The Cantuarian December 1944 - December 1945 by OKS Association

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THE CANTUARIAN DECEMBER, 1944.

VOL. XX No. l.

EDITORIAL This has been rather a sad term for us, for the School has lost two of its oldest and The late Archbishop Temple had always taken a great interest in the ohool 's activities and weli-being and it had been our hope to have had him living in our ",Idsl on our return to Canterbury. But this, unhappily, was not to be. H is sudden 01 1111 unexpected death removed a great leader from the Church of England and an underillild ing patron from the School. In many ways the death of Lord Justice Luxmoore was an even grealer blow. H im, II' a distinguished O.K .S., a Governor of the School, a liberal benefactor and a valued Iii nd it is difficult to imagine the School without his continued and beneficient interest. We print obituary notices of the Archbishop by the Dean of Canterbury and Bishop IIlIvid and of Lord Justice Luxmoore, by the Lord Chief Just ice of England, Vi scount I II ldccote. #

hI' I friends.

E D IT O RIAL N O TES The School sent its congratulations to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery on weli-deserved promotion. Sir Bernard, in his reply to the Captain of the School, ' Ilrcssed a desire to re-visit the School after he had fini shed his present rather busy o",'upation of defeating the Germans. Sir Bernard has also accepted the Freedom of Ih 'ity of Canterbury. hl ~

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We welcome Mr. G. H. Bailey, of St. John 's Coliege, Cambridge, the Reverend II . Oettenson, Scholar of Oriel Coliege, Oxford and Mr. H. M. Twisleton, ·of St. I "Ihcrine's College, Cambridge, who have joined the staff this term . Our grateful thanks are due to Mr. R. Juckes, Headmaster of the J Ullior School, loll Ihe many years he has spent coaching successive Rugger XV's with such conspicuous I I I'~CSS. His place as coach has now been taken by Mr. Bailey.

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THE MOST REV EREND WIL~IAM TEMPLE, D.O. LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY 1942- 44.

THE CANTUARTAN

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Readers of Tile Canfual'ian will be inter t d h two Ca rols wi th musica l settings by Dr W e~ e P tOfi f~r t~~ No vellas ha ve juSI pulll! II Lullaby" (XVII century words) a nd ,, 'A i k ' as e ' " ey are " Our Blessed 1 ,,1 Dr. Pasfie ld also gave a lecture-Recitals d ept ~tCh (words by the Rev. J. V. 111111 Music. This was to the C~rnwall AssoC'al~rlngf Oo ven~ber on Modern EngliSh (), . 1 Ion 0

rgal1l9ts and at their invita lion.

Mr. A. M. Olsson is to be*co t* i t d * . '" in the town. He is its Han Secreta~~r:n~ ~ . onJ,eif, ~g to form a St. Auslcli S", I . intention of Ihe Society is 'to foster the . aJar . . et erick, M.P., its Presidenl , I I,

c~~lIn.uJ1l~Y S PlrJ~, to promote intercSI 1/1 II· . lectures, C.E.M.A. concerts and held ~gr~~n ICClcatlOIl for Its members. It has !lfl llll I

and na tional affai rs and pro vide inteir

helped in these pleasant and useful activitie:. Trusts.

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Several members of the slll il h"

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The School is most grateful to Mr H L many generous gifts with the loan of a' . . Kirb~ Johnson, who has add ed III ,,1 Parry. superb electncal amplifying apparatus Iii, 110

* on '"winni *th J *. We congratulate M J Gordon (under 16) of Great Brit.-in for the year 1944. ng e Ullior Lawn Tennis ChamplU il hll '" on w'* . h'" L '" We congratulate the Grange presented to the Captain of Grange by'f~IIlA t ; uxmoore Trophy. The troph y , December 13th. e ea master at the End of Term SUPJlI' I I . * The School owes a debt to *Mess rs *A M 0*1 charge of th e Scho ol con tingent of t h~ H' . G ss o~ and F. G. M o ntgomery " " III ' I" and B. G. K edge for organizing the SCho~r~~ T. ~~ r and to Messrs. A. D. Macdutilil I

THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head

Captain of Ihe School : A. R. T. of School House of The Grange .. . of Walpole ... of Meister Omers

STUA~T D. K. JOHNSON A. R . T. STUART J . C. B. COLEMA N P. POLLAK

MONITORSA. R. T. STUART, P. POLLAK D K JOH N M WEST, F. A. MIDDLETON J ' C ' B . COLE SON, M' AC' S. 1!URG ESS, S. B. NICHOLS, II I AN , , . . . C J MW . ORKREY, G . A. J. CULvBlI-i'v A . . ATSON School House:

HOUSE PREFECTSD. E. BINSTED, J. H . BLOOMBERG e. Mc K C KNELLER.

The Grange : Walpole House:

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t{. ~ GgRDON, K. H. M. JOHNSEN, G. P . MCMuL~I N

. ' . ARSON, J. DE F. E NDERBY, P. H. HONOUIt' LA NHAM, S. C. MAPLETHORP, J. H. SAWTELL. '

THE CANTUARTAN Meister Omers :

J. A. CUSHMAN, J. K. EOOUTT, G. A. GORDON, D. M. LONG, D. G. S. SIMPSON. Captain of Rugby Football M. CORKREY Captain of Tenni s } M. J. GORDON Captain of Squash Rackets ... EDJTORS OF " THE C ANTUA RIAN " -

A. R. T. STUART, M. A. S. BURGESS HON. S EC. OF "THE CANTUARIAN " -

A. A. KNELLER

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G. L. ACKERS-Entered School, Sept., '40; King' s Schola r ; Walpole House House Prefect, Ma y, '43; School Monitor and Head of Walpole HouseÂ·, May, '44; Upper VI; 2nd XV, '43; 2nd and 1st Cricket, '43 and '44; Captain of Cricket, '43, '44; 1st Association F ootball, '44; Certificate "A" and L/Cp!. , '43. P. A. BARTLETT-Entered School, April, '40; Certificate" A" and L/Cp!. , '43 ; Corporal, '44. l. R. B. BELSHAM-Entered School, Sept., '40; King' s Scholar; Walpole House House Prefect, Sept., '43; Upper VI; 2nd XV Rugger; Certificate "A" Nov., '42; Sergeant, May, '43; A. T. C. Sergeant, May, '44. R. S. BREALY-Entered School, April, '40; School H,ouse House Prefect, Sept., '43 ; School Monitor and Head of House, Summer, '44 ; 2nd Cricket, '42; 1st Cricket, '43, '44; 2nd Rugger, '42; 1st Rugger, '43; 2nd H ockey, '44 ; Certificate "A," Nov., '42; Sergeant, Jan ., '44. M. CARNES-Entered School, Sept., '40 ; Meister Diners House Prefect, May, '44; Certificate "A," Nov., '42; Corporal, March, '44; J. C. COURy- Entered School, Jan., '40; Meister Omers House Prefect, Easter, '43 ; 1st Rugger, '43, '44; Vice-Captain of Rugger, '44; 1st Hockey, '43, '44; 2nd Athletics, '44; Swimming, '44'; Captain of Squash, '43, '44 ; Certificate "A, " Dec., '41; C.S.M., '43- '44. J. F . DALRYMPLE- Entered School, April, '40; Grange House Prefect, July, '43; School Monitor a nd Captain of the School, Sept. , '43; Upper VI; 2nd Athletics, '43; 1st Ath letics, '44 ; 2nd Rugger, '44; A.T.e. L/Cp\., '43 ; J.T.C. Cert. " A" and Corporal; Han. Sec. Walpole and Marlowe Societies; Vice-President Debating Society; Editor of The Cantuariall. P. S. W. DAw-Entered School, April, '40; School House House Prefect, Jan., '44; School Monitor, May, '44; Certificate "A" and L/Cp!. , March, '43; Assistant Librarian. J. E. DOWNES-Entered School, Jan., '40; School House House Prefecl, '44; Certificate " A," Nov., '42; Corporal, Summer, '44. W. G. C. FERRIs-Entered School, Sept., '40; Han. King's Scholar ; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '43; Tennis VI ; Certificate "A " and L/Cp!. , Summer, '43.

THE CANTUARIAN J. M. LAMPARD-Entered School, April, '40; Grange House House Prefect, SIIIII III '43; School Mon itor, Sept., '44; 1st Rugger, '42, '43, '44; 2nd Athleti<" , II 1st Athletics, '43, '44; 1st XI Soccer, '43, '44; Captain of Soccer, '44 : 1111 I Hockey; Han. Sec. Rugger, '43 ; Tennis VI, '43, '44 ; Certificate " A " Mill' I '42; Sergeant, Jan., '44. M. H. A. LOVATT- Entered School , Sept., '40; School House House Prefect, '11111 111 I '44; 1st Rugger, '43, '44 ; 1st Soccer, '44; 2nd Athletics, '42, '43, '44 ; I , " " A ," Summer, '42; Corpora l, Summer, '44.

D. G. B. Mc IvOR-Entered Scbool, Sept. , '40; School House House Prefect, S""IIII I '44; Certificate "A" and L/C p!., Jan. , '43. M. T. MIDDLETON-EvANs-E ntered School , April, '40; Meister Omers House 1', Ii I Summer, '43; School Monitor, L ent, '44 ;. Head of Meister Omers, SUIIII!!

'44; 1st Athletics, '43; Certificate " A,"; Sergea nt, Jul y, '42 ; Han . Sec, ( 111'" C. S. PtTCHER--Enlered School, Sept., '40; G ra nge House Prefect, Sept. , '43 ; 'III Rugger; Certificate " A " and L/Cp!., March, '43; Upper VI. J. P. RtCHARDsoN-Entered School, Jan., '41; Grange House Prefect, Sepl " II A.T.C., Sergeant, March, '44 ; Upper VI; Han. Sec. Music Club. SAO HSENG ONG--Entered School, Sept., '38; Walpole House House Prefe I, 1"11 '43 ; Certificate " A, , . June, '42 ; Sergea nt, Sept., '43.

J. P. B. SHEPHERD-Entered School, Jan., '39; Grange House Prefect, March, II 1st Athletics, . '42, '43, '44 ; Captain of Athletics, '43, '44 ; Cert ifieat ' Jul y, '43. M. H. SMITHERs-Entered School, April, '40 ; Meister Omers House Prefect, 5"'1111' '44 ; 2nd Rugger, '42 ; 1st Ru gger, '43, '44 ; 2nd Cricket, '43, '44 ; 1st S", '43, '44; Certificate "A, " Nov., '42; Sergeant, Summer, '44. P. C. STEEL-Entered School, Sept., '40; Grange House Prefect, July, '43 ; HI I"" I Monitor, Sept., '43 ; Cert. " A " and L/C p!. , Sept. , '43; Chapel Manit r, D. M. WRIGHT-Entered School, Sept., .'40; Meister Omers House Prefect, MII Y, II Certificate " A ," March, '43 ; Corporal, Jan. , '44.

SALVETE P. A. B. Ainsworth, J. G. Allan, F. A. Allinson, N. Barto n, P. C. F. Bass II , I Brown, A. W. Burtwell, J. S. Butler, S. N. Cartwright, C. A. Charlton, J. L. Cunni" 1,,, D. L. Dela hay-Jones, J. C. Delahay-Jones, M. N. Devonshire, C. R. D ouet, P. J . I'll , "II P .. G. S. Ellis, A. K. Ewin, J. H. F. G oodburn , M. J. Hadley, C. H . C. Hallcwdl , I' I Hmton, E. H. Hockly, W. S. Hogg, D . B. Holden, J. Joseph, B. E. S. Knight , M II Lambert, F . C. J. Leach, I. E. Lush, R. G. B. M cCall, C. B. Manning-Press, 0 , " I Morgan, B. K . Newton, M. J. S. No rma n, R. A. Nowell, C. F. Porter, O. II. 11111101 G. A. Robhn, T. S. B. Roseveare, J. M . Rothery, C. C. Sherlock, J. P. M. Shill' " W. J. Simcott, R. J. Soul, J. A. G. Stonehouse, R. M. Streeton, K. G . T. Stullrl , II I Taylor, R. E. Tidy, J. A. Twiseiton, D. L.. Waller, J. M. Watt, R. G. White, D. A, Will

VALETE D. H. Apps, B. P. Chadwick, N. J. Flower, J. A. S. Langston, M. J. Lester, It, MII'" D. P. C. Platt, J. D. Slimming, W. B. Steele, J. D. E. Watts. 6

TH E CANTUARIAN

WILLIAM TEMPLE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1942-44 BY THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY A great Archbishop, an accomplished scholar, a profound philosopher, a sociologist IIf sympathy and wide understanding, a convinced oecumenicaUy-minded Churchman, lind a humble disciple of Jesus Christ, has passed from our midst.

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It is three decades since many of us recognised that William Temple was marked for the highest office in the Anglican Church. His intellect, his grasp of Christian prin"iple, his strong Socialist creed, his bold utterance, his evangelistic zea l and simple piety placed him in a class by himself. No Prime Minister, whatever his personal feelings might have been, could ha ve passed him by. Manchester had provided Temple with Âˇa fitting stepping-stone for York and ('n nterbury, and though I had had personal contact with him on earlier occasions and III many causes, it was in the Nort hern Metropolis that I was first privileged to work with him, and under him, he as Bishop and I as Dean. Life in Manchester was intensely full and intensely happy. A large a nd exacting I)iocese demanded the major part of his time and energy, and though as was customary III Manchester, he left the ministration of the Civic side of the City life to the Dean, his tO uch with the social, commercial and industrial life of Lancashire was close and his IIttcrances weighty and fearless. The same was true of his life a nd work as Archbishop IIr York. From first to last he was convinced that thy Church had a responsibility for, lind an interest in, every aspect of human life; he was opposed to the fal se spirituality wh ich looked away from the here and now to the there and the future. " The doctrine Ih nt the Church waS concerned with another world was entirely modern," he urged " nnd extremely questionable." To Canterbury, to Kent and to the great life of London he brought tlie dpe exper"ience and the mature wisdom of many years and many activities, other than Ihose of more narrowly Anglican Church interests. The Workers' Educational Association with its immense influence on adult education, on University tutorial lines, unlisted his energies, a nd gave him as much as it received. For, in the W.E.A. he dis,'overed the intellectual quality of the miners and weavers of La ncashire.

In the world of wider religious o rganisation his sympathies ranged far. His I hnmpionship of the oecumenical mo vement for the union of the Churches brought him Into contact with the most diverse elements of the Christian Church, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican. To his originating brain and organising ability we owe the Life and Liberty Movenlll nt and the Church Assembly. Temple's interest in social questions, which he always related to the Christian faith, II l1d his outspoken pronouncements concerning them, brought him criticisms from many, hilt trust and affection from far more. To his passion for nature, perhaps; as well as to his simple personal devotion to iI'<us Christ he owes that ~erenity which was probably his most distinctive characteristic. No pleasure was greater to him than to ramble over hills and dales. When I was preachIII~ one Whit Sunday of the Holy Spirit as the spirit of all life, from the swelling buds 7

'tHE CANTUARIA N of early spring to its deeper manifestations in the lives of men,. a nd enlarging o n 1111 I surge of life in the fields and forests of Whitsuntide, Temple said afterwards in th VI' II â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ You made me pant for the primroses and larches of Westmorland. " Temple had a passion for Lakeland. He loved the everlasting hills, and drew iii I draughts there from the wells of GOD. That is probably why he was never hUI'1 I'll I , rattled , never lost his temper, and never said an unkind word.

His humour was outstanding, his laugbter notorious, and the stories tolel 111111111 , himself amused him as much as us.

For in stance, as he was always stout, he

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his boyhood up, the butt of many jokes. As a somewhat bulky youngster ut I( II ~" a special short-cut was discovered by him to save exertion in the compulSOI Y !lh matutina l runs. It has been appropriately named after hi'm. III his episcopill (IllY " once shook a country house breakfast table with his laught'er as he read oul II III returned local laundry-book the entry: " To one bell-tent 2s. 6d. " and disctlvlll I that it referred to his own rochet. Archbishop Temple 's interest in the Cathedral, the King 's School and the PI!' ."" I in general missed no point;

his lo ve for th em spared no care.

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saw the Kin g 's School at Canterbury during his Archi-episcopate and of th ' 1111 ,III ge neration of boys only rew ever had the privilege of seeing him, and that on ly Iii III Enthronement. But, behind the scenes he acted as a wise Counsellor and a tru o 11 II 1111 He was always ready to help ; a nd his help was always substantial and effecli ve. The beauty and order of our worship was his deep concern, and to it he adeled "III of 'his own distinclive touches. To give one smail instance. He always admin '-II I I the elements at the Holy Communion slowly and solemnly and with full repclll "Ii ' the words of administration to each recipient. His own mind, moved by the de ~ I III fica nee of thi s crucial service, at its most crucial moment, lingered, as it were, in un

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Communion in the very presence of GOD, with each Communicant as he them before passing on.

THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY BY THE RIGHT REV. A. A. DAVID, D.O., formerly Headmaster of Rugby and Bishop of LiVe/pool. 1 can add but little to what has been already written and spoken abo ul WIII I,II Temple. But, as a friend of his from Schooldays onward I gladly contribul I" I ' Cantuariall a very few o f the impressions he made on me, which have counted

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in my life. 1 was his tutor at Rugby. There he was at once recognised as SIl II " Ihll of a prodigy. But he was not " precocious." He was eager to learn and kn!l\\ I think for himself,. but no one thought of him as bookish, or self-centred or OPI1I '. 1 I pious.

His interests in scholarship and literature and religion grew quite natUl ull ,(

by side with his share in the other and lighter interests of life in House and SchOOl h'l that life, and the wider life that followed , he brought the kind of good hUIllOl1! II III carried him and others over many an awkward situation. His jolly laugh, wil l, It I since become famou s, with never a touch of bitterness in it, swept away

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resentments before they could develop into animosities, and that all the 111 (11 1 I <I II because he could laugh at himself. He became a deep and original thinker in phil l"" I,II

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JUSTICE LUXMOORE, P .C.

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III lI y the philosophy of religion. But he was no mere 'intellectuaL" He applied ,ullvictions to the who le range of human life, and he had an amazing capacity for 11I1'" ing the profoundest truths in simple speech, gracefu l and fiuent, with a ll his 1111 IIces finished, and never a superfluous word . I once heard him int roduced to an ,11t'lIce as one who could speak on any subject at any notice and for a ny length of time! 'I WI!' one of those rare people who not only sympathise with " the young," but rea ll y .. d"l sllInd them, and he was a life-long champion of the" underdog. "

lI ud it been possible for the Scbool to remain in Ca nter bury, its members would , II Ihe ricber for personal know ledge of so great a man. They would realise afresh 1\'- huma n greatness can be rooted in the simplest childlike faith in Christ and devot ion , III, cause. And I think they wo uld bave understood the words which begin one of ,.. I.!b utes paid to him- " What a dear he was! ..

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FAIRFAX

LUXMOORE,

LORD JUSTICE OF APPEAL,

(1889-93) D'ED 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1944. I, is but some two years ago tbat an article on Lord Justice Luxmoore was pub, IlI'd in The Cantuarian. This was occasioned by a visit he had pa id to the School, ,,,llhe presentation, by him, of the Luxmoore Cha llenge Trophy for the best all-round IIIIII ~C. Little did we think that we should never see him more; never again would he .I,I,ess the School as he did in that summer- j ust simply, with no masters or visito rs .II'lt , an Old Boy sbowing the present boys his love for the School and the priceless it was to him and would be to them. Now he has go ne a nd the rest of us must live the more nobly, work the '"". zealo usly, for the School's sake-which is also the sake of all our fellow-men'"lIwing that' Lux' is among that great" Clo ud of Witnesses" watchin'g us play our I II In this our moment of time. It is not for this brief and unworthy accoun t of him to enlarge on his splendid """. At School he was a member of the Sixth Form, of the XI and the V lind a Monitor; he went from thence to Jesus College, Cambridge; be did mo re 1,111 IIny one man to pUl that College into its strong position; not a game or athletic II vily in which he did not receive (and we may be well assured, fully earn) College 1st , "I"'lfs-and this was a record, and of all his athletic triumphs that of which he was most as he told me; he gained his Rugger Blue, and after that p layed for England ,Âˇ,,,1 times, besides playing regularly for Richmond . He was a first-rate wicket-keeper, ,,,I played for Middlesex 2nd XI besides constantly appearing for It is not generally known-and I have this on his own aut hority- that while he was , Ihe Bar he could have kept wicket for Middlesex, but it meant his work must suffer, ,,,I he chose his work-<;haracteristic of him. At the Chancery Bar he soon made his Hie, und had a vast amount of work. In those busy days he went to bed at 9, and rose , 1'1.111. to his briefs . In 1919 he " took silk" and had perhaps more work than any on that side of the Law, " dominating" the Co urt in which he pleaded, as an hll'lIIry notice in a legal journal has recently said. That he should become a Judge was I,"egone conclusion, and this promotion occurred in 1929, to be followed by his I ' ''l ion to the Court of Appeal in 1938,

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THE CANTUARIAN The writer of this article is not able to estimate his qualities as a lawyer. 11 11 111111 page the Lord Chief Justice of England fittingly expresses a lawyer 's view. 13111 III a very sound, shrewd lawyer-possessing the ability to see into the merits of a Ct" .' that clear gaze that belongs to a man who is himself, as Lux was, the soul of upri r, ill lIl

honour and truth. His judgments must ever have been just. I remember cilil I II, year IllS telling me that he had given a dissenting judgment in six or seven (1 fOI'gl'l will ' Appeal cases, and that in each case his decision had been upheld in the House ul 1", ' To the House of Lords he himself should have been promoted early this year, hili . "I he had had a heart attack two or three weeks before in the Court of Appeal, and Ani III" . felt that his health was too precarious. But it is certain that, had he lived, he wnilid II bccn elevated to the peerage, not only for his honourable career in the lega l prot. I but also as a token of the Government 's esteem for his Report on Agricultural I!tlill ,,110 published by EI.M . Stationery Office in 1943 ; a lengthy document, the resull "I I years' thorough study, which has been accepted almost in its entirety to be pu ,, 01 III' Law. H!s death, though occurring thus sudd enly, came not as a complete su'I" I those who knew and loved him. Up to the ou tbreak .of war he had been" 111110 hea rt y man-stron g and robust. The death of his elder son in Novemilt", I ' followed in 1940 by that of Corrie, his second and on ly other sdn, proved IOu , bl ow to be wllhstood WIthout cost. HIS heart was affected, his pulse, bl o ~ I'" and temperature fell to appalling lowness, and he became subject to hcarl 11111 Yet WIthal, he never showed his grief; but whether in Court or Club or clNew h, I business or society, sheer grand courage kept from the eyes of all but ~ few Ih II" that gnawed at his heart and wou ld not be dimmed. Courage was in these III I an outstanding mark of his character. He might grieve, but you should n I. III and heart wer~ sti ll as open as ever to the trials, vexations and problems of Ol ll t' l I he wa~ made tor fncndshlp . That was another great mark of his character- th" III I" for Fnendshlp; fnendshlp, the baSIS of our .a ssu rance of the reality of GOD '~ III ~ thlllk Professor John McMurry regards it. He was your Friend-and whell Villi that, ,t meant that there was nothing on earth Lux wou ld not do 1'0 11 your difficulties were his, yo ur sorrows his, and so were your joys. When you 11111 III' be It by chance or by arrangement-his reception of you was such as to mllkt' Villi ' you were the one person he reall y wanted; and it was so. I have neve r kl1111111 frien;dship ; it ~as Ilt?t given-it was poured out, lavished on you-and alllon ~ precIOus possessIOns IS the letter in which he asked for my friendship . Olll ~ held firm-and surely, holds still. More than once he wrote to me that h WII II

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Therefore, whether you consider him as an athlete as a lawyer as a fri Ill . I is no spot or blemish to be found . He was a good mal;, greatly good, for 'he II pl'l . shone through hIS countenance and enlightened the lives of so very man y WII 1111 I of Heaven. No doubt whatever about that. Humbly and devoutly he believ 'tl III I" " and the life that he li ved he lived in the power of GOD -a life of love. . . As these words are written to be read primarily by the boys of The KIII X' • . I· ItlS fit to POlOt out that this man whom we loved and honoured, suffered nOlhili KII' hi hIS duty. The word he would have spelt with a capital D. Everything thllL I.,,, III· I took was Duty and therefo re sacred; whether it was in far-past days to mil kl " XI for Jesus College wit h six Rugger men, or to win his client's case, or to SlY 11111 .. 10

• THE CANTUARTAN 101 his Court, or to study the current methods of Agricultura l Education, o r 10 advance the well-being of K.S.C.-whatever it was, he gave himself unstintingly. .. Whatsoever Ihy hand findeth thee to do, do it with thy might." A man is known by his fruits-so " lid the Master of us all. One of the first fruit s of his life was to do thoroughly what WIIS his to do. It seems to me not the least extravagant to say that all the other New I ·stament "fruits of the Spirit" were his.

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re truly loving? Joy-why he enlivened the hearts of a ll. Peace-were not the wra nglings of many a Committee stilled by him? Long-suffering- he did not know what it was to harbour a grudge or mean thought. Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, I'litience-yes, they are a ll there and co uld be ric hl y exemplified. The grandest th ing wo uld be for the boys of his School to follow in the steps of Fairfax Luxmo ore. .. A

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white man."

There is an ocean depth of meaning in that phra se.

praise, which I have heard him attribute to this man a nd that. lIud goodness sh ining through that none could fail to mark.

it was his highest

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Here must end my tribute to him-less [could not write; far more and far worthier Ihe subject demands. But what I have written is true, true of a true man. GOD rest his loving soul. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE (the Rt. Hon. Visco unt Caldecote) writes :The death of Lord Justice Luxmoo re came as a great shock to all who knew him; I had almost said to all his friends, but everybody who knew him was, in greater or less Illcasure, Luxmoore's friend.

1 first knew him at Cambridge. He and I were of the same year, though of different ( ·olleges. I met him on the football field where he greatly distinguished himself. He WIIS a hard-working, thrusting forward in the days when forward play was the foundation IIf a good side. He belonged to the class of li vely active players with fo rmidable shoulders lind endless energy. His selection to play for Engla nd on two occasions was the highwater mark of his achievements in the playing-field. Good temper and fair play disIlnguished him in that arena as it did afterwards in other fields. Lux, as we all called him, chose the law for his profession. He had not sought ncademic honours in his university career and perhaps, rather to the surprise of those who knew him in after years, when they first heard it, he only took a Pass Degree. That he had not wasted his time or spent it merely on games was shown by his almost immediate ! lIccess. He was fortunate in finding a place in the chambers of a distinguished member Ill' the Chancery Bar who afterwards became Lord Chancellor (Mr. Cave, as he then was) li nd Lux took his opportunity with both hands. He met in these chambers solicitors ,)f the highest repute and with a great deal of work, and Luxmoore secured the confidence ,)f a great many of them. Not many years passed before he became one of the busiest uf the younger men on the Chancery side. If I were to be asked what [ thought was the • 'cret of his rather surprising success I think 1 should say that it was his capacity for Ihoroughness and hard work as well as natural intelligence of a high o rder. He was not uver-acute so as to incline him to waste time in splitting hairs and the last thin g he would ha ye claimed for himself was great learning, but he saw into a case as far as most people. 110 was an admirable judge of a good point and he was able to put the point with clarity IIlId crispness. T need hardly say to those who knew him how much these qualities were reinforced by his great commonsense. tl

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His Success was such, as to lead to his appointment as a King's Cou nsel art ~I I I or fifteen yea rs of b~sy hfe as a Chancery Junior. Ten yea rs later he beellill II 111,1 and the same

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He showed unfailing co urtes~ to all who appea red before him and even fo r inex nl1l h I"

men to wh om an argument 1Il co urt !nlght ha ve been an ordeal Lu xmoore 11 'W I " moment made the experience anything but agreeable. A n othe~ ten years snw hllll

the Court of Appeal a nd the testimo ny of a ll his colleag ues a nd of all who appell l' 'II ii, 10 hun w~s such as t~ establish his reputation as a patient, experienced and wi <::o 1111 1111 of that Impo rta nt tnbu nal. .

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th.ought It. co uld be. wrong to ~ive full expression to a view which appealed to h llll , III wlth.sta l~dlng the dissent of hiS colleagues. More than oncc, in recent yea l's, II I ,II

sentlng Judgment was approved in the House of Lords.

All this may be of li tt!e interest to th ose who are not lawyers, btlt Lux WU It II human ~reature. H.e retamed the men;ories of his school and uni versit y dU YIII II great reh sh and to hiS old school, to whIch he devoted so much of his energy, hI' II I great fnend a nd a va lued co unsellor. In addition to his judicia l work, LU XIl10<l 11' lit tllne to time, ~nder took other tasks, ,He l atel y . c~ rri ed out al: important inqu lt v t mad.e a va luable report on a matter which the MlIllster fo r Agrrculture asked h ill l It t I vestl gate. The yea rs of the war were full of sad ness fo r him. He lost his tWIt tit but he never brooded over hlS bereavements and he wo uld speak cheerfull y and 1" 1"1011 of the gallan try of his boys. His health ceased, in his la tter da ys, to be as robl'" I had been th rougho ut hlS hfe. Although fro m ti me to ti me he was o bl iged, !'I IIIII III health, dunn g the last two or three yea rs, to a bsent himself fro m his jud ieial dut le'tl l not kn own outSIde a comparatively small clfcle when Illness overtook him. I d "Ill IIilit he had any l.lIuston as to the prospect of permanently overcoming this weakncl'Il4 11111 1 the end he died suddenly and, as [ have said, I th ink he knew this was bou nd 10 1111111 sooner or later. ,

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Lux w as. a loyal friend. H e al ways had a bright and cheerful word of grceliliU he met hiS fnends and the reward he won was their admiration and unstinted unh 11 1111 W.R. M. writes : . . It is .a great privilege to write a few lines abo ut o ur dea r friend who b CII II II ?lstlllgulsned. W~, were, contempor~ries for three ye~rs, As a boy he was kllll\~11 Manker brand, a I1lckna~ne den ved from the anunal used in advertizing /I 111 1 al tho ugh It was a po~r complIment to the boy's rat her fascinating appeara nce. I " when he, went to the VarsIty, he was known affectionately as " Lux" which /1(', II I explanati on, but, as he chaffingly remarked at olle of the O.K .S. dinners, ho IVII O Ihl ' transferred fro m one soa p to a nother. H is ea rly life was ra ther anomalo us. AI "I hIS hea lth forba de hlln to play foo tba ll, b ut when allowed to play he was in th ' \ I t~o seasons, was subsequently a Ca mbndge Rugger blue and an English In tCI'nlllllllt HIS football character (believed to be written by one of the Masters) in 1892 WII follows : , Played a ha rd ga me, but ra ther inclined to waste his energy by stru ggl!lI " I. Ii colla red, â&#x20AC;˘

TH EC ANTUAR[AN His cri cket attainments were not so grea t. In 1893 he was descri bed thus : " Poor bat : but kept wicket very creditably througho ut the seaso n " . He must have I 'en pretty good beca use he was as ked to keep wicket fo r Midd lesex. Much later In lI!'e he beca me President of the Kent County Cricket Club a nd was a fa mlhar fi gure Iii lhe Canterbury Cricket Week, where he a lways had a tent a nd provided hospitality a host of fr iends. One of the latest compli ments he received, and valued 11Ighly, WIIS to be elected o n the Committee of the M.C.C.

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Next , as to his schola rs hi p, he rose rap idl y in Ihe.school, ta ki ng nearly all the Form izes, entering the Sixth Form and becoming Ho use M.o,:i tor, but he was .never CaP.tam "I' the School and t.ook only a Pass Degree at. Cambridge, a fact which The Tunes II lI ri buted to his being absorbed at the time in athletic pursu its. I )t

In 1899 he was called to the Ba r by Lincoln 's Inn. If he had neglected his studies li t Ca mbridge he certainl y app lied himself most assiduously to his profession. He I)on became a very busy counsel owing to hi s hard work. nImble WIt and a ~ec ll o n ~ te p ·rso nality. Yet lie foun d time to be Ma yor of New Romney fo r ten yea rs, dUring. ~ lllC h p 'riod it fell to his lot to be Speaker of the Cinque Ports III 1925. ,[,n 19 19 h.e, took Ilk " and was in such demand that fo ur years later he became a speCial ,which lIleant that those who des ired his services had to pay 50 guineas over and a bove the ordin ary brief fee. [t need hardly be said that only ve ry eminent Counsel can ta ke this \'O Ul'se, His great success at the Bar was not me~ely th.e outcome ?f a b n l li ~ n t brall1 : h was also a most indefati ga ble worker, startlllg hlS labours Ill . ternH lme about II o'clock each morning. In the same year he was made a Be ncher of hIS Inn an d,~s such hud the delight of enterta ining his old H eadmaster, Dr. F ield , at o ne of the/f gra nd lIights " . In 1928, when I had the hono ur of presiding at the O. K.S. Dinner,. ! asked him to l'ome and " rot " myself for the entertainment of the you nger generatIOn : Lux complied very literall y a nd kept the company in fi ts of laughter lay ing bare wha t he called my " murky past" . In 1929 he was made a Judge of the Chancery Division. It was a most po pular II ppointment. Many appreciati o ns have appeared of his jud icial quali ties a nd in 1938 he was pro moted to the Court of Appeal Co mmittee and thus became a Lord JustIce ,If Appeal. In the mea nwhile he had been elected Chalflnan of the East Kent R~t/Og Appeal Committee, and in the yea r 193! Cha i r ~.an of the East Kent Qua rter SeSSIO ns, duties which he discharged with the greatest a b,hty. But he was ~ver-workll1 g hImself li nd his health made it imperati ve that he should give up some of his voluntary labo urs. lIVen then he presided over a Commi ttee of Post· wa r Agric ultural EducatIOn. ·Some yell rs ago, he became President of the O.K.S. ASSOCIatIOn, to which office he was reriected several times. In tha t capacit y he preSided at o ur annual dmners with hlS II ~c u stomed genia lity. His heart was giving out. He suffered the sor~ow of losing both his sons in the IVll r (they were charming fell ows), a nd fin ally he died very suddenly m Lo ndon after iltting in the Court of Appeal that very day. Lord JustICe Scott, the PreSIdent of tha t ( ' lIrt, pa id a moving tribute the next day in wlllch he referred to our old schoolfellow 118 " A very brave man, a very charming man, a very good lawyer, a man of deep sympathy who a ttracted the love of all who knew him well . He was helpful to everyone he came across, A grea t man has gone." . 13

THE CA NTUARIAN These are words of which every King's Scholar, whether past or prescnl , nlil\' be proud! Others will no doubt write of the immense work which Lu xmoore did for th\' ,It when he was appointed a member of our Governing Body, the appeal that ht' 111.,1 the money he collected and the immense reforms he accomplished. The object of this article is to pay a schoolfellow's tr ibute of aITc '1 1111 ad miration. The School in its long history has produced some eminent I flW~'1 whom Charles Abbott, Lord Tenterden (who became Lord Chief Justice of I lil"i,,, ' and Edward Thurlow, afterwa rds Lord T hu rlow (who became Lord Chane ,11111 I . notable examples. Luxmoore carried on the good work. He was a bsolutely 1111 I' by his high honours and had the happy co mbination of a big brai n and a hi/ III 1111 delightful in his home life as he was o n the Bench. This tribute would fall short if it did not mention that he was buoy tl II i' " sustained by the Divine Presence which enabled him to bear so bravely the lilt' II of his own life. In a most afrectionate leller of sympathy which lie wrote ill III' I said : "Thank God, you and [ ha ve learnt that this is not the end but the bt'~11I1I1 and after all there is the sure and certain hope of re-union." To that great tillY, ,I fri end, will I, in humble fa ith, look forwa rd to a renewal of our sweet fellows hll1

K.J.C. wrote in The Times : Lord Justice Luxmoore was gloriously happy in a nd near his home, Th I't II Bilsington, at all times of the year. He loved his gardens and woods, and knew 11 11 111, his plants and shr ubs and trees, cultivated or wild, as well as about the birds 11IHI Itllil flies a nd an imals of the countryside. He knew everyone in the village, the h,,~ , girls as well as ad ults: he loved them as they loved him , enterin g in to theil' ph , '" and sorrows. Thus perhaps he wo uld arrange the treasure hunt and the rll \l â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ tu g-of-war for the village children at their sum mer party in his ga rdens ; o r wII1I1,1 I pointin g out good eating" windfalls '.' to Scouts before their meeting at Th 1'1 It as he was doi ng the Saturday before his deat h. No r is his love for the viIi .. ,1 I It II to be forgotten. He was churchwarden, and on Sunday, September 23rd- hc ti lt d I days later-read the lessons at har vest th anksg iving.

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church, in small and big ways. At the beginning of this war he presented II '"111 van to the Y.M.C.A ., which has been in almost daily use by Lady Lu xmool \ I,ll I well-being of unusually isolated li ttle groups of soldiers, A constant procc .. III" soldiers of all ranks have received throughout the war a warm welcome from hitl' III I' Priory. Of all those who will miss him sad ly in many places, none can feel hi s h". III ' than those who have lived near him in the country, whether in large house r 1111111 cottage. His wide and generous Christian humanity was manifest in every look, ' III and word. THE TOMB OF HUBERT WALTER. Lord Justice Luxmoore o nce said he well remembered being present uN II 1'1 boy of perhaps eight or nine years at the opening of this tomb, It took pili" III II co urse of the morning in the presence of the Dean (Payne-Smith), Lux and hi. lilli, and one or two workmen. It would be about the year 1885, . Apparent ly It WI\ , known who lay there entom bed, and fo r some reason the question was to h \ IIII

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iii body was in perfect condit ion, clad in vestments, ring on finger, and

stafl~ as it were, III hund. Within a minute the whole body collapsed<i nto dust! The vestments, shoes, til lT. and rin g were removed, and ha ve ever since formed part of the Cathedral's freasures." At the time of his telling th is story the Judge was- and had been fo r

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years-the sole survivor of that morning 's experience.

HORATIO NELSON. As a small boy li ving ncar Herne Bay, Fairfax Luxmoore used to go and dig for Wllfms o n Reculver sands, He had a grea t friend in the person of an old fi sherman, whom he acco mpan ied on these wo rmin g expedi tio ns. The fisherman-aged a bo ut IIllIty then- had been a boy (ship's boy or powder-monkey) aboard H ,M,S. Victory, II lId had seen Nelson die after Trafalgar fight.

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY At the end of some experience it is perhaps good fo r mortals to wonder what they " You never, " said II IHlClitus, "step into the same river twice. " I am in that mood now, wondering whllt the School, what I personally, have to " lift up " from the day spent in Canterbury 1111 Ihe funeral of Archbishop Temple, Ihive done to make that one irrecoverable moment worth li ving.

The very name of Canterbury was, of course, magic-yes, still is. I had seel] "'IUres, I had seen-a film , I had read books about it, but all these things were images ; \ hlld never in my life seen the reality. And in that Friday " break" I was offered it. II was as though Shakespeare had walked in to the classroom wh ile I was doing ,. Macbeth " for School Certificate; as though I was the Lady of Shalott, leaving the 11I1t'for and ' rushing to the window to see. T he fare was over three guineas-a lot of III"ncy for my parents to pay for one day-but it would mean Canterbury and the funeral "I the best human hope of the Church of England, and I accepted. The next two periods I spent constructing a Canterbury timetable, Friday after1111"", Saturday and Sunday must have been very largely wasted in the excitement before lit Journey-a pleasant whirr which completely ru led out the prosaic prospect of next IIlIl lllcr 's Higher Certificate .. , .. . making preparations, cancelling them, making more, It ug home, checking time-tables, reading Dr. Temple 's obituary notices, talking, II ting, packing and then finally the train on Monday morning, I sbared a compartment with two other Scholars, an icy woman and a talkative III rican sailor just back from France. "Your people" he confided, "are great, hilt you haven ' t got much initiative. " We passed through the brown and deep gold "I the Autumn woods an d the fres h, dipping fields. " Les sanglots longs .. I remembered, " Des violons

De 1'automne Blessent mon coeur o 'un langueur Monotone ... ... " 15

THE CANTUARiAN We passed over Saltash Bridge, by the decent red soi l of Devon, by the SClI , II" "" EKeter, Taunton, Reading. The ""unlryside grew greyer with the day and il WII ~ II I"" dark when we reached Paddington- my first visit to London since Dunkil'~ , NI four years later, the sound of the Underground doors was to me as a cock- 'lOW I I a farmer's son returning from the town. At Cannon Street, we had a reserved compartment.

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immobility, our Canterbury Pilgrimage began, A.D . 1944, in an over-heated till " " all the blinds drawn. After we had changed at Faversham 1 was invited to piny 1''' I can't anyhow, but I was right in regarding poker on our last lap as so mehow iI'fl'il ~ .. And at last ...... the train stopped. I got out. Canterbury. I met a woman outside the station. ., 1 am glad the School's come back," she said. 4, Just like Peacetime II' " I 'm afraid it 's only for the Funeral," I replied. "What a pity!" l said yes, it was. I walked in the blackout to Latlergate. "I don't know how you ~" com panion remarked, . ' but there's something good about all this."

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I saw Bell Ha rry. [ walked along, fla shi ng my torch on that queer old engir lt I, I the City Wall, on the School Shop door, on the Grange, on the Cath~dral, deJiljil l .1 the whole th ing, a nd then a notice- " Lying in State "-sobered me with til II"", of him who lay dead in the Cathedral. At Latlergate J was not sorry to get a purely animal sensation out of th lit. the food, the Tudor prints alongside the Home G uard notices, the unfortull ull , demned to sleep on mattresses on the floor. After supper I walked by the cold, Iii 11'1 trees and houses of New Dover Road in search of my hostess. I hailed U Mii, thought I was a soldier and immediately vanished. Then I knocked up a CO It Ii • after mysterious sounds within, I was shown the way with a startled poW n\',~ hostess was a reall y delightful woman, mother of three O.K.S. a nd grancill1l1lh" another, who gave me Ovaltine, some interesting memories, a luxurious bed 111111 Tuesday morning, bacon, egg, toast and marmalade. I had to say goodbye to h I "h,· immediately after breakfast. At a quarter to ten we reported to the Headmaster at Prior Sellingega l<>, 11111 1 II, watched the School Monitors making their exits and their entrances in S U CCC~H V I of starched glory. Having warmed ourselves, we fe-emerged into the rainy illl ) went through the Dark Entry into the Cathedral. Ou tside the Treasury the O.K.S. Precentor made us welcome and re helll NI' 1i 10 the first Procession into the Quire, all bowing to Stuart as the Dean. Half tht • II" ' were grouped rou nd the Archbishop's velvet canopied throne, the other 111111 III gateway Opposile. We met Canon Macnutt and listened to the choir pra c li N hl ~ , we were introd uced to our Stewards. Mine was Sir Hugh Knatchbull-HuH'S""II , despite his name and his diplomatic eminence, proved a friendly, perfectly nlll" ",I'II 16

THE CANTUARIAN I then went to look over the School buildings- the much-drawn Norman Staircase, Ih ' much-mutilitated Green Court, what remains of the Dining Hall, Ihe new Classlooms, School HOllse, and my own house, the Grange, the Forrens and the Mint Yard. I he other buildings were a ll either locked or surveyed by unsympathetic sentries. At Iwolve [ queued in the rain, admired the ex-Parry British Restaurant and bolted a 1/6 Ili nch. Within twenty minutes I was in the Cathedral, handing out my first ServiceIIII'1ll by the South Door. Through that door flowed in a stream of Canterbury and of Britain, all come to hllno ur .. the People's Archbishop." One man told me he had come specially from IlIlIckpool; another that he represented the diocese of-and did the Press want his IUIIl1C? A very humble American private came up to one surpliced Scholar: "Say, huher, can I have a programme ?" When the Service-forms had run out, 1 escorted alas ! unrecognised dignitaries II Jllhe steps to the Quire, and then returned to the North-East transept. We waited 1111' Ihe Dean, bowed to him " like poppies in the wind, " and entered into the blinding Ilrlodlights by the Screen and so into the Quire. No one seemed to ha ve noticed that we 1",,1 processed at the wrong time and through no fau lt of ours, before the Dean made hi official entry-not even one reporter who described the " magenta-robed King 's " holars " entering in their appointed but not in their actual place. The journalistic mornl is to write up an event after it has occurred! T he Choir began the Funeral Service with a short hymn to the Holy Spirit and the 1h'II n very solemnly read the Sentences: " I am the resurrection and the life, saith the IlIrd ...... the Eternal God is thy refuge ...... neither life nor death ...... shall separate II fro m the love of God." Then the Choir sang the wonderful anthem: .. 0 Saviour .. I Ihe world, Who by Thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us: Save us and hol l> us, we humbly beseech Thee, 0 Lord," This thought was carried into the Psalm /)e Projundis," followed by the triumphant " Levav; Oculos ": " the Lord Himself I Illy keeper." Lord Lang read the Lesson, and few in the Quire were not moved by hi, old, gentle but still firm voice read ing those great words" For which cause we fa int !till , but though our outward man perish, our inward is renewed day by day." The People, now for the fi rst time joining in the Service, sang" The God of love IIIV shepherd is " and the whole Cathedral was filled with the hymn, as the perfume Âˇ,1 Ihe ointment filled the house when Mary had anointed our Lord. The Archbishop II ark read the prayers, . . For those whom we love and see no longer, " for the mourners (o il Illith and then for grace" to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living. " May the souls of the faithful ...... "; the last prayer was the Grace. " Tbe strife is 0 'er," thundered the bymn, " The Battie done, " now is tbe Victor 's triumph won ...... " 1111 fo ur Scholars, Gordon, Ebbutt, Honour and Cushma)1, removed the rich Pall from iiI> llier. While the Procession made ready the Choir sang the fifteenth century" God I, III my head and in my understanding ...... " and then we lined the central aisle of the !IV as the coffin passed by and out of the West Door. I laving repacked my surplice and mortar-board, I walked to St. Augustine's to "" I,t " clerical friend over tea. There 1 liste~ed for the serious thoughts beneath the 1"lItolÂˇ. "To-day" one parson told me, "we have buried the Church of England." 110 was in all truth, my boy," said another, " the Temple of the Spirit." 17

THE CANTUARIAN From St. Augustine 's I walked t G Id ' cultural delights, the art of browsing. a Af~~:' ~n ~ ~n~ pursued that most It II ,,1 cart In the rain to the house of the Re Ig ea In Lattergate I wenl hv as well as the painstaking Historian ~f ~e Escj;oO~dru.~,~ne of the oldest li vl ll ~ I I f asked me. .. Forty-eighl sir " " Poo r . 0, ; , ow many boys cum 'I' II interest in the School of t'he c'oal-ma n w parents . But If the parents had II II II railway fares tenfold. ho gave me the 11ft, they would hav II,d,1 I

I wandered back in the evening to the C h d I next see it. From there to Canterbury East toa~e t ra andd asked myself whell I _I" ," On the night train I dozed and read Fr '. IC ana an to the lth9.50 from I'll Idlll I draughty co rridor after Bristol a nd wato~d~, xel~g s~lSfied :V neither I stood II II then that at last I realised how dee I ce a ar en~ , movlllg England. Anll I and Sta te, how terribl y we wo ull :':u~~e hArchblShop s death ~ad impoverished ( It "' ahead, how black the religious scene a IS cOUlageous..wlSdom II1 the years 1'1 I II Christia nity, wh ich must grow da rker be'rbfce~~edd-the mld'"ght hour " of I II II e awn.

For over thirteen centuries the School h d . d' . I had that evening left. II remained a " l' t~1 remaln~, ~n the City ofCantcrhu , y "It I than one O. K.S. had reserved hi . ' e weary ut stead y and peaceful , MI at least was a bid ing. PThen in 19~Jat~~YI~~ the las~ war by remembering thai Ih," II and we were fiun g out to fi ght the sto rm .J!; C~~I ~rs ~f our castle were left tIi ," we have fail ed, and when we do a back t e, e 109 s School, ~ave foughl , till inevitably and as ullerly as the at~nosphere h~f~~e-t;r a~nosphere wIll have v" nl III I In the last resort h . a ues ay 10 October, 1944. sincerely say that C;nt~I~~,~e"c~,;;;:~acuatlOn has bee.n anything but a dead los , I obviously a great danger belo re the :.,.r~ my very htghest expectatIOns , but I h ' II society that was so quaint but in harsh reali/ the School becomlllg a clOIStered, HIIII"I" ' days. The evacuation let in light and . y, mre~ drea mlI1g away ItS already nUll' ''' I , its importance cannot yet full y be workeda~r tanb ""smell of the sea and the .. 111111 when it returns to Canterbury to build up '~ as given the School an OPPIIII ""II harmonising with our histori~al glories a~ renewe communtty, wIth the new bulldlll Cornish hotel we shall ha ve learnt that 'the i~~ s~mb?ls ~f a fr~~ vItality. Frulll I·' Spmt " and nOI of stone walls or t d " 00 IS In a truth a COmmunlQII III II

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1944

Waking up this morn ing in my Co' . h h • selves to the hideous zig-zag pattern of~~ a~;" ouse, my eyes slowly adjusl <i lh " that something was to happen to-d e wah' papel and I became slowly 0 11" "" school for the first time in six ea rs ~~dsomet Ing rather specIal. I was to vi II II· later, a pleasurable glow of anticipation c=~nl lay steanung m my bath, a few 'lllll'" "' be the same : they had moved to their C e ov~r ;re. Of COUl se, things could h,,"11 heard. As I wondered how many of the fdn~1S ncampment- a garish hot I, I II I the years and saw very man ha . o. aces [ would see al?ain,-I lookllli Ih, Hall, the noise of the First lleve~P,it Plc;ures . h S~"mer evenmg hght in the Sl rll ll~' I of the Cathedral, her pinnacles and t~~r!t~n It e. reen Court, th~ lengthening ~ltillh, settled behind St, Stephen 's. g oWlOg III changmg hnts as the su" III I 18

THE CANTUARIAN Finally rubbing my chin-I wondered what the H.M. would say a bout my beardbit thick to turn up after six years with a half-grown beard. Then, remembering he "lid once told me that 1 looked like a down-at-heel actor and probably always would,

I fell reassured. After a very Cornish journey, with all the usual halts, stops, doubling and appa rent I 'do ubling on one ' s tracks, I was deposited at the most beautiful little bay I have seen III Ihe course of my wandering round these coasts- Ca rlyon Bay. There was the school-an enormous modern building, perched on the very edge " I' Ihe cliffs, overlooking the sea. Healthy, no doubt, and beautifully situated too: but then fo r some reason, I thought of the Norman Stairway and I wondered if the little iron gate was still kept locked. Once inside the build ing, however, I experienced much the same sensations as on IIrst crossing the threshhold of Langley House. I felt like a new boy, all over again "lid rather timidly asked if I might see the Headmaster. I had arrived in the middle of Ilinch: of course, I would. Before being taken up to wait in the H.M. ' s study, catching II glimpse of the boys at lunch I remembered being surprised that they were all still In the school uniform, despite the vicissitudes of clothes rationing. It was not very long before the H.M. came up from lunch. We greeted each other. " Your beard suits you," he said, with the smile I remembered and I felt foolishly rei ieved. He has not changed much in six years. We talked, pored over old photographs Of General InsPections and Royal visits, and talked. So many of my contemporaries seem to have been killed. I was struck by his knowledge and vivid memories of them, li e told me-that some half-dozen of the old masters remained on the Staff and [ was subsequently delighted to meet them all again. My oid Housemaster; Mr. Groves, had become Headmaster of Campbell College, !lelfast and Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds now had Walpole House, where I had tea with them the same afternoon. More pleasant reminiscences. [saw some of the boys of Walpole, who seemed very like the ones that were there in my time. c.S.M. Marshall is looking as fit as ever and still presiding zealously over his sadly lepleted armoury. The corps, in battledress now, is still going strong. ." Remember when we wore breeches '/ " he said. [did. And then the evening in the H.M's house and the quiet charm of Mrs. Shirley. o

[ left next day, wishing I could have stayed longer to absorb a little more of the vital atmosphere of this " new-old " School, in its rather incongruouS surroundings. Its essential character has not changed; that much, I could see. It has remained the same precious stone that I remember so well : the setting is different, that is all. D. N. WILMAN.

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LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENT S SIR FREDE RI CK KEEBLE, C.B. E., D.Se ., F.R.S. On Sunday, 1st October, the School had the good fortune to be visit d hy 11 Frederick Keeble, wh om the Headmaster described in his introduction as bcinB 11111 the most eminent scientists of the day. . Sir, Frederick introduced his subject, humus, by quoting from Chaucer- frOIiI I I, KI1I/lht s Tale. He then described humus as being a thin film of va rying depth, 0 11 "h, acti vity depended the whole of life on this earth. This film we were told WII ' " III relentlessly destroyed by man, and the peacetime ra vages were worse than Ih os' \'1 111 I by war. As an example he mentioned the potential deserts of North Africa 111111 III those already formed in China, though here with the help of natural age ncies. Then Sir F rederick told us t hat the fertility of the soil ca ll be judged by its lis",1111111 a 9uahty whose presence' can be roughly determined by rubbing it 'in the hands, t /11' &011 IS composed of very mmu te particles, which because of their fineness giw II III property of retrulling water, and keeping itself in good heart. The presence 01' II t I, collOidal compl.ex? we were told! depends upon this water retention property : II, ~alcUlmlOn aSSlstmg matenall y 111 producing a good clay Colloidal complex, 11111 It IS he explamed that a calcium fertiliser is used o n a recently ploughed field. Sir Frederick then went on to tell us that the most beautiful part of the Sllll, I the for.matlOn of th~ humus itself. This action takes place on the compost hea p III "til' coII ectlO~ of decaY1l1g orga l1lc matter; a nd that here it is that the bacterin d l'~I III the rubbISh and form the humus. Sir Frederick summed up by mentioning an example of an antidote for P(111'1I1I I desola tl oll of the world, by telhng us that la nd should never be used with c nl lllllllil removal of crops and, without return, some artifi cial fertili zers; but that grass NIHIIII,I be. gro~n , a nd that when the la nd is ploughed the grass might rot and so repleni Ii II, 50 11

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LIEUTENA NT GENERAL SIR WILLIAM, DOBBLE, K.C.B., C. M.G ., I)

General Dobbie talked to the whole school on the contribution made by the islll llil I I Malta to thIS w a r. As a former Governor of Malta he was a ble to talk with 11111111'111 a bout hIS peflod of office which coincided with ti,e entry of Italy into the wa r IlIhl III award of the George Cross to the island. . First of all, h ~ Spoke of the wea k position of Malta in which she 'was ca uglo l ill II, beg1l1nmg of hosllhtles. The dISta nce from friendl y territo ry was a bout II thm",III,1 miles a nd the enemy m Italy were nearer tha n sixty miles. In time of a ir-raids 1.11111. wo uld be defenceless for there were no anti-Ai rcraft guns on the island . T he il1l ll1l1l garnson was composed of onl y four batta lions fo r no more could be spared. I' ~Ii" protectIOn was at first neghgen! for whereas Italian a il' strength was co nsld"lIlh" Ma lta possessed on ly four Gloster-Gladiator fi ghters. Yet thou~h the pos ition looked hopeless Malta and its people rema ined ulld 111 111 I The Ita han raids were mefl'ecllve for most of the bombs fell in the sea. The 1i1l""I", h~~ ,a distu.rbillg effect Oil ~h~ ra id~rs, but the italian communiques claimed Ih ll l I'h I mllttary object had been hit Includmg a coal mine- this intrigued the Ma lies 1111 Ih ISla nd cannot boast of such a mine.

THE C A N TUARTA N For one whole year the Italian Navy was never seen. However, when they made 1111 attempt with E-boats and one ma n torpedos the island outposts were ready a nd not IIlI e Italian entered or got away from the harbour. General Dobbie paid tribute' to Ihe alertness of the defences and described the voluminous Italian Order of the Day which was ludicrous. The speaker digressed for a few minutes at this juncture jÂˇn order In point out the similarity between the present Maltese people and their descendants who fought so heroica ll y aga inst H annibal. The Italia ns received the same hard treatlIIenl in 1940. Late in 1941, the Aircraft-carrier Illustrious fimped into Malta suffering from Ihe German di ve-bombers accuracy. Whilst in Malta, the Illustrious was spotted II~lI in and the bombing began, Damage to the ship was considerable a nd the Maltese I Ulisidered the problem with little hope. Nevertheless ma ny of the islanders met in the t 'lIl hedral for a short service and prayed for divine help. Afterwa rds the Germans II ll ered thei r tactics and the ship escaped damage for the next three days. On the fourth lilly- an an xious and long day it was too- the carrier steamed out from Malta towards ,Ii"xandria. Sir William Dobbie considered that to be a modern miracle. Much the '11111e happened to a cruiser of the Penelo pe class which was in the Malta dry dock being ~ paired. Her damage was so extensive that she was nicknamed the " pepperpot ., hil t she was repaired a nd made sea-worthy despite the dive-bombers who could not have hlld a better ta rget. General D obbie concluded by describing the new zes t for life added by the award IIr the George Cross. It fen to his lot to announce over the wireless that His Majesty Ihe King had been graciously pleased to award this distinction to the island as a whole. " 'ople were tremendously pleased a nd honoured by the precedence thus created. The ta lk a nd answers to our questions provided us with an enjoyable morning, We thank Sir William Dobbie for this, his second recent, visit to us. p, H. VOIGT, ESQ. On Monday, 16th of October, Mr. Voigt opened the season of the popular Monday Night at Eight series of talks to the sixth forms with a lecture on Spain. Mr. Voigt lillga n by decla ring that Spain was not a very popular subject, ma ny people had a wrong hlell of the Spanish Civi lisation and there was a general feeling tha t Spain was outside the current of European life. In spite of the fact that the Spaniards had often been " lI r enemies, they had great dignity, freedom and pride a nd a rea l sense of human values . Mr. Voigt then continued with an account of the climate and nature of the country, Ihe high mountains, the dusty atmosphere and the peculia r remoteness of the middle III hie-land which had helped to mould the curious Spa nish individualism, " The 'pnniard," Mr. Voigt declared, "always lives in the sight of Eternity." The speaker next proceeded to give an account of Spanish history. When the Moo rs had been finall y expeUed in 1492, the reconquest of Spain had been a great factor III building the Spanish cha racter, The Arabs who dwelt in South Spain were a sounding Âˇ h,)nrd where all Eastern Art reached its highest development, when the Arabs left many IIf their virtues disappeared, The speaker mentioned the discovery of the Americas, tlte remarkable aptitude for colonisation, and Spain's ardent zeal for Catholicism, he Ilcscribed the rather insecure method of government and read an amusing extract about II lIew gove~nor taking up office in the eighteenth century in a minor provincial town. ~1

THE CANTUARIAN ML Voigt said it was still not clear what popular feeling was like now in SPOIIl , h"l thought the Franco regime was not a permanent solution ; the country \Va \ "I .1,,1 progressive, he declared, but there was a strange feeling of timelessness in the old , 1',1111 , CItles.

After a few words upon some of Spain's great writers including crvnlll, , Lopez Da Vega who wrote 2,000 books and Spanish artists like Velasquez, (1.' ~1I , EI Grego, Mr. Voigt concluded with the hope that Spain and the Spanish 11111 "' would be studied more in the future as the Spaniards had many noble qU il l I" I Englishmen to admire. This enlightening and entertaining talk was greatly IIPIIII.I," by all, and we are very grateful to Mr. Voigt for a delightful lecture. R. S. STAFFORD, ESQ. The growth and organization of the B.B.e. is a subject upon which the pulli h I. only a vague and distorted idea, and so the speaker made it his endeavour 10 III ~hl us of the vast work and management that has gone to make the B.B.e. sin \", 1" " Mr. Stafford began by stating that the B.B.e. was still quite young, only comin ,.1 in November of last year. He emphasized the importance of radio as a weapon III which the B.B.C. had foreseen in 1940, in 1938 there was only one foreign b'"I11I, in Arabic, later Spanish and Portugese were added to counteract German bI(HI.I. I I to South America, at the outbreak of war there were IO lang uages and finall y nnw I" were 49 dIfferent languages. Mr. Stafford declared that in our foreign tranSli1 II, we had never said anything which was known to be untrue and this was now .' wlIIIII, us, although we had suffered such great difficulties in the hard months after Ih 1',,11111 of France. The speaker stressed the disadvantages the B.B.e. has suffered ,1 11, '" â&#x20AC;˘ the war, the shortage of staff, the necessary precautions agains t helping encmy lilt., 1 and the blitzes on London when Broadcasting House received a direct hit. III I,ll of two low-power transmitters at Rodenth and Plymouth, St. Austell, he sa id, Wllo II' , a good place for clear reception. But he praised the marvellous work of Ihe c lI ~III' . whom, he regretted, received very little credit. The Forces P rogram me, Mr. Stafford declared, was often criticized, bUI wlilli II is it having plays and classical music when life in the Forces is mainl y co n1l11 II 111,1 Background music was the essential and he emphatically maintained that the 11'(1111' .1 like swing and crooning. The public's idea of the sources of news bulletins was strange, he added, ,.., II. B.B.e. gets its material from exactly the same sources as the Press. Mr. Stan'llill I" . proceeded to discuss the future. The wavelengths, he said, would come back bill I" . would stilI be a staff shortage, television would become important, but it had IW.' .11 advantages, that it required concentrated attention and would be expensiv HI III since the actors instead of reading their parts would have to be rehearsed. The B.B.e. was not aloof, Mr. Stafford said, there was a Listener Research I )'1' ,II ment for finding out pubhc taste. He then read out a report of public op,nion 1111 II va rious va riety programmes of which Tommy Handley's lima headed the lisl I. Stafford finished up by s.t roSsing the immense responsibilities of the B.e.e.- to 11"' 101 entertainment and furnish education, he then asked for questions which I' rlll llllll, an exceUent lecture on a subject too little understood. 22

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THE ,CANTUARIAN D . STAINER, ESQ. Mr. Stainer who had chosen as his subject "Animal Painting," began by saying hat some modern" single-brows" affected to sneer at it, as an unowrthy branch of art. It was true that some of the animal painting of the Victorian era descended to the " pretty"etty " just as much that passed for modern art descended to, in his opinion, the lower / 'vel of the 'I clever-clever. , . When the pictorial qualities of beasts and birds, were considered- their exquisite bea uty of line, form, colour and action, and th eir intimate associat ion with landscape,

li nd with the activities of man throughout the ages-it was rather astonishing to find NO few really first-rate anima l painters The lecturer, whose keenest pleasure had always been associated with sce nes in which

nnimals played a part, unshamedly expressed his predilection for this branch of painting. It was possible to consider animals from all sorts of different points of view, the sentimental, the scien tific, th e sporting, and even the gastrono mic.

All these points

of view had had their influence in ma king bad pictures. When, however, the pictorial (IUalities of beasts and birds were fully and sensiti vely realised, and the subject was trea ted with painterly seriousness and skill, we had animal paintings that could rank with Ihe greatest masterpieces of all time. Mr. Stainer then showed, on the epidiascope, between fort y a nd fifty reproductions of great animal paintings, beginning with Constant Trogon 's masterpiece, .. Oxen going to work." In showi ng paintings of horses in action by Aime Morot, and E. Messonicer, the lecturer spoke of the difficulty of painting animals and birds in movement, nnd of the enormous amount of painstaking stud y undertaken by these and other artists, a thing too seldom realised by the general public, who talked far too glibly of artistic " gifts. " Of English painters of horses, the lecturer showed examples of the work of George Stubbs, John Fernley, Sir George Clansew, Mr. Stanhope, A Forbes, Miss Lucy Kemp Welch, and Mr. A. T. Mannings P.R.A. The lecturer then showed a number of fine paintings of cattle and sheep, notably by Constant Trogon, H, vo n Ziigel, Anton Mauve, Giovanni Legantini, Mr. Arnesky Brown, and Mr. R. I. Simpson. He had something to say about the convincing and artistic rendering of animals in flocks a nd herds. Slides of dogs, wild animals, and birds were then shown, with remarks about the treatment of birds in flight, in which perhaps the America n etcher, Mr. Frank W. Benso n was the greatest master of all time. In view of the number of pictures shown, and the short time available, the lecturer had to be very brief. It was better, he said, to let the picture speak for themselves. In this connection the highest praise must be given to the manipulator of the epidiascope, D . E. Binsted, who performed a truly herculean tas k with the utmost efficiency. The Upper School is very grateful to D. Stainer, Esq. for a most enlightening lecture_ DR. W. R. PASFJELD. Dr. Pasfield 's subject " Music of the Twentieth Century. " in one on which most people hold very definite views, whilst often failing to tolerate different opinions. The lecturer, however, made it clear that since twentieth century music is the result of a revolution, the principles of this revolution must be assessed in their proper perspective. 23

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wa s ~xpe nl11ental-a searc h. In the dark for some ultimate tru th to be expressed \\11 ,

convictIOn bY"a future gem us. The strength of this view was illustrated by Ihi' 1.1 of Bach who gathered up the threads left by his predecessors." The earlier twentieth century composers such as Elgar wer~ content with fOH Ii and modes of ex pression already evolved. Elga r 's ad herence to tradition nnd hi ConSlI l11ate l~lasters hl p of the orc~le~ tra were, illustrated by the second movClII III 1'1 Rom ance) fl om the ~onata ~or VlOIlIl and Plano. It was unfortunate that thon' \\11 11,0 ex~~npl c of Elgar s maSSIve choral effects such as can be heard in " Belsllll llill f:" st Altho ugh younger than Elga r by seven years Richard Strauss dev"'""I, 1 ea rllel. He was rea lly a ~h li d of t)1e 1890 's as ca n be seen by hi s brilliant series of 111111 poems and It IS not surpnsIng therefore that he should take Oscar Wilde's" Sa lollll' as the libretto for an opera. We heard .. The Dance of the Seven Veils" I'ronl 1111 work and foun d It harsh but gather that it improves with successive hearings. . Dr. Pasfi~!d then ca~~ to Sibelius whose music has a grandeur and austcril y .11 noticeable In FlIllandla and ~ bleakness not unlike the F innish landscape. Sillill conSider the mUSIc of DelIus the qUIntessence of a ll that is lovely and a full apprecialiUli "I the wistful beauty in the" Frist cuckoo in Spring" is ours to have if we do no t look 1111 the robustness of Beethoven. Lovely as it is, Delius has left signs of helplessnll" III frustra tIOn III a ll hiS wo rks. ..The lecturer then dealt with the more. revol utiona r~ composers such as V"" ~ I IIIII Wllha.ms whose vIolent and u n co mpr~)Jnt sl11g message In his symphony in F 1111111 11 was. d!ffieul t to accept. John Ireland f",ls to woo the public ear for he is self-critica l ,,,"1 fastldlOuS . The excerpt played from Ireland 's Piano concerto showed this allholllih as Dr. Pasfield rema rked, the rugged exterior cloa ks the inner warmth and tendcllll'" The upper school was amused when the record of the Sitwell 's musical satire" Facad was pla~~d . The qualIty. of,~he musIc by itself is undenia bly great. The breezy Iliid IO bust Port~mo uth ~Olllt l overture drew respect from all quarters. Techni '" II~ speaklllg.. B,e npmln Bntten IS the best equipped of all living composers. We 11 '1 11 11 one of hiS settmgs for Michael Angelo 's sonnets and found it very pleasa nt. . Dr. Pasfield then listed some of the shol't-comings of modern composers. I III II sel f-concl.ousn~ss, never a mar~ of Slllcere art, was condemned. Stravinsky is the hl' I example In thiS case for he stn ves for effect. Secondly, far too much emphasis is 11111 OLl rythmlc effect. Players of brass instruments are too often asked . to snap at nUll' whilst the drum IS beaten III order to "cover a multitude of sins." Rythm should I. a by:prod uct-so lIttle observed by th~t mixed blessing the large orchestra . 1111 IIldlVlduahty o,~ the ~!ayer smks to a ~mjmllm in the large orchestra and is fill 11 11 1 effaced by the star conductor-a CUrIOUS phenomenon in art and a musical dictlll ill If ever there was one. , The concluding remarks were that all modern music sh(lrlld have character a nd OrIgInalIty to [t but that it should be based on all that is best and II III of past works. To keep an open mind, remembering the fa te of those who scom:d III Beethoven and Wagner In then' day, IS essential. . The upper school is grateful to Dr. Pasfield for an interesting and pleasant lectllli It was educatlOnal In the true sense of the word. 24

THE CANTUAR IA N A. L. ROWSE, ESQ. Mr. Rowse began by reminding us of hi ~ last lecture, saying that perhaps he had ~ Iven us a rather utilitarian view of History, though hoping that this outlook had not IIII'ccted us too deeply. History, he told us, holds not only a high place in the minds III' cducationalists, but also is sought purely fo r the sake of pleasure. At the moment hll was writing a book The Pleasures of History, from which be quoted for us several Iiolightful passages. . He used to sit, he said, by a wi ndow of his room, wh ich faced o ut over the green Ooids of Charlestown, across the beautiful blue waters of Carlyo n Bay, over which ride hosts of "white-horses," thin king of the years which have long since passed by lind of the history that has crowned every minute of them with live interest. In his mind he sails out towards Gri bben Head, and on reaching it turns in to the old Cornish Ilort of Fowey; in Elizabethan times the most important in So uth-West England. l ip the river he sails, towa rds the quay-side, where once were moored th irty or forty IIf King Hen ry's stout galleons. Having landed here, he walks up the narrow street, <lopping by the old" Place-house" of Fowey, in which there is still a perfect Elizabethan loom, untouched by modern hands. He suddenly remembers that delightful instance, when the money sent from Philip II of Spain , and intended for Alva, then in sore straits III the Netherlands, was captured by order from Elizabeth and stowed away in the 'cllars of the Place-house. " History, " he said, "increases the interest in things around us, " He could II t imagine how anybody co uld live witho ut some knowledge of history. To live a life of ease and comfort, passing through the great cities of the . world, and yet not rea lising the history which envelopes them, each with its various shroud, was to h,im Ilicomprehensible. Even in a place so remote as Charlestown, there was immense leSource of historical interest. H e told us of Castle Got ha in which some prehistoric Iribe had lived; of the ca mp on Black Head, to which they repaired ill time of war; li nd of the burial-ground sca rcely a mile away, where its chieftains now rest in peace. 1'0 most of us this was unknown, but now we pass those spots wondering the while how Ihey appeared in those" antique" years. The monolith of solid, hard granite, dark li nd foreboding, reminds us of the sacrifices which must have been performed there, beneath its shadow . An amusing moment occurred when he referred to history as being useful to 'onversationlists. He had heard that the late Doctor Temple, was the first Archbishop drCanterbury to be cremated . ., Surely" he said, "was not Cranmer cremated ?" He told us of towns and cities, through which he could not walk, wit hout feeling Ihe very air to be impregnated with History. Edinbnrgh he mentioned, the border ~ rtress of Carlisle, and of course his own city, Oxford. Of this noble town he said to us, " I put it down to the credit of an old Tutor of mine at Oxford when he said, ' I never 'orne in at Town Gate without thinking of all that has passed under it '." He concluded by suggesting that perhaps he had surprised us by leavi ng out the <lueslion of books until the last moment, but told us that there is but one way of reading history-through the medium of boigraphy. We thank him cordially for a brilliant and 1110st entertaining lecture. Gladly lVo uld we spend another hour listening to his exquisite phrasing of ideas. 25

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G. P. HOLLINGWORTH, ESQ. The upper school eagerly awaited the lecture on "The Elizabethan PlayholJKlI " given by Mr. Hollingworth. He began by giving the reasons for the decline of 1111 mystery, miracle and morality plays. Firstly, the lack of sustained dramatic inl 1'\,,1 in tales of gospel story, lives of saints and personified abstractions meant that drlllnllih writers must change the nature of their works. Secondly the professional 11 '1111 appeared at this time for it was evident that any person with talents could not be sal iNI1i'i1 with occasional performances. So although the people were imbued with a plI ~~ 1 1I1I for drama, the mystery and miracle plays passed and something else was bO'"1\1 III evolve. Before 1526 private performances were given in great halls of nobleman 's hOLI I and the public performances in the Inns of Court, town halls or Inn yards or intl\·,,1 anywhere where they could put a stage and collect an audience. In the year 15 /1•. however, James Burbage built the first theatre, of which unfortunately not mu II I. known in detail. In the years 1599 and 1600 the famous Globe and Fortune Th UII were erected. They were all very small, the external dimensions being eighty ro I hI eighty and, with the exception of tbe Fortune whicb was square, they were circulill III hexagonal in shape. Inside these theatres tbere were 'three tiers of galleries looking down on III 1111 groundings. The stage itself jutted out into the audience which meant that this Khn\, known as the apron stage was surrounded by people on three sides. Over tho 1111" there was a 'shadow ' or roof usually a thatched one and at the back two side dtllil Ingenious use was made of these entrances-one for France and the other for EIl MIIII III and through the doors came the two armies to fight the battle on the stage. Thel' 1\11 always a gallery at the back for the upper scenes. We can see the use or Ih " III Shakespeare 's plays for it would serve as Juliet 's tower, Cleopatra's monum ill III Dover Cliff. Immediately under the gallery was a small recess which served as 1I III or bedroom or tavern. Since' there was no main curtain for the stage it was uscl'ul 1111 hiding corpses or for the death of Romeo and Juliet in the tomb. Generally sp 'lIk II however the Elizabethans preferred the deaths to take place off stage as in Greek I rtl ~I'II, The Elizabethan Theatre, then, was the outcome of the death of miracle and kl ""1 ,I plays. The dramatist could not afford to wait for recognition for material dim '11111+ pressed him. He had to write to suit his theatre, his players and his audience. 1111 were his writings affected? _ Mr. Hollingworth dealt in great detail witb this question. The structur 01 Iii stage affected all plays for the· actor was right in the middle of the audience 11 ,,11 111'1 separated by curtain or orchestra pit. Hence the soliloquy and the aside were pOpllliu The verbal assault direcled at the emotiolls and imaginations of the onlook. II' common for there were no elaborate lighting or orchestral effects. However, m llll~ 11111 benefitted for there are some really brilliant descriptive passages written II lit Elizabethan dramatists. Mr. Hollingworth cbose Shakespeare 's lines-" Bul srt" lit morn, in fusset mantle clad walks 0 'er the dew of yon high easlern hill. " Th II , nothing to indicate the end 9f a scene except when the characters walked off antl tl II lot came on to continue the illusion.

Whereas the properties were very simple, the costumes were elaborate and aX il " I The last were always modern for the Elizabethan audience accepted smaller polill •• 1 detail-such as the Roman senator wearing high-heeled riding boots provided Iltol ," 26

THE CANTUARIAN character was correctly pori rayed. A contrast to . Hollywood directors who take meticulous care over the historical details yet making enormous errors of psychology. " A fellowship of actors " was Mr. Hollingworth's definition of the Elizabethan acting company. All the actors were partners ·so· they held together and Ihe normal number of sharers was between ten to fifteen. They were bound together by their individual interest in the company 's profits.

We were amazed to hear the various fines

imposed for offences-ten shillings fine for being overcome by drink at time of performance and a shilling for late attendance at rehearsal. Mr. Hollingworth concluded with a summary of the importance of the company system. Primarily it meant that the playwright took into consideration the physical appearance of his company. For instance the fat man of Shakespeare's Company would play Falstaff and then Sir Toby Belch whilst the thin dandified man would take Osric or Le Beau.

The fact that there were no women in the company meant that the

parts were taken by young boys.

It is easy for a boy to look like a girl but not vice-versa.

In many ways this was an advantage for there were never any Rosalinds or Mirandas

of forty years and acting goes more smoothly without women in the cast. Mr. Hollingworth's complete mastery of his subject made us believe at the end that we had known and seen many performances in such circumstances. instructive and interesting lecture.

It was a very

C. E. MINNS, ESQ. The aggressive spirit of the German character, declared Mr. Minns, was deep-rooted rrom the earliest of times. The historian Tacitus mentioned how war was the centre of their life, while in peace they become listless sluggards. After reading some amusing cuttings from German newspapers that showed the race's historic lust for destruction, the speaker continued by recounting the gradual growth of the country. It was a pity, he said, that the Romans never conquered Germany. Charlemague ruled over half of Germany, and after his death the Holy Roman Empire continued but without any real unity and tended to split into fragments. This, said ·Mr. Minns, was thoroughly understood by Cardinal Richelieu, whose policy was to keep these small states, in existence, Thus, by the famous treaty of Westphalia, he split Germany up- for the next three centuries-into some three hundred principalities. German culture was never deeply rooted, save perhaps their music; even the works of Schiller, Goethe and other writers had only small sales. Society in the eighteenth century, Mr. Minns stated, was a most elaborate hierarchy which was not unduly aggressive, but these social ways indicated the dangers to come. In the next century came the gradual union of Germany; after the Napoleonic War only thirtylIine states survived with Austria and Prussia struggling for leadership. It was the year 1862, declared Mr. MillOs, that marked the turning point of German I-listory, Bismarck's shadow now loomed over Ge,rmany and with Moltke and von Roon, there was formed a successful trio for carrying on war. Mr. Minns gave an account of Bismarck 's crafty politics, the . Schleswig Holstein question-a gift for Bismarck, the Convention of Gastein, the_ vague promises to Napoleon III at Biarritz and his skilful handling of Italy. It was not surprising, Mr.

Minns asserted, that the speedy collapse of France, the crushing of Austria and the maintenance of " fraud and force" caused the Germans to be impressed by Prussia's Ilehievement.

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CYRIL WOOD, ESQ. On Friday, November 17th, Mr. Cyril Wood, lectured to the School on the Til ,,, II , in everyday life. Mr. Wood bega n by saying that it would be impudence 10 I: 111 1, without first giving his qualifications. He told in a few words, the story of, hl ~ I Ii from the ,time when against the will of his parents, he went on to the stage, he begli ll ,, ~ taking the leading juvenile parts, su'ch as that of Laertes in Hamlet , in a ShakespCIl' \'''" compan y and after the first week was reached; but as he went on to say, by his ell" " I supplications, he ,was taken back to play the smallest parts. Working himself UI' , III time, he became stage manager and, finally, producer . He spoke of the theatre, its history and its importance in life ; he then spok ' "I the Cinema, and drew a comparison- between the two, clearly showing the adv.nt I ~I of the " real life" of the stage. Talking of the Theatre Royal Bristol, the Ilk I theatre in England, he told the School how, when he was in it in the dark, he fell till presence of all those actors who had acted there; this he said, he was sure, no 1111' would feel in a cinema in one or two hundred years time, he could not imagin 11 11 ghosts of the spools. He expressed the difference between the film and lhe piny h~ sayi ng that whereas, _the film w~s mere dramatic journalism on things of the m 1111' 11 1 the play was dramatic literature which might well be as new in a hundred ~ears till " as to-day. He then went on to point out that the play emerged from definite hUll t"" need; but the film was merel y something grafted into life. He showed why people wenl to the theatre and said that it was for tWil reasons: either to get away from life, or to see life truly. In order to illustrat till point of the liveliness of the play he read a play scene from John DITnkwater's 111 f1 ~ 1 1'I piece, Abraham Lincoln. He spoke of acting as a career and gave budding actors in the School Punch 's ad vlt ... to those about to marry-" Don't" But he poi nted out that nothing would stili' anyone with his heart in the theatre, from going on the stage:' When he had dell I with television, stage management and stage discipline he ended his talk and askl',t for questions. On the words " are there any questions?" the School became as silent liS II usually is at that part of a lecture; but soon the silence was broken, and Mr. Woo, I spoke on the various questions fired at him. In answer to one, on the future of till play in verse, he read a scene of very great beauty from Clemence Dane 's famous pilly Will Shakespeare. The School was very grateful to Mr. Wood for his lecture which proved bot II and interesting, spiced as it was, with personal anecdotes and experience.

en~ertaining

TH E CANTU ARIAN A. M. OLSSON, ESQ. On Monday, 20th November, Mr. A. M. Olsson, continuing the series of " Monday Night-at-Eight " talks, chose as his subject" The Land is Your Concern .. and began by stressing the tremendous importa nce of the land to all the world. Look1l1g at It from a world-wide basis, the reasons for this importance were, principally, that the land is the source of all life, that unless great care is taken " man's overweaning vanit'y .. might set about destroying the land, which employs 70% of the .world's populatIOn, nnd that an intimate knowledge of the land IS essential for sptrltual reasons,-for country folk, slow bumpkins that they may be, learn to think well ahead and to recognise the" wondrous works of God," while these valuable lessons are not so easy for townsÂˇ folk. From the human point of view, Mr. Olsson said, the land was most important for its food . He quoted President Roosevelt, who, in a speech at Hot Springs, in 1943, said : " It is true that no nation has never had enough food as we now know people ought to be fed. " After statistics concerning the appalling malnutrition prevalent in differCl)t parts of the world Mr. Olsson gave some of the reasons for this state of affairs. He told us that some a~e economic, but that farmers.-and agricultural scientists are not entirely blameless for their monetary attitude towards quick gains. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is the excessive use of the wrong chemical manures, which has created desert in several parts of the world, especially the Umted States .of Amenca . When a field of wheat, for instance, is harvested, certain vital chemicals, such as phosphates, nitrogen, lime and potassium, are removed inside the wheat, and these chemicals must be replaced. However, it is no good just weighing out the right amount each, and digging it in, for .after a few years of thIS sort of treatment, the ground wIll sudde~ly become barren. Possibly this is due to " appetite," though no ,one carr say for certam, as yet. Here, by way of a digression, Mr. Olsson told us Mac~ichael's experi,m~nts in India. Three different diets were fed to three sets of rats, and III a few weeks hme, the rats developed the same diseases, and furthermore, the same temperament, much as human , beings do who live on the corresponding diet. We were then-shown some figures concerning the aceas of grassland in England,they showed a deplorably low percentage of first class pasture land. Grass is .not r~~lIy a native crop in Great Britain, and since grass sodlS the best preserver of SOl i fertilIty, it needs the best possible cultural processes, the chIef of which IS the rotatIOn of crops, or ' taking the plough all round the farm. ' Cattle dung is a very good manure, but the best possible soil fertiliser is urine, which obvio,usly cannot be transferred after deposition. T-herefore, if. a field has been used as graz1I1g land for cattle for one season, the next season it will be good for some cereal crQps. Market garden produce should also be fitted into the rotation. Mr. Olsson quoted Sir George Stapleton to show the effect ?f good agriculture on our shipping, especially in war-tIme, and on world temperament 111 general. To complete the lecture, two films were shown,-the first on the restoration of fertility to a field which has hitherto yielded a poor grass, and the second on the work that is being done on grass ferti lity in the experimental station at Aberystwyth. 29

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The lecture was alive and interesting throughout, and the abs'ence of technica lit ic We should like to thank Mr. Olsso n for showin g us that th '

made it easy to fo llow.

land reall y is our concern, and for awakening our interest in one of the most import ll ll i post-wa r problems.

T H E REV. H . BETTENSON. On Monda y, Nove mber 27th, Mr. Bettenson lectured to the sixth forms o n Classicn l and Mediaeva l Drama. He traced the development of Greek Drama from the primit; "" song and dance ill honour of Dio nysus-t he Orchestra of which the present I I ~ \W decrepit -and disill usioned" fidd lers are a survival. Graduall y, the · Leader beSlI1I to sing solo an d to exchange remarks with the C hor us, and the C horus itself, whi -II

Aeschyl us utili sed as a protagonist, was red uced to its Eu ripidcan, lyrical fun cti oll", Greek D ra ma was always a co mmunal and a religiolls act, with little or no scenery

three keynotes which Mr. Bettenso n considered as essential to all tone drama. of the elaborate Dei ex machinis mll~t have been " either comedy or tra gedy"

SonW lind

the stone seats were only 16 inches wide, but the Athenians each Spring sat through lin' th ree long days of the Greek D ionys ia, liste ni ng to some of the very greatest art cv ' . produced . Rome added little to the Drama except the Mime and the Ballet or Fabulae Sallit Ot'. The former originated (rom Etruria and represented low but popular life. Til • .. Pantomime" was a dumb-show with singing and dancing off stage. The populll ill y of the Ballet was a sig n, then as perhaps to-day, of the decay of tone Drama. T he Ch urch co ndemned the Theatre, but the Lomba rds kil led it. The Teuto ll h mind failed to appreciate the subtleties, even the iI1deccnt ones, of Drama and on ly patronised the interminable recitat ions of the wandering bards, many of whom sCIlh'iI down in the courts after the fifth century. These glee men" met with contiJHlI'1i ecclesiastical hosti lity and man y of the Fabliaux were accordingly bitterly anti-cler' 'II I After Charlemagne 's deat h, the Mi nstrels were treated as " rogues by Act ofParliamcnt .. but they su rvived into almost living memory. Mr. Bettenso n then described Mediaeval Drama proper, es pecially as ill ustrnt;n w two great trends of the Middle Ages- thei r insistence on expressing the ir deepest th o ll Nltt in rather naive symbols and their absorption of not a little paganism. The Myst ' I Y Plays began as the liturgical Dramas in the actual churches, insta nces of which I1II1Y be found in the Palm Sunday procession and the C hr istmas Quem Querilis? Th ~' were gradua ll y elaborated to the magnificent Adam. T hen the laity" began to tnk . parts; the stages were erected outside the churches; the Guilds undertook .1 " production- the bakers the Las t Supper, the cooks the scenes in Hell, and so (111 the dia logue was spoken and in the vernacular; the scenery became more and nt lllt splendid. Paradise, for example was hung with fruit and Hell always containcd " monstrous head, chains and plenty of gunpowder. The exta nt scripts of the plays contain such urgent remarks as " fig-leaves l·c.uI V to cover them" and frequent directions to strut about a nd" out-Herod Herod. " Tlt l. was influenced by the Mummers' Plays, some lines of which ran : Here I slands, Beelzebub, , On my shoulder I carry a club, In my right hand, a black fry ing pan. Don't you think I'm a/urillY old mall ? I<

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'rhe guilds either produced the plays as ambulatory, cyclic pageantry-such as the Chester, Coventry and York Cycles- in natura l amphitheatres, which were a special feature in Cornwall (" and Cornwall had a lot of special features ") . The Pageant waggons had two rooms one on top of the other, the top for acting and the bottom for dressing. The Drama never really fl ourished in London,- the city 's interests were too mercenary. At Canterbury, they had dumb-shows (into which the Mystery Plays declined) in honour of St. Thomas- " two leather bags to ho ld the blood .. . " The other branch of Mediaeval Drama apart from Mys tery and Mummers ' Plays was the Morality, with its personified Qualities. This reached its climax in Everyman.

The cliche that " the Lecture was both instructive and entertaining" was indeed true of Mr. Bettenson's; as one boy was heard to observe, " he could have gone on for ho urs-a nd I wish he had." ? MRS. LLOYD PHILLIPS. Mrs. Lloyd Phillips spoke her first two poems, "A Trampwoman's Tragedy " and " Weathers," by Thomas Hardy, in a flamboyant dress and With a paIr of decorated leather shoes. The costume immed iately put the audience in the frame of.

mind best suited to the verse.

Both were spoken in dialect and ill the latter poem

very good contrast between the stanzas beginning "This is the weather the cuckoo likes " and " This is the weather the shepherd shuns" was achieved. After a quick change the reciter appeared dresse,~ in material cloak to declaim two war poems. The first" For All we Have and Are by Rudyard KIpling was wntten during the last war and is patriotic slightly verying on j ingoism. The second by Alfred Noyes "Thrice Armed " had practically the same theme- how England possesses one virtue which cannot be removed, namely her spmt. We then heard a brilliant rendering of two scenes from Shakespeare 's "Twelfth Night. " The first was the Duke 's Palace where Viola who is dressed in ma~ ;s. attire, has found fa vour in her master's eyes-so much so that he considers that tt shall become Viola well to act his woes." So Viola is despatched to pay court to Olivia in her master's name yet as Voila says i n her aside" Whoe'er I woo, myself wo uld be his wIfe . " Scene V from the first Act was then enacted. In this, Mrs. Lloyd Phillips had more characters ranging from Voila to Malvolio to play. This was well executed and the School admired the influrious methods by which one person presented four

characters in the same scene. T he fift h item in this recital was devoted to Greek verse in translation and part of " Childe H arold " by Lord Byron. T he first is Homeric and is concerned with the glories of " Earth-the mother of uS all." Byron's " Isles of G:eece ~' is no less beautiful and since the words were left to create theu own .mpresslOn w.thout much accompanying action the choice. was most acceptable. Mrs. Lloyd Phillips wore a simple Grecian gown for these two items. It was obvious, however, that the piece de resistance was reserved fo r the conclusio n. For the" Golden Journey to Samarkand " by James Elroy Flecker, Mrs. Lloyd ~ illips put o n a dress with a romance of its own. The dress sparkled and gleamed and gave the impression that was made of gold: It was presented by the Bey of Biscora to Lilah Mc Carth~, who was present at tlus recttal, when he heard her recit ing this same poem. It prov.ded a SUItable background to the whole item. The reciter was able to combine with her aptitude for expression and gesture, a surprising range of tone and remarkable clarity. Mrs. Lloyd Philips gave a very polished performance which her a udie nce thoroughly appreciated . We have Lady Keeble to thank for the production of tlus enterlamment and we hope to hear Mrs. Lloyd Phillips recite another selection of English verse III the near future . . , 31

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MUSIC

CHOIR.- It has been possible to sing an anthem on most Sundays at Matli",. welcome feature has been an awakening of interest in unaccompanied singing. S VI 1.11 services, including the memorial service for the late Archbishop of Canterbury, 1111 , been sung almost entirely unaccompanied. Perhaps the most successful achicv \1111111 of the term was the singing of the Russian Contakion on that occasion. Mosl (II Ih. time 路at rehearsals has been directed towards the preparation of music for the 8"'1",,1 concert (reported elsewhere), and the carol service. ORCHESTRA.-The orchestra is as full of enthusiasm as ever, and meets ,'VII Saturday in a Parry that often leaves much to be desired from a point of view of co nll l III It is good to note that the playing this term has been more confident, especially I" Ih string department. A special word of thanks is due to Messrs. Olsson, Reynolds, Stephen-J o n ', 111111 Dr. Causey for giving up their time 路 to come and support us, and to Mrs. RCy ll uhl for her efficient work as accompanist. MRS. CLAYTON 'S RECITAL.-Mrs. Clayton once again charmed us by her ri 路1t 1.1111 full tone. The violin is the most expressive of all instruments, and she broughl ,,"I its possibilities to the full on her valuable and lovely instrument. With D r. I'll lit Itl she played Handel 's Sonata ill "G minor, a new work to many of us. Krei sler's TaIl/IIlIIf/,' Chinois, hi s arrangement of Pugnani's Praeludium and Allegro, and a Gluck .1I1'hlll, all helped to build up a varied programme. Somervell's whimsical What YO II II/I ended a delightful half-hour.

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CONCERT

The arranging of a School concert is always something of a problem. Th I III some who might critiCise the one that took place on December 2nd as beio K I" .. " highbrow" for an evening near the end of term. But is not this a fault on th , III side, if a fault at all? Why insult listeners by "playing down" to what onc Ih lll~ to be their standard of taste? And listeners themselves especially when they arc hll~ are apt to be extraordinarily mode~t, and think their standard of taste much lowo. Ihllil it really is. At the beginning of term we decided that the choir should learn a work of lilli' scope in preparation for the Concert. So we decided on Bach's Advent Cantata , ( ','/11, Redeemer. Bach is not so " grateful" a writer for the voice as, for instance, l1ulldll he is more intent on music as music tban the particular medium for which it is wd lh II Yet the choir managed to give a creditable reading of a .work which taxes the te 'hllh II and interpretative resources of more experienced singers. The choral work Wll WI II balanced and firm in attack. The soprano and tenors of the choir respectively 1111 the none-tao-easy soprano and tenor arias in the work. The Cantata was COll thlll', by Dr. Pasfield, and accompanied by Mrs. Reynolds. To the second half 01 Ih, programme the choir contributed two part-songs ill lighter vein- The Farmer 's DIIIINIII,路 (treble solo by Foster) and Sir Eglamore. The Concert ga ve an opportunity for the orchestra to perform in public. With the admirable " outside " support of Mrs. Clayton and the Rev. C. Pare, it IIC(fl ti llt ,I itself nobly in Handel 's Minuet from Berenice and the Gavotte and Bourre., from 11111 h Second Suite. in 0 major. 32

T !-l.t CANTUARiAN rhe soloist in the Concert were C. B. Man!,ing-Pre.s, who sang Prepm;e Thyself Zion, from Bach's Christmas Oratorio, C. S. GIll (vlOhn)-Alr from. Bach s ~econd Suite, L. Halsey (piaDo)- Chopm 's Noclurne lO G nunor, S. B. Nichols (plano) Amberley Wild Brooks (John [reland) and Jeux d 'Eaux (Ravel). They helped, every one of them, to add to the enjoyment of Ihe everung. CONCERT PART I

Handel

MIN UET FROM . , BEN ENI CE .,

THE ORCHESTRA. PIA NO SOLO NOCTURNE IN G MINOR

Chopin

L. A. O. HALSEY

TREBLE SOLO PREPARE THYSELF, ZION

Bach C. B. MANNING-PRESS

AOVENT CANTATA

Bach

• COME, REDEEMER

THE CHOIR PART II

WALTZ GAVOTTE ANO BOURREE

Carse Bach

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VIOLIN SOLO AIR FROM SUITE

Bach C. S. GILL

PIANO SOLOS AMBBRLEY WILO BROOKS JBUX D'EAUX PART SONGS THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER SIR EGLAMORE

John Ireland Ravel

S. B. NICHOLS arr. Gerard Williams arr. Balfour Gardiner

THB CHOIR

UNISON SONG JERUSALEM

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CINEMA

The School 16 mm. Sound Projector is now in use a,gain, and two entertainment programmes were shown this term, as weU as a number mstr~~honal films. . " On Sunday, 24tb September, the Gainsborough picture, The Lady Vamsh,:, (Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood and Paul Lukas) wa.s shown. It descnbes the attempted kidnapping of a British agent and the way In which the plot was fOiled, and the whole action takes place on a Continental express. The sound was only the acoustIcs of. Illoeraem · d t · places , but apart from a sound track that was .not dperfect, the Parry are not above reproach! Everyone, however, enJoye It. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Alexander Korda (Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon and Raymond Massey) was shown on Saturday 21st October. This film versIOn of the

THE CANTUARIAN well known story was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and it was generally agreed thlll 1111 costumes in many shots were a delight to see. Both programmes were supported by a selection of comedies, including Iho ,11'11 popular Mickey Mouse, who in one case, showed the 1st XV how Rugger ought to )., played! Once again, we have to thank Captain A. G. D. West for his kindness in oblll lll ill for us certain replacements otherwise unobtainable, and without which the Il1I1Qhll 1l could not have remained in use.

ART The Art Society seems to have suffered somewhat this term from the riva l elll III of other School activities, notably the meetings of the Natural History Society, wil l. II are also on Thursdays. The President has tried to meet this difficulty by keepin 11 11 Art Room open to all comers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons of VI I week, an opportunity which has been eagerly used by a small body of boys, 'h III from the Junior School, and the lower forms of the Senior School, who ha ve 11111 made up for their small numbers ~y their enthusiasm and regularity of attendll ll.. This augurs well for the future. It is none the less regrettable to lose so many active and useful members all till Ii entry into the Vth Forms . . Presumably they are working night and day at ti ll Ii academic studies for the School Certificate Examination . We cannot help [eelinl! 111111 an hour a week in the Art Room would refresh them, and ease the strain. 0111 III I year's prizeman, R, S. Brush, seems to have deserted us temporarily on sam " hush-hush" business, connected, we believe, with his House Play. We have secured this term a very good stock of materials, and done quile I' 1.. 1 of oil-painting. In the Senior School, M. W. Mc D. Cairns, B. N. C. Jones, J. S. 011111 I A. J. Hille, and J. H. Goodburn ha ve turned out some good work in oils, and lllllllil the indefatigable Junior oil-colourists, we would mention B. E. G. Apps, R. C. Jackll il'" R. B. T. Sherwood and J. R. Stainer. r Among our water colourists, we congratulate R. G. Powell on the appr n '10 111 completion of his "Magnum Opus," a really outstanding composition in hisl,,'" , costume. He shows a very acute and discriminating sense of colour. P. H. 11 01111111 has put in a lot of good work in his architectural studies, and his handling of Ih I" II is becoming more assured and sympathetic. G. P. Mc Mullin has done some very ~II'"I studies of heads, and shows no little ability in portraiture, and D. B. AinswOII" I making excellent progress in design, Among the new boys, P. O. S. Ellis s how ~ II I II promise. We have had no word yet of our success or otherwise in the Redruth 1I 0Hpllili Poster Competition . It is significant that no fewer than six out of the seven 1111 11 completed by sending in day were from the Junior School. The best, in the Presid!'"1 opinion, were those of B. N. C. Jones and R . A. Bedingfield. There have been two exhibitions in the Art Room this term, one of the Prc:.id""1 Summer Holiday work, chiefly water colour studies from life of local landscape 111111 seascapes, and cine of Medici and other prints of the work of famous landscape pulill I past and present. It is hoped, next term, to hold our usual exhibition of work of members 01 II" School, and the President begs all members who are taking their works hom 11 11 holidays, to be sure to bring them back next term in good time for inclusion,

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HOUSE DRAMA COMPETITIONS This was held on the eleventh and twelfth of December in the Parry; each House staging a play or an excerpt from one, lasting for twenty-five minutes. In the opinion ' of the adjudicator, G. P. Hollingworth, Esq. the standard of .actIng had Improved very noticeably. This opinion was heartily endorsed by a large audience of guests, fnends and boys of the School who appreciated Ihe high entertainment value afforded by th~ contest for the Drama Cup. Opinion about the result was sharply divided until the last performance, of the co mpetition, when members of Wa lpole House presented "The Man who wouldn't go to Heaven. " The choice suited the House and the p,roduclLon by P. H . Hon<:lUr was good . He is to be especially congratulated on the skilful use of coloured hghtIng and music for the closing scene in Heave n of this play. The actlllg was untformly good. H. A. Emerson 's portrayal of Richard Alton was especially commended, and P. Ellis in the part of the lunatic was brilliant. The Recording Angel, (P. C. Hammond) was not ethereal enough and seemed far too concerned with the trivial thoughts of characters around him. The remaining members of the cast gave good support. Walpole were first with 82%. , School House was second once again, with a percentage of 75. The choice, a passage from Shaw's "Pygmalion," was venturesome but certainly a yopular .one with the audience. This House was subjected to a more detailed cnttclsnt. BlIter words were heaped on the announcer who had built the performance up with a long introduction which left the audience gasping for the curtain to go up. The adjudicator disliked the final shriek of " Pygmalion" and said so. The acting, in contrast to Walpole House, was uneven. P. D. Leighton as Eliza Doolittle and D: K . Johnson as AlfDoolittIe were singled out as the two best performances of the competttJOn. D, M. Moreau, J. R, Allchurch and A. A. Kneller acted well in the supporting roles. J. C. W. Hulse interpreted Professor Higgins as a quiet foppish intellectual without giving the irascible side to this part. T. H. Pares seemed too young to give an effecttve performance of Colonel Pickering, whereas P. Y. Dudgeon was a copy of Mrs. Mop of " lima" broadcasts. Apart from the bad make-up, the production of "Pygmalion" was criticized favourably. St. Edmund's School were third with their production of the "Dear Departed " by A. A. Milne. From a limited choice St. Edmund's had picked a good cast of boys who gave some very natural performances. Fleming. and Owtram. were convincing in a quiet way and Fitz-Jones was mentioned for hiS very promISIng performance, Audibility was the main weakness here-a fault to be checked at the first rehearsal. The stage was not effective and the setting did not lend itself to the. " late lamented" gra ndfather's sudden and lively entrance. It was a most amusmg and creditable production of this lower middle-class comedy. Mr. Hollingworth awarded fourth place to Orange who, got 55% for their gallant llttempt to stage J. M . Barrie's experiment with melodrama- " Shall we join the Ladies." Great trouble had been taken over the setting and clothes and the effect was beaulLful. M. A. S. Burgess must be congratulated for this superb piece of production. However, Ihe choice was unsuitable. For one thing the cast is too large for such a small stage and Ihere are too few lines for any characters to stand out distinctly. K. H .: M. Johnson s"ve a good performance of Sam Smith, although he was sLOlster, too smlster for .a n uclaI' to susta in. We felt that A. Oielgud and Rothery showed promlSLng signs for I he future. 35

tHE CANTUARiAN the adjudicator considered that Meister Omers had made a bad choice in •• II IIIUI across the Seas" by Noel Coward. It is, however, a common fault among 1111111 11111 to consider Coward's works easy to produce but Mr. Hollingworth 's advice Wll leave it to professionals. M. C. O. Mayne was very good-once more we enj yrll Iii effortless (or seemingly effortless) characterization of a society woman. He IVOl"h l do well to correct his rather gauche walk and too frequent use of one gesture. I II • stage setting was praiseworthy and R. S. Brush must be credited with the high lIl lI l ~ awarded to Meister Omers in tbis section of tbe contest. The School is grateful to Ranford of St. Edmund's Scbool wbo with " 111,111 number of boys from the same school, put up and dismantled the stage. The N h",,1 electricians D. E. Binsted, R. J. Breese and R. G. West included in their vast switchhll'II,1 and tangle of wires and bulbs, two loud speakers attached to the roof. They welt> II I responsible for the music between the plays and are thanked for all their work. Everyone is grateful to Mr. Hollingworth for his very sound judgment. A mil II III like criticism and the stronger it is the more they improve-we hope we are no ex ' pil'" to this rule. This will probably be the last drama competition that will be conll " I in Corrrwall and we shall try to obey Mr. Hollingworth 's injunction to impl'ovi 11111 standard year by year and to concentrate more upon artistic acbievement. A,II f

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THE TENTERDEN CLUB Examined under Mr. Olsson's chairmanship the DUJnbarton Oaks and lli lil" Woods Plans and proved itself pessimistic about the Great Powers' resistan 0 III II alternative temptations to divide or to conquer . . It heard papers from G. Lindh V I . Portugal, A. Gielgud on Poland and J. P. Fison on The Betrayal of Auslrill I " discussed the immense problem of Sovereignty and Personality; it heard lectu ,,-, II" Dr. Causey on A State Medical Service, from Mr. Goodburn on South All1ooll'1I II' from Lieut.-Colonel King on The Labour Party. . When the Cantuarian wenl III III the Club was hoping to hear a talk by Mr. Egerton Jones and was trying to III ~ IIIII a Brains Trust. THE MUSIC CLUB During this term the Society has heard recordings of many works, beil1H 11 101. I maintain an average of two meetings per week throughout its length. We arc " 111 11'111 grateful to our president, Dr. Pasfield , for his interesting and helpful papol "" II composition of the modern orchestra, and to Mrs. Perry Morgan for Ih" 1111 11111 invitation which she extended to us to hold our Sunday meeting at her house. The Hon. Secretary was unfortunately kept from his post by illness for II III -,01 I of the term, but his duties were most ably performed by the Quasi-Hon. Sec., ( l. I' Mullin. In common with most societies we have suffered from a poor standard of 11111'1111" during the tenn. This has however, shown an improvement, and it is 11I)~ 1' 1 1 III this increase will continue. 36

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'~Ah:~eS~~i~t~.e~j~k~~~~I:~~ti~let~r!,:,·w~~ f~~u~~r~~' !l~~~i~g~e PbayPMerSr.wDereStg~ven n Author's Trade" Th P 'd . alOer

this time on " The Literature of ~ a~es~ , ent, also, again gave a paper l() the Society, which he entitled" The Genius oflQ~~the~,~d the Secretary was persuaded to give one,

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~~~~~~rthy's Strife, The Merchalll oJ Venice ~snd tb:e~c;:~e;:~y~~eal~o~it~i~;nfi~';;'~~le The high-light of the terlll, however, was the GIN' a a 19ht at which all original co nt n but IOns reac hed a very satisfactory standard. WALPOLE SOCIETY The Walpole Society was very fortunate in I;avin A L R E .~odern. Poetry and read extracts from some of the gbetter 'kn~:~e'm sq. to speak .on I. S. Eliot, at the first 'meeting of the term At th th . odern poets Ilke Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and Clifford ~ 0 Rer meetl"ngs, two plays were read play. , ax ose wll 0111 a Thorn, a historical • A Brains Trust was held which included Mr F H V . t on the last

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THE SOMNER SOCIETY After the initial. convulsions of the term, and with the addition of t II. Bettenson as a Vlce-Presldent, the society started 'd d he R~v. programmeP. H. Honour F S S be an b rea d' on a . ~l e an . comprehenslve Interest in the District " D: L. Edw~rds ihen s~~~~ ~i'~~ ~~ Objects of Archeol~gical Ihe SOCiety also had a meeting in which P D Le' ht A omas of Canterbury and discoursed,?n various aspects of .. Elizab~th~n E~gla~d.,,· ~n~~~~rr. and J. N .•flower Rubblllgs 1Il . t~~ poss~ssion of the society proved of great interes~ ~~~nGfAtheB Brasls W llve a paper on Enghsh Inns. " . . ullwe l All

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THE. MUSIC SOCIETY Although our programme have consisted m 'nl f •. hud two papers and a Brains Trust. al y 0 gramopllone recItals we have A selection . from the MeSSiah and Mendelssohn's V' prove~ to be the most popular programmes. IOlin Concerto and Holst's

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The President gave an interesting and, at the same time, instructive Pfl f'lt'l I .• The Development of the Orchestra,." which gave everyone a clear idea of IHI\I II orchestra has grown up from the gathering of instruments for wh ich Bach COlli I'''

music. P. Y. Dudgeon spoke on "Chopin- his life and works, " accompanied h) \ .. well chosen illustrations played on the Gramophone. In spite of the difficulty to avoid clashing with the Music Club in meeling WI II, had regular meetings each week and good attendances when House" Rugger - ,\,'" have not interfered. THE RAIL WAY SOCIETY The Society has held four meelings so far this term. Two papers have been III I· • one from the . Hon. Secretary, and the other from D. E. Binsted enti\led " A liI! II Railways in War-time. " THE HARVEY SOCIETY Two papers, illustrated by films, lantern slides and exhibits, have been I I III the society this term. The first by R. Coles, Esq. was entitled "Nickel," 1111,1 I second by J. E. Elliott, "Tin. " Another meeting at wh ich the Hon. Secrela, y, t I K. Cray, will read a paper will conclude the term's programme. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Natural History Society has had several variations this term, includln ~ from J. C. W. Hulse and J. B. H. Jackson, a "free reading," and a Naturnl I I I Brains Trust, which proved a great success. L. Medlin, Esq., the eminent botanist, delivered a brilliant lecture with" Th I I" of Cornwall," as his subject, and D. Stainer, Esq. gave a stimulating pap I "" Naturalist in Cumberland." Altogether the Society has had a full and entertaining programme. The PATER SOCIETY has not met.

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J.T.C. PROMOTIONS.-The following promolions were made with effect from 21 sl SI pIt '" 1944. Sgt. Corkrey 10 be Company Sergeant-Major L /Cp!. Evans to be Sergeant L/Cp!. Stuart to be Sergeant. L/Cp!. Herbert to be Sergeant L/Cp!. Pollak to be Sergeant L/Cp!. Binsted to be Sergeant Cp!. Gurr to be LISergeant L/Cp!. Burgess to be LISergeant L/Cp!. Watson to be LISergeant L /Cp!. Coleman to be LISergeant L/Cp!. Maplethorp to be Corporal L/Cp!. Lanham to be Corporal L /Cp!. Mathews to be Cp!. 38

THE CANTUARIAN L/Cp!. Middleton to be Cp!. L/Cp/. Wright to be Cp/. L/Cp/. Gordon G. A. to be Cp/. L/Cp/. Moreau to be Cp/. L/Cp/. Carson to be Cp/. L/Cp/. Jenkin to .be Cp!. L/Cp/. Ainsworth to be Cp!. L/Cp/. Gregson to be Cp/. L/Cp/. Kneller to be Cp/. Cadet Gordon M. J. to be L/Cp/. Cadet Sawtell to be L/Cp/. Cadet Elston to be L/Cp/. Cadet Kirby to be L/Cp/. Cadet Jo nes to be L/Cp/. Cadet Breese to be L/Cp/. Cadet Powers to be L/Cp/. Cadet Eagle-Bott, to be L/Cp!. Cadet Holland to be L/ Cp/. Cadet Betts to be L/Cp/. Lieut. G. H. Bailey is taken on the strength of the ContIngent with effect from I) 'tober 1st 1944. â&#x20AC;˘ FIELD DAY.-On October 26tha whole da~ exercise was carried out in the neighbourItll . d.. In the mormng an exerCise III map reading and fieldcraft proved quite satisfactory while III the aftel noon a tactlcal exercise was carned out by all except the Certificate 'A" platoons. . INSPECTIoN.-The annual inspection of the contingent will be carried out on I ~ hruary 16th by Major Smith, M.B.E. , Assistant Inspector of Training Corps. and tit" Army Cadet Force. ' . LECTuRES.:-On November 6th, Colonel E..H. Hume, Indian Army, Liason Officer, Itllwed a fi lm Illustratlllg the trallllllg and actlVltles of a Ulllt of the Indian Army. The

was accompanied by a commentary, and proved very interesting. On November 13th the contingent was privileged to hear a lecture given by Capt. VII ' coe, D.C.1..L He r~turned from H,?lIand very ,recently,. and described briefly but Ivldly the pro~res s of the campatgn. Th,s first hand lI1formatIOn was greatly appreciated II tithe corps IS grateful to Captall1 Varcoe for his most interesting talk. CERTIF~ ~AT~ "A".- The following cadets passed Part I (Individual) of War

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A. G. Bartlett J. C. Homan D. H. Smith C. D. Smith J. P. Bull J. B. Hopewell R. C. Wen ban R. C. Ferris K. C. B. Hubbard J . D. Ellis J. C. W. Hulse 9. W. Williams W. 1.. Harris P. H. Lee J. J. A. Woodgate G. V. Holliday W. J. F. Ray n the same date the - following cadets passed Part II (Section-Leading) and 1'IIIII0ed for War Certificate "A" : H. J. de Voil J. A. A. Price H. L. Ackers B. H. Arnold R. A. C. F lack R. G. C. Weighill 39

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A.T.e. After about three and a half years of existence, " A" Flight (The Cnlli cli lill Schools) of the local A.T.e. Squadron has now been disbanded. Originally founded at a time of great national emergency to help in achievln I immediate and unprecedented expansion of the Flying Services, units of th e A I I all over the country rapidly gained considerable esteem in the eyes of the alilitlll ill by the high standard of the Cadets who passed from it to the R.A.F., Fleet Air All" and Royal Navy. "A" Flight made its contribution, and in all gained 42 Proficiency ccrl llk"" while about a quarter of that number succeeded in passing post-Proficiency AO VIIIII Training papers. . As practically all our members have been potential Aircrew candidates, N ll v l ~II I '" and allied subjects have occupied an important part of our time, and In thiS C nil l', I" , I know all Cadets would wish to join me in thanking FlO T. R. Richardso n 01 II Flight for his patient and untiring labours during the past 18 months. Beginning in 1942, parties of Cadets have attended one-w~ek camps at nn Ii, I station each summer, and gained valuable experience and trammg at closer '1 11111'" than periodical Sunday visits have allowed. Most of our number ha-:e been nltlt I get up in the air on various occasions, a nd some have made qUite long flights. Altogether it has been an interesting and worth-while venture, and we Il ',',I I! ' be ashamed of our part in it. . Now, as the war in Europe draws (we believe) to its close, we are infor nl\'ll 110 . higher strategy most of the newly-recruited manpower in the Army. It would Ihl'I." . seem obvious that to a large extent A.T.Cs should give way to J.T.C's, Army ( '1111,1 etc., as the most fitting preparation for the immediate future. Briefly, then, we seem to have served our purpose as fa~ as the preselll Wil l I concerned. No one yet knows what will be the Government s policy after .II I! " but in the meantime our members are joining (or re-joining) the J .T.C's. 01 1111 I Schools. As O.C. Flight I should like to. take t.his opportunity of thanking all N. '. 0 ', I Cadets for their help and co-operation in a task whICh has not always been ' 11 y. I which we have been able to fulfil smoothly despite many inconveniences and shot I"

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HOME GUARD

1940-1944

On June 19th, 1940 our first patrol of local Defence Volunteers set out to k ' I' .1 along the coastal stretch from Crinnis to Charlestown. Weapons were ul nHl t I! existent, ideas as to the probable intentions of the enemy were extremely VII ~ I II much ingenuity was needed to secure adequate protectlOn agamst ram and CIIIII first proceedings were enlivened by spy rumours and by mystery lights but '''" 11,,1 . gradually crept in as late strollers learnt to fear our challeng.;s and keep awa y. Since the start, upwards of two hundred members of the two Schools ho y ~ I I . I the coastal guard and provided a platoon of happy warriors who mi ghl '11 ll y IÂˇ things gone according to enemy plans, have found themselves hurled at II nil II "' II I potice into the front line of battle in defence of the Cornish coast.

THE CANTUARIAN As time wenl on uniforms became standard and more weapons of various types "lIpea red and eventually came to be fired with increasing efficiency. By the end of 1'1?3 the Home Guard had aband o ned ideas of defence and were prepared to make themsel ves extremely. offen Sive on the appearance of any hostile force. But D-Day \ 'tine and went, the tide of battle receded and bopes of a "scrap" of some sort faded "way. Weapons have now been withdrawn and a Farewell Parade has brought a \ IIrious chapter of our history to a close. . Our thanks are due to all those who ha ve helped and ~ncouraged No 23 Platoon

tI" li S way, and es peCIally to Ca ptail~ Foster, as O.C. Crinnis, and his N. C.O's, who have ~ I vcn excellent IIlSlrucllOn un grud gll1gl y and have arranged as much firing practice as pusSible.

Fi na lly we recall with deep gra titude the service of those members of the Platoon wlto, on leavlllg us! ha ve go ne out to carry the fight to the enemy and have fallen in hllille. Re memb~flng them we are not likely to over es timate the value of our "el"evements dUfing th e fo~r and a half years of our existence.

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Librarian: TH E R EV. S. B-R. POOLE Assistant Librariall : M. A. S. BURGESS We are very grateful to Sir Theodore Ada,:"s, C.M.G., O.K.S. for a three years' ubsCfl,PtlOn for Blackwoods Magazllle. HIS gift IS much appreciated and has been IUlleh m demand by readers. '!'Ie are also very grateful to B. J. Ross, Esq., 0.K.1? who conllllues to prOVide the Library wllh copIes of The Geagraphical Joumal and has !l lso thiS term presented a copy of Maps by d' Agapayeff and E. e. R. Hadfield. . AI;other O.K.S., E. T . .\<.rogh (1940- 4) gave a cheque to buy copies of E. e. Barton \~ "ght s General Plant PhYSiology, N. A. Maximov's Plant Physiology and M. Nelkon's I "YS ICS and RadIO. Such gifts are greatly appreciated. . Some. gaps in the Historical Section of the Library have been closed by the timely IIddllton, mter aha, of The Cambridge Mediaeval History (8 vols), Froude 's History of tllglalld (6 vols.), Erskine May 's Constitutional History of England (3 vols), Hooker's wo rks (2 vols.) Fuller's works (8 vols.). . Also these were purchased ;William the Silent.. .... .. ................... .. ........... .. ........ .. .. ... C. V. Wedgwood Everybody 's Poli tica l What's What .. .... .. ......... .... ......... .. . G. Bernard Shaw Queen Elizabeth and her Subjects ...... .. ......... .. ................ .A. L. Rowse alld G. B. Harrisoll Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (2 vols.) .... .. .............. . ....... .. Rebecca West The Growth of the American ~epublic (2 vols.) ............ ... ... S. E. Morison and Th . ..' H. S. Commager e English Sptrlt .. .. .. ........... .. ......................... .. ......... .. .A. L. Rowse As we go to print two further generous gifts have arrived- F. Hamilton bavey :s IIII' Flora. of CornlVall, a present from Mr. L. A. Medlin, and Travels in Arabia Deserta lit ' magntficent two volumed edition with an introduction by T. E. Lawrence, given by 11. A. F. Rands (1940-3). LIeut.-Col. R. S. Grant (1923-27) has also kindly sent ltllllnd copies of The Calltuarian from 1923- 36. 41

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RETROSPECT This season has proved most successfu l although the weather conditio ns , 1111 been far from good. The XV has won four of its School matches but has been d It II by Clifton after a very hard game. Four old First Colours and eight 2nd XV Colours, severa l of the latter plnylll for the First XV last year, gave a promising start to the formatIOn of a first clas. . 'i ili~ Even with very bad weather conditions the team has ne~er played a bad gal12 l:: 1111 handling of the backs ~as been a pleasure to see. Against the R:A.F. SI. El'lt l, Iii, school was pitted against much larger and fa ster opponents and the backs had \ I

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The pack, well led by the Captain, M. Corkney, played a hard and spirited ~1I111' excellently backed up by the halves and threequarters who continuall y showed Ih.1t superiority over their opponents: The backs play, although very promlslll ¥. III lit beginning of the season, fell off slIghtly but after a few adjustments, dIsplayed III st , lit movements, and they distinguished themselves so well against ClIfton and Grc' lIll1l1 The halves played admirably throughout the season and were a perfect link h 1111 I' a hard playing pack and a strong running threequarter line. The Second fifteen as the unenviable opponents of the XV in practice games, 11!t1\ I well and under the Captaillcy of A. R. T. Stuart displayed great dash. 0~ II II ,til the Second was better than that of the preceding year. The Forwards were IHII'ly II III and very fast, this they used to full ad vantage. 1;he backs used thell' supel'l o~ WI I I, and speed and showed great form. The score against Greshams 65- 0 WIll te'l fv I this. . rI The Colts XV, captained by B. L. Leary a 2nd XV colour had a success u 11.111' .finally defeating Greshams 59- 3 at Newqua y. They were . beaten by a much lit ,I I and older side from Truro Cathedra l School. A young SIde they played Wil li I enthu sia sm and wi th more experience should make a very good school Side.

The Rugger Club was exceedingly sorry to lose the Coaching of Mr. R. 1111 ~ but was equally fortunate to be coached by M. Bailey, to whom many than ks III ,Ir Thanks also are due to Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Holhngworth and Mr. Bettenso ll 111111 I a ll members of the staff who ha ve helped with the Rugger and to the Chll plllill I managing the und er 15 games. The Rugger League Cup, which. has not been competed for since the Scholll •• 111 to Cornwall, has been brought back into circulation and was WQn after II ~ I" matches by Meister Omers.· Meister Omers won the Inter. House mille" II Grange won the Senior defeating Scho.ol House 3 - 0 under appalhng weather cll lI"III", KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURV 18 v KELLY COLLEGE 0 (AWAY) This was the XV's first match of the season and a lack of-co-operatioll \(' lId 01 make the game rather scrappy. The forwards were a little slow and failed 111 1'1, a pack, but they heeled well at times giving the backs many opportunllles 1',11 'II !III I The threequarters had several good movements some of which were rcwlllih,. 1 tries, but they Iwere inclined to be slightly 'selfish, and many passes were drOPPI'(1 I II, they were caught out of position and Kelly nearly scored several tlInes, somO IlIII"I was put in by Russell at full-back. Tries were scored by Bloomberg, Butlel, NI, I and Evans (3), none was converted. 42

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rushes developed. In the loose and tight scrums the ball .was heeled well enabll" Iii backs to score. The three-quarters, despite the muddy and slippery ball, h ll~ ~'"1! very good movements. Sawtell, serum-half, and Bloomberg, fly-half, played a n UM'IIII nl game, the latter using h'is swerve to great advantage. Twice were the backs Cill! ill ,,"I of the position, resulting in the Gresham 's left-winger scoring. Bloomberg ('I), II I Johnson, Cray and Russell, scored tries, Bloomberg converting four tries. CHARACTERS M. CORKREy-'--Has captained the side and has led the pack with all tbe enthu, ln "' , a wing forward who pushes in the tight a nd is always on the ball in I ho I"" Tackles well, but is at bis best in lIltack where good handling and dribbl ina It " served the side well. Deserves praise for the way in whicb he has organised St It" I games. S. B. NICHOLS-A good, slniight-running, thrustful centre who takes the ba ll HI speed and is difficult to stop. His handling and timiniof passes h~ ve in,p' ''1 " Has" strong tackle, falls well, and has kicked to good effect. J. A. CUSHMAN- A good all-round forward who has improved as hooker. J'a u ~ "'" pushes well, and in defence has done good work by quick falling on the bull always on the ball in the loose. . G . .F. G. RUSSELL- A safe full back who handles, kicks, tackles and falls well. I-Ius ,,,Iu' I in three quarter movements to good effect but must not .overdo it. Is illll)'"II" as a place kick. Has carried out the duties of secretary very efficiently. J. H. BLOOMBERG-Has developed from a good link into a most dangerous allill ~ I" fly-half. Is quick off the mark, has excellent hands, times his passes wOIl, "'" has a swerving run wbich carries him through any but the best defence. ) II I' , defence is good. Has kicked some good goals. J. H. SAWTELL-A very promising -serum half. As a tireless worker who thruw 1111 a quick, accurate pass, who tackles and falls fearlessly, and who spots lito ""111 for the occasional breakaway. Is good with the ball at his feet. C, Mc K. CRAy-A wing forward wh o pushes in the tight.and whose speed o'1IIhlt' hll to be on the ball in the loose. His handling and footwork are good. His 1'1111111 has improved and towards the end of term has been very effective. . M. R . DITCHBURN-As middle of the back row, his best work has been his pa cklll ~ ,,".1 pushing in both: tight and loose serums, in dribbling and in quick f' ,lIin . II I tackling can be fiercer. E, D. GREGSON- ÂˇA forward who has used his weight to good effect by solid J'III ~ III and pushing in the tight. His line-out work and backing up are goo , t bind and push more effectively in the loose scrums. J. C. B. COLEMAN-A good all round forward who packs ' and pushes well, bUI will best work is in the line-out. His backing up in the loose, both in utl ll \\ "" defence, has improved. S.,C. MAPLETHORP-A sound scrum,iJager who uses his weight to good efleet in bllih II~I '. and loose scrums. His line-out work and backing up have improved. G:. A, J. EVANs-A fast, elusive,. wing three-quarter, who has scored tries by d l '111 111 I running. His defence is faif, but his tacktiog can be fiercer.

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D. JOHNSON-A promising centre who runs hard and straight and who tackles fearlessly. His handling is improving but he is still inclined to lob his passes. II. K. JOHNSON- !\n all-round forward who, packing in the second row, has done good work III the light scrums. Can playa more robust game in the loose. M. N. CARSON-His progress as wing thre,; quarter was interrupted by illness, but he should develop well. Has speed, determination, and a good tackle. Handling and kicking have improved. .

TENNIS Lawn tennis has gone ahead! Seventy-eight boys have h'a d special coaching and how considerable promise by their term 's work. Unlike most other games Lawn Tennis I " " be learnt stroke by stroke although of course natural aptitude counts for a lot ,.,peeially in the initial stages. . During the months of November and December, the inter-house tennis Cup was ~I'" nl y contested. In the first round Meister Omers scored a decisive victory over Wli lpole House whilst School House met the Grange and was defeated after several ' NY close sets had been played. The Grange won by II sets to 7. Grange then " fea ted St. Edmunds and then- as last year- met Meister Omers in the finals. . The Grange team had been well practised and polished into shape. Their two 11I'"0r couples were espeCIally good and dropped only one set out of the six they had ill play. MeIster Omers had to rely on the strength and undoubted skill of their senior llIl rs as to whether they could. repeat their las~ year's success. Caiger and Simpson IllY a very strenuous and excItIng three sets With Stuart and Polden before winning Ih um. Gordon and Watson had preVIOusly beaten them after unexpectedly dropping Ihu first set. The match between Nichols and Cushman and Gordon and Watson proved an I' Hurcsting battle but the Meister Omers patr proved victorious after a tremendous It IIggle, the' score being 8-6,~9-7. The teams in the finals were : MEISTER OMERS-S. B. Nichols (Captain), J. A. Cushman, D. G. S. Simpson, J. C. I "Iger, H. I. D. Johnson, I. M. Osborn, A. F. Black, R. J. Hancock. THE GRANGB.-M. J . Gordon (Captain), C. J. Watson, A. R. T . Stuart,P. T. Polden It , '. Ferris. C. D. Smith, M. Watson, D . P. North. '

ORIGINAL THE MIRROR ON THE ARREST OF LOUIS XVI It hung on the wall in the palace hall A mirror of glittering glass And it flashed replies to a thousand eyes As it watched the people pass, Music arose from the fiddler'S bows As the dancing throng swept by And life waltzed on with laughter and song And the Galerie des Glaces of Versailles. 4~

THE CANTUA RIA N But from every slum co mes an angry hum

The lament of men unfed And the palaces rin g to the mirth of a king .... .. While the rabble are crying for bread. They forced the door, and onto the floor They came with their torches burnmg ; And the monarch went fo rth to the people's wrat h Neither he nor his queen returning. The noblesse fled, wh ile the rest were led 'Neath the" lanterne's " flickering flame.

But a drunken lout in the va n of the rout Thought he saw in a gilded frame ' The candles glow like the blood that must flow ; He turned with a ~cream of fear

And with all his strength spli t the mirror fu ll length With the haft of his spli ntered spear. No music was heard, save that of a bird Where the people had trampled the grass. The nobles had gone; onl y moonlight shone ' On a carpet of broken glass. D.H.P.M .L. DAWNING INFALLIBLE I watched the sharp swords of the dawning Come glittering into the sky, And on that summer's morning

My head was held so bigh ; For I was twenty-one. At fifty tbe dawn is sti ll yo uthful And gossamer jewels the law n. My pulse, though, beats more slothful And thrills not with the dawn; For I am nearer death. And hundreds of years from this morning Tis not I that shall watch this brave sight. But men still shall gaze on dawn ing, And take courage with the light Though all this world be dead. The flower now blossoming gladly Must wither to-morrow away, But the dust it enriches so sadly Will flower again the more gay. And all the dead things of the present At dawn will bloom again -And the youth of the future rejoices At the flowers my corpse doth sustain. G.P. Me M.

T H E CAN T U A R I A N END OF A DIARY

Somewhere downstairs telephone jangled, I turned over and tried to forget it; hilt the persistent thing killed all bopes of sleep. I stretched my hand out into the cold "ir and fumbled for my extension. I'

Hello, " I said.

" Hello, I hope I haven '\ disturbed yo u. " â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Oh that's all right, I had to answer the telephone anyway." By this time I had guessed who it was. That's the trouble with editors, they ,'xpect everybody to keep their unholy hours. " What on earth do you want at this time of morning 1" I asked rather angrily. " Well you see we're putting out a special commemoration edition on Wednesday. II 's a bout time I had a story from you and I hoped yo u might be able to let me have I)n e in time. About three thousand words will just about fill it. Is it a deal ?" .. O.K. I'll let you know when it 's finished, though you can't expect much on such ha rt notice. Anyway, goodnight. " Afte; this unpleasant interruption, I turned over to resume my sleep. I suppose I must have been worrying about that story, I knew that if I didn 't make good he would not be wanting auy more of my stories,. For a long time I lay gasping for air and unable I th ink of anything approacbing a good plot. At last I fell into a troubled sort of leep. I dreamed I was taking a story to Joe. I was in the last coacb of the tube and ince it was about eleven in the morning, onl y a handful of people were travelling. The "liard was trying to read a book in between stations, a mother wit h a baby that was ~o nt inu ally howling, and a spindly looking youth who was trying to look bored ...... It was such a common place scene. And yet there was something tragic in the air, lin intangible feeling of impending danger. The people looked so real and yet the whole group seemed unnatura l and fan tastic. 1 noticed we were slowing down. " That 's odd I thought to myself, we only left K. ingside less than half a minute ago. .. Finally we stopped in the tunnel. I looked II I Ihe guard. No longer reading his book, he was staring'out of the door as if he could 11 I believe his eyes. I followed bis gaze and instantly understood the horror of our itllation .. ....... There was no coach in fron t of us. After hesitating a moment he got up and addressed his passengers. .. Ladies and Gentleman," be said as if he was at a banquet; "there has been " slight technical slip which r shall now try to remedy. Now keep your seats please. rhere 's nothing to be frightened of. " In spite of tbis however one could not help noticing a hesitant quaver in his voice. Nobody showed any signs of fear. He put Ihe idea into our heads. Of course be realized our danger before we did. Tbe guard opened the end door. The door comunicating with the control cabin was locked so I guessed he was going to try to reach it from the outside. If he didn't ~et the train goi ng till we came to the next signal, the train behind would crash into us. While I was. wondering what on earth was going to bappen to us, there was a terrible Ncream and a brilliant purple flas h. By the time I got to the door the remains of our liard were beyond human aid. The scream of a grown man is always a terrible thing, ut in that tunnel it reverberated and echoed so that it was the last ghastly utterance

THE CANTUARIAN of a man going to a horrible death. The woman (ealized what had happened ~ 1 l(1 1111 baby started crying again. She got up, looking as though she was go 109 to f.,,11 111111 then sat down very ·slowly and deliberately. The weedy y,?uth turned a rathcl' green and nervously lit 'a ciga rette. He looked at me very timidly, and at that mOll ll ll1 we heard the sound of the oncoming train. , We didn 't have a chance, the tunnel was curved and the dri ver of the noxl 1111111 couldn 't possibly see our red lights in time .. .There should have been a signa l h¢II II111 us but I figured the other train must ha ve , passed a signal by mistake. T wos 11111 co~scious of the fact that [ was dreaming a nd I tried with all my might to wu k ' I'I' But as I lay there shi vering I noticed that it was draughty in the train, and rea lis'd llilll it would not be long before the train that was dflvmg that alf would soon be UPOII " The moments dragged. Then T saw a glimmer of light commg around the cu rvc, I Ii

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roar became deafenin g and in a split seco nd the end ca ~e.

There was a, terrible s.c~' '11111111

of steel against steel and for an insta nt I caught a glimpse of the dfl vers ter n,ll d lill· There was a blinding flash and I woke up cold and clammy. A dream hadn I pil i III into a cold sweat like that since I was a. chi ld. Suddenly It dawned on me 111111 1111 dream that could scare me like that would make a story tbat Joe .woul<l'welcoI1l11 Wilit open arms.

I got up hurriedly made a cup of coffee, a nd then started to work. By n Oil lit first draft w;s ready. I spent the rest of the day revising it and re-typing. it. . I . " 1" like a log that night, and in the morning I rang up Joe; he asked m, to bflng It 11111

Half-past nine found me at our local tube station. Since the entrance is III Iii end of the station I got the last coach. Beside myself there were only' three ot her P '''I,I in it.

The guard was trying to read a boo k

between sta tIOns, a woman and II hlill

that cried· intermittently, and a seedy-looking youth. I seemed to feel thai I hlld '11" them all before somewhere. We travelled along for several stations, nobody got in and nobody left. . Wl' ~" just approaching Kingside. The name seemed to do somethlllg to me but" did III I quite ring the bell. Somehow the atmosphere seemed te nse, almost like a 11111 III Ii" a storm. We pulled up in the station peoRle got in further down but nobody Inov,,1 II my coach. The train gathered speed and Immediately. I expected somethIng 10 hlll'l . " We slowed down. ' It was not the usual stopping with nOIsy gnndmg brak 's, 1111 pleasant gliding motion. I realized the crisis had come, I looked out of Ihe Wi,li" towards the next coach and found as r had half anticipated that there was IHI ,"" I in front of us. I felt bound to say something and yet I was speechless . . Tilil "'" I had seen what had happened and he tottered to his feet. The weedy youth hl " ~"IIII and the baby stollped crying. For a few seconds there was a deathly . ,Iene lli,'" ii, guard spoke. I Knew what he said before he opened hiS mouth. I pm ch c~ ,Ill y III here was the scene I had dreamed a few hours before happelllng m r~al life. , lilt' Mil " I moved to the doorway, I tried to stop him but I was too late . . HIS ago n!, ln ~II" sounded even more eerie in reality; we all shuddered . . I notICed It was gell,,' (1 11111 III and knew that I hadn 't much time ...... I got out my daIrY and a pencIl. Por II 111"",,,1 I dared not think then I found myself writing .. ............. My dream has '0 11 11 1111 The sound of the' approaching train swelled into a deafening crescendo. '1111'" a blinding flash before which everything seemed to disintegrate. Then ovel' ill Y \ III ' body I felt a bl~e black numbness and I sa 9k into oblivion. I I

THE CANTUARIAN THE ROCKIES IN WINTER I saw them in the morning, when night had crept away;. Those rolling, Rocky Mountains, in the growin g light of ~ay ; The distant loft y snow-crests, where the clouds played hide-and-seek, As the rosy-fingered dawn caressed each pinnacle and peak. I saw them, too, at noonday, when the Sun was at his height,

Blinding in their brillia nce, so dazzling in their white, Streaked wi th sharp, black shadows in each crevasse and ravine, The rugged, Roc ky Mountai ns, set 'for Winter 's frosty scene. I saw them in the evening, as the sun sa nk down to rest ;

Silent, stately silhouettes, against the glowing West. The deep ' ning red of sunset gave the sky a fiery hue, Till, down behind the Rockies, the su n was lost from view, And then at night I saw them, by th 'eerie light of moon Phosphorescent phantoms, glowing through the gloom, Each twinkling star above th em, a heav 'nly welcome sign

For the romance of the Rockies will li ve as long as time. J. D, Moss, O.K.S. THE OLD CHEST (Being a description of a n a ncient chest once seen in the crypt of Non Usquam Abbey). The chest stands empty now with hinges worn and old; No more are the rich and glowing velvets kept inside, No longer is it filled with glossy silks, nor glinting gold, But alone it sta nds, unused, stark, here always to abide. Seasoned with age, the hard oak has turned a mellow black, The top is scratched and dented, with ends rubbed smooth by wear, One panel a t thÂˇe side is parted from the other by a crack Where the wood has wa rped and shrunk through lack of care, But the chest remains with firm solidity a nd massive strength Raised by four stout legs from off the floor, A shapely object of medium height and length Closed by an antique lock, rusty now and insecure. There are curious carvings on the panels of the chest St. Peter, the Apostle, stands beside the Holy Gates Clasping the keys of Heaven, a si lver cross upon his breast: Before the doors a solemn band of people waits, Kings a nd Bishops, a nd the weak who had no strength to live. These are the righteous folk who always so ught the good, And now attend the judgement which the Saint will give, Beneath, a chasm yawns, deeply sculped upon the wood, Carved by the craftsman and finely chiselled from the grain;

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THE CANTUARIAN Here a devil drags the wicked to eternal halls of ~loom, Learing as he leads them fettered by a heavy cham. While they near the flames in fear and horror at their doom. The vain and proud are fallen from their high estate, And the evil find rewar.d for earthly sins They once committed and now regret too late, . For their souls belong to Satan and the Devil gnns. Upon the lowest bo;der cr~eping briony. lies entwined Round rich and vaned frUits with luxunous grace: The curling tendrils delicately defined . Form spiral patterns as light and clear as lace. From the moulding round the top quaint faces gaze, Impish creatures who seem to smile at human fate And wonder at the proverb which the lid displays In Latin words engraved, their warning to relate: " Et aspera ad virtutem semper via est."

CAMBRIDGE

M.A, II

LETTER

Dear School, We regret that we have not communicated with you for the sp~ce of ono y, ,II but so little of interest has occured to disturb the even tenor of our hfe, that w II II ~ hitherto considered that a letter would not warrant the USlllg of so much spaco I" lit Cantuarian. Now, however, there is much that might interest the School, f or 1111' are at least fifteen O.K.S. in residence. Most of these were present at a meetln 1,1 1 IIiÂˇ Cambridge Branch of the O.K.S. Association, which was held at the ho~ se 01 I III C. H. Budd (1899-1904) where we were plied with all.~anner of entertamm III 111,,1 where we were able to discover and list thelf several actlVltles. After our host the doyen of the meeting was undoubtedly Professor Telfer (1 900 III) lately Dean of Cla:e and now Ely Professor of Divinity. We weremo~t glad to wI,I, 11111 C. W. A. Lovatt (1937- 1941) of Clare on his return from servmg m the ,\I'!"YI Ii is reading law and entertained us with witty comments on hIS lectures-we are \l1I1 ~I" ,I to hear that amusement is derived from somebody 's lectures .. Also at Clare wo 1,,111111 .E. H. Cornelius (1938-43), still studying German, and who IS, he tells us~ COli!' 1111 material, in his spare time, for a small monograph on the respecllve ments 01 I " I Anglican and East Kentish beers. We ran into Sao Hseng Hpa (1937-42) in Petty Cury, and his brother SilO II Ong (1938-44) has been visited in his rooms at Pembroke; In the same coli I have taken tea with J. A. S. Langston (1941-44) who we hear rowS for tho 'IIIIi when he is not engaged in aerobatics; naturally en,?ugh he IS a stalwart sUppl\I II, ,., that extraordinary body, .the Pembroke Chapel Cholf. TalkI~g of ChOIfS, I~ . (I I' Tayler (1939-43) as Senior Choral Scholar now leads theKmg SChOll', III the 1111" ,I of exploring the recesses of the human frame, a tas!< I II whIch he frequently find. h " ' . II face to face with F . L. Whalley (1939-43) of Jesus, who is <?ften to be seen I) '1 111110. furiously round the sireets;. a piece of wire observed to be tWllled neglIgently II bUll1 III neck betokens.a continued interest in matters electncal.

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tHE CANTUARIAN J. P. H. Hutton (1938-43) is still an important member of the Bart 's boat, and he excited our sartorial sense by appearing in a pair of dark brown trousers and carrying

a tra y of poppies on Armistice Day. With him in Barts is J. W. Stephenson (1939-43) whom we hailed in King 's Parade as he wai ted forlorn ly for somebody-we wonder who? J. P. Richardson (1940-44) has taken up residence at King 's, has joined Robert Tayler in the Choir, C. W. A. Lovatt in the Law Schools, and E. H. Corneliu s in the latter 's researches into the quality of Fenland ale. Little has been seen of 1. R. B. Belsham (1940-44) on' an R.A.F. Course at St. John 's, or of R. S. Brealy (1940-44) on a Naval Course at Clare. P. C. Steele (1940-44) completes the list of the half-dozen O.K.S. at Clare ; he tears himself awa y from some of Tayler 's text books on medicine to attend a Play Reading Society at which the authors often meet him. For a short spece in the summer L. A. Maclean (1939-44) G. Howson (1940-43) a nd F. V. Thomas (1940- 44) were res ident in King 's ; all three were on Short Course Cadets and ha ve sin ce gone down.

Furthermore we have rece ived visits from a number

of O.K.S. including A. P. Wortha m (1934-39), D. F. Murray (1937-42), P. A. B. Gethin (1938- -42), P. M. Weatherhead (1937-42) and J. Peschek (1940- 43), and D. M. Hamilton (1937-42) most of whom were in uniform. Finally we must express our regret tha t the School is still in Cornwall and our hope that its return to Canterbury will materialize in the near future. Yours, O.K.S. CANTAB.

O.K.S. NEWS The c'(lirors iI/ vile the co-opera/ioll of O.K.S. ill slrellglhellillg these items ill " THE CANTUARlAN," which (Ire of particlilar illterest to O.K.s. They call1lot rllemseb'es obtain much of the necessary material. especially particulars of promo/iolls, and therefore remind subscribers thaI all items of flews are always welcome.

Apropos of our remarks on O.K .S. who have gained distinction in the Film World in our last issue, our attentio n has been drawn to an article in Modern Women for November, 1943 by C. A. Lejeune, Film Critic of the Observer. The article is entitled

" These Men make Films" and the Editor of the paper has kindly allowed us to quote from it. C. A. Lejeune writes :" The man who has most to do with a star 's success is naturally the direc tor. .....

and one of the stiffest problems in our studios during the war has been the shortage of good directors. Many of our most experienced men had gone to Hollywood. Others joined the Service Fi lm Units. These last have done fine work in making films for and about the Forces, and it is as well to note their names here, as they will be among our foremost studio directors when the war is over .. ; ... There is Carol Reed (1917-22), who was loaned by the Army Film Unit to make " The Way Ahead, " and who is pretty generally recognised, both here and in America, as Britain 's Number One film director ... In the last ten years he has directed a row of successes, including " Bank Holiday," .. The Stars Look Down, " "A Girl in the News," " Kipps," "Night Train to Munich," and " The Young Mr. Pitt. " He is a tall, serious, rather retiring fellow, with a passion for technical perfection. - He likes work. He likes to come on the floor with a script finished to the last stroke on the last T. He enjoys making films as films, and doesn 't bother much what they a re about. If you ask him what sort of subject he would choose to direct, he says, "Well, I don't think it matters much, do you ?" The best film of its type-whether it be comedy or drama, thriller or costume pieceis good enough for Carol Reed ...... 51

THE CANTUARIAN After Leslie Howard, the vetera n who has done most for British films in wlI ,'lllIll is> Michael Powell (1916- 19). Powell made" 49th Para llel," "One of our Air 'Iili l is Missing," " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," and " A Canterbury Tflhl I He is a man of Kent, and a gri m relentless worker; a worthy adversary with WI1\11I1 as a critic, I ha ve often crossed swords. I have the highest possible admirali oll 1" , Michael Powell's skill and integrity of purpose; I know of no one who can 111"" sharply evoke the mood of a countryside ; I like the way he backs his judgemenl wil, a dogged determination; I like a fighter, and "Mickey" Powell is essen li all y II fighter. Most of our fights ha ve been over the su bject of stories. I think he chu"" his stories badl y. He doesn ' t ca re what a ny cri tic th inks. He makes the films he IIIl1h because he wants to make them . And nobody and nothing can ma:ke him chang Itl. mind ...... Other new directors to watch are Charles Frend (1922- 28) Frank Lauder and ~ I I Artiss. F rend, who made those beautifully sincere film s of British folk in w,,,'lill" "The Foreman Wen t to France" and "Sa n Demetrio, London," is you ng 'II." I and serious. He went to King's School, Canterbury, and to Trin ity College, O. f,," I where he became film critic of the" Isis." For years he worked as a cutter, edil ill " A Yank at Oxford," " The Citadel," and" Goodbye Mr Chips, " besides sewilil of the Hitchcock th rillers. He believes that a director shou ld leave his impressiOll 1111 every stage of a film , from the original story idea to the final sound "dubbin g. " II

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We have to thank R. S. Grant (1923-27) for drawing our attention to the ab" .. , and he also provided a good deal of other O. K.S. information, which will be fOllnt! III the War Record. We are a lso extremely grateful to him for sending copic, " I the Calltuarian from 1923-1936, which are to be bound a nd kept for reference in Ih. Secretary 's Office at the School. Th ree numbers are missing, na mely J uly, 1932, Jill ) 1934 and December, 1934. We should be very grateful if anyone could suppl y Ill\' , , and any back numbers before 1923 as, unfortunately, a considerable number of 1111 ~ Cantuairans left at Canterbury were sent for salvage in error. C. H. Frend has spent some months in this neigbbourhood directing a new 11 ,,1 called " J.o hn nie Frenchman" of which the School hopes later to have a pri va le vii," Another O.K.S. , r, B. Lumsden (1941-1944) appears in the film, and also a mom hi I of the School, P. Coury. J. C. Strahan, (1901-06), wri tes" It is nearly eight years now since I took on 11,1 job of recruiting office,' for Gurkhas and on paper my time is up in March next anti \Ii shall see what we shall see. It is a source of intense pride to our recruiting organisnl 1111 that we have now supplied well over 100,000 Gurkhas to the Cause and are slill SOli strong! My own im pression is that they ha ve even enhanced their great name in li d. war and that we have a great dea l to be grateful for to this country of Nepal. Alii ' nearly 36 years of this country and the last eight yea rs in a peculiarly difficu lt climlli. I rather fell by the wayside for a time this hot weather, but am now much bel le,' 111,,1 back at my work. It seems extraordinary that in all these years I have only, frolll rot H of circumstances, been home five times and I am looking forward so much to my 111111 1 return at not too disla nt a date. What a different ÂˇEngland 1 shall fi nd butJ hOPll lltll1 the K.S. will have relurned to its old ha unts by then and I ca n renew associalions 11111Âˇ more. I cannot believe that it is gelling on for nearly 40 years now since I lefl ,",,1 reading of Mr. Latter 's death this yea r brought it a ll home so clearly to me aga in II " I entered hi. tutor set, as a very frightened new boy in 01, and what kindness J rc '~I Y" I I at his hands all my school career. " 52

THE C A N TUARIA N R. W. Nas h (1933-38) has recently qualified L.R.C,P., M,R,C.P. , and has passed Iwo of the three parts in the final exami nation fo r the M.B. , B.S., degrees of Londo n University. We congratulate him on being awarded a Broderip Scholarship at the Middlesex Hospital in an exami nat ion in Medicine, Surgery and Pathology. He expects to be called up shortly for service with the R.A.M.C. We are glad to hear that R. G. A. Ba ker (1926-3 1) who was reported missing some lime ago, is now known to be a prisoner of wa r in Germany. He is well and says that conditions are much better than in Italy. We are indebted for this information to W. A. J. Milner (1902-04) who writes from S. India. H. R. R. Steele ( 1934- 40) has been on leave at Ootaca mund , and was lucky enough to bag a tiger, nine foot th ree. B. E. Fern ( 1932- 4 1) has done over a year 's instructing, and expects to have to do another six months yet. He is now at a F ree French Tra ining School and find s his work very interesting. L. F. P. Russell ( 1935- 39) is now out of hospi tal after some eleven months, and back wilh hi s regimen t. He wriles, " We had a crickel ma tch yesterday aga inst Divl. H.Q. Quite fun! I daren 't play myself- I was qui te tired enough after watching. The great thing was Ihe meeting of three O.K.S. Mike Hunt (before my time), Ant hony DUI'nford and me. We had a rare crack, as yo u can imagine. The actual match was very exciting, even 1 was able to raise enthusiasm. The others were in last and had Iwo overs to go a nd one wicket to fall a nd fifteen runs were required. They did it by one run, all very sa.tisfactory. Âˇ ' His category is B for 6 months, but he says his lungs are now quite all right. Capta in H. C. M. Pitts (1 910- 14) of Ihe Malaya n Defence Force, is a prisoner of war in Camp 4, Thailand. His brother writes that he reports he is so rar well, and that he would appreciate news of old friend s. D. M. D. Evans (1936--4 1) writes" This is my lirsl experience of a Municipal Hospital. If only Ihey were all like th is one there would be little to fear in State medici ne. The chief blot on the landscape from our point of view is the cramped space in which we live. For peo ple in one study-bedroom is seldom conductive either to stud y or to sleepi ng. It used to be a nursery." We are sorry to hear that, just before he would have entered one of the services, D. J. Reeves (1929- 40), got Infantile Para lysis. Fort llnalely he has recovered from th is and hopes soon to take his Accountancy exams aud at the same time to work a Degree in Modern Languages and Hi story. We are glad to have news of the Rev. W. A. Crabtree (1 880-86) who, we lind, is now living not so very far from Ca r/yon Bay, in spite of the fact that his death was reco rded in the printed Register! We offer our congratulations to the Rev. C. E. Woodruff (1 868-75), who must be now one of the most senior of O.K.S., on the sixty-fifth anniversary of his marriage to Miss EUa Constance Maires, wh ich took place on 19th A ugust, 1879. Since 1910 he has been a Six Preacher of the Cathedral and has produced several works of note, including descriptive "catalogues" of the Canterbury Cathedral manuscripts and books and the Canterbury diocesan records, as well as the History of The Kin g's School, Ihe Town and Port of Fordwich a nd " A Fifteenth Century Guide to the Churches of Rome. " 51

THE CANTUARIAN R. Gillibrand (1931 - 36) is P. and R.T. Officer at a Naval training eswblishllllill in North Wales, where M. H. Smithers (1940--44) and R. Moore (1941-44) II r III training. Tony Fagg (1939-43) was in Northern Ireland for so metime. He writes " WI'" I. working pretty hard now, the training has been growing steadily harder and ~e'vc 11 111111 I finished our course. I have been trYl11g to keep up my languages at EveDing Ill " and I'm doing a course in music, but I 'm afraid most of our spare time is taken 111 1 Itl

sleeping! " A. A. de C'-Cussans (1938-41) writes that he met D. B. Young in the Oi1k ,, ' Club in Naples. He seemed in very good form and was full of news of other (We wish he would pass it on to the proper quarter! Ed.) I. Butcher (1938-43) (who has since been wounded) wrote in September " II " Battle is going really extraordinarily well. We routed a great number of Boches o\.! III their bunks in pyjamas; they were absolutely sha ttered. They are all ve ry shllk II Boche, and are firmly convinced that it is all over for them, as It IS...... A Boche Inh! me that when they entered this town the French cheered them In and only turned III" Ally when they saw the way the war is going I A typical Boche story 110 doubt, ""I I often wonder. I spend most of my leisure hours looking for ellgs and chickenâ&#x20AC;˘. tin of sardines, which we loathe, works wo nders! My I;rench has Ilnproved IIml1on. I ~, might even stand a chance is S.C. again." H. P. Player (1929-34), met his brother-in-law, R. C. Harte-Lovelace (I925 I I. quite accidentally in Italy and they went for 48 hours leave together to Capn. II \VII the first time Lovelace had met anyone from home for 31 years.

F. E. Harte-Lovelace (1926-35) finished his operational tour 18 months ' go, 11111\ has been training pilots on Catalinas in America. P. L. Harte-Lovelace (1932-40) met D. Hurford (1935-39) and T. N. Donlll(l.IIII (1934-39) when training in Canada. J.. H. Breese (1937-42) writes from Trinity College, Oxford: .. I am bnck I" I, after being discharged from the Army last June. They dIscovered, after I had ' I ~ III several weeks in hospitals and convalescent homes, that I had got a touch of T.Il, " promptly discharged me. I came up here last week to read Greats for two ~ears . I II exam I took last year in two terms enables me to ge! off the fir~t pubhc exammat,on 11111\ thus go straight on to a Final Honours School. fhe work IS gomg to be tou ghl to \ imagine but interesting. For Greek History I have Mr. M. ~. Tod, a very let" II' ,\ History Scholar, I hear, and the author of the book on ClaSSIcal InscflptlOns whl, Ii I remember from the school library. " D. N. Wilmer (1933-,-38) came to see us when recuperating from a long lIli ll'" which he developed in West Africa. He has been di~charged from the Army. as medl 11 \1 1 unfit. Our sympathy goes out to him in the loss of hIS mother, who has dIed m a JII 11 111 . Internment camp. His father is still interned. Wilmer met D. French (193 III) in the Gold Coast under rather strange circumstances, and also H ewlett (m N Igorl ll ,) We congratulate J. L. Harland (1937-41) on passing his third year examl"UI "l' at Faraday House with Honours. 54

THE CANTUARIAN R. H. K. Turner (1924-27) on finishing his tour of Ops was almost immediately fortunate enough to get on the Staff Navigation Course at the Central Navigation School " od after 13 weeks of " real swatting " passed in all subjects, returned to his Squadron and was made Station Navigating Officer, a job which he finds very interesting indeed, especially as his old Squadron is on the station also. C. H. B. Wauton (1932- 37) writes that he did not make the statement attributed to him by a reporter, and mentioned in our last issue about the Germans' incredible stupidity. He says •• Our S.C. is an old Laurentian and we frequently argue about Hockey a nd which was the best Hockey School. Winter has well and truly set in and Italy can be as wet as Ma nchester when it tries." He had met J. H. Powell (1937-40). Wauton asks .. Couldn't we have more news of O.K.S. in the magazine? After all, the O.K.S. are a la rge percentage of your readers." The answer is a simple one. Give us the news and we will print it. He also suggests that we should publish people's Regiments. We do in the War Record, but do not want to fall foul of the Censor and be stopped publishing anything. G. L. Clarke (1935- -41) writes from West Africa" I am thriving on mosquitoes and sand flies and seem to be doing a tremendous lot of th ings which have no relation to the War. I bave just been turned down for a commission in the Intelligence branch of the R.A.F. because I am too disgustingly fit, having been told that I was of no further use to them as Air Crew. Still I am playing Hockey and Rugger with some success being captain of both Airmen's Teams, though Rugger in this heat is really a bit excessive. We have just got ourselves a new Hockey pitch which is a bit mountainous but has distinct possibilities, some day some time, by which time I hope I shall be back in something less uncivilised. " In response to our request for Inore news of Cyril Johnson ( 1937-40), G. H . Edmunds (1931-39) writes that he has been in India for well over a year, in the R.C.S., nnd has had dysentery, jaundice and malaria. Of the jaundice Johnson writes: .. It is one of the best things you can get out here, there is very little discomfort and after the first few days you just lie comfortably on your bed, getting your appetite back, and gradually losing the yellow in your eyes and sk in, and generally having a lazy time." He !l0es on, "When you live in a tent which is not tall enough to allow the neck to be straightened; you sleep on bed boards; the white ants try to eat your • furniture' nnd your' house' as well; monsoon is in full swing; and rats try to snuggle into bed with you"-:"well, you don 't exactly see India through rose-coloured glasses! !" . . Edmunds himself has been on sick leave with duodenitis. He says " The treatment IS hable to be lengthy and may take a year for a lasting cure. The treatment is diet. I have to live on fish, eggs and milk; very monotonous and not too easy to follow these days. Whether the Merchant Navy will discharge me I don't know, but its quite likely. At the least it will mean a shore job for some time. Since my last letter I have made two trips, one to Buenos Aires and Montevideo and the other to Halifax in Canada. Both trips were uneventful so far as the enemy was concerned. I will be sorry to give up travelling but glad that r shan 't have to get up at 4 0 'clock each morning." We hear that R. St. G . Lyster (1938- 39) is a .. Bevin Boy" but have no confirmation f this. P. A. Bartlett (1940-44) is the first to be called up from School for this work. J. D. Twinberrow (1938-42) has been slightly wounded, and subsequently was taken prisoner by the S.S. for eight hours, but managed to get away after a pretty hectic 55

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time. He was a good deal shaken and was sent to a medical specialist and down ~lIlih_1 to " B " for three months. After a few days rest he felt much better and wh en Iw Willi was O.K. except for a few cuts on the face and a few bruises. He has been rCCO ll1llHllllh ,I for a permanent commission.

J. Wa tts (1939- 43) developed pneumonia while awaiting posting to a pre- ,(, I I and life was just one long run of hospitals and convalescent homes for months, rolll'\\< " by a posting to Canterbu ry where he spent a mon th before going to his pre- ,('. 1 II He says" It was grand to be able to look rou nd the old place once 1110re. I only wi iI •• 1 the School was t here now. Suppose it will be q uite a wh ile before they sta rt a ny 1\' 1',111 on it. The Bri tish Restaurant in the Parry seems to be doing a roarin g trad e IIl1 yW11~ It being my fi rst visit since 1942 1 saw qu ite a change in the old City." D. F, Murray (1938-42) seems to have been seeing plenty of act ive selviec' "lIh hi s Ma rine Command os. When he last wrote he had just had the bad luck I" " wou nded by his own side! He says, "A phosphorous grenade burst a bit too III ,II my face, and I'm now reposing in hospital wit h both hands and half my face bU1'Il1 II. real damage, eyes un touched, "out" in a fortnight. Since then we hear that IH.~ hll again been wounded slightl y in a Commando land ing. Judgi ng by what we II ~\H I II was lucky to get away with a slight wound . Bishop A. M. Gelsthorpe (1908- 11 ) writes" We miss Fleming Sandes ve ry """ I from the Sudan. I think he has been the most deservedl y popular of all Gavel 11 1111 III officials in this country. When 1 was a new boy at school he was the first K..' , I I I remember seeing him with a school hat on as we changed trains at Ashfold 10111 wondering if I dare speak to him, but thought it wiser not in case he shou ld bl! 11111 I with me. J have since lea rnt he is never rough with anyone except. 0 11 the 01.: ' It~ltlll he won the V.c. wh ich he says he received for losing his temper .. .... I see various () I, from time to time. Ryan and I had a quiet evening together when L was last in ( II1I The general opinion there seems to be that he has done a very difficult work in HilI. II way as definitely to have had a big influen ce on Middle East affairs. I see flut ch"1 III Egypt. I bel ieve the English Mission College in Cairo is one of the best scho,,1 I" Africa, which is saying rather a lot but J believe it is true. He has there nil III nationalities and mixture of races that can possibly be imagined ...... and he i ~ dolilllhi influencing the bu ilding lip of the life of the Middle East. J see much of Ja nso n. NlllliI, here in the Southern Sudan. In these days of co-operation between Governmenl 1111,1 Missions it is of great help having a man like that on the Government side at a lim \\111 we are on the eve of mass educational developments. " J. E . P. Sampson (1934- 39) wrote on paper with Nazi and Belgia n crcsts, ht',II" ,I Devlag, Leiding (Under New Management) .• I am now enjoying a free tour of 1111"1 and am at present enjoying myself immensely in Belgium where we ha ve ucen 1"'" II I by the most amazing and overwhelmi ng scenes of joy and enthusiasm. Our cur" "' I loaded down with fruit and flowers, and could somet imes hard ly make progres; I\ ~"III c the pressure of enthusiastic crowds. in one vi llage, 1 was dragged from my CII I 1111 had to a ppear on the balcony of the Mairie where J gave a short speech in French, willi I. seemed to be understood by the populace who cheered loud ly! The pa per I '"'' 11',111 was taken from the Administrative Headquarters of the Flemish SS Division- a f'OIIlIUIIi ' of traItors who are at the moment, I believe fighting (?) aga inst the Russia llN III I" East. Amongst other th ings that we found there was a book of photographs COII'IIIIIIII con\iitions and li fe in Engla nd unfavo urab ly wit h those in German y. It was pIIIlII.I" , I

THE CANTUA RIAN in 1940, afte r the debacle, and one of the photographs shows Tom Watts and Carter, ~ourt ~r;ess, standl~lg 111 frall.t of ~ne of the doorways in King 's, and purport ing to ~cp l esellt Students 111 Ca mbndge. Most amusing, if inaccurate! ! I must show It to you after the war. III

.' The Rev, R. B. Winser (1900--05) has been appo inted to the Clerical Staff of the PIiOIY C hurch, Malvern. He was Rector of Allesley, Warwicks hire frolll 1932 to last yenr. ,

We were glad to hear recently. from F, HUlchinson (192 1-25) of whom the School He Intellds to beco me a member of the Cantuarian Lodge.

hdd lost Sight for some yea rs.

, D. S. L. Palerson ( 1931 --:-40) has been on leave in the Himalayas, cli mbing 10,000 lo.ot peaks and generally ha Ving a good tllne. He acted as scientist to an expedition of nve. '

D, A. Venner (1 935- 39) had a peaceful journey to India, . He writes, "While I have been at tlllS depot I have been over most of the workshops and seen where the tradeslI1en are tramed III their respectIve Jobs .. Their standard is extremely high and considering Ihal nearly ,~ II of them . have come straIght from villages, it is almost unbelievable to see IheIr work. H,S InIlIalIOn to the Cantuarian Lodge has had to be postponed " ntil his r return. , J, L. H. Sherwood (1939- 43) was transferred from the Royal Marines with the Irrst batch under the Na tional Serv;'e Act. . T, S. Emery (1900- 1905) has reti red from the Indian A rm y, and is now living at ( ottonwoods, Nanstallon, Bodllllll . We hope he wi ll get over to see the School befo \~~ leave Corn wa ll: He must ha~e an almost unique record of service in the Army. ~: ~"cved as 2nd. Lieutenant to LIeutenant-Colonel in the Territoria ls from 191 2- 17 ' Irom L,eutenant to Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular A rmy 1917- 1943, from Pri vat~ 10 Lieutenant-Colonel In the H ome Guard, 1943-44. J, F. Robinson (1928-33) writes, .. I have o nl y bumped into one O.K,S. over here-J , G . W, Charnaud who IS a Staff Captain-and n ~<dless to say we had a few ""nutes back In Canterbury where I hope to see the old School before long." C. C. Hooper (1933-38) is now 2nd i/c of an RJ.A.S .C. Training Unit.

: Will anyon~ ~h6 comes in ct;>ntact with repatriated prisoners of war from the Far I.ast make enquIrIes about CaptaIn Douglas D. Rennie (1929-34) 211624 The Mala R~gllnent? H e was last hea rd of from No.2, P.O.W: Ca mp, Thai land, 'The EdilOis wrl l gladly pass on any news of him to his fiancee, The Re~. W, M, F. Scott (1926-3 1) Tutor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, has been IIppoln ted V,car of ChrISt Church, Toxteth, Liverpool. > \~\a re sorry to h~ar that A. J. B. Hug hes (1936-40) is being in valided out of the kA.F . ,01l0wlI1g a seriOus flYlllg aCCIdent.

. Michael Chatterton (1938-43) asks us to make it known lhat he has taken the of Baker In place of Chatterton . He wri tes: "Whilst endu ring seven strenuous mon ths at O.C.T.U. with John Ommanney I!,!d C. R. B. Brown 1 was Instructed amo~gst others by Q. Brown, and R. F, Felln of School House, QuIte a gathering of King s a nd several enjoyable and hila rious parties look place. I have seen Dick Fenn since O.C.T.U. but like me he was rushing all over SUI name

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THE CANTUARlAN ' the country on a week's course here and there. During my last week at O.C.T.U , 1'11111 of Meister Omers arrived there, his father being my Battery Commander Iher 1"1 , month. All of which goes to show that the Gunners have had a nother deluge of 0 , l have also heard from J. Cor ben who seems to be a irborne somewhere. We regret to say that no news. has been recei ved of Don Willsdon (1937 I) wit, has been mIssing from an air r81d over Germany since February last. Geoff WIII ~lh", when last heard of was in Cam p 2, Thailand, a nd any news of him would b "", I welcome. J. F. Dalrymple (1940-44) writes from Trinity College, Oxford, where h • ill the midst of a Naval Short Course: " In a moment of enthusiasm I took up Ih ~1' lIlh art of Boxing, and soon became quite keen; hardl y had I learnt the rudimenl s wll,,, I was selected to box for the Varsity aga inst Oxford Schools. I have nevcr b 'l' li " t~rrified in my life but once in the ring 1 utterl y forgot myself; I did lose bul by \' I. httle, and was told b y the bench of Army judges that I would make a good fighl er will " I learnt to box straIght. Imagme my horror when, two weeks later, I received II sh ull,u card to announce that I was boxing against the Army at Aldershot. I t was an cx/) rI II' I shall never forget-transport from Blackwater to Aldershot by truck and it fc tl llllill like rumbling to the French guillotine in a covered waggon. What finally did il WII. I" hear that I was boxing an Army professional lightweighl. I survived till'the cnd III III first round and was then knocked senseless; in doing so I sprained my ankle, SII 111111 In ail, It was a Jolly evenIng L .... .In the Fresher 's Trials I came 2nd in the h,,11 "III and so have hopes of at least running the half a nd the mile in the University Trilll II I term. "

B. E. Fern (1932-41) writes: "This station is the Free French training Sehll,,1 once things get properly organised the job ought to be quite interesting. I hoy III, done over a year's instructing and it still looks as though I have got to do six 111'" months. J. D. Moss (1937-39) worked in the London Stock Exchange after leaving ~ '1i1ll,1 but found office work so dull that, in spite of protests, he look up professional icc-skllllll as being. more profitable and exciting, knowing that he would soon be joini ng (llil III the ServIces anyway. He proved very successful bQth in teaching and on the Ih 'lll' lo ,I side of th~ busi~ess, finally securing a leading role in " Ice Parade of 1941 "at Blo kl,,,,,1 He dId hIS mltlal R.A.F. training near Stratford-on-A vo n during the Festival S'II "" and while there formed one of.a Guard of Honour for the late Duke of Kelll , II writes: " While he was inspecting us I could not hel p remembering the lasl lim I 11",1 seen hin~ v.:as on that sunny May da y in 1938 when he had visited Kings 10 P II III FIeld bUIldings and the dInIng hall. " He goes on ........ While training I was II f'''!1 I11 "' ~lSltor to Calgary, where I skated at the. Glencoe Club. The hospitality ofthes ' 111'''1'1 IS truly wonderful. I was frequently theIr guest at the club and at the end of thei,' N'II "" they paid me the ~reat compliment of asking me to judge their annual champion 11 11' In fa~t they p~evalled on my C.O. to ha ve me flown up during the middle of Ih \\0,. ~ espeCially for 1t. .... .1 returned to England in high hopes of going on twin-englt1 ~, 1 ,1,1, bombers-only to become a flyin g instructor! i-and to add insult to injury " I I " • Moths.' Having done a yea r 's instructing I am once again in hopes of gellinK "" I" operatIOns very soon-with luck on single engine fighters- but who know '/ 1111 fortunately I have seen few O.K.S. lalely. My last encounter was with Flt.-Lieu!. II, I I Marshall, who had chased me half way round an aerodrome on seeing my Sch 01 • ,,,I 58

t H E C A N TtJ ARtAN which I always wear while flyin g. He had seen it flappin g in the breeze and had been yelling himself hoarse to attract my atten tIon, but I was weanng a flYlllg helmet and could not hear him till he ca ught me up ...... At my last statIOn I produced and played in Alec Coppel's .. I killed the Count. " This was a great success and we performed it at other R.A.F. stations. It brought back some happy memones of Hall Plays at Canterbury, with P. Ballantyne, J , G , M. Price, M. S. Spark at the end of the Christmas term in The Grange."

He adds a P.S . â&#x20AC;˘ , I must confess I was glad to see tbat I still hold the jullior long jump record: but hasn't half an inch been lost so mewhere?" The citation for the award of Ihe D.F.C. to L. N. B. Can n (1936-38) and of the D.F.M. to hi s Sergeant-Navigator runs: This officer and airman were pilot and navigator of an aircraft detailed fo~ an attack on an oil refinery at Setkrade one day in October, 1944. In the run-m the aircraft was heavily engaged by anti-aircraft fire. A shell exploded near the bomber and fragments smashed through the pilot's windscreen. FlYlllg Officer Cann was struck U1 the arm and shoulder. Although bleeding profusely he co ntlllued IllS run. Not untIl tbe target hac! been bombed did he seek assi1tance. Sergea nt Flsber promptly dressed hIS ca ptain 's wounds and applied a lourniquet to his ann . He then removed hIS almost fainting com rade from the pilol 'S seat, took over the control ~ and afterwards fl ew tbe aircraft back to this country. When neanng base FlYlllg Officer Cann, although very weak from the loss of blood , took over the controls and- executed a perfect la ndinll on the airfield . This officer set a fi ne example of courage and fortItude. Sergeant FIsher a lso proved himself to be a valianl and resourceful member of aircraft crew and proved a tower of strength in a difficult situation. R. O. Crouch (1926-29) has recently been in hos pital with injuries but is now back with his unit. Mr. Corner, who is with the B.L.A. writes: .. Before I came I was a little suspicious of Ihe welcome to Allied troops, but let me assure yo u that no one has been exaggeratmg. People ha ng Unio n Jacks from their houses, the women strap up theIr hats With red, white and blue, and the men, hard put to It to keep abreast WIth tITe movement, ha ve

th readed the fl ags of the United Nations through their button holes. To unfold a road plan in the streets is to court disaster, for a crowd descends upon y~u not only WIth precise directions but with offers to accompany you a nd even suggestIons for a better place to spend yo ur afternoon. To be seen walking with a British soldier is tres a la mode and to wear his ca p badge in your frock tres ChIC, TheIr blank astolllshment at hearing a British officer talking French is embarr~ ssing and the~ suspect a ]Jra~tlcal joke. In fact it's a good way of collecting a really bIg crowd, If you re that way mchned. There 's no excuse for being bored- you just go up to the first cmhan you meet a nd start a conversation. If you a ren 't a family friend after a couple of hours It wo n 't be the fault of the civilian. I mention all this because it has really impressed me bow deeply grateful tbese people are for the strain thathas been lifted from their li ves. 1 don't think the Germans were deliberately offenSive on the whole (they are so desperately anxious to be loved) but the very fact of their presence a nd control was enougb to bring home to the fo lk the real value of their freedom, however carelessly they had used It in the past. Now they are full of good intentions, and it will be most interesting to see how constructively they can act and how long they can thmk unselfishly for the 89

'rH E C A N T iJ ARiA N good of their new cause .. .... ln spite of all the restrictions people look very hea lth y IIl1d better dressed than In E ng.land. The ch ildren in particular seem very fit, even in Ih towns, a nd many a Bngadler has blushed to know what to do whe n a little girl 01' 11' 11 has inSisted on walking wIth him a nd holding his ha nd. A schoolboy told III Ihlll the compulsory language In hIS school cha nged from German to English overni ghl and caused his headmaster a fairly protracted headac he. " Mr. Roach has been invalided out of the Army and is tempo ra rily teaching al ' 1IIiI Members of the O.K.S. Associa tion a re reminded that .the Annual SubscripJi oll III 10/- for the current year, commencing 1st November, 1944, is now due. Remill'''Wl', IOcludlllg any arrears, should be sent to the Acting Secretary, R. W. Marsha ll , Sn v ~ 1I House, Eagle Wharf Road, London, N.!. BIRTHS PEGG- On 10th August, 1944, to Dorothy, wife of H. E. Pegg (1922- 27) at Salisb", Y S. RhodeSla-a Son. ' DEAN- On 10th June, 1944, to Anne, wife of Ca ptain A. M. Dea n (1934- 40) The Que 11 '_ Bays, at Nalrobl- a son. COOKE-YARBOROUGH- On 29th September, 1944 to Pamela a nd Michael COO'I' Yarborough (191 8- 22)- a daughter. SCOTI- On 3rd October, 1944, to Nora, wife of the Rev. W. M. F. Scott (1926- 31) a da ughter (Susan). BARTON- On 24th October, 1944, to Joan, wife of Captai n D. P. Ba rton (1 928- I ~ ) K.S.L.I.-a daughter (Judith Felicia Deering). BARNETI'- On 11th December, 1944, to Leslie, wife ofT/Colonel C. H. Ba rnett (1 919- ~I - a son (Peter James). . . ENGAGEMENTS HURFORD-KINAHAN-Lieutenant David Lester Hu rford (1 935- 39) 4th/7th Roy til Dragoon Guards (FlYlllg Officerseconded R.A.F.) to Joy Mary Kinaha n, W.R .N.S , younger daughter ,?f Rear-Adllllral H . R. G. Kinahan, C.B.E. and Mrs. Kinallllll, KENT- RoBI NSON.-Phlhp D. A. Kent (1930- 40) to Jean, eldest da ughter of the J( V J. H . and Mrs. Roblllson . . HARTE-Lo VELACE- BIGGLESTO N.- Squadron_Leader A. Harte-Lovelace, D.F.C. ( 1932.,IK) to Betty Jane, second daughter of the late F. R. Biggleston (1 890- 94) a nd MI ' Blggleston. MARRIAGES STRALLEN-CALDWBLL.- On 26th July, 1944, Captain Peter Desmond Vai ncOI li 1 Strallen, R. C.S. (1934-38), o nly son of Lieut.-Col. V. A. V. Strallen, R.E. ''' iii Mrs. Strallen, to Hester June, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. G. Caldwell CRAVEN-STURDY.- On 11th August, 1944, Sta nley Cra ven (1927- 30) to Joan Ev lUll Sturdy. ' DONALDSON-HEAT?N.- On 29th August, 1944, the Rev. Christopher Willia m DonaldNll1l (1931- 34) Semor Curate of St. Stephen 's, Norbu!'y, to Margaret Evelyn, ctaughll'l of the Rev. F. A. Heaton, VIcar of St. MIchael s, Tenterden, and the late MI ~ Heaton. WORSFOLD- LLOYD TANNBR.- On 2nd September 1944 Christopher Worsfo ld ( 19111 22) to Leslie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Po LI~yd Tanner. 60

tH E C A N T tJ ARiA N IlIlNNETT- CLARK.- On 5th October, 1944, by the Rev. C. C. O. Bennett (1929- 34) Lieutenant Ro bert L. S. Bennett, R. N. V.R. (1924- 30) to Frances G. Clark. KENNETI- LEFEBRuRE.- On 14th Octo ber, 1944, John Engla nd Kennett (1929- 34), Suda n Political Service, to Jill, elder daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. Victor Lefebure. DEATHS IlAKER.- Killed in action , 2nd Jul y, '1944, Private Robert Sidney Courthope Baker (1920- 26) Somerset Light Infa ntry. SIDEBOTHAM.- On 14th October, 1944, the Rev. Frederick William Gilbert Sidebotham (1876), Recto r of Weeting, No rfolk, aged 79.

IN MEMORIAM THE REV. LEONARD WILLIAM SMITH (1 883- 89) , We regret to learn from J. H . Smith (1 887- 91) of the death on January 2~d , of his elder brother. L. W. Smith was one of the Big TTuee of 1889, when he was Captain IIf the School, l:.. G. Peacock- a most ideal monitor, both disciplinary and genial,Wns No.2 ; a nd Algy Latter was No. 3. L. W. Smith was a popu lar Captain; he wos in the XV for two years as a reliable bac k, when the three quarter line consisted

" I' Payne, Boycott, Latter a nd' Bredin, a very effective combination. He also had Ilis Sports Colours a nd his Fives Cap, a nd was Editor of the CanlUariull and President or Ihc Debating Society. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford, as a Ford Student and u Rose Exhibition, and obtained a Second in Classical Mods. a nd in History Finals. li e was admitted a Solicitor, but was later ordained, a nd after a curacy in Montreal IVUS Rector of Tollerton, Vicar of S. John the Evangelist, Maidstone, and finally of Muston in Leicestershire, where he died. He was much beloved in all his various Iln ris"es. .

PILOT OFFICER HARRY CHURCHILL REYNOLDS (1930-35) H. C. Reynolds ca me to the School in September, 1930 as a King's Scholar and II" Entra nce Scholar. He was a School Monitor and Head of Holme House. Among va rious other officers !rold by him were Editor of the Canruariull and Secretary of the then flourishing Debating Society. It was obvious that his choice of the Bar as a career was a right one: he made his points well in debate and had a keen sense of humour. He gave up his plans soon "rt cr the wa r broke out, a nd joined the R.A.F. In August, 1942 he was reported missing, !relieved killed. This has unfortunately now been confirmed. li EUT.-COMMANDER EDWARD ARTHUR MINTER, R.N. (ret.) (1910- 14). E. A. Minter was for two years in the Gym Pair, and j oined the Royal Na vy as Ii Midshipman in 191 5, serving throughout the War. He retired with the rank of 1,lcuL-Comma nder some time before 1931 and when the Register was printed was h lieved to be wi th the Great Western Railway Company of Buenos Aires Ltd. The S 'hool had entirely lost sight of him for many years, and it was a pleasure to have a vlsiLfrom him in October, 1939, when he was again on active service and was stationed

II I Dover, comma nding H.M. S. S andhurst. We regret to hear from his sister of his rI 'lit h in Ja nuary, 1942 of some o b~c ure gland trouble, following influenza. He leaves " widow a nd three children. 61

't H E CANTUA RI AN His nephew entered the Junior School this term, and it was then found that 1111 boy had famil y connections with the King 's School on his fa ther 's side as well as hi mother'S, although his fat her was q ui te unaware of thi s ! LIEUTENANT BE RNARD LIONEL DE LA PE RRELLE, THE BUFFS (1932

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Nearly half of " Perrelle's " short life was spent at The King's School and h last visit here seems very recent, so that there were sti ll ma ny friends of his in tbe Schnnl to grieve when we learnt of his dea th in action in September. He was a House Prefect of School Ho use, and a very popular member of the HOII ', His cheery, friendly personality will long be remembered by those who knew him. LEADI NG WRITER JOHN EDMUND ROBINSON, R. N. (1 937- 39) Among the earliest mem bers of Latterga te were Joh n Rob inson and his brOll ll1 Michael. Their home was in Not way, and tho ugh they had had a year or two II I II Preparatory School life must have been rather difficult fo r them, as they still nalll rll ll ~ thought in Norwegian when they came to King's ! They settled down very IHlll1l11I however, until the war cut short their School career, since jt was impossible fo r 1h\' III to return from Norway in September, 1939. Of their adventures in Oslo when Ih. Germans invaded Norway we ha ve not been told, but it was a great pleasure 10 111 '" in 1942 tbat they were once more safely in England. John j oined the Royal Nil almost at ooce as a Telegraphist and at the time of his death was a Leading W'II' , (Special). He was lost in the sinking of H .M.S . Boadicea in the Mediterranean. Mi hili I is serving in a Minesweeper. PRIVATE HAROLD ESDALE CHAN DLER, LON DON SCOTTISH, ( 1929 \,11. AND CORPORAL NORMAN ESDALE CHANDLER, LON DON scorn ~ 11 (1 929- 36). We learn with deep regret that H. E. Chandler died of wounds last Septe,"1 , He was a quiet, unassuming person, who left early, but he always had a great love rOt til School and our deep sympat hy goes out to his widow and ba by son, and to his Mulill . in her double bereavement, for we now learn that his brother Norman, whO IV" reported wo unded a nd missing last Februa ry is also know n to have died of wo," ,,1 The last news we had of Norman was from his cousin, O. W. Eustace (1933-43) wit. said that Norman was badly wounded and was left near a Bren gun while help I"~ , fetched. When the stretcher bearers reached the spot the gun remained but No, " ,.," had disappea red. His death was reported to Kenneth Thomas, but we ha ve no d ~\l1 1i No rman was one of those who moved from Langley House to Walpole House in I'll he was a House Prefect of Walpole, and had ·his 1st XV Colours, P.T. Colours 1I t1 1l it l 2nd XI Cricket Colours, and w,ils a Lance-Corporal in the O.T.c. O/S. c. A. R. MACDOUGALL, R. N . (1936-40) Our deep sympathy goes out to the siGter of P. N . a nd C. A. R. MacDougnll , wit,· has now lost both her brothers ill this war. Ray mond had spent some timo HI .. ,' and had just joined H .M .S. King Alfred to traill for his commission when he acc id ~ tll HIl met his death in May last. • 62

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TH E C A NTU ARIA N SECON D LI EUT ENANT WILLIAM RALPH H UMPHR EY BEESTON, K.S. AIR BORNE ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT (1936-40). Bill Beesto n was one of a number who came to The King's School from Tormore Prepa ratory School, Deal, and he was good all-rou nd. He was a House Prefect of MeISter Omers and had he not left School at an ea rl y age might well have attained li n even higher I'0sition . He gained his. Cricket Colours in 1939 a nd 1940, and his Rugger Colours to 1940, and was a Lance-Sergeant in the J.T.C. He had hoped to become an Architect. Hi s Housemaster writes : Wi th the death on Active Service of Bill Beeston, once again we mourn the loss

of an Old Boy who made his mar k in the School and whose future was full of bright hope. Whether ,t was on the c!'lcket fi eld, w,th his ra ther unlidy run up to the wicket, or wa lking rou nd the Green Court with a friend, there was always an air of controlled purpose about him . He was master of himself and his emotions in Sllccess as in fa ilure !I chal:acteristic which gave him a deceptive aloofness. To those who fo und their Into hiS confidence he was a warm and generous fr iend, and to many who were at School wit h him his death will mean much morc than just another name on the Ro ll of Honour. S.B-R.P. writes :" I got to know Bill Beeston rather well because he stayed with me in a small . ou ntry rectory iu Norfolk during the critical summer of 1940 when events suddenly swept his home in Dover into the front line. I can still see hi m entering tbe beautiful little mediaeval church from the rectory door and taking his place in the choir whilst the morning sun lit up the ancient chancel. Out my a biding impression of him was that of intense vigour combi ned with intelligence lind discrimination. He had a very sound judgement of people and events for he united great common sense wi th a full and sympat hetic appreciation of other people 's point of view. He himself was one of those rare people who k now what they want in life li nd know how to get it. He had great physical courage and I ca n well remember his fortitude on one occasion IVhe~ he was in great .pain, a nd it is therefore no surprise to learn of the gallant and herOIC fight he put up 10 hospital against the terrible conditions brought on by exposure In Normandy. But unhappily it was not to be. His death is a great loss to his ma ny personal friends and a terrible tragedy for his devo ted parents who now lose their only son. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Ibem."

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PR IVATE BASIL EDGA R BONH AM-CARTER, SOM ERSET L.r. AND BLACK WATCH (1931-38) . Always very shy and qu iet, probably few people knew Basil Bonham-Carter at 1111 tnltmately at School. He served in the L.D.V. before joining the Somerset Light Infantry, and was for some ti me statio ned at Gibralta r. Some mo nths ago he was drafted to the Black Watch, with which Regiment he was serving when, in circumstances "f great gallantry, he was serverely wounded last September. At fi rst he seemed to 'li lly and was ~ble to write home quite cheerfully, but he had received spinal injuries tl nd died 111 a nlllltary hospital overseas on November 14th. The report that he had died li N a prisoner of war was erroneous.

THE CANTUARIAN LIEUTENANT NOEL WILSON COOPER , R.N.V.R. (1930- 32) Allhough N . W. Cooper did not stay at School long enough to do more thali I'dlll his Second XV colours he continued to play Rligger when he returned to his A rgl'nII II home, to join a firm of Chartered Accounts. Playing scrum-half he becalll\> lill International player and Captained the Buenos Aires R.F.C. , the senior Rugby ( lill, of South America. He returned home to join the Navy in 1941 and was Mell " 'II" ,I in Despatches " for bravery and skill in the hazardous operations in which Ihe All " ,I Forces were landed in North Africa." He afterwards joined the Commandos and wlill serving with Ihem was posted as missing on 4th March, 1943, and is now pr """1' ,I 10 have met his death on that date. LIEUTENANT WALLACE DAVID HATTON, 152nd INDIAN PARA 111 11 1 REGIMENT (1937-40). We are given permission to quote from a letter written by his Commanding (llih , to David Hatton 's parents :-

•• David, as he was known to all of us, was killed on the morning of the 20lh Mil il \0 The Bn. was holding an isolated forward position and to us fell the task of li o l dlll ~ "I the main Japanese advance. We were attacked repeatedly during the whole of I h ~ I'llil On the night of the 19th they attacked continuously with fresh troops and by the mOl 11111 of the 20th had got into part of one of my company positions. David wenl ftllWIII, with a reserve ~ompany to counter-attack the enemy. His company was held III' I, a Japanese road-block and David was shot by some snipers who were in trees bOIdr l iii the track. David was an outstanding officer and would have had a great career hI III army. His keenness and enthusiasm won for him the respect of every onc. Ih' ~ , very popular with the men and most efficient. Besides losing a first-rate omcel I It I that I have lost a personal friend." THE VEN. KENNETH DAVENPORT KNOWLES (1 888-90) We regret to see in the Times just as we are going to press the annollncement III II. death, at the age of 70, of Kenneth Davenport Knowles, formerly Archdca 'lI lI ,I Huntingdon. He went to Worcester College, Oxford , and was admitted a Soli '1 1111 , I the Supreme Court in 1900. He was ordained in 1905, and became Rector of II, Wallon in 1907 and of Brampto n, Hunts in 1912. He was Territorial Chaplaill III II, Forces, 1914, Chaplain to the Forces, 191 6 and Hon. Chaplain 1917. In 192 1 1\1' appointed Archdeacon of Huntingdon, and on his retirement two or three YCI" ~ II was made Archdeacon Emeritus. He published a book of War-time Sennol/ \ 1111 I a Public S chool Prayer Book. He was the Anniversary Preacher on Speech Day. 1') 1'1 FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT BASIL GRAHAM WALSH (1934-37) B. G. Walsh was a popular member of Marlowe House. He volunteered 1111 " R.A.F. early in 1940, and received part of his training in Canada. He oblll; III·" " commission as Navigator/Observer in 1941 and returned to England as na v i ~"' III a new American bomber over the Atlantic. He saw service in the North Afl"i ~II " III Italian campaigns and was Navigation Officer to his Squadron. He was reported llii " from air operations over Italy last Janua ry. The ai rcraft which he was "" vIVlllii was seen to come down in flames off

th~

coast of ltaly, and two fruitless searc lw

made in the hope that the crew had been able to bale out or had been rescllC(/ further news has come to hand and Walsh has now been officially posted as P' l" 1Ii1l killed. Prior to joining the R.A.F. he had served in the Home Guard. It would be a great help 10 the Editors if OX.S., when sending news 0/ themselves, (11111"" 1/1 t of births, engagements,

elC,

would give the dates between which 'hey were at School.

THE CANTUARIAN

CORRESPONDENCE To Ihe Editors THE CA NTUARIAN Sirs,

As we are on the eve of our return to Cant b d I .. has never even seen Ihe buildings may I er u~y, an a arge maJonty of the School t printed and distributed throughout the sc~~~1e~ t at copies of the " Blue Book" are I have noticed a deplora ble lack ofi t t· h d· . . among the newer members and I conS;d~ er~shmht e trahltlOns of o.ur school, especially the matter. r I Ig tnne t at something was done about Yours, etc., " Pi.. FRIEND Sirs,

OF THE SCHOOL."

PRINCESS TSAHAI MEMORIAL FUND

in th~ ;.asit~~ecrten';;fous ambition of the Princess Tsahai of Ethiopia to build a hospital hitherto f vailabli in a~~ ~~h~~~~'n ~'~~~;~?Uld Jnclll~~ hrovision for sick children not her ~oung compatriots with a vocation for h~~Pit:~~ervi:e ~~~~cdhlonbgtallnns ttlthuehon where

traInlng.

necessary

h~:.r r~~~:s~n~~ ~~~er~~\d~~e~7£tt~~t;;npe~r H~itt,

for Selassie, had created a Trust 1942, returning on what was then a . ' . tn ntiS ar Loan. In the summer of her desire that, in the event of her d~:;~IOt~s ~?trn~y/o J ercohunbtry, the Princess signified n Hospital in Addis Ababa. ' I rus un mIg t e used towards founding . The lamented death of the P . n bove Trust reverted to the E~~~~~~r oC';'trn~g soon lafMter her return to Ethiopia, the Ihe Princess 's known de · h . IS mpena aJesty, III accordance with f the National Provin~:~r' B:~~ur~~~~:ro~sIY plac~ the ;hole ~mount at the disposal E. C.2., for the use of th e Princess T '. versea ~ ranc . ,.1 Pnnces Street, London, suitably employed in the Hospital prol:c~~1 Memonal CouncIl, as and when it can be The Council most gi·atefully acknowl d .h Ihis generous gift. £3,000 of the benefact" e ~es, f't d wbarm thanks to the Emperor, 10 roof the Hospital building and work ·slOn asda.rea y een remitted to Addis Ababa , . I procee mg. A further considerable Sum is required t . d d 0 eqUIp an en ow the Hospital, which commemorates the initia!"ve of h

t~g,;:\~i: ~~u~;t~~e~~lIr 1~~~t~:drS~:l~~i~hfll:~~f~ ~h~S~e?;fu~t~~ib~r':i~~ ~~e~J~~i~

The b~~e:r~o~J~n~~~g~~sW:;dWi!1 ~obme~orat~ the service of gallant British friends: Ihe Emperor Ha;le Selassie'S 'arm! t~ e ~n owe III the name of the soldier who led commemorate the doctor who raise~ andv:~do~~e l~riWstOA T~el JOhnS M~lIy . Ward will when the Italian invasion began in 1935 The Davies W ~ u ~Ircb ervhlce In EthIOpIa Inte Chairman of the Memorial Council.· ar WI ear t e name of the

THE CANTUARIAN I shall be glad to acknowledge both donations and annual subscriptions In 1\" Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital, addressed to me, c/o Messrs. H. Reynold 111111 Co., Hon. Chartered Accountants, I Bloomsbury Square, High Holborn, W.C.I. Yours, etc. HORDER, HOll . Treasurer, Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospil,,1 I'lil il l

OUR CONTEMpORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contempnllll \I and apologise for any mistakes or omissions :-The Ampleforth Journa/, The Barrol'ian , The Bl'lIdj'ieid College ChroniC/,'. I if Bryanstoll Saga, The Campbellian, The Cho/melian, The Cranbrookian, The DIJI'IIII"" The Elizabethan, The Felstedian, The G/ena/mond Chronicle, The Gresham, The Haih'y/nll /,," The Hurst Johnian, The JOli/'llal of the Honourable Artillery Company, The Kelly C,,//, Chronicle, The King 's School, Parramatta Magazine, The Lancing Col/ege -MIIII" III' The Leys Fortnightly (3), The Lorretonian , The Mar/burian, The Meteor (2), The MI,ltl/, ,, Hospital JOIi/'lla/, The Ouse/ (2), The Radleian , The Reptonian , The Roffensilln , I I, Rossallian, The St . Edward's S chool Chronicle, The St. Edll1l1nd's School Chron iC/,'. /I Salopian , The Stonyhurst Magazine , The Sullon Valence School Magazine, The Tonbdtinl,," The Worksopian.

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IMPORTANT We hope

to'

publish soon, as one of the postponed celebrations

of the four-hundredth anni versary of the Reconstitution of the 'School a collection of articles which should be of

parti~ular interest to O.K.S:

The col!ection wi ll include Emerald ÂˇUthwait and Sehola Mea, hesides N ell Cook, " The King's Scholar 's Story" of the Ingoldsby Legends,

and descriptions of the School from Gostling 's Walk ill and around tlte City of Canterbury and, of course, from Dal'id Coppel/ield.

would also like to reprint the Bidding Prayer and Sir Hugh Walpole's Preface

the ProspecTUS.

The King 's S chool in Literature will be decentl y pr;nted and bound

in strong cloth.

Each copy will probably cost under 5/- (decreasing

with the number of subsc,:iptions) and any profits will be presented to_ the School Endowment Fund.

If you are likely to buy a copy,

you are asked to fix a penny stamp onto an empty, unsealed envelope and send it as soon as possible to ,:THE SCHOOL IN LITERATURE,

THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY, 01

CARLYON BAY, ST. AUSTELL.

If you would care to put your address on the back of the envelope, you will be informed when

th~

book is ready.

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ORANGE

STRI!BT

CANTERBURY

E DUM AOIS

E CANTUARIAN

Vol. XX. No.2

May, 1945

THE KING'S

SCHOOL,

CANTERBURY

WAR RECORD No. 17.- MARCH, 1945. ('orrection to List 15 A. E. W. and P. N. P. JoycE-dclete transferred to Bombay Engineers. I'romotions and Transfers ctl:. since December, 1944 ROYAL NAVY

n. O. H.

appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Statr and promoted A/ Rear-Admiral Il. CHARlO to Commander (E) 0 , E. L. HARGREAVES to Captain (S) R. C. JERRAM to Rear-Admiral (5) . B. SIMMS to Captain (E) d, M. WARD to Captain R.M. BELLARS,

ARMY I, F. A ucon to Captain and Adjutant and to Major

W. A. C.

BAKER

to Capta in , R.C.S .

F. S. BLUNT to Lieut.-Colonel

. R. B.

to O.C.T.V. and 2nd Lielltenant R.A. to Lieutenant S. A. R. CAWSTON to O.C.T.U., I.A. II . F. CHILTON to Captain and Major and D.A.D.O.S., R.A.O.C. I'. S. W. DAW transferred to Intelligence Corps, and promoted Lance-Corporal and A/Sergeant A. J. C. FAGO to 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs \V , G. FERRIS to Cadet, pre-O.C.T,U, R, A. FINN to Lieut.-Colonel II. M. GREGSON to 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs I), R, HARRIS to Sergeant I', C. HARRIS to Captain I). L'AMPARD to Lieutenant L. W. R. LINNELL to Lieutenant, Captain, Major C. W. A. LOVATT, invalided out rio p, McMuLLIN to Cadet, pre-O.C.T,U, I , C MANNERS-SMITH to T/Brigadier J. H. MIDDLETON transferred to Queen 's Own Cameron Highlanders }, F, MOORE to Corporal and transferred to Pioneer Corps J, D, OMMANBY to O.C.T,V, and 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. M, H. PENN, resigned Commission owing to ill-health II. L, PBTAVEL to Lieut.-Colonel W. S. PruCE to Cadet, pre-O.C.T.U. (I. A. RANDS to Lieutenant I.

BROWN

BUTCHER

J. P. d ' E SK IPW ITH to Majo r M. W. SW IN IIOE-PHE L AN , to a.c.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, R.F. R. J. THORNE to D.C.T.U. and 2nd Lieutenant, D.e L.1. â&#x20AC;¢ D . A. VENNER to Lie ute nant J. P . WHALLEY to Li eutenant P. C. WILLIAMS to Lieut. -Colonel D. N. WILMER , inva l ided out R.A.F. A . FOOltD-KELCEY

to Group Capta in

D . A. FOSTER to L/A.C. W. S. PRICE transferred to the Army (see below) M. B. WILLIAMS to Pilot Officer and Flying Officer D. B. YOUNG, resigned commissio n owing to ill-health

Decorations and Mentions REAR-ADMIRAL R. C. JERRAM, D.S.O., C. B. E., crea ted K.B.E., New Year Honours, 194 5 CAPTAIN (S) W. S. SKINNER, O.RE. , R.N., awarded C,B. E., New Year Honours, 1945 LI EUT.-COLO~EL A . E. C . BREDlN, M.e., awarded D.S.O. L IEUT.-CoLONEL N. H. F INCH, awarded O.RE. MAJOR W. o ' A. M AYCOCK, a warded M.B.E., New Yea r Honou rs, 1945 CAPTA IN R. M. SPALDI NG, Mentioned in Despatches

LiEUT.-COLONE L G. H. FANSHAWE, Awarded. OB.E. SEVENTEENTH LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN

BE SERVING

ROYAL NAVY

F. E. B. BROWN, 1930-44, Midshipman, R.N . J . F. DA LRYMPLE, 1940-44, O/Seaman J. L. HARLAND 1937-41 (at Schoo l, Hahn) Sub.-Lieutenant, R.N.V .R. L. V. HEYMAN, 1920-27, Lieut. -Commander, R.1.N. V.R . R. G. L EADBEATER, 1928-43, M arine, R .M. M. A. H . LOVATT, 1940-44, O /Seaman. D. G. B. McIVOR, 194()..-44, O /Seaman J . D. T WEU,S-GROSSE, 1939-44, O /Seaman. J. P. WALL , 1940-43, O /Seaman.

ARMY M. G. BAKER tat Schoo l, Chatterton) to D.e.T.U. and to 2nd Lieutenant, R.A. J. CORBEN, 1940-44, Private, I.T. e. P. S. W . D AW, 1940- 44, T rooper, HOllsehold Cavalry W. O. FER RIS, 1940- 44, Guardsma n, Coldstream Guards R. C. Gout, 1937- 39, Signalman , S. African Signals

W II. HANNA H, 1937- 43, 2nd Lieutenant, Madras Regimen! I I), E. HERBERT, 1940- 44, Pri va te, I.T. C. I A. B. HESLOP, 1938- 42, Priva te, Intell igence Corps. ~ (i . LEVEY, 1927- 31, Major , R.A .S.e. I' ll . Mc M ULLI N, 1940-44, Guardsma n, Go ldstream Gua rds t j â&#x20AC;¢ MIDDLETON, 1940- 44, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards "' I. PAYNE, 1941 -44, Pri vate, 1.T.c. It J. THORNE, 1941 - 42 , Private, D.e.L. 1. . I 1'. WEEKS, 1936- 39, Captain, Equatoria l Corps, Sllda n Defence Fo rce It G. WEST, 1940-44, Signalma n, R.C.S. . W, S. PRICE, 1938-4 1, transferred from R.A. F. , Lance-Co rporal, T he Bu ffs N II. FINCH, 1928- 37, Lieut. -Co lonel, unitl10t known

R.A.F.

1939-44, A/C/2 . SAXBY, 1928-34, Squa dron Leader MACLEAN,

MASTERS

It. v. O. W. H. LAMPE, C.F., Awa rded M.e. 1\ llASHER, Private, I.T.e.

SC HOO L STAFF WOUNDED

IUIUTENANT A . A. DE C. CUSSANS 1939-4 1, King's Roya l R ifl e Corps. III UTENANT D . LAMPARD, M.e., 1937-42 Irish G uards (2nd time) I tlUTENANT D. F. M URRAY, 1938- 42, Royal Ma rines (2nd time) I IIlUTENANT G . L. TAYLOR, 1937-4 1, Oxford and Bucks . L.t IUUTENANT A . O. S. W ILSON, 193 1-4 1, The Buffs. M I SSI NG IluLEMAN J. J. BROWN, 1932-39, King's Roya l Rifle Corps. l 'i\ I'TAIN O . N. M. D ARWALL, 1 9~O-3 4, L incolnshire Regiment (Missing since Am hcm) ROLL OF H ONO UR

I "NeE-BoMBARD IER D. KING, R.A., 1933-36. Killed in act ion MAJOR L. W. R. LINNELL, R.A., 1920-28. Killed in action N.B.--:-T his R epord can be kept up-to-date only by the help of O. K.S. and their relat ives Pleas>.! 'lid any mformatlOn about yourself or others to Kennet h Thomas Essex Ho use Esse'" Strel!t, lI ,tnd, London W.C.2. ' . .

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CONTENTS PAGE C'ALENDAR

I'I)ITORIAL

rilE SCHOOL

V,RTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES

SALVETB

VALBTB

I IELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY

i\ RCHBISHOP TEMPLE

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( 'ONFmMATION

VALTA

1945

I li E BRAINS TRUST

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I.~CTURES AND ENTBRTAJNMBNTS

rile TERM'S MUSIC

I lOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION

HOOL SOCI ETIES

/.T.C.

I li B LIBRARY

l' OOfBALL

IlOCKEY

('AMBRIDGE LETTER

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O.K.S.

N EWS

()mTUARY NOTICES

CoRRESPONDENCE

'ONTllMPOIiARIES

CALENDAR Jan.

16.

Term starts.

21.

THIRD SUNDAY AFfER EPIPHANY. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. Lecture: "Sailing Ships," T. W. Kafran, Esq .

25.

CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, A. AND M.

2S.

SEPTUAGESIMA. Preacher: Major A. S. Hooper.

30.

Feb.

March

The Chaplain.

1st Soccer XI v R.A.F. , Home.

8 1).111

8 p.m., Lantern Lecture :

lin

Squash v R.A.F., Home.

PURIFICATION OF THE .B.V.M.

1st Hockey XI v Plymouth College, Away.

SEXAGESIMA.

8 p.m., Lecture: ., The Nature of the Physical World, " H . M. Twiselton, 1111111

Preacher:

The Chaplain.

8 p.m. Entertainment, Wingate KIIII

10.

1st Soccer Xl v R.N.E. College, Keyham, Home

II.

Q UINQUAGESIMA .

13.

Shrove Tuesday

Preacher: The Rev. S: .B-R. Poole

14.

Ash Wednesday. Bottome

15.

2. 30 p.m. Annuallnspecti'l.n or the J.T.C. by Major W. R. G. Smith, M.'B. Il.

17.

1st Hoc key XI v R.N.E. College, Keyham, Away. 8 p.m., Brains Trust: MI Bottome, A . L. Rowse, Esq., Professor Charles Singer, Mrs. Charles Singer'

IS.

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. Leon Goossens, Esq.

22.

,. Candida. I I

25.

SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT.

THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT.

8 p.m., Lecture: ., The Romance of Words, I t Rev. F. S. Williams

1st Hockey Xl v Kelly College, Away.

Preacher:

8 p.m. Lecturo:

The Rev. H. Bettenson.

8 p.m ., Ohl

I t. II

The Pilgrim Players Preacher: The Rev. F . S. Williams Preacher: The Headmaster

10.

1st Soccer XI v RA .F., Home

II.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT.

13.

1st Hockey XL v R.A.F., Away.

II a.m., Confirmation by the Lord Bishop of Trlllil

17.

House Musical Competitions

I S.

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. (Soprano)

Squash v RA.F., Away

Preacher: The Headmaster.

19.

House Musical Competitions

20.

Lecture: The Warden of Wadham Co~lege

21.

Inter-School Athletic Fixture at Kelly College

22.

Term ends

8 p.m., Recital, Mis!! Oil y. I If

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THE CANTUARIAN VUL.

No.2

MAY, 1945

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EDITORIAL The war in Europe is almost over, indeed may well be over by the time this issue "I The' Call1uarian a ppears. And with it will be over six years marked by heavy loss III' life, an immense toll of suffering and the destruction of many ancient monuments of culture. It has been a time of severe testing and many institutions, many customs II lid

perhaps even man y ways of life have been expunged from the record of history. We are on the threshold of a new age, and as one of the most ancient institutions in Western Europe the School wi ll continue to play its civilizing part in educating its sons III godliness and good learn ing. Ll is therefore a unique confirmation of our position, as well as .a great privilege IIIId honour, that the ma n to whose leadership and inspiration the final victory owes ,) much, Field Ma rshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, has consented to become a Governor "I' the School. A separate article appears elsewhere.

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We were glad to welcome to Cornwall this term two of the Governors, the Dean II 11d the Archdeacon of Maidstone who came to inspect the School. The Dean gave II short lecture in the Parry on Russia. We are sorry to say goodbye to Mr. C. A. Richmond who goes to join the staff of i(lIdley College. He has done much splend id work both in the department of Physics li nd as Athletics Coach. His place will be taken by Mr. R. B. Morgan of Exeter College, Oxford, who comes from Haileybury and Imperial Service College and to whom we Xlend a hearty welcome., • The School is very grateful to Colonel Loftus Crawford, C.B.E., D.S.O., for founding li n ann ual " John Crawford Essay Prize " in memory of his brother, J. H G. Crawford, O.K.S., who died last February. The prize is to be awarded annually for an essay on Ilidia, eit)1er in respect of Ancient or Modern India or the Native States. We congratulate P. Pollak on being elected to an Open Demyship in Science at Magdalen College, Oxford, G. A. Gordon on being awarded an Open Science Scholar!hip to Christ Church, Oxford, J. K. Ebbutt on being awarded on 0,peri Exhibition in ( 'lassies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, a nd M. A. S. Burgess and S. B. Nicholls on ,ceuring Parker Exhibitions at Corpus Cluisti College, Ca mbridge, the one in Russian li nd the other in History. 71

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THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head

Captain of the School : A. R. T. STUART of School House D. K. JOHNSON of The Grange ... A. R. T. STUART of Walpole J. C. B. COLEMA N of Meister Omers S. B. NICHOLS

MONITORSA. R. T: STUART, D. K. JOH NSON, M . A. S. BURGESS, S. B. NICHOLS, F. A. Mllmll I II J . C. B. COL~M~N, G. A.~. CULVER-EvANS, C. J. WATSON, G. A. GORDON, A. A. KN" " HOUSE PRBFECTSSchool House: D. E. BI NSTED, J . H. BLOOM BERG, M . J. BROOKS, C. M K. CRAY, J. P.o.. M ALLINSON The Grange: L. A. BASSETT, M. R. DITCHBURN, E. D . GREGSON, M. J. GORDON. Walpole House: M. N. CARSON, J. DE F. ENDERBY, P . H . HONOUR, E. II. . LANHAM, S. C. MAFLETHORP, J. H. SAWTELL. Meister Omers: J. A. CUSHMAN, J . K. EBIlUIT, G. A. GORDON, H. l. I) JOH NSON, D. M . LONG. C~pt~i~ Qf Association Football Captain of Tennis CaRlain of Hopj(.ey

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SALVETE D. A. Batten, D. G. Bond-Smith; B. F. Buswell, P. Ca rnes, P. R . Gould, D. G. Il ealh, L. C. Holloway, R. E. W. Roberts, R. B. Ryeland, J. A. S. Thomson.

VALETE. J. Corben, R . C. L. Crawford, J. C. Homan, D. R. Holland, B. T. Krogh, J . C. N rthway, A. G. Payne, I. C. Whitehead.

FIELD MARSHAL. SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY, K.C.B., D.S.O., etc. H must have given tremendous satisfaction to all friends of the King's School to , 'ad lately in the Press that Field Mars hal Sir B. L. Montgomery had become a Governor "I' the School. There is no question but that he and the .prime Minister are regard'etl hy the mass of.British folk as the two " Great" men of these times. And well We)! lIlay be ! It is a matter of common knowledge that "Monty" began his education in our Junior School. In those days he lived with the Dean- the famou s F. W. Farrar, who Had w"itten years before those ever,celebrated School Stories, " Eric," or " LitHe by Little;" IIIId " St. Winifred's "-who was his grandfather. When Bishop Montgomery came home from Tasmania, he to ok up the S.P.G. work in London, and "Monty" then went to St. Paul's. But, as he wrote to me in 1937, he had ever since those days retaine~ II warm affection for the King's School; and it was he himself who asked me to approacH Ihe War Office to appo int him to inspect the Corps at the General Inspection of 1938. I his I did with the greatest pleasure, and everyone who was that day in the Corps will Ictain a vivid memory of that thorough and vigorous Inspection! We had his company 1M lunch and tea, but little did we suspect that we were entertaining one whose mime ,allYwell .rival ihat of Wellingto n, when the history of these years cdmes t<1 be written . Qnite properly, we congratulated him on his appointment to command in North Africa, and again in his letter the General referred to his warmth of feeling for the N'hool. This showed itself on his return from Italy to !,repare for tHe invasion of

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THE CANT,lJA RIA N Europe. In March, 1944- in the midst of all the vast prcparations for that onll'l 1" I unmatched in English history- he flew down to Cornwall to spend a week-end willi I He arrived in the afternoon of a Saturday, nicely in time for an early tea, aflCI wlrl I we drove from my house to the School, a distance of four miles. I must conrc~' I I II important! It was a high powered Army Car, expertly driven, and there WCU\ III ahead and men behind on huge motor-cycles; and it was a proud moment (0 ,Ii hi by side with the man on whom all Britain pinned its hopes and in whom they so wl",,1 ' fully trusted. We arri ved at the School, and looked at everything from the kill I" I to dormi tories, and I believe the General spoke to everyone he met, whether m ilS" I , ' boy or worker in the kitchen. The other details of Ihat visit were reporled III II Press- the Chapel Service, his magnificent black-board Lecture .on the Camp";p" Mareth EI Alamain, the tour of the Junior School, and so fort h. The news spl'tlld Ii wild-fire, and crowds of the populace turned out on the country roads in the hilI" catching a glimpse of the man who meant so much. But one episode ling' l'M 11111' vivi dl y in my 'mind than any other. You cannot be a great man without ha vin \1111

detractors-and everyone knows the kind of thing that lesser men and jealou, 1,,1 wo uld . put about. But that kind of yapping can with no justification whll" be applied to the Field Marshal. We had returned home, and about 3 0 'elm. , Sunday afternoon "Monty" said he ought to go, for he was due to pick up hi, JlI,,,, to take him back to London. T here were only my wife and myself in our drll",III room when he was abo ut to take his farewel l. And as he shook hands with ,n y II II Monty said, " Do you think I could go into the kitchen and thank your cook '? I h" never had better meals. " Now that was the request of a Christian gentieman- n" I",,1 could know of it- no third pa rty was present- and this is the fi rst time it hll N I published. And it is worth publishing, far more than a great deal of the idle "lId III stuff that has been written of him . But more than ever I knew tha t he was (I ~I .11' ' mao.

In September last we lost our great-souled friend Lord Justice Luxmoore, 1111 1111 Boy and a Governor. He was a magnificent support to the School and had sud I wl.l influence which he used on its behalf. When the shock of his death had solll '" I we could not help asking ourselves who should succeed him. Then sudden ly C"" II 1,,1 one's mind the idea of Field Marshal Montgomery, who from 1937 had evinced III " uncerta in manner his inter:est in and affection for the School.

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By CANON F . B. MACNUTT Canon of Canterbury and Cha plain J o the King. Readers of last December's issue of The Canlual'ian (Vol. XX, No. 1, December, 1944) will have read with amazement the concluding sentence in the fo llowing ext ract fro m the Dean of Callterbury's tri bnte to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, which is pla inly intended to be rega rd ed as a quotation of Dr. Temple's own words. Several O. K.S. have asked me as a Canon of Canterbury, and therefore an eX'~fficio Governor III' the School, to nail down this travesty of Dr. Temple's socia l and religious teaching. The Dea n 's words are as follows : "From first to last he was convi nced that the (,h urch had a respo nsibility for, and a n interest in, every aspect of human nfe; he was opposed to the false spiritua lity which looked away fro m th e here and now to the Ihere and the future. 'The doctrine that the Church was concerned with another world wus entirely modern, ' he urged, 'and extremely questionable.' . , Over against this, the n, let me set the Archbishop's exact words, which occur on Ihe first page of Chapter I of his inval uable" Christianity a nd Social Order," page 7, Ilublished in Penguin Books, 1942. " Few people read much history. In an age when it is tacitly assumed that the ('hurch is concerned with another world than this, an d in this with nothin g but individual conduct as bearing on prospects in that ot her' wo rld, hardl y anyone reads the history ur the Church in its exercise of political influence. It is assumed that the Church 'xcrcises little influence and o ught to exercise nonc; it is further assumed that Ihis assll mption is self·evident and has always been made by reaso na ble men. As " matter of fact it is entirely modern a nd ext remely questionable." How far the Dean 's version of this is fro m the truth is at once obvious. Indeed It would be obvious to nea rly everyone even without turning up the passage from which It is supposed to come. For as it stands it is mere secularism, ;.e. this-world ism. Ik Temple frequently had to complain of the way in which his lItterances were mis· represented by the daily press, which often omitted his strong insistence upon the rundamental importance of Christian faith and love as the necessa ry condition of the establishment of any enduring new order of thin gs in this world. But this is not omission: it is disto rtion. For what the Archbishop is discussing is (not a " doctrine " but) an assumption, ( I) That the Church is concerned with another world, a nd only with thi s world" as hea ring on prospects in that other world," and (2) that, therefore, the Ch urch ought to exercise no political influence. That assumpt ion, says Dr. Temple is "entirely modern and extremely questionable." But the Dean represents him as " urging " Ihat "tbe doctrine that the Ch urch' was concerned with another world was entirely modern and extremely questionable!" No wo nder that many who are really qualified to speak with auth ority about William Temple's social teaching have observed that this account of it is " pure nonsense ..• As a disciple of Dr. Temple for many years, and as such being moved by jealous toga rd for his memory, I have felt bo und to draw attention to this fal sificat ion of his I ~achi ng, which actually suggests that he identified himself with the anti·Christian lenets of secularism. It is a singular instance of the obliquity of the propagandist mind,

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CONFIRMATION The Confirmation took place in the School Chapel on Sunday, 11th Ma rd , I I service was taken by the Bishop of Truro (the Right Reverend J. W. Hun ki" , ) II I M.e., D.O.) ,who gave an inspiring address. The following were confirmed : SCHOOL HOUSE David Bruce Holden John Richard A1lchureh Robert Geoffrey Brinkham McCall Noel Barton D avid Henry Campbell John Alexander McMillan George Miller Watt James Leslie Cunnington Michael Norman Devonshire David Eastland Philps John Roger Downes Oliver Henry Rands Walter James Sinnott Anthony John Hille Richard Marsh Streeton THE GRANGE Kenneth George Trotter Stuart James Gilchrist Allan Anthony Keith Ewin Robin Edmund Greenslade

WALPOLE HOUSE Michael John Hadley William Lewarne Capes Harris Timothy Christopher Burling Swayn •

MEISTER OMERS Peter John Bearcroft Frederick Courtney John Leach Anthony Lawrence Betts David Foster Lepine Stanley Neville Cartwright Michael Clement Otway Mayne Peter John Ellicott Colin Francis Porter Leonard Charles Hollaway Clifford Conland Sherlock John Bernard Hayson Jackson David Geoffrey Sims Richard John Soul

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We sailed at l.OO-England dropped astern and all the British Delegation, frolll II, high civilian officials down to the lower deck ratings, began to surmise and ()~ 1,,1 as to our destination. Some days passed; Gibraltar, the snow capped mountains of the North Al d. III coast, Pantellaria and then Malta, all were seen. We docked in Valetta harb 111 111111 huge crowds saw our ship pass the boom. We, of the Royal Marines, unloaded a small amount of secret luggage and wonll",..1 for what purpose the contents were to be used. We learnt that Roosevelt and I",,, hili l!ad had a personal conference at Malta before flying to Russia 7~

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THE CANTUARIAN ' We left the following day~still not knowing our destination. Then, one afternoon we sighted the Dardanelles and our escort bade us farewell. Simultaneously the rurkish flag -was hoisted and we sailed in Neutral Waters. Now we knew that all the rumours were correct and we were bound for that land of mystery- Russia. The sea of Marmora Was spanned by night and Istanbul, with the Golden Horn, looked truly beautiful in the early mOlning light. On the following day we sighted high mountains rising sheer out of the inky blackness of the water- Russia, at last, nfter 4,000 miles of ocean. We docked at Sevastopol and were to have landed the following day, but a snowstorm made the mountain roads impassable and so we had to wait. Whilst waiting, wI' ,had time to examine the gaunt ruins of this once proud port, to observe and piece logether, from disjointed scraps of conversation, the' true horrors of the German occupation and to realise that in Russia, as in Britain in 1940, all that remained was Ihe will to resist coupled with a si ncere patriotism, frightening in its intensity. A section of the Marine Department landed-I was lucky-we went by car, over Ihe mountains and past the derelict villages, to Yalta and the scene of the conference. Much work of great importance was done in those following days; my part was to act as courier, carrying the documentary results of the conference from Yalta to the ship, my route layover 48 miles of mountain roads, every inch guarded by women soldiers of the Red Army, who were ever on the look out for German snipers, many of whom still lurk in the hills. On those journeys I had an opportunity to see Russia away from official greetings and fine words, and I say, with no trace of prejudice, that these people are among the happiest I have met. Truly it seems that Marx's ideal " From each accordi ng to his ability; to each according to his need" is here an accomplished fact. The conference progressed apace and agreement reached on all the salient points. The final banquets were held-it was at the last of these that I was privileged to see Ihe Three Leaders together. We were sad to leave The Union, we had made many friends-but all had happy memories of a week well spent in cementing the unity of our two countries. , The return voyage was uneventful, we called at the. Rock otherwise all was 'exactly the same, until one afternoon we sighted England and many were the voices heard to say - " I wonder what they are doing in Yalta now." R.G.L .

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THE BRAINS TRUST

The Brains Trust on Pebruary 17th was an innovation and we were indeed fortunate to get such a distinguished board of experts to inaugurate what it is hoped will prove a series of equally enjoyable evenings. Mr. Voigt showed himself a model of tact as Question Master, and it was he who chose the questions and introduced the Trust. He said that Mr. A. ,L. Rowse had specially come all the way from Oxford, and that Professor Charles Singer was equally well known and welcome to the School. The senior Science set i~ . particular needed no introduction to Mrs. Singer; while Miss Bottome had

THE CANTURAIAN f[acti~ed ';,h,at she;: ~ad so very ably preac,hcd, and given up two eveni n S ti l It holIday ~n the n el ghbour h ~od to speak to the School. Mr. Guest (Vicar of 1''''', I the School did not know. but It would find him an extremely intelligent parish Ill " I " In this box of fireworks," Mr. Voigt declared, " Illy function seems that or III ' dllllli

squib. " The first question asked for the suggestions of the Brains Trust to a scienl i<1 \1 h, felt he was missing some of the best things of life. Dr. and Mrs. Singer round ly d~ "", ,I the questIOn a contradictIOn 111 terms. and Mr. Guest wished he himself was a sell'"JI I but Miss Bottome pointed out the dangers of a scientist " rurtning in blinkers" whll ma intaining however. that a scientist amply fulfilled that purpose for which we ali C'"I ,I It :vas Jeft to Mr. Rowse to denounce the withering effect science sometimes had on II n Ul I enjoyment of the good things 'of life; but a lot depended on a scientist himsdl Ii Humphrey Davy. fo r example had been a poet. however dubious a one-and )lt d l") even more on the branch of Science the man studied. The remed y was to balance (.'\' 1111111 "exquisitely boring" suQiects like Chem istry with a st4dy of the Arts ancl III I), realities of Pol itics and History.

" Does the Brai ns Trust regret the popularity of the cinema?" Miss BOil ""' returned a del ightfully negative answer; the Cinema was an Art. which cou ld I" III Truth and Beauty into millions of lives and which was one of the brightest hopes III II, n?wage.. It. brought Qut, for exa mp~e, marvellous shades in voice production . .' Prol'l' 111 11 Smger said that the attac ks on the cmema were often made in ignorance of the S lhH' ~ III ~~anda rd s before- the penny novelettes of his own boyhood, "Taste." he de 'I"", has llnproved beyond all doubt; I greet the cinema. " Mr. Rowse branded lit film as an inferior and mechanical art, typica l of its age; the cinema was the IlH II IIIII Church. ~~e most imp?~iog buildi ng in the district with its surrounding hovels. wi", rows of IdIOt faces went to receive thell' weekly and evenly daily dope. II h,,,1 no constructiveness. Miss Bottome replied "as a church mouse in the Cil101l 1ll she had implored Hollywood to produce more intelligent fi lms. but there were "" 1,,"1 films. such as those on the Mount Ev.erest Ex pedi tions. which told of great spilil llill endeavours. Had Mr. .Rowse thought of the popularisation of Shakespea re Oil II" Screen ? Mr. Rowse saId he had. and that he was shocked to hear Miss Bottom" \,\, II compa;:ing Screen Shakespeare witb the plays as they were meant to be acted. I" would much rather, for instance, see for himself the actual steps in Kensington P,,1I11 than see them in the cinema; ,. but," sa id Miss Bottome, ,. you wouldn't sec Yil lllll, coming down them;" .. I wouldn 't in tIle cinema: I'd see Greta Garbo. " ~ "Does the Brains Trust consider the recent advance of Youth Organisali oll III tblS cou ntr~. as detrimental to famjly life and to the he~ lthy development III IIt IOdlvldual? Mr. ~u~~t. and tv!rs. SlOger spoke from expenence ; such orga~li ~1I1 11I1I drew out latent ,posSl bJiltles whICh could not be developed in large families ill HIlIIlIi Douses: Mrs. Slllger had helped to form the first worki ng Girls' Clubs in LllIHI "" and tliere the families actually welcomed tbem. The remedy to any possible dll ll ~ , was for the Cl ub to keep m close touch wit h families . Miss Bottome was so mill'" III favour of the or~anisations that she wa nted them made compulsory for all. wit h adellllllh freedom of chOice and self government. Mr. Rowse aga in found himself in a mi""," of one-" as he loves to be." said Miss Bottome-and pointed Olit thal the "'" I successful Youth Organisations were. to be found in Russia. Italy and German y. I I deplored any compulsIOn; tbe orgamsatlOns were very good for tbose wbo liked II" " ' I;lUt he didnÂˇ1. All great art was pro~uced in the loneliness of a man's soul. '

TH E CANTUA RIAN " Can the Trust explain why. since the War. more people ha ve Spent their leisure lI'tening to classical music instead of Swing? " Mr. Guest believed il was a reaction IIgainst the wireless guided by the wi reless-a paradox which was full of sound sense; Miss Bottome described it as " a very great relief from the agony and terror of M odern Life" and Mr. Rowse as a reaction against the" irresistible nervousness" of Swing. .. It has been said that a man who is not a Socialist while young has no hearl. but Ihat a man who is a Socialist while old has no head. Does the Brains Trust agree ?" rhe Trust denounced the second half of the epigram. at any rate as regarded socialism lo-day. which. Professor Singer declared. was economically feasible as well as idealist icall y desirable. Mr. Rowse attributed the dicturn to Robert Louis Stevenson. ' The next question was rather persorial. ,. If each member, of the Trust could spend lo-morrow morning in any form of leisure or sport anywhere in the world. what would he do ?.. " Miss Bottome: ., I'd be- bat hing on Wakiki beach." Professor Singer: "['d be with Miss Bottome.·· Mrs. Singer: " I'd be far away from (bern botb. mountaineering in Switze rland." Mr. Guest: "I'd be fishing for rainbow trout in Brilish Columbia." Mr. Rowse .' I'd better keep my choice dark. " " Wbat qualities has the Englisb People gained during these long • Years of Ilndurance.· and how can they be preserved into the Peace?" Mr. Guest singled o.ut liS the People's greatest quality tlje spirit of equal self sacrifice and submission . to IIccessary controls; Miss Bottome. the increased friend liness ; and Dr. Singer. " the possession of their souls. •• But the question was really" aimed at •• Mr. Rowse. a nd for bis answer we may perhaps quote the Kentish Gazette: " President Roosevelt took with him to the recent Conference j n the Crimea a copy ofT"e English Spirit by A. L. R- -Mr. Rowse himself pleaded before the King 's School. 'llnterbury. for the maintenance of the grand alliance of Russia. America and their link. Great Britain. and for an increase of the unity which the English people had sbown In these long 'years of Endurance.' Only thus could this generation attain freedom from war which. although it had in the past (as in the Netherlands) been waged with justice and bad released marvellous benefits to the human race. might soon well be 100 dreadful a tbing for modern civilisation to bear. Mr. Rowse wanted ' a complete hrea k from the empty, feverish decade before the war .... when the Conservatives thought Ihey could do business with Hitler and the Socialists were blind to the fact that only Armaments could make Foreign Policy effective. All politics were power polit ics. nlthough certain types of society. like the commercial. were perhaps more peaceable Ihan others. like the feudal. While agreeing with Dr. Singer that tbis was " Mr. Rowse at his very best." one ,11ember of the audience could be worried with Miss Bottome at the widespread apathy 10 tbe Future and could wonder wbether after all this War UnitY 'were not a merely uperticial tbing which would crac" in tbe post-war struggles. Part of Mr. Rowse 's contribution was given in reply to the final question. " [s there any hope of a lasting peace in a world dominated by National Sovereignty?" rhe Vicar of Fowey believed there could be no peace wbile human na ture wa~ H

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Sovereignty;" " we arc members one of another. " The argument that SO Ii Ii came of War was wicked as well as irrelevant. There was something good 1(1 1>, for everybody; without the Devil, there could be no Saints. Miss Bottomc PIli II " ,I ' the underlying problem, of tl)e use of Power. Finally, MI'. Voigt thanked the Trust for its splendid performance ; IInti II. thanks can only be endorsed both on behalf of the School and of the Tenlcrd " I I ' for Current Affairs, to whose initiative we owed'the evening.

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS . The term's lectures began with a deJfghtful ta lk on Sailing Ships by MR. T. " ••• , Admirably ill uslrated with slides his lecture recalled a famous and romanlic '1'1" It our history and' at the same time initiated many of us into the pleasures of a gn'"f I an d a noble hobby. On Jan uary 28th, MAJOR A. S. HOOPER gave a lecture on the U.S.S.R. II " 1'1111 •• out many of the advantages of the new Russian 'mode of life such as free ·tllI' III free medical attention, free holidays for all, cheap travel, no private profit, no atl "l II etc., then with the help of superb slides he took us for a j ourney through the ~II • and we were introduced to many of its characteristic wonders-the Park r 1\1 I Culture at Moscow, the Red Square on May 1st, the famo us new Underground 11 1111 tlie new b.uildi ngs at Kharkov (now unhappily destroyed), a collective 1'111111 Iii Ukraine, a people's holiday resort in the Crimea, new University buildinv Iii Caucasus. The next day Major Hooper rounded off a most instructive visl l II lining the Russian' strategy which lu red the German armies to their doom al Slull" a nd paved the way for the present successes of the Red , Army, Next we paused fo r a little entertainment with MR. WI NGATE KENT on Fcb'l litI .' He displayed to a spellbound audience the fascinating a,rts of the conju ror a nd 11 11' ,I, was left puzzled but happy by the metamorphoses 'i\ watched. A more seri liN ,,"I then restored by MR. H, M. TwISLETON who opened the term's Monday Nigll l III I . series with a lecture on the Physical Nature of the Universe. Here we wcr 111111 into other mysteries eq ua lly fascinating and far more inscrutable. Mr. I II I I ' explained to us, in language pleasantly free from techn icalities, the plan of thll h, • He instructed us in the phenomenon of the falling stac, discussed the poss ibllt l\ .,t on Mars and told' us ma ny rather disturbing things about the heavenly CO II \IIIIIII

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Then came MISS PHYLLIS BOTTOME, on Ash Wednesday, to speak on thl' N of Living, She characterized as the three principal heresies of our day Ih. ,,1111 adopted to life by the sit down striker, the playboy and the prestige-seckel', l it represented an incomplete grasp of life because they all failed to bring int o "I,. develope the whole personality. Instead we shou ld seek to learn the La w III Interest as laid down by the great Vjennese psychologist Dr. Adler, which .11. ""' c,a-operative way of life. This Miss Bottome with her fine command of English , 11.11. to present to us as a gay adventure demanding both our courage and our devilililil

THE CANTU:AR IA N On February 22nd we had an enjoyable treat in the formofa performance ofShaw:s , ",,,/ida by the PILGRIM PLAYERS. Itself not a very. excltmg j)lay and rather dev~)Jd " I sparkle it was nevertheless presented by the PIlgrIm Players w.th suffiCient convIctIOn , Ihll t Cand'ida 's problem of choosing between the practical Christian Socialist world of Illlr husband a nd the vague impractical idealism of the poet Eugene Marchbanks seemed hllth vital and topical. The prim Miss " Pr.ossy, " the vulgar Mr. Burgess and the ItlclTective curate Mr. Mill were all ably portrayed.. The Players were Geoffrey Parkes " the Rev. James Morell, Ellen Vine as Miss Proserpine Garnett, John Dawson as Ih ' Rev. Alexander Mill, Jack Newark as Mr. Burgess, Pamela Alan as Candida and Michael Acton-Bond as Eugene Marchbanks. The play was produced by G. E. Martin IIrowne and Henzie Raeburn. The next lecture was from the DEAN OF CANTERBURY, who was on a short visit to Ihe School. His theme was Russia and he explained the twofold appea l the Russian rx periment made to him first as a Christian and then as-an engineer. He deplored the wllste of human ability in separ~ ble from monopoly capitalism and pointed out how sad ly II contrasted with the Soviets where government subsidizea research was producing , "ch marvels as perennial wheat, He also said that Qut for the necessity of spend lllg .. , much on armaments Russian industry would be even further advanced than It was "ow. It was a great pity that this country which had once led the w.o rld in industrial progress should now fall behind because of the shackles of an antIquated mdJVlduahsm. AI the same time the Dean insisted that in our conception of the sanctity of human IUrSonality we were in advance of tQ.e Russians and in a position to teach thel11 vital eSso ns o n the art of life, The Russians were a religious people but we could show them how to equate their bold social vision with the fullness of Christlan life. '

Continuing the series of Sixth Form lectures by members of the staff, the REv. I . S. WILLI AMS (Headmaster of St. Edmund 's) spoke on " The Romance of Words, " Mr. Williams succeeded in giving this difficult subject a general and not merely philological Ililerest, showing how some of its most common 'English words have a c\erivation from â&#x20AC;˘ 'ligion ~r the social and personal history of many European lands, Mr. Wllhams tlrew widely from sources as far apart as ancient Greece and modern Amenca, and hiS Illustrations revealed an abundance of romance and humour. There can have been lew among the aud ience who failed to acqu ire mucp curious and interesting information, li S well as the general principle that few human achievements can compare With Ilinguage for its close, faithful and permanent reflection of human hfe, The final lecture of the term came from the Warden of Wad ham on March 20th. MR, C. M, BOWRA who spoke in the morning to the Upper School on Education flung tl own the gauntlet at once with the postulate that all education should be useless, and Ihal the first consideration should be "does this subject i nterest me? " A purely utilitarian training produced the barbarian expert, who could not use his leisure aright and was totally at sea outside his ow n subject.. Mr. Bowra Ihen gave II witty, penetrating and sometimes alarming analysis of the vutues .and defects of the vurious subj ects in the Sixth Form curriculum, stresslOt the Importance of the broader humanism, though at the same time warning against the dangers of an easy dilettantism without discipline. The charming informality and frankness of the talk pro voked the Idbute of a large number of very varied and equally fran1c questIOns, 81

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. In the afternpon the Warden spoke to the whole School on Russia. Here h I, the Importance of taking mto account elementary parts of geography and history. U" was a semI-AsIatIc country yet wlt,h a consIderable footing in Europe. She wu " I .~a s t country well adapted for experIments o n the grand scale. There had been pe' 1111 I er !lIStory-:-notably the. T artar invasions-when all had been Asiatic, an I P" IIII I when the vItal cultural Imks had been ,,:ith Byzantium and the West. The 1\ " 1,,,. 10 facdt alfternated between penpds of be1ng 'more European than the E urO I CUll. "" I peno s o Pansla vlsm when they looked to the East for salva tion. The Warden added that he thought .most R~ssians were an amalga m r "", , r;lOr~ yr three ddTerent types-the ruthless driving intelectual type of Peter Ih ( ,," t 1e 0 y man, sImple yet w Ise of Dostoevsky's' Idiot and the plain crook of (l1I~III Dead Souls. H~ mvlted hIS aud,ence to play the fa scinating game of classifying 11111111" R uss,ans accordmgly. The Warde n a lso expla ined the speedy rise of peasants from conditions of ill l" " , todth ose of power and respo nslb,lIty by o b~erving that the Ru ssian peasant had " I, ,,,, In Igenous, culture of his Own. In every VIllage even in r sarist times they dane \11 \It I made mUSIC ~nd had good' taste. Ru ssia wa s one of the few ·countries in whi (,'" . 1'" poetry was st,ll passed down by word of mouth, A

Mr. Bowra .said that he thought the Russian ideal of life too closely resembl '" II, mencan pa rad~se and was tempted to confo und ci vilisation with material progl" ~ , T~e School IS most grateful to all these s]Jeakers who at great personal incon voll " II. came own to keep the cultural lIfe of an Isolated community rich and stro l1 ~, II hope to see them all agam 10 belter days in Canterbury.

THIS TERM'S MUSIC CHOIR Anthems sun g this term have been " 0 Lord increase my faith" (Gibbons) .. I I for th y tender mercies ' sake," (Hilton) " God i; our hope and str~ngth "(Dr Mil l; ':' Greene) and "Jesu, joy of ma n 's desiring. " (Bach). Some new hymns I;a vr ": ,',, learnt, and we still keep up o ur efforts at unaccompanied singing in anthems and p.lI lt il ORCHESTRA There has not beei1 a chance of performing in public this-term, but members 1111 , been v'try keen III theIr attendance at rehearsals, in spite of the attractions of ,, 11 111 soclelles whICh could no doubt offer more comfortable surroundings Works III III PDrocess °ffBbem g learnt are the Minuet from M ozart 's Symphony in G mi~or, a Hl;n~'" III:' allce 0 rahms, and some nuhtary marches. OBOE RECITAL BY LEON GOOSSENS, ESQ. . To make_an hour 's r~cital on an instrument such as the oboe, which is primlll l! ol chestral.' enjoya ble and IIlstnlFtive IS possible, but only by a great artist. It I. "" exaggeratIOn to say that Mr. . G oossens held his audience speUbound the who le I " " He began by d,scussmg the hIsto ry and development of the instrument and Ihen " a rec'it l of pelces by Kronke, P urcell, Templeton a nd olhers, which werd neW 10 m/ I ,,' US h e b~ce agam proved the truth of the saying that a great exponent of all instru", 'III

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T HE C ANT U ARIAN SONG RECITAL BY M~SS OLIVE GROVES In an admirably ch';,sen programme, Miss Ol ive Groves provided us with a treat fil l' the last Sunday evening of term. She began with two pieces of Moza rt- the Alleluia li nd an aria from " Figaro, " most beautifully sun g. T wo well-known songs-Haydn's .. My mother bids me bind my hair " and Mendelssohn's " On wings of song " proved 10 be very po pular choices, but what a ppealed to some of us more than anyt hing else was Ihe group of English songs by Boyce, A, L., Besly and Q uilter. We all appreciated 'he charming way in which MISS Groves introduced her programme, In the middle of Ihe recital, L. A. 0: Halsey gave two piano solos, Consolation in E, by Liszt, and a mazurka by Borodin, both played in a convincing manner.

HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION These took place at th e end of term, and there was a noti ceable improvement in Kcneral standard of performance. It is obvious that the va ri ous houses now realise Ihe importance of putting up a show which is as artistic and fin ished as possible, and which will get over to the audience. Competition q ua competition is useless : it is va luable o nly as a moti ve power fo r good wor k-don e for ilS own sa ke, Walpole, as last year, wo n, but School Ho use ra n them very close, and one could nOI but admire the organisa tion and " slogging " that had gone to making the performa nces of these houses so good. The vigour and precision of Walpole's commun ity singing by B. H. Arnold deserves special menlion, and the daintily flowing performance by School House choir, under L. A . O. H alsey, of Pearsall's " I saw lovely 'Phyllis," II was obvious from the generally high stand ard a nd smooth running of the programmes of both of these Houses, under their leaders, D. B. Ainsworth and A. A. Kneller rcs pectively, that their forces had the esse ntial " esprit de corps." Dr. Douglas Hopkins was a most acceptable adjudicator. His easy manner put uny who may have been suffering from what is vagueJy known as " nerves" at their case straight away, 'and it is certain that everyo ne profited from his rema rks at the end. We felt with him, that, generally spea king, more tho ught might ha ve been given to the original compositions. which sometimes sounded like improvisations on the spur of the moment! He was right in pointitlg out the incompatibility of musicianship and showmanship, but by that he was not referring to the o rga ni sati o n tbal makes for the smooth li nd efficient running of a show, but rather to that type of indi vidual, so common with .. Ihe B,B,C" who is for ever trying to attract a tlent io n 10 himself, rather than the part he is there to perform. The final result was as follows: Walpole 78% , School House 77% , Meister Omers 74%, The Grange 70%, arid St. Edmund 's 56% . ' . .

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The School Societies had an active tenn. The NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY published ils Report o n the Botany, Ornithology, E nto mology a nd Marine Life of the Carl yon lJay area- the fruit of five years wock and o bservatio n- which will receive a full notice in the next issue of the Calltuariatl. A long quotation from it appeared In the Nature olumn of the Times on March 8th. The Sociely, also. heaI'd the papers-" Sea Birds " by A. F . Cray, " Weasels " by B. H. Arnold, " British Trees" by Mr. F. H. Voigt and " The Sport and Agriculture of Cumberland " by Me. D . Stainer_ 83

THE C ANTUARIA!'l 'The MARLOWE SOCIETY improyed upon its. ~sual prog\il mme of play ,,Âˇ.,.1111 (:rchekov 's " Cherry Orchan;) ") and papers (the Rev. S. B-R. Poole on "Swin bll" 11 I by a successful innovat ion entitled ' Foreign Flavour " in wh ich each membcl l llil an author of different nationality and read a sample of his works in the ori gina ll "" ~ " ,, . The WALPOLE SOCIETY also varied its diet of playreading (Ia n Hay's" The 11 1111 master ' " was the fa vo urite here) and papers (the Rev. H. Bettenson on " Melllll' .1 LatIn Poetry, J. A. Price on .. The Crusader" and J. B. Price on "Jules V 11 11 , wllh a neW development-a mock Parliament, at which questions were asked alltl 111111 a debate on the Cnmea Conference was held. The Society 's President (Mr, ( I I' Holhngworthl,ably lInpersonated . Mr. ClnHchill, Mr. A. M. Olsson provided II III an gle on Mr. Eden and the Rev. S. B.-R. Poole kept the party in order as Speake. The SOM NE R SOCIETY had two pleasa nt expeditions, one to Lanteglos, th e 01111'1 I, St. WInnow, both of which possess churches of rare charm. It also listened 10 ÂŤ'v, I .1 pa!>ers the best of .which was J. de F. E nderby 's excellent talk on Canterbury ( " II which was richly illustrated with slides. The T ENTE RDEN CLUB had a very successful term for it secured 18 new 'M III I>,. an d three o utside speakers-the Dean of Canterbury who answered question, ,, 11111.1 RUSSIa, Mr. Shonan SIngle who spo ke of his nalive India and R. G. Leadbeater, () I who. gave his experiences as a courier at Yalta . Mr. Voigt a nd the Rev. F. S. Will l,,". also provided ammuOltIOn for a discussion on Spain, whilst M. A. Arnott made tI !'IH\\ I ful plea for the rights of the American negro. The PATER SOCIETY res urrected itself with the Rev. H. Benenso n as Presid III 1111,1 Mr .. C. . Minns as Vice_President to listen to two papers (G. C. Holliday on ( " " MIlitary Art and D. L. Edwards on P olitical Aspects of the' Antigone ' of Sopl"" II I and held a symposium. . THE MUSIC CLUB heard a paper on Sir Edward Elgar (gi ven by Dr. W. R. PII. I" Iill and listened to, William Walton 's "Belshazzar's Feast" and Vaughan WII 1111 II I " Symphony No 4 " whi lst th e MUSIC SOCIETY had a fuller programme which indlil " ,I Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, Beethoven's" Leonora Overture Nt! K and" Symphony No 8 " and ended with a Gala Night at the end of term.

J.T.C. PROMOTlONs.-The following' promotions were made and to take effeel 1. 1111. Jan uary 161h, 1945. : Sgt. A. R. T . Stuart to be C.S.M. ~/Sgt. M. A. S. Burgess to be C.Q.M .S. L/Sgt. C. J. Watso n to be Sgt. L/Sgt. J . C. B. Coleman to be Sgt. Cpl. S. C. Maplethorp to be L/Sgt. Cpl. E. R. Lanham to be L/Sgt. Cpl. F. A. Middleto n to be L/Sgt. Cpl. M. N. Carson to be L/Sgt. L/Cpl. J. C. Caiger to be Cpl. L/C!'I. J. K. Ebbutt to be Cpl. L/Cpl. P. C. Hammond to be Cpl. 84

THE CANTUARIAN L/Cpl. J. A. G. Smerdon to be Cpl. Cadet J. A. A. Price to be L/Cpl. Cadet R . C . Flack to be L/Cpl. Cadet M. A. Arnold to be L/Cpl. Cadet H. J . de Voil to be L/Cpl. Cadet H. L. Ackers to be L/ Cpl. Cadet R. G. C. Weighill to be L/Cpl. Cadet M . R. Ditchburn to be L/Cpl. ANNUAL INSPECTION.- Held on the 15th February by Major W. R. G. Smith, M.B.E. 'Assistant Inspector of J.T.C. and A.C.F.· in Drill, Weapon Training, Map Reading and Field Craft and gave a very satisfactory report. WAR CERTIFICATE "A".-Held on the 13th March. The following Section Leading Cadets passed . T. H. Pares B. L. Leary M . W. M . Cairns M. E. K. Withers P. D. Leighton D. Galitzine G. W. Williams D. Lepine A. E. Hill H. r. D . Johnso n WAR CERTIFICATE " A ", IND IVID UA L.- Held on the 15th March. The following Cadets passed :R. H . Netherwood J. E. Elliott P. J. Bearcroft S. 1<.. Parkin G. A. Foulds . G . H . O. Belsham P. T. Polden W. M . Foxwell ~. Bloomberg G. F. G. Russell E. H . R. Gardner Y. St. G. Brealy I. H. Sharp J . D. M. Hearth R. S. Brush G . L. T. Withers J . B. H . Jackson R. M. Butler J. P. D. Maybury-Lewis A. F. Cray

WHOLE DAY TRAtNING.- Held on the 15th March in good weather. The training was a combination of Map Reading, Section in Defence and Reconnoitring Patrols . . Much knowledge was gained in all three subjeCts.

THE LIBRARY Librarian : THE REv. S. B-R. POOLE Assistant Librarian: M. A. S. BURGESS :rhe Headmaster presented the Libra ry with Hallam 's Introduction to the Literature oj Europe, a set of Carlyle's Essays and some volumes in the Modern European Statesmen series. A quantit y of useful tex t books on Geography and Chemistry was also added, aod Arthur Bryant's The Years oj Victory, J. Neale 's The Age oj Catherine de Medici and Sir Arthur Quiller Couch 's M emories and Opinions were purchased. The Librarian is also very grateful to I. D. E. Herbert, O.K.S. (l94~5) for presenting a copy of A. L. Rowse 's Sir Richard Grenville and a study of American naval history entitled Atlantic Charter. 85

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FOOTBALL RETROSPECT TheXI was undefeated in four matches, which is a very creditable per-formllne' I, III that the grounds were under water for the first half of the term, The matches II~IIIII I thhelfR,N,E.C. and R.A.F. were good 'games, the School fighting back well in ti ll 111,1 a

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J. A. CUSHMAN,in goal, improved ~nd his' judgment in running out was quito ~"",I He was mchned, however, at times to take his' eye off the ball with simple , lt nl WIth occasIOnal dISastrous results. P. D. POWBN at back has the makings of a good player, but his kicking needs allell lill" G. F ..~ ~ussell is a good player, has a good sense of position is a determined till ~ I. I >yIt IS 1:lght foot. Both backs, however, were inclined to neglect the arl III tit I tllne klckmg and thought that dribbling would get them out of their d,nicuil it a dangerous procedure agamst good forwards . F. B. DAVIES is a sound football, wi th a good knowledge of the Dame and e1iSlll h"l the ball well.

J. P. D. MALLINSON, the other wing-half is a hard worker but with poor ball cOII I,,,1 . R. H. NETHBRWOOD,. the outside left, is an astonishing dribbler and when he CII II ~" ~ WIth both feet wIll be very useful. M. J. GORDON on the right wing, has pace but no' control. R. A. WRIGHT, at inside-left, is fu ll of football, makes good ~penings for his fa, wlIIII and can score when well placed.. He is inclined to hang back too much ill III ~~%bl:.ay as Sawtell, at ,IOSIde-nght, who is an untiring worker and lellrnlll I,. A. R. T. STUART, at centre-forward, is a very good footballer in the making. II 1"1 a real sense of pOSItJon, plenty of dash and is excellent with his head. He only ,,, .1 to control hIS shootmg WIth both feet to fit in with any good team. J. H. BLooMBBRG, at ~entre-half is the best player from the School we hA V' to III ID Cornwall. He IS un tmng, clever and with good control. If he playeel wl lh , good SIde, he would need to doless work, and is really capable of filling any posit I"" He has worked hard as Captam anel done much to make the Soccer go well '" II, School. The Juniors, though lacking enough pitches, have shown promise here and Ihll but there IS room for more help from the seniors. Altogether a very pleasant and encouraging Soccer season. Owing to shortage of fixtures, the main, and by far the most interesting ~ 10111, the School Soccer. w,?rld were the Senior and Junior House matches. In tho 'tlnlt'l The Grange, after battllDl! with and beating, by a small 'margin, St. Edmunds, MeIster Omers Just as spmted, and another hard game ensued, reSUlting in :1111111", W~ngr vb'tor y by 4 goals to 2. School House meanwhile had a hard task in hl'lIl1l1 a po e y 6-4. Walpole had shown a great spmt of sportsmanship thl' 11,,11111,1 the game. ~ .

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tHE CANTUARIA N The fina ls produced the best soccer since 1940. The Grange winning by 3 goals-- l A note must be included on the excellent play of P. T. Polden and G. F. S. Russell the . two Grange backs and M. J. Brooks the School House goalkeeper. The Junior matches contained just as much enthusiasm as the seniors-Meister Omers and The Grange drawing 0-0 after ,xlra time had been played. Of the School matches we remained unbeaten in the four matches played. Of Ihese matches two deserve mention.

THE KING'S SCHOOL v R.N. S.C. The School got off the mark .quickly and although lack of practice was evident, obtained the first goal through a shot by D. Galitzine after 10 minutes play. R.N.E.C. 'equalised shortly after. Just before half time a very good movement started by left half F . B. Davies, enabled A. R. T. Stuart to shoot a good goal. Again R.N.E.C. equalised as a result of bad positional play by the halves. After half time we again scored through A. R. T. Stuart, R.N.E.C. equalised a third time and for the following quarter hour pressed hal:d, and only by excellent play of J. A. Cushman (goalkeeper), P. T. Polden and G. F. G. Russell (backs), and F. B. Davies (left half) did we manage to keep the score level. From F. B. Davies, started a movement which resulted in a goal by A. R. T. Stuart. Result SC.hool 4, R.N.E.C., 3. . THE KING 'S SCHOOL" R.N.A.S. The School started badly and for the first 20 minutes the sailors had complete monopoly of the game, and only by some excellent saves by J. C. Cushman did we manage to prevent them from scoring. The School recovered however, and went ahead just before half time by a first timer from J. H. Bloomberg. After half time the game was very even, the ball going from one goalmouth to the other just before the final whistle A. R. T. Stuart broke away and scored. Final Score: School 2-0.

HOCKEY RETROSPECT To get together a representative side from the two Schools was always a problem, as there were few matches and the one available pitch being under water for the early part of the tenn. Tne House matches and the one House Colts game showed that there is real promise in both Schools, which can be turned to good account on our return to Canterbury. J. A. Cushman not only did well in goal, but devoted much of his time in trying to make the game possible under trying conditions. F. B.. Davies at back is a really good player, with stick-work above the average; his partner H. I. D. Johnson was quite promising, but his stic.k work is crude. G. L. Withers, J. H. Bloomberg D. Galitzine were hard working halves with quite good stick work. Of the many forwards tried, J. H. Sawtell, A. R. T. Stuart, J. P. F. Bull and G. F. G. Russell were easily the best. 87

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If more attention is paid to passing to the ri ght, flicking and positional piny 1111 hockey will improve. The worst genera l fault at tbe moment is a tendency to illdlll ~, in first-time hitting. Altogether quite a promising season carried out under almost impossible condit I"" Many thanks are due to Mr. Stephen Jones, the School Coach, Mr. OISSOIl , 111111 Mr. Stainer for umpiring them. FIRST XI K.S.c. v ,PLYMOUTH COLLEGE, LOST 1-6 We were up aga inst a good a nd well-practised team, and in the first half, W" I completely outclassed, (he score at half-time being 5.......{). In the second half, we It 1'1 I I them and just before the end, Stuart scored from a centre by Russell. Thro u ~ lt ll"l the game, Davies, left back, and Sawtell, inside right, were outstanding. K.S .c. v KELLY COLLEGE, DRAW I- I The XI had been strengthened since the match against Plymoutb College and " IllY ,I very well, Butcher scoring just before half-time. In the second half which was 11 1110 worthy for good play by the wing halves, Withers a nd Carson , a nd the two I"" ~ Johnson and D avies, the School attacked strongly but failed to score. Just Ill'Io II, the end, the Kelly right wing broke away and scored a lucky goal from the edge " I lit circle. Sawtell and Stuart played a very good game throughout. K.S.C. v R.A .F. , DRAW 4-4 Cert. ."A" unfortuna tely coincided with this match and the School could n I "III a full team. Mter about ten minutes of liard play, the School scored through CUShll llll1 Shortly afterwards, the R.A.F. equalized through their centre forward, who pllly,, 1 a very good game, scoring three goals. Before half-time the School added Iwo "'''1. goals by Stuart and Sawtell. In the second half, the R .A.F. rallied and in spi te of good saves by Jer vis, normally the Colts goal-keeper, scored three goals. The S\'I ,,,,,I fought back and just before the end, Cushman equalized.

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SECOND XI This team :.vas Il1flde up of some very I<;een players, who could not have the I'fllIl l., they deserved. They played one match against Plymouth College, which they losl I II Carson, Coleman, Caiger and Ditchburn all played very well, . COLTS XI This team played two matches both against Plymouth College. The fi rsl 1111 lost 1- 6, Bull scoring our goal. The result was only to be expected as they WCr(' Y , inexperienced and lacked practice. The return match played at the end of the "'" "" was won, 2- 1. 'Black and Jolly scored the goals, while Allchurch, Davies and 11 111 were outstanding as hal ves. Watson, left back, and Bull, inside right, both play 'II \.1 well. HOUSE MATCHES In the first round, St. Edmunds were beaten by Walpole 3"""'{), In the scmi 1111,,1 Meister Omers beat School House, 2-0, Bloomberg playing outstandingly ItI . 1111 losers, and Grange beat Walpole, 4-0. In the finals; Grange met Meister Om I 111111 beat them 2.......{). after a very hard game, which Grange deserved to win. 811

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CAMBRIDGE LEITER Dear School,

We are so enthused by the sight of our lost effort in the latest Cantflarian, the arrival of which is always awaited with ill-concealed impatience by the whole body of O.K.S. Cantab., that we are emboldened once more to lay before its readers some information , as regards our several occupations, Indeed, if the Cambridge Letter is devoured by other O.K.S, with the same voracity as we here fall upon the other items of O.K,S . news in the Cantl/arian, we could only reproach ourselves with supreme selfishness if we failed to do so. As Senior member, the hononrs of first place must naturall y go to Col. C. H. Budd (1899- 1904), but quite apa rt from this, it is accorded him in recogni tion of his great generosity, for as Secrelary of the Cambridge Branch of the O.K,S. Association, he has entertained us in his house regularl y twice each term, thereby inflicting upon himself much ex tra lahour and tro uble, and the loss of much time ; and for this kindness we

are extremely grateful. He is admirabl y assisted in his self-imposed duties as host by C. W, A. Lovatt (1 937-41) who fli ts consta ntly round the room ministering to our bodily comforl, and tickling our intellectual palate with an unceasing flow of wit. We are pleased to welcome back to Ca mbridge E. H. Cornelius (1938-43) unable to return till lately owing to a severe attack of neuritis, which has kept him, if not bedridden, practically immobilised, for nearly two months. For the rest of us, there is little to be said, for we continue largely undisturbed in our various callings. We congratulate R. S. Brealy (1940-44), I. R. B. Belsham (1940-44), I. R, B, Belsham (1940-44) and J, A. S. La ngsto n (1941 -44) on their successful fini shing of their respective Short Courses-a feat which we have lately come to regard . as something of an achievement. . R. G , O. Tayler (1939-43) F. L. Whalley (1939-43) and P. C. Steel (1940-44) appear to be still heavily engaged, in the exacting business of studying medicine; J. P. H. Hutton (1938-43) and J. W. Stephenson (1939-43) being also employed in the. manner under Baris,' management. J. P. Richardson (1940-44) is occasionally 10 be seen wandering in or out of the Law Schools from time to time, we charitably presume that he attends lectures. Little has been seen of Sao H seng Hfa (1937-42) or of his brother Sao Hseng Ong (1938-44). Our sole visitor this term ha's been M. J. H. Purvis, a member of the School who came up to take a choral scholarship to Kin g's. He was fortunate enough to arrive on the day of the O,K.S, meeting. Finally may we suggest that a corresponding letter from " the other University" would not come amiss, and, also that a London Letter might be published from the large body of O. K.S, medical sludenls at the London Hospitals, May we o nce again express

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our hope that ils return to Canterbury shall take place in the nea(future. Yours, O.K.S. CANTAB: 89

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NEWS

The Editors invite the co-operation of O.K.S. ill strengthellillg these items ill •• THE CANTUARIAN • . ~'IJI. Ai are ~f particular illter~sr to O.K.S. They call1lot Ihem~elves obtain milch of the necessary material ; Sllttl I,jllt particulars of promofiOIlS, alld therefore remind subscribers that all items o/ news are always we/co",,.,

S. ,Wragg h~s not b~en hear" of for some time; he is serving overseas and , in hi spare time, drawlllg for the Ken slIlgton Magazine.

Bishop A. W. Gelsthorpe should be home from the Sudan shortly iwd the Sell",,1 is hoping for a visit from him during the summer. . ' We were delighted to have a letter a short time ago from R. Gout who wenl 11 111111 to Athens for the summer holidays of 1939 a nd had not been heard of since. Il l' I serving In a South African Signal Unit in the M.E.F. On 1 st January a card was received from Geoff Willsdon dated 22nd Ma y, 11M I He was In usual health, and sent his kind regards 10 his friends. J. H . Breese having been invalided· out of the Army is ba~k at Trinity Coll rp' Oxford. He seems to have seen a number of O.K.S., and we are glad to hear thr()II ~ 1t hIm t~~t R. E. Jackson and A. M. Durnford are home from the Middle East. II I adds, Most of the O.K.S . do not actually seem very different as a result of their Wilt experiences, at least not as different as one would expect considering what some of IIWItI

must have been through: Old Boys, whenever they meet, seem to hang together mOlr be. more pleased to see one another tha.n is so with a good many Schools. It is 1111 thing that has struck me most these last four months when COining across other O. K.S A. J . B. Hughes, is no;" invalided out of the R.A.F. , following a fixing 8cci<ll'III and hopes to take!a University c.ourse in engineering. ' J. S. Jenkins is interned at Singapore, where he was in the Customs Service. He lOll able to continue his work of the distribution of food , and his fami ly has received IWI I postcards and two radio messages from him. The latest card said" Wish I could I" doing something actively useful but just have to make the best of things. Am keeplll remark~bly fit, reading, WfItIn& a great deal and spend a lot of my time organising III producmg plays or play readtngs. StIll have a certain amount of Bridge .nd Ill y Cantonese continues slowly. R. A. S. Jenkins is instructing in bridging at tl;1e School of Military Enginccri .. ~, C.M.F. and has met G . F. E. Heisch. W. J . Merson writes from India that he has met Capel-Smith, A. D. Wilson illlil Hearne the eldet. . We are most grateful to Mrs. Parsons, mother of A. D. Parsons, who is scrvl .. overseas, for sending us some football jerseys, etc., which are most welcome. (III thanks are also due to Miss C. M. Lucas, sister of J. c., W. de St. C. and W. LU .II , for sendtng us 1st and 2nd XV Rugger caps, a Cric.ket Cap, etc . . As these are nllw unobtainable we are very glad indeed to have them and the Caps will be lent 10 lit Captains of the teams. y. E. Price is due back in England after 4t years foreign service.

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THE CANTUARIAN J. d'E. Skipwith writes that "Paddy Fermor's show in Crete was magnificent. I hear from my mother that Lady Fermor says he's in hospital now in Cairo and r fear it's a serious disease." We should be glad to have further news if anyone can supply it. Skipwith goes on to apologise for his writing, but says" I'm cramped a little in the bottom of an old Jap· trench which I captured a week ago after an all night flanking march, an opposed ri ver crossing (which frightened me not a little 1) and an advance of one mile on the far bank rolling him up from behind through the worst country I've ever fought ill. River banks are notoriously bad going but this one gets a mention in despatches for dense green prickly scrub which bit into every thing ,including our bodies and made the battle very confused. The Rev. B. J. Wigan is now curate at SS. Philip and James ', Oxford,. where he has ftill time parish work in addition to his eclucational activities. R. H. Gower is home on leave from Tanganyika. A. C. Roberts sends a summary of his career since 1939, which includes his marriage, and the birth of a son in 1940 and a daughter in 1944. He was gazetted a Grade I Officer, Go vernment of Bengal in 1940, but enlisted in the Border Regiment in 1943 and is now Adjutant of a Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, as is P. A. Gouldsbury. R. M. Clarke is a medica l mi ssionary in China, but we ha ve no further details. P. C. Steel has joined the Cambridge University Air Squadron as a part-time member, but his medica l course IS pretty concentrated, and doesn 't leave much sp,ne Lime. We are sorry to hear that A. A. de C. Cussans has been severely wounded, while serving with the 8th Army. The house he was in was hit by a shell and he had his left arm broken ; he was taken to a (;;asualty Clearing Station which also got a direct hit. The two men dressing him were killed, the doctor wounded and this time Tony sustained a compound fracture of the right thigh and injury to the left elbow. He is now in hospital, and the doctors hope to save his left arm. Mr. J. H. Corner writes that he h~s come across Beale i, Jim Gibb, Mr. Lampe .Iid Mr. Gorman. "I ran into Jim Gibb in the most desolate of landscapes, and it would be difficult to say who was the more taken aback 1 But we had a lunch party a few days later and talked much of the' good old days '. " A. R. Thorndike sends a long letter with news of himself and D a n. He says that, while in the Buffs, his Company was taken for a conducted tour of the Cathedral by Miss Babington. Dan, after being knocked down by an R.A.F. truck and suffering · a broken anl>le, was finally passed unfit for Active Service but capable of performing some administrative job, and is now assistant Adjutant to a Signal Training Regiment. Joining a new Regiment recently converted from Infantry, the first man Dickon met was Jimmy Gibb- not changed in the least, except for the addition of a fully-fashioned · moustache, and "his military snort was even more fierce than his morutor's. After describing his cross-Channel voyage shortly after D-Day he says, "I am not a good soldier and my whole being revolts against war in all its aspects, yet to be honest I shall have to admit when it is' a ll over that I did enjoy myself. It has been exciting, and a great experience-usually interesting, often boring, seldom terrifying, intermingled with incidents of dire tragedy and delightful comedy. " · On short leave in Paris he ~iscovered the family with whom he Stayed seven years ago, 91

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THE CANTUARIAN . P. N. P. Joyce ,,:rite~ that Eric h~d to be evacuated by air as a suspected sprllO( ' 11 • a nd that he himself IS stIll m tbe Indian Armoured Corps not, as stated in W,,(' It(·. 111.1 No. 15, transferred to Bombay Engineers. D. F. L. Evans is in his particul nr (1' ''"1' H.Q. and they meet fairly frequently. He says he gets little opportunity of plt l ~11I games, his literature has run out, and his on ly solace is his gramophone. Congratulations to A. G. S. Wilson who received the surrender of the (J "II11"" second-in-command at Cap Gris Nez and to 1. Butcher who, we hear indirectl y CI'I'11i1 ,I a German pill-box single-handed. ' We are glad to have news: via the Kentis" Gazette, of L. Sax by who has not prevl"" I figured in the War Record . " Wbilst bombing shipbuilding yards at Mont'II I"" •• Italy, the. Liberator of which be was pilot was hit by a bomb dropped by an 1111 ".11 above him. The port Inner propellor and a turret we~e torn off and a gaping holll " """ In the fuselage. Saxby escaped death by inches. Luckily the bomb did not eX I,I.. ", a nd the Liberator flew o.n, dropped its bombs on the target and, although so damaged, travelled 300 mIles back to base C. W. A. Lovatt~ havin~ been discbarged from the Army, is cramming his hClld IVllil Law at Cambndge With a vIew to a Degree and a Law Special next June. . D. Lampard has been wounded for a second time but we are glad to know il j 11 .. 1

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D . F . Murray, we are very sorry to learn, bas been seriously' wounded. II,' II.' flown back to England following amputation of his right leg and is now in hospit lll II Penarth. His home address is 131 Kidbrooke Park Road, B1ackbeath London S I I He hopes when fit again, to return to Oxford to work for a Degree. ' . ' As we go to Press we a re delighted to hea r that R. Corben; wbo was taken prl~,,", I at Arnbem, is safely home again. RECENT AWARDS. We congratulate Flight-Lieut. R. L. G. Sutcliffe on the award of the D.F.(' 1"1 From the local paper we I, ,''" that he JOined a Bomber Command Squadron as Sgt. Wireless Operator (Air .,,1111' In 1941 a nd was ~t Malta, 1941-2 WIth the Desert Air Force, Malta, commi ~'illIlI ,I and appointed Squadron Signals Leader in 1942. He was put on instructional II YIII duties In 1943, and on special operational flying duties in 1944. He has m"d I, operational sorties. J. H. Powell bas been awarded the Military Cross, and the official citation ~IIY "On 10th J~ l y, 1944, during an attack by a rifle company on a strongly held hi ll '~II I I1I' east of the Tiber Valley, the Company Commander, six N .e.O 's. and a number <11' 111111 were. killed by. heavy. machi~e-gun fire. At that moment, when the company conSiderably dlsorgamsed, Lleut. Powell arrived at Company Headquarters. I Ii' 'II once took command and rallied and re-organised the company. Showing grc" l " .. Ii I ,

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the enemy, he re-establtshed the company position fro m which it was' a ble to belli .. II a quick enemy counter-atta?k. He subseq uentl?' displayed great skill dur ing 0111111 attempts to outflank illS pOSllton In the use of hiS company and supporting arms, II personal example, courage, initiative a nd leadership, Lieut. Powell restored whal 1111 hi have been a serious situation. Throughout the action he was· an inspiration to all 11111 \ 92 "

TH E CANTUARIAN Major B. E. W. McCall (Assistant Master 1937- 39) has also been awarded the Military Cross. "During the night of Sept. 24th, Major McCa ll was commanding a Rifle Company which had taken up a defensive position around a village. Shortly "ner midnight the enemy launched a determined counter-attack on this Company front in an effort to re-take the village.

Several minor penetrat ions were made.

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McCall 's reactions to this were magnificent. With his reserve Platoo n he personally drove them out of two breaches on the front, setting a splendid example of courage and leadership which proved a n inspiration to his men a nd too much. for t.he enemy. He went on to organise a n attack on the last penetration whicb was successful in throwing out the enemy from his Company locality. Throughout the confusion and bewilderment of this sudden enemy attack Major McCall showed a coolness and resource which undoubtedly sa ved the situation and a splendid gallantry in leading sllch a swift counterattack.

Lieut.-Col. H. E. N . Bredin, M.e. and Bar, and his elder brother, Lt-Col. A. E. C. Bredin, M.C., have both been awarded the D.S.O. H.E.N's citation reads: " Lieut.Colonel Bredin when in comma nd of his battalion in an attack on Mussae Vertechi on 15th May was given the task of leading the Division in the break-through of the Gustav Line. T hroughout this operation he commanded his battalion with the utmost ski ll, and inspired his men by his example of personal gallantry under heavy fire. This difficult operation was entirely successful due to his leadership. Again on 17th May Lieut.-Colonel Bredin was ordered to attack Pinmarola where German infantry and tanks held up our adva nce all day. At short notice he planned this attack, and was wounded on the start line. In spite of his wounds Colonel Bredin fought with his . battalion until success was in sight, again showing great gallantry, until he fainted and was evacuated.

His brother'S Citation runs, " At Hellval on 4th October, Lieut.-Colonel Bredi n was in comma nd of his battalion, who were ta kin g part in an attack. The gro und was extremely difficu lt, being covered by many dykes and orchards in which the enemy were able to conceal themselves. During the whole attack the area over which the advance was made subject to continu9uS and intense Artillery and mortar fire.

Casualties soon became hea vy, and two Company Commanders were killed, and for a while the attack was held up by fi re from a fla nk. Lieut.-Col. Bredin showed complete disregard for his own safety, and moved fro m one Company to another, making new

plans to attack the enemy. Owing to casualties, be himself personally led one Company which had lost its Company Commander on to their final objecti ve. His example a nd devotion to duLy was an inspiration to all the Batta li o n, and it wa s grea tly due to Licut.Col. Bredin's outstanding courage and leadership under very hea vy fire that the Battalion gained all its objectives." As we go to press we learn of the award of the Military Cross to the Rev. e. W. H . Lampe, e.F., Housemaster of School House, 1940-41. Of the dozen King's School Masters who have joined up Mr. Lampe is the fourth to be decorated. BIRTHS GODLE.- On 5th January, 1945, to Doreen Joyce (llee Biggleston), wife of Commander A. Blackley Goble, R.N., (191 5-16)-a daughter (Pallleia Joyce). PARls.- On 17th January, 1945, to Winifred, wife of Captain e. G. A. Pari's, R.A. (192530)-a sao, graodson to Lieut.-Col. A. L. Paris (1892-6). 93

• THE CANTUARIAN F'ITZGBRALD-FINCH.- On 2nd. February, 1945 ' in Nairobi to Hilary, wife 01' 1111 I, Fitzgerald-Finch (1926- 30)- a daughter. ' , MAyco cK.-On 17th February, 1945, to Muriel, wife of Major W. d 'a Maycock, M. II I R.A.M.C. (1925-29)- a son. P~AVEL. -On 24th March,.1945, to Betty, wifc of Lieut.-Col. H. L. Petavel (1 9 15 Iltl a son.

FooRD-KELcEY.- On 31st March, 1945, to Audrey, wife of Group Captain A. I ""Iol Kelcey, A.F .C., R.A.F . (1926- 32)- a son (Christopher Peter). GR ANT.- In Jan uary, 1945, to wife of b eut.-Col. R . S. Grant, R.E., (1 923- 7) I second sCin. ENGAGEMENTS. AMos-JoNES.- Kenneth James Amos (1930- 33), of Grandacre, Waltha ill. N, II Canterbu ry, son of Mr. Arthur Amos (1 891 - 94) and Mrs. Amos, to M ' " ~"I" Eleanor (Peggy) younger daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. F . E. Jones, of Margate. WHALLEy- WATSoN.- Lieutena nt John Pryor Whalley, R.C.S. (1934-39) son of M, F. Seymour Whalley, M.C. (1 899-1 903) and Mrs. Whalley, The Lawn, Mild " Bucks, to Maureen Montgo mery yo unger daughter of the Rev. W. E. a nd M, Watson, Wittersham Rectory, Kent. PooLE- MouNsEY.- The Rev. Joseph Western Poole (1922- 28) Precentor and Sill , I I of Canterbury, to Esme Beatrice, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper MOll'" y, "I Northampton. • BAKER- JoNES.-Captain W. Alan Custance Baker (1930- 35), of Wye, K II I. I" Hannah, second daughter of the late Ernest Stanley Johns, and of Mrs. OSb," ," Samuel, Eversholt, Beds. HEYMAN-SYMONDs.-Lt.-Cmdr. Leonard Valiancy Heyman, R.I.N.V.R., (1920 'II to Ba rbara Anne Symonds, younger daughter of the late J. C. Symonds atid of M, Symonds, Walcott Hall, Diss, Norfolk. HARRIS-SARGEANT.- Captain Peter Carveth Harris, M.e., Cheshire Regiment ( I ~ 'H 31) to Mollie, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sargeant, Cedar House, SkcH'It ' MARRJP;GES BLUNT : SKusE.- On 7th December, 1944, Lieut.-Col. F. S. Blunt, R.E. (1 915 "1 to Norma Denise, younger da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Skuse, of New York. PARSONS-SMITH : VAN SOMEREN.-On 16th December, 1944, at Columbo, Maj or S. I t Parsons-Smith, Frontier Force Rifles, (1924-'-29) of Shirley, Fleet, Ha,H " I" Theo Gwynedd, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. va n Somersen of Camberley. MACKENZIE-KENNEDY_: DOGER DB SPBVILLE.- On 20th December, 1944, Charles Jllhll Gordon Mackenzie-Kennedy, The King 's African Rifles (1935...,.-40) to J 'IIIIIII Ma ne Alrse Doger de Speville, fou rth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adrien DOgUl tI, Speville, of Curepipe, Mauritius. F ERN: N ICHOL.- On 20th January, 1945, Pilot Officer B. E. f ern, R.A.F.V.R. (1 9 I I 41) to Harnet. daughter of Capt. R. S. N ichol of 78 Ashgrove Road West, AbeI'd,·, II LovAIT: STOLL.- At St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, on 30th September, 1944, 111111 Budd Lovatt, R.N.V.R. (1935-40), eldest son pf Captain W. H . Lovatt , It (190 1- 4), and nephew of Col. C. H. Budd, M.C., I;>.L., R.A.M.C., etc. (1 8~" 1904), tot CeliatMay Stoll.

TH E C ANTUARIAN SILVER WEDDING WILLETT: KELLY.- On 18th D ecember, 1919, Thomas Matthew Willett ( 1913- 15) to Eleanor Maud Kelly. Present address : Gore Street House, Monkto n, Thanet. DEATHS RABTREE.- On 31st Ja nua ry, 1945, the Rev. Will iam Arthur Cra btree (1 880-86) Pioneer of the Church Missiona ry Society, MI. Elgon Mission, Central Afnca. KING.- -Killed in Action in February, 1945, Lance-Bombard ier David King, R.A. (1933- 36). LlNNELL.- Killed in Action in March, 1945, Major L. W. R. Linnell, R.A. (1 920-28). I

MEMORIAM

ARTH UR SEY MOUR (1908-11 ) Arthur Seymour came to the School from Merton Court S~hoo l , Sidcup, and reached the Sixth Form. In 1914 he joined the R.N.V.R. and was WIt h the Fo!ces wh ,ch were interned in Holland for the duration. After the War he returned to busmess 111 MJ11cmg Lane and subsequently went abroad as a representative of the fi r~ , to Java, Ceylon and Shanghai. An old School friend describes him as a man .of SImple tastes. WIth the sincerity and directness of speech of the countryman . WhIle at work 111 hIS ga rden last August he heard the approach of a flying bomb. He was abl~ to shout a wa rmng to his wife, who reached shelter safely, but he lumself sllstamed I11Junes from whIch he died in hospital. He leaves two sons .. GABRIEL F RANKLIN OLIVE, K.S. ( 1900-05) G. F. Olive entered the School in Jan uary, 1900, a nd became a King 's Scholar in December 1901 a nd a Senior Schola r in 1904, when he was also a member of the Sixth Form anct' a Monitor. A prominent athlete, he was in the XV for two yea rs and had his Sports Colours for three. He broke the Hurdles Record m 1905 and represented the School at the Public Schools Gym. CompetltlOn at Aldershot. He was Captal,n of Games in 1904. He went up to Keble College, WOll the H urdles at the Freshmen s Sports, was second in the Un iversity Sports, and represented .oxford at G~m . He served throughout the last wa r in the Artists ' Rifles, and was I11 valrded out 111 1918. For thirty yea rs he was Headmaster of Rokeby Preparatory School, Wimbledon, of whIch his father had been headmaster and founder. He was a Churchwarden and took a keen interest in public education in Wimbledon and served on. vanous boards of school managers. He died on January 12th, at the age of 5 ~, leavmg a Wl?OW? a daughtel, and three sons serving in the Forces, of whom C. T. Olrve (1928- 32) IS wllh the Royal Artillery in Italy. 95

THE CANTUARIAN JOHN GORDON HATTON CRAWFORD (1 877-79) Although he spent but two years in the School J. ' G . H. Crawford, who tli,Âˇ" 'f Harbledown on 1st February, came of a family with long connections with the Seh",,' His nephew, R. G. Crawford, left the School only last term. He was the second SlIn "I James Robert Crawford, Staff Surgeon of the 69th Regiment of Foot and was bo, n In tbe old fort of St. George, Madras, He returned to India to join Mr. Brooke- Mo"l, 'I the well-known South India p lanter and was for many years Han. Secretary, a nd Inll' President, of the Planters ' Association, and was instrumental ih representing plnnll n affairs to a benevolent and sympathetic government of H.H. the Maha rajah of My", A writer in the Kemish Observer describes him as ': A quiet Englishman, an eX1I1II1'1t of his country's integrity abroad, who will be missed by many." As reported elsewhere in this issue a "John Crawford" Essay Prize has h," " established in his memory by his brother, Colonel Loftus Crawford, C.B.E., D,S. EVELYN MURROUGH O'BRIEN TOULMIN, K.S. (1892-96) The announcement in The Times of the death of E . M . O'B. Toulmin in Pari. "" 7th January, 1945, at the age of 67, recal!s a heyday period in the School cricket. I Ii came to us from that nursery of cricket. The Abbey School, Beckenham, and WII one of the few boys who secured his 1st XI colours in his first cricket term at The Kh, ~ Schdol. Lillywhite in 1892 described him as "A steady and powerful left hand hili medium left hand bowler with a puzzling break." That was his Prep. School repul nl!" n He was in the School XI for five years, being Captain for the last two. In his fi rS! yr," at the age of 14, he had a batting average of 15.4 and took 11 wickets for an avernl'" ,,' 16.59. In his third year he headed the batting averages with 44.9 and took 81 wiel d at the splendid average of 8.43. That year he made a century against the C.O.S. I" 1895 lie was Captain and we won every School match that Season. He again hcnili ol the batting and bowling averages a nd made three ceutmies. In 1896 the Scho I I"" only one match, aga inst 8t. Lawrence C,C. and again won all their school matches, 111 11 1 the Captain aga in headed both batting and bowling averages. H e was descri bed " " Facile princeps with both bat and ball; a really good and keen all-round plIl Y" fine batsman, especially in front of the wicket, an excellent slow bowler, and II ~"",I field." After leaving School he played for Essex, and for the Argentine Republic. He was also 3 years in the School XV and was a good wing forward. 11 0 WII a Senior Scholar, a House Mon itor, and had his Fives Cap for four seasons. lie Willi a Classical Exhibition to Magdalen College, Oxford, and took 2nd class Hono" " III Classical Mods. Subsequently he devoted himself to Banking and lived in Paris for 11\11 11 \ years, being Resident Advisory Director for Lloyds and National Provincial FOII,I II Bank. W. I\'M CANON NORMAN ELLIOTT SMITH The Right Rev. Harold E. Secton, Bishop of British Columbia, paid tribute to ,'', memory of the late Rev. Canon N. E. Smith at the funeral service at St. Barnabas ",," h. Victoria, B.C. on February 5th, He said, .. In the faith of the risen Christ lind hi Church, which he loved and served 25 years, we take affectionate farewell of NO"IIIII II 96

THE CANTUARIAN Elliott Smith, devoted priest and servant of God, a Illan greatly loved and widely esteem~d. l ie was every man's friend, appealing to innumerable people by hIS attracttve humamty, his humour and geniality, his large-heartedness and kindly judgement of others." A son of the Rev. John Nathaniel Smith, and a younger brother of L. W. Smith, aptain of the School 1888- 9, and of J. H . Smith, Captain 1890~91 , the latter well known to the CanllIarian for his Indian letters, he entered the Scboollll 1899. He went on to Keble College Oxford. and Cuddesdon Theological college, and was ord.ine,d in 1909. He then served with the U.M.C.A. and III the East-end pansh of S. SavIOur s 1I0xton, and later was Rector of Byng Inlet, B.C., a loggingcomn:uuity. It is perhaps to such varied ministry, coupled with a quiet humour essenltally hIS own, that be owed his intimate knowledge of all kinds of people and lhe ablilty to enter !nto the JOYs and sorrows of all with whom he came in contact. The motto of hIS rmmstry may well be expressed in the words" He must increase. " St. Barnabas Church ,,:,as filled to overnowing with the many of aU colours and grades who came to pay tbeu last respects to one who had been their Rector and friend for 25 years. He leaves a WIdow, a son serving in the Royal Canadian Navy, and a daughter.

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Many O.K.S. williearo with great regret of the death at the age of 77, of Mr. E. L. La ngland late of the 7th Hussars. Mr. Langland was a 1st Class Gymnastic and Fencing Instructor at the Canterbury Cavalry Depot and ta ught Gym and Fencing to many generations of King's School Boys.

CORRESPONDENCE To The Editors of THE CANTUARlAN The Wearing of tbe Red Rose on Speech Day.

Sir,

. . With reference to the letters in your September number of The Canluanan, over tbe signature "P. H. Honour" suggesting that the origin of the above custom may have been the fact, (if it be a fact), that the Prior and Convent of <?hnst Church paId a quit rent of one rose to the Abbot and Convent of St. Augustme s for the pn~Ilege of having a quay at Fordwich, I fail to understand why the SchOol of the ArchbIshop and city of Canterbury, should have commemorated anythmg. of the kmd, sIllce It was not connected in mediaeval times witb the monastery of Chnst Church. It would be far more likely tbat the custom was derived from the Laneastrian rose which still is embroidered on the gowns of the Cathedral Bedesmen; but It IS very doubtful whether the custom can claim to date back to the reconstitution of the School by King Henry VIn since it should be remembered that until the headmastership of George Wallace (1832-1859) there were four Speech Days, viz. May. 29th the birthday and restoration of Charles II, November 5tb Gunpowder Plot; the wIllter breaking up before Chnstmas, and in the week before Lent. All were held in the Schoolroom, and the most Important Speech day was the winter one, when roses would be unobtamable. Moreover, when I entered the School (November, 74 years ago) thougb most of the boys wore on Speechday a rose in their buttonhole, tbey were not particular as to its colour. Any rose would do, so I am inclined to believe that the wearing of the rose was purely decorahve and of no great antiquity.

Yours, etc.,

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C. E. WOODRUFF, O.K.S. 140 Old Dover Road, Canterbury.

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Correction to List 17 Under" Promotions" and" Roll of Honour" for L. R. W. Linnell read" L W. R. LineH" ROYAL NAVY. R . R. W. ASHBY to Commander C. W. BrRKElT to Midshipman, R.N.V.R. M. G. S. CuLL to Captain (S) and Rear-Admiral (S) and appointed Director-General, Supply. and Secretarial Branch. J. W. FAIRFAX-FRANCKLIN, to LISA. R. H. KENNEDY to Commander. P. MAGNUS to T/Lieutenant, R.N.V.R .'

ARMY. M. G. BAKER (Chatterton) to Lieutenant. R. A. W. BINNY to Major and T/ Lieutenant-Colonel. A. E. BROCKLEHURST to T/Lt.-Colonel. C. R. B. BROWN to Lieutenant. R. N. CAPEL- SMITH to Lieutenant. M . CHARLEY to Cadet, pre-O.C.T.V. P. B. CHETWYND-PALMER, to Lieutenant. Captain and T/ Major. E. H . CLARKE to Lt.-Colonel. V. C. DE ST. CROIX to Lieut.-Colonel. D. F . L. EVANS to Major and appointed D.A.A.Q.M.O. D. H. FEARON to O.C.T.U. D . O. R . Fox to Major and appointed Senior Malariologisl in Burma M. J. H. OIRLING to Major. and appointed D.A.A.G. W. H. P. GORRINGE to Lt.-Colonel. J. B. GOUDGE to Major. K. R. HENSHAW to Lieulenant, Caplain and Major. V. A. ST. A. H UBRARO to Lieutenant, Caplai n and Major. L. J. GRAVES to Captain R. A. S. JENKINS to Captain D. L. MACLEAN, attached Parachute Regiment. W. o'A. MAYCOCK to Lt.-Colonel and Colonel. C. N. L. M INISTER to Captain and Major, transferred to R.E. M.E. and appointed D.A.D.M.E. M. T. MIDDLETON-EvANS to O.C.T.V .• Grenadier Guards. J. D. OMMANEY to Lieutenant.

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A. D. PARSONS to A/Captain. A. C. R. PAUL to 2nd Lieutenant, R .A. R. P. A. PIERCY to A/Major and appointed G.S.0.2. K . L. POUNDS to Lieutenant, R.A. R. H . ROTHERY to Lieutenant and Captain. J. A. O. SCOTT to Lt.-Colonel and appointed O.S.O.l. P. H. G. SCOrf recalled to Colonial Civil Service. H. M. C. SMITH to Major and T/Lt.~Colonel and transferred to R.E.M.E. C. H . B. WAlITON to T/Major. P. M. WEATHERHEAD to Lieutenant. R .A.F. I. H.~C. FRASER, invalided out. P. D. GRANT, Pilot Officer and Flying Officer and transferred to R .N.V.R. as Sub-Lieutenant (A ) M. C. KARop to Wing-Commander F. W. YATES, invalided out H. A. S. JOHNSTON to Wing-Commander.

Decorations and Mentions.

T /CAPT. J. G. W. CHARNAUD awarded M.B.E. A/MAJOR D. E. OWEN, LA., Mentioned in Despatches. LIEUT. R. N. CAPEL SMITH, R.I.A.S,C. Mentioned in Despatches. TILT. (A) R. D. WOOD, R.N.V.R, Twice Mentioned in Despatches. T/LT. P. MAGNUS, R.N.V.R. Awarded D .S.C. and Bar. T/LT.~COLONEL A. E. BROCKLEHURST, R.A., Awarded D.S.D. T / MAJOR P. M. CHETWYND-PALMJ!R, I.A., Awarded M.C. and Bar. T /BRIG. O. D. G. HÂ£YMAN, M.B.E., The King's Regiment, Awarded C.B.E. and Mentiol\ed II, Despatches. FIELD-MARSHAL SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY, K.C.B., D.S.D., Created G.C.B. and awarded ,.1U11 Cross of the Legion of Honour, Knight Commander of the Order of Danneborg Ord r III Victory, Distinguished Service Medal, Order of the Elephant. ' COMMANDER A. R. C. DOUTON, R.N.R. (ret.) Mentioned in Despatches. T /BRIGADIER L. C. MANNERS-SMITH, C.B.E., Mentioned in Despatches. COMMANDER H . T. HEALE, R.N.R. (ret.) Awarded O.B.E. GROUP-CAPTAlN M. D. OMMANNEY, R.A.F., Mentioned in Despatches. F /OFFICER J. C. BAKER, D.F.C., R.A.F.V.R., Awarded Bar to D .F.C. T/LT.-CoLONEL B. E. WITT, R.A.S.C., Awarded C.B.E. T / MAJOR W . N. HAYES, M.e., Dorsetshire Regiment, Awarded Bar to M.C. T / MAJOR J. H . CLARK, R.E., Awarded M.C. and Bar, and twice Mentioned in Despatches. T / MAJOR V. E. PRICE, R.A., Awarded M.C. T /CAPTA IN J. C. GOULDSI3URY, LA ., Awarded M.C. COMMANDER R. R . W. ASHBY, D.S.C., R .N .V.R., Awarded Bar to D .S.C.

OMMANDER, F. F. W. HARVEY, RLN. Mentioned in Despatches. T/CAPTAIN A . D. PARSONS, R.A., Awarded M.e. LT. R . C. WHALLEY, R.C.S., Mentioned in Despatches. T /LT.-COLONEL R. A. W . BINNY, I.A., Mentioned in Despatches.

LT. A. O. S. Wn.soN, RAC., Awarded M.C. LT.-COLONEL G. F. HUTCHINSON, R.E., Aw~rded D.S.O. CAPTAIN R H . ROTHIlRY, LA., Mentioned in Despatches.

EIGHTEENTH LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERVICE ROYAL NAVY. B. P. CHADWICK, 1942--44, Marine, R.M. W. E. ELVEY, Â·1921- 26 Lieutenant Commander, R.N.V.R. J. W. FAIRFAX-FRANCKLIN, 1939--43, Stores Assistant. I. L. HARLAND (at School Hahn) 1937--41), Sub-Lieutenant, R.N .V.R. K. H . M. JOHNSEN, 1940-44, Marine R.M. P. J. KENNABY 1937--42, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. J. PESCHIlK, 1940-43, Ordinary Seaman.

ARMY. J. C. B. CoLEMAN, 1937--45, Private LT.C. A. L. EVANS, 1938--40, Lieutenant, R.E. J. A. B. HESLOP, 1938-42, Private, Intelligence Corps . T. J. MATHEWS, 1941--44, Gunner, R.A . G. P. McMULLIN, 1940-44, P rivate, Intelligence Corps. P. M. WEATHERHEAD, 1937--42, 2nd Lieutenant, R.E. K. N. WOOD, 1929-33, Lieutenant, R.A.

R.A.F. I. H. C. FRASER, 1938--40, AC/2. (earlier Royal Observer Corps). L. A. J. MACLEAN, 1938--44, Cadet.

WOUNDED. LIEUTENANT 1. BUTCHER, 1938--42, Black Watch (3rd Time) CAPTAIN H . S. CLARKE, 1923-24, R.A. L/CORPORAL D. W. FEARON, 1934-39, Airborne Division. LlIlUTENANT J. D. TwINBERROW, 1938--42, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .. TROOPER H. A. TURNER, 1939-41, R.A.C.

PRISONER OF WAR. LIEUTENANT L. H. TURNER, 1925-34, F.M.S.V.R.

PRISONERS KNOWN TO HAVE RETURNED. LIEUTENANT J. B. BASSETI. RA., 1938-28 LIEUTENANT W. M . CARRUTHERS, 1930-34, Royal Tank Regiment.

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CAPTAIN G. N. M. DARWALL, 1930-34, Lincolnshire Regiment.

CAPTAIN J. E. DEIGHTON, 1926-----34, Royal Tank Regiment. L /CORPORAL D, W. FEARON, 1934-39, East Surrey Regiment. FLYING OFFICER G. H. H ILL, 1930-35, R .A.F.V. R. FLYING OFFICER D. PAGE, 193 1-40, R.A.F., V.C. CAPTAIN H. C. M. PITIS. 1910---14, F.M.S. Vol unteers.

ROLL OF HONOUR. SERGEANT D. WILLSDON, R.A.F.V.R., 1937- 41. Presumed Killed in Action over Berlin. PElTY OFFICER G. F. E. C. LEIGH, R.N.V.R.t 1937-41. Presumed Killed on Active Service.

SQUADRON LEADER M. SAVAGE, R.A.F., 193 1- 36, Killed in Act ion over Germany. J. C. BAKER, D .F.C., and Bar, R.A.F. V.R., 1935-39, Accidentally killed in lUlilil ~ LIEUTENANT K. N . WOOD, R.A., 1929-33. Died of Wounds. CAPTAIN R. J. HOLDEN, M.e., 1930-38. Oxford and Bucks. LJ. Died as result of an 0 ~hh III September, 1945. M AJOR K. A. W. CHARNAUD, R.A.S.C., 1925-27. Now known to have died as a PrisonerÂ·o l. W.. , in Malaya, iO!h December, 1942. LIEUTENANT J. G. TOWERS, lA., 1937-40. Previously reported missing, now known to hnv I,. II ki lled in act ion, 1944. FLYING OFFICER

N.D.-This Record can be completed on ly by the help of O.K.S. ami their relatives. K 11111 III Thoma s, Essex House, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. will be grateful for any informul/PII which will assist in making the War Record of the School as fu ll and accurate as possible

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Term begins. lecture: Clement Davis, Esq., K.C., M.P. IVTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. Preacher: The Headmaster 8 p.m., Cinema. SS. PHIUP AND JAMES, AA. AND MM. 1st XI v St. A'Ilstell e.e., Home. ROOATION SUNDAY. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. ASCENSION DAY. Ten'nis VI v Benenden School, Home. SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. Preacher: The Chaplain. Recital: Miss Muriel Brunskill (Contra lto) and Robert Ainsworth, Esq., (Piano). WHITSUNDAY. Preacher: The Rev. S. B·R. Poole. 8 p.m., Lecture: .. How Parliament Works, " Maurice Petherick, Esq., M.P. Whit·Monday }AtWetic Sports Tennis VI f Benenden School, Away. TRINITY SUNDAY. Preacher: The Rev. J. H. Parsons, M.C., Hon. C.F., Vicar of Liskeard Pianoforte Recital : Edward Mitchell, Esq. 1st Xl v Royal Naval Barracks, Away. 1ST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. H. Bettenson. S. BARNABAS, A. AND M . Lecture: The Right Hon. the Baroness Ravensdale. lIND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. S. B-R. Poole. Swimming v Plymouth College, Home. 1st XI v Plymouth College, Home. Swimming v R.N.E. College, Keyham, Away. IIlRo SUNDAY AFTER TRJNITY. Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. House Art Competition. Judge: M. J. Mounsey, Esq., of Clifton College. 1st Xl v Kelly College, Tavistock, Away. IVTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. NATIVITY OF S. J OHN THE BAPTIST. Preacher: The Rev. Clarence May, Vicar of St. Peter's, Picadilly. S. PlrrBR A. AND M. 1st XI • Plymouth College, Away. VTH SUNDAY AFTER TRJNITY. Preacher: The Rev. H. Bettenson. Swimming v ~ . N.E. College, Keyham, Home. VIm SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. A. F. Mayhew. Speech Day, 8 p.m . • VIITH SUNDAY AFTER "TRINITY. Commemoration Service. Anniversary Preacher : The Rt. Rev. A. M . Gelsthorpe, D.O., D.S.O., O.K.S., Bishop in the Sudan.

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OCTonER, 1945.

EDITORIAL Final Victory has brought Peace. Everyone remembered this during the thanksgiving and celebration of the nation's deliverance. The feeling was of relief that the main difficulties had been overcome and of hope for the future 's great opportunities. We, in this School, feel that a chapter of our ancient history has closed and that ahead lies a brighter prospect. The difficulties we suffered under and during our evacuation in Cornwall seem to be many. The buildings were not conducive to work, the weather infuriatingly unkind and facilities often inadequate. Life was becoming dangerously like a picnic. All this can be exaggerated, however, and it is untrue to say that" our exasperation died upon us. We determined to enjoy our surroundings, agreeing with Coleridge that " We receive but what we give . And in our life alone does Nature live. " The morose asp",t of Cornwall has no place in our minds but rather do we think of the sunrises over the bay, the changing moods of the seas and the pleasant walks along the cliffs and shores. We learnt to love Cornwall. The friends we made are numerous. Some were made by individuals and others by groups such as those who acted in Charlestown or sa ng the Messiah in Truro Cathedral-always they were a pleasure to meet. Our endeavours to take an active part in the life around us were welcomed and warmly appreciated and we feel sure that Cornwall will miss us. All the while we have yearned for Canterbury. It is natural. Our pride in the thirteen hundred years of the Scbool's history and the part played by our forerunners makes the School long for its home. Elder boys, who knew Canterbury before the Summer of 1940, and all O.K.S. visitors claim that Cornwall has no qualities such as Canterbury possesses. We know they are right. 103

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, THE CANTUARIAN It makes little difference whetber tbe Green Courhs but a sorry ruin of its r,1I "" I beauty. It is a small sacrifice. Tbe School bistory by Woodruff and Cape pl llvi;l, us with a good impression of it and we determine to restore it. In tbis spirit lIlld \\1111 tbis energy all our difficu lties will be approacbed so that we shall be worth y 01 1"1 I generations. We emerge with greater strength of experience in Cornwall lind . 111111 make the best of our opportunities to come. It is an honour to be amongst t h ~ wi;, take the beloved School back home-to Canterbury. _ "II n 'y a pas pour moi dans la monde que des mots," says Sylvestre Bo nll ll id hili even the editors' customary love of words seem inadequate when expressing n Ul at our return. Hasti ly we assure you that we have been active. This copy 01 II, Canfuarian has been written during the early stages of-the pilgrimage to Canl rllill It is the last from Cornwall and our interest lies in the first from Canterbury lI~1I11I Then, it will be pleasant to look back on our five years in Cornwall. " Qu'il est doux, Qu'il est doux D 'ecouter des histoires en temps passes

EDITORIAL NOTES The School is sorry to say goodbye to Rev. H . Bettenson. During bis stay willi us, be bad done much in connection with the School games, choir and the Pater So h'lV We wish him luck for the future.

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Mrs. P . G . Reynolds is retiring from the School music staff, at the end of this I 1111 to take up the .fork which Walpole House demands. Many boys, who learn IlII"h will regret this and their debt of gratitude witb that of the orchestra is very great. ( lill thanks are tendered for the conspicuous work whicb Mrs. Reynolds has done. The members of tbe Biology Sixth, in particular, are most grateful to Pro ~ HI III Charles Singer, M .D ., D.Sc., F.R.C.P., who bas given so much time and troubl III their work. His work as Han . Lecturer for tbe Advanced Course in Science is ,. 11 11 \ appreciated . The members of the St. Edmund's Staff leave us this term, and it is fittin g thlll WI record in print what we owe to their work. The Classical Sixth and its attendl" ,1 ~ociety, the Pater Society, regrets the loss of tbe Rev. F. S. Williams. The 801111111 Soccer and Hockey Xl 's have lost a valuable coach in W. Stephen-Jones, Esq., ,,,1(1 III common with other generations of boys heartily thank him for his interest and W( 1~ G. P . Hollingworth, Esq ., has the sincere thanks of many boys in tbe School who I interests lie in the sphere of " theatricals" and English Literature. Mr. HolIingwOI'lil '. sound judgment and ready encouragement have helped many and his advice improv,'" all . B. G. Kedge, Esq., was the enthusiastic organiser of tbe School's combined A.T.( and the members of "A" Flight and those who hi\ve passed through his hand9 1111 Science periods will remember his cheerful industry with gratitude. Though Ihl' l loss will be replaced we feel we owe tbem a profound and sincere debt for all til y did whilst we were evacuated. 104

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THE CANTUARIAN Mr. F. H. C. Harris has joined the staff as the School Bursa r this term and we ex tend 'our welcome to him.

The Editors of The Cantuarian. acknowledge the vast amount of work which the Rev. S. B-R. Poole has put into past copies of this magazine. He undertook to organise the work behind this, at a time when the situation was difficu lt in view of the paper restrictions. Now that the prospect seems easier he has decided to hand over the management to others who will be designated next term. Only too li ttle does the School, realise what work lies behind The Cantuarian copy everyone receIves! We than k Mr. Poole very much indeed.

THE SCHOOL Captain of the School : A. R. T . STUART Head Head Head Head

D. K. JOHNSON A. R. T. STUART S. B. NICHOLS P. H . HONOUR

of School House of The Grange of Meister Omers of Walpole

MONITORSA. R. T . STUART, D. K. JOHNSON, S. B. NICHOLS, G. A. J. EVANS, C. J. WATSON, G. A. GORDON, A. A. KNELLER, P. H. HONOUR, J. K. EBBUTT. School House:

HOUSE PREFECTSJ. H. BLOOMBERG, M. J. BROOKS, R. M. BUTLER, J. P. D. M ALLI NSON, J. C. WRIGHT

The Grange:

L. A. BASSETT, E. D . GREGSON, M. · J . GORDON, C. P. HODGE, R. G . POWELL.

Meister Omers: P. BEARCROFT, J. C. CAIGER, P. COURV, H . I. D. JOHNSON, D . M. LONG. Walpole House: D. B. AINSWORTH, M. N. CARSON, J. DE F. ENDBRBY, P . C. HAMMOND, S. C. MAPLETHORPE, J. A. SAWTELL. Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain

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M. A . S. BURGESS.- Entered School April '40; ' King's Scholar (Han .) '42 ; (llllli H ou s~ Prefect Easter '44; School Monitor, Sept. '44 ; Upper VIIh ; . ,M Jan. , 45 ; H a n. Sec. Walpole S ociet~; Han .. Sec. Marlowe Society ; Hoo" I Labour Committee; Assistant Llbranan ; Editor of The Cat/luaria/I. D . E. BINSTED.- Entered School, May, '40; School House House Prefect, Moy, '/11 Upper VIIh ; Sergeant J.T.C., Sept. , '44; J. C. B. COLEMA N.- Entered School, Sept., 40 ; House Prefect, March, '44 ; S 'h" ,,1 Momtor and },lead of Walpole H ouse, Sept., '44 ; 2nd XV, '43; 1st XV, ' II 2nd AthletIcs, 44; Sergeant J.T.C., Lent, '45. C. Mc K . _CRAY.- Entered School, Sept. , '40 ; Kin g's and Entrance Scholar ; S ' I" ",I House H ouse Prefe~t, May, '44; 2nd Athletics, '43; 1st Athletics, '4 , 'III Han . Sec. AthletICS, 44 ; Capt. Athletics, '45 ; 2nd XV '43 ; 1st XV '44 ; A 't llJ Flight Sergeant A. T. C. Sept., '44 ; Proficiency Star, '42; Han. Sec., 11111 VI ~ and Railway Societies. J. A. CusHMAN. -Entered School Sept., '40; King's a nd Entrance Scholar ; M INI I Omers House,Prefect, Sept. , '43; 1st XV '42, '43, '44 ; 1st XI,. '43, '44 ; 11 1111 ~ec . Cncket,. 44 ; 1st Hockey, '43, '44, '45 ; Vice-Capt. and Han. Sec. Ho k, y. 44 ; Captam '45 ; Han . Sec. and Vice-Capt. Soccer '45' 2nd Soccer ' t '44 and 1st '45. '" . M. R. DITc HBuRN.- Entered School, Sept., '41 ; King's Scholar; Grange I Inll I Prefect Jan ., '45; 2nd XV, '43; 1st, '44 ; LjCpl. JTC., '45. T. J. MATHEWS.- Entered School, Sept., '41 ; Meister Omer 's House Prefeci JIIi I '45 ; 2nd XI Hockey, '45; Cpl. J.T.c., Sept., '44. ' F. A. MIDDLETON.- Entered School, Sept. , '40; Grange House Prefect, Jul y, 'II I School Momtor, Sept. , '44 ; Chapel Monitor' Upper VIIh' LjSgt J 'I ( Jan. '45. " . . , J. A. SMilRDoN.- Entered School Sept., '41 ; VI; Corporal J .T.C., '45.

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With cbanges consequent on war conditions a nd the problems of evucuation -coupled with a fi ve years ' enjoyment of Masters belonging to another School-:-a re-organisation of the Teaching Staff is essential on our return to Canterbury, while a sharp increase in tbe number of boarders bas also demanded a n increase in Sta ff. Mr. Juckes feels that the time bas come for him to retire from the Headmastership of the Junior Scbool, whicb he has held since 1927. He and Mrs. Juckes were in cha rge of the " Parrots" when they left .the Precincts fo r Sturry, and it is difficult to imagine Milner Court without them. They will be greatl y missed, not only by their own Old Boys, and they will take them the best wishes of every member of the King's School. Mr. A. M. Olsson will be remaining in Cornwall to teach and to continue his social welfare work, while Mr. H . G oodburn is proceedin g to Gloucestersbire. Botb Masters have been with us a very lo ng time, and have given valuable service, fo r which the School is really grateful. We all hope tbat they and tbeir families will have a bappy and prosperous time in their new surroundin gs. Appreciations of their wo rl> appear in other secti.ons of this edition of The Cantllarian. Mr. F . H . Voigt now joins our permanent Staff, after having been, as it were, " seconded" to us by St. Edmund 's for the last three years as Housemaster of The Grange. This has given TIie Grange and indeed the whole School the greatest satisfaction. â&#x20AC;˘ Mr. F . Stanger, Mr. J . R. E. Paynter and Mr. J. H . Corner are expected to rej oin us in the fairly near future. At the moment there is no more certai n news of the Masters on the pre-war Staff. A number of new appointments have had to be made, and we welcome Mr. J. C. Howe, M.A., Scholar of Pembroke College; Dr. G . Bulmer, M.A., Scholar of Selwyn; Mr. E. R. C. Dartington, M.A., Scholar of King 's; Mr. R . W. Purnell, M.A. , Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford ; Âˇ Mr. F. E. Stelnson, M.A., Scbolar of Peterhouse; Mr. C. W. Ward, M.A., of Queen's College, Ca mbridge ; Dr. E . L. A. Suttie, of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Mr. T. A . S. Wrigbt, A.R.C. M. We hope to have the services also of Dr. A. V. Butcher on his release from the Army . The new Headmaster of the Junior School is the Rev. W. H. Oldaker, M.A., Scbolar of Wad bam College, Oxford , who comes to us, a ppro priately enough from Christ Church, Oxford, where he bas been Precentor of the Cathedral a nd Headmaster of the Cathed ral Choir School. O.K.S. will be particularly interested to know tha t Mr. C. L. Clements, M.A., St. John 's Cambridge (1920- 26) is joining the Junior School Staff, from which Mr. J. Douglas and Mr. C. W. M . Burton are retiring. The Archdeacon of Maidstone-Canon Julia n Bickersteth, rormerl y Headmaster of Felsted- is going to belp with the Senior School Divinity, as Honorary C hap la in: The new Term will begin, at the earliest, October the 1st, ror there is much to be done. It is unlikely that the Dining Hall will be re'built in time, and the Mi litary did not vacate the undamaged premises until the end of June.' This means tha t a lth ough the Boarding Houses should be ready, Scbool House and The G ra nge will feed in the Parry Hall (a British Restarua nt during the wa r), Walpole and Meister Omers may have 107

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to dine in their own Houses. Langley House has to be re-opened as a Boardin Il uli of 45 boys. The Gover~ors ha ve decided that it is to be called Luxmoore Ii o u " It memory of the late Sir Fairfax Luxmoore, O.K.S., Lord Justice of Appeal. At all events the School returns in good stat~; it has remained full all til 11'11' and has more boarders for next term than ever it has had before. This is a remll' ~ 11"1 preservinion, for in all probability it has suffered in bomb damage more than !lil y 111 1". Public School. . New though all the boys will be to Ca nterbury, yet the School will its old traditions and attractive ways .

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It i~ far from easy for the same Call1uariall reporter who was responsible fm account of Dr. Temple 's Funeral to describe Dr. Fisher's Enthronement in hi 111ill' The attempt is, indeed, only worth making because of the interesting contrast b tWt. II the two services. For the funeral, the Monitors and Sej10Iars left Carlyon Bay III II" middle of (he term, and arrived by night, and it rained all day-all approprill" I enough, since we were there to mourn the death in the midst of his work of a IllHIl Wi ll i had seemed to perso nify a lmost all of the Church of England's hopes. Dr. 1:1 iiI! was enthroned towards the end of the Easter holida ys; final victory in Europ W,t obviously not very far away; after a winter of discontent, most of us arrjved o n II 11111 afternoon which softened into the coolness of a rea ll y lovely evening. Someh ow II 1111 seemed to fit in with our idea of what the School was like at Canterbury so much than did that atmosphere of damp neglect wh ich had coarsened the School build" in the previous October. .

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There was time for a late tea before going over the Cathedral ; I was I"elllll"II.1 of Pater 's description of the" Melodious, mellow-lighted space, the peculiar dll y ll ~hl of which seemed to come from funher than the light outside." I looked round 1111 School once again and once again lamented the fate of the Green Court (whose privill'P' I wonder, will it be to walk under it ?). Then the Precentor rehearsed us in th o "'111 Cathedral for the morning's Ser vice, everyone processing as solemnly as possible b't wlllI the chalk-marks on the floor of the aisle. It was about half past eigh, when I gOI II W" to my hosts' home in the New Dover Road. Once again the School has to 00' I II poor thanks to the kind people who put us up. We were all delighted with the lit II II I extravagant hospitality we received. The next morning we reported to the H.M. at Prior Sellingegate and had" s' '11,"1 rehearsal. Then we were free to go round the city. I met an American priva te who II kâ&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ 1 me if I belonged to " the Grammar School attached to the Cathedral, " and J th oll hi how thoroughly our " pious founders " would have approved of the definitio n, had lunch at the Swan on the Dean and Chapter and then had to hurry back ' (l lill Cat hedral. Standing in our surplices in the North East transept, we watched a cl ,, " III , 108

THE CANTUARIAN a nd then an episcopal stream pouring into the Quire and Na ve. Then we entered ourselves and departed by the West Door to escort the Lord ArchbIS hop fro m the Old Palace. Perhaps the most impressive moment in the whole service occurred when the West Door opened and we looked down the Nave, past the rows and rows of the congregatIOn , "amid the grand waves, wave upon wave of patiently-wrought st~ne ; ' .th.e danng height the daring severi ty of the innumerable, long, upward , ruled hnes, n g,dl y bent just at' last into the reserved gr~ce ?f the perfect Gothic aych, " and saw the trumpet6l:s in their blue and white standlllg 111 front of the f100dht Screen. They played their second fanfare with a shattering gusto just as we were entering the QuireÂˇ. Behind us, as we processed step by step the whole length of the Quire and Nave, right up to behind the High Altar, carefully bowll1g to the Greek Bishops and feehng smugly superior to the Anglican ones who had to stand byand watch us, we could hear the congregation singing while the Archbishop 's ProcesSion made ItS way down the Nave. " God is o ur ho;e an d strength : a very present help in tro uble The ri vers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God The heathen make much ado and the kingdoms are moved ..... . The Lord of hosts is lVith liS: 'he God ~r Jacob is 0111" I"efllge ... " From the High Allar, we looked down into the Quire, a jumble of white a nd red and purple and black and gold. The Restitution of the Pastoral Staff took place al most under our noses-o nly the Archbishop was hidden by the heavy Altar Cross. That ceremony fini shed, the Preparatio n for the Enthronement began. " Put thou thy trust in God, In duty's path go on ...... " and then came the Versicles and Responses from the choir away down in the Nave. The Archbishop now left the Altar and was accompanied by tlie Dean and Chapter and his Legal Company to the Throne in the Quire, around which the Scholars had been grouped for Dr. Temple 's Funeral. When the Provll1clal RegIStrar had read the Royal Mandate the Lord Archbishop took the Corporal Oath to " protect the n ghts and liberties 'of this Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury" and the Archdeacon placed him in the Throne. " I, Alexander Sargent , Master of Art s, Archdeacon of Canterbury, do Induct, Install and EnLhrone you, Most Revcrcn.d Father in God, Geoffrey, by Divi ne Providence Archbishop . of . Ca nt e~bu.rÂĽ, IIlto the Archbishopri.and office of Archbishop of Ca nter bury ... ...a ll .ts n ghts, dlgn,t.es, ho no urs, privileges and appurtenances whatsoever ... " . . The Second Enthronement was in the Dean's Sta ll , but Ihe Ihlrd was o ut of Sight in St. Augustine's Chair on the other side of the Screen , wit h the C hapter and the Bishops standing ro und. Phrases could Just be heard as .w~ fo ll owed the ceremo.ny 111 our service forms, .. I, Hewlett Johoson, Doctor of Dl vll1lt y, 13achclor of SClenc.c, Dean of Canterbury, do Induct, Install and Enthro ne yo u, Most Reverend Father 111 God ... " After a prayer for the new Archbishop, the Irumpets sounded agalll, a nd the people sang with a solemn slowness: " Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands alld Jloices, Who wondrous tHings hath done, In Whom this world rejoices ... " 109

THE C ANTUARIAN Then the Choir sang Dr. Vaughan Williams' setting of the Te Deum, compos II 1111 Archbishop Lord Lang 's Enthronement only seventeen years before. When the Archbishop had returned to the Throne in the Quire, he read ul III Bidding Prayer for the Church, for the Nation, for the Allied Nations and our en III" for the sutTerin'g, and for the dead. We had been sta nding throughout the servlc 1'1' to this point, but we sat down for the Sermon (one Monitor took the shoes of his 'Pili I dress otT), and consequently heard very little of it. It was apparently on the relation to the ÂˇWorld. From the printed text, it was obvious that His Grace rC1l 1i 1,I the problems which confronted his Primacy. Earlier on in the Service, a womlln 11,,11 tried to protest against" this mummery, wit h children starving." She remindell II a trifle blatantly perhaps, of what was outside the Cathedral : for inside it was' the of England at her very best, surrounded with the reminders of her past, and prolllll lil for the battles to come. Somewhere in the congregation Mr. Harold N icolson WI! as he recorded later in the Spectator, still thinking of Buchenwald, from which h 11111 just returned. The Sermon ended, the Archbishop approached us and from the High All nr ~II \' the F irst Blessing, then moving to the Nave for the Second . We processed righl {i,IWII and into the crowds outside the West D oor. .

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Then I thought that, although the service was ended, the greater work still r0I11 I11111 ,I - indeed always will remain until the Church of England becomes what it is by ,HII,II A usurp; r of his Throne, I thought of the terrifying responsibility of the new Archbl hill' the School's new Visitor, and how all men of good wJlI would be praymg for h,s su .\ ' I thought of the School itself, how it too wo uld have to be built up in the decade 11 111 '1111 with "each bringing his tribute of excellence to the common good ." I thou iii "I the service which we might have on our return , which, if all goes well, will provld. lill concluding article for this trilogy. And I remembered the Psalmist's words, wil l It we had so often chanted in our garage-exile. . " IlVas glad IVhen they said unto me,' We lVili go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gaies,' 0 Jerusalem. Jerusalem is"built as a city . ..... â&#x20AC;˘ For my brethren and companions' sakes,' IwilllVish thee prosperity. Yea, because of the House of the Lord our God,' f will seek to do thee good."

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A VorCE FROM THE PAST An Extract from the Commemoration Sermon preached in 1862, by Ihc Rcv . John Mitchinson, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Headmaster of The King's School, (afterwards Bishop of Barbados). " I s it nothing, and opght it to be nothing to you, that you, young as you arc, }'I re, individually, limbs of the great Mother Church of Britain; linea l descendants, in right of that membership of that which was the cp dle of Christianity to the greatest part of Saxon England,- that you belong to a body which has numbered a mong its rulers the greatest names of which th~ Church of England can boast ...... a body mi xed up with the most stormy events in EnglishÂˇ History? And it is no more sentiment to which I appeal, when I bid you regard this as a motive to consistent Christian conduct.. .. It is the veiy principle we profess in our Creed, when we say, " I believe in the Communion of Saints " ...... Act, then, upon this principle in relation to your School ; remember that you belong to the Metropolitan Church ; bethink you of the bright track of glorious names which leads back to the foundation of this Church; a nd resolve that, if you cannot add lustre to it, yo u will at least not tarnish its honour by yo ur unworthy conduct. And this is a motive which belongs especially to us and similar foundations. It is an advantage which we in Canterbury specially enjoy above other kindred ÂˇSchools. Thipk not lightly of it. It is this which makes the Wykehamist and the Eton man what they are; It is this same feeling that makes our soldiers what they are. It is, in fact, another form of what is perhaps the highest of the virtues of the body politic- patriotism."

SPEECH DAY In presenting the Prizes on Saturday last the Headmaster referred to the absence of the Dean of Canterbury, who was visiting Russia with the full approva l of H.M. Government, and whose visit should do much to knit together the Churches of Russia and England . In a review of the past yea r the Headmaster said that the School had suffered an indescribable loss in the death, last September, of Lord Justice Luxmoore, an Old ' Boy and a Governor, the most loyal-hearted and zealous man that a School could have had in its service. The Governors had invited Field Marshal Montgomery to take office in his place, and here the H eadmaster made a pointed reference to 'a recent article in a Sunday paper, purporting to be an interview between himself and the paper on the subject of the Field Marshal freein g his "Old School." There had never been any such interview nor any correspondence whatever.

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to obtain some information by telephone, but without &uccess, and the story which had been published. was utterly incorrect. So far from the War Office sayi ng it could do nothing, as in the newspaper reported, it has been as helpful and courteous as possible as had also the Ministry of Education. The School was fortunate to possess an Old Boy at the head of the War Office, and he and the Director-General of Quar<ering had done all they possibly could at a very difficult time. The numbers in the School had been fully maintained throughout the war and the entry for September was considerably greater than he had ever known in twenty years as a Headmaster. Referring to the Fleming Report the Headmaster said the School lIi

THE CANTUARIAN wo uld always be ready to play its part in any sound scheme the Government I11I Mlil evolve for making the Public Schools more effective in the education of the cOllnl1 V as a whole. Mr. Somerset Maughan, O.K.S. had given it the sum of £10,000 for 1111 purpose of educating a boy of the working classes as a boarder in the School, in ()Ith I to mark his app reciatio n for what the wo rkin g classes of the country had don e dlldll ~ the wa r. The School had also received a ve ry unexpected legacy of somethin I ~, £20,000 from another Old Boy, and some va luable prizes had been founded , the IIv I Jo hnso n Prizes for Mathematics and Ph ysics and the Alan Baker Prize for M II 1·,, 1 Appreciation, in memory of two Old"Boys killed in the war, and the John Cru wfillil and H. V. Crawford prizes, also in memory of Old Boys, for essays on India and 1111 Colonial Empire. The Headmaster then paid tribute to the Second Master, Mr. J . B. Harris, 1111 his unremitting ca re of the School, particul arly durin g the current term when he himHt.1i had had to be so much in Canterbury; to Dr. Singer for his valuable help in tl" Science Sixth, to the St. Austell Cricket Club fo r the generous way in which, ~ I' II vl yea rs, they had lent the Poltair Cricket Grou nd to the School, and to the Vielll III Charlestown, al most the first to welcome the School to Cornwa ll and one who had tlllill so much for it during the past fi ve years. He referred with the greatest regret to till departure of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Juckes fro m the Junio r School, on which they 1",,1 lavis hed such care for 18 years. It was a terrific wrench to part with them , but th love and gratitude of the King 's School would go with them for the rest of their 1111 Ca no n Shirley paid a warm tribute to a ll those who had done so much to help II" School in Cornwall and to make it welco me. The ract that it had flourished thero due in no small degree to tbe enco urage ment, kindness and hospitality it had recelVt'll from people throughout the neighbourhood. The School wou ld miss them, tl" wonderful Cornish scenery, the sunshine (and the rain) and he hoped that the n iHil bourhood wou ld miss the boys also.

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H e felt the School, like a ll Schools, had played its part in winning the war. '1111 buildings in Canterbury had been occupied by the Army, some of them for a very S l' II '1 purpose intimately connected with D-Day, and from th is ve ry place where Speech I )11 V was being held- that garage converted into a mi xed Chapel a nd Hall- boys had NIl IlI out to lay down their li ves, boys who were at School there in Cornwall. And 111111 .. Kin g 's" was set to go back to Kent, full of vigour and strengt h, read y to fn e II" problems awa iting it there. It had suffered much; pro bably no otber Public S 'I","I had taken as much punishment. Ten large bombs had fallen in its immediate vicl " lIy . ..ome had act ually fallen on it, damage done to the cost of £20,000. They went htll ~ to buildings scarred by war, and to lawns marred by trenches and underground sh It ' I but the buildings were being repaired and one day the lawns would be trim and IllVl again. The boys co uld look back to their predecessors, to the boys who had w"," '11 the same cloisters, worked in some of the same rooms, looked out of the same win(hm'" He did not suppose the 12th Century boys actually saw Thomas it Becket mlll'd I I" but no do ubt some of tbem had peeped round the pillars to .see Henry do ing in bare feet ; had crowded to watch the Black Prince and King Henry IV laid I r ~ I had seen Cromwell 's soldiers despoil the Cathedral and pull down the very " nil II which the King 's Scholars used to make their Speeches, as they were about to do III " few moments; had seen Laud 's Palace p ulled down, parts of which still remll l" ·tllli

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THE RT. REV. A. M. GELSTHORPE, D .D ., D .S.O., O.K .S., Bishop in the Sudan. ENGLISH SPEECH SCENES FROM THE "TRAGlCAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS," MARLOWE, O.K.S.

BY CHRISTOPHER

Characters in order of their appearance. FAUSTUS GOOD ANGEL ... EVIL ANGEL ... MEPHISTOPHILIS LUCIFER

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THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS : PRIDE COVETOUSNESS WRATH ENVY GLUTTONY SLOTH LECHERY

P. C. HAMMOND J. DE F. ENDERBY A. A. .KNELLER P. H . HONOUR J. K.' PURVIS J. P. FtSON P. D. LEIGHTON

. The scene is laid in D octor Faustus ' study. The Doctor, having conjured up Mcphistophilis by black magic, bas sent the latter to his master Lucifer, to see whether he will accept the barga in proposed; namely that Mephistophilis should serve Faustus for fo ur and twenty years in return for F'n uslus: soul. During the absence of Meph istophilis the Angels of Good and Evil try to SWCly Pll lIstllS' to rmented mind. Mephistophilis returns Clod persuades Faustus to s ign a bond in his own blood. They then speak of Heaven and Hell ; it is clear that Faustus has still regrcts, and hi s Good Angel tc lls him that it is not yet too late, so Mephistophili s goes to fetch his ma ster Lucifer, and they conjure lip the Seven Deadly Sins to prove to Faustus the delights of Hell.

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Demea, a yeoman of the stern Old School. has two sons, Aechinus and Ctesipho, but tho rU11t1t I has been adopted by Demea's brother and, being consequently the more unrest rained of the two, I", a bducted a music gi rl with whom Ctesipho is in love. Sannia, her owner, tries to get her back but Hllh gets cuffed for his pains. Syrus, a confidential slave, is then sent to use gentJer methods, remlnlll". the slave·dea ler that he has a big deal on in Cyprus and that if he does not sell the girl and lea ve Itllli he will be ruined. Syrus is, however, saved from making any rash promises by the appearance or I I\tlill who is overjoyed at hi s brother 's exploit. In the last scene, Demea comes on infuriated at Ic'!I II!!' disgrace a nd is met by Syrus, who throws all the blame on Aeschinus. The slave then attends IU II d inner leaving Demea choking with rage ; and for the latter 's wise saws about good edUCIIII(UI , I ret urn s no less impo rtant ones about good cooking.

This is ' he first La tin Speech be put o n for ' some time ; but this very Act was included 11 III earliest extant 'p rogramme (for October, 1844), when the proceedings lasted fifteen hours a t o no il l! II II 1 The Speech was then known as the " Hat SpeeCh," from the fact that the actors had the privll pf carrying their tall hals in their hands wh ile delivering.it.

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AN ACT FROM" LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE " BY MOLIERE Les Acteurs. : H. A. EMERSON ARGAN D. H. P. MAYBURy-LEWIS M. PURGON BERALDE ... C. P. HODGE ANTOINETTE E. D. GREGSON The last of Moliere 's Comedies, .. Le Malade lmaginaire, " though coated with a novor.I\IIII". humaur, was in fact, a vitriol ic satire aga inst the contemporary medicos, from whom he was rc I\>ltl, costly but useless treatment. Argan, a confirmed hypochondriac, is encouraged in his delusio n by 11 numerous physicians who come flocking round his bedside in order to fleece him with their rid l 1111111 diagnoses. The situation comes to a head when Argan resolves to force his daughter to marry n "'I. in order to defray his own expenses. B~ ralde , his honest rat ional brother, expostulates wilh hllll III length, a nd insults his physician, M. Purgon. The scene opens with the indignant doctor giv/n M~14" to hi s mounting wrath with abominable maled ictions in the form of ghastly diseases. The t If II. I . Argan is on ly pacified by his maid, Antoinette, announcing a new doctor, who is in fact, Allt(I/ lIIlh in disguise. Argan is informed that all previous diagnoses are absurd, and that his trouble lies, /lUI III his liver, but in his lungs, for whicn the remedy is solid food and strong wine. The good iml)1 •• 1+111 is spoilt, however, by her suggestion that Argan should suffer the amputation of an arm, and II 80 IHIV an eye plucked o ut, since they are both depriving their fellows of requisite nourishment.

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A. A. K"neller J. de F. Enderby

J. R. Hudson J. G. C. Milne A. J. F. W. L. Holley

KING'S SCHOLARS. M. G. Elston W. J. F. Ray B. L. Leary J. D. M. Hearth ELECTED JUNE, 1945. KING'S SCHOLARS. M. Allen M. E. Dawe C. A. Charlton

P. C. Hammond T. H. Pares K. G. T. Stuart

R. G. Walters P. J. S. Murray A. B. Pollok

MILNER SCHOLAR-Po R. Phillips MUSIC SCHOLARS-R. D. H. Roberts, C. H. P. Williams. PRESENT HOLDERS OF EXHIBITIONS. EDMUND DAVIS EXHIBITION-C. R: Cheadle. LINACRE MEMORIAL SCHOLAR~HIP-D. M. D. Evans, Middlesex Hospital. P. C. Steel, Clare College, Cambridge. LEATHERSELLERS' EXHIBITION-A. M. Durnford (on Active Service) .q",:,ing to present ~niversity conditions t~e Milner Memorial Exhibitions, the O.K.S. and Stanhope

Exhibitions, ~nd ~he Glibert, Sh~p!l~rd. Waddl!1gton and Anderson War Memorial Gifts are in abeyance. Under the dlreclto~ of the Exl}I~I~IOn COl?mlttee a large part of these funds were made available for Entrance Scholarships and Exlu bltlons durmg the War.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTIN CTIONS GAlN ED- 194~5 CANON C. M. RICKETTS Appointed Suffraga n Bishop of Dunwich R. W. NASH Broderip Scholarship, Middlesex Hospital P. POLLAK ... Demyship in Natural Science to Magdalen College, Oxford G. A. GORDON Open ScWoarship in Natural Science to Christ Church, Oxford .K. EBBurr Open Exhibition in Classics to Em manuel College, Cambridge NICHOLS Parker Exhibition in History to Corpus Christi College, Cam "ridge liS

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C. B. JERRAM, C.M.G. GENERAL SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY, K.C.B., D.S.O.

WING-COMDR. P. D. FINN, R.A.F.V.R. T/LT.-COL. A. E. C. BREDIN, Dorset Regt. T/ MAJOR W . N. HAYES, Dorset Regiment A/COMDR. R. R. W. ASHllY, D .S.C., R.N.V.R. LT. M. MOUNTSTEPHENS, R.N.V.R. F/OG. A. J. WOOD, R.A.F.V.R. T/BRIGADlER, L. C. MANNERS-SMITH

Parker Exhibition in Classic 10 I "II'" Christi College, Cambridg~ Kitchener Medical Scholarshi p Passed Grade VII, Associated ])on ,(I '1 Mil ' Examination (Piano) with Distill ul 1111 Appointed H.M. Envoy Ex traord 11111 V II I Minister Plenipotentiary at StO ~ h il li ll Promoted Field Marshal; cr 'ul '(I I It "' t Cross of the Bath; awarded ( 11 11 I t Suvarov, 1st Class Order of Vio I, , (Russia) ; Virtute Militari (1'1111111,11 Knight Commander of the (lilt I , Danebrog (Denmark); Grant! 'III I the Legion of Honour (Fran I II tinguished Service Medal (U.S.A. Mentioned in Despatches (3rd anti lilli lit" Awarded M.C. Awarded M .C. and Bar Mentioned in Despatches

Mentioned in Despatches Awarded D .F.C. Awarded C.B.E. and Despatches Awarded Bar to M.C. A/MAJOR H. R. R. STEELE, M.C., LA. Awarded D .F.C. and Bar P/O J. C. BAKER, R.A.F.V.R. CAPT R. J. HOLDEN, Oxford and Bucks L.L Awarded M .C. Awarded D.S.O. T/LT.-COL. H. E. N. BREDlN, M.C. and Bar, Royal Ulster Rifles .. . Mentioned in Despatches SERGT. R. H. LOVELACE, R.E . .. . CAPT. (COMMODORE 2ND CLASS) E. G. H. Awarded C.B. BELLERS, R.N. Mentioned in Despatches LT,/CDR. V. D. RAVENSCROIT, R.N. Awarded M.C. LT. J. H . POWELL, I.A . ... Mentioned in Despatches LT. N. C. W. COOPER, R .N.V.R. Awarded D.F.C. F/O L. N . B. CANN, R.A.F.V.R. Mentioned in Despatches CAPT. P. D. V. STRALLEN, R.C.S. Awarded M.C. LT. D. LAMPARD, Irish Guards Awarded M.C. LT. J. V. KENT, R.A. Awarded D.F.C. F/LT. P. S. PAINE, R .A.F.V.R. 116

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THE CANTUARIAN Created K.B.E. REAR-ADMIRAL R. C. JERRAM, C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N. Awarded C.B.E. CAPT" S. W. S. SKI NNER, O.B.E., R.N. Awarded D.S.O: T/LT.-CoL. A. E. C. BREDlN, M .C. Dorset Regiment Awarded C.B.E. T/COL. G. H. FANSHAW, 2nd Dragoon Guards Awarded M.B.E. T/CAPT. J. G. W. CHARNAUD; Royal Fusiliers Mentioned in Despatches A/MAJOR D . E. OWEN, L' A. Mentioned in Despatches LT. R. N. CAPEL-SMITH, R .LA.S.C. Mentioned in Despatches T/LT. (A) R. D. WOOD, R.N.V.R. Awarded D.S .C. and Bar T/LT. P. MAGNUS, R.N.V.R. ... Awarded D .S.O. T/LT.-COL. A. E. BROCKLEHURST, R.A. T/ MAJOR P. M. CHETWYND-PALMER, I.A. Awarded M.C. Mentioned in Despatches T/BRIG. G. D . G. HEYMAN, M.B.E. The King's Regiment • Mentioned in Despatches CDR. A. R. C. DOUTON, R.N.R. (ret.) Awarded O.B.E. CDR. H. T. HEALE, R.N.R. (ret.) Mentioned in Despatches (2nd time) Gp.' CAPT. M. D. OMMANNEY, R.A.F. Awarded O.B.E. T/ LT.-COL. B. E. WITI, R .A.S.C. AWlirded M.e. and Bar T/MAJOR J. H. c'LARK, R .E. Awarded M.C. T/MAJOR V. E. PRICE, R.A. Awarded M.C. TjCAPT. J. C. GOULDSBURY, I.A. Higher Certificates 30 (6 Distinctions). School Certificates 59 Associated Board Music Examinations, 15 (5 with Credit). R.L.S.S. Awards: 1 Bar to Silver Medallion 12 Silver Medallions 31 st Class Instructor 's Certificates 2 2nd Class Instructor's Certificates 28 Bronze Medallions 28 Intermediate Certificates. Captain's Prize (Mitchinson) A. R. T. Stuart Classical (Broughton) J. K. Ebbutt Greek Prose (Dean Farrar) J. K. Ebbutl Latin Prose (Horsley) G. V. Holliday Mathematics (Mitchinson) G. A. Go rdo n Natural Science (Mitchinson) ... ... M. J. Gordo n Modern Languages (Mitchinson) ... .. . C . P. Hodge Reading and Elocuation (Harvey Boys) Senior : J. C. Caiger Junior : P. A. Fyfe-Cooper 117

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THE C A N TUARIAN Music (Ryley) Music (Courteney) Natural History ... The King's School Parramatta, Prize ... History (Slanley) (Open) Gough Prizes for Photography Junior: Drawing Prizes Senior: Junior:

H. J. de Voil { A. q~etts L. A. O. Halsey M. J. M. Long P. C. Hammond D. L. Edwards P. H. Honour D. L. Waller D. B. Ainsworth C. C. Sherlock

Divinity Prizes: Upper School: (Broughton) R. G. Powell (Galpin) ... not awarded Middle and Lower School: (Marshal Wi/d) not awarded (Lady Hertslet) T . H. Pares (EIlVyn) B. K. Newton Blore Prize for the Pater Society D. L. Edwards B10re Prize for the Harvey Society J. E. Elliott not awarded Streatfield Prize for the Marlowe Society Chu rch H istory (Lady Davidson) A. A. Kneller Merton College Prizes: History S. B. Nicholls Science and Mathematics G. A. Gordon {D. L. Edwards Essay Prizes (A. L. ROlVse) P. H. Honour LA TIN PRIZES :

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Upper School Middle School Lower School

J. K. Ebbutt J. D. M. Hearth A. J. F. W. L. Holley

GREEK PRIZE:

'J.' K. Ebbutt J. D. M. Hearth

Upper School Middle School MATHEMATICS PRIZE

(Harrison)

Upper School Middle School Lower School

P.Pollak W. J. F. Ray T. E. Watson { J. M. Watt

(Greaves) Upper School Middle School Lower School

J. P. Richardson W. J. F. Ray R. D. H. Roherts

(Greaves) Upper School Middle School

G. P. McMullin J. P. Fison .

FRENCH PRIZE

GERMAN PRIZE

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THE CANTUARIAN (Hammonds) Upper School Middle School (Physics) (Chemistry) Lower School

S CIENCE PRIZE

P. Polla k J. D. Pugh R. M. S. Cork M. J. Lewis

ENGLISH PRIZE:

Middle School (Ga/pin) Lower School (Evans)

J. A. A. Price P. A. Fyfe-Cooper

HISTORY PRIZE :

Middle School (Gordon) Lower School

P. Brown C. A. Charlton

GEOGRAPHY PRIZE :

Middle School

LECTURES

M. A. Arnott

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ENTERTAINMENTS

CLEMENT DAVIES, ESQ., K.C., M.P. Two quotations from the Bible formed the basis of this lecture on .. citizenship ... The first was St. Paul's boast that he was a citizen of no mean city-~me. We in Britain have reaso n to be prouder of our citizenship than any Roman. The evolutiop of our spiritual ri ghts of liberty of conscience, worship and speech brightens social history. They were hard won and the s peaker declared them to be treasures. Government at first was exercised by the pater familias, Âˇthen by the head of the tribe and hiter by the village government. Finally the world knows of a compromise between owing duties and getting' rights known as the State. Duties towards the State, declared Mr. Davies, implied duties to one's neighbour. ." Am I my btother's keeper" was the supporting quotation. In return the ri ghts which each citizen has involves duty again, if only to defend the ri ght. Defence of rights would be concluded for others and not primarily for oneself. Another duty is the exercise of all the privileges and rights. With this reasoning in mind Mr. Davies illustrated the uses of loca l government. The basic duties he had mentioned removed all possibility of apa th y towards the sta te. If the individual is recognised as the most important problem in the community and equal opportunities are given to all, then the State will flour ish. Mr. Davies objected strongly to those who sneered at loca l government. In the legislation of parliament could be seen the trust placed on councils in the counties. These bodies have ample power yet the interest is lackin g. Perha ps the war had given the final answer to the qÂˇuestio n .. Am I my brother's keeper " question. The community spirit displayed by a ll has shown the opportunities open to the state. Mr. Clement Davies apologised for lecturing to us o n a Saturday afternoon so early on in the term. We thank him, on the contrary, for a very good opening lecture and are grateful for the time he spared from Westminster. 119

THE CANTUARIAN MAJOR M. PETHERICK, M.P. It was with interest that the School awaited the tal k by the constituency's rOp' t' tati ve at Westminster. Major Petherick had chosen as his subject the " Parliam III and the General Election." To begin with the word parliament defined itself if the french verb" parler " WII. applied. Witan or body of wise and usually old men was summoned to speak fll ill to advise the monarch in the course of his duties. It was incorporated in the Or III Council formed by the monarchs after the Norman conquest. The Barons, BishOJl and Abbots with great regard for their own interest forced the Magna Carta on Ki ll John and this protest against billeting and raising of reve nues by illegal methods serY't as the basis of liberty. It was enjoyable to hear the realistic view of this event plRCetl before us. Too often the Barons are represented as men highly imbued with affect1011 for the English liberties. Henry III, declared Major Petherick, had the distinction of calling Parliamenl which more closely represented the present parliaments than an y before. Simon tI Montfort had the model parliament wi th the knights and overseers equally represenl d Here the achievement of no taxation without consent was secured although it was III form the basis of future kings and their parliaments in the seventeenth century. Th . Tudor despotism the lecturer missed out or else ignored. The constitution was then discussed with praise for its delicate adjustment and strength, the detailed mechanism was then described. The arrangement is known as-His Majes(y the King in Parliament. Power I in this body's hands to condemn to death any innocent man by special Act of Attaind r and the examples include Strafford and the Bishop of Rochester 's cook.

Turning to the now topical and approaching General Election, Major Petheriok traced the work from the moment when the first Minister informs the King that hi cabinet no longer has the respect of Parliament. Parliament is dissolved. The next three weeks work for the Election were described as a "terrific sweat. .. Heckling and counter cries of " for he's a jolly good fellow" were permanent noiscM , practical j okes and demonstrations other features of the General Election. Then the pageantry of the Royal Famil y's journey to open Parliament, . with th Life Guards, Crown and Black Rod as part of the stately procession, was very adequately described. The Speaker a nd his position, the Royal Mace and staff of secretR' Y and a chaplain were fully described with special emphasis laid on the respect for a uthori ty , demanded and granted. With such a "referee " in the commons the minority I! ensured a greater pro portion of time and with no restriction of the length of speech M nothing could prevent a "bore .. from speaking four hours. Indeed, the speak r said, Gladstone once spoke for four and a half bours. Parliamentary Whips and their system were defended by the lecturer. The id II of dragooning was squashed and the system earned praise for its efiiciency. 120

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THE CANTU A RIAN Legislatio!, was the first sphere Parliament attended to and here the departments under the aeillS of a number were the first to . move. Here ihe bill i s prepa red when the first readlOg IS lIttle more than a mere readmg of the htle and a warning that it will be debated, at a later d ate. The second reading is the really important one for hcrc the full debate on the prmclples ,.s followed. Keen interest in the details is given during the Committee s tage of \I~e Bill and finally the Bill, With ,ts amendments, has its Ihird readtng in Parhament. Le roy Ie veult " is the cry with whicb the Bill becomes the law of the Kingdom. ' It was most unfortunate that time had flown so quickly and Major Petherick had to end at th,s Juncture. We had enjoyed the matter and tnanner of the lecture, the aI,n 'using ane,?dotes and, the copIes of Hansard wh ich had been pas~ed around. The variou s copies 9f Parhamentary bills and a&enda were the first which many' of us had seen. We are very grateful to Major Pethenck for thIS lecture. THE RIGHT HON. THE BARONESS RAVENSDALE.

. . Bar~ness Ravensdale'"s visit, this term , lasted for three days and seemed even more From the outset, it was o bvious that her intention was' to see the boys as much as possible for her engagements included a sixth form talk an admirable address to the Tenterden Club and a lecture to the whole School o~ S~turday, June 8th. These were all greatly ap preciated, not only fo r their value as the views of an exceptIOnally well-info rmed person, but the trouble and care in the presentation which was so marked in the examination of the Indian problem. . This problem was Lady Ravensdale 's subject for the School lecture. As a daughter of a former viceroy, the late Marquis Curzo n of Kedleston and as one who has travelled extensively in India, Lady Ravensdale spoke with full authority on this topic. mVlgoratmg than the prevIOU S one.

The ~attern of I~dian history was outlined first and was followed by a summary of Bntlsh Ideas and RIms 10 thIS sl?here of the Empire. The compleXity of the problem ' seemed great and 10 many wa~s Ignorance seemed to be bliss. To begin with India has five hundred and Sixty princedoms whose loyalty and practical war effort was exemplar~.. These have a population one hundred times larger than that of Great Bntalll. These facts spoke for themselves. The number' of 'people involved alone, was cause enough for uneasiness without considering the causes of disturbances. ' Any hope of settlement seemed impossible with India di vided into two thousand castes and s'!b-castes. Society divisions of this. magnitude undermined any scheme for any solutIOn to such as tbe Simon Conference, the Minto-Morley reforms 9r aga in the Chelmsford-Montagu Reforms of 191 8 wo uld rest on too narrow a basis or alternately an unsatlSfactonly broad found ation for India. T he vexed question of Minorities )yas but fester to tbe wound. How would such a minority as the Sikhs fa re if the British were to leave India? Tbe Punjab states which included six million subjects were surrounded by Muslim States. It was a poor prospect, which the idea of Homc Rulc showed the Slkhs.or t.be Ghurkas. Lady Ravensdale pointed out that the British wi th Iheir defini\ely cons~lentlous Ideas of duty could not abandon her most faithful followers to the mercies of Congress. Con ~ress itself was, with"ut doubt, unrepresentative. Quoting more facts to prove her POlOt, Lady Ravensdale said that out of a popu lation of four t21

THE CANTUARIAN hundred millions, only eighty-one millions followed Mahatma Gandhi and 1J 1~ II " Congress. Britain could hardly parley with such a body. It was the trag 'dy "I \",11. history, that Congress had been formed by a retired English service man wh" ., a' twofold aim which had been so successfully reversed. The first was to P"OIll"\' friend ship with Great Britain and the second was to enlarge the Indian 011111111 life. Congress now has a very obtuse and limited outlook and acls frOll1 ,Iii motives which are not in accordance with any.friendly motives. Small wO'HI I Iii I Gandhi was termed" the doom of Indian history" by Lady Ravensdale I The average Indian, himself, was difficult to negotiate with on such mllll,'" \ the first place, only about 9.2% can read and write and of these most have S" ", ,\ I, a, slight veneer of western education. Many have enjoyed the advantages or II " English education and then returned with their knowledge to India thirS lin ~ I", 1\ life of a political age nt. Their minds, Lady Ravensdale declared to be in lIdv""" , any European brain but their knowledge was_always badly applied. The Indi ll" 'HI, I is not practical. Indians seem to prefer the pen to the plough although, II > \ ,.1 Ravensdale pointed out, the latter would be so much more useful to the Indill n. Many have tried to solve tbe problem; Lady Ravensdale spoke of her Ii II I" , work and of the efforts of Lord Halifax and included words of prai se 1\If I "~, I Linlithgow's perseverance, but these and others had all failed . In Lady Rav ". ,1111 opinion their failure was due to the fabian tactics so persistently adopted by 'O ll M" The British have done all they can . For such a vivid and masterly exposition of this absorbing topic we are very ~fI '\ \11\ to Lady Ravensdale. The School appreciates the time she spared us, fro m 11 11 h . other good works. We hope we have the pleasure of meeting her often, whel1 w, back at Canterbury.

MUSIC CHOIR.-Anthems sung this term have been Rejoice in the Lord alway (R 111",,11 a Lord increase my failh (Gibbons), With a voice of singing (Martin Shaw), till I , spirit (Sterodale Bennett), Expectans expectavi (Charles Wood), a Thou the 1'1"" " Orb (Charles Wood), God is our hope and strength (Greene) and Come, Nol)1 1'/, .. (Attwood). The anthem sung on Commemoration Sunday was How lovely I. I , dwelling place, from Brahms's Requiem. We are sorry to lose some of au '' this term, but we hope for an influx of new members when we are back in Ca nl We are grateful for the help we have had from several members of St. Edmund's S,'II",ÂˇI and we feel sure that, once they are settled in their original "home" wilh it 1m I chapel and organ, they will begin to build up a choir of their own. ORc HESTRA.-Enthusiasm still prevails, though, such is the Cornish climlll , haye sometimes had to compete (and own ourselves beaten) with the pattering "I 101111 and rain on the Parry roof. We are sorry to say goodbye to some of our memb 'H, 1111>1 give them our best thanks for their help. Especially would we mention Mr. 018N"" 11".1 Mr. Stephen-Jones, who have done such valuable work in the wood-wind depnrl,," III But the latter will not be far away from us, and we shall hope to see somethins 01 """ We have appeared tWice in public during the term, at Charlestown. We h III ,10

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THE CANTUARIAN orchestra will go from strength to strength. There is every reason that it should) especially as the string players are rapidly growing in experience. With an increased music staff, it will doubtless be possible to arrange sectional practices in addition to the full weekly rehearsal. Two delightful recitals by visitors have been given during the term. One was a song and piano recital by Muriel Brunskill and Robert Ainsworth, and the other a piano recital by Edward Mitchell. His playing of Beethoven's" Sonata Pathetiqlle " was a revelation, and a group of little-known pieces by Russian composers proved a most interesting experience. His own "Etude in F had some charmingly novel harmonic touches. H

ART The" high light" this term was the House Art Competition, the first of its kind . The competition was deliberately very catholic in its scope, and was open to include models of all kinds, craftwork and photography as well as drawings, paintings, designs and lettering. There was a very big and varied entry, entirely filling the lounge at the Club. Mr. M. J. Mounsey, Art Master at Clifton College, was adjudicator, and awarded the cup to Walpole who were closely followed bÂĽ Meister Omers. The President of the Art Society is extremely pleased with the standard of work shown, and very gratified by its variety. He feels, with others, that the lIlore purely craft work, and especially the many excellent models of ships and aircraft, did not perhaps receive sufficient attention and commendation.

â&#x20AC;˘ Art, in his opinion, cannot be divided into watertight compartments but should permeate all departments of life. The Adjudicator was a little caustic about some of the work, which he stigmatised as H derivative" and lacking in originality of conception and strength and courage in execution. This criticism has some justice. An artist will get nowhere by copyi ng the work and style of another man, as the president himself has constantly proclaimed . We do want bolder work and stronger technique and 'greater individuali sm. That will come. The president urges all members to get out of doors these holidays and work fr,om nature. We hope for great .things next term, though our leaving here is twinged with regret for the lovely Cornish Coast, which might have been more often painted than it was. We shall deeply miss, in the Society, our keen St. Edmund 's friends, but a new era is opening with new opportunities among the architectural and scenic beauties of Canterbury and East Kent. Let us take to heart the old tag- " Ars Longa, Vita Brevis " .

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SCHOOL SOCIETIES The weather and the examinations have made the work of the Society secretarl ~ in' the School unusually difficult this term. Some have, we fear, succumbed: m st have had well attended and regular meetings .. THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY has flourished for this is the term when field work is easier. In this direction the activities depend on the individual and the incrcus in numbers, formation of a photographic branch and plans for a field sports section are evidence of the keenness of the members. An expedition up the River Fowey hnu definitely successful results and the Gala Night, early in June, was brilliantly organi; 'd and managed. The Society owes much to the enthusiasm and ability of the Hon . S' Âˇ. who will continue to serve at Canterbury. Important changes have taken place in the organisation this term; with the secession of the St. Edmund's School bran h the Society lost its founder and energetic President-W. Stephen Jones, Esq. T h Society is indeed sorry to lose him. W: Stainer, Esq. was elected to serve as the nOW President. The three indoor meetings were devoted to business meetings and a talk oy Stevens, Esq. on "The Birds of Cornwall." Altogether, a successful and profitabl term .

The TENTERDEN CLUB had a good term but is reallY. affected by the loss of M â&#x20AC;˘ and Mrs. Olsson who are responsible fot the Society's success. Mr. Olsson was til" founder and staunchest member of the Club whilst Mrs. Olsson always providell III room and refreshment for which members. were always grateful. The Club extend its best wishes for their future. The six meetings this term included talks by Lad y Ravensdale and Mme. Roviles who expelled a lot of errors with regard to French soclfl l conditions. Dr. Causey gave a most interesting paper on the "Political Aspects 01 Health. " It is with relief that we are able to foreshadow the revival of societies representinM the Classical and Scientific sides of the School! The PATER SOCIETY regrets (he 10MM of the Rev. H. Bettenson and loolj:s to t"'e new Secretary D. L. Edwards for a gOOl1 start next term. The HARVEY SOCIETY elected R. Coles, Esq. President, R. B. Morgnn, Esq. Vice-President and J. E. Elliot as Hon. Sec. The arrangements for next (Or "l, we .understand, have been made already. The WALPOLE SOCIETY, also, loses its President, G. P. Hollingworth, Esq. , nlld Vice-President the Rev. F. S. Williams whose work in furthering the interests of 1IH1 Society was great, the loss is heavy. The three 'meetings were-a play reading, " Prill and Prejudice, " a debate on whether schools evacuation was beneficial and a pn r by T. H. Pares entitled " Sporting Prose and Verse. " The MARLOWE SOCIETY found that examinations were too pressing to permit mo, I than two meetings to be held. Dr. Pasfield, an Hon. Member, gave a very welco'li talk on " A. E. Housman" and Mrs. Causey spoke on "The Magic Shadow." The MUSIC SOCIETIES in the School had an interesting term. The sen ior Oil which prefers to be called the "MUSIC CLUB" is very deeply indebted to Dr. n,HI Mrs. Causey and Mrs. Percy Morgan whose hospitality has been so great during Iii School's stay in Cornwall. The Junior .MUSIC SOCIETY heard two papers both hy

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THE CANTUARIAN members-" Ravel and Debussy" by R. M. S. Cork and a joint one on " G ilbert and Sullivan " b~ M. G. Jordan and P. Y. Dudgeon. At this meeting the Society thanked the ViCe-PreSldent, Mrs. P. G. Reynolds for her work and hospitality. The RAILWAY SOCIETY met twice. Once to conduct a free reading and the other time to hear excerpts from" Junction X." . The SOMNER SOCIETY has the distinction of being the most consistently successful society m the School dunng the evacuation. This term was no exception and P. C. Hammonds IS to be congratulated on a successful year as Hon. Sec. To its President F. H. Voigt, Esq., the Society is grateful for continued work this term a delightfui paper on " Yorkshire Abbeys" was delivered, and is fortu~ate in having him for many. more t~rms. P. H. Honour spoke on " Restormel and Lostwithiel " including a vlVld descnptron of the battle of Lostwithiel 1644. D . Stainer, Esq., addressed the S,?ciety on " The Englishman's Castle " and dealt with the subject very adequately. A VISit to Bodmm Church was rewarded with the inspection of an exquisite Norman font With undercarvmg and the chantry dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury.

J.T.C. The following promotions were made with effect from April 27th, 1945.

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Cpl. A. A. Kneller to be C.Q.M.S. LjSgt. S. C. Maplethorp to be Sgt. CpJ. J. C. Wright to be LjSgt. CpJ. G. A. Gordon, to be LjSgt. LjCpJ. J. H. Sawtell to be CpJ. LjCp!. J. J. Slaughter to "be CpJ. LjCp!. G. A. Burtwell to be CpJ. LjCp!. D. M. Long to be CpJ. L/Cp!. P. Coury to be CpJ. LjCp!. H. A. Emerson to be Cp!. LjCp!. M. J. Gordon to be Cp!. Cadet T. H. Pares to be LjCp!. Cadet G. W. Williams to be LjCp!. Cadet B. L. Leary to be LjCp!. Cadet G. L. T. Withers to be LjCpl. Cadet H. I. D. Johnson to be LjCpl. Cadet P. D. Leighton to be LjCpl. Cadet D. F. Lepine to be LjCpJ. Cadet M. W. McD. Cairns to be LjCp!. Cadet A. E. Hill to be LjCpl. Cadet D. Galitzine to be LjCp!. Cadet L. A. Bassett to be LjCp!. 125

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WAR CERTIFICATE "A".-The follo wing passed Part I War Certificate "A" 21 st June, 1945 :-Cadets A. R. H. Allen, J. K. W. Brown, M . P. D. Brown, P. OruWII, E. B. Bunnell, P. W. Burgess, I. L. R. Burt, C. E. Butcher, D . H. Campbell, D. '1', II Clegg, D . L. Edwards, W. N. F. Francklin, R . E. Greenslade, P. H . P. Gumm, L. A, (I Halsey, A. J. Hille, P. J. Hlllton, M . G. Gordon, R. G. B. McCall, J. P. D . Mallitl!"II, D. K . L. M organ, G. H. W. Norman, C. R. No tt, l. M . Osborn, T. E . Pughc, I , I Quested, R. H . C. Routh, R. C. Sandey, E. R. Strouts, K. G. Stuart, C. R. Willi, Weatherill, K. L. E. Whitehead. The followin g passed Part II War Certificate "A" on 5th July, 1945 :-Cadets A, ( Bartlett,' P. J . Bearcroft, V. St. G. Brealy, R. S. Brush, P. J. Bull, R . M. Butler, A, I Cray, J. E. Elliott, J. D. Ellis, G. A. Foulds, W. M. Foxwell, E . H. R. Gardner, , V Holliday, J. B. Hopewell, K. B. C. Hubbard, J. C. W. Hulse, P. H . Lee, D . II, I' Ma ybury-Lewis, R. H. Netherwood, P. T. Polden, W. J . F. Ray, I. H . Sharp, 0 , II Smith, C. D . Smith, R. C. Wen ban, J. J. A. Woodgate. ApPOI NTMENTs.- The above cadets who obtained War Certificate "A" Pn l' II ,are appointed L/Cpls. with effect from 5th July, 1945.

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. WHOLE DAY TRAlNING.- Thursday, June 14th was given up to a whole day ' trammg. The programme for the morning was a varied one, platoons being exer 'l ,Ii according to their degree of training. In the afternoon No. I Platoon (Post Cerl iOclIl() under the command of C.S.M. Stuart arranged an adtnirable Observation Course whl\ Ii provided full scope for the use of eyes and ears by the Junior Platoons. MULLI NS Cup.-This miniature range shooting competition for Houses was Rhlll off on July 1st and won by Grange-with Walpole a good second. The scores wer : Grange, 443; Walpole, 441; Meister Omers, 378; School House, 363. The scores of the winning tealn were :-Sgt. Watson, 60; C.S.M. Stuart, 5(, i Cpl. Gregson, 61; L/Cpl. B. N. C. Jones, 55; Cadet J. S. Butler, 52; Cadet lINh, 54; Cadet Quested, 56; Cadet Maybury-Lewis, 49. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.- The following attended Courses of. Instruction detailed bel o~ All qualified or obtained satisfactory reports. Southern Command Weapon Training School, Bournemoutb December Cpl. J. C. Caiger, L/Sgt. M . N. Carson. ' . '

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R.A: O.C.T.U. Catterick Camp, April, 1945 :-Sgt. D. K. Johnson, Sgt. S, . Maplethorp, Cadets J. D. Ellis, G. S. Foulds, S. K. Parkin, C. R. Nott, P. H. Lee. Southern Command Weapon Training School, Bournemouth, April, 1945:A. R. T. Stuart, Cpl. J. H . Sawtell. Training Regiment R.A.C. Bovington Camp Dorset, April, B. N. C. Jones, L/Cpl. R. A. C. Flack, Cadet G. H. W. Norman.

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THE LIBRARY Librarian ,' THE REV. S. B-R. POOLE Assistant Librarian ,' A. A. KNELLER The Librarian is very grateful to O.K.S. for. their gifts to the Library a nd in particular to Lieut.-Colonel W. S. J. Scruby, O,B .E. (1986-1900) who pre~ented a complete set of the 48 volumes of Scott's Waverley Novels, to Mr. R. G. S. Saw (1901-3) for sending a copy of his new book The Bank oj England 1694-1944 a nd to J. C. B. Coleman (1941 ---45) for Miss Maisie Ward 's Gilbert Keith Chesterton. In addition the Chaplain presented a copy of Lord ShaJtesbury by Miss Florence M. G. Higham and the Librarian The Study of Ecclesiastical History by Professor N. Sykes. Also copies of G. M . Trevelyan's English Social History, Mr. J. Simmon's Soulhey, Mr. W. J. Brown 's Everybody's Guide to Pariiamelll, a nd a large number of mathematIcal books was purchased out of funds.

RED CROSS

Brendon, Carlyon Bay, St. Austell. June 10th, 1945.

Dear Canon Shirley, May I tender my sincere thanks to you for the splendid help which the Kin g's School has given me in collecting for the Duke of Gloucester's Appeal for the Red Cross and SI. John Fund. I know this is only one thing in which they have been interested and I feel sure the enclosed statement will cause you and all who have collected and to each" House" which has so generously given, much satisfaction. Sincerely yours, LOUISE B. CULMER HODGES. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KING'S SCHOOL CANTERBURY AT CARLYON BAY, CO RNWALL TO H .R.H . THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER 'S R ED CROSS AND ST. JOHN APPEAL FROM CHRISTMAS, 1940 TO J UNO, 1945 £ s. d . 75 II I ! School House 40 13 4 The Grange 34 4 2! Walpole 23 4 9 Meister Omers 19 3 4 Miss Milward 's Box 2 15 \I Extra Contributions 2 5 \I Canterbury Rounders Aid to Russia Red Cro!lS (proceeds from" the Tempest" 30 0 0 £227 18 7 127

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HOUSE LIBRARY APPEAL Each H ouse Library is poorly stocked now. Quantity and quality are somewhlll low a nd the help of parents and O.K.S. is needed. Any fictional works ran ging f''''11 the classica l novels in their sets to the modern detecti ve " thrillers" will be s r 'lI l l ~ appreciated. Books of reference value are, however, not wa nted. Any books 1'111 sbould be addressed to the particular Bouse Librarian. '

CRICKET CLUB ' The first XI looked like having a successful season, but due to lack ofpraclic "" decent wickets, and the inexperience of the young XI, we only won 3 out of ' hI ~ matches played. The games we lost, bowever, with one exception were all close. '11 11 season bas served one good purpose, for it has given experience to the XI of wh ll II 9 will be at Canterbury, and our first summer " back home " will be successful. to this past season, Stuart and Greenslade take the bowling honours, whilst, the 1\ W individual scores wer~ made by Bloomberg, Emerson and Stuart. 2ND Xl. Was unbeaten in tbeir few matches, ably captained by Watson, wbo bowled w II througbout. COLTS Xl. Only managed to win lout of the 4 matches played; this was due to lack of prncll" wbich cannot be remedied until next year. . The House matcbes were of a high standard of play and the fi nals of the competil lOIl, between School House and the Grange, provided the keenest cricket seen for a lull time. Grange after batting for two and a half hours knocked up 62. Polden who ca rr! '1 his bat was the mainstay of.the Grange batting. School House after being 4 for 4 II I one stage pulled up and beat the Grange by two wickets, Stuart bowling remarknhl y well for the Grange. Bloomberg saved the School H ouse side with a quick inn hl ll~ of thirty and left the wicket to Brooks and Netberwood who ably carried the side In victory. FIRST XI CHARACTERS. J . H. BLOOMBERG-Captained the side admirably this season. His batting was not 011 a standard with his last year's performances. This is due to the fact tbat he hll. developed some scoring shots and tries to use tbem too ofte-n and in consequel1l! gets out to playing tbe wrong shots. His bowling is useful at times. A. R. T. STUART- A useful all rou nder. Bowls well at times, but still does not u his body enough, consequently his pace suffers. As a bat he has hit the ball ev II harder than last season. H. A. EMERSON-His batting has been patchy with one or two good knocks. I II fielding is always good. ~ 128

TH E CANTUARIAN R. E. GREENSLADE-His bowling has improved again this year, if he used his wrist more, his pace would increase by a yard. H is batting has improved considerably, but he is extremely impatient and. will not wait for tbe right balls. J . HULSE- Has not improved as expected. He must improve his defence . . His offensive shots will get him runs. F. DAVIES-A very good bat, but lost a great deal of confidence owing to It bad start. He is stylish and pleasant to watch. M. J. BROOKs- Has the shots but loses confidence to such an extent that he does not play them effectively. H as bowled well as a change and bis fielding at short leg is on a par with tbat of his brother. P. POLDEN-Had he shown the confidence he did in the House matches, be would have done well throughout the season, but he ~id not find form at all. . J . D. H EARTH- Will make a good bat, but at present is very slow. His wicket keeping has improved greatly and if th~ improvement continues he will be invaluable next season. P. D. JOH NSToN- He is a stylish left hand bat a nd will do well next season if be learns how to play his" on " side shots properly. W. M. FOXWELL-A useful" odd job" man. Has scored some runs and bowled well when needed-6 for 13 was his best. He catcbes safely, and next season on a decent wicket he ought to make some runs. KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v R.A.F. ST. MAWGAN Played at Home' on Tuesday, May 1st. Lost by two wickets. A score of 52, including 2 sixes and 7 fours, by Bloomberg enabled the Scbool to reacb 133 . S1. Mawgan lost 5 wickets for 55, but a sixth wicket partnersbip of 70 runs put the R.A.F. on top and they passed our total with 2 wickets in band. KINO'S SCHOOL F. C. Davies, b Lowry... .. .. ... .................... J. P. M. Hearth, c Baker, b Stevens.......... ..... M. N. carson, b Stevens.......... ........ ...... .. . J. H. Bloomberg, c Chiesman, b Arnold...... A. R. T. Stuart, c and b Stanley.... ... . .. .. ...... P. T. Polden, b Arnold...... ... .................. ... N. A. Emerson, c Arnold, b Cooper. .. ..... .. .. M. J. Brooks, b Stevens .. .... ... ... .... .. .. ,... .. . E. C. Butcher, b Cooper .. .. , .. , ...... .. .. .. ,...... R. E. A. Greenslade, c Chieseman, b Cooper W. M, Foxwell, not out.... ....... .. .... .......... Extras,., .......... ,..... ................. .........

5 5 5 52 12 12 14 11 0 6 0 11

Total. ....................... ......... ... ... 133

R.A.F. Larkin, run ' out ....................... ".... ...... . Arnold, c Butcher, b Bloomberg ..... " " .... " Cooper, I.b.w., b Stuart.. .... ..... ". ......... .... Stanley. c Brooks, b FoxwelL......... ... ..... ... Baker, c Foxwel.!, b Dioomberg. .... .... .... .. Bruce, I. b.w., b Foxwell. .... ..... ...... ... ... ... .. StevtWs, c Polden, b Greenslade .......... . ,.,. Chiesman, b Greenslade....... ........ .. ....... Young, not out. ................................ .. . Peer, nol oul.. , ..... .. ... ,... .... ........ .... .. .... Lowry, did Ool bat.. ... .. , .... .... ... .... ...... .. .. Extras .... , ... , ... .... .... ... ........ . ,.... .. ..... .

TOlu l. ...... .... . :............. ... ... .... 134

Stuart ..................... G reenslade.......... ..... Bloombora .. , .. ,.. ....... Foxwcll ............... ...

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THE CANTUARIAN KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v BODMIN PRIMARY TRAINING CENTR Played at Bodmin on Saturday, June 9th. Won by two wickets . • Bodmin batted first on a pitch which was so soft that every run had to be fou ght for. Butcher and Bloomberg ran out the opening pair with some brilliant field ins and Greenslade and Stuart never allowed the home team to recover. After the School had lost two quick wickets Bloomberg and Emerson slowly took the score to 25. Wickets then fell rapidly and eight were down against very accural bowling before we passed Bodmin's score. The last three batsmen then had a hectic quarter of an hour against the change bowlers. BODMIN

Hanson, run Qut... ... ... .. .. ... ........ .......... .....

KING'S S CHOOL

Packham, b Stuart........................ ... ......... Jones, c Hearth, b Greenslade....... ..•. ......... . Vine, not out.. ... .... ..... .......... .. ... ..•......... Extras........ ........... ........ ...... ..... .......

H. A. Emerson, b Dale......................... . P. D. J. Johnston, l.b.w., b Roger"......... J. C. W. Hulse, b Roger.... .. ..................... J. H. Bloomberg, c Bridges, b Roger......... A. R. J. Stuart, b Dale........................... P. J. Polden, b Roger .................... '. ....... .. J. D. M. Hearth, I.b.w., b Roger............... J. J. Slaughter, b Da le.......................... .. . E. C. Butcher, not out........................... R. E. A. Greenslade, b Burt... .................. W. M. Foxwell, c Roger, b Bryant......... .. . Extras,..................... ............... ........

Tota!.. ............... " ....... ' j " " " ' " ' '

Tota!.......... ....... ..... ............ ..

Keen, run out................................... .. .....

Burt, b Greenslade... . ... ...... ..... ........ ... ..... ..

Dale, b Stuart..................... .......... ........... Roger, c Hearth, b Stuart........................... Bryant, c Bloomberg, b Greenslade ........ "..

6 1 4

Burton, c Emerson, b Stuart ... ...... , ..... " ..... " Bridges, b Greenslade ........ " .... " ..............

0 4

2 8 2

Greenslade......... ... ... Stuart .................... . Bloomberg ...............

10 2

M 8

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20 0 0 0 I 17 9 II j

73 W 4 4

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v PLYMOUTH COLLEGE Played at Home on Saturday, June 16th. Won by eighty-two runs. The School batted first and lost 6 wickets for 49. Stuart's 19 included a 6 and 3 fours. Greenslade and Emerson then took the score to 104 before Greenslade shied a good length ball and was caught. The last 3 wickets fell rapidly, Emerson being caught with the score at 123. His 39 included 7 fours. Plymouth College had evidently not previously met bowlers of the class of Greenslad and Stuart. They seemed very much at sea and .the bowlers dismissed them very cheapl~. KING'S SCHOOL

PLYMOUTH COLLEGE

P. B. Davies, b Pring.......................... ....... 0 2 P. D. J. Johnston, b Pring ...................... "... J. C. W. Hulse, c Heywood, b Hamley......... 14 J, H. Bloomberg, c Lyon, b Pring............... 5 A. R, T. Stuart, b Pring............................ 19 R. E. A. Greenslade, c Roche, b Clarke......... 29 P. T. Polden,l.b.w. b Hamley..................... I H. A. Emerson, c Heywood, b Clarke......... 39 M. J. Brooks, c Turner. b Hemley .. "."........ 6 W. M. Foxwell, c Turner, b Hamley .. "........ 0 J. D. M. Hearth, not out........................... 0 Extras............. ................................ 8 TotaL..... ........ ........... ..... ......... 123

4 I

4 4

6 8

o I

Tota!.............. ... ............. ... ... 41

Greell&lado...............

Stuart .... .. ............... 10.2 130

J. M. Clarke, c and b Greenslade .......... .. R. W. Clarke, c Brooks, b Greenslade ... .. . J. A. Wynton, c Hearth, b Stuart ............. .. R. L. Turner, b Greenslade .............. " .... . G. A. Heyward, c Hearth, b Greenslade .... .. B. Webb, b Stuart ................................ . J. R, Hamley, b Stuart.. ....... !." ""." ....... .. K. F. W. Clarke, b Stuart.. ..................... . J. C. T. Roach, b Greenslade ................ .. D. F. Pring, b Greenslade ...................... .. P. R. Lyon, not out, .......................... , ... .. Extras .. , .. , ... ... .. , ............ .. ............ .

4 5

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THE CANTUARIAN KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v \.ELLY COLLEGE! Played at Tavistock on Saturday, June 23rd.

Won by seven wickets.

Kelly batted first but could do little against the bowling of Greenslade and Stuart. Only Maxwell had any success and proved very difficul~ to mov~. Bloomberg relleved Greensiade towards the end and qUlckly dIsposed of the last 3 WIckets. . . K S C batted first and Johnston looked set for a good score but was bnlhantly caught i~ 'the deep. After 3 wickets had fallen Bloomberg and Davles passed the Kelly score before beihg displaced. KELLY

Maxwell, b Stuart.. ................................. 28 I Crook, b Greenslade. .... . ........................ Gould, b Greenslade.. .. ....... ..... 2 Reed, c Hearth, b Greenslade ...............": .... · 0 Riley, b Greenslade .............. "................. Hunt, c Hulse, b Swart.. ..................... " .... · Law, run out ....................... , ..... · ..... · .. ··.. 3 Owen, b .B loomberg................................. 3 Crafter, c Johnston , b Bloomberg............... 0 Bolt, c Stuart, b Bloomberg... ... .. ........ ........ 2 Goudon,notout. .... , ................... ·· .. · ........ · Extras .... ,., ..... ..... ··· ...... , ..... ....... , .... .

KlNG'S S CHOOL P. D. J. Johnston, c Hunt, b Maxwell.... .. H . A, Emerson, b Maxwell...... ....... .. ...... J. C. W. Hulse, cLaw, b Hunt.................. J. R. Bloomberg, c Riley, b Hunt............ F. B. Davies, cLaw, b Garden,................. A. R. J . Stuart, b Bolt.............................. R. E. A. G.reenslade, b Bolt ............ .. .. ".... P. J. Polden, not out .................... · ...... ·.. M. J. Brooks, not out ............. .. ............. W. M. Foxwell }Did not bat J. D. t;1xi;!.":.~~................ .. .............. .

10ta!.............. . .... ..... ........ . ......

12 4 11 23 17 22 6 2 4

Total (For 7 wickets) .............. . III

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ATHLETICS

11 15 4

M 2 7

26 17 8

4 2 3

CLUB

The Captain of Ath l etic~ , D. B. Ainsworth reports that the standard of the Athletics this year has reached even hIgher than last year. . . There have been a few changes in the age limit for the prelll~lInary standards and the result is that the School is now dt':lded Into three groups IIlstead of two-over • sixteen under sixteen and under fifteen years of age. The weather was unkind enough to have the Sports postponed twice because of heav~ rain. They were a great success and a ver~ close battle between School House an Walpole all the way provided the spectators WIth a very good contest to watch. walp~le clear! had the lead before the Sports bega~ for after scahng down the . pomts tIe " Sta~dards " totalled :-Walpole 87,. School House 70, The Gral: ge 70, .Melster Omers 42. Credit is due to Walpole, for theu average pel' boy of two standards. The outstand'ing competitors in the seniors were . D . B. Ainswort~L. B~ssett, J H Bloomberg and J. P. D. Mallinson, in the mIddies D. H. P: ay ury-. e':"ls, J: P.' F. Bull, P. Burgess, D. L. Quested and S. N. Cartwngbt, whilst m the JUliors M. J. Howett, I. F. Black and P. A. B. Amsworth showed proDllse. . •

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( 'orrcctions to List 13 A. O. S. Wilson. for" Royal Berkshire Regt. t. read" The Buffs, R.A.C." C'orrcctions to List 15 l or J. F. ROBERTSON read J. F. Robinson . I'rumotions and Transfers. etc. since July, 1944 RDYAL NAVY. It R. W. AsHBY to Lieutenant Commander and Arr/Commander. II. G . H. BELLARS appointed Commodore 2nd Class. It L. S. BENNI!TI to Lieutenant, R.N.V.R.

N. W. CooPER to Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. I), O. GRAHAM to Sub-Lieutenant, RN.V.R. I), F. MURRAY to Lieutenant, RM. M. P. ROBINSON to Able.Seaman. It. D. WOOD to Sub-Lieutenant (A) R.N.V.R.

ARMY W. R. H. BEESTON to Lieutenant. I. R. M. ApSEY to Lieut-Colonel. " H. BARNETT to Colonel. W. T. M. BURR to Captain and app. Brigade Intelligence Officer. " , N. CALDECOIT-SMITH, invalided, October, 1944. W. K. CLARKE to Captain. 1. CoVELL to Major-General. R. D. CROUCH to Captain. Brigade Staff. A. A. de C . CuSSANS to Lieutenant. r. C. C. DUMAS to Captain. W. H. G. DUNBAR, invalided. M. G. R. ELLIS to 2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards. T. S. EMERY to Lieutenant Colonel and retired under age limit. W. E. ENDERBY, Cadet, Pre-D.C.T.V. and D.C.T.V., R.E. 1\. J. C. FAGG to D.C.T.V. R. F. PENN to 2nd Lieutenant, and Lieutenant (O.C.T.U. Instructor). II . M. GREGSON to D.C.T.V. W. H. P. HAYES, transferred from R.A .F.V.R. to Private, Dorset Regiment. R. J. HOLDEN, Lieutenant and Captain . . C. HOOPER, to Lieutenant and Captai n and transferred to R.I.A.S.C. . F. JOHNSON to R.C.S. (Signalman). E. G. P. JOHNSON, to Cadet ,O.C.T.U., transferred to O.T.S. India. I), C. D. Kennedy to Major.

1944

A. M. LANG LANDS to Lieutenant and Captain. R. N. C. LooAN, invalided . J. S. MACARTNEY to Cadet, Pre~O.C.T.U. J. H. MIDDLETON to Sherwood Foresters, Private. W . R. MONRO HIGGS, transferred to R.I.A.S.C. and promoted Lieut.-Colonel. B. L. MONTGOMERY to Field Marshal, and appoioted Colonel Commandant, Parachul H .liI Army Air Corps. A. C. R. PAUL to O.C.T.V. J. H. POWELL to Lieutenant. ~ G. A. F. RANDS to O.e.T.V. and 2nd Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders. E . G. SHARPE to Major and appointed D.A.D. TN. J. E. T. SHERWOOD, transferred from Royal Marines to Lance~Corporal, R.A.C. C. C. SMYTHE to G.s.6.I. H. R. R. STEELE to Major. J. D . TwINBERROW to O.e.T.V. and to 2nd Lieutenant, H.L.I. and to Lieutenant, aU. A I ~~ II +. Sutherland Highlanders. D. A. VENNER to 2nd Lieutenant R.E. I. P. M. WALLER to O.C.T.V. J. WATTS to Cadet, Pre~O.e.T.U. D . A. W ILKINSON to Lieutenant and Captain, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

R.A.F. J. C. BAKER to Pilot Officer. J. R. BRETT to Sergeant. S. W. BROOKS to L/AC. L. N. B. CANN to F lying Officer. B. E . FERN to Pilot~Officer. A. J. B. HUGHES, invalided. J . D. Moss , to Flight Sergeant, Pilot Officer and F lying Officer. P. S. P AINE to Flight Lieutenant. R . J. K. T URNER to Flight L ieutenant and A/Squadron Leader a nd app. Station Navi Hl1 litllllll ' B. G . WALSH to Flying Officer a nd Flight Lieutenant. G . A. J. WOOD to Flying Officer. C. A. YATES, invalided out of R.A.F. Regt. Decorations and Mentions. MAJOR W. ~. HAYES, The Dorset Regiment, Awarded M.C. COMMANDER R. R. W. ASHBY, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Mentioned in Despatches. L IEUTENANT M. MOUNTSTEPHENS, RN.V.R., Mentioned Despatches. F LYING OFFICER G. A. J. WOOD, R.A.F.V.R., Awarded D.F.C. BRIGADIER L. C. MANNERS-SMITH, Awarded c.B.E. FIELD M ARSHAL SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY, K.C.B., D.S.O., Awarded Order of SU VU IUY, I II and Polish " Vir tute Militari."

MAJOR H. R. R. STEELE, M.C., Reconnaissance Corps, aU. Mahratta L.I., Awarded Bar to M.e. 1' 110 1' OFFICER J. e. BAKER, R .A.F.V.R., Awarded D.F.C.

• 'A I' I'AIN R. H. HOLDEN, Oxford and Buc ks L.r., Awarded M.e. I I' UT . ~COLO N EL H , E. N. BRWIN, M.e. and Bar, Royal Irish Regt., Awarded D.S.O. I I I O I-n'~LI EUTENANT P. S. PAINE, R.A.F.V.R. , Awarded D.F.e. ~ I I{(IE ANT R. H. LOVELACE. R.E., Mentioned in Despatches. I ~A I"'A I N (COMMODORE 2ND CLASS) E. G. H. BELLARS, R.N. , Awarded e.B. 11I1U.... ~ COMMAN DER V. D. RAVENSCROFT, R.N, Mentioned in Despatches. I I VING OFFICER L.N.B. CANN, R.A.F.V.R. , Awa rded D.F.C. • '''''''''AIN P. D. V. STRALLEN, R.S. C., Me nti oned in Despatches. II IJUTENANT N. W. COOPER, R.N. V.R. o Me ntioned in -Despatches . I IlJUTENANT D. LAMPARD, Irish Guards, Awa rded Mil itary Cross. I IIJUTENANT J. V. KENT, R.A., Awarded Milita ry Cross. I IOUTENANT J. H. POWELL, Mahratta L.r. Awarded Military Cross. I ItlUTENANT R. E. CUNNINGHAM, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Mentioned in Despatches.

SIXTEENTH LIST OF O.K.S. KNOWN TO BE SERVING. ROYAL NAVY. ( '. W. BIR.KE1T, 1936--44, O/Seaman. 1, 0. BLAIR, 1935- 38, Sub-Lieutenant (A), R.N.V.R. M. CARNES, 194()-44, O/Coder. J. C. HINCHCLIFFE, 1940--44, O/Seaman. M. J. LESTER, 1941-44, O/Seaman. I. E. ROBINSON, 1937- 39, Leading Writer (Special). M. P. ROBINSON, 1937- 39 O/Seaman. M. H. SMITHERS, 1940--44, O/Seama n. I. B. SHERWOOD, 1935-43, Marine R.M. (Transferred to Army).

ARMY. 30, Lieutenant, R.A. 1(. S. C. BAKER, 1920-26, Private Somerse t L.l. I. O. BASSElT, 1923- 28 , Lieutenant. R.A. 1<.. O. DICKSON, 1902- 06, lieutenant Colonel, R.A.M.e. n. W. EUSTACE, 1933-43, Signa lman, R.C.S., Transferred to A irborne Trroops Signals. K. T. GRAHAM, 1935- 38, Lieutenant, R.A.M.e. It A. I ZARD, 1937-40, Sergeant Reconnaissance Regiment, KA.e.R. II . O . F. JOHNSON, 1940-42, Signalman, R.C.S. A. R. R. K~NT, 1926-30 Captain R.A.M.C. J. M. LAMPARD, 1940-44, Private, Cameron Highlanders. It . DE C. MCCRACK EN, 1920- 26, Lance~Corporal, unit not known. M. T. MIDDLETON ~ EvA N S, 1940-44, G uardsman, Grenadier Guards. I. I). M. WALLER, 1940- 44, Guardsman, Grenadier Guards. ) . WAITS, 1939- 43, Private, Roy~ West Kent Regiment.

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R.A.F. S. W, BROOKS, 1939-43, A/C.2. B. S. KENT, 1921- 31, FIightÂ·Lieutenant. W. R. MONRO HIGGS, Flight-Lieutenant, RA.F., Transferred to I.A. B. G. WALSH, 1934-37, Pilot Officer, (Navigator-Observer) O. L. HARBIN 1920- 23 Flight Lieutenant Air/Sea Rescue Service. MASTERS. A. R. GORMAN D.CL.I. Awarded M.e. MAJOR B. E. S. Me CALL Welch Regiment. Awarded M.e. Wounded three tlml t II "D"-Day. WOUNDED. LIEUTENANT I. BUTCHER, 1938--42, Black Watch. CAPTAIN T . C. C. DUMAS, 1933- 36, Royal Welch F usiliers. CAPTAIN R. J. HOLDEN, M.e., 1930-38, Oxford and Bucks L.I. 2 ND LIEUTENANT D. LAMPARD, M.C., Irish Guards. LlEUTENANT D. F. MURRAY, 1938- 42, Royal Marines. LrEtITENANT J. D. TwINBERROW. 1938--42, Highland L.I., aU. Argyll and Sutherland Hj 8 hl llll l l ,~ CAPTAIN W.

PRISONERS. LIEUTENANT J. B. BASSETT (T.P.) 1923- 28. Wounded and taken prisoner in Belgium 28.'1.411 LIEUTENANT S. E. BAGNALL, RA., 1925-30. Taken Prisoner at Singapore. CAPTAIN R. G. A. BAKER, 1924-31 R.r.A.S.C. First in Italy, now in Germany. LIEUTENANT R. CoRBEN, 1933--3 8, Parachute Regiment, Taken Prisoner at Arnhem . ROLL OF HONOUR. PRIVATE R S. C. BAKER, 1920-26, Somerset L.r. Killed in action, LIEUTENANT W. R. H. BEESTON, 1936-40,- Airborne Armoured Reconnassiance Regimofu I t as a result of exposure on active service. PRIVATE B. E . BONHAM-CARTER, 1931- 38, Black Watch. Died of wounds. PRIVATE H. E. CHANDLER, 1929- 34, London Scottish. Died of wounds. CORPORAL N, E. CHANDLER, 1929- 36, London Scottish, Died of Wounds. LIEUTENANT N. W. COOPER, 1930-32, RN.V.R (Commandos). Missing, presumed killed , LIEUTENANT B. L. DE LA PERRELLE, 1932-40, The Buffs, Killed in action . O/SEAMAN C. A. R. MACDOUGALL, 1936-40, R.N. Accidentally killed on active service. LIEUT.-COMMANDER, E. A. MINTER, 1910-14, R.N. Died on active service. PILOT OFFICER H. C. REYNOLDS, 1930- 35, R.A.F.V.R Previously reported missing bell v II ~ III August 1942; now confirmed killed in action. LEADING WRITER (SPECIAL) 1. E. ROBINSON, 1937- 39, R.N. Lost in sinking of H.M.S. IJOII,", FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT B. G. WALSH, 1934-37, R.A.F.V.R. Reported missing January , 19H I I presumed killed in act ion. N.H.- This Record can be kept up-to-date only by the help ofO.K.S. and their relat lv ~, send any information about yourself or others to . Kenneth Thomas, Redbury, Oakwood Avenue, Purley, 'Surrey.

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CALENDAR Sept. 19. 21. 24. 29. Oct. I.

Term begins S. MATIHEW, A .. AND M. SlXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. S. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

Preacher: The Headmaster.

8 p.m. Cinem!I.

Preacher: The Rev. F. S. Williams. 8 p.m . I t 1111 .. H umus." Sir Frederick Keeble, C.B.E., D.Se., F.R.S. 7. 1st XV v Devonport H.S. Home. 8. EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AfTER TRI N ITY. Preacher: The Chaplain. II . Lectu re: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Dobbie, K.C.B.. C.M.G., D.S.O., formerly Governor of M,dl 14. Jst XV v Kelly College, Tavistock. Away. 15. N INETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, Preacher : 'The Rev. S. B-R. Poole. 16. Upper School Lecture: "Spain." F. H. Vo igt, Esq. 17. Violin Recita l. Mrs. Dorothea Clayton. 18. S. LUKE, E. 21. 1st XV v Plymouth College. Away. 8 p.m. Cinema. 22. TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. F. I. L1mbert, Ph.D., Vii II Sheerness. 8 p.m. Lecture: "Broadcasting." R. S. Stafford, Esq., Plymollth I~I.'.'I Dir~~tol' B.B.C. 23. Upper School Lecture : "Animal and Bird Pa inting. " D. Stainer, Esq. :28. S. SIMON AND S. JUDE, A.A. AND M.M. 1st XV v Gresham's School. Away. 29. TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TR INITY. Preacher: The Rt. Rev. A. A. David, 1), 1) ., I merly Bi:;hop o f Liverpool. lO. Upper School Lecture: .. Music of the Twentiet h Century." Dr. W. R. Pasfield . ll. 1'51 XV van R.A.F. XV. Home. Squash v R.A.F. Home. Nov. I. ALL SAINTS' DAY. 5. TWENTy-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher : The Chaplain. Lecture: " I Pleasures of History." A. L. Rowse, Esq., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 6. Upper School Lecture. G. P. Hollin gworth, Esq. 8. 1st XV v Clifton College, at Tavistock.' 12. TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. H. Bettenson. Il. Upper School Lecture : .. The Growth of Germany." C. E. Minns, Esq . 17. Lecture : .. The Theatre in Every Day Life." Cyril Wood, Esq., Regional 0111 for C.E.M.A. and B.B.c. Producer. 18. 1st XV v R.N.E. College, Keyham . Away. 19. TwEI\,'TY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Rev. F . S. Williams. 20. Upper Schoo l Lecture : .. The Land is your Concern." A. M. Olsson. Esq. 22. 1st XV v Gresham's School. Home. 26. TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AITeR TruNITY. Prea cher: The Rt. Rev. the Lord BIshop 01 11 1111 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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27. UpPer School Lecture : The Rev. H. Bcttenson. 28 . 1st XV van R.A.F. XV. Home. Squash v R.A.F. Home. lO. S. ANDREW, A. ANI1 M. School Cert ificate Examinat ion begins. Dec. 2. 1st XV v R.N.E. College, Keyham, Home. School Concert.

l. ADVENT SUNDAY. Preacher: The He.:1dma ster. Philipps. 10. SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Carol Service. II. House Drama Compet it ion. 12. House Drama Competition. 14. Term ends.

8 p.m. Costume Recital.

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THE CANTUARIAN Eight new records :-vere established and three old ones broken. In th e midd lt D. H. P. Maybury-LewIs set up the 880 yards record as 2 mins. 11'2 sees. He till II levelled the 440 yards record of 58' 3 seeonds. . . In the match against R.N:E.C. Keyham the records broken unofficially wer Iii semor 220 yards, D. B. Ainsworth, 23'8 ~ecs., the dISCUS by M. Arnott, 78 ft. 4 ins., 111111 D . H. P. Maybury-LewIs bro~ght the mIddle 880 yards down to 2.mins. 8'8 sees. wh lh P. Burgess Jumped 5 ft. 2 InS. m the High Jump. SPORTS (FIRST DAY) 5 POiNT STEEPLECHASE '(NEW EVENT).-Caneelled.

Run as separate event.

SECOND DAY LONG JUMP (SENIOR).- Reeord " . 20ft. 9in. (G. Willsdon, 1939). 1st, J. A. Bloomberg; 2nd, S. B. Nichols; 3rd, A. R. Stuart; 4th, G. A. Evans; 5th, G. F. Russell; 6th, A. A. Kneller. Length,' 20ft 5 I'ns SH 85, 7H, W 87, MO 50. . . 220 YARDS (MIDDLE).-Reeord,' 25'2 sees. (Lampard, 1942). . 1st, Bull; 2nd Allison; 3rd, Cartwright; 4th, Wenban. Time,' 26 8 \ . SH 85, G 78, W 91 , MO 60. 100 YARDS (SENIOR).-Reeord,' 10'4 sees. (c. L. Clements, 1926; D. B. AinswOl1h, 19<f4). 1st, D:. B. Ainsworth; 2nd, G .. A. J. Evan~; 3rd, S. B. Nichols; 4th, J. P. II MallInson, 5th, M. J. Brooks; 6th, Pughe. Time,' 10'8 sees SH 99 G 78 W I()I M066. . . " I

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HALF-MILE (MU?DLE).-Reeord,' 2 mins. 19'2 sees. (A. F. Cray, 1944) . Ist, M-Lewls; 2nd, Quested; 3rd, Hopewell; 4th, Allehurch and Lewis. 1'11/11' 2 mms. 1l'2 sees. SH 100, G 87, W 104, MO 67. MILE (SENIOR). Record,' 4 mins. 41:9 sees. (J. P . B. Shepherd, 1944). 1st, L. A. Bassett, 2nd, M. Calms; 3rd, A. F. Cray' 4th Netherwood' Iii Ackers; 6th, Weatherill. Time,' 4 mins. 54'1 sees. SH d8, G 97, W 107, M O 67. I HIGH JUMP (JUNIOR) NEW EVENT. 1st, Patterson; 2nd, Jenkin; 3rd, Rands; 4th, Barwell. Height· 4 ft 4'$111' SH 121, G 101, W 107, MO 67. . . , HALF MILE (JUNIOR). NEW EVENT. . 1st, Howett; 2nd, Barwell; 3rd, Devonshire; 4th, Knight. Time' 2 min. 34 sees. SH 130, G 101, W 107, MO 68. . . 440 YARDS (SENIOR).-Reeord,' 53'8 sees. (J. F. Tomlin, 1904; C. L. Clements, 19211) 1st, J. P. D. Mallmson; 2nd, HIll; 3rd, L. A. Bassett; 4th, P. D . Lei hWIl 5th, A. F. Cray; 6th, Carson. Time,' 56'4 sees. SH 146, G 107, W 108, .M OS76. ' HIGH JUMP (MIDDLE).-Reeord,' 4 ft. Ili ins. (M. Lovatt, 1942) 1st, Burgess; 2nd, LeWIS; 3rd, Jordan; 4th Thompson. height,' 5 fl. I II SH, 146, G 107, W 118, MO 80. ' 132

THE CANTUARIAN 440 YARDS (JUNIOR) NEW EVENT. 1st, Black; 2nd, Stretton; 3rd, Heath; 4th, Norman. Time ,' 63 sees. SH 151, G 107, W 1l9, MO 84. WEIGHT (SENIoR).- Reeord,' 40 ft. 5 ins. (H. R. Steele, 1940) 1st, Morgan ; 2nd, D. B. Ainsworth; 3rd, Arnott; 4th, E. D. Gregso n ; 5th, A . R. Stuart; 6th, Brown. Distance,' 33 ft. 5'5 ins. SH 151, G 1l3, W 134, MO 84. MIDDLE INTER-HoUSE RELAY (4 X 220 YARDs.-Reeord,' I min. 47'2 sees, (Meister Omers,' R. C. Wenban, H. I. D. Johnson, A. E. Hill, J. D. F. Bull). 1st MO; 2nd, W.; 3rd, G; 4th, SH. Time,' 1 min. 47'4 sees. SH 153, G 117, W 140, MOn. THIRD DAY LONG JUMP (MIDDLE).-Reeord,' 17 ft. 5 ins. (J. D. Moss, 1939) 1st, Bull ; 2nd, Thompson; 3rd, Lewis; 4th, Jordan. Length,' 16 fl. !l ins. SH 153, G 0, W 146, MO 0. 220 YARDS (SENIOR).-Reeord,' 24'0 sees. (J. H. P. Gibb, 1938) 1st, D. B. Ainsworth; 2nd, J. Mallinson; 3rd, M. J. Brooks ; 4th, Russel; 5th, M. N. Carson; 6th, De Voil. Time,' 24'4 sees. SH 168, GO, W 158, MO 0. 100 YARDS (JUNIOR) NEW EVENT. 1st, Howett; 2nd, Black; 3rd, Ainsworth; 4th, Heath. Time,' !l'5 sees. SH 173, G 0, W 160, MO 0. 440 YARDS (MIDDLE).- Reeord ·,' 58'3 sees. (J..B. Lovatt, 1938) 1st, M-Lewis; 2nd, Allehurch; 3rd, Allison; 4th, Quested. Time,' 58'3 sees. SH 177, G 0, W 163, MO 0. HIGH :JUMP (SENloR).- Reeord,' 5 ft. 5! ins. (A. J. Munro, 1936) 1st, J. H. Bloomberg; 2nd, G. A. J. Evans; 3rd, H. I. D. Johnson; 4th, Nichols; 5th, Slaughter; 6th, Polden. Height,' 5.ft. 1 in. SH 195, GO, W 169, MO 0 . WEIGHT (Mi DDLE) Naw EVENT. 1st, Cartwright; 2nd, Greenslade; 3rd, J. R. Allehurch; 4th, Routh. Lel/gth,' 28 fl. 6 ins. SH 198, GO, W 163, MO 0. HALl; MILE (SENIoR).-Reeord,' 2 mins. 7'1 sees. (P. T. Ballantyne, 1940) 1st, L. A. Bassett; 2nd, A. F. Cray; 3rd, M. Cairns; 4th Hill; 5th, H. I. D. Johnson; 6th, E. Netherwood. Time,' 2 mins. 10'5 sees. SH 213, GO, W 169, MO 0. LONG JUMP (JUNIOR) NEW EVENT . 1st, Roblin; 2nd, Howett; 3rd, Ainsworth; 4th, Hughes. Lellgth,' 16 ft. 7 ins. SH 217, G 0, W 175, MO 0 . 100 YARDS (MIDDLE).-Reeord,' Il.l sees. (J. Corben, 1938) 1st, Cartwright; 2nd, Bull; 3rd, Allison; 4th; Wen ban. Tillie ,' 11 '2 sees. SH 217, GO, W 178, MO 0. 220 YARDS (JUNIOR) NEW EVENT. 1st, Black; 2nd, Ainswq'r th; 3rd, Watson ; 4th, Heath; Time ,' 27' 8 sees. SH 220, GO, W 181, MO

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THE CANTUARIAN MILE (MIDDLE) NEW EVENT. 1st, M-Lewis and Quested; 3rd, Smith; 4th, Hopewell. SH 220, 0 0, W I HII, MOO. SENIOR INTER-HoUSE RELAY (4 x 220 YARDs) .- Record : 1 min . 39'3 sees. (Walpol D . G. Carter, J. H. Collier, D. H. Rapson, O. Willsdon 1939).1st, SH; 2nd, W; 3rd, G; 4th, MO. Time: I min . 42'8 secs. Sli '0, 0, W 195, MP O. The final totals were :-Ist, School House, 231; 2nd, Walpole House, 19 • 3rd, Grange, 152; 4th, Meister Omers, 144. INTER PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCH. The School 's taking part were, Kelly College, Plymouth College, Plympl illIM. Tavistock and the King's School, Canterbury. But our lack of training in the Lent term was no advantage. The team was as follows :-100 Yards, D. B. Ainsworth; 220 Yards, I , II Ainsworth; 440 Yards, D. E. P. Maybury-Lewis ; 880 Yards, A. F. Cray ; M II M. Cairns; Hurdles, D. F, P. Maybury- Lewis ; Long Jump, J. H. B1oom b("M High Jump, O. A. J. Evans; Pole Vault, J . H . Bloomberg; Hop, Skip and JIII III' J. H. Bloomberg; Weight, J . C . B. Coleman; Discus, G. J;'. G. Russell; Jov 1111 R. Butler. Outstanding performances in the match were by D. B. Ainsworth, who wo n I iiI 100 yards in 10'7 secs., also the 220 yards in 25'0 secs. M. Cairns won the milt, III 5 mins. 5'8 secs. , O. A. J. Evans won the High Jump at 4 ft. Ii i ins. and J. C. B. 0 1 11 11111 won the weight at 29 ft . 8 ins. The final order of the Schools was as follows : -Ist, Kell¥ College; 2nd, K IIl ~' Canterbury; 3rd, Plymouth College; 4th, Plymptons; 5th, Tavistock. C. Mc K. Cray was unfortunately unable to run the 880 yards because he coll ujlli ll a day or two before the match. K .S.C. v R.N.E.C. KEYHAM On Saturday, 30th Junewe had a fixture against Keyham at Plymouth. The weather turned out to be misty with a light drizzle. But the Keyh am 11111 certainly made up for the weather. The School was very well represented and showed spirit thus giving the 0 111 ~. a good match. Winner's time K.S. C. 1'1,,/1' 100 YARDS 2nd D. B. Ainsworth, 4th G. A. J. Evans 10'7 secs. .10'75 sec~ , 880 YARDS. 1st D. H. P. Maybury-Lewis, 3rd A. F. Cray 2 min. 8'8 secs. 2 min. 8'8 \'\ LONG JUMP 2nd O. A. J. Evans, 3rd S. B. Nichols 18 ft. 8f ins. 18ft. 8! ill . 134

THE CANTUARIAN 440 YARDS 3rd J. P. D. Mallinson, 4th A. E. Hill

â&#x20AC;¢ 55 sees.

56'6. sees.

DISCUS 3rd M . Arnott, 4th D. B. Ainsworth

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78 ft. 4 ins.

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RELAY.- J. P. O. Mallinson (220), A. E. Hill (440), D . H. P. Maybury-Lewis (880), D . B. Ainsworth (22). The final scores were : -R.N.E.C. Keyham, 59 points; King's, 38 points.

K.S.C. v,' KELLY COLLEGE On Sat'urday, July 7th we ran against Kelly College. This match was a dis. tment Our untried field events turned out fanly well. M . Arnott threw the ~ffc~~~ 99 10 ins., R. M. Butler threw the javelin 128 ft., while in the tr~ck events D. B. Ainsworth won the 100 yards and the 220 yards, D . H. P. Maybury-LewIs won the 880 yards in 2 mins. 8'4 secs.

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Winner's Time ll'O sees. 35 ft. 10 ins.

100 YARDS-1st b . B. Ainsworth WEIGHT-3rd M. Arnott ... 2 min. 8'4 secs. 880 YARDS- 1st D. H . P. Ma ybury-Lewis, 2nd A. F. Cray 5 ft. If ins. HIGH JUMP-2nd J. H . Bloomberg, 2nd P. Burgess 18'6 secs. HURDLES-2nd D. H. P. Maybury-Lewis 130 ft. JAVELIN-2nd R. M. Butler 24'5 secs. 220 YARDS-1st D. B. Ainsworth 102 ft. DIscus-2nd M. Arnott 4 mins. 5'" sees. ONE MILE-2nd L. A. Bassett, 3rd M . Cairns 20 ft. 2 ins. LONG JUMP-2nd J. H. Bloomberg, 3rd O. A. J. Evans 56'2 secs. 440 Y ARDs-3rd A. E. Hill T he scores were :-Kelly College, 53 points; King's Sch'ool, Ca nterbury 37 points. 135

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SWIMMING H' Ihe Swimming Club flourished this year for the last time under Mr Goodburn ISd eb~rture w!ll come.as a great loss to the School and especially to tho~e who hnv ' ma e IS acqua •.ntance m th~ swimming world. All these .years he has coached Ihl sport ~nd set a hIgh standard m the life-saving which reached its climax when the Sch 01 won t e Darnell Trophy for Life Saving awards. This year we again ke t u Ou,' standard and were successful in gaining twelve awards of merit, twenty-sev~n B~on? Mtedal"od~s, tchree. lst Class and two 2nd Class Instructor's Certificates and twenty-nin n erme late ert ificates.

The Inter-house Sports,. held on Friday, 13th Ju ly, showed well enou h that I II standard was sllll h.gh, desp.te adverse wind and weather. . g The results were as follows :_ OPEN EVENTS. 25 YARDS FREE STYLE.-Ist, K . Brown; 2nd, D . K. Johnson' 3rd, E. D. Gregso n. Time: 17'0 secs. ' ·

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50 Y~RDS BREAST.-Ist, P. Owtram (S.E.S.); Sharp. T,me: 47'8 sees.

2nd, P. D . Leighton " 3rd, J. II .

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SPRI~G DIVE.- lst, D. K. Johnson; 2nd, I. Sharp and K. Brown (Equal). LIFE SAVING.-lst, P. D. Leighton; S. C. Maplethorp; J. P. D. Mallinson J UNIOR EVENTS . 25 YARDS FREE STYLE.-Ist, R. E. A. Greenslade; Os b orne. Time .' 18'2 sees. .

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THE CANTUARIAN PLUNGE.-lst, J. L. Lyon; 2nd, R. A. C. Routh; 3rd, I. M. Osborn. Length: 40 ft. II ins. MEDLEY RELAY.-50 Yards each of: Back Stroke, Free Style, Breast Stroke, Free Style).-Ist, Walpole; 2nd, Grange; 3rd, School House. Time: 3 min. 3'2 sees. FREE STYLE RELAY (4 X 50 Yards).-Ist, Walpole; 2nd, Meister Omers; 3rd, School House. Time : 2 min. 51'4 secs. FINAL REsULT.-Ist, Walpole, 167 points; 2nd, School House, 80 po ints ; 3rd, Meister Omers, 70 points; 4th, Grange, 33 points. So Walpole won the cup this yea r. Amongst the better performances may be mentioned those of K . Brown, D. K. Johnson, P. Coury, P . D . Leighton and E. D. Gregson in the senior, and of J. L. Lyon, R. H. Routh, R . E. A. Greenslade and P. G. Ellis in the junior. We were fortunate in having, at the end of the term, a polo match against Mevagissey Swimming Club, in the harbour at Mevagissey. Despite the fact that our opponents were an experienced team, a good game was played, and we gained experience. Their marking was very good and fru strated o-ur attempts to score. The final score was 4-0 to Mevagissey. It is felt by all that we should take up this sport on our return to Canterbury. .r A Swimming Gala was held at Mevagissey, to which the School' was invited. Here, the School had more chance to show its prowess and the result was very good; in . seven events, the School obtained five first places, four second places and five third places. Colours were awarded this term to P. Coury, J. K. W. Brown and E. D. Gregson.

THE OXFORD LETTER Dear School, In answer to the criticism from our fraternity at the •• other place," we would like to make it known that it is not throu gh any lack of diligence on our part that the Cantl/arian has not been honoured by the inclusion of an Oxford Letter during the past two terms. For thi s we must censure t.hose responsible for editi ng this magazine. Since letters have been sent for th c last two iss ues, we can only ass ume tbat the Editors have not seen fit to publish thcm, and we are forced to suspect partiality for the " other place. " We are glad to see that we have yet ano th er senior O.K.S. with us in Oxford, the Rev. T. E. M . Boultbee, Vicar of St. Cross hurch. rt was with interest that we read in The Cantl/arian tbat B. J. Wigan is now urat~ at SS. Philip and James; 'we called at his home, and he and his wife enterta ined us to tea , a vcry pleasant hour of reminiscences about Canterbury and the previous generation . D. Gall, the Queen 's, our senior resident ill statll pupillari has becn seen, but not heard; it is believed that he stilI frequents the Radcliffe Jnfirmary, and wou ld be taking his finals this year had he not unfortunately had to go down for six months owing to ill health. We are glad to hear that he is fit again now. 137

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THE CANTUARIAN Also at the Radcliffe we ,have encountered C. A. B. Clemetson, Magdalen, who passel I B.M. last December and, when last seen, said with evident relief that all his patiolll were still alive. J. H. Breese Trinity, has now become an ardent politician, and combined a stalin '11 partisanship with an excellent cellar. While watching Eights Week Races, we saw T. H. Boultbee shouting with vi R01l1 for the Wadham and Keble boat from the tow path. He claims to be the first O.K.S. to view the hotel and distant prospect ofSt. Austell from a coaster in which he'Underl (\ ~ the perilous duties of ship's cook. . Also from Wadham we have met C. S. Pitcher, who has, in the intervals betw II his medical studies, produced a home-made hookah that delights all that see it. We welcome P. Pollak as a demy of Magdalen, though we regret we have s · II little of him. Also in Magdalen is R. W. L. Murphy, whom we encountered browsil1K in Blackwells. On short courses during the past year we have been pleased to see J. F. Da lrYl1101 and G. L. Ackers, both of Trinity, who are to be thanked for entertaining O. K.-l) before they wen t down to join the Navy. Whilst Dalrymple boxed for the Varsity tllHI ran in the University Trials, Ackers played both Rugger and So~cer for his Callos '. and astounded us by an unique war-time selection of pipes. , D. E. Binsted, Hertford, and D. C. Jenkin, New College, are amongst our mO' 1 recent arrivals- on short courses for the Navy and Army respectively. Jenkin hll been seen attacking the assault course with admirable fortitude and some success, wh lh Binsted was observed entering into the spirit of V-E night with enormous enthusinsl1 l Our recollections of VE night are, however, rather hazy. We have been indeed fortunate in the number of our O.K.S. visitors, among Wh Oli1 were H. P. Wortham, W. E. Ghambers, D. M. P. Pullen, N . Scarfe, G. L. Taylor . D. Lampard, D. F. Murray, C. R. B. Brown, J. A. B. Heslop, P. A. B. Gethin, J. D own ~, J. Peschek, and M. T. Middleton-Evans. Yours, O.K.S. OXO II.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER Dear School, This letter must be briefer than we would wish, for the Easter Term sees a despotll l application to work in preparation for the exams.; consequently O.K.S. have b II but rarely visible. However, we will attempt to chronicle, as well as we are able, III

various activities. At a meeting of the Cambridge Branch of the O.K.S. Association, held early 1101. term at the house of Colonel Budd, we were pleased to meet M . H. A. Lovatt and J . • Coury, respectively on leave from the Navy and paying a short visit to Cambridgo II relief from the life of a medical student at a London hospital. Our host entertnin II us with his accustomed lavish generosity and amused us with several anecdotes of til days when he was at the School. Prominent in the gathering that evening was J . W Stephenson, who regaled as with amusing stories of his life at Bart's; we gathor 101 chief interest lies in anatomy. lJi

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THE CANTUARIAN We are very glad to welcome back to our number R. N. C. Logan, of Corpus, who has once again taken up- academic pursuits after service in the Indian Army and three years in hospital; he is, we find, taking no exams. this term, and in this fortunate position he is joined by E. H. Cornelius, whom we have observed emerging from lhe " Still, " where, he told us he bad been making notes for his second epoch-making book, to be called: ., Inns, Ancient and Modern. "

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UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE LATE MICHAEL SAVAGE, O.K.S.

THE ALBATROSS So.metimes, fo.r spo.rt, the mariners will snare That huge sea-bird, the albatro.ss, fro.m where He flo.ats abo.ve the ship o.n idle wing, So.le co.mrade in, her Io.nely vo.yaging.

Beho.ld him no.w, this mo.narch o.f the sky, Ashamed and clumsy, ro.bbed o.f so.vereignty, See ho.w, like o.ars when weary pinio.us fail, Tho.se mighty pinio.ns piteo.usly trail..

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SONNET. Fo.r many years we search and to.il fo.r go.ld, Fame, honour, titles, lands or dignity; . And so.me, at length, are what they wished to. be When they were yo.ung, but no.w their YDuth is sDld To. purchase what is barren, wo.rthless, co.ld, Rich prize to. reach fDr, grasping it we see The spo.ils o.f life's Io.ng flight are vanity. 1 But this we knDW to.o. late, fo.r we are DId.

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Yet, had we yo.uth again, cDuld we redeem Past failure? Name a time fo.r happiness, Make circumstance a key to. o.pe the dDDr ? NDt o.urs to. weave the texture o.f a dream : A branch across the mo.Dn, .so.me tendernessGod give His mo.ments. We can ask no. mo.re.

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, THE CANTUARIAN AWAKENING The sunbeam slipping thrDugh the curtain gap CDnjures fro.m vacancy the rainbo.w dust, While the swift widening stream Df cDnscio.usness, Sweeping aside the driftwo.o.d o.f the night Quickens the dDrmant reaches o.f the mind . As the frail stuff o.f dreams is bDrne away Co. me surging in the truant thDUghts o.f Day. The head stirs o.n the pillDW'S furrowed white; The yo.ung child watches with wide wDndering eyesNo.t windo.wed by disto.rting glass o.f ageAnd sees the mDrning's resurrected fire Mantle with sudden gDld the blue, thin sky. Past the brief span o.f childish ho.pes and fears. The white ro.ad winds unseen into. the years. The lo.ver breaks the surface Df his dreams Beside him feels no. warm respDnsiveness, Turns, sight, and vainly seeks to. dive again And grasp his mo.ment-past reality. Ano.ther, with dead lust's cruel insight, stares Through the hard, painted mask and false caress And knDws he bDught nDt Io.ve but emptiness Flinging aside earth's misty clDak, the sun Splendid in Po.wer achieves his so.verignty. The dying man's faint flickering o.f life Pales like a candle flame in tro.pic nDo.n : â&#x20AC;˘ , Past the last signpDst o.f his memo.ry Thro.ugh the thin glass Df life his eyes can see The dawninglflusheslo.f eternity. TAJ 'MAHAL Her dying whisper still assailed his ears Gasping and faint: "Build such a tDmb fo.r me The wo.rld shall sta nd and marveL" Suddenly Grief-stricken, harsh, frenzied with unshed tears He flings to work; bribes, orders, commandeers Mines, money, masons, marble: all thal he Can wrest fro.m Eastern wealth and artistry, While twenty tho.usand labnur twenly years. The wnrk was dDne. The Empernr sto.o.d alnne And watched the fading rDse nf evening stain 'The marble's white, but saw the living clay Lnvely and frail , behind the mncking slnne . Huge rnse thelto.mb, lifeless and cnld and vain: The last light died. He sighed and turned away. 141

THE CANTUARIAN INSOMNIA The clock strikes three. The' last brave chime Sinks slowly, hopeless, through the deep Cold lonely silences of time. I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep.

The world is still, and yet I hear Whispers of stealthy things that creepSneering and lewd, or hissed with fear. I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep. Pale bloated heads with cunning eyes In loathsome coyness wink and peep From that domain where madness lies. I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep. Oh God! how long before I see The dancing sunbeams gaily sweep Away this black eternity? I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep.

FIRST SORTIE Contact! I flick the switches, press tbe button; Harshly.protesting, three large blades rotate, .The e~gllle barks, coughs,. dies. I press again And hke a wIld beast tearmg at his bars Till suddenly they break and out he roa;s, So the frame shudders,. strains and springs to life In thunderous exclamation. My left hand Lies quiet on the throttle, then moves slowly And migbty slabs of sound are hurled about Seeming to thrust the first dim light away. ' The tumult fills my ears but in my brain Softly but clear, I hear this old refrain: .. Weep, my darling, but not to-night, Weep when the stars are put to flight Weep for our love in the morning light But love ,and sleep in my arms to-night. Hard and bare are the things of day When the dawn has dusted our dreams away And fears again our hearts will sway. But to-night is for passion and ecstasy." 142

THE CANTUARIAN Darkness enfolds the cockpit, darkness pricked By stars, some still, some quivering back and fortb With strange intelligence, spelling a tale Of pressure, latent power and energy. With ponderous purpose the huge aeroplaneAs punch-drunk boxers slowly gain their feetMoves forward at my touch towards tbe runway. Open the throttles, let the shout of strength Swell to a mad crescendo, live and clean She flings herself into the brightening sky. The grey world slips away, a moment gone, But the song of another moment lingers on. " We can 'mock at time when together we lie' To whether we live or whether we die , Give never a tbougbt, for you and I Can make a night eternity. Weep my darlint, but not to-night Weep when the stars are put to flight, Weep for our love in the morning light But love and sleep in my arms to-nigh!." .

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The Editors illvite Ihe co-operation of O.K.S. ill strengthening these items ill .. THE CANTUAR IAN. " which are of particular interest 10 O.K.S. Th ey call1lot themselves obtaill milch of lite necessary maforlnl especially particulars 0/ promotiolls, alld therefore remilld subscribers that all items of news are (1(1\1(1)'"

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The appointment of Rev. C. H. Ricketts, Canon Missioner of Gloucester to III suffragan Bishopric of Dunwich has been recenlly annoupced. Canon Ricketts WOM the Anniversary Preacher on Speech Day 1929. G. R. Dawbarn has been elected president of the Architectural Association for Ihe session 1945- 1946. N. J. Flower is doing chemical research at the British Drug Houses in Lond on, but hopes in the near future to go to Edinburgh University to study for a degree ill Forestry. In his letter, Flower also said that he had seen E. T. Kro&h, who is do inl chemical research with 1.e.1. at Welwyn Garden City; D. M. ~;Ight IS stud Y l n,~ engineering at London; J. E. T. Sherwood IS traIDIDg at H.M.S. Royal Arthur, at Skegness, where the Commander is also an O.K.S. . J. D. Watts, having completed five weeks divisional tr,!ining, was sent to aDem nÂˇ stration Platoon, where, he tells us, he is kept extremely busy. He has been recommended for- a commission, and hopes to go to pre-O.e.T. U. soon. At a recent Athletic Meeting on his station R. e. Killin won the quarter mile, tIll tl captained the team which won the station shield. Carol Reed, in co-operation with an American: Garson ,Kanin, is directing lh final and authoritative history of the campaign in the West sIDce D-Day. The 01111 , which is to be called "The True Glory" will be presented throughout the world Ily the British and American Governments. Since the star of the film will be the A III J fighting man, General Eisenhower has taken a keen interest in it, and speaks 111 " foreword." B. W. Fearon has' returned "after five very interesting years in German hands." He says his future in the army is obscure, but expects to report to an I.T.C. SO il , He sends his best wishes to his O.K.S. friends. G. Maiden is attached to the Public Relations Film Unit in India. He has be 1\ on service in the Imphal area. We were pleased to receive a letter from R. A. Wake, who gives a summ tI . of his career during the war, "I received a Territorial Army Commission, a liltle I ,'1111 to the war into the Worcestershire Regiment, with whom I am still serving. We w " in the We;tern Desert until most of the Battalion was captured in Tobruk. " _He WII a prisoner in Italy for 15 months until he escaped. l;Ie remained at large for SO Il \ time, and was then captured by a German patrol, and sent to Oflag 79 (Brunswl k), where he stayed until liberated by the Americans. J. Peschek sends a long letter with the news that he was lucky enough to gel 1111 11 the choir for the Royal Naval Pageant at the Albert Hall" Hearts of Oak, "

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THE CANTUA RIA N K. Sandford has been serving on H.M.s-. NO/folk for the last three years and secured a .. mentio n " for his part in the Scharnhorst action. . J. B. Goudge tells us that in Delhi on February 18th, there was a footba ll match played between the combined R.A.F. and Airborne team, and the Delhi headquarters team. J. B. Goudge now in a Gurkha Parachute Battalion, was selected to play for the former. They were flown from Rawalpindi and parachuted on to the Irwin Stadium in Delhi, in the presence of the Viceroy and Lady Wavell. The R.A.F. and Airborne team won by 14 points to 3. J. e. Northway has been teaching at The Choir School, where he has seen numerous O.K.S., but he expects the Army will soon cut short his teaching career. J. A. Young has returned to Britain, and has been recommended for a permanent commission. â&#x20AC;˘ Bertram James has written an interesting account of his escape from Germany from which we quote. He writes :" I escaped from Sagan, Stalag Luft 3, on the night of March 24/25, 1944 making my exit through the big tunnel; 80 got out and 50, after recapture were shot by the Gestapo; I understand there was quite a furore about it in the papers at home, so I. expect yo u have heard about it. The remaining 30 (I don 't think anyone got home) including myself were not returned to Sagan but sent eslewhere. After I got out of the tunnel I walked with a party of 12 to a country station where we caught a train and travelled for about 50 miles as foreign workers. We then split up and walked. The weather, however, was extremely cold for the time of year and my partner and I having walked for a day over mountainous country through feet of snow, decided to go into Hirschburg, a town near the Czech border and catch a train. We were caught at the station by the police in the evening and thrown into the local jail together with 6 others of the party who were also caught in Hirschburg. We were taken away singly and in pairs. I was the last to go, remaining for 12 days. I was taken to Gestapo Headquarters in Berlin and thence to Sander Wager "A" Sachsenh~usen, a soecial camp attached to the concentration camp and run by the S.S. Wing Commander Day and Major Dodge had preceeded me there and FlU. Dowse arrived a week after so there were four of us from Sagan. It was a small co mpound 75 yards by 30 yards in. which were two barracks, 19 special prisoners including 2 Russian Generals; over the wall was another barracks with 5 Czech Generals. Living conditions were not too bad but we were allowed no communication whatever with the outside world and only limited Red Cross food and cigarettes; all our belongings except for a few things were confiscated. We were surrounded by electric wire and IO ft. walls. They thought we were safe, but we dug another tunnel just to show them and 5 of us escaped again on September 23rd. I went with Lt.-Col. Churchill, (ca ptured in Dalmatia in June)- they thought he was a relation of Winston-and we hiked for two weeks being caught nea r Rostock- but thereby hangs another tale. We were all re-caught. The S.S. were very angry a nd we had five months solitary confinement- with a few 'days handcufled thrown in for good luck. We went back to the Sander Wager on February 15th a nd found that the guard of originally 18 had been increased to 36 so we felt we'd done a liltle toward the war effort anyhow! The Russians started their attack at Kustrin- we could hear the artilleryand we were moved on April 3rd to Flossenburg concentration camp in Bavaria- this

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where thank heavens the S.S. left us and the Wehrmacht took over, although in r '!l llI y we were free, it was only a question of waiting a few days for the allies to arrive. • . It is a beautiful hotel, 4,000 ft. up situated on a lovely la ke. The gathering III prisoners now free includes potentates of all sorts-Dr. and Mrs. Schussnig, Leon Il IIl lI1 and wife, Pastor Njemoller, assorted princes, counts, countesses and genera ls

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An American General was up here yesterday to arrange for our transport II WII V from here. We leave tomorrow in cars fdr Verona from where we shall be fl own III Naples. From Naples the British will be flown back I suppose. I have come 10 II" end of oiy story but I shall have a lot more to tell you one day in the not very d18111111 future I hope. BIRTHS Burr.- On April 20th, 1945, to Margaret (nee Candy) wife of Captain Donald Hull a son. . GALPIN.-On May 9th, 1945, -to Susan, wife of Christopher Galpin-a dauBhl I . (Penelope Carol); CoURTNBY.- On June 1st, 1945, to Kit (nee Martin) wife of Lt. (E.) Michu I M Courtney, R.N.- a son. STRALLEN.-On June 29th, 1945, to Hester June (nee Caldwell) wife of Major I . I), V Strallen, R.8.- a son. WORSFoLD.- On July 6th, 1945, to Leslie (nee Lloyd Tanner), wife of Christoll!) I ·Worsfold (1916-1922)-a daughter- (Elizabeth Jacqueline). 146

THE CANTUA RIAN ENGAGEMENTS DUMAS- DAVIDSON.- Major T. C. C. Dumas, The Welsh Fusiliers, yo ungest son of Admiral and Mrs. P. W. Dumas, to Anne Julie Davidson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Davidson, of Dorking. CHAMBERs- FREYN.-Wiliiam Edward Chlfmbers, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. . E. Chambers, to Ruthmaria, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Freyn, New York (late of 1nnsbruck, Tirol). BIRoN-GRAcE.- Major T. Biron, M.C., Leicestershire Regi ment, to Aileen, second daughter of Dr. J. Grace and the late Mrs. M. Grace. CLARKE- DIGRT.- David Kenneth Clarke (1926-1930), to Dorothy Mary, yo unger daughter of Engineer Rear-Admiral S. R. Dight, C.B.E., and of the late Mrs. Dight. EMDEN- PARK.- Cecil Stuart Emden, D.F.C. (1903- 1908), Fellow 'and . Treasurer of Oriel College, Oxford, to Hilda Park, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Park, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. . WHALLBY-BRADLEY.- Captain Richard Carlton Whalley, R.S. (S.E.A.C.) third son of Mr. F. Seymour Whalley, M .C. and Mrs. Whalley of Marlow, Bucks, to Mary Christian Bradley, P.M.RA.F.N.S.R., S.E.A.A.F., elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Bradley, of Grantham Lincolnshire. LEMAN-TYNDALE.- Lt. George Anthony Leman, R.A. only son of Squadron Leuder and Mrs. C. M. Leman, to Katherine, eldest daughter of Mr. H. E. G. Tyndale, . and stepdaughter of Mrs. Tyndale. MARRIAGES HUNT- BucKLAND.- On April 7th, 1945, Lt.-CoL Michael A. Hunt, R.A., you ngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wright Hunt, of Wilton Lodge, Canterbury, to Zoe Buckland, Third Officer W.R.N.S., only daughter of Major A. W. T. Buckland, M.C., R.A., and Mrs. Buckland of Basingstoke. WHALLEy-WATSON.- On April 28th, Lt. John Pryor Whalley, R.C.S., second so n of Mr. F. Seymour Whalley, M.C., and Mrs. Whalley of Marlow, to Maureen Montgomery, younger daughter of the Rev. W. E. Watson and Mrs. Watson, Wittersham, Kent. GOULDER- OLlvBR- On April 19th, 1945, Raymond Victor Honywood Goulder, younger son of Major and Mrs. A. Christopher Goulder, of Reigate, Surrey, to Margaret Mary Oliver, P.M. R.A.FN.8.R. , eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Oliver, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. MAGNUS-WILLlNK.- On April 21st, 1945, Lt. Peter Magnus, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Magnus, of Roxwell, Essex, to Fra nees Helen Ramsay, you ngest daughter of Mrs. Willink of Little Baddow, Essex. GOULDSBURy-SIMPSoN.- On April 16th, 1945, at Madras; Major John Colpoys Gouldsbury, Royal Gurkha Rifles (Z.F.), younger son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Gouldsbury, Yellapatty, H igh Range, Travancore, to Elspeth Margaret Simpson, Q.A.LM.N.S. (R.), eldest daughter of Mr. j . Simpson, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. 147

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IN MEMORIAM BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR PERCY SYKES, K.C.l.E., C.B., C.M.G. (l880- HI) Percy Molesworth Sykes, who died on June 11th at the age of 78, was bol'll III Canterbury, son of the late Rev. W. Sykes, and spent two years in the Junior School before going to Rugby and Sandhurst. He was a great authority on Persia. WRIGHT HUNT, J.P. (1878-83) A member of a family well known both in the School and in the City of Canterbu ry, and father of four O.K.S. sons, tbe eldest of whom, Commander Martin Hunt , 10NI his life while in action with a convoy to Russia in 1942, Mr. Wright Hunt, J.P., di ·(I in his sleep on June 11th. The Kentish Observer wrote" By his passing Canterblll Y loses one of its best known citizens. A man of many qualities and with the keen 'sl interest in the welfare of tbe city to which he devoted so much of his time and enerBY, he will be greatly missed ...... He served on the Canterbury City Council for a considefllhl, number of years, was elected to the Aldermanic Bench in 1923 and was Mayor fronl 1920-22. He gave particularly good service' for a number of years as Chairman 01 the Finance Committee and served for many years as a Justice of the Peace for IliI City and as Cbairman of the Canterbury Bench of Licensing Justices, in which COli nection he strongly advocated the improvement of the amenities of licensed h l'" so that they could become socia4'centres to which any member of the family cou ld NO For a long period he served on the Visiting Committee of the Ment~1 Hospital 111111 for 13 years was Chairman of the Canterbury and District Chamber of Trade, whlli the success of the Canterbury Dispensary owed much to his driving force as ChairmUIl over a very long period of years. He was keenly interested in archaeology and WII II 148

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THE CANTUARIAN President of the Canterbury Archaeological Society. He was one of the ori ginal members of the Canterbury Rotary Club of which he was past president, and was prominently Identified with the work of the Canterbury Alford Aid Society. He s ucceeded his father 10 control of the finn of Messrs J. Hunt and Sons, and later became H director of W. Lefevre and Hunt Ltd. He was also for many years a director of the Hnterbury Gas and Water Company. He had a wide knowledge of the ramifications of Ihe old familIes of Canterbu ry and district and was keenly interested in Kent Cricket. " Alderman Hunt visited the School in Cornwall in 1943 and his familiar figure wi ll be much missed on our return to Canterbury.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN GELLlBRAND, K.C.B. , D .S.O., (1888- 90) John Gellibrand entered the School rather late and perhaps for that reason did not reach any prominent position, though he was in the XV in 1889. Passi ng on 10 Sandhurst he won prizes there for Drill and General Proficiency and was gazetted to the South Lancashire Regiment. In the South African War he saw service as a aptai n in the Manchester Regiment and was D.A.A.C. and D.A.Q.M.G. in Ceylon in 1908, retmnlllO 1912. He returned to active service in 1914 as a Major in the Australian ' Impenal Force, was promoted LIeut.-Colonel in 1915, Brigadier-General in 1916 and Major-General in 1918. He was twice wounded, won the D .S.O. and Bar, the Legio n of Honour ~Officer) the Crolx de Guerre and the D.S.M. (U.S.A. and was eight times mentIOned 10 Despatches. He was created C.B., in 1917 and K.C.B. in 1918. At the time of his death the Military Correspondent of the Times wrote :_ " It would be difficult to say who was the best Australian divisional commander of the 1914-18 war, but Major-General Sir John Gellibrand wou ld be well in the running, and perhaps eve~ better placed if the best brigade commander were sought, though there the competition would be extraordll1anly keen. It is sometimes argued by those with little real understanding of the 19 14- 18 war that divisional and brigade commanders had htt le sco pe. As a fact, a man of the type of Gelli brand Âˇgifted with an original nl ind, vel} high physical courage, pertinacity and ingenuity, and' outstand in g powers of leadershlp could genera ll y get better resu lts than the ord inary sound commander. It would be hard to find a better example of enterprising and successful leadershIp III a most unpronllslOg type of battle than that of Gelli brand at Dulleco urt.

The next year, 191 8, when I was acting as liaison officer between the French and the in froot of Amicns,. ] c3l~e to know him and to realize the affection and respect 10 whIch he was held . He dmed 111 our French mess and I accompanied the French divisional com.mande~ to dine in his morc than once. He was the best of good co mpany. I never. saw. hun aga~n, b~t a few years before the outbreak of war in 1939, a passage of offiCial hIstory which mlght have appeared to renect on the judgement of one or two Australian commanders, including his, was submitted to the Australian official historian who circulated it to those concerned. One or two did criticize it, but Gellibrand sent back a message that he considered it a perfectly fair account, and his was certainly the opinion which most mattered in the ci rcumstances. Though an Australian soldier Gell ibrand was EngliSh-born. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Sandhurst, and was gazetted to The Manchester Regiment. He began his distinguished career by seeing service in Soulh Africa. After t\ustr~lians

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THE CANTUARIAN the 191 4-18 war in which his services, gained him the D.S.O-:-and Bar, the C.B. (191 (" and the K.C.B. ( 1919), he was Commissioner of Police, Victoria, from 1920 to 1 9~ , and member for Denison in the Federal Parliament from 1925 to 1928. He ma rned Elizabeth Helena du Breul and had a son and a daughter." SQUADRON-LEADER MICHAEL SAVAGE (193 1-36) We were greatly grieved to hear that Michael Savage lost his life on March 191h last, whilst leading his squadron over Germany. From January he had command '\1 a n operational F ighter Squadron, which was especially com!"ended for Its part 111 \,111' D-day landi ng operations, and again at Walcheren. PreViOusly he had see~ actl V\' service on the N.W. and Burmese Frontiers, and for a year had held a Staff appolllt ill II I at Air H.Q. at Delhi. He came to the School September, 193 1 as a King's and Entrance Scholar, nl111 left Jul y, 1936, having passed first into Cranwyll. In every way he tooka very a c t l ~I' par!'in School life. He was a Monitor, Head of Holme House, a Sergeant 111 the O.T. " and an Editor of The Cantuarian. In the Army, Navy and AIr Force Exam.- a. I was then- he was given the top mark in English. He enjoyed .writing, and th o ,, ~h his output on act ive service, was necessarily limited, his work clearly ~howed prOll1 bl\

. of something very good to corne. Some of his poems and translatIOns ha ve be ' ll broadcast by the B.B.C. It was 'as Head of Holme House, probably, that he showed most clearly II . capabilities as a leader. He possessed in a marked degree qualities of leadership, resourcefulness and enthusiasm which came to their fullness under the stress of Wil l He handled p~ople <:IIsily, belped by a delightful sense of humou~, and a girt rill presenting things in a fair and reasonable way. No .one who came mto conta~t with him could fail to be influenced and encouraged by hUll. He always gave of IllS b ' I, and' helped others to give of their best too. How much he was beloved by his frielld. is shown in a tribute from one of them- " Michael made everything that was bellul llill more beautiful; he was the grandest person I have ever know n. "

He leaves a widow and a daughter born in July, 1945. 'The R.A.F. has lost skilful pilot and the School an O.K.S. of sterling character.

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FLYING OFFICER JOHN CUSTANCE BAKER, D.F.C., AND BAR (1935 \II) The news of the death of John Baker just after V.E.-Day and very shortl y nll 'l the announcement of a Bar to his D.F.C. came as a shock to those still at the Sch,,"1 who remembered a slight, white-faced boy who had to struggle all thr~ugh his S 111,.. 1 career. with constant attacks of asthma but who, nevertheless, took hIS full shil l' hi the life of the School, particularly on the ri ver, where he coxed the Second Boat for th l " years and the First Boat in 1939. The School had beard nothing from John since he left, but his D.F.C. was SPOlh',1 â&#x20AC;˘ in the lists and then the sad announcement of his death. His father wrote lasl JIII II that Squadron Leader William Simpson, D.F,C., r~porting on the Met: fli ght NI,II I " Perhaps tbe most important of the Met: F ltght s many servIces IS Its last 111111111'

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THE CANTUARIAN report of condi tions on the target before large bombing attacks are mllde .. a nd went on to speak of John and of his Pilot, Maurice Briggs, D.S.O., D.F. C., D. '.M. " T hey flew together over a hundred Mets. Ops; throughout their long tour Ihey worked together as a perfect team. Their flights were often eventful and dangel'Olls, t1lOir reports terse and confined to fact." (We wonder if SIL Simpson knew he wrote this of another O.K.S .) On account of the excellency of their team work they were selected to tour llnlldu on the occasion of the eighth War Loan Drive with the Mosquito plane F for Freddie. In an editorial the Globe al/d Mail of TorOIlOIO said, " When F for Freddie crashed al Calgary a deep sense of personal loss was felt by thousands. These two young men were all that we always thought the ideal fliers should be, they were modest, pleasant, often gay. F for Freddie, Maurice Briggs and John Baker were the pride of a proud command. The plane itself was flown on 213 operational flights ; Maurice Briggs had flown the amazing number of 145 flights, John Baker had flown 115. It was men like Maurice Briggs and John Baker who helped save the world 's freedom. That they should die now, after so many dangerous missions against the enemy, brings sorrow

to a people whose hearts had been uplifted by the unconditional surrender of the foe they helped defeat. " . Originally the R.A .F. accepted John for ground crew only and it took a very long time and immense patience before he got into air crew and not only into air crew but,

after training, straight to the Mosquitos.

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JOHN DICKSON ARMSTRONG (1938-42) It is with deep regret that we an nounce the death of John Dickson Armstrong. He came to the School as a King's a nd ' Entrance Scholar in 1938 and a career of rapid successes opened up before him. He passed his School Certificate in 1939 with seven credits and his Higher Certificate in 1942. He became a House Prefect in School House in May, 1941 and its Captain the following September, a position he held for four successive terms. . He was a keen Rugger player, had his 1st XV Colours, a nd was a membe r of the J.T.C. where he reached the rank of C. M.S. He was also Assistant Librarian, Chapel Monitor, Editor of.The Cal/Illarian and Hon. Secretary of the Labour Committee. In fact there were few School acti vities in which he did not playa prominent part. He was a boy of outstanding all round a bility whose death is a beavy loss. His Housemaster writes : .. Dic kson Armstrong was Captain of Schoo l House when I first came to it in 194 1 a nd I soon realized the value of his sterling qualities a nd how much we all owed to his leadership.

H e united the soundest comm on sen se with

a powerful vein of idealism and this together with exceptional powel's of organ iza tion largely contributed to the successes which distinguished his long "ptainey of the House. He gave generously of his time and energies and he undertook not only in the House but in the Library, the Chapel, The Cal/Illarial/, the 1.T. c. , a variety of tasks all of which he did efficiently and seemi ngly wi thout efrorl.

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THE CANTUARIAN He was deeply religious in a quiet undemonstrati ve way and a life of pro!"ise f",,1 success lay open before him. But unhappily it was not to be and he has been sudd IlI V cut off in his prime. Our sympathy goes out to his parents in their tragic loss. It I. a loss which will always be shared by those of us who knew him intimately at School ,' SERGEANT DONALD WILLSDON , R.A.F.V.R. , (1937-41) Donald was the younger of two brothers. The elder, Geoffrey, was captured III Singapore. Happily, at the moment of writing, news has been received that he is sil l It is grand news for us all, and will wonderfully help his parents, who lament thc d '11 1Ii of Donald. Like his brother, he was in Walpole House and was the same all-ro,,, ,,1 athlete- 1st XV, 1st Xl, 1st Soccer, and 1st String Athletics-and a House Moni lOl Donald joined the R.A.F. and became a Sergeant Gunner. He was reported mi ~sll1~ . with the rest of his bomber crew, from a raid over Berlin on 15th February, 19.11 Nothing more has ever been heard of the crew or the a ircraft, and all are now presu" "'I I killed in action . The Willsdon family have been great friends of the School thes hIli years past, and we share the family 's grief for Donald and their joy that Geoffrey 1111. been preserved. PETTY OFFICER (A) GEOFFREY FRANCIS EDWARD COWARD LEI 111 R.N.V.R., K.S. (1937-41). . It was with great regret that we recei ved the news that Geoffrey Leigh muSI I added to the Roll of Honour. He entered the School as a Kin g's Scholar and in llill course attained to the 1st XV; he also had his P.T. Colours; was a Sergeant in 1111 J.T.C. , and was a House Monitor of The Grange. When the School Flight of Iii A.T.C. was formed he joined it at once and rose to the rank of Flight Sergeant. As a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm he was piloting a Fairey Barracuda 3-sell tl I torpedo bomber and spotter aircraft off Alexandria on May 18th, and radioed hi" ~ to his carrier, H.M.S. Colossus, that his aircraft had developed hydraulic troubl u 111111 that he and his crew were trying to hand-pump the under-carriage down. Accord " to the Observer, who was the sole survivor, the crew were overcome by fumes from 1111 hydraulic gear and the Barracuda crashed into the sea. Geoffrey Leigh was always full of the joy of life and this, coupled with his und II htl II capacity, might have taken him far. But it was not to be. We should like to express our deep sympathy lVith the relati l'es of these O.K.S. ill II'/ill ', loss we share.

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CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors of .. THE CANTUARIAN " Dear Sirs, The idea and execution of the Labour Scheme which has, undoubtedly, workcd so well down here In Cornwall, were those of Mr. Olsson. It is due to him that the scheme was so adequate. Our gratitude to Mr . .olsson is great. He showed us the way, wherein our comm~~lty spmt could achIeve most and helped to maintain, to the end, the energy and SPirit of the venture. It was worth doing and with pride we can say the work was well done.

I am Sirs, Your obedient servant, A. A. KNELLER, Hon. Sec .. Labour. To the Editor of .. THE CANTUARIAN " Dear Sirs, . On behalf of the Athletics Committee I should very much like t9 thank Mr. G. H. Bailey and Mr. W. Stephen Jones, together with their colleagues amongst the masters who helped on Sports Day this year. . May I! through these columns congratulate the School on the excellent standard attamed thIS year? I am, Sirs, Your obedient servant, D. B. AINSWORTH, Captaill of Athietics.

, To the Editors of" THB CANTUARIAN " Dear Sirs, . The Cricket Club owes a debt of gralitude to Mrs. Bailey who has arranged Ihe dehghtful teas for the teams thIS year, and to Mr. G . H. Bailey for his help with the orgal1lsatlOn of the Club. I should like to thank F. E. Woolley, Esq ., for the coaching and encouragement ue has glven to the leams. We are grateful for Ihe time and Irouble he has laken. T am, Sirs, Your obedient servant,

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To the Editor of â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ THE CANTUARlAN " Dear Sirs, It gives me great pleasure to take this opportunity of thanking" all those who h II .1 with the swimming this term. . The Swimming Club is especially grateful to Mr. H . Goodburn, who has ~ I y II so much of his time and energies to the Life-Saving tests and to coaching the swimlll ill team. Mr. Goodburn has carried on th is work unceasingly for many years now, 111111 the Swimming Club will feel his loss very greatly. I feel sure that I express the sentiments of the C lub and of past generations of hilI' when I wish him the best of luck for th e future, and ma ny thanks for his great wo rk

I am, Sirs, Your obedient servant, D. K- JOHNSON, Captain of Swilllllll"

To the Editors of " THE CANTUARIAN .. Dear Sirs, Two of the most distinguished authors of this century were educated at the K III ~ School, namely Hugh Walpole and Somerset Maugham, and yet, althou gh both " I these have many ~ooks to their credit, the Parry Library has none of Somerset M"ugh I II books at all, and only one of Hugb Walpole's, and this o ne The Killer and the SI" I" I generally recognized as his worst book. . When we return to Canterbury, I hope that some books by these two great "ullIlil will be added to the Library. Yours etc., P. Y. D UO{ll< IN

OUR- CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contempolilill and apologise for any mistakes or omissions :The Ampleforth Journal, The Barrovian, The Bradfield College Chronic/a, / II, Bryanston Saga, The Campbellian, The Cholmelian, The Cranbrookian, The DOl'll/hili The Elizabethan, The Felstedian, The Glenalmond Chronic/e, The Gresham, The HaileY/ill/ hili The Hurst Johnian, The Journal ~r the Honourable Artillery Company, The Kelly 0/11 , Chronic/e, The King's School, Parramatta Magazine, The Lancing College Ma~/I . fill The Leys Fortnightly (3), The Lorretonian, The Marlburian, The Meteor (2), The Mitltll"I, Hospital Jou/'l/al, The Ousel (2), The Radfeian, The Reptonian, The Roffen,ian, I II, Rossallian, The St. Edward's School Chronic/e, The St. Edmund's School Chron/('/t' l /i. Salopian, The Stonyhurst Magazine, The Sutton Valence School Magazine, The Tonbrl,lNll/1i The Worksopiall, 164

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IMPORTANT We bope to publish soon, as one of the postponed celebrations of tbe four-hundredth anOlversaryof the Reconstitution of the School a collection of articles which should be of particular interest to O,K.S: The collection will include Emerald Uthwcit and Schola Mea - besides Nell Cook, ~. The King's Scholar's Story , of the Ingoldsby'Legends, and descnptlOn of tbe School from Gosling's Walk in and around the City of Canterbury. a nd, of course, from David Copperfield. We would also hke to reprmt tbe BJddmg Prayer . and Sir Hugb Walpole's Preface to tbe Prospectus. . The King 's School in Literature will be decently printed and bound m strong cloth. Each cop~ WJll probably cost under 5/- (decreasing WJth the number of subscnptJOns) and any profits will be presented to the · School Endowment Fund. If you are likely to buy a copy you are asked to fix a penny stamp on to an empty unsealed envelop; and send it as soon as possible to : '

THE SCHOOL IN LITERATURE, THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY, If you ~ould care to put your address on the back of the envelope, you will be mformed when the book is ready.

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P romotions, Transfers, etc. since September, 1945. ROYA L NAVY. G. L. ACKERS to Midshipman, R.N.V.R. L. G. R. CAMPBELL to Lieu t.~Co mm a nd er, R.N.V. R. P. C. V. LAWLESS, invalided out. H . M. SARGISSON to Lieutenant. ARMY. R . W. ALLISON to Captain. C. R. B. BROWN to Lieutenant. M. B. CREED to Major. J . E. DOWNES to 2nd Lieutenant., Oxford and Bucks. Light In fa ntry. J . C. GOULDSBURY to Majo r . P. A. GOULDSBURY to Captain, no w Civil Affairs Police Dept. , M alaya. K . T. GRAH AM to C1.pta in. D. W. LLEWELLYNÂ·EvANS t o Lieutenant and Captain . J. V. MATl1ER to Lieut. -Colonel (H on.) W. J. MERSON to Major. G. C. MIDDLETON to O.C.T.U. an d to 2nd Lieutenant , Coldstrcam Guards. M. T . MIDDLETON-EvANS to 2n d. Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards. J. E. MORRIS to Captain. P. D. V. STRA L LEN to Major. K. I. TOPLIS to G.S.O . 3 and G.S.O. 2, and In va lided. J . WAlTS to 2nd. Lieutenant and Lieutenant, Suffo lk Regiment. G. W I L LESDON to Lieutenant. H . P. WORTHAM to Major. T. G. YEARWOOD to Captai n. J . A. YOUNG to Major. R.A.P. G. L. CLARKE to Corporal. D . R. KENNED Y to Flight Sergeant. O. P. MORRIS to F light Sergeant (Pilot). P. H. M ORRIS to Flying Officer. W. S. PRICE tra nsferred to. Army. Decorations and Mentions. LrEuTENANT L. G. R. CAMPIlELL, R.N.V.R., Awarded D.S . . (Novem ber, 194 1); Mentioned in D espatches (December, 194 1); Awarded Bar to D .S.C. (Oc tober, 1942). LI EUT.~COLONEL H . f. N. BREDIN, D .S. O., M.C. and Bar, Royal Ulster Rines, Awarded Dar to D.S.O. LIEUT.~CoLoNeL R.A.F., R .I.A .S.C., Mentioned in Despatches . MAJOR J . V. MATHER, Australian Imperial Forces, AW<lrded Legio n of Merit (Omcer), U.S.A.

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this time the Pilgrims had a desire to go forwards, and the She/)herds a desire thry should; so thry walked together towards the end of the Mountains. Then said the ShePhtrds one to another, Let us here show to the Pilgrims the Gates of the Celestial Ciry, if thry have skill to look through our Perspective Glass. The Pilgrims then loving!JI accepted the motion. So thry had them to the top of an high hill called Clear, alld gave them their Glass to look. Then thry essayed to look; but the remembrance of that last thing that the Shepherds had shewn them, made their hands shake, by means of which impediment, thry could 1I0t look steadi!JI through the Glass; yet thry thought thry saw something like the Gate, and also some of the.Glory of the place.

A fter this I beheld, until thV' wae come unto the land of Beu lah , where the Sun shineth Night and Da.y. Here, because th~y was we",)" thry betook themselves a Âˇ while to Rest. And because this Country was common for Pilgrims, (Ind because the Orchards and Vinryards that were here, belonged to the King of the Celestial Country ; theriforc thll), were licellsed to make bold with. ([I!)! of his things. But a little while soon rifreshed them here, Jor the ~ells did so ring, and the Tnllll/Jels continual!JI sound so Melodiollsl;', that thry could not sleep, alld yet IhB)' received as milch rllfreshing, (IS if thry fllld sle/)I their Slee/) never so sound!JI. Here also all Ihe liaise q( Ihelll thai walked Ihe Streets, was, More Pilgrims are come to Town .

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EDITORIAL The School is home. The long years of our exile are over; we have come into our own. At last we have a place where we belongwhere we have belonged these thirteen hundred years. At last we have a place where we can put ourselves into our work and demand that it endure, just as the work of the masters and boys who in 1541 made a fresh start for the ancient Canterbury School has lasted to this day. For we also have reconstituted .the School. All over the world it is a time of return, and we never love home as much as when it has been sweetened by absence, or work; as much as when it has been glorified by a period of idleness. Men are everywhere flinging up the tasks of war and, fortified by the lessons they have squeezed from an otherwise unbearable frustration , they are turning to the constructive jobs of peace for which they were made. So it is in the little world of our School. The hour to which we all looked forward so much has arrived. The King's School has returned to an heritage such as no other School in England pos esses, and it is our privilege in this critical moment of time to make that heritage come to abundant life, to a many-sided excellence. This is a task whiSh is worthwhile, which will endure. 1 5~

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We would like to express our welcome, tardy but si ncere, to all those who attended the great Service of Thanksgiving on October ·20th. Tn particular, we were honoured by the presence !,f the. Archb ishop of Canterbury and Field Marshal Montgomery,: whom we saw for the firs.t time, th e one as our Visitor, the other as a Governor of the Scho I. :

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Mr. E. Swift N ew.ton of Pen nsylvania has sent the School a beautiful copy o f a sc ro ll insc ribed with ram ous quotat io ns fro m speeches delivered in the War. This gene roll s gift will be hun g in the Library. Mr. H. R. Roach, who was a Master at the School from 1938 to 1942 and HOllse· master. of The Grange, has been appointed Headmaster of Five Ways Grammar School, : Birmingham .

Another former Master'to be congratulated is Lieut.·Colonel R. P. Tong, who has been ele.c ted Regi strar at Queen Mary College. in the University of London. .

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A word ortwo about ourselves: It is a cardinal article of the editorial faith that The Cantuarian has been, and will soo n be again, one of the best school magazi nes in the country. But the shortage of paper continue~ ,and, unti l conditions improve, we can produce no more tha n what we offer now. " ' '. J

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The Headmaster has appointed Mr. R. W. Purnell and Mr. F. E. Stemson to th e unenviable task of " advising the Editors" ; we offer them our welcome.

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Many O. K.S. will remember with affection Sister Bullock, whom we now welcome back to the School. After a very interesting and distinguished record of war service in Palestine, she has returned to care for our health a nd arrange the new Sanatorium .

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, We learn that th,e annual dinner \I( the O.K.~. Association will be held at the Savoy at 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. on January 11th, 1946.

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Another appeal! This time for a radiogram, which is very urgently needed by th . music·lovers of the School. . O.K.S. and friends of the School wmnot need to be rem inded how much "useful 'pleasure such a' present would give. .

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Captain .of the School: ·A. A. KNELLER . ' of Seh001 House A. A . KNBLLffi{ of The Grange M. J. GORDON of Meister Omers P . J. BEARCROI'T of Walpole House P. H . HONOUR of Luxmoore House R. M. BUTl.tlR

MONITORSA. A . KNELLER, P. H. HONOUR, M. J. GORDO N, R. M. BUTLER, P. C. IiAMMON D, R. POWE~L, D. M. MOREA U, P. J. BEA RCROFT, H . l. D. JOHNSON . HOUSE PREFECfSJ. P. D. MALLI NSON, B. L . LEARY, P. Y. DUDGEON, T . H. PARES, P. D . LEIGHTON. C. P. Hoi)(iE, C. A. BASSETI, D. L. EDWARDS, D . H. P. The Gr.a nge : MAYBURY·LEWtS, C. D. SMITH, D . L. Q UESTBD. P. COURY, D. M . LONG, G. V. HOLLIDAY, M . G. ELSTON. Meister Omers : A. E. HILL. Wa lpole ' House: D. B. AINSWORTH, J. DE F. ENDERBY, I. H . SHARt', W. H. FOXWELL. Luxmoore House: H . A. EMERSON, B. H. ARNOLD, A . F. CRAY, H . J. DeVOtL, M. W. M c D. CAtRNS. .. . . H . D . JOH NSON Captain of Rugby Football .. . J. P. D. MALLfNSON Hon : Secretary of Rugby F60tball ... M. J. GORDON 'Captain 'o f Tennis and Squash D . M. MOREAU Captain of the Shootin g VI ... School House:

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. VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DU ES M. J. BROoKs.-Entered School Sept., '41 ; Sc hool Ho use I iouse I refccI, Jun ., '45; 1st and 2nd Soccer XI, '45; 2nd Crickel, '44 ; 2nd XV, '45; pI., A.T. . , S~pt., . '44. '. . G. A .' ·BURTWELL.-Entered School Christmas, '41: King 's Scholar ; Wnlpol ~ H.ouse. House Prefect; Cpl., J.T.C., May, '45. 161

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J. C. CAIGER.- Entered School Sept., '41; Meiste r Omers House Prefect, Ja n. , '45: 2nd Hockey XI, '45 ; Cpl., J.T.c., '45. M. N. CARsoN.- Entered School, Sept. , '40; Walpole House Prefect ; 2nd XV, '43, '44 ; 2nd XI Cricket, '44, '45 ; 2nd XI Hockey and Soccer, '45 ; L/Sgt. , Jan ., '4 5. J. K . EBB UTI.- Entered School (J.K.S .) Sept. , '37 ; King 's and Entrance 'Sc ho la r : Senior Scholar ; Meister Omers House Prefect, Oct., '44 ; School Monitor, '45 : Han . Sec. Pater Society; Upper VIth ; Cpl. , Jan ., '45; Open Exhibitio n in Classics to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. G. A. J. CULvER-EvA Ns.- Entered J .K.S. Jan., ' 37 ; School House House Prefccl, Jun e, '44 ; Scho ol M o nitor, Sept., '44 ; 2nd Athle ti cs, June, '44; Vi ce-Capilli n and Hon. Secretary Athletics, '45; 1st and 2nd Rugger, '44 ; Sgt.-Instr., Se pt., '44. D. G ALI TZINE.- Entered School Summer, '43 ; 2nd XI Hockey and Football, Easter, '45; L/Cpl. , J.T.C. , May, '45. E. H . R. GARDNER.- Entered School , Lent, '41 ; King ' s Scholar, Upper Vlth. G. A. GORDoN. -Entered School Sept., '40; King 's and Entrance Scholar ; Seni or Scholar, Sept., '43 ; Upper VTth; Meister Omers HOllse Prefect, Jan ., '44 ; School Monitor, Jan ., '4 5; L/Sgt. , J.T.C., Ma y, '45 ; Open Scholarship in Natural Science to Christ Church, Oxford. E. D. ' GREGso N.- Entered School Summer, '41 ; King 's Scholar ; Grange House Prefect, Easter, '45 ; 2nd XV, '43; 1st XV, '44 ; Cpl. , J.T. C., Sept., '44 ; ,Higher Certificate. D . K . JOHNsoN.- Entered School May, '40; Sc ho ol House House Prefect, Jan ., '44 ; School Monitor and Head of School House, Sept., '44 ; 1st Monitor, .Ian., '45 ; Ca ptain of Swimming, '44, '45 ; 2nd XV , '43, '44 ; Sgt., J.T.c. , '43; Upper Vlth . E . H. LA NHAM.- Entered School Michaelmas, '40 ; Kin g's Scholar ; Walpole House Prefect, Ma y, '44 ; L/Sgt. , J.T.c., Michaelmas, '44. S. L. F. MAPLETHORPE.- Entered J.K.S. Sept. , '36 ; Walpole House Prefect, Ma y, '44 ; 1st XV, '44 ; Sgt., J .T.C. ; Upper Vlth.

S. B. NI CHo Ls .- Entered School sept. , '.40 ; Meister Omers House Prefect, Dec. , '43 ; School Monitor and Head of Meister Omers, Sept. , '44; 2nd and 1st Rugger, '43, '44 ; Vice-Captain of Rugger, Tennis VI, '44 ; Leading Cadet, A.T.C. ; Han . Secretary C hoir ; Upper Vlth ; Parker Exhibition to Corpus Christi, Cambrid ge. P. T. POLDE N.- Entered School Sept., '42; 2nd XI Soccer and 1st XI Soccer, Le nt , '45 ; 2nd Xl Cricket, Summer, '45. J. H. SA" Â·TELL.- Entered School Sept. , '41 ; Walpole Ho use Prefect, Sept. , '44 ; 2nd xy, Easter, '44 ; 1st XV, Sept. , '44 ; 2nd and 1st XI Hockey, '44 ; Vice-Caplain and Han. Secretary Hockey, '45; I st Xl and 2nd XI Soccer, '45; Cpl., J.T . . , Summer, '45. G . F. G. RussELL.- Entered School Sept., '42 ; 2nd XV and 1st XV Colours, '43 ; Hon. Secretary Rugger Club; 2nd Athletics, '44; 1st Soccer, '45; 2nd Xl Hockey, '45. 162

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A. R. T. STuART.- Entered School Sept., '40 ; Gran ge Ho use Prefect, Sept. , '43; School Monitor, Ma y, '44: Head of Gra nge and Ca ptain o f Sc hool, Sept .. '44 ; 2nd Xl Cricket, '43: 1st XI Cric ket, '44, '45 ; Vice-Ca plain o f ri cket; 2nd and 1st X I Soccer, '45; 2nd X I Hockey, '44, '45 ; 2nd XV, '44 : .S. M., Ja n., '45; Upper Vlth ; Editor of The COliluorioll (ex-officio). C. J. W ATsoN.--Entered School Sept., '40 ; Grange House Prefect, Sept. , '44: Sc hool Monitor, Dec., '44 : 2nd XI Cricket, '45 ; Tennis VI, '44: Sgt. , Jun ., '45. J. C. WRIGH T.- Entered School, Summer, '41; Entrance Sc holar ; School li o llse House Prefect, April, '45 ; L/Sgt. , April, '45.

VALETE R. J. L. Breese, A. D. M. Burr, M. N. Carso n, ~. H. Eagle-Bo tt, T . J. )o"II'I11e r, J. A . Flower, B. N . C. J o nes, M. R. Jose, M. A. Leadbltter, D. A . McG ro lt y, A. D. Pengelley, J. K. Perks, L. I. Schwaiger, J. S. Sla ughter, R. G. C. Weigh ill.

SALVETE M. Allen, D . A. L. Ansell, J . K. Bacon, R. Bri hl er, D. L B. Bal fo llr, D . R. Burilel" G. B. W. Beach, H. C. Bedingfield, N. E. O . Behringer, P. M . Benham , B. M. Birn bcrij, T. H . Birnberg, J. J. Bradley, D . I. Campbell, F. P. Carpenter, M. C. Cawth o rn e, M. Chapman, C. P . Cockman, C. D. Cowper, P. C. E. Creasy, A. B. Curry, R. G . . Da vy, M . E. Dawe, R. Drage, B. H. Edwards, D. H. Elliott, H. P. Forbes, J. L. Forsey, I. A. Fraser, B. J. Gillingham, D. F. Gosden, R. Hargreaves, J. B. Hayward, R. H. Howie, J. R. Hudson, S. G . Huntbach, J. D. Hurdle, P. R. S. Jackso n, C. A. Lawre nce, P. Le Pelley, M. R. M . Leslie, P. H. Lewis, P . G. H. Mann, J. M. Ma ttoc ks, R. M. Mills, J. G . C. Milne, H. F. Moffa tt, R. F. Moffa tt, J. M oor, J . F. Morris, A . D. Mo rri sh, M. A. Mortimer, P. J . S. Murra y, P. R. Newsome, N. D. North , D . G. Om maney, R. A. Porkin , A. E. H. Pedder, P. R. Phillips, C. J . Phillips, A. B. Pollok, P. A. Read , D . I. L. Rees, M. W. O'B. Ri gden, T . A. G . Rising, J. G. Roberts, B. Robin so n, R. J. Saunde rs, R. J. Simpkins, C. Smith , F. P. Smyth, A. T . Stafford, J . R. Stainer, R. T . Tragetl, T. P. L. Tragett, J. P . Trowsdale, R. G . Walters, J. R. Wa tt, I. D. Waterfall , R. A. S. We bb, M. T. S. Webb, P. W. C. Wilcox, . H. P. Williams, G. T. Wishart , A. J . Wylso n, A. Young, S. Young.

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Those boys who were not takin g an y exams. left arl yo n Ba y o n Jul y 161h by different trains, as the Railwa y could no t run a Sc hool S pec;'II , and th e unfor tllIlllICs who were sitting for their Scho ol and Highe r eriin cH tes were left behind fo r II ~ rlni ghl in a half-empty hotel. It was a strange life ; with the worry of the exams. goi ng o n all the lil11e. Wo uld we get Castlereagh 01' Canning ? Surely this year 's q11esti o ns o uldn 't bo) harde r than last yerrr 's? How man y pages did yo u write this lime ? Whllt did y 1I gel I'o r Number 163

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Six, man ? Each morning we trekked down the hill to the silent tennis and budlll 1111111 courts for the exams., 'and eaelf afternoon we relaxed in the sun on the beach, II Villf t'? peclde how much ,revIsIon .was essential for the next day 's papers. Life, 1111111, was a prolonged picnic., Each House· was easily accommOdated at one table r r nW,II. ...'?I.e slept, perhaps One, perhaps two, to each dormitory, while otber rooms w~ r 11 1111 forn-,~d l~tO d~!llI?s for.. m~ttresses and beds. As each boy 'Ieft, his bed was POUII "I Upon by the SUfYlyOrS, s.tnpped, dIsmantled, tied together .with string, and dUlI" ",1 · T~e I;I ook-room began: to. dl.Sgorge thousands of text-boQks, many of which we hili III wQuld .lie InJsdlrected to S.ES .. The various Libraries were packed. up. Tho II , ~ . · w~r~ p"~~. Everythtng was .done to make the work of those who had ' volunleero I I" · stay behllld wlien a.Il the other boys 'Yere on holiday as easy as possible.

. :Wiih the e;ams. over, we speedily forgot that books existed for any other PIt'LI'''' .tban to .be tIed .Iogether and carted about We sLaved, and were justifiably proud 01' 1111 fact . We brought up the desks and chaIrs from the Club, and the beds from Ih Sill' ..VVe pLied the ParrY·,chalIs and Chapel furniture . We carted the 'Study stuff from Iltlll '. ghastly Annexe to the Class-rooms . . We assembled all the hotel furniture in S ' h,',,1 House Hall. All Ho~se property was piled and given the appropriate la bels (11111 House was espeCIally !lenerous III provldlllg labels for other people 's furniture). II but a few of the dornutones were cleared , swepL and more or less garnished. W I 'il sumptuously enough, among the stacks of furniture in the Dining Hall. We lit imm ' ",,' bonfires all round the building so that the place, we were told, looked from the sea I ~, an earthly Valhalla. The 'Armoury was' dismantled and ' prepared f6r its presenl '0 11'11 . as a cowshed. The Laboratories .met the same fate, to be transported to Canlcrh,,, ~ To crown ali, the boilerman departed in the middle of all this and we were compoll 1 111 take much-needed baths out of kettles! It wasn 't all great fun, by any means but il WII , necessary, and all the' sweat meant one thing to us : The Return. ' · . '. When :ve. had the. place ready, Pickford 's came and whisked everything 011' 111111 " th,e!\r, y~ns wI~h ast01.lOdlllg speed 'am! skIll. Then we went home to a well-earned holl tlll Y, ;,.fee lpg w,ltb the Edltonal muse 'that " i !. .

Were Ifrom Cadyon away Gnd clear, Profit again should sCOI:cely draw me Ileal'.

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." SomeQ(~~ however, did return at the end of August, to find , that the hotel is hkely to be re-~pened for some tlIDe. ,The wllOle place was empty and silent exco pi 1.11 the .~ounds commgJn thT-9ugh the.closed windows from the heavy summer 's day OlllHlit , "A tune,table m one of the Halls-a Calendar- a straw-hat in the Headmaster 's room J hese were all that re.rnained of five years' young life. Soon, the workmen will descend 1111 It all, and then the botel staff, and.then the visitors,. about which we had heard so '''II 11 Y extraordlllary tales . . But the Hotel, and the Club, and the Garage, were to hundl iI of .boy~ the surroundmgs of their School, and as such they will be remembered by u ,,,' .. SOl)1e lime. The School owes a great debt to those masters and boys who remained behind to clear up Ih hnll' :' The .boys were: ' A: R. ,T. Stuart, D . K. Johnson, J. P. D. Mallinson, G. A. Evans, C. J. WatSQn , J. II ,D1ooOlberg, .A, A. Kneller, P. H. Honour, R. G. Powell, P. C. Hammond, D. L. Edwards: IlIlI l ~ we.re v~ry SICld to see pard at work two O.K.S., J. C. Coury and D. Wright, who were caml>i"" hi il l. neJghbourhood. '

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, , : ' . ,It would be boring to describe the details of the ' School 's .,elurn . Very hriefly, all the furniture was placed in a huge dump when it 'arri v.ed from Cornwall, and ii was " the task of scores of masters, boys and workmen to put if all in the II pjwoprial6 places, , had been left behind, it all took a long time (0 sort and clean ; ' a nd Ih ~ Gy m is st ill nol cleared. Meanwhile, most of the buildings were'being redeco raJed . I , .- The beginning of the term had ,been' fixed for OCtober I st; but the 'nation-wide shortages of materials and labour made such a' date iinpo~sible; and it'was nOI ".nlil Oclober l-:2th that things were more or less' r~ady . ' Even then, they were. by p9 mea liS pOlfccl. The senior 'boys, who had been painting and removing furniture in extremel y odd clothes now, donned impeccable Cal)terbury Dress and .were given the much mo rc plea'sa~t task of showing parents and boys round the School.w.ith a " .knowin g "ir ... No " senior boy", one should add, had been at School hilnself for morc than a ro rtni ght ! These were ,exacting and , exciting days for us all. ft r~mained to be seen wh e ther, when the excitement was over, it w.ould have proved a successful everyday Hre. ' An d for the verdict, this Cant.uarian provides the documentary evidence . .

LEITER

from ' THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON OF CANTERB t:J RY, a former Senior King 's Scholar and School Monitor, and now a ' Go vernor of 111(' Sch(Jol ChilLenden Chambers, The Precincts, Canterbury. Dear School, November 24th , 1945. . The Editors of The Calltuarian have given me t,he privilege of saying "Wel, ome home " to you, on behalf of those who live in the Cathedral Precincts. The o nly speclnl claim I can make to it is that of being an O.K.S., but I know that I am speaking for everybody here when 1 say that we are all most profoundly glad to see you blick, Welcome home. It is your own place to which you have returned , yo ur ow n Cathedral, your own Precincts, your own School buildings. They have been yo urs for 'ove': 1,300 years. That is why the family circle here has naturally felt so incomplele while you have been away. I shall always remember those dark da ys ill' 1940, and how the danger thaI our country was in was broughl home to IIs ' liy the prepnrulions for evacuation going on all around us, with the boys and the staff all lookin g so quiet and depressed; and then ,a terrible silence came on the PrecihCls \~ ~ c n Ihe Insl lrainload had gone. That was five long years ago. And now yo u have co tile back ; nol Ihe satll boys who went away, but the same School, as stron g and fresh a"d promisin g ns evor. Your return brings it home to us that at last the war is rellil y over. Your home hOI'e has been knocked about a good deal, and we are sorry for thaI. Bul it hus beon very encouraging to see how you have made light of temporary inconveniences, lind I belic,vo lhal yo u \ wflliove the place all the more because it is given to yo u in y !lr Lilli ~ to sou it' res to red to its former beauty, So-once again, and always, welcome to you aU. You," very sincerely, A. SAi.GBNT. 165

THE SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING I suppose that everybody has his own most impressive memory of our Calhctirll l .that, indeed,. for a good few, it must be this very Service of Thanksgiving here descrlh II But. the memory which I hope I shall always keep is, strangely enough, one of lit rehearsal on the evening before. I was standing by the West door and the Comm onll of the School were entering in a quick, but as for a time it seemed, a perpetual SIII'UIIi from the dusk outside. They moved into the Nave and the blac k procession look ed v I V small as it went forward in the shadows beneath the great arches, until suddenl y Ihrv came into the light about the Screen, which formed a kind of picture . framed hy Iii dark- went slowly up the steps and so disappea red into the Quire, leaving tho NII VI very empty. The .only thing in the Quire [ could see, ri ght from the other end 01 lit Cathedral, was the Cross on the High Altar. .

I think that remains a greater view than anything I can remember about the n 11 111 1 S,rvice. Tl)ere were no trumpets then ; there were no Distinguished Persons ; 1\(1 ~ I prayers ; no seen crowds; only the Cathedral. To travel hopefully is a better Ih in than to arrive.

However, all this seems rather blase, and my first bounden duty is to record sin e I ,Iv our gratitude to all who helped to make the Service what it was, and to all who 111111 helped to make the occasion what it was. Most of them were there and saw Iho CUIII pletion of their work, but many were not. To one and all , our thanks.

Soon after two o'clock, the first processions moved into the Quire- the " Pam ll . in their grey shorts, the Commoners of Ihe School in Ca nterbury Dress and the AsslsllIlI l Masters in their gow ns and hoods. Soon after came the OX.S. Clergy with Bi ~ h lli l Crotty (representing The King 's School , Paramatta). Then Archdeacon S pw I 1 escorted the Deputy Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury in their robes of oll h 1 Within a few minutes followed the Governors of the School with the Clerk, greel (I hy a fanfare of trumpets and escorted by the Captain of the School. The members of the Foundation, except the Kin g 's Scholars, then left S. Andr w'. Chapel and proceeded down the centre of the Quire and the Nave to the West d011l moving in their rich copes and white surplices through a vast congregat ion of "a ll Hll t! O and ~onditions "-O.K.S ., parents, the workmen who were even then repairing till School, M.P. 's, the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff of Kent, friends of the Sehulil more than three thousand people in all had come o n pilgrimage;. as the School il ,II had come, to offer thanks to God "for the preservat ion of the K.in g's School dUI 1\ the late war and for its safe return to Canterbury ' ' . The Scholars waited fa some time outside in the crowds, in two lines slret Âˇ" II ~ from the West door to the gates of the Old Palace. The Dean and Chapter lind 1111 lay Governors passed between our ranks, and then ca me the Archbishop. We how II and formed our procession behind him. The trumpets sounded and the at h .!r lll clock struck three. We heard the choir chanting the psa lm : o give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endurelll / 11" f111 , LeI Ihem give thanks whom the Lord halh redeemed: and delil'ered frolll 1"1' of Ihe enemy;

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TTHE ,CAINTIUAIRLA iN Alld galhered them oul of the lallds, .' (ronflhe ,east, alld frolll the ,west: from the north 'alld from the soulh . 'I'hey went astray in the wilderness out of the IVay : and fOtllld 110 aity to IllVeli in ... So they cried to the Lord illlheir trouble: and he delivered thelllfrolll their dislress . He led them forth by Ihe right IVay: ,hal Ihey mighl go 10 Ihe city ",h.re Ithe~ dwell.

o Ihal mell would Iherefore praise Ihe Lord for his goodlless : (/ltd detiflre the ",ollders Ihal he doeth for the children of men! By thi s time, we' had proceeded in and the congregation now sang the" Id H.undredth " :

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His gales luith praise, Approach with joy his courts unto . ...

The long procession 'meved down the Nave-a Verger, ,the ·Cross-Bearer, til T.a perers, the Master of .the Choristers, the Choir, the Minor Canons, the Six-Prenchors, rhe H ono rary Canons, the Canons Residentia~y, the Dean's Verger, the Dean, the Bedesmen, the Cross of Canterbury, the Lord Archbishop, fhe King's 'Scholars and the Lower Master.

We passed up the steps, up the Quire, to our ,places by the rail of the Sacrarium . When all had settled, the Dean came down ,from the Altar to the microphone just by the Scholars and Governors and read the Address of Welcome which is reprinted elsewhere. Then came a fanfare and the slow stateliness of NolV thank IVe all our God. The Lesson was read by Rield-Marshal Montgomery. It was the account of King Solomon 's dedication -of his temple (I K;n gs viii). But IVill God in very deed dwell on earth? Yel have Thou r"liect unto the prayers

of Thy servant, '0 Lord my God . ... Ihal Thy eyes may 'be open to this house night and day. . .. 'Hear rhou ill heaven Thy dwelling-place, and forgIve, anti do . . .. 'Then Solomon blessed all 'lhe congregation wilh a loud voice sqying, TM£ LORD O UR GO D BE WITH US, flS he was wilh Ollr fathers . .. .

After the Lesson, the ,Precenter, standing before the Saorarium, slowl~ read the Sentences: Thus said the High and Hdly Ol/e, wllose name is holy: I dwell 111 ·the high alld holy place al/d with IIim that is of {/ cOl/trile al/d humble spirit, ' and 'We 'repeated the psa'lm, 'Lord, who shall dwell il/ thy fflbemacle ? 'I'hen all the congregation said together the Confession and the Archbishop gave the Absolution. This Act of Humility completed, the choir sa ng John Travers ' beautiful setting of Psalm 76. Then the Archbishop read the School Bidding Prayer, inserting u prayer for the soul of' 'Charles Lefevre, lately Mayor of Canterbury' '. His Grace 's sermon is reprinted elsewhere. ,67

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The Sermo n ended , the Captain of the School (w hose voice, people in the Na ve said, was the clearest of the whole Service) read the list of the Founders and Benefactors, beginning with S. Augustine and ending with Lord Justice Luxmoore, and the tragicall y lo ng list (92 in all) of the O .K.S. who fell in the war. Seeing we are compassed aholll W;I" so great a cloud of witnesses, Kneller read, leI us also lay aside el'ery weigh' .. , . and leI LIS run with patience the race that is set before us. Then we sang the great hymn: III our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer For the Saints who before us have found their reward . ... These stones (hat have echo'd their praises are holy,

And dear is the ground where their feel have once Irod . .. , They believed in the Light; and its g lory is round ,hem ,

Where Ihe clouds of earlh's sorrow are lifled al lasl. Dr. Shirley, standing before the Sacranulll , then read the three prayers which most of us had heard him read very often before in our Cornish garage-chapel: We give Thee humble alld hearty Ihallks .... Almighty God, in whom we live and move alld have our being, make fh is School

'as a f ield which Ihe Lord halh blessed, .... and Remember, 0 Lord, whal ThOll hast wrought in us.

In the following silence, and somehow as a part of it, all still kneeling, the Choir sang the seventeenth-century God be ill my head. Then all stood up-the copes, the surplices, the Court dress, the Canterbury dress, the gowns, the hoods, the robes of office, all the multitude- as one looked down the Quire and into the Nave, and perhaps, beyond them, the masters and boys who fOI' nearly fourteen centuries had been educated in this very place to become " profitable members of the Church and Commonwealth " , all formed one pattern facing East a nd together we chanted the Te Deum as a final magnificent Act of Praise.

WE PRAISE THEE, 0 GOD : WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEE TO BE TH E LORD . ... THOU ART THE KING OF GLORY: 0 CHRIST ....

o LORD, IN THEE HAVE I TRUSTED: FOUNDED.

LET ME NEVER BE CON-

The Archbishop gave the Blessing ; the processions left the Cathedral; we wenl home. D.L.E.

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The Correspondent of the Evening NelVs wrote:" The Service of Tha nksgiving in Canterbury Cathedral ca n ha ve had no paI'll llel si nce the Danes in vaded Ken t in the early days of the School. " Probably the most similar service ever held there was that o n December 2 1, 1171, when, after lying desecrated and silent for a year after the murder of T ho mus Becket, the Cathedral was' reconciled' by the sprinkling of holy water, by o rder of Pope Alexander Ill. .. To those who have known the School only in Cornwa ll , lind pllrliculllrl y 10 the boys themselves, the stately sellin g and ceremonial of the Ca nterb ury SCI'vice lI1uSI have presented a vivid co ntra st to the concrete garage which for the pU Sl five and II

hulr

years has taken the place of the Quire of Ca nterbury Cathedral as Ihe School 'hlll)ol. "Yet in that ga rage the same ceremon y of the Admission of the Kin g's 'choln rs took place each yea r- the H eadmaster, as Senior Canon Residentia ry, aCling for Ihe Dean- as was held in the Cathedral again this week-end. " Looking down from the ÂˇQuire Screen on this scene, one felt the closeness r the bond between the Cathedral and the School. There were the "Singi ng Boy' " mnn y of them soon to become members of the Kin g's School; the C ross-Bearer a nd Taper rs were boys of the School a nd ex-Choristers; the Precentor a former ap tlli n f Ihe School ; the Archdeacon of Canterbury and his predecessor, the Ven . T . K. SOpwilh , both Old Boys; and more than o ne Archbishop of Canterbury also has been educal ed there. " So that not only was this a Service of Thanksgiving for the School 's pres.rvati n in war and safe return to its home, but also a Service of Dedicati on- that the presenl and future generations ma y be worthy of the long years of their School 's histo ry and Ihe past its sons have pla yed in th e ser vice of Sri,tain and the Empire."

The Yorkshire Posl had a ve ry kind a rticle on the Service of T hanksgivi ng: " [ reminded myself " , Iheir co rrespo ndent wro te, " that the fa te of the Killg 's School was the fate of man y o ther simila r fo und ati o ns. Forced, in the clI rl y dllYs of Ihe blitz, to forsake the well-loved buildings which had ho used them fo r cenluries, Ihey did their best, in temporar y quarters far afield , t preserve theil' ancient and hOll oll rnb le traditions. Now they are coming back, and bringing wilh them n S n "lItioll of boys to whom the old School is a new school. The wRf-scllrred buildings ,l1uS( lruvc odd corners full of memories for an older ge nerati n, bul th b ys must be fl lld l"ll Ih emselves in a strange world, looking fo r ghosts in which, perhnps, Ih y do n t grea tly believe. Nevertheless, what 1 saw in Ca nte rbury athedrlll ~o ll vi ll cc d l11e Ihllt the threads will all be taken up where they we re relinquished, lIlId thllt the 01101 1" 8 torch of tradition will be carried on."

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DISTINGUISHED

VISITORS

We had the privilege of welcomin g the following " distinguished visitors " lit the Service of Thanksgiving;THE HIG H SHERI FF AND THE UNDER SHERIFF OF KENT THE WOR SHIPFUL M ASTER OF THE C ANTUARIAN LODG E THE HF. ADMASTER OF M ERC HANT T AYLORS ' S CHOOL ( MR. N. P. BIRLEY, MRS. BIRLEY

D.S.O.,

. ) ANI1

THE RI GHT H ON. T HE VISCOUNT CH1LSTON, P.C, G.G.M.G. MR. R. H , C HARLES, C. B.E., H .M.r. SIR WILLI AM WAYL AND

HIS HONOUR J UDOE C LEMENTS

MR.

DAVIS, K.C., M.P. J. ,B AKER·WHITE, M.P.

C L EMENT

MAWR

L ADY LUXMQORE

etc., etc, W e regret that MRS. GAL PI N and SIR FREDERI CK BOVENSCHEN, K.c.n., O.K.S. were p revented rr(HIl

attending.

p,-N ADDRESS OF WELCOME DELIVERED 'BEFORE TH E KING 'S S CHOOL AT T HE SERVICE OF THA NKSGIVING IlY

l'HE ,vERY REIiEREND THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY, CH"IRM"N OF THE GOVERNORS

To-aa y is a day most memonrble in the lo ng history of the King' s School. Tt I! 3 day of home-coming. Five yea rs ago, o ur country was in mortal peril : the Low Countliies Mlere invaded and over~r.un. and across the Straits of Do:ver the enemy WII preparing a ruinous ,assault upon longland. The School found refuge, 300 miles awn I in the West lGou ntry. Silence fellton the Precincts of ohe Cathedral ; ,yo u were gon'. To-day you are home again ; and in the name of the Cathedral and of the C ity o f Canterbury, l bid .you heartil y welcome. ,1 welcome you, Mead Master, Lower .Masl r, and King 's Scholars, hon o ured Members of o ur Foundation. I welcome yo u, Assistunl Masters, 'Co mmoners of t he Kin g 's School, boys of t he Junio r School, and a ll i he me mb I of staff. All are welcome home. Glf the boys of the School who went from Canterbury to Cornwall five years "gQ, I suppose not one name remains on tbe Rotulus. The schoolboy passes: the School abid " , Not wilhout anxiet,y, not without effort, the life of the School has been most wonderfull preselwed a nd sust ained. In this we acknowledge the mercy of ,God, for this we on''I hlim our heamfelt ,thanks : as we also thank Him for the preservafion of this Calhedrll l Church (dedicated to the name ,of·Gh"ist our Redeemer) which is the home of our Sooial , Tt is foam the .F.a ith of C hrist that the King 's School deri.ves its origin : it is onl y .1 obedience to Christ th a t it fulfil s its voca ti on. For the creation and ,preservation of th Schoo l, for its safe return to Canterbury, and for the opportunilies of service whic h li t, -o pen 10 each and all of its members, let u s now thank God .

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A SERMON PREA CHED BSFORS THE KING'S SCHOOL AT THE S ERVI CE OF THA NKSG IVING nY

HIS GRACE THE LORD ARC HBISHOP OF C ANTERBURY, VISITOR OF THE SCHOOL.

Genesis xxviii, 16. And Jacob said- surely the Lord is ill this place. S. John iv, 2 1. Jesus said: neiflzer ill this mountain, nor at Jerusalem shall ye worship the FaIlleI' .... the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit a",/ ill ' 1'IIIh . There is no need for me to add to the words already spoken by the Dean, 10 Hreel you of The Kin g's School on yo ur home-com ing after more than five yea rs of cxil '. Indeed, it is ha rdl y for me to do so. T am a newcome r to Ca nterbu ry myself. Si nce the School was evacuated, o ne Archbishop has resig ned and anot her, 10 o u r Ili sling grief and loss, has died. In one a nd the sa me year T begin my life and the School resumes its life ab Canterbury. Though hardl y a boy remains in the School who was he ro in 1939, it is for everyone of you a real home-co ming. For, even in Cornwall, yo u knew that you belonged here, and kept closely in touch with yo ur old tradit ions. And now you a re here, to give thanks in this grea t ser vi~e t o God for, Y,our retur~1 , and to cn~ c,h aga1n, no longer by hearsay from o thers, but m your own ltvmg expcflcnce. the Spll'lt of the place whicb has through the centuries shaped a nd moulded the Scho I. And , I think, this city feels yo ur home co min g deeply, as a kind of sy mbol that indeed Will' i ~ ended : and shares in your thanksgi ving. We always begin to learn the deepest lruths through local embodimenls of Ihem In a' person, a place, aJ harmon y of scenes and sounds, a tradition, whic h ~nak~ lhei!' dccp and lasting impression upon us. Our loyalty becomes bound to t he socIety In wh ic h wo share and from which we learn- to its local habitation, its sto nes and bui ldings. ils corners and passages and surroundings. It is thus generally that relig io n firSI lukes hold of us. We catch the meaning of God from our enviro nme nt of peo ple and pluces in home, church and school. "Surely the Lord is ill" this place: fo r here He has found me and I have found Him. " And how sbould yo u fail to find Him here in Canterb ury, where everythin g IIro und you, tbis great Cathedral itself, cries out aloud to yo u Iha~ th e Lord is in this place speaking throu gh its history of sa ints a nd ma rtyrs, thro ugh the beauty whl h lYlon 's hands have fa shio ned to the glo ry of God, a nd which me n 's pra yers a nd wo rship lind song have hallowed through the ages, and hall ow still ? The I_ord is ill this pillce : lind if your eyes be open , its influence wi ll fa shi o n yo ur sO lils and minds LO d 's pruisc and service, " Men become like what t hey observe", said Blake; a nd 11 11 thaI y u hOI'o obsel'vc, speaks of God. Indeed, we praise God la-day Ihal, lh ugh Ihis c il y lind yOlll' c hool ha.ve suffered much destruction, its great shrin e und so muc h cis rCllluin s 1,0 yO Il un hanned, to speak their message to us and to the genorill io ns YOI 10 come. Even in this local loyalty and love, however, thel'" i> a dlll)S" of whi ch w must beware. Man is ever ready to reduce God to man's dim 'Il SiOIl S, to limit 111m , 10 ide ntify Him .witb one place, one people, one tradition- to worship his ow n COnCCI)\i n of od ; and tl\at is idolatry.

THE Solomon knew beUer.

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â&#x20AC;˘ 'Behold, hewlell Gnd the heaven of heavens cannot contain

thee.' much less this house that I have builded." Yet those who came after him forgot. They thought that God was to be found in one race only-the Holy People, and was to be worshipped in one place only- the Holy City. OUf Lord for ever broke that idolatry-" neither in this mountain", he said to the Samaritan woman, "nor in Jerusalem". The true worship and knowledge of God cannot be conhned to one race, one nation, or onc place.

Wherever man turns to God

in spirit and in truth-there is true worship : in spirit, with the highest element of our nature; in truth, seeing in Jesus Christ the true nature of God's Will and purpose.

The Christian bears with him, in his own heart, his sacred place, that sanctuary of his soul, where in direct communion God speaks to him and abides with him. True worship rises 'above all local circumstances and conditions into the heavenly places. Remember how many on the battlefields of the world, on the paths of the sea, above aloft in the air- in the hour of final sacrifice, in the pain of wounds, in the long travail of imprisonment and torture- far from any external support to faith, from any sound or sight to speak of God- have known the reality of God 's Presence with them, in spirit and in truth, and have drawn from Him strength for their need and inward peace. So it was surely with many of those whose names are shortly to be read and their sacrifice remem bered .

But, finally, there is no conflict between God known in the spirit and God known through local embodiments of His Spirit. The Gi ver is always greater and more precious to us than His gifts : yet in His gifts, He makes Himself kn own to us. That is the sacramental principle which our Lord has con secrated to our use. No man hath seen God at any time : but our Lord, in the local conditions of our manhood, said: "He thaI hath seen me hath seen the Father", And in the Holy Communion He conjoined in one

symbolic act the local sign and His own Presence as our Redeemer and o ur Living Lord. And we who are to worship God in spirit are to find Him present in every place and to serve Him in all our fellow men. So then, you return to your home and give thanks. "Surely the Lord is in tlzis place", in these hallowed and familiar scenes-but as we say it, we look out to the

suffering and stricken world , to the family of men so sorely divided , and to the God and Father of us all, to be served and honoured in all His creatures. "God is a spirit .' alld they that worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and in truth," IN MEMORIAM

COSMO

GORDON

LANG

SOMETIME ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AN D V ISITOR OF TH E KI NG'S SCHOOL

Archbishop Lord Lang's death had been awaited with fear for some time, but, when it came, it was a matter of minutes, and the School was deeply moved at the passing of one known and admired by so many past and present members of the School. He diedje/ix oppor/lIllitate mortis, full of years and honour, and leaving behind him a great work well done. He must have died in the sure hope that he wou ld be long remembered by the thousands WllO had met him personally and by the millions whom he had guided 172

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His last days were torm e nt~d by no disen,c,. d~lI cd by. no weakness ofintell~ct or character: He sa~ the world ,drHwlng ve ry neHr I? II,S II rs t !)r~ S l p mas at peace for SIX years, He died as he hved- a Prince of tho hurch. a l en l hrlstlfln

in hiseighty-one years of life.

and a great man. Not to man y of us will be granled a dealh nS 1" ,,>IlY li S his. O. K.S. know him best for his public interest in Ihe Schoo l. Each yellr II ~ Arc hb b h p of Canterbury, he would make his speech on the School's bchHlf. It e " lid "cl'y 11I.llc that had not been said before, but whatever he saId, he felt sII,ce"cly li nd IItter 'd wllh perfect beauty and dignity. Vet no me';lber orthe School can full y ,:elllls: how Well t WIIS his private concern for all the School s activitieS, T he annual ollfh lllution1'o by 11 0 means ex hausted his care for our spiritual well-being, both as a Seh 01 lind liS in(!ivld,,"1 masters and boys. Not for nothing was he our "Most Revercnd 1,'lIth !' ill ,od ". He had a knack which everybody noticed- that of reducmg problems to their 1,,"dllm IIill l constituents, people. All the School 's worries were his- when we wc," io~ ('o l'l1wIIII and he had retired, just as much as when we were hiS next-door nel$hb. 1I 1'~ /II II nl I'bu ry , In our prosperity, along came a letter from Lambeth or The K"' g s O ltll ~ 11\ Kow. and when the lean da ys came, there came also another letter fro m h'"~ , etlllllil y ~lIli of encouragement.

It wa s he, for example, who got the Duke of Kent Il1tCI" !\lccJ

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School and it was useless to begin to repay him for all the kind wo rds hc su id " bo ut on so ~any occasions, We shall sorely miss his help in the years ah ead .

th e li S

He had a great sen se of the dramatic, bu~ without any failure ,of sinceril : he "",H'l

an intimate friend of Courts and slums alIke. He frank ly relished the eO"cmoll ,"1 attaching to his high offices, perhaps as a contrast to his Presbyterian upbrin gill g, h.i,

",,(1

resignat ion from the Archbishopric of Canterbury to make way for a yo ung.;r mun In January, 1942, was a great wrench. " [ need not tell you" , he wrote to the H e"dllla s l ~ "

Ihen " how difficult this decision has been and how much 1 d,sli ke ha vll1g mucic 1\. But if it was right, that is all that matters ". Those two sentences express much of th o Archbishop's character. We last saw the Archbi shop on October 28th. At his age, he had been ,." ,uble to.

come and see us in Cornwa ll , and so his visit to us at Cant~rbu ry wa s th e fu~hlll1,e nl 01 a wish he often expressed to see the School restored to Its home and, to li S f nncr prosperity- a visit as moving 10 him as it undo,ubtabl y was to ,us. And II wa s 11 0 t onl y

his farewell to The King's School, but a lso hiS last sermon

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IIthedrnl,

and indeed, the very last that he ever preached anYWhere,

The COlllUariall immediately senl a descripti on of th e sermon to th e print ers IHI I the galley-proofs of the account had alread y been corrected when we hell,.d of Ihe Archbishop 's death,

But we print the account below- th e account he wlil never rcnd :

and not a word of it has been changed .

•

ARCHBISHOP LORD LAN On October 28th, Archbishop Lord Lang of L"mb~th pre,.,ehed be!'o.''' rio ,>illg 's School in the Eastern Crypt. He had come to plll Y hiS purl In welco min g th ' School back to Canterbury, Before we describe his sermon, however, TIll' ollt,l Iar/all has a confession to make. The delegated Editor did indeed clltor tho ' I'~ pt With the usual note- book, but, as he listened to the perfectly phrased sen tences flOWin g o ut WIth never 173

'rHE CANTl'J AR'IA N lV paUse or a stumble for wonds, he put the note-book away. II> would be possible to get the manuscript from Lord LangÂˇ afterwards. But there was no manuscript- on ly the' text and,a few pencilled notes. This feat at the Archbishop's age placed his sermon among the most sincere, the most beautiful and the most mo ving that anyo ne there presenl had heard or was ever likely to hear. Cold as the Crypt was, Lord Lang kept the Scho I in utter sil~nce; and how many preachers could have done that? As one heard the Archbishop 's quiet voice co ming from among the great Norman pillars of the Crypt, with the sounds of the Cathedral Evensong just heard from above, one got the impression of incredible strengt h and incredible serenity; one thought for a moment that a century had been annihilated and that it was Newman who was preaching. Lord Lang tookÂˇ for his text, Lord, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. Not a few boys will always link that sentence with him . He spoke of the voice of the Catbedral, which for centuries had talked to the Kin g ' School of God ; and, for centuries, the boys of the School had gone forth fortified by what they had learnt in Canterbury, to their service and their deaths. He did not doubt that the last moments of man y of the lives which the boys of the School had laid down in this war had been blessed by a vision of the Cathedral, in all its majesty and loveliness. The School owed an immense debt to the Cathedral; and the Cat hedral was not complete without the, School. The Cathedral, the Archbishop said, was a refuge, a fortress of the soul, not a retreat from realily. On the contrary, it spoke to us of tlie only Reality worth learning. He knew himself how difficult it was to believe that God could take an interest in one small boy, or one old man; but he knew also that God did, that He was a sure refuge for eaeli one of us in all our moods. Finally, after the hymn, the Archbishop gave the Benediction which he had given The King 's School so many times before, but now, as he himself said, probably for the last time, and' mentioning the staff and the boys ~y name. It was an unforgettable experience to listen to the words of this Christian prelate, who is surely fit to take his place side by side with the greatest of his predecessors in the archiepiscopal See of Canterbury. This was the las/ letter that the ArcHbishop II'rOle

The Schuol The K:ing 's Cottage, Richmond. My dear-Shirley, November lSI, 1945. I must thank you most cordially for your leiter of October 30th. r cannot but be pleased and touched by the wish of your senior boys that my sermon should be printed In their magazine. I was, indeed" greatl-x impressed by the. close attention of the boys last Sunday, but, alas! after my manner r ha ve no MS.-[ liave only some pencil notes :'and I fean ]cannot w.rite out my sermon now ; I am Ilery sorry. Twish J could have do ne what they have' so kind ly suggested . It lVas real encouragemen D. r note that there may be an Annual' ]1)inner of the O.K.S. on Jan uary 11 th, but doubtless I snail hear mOre about this: Y.ours very sincerely, LANG OF LAMlUn~, Abp. 174

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THE

CANTUARTAN

The Archdeacon of Canterbury was Resident Chaplain to the Arrhhhhop from 1929 to 1939. He writes: "It is difficult to know where to begin-or end. Perhaps the best cue for beginning is what has been well said above by the Editors. Ihal Archbishop Lang had the knack of reducing problems to their constituent elements. I'l'opll'. That is profoundly true. He liked people (and sometimes disliked them) most rmll,IHltically ;

and always he was interested in them, remembered what they said, though1 lllvHH them, prayed for them, put himself in their place, and so came to understand quilt rt\lHnrkably how their minds worked. He saw through the layers of shyness and roscrVI, to the real man. His keen sense of humour appreciated what was amusing, hi8'1110ra1 dcdsivc~ ness was quick to discern what was shallow and

jnsjllc~:l'e.

"And a lot that's'worth".

was his characteristic comment on a letter full of Hunmcry and flattery. This insillJH into character made him a valued adviser on personal problems. Day after day he d(tull with them, and no one went away unheJped. One rather unusual case comes to Illy mind. A maid of Lambeth could not make up her mind whether she was in love with the young man who was courting her, and wearied the whole household with her dubitations. At last the housekeeper said: "Enough of this. Illy girl; you're going up to see His Grace". Up she went, and down she came, quite sure that she was. in love all right. ''It's no good" ; she said, "when His Grace looks at you like that he sees right inside you". Going about with him from place to place (I think he mllst have been the first Archbishop for many cenlmies to visit every parish in his Diocese), and sharing in the constant flow of humanity at Lambeth in pre-war days, when score~ of visitors passed through every week for meals and meetings and interviews, I saw this quality of the Archbishop's perpetually at work. It came out in conversation and leiters, in the private comments he made when no one else was there, in his fund of stories from his earlier life (racy anecdotes about Oxford, and Portsea, and East London, and Yorkshire folk, and always his beloved Scotland)-this indefatigable human interest in "e"plc for their own sake. That was the foundation of his work as a parish priest, as Bishop, and as Statesman. Let me add one other point. Things did not come easily to him. He had remarkable gifts of mind. and long experience gave him a certain readiness of judgment 'and expression. But he always took a long t.ime to come to a decision On any maHer of importance: he insisted OJ) checking all the facts) weighing all the arguments. So with his sermons and speeches. Sometimes he had to speak without preparat.ioJ)\ but most often he spent a long time (usually nfter II 0 'clock at night) thinking out clearly and throughly just what he wanted 10 say, and searching for the exactly right words to clothe his thought. He deeply distrusted the fatal gift of facility. Thoroughn"ss Was his watchword. And, to go more deeply, he did not regard religion as a t.hing which~ for most PCOpll\ comes easily. He had a phrase about being "'00 much tit C;Hjl~ in Zion" whieh \~onveys what I mean-the glibness of those who make <l hobby of religioll, and imagin(~ thlll Christian belief and conduct can be attained and mll.int.ained without, (:oo1;lal)l 011'01'1. He knew that for himself, as for others, the process of sell:dedicalion musl be life-long, the battle of faith must be renewed every day. That was the secret of his utlcr sincerity, which I believe the School felt as they listened to him on October 28th. FI'oJl1 1111 I. know of him, and of what' he felt for the School, ] cannot imagine any audience whkh he would rather have had for his last words." 175

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The Archdeacon of Ca nterbury was Reside nt Chllplllin u\ til 1\,hl1 l hn p from 1929 to 1939. H e writes : " It is di fficu lt to know where to b ~ i n III 111111. I' rlll'!,s the best cue fo r beginning is what has been well said above by Ih till III I , Ihll l AI 'hbishop Lang had the kn ack of reduci ng problems to their co nsl ilU ~ 1l 1 \l hlll l\' "I ~, /11'"1' /'" T hat is profoundl y tru e. He liked people (and so metimes disli ked III hi) ,l lUi l 11l\llllll lt'" ll y ; and always he was interested in them, remembered what they ~I\I,I , tl lI\ II ~ 11I II 11 11 11 III ~on , prayed for them, put him self in their place, and so came to und rHtli n" \\111111 I 111111 kll illy how their minds worked. He saw thro ugh th e layers of shyn 'H~ 11111 II'! I VI III til real ma n. H is keen sense of hu mo ur appreciated what was am usln H, hiM11111111 1 01 " IHlv ness wa s quick to discern what wa s shal low and insincere. " And II II1I Ihll i l wtH lll " , was his cha racteristic comment on a letter full of flunmery and nOli ' Y, I hlN InNI hi into character made him a valued adviser on personal problems. DII Y 11ft " IIny he <I 'li lt with them, a nd no one went away unhclped.

One rather unusual ell "c 4 ilt ll '~ 10

Illy

mind.

A maid of Lambeth could not ma ke up her mind wheth er she WII' "IllY wli h the young man who was cou rtin g her, and wea ri ed the wh ole household w til her d ubitatio ns. At last th e ho usekeeper said : "Enough of this, my girl ; YO II ' HI ~ol " 8 up to see His Grace " . Up she wen t, and down she came, quite sure that ' h WII N In love all right. " It's no good " ; she said, " when His G race loo ks at you liko Ihilt h sees ri ght inside you " . Going about with him fro m place to place (I i hin k he must have been the II; HI A rchbishop for ma ny centuries to visit every parish in his D iocese), and sharing in III co nstant fl ow of humanit y at Lambeth in pre-war days, when scores of visitors passed through every week for meals and meetin gs and interviews, 1 saw this quality of th e A rchbishop's perpetually at work. It came out in cODversation and. letters, in the private comments he made when no one else was there, in his fund of stories from his earlier life (racy anecdotes about Oxford , and Portsea, and East London, and Yorkshire fo lk, and always his beloved Scotta nd)- thi s indefati gable human interest in people for their ow n sake. That was the fo un dation of his work as a parish priest, as Bishop, a nd as Sta tesman.

Let me add o ne other poin t. Things did no t come easily to him. He had remarkable gifts of mind, a nd lo ng ex perience gave him a certain read iness of judgment and expression. But he alwa ys loo k a long time to come to a decision o n any matter of importance:

he insisted on check ing all th e facts, weighing all th e arguments.

with his serm o ns a nd speeches. So melimes he had to speak witho ut preparation, but most often he spent a lo ng time (usua ll y aft er I I o 'clock at ni ght) thin king o ut clearly a nd throughl y just what he wa nted to say, and sea rching fo r th e exactly right words to clothe his thought. He deepl y di strusted the fa la l gift of fflcility. T horo ughness was his watchword . A nd, to go more deepl y, he did no t roga rd religio n us a Ihing which, fo r most people, com es easily.

H e had a phrase ab out being " laO much HI CHSO in Z ion " which conveys

what I mea n- the glibness of th ose who mak e a hobby of religio n, I1 nd imll gine that Christian belief and conduct ca n be aUained and rn ui ntll incd wi th out CO ll stu nt effort.

He knew that for himself, as fo r o th ers, Ihe process of self-ded icnli o n must be life- lo ng, the battle of faith must be renewed every day. T ha t waS Ihe secret of his uller sincerity, which 1 believe the School felt as they lislened to him n Octo ber 28th . Fro m a ll 1 kn ow of him, and of what he felt fo r the Scho ol, I cun nOI imag ine fl ny a ud ience wh ic h he wo uld rather have had for his last word s. " 175

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LEST WE

FORGET

On Armistice Day the School flag moved down the flag""lf alld fI,'"I" 1",iI on the .first stroke of eleven from the Cathedral clock, (he Caplain oj' ~h>hn(;' placed a wreath on the School War Memorial. We r(~lJwmh(srcd bitter waq. Especially did we think on those who had spent rmrl cpmmunity, before going forth from us to make their supreme slwdnCl} The School, with the smallest at the front, the nWt;h~r:,;, Ihn !;Hllf I~fit! }~ in uniform, formed a crescent rOllnd the Memorial (:rl.)~;;,. (11l evidences of war. The Green Court looked as if a major hMlk Iwd the Library had boarded windows and the Dining Hoi! Wlh i! !(.UiTY fallen blo'cks of stone, The rebuilding or the fOllndolloll!, vVc loa would have to look to the fOlllldatinllh. hnlh for tiE',' j\h,::ij ['tllure prosperity. The simplicity of the Service strcngthtTlCd It!{ idlH,'!trllY iliH) \A-'i,' The flag moved up and nl!l1eJ'(~d prulJ(1h nl;,('!" ilw t itl,;,t"ll symbol of our determination no! 10 forge:L

VOICE

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made il. c'encnitiulh nf !Hh'> precincts '\,\'here, r{)r ;1,lh1)t,I'iand ve{l!": have been !earnt. 'J'he ('(Juri, (lK legacyof Kcntish ll1t~n and JioH,Ii::;lw'JC'H wt'h~~s lts'eye upon us, and there are gl'!lC'flJl!Oll ~Â»fH!ny if) foJ' them fhe \vhole chance or realising \Vhnt#4t'ill!IY dlld May, 1929. i

A PORTRAIT OF FIEU>MARSIIAL MONTGOMERY

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The School is very grateful for the gCIH~rnlls pJfI or II pOi'lrHl! of dw, It now hangs' in the Parry Dining Hall, in company wilh !HflHV flihlff hHHiH10 ,This portrait of Monty is by "Barribal" (Spy) Hnd i" Ihe ')lij,\il1i!l(iillwi<1l which his cartoon D Dav was taken in colour for jh(~ H1W(0I1(/I"(", \\/Iy:':n Illt missioned for this, "BaJ:ribaJ" got his skl'.lchcs. from lif'e h~' ill,lcxnJinu, f,,:}(oOy 176

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-. . Oil A rmisti ce D a y the Sc hool fl ag moved d own the flagstaff and fl ew a t ha lf-mllst .• , on the .first. str oke of eleve n fro m the Ca thedral ciock, the Captain of School reyorOll l1 pl ~ced a ' ~ reat h on th e ' School Wa r M emori a l. We remembered t he fa lle n f 1)111 I ·bitter ' wa r~ . Especia lly did we think on those who had spe nt pa rt of their lives in (t ill cp m!l1unity; befor~ going fo rth fro m us to make their su preme sacrifice. The Scho ol, with the sma llest at t he fro nt, the masters, th e staff a nd a few . . ~ it) uniform , form ed a cresce nt ro und the Memoria l Cross, O n either side were I h evidences of wa r. T he Green Co urt looked as if a maj or battle ha d bee n fo ugh l 0 ') 1, th e Li bra ry ha d boarded windows a nd t he Dining Hall was a so rry sight of rubb l " , fa lle n blocks of stone. T he reb uildin g of the fo undat io ns was slowly p rog ress!1I We too wou ld have to look to the fo und at ions, both fo r the wo rld 's a nd Ihe School . fuiure pros perity. .... . T.he simplicity of the Service st rength ened its sinceri ty a nd we were th e better fo r h . T he fl ag moved up and fl uttered proudly over t he G reen Co urt Gate a ga ill . 11 sy mbo l of o ur determin a ti on not to forget.

A VOICE

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THE PAST

'" ' It is' not only a trivia l sent iment t ha t mak es us love thi s place. There is bea ut y her beauty of sto ne of white a nd si lver, beau ty of sha pe a nd patte rn , beauty of histo ry becnll H no o ne ca n pace th ese sq ua res a nd qua dra ngles with out fin d in g in his co mpa ny a band 01 fig ures, histo rica l, hu ma n, colo ured with a lmost every phase of E nglish histo ry- bul llt l School is to a ll of us who are English o ne of the rema ining proofs of our English c harae l r. ft has Kent's richn ess and Englan d 's undemo nstrative hero ism. If thi s goes- li s IW many ' bea ut ifu l o ld thin gs a re now go in g- one of the loveliest bac kgro und s that Engll Ii boys ha ve ever kn ow n will go too. We are chea tin g O Uf descend a nts beca use W h ll lOV r the' future wo rld may d iscover it ca nn ot possibl y fin d a substitu te for thi s. Ti me hit made it, genera t io ns of boys eagerly treadin g upo n one a nother ' s heels thro ugh 1 i1 '~~ p,re.c incts w here, fo r a th o usa nd years, lesso ns of ho nour a nd disci pline a nd goo d hU I1101l1 have been lea rn t. The Co urt, the steps, the pill a rs of thi s place a re th e he ri tago lind legacy .of Ke ntish m e~ a nd Englishm en- we cannol let th at heritage go. Every fine ghoNI has'lts'eye up6 n us, a nd t here are gene rat ions coming to who m our acti on now may in vo lv\' for the m fhe w h'ole' cha nce of reali sin g what bea ut y an d hi story mea n in Engla nd . 1929. SIR H UG H WAI. I'(lI .l .

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.A· PORTRAIT OF FIELD-MARSHAL SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY The School is very grateful for the ge nero us gift of a portrait of t he F ield Marsh"l .

It now .h a ngs in the Parry D inin g Ha ll, in co mpa ny with ma ny other fa mous O. K.S. I : ,];his portra it of M o nty is by " Ba rribal " (Spy) and i.s t he original oil pai nti ng fro ,n \l' hic h his cartoo n .D Day was ta ken in colo ur for the Bystander. W hen he was COlli missio ned . f6 ," thi s, " Burrib" I" got his sketches fro m life .by a .ttendin, g M.o ntI y' Oil hi, j

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TH E , <::A路 N:rU A R 路IA N visit to St. Paul's. We are told that in order to get the medal ribbons correct in detail, Monty lent "Barribal" the top half of his battledress for half-an-hour, and that, all through, the Field Marshal was most helpful. There are three extant portraits of Monty-one by Gunn, which the Sill/day Dispatch presented to his mother, a second by Augustus John, and this one by " Barribal" ; and in the opinion of many art critics, " Barribal 's" is the best portrait of the three. The picture conveys well the idea of the invasion of Europe, with the sea in the background, and depicts Monty at the turning point of the war. The donor is H . L. Kirby-Johnson, Esq. , whose elder son Oliver Johnson (O.K.S.) before he was killed was in the 8th Army and came into personal co ntact with him severa l times.

" He almost worshipped Mon ty ", Mr.

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writ'es, " and

was very proud of the fact that he carried out the first big job for Monty in ftal y, on the day after the British landing after Sicily. 1 learnt after Oliver 's death fro m his Sergea nt that Monty was pulled up by an enemy road demolition and Oliver by-passed him 'and his staff through a railway tunnel by making a temporary road to link up, on his own initiative. I also learnt that Oli ver landed as Sapper officer with the first company of infantry to set foot in Sicily-so that, apart from airborne troops, he was one of the first fifty to land in the first invasion of Europe!" This is not the first time we have than ked Mr. Johnson for his generosity. In the past we have done our best to express our gratitude, but here we feel that sober print fails to record our feelings for his kind deeds.

WHITE NIGHTS THE EA RLY YEARS OF WALTER PATER, O.K.S. "II/ Ihe pages of Pa ler, the English lal/guage lies in state." All who ha ve read Emerald Uthwart will realise how vividly judicious George Moore 's verdict was, ex pressing at the same time the loveliness, the dignity and the strange unreality about all Pater's work ; and such readers have probably wonde red what kind of a chi ldhood Pater had himself. He was born nO l , as so man y of his heroes were, in a lovely coun try sca l, th e o nly scion of a noble fami ly, hut at Marine Place, Commercial Road, Stepney, onc of a surgeon's famil y of four. An ugly child, he came in for more than his proper share of

the "Pater poke" which. th ro ughout life, was one of his chief crosses. In the Rel/aissance he quoted w;th acute sym pathy the Greek saying, " I wou ld ,ather have a fair body than a throne", and his envious admiration of his broth el' Willi e's hundsome physique inspired most of th e military PMt of Emerald Ut lnvar/. Puter never drew an

Imaginary Portrait of anyo ne who did not resemble a well-end wed reck god. No ugly man ever became his fri end . ., a uld nc'路. he asked in his descriptio n of Apollo asleep in the guise of a serf in mediaeva l Picard y, "could one funcy u single curve bellered

in the rich, wa rm, white limbs, in the ha ught y feutures of the fucc, with the golden hair fall en down across the inspired brow? And yet whut gentle sweetness also in the natural movement of the bosom, his throat, his lips ! I I Wh en one remembers Pater 's o路wn "frog-like " face, with its malformed mouth and prodigious chin , his weak back

and those hairy match-sticks of limbs, one unde rslands " little of the envy and the tragedy which underlay the quiet surface. 177

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A ll the autobiograph ical elements in Pater's work concerned, indeed, less what

Pater was than what, in his opinion , Pater should have been if God had known what H was about. When his fat her- "a ta ll , grave figure, a little cold and severe"-died in 1844, the Paters moved to Chase Side, Enfield, and there lived on none too affluent means. This became tbe Chase Lodge of Emerald UthlVart-yet how transformed! "Amid its English lawns and fl ower-beds, its oldish brick and raftered plaster", the idealised stately home always fa scinated bim. Here were a ll the thin gs for which his urban generation cra ved-continui ty with the past; security; the cou ntryside; graciolls

living.

"The sense of harmony between his soul and its physica l environment beca mo,

fo r a time at least, like perfect ly- played music, and the life led there, singularly tranqllil and fi lled with a curious sense of self-possession . " " But upon th is assured place, there came floatin g in from the larger world without , as at windows left ajar unknowingly, or over the high garden wa ll, two streams of im-

pressions, the sentiments of beauty and pain. "

rival of its intricate omnipresence in Life. "

" Sorrow came along wit h beauty, th e

"The influence of home" , in his own

words, "imparted early a taste for delicate things, as being indispensible in all his

pleasures to come. "

"Vulgarity seemed impossible there."

"It kept him serious

and di gnified am id the epicurean speculations which in after years much engrossed

him, and when he had learned to think of all religions as indifferent, serious amid many fopperies and throu gh man y langu id days." He was, for example, disgusted with Oscar Wilde's flambo yan ce ; and when an undergraduate publicly asked Bishop G o re a question verging on the blasphemous, Pater left the lecture-haU .

As a child, his main amusement was playi ng at being a clergyma n- that, and cats. H e was very seldom without o ne, and he himself singula rl y resembled his pets- qui et. velvet-footed , and then howling on the tiles at night. For was it his feline so ul in opera-

tion when hi s earthliness came out with a terrible ferocity? No one who has read his description of the Roman games in Morius the Epicurean ca n accuse Pater of having no sympathy for ,har side of the " immense majesty of the Roman peace". His greatest classica l interest was the study of Dionysus (Bacchus). This "lust of the eye" (th ere wo uld be too much energy req uired fo r it to be physical) was the power behind all Pater's

concern for the aesthetic senses. This power was restrained into an austere grace ; it was only allowed to reflect in "the Mirror of Emotion , Art" ; but the Emotion was still there. Pater's other passion was for white. Significantly, he called Marius ' home' ' White N ights " - ' 'nights passed in continuous dreaming, only half-veiled by sleep" , with the outward and visible spell of religion " a part of the very essence of home".

Since it was a widow's home (and that may explain much more), the family could

not afford the more expensive schools; so, when Walter was thirteen and a half, it was decided to send him to The King 's School. He arrived here wi th an Exhibition, o n Candlemas morning, 1853. The H eadm aste r was then George Wallace- a sto ut, pompous, talkative ma n, with " elepbant " eyes and a blue face. It was not a n unsuccessful period in the School 's history, for many daring reform s, as com pulsory French, were introduced. Altho ugh he had a stro ng and sincere character, he wanted to rul e by love rather than by fear, 178

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and it was lucky for Pater that he had him for his Headmas ter, and no t th e " j ust 'beast ", Bishop Mitchinson, who succeeded him; for even Wallace was to o full-bl ooded fo r the youthfu l " Hi gh-Priest o f Culture " .

As was inevitable, Pater, coming from such a gentle home, was unhappy al School. He looked down on his schoolfellows as a pack of louts and they upon him as a "wet". He loathed fagging for these beasts; he never fought ( " I do no t appeal' to want a black eye " ) ; he o nl y played a single game t hrougho ut his Schoo l lire; in t.he

Town v Gown snow-fi ghts, he watched from the icicled Norman Staircase, "as lonely a nd as desolate as a crane" .

Another hobby of his fellows filled him with an eve n

greater disgust- that of keep ing snakes. This aversion remai ned with him to his dCHth . Pater's priggishness towards other boys was almost entirely a pose, fi nd we can see from Emerald Utlnvarl how deeply he wanted to be norma', and not alwa ys be th e odd man out. He describes Emerald 's triumphs in the Green Court; the paperchases "till you come in sight, or within scent, of the sea "; a wonderfu l hit of his al cricket- "ri ght over the li me-trees o n the Cathedral roof, was it ?

Or o ver th e roar,

and onward into space. circling there independently, as Sidus Calltiorum ?" Yet Pater never handled a cricket bat in his life! His loneliness was increased when his mother died in 1854. Just befo re, he had had a quarrel with her. To use his own words in Marius, " it happene~ t.hal, through so me sudden incomprehensible petulance, there had been an angry, chIldish gesture. a nd" slighting word, at the very moment of her departure, actually fo r the last time". The

end came before he had made it up.

" Rememberiog this, he would ever afterwards

pray to be saved from offences against his own affections " . However later he formed a very intimate friendship with two boys called Rene

McQueen and Henry Dombrain.

Together, they became known as the Trium virate ;

WaUace thougbt they saw a good deal too much of each other. Macq ueen 's fa th er commanded the Canterbury depots in the Crimean War. T he military go ings-o n in

the city fired the Triumvirate 's imaginations, "the multitudes of sO,ldicry

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the crowd which filled th e unc hanged, gabled streets .... the unifo rms, With th eJl' scarlet and white and blue, spruce leather, steel a nd gold lace enlivening the a ll oak stalls at Service time".

All three friends were precociously devout- Pater himself, for example, knew the Christian Year and Keb le 's summary of Hooker's Fifth Boo k all' by heurt. Their chief delight was to wa nder abo ut t he Precincts a nd th e a thedra l, " drellming o f m rta li ty". Pater "began to love, for their own sakes, a ll tha t bel nged to th o co mely rd er of the sanctuary and its secrets of white linen" und the " mel Ii LI S, mcllow-lighted space " of the Cathedral. This ubso rpti o n hlld a . pcr man~l.ll !~ln.u c n cc n his lil'~. He always saw religion as " a tableau and not a druma , an aO l:ll r, I usages und se ntll1~ cn.l s rather than of facts and belief" . He never saw wh ll t the SII'rnment mCllnt. WLtlll ll these limits, "that first , boyish, earl y ideal o f pries th a 1, th o sense o r dedicuti o n, survived .... and when all thought of such voclItion hud linllll y passed awu y fro m him " (and Pater said some very cruel things about hrisLianily) "us U Ininislry towa rds a . sort of hieratic beauty and order in the conducl of life". "~ li e would remain always, and under all circumstances, unmistakably a monk, in SOlnc predominan t qualities of temper. " 179

Tli E CAN T UA RI AN tf the Cathedral thus quickened his aesthetic sense, it was the School which ro used his mind. Wallace had an abundan t enthusiasm for Literatu re which he passed On to the boys. Yet Pater d welt amidst the glory of G reece and the grandeur of Ro me in the very shadows of mediaeval church towers, and there was a da nger, and at the end a cert ainty, that the tensio n between the Catholic Faith and classical huma nism wo uld prove too great for him to bear. " Two worlds, two antagon istic idea ls were in evidenc' before him . Could a thi rd condition supervene to mend their discord, or only vex him perhaps from time to ti me with efforts towards the impossible maladj ustment ?" Wallace, however, th ought that the on ly danger to Pater 's sou l lay in his ritualism, which might lead him to Ro me. This is one of the innuendoes in his speech to Patel' when Walter left for Oxford in 1854. " An impo rtan t period of yo ur life is closed this day " , he said. "For the last three or fou r years yo u have wo rked hard. I can no t say th at you have been an active monitor in suppressing turbulence o r punishing the refractory, but you have always set in your own person an example of good discipline, obedience and order. Be assured that I shall watch your course at Oxfo rd with no common interest, for 1 feel there is in yo u tha t which ma y rebound to your own cred it

and the honour of the School. M ay G od bless and preserve you a fa ithful member of this Church, a nd may He in His own good time fit yo u to be an instrument of His glory. " Pater won an ÂŁ80 Ex hibition to Queen 's College and was given other grants by various friends a nd the School. Characteristically, his o ne serio us quarrel with McQueen and Dombrain came 011 their last walk together at Canterbury ; and , in his leav ing-speech to the School from the Norma n Staircase, he exhorted his hea rers to be " boy-l ike boys ". Awa kened by.a torturing shame in his "vile body ", Pater 's perceptio n of the th ings of the Sense always had for its foundatio n a clam my morbidi ty, a cloying sweetness, "a lack of fresh air ". When his religio us belief was destroyed, the o nl y thing of Discipline and Beauty remaining for him was Art, a nd to Art he dedicated the whole of a very peaceful life. The Cathedral and the School can thus claim a very real contribu tion to his development. They strengthened those half-for med im pressio ns of childhood which might otherwise have perished . They fed his imag ination and his aesthetic feelings a nd so led him to those fields in which later he made h is name. They taught him the ' 'true functio n of Art " - " to refine a nd make expressive the o utwa rd form ". They brought him very close to men who had died long ago. They ta ught him , in their past, the inevitability of death . They taught him to build, " in this sho rt day of fro st a nd sun " , some material interpretation of so inexpli cable a world , some precious monument to

endure. And precisely because they never bothered to understa nd him, a nd thus prevented him from develo ping in a healthy way, they fo rced him further into the secret places of a unique temperament, out of which " he bro ught stra nge blossoms a nd fruits h itherto unkn own " . D.L.E. . All unacknowledged quotations arejro/ll Pater 's works.

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HOUSE NOTES SCHOOL HOUSE (THE REV. S. B-R. POOLE)

Head of Ho use: A. A. KNELLER School H ouse has lived fo r fi ve overMcrowded yea rs in a ga udy luxury hOlel , und now at last we fi nd ourselves once moreÂˇ a sepa rate house, free to ca rryon our indi vidua l ,

existence as befi ts the oldest Ho use in the School. Our garden, once the envy of the oth er H ouses, is rising ph oe nL x ~ l i ke from beneat.h

the rubble of the Dining Hall . The damage o ur buildings sustained fro m tha t bomb is being rapidl y repa ired. What a pleasa nt sur prise ;t was to us to return fro m the holidays with gloo my predictions of the conditions under which we wo uld live ringin g in our ea rs, to lind a capabl e Trium vira te con sistin g of our H ousemaster and our M atron ( M rs. Simpson) ,

stalwa rt ly assisted by Miss Do uglas, with everythi ng well un der con trol, a nd the Ho use in a high state of orga nisati on !

W e welcome the last two very heartIl y, and th onk

both th em and our Ho usemaster for the great work they put in to ma ke the Ho use habitable. The Ho use has continued to pla v a very co n,iderable part in the life of the Schoo l. First of all we wo uld li ke to congrat;date A. A. Kneller upon being appo in ted ap tai n of the School; and D. M. Moreau on his appo in tment as a School Monitor. J . P. D. Mallinson was appo inted H o norary Secretary of Rugger, a nd has ma naged the Ho use ga mes well . We were represented in the 1st xv by 1. P. D. Ma ll inso n, B. L. Lea ry, A. A . Kneller, J. R. Allchurch and E. C. Butcher. The 2nd XV included Âˇ R. H. Netherwood, 1. C. H ulse, S. K. Parkin an d J. D . H earth . M. 1. Howett a nd A. G . D avidson played fo r the Senior Colts. As for academic distincti ons, we note that A. A. Kn eller, D . M . M oreau and J. , W . Hulse earned their Higher Certifica tes, and thirteen members of th e H ouse attnincd

School Certificates. School societies are once more regai ning their im portant posilion as School institutions, and amongst the members of School H ou se, th e foll owing CIrc Sccretaries

of Societies :-B. L. Leary of the Music lub ; P. Y. Dudgeo n of the Music ociety; T . H . Pares of the Natura l History Societ.y; 1'. A. Fyfe- ooper f the Wa lp Ie Soeioty, and D . L. Waller of the Photogra phic Society . Of Ho use Societies, ur play-readin gs continue to do good work under the inspiring secretaryship of P. Y. I ud geo n, a nd a' House Choral Society is a new venture which we shull wu teh wilh in lerest. If it ea " be said that the cultural state of a Ho use ma y be j ud ged by its soeiet ies. surely ehool Ho use 's superiority in the Society world speaks fo r itself. T he House is also well- represented in the mil ita ry wo rld. A. A. Kneller is .S. M. j D. M . Moraeu, Captain of Shootin g a nd a Platoo n o 111 11111 "der in the J.T . . ; whtle Nott and Pares are certa inties for the Shooting VIII . Finally thanks are due to the H ouse M onitors, who have given so much time to the

organisatio~ and directi o n of the House in all its ma ny spheres of' acti vit y, a "d especiall y

those who came early to prepare the way for the return of the other eighty members of

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THE GRANGE (MR. F. H. VOIGT) Head of House: M. J. GORDON The House has settled down well in its own build ings, and our sincerest than ks go to ,Mr. Voigt, who has done so much to make this possible. Luckily, we suffered little in the raids; indeed, the only material damage was caused by the troops. Pa rt of the lo vely seventeenth century main staircase were, for exanipie, used as firewo od. However, the whole House has been redecorated so efficien tly that one workman said it looked cleaner than ever before 1 We extend a hearty welcome to M iss Ha nnen , our new Matron, and to Sister Sinclair-Smith, who looks after our new boys. Twenty of these live in Lattergate ; they have a Hall of their own, but Lattergate joins the main H ouse, a nd its inhabitants are definitely a part of the whole. We have reached the highest numbers in o ur history- 76 in all. This means a yo ung and 'vigorous House. For example, The Gra nge provides six members of the Senio r

Colts, four of the 1st XV and five of the U pper Sixth. We are producin g Act 1 of Ian Hay 's H ousemaSler for the Dramatic Compet ition ;

it has a large cast of fifteen- really an advantage, as most of our em bryo John Gielguds have left. The Reading Room is flourishing o nce again, wit h a cons iderable increase in the

House Library. But O.K.S. a nd parents will themselves realise how much we wo uld appreciate furth er gifts of books. One O.K.S. in particular to be thanked is Donald Murray, who has presented a first-class billiard table, which has been placed in tbe Reading Room ; its popularity shows no signs of slackening off 1 The ga rden is a lso slowly taking shape, despite the weather. In the House Rugger, we lost 5- 0 to School House in a very hard-fought game. The New Hall this term has been under the supervision of K. G. T. Stuart; like the studies, it is infinitely better than our Cornish acco mmodation- well-heated and well-furnished. We now have six House Prefects, .two of whom a re in charge of Lattergate. WALPOLE HOUSE (MR. P. G. REYNOLDS) Head of House: P. H. HONOUR Walpole House was fortun ate, in Cornwall, in having Crinn is House for its home, and in spite of disadvantages, it lived in ,much greater comfort than the main body of the SCROO!. Moreover, on returning to Canterbury, it was the only H ouse in perfect order at .tbe beginning of term, and from this we all realise how deep a debt of gratitude we OWe to Mr. ,and Mrs. Reynold.s, whose untiring efforts during the. holidays ensured this. 1~2

TH'E 'C A NTUA'RI'AN We congratulate P. C Hammond on >being made a School Monitor, a nd r. H. 'Sharp and W. M . Foxwell on being made House Prefects. W,e also congratulate P. C. Hammond and V. P. Fison on graduating to the Upper Sixth. There h.we also been successes on the games fields, and our congratulations go to D. B. Ainsworth, l. H. Sharp, M. A. Arnott, J. W. Alli so n and W. M. Foxwell on representing the House in the . Ist XV ; to Park and Flack, who were in the 2nd XV; and also to the five most junior members of the House, who showed great promise in the "Colts ". Now that the H ouse rugger team has beaten School House, we anxiously await the forthcomino combat with Meister Omers for the Cup. The match against Schoot House was very close, the Captain of the team (D. B. Ainsworth) making a brilliant bFeak through and scorin g the decisive try. Although, after the first week of term, the 'Precincts had become so familiar that it seemed as if we had spent all our li ves in their quiet and friendly atmosphere; Crinnis is in man y ways not forgotten, and a picture of "Crinnis House" in the Hall reminds us

of the pleasant side of our stay in Cornwall, and this is all we desire to remember of it.

MEISTBR OMERS (MR. G. H. BAILBY) Head of House: P. J. BBARCROFf The pleasure that so naturally attends this our return to Canterbury has been tempered, so far as Meister Omers is concerned, with regret at our loss of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris. We gratefully acknowledge the many acts of kindness that they have shown us, both individually and as a House, and trust that the fulure will not deprive us of two very good friends . Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bailey now fill their place, and under their very able guidance we have settled into our new surtoundings with a remarkable aptness. We owe them much for the extremely hard work that they put in during the holidays, a nd realise that had it not been for this a nd the last minute effort made by a ha ndful of volunteers who returned to School a few days early, the opening of term could not possibly ha ve been as successful as it was. The Meister Omers to which we retu rned was a sadly shattered relic of the old Canterbury days, and many were, perhaps, disappointed I Man y anticipated a perfeclly decorated and newly appointed house, a nd on their ret urn SIlW unplastered studies, ruined rooms and a neglected garden. It was a sh ck, bu~ Ihe House losl no time and settled themselves as comfortably as circu lllstances permitted, und n constunt source of comfort (and perhaps entertainment 1) was the phrase, "Well, we ure not the worst off, anyway! " .

The workmen are still with us, and we shall, in all probability, have them for some time to come. This fact has complicated life for us a good dea l, but after having lived in rooms, the walls of which consisted of nothing but la ths, the repeated moves from room to room seemed preferable to the constant, and somewhat chilly draught that followed us everywhere. A considerable amount of interest has been shown in the 183

THE CANTUAR IAN progress of this work, and now that the plastering has been completed, we face the uphea val caused by the coming of the deco rators with the realisation that at last we can begin to settle down without the possibility of having to move yet again . As individuals, members of the House have been doing well. We congratulate H. J. D . Johnson on his appointment as a School Monitor, and also as Captain of Rugger ; P. J. Bearcroft on his appointment as a School Monitor and Head of House; G. V. Holliday, M. G. Elston and A. E. H ill on attaining the rank of House Prefect. D. R. M. Long has successfully retaken the High Certificate in another group of subjects ; and H . I. D. Johnson, G . V. H olliday and M. G. Elston have been promoted to the Upper . Sixth. The two former have been appointed Senior Scholars. Here it should be mentioned that Johnson has dislocated his shoulder in a match agai nst the J.T.C., O.c.T.U ., Maidstone. This comes as rather a blow to the House XV on the eve of a House match against Walpole.

LUXMOORE HOUSE (MR. E. R. C. DARTINGTON) Head of House : R. M. BUTLER To open a new H ouse under ordinary circumstances wo uld ha ve been a very arduous

task, but to do this under present day conditions would seem well nigh impossible. But Mr. and Mrs. Dartington have done things which we thought would only be accomplished in the far-d istant future. We heartily welcome them to our new community, and only hope that they ma y stay with us for many, many years to come. They have sacrificed everything for the sake of the House and have born the brunt of the hard work in the forming, moulding and inspiring of our new home. We congratulate R. M. Butler on being appointed a School Monitor and Head of the House ; H. A. Emerson, B. H. Arnold, M. W. McD. Cairns, A. F. C ray, H. J . de Vail on being appointed House Prefects, and D. W. Steel on being appointed Captain of the Hall .

Jn our Tugger matches, we have wo n one League match, and lost the " U nder 15 's" a nd the " U nder 16's" to Walpole and Meister Omers. We congratulate R. M. Butler, B. H. Arnold and A. F. Crayon playing for the 1st XV, and also H. J. de Voil on playing for the 2nd XV, and P. R . B. Lewis for the Colts' XV. Thus a new House has been borne and a new community set up, and so let us pray

that part of the spirit that inspired Fairfax Luxmoore to his noble works, may also inspire us to work more earnestly to fulfil the great vocation that lies before us.

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Notes from the Parrot-House Here are a few notes on o utstand ing events not recorded elsewhere. held the first inter-house P.T . competition.

We have

It arose from our daily ten minutes of P.T. ;

each house has been, for this, di vided into a senior and ajunior squad.

In a competition

one afternoon the Macaws scored 15, Cock as and Keas 14, and Kakas 9.

Each squad

was commanded by its own capta in, some of whom gave their orders very smartly.

The standard as a whole was not high, though an improvement on that of the beginning of term. There wi ll be another co mpet ition later this term , with a new schedule of exercises.

We ha ve formed a choir; its chief function is to lead our services in the Parish Church a nd in Bi g School. [t has also undertaken a Carol Service at the end of term, and some members of it will, we understand , be helping at the Senior School's Carols. We should a lso record the purchase of a 16 mm. (silent) cinema projector. Several shows have been give n, mainly of travel film s and such-like, with some accounts of the adventures of Felix and Micky Mouse. We might add that we should be pleased to hear from the owners of films of this size and of general interest! There has been much work for the Pioneers to do. The Army, when in occupation of a place like ours, ha ve a habit of leavin g quantities of old tins and other rubbish about. We have cleared most of it up. Other jobs have been moving furniture, sawing wood, and generally cleaning and tidying up. As a resu lt of quite a lot of hard work the School and its grounds are looking much better than they did at the beginning of term. At the end of the term we bid farewell to two temporary members of our staff, Mrs. Lowdell, who has been teaching French , and Miss Bridge; we shall continue to enjoy the services of the latter as a teacher of music, though she will no longer be taking Form IIb. We welcome Mr. Douglas lnnous, B.A., who comes from the R.A.F. and is known to some of us already from his days at Christ Church, Oxford; and Mr. T . Partington, B.A. , who comes from the Army. If any reader of The Cal/Illarian has a piano not being used at present, we wo uld be delighted to accept a loan of it until it is wa nted back (and any musical instrument deteriorates when left unused I). We reall y do need more pianos here and we guara ntee that such a piano wo uld be well ca red for and o nl y played by comp~tent people. W.H.O. IMPRESSIONS OF THE FIRST DAY BACK Arriving late at night, I was met by two new musters, who seemed very yo ung. As I got out of the train the smell s immediately struck me as different fro m those of Cornwall ; here the air smelt defin itely of country, carth, and trees. It was dark as we walked through Sturry village, and came in sighl of the la rge school buildings. A thrill passed through me as I saw lights in the windows and realised that this was to be my second home for several years, and a certain pride possessed me, that I belonged to a real school In Its proper gr~und s .. After ha ving supper, I was led upstairs to my dormitory, which [ shared With th uty other boys; rather a shock after having four companions to whom I had been used. 185

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Next morning, getting up alter my journey, 1 saw the faces of myoid friends and of not a few new boys. We were a noisy crowd that morning, not knowing our way about and eager to find our way about our new surroundings. I found I was a senior and sat at the Headmaster 's table. He too was new ; I had thought over what he ';ould be like, but ,he .was .not what I expected him to be. Before the end of the day I knew him better, as he was also my form-master. There were so many. new places to explore. The swimming bath, the barn, the playmg fields, all ·held excitement. The staff had plenty of work to do in getting every!hing ready and answering all the questions. I am sure everybody had a favourable first impression of the School; I certainly did. R.F.P.C. (J.K.S., Form Va). FROM AN A CCOUNT OF THE THANKSGIVING SERVICE

. ..... The service was very impressive to us, who were welcomed, .with our friends,

back to Canterbury Cathedral. After singing a last hymn of thanksgivjng we went out again into the Cloisters; and although J might go many times afterwards into the Cathedral, I shall never forget this first great sight of it. The day had been fine, which made the splendour of the Cathedral even greater to our eyes, for many of us had never seen it before. I am sure none of us will ever forget this great service. R.F.P.C. THE TERM'S MUSI C

We have had several opportun ities for enjoying music this term. An orchestra has been started for some of the musically-minded boys. It cansists at present of one violin, three recorders, a piano, bass and side-drums, a triangle, cymbals, ana tambourine; instruments which, combined, can certainly make themselves rheatd ! It has so far practised a .Fugue and Slow Music for a Ballet by Handel, and a Minuet an'd Cavolle specially arranged for this orchestra. One night, Mr. Buxton and Mr. Palmer gave us a piano ·duet recital. Fil/gal's ,Cave by Mendelssohn was one of the items; it illustrated its title very well. A Spanish Dallce by Mozkowski was also played, and a Minuet alld Trio from a Ha;ydn symphony. Another night we had a sing-song, in which we sang a number of frivolous so.ngs

like What shall we do with a drunken sailor, Clementine, There is a tavern in the town, all of which were popular. Mr. Buxton played the piano, and Mr. Oldaker played the guitar and sang two solos, while we joined in the chocus of his songs; the evening's entertainment went off very well. MT. Oldaker also gave us a ,half-hour recorder-recital one night. He showed II> recorders of four sizes, and played several pieces of music on them. On the sQpranino, the smallest size, he played The Night.il/gale ill Love. We look forwaru to a similar Goncert, of music for violin and piano, by Mrs. Clayton and Mr. Buxton, Ilater on the term. We ·ha ve several times listened to records of music in the Study, and music has increased considerably 'in popularity during the term. R.F.'l':C. 186

GUY FAWKES DAY

The anniversary of the attempt of Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament was celebrated in the proper manner, for the first time since 1939, with fireworks. Many of the smaller boys had never seen fireworks before. There were many hushed cheers when it was announced that some had been purchased; the number found was eventually doubled and doubled again by the gifts of various parents. A few days before the eventful night some of us set to work to build a bonfire. It consisted of old black-out screens, some old linoleum, and much rubbish for which there was no other use. It was crowned by a magnificent and handsome guy which Mrs. Oldaker had made out of straw, sacking, and a gasmask. When the hour of the display drew near, the weather began to be a bit gloomy, and after tea it even began to rain ; but this soon cleared off, and the event was not cancelled. The captains and those whose parents had given the fireworks were allowed to let them off. We started with a few loud bangs, then lit some fountains, roman candles, and other things. One or two refused to go off, and seemed to have been kept in store a long time. Then we had the first set of four rockets. The roman candles, and other fireworks which spouted sparks were very good indeed. There were some fireworks to be held in the hand. Then we all gathered round the bonfire, which made an enormous blaze, and sang songs. W.S .B. (J.K.S., Form VI). RUGGER

On Saturday, November 3rd we played o ur first match of the season against Kent College. At the end of an even game we had scored two tries to our opponents' one. Our tries were individ ual efforts, Bainbridge scoring by a good run from half-way, and Watson, by taking advantage of the ball goi ng loose near the goal-line. Carne several times made openings for the three-quarters, who were seldom in sufficiently open formation to take advantage. The tackling was for the most part weak, although Wood at back saved two otherwise certain tries. On Thursday, November 15th, we gained an easy victory over a less practised Eddington House XV by II goals and 6 tries to nil. Against a weak defence our outsides, passing accurately and lining out well, were always able to make ground. and Bainbridge had little difficulty in breaking through. The forwards were fairly evenly matched and, though ours were better in open play, we lost many opportunities owing to their reluctance to put their heads down and shove. The match on Thursday, November 22nd against an " Under 14 " XV from the Sen ior School gave us some valuable practice. We lost by one try to the Seniors' one goal one try. Though we had size and age sli ghtly agai nst us, the game was even and, but for a bad throw in from touch near our own goal-line towards the end of the game, it might have been a draw. The standard of play on both sides was not high. Owing to three of our Colours being unable to play, we had to re-arrange our three-quarter line and at no time did it really get on the move. The forwards, on the other hand, played much better than usual. Bainbridge after a good run scored our one try, and Camel also running well, was unlucky to miss scoring eafly in the game. Mention must be made of Mallinson, who has on every occasion set an example to his forwards by being well up on the ball. . 187

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We a re having a few matches this term, though we ha ve little practice. On Saturday October 27th we took an "age-far-age" X I against the Choir School and lost 4-5: On Saturday, November 17th we won an even game against the Sturry Scouts 4-1 . and on Friday, November 23rd we beat the Choir School 8- 0. " In the latter match, which we value as a means of keeping friendly contact with Canterbury, we had the advantage of numbers from which to select a team, and probably of age: There was. some qUIte good play In a rather slow-mot LOn style, which often ended 10 poor shoot1Og at goal. Each member of the team did something well; Kelly, StebbIng and Cadman need only be mentIOned, as they look like being the basis of the team two or three years hence. We are eagerly awaitin g the match against st. Edmund's. C.L.C.

A PILGRIMAGE An O.K.S., who I~rt the Schoolforty years ago, has selll thisji'agmelll o}""rose, IVrillen not long before the war, as a small token of thanksgiving for the retllrn of the King's School to the Precincts of our Cathedral. The city lay in its ~u p of low hills, th inly veiled in smoke; and against the dark background of threatenIng clouds, the Bell Har ry Tower stood sentinel in its armour of glistening stone. I had w.alked alo~? the way of t~; pilgrims; 1 had celebrated the approaching end of my ptlgnmage under the Blee ; and now [ had turned from the main road at the top of S. Thomas's Hill so that I might enter the city by way of S. Stephen's and the old wooden Kentish mills. I stopped at the crown of a steep country lane red and gold with the fall of the year, and there I sat and looked down at the great t~wer and thought of the little chapel beneath it whither [ was bound on a pilgrimage. I wonder how many times, since I first came upon it by accident, I have sat in th is same place and looked at the city and its Cathedral fra med by the steep banks of the Ian,? It was on my first Sunday at the King's School. I walked with a new friend on Just such an autumn afternoon as this. We did not know the country but we made for the nearest high ground and came to _rest above the coloured bank~ of the lane' and we both felt for the first time the pride of an infinitesimal possession of what anothe; King's Scholar once called "our tower". . This afternoon I had come to the end of the long road of modern progress with Its !noto~s and 'b~ses, its petrol-stations and advertisements, its bungaloid growths and frUlt-selllng shantles. Below me lay the Cathedral, the symbol of unchanging time where the. Knight and the Miller once sought the shrine of the blessed martyr, wher~ the nave IS hung WIth the tattered flags of Kentish courage, and where there is a tiny fragment of myself. It was good to gaze at it once more and to dream; a nd 1 thought: I shall go down thIS lane, pass the old mIlls, but I must enter the city through the West Gate. I shall pass over the bridge by the once flower-decked house of the Huguenot weavers, 188

THE CAN TUARIAN and struggle through the crowds in the street until I find sanctuary in the overshadowi ng antiquity of Mercery Lane. Then I shall see once more the Christ Church Gate, no t as I once knew it, but refurbished with coats of arms and bright new stone. And beyond I shall see the two western towers of the Cathedral Church of Christ. I shall not enter by the West door, but first I must walk through the quiet of the Precincts, the appropriate home of canons, pigeons, learning, and the ghosts of monks. I shall pass by the ruins of the monastery refectory into the Dark Entry and hea r once

more my footsteps echoing up the stone stairway, untH I push open the heavy door into the North Transept. I must time my entry so that I may hear the final thunder of the great organ dying away among the pillars ; and in the light of this triumphant music I shall go towards the Altar. Then, after a moment of prayer, T shall pass beyond the Altar to the ancient seat of S. Augustine, remembering how on a bright summer day I saw an Archbishop enthroned and my friend of the golden lane carrying his train. There will be one more duty to perform before I come to the end of my pilgrimage. I must offer my homage to the Black Prince in his later splendour; but only for a moment, for close by is the little chapel which I seek. And there I shall offer a deeper homage to another knight, who died in a foreign land for his country, who bore the Archbishop's train on that bright summer da~ long ago, and who once sat with me on the hill above the city, and felt WIth me a benedIctIOn a nd a new love for all the memories guarded by our sentinel tower in its finery of stone. MUSIC LESSON For most people, Monday is black. Not so for me. Tuesday is the day which always casts a shadow over the rest of the week. Come with me to the Music School last period on Tuesday. My tormentor has not yet arrived . I quickly glance over the second movement of the Mozart piano sonata

which I had intended to prepare all through the past week. However, I have not managed to practice at all, but of course I shall not tell him that. Ah, but here he is ! After a brief interval in which I talk as much as pOSSIble to waste tllne, he WIshes to hear the sonata. I open the first page, shift my chair about into as uncomfortable a position as possible, and start. 1 play a chord, and then- my foot slIps from the loud pedal with a thud. This is dreadful enough, but it is made even worse SlI., ce I am not meant to use the pedal with Mozart anyway. I start agam and tillS ume It reall y goes quite well, especially a scale run in the middle. I look at him for praise and get, " We will just have that passage again from there". Now, gentle reader, you would have thought that, if 1 could play the scale passage all right the first time, I could do It agam, but not a bit of it- my fingers refuse to move, all the In lis go wrong, I play quavers as semi-quavers and vice versa. At last the difficult part IS over, and I am s~uh~ g along beautifully when my tormentor suddenly shrieks "C sharp! " . 1 look at hlln In blank an1azement.

He repeats "C sharp".

J look at my hands, there IS no C sharp With in

striking distance, but as he repeats it for the third time, I lean over and bang a C sharp somewhere up in the treble and rush on before he can recover hunself, and 1 purposely turn a deaf ear to his sudden intakes of breath tbat indicate a wrong note. 189

TILE CANT U AltlAN 1 s0mehow reach the end of the firs ~ m0vement and the final pom pom, and I await the verdict. It comes: "yes .. . .. well, of course, the first thing is to get the notes and then we might start to consider the timing. Go on to the second movement. ,: I look at it closer and to my horror see the movement has picked up four flats. Despair encircles me, but I bite my lip, slap my feet on the -pedals and let fly . The second movement is one of those pieces in which the left hand consists of semiquavers divided into fours. In moments of extreme stress I am very liable to forget about the left hand except for an odd note or two. This, however, is observed, and I have to suffer the indignity of playing the left hand by itself- "Legato this time". Having d0ne this four times (each "just once more "), we proceed. The second movement takes a long time to finish. Sometimes 1 think this must be the end; and then the rigbt hand, for some reason best known to itself, rusbes up to the top of the piano, throwing Mozart's flats and my naturals in all directions. But at last, like all things, it comes to an end, and I am told encouragingly that if I praGtise for at least three-quarters of an hour each day, my playing will begin to show signs of improvement. When the Mozart is fini shed, 1 discover to my horror that there is just time for a few scales. He would, of course, pick out the scale of B flat, which. as everyone knows, is the worst possible. I can never remember whether I ought to sta rt o n the third fin ger in my right hand, and my second in the left, or viG'e \Iersa. As usua I, Lma kc the wrong choice, and finished with the right hand in some miraculous wayan a distant B flat, while the left hand is reposing on A. Onl y those who stud y Illusic will know just what this sounds like. [am then told hurriedl y to play the arpeggio of F sharp minor, which means nothing Lo me whatsoever- then suddenly lhe welcome peal of the luncheon

bell draws the lesson to an abruRt finish, and away we both go to our stewed rabbit, with a feeling that that is over for the week. Tuesday certainly is my black day \ P.Y.D. THE RETURN 1 had boarded the train at Victoria and entered a carriage which was full of boys from School House of which 1 am a humble member. We thought at first that we should be alone in the c~rriage, but just as the train was about to pull out of the station, a middleaged man rushed up and threw himself in . His pre~ence naturally restricted conversation a little, \;mt, what there was, was chiefly on' the subject of Canterbury and what It would be like when we got there. At last, after nearly two hours, we passed through Faversbam, and ever~body began to. crane his head out of tbe window. Since the passenger had left tile tram at Faversham, we were able to do this without fear of a fu ssy reminder of the notice to the effect that this prac.tice was dangerous. Soon someone shouted: "Look, there 's a tower. i bet it is the Cathedral \" There was a general rush to that side Âˇoflthe compartment, and a sort of rugger scrum round tbe open window. As a matter of fact we wer~ looking at the B.ell Harr~ Tower for the first time. In a minute or two,the tram drew lL1to Canterbury East StatIOn, and 190

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THE CANTUARIAN afl er a little pushing in a queue we were ou~ in the street. Here everyone was standing about wondering which way to go. At last somebody who seemed to know the way started off, and we all toiled off after him. The walk seemed 10 take ages, with a suitcase in one hand and rug-strap in the othe,.., each seeming to get heavier at every step. We at last reached the Christ Church Gateway, went through it, and found ourselves in the Precincts, which we walked around, hunting for an outlet; and found some Meister

Omers boys who directed us through some arches (the Dark Entry, but we were not to know). Then we came into an enclosure with a hayfield and some trees in the middle. "Must be the Green Court", we said, and proceeded to walk around it in a clock-wise direction. On coming into the Mint Yard, we wondered which of the buildings might be the School House. However, we soon saw some boys standing outside a house, which we found on inquiry to be our destination. We went through one of the side doors and found ourselve, in a rather dark passage. One of the boys outside, who had come by an earlier train, appointed himself our guide, and led us along to the notice board, from which we found oul the dormitories where we slept. We were then conducted up to the dormitories, and after a little trouble I found my bed, on which I left my suitcase and rug. The dormitory was a huge room with a partition down the centre, which looked as if it might be useful in more ways than one. Then downstairs again on a conducted tour round the house-we were shown the changing-room, wash ingroom, reading-room, and the two halls.

Then I thought I would like to go for a look round outside, but when I got out, I decided r should probably lose myself; so [ turned back and spent the few minutes left befoce supper in comparing notes on the holidays with other boys. Then we .lined up for supper. We went over to the Parry, in which I looked round curiously ; the tables and benches were the same as those in Carlyon Bay, and so, I am afraid, were the sausages. After supper there was an order prep. followed by prayers, and so, as Pepys would say, to bed in Golden Canterbury. R. D. H. ROBBRTS. I saw that it was dark, which 1 had not noticed before.

TO SLEEP, OR NOT TO SLEEP To rise, or not to rise: that is the question : Whether 'tis nobler in the bed to suffer The boots and slippers of outrageous room-mates, Or to take arms against a sea of missiles, And by opposing end them? To lie: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The fusilade and thousand other shocks That !lesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To lie, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the' rub ; For in that happy sleep what blows may fall When we have shuffled off the warm blankets, 191

â&#x20AC;˘ THE CANTUARIAN To wreck our peace 1 Theirs are punishments That make calamity of too long sleep; For who would bear the canes and scorns of mons,

The prefects' wrong, the masters' wrathfulness, The pangs of Lattergate, and the sp urns That lazy merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his own conscience quell With a bare five minutes, who would fardels bear To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that dread something over Sellingegate, The undiscovered mansion from whose bourn

No visitor returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear tbose ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of. Therefore we will arise and wash ourselves; The native hue of resolution has been Sicklied 0 'er witb the pale cast of thought. A.G.B. UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES CONV~RSATlON-pmCES

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"Sixth Form Divers ? 1 knew there was a catch in this Christianity

business somewhere. "

"Don't worry, Gussie will be ill most of the tefln." 700. "Claim SI. Augustine as an O.K.S. : anyway, he was at the School for a time . . , 1170.

"Becket murdered?

That means another service !"

1541. "I hear we're being refounded, not reformed." 1803. " Were you there when the Dean preached on the second half of his tal k with Napoleon ?" 1945. "Even assistant masters-all are welcome."

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS RECITAL, OCTOBER 20TH MARIE WILSON

(Violin), NORMAN ALLIN (Bass) , LYDIA GOLDm (Piano)

The Day of Thanksgiving was closed by a first-class concert given in the Chapter House before a large audience which included the Archbishop of Canterbury and Field Marshal Montgomery. Realising that their own tastes would have precluded the mention of anything but Norman Allin 's songs (no offence meant to Mr. Allin !), the Editors have asked Dr. Pasfield to describe the concert. He writes: "It was good to hear these famous artistes once again. One would like to single out for special mention Marie Wilson's superb rendering of the Handel Sonata III D. Norman Allin was in very good form a nd we enjoyed his Mozart arias and Mussorgsky songs, although the aco ustics of the Chapter House are cruel to a solo voice! Miss Goldie accompanied and played a group of Schumann. " 1~2

â&#x20AC;˘ THE CANTUARIAN MAJOR LEWIS HASTINGS The first lecture of the School year was given by the fam ous B.B.C. commentator, Major Lewis Hastings on October 28th ; he had fl own straight from Berlin. The state of Germany, he said, could be expressed in three words: they've had it. It appeared physically impossible that Germany should ever rise again. Thousands of people were living in conditions which an aboriginal would not tolerate. When he had fl own over Hamburg that morning, it had all appeared like one great honey-comb, with the facades of the houses still standing, and nothing else. Berlin was even worse: a smell of death filled its once gay and magnificent streets; yet, despite all this, the German people as a whole still did not realise their guilt in bringing on the world all this misery. Major Hastings had seen one of Hitler 's rooms in the vast underground shelter near the Chancellory. It was full of books on architecture-mostly in German, but many in French; and tbere this maniac had sat, rebuilding Berlin in his mind, while above, as he could hear, every street was becoming a waste.

Major Hastings had also been to the great Berlin station. The station-master was still as spruce and efficient as ever, but lining all the platforms were thousands of starving, empty-faced deportees. No one knew when their train was coming in. No one knew where they were going--just "somewhere North-West". The German Red Cross had been dishing out some sort of gruel to these miserable people, but the Russians had now closed down even tha t organisation.

This was the Russian New Order in Germany, and he could not say definitely that there were no Belsens in the Russian zone; "but ", said Major Hastings, " this is not what the British Army, or the British people, thought would be the result of victory". Major Hastings then told us some anecdotes of his experiences in the war-how, for exa mple, he had co mpared the German Army to an African baboon on the B.B.C., and how Radio Hamburg had called for an apology (" I admitted an apology was necessaryto the African baboon " ) ; and how he had invented a second vo n Cleistowitz, who produced gems like" In modern war, the secret of mobility is speed ", and how the German wireless had told him that he had co mpletely failed to understand this personage. Finall y, Major Hastings warned us of the immense potentialities for evil of the radio. In Germany before the war, he himself had watched audiences listening to Hitler on the wireless with their eyes popping out of their heads like organ-stops. Even in Britain, there had been suggestions that the Government should have easier access to the microphone. That was the beginning of the road to Belsen. Al though so gloomy in many of its aspects, Major Hastings' speech profoundly impressed us all, and it would be better not to attempt the impossible task of expressing our gratitude to him. H. W. S. HUSBANDS, ESQ. On Sunday, November 4th the School was very pleased to welcome Mr. Husbands, a distinguished O.K.S., who gave us a lecture on "Road Traffic Congestion : its Cause and Cure".

Mr. Husbands began with an explanation of the circumstances which first aroused his interest in this vital subject- how, while travelling across India, he had noticed an article 011 traffic control in so me technical journal, and bad solved within balf-an-hour 1~3

TidE CANTUARIAN a problem that was baffling the wr·iter, and others, and causing them considerable anxiety. The whole thing seemed so absurdly easy thar he gave no more thought to the matter until, years later, an engineering friend of his came to him with the identical problem,

still unsolved. This led him to believe that he had some specia l Rair for the subject, and soon afterwards he wrote his first article, which was refused by three newspapers. By this time he had become very enthusiastic, and had soon thought out schemes for controlling various parts of London, including Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus, and the Elephant and Castle. Later, on the advice of a friend, he' constructed so me models of. four-way and six-way crossings. The lecturer went on to tell us that, under the present system of street junctions, at every four-way crossing nearly three-quarters of the total street capacity was wasted by the traffic being held up, and that at six-way crossings the loss rose to nearly fi vesixths. Practically all traffic congestion was caused, not by narrow streets or stationary vehicles, but by the hold-ups at cross-roads. The only satisfactory method of relieving this congestion was by bridges and .Ry-overs; roundabouts were only faintly successful, as they afford little manoeuvring space, and frequently ha ve to be regulated by trafficlights-a sure sign of failure. All other methods of traffic control, such as restriction, regulation, and diversion, were of no use whatever; there were over a dozen by-passes in or near London, specially built to relieve heavy traffic in the City, and not one of tnem had ever carried sufficient traffic to figure in the annual density charts. To conclude, Mr. blusbands showed us his very interesting models, which, together with the lecture, provided the School with much material fOF subsequent discussion.

AN:rHONY ARMSTRONG, ESQ. Wlien Anthony Armstrong visited us on November 10th, he not only gave a talk wHich was as witty and amusing as are his contributions to Punch, but he also brought forward a very valuable theory on the whole basis of humour. Mr. Armstrong began by quoting },labbe's dictum that "cruelty is the basis of all laughter; he enlatged upon this thesis, and finally proved its truth. Primitive man had· three jokes, and, we have the same three jokes to-day-the humour of unintention (the' gentleman on, the 'banana skin), the humour of weakness (the "funk"), and the humour of disproportion· (the clown with the big red nose). Civilisation had refined these by the addition of the factors of repetition, suddenness and aptness, and had modified them .by pity-an influenee which had grown much stronger in recent years. But we all still laugh from a feeling of superiority. We are deeply grateful to Mr. Armstrong for his lecture, and we hope soon to welcome many more members of the Savage Club.

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THE SOCIETIES THE CHOIR Han. Secretary: B. H. ARNOLD This term has seen the arrival of many new recruits, especially in the treble seCllon. Among the anthems sung this term are Wood' s 0 Thou, the central orb, lLey's Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round, and Redford's Rejoice in the Lord alway. We are continuing our efforts at unaccompanied psalm-singing, the Cathedral Âˇbeing a mace fitting set~ing for this than the garage at Carlyon Bay. We are busy preparing for a lCnrol Service at the end of term , when we hope to sing, among other car0 1s, Pearsall' s setting

of III dulci j/lbilo, Tschaikowsky's Legel/d, and two recently published c.,ols by IJi)r. P"sfield. MARLOWE SOCIETY President: F. H. VOIGT, ESQ. Hall. Sear.etary : D. L . EDWARDS The Society had held three meetings when The Cantuarian went to press. The inevitable Medley Debate was conducted with a grim earnestness, but the consequent depression was completely dispelled by an exceptionally well-argued discussion on the old problem: "What is an educated man ?" P. H. Honour then gave a charming and carefully prepared paper on "Jane Amsten". For the remaining meetings of the term, papers were promised by the President and by Mr. Purnell. THE MUSIC CLUB President : DR. W. 'R. PASFlELO Vice-Presidents: F. H. VOIGT, EsQ. ; MRS. V. C. REYNOLDS; T. A. S. WRIGHT, ESQ. , Hall. Secretary: B. L. LEARY The Music Club returned to Canterbury with no Secretary and sadly depleted ranks. After a business meeting, B. L. ÂˇLeary was elected Honorary Secretary, and the membership was raised to the nOt mal seventeen.

This term, the Club has been delighted by the President with two prognammes of organ music, well-balaneed and varied. The new Vice-President, T. A. S. Wright, Esq., made his debut in the Club wilh a piano recital which was brilliantly executed. A very informative paper on popular Tchaikowsky was given by'L. A. 'Bassett, who augmented his words with movements from the composer's fourth and sixth symphonies. A two-piano recital by the President and new Vice-President was an immense success. This meeting was held jointly with our younger brother, the Music Society. Next term, the Club is hoping for affiliation ",ith the Canterbury Music .Club, which will, it is to be hoped, give everyone an opportunity of listening to some first-class chamber music. 195

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President : C. E. M INNS, EsQ. Han. Secretary: P. A. FYFE-COOPER The Society had a most interesting term under its new President. It debated the problem of the Atomic Bomb; it ascended Bell Harry with the Archdeacon of Maidstone ; it heard talks by Mr. R. W. Purnell on Khayam and by its ex-President, Mr. G. P: H olhngwo rth ; I.t read .two plays, Labul'tllwm Gro!'e a nd Galsworth y'S Escape; and, 10 .a. hghter mood, It held Its most successful C hflStmas Party for some years. This enterpnsmg programme has attracted to the Society its max imu m number of members and has expanded a waiting list. THE HARVEY SOCIETY

President : R. CoLES, EsQ. Vice-Presidents: C. W . W ARD, EsQ. ; DR. Han. Secretary : J. H. ELLIOTT

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A number of films has been shown to the Society by the President on petroleum, fractional distillation, petrol and diesel engines, and airscrew manufacture. . Three .meetings this term were devoted to papers, all of them dealing with their subjects WIth an IOformatlve thoroughness. P. Brown discussed Sugar, the Hon. Secretary Plastics, and M. G. Elston The Application oj Science to Criminology.

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Our first term in our natural surroundings opens the more brightly as the Society is especially fo rtunate in being able to keep as its President, F. H. Voigt, Esq., whose knowledge of Kent, being no less considerable than that of Cornwall, is sure to prove invaluable this year. We have already availed ourselves of it for expeditions to Barfreston, which though small and out of the way, well rewarded our efforts by the beauty of its intricate Norman carvings; and to the magnificent castle of Richborough, near Sandwich, on St. Andrew's Day. A Fellow of the Society, P. H. Honour, gave us an in terest in g and instructive paper on the district surroundin g Canterbury. P. C. Hammond, F.S.S., spoke on a mosL original subject, " Modern Cinema and Theatre Architecture", which he assured us was an art, very amusing for the amateur to study, though much neglected until recentl y in this country. Unfortunately he was handicapped by lack of the epidiasco pe. but even so managed to show li S clear a nd profuse illustrations of hi s paper. 196

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To give all the Society an opportun ity Lo take an acti ve part in the programme, a free reading was held , at which a good ran ge of subjects were broached, including "Thirteenth Centur y Illumination " , the burning of Canterbury Cathedral in 1174, the dispersal of the Spanish Armada, the Visitation of the Lord Archbishop in the early part of the last century, and one of A. L. Rowse's " West Country Stories"- Three Travellers at St . Austell. To conclude the term, we look forward to papers from M. T . Lambert and the H on. Secreta ry on subjects not yet disclosed. The Society has kept up its numbers during the removal to Ca nterbury and ca n look forward to the better pros pect offered by improved conditions on all sides. THE PATER SOCIETY President,' J. C. HOWE, esQ. Vice-Presidents: C. E. MINNS, EsQ. ; R . W. P URNELL, EsQ. Han. Secretary: G. V. HOLLIDAY After the lapse of the SocieLy last term, it has been decided to reconstitute it with a wider range of membership. At a preliminary business meeting. G. V. Holliday was elected Hon . Secretary, and J. C. H owe, Esq., President. So far we have met only onceÂˇ to hear a paper on "Athenia n Statesmen" by the Hon . Secretary, but other papers should be fo rt hcoming. There will, of course, be the usual Symposium at the end of term. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY President: C. W. WARD, EsQ. Vice- Presidents: R. COLES, esQ. ; T. A. S. WRIGHT, ESQ. Hall. Secretary: D. L. WALLER This term has seen the revival of another Society which has lai n dormant for five years. At the beginning of term a meeting of all those interested was called and a committee was formed. The Society has been fortunate in finding a temporary dark-room. Three papers ha ve been given, two by the President on "The Uses of Photography" and a display of â&#x20AC;˘ 'Positi ve Transpara ncies"; the other was given by the Hon . Secretary on the' 'Development of Plates and F ilms " , the first of a series on Dark- room Techniq ue. THE RAILWAY SOCIETY President: THE REV. A. D. R. BROOKE Vice-President: C. E. MINNS, ESQ. Han . Secretary,' D. D . CLEGG During the term the following papers were given :- "The Barnstaple and Lynton Line " (B. K. Newton), " Harpenden a nd Hemel-Hempstead Bra nch " (R. J. Jackson), " Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway" (A. K . E ndersby), " Waterloo to Bournemouth" (J. S. Allison), and " Railway Photography" (D . L. Waller). We have also held a Film Show and a Brains Trust. 197

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THE TENTERDEN CLUB President: THE HEADMASTER Vice-President : THE VERY R EV. THE D EAN OF CANTERBURY Chairman: F . E. STEMSON, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: J. P. FISON ~wing to the ~eneral ~onfusion of ?,UT r~tu~n ,f!'om Cornwall , we have held only two n:'eet.~gs : a very interesting paper on EthlOp.a., a country of whose present politica l sttuat)?n we kn~w very little, rrom Mr. ~'. A. Klmml11S, and a discussion on a variety of subjects passing from. Russ.a to the Bnt.sh Labour Party and back to Russia again, led so ably and charmingly by the V.ce-Presldent. Amongst other interestin g and amusing ite,m,s, he gave us a graphic character sketch ~f Stalin, describing that mysterious person so VIVIdly that we have begun to understand hun . Rut our main efforts have been centred on the mock tria,' of a German officer, for war crim es ,which we hope to sta ge

at the end of the term w.th R. M. Butler leading the prosecutIOn, and G . V. Holliday defending. If this succeeds, it will more than atone for a rather meagre term. , THE MUSIC SOCIETY President: DR. W. R. PASFIELD Vice-Presidents: T. A. S. WRIGHT, EsQ.; MRS. V. C. REYNOLDS Hon. Secretary: P. Y. DUDGEON The Society, which incidentally was the first to meet in Canterbur y since the evacuation to Cornwall, had its first meeting.on Sunday, October 21 st, when C. W. Wa rd, Esq., presented a selectIOn of hiS favounte gramophone records, which included some oriental music. On October 28th, the President gave an organ recital to the Society. The programme included Handel's Organ Concerto in G Minor, a group of old English pieces, and some choral preludes. Th.s rec.tal was one of the most enjoyable that the Society has .yet heard. "Mendelssohn- His Life and Works " was the subject of L. A. O. Halsey's paper, which was given on November 4th. This was illustrated with many of the composer's works. Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony was heard on gra mo phone records on November 11th. The most popular meeting of the term was held on November 18th, when T. A. S. Wright, Esq., A.R.C.M., gave a piano recital to the Society. The main work heard was Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien, but the programme also included works by Chopin, Debussy and Ravel. He ended the recital by playing one of his own pieces. A Brains Trust was held on November 25th, which proved both amusing and illuminating. 'Mr. Wright came and talked to us on December 2nd about Mozart's opera, 1'he Magic Flute. The last meeting of the term was held on Decem ber 9th, when each member of th~ Committee chose a favourite gramophone record. 198

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THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY AND FIELD CLUB President: D. STAINER, EsQ. Vice-President: F. H . VOIGT, EsQ. Hon. Secretary: T. H. PARES This term the membership has !'isen from thirty to forty-five, and it is to be hoped that more Âˇmembers of the School w.lI begJll to take an Jllterest in Natural History. The Society has enjoyed two most interesting talks-one from the President on " The Prospects for Nature Study in the Canterbury Area", and another from C. W. Ward, Esq. , on "Nature Photography", the latter being profusely illustrated by slides and films . A debate on the motion " That in the opinion of this House, Field Sports are detrimental to the wild life of the British Isles" provoked a lively discussion, and in the end the proposition was defeated by fifteen votes to ten. P. Y. Dudgeon and J. B. Jackson both read first-class papers, the former on "Garden Flowers ", and the latter on " The British Hawk Moths ". Another Brains Trust was held this term, and it proved an even greater success than the one that took place a year ago. Altogether the Society has spent a most profita ble term in the lecture-room and much progress has been made in the sphere of field work. Three highly successful excursions have been made into the surrounding countryside, besides many individual ex peditions.

THE LIBRARY Librarian : R. W. PURNBLL, EsQ. Assistant Librarian: A. A. KNELLBR The Library was one of the casualties caused by the bombing of Canterbury; although the books themselves mostly escaped serious damage, the injuries to roof and windows necessitated much moving to and fro of books; still more confusion was added by the arrival of the books taken to Cornwall and the mass of miscellaneous school furniture dumped in the Library. The result is that, although a good start has been made, it ,has been impossible to restore order yet. It is hoped that by the beginning of next term, if not earlier, the Library may be doing its pre-war service. We are indebted to Canon Macnutt for the exceptionally generous gift of over sixty volumes of religious and topical interest, which will be fully described in The Calltuariall when they are housed in our proper Library ; and to two O.K.S.- S. B. Nichols for Potter's Outlines of English Legal History, a very useful summary, and to D.Âˇ H. Apps for Madame Curie, a biography by her daughter. Immediately before going to press, we acknowledge with gratitude the gift bearing his autograph of A , Very Presellt Help, by Lieut.-General Sir William Dobbie, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O. We remind our readers of the excellent tradition of giving the School Library a volume on leaving School: we hope that this tradition will be kept alive and, with it, the names of O.K.S. who would otherwise be all too quickly forgotten. 19,9

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J. T. C. The following promotions were made with effect from October 12th, 1945:C.Q.M.S. A. A. Kneller to be C.S.M. C~!' P. C. Hammond to be C.Q.M.s. L/Sgt. D. B. Ainsworth to be Sgt. Cp!. D. M. Moreall (0 be Sgt.

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Cp!. H. A. Emerson to be Sgt.

Cp!. D . M. Long (0 be L/Sgt. Cp!. P. COllry to be L/Sg(. Cp!. M. J. Gordon to be L/Sgt.

J . A. A. Price to be Cp!. R. A. C. Flack to be Cpl B. H. Arnold to be Cp!. . H. J. de Voil to be Cp!. H. L. Ackers to be Cpl. L. A. Bassett to be Cp!. T. H. Pares to be Cp!. P. D. Leighton to be Cp!.

POST-CERTIFICATE "A" PLATOON The Officer Com manding 12th T.T. C. has very kindly undertaken to provide a course of instruction for this platoon, which co ntains the future N.C.O. 's of the C~:>ntingent. The trai~ing is under the iI11~11edi~te superintendence of Major Guy, M.e. (East Surrey Regl(nent), who has even, (n thIs shari time, been a great help to us. UNIFORM STORE The practice of storing uniforms centrally, begun in Cornwall, is to be cont inued

but ll,nfortunately until the shelving has been constructed, the uniforms cannot be issued~ COURSE OF lNSTRUf;TJON LjCpl. 1'. H. Lee attended a course of instruction at the 140th Royal Engineers O.C.T. U., Bowbridge Camp, Notts., in September, and obtained a satisfactory report. BAND Drums and bugles, which had a chequered career in Cornwa ll, have now been repaired and practice under Drum-Major Smith (our pre-war instructor) has now begun . LjCpl. J. P. D. Mallinson is Drum-Major. SHOOTING With our return to a well-equipped range, it is to be hoped that a considerable improvement in the shooting of the Cont;ngent will take place. The Captain of Shooting (Sgt. D. M. Moreau) has arranged a number of postal shoots with other contingents. We are hoping soon to exchange our P.14's and old Enfields for more modern rifles, up to fifty per cent. of our strength. Bren guns and other training equipment have also been promised by the War .Office. The Editors would add a special note oj thallks on behalf oj the School 'to Captaill Egerton Jones and C.S.M.l. Marshall, who, despite the difficulties which have indeed Jaced all the School institutions this term, have maintained the efficiency oj the J.T.C., as a training Jar a none too settled wor/d. LATE NEWS.-Nille Cadets have Qbtained their War Certificates "A ", Part II, this term, while seventeell have obtained Part I. Full lists will be published ill our lIext number. 200

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ORIGINAL DESOLATION The waves thundered and dashed upon the spray-drenched rocks far below. The wind howled through the ruined streets and roa red at a clump of bend 109 trees. Before me lay the forsaken Scottish vil lage. Three hundred years ago men ca me t~ the rocky shore and built a village near a cove 111 a bay where there was deep watel and good fi shing. But the village never flou rished and slowl y dwindled away. N?w the houses are sh uttered and ruined . Grass grows thick in the streets and creeper c1lOgs to the ancIent walls that sleet and rain have slowly worn away" ~here tradesmen cned their wares, where busy feet clattered on the stones, now all IS sIlence save for the eternal crash .of the breakers and the moan of the wind. Where lovers wh l sper~d and fishermen dISplayed the harvest of the sea, now a re tumb led brtcks and crumblIng walls. Time has turned the houses into rubble and the old sto ne pier has sunk beneath the storm-tossed sea. Now those that built the houses lie beneath the gr~und, while the storm still beats upon their wo rk and the sea stil l thunders below the clIffs. And so It will be, desolate, deserted and forlorn, alone with its grief, until the cliff falls and the rocks break at the end of time. M.D.L. PROGRESS Silence, complete and blanketingNothing stirs. The sun maintains its heavy hold upon the earth; A locust chirrs, The only living thing that still has cause for mirth. Dust, yellow and swirlingThere is a stench Of rotting corpses gargoyled on the sand. A ha lf-filled trench Scars the sullen surface of the land. Who are these whose sightless eyes Glaze over in the mocking sleep of death? What age is this, when burning skies Survey this all too common scene? One cannot tell. From its first breath There has been little change in all mankind. ANON.

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DELIRIUM There is doom by the rivers. The vultures have heard Where the bird of the morning Wings to the morning. Augur of evil- O bird, Purple of evil and green ! There is doom by the rivers. The wolves have seen; The grey wolves, the gaunt wolves Sinking tbe marrow, drawing the blood out, Can you no t hear it? Cry of despair, A murmur through the death-soaked air, The trample of hooves and an army in rout !

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THE CANTUA RIAN There is doom by the rivers, Where the death-winds have blown, But the bird of the purple Winging to westward, Onward alone .... Golden and crimson,

Blue of the ocean, White lilies' sway; Root of the thistle ; red snakes in the sa nd Slither and play; Deep-scented orchids whi sper a fra graneeF iery orchids, emerald orchids Rise from the sea-depth .... Eyes from the sea-depth, Staring, gigantic, Washed by the waters, Floating through stillness Into Oblivion .. .. J.P.F. BELL HARRY Still stands the tower, built by t.he hand of man, Dim-understanding what it was he wrought. Proud kings and scheming prelates have their part, The craft-proud mason, and the purse-proud priest, The jealous burgess, and tbe statesman sly. Some wrought for gold, others fo r fame, or power, Or prai se of men.

Still sta nds the tower, piercing the autumn sky. The pigeons know it, lhe night-haunting owl, The trees, and stars, and roofs, and passing winds,

And still men scheme and plan, and wantonly destroy, Live little noisy lives, cherish their pomp, and die. They fi ght and slay, knowing not how or why, And weep and starve, and rise aga in to slay.

Still stands the tower. above the autumn mist. Still stand God 's trees around it 'gainst His sky, That men may know for ever there is God To guide the palsied hand, the sightless eye, And the shut understa nding, that, by man, God's work be done. Still stands the tower, built by lhe hand of man, Dim-understa nding what it was he wrought, Yet striving, all the same, up througb the mist Of huma n wisdom, sophistry, and pride To enter Heaven as a little child . D.S, 203

THE CA NTUARIAN THE STORM An Autumn day draws slowly to its close, The silent stillness sleeps: And with a sad, depressing sigh, a rose Droops pitifully, its once white peta ls now A faded fallacy . The cloudless sky assumes a darker shade, The sun sinks slowly down: And in the distant fieId s, a knowing shepherd Starts to herd his precious flock, helpcd by His faithful friend. The wind has risen now, the once bright day A now fast gathering gloom: The raindrops start to patter down- each one A falling crystal, against the sky, Amidst the swishing ash tree. The lightning sears across the hissing rain: Now a deathly pause: And with a mighty crash, the thunder rolls Across the moors, dying in so me forgotten Far-off fairyland . ' The rain, unleashed, pours down upon the field s

With never ceasing madness. And on the country road, a mislaid Cart shelters so me drooping-feathered birds Against the falling torrent.

But now the sky is brighter on the hill, The wind is dying down: The rain has stopped, and a courageous owl,

Hooting on some lofty branch, heralds The approaching night. The air is fresh, the ground all damp and soft : The stars appear above: And in the distance a lonely curlew cries, Bidd ing good-night to everyone awake. ~ 'The

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TME CANTUARIAN ON THE APPROACH OF WINTER, 1945 I hear The voice of old men coughing in the slums, And children taunting. I see Ragged urcbius running from the slag-heaps, Thin bare legs leaping on the crumbly stones; And everywhere most lurid' posters. I smell Raw December mornings, when bilious Chimneys vo mit smuts into the grey skies. I feel Cold, moist sheets about me in a stuffy room,

And the touch of dead men's fingers. I speak A volume of unhidden truths, Unheeded . OXINOBN.

RUGGER At the time of going to press the XV has had an unlucky but not unpromising season . With only one remaining member of last yea.'s, team, a very young and comparativeLy inexperienced side started shakily; and a heavy defeat by a strong li'ublic Schools' Wanderers team (40 points to nil) did nothing to improve its confidence. Coupled with this, a very late opening to the season, a hard ground almost precluding play, and a crop of injuries necessitating incessant juggling around' of positions, the lack of practice and co-ordination was keenly felt. Consequently Felsted: defeateeb us by more thrustful play in aÂˇ ragged and! ratbe1l. individualistic game; and the superior weight and combination 06 K,.C.S., Wimbledon over-rode us easily towards the end of a match that at tbe outset had appeared quite even . . Still playing short, the XV drew 3-3 with Dover College in a hard though' unscientific game; and for the first time fielded its full strength to beat Mill Rill. Though' the team is not yet very powevful\ there' are more signs of co-ordination' in the side, and with the defeat of the Canterbuvy It.F.C. by 6 points to 3, we may perhaps look forward to more success in the latter part of the season. In any event, there is. some considerable promise for next year when a sizeable portion of the team should still be with us.

THE CANTUAR IAN 1ST XV CHARACTERS H. I. D. JOHNSON (Captain)- Had to start building the side from scratch, but has now got a fair team together. Defence is his strongest point. In attack he runs strongly and straight. The timing of his passes has improve\!, but they can be given faster yet. J. P. D. MALLI NSON- A good wing-forward who is a lways up with the ball in the loose. He could be quicker off the mark and his tackling a little more certain. Has performed the duties of Hon. Secretary admirably. A. E. HILL- An excellent tackler, but he needs to be more sure of himself in defence. His handling and kicking also need improvement. D. H. P. MAYBURy-LEWIS, who has had a season broken up by injuries, has played well and is a good hard runner. He could be faster off the mark with his tackling. D . B. AINSWORTH is a fine runner with a most spectacular turn of speed. He needs to cultivate a swerve, and his tackling is still rather weak, although this improved as the term went on. A. F. CRAY has played increasingly well, but his tack ling is weak . watch the ball and not the opponent when taking his passes.

He must learn to

R . M. BUTLER- A good runner with a fair tackle. Kicks intelligently and usefull y, but his passing is still weak and he is inclined to drop out of position. L. A. BASSETT- A good, hard-working wing-forward, he has proved his worth in both the tight and the loose, but must check his tendency to run across the fi eld .

B. L. LEARY has made the most of the difficult job of hooking in a light pack. led his forwards well, but must improve his tackling.

He has

A. R. H. ALLEN is a most energetic scrum-half. He is still inclined to lob his passes or send them high. However, he falls on the ball decisively in defence and should be a great asset next year. A. A. KNELLER has proved most useful in the front row this term. in the loose, and he must learn to tackle fiercely.

Still rather weak

J. R. ALLCHURCH shows plenty of energy in the serum but suffers from inexperience. He should develop into a very useful forward. J . W. ALLISSON-A vigorous if unscientific forward. throughout.

He fears nothing and works hard

M. J. GORDON-A speedy forward, who must learn to run straight and hard . inclined to lag behind in the loose and must learn to tackle hard. I. H. SHARP- A good steady player.

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1ST XV MATCHES KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 0 v PUBLIC SCHOOL WANDERERS 40 (Home) The Public School Wanderers brought a very strong team, which included an Oxford Blue a nd two Australian State players. Despite our determined tackling, their threequarters managed to cross our line ten times. The forwards packed down well in the tight scrums, but were not fast enough in the field. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 0 v FELSTED SCHOOL 29 (Away) After an exhausting journey and a late lunch, we were beaten in a game mainly for

the scrum. Felsted were led by an outstanding fly-half who, taking very long passes, to uched down many times, and their forwards heeled the ball very quickly in the loose, thus giving our three-quarters no cha nce. KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 0 v K.C.S ., WIMBLEDON 57 (Away) In spite of the heavy score against us, the XV put up the best sbow of the season. The tacklin g, however, was sometimes weak, and tbere was a reluctance to fall on the ball. The tight scrums were often hampered by the loose binding of our opponents, but the ball still came back. The backs never got really moving, but they were disorganised by the absence of one of their wings. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 3 v DOVER COLLEGE 3 (Home) This was a very interesting match. The tight scrums were spoilt by the unequal push of our opponents, but Leary, who had the misfortune to be knocked-out in the second half, hooked weH, and the ball came back to the three-quarters quickly. Soon after half-time, our forward s, pressin g very hard, came very near to scoring, and it was

not long before we crossed their line. After a short run by Allison, a quick heel from the loose and a movement by the backs, Johnson made an opening for Butler to touch down . Dover CoHege now forced us baCK into our "25", and just before the end, crossed over by the corner flag, thus ending a very close game. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY 6 v CANTERBURY R.F.C. 3 (Home) Tbis match was the first played against Canterbury since 1939 and the School did weH to prove successful against the heaviest team it has encountered tbis term. After twenty minutes, Canterbury battled their way to our line and scored ; they continued the attack until half-time, but we never let them through again, and they began to tire in the second half. Then our backs, helped by some good, quick hooking by Leary, went on the offensive. Ainsworth snatched up the ball on the half-way line and after avoiding the full back, touched down by the corner flag. A few minutes later, he ~gain scored with a lovely dash after a quick pass from tbe backs. Then the. game > quietened down, except for a nea r miss at a dropped goal by Canterbury towards the end. 2fJ7 Âˇ

1U1E G:AlN1'UAl RfA!N. KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBUR't 9 I' I.T.C., O.C.T.U ., MAIDSTONE 9 (Home) We were heavily handicapped by the loss of Johnson after fifteen minutes with a dislocated shoulder. The rnd ian Army took full advantage of this and, by judicious selling of dummies, touched down first. The next try, however, was scored by Bassett i, who gained the ball by ably backing up a brilliant three-quarter movement, a nd we successfully held the Army uutil half- time. T hen their fl y-hal f broke through, a nd two more tries were scored before we were able to reply with another successful dash by Ainsworth. T he Army scored again, and it was on ly after some hard fighting that Bassett seized the ball in a line-out and darted over the line. The Kick, however, failed, as has beco me rather customary! KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTBRBURY 12

MILL HILL 10 (Home)

For the fi rst time t.his season, our opponents were no heavier than our own team.

Our forwards pushed theirs off the ba ll freque ntl y and the three-quarters saw more of the ball than in previous matches. The weather was kind to us and the movements suffered little from a slippery ball. Both Butler and Johnson scored tries in the first half after rapid passing from the backs. Mill Hill replied with a try which was converted . After half-time, Mallinson broke through a line-out, driobled the ball and scored. Later, May bury- Lewis made a brilliant dash for sixty yards with the ball at his feet to score between the posts, with the School cheerin g wildly. But the fourth failure to convert in the match provided a deplorable an ti-climax. Mill Hill now came back with a rush. With ten minutes to go, their left wing took a neat cross-kick and raced the length of the field to SCOre. Victory now seemed uncertaiu, but the team held on. to the final whistle, a nd the School left the field hoping that this was only the first of many successful matches. TH E 2ND XV T he 2nd XiV have had a very successful season, winning four of their five matches, the' firs~ of which was'lost to a' strong Chatham H ouse " A" XV. Coury led the side well, and was ably backed up in the serum by Arnott, Netherwood a nd Routh. Flack and Long developed into a good pair of halves, and with the two centres Fo",wellia nd Buteher, formed, 8' strollg attack. Bartlett excelled' aDk!icking, a nd against the King's School, Rochester, scored no less than 11 of his side's 23 points. THE SENIOR COLTS ' XV The Seniof ColI-' , X,v, have hadla moderate season, winning two of their five matches. 'File games were usuallo/ even, neither side winning by many points. The team as II whole playedl well anct, leaont to combine in, the latter matches. T he serum was well led, by R. E . A .. Greenslade, and J. Forsey as fly-haW made many opemngs for the threequarters" as well as seoring several good tries himself. The team was captained by D'. l!.. Ques.ted. 208,

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SENIO R HOUSE MATCHES In the preliminary rounds, School House beat Grange by one goal, scored by Leary a nd converted by Hulse, to nil, but then fell to Walpole 10-3 after a very close game in which Ainsworth scored the only try. Walpole went on to win the Cup by beating Meister Gmers, who had previously beaten Luxmoore 20-0 in the final s. Ainsworth scored all three tries for Walpole within the first twenty minutes, after which Meister Omers held them and came ve ry close to scorin g on numerous occasions.

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J UNIOR HOUSE MATCHES In the first ro und , Meister Omers were successful against Luxmoorc ( 12-6), but onl y to be sound ly beaten by School House (1 5- 3) in the semi-finals. Grange, having won the other semi-final against Walpole (9-3) after a hotly contested game also won the fina l against Schoo l House (12- 0) . Quested and Forsey formed the 'spea rhead of the Grange attack a nd found the wea k tackling of School H ouse well to their li king. Meister Omers } Luxmoore

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'SQUA'SH Many School activities have suffered from the rush of events this term. Squash was one of the unfortunate games placed low on our ,list of priorities, but by November Ihe cour-ts were ready. 'I'he first match was held on November 11th. The Captain of Squash (M . J. Gordon) re~orts that the courts are in excellent conilition and suggests that anyo ne lt ke ly to be 10 the VI coulil do WIth much more

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H. P. Wortham, the O.K.S . Capta in, played 'excellently a nd wo n e,very game. M. J . Gordon played very well, losi ng only to Wortham . Jt was a very good and enjQ¥able match and Il,lany more O.K.S. tea ms should visit us in the future. Final score: King 's School 16 ,games ; O.K .S . 26 games. IlIhe School team co nsisted of: M. J. Gord,m(Captain)"ld . A. Emerson, M. Watson, J. I]']u lse, iii. {. ~o hn so n. The O.K.S. team consisted of : H. P. Worthqrn (Captai·n), D. Ill. '(..,ung, w.. «(jJ, yordon, A. Ey re, J. C. Coury.

THE CANTUARTAN A WORTHIE CHAPEL MONITOR A Kinge 's Scholere had de we for the nones, Of Caunterbaure, he was of skinne and bones . So highe was he that standing in the Crypte ' Of Christe Church his head was weI nigh nipped Men say that on Sondey doon in Austelle This lankeye sonte y failed doon a weI That was so hidden that was noone coude see. In hreake he brew a right good cuppe of tea. WeI coude this man arrange a chapel seate And ticked men offe if oon were not too neate. His trousers wore he weI nigh up to knee That enrichon bis hosen blacke eoude see. A dainteye fellowe was he like a girle That wore blacke here and in it a swete curle. P.W.B.

THE TERM Dear O.K .S., Many of you came down during October to see the School in its first term here, We enjoyed your visil, altogether too short, however, and hoped that you were satisfied with the way we had settled down to life at Ca nterbury. Without an exception, you all seemed keen to discover how much of the School was the same as the one you knew. after an exile of five years.

I remember one party asking whether there was still a New Boys' Concert. [then learnt that the concert was the third day of a new boy's life at School, when he had to sing to the whole House. The others stood around and rewarded the " star" with any missile within reach. I said we no longer had a New Boys' Concert, and all agreed that it was a good tbing that such a custom had died out. Undoubted ly, however, we shall maintain as faithfully and as proudly as you did in the past all those traditions which possess any purpose, memorial or charm. We realise that the ancient ceremony of the Gentlemen of the Upper Sixth "spouting" to the Captain of School is unique and certainly helps to distinguish us from other scbools. Since they could not use the Library for Spouts, the Gentlemen, as in their earlier days, humbly sat at desks in some classroom, which resounded with Shakespearian verse, Pater's prose or a very lucid tract on the Indian problem in Norwegian. Perhaps it would interest you to read of some of the arrangements forced upon us hy enemy action during the war? The Parry Hall, where the portraits of famous O.K.S. such as Harvey, Somner and Tenterden, now joined by the portrait of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, hang on the walls, has served us well as a Dining Hall. We should like to congratulate the Steward on the organisation behind it and to offer our thanks to him and Mrs. Curtis for all their work. 210

THE CANTUARIAN During the first part of the term we attended Morning Prayers and Sunday Evensong in the Eastern Crypt. Now we have moved to the even more beautiful Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft. We eagerly await the restoration of our Memorial Chapel under the Green Court Gate, which suffered from blast. The windows have been replaced, the walls plastered, and when you read this, the decorators should have finished. Soon we shall be celebrating our daily Communions in this little chapel so familiar to many of you. On Sundays, Matins have taken place in the Quire; at first we were somewhat awed by its size, but after a time we felt that the Cathedral was ours. We ha ve also had the privilege of holding meetings in the Chapter House, whose splendid arch itecture impressed us all deeply. Tt has one disadvantage, h owever, as the acoustics are very poor, and sometimes lecturers have been sca rcely audible to many

of us. Although our work has been im peded by the lack of classrooms, our standard in games should improve stead il~ now. We lacked adequate grounds down III Cornwall, which meant that the JunIOrs mevltably had lIttle practice as a consequence of the first team priority. Now that we can use historic Blore's and the wounds at Birleys, which are in splendid condition, there is ample opportunIty for exerCISe for everybody. Every afternoon about four or five games of rugger have been arranged this term, and it is rumoured that we shall play rugger next term as well. The rest of our life at School you will find recorded elsewhere in The Cantl/ariall. There you will find evidence of our happiness and prosperity, for we still retain the" first fine careless rapture " of our new life. We have high hopes for the future . Finally, we hope that many more O. K.S . wi ll visit us-if only to point out a favourite cubicle and to defend it to the last. Yours sincerely, ALISTBR KNELLER,

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. .The 'Editors I:llvite 1.'le co-operation of O.K.S, ill strengthelling these items ill " 1'HE CAI"frUARTAN ", windt are'oj partIcular mleres~ to O.K.S.. Much of l(tC necessary material is til/obtainable from am' other source, (Ind tltey there/ore remmd subscribers tltat allllems of news are welcome. .

F. E. B. Brown (1935- 44), now serving in H.M.S. Duke or York writes that he has been "everywhere from Gibraltar to Tokyo " . . , .Q. Brown (1933--;-38) writes, as do m~ny others, to express his great pleasure at the news of the School s return home. In hts first three months in Tndia he suffered from both dysentry and jaundice, but he hopes to be in England again in the spring and perhaps III tllne to play m the O.K.S. hockey match. When in the Leicestershire Yeomanry his companions included R. J. T. Stafford-Waters (1924-26) (preselll rallk lVallled, please. Ells.) and C. F. Jerdem (1926-00) (j~rther Informatioll, please). The C.R.A., the Senior R.A . Officer and adVISer to the D~vI~lOnal Command, was L. C. Manners-Smith (191112) . Q: 'Brown went out to ind,a 10 the same ship with C. R. B. Brown (1940-44) an'd arrtved at Colombo wben F .E:B. 's ship was there, and a "lot of fiagwagging and la"1P-fiashing" resulted in a meeting. Earlier he had also met G. Hughes-Hallett (1'93'1--":36), about whom we are glad to have information , as his name has hitherto been absent from the War Record.

'FIe 'desc:\be~ how 'he met in hospital an ex-P.O. W. Fron~ Malay, who told him that even 10 'the gnm and sordId condItions of pflson camp life the O. K.S. were having regular re-union parties!" Unfortunately the P.O. W. could not remember any names. He recommends to all members of the School Beverley Nichols' book Verdict all India. He also reports having met, when at home last May, Warwick Tilton (1934-38), ex-P.O.W. Qlhis nelVs has not hitherto reached the War Record !- Eds .), his brothers, W.G. (1~25-33) (whose name also has 1101 so far figured Ihere) and B.J. (1933-41). We have to congratulate J. W. Brown (1910- 16), who ran away to join up at the age of 16, on becoming a grandfather at 45 ! D. Brown (1935- 39), having seen fighting from Tiddim and Imphal to Rangoon is now in Singapore, where he has been since our first land ings. ' A. J. B. Hughes (1936-40) has been invalided out of the R.A.F. and hopes to take a University Course in Engineering in South Africa. D. Page (193 1-40) is working with the revue Back Home, staged by a group of ex-P.O.W. 's in the R.A.F. G. H . HilI (1930- 35) is Stage Manager. M. Carnes (1940-44) is serving in H.M.S. Indefatigable. He has visited the King's School, Parramatta, and was much impressed with the kindness of the Headmaster and the obvious efficiency of the School. A. L. Evans (1938-40) seems to be responsible for all the electricity and plumbing in South India. (He would have been very useful at the School just before term began !) P. F. Lucas (1934-39) has passed the examination for M.R.C.S. We offer our hearty congratulations on this fine achievement. 212

.....---------------THE CANTUA~IAN J. V. Mather (19 17- 18) was the only Australian officer with the U.S. Marines in the early stages of the Guadalcanal campaign. He would be glad to get in touch with any O.K.S. in Australia. His address is The Bennals, Belmont, N .S.W . J. E. P. Sampson (1934-39) was among the first of our troops to land in Singapore. He writes: "The prisoners themselves have maintained a very complete and accurate record of all casualties, and it was a matter of a few seconds for them to give me all the information about my brother. He was killed in action at Government House, Singapore, on 15th February, 1942, the day our forces there surrendered and, of all days, my 21st birthday." He sends liS a 5-rupee note, " part of the paper currency which the Japs printed in great quantities during their occupation; it may be of some interest- per)taps it could be used as the foundation of a discourse on the 'Dangers of Inflation through over issue of paper money', for they printed so much that 100 of their rupees had less purchasing value than one of ours. It is interesting to note that their money has no serial number and no 'Promise to pay'- so they were really quite honest about it all !" Lieut.-Colonel A. H. Crowther (1906- 10) has been appointed Conservative Agent for South Hants. We learn indirectly that the D .S.C. awarded to P. Magnus (1933-36) was probably earned in defending a convoy off the mouth of the Scheidt against E-Boat attacks, when our forces accounted for two E-Boats sunk, three "probables" and seven damaged. Among those released under Class B to resume their University studies are M. C. A. Spencer (1933- 38) and G. Vivian-Davies (1935-39). While in the Army, VivianDavies has had a variety of jobs- bomb-disposal, railway construction, "met" observer with the smoke-screens, and administrative work in Italian, Russian and German prisoner-of-war camps. M. A. S. Burgess (1940-44) writes enthusiastically about his Russian studies at Cambridge. D. K. Johnson (1940-45) was noticed the other day by members of the J.T.C. marching as a recruit into the Barracks. We have been glad to see the fo llowi ng O.K.S. since the School returned:J. A. S. Langston (1941-44), G . C. Bayston (1917- 21), K. H. M. Johnsen (1940-44), D. Lampard (1937-42), E. H. Cornelius (1938-43), H. M: Sarglsson (1933-38), R. E. Jackson (1930-38), P. R. H. Elliott (19 14-22), D. Wilmer (1933- 38), L. A. Ken ny (1929-37), c. R. Cheadle (1938-42), P. D. Grant (1938-42), N. R. Joly (1920-23), V. St. A. Hubbard (1928- 35), K. R. Henshaw (1928- 37), A. A. de C. Cussans (1939- 41), D . B. Young (1935-40), H. P. Wortham (1933- 39), J. D. Slimming (1941-44), A. M. Durnford (1932-38), D. Harriss (1938-41), B. E. Fern (1937-41), T. H . Boultbee (1935-43), J. Peschek (1940-43), J. D. Mackie (1938-41), L. <;. Saxby (1928-34), J. C. Downes (1940-44), D. A. Graham (1935-42), G . Middleton (1938-44) M. T. Middleton-Evans (1937-44), A. G. Eyre (1935-40), A. P. Beale (1936--40); and a number of others for the Thanksgivin& S~rvice, including the following, who attended the General Meeting of the O.K.S. ASSOCiatIOn :W. R. Mowll (1889-92), J. M. Pearson (1916-19), B. J. Rdss (1885-90), P. H. Short house (1924-32), F. F. Finn (1903-13), B. L. Hooper (1900-02), A. FoordKelcey (1926-32), J. F. R. Burnett (1911-14), G. F. M. Pierce (1939-43), D . 1. Hill

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WE CONGRATULATE ENGAGEMENTS FR~BLAND-RoIlERTsoN.-Captain Desmond Hugo Freeland, Roya l Signals (1929-4"), >, .. " son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. S. Freeland of Smarden, Kent, to Ray, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. Morton Robertson of Bournemouth. . THoRNDl"'E-LlNDsAY.- Lieut. Daniel Thorndike, Royal ArLillery (1933- 38) elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Thorndike of Chelsea, Lo Subaltern JaneL Linds~y, A.T.S., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay of Caterham. ~.

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MARRIAGES WATTS-LoCKHEAD.- On June 19th, 1945, Tom Andrew Watts (1934--39) to Molly .. Lockhead, F.A.N.Y. FA"'TBR-BRA.y.~On June 26th, 1945, Lieutenant James Adolphus Fayter, R.M. (1929-33), only son of Mr. and Mrs. FayLer of Sidmouth, to Joan, only daughter .,. _of Mr. and Mrs, G. Bray of Margate. FtNN-BIGGLESToN.-On July 5th, 1945, Wing-Commander Patrick Douglas Fi nn , .. Q.B.E., .. R.A.F.V .R. (1917-26), to Margaret, widow of Lieutenant Besmond . Biggleston, R.A. . .. TROUSDELL- VICKBRs.-On July 28th, 1945, Captain Maureice Charles Trousdell The Royal Ir.ish Fusiliers (1936- 40), son of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. A. J. Tro~sdell . of Berkhamsted, to Margaret MacIntyre, only daughter of Mrs. F. Vickers of .,-" ·Glasgow. POOLE-MoUNSBY.-OIl July 31 st, 1945, in Canterbury Cathedral, the Rev. Joseph Weston Poole (1922-28), M.A., Precentor of Canterbury Cathedral, to Esme Beatrice, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Mounsey of Northampton. STEELB-SAUL.-On October 13th, 1945, Major Harmer Richmond Rae Steele, M.C. and Bar, 5th Maharalln Lightlnfautry (1930-40), to Barbara June Medhurst Saul. 214

. 'rllE CAN10AiUAN STEYENS- SANDs,,-On October 16th, 1945, Kenneth William Stevens ' (1,926- 32), to j3etty Gladys, only daughter of Mr, and Mrs. F. Sands.. ... .... . i . '.~ . RENNIE- BROwN.- On Novem ber 17th, 1945; Captain Dougla~', ba:vid': R~ilO i~, 'Malay .i Regiment (1929- 34), yo unger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. M: Rennie; to Dr. Kathlt!en . Mary Brown, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown of King's Heath·. ' : .I!

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Dear School, We are all very glad that yo u are now' back at Canterbury. Dreadful rumours had been circulati ng that the damage done to the buildings during the war was enormous, but some .of .~ s who attended the Thanksgivj ng Service earlier in the term ,had a much brighter tale to tell the others. Dr. D. Gall is a Resident Ho use Physician at the Radcliffe, where C. A. B. Clemetson continues his exploits, and is Secretary of the Oxford Medicals' Rugger, ", G. L. Taylor has returned fro m the Army to join J. ·H. Breese at Trinity: he is studying hard under Mr. P. A. Landon. Breese is Secretary of the College Squash Club, and was lucky enough to be present at the Convocation at which Field Marshal Montgomery received the Honorary Degree of D.C.L. T. H. Boultbee has returned with his College to Keble, where; he is Captain of Hockey. C. S. Pitcher has been seen cycling in the Broad, but otherwise his light ·has been obscured under a bushel. . P. Pollak and G. A. Gordon (Christchurch) were encountered at coffee at Elliston's wrangling over problems of higher mat.hematics. The high· light of the term was a large informal dinner patty at which we were able to entertain H. P. Wortham, D. B. Young, J. Downes, J. Fairfax-Francklin and Mr. G. G. Bennett, Housemaster of School House from 1936 to 1939. .. YourS, etc., .

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER Dear School , It is indeed a great pleasure o nce more to be able to address the Cambridge Letter to Canterbury, and it is .our duty, before beginning the saga of the O. K.S., Cantab., to ex press our extreme satisfactIOn at the news of the School's safe return to the Precincts after its years of exile in Corn wa ll. Some ~f o ur number visited Canterbury o n the occaSIOn of the Thank sglvlllg ServICe and th eir ex penence and sentiments were retailed to th ose who . were prevented from being present o n that auspicio us day, at a meeting of the Cambndge O.K.S. at the house of Colonel C. H. Budd o n November 18th. At this meeting we were delighted to find that J. K. Purvi s was visiting Colonel Budd Âˇ he told us of several amusing incidents that had occurred during his journeys in the R.A.F: Of the O.K.S. now res ident in Ca mbrid ge, pride of place must be given to J. B. Lovatt, who is now teaching at a school in the neighbourhood ; he tells us that he find s it a far more arduous occupation than his service with the Navy in New York. His brother, C. W. A. Lova tt, now regrettabl y no longer resident in Clare, was a lso at the meeting ; he is at the moment doing j o urnalism in Lo ndo n and , we ga ther, finds it more dull than the Law lectures he was attending last year. Of the O. K.S. who a re still undergradua tes, we are pleased to welcome G. VivianDa vies back to Corpus, where he intends to read Theology ; we learn also that he has taken up rowing. Corpus, indeed, ca n claim to have the greatest number of O. K.S. ill statu pupil/a"; th is term ; among them R. N . C". Loga n is still supportin g th e History Faculty. At the beginning of term we found him, on entering his rOOl11, standin g o n a table, while about half-a-dozen admirable specimens of th e type British Wo rkman, armed with stepladders, brushes and pots of paint, milled round the room turnin g the walls from a fiery orange to a tasteful shade of cream, licked out wit h green . On penetrating into the Old Court, we found M. A. S. Burgess and S. B. Nichols ensconced in rooms on opposite sides of the same staircase; the laUer, we understand, is com~ bining history with a very thoro ugh a nd pro longed course in the works of Ravel, while the former is mainly concerned with Russia n. One visit to Malcolm Burgess coincided with a visit to Corpus of a Bulgarian Mission, and Malcolm was suddenly called away by Prince Dimitri Obolensky to assist in entertaining the various members of the mission . R . N. e. Logan told us that he had seen M. e. A. Spencer in the street one morning : the latter has returned to S. Catherine's, but owing to the fact that he lives outside Cambridge we have not as yet been able to visit him. At Clare we found E. H . Cornelius in the rooms from which he commands the College ; curiously enough we found him working hard-a state of things which he maintains has been going on a ll the term. Naturall y we were loth to believe this, but on . being as~ured with some warmth that wo rk was truly his ma in occupation in life and that even his researches into the history of the tavern were perforce neglected, we retired from the sight of so sad an occurrence a nd moved over to the New Court to see P. C. Steel. But, alas! our nerves were not to be quietened so easily, for we found him in the middle of cutting a human brain into small pieces; when we congratulated him on his skill with the knife, a wicked gleam came i.nto his eye and we deemed it prudent to withdraw while our scalps were yet intact. 216

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We then betook o urselves to Jesus to visit F. L. Whalley and D. S. M. Harriss; former is still ardently pursuin g an aquatic life, a nd we considered ourselves fortunate . in findin g him in, but we only mana ged to have a sho rt conversation with him before the call of the river lured him from our midst. Games of a ll kinds, we knew were enthusiastically supported by Jesus men, but we had not expected that both the O.K.S. members of th at college wou ld be so keen th at they wo uld forego the temptation of a convivial round or two at the nearest hostelry, co nseq uentl y our knowledge of their doings this term is of a scanty nature, as is our knowledge of the activities of J. W. Stephenson and Sao H seng Ong, whom we have o nl y met for a fe w moments between lectures. Finally, we must express our reg ret that Professor Telfer's duties keep him so busy th at again we have only been able to say "Good- mo rnin g" to h im on severa l occasions. Our only visitor th is term has been J. Pesceck, who spent a few da ys in Ca mbridge before leaving for Ceylon to take over a minesweeper. th~

We must, in conclusio n, repeat our pleas ure at the School's return to Canterbury and our hope that the difficulties of damaged houses and the like will be su rmounted, and that it will soo n regain th e exa lted position it occupied before its dep'arture to Cornwall. We stro ngly urge any members of the School, who may came to take Scholarships, to visit us on their arrival. Yours, etc., O.K.S. CANTAB.

IN MEMORIAM CAPTAIN ROBERT JAMES HOLDEN, M.e. (l933- 38)

It was a great shock to read in September of the death on Active Service of R. J. Holden, son of another O.K.S., E. O. Holden ( 1896- 1900). Entering the School in September, 1933 as a King 's Scholar, he beca me a House Prefect of School House, a School Monitor and a member of the Upper Sixth. He was Han . Secretary of The Cantuarian and of the Pater Society, a nd a Warra nt Officer in the O.T.e., holding also his 2nd XV and 2nd Hockey Xl Colours. He joined up as a Private in The Royal Sussex Regiment, later being commissioned in The Oxford and Bucks. Light Infantry. He was wounded in France in 1944 and was left with a slight disability of his left arm, which had been rather badly da maged. On recovery he was posted til No. 164 (nfa ntry O.C.T.U., where he himself had been trained for his com mission. His father writes: " He lost his life in one of those unhappy accidents for which there is no apparent explanation. He had finished his morning operations and was loading unused explosive charges, at a type requiring to be detonated electrically, into a truck when there was a sudden explosion and he was ki lled instantaneo usly. Mercifully he co uld .have kno wn nothing whatever about it. "

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H is C<?mmanding Officer writes:. "When Bob arrived here he ·was posted, oWing to ~!~. medical category, 10. ~ very. l)1 mor appomtment. But within. a rew d~ys it was oby l9us hl ~ . t~lents. wer~ .ellttrely. was.te.d th~re, and I made him assistant to the Chief Instrl!cto~, wn~re . his chief .responslblhty was t~e c~eatlOn of new metl1Qds' of instruction. At thIs he was an. outsta~dmg succes~. HIs qu!ck lI~aginative brain produced an .endless 110w of really on gmal Id~as and h!s populanty with t.he officer instructors, who had enorm~u~' con.fidence. 10 hIm,. made. It ea~y to put these 11eas' into practice. The officer cadefs l ?v.ed him. HIs maglllficent war record ; of course, .a ttracted them, but ·wh.at really enqeare.tl· fllm to them was that they could look up t6 him as the ideal officer--.:.the kind of officer'each one' of them hoped to be... · . ........ .... . oJ

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, The. C hief Instructor 'wrote : "He . made a great success of his time here. . T he n at~re of the work gave him full scope for the ex~rci se of his vivid imagination and ongmal, fresh outl,?ok. The quahlIes whIch made hIm so successful in the Army would, I feel sure, ha ve carned him to great heIghts eventuall y in civilian life. In addition his social gifts and great sense of humour made him a most popular a nd valued membe; of the Mess. It is especially tragic, therefore, that having survived the war he should go in this way .... I a m only expressing the views of every member of the instructions Staff.when I say that we have all lost a most valued and delightful friend as well as a very brilliant colleague. " . H!,w.o nhi·s M.C. in France, but the School knows very few details of his War Record. Yet hIs hfe · at Schqol showed us that he would perform faithfull y, even brilliantly, what9ver he undertook, a nd these appreciatio ns prove that he did.

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.,we were.. de~.ply .gcieved to read of the death of A. G. Wells at Slwlapur, Bombay . Province, on September 5th. Mr. W. N. Goss writes: "Geoffrey Wells came to The King's School from Simon Langton in January, 1917. He was a Greaves Scholar and, as befitted one whose grandfather and mother were Aldermen of the City of Canterbury, took a keen interest in local archaeology and history. He was one of the earliest winners of the Cinque Prize. These tastes natura lly led him to specialize in history, and he left School "with a Major Exhibition, entitling him to a Scholar'S gown, at Worcester College, Oxford. He took second class honours in Modern History, won 21st place in the examination for the LC.S., a nd was gazetted to the Province of Bombay. Later he became a member of the Inner Temple and was callep,to the ~ar il1 .1939. . ~ fAs a ·boy he was not fiued · physically or temperamentally to reach distinction in games, but some of us remember the zeal with which, as' a Senior, he set himself to the thankless task of taking 4th and 5th games on Old Bev. "He was-'deeply interested in his work in India, and happy in the friendship of his colleagues',·,' He' married Miss Margaret McFarlane, daughter of Mr. G. McFarlane, H .M.I. To her, and to his relatives in Canterbury, we offer our sincere sympathy in their sudden loss,"

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',. (, " By Geoffrey 's sudden death, the "Bombay Presidency ~as I.ost" o ne of its9.es~ , ~n,(I ':, certainly its most courageous judge. He had b,?tb VISIOn an.d Judgmenl,. and It IS:. ~~ ., .. public serva nts of such character as ' he possessea that the good government of Inth,l . . mai nly depends. . ' '. . " geoffrey "las 'a great man. Whatever'" he '~~n~ in ' ~or, 'whether it was ga.rdening.,. or riding or,acting (at which he haQ real talent), h~ dtd ,wIth such verv~ a nq eIlJo,YJll!,nt thar we a.ll joined wi th k iri1~ri1ore, we loved. It. HIS genIUs for fnendshlp a nd dehghtr~1 . conversation were outstanatng, and our parl1es w.lthout G~offrey to keep ,lIs go.tng .w\)l \ never be quite the same. In Sholapur, where he put 'in so many years of his service and where he was beloved by all com muni ties alike, he will long be remembered with hon.our and respect." "We an! lgrale/u/ lo J. H. Smilh/or/orw(Jrding this appreciation. to ',is. ~ ,I

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R. P. S. LEWER (1912- 191 6) . W.McK. writes in the British Medical Journal: " "The sudden death from cerebral haemorrhage at the early age of 47 of Dr. R. P. S. Lewer of Kn ayton Thirsk on October 20th, Gast a gloom over the area. fte .was a. nati ve' of D orset a nd s"on of the late Dr. Edward Stewart, of Burley-in. Wharfdale. He" ' was a grandson of General Robert Lewer, Director of Medical Services at Gibraltar, and great-great-grandson of the Rt. Hon. Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Master of the Queen's Bench. Ed ucated at The King's School, Canterbury, Dr. Lewer served in the war of 1914-1 8, later qualifying in Dublin L.R.C.P. and S.L, L.M. He practised for the past six years in Knayton in Yorkshire, where he settled down very happily to country work. A man of upnght, senous, a nd ktndly ~haracter, he will be greatly missed . The sympathy of the profeSSIOn goes out to Ihe WIdow and .' two little children he leaves behind. "

CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors.. of , THE

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Dear Sirs, .. . May we suggest that the question of the Luxmoore Trophy b~ reconsidered q 'We' can offer no alternative suggestion as to the pest method of a.w ardlng It, but It 'lS surely obvious that the present system is highly unsatisfactory.

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Dear Sirs, It is regrettable that the opportunity afforded by our return to Canterbury of making a clean sweep of bogus "traditions" was not taken. . It was, r believe, in the 1920 's that the seniority by terms system came into being, together with a whole string of privileges for longevity. By the beginning of the war the School was divided into water-tight compartments in terms. The situation was so bad that a boy who came in the middle of a term was left out in the cold. He would not dare to address those who came at the beginning of the term, nor deign to speak to those who arrived the following term . This state of affairs eased in Cornwall, but the principle of seniority remained the sa me. Could we not abolish this principle and substitute for it the principle which is already tolerabl y agreed upon, the principle of seniority by merit, and at the same stroke abolish seventh-term privileges? By all means let us keep privileges for merit, for colour~ , prefects, a nd so forth, but let us never again see the hideous sight of a fag with his coat stra ined across front to do up his three buttons, when his appearance would be much improved if he had one button done up and a discreet white handkerchief in his breast pocket. And when, in a lecture he has one of his rare rests, let us not deny him the comfort of sitting on a

cushion. Yours, etc., H. A. EMBRsoN . (The Editors invite lurther correspolldellce all the whole subject oITraditions.)

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Dear Sirs, In view of the importance attached to the competitive inter-House activities in the School, it seems singularly odd that only in the case of the Athletics, Swimming, Drama and Music Cups and the Luxmoore Trophy, is there any official presentation of a cup made to a winning House. At present it is the hazardous duty of an unlucky fagÂˇ to collect a cup from the defeated House. Considering, then, the significance of a cup. ought not this state of affairs to be remedied , and some form of ceremonial presentation take its place? Yours sincerely', H. J. DE VOIL.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries and apologise for any mistakes or omissions :The Amplelorth Journal, The Barrovian, The Cranbrookian, The Dellstonian, The Leys Fortnightly, The Lorretonian, The Meteor, The Olivian, The Rodleian, The Mar/bl/rion.

STOP PRESS School House won the House Drama Competition, Meister Omers coming a close second. A full report of the plays will appe~r in our next number. 220

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CALENDAR tOctober

12. Term begins. 14. XXTH SUNDAY AFI'ER TRINITY.

18. S. LUKE,

Preacher: The Rev. H. Latimer, C.F.

Ev.

20. Thanksgiving Service for the Preservation of the School. Preacher: The Most Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. 8.15 p.m. Recital: Marie Wilson (violin); Norman Allin (bass); Lydia Goldie (piano).

21. XXIST

SUNDAY

AFrnR

TRINITY.

Preacher:

The

Right Rev. H. Crotty. D.O., late .

Bishop of Bathurst.

27. 1st XV ,Felsted School (Away). 28. XXTIND SUNDAY AfTER TRINITY.

S8. SIMON AND JUDI!, AA. AND MM.

Preacher

The Most Rev. Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth. 8.15 p.m. Lecture: Major Lewis Hastings, M,e. Noyember I.

ALL SAINTS' DAY.

3. 1st XV v Dover College (Home). 4. XXIIIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Canon-in-Residence. 8. 15 p.m.

Lecture and Exhibition of Models: H. W. S. Husbands, Esq.;

A.M.Inst.C.E.,O.K.S.

M.e.,

10. 6 p.m. Lecture: Arnthony Armstrong, Esq. ('. A.A. " of Punch). II. XXIVTH SUNDAY AfTER TR INITY. ARMImCE D~Y. Preacher: Th~ Headmaster. 18. XXVTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Preacher: The Chaplain. 8. 15Ip.m.

Enterta inment : Ernest Sewell, Esq.

24. 1st XV,. Mill Hill School (Home). 25. xxvrTH SUNDAY ArTER TR1NITY. Preacher: The. Headmaster of the Junior School. 28. ~

Governors' Meeting.

30.1 S. ANDREW, A. AND M. December ~11.

1st XV

School Certificate Examination begins.

Eastbourne College (Away).

2. ADVENT SUNDAY.

Preacher: The Headmaster.

8. HO.lIse Drama Competition. 9. liND SUNDAY IN AoVBNT. Preacher: The Rev. S. B-R. Poole. 8.1 5 p.m. House Drama Competi tion. 15. 1st XV v O.K.S. XV .

6 p.m. Carol Service. 16. II1RD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 17. Break-up Supper

18. Term ends.

Preacher: The Headmaster.

The Cantuarian December 1944 - December 1945

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Diary of an OKS, 23-24th October 1944