrapers, a vIew ofthe Pont du Gard, a mal eshc ~nd massive relic of the purposeful Roman engineering. Of modern scu lpure Mr. Barton ;llOWed a styli zed memorial of Eric Gill and (he mysteriously Mayan recumbant woman of George Moore, which was perhaps strong meat for many ! All the lectures were enlivened by humour and anecdote, and though they revealed great erudition, Mr. Barton's width of vision and sanity of outlook cannot have fai led to convince the least artIstIc of Ius hearers that Art IS not somethmg for the odd speCIalist but has a meaning for everyone. These were quite the best lectures on Art that most of us have ever had the good fortune (0 hear.

SHAKESPEARE IN A GARAGE. The following is a visitor's impression of the last .p"jormance oj the production oJ " The Tempest" by The K ing's School and St. Edmund's, On December 17th, 1941. The play had already been given On December 15th and. 16th. .

When scbools produce Shakespeare one is apt to forget the play and be all too conscious of the school ; here, however, we had the essence of the play presented to uS without any of the usual contretemps in a capital little school playhouse made out of a garage. In a garage electric power presumably reckons to run riot and t he producer used all his facili ties by giving us a fme ' sudden lightning ' in the opening storm and am ple use of effective lighting and loud speakers which contributed their part in the general picture. The player's part in ' The Tempest' is not so much to create character but to move in the rarefied atmosphere of this unreal island; it is for that reason that the play was a good choice for school performance as its sole demands on the player are a clear utterance and significant movement. Caliban (A . G. Gordon), Stephano ("1'. H. BouJtbee) and Ariel (J. H. Sawtell) are, however, parts aski ng for something to be made of them. Caliban took his opportunity and managed to excite our loathing and pi ty all in one while his fin al gesture of frustration before the last curtain was well timed and wrought; Ariel, dressed in a very cold but effective lack of costume, succeeded in making uS believe in his obedient umeality and fanciful, chilcllike seriousness; Stephano seized on hiSpart with gusto and rolled ulU"omantically drunk through these exotic scenes. . A word of special mention is due to Miranda (J. H . Goulden), who brought convlOcll1gly into being a rather Bume-Jones, bloodless maiden, a fitting counterpart to an equally bloodless Ferdinand (G. A. H . Baker); their love-scenes were models of naive 53

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discretion-as they are meant to be- and contained none of the awkward moment expected in a schoolboy production. Of the remaining rOles, Alonso, the king (J. \is Mayoh), showed good restrained movement, Prospero (N. G. J. Stiff), good speaking oi a well-learnt par t, and Trinculo (A. A. de C. Cussans), produced an amusing cross between Fe,te and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. D. F . Murray made of Gonzalo a credible and kindly old counsellor, no small feat for a young player, and two thankless parts, Sebastian and Ant onio, had been creditably worked up by H. J. Stern and M. G. Chatterton into believ_ able personalities. In the masque some members of the Junior School, trained by Mr. Carol Powers, evidently enjoyed their charming, unsophisticated contribution of [olk. dances. F or the rest of the arra ngments, well deserved praise must go to th e admirable leam-work under Mr. G. P. Hollingworth, the able and obviously inspiring producer. From the front one felt that everyone back-stage was on tip-toe to give his quota to the general set-out of the play which caught a note of poetry and fantasy seldom achieved in the professional theatre and of which the producer might well have felt pro ud. The producer was, indeed, lucky (or canny) to have found such an excellent team in his Stage Managers (Mr. F. H . Voigt, T . R l'. F ennell, G. C. Simpson) , who set up the impromptu stage with an ingen ious use of pupils' desks a nd brown paper and never once Ie.t us down during the show. The Electrician (F. H. Whalley) is particnh rly to be congratulated on his lighting effects, all worked from the vast area of an exciting looking home-const.ructed switchboard. Well chosen incidental music was played from gramophone recordings through an amplifier lent by Mr. J. French. Lady Keeble and the St. Edmund's School wardrobe were responsible for the dressing which was apparently of necessity an impromptu affair owing to the non-arrival of hired costumes, that this was hardly noticeable showed a fine war-time spirit of successful improvisation. The simple but effective scenery, which was enhanced by a plain whitewashed brick back-wall had been designed and made by Mr. H. Morgan, sometime art-master of St. Edmund's, for a previous production. Altogether it was a very pleasant afternoon, the pleasant est, surely, that one could ever spend in a garage.

THE TERM'S MUSIC Freed once more this term from the tie of an outside p erformance school musicians have been able to forge ahead in an unspectacular but important matter- that of technical ability, upon which outside performances depend. The intense cold of the earl y part of the term interfered much with plans, demanding high heroic fortitude on the part o[ choir and orchestra. The orchestra has nevertheless made marked progress in playing technique and general ensemble and, besides learning to give a good account of the Ballet Music to Schubert's ' Rosamunde,' has had a preliminary canter with the more exacting , Casse Noisette ' Suite of Tschaikovsky. In addition to its ordinary Sunday and daily work, the choir has learnt the eightpart ' Judge me, 0 God' of Mendelssohn and Dr. Vaughan Williams' Service in C ill 54

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. I 't is hoped the whole School will join when it has become familiar with it. We wlnc 1 lone back to the Canterbury custom of singing a psalm as well as a hymn each have .gg at school prayers, and this has been an invaluable help in keeping the choir up JT10rntn

to the mar k . . . . . Orchestra, chOir a nd many solOists were keyed up to give performances at the Shfov.eÂˇ day School Concert ; owmg to extreme cold the concert had to be postponed until Tues mer day. Two new departures have been made this t erm in the shape of classes for a \~':,'ol Certificate w~rk and Rudiments which have met we.ekly throughout the term; 5t Cle 1'esult all round IS a more workmanlIke attitude to musIc which has reflected Itself . J in the excellent papers read t o the MUSIC Club. On February 28th, the C.E.M.A. ran an excellent concert at the school given by M 'ia Scottei, soprano, Dorothy Huxtable, violin, and Edward Mitchell, piano; those I braved the coolness of the hall were amply rewarded a nd it is hoped that further w '~erts of this type may be provided at the School, which in its garage-chapel has the ~~~t and most resonant concert-hall for miles aro und. We have to thank Mrs. F. Seyur Whalley for a magmficen t gift-by an overSIght not acknowledged last term~~oa whole t runk-full of c11amber-music. Chamber-music ensembles have already been formed and will by Mrs. Whalley's gIft have a nucleus of a lIbrary compn sl11g more than fifty works. Precis of the secretaries' notes on the Gramophone Society and the Music Club are appended. GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY. (Han. Sec. , J. Peschek). The Society has met once each week and heard a wide selection of recordings ranging from music of the modern American school to the Bach Suite for flute and strings. Movements from the Beethoven 3rd, 5th and 7th have been played, together with two tableaux from Stravinsky's ' Petrouchka' and Percy Grainger'S delightful ' Handel in the Strand '. The Society has joined a Record Club which will give an unfailing supply of good music. It remains to thank Dr. Phillips for the loan of his record player, S. A. R. Cawston for his wireless set and all those who have so kindly lent their records.

MUSIC CLUB. (Han. Sec. G. A. H. Baker). The activities of th e Club have in no way diminished. Foremost we are gratefu l to the President for his two papers, ' Sonatas and Symphonies' when he spoke on first movement form and analysed the first movement of Beethoven's 7th, and ' Variations ' which he illustrated himself at the piano; [or this meeting we are grateful to Mrs. Perry Morgan who enter tained us most hospitably. Papers by members included the Secretar y's paper on Handel which showed that Handel, far from being simply. the man who wrote ' Messiah ' some Water Music and The Harmonious Blacksmith, was indeed a giant, turning out operas faster than many a modern dance-tune writer and acting as his own impressario and producer employing and managing his orchestra and fighting the intrigues of the eighteenth century English aristocracy. M. H . Slater's paper on Beethoven succeeded in conveying a lull-length picture of the many-sided personality and genius of his subject by presenting us with a number of vivid dose-ups whose cumulative effect justifled an unusual method. 55

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In addition, the Thursday programmes of recorded music have included the Brahm 1st and 4th, the Beethoven 7th, Grieg and Schumann .piano concertos, Beethoven'~ vlOlll1 concerto, Cesar Franck's Symphony and Symphol1lc VanatlOns and Sibelius' 3rd It might be imagined that the library was filled at meetings by a group of pseudo: artists wearing long hair and using long words ; but the reader is assured that nothing is further from the truth. Members of the Club are indeed still neophytes. Much praise is due to A. A. de C. Cussans, the Club's fIrst Secretary, who left last term and is, We hear carrying on the good work elsewhere. '

SCHOOL SOCIETIES This term is, for the Societies, usually the most active, and despite the many lectures we have had, they have managed to meet regularly. The Pater Society has already heard ~hree papers on widely different classical subj ect~; the first. of these was by N. A. 1aylor, Esq., on the hves of two Jatm poets, Aurol1luS and Pauhnus, Showing (he influence which Christianity was beginning to have on latin poetry at the end of the Roman Empire. The second paper, by R. Forder, was entitled the" Spread of Civil. ization " and consisted mainly of a description of the Egyptian, Assyrian and Baby. Ionian Empires. While the third paper on Greek and Roman slavery was an attempt by J. H. Breese to ]ustrfy slavery under the Athel1lan Empire, but to condemn it as practised by the Romans. Before the end of term there is to be a meeting to read , Iphi/l"enia in TamÂˇis 'by Euripides and they hop~ to hold the Symposium when members wi ll read original of their own. Last term's number went to press early, and the meetings for free readings and 'French for Love' which were recorded, the Marlowe Society was unfortunately unable to hold. At the time of writing, the Society has only had two meetings, both of which were needed to read Shaw's 'In Good King Charles's Golden Days' : but we arc promised good things to come in the form of papers by N. A. Taylor, Esq., and P. A. B. Gethin on 'Ernest Hemingway', the readings of 'Night must Fall', and other plays, and perhaps a Gala Night which was unfortunately missed last tenn. The Walpole Society also promises to be busy : they have had a most enlightening paper by R Tayler on the life of Handel, ancl'he concluded his talk by playing records of Handel's Organ Concerto, No. 10, in D Minor, and the ' Allegro' from his Water Music Suite. The future programme includes a paper on ' False rapping, and kindred oddities' by H. R. Roach, Esq., a debate, a paper by H. Goodburn, Esq., on ' Joseph Conrad ', and towards the end of term the Committee is to be converted into a Brains Trust and win endeavour to answer the questions of the Society in true B.B.C. style. The Somner Society has met regularly this term and the attendances have been good. At the first meeting there was a free reading which was even more successful than last term's and the impromptu discussion which arose afterwards ranged from Irish folk-lore to Roman Villas. At the next meeting Mr. Poole, the Vice-President, gave a stimulating talk on Genealogy, a hobby which in Mr. Poole's hands is well known for its usefulness. The Vice-President';; revelations concerning the family histories of the British Peerage were very illuminating; and those who will have now 56

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his genealogical trees will appreciate what an absorbing subject it can be. There se~n be another version of ' Scrapbook' which will deal this time with Spain, and with IS, .soand visits to Restormel and Probus, the Society looks forward to an even brighter tn '[ and busier Summer erm.

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COUJlSES OF I NSTJlUCTloN .- The following attended courses of instruction during the Christmas holidays and all obtained satisfactory reports: C.S.M. D. Lamparel XII Corps School. Junior Leaders Course L/Sergt. C. R Cheadle. scottish Command Central School (W.T.Wing) L/Sergt. D. M. Hamilton L/Sergt. P . J. L. Kennaby. LICp1. r. K. Meek Cdt. H. M. Gregson. Army School of Physical Training Cdt. E . G. F. Johnson. PJlOMOTloNs.- The following promotions were made with effect from November yd, 1941 : L/Sergt. G. L. Taylor to be Sergt. L/Sergt. J. Corben to be Sergt. L/Sergt. P. H. Smith to be Sergt. Cpl. D. F. Murray, to be LISergt. Cp1. H. A. Tumor to be LISergt. Cp!. J. D. Armstrong to be L /Sergt., With effect from J anuary 20th, 1942. Sergt. D. Lampard to be C.S.M. L/Sergt. D. F. Murray to be SergI. L/Sergt. J. D. Armstrong to be SergI. Cpl. J. P. M. Sugden to be L ISergt. Cpl. C. R. Cheadle to be LISergt. Cpl. D. M. Hamilton to be LISergt. Col. P. J. L. Kennaby to be L/Sergt. Cdt. R G. Leadbeater to be L/Cp!. Celt. 1. Butcher to be L/Cp!. Cd t. T. H. Boultbee ot be L/Cp!. Cdt. E. H. Cornelius to be L/Cp!. Cdt. J. W. S. Simpson to be L/Cp!. Cdt. J. S. Macartney to be L/Cp!. Cdt. S. C. Robertson to be L/Cp!. Celt. A. J. C. Fagg to be L/Cp!. Cdt. J. P. H. Hatton to be L/Cp!. Celt. P. A. B. Gethin to be L/Cp!. Cdt. 5t. J. O. Vernede to be L/Cp!. Celt. N. E. Harvey to be LICpl. Cdt. N. R H. Senunence to be L/Cp!. 57

TIlE CANTtJARIAN CERTIFICATE' A '. The above 13 Lance Corporals passed the examinaflon CertIficate' A ' held on December znd. The conditions of examination for W for tificate 'A' have now been altered and in future the examination will be taken ar Cer. parts : . In two (I). War Certificate A (individual) and (z). War Certificate A (Section Leaders) No cadet under 15 years of age may take Part I, and no cadet under 16 years of

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After February ISt, 194z, all cadets must take the new War Certificate 'A' I they ahÂˇ.eady- have passed the examination under the old regulations. A candidat~~~~~ falls tWIce m eIther part WIll not be permItted to take that part of the exanll' t' . un t'l . 1of 12 months has elapsee1from the date of the second failure. na Ion agam I a penoe DEMONSTRATION PLATOON.-The experiment of providing Post-Certificate train in by means of a Demonstr~tlOn Platoon was so successful last term under the command o~ Sergt. G; L. Taylor that It has been contmued under the command of Sergt. J. D. Arm. strong. fhe demonstratIOns prOVIded durmg this term have been very well prepar I and there IS no doubt that they have considerable value in the training. c( . AGE OF ENROLMENT.- The lowering of the age of enrolment into the Junior Train. mg Corps from 15 to 14 years has brought the strength of the Contingent up to 160. . BArfLE DRESS.--;-A free issue of uniform (battle dress) for cadets has been authorised. 1hese ulllforms are mt~nded for Issue to cadets joining after December 17th, 1941. Unfortunately the Issue IS a hmlted one and wllInot be enough to provide uniforms even for all the recruits. , ANNUAL INSPECTION.-The Annual Inspection of the Contingent was carried out on Febru~ry loth, by Col. S. J. Worsley, D.S.O., M.e., Inspector of Training Corps. The followmg are extracts from his report to the War Office :DRILL.

Good.

Mutual instruction is begun early with good results.

WEAPON TRAINING.- On sound lines and satisfactorily taught. TACTICAL TRAINING.-A very useful demonstration of use of ground was seen. This was ru~ admirably by the senior cadet N.e.O. who had evidently profited greatly from" N.C.O. s. course. Such demonstrabons are rarely so well run or so valuable. A platoon scheme was rather held up by an accident to a cadet but was also useful and instructive. The contingent are now allowed to use the golf course-a good accession to tactical facilities. The standard of leadership was good. POST CERTIFICATE 'A' TRAINING.-Cadets receive advanced instruction but for the training of instructors advantage is taken of courses. DISCIPLINE.-Good. TURNOUT.- Good.

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REMARI<s.-The contingent has improved since the last visit.

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GEN~~~ to courses.of instlyction, I"u-!!y to satisfact?ry liaisons last term and partly

partly. ovement m trallllllg areas. I he conlrngent IS well commanded and lUn wIth . . ,111 tra1lllT1g, .. ' . IS . exee II en t . GenCIa . II't to the . Hnpr ting vanatton and tI Ie SpInt y 1 may b e sa'd 1 ;tn Inllerecsontingent is good and well fulfilling its function. that ( Ie

A.T.e. Onl a short time has elapsed since the last notes were written, but what little news re is record is of a satisfactory kind. Altho?gh w; lost 6 ~en;bers from. the Sc~ool the we have gained 7 recruits. The' Umform sltuahon IS slowly Improvmg, last term . ' . h . but delays seem mevltable m t ese hmes. In the November 1941 Examination for Proficiency Star 8 out of II candidates assed. They were :-Sgt. Grant, P.D., and Cadets. Bowles, A.e.]., DaVIes, M.T., B T Ouseley-Smith A.G. Poole P.B., Porntt, J.D., and Stephenson, J.W. p Groves ." ' " . ' e 'eceived their certificates at the hands of Squadron Leader SIr John M0 Ieswor th ThCS rbyn Bt District Inspecting Officer, when he visited the flight on Feb. IIth. A stre\~ Adays u , " ' g later a favourable r~port arn.ved referrdm t Ott h'IS asfa , goo d Fl'tl~It' I ,and complimenting Cadets for' steadmess on parade an smar ness 0 movemen. . A further class will shortly enter for Proficiency Star.. Those already holdmg the Star are doing more advanced work mcludmg Theory of Fhght. We wish to thank Messrs. Harris and Hollingworth for the help they have kindly given us in mathematics and signalling instruction. An omission occurred in last term's Iiotes-Sgt. Gordon, A.G., was promoted to Flight-Sergeant, with effect from 24 Nov. 1941.

HOME GUARD The members of the School who are in the Home Guard are having a busy time this term. We have a full training programme for Sunday aftemoons as well as certam other training activities. We have had one mght operahon, and before these notes appear we shall all have been through the Gas Chamber. We have been ordered to provide a Guard at the top of the Beach Road altemately with No. 19 Platoon. It was our misfortune that for our first tour of duty we should have had to face a bitter east wind. In spite of this the duties have been performed keenly and efficiently. THE SCHOOL LABOUR SCHEME. Like all other institutions the School is faced with labour problem~, but unlike many people we are in a position to deal with our ow~ problem. At the begm.mng of thIS term the Headmaster appointed a Committee to go mto the questlOll of servIce and mamtenance, and to see just how much we could do for ourselves and what was the best way to 59

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it. This was not wholly because of a shortage of labour, but also because it was felt that by tackling the problem in this way we should be freeing people who might then become engaged in war industries. After much deliberation it became clear to the Com. mittee that most of the jobs, which in peace time are a hidden mystery to all except the Bursar, we could do ourselves.

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So now here we are, with our cleaners and sweepers, our boilermen and Our waiters our electricians and our carpenters, our gardeners and our lab-men , our plumbers and ou; storemen, our collectors of salvage and our cleaners of drains, our menders of black.out and our menders of locks, our washers of dishes and our menders of beds. Some of these jobs were being done by the School before this term and some not. Now they have all been fitted into a comprehensive scheme. Some by virtue of their tasks must be specialists, whose work is done in their .own time or. as is dictated by domestic needs. Others less skilled work 111 groups under the dlrectlon of a specialist. To provide these less skilled workers each House ~as a turn of duty lasting three days. Each boy has been allowed to volunteer f~r the Job that he prefers: and as far as is possible he is given that job to do. In thIs way when any House IS on duty, every member of it is engaged during the afternoon on some essential job of service or main. tenance, except for some specialists whose jobs have to be done at special times. It is, perhaps, early days to congratulate ourselves on the scheme; we have, no doubt, much to Jearn ; but our first terms' experience augurs well for the success of the experiment.

THE GARDENS Remembering the weather of the Lent Term last year in Cornwall, some of us looked forward with anxi ety to the beginning of the gardening year in 1942 ; but we are not now betraying military secret s in saying that the unusually dry weather so far this Term has enabled us to do much useful spadework. The new School Labour Scheme, though it has not provided us with as many ~ardeners as we could have used, has at least made it possible to keep pace with the work in the ground already cultivated. Each HOllse has provided its quota of gardeners, and the gardens at the Hotel and Crinnis are showing the result of this regular labour, which will soon be transformed from unskilled to very nearly expert, under the encouraging direction of Hancock. The effort of Walpole House, in taking on the formidable task of looking after the large garden b ehind Crinnis House, is particularly p raiseworthy, involving, as it does, continuous work by a small band of volunteers. We have already provided large quantities of leeks and parsnips and we look forward to the day when we shall produce all the School needs in greens, potatoes, onions, and carrots. But it should be clearly understood that though the Other volun. Labour Scheme provides a regular House rota, tiltS IS not really enough. teers will always be welcome, either in the Hotel garden or at Crinnis. The work may not be spectacular or exciting, but it is really productive, and an important part of our obvious duty. 69

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THE LffiRARY LIBRARIAN : THE REV. S. B-R. P OOLE . ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN: J. D. ARMSTIlONG. The library has been much improved this t erm by the addition of a new set of overing the north and east sides of the room, and by the long delayed arnval shelves ~oo books from Canterbury. These, together with those we first brought down of slome now constitute a reasonably sized collection, and the library has at last been Wit 1 us, .., h H l'b ' able to abandon Its all' of bemg no more t an a mere ouse 1 raly. The following new books have been added thIS term. Most were pu~chased by bscri tion : the librarian is, however, most grateful to all those who have gi ven books ~~ sent ~heques and booktokens, amI in particular our old frIend Mr. D. C. Cuthber tson whose generosity is very much apprecrated. Th Letters of Charles & Mary Lamb: Edited by E. V. Lucas Rose Macaulay Gr:y Eminence: by Aldous Huxley .. .. . . D.C. Cuthbertson, Esq. Chatham: by Frederic Harrison MISS M~lward Le Siecle de Louis XIV.: b~ Voltaire . Plulhps. The Man in Room 41): by Sir Alfred Ewmg . fhe Chaplam Short History of the World 1918-028 :. by Dehsle Burns P. Holmer, o.res. Talleyrand: by the Comte de 51. Aulalre .. N. Scar!e, O.I<.S. English Cathedral Music, Edward VI to Edward VII : by Edmund F ellowes The Poetry of Matthew Arnold: by Tinker and Lowry Chartist Portraits: by G. D. H . Cole British Working Class Politics, 1832 to I914: . by G. D. I-l. Cole The Church: Impotent or Triumphant: by SIdney Dark The Future in Education: by Sir Richard Livingstone Let the People Think: by Bertrand Russell Plays, Poems, and Prose: by J. M. Synge

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FOOTBALL, 1942. Out of three School matches, two were won and one drawn, a very satisfactory result after losing so many players from last years' XI. In the Truro match (won 5- 1) the School played well and were leading 4- I at halfÂˇ time. The forwards were very lively, especially Chatterton and Peto- the form er cutting-in well and being too fast for the defence. Against Dartmouth (won 2-1) the School played the best football of the term. It was an even game, and Dartmouth scored first, after some even play_Butcher scOl:ed a good goal; shortly before half-time Peto headed 111 a good corner by Porntt. There was no score in the second half, though the School had a good deal of the game. McVarish Robertson and Ommanney at half were on top of their form, not only holdmg the oppo;ing forwards, but also giving their for wards good openings. There was a n 61

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exciting finish in the Highgate match though there were some slow and uninteresti , periods. Highgate were a shadow of their fo~mer greatness, though Thornton W'~~ the best player on the field. W,th the wmd HIghgate pressed, but theIr finishing Wa poor. A misunderstanding in defence gave them their first goal, while Thornton o~ the second after dribbling all over the field- the School's tackling and covering bein~ a fault. In the second half the School had a good deal of the game and Peto scored after a free-kick given against the goalkeeper for running with the ball. This was a piece ~f undeserved good fortune. Two minutes from time Peto scored again with a screw shot from the left, which the goalkeeper mistimed badly. The School were lucky to draw, though Highgate failed to take their chances in the first half. Hatton has turned out a good goalkeeper and has served the side well. The backs without being brilliant, have been useful. McVarish and Ommanney have been the mainstay of the side, though Robertson improved every match. The forwards have been hard workers, even if they were inexperienced. Chatterton was the best of the line while Peto scored some good goals. Butcher, with better finishing, would be a goo(i player. The football in the School has certainly improved, both in popularity and skill though there is much to learn in the matter of ball-control, passing and intelligent anticipation. There is still rather a tendency to kick up the field and hope that some. thing will happen. KING'S SCHOOL v. R.A.M.C. Won 5-I. This being the first game of the season the team were not combining well. However, a forward movement soon took the ball from our half, and after some good dribbling by Butcher, Peto scored. As the School gained confidence two more goals were added to the score by Chatterton and Porritt on the wings. In the second half the School attack. ed hard with some good centering from the wings, and play remained fairly even, the R.A.M.C. scoring once and the School twice. A good game in which the School showed itself superior throughout, particularly in the half line. KING'S SCHOOL v. TRURO SCHOOL. Won 5- I. The School was still a little uncertain at first but soon settled down after Porritt had opened the score from the wing. Truro then attacked energetically and only the sound defence of Rothwell and Armstrong as backs, and some excellent saves by Hatton in goal, prevented them from scoring more than once. In the second half the School was continually pressing the Truro defence and was able to add four more goals before the game ended. Truro's play was not up to their usual standard and once again the School showed itself the better team in every department of the game. 6z

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WAR RECORD No.8- MARCH, 1942. correction

List V-..

ARMY

for C. V. SN ATT, Lt. Colonel, RC.S. , read P. C. SNATT, M.e., 1905-09, Lt. Colonel., R.C. S.

Promotions since November, 1941. ROYAL NAVY R GILLI BRAN D to Sub-Lieutena nt, RN.V. R. R' L J ORD A N to Com mander (E). " i. l\'10WLL to Paymaster Su b-Lieutenant and Paymaster Lieutenant, RN.V.R. C B PRA'n to Command er (1':). B. SIDRBOTHAM ,to Paymaster Sub-Li eu tenan t. R. D. ,;Vooo to l\·[jdsh lpman (A) R.N.V.R

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H. W. ALLISON t o O.C:r.U. and to 2nd Lieutenant, RA. W. A. C, BAKER to Bimbashi, Sudan Defence Force.· . A. M. DELL t o 2nd Lieutena~t, R.A. and to Lieutenant and Capt am . A. E. BROCKLEHURST to MaJOr. J. BUCKLAND to 2nd Lieutenant, H..A. W. T. \\1. BURR to 2nd Lieutenant, Indian Army. J. ~ L F. CARTWIHGH T to Major a nd T/Lt.-Colonel, and G .S:O.l. ' K. H . CHEADLE t o Lance-Bo mbardier, R.A., a n~ transierr1llg to R.A.c .C. J M . COOK to 2nd Lieu tenant, The Buffs, and LIeutenant. \ P. M. L. FER:\IOR to Captain, Intelligence Corps. P. R. GRAVES to Major. J. S. HEWICK to B rigadier. P. I. HILL to O .C.T.U., and to 2nd Lieutenant, The Black Watch. R. H. S. IRVINE to Lieutenant . R.. E JACKSON t o L ieutenant. H. A. S. J EN KI NS to 2nd Lieutenant , RE. rt. B. KAROP to Corporal L. \Y. 1(ENNAN to Ma jor . . W. A. F. 1(ERRICH to B rigadier and Acting Chief Engineer. T. E. LENEY to Lance-Bombardier . E. M. LOCK to La nce-Corporal, and to O.C.T.U. G. Lmm to 2nd Lieu t enant, R.A. C. B. i\"lAXTEO to Sergeant and transferred to RA .S.C. W. D 'A. MAYCOCK to Major. J. E. l\'IORRIS to c.C.T.U. G. P. MOUNT to Captain . H. J. W. NEWTON to 2nd Lieu tenant, Oxford a nd Bucks L .1. J. A. NORTHOVER to Lance-Cor po ral. . ~1. H. PENN to O.C.T.U. A. J. PHILLIPS to Corpora l. R. 1-1. RonlERY t o 2nd Lieutenant, RI.A .S.C. J. L. ROWBOTHAM to Lance-Bombardier and to Bombardier. ]. E. P. SAMPSON to Lieutenant. W. A. P. SAMPSON to O.C.T.U. and t o 2nd Lieutenant. D. H. SCOTT to c.c:r .U . anel 2nd Lieutenant, RI.A.S.C. J. C. C. SHAPLAND t o Major. . B. ]. SPILLER t o Lieutenant and Captam. T. N. H. WELLS to c.C.T.U. a nd 2nd Lieutenant , R.A. R. M. D. W ILLCOCKS to Captai n.

P. C. WILLIAMS to Captai n and to Major. G. WILLSDON to O.C.T.U. and to 2nd Lieutcnant, Lcicestershire Regiment. D. N. WILl\!ER to 2nd Lieutenant, H..A. H. P. WORTHAM to Lieutenant. G. A. YOUNG to Lieutenant and to Captain. J. S. YOUNG to O.C.l'.U. and to 2nd Lieutenant, RA. W. C. YOUNG t o Lieutenant.

ROYAL AIR FORCE C. S. EMDEN to Flight Lieutenant and to Squadron Leader. J. D. HORE-KENNARD to Pilot Officer (Observer) , R .C.A.F. A. J. B. HUGHES to Sergeant-Observer and to Pilot Omcer. M. C. KAROP to Leading Aircraftman. G. L. SEA8ROOK to Squadron Leader. J. P. TAYLOR to Leading Aircraftman.

ADMJNlSTRATIVE. SIR

FREDERICK BOVEN5CHEN, K.B.E. , C.B., Joint Permanent Under-Secretary of State lor War.

Decorations and Mentions SQUADRON-LEADER C. S. EMDEN, D.F.C., Mentioned in Despatches. COLONEL (T/BRIGADIER) E. D. FANSHAWE, Awarded C.B.E. in New Year Honours. MAJOR L. W . KENNAN, RA.S.C., Awarded M.B.E. (Military Division) for gallantry and resource in evacuating his unit from Belgium and France, June, 1040. LIKUTENANT-COLONEL J. H. MOWLL, T.D ., Awarded M.B.E. in New Year Honours.

EIGHTH LIST

O.K.S. KNOWN TO

BE SERVING

ROYAL NAVY P. C. J. BRUNET, 1935-39, Leading Aircraftman, F leet Air Arm .

G. W. M. CARTER, 1 921~7, Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, RN .V.R. (see also List II, Civil Defe nce, etc. ) L . A. KENNY, 1920-:l7, Ordinarv Seaman, RN.V.R. D. S. MADGE, 1936-40, Ordinary Seaman, RN.V,R. K . S. MADGE, lQ36-40, Ordinary Coder, R.N.V.n. ,~r. R. MOWLL, 1019-27, Writer, R.N.

THE ARMY. R. W. ALLISON, 1936-40, Gunner RA . A. P. BEALE, 1931-41. TlOoper, RA.C. R. N. CAP EL-SMITH, 1935-39, 2nd Lieutenant, RA.S.C. transferred to RI.A.S.C. A. B. COWLEY , 1010-12, Lieutenant, RA.M.C. F. E. B. HEESOM, 1927-33, Lieutenant, Army D ental Corps. D. C. FRENCH, 1035-39, Private, R A.M.C. L . C. 1\'L HARTLEy-SHARPE, 1920-24, Captai n, Intelligence Corps. P. 1. HILL, 1031-35, Lance-Corporal. Iri sh Guards. T. L. IREMONGER, 1930-34, Fiji Defcnce Force. A. M. LANGI-ANDS, 1935-40, 2nd Lieutenant, Gurkha Rifles. G. A. LEMAN, 1936-38, 2nd Lieutena nt, RA. C. J. G. MACKENZIE-KENNEDY, 1935-4.0, 2nd Lieutenant, King's African Rifles. E. M. L OCK , 1035-40, Gunner, RA. . ] . A. NORTH OVER, 1037-41, Private, K.R.R.C. H. R N. PRICE, 1036-40, Private, R.A.O.C. A. H. SCOTT, 1910-11 , Major, Pioneer Corps. H. A. TURNOR, 1939-41, Trooper, RA.C. M. WALSH, 1037-41, Private, East Suffolk R egiment. J. S. YOUNG, 1924-20, Private, London Scottish.

ROYAL AIR FORCE.

J. C. BAKER, ]935-39, Aircra~tman: J M. CREMER, 1934-41, l.eadmg Alrcraftman,

(training as Pilot)

R' A. W. GROVE, 1936-41, Leading Airc ra ft-man.

T. HEWLETT, 1931 -35, Pilot Officer. p:,L C.G. HILTON, 1932-36, Pilol.Officer. l\IHLORlE, l:catling Ail'craftman (traini ng as P ilot). ~l.

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MALL01UE, 1936-40, Alrcraftmall (training as Pilot). J.I. l\IlTCHELL, 1031-4q, Aircraftman. J D. }"Ioss, 1037-39, AHcraftman 2nd Class (training as Pilot) p'. C. SIMMS, 1035-38, Aircl'aftman 1st Class. . J. A. VANE, 1937-30, Leading Aircraftman. M. B. WILLIA}lS, 1932-35, Cad.et (se.e al so List III , Administrative). G. A. J. WOOD, 1037-40. Leadmg Atrcraftmall (training as Pilot) .

ADMINISTRATIVE , CML DEFENCE AND HOME

GUARD.

P. G. P. ALLISTON, 1030-39 , Home Guard. F. N. HOLT, 1005-12, Major, Home Guard. W. J. S. PRICE, 1899- 1900, Singapore Police. RBv. H. SPENCE, 1004-1 1, Superintendent Public Air Raid Shelters P. STEINMANN, 1935-37, Ch ief Officer, Ministry of War Transport. . T. G. WILDE, 1920-26, Government Communications.

WOUNDED. 2nd LIEUTENANT P. I. HILL, 1931-35, B lack Watch, (three times.) PRISONERS OF

WAR.

P:!LOT-OFFICER G. II. l-IILl., 1030-35, RA.F.V.R., (previously reported Missinrr List VII) PILOT-OFl'lCER D. PAGE, 193 1-40. I)"

ROLL OF HONOUR. FLYING 0I!FICE?~ D. <? GLENNIE, 1032-37, (previously reported Missinrr List VI) now Ilresumed Killed m Action. 0 FLYING OFFICER .J. M. H. SARGENT. 1031 -36. Reported Mi ssing over enemy territory, December, 1041, now presumed I<i1Ied in Action.

MASTERS. G W. AVERY, D.C.L.I., promoted Captain.

J. H. CORNER, transferred to Intelligence Corps.

N.B.-The R~cord can only be kept up-to-date with the co-operation of servmg O.K.S. and of their relatives. Please send any available information about yourself or others to Kenneth T homas, Red bury, Oakwood Avenue, Purley, Surrey.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. R.N.C. DARTMOUTH.

Won

2-I.

This had promised to be one of the most interesting games of the season , and with rfcct conditions for play we were not to be disappointed. The teams were evenly ~atched and the School combined well for the first time. Dart~outh opened the scoring froI11 the wing whIle Hatton was unslghted, but t1le School replted wIth a skIlful attack, and after some hard work by the forwards, a well-placed shot by Butcher .evened the score. This was followed almost IInmedlately by a hard shot from Peto whIch resulted in a further goal. The remainder of the game saw good football both in a ttck and defence McVarish and Ommanney bemg outstandmg. The School played much better tha n at any time this season, and considerable credit is due to the Dartmouth goalkeeper, but for whose excellent play we should undoubtedly have scored several more times. KING'S SCHOOL v.

R.N.E.C. KEYHAM.

Lost 1-4.

The School was not used to a small pitch and this had a marked ef(ect on the play: also they had an early set back when Keyham took the lead with rather a lucky shot. However, the School attacked for the remainder of the half but the forwards could not get used to being cramped so much, and as result there was no further score. When play was resumed Keyham attacked hard and the School defence seemed unable to cope with it : three more goals were added by Keyham but shortly before the final whistle the forwards broke away and Butcher scored. KING'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE.

Drawn

2- 2.

This game was played on a dry ground, with a light wind blowing and therefore necessitated good ball control, a department of the game in which Highgate showed themselves superior. The Highgate side was not as strong as that which played last year but it was obvious from the start that the School faced a formidable opponent. Play was even throughout the first half, the dribbling and passing of the halves on both sides being particularl y good. Highgate were the first to score from a break through on the wing and there was no furth er score till after half-time. The second half found the School attacking but strong defence work prevented them from scoring. Highgate scored again, but the School replied quickly from a free kick: later Peto equalised aft er a break through on his own. There was no further scoring during the game, this being due to some particularly good defence work by Robertson for the School and Thornton, the Highgate captain .

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HOCKEY KING'S SCHOOL v. PLYMOUTH COLLEGE. The School. although without any match practice, played a fast game and showed some very good stick work despite a rough ground. Plymouth scored in the first te minutes mainly because. we had not settled down; but as the def~nce gained confiden~ we clearly mastered theIr attack, wIth Hughes. Ommanney and SImpson playing a very good game. The forwards naturally had no elaborate combination but played con. sistently to Chatterton on the wing and we equalised through Birkett before half-time ' afterwards for twenty minutes (he team played really welI and Birkett and Butch" scored goals. Plymouth ralIied strongly at the end, scored a second goal and were 0111; prevented from equalising by an excellent save by Stern. Plymouth

King's School 3.

KING'S SCHOOL v. CLIFTON COLLEGE. At Bude we were up against a more exp.erienced side but with the help of a slope and some excelIent defence, particularly by Simpson, Hughes and Ommanney the first half was evenly contested and at half-time there was no score. Afterwards because of good half play we held our own until the last twenty minutes when the fast Clifton forwards combined well and scored three goals. A very good game on which the team deserves to be congratulated. King's School o. Clifton 3. KING'S SCHOOL v. RA.F. TRAINING WING, NEWQUAY. The ground was vaguely mountainous and the RA.F. very vigorous and definitely superior. They carried everything before them and in a very fast game decisively defeated the School. RA.F. 6. King's School o.

OXFORD LETTER.

Dear Sirs, After the miscarriage last term of our communication with the School it is with considerable misgiving that we face our present task. However, since there is reasonÂˇ able hope of this attaining publication we will attempt to draw a faithful, if brief, sketch of O.K.S. activities in war-time Oxford. The dean of contemporary O.K.S. up here is surely B. J. Wigan, of Cuddesdon Theological ColIege. He has been seen in the dim, religious light of BlackwelI's ' secondhand' recesses, but his air of intense preoccupation discouraged any attempt to engage in conversation. We suppose he still studies Coptic and Sy'riac. In the smoking-room of the Union we were aware of T. Stapleton of University ColIege peering uncertainly

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r the top of the Financial Tintes. We have found D. Gall of the Queen's College ovech more communicative: he has told us of his work and of his skating. E. ~:'1mbers of Oriel College now lives in entirely inacce~sible digs, and is engaged, we believe, in workmg. W.e must record an encour;ter WIth G . M. Scott, of Brasenose College, but the recogmtror; was not mutual, and m our surprIse at seemg hIm walking along Cornmarket we let 111m pass unchalIenged. Llewellyn-Smith (ne W. L. Smith) of Trinity, is still Hon. Secretary of the Oxford French Club. The French Club presented :' La Guerre de Troic n'aura pas Lien" and we are told that Llewellyn-SmIth appeared 111 the demode, If not rIsque, attire of a Greek warrior. We wonder if there can be any connection between this and the fact that he always appears to consider it ' de rigueur ' to wear his battle-dress trousers with whatever else he happens to be wearing, thereby contributing much to the sartorial decadence of Oxford. He reads French. G. L. Taylor also belongs to Trinity, but as a Home Student, living far up the Banbury Road. I. K. Meek is at New College reading the shortened Hons. course in history. He made his maiden speech to the House in a recent Union debate : he has fenced and played squash. P. Holmer at Ball iol is an ardent member of the Revue Club, though there has been no performance this term. He also is to be seen sitting on the Conservative benches at the Union, a neatly furled umbrella between his knees, longing to speak if only he could think of something to say. He, too, fences. When last seen he was contemplating challenging to a dual the Editor of "The Cherwell ", a magazine, Sirs, if we may say so, far inferior to yours, its Editor being unable to recognize Ho~ner's literary genius, which his very name renders unquestionable. N. Scarfe of Magdalen has also joined the Union, besides being an enthusiastic member of the Oxford Musical Club. He becomes passionate on the subj ect of the' Eroica " and we noticed him in the Sheldonian when the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed there under Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Scarfe has been rowing this term, and we walked along the tow-path one February. afternoon to watch him straining every nerve and most muscles to get into the Magdalen and New College eight . He and Holmer are both reading Modern Greats, and are faced with prospect of' Schools ' at the beginning of the Easter Vac.

We were very pleased to receive a visit from H. P. Wortham, who gave uS news of our contemporaries at Cambridge, and from C. A. B. Clemetson, who brought interesting news of the School. We should like to report that all is well with us, and that we manage to persuade ourselves that eight hours a week of S:r. C. parade is fully compensated by such events as a week of Sadler's Wells Ballet. We send our very best wishes to the School. Remaining, Sirs, Your obedient servants, O.K.S. Oxon.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Dear School, Ther e is really little to record: rarely can Cambridge O.KS. have succeeded so admirably in doing absolutely nothing. True, they have solved the fate of kings and empires in an afternoon's discussion,-only one step, indeed, behmd the Fuehrer himself. But this is scarcely matter for a letter. We have made our termly round of calls. P. Starnes (the doyen of the Cambridge O.KS .) and J. R. Williams we visited in John's, where both were making music furiously. G. B. Armstrong, also in J?hn'7 has become a huntin' shootin' man ; rumour and the unmistakable shape of his tlughs, wou~d have It he was even wearing jodphurs underneath his flannels. Which IS nothmg If not dlstressmg, and may be taken as a warning. We left Armstrong feeling slightly dazed, and made our way along KP. to see P. N. Porritt (Q.M.C.) . Alas, we' found him out .' His digs, it would ~;em , are shared wilh a curate. So we left a sad httle note on Ius desk (the note read Hlc et Ubi que ? ") , christened his companion in one of our brighter moments" Petty Curry", and made our way to Queens. Here we found another medico, P. B:adfield (Barts). who at once bewailed the near approach of first M.B., so we took the hmt, WIshed him success, and leaving him to pour his nasty little messes down the sink t urned into KP. once more, and into Corpus. First to see O. K. J ohnson, who has apparently taken a six-months' season ticket for" the Gods" . At any rate we toiled up seventy stairs to his room under the tiles. (It is said he's more often on than under them, but this we hardly credit) . He is here for a two term's course with the Engineers. Down again,-sixty-nine, seventy,- to visit G. L. Clarke (also Corpus), whom we were glad to find so fit again after his unfortunate illness. He plays hockey,- had freshers' and finals' trials,- and has been awarded his college colours. We offer him our congratulations. From him down into the fmc Old Court of Corpus to see O. C. Watson, who has lost his lean and hungry look, but still seems slightly determined to be an aesthete. At any rate his rooms are charming, and his neckties admirable. There remained three other O.KS. to visit, all medicos, and all "men of Cambridge" so to speak, as distinct from " Cambridge men": C. W. A. Lovatt (Bart's), pendulous, and a model of sartorial elegance: R. M. G. Layland (Middlesex). who has passed his first examination, and graduated to the Anatomy Table ; and P. Ballantyne, who was in a hurry, and left his address as the" Baron of Beef". There we h ave made a faithful record! We are sorry to hear there is no-one coming up next term from the School to join, us: even a year in Cambridge before being called up is, we feel sure, mvaluable. 1here remams to thank Dr. Budd for hiS hospitality this term, (his O.1<.S. party was the first smce the war, a nd sometlllng of an event)Âˇ to record our pleasure at seemg W. H. P . Sampson, A. D. Wilson, and J. B. Lovatt i~ Cambridge this term; and finally to wish the School good luck for next term. O.KS. Cantab. 66

THE CANTUARIAN THE BISHOP OF KHARTOUM'S LETTER. In a recent letter wri tten" while stranded for four days in a mosquito-ridden spot ,e River Nile ", the Bishop of Khartoum, Dr. Gelsthorpe, O. K S. (190B-II) , tl on . . 0 f l11S ' (lOr.esc. l' describes the con d'Itlon He says that he " would certainly prefer to be in the Western Desert now that o rations have begun, but one ha~ to take thi ngs just as they come, a nd in real it)' by missionary work here m the Southern Sudan for 4 months one IS domg the n ght dre,g Oil . . e wh en t I1e warId IS . thing. It is a joy to be dOing a real Iy construch.ve war Ic at a tlln bllsy destroymg. "The Diocese has now been extended to incl ude Aby ssinia and Aden, so one's life is ol1e long contin~ou~ travelling .... '.. I saw quite a lot of t he Emperor. of A.byssinia. He is good Chrishan m hIS personal hfe and has an Imposmg presence m spite of Ius shortness of stature, but he is not a strong man; and I feel anxious as to how he will 1111 through these difficult years. He will need much help. I wish I had made more headway with the French language at School. When I first met His Majest,Y he ~sked me to speak in French. After one or two sentences, however, he said: It WIll be better if you speak in English! ' " Speaking of the Catholic Missionaries, the Bishop says :" They live hard disciplined lives, and it is good to see how they go about their work though as far as I can see they have made less progress with the people than the Chllr~h of England Missions 12 miles away' There are four Italian Sisters here. One has been here for 30 years and in this very conservative tribe has known only a handful of converts. Their lives are very peaceful and quiet, but in spite of discouragements they go with much zeal into the villages, talking to the women. . They are on parole. They have received and sent only one message of 20 words to their relatIOns 111 Italy for the last 18 months. They never ask for, or receive, any war news ; the last news bemg five months ago when they heard of the invasion of Russia. It has been a great inspiration to watch the lives of these faithful servants of Christ."

O.K.S. NEWS. Th e Editors invite the co-operation of O.K.S in strengthe1ting these items in "THE CANTUARIAN)' which are of parlicular interest to 0./(.5. They cannot themselves obtain much oj tile 11ccessary material, especially particulars oj promotions, and therefore remi1ul subscribers that all items of news are always welcome.

We offer congratulations to J. R. Williams (1935-39). on being elected F.R.C.O. P. A. D. KENT.-(1930-40) took a headlong dive into a disused gun mounting pit 6 feet deep just after scoring a try for Middlesex Hospital against an Army team last November. Fortunately he suffered nothing more than a torn muscle,.bruises and shock. Congratulations to C. L. Clements (1920- 26), who hopes to be married at Easter; and to Captain R. M. D. Willcocks, LA. (1926-30), on the birth of a daughter, and to R. H. G. Wild, (1923-29), who writes that he was married in March, 1940, to Miss Gwendolille Woodbridge.

THE CANTUARIAN . . Last December the Rev. Lewis F. Hake: (1872- 76); celebrated the dialn ond JubIlee of hIs ordInatIOn to the prIesthood. Mr Hake was ordained priest of R St. Thomas's Day, ISSI, and afterservin~ curacies at Wartky and Bournemouth ~e~I~lon vIcar of Wraysbury In IS95, whIch Itvll1g he held for thIrty-seven years S. ne · IIe has IIvee . I at B IS ' h op ' s Stortford, and has given valuable assistance . IIlce re t Irement t I"s surroundIng churches. 0 the THE MILITARY CROSS. SECOND-LIEUT. (ACTING L-r.) TIMOTHY BIRON (1902- 06) . The Leicestershire Regiment. On the night of the 22nd/23rd June, 1941, Lt. Biron carried out a long dl'sta b rought '1Il formatIOn . necessary to enable a successful night advance t, nce patroI W I'ch 1\ b made by two companies of his battali~n. He himself led the two companies on°th! 23rcl/24th June.. HIS patrollIng actIvItIes bet:veen ::Sth June and 9th July brought in useful InformatIOn, due largely to Lt. BIron's ImtIatIve and leadership. On th e night I oth /IIth JUly he was commanding one of the leading platoons of his company 1Il an attack on HIll 1293 north of DImas. Heavy automatic fire held up th advance. With great dash Lt. Biron led his platoon up the steep slope and car . c' . . I' ne,l one af t he enemy posItIOns at t Ie POInt of the bayonet, thus enabling the advance to proceed. Dunng the mornmg of the lIth July the two companies on this hill w heavily shelled and machine gunned a nd counter-attacked three times. By his perso er~ courage and fIne exa;nple Lt. Biron held his platoon together and inflicted many casll~II~. tles.on the enemy. fhroughout the day he ehsplayed splendid powers of leadership and InItIatIve.

BIRTHS GLENNIE.- On 24th SC]~tember, 1941, to Dorothy, wife of Flying Officer D. G. Glennie (1932- 37), (KIlled m actIon Apnl, 1941), a son, Ian Gordon. CARTWRIGHT-On 24th November, 1941, to Pamela, wife of Lt.-Col. (1918-1922)-a son.

J. M. F. Cartwright

ENGAGEMENT HEWLETT: BELL.-The engagement is announced between F loyd Hewlett, M.RC.S., L.RC.P. (1930-35), son of the late Professor R T . Hewlett and Mrs. Hewlett of Squires Cottage, Crawley Down, Sussex, and Barbara, daughter of the late Ca~on J. A. W. Bell and Mrs. Bell, of S Bedford Square, Brighton. EVANS: GROOM.- On 9th March, 1942, at Greenwich, Dr. Michael L. Hudson Evans (19 29- 32), youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. F. Hudson Evans to Winifred, youngesi daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Groom, of Carlton Crescent, Luton. 68

THE CANTUARIAN MARRIAGES NKINS: ROWBOTHAM.- On 17th January, 1942, 2nd Lt. R A. Sefton-Jenkins , (1928-37), younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Sefton-Jenkins, of Hong Kong and sydney, Australia, to Joan, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rowbotham, of Esher. [OWLL: SPANTON.- On 31St J anuary, 1942, Edward Worsfold Mowll, (1918-22), ~ eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Rutley Mowll, of Shephcrdswell, to Rosa Mary Spanton, only daughter of t he late Capt. Percy Spanton and Mrs. Spanton, of Shepherdswell.

JE R.E.,

OBITUARY DR FRANCIS HENRY MOSSE. Dr. Francis Henry Masse, 1899-1904, was a King's Scholar 1900, Senior Scholar 1903, Monit~r and Ford Student. .on, leaving Oxford in 1905 he won the Worsley Medical MissIOnary ScholarshIp to Kmg.s College, London, where he qualIfied M.RC.S.: L.R.C.P. in 1913, and went out to Chma as a MedIcal MISSIOnary after a few Jl.ears experience in England. In 1914-18 he served as a Captam m the ll.A.iVI.C: m Egypt and Palestine. We quote, by kmd penmsslOn of S.P.G. from the apprecIatIons of hIm in" Oversea News ". " Dr. ' Robin' Masse, for twenty years Physician at the Cheeloo Christian University, Shantung, was typical of all that is best in the offering of West to East. In an age when knowledge is prostituted to the service of destruction, his life was given to the art of healing; when speed and money-makmg are the senseless Idols of half the world, he was content to work quietly for the future, teaching students without thought of weaith or fame; in an age when God is ridiculed or ignored, his deep faith burned like a beacon .... his chief work was the training of Chinese medical students, both men and women. "A picked group of the finest students in the world" he called them, and himself" the happiest man in Asia" to be able to serve them ..... ... he will live again in the lives of many Chinese whose faith wa,s first kindled by contact with his inspiring personality . . ..... His students, his COlleagues, all his friends praise God t hat they ever met so reverent and gay a spirit ...... His death at the earl y age of 56 is a tragedy for his family and a sore loss for Cheeloo; but the Church which nurtured him and the Society which sponsored his work in China can feel nothing but joy in a life of such complete and fruitful self-giving." FLYING OFFICER D. G. GLENNIE, 1932-37. Donald Gordon Glennie was a Senior Scholar and a School Monitor, a Sergeant in the O.T.C., Han. Secretary of the Harvey Society, a member of the Upper Sixth, and, on leaving School won a Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the RA.F.V.R as a Pilot Officer on the outbreak of war. He was a bomber pilot, and he and his crew lost their lives as the result of enemy action on the 8th-9th April, and are buried at Prutz, and our sympathy goes out to his widow and his family.

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Mr. Olsson writes: -" Donald Glennie, of the Grange, was something of an insft tion. In days of change and turmoil he remained always his kindly, steady re]j~buÂ self. This steady fidelity to things in which he believed and which he loved g~ined I Ie him the respect and affection of all with whom he came in contact." Or His early death will be felt has a personal loss by many whn knew him here at School.

FLYING OFFICER

M. H. SARGENT, 1931-36 AND

PRIVATE M. C. T. SARGENT, 1934-37. Our sincerest sympathy goes out to the Rev. L. C. Sargent (1907-10) and Mrs Sargent in the double bereavement that the war has brought to them. John Michaei Hewlett Sargent was a King's Scholar, a member of the sixth Form and a House Monitor of School House. He was a sergeant in the o:r.c. and a prominent member, for two years, of the P.T. Squad. He was also Silver Bugler, and Hon. Secretary of the Debatin" and Marlowe Societies. He passed direct into Woolwich , and on the outbreak 01 wa~ was serving in the Royal Tank Regiment, as Wireless Instructor and Officer ilc P.T. He. transferred to the Royal Air Force in October, 1940, and was shot down over enemy territory in December last. His younger brother, Miles, left School rather early to study languages abroad. He enlisted in the Essex Regiment when war broke out, and was killed in action in France in May, 1940, at the age of nineteen. JOHN THORN-DRURY (1891- 96). We recorded the death of John Thorn-Drury in the December issue 01" Tlte Cantua.ian," but we have since receive the following appreciation of him from a correspondent:" He was held in the highest regard by the Magistrates and all who practised in his Courts for he had the qualities, so dear to the average Englishman, of a sense of lair play, while his kindliness and charm endeared him to many. As an advocate he was tactful, succinct and attractive. He was much esteemed by the members of his own profession, several of whom attended his funeral. He had a cultured mind with literary tastes. He had a great love for Robert Louis Stevenson and his works. French history, particularly the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods made a great appeal to him, and whenever possible he spent his holidays in France. He was also musical and possessed a fme sense of humour. A devotee of the Canterbury Cricket Week, he was always to be seen there in his O.K.S. tie. Indeed he has left a name to be cherished and in every way worthy of his old school. " 70

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LIST OF BOOKS REQUIRED FOR PRISONERS OF WAR (Continued)

CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL WORKS. N.B. These are longer and more costly than Text and per 56 much less valuable, yet they may be very necessary to a beginner working alone. It is, therefore, a nice problem what balance you should hold between B. and C. lists. It largely depends on whether there happens to be a more or less mature scholar in the Camp to which you are sending, (in which case I should limit C books very rigidly) or whether they will have to start from scratch. Epic and Romance English Lit . Med. Man's Unconquerable Mind Beowulf and the VIIth Century Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics William Shakespeare, A Study, etc. Religion and Rise of Capitalism Shakespeare Studies ...... Shakespeare Criticisms Spenser's Faerie Queene XVIIth Century Background Milton Handbook Life of Pope ...... English Novel Survey of English Literature 1730-80 1780- 1830

D. THEORY OF LITERATURE. Principles of Lit . Criticism Scepticism and Poetry Poetic Diction Archetypal Patterns in Poetry Romanticism

W. P. Ker do. N. W. Chambers R. Girvan J. R. R. Tolkien E. K. Chambers R. H. Tawney E. E. Stoll D. Nichol Smith Janet Spens Basil Willey Hanford Leslie Stephen W. Raleigh O. Elton do. 1. A. Richards D. G. James A. O. Barfield Maud Bodkin L. Abercrombie

E. DICTIONARIES (i.e. the smallest and cheapest) Sweet Students Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon ...... Stratman's Middle English Dictionary ed. Bradley Concise Etymological Dictionary of English Language Sweet F. WORKS IN OTHER LANGUACEs-very necessary to be known by Students of English. The Bible (Specially historical books of O.T., Song of Solomon, Psalms & Gospels, Virgil (Specially Aeneid) . Ovid (Metamorphoses and De Arte Amons) Statius (Thebais) Boethius (De Consolatione Philosophiae) Dante (Divine Comedy. Trans. Cary) Geoffery of Monmouth History of Britain Trans. Evans Aristotle Poetics - any translation. 7'

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following and apologise for a omissions: ny

The Blundellian. Bradfield College Chronicle, The Bryanston Sa a The Cranbrookian, The Dovorian, The Glenalmond Chronicle, The Hail~y: burian, The Hurst J ohnian, The Journal of The H onourable Artiller Company, The King's School Magazine , The Lancing College Magazi1/~ The Manwoodian, The Marlb~lrian, The Meteor (2), T he Roffensian Rossall1:an, The St. Edward's School Chronicle, T he St. Edmund's School Chronicle, The Salopian , The Stonyhurst Magazine. The Sutton Valence S chool Magazine, The Tonbridgian.

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H. HOCKING

PRINTER ST. AUSTELL

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WAR RECORD No.9-JULY, 1942 Promo

,,'oos nnd Transfers since February, 1942.

P C J

ROYAL NAVY BRUNET

to Sub. Lieutenant (A) R.N .V.R,

ei \V. M. CARTER t,;> Paymaster Lieutenant. J 'N. B. LAINE to ~lellt.enant. R.N.V.R. Ii J MARTIN to Midshipman (A), R.N.V.R.

p' S: w. ROBERTS to Lieut~nant. H' M SAROISSON to Sub-Lieutenant. A' H' SHELSWELL To Surgeon-Commander, R.N.V.R. R: T: TRwp to Lieutenant-Commander.

THE ARMY I F AuCOTI to Staff-Captain. A p BARRY to 2nd Lieutenant, R .C.S. 0: S: BLUNT to Colonel. P. N. CALDECOTI-SM ITH to D.C.T.U. and ,to 2nd Lieutenanr, Royal Berkshire Regiment. H. F. CHILTON to D.C.T.U. and to 2nd Lieutenant, R.A.O.C. J. CORDEN to Lance-Corporal. R. CORUEN fromR.A. to Parachute Corps. M. B. CREED to Lieutenant and to Captain and Adjutant. G. N. M. DARWALL to Captain. P. DOWMAN to Lieutenant, Arab Force. A. G. EYRe to 2nd Lieutena nt, R.A., and transferred to Reserve for Colonial Civil Service. R. F. FENN to O.C.T.U., RA. A. J. GREY to Lance-Corporal. F. F. HADDOCK to Major. W. N. HAYES to Capta in. P. I. HILL to Lieutenant. A. B. HOLT-WILSON to L ieutenant. O. K. JOHNSON to O.C.T.V. A. G. KINNAIRD to Lieutenant and Captain. J. S. LINNELL to Captai n, Intelligence Corps. O. T. NE1TLETON to Lieutenant and Capta in. A. H. S. NORTHCOTE to Captain and TjMajor. J. A. NORTHOVER to O.C.T.V. R. M. MARSHALL to Captain. A. D. PARSONS to 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. J. D. PETTI FER to 2nd Lieutenant, Signals, I.A. J. F. ROlliNSON to Lieutenant. R. H. ROTHERY transferred from R.I.A.S.C. to Cavalry. J. L. ROWBOTHAM to O.C.T.U., I.A. W. A. P. SAMPSON to Lieutenant. , R. G. SLOAN to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.A.s.C. M. S. SPARK to Lance-Corporal. B. H. THOMAS to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, Intelligence Corps. R. J. TuRK to Lance-Corpora l. T. N. H. WELLS transferred from R.A. to R.A.S.C. D. E. WILMER to 2nd L ieutenant, R.A.O.C. A. D. WILSON to Lance-Corporal and to O.C.T.V. H. P. WORTHAM to Captai n.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE P. D. BOWEN to Flying Officer and Flight Lieutenant. H . B. T . CHILDS to Wjng~Command er. J . H . CoLLIER to O.C.T.U. "and to Pilot O'fficer, R.A.F.V.R. C. H. GADNEY to Squadron Leader. F. E. HARTE-LovELACE to Flying Officer and to Flight Lieutenant. A. H, H ARTE-LoVELACE to Flight Lieutenant and Instructor. H. A, S. J OHNSTON to Flight Lieutenant. D. R. NEVE to Sergeant. W. J. NOTT to Flight Lieutenant. S. REEVES to Flying Officer. M. SAVAGE to Squadron Leader. O. S. SMYTHE to Pilot Officer and Instructor. H . M. WILLIAMS to Flying Officer, D. P. WADE to Flying Officer and to Flight Lieutenant. D. B. YOUNG to Pilot Officer. . Decorations and Mentions SUD-LIEUTENANT W. G. COLTHAM. R,I.N .• Mentioned in Dispatches for operations at Bhandar Gulf LIEUTENANT-CoLONEL W. E. DEAN, Mentioned in Dispatches. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT H. A. S. JOHNSTON, R.A.F.V.R., Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross T / MMOR E. M. KEMEYS·JENKIN, Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Military Cross. . T / MAJOR A. H . S. NORTIICOTE, Awarded the Military Cross. . LIEUTENANT P. S. W. ROBERTS, R.N., Awarded the Victoria Cross and the Distinguished ServiceCr~ . NINTH LIST OF O .K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERVING. ROYAL NAVY W. G. COLTHAM, 1927-31, Sub-Lieutenant, R.I.N. L. DEAN, 1915-22, Lieutenant, R.N.V .R . J. A. FAYTER, 1929-33, Cadet, R.M. REV. L. MASON, 1915- 16, Chaplain, RN. R. J. MARTIN, 1~35-40, Leading Naval Airman, RN.V.R. 1. F. PAXTON, 1929-34, Surgeon-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. G. M. WARD, 1936-38, Cadet, R .N. B. TiLTON, .1 937-41, Ordinary Seaman, RN.V.R THE ARMY S. L. ANDERSON, 1936-40, Gunner, R .A. W. R. H. BEESTON, 1936-40, Trooper, RA.C. J. CoRDEN, 1936-42, Private, Somerset L.I. R. O. CROUCH, 1926--29, 2nd Lieutenant, R.A:C. H. G. EGERTON-JONES, 1921- 26, Driver, N .Z.A.S.C. N . W. GILL, 1932-36, Lieutenant, Indian Medical Service. A. I. GREY, 1937-4 1, Private, The Duffs. J. D. HANDMAN, 1920-24,.Lieutenant,lndian Arp1Y. J. R. H AYES, 1903-05, Major, R.A.O.C. . L. J. H EATHCOTE, 1936--39, Sergeant, N.Z. Forces. O . K. JOH NSON, 1936--41, Sapper, R .E. ' E. M. KEMEYS-JENKIN, 1920, Captain, T/Major, Punjab Regiment, LA. D. C. D : KENNEDY, 1920- 30, Lieutenant, North Staffordshire Regiment. D. LAMPARD, 1937-42, Guardsman, Welsh Guards. A. D. PARSONS, 1937- 39, O.C.T.V., R.A. A. A. RANDALL, 1937- 39, O.C.T .V., LA. R. G. SLOAN, 1925- 29, Gunner, N.Z. Anti-Tank Battery.

C E. SMITH, 1926--35, fusilier, Royal W~lsh Fusiliers. J. S. SPARK, 1937-4 1, Pnvate, Dor~et Regiment . ~·W. SWINHOE-PHELAN, 1937-41, Signalman, R.C.S. iI G. TILTON, 1930-33, O.C.T.V.,I.A. . . J TURK 1937-40. Pnvate, The Buffs. ~: VIVIAN DAVIES, 193.5-40, Sapper. R.E. D E WILMER, 1928- 32, O.C.T.V. ".' D'. WILSON, 1934-40, Slgmflman, R .C.S. ROYAL AIR FORCE P G. P. ALLISTON, ·1936-39, A/C.2:, R.A.F.V.R . . . . ,.' H. CoLLIER, 1935- 39, Leadmg Alrcraftman, RA.F.V.R (trammg as Pilot) B C CoLSON, 1937- 39, A/C2, R.A.F.V.R. FERN, 1932-41, Leading Aircraftman, R.A.F.V.R. D. GAASTRA, 1937- 39, Cadet, R.A .F.V.R. P. GAASTRA, 1937- 39, Cadet, R.A.F.V.R . S E GLEGG, 1937-41 , A/CZ, R.A.F.V.R. p' L' HARTE-LoVELACE, 1936-40, Leading Aircraftman, RA.F.V.R. (training as Pilot). W H. P. HAYES, 1936-40, Leading Aircraftman, R.A.F.V.R. G' A LoMAS, 1935- 39, Leading Aircraftman, R .A.F.V.R. (Training as Pilot). s.' c.' MEIKLEJOHN, 1927- 29 (at School, Samuel) Aircraftman. G P. MORRIS, 1937-40, A/C2, R .A.F.V.R . p · S. PAlNE, 1931- 37, Leading Aircraftman, R.A.F.V.R., (training as Observer). J' K. PURVIS, 1935- 39, Leading Aircraftman, R.A.F.V.R. (training as Pilot). C. A. YATES, 1930- 38, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Regiment. R. L. G. SUTCLIFFE, 1931-40, Sergeant, WIO, R.A.F.V.R.

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ADMINISTRATIVE, CIVIL DEFENCE, HOME GUARD. ETC. REv. H. P. H . A.uSTBN, 1891-96, Group Leader, Special Constables. 0. C. BUTCHER, 1922-26, Home Guard, Cairo. Rsv. R. F. CARTWRIGHT, 1927-32, Air Raid Warden. L. R. CooPER, 1897-1901, Capta in and Adjutant Home Guard, and Civil Defence Officer, Orand Falls, Newfoundland. J. V. GAMON, 1937-40, Captain's Writer, Merchant Navy. O. E. HAYES, 1898- 1906, Munition Work, Canada. H. H. HAYES, 1898-05, Private Home Guard (see also List 2, Administrative). ... H. M. HAYES, 1903- 06, Special Constable, Montreal. B. TAYLOR, 1918-27, Home Guard. H. TOWNSHEND, 1904-09, Lieutenant, Home Guard, (See also List 2, Administrative). W. J. S. PRICE, 1899-1909, Joined Singapore Police on arrival in Singapore from Malayan mainland. . A. JACOB, 1922-25, War Correspondent, Middle East . WOVNDED 2ND lIEUTENAf'IT A. M. DEAN, 1934-40, Queen's Bays, R.A.C. 2ND LIEUTENANT, J. B. GOUDGE, 1935-40, Gurkha Regiment. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT H. A. S. JOHNSTON, D.F.C., 1922- 32, R .A.F.V.R. CAPTAIN F. F . HADDOCK, 1922- 26, Royal Sussex Regiment. TfMAJOR A. H. S. NORTHCOTE, M.C., . 1927-33, South Lancashire Reg iment.

PRISONERS OF WAR LIEUT.-COLONEL. W. E. DEAN, 1908- 15, Frontier Force Regiment. FLYING OFFICER S. REEVES, 1926- 35, R.A.F. A. P. D. KENNEDY, 1920- 27, Civilian Prisoner, Shanghai.

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1 MISS ING MAJOR L. W. KENNAN, M.RE., 1928- 32, R.A,S.C., Singapore ..-

LIEUTENANT W. A. P. SAMPSON, 1932-36, R.A., Singapore. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT D. P. WADE, 1930- 34, R.A.F. Missing, believed killed in action. 2ND LIBUTENANT G . W I LLSDON, 1935-40, Leicestcrsh ire Regiment , S ingapore. W. J. S. PR ICE, 1899- 1909, Singapore Polite.

ROLL OF HONOU R CAPTAIN A. G. KINNAIRD, 1929-35, K illed in Act ion. 2ND LLBUTENANT P. N. MACDOUGALL, 1933-40, Argyll a nd Sutherland Highlanders, Died on Active Service. PAYMASTER SUB-LIEUTENANT J. R. B. SIDEllOTHAM •• 1934-38, R.N ., Missing, presumed Killed in Action, H .M.S. Dorsetshire. CAPTAIN R. E. MARTIN, 1905-09, Ceylon Defence Porce, Lost at Sea by enemy action on a voyage fro m England to Ceylon. SERGEANT D. R. NEVE, 1936-3 9, R.A.F.V.R., Previously reported Miss ing, now known to have been K illed in Action. PILOT OFFICER G. C. SMYTHE, 1937-39, R.A.F.Y.R., D ied on Act ive Service. B. TAYLOR, 1918- 27, Killed on Fire Watching D uty in Air Raid, March, 1942. FLIGHT.LrEUTENANT H. M. WILLIAMS, 1929-33, Ki lled on Active Service.

MASTERS

D. Moss, 1937--40, Bomb Disposal Squad. H . R. ROACH, 1938-42, P rivate, n .c. L.I. 1. H. CoRNER, promoted La nce~Corpora1. N,B. T his R ecord can o nly be kept u p-to~date by the help of O.K .S. and their relatives. Please send any information about you~self or others to- K enneth Thomas; Redbury, Oakwood Avenue, P urley, Surrey.

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CALENDAR

EDITORIAL

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EDITORIAL NOTES •• . THE VISIT OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF K ENT

THE SCHOOL

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VIRTUTE FuNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES VALETE SALVETE

SPEECH D AY

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SCHOOL SOCIETIES •••

THE TERM'S MUSIC L ECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS

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HOME GUARD

"CINDERELLA" - THB S CHOOL LABOUR SCHEME

THE LIBRARY

ATHLETICS

C RICKET

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SWIMMiNG

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TENNIS

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O XFORD LETTER

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ORIGINAL

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O .K.S. NEWS

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·9BITUARY NOTICES CORRESPONDENCE

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CONTEMPORARIES

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CALENDAR SUMMER TERM 1942

May

June

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Term begins JVTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. C.E.M.A. Concert

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ASCENSION DAY

VTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. ROGATION SUNDAY, Preacher: The Rev. F . S. Williams. Lecture~Recital: Russian folk songs. Alexis Chesnakov.

1st XI v St. Austell c.c. Home. ASCENSiON. Preacher.' The Chaplain. Pianoforte Recital: Edward Mitchell. Visit of Brig. Gen. Peter Winser, C.M.G., D .S.O. WHITSUNDAY. Preacher: The Rev. S. B. R. Poole. 1st XI v Highgate School (Home). TRINITY SUNDAY. Preacher.' Mr. Hugh Redwood.

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18 24 29 31 1 2 }Athletic Sports. 4 1st XI v Gresham's School, Holt (Home). 6 1st XI v Kelly College, Tavistock (Home). 7 1ST SUNDAY AFTE R TRIN ITY. Preacher: The Right Rev. Bishop Holden, D.O. 10 13

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Preacher: The Headmaster.

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Grand Opera Recital : Muriel Brunski ll , May Blyth, Walter Widdop. Eric Goldie. At the Piano: Robert Ainsworth. I Sl XI v Cl ifton College (Home). 1st Xl v Plymouth College (Away). lIND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Headmaster. Recital: Olive Groves a nd George Baker. 1st XI van R.A .F. team (Away). . 1st XI v Gresham's School, Holt (Away). IHRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams . School Concert. Visit ofDro. Charles, S.S.F. Lecture: The Art of Writing: Mr. Victor Mc Clure. 1st XI v Royal Nava l College, Dartmouth (Home). IVTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher,' The Very Rev. The Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.

1st Xl v Plymouth College (Home). Recital: Roy Henderson (Baritone). 1st XI v R.N.E.C., Keyham (Away). VTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher,' The Headmaster. Lecture: Lord David Cecil. 1st XI van R.A.F. team (Home). VITH SUNDAY AFTER TRIN ITY. Preacher,' The Rev. H. Spence, O.K.S., Vicar ofSt. Martin's, Scarborough. Higher and Schoo l Certificate Examinations begin. Lecture: Play Production. Mr. Val Gielgud. VIITH SUNDAY AFTER TRIN ITY. Preacher: The Rev. Canon N. P. 'Williams," D.O., Lady Margaret, Professor of Divinity. Oxford. Lecture: The Navy. .. Taffrail." School Examinations.begin. VIlITH SUNDAY AFTER TR INITY. Preacher,' The Rev. F. S. Williams. Swimming Sports. Speech Day. 10.30 a.m. Commemoration Service. Preacher.' The Rev. H. J. FyneswClinton. O .K.S., Rector of 81. Magnus-the-Martyr, London. 2.30 p.m. Speeches. Term ends .

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. XIX. No.3.

SBPTBMBBR, 1942.

Since going to press we have learned the melancholy news of the death, on active service, of H.R.H. The Duke of Kent. His loss to the nation is obvious, and is also very real indeed to the King's School. In our next issue we hope to compose a more suitable notice of his work for us. Meanwhile, we join with Nation and Empire in extending our sympathy to H.R.H.'s bereaved family .

EDITORIAL The date of publication of this issue has bad to be postponed from the customary end of term until September. Such delays are, unfertunately, inevitable in these days, and it now seems likely that the CanlUal'iall will have to be published twice a year instead of terminally. We ask our readers, therefore, to forgive any delay that might occur in ' the future before they get their copies. , It has been a most successful and enj oyable term, and in many ways reminded us of the bappy days at Canterbury. It is difficult perhaps to single out anyone thing as the cause of this. It may be the strong feeli ng we get from being a self-enclosed community at Carlyon Bay or it may be our ever-increasing numbers which add to our confidence in the future. And there is no doubt at all that everyone, masters and boys alike, received great encouragement from the private visit graciously paid to us by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, President of the King's School Feast Society. Similarly, we felt great pride in the award of a V.C. to an O.K.S. It came as the welcome justification of a tradition so often now called into question. There was onl y one sorrowful note for us this term, and that was the raid on Canterbury. For three days the Luftwaffe, carrying out one of their so-called Baeddeker reprisal raids, did their worst to that beaut iful old city. The censorship does not permit 75

THE CANTUAR IA N us to say much, but pictures appearing in the newspapers give some idea of the damage The great Cathedral itself escaped, but the Precincts were heavily bombed . The School· like the Cathedral to which it historically belongs, came off fairly lightly. A small bomb scored a direct hit on the kitchen end of the Dining Hall and the new block of class rOO ms ·suffered from the blast. The Library also received some injury. But of the four boarding houses, two escaped scot fr~e and in the other two damage is confined to ceilings down windows out and a few surface cracks. They ca n easily be repaired and made habi ta bl~ within six months. Everyone will be relieved to know that the Norman Staircase is unbanned . Our sympathy goes out to the people of Canterbury. We wish, in a way, we could have been there to share the ordeal with them, but there could be no greater proof, if proof were indeed required, that the Governors and Headmaster were wise to insist that the School should move when it did.

EDITORIAL NOTES In reply to congratulations sent by the School to H.R.H. The Duke of Kent on the birth of his son, the following telegram was received: " Am desired by Duke of. Kent to as k you to convey to all at King's School his . incere thanks for kind message of congratulations. His Royal Highness much looking forward to visiting the school Friday. Pri va te Secretary.

The School was very proud to learn this term of the first V.c. to be awarded to an O.K.S. in this war, when the announcement of the exploit of Lieut. P. S. W. Roberts, R.N. {l931 - 1935) was made. A full account and a photograph appear elsewhere.

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The Cornish Riviera Club, into full possession of which ·we entered this term, has proved a great success. There has been a great increase in the use of the Swimming Pool, the Tennis, Squash and Badminton "Courts and we have been surprised to find to what uses the rest of the building can be put. It proved to be an excellent place for things so different, for example, as the Public Examinations and the Headmaster's Reception on Speech Day. It is definitely an acquisition of the first importance.

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The Headmaster has received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Canterbury for the contribution which amounted to just over £150, that the School was able to collect in the form of a subscription from the staff and the b9YS and send to the Fund to relieve Air R aid Distress in Canterbury.

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This term we welcome Mr. Harris, the Rev. S. B.-R. Poole and Mr. Voigt to their appointments as Housemasters of Meister Omers, School House and the Grange respectively. We should also like to thank the Headmaster, Mr. Olsson and Mr. Roach for the work and interest they showed as housemasters until the end of last term. We are 76

THE CANTUARIAN also fortunate in securing the addition to the staff this term, of Mr. Guy Kendall formerly Headmaster of University College School, and Mr. C. E. Minns. '

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We congratulate Sir Frederick Bovenschen, K.B.E., C.B., (1897-1903) on biB appointment, published early this year, as Joint Permanent Under Secretary of State for War.

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We also congratulate the Hon. T. S. Adams, C.M.G., (1893-1904) Cbief Commissioner, Northern Provinces of Nigeria, on being created a Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours of June, 1942.

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The School's best wisbes go to Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy, K.C.M.G., Governor aad Commander-in-Chief of Nyasaland, on his appointment as Governor and Commanderia-Chief of Mauritius. Sir Donald has always shown a keel' interest in the School-·his eldest son C. J. G. Mackenzie-Kennedy (1935-40) is commissioned in the King's African Riftes, and his two younger sons were both at the Junior School before returning to Africa_

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Our best wishes go to the Ven . T. K. Sopwith in his retirement from the Archdeaconry of Csnterbury. As a Governor and an O.K.S. he has proved a generous friend of the School.

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We congratulate the Archdeacon of Maidstone on his appointment to the senior Archdeaconry, that of Canterbury. We have two special links with him in that he is both an old boy of the School, and one of its Governors. We are very grateful for ·the Uvely interest he has always shown in us, and remember with pleasure his last visit to us in Cornwall in 1940.

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Just before the raid on Canterbury we decided to revert to our old printers there, Messrs. Gibbs and Sons. Fortunately, the blitz left them intact, and it is a pleasure to be back in their hands again.

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We owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. H. Hocking, of St. Austell, for his production of the Cantuarian for the past twelve months. Shortage of staff, however, has compell.ed him to restrict his business to his old-established customers. '

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Congratulations are due to D. F. Murray on his award of a History Exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford, and aloo on his appointment as a School Monitor.

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Congratulations also to J. W. S. Simpson on being ",-awarded his 1st XI Colours, to E. G. F. Johnson, St. J. O. Vern Me and r. Butcher on gaining their 1st XI .colours, and to G. A. H. Baker, D. F. Murray and J. P. B. Shepberd on being awarded their 1st String Alhletic Colours. 77

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THE VISIT OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT, JULY 10TH, 1942 It was in Canterbury, on May· 12th, 1938 that His Roya l Highness the Puke of \( first visited the School when he offi cially opened the new buildings which included a ent It brary,. assembly hall, dining hall and a ~ additional block of c1assroo'ms. Since ~w tllne HIS Royal HIghness has shown a conSIderable rnterest rn the School and its progreSsat In 1939 he beca me President of the King 's School Feast Society which was revived aft , the lapse of, a century, a nd in 1940 he intended to pay a visit on the 400th Anniversar ~f the , School s Re-fo und atlOl1. Unfortunately, however, unforeseen circumstances ~ vented His Royal Highness from comin g. We were therefore, very glad to leal'll that reo Fnday, J uly IOth.of thIs yea r he was able to pay the School a shor t pri vate visit. on T he Duke,. who was in the"·uniform ~f a.n Air C<? n~l11 od?re : and accompanied by an Equcrry, set an rnformal note from the begmnll1g by dn vrn g hIS own car a nd arriving with. out an escort. · H e was receIved by the Headmaster who presented to him the Rev. F. S WIllIams, the 'f{eadmaster orst. Edmun d's School. . A great part of his time was taken u' WIth a very thorough mspectlOn of the JUnIor Tratnll1g Corps and the Arr Tra ining Cor~ wh~ch were d raw n up rn a field at the SIde of the H otel, when HIS Royal HIghness spoke rnd lVldually to a la rge number of the cadets and therr o fficers. Following this inspection he took' t he salute at a march 'past of both Corps. . After tea H is Royal Highness,. incompany with the Head",aster and the Rev. F. S. WIIhams, Inspected most of the bwldrngs used by the School now, rn Its evacuated can. d ition ; the laboratories, classrooms, Chapel and assembly hall, a nd some of the do:mitories. H e obser ved, in his remarks to the Headm aster, how well the hotel and bUlld1l1gs near·b~ had been adapted for the purposes·of the School and ' commented on liS gc;>od f?rtune III ha v1l1g such a glonous localIty for Its temporary home while necessity o rd a1l1ed ItS bemg away from Canterbury. He spo ke to many members of the School perso nally, particul arly to those who had been at Canterbury. He was es pecially interested in how their present life at Ca rlyo n Bay co mpared wit h pre·war co nditio ns at Canterbury. A few weeks priol" to . the Royal visit, the Luftwaffe had made a " reprisal " raid on Canterbury. There was, unfortunately, general devastati o n in the City where many old and traditional buildingS were either partially or completely destroyed, and where much damage was done to residential areas and shoppin g centres; but the enemy were com· pletely unsuccessful in .their attempts to hit the Ca!hedral although there were a number of " near-misses, " many bombs fa ll ing in the precincts. As a result of these bombs in the Precincts so me of the School buildings were damaged. His R oyal ' Highness told the Headmaster that he had visited t he wounded city and had inspected the damage, especially that around the Cathedra l. He was grieved at the dest ruction which was everywhere so evident and he' commiserated wjth the School on the loss whicp it had suffered. . His Royal Highness was gratified to hea r of the School 's conti~ued progress despite the set· backs of war. , . After an extensive tour of the ground s, durin g which he commented on the progress of the School 's 'war effort in ihe vegetable ga rden, His Royal Highness bade good·bye to the Headmaster and drove off amid the cheers of both the Senior and the Junior Schools.

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THE CANTUARIAN

THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head

Captai n of School : P. J. L. KBNNABY. J. D. ARMSTRONG of School House S. C. ROBBRTSON of the Grange " . J. D. OMMANNBY of Walpole House C. A. CLEMBTSON of Meister Omers MONlTORS-

J D. ARMSTRONG, J. D. OMMAN NBY, J. H. BREESE, C. A. CLEMBTSON, D. M. HAMILTON, S. C. ROBBRTSON, D .. F. MURRAY.

HOUSE PREFECTSG . A. H. BAKER, T. H. BOULTDEB, C. R . B. BROWN, . M. G. CHATfERTON, J. A. B. HESLOP, D. H. HODKIN, P. H. SMITH, P. M. WEATHERH EA D. The Grange: M . T . DAVIES, A. G. GORDON, J. D. PATfERSON, J. P. SUGDBN. Walpole House: C. R. CHEADLE, W. M. ENDERBY, J. D. PORITf, SAO·SAO i, ST. J. O. VERNEDB. Meister Omers : P. A. B. GBTHI N, P. D . GRANT, H . M. GREGSON, M . W. SWINHOE,PHBLAN. M. G. CHATfERTON" Captain of Athletics ., J. D. OMMANNBY Captain of Cricket D. M. HAMI~TON. Captain of Swimming A. G. GORDON Captain of Tennis ....

School House:

EDITORS OF .. THB CANTUARIAN " D. ·ARMSTRONG.

1'. J. L.. KENNABY: J.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES J. CaREEN- Entered, Sept. '36;

Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept. '40; .School Monitor, May, '41; Captain of SCh001 and Head of Meister Omers, Sept, '41; 1st XI Cricket, ' 38, '39, '40, '4 1 ; Han. Sec. Cricket, '40; Captain of Rugger, '40, '41; 1st Athletics, '40, '41'; Captain of Athletics, '41; 1st XI Soccer, ' 41; Sergeant J.T.C., Dec., '41; Editor of The Cantuarian; Vice·President Debating Society; Han. Sec. Labour Committee. D. LAMPARD- Entered, May, '37; King's Scholar, '37; Head of Grange and School Monitor, Sept., '40; 1st Monitor, Sept., '41; 1st XV, '40,' '41; Captain of Swimming, '41; C.S .M . J.T.C., Jan, '42; Editor of Tile Cantuarian. R. J. THoRNB-Entered, Jan., '41; Grange HOllse Prefect, Sept. , '41; Sergeant J.T.C., Jan., '41. D. G. GRAHAM- Entered, Sept., '38 ; Walpole House Prefect, Oct., '41; 2nd XV, '41. J. C. HATfON- Entered, Jan., '39; 2nd XV, '41; 1st XI Soccer, '42. .79

'tHE CANTUl\RtAN

VALETE M. D. C. Evans, M. C. H. Lancaster.

SALVETE R. J. L. Dreese, R. M. Duller, W. M. Foxwell, K. B. C. Hubbard, M. G. Jordan B. L. Leary, M. J. H. Purvis, R. J. C. Weighill. '

THE TERM'S

MUSIC

AClivily Ihis lerm has centred in Ihe School Concert given on June 21st, When lhe orchestra made ils debut before the School, and in Ihe School Certificate examinations, the results of which are awaited with the usual trepidalion. For future reference we may record that the orchestra now consists of the usual strings-where volunteers, especially for the 'cello are now needed-piccolo, oboe, three clarinets, bassoon, four trumpets, trombone and percussion. At the concert it gave a creditable performance with good intonation and excellent unanimity of the BaDet music No. 2 from Schubert's Rosamunde; the Trumpet Voluntary of Purcell (some say Jeremy Clarke, the hymn writer) and Percy Grainger's Handel in the Strand; in its spare moments it has been reading the Casse Noisette suite of Tchaikovsky. ' The concert also included three madrigals, The Silver Swan of Gibbons, April I. III my mistress' face of Morley and Fair Phyllis I saw by John Farmer; some musiciaol[ violin playing in Fiocco's Allegro in G, the Bach Concerto in A minor and Wienawski I Legelld; duets for oboe and clarinet and two trumpets (where two Trumpet Tunes 0( Purcell brought the house down) and some commendable piano playing. The whole concert was voted an outstanding success by the School and visitors. Despite counter-attraclions of a term of fairly reasonable weather the choir has added to its repertoire this term : Vaughan Williams' sett ing of the evening canticles io C, Wesley's Blessed be the God and Father, Goss' 0 taste and see and Brahms' How lovely is thy dwelling-place, together with a new set of canticle chants. If it has lost inevitably in trebles it has shown n steady and encouraging increase in musicianship and good ensemble; as proof of the former we may note that it sang the Wesley anthem after only two rehearsals.

THE CANTUA RIAN

LECTURES

AND

ENTERTAINMENTS

M. ALEXIS CHESNAKOV. Though the title of his rec ital was .. Russian Folk-Music" it was obvious that Chesnakov's energy would carry us far beyond those limits. His talk embraced th, M'tor of Russia as well as that of his tunes, while we could have continued to listen to ~I: siXging for a far longer time. Playing his guitar in the Russian style, M. Chesnakov In simple songs with such fervour that one could visualise the pathos of the ballads could feel with him the intensity of the emotions which cause the Russian peasant to

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SiDgÂˇ Many people will remember M. Chesnako v not only for his recital but for his conversations with parties of boys durin g his brief stay at the School. All enqui ries about Russia were answered with such a profuseness of detail that one gathered more informatio n and ideas than from a dozen books. Many boys found this, their first opportunity to discuss the ethics of communism wit h a citizen of the U.S.S.R., and we are very grateful to M. Chesnakov that he should ha ve dispelled so much ?f our ignorance about Russian life, and that he should have travelled such a long way to slOg to us. EDWARD MITCH ELL The recital on May 17t h of this fine and subtle pianist was rather in the nature of an experiment. A piano recital is not everybody 's fare, but thi~ event at Âˇ least brought satisfaction to the pracllslng mUSICians of the School. A Scarlatti-Handel group was given with a deft precision whi ch did no t fail to please everyone; it was followed by the charming Sonata in F-sharp by Beethoven- the composer's own favourite- and the second Novellette of Schumann. To end the first half we had a spirited a nd poetic performance of Chopin's little-played Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61. In the second half was more difficult fa re: the Glazo unov Variations, Op. 72 were played with elan and were followed by a gro up of MacDowell, Scriabin- for the a uthoritative performance of whose work the pianist is famo us- and Tu rina . The recital ended with a beautifully graded rendering of the Medtner Sonata, Op. II. G RAND OPERA RECITAL. On June 7th Covent Garden came to Carlyo n Bay a nd the great pages of AMa to strip of platform put up in our ga ra ge- hall. Here was proof that opera could in cltremities be acted without expensive sets; what, ho wever, we did miss was the orchestra, though the spirited and imaginative play ing of Robert Ainsworth- who brought the quartet, compered and acco mpanied it- did much to sup ply the need. Eric Goldie in R.A.F. uniform opened with an enthusiastic performance of the Toreador song from Carmen, and the gypsy abandoll of Mu riel Brunskill in the succeeding song- the Bohemian song from the same opera- kept the en thusiasm at white heat. May Blyth ended tbe first half by singing Senta 's ballad from The Flying DUlchman. The quartet, sponsored by

Robert Ainsworth who gave a racy sketch of th e story connecting the va rious scenes,

next offered a plain-clothes, potted ve rsion of A,da by singing five longish ponion s of the '. SI

THE CANTlJA RIAN opera, with Wa lter Widdop as the tenor. The co n ce~t closed with the famou s Rigolet/o quartet, Bella Figlia. To judge from the reca lls the recital was the huge success a P~o",i"d to be; if it sends the young ideas to Covent Ga rden In happIer days ahead It Will hive acbieved a great work. OLIVE GROVES AND GEORGE BAKER. ,

Tbe Olive Groves- George Baker concert is always a favourite and has already established a tradition: it must con tain excerpts from the Sullivan operas. But ea~h visit brings new ideas 'and this time, in the words ? f George B~~er who compe~ed 10 IllS Own inimitable way we started with Moza rt and descended by easy stage. to the lUStIer songs (in whicl; the School, by trad ition, always" bears a part ' ') of Gdbert and Sullivan. The Moza rt grou p began wit h So, Sir Page and Hours of Joy a nd was fo llowed by two duets in which Mrs. Buckland accompanied. This operatic group ended With a fine performance of Pogner's address from Meistersinger. Oilve G roves then began the comfor table descent with a grou p of modern English songs by Qudter, Butterworth and Llza, Leh.mann ; her easy artistry was matched by George Baker 's renderlllg of Alfred Reynold s MIZzen Cross, trees a ndÂˇ Messager's My heart's a Âˇweather-glass. The po pular Trot here and there of Messager then led us to the pleasa nt valleys of Gilbert and Sulhv~n, where, after two songs by Olive Groves- Poor wanderlllg one and The sun whose /ay~-George. Bak~r, assisted by a hearty School chorus, brought the house abo ut hiS ears With favountes hk. the Jud ge's song, a Pinafore song and No possIble doubt whatever. MR. VICTOR McCLURE Mr. Victor McClure spoke to the School .on Wednesday, June 24th on ." Th,? Art of

'r g" Mr McClure as he ex plained dunng the evelllng, has had expenence In every br~~l~~ ~f liter~ture. He' has tried his hand at n~ve~s, jo.urna1i~n:, scenario, work, ~Iay.

wr iting, and tinkered with acting, reciting a nd pamtll1~, 111 additIon to haVIng qu~hfied as an a rchitect. Thus, as might be expected, he was highly competent to gl~e ~dvlce on the trade of writing, wh ich had been his profession for the gr,a ter p art of hIS "fe. The School was given a most entertaining evening, for Mr. McClure mmgled hIS very sound advice, which, li ke Dickens' Mr. Micawber, whom he qu oted, he assured hIS audIence he had never taken, with severa l most amusing anecdotes from hIS own life. Of how he had had to pain t a stage backcloth on the lawn of a countr y house, bemg compelled to chmb to the roof to observe tbe cumulati ve effect: or hiS dlve~tlDg demonstratIon of the. ve1 true point of acting, namely, the analrsis of the SImplest Imes of dialogue mto a senes 0 thou ghts, all of which must register WIth the audI ence. . . He held no prospects of a n easy life for the would-be Journa" st. In fact he pro~ounced journalism to be singularly hard work, but, as he said of the whole trade of wnttn8il II ~ no shameful occupation , for the writer is a responSible man whose words, especla y these days of the cheap press, may easil y mould both ma nners a nd morals. . Fina ll y, Mr. McClure put himself open to questions, and the Scho~1 showed I:~ h appreciation of the speaker and his subject by asking many mterestmg questIOns wh :Ct~ne turn led Mr McClure to give some further sound adVIce. The whole practlca I to of tbe lectur~ is new and, at this time particularl y welcome. We are very gra tefu Mr, McCI~re.

THE CANTUA RIA N ROY HEN DE RSON. Mr. Roy Hcnderson spoke to the School on the evening of Friday, July 3rd, on Ille subject of .. The Art of Singing. '.' Mr. Roy Henderson is a very eminent singer ; but it was not, however, without a cert ain amou nt of trepidatIOn that the School awaited a lecture on such an apparently forbiddin g subject. But within a few moments those fears were shown to be quite groundless, fo r Mr. Henderson spoke with humour and cha rm, and at (he same time, very much to th e point.

From his wi de experience he spoke of correct

breat hing, the use of the glottis- the subject of a most amusing anecdote-and traced the so und through the vocal chords up into the sound ing boa rd of the head and so out. Then he went on to the use of the so unds thus obtained. Phrasin g- the School was amused here by his illustratio n of his singin g with a series of notes unvaried in any waytreatment of the wo rd s and a mere touc h upon th e very ex te nsive subject of 1nterpretation

in Song. He illustrated his lecture with nine songs, the rendering of which wasÂˇ admirably gauged to the aco usti c req."Jrements of the hall (wh ich r~~lged fro m an air from Handel's Stili/SOil to the trad iti onal Johnn y come down to Hllo. HI S songs were representative of JIlost of t he history of song develop ment and includin g wo rks of Boyce and Purcell and such well-known works as Sea Fe!'er and The Pibroch a nd a song of Peter Warlock . Mr. Henderson was much a ppreciated by the School ; it is indeed hoped that he will come again; for he provided an even ing at once enterta ining and instructive and if the School's singing is not now much improved, the fault wi ll not be his. LORD DAVID CECIL. On Sunday, July 5th, Lord David Cecil, the yo unger son of the Marq uis of Salisbury, and well-known writer and critic, visited the School and gave an informa l lecture on .. The Art of Reading." . The H eadmaster presided, and Mr. A. L. Rowse, through whose good offices Lord David had come, was a lso present. The lecturer pointed out that reading was a pleasure and should not be' regarded as an obJigation. Unlike so me pleasures, however, it was an active and not a passive form of recreation, and for it concentration was required. All writers, whether great or small, were naturally restricted by their own experience, and because of this, onl y a very few possessed complete universality. Eve n Shakespeare had been considered barbarous by Voltaire, who had compared him unfavourably with Racine. It was, therefore, foolish to expect to find , for instance, twentieth century ideas in that earliest of English writers, Defoe ; nor was it less stupid to complain that Jane Austen's novels ,were poor ~eca u se they were concerned with but one type of social life, or that Tchekov s short stones were worthless because they had no plot. Reall y to enjoy literature it was essential for the reader to capture the mental outloo k of the author whose work he was reading. Concentration and a certain degree of sympathy were absolu te necessities. L.ord D avid Cecil's advice to bellinn.ers was that they should sta rt their reading on a subject 111 WhICh they had a genume IIlterest. For a person who loved the sea his suggestion was that he should read Conrad, the reading of a book like, say, Typhooll mIght prove to be the opening of the door, not only to further reading of Conrad himself ' but to some of the great literat ure of the world. The lecturer ended by advising his audience to read .. anything and everything" rather than lose the ha bit of readin g. It was, he told them, the on ly form of dope not pr~hibited by law, a ~ld , he added, whatever life had in store for them, they could never be enhrely unhappy while tbere were still books to read.

THE CANTUARIAN

TAFFRAIL. On Sunday, July 19th the School was privileged to hear a lecture by ~,apta in D?~liQg, D.S·.O., R.N., better known to most, throu gh the medIU m of hIs_books, as TaffraIl.

The naval situation at the beginning of the ~ar was, Captain I?0rling t<;>ld u~, from Great Britain 's point of view, ve ry gra.v~ ; a s~r~o:us shOl:tage of ships handlcapPlIlg ~he navy as a whole and rendering our mantl111 C actlvlt lCS partIcula~'l y hazardou,s: The aCtion of America in letting us have those fifty destro yers when she dId was most tImely and We must not underestimate the debt of gratItude wh Ich we owe to that country-for, to quote the lecturer's own wo rds, .• Admittedly, the destroyers were old; but the Amencans did all they possibly could for us; those ships were perfectly fitted out, n ght down to the lasl detail-canned food ' bed and table lillen, crockery and cutlery, maps, charts and even

binoculars and othe; instruments, were all provided. " Captain Darling 's acco unt of the happenings on the Murmansk con~oy. route was very stirring. At this time of year the sun never sets completely, there IS no cloak of darkness tb cover the ships at ni ght; the enemy m~y ha ve you under constant obse~va tion and constant attack. He gave us the story of hIS own ex penences when he was 10 a convoy on that route: on one oC?3sion they were attacked by a large number of aircraft, which included a number of Dormers and Fokke Wulf long-range bombers, for five hours continuously, without the sli ghtest respite: and this was but one of the many incidents which occurred during the voyage! The average ship 's crew is a very cosmopolitan . crowd- jockeys,. hotel proprietors, bank clerks, and on ooe ship the lecturer had even dlsco."ered a lunatIc aSY!Ulll st~ward. Yet, Captain Darling pointed out, these men showed a hIgh degree of tech mcal skIll and seamanship in their new environment. Before he ended, Captain Dorling paid tribute to .. those most reticent of men," the merchant seamen who disli ke intensely any Ideas of theIr beIng heroes, and who are far more ready to' talk about almost anything else than their own actio ns and deeds at sea. He had, too, a word of sympathy for the luckless Germans whom he saw m the Dachau concentration camp when he was in Germany hImself before thIS war. . Captain Dorling ended by stressing the fact that it was n?t only the Germa~ and Italian nations against whom we had to fight, but the eV Il sentllnents wh Ich they Imbue and for which they stand. Those are the thmgs whIch we are fightmg to-day. To gam s~curity for th e wo rld they must and will be conquered.

THE CANTUARIAN

SPEECH

DAY

On Monday, July 27th the Speeches were held in the .. new" Parry Hall. There was present a large number of distinguished visitors- guests, parents and Old King 's Scholars. In the absence of the C hairman of the Governors (The Dean of Canterbury), wbo was unfortunately unable to attend, the Headmaster presided. Before making his own report the Headmaster read the list of distinctions gained during the last year. The first thing that the Headmaster mentioned in his report was th e visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. The Duke had promised to visit th~ School o n th e occasion of the anniversary of its reconstitution by Killg Henry VIII, but had been unable to do so beCause of cIrcumstances which arose as a dlrect result of the course of the war. His Royal Highness had, however, suggested an informal visit this term and on F riday, July 100h, he had come for a rew hours to inspect the School in its evacuated sta te. The Headmaster then sa id that His Roya l Highness had previo usly show n his interest in the School in many ways. He had opened the School's new build ings in 1938 and had accepted the Presidency of .. The Kin g's School Feast Society," which had been refo unded shortly before the outbreak of wa r. This led th e Headmaster to ma ke mention of the damage sustained by certain of the buildings in the recent " reprisal raid " on Canterbury. There had been, he sa id, much damage caused by blast, but this was ma inly of a superficial nature and, a lthough the Dining Hall had received a direct hit, sho uld the war end to-morrow the School would be able to return to Canterbury in a very short space of time. The Headmaster went on to say that the fact that the Government was using one of ou r buildings as a "British Restaurant," and had acco rdiu gly installed a complete kitchen in it, wou ld now prove an unexpected blessing to us_ He added that he could say with abso lute confidence that, at Ibe end of the war, two years would see the School back to complete normality. The Headmaster continued by saying that duriug the last year the School had progressed most favourably. Fifty four School Certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board had been gained, as well as fifteen Higher Certificates (fou r with dislinctio n), IwO Oxford Science Preliminaries, o ne 1st M.B. and five Scholarships and Exhibitions. In the world of sport the School's record had been no less notable for we had just concluded a most successful cricket season having lost to only one school side, which we defeated later on in the season; wh ile, as for the Swimming, forty one Silver Medallions of the Roya l Life Saving Society had been gained in addition to forty-nine Bronze Medallions, four bars to Bronze Medallions, four Instructor 's Certificates (1 st Class), two Instructor 's Certificates (2nd Class) a nd forty-eight Intermediate Certificates: while three members of the School had passed the practical examination for lhe Seawater Diploma and were awaiting their theoretical. The Rugby Football XV had been, however, a little less forWnate for they had had a very successful season cut short by mumps : out of the seven matches which they did play, they had lost two and had won five. The Junior Training Corps, too, had achieved" something of a record," by gaining no less than thirty-eight Certificate' 'A 's ." The Headmaster continued by saying that, as to the future, it was not easy to make any definite statements because of the uncertainty of the times. He was, however, able 10 say that the numbers of the School 'were being more than fully maintained, they were

• tHE CANtU ARt AN in fact, still on the increase. The School still retained advantages of accommodation over most other evacuated schools a nd every term saw further dev~lopm el1t s of its new surroundings. The immediate prospect was therefore most encouraging. The Headmaster concluded by calling 00 the gentleman of the Sixth Form to make their Speeches, which were to be in Greek, German and En glis~ , and ment i o~ed, in reference to the selecti on of a German Speech, that the Germany of Hitler and Goenng was not the Germany of Beethoven and Goethe and that it was the former, not the latter, against which we were fighting. ANNIVERSARY PREACHER THE REV. H. J. FYNES-CLYNTON, M.A., O.K.S., Rector of S. Magnus-the-Martyr, London.

SPEECHES IN

THE PARRY

GREEK SPEECH A SCENE FROM THE .. FRQGS " OF ARISTOPHANES. S. W. BROOKS J. H. BREESE A. G. GORDON M. CORKREY, J. K. EDDUIT, C. S. MURPHY.

Dionysus Xanthius Aeacus

Slaves ... G ERMAN · SPEECH Frosch ... Brander. .. Siebel Altmayer Mephistopheles Fallst

A SCENE.FROM .. FA UST " BY GOETHE A. J. C. FAGG H. S. STERN J. P. M. SUGDEN J. P. G. RICHARDSON E. H. COR NELIUS H. M. GREGSON ENGLISH SPEECH

SCENE I FROM :. SAINT JOAN" BY BERNARD SHAW P. S. L. KENNEDY D. F. M. MURRAY J. F. DALRYMPLE J. D. ARMSTRONG

Captain Robert De Baudricourt Steward ... Joan .. " Ilertrand De Poulcngey

PRIZES

1941-42

SENIOR SCHOOL P. S. L. Kennaby Captain 's Prize (Milchinsoll) ... Senior : Not Awarded Reading and Elocut ion (Harvey Boys) J lInior: J. F. Dalrymple 86

TH E CANTUARIAN Music (Ry ley) .. . (Courteney) ... . .. BI~re Prize for the Pater Society ... Blore Prize for the Har vey Society Streatfield Prize for the Ma rl owe Society DIVINITY PRIZE Lower School (~/wYIl) ... Church History (Lady DaI'idsoll) MERTON COLLEGE PRIZES Classics ... Mathematics a nd Science LATIN PRIZES Upper School Middle School Lower School MATHEM ATICS PRIZES (Harrison) Upper School Middle School Lower School FRBNCH PRIZES (Grea "es) Upper School Middle School Lower School SCIBNCE PRIZES (Hammonds) Upper School .. . Middle School (Pyhsics) .. . (Chemistry) GBRMA N PRIZES (Greaves) Upper School ENGLISH PRIZES Middle School (Galpin) Lower School (Evans) HISTORY PRIZES Middle School (Gordon)

M. H. Slater J. Peschek J. H . Breese W. M. Enderby P. G. B. Ge thin K. H . M. Johnson, S. A. Kirby J. H. Breese J. H. Breese J. A. B. H eslop

J. H. Breese J. K. Ebbull J. C. B. Colema n O. K. Joh nson F. E. B. Brown P. C. H . B. Holmer H. M. Gregson T. H . Boultbee J. D. Porritt A. C. J. Bowles

E. H. Cornelius A. A. de C. Cussans ... {P. J. L. Kennedy J. Peschek

After the Speeches tea was served in the premises of the Cornish Riviera Club which tbe School has acquired this term. 10 Canterbury it had been customary to give a P.T. dISplay 00 Speech Day. ThIS used to be held 00 the Green Court while tbe visitors were having tea. This ~ear, instead ofa P.T. display, the School gave a Swimming and Diving DISplay lU the RivIera Club batlung pool. There was also a Photographic Ex hibition in tbe Club, mainly of the School in Canterbury. The weather throughout was excellent aDd altogether it proved a most successful day. '

T H E CAN T UA RIA N

THE SOCIETIES MARLOWE SOCIETY

President : F. H. VOIGT, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: P. A. B. GETHI N The Seciety is serry to. lese Mr. Reach as President fe r he gave to. the meetings a pleasantly natural and informal air, sustaining us with his own inimitable good nature and humeur. At the same time we heartil y welceme Mr. F . H. Ve igt as President. In being allowed to revert, this term , to its traditi onal time of meeting in the evening the Society is very fortun ate, fo r thi s concessio n has a value beyond that of mere tradition: Early in th .. ter m exa mples ef pre se a nd peetry, fro.m va rie us perieds e f English litera ture, were discussed as a reactIO n against the emph asIs pl aced last term on modern peetry ; but the Seciety sti ll tcnded tewa rds the mederns a nd it was generall y agreed that the literatu re ef the 16th century was the enly literat ure to. cempare wi th that e f the moderns in spontaneity and natural ness. It was relt that there was no absolute sta ndard for litera tu re, however, since wri ting was the ex pression of an age and wou ld pro babl y be better accepted by. peeple Qf its age than we uld the writing ef an earlier time; a lthough the really great wnter wa s, of cou rse, appreciated by all ages by reason of 1115 baSIC human ap pea l. Mr. G . Kendall has read a very stimulating paper en educatien in the ceu rse ef which he suggested that the day-scheel we uld be the basis e f ed ucatien in the fu ture, and he urged that students might well be ence uraged to. study wha t they really preferred. There fe lle wed a rather heated argument upe n the educative values Qf the secial graces. We are grateful to. Mr. Kendall fQr his paper ; it is a n he nQur to. be able to. listen to. such _n autherity. The Seciety has also. heard a paper by the H e n. Sec. e n Ernest Hemingway, e f whom the main criticism was that he was, perhaps, se mething Qf a sadist a nd that he had nothing ef value, no. great theught to. give the we rld. We leek fe rward to. papers by Mr. H. Geedburn , and Mr. C. E. Minns, a nd we hope tha t the Rev. F . S. Williams will ta lk to. us e n Spain in the near fu ture. THE SOMNER SOCIETY

President: F. H. VOIGT, EsQ. Vice-President: THE REV. S. B.-R. POOLE Hon. Secretary : C. R. B. BROWN Several meetings fre m last term a re, as yet, unrecerded . T hey include papers frem N. A. Tayler, Esq., Dr. C. H. Phillips, the Rev. F. S. Willia ms and the President, to. all of whom we are ex tremely grateful. To complete a record of last term's programme mention must be made e f the sma ll part y which visited P re bus e ne Sunday, and ef the well-informed paper e n Renaissance Architect ure read by W. M. E nderby. In Canterbury our expeditions abroad were all made during the Summer Ter~ ; in Cornwall it is no longer a matter of preference, it is a matter of sheer necessity OW11lg a t e ther times e f the year. Ascensie n Day- a whe le he liday- was well spent by a large 88

THE CANTUAR I AN party in the. FQwey-LQstwit hiel district. Cas tle Dere ga ined new intcrest when its connec tien WIth the battle ef Lestwl thlCl was brQught to. light, and we were a lso. a blc to. explore Restermel Cas tle much mere the rQughly than hitherto.. Mere rece~ t1y a netber party visited RQche. The fameus reck, with its little Early English hermlt s eel! on top, was surmounted: unfortunately, beca use of lack of transport, mest ef the party had to. walk seme seven miles back to. St. Austell. 11 is helled to. ebtain perm issiQ n to. visit Lanhydreck Heuse, this term, but the iminence of the exam tn ~ tlOn s 15 b.ound ~o restn ct ach vities very So o n. Lan hydrock, wh ich is the propcrtX ef Visceunt Chfde.n, IS 11<:>t fa r frem Bed min, a nd sheuld prove easy e f access. It contalDS, ameDgst etber lIlterestmg tbmgs, a fine cellectie n ef painti ngs that we are autlous to see. THE WALPOLE SOCIETY President: G. P. HOLLINGWORTH, EsQ. H Oll. Secretary : J . F. DALRYMPLB . It was with relief that the Secie ty held the first meetiDg ef the term on May 26th, acUVltles havlDll beeD severely cur taIled dunng the first me nt h ef the ter m in prepa ra tie n for ,t,he Impending AthletIC Sperts. At t~~s first meeting H . M . Gregsen read a paper on T. E" Lawrence and the Arab Revelt, wblch was very much appreciated by all these present. After a lapse ef several terms, play-reading bas again been intred uced into. the pregramme. and bas prQved to. be extremely successfu l. The reading e f .. M ilestenes " by Arnold Benn~tt and Edward K nQbleck, has sbewn tbat tbe SQciety dees net lack keen Ind entertamIng readers. It.is heped tha t Mr . Ve igt a.od Mr. Kendall will be a ble to. talk to. us tewa rds the end of the term; the precedent whIch tbe SQclety esta blished last December, in he ldi ng a termly Guest NIght WIll be upheld at the last meeting ef the ter m. . Many ef the pe tential members e n the Seciety 's large waiting list will, it is heped, be elected at the end ef the term wben tbese members who. have cem pleted a year in the lower VItb resIgn a nd meve Itl te the higher spheres of Sche e l seciety . . THE PHOTOGRAPHIC 'SOcIETY President: R. GROVES, EsQ. Hon. Secretary : C. R . B. BROWN Tbe Seciety ha~, severa l projects in ha n~ , and this term sbeuld see seme pregress in has been inaugurated and it is heped to. all of tbem. The .Cermsb Recerd Beek bold a ~mall cempetltIOn fe r the best pIctures ef the Scheel in its new surre undings ~eani oile, a ny p,hetegraphs ef e utstanding events ef the Scheel's last two. years we uld fa we ceme. A request frQm tbe Y.M :C.A., wbe are cQllecting phetegraphs ef seldiers Stmllies to. be sent abroad, has been answered, a nd we hepe to. deal with several cases in o~ . ~ustell. FI~ally, we a re prepa nns: a n exh~bItIOn ef Canterb ury pictu res to. be shewn h ~eech Day, these sheuld be partIcularly m terestmg to. these members ef the scheel w 0 ave nQt beenÂˇfQr tunate enough to. see their traditienal surre undings. 89-

tHE CANTiJA RI A N THE M US IC CLU B Presidelll,' DR. C. H . PHI LLIPS Vice-Presidents ,' MRS. R. V. BUCKLAND, F. H. VOIGT, ESQ. HOIl. Secretary ,' E. H . CORNBLIUS

Although the Club 's activities have been somewhat curtailed this term by the numerous lectures and recitals, which unfortunately coincIde with the customary time for meeting, yet the members have been a ble to enjoy a highly successful programme. The President has produced a paper on Chamber Music- a subject on ly too Soon

forgotten in an age in which vast orchestras are the rule . . He pointed out that for three centuries Chamber Music, for the voice or for a group of JOstruments, was practically the only form of music known; and that the bad opinion many have of Chamber Music derives, to a certain extent, from the fact that contemporary composers are accustomed to make their exper iments in thi s branch of music.

As a prelim inary fo r this paper the Club met to hear movements of a Handel violin sonata, played by Mrs. Buckla nd and C. H. Peto, and a set of pieces by William Byrd, played by the President. Too late for a report to be included are the following papers :-" Purcell- a linle known English genius " from J . Peschek; .. The Organ and its MusIc" from the President, assisted by G. H. Knight, Esq.; and also a recital by the Carlyon Bay Madrigal Group. In addition the Clu b has been able to continue the meetings devoted to the playing of gramo phone records. At these meeti ngs works by Brahms, Dvorak, Beethoven, Moza rt, Tchaikowsky, and Wagner, figured prominently. To supplement major works by the above co mposers shorter works by Rossini, Borodin , Mascagni, Debussy, Schubert and William Walton ha ve been played. From this very varied quantity of music two wo rks in particular stood out: Brahms' 4th Symphony and Mozart's Clari net Quintet. The Bra hms' Symphony, tho ugh thou ght a little too austere in placcs, was generall y relt to be a musica l consolation so desired in these times, while the Mozart Quintet, by its sheer beauty, made a lasting im pression upon all who heard it. The Club owes a considerable debt to G. A. H. Baker, who fi lled the post of hon. secretary last tefm and for part of this, to Mrs. Parry Morgan for afford ing ti S once again the use of her house, to all those who ha ve so kindly lent the Club their gramophone records, and especiall y to the President for his invaluable help in all matters.

J. T. C. WHOLE DAY EXERCISB.- Th is was held on June 9th and gave the contingent an oppo rtunity of carrying out a full and varied programme of training in a more interest!ng way than the ordinary parades. It is hoped to have ano ther similar exercise in conjunctIOn with a Regular Unit before the end of term . PLATOON WEA PONS DEMONSTRATION.- On May 18th, the Regular Unit to which the Contingent (s affiliated provided a very instructive demonstration of Platoon weapon.! which included the firing of a ll the weapons by both instructors and cadets.

THE CANTUARIAN UNITED NATIONS DAY.- One company of the continge nt attended a pa rade at !Sr Austell which, owing to rain, was held in the Parish Church. The pa rade was attended by representatives of all services and was addressed by the Headmaster. WAR CERTIFICATJ3

"A ' '.-

PROMOTlONs.- The fo llowing promotions were made with effect from May 1st, 1942 :Sgt. D. F. Murray to be C.S .M. L/Sgt. P. J. Kenna by to be Sgt. L/Sgt. C. R. Cheadle to be Sgt. L/Sgt. D. M. Hamilton to be Sgt. L/Sgt. J . P. M. Sugden to be Sgt. . Cpl. P. M. Weatherhead to be L/Sgt. L/ Cpl:'J. H. Breese to be Cpl. L/Cpl. J. A. B. Heslop to be Cpl. L/Cpl. M. G. Chatterton to be Cpl. L/Cpl. D. H . Hodkin to be Cpl. L/Cpl. W. M . Enderby to be Cpl. L/Cpl. C. R. B. Brown to be Cpl. L/Cpl. J. D. Ommanney to be Cpl. L/ Cpl. M. W. Swinhoe-Phelan to be Cpl. L/Cpl. H. H. Sao Sao to be Cpl. L/Cpl. J. D. Twinberrow to be Cpl. WAR CERTIFICATE " A".- The following cadets passed Part I (Ind ividual) and Part 2 (Section Leading) of Certificate' 'A " :- ' H. M. Gregson J. M. Lampard L. A. J. Maclean M . H. Slater J. Pesehek H. O. Sao Sao O. W. Eus tace J . C. Coury E. G. F . Johnson G. A. F. Rands M. G. Ellis J. Watts W. H. Hannah M. T. Middleton-Eva ns G. F. M . Pierce G. C. Middleton W. B. Steele The following eadets have passed Part I (Individual) of War Certificate " A .. :G. L. Ackers D. G. Graham G. A. H. Baker K . B. Gurr P. A. Bartlett J. C. Hatton 1. R. B. Belsham J. E. C. Hinchcliffe R . S. Brealy D. K. Johnson M. Carnes M. Lester S. A. R . Cawston M. A. H. Lovatt D . P. C. Platt M . W. C harley J . H. Clarke J. P. B. Shepherd I. P. M. Waller M . Corkrey R. G. West J. E . Downes F. L. Whalley D. A. Graham 91

'TÂˇ H E CA NTU AR J. AN

A. T. C. Early in the te rm Major Pet he rick, M.P. visited lhe Sq uad ro n a ~d , after a shon open_ air service cond ucted by Ca non F. J, Shirl ey, he presented Pro ficIency Slar CertIficates to all those who had passed the recent examina tIOn . On May 4th, the Sq uadro n was inspected by Nir Commodo re Smyt h-Osbourne, A.T.e. South West Regio nal Comma nda nt, ,,:ho afterwa rds deltvered a short address in which he expressed his sa tisfac ti on with the hIgh standard of wo rk and keenness shown o n parade. T he most outstanding event of the term was a visit to, loca l aerodr.o me on SUnday, June 7th, when members of the Flight were shown over va n ous types of aircraft and laken on a tour of the more in teresting pa rts .of the aerodrome. At' the time of writi ng, arrangements arc being made f~r a summer ca mp to ~a ke place

d uring the fi rst week of the holidays.

At,the camp boys WIll have the opportul1lty to help

wit h essen ti al wo rk in the armoury ' and photographic rooms as well as take musketry and

Link-Trainer courses. A number of members are leavi ng this term, but the entry list already well exceeds that nu mber; on the whole the Fl igh t has made a very successful sta rt to the second year of its existence. ' . PROMOTIONs.-The fo llowing prqmoti ons are ma.de wJth effect fro01 June 1st, 1942:Cpl. M ayo h to be Sgt. , L/Cpls. Cha ndler, Davies, H ow to be Cpls. . T he fo llowi ng were awarded P rofi ciency Stars during tbe latter' p'art of,A'pnl and were pro moted Lead ing Cadets :-e. W. BlrI<ett, J. R. Brett, J. W. Frankhn, P. H. Grove, R. F. Holburn, M. P. Stu part, R. G. (j) , Taylo r, W. R. Yo ung.

HOME GUARD NO. 23 l1LATOON T his term the Pla toon has been through a somewhat difficult, peri od, ~ n d it be~ame ab und antly clear as the term progressed that the e.0. could fin d no sea l.place 111 h,s de e':n~ scheme fo r a platoon which was outside the ar~a, In splte of tlus, h0v.:ever? we I~ad so interest ing and profita ble aftern oon~ . In particular we had, one operatIOn, In which ,som~ of t he J.T.C . pa rticipated, and wh Ich proved a n outstandll1g success. T he J.T.C. b~Y represented a fo rce of pa rachu tists, wlth orders to carry out certam demohtIOns. ey performed their r6le adm,irably: and ",:,e lea rnt that we must move a great deal faster If we are to dea l successfully WIth thIS partIcular trouble. . We had the lise of the Trenarren Ra nge for fo ur even.ings, and p~actlc~ lI y eve~'y l11e ~; ber of the Platoo n shot tw ice. T he res ul t of the shootll1g was qUIte satl ~factoI Y., ~he average score on the last day was just ov~r 57 o ut of 80, and qUlte a n\lmbet scoled 10 seventies.

T H E CANTU ARIA N

THE SCHOOL LABOUR SCHEME THE T ALE OF CI ND ER ELLA

Once upon a time there was a War, and there came to a lu xury hotel o n the coast of Corn wa ll the boys of a fa mo us old School. T hey bro ught with them their masters a nd Iheir porters, and their maids and their matrons and ali who were wont to attend on them. For some lime they li ved in accustomed ease, but the Giant VVC'l 1' ca lled fo r more and more as the days went by.: more men and more maids, more food and more money. So one day the Ugly Sisters of that School sa id to a ll whom they could: "Yo u must wash and you must sweep, you must polish and you mllst clean, you must plough and you must till, yo u must sow and you must reap. YOll, all of you, are Cinderella." So Cinderella began to work, driven from this j ob to that, from the garden to the kitchen, from the classrooms to the labs., digging, washing, sweeping, cleaning, a maid of all work, a domestic dr udge. So, on a nother day, the re appea red the Labo ur Committee, Cinderella's fairy god, mother. "You are not a maid of all work, " she sa id, " You are not a domestic drudge: you are far more importan t tha n the Ugly Sisters, you aTe helping to th row down the G ia nt Wa r, you are freeing people who can fight him, and people who ca n make the bludgeo n wherewith to set about him, YO Ll , Cinderella, are tak ing active steps to bri ng about his downfall. " But also the Ugly Sisters SOon reared their ugly heads aga in. They wo uld ma ke Cinderella a true maid of all work. Not onl y must she fetch and ca rry, but she must run faster tha n the wind, she must swim like a fi sh, she must lea rn to strike liltle balls, fa r and fast, a nd do o ne tho usand and one other tas ks tha t come no t within the accepted duties of a menial. The ugly sisters grumbled at her and groused a t her, a nd chased her ' from pillar to post, but Cinderella smiled through her tears a nd ca rri ed o n ; she swept and polished, she hoed a nd weeded, a nd all these things she did well. T he gardens gave forth in abunda nce, the dining hall , the classrooms a nd the la bs were kept clean a nd tidy, and ma ny a n un know n job was do ne. Mea ntime the po rlers, who had gone, became more and more skilled in the ar·ts of war, ana the maids, who also had gone, became more and more proficient in thel production, of the weapons dfwar. and the Gian t War lashed out with greater an d greater fury, like a trapped beast, awa re of his impending doom . Cinderella smiling thro ugh her tears wo rks o n, knowing tha t her job is essential and knOWing that as fa r as she can, she is doing well. But she lo ngs for th is to be recogni zed by all, and she lo ngs a bove a ll for her Prince Charming, whose name is Co-ordin a'lion. * • We are told on the best authority that after a noteworthy career oj some seven years the word ,. co-ordination" is fast becoming demoded in the best (po litical ?) quarters . Anyone who wishes to keep abreast oJ'/he limes is now careJul lo speak oJ" integration . ,. II has obvious ad vantages, it S(fJles a hyphen, to say nothing oj a leller.-'Etl\·.

THE CANTUARIAN

THE LIBRARY Librarian.' THE REV. S. B.-R. POOLB Assistalll Librarian.' J. D. ARMSTRONG The Library can now claim to have a stock of reference books and other literature fully adequate for the requirements ?f the average scholar. It has been considerably increased this term by a large collectIOn of books presented by J. Cole, Esq. for which the Librarian is most grateful. The following additions to the Library have also been made this term : The Socialist Sixth of the World ...... .. ...... . ... ......... The Dean ojCal1lerbury Frederick the Great. ............................... ···· ·.·····.· Pierre Gaxolle Philosophy in our times .......... .......... . ... . . · .. ·· .. ·· ···· Prof C. E. M. load Moza rt................ .............. .. .. .... .. ............. .. ..... Sacheverell SlIwell John Wesley ....................................................... · l. Laver How to look at Pictures .... .. ...... .... .................... .. · Sir Robert Clement Will Cornish Childhood.. .... .... .... ............................... A. L. Rowse The Reformation in England ............ : .................... F. M. Po wicke

ATHLETICS CLUB THE SPORTS, JUNE 1ST AND 2ND. This, our second year down in Cornwall, showed a marked improvement in the Athletics. Undeterred by rain, wh ich persisted for the three weeks preceding the sports, (a very short time in th ese parts), the standards and heats were successfully completed. T he weather eventually improved and, afte r a week 's postponement, the sports began on June 1st. It was a warm, calm day, but it produced good times only in the Mile, the Senior quarter, and the Junior ha lf. The second day showed better perform ances and two junior records were. broken whilst the junior relay, a new eve nt, had a g~od record established. Lovatt, ,Jumpln8 extremel y well , had bad luck in spralmng a Wrist but despIte .It he broke the hIgh Jump record with 4 ft. ll ~ ins. L~mpard, the most outstandmg Jumor! establIshed an excellent record for the 220 yards with 25.2 secs. The notable competitors were, amongst the se niors Chatterton Baker Murray, Shepherd, Rands and Charley, whIlst In the JUnior events,'Lampard, Lovatt, ACkers, Cray, McMullin and Ainsworth showed great promise. The cup was won by School Ho use who obta ined a clear lead on the first day and Increased it to win comfortably with 144 points, after having had a preliminary st ruggle with Grange who came second with 105. We were hoping for an exciting and successful fixture agamst Highgate, but unfortunately they were unable to arrange it. RESULTS (SENIOR) 100 YARDS.- I st, D. F . Murray (G); 2nd, J. D. Armstrong (SH); 3rd, G. A. F. Rands (SH); 4th, A. G. Gord on (G); 5th, J. D. Porritt (W) ; 6th, D. H. Hodkin (SH). Time .' 11'3 secs. . 220 YARDS.- lst, M. G. Chatterton (SH); 2nd, G. A. F. Rands (SH); 3rd, J. D. . Armstrong (SH); 4th, D. F. Murray (G); 5th, G. A. H. Baker (SH); 6th, O. W. Eustace (MO). Time.' 25 secs.

THE CANTUAR IAN 440 YARDS.- Ist, G . A. H . Baker (S H); 2nd, M. G . Chatterton (SH); 3rd, J. D . porritt (W); 4th, J. P. B. Shepherd (G); 5th , J. W. S. Simpso n (W); 6th, J. F. Dalrymple (G). Time.' 56'5 secs. 880 YARDS.- Ist, G. A. H . Baker (SH) ; 2nd, D. F . Murray (G); 3rd, M . W. Charley (MO); 4th, M. T.M. Evans (MO); 5th, J . P. B. Shepherd (G) ; 6th, H . M. Gregson (MO). Time .' 2 nun. 16 sees. MlLE.- 1st, J. P. B. Shepherd (G); 2nd, M . W. Charley (MO); 3rd, M. T. M. Evans (MO); 4th, J. W. S. Simpson (W); 5th, I. Butcher (SH); 6th, H. M. Gregson (MO) . Tillie.' 5 mInS. 5 secs. LONG J UMP.- Ist, M . G. Chatterton (SH); 2nd, P. J. Kerinaby (SH); 3rd, G. A. F. Rands (SH); 4th, P. D. Grant (MO); 5th, M. T. Davies (G); 6th, N. E. Harvey (G). Length.' 19 ft. 9 InS. HIGH JUMP.- Ist, P. D. Grant (MO); 2nd, M. T. Davies (G); 3rd, J. Peschek (SH) ; 4th, J. C. Cour~ (MO); 5th, J. D. Twells-Grosse (SH) ; 6th, D. E. Chandler (G). Height.' 4ft. 11 fIllS. WBIGHT.- Ist,M. T. Davies (G) ; 2nd, J . D. Porritt(W); 3rd,J.D. Ommanney(W); 4th, D. W. Fitchett (SH); 5th, S. C. Robertson (G); 6th, C. R. Chead le (W). Distance.' 32 ft. 11 ins. RELAY (4 X 220 YARDS). -Ist, School House (G . A . F . Rands, G. A. H. Baker, J. D. Armstrong, M. G. Chatterton); 2nd, Grange; 3rd, Wa lpole; 4th, Meister Orners. Time.' I min. 42'4 secs. RESULTS (JU NIORS) 100 YARDS.- Ist, J . M. Lampard (G); 2nd, E. G. F. Johnson (MO); 3rd, D. B. Ainsworth (W) ; 4th, S. B. Nichols (MO). Time.' 11'4 secs. 220 YARDS.- Ist, J. M. Lampard (G); 2nd, G . L. Ackers (W); 3rd, E. G. F. Johnson (MO); 4th, M. A. H. Lovatt (SH). Time.' 25'2 secs. (Jun ior Record). . 440 YARDS.- I st, J. M. Lampard (G); 2nd, C. McK. Cray (SH); 3rd, G. L. Ackers (W); 4th, G. P. McMullin (G) . Time.' 59 secs. 880 YARDS.-Ist, C. McK. Cray (SH); 2nd, G. P . McMullin (G); 3rd, M . N. Carson (W); 4th, M. J. Finch (S.E.S). Time.' 2 mins. 22'5 sees. loNG JUMP.-1st, S. B. Nichols (MO); 2nd, M. H. Smithers (MO); 3rd, G. A. J. Evans (SH); 4th, J. H. Bloomberg (SH). L ength.' 15 ft. 9!ins. HIGH JUMP.- Ist, M . A. H. Lovatt (SH) ; 2nd, G. L. Ackers (W) ; 3rd, J. H . Bloomberg (SH) .. 4th, G. P. McMullin (G). Height.' 4ft. I ii ins. (Junior Record). RELAY (4x220 YARDS) NBW EVBNT.-lst, School House (C. Cray, G. A . J. Evans, F. E. B. Brown, M. A. H. Lovatt); 2nd, Walpole; 3rd, Grange; 4th, Meisters Omers. Time.' I min. 49'4 secs. (Junior Record). RESULT.-Ist, School House, 144 points; 2nd, Grange, 105 points; 3rd, Meister Orners, 73 points ; 4th, Walpole, 66 poillis.

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TH E C ANT'UA R 1 AN We are indebted to lirank Woo lley and his eleven for a ve(y enjoyable a fternoo n. THE SCHOOL

E. G. F. Johnson, c St.ephenson, b ~. Jones...... 6 S. C. Robertson, c S. Jones, ~ Ho llmgworth ..... 8 J. O. Omr'!lanney , Ibw, .b !-Iollingwo rth ............ 5 J W. S. Simpson, b Ho llmgwo rth .................. 18 E. P. Walsh, lbw, b S. Jo nes.... .......... ........... 0 1 Butcher, b S. Jones ............................. .... · 28 SI 1. O. Vernecte, b Ho llingworth ... .. ............ 2 R.'S. Brea ly, b Holl ingwo'rt h.. 55 J. H. Breese, b S. Jo nes. ........ 5 s. W. Broo ks, not o ut ............. 0 p, H. Smith, b Ho llin gwo rth ", 0 Extras.... 8 Tota!.. .. B OWLING

G. P. Hollingworth .... W. Stephen-Jones ...

135 W KTS.

RUNS

AVERAGe

3.34

9.50

F. E. W OOLLEY 'S 'X l O . P. Hollingworth, b Vern~dc ...... "........ .. 1 W. Stephen~Jones , b Johnson ...... , .... .... ... . " 1 R. G roves, Ibw, b VernMe.... ....... ....... ... .. . 7 Lumsden, b·)o hnson ............... ........ ... ,.... .. 0 F. Mon tgomery. b Joh nson. ....... ... ....... ...... 0 J . D. Twells-G rosse, b Johnson.......... .. .. .. ... '0 F. E. Woo lley. not O llt ..... . . " ... .. . . .. .. ... .. . . .. " 37 J . .8. Lumsden, b Vcrnedc........ ... ... .... .... ..... .1 J . W. Stephenson , c and b, :Johnson .. ... " ... ,... '0 G . L. Ackers, b Vernede. :................. ..... ~

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St. J . O. Vernede.............. E. F. Johnson ... ... ...........

4 5

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1'6 33

4.00 6.60

KI NG'S SCH OO L, CANT ER BURY v ST. AUSTELL C.C. (HOME) On May 16th th e School played th e St. Austell C ricket Club. T he Club batted first and were despatched fa irl y qu ickly by the School bowlers fo r a total of 61 wh ich included only one reaso na ble Score. The School went in a nd after a rather shaky start pulled themselves toget her to win by 6 wickets. T hc rema inder of the side was preve nted from batting by 'sudden rai n which rather spoil t an otherwise delightful aftern oon.

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ST. AUSTELL Adams, lbw, b Vcrnedc... ... ...... ... .... ..... Wilson, b Joh nson.... . Allan, b Johnson .............. ...... .. .. .. ..... Clyma c Ommanney, b Johnson............ ...... .. Cloa m, c Broo ks, b Vernede . .... .. ...... Wybourne, b Vernede . ............. ... ...... .... ..... Hill ,lbw, b Johnson" ................ . ,................ Ackers, b Vernede................ .... ........ ... .. ..... Lumsden, b Yernede.......... ............. .. .......... Blackmore, b Simpson ........ ........... .............. Rendell not out.............. ........... .... .. ........... Extras ............... .. .............. ........ ,........

0 I 2 29 5 4 I 0

2 13 I 3

Tota l. .. ... ... ................ .. ............... '6 t B OWLI NG

SI. J. O. VernMe ........... .... E. O. F. Joh nson ............... J. W. S. Simpson ...............

W IC KETS

5 4 1

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T ~I B S CHOOL

E . G. F. Johnson, c AllII n, b·C lyma.............. S. C. Robertson, b Allan .. ....... .. .............. .. J . D. Ommanney, c and b .Blackmore .... .... .. .. J . W. S. Simpson, lbw, b Clyma .. ..... ... .. ...... I. Jlutcher, not Oll t. ........ .... .. ...... .. .... .. ....... R. S . .Brealy, not o ut .. ... ........ .. .... .......... .... St. J. O. Vern&te } E. P. Walsh J. H. Breese B id not bat S. W. Brooks J . D. Twells-G rossc Ext ras... ............ .. ...... . .... . .. . ... .. . .. . ...

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KI NG 'S SCH OOL, CANT E RBUR Y" HIGHGAT E SCHOOL (H 0-M E) On May 29th the School ,pla ~ed Highgate. The visitors arrived i n pou ri"\g rain a nd no play had been possible by tea,time. After tea th e ra in cleared a nd play sta rted at 6.1.5. The School won t he toss and batted . After a n uncerta in sta rt the batting improved, .and a bright 55 from Ommanney p laced t he sc hoo l in a reaso nably safe positio n. But fro m

THE CANTUARJAN 75 for 3 the batting collapsed and Qnly Vern Me kept his end up. Highgate then batted but Joh~ so n and VernMe soo n mastered their batsmen, and by 9.15 they were all for 45.

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H IGHGATE

E. G. F. Johnson, b Stillman..................... ... 0 S. C. Robertson, b Stillman.................. ..... .... 2 J . D. Ommanney. b Stillman. .. ..... ... ....... 55 J. W. S. Simpson, c Doggett , b St illman ........... 14 I. Butcher, b Wallace-Cox........... ............ .... 1 R . S. Breaiy, b Wa llace-Cox ........ ,. .. .... ...... .. 0 St. J. O. V e rn~de, b Dean".. .. . ............. .. ...... 11 E. P. Walsh. run OUt..... ........ .... ................. 2 J . H. Breese, b Wallace-Cox.. .... .... ............... 0 S. W. Brooks, s1. Rogers, b Doggett............... 0 J . D. Twells-Grosse, not ouL........................ 0 Extras ...................................... ,... ...... 12

Wallace-Cox, Ibw, b VernMe... ................. 0 Gould, b Vernede.......... ........ ........... 9 Buckbarrow, b Johnson.... ..... . ........ ........... 2 St illman , Ibw, b Johnson........... 10 Cairns, c Brooks, b Vern~de ........... .. .......... 3 M. Rogers, Ibw, b Vernede.. . .................... 6 Doggett, b Johnson.. ... .............. 3 T. Rogers, b Vern~de..... ............. 0 Allison, b Simpson....... ................... 4 Venmorc, not oul...................... ............... I Dean,lbw, b Jo hnson ........ ..... ......... ,.......... 1 Ext ras ............................................. 4

Total........ .......... .......... ... ........... 97

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v G RESHAM 'S SCHOOL, HOLT (HOME) On June 4th the School played Gresham's. The School lost the toss a nd balled first on a very hard wicket. The School were well on to p of the bowling and at o ne time we re 67 for 4, Simpson and Ommanney having both scored freely. Then there came a bad collapse and the remaining 6 wickets fell fo r 5 runs, Wray taking the hat-trick . Gresham's then batted and a four th wicket stand took them to wlthw easy reach of the School total, and they passed it with 5 wickets to spa re, to be all o ut for 98. The School fielding was poor, and the bowling, despite th e ga llant efforts of Vernecte, was not up to Its usual standard. GRESHAM'S

THE SCHOOL

G. L. Ackers, c and b Wray... .... ............ .. .... 1 S. C. Robertson, Ibw, b Hannah.".................. 0 . J , D. Ommanney, b Wray..................... .. ..... 47 J, W, S, Simpson , b Hanna h.. ...... ......... ........ II I. Butcher, b Baines....................... .. ........... 8 E. G . F. Johnson, b Wray....... ".................... 1 Sl. J . O. Vernede,Jbw, b Bai nes.. ............ .. ..... 0 R . S. Brealy, Ibw, b Wray.. ........ ................. .. . I E. P. Wal sh, not ou1.. ......... .. ....... .. .. ..... "..... 2 S. W. Brooks, b Wray ........... .. .... ................ 0 J . D. Twells-Grosse, b Wray ............ .. ........... 0 Extras ..... ...................... ,......... ... ....... . I

Total......... ... ..... .... .............. ....... 72 BOWLING

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Perkins, b Johnson............. ................ .. .... Bri ggs, c Brooks, b VernMe.......... ........ ...... Davison, 1bw, Vernede................ .............. Hannah, Ibw, b Vernede......................... .. . Dowson, b Sim pson................................. Gould , c Butcher, b Vernede ...................... Baines, b Vernede................................... Mumby, b VernMe..................... ............. G rowdy, b Ommanney.............................. Webb, c Brooks , b Ommanney.................... Wray, not out.. .......... .. ...........................

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THE CANTUA RIAN KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v C LI FTON CO LLEGE (HOME) On June 10th the School played Cl ifton on Poltair Gro und, Sl. Austell, after tho previous fixture had been postponed on accou nt of ra in . Clifto n wo n the toss and elected to bat. VernMe a nd Johnso n, bowling excepti ona lly well , soo n began to dismiss the Clifton batsmen; only two succeeded in reachin g do uble figures, a nd they were all out for 46. T he School th en went in and after starting bad ly passed the Clifto n total with 4 wickets to spare and were finally out fo r 81. Simpso n, Butcher and Vernede all batted well. THe SCHOOL

C LIFTON

S. C. Robert son, b Block.......... ..... .... ....... 9 1. H. Breese, b Block................................ 0 J. D. Ommanney, c Dodge, b Block........ .. .... 0 J . W. S. Sim pson, b Sa insbury.... ........... ..... 21 I. Butcher, lbw, b Mitchell. ..................... .. 17 E. G. F. Jo hnson, c Sainsbury, b Block......... ~ R. S. Brealy, b Sai nsbury ...................... ,.... 3 J. H . Bl oomberg, b Mitchell ........ .. .... .. ....... 4 St. J . O. Vernede. c and b Josephs......... ... .. .. 15 S. W. Brooks, b Mitchell....... ............... .. ... . 0 J . D. Twells-Grosse, not out. ... .. ........... ..... . 0 Extras ................... ......... ... ........... ... 7

Tota!.. ...................... .................. 46

Total... .. ... ............ .... ... .... .. ... ... 8t

Bishop, b Johnson.. ............ May, b 10.hnson............ .... ... ............ Waugh, c Brooks, b VernCde.. ... ................. Hickey, b Johnson ..................................... , Josephs, b Vern Me. ....................... .. ...... ..... Dodge, c Twells-Grosse , b Vernede.. .. ............ Inskip, Ibw, b Vernede................................. Briggs, Ibw. b Vernede................................. Mitchell , c Butcher. b Vernede...................... Block, not ouL.............. ................... ......... Sainsbury, b Vernedc........ ........... .. .... ......... Ext ras............................ ........ ... ..... ....

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S1. J. O. Vernede .............. .. E. G. F. Johnson ............. ..

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PLYMO UTH COLLEGE (AWAY)

On June 13th the School played Plymouth College at Plymouth; the School won the toSS and fielded. Plymouth started off ve ry slowly and at 15 their first wicket fell. There was then a collapse a nd they were 22 for 7. Johnson had been bowling rather erratically to begin with, but bot h he and Vernede found their length at the sa me time, and Plymouth were all out shortly after lunch for 45. The School batted rathe r better than usual to win by 8 wickelS and score 140 all out. Simpson, Breese and Lumsden played. part icularl y well. THE SCHOOL

PLYMOUTH

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S. C. Robertson, c Bulters;'b Sargeant........... 4 J. H. Breese, b Lyon ........... .. .................... 28 J . D. Ommanney, b Sargeant..................... 10 J , W. S. Simpson, c and b Butters.. ... .. .......... 29 r. Butcher, b Lyon.. ....... .. ............. .. ... .. ... .. 0 E. G . F. Johnson, c Park , b Lyon................. 4 R. S. Brea lv, b Butlers........ .. ............ ...... .. 16 9 J. H. Bloomberg, c Rend le, b Butters.......... .. St. J. O. VernCde c and b Butters....... ........ ... 15 J. B. Lumsden, run OU1............................. 14 S. W. Brooks. notout.. ................. .. ........... I Extras .......... ... .... .. ....... ,....... ........ ... 10

Total. .. .... .... ......... ... .... .. .... ......... 45

TOla!. .... ....... ...... ..................... 140

Sargeant, c Bloomberg, b Joh nson.................. Park, b Johnson....... ................ .... .............. Clarke, b Joh nson........... .......... .. ............... Lyon, cBloomberg, b Vernede .. ,............. ...... Rcndle not Ollt.................................... ...... Johnson, Ibw, b Vernede .. ... ...... .. ...... .. ... .. .... Ward , lbw, b Johnson................................. Woolf, c Lumsden, b Johnson.................... ... Harland, c Butcher, b Vernede.. .................... And rew, b Johnson ............................ ,....... Butters, c Lumsden, b Johnson...................... Extra s ..... .... ... .... ... ...... , .. ,.,.................

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'KJ NG'S SCHO OL, CANTE RBU RY l' G R ES HA M ' S SCHOOL, HO LT (AWAY) c his was played on June 19th. T he School wo n t he toss a nd fie lded, Ver n ~ e and J o hnso n ta kin g two quick a nd 'c hea p wi ckets. At one time it looked as tho ugh G res ha m's wo uld be a ll o ut very quickly, but a t 23 ro r 5, Dawso n, theIr ca ptam, plaYlllg a very steady innin gs pulled the score ,rou nd to 54 fo r 5 by lunc h-tllne. T he bowlers seemed to prolit ,by th e rest and soo n had th e o pposition out for 74. [ n t he fie ld, Bloo mberg. brought off Ithree very good catches, two in t he slips a nd o ne a t sho rt leg. Lumsde n, at wIcket, played a fin e ga me, t he ex tras being exc usa ble since t he pitc h ~a s ve ry bum py. an d ~he bo und ary a t one end ext remely short. Our batti ng was wea k wit h twq excep.llOlls--Slmpso n, who ,played a very .good forci ng inni ngs, a nd Lu msde n, who backed hIm up well. TH E SCHOOL

GRES HAM'S

tPerkins, c Bloomberg, b VernCde........ ..... ... ... Briggs, b Johnson .... .... .. ... ... ......... ... _. _. ... .. .. Gould, b Johnson............ ... ........ ............ ... .

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lHammond, b Verncde.. ..... .... ....... ... .. .... ...... I 'Davison, b Yernede. ...... .... ............. .. .... .. ... 4 /Baines, c Bloomberg, b Johnson.. .. ... .. .......... 9 Hanna h, b Yerncde.... ...... ........... .... ....... ... . 1 Wray, b Johnson...... ...... ...... ..... ... ............. 2 Mumby, b Johnson... .. .................. .. ... .... .... I Webb, not out........ ......... .... ........ ........... ... 0 Extras.... .. .......... ... .... ............ .... .... ..... 25

J. H. Breese, b Wray.... .. ... .... ..... .. .. ........... 4 G . L. Ackers, c Baines, b \Vray................. .. . 7 J. D . Ommanney, c Davison, b Hannah......... I J. W. S. Simpson, not Oll t.. ........ .. ........ ..... .. 36 I. Bu tcher, Ibw, b Hannah .... .............. .. ...... . 0 S. C. Ro bertson, Ibw, b Hannah ...... ............ 0 E. O. F. Johnson, b Hannah.. ... ... .. .. .. .. ...... 2 J. B. Lumsden , b Hannah.. .. .. .. .. ............. 19 St. J, O. Verncde, b Wray.... ... ... .............. ... 1 R. S. .Breaiy, b Hannah....... ...... ... ... .. .... . ,... 2 J . H . Bloomberg, Ibw, b Hanna h.. ... .. .... ..... 3 Ex tras .. ...... ... ......... ......... .. ,... 4 Tota l. .......... ............ .... .

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St. J. 0 , Verncde ........... .. .. E. O. F. Johnson ..... .. ...... ·, .

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SWIMMING Al th o ugh we did not get away to a fl ying start, swim ming, th is year and i~ pa rticula r life-sa ving, has sur passed all previous records. It has been no unco mmo n SIght to sec the ba ths crowded while at the sa me time the more Spa rtan amon gst us . . have gone down to the sea in • sli p;,: a nd made t he grea t wa ters o ur bus iness. " In the Life Saving sphere the School has obtai ned 41 S ilver Medall ions, 49 Bronze Nt edallio ns 4 Ba rs to the Bro nze Medallion, 4 Instr uctor 's Cerlificates (I st Class), 2 'Instructor'; Certifica tes (2 nd C lass), a nd 48 Intermediate Certi ficates. For this fine record the School has und o ubtedly to th a nk M r. G oodburn, fo r hlS techn Ical ad Vice and enco urage me nt, not to speak of ·the ,many. hou rs he ungrudg ingly. spent coaching the hu ge e nll'y, alone made it possible. Aiso pralSe IS due to P . H . Smith for wha t a ppeared al times t o be his Mass Production o f e'fficient ca nd idates for these exa mma tlO ns. T he Swimming Spo!'ts will be he'" as usual, a t the e nd o f term a nd pro mise .to be 'a'close fi ght betwee n ·School Ho use all d Meister O mers. A lso, a sp eCIal sWImming d ISpla y has been a rranged for Speech Day Afte rn oo n. 10 0

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TENNIS, SQU~S H AND- BADMIN TON Owing perhaps to t he many rival a ttra ctio ns duri ng Ihe School 's two Swnmer Term s in Cornwa ll, minor sports, suc h as Te nnjs,. Squash a nd Bad min to n, r.ather tended to lose their pop ul a rit y an d were on ly played by a very sma ll minori ty. Since t he School took over the Corn ish Riviera C lub a t the beginning of term, however, the max imum adva ntage has been take n of the fac Hities. whic h it, provides fo r these g<lmes. A tennis VI has been . fo rmed a nd fi xtures ha ve been a rran ged w.ith various other tea ms incl udll1g those of Chfto n College, Benende n School a nd th e R .N.E.e., Keyham. In order that t he yo un ger mem be rs of th e Schoof may lea rn to play Te nnis, Squas h and Badmlll to n a syste m of coachIng has been arra nged , whereby the more ad va nced players take regul a r classes of beginners. T hi s scheme has proved very popular a nd over eighly boys ha ve alread y asked to lea rn in this way. The Halls have also been acl ive; the usua l Tenn is a nd Squash ladd ers have been in fu ll swing a nd a number of inter-ha ll Tennis ma tches have bee n played with great success. A Squash competitio n is now in progress, a nd ,a dou bles Tennis to urn a ment, similar to those held at Can terb ury, has been arran ged for the end ·of,term. After t his promising sta rt it is hoped that t hese sports have o nce aga in become firm ly esta blished pa rt of th e School 's acti vities.

OXFORD LETJlER Dear School, Forgive o ur' terseness. T ime, paper a nd news are scarce. O ut a t C uddesdon B. J. Wigan has been lunched with. H e is to be o rdained in Christ Church Ca thedra l on September 20th, an d next term will be wo rking in Oxford. W. E . C ham bers of Oriel has been bearded a nd re.bu ~d 'ror fa iling to recognize us. He has at least a nother yea r lip here. Neither T . Stapleto n nor G. M. Scott has been seen in the co urse of tenn. Disappea rin g up the steps into the Queen 's Co Uege D . Ga U haseexcha nged I a grin with us. P. Holmer of Ball iol a nd W. L. Smi th of 1lrinity are going down atl the end of term. Holmer has been busy with Schools a nd .Smith with S.T-.C. as a n .instructor in the R.A. C . branch. G . L. Taylor of T rini ty a lso ·goes down· this. term to j oil\'up, He has acted with the Experimental Thea tre C lu b a nd passed ' his Law Mods. I. K. M eek at N ew College workin g for his History Schools, d istur bs t he domestic life of.swa ns by falling in the river: N. Sca rfe of Magdalen rowed fo r Magdalen a nd New G:o IJege ul>Eigh ts Wee k, his boa t makfllg three Bumps in fou r days. Wor kiug for· a philosop hy seeti on, he is entertained b~ a se n es of well- k nown Strmg Quartets in the 'Fawn H a ll. D eJightful to meet in the HIgh, M r. and Mrs. La mpe, who were spend ing a,few days in Oxford:durin g Mr. La mpe 's leave. Fa miliar, too, was Ihe sight of the la te v.isito r. Arah bishop Lord ba ng of Lambeth ' Indi ng brisk ly ro und Addison 's Wa lk as it might,hll<ve .been ·round o un G reen Co urt. . On receiving the Schoo l Cale ndar we noted with' pleasure tl,le wa intenance of that ' lInk between Ox ford and Ca nterbury wJlic h Pate r celebra tes in Emerald UthlVart. We were saddened by news of the Ca nterbury raid. bu t h,eartel\ed. by n~ws at th e li ve School In Cornwall. Yours, O.~. S. Oxon.

THE CANTUARIAN

ORIGINAL FIRST GUARD Beyond the headland, like a wily fox, A golden saucer peeps, her face aglow; Half seen behind the gently seething rocks Which reach their fingers, insidious, low Into the rippling sea. Now poised upon this planet 's reddening verge The moon climbs up to join the upper air; And orange-tipped reflections slide tbe surge, Like dancing tears of blood, shed here and there Between the moon and me.

Reflection 's silver gnomes advance in hordes

Across the darkening waves; patches of shade In sinister way glide on towards . The shore; till even these dark shadows fade, And all is glittering sea. I ask if I could take that widening way And walk right up and up the silver stairs Till, poised upon the farthest, I co uld say, .. My world I've fled , and with it all my cares-" I ask, How far would the last stair be?

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THE CANTERBURY VERGER Ah, here at last then! Such a night as that So scared my limbs tbat tbough they wanted to They could not run, for putty at the joints I I never thought at midnight's hour ago That Faversham would welcome me so sweet As orchards after choking smoke and dirt, As lilting streams behind the crasb and whine Of rending, soul and body-tearing deatb. -Just one more drink then, for my throat 's as parcbed As any saddle left too long abed In sunlight in the window of my shop That was. . Phew! Down go dust and grit I A thousand buckles tumbled round my ears, And barness, too ! My lad's a shocking boy, For as my stomach hit the floor, my nose Caught dust of weeks, all swept beneath tbe bench And hidden till I coughed it. What a bang, That blew me there: and nightshirt round my head I The Church? It's safe, and ever will be, though 102

THE CANTU ARt AN It rises singly from a clutching cloud

Of smoke and asb that smirch its grandest face, Yet leaves the mass to bless the humble wrecks Which press the Precincts wall in burning ruin And tottering, heaping brick and mortar piles. God! what a fire then! what a night of flame I Know you that I ' m a verger, Cathedral too? Twas not my turn of duty, but 1 ran As any man would, seeing danger there

Where Anselm built and Wilbert added to, And where a thousand years in stone are raised

In blessing over Man's threescore-and-ten. Down Burgate quick- what 's left of it-a nd through The Chnstchurch Gateway; what a sight I saw I A dozen devils dancing on the roof . Of our Cathedral, bluish-white and bright, WhIle others sparked a cascade, tumbling down To burst again so soon they hit the ground. All round them sprang the clawing shapes of those Whose poles and rakes drew fiercer light and then Brought darkness, quickened here and there by spurts Of dying lights from deader bombs and fires' While over all, and touching every roof ' Was cast a pall of weaving, shadowed redA bishop 's robe which draped a bishop 's church ' To start lilke glaring eyeballs Bashing panes, To scintillate from windows scores of shades Yet leave a darker mass within the Church. ...... Across the black and red there Boated soft A ghostly form with limping gait- I ran, Half thinking that Nell Cook had come to join The festivals of Hell round God's true home. Nay, 'twas the Precentor's wife with gown clutched round , And lacking right-hand slipper, hair awry I n curlers of the Daily Telegraph; Yet brandishing a pair of tongs she hopped In vam attempts, dismembering burning wood (Her husband 's hurt, poor fellow, slipped and fell A dozen feet while clambering round the roof). ......1 dodged in through a transept: all was dark Though when I shut the door a gentle red Glowed dully from the lectern and its brass, While light there was, to see my way about. I'd lost my keys- no, here they were then- now Through the door and up the twisting stairThe door's ajar, but all the better so If! need help ...... And round again I spin,

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T<H E CANTUAR1AN Two hundred steps t{) corkscrew, up ,until 1 stumble to the roof- breath left bebind-'-(Lord, man! I'll see my sixtieth birthday soon !) And giddy so that sparks dart at me when . T slowly close my eyes and .clutch a post. .. .... The sand then. Someone 's been before, so on . I push a door and step out on a roof To daylight almost, ruddy shining Hell. ... ... Where 'er I looked were darting arms of fire Which reached and clawed at buildings yet untouched And caught, them in to join the festival Of Lucifer gone mad around the town. - Think of an island. Tbere I was alone A hundred feet above the nearest roof; Below was darkness : God was with ,us then, A nd while the town 's flames raged a roaring sea To the very gates, within was dar~ and quiet, Wi th spots of light dispersed where bombs un-fought Still strove to burn the Precincts. These the rocks Below the cliffs of our Cathedral wa lls Withstood-the flood , a nd beat the fiery hands Which clutcbed and beckoned and retired again. ...... Was I afraid? Nay, wouldn 't you be so When in a roar a bove you swept a plane Too big for one of ours, as large as life ? I ducked but ' twasn:t for me': the death ,whined down ' Beyond the walls, along that burning strip Once Broad Street- Heavens, what a flaming mess !

So home once more- though what a home was ours. My favourite chair outside among the p.iles Glf leather, metal bits and,tools and jigs. My wife was in it. Boy? G ood ,God knows where - But safe I hope ...... H ..y I J.ust another drink !

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GLORY It was just an ordinary book, brown in colour and somewhat used, and had very little about it to suggest its true, fateful significance. Glf c?u.r~e, there was . a clue, Just one small clue, a name scrawled un tidily on the cover, two lmtlals,. and , a thm Ime beneathbut that was all. I looked up slowly and met the eyes of my study inmate. .. Who was Giles, 1.K. ?" I asked. "Here in your time ?" My friend look a deep breath and I'was sJlent a moment "Yes I knew him" he said " He 's dead now though- shot down over Germany I believ~awarded th~ D.F.C. posthumousl:\,." Âˇ Again my friend was silent and pensive. When he next spoke, his words came slowly, and dreamily, and seemingly forgetful of all

TH E CANTUARIAN nyersational conventions, he allowed his mouth to speak as fluently as the pages of book . " It 's strange that he should die tha t way, you know, " he said, .. because he always used to say that the glory of dyi ng for his country was the only thing he would a ish for after leaving. We used to call him Glory-boy- and his actions certainly did '!' slice to his name. He was never happier than when winning the praise and approval JUf others and it was most entertaining to watcb all tbe different ways he endeavoured to ~Ich the public eye. He certainly was successful too- had his colours for almost everything possible- and I remember how the whole school used to stand spellbound as bis muscular shape dod ged through the opposing scrum, sent the cricket ball whistling for a six or exultantly breasted the finishing tape. But although he had the quick wits necessary for games,. he wasn 't clever and hadn't the depth of mind necessary for inner quietude of the spint. If he wasn ' t up a nd a bout, he was down and mlserable, lfntable, aggresslve and restless. Yet, since he was so seldom inacti ve, 1 think I can 'safely say he was happy." My friend stopped short a nd relapsed into thought. " You spea k as if yo u don ' t altogether admire the type of fellow Giles was, " said I, and, since n<;> answer c~me, 1 continued : .. After aU, is it ~ot better to accept the mysteries of thiS world Without comment, to devote our energICs and thoughts to the auainment of some world ly achievement, to li ve a life of ignorance, resignation and happi~ nesS wishing to belong to the world, be acknowledged by the world, and at last, if necessary, to die for the world- is it not better to live thus than to while away a worrying, melancholy existence of introspection , to delve despairingly into God 's sacred secrets and, so far from obtaining inner quietude of spiril, suffer only thaI kn owing discontent of mind which alone Ihe renunciation of this world can give ? " My friend looked up blankly, frowned and then smiled bitterly. He was evidently not convinced. cO

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FRAGMENT The otber night along the rays Of the setting sun Came a memory, A memory of stone and towers: And now, as lhe train sways Along the homeward run, I see the towers rise. I! is all there, the Cathedral, Bell Harry .. .. .. There is no surprise But gone are the Pilgrims ...... "EIGHT NINBTEBN ,.

.. THOU SEEST THY SERVANT." It was nearly a week after the raid- streets were tidied again, and all was as before, save for here and Ihere a Oat open space and a large neatly stacked pile of bricks. Here and there again were to be seen bent and twisted girders-and charred rafters sticking up out of the ground, showing that up till a few days ago Pohners, .the grocers, or that little shop of old F rau Kaufmann had been flourishing- yet all was n0\Y in order, and the Nazi Flag still flew from the top of the Town Hall. 105

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THE CANTUA RIA N l'atber Lebmann stood in the cool of the s mall porch , listening. to the noi se of the band, a nd the tramp of the Storm Troopcrs In the Hauptstrasse. With a Sigh he bowed his head and e ntered the house where he had been h Vlll g Since the NaZIS had closed his church lwelve months before. His church- th e C hurch of Our Lady, E ndl estei n _ w ith its stained g lass win dows, polished oak pews, and burnin" candles. All had b~en ba rred from him. H e, Gu stav Lehmann, had been d rJ v~ n ou t ~Ith wh~ps, ,and forbidden to return. For the seco nd time he sighed ...... On the wmdow Si ll of the httle attic, in a cracked china jug were three blood red roses. He gla nced at them thoul,lhtfully: The little tree from w hich they came was the only tlllng that had mterested 111m dunng the past year, arid the tin y garden behind the . h o u ~e w,as ce nt ~'ed ro.und It. . .He was an old man, he rea lized bitterly, an o ld man. HIS thm Silky white haH, and hIS short crink ly beard gave him a kindly look, and hIS blue eyes, despite the wn nkl es beneath them, still sh o ne brightly when he smiled . He had been ill in bed for lhe past two weeks, and not once ieft the little attic. He had lain in the dark on the night of the raid listeni ng to the crash .of the bombs. And yesterday he ha d got up for the first ti l~l,e. . H~ ,was wondering then as he wondered now, Bhtz. Âˇ As he la y tbere In bed he had tned to how the ch urc h had fared durlllg the imagine how it would look. Cool and dark inside with the lead roof gliste ning dimly in the moo nli ght. Little o range flames were fllckenng on the diamond pa nes of the vestry windows-a nd now he was up, and could see for hunself. Wrappll1g a woollen sca rf ro und hi s neck he went slowly down the c reaky staircase-dow n- and out into the street.

It was evening. Tbe rays of the even ing su n were casting long s hadows on the ground. The shadow of tbe flag fl ying at the top of the Town Hall fell across t he fountain in the middle of the Square. Little ripples on the water disto rted it as he passed. He turned down into the street he kn ew so well; a nd then he saw the C hurcb . It had been hit in the centre so that only the two ends and the s pire were s till sta ndin g: He stopped in the middl e of the road , ga zing up at t he o ld spire a nd at th e pigeo ns flapPll1 g lazil y rou l~d wha t was left of the roof. The settin g sun made the weather-beaten grey sto ne, even m rurn, look beautiful. A harsh voice called o ut behind him- " Bewegen-Sie sich " - H e turned and saw an S.S. ma n standing at tbe coroer of t be street. "Move on, t here! " H e crossed the road and clambering over a pile of rubble entered the chu rch. The thi ck studded oak door at the west end was sti ll bolted and barred and a lock a nd chain hung li mply through the. large iron handl e. Sli ppin g between blocks of smashed stone with stained glass crunchmg under hIS feet, he wa lked up what had been th e Mam AISle. The East End of the c hu rch was practically undamaged. The altar, an d the dark red carpet leading to it were all covered with dust: a small statue of the virgin had fallen, smas hed across the altar steps. He paused, not knOWIng whet her to stay a moment lo nger, ~r to leave. They had forbidden him to return to the ch urch again. His eyes became misty' the altar looked blurred. Brus hlll g a thick layer o f d ust and plaster ofT th e kneeler he knelt down at the a ltar rail. All wa s quiet. The cloc k in the steeple ch imed the half hour disturbing the birds o n the roof. Yet he was oblivious of it al l. Fa intly from o utside 'came the so unds of people scrambli ng over the rubble, and the murmur of voices. And tben, loudly :" Es ist verboten dieses Ge baude ein z u trete n ! " Looking o ver his s houlder he saw several dim figures, and then as his mind cleared, he realized they were Gestapo meo

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'rHE CANTUA RIA N chi ng towards him.

As they neared him he tried to reply, bu t o ne of them str\Ick Blood flowed freel y, s tand ing o ut in vivid contrast h"~h'e si lky white of his bea rd. Anot her, seizi'n g th e crucifix from the alta r, Bung it into If far corner of the ruined ch urc h. And then frenzied ly threw six sil ver ca ndlesticks I r~cr il. T hey fell with a clatter on tbe sto ne floor. a Seizing him roughl y t hey pus hed him o ut into the du s k. Dragging him across the uare they entered the side door of the Town H a ll. The fla g still threw a shadow on the f~untain , in the las t rays of .t~e s un ; and then as the sun clouded over for t.h~ last time, the shadow slowly merged In amongst greater shadows .. .... Dusk beca me twllrght... ... a nd Iwilight became darkness. It was just after sunrise. T he s un was shining brightly into a little attic a t tbe top of a hou se on th e outskirts of the town . Sunlight fell o n a bed in tb e corner- a bed that had not been slept in- and on a s mall plaster statue of the virg in, sta nding on atable b Ihe bed side. In a cracked jug, o n the window sill, were three blood red roses. Roses 1631 had shrivelled a nd now hung limp ly. On the floor lay a handfu l of faded petals,A slight breeze, blowi ng softly in tbrough the wi ndow stirred them, as they lay on tbe Ihreadbare carpet. VANBRUGH.

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OKS. NEWS Tlte EdilUrs i"yite the co-operatioll of O.K.S. ill strengthellillg these items ill .. TI'I E CANTUARIAN" which art of partiiular interest 10 O.K.S. They call1lot themselves oblaill milch of Ihe lIecessary malerial, especially particulars of promotions, and therefore remilld l'ubscribers that all items of news are always welcome.

Colonel C. H . Budd, M.e., R .A.M.e. (1899- 1904) was released fro m tbe Army laS! year. He is still on the active list, liab le to recall. In addition to doing double medicaJ work in Ca mbrid ge he is Vice-Chairman of the County Territorial A ssociation and Chairman of the County Cadet Com mittee. M. B. Creed (1933- 37) is still in a low medica l category a nd unfit for overseas service, foll owin g an attack of me nin gitis. H e is now Adjutant of a n R.A .e., O.C.T.U. He has had one or two O.K.S. t hroug h it a nd also Mr. Michell ! 1. H. Collier ( 1935-39) did bis flying ' training in America, enj oyin g Canadian hospitality on the way. He did bis first solo fl ight after 9t ho urs' dual, a nd says be was lOry lucky in his Inst ru ctor at his Primary Training School. At bis next place the mSlructors were U.S. A ir Corps Lieutenants and the cadets were directly under U.S. Air Corps discipline whi ch was very strict, bu t the fl yin g good and the cadets got on very well. He is now back in England as a Pilot Officer. A. M. Dean (1934-40) writin g from the Middle East in February was hoping to see Peler Strallen (1934-38) and bad seen P. 1. Hill (1931- 35) of tbe Black Watch, wbo was m Tobruk during the siege, and wo und ed there, but was recovering, and F . E. H . Lovelace (1926-35). G. A. Leman 0936- 38) R.A., is in the same division, but Dean had not met him since Ca petow n. Dean says " This is a frightful place not at a ll the desert of Beau Geste a nd the Foreig n Legio n. I had nlY baptism of fire so me little time ago whicb was no mo re pleasant tha n I ex pected it to be, since wben we've been baving it nigbt and day-:-so milch so that although one doesn't get indifferent to it one does at least get accumatised . 1 run the Scout Car troop in Lhe regiment, and my driver is a chap called 107

THE CANTUARIAN Nason who runs a furniture shop in Canterbury and,. amongst other things, lifted D Phillips' piano into 29 The Precincts. 1 often wonder how the School is in Spite Of':' silence and I do hope it is flourishing and going from strength to strength. The best of lu to everything it undertakes and I hope that soon it will be back in its proper setting ~ Canterbury- a place to which [ ' m tremendo usly devoted as I think a ll of us, who we'n there, feel. ' , re D. F. L. Evans (1934-38) is ma rried, a nd when he wrote in June was finishin Junior Staff Course a nd hoping to visit the School wit h his wife on his next leave in J~I a He had spent nearly 2 years in N. Ireland. y. A. G. Eyre (1935-40) has been appointed to the Colon ial Civil Service and writes'_ " I am now 2nd Lieut. R. A. (retired) in addi tion to the B.A. which caused yo u so ";uch amusement last summer. At the moment [ a m 'civilian released from military duties' and 0.0 arrival in Nigeria I sha!1 be ': 'soldier released from civil dutics ' attached to the Nlgena RegIment or West Afnca n hontler Force, but also cngaged on CIvil business at the same time. Anyhow, [ get paid fairly well and [ shall see a bit of life so I expect to enjoy myself." R. F. Fenn writing from an Art illery O.C.T. V. says, " The first mo nth here has been rather hectic, but I feel fi tter than I bave ever been before, and rea lly enjoyed chasi ng round the assault course which they have erected for our benefit here ! Curiously enough I have been doing fairly well and have been second in both the exams we have so far had. " H. W. S. Husbands (1895-98) very kindly offered the School a nu mber of copies of the Bombay Natural History Society 's Journal, but these had regretfully to be declined owing to the present restricted size of tbe Library. He also sent illustrated descriptions of some of the models made by him of suggested solutions of traffic problems. These were of very great interest to the School, and we only wish it were possible for the models to be shown and explai~ed to us. Perhaps that may be managed when we get back to Canterbury. F. E. H. Lovelace (1926-35) is Captain of a Flying Boat. In his man'y journeys round the world he has flown Anthony Eden, Sir John Dill, Lord Gort , Admiral Somervill. and General Brett of the U.S.A. A. H. Lovelace (1932- 38) has done 1050 hoW's in the air, and is now a n Instructor. He had the honour to meet H.M. the King last year. . C. O. J. Miller (1935-41) wrote from India where he was stationed about ninety miles from the Himalayas, and was learning Urdu. I. K. Meek (1938-41) is sitting for a war degree before going on to the Honour. School. H. P. Player (1929- 34) has qualified M.R.C.S., L.R. C.P. a nd is Senior House Surgeon at Wolverhampton Hospital. C. B. Pratt (1921-24) is now Technical T raining Commander on the Staff of RA, Naval Air Stations. A. L. D. Skinner, Commander, R.N. (retired) (1894-98) has a coaching establishment at Torquay, and has recently been coach ing a candidate for the Milner Scholarships. We should like to congratulate R. G . Sloan ( 1925-29) on being awarded Ih. Allenby Prize, the highest award made to officer cadets for ge neral excellence in the Middl. East O.C.T.V. His course was one of the first two " All Arms" courses orga nised in

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TH E CANTUA RIAN the Middle East which were. attended by officer cadets fro~ the Imperial and Colonial Forces. Sloan, now 2nd LIeutenant N.Z.A.S.C., served WIth the New Zealand Anti· Tank Battery formed Ln England untIl. t~'? Llbya n campaign, and saw acti ve service in Greece. He was then transferred. to the dlVlslO na l supply column for field ex perience before training for a eomn~lSslOn III the Anny ServIce Corps. The Allenby Prize, which is known as tbe MIddle East, s wa rt lln,~ equlvale?! of the Sword of H ono ur at Sandhurst, is a copy of General Wavell s book, Allenby, SIgned by General Auchlll ieck. The award was originally known as the Wa vell Pl'lze. M. S. Spark (19.37-;-4 1) wri tes" Life in the Army is great. I don't suppose I have ever been so fit beforc 111 my life ! T he only drawback is very little frec time' we work from ~ a.m. to 6.30 p.m., and when yo u incl~de a night, operat ion and a Picquet every week It does not leave much to yourself.. .. .. l he old sayIng about school and best days of your life is well bome out so far in my case. " G. L. Taylor ( 1937-4 1) has passed Cert. " B" and expects to be ca lled up shortly 10 the Queen's Royal Rifles. He has passed the 1st parI of Law Moderat ions and took the second p@ rt before goi ng down. M. Walsh (1937- 41) wri tes, " r played for an officers' team last Saturday and they all wanted to know where I went to school and who my coach was as I was lucky enough to make a good innings, and to ca tch their two best bats." ' C. H. B. Wauton (1 932-37) writes from tbe Middle East that he met D. E. Owen (1934-36) in a rickety cinema in Sri nagar, a nd that he has also met many friends of Frank 'founsend (1928- 36) and others. But he tells us not hing at all about either Owen or Tounsend, of whom we have had no information since the wa r started. News of their present rank and so forth wou ld be very welcome.

B. J. Wigan ( 1932- 37) writes ,. Michael Sargent ca me to the School with me' we got to know one another especiall y well when his father coached us both by post for Ma tric. Engli sl~ . . I always admil:ed him as one of those people who could read a paper to the f!.:l arlowe SoclCty ,~n an .o r~Jn ary subJ:ct wh ich w~s mterestlllg and entertaining ...... He 11IIllseif took the Qua llfYlng Exam for B.D . 111 June and is being ordained at Mlchaelmas to a title at S. Barnabas, Oxford, and is combining wHh this work on the Edilorial Staff of the Lexicon of Patristic G reek." , J. R. Williallls, F.R.C.O. (1935-:-39) says" No news from the Navy has yet come my way and so. I ha ve becn able to filllsh off my three years reSIdence at Cambridge. As a result it WIll be possible for me to obtain a peace· time B.A. Degree. Also I ha ve passed Part II of the Mus. B., and so I will get that Degree as well this term. " P. Starnes (1935- 39) is proceeding to Lincoln Theological College. N. R. Vern Me (1935- 39) managed to escape from Singa pore after the capitulation. Afler nghtll1g for ten da ys WIth very lottie rest, he and a few other officers swam out to a small boat abandoned in the Harbour, and with difficulty managed to get to a little island Just off Singapore which had not yet been occupied by the Japa nese. To reach the boat they had to swim through patches. of oil and acid, which entirely rotted their clothing; perhaps thIS was fortunate for whIle they were 111 the boat enemy aeroplanes repeatedly flew overhead, but appa rently were d eceived by their appearance. Some fri endly Malays proVIded them WIth another boat, 111 .wh lch they reached Sumatra , but with no clothing and no supphes they were badly eqUIpped for the )ong trek which awaited them there. 109

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Vern Me, however, was more fortunate than the others for he came ,across a friendly naf who /ellt him a loin cloth! The only food they were able to obtam was provided by ~he natural vegetation, or an occasional meeting with a native. However they were 'Ie e fortunate in finding an abandoned a rmy lorry, in which they made the remainder of IhY journey, after having to push the vehicle up the hills, and always impeded by the very ba~ roads. They reached Ceylon in one of the last boats to leave Sumatra, and after a 1110nth ' well-earned lea ve Vernede is now back on active service in India. i Mr. Michell writes, "Chance encounters in tbis country have taught me almost to expect to meet O.K.S. wherever r go." He got married at the end of last year. Mr. Avery is believed to be in Indi a. Mr. Moss has transferred himself to bombdisposal, and now drives a lorry loaded with malignant explosives. .. Mr. Corner was a Fifth Columni st in a recent Invasion Exercise, and disguised as a Staff Captain sought to cause what discomfort he could to the Allied Effort in that district We gather he enjoyed himself. . ' A. P. D. Kennedy (1920---27) is .. a priso ner " in Shangbai where he has been working as an Accountant since 1933 . The last news that came through in December 194 1 was a cable from the firm that all were well . BIRTHS BEARDSWORTH.- On tbe 24th December, 1941, at Shanghai, to Marjorie, wife of R. E. L. Beardsworth (1906- 11), a daughter. ROBERTs.- In Marcb, 1942, to Bridget, wife of Lieut. P. S. W. Roberts, V.C., R.N. (193135), a daughter (Sarah). MOWLL.- On the 24th March, 1942, to Mary, wife of Paymaster Lieutenant W. R. Mown, R.N.V.R. (1919- 27)"a son. BLUNT.- On the 25th March, 1942, at Na ini Tal, India, to Averil, wife of Colonel Digby Scawen Blunt (1913- 20), a son. CHILTON.- On the 12th April, 1942, to Veronica, wife of 2nd Lieut. H. F. Ch ilton, R.A.O.C. (1925- 29), a daughter. AUSTEN.- On the 13th April, 1942, to Patricia, wife of Captain D. H. Austen, The Green Howards, (1932- 36), a daughter (Rosemary El izabeth). LAINE.- On the 6th May, 1942, to Sybil, wife of Lieut. J. N. B. Laine R.N.V.R., (1921-26) . a sister (Judith Mary) for Christopher and Simon. WlsE.- On 18th May 1942, at Coach Hill, Titchfield, Hants, to Eve, wife of Paymaster Commander G. H. Wise, R.N . (191 1-13), a son. WILLIAMs.- On 27th May, 1942, at Peters Cottage, Rusper, to Elizabeth, wife of Richard Llewellyn Williams (1923- 27), a son. BROCKLBHURsT.-On 6th June, 1942, at Newe House, Pakenham, Suffolk , to Beryl, wife of Major A. E. Brocklehurst, R.A., (1919- 23), twin daughters. HILL.- On 10th June, 1942, to Violet, wife of the Rev. D. I. Hill (1923- 31) a daughter, (Katherine Elisabeth). 110

THE CANTUARIAN NETfLllTON.- On 1st Jul y, 1942, at Brazier House, Whyteleafe, to Joan, wife of Captain H. S. Nettleton, R.A. S.C., (1922- 24), a son (Travers). RIDSDALE.- On 6th Jul y, 1942, a t Shillong, Assam , to Ma rgaret, wife of Henry Wheatley Ridsdale (191 7- 20), a daughter. TRIPp.- On 13th July, 1942, to MQlly [rene, wife of Lieutena nt-Commander R. T. Tripp, R.N., (1918- 27), a da ughter. MARRIAGES HilL : OSBORNE.- On 22nd December, 1941 , in Cairo Cathedral, 2nd Lie utenant P. T. Hill, Black Watch (193 1- 35) younger son of Mr. and Mrs. E. !. Hill of Kingstonon-Thames to Joan Mary, dau ghter of the late Mr. Osborne and Mrs. Osborne of Ham. KENNA N : HESLOI'.- On the 8th March, 1942, Major L. W. Kennan R.A.S.C. (1928- 32) to Dorothy Ren e, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Heslop of Norwich. HEWLETT: BELL.- On the 9th June, 1942, .Dr. Floyd Hewlett (1930- 33) son of the late Professor R. T. Hewlett .and of Mrs. Hewlett, "Squires Cottage " Crawley Down, to Barbara, dau ghter of the late Canon J. A. W. Bell and of Mrs. Bell. EVANS: JAFFRAY.- On 14th Ma rch, 1942, Lieutenant Dennis F . L. Evans, (1934-38), The Queen 's Royal Regiment (West Surreys) to Mary L. B. Jaffray. SYKES: DALE.- On 13th June, 1942, at Brompton Oratory, Hugessen Gantho ny Sykes (1915- 17) to Margaret Valentine Dale. MURCH: GEORGE.- On 29th June, 1942, Charles Patrick Murch (1926- 34) to Joan Florence George. AWARDS Victoria Cross .Âˇ-Lieutenallt Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, R.N. (l93L- 35) Petty Officer Thomas William Gould. On February 16th in daylight H.M.Submarine Thrasher attacked and sank a heavily escorted supply ship. She was at once attacked by depth charges and bombed by aircraft. The presence of two unexploded bombs in the gun-casing was discovered when, after dark, the submarine surfaced and began to roll. Lieut. Roberts and P/O Gould volunteered to remove the bombs, which were of a type unknown to them . The danger in dealing with the second bomb was very great. To reach it they had to go through the casing which was so low that they had to lie at full length to move in it. Through this narrow space, in complete darkness, they pushed and dragged the bomb for a distance of some 20 feet until it could be lowered over the side. Every time the bomb was mo ved there was a loud twa nging noise as of a broken spring which added nothing to their peace of mind. This deed was the more gallant as H.M.S. Thrasher's presence was known to the enemy ; she was close to the enemy coast, and in waters where his patrols were known to be actiVe day and night. There was a very great chance and they knew it, that the submarine might have to crash-dive while they were in the casing. Had this happened they must have been drown ed. (The Times, 10th June, 1942). We are interested to learn that Petty Officer Gou ld is a Dover man so that Kent can claim both these awards.

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.- One day in April, 1942 F light-Lieutenant H. A. S. Johnston (1922-32) shewed great courage and initiative when, after a prolonged In

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carried out a series of successful fetnt a ttacks o n Messelschmltt 109 s to a llow his Squadron colleagues to la nd saÂˇfely. Flight-Lieutenant Johnson has destroyed at least three hostil, aircraft and damaged severa l more. (LOlldoll Gazelle, 5th Junc, 1942). M,LITARY Clwss.- Tj Major E. M. Ke meys-Jenkins (1 920) for /ia llantry in the Middl, East; Tj Major A. H. S. Nort hcote ( 1930- 3.1) fo r gallantry and d,sttngu,shcd services io Madagascar. . ME NTIONED IN DES PATCHES.- Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Dean (1908- 15), SUb-,Lleutenanl W. G. Coltham (1927- 3 1): This officer wo rked ve ry hard III orgamslllg the Slll P s CO~"p~ny for the operation (in the Peman G ulf). He lead the patty which boatded the I erStan

gunboat at Bandar Gulf and was fi rst 0 11 board. He was a,lso pl0I1.1mcnton board Ihe Ita lian vessel Cabo/a. Later he took a motor boat to th e wha rf and lequested the U.S.A. vessels to shift berth. He then return ed to the PersIa n Ilunboat Cha~~z, got It under weigh and carried ou t several further dutIes III command of the gunboat. NOTB.- As Mentions in Despatches are published onlÂĽ in the Londol/ Gazelle, Ihe Compiler of the War Record asks particularly that Info rm ~ tlOn of such MentIOns ma y bt sent to him.

OBITUARIES MAJOR-GENERAL SIR' LAYTON BLENKI NSO P, K.e.S., D.S.O., J.P. Major-General Sir Layton Blenk insop (1 874-79) was the second of three brolh." He di ed sudden ly on 28t h May, 1942, a l the age of 79. " Majo r-General Sir La yto n John BJenkinsop, K.e.B., D.S.O., who hada d i s tin!(ui sh~d ca reJ'r with the Royal Army Vetenna ry Corps, a nd was flom 19 17- 2 1 DII ectm-Uener:1i of the Arm y Veterinary Service at the Wa r Office, died s~9den l .y clt Mel bo~ lIle, near Roystone, o n Tuesday, 28th Apr il , 1942, at the age of 79. I he thlfd son of L!eu~enanl' Colonel William Blenkinsop and Elizabet h Sandford, he was educated at KlIl g s School, Ca nterbury (1 874-79) and the Royal Veterinary College, London. He was Coleman Medalist in 1883, and in the sa me yea r JOIlled the Arm y Vetennary Depaltment. Afler a period as advisory veterinary surgeon to the Punjab Govern ment, I.l e sel ~ed ~s senior veterinary officer in the Sudan Expedition of 1898, when he was mentIOned III .dlspatches and awa rded the D.S.O. Blenkinsop was statIOned III Egypt from 1896- 99, and In Ihe South African War served as S.V.O. to a cava lry division. From 1904 to 1913 he held various appointments as pri ncipal vet~f1nary o~cer !n lrel~ nd, England,. an.d Sou!h A~r~cad In 191 6 he became Director of Vetennary Services III IndIa, a post wh Ich he rehnqulS e . n the following yea r to take up the War Office post of Director-General, Army Veterln.r) Service. He was made K.e.S ., and went on reti red pay, III 1921, but served as Colonel Comma ndant, R.A.V.C., until 1932. Blen ki~ s.o p was co-ed Itor with Colo nel J. W. Raln~~ of the Veterinary Services SectIon of the OffiCIa l HIstory of the last war. He married 1905 Ethel Alice, daughter of John Wells, of Goole. (The Tl/l1eS, 30t h Ma y, 1942). Major-General W. S. Anthon y, C.B., C.M.G. writes: .. '~o ha ve known .someoi~ well for nearly 40 yea rs-a nd that is. my clai m with regard to.Slr La yto n B1e n~lIl so~gh to sift remembrance and feeling when the parting comes, and It IS tnevltable tlMt thro to be ed ucated at the School.

THE. CANTU A.RIAN the maze of recollectio n some o ne trait of character comes to the surfac~, and remains there always to be aSSOCIa ted III chIef ~Ith the man; some facet of his personality gleams SO brightly. as to. take and hold attentIOn. In a ltfe so long and va ried in experience, so crowded wIth InCIdent, he had need to possess and use many att~ibutes to attain his measure of worth, but as the mmd ranges among the long records of hIS actIvItIes and tries to sort them, the selflessness of hi ~ motives is ever present-a thread of gold that runs through the rich textu.'e of hIS acillevements. Plans may sometimes have miscarried, judgment strayed, promIse baulked of fu lfilment b~ acclde~t-none of these ever brought into being anyasllerSlOn ,?f hIS smcerelty or good faIth and It was easy for. all to fall in with him and Iry agam. ThIS vlftue, native and basIC to a man, cannot be Improvised, so that to the end his zest was never 111 abeyance nor hIS effort weaned. His lot was cast at a time when the surges of Change swept the nations when War and its aftermath were the issues, when something old was dying and so~ething new yet unborn. In IndIa he spent many yea rs of ceaseless toil, sowing seed that now bears rruit. He was In. the Sudan to help ItS res~ue from slavery and degrad ation and to begin â&#x20AC;˘ better way of lIfe for the tiller of the SOlI. . In South AJnca he gave many years of his best endeavo urs to bnng .t wlthlll and reconc.le It to the Empire, and in the Great War he strove for civilisation itself. His active, percipient mind kept him in the forefront of progressive ideas and impelled him to foster every worthy well-founded design to improve, while the thoroughness a nd unsparIn g energy he displayed in every relation of life was his lur' passport to the emmence he won a nd the standard he set. He sowed lavishly, late and early, and we have not ye t gathered all the harvest. There still remains the shining example of his long and loyal duty to h'is country, the serene steadfastness of purpose and or faith abides with us and we cannot forget the helpful hand so constant and ready. They pass and smile, the children of the swordNo more the sword they wield; And 0 how deep the corn Along the battle-field. SUB-LIEUTENANT HENRY DANN JR. R.N.V.R. (1928- 33) Hen ry Dann, so n of Henry Dann, O.K.S. (1890- 94) entered the School as a Dayboy in 1928 and was elected Senior Greaves Scholar in 1930. He became a School Monitor C.Q.M.S., in the O.T.e., and had hi~ .C,?lours for Rugby Football, Hockey, P.T. and Bo~ing A contemporary WrItes of hlm.VItalIty and an adventurous SPlflt are the qualIties or Henry Dann which those who knew hi m at school will best remember. He threw himself with energy into everything he undertook, whether it was on the football field the sports ground or the cricket pitch. Like many of those who are destined to sho"; quaHties.of leadership to a hig.h degree, he had his disagreements with Authority, but dunng hIS last few terms at school, when he had many achievements to his credit on the tYing field, he was also a strong Monitor, and aÂˇ nota ble Head of the Dayboys ' House. owards the end of his s.~hool career the de~\re came" to h!m to see something of the world ~nd, In hIS own words, to rough It a bIt before settlmg down to the routine of office life. And so, foregoing his last Summer term at school, he set out on a long ocean voyage to a tramp steamer. After this interlude Henry Dann entered the Land Agency profession, but the attraction

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TH E CANT U ARIA N outbreak of war he was appointed to H.M .S. Exeler, but did not j oin her until a month after the memorable action with the Graf Spee, which, as he sa id " w.as in a way bad luck." Later he was appointed to H.M. S. Glorious, and was· reported mlssmg, when that ship was sunk in June, 1940. RN . . Teddy Wright cam~ up from the Junior Scho.ol in 1932 as a King 's Scholar and passed into the Royal Na vy WIth a Paymaster Cadetshlp III December, 1935, gammg 4th place Although of a rather reserved disposition he was very much liked by his contemporaries' over whom he exercised a considera ble influence. He entered mto everything- work' games, O.T.e.-with a quiet enthusiasm. He, too, was serving in H.M.S. Glorio", i~ June, 1940, but it was only a few months ago that all hope of there being any further survivors was aba ndoned by the Admi ralty. PAYMASTER-SUB-LIEUTENANT

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BRIAN TAYLOR (191 8- 27). Brian Taylor, as far as is known, is the firs t civilia n member of the School to lose his life in an air ra id. For his last two terms at School he was a cheerful and efficient Head of Holme House. All ga mes ca me easily to him, and he gave good service to the 1st Xl. As a Rugby player he developed after he left, and he played excellent games for Canterbury R.U.F.e. against the School. He was Ma nager of the Dover Depot of the East Kent Road Car Company, and was killed in an air raid, whilst deputising as a firewatcher. He was about to be promoted Captain in the Home Guard . PAYMASTER SUB-LIEUTENANT JOHN RICHARD BIDDULPH SIDEBOTHAM R.N. (1934-38). Dick Sidebotharn, son of J. B. Sidebotham O.K.S. (l905- 11) bore a name which has appeared in the School lists for almost 100 yea rs. H e passed into the Royal Navy with a Paymaster Cadetship and was servi ng in H.M .S. Dorselsltire when she was sunk. The following is an extract from a letter from Captain A. W. S. Agar, V.C., D.S.O., R.N., of 9th June, 1942 :' " .. I bavejust returned home.to England, a nd am writing to tell yo u how much I grieve for you in the loss of your son who was my Secretary in Dorselshire when she was sunk. •• The Sec.," as we called him, an'd I were devoted to each other- at least I was devoted to him, apart from his duties. He was the most lova ble a nd unselfish creawre that ever lived, and had such a fine character. Everybody on board lIked htm, and hIS loss means not only a lot to me but the Service as well . Where he actually was when the ship sank I don 't know, but he must have been in the Cypher Room at his Action Station. The attack was over very suddenly, and from the beginning to the time we sank could not bave been m.ore than 10 to 20 rrunutes, so those who met their end on board must have done so very. qwckly whIch 111 a way was merCIful. There were s.ome of us in the wa ter for 30 hours afterwa rds, but he was not a mong th~. It is not easy to write this letter telling these details, but I feel that when one knows thIS the worst is over. Of all those I lost on the ship I can candidly say I have felt his loss the most. He gave his .life for his Country, and no ma n can do more. We who are left behind can but carry .on a nd wait until we meet again on the other s,ide. "

TH E C ANTUARIAN 2ND LIEUT. PETER NORBERT MA CDOUGALL (1933- 40) ARG YLL AN D SUT HE RLAND HIGHLANDE RS. P. N. MacDougall spent six years in the School after a year in the Parrots, and was a member of Holme House and later of Meister Omers. He was a Senior King's Scholar, a School Mo nitor and wo n a State Schola rshi p to Christ Church, Oxford. He represented the School at Athletics in 1938 a nd 1939, two successful years, a nd was Hon. Sec. ,?f Athletics and of the Ma rlowe SocIety. He IS fresh III the nnnds of man y of us. Hts outstanding abili ty coupled with a robust and sturdy independence of outlook gave him a unique place in the School. Whet her in the class-roo m, in the House or on the playing fields he was listened to with respect, fo r even if we did not always agree with his co ncl~sions, we knew that they were based on the probings of a keen intellect. His death at so early an age has brought to an end a career which might well have shed great lustre on the School; but we can be sure that he more tha n most, would fully have understood the greatness of the cause for which he gave his life, a nd would gladly have paid the price. PILOT OF FICER LIO NEL G RAHAM WILLIAMS (1934-38) AND FLYING OFFI CER HARRY MALCOLM WILLIAMS (1929- 33). To those of us who lived with them in The G range, it is impossible to separate in our minds H, M. and L.G . Each in his turn occupied the same place. Friendliness and impertu rbability were the ha llmarks of each. Never we re they put out of temper, never to be hustled.' Here we had the tr ue type of the solid, steadygoing Englishman, who, we are so often and so tru thfully told, is the core of our national greatness. With their parents we mourn the loss .of two very gallant gentlemen. CAPTAIN ALEXAND ER GEORGE KINNAIRD (1929-35) WEST YORKSHIRE REGIM ENT Prominent on the playing-fields, A. G. Kinnaird was a member of the 1st XV and of the Hockey XI and Vice-Captai n of Fencing. It seems impossible to believe that he has gone, for life a nd vitality fl owed fr.om him . His very entry i!)to the room, with his quick step, his glowing colour and his breezy manner was a brea th of fresh air. He was never ha ll~ hearted ; in wo rk or play. in agreement or opposition, he was a lways vehement and threw himself whole-heartedly into the tas k to ha nd. In the same gra nd manner he would have gone fighti ng and in the sa me gra nd ma nner died. PILOT OF FI CER GEORGE CLINTON SMYTH E (1937-39) We deeply regret to learn that G . e. Smythe was fatally injured in a motor car accident on Ju ne 17th. Smythe was a Heyman Scholar bY' ri ght of Founder 's kin. He left School on the out break of wa r to help in his fa ther's business, at too early an age to show more than the promise of what he might become had he been able to have a normal School career. Entering the Royal Air Force he became a Sergeant Pilot a nd at the time of his death was acting as an Instructor. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the relatives of all those whose loss the School so deeply mourns. I1~

THE CANTUARIAN

LETrBRS TO THE EDITORS To the Editors of "THB

CANTUARIAN "

Dear Sirs,

On behalf of the Athletic Club I should like to take this opportunity of thankin Mr. Stephen-Jones for the enthusiasm and assistance which he gave to the running o~ Athletics; and also all those who helped to mllke the Sports such a success this year,

I am, S.ir, Your obedient servant, M, G , CHATTBRTON

Captain of Atl;letics, To the Editors of I I lHE CANTUARIAN " Dear Sirs, On behalf of the Cricket Club may I take' this opportunity-of thanking all those who have helped with the Cricket this term, especially Mr. Juckes who has given many hours of his time to the erecting of the nets and to the cutting of grass on the Poltair Ground Without his aid the .ground would never have been in a fit state to play on , 1 should lik~ also,to thank D, M , Hamilton for the trouble he has taken in providing meals for the XI at somewhat irregular hours in the evening.

[ am Sirs, Your obedient servant, J, D, OMMANNEY,

Captain of Cricket. To the Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN .. Dear Sirs, Ever since I was a small object in this school, with all Âˇthree buttons done up and a frightened looking face, it has been my ambition to see my work in print in The Callfllarian, Behold me, then, an author whose copious works fill many bulging big-sixes, the pages of which portray a development from inky thumb-stains to a flowing sixth-form style, Moreover, behold an author not lacking in courage or perseverance (the true McClure formula for ultimate success) whose handwriting has been seen on every editor's desk for the last three years, upon what must now approach to a ream of notepaper. Yet owing to circumstances over which I have certainly never had any control, the medium of original expression for anyone except a bishop has been line drawing, For terms I have suffered the agony of frustration, when I have opened the current number of The Cantuarian and seen mediocre sketches of local eye-sores, yet never a hint of the abundance of my contributions of prose and verse, It appears necessary, therefore, that I must utilize this column of your journal to present my name before your large public; yet, as the public would never recognise its literary significance and as I fear the wrath of aspiring line-artists to be swift, I feel obliged to sign myself, Yours Aggrievedly, INKSLtNGER.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries and apologise for a ny mistakes or omissions :The Ampleforlh Journal, The Blundellian, The Bradford College Chronicle, The Bryal/s toll Saga, The Cranbrookian, The Dovorian, The Elizabelhan, The Felsledian, The Glel/almolld Chronicle, The Haileyburian, The Hursl Johnian, The Journal of Ihe Honourable Artillery Company, The King's School Parramalla Magazine, The Lancing College Magazine, The Leys Fortnighlly, The Lorrelonian, The Manwoodian, The Mar/burian, The Meleor (2), The Middlesex Hospital Journal, The Ousel, The Radleian, The Replonian, The Roffensian, The Rossallian, The SI, Edward's School Chronicle, The SI, Edmund's School Chronicle, The Salopian, The Stonyhursl MagaZine, The SuI/on Valence School Magazine, The Tonbridgian,

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No.4

January, 1943.

CONTENTS CALENDAR .. .

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EDITORIAL .. .

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OBITUARY NOTICE OF

H.R.H.

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THE DUKE OF KENT ...

TIlE SCHOOL

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES

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VALETE MACnETH

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LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS

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TIlB TERM'S MUSIC SCHOOL SOCIETIES ...

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THE LIBRARY

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RUGGER

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O.K.S. NEWS

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OBITUARY NOTICES

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CALENDAR CHruSTMAS TERM 1942 Sept. 22. 27. 29. Oct. 3. 4. B. 10. II.

17. lB. 22. 24. 25 .

27. 2B. 30. 3 1.

Nov.

J. S. 12. 13. 15. IS. 20. 22.

Term Starts. XVIITH S UNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

Preacher: The Headmaster.

S. MICHA EL AND ALL ANGELS.

Lecture: The Rev. Vincent Howson, M,A. XVlIITH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, Preacher,' The Rev. Vincent Howson, M.A. 1st XV v. R.A.F. Home. 1st XV v. R.N. Air Station. Home. X IXTH SUNDAY AfTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. S. A. Bley. M.A., Secretary of the London Diocesan Fund. Lecture: .. Heraldry. " H . Stanford London, Esq., F.S.A., O.K.S. 1st XV v. Kelly College, Tavislock. Away. XXTH SUNDAY AFTER TR INITY., S. LUKE, E. Preacher: The Lord Bishop of Truro. 1st XV v. School of Mines. Away. 1st XV v. R.N .E.C., Kcyham. Away. XX IST SUNDAY AFTER TRIN ITY. Preacher: The Rev. Cuthbert Bardsley. M.A., Rector 0( Woolwich. Entertainment: Ernest Sewell. Three Lectu res : .. Greece and the Middle Ages," J. E. Barton, Esq. S. SIMON AND S, JUDI:, A.A. AND MM. Recital by the British Stri ng Quartet. 1st XV v. Gresham's School. H ome. Lecture by K. P. Stewart, Esq., of Dr. Barnardo 's Homes. XXITND SUNDAY AFTER TRJN1TY. ALL SAINTS' DAY. Preacher: The Rev. F . S, Williams. Lecture: •• America," Donald G ra nt, Esq. XXIJfRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. H. Wallace Bird, M.A. 1st XV v. School of Mines. Horne. Lecture: The R ev. M . E, Coleman. XXIVTH SUNDAY AfTER TRINITY. Preacher The R ev. F. S. Willia ms. ST. EDMUND's DAY. 1st X V v. C lifton Col lege, Away Lecture: Clement Davies, Esq., K.C., M.P. SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT. School Concert. 1st XV v. R,N.E.C., Keyham. Home. 1st XV v. R.N.C., Dartmouth. Away, ADVENT SUNDAY. Preacher,' The Chaplain . ST. ANDREW, A. AND M. School Certificate Examination begin s. U NO SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Preacher ,' The Rev. S, B-R. Poole. lIIrd SUNDAY IN ADVENT, Preacher ,' The H eadmaster.

25. 2S. 29. 30. Dec. 4. 6. 13. 14. 15. }Macbeth . 16. 17. School Certificate Exa mina tion ends. IS. Term ends.

House Entertainments .

THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY WAR RECORD No. IO- DECEMBER. 1942 promotions and Transfers since July, 1942. ROYAL NAVY. R E CUNNINGHAM to Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. J FAYTER to Lie1:'tenant, R.M. GILLIDI{AND to Lie utena nt, R.N.V.R. vi T LOCK to Lieutenant (E). . J loVATT to Able Seaman Gunner and Gun layer's Ma te Ii M. SANDfORD to Sub-Lieutt!nanl (E). P.'STfINMANN to Sub-L!eute nant. R. N.V.R.

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THE ARMY. S L ANDERSON to O.C.T.U. R \V ASHENDEN to Lance-Corporal. . R' G ·A. BAKER to 2nd Lieutenant, R.l.A.S.C., and to Lieutenant and Captai n. DARRY to 2nd Lieutenant, R.C.S. R. A. BAYNTON to Lt.-Colonel. A. P. Beale to O.C.T.~, J W BLACKMOR~ to Lieutenant. B H: BRACKENBURY, transferred R.A. , and to Lieutenant and Captain. D. BROWN to O.C.T.V. ( l. A.), a nd to 2nd lieutenant, Dogra Rifles. Q. BROWN to Lieutenant and Captain, J. BUCKLAND to Lieute nant.. P. N. CAL.DECOT-SMITH to O,C.T,V. and to 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Berkshire Regiment, N. E. CHANDLER to Corpo ra l. K. A. W. CHARNAUD to Lieutena nt, Ca ptain a nd Major and transferred to R.A.S.C. 1. H. CLARK, tra nsfe rred to Roya l Bombay Sappers and Miners, and Lieutena nt and Captain. R. S. F. COOPER to Capta in. R. COR BEN to Lieutenant. G. H. CUNNINGHAM to Lance-Corporal and Instructor and to O.C.T.U. R.l. Dil LA PERRI!LLE to O.C.T.U. a nd to 2nd Lieutenan t, R.A. C. H. J. M. D ERRICK to Lieutena nt; transferred to R .A.O.C. and promoted Captain. T. C. C. DUMAS to Lieutenant, Roya l Welch Fusil icrs. A. M . DURNF0RO to Lieutenant and transferred to Hussars. R. A. FINN to Lieutenant and Capta in. J. H. p, GIBe transferred to R.A. J. B. GOUDOE to Lieutenant a nd Capta in . H. ST. J. GRANT to O,C.T.V. and to 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs, att. King's African Rifles 1. D. HANDMAN to Captain, IE, R C. HARTE-lovELACE, to Sergeant, R.E,M.E. l. L. HASSALL to Lt.-Colonel. D. S, HEARNE to Lieutenant, aU. Punjab Regiment. K. p, HICKMAN to Major. M. A. HUNT to Lieutenant and captain. R. E. JACKSON to Captain. O. K. JOHNSON to 2 nd Lieutenant R.E . A. E. IV. JOYCE to O.C.T.U. (I.A.) P. N. P. JOYCE to O.C.T.U. (IX) ~. C. D. KENNEDY to Li eutenant and Captain, aU. Indian Army. · C. KING to Lie utenant and Captain. O, LAM PARD to O.C.T.U, E. M, LOCK to 2nd Lieutenant, R .A .

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G. LUl\1U to Lientenant. M. N. LUMB to Lieutenant. D. L. MACLEAN to Lieutenant. G. V. Magnus to Lieutenant and Captain. B. L. MONTGOMERY to General. J. E. MORR IS to 2nd Lieutenant, Baluch Regiment. G. E. NEEDH AM transferred to R.tA.S.C. J . D. NEIL to Lieutenant. H. J. NEWTON to Lieutenant. D. E. OWEN to Major, Gurkha RiRes. A. D. H. PATERSON to Lieu tena nt. M. H. PENN to 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs. 1-1. L. PETAVEL to Major. F. H. PHILLIPS to Lt.-Colonel. R. P. A. PIERCY to Lieutenant. G. N . B. PLinTS to O.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, King's African Rifles. J. N. B. PRAlT to Lieutena nt and Captain. R. E. S. PRICE to Lance-Corpora l. D. D. RENNIE to Ca pta in . L. F. P. RUSSEl.L to Captain . J. E. P. SAM PSON to Capta in . E. G. SHARPE to Captain. P. T. V. STANLEY to L/Sergeant a nd to O.C.T.V. G. C. STRAHAN to Colonel. P. D. V. STRALLEN to Lieutena nt a nd to Captain a nd Adjutant. E. W. SWINHOE-PHELAN transferred to R .A. G. L. TAYLOR to 2nd Lieutenant,Oxford and Bucks L.T. M. C. TROUSDELL to Lieutenant. N. R. Y ERNEOE to Lieutenant and Captai n. A. G. S. W' LSON to O.C.T.U. J . E. WIlT to Lt.-Colonel and to Brigadier. J. A. YOUNG to Lieutenant and Captain and transferred to King's African Rifles. ROYAl. AIR FORCE, AND R.A.F.V.R. I~ J. M. C1~EMER to Pilot Officer. S. E. CLEGG 10 LIA.C. W. T. HINDS to Pilot Officer. G. P. MORR IS to L/A.C. J. D . Moss to LIA.C. M. n . OMMANNEY to Group Captain, R.A.F. P. S. PAINE to Pil ot Officer. P. T. S' MS to LIA.C. H. R. E. WALLIS to Squadron Leader. D. E. R. WHEELER to Squadron Leader and Wing Commander, RA.F. A. N. E. WHITE to Sergeant-Pilot Decorations and Mentions. SERGEANT PILOT J. A. S. ALLEN, R.A.F.V. R. , awarded Distinguished Flying Medal. LIEUTENANT R. R. W. ASHBY, R.N.V.R., awa rded Distinguished Service Cross. CoMMANDER G. E. W. W. BAYLY, R.N.V.R., awarded Volunteer Decoration. LmuTENANT A. D. B. HARRE, Westminster Dragoons (T), awarded the Military Cross. COMMANDER (E) M. H. HUNT, R.N. , Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. LIEUTENANT (E) W. T. LOCK, R.N., Mentioned in Despatches. GENERA L B. L. MONTGOMERY, D.S.O. , C.B., created K.C.B. Suo-LmuTENANT P. STEINMANN, R.N.V.R., Mentioned in Despatches. WING-COMMANDER D. E. B. WHEELER, R .A.F., awarded Norwegian Order of S1. Olav (Knight. First Class).

TENTH LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERV1NG. ROYAL NAVY. A ST. C. A BBEY, 1937-41 . Ordinary Sea man, R.N.V.R. : . R·. W. ASHBY, 1920- 27. ~ielltena n t, R.N.V.R. J ·L CARTER , 1938- 40. Ord ll1 ~ ry seaman, R.N .V.R. J' P: HEMING, 191 1- 20. Sub-Lieutenant, R. N.V. ~. D R. HI LL, 1937-4 1. Cadcl, R.N.V.R. , (Fleet Air Arm). C' F. JAMES, 1934-39. Mid shipman, R.N. p. C. V. LAWl.ESS, 1919- 27. Sick Berth. Attendant, ~.N.V.R. CA. R. MACDOUGALL, 1936-40. <?rdmary Seaman, R.N.V.R. D'. A. SOMERVILLE, 191 7- 27. ~ub-LI ~ ute n a n t, R .N .V.R. J. R. WILI...IAMS, 1935- 39. Ordmary Seaman, R.N.V .R. THE ARMY. G B ARMSTRONG, 1936-4 1. Trooper, R.A.C. \V M. CARRUTHERS, 1930- 34. Lieutenant, Royal Tank Regiment. J $1DAVIS 1932- 36. Captai n, The Black Watch. R L. EDW~RDS, 1936-39. Signa lman, R.C.S. A' D. B. HARRE, 1920-25. Lieutenant, Westminster D ragoons (also A.D.C. and Staff Capta in . to General Mont gomery). N. L. HEARNE, 1935- -40. 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. PC H HOLMER, 1937-4 1, O.C.T.U., R.A. L' M. HOPKINS, 1908- 10. Major, R.A.S.C. C· F JOHNSON, 1937-40. Private, Primary Training Co rps. V: B: G. MATIESON (at School Malan) 1915- 16. Lieutenant, The Cheshire Regiment, aU. R.A.S.C. Records. J. F. MOORE, 1936- 39. Signa lman, R.C.S. S. L. ANDERSON, 1936- 40. G unner, RA.. . . . R. W. ASHENDEN, 1932- 39. Pri va te, T he Wiltshire Regiment (see also List VI, Home Guard). O. H. CUNNINGHAM, 1937--40. Priva te, East Surrey Regiment. 8. l. DB LA PBRRELLE, 1932--40, Troo per R.A.C. H. P. PLAYER, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., 1929- 34. Lieutenant, R.A .M.C. D. D. RENNIE, 1929- 34. Lieutenant, Ma lay Regiment. P. L. ROBERTS, 1928- 31. Capta in , Calcutta Light Horse. A. V. STALLON, 1934- 38. Private, Pri mary T raini ng Corps (see also Li st V, Home Guard). G. L. TAYLOR, 1937-4 1, O.C.T.U. J. O. TWINBBRROW, 1938-42. Rifleman, RiRe Brigade. D. G. WHITEHEAD, 1936--4 1. Trooper, R.A.C. ROYAL AIR FORCE. J. A. S. ALLEN, 1933- 36. Sergea nt Pilot, R.A.F.V.R. O. l. DAVEY, 1920- 26. Sergeant, R. A.F. V.R. D. A. FOSTER, 1937- 40. A.C./2, R.A.F. V.R . P. L. HARTE-LoVELACE, 1932-40. A.C./2, 'R.A.F.V. R. (see also List V, Home Guard). A. G. H. LINDSELL, 1935- 37. Flight-Lieutenan t, R.A.F. w. H. MOLESWORTH, 1925- 30. A.C.f2, R.A.F.V.R. (see also List III, Civil Defence). P. H. MORRIS, 1937- 40. A.C.12, R.A.F.V.R. C. P. MURCH, 1926- 34. Flying Officer, D ental Branch, R.A .F.V.R. IV. S. PRICE, 1938-4 1. A. C.12, R.A.F.V.R. H. C. REYNOLDS, 1930- 35. Pil ot Officer, R.A.F.V.R. R. J. K. TURNER, 1924- 27. Pilot Officer, RA.F.V.R.

ADMINISTRATrVE, ETC. R. H. C HA RLES, c.B.E., 1896- 1901. ChicfYnspector, Board of Education. G. H. E DMUNDS, 1932- 39. Radio Officer, Merchant Navy. C. GOOD RID G E, 1937-40. Private , Home Gua rd. H. A. JENK IN , O.B.E., 1898- 1903. D ivisiona l Inspector, Board of Educatio n. H. C. M ANGIN, 1900- 07. Private, Veterans ' Guard (Reserve) C1 nada. E. L. MASSEY, 1895- 1900. Civilian Guard a nd Assistant Air Raid Warden, Cape Town. G. S. PREST, 1899- 1902. Chief Technica l Assistant, Ministry of Supply. A. M. RAKE, 1920- 25. Assistant Secretary. Ministry of War Transport. COLONEL B. H. MATHESON, M.C., Regional Officer, Ministry of Home Security , R. A. S. REID, 1926- 32. La nce-Corporal, Home Guard. PRISONERS OF WAR. LIEUTENANT W. M : CARRUTHERS, 1930- 34. Royal Tank Regim ent. MAJOR L. W. KENNAN, M.B.E., 1928-32, R .A.S. C., Previously reported missing; now officially reported Pri so ner of W a r, S inga pore. . . M AJOR K. A. W. CHARNAUD, 1925- 27. R .A.S.C. offi cially reported Prisoner of War, Singapore CAPTAIN D. D. R ENNIE, 1929- 34. Ma lay Re~iment , o.fficially. reported Pri ~oner of Wa r, Singapore. 2ND-LiEUTENANT G. WILLSDON, 1935-40. Lelcestcrshlre Regiment. PreVIOusly reported missing' now o ffi c ia lly reported Prisoner of Wa r, S in ga po re . â&#x20AC;¢ .

M ISS ING. C APTAIN R. P. O. BAKER, R.tA.S. C. , 1924- 31. M issing, believed Prisoner of War. CAPTA IN J. F. GRAHAM, 1926- 34, Punja b Regiment; reported Wounded and Missing, believed Prisoner of Wa r. PILOT-O FFICER, H. C. REYNOLDS, R.A.F.V.R ., 1930- 35. Missing, believed killed during air operations. August, 1942.

ROLL OF HONOU R. LIEUTENANT A . D. B. HARRE, M.C., Westminster Dragoons (T), 1920---,25. Killed in Action in Midd le East, October, 1942. COMMANDER (E) M. H. HUNT, R.N., 1917- 19. Missing presumed killed in loss of H.M.S. Somali. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT A. G. H. LINDSELL, R.A.F. , 1935- 37. Killed o:n Active Service, September, 1942. SERGEANT D. R. NEVE, R.A.F.V.R., 1936-39. Previously reported missing, now presumed Killed in Action. C APTAIN P. L. ROBERTS, R.C.S ., 1928-31. Killed in Act ion in Burma. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT D. P. WADE, R.A.F., 1930- 34. Previously reported missing, now presumed Killed in Action.

SCHOOL STAFF. L. CURTIs, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. J. HANCOCK, R.A.F. R egiment.

H.H . H . TH E LATE D U KE OF KENT K.G . O F TH E KIN G'S S CHOOL FEAST SOC IET\'

l~nE S IDENT

THE ÂˇCANTUARIAN VOL. XIX NO.4.

JAN UARY,

1943.

It is our melancholy duty to include in this issue an Obituary Notice of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, President of the King's School

Feast Society. His tragic death on active service- within a month of his last visit to the School in July- occurred too late for a full appreciation of his great work for the School to be included in our last number.

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. Editorials, like speeches introducing famous speakers whose words ever ne . Impatient to hear, should be brief. They are curtain-raisers and nothing mor/o II cannot decently be omitted for their absence is quickly noted and adversely co~ They upon. And yet who ever gives them a second thought? rnented Perhaps they ?ught to be gay and charming and- even that last refuge pf intell bankruptcy-facetIous. We ourselves have been accused of producing a sort of~tual su mmary, opening with the formula "This has been a good term" and brin . ne~ ~ never-failing reference to loca l weather conditions. There are of course pr~~~g In. for such a procedure. It may be that the pre-w~r habit of the B.B.C. of announcin e~t wea ther before the news has set up thIS much cntrclzed complex. It is a civilized c gt he . to take note of the cond ition of one's environment and we are content to be judged Ou\~,!, ISsue. Certainly we have no intention of giving valuable information to the e~e m1\ Indeed, this time we have little information to give even to our friend s. This is pc h ). n~ cause for grief. " Happy is the land," says Beccaria, "which has no history" ~ a~ thIS has been a n uneventful as well as-it goes without saying-a good term. We I~n the reader to judge from the contents of. this magazine whether we have been happy ~t well as good. \

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The Headmaster sent the foUowing telegram 'tb General Sir Bernard Montgome'l K ,C .B. (J.K.S. 1897), on November lith :' " Warmest congratulations. We and a ll O.K.S. under your command are proud of your connection with the School.: , To this General ~ontgomel:Y replied, .. Many thanks. I am proud of my connectlon WIth Canterbury. The Kent papers seem to have !lot the Idea that the General received all his education at the King's School, but thIS IInpreSSlon was corrected by the Headmaster. After leaving J. K.S. General Montgo mery ,,:ent on to SL Paul's. We hope, however •..that after the War, General Montgomery WIll once agam IOspect the J.T.e. as he did, at his own request, in 1938.

We ~ongratulate J. A. B. Heslop o n winning a State Scholarship and an Open ScholarshIp III SCIence to Merton College Oxford, and T. H. Boultbee on being awarded an Open Scholarship in Science at Keble College, Oxford . f' Congratulations are also due to J. H. Breese on being awarded a Ford Studentship . at Trinity College, Oxford.

H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT, K.G., P.C., K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, 25TH AUGUST, 1942 With this iss ue of the CanluGrian we are privileged to publish a photograph-the last stud,o portraIt taken-of the late Duke of Kent. H.R.H.tfthe Duchess of Kent herself has been kind enough to send it to us. In an .ccompanying letter she snys sbe knows how deeply the Duke of Kent was in terested in the School and its welfare. [ndeed he was, and we have lost a royal friend.

THE CANTUARIAN From 1935 to 1938 tbere was constant building at Canterbury, either of new erections, h as the Dining Hall, Laboratories, Class rooms, or adaptations of exist ing buildings, ,uc the re-construction of the Boarding Houses, the Library, Schoolroom and so on. with aShe completion of all this was graced by the presence of His Roya l Highness when, on T2th May, 1938 he lunched in the New Dining Hall, made a tour of all the School bujldings, I d formally declared them open. It was a grand day, and a fine concourse of people ansembled to see and hear the Duke. The Archbishop was in his best form- the speeches a~ Luncheon weÂˇre admirable- th e _weather was perfect. Dear K ing's Canterbury, a emed set to weather all storms. 1t might ha ve been thought tha I' the Duke o f Kent ~d done enou gh- but not so. He was kept informed of the School's co ndition and

progress and in the next year he was asked to show his interest in even more important fashion . About 1712 there had been founded the Kjn g's School Feast Society, which

met once a yea r to dine (after listen ing to the AnniversarY Preacher), and to raise funds to assist boys to the Un iversities. This Society consisted not so much of Old Boys as of the gentry and nobility of Kent. More than once the Duke of Wellington attended. The Minutes are all in existence and bear witness that the Society did themselves well at dinner' but they also performed their function, and the money they ra ised is the origin of the pre'sent "0. K.S . Ex hibitions." But about fifty years ago the Society ceased its aClivities and was heard of no more. In 1939 it was suggested to the Governors that itsÂˇ revival would be timely, and the late Duke of Kent was asked if he would joi n in reviv ing the Feast Society and become its President. With the utmost co rdiality and kindness he readily co nsented. Plans were made and in Jul y, 1939 His Royal Highness, with the Archbishop, presided over a banquet in the Hall of Lincoln's Inn for this purpose. The County of Kent was strongly represented by its notables, wbile many of the most eminent men of the day in Letters, Law, Medicine and the Universities ca me to support this Royal project. Such a planting co uld .not fail to .bear fruit, and it was obvious .that most of those present were determmed to aSslst the anCient School of Kent, thIS national hentage, the cause of which His Royal Highness, in a gracious speech, committed to them. Alas, on September 3rd war broke out, and many who were present at that Royal banquet are no more. The School has cause to lament their loss, but most of all his who had done so much for it.

Yet not even the War, nor his constant service on the active list of the Royal Air force, blotted out the memory of The King 's School, Canterbury, frol11 the Duke of Ken t 's mind. The moment he found an opportunity he was determined to see how" his " School was faring in far-off Cornwall. The chance came in Jul y, 1942, and at only a few days' notice, and driving himself, His Royal Hjghness visited the School in exile. He had tea with us-inspected the build ings, the J.T.e., the A.T.C., and talked individually to scores and scores of boys; kind, friendly, and completely unhurried, he charmed the hearts of all, and the members of the School are as glad as they are proud of the contact with their Royal friend that his visit afforded. His tragic and lamented death- a disaster to Nation and Empire-was a cruel los.s to The King's School, who had come to look on him as their own friend, natural, simple and kind; an English gentleman . It is not, therefore, mere empty words of sy mpath y that we have ventured to send to his bereaved Lady ; we can understand so me small part of his worth by our own experience, and are in a position to measure the irreparable loss of that sweet nature to those who loved him as husband and father.

THE CANTUARIAN

THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head

Captain of School: P. J. L. KENNABY. of School House J. D. ARMSTRONG of the Grange ... S. e. ROBERTSON of Walpole House J. D. OMMANNB~ of Meister Omers P. A. B. GBTHIN

MONITORSJ . D. ARMSTRONG, J. D. OMMAN NEY, J. H. BRF.ESE, S. e. ROBERTSON ' P . A' BOOT . HIN M . G. CHATTBRTON, H. M. GREGSON, M. T. DAVIES, HOUSE PRBFBCTSG . A. H . BAKBR, T . H. BOULTBEE, C. R. B. BROWN I. B. BUTCHER, S. A. R. CA WSTON, E. H. CORNELIUs' . J. A. B. HESLOP, F. L. WHALLEY: The Grange: D. E. E.~ CHANqLBR, A. G, GORDON, J. P. HUTTON, . A. G. OUSLEy-SMITH. Walpole House: A. C. J. BOWLES, R. G. LEADBBATER, J. D . PORRITT, J. W. S. SIMPSON, ST. J. O. VERNEDB, Meister Qmers : B. T. GROVES, L. A. MACLBAN, M. W. SWINHOB-PHBLAN. School House:

-Captain of Rugby Football ... ,.. . Captain of Tennis and Squash Racquets

M. G. CHATTERTON A. G. GORDON

EDITORS OF "THE CANTUARIAN " P .. J. L. KENNABY, J. D. ARMSTRONG.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES . e. R. CHBADLE_Entered School, Sept., '38 ; Greaves Scholar; Walpole House Prefect Sept., '41 ; Sgt. J .T.C., April, '42. . ' C. A. B. CLEMETSoN-Entered School April, '37; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '41; School Monitor, Dec., '41; Captain of Meister Omers, Dec., '4 1 ; C.Q.M.S., J.T.e., Jan., '42. W. M. ENDERBY-Entered J .K.S. Jim. , '33, K.S., Sept., '38; Greaves Scholar; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '41 ; 2nd XV, '4.1 ; Cpl. J.T.e., '42. P. D. GRANT- Entered School Sept., '38; King's Scholar; SeniorÂ· King's Scholar, Sept., . '41 ; Meister Omers House Prefect, Jan., '42; 2nd XV Rugger, '41; 2nd Athletics, '42; Sergeant A.T.C. , Oct., '4t; Upper Sixth.

TH E CANTtJ A R1AN M. HAMILTON- Entered Schoo}, Jan., '38; M~ister Omers House Prefect, Sepi., [). '41; School Momtor , Jan., 42; 2nd XV, . 41, Sergeant, J.T.C., May, '42; Captain of SWllnmmg, 42. H HODK.I N-Entered School Sept., '37; School House, House Prefect, Oct., '41; D. I'st XV, '41 ; J .T.C., May, '42. .

G F. JOHNSON- Entered School May, '40; '42; LjCpl. J.T.e., '42.

King's Scholar, '41;

1st Xl Cricket,

F MuRRAy- Entered Scbool, Jan., '38; King's Scholar; Grange House Prefect, School Monitor, March, '42; 2nd XV, '41; 1st Athletics, '42; e.S.M., J.T.C., May; '42; Upper Sixth, Open History Exhibitioner of Worcester CoUege, Oxford; Bunce Exhibitioner.

D. iune '41 '

S.o HSENG HPA (SAO SAo)-Entered School Sept.,' '36; LjSgt. J.T.C., '42. '

Walpole House Prefect, '41 ;

P. H. SMITH-Ent~red School Sept., '37,; School House, House Prefect, Sept., '41 ; P.T. Colours, 38; Sgt. J.T.C., Dec., 41. H. J. STERN- Entered School Sept., '38; 2nd' XI Hockey April, '42.

J P SUGDEN- Entered School, May, '40; . :J.T.C., May, '42; Upper Sixth.

Grange HOllse Prefect, Sept., '41; .

Sgt.

J. D. TwINDERRow- Entered School, M'ay, ' 38; Cpl. J.T.C., May, '42. P. M. WEATHBRHEAD- Entered School Sept., '37; '41 ; L/Sgt. J.T.e., May, '42.

School House, House Prefect, Sept.,

VALETE O. L. d'A Beck, e. G. Cowan, Count A. R. e. de Borchgrave d'Altena (Arnaud), D. W. Fitchett, R. T. Longford, J. D. Patterson, N. R . H. Semmence, K. D . Walker. H. L. Ackers, B. H. Arnold, M. A. Arnott, S. R. Betts, P. J. H. Billinghurst, N . Borg, e. H. Bradly, O. T. P. Carne, G. P. Carne, R. F. D . Carn~, R. C. L. Cr~wford, A. F. Cray, H. R. Curtis, H. J. de. Voil, D. L. Edwards, J . E. EllIOtt, J . D. EllIS, H . A. Emelson, R. C. Ferris, J. P. Fison, R. A. e. Flack, P. H. P. Gumm, A. E. HIli, G. H. HIrSt, J. V. Holberton, D. R. Holland, G . V. Holliday, J. C. Homan, R. C. Jackma~, H. 1. D. Johnson, P. D. J. Johnstone, J. E. Joiner, J. Joseph, P. D. Le,ghton, D . F. LepIOS, P. MacMahon, D. H. D. Maybury-Lewis, M. Music, D. A. MuSIc, G. H. W. Norman, J. e. Northway, T. H. Pares, P. T. Polden, D. J. Pope, M. F .. Pope, J. A .. A. Price, G . F. G. Russell, A. B. Simmonds, e. R. Wall, D. T. Weatherill, I. C. Whitehead, G . M. P. Wllhams, G. W. Williams, M. E. K. Withers, J. Woodgate.

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MACBETH D ECEMBER 14TH, 15TH AND 16TH, 1942. The last play reported here was The Tempest, a fanciful and bloodless work h' seemed to suit the players and stage well. [n this full-blooded emotiona l drama of Ma~~c~ thc players showed that they ha ve other st nngs lo -th ell' bows; the tempest raged will t

o n this occasion and the clatter of rain on the roof sometimes arrived at awkward mOIl1~Olll

But one felt the weather was taking part in this tempestuous drama within. It was m ntl" another effect, though hardly a welcome .one, es pecially when it burst into lashing C:I~'y fury dunn g the apparitIOn and sleep-walkmg scenes. tc Macbeth is the tragedy of th e ambitious tyrant, a topical ' theme, and no player r

seventeen. sum merS can have experienced within himself the emotional 'co nflicts a character.

some fine

H e has to fall back o n. his il;,agination a nd we h ad in tbese

Jma gl.natt~e

playmg; ,the IIltenslty of feeling at the

~lill1 axes

or s

Â°h

performa~~~s

was perhaps not

at the necessa ry whIte heat-which only mature a nd outstandtng players can achieve_ but we were spared the meanlllgless rantlll& of the second-rate professioral. Not that

we never had

ell1otJOna ~

speakmg; w,e had,

111

fact. some

fine~y

modulated performances

but the scale was restricted. The heights could have been hIgh er, the evi l depths mor; gnm . This a part, there was noth,lOg to s~gges t the usual schoolboys' performance. Here

was a~tlng ~ hl ch ceased to be actIng and became clean, direct, sincere; here Wa\ grouping which seemed to happ~n naturally, team-w,0rk which was convincing "nd an unusual feel for the pace and tlinIng of the plot and dIalogue.

scenes

~a s

The rush of the last bitter

particularly good, a surge towards the climax, all done with engaging gusto.

One walted for the well-known scenes and speeches (' Tomorrow and to morrow' the apparition scenes, the sleep-walk~ and was never disappointed in the result; th~y all

ca me

o,~ easl~y

a part.

ThiS

.and. With IS

c:onvlctt~n.

Not once

COUld.

a spectat?l' say "he is playing

hIgh praIse but It was th e most notIceable trait of the performances

this quiet assurance. , Macbeth (A, G. Gordon)

g~ve us so me fine speaking and timing and brought off hiS so hloqules well. In the gradm g of hIS part he showed a sense of climax which would have been perfect if it had succeeded in breaking out li ke a fru strated wave at the end. Good, rest rained playing, this, which gave us all the same the feeling of inner conflicl. He and Lady Macbeth (J . F. Dalrymple) formed a good team though a little more witch-like quality In her wou ld have acted as a better goad to his dallyings. But she never ceased to be the' grea t lad y' and delivered her lines with much beauty of speech ; hers was, Indeed, a rema rkable performance. One wished, however, that the clothes ration had a ll?wed the new queen to ha ve a new dress! P. J. K ennaby's Macduff had a pleasing VOIce and' showed a keen sense of the emotional im plications of the part especially that â&#x20AC;˘ unhinged ' feeling which would assa il any man in bis plight. A reserved foil to Macbeth, Danql/o (M. G. C hatterton) had a good habit of standin g still to enforce his power, the power of the ' man in the secret.' Of the other roles, DUllcan (M. T. L. Davies) made us rea lise through his colourless lines the royal" bearing of a kmg hiS son Malcolm (J. D. Slimming) simulated a diffident enthusiasm for his .youthful cau~e quite in keeping, and T . H, Bo ultbee as the porter made his quietly rapturous way across the courtyard With so me Miles Malleson jerks of the head which were subtly comic. We enjoyed a short res ~ite of unsophisticated cha rm in th e little scene with Lady Macduff (P. H. Honour) and her mfant son (B. N. C. Jones), so me excellent and fantastic team work from the

tHE CANTUAR IAN . hes (J. Peschek, M. A. S. Burgess, N. E. Harvey) and the Gestapo-like zeal of the Wltederers (c. R. B. Brown, J. P. Shepherd) who appeared- rightly- to relish their cut~~~at work . A. J. C. Fagg stood out ~or some well-spoken lines as Ross among the Scottish barons (H. M. Glegso n, R. A. D . FOldel, A. G. Ouseley-Smlth and J. D . Armsltong ho took on the part at a few hours ' notice) and the cast was compleled by L. A. Bassett W DOllalbain, J. E. Downes as Fleallce, SilVard (B. Milner), Young Sill'ard (G. C. Middleton), s 'lOll (P. H. Grove), the Doctor (M. T. Middleton-Evans), 'the Captain (B. F. R. Ford) i . aned J. G . Rothwell as a Messenger. Back-stage so me fine work was don e under Mr. F. H. Voigt as Stage Manager: the enery commendably sparse, was painted by C. R. B. Brown and B. L. Leary a nd the ~rpent~y-of which lots must ha ve been necessa ry- was done by R. G. O. Taylor and w. Stephenso n. No praise is too high for the lighting (F . L. Whalley, J. Watts) ~bich solved some pretty problems in the witches' scenes, including a ca uldro n which ..as a miracle of chemical verisimilitude: equally praiseworthy were the 'noises off' (0 C. Simpson, W. R . Youn g, Assistant Stage Managers) who had also built the stage oui of scbool desks (is there a sy mbolism here?) an d managed to co nstruct a curtain which never went wrong. The gra mop hone music had been aptly selected a nd was as skilfully fitted into the play by J. Peschek, E. H. Cornelius and G. A. H. Bake)". The whole fit tll1 g out of the play under the producer, Mr. G. P. Hollingworth, was a fine piece of teamwork; the res ulting perfo rmance showed that he is thorougbly at home in that most difficult of producer's jobs, casting and deciding what cannot and what ca n ~e adequately managed. The complete lack of hitches, the broad co nception of the play and the clean ent husiasm of the performance must all be put down to his skill and foresight. DRAMATIS PE RSONIE. M. T. L. DAVIES Duncan, King of Scotland J. D. SLIMMING Malcolm } his Sons L. A. BASSBTI Donal bam ... A. G. GORDON Macheth " M, G. CHATTERT.oN Banquo P. J. KENNABY . Macduff J. D. ARMSTRONG Lennox A. J, C. FAGG Ross ... H. M. GRBGSON Menteith Scottish Noblemen R. A. D . FORDER Angus A. G. OUSELEy-SMITH Caithnes J. E. DOWNES Aeance, son to 8anqua B. MILNER Siward G. C . MIOOLIlTON ' Young Siward P. H. GROVE Seyton B. N . C. JONES Son of Macduff , .. M. T. M. EVANS A Doctor .. . B. F. R. FORD -' A Captain .. . T. H. BOUl,TREE A Porter .. : .... J. G . ROTHWELL A Messenger J, F. DALRYMPLE l.ady Macbeth P. H. HON.oUR Lady Macduff .T. PESCHEK, M. A. S. BURGESS, N. E. HARVEY Three Witches C. R. B. BROWN, J, P. SHEPHERD Murderers .. .

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tECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS THE REVEREND VIN CENT 'HOWSO N On Saturday" Octeber 31'd, Mr. Hewsen gave an interesting and ,inferma l talk the Scheel en h,s werk III a paflSh III the east end ef Lenden where untd recently he hto been deing invaluable secial werk. MI'. Hewsen described hew he first realized til serieusness ef cenditiens ameng the peel' when he was stra nded in Leeds as an unsuccess~~ . acter with en ly 3d. in his pecket as a res ul t e f bad luck at cards; there he was greet U as a miltienaire by a tra mp who. had e nly 2d. and who. suggested that between them th~ ce uld afferd kippers fer breaktast. While no. ceuntry will lese a war threugh lack ef monei this cou ntry seems content to tolerate such soda l' conditions. Politicians spend so Ion ' werk ing e ut impersenal pelitical creeds fer the werki ng classes tbat they ferget cempletel' that such peeple are en ly human and need abeve all sympathetIc understandi ng and a life that is interesting and helds semething for tbem. But we seem to. have lest the an of mak ing the world interesting and imagine that interest consists solely in wealth and the material things ef- life. Mr. Hewsen had breught just as much happiness (0. his PlIJUh by persuading the Duke and Duchess of Yerk to. attend a variety shew wh ich he organized a nd giving his friends the pleasure ef saying that tbeir chi ldren bad appea red before royalty Later Mr. Hewsen speke ef social preblems after the war and teak as an analogy a facto~ which will enly work successfully if there is co.-operation between directers and employees in order to make life as interesting as pessible for all. He could offer no. clearly defined solutien to. tbis pest war problem beyend saying that we mus,tÂˇteach these less fertunate peeple to. fend fer themselves and do everyth ing in our pewer to renew fer them their interest in life. .Jf this could be done successfully, their problem w eu ld no. longer exist. MR. ERNEST SEWELL Mr, Sewell is ene ef the mest welceme entertainers to visit the School and this term we were happy to. see him ence mere with a further selection ef baffling cenjuring trick~ witty ventrilequism, and amusing marionette turns. Tbere were tpe usual amateur helpen from the audience who made every effort to. upset Mr. Sewell's tricks, but with the usual va in results. The cleverest trick was undoubtedly one in which Mr. Âˇ Sewell succeeded in sl,l1eking a cigarette threugh a pane ef glass which under the close examinatien of one of these amateurs appeared to. have no. hole through it. Equally puzzling was the cenjuron paper tearing by which he succeeded in making a tall tree and a ladder to climb it from nething more than a few sheets of celeured pa per. At the end of his delightful entertainment Mr. Sewell left the ScMol as puzzled as ever and we leek ferward to his next visit, if enly in the hepe that we may seme time discover the secret of one oehis tricks. .

H. STAN"PORD LONDON, ESQ., F.S.A., O.K.S. On Octeber II th Mr. H. Stanford Landen, F.S .A., O. K.S., fermer Consul-General at Paris, gave the Scheel a talk e.n Heraldry. He began by expla ining seme ef the elementary terms in heraldry such " dexter " and" sinister" which beginners find so puzzling, and explained tIle metals and tinctures used to. depict a ceat ef arms. Slides were shewn giving many of the most familiar heraldic devices together with fabuleus beasts like unicorns and birds ef the type of the martlet which has no. feet. 128

THE CANTUAR IA N .' ' 11 ions were shattered for us. For the speaker peinted out,. among Many chellshed I .~sb .. t " beleved ef pepular novehsts and Jeurnahsts, dId other tbings, t~atot~l~ net"~xsi~;'s e~o bar could be sinister, fer it ran acress thbe sld"eld and ",dee c l . f t h . ontal What was meant was the en 0.1 r;.tro dextelr tetl the arms ef the Duke ef Buccleuch, usual y, le b . d more dant of Charles II, were de rUlse . . asÂˇ descen , d,'b d 1 aldry as a mediaeval science whIch had grown up Mr. Stanford L01l;den, eS?ll e ler Ie in the midst ef battle when similanty ef ori inally to help dlSt1llgl1l~b Impo:t~~ta~~oree alike. The erigienal [uncli,?n ef a h~rald ar;ed atti re en all military and, later, ceremolllali. eldcaslOns. was to. reclt~ n~ture of heraldry persisted in the habit ef blazen1l1g anns on a s 1(e . The nllhtar) k tben shewed a n~mber of slides to. illustrate his talk. Thes~ stret~e?t The spea er . f the Bayeux Tapestry and the Westm1l1ster a o,er a long pe~~~ ~~~ugl'~~I:::-:ti~n"~f Edward VIII at the Royal Ex'trge andt:h~ in past Âˇ tl:~f Geerge VI at Westminster Abbey,. mere, recenhtl y. Ifn c" Itr~nhii;:;rical corona tJe . g f a us was shown mciudmg t ese a lamell Durober ef intereDstmk ceaJ ;:'els~~ and it came as a surp rise perhaps to seme that rsonages hke fa e an , . pc k eare bere arms. . I ' Sha esp . f t ' emblems were after Illustrated by We sey s The adoption al\d perSIstence 0. cer ~m. d' te bis devetien to his royal master wat with the Red hRO"se ef Ladnc~scteerbe~a~~e Ih~ had started his public career in the and Cromwell 's wtt t e sa me eVJ

sig~t~~ ~~?st::~Y'~h~~h, f~;I~nstan~e,

Phr~v~!~t~~r~~~'~fe t~n~t~itles

card;ha:':r~':P!?~darieusd cOBl aefi~s I ~rZ~f~r~':r~h:ls~'~~~~n~v;~i~~tt~U:1~~ s~~~"o:~h~ as Clare at Cambfl ge, an 10

y new civic hehraldr ef eur tOW~h:~~ Mr Lenden for a most interesting and entertai ning Alteget er we llave o . _ evening.

J. E. BARTON, ESQ.

On October 27th and 28th tbe Scheel was fortunate ~ llou~.h to ha~e ~n~thM '~~!! Mr.J.E. Barton . This time he had chosen as hlS subject G,eece an t e l Aes" 1 g began by explaining this choice. . In the first ef three lectures he survey ef the Greek and Medi~eva l IC}vlhz.~tr:;,n ~rt He t~~~l~~er~U~e~:~el\~Js when the y in commen, narfnel theIr attltul e :~ t~ et~~ full alo~g new and hitherto uncharted ways. whele gemus 0. ma n was emp ey .. d I h an mind and there was that new ThtelrC\kvas a tghreat s~~~ho~;: '~bl~~~ il~~\~~ il~~~in~~en of th~ greatest artist and the , .h i n'fica nce that we ceuld fix few names ou 00. on mgs humblest craftsman alrke. 11 wasl ne~ ~~t .oUtf sJe:hic cathedrals. It was this uni versal to Greek SCUlptures and nene to tIe UI eiS ~ t. ceuld be barD T hat was why

rrom

ma~e be~~n~:d

:h~r~e~:~~~~tag~~~;' il~~aJ~::,a~eJa~t!1 i~~ e;~:ltenf~~~r;ties,

sh~rt. of' bei~g (~,~!:~lreat.

fell It was the product of the few, net the many, and Its appeal must I ele e le e I Ilg

THE CANTUAR I AN The Lecturer then went all to show how for all their funda mcn tal likencss th civilizat ions of Greece and the Middle Al\es stood in violent contrast. The i ntcll cctlla~ freedom of the Greeks, their restless and II1quiSlt lve splnt, the ir passion for knowledge, their sceptica l I11 JOd contrasted strangely wi th the medIaeva l reverance for tra(ili lon, their

passjve accepta nce of dogma. Even more opposed perhaps was the Greek pre-OCCUpati on with this wo rld, their deli berate ig nori ng of pain, old age an d decay, to the med iaeval contemplation of Dea lh and Res urrecti on, their sense of awe, their other-worldliness and their Jove even of the grotesque. For all that, however, the twin streams of Hellenisl1l and Christiani ty, deriving fro l11 these two ages, though sometimes in confl ict, were Illorc often trul y complementary. T hey had both 110wed togethe r to make modern civiliza lion and Ollr debt to both could 11 0 t be easil y assessed. Since the Renaisancc at least we had been heirs of Athe ns as well as of Palestine. After th is prelim inary address Mr. Ba rton we nt on to show a rich and var ied collect ion of .s lide~ . Fi rs~ c? me Bonefic G reece-the massiv.c ru ins at Mycen ~e wi.th the Temple

of Poseidon , stdl In a wo nderful state of preservatIOn. Then Olympia with Âˇthe Temple of Zeus and the Hermes of Praxiteles. After that the wonders of the Parthenon. Mr. Barton gave an instructive commenta ry th roughout showing and explaining the pri nciples

a nd d ifference of the th ree great orders of Greek arch itect ll re, the Doric, the Ion ic an d the Corinthian. Open air theatres, sti ll acousticall y perfect, like that of Epidauros were shewn, ord inary Atheman dwelli ng places ~fnd finally a succession of Greek statues, carv ings, vases and ornaments.

For the M iddle Ages th e lecturer had slides of the great Gothic ca thedrals of England and F rance. H ere agai n the principles animating the wo rk were ca refu lly explained. The ori gins of Gothic vault ing were descri bed- how, li ke an ulllbrelJa, the ribs were Illade

fi rst a nd the roof fitted on later a nd how to take the weig ht off the boss o r keystone at the intersecti on of the ribs flying bu ttresses were devised, what the strength line was 10 the G reeks, the a rch was to the M iddle Ages. T he pec ularl y E nglish developments of Gothic such as the Perpen dicular style, were described an d illu5tra ted. Li ncoln, Salisbury, Exeter, G loucester, Ca nte rbury Pdssed before ou r eyes--Âˇ /" hen Cha rtres, Rhei ms, A miens, Rouen

a nd Bo urges. It was a g reat feast fo r the eyes. T he School is most grateful to M r. Barton. He has helped liS a ll enormo usly bOlh by what he said a nd wha t !le showed us. It wi ll certa inly not be his fau lt if the seed, of good taste uni ted wi th a robust com mon sense do not grow up amo ngst liS.

TH E REVE REND M. E. CO LEMAN. On November 13th the Reverend M . E. Coleman gave an infor ma l talk to rhe School on his experience of A merica and the American people.

As he was Vicar of All Hallow's,

Tower Hill, the most historic ch urch in the city of London, trac ing its history back to the Druids and numbering among its parishioners such men as the Bl ack Pri nce and SH muel

Popys, and as he had first hand knowledge of the quiet courage of the Lo ndo n of the" blitz," M r. Coleman was clrosen to go to Amer ica i n an unofficial capacity to tell the Americans what Englishmen were think ing and feeling, sillce en thzt ti me American

opi nion of England was a nything hut good.

The history of Ilis London chu rch was a factor

to d raw the two peoples together ; W illiam Penn was baptised in it and in it, John Q uincy Adfl ms was mH ITied w hell ambassador i n I _ondo11. Th e School was to lcl w hat an impression was made upon A merica ns w hen they heard of the acts of heroism of the London raid s 130

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e Atlantic· convoys, with which ~r. CO,lenH~n oftell sails ;. .in. the..c;c times troubles seem to be uppermost iI1 men s 1l111lds and how lliH1Clilt It IS for a man

an~ .th

rtligloUSI the doubts and d istr usts and of the futility of the last twenty years. We were diS~d of the generosity of Americans when they heard these things and how, even at al~o t . where Mr. Coleman spoke, a large sum was rai sed for the relief of Londoners • d"n~fore he had finished speak ing and before he realised anyt hing of the. sort was

~\en ning.

We were assured that, lhou&h there had been a

l arg~ body ~f Isolatlolll.st and

h.IPPC Itl'-British tho ught in America, It had now almost entirely clisappe" red erell at . . f I . . g rea lisation of the full scope and Importa nce 0 t I e war. pOWIIl

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Mr. Coleman's clescript.ion of the A tlantic convoys was par tl c ~" a rl:r ".n pr~ss l ve. to ld us how he was put 111 cha rge of some fellow passengers on hiS s hi p to pi event

He'si n of panic and what a fright an d what a relief he had w~len, as slups werc.s lll kl.ng J~j ~I!ld his in the midd le of a U boat attqck, a wOlllan ran dlStracterJly up to hll11 Wit h

ar semblance of being completely panic stricken, on ly to say, when told to calm "Oh it's all very well for you men, but I' ve lost my lipstick!" After thiS he~Je~t the tension of the voyage slackened considerably. 111<1 • 'd . f h'IS Mr. Coleman's easy manner of address, his witty and cand,. p resent~lJOn ~ b' I impressed the School immensely and a number of us kept hll11 long from hiS bed

""Ylf

i~ ~f~,s

of twos and threes for further ~ iSCllssio~ .of these two most vital ~roblems, the future of the C hurch and of Anglo·Amen can relation s now and after the wa l .

DONALD GRANT, ESQ. On Tuesday, November 17th Mr. Donald Grantgave a lect ure to the Schoolon the subject of " America,

a lecture illustrated w lt.h an l ~terestm g measure of sta tl stlcs ~.nd

rfeclly tempered by a necdote. The outstan? lIlg pom ts of the talk \~ere that Amellca ~s the arsenal of the Allies a colossus In the held of Industn al productIOn a nd one which had yet ~o achieve the sllll1l~it of its power,. th~t is was a nation of " go-getters " whose \ery language was in di cat i ~e .of.thc·speed of Its li fe! and that, a~ the great new ~o rld power, America wa s not to be J11 l111ITI IScd as fij r as her I.mportance 111 the po st wal sche~l~e was

concerned. To illustrate the growth of the influence of America in wo rld poli tiCS he look two quotations, that of President Wi lso n in 19 14, "We shall be ne utr a l a nd [,!nust 3 k you to be neutral in your hearts," and that of PreSident. Roosevelt 111 1939, We hall be neutra l, but I cannot ask you to be neutral in your heart s. "

In dealing w ith every phase ot" their life Mr. Don ald Grant was co nsistent in hi s culo¥y Ill" the Ameri can people and it was only when questio~ed as to th~ problem of poverty 1 ~1 -\mcrica that he ad mi tted that there was a darker Side to Amencan Freedom .. Ne\~el ~ thelcss he left us with a clear idea of the Americans of today and more assured III mind

as 10 their attjtude to Britain and to the present situation. CLEMENT DAVJES, ESQ., K.C., M.r. On Novembe r 20th the School enjoyed a very i nteres ti ng ta lk by M r. Cleme~t Davies, -ho had hurried down to speak to us di :ect fro m Parli a m~n t. T he subject of hiS a ddre~~ was" What we are fi ghtin g for, and the ldeals we must stn ve fo r w hen the peace IS wo n. We are living, began Mr. Davies, at a mos t in teresti ng period of history when the w ~o le world was awake, and this great war was but an outwa rd StJ I11ptOIll of th e revo lut IO n

taking place in two hemispheres. 13 1

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China, for instance, a huge and once a most advanced count! y, but now cons'd uncivilized and of no account, had been mercilessly attacked and raped by Japan' ert'd all th e weapons of modern science at her ha nd , a nd yet she has been able to hit bac'k "nil secure striking successes against her enemies. How was this? Because the Ch and people were possessed by a spiriluaJ movement which was flweeping: the whole COl ,nC<.c nay the whole Jllass of hitherto suppressed nations. The struggle today Was a str~~' to determine which set of ideals should win.

We were fighting fo r the common r

of l11an, freedom of spe~c h , freedom of conseicnce and the dght to work and to happin~~,I\ Th e~l Mr. Davies went on to say that after this war it was E nl?land's task and dUI to es tabhsh th e new ldeals, for the oth er natlOns looked upon the BntJ sh Isles as the anee ) home of liberty, and therefore expected us to set a new standard of li ving after the ~a~1 Mr. Davles told th os.e present that It !S up to the yo uth of E ngland to set those ideals thai all. the world lS wa ltmg for, to sacnfice thmgs matenal so that we all can, in the futu re eOJOY hfe. , H e we nt on to mention fOll r great evils that the present you ng generation mu~t face and co nquer, four ideals to set ourselves, so as to make the world a fit place to Ii .. in after the p resent holocaust was over. T he first we must co nquer is Idleness-the grim spect re of unemployment, where' men become soo n mentally and physica lly demoralised Secondly we must rid ou rselves of Squalor of people living in hovels and slullls wilh Ihe Government d oing li ttle to improve their conditions. Thirdl y this cou ntry m;,st do away wi th the thin veneer of supposed Educatio n for the masses. Engla nd had lost much va luable material by letting child ren leave school at the age of four tee n, to go OUI into the wor ld to fend for themselves. And finally we must ta ckle the pro blem of Discase_ we sho uld get to the root of the matter, .li ving conditions should be improved, and Our

watchword should be prevention, not cure.

So Mr. Davies wound up his very informative talk, leaving us all busy thinking of th e social reforms which must accompany th e post-war era. We are very graterul to him for sparing us so much of his busy time.

THE TERM'S MUSIC Two new rea tures of the school music this term have been definite lesso ns in singing, lhe resu lts of which were hea rd at the School Concert, and the singing by th e choir of original compositions by boys of the School. T he compositions included SOlllC hymn. tunes, one of which was sung at a Sunday evening service and a setting of the Nunc ditniltis, withdrawn by an unsatisfied composer after rehearsal!

This is va luable training

for would-be composers and it is ho ped that JUore work will be forthcoming. Though deficient in trebles with unbroken voices, the choir has succeeded in gi\i ng

an ambitious programme of ant~ems, including Haydn 's The heavens are telling, Alan Gray's fine Saints' Day anthem What are Ihese Ihat glow from afar, written in memory of his so n who died in the last war, Wesley's Blessed be the God and Father, Redford 's Rejoice ill the Lord and HolV love(y is lhy dwelling-place by Brahms. A section or Ihe

choir sang carols 011 December 10th at the C harlestown Methodist Church a nd yet another section sang part-songs at the School Concert. The choir and school together have round time to learn about half a dozen new hymns. Some older members of the cboir have

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1 with the Cathedral choristers and .so gaiped val uable experience in preparation Sung

week y h I' hl'ps The standard of effiCiency m the lower parts has been thro ughou t . I' h d d ral sc 0 ars ror cha the up-grade a nd ma ny boys are by now very acco mp lS e rea ers. lilt lerm on h t a beside keeping up its old repertoire has played Percy G rai nger 's Mock The O~Ct e~~rds t he end or the term a junior orchestra, the ho pe ~f the fu ture, was ,{or"S an .0 0' f the increasing in terest in violin lessons. We can do with all the recrUIts ed-a slgn. . .' ror", et for thiS sectIOn of th e olchestla. . .

~ecan g

no sis of the School Co ncert wi ll

S ~10W

th at clcspjte the

dlmCl~ l tl~s .crea!ed

s~ p ,ditions good wo rk not all of It pa tent to th e casual obsel vel, I ~ bemg by evacuatlo~o~~' the school. The ~oncert opened with two violin ~olos, Irish Melody done thrOl~711S Hun orian Dance (Pugh i), which were followed by plano solos, Pm:ane, The

and a Bral'M'

el ~f Percy Whi tehead (Hammond) an d a Sch umann Arabesque (Lepll1e).

Boll",e a~~tra mi~yed Percy Grainge r's Mock Morris, preceded by three so ngs (Peschek), The arch P Ik H'1l1del Sigh 110 1Il0re la(hes- Stevens and an Engll sh rolk-so ng, H'heree'er you lV~he- Mount~ills Scherz;no~Schllma l1 n, Gigue- Ha ndel (McG rotty), Tht HaHe~~~ulenc (Ca rn es) and Soarillg- Schu mann (Nic hols) led to a group of so ngs Pastal/re e f I h '·· these were Morley's Fire! Fire! My hearl, a splrJted ballet, 0 t ,e c OJ! , . d I I . S' . E I more b)· a secllon W'Il' 18' arrange ment of The Dark-eyed Sat/or an t l C ever popu a l II g a '

Yaughan dll~~~ pace.' Before the final Firework Suile of Handel pla~ed by the orchest ra sung at a g of iano ieces Les Alles- Grovlez, SOllg withOUI Words In C-Mendelss~hn, came a group I ~ece bPy the p'layer (Peschek), preceded by the last movement of th e Cesar and an ongma P , S h I) Fra nck violin sonata (Peto, St. Edmund s c 00 .

THE SOCIETIES MARLOWE SOCIETY

Pres idenl : F . H. VOIGT, esQ. Secretary: P. A. B. ' GETHIN Under pressure of rival interests the Society restricted the number or meetin gs this lerm to foilr. It proved a happy economy for all were well attended ~! nd provo ked hvely mlerest At the first Mr. C. E. MlIlns gave a paper on Ea rly Rall~ays. [n th,S he d the history of t he locomoti ve engine from the time of the ea rhest known steam ~~~~r~e invented by t he Ancient Greeks to the famoll s ' R ocket ' designed by- George Stephenson in the ea rly nineteenth century. .. . . It was gratifying to man y of the listeners to ha ve their own mterests and even prejudices ,bared by'the speaker and the Society is most grateful to Mr. Mmn~ .. It was a welcome relief for once to desert t he intellectual heights of T. S. Ehot a nd Vlrgl11ta Woolf to hear a really scholarly paper on a topic of general interest. The second and third meetings were devoted to play reading and the Society h~d an amusing time getting its teeth into Van Draten's Young Woodley and A. A. MIlnes The Dover Road. . A climax to the term's entertainment was. provided by the cllsto~n~ry Gala N!~ht. This is always a popular feature for everyone enJoys.. readlOg hiS own onglnal co mposItIOn

even ir the efforts o f others seem pretentIous or puel lie. 133

THE CANTUAR I AN THE SOMNER SOCIETY

President: F. H. VO IGT, EsQ. Vice-President: THE REV. S. B-R. POOLE Hon. Secretary: G. C. M IDDLETON · After the annua l election had been held , the Society settled down to e· . vaned progra mme. 1t \Va.s not quite as varied as So me of us des ired bec.nJ~Y d full and bus services in Cornwall to&e~her wilh weather cond itions made it im po~~\I~~e t~c Winter go on..any of QlI r usual expeditIOns: We made up for this, however by a SCI" f Or us 10 ~~

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The first item was in the nature of a Scrapbook- o ur third but thi s time England. '

Oil

M. edl1t'al

A team of speakers contributed to this and produced a wealth of infor . t" full y and cbarmingly imparted, and a whole series of a musing and colou r';"; ~on, gra,~. Next we bad a free reading and then began a series of papers M ·H Slat u ,[needol I · . . . . er started vi h a persona recital ent Itled Castles I have visited the Hon. Secretary read a pa I S It of the Antique, an introduction to archreology in Hampshire and C R' B' p~r II C!orch with the history of the School under the title of Schola Cantuari.,;sis." Th rot;1dealt a paper from P. H. Honour on the Cornish Languages alld Customs which p el~ 0 ow«l succe~s,. and fina lly E. M. B.. Loft, in what was easily the best of the series, spo~~von ~g~t drawlIlg from thi s anCient city a history of England in miniature. "roll · C. R. B. Brown is to be thanked for so admirably fill ing tbe post of Ho S dunng the past year. His tireless energy and enthusiasm gave the Soeiet n~ eerctar, year and as a token of esteem he was elected a Fellow of the Society A A Yd ~ e"dld

al so a former Secreta ry, was also made a Fellow.

lIssam.

THE PATER SOCIETY

Preside,,·t : G. KENDALL, EsQ. Vice-President: THE REV. F. S. WILLIAMS HOIl. Secretary: J . H . BREESE At the begin.ning of the term Mr. Ken(jall was elected President of the Society and the Rev. F. S. WIlhams VIce-PreSIdent. . T~e.. first full .meeting of the term consisted of a free reading du ring which extracb fl?I1l va llOu.s claSSICal author s were read JI1 translatton. Smce then the Society has listened With great IIlterest to papers from R. A. Forder, H. G. Hughes, T. H. Boult bee, and B. F . Ford. TI~ e first- and thIS proved a diverting affair- was an attempt to 'explode the. Plato myth and sbow that Some of the arguments set forth in the Republic, when ~efJ ousl y a~alysed,. ~~re .q ul te unco nYJl1clI1g;

the second paper was a survey of Crele"

and the Mmoan clVlhzatlon; the thud was a deta iled description of the religion of the AnCIent Egyptia ns; the fourth on the topography of Athens. They all set a high standard of excellence. · T here wi ll be an opportunity for the Society· to prove its wo rth at the end of term Sy mposuJlll when mernbers IIsua lly produce original matter of their own. 134

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President: G . P. HOLLINGWORTH, EsQ. lion. Secretary: J. PESCHEK It was with great pleasure that the Han. Secretary, at the Term's Business M~etil1~' anno un ced that A. L. Rowse, Esq. had consented to become Pah:on of the Society 11\ successio~l to the late ~ ". Hugh Walpole, O.K .S. Mr. Rowse prOintsed to VISIt LIS at the frst pOSSible opportuill ty and to do a ll JJ\ IllS power--·for the furthera nce of T he Society. tt was then ,decided to re-elect the Committee and to enlarge it, the res igning Han. Secretary H. Dalrymple was re-elected and co nsented to hold office until the end of November, . The Society term has been o ne of well-attended and interesti ng meetings. The Rev· f. S. Williams a nd Mr. F. H. Voigt both gave much apprecia ted papers, the forn:,er on Sp.'lil1 and the latter on Proven ce. Purcell, Englal/d's /illle knowII genius was the s ubJ ec~ of ;he Hon. Secretary's enlightening paper, wh ile C. J. D. Murphy gave an amusing and \~ Itty talk on Irish Traditiol/. The reading of Drinkwater's play Abraham Liflcoin, specially chosen for its large cast, proved to be most entertain ing, despite the severe shortage of copies, and the th ir ty odd members present were a ll ab le to read parts. The Gala Night is to take place at the end of term; this opportun ity will be taken 10 invite all past members to join in the festivities.

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

President.' R. GROVES, ESQ. flol/. Secretary: C. R. B. BROWN The Society'S Speech Day exhibiti on came too late to be reported in the last issue or the CanttiC/rian. To revive a pre-war trad ition, the promised annual exhibition was held in the billiard-room at the Club. Though in itself ao unpretentious enough affair, it enjoyed a most unexpected success. Most of the visitors were able to inspect the ex hi bits, which were ge nerally of a high standard, considerin g the difficulties imposed by war time restrictions. The subject, however, was "The School at Canterbury," so that a large store of material was forthcoming. The exhibition, it is hoped, served to draw the attention of visitors and boys alike to the life that we left at Canterbury. T he Hon. Secretary wo uld ilke to take this opportunity of thank ing a ll those members who assisted, notably J. A. S. Macartney and R. G. West. During the Christmas Term the wea ther placed its usua l ban on activities; though two.or three Y.M.C.A. service-men'S req uests were successfully dealt with by members of the Soc iety. TH E MUS!<=: CLUB President: DR. C. H. PHILLI PS Vice-Presideflts·: MRS. R. V. BUCKLAN D, F. H. VOIGT, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: E. H . CORNELIUS This term marks the end of the C lu b's first year of life, a yea r which has been, despite certain adverse circumstances, most sat isfa ctory. Thanks to the careful shepherding 133

THE C ANTUARIAN of the President and to the enthusiasm of the members, the Club is fmllly established and contmues to flounsh. It is grateful that arrangements have been made whereby the times of meet ing no longer coincide with those of other School activities. The Club heard a high ly interesting paper read by A. J . C. Fagg and entitled' Elgar a great Edwardian. ' The works of Elgar are, for some unknown reason, comparativel ' little known to the Club and the paper began to bridge the gap. M. H. Slater read a pape~ on another much neglected co mposer, Chopm. The paper given 111 the author's inimitable style met with considerable approva l and was much enhanced by the hearin g of a recording of a Nocturne played by Pac hmann ill which the executant made severa l audib le comments Too late to be repo rted was a pa per QY G. il. H. Baker entitled' The Tudors and thei; Music. ' Those meetings devoted to the playing of gramophone records have proved to be most interesting. At the meetings several works by modern composers have been heard notably the Suite HOlY Janos of Kodaly and William Walton's Symphony in B-flat minor: At first hearing the symphony was found to be a little st ran ge but all the members enjoyed the work after the President had given a short explanation of its structure. To supplement the many modern works the names of Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert and Berlioz have figured in the programmes. â&#x20AC;˘ It is hoped to hold a Conversazione at the end of the term after the precedent established by the Club last December.

THE GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY President,' DR. C. H. PHILLIPS Han. Secretary,' J. PESCHBK

During thÂŤ past three months, the musical enthusiasm of the School has broken all bo unds, and, needless to say, it has been satisfied. T he Society- or it would be more correct to say the" growing body of musical appreciationists [sic) in the School" has flourished on a n even larger scale than last year. . The President's room is always crowded, and a wide range of works has been played. An open night was a great success, as was a recital of Tudor music, voca l and otherwise earlier in the term. The Society now has the facilities of a record lending libr~ry at its disposal, which greatly enhances the programmes. The more important works heard were: one of Weber 's Clarinet Concerto's, played by Reginald Kell, and Mozart's Oboe Quartette, played by the inimitable Leon Goossens; both of which we re well received. Some of Wolf's Lieder proved a little hard going for the more junior members, while " Bach goes to town," foll owing other tastes, with its saxophonic counterpoint succeeded through its sheer entertainment va lue. Next term it is hoped that the Society will be able to meet in the afternoons on Sundays rather than the evenings, a scheme which should meet with general approval.

THE CANTUAR IAN THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY President,' W . STEPHEN-JONES, esQ. Vice-President ,' F. H. VOIGT, esQ. Hon. Secretary,' G. A. .F. RANDS . ·h be in ning of this term with the object of encouraging The S~i~ty, 7:ti~~rr~fl~ t~~ ~cl100f, and providing a so~iety for tho~e alre.add' ~ter~t~.

interest I!, ~ m~I'Y fortunate in having Mr. W. Stephen-Jones as Preslden.t an r.,· The society IS v . . t s Vice-President. VOlg a . t' s The first was a paper by the Han . Secret.ary So far the Society has h~d fourt",eeJ!'~n'g birds There has also been a free-reaelmg, on "Grebes," thbose mfost alscJ:d~~te:~ting extr~cts about bird and an imal life. t I y a large num er a peop e r when, I· k'ng forward to more papers next term and to some films on en omo og We are 00 I 'd' ts . . 'th logy a lecture from the Presl ent on tt1sec . and orlll 0 , . h h S . t should have so me special object It was decided at the first ~e~~nl~;kf;gt: flo~~I~';;d fauna of th~ district, which we in view, and we alC now engag

hope will prove of value. ARTS SOCIETY President,' G. KENDALL, EsQ. Hon. Secretary,' J. P. CLOWES . " f d with the object of promoting painting, On October 5th the s. S~f,et§ ~a\ orM~' G Kendall was elected President, and drawing, and arts and cra ts 111 O,e fic s~~;lk wa~ by a stroke of good fortu ne, by Mr. 1. p. Clowes Hlon . secresta:~;l1e h~;pfl~l suggestion's and very kindly consented to become 1. E. Barton w 10 gave u

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the co urse of the term we it desirable to have a work-room, and the our School authorit ies gave us one down at the Clu b. . . a er On November 28th the SocietyGhad the b Mr F H Voigt on Velasquez, oya an . ' . bl . J'orks.· We ;~ere 1110St grateful to Mr. Voigt for a very enJoya e evemog. 's will end the

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Before the end of t~nll the Society hopes to I~OJ~: v~~la ~~~~t:r~t~~\f we co ntinue term's activities. All thJl1gs consldered,;e h~~e n~e a succe~s g We feel a debt of gra titude

~~t~~~k~~~:ntf~~t~~e~~::t"i~~~::!i ~~d ~~~ubl~ he has take~ as President.

THE BIBLE SOCIETY President,' THE HEADMASTER Hon. OrganiseI',' R. F. HOLBURN

At a meeting held at the beginning of the ten:n it was decided to. start :a:oc~~tyw~~ replace the Bible Fellowship which had been meetmg dttrtng the pr.evtO~s Yeal . generally felt that its aims and scope sho uld be enlarged to make a Wldel pp • 137

THE C A N T UARIAN A n organiseI' wa s appointed and a C911.lInittee elected to deal with the matter '

resu lts have show n the value of their energy a nd enthusiasm, especia lly by the fae'l I~,h. th e a ltendances ha ve doubled a nd sometimes nea rly t ripled th ose of last term. al T he meetings have been varied a nd successfu l, a nd th e Society feels grateful to tho w ho have helped, especially to t hose who have given ta lks. Dr. Phi llips, speak ing se

.. Sin and a Sense of Humou r " gave a varied and illumi na ting discourse, while I~n Presicl en~ in a genera l ta lk O~l ,Christianity as a whole helped the members to approach

some of Its more uncomprOJTI1 S111g aspects.

The C haplain spoke o n Bible Medi tat io n, a nd showed t hat every Christian would have to retu rn to it as

it was

a vital fo rce in the C hristi an movement.

M. H . Slater took up t he qu otatio n " ta ke up thy cross and fo llow me," pOin ting OUt that C hristia ni ty eit her meant everyt hing, or was one of the biggest swind les Ihe world

had ever known ; if was up 1' 0 the indiv!dua l to decide.

The energetic di scussions on Conscient io us Oi:>iec ti o n, th e Ch urch Sects and man) other

t OP ICS,

have shown th at the problems affect everyone, and

has been interestinJ!:

to record the varied opinio ns. Look ing back over its new grow th, Ihe Society ca n feel that it has made a good beginning, a nd it shou ld cont inue to fo ll ow up Ihe lines on which it has started .

J. T. C. COURSES or INSTRUCTlON.- Sergt. M. G . Chatterton attended a course of. Inslruction last Au gust at th e Western Comma nd J unior Leaders School of I nstructio n and SergI. C. R . B. Brown attended t he Scottish Command Central School, Weapo n Training Wing in September. Bo th N .C.O's ga ined hig hly cred ita ble repo rts. TRAINING.- At this interva l of time it will betray noth ing of mi li tary import ance

reveal the fact that during the term tra ini ng was on no occasion interfere(l with by the

weather! The D emo nstrati on section und er the command of SergI. Chatterton has done valuable work and much to enli ven the training. On N ove mber 24th the contin ge nt ma rched to St. A ustell to see, at t h~ Odeon, so me very instr uct ive Army T ra ining Fil ms. Our th anks are due to Co!. Stereker, D.S.O. for this privilege. A particula rly vivid demonstrati on of the power of th e platoo n weapons was given o n the beach on D ecember 3rd by t he regular unit to which we are affi liated. Our t han ks are a lso due to this uni t, which must be nameless for the help given in Ih. training by fo ur of t heir N .C. O. Instructors twice a week du ring th e ter m. GOOD SERVICE CERTl FICATB.- We feel sure th at all O.K.S. a nd present mem bers of the scho ol would wish to ex press their pleas ure at the ho no ur recently conferred on C.S.M .I. Marshall who, at a n official Home Guard ce remo ny in the square' at Penlewan, was presented with the' G o od Service Certi ficate by Brigad ier J . E. Barbary. In Ihe course of his rema rks the Brigad ier referred ( 0 t he fac t that e.S . M. Ma rshall had given 21 years devoted service to t he Trai ning Corps an d th at fo r his service in the Reg ular Army. the School and the H ome G uard he was receiving a Certi ficate fro m the Commander-mC hief Home F orces.

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cadets passed Part Jl (Sectio n Leading) in t he for War Certi ficate " A " :I R B Belsham I' p ' Waller

CERTIFIC~';~ at~o~lmT., ~n ~~vemter 24th and quali fied

exanllnatlon e F. 1.. Whalley D. K. Johnson I B~ealy S. A . R. Caws(on J.·E.· Downes M T r ester M . Corkrey D. A. Graham K' B' Gurr R. G . West M' I-I' A Lovall ''; . G. A. H. Baker 1. E. C. Hincliffe M. e ,rnes D. P. e. Platt . All the above Cadets are appointed L/Cpls with effect from December 1st at Bodmlll

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I followin g Cadets passed Parll (Individual) oftbe Certificate "A" examinati on :Tle. F E. B. Brown N. 1. Flower G' A J Evans P C Steel . . . Burgess 1. F. Dalrymple M: B'. 'S'mithers A. R. T. Stuart D. M. Wright P. S. W. Daw D. E. Binsted F. V. T homas . W G C Ferris J. B. Lumsde n . . ' h D . G . B . M c I vor C 1 D Mu rp y l' E' T' Sherwood I. D . E.. Herbert C. S. Pitcher S. B. NIChols

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. wel'e made with effect from September PROMOTIONS.- The following promoltons 22nd, 1942:Sgt. 1. D. Ar mstrong to be C.S .M. Cp!. J. A. B. Heslop to be C.Q .M .S. Cp!. 1. H. Breese to be Sgl. Cp!. M. G . Chatterto n to be Sgt. Cp!. C. R. B. Brown to be Sgt. Cp!. J. D. O mmanney to be Sgt. Cp!. Swin boe-Phelan to be Sgt. L/Cp!. J. H. Middleton to be C p!. L/Cp!. R . G. Leadbeater to be Cp!. L/Cp!. 1. B. Butcher to be Cp!. L/Cpl. T. H. Boultbee to be Cp!. L/Cp!. E. H. Corne" us to be Cp!. With effect fro l11 December 1st, 1942. Cp!. J. H. M idd leton to be L/Sgl. Cp!. T. H. Boullbee to be L/Sgt. Cp!. 1. B. Butcher to be L/Sgt. Cp!. E! H. Corneli us to be L/Sgt. Cpl. R.l G. Leadbeater to be L/Sgt. L/Cp!. J. W. S. Simpson to be Cp!. 139

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THE CANTUARIAN With effect from December 1st, I 942- colltinued. L/Cpl. J. S. Macartney to be Cpl L/Cpl. S. C. Robertson to be cpi L/Cpl. A. J. C. Fagg to be Cpl. . L/Cpl. J. P. H. Hutton to be Cpl. L/Cpl. P. A. B. Gethin to be Cpl L/ Cpl. St. J. O. Vel'l1Me to be Cpl L/Cpl. N . E. Harvey to be Cpl. .

A.T.e. As was expected, a considerable number of' C- d ~ I f I summer term, and so far new recruits have been few a ~ set t ~e School at the end of the rath er less than usua l. . ur pa, a e strength of 41 is therefore Twenty eight Cadets spent an e t' d bouring R.A.F. station, a nd creatednerge Ie a n lTI?st va l~ab l e week in Camp at a nei

~~~ti~~~o~~n;hfir~~r~n~c~~~~~,,"~~}~~~: e~t~~e:~~~r~s'~r~n~~~'~f, ~~~~~g~~~;,rs l~~ tralnlllg, .r;ames and athletic sports were or more fllghts.

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Another eleven Cadets have passed P 'I I f h P . rank as Leading Cadets. T hey were Ber~' CO t e roficle ncy Star exa mination and thus Pratt, Richa rdso n, Semmence, Stern and T~~lIs:~r Cush~an, Howson, Langston, Mayoh, and Patterson reached F irst Class Cadet standa'ros se. a , nascho,~e, Clowes, Lord, J.D., seven Leading Cadets . A second and mare advad~~~n all th,s F light now has twenty. h~s recently been inaug urated a number ~f Lead' ' o f ProfiCiency exam ination wIder and more varied sylJabus laid down. Illg a ets are now work ing on the There has been one visit to a I I R A ep . . that more will be a rra nged in the ne~vca ear' . . statIOn th,s term. so far, and it is hoped

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~oi~l.:';tr~ie~e~rs ~~~tlbf:v~u~I~~;u~f i.~i~I: : ~~ÂŁ~ ~~~?;~~;:,~~~~ ~~~h~c~~~~gl~~~~ . Our thanks are aga in due to Mr. Hollin rth"' h' . w,th the Morse training of those who are workl!;Wo C . t~' ' s contlllued and patient help The follo win r' . mg 0 1 e sta tus of F,rst Class Cadet. during the term :~ P o motIOns a nd appO intments, datin g from October 10th, were made To be Sergeant :- Cpl. M. T. Davies. To be Corporals :- Cadets J. D. Por; itt, A. G. Ouseley-Smitl, and I' Ll G , . .-. rove.

THE LIBRARY Librarian ,' THE REV. S. B- R. POOLE . Assistant Librarian.' J. D. ARMSTRONG . The LIbrary has been checked and re-catal d tJ . . dIscover that we had secured well over 2 000 ,ague liS term, and ,t was gratifying to doe~ not include Our magnificent Loeb COUe~t~lumesh friO,:", Canterbu.''Y- This assessment COpICS. IOn w 'c 1 Itself rUllS Into several hund red '40

THE CANTUARIAN The Librarian is most gratefu l for the two handsome volu mes on Chivalry, kindly presented by Mr, . Boys-Behrens, t he three books on Heraldr,Y-·thc gift of Mr. H . Stanford l ondon, F .S.A. , O.K.S., and for th e bonks generously gIven by Mr. Percy G Url' and Mr. George Baker. Such gifts in th ese days are most welco me. In addition the Librarian utili zed fund s to purchase the following books :studies in the Statecraft a nd Diplomacy .................. .. .... .. .... G. P. Gooch Conflic ts .............................. ... ....................... .... ..... .. .. L. B. Namiel' Critical Thoughts in Cri tical Days .. .. .. .. .... .. . .... .. ... .. ........ .. I. w. Lucas A Short History of Science .. .. .. .................. .. ........ . Projessor C. S il/ger Oxford Dict iona ry of Quotations .... .. .. .. .. ... .. . ...... . .... ........ .. ............. .. ...... ..... .. .... .. .. The Luxemburg Grey Book The Abssinian Cam paign . . ...... ..... . ....... .. .. . . "

RUGGER

CLUB

RETROSPECT PLAYED 9; WON 3; LOST 5; DRAWN I.

T his season has proved disappointing for afte r a promising start a series of injuries were susta ined by the XV so that fo r o ne match only was the full team on the field. The result was that only three out of nine matches were won; one was drawn. The side first played two hard ga mes against St. Eval and St. Merryn', both of which it won. O ver co nfidence and lack of combinat ion in adverse weather conditions lost us our first School match agai nst Kelly College bu t we recovered to beat Gres ham 's soon afterwards. Tbe match against Clifton was a very fast game but the high score showed the superiority of th e Clifton backs. In the return match against Greshams seven of the team were missing, mainl y due to the claims of the examination room, with the result, that we lost. T he forwards, ad mirabl y led by Robertson, played excellently thro~ghout the season, th ough they suffered in the later matches on account of his a bsence. The booking of Armstrong was consistently good, enabling a very light pack to defeat their opponents on many occasions. They were let down considerably by the play of tbree-quarters, which after a promising start, deteri orated towards the end of the seaso n. Their lack of combinatiol) was very noticea ble; though they were unfo rtunate in losing Ommanney very carlyon in the term. Kennaby at full back was invalua ble. The weak link in the team proved ·to be the scrum balf, thou gh Butcher and Bloomberg played quite well to fill a difficult position. The 2nd XV was a better team this year than last, a nd of four matches played three were won. They were exceptionall y heavy in the fo rwards, of whom Ousoley·Smith, Nichols, Smithers and G rabam were nota ble. The three-quarters were poor, only Walsh showin g any form. T he team was well led by Ouseley-Smith. The Colts, capta ined by Brown ii had a very successful season, only losing one match agai nst a big side from Truro Cathed ra l Scho ol. G res ham 's was beaten twice. They Wan against Kell y College 33- 0 and against Plymouth College they drew. A very big side, they relied perhaps too much on their strength, t hough with experience many will become excellent players. .

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THE CANTU!A R T'A NJ The Junior Colts played ' ' 3- 6 to their older and h' , ,,'galllst an under 1St team trom Kelly College and ' ,

cavlc r Opponent s.

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LlabOU I: a nd Mr. Holllllgwo rth for their c h' , a n S a le a so due to Mr. Reyn I the Chaplain for running the Ne~a~o~:gd'~~~~ Colts a nd JunIOr Colts respectively, an~ 1~

School House Walpole

HALL MATCHES } School House (10- 5)

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School Ho use (12- 9)

Grange (3- 0)

In the first ro und of thc Hall Matc hes School H d " ' game; a nd Orange beat Meister Omers after 'I fi oU1e e eated Wa lpole after a scra ppy an d Grange, with very even ly matched teams I~et' f,~ce Y contested ga me. . ~chool House so that the game proved mainly forward h th the finaL The conditIOns were Wet qrmrter movements, Grange were the first ~; ~co ou~\ ~Olh sides had several three_ a ter, By half time each had scored a ain bring in Ie u c 1001 House equa lised soon persistently but stolid defence by the ~cI'OOI H g t~e scole to 6- 6, Grange pressed the SCore was still evenat 9- 9 so that extra time ~~~e 10lwa lds held them, By the end P ayed, Both Sides fought fUriously and Grange were contin ually . in the S I I H . and after breaking away School House su~ '00 .ouse ,twenty-Jive, Th~y fai led to SCore to 9, and retainjng tbe cup, ceeded 111 SCOI Jllg- thusJust wlllning by 12 points Walpole Grange

HOUSE MATCHES } Walpole (3- 0) ' .

}M' 1S h I elstcr 0 mer< (26- 0\ ' S I c 00 House (9- 6) B J c 1001 (-louse . ye (19--0) In a very hard fought game Wa lpol ' t . . . goal to nil whilst St. Edmunds put up : J~~~ds~'C~ted~d III beat ing G ran ge by a pena lt y secolld round brought Meister Omers and S~~o ~ s ow agalllst Meister Omers, The best ga me of the competition when School r . o. House together.. T hi S proved the three-quarters scored several 'good tries I IO;IS~ llSlIl~tO the full their s uperiority in the Tn the final 'the weather conditio ns wei: . n I ea con ItlOns the ga me proved very fast under water. School House unable toe ~::er~ed: ~ea;? ralll fell and the field was half the Walpole forwards proved eq ual and. ha d ell ac s relied on their forwards, But scored first through Baker after t1;e on l~ th~ ,even ga me was fought out School House next broke away from the School Hous ee q~alter movement of the match. Wa lsh the pitch. Walpole fought back hard a'~dt~~~,t;;~h~~~o Is?o~effiaft~r runnin g the length of H ouse next scored th roug h Chatterton Wa l ,~( a I ICU t penalty goaL School utmost and after continual pressure su~ceedeJ'~le Iephed by uSlllg their forwards to the and fallinll excellently the School House for "~ sChrl~g ~' uncollverted try, Tackling war s e 0 Walpole to hold their lead, ' thus WIDwng 9- 6, and securing the cup, St.EdmunÂˇd 's Meister O mers School House

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MATCHES

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERllURY V ST. EVAL (AWAY) This the fi rst match of the 1942 season, was played on October 8th, and resu lted in 'n 1'01: the School after a hard and fast game, During the first half the School played a ~Inst a stron g wind which hampered the passing and helped the frequent kicking of ;~ Eva /. Though pressed hard by the R,A.F, fo rwards the pack held them and by half , . eÂˇ there waS no score. In the second ha lf the team wor k of the School showed itself 1I~ it was not long before Ommanney cut through easily to score near the corner flag. ~h i S uncon verted try was soon equalled by St Eval, but the forwards immedjately ca rried the ball to the try line where it was touched down by Lampard, It was converted by porritl. Just before the nna l whistle Porritt scored another try which he converted. Throughout, the play had been with the forwards, the three-quarters not com bining well. Nevertheless the team showed great promise, The final score was 13-3, KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERllURY v ST. MERRYN (AWAY) The School played a Navy side from St. Merryn on October 10th. The Navy team waS Illuch heavier than the School ' 5 and was soon pressing hard, Good defence by the backs preve\,ted them from scoring for a long time, but eventuall y the St Merryn backs scored near the corne l' flag, The School played back hard and a three quar'!er movement resu lted in Om man ney goi ng over the line, This try was converted, Very soon after Davies touched down, Porritt just failed to convert, tl,e ball hitting the post. Half time showed the score at 8- 3, and throughout the second half ;t rema ined unchanged, The SI. Merryn three-quarters became dangero us severa l times, but the play remained .,en, th e ski ll and speed of the school proving superi or to the weight of its opponents, KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V KELLY COLLEGE (AWAY) On October 17th the Schoo l played Kelly College, A steady drizzle was falling at favistock throug hout the game, with the result that the handling of the ball left much to he desired. This was the main fault with the School, who immediately attacke<:\ with ligour, carrying the ball to the ir opponents half, where it remained, except once or tw ice throughou t the first half. The School was prevented from going over the line on many oceHsions by dropped passes and good marking by the Kelly backs. Half time showed no score. The School again attacked, keeping the ball with the forwards, But they seemed 10 be lacking perfect combination and it was not till Ommanney, wit h a loose ball at his reet went over the line, that the school scored . The try was unco nverted, Kell y replied by atlacking strongly' and almost on the Jinal whistle their fly-half succeeded in dropping a line goal ; th us just passing the School score to let Kelly win 4-3, KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v R,N,E,C., KEYHAM (AWAY) Playing at Keyham on October 24th, the School kicked otT and were soon pressing harcl. A dropped pass I1y the Navy backs was q uickly picked up by Butcher and touched down , Within ten minutes. Th is try was uncon verted. The ga me continued evenly and after a break th rough by thei r cent res Keyham scored a n unconverted try to level the SCore, The Navy team scored aga in, this time converting; the School having failed to SCore with two pen<llty kicks at goal. The School retaliated with strong forward play '43

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and a thre~-quarter movemen t res ulted in Porritt seorin . ~eYh~m .qulc kly started the second half with a try near tTleac try, W~"Ch he con verted

ley c1gam scored attacked hard and Chatterton touched Porritt b " . th IJngll1g e

only 0 t b' ornel ag and Soon r . their persistence w~~ r~~ar~lOl c~lnverted. U ndaunted the SC h ter d f ' e WI I a tr y, for on the fi I 001 fi .0WIl a ter a three-quarter movement. This try wa lila whistle Ilal score to 19- 13. . ,s converted by

two more

• K~NG 'S S CHOOL, CA NTERBUR Y I' G IU1I HAM 'S S CHOOL HOLT (H In our first School match on .I . , OM E) itself greatly superior to its oppo~~:,tslO~~e e~i~t'd on October 31 st, the Schaal show" ball into the it , lC t Icc-quartel s, who were unfortunate t b ' ye throughout ~o ~use the advantages given them by the forward s ~nd ~id e Without Ommanney, failed / enc~ of the Gresham's backs. After hard playa forward :lOth s~cc~ed 1Il beating the Ine were It was touched down by Gordon Porritt failed t us 00 the ball OVer the sa the School attacking just as hard but fa i'ling t h O con vert. The second half over through by Chatterton that the SCh'ool did even~ g?l t e Jr:r line.. It was by a break thl s wa s again unconverted. It pro ved a disa u~ ">: Succee In Scorll1g 'again, thou h three-quarters. The final Score was thus ;' " . PPh° InStllllg g~me, the fault lying with t~e

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K' NG 'S S S HOOL, C ANTBrUJ URY v C U I'TON COLLEG E (AWAY)

The hardest match of the season a . ' t Crf on November 18th. The School s utie,:e~lJ.7 sdis. ~ ton College, \~as played at Tavistod t ?rd~Obert~on and against their heavier opp~nent~l tI~~nt~f~ III ,beIng wl~hoUl Onllnanney " ,sappomtment despite the handicap. Though th ~ agamst us. The game proved the lugh Score (59- 3) showed that the School t . e 01 wards were evenly matched backs. Kennaby at full back ex~elled himself ~Iee-quarters ;ere .outclassed by the Cliflo~ Throughout the game the School fought I ' davu'J many s, uatlOns by his hard tackling toudlCd down by Davies after a forward ru~a; ~a s krewarded by a try, which wa; theu' kllld hospitality. . UI ,an s are due to Kelly College for

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NEWS

The Editors iI/vile the co-opel'alioll 0/0 K S . , of par/icular illt erest to 0 K S The . . . III j:,'lrel/g'helllllg these items il/ •• THE C ANTUARIAN I , , . h particu/a .#' • •. ley Clllll/Ol Ilemseilles obtain lIIud .r II ' Wlie aft ra OJ promotiol/~'. and there/ore remind subscribers 11 , II' I OJ ~; necessary material, especially At M . f IG a lIems OJ news are always welcome . .

a eetmg a the Committee of the 0 K S A ' . 1942, R. W. Marshall (1899- 1903) was a ... . SSOClatlOn held on 10th December, place of Sir Hugh Walpole C BEd PdPomted a member of the Committee in 'he •

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The Committee has appointed R ' W M h • Honorary Secretary of the Associati I' d '.' ar~ all to act as Honorary Treasurer and Treasurer, R. A. Osborne, .and the l~~n ~~I~t~ e absence on .actlve service of the Han. ' dd IY'dJ · P. Heming. All communications conneeted with the Association should be a resse to:-

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R. W. MarshaD, Savko House, Eagle Wharf Road, N.l. N.B._ Communicaiions concerning the War Record should continue to . be ddressed to the Keeper of the Record, Kenneth Thomas, Redbury, Oakwood Avenue, a . Parleys •• urre).' H. J. Newton (1936- 39) has been in hospital since September as the result of a crash on a course for motor cycles and Bren Gun Carriers. His left knee was injured and after an operation the leg became infeeted and he very nearly lost it. He is now better, however, and it is hoped that, as a result of treatment; he will make a complete recovery.

S. H. F. Brown (1899- 1905) has had sixteen years active work with the Royal Observer Corps, having been one of the original members . . . E. M. l.ock (1935- 40) passed out second from his O.C.T.U. course. W. T. Lock (1933- 37) did good work on a Malta Convoy (see War Record) and had a rough time, losing even the shoes he was wearing. P,. H. Morris (1937-40) went to Aberdeen for his R.A.F. University Course; unfortunately he had pleurisy just a t the end of it and missed two examS. He is now wilh an 1.T. W. G. H. Cunningham (1937-40) was made a Lance-Corporal within a nwnih of joining up, and was sOllle time an Instructor' befo."e going to his O.c.T. U.

D. F. Murray (1938- 42) is Secretary for Worcester College, Oxford, Rugger and in Ihe team, and he also ran for Oxford against Cambridge in the Cross-Country fixture, having come iu joint-first in the Freshmen's Trial. He says life at Oxford consists of violent physical exercise followed by concentrated S.T.C. Work fits in somehow, and it is remarkable how much one gets done. He appears to be putting in some good work also as Secretary of Blackheath Public Schools Rugby Football Clnb. Bishop A. M. Gelsthorpe (1908- 11) has been on sick leave in Nairobi, and visited Abyssinia and Eritrea on his way [jack to Khartoum. He should have returned to his missionary work in the Southern Sudan by now. L. F. P. Russell (1935- 39) wrote in June:" {find the desert a great joy after- - . • It is chiefly ' eyewash' that the papers say about 'blistering heat and dust.' They ought to try somewhere where it really is hot. We expected to come into sometbil)g terrible, but we found it all much better than-- or- -. {have got four books which I always keep witb me here, The Bible, Shakespeare, lngo/dsby Legends and. Hugh Walpole's Bright Pavilions. J also hope to add to my stock Rewards and Fairies and Puck of Pook's Hill .. They are books one can always read over and ' over again and those are the only kinds of book to carry when one is only allowed a small amount of kit. Now that r know Mesopotamia very welt and Palestine quite well I find the Bible makes interesting reading. It makes all the difference when one has actually .been to so many of the places mentioned. Not much in the way of bird and animal life out here, except a few hares, gazelle and jerboas, but in spring the whole desert becomes covered In flowers, lilies, crocuses, iris, anemones, grape hyacinths and nearly al1 the flowers one finds in the garden at home. It is a pity they wither away within a few weeks." In 145

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a later letter he wrote that' the bombing of Canterbury made him very angry and add d I had a little wretch of a Bache prisoner who came from Bremen- he was crOWje about the bombing of Canterbury. A few nights later Brelilen received a 1,000 bom~g blitz.. Unfortunately I had handed him on by then so I was unable to get my laugh ,~ He also said he had caOght up with A. M. Durnford (1932- 38) who is back with his regiment after his severe illness. H

C. Donaldson (1931-34) was to have been orda ined by the Archbishop in Se . tember, but was unfortunately ill at·the time; he was ordained by the Bishop ofCroYdtn a few weeks ago, to a curacy at St. Stepl,en 's, Norbury. J. E. Robinson and M . P. Robinso n (1937- 39) whose home was in Oslo, and who remained there when war broke out, arri ved in England last October. J. E. Robinson writes "We were enjoying a thoroughly good camping holiday in Norway when We learned of the outbreak of war, and some months la ter we were surprised one mornin

by an air·raid warning and witnessed the entry of the German troops and the occupalio~ of Norway. It being apparent that there was little time to be lost, we made good Speed to leave by train for Stockholm two days .afte r the occupation . Only just in time Since then we have remained in Sweden awa iting an opportunity to return to England and once away we arri ved here in fi ve hours. Good going ! Stockholm gave me an opportunity to learn the Swedish language a nd a ltogether the stay was very interesting ' but I am glad to get back to Old E ngland as 1 hope to j oin the Royal Na vy." D. N. Burrell (1910-12) wrote. from Malta" ...... Directly I heard of the Iragedy at Canterbtu·y I airmaIled to Mr. Goss, for I was fearful lest he and his sisters had suffered. I was relieved to get an airmail letter from bim. (which r published in Ihe Times of Malta giving a detailed account of the damage-how it got through the Censor I don't know!) and saying that although they went through nights of terror, God was with them- a very present help in trouble ...... Well done K.S.c. in the person of It. P. S. W. Roberts, V.c., R.N. I suppose he will be given a public reception after Ihe war? In my time it was Fleming Sandes who carried the school to glory wit h the coveted decoration ...... We have recently had the Bishop of Gibraltar with us .... .. and il was my privilege to come into intimate contact with him. You should hear his experiences of the last days ill Athens: He left that city with nought but what he stood up in, save a bag of food in one haud and a child on the other arm! He was bombed • incessantly to Crete and on that island he and the King of Greece lived for three weeks unshaven and unwashed in caves eating locusts and wild honey. What price for a Bishop and a King in 1941? He flew from Gib. here sitting on a packing case for seven hours-so keen was he to make Malta to see for himself the devastation etc. and to confirm a great number of the garrison. R. E. Jackson (1933- 38) writes that h'e saw G. N. B. Pletts (1934-38) after Dunkirk; he was then waiting to go to an O.C.T.U. P. D. V. Strallen (1934- 8) wrote in July" At long last I have succeeded in linking up with Tony Dean. We have both tried hard but have always missed one another by a few hours or miles. It took a shell to arrange it in the end. Tony was wounded in the leg and arm at Knightsbridge and while he. was safely parked in hospital I managed to get over to see him three times before being whisked away myself. He was amazi ngly

THE CANTUARIAN . . f I in in bed all day in the heat. I saw quite a lot of J. R. Willis cheerful to Sl?llt~ f92.j-~4) at one time, and he and I came out of Bengazl together. I (A. R. G. WIg:d to get out in a truck, but he was surrounded and had 10 walk some luckily manila back but didn't seem to be any the worse for It. 300 odd m es , . . 'th re ret from S. L. Anderson (1936-40) that MI:. Kenneth S. PItt, We heal tea~hing praclice at the School from Oxford a tew yea rs ~go, and who did ad lei I mNavy as a Seaman was reported missing after1he St. Nazalre raId. Our hojOlne tle ('.' h . we sympathy goes out to hIS mot er. . . de P R e ( 1932- 36) is now a qualified doctor, and hopes to obtaw an D G. . rOX . . . . 'Iment in the Colontal Medical ServIce. appow B Ch M C f]: our congratulations to Colonel C. H. Budd, M:A ., M.B., . .' .... , We 0 erC (T) (1 899- 1904) on being appointed Deputy LIeutenant for Camblldge. T D. RAM. . 35) . , . the family of Pilot Officer H. C. Reynolds (1930- . Our sympathy .goes out to an 0 erational flight. Writing to Miss Reynolds, hIS who is re~ort~~~~~sls:T/r?<'~ ~m lfot at all surprised that your brother did not tell Commandwg aged on acti ve operations against the enemy. 11 IS tYPIcal of hlmO~hat

you he wa s eng

d lour mother worry and an x. iety on his account.

PIlot

cer

he should spare you an ) t a ir unners in the Squadron. He has been over G ern:,an y ReynoldS was one of the be~ eralfonal missions. Your brother has been III Stlfitn g air· nineleen wyes ond vall~~,s o~e occasion your brother'S aircraft was attacked in dayhghJ craft III all u~r~J ur enemy fi ghters. It was largel~ through his accuracy of firean over Denmar Yt 0 throughout these attacks that his pIlot was able to aVOId sellous runnmg com men ary .. f f' dl clouds " to his aircraft and reach the victD lty 0 some nen y . . . d<linage ) t Ed' b gh . Watters (1933- 39) has obtained his .B.Sc. (in Forestry a ' III ur , and f,~sRbe~~ awarded a Colonial Forest Schol~rship (value £275) tenable for a year at Oxford. He i ~ now at Balllo!' . . . . Ie . Richards, O.B. E., 1.S.0., (1891 - 1900) retir~d from the Ctvll R. E. R• nCu·arByr·lIlls94i but since April, 1941 has been working In a Department , , . Se rVlce IO Ja under the control of tbe Ministry of InformatLOn.

BIRTHS . SPENCER.- On l!th August, 1942, to Audrey, wife of Captain M. C. A. Spencer, R.A. 1933- 38, a daughter. . OAK.RHIND.- On 7th August, 1942, to Mary, wife of Hugh Oak·Rhtnd (1926- 30),

N",L~~~

14th September, 1942, to Ruth, wife of Lt. J. D. Neil, R.A., (1920- 26), awn. k MAYCOcK.- On 29th October, 1942, to Muriel, wife of Major W. D'A. Maycoc , R.A.M.C. (1925- 29), a son. BUCK LAN D.- On 18th November, [942, to Joan, wife of Lt. John Buckland, R.A., (1926- 33), a son . . h OuvE.- OnI 18thl October, 1942, to Meryl, wife of C. T . Oltve (1928-33) a daug ter (Anthea Mary). '47

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THE CANTUARIAN ENGAGEMENTS. P~TAVEL-CRlcK.-The engagement is announced and the marria e will

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place between Major H. L. Petavel (1915- 16) ~nd Elizabeth E. ~. Cric:'W lly lak. youngest daughter of the Bishop of Chester and Mrs. Crick Bish' , . R. N.S., Chester. ' op SHouse,

BRACKENllURY- KNIGHT,-=T he engagement is an nounced between Capt '

}jumphreys Brackenbury, R.A. <late Tlie Buffs) (1934-39) and JO~~' Bennel F.A.N.Y., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. S. Knight of II Orchard Road BKnlghl, Kent. . ' romley, MARRIAGES.

PLAYBR: HARTE LOVBLACE.- On 18th July, 1942, Lt. Henry Percival Player M R L.R.C.P., R.A.M.e., (1929- 34) to Dora Lillian, only daughter of M' . d .CM·S., C. L.. Harte-Lovelace, of Canterbury. . . r. an rs. CHANDLER: ISlIT.- On 10th April, 1941, Harold Esdale Chandler, ( 1929-34) Cathenne Elizabetb l sitt.

HADRILL-McDouGALL.- On 19th September, 1942, Thorold Darnell Hadrill (1920 22) to Elizabeth Thomson McDougall. GILLrBRAND: SENNET.- On 12th September, 1942, Lt. Raymond Gillibrand R N V R (1931-36) son of A. GIIlIbrand (1900-04) to Joan Sennet daugbter' of'C' I' ,', Sennett, R.N. , a p aID

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DEATHS. n 31S t RYLEEd¥·-Od R l July, 1942, James Percy Ryley (1882-87) second son of tbe late Rev ~

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HASSBLLr-In May, 1942, suddenly in Canada, Frederick Percy Hassell, (1893-98).

THE CANTUARIAN

OBITUARIES HENRY ARMSTRONG SMALLWOOD (1883- 84). We take the following from the Tiines of 6th December, 1942 .. Mr. H. A. Smallwood , e.M.G. died at Grange Road, Ch iswick, on 31'd December. Henry Armstrong Smallwood, seco~d son of the late Rev. W. J. Smallwood, was born on February 26th, 1869. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, od al Fosters, Stubbington, and entered the Royal Navy in 1886. [n June, 1893 he !.s on board H.M.S. Victoria when she was sunk in collision wilh H.M.S. Camperdowfl. The next ,Y7ar he enter~d the Colonial Service, and after serving in Fiji, Cyprus, st. lucia Bntlsh East Afnca (now Kenya), the Federated Malay Slates, Paiestllle and Iraq he retired in 1924, but in 1927 and 1928 was teniporarily re-employed on special duty in the Bahamas. From 1928 to 1937 he was chairman of the Finance Commission, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Jerusalem. l"te was made a C.M.G. ;n 1922, and he was a Fellow of the Royal Empire Society." COMMANDER (E) MARTIN HOBY HUNT, R.N. (l917- 19).' The second of three O.K.S. sons of Alderman Wright Hunt, J.P. (1878- 83) Martin Hoby Hunt was at the Junior School for two years before passing on to the Nautical College Pangborne and to the Royal Naval College, Darlmouth. The Times writes: "Commander (E) Martin Hoby Hunt, R.N., H.M.S. Somali, missing, presumed killed, passed out from Dartmouth in May, 1924, and was appointed as midshipman Âˇ (E) for the specia list course at the R.N. Engineering College, Keyham . In April, 1928 he joined the aircraft carrier Courageous as Sub-Lieutenant (E) and was re-appointed to her on his promotion to Lieutenant (E) a year later. In March, 193 1 he was selected for duty on the staff at Dartmouth and served there two years. From 1933 to 1935 he was engineer officer of the sloop Scarborough on the American Station, and from 1936 to 1938 was 011 the staff of the Mechanical Training Establishment, Chatham . From July, 1938, until Âˇthe war broke out he served in the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. He was promoted Commander (E) in June, 1941. " In the Londoll Gazelle of 1st December, 1942 he was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. FLIGHT

LIEUTENANT

ALAN GORDON , (1935- 37).

HOWARD

LTNDSELL,

R.A.F.

A. G. H. Lindsell served with the famous No. I Squadron in the Battle of France, being evacuated from Dunkirk after receiving severe injuries when his plane crashed. Although he could have gone on to ground duties he was eager- 10 gel into the air again, a~d was killed when flying with anolher squadron in September last. He was blll'ied With full military honours at Willesford Cemetery, near Cambridge.

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THE CANTUARIAN LIEUTENANT ARTHUR D UNSTAN BEVERLEY HARR E, TANK REGIMENT, (1920- 25). The .Times writes :-

M.C.

ROYAl .

"Lieutenant A. D. B. Harre, M.e. , Royal Tank Regiment, was born in 1919 at Benoni, T ra nsvaal, where his father, the Rev. A. T. Harre, was Vicar. He wa' educat~d at Kin g's School,. Canterbury a nd St. Jo hn 's, Leatherhead. He jOined th~ Westminster Dragoons (T) In 1937, a nd was called up when war broke out, and wenl

to France as an officer. He served under General Montgomery, and was awarded the M. e. Harre was at Dunkirk, and he got back to England, was made an A. D.C. by Ihe General, and subsequently a staff Captain. Desiring more active work, he Obtained permission to return to Tanks and went with his hattalion in May last to Egypt, Where he was killed in October. General M o ntgomery wrote that wIth hiS troop " he did magnificent work, and quickly knocked out a number of enemy tanks .... .. but finally received a direct hit from an a nti-tank gun at close ra nge, a nd was killed ...... He was a magnificent fighter, a nd it is leaders like him that made possible Our great victory a rew days later." SERGEANT DESMOND RODERICK NEVE, R.A.F.V.R., (1936--39). D. R. Neve entered School House in September 1936 and left just before the OUI. break of wa r. He volunteered quickly for the Royal Air Force and became Sergeant and F light Engineer. He was reported missing after his first operational flight againsl the enemy in May, 1942. Now the official report has come announcing his death in action . It is a great consolatio n to his relat ives, and particularly to the Aunt Who had fo r many yea rs taken charge of hi m, that the Wi ng Commande r of his unit wrote that it was with great regret that he had to reco rd the 10"' of so promising a colleague at such a stage of his career. F LIGHT LIEUTENANT D ESMON D PE RCY WADE, R.A.F. (1930- 34). " One of our Middle Eas t Aircraft is missing. " It is difficult to rcalise that a message of this kind may refer to one of our Old Boys, but some months ago D. P. Wade was shot down off Tobruk a nd he is now reported presumed killed in action. Quiet and unassuming he will be remembered as an aircraft enthusiast, and Ihe keenness of his earlier years was amply borne out in his career in the R .A.F.

ORIGINAL THE TRANSI ENCE OF BEAUTY T he transience of beauty Like a red rose It brilliantly blooms for an hour. A Chinese la ntern Radiating red IightThen softly, silen tlySilently the petals drop, Dissolve in dust And are gone. '50

THE CANTUARIAN Suddenly a petal feU In the stillness. . And joined the crimson pIle . On the shining surface of the table Quite silently, Yet in Âˇmy dream It seemed . T he thunder of the world falltng.

J have searched for love. Love saw me first. .

He was lying by a pool. I hailed him softl y, But he plunged Into the water cool. RETROSPECT . As J look back acr.oss the trodden h~a~~st haze Wherein the past hes hld Â°t~~ ~~:r and g~ne Of time forgotten, tIme th a. I see the dazzling li ght of bnghter days I see the day when we first met, far off . It seems, I so ? ~;'~,~~'~~r~ef~ ~:::.~ And you, my eepefl .~ d so firm and true.

koung

But fresh to me, a

Ilen

A nd thou hast kept m~ thfse :~~I~ee~~s ~[t~~~y friend s. Helped me in work an .p ~Ybt of thanks

tI1~~St~ ~~ae~~'t(;:e~~;~~~ :schOOlbOY sends

Within thy wa lls in glorious majesty d t favoured by the sun , Sittin,g respIen etln 'there the Cathedral stood GUldtng OUt pa

A Mother a nd a Father all III one. No longer through it do we. gain our strength .- No longer does its glory gUl~~ our ~aitands For we have left the plaee,w 1Cre:~~e h~ht of day.

Since war's dark gloom 0 er cas "t which fostered But that same Sptrl . thou . w there Still in our refuge doth IIlsplre Irs n'?n Kent til Cornwa or I A nd w hetherhwe be Deep 1n our ear ts we feel its warmest blow. . . th . oad which lies ahead, Uncel'ta1l1 l~e that fate has set in store, Unknown t -d h t e'er we may become Wh ate'~r we 0, W a . May that same spirit gUIde us ever more.

;o:tfSe

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J.H.M.

THE CANTUARTAN THE LOST BRIGADE Over the grey hewn brid el d Swingin g iii roaring choftls,e~arc~~~gOr the evbeoling sun. O ver the down worn c bbl' 0 cym a a nd drum Out through the viUag~ t es, out to the shadowed plain " a Scarlet, a nd belts all sno evenmg, the steel of their sab;es aflam e. Bayonet and scabbard ."n;-s~arlet and silver lace. Down to the roll of th; mo~rlnls~ed, swing to the ring of the pace ' Death in the eye of each ranke~'~' ~o the spectre of evening parade. Death" th t e men of the Lost Brigade , In e eye of the Colonel d II h" . StIffened each gilded sha k ... ea I on IS haloed Sword And the yellow a nd blue ~f waiting the n~g of his word. " The splendour that shadowe~h~~r facll1ÂĽs fling back to the hidden SUn And they marcbed away 0 . tI e evenlllg. to the roll of a distant drum

~~t~~~i~~::~~:~:~:t~f~{~~IOg~~:~tihr'~~~~~:lf,l:~~:~~i:~~!IS~}~18~~I~fl;~:fif.b;1 e men

the Lost Brigade.

,ESSAY TN SOUND

life, rave,

PALINDROME

Tappm~ feet beat out the time,

~he whlrhng disc grinds out the tune '

erses wh'ch should never rhyme Ooze out In what they call a croon

:nhdaj,~~~I~~r~sn~~e ht;lf~fo~!~rmp

unfeeling, The disc turns on unheard a h~ohnds, llnc,?uth, unmeaning? PIerces a non the veil of 't' gh er ~quea hng Alas ' Th h mys IC canting, Th .' . ~ andle was by one neglected ' , A e ~gOnlsJl1g notes tear at the senses . re rowned by screams' a r Ii ~ . Too late, the piece is end 'd~ ~s ,a renzled winding_

peace commences.

~olemn fa~es, furrowed foreheads

ands buned deep clawi t d " , , . The heaVY-lidded silence ng en ons '" d,sorded strands of copious hal'r ' "Hus h". The greatest livi ng player pia s . t Ph " What music is this that hold th l' y. no Ihstlne ma y enter here." By demi-semi-brev~ chains ~f .~ Istener bound . By man~made I ' Sl ence, J'lI sing to the ~~~ e!i~Jnatural extremes of SoUnd ? But listen to the b . s, not ImprISoned cha nt; Or join the wild oO,mmg the wa:-,es. It all makes ha nOr westel s wh,sthn g mi rth. Wb ' rmony-at least to mea t J would .call, the music of the earth.

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bWOGS.

THE CANTUARI AN

CORRESPONDENCE MIDDLESEX LETTER

To /he Editors of .. THE CANTUARIAN .. Dear Sirs, Thank yo u for your letter suggesting that a Middlesex Hospital Letter be inserted 'n The Cantuarian in addition to those usually received from Oxford and Cambridge. We ~rl a in l y do thin k that there is sufficient connection between the School a nd the Middlesex Medical School to warrant a n occasional report. During the war the Medical School has had several moves but is now once again back home. The preclinical school has just returned from Leeds- its fourth move-a nd wilh it have come P. D. A. Kent, W. G. Graham, D. M. Pullen and D. M. D. Evans, who are all studying for the second professional examinatio n. T hey have been joined Ihis term by C. R. Cheadle. W. R. Nash has just returned from doing the rou nd of the seclor hospitals, at Aylesbury, Northwood and Acton, and is glad to exchange the nomadic life which is always our lot for the first fifteen months of clinical wo rk for the j oys of a more settled existence. J. T. Pembleton, our senior O.KS., is about to take the final s and devotes most of his spare time to sa iling. He is the honorary secretary of the U nited Hospitals' Sailing Club. We must alas ! confess that there a re not always as many O. K.S. in the 1st XV as a recent photograph in the Tat/er might suggest. But we are a goodly company. In the maleh against Barts, there was in fact a fou rth O.KS., for Ballantyne was playing on the wing. We also met Peter Lucas in the Barts pavilion trying to muster a hockey team. We wish the School all the best for 1943. Yours, O,KS. MEDICAL SCHOOL, MIDDLIlSEX HOSPITAL.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries and apologise fo r a ny mistakes or omissions :-

The Ampleforth Journal, The Blundellian, The Bradford College Chronicle, Tife Bryanston Saga, The Cranbrookian, The Dovorian, The Elizabethan, The Felstedian, ThC Clenalmond Chronicle, The Haileyburian, The Hurst Johnian , The Joumal of the Hon ourable Artillery Company, The King's School Pan'amalla Magazine, The Lancing College Magazine, The Leys For/nigh/ly, The L orretonian, The Manwoodian , The Marlburian , The Meleor (2) , The Middlesex Hospital Journal, The Ousel, The Radleian, The Replonian, The Roffensian, The Rossallian, The S /. EdlVard's School Chronicle, The St. Edmund's School Chronic/e, The Salopian, The Slonyhursl Magazine, The Sulton Valence School Magazine, The TOl/bridgiGl/, 153

THE CANTUARlAN

Vol. XIX.

No. 5

May, 1943.

CALENDAR LENT TERM 1943 19. Term Starts. 23. 5.30 p .m. Lecture to Walpole Society: .. Modern Poetry. " A. L. Rowse, Esq. 24. llIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Preacher: The Chaplain. 8 p.m. Lecture: .. Our NOrder or Hitler 's ? ". Miss Phyllis BOHome. .. .. 25. CONVERSION OF S. PAUL, A. AND M. 26. 1st Hockey XI v. R.A.F. Away. 31. IVTH SUNDAY AITRR EPIPHANY. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. Feb. 2. PURIFICATION OF THE B.V.M. 3. 1st Hockey Xl v. R .N,E. College, Keyham. Away. 4. 8 p.m. Recital: Dorothea C layton (violin); Rita Buckla nd (piano). 6. 1st Footba ll Xl v. R .N. Air Station. Away. 7. VTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Preacher: The Headmaster. 8 p.m . lecture : .. Adventure. with Eagles. Capt. C. W. R. Knight. M,C. 10. 1st Hockey XI v. Ke lly College, Tavistock. Away. II. 8 p.m. Lecture: "The Iod ian Army." Colonel E. G. Hume. 13. 1st Footba ll X I v. R.N.E\ College, Keyham. Home. 14. VlTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Preacher: The Rev. S. B~R. Poole. 8 p.m. Lccture : Understanding of Animals. " Colonel G. H . Badcock. 16. 1st Football XI v. Tru ro Cat hedra l School. Away. 20. 1st Hockey XL v. Gresham 's School, Ho lt. Away. 21. SEPTUAGESIMA. Preacher: The Rev. G. W. S. Harmer, Precentor of Truro Cathedra l. 23. 1st Hockey XI v. Plymouth College. Away. 24. S. MATIHIAS, A. 28. SEXAGESIMA. Preacher: Mr. E. T. Baldock. 8 p. m . Recita l : Audrey Piggot ('cello); Dorothea Aspinall (piano). M "ar. 6. 1st Football XI v. R .N.E. College, Keyham. Away. 7. QUlNQUAGESIMA. Preacher : The Rev. S. B~R. Poole. 9. SHROVE TUESDAY. 1st Football Xl v. R. A.F. H ome. 10. ASH WEDNESDAY. 1st Hockey Xl v. R.N:E. College, Keyham. Away. 14. 1ST SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: The Rev. D. Christ ie~ Murray, Youth Organiser, Diocese of Rochester. 8 p.m. Lecture : The Rev. D. Ch rislic~ Murray. 21. li ND SUNDAY IN LENT. I I a.m. Confi rmat ion by the Lord Bishop of Truro, D.O. Lecture: Captain L. D. G a mmans, M.P. 23 . Sixth Form Talk by the Warden of Wad ham College. 24. Lecture by the Warden of Wad ha m College. 25. ANNUNCIATION OF THE D.V.M . 28. lIIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Preacher: The Headmaster. House Plays. 30. Term ends.

Jan.

THE KING'S WAR

SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

RECORD

No.

II - MARCH,

1943

t' to Tenth List: Correc W . for CAPTAIN R. P. O. BAKER read CAPTAIN R. G. A. BAKER. prisoner 0 ar . ,

10"r

Transfers since December, 1942. · ns 'lPd rromo t 10 • ROYAL NAVY . P CHARlO to Ljeutenant-Commander (E).

F' A. EUSTACE to Major, R.M. A' B. GOBLE to Commander (E). D.. .. ,,,. HAMILTON .to Midshipman, R.N.V.R. S. G. VENNER to Lieutenant. THE ARMY R. R. F. T. BARRY to Captain. Q. BROWN to capta in . W. T. M. BURR to Lieutenant.

I. CO.BEN to O.C.T.V. (I.A.)

V. C• DE ST . C ROIX to Lieutenant, Capta in and Major, R.I.A.S . .

G. V. EVANS to Lieutena nt. . . J. M. FEARON to Major, N igenan Regllne n~ . M. 1. H. GIRLING to Lieute nant and CaptalO. D. G. GOBLE to Lieutenant~Colonel. A C GOOLD Bri gade Staff Captai n. . GORDO~~WILSON to Lieutenant, Captain and Adjutant.

N: F:

L. J. GRAVES to Lieutenant. A. J. GREY to O.C.T.U . (I.A.)

J. L. HALL to Lieulenant. . .. as Pilo D. L. HURFORD to Lieutenant. atld . R .A .F. -tra ll1l11 g A. E. W. JOYCE to 2nd Lieutenant. Indian Cava lry. P. N. P. JOYCE to 2nd Lieutena nt. India n cavalry . H. C. S. LONDON to Staff College, Quetta. G. E. NEEDHAM to Lieutenant. G. LE F . PAYNE to Major a nd Lieutcnant~Colonel. M. H. PENN to Queen's Royal Regi ment . H. L. PETAVEL to Major, [ntelli gence Corps. J. D. PETIIFER to Lieutenant a nd Captain. A. L. PiTMAN to Major, J. G, M. PRICE to L ielltenant. R. E. S. PR IC" to O. C.T.U. L. F. P. RUSSELL to Major. D. G. WHITEHEAD, tra nsferred to R.A.

ROYAL AIR FORCE AND R.A.F.V.R. P. J. EVANS L/A.C., R.A.F.V.R. n. E. FERN to Sergea ntMPi lot, R.A.F.V.R. W. T . I-IINDS to Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R.

H. A. S. JOH NSTON, D.F.C. to Squadron Leader, R.A.F.V.R. M. D. OMMANNEY to Group Captain . P. S. PA INE to Pilot Officer and Flying Officer, R.A.F.V.R. W. S. PR ICE to L/A.C., R.A.F.V.R. M. RANDRUP to Flight Lieutenant. W. WOODs-HILL to Sergeant. D. D. YOUNG to Flying Officer. Decorations Hlld Mrntiolls. LIEllTENANT

W. T . HODSON, R.N.V.R., awarded Distinguished Service Cross, J a nuary, 1943.

LrEUTENANT

S. G. VEN NER, D.S.C., R.N., awarded Polish Cross of Valour.

Bar, February, 1943.

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MAJOR J. S. BLUNT (local Colonel), R.A.. Mentioned in Despatches. LIEUTENANT J. B. W. GRIGSON, R.A., Mentioned in Despatches. LIEUTENANT A. B. HOLT-Wn.soN, Ri fle Brigade, awarded Military Cross. LIEUT.-COLONEL H. G. N. LEAKEY, R.T.A .S.e., Twice Mentioned in Despatches. SERGEANT W. WOODs-HILL, R.A.F., awarded British Empire Medal (Military Division).

E LEVENTR LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERVING. ROYAL NAVY. G. F. BLUMER, 1924- 29. T/A/Sub-Lieutenant, R .N.V.R. (see also Administrati ve and Home Guard, Lists 4 and 5). D. M. HAM.LTON, 1938-42. O/S, R.N.V.R. e. M. HIPWOOD, 1919-23. Lieutenant, R.I.N.V.R. G. F. E. C. LEIGH, 1937-41. AlL.A., R.N.V.R. (Flee' Air Arm). K. W . STEVENS, 1926- 32. O/S, R .N.V.R.

THE ARMY. G . A. BATrERUURY, 1925- 29. Lieutenant R .A. V. E. C. BROOKE, 1926--30. Lieutenant, R.A. A. A. DE C. CUSSANS, 1939-41. Rifleman, Rifle Brigade. D. G. R. Fox, 1932-36. Lieutenant, R.A.M.C. J. FULLAGAR, 1915-18. 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. A. C. GOOLD, 1925-28. 2nd Lieutenant, Bombay Grenadiers . . e. H. W. MASTERS, 1926- 33. Somerset L.r. S. T. C. PARSONS-SMITH, 1924--39. 2nd Lieutenant, Frontier Force Rifles. N. SCARFE, 1936-4 1. O.C.T.V., R.A. G. R. S. SM.TH, 1925-30, Private, R .A.M.C.

J. L. TREVIIT, 1908-12.

Captain, C heshire

Regime~t, and Assistant Record Officer, R.A.M.C.

R.A.F. AND R.A.F.V.R, LL 1902- 07. Wing. Commander. . A C /2 Air-Sea Rescue Service. CLARKE, 1935-41. .., G. L. 1938-42. A.C. /2, R .A.F.V.R. p. o. GRANT,

tot A. CHAPPE ,

ADMINISTRATIVE, ETC. 1901- 08. Ambulance D rive r, Civil Defence. 38 Midshipman, Merchant Navy. H LOVELY, 1934- . . . J. H. OAK-RHIND, 1926-30 . Air Ministry. H. . 1926-32 Home Guard. . . . IS Â· e A s REID, R. . . 925- 34 Malay Medica ervlc. L. H. TURNER, I .

JENKIN,

PRISONERS OF WAR 2 R . A.S.C., Hong Kong. K T ANDREWS-LEVINGE, 1906-1. LlElTrENANT-COLONEL . ' 2-27 Oxford and Bucks L .t, Germany. . CAPTAIN R . R . F . T . BARRY, 192 MPKlN 1932- 36. Germany. E. B. CHA G EVANS 1935- 36. R.A.S.C., Italy.

LIElTrENANT . ' 19;1- 24. R.A.M.C., Singapore.. t d Missing, now officially MAJOR P. R. GRAVES, la Medical Service; previously repor e Tu NER 1925- 34. Ma y be L. Prisoner of War Malaya,p r . previously reported Missing, now known to W. J. S. PRICE, 1899- 1909 . Smgapore 0 Ice. Prisoner of War. MISSING.

H;epor~ed

L. G. VALPY, 1922- 26 .

Pol ice Officer, Malaya. WOUNDED. D BOWEN, R.A.F., 1934-38. M C Rifle Brigade, 1936-38.

FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT P . . lIEllTENANT A. B. H OLT-Wn .50N,

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ROLL OF HONOUR.

\ . fis 1936-39. Killed in Action. . LIEUTENANT PETER DOWMAN, The Bu, R A F V R Killed on Active Service. P OT A N E WHITE, . . . . ., 2036--41. SERGEANT- IL . , . R 1934-4 1. Killed in Action. PILOT OFFICER J. M. CREMER, R.A.F.Y . . , h 1 f 0 K S and their relatives. Plea~ N B - This Record can ~nly be kept uP-tfi~~t~t~r~fo :e PK~nne'th 'T'hOlTlas, Redbury, Oakwoo , .. send any information about yourse Avenue. Pur!oy, Surrey.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JUSTICE LUXMOORE, P.C.

THE CANTUARIAN VOL .

MAY, 1943.

XIX No.5

EDITORIAL THE RT. HON. SIR FAIRFAX LUXMOORE, LORD JUSTICE OF APPEAL. It is with great pleasure that the Editors preface this number of the COII(uarian with a tribute to one of the School's most honoured sons. Recently Sir Fairfax Luxmoore has reached the distinguished position of Treasurer of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, on which both he and the School are to be congratulated. It is now also well-known that he has presided over a Government Committee set up by the Minister of agriculture to study all the conditions of training and education in agriculture and the future outlook. The Report (knowQ as the Luxmoore Report) is in print, but has not yet been made public. It is a great tribute to Lord Justice Luxmoore's capacity and ability that he should have been ' chosen for this important task. Sir Fairfax came to the School in the late eighties, and reached the Sixth Form and Monitorship in 1892. It is particularly happy that at this moment Âˇ we should have living with us in the School the Rev. F. S. Williams, who in those now distant years taught his Lordship ! The world well knows his splendid record at the Bar, his elevation to the Judicial Bench and Knighthood in 1929, and his deserved promotion to the Appeal Court and to the Privy Council in 1938. All sportsmen, too, are familiar with his prowess at Rugger and Cricket, though few probably are aware that Sir Fairfax must have created a record in College activities. As an undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, be gained full colours in' Rugger, Cricket, Soccer, Rowing, Tennis, and Athletics! At Rugger he played for Cambridge, Richmond, Kent County (Champions), South v. North, and England against Scotland and Wales. In Cricket he played for Middlesex 2nd Xl (and rumour has it could have kept wicket for the 1st), the lncogniti, B1ackheath, Free Foresters, Band of Brothers, M.C.C. and the 1. Zingari. In addition he managed to play golf for the Cinque Ports Club, Littlestone Golf Club, the Bar Golfing Society, and was President of the Rye Golf Club and a member of the Oxford and Cambridge. Golfing Society. All which makes an example for the.present generation to emulate!

THE CANTUARIAN But, most of all, every member of the School owes an unpayable debt of gratitu for the love and loyalty wh ich he has displayed and continues to display towards I~e King's School all these years, both as President of the O.K.S. Association and as e Governor of the School. That the School has surmounted the difficulties of the inte a war years is very considerably due to the unselfish service of Sir Fairfax. Rumour h rit that the present generation may expect a visit from him in this corning term. No o~! could possibly be more welcome.

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The School has secured a special triumph in winning the Darnell Swimming Troph The Trophy which has been awarded by the Royal Life-Saving Society, is competed f~; by Public and Secondary Schools throu ghout Great Britain. Our thanks are due to Mr. l-l . Goodburn whose coaching and encourage ment largely made this possible.

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We bid goodbye this term to Mr. G . Kendall who has had to retire owing to illhealth. Since he carne a yea r ,\&0 he has taken a prominent part in the intellectual life of the community, and as President of the Pater Society and of the newly-formed Art Society he will be remembered by many. Himself a triple First and a distinguished Headmaster, he came from his retirement to help out the School in war-time, and we .re grateful to him. We hope he will soon be fu lly restored to health and ab le to visit us on our return to Canterbury.

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• Congrat ulations a~e due to the following Scholarship winners :- J. A. B. Heslop, £100 Open Scholarshi p in SCience to Merton College, Oxford. T. H . Boultbee, £100 Open Scholarship in Science to Keble College, Oxford. J. H. Breese, £80 Ford Studentship in Classics to Trinity College, Oxford. G. A. H. Ba ker, £<;0 Ford Ex hibi tion in History to Trinity College, Oxford. J. Peschek and R. G. O. Taylor, £80 Choral Scholarships to K ing's College, Cambridge. H. G. Hughes (S.E.S.) £ 100 Classical Exhibition to Jesus College, Oxford. Four boys have been selected for Army Cadetships at the Universities in April, two for Royal Air Force Cadetships, and two for Engineering Cadetships. Two Scholarships to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, have been gained from the Junior School.

THE SCHOOL Captai n of School: M. G. CHATTERTON. Head Head Head Head

M. G. CHATTERTON M. T. DAVIES. J. D. OMMANNEY. H. M. GREGSON.

of School House of the Grange of Walpole House of Meister Omers MONITORS-

J. D. OMMANNEY, H. M . GREGSON, M . T. DAVIES, e. R. B. BROWloI, A. G. F. ~. WHALLEY, T. H. BOULTDBB, L. A. MACLEAN.

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THE CANTUAR TA N HOUSB PRBFECTSC CA WSTON, E. H. CORNELIUS, A. J . . FAGG, J~ PESCHEK, E. P. WALSH. L BUTCHER, S. A. R. School House: A G OUSELEy-SMtTH, J. P. HUTTON, J. S. MACARTNEY, . . P. B. POOLE. The Grange: L R J D PORRITT, J. W. S. Walpole House : A. C. J. BOWLES, R . G~ ~~~B~~;~Y'O~G:R. G. O. TAYLER. SIMPSO , M P STUPAJ<T M. W. O. W. EUSTACE, G. F. M. P IBRCE, . . SWINHOE:PHELAN. Meister Omers : J. W. S. SIMPSON. Captain of Hockey... ... ... .. J . D. OMMANNEYC tain of Association Football .. ' A. G. GOROON. C~~ta in of Tennis and Squash Racquets EDITORS OF "THE CANTUARIAN ot _ M. G. CHATTERTON, S. A. R. CAWSTON.

VIRTUTE FUNCTl MORE PATRUM DUCES '37' School House, House Prefect, May, p I L. KENNAIlY-Entered Schoo,1 Mat, tai; of the School, May, '42; 1st XV, . "41; School Momtor, Oct., ' 42" Editor of The Cantuarian ; Sgt., J.T.C . '40, '41, '42; 2nd XI Soccer, "38' King's. Scholar ; School House, H ouse D ARMSTRONG- Entered School, S~pt. , S t '41' Captain of School House, Sept., I. 'Prefect May, '41; Scho<?1 MomLt?br , ep.~ Editor of The Cantuarian ; C.S.M., ' pper SI·x.th ·, ASSIstant 1 rarlan, '41 ; U J.T.C. '37' King's Scholar, Senior Scholar *VSc~~~1 I H. BREESE-Entereo School, Se~t. , . S~hool Monitor, Sept., '41 ; 2n d , .. ' . House House Prefect, May, 41 , . Sgt., J.T.C.; Ford Student of Tnmty 'S' th' Hon . Sec . Pater SOCiety; Upper l X . , College, Oxford. '38' Gran ge House Prefect, June, '41; S. C. ROBERTSON-EnJtered'4S2chO~pfa~~t~f The' Grange, May, '42; 1st XV, '41, '42 ; School Monttor, an., , C _ Kin's Scholar, Senior Scholar; Meister 1st XI Soccer, '42; LICpl., J.T. " B GETHIN-Entered School, Sept., 38 'I M &tor Sept '42' Captain of MeISter A P. . . P , t J n '42' Schoo om , ., , LIC I J T C Omers House relec, a ., . h'. H Sec Marlowe Society; p., . . . '42' Upper Slxt , on. . S h I t Omers, Sep., , '38' King's Scholar, Ja nson-Polts c 0 ar, SchOol, May, p" t Jan '42 ' Upper Sixth; C.Q.M.S. I . A. B. H ESLOP_EnteredS h 1 H se House relec, ., , Senior Scholar; c 00 ou S' holar of Merton College, Oxford . 0 I .T.C.; State Scholar, pen c . '38 ' School House, House Prefect, Jan., G. A. H. BAKER-Enter~d42SchuOOplp' e~e~i~th' Assistant Librarian ; Hon. Sec. MusIc '42' 1st Athletics, ; d St d t of Trimty College, Oxford. L ICp., I J .T .C, ., For u en , Sep., t '42', b' CI u; '38 ' Walpole House Prelect, ST. I. O. VERN/mE-Entered School? ~ePt" '42 . ' Boxing Colours, March, '39; Cpl., ' 1st XV, '41, '42; 1st Xl Cn c et, J.T.e.

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THE CANTUARIAN B. T. GROVES- Entered School S t '38 M' Cpl AT C ' ep., ; elster Omers House PreCect S " " • II , ept., '42 . D. E. E. CHANDLER- Entered School Sept '38 Cpl., A.T.e. ' ., ; Grange House Prefect J , an., '42; J . H. MIDDLETON-Entered School, Sept., '38; L/ Sgt., l.T.C.

VALETE l. F. Berry, l . W. F. Francklin, N . E. Harve J R. W. L. Murphy, .T. L. Sherwood, e. G. Sto nema,i.' . N. Meager, C . J . 0 , M urphy,

SALVETE R. S. Brush, J. P: F . Bull, P. H P Gumm W L . Wenban, A. E. H. Pedder, M. R. St.'J. Raggett 'G ·C 'HC'sHhaklTts , D. O. Morgan, R. C J • • • a er ley. .

THE TERM's MUSIC Ina short but busy term the cho ' b bl' . to get v~ry tenuous, has done some ~~dwwgl~e t~e .e Itne begms at this time of the year ~a~ sefVt~es, and has in addition acq~itted itsel~ ~:~~i~!bf~a~f~l end~ In the daily. and Sun. alrstow s Though I speak-with the tongues 6f m Qte tn ncacles OrStr Edwara choIr,. which has sung with tbe Catbedral cho/'" sung on Utnquagesima . The Par week tn tbe Church of tbe Good She h 'd p lS ters a full Cathedra l evensong ever William Byrd consisting of the Sho ar, s~ng a commeiJ1oration evensong fo~ Dies and Sing Joyfully The B rd ~ . el VIce In ve parts : Jus/orum Animae Haec March 14tb to a volunt~ry and a~precr~~i~: c~~~r~:~f~~d o~tb~asl"IYOn Bay 6n S~nday, The orchestra have launcbed out into th d and Cosi Fan Tuue and tbe minuet in Hayd : lep~ ofSMozart's overtures to Figaro March 21 st the choir and some instrume . s on .on ymphollY in D. On Sunday ga ve a concert locally in aid of the Russ~aal~~S,c~slste~ by th e Cathedral choristers: tna eltef Funds. Here the choir sang Brabm's How lovely is Ih dlVellin _ I programme being filled out b~ vocal ~ ace ta nd L ift up y our heads from MeSSiah, the hope to send contigents to tbe Truro n Fe~~fv~tim~ntal solos by boys. Next term we bas also provided two concerts for tbe d r ht 0 MUSIC and Drama. The School e Ig ,we trust, of the Bayfordbury.

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DOROTHEA CLAYTON, violin and RITA BUCKLAND, piano FEBRUARY 4TH 1943 f h . A happy opening to this short recital b t' E-nunor by Mozart which was uie I y . wo 0 t e musIC staff was the SOllala in of chambe~ music, meaning hor:ie_~idea~~ WIstfull y gIven and caught the right spiril made at tbls concert of having audience II' g ~t'IC. successful expenment was first concentration and eye-comfort To th s o ut ~ I tng the playmg, a certain gain in harmonics and muted strings in' bis P I~ ulet mtlOductlOlJ Da Falla 's pizzicato's, and Jato were deligbtfully played we:.;"~~; Song:, 'Iof wbhlch Berceuse, Polo, ASlurienlle , appy ,01, ut one hIghbrow was heard 10

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TH E .c A N TU ARI'<\N "m ur .. cafe . music." There is no record of his reaoctions to the Kreisler Liebes/eid nlld Caprice Vienllois which, but for a popular recall number, Schubert's The Bee, anded Ihe concert. D r. Phillips com pered a nd the whole thing was over in 45 minutes ; enhich shows how much delight ca n, on occasion, be packed into a three-quarters-of-an~our peri od. By request the concert was repeated at the Bayfordbury to the School and friend s on February 18th. AUDR E Y PIGGOTT, 'cello and DOROTHEA ASPINALL, piano FEBRUARY 28TH, 1943 This concert, on two instruments neither of which is u~ ually expected to hold the auenlion of Macaulay's schoo lboy for lo ng, was a decided success. Tbe programme was short and admirably suited to the audience; the performers were always in touch wilh Ihe listeners. The Beethoven Sonata in A, Op. 69, a work abounding in easy melody and catchy rh ythms for bo th instruments, o pened the evening and was well recei ved by the School. Miss Aspinall th en played two popular Bach choral-arrangements, Jeslls Christ, the Son of God (Rummel) and ]esu, j oy q( man's desiring (Myra Hess), both of which certainly had devotees if o ne is to judge by later overheard attempts at reproduction . To end th e first half of the programme Miss Piggott, who also compered, played an Arioso of Bach and a set of variations on an old English melod y by her falher, H. E. Piggo tt, an attractive work excellently laid out for the solo instrument. After the interval there was a piano group- Romance, Sibelius, Impromptu, Faure, and Ihe jubilant Dohnanyi Rhapsody N o. 3 in C which brought the house down- followed by Â°three 'cello solos, The Dove, a rran ged by ' Somervell, a Prelude of Cesar Cui and Rimsky-Korsakov's sinuous Flight of the Bumble Bee. The whole recital showed not on ly fine solo playing, but exemplary team-work.

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS A. . L. ROWSE, ESQ. On January 23rd the Walpole Society was honoured by tbe first official visit of its new patron, Mr. A. L. Rowse. Mr. Rowse 's interest in the School is a very real and practical one, and the Society is fortunate in having as its patron not only so distinguished a scholar and man of letters, but one who does not regard the office as a sinecure. We may confidently regard Mr. Rowse's first visit as a forerunner of many to come ; and il is no secret that he has prom;sed to use his influence in obtaining other distinguished spea~ers for our entertainment and instruction. For this occasion invitations were issued to past members of the society, and to officials of the other school societies, and a large number met in tbe library to hear a talk on Modern Poetry. Mr. Rowse began by comparing the Georgian poets- whose main pre-occupation seemed 10 be with flowers-with th e poetGof the present day, occupied with the sterner realities of life, and with a marked left-wing tendency in politics. He outlined the aims and acilievements of such poets as T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Day Lewis and Stephen Spender as a group, and then dealt with their individual styles and methods illustrating his tbesis by carefully selected extracts from the works of each. The vexed question of 161

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the . .. of much model'l1 verse was then b fullyunintelligibilit treated by Myr.and Ro~~:n~~'tYr of modern poetry of us, let a great deal and success. owse, at the President's rec u . li t erto been very dark ind d to certai t.o the Society some of his Finally, meetll1g ended only because olf Mr. Rowse's talk was f . exoldble summons of the supper_beIiPoehy, and the not m ake the all too n 0 1 which the Society should be trulY .' aud ience, and though the vel' . 1Jslake of attempting to " talk-dow ll! ateful. 1-Ie did

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• MISS PHYLLIS BOTTOME " OUl~ OnNew January 24th Miss ' Bottome, the famous novel ist Order or Hitler 'sPh?~,II IS Hitler s New Order Th ' . She first of all outlined tl .' a leclure On through the wele Fear- four million of thei;e tnnCIPa l II1gredients of Gestapo. Lies- the no c'l.mps and many more still h'ld tast people had passed of the Jews and bsuperiority 'as a by the 1 I ' 0 e responSible for th T ' ate- Ih. n a ove all For ce Th behalf of of a totalitarian of Versailles ; . To our own new order M' a B oppoSItIOn to it was ruth lessly mobilized On It had so far been onl ' ISS ottome said, we gave the nam . definition- " Governm y a fS hadow of democracy Of P 'd e of democracy. But All'les had adopted all en t a the people b h . reSi ent Lincol thre . • ' Y t e people for the e " n 's r,amous 01'1' p ople - none of the France had had social d e pomts. Great Brifain and America perhaps yet, put o .into practice IC emocracy. ' u democracy, no country the had old as

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'tHE CANTUARIAN CAPTAIN C. W. R. KNIGHT, M.C. On Sunday, February 7tll some members of the School were much surprised to seo an eagle being carried into one of the garages. The fearsomeness of its aspect was ccentuated as it repeatedly spread its wings to keep its balance. This occasioned no rum , and by the time Captain Knight began his lecture the School was keyed to a high our pitch of excitement at the prospect of an eagle being let loose over their heads.e The lecturer himself took pains to the apprehension by frequent and gruesol:n mention of the strength of the eagle s claws and of Its marked averSIOn to people with

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red hair. The Scboo was first shown series of films of eagles in ftight and told the saga of the l various birds that Captain Knight had tamed and trained. First came the Golden Eagle, " the Ramshaw,"Âˇ who accompanied his master to the School, then the American Bald.headed Eagle, whom no-one bad evel' managed to tame before; then the scene changed to Africa, where the Martial Eagle and the Crowned Eagle were filmed. These tWO are respectively, the largest and the fiercest of their kind. The films we e greatly enjoyed, the marvellous grace of the eagle's Hight, being well brollg out in the many slow-motion sbots that were shown. The climax of the evening was reached when " the Ramshaw " was induced, by means of a dangled piece of meat, ht IQ fly the length of the ball low over the heads of the audience. The lurid tales of the lecturer were found to be baseless as the red-headed members of the School found themselVes unharmed. COLONEL G. H . BADCOCK On Sunday, February 14th Colonel G. H. Badcock came to talk to the School on "The Understanding of Animals." He began by justifying the ambiguity of his title by stating that he intended to talk on animal's understanding of man as well as man's understanding of animals. He then went on to force the School into the admission tbat they understood animals far less than animals understood them. The talk then on the animal most liked by man, namely, the dog. turned s Colonel Badcock quickly disposed of the myth of the dog's intelligence, assuring.u that dogs really have very little brain-power and that their seeming acuteness is simply the manifestation of a highly-developed instinct. It is essential to realize this fact before any attempt can be made to train an animal properly. Any attempt to train an animal on the false assumption that it possessed reasoning powers was bound to be unsuccessful. In the rest of his talk Colonel Badcock mentioned his horse-breeding in India e during the last war and then made'a spirited defence of that stratlg animal, the donkey, which, he assured us, was really the 1110st intelligent and hard-working of all animals. He ended his lecture on an apprepriate note of warning never to shake an animal's faith, for once destroyed it was far 1110re difficult to restore than in the case of human beings. Everyone enjoyed Colonel Badcock 's talk-as the absence pf coughing decisively proved- and we hope he will come again to tell us more about this fascinating subject.

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THE O ANTUARtAN THE REVERE~m D. CHRISTIE On Sunday, March 14th th -MURRAY Rev. D. Christie-Murr') Th e School was fortunate in hearin a once pr.o;lci Youth the . e a at one time been a '0 ]' I e Illterests. In additi .lOcese of Jeet of walking, in particular thi 1st and ". champion walker. hIs present He described in . on to Bnghton Race, .that he chose the subalso explained all t full detaIl the nature of the course and . speak. to stay as diet, He au lence how great a part ' h e successful. It came as a . mg, etC.,-for a fed and encouraged h' m t e final s uccess was' played by . hurpns:, to most of h' others and giving and forward, st:!tendant Mr. Christie-M I S ymg ahead. _ progress of and his rapid and e'!-f;~~vcompensated for a ny lack of slides b . .. s;nost purposeful light. . Austell and the hills of C;ce pellrhaps I nwa III a viewed new (n a the d more

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CAPTAlN L. GAMMANS M P On Sunday, March 21 t C . ' .. He chose as aptamofL.theGammans P gave a lecture to the Scool wa r. , M.. h C . h'IS sub'~ect the sprogress aptam Gammans began b . . of the Atlantic w '11 ' Y stressmg the import f was still the most important in which e sea-podwer. The battle lutely vital, vital in . menace we bad to meet. The . ngage . and the U Boat equally vital in America and was. abso' arrymg t rough a Second Fro It' E em to RusSia and IS second front Ca .' . I m urqpe. Th bring hel to ltam Gammans emphasized, could n We must . . starvation torture lIfope soon. Hundreds of eo Ie ot be mdefimtely daily delayed lOn , victims of largely de;ived our own Westen: Europfan the r urgent. ure, was dymg on ItS feet and th e pro bl em , ofUlm which we rescuing it was

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. There were, of cour . dISadvantage in this war se'Tmany difficulties .to be overcome W a near one with the c . he battlefield had shifted from F' e were at a serious new type of warfare worsening of the problem of rance. and was no longer no trench warfare in a far more mtensive training than Moreover, the Th G a man could complete his training eo. There was now

reO~sequent

whi~~d

St~PPll~'

e ermans owed th . . bomber, parachute troo elf success principally to four wea had secured their s ps and fifth columnists. It was w' pons~the tank, the divemastered, the vIctories of 1940-1. The of these tbat they had been time to round parachute troops were not a se . now been virtually offensive weapon to use 0 ul'h PGotenual quislings. What we menace whilst there 1940-1. n e ermans, such as they ha d usedOW reqUired a new on th . • e rest 0fwas Europe In

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tHE CA NTU ARIAN A further factor in the war, Captain Gammans touched upon, namely, that the Germans were well aware that their cruelties had been so awful that there could 1;>e no f rgiveness for them. They would fight things out to a finish. The speaker hoped that war would end in Germany itself so that the Germans could sample it on their own for a change. It would be the best cure they could have for their delusions

~'s ~e;rltory

about being a Helfenvolk. Captain Gam Ihen turned to the Far East where he had lived for fourteen years. mansand the fall of Singapore, he emphasized, had been largely due to The defeat in Malaya the french' surrender in lndo-China, and not to any breakdown in the British colonial s stem. That, combined with the lack of_arms and equipment- much of which had be diverted at that time to save Moscow-accounted for the Japanese success. The bloW struck at Anglo-American sea-power by the disaster at Pearl Harbour and the sinking of the Prince oj Wales and the R epulse had completed the havoc 10 the PacIfic. The Ja pa nese would soon be dealt with after the defeat of Germany and when the Allies possessed bases in Chi na from whicb they could raid the Japanese mainland. The cities of TokIO and Osaka thclI' wooden blllldlllgs would then dISappear overmght. ' Captain Gam then ended by tabulating the mistakes made by our enemies. To the Japanese hemans allotted two- they ought to have attacked us alone just after France fell and they should have returned to Pearl Harbour the next day there to complete the

annihilation of the American Pacific Fleet. The Germans were guilty of six mistakes-they should have invaded immediately after Dunkirk, they should have used their fighters first instead of their bombers in the Battle of Britain, they should not have left the initial Libyan campaign to the Italians, they should not have attacked Russia, nor declared war on the United States, and finally, they had erred in using widespread bestiality as a weapon of war. On our side we had made no major mistakes of strategy. Errors of tactics, yes, but so far no errors of strategy . Our twO greatest weaknesses so far had been an underestimation of the tank and tbe aero plane as weapons of war and we were still perhaps nO,t sufficiently alive to the necessity for combined operations. Captain Gam concluded by looking forward to a peace founded on justice and mans liberty in which the English-speaking world would playa leading part. We are very grateful to Captain Gammans for his leeture and for staying on the next day to answer questions put to him by members of the Upper School. THE WARDEN OF W ADHAM The School was very fortunate in being addressed by the Warden of Wad ham College, Mr. C. M. Bowra. On March 23rd he gave an informal talk to the Sixth Form. He chose as his subject Education and began by vindicating the importance of the intellect. Most of the evils of life came from not giving the mind its proper place. He then argued that everyone should study what he liked best as this was likely to produce the best results. There were, however, three subjects of serious study- Science, History and Languages.

, THE CANTUARIAN SCience, wherever it rose above mere techn ical knowledge and embraced philoSOPhy, was a great a nd valuable thlllg, and Our debt to It was eno'rmous, Its great drawback was that its Scope was limited, It told us how a thing happened rather than why, History was better -beca use it dealt with the Humanities, It also gave a sense of proportion and balance to its de votees, Historians usually possessed Sound judgment The Warden complained, however, that History did not make enough use of the living monuments of antiquity, especially those of architecture. Historians were also apt he had noticed, to lack precision and even' accuracy, These two virtues were best giv.,; by languages, In languages, the Warden made it plain, he included a study of literature, He said he could see no conflict between the study of classical and the study of modern languages, The two were in {'lOt complementary, for Latin was the key to most of the Western Mediterranean languages and Greek to the Eastern and Russian, A know_ ledge of Greek literature, whether in the original or translation, was a sine qua nOll for the educated man , After that, for depth and uni versality ca me English and Russian. A lively disc ussion then followed . The next da y the Warden addressed the whole School on Nazism . risc in the unemployment situation in Germany in the early thirties.

He traced its For this Un.

employment, BrUning and the leaders of th e \ÂĽemar Republic had neither policy nor cure. Although BrUning was an able and a good man he had nothing dynamic to olTer

as Hitler had. The Warden described how he had attended political meet ings addressed by both . BrUning 's was a colourless affa ir beside the magnificent staging put up by Hitler. What unemployment stimulated, the Support of the Army and Big Business completed. Both wanted re-armament, the AnllY for its next war, Big Business for profit. Both hoped to use the Austrian corporal for their own purposes. Botb were deceived as to the nature of the man and the movement. But by that time the harm was done. And nothing succeeds like success, so gradually the opposition, which was still strong in 19:14, died out. The majority came to terms wit h Nazism, the minority went to prison Or abroad. The Warden then turned to examine the ideas behind Nazism. Tbere were none. It was an emotional condition, not an intellectual position, Their belief in race inferiol'ity was pure nonsense sCientificaUy and their anti-Semitism sprang from a dislike for foreigners and the desire for a scape-goat. , The Nazis 'were simply gangsters, They disliked all restraints, wliether created by the Law, the Family or Religion. They were absolute Nihilists. At the top the leaders themsel ves believed not in ideas, but in power ; whilst Hitler, with his prima donna -sort of mentality in which the gangster and hysterica l sides were nicely blended, provided the only possible Fiihrer. He was a cunning maniac with a profound knowledge of the darker sides of human nature. T he Warden bade us not to confuse the Nazis with the Prussians, Both were barbarians but their temper' and outlook were quite different. Actua lly, Nazism was a South, not a North German movement. Nor was there any Socialism about the Nazi move. Ipent. It was as undemocratic as any movement possible COUld /be.

There was only oue cure, the Warden ended, and that was the military defeat of Germany on her Own territory with the Allied Armies marching down the Unter den Linden. Then their sense of destiny might cha nge to a sense of doom and re-education _ might then become a possibility. 166

THE CANTUARIAN

HOUSE ,

Th~~e_Act

PLAY .

COMPETITION

'1 11

the School's activities in the . shape of a 'de ad'udicator according to the Except in the matter of

bt:'~u~u~~stivad.

nd of the term saw an lI1novatIOn P lay competition, jugged

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by Dr. Shirley of a ,cup tO to players and audLence aII C, apart from the enJoymen the standard. House plays nn wl ,1I1f, etitive nature of the show had the the level of drawing-room. the :ast have too often failed to n se criticise but there was at least a senouS iO t cdes ' on this occasIon there 't8 °best , and'such faults as existed were those chara th part of every House to givemU 0 1 ,!fort on e , ' nce-not lack of effort. . , of ignorance and mexpene . roscen ium were erected in the Parry by Sunpson As for Macbeth the stage and Phmen while the lighting was in the safe hands. of and Young, with thm ga ng ~f :'~~~ne w~s divided into two parts, three 'plays bemg Whalley and Watts. T~ PI~~7th and two-with the final criticism and adJudlc~on performed on S~~~~daYwe ~~re fortunate in obtaining, as adjudicator, MISS Irene awer . S h I f Dance and Drama. on Sunday, the of the Ginner-Mawer c 00 0 b the Grange, St. Edmund 's and Meister Omers The first night was ta~\ ~)I by Noel Coward Fantastic Flight, by SIdney Box, who performed Hay Fd/e ver'k \y Nor man McKinnel ;'espectively. d or' BI's/lOp's Call estle s, ,. d d' comedy an "Ie h t C ward's highly soph,sllcate mo em . The Grange a dbr~v~.~:~ ~ertainlY funny, and among a good cast Burgess and The result was notmade Cowar '. U 1, y Richardson stood out parllcularl ., , vel' ambitious one. The story is of St. Edmund 's choice-F({f~ar,e ~~I~'!;;:';'i;:da ou/b~ poison gas, with the exception a time in the future when the w ~oev; the gas in a giant Eelicopter, are given the t,,:sk Of of a fa vou red rew who, n Sll1g ~d " after the gas has dissipated. The play IS ongm~

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in treatment, a succesSIOn ?f ve~y, e e ui ment for switching from one scene to only be really successful w~th ~~°j(~~t~~~~s a~titg to make an extravagant idea convmIhe next with no break, an WI,' t St Edmund's did not quite pull it off, but It was ciog. Lacking both these req~~[~~~e~e"ort~r, was outstanding for his excellent dICllon. a brave effort. ~nd Young: ' ~d theatre. That is to say, it has a str~ng The Bishop s Cand/eslleks IS go d more than a touch of sentImentality. siluation, with plenty °lfl aCi~nt an~~~~;~~se~Sa~he Bishop, looked well and acted with Meister Omers dId we WI I. ' d arsonic' Langston gave a most effective dignity, but his deliv~ry was. m"n~to~~~~ anH~ looked the part, and-most importantportrayal of Persome, the Bishop s ~s . s the convict with a make-up WblCh must he acted all the time. Middleton- va~~~ ~ore etting ~ff, suggested ver~ w~U bestial have taken a lot of puttmg on, and ;: k humanify under the Bishop 's bemgn miluence. ferocity, softening, to somethmg more 1 e onsible for the magnificent improvisation of A word of praise

due to whoever was I esp

the gendarmes' costumes. t d A t II of Bernard Shaw's The App/e On Sunday night School House presen e c Cart, and Walpole The Stoker, by Harold Bl'lghouse.

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THE CAN TUARIA N Severa l factors combined to m k

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str~g~~'. et~ample, from Falltastic Fh~lentl) . . WI 1 some prett y thin stuff. 8 and deserves a lot of credi t. Third l 0 ge~,us, and whoever was res ponsible f SCcondl). the festIval by Chattelton in the p:;;'t w;f w~,e gl~en the best indIvidual acting O?;h Idea whe re the players

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deservedly singled out for spec a I It w~s a ll about. Om manney as the C e taudlen.,~ . IU mention HI S perfor ap am wa ,mp e e y III characler. None of th . ' , . m~nce was stron g, dignifi ' , s co I t I fa ded through the usua l faults of convJl1cJl1g ; they all tried 13

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profusely and indiscrim ina tely' H . ,'.. ppens 10 amateur drama throw bo ) of the ri ght a nd wro ng way for :;a~ ltJ~lSms we re sOUJ.'d and practic~l-her cxh~~1~eI\ doubt that producers and Pfi·t idcUblariy I Ion In genera l Drama is a d'ffi It . P' O te y them and by th pract ised, and the 'better it is done I techn ique wh ich be learn: al~ aud Ience. A s a resu lt of thi s first 'com e'lItIOn . va ua ~':l-nd amusing- is it for actor~ wIll see a far h igher standard of achieve menPt . there IS lIllie doubt that the next lime

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SOCIETIES

THE MARLOWE SOCIETY Presidellt,' F. H . VOIGT, EsQ. HOIl.

Secretary,' T. H . BOULTDEE

~ur activities this term have been curtail d ' . ,],eet,ngs have been held. For the fi rst ~e e cons~derably, but even so some enjoyable . I Ie f109, t e Hon. Secretary read '1 paper on t 1e Ancient Egyptian Religion in terest f h ' a cunous y un literary su b'~ect, yet. provoking ( I ro m t e a udience to who m the names ofAkh much east vag uely fa mlllar. oato n and T uta nkhamen were at 168

THE CANTUAR I AN The next meeting was devoted to a paper on Modern Poetry given by the President.

II contrived to condense into the short space of an hour a most illuminating discourse â&#x20AC;˘ this rather baffling side of modern E nglish literature, about which one member was d to mutter fiercely: "All modern poetry is trash." The Paper, howeve r, proved h~:[ it was anything but (rash, being instead often exceedingly concise and brill iant . I At the last meeting the Society met to di scuss T. S. Eliot's poem: " T he Waste od." Even after many r eadings some parts of this proved to be unintell igible, but at ~e same time the ImpreSSIOn .everyone felt about the poem was that It was one of the I reatef pieces of modern EngiJsh poetry. g It is hoped that the Society will be able to hold a Gala Even in g at the end of term . Attendance at meetings has been poor, largely due to pressure of other School fu nctions, but it is expected that next term, the time of the meet ings wi ll prove more

convenient. THE PATER SOCIETY President,' G. KENDALL, EsQ. Vice-President,' THE REV. F. S. WILLIAMS Hon. Secrelary,' S. W. BROOKS At tbe beginning of the term E . P. Walsh, G. A. F. Rands, J. Loft and G. C. Middleton were elected members of the Society. Since then the Society has had an interestin g and va ried

programme ranging from ., Belisariu s,"

an interesting

biography in miniature, by R. A. D. Fo rdeI', to "Stonehenge, " a descriptive piece, by G. A. F. Rands. Tbe Society has also read the Antigone of Sophocles and the Electra of Euripedes in translation and it is hoped that before the end of the term Mr. StephenJones, will be able to show his fi lms on Sicily. THE SOMNER SOCIETY President,' F. H . VOIGT, EsQ. Vice-President ,' T HE REV. S. B-R. POOLE Hon. Secretary,' G. C. MIDDLBTON At the first committee meeting of the term it was decided to cut down the number of meetings to once a fortni ght, owing to the many activities which go on in the Easter IeI'm. However, it was fou nd to be impossible to adhere even to this time-table because of various unforeseen lectures and games. All the same, we have had two expeditions and two meetings, and we hope to have a nother before the end of the term. The f,rst expedition was to Castle Dore and St. Sampson's Church and cave. Castle Dore is the legendary seat of one of King Arthu r's palaces; this is hard to believe after having read Tennyson's Arthurian romances, fo r the present castle is no more than a collection of earthworks. Nevertheless, it has other historical associations. It is here tbat the great Royalist victory at Lostwithiel (1 644) took place, when Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and Eu, fled from the scene of his defeat and took ship at Fowey. St. Sampson 's church and cave have an encha nting story of an earl y Celtic sa int connected with it. .

169

THE CANTUARTAN

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Tbough few members were able to come, the Society. managed [0 snatch a Vcr succes.sful afternoon from the weather clerk, who, on a prevIOus da y, had forbidden th~ expedItIon. The first talk of the term was from M. J. Purvis on Modern Architecture. Ii gave a swift survey of the history of' the modern movement in architecture, and Ihee discoursed on individual examples of contemporary architects. HIS great knowled ~ and well-chosen illustrations gave the society an entertaining. we mi ght also say, eXciti~g

evening. Indeed he evoked so much interes(' in his subject that it was decided to hold a discllssion on it in the following week . This was well attended and produced SOme interest.ing opinions and not a few spicy witticisms. The second and last expedition was to Lanteglos- by-Fowey, a so mewhat remote church which is solitary except for a farmh ouse, which on the da y we went there, seemed to be the very centre of life, surrounded by many flocks of sheep. This afternoon was also highly successful To end this term's programme, the Society looks forward to a paper frOJ'1 G. A. F. Rands on Avebury and its stone circle.

THE WALPOLE SOCIETY

President: G. P. HOLLI NGWORTH, EsQ. Vice-President: THE REV. F. S. WILLIAMS Hon. Secretary: M. A. S . BURqESs The Society was fortunate tbis term in starting off its programme by a visit from its new patron, Mr. A. L. Rowse. He gave a delightful talk on Modern Poetry witb many personal anecdotes about some of his contemporaries li ke T. S. Eliot, Auden, Spender, MacNeice. He then finished by reading some of the latest of his own poems which are already in the press. The Society is very grateful to him for his visit and his talk which has undoubtedly stimulated mucb greater interest in the poetry of to-day. A separate account of it appears elsewhere. At a business meeting M. A. S. Burgess was elected Hon. Secretary on tbe resignation of .J. Peschek, a new committee was formed and the somewhat obscurely written constitution was complet~ly revised with new provision for Honorary Fellowships for pasl members who deserved well of the . Society. , A very successful feature thIS term was the " Medley Afternoon . " Every member contributed something which he bad either composed himself or selected as being of interest to the Society. It was indeed remar ka ble tbat tbe meeting was so varied and entertaining. The last meeting, up to tbe time of writing, was a Brains ' Trust Session, several most interesting questions being submitted. The Trust had been elected from the Society and it managed to answer the questions in a very confident manner. Tbe Society expresses its gratitude to J. F. Dalrymple and J. Peschek, both successive Hon. Secretaries, for the enthusiastic and untiring services which they have so freely given. [lj appreciation botb have been elected Fellows of the Society. Altogetber we have had a bappy and successful term.

TH E CANT U AR1AN THE MUSIC CLUB . . DR C H. PH1LLlPS PresIdent. .' F H VOIGT ESQ. . . . MRS R. V. BUCKLAND , . ' , Vice_Presidents, . . . E H C ORNELI US . , . Hon. . SecretOl Y . . . . . with other School ac ti VitieS, N w that the times of ~leetinrll n;'~~II~~~rm~~I~~~~e of papers and of gramophone o h s been able to enJoy a u the Club a h I' ht was shed on the ultl ads Wagnel. while furt'1\ erlinating Ig f T. H . re cor . ad a paper on paper rom Th~ seclretafY:ra~lr~ete~nth-centUl ~ music tby t ~ ~ IT~~ President I~as given a .pa.pe~ mantlc sc 100 r a geniUS Without ta en " h technical side of musIC an ~oultbee entit!~d .' '. Be't~~z~embers further insight Ibtol:u: tratin g his paper with sevelral n " Fugues glvln gjf . purer aesthetic longIn gs Y I 'tl d " The French Symbo Ists a e time grat ylng , b J F Dalry mple enll e " at the sam E' ht " A paper y . ' f odern impl ess lOntsm. ~f lhe " Fort¥; I~ u~ into the enchanted garden 0 m 10 lie records, the Club has d to the playin g of ~ramopl hon has been played and Debussy Ie . At those meet\D ~~ ~e~o;~enlional. Beethoven s ~mf:l. ~:n~t it~ { tructure fr om the Berlioz' Symphotlle ·s term been somew a c nd hearing by a short exp ana Vi . t thI aniee on seco J from Mr Olg . mber twice, accomE ote of Schiller'S Ode to oy I bee I; played whIle fr om a n~ r s President an a n . h s' Third Symphony have a so to Mahler Mozart to e lU , FanlaStique an\B\';y ~omposers ranging from .Hk~~, Concerto i;1E f lat proved most of shorter WOI s . m Tapio/a and Mozart s Sibelius' sympho\llC poe , t n who has lent his radio interesting. f I thanks are due to S. A. R. C~wsr 0 MOl gan for ailordlllg us The Club's very gr~teg~ dunn g the past year, to Mrs. e~;d to all those who have set for all the Club mee In hospitality for some meetIngs, f her house and d the use 0 I t gramophone recor s. , 1 generOUS Y en OCIETY THE NATURAL HISTORY S_ . It. W STBI'HBN-JONES, EsQ. Pres" en· ' VOIGT EsQ. Vice-President: F. H. , G A F RANDS Hon Secretary : . . ' . d apers as well as twO , . ha~ had many interesting talks an o~ the ; ubject of .. Red This term the ~oc~tyE1liS read tbe first paper ~h~ha~a:xhaustive survey of every free-readings. M. . . ,. well illustrated and contame wef He concluded Deer." The pap~l wa aspect of the deer s hfe. " Medical Herbs, " was reads b~ ~. :h~~fd utilize the summer The second paper, on . that members of !he OCle y his remarks ~tt\ t~:r~~~~~t~~~mine their pl'operll~. "F athers and their owners.~' months to co ec L ft wbo chose as' his subject he se of the raven, the woo Next came J. P' differ~nt types of feathers wcludlng to . and the buzzard, . f entomology. At the He sbowed .u S many d the Society on the subject °t bury before the war. cock, the grey-lag goose , The President also ad~~e~~~lm which he had made t~d~~~~:ined many interestlll g end of his talk he showe~ of the Tortoiseshell Buttelfly a . 1\ de.alt with ~~il~e(:l~}~~ caterpillar f II breeding bilds in tbe distne!. detaIls m the al y I be able to alfanlle a census 0 a It is boped next term to

'7'

THE CANTUARIAN THE RAILWAY SOCIETY

President: THE REv . A. D . R . BROOKE Vice-President: ' e. E. MINNS, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: 1. P. M.

WALLER

In the last two terms the a er d of a bistorical nature. The ~ci-P s r~: to the Society have been, for the m ways and was able to ex I d reSI ent redd a paper on the earl h' . ost part, members' minds . poe many of the popular fallacies that had of rail" ' {thlstolY I el'to lurked in . The East Coast route 1850 1942 .. . It wa~ illustrated by means of the; .. ' was the title of a paper given b T . II -chose drawings and photographs . Pldmscope wIt h some very interesting .W · Kldd. we

a~d

The Society has also n . heard a paper f rom the Hon. Secretary on the h'IS~~t~ Underground Railways t There has been a free readi . h arrangements. are well..Jlnder way t~gh:~~ :

';.~!~~/~~~ed .

to be very interesting, and

~~~hna:;:!~~~!d. Mr. Patterson has I~ad a~~~h rv;:pe~~t~~~S?: It~d[:aa~: hl'aper on was the IS paper . The Society was very fortunate'

We are also very grat - h'IS room for meetings. . ef ui t 0 t he Headmaster for allowing us to use

THE ART SOCIETY

President: G.

KENDALL,

EsQ.

Hon. Sec.: J. P. CLOWES The first paper of the term was on •• M J. P. Clowes. He began by givin a shor . odern Book Illustration" and was read b from the early wood engravings togthe of the progress in book many good etnygpr:Svl'OnfgIall"dtPhoto, . us ratIon

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was

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ten~ ~

mode~ccount

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in tbe discussion was held on the "MO ' " • P ed by a review by G. Howson on tb' b' dern Arts. . The discussion g t illumAinatin • enhanced . by his own 15111. most

f;~~I;~~~~t~S~~~~e~y

CO;~~~fJl~~;)~s~fo;,r~~~~r~eoasl

Our w,?rkroom down at the club has n classrooms III the annexe, whicb is much m ow been transferred to one of the disused to hold, before tbe end of term a 'oin . ore convement. In thIS room we are oin 109 of drawings and photographs wIth the Photographic Society

~f ~~~~~:~~;~~

co~sist~

We areterm looking forward to f ur th er papers and the exhibition which will e nd up. very . successful

17 2

THE CANTUA RIA N THE BIBLE SOCIETY

President: THE HEADMASTER Hon. Organiser: R. F. HOLBURN After the splendid start made last term the Society has steadily continued with its .~s The general discussions have been moot illuminating and many have recognized al,·· . I va Iue. their. inlportant practlca The Society e'xpresses its thanks to all who have hel ped, especially to the Rev. S. B-R. poole for his most intel'~sting talk on ." Christian ity and Islam." The energetic discussion which followed. mdlcated the WIde appeal of tbe subject. The Rev. Wallace Bird, talking on the Oxford Group Movement, introduced many

new ideas about that mu~h-discussed body. The worth of Christian Morals against doctrine has often been questioned. and the lively debate on this extremely controversial subject. shewed the wide interest .it embraced . On looking back over the Society's new progress. it feels confident in a highly successful future .

J. T. C. COURSES OF INSTRUCTlON .- The following attended Physical Training Courses during Ihe Christmas holidays :Sgt. 1. 13. Butcher, Northern Command School, York. L/Cpl. G. C.' Middleton, Northern Command School. York. L/Cpl. R. S. Brealy, Northern Command School, York. L/Cpl. I. P. M. Waller, Northern Command School, York. L/Cpl. J. C. Coury, Western Command School, Oswestry. L/Cpl. M. H. Smithers, Western Command School, Oswestry. L/Cpl. W. H. Hannah. South-Eastern Command School, Shorncliife. All gained satisfactory reports and have done valuable work during the term in the

P.T. Instruction in the School. It is hoped that a considerable number of vacancies for Weapon Training and Junior Leaders' Training Courses will be allotted to the Contingent in the summer holidays. SOUTHERN COMMAND DEMONSTRATJON.- On March I \th, Major Douglas from H.Q. Southern Command, gave the Contingent a most interesting and informative talk on the various branches of the arm y, foll owed by demonstrations of six-pounders, wireless telephony, pigeons in the signal service and the complete equipment of paratroops. AN NUAL INSPECTION.- The Contingent was inspected on Marcb II th by Colonel S. J. Worsley, D.S .O .• M.e.. Inspector of Training Corps and the Army Cadet Force. After the inspection Colonel Worsley spoke to the Contingent. In the course of his impressive address he emphasiZed the point that the best war service boys at school could render to tbeir country was to remain at school as long as they were permitted and so help to fit themselves for the difficult work ahead of them, especially in the post-wa,r pcnod.

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THE CANTUARTAN We believe that many of those . not wIthout consIderable influence c~,~ 'par~de found thIS point of view u mg rOm such an authority nexpected b W C AR ERTIPfCATE "A " - TI r II ' ' , U( (a nd quarf ~ W . 1e , 0 OWIng cadets 23 d I Y or ar Certificate "A") . . 'passed Part U (Se t' r . In a n OIammatlOn held at Ca I c IOn Leading) r yon Bay on M ' , The names are arranged in o rder of merit '_ . arch D. M. Wright . FEB B . . ' . fOWll PA. e. R. Paul J. H. Clarke D . G . B. M r ' A. Bartlett eVQr ~ P. S. W. Daw F. V. Thomas' ',A. S. Burgess A. Stuart J. E. T. SherWOOd J. F. Dalrymple T. D. E. Herbert G . A. J. Evans M. H. Smithers J. B. LUmsden e. S. Pitcher G; L. Ackers D. E. Binsted All the above are a . ppomted Lance-Corporals with eff< . f r ect rom March 25 h Th e ,ollowing cadets ass d ' t , 1943. alphabetical order :_ p e Part I (Individual) On March 25th. D. H. Apps The names are in E. H. Lanham . B' P . Chad wICk P. PoUak J . C . B. C 0 Ieman T. J. Mathews J . D. Sli mming J . Corben G. P. McMulli n J. D. Twells-Grossc G . A. Gordon F. A. M iddh:.ton E. P. Walsh R. Moore J G W· h C. J. Watson . . ng t T he following' prOmotIOns were made with effi t f rom January 20th 1943 Sg t . M . G. Chatterton to ec be C S M , :L/Sgt. T. H. Boultbee to be C Q'M'S S~t .. L/Sgt. R. G. Leadbeater to L/Sgt. I. Butcher to be Sgt . L/S . gt. E. H. Cornelius to be Sgt L/Cpl. O. W. Eustace to be C I . L/Cpl. L. A. Maclean to be CPl' TRAVELLING WING.- On Su . p. has, at the request f th C ndays dunng the term th D e. ornwall Coastal Area Comma e emonstration Platoon wing to provide del~ West Cornwall. Thi~~s:~~t~~n~ an~ instruction for units O~dt~~ ~U~·nJ.Shed a travelling Troop-carrying Lorry T'h ved Journeys as far afield as P I my Cadet Force in Was most successful. ' e atoon was under the command o~nSzance and beyond in a gt. Brown Whose work . SIG NAL SECTION.-This newl ~ I good progress under th y- orm ed (or more correctl . . . have been working sati~f~~:nmand of L/Cpl. Whalley. Th~'t~~~~ved) sectIOn has made d~y tactical exercise held ~~IIYGand they proved invaluable' No. 18 W,reless Seb on e nbblO on March 4th. In controllll1g the whole.

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A. T. C. The term's activit ies have been marked by two or three important events. Towards the end of February several candidates entered for the recently-instituted Proficiency Star, Part II, Examination , and results are awaited with interest. This test comprised no less than eight written pa pers, for whic h much steady preparation had to be done, a nd we must take th is opportunity of thanking Lieut. H. Goodbu rn of the Home Guard for his kind assistance in the An ti-gas section. One promot ion was made :- Cpl. J. D. Porritt to be Sergeant (with effect from 1/2/43). On Februmy 28th a party of thirty visited a n R.A.F. Station and gained much valuable instruction from close examination of some of the newer and larger aircraft now in use. ' Early in March a bout two dozen Cadets spent a most interestin g day with an LT.W. and saw many ingenious devices used for the tra ining of R.A.F. recruits. A selecti on of aircraft instruments was exam ined and their use explained. Everyone admired and benefited by a n amazing demonstration of the experimental va lue of a wind-tunnel used in conj unction with carefully-constructed models as a means of illustrating some of the important principles of flight . The programme closed with the showing of several highly informative films and we a ll returned much wiser for our day's visit. During the term an Officer from the Air Ministry, representing a mobile Aviation Candidates' Selecti on Board, came to the School, and after giving a short, but entertai ning ta lk on the progress of an R.A .F. recrui t from the moment he is called up to hi s first operational fli ght, he interviewed a number of prospective ca ndidates for commissions. Later he expressed himself very pleased wit h the" material" he had seen . . The final noteworth y occasion in the term was March 20th, when a Squadron Parade assembled at St. Austell County School to bid farewell to the departing e.O., F/Lieutenant A. D. McDonald. The local A.T.C. Committee an d the Regional Liaison Officer, S/ Leader Sir John Molesworth-St. Aubyn, Bt., were present, and after the Squadron had marched past everyone foregathered in the School Dining Hall for tea, at the conclusion of which speeches were made by the Chairman (W. H. Barrit, Esq.) and Liarson Officer expressing the thanks of all to F/ Lieutenant McDonald for the tremendous amount of work he had done in organising what is now easil y the la rgest Squadron in Cornwall, and offerin g congratulations on the progress and success achieved. The speakers voiced the genuine regret felt at his impending departure. A presentation from the Squadron to the e.O. was made, and after F/Lieutenant McDonald had replied lhe proceedings ended with photographs being taken of the Squadron; then a concert was held in the School Hall. A full account appeared in the local newspapers. Next term it will be more difficult to arrange instruction in " A" Flight, but steps are already being taken to overcome some of the problems, and we hope to secure some assistance from " 8 " Flight.

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In recent port ~,~ce.o.f th e part played by the Home Guard has been stressed by manmonths y publicthe s im eakers in the future to fu lfi l any ~asks that ~~;sbto, be. bop;d that the Platoon will sta nd ready e achIeved by reglliar attenda nce at parades ft~:~,g~e to It. Such read""ess can only be knows bls weapons and how to make the best us/ ort~{mmember mak lllg sure tha t he

THE LlBRARY Librarian: THE REV. S. B-R, POOLE . . Assistant Librarian: C. R. B. BROWN The LIbrarian acknowledges . b¥ Mrs. Boys-Behrens, of A SI Helena 's Who 's Who which contWal'th " s tl,an khs, t hie gIft th i ' ' n mllC va liable bIOgraph ica l . ~ . . e (' ran-Iatls personae on the island d . N 1_ • . In ormatIOn about has kindly allgmented the so mewh lIf1ng apo eon s exrle there. Mr. H. Good bu rn a copy of Biology lor Medical Stude~:ss~eyn~ercq ~!a tO~ladvanced science books by giving Kendall has genero usly presented us with I; i, " n so ,",1 and W. R, L Cook, and Mr. G. The trad ition whereby those who leave pres~n~u~obrg'."PhY A Headmaster Rememhers. lay t tlh a book IS belOg happily marn talOed and this term we received from J Bt ~ of Man . All these gifts are much appreciated.' es op u Ian Huxley's The Uniqueness

The fo llowing books were also added to the Library by purchase :The Decline and Fa ll of the Romantic ldeal b F L L Channel Packet ...... ... y . . ucas In My Good Bo~k·~ .. · ........ · .. · .. · .. · .. · .. .. · .. · ........ · .. by Raymond Mortimer America ............... .. .... ..... ... .. .... .. .. .. . by V. S. Pritchett .... .. ............................. : .......... .... ....... by A. Nevins and S. Com mager

BOOK REVIEW .. T he author of this book One of 0 . P'I 1 S . . Fhght Lieutenant W. Simpso~, D ,F.C. r~ a~ ~sKs ale (HamIsh HamIlton: 7s. 6d.), war and was sellt in September, 1939 with tl ' wh~ J~med the R.A.F. before the aerodrome near Rheims Shot d . le vance AIr Stnkmg Force to an Germans invaded the Lo;" COUn(ri~:~ m flam~s ne~r . Luxem burg the very day (he face, h,s hands and bis back W ' 1e nar row y escaped bemg burnt to death. His ,orne of his crew, to join" mob ~}eB~ligf:~el:;y burnt' dbut he contrived, witb the help of . I ugee, an regalll tbe French frontier.

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tHE CANTUAR I AN Thereafter he was shifted from one hospital to anotber, always retreatipg furtber south in the face of the German advance. First a chateau on the outskirts of Verdun, then the civilian hospital at Bar-le-Duc, next tbe hopital Carnot at Cbalons-sur-Saone, after that-the fourth in five weeks-the military hospital at Paray- Le-Monial, which had to be evacuated to accommodate civilian casua lties from the air raid there, and then

the melancholy town of Roanne, which the author says had " hardly any character at at all, not even bad . It was small, dirty, old and ugly." T he armistice of June 21st permitted him to stay there a year and he received from the F rench tbe Croix de G uerre. But hfe was not very pleasant for lum oWlI1g to h,s severe burns and the terrible sufferings they entailed. He gives a graphic descriptio n of his life at Roanne, wbich is worth quoting in full. " During the ten months that I lay immobile on my back in bed I was never more than half al ive. As time passed ( grew thinner and thinner, un til soon all my bones stood out beneath the tightly draw n skin, Ribs, spine and shoulder-blades stuck out in lines, knobs and points, My two hip-bones stood o ut like a cow's horns and the skin that was tightly drawn over them was sbiny. llay flat on my back witbjust a low bolster under my head. I had not the strength to sit up at all. My two arms lay all tbe time down by my sides and were never moved except during bed-baths, dressings, etc. My hands were laid gentl y on large cusbions made from piles of cotto n wool, one on each side. I could only turn my head slightly from side to side and always had to return it immediately to a central position afterwards, as both sides of my face were raw and painful. Ro und my neck 1 wore a small face towel on to whicb dripped all day tbe pus-and sometimes blood- which oozed from beneath the thick black scabs which covered my eyes, cheeks, nose and lips, for they did not clean my face more often tha n once a week-having a tbeory, whicb may have been a good one, that it was best not to interfere with it. My mouth was too tenderÂˇ for it to be possible to clean my teeth, my hair was falling out rapidly, Around me clung a stench of pus and decaying flesh, sweat and filth . T his attracted the fl ies. I never smelt antiseptic except in the vicinity of tbe operating theatre, Tbe whole hospital stank abominably of dirty lavatories, festering limbs and decaying flesh. The flies loved t his. They were attracted in large numbers, stayed and multiplied . Often J counted at least .sixty at a t ime, sitting on the dressings covering my hands, and on the bed. Many more buzzed ro und my head and settled on my eyes and nOSe, It was the flies above all otber thi ngs that nearly robbed me of my sanity. An effort was made to keep them off my face by fixing a small tent of mosquito netting over my head. inside this I later managed to smoke a pipe-much to the amusement of the _colonel, ~ho called me "Vesuvius" ! Also, after a great deal of persuasion, Madame Mane produced some fly-paper, . Tbey were completely covered an hour or so after they had first been put up, and then the plague conti nued as before," Somehow Flight-Lieutenant Simpson survived this, and the medica l treatment he received, if at times harsh and crude, successfully prevented bim fro m becoming a cripple. He bore all things well and only once did his morale break down-on the occasion when he first saw himself in a mirror, a green and grey ghost, disfigured and emaciated. His exile was shared from time to time with other Englishmen wbo d id what tbey could for hi m. In August, 1941 he was transferred to the Michel-Levy Mil itary Hospital at Marseilles and there spent twO of the most unbappy a ontbs of bis life, Unfortunately his stay '17

THE CANTUARtAN here coincided with Franco-British h-ostilities in S~ria, and the Colonel (aptly disguised under the name of Crapaud), who was antl-Bntlsh, Isolated hIm III his room d forbade all French officers to have a ny, dealings with him or speak to him. . an t

This inhuman treatment did not las t long, for he managed to get transferred t Lyons where he spent a further two montbs, but this time on parole. It was here that hO saw an apathetic cro)ÂĽd cheer Marshal Petain and Admira l Darlan as tbey passed by e their big open tOUl'er surrounded by thick plated bullet-proof glass. Through the effo..'t'; of the Amencan consul he was repatrIated- the Amcncan consulates were the last onscs of freed?ITI in a Nazi Europe, and

~re~ t tribute i ~ p~id to the Americans, both con suls

a nd ordtnar~ people who gave unstllltlllgly of theIr tllne and money to help the British Ill. U noccupIed France. A final journey t hrough Spalll to lisbon at last brought FlIght-Lieutenant SImpson back to hI S native co untry after an absence of almost two years, and he is back again working with the R.A.F. . The book is written in a simple st~le combining deep feeling with a ge nuine literary skIll. The au thor shows an acute power of observation- no doubt developed by long penods of enfo rced rnactlvIty-and passes man y shrewd j udgme nts o n people and events.

His observations 0 0 France ate of particular interest. He is a strong believer in the Entente Cord iale and has '0 that internationa l ~ol erance for other na tions which is the mark o~ the intellig~nt observant tra veller." His remarks on France come as a pleasant antIdote to the gIbes of those people who find the height of patriotism in abusing a great nation and a former ally. . At first the French were equally anti-British. Of the attack made by British wa rshIps on the French fleet at Oran he writes: "This incident will never be forgotten in France. It may have been a necessary m~ve whIch, takrng a very long view, would benefit the French 111 the end, . but It was dIfficult fo r a Frenchman to apprecia te it as such .. " The order of hatmg on that' day, July. ~rd , wa~ Britain, Italy, then Germany. Aftel the battle for Bntam, however, French opllllOn rallIed and durmg most of his stay he found as many as eIghty-five per cent. of the population pro-British. Everyone hstened t? the B.B.C. news and read the SWISS papers.. He found the morale of Occupied France hIgher than that of VIchy France, and much jealousy was to be found in those Channel towns which had not been bombed by the R.A.F. as much as their neighbours. He wll:s also much Impressed by the attItude of French wo men a nd the fighting spirit they dl~played. Ha~ the war been III theIr hands he IS certarn, to say the least of it, the final debacle would ha ve been much longer delayed. As it was, they had "a courage and defiance behind all that they sa id which made him hopeful for the future of France." Everyone realised the old France had lived too well a nd the women at least looked" for a new France after the war, run on socialistic lines. " Such a France would never come from Vichy. The Marshal was liked and respected, but Darlan and Laval were" the two most hated men in France. " S.B-R.P.

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FOOTBALL,

1943

RETROSPECT hAYE? 5; loST 3; WON 2. The weather was so bad at the beginnin!! of the term that no soccer was possible f some weeks. In addition, mumps made Inter-School matches nnp?sslble, and thiS 0; cted the Colts in particular,. who had to go the whole season WIthout a match. aHe H . However, it is hoped to p lay JUnJor . ouse matehes as a compensatlOn. The 1st XI lost to both ~ ir Force sides in turn, but beat both in their return matches. ' . At Keyham the School were not at their best, and had all the goals scored against them in a matter~of ten minutes. . Owing to lack of practice it was not possible to experiment with the side and no doubt with mo re time the Xl wo uld have been dIfferently. constItuted. Hughes I.n oal improved considera bly and 'was .qll1te safe, espeCIall y WIth ground shots, but hiS rack of inches makes 111m uncertam WIth the hIgh ones. Ackers and MrIner were good in patches, but were often caught out of position-while their kicking was rather wild. Ommanney at centre-half was untiring, but was inclined to do too much anci often left his forwards guessin!! as to where and when tG expect the pass. Davies a nd Leadbeater worked hard and Improved, especIally III head-work. The forwards especially Peto at inside-left, missed Chatterton, who could not play till the last match; and as a centre-iorwa rd was needed to hold the line together a~d to get the best out of the fast wing-forwards. Shootmg was very weak - lack of expenence and ball-control was really the chIef ca use of thIS. While the football has und oubtedly impro ved- there is still too much kick and run and too little scientific passing a nd intelligent a nticipation to enable the School to do well against really good sides.

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The 1st Xl has had a very successful season although the first match against St. Eval was lost badly. This was obviously due to lack of practise in playi ng as a team. Apa rt from this there has been no gro und so the Xl has had to practIse on the hard tenn is courts at the Clu b. In spite of these drawbacks they have done exceedlllgly well. The R.N.E.C., Keyham have been played a nd beaten twice after so me very fine play and clever st ickwork. G resha ms were also defeated after a very even ga me 111 which Cushman showed great spirit and confide nce in goal and saved very well. We also beat Plymouth College. The XI has been tbe best we have had for the last three seasons. The forwards have played constantly well and hard, T. Butcher, C. W. Birkett and J. D. Ommanney scoring all the goals. They have been well backed up by the halves, J . W. S. SImpson, H. E. Hughes and M. T . Davies, who have played a steady, hard and successful game. 119

tHE CAN T UAR IA N The defence, in A. Bowles and D. G. S. Simpson, has been very stro ng and dete' . :lnd J. A. Cushman has reall y played ma rvellously, bringing oftÂˇ some exceedin \mlned, ,I nd beautIful sa ves. The team must be congratu lated on being awa rded th .g y hard Colours. e" Ist XI Having no fac ilities fo r a gro und the School has had no chance to play e . a few games on the tennis courts. The House Matches have been played off a ~C~Pllor Ho use has won the Cup from Wal pole after a grand ga me. In these House t n , C 1001 are some very good a nd steady players, so the School can look fo rward ~~~s thlere successful season and have no rear about th e future. not ler KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v R. A.F. For this match, pla yed on January 27th a nd the first of the season , the team h d I. onl y o ne practIce and had never played together before However the ga a l.ld well and after a long attack, Co ury scored. St. Eva l, h~wever rallied sO;I:':nslaned attacktn g strongly, finished the half, leadin g 4- 1. In the second half, the Schoo~r land playtng uphIll, the game was much more even, bUI St. Eva l added two more go I 10.. shortl y before the end, after a long attack in which shooting was bad and ina a sand several shots going over the goal, Coury scored again fo r the School ' 'the fi c~urate, th us being .0-2. Considering the difficulties: the team played well t~gether ~~d scor~ more expen ence ma y look forward wi th confidence to a. return match.

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KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY I' GRESHAMS SCHOOL . This match was played at Newquay on February 20th and resulted in a win for the SchQol by 2 goals to I. The ga me was very even a nd there was little to choose bet the sld es. Greshams had better stIck work, but were weak in the circle, while the S~~~~~ followed up well and were always ready to shoot. A cross-pass from the rigll chased by Ommanney who scored from close-in, a good piece of following-up. 1G:~ h~m s pressed, but Cushman served well. Shortly before half-time a free-hit into the clfcle gave Butcher a chance a nd he scored from close in. Greshams pressed hard in the second half, but the backs were very safe, and the opposing forwards were slo w in the clfcle. They forced some corners, and from one of these they scored with a beaulIful shot whIch gave Cushman no chance. For the School, J. W. S. Simpson, H. G . Hughes, J. A. Cushman and the backs played well, whIle for Greshams the inside-left and left-back were outstanding. KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v R.N .E.C.: KEYHAM Played away on February 17th and won by the School 4-2. Keyham scored in th. first few mlDutes, but BIrkett soon equalised for the School. The latter kept up their attacks- and shortly before half-time Butcher scored. In the second half the play was even, but the School added two goals through Ommanney, whIle Keyham scored through their centre-forward. . The School halves played well and gave their fo rwards good support while Cushman ID goal and the backs were very safe. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTEII.nURY v R.N.E.C., KEYHAM Played away all March 6th, and Wall by the School 3-2. This was an excellent game and very even. The School dId most of the pressing in the first half when goals were scored by Bukett (2) and Ommanney. 180

TH E CANTUARIAN Keyham pressed hard in the second half and scored twice. It was tbe good work of Cushman in goal and the backs that kept Keyham from equalising. The halves were good again in attack, but were often at fault in marking during the second half. The forward s were good in the circle in the first half, but missed a few chances in the second half.

OXFORD LBTIBR i

OXFORD, March, 1943.

Dear School, We regret to notice that in the last issue of The Cantuarian our customary effort had not been published. We apologise ; tbe bunt for scandal continues. D. Gall (" Plus-Fou rs" to his friends), an out-patient of Queen's, has been accosted during a speedy journey down St. Giles', but the delights of dissection proved too strong for him. W. E. Chambers has often been seen while escorting fair faces to tbe Rackett Restaurant, but perbaps, wisely, he failed to recognise us. We climbed the soaring stairs of Merton to investigate the whereabouts of J. A. B. Heslop, but were later informed tbat he was busy coxing the Merton boat; the outlook from his one window is distinctly domestic. Likewise, we negotiated the tortuous depths of Trinity to catechise J. R. G. Walters on the subject of forestry, and were regaled with stories of College rugger and hockey. 1. K. Meek, in sumptuous seclusion in New College, has ventured out seldom, except in Naval Uniform or when en route for the Theatre, but he bashfully admitted that he had gained his war degree. C. A. B. Clemetson, in luxuriously panelled Magdalen rooms (albeit defaced by skulls, bones, etc.), greeted us with open arms and enquired exuberantly after ourselves, and whether we were up here for scholarships. Magdalen also re-housed N. Scarfe for a brief while, and we took the opportunity to drink his sherry and admire his collection of bottles. At odd momenjs we have wa ndered into Queen 's, in the hope, after noticing him in an O.U.R.F.C. trial, of meeting P. D. Grant, but have learnt that the R.A.F. makes too many inroads upon his spare time. Similarly, we hesitated to endure the allacks of K. V. Jones' landlady, up the HIley Road. Worcester College was found to contain not only D. F . Murray, but also ~. A. M. Baker 'and J. H. Breese, who had wandered down from Trinity fo r evening beer. As it was after the Athletics match with Cambridge, and the rigours of S.T.C. had left them completely exhausted, beer was permissible, and we were informed of the hazards of running for the University. Breese has been playing squash : we also hear that he has been entertaining W. L. Smith, sometime of Trinity. Among others we ha ve passed, dined with or drunk with, have been Capt. H. P. Wortham, on lea ve, Lieut. A. Michell, stationed nearby, and Capt. L. A. Becher, now at Oriel. At one point a re-union took place under Wortham's auspices, at which seven O.K.S.'s consumed tea at the " Golden Kettle," and reminisced heartily. It is with the bope that we shall have more of these parties that we sign ourselves

Yours, O.K.S. OXON. 18.

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CAMBRIDGE

LEITER Cambridge, 29th March, 1943.

Dea r School, Th ough few O.K.S . are up here at the moment a meeting was arranged

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ne5day, March 3rd at the house of the O.K .S. Secreta ry in Cambridge a nd we take thi; opportunity of thanking him . T he Head master had promised to a ttend, but owing to illness was most unfortunately prevented from doing so. This was a great disap pointment to those present as little is heard of the School in Corn wall a nd so me direct news wo uld have been much appreciated. . Layland, Ba lla nty ne, a nd Porritt represent the med ical professio n in embryo, all in va ri ous stages of their ca reer ,and always apprehenslve of theIr Immed mte future.

Bradfield found tha t his studies had a greater ca ll upo n his time a nd made his excuses. Weatherhead, o n a R.E. Course at Pete rh o use, main ta ined a profound silence

Obviously the course was telling upon him, . Armstro ng, on the other ha nd, was very much a live a nd though history changes with the years, he remains the same. Sugden, immersed in engineerin g, finds bicycling to and fro from Corp us most in vigorating, a fact which was im pressed upon the meeting.

C. W. A. Lovatt, on a R.A.F. sbort course at Clare, came down from the clouds and dispensed beer a nd cigarettes a nd ou r host, Colonel Budd, recounted stories of the O.K.S. pa rties of previous years a nd one could see that he hoped that before very long they would res ume their former glory. We. were very glad to welcome at the meeting Major W. H. Lovatt, R.A., who had recently returned on sick leave from Malta where he had cOlll':landed a L.A.A. Ballery. We take this opportunity of wishing tbe School the best of luck and a speedy return to its real home.

Yours,

O.K.S.

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ORIGINAL F ROM GENERATION TO G ENERATION

T he elderly man sa t on the seat in the park, heaving gently as he snored. The seat was one of the new ones that had just been placed there-a maze of chromium· pla ted steel tubes, shining blata ntly in the sun. By contrast, the ma n was dressed in rags, his cheeks hollow and his back bent over the knobbly stick that was almost his last possession in the world. Gradually, with the sun, he began to wake, though his eyes, always half·closed, remained fixed to the trim, clean grass. His thoughts bega n to jerk into motion, like a worn-out tram. Soon they would be going their uSl\iIl round, down the painful journey of the years that lay behind. For the moment he allowed himself to think of· some thing else for a change. He thought about the seat. It was only half as comforta ble as the old one, for all that this new 18.

,HE CANTUAR TAN eneration claimed, witl, their pliable steel and electric casting. Rubbish, It took ~i1l1 back to thos. days on the beach at Dunkirk, . "aI'S and years ago. He 'd always thought sand was comfor table to Sl . on until then. ;,ti ll, he had had clothes then; tbey 'lYe you a uniform- two in fact. Now they didn't believe in uniforms any more, this ~~w generation. They wouldn't let anyo?e wear his medal ribbons ~i ther, because they themselves had never earned any. He felt In hiS pocket for the SOiled little stnp of coloUl's, and held it lovingly in his pa ll1,1, and "is eyes opened a shade mo re. T hey were some;hing to be proud of- in fact, the only thing; someth ing to remind him that he had been a fighter, that he was .still a man. He liked the faded yellow of the Egyptian r ibbon, it brought back those vlctonous scorch tn g days In the desert. There was a weird' Greek one for a hero ic, but hopeless campaign amongst the mountains ; and then the decoration they dished out to him for the alfair on the beaches, later in the wa r. ' But they didn 't take any notice of things li ke that now, for now it was peace, and the well· fed, pleasure·loving generation fo r whom he had fought had left him starving, sitting on a seat in the park. The seat they produced only gave him cramp, and a nyway, as li ke as not he 'd be turned out of it soon. His heart was soured ; he hated" them." And he was helpless- once he could have fought them, but he was old, and weakened by days and nights on forbidden park seats. An inspector approached. He wore no uniform, but his gait gave him away, fo r he was very well·filled, a nd his portly shape could hardly have gone any faster. With slow, measured tread he paced the paths; his chins were manifold, and his voice when he spoke grated richly. He did speak, to the elfect that you'd better 'op it quick, those new seats weren't meant for the likes of you, go on, 'op it quick ......... The inspector loomed over him, his vast bulk falling like a shadow over the bent figure. The old man's thoughts suddenly began to run easily, quickly, as he'd known them do before in action . His whole mind and body seemed to tense ; he hated this man, he hated them all, and he carefully rose, slowly and deli berately. With his eyes wide open, his fists went in, left to the stomach and right to that pudgy face. The great bulk sagged and collapsed backwards; there was a thud and blood on the gravel. The elderly man swayed a little, and opened his trembling palm. The ribbons were still there, crumpled a little, but there. Hesitatingly he pinned them on his rags, a nd bega n to wa lk away. He tried to make the shulfle into a march, and swayed forwa rd for a few steps, but though he tried very ha rd, his feet seemed glued to the grou nd. He swayed again, and fell, and lay sti ll ac ross the grass, his medals stick ing up like a dagger pointed to his heart. The old generation had played its last card . WaGs.

O.K.S. NEWS rile Editors invite the co-operation of O.K.S. ill strel1gthellillg these items ill"

THE CANTUAR IA N " which are of particular illterest 10 O.K.S. They call1lot themselves obtaill much ofllle necessary material, especially, p<lrlicu/ars 0/ promotions, and 'here/ore remind subscribers that all items 0/ news are always welcome.

We congratulate Q. F. Murray (1938-42) and G. A. H. Baker (1938-42) on their inclusion in the Oxford Uni versity Athletic Team. J. A. B. Heslop ( 1938-42)is coxing the Merton College VIII. K. V. Jo nes (1938- 42) is up at Queen's College, Oxford, as a n R.A.F. Cadet. A. G. Eyre (1935- 40) is in charge cif a Division in Nigeria, although still onl y a Cadet-apparently a quite unprecedented appointment. He wrote from a barge in which .83

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THE CANTUARIAN he was going up river in a remote part of the busb, and was busy collecting poll ta catt le tax, getting repaired roads which have been under water and Jong grass f~ Md months during the rains, trying to find 'the man who stole £125 of tax before it rea' hSI~ a strong-room and getting to. know the count ryside and people. He says, •• 1 thi~k t~ ClassIcs must be a good tralmnl? for languages; after six weeks out here I found I coul~ dispense with an Engbsh-speaklllg messenger, and now I 'm in a place where a ni th Postmaster and my office clerk speak English at aI!, so outside the office I have to ~ Hausa only, read and write in it, hear cases and complaints and everything with a

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C. Goodridge (1937---40) has passed the Intermediate B.Sc. from Nort hampt

Engi~eering College and is taking Part I of the finals in June.

J. E. Weatherseed (1938- 39) went to Montreal High School when the outbreak of prevented hiS return to. England. In 1941 he broke the 440 yards record for the PlOvmce ofQuebec, and gamed the Provlllcial Cha mplOnsllip for that distance, as well as the McGIB Inter-Scholastic Chan;plOnshlp. He was expecting to join up at the end of March with the Duke of York s Royal Canad ian Hussars, Canadian Armoured ·Corps. . " . A. P. D . . Kennedy (1920- 27) wrote to his people from Shanghai last Augusl: fhe Office IS carrymg on at present; we ha ve a couple of aud its which bring in enough (Just) to keep us gomg (mornmgs only). People with local dollars in the bank can w~ r

draw out ~I~ restflc,ted amounts:

,Others ,who have no means are being taken care 01'

by the British Residents AssocratlOn which at present has available funds and doles them out sparingly. We live quietly and frugaBy in the confines of Shanghai and find life very dull after what we were used to, but consider ourselves very fortunate up to the present when we thmk of how others a~e fari ng elsewhere. Cost of living and prices are hIgh, <;>f course, but wltb a n tn?reasmg amo unt of control being exercised by the ~uthon ty. I a m hvmg WJth F ... m a fl at III the French Concession. He got married m Ja nuar~ and I stayed on m order to reduce expens~s. This arrangement is working satlsfactonly and people generally 10 ShanghaI are shanng houses m order to economise. I have an mterest m a vegetable garden close by, with some friends, and this keeps us occupIed. . D. C. D. Kennedy (1920--30) went out to India on the same boat with Mr. Avery. G. Vivian-Davies (1935---40) is undergoing training in bomb disposal. G. P . Morris (1937---40) is training as a Pilot in Canada. L. H. Goble (1915- 19) has been Acting-Resident of Jos Plateau Province West Africa.

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D. S. Stevens. (1939---40) is at Queen M~ry College, London (now at Cambridge) and has been readmg for an Honours Degree m Maths., as well as training in the S.T.C. for the Royal Armoured Corps. P. J. Evans (1936--:"0) seems to be enjoying life in Egypt particularly Alexandria, and JS gettmg used to cncket on matting wickets. A. E. C. Bredin (1 920-29) came across several O.K.S. when he was stationed at Gibraltar some time ago, includingF. M. Eustace (1920-2'6), A. R. Blackledge (191425) who was dmmg on the same shJp, and was in process of acq uiri ng a beard. Bredin w,rites: •• His host of the occasion of our meeting was the padre of the ship we were dlwng on and he happened to have been 11t S.L.C., Ramsgate-in fact we discovered

THE CANTUARIAN we bad run against each other in Triangulars one year. I also met J. Fullagar and Peter Charig- the latter at hockey- for the first time since leaving School, " He had also met T. Parsons-Smith (1924- 29) whom he last gaw in Kashmir in '38. R. E. Cunningham (1927- 36) is now ill command of an M.T.B. J. G. M. Price ( 1930-39) writes -that he met N. Hearne (1935---40) .. on the battlefield at EI-Alamein at the start of the show. " A. B. Holt-Wilson (1936-38) came through EI Alamein with a perforafed ear drum, but got his right foot badly burnt in the advance a nd has been in hospital ever since; his foot went septic, but he has still got it and feels much better. R. N. C. Logan (1935- 39) has been seriously ill with lung trouble and is now in a Military Hospital near Johannesburg. J. M. B. Pratt ( 1933- 37) recently came out top of his Regimental intensive battle training course, at the end of which they had three days' continuous schemes of untold tougbness, for which marks were awarded . He has been for a three-day interview for • Regular Commissio n. C. M. Bolt (1936---40) saw a good deal of A. P. Barry (1935---40) and R. W. Allison (1936---40) while at King's College, Newcastle, as the former was stationed near there and the latter did his Army University Course there. He lost his school scarf in a cafe, and was keeping a look-out for it, when he spotted the familiar colours and found that the wearer was H. D. C. Rapson (1935- 29) who is with the Ministry of Supply as an analytical chemist. P. R. Mallorie (1936-40) has had two operations on his neck in six mo nths, but these bave not apparently affected his fl yi ng qualities as he is now completing his training in Canada. P. and D. Gaastra (1936- 39) were in the same section, and all three went overseas together; Mallorie and the elder Gaastra are still together in Canada, but Don Gaastra is in America . J. Norris (1935---40) is still at the De Havilland Techn ical School, tinkering with a very sporty M.G. D. A. Venner (1935-39) is a Civil Engineer, and is at present on a job in the North, in charge of some 600 men. BIRTHS. SCRIVENoR.-On January 12th, 1943, at Jerusalem, to Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Vaisey Scrivenor (1920-27), a son. VALPY.-On January 19th, 1943, at Stonefield, Blackheath, to Freda, wife of Kenneth Valpy (192 1- 25), a daughter. MOuNT.- On February 18th, 1943, at Horton Maltor, Chartham, Canterbury, to Margery, wife or Cap!. G. P. Mount, The Buffs ( 19 17-23), a daughter. GoLDSMtTH.-On February 22nd, 1943, to Bridget (/lee Kaines Smith), wife of Humphrey Goldsmith (1919- 23), a son.

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â&#x20AC;˘ THE CANTUARTAN LIEUTENANT PETER DOWMAN, THE BUFFS (1936-39). Peter Dowman came to the School in 1936 from Seasalter. He entered Marlow House and was universally liked all his time. He did all the ordinary things of Schllill life- Games and Corps- and put himself thoroughly into everything. Having paSH ,I the School Certificate, he could ha ve stayed on, for he was onl y 17, and the call-up WII' then, I think, 19t. But he was anxious to go a nd do what he could, and he en lisII'11 in the Buffs, was commissioned a nd went overseas about September, 1941. For a ,1,," he was attached to the Libya n Arab Force. He saw much active service in NOIII! Africa, and was killed a fortnight after his 21st birthday, shot through the hea rt by " machine-gun bullet while engaged in the Christian task of collecting the wounded . SII he has passed into rest and may God keep him in His peace. SERGE,A NT-PILOT ARTHUR NATHANIEL EDWARD WHITE, R.A.F. (1936- 41) Arthur White went into Meister Omers when he came in 1936, a nd all hi contemporaries will remember him as a quiet, stead y and cheerful fellow, going imprl turbably on all through his School days. He showed some promise at hockey, bol" in the XI and becoming Secretary, but was" in " everytbing that makes up School 1110 When the R.A.F. first establisbed their Un iversity Cadetships, Art hur White was amOIl. the earliest applicants, and was sent to Hertford College, Oxford. He came to sec" after the course, and a mused us by his description of the life then led. We layl1l1 " naturally expected Air Force Cadets wo uld be busy, as it were day and night, stud yill Mathematics, Aerial Navigation and so on. But at that time it was not so, ""11 apparently you could read what yo u liked. He was then, after further training, appoil1l, II Sergean~ Âˇ Pilot, and served, in Bomber Command. He lost his life when it be'IIII" necessary to abandon his aircraft. He got his crew o ut safely, but being himself the 1"01 to bale out, was struck by a propeller a nd killed. He was just over 20 years of II ~I Requiescat ill pace. PILOT OFFICER JEFF REY MARTIN CREMER, R.A.F. (1934-41 ). Jeffrey Cremer seemed to have been with us a long time, for he came to the JUI1 I1I School in May, 1934. Three years later he passed into the Senior Scbool as a Kill Scholar, and left in April, 1941. He did well at School, reached the Upper Sixth, I hI much for the Somner Society, and was House Monitor in School House. JeO" \ Cremer was a boy of deep religious feelin g, and loved to look after the Chapel and II Altar. He, too, was anxious to join up, and did so at the age of 17, proceedi"B 111 Cambridge in 1941 on the first R.A .F. University Course. Furtber training took pi"" in America, after which be was pro moted Pilot Officer. He was killed at the age or 1'1 But he had weighed the question of enlistment thoroughly, and knew what he was n ~ hl ing for. It is good to know that he was very happy in his training. So passes y,l another King's Scholar, young, able, of strong and winning personality; one who WOIII,I have done mucb for tbe cause of humanity had he lived-and who has done everytltili/ for it, in giving his young and promising life. In God's hand he is now, and all is W, I Our true sympathies go to his bereaved parents, to Arthur White 's and to Peter 1)1111 man's, and to the latter ', aunts who brought him up.

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CORRESPONDENCE /'0 Ilze EdilOl's of "THE Sirs,

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On behalf of the Soccer Club may I take this opportunity of thanking all those who linve helped witb the Soccer this term, especially Mr. Stephen-Jones and Mr. Hollingwo rth for the time and enthusiasm they devoted to the 1st and 2nd teams respectively . lId also to the Chaplain for his care and management of the Junior Game.

I am, Sirs, Your obedient servant, J. D. OMMAN NEY, Captain of Football. , ,, 'he Editors of "THE

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As you are doubtless aware, School House, by winning the Hockey Cup and the IIl\wly-awarded Dramatic Cup and by retaining the Soccer title now holds eight out of II nc inter-House titles. This, we believe, creates a record which no other House has , vcr equalled. It would seem therefore, -a fitting thing if the HOllse received a special 1"l vilege comparable perhaps to that given to Walpole years ago when they recruited Iii entire 1st Xl and which is commemorated in their particular hat band. We are, Sirs,

Your obedient servants, P. L. A. KENNABY J. D. ARMSTRONG J. B. BUTCHER (Edilol's-We agree !)

I ,,"o r Sirs, In these days when organisations such as the L.C.C. Education Committee have t ,k n upon themselves to condemn the Public Schools System, may I be permitted to 1I ~ÂĽest a solution which, if carried through by the King's School, might preserve II lhrough a difficult period and produce it an integral part of the N ew Order? It would 1'l!Car that the Public School as England knew it before the Second World War is bound ,,, disappear if only because of the lack of fee-paying parents and the extreme , ,!I city of sufficient capital to support either the schools themselves or the boys in them; " 1e, although the Government attitude is uncertain the system will undoubtedly II II' r repeated abuse. T he rapid growth of the power of the Middle Classes in the Nineteenth Century to the system its reputation and erstwhile honour, but the age did more than that. 1, IIIlOls which had been provincial gained England-wide reputations, those which had I.. " " localised drew their boys from wider areas. The original purpose of these schools, 11,," of being open to public entrance, had been lost, and many schools now renounced 'IV

THE CANTUARIAN ENGAGEMENTS. HIPWOOD- DlxoN.-Lieutenant Charles McLeish Hipwood, R.I.N.V.R., (1919-23) only son of Sir Charles and Lad)' Hipwood, and Mildred Mae Dixon, elde; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Dixon, of Desmoines, Iowa, U.S.A. SCOTT-SHAw.-The Rev. William Morri. Fitzgerald Scott (1926- 31), Chaplain of Hertford College, Oxford, elder son of the late Colonel M. F. Scott a nd of Mrs Scott, and Nora Compigll e, only daughter of Canon C. I.,. and Mrs. Shaw of Lusadia, Gujerat, Ind ia. J

MARRIAGES. MASTBRS- WALKER.-In October, 1942, in India, Charles Horace Walton Masters (1926- 33), Somerset 1.,.1., to Patricia Dorothy Walker. COOKE- Y ARDOROUGH- BALDwIN.- On December 11th, 1942, Francis Michael CookeYarborough (191 8-22), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke-Yarborough, of Orchards, Kingwood Common, Hen ley-on-Thames, to Pamela, younger daughter of the late Sir John Baldwin, K.C. M.G., C. B., and Lady Baldwin, of Highfield, Amersham .

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PETAVEL- CRICK .- In January, 1943, Major Harold Leonard Petavel (1915- 16), Intelligence Cor ps, eldest son of Mr. J. W. Petavel, of Hyderabad Deccan, to Elizabeth Mary Crick, W.R.N.S., youngest daughter of the Bishop of Chester and Mrs. D. H. Crick. , REED- WVNVARD.- On 3rd February, 1943, Carol Reed (1 917-22) to Diana Wynyard. DEATHS. WEATHERALL.- On August 18th, 1942, Alexander Thiselton Pa ken ham Weatherall (1922-27). KINGDoN.- I n December, 1942, Hamilton Roger Dennis Kingdon (1888- 95). WVNCOLL.- On January 4th, 1943, at Liss, Hampshire, Cha rles Edward Wyncoll , Colonel, C.B. (1873- 74). ~

OBITUARIES - THE MOST REV. EDWARD ARCHIBALD PARRY, D.O., ARCHBISHOP OF T HE WEST INDIES, 1917- 1921. (J.K.S. 1870-73.) Edward Archi bald Pa rry was the eldest son of Bishop Edward Parry, after who m the Parry Library, now the Parry Hall, was named, and wi th his brothers was at the Junior School before going on to Winchester. He was consecrated Bishop of Guiana in Ca nterbury Cathedral in 1900 and became Archbishop of the West Indies in 1917, retiring in 192 1. It fell to his lot to reorganise the constitution of the Church in Gu iana, and the administrative system which he crcated worked with great smoothness. He paid particular attention to edu·cationa.l, social and adm in istrative work, and was venerated by the Indians. H. died at Trinidad on January 1st, at the age of 82 . •86

THE CANTUARIAN LIEUTENANT-COLO NEL ALEXANDER BREDTN, (1882-89). Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander B.redin , who died on January 7th, in his n nd year, ." be remembered by his contemporaries at School as a good-natured, slow-speakll1g ;~:shman, full of pluck and determi nation, with his heart set on the Army as his future career. He was 111 the Rugger SIde 111 1888 and 1889 as a very usefu l threequarter, pecially in defence, and he got Illto the Cn cket XI m hiS last yea r. From Sandhurst ~ got his commission in the Prince of Wales ' Yorkshire Regiment, but soon transferred 10 the Indian Army (nnd Punjabls). In the 191 4--18 War h~ s~w servIce m Mesopotamia a nd Palestll1e as well as 1Il I ndIa. In 1920 he retired to lIve In Canterbury and often coached the " Parrots" in cricket. His two YOOng~r brothers were at the School, and also his two sons, Major A. E. C. Bredll1, now on active servIce I~ the MIddle East and Major H. E. N. Bredlll, who wo n the M. C. and bar III Paiestllle m 1938 and was 'Mentioned in Despatches.

MAJOR-GENERA L HUB ERT ISACKE, C.B. , C.S.I., C.M .G., (1884--90). Hubert !sacke followed his elder brother to the Junior School in 1884 and was elected a King's Scholar in 1888 . H e -reached the Sixth Form in 1889 and was made a Monitor in 1890; in that yea r he was also in the XI and the XV. The Times writes of him:"Major-General Hubert Isacke, C.B., C.S.I. , C.M .G., late The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who died on February 12th at the age of 70, had a dlStlllguished career as a staff officer, and from 1925-27 wasa ~istrict com mander in India. He en-tered the Army in 1892, was promoted to Captalll In 1902 and major III 1912. From 1916- 20 he held the rank of Brigadier-General, General Staff, A.RQ., India, and from 1920- 23 he commanded a brigade in India. He was promoted major-general in 1923. From 1927- 31, when be reti~"d, he commanded the 56th (I s: London Division, T.A. Major-General Isacke wa. severely wounded WIth the Malaliand FIeld Force in 1897-98, and in the South African War and the last war was mentioned several times in dispatches.

CECIL HARRY GEORGE CLARKE (1887-97).

C. H . G. Clarke belonged to a family closely connected with the King's School ror several generations. He was the eldest son of Colonel Henry Clarke,. R.E. (186366), and his own son, G. L. Cla rke, now servlllg WIth the R.A.F . .Alr-Sea Res.cue Service, left as recently as 1941. He was a Senior King 's Scholar, a member of the Sixth Form, Captain of the School, a~d Captain of Games, With three years III the XV and Ihree years in the Xl to his cred it, as well as bemg promllle~t m Athl~tl.cs . In 1897 he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, WIth an Open ClaSSIcal Exhibition and a Rose Exhibition, and was given Freshmen's Trials in both Rugby and CrIcket. In 1901 he joined the Malayan Civil Service as a Cadet, and during his 32 yea rs ' service held va nous appointments, retiring in 1933 when Resident Councillor, Malacca, and Member of the Legislative and Executive Counci ls of the Straits Settlements. '~7

THE CANTUAR1AN their local connections. In this respect it is interesting to note remarks by Mr. . M. Young in his book" Victorian England- Portrait of An Age" :" ... A good country grammar-school, neither over-taught nor over-gamed, willi U University connection and a strong local backing, gave probably as sound an educoll,," as was to be had in England: such was the King's School at Canterbury, where Chil lI! Dickens looked wistfully through the gates at the boyhood he had never known, ,,,ul Tiverton and Ipswich and many more. They made good provision for the sons 01' I'" lower gentry, superior tradesmen and farmers, a sound stock and fertile in capacity. "

Some years ago the Sixth Form, in a letter to this magazine, urged the re-adopl hJl, of the old Title of "Canterbury School, ,., reminding the. editors that the conne -11,," with Canterbury had existed for 900 years before the present Title was assumed. Th lI ~ h we hope that it will always remain the" !(jng's School," it would be well to remcml., our link with Canterbury and Kent, and to bear in mind that at the time when the Schlll,1 will be returning to the city, it cannot hope to hold the England-wide attraction wh l 'lI II possesses at the moment. If the King 's School were to concentrate on establish II itSelf as the premier school in Kent, it might preserve both its form and its repulnl l,," The stock in Kent is as good as can be found in any county, and the popularity or I", School in Canterbury can be seen from the welcome accorded to those who return -d I", the Archbishop's Enthronement. With such opportunities it should not be dilllt-Jl II to establish the School in Kent as Oundle has done in Suffolk, and to ensure that whul ever may happen to the Public Schools system as a whole, the King 's School, Canlerh lJl \ may remain unaltered. Yours faithfully, O.K.S.

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The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contempOrl1J II and apologise for any mistakes or omissions :The Bradfield College Chronicle, The Bryanstoll Saga, The Cholmelian, The Elizabo/hll" The Glenalmond Chronicle, The Gresham, The Haileyburiall, Kelly College Chron"'. The Lancing College Magazine, The Leys Fortnightly, The Lorellonian, The Mar/blll /"" The Meteor, The Middlesex Hospital Journal, The Ousel, The Radleian, The Rep/un/"" The St. Edward's School Chronicle, The Stonyhurst Magazine, The Sutton Valence S!'!" ,,,/ Magazine .

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