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Vol. XXIII. No. 1

December, 1948

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They shall grow not old November 7th, 1948

The sentinel Tower, grown old amid man's strife, Once more hears silent legends told, In secret memories sungLegends of courage never old, Of friends who greatly loving gave their life, Of those for ever young,

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Editorial The School Virtute Functi More Patrum Duces Valete Salvete This and That William Somerset Maugham Mr. Somerset Maugham .. . .. The Cantuarian Interviews. No.3. Henry Curtis Shakespeare Redivivus From the Archives

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Speech Day 1948 ... Feeding the Doves Objectivity .. . Collectives .. . The Parry Hall Mediaeval Advice on Table Manners A Twentieth Century Character From the Notebook of an Involuntary Soldier Lucasta's Reply ... The Seven Bishops Church Life in England Brahms ' R equiem ... French Leave Canterbagger John Chinaman in Canterbury The Idea of History The Societies The Farming Camp Boxing The Shooting VIII Swimmin g ... Royal Naval Section J.T.C. Notes Dibgate J.T.C. Camp C.C.F. Air Section The Library Rugby Football O.K.S. Newfo In Memoriam Oxford Letter Cambridge Letter ... Oxford O.K.S. Dinner King's School War Memorial Fund The Junior School ... Correspondence .,. Itt Contemporaries , ..

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EDITORIAL

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In their fervour to discard relics of the past, to dissolve the ties linking man with bygone ages, to herald posterity as if memories of former 1 times were to be abhorred, modern reformers have ruthlessly desecrated the inviolable citadel of Tradition, Much that was regarded as decorum and etiquette has been, with advantage, swept to the winds, but yet more that was venerated with propriety has been dissipated by the theorist's zeal.

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Tradition has ever been the cement of history, the binding link between the past and the present; it is the one factor which has assured a continuity of belief and a sequence of faith. As expressed by customs it is one of the bases of civilised society, one of the surest safeguards against impetuous action, Tradition is, perhaps, the greatest formulative element in education. It inculcates reverence and a sense of moral - values: it impresses on the individual standards of justice and fair play, I of decency and respectability,

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Walter Pater in his "Emerald Uthwart" reveals the effect that the traditions of Canterbury had on his puerile emotions. The young inexperienced Uthwart gazed away from his Sussex home to "the othe; place, which through centuries has been forming to receive him; from t.hose garden beds, now ~t their riches,t, but where all is so winsomely httle, to that place of great matters, great stones, great memories out of reach". Here in Canterbury, a city echoing with the murmurs of the past, he instinctively felt the poverty of earthly life, the transcendence of the spirit over the mundane. "Centuries of conscious endeavour" had built and shaped the place which Uthwart now entered. "Here everything, one's very games have gone by rule onwards from the dim old monastic days and the Benedictine school for novices with the wholesome severities which have descended to our own time". Such an environment inspired reverence and awe, a realisation that not all the pleasures of earth were to be sought in a pampering of the senses. "Like I~S customs, well-worn yet well-preserved, time-stained, time-engrained, tIme-mellowed, the venerable Norman or English stones of this austere beautifully proportioned place look like marble" to Uthwart reared U; a carefree world of neglect. His little mind absorbed the spirit of the 1place; .he s~w in every _movement of his companions "with their quaint confimng l.lttle gowns; In the keen, cle~r,. well-authorised dominancy of [ some, the Instant submIssIon of others, In the very emphasis laid on the Classics, a world apart, a world at rest. Nothing could better harmonise ,present with past t~an the sight of the boys here "as they shout at their games, or recIte theIr lessons over-arched by the work of medieval priors IÂˇ or pass to church meekly, into the seats occupied by the young monk~ before them."

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. The very place, its stone-work, its empty spaces, its native tranquillity Invade you as they invaded Pater. We feel, with him the esoteric in~ fluence of the old ecclesiastical city in which any modern touch seems "a thing out of place through negligence," in which the diluted sunlight seems "driven along with a sparing trace of gilded vane or red tile in it " The view of the .finely-weathered leaden roof, the great square tow~r, the grave ma,gm~cence of t~e mo~her cathedral lies engrained in our memones, a lIfetIme posseSSIOn, a Jewel of which none can deprive us. "Here, from morning: to night, everything ~eems challenged to follow the upward lead of Its long, bold perpendICular lines". We sit with pater's Uthwart in the schoolroom-"ancient, transformed chapel of the

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pilgrims," and meditate on the solemn air of the sober white and brown place, the heavy old desks carved this way and that, "crowded as an old churchyard with forgotten names." We have come to where the genius foci is a strong one with a claim to mould all who enter it to a perfect conformity to itself. A nation, as a person, broken with the past and lacking the traditions of antiquity, falls a victim to scepticism and unbelief. Indeed, superficiality of conception and deficiency of tradition have been the fountain springs of vandalism and incredulity. Tradition puts the individual in perspective; it places him in relation to his environment. Its processes discourage the egoism native to, and latent in, man; they relegate the puny individual to his appropriate position in the world. The passive length of things, so characteristic of the aura of tradition, impresses restraint, a quiet acceptance of a life of repose and contemplative thought. Submission is one of the benefits of tradition; it develops patience"that tale of hours, the long chanted English service; our English manner of education is a development of patience, of decorous and mannerly patience." Scholarship attains something of a religious colour. The great church, its customs and traditions form an element in " that esprit de corps into which the boyish mind throws itself so readily." The religious attitude, the spirit of tranquil contemplation is a product of the profundity of tradition. A German proverb declares that "Erfahrung ist die beste Lehrmeisterin." Experience grows fastest and ripens quickest in an atmosphere of custom_ We cannot know a priori, for basic knowledge is gained through perception. Thus environment moulds character and it is tradition that ensures the cardinal virtues of stability, reverence, dignity and morality. Respect for tradition is not a mere hollow deference for pristine glory or past splendour. It represents a recognition that tradition has a key function to fulfil in civilised society, that it provides standards of behaviour and conduct that have not outlived their value, and that it secures a continuance of belief and faith without which civilisation would deteriorate to intellectual bankruptcy and moral anarchy.

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School: C. G . S. PATERSON

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of School House ... of The Grange of Walpole HOllse of Meister Omers ... of Luxmoore House of Marlowe House

A. G. P. DAVIDSON C. G. S. PATERSON M. D. LAMBERT I. F. BLACK M. C. O. MAYNE B. M. BIRNBERG

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MONITORS C. G. S. PATERSON, M. C. O. MAYNE, A. G. P. DAVIDSON, C. B. MA NNING-PRESS, M. D. LAMBERT, B. M. BIRNBERG, 1. F. BLACK, P. A. FYFE-COOPER, A. B. CURRY, R. G . WHITE, T. E. WATSON, I. E. LUSH, B. E. S. KNIGHT, T. C. B. SWAYNE HOUSE PREFECTS School House: J. M . BROWN, J. L. CUNNINGTON, B. K. NEWTON, J. A. G. STONEHOUSE The Grange: P. C. F. BASSETT, B. F. BUSWELL, J. L. FORSEY, T. L. G. HAMILTON, J. M. ROTHERY, J. M. WATT Walpole House : J. G. JELL, C. A. LAURENCE, M. W. O 'B. RrGOEN Meister Omers: R. M. V. BEITH, P. J. ELLICOTT, I. D. HILL, P. J. WALKER Luxmoore House : H. C. BEDINGFIELD, A. B. POLLOK, J. P. M . SIMPSON, P. R. SNOXALL Marlowe House: M. CHAPMAN, B. H. EDWAROS, I. A. FRASER, D. F. GOSDEN, C. SMITH Captain Captain Captain Captain

of Football of Shooting of Fencing of Boxing

I. F. BLACK R. G. WHITE B. E. LEE P. J. ELLICOTT

EDITORS OF The Cantuarian C. G. S. PATERSON, M. C. O. MAYNE

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES J. R. ALLCHURc H.- Entered School, Sept., '43 ; Upper Sixth, '47; H on. King's Scholar; School House Prefect, Sept., '46; School Monitor Head of School House, Sept., '47 ; 2nd XV, '45; 1st XV, '46-'47; Hon. Sec. R.F.C., '47; 2nd Xl Hockey, '47; 1st XI, '48; 2nd XI Cricket, '46 ; 1st Xl '47-'48' 2nd String Athletics, '46-'47; 1st String, '48; Vice-Captain Athletics '47" Captain of Athletics, '48; Vice-Captain of Cricket, '48; Sgt., J.T.C., May, '48 ; Exhibitioner of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, '48. 6

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J. W. ALLlsoN.- Entered School, Sept., '43; Higher Certificate, '48; School Monitor and Head of Walpole House, '48; 1st XV, '46-'47; 2nd String Athletics, '46, '47, '48; Sgt., J.T. C., Sept., '47. J. W. BIRKETT.- Entered School, May, '44 ; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; Cpl. , J.T.C., Sept., '47. J. J. BRADLEY.- Entered School, Sept., '45; Upper Sixth, '47; Hon. King's Scholar; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, May, '48; LjCpJ., J.T.C. , Jan., '48; 3rd IV, '48. Edmund Davis Exhibitioner, Middlesex Hospital. I. L. R. BURT.-Entered School, Sept., '43; School House Prefect, Jan., '47; School Monitor, June, '48; 2nd XI Hockey, '46-'47; 1st XI, '47-'48 ; Captain of Hockey, '48; 1st Tennis VI, '46, '47, '48; Captain of Tenni s, '48 ; 1st V Squash, '46, '47, '48; Captain of Squash, '47-'48; 2nd XV, '48; LjSgt. J.T.C., Sept. , '47. J. R. DOw NES.- Entered School, Sept., '43; Upper Sixth, '47; School House Prefect, Sept., '47 ; Cpl., J.T. C., '47.

P. G. S. ELLls.- Entered School, Sept., '44; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; 2nd XV, '46; 1st XV, '47 ; Sgt., J.T. C., Sept., '47.

A. B. K. ENDERSBY.- Entered School, May., '44; School House Prefect, Sept., '47 ; 2nd IV, '48; Cpl., J.T.C. , '47; Hon. Sec. , Railway Society.

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H. F. MOFFATT.- Entered School, September, '45; 2nd XV, '47; Boxing Colours, '48; Shooting, School VIII, '47; Swimming Colours, '46, '47, '48; Captain of Swimming, '48. J. A. McMILLAN.-Entered School, May, '44; Luxmoore House Prefect, May, '48; 2nd IV, '47-'48; LjCpl., J.T.C., '48; Hon. Sec. and Treasurer of Photographic Society. J. L. LYON.-Entered School, May, '45; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; 2nd XV, '47; Cpl., J .T.C., '47. D. W. MOLESWORTH.-Entered School, May, '44; School House Prefect, Sept., '47 ; 2nd IV, '48; LjSgt., J.T.C., '47; Hon. Sec. Natural History Society, Sept., '46May, '48. J. B. H. JACKsoN.- Entered School, May, '43 ; Upper Sixth, '47; Meister Omers House Prefect, '46; School Monitor, '47; Captain of School, '48; 2nd Xl Hockey Colours, '47; I st XI, '48; Fencing Colours, '47 ; C.S.M., Sept., '47; Editor of Calltuarian; Hon . Sec., Harvey Society, '46 ; Vice-President of Pater and Debating Societies; Captain of Fencing, '47- '48. D. K. L. MORGAN.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '47; Cpl., J.T.C., '47.

I. M. OSBoRN.- Entered School, Sept., '43; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '46 ; School Monitor, Dec., '47; 2nd XV, '45; 1st XV, '46- '47; 1st XI Hockey, '48 ; Captain of Boxing, '46, '47, '48; Tennis VI, '48; C.S.M., Jan. , '48; Hon. Sec., Archery Society, '47.

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THE CA NTUARIAN J. H. PEGG.-Entered School, June, '46; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, April, '48; 1st XI Cricket, '46, '47, '48; Captain of Cricket, '48; 1st XV, '47; Vice-Captain R.F.C., '47; Squash V, '48; 2nd String Athletics, '48 . ' L/Cpl. , J.T.C., May, '48; Sand hurst Cadetship, '48.

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F. PORTER .-Entered School, Sept., '44 ; Meister Omers House Prefect, '48; 2nd IV, '47; 1st IV, '48; LjCpl. , J.T.C., '48.

M. REEvES.-Entered School, Sept. , '43; Upper Sixth, '46, '47; King 's Scholar ,. Sept., '43; Senior King 's Scholar, Sept., '46 ; Luxmoore House Prefect, May' '47; School Monitor; Head of Luxmoore, Sept., '47; 2nd XI Cricket, '48: L/CpJ., Sept., '46; Sgt., J.T.C., Sept., '47; C.Q.M.S., May, '48; Mathematical Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, '48. [

D. W. STEEL.-Entered School, Sept., '43; Luxmoore House Prefect, Sept., '47; 2nd XI Hockey Colours, '48; Sgt., J.T.C., Sept., '47; Hon. Sec., Art Society, '48. R. M. STREETON.- Entered School, Sept., '44; Luxmoore House Prefect, May, '48; Hon. Sec., Walpole Society, '47, '48 . . K. G. T. STuART.- Entered School, Sept., '44; Upper Sixth, '47; King's Scholar; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '46 ; School Monitor, Sept., '47; Fencing Colours, '47; L/Sgt., J.T.C., May, '48; Secretary of Cantuarian, May, '46; Hon. Sec., Marlowe Society, March, '47.

VALETE

J. D. Hurdle, H. L. N. Papenfus, R. A. Parkin, H. G. Huntbach, J. K. Bacon, J. D. Barwell, R. V. Brooks, J. S. Butler, A. DaviS, M. E. Dawe, M. A. Decent, C. R. Douet, R. Drage, H . P. Forbes, C. H. C. Hallewell, E. J. Hockly, A. J. F. W. L. Holley, M. A. Mortimer, C. M. R. Platt, O. H. Rands, T. A. G. Rising, F. P. Sniyth, A. T. Stafford, B. C. J. Tomalin, A. P. Towell, J. R. Wass, P. W. C. Wilcox, A. J. Wylson.

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E. c. Ash, R. D . Atkinson, G. Bailey, P. N. Baumann, S. N, Burbridge, A. J. Caird, J. S. W. Carpenter, D. L. H. Casolani, S. J. Coley, J. P. M . Davies, C. A. Deacon, R . A. Dewhurst, K. W. Fenton, J. N. Fisher, M. McG. Gardiner, B. Garrard, J. R. M. Harvey, A. H. M. Hoare, M. C. Holderness, C. G . C. Houry, L. A. Kinghorn, R. A. Lawrence, t B. D. S. Lock, J. W. R. Lodge, J. A. D. Macmillan, D. B. Malcolm,- G. Manwaring, S, AM' P. MGarkFs, M · sC ' MwattJocNks, C·sM · MMeaOdorwcEroft, R · G'pMilne'MJ · MConprottHiggs, JB. E ore, . . N ah, . . ewn,. . 1'- Wlllg, N . ame, . . a erson, . . I Pawsey, P. G. Roberts, J. A. Rowe, W. J . Ruttledge, P. J. Sanderson, J. S. Savery. A. W. , Skinn'er, M. U. Slee, G. S. Spathis, R. H. C. Symon, M. B. Thomson, M. L. Williams, R. W. K. Wilson, W.· H. Woolston.

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THIS AND THAT This is the title of a book, just published, on Spiritual Healing, deserving to be widely read, not least by clergy. The Bishop of Worcester in a Foreword writes, "Do not evade the challenge of this book ", and Dr. Soper says, "Enthralling . .. ought to be read by everybody ". It is published by Arthur James at Evesham, and the price is 8/6. " RECOVERY"

As we go to press we learn that David Edwards has been appointed to I:>e Librarian and to lecture at the Army Christian Leadership Train ing Centre in the Middle East. We hope the authorities will read his article in this present number!

A FORMER EDITOR

In the 1680's there was a promising young King's Scholar here called John Johnson; he was " Victor" in the Speeches once or twice. He went to Corpus, Cambridge, as did many other King 's Scholars, and let us hope many more will do the same. In due course he became Vicar of Cranbrook. Now Johnson was a very considerable scholar, and a great author and a very High Churchman, who liked the Stuarts and Tories and could not abide Hanover, Whigs a nd Dissenters. His "Life" was written by John Lewis, Vicar of Margate, and one copy is in the Bodleian, and the other the wnter of thiS note possesses; both are manuscript, fo r the "Life" was never published. He preached the Feast Society Sermon once, and it is not surprising he was not asked again, for it was a long.discourse about whether there was an Alphabet before Moses. But he could on occasIOn speak his mind, as this occasion shews. "At the last Parliamentary Election for the County of Kent in Q. Ann's Reign, I was at Pinnenden Heath where the Poll was then taken. I here fell into the company of an elderly Clergyman who was ndlllg abo ut the Heath as I was. After some other Discourse, I asked him if he had polled. He said, "No." I then said, that the Dean of Can terbury, Dr. Stanhope, was just going with the Clergy to be polled, and asked him if he would not go with them? He an,s,w~l:ed in som~ ,heat, "Who, I vote with the Dean of Canterbury? No, I know better. Why, Sir, said I "I thought the Dean of Canterbury was well respected by all the Clergy as one well~ffected to the Church. " "No, No," said he, "I'll never join with one who has been set up to be prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation by a Presbyterian Archbishop. " This lIlay serve to show how low some of the Country Clergy were then sunk, and how fa r the flames of Party had burnt up their understand ings, so as they had no use of them to know their friends from their foes, or their foes from their friends. In such dangerous and unhappy circumstances, is it not of the Lord's M ercies, that we have lIot been consumed?" [MS. Clar. Press, c. 18, fo1. 243 v.] THE VICAR AND THE DEAN

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Under its own heading may be read what the Library has received lately from generous-minded people. The Editors venture to point out that standard books of reference are expensive and not easy to come by. We should welcome gifts of such books.

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These contain for the most part works of fiction, and depend upon }lOUSE LIBRARIES House fund s and odd gifts. If any readers have books of fiction they no longer want, the House Libraries would be glad to have them,

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I THE CANTUARIAN This lapsed when the School went into exile in 1940, and could ilOt be revived on our return in 1945 for our premises had been too heavily bombed. Rebuilding is now complete, and therefore this term the Day Boys' House has been restored to its former quarters . . F10reat ! MARLOWE HOUSE

The Headmaster and Mrs. Shirley ask us to express in The Cantual"iall CHRISTMAS their best wishes for a happy Christmas and New Year to all O.K.S. and WISHES especially to those who are in the habit of sending them cards of greeting. They themselves will be unable this year to send out cards- they usually amount to nearly I ,OOO-because of the pressure of staff work in the matter of the Parry Hall Appeal. This has necessitated sending out somethin g like 4,000 letters, and these, in fact, will still be going out in November, and there should be (will be 7) something like 4,000 cheques to acknowledge by letter. They are sure that O. K.S. will understand.

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This term the School has been privileged to hear such distinguished men as LECTURES Sir James Grigg, K.C.D., K.C.S.I., who was Secretary of State for War in the last war, and Mr. H. E. Bates, tbe famous writer. We are most grateful to these gentlemen for their kindness. Next term we look forward to seeing our friend Mr. A. L. Rowse, Mr. John Betjeman, and our very welcome friends George Baker and Olive Groves. We noted with some dismay a recent headline on the front GOT ANY GUM, CHUM 7 page of tbe Daily Telegraph :"Britons in U.S.A. give toast to Royal baby"!

To mark the birth of the infant Prince the School was happy to ROYAL GREETINGS send a box of roses, together with a message of goodwill, to H .R.H. Princess Elizabeth.

The Air Section (C.C.F.) have received their first piece of equipment: EFFICIENCY'S a rod used for removing the sights of Browning machine-guns (which THE TICKET the section does not possess). This arrived in its own little canvas bag wrapped in oiled cloth. They, needless to say, have great fLln pretending to remove sights from an imaginary machine-gun.

A RECORD 7 A total distance of 74t lengths separated Ihe Ist IV from the ten crews they defeated in their unbeaten season last year. OLYMPIC VIII The School was justly proud to know that both J. P. and F. L. Whalley were rowing in the original Olympic Trial VII! last July. This crew was coxed by D. S. M. Harris, another O.K.S.

It has been decided that Mr. R. H. Prior, M.A., D.F.C. (Scholar of NBW HOUSBMASTERS Cbrist Church, Oxford), is to take over Meister Omers next term. Mr. Prior has been with us for ten years, exclusive of the war years, during which he reached the rank of Wing-Commander and gained the D .F.C. We are sure he will prove most welcome. Mr. John Corner will look after Marlowe House. He has been here some 16 years, and saw much wa r service in North Africa and in the Invasion of Europe. For some years he used to be Housemaster of Grange. We understand be no longer wisbed to have the care of a boarding house. Tbe Marlowe . boys are to be congratulated on having him.

THE CANTUARIAN A trio of masters experienced in tbe teaching of Latin have this term compiled a Handbook to the School Certificate Latin. It contains the simple elements, and its slender sizethough warranted to contain everything needed-should mightily encourage the duller folk. (a) MASTER (to two bright young King's Scholars): "Do yo u know HEARD UNDER that Mr. So-and-So is practically a millionaire 7" "Oh yes, Sir; we THE ARCHES saw the Headmaster taking him to the Parry." (b) One morning by special arrangement the whole School attended the local cinema. EXCITED MONITOR (to a Master): "Sir, do yo u know, two chaps cut the cinema for Cath.?" It was evening and a gentleman, having dined, was walking HEARD FROM THE curiously, one foot keeping to the edge of the pavement, the NEW POLICE COLLEGB other preferring the gutter. A policeman approached. " I think, Sir, you'd better come along with me." "Oh, Officer, what do you think is the matter with me 7" "Well, Sir, I should say you were drunk." "Thank goodness-I thought I was lame." CONFIRMATION The annual Confirmation has been fixed for Thursday, March 17th, at 1l.30 a.m., by the Archbishop. "I have been told that in the last great Plague at London none that OTHER TIMES, kept Tobacconists' Shops had the Plague. It is certain that smoaking OTHER WAYS was look'd upon as a most excellent Preservative. In so much that even children were oblig'd to smoak. And I remember that I heard formerly Tom Rogers, who was Yeoman Beadle, say that when he was that year when the Plague rag'd a School-boy at Eaton, all the Boys of that School were oblig'd to smoak in the School every Morning, and that he was never whipp'd so much in his Life as he was one Morning for not smoaking." [January 21st, 1720; Hearne's Coliections, VI, 208.] We were very glad to receive a letter dated in August from Mr. THE REV. RICHARD Wootton who has gone back to mission work in Pakistan for the WOOTTON Church Missionary Society. He was ordained on April 11th, and hopes to be married in Lahore Cathedral early in 1949. His fiancee has been training for the mission field. We confess to a sense of shame at the feebleness of our own Christian witness, when we read of the arduous work and strenuous conditions which are Dick Wootton's experience. May they both have life-long happiness. O.K.S. of 1935 and later vintage will remember with pleasure tbat member A SHAN of Walpole House whom we for short called Sao-Sao, or even So-So! His WEDDING real name is Sao Hseng Hpa. Sao Sao went to Cambridge from Canterbury to read Medicine. His father, the ruling Prince of the Shan States, is now the President of the Union of Burma. We are uncertain whether Sao Sao has ascended his father's Shan throne, but we are certain that he is now married! The Headmaster was invited to the wedding, in Burmese and in English. The ceremony took place at Hsenwi on Friday, July 19th. Tbe bride was Sao Shwe Obn, daughter of the Kyemmong of North Hsenwi and niece of the Saophalong of North Hsenwi State. We wish the young couple every bappiness, and would like Sao Sao to know that it would give us great pleasure to see tbem both. A LATIN Vade Mecum

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, THE CANTU ARIA N There can be nobody who does no t know the keen interest taken by Sir THE MASTER Will Spens in the School. He has been a Governor for just twenty years, OF C.c.c.c. and has seen the School through its most critical time. We were, therefore, delighted to read in the East Anglian papers in August last that the Town Council of Yarmouth had invited Sir Will to become the Higb Steward of Yarmouth. This is the greatest honour the ancient town can pay, and is its tribute to the work done by Sir Will in the war in his capacity as Civil Defence Commissioner for the Eastern Region of England. The Club-through the Ed itors- wishes most sincerely to thank Mr. and Mrs. Gray, of New Place, Willingbam, Lincolnshire, for their generosity in giving ÂŁ 150 for a new boat; this they did at the Garden Party on Speech Day, and Mr. V. G . Smyth (O.K.S.) gave ÂŁ50 towards another boat, at the same time. The Club would acknowledge that it is overwhelmed by such kindness, were it not for the fact that before long it will be talking of a new Boat House!

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We have received from S. D. Turner (1 903- 08), now Forester and Firewarden of the Cou nty of Los Angeles, a most interesting and beautifully produced report of the work of his Department. It includes a n account of the planting of mustard seed by helicopter as an erosion control measure on two burned areas. To sow the 832 acres by hand would have involved approximately 400 man days at a cost of at least 3,500 dollars. The helicopter performed the job in seven hou rs and twen ty-seven minutes ' flyin g time at a cost of 932 dollars, and it has been shown that a more even distribution of seed was obtained. The Report has been placed in the Library. FORfSTRY

WRONG ASCRIPTION PORTRAITS

In the last number we thanked Mr. J. M. Botibol for a set of books presented to the Library. We understand that the real donor was his grandson, Richard Drage, who left School in July last. The latest addition to our Picture Gallery is a three-quarter length portrait of Field Marshal Viscoun t Montgomery, the generous gift of Brigadier G. D. G. Heyman, C.B.E. (19 17- 22). The portrait, by the distinguished

Hungarian artist, Mr. R. Marien treu, is a very fine piece of work, and we are most

grateful to Brigadier Heyman for a gift which future generatio ns will prize as highly as we do. Almost any day now we are looking forward to the arrival of the portrait of Mr. Somerset Maugham , painted by Sir Gerald Kelly, R.A. , and presented by Mr. Maugham. Even if the original does not come this term- it is still on Exhibition- we hope to produce a photograph of it in this number . It was widely thought to be the best portrait in this year's Academy. THB PARRY HALL Attention is drawn to a n article on this by the Captain of School later in this number. We were delighted to welcome Mr. H . D. Hake, the Headmaster of King 's School, Parra matta, the oldest and largest public school in the Dominion, and our own daughter school. Mr. Hake cam~ to Speeches in July, and again in October spent a week-end among us. On the Monday morni ng (October 18th) he spoke to the School, congratulating it on its achiev~

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THECANTtJAR IA N ments, wishing it on behalf of Parramatta all good fortune, and explaining something of the hfe and present problems of Ius own school. He ended by asking for a half-holiday to honour- not his own visit- but the historic connexion between the two places. Curiously eno ugh, it was only a few days before that Sir John Medley Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University, visited the School, in company with Lady Milner, with whom he was staymg. SIr John toured the School and expressed himself delighted with the attractIveness both of tbe buddmgs ~nd of the manners of the present generation of boys! On Sunday, October lOth, the BIShop of Willochra-South Australia- a n old friend of the Headmaster, preached to us a most interesting sermon on the needs, probloms and difficulties of his diocese, and the splendid adventurous work that could fall to any clergym.an who sho uld go there. We have had sermons recently, therefore, from four AustralIan prelates, three of whom are O.K.S. : the Archbishops of Sydney and of Perth, the Bishop of North- West Australia and the Bishop of Willoehra. A LAMBETH D.O. .

In July last tbe Archbishop of Canterbury conferred the degree of D.O. on R. H. Moline, O.K.S ., Archbishop of Perth. It may not be widely known that the Archbishop of Canterbury took over (from the time of the Ref<;>rmatlOn, we suppose) fr~m the Pope the status of being, as it

were, a U mvers lty

hllnself; he can therefore glve what are ca lled Lambeth degrees in

Arts, Divinity and Music-and possibly in Science and Medicine, for all the Editors know. This right raises an interesting question. During a vaca ncy in the See of Canterbury, all the Archiepiscopal powers are exercised by the Dean and Chapter. What is to prevent them from conferring degrees upon one another? Apparently nothing! We seem to remember a list of Lambeth degrees conferred Sede vacanle, given in the Gentleman 's Magazine about 1864. A responsible business man, writing to the Headmaster from Malaya lately, said, "Gent has been eulogized by all for his courage and outstanding attainments. Braddell was recently described, as the strongest single intellectual influence in the communi ty .... Everyone will remember the tragic death of Sir Edward Gent last term . Sir Roland Braddell has a short time ago been further decorated by the Sultan with the First Class of the Order of Johorea yery rare honour. It is heartening to read such verdicts upon former Scholars of Canterbury. It is well-known to O.K. S. of his time that Mr. G. H. Bailey leaves this PROMOTION term to take up his appointment as Headmaster of Dunstable G rammar School. We are grateful for all he has done for the Rugger and the games generally, while both he and Mrs. Bailey have devoted themselves to the welfare of Meister Omers. The Editors cordially wish all prosperity to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey at Dunstable. We welcome to the Staff this term Mr. W. O. Thomas, B.A., of PeterAN ApPOINTMENT house, Cambridge; he has already settled down and made friends with everyone. Mr. Thomas is a cricketer of repute, and played for Cambridge often: EXTRACT FROM A LETTBR

MUSICAL SUCCESS

After winning two prizes for composition at the Royal College of Music, John Buckland had a flute concerto performed in November conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Later it may well be broadcast. The Editors cordially congratulate the composer and hope he will go from strength to strength. 13

'THE CANTUARIAN The Editors extend heartiest congratulations to A M D ~ d former Captain of School and Edito . Ch' f . . .. urn or , a a Harmsworth Scholarship in Law ~ r;l.n- Ie, on hIs beIng awarded V or ree years tenable at tbe Middle Temple and worth £200 from Queen 's College, Oxford. His gra!'ifutbe~S!~~~KeC Mr.pufl1f'frd took his degree lawyers of his time. We confidently expect his g;an'dso;, i~~ea~~e t~e t~~~~~c~~inent L

AW SCHOLARSHIP

This is a true story. As a preliminary to th L b h C bishops were drafted in parties of four and fivea:~ et' d~lnference, overseas An episcopal friend of ours had on h' L VISIt IOceses In England . were jocularly termed) the Bishop of Lebombo wi:~ hambe~ cIrcus (as these outings CIVIC reception and a welcome from the Ma 1m. , t one pl~ce there was a geography of East Africa, so as next best h{7~ir~~~~t~~r sB~trhong Pfomt was not tbe , e IS op a Lumbago. MIXED Up

THE WAR MEMORIAL

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by the article "Is~eM:nd ii'~pl~~~'~~b':fh:~t~ gre;'t ~~:rest, and was "de~~; t~~~~~aJr; man-one of the greatest of living ;"riters~ S&~l ' encouragement. Another public Canluarian from cover to cover. The Editors reel im;f;~~:!~~~~d that be reads The SANDHURST

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The Dean and Chapter have prese t d tb R S PROMOTION Ijving of Littlebourne, a few miles ~~~side ~an~v. b . B.-:. Poole to the He has been ~~:ht ~~i;o~e~~,gn~~on of Mr. Poole's service an~r ;~~ih b:~ry~~~~ 1~~Je~ School.. We do not altogethei' par:; \~U~ f,~~ n:;~{.: I~:n have been more dev'?ted to the bourne IS very near ; and for another Mr P~ole '11 b PP to sa~. For ol~e thIng, Llttle,. WI e a e to gIve part-tllne help to the School he so much loves.

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People sometimes wonder if the presence of Women's Colleges in Oxford and Cambridge militates against the male desires for serious uninterrupted

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study. Years and years ago- before the ladies came but when their arrival

was threatened- efforts were made to establish a feminine University all by itself. Bletchley was suggested as the ideal spot, about equidistant from both Universities. "But why Bletchley?" "Because the mail* trains never stop there. " We do not know if this story is true. â&#x20AC;˘ For the Lower School- this is a pun.

No NEW PROBLEM

But this is no new problem. Writing in his diary on Monday, September 23rd, 1717, Thomas Hearne, the Antiquary- who li ved and died at St. Edmund Hall- said, " Bessilsleigh [a charming village outside Oxford .- Ed. ) . is a mighty pleasant Place. Here was a few years since a noted boarding

School, where were abundance of young Ladies, which occasioned a morc than ordinary Resort thither of the young Oxford Scholars." [Hearne's Col/ectiolls, VI, 92.)

Following Don Bradman's recommendation, we have made a concrete pitch on the old Parrots' playground, and practice takes place most days. We hear that the only "concrete" reminder of our long sojourn at Carlyon Bay is the three concrete pitches our ancestors put down in the hotel gardens in 1940 ! There must be thousands of O.K.S. in existence, and yet only some 900 belong to the Association. The Editors venture to make a direct appeal O.K.S. ASSOCIATION to O.K.S . to join it, and to members of it to bring others into membership. The cost is very trifling- a few shillings a year. The rewards are great; you get the Calendar every term, and The Cantuariall, and all notices (such as Dinners, Speech Day Week-end, Matches, etc.)- everything free. But besides and far above this, the Association can be a powerful help to the School, for members are more vividly aware than non-members of the state of the School, its successes and its problems. Nobody can prophesy what will be the future of the Public Schools. At present, many of them are independent of the State, and every boy has freedom to develop his own personality, the School "ethos" encouraging this, rather than "moulding" him. But once the schools pass under the totalitarian regime of a Collectivist Government, such freedom may well cease. We do not say that a strong Association is essential to the School, but it can be a most powerful support, as the members can be to each other. The Secretary has worked untiringly to develop the Association, and has met with all too little response. Will every O.K.S. non-member write to the Han. Secretary, Major Douglas Jervis, Ford Manor, Hoath, Canterbury ? It is with real regret that we learned of the death of Mr. W. P. Blare. THE CATHEDRAL who had been the Librarian of the Cathedral for the past twelve years. He was taken ill only in late September and died on Sunday, LIBRARIAN October 24th. We shall miss his tall, distinguished, kindly figure. William Blare was a son of Dr. Blare, Headmaster of this School from 1873 to 1886. He was born in one of the top-floor rooms now in the use of the Housemaster of School House; it was then and until 1935 the Headmaster 's house. From the Junior School William Blare went to Marlborough. For most of his life he was a Master at Ludgrove, one of the leading Preparatory Schools of this country. Mr. Blare was a distinguished antiquary and a learned historian : although he himself published little (for he was a humble man, and always kept himself in the background) he provided many scholars with original materials for their writings. CRICKET

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We understand that the Dean will tour Canada and the United States this Aut umn and Winter. The B.B .C. announced that the Dean had publicly declared his purpose was simply and solely to encourage the nations to peace, and that he wou ld go in a personal and private capacity, not as the Dea n of Canterbury. THE LIFE OF This has been written by the Dean of Lichfield and lately published. WILLIAM TEMPLE Will anyone present a copy to the Library?

THE DEAN or CANTERBURY

To our great pleasure Mr. a nd Mrs. Miles hustled down one SunMR. BERNARD MILES day afternoon to show some American friends our historic features. Their visit was all too brief, but as they DOW have a house in East Kent we hope to see them often. It is a very real pleasure to have Mr. Sopwith with us. Himself an

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O.K.S., he has come this term to his old School after a long and honoura ble spell at Shrewsbury. He is an inspiring teacher of English, and a delightful friend to everyone. The Editors feel they must congratulate the Printing Society on the amazing development in the art which their members have shown. THE CAXTON Any firm could have been pleased with the programme of Brahms' SOCIETY Requiem which the Society produced. Mr. Somerset Maugham has this term sent a whole trunk-ful of books, most of which have been placed in the Library, while others have gone to House Libraries. This welcome gift is typical of the donor's interest. But we have to record further a most desirable present- namely, an outfit of cutlery for the High table. This is real kindness in these days when cutlery is most difficult to obtain and prohibitive in price. It is also known to us who are now the School that but for Mr. Maugham 's munificent support the Headmaster would not have ventured on the Parry Hall Scheme. The School has in this distinguished man a very staunch friend, and therefore we were delighted to have him among us this term, even though it was only for two nights in November. 0 si sic otnnes. GENEROSITY INDEED

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THE CANTUARIAN We note with interest that Lodge The King's School No. 760 U.G.L. of New South Wales was consecrated at the Royal Arch Temple on 31st August, 1948. A message of fraternal greeting to the Lodge, the members of which are Old Boys of The King's School, Parramatta, was sent from the Cantuarian Lodge No. 5733 . The Worshipful Master writes to the Secretary of the Cantuarian Lodge, "Your message was received with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction by the old boys of our School and provided a highlight in a night of many memorable MASONIC NEWS

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WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM It was equally a pleasure and an honour to have with us for two days in November Mr. W. Somerset Maugham . When we wrote, somewhat optimistically, asking him to visit us, we little thought with what willingness he would comply. He arrived, accompanied by his friend and secretary Alan Searle, on Wednesday, November 10th. On Thursday morning they visited Whitstable, made famous as Blackstable in Mr. Maugham's finest novel 0/ Hllman Bondage, and his childhood home. In the afternoon he came to tea with the Captain and Vice-Captain of School in the Old Grange- most historic of studies. At 8 0 'clock, at his own request he spoke informally to a small group of people. He began by reading a most amusing correspondence between an American lady and himself on the art of writing, and this was followed by numerous questions on a whole variety of subjects which were answered with brevity " . and wit. We dispersed unwillingly at 9,45 p.m., having spent a most enjoyable evening in his company. On Friday morning Mr. Maugham was shown round the School and lunched with us at High Table, capping two happy and memorable days by asking for a half-holiday. If he enjoyed his visit in anything like the same degree with which we enjoyed entertaining him, we feel sure that he will visit us again in the near future. C.G.S.P.

MR. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The writer of this particular note sits looking at the MSS. of Mr. Maugham's first and last novels, which the author has this day (November 11th) brought in person for the School's collection of MSS. It needs no saying that from every angle this gift is a marvellous enrichment of our collection. His very first novel, Liza o/Lambeth, was written when the author was 20. It is in three exercise books. I said, "I suppose you wrote this in Paris?" "No. I was a medical student in London. Why should you think Paris ?" "Beca use the exercise books are French." He'd forgotten that: but they are. They came from the Faubourg st. Honore, and contain instructive maps of France pasted on 17

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the inside cover. The title was first settled as A Lambetll Idyll, by William Somerset. The handw riting shows, as far as I can see, no relationship to the author's present style, But what a fascinating employment it is, to turn over page after page, and note the cancellations and the alterations- amazingly few in a yo un g writer. Then I took up Catalina, his last novel, fini shed on January 28th, 1947. The MS ..consists of 38 1 quarto pages, now handsomely bound in blue morocco. But in this the alterations-again relativel y few--are in red ink. I doubt if the medical student could have afforded two kinds of ink! It would not be impossible to write a n essay, from the mere study of these two MSS. on the subject, " How a Novelist Works" . There are imperishable names in Literature connected with this School: Christopher Marlowe, than whom only Shakespeare himself is greater, and Walter Pater, whose Renaissance at least will for ever live. It is too soon to say what lasting reputation will be Hugh Walpole's. A popular writer most certainly he was; but not great in the realm of Marlowe and Pater. Indeed, Hugh wo uld be the first to ad mit it. He had no illusion about his capacity. He longed to be a "classic "-and a natural a mbi tion; he once said to me that he would rather have written Barches/er Towers than all the books together he ever had produced. Therefore we do Hugh no wron g in hesitating to ascribe to him an equal place with Marlowe and Pater, though his affectionate and indescribably kind nature, his love of his fellow man, his encouragement of you nger writers, his devotion to Canterbury and its School, can- must-never be forgotten. But it is beyond doubt that this ancient school will be able to claim a third writer, of the calibre and quality of Ma rlowe and Pater. It is beyo nd doubt that W. S. Maugham will be numbered among the " classics" and be read by many a generation yet unborn. Not all his works will survive so long- but five or six will for ever enshrine his fame . . It is probably not known to many that his books have been tra nslated into every language; that his sales here, in America, in France and Spain and elsewhere a re still simply phenomenal, far beyond a ny other writer's whatsoever. For a considerable time he has been and is at this moment still, the greatest living English writer ; and probably the greatest living writer. How proud, therefore, ought we to be to bave these proofs of his " greatness-his first and his very last books. How grateful should we be-as indeed we are-to have them, to know that he wanted us to have them. It is but another example of bis interest in and affection for the School. Elsewhere in this issue of The Contuariall you may read of the help he has given in refashi oning the Parry Hall ; it is but a few years since that he gave ÂŁ10,000, to establish a Scholarship; but for him we should not have had the hard tennis cOllrts in 1936; but for him the Masters' common room would not be furnished with lovely old Chippendale furniture, and its walls made attractive with choice mezzotints of the eighteenth century. It was, therefore, a delightful thing that he should spend two days among us-dining with the Headmaster, lunching with the School, having tea with the Monitors, giving a "fireside " chat to two or three dozen boys invited by the Captain of School, do ing a tour of the buildings- two days here, onl y interrupted by a visit to Whitstable, where he had lived as a boy. But how times have cha nged, and what sordid days these are! As a boy W.S.M. had often- maybe every week- consumed oysters at the local " bar" (which still exists) at 11- the dozen; so in memory of old days he would have oysters at the same bar-and had them, choice and fa t, as they ought to be in the very birthplace of oysters-but at lSIÂˇ the dozen. Even a rich man may well tremble, and wonder what the world is coming to !

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Buy a farm house and some land.

What would you do if you were Prime Minister for a day? 3. Organise a capital levy. 4. What do yo u find the most tiresome duty in life ? Co unting fo od points.

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SHAKESPEARE REDIVIVUS No doubt to some of us the genius of Shakespeare seems already to have received its full meed of praISe .: editors of te~t-books and pedagogues have been vying with one

another f?r generatIOns to load with, enc~r~liums ~ brow already verdant with laurels.

But there IS one aspect of Shakespeare s wntmgs which has met with all too little respect: he IS as well as a pnest of the Muses a prophet of the future. With one glance over 350 yea rs he saw first the triumph of the Socialist Party at the

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" Thus must r from the smoke into the smother. " But we shou ld not have imagined that he would have been fami liar with so intimate a detaIl of our school hfe as " The dreadful Spout" or "My House is not a Grange" or have been so famil iar with the double qualifications of our headmaster as to speak of him as ' 'The Canon of the Law. "

FROM THE ARCHIVES To the Very Reverend the Dean, and the Reverend the Canons of Canterbury The Undersigned King 's Scholars, on behalf of tbe Fifty Pauperes ScholQl'es on the FoundatIOn of thIS Cathedral Church of Christ, venture most respectfully to make the followlllg representatIOns to the Reverend the Dean and Chapter: The undersigned memorialist s have heard with much regret that it is proposed to a bohsh the attendance of the KlIlg's School at Divine Service in the Cathedral Church on Saturdays (now transferred to Fnday morDlngs), and on the Vigils of Holy Days: a custom 20

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which has descended through more than two hundred years, in accordance with the Statute which prescribes the attendance of the pueri grammatici-olllnibus festis diebuo' neenOH eortmdem vigiliis. The undersigned desire most respectfully to submit to the Reverend the Dean and Chapter, that both Old King's Scholars 111 former tunes, a nd theIr successors at the present time, have always preferred to .r~gard thIS theIr attendance at the Cathedral Service rather as a valuable and special pnvllege than a mere compulsory duty; and that a familiarity with the noble structure and the beautiful services of the Cathedral, thus obtained, has most frequently engendered that attachment to the place of their education which all Old King's Scholars possess to so remarkable a degree. Being thoroughly convinced that the Reverend the Dea!, and Chapter have always at heart the welfare-spiritual as well as temporal-of the KlIlg's School; the underSIgned memorialists beg most respectfully, but most earnestly, to request that thIS theIr valued privilege of periodical att!,ndance at the Cathedral ServIce on the days speCified by the Statutes may be still contll1ued to them, as 111 lime past. (Signed) JOH N KEMP, Captain. P ELHAM M AITLAN D "1 F. H. ARCHER , Monitors. G. CASTLEDEN ) F . L. ARCHER . JOHN REG INALD CORBETT lSlIbmo itors. CHARLES EWART BUTLER HORSLEY

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L'AUTRE COTE ..... ,-although the visibility was moderate I now began to see land. Yes, this was the land r had watched from the white cliffs of Albion, the soil on which it had always been my ambition to tread-to see how it differed from the co untr~ which had now vanished in the morning haze. The great harbou r of Boulogne ca me 111 view. But no; one could scarcely call it a har bour; it was merely a relic, for one half of the Wide arm was beneath the sea. The ship turned, her stern facing the damaged port. As she gracefully drew in, my eye caught the ihst glimpse of a French gendarme, 'propped up against a post, appearing doll-like and dlSlnterested. He was not a man fortIfied WIth the authonty of an English policeman. Nearby stood a group.of men dressed 111 blue uniforms. The gangways were hoisted on to the deck otthe ShIP and l1nm~~la tely thIS group of men charged-calling to memory the histonc Boston Tea Party -shoutll1g theIr war-cry, " Porteur, Porleur ?", eager to claim the passengers' luggage and to earn a few francs. This was my first impression of I' autre cote. D.A.L.A 21

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Speech Day came during the one hot week this summer. As a legacy of the Lambeth Conference our Commemoration Service in the morning was graced by the presence of seven O.K.S. Archbishops and Bishops, and the anni versary preacher was the Primate of All Australia. The Dea n, as Chairman of the Governing Body, opened the proceedings and read the long and distinguished list of honours gained by O.K.S. in the preceding year. The assembly stood in silent tribute to the memory of Sir Edward Gent, who had been so tragically killed in an air crash shortly before. The Dean said that he was proud of the accomplishments of the King 's School boys, and he expressed his own pleasure at the triumphs of the Boating Club. The Headmaster welcomed the visitors and referred to the traditional presence in state of the Mayo r (Alderman Mrs. G. R. Hews) and Corporati on as evidence of the association of the City with the School. Another distinguished visitor was the Senior Tutor of Merton College, Oxford (Mr. R. W. G. Levens), whom Canon Shirley welcomed, and explained that Merton College gave annual prizes in memory of Harvey, whose fame was a common honour.

The Headmaster then spoke of the academic work during the past year. He sa id the list of thirty-two Higher Certificates and eighty School Certificates, two open scholarships and one exhibition to the Universities, four county major scholarships, three Cadets hips to the Royal Marines and a considerable nu mber to Sandhurst and innumerable music trophies was a fine achievement. What gave Canon Shirley very great gratifica tion was the development of Greek. When he came to the School there was practically none. It had troubled him as much as did the fact that fifteen years ago the School was in financial straits. Now they were getting back to the old standards. Commenting on the Ministry of Education 's compulsory scheme for an examination at seventeen, the Headmaster, with his characteristic emphasis on culture, cordially welcomed it, for at last those in the job would be able to educate boys without that close regard to examinations which had hitherto directed educational policy. Dr. Shirley spoke with pride of the successes of the Rugger XV, the Cricket XI, and nota bly the Boating IV, and also of hockey, boxing, fencing, tennis and swimming in the School. He also spoke of the J.T.C., which next year was to have three arms-Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. The School, he said, was a very live, fl ourishing Society-a "sprawling, good-natured family" . He then praised the work of the staff, which was so good that its members were being filched to become headmasters elsewhere. He paid warm tribute to the Second Master, Mr. J. B. Harris. In the past twenty years the School had grown from some two hundred to almost five hundred strong (including the Junior School), and next term Marlowe House was to be re-established as the day boys' house. With his customary humour, Canon Shirley suggested that somebody might offer him a cheque for ÂŁ30,000 at the garden party to cover the costs of evacuation and repair. Besides this, he asked for funds for putting Milner Court in safe repair and for an assembly' hall " worthy of the dignity of the School " . His speech ended with a warm welcome to the Headmaster of the King 's School, Paramatta, who was among the visitors. 22

THE CANTUARIAN Then followed the traditional speeches. The Greek Speech was the conclusion of Aristophanes' Clouds; the French Speech consisted of a scene from Labiche'S Le Voyage de Monsieur Perric/lOn. Finally, there was a lively rendering of a scene from Sheridan's Crilic.

Later, over 1,200 guests attended a garden party on the Green Court when the Royal Marines' Band from Deal played.

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For instance, how do you describe a collection of bishops? You can't say "a pride", or "a charm ", as you can of lions and goldfinches respectively, nor yet O<a mob" or

anything so low. We put forward "an apron of bishops" and still think it pretty good. We knew of "a cheat of bursars" and "a surplus of parsons" is a happy invention of a member of our community. It was only this term, however, that we realized how ancient these collective words are. There is a list in an ancient MS.-centuries old when

an antiquary printed it about In O- and some are fascinating and should surely be recovered into common use. We can take only a few of them here. There is a herd of deer, but what is a "nye of pheasants' '? A covey of partridges and a bevy of fair ladies we know, and "a swarm of bees", and a "chirme of goldfinches"; a fli ght of swallows is familiar, but not "a rowle of Knygtes", nor "a stede of mares" (un less stede

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We knew "a gagalle of geese", but not "a gagalle of wymmen" . A " padelyng of hennes" hardly looks like a collective, yet 'tis given, and so is "a pympe of chekens". What we were really pleased with was "A dign itie of canons", and now we know how to address the Chapter when we meet them collecti vely ! "A corte of barons" is not surprisin g, nor ' 'a charge of curates". but ' 'a superfluite of nonnes" suggests the sturdy

anti-clerical English backbone. Both fish and clerks (i .e. clergymen) are undistinguishedly dismissed as "a School ", but there are more fitting ones. We liked "a rascalle of boys", though we did not grasp "a fete of ushers", and could bear to be en lightened on this last. Is a "sculke of friars" collective or merely abusive? Bishops, under that title, do not appear-the mediaeval writer would not have approved of "an apron", because the episcopate did not then wea r them. But they are more handsomely treated-they are Prelates, not mere bishops-and when they get together in a concourse, they are described magnificently as " A Pontificall of prelatys", and only reduced a little below the rank of Princes, for these too form a "Pontifica lle", but you notice they have the addition of an " e", for the secular must be one better than the religious. 24

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A letter 10 all O.K.S. Opposite this letter is a picture showing the Parry Hall as it is, and as we hope it will be. Some explanation must be offered of this suggested change, not only to inform all O.K.S. and " friends" of the School's development, but also to attract that financial support without which the work cannot be done. As Captain of School 1 want to ask all O.K.S. to help. A Letter from the Monitors in the last issue of The Conluarian explained our present difficulties. The first real Library that the School possessed was owed to David Jones, Headmaster from 1700 to 1713. He established it- presumably- in what we call the Old Library, and himself gave many books which are still with us. This was in 1702. During the Headmastership of Dr. Blore (1 873- 1886) a new Library was erected to commemorate Bishop Parry, a good friend of and benefactor to the School, and that Library was the existing Parry Hall, but not including the "bay extension " to the right of it. The present Library was the Schoolroom or Assembly Hall. In 1936 the then Parry "Library" was extended 30 feet by the bay addition and converted into the Schoolroom or Assembly Hall, while the old Schoolroom was transformed into the attractive Library that it now is. The reason was that by 1936 the School could no longer get into the old Schoolroom. This was the position until we went away in 1940. Remaining fu ll even during exile, we returned with swollen numbers, and opened another Boarding House. History has repeated itself, and since 1945 lVe connol get . into the Parry! The problem was where to go for Morning Prayers, Assemblies, Lectures, Recitals, House Shows and so on? The Chapter came to the rescue and kindly offered us the use of the Chapter House. That is where we have been these three years. We are most grateful to the Chapter, for without this kind action the fact is the School could never have met as a School, and incalcu lable harm wou ld have been done to the corporate life. But the Chapter House is and can be only a temporary SOlution- though we should still use it for "Speeches" and our big affairs. But it is a long way from the Schoolincreasing numbers of other bodies now use it-sometimes we have nowhere to go-its atmosphere is ecclesiastical rather than academic-it is large and informal, and acoustically bad-we need a smaller, more intimate and domestic place. The solution suddenly offered itself th is term, after we had wildly discussed building a Hall and hunting for a site. This is it : (I) Remove the outer (East) wall and rebuild it on the line of the parapet; this then includes the balcony within the Hall. (2) Remove the organ-formerly in St. John's Chapel- from the North wall to the East bay. By these two actions we obtain room for 120 more seats. (3) Take away the exterior staircase altogether-it is clumsy and large, and rumour says was built as an afterthought-and make a handsome enough staircase from the F ives Court opening into the North wall of the Hall. The ground floor of the Court would become a central cloakroom large enough for the whole School, which is a thing we have not got; the Landing of the staircase wo uld make another room, in between the North end of the Parry and the West end of School House. This could be the Scouts'

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This plan gives the architect a chance to improve the East face of the Parry, and I think everyone will agree that he has taken his chance. The Mint Yard will be as charming as any College quadrangle. The colonnade is most attractive: four of the arches exist the fifth or middle one will be where the stairway now is, and for the first time th~ Laboratories behind will get natural light from the Mint Yard. The cost of all this is estimated at ÂŁ4,000, and through this number of The Calltuarian the present boys make direct appeal to Old Boys to further this with ready generosity so that the work may be completed by next Speeches. It is not extravagance-it is noi something merely desirable-it is essential. One further point may be made. The angle above the East bay would nicely hold a clock. The School has no central timepiece. This is not included in the scheme, but we sho.uld I.ike it. Would some one per~on like to be. responsible for the clock? The type deSIred IS electnc, but worked also With pulleys which automahcally operate if the supply of electricity is cut off. Clocks of this kind cost about ÂŁ400. Subscriptions from O.K.S. may be sent to me, and I will gladly and gratefully acknowledge tbem. C. G. S. PATERSON, J .K.S. and K.S. (I936-1948), Captain of School.

MEDIAEVAL ADVICE ON TABLE MANNERS Christo grates refer) Mappam mundam teneHillarem vultum teneIn convivio taceMensa recte sedeMasticando tace-Sputum non eiceNe scalpatis caveSalem cultro capiRixas murmur fugi-atis Aliis partem Ne depositum capiPleno non ore bibEt lingere quid caveDapibus ne proba ferScutellam ne tenePlatum disco caveOffas potum removeClamando non sedeCoclear disco removeIstos mores tene NOTES.-If the Middle and Lower Schools attempt this, tbey had better study the loose translation that follows :-

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Eat your meat when on the plate, Do not pick it from the floor; Remember the well-bred and great Such bad conduct would deplore.

Take your spoon from off tbe dish, Don't slobber, stretch or grab; Accept your flesh or fowl or fish, Don't grumble, shout or crab.

Don ' t drink when your mouth is full, Don't heap praises on tbe food; Remember as a golden rule, "Nice manners show the fare is good. ,.

A TWENTIETH CENTURY CHARACTER

He spends a life of slick effort in evading the curse. of Adam, and fiourishes by cashing in on other people's jam. He .has a plO-stnped mlOd ; hIS walst-hne fi gures forth the circumference of his affections; his morals are as surreahst as hIS lies. He sees lumself in technicolour and his mirror refiects a cisatlantic gangster who wins his tricks by confidence rath~r than by gunning. His speech is worn smooth by the liquid allure of nylons; his lolling serenity is. disturbed only by his alchemic passion to turn all fiuld s into legal petrol. His stage !s tbe salo.on-bar of any near:Mayfalf pub, and IllS most lucrative entry is at c\osmg tIme. PoiIllC1ans have called him a butterfly. and the press bave curiously associated him with barrow-boys. Indeed, his connotatIOn IS as dubIOUS as his etymolOgy.

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FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN INVOLUNTARY SOLDIER By A YOU NG O.K.S. It is now just over a year since I left School. I have spent that year as a Private soldier in the Infantry. Of course I ha.ve forg~tten a ~ood deal of what I lea rned in the twelve years of my schoolIng. DespLte the Lmpre~sLve schemes. whLch eXLst for education in the Army, military servICe remainS a sen ous mterruptlOn

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career. It makes for unhappiness and for a deep feeling of frustration far more than is admitted , for example, in the public speeches of Lord Montgomery. In my own case the Army has been a " dark mile " between Canterbury and Oxford: but every con: scnpt has to make hLs own sacnfice. In the Army, too, I have missed most of the finer things wh ich were my daily deli ght at school a nd at home. A twentieth century soldier has still to get used to muddle a nd drudgery, to boredom and discomfort, to apparently

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IS stili a tmy cog In a very large and old and cumbersome machine. 1, Discipline, training, travel, living intimately with all types- these are the advertised and very real advantages of a conscript 's life. But experience teaches that these things are o.nly profitable when they wLden and deepen values of whLch the conscript was already 1 convLllced before he was called up. Only LIl the rarest cases does the Army itself give hi.m these values. Indeed, by itself, the Army in many cases does him harm . It goes wLth,?ut saYLll!l tha t most soldIers to-day, both rel;ul~ r and conscript, are without any defimte ChnstLan values of hfe and thou ght, and 11 IS scarcely surprising that most of . them now proclaim the philosophy of " couldn't care less " . Por without definite spiritual 1

values, " couldn't care less" is the only way out of frustration. In the short run too " couldn ' t care less' : still p~ys in the Army. ~he " old soldier" still gets by on "bull'';

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Christianity among English p eo ple to-day than is the Communism about which so many Engli sh-speaking Christians are getting furiously excited. If all were right in ? ur own system , we wo uld not have to fear encroachments from Moscow. Few people

the Army have ever Âˇglimpsed the true meaning of happiness or work or love or fellowship : a nd it is reasonable to suppose that conditions a re not very different in " Civvy Street" . All that the Army does is to emphasise the contrast between "we" 'he many who do the everyday work and get pushed around, and " they", the exalted rew who know. It is no bad thing for the young Christian to be unmistaka bly on the In

'we " side of the contrast. Three Cantuarians have lightened this year for me ; and in each of them beside the

welcome accounts of the School's continued progress, there have been heart-searching ,. articles on two questions: " What is Wrong with Our Religion ?" and " How Can We Help the World?" I have been asked to contribute to this series of articles. I can only ,.' write as an ignorant young man, made a little less ignorant about the greatness of life by my mother, by undeserved friend ship, by books a nd by Canterbury, and a little less ignora nt about human nature by this past year in the ranks. Por an increased sympathy wIth other, and possLbly uncongemal, people IS beyond doubt the great spiritual gift which National Service does offer to the individual. This gift is confirmed and the '[ individual made healthier, in shared physical work . Thro ugh the Army (pl; ase be it "

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"Ca rry the Cross ", wro te St. Thomas a Kempis, "and the C ross will carry you". I have found this to be true. I cannot claim to have made a success of the Arm y, or to be a credit or exa mple to anyone. I have borne my very small Cross as Simon of Cyrene in his time bore the Master's- unro mantically, and against all my own expectatio n and will. As a youn g soldier, I have tried to live as a Christian, and I have frequently failed: but I have found that my military service has been used by God in a wonderful way which I certainly never expected before I was called up. I have found a deeper daily companionship with our Lord in the sordid surroundings of Arm y life than in the Canterbury Precincts. At Canterbury, there was so much that was in itself unspeakabl y fin e and beautiful, but which distracted the attention from the central, challenging Person. In the Army, it has been Jesus or- nothing. Without Him, life would have been intolerable. But with Him, That one Face, for f rom vanish, rather grows: 01' decomposes but to recompose, Become my Universe, that feels and knows . I must therefore agree passionately with many of the criticisms of contemporary religious fashions voiced in The Cantuarian. But I feel that these criticisms have stopped short before they reached the really valuable stage. It is certainly true tha t much of what passes fo r religion to-day is wide off the mark set in the New Testament. This is specially noticeable in the Army. In the emphasis placed by the Royal Arm y Chaplains ' Department on the usefulness of religion, soldiers are very tempted to belittle both its demands and its truth. Christianity may be the admiration of a Leader, the source of good teamwork, the buttress of the British way of life: but it is also the gospel of a Divine Saviour for all men . We cannot come to God for what we will get out of Him. The whole official teaching of the Department makes almost no appeal to those fund amental human instincts which have through the centuries drawn men to utter devotion to the cause of C hrist. Nor does it reckon upon the spread of infor med agnosticism . Nor is it effectively upon the need for, and possibility of, redemption in every man : upon the absolute challenge and atoning grace of Jesus: upon the continuance of His body, the Church, in the Spirit. Typical of the present teachin g are these sentences from an official Confirmation Lesson : " In the 16th century, people held very different views about sin from those generally held to-day. They knew nothing about Evolution .... We believe that sin is the result, not of a 'Pall ', but of a fa ilure to

rise. " Such a system, administered by an organisation of ordained officers, is in effect an affirmation that it is possible, and profita ble, to serve both God and Mammon. It is

really designed for War, when the operation of God in events must itself supply what is lacking. In time of Peace, the Department is still in urgent need of the right priests to work among soldiers : but its organisation is demonstrably top-heavy- for example, in the foreign country in which I am now stationed, nearly a third of the Chaplains occupy 29

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modern social life" : there is spiritual chaos in England to-day. In all matters of organisation, on the other hand, the recent tendency has been centripetal. The whole of our national life has become more controlled. The world has "shrunk" : the Churches are drawing together. "National " Christianity is dead. Is it unnatural that the Church of England, caught up in all these movements and ever seeking to present the modern but eternal Gospel, should have developed a self-consciousness which would have distressed Elizabethan Churchmen? The alternative would have been stupor. Never before in her history have there been so many keen and prayerful minds in the Church of England, seeking for her ways in which she may better serve the commission of her Master. Never since the Reformation has there been so much searching of hearts; never since mediaeval days has there been so little party clamour. The "self-consciousness" of the Anglican Church, then, need not distress us. Institutions are composed of people. The Church is you and I and the Grace of God. The crying need is therefore for more people to come into the Church, to become better Christians themselves and to reinvigorate and spiritualise the Church's mission to the World. People are sick of the frustration and folly of contemporary pagan society. But they are not yet convinced that the Church possesses the cure. They are, indeed, not yet convinced that the Church is fundamentally any different from that pagan society. Do not let us lose our sense of proportion in these vital matters. It is right that the Christian Church should welcome and use human art and human fellowship, human progress in technology, human efficiency in organisation, human skill in exposition. But it is wrong that such things should be allowed to dominate the Chu rch, and to vitiate its purpose as the agent of the redeeming love of God. And it is for each one of us to examine his own conscience and experience, to see if this charge can be levelled against us in the sphere in which we have effective responsibility. Criticism of the institution concerned, although useful, is not enough. It is because I feel the desperate need for this redemption !i'0/11 the World, that I have decided to offer myself for ordination in the Chu rch of England. It is tremendously encouraging to know that, for the first time in years, a small group of Ordinands has been forming itself in the School. But of course, 30

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In 1646 Richard Lovelace left England to serve with the French King and wrote his best-know'n lyric, To Lucas/a, On Going to the Wars , for his betrothed, Lucy Sacheverell. When it was (falsely) reported that he had been killed, she married another. I did not charge thee, dear, or taunt Your faithlessness to me ; My secret tears would never haunt A brave man's bravery.

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Once in English history seven bishops made a great stand against Royal tyranny and they went to the Tower. Judge Jeffreys was very much alive, and they must at moments have thought it a toss-up whether they were hanged or not. Happily, they \Veren ' t, for their revolt was popular with the mob, if not with the ' 'Politiques". None of them was an O.K.S., although in those Stuart reigns quite a few bishops came from this School. Now our seven bishops went to Buckingham Palace to the King's Garden Party, instead of the Tower, but only after they had done their duty as loyal Old Boys to the School ; for they are the sort who do- as the propbet bade- " look to the rock wbence ye were hewn " . They came for Speech Day week-end, having already visited the School to some extent on the occasion of the Lambeth Conference Service early in July. 'I R. H . Moline preached to the School on the last Sunday night of term, and Howard Mowil delivered next morning the Commemoration Sermon. John Frewer had already ~I preached to the School, while Morris Gelsthorpe and Victor Halward had preached to the Cathedra l congregation as well. Probably no other' ÂˇCommem." Service will be as . impressive as that of 1948 . Choir, Scholars, Bishops and Canons, all moved in procession from the Treasury down the No rth Aisle and so in to the Choir by the West door in the i', Screen, and the bishops proceeded to their places on either side of the High Altar, escorted by the Chapter. A fin e concourse of O.K.S . had assembled, and the Service was heartening from beginning to end . That over, we broke up for general gossip and chat of old times. Two or three of our episcopals had to go to London, and so were packed J into a large ca r (and took packed lunches with them to picnic on the way), while the â&#x20AC;˘ others enjoyed lunch on the Green Co urt in the Head's tent. Even they could not tarry 1 for Speeches, for they were due at 4 a 'clock to bow to the King. But it was a gailant day, and they were very patient. After all, they had not been allowed much time for breakfast. They bad all come to the 8 a 'clock Eucharist at tbe High Altar, and were required by 9.30 sharp to be in position outside Grange door to be photographed-and _ to be ready in the Treasury, properly dressed, to move off at 1O! But they were very obedient- they might have been back at School I- and all went well; there was no flurry, nobody was late, and everybody was wonderfully happy. And is not that what such a 1Speech Day as ours is for?

CHURCH LIFE IN ENGLAND (By AN OVERSEAS BISHOP) There has been no revival of rel igion in the country since tbe war, and there are no immediate sign s of it, but because the Church is a Divine Society, and we have the promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, I believe there will be a revival in due time. So while I am sceptical about human ideologies and socialization schemes I know that religion will again take its rightful place in our midst, and that the Kingdom of God will come. It will, ho wever, be entirely the work of the Holy Spirit, and will not be hastened by any of our conferences, committees, and discussions about reunion, evangelization

of the masses and so on. The motive behind all these is commendable, and I do not wish to disparage them, but we should be careful not to over-estimate their importance and think that certain things ought to happen because we are doing so much. In the midst of our activities it is so easy to forget God, and then He rebukes by His silence. 32

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THE CANTUARIAN We need a more efficient clergy. There are many good men, but at the same time too many who are not pulling their weight. We have magnificent .churches and a great opportunity, but various things shew how they are belllll mIssed. Smce I came here I have been in churches where talkin g and confusIon prevallm the chOIr vestry up ttll the tune of leaving for the service. Matters which should have been attended to beforehand are left to the las t moment; an inadeq uate supply of books for the congregatIOn and many of them tattered ; no notices or out .of date notl~es of servIces 111 the porch and on the outside notice board ; the organ mUSIC often unSUItable for devotIOn 111 church , and why so much playing of the organ after the blessing when we wan t to be qU\et and dIsperse with th e impression made by the service in Qur ~lI1d s .and o'?t dflven away ~Y a tornado of sounds which convey no meaning beyond a dlsturblllg nOIse? And so mIght T go on.

Let us reduce the number of our cOffi.m.ittee m~etings and conferences and take more care in and preparation for conduct of Dlvtllc serVIce.

Since 1900 when the Nonconformist Denominations reached the high water mark of their influence in the country they have expenenced a marked dechne, ~nd now Nonconformity in religion seems to be disappearing almost as fast as the LIberal partY.1I1 • politics. It is not a good sign, for most of those who have been lost to Nonconfolmlty have joined the ranks of the pleasure seekers and thenewarmy brought Illto eXIstence by i', the aftermath of war who find a congenial pastIme m ~nme. The cmne wave IS fanned by the moving picture shows, largely controlled by atheIstIc Jews, who seIze every 0l?portunity to have the cinemas open on Sundays as well as week days. The forces of evIl are formidable but not invincible.

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BRAHMS' REQUIEM On Saturday, October 30th, the Choral Society perf<;>rmed Brahms ' Requien; i!, the Choir of the Cathedral. This was essentially an austenty perform~nce, but thIS III no way detracted from the standard of singing, for one could say that thIS work was perhaps the Choral Society'S best performance to date. Instead of an orchestra the Cathedral Organ, played by W. Harvey, Esq., supplied the main bulk of the ac~ompanlmen,t, whilst for the semi-chorus and solo passages Mrs. Suttle played the plano. Stanley Pine was the bass soloist, and one of whom we hope to hear a !',reat deal more, the soprano solo was sung by eight Cathedral ChortSters, WIth consIderably more power than could be obtained by even the finest soprano. Dr. Suttie conducted the work.

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FRENCH LEAVE Travelling one day in France with my dear, large friend, Jean-Franc;ois, we carne upon I'

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a shattered bicycle, and twentyfi ve people engaged in noisy disputation. Nearby lay the bleeding cyclist tended by one o ld

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with the grocer on the grounds that he was a healthy opponent of authority. Feeling became . . bitter and VOlces angry. Hands and arms abandoned the conversation from time to time only to wipe sweat from heated brows. "Surely", I said in my simplicity, "they would do better to help the cyclist." "Man ami", replied the dear, large Jean-Franc;ois, "it faut connaitre la France. Lorsqu 'on discute ce sont toujours les gens qui J1 'an t rien VB, " Those Frenchmen he explained, are not interested in the accident, but they are interested in refutin g illogica l conclusions of grocers and policemen. This summer I was myself the centre of a cause celebre on the autocar between Nice

and Monte Carlo. By some mischance I had failed to catch the conductor 's eye before the ticket inspector appeared. Our conductor was reproved and I paid up. But when the IJlspector had departed all hell was let loose. The conductor planted himself before me and required to know why I had besmirched his character and attempted to defraud the Compagnie by travelling without a ticket. I smiled and told him nothing was further from my mind. T smiled again and enquired whether it was not rather the conductor's duty to collect fares than a passenger 's to give them. But those were the last words I was permitted to utter. The conductor embarked 011 an intense and dramatic exposition of the reglements he was employed to enforce. At every stage his assertions were refuted with clarity and conviction by my fellow-passengers who, carried away at last by their own rhetoric, became guilty of specious and prejudiced pleading and were themselves set upon by others who · sought to lay bare the hidden religious and political motives from which they argued. My crime was forgotten. The foundations of the Fourth Republic were tottering, and if quivering fingers were pointed in my face, it was either to denounce me as a brigand of the black market or to prove that here in flesh and blood sat yet another victim of that pernicious denial of the rights of man that was tumbling France to her destruction.

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THE CANTUARIAN The Englishman in France is puzzled by the Frenchman's reputation for logic. He sees little evidence of it in his everyday life out there, and [s mclmed to return home with the conviction that o ur own institutions run a good deal more smoothly than his, III spite of our well-know n stupidity. But there he falls into the trap. The Frenchman takes no particular pride in aCIing logically ; it is fa balaille de l'esprit, the logic of t~e mind that he loves. To him there is no particular harm in holding up a quarter of a mlle

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Jean-Fran<;ois waxed bitter about the system of petrol-rationing as we drove through the sweet soft air of the Grande Corniche. There was no shortage of petrol in France, it seemed. The trouble was that four-fifths of it found its way to the black market and that a defiant and grasping minority sought profit in diverting it there. " Que voulez-vo us, mon ami, when respectable Frenchmen see nothing degra~ing in this system ? How shall we discipline a nation who se individuals refuse to assocIate

themselves with the common good ?" " But, my dear Fran~ois" , I protested, " you can't have forgotten that we are no~ travelling in a car that runs exclusively on black market petrol, and that that car [s yours! .,

There was an ugly moment when I feared that his indignation would plunge us both over the edge and into the placid waters of the Mediterranean five hundred feet bel~w. And why ? Because hypocrisy lay exposed? Or an argument refuted? Not a bit of [t !

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" You English ", he shrieked, " are masters of irrelevancy_ "

I know him better now. I know what he meant. National discipline is admirable en principe. The solidarity of the English is, en principe, most enviable. But let us for

heaven 's sake preserve them only as subjects for debate and intellectual exercise. We Frenchmen could never endure the dull, grey uniform ity of the post-war English home: let us take a chance with our wits.

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I appreciate his point of view and r respect it. But my British conscience pricks fro!" Calais onwards. It pricked horribly one evening in Nice when I waded through SIX ambrosial courses with Monsieur and Madame Duval. "You know", I said, with a Gad-Sir-These-Foreigners look in my eye, "we aren't allowed to eat more than five shillingsworth at a time." " Why on earth not? " they gasped. "Oh, so that the wealthy shall not buy food that the poor can't afford, I suppose." "But that's absurd" said Madame, "my charwoman lives for food . Once a she goes out and eats, a 25/- meal and no government on earth coul d stop h er."

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CANTERBAGGER RESEARCHES INTO SCHOOL SLANG Readers will remember " The Legend of R.R.H. " which appeared in The Calltuarian of December, 1947.. To understand what follows, they should turn up that text. In the final paragraph an InVItatIOn was extended to O.K.S. to re-write the legend in slang of therr own day. WhIlst I do not feel capable of accepting that invitation I use it as an excuse for the musings which follow . ' In the Legend it is possible to detect four main streams from which the slang is derived. The first we may call "Canterbury" or more aptly "Canterbagger". This embraces slang whIch has a local usage peculiar on ly to the King's School. The second contains words In use generally throughout all schools. The third consists of borrowings from the anne,~ forces- mos\lr the Air Force. The fourth-for want of a better name-we may call . Transatlanllc . It conSIsts of a hotch-potch brewed from a mixture of Runyon and Hollywood. As a preli~inary it is necessary to list all those words in the Legend whicb may properly be Included In any of the last three classes. To avoid red herrings, no attempt has been made to allot wo rds to therr proper class. Here they are :- Wet ; grim; cut; whipped off; 011 ; foxed; type; made it ; make the grade; had it; pranged ; wizard; dame; old man; dough; eyeful; gettlIlg no place; get a load of; plugged; old dame ; peek. No one, I think, would claim that any of the above should be included amongst genuine "Canterbagller". This latter group contains the following words-all taken from the Leg:nd :- Slcker ; Ho ; shag ; ~olling about; pDlling round; polled up ; nip in ; nipped out , blogged , conyersagger ; sltuagger ; shootlllg green; brace; keeny ; to get a grip.

As will be seen, there are some doubtful entrants to this list. But the road has been cleared. We may now embark on a critical examination of the words themselves.

Ho . This word is always followed by a full stop even though it appears in the middle of a sentencc. The author of the Legend has, however, fallen into the error of writing the word with a small "h ". Strictly it should always be written with a capital " H", for it can only refer to School Ho. and to no other house. When the term was introduced Langley and Holme Houses were in existence, but never achieved tbis dignity. Present day HOllses are recent and subsequent additions.

The alternative reading of " Hoe" is useful for identifying the pronunciation but is nowhere accepted ascorrect. "Up the Ho. " has now sounded on rugger fields for some fourteen years. Smlilar cfles have since appeared such as " Up the Pole" "Come on M .O.'.s", "Ge~ a gwip. Gwange", and anti-c1imax- "Come on, Luxm~ore' Âˇ. The

latter IS clear eVIdence of the recent appearance of this House. It has not yet established an abbreViated war-cry accepted Into common usage.

Blogged. A military origin is suspected. As "Canterbagger" it was introduced in Cornwall. In pre-war days "bunged up" would have been preferred. But in those days a member of School Ho. would probably have used a variant of the' 'match stick"

'tHE CANTUAR1AN simile. To be blogged is the same as to be without your match sticks. Match sticksobviously enough- are used for propping up eyelids. They were always essential at breakfast time, where their absence would invariably excite comment. As a verb, "blogged" cannot be used actively, e.g . "to blog " . The adjective too is "blogged ", wbich compares with the pre-war "bungy " . "Blog! " or "B loggy !" is a vocative form often used as a mode of address. " Bloggish" is definitely bad grammar. COllversagger and Siluagger. These are but two examples used by the author of the Legend to illustrate the very wide field embraced by the "agger" complex. This complex is very ancient but it is continually attracting new variants. Older examples include "Aggerbagger" and "Waggerpagger". From the former there has developed " Archdaggers ". This is generally recognised as more correct than the apparently more grammatical "aggerdagger". Similarly "Confirmaggers" is old-established. "CommÂˇ aggers" has not yet replaced the original "Commuggers " .

Canterbury Dress was first known as "Canter bagger Draggers". Later this was shortened in School Ho. and the Grange to "Canterbaggers " . In conclusion we may note another recent arriva l in "Congregagger Pragger " .

Sickel'. This is probably widely used in schools generally. Nevertheless it is a good example of the Canterbagger fondness for the -ER suffix. Similarly while many schools favour "Grubber", Canterbagger prefers "Tucker". Other examples that spring to mind are "Nibber" and " Hymmer " , "Nibber" naturally derives from "Nibs" , "Hymmer" is now little used , although it was very popular pre-war. Modern scholars would probably hardly notice the interesting cbange by which the final N becomes a reduplicated M after the addition of the suffix. Shooting Green. Originally ' 'green " could only be applied to cricket. Clearly it denoted a net on the Green Court. Now, by transference it may be used for any game, including swimming. Before the Mullins Cup conversation will turn to "Shooting Greens" . "Tennis Greens" are paradoxica lly held on the School 's hard asphalt courts. The Boat Club alone follow their own tradition and stick to "outing" or "tubbing". Poll up. Of old usage, the verb " poll" is a generic verb of motion. To indicate the direction of the motion it must be combined with a preposition, e.g. round, off, etc.

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Shag. Not strictly "Canterbagger". It may be used as a verb or more rarely as a noun (see the text of the Legend). Nip In and Nip QUI. These twins are CornwaU's outstanding contribution to "Canterbagger". The origin is uncertain. The meaning will always be clear once it is realized tbat it is essential to regard the phrase from the speaker's point of view. Then we find that a "nip in" is, roughly speaking, a good show, and a "nip out" is a bad show-but always as viewed by the speaker. Thus, " I cut Cath yesterday" is a " nip in " . But " I was caught in the Flicks yesterday" is a bad "nip out". Of course, for the Monitor concerned it is a sizeable "nip in".

Keeny. Thought to be genuine "Canterbagger", but SDme doubt exists. It does not derive from "keen"; it is in fact more nearly akin to "wizard" and " decent", You may see a "keeny" fl ick . A success may be a "keeny" effort. You may be a " keeny'.' 37

'THE CANTUARIAN cricketer, but that is quite different from being a cricket gut. "Keeny" would denote considerable prowess with bat or ball, but a "gut" is merely somebody who can recite the scores of all the 1st XI matches. He need not be able to play well at all. Brace. Thi s must be distinguished from " brace up" which implies some suggestion of speed and activity. ' To be braced" is simply to be pleased. The opposite is "to be brassed ", which has now completely replaced the once popular military form "to be bro wned ofT". Generally you are "becks braced " or "brassed " as the case may be. "Heck s " is not derived from the former bursar Hext, but is polite usage for another more popu lar variant, wh ich is reserved for use out of magisterial earshot. To gel {{ grip . Undo ubtedly used in many schools, but in certain usages it has, perhaps, a claim to be considered as genuine "Canterbagger" , There is, for instance, a slovenly intcljective usage "Grip!" Again, once YO LI have got a grip, you become "gdpful", which is very difTerent from being a "gut" and just the reverse of being "gripless".

This concludes the analysis of " Canterbagger" actually contained in the Legend itself. There are, of course, many other examples which the author of the Legend was unable to include. Old O.K.S. will be glad to hear that common parlance still includes such old favourites as Gob ; Buck ; Buckish ; Press; Fruit; Dee; Hadee ; and To Whip (used for to borrow without permission- more particularly bicycles). I leave it to other pens, more fitted than mine, to record recent additions to School slang. Perhaps I may leave them a few queries. "To throw a dingo" is to allow one 's tie to slip up to the top of a wing collar. It is a phrase that has not yet achieved maximum circulation . You can checkmate this

movement by passing the tie through a loop at the back of the collar. Is this loop called "a dingo catcher " or a "dingo stumper " ? In short is the appeal to the square leg or bowler's umpire? "To drag" is to smoke. This, too, has only a limited usage-better known to the Upper School. It seems questionable whether you can "have a drag". Most authorities seem to maintain that you can only "drag". But this is not certain. Personally I found a definite resistance complex to investigations on this phrase. Games for non-corps boys are still known as "Tank games", although the size of the Chaplain, who traditionally organizes these garnes, changed over a year ago. Does the "Tank mail " still run to and from the Parrots ? I n conclusion, I can but hope that perhaps these notes may arouse memories amongst O.K.S. of an older vintage or inspire present research students to record more recent developments. The study of " Canterbagger" demands both a knowledge of old roots as well as an appreciation of modern flowerings. In this lies its fascination. "SPIV"

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JOHN CHINAMAN IN CANTERBURY It is with the utmost temerity, my friend, that one so in significan~ and ignorant as

self ventures to communicate with one so exalted as you. Yet Slnce you have so

~'Y ln dly offered to answer any questions about the institutions of your noble land- and

tl y will doubtless betray a lamentable ignorance-l now avai l myself of thi s offer. I '~nd it difficult to utter my gratitude and to express my sense of the depth of your b leficence which must surely be as that of the oceans. I have now reached Cantel bu;y. It~s here th~t I am confro nted with just such a problem, a problem to which I can fur nIsh n; answer, but which I feel sure you will soon solve. I always remember, as every good Chinaman should, .that passage in. the. Book of Verses which says : . 'If a man travel in a strange land l~t him, when he arnves Ill. a town, epair straightway to its ancient monuments and feast hiS eyes on them, so that hiS w~ole :0111 may be elevated by their beauty. " . This [do. I proceed at once to the glonous Cathedral, and sit in silent contemplatl?n for an. hour. Th el~ , satlatc? ~It~ beauty, I begin to make my wa y to the hotel which has deigned to receive me wlthlll ItS august

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Even as I pass from the sacred ~rec!n cts I 'p:rc~ive a crowd, a small crowd, and obcYlllg one of the most natural of humanlllstlllcts IJoJll It. Through the gateway we can see a courtyard surrounded on all sides by bui ldin l;ls of venerable aspect. In the centre of the courtyard there is an emerald green lawn, WIth a mighty tree growing on it. In somewhat stnkIng contrast to. thIS dlgIllfied scene there are around the grass formations of umfOl:med persons,. dnlhng. F~r a moment only does the belief that they are soldiers deceIve me. SoldIers move brISkly and. smartly, but these are listless and slouch. Their uniforms, to my admItted ly un practISed eye, seem crumpled, baggy and ill-fitting. They look as If they are worn unWIllIngly and, as it were, by mistake. Forgetting my position, J press resolutely to the front, and my suspicion that the persons before me are not soldIers IS ImmedIately confirmed. They are boys. Now even in China, my fr iend, we have no boy soldiers, and I feel Sllre th~t th~re are none in your enlightened country. The minds of the young are not to be tramed III war and strife, but rather in serel11ty and philosophIcal calm . So., as the verses enJolll me, I reflect upon the whole matter. Is it a prison? No. For see, the gates stand open wide, and all pass freely in and out. Is it some military academy? No. For they are never to be fou~d near beautiful temples. In any case, their pupils, like soldiers, are smart to their beanng. I am forced to depart, though reluctantly, my mind still pre-?ccupied with what 1 have seen . The next morning, however, drawn by the worthy motive of CUriOSity, r at once hurry there again. Now there are no uniforms but, instead, many boys, both large. and small. The larger ones stroll carelessly to and fro, eating. The lesser ones ~curry hIther and thither, fetching food. Ever and anon a bell clangs, whereujJon all begm to dnft I.n one direction. Some carry books, and I, not unnaturally, begm to suspect that thIS puzzling establishment may be some kind of school. 39

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liowever, upon further reflection, I am bo un d to. reject this theory also. F irstly, 1 cannot reconcIle the mIlItary atmosphere of the prevIOus afternoon, with the studious one of this mornin g. Secondly, I am forced to realise that the scholarly a tmosphere is no morc than superficial. I can discern none of that eager curiosity, that zest for knowledge which, as the Book of Verses claims: "rad iates from any facc, like the sun 's refl ection fro m the moon".

No do ubt yo ur agile intellect will already have grasped the essential elements in the natu re of ~hi s place, and will have recognised ,from them what its essential purpose is. However, If by any remote chance, yo u remall1.as [ do, absolutely bewildered I will add a further description of m y fin al visit. ' T his ta kes place on the afte rn oon of the sa me day. Once. more the scene has changed. It IS clear that everyone IS a bout to spend the aftern oon 111 the strenuous exertions of (lh ysical recreation. A constant stream of bicycles fl ows throu gh the gateway. Their nders a re all clothed fo r sp ort, wean ng willte Jumpers and short tro users as I have observed, a ll Englishmen do, except fo r that bewi lde ring rit ual, cricket, which like all Chll1amen I utterl y fail to comprehend. It is a ga me which is as far removed from the Chll1cse nature as, for instance, philosoph.iea l co ntem plat ion is fro m you rs. J cannot d iscover more tha n one clue to the type of ga me which they arc about to play. TIllS IS a leather object fallltly resemblIng a foo tball , but, to my great asto nishment not ro und but egg-shaped. This one of the cyclists is carryi ng un der his arm and as h~ be,trays no embarrassment with such an ex trao rd inary article, it must be q~lite a' usual thlllg to carry abo ut.

. I ca!, onl y ass ume that the English use it as so me ki nd of foo tball-exercise. Doubtless It IS dIfficult to kICk a ball so shaped, so that by dint of consta nt practice the players become as ex pert as IS humanl y possIble in the a rt of ki ckin g it, and then, on revertin g to the use of the more reason able round ball they find it so easy to control that their play becomes superhuman by sheer contrast. F inall y, I will endeavo ur to give my. general im pressions. In my own words they would certmnly be tedIOUS, so I quote a desen ptlO n of a beeillve from the works of the illustrious phllosophcr Ta n Sin, a description which completely sums up all I ha ve to say. " The inhabitants o f a beehive are easily di vided in to two classes, wo rkers and dro nes. The wor kers, the lesser ones, spend all their days rushi ng hi ther a nd thither fetching all manner of thin gs for the consum ption of the drones, o r :;reater ones. These last are greater both In Size, and, It seems, In standmg, and they remall1 111 o ne spot eat ll1 g and sleeping, while all thelf wa nts are attended to. "

If I have. been conscious of one thing above a ll wh'ile writin g this letter it is my lamentable mabllIty to grasp the functIO n of what IS probably one of the most significa nt of yo ur i n~ ti t ut i on s . This it must be, j ~d gin g from its position in the centre of a thriving and beautIful c Ity. I am therefore anxIO us to see what light it may th row on the English character, WhICh, J confess, I have not yet full y fathomed . I await yo ur gracious reply WIth consIderable eagerness . Once again, may I ex press my worthless thanks for all that yo u have done for me. I remai n yo ur devoted, i llsignificant and thoroughl y hum ble servtt nt

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THE IDEA OF HISTORY From time to time-it is rarely oftener than a decade, or even a generation- there appears a book which not merely adds t o the knowledge of its subject, but is so rev~lutio nÂ ary in its thesis, and so profound In ItS Im phcatlOlls, that It demands a re-examll1atlOn of the whole bra nch of thought with which it is concerned. Such a wo rk was D escartes' Discours de la M et/lOde, and Newton 's Principia, a nd such a work is R. G . Collingwood 's The Idea of History. It is true that it is a posthumous publication, a preparatory scnpt of his wo rk rather than the fi nal product; (Professor Collingwood died in 1943 at the age of 52) ; and conta ins some inconsistencies and dogmatism which detract from its character and make it much less than it might have become if time and health had allowed its completion. In spite of this, however, it is still one of the two or three most important books on the philoso phy of history which have ever been >yritten in this country. It is one of those books the Influence of willch IS felt III ever-wIdenIng cHcles durin g the half-century after its appearance .. Those of our number who proceed to the uni versities to read history or phIlosophy WIll be mcreasmgly conscIOus of ItS mfluence fo r the rest of their lives, a nd those who do not nevertheless have a special obligation upon them to know something of the conten ts of this great book. It is possible here to indicate only a few of its central ideas. Collingwood discerns three main periods of thought in Western Civilisation, the Greek, the . Mediaeval and the Modern, and h e believes that we are on the threshold of a fourth. Our phIloso phIcal tradition goes back to sixth century G reece. The central pro blem of Greek thought was mathematics; Greek thought was no t merely no t much concerned with history, it was anti-historical because Greek philosophy held that it was only what was unchanging that could be' known. T he greatness of H erodo tus is all the more strongly emphasised by the fact that he had neither predecessor nor successor. Even Thucydides was more concerned with searchin g fo r social laws tha n with writing history, and much of his work (e.g. the famous Melian dialogue) is more imagination than history. In the Middle Ages the central problem of thought was concerned with theology, and the writing .of history was subordinated to that end. From the. sIxteenth to the mneteenth centunes the main effort of thought was concerned WIth laymg the foundatIOn s of natural sCIence. Critical history bega n in the eighteenth century, but both it and philosophy were profoundly influenced by the pre-occupation with natural science. It was natural that philosophers and histo rians should seek to discover by means of a "science of huma n nature ", a series of laws governin g human nature, on the analogy of the laws recently asserted to be governin g the physical world. Locke, Hume and even Kant were fired by this object, but the attempt failed, and Collingwood believed that the fallacy of examining history on the analogy of the natural sCIences was the reason for the failure. Philosophers failed to see that the historical method of thought was distinct from the scientific; " that the right way of investigating nature is by the methods called scientific, the right way of investigating mind is by the methods of history" . Bacon laid it down that the natural scientist must " put Nature to the question ", and that must also be the atti tude of the historian . In this sense history is "scientific", because all thinking, ColUngwood asserts, is asking questions (Lower School please note !). But there the analogy ends, for the purpose of the historian and the scientist is different, and so therefore are the questions they ask. " When a scientist asks 'Why did that piece of litmus paper turn pink ?' he means 'On what kinds of occasions do pieces of litmus paper turn pink ?' When a historian asks ' Why did Brutus stab Caesar?' 41

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'rtIE CANTUARIAN Another thing which the historian cannot do is to prophecy. "The historical ~tudy of mind can neither foretell the future developments of hum ~ n thought nor legislate for them, except so far as the~ mustpr~~eed-though In what directIOn ~e cannot tellfrom the present as their startlllg-pomt. Colilngwood IS an ontologlCalldeailst refuting the positivistic tendencies of Comte, Marx, Spengler and Toynbee, whom he labels "pigeon-holing " historians because of their attempts to arrange the wh.ole. of history in a single scheme, thus cont1l1 ulllg the eighteenth centur~ fallacy. of regal ding hlStOlY as a branch of natural science. History has to~ much p.os1tlve serVIce to offel: those who pursue it correctly for it to be allowed to contmue, as It has too often been III the past, the handmaiden of either SClence or polttlcs. The purpose of history is, Collingwood asserts, self-knowledge, " not only for. its .own sake but as a condition withont whICh no other knowledge can be cnacally .1usllfied and 'securely based", but it must b~ self-knowledge secured by other means, than by seeking laws which govern human actIOns. It must be achieved, 111 Lord Acton s phrase, by studying problems, not penods, by seell1g human problems and achievements through the eyes of those who were cbiefly concerned wltb them. The philosopher Whitehead has called the right-angled triangle an eternal object. The same 'phrase IS apphcable to historical phenomena, because they can be apprebended by blstoncal thought at any lime. The Roman constitution, the Augusta n modificatIOn of It, the Theodosl~n Code, anel so forth are in this sense eternal objects. In them the past contll1ues to eXist 111 the mind of the present. In such respects .as there is prog;~ss It IS a hlstoncal prog:ess, that is, it can come about only by tlllnklllg hlstoncally. If Em.st~lll mak~s an ~dvance on Newton, he does it by knowing Newton's thought and retamm& It wlthm hiS own. Newto n lives in Einstein in the way m which any past expenence b ves III the ml~d of the historian " . Man has been defined a~ an anim~1 cap~ble of profitmg by the expenence of others' the only way in which thIS profit IS reahsed IS by hlstoncal knowledge. Collingwo~d 's conclusion is that " bi~torica l knowledge is no I~xury, or mere amusement of a mind at leisure from more pressmg occupatIOns, but a pnme duty, whose dIscharge is essential to the maintenance of reason itself". History is still a young study. The Honours Schools of History at Oxford and Cambridge are little more than seventy years old, and there a;~ sl111 so!!,e geople who ~:,gard history as a shghtly Illegillmate form ~f occupation , as a soft optIOn and as an ~rr,n chair" subject. Collingwood dlstlllglllshes four dlStlllct methods of thought, the arasllc, the scientific the phIlosophic and the hlstonca!. He spent much of hl~ hfe (as hIS Autobiography will show) in bringing about a rapprochement between philosophy and history. The Idea of History seeks to emanCIpate hIstory fro.m the sCiences a nd I.nduce philosophy to accept the his torical method. History and ph!losophy thus emancipated and redirected, con tam Within themselves a newhope for the solutIOn of human probler,ns. The opportunity is fraught with enormous posslbdilles. When man ceases to re¥ard himself as primarily a biological specimen, and beginS to thmk of. himself pnr,nanl¥ as the personification of mllld, he WIll be nearer to Greek thought than at any I1me smce. tbe rise of the Roman Empire. The tnumph of Idealism WIll be the destructlOn of matenalism. In that lies the greatest hope of religion. R.W.H.

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. THE SOCIETIES PATER SOCIETY This term we have heard papers by P. A. F yfe..Cooper on " Rousseau a nd HegelRo'!'antics'.' and J. G. Jell on " The Classical background of English poetry" . Other subjects whIch we have dIScussed have been numerous and vaned. These have included the boyhood of Walter Pater at this School, and the classical spirit in the poetical works of Keats. The verse of Ezra Pound, although interpreted by one of our more enlightened members, stIli has problems for us. But we have successfully compared various translations of Sophocles' Trachiniae, and have decided that a new rendering in modern English would be welcomed. The reading of Aristophanes' Frogs in Mr. Gilbert Murray's excellent translation gave the Society an evening of good entertainment, and we are grateful to the Walpole SOCIety who produced the necessary copIes of the play. Ths Pater Society still looks forward to several more meetings. At these we expect to hear the Secretary speak on the theme " The Spirit of Hellas " ; to hear a series of short papers a nd to hold our annual Symposium. On behalf of the Society I should like to thank Mr. J. C. Howe, who since September 1945, has been our President ; and has been so devoted to the interests of the Society' that, when our prospects have been black a nd our numbers few he has always kept hi; door open to us .. Mr. J:fowe IS slIlI our PreSIdent and hIS room IS always a t our disposal. For thlS servIce III parlIcular and also for hIS consta nt ad VIce I should like to thank Mr Howe. We hope that in future he will see a more flouri shing Society than has existed during the past five years. B. K. NEWTON, Honorary S ecretary. WALPOLE SOCIETY By bringing our members' book up-to-date this term we find we have continuous records of the Society for the last twenty years. Dare we perhaps one day publish some of the recorded indiscretions of Old Boys now distinguished in public life? Perhaps not. This term we have read two plays, Blithe Spirit and Escape. Two evenings have been spent on the eternally popular Free Readings. On Sunday, October 24th, Brigadier Armitage of the Control Commission in Germany gave a most interesting account of his work out there, and on November 27th, to prove the catholicity of our interests we were taken over the Ca nterbury Police Station by Inspector Worth. One evening three knowledgeable masters allowed themselves to be plied with questions of fact and opinion for a whole hour, and we fini shed a lively term with talks by the President and a member. Once more nothing was able to prevent the recurrence of the traditional Christmas party. D.C. RAILWAY SOCIETY The Society has been meeting every week. A paper on "British Railways-Latest Trends in Design " and talks about Locomotive Drawing from the Hon. Secretary a paper on â&#x20AC;˘'The Railways of Ceylon " from J. M. Bodger, a quiz, a film show, and a brai~s' trust have been the attractions of the meetings so rar held. At a lecturette there were short talks on the East Kent Railway, Early Signalling, Railway Racing Days, Swindon Works and The Traffic Side of Motive Power Depot Working.

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THE FARMING CAMP About forty-five of us arrived on August 1st at Leominster either by rail or on bicycles. The camp was well under way by that Sunday evening; palliasses were filled with straw from Mr. Roger's barn and beds made up in the tents, fortunately waterproof; then we sat down to our first meal. We were afraid that this might be crude, since the cooking arrangements were by no means reminiscent of the School kitchens, but when we saw the delicious roast beef and roast potatoes, our doubts were soon dispelled. Apart from the food, we were equally surpriscd by the people who were serving it. Frank was our chef, ably supported by Bill, from the School kitchens, but two young ladies from the Simon Langton School added savour to the meals. After dinner, Mr. Ward put our minds at rest as regards such details as school rules, but he enforced one rule, namely that we should be In bed by ten-fiftcen as we should have to work all day and get up early. Most people spent rather an uncomfortable night. After sprung beds, a straw palliasse is not conducive to sleep, but all too soon we heard the getting-up whistle at 6.45, followed by Frank's call, "Come and get it '''. We went off promptly at eight o'clock after Mr. Ward had read out the list of farms where people were to go, but it seemed that the farmers were not particularly short of labour, contrary to our expectations, so that not all the camp was employed; in fact there were not many days when everybody was working, though the weather was very largely responsible for this; it was really terrible. Apart from the last week, there was hardly any harvesting of grain. The work consisted chiefly of potato pic!dng, weeding, cu.tting thistles, repainting farm buildings, and digging trenches for water pIpes.

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teams, with Frank as liaison. A scratch cricket team with several members of the First XI in it played Leominster C.C. in an eighteen-over match on their attractive ground. They won the match by eight runs, but they admitted (in the local paper) that our side's fielding was superior, though our batting was weak . The encounter with the Leominster F.e. also ended in defeat, 4-0, but since we were wearing farming boots and do not officially play soccer, we put up a very creditable performance. The Herefordshire County Swimming Gala held at the Leominster baths provided more success. H. F. Moffatt was chosen to represent Leominster in the Men's High Dive and the Men 's Back Stroke, and also in the Handicap Race. In the first two events he won easily, and in the Handicap, in which he started last, he came in second. On August 21st, when we left camp- though some people left after the first two weeks by previous arrangement- we all looked the better for it under our grime, and were in many ways sorry to leave. There was a high percentage of new O.K.S. there and this was their last contact with the School. The camp had been a success, even with bad weather and lack of work, thanks largely to the unobtrusive organisation of Mr. Ward and Mr. Paynter and the excellent work of Frank and his staff.

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BOXING The Boxing finals were held on the evening of Friday, November 5th, in the gym. We were lucky enough to have once more stalT of the Royal Marines, Deal, to judge the competition . Mild disturbance and amusement were caused by the antics of a photographer from the Press, but we were gratified to see a few days later, pictures of some of the bouts in the papers. After the last bout the Headmaster presented the Cup to the winning House-Meister Omers. It had been a close tussle all the way, and the winners defeated the Grange by the singularly narrow margin of half a point. The Headmaster made special mention of the plucky fight put up by M. D. Lambert. The School team which was picked from the winners, is: B. F. Buswell, T. T. Morgan, R. W. G. Reed, J. C. Pearson, J. A. Russell, P. J. Ellicott (Captain), A. V. Shuffiebotham, G. W. Hachett, P. A. Read, S. Young, G. H. Watkins, M. C. Patterson.

THE SHOOTING VIII If during the past year we have won only a third of our matches, the reasons are the shortage of ammunition and the difficul ty of fitting in practices with games. To olTset this it is pleasing to see that whi le in 1945 our average score was 430 out of a possible total of 680, this year it has been 615. This is a better increase than many schools have had, whose scores after dropping during the war have now regained their normal level. This term we have beaten Sutton Valence, Oakham and St. Paul's School, while St. Edmund's beat us fairly easily. Our position in the Country Life Competition was somewhat higher than that of last year, although still not very good. R. G . C. Davy is undouhtedly our best shot, consistently obtaining "possibles ", but most are quite promising and with more experience sho uld do very well. In conclusion we are grateful to Sergeant-Major Marshall for the interest he takes in the VIII and the time he has devoted to it.

SWIMMING For the first time since the war, the School has had a competitive swimming team. There were fixtures against Highgate School and Folkestone Swimming Club. A relay team was also sent to the Landsdowne Club to compete for the Bath Club Challenge Cup. Mr. A. O. Jones of Canterbury very kindly coached the team and under his guidance, encouraged by the great keenness of their Captain, H. F. MolTatt, the swimming made good progress. In the match against Highgate, the School won by 39 points to 35. The seniors were especially good, losing only the open dive. At the Landsdowne Club the School was represented by H. P. Forbes, P. C. E. Fisher, T. Irlam and H . F. Moffatt, with R. M. V. Beith as reserve. Unfortunately the team was drawn in the same heat as Bishop Stortford College, last year's winner and also this year 's eventual winner. Though the School came last in this heat, the team swam well, jlnishini\ in a better time than most competitors in other heats.

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Against Folkestone Swimming Club, the School won all the junior events and most of the senior events, the points being 28 to 14. In the Swimming Sports at the end of term , the Inter-House Swimming Cup was won easily by the Gra nge, who obtained alm ost as many points as the other four houses put together. H. F. MolTatt and H. P. Forbes distinguished themselves by co'."ing fir~t and second respectively in all three open free-style events, MolTatt cappmg thIs by wlllnmg the spring and the high dives as well.

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A good start has been made with the work, the preliminary nucleus numbering fifteen cadets with Sub-Li eut. C. W. Ward, R. N.V.R. (Sp.), appointed as Officer-in-Charge. The naval authorities have been prompt in the matter of issuing stores, etc. , and, after . a littIf iliJ~.tltlt...with the fitting out, everyone is parading in full uniform. rMI';fay has been spent at H.M. D?ckyard, Chatham, where some general instruction

seamanship was given, together WIth a tour through and under our latest CfUlser,

H.M.S. Superb,)p dry dock there. Dr. Â§J;~~-R.A.F. , is giving in struction in morse signalling and Mr. Gardiner, latS ..(:lf"the service is in charge of the rope work and general adViser. Until such time as ./'~.,l'aft ~ r ~wn headquarters erected on Blores this has to be done in the gym. (' Bythe y.nlI~ a of next term the first syllabus will be completed and the best will take the test for the first Good Conduct stripe and if successful will be rated as Cadet A.Bs. It is to be hoped that by then the numbers will be increased by some of those now working fo r~te) 'A", Part 2. Most of Otv' practical boatwork will be done at Whitstable during the summer term. It is a gO~hin g if every cadet can learn how to manage a sa,1 m narrow waters such as we hav at our boat hOllses . To this end we hope to be able to get one of the Yachting World " aaer'Sailing dinghies. These are now obtainable in prefabricated parts, ready for asseml,.(y. She would be built at headquarters. The cost is about ÂŁ50. If some kind people would help by subscribing to this it would go far towards the accomplishme~aim.

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CAMP 1948.- There is an account elsewhere in this issue of the Camp at Dibgate, near Sa~dgate. , We were ~ small .party, but that did not spoil our enjo~ment, and the training was valiied and mterestmg. The food was qUIte good, partICularly at the beginning. We started WI h a heat-wave, and the problem was to keep cool enough, so denims and shirt-sleev were the rule; the last day or two were showery and cooler, and the problem becam to keep dry, but we mostly succeeded. All in all, it was very . good value, and 1 think everybody enjoyed it. FI8LD DAY 14TH e OOB81.-This turned out to be one of those days when it was a question wheiher it would cl ar up or be a "soaker "; it vacillated till lunch-time and then soaked, which ruine e field training which "A" Company were doing at the I

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THE CANTUARIAN Barracks under Officers of The Buffs Depot. This was a great pity, but even the time which they did have was of value in teacbing platoon and section control. The remainder of the Corps carried out Certificate "A" or recruit training in and around the School. Our other parades have not been interfered witb by the weather, a nd have gone according to plan. We had a very good lecture on October 21st on National Service and its implications for cadets, followed by film s. The Royal Naval Section has been resplendent in its uniform for some time ; the Air Training Corps will soo n, we hope, follow their example, but at the moment they are still in mufti, as Headquarters are very slow in sending the necessary uniforms and equipment for training. There is a large entry for Certificate " A " -21 for Part II and 48 for Part 1. Post-

Certificate "A" training, signals, etc., is in abeyance for lack of numbers; many of those who have passed are in the R .N. or A.T.C. Sections, and tbe remainder are required as platoon and section commanders. But it is hoped to get it going again next term. The Corps is now part of the Combined Cadet Force, and the numbers have been raised to 240, including all Sections. The Band is going strong, and the two Cadet C.S.Ms. have been equipped with most impressive silver-knobbed malacca sticks, which they wield very competently. Certificate u An The following passed Part II on November 30th, 1948 :GRADE V (85 % or over).- R. D. H. Roberts. GRADE W (60% or ovcr).- J. A . G . Stonehouse, 1. G. C. Milne, J . B. Hayward, D. H . Mizen, R. G. C. Davy, I. D. Waterfall, J. C. A. Lock. A. B. Pollok, D. S. Ellis, J. R. Gibson, P. R. S. Jackson, R. H. Howie, G. Mi llar Watt, P . M. Benham, P. J. S. Murray, J. R. Beam, J. M. H. Johnson, B. H. Edwards.

The following passed Part I on November 30th, 1948 :GRADE W (60%).- D. H. Elliott, N. C. F isher, B. E. Lee, R. F. Moffatt, M. M. S. Finnis, S. E. Grainger, P. J. Walker, A. V. Shuffiebotham, D. J. Burnett, D. r. B. Balfour, A. E. H. Pedder, J. 1. W. H. Seager, R . J. Simpkins, W. J. Sinnott, P. C. E. Creasy. R . O. A. Norris, R. H, Lowry. B. T. G. Moffatt, R . M. Mills, R. Bayler, J. G. B. Hewson, C. J. Bell, M. R. M. Leslie, G. T. Watson, C. W. Coggins, M . D. McMillan, J. G. Jell , P. R. Snoxall, A. W. BurtweJl, P. B. Watson, J. Valentine, G. H. Ashton. J. G. Bollom, P. S. Haskins, D. C. Nuthall. M . G. Briggs, J. Cassidy. J. M. Skinner. GRADE X (50% or over).- R. P. M . Davies, J. P. W. Harbin, R. D. M. Darling, J. Noyc.

Two Cadets failed in Part II, and one in Part I. Promotions The following promotions were made with effect from 14th July, 1948 :Cpt C. B. Manning~Press to be Lance-Sergeant; Cadets 1. D, Hill, J. M. Brown, C. A. Charlton, M. E. Dawe, J. P. Trowsdale. 1. Fowler, B. J. Tomaiin, H. C . Bedingfield, P . W. C. Wilcox, P. J. Ellicott, C. J. Phillips, J. R. G. Nicholas, J. A . B. Denton, J. H. T. Shaw, R. D. J. Agnew, R. W. G. Reed, C. H . P. Williams, M. J. Huntington, 1. A. Fraser, A. C. Napier. C. R . Douet, J. A . Russell to be Lance-Corporals.

The following promotions were made with effect from 21st September, 1948 :Sgt. A. O . P. Davidson to be Contingent Sergeant-Major j L/Sgt. C. G. S. Paterson to be C.S.M. ; L/Sgt. P. A. Fyre-Cooper to be C.Q.M.S.; L/Sgt. C. B. Manning-Press, Cpls. T. C. B. Swayne, J. M. Watt to be Sergeants; Cpls. J. L. Cunnington, T. A. Watson, C. A. Laurence to be Lance-Sergeants ; L/Cpls. M. Chapman, J. E. Lush, B. K. Newton, A. B. Curry, H. G. B. Grainger, B. M. Birnberg, J. M. Rothery. C. Smith, P. J. Ellicott, J. R . G. Nicholas to be Corporals.

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DIBGATE ].T.e. CAMP SUMMER, 1948 The followin g was the program me which was partly chosen by the people who went to the camp. Day Tues., July Wed. Thurs. F ri. Sat. Sun., Aug, Mon.

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The cadet camp held at Dibgate this summer proved highly successful. Many of the ' boys who went to it were at first rather dubious whether. there was going to be the discipline and drill that they were used to at school or whether it would turn out more of a holiday affair. In point of fact there was a happy combination of both. The camp consisting of some 2,000 boys from schools in the South-East of England was laid out on a hill above the coast between Shorncliffe and Hythe. The programme, as previously mentioned, was chosen in the main by the contingent at a camp gathering in Major Gross's tent on the night of arrival. Apart from this programme and the one set out by the camp, there were other duties which involved many of the schools, but as our contingent was on the small side we had decided not to take part. These were, the selecti ng of Camp Orderly Sergeants and Corporals, the mo unting of a guard and a night-watch, and then fin ally the presenting of a Guard of Honour for the prize offered by the camp for the best and smartest guard . The camp day began at 0630, the " Reveille" and other calls being blown by buglers from different schools. Between 0700 hours and 0800 hours the tents were cleared out and all the kit had to be rolled up in true military fasbion outside the tent. Breakfast was served at 0800 hours, and following tbat there was "rifle-cleaning " under the C.S.M. and a brief parade before we were ready for the day 's activities.

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THE CANtUA R1AN Transport was provided by the camp authorities for all our exercises outside the camp bounds and also for transporting us to Hythe beach, where on most afternoons or evenings we went swimming. At Lydd "A" Range following the firing of th'e .303 rifles we were very lucky to see a demonstration of tanks firing at moving targets and also to look over the heavy guns established at Lydd training centre. Among the entertainments provided by the camp wa s a knock-out basket ball competition in which, after a gallant fight, we were beaten; also a boxing competition in which our on ly representative, who was too old for his lightweight, failed to get an opponent. The results sbowed tbat of the schools who entered for it, Eastbourne College has some very fine boxers. Our last day was spent in Physica l Training and a run over the assault course, followed by a trip to Dover to go on the R.A.S.C. launch, and then to Hythe to look over the Infantry Small Arms Museum. This put a very enjoyable end to a week's excellent training and also good holiday. CAMPER

C.C.F. AIR SECTION The Air Section this term has been notable chiefly for the absence of any equipment. However, we can now no longer complaih of this as the first item arrived by parcel post on 24th November. It consisted of a small iron bar, about 2t in. long and one-fifth inch in diameter to be used in tbe dismantling of a Browning Gun. We hope that the Browning Gun will follow. As this is almost the only result to date of negotiations which have been proceeding since last July it might be considered tbat the progress of the Air Section has not been startling. We have no uniforms yet a nd no equipment of any kind (except our small iron bar), but we hope for better things next term. Work has so far of necessity consisted of a series of lectures and some morse practice. One bright spot was our visit to Manston Aerodrome 011 October 15th, when we were allowed to look over a number of aircraft and all " had a go" on the Link Trainer. We look forward to our next visit and hope that on this occasion we shall be able to get airborne. R .H.P.

THE LIBRARY Since the last issue of The Cantuar;an went to press more tban 400 volumes have been added to tbe School Library. For tbis large increase we are indebted chiefly to W. S.omerset Maugham, O.K.S., who has presented us with much interesting biograpby and fiction; to G. E. Janson Smith, O.K.S., whose gift of many books on architectural and historical subjects belonging to his father, the late Rev. E. Janson-Smith, O.K.S., we welcome, and to Mrs. L. F. Hake for an almost complete set of The Cantuar;an and for a number of other books which belonged to her husband. The Headmaster has once again made a large contribution from his purchase of the library of the late Rev. C. E. Woodruff, O.K.S. We also acknowledge with grateful thanks gifts from the following friends: Mr. F . H. C. Harris (Bursar till July, 1948), Lord Kemsley, Mr. E. W. Baldock, Miss Carter, J.P., and Dame Grace Kimmins; and also from the following O.K.S.: C. S. Emden

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C. G. S. PATBRSON-A good bustling front row forward who pushes in the tight and is usually on the ball in the loose. He uses his height to advantage in the line-out, and has speed and a fair pair of hands. A. G. P. DAVIDSON- An energetic wing forward who pushes in the tight, is in the thick of things in the loose, and who falls well . His tackling has improved but can still be more deadly. On the field his leadership of the pack has been good. T. C. B. SWAYNB- A full-back who has a sense of position and can be relied on to catch and gather balls from all angles and find a long safe touch. At times too he has opened out the play intelligently. His falling is improving but his tackling remains weak. . D. S. ELLIs- He has speed and determination on the wing, and tackles hard, if perhaps a little crudely at times. To become first class he must practice the side step, the pass back, and the cross kICk. P. J. WALKER-A scrum half who is always in place behind his forwards, is quick to pass the ball out, and is certain in his falling and tackling. Some of his passing, however, has been erratic. When this is cured he will be very good. R. M. V. BEITH- As hooker he makes up in speed and energy what he lacks in height. He often gets the ball even when his forwards are being pushed . Plays an enthusiastic rousing game in the loose. ' B. F. BUSWELL-A lively forward who uses his weight to advantage in the middle of the back row, his height in the line-out and his speed in the open . His tackling can be more deadly. D. A. BATTEN- A strong second row forward who is perhaps better in open and loose play, where his falling is very good, than in the tight. He must guard against a tendency to pack high. R. O. A. NORRIs- Started the season in the centre and has since moved to the wing. He has the all-round ability to become a good "three", but his best work has been his individual scoring efforts by elusive running. He kicks well, but his tackling and falling are uncertain. Must learn, too, to draw his man and give the scoring pass. J. M . WATT-A strong bustling second row forward who would perhaps be better where there was opportunity to have more open play. Does some useful work in the line-out, but some of his push in the tight scrums is lost through high packing. P. J. S. MURRAy-He is a young but steadily improving front row forward who should be very good when he "fills out". His best work is in the line-out, where he uses his height well. Can pack well, has speed and a useful pair of hands. F. G. J. NORTON-A young and rather light forward who pushes his weight in the tight and has the stamina and intelligence to be in the right place in the loose. He falls well, but his tackling can be more certain. A promising forward. M. J. HUNTlNGTON- A three-quarter who has improved steadily through the season particularly in his tackling. On the wing in early matches, he was given few chance; to attack. Later, in the centre, he was mainly a "link", though the timing and siving of his passes need practice.

THE CANTUARIAN 1st XV MATCHES SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v THE WASPS NOMADS (Home) King's, 9 points; Wasps, 8 points Considering that this was the first match of the season, and that there had only been time for two practice games, the team played well. The game was very even throughout, though somewhat slow. King's scored first from a long dribble by Norris. Then soon after, a Wasps forward, who was unmarked, caught the ball in a line-out near our line and ran over to score; this try was converted. . In the second half we scored twice, in quick succession, from cut-throughs m the centre. Then, owing to slowness on the l?art of our forwards to gather round, an opposmg forward picked up a loose ball near our Ime and scored. . The last fifteen minutes of the game were scrappy, and there was no further scofing. KlNG'S

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTBRBURY V EASTBOURNB COLLBGB (Home) King's, 10 points; Eastbourne, 5 points This was a very good ga me indeed, and the match produced much the best football that we had had up to date. About ten minutes from the start we scored near the posts from a cut-through in the centre, this try was converted. Till half-time the game remained very even with no further scorin g. Soon after the opening of the second half Norris scored, agai n from a cut-through. Then for a few moments the School slacked off a little, and, owing to poor tackling, the Eastbourne right wing was allowed to run half the length of the field to score ; the kick was successful. Then for the remainder of the game we pressed very hard, but we were just unable to score.

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player. The wings, Watson nnd Knight, suffered much from lack of manoeuvring space and from dropped passes. Watson '8 defence was admirable. The serum was sometimes

painfully slow. Despite the disappointing results, there was no lack of keenness, which in itself augurs well for the future of the School rugby. I would mention the following failings, which are able to be bettered by individual training: (1) Kicking: punting and place kicking. (2) Catching: stationary and on the run. (3) Passing. W.O.T.

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(The Honorary Secretary, Major D. J. B. Jervis, Ford Manor, Hoath, Canterbl/ry, lVould we/come illformation for inclusion in the O.K.S. News .) The O.K.S. Dinner will take place at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London, on 14th January, 1949. Applications for tickets, price 18/-, must be made to the Honorary Secretary not later than 7th January, 1949. S. W. HINDS (1929- 33) obtained the M.D. (London) Trop. Med. in December 1946 obtained the M.D. (London) Medicine in December, 1947, and in January, 1948 wa~ admitted M.R.C.P. For the past 18 months he has been holding the appointm;nt as Senior Medical Registrar at the Post-Graduate Medical School of London. CAPTAIN S. C. MIDDLETON (1939-44), Co1dstream Guards, is now a Regular and is with the 2nd Battalion at Singapore. R. S. BREALY (1940-44), now at Clare College, Cambridge, has been playing Rllgger for his College this term. . H. P. WORTHAM (1933- 39) is now at Clevedon House, Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire. He writes that he is enjoying life as a Prep. School Master. H. SL J . GRANT (1935-40) is Assistant District Officer at Same, Tanga Province, TanganYika. He hopes to return to England next year for leave and a year's course at Oxford. P. D. GRANT (1938-42) passed his second B.M. Oxford in July this year. He went to Tanganyika by air to spend the long vacation with his parents and be best man at his brother's wedding. The bride was given away by D. K. S. GRANT (1904-05). P. D . Grant has now returned to Queen's College, Oxford, to complete his training as a doctor. LIEUT.-CoLONEL A. E. C. BREDIN, D.S.O., M.C. (1920-29), sailed for the Middle East in October and is now A.A.G. in A.G.3, G.H.Q., M.E.L.F. A.G.3 deals with all ranks of the R.A.C., R.A. and Infantry (the three teeth Arms) as well as Extra Regimentally Employed. CAPTAIN (S) H. M. COCKREM, R.N. (1897-99), left England in September to settle in New Zealand. D. K. HALL (1888-90) expects to be home from South Africa during the summer of next year and to visit the School for the O.K.S. Week-end and Speech Day. C. C. LLOYD JONES (Assistant Master, 1911-29) has recen tly returned to the austerities of the old country from the fleshpots of Canada. LIEUT.-COLONEL G. L. PAYNE (1925- 29) writes that he has been posted to the War Office. His three sons have all been entered for the School. J. W. FAIRFAX-FRANCKLIN (1939-42), B.S.A. Police. This year, two-and-a-half years after joining, he sat for the Police promotion examinations and passed fifth in order of merit, out of fifty entrants. As the first six received immediate promotion he is now a Sergeant in charge of the Police District of Mount Darwin about 120 I~iles from Salisbury. ' CAPTAIN R. S. WHALLEY, R.A. (1932-37), is at the Staff College, Camberley, with two other O.K.S., J. H. CLARK (1932-37) and D. S. LUCAS (1926--36). 58

THE CANTUAIUAN CAPTAIN A. J. MUNRO (1927-36) has been accepted as.a graduate of the Inst. of Mech. Engineers. In 1947 he was awarded the A. P. Head Pnze as the top graduate of 1947 at University College, London. M. B. FOSTER (1937- 47) is at present with R.E.M.E., but has had an interview for the Intelligence Corps. G. WISHART (1945- 47) is in the R.A.F. , and was on a Radar Course when last heard of, but also trying for a Commission . G. LINDLEY (1943-47) is in the Intelligence Corps and is studying Russian. J. P. BULL (1940-44) is an apprentice at Tangye's Engineering Works, Birmingham, and is also studying at the Techmcal College there. M. W. CHARLEY (1940-44) is studying Law at University College, London. B. W. GILL (1934-39) is learning farming. We congratulate him on his marriage last August, but have no details. J. D. OMMANNEY (1938-43) writes of the last Cantuarian, "The rowing and B~~~ Club write-up was all absorbing- why were the cncket accounts so dull by con:rast . A. A. DE C. CUSSANS (1939-41) is spending six months at Grenoble Umverslty, and he hopes to have six months in Rome before gomg up to Cambndge next October. E. R . GARDNER (1941- 46) spent a year in ~?lestine with the R .E. and met FRA~K MIDDLETON and D . MCGROTTY. He wntes : When commg home on the t~oopshlp I was on duty inspecting meals when I found myself asking GEORGB BURTWBLL If he had I'. any complaints with his lunch." . . . G. A. GORDON (1940-44) is on the staff of the Prmtmg and Allied Trades Research Association as a Physicist. . . We congratulate JOHN BUCKLAND (1926- 33) on having won two. Important pnzes for composition at the Royal College of Music, and also on the pubbc performance. at .. one of the College Concerts of his Flute Concerto, whIch was conducted by SIr Adnan

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THE CANTUARIAN The O.K.S. Monthly Suppers The O.K.S, Monthly Suppers are held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Garrick Hotel, Charing Cross Road, at 6.45 for 7.30 p.m. OKS 'shing to attend the Suppers or who require information about them should writ~ t~ ;;:'IC. YOUNG, Warren Lodge, Warren Park, Wariingham, Surrey. The following have attended the O.K.S. Suppers in October and November (23 and 20 res ectively) :- G. Arnold (1917- 20), C. W. Barber (1908- 14), A. P . Beale 1931~40), J. S. Billinghurst (1915- 23), J: H . Bloomberg (1941 - 45), Slf F. C. (B h (1897 1903) R E Brinsley-Rlchards (1891 - 1900), C, R. B. BlOwn ovensc en G. L.- Clarke . , (1935" . (938-43) (1932-43) 41), E. H. Cornehus I , G .R . D aw b urn 907 12)' M D C Evans (1938-42) G. A. J. Evans (1937-45), M. L. H. Evans ( 1 = 32)' C: E: Fischl (1940-41), R. c. W. Fisher (1915- 18), D. W. Fitchett 929 (1938- 42): J. A. Flower (1910-13), H. M . Gregson (193,9- 43), A. J. Grey (1936- 41), V Heale (1894- 98), J. P. Heming (1911- 20), S. W. Hmds (1929- 33), E. F. Housden (l906~ 1l) D. J. B. Jervis (1916-23), H. I. D. Johnson (1942-46), E. G. F. Johnson (1940- 42)' G. C. Karop (1892- 95), R. B. Karop (1931- 34), C. E. Latter (1916- 25), R H Osborne (1918- 22), C. E. Perkins (1918- 24), F. L. Sidebotham (1906- 12), G~ L.路Taylor (1937-41), K. Thomas (1903- 05).

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THE CANTUARIAN GELSTHORPE-WHIDBORNE.- The engagement is announced, and the marriage will take placeIll Khartoum Cathedral on January 4th, 1949, between the Rt. Rev. Alfred MOrriS Gelsthorpe, O.S.O., D.O. (1908-11), Bishop in the Sudan, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Gelsthorpe, of Carter Lane House South Nbrmanton Derbyshire, and Elfrida, third daughter of the late Rev. G. F. a~d Mrs. Whidborne' of Hammerwood, East Grinstead, Sussex. ' SHIELDS-Wooos.- A marriage has been arranged, and will take place between Lieut Peter Anderson Shields, R.N. (1937-39), elder Son of Mr. and Mr~ W P Shield; ~~:r~~~~rd, and Dorothy Eleanor, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' W.' Woods, of MARRIAGES GRANT- HANOY.- On September 11th, 1948, H. St. J. Grant to Rachel Handy, at Lushoto, Tanganyika. PENN-HuTCHINSON.- At St. Phili p's Church, Maidstone, on Saturday, 9th October, M. H. Penn (l935- 39), only son of Major and Mrs. H. A. Penn, of 2 Raymond Avenue, Canterbury, to Marions, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hutchinson of South Elmshall, Yorks. . , WILLSOON- MoRGAN.-On July 20th, 1948, at St. John's Parish Church Newton South Wales, Geoffrey Willsdon, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Willsdon t~ Margaret Frances, only daughter of the late Dr. D. F. Morgan and Mrs. Morga~ of Porthcawl, South Wales. DEATHS LBwls.- On 4th September, 1948, the result of a road accident, E. B. Lewis (1919-25). Ross.-On 17th May, 1948, B. J. Ross (1885-90).

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THE REV. E. J. JANSON-SMITH "Smith " is a common name, but the family of O.K.S. Smiths, two of whom I knew were uncommo~ boy~ and men . The name "Janson" was added later in life, and cam~ I from theIr relatIOnship to one of the heroes of the U.M.C.A. Norman, or "Curly", Smith was the youngest. We were inseparable at School till lal,leoathrnert tboromthY diSmadYtonfir~tuhrnhi~g 0hne tlerm thsat he had gone out to Canada to Join . er, an .a Ill.s IS SC 00 Ing. orne years later we were surprised to redIscover each other In adjacent rooms at Keble College, Oxford. We went on to Cuddesdon together, and then our ways parted for good. He returned to Canada by way , of the U.M.C.A. ; and ended hls days, a few years ago, as the loved and respected Incumbent of a humble church, and as Canon of the Cathedral , in Victoria, B.C. . Edgar, or "E.J. ", -.:as his elder brother. He was Head of the School when I became hiS fag. Though s,:"all l~ stature he stood out as a person, with sterling gifts, real integrity and a deep and abldlllg IIlfluence. I seem to remember him as more distinguished in work

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know what they believe, and have made it part and parcel of their lives. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford, with an Exhibition, and took Seconds in Classical Moderations and Greats. He was trained for the Ministry at Cuddesdon, and ordained at Southwark in 1905. After Curacies at Balham and Carshalton he became Vicar of Navestock in the Diocese of Chelmsford . One Sunday, Lord Shaftesbury attended church, unknown to him, to see if he was the kind of man he wanted as Chaplain and Rector; and the result was that he moved to the lovely Dorset parish and church of Wimborne st. Giles, where he stayed for the last 19 active yea),s of his life. It so happened that I became a Weymouth Vicar the same year, so

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The last time I saw him was when I was invited to preach the Speech Day sermon. He insisted upon accompanying me, though I pointed out that it was really absurd that I should be standing in the pulpit, and he sitting in a pew. His O.K.S. son motored us down from London. When we arrived, a flight of fancy led me to take father and son to the Tuck Shop and treat them to ices, as was his wont to do for me every Saturday when I was his fag. Unfortunately, I found that I had left my purse behind and had to borrow from him. He would never let me repay him, maintaining that only so could I be kept in my proper place! He retired from Wimborne St. Giles to spend his last few years as Chaplain to a Sisterhood in Torquay; and was on his way to visit his daughter, when he was taken ill at Waterloo station, and died next day in St. Mary's Hospital. His body was laid to rest in Dorset on the day on which I attended the Opening Service. of the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury Cathedral. It was good to be there then, and to hear the name of that faithful friend and priest mentioned, and to pray for his soul, with a few of his contemporaries who remembered him with gratitude. CLEMENT M. RICKETTS, Bishop

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BERTRAM STONE SPENCER (1880-87) We regret to announce that B. S. Spencer died on April 15th of this year at 102 Wallace Avenue, West Worthing. He was in the XV for the years 1885 and 1886, and proceeded to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1890, taking his M.A. in 1894. B. S. Spencer was ordained in 1891 , and was incumbent of three important livings in succession; he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Gateshead from 1908 to 191 7, and of Firtree from 1917 to 1928. In that year he became Rector of West !Isley in Berkshire, where he remained until retirement. R.I.P. 63

THE CANTUARIAN LEWIS PAGE SPENCER (1887-91) As his elder brother B.S., Lewis Spencer was the son of Alfred Spencer, J.P. Lewis also has died this year (May 16th) at Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.A. He went to America in 1906, and followed the profession of banking. He was Cashier of the Bank of Conetoe from 1923 to 1928, and Mayor of the town for 1924 and 1925. For some seven years Lewis Spencer had been a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was in 1929 ordained deacon, and priest in 1931 in the Episcopal Church . In addition to his banking and ecclesiastical interests, L. P. Spencer was Notary Public of the County of Edgecombe for six years, and was appointed Justice of the Peace for that County (in North Carolina) in 1928. It will be sad news to all their contemporaries that the two brothers have departed this life, as it is always a matter of regret to the Editors to chronicle the p~ssing of O.K.S. JOHN HEWITT MOWLL, M.B.E. lt was with great regret that the School heard of the death of John Hewitt Mowll.

Born in 1891 he came to the School in 1904. In 1908 he entered the Cinque Ports Fortresses, Royal Engineers, as a sub-Lieutenant, retiring at the end of the war with the rank of Colonel. Like his father he was the senior member of the firm of solicitors, Messrs. Mowll and Mowll. Mr. Mowll's interests were varied to a degree; he published three books, Royal visitors to Dover, The Coronation, 1937, and The War of 1914-18; he had a great knowledge of Zoology; having a love for travel he went on a world tour in 1939. He will for a long time be remembered with gratitude by the town of Dover for his services as Chief Warden through the arduous years of the last war, for which he received the M.B .E. He will also be remembered by many charitable institutions, not least being the Royal Victoria Hospital. . His death is particularly tragic in that it was unexpected. He died as a result of an operation in hospital at Manchester. Our sympathy goes out to the Mowll family whose connections with the School are as strong as they are ancient. LEWIS FRANCIS HAKE (1872-76) We were grieved, though not surprised, to learn of the death during the summer holidays of Lewis Francis Hake, at the age of ninety-one. Born in 1857, the third-and last surviving-son of Robert Hake, for over thirty years Minor Canon and Precentor of Canterbury Cathedral, he lived with his parents in the end house of the block which is now the School Dining Hall. He entered the King's School in 1872 and soon excelled himself in the field of sports. He was in the Rugby XV for two seasons, and it is recorded that he won both the halfmile and mile races two years running in the Athletic Sports. He was awarded his Athletic Colours in 1876. In 1880, Lewis Hake was ordained a Deacon at Ripon by Bishop Ryan. On St. Thomas's Day of that year he was made a curate, and a year later became a priest. In 1880 he was installed as a curate at Silver Road, Leeds, to be appointed to St. Michael's, Bournemouth, in 1885. Here he worked until 1895 when he was appointed Vicar of St. Andrew's, Wraysbury, near Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in

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1932. He chose to retire to Bishop's Stortford, but not content to be idle, at the age of seventy-five he undertook 10cI/I/1 work in many parishes; work which he continued until about three years ago. He remained greatly interested in the School all his life, and it was a source of great joy to him that he was able to be present at the Royal Visit in 1946. Our recent visitor, H. D. Hake, Headmaster of the King's School, Parramatta, is his nephew. Always he was a keen sportsman, being especially fond of shooting, hockey, cricket and rugby. But on August 23rd, Lewis Francis Hake, deeply loved by so many of his parishioners, died, and three days later he was buried at Stansted Mountfitchet, where he had so often given his help during his long retirement. A.D.R.B. writes: "H is interest in Canterbury and its School never died and he was always anxious for the latest news. On the occasion of the Royal Visit in 1945 Lewis Hake and his wife motored from Stortford to Canterbury and back III a day so as to be with the School on its Day. A year later he was contemplating another and more leisurely visit. Last June, when his memory was beginning to fail , Ca nterbury and all it meant to him still remained vividly fixed in his mind's eye. In early August, after the July heat-wave, Mrs. Hake wrote that he was content to rest most of the day, but that a gossip about Canterbury and King's would be welcome if it could be managed. A fortnight later his last call came and he passed into the Nearer Presence of His Master whom he had served so faithfully. To his friends he has left the example of a loyal son of Canterbury, a priest who had some 65 years of active service in the ministry to his credit- but wbat we shall treasure most is the memory of a small bearded gentleman whose eyes never failed to light up at the mention of Canterbury and its-and hisSchool. " HENRY MONTAGU VILLIERS, M. V.O. (1877- 82) His many friends learned with sorrow of the death of Henry Montagu Villiers on September 23rd at the age of 85. Born in 1863, the son of Prebendary H .. M. Villiers, he won a scholarship to the School In 1877. He went up to Keble, Oxford, 111 1882, and choosing for his career the Consular Service, was appointed Vice-Consul of Bogota in 1894. During the absence of the Minister from 1896 to 1898 he was in charge of the British Legation to Colombia. Then, after two further years at Bogota he moved to the Faroe Islands where he remained until 1906. For the next seven years Henry Villiers was British C~nsul in Stockholm, following this with six years at Malaga. In 1919 he retired from the Consular Service, and became Commercial Secretary at the British Embassy in Madrid. This was followed with his fina l appointment by the Federation of British Industries as their Trade Commissioner fo r the Scandinavian countries, a position in which his fluent command of all Norwegian, Swedish and Danish was of invaluable help. He resigned in 1921. He married in 1896 Carmen, daughter of the late Dr. Lubrsen, German Minister in Bogota. There were three sons and three daughters of the marriage. GEOFFREY WYNN WILLIAMS (1942-47) Geoffrey Wynn Williams, who lost his life on October 17th, 1948, in tlie foundering in Portland Harbour of the liberty boat returning to H.M.S. Illustrious, in which he was serving while under training as a Naval Airman, Second Class, entered School

THE CANTUARIAN House in 1942 as a Kin g's Scholar and volunteered in 1945 to enter newly-formed Luxmoore House. He left as a House Monitor in Ju ly, 1947, and had completed eight months of his Nationa l Service tra ining, after which he intended "to go into residence at

Oxford University. Geoffrey leaves with us the memory of a quiet, rather shy, but esscntiall y friend ly a nd gentlemanly boy, with a marked sense of humour which, his contemporaries recall ,

allowed him to see matters always in their true perspective and to li ve his life cheerfull y and without affectation. His popularity in the House was unquestioned and to it he gave at all times loyal service and a thoughtful devotion. He wi ll be remembered by many with warm affection for all that he was and fo r all he did in the School and in his House. To his mother and sister we extend our deepest sympathy in their bereavement and repeat with them the words they chose for the notice of his death : "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. " CHARLES STUART CRAWFORD (1 882-87) Charles Stuart Crawford left the School in 1887, a nd went to India where he became Assistant wit h his brother on coffee estates in Southern Mysore. In 1890 he decided to stri ke out on his own into the unknown and hitherto unexplored jungles of Northern Mysore. He opened up close on 3,000 acres of coffee at his own expense, giving much needed access to a number of villages in that remote district. He loved the jungles of Mysore. It may be said that there was no other European with as great a kn owledge of the jungle people. Crawford amassed considerable wealth, which he gave liberally to the people of Mysore; and on retlflng 111 1920 he settled down at Harbledown . He endowed his old School with ÂŁ4,000 for Medical Exhibitions, and gave considera ble funds to the Dean and Chapter for Choristers to proceed as dayboys to the King's School. Recently he had suffered from considera hie illness, which prevented him from returning to Mysore after the war, as he planned. The School was represented at his funeral in Denton Church by the Archdeacon of Canterbury and the Captain of School.

OXFORD LEITER Dear Sir,

Oxford makes a point of following its sister university in nothing-except, of course, the boat race-but we feel that after a long and, we .hope, dignified, silence the O.K.S. letter can be reinstituted without sacrifice of principle. Indeed we all agree with Max Beerbohm that " we had no special reason fo r hating school, we were modest, gay and good-humoured boys. It is only Oxford that has made

us insufferable. " The "insufferables", however, like Chaucer's Clerk, "gladly would Ierne and gladly teche" and they can only be fo und after diligent search in such insalubrious places as the Radcliffe Camera, the Bodleian Library or- dare I say it ?- the Science Laboratories. 66

\ tHE CANTUARIAN The things that go on in these dens, Sir, are not proper subjects to chronicle in an. '?l?M letter such as this. We therefore had to fall back on the tlfesome expedIent of VIsItIng the' 'insufferables" in their own rooms ; but once agam wIth little success. Cardmal Newman may say that Trinity had never been unkind to him. We were not so fortunate:

it has been extremely unkind to us. After three wasted afternoons we were finally t?ld by the porter of Trinity that all the O.K .S. had e.ther Just come up or were Just g0111g down. Such, Sir, is the brevity of our stay here. We must confess, then, that we cannot give you news about personalities, but , . Beli eve me, we shall soon return ~ ~

When fires are banked in Hilary term To write something about the lads, These d- - elusive undergrads." [With apologies to Hilaire Belloc, A. E. H Ol/Small alld Baroness Orczy] Yours, etc. ,

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CAMBRIDGE LEITER

Dear School, The Cambridge Branch of the O.K .S. Association has been so much enlarged this term by the returning veterans and NatIOnal ServICemen that a change 111 the usual ~tru~t ure of this letter has become necessary. We ca nnot as before glve yo u dIvertIn g SIdelIghts on the activities of individual O.K.S. There are just too many of them. We do however welcome all the newcomers from their scattered service stations and we hdpe to be able to boast more firsts and blues from this greater representation of the School in Cambridge. Our thanks go to Colonel C. H . Budd as Secretary for his appare~tly inexhaustible hospitality to the Cambridge O.K.S. III sp.te of the vast numbers which descend upon him and the distracting telephone calls. Mention may also be made of our regret in not having with us any longer H. P. Wortham who did so much in support of our assembly and I'm sure that all those who knew him' will join me in thanks for his many services. So at the expense of the hitherto more personal tone this letter must depend for its news value on a bare tabulation of names showing also the college faculty and where known the sport of the members. Here they are :P. J. BEARCROFT St. Catharine's English. . I. R. B. BELSHAM St. John 's Scottish Reel Dancmg. R. S. BREALY ... Clare... Estate Management. M. A. S. BURGESS Corpus Russian Slavonic Society Secretary. M. CARNES King 's History. S. A. R. CAWSTON Pembroke Law. Still in Royal Artillery: 1. A. CUSHMAN... Corpus Nat. Sc. Ping Pong for VarsIty. P. S. W. DAW ... King 's Law. Congratulations on Marriage. Rowing. J. P. F. C-EvANs Clare ... Medicine. College Ru gger. 67

THE CANTUARIAN M. J. GORDON ... J esus ... Mech. Sc. Squash and Tennis P. H. HONOUR... St. Cath arine 's English. . J. P. H . HUTTON Visiting. D. K. JOHNSON Corp us . ... Nat. Sc. Rowing. C . K. JOHNSON... St. Catha rm e Theology. A. A. KNELLBR Coq) us . . . History. M. A. LEADBITTER A VIsIto r to Cambrid ge. J. S. MACARTNEY Corpus Eco no mics. D. M. MOREAN .. Jesus... Modern Languages. A. G. OUSELEY SMITH Queen 's Agriculture. J . P. RICHARDSON K"Lng S L aw. '.. C. G. STONEMAN Sidney Sussex Law. J. D. TWELLS-GROSSE ::: Jesus... ... Architectu re ST. J. O. VERNE DE St. Catharine's Agriculture O. C. WATSON ... AssIstant Secretary to University Press. R. G. WEST Clare... Nat. Sc. D. M . WRIGHT Christ's Law. Others kn ow n of in Cambridge but no t P. BROWN ... ... Selwyn .. .' E. B. CHAMP KIN ... St. Catharine's DR. F. M . D EIGHTON.. . Trinity J. K. EBBUT... Emmanuel A. G . G ORDON.. . Corpus V. A. HUBBARD J. PESCHEK .. . King 's R. F. PIERCY .. . St. Catharine's D . WEATHERILL ... Sidney Sussex R EV. PROF. A. C. MOULE Clare

present at the meeting were :_ English (?) English. Classics Law. Architecture.

Chinese. Yours, etc., O .K.S. CANTAB.

OXFORD O.K.S. DINNER °bn Soat~rdadY' 23rd October, the Headmaster was the guest of honour at a dinner held by t e x,or O.K.S. at the Randolph Hotel. thMSr·hA . lB. Emldden, Phrinhcipal of St. Edmund H a ll, presided and proposed the toast of e c 00 coup e WIt t e name of the Headmaster. " TShed?ccaSihonld ",saOid !"Ird' ~mden , " is an historic one, for I can recall no previous O . K . . Inner e III Xlor. b (Sir M?rris Carter,. the oldest O.K.S. present, confirmed this.) There had indeed once een ~, PIClllC orgamsed by a former Headmaster and euphemistically c;lled river party , but that could III no way compare with the splendour of the prese nt occasion S ~r.1 Emden then spoke of the Headm aster a nd th e excellent work he had done for th~ c 00, whl~h had. never been III finer fettle . The war years, with the School u rooted f rom ItS natIve SOIl and transplanted in Cornwall had been at" p a heavy especially for the Headmaster, who had had to

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... .. Anon. H. C. Ashenden, M.e., O.K.S. A. S. Athawes, O.K.S. E. F. Aucott H . S. Atkins ... George Baker Mrs. G. F. B. Baker Rev. H . C. Baker, O.K.S. M. G. Baker, O.K.S. P. S. Barber, D.S.O., M.e., O.K.S. (7 year Covenant) Barclays Bank, Ltd. Lieut.-Colonel C. H. Barnett, R.E. , O.K.S.

Mrs. E. F. Bickersteth Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Bindon P. Birkett , O.K.S, ."

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N . P. Birley. D.S.O., M.e, S. W. Bligh, Ltd. ... ... Miss Muriel Bo nd (I n memory of John Peter Taylor, R.A.F., killed ... ... 26.8.43) ... ". Rev. T. E. M . Boultbee, O.K.S. Sir F. C. Bovenschen, K.e.n., K.B.E ., O.K.S.

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Canon H. D. S. Bowen B. H. Brackenbury, O.K .S ... . Dr. Hilda and Rev. D r. Brade-Birks Major S. G. Brealy (7 year Covenant) Lieut.-Colonel A. E . C. Bredin, 0 .5.0., M.e., O.K.S.

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Rev. A. D . R. Brooke ..' ... F. L. Brown.. . Colonel C. H. Budd, M.e., D.L., O.K.S. M. A. S. Burgess, O.K.S.

D. N. Burrell, O.K.S. John Byron, O.K.S. ...

R. H. Charles, O.K,S. Major P. M. Chetwynd-Palmer.

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Dr. W. B. Clegg, Q,K.S. Mr. and Mrs. Cockman and Family Lieut.-Colonel F. W . Collard, O.K.S.

(Annual Subscription) ... M. Cook, O.K.S. Rev. R. G . Cooper, O.K.S •... Mrs. C. Cornelius (7 year Covenant) E. H. Cornelius, O.K.S. (7 year Covenant) . . . A . B. Cowley. O.K.S.

Miss J. T. Crawford R. C. L. Crawford, O.K.S •. " A. S. Cremer

H. L. H. Cremer, O.K.S. Mrs. F. M. Crosse ... Mrs. F. M. Crosse (Annual Subscription) Lieut.-Colonel A . H. Crowther, O.K.S. ... ." Lieut.-Colonel R. E. Davy Graham Dawbarn, O.K.S. H. J. M. Derrick, O.K.S. J. G. East, O.K.S. C. C. T. Eastgate, O.K.S. Mrs. E. E. Egerton-Jones ... A . B. Emden, O.K.S. Brigadier W. H. Evans, D.S.O., O.K .S. D. Fleming~Sandes, v.e., O.K.S.

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

From the Parrot House Our prize list for the end of last term was as follows: Head of School 's Prize, P. Holberton; Scholarship Pri zes, P. Holberlon , F. Bretherton, J. Allen; Form PrizesVI, F. Bretherton; V, C . Shakerley; IVA Upper, N. Nicholls ; IVA Lower, D. Woodrow; IVn, C. Featherstone; lIT, I. Young ; !lA, M. Rogers ; lIn, D. East Âˇ I, A. Dunning. ' Hodgson Divinity Prizes: VI, P. Holberton ; V, W. Barnett ; IVA Upper, N. Nicholls ; IVA Lo wer, D. Woodrow; IVIl, M. Anderson; III, R . Jell ; !lA, A. Mason; lIn, D. East; I, R. Goate. Reading Prizes: VI, F . Bretherton ; V, C. Sha kerley ; IVA, N. Jo hnston; IVa, P. Furneaux; Ill, S. H ardisty; II A, T . Trum ble; IIn, W. Tayler; I, M. Dunn . Mathematics: D. Spooner, P. Knoller, N. Cooper, R. Dartington . French: D . Nightingale, P . Snow. Latter History Prizes: J. Lancashire, T. Trumble. Greek: J. Bainbridge. Science : P. Holberton. Music : (Strings) J. Ba inbridge, J. Hembry, B. McCleery ; (All-round musicianship) M . Sanger-Davies; (Pia no a nd Recorder) P. Nash-Williams ; (Piano) N . WrightÂˇ (Flute) F. Bretherton ; (Cla rinet) S. H ardisty; (Brass) J. Allen. ' Painting: C. Shakerley, T. Trumble, R. Nash. Handwork: B. Strouts. Congratulatio ns to the fo llowing in pass ing music examinations: Piano-Grade III Pass, N . Wright ; Grade II Pass, W. Barn ett ;. Grade I Pass, Morga n ii; Preliminary Pass, F. M aplethorp. Stnn gs- Grade IV M ent, J . Balnbndge; Grade I Me"it, J. Hembry, R. Cornwell , D. Balfo ur ; G rade I Pass, R. Do uglas, R. Collins, B. McCleery R. Fishlock ; Preliminary Pass, R. Stuart. ' Our thanks are due to Mr. M . Gardner fo r a very handsome clock, with a Sheraton case, which now adorns the dining hall ; it was given to commemora te his son Malcolm 's stay with us (1946-48). Boys who were here in the first term after the return fro m Cornwall, the Autumn Term, 1945, will remember Miss Annie Moule, who gave us a good deal of help- as a mistress then, a nd will learn with regret that she died on Sunday, September 5th ; it was her 60th birthday. She had been a Baptist missiona ry, a nd Principal of the United Training College fo r Wo men, Calcutta . She had returned from India in 1943, worn oul by her devotion to duty und er the di ffic ult condi tio ns then prevailing. By 1945 she had made a good deal of progress along the road to recovery, a nd was a ble to come to us as a part-timer. She had not been long with us before we realised the glowing spiril which shone through her fra il body, and the single-minded devotion she showed to her Lord and Master. By the end of the term more perman ent staff were a vailable, but although no longer teaching sh e was still interested in us, and was a regular visitor to our plays and entertainments. Her passing will leave ma ny regret s, but we can be sure that ~he, as a good a nd faithful ser va nt, has entered into the joy of her Lord.

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THE CANTUARIAN A sman hand-work exbibition was one of the features of half-term. The articles sh~wn reached a high standard . It was a pity there were not more of the~. Sm.all ·cash pnzes were afterwards given to Strouts, Shakerley, Furneaux, Blackall 11, White, M~therell, Pooley, Taylor iii, and Leggatt ii. In the same room there was also an exhibitIon of ainting. The pictures were of an impressionist nature, and pOSSibly more l11ter~stmg t~ fhose acquainted with the artists. than to outSiders. But some were very good mde~d , some were like what they professed to represent, and all were most colourful. No pnzes were awarded for paintings, however, as the worthier pamlers had already been rewarded . . at the end of the Summer Term . Congratulations to John Bainbridge, who left us at the .end of last term, on gamlDg the. second scholarship at Haileybury College, followmg hiS brother Bill, who won hiS scholarship two years ago. Bill, at the age of IS!, has also been playmg Rugger for Haileybury I st XV (against Tonbridge). . ". . .. " . . There is only time to mentIOn the third of our mdustnal Vlslls of this term, to . Mr. Williamson 's ta nnery, in St. Mildr~d' s, Canterbury. In many ways It was .he most 'nteresting and informative of all such VISitS. We are most grateful to all the people who ~ave given our two top forms the opportunity of seeing for themselves how thmgs are made and how people work. . Two dramatic entertainments will occur too late m the term for a rep?rt ; a pe~ form anee of Cox and Box by three members of the staff ; and the Sixth For,!, s performance of ra n Hay 's The Crimson Cocoanut. To both of these we are lookmg forward at the time of writing. •

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A Visit to Chislet Colliery Our ten-minute 'bus ride to the Colliery was soon over, and after ~ s~ort wai.t we were shown the way to the Lamp Room. We then watched the huge wmdmg-engme of the south shaft. This engine has only two cyhnders, b~t IS of about 1,400 borse-power. We were shepherded back to the ' bus, where we stnpped off our macs and sweaters. We returned to lhe Lamp Room, and were given a hand-lamp each; ra~her heavy, but they might have been worse. .

THE CANTUARIAN I was feeling rather nervous as I got into the lift. A bell rang, and there were one or hvo Jerks, and then . . .. At first we went slowly, but suddenly the cage seemed to drop hke a stone. I felt as thougu my stomach was somewhere above me, and my ears began to hurt. I swallowed, and they chcked, and all was well again. The cage came to a stop and we got out. The pit is 1,500 feet deep, and we had taken 36 seconds to go down: I was rather surpnsed at the bottom, because although the air had been through all the workings, it was still comparatively fresh. The tunnel was very well lit. We walked for some way, and found ourselves at a cross-roads, near which were the pit-bottom offices, which were extremely clean, and also well lit. Here we saw a chart of the workings ' which also showed areas to be worked in the future. . We were huddled into a side-tunnel, and watched a truck being turned over. Why It was turned over I do not know, but there it was. We went through a room full of SWitches, levers, dials, and queer machmes. Next we saw a thing like a giant bicyclecham, which hauled trucks up a slope; rather ingenious. Near here were three or four pit ponies, very tame. They live in stables at the pit bottom, and most of them have been born there. They hardly ever come above ground but they seem perfectly content. ' . Next we tramped alo~g a. corridor whi~h had no roof-lamps, and our thirty or so smgle lamps strung out m smgle file prOVided a pretty sight, especially as the owners could not be seen. We passed some openings with " Danger " or "Gas" chalked on th~m, and at last reached the coal face. This seam was not much more than 20 inches thick; It w~s. explamed that thiS was too thin for working with profit, so it had been used for t.tammg Bevm boys; It was now unused. We picked up a few pieces of coal as sOllverurs. So far my white shirt had remained more or less clean, but on the way up the shaft a shower of dlfty water. c~me t!J.rough the roof of the cage, turning the shirt black. There was . a good ~eal of wlpmg dirty hands on dirty faces, so that on our return Matron recelv~ us With orders for baths, as a result of which I was late for dinner. But it was worth It. F.D.W. (Form V)

A Villit to Dofe, When we got out of the 'bus, our guide was soon surrounded by a disorderly mob of schoolboys. Order being restored, we walked along a pier three-quarters of a mile long and twenty-five yards wide. A train with nine Pullman coaches slowly passed us It was the "Golden Arrow", waiting for the afternoon boat. At last we came to on~ of !he thr~e lighthouses whi~h are at the end of each breakwater. We climbed the spiral strurs, ~nt1I we cam.e to a httle pll.'tform With some machinery. Our guide showed us ~omethlOg hke a Pn,?us stove, which was used to make the light at a very small cost; It needs abo'!t one pmt of paraffin per hour .. We went on up the lantern, and so on to the surroundmg platform, from which I, havlDg a bad head for heights hastily retired ' but nnt before I had seen two 12-pounder guns on the other breakwat;r. On the walk back we came to a concrete dome, and Were told that it was a fort with ' two 6-inch guns. Then we had to wait a short time for our other party. 14

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I THE CANTUARIAN After this our 'bus took us up to Dover Castle. We visited the Keep, where we saw a very deep well ; our guide took a piece of rag, dipped it in oil, lit it, and dropped it down. We inspected weapons- fo rmidable things- of olden days, carvings by French prisoners, and some armour ; and the castle's bakehouse. We reached home in good time for tea. I had taken four photographs, and we all fe lt very contented; and I slept soundly all that night. B.McC. (Form VI Talks Admiral Woodhouse, who is Chairman of the So uth-Eastern Section, National Coal Board, paid us a visit on October 26th to tell us more about some of the things we had seen at Chislet Colliery. He told us something of the duties of tbe different people, from pithead boys to overseers and managers; he gave us some details of the water pumped out of mines, diseases of miners and their cure, and so on. He impressed us with the . skill needed for mining. A week earlier we had a talk from Sir Michael Nethersole, formerly of the Indian Civil Service. He told us of the people of India, their religions, and the division which had taken place into India and Pakistan. We plied him with questions until it was time [ to finish. It was a lively tal k and enjoyed by us all. J. DE V.A. AND N.W. (Form VI)

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Half-Term To most of us half-term is a pleasant rest from ordinary school work, and provides something to look forward to. We look forward to being taken out by our parents or friends, and no doubt they all wonder when we last washed our ears or brushed our hair. I think tbat the first item that calls for description is the hand-work exhibition. It is always fun to make or paint something, although there are always some who just cannot make anything, or make a drawing even of a master, unless it happens to be during , lessons. The exhibition was not as big as I have known it, but quite a lot of boys had tried to put something into it. There were some prizes. . The half-term concert was the centre-piece of the week-end. There had been a great deal of bard work put into it, especially by Mr. Oldaker, Mr. Purcell and Mr. Armitage. I would not say that I, for one, put all J could into it, and perhaps we did not all help as well as we could, but it came off very well. I thought I was going to be very nervous when I played, and I expect other boys felt the same. Actually I was not, but only felt a sort of tingle of excitement inside me; and I think I played more right notes than [ did when we were practising the pieces. I must admit that you feel very ashamed if . you make a mess of things, especially in front of about three hundred and twenty people. , Luckily no one made any serious mistakes, although we all felt a bit anxious when one of the trumpets got jammed. The collection was very generous; over ÂŁ44. It was for the Barn Restoration F und. I think that the firework display on Friday evening was just the thing to have at halfterm . There were not quite so many fireworks as last year, but I think there was greater variety. But I leave it to others to judge what the display was like, as I was letting them off and could not always tell what they )Vere like, because of the glare. G.C.H.S. (Form VI)

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The programme of the Concert was as follows :_ I. SCHOOL SONG: "Land of our Birth" 2. SONGS FROM "A MOZART FESTIVAL"

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R. Vaughan Williams (words by Rudyard Kipling) Mozart (arr. J. M. Diack)

"The Dawn" (Figaro) " When Spring with its joy" (Baslien el Bastienne) . 'The Dancing Lesson" (Baslien el Basliemle) Air and Variations from a piano sonata "The Blacksmith" (song) "Cradle Song" (folk-song, sometimes attributed to Mozart) " Long, long ago" (song) Nursery Rhymes (song) " I have a tale to tell " (I/ Seraglio) "Ye who can measure" (Figaro) "Now at last our Cantata is ended" (Figaro) THE CHOIR

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Charles Woodhouse THE ORCHESTRA 4. Two ROUNDS: (a) "Fr~ re Jacques" (b) "Turn again Whittingto n " arr. E . Rowlands THE STRINGS OF THE ORCHESTRA 5. D UET: "Holiday Time" E. Markham Lee PIERS N ASH-WILLIAMS AN D MICHAEL SANGER-DAVIES 6. (a) " [n a Field " Adam Carse (b) Minuet in G J. S. Bach FORM IIA PERCUSSION BAND 7. TRIOs: (a) "Lull me beyond thee" arr. R. Doning/oll (b) " Philomela " Thos. M or/ey (c) Slow Air S. Champioll TH E SENIOR RECORDER PLAYERS 8. QUARTETS: (a) Gavotte from "Roland" Lulli (b) Minuet from "Persee" DAVID BALFOUR, BRIAN MCCLEERY, JOHN H EMBRY, MISS B. NEAVE 9. TuNES: "The First Year in the Orchestra " arr . A. Palmer and E . BeSI THE ORCHESTRA . 10. (a) Largo from " Serse" (b) School March, "Milner Court " THE MILITARY BA ND God Save the King (sung or played by all) The C hoir conducted by M~ .. E. A. Armitage, L.R.A.M., P.T.C.L.; the Orchestra by the Rev. W ..H . Oldahr ; the Military Band by Mr. P. Purcell, A.R.A.M., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M. At the plano : M ,ss A. Miller, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M. Leader of the Orchestra; Miss B. • • Neave, A.R. C.M. I. 76

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Football So far, the soccer this term has been a mixture, sometimes exasperating, of the game as it should be played and as we in fact play it ; of spirit and listlessness, of opportunities offered and chances frittered away. We have had some first-rate chances of acquiring new skills as a result of visits from Mr. Webster, the manager of Canterbury City F.C., who has made such thin gs as ball control, heading and passing look just too easy. But when we have tried, it has sometimes been a different tale. Although the standard of keenness throughout the School has been improving steadily, there is still too much impatience to get on with the game, and too li ttle desire to put in another five minutes of real practice. While making these criticisms it wo uld be totally unjust to pass over the fact that there are severa l players who, at all times, have given their best, regardless of whet her it was a practice, a game, or a match. John La ncashire, our Captain for the second season, has in this respect bee.n outstanding. His weakness, if indeed there is one, has been that, at the moment, he ca nnot quite give the long passes which will really get the wings moving. But his positioning, whole-hearted tackling, and unbounded energy, have put him in a class o n his own. He has been very capably supported in the half-back line by Gerald Lynch and' David Goate, both of whom have played consistentl y well. Jo hn Morgan, at right back, has managed to get thro ugh a vast quantity of real hard work, and has been a tower of strength in defence; and F urley Spanton has provided him with a suitable partner. The defence has been so und, and there have been ample signs of real determination, not only to stop the opponents, but also to get a counter-attack started. That is where things have sometimes begun to go wrong. Of the forwards tried (their name is almost Legion) not one has prod uced that sense of urgency and determination which are so much the stock-in-trade of a centre forward. T he search continues, but until one is fo un d the forwards will tend to remain five individuals, whose solo efforts are likely to be hi ghly flavoured with despair. The giving and taking of passes, too, has left much to be desired. Two encouraging features have been the " heading" of the senior boys, and the general promise of the Junior XI. As fa r as the former is concerned, there are a number of boys prepared to " have a go" while the ball is in the air. Usually in prep. school soccer that is the last thing that even the boldest will attempt, and consequently valuable opportunities may be missed while the ball is coming back to earth. The Juniors (Under 11) have so far played three matches. In two they were handicapped by age, height, and weight, and though beaten 1-0 and 4-0 were not by any means disgraced. When playing against a team of their own age they monopolised the game . completely. Bill Tayler, John Line and Ben Johnston have been perhaps the best, and occasionally Tony Mason has shown what he can do. But as they are all keen and enthusiastic it is perhaps unfair to single out individuals. Results to date : \ST XI v Laleham House (home). Lost 0-3. v Cliftonville School (home). Won 4-0. v Cathedral Choir School (bome) . Won 1-0. v Tormore School (home). Drawn I-\. â&#x20AC;˘ . v St. Laurence, Ramsgate (away). Won 2-1.

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Canterbury House (home). Lost 0-1. v Laleham House (away). Won 1-0. v Canterbury House (away). Lost 0-4.

HOUSE MATCHES SENIORS

Keas beat Kakas and Macaws. Cockas lost to Kakas and Macaws. Kakas beat Cockas and lost to Keas. Macaws ,beat Cockas and lost to Keas. JUNIORS

Keas beat Kakas and Macaws. Cockas lost to Macaws, and drew with Kakas. Kakas drew with Cockas, and lost to Keas. Macaws lost to Keas and beat Cockas. Kakas beat Macaws. Keas beat Cockas . .

CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors ofTm! CANTUARIAN Sirs, There has been some discussion in the School whether we should have a compulsory Sung Eucharist on Sundays instead of Matins. Some of the objections which have been put forward against the scheme would be comparatively simple to overcome. Some say that the School would not do full justice to the singing of the service. If the School Choir was thoroughly trained in a simple setting, perhaps one of Martin Shaw'S, and if then, several congregational practices were devoted to studying it (each boy having a copy of the music), we feel that the School would present the service quite satisfactorily. As for the idea of hiring a trained, professional choir from outside, we are certain that nothing would be more unpopular. At the High Altar, we have an admirable setting for a Sung Eucharist, and the ritual could be performed with the greatest solemnity. It has also been suggested that the masters might object! With all respect, we would like to point out that this School was founded in the interests of the boys and not those of the masters. Besides, the masters need not attend a service of which they disapprove.

At least everything should be given a fair trial, and, if the boys themselves disliked the service, it could easily be stopped. No harm would have been done; if anything, good w01l1d be the result of the institution.

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There are several people who feel as strongly as we do about the matter and many, we are sure, who would approve whole-heartedly of the institution. And so we remain, Sirs, Yours respectfully, C. A. R. HOARE PETER H. Moss [We understand that no members of the School have suggested this to the Headmaster. -Edâ&#x20AC;˘. ]

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EDITOR IAL THE SCHOOL VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES VALETE SALVETE ... THIS AND THAT A MILTONIC EXERCISE FOR GOOD FRIDAY LEGEND AND TRAD IT ION ECCLES IASTICAL ART ... CIlNTUIlRI A N INTERV IEWS ... SATIS TO A ROBIN THE ENTHRONE MENT OF ARC HBISHOP BENSON, 188J ENGLAND'S REFORMATION NEW LIGHT ON OSR IC BRIEF C HRON ICLES WALK TO MA RGATE. GEORGE ELIOT: AN APPRECIATION REFLECTIONS O N THE TERCENTENA RY OP C HA R LES I's EXECUT ION PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS THE ART OF HITCHING ROMAN C HRISTMAS , 1948 CORRESPON DENCE THE SCIENCE OF H ISTORY ... THE SOCIETI ES THE LIBRARY MUSIC LECTURES .. JOHN BETJEMA N (CA MBRID GE REVI EW) HOCKEY FENC ING , SQUASH, BOX ING DOUBLE ACROSTIC MEISTER OMERS C.C.P. O.K.S. NEWS IN MEMORIAM ... CAMBRIDGE LETTER .. . ARMY CHAPLAIN'S ANSWER BOOK REVIEW PARRY FUND I Â·K .S ....

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The Editors have decided to write no editorial to this number. Why should they? How can they? Is the purpose of an editorial to commend the wares contained in the subsequent pages? Is it to sum up in some comprehensive and synthetic fashion the various and divergent richnesses of which the magazine is composed? Or are they supposed to issue a few platitudinous remarks on the term, the weather, the games, the illnesses; or on wider issues such as development in education, the new examinations, state control, and the value of the old school tie? The fact is custom dictates that a couple of hundred or so words shall figure on the front page as a prologue to the happy coming-on of the real material of the book, but the prologue doesn't mean anything more than any prologue of any play or book- and now that the editors have almost completed 200 words in just saying nothing at all, they have done what they set out to do, and here present their readers with an editorial.

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THE SCHOOL Head Head Head Head Head Head

Captain of the School: C. G. S. PATERSON A. G. P. DAVIDSON of School House .. . C. G. S. PATERSON of The Grange M. D. LAMBERT of Walpole House 1. F. BLACK of Meister Orners ... M. C. O. MAYNE of Luxrnoore House B. M. BIRNBERG of Marl owe House MON ITORS

C. G . S. PATERSON, M. C. O. MAYNE, A. G. P. DAVIDSON, C. B. MANNING-PRESS M. D. LAMBERT, B. M. BIRNBERG, 1. F . BLACK , P. A. FYFE-COOPER, A. B. CURRY: R. G . WHITE, 1. E. LUSH, B. E . S. KNIGHT, T. C. B. SWAYNE HOUSE PREFECTS School House:

J. M. BROWN, J. L. CUNNINGTON, R. J. JACKSON, E . K. LEWIS, B. K. NEWTON, J . A . G . STONEHOUSE, R. D. H. ROBERTS -

The Grange:

M. ALLEN, P. C. F. BASSETT, P . J . S. MURRAY, J. M. ROTHERY, R. B. RVELAND, J. M. WATT

Walpole House:

D. S. ELLIS, J . G . JELL, C. A. LAURENCE, M. W. O'B. RIGDEN

Meister Orners:

R . M . U. BElTH, P. J . E LLICOTT, 1. D . HILL, P. J. WALKER

Luxmoore House: Marlowe House:

Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain

H. C. BEDINGFIELD, A. B. POLLOK, J . P. M . SIMPSON, P. R' SNOXALL M. CHAPMAN, B. H. EDWARDS, 1. A. FRASER, D. F. GOSDEN, C. SMITH 1. F. BLACK C. G. S. PATERSON 1. F. BLACK R. G. WHITE B. E. LEE P. J. ELLICOTT

of Hockey of Boats .. . of Athletics of Shooting of Fencing of Boxing Editors of The Cantuarian C. G. S. PATERSON, M. C. O . MAYNE

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES B. F. BUSWELL.- Entered School, Jan., '45; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '48 ; 2nd XV, '47; 1st XV, '48; 2nd Xl Hockey, '48; Cerl. "A", July, '48. C. A. CHARLTON.- Entered School, Sept., '44; King's Scholar; Upper Sixth ; Meister Orners House Prefect, Sept., '48; 2nd XV, '47, '48; Cert. "A", July, '48. J. L. FORSEY.- Entered School, Sept., '45; G range House Prefect, Sept., '48; 1st Xl Cricket, '46, '47, '48; 2nd Xl Hockey, '47; 1st XI, '48; 2nd XV Rugger, '45; 1st XV, '46, '47, '48; Han. Sec., Rugger, '48 . T. L. G . HAMILTON.-Entered School, Sept., '43; Grange House Prefect, Jan., '48; Fencing VI, '47; Sergeant, J.T. C ., '48 . T. E . WATSON.- Entered School, May, '45; Hon . King's Scholar; School House House Prefect, Jan., '48; School Mo nitor, Sepl., '48; 2nd IV Colours, '48; Cert. "A", Jan., '48; Sergeant, Sept., '48; Upper Sixth, Sept., '48.

VALETE D. A. Batten, J. R. Bearn, D. J. Burnett, J . B. Hayward, R. M. Mills, T. S. B. Roseveare, J. P. H. Story, J. Valentine, A. A. Wagner, 1. D . Waterfall, C. H. P. Williams.

SALVETE G. ,R. Barnes, G . Bernard, J. R. Capurro, L. R . H . D'Eath, B. A. E . Duerinckx, S. J. Freebairn-Smith, J . Fyfe Smith, A . C . L. Gibson, D. J. B. Greenwood, C. J. Hobden, R. A. Lamont, 1. D. Maitland, P. U. Middleton, M. R. Moore, M. C. F. Sander, R. G. Seymour, B. J. Tate, K. D. Wilk inson.

THIS AND THAT In May, 1938, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent paid a day's visit to the A PICTURE OF School to declare all the new buildings open. The crowds were enormous, STRAW HATS and the cameras almost as numerous as people. An illustration shows a group of boys busy photographing the Duke, ignorant th at 'they themselves were also being taken. We reproduce it eleven years later to show the present boys our pre-war head-dress which at long last there is some hope of obtaining once

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We are most grateful to Colonel A. R . A. Iremonger (1898- 1901) for his gift to the Library of a copy of William Temple, by The Dean of Lichfield, cousin of the donor, who has most kindly a utographed the copy for us. Colonel Iremonger has also h ad the very happy thought of inviting two boys whose homes are at a distance to spend the Half-Term Exeat with him next term. In a School like this, where so many boys come from various parts of the world, such an invitation is particularly welcome. ARCHBISHOP TEMPLE

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Two parcels of books have corne this term from Mr. W. Somerset Maugham and have been given to School House Library. School House is most grateful. Among our letter.' of this ter~ came one from Germany with the beautIfull y SImple tItle, The DIrector of the Superior School, Canterbury " .

A B.B. C. recording unit visited the School this term and BROADCAST TO AMERICA recorded an interview wit h the Vice-Captain of the School; . . also two part-songs and an anthem by the Choir. One of these and the lIltervlew were later to feature 1Il a broadcast to Northern America about Canterbury. At the School House end of term concert the staff performed a DIVI NE RETRIBUTION? charade in which Mr. S. S. Sopwith played a large and successful part as the Dean of Canterbury. The following day he became ill, and had to remain in bed for three days! Under the able leadership of Mr. P. Purcell a Military Band has HERE COMES THE been formed 1Il the School. They are now practising for the end BAND of next term, when they will play after Speeches on the Green Court. THE NEW BOAT

A picture of the new four which has beel} given by Mr. Cranmer is to be seen on another page.

Miss Ruth Draper may pay the School a visit before her return to the RUTH DRAPER States in May. SPECIAL AGENT?

In an old register in the Cathedral Library it has been discovered that in 1551 a scholar named Ricardus Barton entered the School.

A WARM The new heating system for the Cathedral has now almost been CATHEDRAL completed. M as! of the rubble and debris in the Baptistry garden has disappeared, and we hope soon to see flowers and lawns in its place. The large lime trees in the Precincts are becoming increasingly dangerousTIMnER! in the last stormy weather one fell, in the Oaks, tearing down two other trees with it. Two trees outside Lattergate have recently been felled-tlie others are soon to follow. An O. K.S. has offered a generous prize of books up to the value THE OLD GRANGE of ÂŁ5 5s. Od., for the best essay received on the history of the Old Grange Study- his own residence while at the School. The competition is open to all present members of the School and essays should be handed jn next term to the Captain of the School. 86

THE CANTUARIAN Most of our portraits in Hall are of the size known as "Kit Cat"- i.e. head and shoulders to waist-as agaj~st full length or three-quarter length. This cunous name ongmated. thus. In the eighteenth century the Kit Cat Club was formed m London- of wnters, pamters, and actors-the name being taken from a Puddmg PIe Man called Chnstopher CatlIng, with whose puddings and conversation the first founders of the SocIety were well pleased. The members had their portra its painted in this new " half-size", and so perpetuated the name of their Society. Written to commemorate a Clerical Fellow of All Souls, who became a AN EPITAPH Roman Catholic in James II's reign, and a "Mighty Willi amite" at the Revolution. "Here lies Dr. Tyndall whom Interest ut fertu,. Not Zeal for Religion has made a Deserter: But now yt ye Knave is as rotten as pelf, Pray for his soul who ne'er prayed for't himself." In 1726 a young Schoolmaster studying at Oxford was "plucked" COMFORT FO~ THE (i.e. fa iled his degree examination) because he did not know how FIFTH CLASSICAL many conjugations there are! (Hearne: IX, 312.) "Dr. Carter built low, but his Building spread." An eighteenth EPIGRAMMATIC century Provost of Oriel who held very. many livings and Church appointments, none of whIch was mdlVldually wealthy, but the cumulative result was considerable.

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A godly Prison Chaplain told us two reasons why men are so often back in prison: first, they have not money enough to take them to their homes, as the Government pays the fare only to the place where th ey w_ere co nvicted, and if yo u were convicted at M aid ston e you cannot get to (say) Aberdeen on the 10/- or 15/- the. Prison Committee give you on discharge-so you are tempted at once to raise fund s unlawfully ; second, the shortage of housing THEN AND Now

which mea ns that many have had no real home of their own at all. As long ago as the

1760 's Parson Cole of Bletchley noted it was difficult for yo un g people to marry, as owing

to the p n~c tice of enclosures, there were few small farms available and sons were obliged

to live with their parents, which made against matrimony.

THE PRICE OF CURATES

The same Diarist notes that yo u could get a curate from Oxford for £40 p.a., but from Cambridge none under £50 or £60. From which not everyone would draw the same , conclusions!

" I suspected the present Curate to be a Little Loose . . . . His salary is £8." (Bishop Nicolson of Carlisle-Accounts of the Diocese.) 1703. MORE GOOD COUNSEL " Spernere mundurn, spcrnere nuilum, spernere sese Sperncl'C se sperni, quatuor ista beant. ' · TO CHltlSTI"NS

Can any reader inform the Editors of the meaning of this A "WI NCHESTER WEDDING" phrase? It is to be found in the Diary of the Rev. Thomas Brockbank, 167 1- 1709, at p. 163.

We understand there are openings fo r yo ung men of 21 a nd 22, demobilized, fo r service in the East after training in London . Address, 15 Gracechurch Street, V6ndon, E.C.3.

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M ERCAN TILE BANK OF I NDIA

This di stinguished novelist and o ur friend lives at Little Char t. Last term Mr. Bates gave us a lecture on " The Work of a Novelist ". We are glad for his sake that his book The Cruise of Ih e BreadlVil1l1er-a story of the Romney Marsh coast-is to be made into a film this year. In 1549 was iss ued the fi rst Prayer Book of the Anglican Church THE PRAYER BOOK in English. Other editions of it appeared in 1552, 1559 and 1662, all these being mllch more "Evangelical" than that of 1549. Some commemoration of th e Prayer Book is to be attempted this yea r. Bernard Wigan (O.K.S .) has written a short " Guide" to the va riolls editions. (S .P.C.K.) MR, H. E. BATES

" December 26th, 17 18. K. Geo rge hat h been pleased to order the Sum of 1,000£ out of the Privy Purse to be applied towards rebuilding the College and King 's School at Westminster, upon a Representation made by the Bp. of Rochester, a nd Several Prebendaries of Westminster, tha t they are in danger of falling. " Very timely and generous; worth now about £ 10,000 or £ 12,000. The ardent Jaco bite, Thomas Hearne, who recorded this note, did not think so. "A poor thing", he commented, "out of the Robberies committed A HI NT FOR GOVERNORS

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B. M. Birnberg has gained a History Scholarship at C.C.C.C., A. B. Curry an Organ Scholarship at S. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and C. A. Laurence a Royal Naval Cadetship (Special Entry).

We arc pleased to know that Major Brian Bayly, who has played ÂˇRugger for Richmond, Notts., Lincs. and Derby, Cricket on more than one occasion for Derbyshire and Hockey for Shropshire, will be joining us in the near future; as will also Mr. H. J. Meadows, B.A ., who was Oxford 's hooker this last season, and who has been capped for Gloucestershire. NEw ApPOINTMENTS

At the end of this term we are to bid farewell to Sister Dickinson, THE SANATORIUM who is leaving to be married. We wish her every happiness. In I, charge of the Sanatorium will be Mrs. Cook- a niece of Archbishop Moline, O.K.S., brother of John Clarke, o.K.s,- and Miss Goudge, Ward Sister at .. . Redditch Hospital. Both were trained at S. Mary 's Hospital, Paddington.

,. HOUSES Mr. R. H. Prior, M.A., D.F.C., has taken over Meister Omers, and Mr. J. H.

Corner, M.A., Marlowe House. Both Houses are doing excellently. The British-Austrian Chamber of Commerce has produced a charming

, AUSTRIA brochure " See Austria ", which command we would obey if we had the

money, for the pictures are indescribably beautiful. The British Minister in Vienna- Sir Bertrand Jerram, K. C. M.G. and o.K.s.- contributes an article in it, " Austria of To-day". Dr. Charles Budd, M.B., D.L., has lately been elected President in succession to Sir Frederick Bovenschen, K. C,B. , K.B.E. The latter has worked enormously for the success of the Association. Dr. Budd will be particularly welcome to the School, for he has been a frequent visitor, especially while his three nephews-the Lovatts-were here. O.K.S . ASSOCIATION

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Many O.K.S. will regret to learn of the death of Canon Potts, CANON R. U. POTTS a distinguished Kentish Antiquarian, and a good friend of the School.

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Nothing will keep this re-established House in its place! It is full MARLOWE HOUSE of vIgour. It puts up a good show on the playing-fields, as well as J MAGAZINE In mUSIC and drama; and we now hear it purposes to issue a House Magazine rivalling The Call/uarian! As for Ping-Pong (properly "Table-Tennis" we understand) it is facile prillceps.

The Appeal met wit h very considerable success, and at the time THE PARRY HALL of writing abo ut £5,000 has been subscribed. This sum includes FUND £1,000 from Mr. Somerset Maugham and £500 from Mr. H . Venn .. Cobb, o. K.S., who already had given £500 to the War Memorial. CombIned In the Parry Scheme is the idea of making a room on the staircase landing for the Scouts, and Mr. Cobb's su bs~rip t i on is for this purpose. The Editors appeal to all O.K.S. to aSSIst, because If there IS any money left over the School rather badly needs three more hard tennis courts. ' As soon as December Term was over a goodly congregation INDUCTION AND of parishioners, masters and wives, assembled to see Mr. INSTITUTION OF Poole instituted by the Archbishop to the charge of the THB REV. S. B. R . POOLE Parish Church of Littlebourne. The Archdeacon of Canterbury inducted him, the Headmaster acting as Rural Dean. who obtained a First in Russian in the Modern Languages Tripos last summer has been given the status of a Foundation Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and has also been elected to the Scarborough and Donaldson Studentship for Research.

M. A. S. BURGESS,

For a good many years now we have had a strong connexion with this School-admitted on all hands to be one of the very best in the West of England. It has existed for so~e. 60 ?r more years, and in January last the first re-~Imon of Old Boys m ItS hIstory was held during a week-end. On Saturday there was a Dmner, attended by many hundreds, and on the Sunday morning a Memorial Service was held in Christ Church, Paignton, for those Old Boys killed in the two wars. The Headmaster was a guest for the week-end, and had a happy time, we understand, at the Dinner, when he was called upon to make a speech. He also preached the sermon at the Memorial Service. A very considerable number of Old Boys of Montpelier and King's were present ; possibly rather more on Saturday night! But It was a very happy thmg to see so many of them. We wish Montpelier every success and continued prosperity.

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Man)' parcels have lately arrived from America, sent to us by Mrs. A GENEROUS Martmdale, a fnend of the Johnson family (Oliver and Derek). The BENEFACTOR School has been amply provided with soap flakes-the contents of the . parcels-so that nobody now need shrink from a clean shirt. We are very grateful mdeed to the donor-not least the House Matrons. .

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We have received an IS-page pamphlet entitled, The Old Churches and the New World-Faith . The author is George Townshend, M.A., sometime Exhibitioner of Hertford College, Oxford; Canon of st. Patrick's, Dublin and Archdeaco n of Clonfert. He has identified himself with this new Faith, having ;urrendered hi s positions of Canon and Archdeacon. It is an earnest pamphlet, sincerely and genuinely written: it points out the sharp dechne of the Christian Churches since IS70 and their faIlure to rescue mankmd at thIS present critical period. The Editors are ashamed to confess their ignorance of this new Faith. It appears that as far back as IS63 Bahil'u'lIi1h made his public declar~tion as God's Messenger in Baghdad, affirming that this his .appearance was ~he promIsed Rc.turn of Christ, and that he had come to complete Chnst 's work and brmg about the Kingdom . of God in fact. The pamphlet is published from 158A Old Brompton Road, London, . S.W.5. A recently-released hospital patient sends us this forecast of Bevanised NATIONALISED education. EDUCATION PUPIL: "Do you think, sir, I shall pass in Latin?" MASTER: "Of course not, my boy. Don't be a fool. When's the exam ?" PUPIL: "Next month, sir. It's my last chance. What can I do ?" . MASTER: "I can't take you in my ordinary periods for at least six months, but If you'd care to become a PRIVATE PUPIL ...... " PUPIL: "Yes, sir ?'. MASTER: "It'll cost you twenty guineas, but I could start at once." THE FAITH OF BAHA'U'LlAH

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Gerald Arthur Townsend. This should, of course, read " In Memory of Gerald Arthur Townend, M.C., O.K.S., Lt.-Col. The Prince of Wales' Volunteers."

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A MILTONIC EXERCISE FOR GOOD FRIDAY It is three o'clock 011 a Spring afternoon .. but the whole earth is shrouded ill darkness. Satall is standillg ill a desert place and hears far off the thunder of an earthquake. In darkness Satan stood, yet he more dark, Like a scarr'd column that a traveller sees At night in some wide wilderness, which once Adorn'd the palace of a Memphian king. So, broken, Satan stood; but all his pride '1' Was fall en, and despair found utterance thus: "Now is my vengeance made of none ava il ;

And Man, God's fav'rite, whom I once seduc'd, Is lost to me, restor 'd to be the heir Of that bright region, in happy realms Of light, whilst I in Stygian darkness reignA bitter reign of endless discontent, And hopeless effort to disturb the joy Of Him who wrought.our woe in that defeat, Wherein the brightest spirits fell from Heav'n ; Of Him, whom cunning now has given the crown Of Heaven's victory. 0 Son divine, Whom fooli sh men, made foolish by my guile, Deride as dead upon the shameful Cross, Thou only couldst defeat my bitter bate, And drive me tbus to curse my dire exile From that empyreal kingdom of the blest, Where Thou art king, blessed beyond all dreams Of man or angeL" Now remorse and tearsIron tears of woe and agoniz 'd remorseFell from hi s eyes. Around him all was dark. Thund'rous the earth, as with a myriad wheels Of chariot, horse and warrior, as they rusb In headlong fury 'gainst th 'oncoming hordes Of Goths and Vandals and barbaric Huns. So, too, his mind was torn with dark despair And tu mul t of his self-consumi ng pain. He saw once more those halls of heav'nly bliss, Before bis rebel tboughts had wrought his fall : Tbose sapphire tbrones and happy seats above. Once more he heard, above the batt'ring din Of earth' s upheaval, that angelic sound, That sweet celestial music of the spheres, Whicb once be heard, before his sin had broke The chords in twain ..... .

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LEGEND AND TRADITION: OR THE PLEASURES OF MARGATE This is a School of Tradition, a phrase suggestive of restriction, rigidi ty of mind, wi lful blindness to the ever-changing process of History. But this connotation ca n be error. Traditio n is inherited from the past, true; but it is also made in the present, and made more commonly than the community supposes. It keeps up wit h the historical process. In Lent Terms before the war, influenza ravaged schools throughout the land. When it was deemed the peak of infection had been reached, that Authority known as the Old Man' decreed that all who were not abed with disease should walk many miles from Margate southwards, to be called-over at a particul ar place and time, what time back

at School all windows and doors were flun g and kept open. Of cou rse, by that time the wicked germ had perchance lost his power to hurt ; or it may well be that the strong-toviolent air of Margate did finish him off ill fact: at any rate, tbe plague was stayed . This Lenten curative pilgrimage passed into legend . But what was not at stake is this present term! Never before in the season of rashes and fevers and swellings had a School Play been offered, for never before had we talented young gentlemen, due to leave us in March, who insisted on portraying the charming, madden ing Ham let, and the sin ister

figure of Claudius. Then with what horror and foreboding we read, almost as term began, of an Italian variation of influenza, which had foully struck many a school. The Play might be ruined- Hamlet might succumb on the eve of the first Show; vast crowds would be disappointed, and worse still, large sums of rare money expended all in vain . How, then, were we confounded when with characteristic abruptness that same Authorit y annou nced

that next morning we should all accompany him from the pier of Herne Bay to the pier of Margate, an easy saunter of maybe 13 miles. The strong air of that coast, impeded by nothing between itself and the North Pole, with the genial warmth of an unseasonal sun, might fortify us against the Italian peril. So at 10.15 a.m. we debouched, a vast horde in variegated clothing, from Herne Bay pier, soon to be split into streams that took the high way of the cliff-downs, the middle way below, and the beach itself. Reculver passed, we straggled-and some struggled-along the old sea-wall, with nothing to behold except the sea on the left and the marshes to SI. N ichoJas-at-Wade on the right- land which must surely bave looked no different to Hengist and Horsa (if they ever saw it) than to us ; and so to Minnis Bay, Birchington, Westgate, and by this time the streams had all become trickles, and it was unkind of a Preparatory Schoolmaster to say of our tail, "Those King's boys walk badly"-he hadn ' t walked so far for years, and anyhow didn 't know from what hot climes our stragglers came or that their maximum exercise is experienced in baunting the antique shops of Kensington and Canterbury. For all his taunt, the laggards reached Margate before 3 p.m. True, some dashing fellows were there at I p.m., and most of tbe legion by 2 p.m., for Margate was to see what never before it had seen, a public school call-over at the entrance of its pier at 2.30 p.m. The air of Margate, or the pride of self-what was it that changed our emotions so violently; why did gratitude and pleasure suppress the grumble and the curse? There must be something about Margate. After all, the Annual Labour Conference takes place there, and if it didn't, it wo uld have to be at Blackpool, for no other seaside place is so invigorating and capable of housing such vast quantities of Britain 's workers. The air is beneficial *In Latin: Vctus rather than Senex.

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to body a nd to mind- even Authority was kindly seen as a Benefactor. Perhaps that is why the Labour Leaders choose it- the chorus is sure to be " Yes" . But the point of this rigmarole is this-some people, not to say many, have positively asked Authority if we are no t going on pilgrimage again ? You see what was originally a happy Chance, grew into a Legend ; you went a long walk featuring Margate and the influenza was sta yed. Now after nine years we have done it again, to prevent the influenza; and people ask for it to happen yet again this very term; so it will become a " done thing" in every Lent Term ; in fact, a Tradition: i n horsey language, out of H appy Chance by Legend.

ECCLESIASTICAL ART

Many people were glad to see in The Times some two months ago this letter from .[ distinguished people :To tlze Editor O/ TH B T IMES

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Sir,-Less than two years ago you p ublished some letters on a matter of great importance to all who value Oll r legacy of ancient art. Since then the conjectural recolouring of monuments in Gloucester Cathedral has proceeded in a manner that is causing grave anxiety to many persons of knowledge and judgment, who fea r that more illadvised wo rk of the same kind will be carried out elsewhere. lt is strongly felt that the ru li ng authority in each cathedral should be under an obligation to consul t a body of ack nowledged experts before any such renovations are undertaken. The removal or overpainting of the remains of early colouring on monuments, and the lise of ordinary paint on the decayed stone for a fancied revival of the original appea rance, are f irrevocable steps which give painful surprise to many visitors. These monuments in our churches are a priceless heritage which it mllst be the endeavour to all persons of good will and sense to preserve by means of the best avai lable care and skill. Surely a sou nd system of consultation and recommendation can be insti tuted, to which the Chu rch authorities wo uld be only too glad to havc reco urse in such aesthetic and technical questions. We are, Sir, yours very truly, M URR AY ADAMS-Ac TON, ROBERT ABDY, AaTHUR J. D AVIS, W. R EID D ICK, H. GRA NVILLE FELL, G EOFFR EY H IPPISLEY-COX, M ETH UEN, G ILES G ILBERT

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Light relief was given to the long controversy by the foll owing letter, which we publ ish (from the SUI/day Times) with the writer'S consent :P AI NT ED M ONU~'l ENTS

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I To the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury from G eoffrey Boys, paynter, at the signe of the Porcupyne. To mbe of William Pride, Lieutenant Coronell in the Belgish Warres : Colory nge of his cheekes to a soldierlye hue Id . Cleanynge of his coli ere to a laundered wh ite Id . G ild ynge of th e studd es to his boots 2d . Divers Soldyres : Givy nge to them a look martiale and fierce 6d. Attendynge to their moustachios 2d. Sir Richard Baker 's Spouse: two shyllynges Gildynge of hir adornments, as ea rynges Was hynge of dirt from hir faire necke & visage Id. Takynge of sq uint from hir eyes 6d . three shyllynges Puttynge instead a pious look therein .. . . nine shyllynges Sondrie oth ere ladyes: A pious look ... A draggon: making of his eyes and tonge to fl ash .. . 3d. Sainte Pau lle: Attendynge to his beerde Id . ... A dogge: a trustfulle looke 2d . A horse: Makynge of his mane to flowe ... . .. 6d. Divers Cherubes: A cherubique looke (the which hath much incensed me and an noyed me) togethere with browne eyebrowes and lippes... nine shyllynges While no doubt, if things go on as they are, we shall come to this :The Krank Organisation, Ealing,

London, W. D r. to the Apfelbaum Codd Corp . Inc. Motioll Picture Sets (0 Order. Scenery 011 any scale. Terms strictly nett . To scenic alterations on English Chu rch Set in re motion picture Fiends oj Canterbury. Set No. 3 PZLjXj53 ÂŁ s. d. 50 0 0 Cleaning off features of leadin g couple Making good chipped noses and ears ... 29 0 0 Photogenic adaptation of features 90 0 0 Conversion of hem-lines to new look ... ... . .. 33 0 0 Adjustment of coiffure to "off the face" and " windswept" styles 75 0 0 Plucking of eyebrows 20 0 0 Lifting of faces ... . .. 50 0 0 Wiring recumbent figures for sound ... 1, 120 0 0 Removal of old unsuitable coloured glass and installation of vita-glass for technicolour lighting ... 160 0 0 96

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No. 4. THE ARCHDEACON OF MAIDSTONE The Venerable K . J. F. Bickersteth was educated at Ru gby a nd Christ C hu rc h, Oxford. He was an Army Chaplai n on the Western Front in the 1914 War, Headmaster of St. Peter 's College, Adelaide, for fourteen years, a nd of Felsted for the nex t ten years. In 1943 he became Archdeacon of Maidstone and a Governor of the Kin g 's School. It may not be generally known th at he has been round the world twice an d shot a ti ge r! \. What"job wo uld you choose if you could have your life over again ? The same. 2. You are left ÂŁ10,000. What would you do with it? IJ selfish, keep it, or, iJ unselfish, give it to support elderly gent lewomen in poor circumstances. 3. What would you do if you were Prime Minister for a day? Entertain as many oj my Jriends as possible at Chequers . 4. What do you find the most tiresome duty in life? Washing-up. 5. What people exasperate you more than all others? Egotists. 6. What nationality would yo u choose if you were not British? Scandinavian. 7. What has been your most terrifying experience? Being knocked over by an enemy H. E. shell whicJt didn ' t explode. S. Where do you wa nt to live when yo u retire? Can terbury.

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When my conscience is clear.

17. Whom would you choose as your guest at a private dinner party away from home ? The Edit or O[THE CANTUARI AN. 18. At what period of history would you most like to have lived ? As a Roman senator at the time o[ the Antonines. 19. When do you feel at your best? I II the early morning.

20. What 's wrong with the world ? Sin .

SATIS Mr. Mortimer stood by his desk, glancing through his tutor-cards with a puzzled air. The majority were eminently laudable this week, offeri ng no problems. They displayed such satisfying entries as: " Do ing very well " , " Has made excellent progress" , and

"His ability is weIl above the average and is matched by his industry " . These were as they should be. Mr. Mortimer turned to another card, which was at the other end of the scale. His bilious eyes glanced down the card. "Thoroughly indolent and unsatisfactory", " Ad vancing backwards" , and "He has, as yet, fail ed to grasp the basic

elements of this subject". B.ut even this card presented no difficulty to the tutor. It could be dealt with quickly and effi caciously. There was, however, one more card, and it was this that was giving M r. Mortimer his headache. He had dismissed the boy concerned, teIling him to return a few minutes later. He picked up the offending card and pondered over it anew. This is what he read. MATHS. Satis. ENGLISH Satis. CHEMISTRY Satis. HISTORY Satis. BIOLOGY Satis. LATIN Satis. PHYSICS Satis. FRENCH Satis. ART Satis. At this moment camc a knock at the door. "Come in !" The door was slowly pushed open and a smaIl and nervous boy crept in.

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TO A ROBIN WHO ATTENDED REGULARLY THE STATUTORY SERVICES IN THE CATHEDRAL (From a Lalin poem by Dr. Peler Du Moulin, Canon of Canterbury, 166 1-1684)

Robin, whose fri endliness enjoys your place among our singing boys, whose breast has colours just as good as any learned canon 's hood,

You when the winds in wi nter blow and block the doors with drifted snow, sit cheerful there in Church and sing, warming our heart with thoughts of spring. What words can worthily be said to praise you, little Waistcoat-Red? I think you might be, in disguise, an Angel changed to robin-size, that 's heard afar the anthem-song and organ-tones Âˇthese aisles prolong, and brought your blessed angel-lays to join and help our human praise! But if you arc a bird indeed,a wild bird , once, and now so tameI think your son g might put to shame the puritans and mend their creed: tame them and make them gentlier hear hymns that can draw a wild-bird near. Welcome, our College Fellow true, of all our choir the model , you! Mister Precentor on no day marks you unpunctual, or away,

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hopping 011 fl oor or desk, you wait, or, in the organ-pipes you perch, you r whistling heard through all the Church ; your slender pipe and treble high refi ning on our melody. You try to please us, and you can: And I'll give orders to my man to scatter crum bs of bread about where you will pick 'em up, no doubt. For why should all we others here be paid to come, S0 , mu~h a yea~, . an'd you get nothing, Bobby dear? J. M. C. CRUM ', 100

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Cambridge. 41h March, 1949. I read with pleasure in the last number of The Canluarian that the Oxford O.K.S. had after a very long interval held a dinner at Oxford. The reference by the President of the Dinner to a new party prompts me to send you a photograph of those present on that occasion which I hope you may consider printing in The Canluarian. The Dinner, which was held at ,Sandford in June, 1907, was given by Dr. Thomas Field, who was then Warden of Radley. We were invited to at tend "sine ulle solemnitate" and a launch was hired to take us all down the river to the hotel at Sandford lock where a very sumptuous meal was provided. The Headmaster (Dr. A., J. Galpin) attended and replied to Field's toast of "The School ", and Bovenschen proposed the health of our host. Although it was over forty yea rs ago I still have a very pleasant memory of a most delightfuLand informal party.

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THE ENTHRONMENT OF ARCHBISHOP BENSON, 1883 During the past few years we have seen many a congregat ion of Bishops at Canterbury. We have seen them at the enthronements of Archbishops Temple and Fisher and the funera ls of Willi am Temple and Lord Lang. We saw Bishops from all parts of the Anglican Communion at last July 's gathering of the Lambeth Conference. Tt is not therefore inappropriate to publish this sketch from the !IIustrated Londoll News for April 7th, 1883. The illustrati on shews the procession introducin g the new Archbishop, Edward White Benso n, to the Cathedral for his enthronement on Thursday, March 29th, 1883 . The Editors have tried to identify as many members of the procession as possible, but it must be remembered that the artist cou ld make little or no attempt at portraiture.

In the centre is the new Archbishop with the Dean, The Very Rev. R . Payne Smith his right and the Vice-Dean, Canon F. J. Holland on his left. 1n front of them are the Bishop of Dover, The Right Rev. Edward Parry, who as Archdeacon of Canterbury read the induction and administered the affirm ation to the Archbishop; and foreign and colonial Bishops from Bloemfontein, Saskatchewan, Ballarat, and Long Island, U.S,A. According to the !lllIstrated Londoll News, the two boys bearing the Archbishop 's train were only nine years old ; the one on the right being the son of the Archbishop and the other being the so n of Bi shop Parry. The Kemish Gazette, however, while agreeing tnat Robert Hugh Benson is the boy on the right, proposes that the one on the left is Robert Hawes, The loca l paper is possibly the more correct of the two , since the local correspondent would have more opportunity of acquirin g accurate inforn;atioll. The Illustrated Londoll News states that both boys were nine years old. At this date, however, Robert Hugh Benson was already thirteen. Therefore it is probable that Robert Hawes, who was fourteen, was the other bearer, rather than Bi shop Parry's son. R. H. Benson, the fourth and youngest son of the Archbishop, grew lip to become a well-known historical and mystic novelist and a Monsignor in the Church of Rome. All Benson's sons had a romantic streak in their characters and each rose to high positions in the literary and academic world of the early nineteen-hundreds. Robert Hawes was a Commoner at the King 's School, and retains the distinction of being the first"boy to be entered for the Junior School. He proved a brilliant athlete at school and reached high distinction in Oxford University athletics, as did his two O.K.S. brothers with him. From Pembroke, Oxford, H awes went to Law in London. Following the train-bearers are the Archbishop's five Chaplains, led on"the right by Rev. Randall T. Davidson, who had been Chaplain to the preceding Archbishop Tait, and who was to become Archbishop himself in 1903 ; he married Ed ith, the daughter of Archbishop Tait, and many O.K.S. will gratefully recall the hospitality and friendliness of the Davidsons. It is interesting to note that when this picture was drawn there was no Archbishop 's Palace at Canterbury. On the left hand side can be seen something of the eighteenth century house which stood on the site of the old Palace, itself destroyed or allowed to fall into ruins after the death of Laud. The present Palace was built in the Archiepiscopate of Dr. Frederick Temple (1 897), and until then the Archbishops' nearest residence to Canterbury was at Addington Park, near Croydon. The picture shews the procession emerging from the Cloisters, which lie on the path from the Deanery, where the Archbishop was staying, to the Great West Door of the Cathedral. 011

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THE CANTUAR IAN The Editors were misled by the artist's impression of the great width of the roadway facing the West Door. It appeared that the Chapter Office immediately facing the Cathedral did not then exist. In this we were deceived, for on consulting an ordinance survey map for 1873 we found that not only was the Chapter Office standing, but also that there was behind it the Precincts' private gasometer! We must then express o ur gratitude to the artist for not including this hideous object in his sketch ! The gasometer was destroyed before the end of the century, because the fumcs emitted from the gasworks proved detrimental to the fabric of the Cathedral's West Front. B.K.N.

ENGLAND'S REFORMATION On January 14th, 1720/ 1, Thomas Hearne noted' that "One Thomas Ward , a Roman Catholick (perhaps a Priest), put out lately a Book written by himself, intit., The History of the Reformation. It is done in Versc, and is a most shrewd Thing, in wch. K. Hen. vlIr etc. are justly lash'd. The same Author hath also put out another Book, just printed in 8vo, about the Consecration of our Bishops." Eight days later he writes, "The Book Of Ward's, above mentioned (under Jan. 14th) about the Consecration of our Bps. is thus inti tied : The Controversy of Ordination truly stated .. .... 1719 .. , It is a very shrewd Book, and brings very good Arguments agt Parker's Consecration at Lambeth, and indeed, if what he says be true, the Register

of Lambeth, as to that particular, must be forgery. But, notwithstanding this, I rather believe the Authenticalness of ye Register, wch I wish I could see, that I might judge of ye Hand." It would seem from this that Ward was alive in 1720, but the Dictionary of National Biography gives 1708 as the date of his death. He was no priest, according to Dodd,' but a layman who gave "diversion to some of the ablest divines of the Church of England " . Born in 1652, the son of a Yorkshire farmer, Ward was educated at Pickering School, and became a private tutor. At some unknown date he turned from Calvinism to the Roman Catholic faith, travelled a good deal, held a Commission in the Papal Guards, saw service against the Turks, served in the King's Guards, withdrawing to Flanders on the abdication of James II. His son became a Catholic priest, his daughter a nUll.

Of Ward 's nine or ten books, Hearne knew thesc two, and they gave him some bad moments. They were "shrewd", and tbis epithet is certainly correct. He did have some misgivings, but it is impossible not to feel that Hearne was in some measure

gratified. Straightforward and honest (had he not lost his Bodleian post by refusing to take the Oaths, and did he not resolutely decli ne Thomas Allen's offer to pull wires to get him a College Fellowship ?),' a High Churchman who loathed "sniveling bishops"

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the vein and manner of Hudibras, surveying the Refo rmation from the first twinges of Henry's conscience to the activities of the diabolical Titus Oates. " When Old King Harry yo uthful grew, As Eagles do, or Hawks in Mew, And did, in spite of Pope and Fate Behead, Rip, and Repudiate Those too-too long liv'd Things, his Wives, With Axes, Bills, and Midwives Knives: When he the Papal Power rejected, And from the Church the Realm dissected, And in the Great St. PETER'S Stead Proclaim'd himself the Church's Head, When he his antient Queen forsook, And buxom Anna Boleyn took, Then in the Noddle of the Nation He bred the Maggot, Reformation." Amusing pages then deal with Wolsey's ambitions, Henry's desire for Anne, his need for an heir, his newly-awakened conscience, the helpful parts played by Cranmer and Cromwell, the Supreme Headship enjoyed in turn by a man, a child and a woman, and an outline of the course of the Reformation. The accepted principle of the sixteenth century-"cuius regia eius religio "-comes, in Ward's words, to this: " Each Prince thus, as he gets the Crown, Makes a Religion of his own. "

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THE CANTU ARIA N 'fhe lowest dep th was reached under the selfish Regency of Edward VI when, "Albs the Parsons Wives convert To Smock of Wife, and Parson's Shirt:" And if you wanted to be a bishop, you would have to buy it of Seymour or Warwick at the price of episcopal lands and manors: "Thus Barlow got a Diocess, And Somerset but little less." Ward makes himself very happy over the Edwardine Prayer Books of 1549 and 1552. The first was drawn up by Cranmer, Rid ley and Latimer, who "scorn'd it should be said,

That Englalld's Common-Prayer was made By foreign Workmen :" and they insisted

"That then they saw the Holy Ghost Close at their Elbows take his Post. "

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"The real Presence now, which they Had held till then, they cast away, Placing a Rubric at the Door, That Christ may never enter more,

Nor Adoration e'er be given To him on Earth, 'cause he's in Heaven;

For this they made the Reason, why They did his Presence here deny." Then for many pages and with copious examples, Ward makes merr~ with the metrical Psalms of Hopk ins and Sternhold, and 1I1cldentally treats us to a pithy verSion of the Pied Piper : "Jig by these godly Fid lers made, As sung to Ned the sixth; and play 'd On Bag-pipe, Sack but, Violin, And when inspir 'd, made a Din On Haut-boys, Gelder's-Horn, and Sl)aulm, And living Voice in Metre-Psalm ; As charming as that Piper play'd, Who all the H ammel Rats betray 'd To dance Morisco to his Sound, With out regarding Feet or Ground Till they were in the Weasel' drown 'd ; Then Six-score Hamlllel Children led, ] nto a Hill that opened, To dance unto his Pipe below, What Tune, or where no Mortals know." 104

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"0 Lord, I cou'd be glad that thou Wou'd Come and help us, but I know, That where thou art thou MUST remain Till Doomsday brings thee here again. As in our Article* is writ, And we are bound to credit it. But if thou canst but now heal' me, Distant at such a vast Degree, That, if a Millstone were thrown down, Ten Ages wou'd not bring the Stone, Then pry' thee, Lord, Some Way invent To cross this factious Parliamellf. Dispatch SOme Angel, for I know They have more Liberty than thou." The Queen dies and descends to meet her father, fettered and tormented; a doom which is hers also, and they spend Eternity in lament and curse. We pass to James I, in which reign pains are taken to establish the Divine Right of Bishops as well as of Kings: for this it is essential that Parker should have been validly consecrated , or at least records produced to suggest that he was. Archbishop Abbot and Francis Mason-the learned Defender of the Anglican Church-put their heads together.

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NEW LIGHT ON OSRIC " Thus ye live 0 11 high, and then On the earth ye live again."

The smoking-room at the " Junior Melpomene" was em pty but for one exqui sitely dressed young man. He was deep in an arm-chair in the bow-window that looked out on to the Park, where the late afternoon sun was playing gently o n the golden asphodel. Most of the members were on the golf-links, competing, or foll owing the fortunes of the competi tors, for the Captain 's Medal; and as Fortinbras was thi s year's captain , and those two bores, Hamlet and Horatio, were sure to be very much in evid ence, Osric wa s

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BRIEF CHRONICLES G. K. Chesterton said that if a thing was worth do ing at all, it was worth doing badly. Perhaps that is the spirH in which House Dra ma programmes should be conceived. There has certainly been no lack of initiative and variety in the programmes which each HOllse in turn has presented during the Chri st mas and Easter Terms. School Ho use were da ring enough [ 0 altcmpl a play by one of their number, P. A. Fyfe-Cooper, and that must be their main excuse. Some Chicken was not on occasion without situati on, but prod ucer and performers alike shrank from making use of it. Their chier concern seemed to be the fear of being heard beyond the first row of the stalls, and they hastened through their lines as if they were anxious to finish the play before so meone arose from the audience to acc use them of not really being actors at all. The murder theme is a well-worn one, and it behoves the writer bf a new variation upon it to have a situa tion which really justifies exploitation. This play lacked intellectual con tent, and parts of it cried out [0 be rewritten. C. B. Manning-Press did his best to becomc Basil Radford for the eveni ng, and succceded well enough; what was more, he had a good voice. Not all P. A. Fyfe-Cooper's pallor and startled gaze could convince mc thal hc cou ld really be a forger, still less a murderer, especially as the victim, C. Anderson, appeared to have all the physical qualities of a firs t~class all-in wrestler. tlO

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The Grange and Luxmoore preferred a varied programme, and perhaps this is the soundest course for such an entertainment. Grange has for a long time excelled in the quality of its singing, and its group of songs was delightful. The Phrasebook sketch, enacted in French, German and our substitute for language, is always popular, because it enables members of the audience to laugh loudly at the French and German sallies in the full knowledge that they thereby rise markedly in the estimation of their neighbours. " Farce followed Comedy, and reached her prime." Sauce for the Goose was memorable both for its denouement, which was unexpected

and hilarious, and for the aplomb of P. R. Gra nt, who wore an evening gown with a taste and grace of which many of the opposite sex have reason to be envious. The Telephone Never Rings was an agreeable comedy, with P. C. F. Bassett playing Hicks with a gusto which fully earns him promot ion from odd-jobbery to grave-digging. Altogether 1 felt this to have been one of the most entertaining evenings for a very long time. The Mei ster Omers evening was a puzzling one. The first play, The Green Veil, had an unpleasant theme, but one was prepared to hope that some point would eventually emerge from the shuffling entrances and exeunt, and the too-often ill-learnt lines. Whcn the play ended, with the earth about to be engulfed in horrific vapo urs, one was rel ieved, but no clearer as to wh ither one was being led. Then foll owed The Gi"eell Veil Passes (by a different author, so was the only connection between them the coincidence of names 1)-a pleasing little farce of ship-wrecked aristocrats on a desert island. Had we been led to expect a Wellsian war of the worlds only to be given a riotous farce? Was the first play quite pointless as well as painful? It seemed so. Meister Omers must choose their plays more carefully next time. Roseveare's performances were, however, brilliant and altogether delightful. Perhaps, after all, the plays were chosen only to display his virtuosity in eccentric female parts, whether they be of Park Lane or Pimlico. A. V. Shuffiebotham made an attractive and becoming aviator, happy no doubt at his escape from the depressing milk bar in which he spent an uncomfortable time in the first play. Skinner sang with beautiful clarity, but I fo und his choice of songs a little embarrassing. The Monitors' Song-with all its opportunities-suffered from lack of memory no less than from lack of poets. Altogether I felt that Meister Omers would prefer to be j udged on its rugger than on its drama. The Luxmoore performance was a personal triumph for M. C. O. Mayne, who became at once "the applause, delight and wonder of our stage" . Whether as dialectician, as Stanley Holloway, a Western Brother, or as Elliston Drury in It's Au/umll No IV, he devised and performed with taste, understanding and wit. If his mannerisms were a little stereotyped in the play, it did not much matter. Time alone will tell whether he can tackle a really intelligent part. The most touching performance of the evening was E. C. Ash as Edna Drury-the most convincing portrayal by a boy of an emotional and sensitive female that 1 have ever seen. His performance alone would lead me to await Hamlet with eager expectation. Marlowe House made an unfortunate choice in their play. With misplaced loyalty to the memory of a famous O.K.S. they chose Marlowe's Massacre of Paris, which was a pity. Marlowe, though a great poet, was often only a second-rate dramatist, and III

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is little better than a piece of political propaga nda. In his own day the characters were household words, and the story well-known, so no doubt the play was tolerably intelligible. But now that the plot is li ttle known outside a History VI Form the situation is different, and the threadbare character of the play is only too apparent. Guise becomes a melodramatic vi llain such as even the Victorians never perpetrated; and one can never fo rgive Marlowe for having missed the dramatic opportunity which the fa scinating

character of Catherine de ' Med ici offered him. Thus B. M. Birnberg, as the Duc de Guise was, like John Gilpin, "all agog To dash through thick and thin ", but to no purpose. We of the audience remained unimpressed; "We smil ed, perforce when histrionic scenes

Aped the swoln dialogue of kings and queens". The play failed, but Marlowe cannot escape some of the blame, and Marlowe House can at least pride themselves on one pearl of grc~t price- the perfect compere!

Walpole House was perhaps the most ambitious of the Houses. Hassan, with its length, it s poetry, ils colour, its subtlety, was indeed a formidable undertakin g, and it is a com-

pliment to the House to say that the worst fears at the news of the choice proved to be unfounded . True, much of the poetry and some of the action had to be cut, and this clouded rather than clarified the theme. But the whole was colourful-the Divan Scene was especially successful- the lighting was skilful, and the play moved with speed. 1. G. Jell showed dramatic ability as the Ca li ph, though he lacked the cold cruelty which the part demanded. M . D. Lambert might well have made a better Caliph, for he cou ld have provided that quality, and Jell 's sense of poetry was badly needed in the interpretation of the character of Hassan. The Beggars, " Mendici, mimi, balatrones, hoc genus amne", were a spectacular crowd, and achieved added, if unintentional, effect in the miniature sand-storm they raised at every entrance! Ram, King of the

Beggars (T. C. B. Swayne) proved an indifferent lover. He could not, one felt, "swell the soul to rage, nor kindle soft desires" . But then, who would, for Pervaneh, as played by D. Peschek? She would never be "another Helen and fire another Troy". For me Yasmfll, very well played by J. G. Collins, remained the heroine,-and this reveals the real weakness of the performance. The emotional content of the play was above the capacity of the cast: in other respects it was well done.

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WALK TO MARGATE (Being an essay in imitation of Mr. Eliot) Like noisy birds, Like a flock of rooks wheeling and settling, We set forth along the sea-front, Along the damp promenade where the sun is shining. We are alone, because we all belong togetherAlone because of all belonging together, We h~rry, though there is no need to hurry. Past the bathing-huts, past the ice-cream vendors Shuttered for the winter, peeling and melan.choly;

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Reculvcr. I am already counting the miles, marking the journey into stages; It is too hot but not with the bright heat of blue skies; The diffused sunlight cuts shadows precisely; The white cottages contrast with the dark stone of the towers. The whole scene is already a photograph Awaiting the camera,

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Stretching Qut, a flat pl ain of wa ters glittering,

Leaf-markings of waves on th e beach;

Stretching out, on the other side, Beyond th e stagnant canal , the brown earth Turning to terl'acotta in the unseasonable drought;

The sky closing in , hot and misty like pewter : February heat-wave, headlands rising out of the dimness, Ha ze like brea th o n the win dow-pane,

The land a composition in grey a nd yellow. Walk ing on the dyke, W alking on a high bank between two wa ters,

No tree for shade; The tough spears of the grass threatening on either sid e,

The path hard and slippery with smooth sea-pebbles; The grass li ke an arm y to hold the land agai nst the sea, Mercenar ies, sustained by the earth against the sea, (Thus amusing myself by making of comparisons) . Looking forward at the white cliffs and the misty sea, Looking backward at Recy lver towers; Noticing the dredger crane and hearing the dull trot of the motor Carryi ng in the still air; Noticing the quality of the light, bringing sharpness to the near landscape Though the still mist dims the near horizon; Listening for crickets and again recall ing that th is is February. Heat without sun, the air heavy, a burden on the shoulders, No coolness here between two waters; Fire has dominio n over the other element, Cloud and sea not withstanding, fire has dominion.

Minnis Bay, Birchington don't speak to strangers, (Oh ! the sameness of sea-side resorts) ; Trim houses, red-brick ugly ; Swiss chalet style, To make suburbia on holiday feel at home ; This is suburbiaMiddle-class, genteel, essentially English, England at her most unsympathetic; The cliffs domesticated with concrete edgings and park-benches But lent a note of fantasy by Winter, In this unnatural sun shi ne looking A little like a prim woma n caught in her petticoat, Secretly embarrassed, But of course refu sing to show it. Wet paint glittering on those municipal park-benches, Benches which silently infer that they are supplied By the Corporation. For Serious Purposes Only (no Frivolity, please). Is sitting a Serious Purpose?

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With as much j oy as pilgrims looked upon Jerusalem I looked on Margate. Those holiday minarets piercing the mist, Proclaiming this a pleasure city, (Bubble domes float under water).

Here on the Westgate hill Margate looks vulgar but alive, alive, Vulgar, that is the key word, Cockney; If the Cockney is a Moslem then Margate is Paradise (Sherbert, sand and cinema) ; Less a city than a fair-ground chromium-plated, This is no old-fashioned circus, but neon-lighted. Here the factory workers whirl, the spivs parade, The grubby infants scream upon the beach, The blaring gramophone tells the latest sickly song, Synthetic dream of love upon the beach; All this in the bright summer sunshine.

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GEORGE ELIOT : AN APPRECIATION A most remarkable and noteworthy feature of modern literary criticism is the revival of interest in and the renewed appreciation of that truly great Victorian novelist George Eliot. In recent times two full-l ength critical and biogra phical studies have appeared and now comes a new book by Dr. Leavis, entitled The Great Tradition' , in which this wo man is seen to occupy a central place in the evolution of the 19th century novel, and her characteristic originality illuminated . To those who, like myself, have long been her ardent admirers and devotees, a nd whose heart is in the rural Midlands (which forms the background of her best work and is one main source of her culture) all this is most stimulating and encouraging.

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hitherto been latent now burst into flower, reaching its mature ex pression in that crowning triumph of her career- Middlemarch , the only English novel which in massiveness, range, and penetration into the deeps of humanity, may justifiably be compared with War and Peace. For George Eliot's intellectual app roach and assimilation of foreign literature enabled her to lend to the English novel a seriousness of theme, a psychological profundity and a solidity of structure that were altogether new. Previously, its general defects had been the improbability of its conventional plot and, despite the imaginative brilli ance and life-likeness of its characterization, a failure to portray the deeper aspects of life. George Eliot with her earnest realism, her tender sympathies, her heart-searching vision of life, shattered this framework. Her approach to her art was altogether too direct, ardent and sincere for her to have any patience with the usual elements out of which the conventional novel was woven . For the first time in the history of English fiction, her novels present us with a plot which is not conventionally attractive and designed to satisfy the taste of the novel reading public, but one which emerges naturally from the development of the characters and their interaction upon each other. Her stories are evolved with logical necessity from the psychological forces which she evokes in dramatic conflict, and present us with a sober unadorned view of life which gains its attract iveness from the soul and imagination of the author. Moreover, George Eli ot's keen intellectual interests led her to give to the novel a far-reaching scope which had been alien to it hitherto. Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, Mrs. Gaskell construct a convincing image of life, such as passes before the mind of the average observer. They show us the most arresting and vivid external features of personality-appearance and manner, tricks of speech and gesture, idiosyncrasies and foibles-in fact the " humours" which lend themselves most readily to satirical and comic characterization . But the soul and destiny of ma n, the mystery of his being, the tragic passions which devastate it, the demons which ha unt him and lure him to his doom-all this is conspicuously absent from the English 19th century novel, just as it forms the breath of life which inspires Russian fiction. Now while it would be absurd to claim for George Eliot the sublimity of imagination which can give to the novel the range and depth of the greatest tragedy and epic, yet the breadth of her understanding, her grasp of intellectual and philosopical problems, the immense sweep and richness of her culture, above all her psychological penetration to the soul of man in which conduct is motivated a nd the clarifying X-ray vision with which she exposes the confused struggle of motives and interests enacted there, give to her wo rk an intellectual weight and a dimension of high seriousness unique even amid the rich va riety of Victorian fiction. What, then, are these novels about? They have one recurring essential theme and inspiration springing, as the best work of every artist must spring, from the author's original, personal, vision of life. This unifying theme might be summarily defined as the dialectic of altruism and egoism in human life. She sees the human soul as the arena of a conflict in which momentous issues of eternal significance are fought out, determinin g its ultimate quality of noble heroism, or its decay and extinction through trivial folly and vanity and blind selfishness. In spite of her official agnosticism, this conviction, which she held with religious seriousness and which is rooted in the evangelical Christianity of her youth, gives a glow of enduring vitality to her work. Thus her main characters can easily be divided into the twofold category of those in whose souls she

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What are the sources of inspiration and materials from which the creative genius of George Eliot is fed ? Every a rtist wri tcs most powerfu lly abo ut the scenes of childhood and early youth- those scenes which have mad e the most vivid and indelible impressions upon his brain and have Slink deep in to the unconscious regions of the mind, where they become a fertilizing source of suggestion. The wo rld in which George Eliot's life is thus

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and its walls still bear a memoria l tablet to the Italian singi ng master whom they engaged and of whom there are reminiscences in "Mr. Gilfil 's Love Story" . Still more, The Mill all the Floss glows with the fl ame of the author 's lovingly-remembered childhood and youth . Never, except perhaps in David Copperfield, was the magic light of childhood so bea utifull y and effectively suggested as in the fi rst part of this book. The child 's ardour, the child 's swiftness and immediacy of apprehension, the child 's absorption in the passin g moment, the child 's wild joys and di sordered sorrows are brought vividly before li S

in this story of the contrasted bro ther and sister locked in an instinctive, elemental,

a ffect ion which the tragic clash of later years canno t ",holly shatter and which death trium pha ntl y renews. Into the character and des ti ny of the passionate, imaginative Maggie Tulliver, as later into those of D orothea Brooke in M iddlemarch, George Eliot po ured her own inner life a nd wrestled with the problem which must have exercised her in her earl y years-the problem of a soul which yearns to ex press the ard our of its love a nd its need fo r renu nciation, but can fi nd no satisfactory outlet for itself in the humdrum surround ings of provincial life. Above all, Maggie, like D orothea, expresses Gco rge Eliot 's spiritual exaltation and insight a nd her burning sympathy with ma n-a sympath y that was at the same time austere and elevat ing. This reverence for the struggli ng heroism of common hu manity is the mos t distin guishing feat ure of her mat ure tem perament as contrasted, for example,

with the acid irony of Ja ne Austen or the exasperatcd contempt of Flaubcrt. A great French critic, Brunetiere, contrastin g French and English realism, develops his theme p.

by selecting and empasizing thi s feat urc of George Eliot 's writings in which "we see a great soul and a genero us heart calm ly realisi ng that everything is as it should be and that therefore it is the artist's true educat io n to learn to love it, because it is, for what it is and such as it is". ]n spite o f her dess icated Victorian ratio nalism, she retains th e Christi an notes of humility, charity, and adoration, and th ese feelings pulsate through

her wo rks, giving it its unmistakea ble q uality of spiritual depth and fer vo ur.

Finally, a wo rd must be said abo ut the sheer mass iveness of her achievement. It has alwa ys been realised that there is a touch of Shakespearea n greatness about her a nd a recent cri tic in order to bring out the greatness of her understanding of life compares her with Tolstoy. We necd onl y consider thc scope of the three novels of her maturityRomola, A1iddlemarch and Daniel Derollda . Romola is an asto undingly powerful evoca tio n

of the li fe of 15th century Florence-a resurrection of the past which is both a rtistically ali ve and painstakin gly acc urate. Middlemarclz is unique in English fi ction as a comprehensive, many- hued sociological stud y of English provincial li fe, interweavin g i nto a

rich pattern th ree plots going on simultaneo usly in three strata of society. As though this I'

were no L enough, by way of intellectua l virtuosity and imaginative grasp of social " mil ieux" in th eir fulln ess and breadth, she passes in Daniel Deronda to a study of country- llO use and co un ty society which she presents wit h such inwa rdness of knowledge that it must rank as her most di stinctive and mature achievement. No wo nder Henry

James, who could portray such society only through the eyes of a fo reign observer, said of this wo rk: " I am delighted in its deep, rich English to ne, in which so many notes seemed melted together. " That is it ; it is the peculiar English flavo ur of our upper class lay and clcrica l society which Geo rge Eliot captures with such inimitable effect, and she does so through the enduri ng impressions of her early life at Arbury, Warwickshire. H AROLD K NIGHT

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REFLECTIONS ON THE TERCENTENARY OF CHARLES I's EXECUTION Centena ries give scope fo r sentime nt and sentimental nonsense.

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Charles has suffe red the fu ll fate acco rded to martyrs, and become a divine object of adora ti on. Tn a sermon preached at St. Marga ret's, Westmin ster, to commemorate the tercentenary of Charles' executio n, Cano n Smyth declared, " It is the unique distin ction

of Charles I that he died for the Churc h of Engla nd and that is why it is as natural that we should observe this three-hu ndred th an ni versary as that the Universal Chu rc h should commemorate the martyrdom of St. Stephen". A bold claim. Its wort h need not, however, be exa min ed herc, fo r the fut il ity of this kind of position was with devastating effect laid bare in an "Open Letter to the Bishop of London " in the Observer for February 20th. Thus we shall not concern ourselves here with hi s selfis h a nd irres ponsible rule; his den ial of freedom of speech, of writ in g, of religio n ; his tyra nny in taxa tion ;

his dupl icity in captivity and the puerile attempts to divide his enemies a nd restore himself on the pro p of eithcr one of them ; his sacrifice of Strafford, a nd the unreliability of th e roya l word; his fai lure to apprec iate th e growth of the nation into manhood ;

the fo ll y of thought that the sons of men who had dared Elizabeth should cravenly

the goodwi ll a nd consent of the people-so stra nge in him who commended H ooker 's Ecclesiastical Polify to his children, yet heeded not that Scholar 'S co unsel that for Âˇa ny prince to legislatc withou t the consent of the people " is no bctter than mere tyranny"* ; these and the rest were not slight faults that called fo rth the Petition of Right in 1627, a nd prod uced the abolition of Star Cha mber a nd High Commission, the Bishops' Exclusion Bill a nd the Gra nd Remonstra nce of 1641. T hey were not all Purita ns, Plebeians a nd Psalm-singers that were ar ra yed against him in August, 1642, when he let slip the dogs of wa r. He lost that Firs t Civil War, as he had lost those other wars by mea ns of which he would establish his personal view of religion over Scotland. In captivity he was privy to the planning of the Sccond Civil War, which settled his own fate, for the others could no longer bel ieve his wo rd. Beyond doubt his captors wished hi m dead, but didn 't wish to kill him ; executed, he wo uld become a martyr, a nd all that he stood for be lifted up fa r above the sordid level of his kin gly acts a nd facts; they wo uld be for ever branded as murderers, a nd their strugglc for freedo m of speech and of rel igion, fo r consent in legislation, bc ridiculed as a Mino ri ty Rul c of the Sword. It IS dIfficult to see what else they could do. In theI r anxiety to preserve what had been purchased wit h so much blood, they must have been fortified by Petit ions, such as that which came to them from over 1,100 "well-affected " Men of Kent. The Kentish Petition thanked the Parliament " for their vindicating and preserving of the just power of the people", for nipping in the bud plots of the " illaffected ", and fo r preventing anot her disastrous war. The Petition concludes " That no twithsta nding all Suggestions to the Contra ry, the Tryal of Charles Stewart Kmg,

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blood, by man shall hIS blood be shed ' . "

The copy of thi s Petition was given by the Rev. Ri chard Fostcr, Rector of Crun da le carly 111 the 1700's, to thc Antiquary Dr. John Thorpe of Rochester, who passed it on to Thomas Hea rn e a t Oxford. The latter printed It among the Appendices to Volume 2 of hIS Black Book of th e Exc.hcqucl:, where, the curiollS may still read it, an d its K enti sh n a~nes. Several Boremans Signed It, as did Paramores and Fishcn dens, Chiltendens, Phl!po ts, Le~kn o rs, Pattensons al~d Ram sdens, Scotts, Loves, Kingsfords, Merrial s, TWlsdens, Ffl ends, Ashcndens, Hentages, Ladds, Austens, Savages and Sackets, Denncs Paulets, Kn atchbulls and Nethersoles. It would be a joy to know someth ing of one 0;' h,,:,o ~ h o possessed st lHllge ~al11es . There IS William Cloakc, with Mathias Staake. and R,clMrd Bloak ; one James IS a Ju ggler, a nd a John is a Pi per. Merel y to possess such a cognomen as BUl1wa st might be Illegal 111 days of bread rationing. Do ubtless all social c!asses ~re repre~ented, though Aron Rats was probably not of the ari stocracy. Two slgnatones read "~e a ~r<?sen.t-day challenge, Robert and Peter Ea tmeat ; maybe in those days a mark of soclHl dlstlllcll(?n. Robert Sill y mllst have been worth more than his na me. Som~ surnames wo uld prOVide tough m ~teri a l for resea rch- how did one Thomas aC9u~r~ Ha l~figoe for his? And. ~athan l e l Hackstep suggests a primiti ve origin in prml l ~l ve fOlests, but why ~>n e William was ca lled Unirum passes thi s writer 's understand ,n g. No doubt the scnbes ha ve much to answer for.

PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS Very many years ago a brother-in-law of mine wen t to Uppingham. The fees we re £110 and the prospectus had e1ght octavo pages. To-da y I do not know what the fees are, but they ar:e probably double. Of course; for in the inte rval of 50 yea rs most CO m modities have lI~creased at I ~ast Ihree and jo ur limes in money va lue. Education , as always, lags behll1d! You mIght wonder why schools which charged £x in 19 14 do not now demand ~3x. All the costs of a home have multiplied to tha t extent- and even moreand a school s expenses are thos.e of cr home. Rates, fu el, electricity, books, furniture, f~od! a~d so on, cost no more In the one than the other. True, a sharp-eyed person w111 md,cale that schools do nol pay Income Tax . Tha t is so but domestic servants garden~rs , gr.o und sm~ll -which ma.ny .homes do without, and mds t have to- arc the most sev~re Item III the bill, far outwelg~l~lg the incidence of Income Tax. A fa irer CO ITIpanson would be that of an hotel ; It 1S now rare to find even a modest hotel willing to have yo~ for less than 20/- to 30/- a da y. But the hotel does not ha ve to find schoolmasters. Agamst the hotel a school's cha rges are a mazingly moderate. The great maJonty of pubhc schools now ask annual sums ran ging from £160 to £230 If tl could have the least expensive hotels' charge of 20/- a day they would be i'n clov~{ Average a term of 90 days, a nd the annual fee wo uld be £270! Clearly then school ~ ~u st be econolTIlslll.g somewhere. They cannot cut costs on any of the materials lIsed 111 a home-rates, hght and heat, laundry, food and so forth The answer is that the sch~olm asters are underpaid! The fact is well enough know;" but the remedy is no t obvIOUS. Salanes have been put up 111 all the grades of the profession, nota bly after the 122

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1914- 18 War, and again in 1946. But they are still low as against the Civil Service and the Forces, and , of co urse, bear no co mparison with the rewards of Industry, Medicine and Dentistry. Only the Chu rch pays worse. A married man in a good public school of thc £200 class may get (say) round about £500 by the time he is 30, £600 or so as he nears 40 ; and in many places he is not likely to go much beyond Ihal- possibly he may eventuall y get to '£700 or £800. J n few schools- very few- can he look forward to £ 1,000. The sa laries of resident masters- those who have board and lodgin g in the school- will be perhaps £150 or so less; they are obviously better off, but it is 10 be remembered that for 16 weeks in the year they mllst keep themselves. This is a very real grievance and ought to be remedied ; salaries o ught to be so much higher, that schoolmasters can live free from anxiety, and able yo ung men be attracted into the profession: at the moment they are going elsewhere, save for those who have a true vocation to leaching and are not concerned with its financia l rewards. But the money is not there! It has already been shown that the costs of a home and of a n holel are the costs of a school , except that masters must be added: but schools cannot charge hotel tariffs, and ha ve no surplus fun ds out of which to do fo r their masters much more than they are doin g. Certainly they cannot lift the profession to that financial level which would be j ust and right. Where ca n addition al money be found? QLiite clearly not from parents. School fees have been increased to a point beyond which- for 99 parents o ut of 100- they cannot go. Indeed, if anything in the nature of a slump should come, numbers of parents would be unable to maintain their children at boardin g schools. It could come from the Statewhich many people deem to have a bottomless purse-but at a price. The' 'Independent" schools would have to transfer themselves, lock, stock and barrel, to the Government, and would cease to be independent in any sense of the word . Even then, it is questionable whether the Slate wo uld very much ra ise teaching salaries; for if that were done for one "Grade", it wo uld be demanded by all "Grades " . Possibly it is in the very nature of -the profession that the employer- be it State or Governing Body-cannot make large all-over increases. The good teacher is in val uable-no price is too high for him ; but all teachers are not of this kind, and the labourer is wort h only his hire. Besides, it is impossible always justly to decide who is an excellent teacher, who is good, who is moderate, who is useless. Examination success is some-b ut a dangerous-criterion; and nonsuccess can (so metimes justl y) be att ributed to the du lness of the pupils. In fact there is no ya rd-stick whereby to measure what A, B and B are relatively worth: the present tendency (since 1918) is to regard teachers as being all worth pretty much the same, and that can be a very mischievous idea. In all other professions a man stands or fall s by his marked success or failure. If too many of his patients die, Doctor Jones will lose customers; the dentist will find his waiting- room empty, if the fi llings always fall out. The engineer's bridge must stand up to its work, and the lawyer's conveyances be unquestionably beyond cavil. The problem is extremely difficult. The Independent Schools can expect no help from the State; they receive now all that parents can afford; if prices and costs continue to rise, their situation will be more difficult, which the event of a slump would render critical. At one time it was thought that a partial underpinning would lie in the help afforded to parents by Local Education Authorities-help that originated out of the Fleming Report. In fact, some L.E.A.'s have been and are generous in the assistance 123

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given: others arc reluctant, and indicate to e n q ~i~ing paren~s their own excell ent day schoo~s . Mo reover, her,e a ~d the~e, these Aut h ~ fI.t l es a~e be~lnn in g to set up their own

boardmg schools, and In lim e will no doubt limit th elT aSSistance to the maintenance of such schools, Within a short enough space of time, therefore, it may be that this local help wIll dry up. What then WIll an Independent School be able to do, when (I) it cannot as k the State to help : (2) L. KA, subsIdIes cease: (3) parents can pay no more, though costs n se : (4) parents must wIthdraw therr bo~s because (a) the L.E,A, subsidy is ca ncelled, and/ or (b) there IS trade depresSIon ? It IS not too much to say that this question IS vItal for every Independent School of whatever type or class, wit hout a sin gle exception, The only solution the writer of this article can see is that the Old Boys of every school ,

should co~e to i~s as.sistanc~. Wh at all schools need, and need now morc than they have ever done In their history, IS a large Endo wment which brin gs in such inco me as wi ll ~ nable a school to face trad ~ depressi?l1, the cessa ti on of local financia l help, and the lOcrease of costs- amol1& WhICh the prlme,place s ~ o~lld be afforded to teaching salaries.

Old Boys may not constItute wea lthy bodIes, but It IS well to reflect that the success in life achieved by them is very often attrib utab le to their school- say in the devotion of some master who f'! unded t~ejr career, or in ~ he excellence of its atm osphere, or even in

the generous fin ancIal help It gave to enable ItS members to enter professions otherwise closed to them. " Look unto the Rock whence ye were hewn " is a marvellously appos ite Old Test~ment text at this moment for the Old Boys of every school. In a way there was never a tim e ~hen It was so easy to gIve handsomely as now ! ~hat is the use of hoarding

uJ? large capital , when one levy has been already made, and

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wIll sweep away a large percentage of it? What better can any ma n do than help his school- which, with all its errors and faults in his own day, he would hate to see die-to surVIve, help It to do for others what it so richly (as the just man knows) did for him ? One

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say wl~h one unpleasa nt mas ter; or to some one error of judgment

such as refuslllg a boy hIS CrIcket Colours; or some ma n will say the food and cond itions III hIS day were u~worthy, Probably they were, but in all likeli hood the school then cut Its coat accordmg to the cloth, and gave as much as the (then) meagre fees would l?e~mlt t.o be done, In ~ny event it is inequitable and irrational to blame the whole of a Irvlllg h l~torIC commumty fo r the faults of some individual, or the mal-adm inistratio n of a partIcular epoch. We here are concerned with our own School at Canterbury-financiall y not much wo rse and not ,!,~ch better, It may be, than most. [n July, 1939 the Feast Society was revived, whIch orIgm at~d m1 712 and dIsappeared about 1880, That Society raised fund s to send bo~s to the Ulllversltles, a nd Its fund s-whIch have been enjoyed by many Old Boys still IIvmg-remam, though not amountIn g, to mu~h In these days. At a banquet in that Ju ly, the late Duke of Kent declared the SocIety revIved and hImself Its President and he called on the 200 men present to rally to the School 's support. Then and ther~ the plan was form ed to raISe ÂŁ [00,000 Endowment, a nd those present signed their names as ready and WIllIng to aSSIs t the School. But on September 3rd, wa r was declared ; and since then, alas! many of those present have departed this life, among them the Duke himself and those most whole-hearted friends of the School, Fairfax Luxmoore Lord Plende; and Hugh Walpole, So the Feast Society has not, in fact, been revived '; but it would be a

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timely thing to do so, were the 0, K,S, Association enthusiastically to support this plan , After all a School- if it " belongs" to anybody-belongs to the Boys, past and present; they co~st itute the abid in g community. We a~e alive in our predecess<;>rs! and they in

their successors do live still. There the School IS to be found- a nd not 111 ItS mere local buildings, which change from generation to generation . It is an inheritance, a heritage from the past, handed on to those still living, and it is no t too much to say that whatever success a man has made of his life, whatever riches and ho nours have come hIS way, the most priceless thing he possesses is the mem bership of thi s ancient yet ever-new community.

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tale. You have missed the ' bus, you've left the gas on at home,

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But this tale must be sUIted to the dnver of the car and yo ur telling of it must enlist his sympathy, Therein lies the charm a nd the challenge of the ga mbi t. In a flash you must sum up your vIctIm and soften hIS heart. But what brIngs tea rs to the eyes of the sq uire's wife may bring abuse to the lIps of the lorry-drIver. I have foun d that one must have two basic personalities to switch on at WIll, the County and the Cockn ey , From these two spring all the refi nements so well-k nown to the cunmng hitcher, The essential props for the Count y turn are a slo w speech, a vag ue manner and a

distressed gentry appea rance suggestin g that yo u will die of ex posure unless rescued from the hedgerow. It is essential to wear somethlllg to prove beyond all doubt the class of society from which yo u spring, (the vagye manner may not be enough) ,and a n enclosure ticket of a gymkhana or a pOlnt-to-polllt attached by a slip k not to one s lapel is most impressive, especially if stamped with an admISSIon fee of more than one gUIllea,

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(I once travelled ~a ny miles on a Henley Enclosu re lickel, bul i hi s was risky when Free Foresters and I Ztngan were II1 volved .) Your conversa ti on must conta in no original thought, but may safely repeat the usual form ulae abo ut the weat her and the Labour Government. If you ca n contri ve to smell like a farm- yard, so much the better. The Cockney tl!rn includes. an~ low dia lect you feel yo u can get away with . You must bear a grudge aga l ~ s t everythll1g 111 ge n~ ra l bu t nothll1g in particular. You need a packet of Woodbllles, a hghter wIth a n untrImmed wick and sanguinary speech. Your conve rsa tIon ,must con tam no onglnal thought, but should repeat the usual formulae about t~e sa ngumary weather and the sa nguin ary Labour Government. You will not have had

tlf!1c to ref!1 ~ve ,th e enclosure ticket fr~:)!11 your lapel, so wa it for his comment, stare at the thlllg, say It Isn t yo urs anyway, tea r It from yo ur button~hol e and stuff it in you r pocket

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It tdkes ~ sportsl!lan to a~pre~late thiS qua int POJllt of View, and for the first mile or two yo~ won . t know tfyour dn,ver I ~ a sl?ortsma~ or not. If he is, you can safely say that you're dOll1g thIS for fun, and he II thll1k It splendId a nd do what he can to hclp. A timid little

man. recently took me forty miles out of Ill S way when I made my confession. "That 's all fi ght", he muttered, " there's only the missis at home." A true sportsman. With most people you must stick to yo ur' origi nal story. [f yo u ask for a li ft to Chester because yo ~ 've left the gas on a t home, you must get out at Chester. If you say you've mISsed the bus and the fello:" manages to catch up wit h it, you must board the thing. WhIch IS a bore, because It w.Ill cost yo u a penny and gct you nowhere. Any hitcher will confil m the etIquette of all tillS. If you rea ll y wa nt to go to Liverpool yo u first ask if he 's gOing ne~r Chester, get Ill, and a moment or two latcr you say "Actually I'm trying to ~et,to LIverpool to-night.'.' That 's all ri ght. If he's going there he'll take you. If he IS n t, he may have some hmts.

Now, how do you stop a car and what kind do you sto p ? Care is necessary. First of all you don't stop (0) a woman driving alone (b) a car that is clearly full (c) a brand new limousine, You ~ best bet is either a lorry-driver travelling alone or a couple past the fi rst pangs of matrImony. The fo~mer will appreciate a little company, the latter will be a trifle bored. Th.e met/wd ofst~ppll1g a c~r IS very Iml? o rta r~t. No one wants to stop when in traffic, when llOlll!; fast or uphlii. A statIonery car pIled WIth luggage and pointi ng in Ihe right direction IS a SItter.. (A qUlck glance at the la bels may: help yo u to manufacture a "coincidence' ' .) The conmvance of a petrol stallon staff IS IIl valuable. Failing this, the exit roads of a town are good, especIally If they have a slow patch. D on't force a car to stop. Don't look mIsera ble. There's little more to be. said. No thing can be done about beginners who are naive

~nough to take sUltcases WIth them ~ stop COOIng couples or tell wicked and improbable hes. They WIll never succeed . But If you wou ld have quick wits, low guile, rcso urcefulness and all th~ other graces 'o f a WIcked world, a week's hitching will teach you more than a month In the army-and that's saying a lot.

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ROMAN CHRISTMAS, 1948 C hristmas, wit h all its un iversal significance for the Christian wo rld, has become a national fea st. Though the Message is the same, it has been taken and assimilated to the cultural life of peoples du rin g nearly two th o usand yea rs, a nd no w Christmas in a foreign land becomes hardl y Chr istmas at all. What is it that di vides the Northern from the Southern Christmas in Eu rope? Why docs one feel more a stranger in Haly on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year '1 It is not merely a question of climate, for though there is brilliant sunshine by day, there are hard frosts by night. Eve n the fountain s arc frozen, and log fi res blaze from baroque fi replaces. These were questions which pre-occupied me as J entered the magnificent Renaissa nce Church of Santa Maria Maggiore at a few minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve. The en ti re Choir was a blaze of colour, with its scarlet hangi ngs, its myriad candles, and the vivid reds and purples of the ecclesiastica l robes. Only now could one rea ll y see the fi fth century mosaics of the apse as they were meant to be seen, their gold blendin g with that of the magnificent fifteent h-century ceiling of the nave (the gold of which had been presented by Alexander VI from the first to be brought fro m America) . The Church is one of the la rgest in Rom e, yet by midnight it was almost fu ll. I remembered that there were three hundred churches in Rome, a nd they wo uld all be as fu ll. Few co uld see the ceremonies proceedin g behind the High Altar, but I could see by the faces of the grea t majority that they were follo wing them wit h true reverence. Only here and there were the expressions merely indifferent or curious. Foreigners introduced a discordant note, especia ll y when they spo ke. I caught the voice of a n Englishwo man behind me. " I prefer a service where the people ca n join in !" I remembered a famous Brains Trust voice saying that when he was o n the Continent he fo und himself saying constantl y " Thank God I'm an English man! ' '. r have been more often as hamed at the ill-bred ostentati o n or the insular ignorance of my fell ow-countrymen abroad. I now felt a wave of resentment against this foo lish woman who thought that because the people were not bursting t'heir lungs wi th revivalist hymns they were not " joining in ". Could she not see the awe on the wrinkled faces of the aged and bowed crones around her? [ slipped away. Nex t morning, in St. Peter 's, I returned to the problem. High M ass was just beginning as I arr ived. The sun streamed in thro ugh the high windows of Michelangelo's dome : in England it wou ld have been a Spring day. Everywhere there was pleasant activity. Every chapel of the a isles had its little group of wo rshippers; there was a steady stream of people to kiss the toe of St. Peter, o r to kneel before his tomb in the crypt below the High Altar. Only when it co ntained so many hundred people co uld the real size and purpose of St. Peter 's be a ppreciated . For a mo ment my attentio n strayed from the people to the monuments of art and history, from the pathos and purity of Michelangelo's Pieta to the stirring relief of John Sobieski's delivery of Vienna, and from the fine reprod uction of Raphael 's Tran.ffiguration to Canova's wistful monument to "James Ill " of Engla nd. The architectural problem of the High Altar is o ne that presents itself to every visitor, Is this fanta stic superstructure, ninety-five feet high, the last word in architectural incongruity, or is it, after all, the only intelligent solution to the problem with which Bernini was faced? But already the sounds of the Introit were to be heard at the main altar, and I hurried on to the altar rail in time to see the entry of the Pontifical guard in their impressive Napoleonic uniforms. They lined the way for the entry of the

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Cardinal, in his magnificent scarlet cloak and train. He took his seat .to the right of the altar, and the deacons began unrobing him, and dressing him in mitre and episcopal robes. The Preparation was complete, and the reading of the Lessons began. I was fascinated with the youth who stood before the Cardinal supporting (upon the tripod formed by his two hands and his head) the Great Book, from which the Lessons were read. A choirboy hurried from the altar, noisily banged the altar rail gate and hurried up the aisle, returning in a moment with the Cardinal's ceremonial sandals; only just in time, for the Lessons were ending, and in a moment the Cardinal would have to rise from his chair. The bell rang three times. The Cardinal was swinging incense. There was complete silence. "This is My Body ..... " The choir, unseen behind their latticed parapet, swelled forth Palestrina's Mass, perhaps with more enthusiasm than skill (for Church music in Italy is at a low ebb) . The children seethed up to the altar rail, despite the "Scendere giu !" of the attendant, who, the order having been given, had fulfilled his duty, and made no attempt to enforce it. How different it all was from services at that moment being held in the parish churches and cathedrals in England . Why had the Christian Churches become so divided? What is the difference in spirit between Latin and Teutonic Christianity? As I stood somewhat drowsed by the pleasant warmth of the sunshine, and by the incense, the answer seemed to me to be this. The essence of Teutonic religions has always been their mysticism; the mysticism which Tacitus and Caesar noted in the Germanic cults, and which found its supreme expression in the northern Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. To the Teutonic peoples man lived and moved in a spi rit world; flesh and spirit were sharply divided, and the darkness and mists of the northern climate hid a thousand terrors for him. But mysticism was entirely absent from the Graceo-Roman civilisation and its

religions. Indeed their religions had been so much an everyday affair, and their gods SO much family, tribal or communal possessions, that it is doubtf~1 whether they had much real vitality. That was why Christianity so completely ousted them. But the " mental climate" remained. The household gods of the Romans disappea red, but the Roman attitude to the Virgin and the Saints was not so very different from the ancestral attitude to Vesta and the Lares. The Roman gods had been, so to speak, part of the family group, and in a very real sense the Virgin, her Son and the Saints became friends of the family. God, it is true, was remote and unapproachable, but the Virgin was there always as inter~ cessor. The Church has always been the real centre of Italian life, for every member of the family spends at least a few minutes there each day in prayer, and the Virgin and Saints are always ready to listen to fami ly troubles and misfortunes. Thus customs, somewhat repulsive to Protestant ways of thought, have continued through the ages. The Italian will still place the name of a sick person at the shrine of the Virgin as the Etruscans did two-and-a-half millennia ago. In one of the churches of Venice there is a doll in a gaudy wedding-dress, symbolic of the wedding of the Virgin. To Northern eyes it is, at least, taudry and tasteless, but to the Italian it is no more so than a wedding photograph so frequently displayed in Victorian households in this country. To the Italian the Church is the House of his Father in a sense more real than it had ever been in Teutonic countries. And so the beggar will sit at its door, the children will play in its portico, or in the nave itself, and young and old will live and die in the certainty of the infinite goodness and mercy of the Mother of God, and of the wisdom of the priest to guide them in all the problems of life.

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that it came but that it came with so much rancour that the Teutonic and Latin Churches have remai~ed ever since divided by barriers of partisanship and enmity, and each has been content to disseminate half-truths or downright false hoods about the other. One

thing is certa in. The two attitudes are poles apart. We wl~o li ve in a country .the face of

which has been entirely changed during the last two centunes, can only look wIth wonder upon a civilisation which has changed so little since the twelfth century. In Italy. one lives constantly in the presence of the past. The names and dOIllgs of the ScalIgen, D 'Este Doria and Medici families are far better known and of more real concern to the Italian 'than are those of the Plantagenets, the Cecils and the Dudleys in England. And the centre of it all, so long as continuous history stretches back, has been the Church.

Here, in St. Peter 's, more clearly than anywhere else, ~)l1e could see how completely Western civilisation and Christianity were bound lip wlth each other. Two thousand

years of history formed a pattern, or back-cloth, against which the present became clear\y intelligible. As the Mass came to an end, and the readlng.of the first ver~es of St. John s Gospel began, I passed through the SIlent crowds, out IIlto the sunshIne. R.W.H .

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Brentwood College, Sydney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. October, 1948. To the Editors of THE

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Dear Sirs, The Call/uarian has improved so much since I was an inconspicuous Editor in 1928 that it is with son;te trepidation that I now submit thi~ letter. A few y~ars ag?, howeyer, I made a voyage round !he world In a "windjammer " and you were kllld enough to print my ImpreSSions. So now t?erhaps yO)l will find space fo r a brlef account of my recent journey to the Pacific seaboard of the Amencan Contment. My wife, three young childrel~ and I s~id g~od-bye to ~ng.land. on August 17th.from the deck.of the Aqllitallia, which was crowded With Scottish, Insh and Pohsh Immigrants bound for c;anada. Durmg the voyage across the Atlantic we met vcry few Englishmen and were thankful. when after SIX days the lmer put into the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia. From Halifax we went by rail to Toronto, which we reached at midnight on the 25th. We had already decided to cross the continent from Toronto l? Victoria b~ road, so I ~ought a highpowered car with a trailer. These together cost me ÂŁ790. The trailer was speCially fitted wlth two double bunks and with a crib for ou r baby. Although the trailer was small, we made ourselves very comfortable. We set out from Toronto on September 2nd, intending to go most oJ the way acros~ Canada. But learning that the roads in Saskatchewa!1 consi.sted only of gravel and pot-holes, we crossed mto the U.~.A. near Detroit. This happened to be a wise chOIce for we found that U.S. petrol wa'i cheaper than CanadIan. We covered 2,800 miles in all, passing through the states of Michigan, Minnesota, N. Dakota, Montana, [daho and Washington, arriving at Victoria on September 19th.

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THE CANTUARIAN At present I am teaching History, Geography and French in a Canadian "private school", wh ich is our equiva lent to the English public school. The school 's sports are n igger and cricket ; and we, in the Engl ish tradition, have Prefects and part ly lise the " fagging " system. We also have Corps parades, but unlike you our Corps is wholly a Sea Cadet Force, since the school is o n the coast. For this reason I think that Ollr parades arc much less unpopular than the old Engli sh D.T.C. ones used to be. The Head Boy of this school is an American, and drives a very smart Oldsmobiie,- a striking con trast to the Headmaster 's car, which frequ ently refuses to be of any mobile use whatever ! [ wish the Schooi,- particularly Grange Hou se, of which I was a n ori ginal membcr,- the bes t of luck. And I do not hesitate to recommend British Columbia to anyone who is thinking of emigration . Yours, etc., GEORGE A. BATIERDURY, O.K.S. Somewhere in Kent. March, 1949. To the Editors of THE CANTUARJAN Dear Sir, I am told that the followi ng idea is new, though L think it must have been acted on very often. 1t is that O.K.S. who have held Scholarships or Exhibi tions mi ght, on gaining a n assured position in life, consider whether some part of the money they. recei ved shoul d not be repaid to the School. For example, one may have drawn £50 for fi ve years at School and three yea rs a t a University . Might not a quarter, a half or even the whole of the total be looked on as a " loan " ? Without going into detail s, a simple method of securing repayment would be by an " endowment " policy (say ten years' maturity) in favour of the School Fund. If thi s were started at age 25 the prem ium s would not be bu rdensome. In case of difficulty the School might have the option of paying the premiums. Of course any " Scheme " would be out of place. The circumstances are of infinite variety. A may send his sons to the School and so djscharge his debt. B may fi nd that the imponderable debt far outweighs the few hundred pounds in the ledger. After all, it is the imponderable debt which has been often so generously acknowledged in the past. I am mere ly making a humdrum suggestion to those to whom the idea may be new. I am, etc., XIXTH CENTURY O.K.S. To the Editors of THE CANTUARJAN Dear Sir, May I also add my voice to those a ppealing for a School Sung Eucharist. All the reasons against it such as non-appreciation, seem to make its presence even more desirab le if looked at logica lly. ft seems hardly fair that the School should only have the lesser services of Matins and Evensong as a guide to the ritual of the Christian Religion. There are too some people in the School who would be willing to forego their breakfast for the- Lord's Supper. Yours faithfull y, B ELIEVER

To the &iitors of THE CANTUARIAN Sir, What is "Church " Music? Is there a "standard music" for Anglican Churches and, if so, who has set it and by what authority ? We are taught that in life no difference ought properly to be made between the secular and sacred-work as a doctor is holy work jf done conscientiously, so is a good Latin prose. But there is this distinction made in music; some is prescribed as •• Church ", some is proscribed. At the risk of being in error, I may say that apparently anything composed in the 16th and 17th centuries is "good " and admissible-but did Homer never nod ? Another deduction I would make is that only the compositions of sturdy Britons are accepted. The mantle which Moza rt and Schubert

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In the last edi tion of The Cantuarian there appeared an article reviewing Professor Collingwood's magnu m opus The Idea of His/ory. The " Idea" consisted of a themelhal "all history is the history of thought", that its sole purpose is self-knowledge; that the historian cannot. prophesy; that histo ry is in no sense "scientific". The reviewer maintained that the book is " one of the two or three most important books on the philosophy of history which have ever been written in this country " and placed it in the same category as Descartes's Discours de fa Methode and Newton 's Principia . . Critics are apt to ind ulge in hyperbole. Collingwood 's thesis was neither epoch-making nor even, in its essentials, original. He is in the tradition of idealistic thinkers who, from Plato to Hegel and modern times, have enunciated a belief in the comprehension of some Idea. Inevitably certain metaphysical abstractions are built around the Idea and the historian is permitted only to question the thought expressed, never the conditions ' which give rise to that thought. This idealist philosophy asserts that only our mind exists ; that the material wo rld has being only in our sensations; that history, the study of past thought, is therefore a subjective study. The scientific historian denies this thesis. To him matter is an objective reality existing independent of our mind, and it is the source of our thoughts and ideas. Indeed " the question of the relation of thinking to being is the paramount question of the whole of philosophy" . This is not economic determinism, for there is an interaction of the effects of political, legal, philosophical, and religious ideas on man 's thought. But man at the forum of history should be judged by what he does, not by what he says or believes or tpinks. R: H. TawnC¥ in his book Religion and the Rise of Capitalism provides the answer to Collingwood 's ontological argument. "An historian is concerned less to appraise the validity of an idea than to understand its development". Tawney turned to the economic revolution as the source of the Reformation. " L 'esprit calviniste " was co-ordinated with " I 'esprit des hommes nouveaux que la revolution economique du temps introduit dans la vie des affaires" . History is no longer seen to be a branch of ethics, but a stage where forces which are within human control contend with forces without it. It is to the environment of man we must look, to the structure of society, to the economic basis, for true perspective in history. 131

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sees a unified but evolutionary process in history; a law of growth and decay, of progress in change. " All natlJ1'e .... from the protista to man is in a ceaseless state of movement and chan ge. " Like Collingwood, the scientific histori an discerns three main peri ods

in human existence, but the emphasis is on existence, not thought, on humani ty, on "the vast Arris web of universal history". It is determin istic o nl y in the sense in which sociology is deterministic. It is not fatalistic like Dr. Pa ngloss, " tous les evenements so nt enchaines da ns Ie meilleur des mo ndes possibles". By noting cha ngi ng socia l a nd economic forms a trend may be discern ed. T his is neither a n "arrangement" no r a "pigeo n-holing" of history as is alleged, but a scient ific stud y of mankind's evolu tion. T he enli ghtened historian will therefore chiefl y seek to study not merely thoughts but social tendencies, geographical envi ronment, natural sti muli, econo mic condit io ns. History is about hu ma n beings a nd their rela ti onshi ps, not a ho ll ow eclecticism "one emergency following upon another as wave follows wave". Collingwood rej ected the " p eriod " historia n who talks of the "relative val ue of epochs". But he was a prey to t he current philosophic pessimism in his denial of progress. One ' s Weltanschaung is conditio ned by the philoso phy o ne holds, and belief i n the Na tu rDialektik implies an optimistic faith. As Arnold Toy nbee wri tes: " The histo ria n is a piece of sentient flotsam on the eddying surface of the stream of time" . Progress in history is a perceptible and inevitable m ov~ment. Hence there is a purpose in histo rical st udy apart from self-knowledge. There may be etern al objects in history but it is for rea listic principles that the historian must search. Histo ry is a pragmatical study. History is a science.

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T H E M US IC SOCIETY As there have been very few free Sunday evenings this term, and no other time could be found fo r meet ings, the Society's activities have been considerably curtailed. The desire expressed at the beginning of the term to util ise the ta lent of members of t he Society at each meet ing has met with litt le success. The President gave a talk on Ve rdi, and the Secretary gave a short oboe recital. Since then, the plans fo r the proposed " Twen ty Questions" have fa llen through and a gramophone recita l was held instead . We look forward wit h pleasure to an Organ Recital by D r. Suttle, to be given early in March. P. C. F. BASSElT. [ A dismal report. Five Su ndays have passed to the time of receipt, and on no Sunday evening has there been a School activity. Tn the whole term only fo ur Sundays wi ll have been occu pied. We suggest ping·pong is 100 powerful a ri val attract ion.- Etls.]

MARLOWE SOCIETY President: S. S. SOPWITH, ESQ. Duri ng the cause of the term the following papers were read to the Society: T he Theatre of today by P. A. Fyfc Coope r. Towards a defini tion of poetry by S. S. Sopwith. Modern Music by C. B. Manning·Press. The modern Sta te of Isrea l. One meeting was devoted to members ' " Origi nals " . NOTE.- This must go in in this form or not at all.-P.A.F·C. [We have obeyed Ihi s injunction and therefore decline responsibil ity fo r the spelling.- Eds.]

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T H E CAXTO N SOC IETY The Caxton Society (i,e. The Printing Club) has this term entered into one of the most useful periods of its life. We are now able to undertake much of the School an d House printin g. Members are ex tremely keen on their wo rk. We feel great ly honoured thut the typographer of the Canterbury College of Art, Mr. S. Hickson is tak ing a great interest in the Society and we have had a very valuable lantern lecture on type faces. We a re indebted to hi m for his kind assistance in design and a lso in lend ing us equipment without which we would have been helpless. The Headmaster, some O.K .S., and friends have assisted us by giving us money, type and materials. We are trying to reach a hi gh standard of quali ty pri ntin g. D. R. BARBEf.,

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THE LIBRARY The gift which we a re most proud to accept is the do nor 's own wo rk ; and this term we are pleased to receive from Miss Mills bel' biography of Edith Davidsoll ~r Lambeth , and from our Headmaster his Elizabeth's First Archbishop. Anotber personal gift comes from Mr. F . H. C. Harris, whom many of us will remember as Bursar; three volumes of Churchill's Great War. Of this work Mr. H arris adds : "I think it is the best record of that p~riod (1914-18). that I have come ac~oss, and I can vouch for the account it gives of the MllllStry of MUl1ltlOns because I was In charge of the office of the Munitions Council a nd most of the confidential documents of the Ministry passed through my hand s" . We gratefully acknowledge gifts from thc following O.K.S. :- \'. V. Gurr, Esq., J.P. ; P. C. V. Lawless, Esq. ; T. S. B. Roseveare, Esq. ; C. Wenban, Esq. The Li brarian is grateful for the assistance given hy the Assistant Librarians, C. A. R. Hoare and P. A. Moss.

MUSIC THE CHOIR Since the last issue of. The Cantuarian ' the following a nthems have been sung in Cathedral :- Beali quorum via (Stanford), Hear my prayer (Mendelssohn), Wache! aUf (Bach), God liveth still (Bach), How great the harvest is (Charles Wood), Lord for thy tender mercy's sake (Hilton), Blessed be the God alld Father (Wesley), Rej oice in 'the Lord (Purcell) and Lord Jesus hath a garden (Shaw). At the beginning of term a B.B.C. mobile recording unit visited Can ter bury in connectIOn with a proposed broa~ca st to North Amenca . The B.B.C. took this opportunity to make recordlllgs of three items by thc School C hOir- a Morley madrigal and two short a nthems- saying that if they liked them the discs would be " processed " and placed in their permanent library. All three items were in fact processed and may now possibly be heard in future B.B.C. programmes . Shortly after this, Mr. David Davies (" David", of the Children's Hour) asked the Headmaster whether the choir might broadcast on Easter D ay in a programme of Carols and Easter Hymns. This has now been arranged and the broadcast will take place about 5 p.m. in the Home Service. THE CHORAL SOCIETY Following its performance of the Brahms' Requiem earlier in the term (reported in last term 's Cantuarian), the Choral Society gave a varied programme of Christmas Carols Carols in the Chapter House on December 16th, in which carols sung by the entire choir of some 120 voices were alternated with others sun g by the King 's School members alone. The Society has recen tly undergone a reÂˇorganisation, necessitated for financial reasons and is now called "The King's School and Canterbury Choral Society" . The only alternative course was to put a stop to Choral Society concerts which cou ld not pay for themselves. Under the new arrangement the Headmaster is President as hitherto but the Society is self-supporlin~, paying for its performances out of me~bers' subsc;iptions ~ale of ti9k~ts, etc. '

THE CANTUA RIAN The next work scheduled for performance is Bach's Magnificat, for which rehearsals have been in progress th roughout the term . It has yet to be decided by the Festival Committee whether or not this will be sung as part of the Friends' Festival Week in June. THE SCHOOL CONCERT At the end of the Christmas Term a very successful School Concert was given in the Chapter House, the most notable feature of which was a number of o rchestra l items

played by a full symphony orchestra of some 45 boys and masters. There were only three outside helpers, and thc quality of the playing spoke much for the progress of instrumental playing in the School. Of the individual items, Bassett's oboe playing and Duck 's playing of the Mozart concerto movement with Jones at the other piano deserve special mention. WINIFRED RADFORD AN D GRACE SHEARER On Monday, November 8th, we were given an unusual and lively entertainment by Miss Winifred Radford , who was accompanied at the piano by Miss Grace Shearer. Miss Radford has toured the country in Intimate Opera, and on this occasion she gave us a programme of songs and recitations, for which she dressed in the costumes of the periods represented . She first sang a group of 18th century songs, which was followed by a selection of folk-songs. These were charmingly sung. But the most successful and the most popular part of her programme came at the end, when she gave a few recitations

of poems by Hilaire Belloc and Edward Lear, the favourite being Lear's The Courtship of the YOl1ghy-Bonghy-Bo. Apart from hcr excellent accompaniment on the piano, Miss Shea rer provided us wit h a very pleasant interlude with a gro up of piano solos, which included a sonata by Charles Avison. ALAN LOVEDAY AND ERNEST SUTTLE

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THE PETER GIBBS QUARTET On Saturday, February 5th, the Peter G ibbs Quartet gave us a programme of Mozart and Beethoven. This is a newl y-formed Quartet, whose members came together on the advice and encouragement of Sidney Griller. This was their third public concert, but it was a pleasure to hear such fine ensemble playing. We wish them every success in the future, and hope we may have the opportunity of hearing them again some day.

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bedrooms with their great four-poster beds and rich hangings. We could not, of course, fully realise from the black-and-white slides, the richness of the colours in these rooms, nor could we appreciate the great tapestry in the chapel. But how interesting it was to think of the great Dr. Donne preaching from tbat pulpit and the record of one guest having to be removed from the sermon " all-blubbered with weeping" ! The obvious love that Miss Sack ville-West had for her subject was infectious, and at lunch-time we were extremely sorry to hear the last of Knole. MR. JOHN BETJEMAN On March 14th Mr. John Betjeman lectured to the Sixth Forms and the Scbool Literary Societies on Tennyson. "Lecture" is hardly the right word for the delightfully informal talk on this subject by an admirer of things Victorian and a disciple of Tennyson . Mr. Betjeman began by omitting what he said was an extraordinarily good introduction to the poetry of the 19th century. His chronological survey of Tennyson 's early life soon became a discussion of some of the characteristics of the poet and man. He described Tennyson 's method of working- his mornings of writing and ceaseless revision, and his afternoon walks in which he recited his poems aloud, a practice which Mr. Betjeman commended to all who write poetry which should come " trippingly on the tongue " . Tennyson was a pictorial poet ( "and, of course, as a lyrical poet he is unmatched' '), and Mr. Betjeman read passages from In Memoriam, the Idylls, and

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THE CANTUARIAN Betjeman is no satirist-he knows clearly enough the flimsy triviality of suburban lifc, but he describes it with affection. There is neither cruelty nor dispassio nate aloofness in such lines as :"Conifer county of Surrey, approached Through remarkable wrought-iron gates. Over your boundary now, I wash my face in a bird-bath." or again, where suburbia has in vaded even the Celtic pre-history of Cornwall,- in the remarkable " Sunday Afternoon Service in St. Enodoc Chu rch " :"Even the villas have a Sunday look. The Ransome mower's locked into the shed. 'I have a splitting headache from the SUll ,' And bedroom windows flutter cheerful chintz. Where, doublc-aspi rincd, a mother sleeps; While father, in the loggia, reads a book, Large, desultory, birthday-present size, Published with coloured plates by COUIIlI'Y Life. " One of Betjeman's most ebullien t suburban poems is his " Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden", with its already much quoted explosion :"Pam, I adore you, Pam, you great big mountainous sports girl, Whizzing them over the net, full of the strength of five: That old Malvernian brother, you zephyr and khaki shorts girl, Although he's playing for Woking, Can't stand up To your wonderful backhand drive. " Though such passages reveal with devastating clarity much of the triteness of modern England, they never lash to a fury or dismiss with contempt: for Betjeman loves his Highgate, or North Oxford, or even Margate, as much as J. B. Priestley himself! To the enquiring stranger who wants to know something about English ways we might well commend Betjeman. If we don't like much of modern England, maybe we shall not greatly care for these poems. It would be unfair to over-emphasise this one aspect of Betjeman. His sense of the natural scene is remarkable and there arc passages of great beauty in pure description. Again we quote the "Sunday Afternoon Service in St. Enodoc Church " :"Where deep cliffs loom enormous, where cascade Mesembry-anthemum and stone-crop down, Where the gull looks no larger than a lark Hung mid-way twixt the cliff-top and the sand. Sun-shadowed valleys roll along the sea, Formed by the backwash, see the nearest wave Rise to a wall of huge, translucent green And crumble into spray along the top Blown seaward by the land-breeze. Now she breaks And in an arch of thunder plunges down To burst and tumble, foam on top of foam, 138

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HOCKEY Date

Jan. 29. Feb. 5. Feb. 8. Feb. 16. Feb. 17.

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Against better sides the weaknesses have been uncertain passing and overhurried attempts to clear. Positioning of the halves and bac ks has, in the main, been good. The forward line, when complete, has been exceptionally fin e. The value of the " through pass" has been learned, and is no w being lIsed with extremely effective results. We have been very fortunate in the weather this term and have not had to cancel a single match on that account. There are three matches to be played, one of which is against the "Oxford Occasionals ". Now the team is at last complete it is expected that it should do well at the forthcomi ng Public Schools Hockey Festival at Oxford . The Xl is greatl y indebted to Major K. A. Gross and to the Rev. 1. H. Edmonds for their valuable coaching, while Mr. F. Stanger and Mr. D. Stainer have ki ndly given their assistance with the School hockey games. LF.B. HOCKEY CHARACTERS !. F . BL<\CK- Hc has been a most effective captain, and a sOllnd centre forward ; he gets the line moving very well, and his through passes arc always dangerous; his st ick-work is good and he has a very strong shot. T. C. B. Swayne (right back) has been the mainstay of the defence, and extremely energetic: he ta kes the ball well on the stick and has a hard cleara nce. â&#x20AC;˘ A, G. P. Davidson (centre-ha lf) positions himself well, and is very hard-worki ng; he is sound in defence and backs his forwards up well in attack. R. O. A. NORRIS (ins ide~ left) has unfortunately been absent for several matches, but is one of the most effective forwards; his stick~ work is very good and he has an excellent shot. P. J. WALKER (ins i de~right) is the t hird of an exceptionally good team of inside forwards; he is very clever with his stick, but has a tendency to hold on to the ball a fract ion too long. E. K. LEWIS (goalkeeper) has been very sound indeed in his position; he has a very good kick to clear, and is rarely caught on the wrong leg. T. T. MORGAN (left~ wi ng) is effective in getti ng the ball up the wing, but sometimes leaves his centre rat her late j he is cultivating the fl ick wi th good effect. B. E. LEE (right~ hal f) is a steady and accurate player ; he puts in some good through passes in support of an attack, but sometimes fi nds himself out of position in defence. C. B. MANN I NG~PRESS (left back) has come on a lot lately, and takes the ball better on his st ick, though he is st ill a little slow to clear. J. L. CUNNINGTON (left~hal f) is a hard~workin g half ; his passes in attack are good, but he is liable to be caught too far forward in defence. D. S. ELLIS (right wing) is a happy~go ~l ucky player whose pace is valuable, but his stickwork is not very accurate. 1ST

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V HERNE BAY HOCKEY CLUB (Home) King's, 4 goals; Herne Bay H.C., 7 goals A good game. The School team played well considering it was the first match and so near the com~ mencement of term, Within the first few minutes Herne Bay showed themselves to be the better side, Their passing and positioning were superior to the School 's. The team was : E, K. Lewis, P. C. F. Ba ss~tt , C. B. ManningpPress, B. E. Lee, A, G. p, Davidson, T. C. B. Swayn~, T. T, Morgan, R. 0 , A. Norns, 1. F. Black, P. J. Walker, C. G . S. Paterson.

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King '5, 3 goals; St. Lawrence, I goal This was the first time for a month that the School X[ was complete. Both sides had their chances, but perhaps our forwards were a shade quicker than their opposite numbers. There was a tendency for our defence to be a little erratic. Lewis kept goal well ; he saved one or two very hard shots. The team was: E. K. Lewis, C. B. Manning-Press, T. C. B. Swayne, B. E. Lee, A . G. P. Davidson , J. L. Cunnington, T. T. Morgan, R. O. A. Norris, I. F. Black, P. J. Walker, D . S. Ell is.

FENCING CLUB Two fixtures have taken place this term , aga inst Harrow School and Tonbridge.

The result of the Harrow match was a win for the opposing tearn by 13 bOllts to 12, after a very close

finish. The experience gained in this matchÂˇshowed result s in the encounter with Tonbridge, which was won with little difficulty by 19 bouts to 6. As all of last year's sabreurs have left, the weapon used in matches th is term has been the foil only. It is hoped that the standard of sabreing will im prove for next year. From among the team members, in whom there has been a marked impro~ement, S. D. Valentine has stood out in matches for his determination and care in defence and attack. Thanks are due to our instructor, Sergeant Osborne, for the time and care he has spent each week, and to the Royal Marines, Deal, for judging in the last match and giving a very instructive demonstration. B. E. LEE, Captaill Fel1cing .

SQUASH This season we began with an almost completely fresh team. Our first match was against Kent County wh ich we lost 1--4. Then we had mo re encouraging result s by defea ti ng Wye College 3- 2 and Deal 2- 1. Later in the term, however, Wye College played LI S on their own courts and defeated us 3- 2. We ended thi s term with a match against an O.K.S. team whom we easily defeated 4- 1.

BOXING NOTES The boxing this season has continued its unbeaten record of last year ; in that season we won all five matches and this year we have won four, and drawn the best match of them all, with Harrow. This is a very creditable ac hievement, and is largely due to the keenness and skilful instruction of Sergeant Osborne. Our lighter weights have been particularly successful, led by Read, Young and Watkins; the others are coming on well and only laCK experience. The heavier weights, though often successful, are apt to rely too much on rushes, and not so much on boxing skill; against St. Lawrence and H arrow they were no t so successful as the lighter weights. Body-punching is noticeably good throughout the team, and has been favourably commented on several times ; moreover our boxers are usually fitter than their opponents. ST. LAWRENCE, RAMSGATE.- Won 5-4. This was a hard match which we on ly won in the last bout. CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.- WOn 6-4. This was a paired match in which R . W. G . Reed scored a good knock-out.

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MEISTER OMERS . The origin of the name of "Meister Omers" is of considerable interest. At one time It was supposed that it was derived from the French "Ormeaux" (elmtrees). This had a slIght foundahon because the part of the Prec111cts around the building was called the "Homers", in much the manner that part is to-day called the "Oaks". It se~ms ~~weyer, now to,?e fai~ly definite that it is a corruption of "Magister Homerus" MeIster Omers . ThIS Master Homer was a man living towa rds the end of the thirteenth century within t~? Cathedral Pr~~incts and seems to have been attorney or steward to the monaste\y. MeIster Omers Itself was at one tIme part of the buildings set aSIde for the entertalllment of the more important guests of the Prior. I.C.M.

c. C. F. NOT E S The mysterious initials stand .for Combined Cadet Force, which we now are, instead of J.T.C. This term, though s,hor!, has been qUl~e a goo~ one, ~~d ~ I.le wcathe.r has. interfered little with the programmes. For the first tIme a platoon taking ,Cert ificate. A PaTt I [ IS bemg taken through its training ma inly by cadet N.C.Os., Sgt. Swayne havmg been gIVen the Job of commanding this platoon' there was a very large cn,try for Part I last term, so that over .forty are taking Part JT this term' too'many fo r the Sergeant-Major to handle. ' The Signal Platoon has come into being again, and is working for the Signal Classification again in the Summer term, when we hope to pass more classified signallers. We have been joined by Captain W. O. Thoma ~. who left the ~rmy .as a major, and has not yet been to the, T.A., but that has not preve,nted hllll from paradlllg With us all this term; we welcome him most cord ially as a thoroughly tramed mfantryman, and a soldier of experience.

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THE FI?LD DAY ,took the form of practice in Battle Drill; a demonstration section from No.4 Platoon was prev iously brIefed. maInly by officers of the 14 Field Regiment, R.A., to whom we are affil iated On March 10th, on the S~otland Hills, they gave their demonstration, which was followed by practic~ by the othc~ platoons takIng p,ar!. Afte!' ,a good hot lunch provided by the kitchens, the drill was run thr~)Ugh agaIn under more realiStiC conditions. We are very grateful to the 14 Field Regiment for their assistance.

CERTIFICATE" A ", PART I.- The following passed with Grade W (65%- 85<}O' D H Elliott N C Fisher, n. E. Lee, R. F . Moffatt, M. M. S. Finnis, S. E. Gra inger, P. J. Walk~r,·A. V. Shufflcboth~m' D. J. Burnett, D. I. B. Balfour! A. E. H. Pedder, J. J. W. H. Seager, R, J. Simpkins, W. J. Sinnott: P. C. E. Creasy, R. O. A. Noms. R. H. Lowry, R. H. H. Bahler. B. T. G. Moffat!, R. M. Mills, J. G. Hewson, C. J. Bell, M. R. M. Leslie, q. T. Watson , C. W. Coggins, M. L. McMillan, J. G. Jell, P. R. Snoxall, .A. W. BurtwelJ, S. D. Valen~ lIle, P. B. Watson, J. G. B<}l1om, G. H . Ashton, P. S. Haskins, J. M. Skillner, L. C. Nuthall, M. G. Bf/ggs, J. Cassidy; and with Grade X (under 65<}O RPM Davies J. P. W. Harbin, R. D. H. Darling, J. Noye. 0, . " • CERTIFICATE" A " , PART n. The following passed with Grade V (over 85%) and was promoted Corporal w.oJ. 1st December, 1948: R. D, H. Roberts. The following passed with Grado Wand were promoted Lan~e-Corporal w.e,f. 1st December, 1948: J, A. O. Stonehouse, J. G. C. Milne,'J. B. Haywar~, D. H . Mlzcn, R. G. C. Davy. T., D. Waterfall, J. C. A. Lock, A. B. Pollok, D. S. Ellis, 1. R. Gibson, P. R. S. Jackson, R. H . HOWie, G. Millar Watt, P. M. Benham, P. J, S. Murray, I . R. Uearn, J, M. Johnson, B. H. Edwards.

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The Section has this term concentrated mainly on Navigation and Morse Practice, the latter being given by Dr. Suttle. Most cadets can now do four words a minute, and many have achieved accuracy at very much higher rates. On the Field Day, March 10th, we again visited the R.A.F. Station at Manston, where everything possible was done to give us a good time. Everyone was given" Air Experience" in Ansons, and some had two flights. We were given lunch in the Officers' Mess, and in the afternoon had the intricacies of W.T., R.T., Radar and Safety Equipment demonstrated to us. We also had the opport~nity of seeing a Bristol "Brigand" at close quarters, for the first time. We look forward to further Visits to Manston on future Field Days. R.H.P. K. A. C. GROSS, Major, Comd. King's School, Canterbury, Contingel1t, e.C.F.

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The O.K.S: Golfing Society has entered a team for the Halford-Hewitt Public S h I CuP. CompehtJOn at Deal and meets the "Tridents" in the first round on Frida~, 0~1~ Apnl. The t~am would welcome the sUPl?ort of O.K.S. and friends of the School who can find the hme to attend and w1tness th1s very popular event. P. H. G .. ~COTT (1924-:-1932) writes from Kaduna: " In the latest batch of recruits to the ServlCe FERRIS a<1T d C HAMBBRS k b f ' out here.there . are two 0 .K .S., nanTed ' . ' Admm1strahve . Th IS rna es a out ten 0 us 111 the Nlgenan Government Service." R. T. IZARD (1946- 47) is at present working for the Shell Oil Co. in the City a Td h ,lopes to go abroad for them later on. o

R. A. IZARD (1937-40) is at New College, Oxford, reading Modern "Greats". W. J. MERSON (1935-39) writes that he is "groping in the gloomy wo rld of business". J. W.BIRKETT (1938-48) is a prospective Officer Cadet in the Royal Si nals H I us that 111 th~ Slgnals a School Certificate or Certificate ."A" is sufficient ro ~et on~ !~t~ the prospechve O.C. School and to reduce the prelimll1ary training period f fÂˇ weeks to ten days ! rom OUI A. J. B. HUGHES (1 936-40) was hoping to obtain an appointment as a Junior although he seems vague as to h t d . w a utles such an appomtment wdl entad. Anthropologl~al Office~' 111 T~nganY1ka,

We were very glad to hear from T. C. SIDNEY (1937-39) who now holds th D Master of Forestry of Duke University, Durham (N.C.) ~nd is Nursery Sup:rin~~~':l'e~; of the Forest Tree Nursery of the State of North Carolina. He writes that the N urser 1S a s,!,all one. but w1th hopes of enlargement. Yearly capacity at present is about I 000 OO~ seedhngs dlVlded about equally between Tulip Tree and White Pine S,'d '. d' . N ort h Afnca .and .111 India. He was married' . ney selve Âˇ th e USA a C o~pora1 111 .. rmy 111 t b f as enter1l1g the Serv1ce and has three children . JUS e ore W,e have to congratulate G. H. S. PINSENT, C.M.G. (1902- 07), Comptroller-General Nahonal Debt Office, created C.B . 111 the New Year Honours; P. S. BARBER (1906- 13)' created CoB.E., and Dr. C. E. ETHERIDGE P 886-92) on the award of the M.B.E. ; als~ M. A. S. BURGESS, B.A., of Corpus Chnsh College, Cambndge, on being awarded the status of a FoundatlOn Scholar of h1S College and elected to a Scarborough St d t h' and a Donaldson Studentship for Research. u en s Ip J. A. S. THOMSON (1945- 47) has been selected from the ranks of the R.A .F. for a Cadetshlp to the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, where he IS now training for a pe' t Imanen commlssJOn 10 the Secretar,,1 branch of the Air Force. IT f We are very grateful to P. C. V. LAWLESS (1919-27) for sending us a h0 t A. G. KINNAIRD (1929-35), who was killed in the War. The photograpJ' h ogr~PTlo Grange Readmg Room. angs 111 Te R. O. A. GATEHOUSE (1913-15) is serving at the British Legation, Sofia. 146

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K. HENSHAW (1932-37) is Personal Assistant to the General Manager of the AngloIranian Oil Co . at Abadan. C. H. B. WAUTON (1932-37) is also in that part of the world. S. C. ROBERTSON (1938-42) is with the Tanganyika Cotton Co., Ltd ., in Dar-es-Salaam, where BRIAN FERN (1937-41) is in the Police. Robertson writes that he met J. P. SUGDEN (1940-42) in the water at the bathing beach last Autumn! D. S. LUCAS (1926-36) has passed out of the Staff College, and is now D.A.A.G. Far Eastern Command, stationed at Singapore.

We congratulate D. G. CARTER (1934-40) on being placed 32nd out of the 824 entrants in the Intermediate Examination of the Association of Chartered Accountants. L. F. P. RUSSELL (1935-38) writes fro m a "rather jungly spot" in Assam, and retracts his remarks about tigers in his last letter. He says, "They are a confo unded nuisance and kill everyone's cattle. We also have a man-cater a few miles away. I have so far

shot two, and a couple of nights ago I shot and wounded one, and as I have not yet found it, it is causing me cons iderable anxiety." J. A. A. PRICE (1939-47) writes from Tidworth that he has an unpleasantly large amount to do, athough it is compensated for to some extent by promotion . He is now a temporary Captain . A. E. HILL (1942-46) and M. McD. CAIRNS (1942-46) have both passed out of Sandhurs!. The former is now a Subaltern in the Royal Ulster Rifles and the latter in the Leicestershire Regiment. . W. LLEWELLYN SMITH (1937-41) writes from Kirkuk, Iraq, where he is with the Iraq Petroleum Company as a Liaison Officer. He finds it a fascinating job as he has to deal with Public Relations, Government Land acquisitions, the study of languages and customs of the peoples. He writes : "Northern Iraq is very much on the lines of Babel: the official tongue is Arabic, but the majority speak Kurdish, then a form of Turkish. Arabic itself is in third place, followed by Armenian, Assy rian, etc. At present I am studying Arabic and Kurdish. Two oriental languages at the same time will seem very ambitious, but in compliance with orders I settled down to the rather frightening task, which proved very confusing in the initial stages. Little by little one tongue sorts itself from the other, and the new words one learns go automatically to their respective lockers in the head. Experts agree that Kurdish takes about a year ..... but Arabic twenty, or more. This will give you some idea of the work ahead of me. And to think that, at the time, I found Latin Grammar unpalatable .. .. " A. G. EYRE (1935-40) regrets that he was unable to visit the School on his last leave, but a course at Oxford took up practically the whole of it, including a week in Paris as the guest of the French Colonial Office. He writes that even the nationalist press in his part of the world is getting a bit worried at the results of its handiwork, and he continues: "No good will ever come of abolishing corporal punishment in schools or prisons-the day of the psychologist will pass and commonsense will return!" A welcome Christmas card came to the Headmaster from H . H. E. YOUNG (1937-40), who is on a Tea Estate near Darjeeling. The School had had no news of him for a long time. 147

THE CANTUARIAN O.K.S. Week-end and Speech Day The O.K.S. Cricket Match will be played on Saturday, July 23rd, and Speech Day is on Monday, July 25th. Detai ls wi ll be sent to all members of the Association, but it is a great help if O.K.S. who intend to be present will notify the School in good tim e. WANTEO- 300 Oak Chairs for the Parry On ly about 100 of the Memorial Cha irs have survived the War and Evacuat ion. Perhaps 300 O.K.S. would each give a chair (ÂŁ3) on wh ich his name and dates would be carved. Please write to Major Jervis (Hon. Secretary, O. K.S. Association) or to the Captain of School, Old Grange.

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THE CANTUARIAN (1914-18) J B Lumsden (1941-44), W. R. Maundrell (1890----95), W. R . Monro (1920' 24) D 0 Morgan..{1943-46), J. D. Moss ( 1937-39), A. J. Munro . n~~~s 36) J' E ' Ne~dham (1 923- 31), G. E. Needham (1935-39), G. V. Ormsby ( 1898- 1903) . R' If Osborne (1918- 22), P. S. Paine (1931 - 37), H. L. S. Pearse 'G' F' M Pierce (1939-43), P. B. Poole (1938-43), G . K. Pn or «:~:i:~~6)6 M P p~. llen (1936- 40), P. G. Reynolds (1920- 49), C. N. Ryan - , A (; S tt (1921 28) W S J Scruby (1896- 1900), A. H . Shelswell «:~n-:~l' ~ H SilO~~lOuse (1924---':32); F'. i.. Sidebotham (1906- 12), S. S. Sopwith 'p' H' Starnes (1935- 39), P. C. Steel (1940- 44), E. W. SWll1hoe-Phelall i~~~-~~J' M. W. Swinhoe.Phelan (1937- 43), G. L. Taylor (1937)- 4HI), KA· T.p0ma~ , ) H D T d (1905 10) R J Turk (1937- 40, . . Ul nOI

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O.K.S. Committee, 1949 'al Meeting which was held on the same evening as the Dinner, C ~t t~ecA~n~udd e,~~~ unanimou~ly elected President of the Association for the ensuing H dlam Sir Harry Townend, B. G. Kmg, C. E. Latter and W.. C. o one. . . year. SIr Cutlhbetrdt t et~e Co'mmittee F Fletcher Finn was re-elected Honorary AudItor · · S d T' e Young were e ec e o and D. J. B. Jervis was re-elected Honorary ecretary an leasur r. . IG

BIRTH POWELL.-On 4th August, 1948, to the wife of G . H. Powell (1936- 39), a son (Anthony Warwick Harford). ENGAGEMENTS MlDDLETON-EvANS-LoCKHART.- Mervyn T. Middleton-Evans (1940-44), onlbson f the Rev C N and Mrs. Middleton-Evans, of Thame, Oxfordslllre, to lana Casteen , eldesi da~lghter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. D . Lockhart, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire. ROBERTSON-BAun.-S . C. Robertson (1938-42), son of the late Mr. H . S. Robertson and of Mrs. Robertson, Cabinteely, Dubli n, to Pamela, daughter of Mr. B. O. Babb, M.ll.E., and Mrs. Babb, 75 Canfield Gardens, N.W.6. DEATHS

PAINE.- On 3rd December, 1948, Lieut.-Comdr. Arthur Bertram Paine, R.D., R.N .R . (retd.) (1892-95) . HODGSON.-On 9th December, 1948, at Blundell 's School, Tiverton, Elliott John Hodgson, M.A. (1 908-13). 14~

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STUART LINDSAY AN DERSON (1936-40) It was with deep regret that we learned from his mother of the tragic death of Stuart Anderson, who was killed in a motor accident on 29th July, 1948. Stuart entered the School as a King's Scholar in September, 1936. He was one of the original members of Meister Omers and by the time he left had reached the Upper Sixth. His lively wit, charm a nd cheerfulness endeared hi m to ma ny. H e joined the H .A.C. as a G unn er after leaving School, a nd in Ju ne, 1943 was gazetted as a Suba ltern in the R econna issance Corps. At the time of his death he was serving in the 14/20th King's Hussars, and his Colonel wrote of him : "Stuart, despite hi s short time of Service in the Regiment, had made a great im pression o n all ra nks a nd had endea red himself to us all who had known him well. He was a very fine Officer, with a splendid outlook on life, and in al l respects a true gentleman whose qualities were quickly recognised and appreciated. I could rely on him implicitly and I valued his opinion M d judgment. His going has saddened so many people here. " HAROLD AN BY BEATSON (1879- 84) Ca nterbury lost a familiar figure with' the passing, on 8th December, 1948, of Harold An by Beatson. Himself the son of an O.K.S., he entered the Junior School in 1879, and went on to King's school, Ely, in 1884. He was a Graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and was for thirty-five years a Master at The Grange, Eastbourne, and then a priva te tutor in Canterbu ry. He was a keen cricketer, was a regular attendant at the St. Lawrence G round, and also, before the war, at School matches. He was a popular member of the East Kent and Canterbury Conserva tive Club, and was a great crossword enthusiast, and once won a large prize in one of the competitions. CHARLES WORRELL CARRINGTON, D.S.O. (1 888- 99) C. W. Carrington, who died on 10th December, 1948, at the age of 68, was the second of the three sons of Sir John Worrell Carri ngton, C.M.G., Chief J ustice of Hong Kong, all of whom were educated at the School. His elder brother, J. W. Carrington, joined the Navy after three years in the J unior School, won the D.S .O. in 1916 and retired with the rank' of Rear-Admiral in 1930. The younger, E. W. Carringto n, was a Scholar of Keble College, Oxford, a nd joined the R.A.M .C. in August, 1914. He won the M.C. in November, 1914, was twice Mentioned in D ispatches and was killed at Laos in 1915. C.W. hi mself was a Senior Scholar and in the Sixt h Form by the time he was sixteen, was a Mon itor a year later and Captain of School from 1897 to 1899. He was in the Cricket XIs of 1898 and 1899 and in the XV of 1898, and was Cap tain of Games in 1899. He won the to p Classical Scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, and was placed in the First Class in Classical Mods in 1901 and in Lit. Humaniores in 1903. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1904, a nd served as an Assistant Master at Elan from 19C6-7. In the latter year he j oined the Staff at I-larrow, where he remained for thirty-two years, except for the period of the 1914-1 8 War, when he served with the Grenadier G ua rds. The Times wrote of him on D ecember 14th: " His conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty earned him a mention in dispatches and he was awarded the D .S.O. in 1918 for his

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in a self-effacing profession . N either the larger acts nor e !eco , .[ ' can give an adequate impression of the depth and qua hty of hiS mfluence. Arthur Gillibrand died on Christmas Eve, 1948, aged 63, after !In Illness of sor e we~k s - susmined with a fo rebearance that im pressed but did not surpl"I?e those near 11m. I~ boyhood was spent in Hampshire, near the bN e'd Fo~est'IYw~~~ ~~s f~~~~:;i~~~\~!ea~}ot~~ and it was there no doubt, that he was 1m ue no on . hI Âˇ . 1 . countryside, COU;llry folk and things that grow in the country, but also Wit t Ie pn nclp ~s . [ of frank and open behavlOur. .1,'. Tn 1900 he went to the King' s School with an EntranceScholarshlp. Three yearvater he was a monitor and a notably cheerful and ha rdworklllg Captalll of the XV, . can vouch for the respect and admiration he evoked in the small boy, for 'da.s t~e '[bJ ectt of env when chosen as his fag. And it was typica l of hi m that he lIlclu e U1 _IS line 1011 [ {a master the kindly encouragement of a newco mer to the School. He had. then, ~~d ;etained throughout his life, a winning smile that was an essential fea~ur~ ~I ~IS , enius for friendliness. He always displayed a stron~ loyalty fa; the King s C 00 , ~nd he demonstrated it in the most convincing way pOSSlble by sendmg hlse ldel son there. In 1904 he wellt to Corpus Christi Colle~e, Cambridge, as a Parker Exhi bitioner, where he obtained honours in classics and cap tamed the XV. . 'J, For the few years before the 1914-- 18 War he held assista nt masterships at and elsewhere. In that War, as a Captain in th~ Duke of Wellington s West 1 mg Regiment, he was wo unded fighting in France, losmg a n eye. . It was in 1919 that his ch ief work began, as a master at Bromsgrove School, whele he remained fo r over twenty-five yea rs, duri ng sevente~n of which he was. a h~u.~ema~~~ Th h atmosphere of Wendron Ho use was obVIOUS even to a passmg VISI o~ . b<, ,ru, rom ' " ,,',,f,,"

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LatIn ta.g " De mortuis nil nisi bonum " . A. qui,et and modest man, he was essentially good, kllld a nd gentle-one had only to be 111 Ius compa ny for a short while to realize that. There was noth111g mean or petty abo ut him. The writer knew him as a most loyal fnend and a very devoted husband and father. T hose in nate qu ali ties endeared him to all and he became a most respected member of the Common Room. There can be none of hIS colleagues who will not feel that the passing of Elliott Hodgson has deprived our commulllty of a true Chnstlan gentleman." THE REV. J. F. JOHNSON (1879-84) Though I had heard last year that he was in failing health, it was with sorrow and pam that I learnt that Fred Johnson had passed to his long rest. . An O.K.S. of a considerably older generation than mine, nevertheless for fifty years he has been a dear and valued friend.

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When as a day boy, I first went to the School, I formed a friendship with another day boy, Alfred Johnson, and through him I got to know his brothers and sister and formed a very happy association with that family, particularly in the holidays. Fred was the eldes t but I soon got to know and love him for his sweet character. A red letter d ay I have never forgotten was when F red chartered an old horse-drawn brake and took his brothers and sister and myself to a picnic to The Towers at Reculvers. For me that started a life-long friendship. As a schoolmaster he founded a successful and very popular prep school at Chislehurst in conjunction with his brother, and friend s of mine who lived nearby and ex-pupils have told me of its happy record, to which no doubt his sweetness of character contributed [. largely. As a Freemason he attained the great distinction of Grand Lodge rank. He was a . , founder m ember of the Cantuarian Lodge, and its first Chaplain. As a Freemason myself .,. I encountered him from time to time at masonic functions . As a man he was wise, sweet-tempered and humorous and above all a Christian in its fullest sense. His long life on earth has now come to an end, and we must sorrow at the passing of another senior O.K.S. W.V.H.

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. Dear School, We are sadly conscious of the time that divides us from you. Before the war the news that an O.K.S. had got his rugger blue or been sent down for climbing over college "I' walls after midnight would have been a matter of no little interest to the readers of this letter. Memories still fresh would have been awakened: the day he scored that winning . try for the School when all had seemed lost or, more vividly for some, that painful' interview in the Old Grange. But now it is as strangers that we write. Who remembers us ? When after three or four years in the forces we think back upon days at school and wonder who might still be there from our time, it is only to realise that our fags are probably Majors and that there is no one left. And yet we all do think of the School if not of you whom we never knew, at least of the Cathedral, the playing fields and the classrooms, the Green Court and the Mint Yardall that is part of your life, that was once part of ours. It seems that for a long time it will be like this. Before you can come up here you will have served in the forces and when finally it is your turn to write the Cambridge letter it will be yet another generation that reads it.

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Burgess, for instance, who is now something of a Cambridge stanchion, bears with him a certai n amount of the exotic associations of the Slavonic Society a nd he has des igned some gorgeo us stage settings for Boris Gudonov. Ouseley Smith, we hear, has unfortunately not succeeded in getting into the 'Varsity boxing team, but we wish him better luck next yea r. At this point I must add that we can only assume that a large number of Cambridge O. K.S. do an enormous amo unt of work as we so seldom see them in the coffee shops and other social meeting-places in Cambridge. S. A. R . Cawston, now married, no doubt feels unable to devote too much time to bachelor pastimes, but I can find no other excuse for Piercy, McCartney, A. G. Gordon, Kneller, D. K. Johnson, Cushman, Belsham, and I fear I must even omit a number of names. A showing in the K ing's College Choir is worthy of notice, for there we see J. Peshek, Richardso n and Carns blending their harmonious voices. Daw, though also in K in g 's, manages without vocal accompl ishments but shows his talents in a literary form by writing for the 'Varsity Supplement. R. S. Brealy and Vernede seem to have developed slightly nomadic traits which are no doubt the agriculturist 's precaution against letting the grass grow under their feet. In the somewhat detached precincts of Jesus College a sombre colour scheme is considerably enlivened by D . M. Moreau, who has a passion for canary ties, black shirts and red pullovers, -there also M . J. Gordon can be seen incongruously carrying a tennis racket on any wintry afternoon, which indicates how seriously he desires to play for the University next term, and we wish him the best of luck. Twells-Grosse is doing his best to look artistic while readin g architecture, and D . M . Wright in Christ's is casting off all association with the Army by adopting a naval jacket- But, alas! we have not the . room to continue with a witty crack for everyone and have other more important things to mention before closing. " First, we send our warm congratulations to Janet Shirley on her recent engagement and wish her health and happiness for the future and, fina lly, we thank Dr. Budd most deeply for his untiring encouragement and devotion to the Cambridge O.K.S. Yours, . O.K.S. CANTAD.

AN ARMY CHAPLAIN'S ANSWER In our last number we p rinted the "Note-book of an Involunta ry Soldier ", written by a young O.K.S. on service in the Middle East. It has called forth a reply from a Senior Chaplain who himself served two-and-a-half years from private to sergeant, and seven as Chaplain : at home and abroad, in peace and in war. The reply is too long to be printed in full, but we give a fa ir precis of it. The Chaplain has seen no man harmed by the Army, who entered it with right motives; it is to be remembered that the Army has to take numbers of youngsters who have had no normal uphringing- they are those who constitute a major problem in the State in civilian lifewhat can the Army do in one short year to supply the defects of education and decent upbringing, when the Nation itself is at a loss how to deal with these adolescents? If young men like the O.K .S. writer-men of good background- joined the Army with the idea â&#x20AC;˘ 'What contribution can I make to help these other youngsters whose background is faulty?" instead of " What can I get from my year's service ?" the problem wo uld be 154

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Elizabeth' First Archbishop, by Canon F . J. Shirley, Ph.D., F.S.A .. S.P.C.K. for Church H istorical Society, 31 pp. Price 2/-. In 1945, a R oman Catholic barrister, Mr. J. C. Whitebrook, published a hook on The COl/secration of the Most R ev. MatthelV Parker, ArchbIshop of Canterbury from 1559 to 1573. The book caused some stir, since it produced eVIdence calculated to dIsprove the traditional acco unts of Parker's consecration on 17th December, 1559. Mr . Whitebrook now claimed that Parker was, in fact, consecrated on 29th October, 1559, by differen t Bishops using an older service-form, a nd that the AnglIcan records fo r thIS all-important period are unreliable. It is well-known that many Anglicans regard Archbishop Parker's consecration as the vital link in the chain of Succession uniting the Church of England with the Church as it was before the Reformation. But there has always been some doubt about the authenticity of the relevant documents in Lambeth Palace LIbrary, and It. has caused widespread satisfaction that Dr. Shirley has come to the defence of thetradlltonal record of Parker's consecration, in a book recently publtshed under the auspIces of the Church H istorical Society. By going to the original ci~cumen ts , Dr. Shirley ha~ found in M~. Whiteb~ook 'sevidence about a dozen major errors and a quanltty of omISSIOns and maccuracles which completely vitiate any claim that Mr. Whitebrook is to be acco unted a seno~s hlstonan. Mr. Whitebrook admits, for example that Parker 's electIOn to the Archblshopnc w~s legally confirmed on 9th December, 1559-accordlng to hIS theory, afte: Parker s consecration- yet he conceals the fact that III the documents of the ConfirmatIOn, Parker is repeatedly mentioned as deC/lim et cOJl!il'matum, cOl1secrandum el benedicendum fore!

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From the Parrot House We record with gratitude the loan of a pair of timpani for the School Orchestra and of a side-druII,' for the Military Band. They are on loan from the same generous supporter of the School s musIc who has already lent us the bass drum. The percussion department of both b~nd and orchestr,,: flourishes exceedingly, and adds much to the ensemble. Both organISatIOn~ have had their regular weekly practices, and promise a performance as the mam attractIOn of an end-of-term concert, which we are holding on March 24th at 6. 15 m one of our large dormitories. ?ur friends may like to know that we recently made a gramophone reco rd of the MIlner Court March, with a Mozart song by the Senior Choir on the reverse side. Copies may be obtamed from me, ~t 6/- each. I regret that we cannot at present send them ' by post, as packmg matenalls not aVaIlable. The records are good and most interesting souvenirs of last term's Chapter House concert. If there are any profits, they will be given to the Barn Fund. Form prizes were awarded last term to the following, who came top of their respective forms .:;-VI, Nash-Williams; V, Spooner; IVa, Davidson; IVb, Dartington; III, Bates II ; IIa, Dunmng ; IIb, Turner; I, Metherell. . Congratulati?ns to these boys who have passed Associated Board music exams. (all VIOlIn) ; PrelimInary, Hamilton; Primary, Dartington, Stuart, Tayler i. One of our younger members replied recently to his mother, who was enquiring after a fnend who had had some days in the sick-room : " I don't know. He just disappeared . You see, we've got a new cook." I am glad to say that the sick boy has now returned to normal hfe, so that suspicions of cannibalism are unfounded. But, somehow or other, the meat rallon does seem to go further . . . . . . .

. F.or~ VI we:e present at, and form V provided stewards outside the church, at the InSlItutIOn and Il1du.ctIOn ofSturry s new Vicar, the Rev. T. G. Williams. Sturry gave him a great welcome, with a packed church, and a receptIOn afterwards in our dining hall. The gale of December 31st and January 1st deprived us of our large flag-ma st. This mast was erected by Mr: Juckes III the early days of the School, and up to 1939 it must have bee~ a very attrachve feature of the grounds. The Army, during its occupation of our bUlldll1gs and grounds, broke part of one of !Is yards. Before handing over to me, Mr. Juckes patched up the mast as best he could with the matenal available then in 1945 He warn~d me that he feared the result would not last long, and that decay wa's present In the mam mast. Such at last has proved to be the case. The remainder of the yard came d~wn first, at the tu~n of the year. We (the &ardeners and I) then tried to take the whole thll1g down, to repair It and perhaps repauH It. In the course of dismantling it the whole mast came down, and proved to be rotten Jl1 several places. Not enough of it was left to be re-erected. Timber for such things is hard to find . Has anyone who may read this got a long straight tree which they could spare? If they have, it would probably not cost a great deal to fell .and transport it, and Taylor, our carpenter, would make a very good job of Its preparatIOn and erection here.

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Forms VI and V have had two interesting talks, by experts in their respective subjects; by Mr. Andrews, of Gouldens', on books and their p!oduction.; a.nd by Mr. A. Whittaker of the Midland Bank, on Bankmg as a professIOn, and, m Simple language, what happens to your money when you put it in a ba.nk. We are mostgrateful to these gentlemen who are prepared to .give time and tro.uble III helpmg our semors to an understanding of many problems which would otherWise escape them. W.H.O . The New 'Bus Station On the afternoon of February 23rd Forms VI and V visited th~ Ca~llerbury 'bus station. We arrived at the garage, and were greeted by Mr. Loxton, their chief engmeer, who was to be our guide. He started by taki ng u ~ into a coach and tellIng us a few prelImmanes about the grades of the business, the different Imes and serVices, and so on: He also ' pointed out the immense amount of work necessary for the smooth runnmg of the company, and the innumerable details which have to be attended to. We then went on to see some of the cleaning and overhauling which is done every night. We saw fuel tanks, and bodies being reconstructed and uph"!lstered. We then proceeded to the building in which the chaSSIS are overhauled and repamted. We. diVided into two parties, of which mine was taken to see the machllles for cuttmg, plamng, and turning metal. They were all demonstrated for our benefit, but we fo,!nd we were short of time, and we could not spend as long as we would have lIked watchlOg them; we had to return to our 'bus and to school. J. DB V.A. (Form VI)

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THE CANT UARIAN The enthusiasm has been shown in various ways, the attendance at voluntary practices being one. The most encouraging, though, has been the manner in which some of the lesser lights have seized their opportunities to shine. A word of congratulation is due to Ward, Davidson, Barnett and Strachan, who though they may not all have got their colours, have at least caused a few headaches to the selectors. Several others, of whom Strouts has been outstanding, have on many occasions shown that, provided the determination is there, it is still possible to score tries, even though the way to the goal-line does appear completely blocked by the opposition. The forwards have been much quicker than in past years at learning the lessons of changing from a dribble to a quick heel, of the effectiveness of a passing movement amongst themselves and also of backing up a three-quarter movement. At the same time, they have been hardworking, have developed a good solid shove and have largely eliminated the carrying of passengers, who are little more than ornaments in a set serum and an infernal nuisance to everybody in a loose one. There have been weaknesses, as is always the case. The most apparent, a common onc,

particularly in prep school rugger, that of running across the field and not going straight. Another has been the poor handling by the outsides, due, too often, to looking at the opponent and not at the ball. The first of our two matches played, soÂˇfar, was against Sir Roger Manwood 's Under 13, who beat us by 16 points to 12. This was a really good game in which a very high standard of football was attained . From the School's point of view, the fine performance of the forwards and the splendid tackling, particularl y of David Goate at full-back, provided the chief features in a match which, almost to the final whistle, might have been anybody 's game. Our second match against the Duke of York's School resulted in a win for us by 2 tries to nil. Though we could claim a longer connection with the game than our opponents, we gave away any advantage thus gained by being completely lethargic. Though all played an adequate part, there was none of that snap and drive which had been so much in evidence against Manwood 's.

There have been no House Matches this term, but our football activities have included one Soccer match for our Junior XI, under 10, against Dulwich Pre-prep School (Coursehorn), which we lost by 3 goals to nil- though the game was closer than the score would seem to suggest. T.P.P.

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Now that the fire of enthusiasm kindled by "Hamlet" has burnt low and the glow of the embers is reflected only in the praises and critiques in this number of The Cantuarian, we turn again from the drama of the stage to that of the river and the cricket field, from the hopes and fears aroused by Shakespearian tragedy in its real magnificence to those actuated by the sombre examination room. During the summer term we invariably feel the contrast between the desire to shuffle off this mortal coil, to evade the future, and the exhilarating effect of living on past splendour and present glory. Man may be the very paragon of animals but is he not also the quintessence of dust ? And as Speech Day approaches with its traditional mingling of reverence and hilarity, we remember the agelong customs that matter and the eternal objects against which the strivings of man are but as the gambolling of ants. This felicitous sensing of the infinite is something which disregards ourselves, our petty lives, even the very slender thread of our past. Perhaps it is best typified in our Cathedral, an aspect which we treasure every day. How often, on a summer's evening have we seen and thought as did Hugh Walpole- " The Cathedral seems to hang right over you and it never changes . .. . The evening was very grey and only faint wisps of blue still lingered above the dusk but the white sky threw up the Cathedral towers, now black and sharp-edged, in magnificent relief. Truly it was a view!" It is more than a view. It is an inspiration. 163

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Captain of the School: C . G. S. PATERSON of School House ... C. B. MANNING-PRESS of The Grange ... C. G. S. PATERSON of Walpole House ... R. G . WHITE of Meister Omers I. F. BLACK of Luxmoore House ... P. R. SNOXALL of Marlowe House B. M. BIRNBERG

MONITORS C. G. S. PATERSON, C. B. MANNING-PRESS, B. M. BIRNBERG, I. F. BLACK, A. B. CURRY, R. G. WHITE, I. E. LUSH, B. E. S. KNIGHT, T. C. B. SWAYNE, B. K. NEWTON, P. R. SNOXALL, R. D. H. ROBERTS School House:

HOUSE MONITORS J. M. BROWN, J. L. CUNNINGTON, J. R. GIBSON, R . J. JACKSON, E. K. LEWIS, R. O. A. NORRIS, J. A. G. STONEHOU~E

The Grange:

M. ALLEN, P. C. F. BASSETT, T. T. MORGAN, P. J. S. MURRAY, J. M. ROTHERY, R. B. RYELAND, J. M. WATT Walpole House: A. W. BURTWELL, D. S. ELLIS, J. G. JELL, D. G. W. OMMANEY, M. W. O'B. RIGDEN, R . J. SIMPKINS Meister Omers : R. M. V. BEITH, P. J. ELLICOTT, I. D . HILL, J. MOOR, P. J. WALKER Luxmoore House: H. C. BEDlNGFIBLD, P. M. BENHAM, P. R. S. JACKSON, R. H . HOWIE, A. B. POLLOK, J. P. M. SIMPSON. Marlowe House: M. CHAPMAN, B. H. EDWARDS, I. A. FRASER, D . F . GOSDBN, C. J. PHILLIPS, C. SMITH, J. STAI':'ER.

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of Cricket of Boats of Shooting of Tennis of Swimming ...

I. F. BLACK C. G. S. PATERSON R. G. WHITE J. M. ROTHERY R . M. V. BEITH

EDITORS OF The Can/uarian C. G. S. PATERSON, C. B. MANNING-PRESS

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES A. G. P. DAVIDSON.-Entered School, May, '44; School House House Prefect, Jan., '47; School Monitor, Dec., '47; Head of School House, Sept., '48; 1st IV, '47, '48; Hon. Sec., Boats, '48; 2nd XV, '47; 1st XV, '47, '48; 2nd XI Hockey, '48; 1st XI, '48, '49; Swimming, '47; Higher Cert., '48; C.S.M., '48. 164

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P. A. FYFE-COOPER.-Entered School, Sept., '43; School House House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, Sept., '48; Higher Cert., July, '47; C.Q.M.8 ., '48; Hon. Sec., Walpole, Somner and Marlowe Societies. M. D. LAMDERT.- Entered School, Sept., '44; King's Scholar; Senior Scholar, June, , '46; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor and Head of Walpole House, Sept., '48; Higher Cert., '48; State Scholar. 'f C. A. LAURENcE.-Entered School, Sept., '45; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '48; Sgt., Dec., '48 ; R.N. Cadetship (Special Entry), Mar., '49. M . C. O . MAYNE.-Entered School, Sept., '43; Luxmoore House Prefect, May, '47 ; School Monitor, Sept., '47; Head of Luxmoore and Vice-Capt. of School, Sept., '48; Cpl., J .T.C., Sept., '47; Higher Cert., July, '47; Hon. Sec., Walpole Soc., May, '46; Editor, The Cantuarian, Sept., '48 ; Hon. King's Scholar, June, '48 .

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SALVETE F. M. W. A. Bailie, J. M . Baragwanath, J. D. Bell, A. J. Briggs, N. M. S. Brown, A. M. Davidson, A. M. J. Halsey, P . M. Knoller, W. J. Lancashire, R . N. Lewis, G. M. Lynch, E. B. Mercer, J. G. H. Nelson, T. H. Pitt, J. N. Strachan, T. M . Tayler, N. J. B. Wright.

SCHOLARSHIPS The following elections have been made : -

KING'S AND ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS R. A. M. BasteI' (Mr. R . D'A. Carr, St. Erbyn's, Penzance). C. B. Strouts (Rev. W. H. Oldaker, Milner Court, Sturry). R. A. G. d 'E. Willoughby (Mr. F. G. Turner, Tormore, Deal). , J. de V. Allen (Rev. W. H. Oldaker). G. G. Jones (Messrs. Goldman and Leeds Harrison, Brunswick, Haywards Heath) . '1 M. Fisher (Col. L. C. Stevens, Chelmsford Hall, Eastbourne).

KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS .,. D. J. B. Greenwood (K.S.C.). W. J. Lancashire (K.S.C. and J.K.S.). S. J . Freebairn Smith (Rev. W. A. L. Vincent, Oxford Cathedral Choir School and K .S.C.). M. J. Moore (Rev. C. F. Pare, Canterbury Choir School). . , J. S. Nye (Mr. C. Malden, Windlesham House, Highden). R. W. Sparrow (Messrs. Pratt, Connor Green and Waterfield, Edge Grove, Aldenham). , . A. J. Briggs (K.S.C.) .

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SIR EDMUND DAVIS MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP P. J. Allen (Rev. C. F. Pare). MUSIC EXHIBITION G. E. Hare (Rev. C. F. Pare). GREAVES SCHOLARSHIP N. Paine (K.S.C.). SENIOR KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS C. A. R. Hoare (The Grange), J. H. T. Morgan (The Grange), R. G. Jones (WalPole ! House.

THIS AND THAT In St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, there is, we understand, a Memorial My GOODNESS ! Window to one of the well-known Guinness family. It is afact that the Scriptural text in the window is, "I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. " QUOTE.-By the Rev. Robert James McCracken, of New York, AMERICAN DEGREES receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity at Glasgow yesterday :"In America no one treats degrees seriously. I have often heard people say that B.D. stands for Barely Dumb, Ph.D. for Phenomenally Dumb, and D.O. for Definitely Dumb. " A ROYAL VISIT

On Sunday, July 31st, T.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend Service in the Cathedral.

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The Fours have been so good and the enthusiasm among boys to join A ROWING the Boat Club is so great that Authority is seriously considering rowing SCHOOL Eights. This is difficult at Fordwich because of the semi-circular bend ,. in the river, but is quite practicable further down.

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The School is itself pleased and proud that the University of Oxford has awarded the degrees of B.D. and D.O. to the Headmaster for his books.

We gratefully record legacies of £200 from the Rev. J. F. Johnson, O.K.S., . , and £100 from Dr. Milsome, O.K.S. I 161;

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In the last two numbers a description was given of the Parry Hall, as it could be, extended, and its elevation improved. This project was calculated 1. to cost some £4,000, and the Headmaster raised, in fact, £5,000 from generous subscribers. All this happened from September to December last. Not till mid-June did contractors send in their estimates, the lowest of which was £8,500 with about £500 in fees as well. At this cost the idea was too expensive. Little more could have been raised by appeal, and to require School funds for the purpose would have been sheer folly. With great reluctance the scheme has had to be postponed to brighter days. The Headmaster has written to all subscribers, to return contributions if desired, or to use the fund for other beneficial purposes, such as: the provision of more hard tennis courts, a swimming bath filter, the conversion of the Boat Club from Fours ! to Eights, a cricket practice shed, a new motor mower and roller, and provision of extended amenities for the Scouts. The Parry Hall can still be extended, but the present elevation has to remain. THE PARRY HALL

Can any reader explain: "He gave me but Scarborough warning"; and ARCHAICISMS in reckoning the wages of mercenaries, 8 "dead paies" to the 100 were allowed? Both phrases were current in the XVIth century. "Childermas" we now call Holy Innocents' Day- and maybe lose by it- but the passage of "sperable' , as' 'hopeful" to oblivion is less regrettable.

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At this year's Corporation of the Sons of Clergy Banquet the Headmaster of Harrow School proposed some kind of a " Burnham Scale" of salaries as the solution of the problem of clerical incomes. Surely a very doubtful policy. The principle of a scale is that a man 's salary goes up each year; the older he is, the more he gets, divorced from any consideration of merit or value. Again, professional men with families do not need their highest stipends late in life, but rather in early middle age, when their children are costing most. But, in any event, is not so much pUblicity about clerical stipends to be deplored? A man takes Holy Orders because he has a vocation to serve God and men; he knows it is a life of sacrifice, and rejoices in that sacrifice for the love of God. This is the only sort of minister who will spread the Gospel. If a man contemplates Holy Orders, and declines because the pay is narrow, he is exactly the sort of man who is not wanted. There are those who feel that in this critical moment the quest of Orders should be made more difficult and should be more severely tested than ever.

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The "children of the Scoole" dare not be so described to-day! Ridley had been Vicar of Herne, the first Church in England where the Litany was said in English. "THE SUDAN DIOCESAN REVIEW"

We welcome this new Quarterly Journal which will give us news of our friend Bishop Morris Gelsthorpe, O.K.S. May it have a long and vigorous life.

Sojourning there for more than five years we thought the town of some '1 importance-indeed, two bombs fell on it. It was a shock to read Leland's dismissal of it thus: "S. Austol's, a poore Village with a Paroche Chyrch is vi. Myles East fro Tregoney." ST. AUSTELL

LEGACIES AND GIFTS

The Governors of the School have particularly asked the Editors to remind Old Boys (and all others, of course) how extremely helpful gifts "inter vivos" and legacies can be. Not many are in a position to put down large sums, but legacies of ÂŁ 100 and ÂŁ200 and so forth are most welcome.

The Digges lived at Chilham, at Denton and elsewhere in Kent: an important Kent family: Some readers will know The Compleat Ambassador, a volume of letters of Elizabeth, Walsingham, Leicester and Cecil, mostly about the Queen 's possible marriage with Henri of Anjou. Dudley Digges, Master of the Rolls, collected them, and they were published in 1655. They make good reading now. What member of Meister Omers' House could read without a thrill, Walsingham to Leicester, 2nd January, 157 1, "My very Good Lord ... Passing through Canterbury, 1 visited the Cardinal, and delivered unto him your Lordship's Letters, who gave me as much light as he could touching the present state of France, concerning the matter whereof it pleased your Lordship to give me a watch-word there passed nothing betwixt us." The Cardinal was Coligny, living (for safety) at Meister Omers; the great Walsingham- Head of Elizabeth's Secret Service-came to him there. Which room was it they talked in, in subdued tones? What was the watchword, and what the mystery to which it was the Key? That is all on page 21. Alas, on page 66, we read in a letter from William Cecil to Walsingham- dated only March 24th of the same year- "We here, and the good there have a great losse of the Cardinall Chastilloll, who is thought to have been poisoned by some French Apostate or Counterfeit." He was not safe, even at Meister Omers. SIR DUDLEY DIGGES

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There was very much said in some of the daily papers this term about COLLEGE the meagre feeding at some Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. When our COMMISSARIAT own Old Boys returned for week-ends, and told us they had not seen meals at their Colleges comparahle, we felt that either they were extremely polite or that something was extremely wrong at Colleges. The revelations in the daily papers prove that these young men were not being merely polite. We understand that where necessity is to preach two sermons ADVICE TO ELDERLY on a Sunday to the same people, the same sermon can be used with equal effect if delivered in the morning with teeth in and in CLERGYMEN the evening with teeth out.

â&#x20AC;˘ 'THE MEANING This is the title of a book written by Leslie Paul, and published by Faber and Faber. It should be read and re-read by everybody. The OF HUMAN EXISTENCE' , book is one of the most helpful and encouraging that we remember.

The Times published a letter, towards the end of May, from Bishop BISHOP CAREY'S Carey on the subject of Religion in State Schools. The bishop was LETTER one of a Missionary band in London and found that many children are almost entirely ignorant about God, Christ, the Gospels, and prayer. The result of this irreligion, he argued, is juvenile delinquency, and one of the causes of this irreligion is that Scripture lessons can be and are given in the National Schools by teachers who do not themselves believe at all, or, if they do, belong to some Christian body other than the Church of England. It is regrettable that unbelievers should be called upon to teach Scripture: but is it the purpose of a National School to be the chief training ground of children in Christian belief? Christian behaviour (if it can properly be dissociated from belief), yes; but not denominational Christianity. That is the job of the Home and of the Church; a Christian home produces Christian children. If the homes are not Christian, the Schools are pretty powerless even if staffed with believers. If the homes are not Christian-and mostly they are not- it is the job of the Church to make them so. The Church itself has got to get busy, or this country will become quite pagan. But the Church's machinery is antique and static. The Parish

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Change the static parish system into something mobile and missionary.

Make the Clergy go out into the highways and hedges and take the Gospel.

3. We should, as things are, blame probably the lack of Sunday Schools rather than the agnosticism of State School teachers. . 4. As a quick and possible policy, inaugurate a Society of Preaching Friars rather hke the present FranCiscans and their original Road Missions; a few hundreds of ardent behevers preaching and hvmg ChrIst would work miracles-after all, John Wesley and hiS few men awakened XVlIIth century England from depths of degradation to the Love of God . Along these lines something better may be hoped for. The Conversion of England ought to be the bUflling topic of the Church .'

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A M.S . note on a loose page in an old book recently purchased: On Charles Duke of NO/folk Obt., 1815. "The first in rank for filth and dirt, Here rots a vile old sinner 's earth, Whose History lies in this short Placard He lived a Beast, and died a Blackguard. "

On page 741 Charles Seymour writes in his Survey of Kent (ed. 1776) HISTORIC that the VictOrIOUS Edward III on his return from France held a PLAYING Fwws tournament"at St. Ste]Jhen's, Hackington, "agreeable to these times of chivalry . Can thiS have been anywhere but on what is now . our CrIcket ground? SCHOLA REGIA CANTUARIENSIS

Miss Rose Paget, sister of Geoffrey Paget who was at the School in 1895, has sent .os his copy of Woodruff and Cape's History of the School, for which we are grateful. Each House Library now has a copy, and the Editors hope that the history will be well studied.

From the Obser ver, April 24th, 1949 :_ . "PARIS, April 23 Of P EACE" "': BrIllShdelegate, Dr. J. G. Crowther, to-day led 1,800 delegates to the Commulllst-sponsored World Congress of Partisans of Peace here in cheers lor the fall of Nanking. . 'PARTISANS

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Dr. Crowther said: 'We have just received news that the Chinese democratic forces have wholly freed Nanking.' assembly burst into applause, and then vigorously responded to Dr. Crowther'S j callThe for cheers. Another British delegate, Mr. Harvey Moore, brought the first formal note of opposition into the Congress proceedings when he declared, amid protests from other delegates: 'You should wish for the immediate cessation of hostilities in China. Be logical, and do not forget that civil war is the most terrible form of war. '-Copyright. \' But we should wish to cheer Mr. Harvey Moore.

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JOCK ANDERSON

In our last number we wrote abont Jock. His mother has very kindly sent his books and gown for the use of others. We are very grateful, and once more assure her that we shall not easily forget Jock, and sincerely proffer our real sympathy.

v Cranbrook. Won 7-2. v Felsted. Won 3-2. v Aldenham. Drawn 3-3. v Canford. Won 4-2. v Haileybury and I.S.C. Won 6-0. The team showed excellent form throughout the week, and produced the most impressive results of all the schools taking part. The high scoring was due to the fine shooting of the three inside forwards, Norris (12 goals), Black (6) and Walker (5), whose passing was always accurate and penetrating. Morgan also on the left wing centred well. Davidson was outstanding at centre-half, and Manning-Press and Swayne were safe in defence. Lewis developed a liking for penalty bullies, but, apart from these few lapses, was sound. During the season the team was unbeaten in School matches, a worthy tribute to Black's leadership. The final analysis of School matches reads: Played 8; Won 7 ;Drawn I; Goals, 39 for, 11 against.

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We regret to record the death of Mrs. Woodruff in May, within two years of her husband's death. She was buried at St. Martin's in the same grave on a lovely afternoon, on May 4th. Mrs. Woodruff did not quite reach the wonderful age of 92, attained by "C.E.", but nevertheless was in her 90th year. Her sons D. W. Woodruff (K.S.C., 1899-1900) and A. C. Woodruff (K.S.C., 1906-10) were the principal mourners. MRS. WOODRUFF

We hear there are 33 O.K.S . at Cambridge, but how many at Oxford we know not; probably rather the same. It is hoped they are all industrious, and that each University is a hive of learning. Writing in 1715 Dudley Ryder remarked that the lectures at Oxford, both private and public, were useless, and the only reason men went there was to say they had been. (Diary, Methuen, 1939, p. 133.) Reform must have been slow, for Gibbon (Kentish by ancestry) remarks of his tutor of the 1770's, Dr. Winchester, that he "well remembered that he had a salary to receive, and only forgot that he had a duty to perform " . Consequently, "The want of experience, of advice, and of occupation soon betrayed . me into some improprieties of conduct, ill-chosen company, late hours, and inconsiderate expense." . OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

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We have mentioned before the plentiful and gratifying tributes paid '1_ "CANTUARIAN" to our Magazine from many quarters; the depression of the Editors READERS cannot be measured when in discussing with a group of monitors the merits of the last issue they found not one of the said monitors had read his Cantuarian. The Editors were within an inch of quoting an appropriate Scriptnral passage.

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In the early XVIIIth century St. John's was a College noted for its adherence to the Stuarts and High Church. Most of the boys who went to the University from Canterbury went there. Hearne recommends a young man be sent to that College "which hath produced so many honest men" and where are now several NonÂˇJurors, which cannot be said of anyone College at Oxford (1722. Collections VIII, 3). And when John Rigden (a King's Scholar, and Fellow of St. John's) wanted to be ordained priest in 1716- he was curate of Patrixbourne to John Bowtell, also Fellow of st. John's- the then. Archdeacon. of Canterbury, Thomas Green (who was also Master of Corpus, Cambndge, and tWice Vice-Chancellor of that University) writes to the Archbishop that Rlgden I~ a ~ood man in religion' 'but he has ye Principles of ye College I doubt pretty strongly In him, for ye Hereditary right". (Wake MSS., 30th August, 1716.)

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Subscribing to one of the News Agencies we receive snippets and paragraphs which have been published in various newspapers. Through Apnl most of the snippets sent by the Agency proved to be what the newspapers themselves had collected from The Cantuarian !

''The stage also bewitched me ... Wh~ is it that men desire to be saddened by the representation of tragic misfortunes, which they do not in the least desire to suffer? Yet the spectator does deme to be J' saddened by them, and the sadness is the very pleasure that he seeks . ... , - And if these old-world or imaginary calamities are acted 10 such a way that he cannot _ shed' a tear at all, he goes home disgusted and criticaL" (Confessions of St. AUlJustine .L 111, ii.) FOR LOVERS OF THE STAGE

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In 1948 there were 82 successful School Certificate candidates 42 Higher Certificate, 12 Distinctions and three State Scholar~ ships.

We understand that the School is due shortly for an Inspection by the Ministry of Education.

Mr. Dray, a master baker, has been fined \0/- and costs for selling a 89 YEARS AGO meat-pie after the hour of half-past one on Sunday. The prosecutors were the Journeymen Bakers' Protection Society. (Ken/ish Observer, 5th July, 1860.)

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The School this term with the Juniors totals 482.

WORKING PARTY

The School is grateful to a number of boys who, led by Mr. Paynter and Mr. Gross, have made a good job of fencing the Swimming Baths.

The portrait of Mr. W. S. Maugham, painted last year by Sir Gerald Kelly, R.A. , has this term come to the School, and now hangs in the Hall. It was the outstanding picture in last year's Exhibition, and since then it has been shown in various important centres in the country. We are proud and glad to have it. MR. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

For many, many years there has been the Elwyn Prize for Divinity in A CONSTANT the Lower School, which now ceases by the death of the last Miss Elwyn. FRIEND The two sisters founded the prize in memory of their father, Richard Frederick Elwyn, son of Canon Elwyn, Master of Charterhouse. R. F . Elwyn had a distinguished career at Trinity, Cambridge; became House Master at Felsted, and Headmaster of Rochester. AN UNKIND CUT

One of our most distinguished members-who had, moreover, passed Little-go Latin-was this term called Âˇto his medical. Doctor.- "And what school do you come from?" Conscript.- "King's, Canterbury." Doctor.- "Oh, yes. And can you read and write?" (A true story.) 174

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COLLOQUIES even to admiration ; I had rather that these superfluities should be applied to charitable uses . . . The holy man , I am confident, wo uld have been better pleased to have his tomb adorned with leaves and flowers . " (From The Religious Banquet.) The danger of Church embellishment is less to-day, but sufficiently real. In recent years the Friends of the Cathedral have celebrated the importance of Agriculture, of Medicine, and so on, by holding large services attended by eminent and other representatives of these industries and professions. We suggest Laundry for future attention; its needs and shortcomings are so well-known to all of us ; our blasphemies the trade already receives, our prayers it needs; to arrange a Service for Washermen and Washerwomen should be easy enoughthe text, "Rend your hearts and not our garments" ; Opening Hymn, " 0 for a faith that will not shrink", to the tune ,. Lux Beata ". A LAUNDRY SERVICE

Someone has presented a statue of the Blessed Virgin to the Chapter. CATHEDRAL It is a superb piece of work in old ivory. The Virgin seems to be rising out GlFr of a cloud of cherubs. The place found for it is the nicbe over the altar in Our Lady Undercroft; unhappily the statue-beautiful sui lJ.el/eris~j s too small for the niche, and is apparently early 18th century work. What IS certam, however, is that the statue is a representation in ivory of Murillo 's picture, The Immaculate Conceptiol/, now in the Louvre. During their visit to Cambridge last holidays, three members of the First IV

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10 o'clock, and a suitable explanation exonerated them from any charges.

This term, the swallow which nested last year (during the Easter A LIKELY TALB! Term) in the 1st IV, while it was not in use, decided to nest above the boats, in the rafters. Perhaps that was what made just that 1 little bit of difference to our luck at Marlow this year !

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J. H. Pegg, Sandhurst Cadetship, Summer, 1948. CONG RATULATIONS TO: C. A . Laurence, Royal Naval Cadetship, Special Entry, .J February, 1949 . J. L.Cunnington, J. M. G. Watt and R. G. White, Qualifying Examination, Mechanical SCiences Tnpos. Dr. T. Stapleton, of University College, Oxford- Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship. J. Peschek, C horal Scholar of King's College, Cambridge-John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship III Sacred MusIc and admissIOn to Royal Academy of Music. We regret to record the departures of the Rev. Dr. Knight, who leaves us fOT a Yorkshire lIl cumbc ~cy, and of Dr. Bulmer, who goes to a fine appointment at the Woolwich Polytec hnic. We wish both gentlemel all good fortune. DEPARTU RES

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. It was in 1938 that we d i~ .our last ~I,ay in the Chapter House. By that date the play 111 N?ve.l11ber.had become a trad~hon ,for we began 111,1935 wIth Richard of Bordeaux, co ntllllilng with Hamlet (1936), Richard If (1937), and SIloThomas More, an anonymous play of the XV Tth century, in 1938 . For II years the tradition had ceased, but many clamoured fo r a revival of the drama, and Autho nty succumbed. But the difficulties were enorm ous, even paralysing. Glorious building though the Chapter House is its acous~lCS are the ,:"orst in the world. There ex isted neither scenery nor curtains 'nor n~atcna~ of any kind, and, as far as we k~ew, precious little talent. Ho wever, the ddlicultles we re faced. We made the stage bigger- and scrubbed it; we scrubbed the noor of the whole building; with the ready aid of the Chapter' s Clerk of Works and Staff, we soo n had ~ proscenium cur~a in. and by the untiring generosity of Mrs. Curtis, we had lovely curtalO s at back and Sides by way of scenery. Then we followed our old custoll1:-which is tobe recommended even to professional actors in that building- and roofed 111 the sta~e wtth canvas .. ThiS las t fact, coupled With clear teaching and exposition ~I of vOice-prod uctiOn and tyra nL1l~al Ill Slstcn ce o.n precise- even exaggerated- articulation, , rcndered all the wo rds of every slOglc ac tor audi ble to the most deaf people in the audience. Letters and verbal congratu latlOns were showered on the cast for days afterwards and though everyone acclaimed the high standard of acting, all were astonished at the audibility .'1 of amateur adolescents.

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Boys' voices always bring out the full melody of Shakespeare's lines; I looked forward to hearing perfect elocution, and I was not disappointed. But for the rest, J' I admit I was somewhat apprehensive. Can any boy of seventeen adequa tely portray Hamlet 'S inconsistencies? 1 soo n realized from M. C. O. Mayne's performance that one essential in Hamlet's character can only be presented by a boy. A professional actor cannot do justice to Hamlet's immaturity. For Hamlet's vacillations are bound up with the uncertainties of adolescence; he has not fully attained tJ:te ass urance of ma nhood . Mayne was particularly effective during Hamlet's periods of humorous irresponsibility-the boisterous reactions from worry of a youth on whom has fallen an excessive burden of duty and decision. Nor did Mayne fail to display Hamlet's charm-so many Hamlets provide 'ittle justification for the devotion of either Ophelia or Horatio. But it seemed even more questionable whether a boy can make an adequate Ophelia. ' n the earlier scenes, indeed, E. C. Ash appeared a somewhat gawky wench. There was a certain suggestion of a high school ga mes mistress- could such as this ever abandon hockey for horticulture? But all this awkwardness disappeared in the mad scene. There Ash afforded a really moving performance. It was impossible to believe that it was a boy who strewed flowers before the K ing and Queen. Of a strong supporting cast, it is only possible to mention two. Claudi us is a tbankless part, but P . A. Fyfe-Cooper was magnificent from the play scene onwards. His conscience· stricken exit down the aisle of the Chapter House was one of the most harrow ing moments of the play. P .. C. F. Bassett, as Po10nius, looked like a bearded Gregory Dix sunk in episcopal senility. He was even more successful as that essentially English rustic, the Grave-digger. DAVY GAM, esQUIRE . "

It happened that among the audience at the first of the three shows was one who is an outstanding connoisseur and critic of Shakespeare, and we print a part of his letter • to the producer. "A really remarkable production-'the only faults were Shakespeare's'. Perhaps 1 exaggerate a trifle but it serves to convey my general feeling. How did yo u learn all the tricks of the trade? 1 thought your gra nd entrances were most remarkable, particularly · the funeral procession, when I felt I ought to stand and cross myself. "As to your bevyof fine young actors, 1 naturally expected that you would have a 1 good Hamlet or you wo uld never have selected anything so ambitious, but I was hardly prepared for a yo uth so gifted . His use of voice-I loathe the word 'elocution '-was · well.night perfect. Being so young he had the gifts of grace which older actors lack, but that he should lack maturity and experience was only natural which made him throw away certain important lines, and miss the deep pathos of 'except my life, except my life', which follows in such sharp contrast on the comedy 'you cannot take from me anything with which I would sooner part withal'. His performance was so good that one does not criticize him as a boy, but brings to bear those canons of criticism which one would apply to a Guilgud or an Olivier. In this light I can honestly say I have · never heard 'To be or not to be' so movingly rendered. [think he is at his weakest in his self-conscious scenes when his own character comes through , particularly in the

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HOMAGE TO "HAMLET" If the aim of every ac tor is to play Hamlet, the aim of every producer should certainly be to produce Hmnlel, for there can be few plays to give equal, and none to give greater, satISfaction , either from the uni versality of its theme, or from the magnitude of ItS problems. But the satisfactIOn is matched by the difficulties. Many a professional company wo uld consider H amlet too much for them, and It thus says much for the dramatic talent and keenness of the School that so magnificent a production should have .. been undertaken . No doubt the idea was first conceived at the Luxmoore House Concert in December, ~ for, as I said in the last number of The Can tuarian, M. C. 0, Mayne then showed himself to have real ability, as well as boundless enthusiasm, for the stage, Those expectations wcrc borne out in his interpretation of Ham let, which was completely convincing, It ~ was not indeed the Hamlet of which he will be capable in ten years' time. He is Hamlet the poet, the exquisite youth to whom all sin is abborrent, rather than the Hamlet who is a man of the world enough to lecture his mother on her " rank corruption", or to be thc first to board a pirate ship. There was an unfortunate repetition of mannerisms, .and occasionally a movement reminiscent of the ballet. But tbese were defects of detail in what was otherwise a first-rate performance. The soliloquies, tonchstone of dramatic ability, were beautifully comprehended and performed. P. A. Fyfe-Cooper's interpretation of Claudius I felt to be something of a triumph. If his performance was a little slow, and his habit of making a break in tbe middle of every line much too frequent, this was only because of his determination to wring tbe maximum of meaning from every word. He made an impressive figure, and succeeded

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alarm clock and in the Chapter House never a word would have been heard- nor was it heard eve~ at the dress rehearsal. Consequently, shielded from public view by a side curtai n but in full view of Claudius, your producer's arm beat time for Claudius' words, and th~ villain King responded to the beat; and so the desired result of audibility was achieved, and you see, also this by-product of profundity of thought. Now the cuts. Everybody would "cut" differently. I fear I "cut" the play in 30 minutes. One cuts because the play is too long, parts are too bawdy, parts have no intelligible meaning whatsoever ; one cuts to quicken the action, but to leave ample for character-interpretation. With us, in particular, you must cut to play not more than 2 hours and 20-25 minutcs; for there is one long interval of 30 or 35 minutes and several short ones of 5 minutes. People ca nnot come before 7.30, and they must be out by 11.0, for they come from far. Now everyo ne will cut differently;-as is indicated in more th~n one of yo ur reviews. I am, myself, qUlte U1~able ~o see t,he Illummatlng value that cert~1n lines (cut by me) are said to have. T don t belIeve WIll Shakespeare pondered to gIve deep meanin g to every line he wrote. I belIeve the .author? <;>f No Bed for Bacon knew instinctively better than Bradley the sort of playwnght WIllIam was. So much of thIS about "cuts" and the "tender" meaning of this, the "poignant" sense of that, smacks too much of the Lccture Room a nd the Honour School of English Literatu re. I believe the great Bradley attaches stupendo u~ ,tragic meani~? .to the fact that Ham.let now and then says a word twice over: thus, C<;>me, come. IS held to be gn~ly ll1?,ICaIIVe ~f something- I don ' t know what. Polomus asks hIm what he IS readll1g. Words, he replies: and had he stopped at that no more were to be saId. But alas! Hamlet says, "Words, words, words" and so the phrase become~ tragically suggestive. To me that sort of thing is utter nonsense. If you want occupatIOn for a wet afternoon, look at Malone's Edition of Shakespeare in 20 or more volumes; the text occupIes almost the top half of each page, and the notes (in much smaller, print) the lower half (and not infrequently 90 per cent. of the page) ; and everybody s contnbutlOn IS down there, who had by that time written explanations of the text. Scholar after scholar, and they wrest and twist and one says it means this, and another that, and YOll are no further forward. For the blunt fact remains that quite a lot of this play's lines have no intelligible meaning at all, and yo ur guess (even if yo u are a School Certificate candidate) is as good as a professor's: and Will Shakespeare never :-"rote hIS stuff to be analysed and pulled to pieces; he wro te to fill the theatre, and hIS ,Purse, but bell1g-lIke all of ~s-part animal, part human, part dLvlne, sometImes he s low-brow, sometImes truc~h~g aryd servile sometimes bawdy, but often glorious, for he had a larger share of DIVll1e gIft than a'ny of us. That is why I hold that the place to " learn" Sbakespeare is the stage and not the class-room ; for yo u wi ll never "learn" him unl ~ss you love hlf!1 . . He wrote to be loved not to provide examination fodder. As a wItty rhyme put It, III a recent number of 'The Cantuarian, under examination , "Shakespeare's Ghost did very badly, because be hadn't read his B:adley". I always,~hink th~t morose, clear-sighted fellow Hazlitt put his finger on all thIS when he wrote, If we wI ~h to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we WISh to see the 1l1Slgmficance of human learning we may study his commentators." (Essay, On the Ignorance of the Learned.) [ am, Sirs, Yours gratefully,

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When philosophers condescend to simplicity there is sure to be a catch in it somewhere. After all their dialectics and their "thorny argument, so hard of utterance, and so mistie to bee conceived" they seem to be surprisingly agreed on one conclusion, that the secret of the contented life may be summed up in two simple imperatives: Know thyself; Be thyself. That sounds easy enough, but that is where the catch comes in. For these sa me philosophers seem to be equally agreed that, of course, the first of these injunctions is impossible, and that therefore the second is impracticable. Moreover, even if it were practicable, . 'being oneself" sounds uncommonly dull. Someone has said that every ship is romantic except that in wh ich we arc ourselves voyaging; and it is on that principle that we spend so many happy moments projecting ourselves into the personalities of the more exciting figures that we meet in the experience of life and books and our own dreams. We all live any number of secret lives, like Walter Mitty. The child is quite brazen about it ; we have all passed through some sort of engine-driver stage. Later we are a little ashamed of this private life of make-believe, as we are of our superstitions; nevertheless we often do escape from the routine and matter-of-factness of a humdrum existence into a world of fiction in which we play to the plaudits of an admiring world. What boy, whether he is still at a preparatory school or tottering on two sticks on the brink of the grave, after watching an international match at Twickenham, has not imagined himself as a full back whose play will be the classic example of subtlety and daring to generations of Rugby epicures? Or who, after a concert at the Albert Hall, has not lived delicious moments as the conductor of a huge and perfect orchestra, creating harmony out of the manifold music, like a god? Or, after reading a detective story, has not for a few moments before sleep been an Assistant Commissioner of the C.LD., whose unerring instinct and inexorable logic are the terror of the underworld and the muttered topic of "the Moor"? "Doth any man doubt", asks Bacon, "that if there were taken Ollt of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?' , This imagining as one would may have a double edge. We all make mistakes, and as we may in an idle and unwary moment pick up a medical encyclopaedia and find that we are suffering from every ill that flesh is heir to, so in our pursuit of our secret lives we sometimes feel the most unbecoming caps fitting our heads with distressing exactitude. We laugh delightedly, or smile scornfully, at the absurd hypocrisies of Sergius Saranoff, only to find that the dramatist is but performing his tactless function of holding up a mirror to nature-to our natures, which are as comical as the postures of Leigh Hunt's despot drawn from his bed in sleep and exhibited to a laughing world as nothing better than a ridiculous scarecrow. The other evening I was dipping into a volume of light essays, one of which was on the subject of "The Salt of the Earth" . The essayist gave examples of a few quite humble folk of his acquaintance who seemed to him to have a just claim to that title. If only 1 had left the book alone after reading that essay I might have gone to bed wishing

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I expect that the philosophers are right- that the only secret of content is to be oneself. After all, to be an unknown quantity should provide anyone with enough excitement and surprises to last a lifetime.

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The most colourful character among early Headmasters of the King's School was John Twyne (c. 1501 - 1581). He had been a. schoolmaster at Canterbury before the Reformation, undoubtedly at the old archiepiscopal school, whICh was to become King's. At the refoundation of the Cathedral body 111 154 1 he was appomted first Headmaster of the new school. He took an active part in local government in Can terbury, servin g as City Sheriff and as Mayor in the year 1553-4, when he raised a force in su pport " of Queen Mary during the Wyatt rising. Apparently his personal habits b~cal~e, as time went on not a\l that might be expected of a Headmaster, for at the VISitatIOn of Archbishop Parker in 1560 it was alleged he was given to drink- and it was enjoined that Mr. Twyne was to abstain from riot and drunkenness. (Woodruff and Cape, p. 69 ; Parker: Register, Cant. and York Soc., p. 640.). However, It appears that ~n~ther discreditable pastime was laid to hIS charge: for he IS accused of engagmg III cOl1Junng ; i.e . wizardry. Early in 1562 a certain Mrs. Basden of the parish of St. Paul, Canterbury, gave evid.e~ce in the local ecclesiastical court against Twyne. She smd that he had raISed an appantlOn in the shape of a dog, had caused her house to shake, and had moreover (so it seems from the narrative, which though reproduced in the third person by the clerk of the court, ' . betrayshmany.of thhe incoherences of Mrs.thBasden 's 0Itrihginal sttorY)ftransfixedd her 0bnlethtoe spot, w en usmg er as a target for stone row mg. . as no so ar prove POSSI . find what exactly the case is all about. The passage pnnted below occurs among vanous .[ processes in a register of the Consistory Court deposited in the Chapter Library. The passage was found and copied by the late WIlham Parry Blore, Chapter Llbranan, 1936,. [948 (son of Dr. Blore, Headmaster 1873- 1886). [.

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she refused to re-imburse him. By the date of the examination (March, 1562) he had lost his post, for a new Head, Anthony Rush, an old King's Scholar, had taken over at Christmas, 1561 (Chapter Archives, VMA, 40, fol. 118). The passage below was transcribed by Mr. Blore shortly before his death. The original is in a very careless and ill-formed hand, probably written down as the evidence was given. There are a few dubious readings as a consequence. Punctuation has been added

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That Mr. John Twyne Alderman of Cant. is a very conjuror, and that she hath been diuers and sundrye tymes vexed by the said John Twyne by meanes of his coniuring [at this point occur some unintelligible contractions) saith that in winter was xij monethes now past as she remembreth , in an evenyng Mr. Twyne caused her to sit at his ownc dore

whiles he went into his house where she sat in the meanewhile the space of one houre and a half. And then at length Mr. Twyne came to her and bad her entre into his house and at her entrance to say: "God save all. " Wherupon she was afraied, knowing

before that she had knowen him to be suspected for a coniuror, for because she hath herd Mr. Sarles sonl1 say that in wynter morny nges about v of clock whenas the scalers were

come downe and had a good fyer to warme them , sodenly appeared a black thing like a great rugged black dogg which wold da unse about the house, and hurle fyer about the house wherapon the said Barle and other his scolers which dwelt with hym were fayne

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Twyne bega n outragrously to fa ll out with this deponent at the sa id place saying to her thus: "Get the o ut, get the out!" and therewithal! thrusted this deponent from hym who by no meanes as she sait h cou ld not avoid, stirre, nor move, and then he hurled sto nes

at her so vehemently as the stones flyin g against the stone wal! spra nge out fyer, and bad her away saying: "Away thou arraunt whoore, for I shal! kill the, I shall kill the!" And fol. 70v.J at length as she did say unto hym : " In the name of God, what meane ye, what meane ye, Mr. Twyne?" he thereat departed and this deponent also than was unlosed, and able to goo and move, and so went away thence to her house, and after

told the god wife Holt and other how he had handled her with his coniuration at that tyme. .

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We had come up by way of Elmley Castle-which is a village and not a castle; though

did not find them. No t that that mattered much, for the Church and the Inn amply compensated . It is a grand Church, and for the moment my mind fled back to Kent, so many are the monuments of the families of the Savages and the Fettiplaces: tlle , . Savages are-or were-commemorated at Bobbing, Boughton Monchelsea, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe and even in the windows of our Chapter House, and as for lhat charming name of Fettiplace, I have been interested for many a day in a gentlemana very, very sharp lawyer- named Fettiplace Nott, Esquire, later Seljeant-at-Law of the Inner Temple, and tenant of the Parsonage at Lympne in the reign of' good Queen Anne. The Inn-a half-timbered thing of beauty- is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, its sign_[. board suggesting that she stayed there in 1576. Consequently trans-Atlantic custom is showered upon it in the summer. We loved the old village ball, and ca me away.

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small but beaut ifully clean, with nothing of antique interest about it save the tower. It was hot and we were tired. In the garden of a nearby cottage two kindly-looking women tied up bundles of spring onions. We approached unhopefully to ask if there was a teashop in the village; there was none, but at once these good people proffered to make tea. Jane too k up the task of bunching the onions, while one bustled about tea and I gossipped with both . They looked after the Church- now I understood why it was so clean- there was no Sunday School; there used to be but it dwindled to three, and Parson said it wasn ' t wo rth while. No, Parson didn 't now live in the village-he lived in the next village. " Do yo u see much of him?" " Well, we do a bit, for we do the Church and keep the things here; but he doesn ' t visit much. " " If you have a " service only on Sunday, and he doesn't visit in the week, and there's no Sunday School, l docs he ~Il hUP MondaYtlmornindg to bSatuNrday . whaht ?d~es, heddo ,wikth his jt:me? HOW IlIg t . '[ on t now, m sure: t ungs aren t t e same as ley use to e. ow I'm 45, and except for one small boy, I'm the youngest that comes to Church. We prayed in the War for all our young men, and they all came back safe-and not one of them comes near the Church." I tho ught or the Monday to Saturday, and felt the solution or the problem lay somehow there. Jane went on with the onions, I washed up the tea-things, a bit more gossip and we came away, happy for such kindness, depressed

at the story of the Church. Yet it should not have been unexpected. We had been to early Service on Palm Sunday in the la rge Church of a very large and most fas hionable village; there were a dozen to eighteen there, and obviously several, like ourselves, were but visitors. We had entered

every Ch urch we passed by or near on our daily rambles; the story was written plain to be read in each of them. Too, too many were ill-kept and dirty, Church and Vestry,

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ORIGINAL RISING BELL Scatter my dreames, thrice clanging Bell, for! you As yet bitt ring, rack, bange, and rend the alre.; That I may rise, wash, dress, and brush my halfe. Your force doth wake, blaste, shake and make me new. I like an usurpt toune, to' another due, Labour to' ad mit you, but Oh, 'tis not faire, Reaso n yo ur viceroy in mee, 1 need your carc, But am captiv' d, and love sleepe, but not Y0l!'

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His cracked voice like gongs, Tongue ringing idle On the words' bright metal. When he was mad Then how he laughed To see a gay wren And wept the next minute, Conceiving the world with a pair of wings And himself not able to fly in it. When he was mad And nearing the grave Many felt pity Who knew not his mind

LETHE SHORE Sleep in the siren cave, Dream by the measureless wave,

Play cockle-shell, cockle-shell While the church bell Is tolling you on to your grave. "I have been here before" I remember this shore As often in places I know not in waking, I have seen those seas breaking Before-it is only the facesNever remembering people, but places. 187

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A free hotel for worms, A residence and meal in one awhile And then, sucked dry of all my juice, I am some bones. For first the flesh and brain have life And then are dead and crawl with smaller lives; The great intelligence Replaced by lesser ones. But these are transitory too, And, when they leave the skull, It is an empty dome Like Easter morn's deserted sepulchre; The rest has flown And not to either heaven or hell But, with the worms, Is eating in the next hotel.

DISENCHANTMENT (-Qu'i1 etait bleu, Ie ciel, et grand I'espoir ! -L'espoir a fui, vaiDeu, vers Ie ciel noir.- VERLAINE)

Terrible is the grip of Vanish 'd Hope, Binding down the heart upon its brittle bed! Blind eyes stare out from sunken sockets, dead, And wither'd hands, clawing the darkness, grope Wildly, insanely; dry, crack ' d, fever'd lips Part in a frenzied effort to give voice To palpitating terror; but the noise Dies ere 'tis born, and pitiless panic grips The throat and tongue in vile paralysis. But there is none to hear the strangled cries The victim utters. All alone he lies, The sole inhabitant of the vast abyss. The cold grey dawn of reason should have told The heart what to expect, before the glare And urgent heat of youth's midday seiz'd hold And dazzled it. Fierce light was everywhere. The empty world was full of promise thenAll lay before, and up Ambition soar'dUp, like an eagle, borne on powerful pen The blue impenetrable sky toward. 188

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Indignes, ingrats. Jamais ! L' Amour me prend la main, et, defendant rna peur, "J'y ai mis la lueur." "Qui, mais je l'ai ternie; laissez done mon forfait Aller ou iI merite" "Qui en encaurt Ie blame, encore tll De Ie sais ?" "Ie servirai done vite." "Tu dais t'asseoir", dit-il, "et diner avec moi.'· "Entin, je m 'y assois. ,.

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YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE As we came near Cologne on the Rheingold Express the sunlight came pouring through the window and shamed the heavy atmosphere of the train. We awoke reluctantly. The dining car was fresh and handsome but no place for breakfast on such a day. I was in no hurry. I would bre&k my journey in Cologne and take my coffee in the town . The huge Hauptbahnhofwas teeming with orderly German bustle as the porter wheeled my bag to the luggage room and gave me my receipt. With the stream of early workers I left the station and sat myself at a cafe in sight of the cathedral on one side and the ~tation clock on the other. There was but forty minutes before the Ostend train ,

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eyes and a handsome silken beard . He raised the counter and pushed the chair towards me. "Excuse me", I muttered in a non-committal way. " Was ist denn los ?" he roared. "No.Âˇ 14872, nicht? All right. Here it is." And he was not mistaken. Hanging from the chair was my counterfoil with the right

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"Look here!" I shouted, "I left a suitcase here less than an hour ago. I've never seen this chair before. My train leaves in three minutes. You'd better hurry. " I was angry and the fellow was impressed. I described my bag and told him the initials. I offered to go behind and point it out and open it with my key. I told him for heaven's sake to hurry. The man was torn between his client's conviction and his own duty. But he let me in and I found my bag, called him a fool and ran up the stairs with a heavy bag tripping me at every step. The train was on the move. I panted up to the first compartment and clambered in . In the peace of the carriage the tiresome episode now began to seem almost funny. How helpless these fellows are when their little systems brea k down! And I must have begun to smile, for the diplomatic gentleman-who had witnessed my fit of temper and now sat opposite me-suddenly said in English: . . 'You won, I see." "Oh, yes", I replied, "their nerves out here are bad just now and they often muddle. " "And who was your friend in the invalid chair?" " I'm sure I don 't know", I confessed. Then , and only then, the absurdity of the thing struck me. The man with the silky beard had not uttered a word ! But it was too late to go back. The big guns were already on tbe move.

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TWILIGHT OF ILEX In January, 1949, the English Press reported, in tones of horror, that Michelangelo's "David" had been shipped to New York "on loan ". It is true that next day they corrected themselves: it was not THE "David ", the fin est expression of the Italian Renaissance, but a smaller and less exalted work by the same master. But it was a cherished Florentine possession, and to-day any Florentine will tell you the open secret that the loan is indefinite, and that it is in fact in part-repayment for American economic aid. It is a pathetic commentary on the plight of modern Italy that she must barter away her treasures to earn the means of survival. It is shameful ingratitude on the part of the Anglo-Saxon peoples to countenance a plundering of their greatest benefactor. For consider the cultural debt of England to Italy. For six centuries Italy has exercised a gentle and benignly civilising influence on English thought, and the debt is incalculable. Only France, with her greater instinct for assimilating the thoughts of others, owes her a greater debt. In the fourteenth century Chaucer walked and talked in Florence: one would like to suppose that he met Dante; he certainly read Boccaecio, and must have felt, more truly than Keats , 'like some watcher of the skies When some new planet swims into his ken." The poetry of Wyatt and Surrey, and a great mass of indifferent Elizabethan sonnets, reveal how carefully the sixteenth century writers imitated, and too often slavishly copied, Italian literary form s. There is much reason to suppose that the warmth of Italian culture nurtured the genius of Milton, for he writes of "the private academies of Italy whither he was favoured to resort ". He was a great friend of Gaddi, who must have introduced him to Loredano, the founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti- and Loredano had written an epic Adamo, so that perhaps here Milton first conceived the idea of Paradise Lost. He was certainly steeped in Dante (Ruskin was to show how often Milton 's imagination fell short of that of Dante), and his Italian so nnets are exercises in the Petrarchian sonnet form. Italy brought out the warmest side of Milton's nature. He was fascinated with the dark Italian female beauty: "Ne treccie d '01'0, ne guancia vermiglia M 'abbaglian si .. . " and in later years, in Sonnet XX he sought relief from the rigours of an English winter by looking forward to the days when he could again enjoy the delights of the Mediterranean: "What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touch'd, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air?" It was to Italy too that Milton turned for some of his most beautiful similes: " ... Angel forms, who lay intranc 'd Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa ". 191

THE CANTUA RIAN and " ... the broad circumference Hung on his shoulder like the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views At eveni ng from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno." The Resto ration period, Dryden especially, found much to admire in Italian thought. It is a remarkable ill ustration of the narrowness and self-satisfaction of eighteenth century English thought that it remained on the whole regardless of the cultural wealth of Italy. The "repinesome" Smollett (delicious epithet !) when he journeyed through flal y thought of li ttle more than the discomforts of the jo urney, and the state of his stomach; an d Horace Walpole, on his return from Ita ly could say no more than that " Canterbu ry which on my setting-o ut I thought deplorable, is a Paradise to Modena, Reggio, Parma, etc." For him , the Italian Rena issance might never have occurred. Mrs. PiOlZi was more observant and appreciative, but as her Observations are of more antiq uarian tha n of literary interest, she does not seriously detract from the truth of the generalisation.

Of all centuries in English history, the most appreciat ive of Italy was the nineteenth. Ilaly, to Shel ley, was' 'a green isle in the deep wide sea of misery", and he wrote of the

immense relief to him when descending into Italy ' 'of hearing the liquid music of Italian in place of the clipped cacophany of French ". * To the Romantics not only was the physica l beauty of the land overwhelmin g, but Italy seemed to person ify the struggle of liberty and culture against tyranny and barbarism, and they were always conscious of the pageant of history. Thus Byron wrote to Italy: "Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress." Byron so ught in vain to conjure up the great names of Italian history to lead in the expul sion of the Austrians: "Oh for one hou r of blind old Da ndolo ! Th ' octogenaria n chief, Byza ntium's co nquering fo e.' But without much hope. For him , Italy was a co untry with on ly a past: "Those days are go ne-but Bea uty still is here. States fa ll , arts fade- but Na ture does not die." No t so wit h the Brownings. For them Ita ly had absorbi ng interest because it was living, not only in the past, but in the present. Her history was a living pagean t, and Browning's knowledge of it was deep. He appreciated the spirit of the Italian Renaissance as few Englishmen have ever done, because it was a spirit akin to his own. The teeming life of Fl orence, no less than her history, is reflected in his poetry: here is Brownin g poring (as we all have done) over a second-hand book-stall : I

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"Vulgarised Horace for the use of schools, 'The Life, Death, Miracles of Saint Somebody, Saint Somebody Else, his Miracles, Death, and Life'With this, one glance at the lettered back of which, And 'Stall ', cried I; a lira made it mine. " Italy made Mrs. Browning a poet. She followed the politics of the time with passionate interest. Her Song for the Ragged Schools of London reveals how deeply she felt the responsibility of the veneration of the Italians of her day for England, and how bItterly she felt the contrast between their imaginings and the act ual state of Londo~ 's poor. Few Italians could have felt more deeply than she the vIcIssItudes of Ul1lficatIO n. Napoleon to her was "as strong as ten armies, Corrupt as seven devils ". At the news of Villafranca: "Are we blind Or mad with the blood shed yesterday, Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind ?" By the middle of the century Italian culture was the subject not only of wide appreciation in England, but also of deep stud y. That great orbiter of Victorian taste, John RuskIn, had arisen and his whole inspiration was drawn from the early italIan RenaIssance. It is a matter for deep regret that Ruskin has in our own day been so often derIded. With all his faults and prejudices, he remains the greatest critic England has ever produced, and he has led more people to a true appreciation of the. arts than any other teacher. Modern Painters should be a compulsory book for study In the ed ucatIOn of all of us, for few books have so much to offer. One sentence of his will sho,,: how much he was inspired by the true Renaissance spiri t. Of the Ducal Palace at Vemce he WrItes: "Sometimes when walking at evening on the Lido, whence the great chain of the Alps, crested with silver cI~uds, might be seen rising above the front of the Ducal Palace, I used to feel as much awe In gazIng on the bluldmg as on the hIlls, and could belIeve tha t God had done a greater work in breathing into the narrown~ss of dust the !"Ighty spmts by whom its haughty walls had been raised, and its burl1lng legends wntten, than I.n lifting the rocks of granite higher than the clouds of, heaven, and vellmg them wIth theIr various mantle of purple flower and shadowy pme. Keats, Shelley, Byron, Walter Savage Landor, Lord Lytton, t h~ Brownings, Ruskin, John Addington Symonds and a dozen other great names dunng the century, had brought the culture of It; ly so constantly before the minds of the English educated classes that it became almost an integral part of our own. Osbert Sltwell wntes In our own d~y that as a child he was taken by his father every year to Italy. "It ~as the amazing variety of Italy, the beautIes of every kInd and every a~e, compressed Into. so narrow and ideal a space, that caused a traveller almost to hold his breath .... As arltsts we thus belong to Italy, to the past of Italy, hardly less than to England . We b~eathed in, without being wholly conscious of it, the space and proportIOn of Italy whIch for centuries gave grace to Western Europe and even to the Marches. .. . W~ ca me to. be able to tell good things from bad, to use our own judgment and not beheve anytlJlng about the arts that we were merely told .. , 193

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ILLUSION Although Speech Day was a bit of a bore, Micky was dreamer enough to enjoy it. It was fun seeing other chaps' parents and the ridiculous fuss they made over the most ordinary of tepid sons. He wondered how he would behave if his father and mother tried to kiss him in the Green Court and lead him arm in arm to the Cathedral Tea Rooms. Funny how Dick Perkins didn't seem to mind, and he thought Dick was a tough egg. And, oh heck I Dick was bringing them across the grass to meet him. "Micky, here's my Pa and Ma." Pa was fat and jolly and Ma had taken a lot of trouble with her clothes, it seemed. "So you're Micky. We've heard so much about you. Having a good Speech Day 1" "Yes, thank you, sir. "

Dick edged his Pa away for a consultation. "Why, yes, of course. Micky, come and have tea with us. Are your parents here ?" "No, sir. They're abroad. They wanted to come, but my father had to go on busi ness. My mother went too. They're coming next year. They're very disappointed." "So you've no one here. Well, yes, come with us. We 're going to get sick on ices." All Speech Day teas are a success, but Micky had to leave early. A letter to write. "A nice boy", said Mrs. Perkins, "but very shy and quiet, isn't he?" "Oh, he's often like that, Ma. Mr. Blake calls him Moody Mick, and it 's terribly easy to make him cry. " â&#x20AC;˘ 'Dick, you don't mean you . ... " "Oh, no, Ma, but he's pretty wet." Micky had permission to leave that night instead of waiting till the morning. The endof term urgency is infectious and had caught him. l! was dark when he ran up to his home and round to the back door which they always left open. The lights were out, but a little note lay on the table. "Have gone to the pictures. Heat up some food in the pan. Ma." COVBRLBY

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Charies Wharton, O.K.S. Cat School 1885-90), has sent us the most fascinating book, which was actually used in the middle of last century in schools. The book is The Comic Latin Grammar, by Percival Leigh, and profusely and wittily illustrated by no less than John Leech; it was published about 1840. "Of Latin", it begins, "there are three kinds: Latin Proper, or good Latin; Dog Latin; and Thieves' Latin. Latin Proper, or good Latin, is the language which was spoken by the ancient Romans. Dog Latin is the Latin in which boys compose their first verses and themes, and which is occasionally employed at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but much more frequently at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. It includes Medical Latin, and Law Latin; though these, to the

THE CANTUARIAN unlearned, generally appear 9reek. Mensstuus ego-mind yo ur eye. Illic vadis cum oculo tuo ex-there yo u go wIth ~our eye out. Quomodo est mater tua ?- How's your mother? Flat haustus ter die caplendus- let a draught be made, to be taken three times a day . . Bona et cata ll a-go~ds and chattels- are examples. Some young gentleman of the penod has penCi lled margmal notes of similar type; meus porcus et ego, "mahogany" (mr ho~ and 1). So the ~uthor goes on to explain the close affinity of Law Latin with TIll eves LatIn. In ~ue tIme we get to the Parts of Speech. "The reason', says the Fool m Kmg Lear, why the seven stars are no more than seven-is a pretty reasonbecause they are. not eight.' This is a fool's reason; but we cannot (like many other commentators) give a better one, why the Parts of Speech are no more than eightbecause they are not nine. They are as follows: l. Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Participle, declined. 2. Adverb, Prepositio~, Conjunction, Interjection, undeclined. Most schoolboys would like to decline them altogether. Q. What part of the grammar resembles the indulgences sold in the Middle Ages? A. Sin-tax (! ! I). It was the. age of I?u~s-the era of Tom Hood and Ingoldsby-so here is another: EXltIo est aVldls alvus pueflS. The belly is the destruction of greedy boys; Particularly, the au thor says, those of Elon College.

CANTERBURY MEN The Rev. Dr. Mitchinson, sometime Headmaster of this School Bishop SOUND SENSE of Barbados, Canon of Gloucester, Master of Pembroke, Oxf~rd was a redo ubtable man and always spoke his mind. He was actively engaged m the prelimInary work of the late 1860 's which led to the formation of the Headmasters' Conference. From an unidentified newspaper report it is to be gathered that Headmasters discussed in 1869 the question whether the Universities should tram men for the teaching profession. "I dissent", began Dr. Mitchinson, "and I will state the reasons w~~ I do so: I profoundly distrust the capacity of the Universities to test any s~ch thmg. . He believed them to be "the most utterly incompetent places to test anythmg of the kind which can be found in the world." Who would examine men as to th;" ability to teach boys and llirls? Professors and College tutors? Heads of Houses. A Committee of Co nvocatlO~? Oxford's own reputation for teaching its own und ergr~dll ates was low, but the Umverslty IS put to no test of its own ability-and nghtly. Admittedly the University can test the intellectual grasp a man has of his subject, but It must be left to ProVidence whether he has those more important qualifications which would make Illm a good teacher. The proposal is an utter absurdity. Originality and expenence may not be tramed for or tested. "No amount of reading nor any nllmb~r of lectures, will impart that experience of human hearts and human sympathies which IS necessary . .. 1 believe It IS out of anyo ne 's power to make a man a good teacher teachmg him, or showmg him how he ought to teach . . . the man .. . must make himself a good teacher by havm,g sympathy with his pupil s, and by having his heart in hiS work ... Preserve us from Impostors by establishing an intellectual test but for goodness ' sake let us have none of the quackery of pedagogy. " ,

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"The Infant" John Stantonworthy is in his fail-master 's ~tudy, polishing his fag-master's desk. The study, as solIdly furnIshed as possIble, proclaIms a monitorial atmosphere. The smell of furmture ,PolIsh hangs over everything. An empty t~a-cup stands on each desk, and a tea-pot wIth a broken spout IS lyIng on the wmdow-sIlI. John 's trousers are dusty at the knee. and muc? too large for hIm, faIlIng In crumpled folds over his shoes. We suspect that It !S John s first term, and that his mother, in her ignorance, has omitted to supply John wIth a paIr of long trousers. The om ISSIOn IS excusable, for by any ordinary standards John IS far too small for anything but shorts. We conjecture that John has written home but that he was forced (such is the weight of public opinion) to borrow a pair of trouser; from a fortunate neIghbour of more reasonable parentage. "The Lover-sighing like a furnace" Michael Pigeon's study is empty. There is a gramophone on the table by the window, by ItS SIde hes a smashed record of Fats Waller's Alligator Crawl. A wireless is perched on a book-case. From it an electric flex leads to the light overhead. From the light radIates a network orother wires to private desk-lamps, a stove, and a toaster. One with a plug on the end SWIngs unconnected. It is probably used for an electric razor. Michael enters .. He is a tall, spotty youth, his trousers are well-creased, and he wears a red flower m hIS button-hole, a clean blue handkerchief is peeping from his breastpocket. He goes over to his desk, opens the drawer, and takes out a letter which he carefully places In the inside pocket of his coat. Taking out a comb, he moves to the mirror, He reaches for a bottle of Brylcream and smears it on his hair. Then he hurries out. "The Sixth Age shifts into the lean and slipper's panlaloon, with spectacles on nose" It is late at night. Two boys are working in the study. One is writing furiously, his d~sk IS covered wIth foolscap, and sheets have slipped on to the floor. The second is lYIng on th~ sofa readmg a treatise on "Statics and Dynamics". Every so often he shIfts une~s "y as though the sprIngs of the sofa were digging into his back. An alarmclock, whIch stands on the desk by the door, already says eleven a 'clock, and is set for half-p!'st five the next mormng . . Steps sound along the passage outside. The boyan the sofa rIses, and sWItches off the hght. The first boy prudently reverses a loud exclamation of annoyance.

"And then the justice . .. . with eyes severe . . . . full of wise saws and modern ins/ances" . Pudglet is seated on the corner of his desk. A stick is swinging in his hands. Around hill: a~e grouped his house-monitors.. The atmosphere of ~we is c1eady meant to impress. A tImId knock IS heard. Pudglet smIles. He IS not a sadIst but he hkes his "points" to De effectIve, and he feels sure that they are. 19~

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The study is empty save for a young man in battledress. He is sitting smoking at one of the desks. From time to time he strokes a rather weak sandy moustache, which has only recently been grown. The whole building is strangely silent, eveyone is in the Cathedral. We can tell that it is Sunday from the copy of the Sunday Pictorial which lies in a prominent position. With a smile of reminiscence, which proves that it is not long since he left, the young man picks up the Pictorial.

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Just such an incident took place in Canterbury on Christmas Day. 1647. Michael Page described in a tract printed in London the following year as "the Puritanical Mayor" had issued a proclamation through the Town Crier that" Christmas Day and all other superstitious fest ivals should be put down: and that a market should be held on that Day". The congregations of the City's churches were not to be deterred and went to church on Christmas morning as they intended. Only twelve people in the city obeyed the Mayor's orders and opened their shops. When ordered by the mob, which by this time had reached a riotous frame of mind, to close, they refused. Whereupon their shops were entered, the goods either pillaged or thrown about the streets and the shops burnt down. The Corporation openly supported the rioters. The Mayor and Sheriff wore thus standing alono' The Mayor was so ill-advised to usc a cudgel on a citizen. The mob turned on him, "whereby his coat was much torn and dirty. besides the hurt he received". Authority of both Mayor and Corporation was openly set at defiance. The next day, a Sunday, everything was quiet in the city, but on the Monday the trouble started again. The Mayor taking the precaution of sett ing strong watches at the city gates, under the command of one White. a barber. Until noon all was apparently quiet. About halfMpast twelve. however, a man called Joyce described by Hasted as "a Hackney man" advanced on White who challenged him. Joyce asked White what the matter was and proceeded to shout at him calling him" a Roundhead"; at this White not a little annoyed cocked his pistol and discharged it at the man who fell to the ground. luckily not dead but severely wounded. This incident seems to have been the signal for the crowd to rise once more. The Mayor and Aldermen Ued. and so did White. The gates were left and unguarded so that the people olltside burst into the city. The hunt then began for White. He was eventually found hiding in a hay loft. where the leaders of the mob beat his brains out, and then dragged him through the streets. The Mayor's house seems to have been the next objective. The rioters pulled up the posts surrounding his house and smashed all his windows. Had it not been that three men. Sir William Man, Mr. Lovelace and Alderman Sabine, persuaded them not to burn hi s house down they must surely have done so. Enough damage being done they mel together in the Guildhall to come to some agreement. It was twentually decided that some forty or fifty rebels should guard the city. By this lime news of the rising had reached the Committee of Safety for Kent. A strong force was sent to deal with the city. This it did in no small way treating it as though it were a conquered town. The gates were unhinged and burnt, great stretches of the city's walls were knocked down, and some seventy-five people were imprisoned on suspicion including the unlucky peacemakers. Mans, Lovelace and Sabine. When these prisoners came to be tried by a Grand Jury they were aU of them acquitted on the jury failing to return a more satisfactory verdict. from the Parliamentary point of view, than "Ignoramus". Such an incident might well happen in any of the "Satellite" states in Eastern Europe to-day. Tha only discrepancy possible would be that the Jury wou ld not exhibit any such independence, their verdict could only be "Guilty", C. B, MANNJNGMPRESS. 199

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This has been a good scason with no stoppages for rain , no absentees through illness, and, best of all, a result to every match, except the last. It is pleasant to report that the School has an eleven which looks as if it knows something of the game and which fields well . Walker, Norris and Lee have been thc most reliable batsmen and have played some splendi d innings, fu ll of strokes and footwork; Hackett, Snoxall and BJack have played innings of 50. The bowling has been patchy. Phillips has been the most consistcnt and dangerous; Black had an inspired spell against Highgate but for the most part has been uncertain in length; Hazell has bowled steadily throughout; Norris appears content to rush up to the wicket and let the ball go. The cleven has been well captained by Black. Nine of them will be here next year and we look forward to even beUer things next season. Many people have given their time to coaching young cricketers throughout the School; we thank thcm.

THE ELEVEN I. F. BLACK- He bas captained the side well although his own play has suffered as a result of the burden. He has been unable to bowl a length consistently; he has been out of luck with his batting but has it in him to make many runs. P. J. WALKER- A batsman full ofwristy strokes with a weak defence and a casualness which often causcs his downfall. When his defence is improved he will be first class. He is an inspiration in the field R. A. O. NORRTs- A very promising but a very casllal cricketer. He has playcd some spkmd'id innings with sound defencc and fine strokes. His casualness shows it self in sloppy running between the wickets, in sleepiness in thc slips, and in bowling without length or direction. B. E. LEE- He has batted well throughout. His great weakness is on the leg stump where he plays across the linc of the ball often with fatal result. He is a good fieldsman. G. W. HACKEIT- He is also weak on the leg stump. He plays with determina't ion and is not afraid to hit the loose ball hard. Excellent in the field. P. M. BENHAM- He is a lively cricketer who fields well and hits hard although often across the line of thc ball. D. 1. C. SNOxALL- He is tcchnically a good player but is slow to judge the pitch of the ball and so often plays back to half volleys and forward to long hops. Sound in the field when he keeps his hcad down. S. YouNG- He promises to be a good all-rounder. He has strokes and a good defence and will make many runs when he stops getting flustered if he makes a mistake. Good in the field when he keeps hi s head down . Shows promise as a spin bowler. B. C. G. HAZELL- He has bowled his left arm stows steadily. When, with more confidence, he spins the ball he will do well. He has played some excellent defensive innings in times of stress. Slow but keen in the field. J. B. PHILLIPs-He has bowled with a consistency, skill and sense remarkable for his age. It is good to see a bowler who is not disturbed when a good length ball is hit for four. As a batsman he is impetuous. A sound fieldsman. R. M. M. C. MALLINSON- He has done splendidly as a wicket keeper. His batting is of equal promise.

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KINO 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V ROYAL MARINES, DEAL . ... The conditions were not easy for this mateh played on a very fast and fiery wicket. Walker and Skinner were both deservedly out first ball. Lee and Black retrieved the situation somewhat and the good work was continued by Norris in an innings of courage and discretion.

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T H E CANTUAR I AN Watson bowled fo ur overs of full·tosses and the Marines soon passed the School total. Norris bowled q uite well but m ust bowl at the wickets. Best o f all , Hazell , in his first match, bowled three overs to a lengt h and took two wickets. K INO 'S S CHOOL

ROYAL MARINES, DEAL

Walker, b Ligerwood..................... Ski nner, b Day............... .. ..... .......... .... Lee, Ibw, b Ligerwood ........... ...... , .. , .. "..... Black, c We akey. b Ligerwood .................. ,

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R AMSOATE W ESLEYANS

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THE CAN T UAR IAN KINo's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V BUCCANEERS On a perfect day for cricket King's, at last , scored runs. They had to cope with some excellent left arm spin bowling from W. O. Thomas on a wicket which allowed him to turn the ball two or three inches . Walker made a century in a patchy innings. There were many good strokes in iLbut also many careless and bad ones which sadly marred the innings. Thomas took two quick wickets and looked as if he might run through the side but Norr is arrived to play the best innings of the day and in doing so helped Walk er to add 100 runs. PhiUipc; bowled extremely well and soon dismissed two of the Buccaneers' best batsmen. W. O. Thomas played a splendid attacking innings but when he was out it looked as if the match would be over in good time. A. Phillips had other ideas and batted with courage through a crippling attack of cramp to be leg before wicket to hi s nephew two minutes from time. This was a good day for this young School side. The batting looked promising, the bowling was moderate and the fielding adequate for the time of year . KINO'S SCHOOL

BUCCANEERS

Walker, st, b Thomas ............................ .. .. 11 5 Lee, st, b Thomas.. ............... . ..... ............ 15 Hackett, c PhiUips, b Thomas .. :...... ... . 0 Norris, st, b Thomas... .... ........................ 25 14 Black, st, b Edmunds.. .. ....... Snoxall, st, b Thomas................... ...... 13 Young, st, b Thomas................................ .. 3 Cowan, b Edmunds... .. ........ .... ................. 0 Phillips, b Nathan...................... ............... 8 Hazell, Ibw, b Thomas.............. ................. 10 Morgan, not out .......... , .. , .. , ..................... 11 Extras......................... 17

O. Moore, c Morgan, b Cowan. ......... .. ... ...... 16 N. D. Moffat, b Phillips..... ........................ 0 J. Edmunds. b Phillips .... ...... : .... : ...... :........ 4 w. O. Thomas, c Cowan; b Phillips.............. 74 C. Russell~ Vick, run out.................. . 4 A. M. Nathan , b Hazell.. .............. ........... .... 7 F. Durnford, b Hazel!.. ......................... :... 0 S. Durnford, b Black........ ......................... .. 2 A. Phillips, Ibw, b Phillips......... ................ .. 31 R. F. Hews, c Morgan, b Phillips...... ............ 7 M. Fenez, not out.... ... ............. ............. . 7 Extras.................... . .... ,. ;..... 路7

... 231

Total ..... ..................... , .. , ......... .. 161

Total........

Edmunds............. ... Phillips ............ .. Thomas....... , ... .. Nathan ... .. ... .. ,... , ... Durnford .............. Moore .... ... ,."., .......

o. 19 6 27.4 8 2 2

2 0 8 1 0 0

61 15 82 27

2 0 7 1 0 0

Norris ................ ,.". Phillips ................... Cowan ......... .. ........ Black .. . , ........ , ..... , . Hazell ......... , ..... , .. ,. young........... , ........

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KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY y KINO's CoLLEOE S CHOOL, WIMBLEDON

We deserved to lose this match against an inferior side. Three wickets were soon down for 22 runs against poor bowling. Hackett and Young alone batted well in a partnership of many good strokes . Hackett 's innings was quite first class. From the moment he came in he hit the bowling hard and often and showed a courage and determination woefully lacking elsewhere. ' Set 138 to get Wimbledon scored the runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Hazell alone bowled str-aight and to a length. Norris had only to do the same to run through a very poor batting -side, but he bowltxl abominably. Five catches were dropped, two by the wicket-keeper who also missed an easy run: out. It was a pathetic display. .. . .. . . . _

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4 5 7 6 73 I 25 2 I 4 0 to

................... 138

10 8 13

2 2 2 I 3 I

29 22 48 4 13 15

2 0 I 0 I 0

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Chamberlin, run out. .... . Rham, Jbw, b Norris.. . Springthorpe, b Black ...... . Burton, b Norris ............. . Wood, b Hazell ............. ...... ... . Curry, not out.... ......... . .. . _.... ................... . Ambler. not out. ..................... .. ..... ... ...... .. Briggs

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12 12 18

Tayler Timberlake DId not bat Leach Extras ........ ..... ... .......... ...... ... .. ...... . .

Total (5 wickets) ....... .................... 139 O.

Timberlake.............. Ambler.. .................. Leach..... ............... Chamberlain ........... Briggs ...

10 12 13.3 3 8

1 5 2 0 I

35 30 25 20 18

3 2 4 0 0

This was a convincing win against a very poor side. Norris and Black added 133 for the second wicket and made many good strokes. ROYAL MAR1NES

KING'S SCHOOL

Walker, Ibw, b Rhodes.... ............ Lee, c Gelder, b Danson...... ............. .... ..... Norris, b Rawle.................... .... ... ...... Black, c Gee, b Rhodes.................. ........... Hackett, b Rhodes..................... .............. SnoxalI, b Danson....................... .. .......... Young, not out. .. ............ ........... ... ............ Cowan, c Rawle, b Dansoll....... .. .. .. ........ ... Phillips } Morgan Did not bat Hazell Extras....................... .. ......... ............

8 11 89 66 6 19 4 2

Total (7 wickets) ........... .. .. ........... 225

o. Rhodes ................. .. 24 Kohlbach ................ 12 Danson ... ............... 14.3 Sinclair.................. . 8 Gee ................ .. .. . I 7 Rawle.. ... .............

CIwnbers .............. ,

6 4 6 0 0 2 0

63 24 39 45 6 21 7

3 0 3 0 0 I 0

Danson, b Phillips ... ................................. . 4 Rawle, c Lee, b Phillips ............. .......... .. ... .. o Gee, c Hazell, b Black ......................... .. .... . o Chambers, run out .............................. ,. .. ... . 4 Gelder, c Walker, b young.......................... 43 Sinclair, c Hackett, b Phillips............ .. .... ...... 20 Warkcup, b Norris............................ ........ 1 3 Keep, Ibw, b Hazell.. ............................ .... Read, c Hackett, b young............................ 0 Rhodes, not out....... .................. ... . ............ 5 Kohlbach, b Norris....... . .. ..... .... ............... 1 Extras........ ... ... .... ... .... 5

.......... ... . 86

Total. ..... Black ...... ... .... ..... .. Hazell ........... ....... .. Phillips................... Norris ................... .. young ....................

o. 18 5 II

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For this match the weather and wicket were perfect. Black won the toss and put St. Lawrence in. The St. Lawrence batting was undistinguished save for Jarvis who hit the Joose ball hard and played with excellent judgement. Norris again bowled wildly; he must learn to bowl a length and at the wickets. The fielding was good , with one or two bad patches. Cowan set an example of how to throw the ball in , every time (uB lOss to the wicket-keeper. King's scored the necessary 130 runs in one hour twenty-five minutes. Lee played a first class inn ings with aU the stro~es and was well supported by Norris. ST. LAWRENCE, RAMSOATE KING'S SCHOOL Wickham, c Lee, b Black........... 22 Walker, c Jarvi s, b Jeffery.............. .. ........... 17 Page, lbw, b Norris.................................... 0 Lee, not out....... ........ ............ 60 Dryland, run OUt... ........ ......... .... . . ............ 3 Norri'), c Smith. b Jeffery................ 29 Smith, run out............ ............................ II Hackett, not out.. ............... 13 Jarvis, c Morgan, b Phillips......................... 58 Black Turnbull, c Lee, b Phillips.......................... 9 Snoxall Young Paddle, b Black....................................... 10 Smith, b Black...................... .......... ......... 2 Cowan J Did not bat Phillips Skillings, Ibw, b Black. .............................. 0 Jeffery, st Morgan, b young............... ...... . 0 Morgan Hazell Vinsen, not out.... .. ...... .................... ... .. 1 Extras....... ............................ .... . ...... 13 Extras ......... .... ......... ..... ...... .... .... ... . !3

............. 129

Total ............... .. . . Norris......... .. ... Phillips........... . Black.. ... .. .. Hazell....... .......... young.............

9 12 9 3 3

19 43 28 19

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Dryland............ . Jarvis............. Jeffery............... . Paddle.............. ..... Skillings..................

7.3 9 5 8 2

.. . 132 M.

0 2 I I 0

28 20 20 36 14

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KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V DOVER CoLLEGE

King's batted first on a rain-soaked wicket. The Dover bowling was bad and the batsmen got themselves out to longhops one after another. Of the early batsmen Hackett alone showed sense and determination in a good innings. Snoxall, having foolishly run out Young, redeemed the situation and himself in a fine innings ably supported by Phillips, Mallinson and Hazell. Dover were unable to cope with some poor bowling. Hazell alone bowled well. He kept a length, spun the ball from leg and deserved a greater share of the wickets. KINo's SCHOOL

Lee, c Jones, b Baugh.. ............................. 1 Walker, c Chamberlain, b Baugh................ 6 Norris, c Doyle, b Walmsley................ ... ..... 21 Black, b Jones...................... . ........ .. .. .... . II Hackett, b Walmsley....................... ......... 30 Snoxall, b Jones........................................ 62 Young, run out...... ........ ................. .. .. .... I 4 Cowan, c Wilson, b Jones.................. ......... Phillips, c Chamberlain, b Walmsley........ .. ... 16 Hazell, not out............................. 3 Mallinson, b Jones..................... 3 8 Extras.... ................ .............. .... .. ......

Total ......... .. .. ............. ............... 166

DOVER CoLLEOE

Morris, b Norris..................... .... .. 8 Lane, c and b Norris....... .............. . 15 I Jones, c Walker, b Black... ............ ......... . 20 Bowles, b Hazell ....... ........... ... .. o Wilson, Ibw, b Norris................. . Walmesley, c Lee, b Hazell .............. .. .. . 5 3 Chamberlain, lbw, b Norris...... ........... . o Doyle, b Norris....................... . I Baugh, b Hazell................ .. ........... .. 5 Gammage, b Norris ............ ........... .... ..... .. .. ... ......... ...... .. 3 Mosley, not out...... .. Extras ...................... ...... ............. ..... . 3 Total..................... ... ... ........ .. .....

THE Walmsley ...............

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20 4

2 0 2

65 19 35

3 2 0 4 0

Jones ....................

Mosley ..... .. ...........

Norris.... .. ...............

Black ..... ..............

Hazell ......... ...........

Phillips ...................

19 10 12 4

6 2 7

29 18

6 I

3 0

KING's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v Nons AMATEURS The weather and wicket were perfect. Against a good team the School played splend idly. The batting was good throughout and it was refreshing to sec a right technique from the whole eleven. Norris's innings was quite first class, full of good strokes played with judgement. The School fielding was good and the bowling of Ph illips and Black deserved its success. It was a splendid victory. NoTIS AMATEURS KING'S SCHOOL Williamson, b Phillips............. .... .. ............. I I Lee, st Dowson, b Vaulkhard...................... 3 Walker, b O. H. Farr........ ..... ....... 26 Vaulkhard, lbw, b Norris....................... ...... 16 24 B. H. Farr, c Snoxall, b Black........... ..... Norris, b Dickenson.................................. III Taylor, c Mallinson, b Phillips....... ...... ... 12 Hackett, b B. H. Farr...................... 2 Black, c G. H. Farr, b B. H. Farr............... .. 2 G. H. Farr, b Phillips.................. ........ .. 4 Blackburn, c Phillips, b Norris... ... ..... 0 SnoxaU, b B. H. Farr........................ . 0 Aldous, b Phillips.. .......................... .. I You ng, b J . A. Farr................. ............. 20 F. G . Dowson, c and b Phillips..... .... .. 14 Cowan, b 1. A. Farr.............. ... ... ... 8 Dickenson, not out.................. ..... ... .. Phillips, b 1. A. Farr.................... .. ..... 1 8 B. H. Dowson, b Black............ ......... . 9 Hazell, not out............. ..... .. .. ....... 5 J. A. Farr, b Black...... .................... 0 Mallinson, b Blackburn.............. 0 Extras......... ... .. ... ........... .... .... ...... 4 Extras....... ... ...... .... ....... .. . 9

Tola!.. ............... ....................... 186

J. A. Farr.............. Vaulkhard ............. D ickenson ........ Blackburn ............ . G . H. Farr.............. B. H. Farr ....... .......

2 0

32 27 12 19 45 43

7 6 3.3 16 13

0 2 I

I I I I

.. ...... 103

Total.. ....... .. O.

Norris ..................... Phillips ................... Black .......... .......... Hazel!... .................

16 20 7.2 3

3 7 2 2

43 34 16 4

2 5 3 0

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V INCOONITI

This was a sad contrast to the previous match. The wicket was wet and the wind cold. The field ing of the eleven was good but the bowli ng very moderate. Lee foo lishly ran out Norris and then a collapse set in. Young alone played well and we were beaten by a side much inferior to the Notts Amateurs. KING'S SCHOOL

INCOONlTI

................. Walker, b Plumbley.......... ................. Norris, run out.............................. .......... Hackett, c Pafford, b Goold.......... ... ........... Snoxall, c Giles, b Lang................. .............. Black, st Turner, b Goold....... ....... ... ........... Young, b Flynn.. ..... .. ....... Cowan, b Watson............ .......... .... Phillips, b Watson. .... ..... ....... ....... ..... Hazell, lbw, b Watson................ .... ... Mallinson, not out............... ....... .............. Extras.......... ........................ ... .........

18 8 12 3 3 8 25 8 0 0 2 I

Total (7 wickels) .............. .... ........ 201

Total................. .. .. ........ .... .........

Kennedy, b Hazell.................. ...... . Lang, c Mallinson, b Hazell................. . Flynn, c Norris, b Hazell....... ........ Goold, not out.................................... Plumbly, c Mallinson, b Phillips........ .. ......... Turner, b PhiU ips.. .... .. ....... Skinner, Ibw, b Phillips................. ... ......... Giles, c Snoxall, b Phillips............. Pafford Watson JDid not bat Young Extras.............. ........... ......... .

30 19 15 76 44

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2 2

33 38 38 85

0 4 0 3

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13.1 4 7 6 4 7 3

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12 5 14 3

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V HIGHGATE SCHOOL

Walker was bowled at 12 0 'clock for 9 runs; at 1.30 the score was 136 for I. Lee and Norris batted extremely well against some good bowling. After lunch the batting collapsed badly. Snoxall alone showed determination and willingness to hit the ball .. Highgate were 77 before the second wicket fell. K n ightly-Smith played a perfect innings and as long as he was in it looked as if Highgate must win. Owen, another left-hander, played soundly but wickets fell to Black at the other end. For the first time this season Black bowled to a length and that with variation of pace and spin was sufficient. It was splendid bowling. Norris bowled rubbish; Phillips bowled well without any luck. The fielding was good and the victory was thoroughly deserved. HIGHGATE SCHOOL

KING 'S SCHOOL

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Walker, b Clifford.................. ...... Norris, c Salter, b Knightly-Smith............. Black, Ibw, b Clifford................................ Hackett, Ibw, b Clifford........ ..................... Snoxall, c Gilpin, b Dare................... ........ Young, b G ilpin............ .................... ....... Cowan, c Gilpin, b Clifford.............. ........... Phillips, b Dare................................ ....... Hazell, b Dare.. ...... ................................ Mallinson, not out.......... ...... .......... ..... ..... Extras... .. ....................... ..................

5 65 4 0

Knightly-Smith, c Norris, b Black. .. ... Cooper, c Hazell, b Black.. .. .............. ......... Owen, run out.. ......................................... Salter, b Black.. ......................... .. ...... ...... Cole, b Black.................. .. ........ .. .. ........... Griffin, b Black.. .................... .. ....... .. Cave, Ibw, b Black.................. .................... Golton, st Mallinson, b Black...................... Clifford, b Black...... .... .. .... .. .. .. .. ............... Dare, not out.......... .. ...... ... .... .. ........... .... Gilpin, c Lee, b Black................................. Extras.... ... .. ......................................

17 6 I 4 3

0 7

17 5 13 20.1 6 4 9

31 16 37 31 33 26

4 0

2 8 0 0 3

15 47

5 5 3 0 0 I

15 10 0

Total ...................................... .. . 15 1

Total ............... .......... ................ 196 Clifford ...... ...... ...... Cole.. ........ ..... .. ..... Gilpin ................... Dare ...... ...... ... ..... Cooper........ .......... Owen .... .... .. .. ....... KnightlyÂˇSmith ......

Norris ..................... Phillips ............ ....... Black .. ..... ..... .. .. .... Hazell ....................

4 0 0 1

6 20 19.4 5

0 5 2 0

24 45 60 22

0 0 9 0

K INO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v EASTBOURNE CoLLEGE The Eastbourne batting collapsed badly against some useful bowling: Gooding alone gave trouble and he hit well and showed good judgement. King's scored the 77 runs needed for the loss of one wicket in 50 minutes. Walker and Norris scored at a fine rate and h it six sixes between them ; Black carried on with a good innings and declared at 245 for 5, made in two hours.

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Harding, c Mallinson, b Phillips..... "............ I Edwards, c Mallinson, b Norris". .............. 0 Grey. b Phillips".... .. ........... 0 Gooding, c Norris, b Black ......... ""............. 43 Brown, b Black ....... "" ........... , ................. . 2 Fisher, b Phillips.... . . ............................. . o I Myrtle, b Norris.... ................. .. ............... .. 3 Lomax, b Black ........................ ... .... ... ...... . Watt, Ibw, b Black ..................... ....... .... .... . 10 Morgan, c Phillips, b Hazell ............ .. .. .. ..... . II Foggie, not ouL ......................... .... .. ...... . o Extras........................................... . 6

9 16 14 5

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17 20 28

2 3 4

Total (5 wickets) .......................... 245

8 Lee, Ibw, b Foggie... ................ . 138 Walker. not OUt.. .. 63 Norris, b Morgan .......... ....... . o Hackett, b Morgan ........ .. ..... . o Snoxall, b Morgan.................. . 23 Black, Ibw, b Fisher .................... ... .. . Young, not aut. .... .. ... ... ............. ... ....... .... . Cowan Phillips Did not bat Hazell

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KINO 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v ST. LAWRENCE C.C. The match against SI. Lawrence resulted in, perhaps, the School '~ finest win. Having lost the toss, the School fielded first on a very plumb wicket. A~ter an early suc~ss when Phillips had Heyer leg-before with a ball that swung in late, Pellit and McKenzie scored freely. When they had added 128, Pettit was run out. Ha~ll and Phillips then bowled steadily and supported by some excellent ground fielding, in which Walker and Cowan were outstanding, the score of 138 for 2 assumed the more assailable total of 186 for 7, at which Phillips, Senior, chose to declare, and take tea. Faced with 187 to get in the It hours after tea, Lee and Walker opened for the School. After the period of ini tial circumspection, both batsmen scored very fast with a variety of pleasing strokes. Walker particularly punished anything on the off, while Lee, scoring perhaps the slower, collected his runs mainly between square leg and mid-on. The partnership lasted until 6. 10, when Walker was out lbw in an overbold attempt to turn a ball off his middle stump. It was the first hundred partnership, and of the 160 runs scored Walker made 92. Norris came in when 27 were wanted in 30 minutes, and proceeded to bat as if there were only 10 minutes. The 8t. Lawrence total was passed without further loss, at 6.25, by a superb cover-drive off the back-foot by Norris. Lee had made a faultless 72 not out. The most satisfying aspect of the game was that no one gave up trying even when St. Lawrence threatened to make a large total: to win so handsomely was the merited reward of the combined effort in the field. Mallinson is to be congratulated on the paucity of extras, despite an early blow on the mouth from a rising ball from Phillips. 208

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Total (7 wickets dec.)..................... 186 Norris ....... .. ..... Phillips ......... .. . Black ...... .. ...........

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KING 's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v M.C.C. a fast ~icke~ the School batsmen found the bowling of Chapman too much for them. He bowled medIUm fast m-swmgers to an excellent length and it was no disgrace to be bowled out by him. M.C.C. soon passed the School total and there was some fine stroke play from Sheppard. The Schoo l bowling was quite steady. Hazell, especially, bowling well. M.e.c. KING'S SCHOOL 55 Lee, Ibw, b Chapman .... ... ... . o o 'Callaghan, st Mallinson, b Hazell.... Sheppard, c and b Norris........................... 90 Walker, b Chapman, ........................ ... .... . I3 7 Norris, c Chapman, b Watkins .................... . 7 Fairbairn, Ibw, b Hazell ............................. .. I Chapman, c Walker, b Hazell ..................... . o Hackett. b Chapman........................ .. .. SnoxaIl, b Chapman .............. .. 2 Titmlls, not out ...... : .............................. .. 4 o Johnstone Black, c Sheppard, b Chapman ............... .. Meares Young, st Meares, b Chapman .... " ............. . o o Dolding Benham, c Tebbs, b Watkins ............... .. Phillips, b Chapman ............................... . o Tebbs Watkins Hazell, not out. ..................... ... ... .... ... .. . 9 7 Moore Mallinson, c 0 'Callaghan, b Moore........... .. Extras........ .................... ... ............... . 4 Extras ........................... ...... ...... ...... . 9 O~

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By courtesy of the Sport and General Press Agency, Lt 1st IV at MARLOW REGATTA The School are nearest the camera with Wallasey in the centre and King's, Worcester on the far side. The School lost to Wallasey by 2 ft and defeated King's Worcester,·.by 1 length.

THE BOAT CLUB RESULTS

FIRST FOUR May 21. Reading Regatta (Reading). Won by If lengths (4.21). June 4. Clifton and Tonbridge (Reading). 1st, King's School; 2nd, Tonbridge; 3rd, Clifton. Won by I ft. and 3 lengths (4.30). 9. Eastbourne College (Fordwich*). Won by 6 lengths (S.9). II. Haileybury (Putney). Won easily (No time). 14. Tonbridge (Tonbridge). Won by 2t lengths (4.14). 18. Public Schools Challenge Cup (Marlow). Lost to Wallasey in semi-final by 2 ft.) (S.12). SECOND FOUR June 4. Clifton and Tonbridge (Reading). 1st, Tonbridge; 2nd, Clifton; 3rd, King's School. Won by 2 lengths and 4 lengths. 9. Eastbourne College (Fordwich*). Won by 10 ft. (S.21). II. Haileybury (Putney). Won by 2! lengths (No time). 14. Tonbridge (Tonbridge). Won by I length (4.2S). June

THIRD FOUR 9. Eastbourne College (Fordwich*). Won by S lengths (S.4I). Tonbridge (Tonbridge). Lost by ~ length (4.27) . • Course shortened by two lengths. 211

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1. D. Hill D. C. Ryeland J. R. G. Nicholas J. C. Pearson J. W. Norton

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G. M. Hamber C. D. 1. Anderson 1. P. Trowsdale 1. Cassidy J. L. A. Gimblett

PRELUDE We usuall>: know how to deal with the critics who scream that we have no right to try to rowan a n ver. like the Stour, but thIs year we almost had to admit defeat. First a large wreck appeared m the first hundred yards of our course (and is still there) then the dry weather left the river so empty that boats started to go agrou nd and crews had to get out and walk home! Nevertheless the First and Second Fours started training early in the Easter Term ~nd had settled down by March into what looked like their final order of rowing. It is mteresting to record that by March the First Boat had already paddled 56 miles. CAMBRIDGE Then, at the invitation of the King's College Boat Club, the First Four spent a memorable week in Cambridge at the end of April and rowed long distances in the College shell four. We were very grateful to David Chipp and Claude Lester of the K.C.B.C. and to our old friend, Percy Bullock, for coming out with us and giving us the benefit of their wisdom and experience. We were able to go out twice a day, and at the end of the we~k, as a most fitting climax, we were invited out in the College First Boat. It was largely owmg to the kmdness and enterpnse of Dr. Budd that we were able to stay in Cambridge at ali , and to him and the fami lies that found room for us we repeat our sincere thanks. SUMMER TERM Back in Canterbury the First and Second Boats went into training. There were the usual strict timetables, the extra milk, the morning walks, the normal hearti ness, but this time there was a new entertainment for the School: the First Boat was doing voluntary P.T. in the Gym every break! We are indebted to Sergeant-Major Marshall for devising these exercises which have proved most effective, and which must be remembered for future generations. The Third Four, with more inaterial to draw on this year, was also getting under way and seekmg to find a happy compromise between First Boat Fairbairnism and Second Boat or.t hodoxy! And the rest of the Club, faithfully coached by the senior boys, was havmg Its ftmg. Although every boy was able to row at least three times a week, there were always demands for more. The queues of hopeful oarsmen at the door of the Old Grange on Saturday nights were seldom disappointed, I hear.

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TONBRIDGE For the first time in the history of the Club we took our own boat to an away race. It was discovered that the East Kent Bus Company had a bus specially built for this purpose, though how it has escaped our notice until now is a mystery. This experiment, necessitated by the fact that Tonbndge had no sllltable boat to offer us, was very successful, and, because the crews travelled inside the bus, inexpensive. The First Boat, rowing at front station, went away soon after the start and finished two-and-a-half lengths up after an uneventful race in which we gradually drew away over most of the course. . MARLOW REGATTA This year the First Boat went to Marlow as holders of the Public Schools Challenge Cup and with an unbeaten season behind them. Considering the difficulties with which the Club has to contend, this was a record of which any school crew might well be proud. But if it brought glory to the School it brought stagnation to the crew. People had come to exp~t too much of them, and they arrived at Marlow feeling that they had nothing lD partlcular to galD and everythrng to lose. The art of success lD rowing is to eliminate all effort, as Steve Fairbairn used to repeat at Cambridge, and a worried look on an oarsman's face is a danger signal that can't be disregarded. The first signs of trouble were apparent after the first heat with Haileybury and Maidenhead. The School beat Haileybury by one-and-three-quarter lengths and Maidenhead easily, but it was an unhappy business. The boat did not feel right; everyone knew that it could run better and faster. And this year there was more than the Cup at stake, for there was a promise that if they kept the Cup they could go on to row at Henley Royal Regatta. Every oarsman has to learn the lesson that anxiety brings stiffness, and stiffness means wasted energy. In our case it was a pity that we had staved off the lesson so long, a pity that it should be at Marlow that the joy of rowing should suddenly disappear. There was grim determination in the crew that rowed down to the start of the next heat but no suggestion that rowing might be fun. ' The School ~ade a good start and were a few feet up after the first twenty strokes. Gradually they mcreased this lead to three-quarters of a length and maintained a halflength lead' over most of the course, but just before the finish Wallasey spurted and started to come up. Encouraged by their success they put everything they had into the final ten strokes and came home just two feet in front of the School. They had judged their spurt beautifully and deserved to win after the most exciting race of the day. The experience had not b~en in vain. If the School Four ra~es at Maidenhead Regatta at the end of this term It Will be a faster boat. With everything to win and nothing to lose they will regain their ease; without the responsibility of living up to expectations they will enjoy their rowing. FRIENDS Once more we have a host of friends to thank. Mr. and Mrs. Whalley stood by us yet again, opened their Marlow home to us and heaped good things upon us. We can never hope to repay such generosity. Our Cambridge friends gave us skilled advice and help the Reading Working Men's Regatta Committee generously loaned us boats and equip: ment, Westminster School handed over their boat-house for a whole day, Mrs. Shirley 214

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THE CANTUARIAN and Mrs. Paterson mothered us with their traditional kindness and enthusiasm, Mr. Curtis dealt unhesitatingly with our peculiar dietary demands. We cannot think what we have done to deserve it all. But it is a sad end-of-term, for we are going to lose Colin Paterson, whose enthusiasm and enterprise have brought the Boat Club such success for three whole years. The loyalty of every member has been very largely due to him and his own high standards ; if his successors can maintain the great tradition that he has revived, the future is assured. J.H.C. THE SECOND FOUR The Second Four had more training in the Easter Term this year and were quite well together by the beginning of the term. The Reading pace proved an unfortunate start when, by losing the draw, we had the outside station, which on this particular day proved very disadvantageous, and we came in two lengths behind Clifton and four behind Tonbridge, on the far side. The race at Tonbridge proved our worth when we beat them by one length after a very steady row. The Eastbourne Second Four was much improved this year and we were hard put to it to win by a canvas. At Putney, after a start for which we were not ready, we rowed a very exciting race against Haileybury ; maintaining a long easy stroke, we kept level over most of the course and took it away' at the finish to win by two lengths. A successful season was crowned by the visit to the Medway R.C. Regatta, where we competed in the Junior Fours. Six crews were entered for the event and we brought back the Coronation Cup after beating Gravesend R.C. by 2t lengths in the final. The crew have taken much trouble and trained hard ; the value of this was realised to the full when taking it in at the finish. C.W.W.

THE THIRD FOUR The Third Four had two fixtures this year. The first against Eastbourne was rowed on J line 9th at Fordwich. After not too good a start in which Eastbourne gained about

half a length, we settled down and gained steadily. The rate of striking was about 28-30 and the boat ran well between the strokes. We won comfortably by five lengths. At Tonbridge on June 14th we had another bad start which was followed by rather a flurried row and the four never seemed to settle down properly. However, we had an excellent and close race and Tonbridge only drew away in the last 100 yards to win by three-quarters of a length. R.H.P.

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INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS- March 26th and 28th

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1st, I. F. Black; 2nd, P. 1. Ellicott; 3rd, Milne. Time: 53.4 sees.

100 YARDS (Middle).-Record: 10.8 sees. (D. S. Eills, 1948).

1st, IrIam; 2nd, Hackett; 3rd, Capurro. Time: 11.2 sees.

880 YARDS (Junior).-Record: 2 mins. 26.6 sees. (R. J. Jackson, 1946). Jst, Tunpson; 2nd. Smith ii; 3ed, Jones ii. Time .' 2 mins. 16.5 sees. 220 YARDS (Senior).-Record: 23.8 sees. (D. B. Ainsworth, 1946). 1st, R. O. A. NorrIs: 2nd, I. F. Black; 3rd, D . S. Ellis. Time.' 24 soes. DISCUS (Senior):-Record: 99 ft. 10 in. (M. A. Arnott, 1945).

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LoNG JUMP (Middle).-Record: 17 ft. 6 in. (G. A. Roblin, 1946). 1st, Hackett; 2nd, Hewson, Briggs ii. LenKlh: 16 ft. 5 in. HIGH JUMP (Juni~r).-Record: 4 ft. 8t in. (1. G. B. Hewson, 1948). 1st, Snoxallu; 2nd, Dunn; 3rd, Timpson. Height ,' 4 ft. IO~ in. 216

THE CAN TUARTAN HURDLES (Senior).-Record : 15.8 socs. (G. WiUsdon, 1938). 1st, Walker; 2nd, Denton; 3rd. Fraser. Time,' 18.6 sees. 100 YARDS (Junior).-Record: 11 .5 sees. (M. J, Howett, 1945 and T. Ir1am, 1948). 1st, Osment; 2nd, Woolston ; 3rd, Nash. Time ,' 11.4 sees. 880 YARDS (Middle).-Reco/'d: 2 mins. 8.4 sees. (D. H. P. M·Lewis, 1945). 1st, Agnew ii; 2nd, Young ii; 3rd, Billinghurst. Time: 2 mins. 26 sees. WEIGHT (Middle) .- Record: 30 fl. 91 in, (D. S. Ellis, 1948). 1st, Briggs ii; 2nd, Morgan ii ; 3rd, Clark. Distallce: 29 flo 10 in. LONG JUMP (Senior).-Record,' 20 ft. 9 in. (G. Willsdon, 1939). 1st, Reed ii; 2nd, T. C. B. Swayne; 3rd, Gibson i. Length,' 18 ft. 7 in. MILE (Senior).- Record,' 4 mins. 49.9 sees. (1. P. B. Shepherd, 1944). 1st, Jackson i; 2nd, Fraser; 3rd, Smith. Time: 4 mins. 58.4 secs. RELA.Y (Under 16).- Record,' 1 min. 45.4 sees. (Walpole: Allison, Ellis. Roblin, Ainsworth. 1946; 1st, Luxmoore; 2nd. Meister Omers; 3rd, School House. Time,' I min. 45.4 sees.

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1st, Young ii; 2nd, Gray; 3rd, Billinghurst. Time,' 58.4 sees. 100 YARDS (Senior). - Record,' 10,4 sees. (C. L. Clements, 1926; D . B. Ainsworth, 1944 and 1946; I. F. Black, 1948). 1st, I. F. Black; 2nd, R. O. A. Norris; 3rd, Campbell. Time,' 10.6 sees. MILE (Middle).-Record: 5 mins. 8.1 sees. (D. L. Quested, D. H. P. M·Lewis, 1945). 1st, Agnew ii; 2nd, Jones ii ; 3rd, Bell. Time ,' 5 mins. 21.2 sees. 880 YARDS (Senior).- Record ,' 2 mins. 7.1 secs. (B. T. Ballantyne, 1940). 1st, Ellicott; 2nd, Smith i; 3rd, Jackson i. Time,' 2 mins. 14.6 sccs. 220 YARDS (Middle).-Record: 25 sees. (J. W. Allison, 1946). 1st, Irlam; 2nd, Hackett; 3rd, Capurro. Time,' 26 sees. 440 YARDS (Junior).-Record,' 1 min. 2.6 secs. (S. Young, 1948). 1st, Nash; 2nd, Smith ii; 3rd, Timpson. Time,' 59.6 sees. HURDLES (Middle).-Record: 17.6 sees. (J. Corben, 1938). 1st, Agnew ii; 2nd, Maitland i; 3rd, Herbert. Time,' 18,4 sees. WEIGHT (Senior).-Record: 40 ft. 5 in. (H. R. Steele, 1940). 1st, Ellis; 2nd, Morgan i; 3rd, Reed ii. Distance ,' 33 ft. 6; in. HIGH JUMP (Middle) .- Record: 5 fl. 2 in. (P. Burgess, 1945). 1st, Agnew ii; 2nd, Hazell ; 3rd, Taylor i. Height,' 4 ft. 11i in. LONG JUMP (Junior).- Record : 16 ft. 7 in. (G. A. Roblin, 1945). 1st, Woolston ; 2nd, Timpson; 3rd, Snoxall ii. Length,' 16 ft. 8t in. 220 YARDS (Junior).-Record: 27,.1 secs. (T. Irlam, 1948). 1st, Osment; 2nd, Woolston; 3rd, Reed iii. Time,' 26.3 sees. HIGH JUMP (Senior) .-Record,' 5 ft. 5; in. (A. J. Munro, 1936). 1st, Norris; 2nd, Fraser; 3rd, Swayne. Height,' 5 ft. 2; in. DISCUS (Middle).-Record,' 72 ft. 11 in. (A. J. Wylson, 1948. New Event). 1st, Clark; 2nd, Morgan ii, Mallinson i. Distance,' 78 ft. 2 in. JA.VELIN (Senior) .- Record ,' 130 ft. 4 in. (R. M. Butler, 1946). 1st, Walker; 2nd, Knight; 3rd, Lush. Distance : 117 ft . 9 in. RELAY (Senior). - Record ,' 1 min. 39 sees. (Meister Omers: Black, Bearcroft, Cartwright, Wenban, 1946).

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THE CANTUARIAN FINAL REsULTS.-lst, Meister Omers, 272 points; 2nd, Grange, 201l points; 3ed, School Houso, 1751 points; 4th, Walpole, 171 points; 5th, Walpole, 152, points; 6th, Marlowe, 116 points. Tills year the standard of athletics was rather disappointing; in the competitors for most events a lack of training and the absence of coaching were very noticeable. There is, of course, an explanation for both these insufficiencies: in the first place the weather during the fortnight immediately before the sports was far from satisfactory. making the completion of training difficult, if not impossible; and in the second place, we have no coach. There were, though, some creditable performances. Of the Sen iors, R. O. A. Norris was undoubtedly the most outstanding. He won both the High Jump and 220 Yards. Agnew ii and Young ii ran well in the Middle events; and of the Juniors, Osment and Timpson showed great promise for the future. Thanks are due to Mrs. Shirley, who very kindly presented the cup; to Mr. Ratcliffe and the other masters, who helped run the standards, heats and fina ls so efficiently; to the ground staff, who worked so hard in preparing a very fine track ; and to the Caxton Society, who kindly printed the programmes.

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THE SCHOOL LIBRARY The Library is grateful for donation s, some of considerable size, from: Mrs. Gillibrand, widow of A. Gillibrand, Esq., O.K.S. ; Miss Carter; Dr. Brown; and Capt. Potts; and the following O.K.S. :- S. L. Anderson, Esq. ; A. Beam, Esq. ; P. A. Fyfe-Cooper, Esq. ; P. V. Gurr, Esq. ; Col. Iremonger ; P. C. V. Lawless, Esq. ; M. C. O. Mayne, Esq. ; H. C. M. Pitts, Esq. ; F . P. Smythe, Esq. We were especially glad to welcome from the Headmaster a copy of his new book on Richard Hooker; and we congratulate him on the honour paid to him by Oxford University in recognition of his writings. Tbe development of tbe library has long been demanding more space for books; and the small room adjoining it is to be shelved to accommodate some of our older volumes. We shall therefore soon have more space available to house those new books which we hope that O.K.S. and friends will be kind enough to send us.

SCOUT TROOP ANNUAL CAMP This year the Troop held its annual week-end camp at Brabourne, in the Vkarage grounds-taking advantage of the J.T.C. whole day training. The weather was quite remarkably fine and we were able to bathe at Dymchurch on the Sunday afternoon. Camp was pitched on Friday after afternoon school, and during the evening the Vicar, the Rev. W. H. Wagstafte, kindly invi ted liS in to watch the television, which we all enjoyed and appreciated very much.

Saturday was spent making" gadgets" for the camp, and in a wide game. The cooks distinguished themselves by putting Vim instead of baking-powder in the suet pudding; but as no one knew about it until afterwards and as it was much enjoyed by all, one can only conclude that a useful discovery has been made, of which Mrs. Beeton might well be proud.

We struck camp on Monday afternoon and returned to School after a most successfu l and enjoyable week-end .

Next holidays, we hope to hold a camp at Freshwater, I.O.W., from July 27th-August 4th, and wi ll be very pleased to see any O.K.S. Scouts there.

THE MILITARY BAND This term, under the able guidance of Mr. Purcell, our wind instrument teacher and the conductor of a famous band himself, the School Military Band has made great progress. Up to the time of writing, the Band has had seven enthusiastic meetings and hopes to be able to give a good account of itself on Speech Day. It will play at the unveiling of the War Memorial and after the Speeches.

Our sincere gratitude must here be given to Mr. Purcell, who has so willingly and patiently trained us. To him we owe a great debt. A MBMBER

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THE SOCIETIES WALPOLE SOCIETY Since the last issue we have met as a parliament and debated the nationalisation of the School ; oddly enough, we only just managed to retain OUf independence! One of our most enjoyable evenings was spent with Dr. Knight, who gave us a pianoforte recital in the Music School. We are grateful to him not only for his impressive performance but also for breaking the tradition that music is none of our business. The short story competition was effective in sorting out the active members from those who attended meetings for purely social reasons, and a committee of masters gave the prize to M. C. Holderness. The rest of OUT time has been devoted to play-reading, and although there are always many rival activities on Sunday evenings there have always been enough members present to make these meetings a success. So far we have read The Dover Road, Afldrocles and the Lioll and The Doc/or's Dilemma. C.A.R.H.

RAILWAY SOCIETY On 26th May twenty membe'r s took part in a visit to the Romney. Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. A special coach took us to Hylhe station where we watched train operations at the miniature railway terminus. Then we boarded a train for New Romney. where we were met by Col. Simpson, who took us into "Model Land", a room full of valuable exhibits. The main object of interest to us was the largest, an "0" gauge electric railway in the shape of an oval. Capt. Howey, the owner, worked the models, the best of which is a "King" model with a set of eight "Cornish Riviera" coaches, worth ÂŁ220 altogether. We then went on to Dungeness, at a good speed, having explored the works and sheds at New Romney and seen all the motive power of the line. Here we climbed up to the top of the lighthouse, but were soon running straight back to Hythe behind" Southern Maid", and after light refreshments there, were soon back in Canterbury after a very enjoyable outing. On June 15th, the stationmaster of Canterbury West took us up into Canterbury West Signal Box. All the instruments and station arrangements were explained and discussed, and we inspected the working books and timetables. Another party will be going there later this term. On Tuesday, 28th June we are going to Ashford works and shed as usual in the Summer. The model railway has not been operating as this is an outdoor term, but will be opened again in the Autumn. I would now like to take the opportunity of wishing the Society all prosperity in the future, as retiring Secretary I have enjoyed carrying on the good work performed by my predecessors. R. JACKSON

CAXTON SOCIETY This term has proved more instructive than eventful, and each member has received individual instruction. Much time has been spent by members in rearranging the print~room in preparation for the small exhibition which we hope to hold at the end of this term. Next term the Society hopes to visit more paper-mills and printers in the neighbourhood. The Society is one of the most flourishing, and there is a large waiting~Jist for it at the moment. D.R.B.

ARTS SOCIETY It was decided to re~form the Society this term after its lapse since last Summer. An encouragingly large number of members were enrolled, and J. Moor was voted Secretary, together with a committee of four representing all the Houses. The House Art Competition is being held on July 23rd. It is hoped that this will afford an opportunity for displayjng the Art Talent in the School. Next term we have arranged for a series of talks and dis~ cussions on the appreciation of Art, in addition to th~ usual weekly meetings fQr drawing ,and painting und-er the w~lcome guidance of our President. Mr. D. Stainer. .

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THE PSYCHIC SOCIETY Certain members of the Sixt h Forms have recently formed a Society for the investigation of psychic phenomena, restricted for the time being to the Cat hedral and Precincts. For obvious reasons it has been deemed necessary to keep the membership and meetings secret, for this term at least. We would be glad to receive the opinion of the authorities on our activities, and to know whether any master would care to receive the Presidency of the Society, in which case our doors may be opened to whoever may wish to join us from the Sixth Forms. M.O., G.H., S.H. AND W.H.

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The Music Society has always prided itself on the informal character of its activities. And this term, two excellent concerts have certainly not offended this tradition. The Grange Madrigal Society gave one of those entertainments that always seem to surprise School Masters hardened to the indifferent qualities of boys in class. This small group, consisting really of one treble, one alto and four basses sang madrigals and part songs from a very wide range, with a technique and polish that would be a credit to a professional choir of some standing. Add to this the freshness and vigour of uninhibited youth, surrounded by the age old beauty of the Cloisters, and you have something indefinab ly moving. And in contrast with the balance of well rehearsed voices, the strident tones of a solo oboe and the more fami liar gentle sound of a solo piano provided the finishing touches to a most enjoyable evening that will not SOOll be forgotten. Dorothea Clayton is a very old friend of the School, and so gave us a violin recital with the charm of fam iliarity. It so adds to the enjoyment of the listener if the artist obviously delights to play; and a fairly short recital ended with t~e very commendable desire of all those present to stay and hear more. P.C.P.B .

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MUSIC THE CHOIR A nine-lesson Easter Carol Serv ic~ was broadcast by tbe School Choir on Easter Sunday In the Home Service Children s Hour. The hymns and carols had been recorded JJl the Cathedral at the end of the Lent Term. The broadcast came over most satisfactorily ' and subseq uent correspondence indicated that it gave pleasure to numerous people. The followmg anthems have been sung in Cathedral since the last issue of The Cantuanan :This Joyful EasterUde (Charles Wood), 0 Lord, illcrease my faith (Gibbons) Greater Lo~e.(John Ireland), Awaken, Lord, and hasten (Bach), Hymn to the Trinity (Tchaikovsky) RejoICe In the Lord (Purcell). ' On June 9th the Choir took part in the service for combined Public School choirs held In the Cathedral and conducted by Dr. Suttle, at which were sung three anthems and Stanford's settIng of the Evening Service in B fiat.

THE CHORAL SOCIETY The main event ?f tb~ term was the performance of Bach's Magnificat on June 30th durIng the Fnends FestLval Week .. The Cboir, numbering some 200 voices, was accomparued by the Jac~ues Orchestra, with Dr. Campbell playing continuo and organ and the soloLsts were OILve Groves, Alfred Deller, William Herbert and Owen B' . Dr. Suttle conducted. The Magnificat was part of a choral and orchestrar~~~;~!~' the programme of which also lllcluded instrumental items from the works of Handel . and Bach (played by the orchestra and conducted by Dr. Jacques) and the concludmg two numbers from Handel 's Samson- Let the bright seraphim sun ' b or Groves, and Let their celestial concerts all unite, sung by the Choir. It w~s en~o~ra i~e to hear the choral socLety well spoken of by Dr. Jacques, who is one of Our best-kn~w~ choral conductors and an authonty on the performance of the works of Bach d H d I The Lo.ndon TiI~.es also spoke in higb praise of the orchestral items, and a~~id ~r t~~ Magnificat that. the performance revealed the full stature of tbe composer' '. A s ecial word of thanks 18 due to the excellent team of SOIOLStS whose singing reached the bPh t pOSSible level. ' Ig es RECITAL A most enjoyable and entertaining concert was given in the Chapter House on June 25th by Mr. George Baker, who sang a I!umber of.so~gs from Gilbert and Sullivan and a selection of other delightful and entertamJJlg mUSIC, mcluding some of Harr G h ' Ruthless Rhymes set to mUSIC by Hely-Hutchinson. y ra am s His r~cital was, as always, extremely popular, and well received . We thank him for his generosity m commg to smg to us and look forward to his next visit.

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The chief events of this term have both been somewhat marred, but the routine work of the Corps has gone ahead very satisfactorily. The weather has interfered very little, and the standard of smartness and efficiency has decidedly risen. The Band has practised hard and it is hoped that it will be possible to buy a new big drum, as the existing one has split. ANNUAL INSPECTlON.- This was the first Inspection by the three services jOintly, and was marred by the very late arrival of the senior member, the Army Inspecting Officer. The Inspection was begun by the Naval Staff Officer, and the March Past was taken by the Inspecting Officer, who then looked round the training being done by platoons. The turn-out was very good, and considering that they had been kept waiting for an hour, the behaviour of the cadets was excellent. The report has not yet been received. FIELD DAY.- As last year, the senior port ion of the Contingent went over to Deal, and did an exercise set by the Royal Marines, Deal. This consisted of a mopping-up operation from the area of Ringwould towards the sea; it was on a two-platoon front, and four platoons, with the Signals Platoon, took part. The leading platoons engaged each pocket of resistance till it was overcome, and the following platoon then leap-frogged into the lead, and things were going very well, when unfortunately some of the mortar smoke-bombs started sizeable fires, and the exercise had to be interrupted to put them out. This break rather spoiled the realism of the exercise, but the Signals Platoon, which had already done excellent work maintaining wireless contact then put in a strenuous half-hour laying cable communication for a defensive position. When this was complete, the exercise broke off for lunch which the Marines provided and very good it was too quite maintaining the high standard of last year. This year 'buses were used, a great improvement on the tedious train-journey last year and the afternoon gave an opportunity for a bathe, which was fairly generally appreciated. PROMOTIONS.- As C.s.M. Paterson expected he might be away for a period, Sgt. Manning-Press became Contingent C.S.M.; L/Sgt. Newton became C.Q.M.S. L/Sgt. C. Smith to Sergeant. Cpls. P. J. Ellicott, J. R. G. Nicholas, I. D. Hill, R . W. G. Reed to Lance-Sergeants. L/Cpls. J. A. G. Stonehouse, J. G. C. Milne, D. H. Mizen, R. O. C. Davy, D. S. Ellis, J. R. Gibson, P. R. S. Jackson, J. C. A. Lock, A. B. Pollok, R. H. Howie, P. M. Denham, P. J. S. Murray, J. M. Johnson, B. H. Edwards to Corporals. CERTifiCATE" A ", MARCH, 1949, PART H.- The following passed with Grade V and was promoted Corporal: R. F. Moffatt. The following passed with Grade Wand were promoted Lance-Corporal: M. M. S. Finnis, A. E. H. Pedder, D. 1. B. Balfour, J. Cassidy, R. H. Lowry, D. H. Elliott, D. I. Campbell, D. G. W. Ommanney, W. J. Sinnott, P. C. E. Creasy, N. C. F isher, J. G. B. Hewson, C. J. Bell, R. J. Simpkins, C. M. Brennan, R. G. Walters, B. T. G. Moffatt. The following passed with Grade X and were promoted Lance-Corporal: P. R. Snoxall, M. R. M. Leslie. J . M. Skinner, G. T. Watson, R . P. M. Davies, D. C. Nuthall , J . G. Bollom, M. G. Briggs, A. W. Burtwell, J. Noye. Seven failed, three with Grade Y and four with Z. CERTIFICATE "A", MARCH, 1949, PART I.-Cdt. S. Young passed with Grade V, and 19 others with Grade Wand three with Grade X. Five failed, one with Grade Y and four with Z. CERTIFICATE" A ", JUNB, 1949, PART n.-The following passed with Grade V and were promoted Corporal: B. E. Lee, T. Irlam, D. R. Briggs. The following passed with Grade Wand were promoted Lance-Corporal; J. M. Whitefield, B. M. M. Simpson, H. D. Tymms, R. O. A. Norris, S. Young, J. G. Jell, R. Bahler, P. J. H. Billinghurst, G. Hamber, P. B. Watson, J. Walker, P. S. Haskins, J. J. W. H. Seager, R. D. M. Darling. The following passed with Grade X and were promoted Lance-Corporal; C. G. Gray, P. A. Read, M. C. Webster. Two failed with Grade Y and one with Z. CERTIFICATE "A", JUNE, 1949, PART I.-The following passed with Grade V: N. C. G. RafHe, D. Peschek, 1. C. Macpherson, B. Robinson, R. G. Burgess. 39 passed with Grade W, and five with Grade X; there were three failures with Grade Y and none with Z. K.A.C.G.

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R .N. SEC!ION. After gping ~o press I<;LSt t~~m . we had a vis~t from Commander Collett, who gave us some helpful advlce. The mam object of his VISit was to examine three candidates for the Leading Seaman Examination. Ldg. Seaman Cockman passed in all three parts. p, Trowsdale has also been rated Ldg Seaman. Seven have now passed their Able Seaman Test. . This term, A.Bs. Caird, RyeJand i and Anderson have also sat for the Ldg. Seaman Examination, but the results are not through yet. Lieut.-Commander Rich came down at the beginning of term to inspect the section and he was well pleased with what he saw. On the Field Day we went to Portsmouth and spent the night on board the Sea Cadet training ship H.M.S. Modeste to get some idea of what life before the mast is like. A very interesting morning was spent on Whale Island. Work during the term has been done outdoors as much as possible. We have a skeleton boat rigged up between tw.o trees with 'Y~ich the methods of raising and lowering boals cal]. be taught. Sheer legs have also be~1]. n gged. No sallmg has been done as yet though the chances of till S are now quite near. Sinee las~ wntmg tY:'o boats have, been allotted to us, 0r:te a. dry land boat, and the other, a whaler, has just arnved at Wlutstable but with no means of propellmg It. A very pressing order to â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Paint Ship" has had to go out! Mr. Gardner has been appointed Chief Petty Officer Instructor. We are being sent to H.M.S. implacable, the C.-in-C. 's Flagship, at Portsmouth for the " Week Before the Mast" at the end of tenn, when with 138 other public school boys we should have a very fine week.

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R.A.F. SECfloN.- Once the General Inspection was over, the term was spent preparing for the A.T.C. Proficiency Examination which takes plac~ on lui;: 16th. Field Day was again spent at ~. A.F. Station, Manston, where we were taken round vanous sections and shown a strange film about Life in a Jungie. R.H.P.

THE FAMILY OF HAKE We are happy to reproduce a photograph, taken about 1885, showing the Reverend Robert Hake, and his three sons who were all members of the School. This family lived and slept where now we feed! Up till 1937 our present Dining Hall consisted of two houses, each inhabited by a Minor Canon; looking from the Green Court, the righthand one was the dwellmg of F. J. O. Helmore, Minor Canon from soon after 1880 till 1938, and the left-hand house was the home of Robert Hake, Minor Canon from 1852 to 1884. Mr. Hake was also Precentor, as Mr. Helmore became in his turn. The work of transformation was wonderfully well done, and the south aspect of the building, in consequence, shows hardly any change at all. Of the three sons of Robert Hake the eldest is seated next his father; that is Edwin Denys, at School 1868 to 1874: Le":is Francis (K.S. 1872-6) stands behind him, and Osmond Butler (K.S. 1873-7) is behind his father. All three boys, tog.ether with an older and fourth brother, who died at his Preparatory School, were born m this house now part of our Dmmg Hall. To the present generation of boys the most interesting is E. D. Hake, for he was the father of H. D. Hake, now Headmaster of our daughter-or sister-School, the King's School, Parramatta who visited us last year and gave a talk to us in the Chapter House one morning after p;ayers. It is possible that the family's connexion with the School goes much further back than the XIXth century; for a Christopher Hake was admitted as a King's Scholar on June 1st, 1758. His birth-place is given in the old Register as Lisbon.

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LECfURES ALAN PRYCE-JONES, ESQ. Mr. Alan Pryce-Jones, distinguished as a writer and critic, but principally as the Editor of The Times Literary Supplement, paId us a flYIng VISIt on May 25th. He dealt III his talk with the trend of modern literature, and from such an expert one mIght have expected an unorthodox, witty, penetrating and highly entertaining talk. One would have been right. Speaking spontaneously, Mr. Pryce-Jones touched on the proble,!!s that fac~. the present-day writer, the problem of a constantly-changIng world In whIch the tradItIons of the past have been shattered, and in ~hich the placId eXIstence led by men and women in the eighteenth and nIneteenth cent~nes, when week by week, year by y~ar, much the same things took place, no longer eXists. Now no one can foretell what lies round the next corner, and in a matter of a few years, whole SOCial up~eavals may occur. The Anthony Trollope of 1949 would be in a pretty quandary. But Indeed there could be no Trollope, no Jane Austen, in this year of grace. From this starting-point, he went on to discuss the writers of the twentieth century, revealing the most interesting views about such vaned wnters as Maugham, Graham Greene, and James Joyce. He also went on to say s?methIng about th? work of The !Imes Literary Supplement, and to expose before our delighted ~yes the fOIbles and fan~les ?f that most despised of all men-the cntzc! One can ImagIne Mr. Pryce-Jones, attIredm immaculate morning-dress, sitting behind a desk laden WIth books, and dealing WIth critics in much the same way as man treats the Insect-world. For the venerable bee he has a certain respect: flies he merely swats. That is why this does not attempt- if that were p~ssible-to criticise Mr. Pryc.e-Jones' talk' it suffices to say that it was one of the most delIghtful and mformatIve evemngs that the Sixth Form has enjoyed for a very long while. M. C. W. THOMAS, ESQ. On May 20th, M. C. W. Thomas, Esq ., a member of the Howard League for Penal Reform, spoke to the Upper School in the Parry on Penal Reform. Mr. Thomas, who has come in contact with nearly every type of prISoner 111 hIS capaCIty as a VISitor of Maidstone Gaol, began his talk by describing the hardshIps whIch the convIcted m~n have to suffer during their terms of imprisonment. He descnbed the pams and penalties inflicted for breaches of prison discipline. Some of the Instances he gave taken from the Report of the Royal Commission 1921 were for the most tr.1Vlal offences; smgmg ~~rols at Christmas, throwing books on the floor, and not takmg books from the vlSltmg librarian. He said that the hardship which nearly every pnsoner suffers most IS the loss of his freedom. The work that was given them was utterly useless, he said, and the pay for that work a terrible disgrace. Mr. Thomas' mterestmg talk was ~oloured by stones from his own experiences, but as he pointed out, the pIcture he paInted ~f vermmous cells, Gestapo-like warders and harsh governors did not apply t? every pnson. At the end, Mr. Thomas kindly answered questIOns rangmg from capital pumshment to the daily diet of prisoners. C.B.M-P.

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O.K.S. NEWS (The Honorary Secretary, Major D. J. B. Jervis, Dawn Cliff, Goodwin Road, St . Margaret's Bay, Dover, would lVeleome information for inc/usion in the O.K.S. News.) The O.K.S. Dinner will take place at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London, on 6th January, 1950. S. D. TuRNER (1903-1908), Forester and Chief Engineer of the Fire Protection Los Angeles District, U.S.A., visited the School this term. ' M. G. JORDAN (1942- 1946) has been in the Army Educational Corps for over a year in Au.stria. On leave recently in Italy he had an audience with the Pope. Jordan will be gomg to Oxford (Sf. Edmund HaU) for the Michaelmas Term. S. N. CART':"R1GHT (1944---1946) has gone to live in Sydney, Australia. He travelled out on the malden voyage of the R.M .S. Oreades, which did the journey in record time. T. H. PARES (1942-1947), shortly to be demobbed, will start his legal training in September. MAJOR L. F. P. RUSSELL (1935- 1939), who is in Assam, was recently gazetted from the 13th Lancers (T.A.) to the Regular Army Reserve. CAPTAIN W . N. HAYES, M.e. (1933-37) is off to the Middle East in November. R. C. WBNBAN (1943-48 has gained a Commission in R.E.M .E., and is stationed at Bordon, Hants. A. T. STAFFORD (1945-48) is working on a large farm at Acton Sudbury Suffolk and shares "digs" with F. P. SMYTH (1945--48), who works on the same fa~m. ' We congratulate J. P. J. STORY (1946- 48), who recently rescued two small children from drownmg at Shgo. Story was on a motor tour with his parents and arrived at Sligo one afternoon, mtendmg to spend the mght there. With his father he went down to the Harbour and found tw~ hltle !llrlS scream mg. on the s teps. Going to find out what was wrong, they saw two children III the water bemg carned away by a strong outgoing tide . Story immediately took off his coat, dived in, and brought the two children ashore. Congratulations are al~o due to J . E. C. HINCHCLIFFE (1940-44) on coxing Trinity College Eight which retamed the HeadshIp of the River at the Oxford Summer Eights for the sixth successIve year. G. VIVIAN DAVIES (1935-40) is to be ordained at Michaelmas to a curacy at Maidstone. He IS to be mamed shortly. M . P. D. BROWN (1943-46) is serving with R.E.M.E. and is stationed at Honiton before embarking on his training for a medical career. D. K. L. MORGAN (1944---48) is working for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. THE REv. C. C. O. BENNETT (1929-35) has been appointed Rector of Little Berkhamsted, Herts. MAJOR R. J. N. NORRIS (1904---11). has gone to Durban as Manager of the Home of Heahng there (based on the one at MIlton Abbey, Hampshire).

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THE CA NTU A RIAN B. W. FEARON (1934---39) writes from Cebu City in the Philippines where he is working with the Shell Co., but, having worked in the State Forests in Germany as a prisoner of war, hopes to take up Forestry as a career and intends to study at the University of Idaho. His brother Derek (1940- 41) is planting rubber in Malaya. J. B. GOUDGE (193 5-40) writes from Abadan, S. Iran, where he is with the AngloIranian Oil Co. He got his Authentic and Greyhound Colours at Oxford and was elected a member of Vincent's Club. He is working in the Administration Department and enjoying it, as there are plenty of facilities for games and social activities. C. B. H. WAUTON (1932-37) is at Ahivaz some ninety miles away, and K. R. HENSHAW (1932- 37) is personal assistant to the General Manager and works in the same building, while J. D. OMMANNEY (1938-43) is at Kuwait, not far away.

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We are very grateful for a gift of copies of The Can tual'ian from 1885-9 1 from J. G. WALSH. B. F . BUSWELL (1945-48) is working with Frigidare in Dayton, Ohio, and hopes to get into the General Motors Training Institute in Flint, Michigan. THE REv. J. W. POOLE (1922- 28), who has been a Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral since 1936 and Precentor since 1938, has been appointed by the Archbishop to the Rectory of Merstham and is to take up his duties there in August. R. TRAGBTT (1945- 47), who is a Lance-Corporal in the R.A.C., is in charge of the control room of the firing ranges at Belsen, Germany. B. H. V. BRACKENBURY (1934- 39) is District Officer of Awka in Onitsha Province Nigeria, and looks fo rward to visiting the School at the end of the Christmas Term: with A. G. EYRE (1935- 40), who IS working in the Secretariat at Lagos, his immediate "boss" being T. V. SCRIVENOR (1920- 27), who is Commissioner there. DR. S. W. HINDS (1929- 33) has been appointed Senior Lecturer in Social and Preventative Medicine at the University of Bristol. T. J. MATHEWS (1941- 45), who is just beginning his legal training, writes that when serving in Palestine he came across M. A. ARNOTT (1942- 46), who was on his way to South Africa with his family. He also informs us that he was married last year and is now the proud father of a son, Michael, born last May. We apologise to Bishop Frewer of N.W. Australia for an error in the December, 1948 Calltuarian, where Accepted Frewen, ArchbIshop of York, was referred to as Archbishop Frewer. J. R. G. WATTERS (1935- 39) is working under the Forest Office in the Eastern Provinces of Nigeria, but unfortunately we are unable to decipher the name of his station. THE REV. B. J. WIGAN (193 1-37) has been appointed Vicar of East Maili ng in the Diocese of Rochester. Congratulations to JOHN BUCKLAND (1926- 1933) on having been asked to write the Music for the B.B.C. 's production of Marlowe 's " Tamburlai ne" on August 29th, in World Theatre, certainly an all O.K.S. alfair which may well constitute a record I

...... THE CANTUARIAN The O.K.S. Golfing Society The Society entered a team for the Halford-Hewitt Public Schools Cup at Deal in April and was beaten in the first round by one match by the Old Tridents.

The O.K.S. team was as follows :-R. S. Mount (Captain), G. Arnold (Secretary), H . G. Arnold, D. E. Bacon, J. C. Corben, F . G. Laughton-Scott, F. R. Hamp, H . t. S. Pearse, P. T. Simms, J. G. 10ung, Sir Frederick Bovenschen (reserve) . The Spring Meeting of the Society was held at Banstead. It was a very pleasant day although unfortunately only ten O.K.S . turned up. The morning round was won by H. G. Arnold, 76 less 5 = 71, and the President's Cups were won by H. G . Arnold and H. L. Pearse with 5 up. The O.K.S. Golfing Society was formed two years ago by a few keen O.K.S. golfers. The promoters counted on other O.K.S. golfers to rally and support the Society. I! is with real regret the Committee report the fact that the interest shown to date has been very small and they do earnestly appeal to all O.K.S. golfers of whatever handicap who are not already members to write for particulars to the Honorary Secretary, G. Arnold, I Chasewood Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex. At present there is no sUbscription demanded for membership to the Society. The aim of the Society is- (l) To enter a team for the Halford-Hewitt Public Schools Cup held in April each year at Deal. (2) To hold a Society Meeting in May and another in October. One of these is held at Canterbury. The Autumn Meeting will be held at Canterbury on the 8th October. All members of the Society will get a notification in due time. I! does not matter whether you are a "tiger" or a "rabbit". If you play the game, do support the Society a nd come along to the meetings.

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IN MEMORIAM HENRY NOBLE HALL, J.K.S. {I 881-82) From The Times of 28th March, 1949 :_ Mr. Henry Noble Hall, for many. years a well known fig ure in Paris, and who had a van ed career as a JournalIst, dIed III New York on Saturday, according to a Reuter messag~. Hall, who was educated .at King's School, Canterbury, had worked as a JournalIst In the .West IndIes, tbe Umted States, and in Europe, but after the 1914-1 8 war ~e settled In Pans, wher~ he engaged in business on his own acco unt and became a well now~ and somewha~ pI~turesque .figure. Owmg to hIs unrivalled command of French and hIs unusual abIlIty I~ rendenng a running translation of the speeches made on publIc occaSIOns, hIs servICes were frequently sought by the British Embass . He was appoInted a temporary firs t secretary at the Embassy in 1939 in which yIar h created C.B.E." , e was DR. H. B. MILSOME (I 880-89) We regret to learn from his Solicitors of the death on 9th December, 1948 of H. B. Milsome, who ent~red the hmor School In May, J 880, just before his ten th birthda He beca~e a KIng. s S~holar 11l 1885 and a Senior Scholar and a Monitor in 1888. He wr~ In the Cncket XI In hIs last term and went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took 2nd Class Honours In the Natural Science Tripos in 1892. He qualified M.R.C.L., L.R.C.P. In 1896, and became M.B . and B.C., Cambridge in 1897. He practised for many years at Chertsey. DR. HAROLD WACHER (1888- 93) We regret to announce the death, after a long illness of Dr. Harold Wacher on 11th AprIl. ' Born in Canterbury in 1876, Harold Wacher, the son of Dr. Frank Wacher 0 K S (1865), was sent to the King 's School in Micbaelmas, 1888. He led a vigoro~s life'a; school, and took a promInent part in all school games, as a glance at The Cantuarian for the ~ears 1891- 93 wIll show. For two years he was a member of the Ru er XV and m h~s last year at scho.ol he played for the Cricket XI. On leaving school h;~ntered St. Jo~n s College, Cambndge and from tbere he went to Guy's Hospital. He joined his father s pr":ctIce In Canterbury (I 903) and continued the family tradition until 1947 when he retIred. ' At Cambridge, Harold .Wacher graduated B.A. ; from Guy's he added M.B. and ~.Ch., andm 1928 he ,recelved hIS M.D. degree for writing a medical history of Canterd ury. Dunng the 1914- 18 War Dr. Wacher became a Captain in the RAM C served both In Egypt and in France. . . . . an

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We especially remember Dr. Wacher, as we do his father before him, for his charm of manner and for his inherent warm-hearted friendliness. It was these qualities which endeared him to people in all walks of life. He was a lavish entertainer, an exceptionally good public speaker, a well-known Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a born actor. At Guy's Hospital he was prominent as one of the founders of the residents' play and the "Disguysed Minstrels". But better known still he was o)le of the leading "Old Stagers" of Canterbury and acted in their Cricket Week plays for nearly forty years. MORTON W. PIERCE Many O.K.S. will be grieved to hear of the recent death of Mr. Morton W. Pierce. He died, after two months' illness, on April 23rd. Morton Pierce was born in Canterbury and lived the greater part of his life in the city. For some forty years he devoted himself to the service of the Cathedral. He will be chiefly remembered by O.K.S. as Verger to the King's School during the years prior to the War. After the School was evacuated to Cornwall, Morton Pierce remained in Canterbury and continued to be Verger to the Dean, which position he held for thirty-five years. Morton Pierce was a familiar personality to all those who knew the Cathedral in its daily life. He was well-known and respected by all the King's School, not only for his faithfulness to the Cathedral, but also for his Christian life. Morton Pierce lived in that good, simple way which defies admiration. He had his hardships, but was always to be found cheerful and smiling. He was a source of strength to all those about him. His loyalty in life became so identified with the Cathedral, that it is hard to think of the Cathedral without also thinking of him . He stood for all that is best in the Christian life; and the qualities which he shewed forth will be remembered in the Cathedral and will live for many years to come. HARRY JAMES CAPE Harry James Cape died on the 12th of May, as the result of a severe attack of angina pectoris. As his friends well knew, his heart had given him trouble for some years and he had been under strict orders from his doctor to exercise great care as to his movements. It was characteristic of him that he still continued, nevertheless, cheerfully to carry thro ugh, without check, his ambassadorial work on behalf of Barnardo's Homes, a cause to which he gave devoted service in the years of his retirement. I am not able to attempt a fu ll review of his career as I am not sufficien tly familiar with the facts of it before and after the fruitful decade that he spent as an assistant master of the King's School. At Canterbury I came to know him particularly well and have always since held him in very special regard. He was undouhtedly among the most variedly endowed schoolmasters that I have met in any school. He founded the study of modern history as a scholarship subject at the King's School. It was as a scholarship pupil of his that I came to know him. I never encoun tered him as a form-master. In manner he was modest and even diffident, speaking with a quiet and sometimes almost apologetic voice. This always seemed to me most paradoxical. Intellectually most able, he exhibited an enviable range of interests and aptitudes that entitled him to be regarded as a specialist ill at least foul' main teaching subjects. Moreover, in athletics 231

THE CANTUAR IA N he was a sprinter of considerable achievement; but he could hardly have explained more hesitantly to enquiring pupils the "pots" with which his rooms were honourably adorned if they had been trophies won at bowls- l will not say billiards, for that was a game in which he delighted and excelled . By birth a Londoner from the Essex border, he came up rather older to Magdalen College, Oxford, as an Exhibitioner in 1897 than the average undergraduate in those days. He had already to his credit a "First" in English at London University. His less distinguished record in Hon. Maths. Mods. and in Modern History at Oxford he always regretted, as he was patently capable of better results than those he obtained in Scbools ; but those were years in which the lure of Athletics had him in thrall. He came to the King's School in 1901 ; and after he had settled in as an assistant master, he redressed his Oxford disappointments in the academic field by working in his spare time for the London B.Sc. in Economics and secured a particularly good "First", followed by the winning of the Gladstone Memorial Prize in 1907. French was another subject which he was very competent to teach. He spoke the language fluently and derived entertainment from the fact that in France he was generally mistaken for a Belgian. As a history tutor for scholarship candidates he was inimitable. His great resources of knowledge, his critical appraisement of their efforts, his large and diverse library of books he freely placed at the disposal of his pupils. He had all the accurate, preparatory virtues of an effective schoolmaster, but with them combined the evocative stimuli of a well-read don. Tutorial hours in his room at the top of the Tower staircase in the New Buildings were, indeed, a feast for the mind; and as these sessions not infequently exceeded their appointed time-limits, he devised improvised meals, which furnished concurrent provender for the body; and so discussion would range widely over the fields of history or literature, religion or politics. Most enjoyable, too, in their way, were the picnic parties (he had a punt and a canoe of his own which he had brought from Oxford) that he arranged for masters and boys from time to time on the Stour in the Summer Term. He was most partial to the middle Thames-there was a time when he had been a highly proficient propeller of a punt-and year by year he revisited Dorchester and Abingdon. In 1910 he left K.S. to become Headmaster of Sir John Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester, and moved in 1916 to Colchester as Headmaster of the Royal Grammar School, where he made a lasting name for himself by his energies and devotion. His whole-hearted absorption in the activities of the School and its betterment, his careful, sincere, and individual interest in the welfare of its boys past and present, won him the enduring regard and gratitude of all associated with the School. On retirement he went to live at Priory Gate, Sudbury, and there largely busied himself with promoting support up and down the country for Barnardo's Homes. His affection for the King's School never waned, nor was eclipsed by any of his subsequent activities. With Canon Woodruff he wrote the History of the School: that is in itself an enduring monument to him and the School owes much to him for his particular contribution in that work; but those O.K.S. who came under his tutorial aegis and were fortunate to have his friendship will be for ever his debtors. A.B.E. 232

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Dear School, . and .IS already rceed·mg a II too qUic . kly . here in Cambndgc May Week hahs onhcelmo~egrul~ n~ ~rk~o~r!fvid picture of a Cambridge which must in its gaiety have into the past, t aug cavm (' 'valled those May Weeks of pre-war days. n . . he nth in which May Week falls is not that of May, but by s~me As one mlg~t POSSldblY exhPect, tth mro]une Coming close on the heels of the examinations it prOVides 'cally Engli sh para ox t . e mon 0 . typl I · chance for relaxat ion and a striking contrast of atmospheres! . .. that 0 K S this term have tended to "hibernate" and busy themselves with a we.come It IS not perhaps surpn smg .' . . . . f t·c and perhapsrepentant preparations for the exammatlons. ran I , . . h ·n · somet imes 1 y that through a most unfortu nate mi su nderstandmg concernmg t e notl cdatblon We are extreme y son ( b the Master of Selwyn College, Dr. Telfer, was so poorly a~tende ut of members, an At Hom e haCtld !ppreciated Doctor Telfer's hospitality and enjoyed the evemng. Ihose who were presen t gre ly . h . f 0 K S thi s term must needs be somewhat Illcomplete and among. t ose ~nr acchount tr~e~~nf~~t?vities ~~s Malcolm Burgess, who was seen creating qu i ~e a sen.sateton at enJoymg teen 0 . d'f h ad a guess as a member of some Diplomatic orps. the Slavonic Society's Ball dresse , I we may ~zu rht his wa' into the final round of the Jesus College D. T~elles Grosse afte~.ioDe ~rUo~'~~ug~s~ ot J~SUS, actelin the product ion of Purcell's K,illg (lrrhul' TenniS Tourn~ment,. w 1 e ' 1 " d" g May Week M J Gordon plays regularly for hiS Ftrst VI and danced mghtly m Jesus c ols~ers h ~rlhts in the ten~is ~orid before going down. Bill Kneller and and should, it seems, reach grea .e~ e~ K S in their very pleasant rooms in Corpus-the latter found Derek Johnson h~ve been entertMmngBo~t . i A Cushman has been playing cricket for the Corpu.s XI time also to row ~ Corpus 2:'~tchi~g the Bu~P~ with his wife has been. enjoying the luxury of a King's and Peter Da"Y wTo wa~ seCt n Road from which base he has also entertained in the usual May Week , don's rooms 10 rumpmg on manner. . . h k 0 ctor C H Budd for all he has done for the Cambridge Tn conclusion may we mo~t ~caltillYt ~ h~rd t~ imagi~e ~hal things would have been like without hi s Branch of the O.K.S: ASSOCl~tl~n. IS organization and gema} hospltahty. O.K.S. CANTAIJ.

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Some 250 Canterbury school children and "grown-" h wonderful films taken in the London Zoo by Mr Dou 1~;sFisl~ere s o,",:n some truly ~ec~~t1y aC9~ired Tarsier, one of man's primitive ~ncest~rs, and ~~ol~~~~tli; ~~~J:t the Car lament I' where a team of dIstIngUIshed naturalists, consisting of Mr L C BUSh~re urator 0 f nsects, London Zoo Dr. Langmead Mr Francis R '" y, Mr. David Seth Smith, F.Z.S., M.D.b.u., the "Zoo Man,,'ofthe ose, D.se., A.L.S., and of very pertinent questions. The President of the Congress ~~;~:n~wered a number Mf·A· , F·LS.A., Dlstnct Geologist for S.E. England . The Dean of Canterb~ry' w~'s Ecdh~unds, o t he ocal CommIttee. aIrman

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An article under the title of "Candid Cameo" by Miss C. A. Lejeune which appeared in The Sketch on 30th March evoked the curiosity as well as interest of the Editors of The Cantuarian. To be told that an O.K.S. " to all intents and purposes is not a man at all ", is one of those things which cannot pass without comment. Miss Lejeune was here referring to Carol Reed, "England's Number One film director". Carol Reed, a born actor, always wanted to make this his profession, and as a boy at the King's School his first desires took shape. He was, however, sent out to the United States to study farming, but the idea of becoming an actor had taken a firm hold of him. By the time he was eighteen he was back in England and on the stage at the Holborn Empire. For ten years he acted, and during that time he took a variety of parts. He played musical comedy, he played Oberon in A Midsummer N ight's Dream and detectives in Edgar Wallace thrillers. It was his association with Edgar Wallace that drew Carol Reed off the stage itself, when he began to take a greater interest in play management and production. This in turn led to dialogue direction and eventually to directing pictures. Carol Reed became a director because he knew from experience the actor's temperament, the actor's nerves and particularly the actor's weaknesses. He knows how to deal with acto rs, how to talk to them, how to disarm them, how to encourage and help them, "and, above all, how not to frighten them" . He knows that even the greatest are nervo us, and his advice to yo ung aspirants for fi lm directing is: join a repertory company and learn something about acting. Miss Lejeune tells us that as a Director Carol Reed is one of the strictest. There is no fooling on Carol Reed's set. The matter in hand is always taken seriously and he always controls his temperament, for there is little of the highly-coloured screaming director in him. His secret is concentration; and patience plays a great part towards this. His pictures, which although they often cut to the quick, are a product of the head rather than of the heart, for his concentration gives him a sense of the imperso nal. Men and women are studied acutely ; their humours, and not their humanities. arc brought Qut, just as the humours of Chaucer's characters are. The qualities of human behaviour fascinate him, but he is not deeply concerned with the reason. Such then is Miss Lejeune's conception of Carol Reed as a fi lm director. What then does he himself have to say to this? His answer is interesting, for it brings out his personal side with a pleasant touch of humour: "After all these years I was at first horrified to see that Miss Lejeune says that I am not really a man at all. But on thinking it over, I realize what an unusual advantage this is going to give me in the future, in my business and private life. After this, how can I any longer be blamed for anyt hing [ am supposed to have done wrong? I 'm not a man at all : it's in print. From now on I have a great excuse to do exactly as I like, however stupid, and a reason not to be judged as 'a man ' ," NOTWBN

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EXHIBITION FUND COMMITTEE For many years the School has enjoyed a number of Leaving Exhibitions to the Universities, most of which originated in the old King's School Feast Society, founded in 1714. During the war years these Exhibitions were, of course, mainly in abeyance because very few boys could get up to the University. Since the war the whole question of Leaving Exhibitions has been radically altered by the great increase in public grants available so tbat, nowadays, any worth-while boy can win his way to the University, if not by Open or State Scholarships then by way of County Major Scholarships. The Exhi bition Fund Committee, which consists of the Dean and Chapter and a number of prominent local O.K.S., has given careful consideration to this new situation and has decided that, in future, while reserving certain specifi ed Trust Funds for Exhibitions and Gifts to boys proceeding to the University, the balance of the Fund's income can now be made available for providing a certain number of Entrance Exhibitions and Bursaries to the School for sons of O.K.S., and, in circumstances of special need, for younger brothers of O.K.S. Two such Bursaries have already been awarded and O.K.S. wbo wish to apply for help in this way should do so to the Headmaster not more tban one year before their sons are due to enter the School.

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'd' h t a t of our Countrey ought to have ye H01lour of his B!rth : Your concern therefore IS to lscover \~ a P, r N . , I from what I have met with in my occasional & thisI yo~ ta";. a~.preffl~:o~~ AC::~~~~'::/~~~~~nd r~~~lve it with absolute certainty ; th,? ' dati prhb~~le Sear~ les mlo IIg ',s I favour ye claim of my native County, KCIII, However that YOli may JUsge w <?, er Conjectures seem 0 , . h ' J 1 of my Evidence upon th iS Fact: & umm I up they do s,o, 01: no, 1 sh~1l bl'll~g before you r~v~n~ :~fusion or obscurity) to a Separate Paper fo r ~he togcth~r. In tlus Letthf , rerrhmtglh~u e(~~ ~ay But as I cannot get here a sight of Holillshed, Bale, Call~s, ~~tj}~}/~t:~~ ~h~ll~~ke ef~r °gr:nt~d wh~t your Querys intimate; & other Writers affirm of, or for them In ye present case. , ' I t ' t as narrow a Compass as I can; I shall look upon It as a To begin then, & to b,rmg t 1e mat er 10 o~ r L nacre 's Birth I ~s only between Kent, & Derbyshire. thing agreed by hall pa~~~s, ~~~i rec~~W~dt toO sup';,ort its pretensrons ; but the Authority of Hofjn~hed ; Now t~e Laller as no h lOS 0 chers fo r his opinion: nor had perhaps any better r~aso~ for It, who bn n gs l .as I app~e,en ,no ,Y u f J ' b in born at a place of ye same name With himself. VIZ. the progablllt,Y, ,there ps I~: Cf~%~;~~fi~1d 1il~ .JerCyshire. But surely both his authority & Reason must Lynacre = Ha III ye ~ns ~ f Dr' Caills who is positive for Calilerbllry: & could not (we. may be o~er-balanced by t c testu"!l0ny 0 . f kn'owin the truth, bei ng a cotemporary, & an lI~u?1at~ imagll~e) but hraLye ye .n~~sat sl~:lfa~~t~he ~ame Prof;ssion & College, [mean, yo College of Physlctans, acquallltancc 0 y"aci e s, . I nay to him we owe both his Monument & Epltap 1. " , fi e name with himself be of any weight; Kent Will not lose a Besides, if ~ COhOJc.cturel froilie Xi~~~,~r ;}L~~cre ly ing in Whitfield-Parish near Dovel' ; which did (idr the force of 1(; avmg '!- so crall written evidence* for what he says) 'give both Seat, an Phi/poll may hav~ crerd lt, whhO ha<1, ~e~r: J \at composed ye Latin Grammar in ye reign of Hell. 8. was SUl'llame to a Famtly; rom w om lfIa , lineally extracted, • , " I Ie what Phi/pOI confesses that ' this Name here (VIZ: However I ought not, in JUStice to trut " co n~d (almost 80 years before'Lynacre was born) for' the at Whitfield) expired before ye En~ o~ Ed;;:/;IlJ/~,' Will not therefore the ~/rollg Parly you, ment ion c;:m Mannor then came to I?e possesse y hence t the Family was at t hat ttme transplanted III prospenty ye other side ofye QUestlo"n! coDnc~bde, ~ro~ I can' ;ay nothing more certain to ye contrary, than they ,can & glory to Lynacre= Ha III . el ys IIr~ " . h e best Families that this might then fall mto for it ; but that it is ~o less flkeJy~ as ~t ISe I~~:~~~~:' o'tt'hlipoint to Derby;hire : & allow it even probflble decay. However, tho ~/e sroul~~I;~'cie~/ou/'ish'd there ' may we not still suppose some Cadel of It to as you do, that ye, FQfm y ~m a? 'Who in such a cond'ition of life would have reflected no dishonour have been left belund, as a .J eoman.- . d on the dignity of his elder brother; If It were then, as our old Bar sung, A KI/yghle of Calys, A Shelltilman of Walys, And a Laird of ye Northe Countree ; A Yeoman of Kente With one yere's Rente Will buy 'em out aile three. , ' h ersona! accomplislunents of our LYllacre would without a Yeoman 's Rank P e & glory to the lowest or most degenerate Parentage. I might IhndeeddsadYd' 'bha,t ' nCam or Rent ave a eO h · , EI t , . Younger Branch of his Family ; 1 am nevertheless e But whether He sprung, fr~m & :~~o:cti~~nrO a Computation2 from his Epitaph in the year 146~ ; persuaded, yt be was born III ,ell . ' . hb h d' oint I must leave undetermin 'd, unless you Will tho' whether at, Call1erbl!ry,, or 10 lt~ nelg oU,r ~o, ISI~ ~s Sir Tho, Blolll1l3, Allth. Wood4, Dr. Freilld o, & take ye Authonty o~<f;alllS faYOt~~~ff;;~ljl:elttl:(K~~ (s ye County, where Lynacre first drew his breatll. others have do~e. t lalt don d are two ' the First is, that had He been born elsewhere, or at le~t My reasons beSide th~se a rea Y urge. have' been known to & much less have had ye whole of hiS so far 9ff as De/'bys~re, ~f COtU~~ ~:r~pense6 of Wm. SellYlIge, Prior of Christ Church ill Cante,:burJ!• Educatl?11 unr·der ~e . hr~fIS~/7YII~e Ileal' Fe vcrsham whence he took his name, My secolld reason IS, hiS & a native 0 ye an s . ' . Sit/ill bome in this County' to wch he had never any buying? lhe Ma,nno,r of Traclcs at , Nel,v~l:f~o~cl~~ill nat~rallY account for his inaking ye purchase of an BII r rclatiOl~, ~xcept1l1g I~ be th~I' °h Idll~ I :, ~ in credit. Now if Ly"acre were born in, or ncar Call1crbury, Estate III It , where hiS Faml y a a so IV

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SellYlIge himself presided, wh09 sent him to yc Un iversity of O>./ord: & recommended him afterwards to what He had enjoyed himself there, a Fellowship in AII= SOlils' Col/ege; into weh he was chosen in 1484, being then 24 years cfagc. But his Desire of learn ing being equal to his Genius for it, He would not sit down content with the produce of his lIative Countrey. For he 500n after lOtravcllcd for further improvements rnto Italy, weh . began then to be famous for rev iving the antient Greek & Roman Literature :

& there thro' the Interestl l of his Patron Sellynge, as well as ye extraordinary12 kindness of Lorenzo de Medicis (one of ye politest men, & greatest Favourers of Letters in his Age) Lyuacre had ye same Pracceptors with his own Sons; & those of no less repute 13 , than Aug. Poliliall for Latill, & Demetrius Chalcondylas a Native of Greece, fo r Greek . Accord ingly his proficiency in learning kept pace with ye opportuni ties he had of making it ; so that for his skill in these two Languages he became ' much ye most accomplish'd Scholar in that Age'. For he was so reckon 'd by the best Judges14 in hi s own time, & among ym is Sir Tho. Morel5 whom he taught Greek: & his works, that are st ill extant, will fully satisfy us, yt he deserv'd this Character. LYllacre having thus laid in a n unconunon, nay, the largest Stock, as weU of Critical, as Classical Learning in his Days; He afterwards (& not before, as all good Scholars oUght) applyed himself to the study OP6 Natural Philosophy & Medicine: & in these, as in ye other He so cxcell'd, yt soon after his return l ? from his Travels, he was pitched upon by that wise King, Heury the Seventh, as ye fittest person to take care both of the Educatio n, & the Health of hi s Son Arthur, Prince of Wales. It is indeed reportedl8 yt he afterwards (as is ye common Fate of men of real merits in Courts) incurr 'd thro ' calumnious Representations the Royal Displeasure: but if it were so, his Reputation was soon cleared up ; for he was made successively Physician to t hree CrOIVIl'd Heads, viz: to that King, to Hellry ye Eighth his Son, & to Qlleen Mary his Grand-Daughter, tho ' only whilst she wasPril1cess, for he Iiv'd not to see her on ye Throne. And' if such Favours of ye Court be not alwaysÂˇ thought (as Dr. Freil/d19 seems feelingly to remark) the clearest proofs of personal merit, we have the concurrent testimony of the most knowing men his Contemporaries, yt he was one of a great Natural Sagacity. & of a discerning judgement in his Profession ', particularly of Dr. Caills 20 . But to give a still better proof how much he had at heart ye Good of his own Profession, & that of the Publick thro' it ; He founded'U two Lectures of Physick in Oxford, & one at Cambridge, paying22 the persons, who read ym, their Stipends, while he lived: & scttling 23 at his death the Estate he had bought in Kellt in Trustees Hands to ye same uses24for ever. Nor was this all, for he projected & by his Interest at Court established25 that Corporate Society in London, wch. is call 'd the College of Physicians, whereof He himself was constituted yejirst President. Their AssembJys were held in hi s own house, wch. he bequeath 'd to this Community. However about ten years before he dyed He went 26 into Holy Orders: & was afterwards dignifyed in the Church by a Canonry2? of St. Stephen 's Chapel in Westminster, & the Praecentorship28 of York; but the latter of these preferments he resign 'd within a year: the other, 1 believe he kept to his Death29 , which happen 'd to ye30 great Grief & Loss of the learned world, from 31 an ulcer, or mortification in his urinary vessels, upon32 ye twenty first day of October, 1524, & in ye Sixty fourth year of his age. He was buried33 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Loudon, near ye great North Door; where Dr. Caius his admirer (in fr iendship to his Person, as well as justice to his Merits) set up an handsome Monument to his Memory, with an Epitaph84 on it of his own wrHing, as he knew him best. Notwithstanding the length of this Account 1 cannot persuade myself to close it, without observing on ye character of Lynacre, yt he was a man35 of true goodness; of an humble, tho ' generous, & pubJick Spirit: & of a most excellent temper, as well as learning; one instance whereof we have in his regard & affection36 for Dean Colet, who had put such a slight upon him, as to reject ye use of his Grammar in St. Paul's School, tho ' compos'd B? for ye use of ye Princess Mary, & highly38 commended by Erasmus. Add to aU this: His modesty was such, as that He was with ye utmost Difficulty prevail 'd upon39 to publish what he did, tho' most wortll publishing of any man's. But ifany one has a mind to form a more critical Judgement of our Lynacre, as a Scholar, & a Writer he must consult his works.40 You see, Sir, what a tryal of patience, from a tedious Rhapsody of two Sheets by way of letter, you have brought upon yourself by your few inquirys after the famous Lynacre ; but when I had taken my pen in hand to ascertain his native Countrey ; & found it, as I verily believe, to be my own ; I could not, from a laudable affection to that, lay it aside, till I had sa id all that I could say of, & for him ; Who will ever be an HOllour to it , if it gave him birth, equal to what it has from another great Gen ius in Physick, Dr. HarveY,41 who discover 'd the Circulatioll of the blood. I could not, I say, Jay it aside, even tho' 1 have reason to suspect from what I hear of your Studies & Searches, yt yo u know more of him, yn I do ; who

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He may have had, but he puts Linacre's Grammar in the reign of Henry the Ninth! (Villare Cant. p. 67). 26. E rasmi Epist. N o. 175 f. 155 : Wood, op. cit. 177. 27. Knight ' s Life of Colet p. 21 5. pp. 33,45. 28. Le Neve, Fasti, p. 317. 3. Censura Autorum pp. 376, 377. . 29. Freind, op. cit. app. p. 38. 4. Hist. & Antiq. Oxon: Lib. 2 p. 177. Atben. 30. Erasmi Epist. No. 880, 591, 752; Al~1 Oxon. I 19. Manutii Epist. 1499 ; Fremd, op. Cit. 5. Freind; op. cit. . pp. 35,41,43. . 6. Ant. Wood: His!. & Antlq. Oxon ; p. 177. 31. Erasmi Epist. Nos. 830, 431 (app.), Fremd, 7. Philpot : op. cit. 8. Somner : Ant. Cant. op. cit. app. p. 39. p. 105 (rather, 194,4 16). . 32. Dayle, ibid. 9. Wood: op. cit. p. 177. 33. Wood, op. cit. p. 177, Freind, op. ~It. app. 10. Wood: op. cit. p. 40 ; Dugdale, Ant. of St. Paul s Cath. 11. Conjectured by Denne. p.56. 12. Freind, op. cit. p. 401, App. 33, 34. 34. D ugdale, Bayle, Freind, op. cit; 13. Erasmi Epist. ed. Rote~od: No. ?O l, f. 294. 35. Erasmi Epist. No . 257; Fremd op. cit. 14. Erasmi Epist: and Fremd , op. CI t. p. 408, app. 4 1, 45. 15. Wood : ibid. 36. Erasmi Epist. Nos. 880, 149. 16. Freind, op. cit. pp. 403, 407. 37. Freind, op. cit. app. 43. 17. Freind, op. cit. app. 35. . 39. Erasmi Epist. No. 885. 18. Bayle's Dictionary, sub. Tho. Lmacre. .. 39. Erasmi Epist. No. 591. 19. Freind, op. cit. p. 407. 40. Blount Censura Autorum ; Erasml Eplst. 20. Erasmi Epist. No. lOS, f. 100 . . Nos.' 466, 880, 1,09 1, and App. No. 79 ; 2 1. Fuller, Hist. Un iv. of CambTldge, p. 95: Friend, op. cit. app. 34, 36, 38, 40, 43, Wood, op. cit. II p. 4 1. 44; Knight's Colet, pp. 135-139: Wood, 22. Wood, op. cit. ibid. Ath. Oxon : Bayle. 23. Wood, op. cit : ibid. 41. Freind. op. cit. I, 233, etc. 24. Wood, op. cit ; ibid. (F.J.S.j 25. Freind, op. cit. pp. 4 11 , 4 13. 4:

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PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS Dear Sirs, The writer of the article is certai nly right, as far as one can see, in his diagnosis of the probable situation that may arise at any time now and most assured ly will arise at some time, but I suggest that there may be another solution to part of the problem.

The problem is this. Costs and Fees are sti ll rising, whereas parental resources are likely to decline Already many who would value a Public School Education for their sons are forced to look elsewher( and eventually this trend, unless checked, will cause the Public Schools, as we know them now, to disappear The writer'S remedy is to establish a fund, largely to be provided by O.K.S ., to help to close the gal between costs and fees. I suggest that though ultimately help of this kind may be necessary. it is not th, first step to be taken. Jt is not possible to give here an adequate account of Public School tradition, but the two features that loom large (lleave out the religious aspect deliberately) are Academic Learning, including the Arts, and Organized games. Formerly the training of the mind was confined to the classroom and the school textbook, but now a wider view is taken and it is seen that the formal classroom technique is insufficient. But the training of the body has not kept pace with this. By and large, the body is still trained only for sport. A few cranks take woodwork as an ex.tra and learn to make articles by hand, which could be done quicker and better by machines, but for the most part the Householder, having been" well " educated, shows himself both ignorant and incompetent in the matter of looking after his own house. He cannot cook his food, mend his clothes or repair a burst pipe in his house. He is constantly dependent on the service of others for the simplest things of everyday ex.istence. True some of those things are usually regarded as woman's work, but surely mere man should be able to take his share in housemanship. The prevalent incompetence in J-lousccraft, as far as the male side is concerned, is a national disgrace. It is, of course, encouraged by the State in two ways. F irst the State tends more and more to provide for its citizens anything and everything (free ?), without demanding any equivalent return of effort. It does not say to the citizen, as it should, " We will assist your efforts", but rather "We will do it all for you from cradle to grave". And then its method of rewarding evil is physicaL toil, with the inevitable implication that manual labour is something to be regarded with disdain. "If you do wrong, we shall make you work." There are schools, which still make " manual labour" a punislunent. Well, well ! Further, there is constant talk of Juvenile delinquency. But whose fault is it that out of school the child breaks loose and goes round smashing windows? (It makes a most satisfying noise.) The child does not know what to do with his spare time. He has never been trained to use it. When he grows up, he finds that working hours are for ever getting shorter and so out of sheer boredom he makes for the Cinema. The whole set up is completely wrong from the word go. The ideal school should, I suggest, be built by its own members and should be se lf~reli ant. What happens at present is that, when some improvement is needed, money is collected and a contractor builds a palace. Then to keep up that palace a labour force is constantly engaged at a high cost for the sole purpose of mak ing the scholars totally incompetent. Both the installation and the upkeep should be the duty and the privilege of those who benefit. The writer of the art icle is correct when he says that" the most severe items in the bill are domestic servants, gardeners and groundsmen". Eighty per cent. of the cost of every article is represented by labour. The ideaL school should provide its own labour (yes, cooking included) and reduce its costs accordingly. It should grow its own food and keep its premises in repa ir. Apart from instructors, there should be no payments for labour.

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.' ·d d are going from bad to worse. Recently I was talking The State Schools, where everyt111ng IS provtl e '~Yes " she said "my girl gets a good meal at school with a mother about the value of school m~ ~. her stay on F ridays because that would be her turn for every day. Oh, no, not every day, IddO bnob ~ significant. It is thi; disastrous idea that manual work is washing up . " An extreme case,!l0 ,?U t, . u degrading and quite beneath ,the 11ltelhgel1t~la.. . in s That is not true. The amount of I know what your reply w~1l be. There IS no ttme fo~~lifsi~ ~~reg ~ot surely it would be better if time free time at a Public Sc~ool lsreaUy enormous. But e.v t track even if Dickens did not see it. "Winder. were taken from other thlllg~. RLrS qhuehersctWctas ~~~~d r~~~ssay o'n the work done, hi s method would have f e a em S II it Now go and clean It. . I I pe . rfect the combination of the theoretical and the practtca . . ,. , .' d d f holarship or a succession of defeats at ClIcket. 1 fleen pc ~~~ljrno~ t~t be better than extinction 1 Without any fear • But, y?U wi ll say, thiS Will. me~; ~ doubt It., ~ut even SUPPOSi11g S I ' these" self help" lines wi ll command a greater degree of ff~~V~~~~:~~I~~~t~l~~:rri·~~~tit~ n~e~~e:surh~~ any School run on tradi tional lines. . 1 . h ' . f h ff The writer touches in passing on the one vita pomt, t c ·: One other point, the salancs 0 t t~ stawho is worth to true education infinitely more than highly paid '~ed for the man with a se~se.o f vor 10n~telY needed He is recruited from the ran ks of Old Boys. The ~holars. It is that man.w O}S so esper.. . he should ever exist at all. He was never given a real ~azing thif!g i~ th~t WIthhhlS wkon gl ug~r~r7h~gConvent School, where the Nun works without any p~y &nse of sor~lce III hiS yout hT a e a o£ 1 000 a year teachers. To-day there is a cry for ~igher finanCial \t aiL She IS "Y0rth mohre '1 anctmahnYCh' ch Is it doing either any good? ]s it attractmg the men of ewards both m the sc 00 an t e ur . t" ' the only men who really matter? , . voca lon , . d At the start I deli berately left out the reli gIOUS aspect. This is wn tte!1 c.>n the el~ c.>f Maund~ T~~tr~o~~ts Christianity is the religion of service and sacnfice. But ultimately !tctlS the re IglOUctS ,~s~e~oncept of life· implicit in the washing of the feet. M NASON . What I have triC to propoun I

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FROM A PRISON CHAPLAIN I have. been asked to write, a plain article on Prison- its uses and abuses-and reasons why there is so mu~h Cflmc and why our prisons arc oveT-full. I am therefore dealing not on ly wi th a most im orta subject but also one so large that my art icle must be sketchy The publ ic to day are becom' P nl consc'o ' · " mals. With . . that consciousness 109 innate more . I us 0 f the gro!Vms: meanace 0 f crime an dcnm there is an deSire to know what IS be~ ng done by the State to combat this g~ave t~reat to social security, The avera e person ,has only a vague Idea as to the methods used to deal with crnninals actually under confinemen~ . he has Ideas StIll,more .v~guc ,as to wh,at ca~ses or contributes towards the mak ing of crim inals, potentiai and actua) . He IS fam il iar With certam pohce methods and activit ies from the newspapers b k fil ~nd warnmgs, 3;nd in .conseque!lce he has. grown more crime conscious, as well as alert and c~-~p~rat~! m the fight agalOst c!lme. He IS now seriously alarmed at the rapid spread of crime in spite of h t h [ has complacently beh~ved to be t~e best n~ethods of preventing it. He now sees that these" best m:h~ds'~ are no guarantee agamst preve~t l on of cr~m e o r the retarding. of criminals who commit them. A criminal may. be said to be one wh!, Violates socl,,:l laws by developmg uncontrollable impulses and tendencies to. disregard such l~w~. It IS therefore logical. to suppose that something other than act ual contact with crime produces crlmmals. Th~ trut h of tlus has long been recogn ised by the rel igious and social authon tJes. Thus one ,:,oul d thl!lk th~t any method to deal with crime and treatment of prison inmates wou ld take these facts mt~ consld~ratlon and seek to eliminate not only the tendencies of the c· . I but a.lso the. causes co.nduclve t9 cnme. Does the anti-criminal system of this country follow thes~un~~~ ~ Has It consistently tn ed the Wisest way? or the apparently cheapest? Has it succeeded ·n sl . . , favourable balance of results? I lowmg a

We have to look at official r~port s. for the ans~er, and discounting the inevitable conditions arising fr om th«? turbulent war years With their degeneratmg and demoralizing effects on general moral outlook a~d .ethlcal stan.dards ~f value and conduct, we have to seek to find facts pointing to a decrease in cnmmals and. cn me durmg. t~~ years betv.:een wars. The picture is not bright. The penal system is based upon preventlO.n of ~he aC~lvllIes and pUl1lshm~nt of criminals when caught. As a resu lt of this system ( bet~een w3;rs, J!lve:ule dehnquency gradually mcreased.. recidivism (i.e . habitual relapse into crime) wit h aU ItS ugly Impl l~atlOns. b~came commonplace, and the lndex of first offenders fai ling to respond to prison '" \ treatment was dlsappomtmgly long. The only real progress along constructively reformative lines ca ( from the Borstal treatment of young offenders and from the experimental centre at Wakefi Id fimc t offenders' pnson. e rs J

The foregoing relate to pre-war conditions .. Those of the 'present day are truly appalling. This is1 reflect~d from the concern of the general pubhc and the anx IOus questionings of authorities rerg· , councl.!s, and newsp~pers about. the. steadily riSing crime barometer. Rape, murd~r, robbery c:u!lt~s .f gam~lmg, et~. , ~re. n fe. Gambhng lS a can~erollS growth not only with adults but among aJolescent~ and IS alarmmg 10 lis extent. Pleasure or gam at another's expense is demoralizing and it is dest t· to the. incentive to wo r '" . . ,< ruc lve ~ . .r k . "Some thOmg lor not I ling IS a mama and is responsible for juvenile crime ~ ~arpmg and underm ining all sens~ of values. ~obbery, larceny, etc., in a word stealing, is a natural lower mst mct to be repres~ed and subhmated .. All is to be classified under Sin which , however old-fashioned a term, nevertheless IS the truth about evli and separates man the creature from his Creator-God. ~I Juvenil~ deli ~q~ency has r~ached astou!1ding proportions. Our approved schools and prisons are) choked. "':Jt h cnmma.'~: HeaVier sent~nccs III punishment have resulted in the statement by the Prison \ Comml~sI Ol.lers t~at It must be admitted that the prison system is in grave danger of break ing dow " Somethmg IS r.adlca lly wrong then and. such an ad~ission car:ie~ with i~ the implication that our pris~n~ now serve mamly to pr~tect the public .temporanly from cnmmal acttvities, and that no reformative....' progress can be made which even approximates to the level of pre-war years-unsatisfactory as that leVel] was.

Th~s the main advant~ge of the penal system, that of protect ing the public temporarily, is retained while the dlsadvanta!?es have mcreased enormo~sly. Meanwhile, a bold approach is essential. Top priorit is necessary to pri son development, and the Ignorance and. complacency of the public must be dispersed ~nd over~0!11e. :rhe accent of change must b~ on reformallve methods, which means a new slant on prison '" admm lstratl ~n met hods.a~d treatme~t of mmates, but also a complete awakenin g of the public conscience to mor~I , ethical an d re!J ~lous education of the young and old, a return to Church worship and the teaching of Chnst as t.he only SavIOur o~ the world, and a sweeping away of all environments suspected and k .l\ to be condUCIve to the harbOUrIng and production of criminals. nown

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What are the disadmllrages 0/ the prisoll system? The general routine is wholly contrary to the natural life of man. Work is often monotonous and degrad ing, and usually designed to keep men occupied at something rather tha n nothi ng. The stra in of living under conditions imposed as a deterrent is conducive to brutalism of character, fr ustrat ion, and anti-social attitude, and feelings of persecution. Pri son life does not allow of individualization ofmcn: it takes no cognizance of men 's abilities and obvious disabi lities to try to work out his problems for himself. There is no general plan fo r providing educat ion and re-educat ion under competent guidance. Prison disciplinary methods fa il largely because most men fail to understand and see that there is any visibly constructive reason behind them. Cellular confinement is most unsat isfactory- in most cases segregation may be up to 18 hours a day. Man needs incent ive to bring out his best, and competitive spirit should be inculcated in work. Praise and encouragement are great inducements to progress. A one-third rem ission of sentence, however helpful as a reward fo r good behaviour, is obtained by an attitude of passive acceptance of prison conditions, and not in order to conquer bad behaviour and master the lower self. Class segregation of young offenders, sex ual cases, recidivists and new habituals is seldom possible owing to over-crowding. The result of contamination is thus apparcnt, and most learn morc from within than they knew from without. Vocat ional training is essential to fi t men to face civilian life and restart to greater advantage. There must be facilit ies in prison for the employment of tradesmen and for training in trades. A golden opportunity offers for educating men by lectures, classes, discussions, Âˇgood films, besides moral and ethical trai ning to help mcn to understand themselves- the real and the false- for the true batt le of life with its significance and responsibil ities. Many men do not really understand what is the ultimate reason for treatment meted out to them, and punishment can, of course, definitely create a resentful attitude. Many so-called prison reforms fa il owing to ptmitive methods which prevent men seeing the wood for the trees. Like a good home, school, regiment, business, etc., depending on the parents, teachers, e.o. and officers, manager, etc., the prison depends on the Governor and his officers, together with co-operation from Headquarters.

Punitive methods should be suited to the man concerned in order to have a salutary effect and not produce antiMsocial att itudes. Punishment may fit the crime, but sometimes not tho crimi nal. Pri son sentences on certain characters can create a hard crust of feigned indifference producing a stoical trait which hides a mi nd seething with hate and revenge which finds its outlet after release in its resultant consequences to others. Yet detention can be, in some cases, remedial.

What are the causes of criminal developmellt? Wars have a lot to do with crime now prevalent. Modern training for war may result in a man's reward in war and arrest in peace-time. Deterioration of parental responsibility at home is also one of the chief causes. The outlet of man 's natural impulses and insti ncts in war become disastrous in the post-war world of fr ustrati on, thus tending to crime. Crime is always , with us, and we have always had it. There is a tendency in all to err and it is a temptation to attribute crime to breakdown in family relationships, lack of religious bel iefs, doubt of the Divine omnipotence, bad housing, the cinema, indifference to law and order, the ant i-social altitude and the' 'love of money". But it cannot be denied that though war is a contributing factor to crime, one of the chief causes is the . drift away from God. Moral and spiritual education is necessary in conjunction with good social condit ions. Jt is useless to educate in an atmosphere of want and distress.â&#x20AC;˘ 'There is no place like home"it is the training ground of character. The early training at home, the brave and bold Christian teaching at school the attendance at Church, will train the child in the way he should go and give him the background I to tur~ his back round what is wrong and untrue. The Duke of Wellington is reported to have said: "Education without religion creates clever devils". The Church has the healing power in the prisons, assisted by the social and medical bodies, to prevent offenders becoming persistent criminals. The personal touch by the good Governor, the experienced officer and the visitor, is of tremendous importance. The Chaplain can by God's grace wi n men over by Love which sees what man can be, and use them to draw others to learn of the Truth. The Governor and Staff by approachabi li ty can create a good influence which must in the end have a good effect. Socalled failure there must be at times- "to err is human It, and the Governor has to deal with complex characters. Hi s responsibility is heavy and he sometimes needs better sympathy from H.Q. Most men are at first suspiciolls of any sympathet ic understanding. Others may consider it "soft" compared with usual t'reatment. Yet gradtlally they come to realise that they are being treated as human beings. ., Love" (which seeks out the best in others) ,. never faileth". Within the former severe limitations of a hi de-bound penal system it is being recognised that reform based on human treatment and the gaining of men's confidence even allowing for occasional failures, is the only sure way of tra ining prison imnates to $ain their own self-respect. " Man becometh not a saint in a day".

THE CANTUARJAN There is need of an official scheme as part of a system for following up methods after release. This period of after supervision might be part of a man's sentence. "Trust begets trust". Occasionally in this article I have allowed my religious belief to express itself, hence I must explain that my training as a disciplined soldier for most of my life has now become devoted to religious training of others.

The spiritual needs of men are by far the most important. The mental outlook of the criminal is usually complex and his real self and innermost personality is usually hidden under a thick coat of artificially induced indifference to ordinarily accepted standards of behaviour and values. The Church has a golden opportunity here ill its approach to the minds of tl).ese men. Great patience and time and experience are necessary- in short, Love in understanding and lifting up by the power of Christ's Love for sinners. The Chaplain's work is whole-time: it is both exacting and incessant. The contact, the confidence, and the confidences reposed in him help him to help men in numerous ways. Services, classes, read ings, "padre's hour", visits, interviews,letters home, etc., help to build up the confidence in the Chaplain which enables him to get the" good news" of Salvation across to his willing hearers. At" Padre's hour" every conceivable question relating to life, religion, God, Christ, the Church, Sacraments~ etc., is put forward. and the Chaplain has a great opportunity of bringing in a Truth which otherwise might never be heard. It needs, however, a ready wit, a sense of humour and infinite tolerance and patience. I was asked: "Do you believe in Prison?" I replied: "In your case, yes" (laughter), "since you now attend chapel and classes which otherwise you never would have done. " He agreed. Another asked me about the Air Force in our Lord's time. I was somewhat taken aback and felt that I had not heard rightly-"Air Force ?", I enquired. "What makes you imagine that?" "Well", said the questioner, "This man Ponchus was a Pilot was'nt he ?" (Pontius Pilate) We all had a great laugh which helped us considerably. . Services, with most hearty singing, stirring the emotions of men, can be very beneficial, preparing the mental soil for the sowing of the good seed. We must realise, however, that we are not dealing with a co-operative voluntary congregation of parishioners but with a body of men nearly all suffering from the effects of a new compulsion neurosis in regard to Chapel attendance in prison. They are not all able to appreciate that whatever resentfulness they may feel they have against "Law and Order" does not logically apply to the Chaplain and Church going. Anyone so-called "Religious" may be suspect at first until he shows his humanity and humour and helpfulness, and Love of fallen souls. Any insincerity- humbug- will be immediately seen through. The inmates are severe critics but responsive to Love, which seeks the best in man. The Chaplain has to help men to help themselves, not to ., other men's goods", but for their own good. When 1 was first introduced by the Governor as their new Padre, he announced: "This is your new Padre. He is here for good"! I retorted immediately: '. Well, not for good (laughter) but for your good and mine. " Pulpit to prisoner method, man to man attit ude, listening rather than adjudging, the sympathetic rather than the coldly castigating, and above all Christian interest will open little cracks in the hard crusts of \.In-cooperative sullenness, and countenances will visibly change. Sometimes somewhere the Light of God will no longer be kept out and will flood and illuminate the dark, murky corners of unreached hearts and minds of men inured to crime. The weakness of men is not a crime. It is a natural thing fostered and nurtured by bad conditions of environment, lack of home life, malajustments, misunderstandings, lack of truth from religious education. To clear up the causes of all these things, to re-educate in moral values and give hope and love (no matter what the setbacks, snubs and sneers) will help the hidden good to emerge from the visible evil as surely as God is in His Heaven. What is the cure for criminal tendallcies? Whatever that may be ? Much devoted care is expended nowadays on young deliquents by those dedicated to straightening out crooked lives. Each prisoner is a separate problem and much time is needed. A parish' 'cure" combined with the mental cure possible in a prison is truly exacting, exhausting and almost impossible for one Padre. The remedy is to treat all criminals as sick children who are suffering from an illness of mind which can be cured. This illness which is general is evil- in other words SIN. There is a certain glamour in wickedness, there is none in sickness. Christianity alone is the cure. for Love suffering on the Cross has conquered all evil. The Chaplain must interpret this Victory in terms of life.

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THE CANTUAR TAN 1 once had to interview a maniac. Two officers were to 'be nearby but out of sight. I entered and the wretched individual Cc1me towards me. I sent up an S.O.S. Heavenwards and extended my hand. He glared at me. I rivetted my eyes o n him and he said: "Why, you're treating me kindly". It may be easy to speak thus, but it is distinctly hard to practice. Nevertheless it must be done and the Truth must be spoken in Love. When an influence is built up then it can be done, and Jesus Christ amongst men must be portrayed as MAN in capital letters, possessing those Christ ian qualities which I punningly term the Four C's (Forces) of Christian Character-Charity (Love) Courage Cheerfulness Common Sense Sanctified. What more does man need? The anaemic figure of Christ so wrongly pictured does not attract men. Christ was strong, cheerful, attractive, hardy, loving and humorous. He is God. He is no killjoy- but a fill joy. Let me sum up aU the above. (a) Reforming influenp!s must begin before men come to prison- fr om within the man. There afC too many artificial amusements with corresponding lack of the old-fashioned but true home life. This should not be as strict as early Victorian, but certa inly not as deplorably lax as nowadays. J (b) Prisons and prison adm inistration appear to be the Cinderella of the Social Services. More individual attclltion means morc stafr to less prisoners. There should be one trained officer to ten men. This means more money! With more staff rnust go more building for the purpose of more classification. J (c) Because of the increase in crime now prevalent, the prison system need not necessari ly be too drastically a ltered. The Gladstone Report of J895 found that the vicious punitive methods had fa iled and recidivism had increased. The system adopted 25 years ago was beginning to pay dividends and many prisons were closed as a resu lt. Jt would therefore appear that no blame could be levelled at the present prison system (other than the overcrowding, lack of buildings, and shortage of staff), but that the ~ causes for delinquency and crime are to be sought elsewhere. The minds and wills must be reached through the minds and wills of fellow~men. A combined effort is needed from aU people who have a real desire to prevent this decay. This comprises the Home, the , Church and the School, assisted by many suitable voluntary workers, and this begins outside prison. The emphasis is on the Home, which should be the earthly vision of the Heav~nly ideal, and parents are responsible. A Loving Eager Chaplain,

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ARTHUR MEE'S "CANTERBURY" (Hodder and Stoughtoll 3/6) Arthur Mee was one of the m,?st familiar nam~s to the generation which grew up between the two Wars, for he edIted the ChIldren s Encyclopaedia and the Children's Newspaper, which probably did more to help on the national education than battalions of schoolmasters. In all his publications there shone a liberal humanity and a passionate delight in beauty, whether man-made or natural, and particularly so in his books on his home-county of Kent. This enthusiasm glows through his little guide to Canterbury and its obvious sincerity disarms any criticism of the style, colourful and exuberant a~ it is, with its sprinkling of question-begging epithets ("the terrible Queen Mary and the marvellous Elizabeth' '). This little book can be read in half-an-hour ; it has 62 pages, of which 25 are whole-page photographs, most of them excellent and some unusual.. (Many of them are pre-war.) Int? thi~ short s~ace, all eaSIly readable, IS packed a surpnsmg amount of interesting and cunous mformatlOn, some of whIch may be novel even to those who think they know the City and ~athedral well. The book should be read by all boys of the School, even though the King s School IS summanly dealt wIth III one half-paragraph, together with the Norman Staircase, Christopher Marlowe and William Harvey! In spite of this omission, and the general slightness of the book, as a guide it has sufficient precis~on and orderlin.ess to be easily followed, and as a record of things seen It has the essenttal ment of makmg the reader want to see them for himself. We can only J welcome any help or encouragement in looking with awakened understandi ng at all this beauty which lies about us, and which must be one of the most memorable features of

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RICHARD HOOKER The Headmaster is to be congratulated on his new study of Hooker just published under the title of Richard Hooker and Contemporary Political Ideas (S.P.C.K. 14/6). The book which, as he explains in the Preface, was completed in 1944, is the product of Âˇ"1 a long and careful study of the great Elizabethan apologist. There is little or nothing to add to the facts of Hooker's life since the publication of Professor Sisson's book in 1940 with its correction of the errors of Hooker 's previous bIOgraphers, but Dr. ShIrley has been able to publtsh an entry from the Register of _( Bishopsbourne Church showing the exact date of Mrs. Hooker's marriage to Edward Nethersole of Canterbury, and he has made it even more clear that the conspiracy to tamper with or destroy Hooker's MSS., with which the Puritan relatives and connections of Mrs. Hooker have been saddled, is based on hearsay evidence of little weight. The villains of the piece appear to be on the other, the High Anglican side. For it will be recalled that at the time of Hooker 's death in 1600 only ftve of the eight books of the famous Ecclesiastical Polity had been published. The remaining three existed merely in note form. Books VI and VIII appeared in 1648, Book VII not till 1662. Of these, Book VI does not contain much controversial matter, but both Book VII on Episcopacy and Book VIII on the Royal Supremacy certainly do. Moreover, the support given to Monarchical Episcopacy in Book VII is plainly at variance with Hooker's previous opinions as expressed in Book III.

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Dr. Shirley has outlined a very good case for. supposing that ~ishop Gau~en, the probable author of the Eikon Basilike was responsIble for the alteratIOn III tone III Book VII. It was he who ftrst published the book III 1662 and he was an unashamed caree~lSt who, not content with being first BIshop of Exeter and then of Worcester, was aspmng to the See of Winchester. He had been a pamphletee~ on both the EpIscopal and the Presbyterian side and there seems little doubt that hIS ttme-servlllg lllstmcts led hIm to "ed it " Hook~r and even counterfeit his style in order to support the full Arminian doctrine of episcopacy for which the Restoration Church was the~ clamouring. It wo uld therefore be unwise, as the author pomts out, to accept as genume Hooker much from the last two books of the Ecclesiastical Polity. Dr. Shirley then examines the principal issues between Anglicans and. Puritans in Hooker's own day givin g a very clear pIcture of the Engltsh ReformatIOn and the Elizabethan Ch urch Settlement together with e.xtensive quotations from both sides. And what is both original and very valuable, he lllcludes three chapters on the ideas of Church and State of the Huguenots, the Jesuits and of those thinkers like Bodin who helped to define the doctrine of sovereignty. Hook~r is compared not only with nearcontemporaries like Machiavellt and Luther but wIth Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau : the book does in fact contain a complete s urve~ of modern thought on the VItal proble~ of Church and State includin g such modern wnters on Hooker asthe German Mlchaelts and the Italian d 'Entreves, whose works are not yet translated mto Engltsh. Dr. Shirley has added a last and provocative chapter, entitled "The Final Assessment", which he describes as . 'a genuine, if inexpert, attempt to put myself into Hooker's place, and to deduce from his premises what he would think of the Church of England to-day in regard to its inherent character and such questions as Par!~amenta ry control, Disestablishment, and relatIOnshIp with other Reformed Churches . The author does well to remind us that the majority of Englishman are, at any rate nommally, still Anglicans whatever misleading statistics are produced by interested parties, and our Church is still the Church of the Nation. There never has been either in the Middle Ages or Hooker's lime or since a complete identification of Church and State. The. best s~lution seems to lie in a free alliance of both Church and State With the sort of Itmlted leglslattve freedom for the Church such as the Enabling Act of 1919 secured. No one has yet proved that the veto of the State-as seen in the re}ection of the revised Prayer Book of 1927 and 1928has hindered the real wo rk of the Church of England. The way of history, and of commonsense, wo uld point to attempted reunion with the Free Churches as the best immedia~e way of increasing Anglican strength and Dr. ShIrley does well to pom! out that Hooker s view of episcopacy wo uld prove no stumblll1g block to such an achIevement. For the Anglo-Catholics history appears to begm WIth the Oxford Movement and they would do well to read some of the great Anglican divines from the time of Hooker to Pusey before raising the cry of Erastianism against the status quo. There is little doubt that most of us will endorse Dr. Shirley 's views on the Establishment. The severing of the State connexion at the very time when the State is securing more and more power over the life of the individual would be not merely a short-sighted blunder but a positive disaster. This book should be in the possession of all serious students of the problem of Church and State and in particularI commend it to ordinands who too frequ~nt1y are ignorant of the basic position on whIch the Establtshment has been budt and sttll rests. S.B-R.P.

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It is a remarkable fact that there has apparently been no attempt made to co mpile a complete list of King's Scholars. Some names are printed in Messrs. Wood ruff and Cape's History, but these names are only a selection and the transcription is inexact. There is a typed list compiled by Mr. Woodruff, but this, though fuller than the list in the History, is only selective. It is very surprising that none of the numerous sons produced by King 's, many of them well equipped for the task, should have fou nd himself urged to this work of piety, and an outsider feels obliged to apologise for a n intrusion into the domestic privacy of the School. There are no registers surviving from the early period, but after the re-found ation of the Cathedral (1 541) the School was made an integral part of the establishment, and , suppor ted from Chapter funds. The Headmaster was paid £20 per a nnum, and his Assistant £ 10, whi le each boy received a sala ry of£4. These payments find a place in the Capitular accounts, and in a great many instances names of individual boys are given.

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Miscellaneous Accounts, Nos. 40 a nd 41 among the Chapter MSS.) and a finished bala nce sheet as a rule in roll form (Chapter MSS., Treasurers ' Accounts). Scholars' names are sometimes provided by the draft and sometimes by the roll , though they are often in neither.

The accounts in either form arc by no means complete, but the lists ca n occasionally ] be supplemented from other sources, e.g., reports of archiepiscopal visitations of the Cathedral , in which a roll call is made of the complete staff of the foundation. Further groups of names wi ll be given in subsequent issues of Tile Cantl/arian ; they will be kept in type and will eventually be p rinted as a whole. [ As shown, the lists are necessarily incomplete, so there must be many Scholars who have been missed, e.g., Thomas Stapleton (1 535-1598), the famous Roman Catholic divine and controversialist. If any reader notices a stray name in manuscript or printed sources, not occurring in Woodruff and Cape or in these pages, the writer would be very . grateful for a note of it.

WILLIAM URRY

1542-- 1543 [Chapter MSS., Canterbury. Volumes of Miscellaneous Accounts, No. 40 (VMA, 40), If l a- 8b, account running from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, 1542- 1543.J [fol. ib] To M. Twyne scholemaister xx Ii. To M . Welles vss her x Ii. [fol. 2a] To the.!. grammaryons viz. [payment of £4 is made to each boy ; Thomas Austyn Arthure Dawbeney Stephen Austyn Wyllyam Bodye Walter Wodd Thomas Bayly John Browne John Crakenthorpe Raulf Heyman Robert Lambe 248

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John Laurence Rychard Colyer Rycharde Moyle John Call owe and Roger Mychell Wyllyam Warde [they receive £4 between them, so one Edwarde Culpeper must have succeeded the other] Nycholas Clyfton Edwarde Goteley [fol. 2b] John Lachynden John Saunders Edwarde Frenche Fraunceis Robertes John Welles William Thwaytes George Meycote Thomas Frognall John Stephenson John Shawe Bartelmewe Boulton John Orphenstrange , Nycolas Lytlecote Henry Fynche John Rogers John Robertes Thomas Elys Henry H [crossed out] John Isley George H ygges Edwarde Kempe Rycharde Anger ; Rycharde Okden Wyllyam Saunders Rycharde Sharley Rycharde Horden Blase Salter Wyllyam Horden ' Rychard Babbye Swane John Thomas Herne ] Wyllyam Keyes Wyllyam Lovelesse . .. [For some time students were supported by the Dean and Chapter at the Ul1Iverslhes. [ The names below are given as they undoubtedly II1clude those of boys who attended the ) old pre-refo rmation school. Local names such as Kempe a nd Loveless (Lovelace) I occur among them. The term " Sir" probably in this instance denotes those who have the degree of bachelor. It was employed in this manner in the Universities down until ., the 18th century. It was not obli&atory to use It 111 conJunctlOn wlth the C hnshan name as in the case of Knights, though 111 thIS MS. a blank space has been left 111 front of each

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1549- 15501 [VMA. 40 ff. 9a- 49b ; heading of account is missing but on last leaf of this account (foJ. 49b) is written in contemporary hand] anno iiijto Edwardi sexti [while on fol. lOa occurs note] reman. et arr. in compuL thesaur. 25' Novembr. anno 3' Edwardi sexti [from which it appears that account runs from Nov. 25 (i.e. SI. Catherine 's Day, the regular audit date, as it still is to-day) until Nov. 25, 3- 4 Edward VI., 1549- 1550. Christian names are given henceforth in the modern form .] [foJ. 24a] ['Preceptor' and ' subpreceptor' of Grammar School are Master Twyne and Master Wellys; they each drew their full salaries of ÂŁ20 and ÂŁ10 so were in office the whole year.] [fol. 25a] . [Payments made at Christmas to boys as follows, at 20s. each.] Robert Rudropp [fo l. 25b] Henry Bestbeche Alexander Oyer Thomas Colyar Edmund Lambe Richard Wayte Robert Wygmoore John Ashburnham William Barton Augustus Palmer John M aster~1 Thomas Fowle George Peers Richard Tuk Peter Sare Nicholas Wayte Edmund Loftye Francis Myllys John Weston Richard Colman Henry Rogers Edward Deryng William Absolon Thomas Attwoode John Brune Bernard Randolphe William Crepyn Thoinas Rolff John Smyth John Mundes Thomas Stokton Anthony Rushe Robert Frank John Fremblyng Ralph Grylfyn Robert Woode William Twyne Thomas Ellys Owen Hereys Edward Fennar Thomas Sampson Gabriel Russell George Morbrede Oswald Rydly Richard Barton Jerome Glover Nicholas Buk , Edward Son gar [ ] Polyn [ ] Coldwell ~o

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[fol. 200] [Lady Day ; each boy received 20s. ; surname only given.] Rydlye Frye Glover Guyllham [fol. 26b] pope Songar Devenyshe Oyer Rudropp Lambe Bestbeche Wygmoore Colyar Barton Wayte Master Ashburnham Perse Palmer Sare Fowle Loftye Tuk Weston Myllys Rogers Colman Absolon Deryng Brune Atwoode Crepyn Randoll Smythe Rolfe Stokton Mundes Franke Rushe Twyne Fremlyng Hereys Woode Sampson Ellys Morbrede Fennar R. Barton Russell Buk [fol. 27a] [Mid Summer; each boy receives 20s.] John Colwell [ ] Frye Jerome Glover Paul Gylham Edward Songar Thomas Pope John Devenyshe [fol. 27b] Robert Rudroppe Alexander Oyav Henry Bestbeche Edmund Lambe Robert Wygmoore Thomas Colyar , William Barton Richard Wayte John Ashburneham John Master George Perse Augustus Palmer Peter Sare John Taylor Richard Tuk Edmund Lofty John Weston Franci s Myllys Henry Rogers Richard Colman William Absolon Edward Deryng Thomas Attwode John Brune

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[fol. 28a] [Michaelmas ; each boy receives 20s.] John Brune John Collwell [fol. 28b] Richard Wayte [left; in his place Elgar] Thomas Colyar Henry Glover [ ] Frye Edward Son gar Paul Guyllam Alexander Oyar Thomas Pope Edmund Lambe John Devenyshe Robert Wygmoore Robert Rudropp William Barton Henry Bestbeche John Master John Ashburnham [left ; in his place Smyth major] George Perse Augustus Palmer [will leave at Christmas] Peter Sare John Taylor Edmund Lofty Richard Tuk [will leave at Christmas] John Weston Francis Myllys [will leave a t Christmas] Henry Rogers Richard Colman [will leave at Christmas] William Absolon Edward Deryng William Crepyn Thomas Atwode John Smyth Bernard Randoll Thomas Stocton Thomas Rolff Robert F ran k John Mundes William Twyne Owen Hereys William Morbred William Badby Thomas Sa[m]pson Robert Wood George Morbred Thomas Ellys Richard Barton Edward Fennar Nicholas Buk Gabriel Russell 1554- 1555 ? [YMA. 40, ff. 50a-6 1b ; the heading of this account is missing but from evidence on fol. 60a (the date 6 March 1555) it appears to cover accounting period Nov. 1554- 1555 though it has been dated in a later hand (fol. 50a) 1555- 1556.] [fol. SOb] ['Preceptor ' and 'subpreceptor' of School are Master Twyne and Thomas Pollen; they each drew full salary of ÂŁ20 and ÂŁ10 so seem both to have been in office for whole year.]

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[ibJ,ames of individual boys are not give n ; sum of £200 for 50 boys at £4 each is paid with a deduction of £4 'pro vacatione' so it appears that School was one below strength for the yeaL]

1556- 1557 [VMA . 40, ff. 62a-82a ; account for year ending in Nov., 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, 1557.]

[fol. 66a] ['Preceptor' and 'subpreceptor' are Master Twyne a nd Thomas Paulyne each drawing full salary of £20 and £10 fo r year.]

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[VMA. ff. 40, 85a- 100b ; the beading of th is account is missing but several receipts of 1558 occur on fol. 86a, from wh ich it seems probable that account runs from Nov. 1557NOV. 1558.]

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[fol. 88b] ['Preceptor' and 'subpreceptor' of School are Master Twyne and Master Paulin; each drawing full salary of £20 and £10 for the year.]

[ib.] [Names of individual boys are not given ; sum of £200 issued, with no deductions so . ,School must have been at full strength for the year.]

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Nicholaus Lumbard Thomas Darvell Ricard us Fogge Georgius Frenche Johannes Cole

Robertus Joye Willelmus Harrys Ezachias Fogge Nomina seo/arum Edwardus Baker Georgius Smythe Edwardus Cavnton Anthonius Gregorie Willelmus Carter Willelm us Dale Georgius Colman Walterus Hopper Ricardus Basenett Willelmus Pelt Cuthbertus Pensex Josua Hutton Nicholaus Bodyam Valentinus Leysted Amos Pye Paulus Colman

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The last boy (Ford) is sick but seems to have received his full salary.J Richard Fogg (Fogge maior) James Conway John Floyde (Fludde) [fol. 119bJ John Halle (Haule) George Frenche Thomas Darcl Michael Forde (Ford mi.) Jeame Shelly Anthony Grigory (Gregory) Richard Scott (Schott maior) Walter Hoper (Hoppar) Edward Caun ton Cuthbart Pensax (Spensox) Robert Rose Josua Hutton Hcnry Cheney John Penven (Wyllyns alias Penven) Robert Porter William Chapman Nicholas Bodiam . George Collman [ ] Edwardes Amos Pye Richard Basnett Timothy Coten (Cotton) J. Ezachias Foogges (Fogge min or) Robert Selbye , [ ] Thorntenvs (Thorneton) Gabriel Way Willia m Dayle (Dall) Robert Smythe Edward Bakar Josias Goodderick [ Fallentyne Lested (Lestede) Edward Stevenes ' Robert Houenden Thomas Darrell (Darell mi.) [ ] Swanton [ Paul Colman Nicholas Lumbarte John Knell Thomas Wyllowghbe William Harte 1, John Twync John Witherden Robert Joy (Joey) John Ford (Ford rna.) George Smithe egrot.

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Thomas Thuaytes (Twaytes) George Collman Nicholas Bremer (Brymmer) John Witherden Josua Hutton Robert Hovenden (Hovendine) Valentine Austen . Peter Brake [ ] Pye [received 8s. 9d, only]

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George Colman (Colman mi.) Nicholas Lumbard Robert Porter Robert Rose [ ] (Schott) [opposite this name and opposite Cheney below is the signature 'Bre[m]staun' or 'Bramstaun '] [ ] Brak (Brake) Robert WiIlowghbe [ ] Cheney Edward Caunton (Canton) Richard Basnet James Shelly George Frenche Thomas Darell William Dayle (Dall) George Thornton Edward Baker Ezachias Foogges Fallentyne Lestede Paul Colman (Colman rna.) Robert Joy (Joey) George Smythe Valentine Austen Anthony Grygory (Gregorye) Walter Hoper (Hopper) [fol. 121 b] ( ] Pensax (Spensax)

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, [fol. I 22b] [Michael mas. See note before Christmas list. The list below is one short.] Robert Willowghbey [ ] Jorden N. Lumbard (Ni. Lumberd) [ ] Selby George Collman (Colman mi.) Robert Smythe (Smyth mi.) Edward Caunton Josias Goodderik (Goodrake) Robert Rose Timothy Cotten (Cotton) Henry Cheney Thomas Darrell John Knell Robert Porter Rychard Lane . Richard Basnett , George Thornton William Harte .[ ] Hoult (Holt) John Witherden Edward Bakar John Gulkin William Weston J Ezachias Foogges (Fogge) [ ] Brimer (Bremar) . Fallentyne Lested Paul Colman (Colman rna.) Peter Brak (Brake) John Twyne Thomas Thuaytes (Twaytes) Robert Joy (Joey) Anthony Brimslon (Brumston) George Smythe William Gull Valentyne Austin Edward Stevens [ ] Gregory [pay received by1 [fol. 123b] Petrus Levie vssher [ ] Turnbull [ ] Ware (Wayre) Thomas Clacsonne (Claxon) I' [ [fol. 123a] [ ] Forde ] Pensax (Spensox) [ ] Foscu (Foskew) Joshua Hutton N. Barns George Maffit John Penven William Chapman Laurence Hollenden (Hollendine) ,.

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL From the Parrot House Congratulations to our King's Scholars for this year: Brian Strouts James Allen (appearing considerably higher up the list than he did last year) and Joh~ Lancashire' also to Francis Bretherton, now at Clifton College, for winning their top scholarship: And to the following, who have passed music examinations :-Piers Nash-Williams passing Grade IV, piano ; Nicholas Cooper, Distinction Grade I, 'cello' David Balfour' " Merit, Grade II, violin. Sorne remarks on mumps and its connection with the cricket fixture list appear below' apart from its consequences there, which are of course serious, the general run of th~ School has been little affected by it; not even the poor sufferers themselves, who have rather enjoyed a fortnight 's holiday in the sick-room, or outside it. In-school cricket has prospered. The marvellous weather has made it possible for the majority of those over II years old to sleep in camp for most of the term, after the first week in June and swimming has been deservedly popular. The majority of those who were non-swi~mers at the beginning of term have either passed their first test or are very near to that and we look forward to the swimming sports at the end of term. ' May we add how sorry we have all Âˇ been that the mumps quarantine has made 't b . 't f S' S h I b ? W I k co â&#x20AC;˘ . 1

necessary t 0 a!l VISl .S rom emor c 00 oys . e 00 lorward to seemg such of you as may read thls agam next term . No. 4 of the present volume of the Milner Court Chronicle will have been published

by the time this appears in print; it can be obtained from me, at the School, price 1/6. It contams all ItS usual features by way of annual chronicle of our affairs written mai I r f' h h J nY by the boys, an d lour pages 0 p otograp s. w.H'O'

The Tempest Three performances of The Tempest, not to mentio nnumberless rehearsals tell one a ~ood deal ~bout ~ play: It is one which i s generally avoided by professional producers; It has obvIOUS dlfficu~hes, and s~n:te I~ngeurs ; none the less, for its many beauties of language, and ?ramahC opportUnities, It has h eld the stage for amateur performance, Our productlOn set out to be as much like a performance of Shakespeare's own da as we could make it. This always seems appropriate in our Barn, which is, after all , oldir

than Shakespeare, but nO.t much older, and may well hav~ see~ dramatic performances by strolhng players, even III those early days. We brought mto It all the school activities that we could, and at least one actIVI ty, the ballet, upon which we have never ventured before. A lot of people, grown-ups as well as boys, worked quite hard to make it a success, and the result, if the close attention of our audiences is any guide, just.ified the time spent. The first scene, the storm from which the play derives its name, can be a most exciting affair. The scene does not depend for its effect upon complete audibility, which is, indeed, hard to attain. Our big drum (a very big one), when hit with enthusiasm, produces so much thunder that it is difficult for the beater to hear what is happening on the stage. There was not always "erfect co-ordination between the thunder and the speaker, and some hnes were lost. Sltll, It looked, and sounded like, a very severe storm, with no halfmeasures about it; plenty of incidental crashes, howls, whistles, and shrieks, sailors

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hauling on a rope which must have been a very lon~ one! sails flapping vigorously in the wmd, and a most convlIlcmg electncal wllld machme hIred for the occasion. To mark the transfer to the quieter atmosphere of Prospero 's cave, for scene two the band played a slow autumnal piece of 16th century music, Tlte Fall of rite Leaf. by M~rtin Peerson . Generally speaking the incidental music, here and in other parts of the play, was of a high standard . With this and one other exception it came from the generation after, raiher than from Shakespeare's own time, but it was all appropriate to the atmosphere. The band, sitting in Elizabethan costume in front of the stage all the time, and playmg only recorders (descant, treble, tenor, and bass), a 'cello, and virginals were, as they should be, an integral part of the entertainment. ' We had cut a good deal of Prospero's rather long-winded explanation in the next .sccne. Hugh Bodger made what was left interesting, putting a good deal of variety into his voice and gesture. But nothing could prevent Miranda going to sleep. Perhaps we should explam why we had two Mlrandas on our programme. No. I (Robin Dartington) l'gettin g mumps three weeks before half-term, No. 2 had to be taught the part; Anthony Smith did the job very well, so he had the dress rehearsal and one performance, while the 'original leading lady had the other two; which seemed a fair arrangement to all. The cast was: Shipmaster, RICHARD DOUGLAS; Boatswain, JOHN HAMILTON-PATERSON' Alonso ~King of Naples). STEPHEN HARDISTY; ~ebastian (brother of Alonso), DAVID SPOONER; Antoni~ (brother

IOfProspero), DAVID WOODROW; Ferdmand (son of Alonso), RICHARD FISHLOCK; Gonzalo (an honest old counsellor), TIMOTHY JARDINE-BROWN; Adrian and Francisco (Lords), NICHOLAS STEWARD and ~AVID BALFOUR; Stephano (a butler), IAN YOUNG; Trinculo (a jester), JOHN HAMILTON; Miranda, RO~IN DARTINGTON, ANTHONY SMITH; Prospera, HUGH BODGER; Ariel (an airy spirit), NIGEL N ICHOLLS; ,Cahban (a savage and deformed slave), Guv MORGAN. . IN THE MASQUE. Ins, ANTONY WILLIAMS, Ceres, PETER FURNEAUX, Juno, MICHAEL SANGER-DAVIES. Dancers: Nymphs, CHARLES STEVENS, MICHAEL ROGERS, JOHN CROFI'S, PETER SNOW' Reapers MICHAEL BAILEY, MARK SKlLBECK, JAN BALKWILL, ROBIN JELL, Other Spirits, JOHN SKlLBECK ROI)ER~ PAWSEY lfREDERICK MAPLETHORP, TERRY TRUMBLE. Sailors, ROBIN STUART, DAVID GOATE, PAUL GOURMAND: TOM Aucon, CARL LARDNER, MARK DUNN, WILLIAM TAYLER. Hounds, DAVID DOUGLAS, RODNEY TOMKINS, DAVID AsHENDEN, JEREMY PUXTY, PETER HEADLEY, ROGER FORREST.

" Stage Managers, noises off and effects, BRIAN STROUTS and JAMES ALLEN. Electricians, JOHN MORGAN and DAVlD POOLE. . Musicians: (trumpets or cornels) DAVID POOLE, ROGER SUTTON, PAUL GOURMAND; (trombones) IDAVID SPOONER, DAvm GOATE; (timpani) MICHAEL SANGER-DAVIES; (descant recorders) W.H.O., MICHAEL SANGER-DAVIES; (tre~lc recorders) PieRS NASH-WILLl AM~, T;lroEL WARD; (tenor re~or.ders) I~!.~NY COXON, VIVYAN BATES, (bass recorder) NICHOLAS CooPER, (cello) JOHN HEMBRY; (vlrgmals)

The play produced by W.H.O. assisted by M.W.S.B., D.H.!. and J.E.S

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. . N,ot all our actors reahsed that it IS not enough to stand sltll on the stage and declaIm lone s hnes, however good those hn~s m~IY be. Most prom!S!ng III theIr realisalton that an actor can, by the use of hIS own IInaglllatlOn resultlllg III movement ,?f arm, face, and lÂ·bOdY , as well as VOice, cr~ate a character In the n~lnds of the aud!ence, were our Sebasltan and Gonzalo .. Tnnculo, Stephano, and Callban, had the easIest task. Broad .comedy IS. the easIest thll1g to put across to an aud Ience, and the first two made ample use of theIr opportullltles. Ca hban, who was helped by hIS ferocIOus appearanc~, spoke hIs hnes With Illtelhllence. and c1anty, and enabled the audIence to reahse that Shakespeare wanted hIs audIence to sympathIse With, not loathe, tlus character.

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Of the others, the Lords were suitably dignified; Ariel was always a delight to listen to whether speaking or singing; the words "lingering perdition", as he spoke them, will remain long in my memory. The masque, with its Restoration goddesses, was good to look at, and typical of its period. It was unfortunate tbat tbe occupation or profession of goddess was so obviously dangerous wben mumps was about, but we were duly grateful to the two understudies, Brian McCleery and Simon B1ackall, who stepped into the parts of Iris and Ceres after the dress rehearsal, and to Michael Sanger-Davies, who was able to sing Ceres' song as well as his own. The nymphs and reapers acquitted themselves well, and the pack of hounds (very obviously hound puppies, not adult dogs) enjoyed their brief entry as much as the audience did. It remains only to add that Mrs. Oldaker'S dresses were a delight to the eye, as they always have been in the past; and that skilled use of our stage lighting by Mr. Bass and his assistants made the audience think that the dresses were even better than tbey were. W.H.O. Cock House Competition-Spring Term 1949

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Parish F@te ... Collections, Tlte Tempes/ ... Sundries .. , ." Crusaders I House Party ... Interest P.O. Savings Bank Profit on gramophone recital Donations: E. H. Aucott, Esq. M. Lynch, Esq . . .. P. Lawless, Esq .. ..

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As the necessary repairs to the walls of the Barn seem as far off completion as ever, we propose t

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THE CANTUAR IA N Cricket

With a few exceptions the cricket has been a disappointment due, almost entirely, to an absence of a real desire to take advantage of such instruction and help which have been offered. Particularly has this been the case amongst many of the junior boys, who, in years to come, will themselves have to shoulder the burdens and responsibilities which, at present, they are only too glad to hope are being borne by others. It would be an encouragement if the rustic or agricultural passes which are made in the vague direction of the ball could be interspersed with an occasional attempt at an orthodox stroke employing a straight bat. The exhortation to use a straight bat has tended to become as hackneyed and outworn as a signature tune on the wirdess: The failure to score, once the s cause of many a youthful head belllg hung In shame, IS stIli taken too much as a matter of course. ... . Factors contnbutIng to this unhappy state of affam may well have been the arrival I' in Sturry in early May of a mump germ and the consequent upsetting of a lengthy. and interesting fixture list, coupled with tbe heavy programme of activities associated with tbe . Summer Term. But these could not, of themselves, lead to so many people taking so little interest on so many occasions.

In all justice, be it added, that eacb game has its own small body of enthusiasts, wbo have bowled, batted or fielded witb determination and some distinction.

Up to the time of going to press there have been two School matches and the Fathers' match. The first School match was against Sir Roger Manwood's Lodge in which eleven mump-proof boys were beaten by tbe "Lodge" 1st XI by 6 wickets, in a low scoring game which was not remarkable for a particularly high standard of play on either side.

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2 though the desire to do well and the dread of being bowled "by Father" always prove a ,. handicap. Some accurate bowling and a good deal of lusty hitting led to the defeat of the

School.

In the second School match, the mump-proof team played Sir Roger Manwood's

IJuniors in a drawn game wbich developed into a race against time and, in the general

1 excitement, the scorer rather lost track of events with the result that the final scores are

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rounds of House matches have been played, but with all teams very mllch IofSothefar,sametwostandard it is impossible to forecast the final order. .

REsULTS SCHOOL MATCHES "A" XI v SIR ROGER MANWOOO'S LODGE. Lost. School 22. Sir Roger Manwood's 54 for 9 declared.

1st XI v FATHERS. School 55 (Collins 19). The Fathers 131. ,

"A" XI v SIR ROGER MANWQOD'S Sir Roger Manwood's 89 for 5.

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Cockers lost to Macaws and Keas. Kakas beat Keas and Macaws. Keas lost to Kakas, beat Cockas. Macaws beat Cockas, lost to Kakas. JUNIOR

Cock as drew with Macaws, beat Keas. Kakas beat Keas, lost to Macaws. Keas lost to Kakas and Cock as. Macaws drew with Cockas, beat Kakas.

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l CONTEMPORARIES The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following magazines, and apologise for any omissions :The Eastbournian, The Lancing College Magazine, The Epsomiall, The Tonbridgian, The Crallbrookian, The Meteor, The Stonyhurst Magazine, The Felstedian, The Bryanstoll Saga, The Haileyburian, The RoJJensian, The Ousel, The Reptonian, The Worksopian, The Barrovian, The Lorellonian, The Alleynian, The Cranleighan, The Sulton Valence School Magazine, St. Peter's College Magazine, The Cholmedleian, The Elizabethan, The King's School Magazine, The AmpleJorth Journal, The Denstonian, The Dovorian, The Mallwoodian, The Middlesex Hospital Journal, The Bradfield College Chronicle, The Gresham, The Glenalmond Chronicle.

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ED ITORIAL "FOURTH LEADER" THE SCHOOL VIRTUTE FUNCTl MORE PATRUM DUCES VALETE SALVETE ... THIS AND THAT LITERARY COMPETlTIONS THE OLD GRANGE SPEECH DAY, 1949 , .. ART EXHIBITION PALESTlNE FIFTY YEARS AGO ON GOING TO BED-ESPECIALLY ON COLD N IGHTS ROMAN CANTERBURY TWO VIEWS OF HOUSES IN THE BRICK WALK, ABOUT 1860 ... POEMS MENTAL AND MORAL TALE LECTURES AND ENTERTArNMENTS RECITALS ... MUSIC OXFORD LETTER UNVEILING OF THE WAR MEMORIAL ... SOME CRICKET FACTS RUGBY THE BOAT CLUB SWIMMING THE BOXING CLUB THE FENCING CLUB ATHLETICS C.C.F. NOTES THE KING'S SCHOOL SCOUT TROOP THE SOCIETlES DR. C. E. ETHERIDGE O.K.S. NEWS O.K.S. GOLFING SOCIETY IN MEMORIAM ... THE HEYMANS OF SOMERFIELD THE SCHOOL ROLL CORRESPONDENCE THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

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EDITORIAL After two months' holiday, enjoyed in all parts of the world, from Hong Kong to Canterbury, the School seems new again. Even the faces of our best known friends seem not quite the same, and as we re-accustom ourselves to each other's company we have also to re-adjust our life to the routine of school activity. It is to this annual rebirth that the oldest school in England owes its continuil I freshness. All last year's new boys are now twice the size, their voices twice as deep, and we miss the old friends who have left us. We are more important, we may have passed a new examination, we have new responsibilities, and new ambitions- Âˇand all this is the life of the School. Perhaps it is this renewal that gives its special flavour to the Autumn term. The Precincts seem more intimate and more secluded as the daylight shortens, the tourists disappear, and on dark November evenings the lighted windows twinkle through the fog. The colour of the sportsmen's habit changes too; no longer arrayed in dazzling white they ride back from Birley's on rusty bicycles happily bespattered with mud. 265

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Yet throughout the year- and indeed throughout the ages- there is something that never changes. The Cathedral tower always casts its benediction aslant our path. We cannot walk to Class-Room or Dining Hall or House without remarking it- unconsciously perhaps. As each new boy comes and as each old boy leaves, the symbol of the life of the School leaves its influence on his life in the world, unsuspect<edly playing a part on his future, as it did on the lives of those whose supreme sacrifice we commemorated last term. The most important function of The Cantuarian is surely the <continual re-uniting of the School all over the world, reminding us of its eternal mission, which must be in no small measure a leaven in the world.

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There is little in common between the cynics of toÂˇday and the Cynics who were the <lisciples of Antisthenes more than two thousand years ago< It is true that they share an obsession for a contempt of the things that most of us value ; but whereas the modern cynic would sneer, first of all perhaps, at virtue, the Greek Cynics believed in virtue, <and believed that it consists in the avoidance of evil and an independence of needs. Diogenes may seem to us quite mad, but Alexander wished that if he had not been Alexander he might have been Diogenes- perhaps because Diogenes represented the <only fragment of tbe world that he had not conquered< The Cynics of Greece were at any rate philosophers-Antisthenes was a pupil of Socrates-and philosophers are, or sbould be, lovers of wisdom. Admittedly they despised both learning and beauty, and their definition of goodness was negative; but they were philosophers who built tbeir contempt on a basis of reasoning, as Schopenbauer built bis pessimism on a foundation of pbilosophical reasoning. The modern cynic is marked rather by his temperament than by his logic, as most pessimists <are cursed, not so much by an agonisingly enquiring mind as by a bad liver. The modern cynic does not necessarily place learning and the arts among his "despicables", though he may well scorn the painful accuracy of scholarship and the well-tempered beauty of a long tradition. In fact, he is most often found among the intelligentsia of a Sixth Form or in the aesthetic purlieus of Bloomsbury or Montparnasse. Nor does the modern cynic despise luxury; not for him the tub, or large earthenware jar, of Diogenes< The wise man-and the simple and even crafty man-has some reverence for heroism and sacrifice, patriotism and bonour, magnanimity and love< They admire those thousands of their fellow-men who work to contribute to the common good of a distant <colony or the nearest factory without reward or even a name to leave behind them as a 266

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School: A. B. CURRY Head of School House .. . B. K. NEWTON A. B. CURRY Head of The Grange .. . J. G. JELL Head of Walpole House I. D. HILL Head of Meister Omers Head of Luxmoore House P. R. SNOXALL I. A. FRASER Head of Marlowe House MONITORS A. B. CURRY, B. K. NEWTON, P. R. SNOXALL, R. D. H. ROBERTS, A. B. POLLOK I. D. HILL, J. M. ROTHERY, J. G. JELL, J. A. G. STONEHOUSE, R. M. V. BEITH, P. J. WALKE~ HOUSE PREFECTS School House: P. M. COCKMAN, J. R. GIBSON, R. O. A. NORRIS, F. G. J. NORTON, A. YOUNG

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M. ALLEN, P. G. H. MANN, R. F. MOFFATT, T. T. MORGAN, P. J. S. MURRAY, A. E. H. PEDDER, P. R. PHILLIPS, R. B. RYELAND Walpole House: A. W. BURTWELL, D: C. NUTHALL, D. G. W. OMMANNEY, R. J. SIMPKINS Meister Omers : A. M. EASTY, B. E. LEE, J. MOOR, R. W. G. REED Luxmoore House: D. CLIFT, J. F. FOSTER, P. R. S. JACKSON, D. J. C. SNOXALL, . H. D. TYMMS Marlowe House: T. H. BIRNBERG, I. A. FRASER, I. FOWLER Captain Captain Captain Captain Captain

of Rugby Football R. M. V. BEITH of Cricket B. E. LEE of Boats ... R. D. H. ROBERTS of Hockey P. J. WALKER of Athletics R. O. A. NORRIS EDITORS OF The Cantuarian A. B. CURRY, B. K. NEWTON, R. D. H. ROBERTS

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES P.

F. BASsETT.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '47; 2nd Hockey XI, '49; Acting Sgt., A.T.C., May, '49; Hon. Sec., Music Society, Feb., '48; Higher Cert., '49. P. M. BENHAM.-Entered School, Sept., '45; Luxmoore House Prefect, May, '49; 1st and 2nd Cricket XIs, '48; Cpl., J.T.C., March, '49. B. M. BIRNBERG.-Entered School, Sept., '45; Senior King's Scholar (Honorary); School Monitor, Sept., '48; L/Sgt., J.T.C. , Dec., '48; Higher Cert., '47; Open University Minor Scholarship and Parker Exhibitioner, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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I. F. BLAcK.-Entered School, May, '44; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '47 ;

School Monitor, Sept., '48; Captain of Meister Omers, Sept., '48; 2nd Cricket XI, '47; 1st XI, '48, '49; 2nd Athletics, '46, '47; 1st Athletics, '48; 2nd XV, '47; 1st XV, '47, '48; 2nd Hockey XI, '48; 1st Hockey XI, '48, '49; Captain of Rugger, '48; Captain of Hockey, '49; Captain of Athletics, '49; Captain of Cricket, '49.

J. M. BRowN.-Entered School, Sept., '44; School House Prefect, Sept., '48; 1st IV, '49; Cpl., J.T.C., Jan., '49; Higher Cert., '49. J. L. CUNNINGToN.-Entered School, Sept., '44; King's and Entrance Scholar; School House Prefect, Jan., '48; 2nd Hockey XI, Mar., '49; Sgt., J.T.C., Sept., '48; Higher Cert., '47. B. H. EDWARDS.-Entercd School, Sept., '45; Marlowe House Prefect, Sept., '48; Cpl., J.T.C., Jan., '49; Higher Cert., '48. P. J. ELLIcoTT.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Meister Omers House Prefect, Sept., '48 ; Boxing Colours, Sept., 47; L/Sgt., J.T.C., Apr., '48; Captain of Boxing, '48, '49. D. S. ELLIs.-Entered School, Sept., '46; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '48; 1st XV, '47, '48; 2nd Hockey XI, '49; 2nd Athletics Colours, '49; Cpl., J.T.C., May, '49. D. B. HOLDEN.-Entered School, Sept. , '44; School House Prefect, June, '49; Cpl., J.T.C., Jan., '49; Hon. Sec., Natural History Society, '48, '49.

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R. J. JACKsON.-Entered School, May, '45; School House Prefect, Jan., '49; 2nd Athletics Colours; Hon. Sec., Railway Society, '46, '47, '48, '49. B. E. S. KNIGHT.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Meister Omers House Prefect, Jan., '48 ; 2nd XV, '48; School Monitor, Sept., '48. E. K. LEwls.-Entered School, May, '46; School House Prefect, Nov., '48; 2nd Hockey XI, '47; 1st XI, '48; Higher Cert., '49. I. E. LusH.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '47; School

Monitor, Sept., '48; Sgt., J.T.C., Sept., '48; Higher Cert., '48. C. B. MANNING-PRESS.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Music Scholar; School House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, Mar., '48; Captain of School House, May, '49; 2nd XV, '47, '48; Cricket 2nd XI, '47, '48, '49; Hockey 2nd XI, '48; 1st XI, '49; C.S.M., J.T.C., May, '49; Editor of The Cantuarian; Hon. Sec., Debating Society, '47, '48; Hon. Sec., Music Society, '47; Higher Cert., '47. C. G. S. PATERSON.- Entered School, Sept., '43; Senior King's Scholar and Entrance Scholar; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '45; School Monitor, Sept., '47; Head of Grange, '47, '48, '49; 2nd Athletics Colours, '46; 2nd XI Hockey, '49; 1st IV, '47, '48, '49; Captain of Boats, '47, '48, '49; Captain of School, '48, '49; C.S .M., J.T.C., '49; Editor of The Cantuarian; Higher Cert., '46 C. SMITH.-Entered School, Sept., '45; Marlowe House Prefect, Sept., '48; Silt., J.T.C., Sept., '48.

THE CANTUARIAN T. C. B. SWAYNE.-Entered School, May, '44; Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, Sept., '48; 1st XI Hockey, '48, '49; 1st XV, '47, '48; Sgt., J.T.C., Sept., '48. R. G. WALTERs.-Entered School, Sept., '45; King's Scholar; L/Cpl., J.T.C., Mar., '49; Higher Cert., '48.

J. M. WATT.-Entered School, Sept. , '44; Grange House Prefect, Sept., '47; 1st IV '47, '48, '49; 2nd XV, '47; IstXV, '48; Sgt. , J.T.C., Sept., '48; HigherCert., '48: R. G. WHITE.-Entered School, Sept., '44; King's and Entrance Scholar' Walpole House Prefect, Sept., '47; School Monitor, Sept., '48; Captain of Walpole May, '49 ; Sgt., J.T.C., Jan., '49 ; Captain of Shooting, '48, '49. '

VALETE C. D. J. Anderson, H. C. Bedingfield, W. J. Bensted, A. J. Caird, D. 1. Campbell, M. Chapman, 1. D. Dunbar, D . F. Gosden, H . G. B. Grainger, S. E. Grainger, J. C. H,?ey, L. Howie, J. R. Hudson, M. J. Huntington, Meadowcroft, T. P. Mendel, G. MIllar Watt, C. NapIer, D. Noye, Passmore, C. J. Phillips, M. W. O'B. Rigden, J. H. T. Shaw, J. P. M. Simpson, W. J. Sinnot, J. R. Stainer, G. R. Tragett, P. B. Watson, H. R. W. Wilde.

SALVETE J. de V. Allen, P. J. Allen, M. J. A. Anderson, W. J. Bacon, R. J. H. Baird, R. A. M. Baster, R. J. Beaty-Pownall, R. M. Blackall, S. T. S. Blackall, K. N. W. Bott, M. J. Cederwell-Br,own, R. J. C. Collins, A. G. Davies, E. W. Donald, J. G. C. Evans, M. Fisher, J. A. Fletcher, M. J. Fountain, D. G. Fuller, D. J. Gunter, G. E. Hare, J. M. C. Harke, R. H . Heard, J. Hembry, J. P. C. Hickey, H. R. J. Hoare, 1. Hogg, G. G. Jones, W. J. C. Kemp, P. B. Kirkby, W. T. Lamb, P. Leggatt, P. R. M. Lewis, R. B. P. Linton D. H . Livesey, B. H. McCleery, R. C. Macpherson, D. E. Mellish, M. J. Moore, J. B: Morgan, T. P. Nicholson, J. S. Nye, B. J. Parker, M. D . H. Peacock, D. A. R. Poole R . C. Richardson; C. D. Russell, A. D. Rutherford, J. E. L. Sales, S. L. M. Sander: T. K. Sandy, D. S. Sandy, W . D. Southgate, R. W. Sparrow, G. Spence-Fish, C. B. Strouts, R. Thompson, M. A. Thomson, J. R. Tilman, R. E. Tilman, N. B. Ward, A. J. Wells, M. Williams, R. A. G. Willoughby, B. H. Wills.

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THIS AND THAT Last term was quite the best the School has known as far as Higher and Examination School Certificates are concerned. Altogether we had 72 School Results Certificates, and 50 Higher, with 20 Distinctions, and 6 State Scholarships on which we congratulate H. 1. Duck, J. E. M. Lucie-Smith, J. G. C. Milne, R. F. Moffatt, P. R . Phillips and P. R. SnoxaU. We also congratulate I. E. Lush on his County Major Scholarship. We understand-and to our great satisfaction-that an order has been placed for three more En-Tout-Cas Tennis Courts on Blore's, as well as for a Cricket Practice Shed (which Compton and Edrich are to open i). The Boat Club is acquiring a fine boat house at Grove Ferry, and proposes to make the transfer to Eights after the Marlow Regatta. The Club will maintain Fours at Fordwich and Eights at Grove Ferry. Developments

The School has this term undergone a full-scale Inspection by the Ministry of Education. These Inspections are not compulsory for Independent Public Schools but are conducted at the invitation of the School Authorities. Nonetheless it is essential that every Public School be inspected from time to time, since otherwise it cannot be included in the Ministry's list of Schools recognised as efficient nor gain recognition by the Army Council and the General Medical Council. As a matter of fact, the Inspection was rather enjoyed. The Inspectors foregathered on Monday, October 24th, and spent the rest of the week going in and out of all parts of the School. On the Friday afternoon they met the Governors and gave them a verbal account of what they felt about us, aU of which will, in due course, be printed by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Although no details as to what was said at that meeting have, in fact, leaked out, we understand that the Inspectors felt in general that the School was in first-class condition, and that a marvellous job had been done in rehabilitating itself after five years of evacuation and the amount of war damage done to the premises. Inspection

The team of Inspectors, which was led by Mr. C. W. Tregenza, H.M.I., included E. A. Moore (Geography and Mathematics), T. M. Murray Rust (Modern Languages and the Library), M. W. Pritchard (Classics and English), R. A. R. Tricker (Science), R. L. Wakeford (History and Divinity), E. M. O'R. Dickey (Art), E. Major (Physical Training). The Inspection of the Music of the School by Mr. Bernard Shore, Chief Inspector of Music, is mentioned in the notes on Music. This term the School has increased in size by about a score. This, of course, necessitated more sleeping accommodation, so the Masters' Common Room has returned to its former abode in No. 23 The Precincts, and a new Waiting House for new boys has been started very successfully at No. 1 The Forrens with W. O. Thomas, Esq., as Housemaster.

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THE CANTUARIAN Last holidays the Headmaster went on a tour of France, Switzerland and Italy, happily combining business and pleasure. He inspected various Anglican Churches, scattered over this part of the Continent, on a mission from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and incorporated in it a well-earned holiday in the Riviera, and a few days at Paris on the way home. We hear that he has been invited to America next term to give lectures and to preach; if he is able to accept we wish him every success over there. We offer our sympathy to Mrs. Shirley 011 the loss of her aunt Anne, Lady Brocket and friend, Anne, Lady Brocket, who was often here and was a sincere friend of the School. Sir Charles Armstrong, whose obituary notice is in this number, has shown his deep appreciation for his old School, which Sir Charles Armstrong's Legacy he left 71 years ago, by leaving to the School a sum of ÂŁ1,000, and on the death of his two brothers the ultimate residue of his entire estate. All O.K.S. and friends of the School who have known Mr. and Mrs. Doreen Curtis Curtis will join us in sympathy for them in their great anxiety during this term when their daughter, Doreen, was so seriously ill; and will share our relief that she is likely to make a complete recovery. When we returned at the beginning of term it was to find that the The Parry Hall organ in the Parry had been moved into the bay-window, thus making room for nearly a hundred more chairs. This means that there is now just room for the School, and we have been able to have Prayers there all this term. On July 31st Their Royal Highnesses attended the Cathedral Princess Elizabeth Service of the Kent County Playing Fields Association which and the opened the Canterbury Cricket Week. The Duke of Edinburgh Duke of Edinburgh read the lesson, and the Archbishop gave an address. We congratulate Dr. and Mrs. Suttle on the arrival of a son Stephen John Suttle and heir on September 28th. We should like him to be officially entered for the School as soon as possible, otherwise there may not be room! (There is still a vacancy, however, in 1963.) We congratulate Mr. D. A. Kimmins on his appointment as HeadAnother master of Ashbourne Grammar School. He takes up his new position Headmastcrship in January, and we wish him and Mrs. Kimmins every happiness for their future in Derbyshire. The School will miss Mr. Kimmins, and we would like him to know how grateful we are for all he has done-he has helped generally with the games, has served in the Corps, it was he who revived the Printing Society which is now in excellent state, and not his least work was to supervise the levelling and returfing of the Green Court. This appointment makes, we believe, at least the fifth Headmastership from the School since 1943. On 10th November, at 6.30 p.m., about a dozen of us went to the Slater The B.B.C. Hall to record some questions in an edition of the B.B.C. Programme Brains Trust "Question Time". We await with some apprehension the sound of our own voices when the questions finally selected will be broadcast on 30th November. The Headmaster's Travels

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THE CANTUARIAN Commander G. E. W. Bayly (O.K.S. 1912-1917) has written from "Archaicisms" Singapore to answer two queries in the July Number ofTlze Cantuarian about the meaning of (i) " He gave me but a Scarborough warning" ; (ii) 8 "dead paies" to the hundred were allowed in reckoning the wages of mercenaries. (i) "According to Captain Beckett, R.N., in his book on expressions and traditions this is a very old expression meaning no warning at all, but he does not say Why. Another way of saying the same thing is 'Jedburgh justice', which in the old moss-trooping days meant to hang first and try the case afterwards- in other words, no justice at all.'!

(ii) "I should imagine that 'dead paies' probably means the same thing as 'Widows ' Men' in the old naval custom. By Act of George II a ship's purser was entitled to keep two imaginary men per hundred on his books, whose pay went to the widows' fund. To-day the expression is an entirely imaginary person." Carol Reed The outstanding film of the year-The Third Man- is yet another produced under the dir~tion of Carol Reed (O.K.S. 1917-1922). A Faithful We see with some satisfaction in Cobbett's Political Register that an O.K.S., Shepherd whose portrait hangs in the Parry Hall, was at the time of one of Cobbett's galop surveys the only bishop in residence in his diocese, who "Dwelte at hoom and kepte wei his folde, So that the wolfe made it nat miscarrie". Herbert Marsh (1757-1839) entered the School in 177I-a year before Baron Tenterden. He gained a Scholarship at SI. John's College, Cambridge, and in 1779 was second wrangler and Smith's Prizeman. Two years later he was elected a Fellow of his College and became Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1816 he was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff, and in 1819 he was translated to Peterborough. Those who have enjoyed the use of the Sanatorium garden, or tasted the Mr. Carter excellence of its produce, will regret to hear of the accident sustained by Mr. Carter, the gardener, during tbe summer holidays. While engaged in pruning a creeper, his ladder broke, and he fell heavily, fracturing his leg. This in itself gave rise to no immediate anxiety, but later, he developed pleurisy, and was for a time dangerously ill. We are happy to learn that Mr. Carter has made a good recovery, and look forward to seeing him back at work as soon as his leg injury permits. We must congratulate the daughter of our fencing and boxing instructor, Miss Osborne Miss Osborne, on the magnificent results she gained in the women's services foils championship. She was a member of the winning team and won five out of her six bouts, a performance equalled only by her own captain. Mr. Somerset Maugham paid a short visit to the School in Mr. W. Somerset November. He was shown Sir Gerald Kelly's portrait of him, which he thought extremely good, although he confessed that he Maugham had never seen it before! The School is glad that Mr. Maugham was able to come down, and we hope that he will visit us again soon when he will have more opportunity and leisure to meet boys personally. We congratulate Mr. P. A. Landon, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and a Member of the Governing Body of lhe School, on becoming a Bencher of the Inner Temple. 274

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LITERARY COMPETITIONS The Editors offer the following Prizes for contributions for the Easter Number of Cantuarian :F . I f All Fools" esllva 0 . Ten Shillings for the best "Fourth Leader" entitled "The , CI'If" Ten Shillings for the best Sonnet entitled "Shakespeare s I â&#x20AC;˘ 3. Two Prizes of Five Shillings each for the best original Nursery Rhyme: (a) Open to the whole School. (b) Open to the Middle and Lower Schools only.

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several weeks before e was 1 e m ' Schola Mea Floreat. Th Ca tain of the School is no longer The Grange has more than one ;~~~~;nce t~e nfw houses have been opened. The necessarily the C~ptam ~~ S~OO~g~ Garden and the tennis courts are no longer of grass Mashter's Gdartden " nHoowweveer i~ is of all studies, still the most desirable. asteyuse obe. " he t' The reader will ask how the School cam~ to acquire the Grange and how t e ap am f the School came to be in his now established home. . I o . . sed to extend from the present Memona The School bUlldmgs, m~ny years ag~~t uin 1864 School House and the old HeadChapel, to the Gate-~e.~ie\: ;a~d;:ggested that the old buildings should be renovated, master s house were Ul . deere it The same surveyor had bUllt, several but the surveyor J:"d .~hat i~~~ ~~~~:o~f the did' Priory Graynger (i.e. the Granary), a f the old Archbishop's Palace (which had been pulled years before on t e Sl e 0 residence made from the s{~~ 0 d d of which the only remains are Featherstone's en)o suggested that, as the lease for the premises from down in the commwo~w~a ex ire the Dean and Chapter should shop and parts of a po.e . ouse . the Ecclesiastical COllm18hoSe~ ~at~ ~~Z~~~~ us.rofit. This plan was adopted and the take it freeh?l? and a .0": t edo~mitor was added to the west end of the building. The (jng co~~~s~~r~t~~aufr:,"~ the junic!r dormitory to the Grange classroom. range h . t d ce of the Second Master, but after The House was originally under t e s~en~~~st~ in 1870 it also came under the the death of Mr. Lll~scomd b, theI fifSt~e r~~~s whi~h had been reception rooms, were Headmaster's contro ,an severa 0 , now used as classrooms, of which there was a shortage.

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The very materials from which the room was constructed are old and historical. The panelling, now sadly covered by paint, was used in the Archiepiscopal Palace of Laud, the ill-fated Primate of Charles I. The fireplace, which is moulded with Matthew Parker's arms, and the lattice window are four hundred years old, being installed by Archbishop Parker in the reign of Elizabeth. It is of interest that the main staircase and several other windows in the Grange also came from the palace, and the stones (some of which are engraved) which were used in the buildings, were picked up from its ruins, as has been said. . In this room The Cantuarian was born; here many honourable people have been entertained by the School Monitors, the most recent being W. Somerset Maugham, now a Governor of the School. It is a room of planning and contriving; of justice, or at any rate of punishment! the hub of that great wheel which is the School; sanctum of the rulers, it is envied and desired by all; few ever enter it as of right. Here can be seen exhibited much that is so typical of public schooillfe. Those who leave this beloved apartment for the last time to "enter upon their several callings in this world " will remember always this little room scattered with purple gowns, books, letters and chipped crockery, not only as their study, but as an integral part of the school life still lived at Canterbury, where past and present so closely meet. We end as we began; "The Grange contains but one of the studies and that, the residence of the Captain of the School, is of all studies the most desirable." P. H. Moss

(The above essay was awarded a prize of books offered by G. Laughton Scott who, with the Captain of the School, R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards and G. C. Strachan, occupied the Grange Study, 1905-1906.)

THE CANTUARIAN THROUGH THE SOUTH-EAST WIND Windblown, she passed me like the South-East Wind And stayed as little time. As seasons bllld One to them, but to vanish the next day, So did she come, enchain, and go her way; The sunbeams followed her and left me grey. I just remember walking by her side-The wind had blown her hair about her face, I could have walked for ever in that place, . As the South-East Wind blew by with her beside. I just remember her brown laughing eyes Which should have been designs for Paradise, But God made into chance realities . That Heaven might be on earth where they [mght be-But they flashed past and all is Hell to me.

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th~h~a~eadmaster then spoke, and said how greatly disappointed he was that it would

riot be possible to enlarge the Parry Hall. He contmued ~ore cheerfully, however, when he ex lained that as hardly anyone had dema~ded th~lr !"on~y back, and some in their sym~athY for his distress had even doubled theIr subscnptlOn, It wo~ld be pOSSIble to carr out a number of other important projects. Three new hard tennis courts were to be I~d down, and a cricket practice shed would be built. The Boat Club would be able to change gradually from fours to eights, as the nver further down-stream was SUItable, and a boathouse could now be built. fl . h' I Canon Shirley went on to say that in all depa.rtment~ the School w~s ouns II~. I n particular he was pleased with the achievements m MUSIC, A. B. Curry s Organ Sc a arhi at St Edmund Hall Oxford was proof. The most obVIOUS success, however, was ~h: form~tion of the Military B~nd, under the enthusiastic direction of Mr. \urce~l. A year ago the band had not existed, there were hardly any boys who could aYt~ e instruments Yet within so short a time the band had made such progress t .at ey bl . I to the uests at Tea on the Green Court, as we were soon to dlScov~r. we:;:o ef~~thei evidenc~ were needed of the School's enterprise, it could be found 10 the par~y, where the Art Exhibition was. bein~ held. The Headmaster adVISed everyone who had not already seen it to go and VISit thIS first-class show.

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THE CANTUARIAN The Speeches then followed. The Latin Speech was the last act of Plautus' Captivi . and the French Speech was taken from Moliere 's L'Avare. Finally came the English Speech, Hamlet in Basic English, by H. C. G. Stevens, which was in the nature of an encore. It had proved such a success earlier in the term at the Monitors' Concert that they produced it again in response to the general demand. The garden party was held on the Green Court, and well over a thousand guests were present. All the while the Military Band, stationed by the Dining Hall and surrounded by admiring spectators, played its considerably varied repertoire. '

ART EXHIBITION The annual Speech Day Art Exhibition and House Art Competition, held in the Parry Hall, July 23rd to 25th, was the largest and best we have ever had. Thejudging of the exhibits was most ably and painstakingly carried out by Mr. Hickson, of the Canterbu.ry College of Art (drawings), and by Mr. D. A. Kimmins, M.A. (models). Their encouragIng and pertInent cntIclsms were much apprecIated by the exhibitors and we are extremely grateful to them for their expert services. The placing of th~ Houses was as follows :(I) Marlowe; (2) Grange; (3) School House; (4) Walpole; (5) Meister Omers ; (6) Luxmoore. Marlowe House secured first place largely by their excellent show of handicrafts. SpecIal mention should be made of N. Pai ne's outstanding model of a Ketch-rigged yacht, and his workmanlike canoe, of D. E. H. Clegg's exceptionally well-built canoe and J. R. Stainer's record-breaking aircraft. The drawings of G. W. N. Coats, D. A. L: Ansell and R. D. J. Agnew were highly commended, as were also B. M. Birnberg 's fine photographs. Grange's second place wa.s due to almost equal proficiency in drawing and modelling. SpecIally commended drawIngs were those of B. I. G. Hyatt, K. D. Wilkinson and W. E. Eustace. I. E. Lush showed some good photographs, and R. G. Walters an original and beautifully finished model. School House was highly placed for drawings and paintings. B. K. Newton's "Canterbury in Perspective" was very highly praised by the judges, and J. M. Brown's work highly commended. G. Millar-Watt contributed some photographs of outstanding mertt.

'Ya1pole House was placed first for drawings and paintings, but had not so strong an exhibIt of handicrafts. The water-colours of J. G. Jell were an outstanding feature of the Exhibition, and the drawings of R. G. Jones, R. N. B. Thomas and R. L. T. Hudson received high commendation. Meister Omers had a very fine exhibit of drawings, but few models. Very special commendation was given to the work of the brothers J. and D. C. Moore, and to that of G. Bailey and C. J. Jarman. Luxmoore House had rather a small exhibit. H. C. Bedingfield's drawings and G. S. Spathis' photographs were both of a high standard. The Staff exhibit was revived this year, and extended to include the work of the nonteaching, as well as that of the teaching members. The drawings and paintings in various styles and media of Mr. Pitman of the Dining Hall staff were outstandingly noteworthy

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PALESTINE IMPRESSIONS OF ISRAEL I am a Jew. I acknowledge the Jews as a nation and Judaism as a religion. I belong to the People of the Book, whose great contribution to civilization is a universal and monotheistic religion and a moral code. Besides this the Jews have produced great philosophers, poets, musicians, statesmen and scientists in every different age and land. I am a Zionist, and it is therefore with special interest that I visited Israel last spring at a time when this new state was in the infant stage of its history. Approaching Haifa on a vessel crowded with destitute immigrants, an argosy of future citizens, there first struck in me the chords of the past. There before me was the grand profile of Mount Carmel, the majestic sweep of the bay from the cluster of oriental Acre to the noble modern port of Haifa. The sight of these immigrants, hope burning in their strained faces, recalled to me our past history; how the Lord had promised this land to Abraham and to his seed after him as an everlasting possession, the heritage of the Jewish people. I thought of the destruction of the Temple and the subsequent dispersion throughout the Roman Empire, of the persecutions century after centuryin Spain the Inquisition, in Germany the Crusaders, in Russia and Poland the countless pogroms and pales, the humiliating disabilities on a race that survived by its ghetto life clinging tenaciously to an optimistic faith. And I remembered with horror the fin~1 Nazi atrocities in which six million of us had perished, a third of the Jewish raceand these destitutes, remnants of the -gas-chamber and the slaughter-house, had been until now denied entry to their home. And why? Because of the machinations of a Weltpolitik. We docked at Haifa harbour, a tribute to British administration and engineering skill and passed through a thorough medical as well as customs examination. EveryoneOfficials shopkeepers, police, and "the man in the street"-was speaking Hebrew, the language of the Bible and the 'revived tongue of modern Israel. It is no artificial phenomenon like Eire's Erse but a sine qua non in this Babel of all European and Onental dialects. We sped up the Carmel, through sheltered residential areas, to the summit commanding a magnificent view over the Mediterranean. I looked down on to a sea shimmering in the sun, lapping the coast with a fringe of foam, from the mountains of Galilee on the Lebanese border to the plains of Sharon, dotted with Jewish settlements, in the south. Inland was the valley of Zebulun, a hive of industry and garden suburb, where twisted the Kishon brook. 279

THE CANTUARIAN In my travels I could discern the sufferings of two generations, for Israel was not born without labour, nor has it grown without hindrance. When I rode through the prosperous villages of Jezreel- Nahalal, Affule, Ein Harod- and north to the Hule valley, I knew of the pIOneers, bare-handed. who rescued the land from a medieval morass, the inheritance. of centuries. of Turkish ineptitude. Those pioneers conquered swamp,

malana, an dlty, sOli erOSIOn, as well as the Ill -conceived attacks of a negat ive Arab

nationalism. I knew that many had died since the first gro up of Russian Jews, inspired by a great ideal, had set foot in the la~d i~ the 1880's. It had been a great struggle, but they were sure that their determmatlOn could overcome the difficulties and once again create a land flowing with milk and honey, inspired as they were by the words of

Theodo r H el'zl, the father of Zio nism, " Wenn Ihr 's wollt so ist es kein Traum ",

It is a moving sight to see the cylindrical concrete towers which serve the double purpose of providing water and defence to the settlement. Clustering ro und the tower stand the ckobnbcrettecor woodenI btutn galow)-dwetlhlings amo ng. trees, ahnd thedvillage, w dhether it be a I U Z communa se lement or e co-operative mas aV,. ls .ammate by the eating hall and social centre. These rural settiers, with the determlllatlOn to build an oasis in a desert, come from all lands and occupations. 1n one 1 lived and worked for two months side by side with a swarthy Moroccan Jew, a wild sheikh-like fellow, a cultured professor f~rmerly of Heidelber!! University, a lad from a clothing factory in Chicago and a hardy pIOneer from Llthuama, a doctor from Glasgow and a merchant from Shanghai. The elite, an enthusiastic core of young' 'sabras" Cthe term meaning literally a cactus, used for the generation born in the land) worked beside us. All were united by a common aim common tongue, a life of communal enterprise living in peace and brotherliness each with his neighbour, sharing hardships and joys and the battles of their new homeland fo r independence. Around us stood the fruits of our labour, on one side smiling fields of wheat, orchards, vineyards, groves of oranges, lemons and grapefruit; on the other

side industrial enterprises producing leather goods or plastic, or timber, or fruit preserves. We could fully comprehend the psalmist 's "For they that sow in tears shall reap in joy", I travelled north through land steeped deep in Biblical history- pacific Nazareth, an Arab town of church and mosque, walled Ca na, Tiberi,lS nestling on the fringe of the lake of Ga lilee, Kinnereth- the unforgettable harp-shaped lake in the cleft of barren hills studded with yachts and motor boats; no rth to Safed the ancient city of rabbi a~ d peasant, and still a mountain fastness some three t,h?lIsa,nd feel up a nerve-racking Zig-zag road. And I descended to the Jordan valley, stifl ing In the May sun, and to the earl y seU lement of Dagania, midst grapefru it groves and bana na plantations and tall Washingtonian palms, a model village surroundin g an agricultural training school and museum.

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THE CANTUAR [A N The Call1ual'ian and complained that the tradition of "clapping into tea" those who had distinguished themselves was being abused; surely it was unnecessary to clap the cox, yes, the cox, of the winning pair. One open classical scholarship was gained at Oxford and two at Cambridge. At a Penny Reading Hugh Walpole sang a duet-Whell hands meet-by Pinsuti. There is no other mention of his name. [n the O.K.S . News it was annou nced that Lieutenant Jones, II th Madras Infantry, had passed the higher standard In Urdu. In The Calltuarian there appeared the memoirs of an O.K.S. of 1799. In his time the School were shouted at in Cathedral for not chanting in the Litany. And there was a saying that the Deans of Canterbury used to sit under a mulberry tree in the Deanery Garden "till they turned purple". What would they say now? There was a poem in that Cantuarian, as reminiscent of Tennyson as some poems to-day are of Eliot. It began: " Lowest of the order was Sir Boyne " and it ended: "And over Camelot the happy sun Faded, but on Sir Boyne it faded not." R.D.H.R.

ON GOING TO BED- ESPECIALLY ON COLD NIGHTS The daily drudgery of getting up in the morning has ever been an affair of the limelight. In olden days courtiers would swarm to assist at this elementary achievement of the pro udest monarchs, but I am unaware that the royal ceremony of going to bed was accompanied with the same enthusiastic publ icity. Essayists have played with the idea of Getting Up on Cold Mornings, but I have never read any loul's-de,{ol'ce on the dingy painfulness of Going to Bed on Cold Nights. The Ethics of the Early Worm are a hackneyed topic for debate, but no one except Benjamin Franklin (and, for all I know, Martin Tupper) has ever thought of going to bed in terms of morality. Among sane menÂˇ there can be no two opinions about getting up. It is unpleasant but inevitable. We are driven mercilessly from our beds by hunger and the reflection that any breakfast dish worth the name is abnormally horrid when cold. But this question of going to bed is quite another affair. Think of the agony- and danger- of leaving a glowing fire and the companionship of books or friends; think of the bitter unreasonableness of seeking a colder floor, divesting oneself of the comfort of well-warmed clothes, substituting totally inadequate night-attire, crawling inch by inch into icy and unfriendly sheets, and praying for sleep. There is no fallacy more fallacio us than that of the Warm Bed. One of the Scholastic logicians deals with this fallacy in a pretty passage in a treatise on " The Inverse Problem of Reciprocal Equivalences": "Whence indeed doth the bed derive its warmth, seeing tha t the fine linen of the bed chamber is colder than the northern snows? Whence but from the man who taketh his rest therein? And in the morning the man exhibiteth his folly by giving thanks to his kindly bed for its genial heat." "Early to bed, and early to rise"-we all know that one; but [ distrust the author who was also responsible for telling us to remember that "time is money" and that " little strokes fell great oaks" . As a matter of fact slcep is an over-rated way of wasting 282

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ROMAN CANTERBURY 1949 DISCOVERIES It is now seven years since the air raids which devastated so much of Canterbury and

five years since the Canterbury Excavation Committee started work on the site. In a town so old there was bound to be much of Roman, Saxon and Mediaeval interest buried in the soil and waiting to be discovered; and chance finds in the past gave promise ofsuccess. But how to get the work done in time? In the summer of 1944, when digging began, there was a scarcity of labour and tbe only help available was that of vol un teers. If tbe Committee had waited for paid labour a great chance would have been lost before reb uilding began. Volunteers might not be able to tackle the heaviest tasks, but in the meanwhile there was much that they could do. Excavations therefore took place th ree times a year in the holiday seasons, when helpers are free, even digging at Christmas so as not to waste time. This year's summer excavations have been the largest so far undertaken. They lasted six weeks, and in add ition to a large num ber of volunteer helpers, twelve to sixteen men have been employed for the whole period, with the assistance of a mechanical grab and a pneumatic drill. The cost of the excavations has been covered by public subscription and by the Pilgrim Trust. There are a good many misconceptions abo ut the purpose and value of these excavations. Some say that they are a waste of time and that those employed should be building houses; others imagine that buried treasure is being sought; and Mr. Sheppard Frere, who supervises the diggings, was actually asked by a Transatlantic news-agency man for photographs of Pontius Pilate's boyhood villa at Canterbury! Others find it hard to realise the method which governs the work and to appreciate the gradual growth of knowledge which results from it. It has been known for a very long time that Canterbury was the site of a Roman town, Durovemum. Ever since the time of the Venerable Bede, writers have been alluding to the existence of Roman buildings or ruins. Wbat more do we want to know? Is not that knowledge sufficient? Archaeology is in its own wayan exact science. One is concerned with detail all the time : What is the date of this ditch? When was that house built, or this wing added on? and when did it get burnt down ? When thes~

THE CANTUARIAN questions are answered about one building, there is some information which is interesting locally, a~d true of that one example ..But do the same thing for fi~e or six other buildings, and one IS creatlllg- unearthIng- a hIStory of Canterbury. It WIll be found that certain pen ods were prosperous and then buildings were put up, timber ones rebuilt in stone, stone ones enlarged ; others were periods of slump when build ings deteriorated all over the town, good tiled floors were worn through, mosaics patched with clay, unwanted rooms abandoned. This is Canterbury history, but, interesting beyond the confines of Kent. These ups and downs may correspond with what has been found at Verulam or Wroxeter. and so they build up the history of Britain itself under the Romans. . Four years' work revealed that the buildings of Roman Canterbury were substantial In character and that the principal rooms were usually heated by hypoca usts under the floors.. Among the buildings found in Canterbury is a large one in Butchery Lane contaInIng a courtyard WIth an ornamental tesselated pavement in three mosaic panels; a bath-house of eIght rooms uncovered in St. George's Street; and a massive building in St. Margaret's Street on the site of the Fountain Hotel. This building may have been the town baths, for it was found that the cold plunge bath here was thirteen feet sq uare. Other dlscovenes were the Second Century buildings in the Rose Hotel yard late Second Century bu.ildinÂĽs South of Burgate Street; a conduit of tile and stone runding eastwards across the JllllctlOn of Rose Lane and St. George's Street; some First Century roadmetallIng and wall foundations north of Watling Street; and the original wall of the cIty n~ar RIdIng Gate. This was a huge affair, seven feet thick and still standing seven feet hIgh. It had been .erected in the Second Century, and behind it had been thrown up a bank of earth to gIve It stablbty. These Roman defences had done good service. They lasted abo ut a thousand years virtually intact, for they only began to fall into ruin abo ut 1300 and were a little later tidied up and raised in height. There is documentary eVIdence that this was happening in the reign of Richard II. The Roman wall had doubtless cost the citizens a good deal to build, but it turned out a durable investment. The six weeks' excavations this summer brought numerous other revelations. A length of street running north to south, of First Century date, was uncovered to the extent of 150 feet In all. An easte~n intersecti?n across this was found, but as it had signs of a tImber hutment over the Juncllon, this has been taken fo r proof of municipal decay in the late Fourth or early Fifth Centuries. We already know that the City Walls were built in the Late Second Century, and there were, on the long stretch of north to south road-metalling, signs of the street having been straightened up. This probably happened at the end of the Second Century when the street grid was squared to conform with the cIty gates. It IS InterestIng to note the apparent extravagances of the Roman municipal government, for thick layers of fresh gravel were laid down every so often, regardless of the fact that the old surfaces were quite unworn. Finally the road was four and a half feet thick! Mediaeval walls and pottery, including an almost intact pitcher, were found on the site of the White Friary; while eastwards, opposite St. George's Church, part of a Roman building, terminating in a large Eastern apse, was found. This was a late Second Century building, but much of it remains under the modern street or has been wrecked by modern cellar construction. Nevertheless one wall, crowned with a double tile course still stood five feet high. This building probably ran as far west as the Roman Street: and the west wall of what may have been its Northern Wing was found north of St George's Street in 1947. . 284

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TWO VIEWS OF HOUSES IN THE BRICK WALK, ABOUT 1860 The inhabitants of Meister Omers pass daily along two lines of Norman arches. The western arcade is composed of huge spans (twenty-one feet from centre to centre) and is of a size not readily appreciated because dwarfed by the Cathedral. The eastern arcade is smaller and of most beautiful proportions, and is an instance where the Norman style achieves all the grace of the Gothic. These two arcades represent the monastic infirmary (to the west) and the infirmary chapel (to the east) . Each?f these bmldu:,gs, dating from early in the twelfth century, had a central space and an aIsle on Clther Side, like a church. The snrviving lines of arches separated the southern aisles of the mfirmary and chapel from the central spaces. Long before the end of the middle ages the interior of the infirmary had been cut up and a whole dwelling had grown up within the southern aisle. It contained some handsome features. There was one room equipped with a fine wooden ceiling and completely panelled. It must have been, by all aecounts, an outstanding specimen of fifteenth century domestic architecture. This range of rooms was oecupied by the sub-prior of the monastery. At the Dissolution (1540) there was now no longer any use for the infirmary or its chapel, but there was a need for houses for the newly-installed canons. Domestic buildings of the monastery all round the Precincts were converted into dwellings. The Chapter provided a house for the canon of the twelfth prebend by the process of stnppmg off the roof of the central space in the infirmary, and by making a weathertight wall across the spaces between the pillars against the sub-prior's lodging in the southern aisle. Another house was constructed after the same style in the southern aisle of the chapel, the central space of which was deprived of its roof covering like the infirmary. A pathway (the Brick Walk) was run down what had been the middle of the chapei and infirmary to make contact between the Oaks and the Dark Entry. A precisely similar arrangement can be seen to-day at Peterborough, where a line of arches stands embedded in houses in the Close. . 285

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since there were some excellent features to be seen witilin the houses such as the panelled room mentioned above, together with some fine fireplaces. Tn the Old Dover Road, at the corner of Cossington Road. a great deal of stone walling can be seen, serving as

the boundary of a garden there. In this wall are some sixteenth century arches, quite clearly taken from old fireplaces. They were formerly carved, but owing to the action of weather, they have deteriorated out of recognition in the last twenty years or so. The writer can well remember that circa 1925 there was much renaissance carving (about 1520) to be seen on one of the arches, now almost completely gone. Mr. Caldwell, the

glass-painter, says that this stone all came from the Precincts. One of the great stones

forming part of the Reculver columns in the crypt had gone astray and was found serving as a lawn roller in this garden, and the owner gave it to the Cathedral ill exchange for a load of stone from the Precincts. It is not improbable that these fireplaces forming part of the wall in Old Dover Road came from the destroyed housing in the Brick Walk. It is difficult to see where else they might have come from.

One of the accompanying illustrations is a reproduction of an early photograph in the Cathedral Library, the other being a copy of a water-colour in the possession of the School. The former is taken from a point just beside the gate into the School of Church Music. The steps into the Choir School can be seen on the right. and tile first arch of the chapel arcade Oil the left. The steps going up into the house, behind the lamp-post must have been just where the present roadway coming round the east end of the Cathedral meets the Brick Walk. In the distance can be seen the way into the Dark Entry, passing under a wing of the adjacent house. There seems to have been a brick arch above the path masking the door to the Dark Entry proper. The watercolour shows these houses in process of demolition (c. 186-). The spiral staircase which survives to-day, though rather dislocated, just beside the west end of the chapel arcade can clearly be seen. The artist has however taken a few liberties. He has cut off the western pillar of the arcade at less than halfits height (behind theman with the pickaxe). This is quite obviously wrong, as an inspection of the pillar will show. There is no trace that the upper part with the arch has been rebuilt. The artist must have been sitting beside the second or third pillar from the west looking towards the Cathedral.

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In the photograph, showing the house~ hefore demolition .had started, th~ paving of the Brick Walk can be seen much as It IS to-day. This pavmg, a double hne of slabs flanked by bricks and cobbles, is of considerable age, and was laid down at some date in the 18th century. A diagram giving alternative plans for the paving is preserved in the Cathedral Library (Fabric, No. V. 4, b, 2). An accoullt of the infirmary, the chapel , and the housing built into the arches is to be found in Willis: Conventual Buildings, Christchurch, Canterbury (pp. 52 ff). WILLIAM URRY

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THE JOURNEY "Night! Night! Night! " sings the train To the darkened fields, to the trees, To the flashing wi ndo w-pane That swings in the evening breeze.: "Quick ! Time! Fear !" cries the heart And the drum in the artery beats And the glitters of memory dart From their shadowy, dim retreats. J.E.M.L-S.

A MENTAL AND MORAL TALE The Scarboro ugh and Filey Professor of Mental and Moral PhilosophyÂˇ once began a co urse of lectures with the question, "Where shall we find Truth? " The question was not original ; but the Professor had a large audience. Not that his hearers expected to solve the problem of all kno wledge, but they wished to pass certain examinations; so, unli ke Pilate, and armed with formidable note-books, they stayed-and in fact some stayed for two whole years. "Shall we find Truth in the Metaphysic ?" asked the Professor ; and, since he possessed a more extensive technical vocabulary than any other known philosopher, he spent a whole term in answering this question with a decisive negative, based entirely on unintelligible, and probably indicisive, arguments. The note-boo ks were fi lled from end to end with absorbing accounts of the Professor 's researches into all the nooks and crannies of the Ontological, Cosmological and Epistemological regions of that remarkable science, of what Dr. Stout said to Mr. Bradley, and of what Aristotle would have said to Plotinus if he had had the chance. The results of the term 's work were summed up by a budding journalist in a single sentence: "Not in tbe misty purlieus of the Metaphysic is the object of our quest to be discovered." A less arden t student recorded more briefly: "Metaphysics, Wash Out. ,. "Shall we find Truth in the Ethic ?" began the Professor in the Lent Term; and the breasts of his faithful disciples were filled once more with hope, which is the cardinal virtue of philosophy. But it seemed after some weeks that the Ethic was a most unlikely repository for Truth. In short, it was not there. Some of the more economical of the students decided to buy less expensive note-books in the future, and in the end they were enumerati ng their disappointments on the backs of old envelopes. For two years the Professor continued undaunted in his search for Truth, peering through the thick lenses of his horn-rimmed spectacles into the hypothetical recesses of the Mathematic, the Aesthetic, the Politic, and finally glancing into the more intelligible commonplaces of History. ÂˇAnd there, believe it or not, Truth was fo und. . . The topographical origin of this Chai r of Philosophy is only apparent. Lts name commemorates the meagre benefactions of two erudite but obscure divines of the late 18th century: the Rev. Aloysius Scarborough, D.O ., who appears to have been kept alive to a very ripe old age by a passionate hatred of every senior member of his College except Ius more benign partner ill the quest of wisdom the Rev. Sir Joshua FHey. D.D . Of him little is known, except that his portrait is the only object in the Senior Combination Room at St. Mark's College that comes within striking distanco of the Light Programme.

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LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS THE FILM, GRASS As well as being a fascinating human record, this film was interesting both historically and artistically as one of the first and best documentaries ever made. It was taken 10 1925 by two Americans wbo wished to make a record of the life of the primitive tribes of Iran before modernity had touched them. The story of the annual mIgratIOn 111 search of grass was exciting and at times moving, nor were small touches of humour absentthe puppy riding on pony back was particularly delightful. Many people who had gone in gloomy expectations of a botanical treatise were charmed with the film for its own sake and the impression remained both of the courage of the tribesmen and the at times superlative artistry of the Americans who photographed them. Of course, the film dId not have the suavity of the modern documentary, that was too much to expect, and one often detected technical roughnesses, but it never descended to the ponderous dullness of some smoother and later efforts. We were fortunate in being able to see the film as the copy that was shown was one of the few in existence, and we were told, the only one in England. We remain very grateful to the Iran Society and to its Secretary, Mr. Law, who prefaced the sh~wing with a fascinating talk and who displayed a great knowledge of and love for PersIa. It was an evening both pleasurable and instructive. COLONEL THE HON. C. B. BIRDWOOD, M.V.O.

On Thursday 20th October, Colonel Birdwood talked to the School on " The British Empire and Co'mmonwealth " . This large subject he introduced as " a few reflections on the future of the British Empire and the extent and nature of our overseas possessions " .

Tracing the history of the origins of the Empire from 1492 to 1782, Colonel Birdwood gave a picture of the first British Empire and tbe motives for British expansion. These he put down to humanitarianism and trade. The years 1782 to ,?odern lImes were treated in greater detail, with special emphasis on the new Colomal polIcy after the revolt of the American Colonies and the Durham Report of 1839.

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Colonel Birdwood defined a Commonwealth as " a self-governing dominion", and the Empire as " Colonies and Territories which had inherited British methods and the British way of life". Although Britain had no idea of trusteeship or responsibility to the Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, her methods were more humane than tbose of the other empire-seeking nations of Europe. The advent of the Industrial Revolution gave Britain new ideas of liberty, of freedom from want, and of humanitarianism ; and since Britain's Industrial Revolution preceded those of Continental Countries, Britain's Empire was the first to benefit from those new ideas. Speaking of the present condition of the Commonwealth, Colonel Birdwood said that the Crown was the only link and symbol of allegiance between a Dominion a nd the Mother Country. The link has been stretched almost to breaking point; the most recent example being the 1949 Republic of Ireland Bill. 1946 saw India declare for a Sovereign Independent Republic, a n action which the Republic has since come to regret; for India has now lost many valuable economic connections with Great Britain and the Empire. But having once become a Republic, India could not turn back. Many of the Empire's greatest problems are mirrored in British Africa. AngloEgyptian Sudan is the greatest freak of the British Empire ; and briefly we heard its story, centring round the characters of Mehemet Ali, and Generals Gordon and Kitchener. The present Condominium of Sudan has all the adva ntages of recent Westernizationgreat cotton development schemes, the damming of the Nile (on which some ÂŁ25,000,000 have already been spent), and " petrol-ca n democracy " . This last term arises from the various coloured petrol-cans into which the Suda nese electors place their votes. The electors choose their candidate according to their favourite colour! The failure of the East African Ground Nuts Scheme was attributed to insufficient planning and to the lack, a nd failure of transport a nd machinery. The single railway lines of East Africa, the lack of rolling stock a nd the incapacity of the port of Dar-esSalaa m were only some of the planners ' oversights. In North and South Rhodesia there are great possibilities. Southern Rhodesia is nearing Dominion status, while economically the Rhodesias possess factors which will stand them in good stead in face of European competition. Not only is the mineral wealth of the Rh odesias as yet almost unexploited, but also iron ore can be nearly twice as productively extracted as European ore. Whereas there is little ColouT trouble in the Rhod esias, the races in South Africa arc as it were " the ingredients of a very potent kind of cocktail " . Here there are the descendants of the Dutch, men of English stock and the va rious coloured races- Chinese, Indians and Africans. The policy of the South African G overnmen t is a contrast to the tolera nce of the Rhodesias. Concluding, Colonel Birdwood mentioned Empire defence, and stressed the im portance of the Middle East to British and American interests. He pointed out British obligations of trusteeship in the territories of Cyrenaica a nd of Cyprus. Here, as in many of the Colonies, our greatest task is to lead backward peoples to self-government. This should be don e by means of Local, not of Western Education. F or the seeds of unrest are sown in those lands where Education gets ahead of the Standard of Life. We are grateful to Colonel Birdwood for an evening of revelations. NOTwEN 290

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RECITALS THE LONDON ORPHEUS CHOIR The visit of the London Orpbeus Choir took place on Saturday, October 8th. The Choir was formed during the London air-raids and bas now developed into a well-balanced ensemble with a wide repertoire of choral works. On this occasion their programme was a varied one, including madrigals, both Elizabethan and modern, part-songs, folksongs and a few solo items. Unfortunately it had to be cut somewhat short in consequence of a late start. We thank them for an enjoyable concert and for their generosity in consenting to come without fee apart from their expenses. JOAN AND VALERIE TRIMBLE

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The second visit of Joan and Valerie Trimble to the School took pl ace on Sunday, October 20th. For those of us who were able to recall their earlier recital some four years ago, the prospect of a second was indeed delightful. Their programme opened with Bach's Concerto in C minor for two pianos, and continued with the Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn. It included also a number of modern pieces, prominent among which was the attractive Arensky Walt z. Throughout the recital the ensemble playing was of the highest order, giving the lie once and for all to those who maintain that domestic responsibilities preclude the serious pursuit of concert playing. We should like to thank Joan and Valerie Trimble for one of the most pleasing musical evenings it has been our good fortune to enjoy. ALEC WYTON The third recital of the term was the organ recital given by Mr. Alec Wyton, organist of St. Matthew's Church, Northampton, on Tuesday, September 25th. His programme included the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C by Bach, the Piece Heroique by Cesar Franck, a set of novel variations by Daquin, and some modern French music. To those interested in organ music, the recital was a stimulating experience and Mr. Wyton is to be congratulated upon his fine playing. CONCERT BY STUDENTS OF THE R.C.M. The concert by students of the Royal College of Music, London, was the last to have taken place at the time of writing. The artistes on this occasion were Tessa Robbins (violin) and Alizon Cutforth ('cello). Miss Robbins' contributions to the programme were tbe Beethoven Spring Sonata in F and a group of Spanish Dances by Sarasate and de Falla, the latter brilliantly executed. We understand that Miss Robbins, who is a pupil of Albert Sammons, is to give a "prom" audition in the near future, and we offer her our best wishes for success. Miss Cutforth played a Sonata in F by Porpora, and a group of pieces which included Ravel's Piece en forme de Habanera, the Ariosa, arranged from Bach's Piano Concerto in F minor, and a delightful little piece by Boccberini. In all these she displayed a good style and pleasing tone, and we hope to hear her again soon.

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MUSIC THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA This term has b~en one of considerable musical a~tivity, an early inspection by the MInistry of EducatIOn and the prospect of three public concerts providing the necessary stimulus for unusually hard work. The first occasion was the visit of Mr. Bernard Shore, which took place somewhat earlier than the main School inspection. The Choir had begun the term with many serious gaps in the ranks of tenors and basses, and with virtually a new set of trebles and it was with this precarious material that it set out to show the chief music inspecto; what it could achieve in not much more than a fortnight. The works selected for study were the three motets of Stanford which comprise opus 100, Justorum Animae (four parts) Beali quorum via (six parts) and Coe/os ascendit hodie (eight parts), two only of which were actually sung on the day. The standard of performance was good and there is no doubt that Mr. Shore was satisfied. In the same spirit, the Orchestra, which likewise had suffered a number of changes (and some notable additions), tackled two movements of Handel's Water Music and acquitted itself with equal merit. A pleasant feature of the occasion was the talk given to the string seGtion of the Orchestra by Mr. Shore, who made. a number of useful suggestions and demonstrated various points of string-playing technique. Some three weeks later the Choir, Orchestra and a few individual boys gave in the Cathedral a Choral and Instrumental Recital to which the public were invited. In addition to the above-mentioned items the Choir sang the Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from the first Mass in C by Mozart, and the Orchestra played the Allegretto movement from the Military Symphony by Haydn. Other items included organ. solos by Duck and Cassidy, Handel's Oboe Concerto in G minor, played by MannIng-Press, accompanied on the organ, and violin and piano music played by Baster and Curry. Two days later a second concert was given at St. Edmund's School the chief feature of which was an outstandingly fine performance of the Cesar Franck Violin Sonata by the same two boys. The last of the three concerts, the annual School Concert, has yet to take place, and will be given a full report in the next issue of The Cantuarian. THE CHORAL SOCIETY The Choral Society has temporarily retired into the background in preparation for the most ambitious task it has yet undertaken- the performance of Bach ' s Mass in B minorwhich is to take place during the one-day Friends' Festival on June 17th. A first-class team of soloists is being engaged for the occasion, and we hope also to enjoy the services of a well-known London orchestra. Meanwhile there will be a brief gap in the serious business of rehearsing to enable the society to give its annual Carol Concert on December 15th at 6.30 p.m. in the Chapter House.

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Oxford. Dear School, We have been asked why no Oxford Letter has been sent to The Canluarian for the past twelve months. We can only suggest modesty. However, since you wish it we will break our silence. There are twenty-three of us up here represented in almost every college; some live in almost impenetrable obscurity whilst others, once in a while, flash into the news, whilst yet others are occasionally met hurrying from lecture to lecture. The biggest representation appears to be in Trinity, where G. L. Ackers and C. W. Birkett are reading Engineering Science, which they say involves "mucking about with dirty great wheels which go round and round, and reciprocating parts ... and things". As it appears to occupy their lime all and every day, we wonder if we envy them. C. W. Birkett is also a 295

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flying member of the Air Squadron. J. F. Dalrymple and' 'J. Ii: C. Hinchliffe are both reading H istory. The former is a past, but successful, P resident of the Opera Club in which he still takes a great interest and th is term has produced lphigenia in Tauris. The latter has been seen steering on the [sis. Also at Trinity is G. V. Holliday; we think he must be working hard at "Greats". E. H. R. Gardner is at Wadham reading " Modern Greats" and often he is to be found sailing at Port Meadow. Also at Wadham are B. H. Leary and W. C. Ray. R. G . Leadbeater is at Magdalen working for a Teaching Diploma, having gained his B.A. in History, for which we congratulate him. Also there, are J. P. Fison, reading Modern Greats, and D. L. Edwa.ds, who tell s us he is leading a very " cloistered " life for his first term. All in their first term at St. Edmund Hall are, R. J . Breeze, reading History and bitterly bemoaning the fact that he is "unlearned"; we wonder! He tells us he is a keen fencer. With him are M. Jordan and J. Downes. Also a keen fencer is K . Stuart at St. John's; he is reading Classics. R. Izard is at New College working fo r a B.Phil., having obtained his B.A. in "Modern Greats" afler reading English to start with. I. P . Waller is also at New College and he reports having given up "Modem Greats" in favour of "the mellow wisdom of the History School", His other occupations are, queuing at the Civic Restaurants, supporting the Government and avoiding the games fields. James Heslop is at Merton and has been there for seven years, he tells us; for longevity we think that must be the record . H. A. A. Price is a freshman at Merton. G. D. Lindley is on his own at Exeter, reading Law and taking a great part-time interest in the Territorial Army. He too is to be seen on the river. . Up at Balliol where he bas been sent by the Colonial Office, from Nigeria, is R. Watters on a Devon Course. He reports having seen A. G. Eyre recently, in fact it was only through o ur inutual acquaintance with him that we discovered that R. Watters had been at Canterbu ry! B. Hearth and O. W. Eustace are also up here. Other O.K.S. who have jobs in Oxford are G . L. Taylor, A. G. S. Wilson and C. B. Manning-Press. We occasionally hear or see something of them. Whilst keeping a friendly eye open fo r us, and always ready to help, is Mr. A. B. Emden, Principal of St. Edmund Hall. We thank him for the interest he has taken in us and for the ready welcome which he a lways has for any OX.S. wishing to come up to "The Hall". Such is a brief resume of OU f news and activities; we hope it is of interest to a few . We all wish the School the best of luck and we follow its activities, at work and play, with great interest. Latcr in the term we hope to see the Headmaster when he visits Oxford, and he no doubt will give us first hand news of you.

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FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN JULY 25, 1949 The School, many parents, and relatives of the Falle~ assembled at 12 noon on Mond~y, 25th Ju ly, 1949, to witness the unveiling and dedIcatIOn of the 1939-45 War MemOrIal. The ceremony opened with the hymn 0 I'aliant hearts, IVho to YOllr glory came, played by the Military Band and led by the School Choir. The hymn ended, the Headmaster read a short passage from St. John's Gospel and the names of the hundred and eleven Fallen, whose names are inscribed upon the new memOrIal plaque . . Then the PreSIdent of the O.K.S. Association, Colonel C. H. Budd, addressed FIeld Marshal Lord Montgomery:

Topical Press THE UNVEILED MEMORIAL PANEL WITH THE DESIGNER, H. H. GOLDSMITH, A.R.I.H.A. (O.K.S.), AND FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY

"Sir, on behalf of the members of the King 's School, both past and present, I ask you to unveil this Tablet which commemorates the Names of the Fallen." Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, having read " The Passing of Mr. Valiant-forTruth" from John Bunyan 's The Pilgrim's Progress, pulled apart the flags with which the Memorial was veiled. The Archbishop of Canterbury then dedicated the Memorial thus: IN THE FAITH OF JESUS C HRIST WE DEDI CATE THIS MEMORIAL TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE SCHOLARS OF THE KI NG'S SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR UYÂ·ES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE : IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HO LY GHOST. AMEN.

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The dedication was followed by Versicles and Responses, Our Lord's Prayer, and a prayer for the Fallen: "We commend into Thy hands of mercy, most merciful Father, the so uls of these our brothers departed, beseeching Thine infinite goodness to give us grace to live in Thy fear and love, and to die in Thy favour; that when the judgement shall come which Thou hast committed to Thy well-beloved Son, both these our brethren and we may be found acceptable ill Thy sight; grant this, merciful Father, for the honour of Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, Mediator and Advocate. Amen." The School Thanksgiving Prayer was followed by the Blessing and the National Anthem .. The School Bugler in Naval uniform , with represen tatives of the Army and

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SOME CRICKET FACTS (The Editors of The Catltuarian take no responsibility for the accuracy of the following facts; and with this statement beg to acknowledge all the letters that they will assuredly receive from enthusiastic or indignant O.K.S. of bygone ages.) The results of some research into the archives of the King's School Cricket may be of interest to many who are still at School and may revive some thrilling moments in the minds of still more O.K.S. TIlls research goes back to 1894-some earlier notable achievements may be found in the History of the King's School, by Cape and Woodruff, beginning very rightly with C. E . Woodruff's own score of 121 against St. Augustine's College in 1874. There have been in this period seventy centuries scored for the School. Of these three are double centuries-202 not out by Harry Gardner in 1908 (the highest recorded score for the School) and 20 1 also by Gardner in 1907, the third being 200 by R. E . Martin in 1908. The following are the highest recorded scores :1895. E. M. Toulmin v St. Edmund's 145 not out 1905. G. C. Covell v Sutton Valence 146 1906. G . F. Howell v Felsted 161 1907. H. Gardner v Dover College 20 1 1908. H. Gardner v Hythe C.C. 202 not out R. E. Martin v Sutton Valence 200 H. Gardner v Eastbourne 158 H. C. Fluke v Chartham M .H. 149 not out 1934. P. M. Jervis v St. Lawrence College 144 1935. R. H. Gower v Eastbourne 174 not out In 1908 Harry Gardner alone scored 1, 168 runs (a total barely eq ualled by the aggregate of all the School's scores this summer) for an average of 61.3. During his school career he scored two double and four single centuries. The highest total amassed by the School is 404 against Dover in 1907. In the following year, however, in the match against Hythe the School's total reached 329 for the loss of two wickets only. Probably the glut of run-getting reached its climax in the game against Eastbourne when King's scored 345 for 3 wickets in reply to Eastbourne's 309 for 3 declared. The proxime accessit to Gardner for prolific scoring is R. H. Gower, who in 1935 scored four centuries and attained an average of 86.3. Of the all-rounders E. M. Toulmin is perhaps the most outstanding, his figures for three years being: BAITING

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THE CANTUA RIAN There is only one recorded instance of anyone taking all ten wickets in a School game. In 1904 C. M. Dunlop, playing for the 2nd XI against Harbledown took 10 for 22 in 9 overs. The " Haymakers" should inaugurale a benefit match in his honour. In 1891 H. S. S. Pa:~er took .~, for 22 against Dover. More recently I. F. Black, in the game aga mst the Incogntll 10 1948 took 6 wIckets for 5 runs in 8 overs. Gardner's aggregate may be unapproac hed for some years; but when wi ll so meone next reach a thousand runs in a season ? Perhaps in 1950? . By. way of postscript it may be mentioned that no record of the School's achievements m cflcket m the earher years of this century should omit the name of R. C. Paris. The match which wi ll always live in the memories of O.K.S. of the 1901 vintage must be that against St. Edmu nd 's in that year, the slory of which is told in Cape and Woodruff's HIstory. Agamst SI. Edmund's score of 177 the School lost 7 wickets for 85. Paris was left wIth only three bowlers to partner him, one of whom was out when the score had reached 130. R. V. L. Johnstone, whose batting was of a frankly vigorous style, ~ave a remarkable and uncharacterIStic dIsplay of stone-wailing while Paris too k every nsk to get the bowling. With a hit to leg Paris brought the score to 180 and achieved hIs century at the same time. Roy Johnstone then reverted to lype and was out the next ball wIth a ternfic hIt that went very hIgh but not very far, and Paris went on to his final score of 119.

RUGBY GENERAL Th~ School is fo.rtulla!c to be able to w~lc~me Mr. H.J . Meadpws and Mr. W. N. Blyth. Both arc prominent plarelfS In thelT own sphere and It IS due to thelT enthusiasm and experience that the standard

of rugby has fisen throughout the School. 11 wa~ thought fit to abol ish the I?revious somewha t tedious "game" system in favour of a Senior a nd ~lInlOr House League Table, ~hls has so far proved a. s,uccess. There have been many close games and 111 general a greater, keenness II1 cul.cated ~y a <:omp~t ltl ve r~t~er than compulsive spirit. Walpole at present head the SenIOr League, while their JUl1Ior side are JOlJ1t leaders with Grange and Meister Omers. 1 wpuld' like. to thank all masters who have given of thei r time and energy in refereeing coaching and ' W.O.T. even 10 exhortll1g.

1ST XV MATCHES KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v CAN'I'ERUUKY CITY (Home) King's, 9 points ; Canterbury 3 points The first game of the season was played under conditions which favoured opening batsmen far more than rugby players who have to endu re the " rough and tumble" so inevitably a part of their game. Hard grounds and the start of football have usually been contemporaneous and this year was no exception to the general rule. Mistakes in han~ing the rather unfamiliar ball were frequent on both sides, but it was soon obvious that the comparat ive fitness of the School t.eam would eve,ntually be the deciding factor, The School scored fi rst Wit h an unconverted try by Nom,S after an openll1g. had first been made by Hackett. Shortly a~terwards however the .good wor:k was nullified by bad markmg, and Canterbury scored in the corner With the defence wandenng; obViously a mistake from which they might well profit fo r future occasions. The School forwards played creditably agai nst a heavier pack a nd the backs were given more than an cvel~ s.h ~rc of the b~1I throughout. As the g~mc progressed the handling of.the School three-quarters became sUler ~ nd qUicker ~s a result of wJuch Coupe, after some determll1ed running scored two unconverted tnes to put the Issue beyond doubt.

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THE CANTUARIAN HUfstpierpoint kicked off and were immediately brought back for an infringement. It soon became evident that the sides were evenly matched for their superiority in weight in the serum was off-set by the magnificent hooking of Beilh, who got the ball often from the opposing front row. It was pleasi ng too to see some movements being carried out by the backs after the prosaic performance at Eastbournc. A beautiful cut through on the blind side by Herbert nearly brought a try in the opening stages, except for a magnificent crash tackle by the I-Jurstpicrpoint captain who put Norris into touch two yards from the line, and himself unconscious. Norris again was hustled into touch short of the line with but litt le to go. A cross passing movement of three-quarters and forwards resulted in our onJy try which Herbert seored near the touchline. The kick failed. Hurstpierpoint fought back hard and the defence was grim on both sides. Agnew tackled even more superbly than hi s wont: and even Hackett was seen to produce a death or glory effort when the defence looked wide open. Hurst pierpoint equalized late in the second ha lf with an unconverted tryon the blind side after a very quick heel (rom a 5 yard scrum. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V DOVER CoLLEGE (Home) King's, 13 points; Dover College, 0 points The School deservedly won this game through their marked superiority forward, and the ability of the backs to master a slippery ball to greater advantage than their opponents. A high wind and persistently heavy rain made three-quarter movements into hazardous ventures and consequent ly a battle between the two packs ensued, The School forwards, in the face of determined opposition, gradually achieved a superiority which they rarely conceded. After ten minutes' playa Dover centre-three-q uarter was penal ised for over-eager intentions, and Norris kicked an easy goal. Shortly afterwards a fine display of passing resulted in Norris scoring under the posts after a grand 75-yard run near the touch-line; this he again converted. Just before half-time, Agnew, whose defence in this and preceding games had been consistently devastating, had to leave the field through a leg injury. During the second half, Reed, who was taken out of the pack, afforded drenched spectators the unusual sight of a wing-three-qllarter playing in a scrum-cap, and it was in this newly-found position that he scored for the School ; Norris converted with a good kick. The remainder of the game was largely confined to the forwards, and as is so often the case, the depleted School pack held out against their opponents' numerical superiority. KING '5 SCHOOL, CANTERDURY V FSLSTED (Away) King 's, 8 points; FeIsted, 9 points The game at Felsted, li ke so many other more famous and Jess glorious struggles, was one which m ight have been won. A startling try in the first minute, a combination of speed and ingenuity, made at least one spectator wonder whether the School would settle down and hold them to at least a moderate score. However, despite a strong adverse wind the three-quarters passed the ball with unaccustomed alacrity so that Norris had at least one opportunity to show his speed and score after a brilliant run from our" 25". He also converted the try to give us the lead 5-3. Beith remained master of the set serums throughout the first half and thereby deprived the faster, and heavier, Felsted three-quarters of the advantage of the wind, Unfortunately Beith was unluckily off-side in a forward rush, from which penalty Felsted gained their first-half lead (6- 5). In the second half the School outsides failed to take fu ll advantage of the condition.s, and were subject to many lapses in handling. From one such lapse the Pelsted wing gained a break away try, which was not converted. Shortly before thi s they had lost a forward, who was taken off with concussion. It is to their credit that with this handicap they fought even harder than before, dominant in the line-out and even now getting a fair share of the ball from the set serums. They were however unable to prevent a "push-over" try by the School serum. Norris missed the important kick from a not too difficult position. It was a splendid game won by. perhaps, a heavier side who played with great determination evell when handicapped. Young, playing his first game for the XV at full-back, performed creditably. KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v STOWE SCHOOL (Away) King 's, 0 points; Stowe School, J 2 points For all but the first ten minutes, thick fog, which reduced visibiJity to about fifteen yards, turned this game into a farce. This was a pity because in its opening stages the game promised to be a very good one, between two well-matched sides who both seemed determined to open up the game as much as possible. 300

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The School kicked off with a bright sun shining in their faces. They started sil!ggishly an~ suffere~ . b bein 3 oints down in a matter of seconds, from a penalty for off-sIde. Stowe mc~ease ~~sOf~~~g~fe~ min~tesPlater when their right wing intercepted a pass between HahckHett kand Ndr~s d~nd f . side his own half to score. The School fought back .however and ~ot ac ett an .e er ~~d:~~e~ings which nearly brought tries, and which gave promise of better thmgs to eolme. BhU\ It fia~ First came the fog- swiftly and completely. Then,. worse, about half-way t 1[oug t 1e rs hot/p Walker received an injury to the hand which kept him off ~he field for the rest. o~ the. game. a ' c ' ~as such that it was not until the play came near the touch-Lme and one co~!l~ dlstmg.UI~h the Thr, o.y. figure of Norton playing scrum-half, that one realised that.Walker had bee~ !nJu~ed. SImIlarly , ~n t~~~~~~nd half, Reed 's serum cap bobbing about near the touch-l me-a sadly familIar sIght-told one that Coupe also was off the field. .. . not much consolation to be drawn from such a game. It says something, howe~er, for the spmt of1~:r~e~m that, in the face of the pitifu l handicap which the loss of .Walker undoubted1dYh~fS, ~to.we 1 able to scram ble over our line once more, just before half-tIme. In the secon , P aymg ;:~~ o~nt6'e time with only thirteen men, the School fought doggedLy and successfully to keep Stowe from .' . the line. Their only score was another penalty goal. The fog made the discernment of individual performances almost ImpOSSible, but perhaps on llg t . d To have to lay in the unaccustomed posit ion of scrum-half- perhaps the most 1 . cu t, be ~n~~tl~h: ~ost hard-worked position on the field- for three-q~arters o( the game, <?n a stra~ge ground, cer al y c 'owd su ort ing the home side and above all, m the midst of a thick fog, IS not easy. ~~h:v: J~r;: all this, arfdto have done it with ~easo~able efficiency, as Norton did it , was a performance wit h a merit all its own.

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THE BOAT CLUB This season's excitemenl is the prospect of having a School Eigh t on the Stour. The difficulties are great,

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its first public appearance at Maidenhead Regatta after the end of the Summer Term. We have already received an invitation from King's College, Cambridge, to use their boat-house in the Easter holidays and a shell eight has been placed at our disposal there. The river at Grove Ferry is slightly wider than at Fordwich, but even so, there are few places at which a 60-ft. boat can be turned with safety; it will probably be necessary to dredge away a piece of bank at one ortwo places. Launching the boat wi ll be simpl ified by the construct ion of a small dock and a concrete "hard" at Grove Ferry. It is unfortunate that there should be no tow-path down there, but coaching will be done from a motor boat, and there is already a long list of applicants for the job of driver-mechanic ! So far we have not succeeded in purchasing a suitable eight, but persistent agents are at work, and we have every confidence in them. The whole thing is a great adventure and there is a lot of pioneering to be done, but the prize is a rich one, for if we can overcome all the obstacles, the School may soon qualify to join the eli te at Henley. It is impossible to assess the prospects of the FQurs for the coming year. We have lost three of last year's First Boat, but aIL the Second Boat and most of the Third wi l1 be available. In fact, we are just about where we were three years ago, but we seem to remember being second at Marlow then, so we shall not despair. If we can be spared disease and drought, we shall be having a nice strenuous Easter Term. We congratulate 1. E. C. Hinchliffe who is coxing an Oxford University Trial Eight, and C. F . Porter, the stroke of a London University Trial Eight. The Times describes Porter as H a good driving stroke who can be depended upon to get the utmost out of his crew."

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THE BOXING CLUB This term has seen an increase in the numbers and an improvement of the general standard of t.he Club. There should be some very.close fights in the Inter-House Finals. We already have fixtures With Eastbourne, Ramsgate and Tonbndge for next term. Last summer our Captain, P. J. Ellicot, left us-we wish to take this opportunity ofthapking hi~ for the keenness and energy with which he led the Club. He had an unbeaten record of 16 major 6ghts . At the end of last season our coach, C.S.M.1. Osborne, was presented with a handsome eight-day clock This is a small measure of our gratitude. He has been with us for over 20 years. and we have him t'o thank for our unbeaten record. Mr. Blyth has kindly consented to train the team next term. A.V.S.

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FENCING CLUB Mr. G. P. Osborne has been Instructor of Fencing here f~r longer th~n m.any g~nera~ions of fence~s can remember; so it is wit h much regret that we hear that hiS I?oor eyeSight IS f?rcmg lum to leave !his branch of the School's minor sports. However, we hope to see him around the Mint Yard for a long time to come as Boxing Instructor. There have been no matches this term, but the Club 's ac~ivities hav~ continued as usual; a pool competition revealed several promising foilists and we are trymg to rebuild a team of sabreurs. B.E.L.

ATHLETICS It is hoped that next term we will be able to renew an interest in athletics. . The first half of the term will be devoted to cross-country running. Early in t~e .term there wIll be an

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C.C.F. NOTES ANNUAL INsPECfloN.-The report on this came in too lato for inclusion in the July number. It may be summarised as follows. Drill was smart; "tho cadets held themselves well and were steady on parade. Tum-out generally was good .• , Various forms of training were satisfactory and well-organised, as also were admini strat ive arrangements. ••It is a pi ty that there is no .303 Range near enough to be practical. •• General comment: •• A good, smart Contingent, well commanded and training on the right lines. The cadots seem to enjoy the work. The assistance of 14 F ield Reg iment, R.A., is very much appreciated." On the R.N. Section: "A well turned-out and smart Section." Instruction is good, and the accommodation suitable fo r the purpose. .. Under an enthusiastic Officer-in-Charge, there should be no difficulty in increasing the numbers to 30 as boys leave the Basic Section." PROMOTJONs.~Ordinary Seamen Hudson ; Jenkins; Ryeland ii; M organ i; Agnew i; Lowry ' Coggi ns; Warden; Shuffiebotham; have been rated Able Seamen. Able Seaman Walker is rated Leading Seaman, and Ryeland i acting Leading Seaman. On the R.A.F. Section: "Part B,.Aircrew syllabus- good progress." cadets are under training in Aircrew Proficiency subjects. "The D.C. and Cadets are most keen and smart, and this should develop into a most efficient unit after teething troubles have been overcome." ANNUAL CAMP, 1949.- A measles scare, together with some last minute casualties, cut down the numbers to under twenty, which was a disappointment. However, those who went enjoyed themselves. We had two battles with Eastbourne College, both of which went very well ; in one, we defended with the assistance of a section from them, and in the ot her 'we were part of the attacking fo rce. We did quite a lot of shooting, both rifle and Bren, some small field exercises on our own, and a short night march in small groups with compasses. An invasion of jelly-fish along the coast prevented much bathing which was a pity, but the Folkestone baths were available. The Cadets were in huts this year, whi~h was comfortable, if unromantic, and the food was very good. CHRISTMAS TERM.- The best part of the training this term has been a F ield Day held on the Scotland Hills, which The Buffs ran for us. III the morning, the Certificate" A", Part 1r, candidates (two platoons) the Certificate" A ", Part I, candidates (two platoons) and onc platoon of last term's recruits, were ali taken separately in field training. Tn the afternoon there was an exercise in which" Part U " defended and "Part I" attacked, which was enjoyable and proved extremely good value for training. We ar~ most grateful to Major Edlmann a nd hi s assistants for a very good day. The Steward provided us with a first·c1ass lunch. which was taken up in containers, and proved tasty and beautifully hot . PROMOTIONs.- In ·view of his efficiency and long service with this Cont ingent, C.S,M.T. Marshall has become R.S.M.T. Marshall , wit h the very good wishes of us a ll for many more years with us. The following promotions were made with effect from 28th June, 1949: Lance-Corporal to be Corporal: M. M. S. F inni s, A. E. H. Pedder, D. J. B. Balfour, J . Cassidy, D. H. Elliott , D. 1. Campbell , D. G. W. Ommanney, W. J. Sinnott, P. C. E. C reasy, N. C. Fisher, 1. O. B .. Hewson, C. 1. Bell. R. J. Simpkins, C. M. Brennan, R. O. Walters, B. T . G. Moffatt, M, R. M. Leshe. G. T. Watson, R. P. M. Davies • D . C. Nuthall , J. G. Bollom, M. G. Briggs, A. W. Burtwcll. ./

The following promotions were made with effect from 20th September, 1949 : To be C.S.M.: C.Q.M.S. B. K . Newton, L/Sgt. I. D. H ilL To be C.Q.M.S.: Cp!. J. A. O. Stonehouse. Lance-Sergeant to be Sergeant: A. B. Curry, J. M. Rothery, J . R. G. Nicholas, R. W. O. Reed . Corporal to be Sergeant: I. Fowler, J. A. B. D enton, R. D. H. Roberts. Corporal to be Lance-Sergeant: R. F. Moffatt 1. O . C. Milne, D. H. Mizen, R. G, C. Davy, J. R. Gibson, P. R. S. Jackson, M. M. S. Finnis, D. I. B~ Balfour, P. C. E. Creasy. The following promotions were made with effect from 15t h November, 1949: L/Sgt. R. F. Moffatt to be Sergeant; Cp!. A. E. H . Pedder to be Lance-Sergeant. Lance-Corporal to he Corporal: R. O. A. Norris, S. Young, B. M. M. Simpson, J. M. Whitefield, P. J . H . Billinghurst. K.A.C.G . R.N. SECfION.-At the end of last term nine members of the Section went to Portsmouth for the Annual "Camp", which in OUf case is better called the "Week Before the Mast". The weather was quite good and the week was generally enjoyed. A fu ller account is given elsewhere in this number.

THE CAN TUARIAN . p fi' nc Tests All the grades are being attempted The term is being spent pre.parit:-H fort d~i:~gU~n:o ~:~del~son an'd Caird passed the Leading~Seamen and o nly the three new recrUits WI no . examination last term. . I t . Ch tha n and varied the programme by havlllg ec ores On the Field Day we madecthe u~uaYlou~}~~r~~on ~a~ Ispent on the river learning how to control and le on Signalling and Damage o ntro. manoeuvre a twin screw launch. T The sea boat is noW look ing vf?ry smart after a lot of work and we hope to have crutches and sal JOg gear by the time next season begJOs. C.W.W.

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.o!lring our leisure hours in the dog, watches, Duty Free cigarettes, varying in price from sixpence to a shilhng f~r twenty, were much appreciated by the more hardened of us; shall we see some O.K.S. with us next time? . Although we all found the week a trifle hectic, it was generally agreed that if there was to be a next tIme, we should have no hesitation in going again. ' "MATELOT"

.R.A.F. SECTloN.- The Section is now flourishing and has 26 members, which is as many as we can cope WIth at present. This term Cadets Allen and Phillips have been promoted to Sergeant and Cadets Cassidy and Moor to Corporal. Our first attempt at the A.T.C. Proficiency Examination resulted in lOOper cent. successes. Those who passed were Cadets Allen, Phill ips, Stainer, Cassidy, Moor, Hudson, Jackson Beddingfield. Cadets Allen and Stainer went on a week's gliding cou rse at R.A.F. Station, Biggin Hill i~ the summer holidays and both were successful in obtaining their pilot's" A" licence. ' The term's activities have consisted most ly of lectures given by cadets and N.C. OÂˇs. Field Day was as usual.. sp~nt at R.A.F. Station, Manston, where in addition to the tour of the station nearly everyon~ had a flight to a Dakota. R.H.P.

SCOUT TROOP For our last pre-war camp, the Troop went to Finland. This summer for our first post-war camp we were a little,Iess am~itious and went to Freshwater, I.o.W. We camped from July 26th to August 4th: the weath~r bemg. a~m l rable, .excep~ over th~ week-end. Sunday night we experienced a gale, causing scene~ which peSSimIsts ass?clate With campmg, such as Scouts in pyjamas frantically trying to secure tents to the middle of the mght ! The site wou ld have been very good, if it had not been quite so exposed. The cooking was quite up to usual high standard, ~nd,a good time was had by a!l. We owe many thanks to ou r A.S.M., Derek Brown, of the St. !--ugustme s Group of Rovers, (or hiS help, at the camp and during the past term. Not only was he chief cook, quarter-master and medIcal officer, but perhaps his help was most appreciated when he and the S.M. cooked the evening meal in pou ri ng rain, permitti ng tho cooks to keep dry in their tents!

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THE SOCIETIES PATER SOCIETY Revived after its collapse of the Easter Term, the Society is now flourishing, and is well on the way to prosperity. We we1come Mr. Thomas as a new Vice-President followin g the resignation of Dr. Knight. We shall miss Dr. Knight's learned comments but look forward to many terms of progress and humour with Mr. Thomas. This term we have had three meetings so far, including one extremely interesting paper by Rothery on "The Development of Humour in Literature". Three more meetings are planned: a mock trial, a plaYMreading and the usual end of term Symposium. 1.D.D.P.

WALPOLE SOCIETY We have had a most enjoyable term. Most of our time has been spent play~readi ng, but we have had one or two of those pleasant fireside even ings when we have just talked with no particular plan or object- the kind of meeting, in fact, that Sir Hugh wou ld surely have recommended. At the end of term comes the short story compet ition and the ceremony of reading the entries. We hope the harvest will be as rich as last year's. Next term the meetings will conti nue, and we hope that any boys in the First Year Sixth or below who are interested in literature or drama will ask to join. There must still be one or two enthusiasts that we have forgotten to invite.

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CAXTON SOCIETY This term the Society has progressed greatly and we have, at last, been able to start on colour work . We are hoping to produce a coloured Christmas Card before the end of term. On Tuesday, October 25th, a party of the Society went round the Charth~ Pa~r Mills, where they make the best tracing paper in tillS country, and have the latest and best machinery m the ~orld. It was most interesting, and we would like to thank our 9uides an~ Mr. H. W'. Osmond for takmg us as the President was otherwise engaged. The Harvey Society very kindly took With them those members of the Society who were unable to go in October when they visited the Mills in November. We are very indebted to the Canterbury Art School, and especially Mr. S. Hickson, for their valuable help and advice. Mr. Hickson also gave a most interesting lecture, to which we invited the Art Society, and he criticized our work, comparing it with examples of his own. In November the Print Room was inspected by a Ministry of Education Art Inspector, who told us that we were doing better printing than any other School he had ever visited. Would O.K.S. who promised to help us at the exhibition Jast term please note! We should like to thank Mr. G. H. Line for his generosity and help to the Society. Finally, we would like to thank our President, Mr. D. A. Kimmins, for all the hard work and valuable assistance he has given us. We wish him the greatest success and happiness as Head"master of Ashbourne Grammar School. D.R.B. 307

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MUSIC SOCIETY There has been a creditable increase of interest in the Society this term, and although the meetings have not been very numerous, they have mostly been out of the ordinary. The first meeting-rather hastily planned after the postponement of Mr. Neville Cardus 's Lecturewas a gramophone record recital given by Mr. R. H . Prior. The two main works played were Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Haydn, and a Divertimento in D by Mozart, in which, as was to be expected ' the Horn figured prominently. It made an excellent start to the new school year. The second meeting took place in the Parry on October 9th. A. B. Curry, B. Cassidy and P. H. Moss gave an interesting and varied programme of Organ Music. It is some time since the Music Society had an Organ Recital on its programme, and it made. a very welcome change. On October 16th the programme was shared by Mr. R. H. Prior, who most kindly came to talk to the Society about the Horn, and to play records of Strauss's Horn Concerto; by !vi. D. Manning-Press, who gave a short talk on the oboe, and played a Concerto by Handel and a FantaslCstiick by Schumann' and by the President, who talked about Composing as a Hobby. He little realised, when he advised me~bers wishing to compose to write music that could be performed by themselves and their friends that the Hon. Secretary had already composed a Comic Opera which was going into rehearsal for the School House Concert. On November 1st, a concert was given in the Chapter House by members of the Society. D. Peschek R. G. Jones and B. J. Stafford between them played Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major on two pianos' each ~a~ing it in turn to play the solo par~. Then R. A. M. Baster, accompanied by A. B. Curry, played t~e VlOhn Sonata b~ Cesar Franck, and hfted the whole concert on to another plane. The very difficult plano part was adrrurably played by A. B. Curry. These two were persuaded to play again and the Slow Movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was played, as well as a group of shorter pieces. The Society has two or three meetings ahead, including a Members' Concert, and a Recital of Music by the President. It is to be hoped that the present enthusiasm will continue next term. ;

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Last term we had the pleasure of entertaining some forty members of the Tonbridge School N .H.S . They were conducted round the marshes at Stodmarsh and afterwards entertained with tea at Wickhambreaux. We also had the pleasure of meeting the Orange Hill Girls' Grammar School N.H.S. in London, and having a joint conducted tour of the Zoological Society's Gardens. We are most grateful to Major Maxwell Knight, D.B.E., F.Z.S., and to the Superintendent and staff of the Zoo for the success of this day. This term we are meeting on Friday evenings, for discussions, lectures and free readings. We are specially grateful to Mr. C. W. Ward for his excellent talk on Fungi, of which very many specimens have been gathered this autumn. This term we are r<\ther concentrating on Bird studies. As this is being written (November 16th) reports are coming in of late stragglers among swallows and house martens. We should be very grateful for reports of these bi rds.

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THE CANTUARIAN The Headmaster has very kindly given permission for a further Report to be published next autumn. The success of this report depends upon the field work of aU our members. The Association of School Natural History Societies, started by our own Society, now contains fifty member societies. and held its first exhibition in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, last month. It is hoped that the King's School N.H.S. will be able to contribute worthily to this exhibition next autumn.

HARVEY SOCIETY This term, the Society has heard three short lectures on "Colour Blindness", "Explosives" and " Geysers", by D. H. Kennedy, B. Robinson and the Hon. Secretary respectively. The main feature of the term was a visit to the paper mill at Chartham on 22nd November. The plant is very modern and extremely interesting. We were shown over the works in great detail, and told that some of the machines are the best of their kind in the country. r would like to express on behalf of the Society our thanks to Messrs. William Howard and Son, Ltd., for allowing us to make this visit.

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The Librarian takes this opportunity of thanking his assistants, C. A. R. Hoare and P. A. Moss, for their help.

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O.K.S. NEWS (The Honorary SeeretO/y, Major D. J. B. Jervis, Dawn Cliff, Goodwin Road, St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, would welcome information fo}' inclusion in the O.K.S. News.

Changes of address should be notified to him and not to the Editor.) The O.K.S. Dinner will take place at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London, on 6th January, 1950. Applications for tickets, luice 18/-, must be made to the Honorary Secretary not later than 30th December, 1949. I. F. AucoTT (1928- 1934) is still in Hong Kong. C. R. WALL (1942- 1946) has now been "demobbed " and hopes to take up a post as an Assistant Scientist at the Ministry of Supply Research Station, near Sevenoaks. CAPTAIN R. N. CAPEL-SMITH, R.A.S.C. (1936- 1939), now stationed at Kollupitiya, Colombo, completes his overseas tour in August, 1951, and looks forward to visiting the School on his return to England. R. CROWLEY (1903- 1913) bas changed bis business address; it is now c/o Mehta and Co., Inc., 489 Fifth Avenue, New York 17. He wishes ino be known that O.K.S.

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B. H. BRACKENBURY (1934- 1939) is now on leave from Nigeria and bopes to visit the School at the end of tbe Cbristmas Term. He writes : "1 had a very pleasant surprise wben I visited Enugu the other day and found tbat Mr. McCall had just arrived as the new 2nd-in-Command of the 4th Battalion, The Nigerian Regiment. Needless to say we had a long talk. He looks just the same and very fit and is already a leading ligbt in the local Hockey field, I gatber. " J. D. OMMANEY (1938- 1943), writing from Kuwait Oil Co. Offices at Abmadi, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, says: " Here are some details of O.K.S. in tbis remote spot. Tbe Company is favoured by three O.K.S., J. LEWIS (1932- 1938), P. J. EVANS (1 936- 1940) and myself. Lewis lives ratber distantly at the drilling camp where he is very busy indeed . During the winter be plays an energetic game ofrugger, sometimes representing tbe Company XV. Peter Evans has just gone home on leave and will undoubtedly be visiting the School. He has been with tbe Company for two years and bas seen the place expand from literally nothing to a township with permanent roads, housing, chilled water systems and recreational facilities. Across the Gulf there are three O.K.S. working with the parent Company, the AngloIranian. J. B. GOUDGE (1935- 1939), C. H. B. WAUTON (1932-1937) and J. HENSHAW (1932- 1937). It is common knowledge that O.K.S. meet everywhere. I was on our airstrip, waiting for a plane to bring in a team, and in came an Iraq Airways Viking bound for Babrein, in which one of the passengers was J. COLLIER (1936- 1940) on his way to Qatar with a survey group. The Cantuarian arrives regularly, and, togetber with tbe Calendar, is like spring in this arid spot. " M. J. H. GIRLING (1928-1933) has recently been appointed Town Clerk of Hythe. He looks forward to visiting the School reg ularly now that he is so near. 310

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THE CANTUARIAN P. F. PAGE (1932-1936) is now aD leave from Nigeria. He intends to spend a week-end ill Canterbury during the Christmas Term, and hopes to meet many old friends at the O.K.S. Dinner on 6th January. P. J. ELLICOTT (1944-1949) won two prizes at athletics while running under the School's name, during the Summer. P. C. V. LAWLESS (1919- 1927) is now on the staff at Winton Hall (formerly,Dunchurch Hall). R. C. N. LOGAN (1935- 1939) is also a Master at the School. W. S. PRICE (1938- 194 1) was married in Penang on 8th October, his three bachelor brothers were present; H. R. N. PRICE (1936- 1940) was the best man. It was their first re-union si nce before the war. T. S. B. ROSP-VEARE (1941 - 1948) and S. R. BETTS (1942- 1945) have begun a diploma course in Agriculture at The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. J. DE F. ENDERBY(1939- 1946) has now left Wad ham College, Oxford, having graduated with a Second Class Honours in Modern History and has a good post with the Marley Tile Company. E. H. GARDINER (1941- 1945), who is at Wad ham, is making quite a name for himself in Oxford yachting circles. J. D. Moss (1937- 1939), after he was "demobbed ", was offered a contract for a twelve months' tour of the U.S.A. in the American "Ice Follies" Company. This carried him 20,000 miles across the North American Continent. Since his return he has been skating at the Stoll Theatre for a while and had a short season in Madrid. This summer he has been skating in his own production at Bournemouth. We congratulate the following O.K.S.: SIR ROLAND BRADDELL, S.P.M.J., M.A., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1894-1 899), on his appointment as Chairman of the Counci l of the University of Malaya. DR. T. STAPLETON (1929- 1938), on the award of a Radcl iffe Travelling Fellowship. N. L. HEARNE (1935-1940) on his election to a Tapp post-Graduate Scholarship in Law at Gonvil le and Caius College, Cambridge. I. E. LUSH (1944- 1949) is in the Royal Signals, stationed at Catterick. We are sorry to hea r that C. l. MEEK (1934-1938) has been down with a sharp attack of pneumonia. Fortunately he is now convalescent. He suggests that it might almost be possible to form a K.S. Tanganyika Society with the various O.K.S., present and future K.S., and the parents of the two latter classes, out there. He wonders if the School has comparable ties with other Colonies. According to his reckoning there are at least six O.K.S. in Tanganyika, four present boys, and three or four youngsters already entered for future dates. He and his wife hope to visit the School next summer . H. A. EMERSON (1942- 1946) was " demobbed" in January and put in two terms' teaching at Marlborough House, Hawkhurst, before going up to Cambridge in October. He also worked on a hop farm in Herefordshire last September as a "measurer". He writes that the job entails little skill, but the ability to work through a barrage of abuse from gypsies, Welsh miners and other types, all of whom consider that they are being measured too heavily, since they are paid by the measure. R. G. LEAD BEATER (1939- 1943) is in his fourth year at Oxford, studying for the Diploma in Education, and is Han. Secretary of Magdalen College A.F.C. ~ll.

THE CANTUARIAN J. D. PuGH (1941 - 1946) has recently been articled to a London firm of Solicitors. P. C. HAMMOND (1941 - 1946) has been accepted as a candidate for Holy Orders and will enter Wells Theological College in January, 1951. He hopes to spend the intervening time in gaining more experience of the world and expected to spend a year teaching in a High School in Uganda, under the auspices of C.M.S. He writes to the Headmaster: " I am sure that I would never have got a credit in Latin if not under your tuition, unpleasant as the experience was! So confident was I in my powers of Latinity that I even elected to tackle Stubbs' Select Charters- to 1907, and found it quite enjoyable." DAVID BROWN (1935- 1939) is now with the Kassala Cotton Company, at War Shair, Hassa Heissa, Sudan, and is working in the Gezina, about 80 miles south of Khartoum. All irrigation there is by canal, coming 120 miles from the Sennar dam on the Blue Nile. He writes: "Before the area was opened up, it was almost barren desert, which gave a very precarious living, to say the least. Now crops are grown on the fallow cottonland, profiding regular fodder as well as grain crops. All the villagers keep colossal herds of sheep and goats, far in excess of what the country-side can support, so they're no better off really. I now have an excellent pony but won't be playing polo just yet! Bishop Gelsthorpe conducted a Service at Wad Shair on 22nd March and I had a long chat with him afterwards. Needless to say, the.conversation was 'King's and Canterbury'." B. L. LEARY (1942- 1947) found the English climate, even last August, a poor exchange for the Mediterranean, when he returned home on demobilisation leave. He had a very interesting job in Greece as first officer aboard the G.O.C. 's launch and managed to get quite a few angles on the very complicated Greek situation in between voyages to Crete and Corfu. He is now up at Wadham College, reading Jurisprudence. K. WHITEHEAD (1945- 1946) also spent most of his Army Service time in Greece, with the Intelligence. G. VIVIAN DAVIS (1935- 1940) was ordained Deacon in Canterbury Cathedral in September and is now Curate of St. Martin's, Maidstone. M. G. ELSTON (1941 - 1946) has ga ined rus B.Sc. (Eng.) Degree at London University with 2nd Class Honours, and has been appointed a Pupil Engineer to the Public Works Service in Malaya under a new scheme just coming into operation. J. E. P. SAMPSON (1934--1939) is on the staff of District H.Q. at Catterick, with the duties of Staff Captain. His " immediate boss", the D.A.A.G., is D. H. AUSTEN (19321936), whose cruef hobby is sailing off the Yorkshire Coast. A. R. T. STUART (1940- 1945) left the Army at the end of his term of service and obtained a position in the War Office. He is now at Fayid, on the Red Sea, with the equivalent rank of Captain. K. G. T. STUART (1944--1948), who is now up at St. John's College, Oxford, writes from an address in West Byfleet, but says that his family is shortly moving. He adds: "A retired Major came to see the house and was much intrigued with my O.K.S. tie. He was at King's before the Grange was a separate House, but remembers Mr. J. B. Harris and Mrs. Benn. He was shocked to hear that the Mint Yard now boasts a law n!" Unfortunately Stuart does not give the Major's name. J. D. ELLIS (1942-1946) is with No.3 Training Regiment, R.E., at Cove, near Farnborough. 312

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i THE CANTUARIAN O.K.S. Golfing Society The Autumn Meeting of the O.K.S. Golfing Society was held at Canterbury on Saturday, October 8th, the weather was ideal and the course playing perfectly. The Captain's Prize was played for in the morning and was won by D. E. Bacon (9) 66, with Sir F. Bovenschen (14) 70 taklllg second prize. The Scratch prize was WO n by JE' G · Youn g ' FRouWr .ballli Four s0 mes were playdcd in the afternoon, the winners being D . . Baeon an d . I ett With 42 pomts, an P. Simms and B. W. Graves second with 40 points. O.K.S. present were Sir F. Bovenschen, Rev. W. H. Maundrell, H. Pearce, Guy Arnold, R. Corben, F. R. Hamp, P . Simms, D. E. Bacon, N. V. Bacon, R. Willett, B. W. Graves, Young. BIRTHS AucoTI.-On October 11th, 1949, to Gladys (nee Head), wife of I. K. Aucott (1928- 33) a daughter (Jane Carolyn). ' BLACKMORE.-On September 3rd, 1949, to Marjorie, wife of John Blackmore (1935-37), a son. BooKER.-On June 19th, 1949, in Sydney, Australia, to Miriam, wife of G. A. W. Booker (1925- 34), a daughter. MEEK.- On October 29th, 1949, at Arusha, Tanganyika, to Nona (nee Hurford) wife of C. I. Meek (1934- 38), a daughter. ' POoLE.-On October 15th, 1949, to Esme, wife of the Rev. J. W. Poole (1922- 28), a son (Giles). YOUNG.-On November 27th, 1949, to Elizabeth (nee Marshall) and William Chalmers Young (1929- 1934), a son. ENGAGEMENTS BREDIN- MILl.s.-Lieutenant·Colonel Alexander Edward Craven Bredin, D.S.O., M.C. (1920- 1929), The Dorsetshire Regiment, elder son of the late Lieutenant·Colonel A. Br.edin and of Mrs. Bredin, of Cloncallows, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, and Demee Ida, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mills of Turnings Straffan County Kildare. " , Moss-CoNLDN.- J. D. Moss (1937-39), son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moss, of Hove, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conlon, of Boscombe Court, Hants. MARRIAGES YATEs-f'RAsER.-On May 21st, 1949, C. A. YATES (1935-38) to Sheila, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. F . F raser, of Liberton, Edinburgh. POWELL-HEYWOOD.- On August 5th, 1949, J. H. Powell , M.C. (1937- 40) to Lucinda only daughter of Mrs. and the late Major J. W. Heywood, of Duston, Northampton: SAMPSON-WEIGHTS.-On October 1st, 1949, John Edward Pennycuick Sampson (1934-39), Royal Corps of Signals, to Pauline Weights, of Brixham, Devon, 314

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IN MEMORIAM MRS. GALPIN On September 4th, 1949, the death took place of Millicent Jane Galpin, widow of Dr. A. J. Galpin, formerly Headmaster of the King's School, Canterbury, and Rector of Saltwood, Hytbe. Mrs. Galpin was the youngest daughter of the Rev. F . H. Hichens, Rector of st. Stephen's and Hon. Canon of Canterbury, and the sister of Robert Hichens, the novelist and playwright. She was married to Dr. Galpin in 1900, when he had been Headmaster for four years. All O.K.S.- and especially those who were in the Scbool House between 1900 and 191O- will remember her kindliness and hospitality and her constant care for her large household. FRANCIS NELSON CROWTHER The death occurred on May 7th, 1949, of olle of the oldest O.K.S., F. N. Crowther (1871-1877). He went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, with a Parker Exhibition and Mawson Scholarship, and took honours in the Mathematical Tripos. He was ordained in 1881. After a short spell as Mathematical Master at Richmond School, Yorkshire, he went to Madras as Chaplain, and was later Hon. Canon of Madras Cathedral. On returning to England in 1904 he was Vicar of Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, and later of Pyrton. SIR CHARLES ARMSTRONG Charles Herbert Armstrong (1876-78) died at his home in Guildford Oil September 9th, 1949. He went to India iii 1885 in the service of Lyon, Lord and Co., and became one of the leading figures in tbe commercial life of Bombay. He was Chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Indian Legislative Council and of the Provincial Legislature. He was three times President of tbe Bank of Bombay. He was knighted in 1915, and on his return to England shortly after he was appointed to the board of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, of which he became Chairman in 1917. He was all his life keenly interested in the activities and welfare of the School, and has shown his regard for the School by a bequest which is mentioned elsewhere in this Number. EDWARD EARLY OSTLER E. E. Ostler (1887-93) died on July 14th, 1949, after a long illness borne with great courage. On leaving School he joined a business firm in Chicago. His value was soon recognised and after 10 years he was asked to open a branch office in London. Later he found it necessary to manage the family business in Hull until he retired to live at Claygate in Surrey. His friends will long remember him for his tolerance, cheerfulness and unusual generosity. 315

THE CANTUARIAN ARTHUR GILBERT DIXON WEST On August 23rd, 1949, a brilliant career was cut short when A. G. D. West (1908-16) was killed in a climbing accident in Switzerland. On leaving School he became a Wireless Operator in the R.N.R. and was soon given a commission in the R.F.C. Signals Establishment at Woolwich. He then went up to Clare College, Cambridge, where he had gained an Open Mathematical Scholarship, which he held with the Rose Exhibition. He gained a First Class in the Mathematical Tripos (Part I) and was a Wrangler with distinction in Part II of the same Tripos; he was also awarded a Research Studentship. Later he took a First Class in the London B.Sc. In 1923 he became Assistant to the Chief Engineer of the B.B.C. and head of their research department. More recently he was one of the most influential figures in the development of television, and became Technical Director of the Baird Television. He was Chairman of the Electronic Group of Scientific Instrument Manufacturers; and this year he was appointed to be VicePresident of the International Television Committee. Mr. J. Arthur Rank, when commenting on his contribution to the technique of the film, adds, "We shall miss him as a sincere friend who was gracious and courteous at all times." To the Editor of THE CANTUARIAN Captain A. G. D. West was one of the staunchest boys it was ever my lot to meet while I was teaching at the ](jng's School during the early days of the 1914-18 War. He was a brilliant scholar and a very keen supporter of the Harvey Society. I can well recall one of his lectures on wireless which he took up entirely on his own and at his own home. He made his own apparatus and was actually listening in before the outbreak of the war. I may have taught him a little chemistry, which he took up after he had obtained his mathematical scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, but for the most part he was certainly teaching me. He was of course the elder brother of Dr. W. West, Director of the Geological Survey of India. A. G. LOWNDES, The Aquarium, SC.D., F.R.I.C. Plymouth. MICHAEL ALBERT ARNOTT It was with deep regret that we learnt, on All Saints' Day, of the death in a flying accident of Michael Arnott (1942-46) on 20th October, 1949, less than three months after his 21st birthday. He left School in July, 1946, as a member of the Lower Sixth, a House Prefect of Walpole House and a Lance-Corporal in the J.T.C. He had his School Colours for Athletics, being outstanding in the Discus and Weight events, both of which he won for the School in the Triangular Sports held at Dover College in July, 1946. He also had his Shooting Colours and his 2nd XV Colours. On leaving School he joined his family in Natal, and took up flying last summer with a club in Durban. He was killed at Ladysmith Airfield whilst landing after a solo flight from Durban. Michael had been with Lever Bros. in Durban for 2t years and had been singled out for exceptional training so was well on the road to success early in life. His father tells us that Michael often spoke of his Housemaster, who writes :316

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TfiE HEYMANS OF SOMERFIELD G. D. G. Heyman (O.K.S. 1917-1922) has written to the Headmaster a note on Rauff (Ralph) Heyman, who appears in the School Roll of 1542-43. Ralph Heyman was the elder son of Sir Peter Heyman of Somerfield in Kent. He was born in 1520 and died in 1603. His younger brother, William, married Elizabeth Scott of Scotts Hall and their only child is buried in the Cathedral. Sir Peter Heyman was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Edward VI, and was one of the gentlemen concerned in the trial and execution of the Holy Maid of Kent, all of whom were cursed by her at her death. The curse ended with the doggerel verse: "Scotts Hall shall have a fall ; Ostenhanger was built in anger; Somerfield will have to yield; And Mersham Hatch shall win the match. " Scotts Hall was burnt down; little remains of Osten hanger and the Heyman house of Somerfield at Sellinge. Mersham Hall still flourishes, so there may be something in curses. There are interesting accounts of the curse in Hasted's History of Kent and An Old Gate of England by A. G. Bradley. Ralph Heyman was himself prominent at court, and is reputed to have lent Elizabeth considerable sums of money. His eldest son, Henry, married Rebecca, daughter of Bishop Robert Horne of Winchester, and his daughter married the ill-fated Sir Thomas Scott of Scotts Hall.

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• ] Pensax (Pensex) Edward Caunton [ ] Lumbardus (Lumbarde) Richard Basnett [fol. 190v] [ ) Porter [signed for by Anthony Ruesshe) Robert Joy William Chapman Timothy Cotten (Cotton) [ ) Stephens Augustinus Valentynus (Augustyne) William Harte John Witherden Thomas Thuaytes Anthony Brimston William Gull Walter Ware Thomas Clarsonne (Clarckson) John Penven (Penfen) Thomas Smyth (Smithe demi) [he occurs as Smith minor above and below) ] Foussarde [Anthony Ruesshe signs for him] Edward More John Horden (Harden) Peter Brake Charles Forde John Gulken John Twyne

[fol. 198v. Midsummer, 1563. Headmaster and Assistant are Mr. Ruesshe and Paul Colman, receiving £5 and 50s. respectively. Each boy receives 20s.) Robert Wyllowghbey [Thomas Wyllowghbey signs for him) ) Canton [ [Walter ?] Ware signs for him thus :) by me Ware for Canton Richard Basnett [ ] Thorneton

[Thomas Bower signs for him) [ ) Bakar Ezachias Foogges (Fogge) [ ] Lumbarde John Twye (Twyne) Robert Joy [fol. 199r)

I THE CANTUARIAN George Smythe (Smythe major) [ 1 Gregorye [pay seems to be received by Mr. Ruesshe] [ ] Pensax Josua Hutton John Penven [ ] Chapman Timothy Cotten Robert Selby Robert Smithe (Smythe minor) J osias Gooderick [ ] Stephens Valentynus Augustinus (Austen) Thomas Dorell John Knell John Wytherden William Weston Nicholas Bremer [fol. 199v] Peter Brake Thomas Thuaytes William Gull Walter Ware

Anthony Brimston Hugo Turnbull Charles Forde [ ] Foscu William Hart Nicolas Barnes [ ] Marett [Mr. Ruesshe appears to have received his pay] Thomas Hoult Cyprian Jurden Thomas Clarksonne Laurence Hollenden Richard Lane Thomas Smyth (Smytheus minimus) Al bert Basset Edward More [ ] Horden [Mr. Ruesshe appears to have received his pay) John Richardson [ ) Sstockston [sic) [Mr. Ruesshe appears to have received his pay)

[fol. 207v. Michaelmas, 1563. Headmaster and Assistant are given as Mr. Ruesshe and Paul Colman, receiving ÂŁ5 and 50s. respectively. Each boy receives 20s.] [ [ [ [ [ [

) Gregorye ) Knell ) Lane ) Marrett ) Horden ) Stockton [pay of these six above received by Anthony Ruesshe) Robert Smithe (Smythe minor) Edward More T~omas Thuaytes Nicholas Bremer John Richardson [fol. 208v) [ ) Jurden John Beching Thomas Dorell Laurence Hollenden John Foscu

John Wytherden Richard Basnet Josua Hutton Thomas Smyth William Gull George Smyth Albert Bassett Robert Selbye Thomas Hoult Thomas Clarkson [ ) Pensax Ezachias Foogges [ ) Ware [ ) Forde [ ) Henlye [fol. 208v) Robert Joy J osias Goodderikc

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Timothy Cotten Peter Brake Robert Clarke William Harte George Thornton Valentine Lested [ ) Stephens [ 1 Penven [there is no signature ; to the name is added the note:) paid Mrs. Butler. [The note is untidy and might possibly read) paid Mr. S. Butler. [one of the two pincernae on the Cathedral establishment at that date was Christopher Smyth. He may have taken the boy's pay in settlement for commons in the hall.)

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[fol. 256v. Christmas, 1563. Each boy receives 20s.) Nicholas Bremer John Wytherden Edward Stephens Richard Turnbull Thomas Houlte [Hugh Turnbull signs] [fol. 257r) George Thorntone Cyprian Jurden (Jorden) John Foscu Valentine Austen George Marrett William Weston Robert Clarke Al bert Basset J osias Gooderik Edward More Thomas Darrell John Richardson Joel Stoughton [John Marden signs for him) Peter Brake John Hilliarde Robertus Smithus (Smithe medius) Laurence Hollenden N. Barns Cuthbert Pensax Anthony Brimston (Bramstone) Walter Ware Valentine Lested George Smithe Timothy Cotten (Thomas Maynwarynge Vincent Clarson signs for him) Josua Hutton 323

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[fol. 258r. Lady Day, 1564. Each boy receives 20s.] Joel Stoughton (Stokton) William Gull (J ull) Richard Turnbull Josias Goodderik Charles Turnbull John Foscu Richard Lane Thomas Houlte Anthony Gregorye Laurence Hollenden John Knell Thomas Smyth George Marrett Albert Bassett [ ] Horden [fol. 259r] [ ] Bray Richard Henley [Anthony Ruesshe signs for the last John Richardson six] [this name is crossed out] Richard Basnett John Beching Robert Selbye Edward More Cuthbert Pensax John Hillierd Joshua Hutton George Thornton Robert Smythe Roger Wutten (Wotten) Edward Stephens Roberte Clarke . Thomas Darrell (Dorell) Thomas Mylles [fol. 258v] Henry Pierse William Harte [crossed out] William Weston John Penven Nicholas Bremer [John Butler signs for him] George Smithe Matthew London Valentine Lested John Richardson Robert Joy Walter Ware William Chapman Cyprian Jurden Timothy Cotten (Cotten) Valentine Austen Thomas Thuaytes John Twyne Nicholas Barns [Thomas Bowcer signs for him] Anthony Brimston (Bramstone) Harry Peirse 324

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Walter Ware George Thornton [ ] Twaytes [Thomas Champe signs for him; the whole entry is crossed out.] ] (Smythe minimus) [Thomas Champe signs for him] J osias Gooderik Timothy Cotten [Thomas Maynwaryng sign. for him] Albert Bassett Moses Fowler William Harte Valentine Austin Edward More Richard Henly [John Taylor signs for him] Laurence Hollenden Robert Smythe [fol. 261v] Edward Brayn [Thomas Brayn signs for him] Christopher England [Richard C)arsson signs for him] Harry Peerse [William Selby signs for him] William Selby Charles Turnebull Richard Turnebull [William Browne signs for the last two] John Hunte Matthew London Roger Wotten William Chapman [Thomas Bramston signs for the last two] Robert Clarke Nicholas Bremer Rowland Tansey [Matthew Bourne signs for him] Cyprian Jorden [Humfra Jurden, clarke, signs for him]

Anthony Brimston [fol. 262r] John Penney [to this entry is added :] to his mother [so it appears that she came to collecf his pay] John Twyne Joel Stoughton Richard Massyngberd (Massingberge) Anthony Kingsmyll (Kyngesmeale) Edward Stephens Thomas Thwaytes John Baching (Beachinge) John Richardson [pay received by John Marden who appears on fol. 253r as a lay clerk] George Marret John Harden Esay Meriam Richard Lane Thomas Darrell (Dorell) Thomas Mylles [ ] Knell [this boy received 6s. 7d. There is no signature. A note is added:] paid for his comens vj.s. vij.d. [fol. 262v] William Gull [ ] Hilliarde [this boy received 4s. 3d.; a note is added:] paid for his commens iiij.s. iij.d. ] Woodwarde [This boy received 6s. !Od.; a note is added :] paid for his comens vjs. xd. Finch Smyth John Foscu [ ] Westone [This boy received 6s. 10d.; a note is added :] paid for his comens vjs. xd.

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CORRESPONDENCE 49 st. Anne's Crescent, Lewes, Sussex. 14th November, 1949. To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN Dear Editor, On page 174 of the July number of The Cantuarian (on which, as usual, many congratulations) you refer to the Elwyn Prize for Divinity as founded in memory of Richard Francis Elwyn. As a fact it was founded in memory of his father, the Canon, and Master of the Charterhouse. I have just taken down from my bookshelf the copy of Sinai and Palestine (Stanley), which I won as the Elwyn Prize in I 893*- thirty-three years before R.F.E. died. It must have been R.F.E. 's sisters who kept the prize going during their lives. As I look at The Cantuarian which you now produce, I realise how meagre were its ancestors in the years 1894-96, when I was an unworthy editor. With all good wishes. Yours very sincerely, GEORGE

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No. 2 House, Roedean School, Brighton 7. October 2nd, 1949. To the Editors of

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Dear Sir,

As a Roedeanian and a regular reader of The Cantuarian I feel that I must point out to you a mistake that was made in the last number I read. In one of the criticisms of Hamlet the critic said of Ophelia that she was "truly delightful and only needed to have her hair bobbed to play hockey for Roedean " - or words to that effect. I and my friends would like to point out that we play lacrosse and not hockey here. This is by no means the first time that this mistake has been made and we don't blame you at all, but all the same we would be grateful if you would bear in mind that we do not play hockey I Yours sincerely, YVONNE FISHLOCK

(The Editors of THE CANTUARIAN apologise to Miss Fish/ock and to Roedean for their mistake, and hope that if any of their successors make this mistake again Roedeanians willforgive them and read "lacrosse" for "hockey".)

THE CANTUARIAN Letters to the Editors of TIm CANTUARIAN Dear Sirs, Would it be possible for some current and recent copies of The Cantuarian to be placed in the School Library? The bound volumes end one or two years ago and it would be appreciated if copies up to the present issue could be placed there loose until the next bound volume appears, as often The Cantuarian of one or two terms ago is needed for some reason and one's own copies generally disappear during the holidays. Yours faithfully, I. MACPHERSON Dear Sirs, Could I ask through your columns when Meister Omers is likely to see back the Latin "grace" that used to be in one of the dormitories? This was taken to the British Museum to be cleaned some years ago. I gather it has now returned to Canterbury where, at the time of going to press, bits of it are scattered round in different parts of the Precincts. Yours faithfully,

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL From the Parrot House In many ways the most important and interesting event of this term has been the unveiling of a bronze bust of Lord Milner, in our dining hall. This bust, presented to the Sch':>ol by Lad)! Miln~r, is by the French ar~ist Siccard, and is a very fine piece of work; It forms a dIstIngUished addltl,?n to our dInI~g hall. It was unveiled on Saturday, October 29th, by Lord Altrmcham (SIr Edward Gngg), who was one of Lord Milner's young men in South Africa, and whose respect and affection for his former chief was obvious in all that he said. We much appreciated the privilege of hearing about Lord Milner at first hand from him. Lady Milner was also on the platform at the ceremony and she was clearly much moved ~y the tributes paid to her late husband's memory: We offer her our smcere sympathies In the aCCIdent whIch befell her later in the afternoon when she went into the Cathedral, and, in slipping, broke her left wrist. We were most pleased also to have with u~ on this occasion Mr. and Mr~. Juckes. We were, in passing, also celebratmg the tw~ntleth annIversary of the openIng of the School buildings; Mr. and Mrs. Juckes, With Lady M!lner, had been present at the opening, and it must have given them all some gratificatIOn to see the way in which the undertaking then begun has since prospered. We had two other welcome visitors on the platform; Canon Bickersteth who took the chair in the regretted absence through illness both of the Dean of Canterbury and of Canon Shirley; and Mr. Emden, Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. ' We began by singing the hymn I vow to thee, my country, those inspiring words written by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, just after he had suffered one of the major disappointments of his life, and set to music to the Jupiter tune of Gustav Holst. Then the unveiling followed. The bust was draped with a Union Jack which had flown over Government House in South Africa in Lord Milner's time. When it was lifted aside by Lord Altrincham there was a thrilling fanfare of trumpets. The opening thrill hesitated a little, as a battery of '$28

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We have had three interesting talks this term. Mr. S. F. Perry, formerly M.P. for Kettering, on "The State of the Nation ", did not seem, to the more thoughtful, really to face the cause of the troubled state in which we live, namely that so few people are prepared to work hard nowadays. However, his talk was both interesting and provocative. Another talk was given by Colonel H. G. N. Leakey, O.K.S., on the work of a society in which he is interested, the Animal Health Trust. This talk also provoked some interesting questions. The third was a visit from Miss D. Davies, to talk about the United Nations Organisation, with more especial reference to the work of UNESCO. She succeeded in making the subject both interesting and intelligible to our audience (the two top forms of the School) which has, after all, little experience of the problems which have to be solved before world peace can be assured.

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The programme of the concert was: I, School Song: Land of our Birth (R, Vaughan Williams; words by Rudyard Kipling); 2, The Orchestra: (a) The Valiant Knight (Charles Woodhouse), (b) Rosebud (Charles Woodhouse); 3, The Senior Choir: (a) Under the greenwood tree (E, T, Chapman), (b) It was a lover and his lass (Morley), (c) Flocks in pastures green abiding (Bach); 4, The Senior Recorder Group: (a) Gavotte (Handel), (b) Prince Rupert's March (16th century, arr, S, Champion), (c) Come, see where goldenhearted Spring (Handel); 5, The Strings of the Orchestra with Recorders: Four Folk Tunes- (a) My love's an arbutus, (b) An old Irish lullaby, (c) Au clair de la lune, (d) Ye banks and braes 0' bonny Doon; 6, The Junior and Senior Choirs: (a) Drake's Drum (Martin Shaw), (b) Three folk songs-(I) Dashing away with a smoothing iron, (2) The lark in the morn, (3) 0 no, John; 7, John Orchard: Pianoforte Solos-(a) Prelude in C minor (Bach), (b) Air (Album for the Young) (Schumann); 8, IIA Percussion Band: (a) Two Ecossaises (Beethoven), (b) Toy Soldiers' March: (Percy Fletcher); 9, Trio: Minuet (No, I of Miniatures) (Frank Bridge), Violin, David Balfour ; 'Cello, Nicholas Cooper; Pianoforte, Michael Sanger-Davies; 10, The Junior Choir: (a) Boot, saddle, to horse and away (George Dyson), (b) Slumber Song (E. T, Chapman); II, The Orchestra: (a) The Sandman (Brahms), (b) The Blacksmith (Brahms); 12, The Military Band: (a) Three Short Pieces- (1) Diligence March, (2) Springtime WaItz, (3) Jingle Bells, " (b) Cradle Song (Brahms), (c) School March; Milner Court (C, Adams and p, Purcell), "God Save the King" (sung or played by all), I'

Trip to Town . A visit to London is a great thrill in itself; or so it appears to Forms VI and VA, The first thought of such a trip came, in fact, from the study of civics; the subject for . the term has been Parliament and its workings; so someone had the happy thought of seeing the House itself, and learning at first hand how it works, A letter to the local .

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A Visit to Dover Castle We made one false start, . having to return after half a mile in the 'bus because Mr, Oldaker had forgotten his money; but there were no other incidents on the way to Dover Castle. We went in through the Constable's Gate, lunch baskets bringing up the rear, and straight through to the old earthwork of Harold's Castle, within which stand the Roman Pharos and SI. Mary's Church, These we examined in some detail. We went to the top of the earthwork and looked around for Calais, but could not see it. So we had lunch, in a high wind, and some time was spent chasing papers which got blown about. Then someone said that he could see the French coast. We looked, and the mist having cleared a little we could just see the dim outline of the opposite shore, After dinner we went to the Keep, and were shown over it by a guide. We saw their magnificent collection of arms and armour, and the names of French prisoners carved

by themselves on the walls, in the Napoleonic Wars, Then we went to the battlements of the Keep, and appreciated the view of the plan of the whole Castle; then down again, through the King's Gate and its ruined Barbican, to the underground works,

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Here, after a short spiral staircase downwards, we went on down a steep incline through' a number of passages; one of them had been underground in the past, but was exposed during the deepening of the moat in the Napoleonic Wars. We saw a trapdoor with spikes underneath, and a platform for a guard, with an illumination shaft overhead, and a chute down which molten lead could be poured upon an unsuspecting enemy. Along another passage we came to a small room, into which twelve of us went, through a doorway ; then with a rattling of chains the door shut. We were in an ingenious trap. We were, however, soon released by our guide, and at last came to the top again, to be lined up and counted. None were missing. So back to the 'bus and to School again, after a visit which had impressed everybody with the feeling of knowing buildings which had seen and taken part in much of England's long history. F.D.W. (J.K.S., Form VI)

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net upon which the paper is form ed by rolling, drying, and further beating. It was most interesting to see all this very modern machinery, and to hear about the processes of paper-making from the people who are doing the job. D.J.L. (J.K.S., Form VA)

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We note that although 51 chairs have been paid for, 149 have not; so there is still the ·opportunity there, for those who can be generous to the extent of 25/-, being the cost of one chair, to present it to the School. The gift is recorded on the back of the chair, with the donor's name. Sentimentality apart, it is the sort of thing one likes to look for, on returning to one's school in later life. The chairs themselves are of excellent value at the price, strong and tough, and comfortable to sit upon. They also stand up well to the moving and shifting necessary in a hall such as ours. H is worth putting on record that the Barn Fund, in the four years of its existence, has raised £1,134 in all, and spent most of it. There have been two large donations, of £50 and £25 respectively, and the remainder has all come in smaller sums. We are most pleased with the two jobs which have been done in the summer holidays and early this term, the solid wall behind the stage, and the large fo ur-light window in the south short wall . Work has already begun on preparing an estimate for the windows and tidying-up necessary on the two long walls, the east and west walls, and when these are done we should at last have an Assembly Hall worthy of the name and of our School.· W.H.O. House Order

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Football Stati stics are said to be able to prove anything or 'nothing and the cold figures, played 4, won I, lost 3 ;

goals for 4, goals against 15, could, too easily, be construed as meaning that OUf football was quite hopeless. Such, however, has not been the case, since there have been plenty of signs to show that in

more ways than one it has been highly promisi ng. In one respect, however, criticism is both just ified and necessary- that of speed, and particularly that breed of determination to have the ball at aU costs. Having, during the course of the past year, Lost aU but a mere handful of the first game and its likely reserves, we started the team playing in heat more suitable for cricket with the result that , in order to keep goi ng the pace of the game slackened. Later, when the rains came, the ground became softer and correspondingly slower. Passes could be intercepted and it was possible to take time when the backs were cleari ng or halves passing to thei r forwards. When playing away on grounds yards faster than ou r own the ball had gone, on many occasions, before the would~be kicker had got limbered up. Apart from this, which undoubtedly cost us dear, the standard offootball has definitely risen, particularly in the junior games to the credit of those whose task is, so onen, merely confined to making order out of chaos. Were the truth to be told, and a small boy is onen the last to make an admission, these games would be given a higher enjoyment quotient than their cOllnterparts in previolls terms .

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THE CANTUARIAN In our first match agamst Bettcshanger at home we lost, against the run of the play. by 2 goals to nil. In the first half we had the wind in our favour and very soon, due to some clever play by Sutton and Tayler 1, we were on the attack. Time after time we were able to get past our opponents' defence but tame or inaccurate shooting prevented our scoring. A solitary breakaway. a scrinunage in front of'goal and the score at half-time was 1-0. In the second half we had to do considerably more defending but we continued to launch attacks, the beginnings of which were good, but the finishing was poor. 'In a storming counter-attack Betteshanger scored again. Following the match we next went to Tormorc with a team slightly weakened by the absence of Cornwell in goal. Featherstone did all that was humanly possible, but in the excitement of the moment took moro than his quota of steps. Tormore scored from the first but not from the second of the subsequent freekicks. With the advantage of the slope to help us, Ambro scored within 30 seconds to give us the lead after which Tormore attacked with vigour and scored twice. We then lost Goate i, who went off with a foot injury, and, though we were supplied with a player for the second half, Tormore, continuing to press, in the end won by 7-1. Next came the return match against Betteshanger who, in an exceedingly rough and not very scientific game, won 5-2. For about five minutes in each half we played really fast football and, in each of these periods, scored. Tayler i, playing his usual enthusiastic game, was outstanding for us and Cornwell, in goal, brought off some fine saves. Hamilton at left back showed some touches of genius by his positioning, and Sainsbury, until he was hit in the mouth, played a robust game at centre half. Experience was by now beginning to teU and helped us to beat St. Edmund's by 2 goals to I. The team as a whole pJayed with greater spirit and dash than previously, and against a team with a less talented goal-keeper might well have scored three or four more times. Tayler again played keenly at outside-left and Hamilton once more displayed his increasing. sense of position. Sainsbury forced to play centreforward was rather lost and this tended to throw the forwards out of gear and with JeU playing too much as a third back and not supporting his forwards quite enough, St. Edmund's were given moments of respite when continued pressure would have increased the score. The 2nd XI playing against Canterbury House 1st XI drew 0-0, and the Und.er l1 XI have 2 victories to their credit, having beaten D.C.P.S. Coursehorn 1-0 and St. Edmund's Juruors 4-1. No House matches have as yet been played since the weather has interfered with arrangements for playing them. In conclusion it must be recorded with gratitude that we have had three visits from Mr. Ernie Webster, who has showed us how easy football can be made to look, but practice and more practice is the answer to the question "Oh, Sir, how do you do it 7", T.P.P ..

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EDITORIAL SCHOOL VIRTUTE VALETE SALVETE THIS AND THAT HOW WE WORK! A HOLIDAY IN SPAIN TO MR, SMITH '" CAT MAY MEW ... SOCIETIES ". LIBRARY NOTES THE SCHOOL CONCERT LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS RECITALS ". DECEMBER 29TH, 1170 ". VISIT TO EXHIBITION ". ELECTION NOTEBOOK THE STARS MOVE STILL CHARACTERS CROSSWORD THE BOXING CLUB THE BOAT CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING HOCKEY". C.C.F. NOTES ORIGINAL ". PUNCH CARTOON BOOK REVIEWS ". OXFORD LETTER CAMBRIDGE LETTER ". MALTA LETTER O.K.s. NEWS IN MEMORIAM ". ACCEPTED FREWIN THE SCHOOL ROLL CORRESPONDENCE CONTEMPORARIES J.K,S, ...

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EDITORIAL The state system of education, which has been pushed further towards its aim by the Labour Party in its last five years of government office, has done a great deal to undermine some of the justifications of the British public school. Fifty years ago the public school's case was an easy one to state. For a moderate fee the sons of middle and upper class parents could have a thorough grounding in Ithe arts or sciences, go on to a university, Sandhurst or the civil service, take up law or any of the professions- in fact, obtain no better start in life than that which could lead to the highest positions in all careers. Now however, the case for the public schools seems to be a different one. Social Reform has Âˇ brought with it improvement and equal chances in secondary schools. Many of these have offered their individuality to the state system, which has immediately repaid them with facilities and opportunities, in no way inferior to those of the public schools. It is therefore often suggested that public school fees are merely a waste of parents' money. But the verY., improvement of the state schools has cleared away from the public schools' case all those arguments which are of lesser importance. Parents know very well what the state school offers, and also know that the public school has something else as well. What that something is, becomes 337

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the discovery of every public school boy as he proceeds in his school career. Arid though he may not recognize it at first, it is surely that the Christian outlook is here respected and put into practice. The public school system is based upon the community, and the community must learn to function so that each of its individuals has the chance to fulfill his purpose. The tradition has grown up that this community life should be governed by Christian principles. The masters are prepared to share the life of the boys, and they take an individual interest in them. No drastic inculcation is preached or practised, but by their very relationship towards one another, both boy and master contribute to a Christian fellowship. It is not an obvious fellowship, but its true values are shewn up when one compares it with the relationship between masters and pupils at state schools. The state schoolmaster has been known to call a conference for the settlement of a dispute, whether or not masters should even as much as lunch with their pupils in the same dininghall, and if so, whether they should obtain overtime-pay. Such a situation is inconceivable in a public school. Masters here are prepared to live in the community, and to give something of their own character and personality to the school.. They give that personal attention to their students not only in their work and in their leisure, but in all aspects of their life. Thus, he who has been to a public school is a ble to take his place in any society in which he may find himself. Within four or five years he learns to respect the example of his masters, and is armed against any confusion the outer world may present, with the Christian attitude which he, by virtue of his upbringing, takes upon himself." We feel that as long as the public school has this great advantage to offer to its students, the system will continue. Indeed it will continue till such a time as the government is able to give the same advantage to the state schools. Not until then will there be a uniform system; and if uniformity is ever attained, it will be the public school which will set the example to be followed by the rest.

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THE SCHOOL Captain of the School: A. B. CURRY B. K. NEWTON Head of School House A. B. CURRY Head of The Grange ... I. D. HILL Head of Meister Omers P. R. SNOXALL Head of Luxmoore House 1. A. FRASER Head of Marlowe House ." R. J. SIMPKINS Head of Walpole House MONITORS A. B. CURRY, B. K. NEWTON, P. R. SNOXALL, R. D. H. ROBERTS, A. B. POLLOK, I. D. HILL, 1. A. G. STONEHOUSE, R. M. V. BEITH, P. J. WALKER, 1. G. C. MILNE, R. F. MOFFATT HOUSE MONITORS J. A. B. DENTON, J. R. GIBSON, R. O. A. NORRIS, F. G. J. NORTON, A. YOUNG. M. ALLEN, D. H. ELLIOTT, P. G. H. MANN, T. T. MORGAN, The Grange: A. E. H. PEDDER, S. YOUNG. A. M. EASTY, B. E. LEE, J. MOOR, R. W. G. REED, A. V. Meister Omers: SHUFFLEBOTHAM. Luxmoore House: C. BRENNAN, D. CLIFT, J. F. FOSTER, D. J. C. SNOXALL, H. D . TYMMS. T. H. BINBERG, 1. FOWLER, 1. A. FRASER. Marlowe House: D. M. COUPE, G. E. NASH, D. PESCHEK, R. J. SIMPKINS, Walpole House: M. TuMOR. R. M. V. BEITH Captain of Rugby Football P. 1. WALKER Captain of Hockey R. D. H. ROBERTS Captain of Boats B. E. LEE Captain of Cricket R. O. A. Norris Captain of Athletics ... . .. A. B. CURRY Captain of Cross-Country Running ... School House :

The Cantuariall EDITORIAL BOARD Editors: A. B. CURRY, B. K. NEWTON, R. D. H. ROBERTS Sub-Editors: J. E. M. LUCIE-SMITH, A. V. SHUFFLEBOTHAM Secretary: A. V. SHUFFLEBOTHAM

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES J. G. JELL.-Entered School, May, '46; Honorary King 's Scholar, Sept., '47 ; Upper VITH, Sept., '48; School Monitor, Sept., '49; Head of Walpole, Sept., '49; L/Cpl., J.T.C. P. R. PHiLLIPs.-Entered School, Sept., '45 ; Upper VIth, Sept. , '48 ; State Scholarship, July, '49 ; Open Scholarship (Natural Sciences) to Pembroke COllege, Cambridge, Dec., '49.

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J. M. ROTHERY.-Entered School, Sept., '44; Upper VIth, Sept., '47 ; School Monitor Sept., '49; Fencing and Squash Colours, '47; Captain of Tennis, '49; Sgt., J.T.C: G. T. WATsoN.- Entered School, Sept., '46 ;Âˇ King's Scholar; Upper VIth, Sept., '49; 1st XV Colours, '49; Cpl.,tJ.T.C.

VALETE D. A. L. Ansell, J. G. Bollom, A. W. Burtwell, P. M. Cockman, M. M. S. Finnis, T. lrlam, P. R. S. Jackson, M. D. McMillan, D. C. Nuthall, D. G. W. Ommanney, J. H. Partridge, A. S. Paterson, P. A. Read, D. E. 0'0. Thomas, J. P. Trowsdale, S. D. Valentine, J. Walker, T. R. Warren.

SALVETE J. C. Alabaster, T. J. Aldington, J. M. Armstead, K. H. Bingham, T. M. Clarke, S. Collier, R. J. Cornwell, C. P. Cowper, R. L. S., Fishlock, M. E. C. Hill, A. R. 'Johnson, C. P.Lawrance, D. R . Nevile, B. G. H. Page-Thomas, J. R. Peck, J. C. St. C. Rear, M. Taplin"W. E. S. Thomas.

THIS AND THAT Coinciding with the Headmaster's absence abroad, we learnt that Mr. J. B. Harris has been with the School now for thirty years. The School made him a small presentation in honour of this achievement, and we take the liberty here of congratulating him on a fine record! Achievement

The Headmaster and Mrs. Shirley are spending one month touring The Headmaster Spain and the Balearic Islands, a holiday which both deserve. We ill Spain hope that they enjoy their tour and return to Canterbury fully refreshed, and are sure that they will have some interesting tales to relate about the Franco Regime.

University Scholarships

May we congratulate J. G. C. Milne on gaining an Open Major Scholarship in Natural Science to Trinity College, Cambridge; P. R. Phillips on his Open Major Scholarship, and R. F. Moffatt on his Open Minor Scholarship both in Natural Science to Pembroke College, Cambridge.

With us for the Term

Mr. D. S. Goodes of Brasenose College, Oxford, has joined us this term to qualify for his Diploma of Education. He already has his B.A., teaches English, is a keen oarsman and plays the violin with the School Orchestra.

Another Scholarship

As we go to press we hear that J. G. JELL has been awarded an Open Scholarship in Modern Languages to Magdalen College, Oxford. We are all delighted. ;l4Q

'tHE CANTUAR1AN The School welcomes the hanging of the portrait of H. V. Cobb ' s Henry Venn Cobb's picture in the Dining Hall. Dignified and regal in his bearing, his Portrait ' picture makes a most imposing addition to our gallery of outstanding O.K.S., and we all know that Cobb deserves a special place of honour in this, the School ~hich he never forgot. His picture replaces that of Bishop Parry, who has found hIS way mto the Assembly Hall, named after hIm. A framed version of Rudyard lZipling's verses If . .. , which used to belong to H. V. Cobb, now hangs in the Boy Scouts' hut on Birley's Field . For these gifts we are most grateful to Mrs. E. G. Cobb and to Mr. E. A. Last-Smith. Several of us walked over to Preston-cum-Elmstone to represent the School at Dr. Knight's Induction at the Preston Church one Saturday in February. We arrived rather late, having crossed Grove Ferry while the Stour was in full flood, but were pleased to find the Church full and several O. K.S. present. The Archdeacon of Canterbury conducted th~ Service with numerous local priests attending. At the recepoon afterwards Dr. KDlght receIved a warm welcome from his parishioners, and in reply, he commented upon the apparent bleakness of the area. Coming home by 'bus, which wound its way through every remote marshland village, we learnt the truth of Dr. Knight's surmise. Early this term the School learnt a new setting to the Te Deum , and More Monastic? a noticeable change of atmosphere was remarked in the School Service as the new setting was in Plainsong. We feel that a change is always a good thing every now and again; this one being particularly suited to the Lenten period of the Church's year.

Dr. H. Knight

We must congratulate Carol Reed (O.K.S., 1917-22) on receiving Continued Success The Sketch presentation for the Direction of The Third Man, hailed as the best British film of 1949. We note too with pleasure the news of The Third Man's tumultuous welcome in the United States. The local Press at the beginning of term had an interesting account of the Vicar of Littlebourne's methods of securing a Sunday evening congregation. We read that he entered the most popular public house in his parish and asked for an increased congregation at Evensong. Numerous parishioners rose to the occaSlOn and gave the VlCar thell' assurance, but he, not satisfied with the mere word, made them wager a gallon of beer per man that they would be present in Church the next Suuda~. This agreed, the Vicar found a cro,,":ded Church, au experiment which we hope cononues to bear frUlt. We feel that the VIcar certalO,l1 knows the meaning of "Make to yourselves fnends of the mammon of unnghteousness .

Clerical Wager

New Excuse

IRATE MASTER: "Why are you late?" ASSURED NEW Boy: <lLuxmoore" !

In response to our Appeal, eleven O.K.S. so far have given new chairs. We need another 150 to complete the Parry. Each chair, with the donor's name and dates carved, costs rather more than ÂŁ4, for we omitted to mention Purchase Tax! Dare we hope for 150 O.K.S. subscribers?

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A Kentish newspaper of 1782 implies that Kent was then a more dangerous place than now, a nd butchers of those days could not have tolerated the restrictions of to-day. A paragraph runs: "We hear from Canterbury, Nov. 12th, that a few days since a melancholy accident happened at App ledore .... ~ lion that had been chain ed up there for upwards of twenty years, was let loose by the lI1advertency of a butcher of that place, and fell on the inhab itants with such fury, that severa l were left speechless upon the ground, and lI1any more slightly wounded; but by proper care being .taken, they are all li kely to recover. " "Canterbury, March 18. About a fortnight since a private soldier belonging to a regiment of Foot lying at Dover Castle, was sentenced I ,000 lashes for desertion; after receiving 650, he was sent back to the gua rd-house, where he langu ished ti ll Friday morning last, and then died. When the unfo rtunate lad (who, it appears, was on ly 18 year of age) had received 500 lashes, he in treated in the most pathetic manner for mercy, assuring those who stood ncar him, " his heart was breaking, and th at he must die if they flogged him any From a Kentish Paper of 1788

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Voltaire

[t is said that Voltaire once stayed in Canterbury for some time. It would be good to know that th is was. true.

" Thursday being the Anniversary of th e King's School Feast, an impressLve sermon was preached at the Cathed ral by the Rev. Mr. Plater, jun. in wh ich he set forth the adva ntage of a public classical education, and stated that the immortal Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood, was educated in that foundatio n; as were the present Lord Chief J ustice of England, and the Bishop of Peterborough." (It was this Charles Eaton Plater, O.K.S., who founded Marlborough College.)

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Those who took part in Ham/ef will be interested to hear that Douglas Wilmer, who helped with the production, has been playing Pilate in Spark in Judaea at the Oxford Playhouse. This new play tells of Pi late ' s efforts to stop the Crucifixion. " Douglas Wilmer made excellent use of his Douglas Wilmer

oppo rtunities as Pilate La give an admirable and moving study. " Confirmation by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury took place this term at 11.30 a.m. o n Saturday, 18th March, in the Choi r. The Eastern Crypt has pro ved more a nd more impracticable year by yea r, . with th c growth of schoo l numbers and confirmation candidates. Confirmatio n

This year has seen a great improvement in School Shooting, but the Club has not been able to make as much progress as it wo uld have liked owing to oth er activities. However, a School Record has been estab lished by the VIII in' a match agai nst St. Edmund 's School, when 655 points were sec ured out of a possible total of 680. The consistently good individual shooting has been attr ibuted by the Captain of Shooting to the help and patience ofR.S.M.L Marshall. Shooting Record

Heard on a 'b us from a local vicar: "Penitence on Ash Appropriate Ejection Date Wednesday; General E lection on the Thursday ; a nd the lot fa lls on St. Matthias, Friday." 342

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On February 15th the Boxi ng and Fencing teams returned defeated Corps Recovery from Eastbourne. But the teams ' prestige was upheld by the bnngLOg . back of a trophy of past battles. This trophy took the form of an O.T.C. Badge left upon the "enemy's" territory after a fi eld day m 1935. It has been suggested that this relic should now pass LOtO the Museum collectLon . The Geographic Board of Alberta .wrote recently to the Headmaster to Green Court, ask for information about the ongL11 of the name of a place 10 Alberta officially known as Greencourt. One of the inhabitants is anxious that Alberta it should be known as Green Court, as Lt was first given that name by a Mr. Hamilton Bayly, who was a master at the King's Schoo l from 1899 to 1908, when he went to Canada. " He named it after a green tnan gle pl aygro~nd 111 Ca nterbury, of which he was very fond." In view of the Headmaster's full descnptlOn of the Grecn Court and all its historical associations the Board LS hopL11 g to gLve Greencourt the original and proper form of its name. General Election Polling took place on a C?,rps Day, a~? the Naval Section app ropriately ran up the message Pro Patn a ,whLch we hope the people of Canterbury took to heart. It was ex~ected . that the message was to be "Vote wisely", but the Navy has more subtle ways of dOLO g thLOgS.

Naval Exhortation

A recent Press cutting has reached us through the post. "H,:,w long ", it asks, would it tak:; an averagely agLle M .P . to sp nnt across Westminster Bndge? ThLs questLon was asked after Lt was discovered that twelve London County Councillors are among the .Members of the new House of Commons. If an M.P. is at County Hall when a sn~p dLvLslOn tak~s place at Westminster, he will have six minutes from the start of the dL~L slOn bell to .get IIItO the lohby before the doors close. He can only cover the ground wLth a sp nnt, Lt seems. A fairly brisk walker needs a full seven minutes to get from the CouncLI Chamber to the Inner Lobby of the House of Commons by the shortest route.

M.P.'s in Training

We hear with dismay that a certain Cantor. from, the K ing's School unconsciously made an error at a St. MLldred s Church ServICe. Instead of praying for "the illumina.tion of all Bishops and Clergy", he chanted "elimination", a slip 0' the tongue, With which we hope that the spmt was not in accord. Kenneth Thomas (O.K.S., 1903-D5) in connection with our enquiries Scarborough into the mea nin g and origin of various archaIsms sends us}he folloWLOg note: " !think there is probably a close connectIOn between Scarborough Warning Ju stice " and the expression I<Scarborou~h W,~rning", on Whl~h there!~ a note in Brewer 's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. It begms : Blow first, warn LOg after and continues with the following quatrain from J. Heywood: " This term, ScmÂˇborrow warning grew, some say, By hasty hanging for rank robb~ry there. Who that was met, but suspect 111 that way, Straight he was trust up, whatever he were. "

Lapsus Linguae

THE CANTUARTAN It had become almost strange for the Citizens of Canterbury to see Bell Harry Tower of the Cathedral without scaffolding on one of its pinnacles. For forty years scaffolding has enclosed one or the other of them, to be removed only two years ago. But recent gales have been so strong as to make one of the pinnacles rock and to threaten the stability of the huge weather-vanes. The Cloisters had to be closed and the old scaffolding replaced when it was found that things really were dangerous. The North-West weather-vane was removed and agai n we may see Bell Harry encased.

Custom and Acquaintance

Spiritual and Material During the ceremony of the Crib in Canterbury Cathedral on Chnstmas Eve, one woman was heard, dunng one of the most solemn moments, to mutter to her neighbour: "If you want a sheep's head, so-andso's got some !". We are heartily glad that at their last meeting the Governors of the Another Governor School decided to invite Dr. Charles Budd, M.A., M.B. , M.e., T.D ., Deputy-Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire, and President of the O.K.S. Association, to join their number. This appointment will give the greatest satisfaction to all members of the School, past and present. Rowing Blue

Our most cordial congratulations to John Hinchliffe, Trinity College Oxford, who has been awarded his Blue, as Cox of the Oxford VIII. '

A Remarkable This re!"inds us that we ought to be proud of John Dalrymple's Production pr~ductlOn .of Gluck's Jphigenia lnTauris at Oxford last December. Is It the spmt of Canterbury or IS It Tnmty ? for John D. is also at Trinity. Before us lie reviews from the Observer, the Daily Herald, the Oxford Mail, the Manchester Guardian, the Art News and Review, The Times, the News Chronicle the New Statesman, the Telegraph, the Spectator, and other journals. We have also v~rbal testimony of some who saw the production. The reviews are most laudatory and all unite in acclaiming the production. We are very glad. ' Since the war much has been written about the incomes of clergymen. A letter lU The Times struck us as more useful than most on this subject and deserving wide notice. ' Sir,:-Is not on~ solution to the problem of clerical stipends that every priest, be he archblsho~ or assIstant curate, should be paid the same basic stipend and that necessary augmentatlOns be made as allowances for need-whether the need be the education of children or the entertainment of visiting celebrities, the visitation of a diocese or the visiting of ~ scattered country parish? In spite of the technical difficulties of reducing the Church s lUcome to one central fund, thIS course could be adopted, if the will to do it was there on the part of the episcopate. The gain to the Church would be incalculable. It would provide the world with an example (instead of exhortation) of the Christian answer to Communism in the sphere of social justice and it would eliminate careerists from the ranks of the clergy. I am, &c., HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON. 69 Prince's Gate. S.W.7 . To the Point?

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THE CANTU ARIAN We heartily congratulate A. R. Young on gaining an Open ScholarBalliol Scholarship ship to Balliol in History. This makes four Open Scholarships thiS year so far. As the Choir recited the 77th Psalm we were struck by the PrayerA Mistranslation? book translation of verse 6: "and in the night r commune with mine own heart, and search Qut my spirits". The plural word could

conjure up a comfortable bachelor condition, deep chair, slippers and the rest. In any event the phrase "search ?ut my ~~ irits'~ is difficult to und ersta~d. Th~ Bl~I~,verslOn, both Authorized and ReVised EdItIOns, IS far better and clear III meaDlng . and my spirit made diligent search ". The Lowland Scotch version reads very strong : "an' my speerit maede eident serch". " In Had ley' s shop I met Dewing who told me of a most extraordinary misfortune that befell Pope the curate ofCusop yesterday at the Whitney Confirmation. He had one candidate Miss Stokes a farmer's daughter and they went together by train. Pope went in a cutaway coat very short, with his dog, and took no gown . The train was very late. He came very. late mto church and sat down on a bench with the girl cheek by jowl. When It came to hiS turn to present hIS ca ndIdate he was told by the Rector (Henry Dew) or someone in authority to explain why he came so late. The Bishop of Hereford (Allay) has a new fashIOn of confirmmg only two J>ersons at a time kneeling at the rails. The Bishop had marked two young people come tn very late and ~vhen they came up to the rails thinking from Pope 's youthful appearance and from his having no gown that he was a young farmer candIdate and brother of the gIrl, he spoke to them severely and told them to come all and kneel down for they were extremely late. Pope tried to explain that he w.as a clergyman ~nd th~t the girl was hIS candidate but the Bishop was overbearing and Impenous and either did not hear or dId not attend seeming to think he was dealing with a refractory ill-conditIOned youth. "I know, .i know" , he said. "Come at o~ce, knee~ down, kneel down". ~oor Pope resisted a long time and had a long battle With the BIshop, but at last unhappIly he was overborne in the struggle, lost his head, gave way, knelt down and was confll'tned there and then, and no one seems to have interfered to save him, though ML Palmer of Eardesley and others were sitting close by and the whole Church was III a lItter. It IS a most unfortunate thing and will never be forgotten and It WIll be unhappIly ~Joke agatnst Pope all his life. The Bishop was told of his mistake afterwards and apologIzed to Pope, though rather shortly and cavalierly. He srud, what was quite true, that Pope ought to have come in his gown. But there was a lIttle fault on all SIdes for If the BIshop had been a little less hasty, rough and overbearing in his manner things mIght have been explained, and the bystanding clergy were certainly very much to blame for not stepptng forward and preventing such a farce. I fear poor Pope will be very much vexed, hurt and dispirited about it. " (Kilvert's Diary, Vol. I, pp. 73-4; London, 1938) What Effect?

THE CANTUARTAN The C.C.F. Notice Board recently displayed a notice to this effect. "Applications to go on a Course for Successful Marriage and Family LIfe may be made by Officers and other ranks, including W.R .A. C. Applicants must be suitable persons interested in preparation for marriage and for family life. " Army Course

A Society ~nam~ withheld for courtesy's sake) advertised a Free Reading the PresIdent s Room at 8 p.m. on a Saturday evening : " Free-Reading extracts should be limited to five to ten minutes duration unless they prove interes ting." ! ' Vain I-Iol'e

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The School Liberal Party is known to have put up a memorandum Liberal Fears containing the following points of outstanding interest :_ " Resolution 10. That the Party Agent have a copy of the Riot Act on his person at all Liberal Party Meetings in case of disturbance from Non-Party Members. Resolution 15. That each supporter bring to the Poll a persuaded friend. Resolution 16. That all Liberals without friends find one quickly." HEARD IN ASSEMBLY C?ne February morning the}chool (perhaps not fully awake by Assembly time) had to be told that It appears to have escaped the notice of the School that it is raining. A lot of you are just standing around getting

More Bovine

Than Ever'

wet."

What is it that is so funny about notices on the subject of sausages? We remember a Dining Hall Monitor from Cornwall days who acquired the nickname "Sausage", after an eloquent address to the School on this subject. This term again there has been another example when the Captain of School gave out that a King's boy had left a pound of saus;ges on the counter of a Messrs. Philpott's shop. Why one of us should want a pound of sausages we cannot guess, especially as we have no facilities on which to cook them . Sausages Again

Pheidil'pides

gives us his thoughts as a Cross-Country Runner: " The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions".

Everyone connected with the School will wish to extend thei r sympathy to Mrs. Benn, whose husband dIed suddenly on March 9th.

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HOW WE WORK Our contemporaries will sympathize when they think of the trouble we go to, in the production of this magazine 's most vital part-the Editorial. Editorials often examine the reasons for the tribulation involved in their production ; and the self-pitying Editorial we all know is the most easy to write. How many of our contemporaries have sought this way out! Examination of our fellow magazines-particularly their opening words- shows us that their Editorial Boards function as a body and that the Editorial is a .corporate effort. But in so many cases, they find httle to say WIth whIch they all are 111 accord. The Cantuarian has long since realised that the composition of an Editorial is a most personal affair, and that,no two persons ' opinio~s-:-be theY.oI1.t~e same subject-a~e 5,0

successfully and harmo111ously recorded as the opl111on of an mdlvldual. The Can{uanan s method is to lereach of the Editors write in turn . Thus the result is no mediocrity, but the final and conclusive opinion of the Editor writing! The result is then passed on to the other members of the Board, who either accept or reject it. If rejected, then the writer returns once more to his desk, turns the pages of his notebook and finds a new theme. It was only a few weeks ago that the form of The Cantuarian came in for much criticism from the Debating Society. But although there were charges that The Call1uarian was printed as a sort of prospectus and as a form of propaganda for the Universities, the Editor's system was not attacked so much as was !'xpected. The Editorial was the one part of the magazine whlCh escaped the charge ofbelllg wntten as a School advertisement. It would seem that the Editors themselves are not in complete agreement on the magazine's precise object. But this considered, it says much for the present system that the lack of unanimity goes undetected. For all the cntlclsm whIch was put forward dunng. that Debate the Editors note that no new form of Cantuarian was suggested III pOSItIve, concret~ terms. We therefore intend to continue as we always have done, maintaining our tradition and correcting the most obvious mistakes, as a result of our experience.

A HOLIDAY IN SPAIN "Are you going to write a book about Spain ?", enquired my hostess in a gentle and friendly voice. "Good gracious, no", I replied, "I shall be here only for a month." "Oh, well", she said, "Mrs. X did, and she spent three weeks here; and I beheve she lectured to Women's Institutes about it. " I cannot write a book about Spain, but I can attempt some description of those parts I visited in order to induce English people to visit that country. It was very little of Spain, in fact, that I covered. Through the generosity of my f~iend s therc.I was. able to see a good deal of the North-East part, of which Barcelona IS the pnnClpal CIty, and after that I spent a good time in Majorca, an island of about the size of Cornwall, some 100 or more miles from the coast of the Peninsula. At the present moment there can be no doubt that Majorca offers unrivalled attractions to the English tourist. It is an indescribably beautiful island with a most congenial climate. It rained for one day during my three weeks there; otherwise the sun shone out every day, ~7

THE CANTUARJAN and sky and sea were alike blue. As much of the isl~n<\ is mountainous, the walker and the hiker can be very happy. If you like swimming, there are scores of beaches, and you can bathe all the year round . There is a good deal of Tennis too. If your tastes are aesthetic, they can be gratified by superb architecture. The student and the antiquarian will find the island rich in history. At this moment you can feast your eyes on almond blossom, mimosa, bougainvillea, geraniums to wall-height, roses, and carnations. You can pick oranges and lemons from the trees. I have been to many places in the Mediterranean, but never before to such a place as this which seems to embrace all the qualities that the holiday-seeker wants. If anyone proposes to visit Majorca, he should stay at Palma to begin with. The bay is a gorgeous sight whether at sunrise or sunset- it is many years now since I saw the Bay of Naples, but it is not superior to that of Palma. There is so much to see in the Capital-its old town is unique-you can put yourself into the Middle Ages easily- and its domestic architecture is delightful. I am sure that all architects should be compelled to spend some months in Palma, to study the construction of houses which are strong, commodious and beautiful. Not that the inhabitants seem particularly aware how attractive, indeed how unmatched, their old mediaeval city is. Perhaps this is because they can build superbly still. Yet even there-as in ancient cities of our own countryyou will find people prepared to pull down this house and that corner, to sweep away this street or that plaza, in order to have " nice new modern streets". If folk of that mind get the upper hand-and they are at the moment powerful-you cannot be sure how much of ancient Palma will in ten years' time exist. But they will make a grave error if they do "modernize" the place, for it is the very antiquity and uniqueness of Palma that is attactive to English and American visitors. After all, you can find bathingbeaches all along the Rivieras, and many Mediterranean places afford good climate and lovely views; the trip to Majorca does mean another 150 miles or so, to be accomplished by boat or by aeroplane, but the extra journey is well worth while, as long as Majorca treasures what these other places no longer possess.

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You would like the inhabitants of the island, especially those in the country districts. They are courtesy itself. Everyone says "good day" to yo u, as you pass, or as they enter your railway carriage, and "good-bye" as you separate. Old men sunning themselves on country roads will rise and bow in answer to your greeting. I covered most of the island partly on foot, in part by rail and by occasional bus-for the bus service and train service are indeed rather occasional. Sheer weariness induced me at times to solicit a lift- now and then on a lorry, once on a donkey cart conveying bags of onions and beans; so far from ever being refused, I was made to feel that I was giving my host pleasure; not once would any driver accept a tip, but a cordial handshake and farewell put us on our respective ways. On one occasion in a wild part of the island I was making for a small town and by 7 p.m. darkness had descended; it was a mountainous road, shadowed with pine-woods, and I had walked well over twenty miles, and had seen only one human being for hours. Out of the gloomy woods came two young men, to whom I made known my weary condition; one volunteered to go on with me, the other ran ahead to the town five miles away, in order to bring a car as quickly as possible. I shall remember with gratitude everything I experienced in Majorca, but most of all the genuine kindness and courtesy of the Mallorquines.

tHE CANTUARJAN Noone need allow his ignorance of the Spanish language to deter him from visiting that country. In the first place, many people speak or understand English. In the second place, a knowledge of a few common words and the numerals from. I to 20 Will take you a long way. The happiest solutIOn IS to carry a pocket tw,?-way dictIOnary. Then conversation is a delight; you look up your word, and the Spalllard looks up hiS, and so you o on and you both understand one another and it IS a source of IIlfimte merrIment ro yo~ both. Positively, I think it i~ an advanta&e not to know the lang,;,age, for then you are perforce brought into more mtImate relatlOnshl!? with the other Side. A pocket dictionary, a coffee and a cognac-and you can both enJoy yourselves.

TO MR. SMITH THE NEW MASTER OF CANTERBURY SCHOOL This place by Royal Henry sett apart, To teach our youth ye rudiments of art, Since when not Phoebus nor one chearfull muse Deigned ye least ray of influence to infuse. Full fraught with tedious rules they plodded on Till Phoebus sent his best his darling son. Valerio fills ye Majesterial Chair And all Pam ass us train attend him there To ye Forsaken mount I now no more For inspiration fly, but yo u implore. Valerio you have mighty changes wroght The brightest poets into use are brought. Yr Scholars lisping tongues inured to verse, Surprised I heard ym Waler 's lines rehearse. All would instructIons from Valeno seek, That ever hear 'd him from ye pulpit speak. He virtue moves in so sublime a way,

As give's our thoughts no liberty to stray. Charmed with ye fine Idea's of his song, Wee fear t'will cease but never think it long. Pitty should undistinguisht lay this worth, Att once concealed att Preston & Stormouth, Ah ! frightfull names, in poetry unc;outh. To please those rusticks Bateman should be brought, Who never could out fly their reach of thought. Whilst here our Orpheus with ye tunefull nine, In such effusive Rays of Glory shine As Shackspears, Prior 's, Stanhops, will create, To grace ye pulpit, and Adorn ye state. Thus Albion's Eloquence be fame'd as far As all its Glorious chiefs and Conquers in war. FINIS 349

THE CANTUARjAN 'the original of this poem-a single sheet-was offered to me by a well-known bookseller. Naturally I bought it, for it is an original Manuscript and has value in its testimony to the worth of John Smith. John Smith succeeded David Jones-who inaugurated our Library- as Headmaster in 1713,. dying at Canterbury in 1718. The authors of the School History are unable to identify this John Smith (pp. 156-157) completely, but I think his career can now be made out. He was a King's Scholar here, and proceeded to Corpus, Cambridge, in 1693 ; he took his B.A. in 1698, and M.A. 1711. In 1701 he was ordained Deacon, and priest in 1706. He held the following appointments :Vicar of Preston 1706- 1718 Vicar of Milton 1711-1718 Chaplain to the Earl of Jersey Headmaster K.S.C. 1713-17 18

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The private note about him in Archbishop Wake's Notebook in the Cathedral Library is "Vir satis eruditus",

Smith was a pluralist, like many others of his time- if not most. But he was careful to keep curates in both his livings. Henry Waddell, also of Corpus, was curate at Preston, at ÂŁ20 p.a. with perquisites, while Mr. Samuel Wood, " nullus academicus", resided at Milton for ÂŁ32 a year. The authors of the School History are probably incorrect in saying that Smith's appointment as Headmaster was conditional on his resigning the living of Milton: at all events such condition seems not to have been fulfilled, for he appears to have held the living till his death, according to the Archiepiscopal Registers. (Wake, Register, Vol. I, fo1. 302.) F.J.S.

'CAT MAY MEW, BUT DOG WILL HAVE HIS DAY' An article by

OUI'

special correspondent in Milan spotlighting one of the more important polilical evenls ill Ihal city

The sirens of police cars and military jeeps so unded throughout the streets converging on Milan's equivalent to Paris' Place de I 'Opera. As the forces of law and order swung into Scala Square, the row of the demonstrators reached a deafening creasendo. With truncheons brandished, wearing polished leather revolver holsters, determined-faced police strode on to the scene. Helmets well down and arms linked, the police set about the clearance of the square as if according to routine. 350

THE CANTUARTAN But to-day it was different: the police had crossed the path of a new force, whose strength was as yet untested. Instead of the demonstrators being herded out of the Square in the usual way, they slipped the arms of the gendarmes, so that the poltce found themselves in the midst of the demonstrators. The episode was one among mallY which took place during a political scene staged by the dogs of the city of Milan. The Municipal Council had brought a crisis upon them by decreeing that the price of dog licences should be doubled, on the grounds that dogs kept as pets were luxuries, and luxuries had to be taxed. The news of the Council's decision was received III consternatIOn by Milanese dog-owners- and Indeed by the dogs themselves. The owners were the first to take li p the cause, and it was decided to hold a parade of protest in front of the City Hall, followed by a procession past the Mayoral Residence. The dog-owners soo n found their plans frustrated, for the police announced that the demonstration was illegal and that no official permit had been obtained. But the dogs' hopes did not sink with those of their masters. The next morning at 9.30 the police ban was ignored, and in front of the Scala Opera House the first of the demonstrators began to assemble. A fox terrier, popularly known as Niki, dragged his owner behind him on a lead, thus giving extra weight to his opinion. Another, fixed to his collar, had a placard announcing that "We are useful animals; let us live and don't persecute us !". By ten o 'clock about five hundred dogs had assembled complete with their masters. A large number of Independents strayed in to give a feeling of universal solidarity, bringing the total up to something like a thousand. Every class of dog society was represented, from Aristos like Popi, one of the seventy-five pure bred fox terriers in Italy, to voluntary social workers like Norma, who does spare-time watch-dog duties at the factory. The first speech came from a terrier by the name of Leo at 10.15, his sentiments living up to his name. So much were they in accord with the rest of the assembly that protracted applause prevented other speakers from saying what! they intended. It was the echoes of the barking dogs which brought the police on to the scene at 10.30, after only a quarter of an hour 's speech making. The scene was indeed a bewildering one for police and dogs alike. For the police had powers to deal with, not the dogs, but with their masters, who only were subject to the ban. By the time that the Chief of Police had arrived, many of the gendarmes had been swallowed up in the ranks of the demonstrators. The ensuing confusion resulted in a strained situation in one section of the crowd, which was only relieved when a small mongrel, Ara, dashed forward in front of the Chief of Police. Ara sat up and begged, looking at him with watery brown eyes. The Chief of Police hesitated: then, relenting, he patted Ara's head. His subordinates seeing the new line of the Chief's policy, followed it up with a seemingly endless series of official pats and "Good Dogs !". The meeting broke up quietly, the dogs shewing that conciliation had been effected by three tail-wags for the Chief of Police. Editorial Commenl " This seems a lall slory, bUI in Ihe evenl of its Irulh we are prepared to admit that" Dog is a political animal".

THE

CANTUARTAN

THE

SOCIETIES

PATER SOCIETY Preside"t : J. C.

H OWE, EsQ.

/-lOll.

Secretary: J .

D. D. PORTER

The Pater Society Programme for this term is again an ideal. and one to be fulfilled. Classics at the best of times is not a subject of general interest; and again 'counter attractions belie OUf path while â&#x20AC;˘ influenza has done its worst to take its toll. But we can look back to last term to report a real triumph for all those who took part in the mock trial of a Roman Governor for extortion in the Province of Ractica. The eloquent st ruggle between Horlen si us and Cicero resulted (alas! for Cicero's reput ation) in the acquitta l of the Governor. But hi s licentious character and inner motives were so unmasked Ihat even Hortensius' corruption of the jury cou ld not prevent the necessity of the Governor's self-ex ile. Anot.her sll<7essfu.1 meet i n~, wh ic.h we h?pe t~ ,repcat t1.1is .term, was thc customary };V,u7rOQIOJl, when thc tOPIC f~r diSCUSSion wa~ f 'asslcs v I-I lst~ry . To this list we have added a Free Reading, and hope for a meetmg of the Atheman EICICA'lqla besides a Play-reading.

WALPOLE SOCIETY President: J . H. CoRNF.R, EsQ"

H OIl.

Secretary: J. A. ROWE

The Society this term has been as lively and varied in its activities as ever, and has welcomed several new members. On February 11th, we listened to a fascinating talk by the Assistant Ch ief Constable for Kent, Mr. Fowler. He gave us a brief history of the Force, and shewed us its range and purpose and illustrate~. this by ~is ~..,..,n person~1 experiences. Other activities included a mock trial , when the Se~retary pleaded Not Gutlty ~o br~akll1g mto the Tuc.k Shop- a .doubtful case on the whole, since the jury seemed. t~ have been ~nbed In advance. A readmg of Sheridan's The ,Rim/s sat isfied those of us with dramatl~ mterests,. while .the deb<l:ters of our num ber fO~lIld ~heir ~Iement in an intriguing discussion on the ments of our lespeclive hobbles. An end-of-term diversion Will be spent at an evening of charades.

RAILWAY SOCIETY Presidellt,'

C . W. WARD,

EsQ.

HOIl . Secretary,' I. MACPHERSON

" L~st term, after The Callfll~ria/~ ~',Id g~ne to press , the Society saw films on "Track Relaying" and AJou~ne~ from Purley to Vlctona . It IS hoped to have films on " Bui lding a Gauge 0 Steam Mogul" and" Sldehghts of a Merc~ant Navy Locomotive" this ten~. To th~ date of going to press the Society has watched a demonstration of a gauge 0 steam locomoti ve and hstened to papers on "Signalling" and" Freight" by T. J. Docksey and W. G. Watkins respectively.

CAXTON SOCIETY President,' H . W. OSMOND, EsQ.

Hon. Secretary,' J. A. LINE

After our unfortunate loss of Mr. D. A. Kimmins (President) and D. R . Barber (Hon. Secretary) at the end of la st t~rm. we. turn to welcome Mr. H. W. Osmond and Mr. C. W. Ward as Presidents. The work of the SocIety, which ha~ und0l!btedl;: become an important factor in many School acti vities. has been abruptly stoppe~ for an l."defiOite penod by the breakdown of the centenarian machine. Now is the chance f~r the Society to enJOY a lecture or two and a visit to some printing works. We have arranged for ~r.~. HIckson of the Canterbury Art School to talk to us, and next holidays will go over Waterlow's RadIO Tunes works.

THE CANTUARIAN MUSIC SOCIETY H OIl. Secretary: B. CASSIDY President : T. A. S. WRIGHT, EsQ. The great Dr. Johnson once said: â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Of all noises, music is the most pleasant. ,. Lf he could be here for our Members ' concert, he could not even have said that the no ise was pleasant. This concert, which will have taken place by the time this goes to press, consists of various items played by members on ly. One of the main attractions is the sight-reading ensemble, in which "everybody capable of playing anything gets together and produces something for their OWII enjoyment! ". Unfortunately, both meeti ngs and numbers have been small this term- meetings, because our usual meeting time, Sunday evening, has generally been taken lip with other compulsory activities; numbers, because some of ollr members have deserted and joined the ranks of the new Gramophone Society. The meetings which we have had have been interesting. Mr. K. H. Yates, who has since been elected a Vice-President gave a very fine Gramophone Recital with a witty commentary at the beginning of term. Later there was 'a Brains Trust at which Mr. H. J. Meadows was Question-Master. Besides the Members' Concert, there is yet to be a recita l in which Mr. Michael Law will play 11.1e clarinet, and in the ~ame concert there will be a performance of a new Oboe Rhapsody by the PreS ident, Mr. T. A. S. Wnght. Last term's Calltuariall went to press too early to include mention of the Gala Night. This consisted mainly of eating, followed by some rather jolly party games, all in the Christmas spirit, with, of course, the traditional Musical Chairs! Needless to say, it was a great success. We welcome any new members who are in any way interested in music. The aim of the Society is to enjoy music for ml}sic's sake, so please come and join the ranks of the music-lovers in the School- you will be amply repaid.

HARVEY SOCIETY President,' F.

EsQ.

H OIl. Secretary,' D. H. TAYLOR [t seems that Science for once has lost its attraction in the School; that is, if we may judge by the Harvey Society. The reassertiot1. of the. D~bating Society has had the effect of eclipsing its Science R ival, and Politics have stolen the fire of CUflOSlty. Our only meeting this term has been well attended. It toC?k the form of a joint paper by.AUe!1 an.d Milne on the subject of .. Code". Both spe<l;k.ers held our mterest, but we suspect that MIlne III ~IS final decodification was the agent of some polillcal manoeuvre. How else can we look upon a finanC ial appeal for Liberal Party election expenses? The election over, we look to the future for a more vigorous programme.

STANGER,

DEBATING SOCIETY Presidellt,' W. O. THOMAS, EsQ.

HOIl.

Secretary: D. S.

J ENKINS

A Balloon Debate was held on Tuesday, February 17th. B. K. Newton spoke first on behalf of C. A. Greenstreet, Esq. At the end of a quarter of an hour he had been described as a conscientious citizen, typical English gentleman and School benefactor. J. E. M. Lucie-Smith defended Sir Alfred Munnings on the grounds that he was the only artist capable of painting horses in motion, and that he was employed at the moment of the balloon's descent in painting his last masterpiece and must be saved. R. D. H . Roberts announced that Stalin was the greatest world figure of the day, and besides his political prowess held great personal charm. The speech culminated in two quotations from a Communist newspaper, announcing that Stalin was "the name dearest to the ordinary people of the world". P. R. Newsome said he did not wish to defend Bob Hope as a man but as a comedian. Laughter was one of the greatest tonics in the world (here, a sureptitious interruption that Nutrilene Hair Tonic had more potent ingredients than laughter) and Mr. Hope was one of the greatest American comedians of the day.

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Before defending Lord Lyle, F. G. J. Norton exhibited some "Mr. Cubes", and then he said that Lord Lyle was the first man to stand up against the Government, and also that he was t he best sportsman in the balloon, and路 had a certain talent for poetry. I. C. Macpherson defended T. S. Eliot as a poet, playwright, critic, dramatist, and the sole representative of writers in the balloon. The speech cnded with an appeal not to throw out the descendant of Shakespeare. M. D. Manning路Prcss attacked the other occupants of the balloon and then sa id that Sir Adrian Bo ult should be left among the clouds for it was from the heavens that a musician 's inspiration came. The Honorary Secretary, D, S. Jenkins, was the last to speak, and he reminded the house that only two of the speakers had attacked Stewart Macpherson, and only then for paltry reasons. Mr. Macpherson was a practical man and had a voice never to be forgotten by the millions who heard him speak! The results were: S. Macpherson, 11 votes; Lord Lyle, 6; Sir A. Munnings, 4; C. Greenstreet, Esq., Stalin, Bob Ho pe and T. S. Eliot, 2 votes; Sir A. Boult , O. The second Debate was held on 14th February. The motion was "That this house would welcome a new form of Cal1(uarimt". B. K. Newton was the proposer and said Th e Callillariall was merely propaganda, and numerous examples were quoted. The verse of the magazine was attacked, and the editors were severely critici zed. He ended by saying that for a model magazine, the Bryanstol/ Saga should be studied. R. D. H. Roberts opened for the opposition and said the magazi ne had a two-foLd object, to act as a chron icle of events in the life of the School and as an outlet for路 the literary talent. He attacked the criticisms of the prev ious speaker, and then reminded the house of the wording of the motion. A. V. Shuffiebotham, seconding the proposition, praised the previous speaker for mak ing sllch a good argument out of such poor material. The Calltuariall was again called a propaganda machine, and was said to be full of snob appeal. He said that what the School wanted was a magazine by the boys for the boys. J. E. M. Lucie-Smith for the opposition said the magazine was a li terary review, and should not be turned into a Lilliput. He criticized the verse of the BryanstoJ/ Saga and said he had never stooped to such levels as some of its wri ters. The C(llllllarian was dignified and well~written, containing the genius of the future. The Chairman said that propaganda was a bsolutely necessary for a school, that some literary outlet had also to be found, and the magazine supplied this. A division of the house was taken and the motion was defeated by six votes to nine. On Tuesday, February 21st, the much publicized mock elect ion took place. A record attendance of 258 was recorded. J. E. M. Lucie路Smith, the Liberal candidate, was the first speaker. After reading a poem adapted from the " Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer", he outlined the Liberal policy. Emphasis was laid on world federation, Home Rule for Scotland and Wales, decentralization in Local Government and co-ownership in industry. Abolition of COil scrip lion and P.A.Y.E., Food Subsidies and ImperiaLpreference were advocated. The Commllni sts were called enemies of Democracy, tho Labour Government were attacked for waste and repression, the Conservatives were blamed for the m uddle of the years J 918- 1939, and were called a selfish party. He ended with an appeal to the house to vote Liberal. D. S. Jenkins, the Co nservative. was the next speaker; he said the nation was at a turning point in its history. If the Socialists were returned it would continue its downfall ; if the Conservatives won , Britain would be set on the right road. Each link of empire would be strengt hened and development of raw materials and food stuffs speeded up. Government waste a nd extravagance would be cut down ; and in industry monopoly and burea ucracy would give way to competition and enterprise. Restrictive licences would be removed ~n the building trade. The Conservative policy towards Scotland and Wales was given, and then a pledge that all the Conservat ives did. they would do for the nation as a whole: they would not be the masters of the country but the servants. Jenkins ended with a quotation from Churchill 's broadcast speech. .. Let us make a supreme effort to surmount our dangers. Let faith, not appetite, guide our steps. There still remain forces in our Island that can bring a U our true glories back and li ft our people once again to the vanguard of Christian civilization to revive and save the world. ,>

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MARLOWE SOCIETY President: S. S. SOPWITH, EsQ. Secretary: R. D. H . ROBERTS The Society has planned a full programme for the term of three papers by members, a gener~l disc.ussion , and one paper to be given by Mr. Paul Dehn as gue~t speaker. To date we have held our diSCUSSion, on February 11th, and heard a paper from J. G. C. Milne a week later. Our subject for discussion: "The 20th century has seen the most important changes i!1literatur~, art and music since the end of the 17th century", produced plenty of argument but no d e ~nlte conchlslons. The Secretary opened the argu~e nt b~ pointing out the ~igni ficance of the dates, and It was agreed that modern artists, poets and mUSICians did tend to take theIr models from before 1700. J E M Luc i e~Smith was well to the fore, and under his voluble direction the Society traced an intriguing patter~ for the past and future development of the arts. I~ took, very rou~hly, the s~ape of a series of diamond-shaped hour-glasses, with periods of concentratIOn l:nd expa!lslOn . fo~l?wlflg upon another. We were impressed by the neatness of our creation but not convlflced of ItS rehablhty, particularly as .we were unable to decide when the last period of concentration had corne, or whether we were squeezlIlg through it at the moment. The President was conspicuous throughout by a brave but vain effort to keep the Society to the point. J G C. Milne 's paper dealt with the Lives and Works of Galileo and Faraday. Milne gave us a re~arkably full yet concentrated account of the lives of the two s.cientists, and did his best, o.u~ of respect to our ignorance, not to be technical. We were, howeve:, conSCIOUS that we trod on unfamlhar ground, and quest ions were guarded, lest we shou ld betray how little we knew. The Society looks forward eagerly to papers from J. E. M. Lucie-Smith on "Landscape in French Art", A. Young on "Soviet Literature", and Mr. Paul Dehn on "Poetry in Schools".

THE LIBRARY We aknowledge with gratitude gifts of books from the following O.K.S. :- D. A. L. Ansell, P. M. Cockman, M. M. S. Finnis, O. K. Johnson, A. A. Kneller, P. C. V. Lawless, K. G. T. Stuart; and the generous gift of Dr. Budd, a copy of The Ancient Glass oj Canterbury Cathedral. We thank also fo~ numerous books T. A. Walker, Esq.! and Mrs. Boys Behrens, and Mrs. Mowll for her gIft of bound volumes of The Cantuarzan. May we appeal to O.K.S. and friends for books. Good fiction , biography and books of travel are especially popular; and we should be most grateful for the gift of such.

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THE SCHOOL CONCERT DECEMBER, 1949 The School Concert took place at 8 p.m., December 17th, the last Saturday of the term, in the Chapter House. By 8 p.m. there was a full house with the School and some 250 visitors. A conventional beginning with an uninteresting performance of Handel's Water Music led us to believe that the Concert was to be a dull, stereotyped affair. Looking down the programme we could see that much of it consisted of works already heard at previous concerts during the year. But the initial impression was soon to be removed and we were pleasantly surprised. The programme continued with Mozart's Concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra; a work which had not been played to the School before, and it was evident that the School appreciated the performance of both H. I. Duck at the piano and that of the orchestra. Although the Minuet from Handel's Samson, the Allegretto Movement from the Military Symphony by Haydn and the March from Wagner's Tannhauser were familiar, the orchestra gave lively performances, and the Wagner March was greeted with its customary enthusiastic applause. The Woodwind Solos combined to produce a novel item on the concert programme. P. J. Allen (flute), B. I. G. Hyatt (bassoon), J. B. Phillips (clarinet) and M. D. ManningPress (oboe) each played a short piece on his respective instrument. These solos were prefaced with a humorous introduction by Mr. P. Purcell. Mouvements Perpetuels (Poulenc), played by J. G. Jell, seemed as though they should have been in a category of their own. A contrast in mood and treatment to the other works, they came as a breath of fresh air into a crowded hall.

The choral items consisted of four carols of contrasting moods. The treble solos in Myn Lyking and Balula/ow caught the pathos of Heseltine's music, and the result seemed sheer perfection. Walford Davies' The Holly and the Ivy was notable for the precision of the Chorus, while Ding Dong! Merrily on High was a masterpiece of tone and volume while it did not altogether lack spirit. It was perhaps disconcerting from the Choir'~ pomt of vie,,:, to have an audlen~e not knowmg whether to shew its appreciation by applause. ThiS IS often the case, so It se.ems, when there is sacred music on the programme. But here there was really httle excuse Sll1ce the carols were not strictly Christian Worship though we have heard some offered in lieu of anthems in the Cathedral. Perhaps by next year embarrassment will be forestalled by some definite agreement. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was R. A. M. Baster's solo violin performance of two pieces arranged by Kreisler: Pugnani's Tempo di Minuetlo and Danse Espagnole by Granados. Bast~r was. obVIOusly In good form and a second hearing of Pugnani's piece was well repaid. HIS performance of the Spanish Dance with its characteristic moods and pizzicato playing enchanted the audience, and several calls and mounting applause won from Baster a delightful encore in the same style. 356

THE CANTUARJAN After an interval the spirit of festivity joined us with the Military Band conducted by Mr. P. Purcell. The atmosphere was appropriately likened to that at the Roya l Albert Hall on the last night of a Promenade Concert Season; and the Military Band did nothing to disappoint a keen audience. "That grand old march" from Handel is Scipio opened the final part of the programme, and Mr. Purcell as conductor managed not only to get the very best from the band, but also captivated the humour of the audience by his antics(?) on the rostrum . These in no way depreciated tbe value of the music but considerably contributed to its success. Mr. Purcell hoped that the Rustic Dance by Woodhouse would change the mood. Certainly less ostentatious conducting lessened the optical appeal, but it was clear that the mood was essentially the same. The Traditional Sea Songs: Hearts of Oak, Sailors' Hornpipe and Ru/e, Britannia, were greeted with encores and sustained applause. The concert came to a very hilarious end with the customary clapping in time to the Hornpipe. We must congratulate Mr. Purcell and the Military Band for their fine achievement, which is made remarkable by the fact that the Military Band has been created within four terms. One would hardly have expected to have heard any concerted performance from the members of the Band in so short a time, especially as most of the performers a year ago had never seen their instruments. However, they not only gave us the pleasure of hearing them, but carried all with them to make the evening an outstanding success. We must tbank Dr. Suttle, Mr. Purcell, the soloists and the members of both orchestra and band for the best School Concert we have-ever had. Everyone concerned deserved all the applause they received, and wish the orchestra and band continued success in concerts to come. PIANO ET FORTE

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS SCHOOL HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT It is not often that a House has the talent to write, compose and produce its own Opera. All credit must be given to the librettist J. E. M. Lucie-Smith and to the composer Bernard Cassidy for their effort. It was not the traditional "Dick Whittington" that we saw; his attitude to life was quite modern, he was a go-getter. The rich London merchant had become a canon to add topical interest. The plot was not strong but the interest of the audience was held all the time, though perhaps tbe suspense was due to that uncomfortable feeling that although things were going well at one moment, they might break down the next. They never did, more by luck than judgment. The main parts, taken by R. G. C. Davy as Dick Wbittington, B. K. Newton as the canon and J. Cassidy as his daughter, Rose, were well played. Of the minor parts, D. H. Mizen as the Cannibal King deserves mention. The chorus could not always be heard, but that can be blamed on the notorious acoustics of the Chapter House. 357

THE CA Nl'U ARIAN The music was simple, but in keeping with its subject, and there were some quite catchy songs. There were two very well contrived entrances-one when the Canon first appeared, singing: "I'm a poor bewildered Canon Torn in half 'twixt God and Mammon. " The second came in the fourth scene with the Cannibal King's "Rats, rats, rats, they're driving me bats . . . " We cannot remember who eventually married who, the ending came as a rather sudden anti-climax, but we were left with an agreeable feeling that we had been amused. WALPOLE HOUSE CONCERT The Walpole House concert suffered from one grievous fault, much of the dialogue was completely inaudible beyond the first dozen rows of chairs in the Chapter House. This was a great pity, for what we did hear was so good. Walpole is, at the moment, a very young house and it seems to have flung itself into the task of entertaining the School with the zest of youth. It was, above all, determined to give us variety-horror, humour and music, and it was determined that we should like it. In spite of everything, like it we did . . The horror play, The Mask, was an idea, and one not too well-worn either. In it J. G. Collins especially distinguished himself and we were all on tenterhooks the whole way through. The only trouble was that we were on tenterhooks for two different reasons "dividing the swift mind " ; one reason was the right one, but the other was that w~ simply could not hear. There followed extracts from 1066 and All That, which were better in respect of audibility and in which the performers brought a new and fresh charm to the famous reveue. D. Peschek deserved our praise for his perky interpretation of the Common Man. The other sketches were not, perhaps, so good in 'respect of material but the actors gave them the very best that gesture could do, even if at times they seemed to be playing Dumb Crambo. The highlights of the programme were, however, the musical items, especially R. A. M. Baster's violin piece-Mozart, and played beautifully. The School would have liked an encore, but was denied, probably for reasons of time. Baster is now the' star of any occasion upon which he performs, and what is more, he improves with each new hearing. He did not overshadow his fellow musicians, B. J. Stafford and R. G. Jones at two pianos, and D. Peschek with a Vaughan Williams song. Altogether Walpole deserves our thanks. The watching was so good that we long to do some really thorough listening next time they entertain us. LANTERN LECTURE: "HERE AND THERE WITH A CAMERA" This lantern lecture was immensely popular with the School, not only for the beauty of the slides shown but for the personality of the lecturer, Mr. A. C. Browne, who made them. Mr. Browne first explained how he took the slides in black and white and how he himself hand-tinted them, telling us of the extreme care he had to take in this process of 358

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colouring as every error would be magnified greatly when the picture is thrown upon the screen. He then took us on a tour all o~er England and to Scotland, a Journey on which, to our mind, the high points were the views of the grounds of ,Lac.ock Abbey (the house h re the first of all photographs was taken) and a most poetic view across the Mersey ~ ~he fallin g dusk, one of the most beautiful things any photographer can ever have achieved. As a conclusion, Mr. Browne showed us some slides of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman in New Zealand and a whole series around and about the Matterhorn m the Swiss Alps showing that marvellous mountain in all its moods. The lecturer's account of his climb of the Matterhorn when the photographs were taken was perhaps even more thrilling than the pictures themselves . The whole School IS very grateful to Mr. Browne for an enjoyable evenmg. FILM LECTURE: LEPROSY The film shown at Mr. James Roscoe's lecture on "Leprosy':, was an illustration of what can be done with the simplest means. It told the story of The Heahng of Mo~es Mvongo" directly and graphically, without a sound track and with few but effective captions. It never attempted unnecessarily to harro'Y the feelings of the audience, but It did not try to gloss over the unpleasantness of the disease. . After we had seen the film, Mr. Roscoe told us something more. about Leprosy~ ItS causes and its cure, and summarily demolished our many misconceptIOns on the subject. We learnt that the disease is comparatively easy to cure, but that the cure IS s~ow and that the effects it has are not nearly so far-reaching as we had supposed. In hiS hands the subject lost its mysterious horrors and became one for common-sense ".od for profound pity he managed both to move us and to enlighten us. If the Bntlsh Leprosy Relief Ass~ciation can do such a marvellous work, it demands every support we can give

it. MEISTER OMERS HOUSE CONCERT The Meister Omers House Concert had one great virtue at least-i~ ,was audible, everx syllable of it. It also had several other virtues which are extremely nell and strange in a House entertainment-some beautiful acting, and almost profesSIOnal scenery and production . . But from Meister Omers we expect these things, so we were not nearly so surprISed as we ought to have been. We were both ready to discount the creditable things and magnify the faults we should probably never even have noticed had the shown been put on by some other House. In the first place the chOICe of plays was not very happy. Augustlls Does His Bit brings small credit to the name of G.B.S. It ha~ all that famous author's tricks, and that is about all. It gets ItS lau.ghter from the tnte ~nd the conventional- not a very robust kind of laughter. Admittedly the actmg carned the play, but it could not do anything more with it. A. V. Shuffiebotham, as Augustus himself, gave a tour de force performance which just and only just failed to con:e ?ff because, while projecting the character brilliantly, he managed at the same time to Irntate the eye with excessive jerkiness. The same criticism of movement could also be applied to C. S.

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Wood, who I?lay~d the Lady. He would have deceived us entirely, promoted that suspensIOn of disbelIef which IS so necessary in the theatre, if only he had remembered his supposed sex as well as his supposed emotions. He did not walk, and above all sit, like a woman. The third member of the cast was the best. B. E. Lee as the Clerk gave a performance so well-tImed, so well-accented that really (we say it deliberately) he could not have been surpassed by a good professional actor. The second play, The Outcasl, could also have been better chosen. Meister Omers made its reputation with Biblical plays. But the Biblical plays they put on then were different In klIld from The Outcast, wh i~h is a .kind of selting for a bravura performance ?fthe part of Judas IscarIot. In our oplIllOn, this central part was miscast. R. D. J. Agnew IS a go?d actor but hiS range excludes subtleties. He is best with "flat" characters and ca ncatures. The miscasting was the more the pity because the subsidiary parts were so well-played. We would mention particularly J. Moor as Giotto. He presented before us " the lean and slippered pantaloon" with a most delightful quaver. We do not complain, however. Meister Omers was the only entertainment given by a House so far which has stepped TIght out of the amateur class. That is no mean achievement.

RECITALS Up to the time of writing two recitals have been given to the School the first a recital of songs by Miss Irene Baker in the Parry Hall on February 5th, and the second one of VIOla muSiC played by Mr. Bernard Shore in the Chapter House on March 2nd . Miss Baker 's programme was a pleasing one, including a group of lieder, an English group of Elgar and Bax, four delightfully attractive French Bergeretles (18th century) and a group of Hebridean folk songs. The acoustics of the Parry detracted somewhat from the clarity of the music but this had little effect upon our enjoyment of a thoroughly delightful evening. . Mr. Bernard Shore introduced his recital of viola music with a description of his Instrument and a comparison of its tonal qualities with those of the more familiar violin. OUTIng the course of his programme he explained further how the viola had only in recent ¥ears be~ome accepted ~s a solo"instrument, as a result of which any examples of classICal muSic had of necesSity to be arrangements" of wo rks for other instruments. Thus the Rondo from the Haffner Serenade was taken from the solo violin part in that work, and the Allegro by Fiocco was similarly arranged from a violin piece. Of the original works for viola included in the programme the only example was the Sonatina by Gordon Jacob, the playing of which Mr. Shore prefixed with a brief analytical • description. It need hardly be said that the recital was brilliantly executed, and we hope to receive another visit from this distinguished viola player in the near future. 3~Q

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DECEMBER 29TH, 1170 [The article below is reprinted from GOOD BOOKS, the magazine of Ihe Canterbury Public Library, Christmas, 1949, by permission of Mr. F. Higenboffalll, B.A ., F..L.A. , the editor. The slory related closely concerns King's, since milch of the action described took place over territory now occupied by the School. ]

On the 29th of December, in the year 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own Cathedral by a band of knights of King Henry II. The eddies of that tremendous event are still swirling nearly eight centuries later. An enormous literature has grown up round the story and most of the action has been pretty thoroughly thrashed out, but there is one phase in it which bas never been satisfactorily settled, namely, the comings and goings within the archiepiscopal palace in the last hour before Becket's death. The reason for general vagueness over this passage in the history books, ancient and

modern, is the fact that the geography of the area is so confused. The palace standing in 1170 has long since gone. It was rebuilt and added to, and three hundred years ago, during the civil war, was partly pulled down by the puritans, and the remainder cut up into tenements and ya rds. The present Old Palace embodies some early work, but is in the main a modern building. "After so much destruction and so many alterations as have happened here," said M r. William Gostling in 1774, "it is hardly possible to form any conjecture of what this palace has been ." However, if we look carefully at contemporary chronicles, and piece together odd scraps of evidence to be found in twelfth century deeds and renllists relating to Canterbury, we can arrive at some idea of what the palace looked like in Becket's day. The description following is admittedly to some extent speculation, and the reader must prefix the word " probably " to most of the assertions, but it can be claimed that this account does not conflict drastically with what writers of Be,ket's own day relate, and if it does contradict any of them, it is because they tell different stories. In such cases the more likely story has been followed. The palace enclosure was very large and stretched all the way from the Borough down to Sun Street. Half-way along Palace Street there is a great gateway, built in the fifteenth century, now incorporated into Featherstone's shop. This was the main entrance to the medieval palace, and we may very well guess that in the twelfth century the earlier main entrance stood at this point. If we went through this gate about 1170 we should have found ourselves in a wide courtyard. Round the yard would have. been stables, sheds, store-houses, servants' living-quarters and so on . The south side of the yard would be dominated by the Great Hall, of two storeys, the lower being vaults serving as store rooms, while the upper, well above ground level, was the dining hall proper, where all the large staff of companions, monks, clerks, attendants, valets, grooms and domestics dependent upon the archbishop and constituting his familia took their meals. The hall ran east-west. At one end, immediately opposite St. Alphege!Church stood, so we think, the kitchen. At the other end, towards the Cathedral, were Becket's private quarters. On the courtyard side of the hall, probably towards the western (kitchen) end was a great 361

THE CANTUARIAN porch, probably the verr image of the Norman Staircase still standing in the Green Court to-day. Up th~ough this porch ran a flight of steps to reach the high level of the hall. On the othcr sIde of the hall , away from the courtyard, was a garden or orchard the archbIshop's. own personal domain. To reach this he had a private set of stairs rUI{ning down from hIs quarters at the eastern end of the hall. He normally went to service in the Cathedral down these steps, and through the garden. .The four knights, William de Tracy, Hugh de Moreville, Richard Ie Bret, and Reginald Fltzurse, landed near Dover on Monday, 28th December. They stayed the night at Salt~ood Castle, nea r Hythe, as guests of the custodian, Ranulph de Broc. Ranulph, his kll1sman Robert de Broc, and all the clan were sworn enemies of Becket. Indeed, both Ranulph and Robert had been solemnly excommun icated a few days before by the archbIshop at HIgh Mass, on Christmas Day, in Canterbury Cathedral. They had been tn charge of the property belonging to the archbishopric during Becket's exile, and were sttll In possessIOn of Saltwood, which likewise belonged to the See. On Tuesday morning the knights, with their crowd of followers, grooms, batmen, bodyguards and hangers-on, rode along Stone Street into Canterbury. They made for St. Augustllle's Abbey, where they found a sympathi seI' in Clarembald, the abbot-elect. He was not fully abbot since Becket had (very properly) refused to confirm him in office Cia rem bald 's perso nal depravities are best left in the decent obscurity of the Latin of th~ chroniclers.

A number of men from the surrounding countryside had by now joined the party. Some of these were sent mto the CIty to call out the mhabltants m support of the knights. A refusal was returned by the chIef magIstrates, though certam cItizens did in fact join forces wIth the k11lghts, follow1l1g them right up to the moment of the murder. It was now determined to go and deal with the archbishop. The four knights, taking with them a do zen mel:-,at-arms. wen,t rOllnd to Palace Street and set up a headquarters in the house of a .cltlzen called GIlbert. We have not been able to find the precise site of this house, but,lt IS clear that It was very near the Great Gate, and certainly not very far from Mr. Adley s fi sh shop 111 Palace Street. The knight~, who were dressed in ordinary clothes beneath which they were wearing theIr chal11matl, marched through the Gr~at Gate into the Courtyard. They apparently left thel[ swords wIth theIr followers 11l G tl bert's house, and had one attendant only with them, Ranulph the Archer. GOll1g along the yard they came to the porch, alld mounted the. steps up II1tO the hall. It was just four o'clock, and the servants were having a meal whtle Becket and IllS closer compantons such as the monks and clerks had retired behind the screens cutting off the private rooms from the main hall. They found Becket in his sleeping chamber, sitting on his bed, and started with him an angry diSCUSSIOn which soon dev.e'?ped into a violent quarrel. Finally, losing their tempers, they rushed out mto the dl11l11g. hall, down the steps through the porch, along the ya rd, through the Great Gateway, out 11Ito Palace Street to the house of Gilbert where with shouts of "To arms, to arms!" they turned out their followers, who came ;unning with war cries of "King's men, King's men !". Reginald Fitzurse seized a kitchen orderly ca IJed Robert Tibia alld co mpelled him to help him put on his sword alld other 362

THE CANTUARIAN e'l,!ipment in the porch leading up i~to the hall. The three other knights threw off their clVll clothes u nder a mulberry tree III the courtyard and girded themselves for battle. Meanwhde, the Great Gate had been seized and closed by their followers, a precaution lest the cItIzen s should come to the aid of their archbishop. The smaller wicket gate was left open, while two sentries were left in charge of it.. Becket's servants slammed the door of theball at. the top of the porch steps and barred it, and when the knights returned III a few mlllutes 111 arms they found themselves unable to get in . But they had with them Robert de Broc. He well knew the byways of the palace, since he had spent much time there during Becket's exile. He at once bethought him of the garden steps connecting with the private apartments on the other side of the hall and shouting ' 'Follow me !" led a charge round by way of the kitchen through some b~shes ~ut into the garden. The party made for the gardens steps, but fo und themselves baulked, smce t~ey were u~der repair, and had been taken down; the carpenters had gone off to their dll1ner, kavll1g theIT tools lYll1g all around. "They had gone off on some private busllless of theIT own and had not returned," says the chronicler, William Fitz-Stephen "as usually .happens". Fitzurse seized an axe or adze, while the others possessed the~ selves of vanous tools. A ladder was found and put against the window next to the door opemng on to the steps. De Broc mounted up it and broke his way in . The chroniclers tell how he smashed a partition of some kind at this point, and we think it must certainly have been the .wooden shutter across the window. Access having been gained to the hall, the door leadlllg from it into the porcll was opened from the inside, and some of the servants who had thus been trapped within the hall were badly knocked about. The archbishop and his company were still in the private rooms, behind the partitions at the end of the dining hall. Looking out of the windows, they saw that both the garden to the south and the yard to the north were full of armed men. They heard the sound of breaking woodwork and the general uproar. Escape through the garden to the church was cut off, but someone remembered a long disused door giving access to the cloister. The party made for this, having great difficulty with the archbishop, who refused to be hurried. Reaching the door, they found it bolted on the other side, but two of the cellarers' servants, hearing cries, and the noise of the door shaking, ran along the cloister and d~ew the bolts. The party of clerks and monks, half-carrying, half-dragging the archbIShop, passed along the northern and western alleys of the cloister, and entered the Cathedral by the martyrdom door. In a few minutes the knights had followed them, whether by breaking down the partitions cutting off the living quarters from the hall, or whether by running down the garden and into the cloister by the south-western door just north of the. nave, we cannot be certain. The rest of the story is quite clear and is wellknown . Inside the Cathedral there was one more short argument, and within a few minutes, just at dusk, Thomas Becket was lying dead on the floor of the north transept while the knights and their party, to finish off the deed, rushed back and looted the palace: We will conclude this account with a short footnote to the Becket story. On June 12th, 1174, King Henry II rode down to Canterbury to make his famous and rather belated penitential pilgrimage into' the city. He got off his horse at Harbledown and walked to St. ÂˇDunstan 's Church, where he stripped himself to his shirt and went barefoot to the tomb of his old enemy; there he subjected himself to a tremendous thrashing at the hands of the monks. Returning to Westminster, he feU sick, and while sick issued

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a charter to the Hospital of St. Nicholas at Harbledown, granting the lepers there twenty marks per annum to be paid out of royal dues in Canterbury, charged, so say some of the relevan t documents, upon rents for stalls in the Buttermarket and elsewhere in Canterbury. This grant is clearly connected with the penance, being part of the king's general desire to make restitution.

In 1234 Henry III granted Canterbury to its citizens to be held from the Crown at "Fee Farm " . This meant that they could henceforth collect all royal dues, such as stall rents, rents from royally-owned houses, fines in the local court and so on, in return for an annual lump sum of £60 payable at the Exchequer. The king made them responsible for paying the twenty marks to Harbledown Hospital, but allowed them to subtract this from the £60. An attempt was made by the writer to trace the later history of these Fee Farm rents and dues, and it was found , as expected, that as the ages went by, most of them were submerged in the general city acco unts and lost sight of. All except one, namely, twenty marks to Harbledown Hospital. Now a mark is 13s. 4d., and twenty marks are therefore£13 6s. 8d . This annual payment was tracked right down to A.D. 1900 in the city account books preserved at the Beaney Institute. The City Treasurer was then asked if there were still any trace of such a payment, and Mr. Bell replied that his department made an annual payment of unrecorded origins of £13 6s. 8d. to the Hospital of St. Nicholas at Harbledown, every year on the 10th October. We have, therefore, in

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A VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION OF 'LANDSCAPE IN FRENCH ART' AND A DISCOVERY THEREIN I confess, I did not go to the Exhibition of Landscape in French Art to see the works of Claude Lorraine and Nicolas Poussin. Indeed, I may say that I hardly went in the expectation of pleasure at all, but as a martyr upon the altar of Education. I could look forward to a few small pleasures. I knew the Watteaus and Manets might charm me. Tn general, however, I expected but a surfeit of instruction, a parade of pictures all marshalled in their categories, a kind of nightmare arm y of dessicated canvasses all cl amouring for my attention in the most unpleasant manner possible. Yes, I had been warned that the arrangement was historical, otherwise I was vague.

The first room did nothing to banish these misty preconceptions ; it was merely the prelude I might have expected, of pictures not great nor moving but charming and interesting to look at. There were, I remember, a Clouet and a picture of the School of Fontainebleau and a frigidly fan tastic decorative panel representing the element " Water" which had been commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu. There was also, which interested me far mo re, one of th ose pec uliar D ickensian creatu res, apparitions rather, which haunt

in pictu re galleries- a yo ung man li ke a Victorian oleograp h of Christ with a scraggy po inted beard and uncut, uncom bed hair ha nging in rats' tails to his shoulders. He wore a painter's smock and ostentatio usly carried a can vas. He was mo re picturesque than " I

the pictures. When I entered the second room all such frivolities were forgotten. The walls were hung with masterpieces, masterpieces which I did not know, even by reputation. For the opportunities of seeing Claude's pictures and Poussin 's in England, the country where the majority of them are to be found, are really surprisingly few; they are mostly in private collections. I had heard of Claude and Po ussin, read of them, but I had never seen their work. A painting is made to be seen- that is a truism and one not often enough repeated. My first sensation was one of claustrophobia; the perfection of tbe pictures oppressed me. But there was no escape, three rooms full of them lay between me and the Watteaus and the Impressionists which were my goal. I must pass by them all. As I walked through the gallery, carefully indifferent, the golden canvases took my attention against my will. Unconsciously my footsteps grew slow; alm ost in a trance I let myself be drawn fro m one world into another- thro ugh the looking-glass. These artists had made not onl y pictures but a country, so co mplete were they. It was a land curiously still, curio usly safe, in which o ne co uld wa nder unseen beside the classica l personages wh ich were its inhabitants, unseen downÂˇ the long avenues to the te mples, unseen along the calm shores of bays and lakes. It was a land in which tragic

happenings could never touch one, in which the calm could never be broken , because it was not one's own. It was a land of escape.

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be left behind, all of one must enter by the eyes mto a pamtlll g. Without completeness escape is impossible. How was this completeness achieved ? Witb Claude it was light, with Poussin it was geometry, an arrangement of shapes. Li ke a peepshow. A d after this divine peepshow the eighteentb century must appear tenuous, the nine~enth century heavy , the I mpressionists irritating in their exclu~lve co ncent:atlOn on surface. Onl y SeUl'at and Cezanne co uldylease,f0r what mo ment.anl y ~p pea r~~ . cl pale

reflection o f th e same qualities. Yet I conSid er this to be the m o~ t lmp~ 1 tal1t VISit t~ an exh ibition I ha ve ever made and one of my gre~t~st perso nal dlsco velles . Claud e dnd p ussin have enlarged my experience and my. vLSlOn. They h.ave become part of me. MOy first sight of their paintings is not an experience I am ever likely to forget.

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ELECTION NOTEBOOK By our Special Correspondent on the Debating S ociety Mock Election Campaign : Tuesday, February 14th to Tuesday , February 21st

How many of those who polled their votes at the final election meet~ng realised to what efforts the Party Machines had gone ? The queue ~utslde the Polling StatIOn at 5.30 on that Tuesday proved the effectiveness of the Campaigns. Of the total School electorate it is estimated that some 70 per cent. put their mark on the ballot papers, many of these coming from the wilds of Luxmoore and Herne Bay. General opinion judged the Campaign a quiet one with an exc~ptional meeting here and there. But the peaceableness of the Camp~ign was n,? me~sunn g stlck for the fever itch of the School's opinion. Lunch-time dISCUSSIOns .1Ilvarlably tUi ned" u~? n some ~spect of the Election : " Have the Liberals chosen a SUitable candldat.e ? Has the Communist a Party to back him up ?" or " When will the Conservative Party find a Programme ?" . The nomination of Candidates took place tbe day before the Campaigning began, and each Candidate appointed his Agent and Committee R:0oms. Noticeably the most be-postered Committee Room was that of the Conservatlves, where ho~r1y meetmgs were held to decide upon the stress of policy and programme, the canvasslllg for Party supporters and tbe distribution of pamphlets. The RIGHT ROAD FOR BRITAIN became a sight equalled for its persistency only by the 100 THI NGS A LIBERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD DO. The only copy of LABOU R BELIVES IN BRITAIN was seen in the Liberal Party Headquarters, which were undoubtedly the most productive of energy and enthusiasm.

THE CANTUARIAN The Liberal H.Q. was noteworthy for its traditional attitude. Their campaign opened with a Social Gathering at which prominent Liberals were entertained to tea by the Candidate and his Agent. A more English method of beginning could not have been discovered. It was afterwards heard that "the first Liberal Meeting was held most appropriately in a study designed for two ", but the speaker 011 this occasion was not present to see the crowded meeting which followed the announcement on the School notice board. The Social went "with a swing" to the climax when one of the Party, prominent by his size and opinions, rose to the occasion and sa ng the Liberal Song.

The Labour Party, presumably through confidence in its achievement during its five years of office, found little to do during the early stages of the Campaign. The Conservatives gave it out, however, and with not a little truth, that the Liberal Party Agentrenowned for his vigour- had up till Nomination Day been a Government Supporter. Perhaps the Liberal Party funds offered some remuneration, if he could be drawn away from the Labo ur view? It was soon clear to Conservatives that the Liberal and not the Labour Party was to be the enemy of the ensuing fight; and this assum ption soon became conclusion. The Liberals were the first in the field with a Public Meeting in the Assembly Hall. Here the Candidate in gown of office with supporters displaying brilliant rosettes posed while the Conservative questioners gaped aghast at the decoration and organisation of the Hall, which they would find difficult to outdo.

The Liberal Candidate silenced his persistent critics with all the answers on the SplitVote, on Nationalization, on Flat-Rate Rates ofIncome Tax, on the Home Rule for the Celtic Fringe and Free Trade. He-obviously imbued with the Radicalism of Laskideveloped his arguments for Freedom and Liberty to a fine art, and for one and a half hours held sway over a keen audience. Meanwhile the Party bookstall was cleared of all .literature and the Liberal Agent mopped his brow after a perfect day. This might be described as the zenith of Liberal Power. For the accuracy of the hard-hitting Liberal Candidate and the vigorousness of the Liberal Party Campaign stirred the Conservative organization to similar action. The Liberal notices which had at first amused the Conservatives by their modesty [such as the 16 Point Memorandum, which in point 15 demanded "That each Member bring to the Election a persuaded friend ", and in point I 6 demanded "That all Liberals without friends find one quickly"] now provoked the Conservatives to a series of official documents. These, intended to stir the prejudices of the Common Man, did nothing of the sort. Thus the Conservatives, mustering their equivalents of the Radio Doctor, set out to amuse. and by amusement to win the electorate's sympathy. Now the Labour Candidate bestirred himself and held his meeting, typically, on a Sunday. Such an outrage of propriety had its reward when none of his supporters appeared and he was left to the mercies of his opposition critics. Luckily the Liberal attendance was better than that of the Conservatives, and the Labour Candidate escaped the worst questions which were answered by the Liberal Agent from the floor of the house. A Communist walked out in disgust when the Labour Candidate would not - or could not-answer his questions.

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THE STARS MOVE STILL It had all happened so quickly that noÂˇ one really knew an~thing about it. Indeed, they had not even had the time to think, but what good would It have dO.ne them If they had, anyway? The supersonic guns of the Western Powers had been. finng at those of the Cominform Block, when through some mlscalculatlon of a sClenllst . .... . All creatures perished in the cataclysm- not .one single living thing remained on. the face of the earth. On the face of the earth- no ; m the atr- yes ; one man alone remamed out of all who had until a few minutes before been fighting, running essential services, cooking, playing, all oblivious of what was to happen. 369

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As Adams strolled over to his 'plane before going out on a reconnaissance flight, he thought of what the Chaplain had said to him in the Officers ' Mess the night before. He had asked him if he would preach in the camp chapel the following Sunday, and Adams had replied "Yes", whereupon the Chaplain had said: "You know, Adams, we could do with many more men like you in the Services to-day. It 's a pleasant change to come across a chap one can trust, a chap who, no matter what you've done, won't let you down " . Adams was still thinking of this as he climbed into his 'plane and took off. He had never really realised people looked on him in that light before. Was it coincidence or pre-destination that Adams happened to be the pilot of the only airborne 'plane at that moment, and that that 'plane happened to be a single-seater? All that Adams saw or heard of the cataclysm was a sudden rush of air- warm air, mingled with the smell of almond-blossom, heartsease, and other flowers. Then- oblivion .. .. . On waking, he looked out of the cockpit of his aircraft, which, by some remarkable agency, was still flying perfectly normally. He was amazed at what he saw. He saw England, he recognised this by the coast-line-but what an England! No smoky towns, no ugly railways, not even any pretty villages- all was a vast green forest spreading over hill and dale, except for the occasional clearings in which he caught glimpses of wild life, and also for the occasional gaps through which silvery rivers wended their courses to the sea .

He realised that it was senseless just to keep on flying, so he pulled himself out of the ' cockpit, and jumped. He felt himself propelled into space, and as his parachute opened, he looked around him. His aircraft had completely disappeared! Whilst he was still endeavouring to fathom out what had happened, he reached the ground, and for the second time that day, Adams lost consciousness. When he awoke again, he noticed with surprise that his parachute harness and all his equipment had disappeared. But what surprised him most of all was that all his clothes had gone too- he was now clad in new clothes- shorts, a bush shirt, and shoes. He found beside him a rifle with ammunition, and a haversack containing a tent and provisions for a few days. He was now in fact like one of the old pioneers. Suddenly a ray of sunlight struck him ; he looked up at the sky, and saw a cloud of , uch brightness that he was completely dazzled . Soon, however, he began to make out the face of a venerable old man with a white beard. The face began to speak, saying : " Adams, my son, this world has fallen into the hands of wicked men. This world that I love so much has caused me great pain and sorrow, but I have decided to give it a fresh

star t. You, Adams, are the forefather of the human race, and you have been chosen because you are a good and honest man, trustworthy, and able to resist temptation. By your example, I hope this world will be made a fitter place to live in ; for you, Adams, are the new Adam! " JOHN D. D. PORTER (This story has been slightly altered and improved, but it is substantially that which won the Walpole Society Short Story Competition in December, 1949.) 370

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CHARACTERS There is nothing more typical of the School Magazine than the "Characters ~' of the Rugger, Cricket and Hockey te~m s. We do not often see them m The C;antuanqll nowadays which is a pity, because it is pleasantly surpnsmg to read of one s acquamtances as "v~ry promising " and "an inspiration in the field " when we find it hard to Visualise them as an inspiration to anyone, anywhere.

There is an old-world courtesy about these portraits which it would be a pity to lose sight of in such brusque times. A r.ebuke is sometimes unavoidable, but it will be gently and diplomatically made. "He is impetuous and suffers from a great weakness on the leg, but (for he must not be discouraged) he shows promise." . . . N ot only do I deplore the relative disappearance of these IntnguIng analys~s, but I would like to see them extended to other spheres. Why should we not publish the "characters" of our University Scholarship candidates. For example :THE 1ST V

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H.L.M.- Captain : it has been very useful to have him entered every group at both Universities. He is now qUIte famIliar WIth procedure and IS consequently of gr~at help to the younger members of the team. So far he has onl'y' gained an embarraSSIng collection of places, perhaps because, although he has abIlity, he cannot clmch an advantage. A grand trier. P.K.S.- Has backed up his captain well. Has so far returned empty-handed but is young, and should do well next year. S.R.D ' O.ST.C.P.- Has been the chief award-winner. Shows all-round ability combined with particular brilliance in the interview. Knows all the right people and has read all the right books. Never stops talking. R.L.- Showed a regrettable tendency to regard a scholarship examination as a ch~nce to enjoy himself in Cambridge. Inclined to dither, but when not pressed for lime he showed promise. M T - Has a thorough command of all that he needs to know. Not a spectacular . ~andidate but one who makes up for his deficiencies by determination. He is always in the right place at the right time, and sticks to the point, and has gained worthwhile awards in this way. RETROSPECT

This season has produced only average results.. Perhaps the team ~ere unl,!cky, particularly H.L.M. , who deserved more substanlial recompense for hiS ~nth~siasm and indefatigable perseverance. S.K.d 'O.St.C.P. must be congratulated on his brIlliant, if unexpected, successes. Some of the greater disappointments may be attributed to long journeys by train, and to the change of dlOt, though it may be argued that these conditions equally affect other schools. We look forward to the HIgher Cerlificate, for which ' we have a large number of experienced entrants and in which w~ hope to score highly. We would like to express our thanks to all :vho made our bnef stays at the Universities so agreeable, and to the masters for their coachmg. R.D.H.R. Note.- I hasten to make it clear that the above has no relation to fac.t nor any basis of truth. The only character with any resemblance to anyone is rather like myself. 371

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DOWN 60 Something to keep you quiet with high-up in School House. " Sirrah, come back" they echo. G irl who has dissipated a hoard. Old fashioned look or only part of one. Poet and scientist. Yes, at Reformation. French 34; Latin " iam latet hic error". Mostly on the square ; but square is seldom on him. 16's heart is in South America. Medley; 51 after nothing with nothing to follow. Apparently a cunning organiser ? Drawback? or help in a Lab. Brain without a head is wet indeed. Can be made to sham. Eh, wot ? Almost a demon to start with; to be found in NNNN ? This is also in excess. See 33. Former language master declares: .. I go ; you sound to be coming." Still a language master. Pedal extremely so.

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Bit of Porter. Side collapses and gives up the ghost. Ten pray to become a mathematician. Should house King and Queen, if Ace is missi ng, my friend. 35 Hush! P.S. contagious di sease. 38 City to the front. 41 Take a seat for tonic. . 42 Kind of Att lee, isn 't it ? .44 Of course never w-wrong. . 45 Their French is taken to his heart. Naturally. 46 Most di stant from the wicket. 47 Pose a comeback for story-teller in Greek . 49 Once more a fresh one. 50 Change your lucre and it becomes hard currency ? 51 This man is not as cheeky as he appears . 53 Italy loses its extremity and reforms to make one. 54 Dotes on these remedies. 57 20 initially turned to 2. 58 See 36. .59-43 You won't find him in town to-night. Try Field Classrooms.

BOXING CLUB Last term the Inter-House Boxing Competition was won by Luxmoore House, with Meister Omers and School House a close second and third. The Marines who judged commented on our high standard of boxing. So far this term we have had a friendly match with Eastbourne. Because of their unfortunate 'flu epidemic, only two of our first string were matched. The remainder of the team were novices, who fought bravely against more experienced opponents. The match against the City of London School was excellent, the contests being keenly fought with great vigour on both sides. The fina l score of 7- 2 to us is, however, rather deceptive as all the fights were close. It was good to see more straight punching and fewer swings. Our boxers did most of the attacking and followed up well. Perhaps their greatest fault was lack of training. We are all much indebted to OUT instructor, C.S.M.1. Osborne, who has had to train most of the team from scratch with great patience, and to the Royal Marines of Deal, for judging our matches. We look forward to matches against Tonbridge School and 51. Lawrence, Ramsgate, later in the term. J.C.P.

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BOAT CLUB

The Fordwich Boat House has been the scene of great activity this tenn, The first Ihree crews have been busy in tubs and fours getting what training they can, the first four has been varn ished, the three swnmer fours are being renovated and converted into centre-seated boats with new riggers, the outboard motor has been fun-i n for the sununer, a nd a new concrete slipway has been built in OUf spare time. At Grove Ferry plans have been made for the neoring of the new Boat House, the Catchment Board are about to start work on the launching dock for the eight, the new set of Ayling oars has arrived, and the Eton Boat House report that the boat itself is all but ready for delivery. The first two fours will be spending the last week of the Easter holi days at Cambridge as guests of the King's College Boat Club and will row as an eight for the first time. If all goes well, they wi ll be rowing in the Ju nio r Eights at Maidenhead Regatta on August 5th. By a stroke of luck they will be able to train at Marlow, for they have been invited to stay at Bisham Abbey, whose grounds lie along the Marlow course. At the end of the term we shall be welcom ing Larry Whalley (K.S. 1939- 1943), a former Capta in of Boats at Jesus CoJlege, Cambridge, who is comi ng to talk 10 the Boat Club after a short film show in the Parry. Soon afterwards Mrs. Gray will visit Fordwich to name the boat she gave the School last year, and there are rumours of a large tea party to follow. We are very grateful to Me. Paine for the time and trouble he has given to making plans for the Conversion of the Grove Ferry Boat House, and to Me. Wyllie of the Kent Rivers Catchment Board who has gone to great lengths to ensure that every detail of the launching dock shall be to our liking. Mr. Goodes has been a most welcome and cheerful addit ion to our over-worked coaches, and his association with Thames Rowing Club has enabled him to teach in an idiom we understand! Finally, we must thank our Boatman, Alf, for the hard work a nd improvisation that have become such a feature of Fordwich life in the last two terms. If the river front is not a neat and colourful Lido by the summer it won '( be Alf's fault. Of the crews it is much too early to speak. Next term will show how far their hard work and enthusiasm can compensate for their lack of racing experience. One thing is certain: the School will have three very happy crews. J.H.C.

., CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Cross-Country Running was started this Term as a School Sport and the keen interest shown by a large number of boys has enabled a really good start to be made. After a fortnight's preliminary training the Int er-House Match was held on January 31st; Fraser of Marlowe House put up a good performance to win the indi vidua l race and Meister Omers won the InterHouse Trophy. After this rather promising beginn ing Fraser rather fell off in performance, but it is to be hoped that he wi ll recover this earlier standard before the end of term. Our first School Match was against Dover College (away) on February 7th. Although all the boys concerned were running in their first match they ran as though they had been experienced runners, holding (heir own pace from the start and refusing to be deterred in their stride. The School won by 31 points to 47; the Dover Captain won, but the next five places were ours; Leslie, Bell and Shuffiebotham all ran well. On Saturday. February 11th, we entertai ned Rochester A.C. at Home. They brought over a very strong team- which included Blakiston, 3rd in the' Junior Nationa l Cross-Country, and their team which had won the Kent Youths Cross-Country. The School Team put up their best performance of the term, lOSing by only 42 points to 40. Norton, a strong and determined runner, made a very successful debut by coming in second to BlaJqston.

THE: CANl'UARtAN OUT remaining two fixtures agai nst Folkestone T.e. at Folkestone on February 18th and Sutton Valence

at Home on February 21st were both runaway victories for the School ; we fielded two vms on both occasions. At Folkestone we had the first ten men home-Young in his first race beating Norton by tcn yards-and against Sutton Valence we had cleven men horne in the first twelve. After such a successful season we were looking forward to doing well in the Public Schools' CrossCountry. but unfortunately the 'flu has taken its toll among some of our best runners. However, even with a weakened team we are hoping to acqu it ourselves well. Of the individual performances Norton has been outstanding; he has run consistently well and should develop into a first-class runner. Young has shown equal determination, is not so strongly built, but has proved little inferior to Norton. Of the remainder Lesli e, Bell Reid ii (not yet 16), Shufflebotham, Dutton, Smith, and Brennan have all run well, beating each other with di sconcerti ng regularity so that it is impossible to say which is the best among them, whilst Osment and Timpson have improved steadily from a rather average performance in the Inter-House to 4th and 5th against Sutton Valence. The Second VIII was very little inferior to the F irst and as most of the two teams will still be with us next year, we can look forward to another successful Cross-Country season in 1951. Our thanks are due to L. B. Clement, Esq., who has put both teams on their feet, and who has kept us all keen and interested even while training in the snow, and urged us on through the worst of nature's obstacles. Am'HONY CURRY.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY RACE For the first time we entered for this race, which was run at Blackheath on Saturday, 11th March, mile course. Twenty-five teams competed and our " A" team did very creditably to come in over a 9th, particularly as two of our best men were unable to run. The race was won by Wellington College. Our .. B" team took 16th place.

HOCKEY NOTES The School has had a good season so far, save for the usual lapse in the first match. We have won three matches out of five and lost only one. There was every prospect of a good team, the forwards being strong, and the right wing, Hackett and SnoxalI, developing well after the first match. The halves have been rather slow, and have not yet learned to lie back in defence, and yet support the attack wholeheartedly; they have yet to learn to look carefully where they are passing. There have been times when, possibly owing to the state of the pitches, the backs have found it difficult to stop the ball. The forwards have lacked finish; they have been able to reach the circle, but then either stopped or shot wide, but they show signs of improvement. The School were unfortunate in having the matches against Cliftonville H.C., Wimbledon H.C. and St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, cancelled owing to illness. The team should, however, do well at Oxford, if it keeps its steadiness and continues its present rate of improvement.

CHARACfERS ' P. J . WALKER (Captain and Centre Forward).- He has been a good captain, stimulating on the field, and sound in his own play. He combines well with the insides in the tactics of getting the ball into the opposing circle, and is always dangerous when it is there. R. O. A. NORRIS (Left Inside).-He has been, with Walker, the chjef goal-scorer of the side. His stickwork is good, though he has not yet completely mastered the art of" passing through ". His speed is a useful asset, and some of his shots would beat any goal-keep~r. T. T. MORGAN (Left Wing).- He plays well in this difficult position, and has a hard centre, though one feels he is more in his element on a smooth pitch. He tends sometimes to hold the ball too long, and not make the most of an opportunity to centre. His stickÂˇwork is good, and he has a good turn of speed. . 375

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n. E. LEE (Centre,Half).-He is very useful in attack, though he is apt to be slow in returning to defend.

He is not very sure in taking a running ball, through not keeping his eye on it, but he maintains a good position and works hard. R . B. RYELAND (Right-Back).- But for an occasional lapse, he has played well, being a hard hitter with good control over the ball, though he must resist a desire to hit the ball first time. He has still something to learn about positioning himself. R. M. V. BEITH (Left-Dack).- He is quite an effective back, though completely unconventional and apt to be rather wild. He works ext remely hard, and is learning the tactics of defence. J. M. SKINNER (Goalkeeper) .- He is developing rapid ly into a very fine goalie, with a formidable kick. He has the unusual combination of an imperturbab lc temperament and very quick reactions. G. W. HACKETT (Right-Wing).- He has developed into a good right wing, with speed and a hard centre. Being an ex-inside, he is inclined to lie too far in, a nd not make use of the full width of the ground. D . J. C. SNOXALL (Right Inside).- - He began the season poorly, and must be quicker on the ball and put more fire into his pl~y. Since the fiTst matc.h, he h~s been fi~ding the right wing well, but', as with aU the forwards, he IS rather slow 111 shootmg. St Ick-work IS good, and his passing is improving. S. E. MINSHALL. (Left-H.alf).-He ~as improv~d as the season progressed, a~d is'pa~ing well to his wing, though he IS sometimes slow m geumg fld of the ball, and must practise fhckmg. He is effective in defence, and works weU in the attack. J. A. B. DENTON (Right-Half).- He has still someth ing to learn , and is inclined to stay back when he should be supporting an attack. When pressed, he is inclined to panic, but when he keeps calm he is capable of constructive play. '

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CANTERBURY H.C. cohesion, but as it was the first match it was the circle, and the defence showed a te~dency Nevertheless, it was a reasonable start to the

KING's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY )I HERNE BAY H.C. Won 3-0 February II th.- For the state of the ground, the game was fast, and the superior fitness of the School told . . The School showed a marked improvement on the previolls ":Veek: the Hackett-SnoxaU wing combmed well, and the forwards showed more dash altogether. Noms scored a good goal early in the first half, and it was soon followed by another from Snoxall. The defence was better, but not yet sure of itself. KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL Won 5-2 February 14th.-The state of the ground held up play considerably, but we were lucky to be able to play the match at all. Honours were even in the first half, and the School was lucky to get two goals. St. Edmund's pressed, but seemed unable to finish off the movements until they caught our backs out of position and scored. The School played shakily in the first half, but in the second they came to life and scored three more goals, while St. Edmund's scored again in the last minute. ' KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v ROYAL MARINES, CHATHAM Won 4--1 February 16th.-The School outplayed the Marines, who with the exception of their centre forward showed little danger of forcing our defence. The School should have scored more in the second hair' but was on the whole playing togetp.er better. J

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C.c.P. NOTES There is nothing startl ing to comment upon this term: the weather has been only indifferently kind to us and there has been one cancellation and one •• wet ":Veather progranune" among. the p~rad?s, but otherwise training has gone o n. Certificate" A", Part r~ IS n?w taken by most cad~ts III their tlHrd term, instead of their fourth, and to give them a l.ittle more t lf!1e, m fu!ure the Part n ~IJl be taken after a further two terms' training. This should provide the Contmgent with N .C.O.s havmg a rather more solid background of knowledge. The Field Day is being spent, if the weather is kind, at Lydden ~pout Rifle Range, wh,ere the ~adets will be able to fire .303 from rifle, and, I hope, Bren guns! that IS allowed. Those takmg Certificate "A", Part If, and this term's recruits will, however, be trammg herc. PROMOTIONS The following promotions were made with effect from 24th November, 1949: La~ce Corporals to be Corporals: H. D. Tymms, J. G. Jell, R. Bahler, G. Hamber, J. Walker, P. S. Haskll1s, J. J. W. H. Seager, P. A. Read. And with effect from 17th January, 1950: L/Sgt: D. I. B. Balfour to be Sergeant. Corporals to be Lance~Sergeants: J. Cassidy, D. H. Elliott, N. C. Fisher. SIGNAL TRAINING On 17th Deccmber, 1949, Sgt. A. B. Curry passed his Signal Instructor's Test, and was promoted 'C.Q.M.S. Instructor. Four Corporals of the Signal Platoon passed thell' Cadet Signallers' Classification Test, and were promoted Lance-Sergeant: J. C. A. Lock, J. M. H. Johnson, G. Hamber and H. D. Tymms. As Lieut. D. A. Kimmins has left us, Mr. L. ~. ~Icment has very kindly ~grecd .to lo~k after the Signal Training, without at prescnt holding a commiSSion. As he has many years experience III the Royal Corps of Signals, this will be of great benefit to us.

ORIGINAL EVENING ON THE CLIFFS The waves are still, the airs are calm, There's neither sun nor haze, The sea outspread is like the palm Beneath a gypsy's gaze. And yet she sees the budding storms Below her crystal's rim, Her eyes are filled with flying forms Of Gods and Seraphim. LUCIAN

THE CANTUARIAN A CORNISH VISION The boats which idly in the stream Reflect their shrouded sails, Lost in a mela ncholy dream Of distant winter's gales, Or those in haste which spread their wings And lean along the tide To hear what song the siren sings Or see where mermaids hide Are like those souls which stir and rest Upon the crystal airs, The birds of sleep which are the best, As love in them appears. "

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PANIC Terror is the goat god 's child Who wanders and deceives; His faun-eyes are bright and wild And peer from summer leaves. The listening hunters hear his pipe Sound mockingly behind; They see the sun grow over-ripe, They feel knives in the wind. (The dangers creeping in the brakes Seem crouched, about to spring; The twisted vines seem coiling snakes, The trees, a closing ring.) They drop their arrows, leave their spears And stumble in the maze, To hear the laughter of their fears And meet their hidden gaze. LUCIAN

A DRUID SONG All trees are full of mystery And each one seems a priest; Their dreams go past our history To time beyond the Beast. Leaves are forever fickle And ready to betray; You must cut them with a sickle And throw the moon away. LUCIAN

tf.iE CANTUAiUAN HEARTLESS RHYMES FOR RUTHLESS DAYS (Two rhymes offered for THE CANTUARlAN Competition based upon "Sing a Song of Sixpence") Sing a song of Whitehall : Pocket full of fu ss, Four and Twenty's tea time, Then home by bus. In came the Minister One morning by mistake, Finding Civil Servants Taking tea and cake. Sing a song of scandal : See them in the Courts. Oh ! what revelations In Ministry Reports ! Then there came reprisals, (Pockets full of f~te :) Forms and resIgnatIOns Signed in triplicate!

â&#x20AC;˘ Uranium, uranium, Sing a song of geranium : A-bomb! H-bomb! We all go pop! PRELUDE (A perverse parody ofT. S. Eliot 's poem of the same name)

The summer morning wakes us up With stink of fi sh in rubbish bins. Ten 0 'clock. The un worked hours, and unshaved chins. And now the dusty sunlight glints On broken flin ts And bottle glass within the yard. Anaemic dogs, sickening stretch On the paving: hard By some withered and uncouth wretch, H: lf shadow, half filth lifts his head. From garage doors an engine purrs, And suddenly the city stirs ... 379

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BOOK REVIEWS GLOOMINESS KEEPS BREAKING IN Diary of a Dean, by the Very Rev. W. R. Inge, K. C.V.O., F.B.A., D.O . (London: Hutchinson. 21 /-) A man remarked to Dr. Johnson that he had tried to be a philosopher, but that somehow "cheerfulness keeps breaking in " . Similarly, Dr. Tnge was famous for his learned books and incisive journalism as the "gloomy Dean" of St. Paul 's from 1911 to 1934 : and although he has now attempted to write an utterly irresponsible book, he cannot entirely disguise his intellectual power or his personal faith. The real problem is why he himself consented to the publication of this, the ninth book since his Vale, published in 1934. He declares his wish to stave off a biography, and we may sympathise. Possibly Dr. Inge protests too much: but, even if a biography is needed, its place is certainly not filled by the present book, which (apart from two reprinted lectures and memoirs of his wife and son) consists of little more than a list of the sermons and lectures which he delivered and of the~di stinguished people whom he met during his tenure of the Deanery.

"The Dean of St. Paul's", Dr. Inge writes, "was then a considerable person, to be treated with great respect and set in the seats of the mighty". He records how he refused appointments at Oxford: and he is at pains also to record how he assured the Prime Minister that he had no desire for a Bishopric. "I preached on the Fourth Gospel, rather well I hope" ; "I made a speech, I think rather a good one" - such remarks are on every page, and very rarely are the Dean's public appearances unaccompanied by "tremendous crowds". Although Dr. Inge met so many famous people (and he apparently met few others), he was not unduly impressed by their abilities. Almost the only clergyman who escapes the salacious chit-chat is Brother Douglas of the Franciscans. The intelligence of Dr. Inge's diocesan bishop, Winnington Ingram, is described as "of almost childish simplicity". A description of Archbishop Lang by Budge is quoted with glee: " There are two men in Lang- a canny Scot .... who is on the lookout for what he can get, and a sentimental Highlander". The second entry in the Diary informs us that Archbishop Davidson wanted Canon Mason of Canterbury to get the Deanery to which Dr. Inge was in fact appointed: and thereafter we see how ecclesiastical appointments are "arranged". The politicians (except for Lord Haldane) come Out of it worst of all. Rival statesmen whisper anecdotes about Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Ramsay Macdonald , Baldwin and so forth- and down it goes, night by night. Even "terribly typical" remarks about medals and moustaches are ascribed to Ki ng George V. The works of G. K. Chesterton are described as " the elephantine capers of an obscene mountebank. " It is evident that few readers of this book will be tempted to rely too much on Dr. Inge's other works for guidance in the life of humility and devotion. And indeed, the published book is not as scandalous as was the original Diary, for Dr. Inge writes: "My comments on the debates in Convocation and the Church Assembly are hardly fit for publication." When he retired to a large country house from the Deanery of St. paul's, he lamented that he was cut off from friend s, and he writes of this house : " H

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is a smaller house than I would have chosen, but I have no doubt Kitty is right. She says she cannot be bothered with more than three servants". (Kitty was Mrs. Inge, daughter of Archdeacon Spooner of Canterbury, whose brother was Warden of New College.) And yet it would be superficial to regard this book merely as a Book of Snobs. For one thing, Dr. Inge's own character is obviously far more complex. Side by side with the catty stories are the most moving passages on his personal affections, beliefs and fears. Bereavement evokes his faith in unseen reality; compliments remind him of his youthful agonies, "when in the throes of hypochondria I more than half believed myself to be

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a 'worm and no man'. " Moreover, Dr. loge is never anything other than entirely frank,

and he has a sense of humour as well as a capacity for malice: the last entry in the Diary reads, "October 1, 1934-1 went back into trousers." He undoubtedly endured much suffering, not least that occasioned by the musical services which he had to attend. "I can and do pray when I 'enter into my chamber and shut the door'," he writes' "but in the midst of howling and caterwauling I cannot ... . Music hath charms to sooth~ the savage breast. It has the opposite effect on me, who. am not a savage .... Are we quite sure that the Deity enjoys being serenaded?" Finally, the book has value in illustrating the relation of the Church to the people of England. Designed as a comedy, It has 111 It the stuff of tragedy. But, as with all great tragedy, the gloom cast by this picture of Church and State is not unrelieved. Dr. Inge's day has passed, and the Church has undo~btedly suffered in intelligence and liveliness. But we have our compensations, for, as Bishop Henson lamented to Mrs. Inge as early as 1913, "the next generation will have no men to put in high places".

THE CRISIS IN THE UNIVERSITY

Sir Walter Moberly's book, The Crisis in the University, is an important one, not only for those concerned with the universities themselves, but also for all who are concerned with education generally, especially at a time when there is so vast an expansion of secondary education, and when inevitably so many schools have deviated from the old traditions of the public and older grammar schools. The author reminds us that "the first and crucial step in any enquiry is to ask the right questions", and it is in doing this that this book serves a useful purpose. It gives us a minute analysis of the problem and poses the questions that must be asked and answered; but it does not claim to give a final answer to them, but rather to present an "interim report" and a preliminary state-

ment of the principles hy which the crisis may be resolved . The crisis is to be found in the following situation. In the world-though this book deals mostly with this country and our own universities- the way of life that has heen accepted for so long, with its recognition of binding obligations, is accepted no longer with any certainty, so that there is everywhere a sense of insecurity and a lack of purpose and direction. The author's analysis is like that of Herbert Agar in his Timefor Greatness, in which, too, the stress is laid, not so much on the' 'satanism" of man as on our content to drift in apparent apathy rather than a resolve to pursue a positive policy that will counteract the emptiness of purpose, the vacuum that must be filled sooner or later with some explosive force, such as one or other of the materialistic religions-Nazism, Communism, or whatever it may be.

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In the Middle Ages the Papacy and the Empire regarded the universities as a third power in sustaining the life and health of Christendom; and the question is whether the] universities can now play their part in restoring the health of the world by "creating, generation by generation, a body of men and women who share a sense of civilised values, and who feel responsible for developing them". At a time when much interest is being directed towards the universities with their ever-increasing numbers and influence the question of their ability to give the world once more a sense of purpose is especially pertinent. And herein lies the crisis, for the author asserts that the universities themselves have lost their possession of a definite aim . For the greater part of the nineteenth century they had a common aim-to produce good citizens- derived from their Classical-Christian tradition. Their main purpose was to produce men who would take their place in the affairs of the world with an intellectual background of classical culture and with an active belief in the Christian way of life. On that tradition was super-imposed the Liberal tradition, by which the universities became seats of investigation rather than of instruction, where learning was

pursued for its own, and not for any ulterior, end. More recently, and especially in the so-called "Redbrick" universities, there has been a tendency towards a Technological and Democratic tradition, which has an ulterior end- the Baconian ideal of "the relief of man's estate"-and in which too often, but almost inevitably to-day, the motive of the student is to equip himself for the more lucrative positions in his calling. There is much value to be gained from all these traditions, but so far as they exist together there is no uniformity of purpose. Nor can we go back. The Classical tradition is not fitted for the complexity of the modern industrial world; too much insistence on the Christian tradition would provoke resentment, and at best would result in an hyprocrisy that no true Christian would tolerate. The Liberal tradition may be the individual's way of intellectual salvation, but it formulates no purpose at all beyond scholarship. Despite its inestimable material value the newer Technological development is the least likely to contribute an ultimate purpose. The pursuit of knowledge for the material benefit of man is a high ideal, and the Scientific Humanists have much that is noble on which to build their brave new education; but it leaves unformulated the essential issue-wherein lies the well-being of man? Science and the materialistic studies, as Economics, examine the various means to some end; and we are too prone to devote ourselves to this pursuit and to neglect the higher study of the true end of man. An

education devoted to the study of facts and their application, which evades the more momentous issues and the judgement of values is well described as a "maimed education" . Space does not allow even an enumeration of the factors that play their part in disabling the universities in this task of giving the world once more a sense of direction-such factors as the fragmentation of knowledge so that the various branches of study are entirely unrelated, without even "that minimum of general understanding which differentiates education from technical skill". The author's solution to the problem rests on the postulate that the vital element in tradition is Christianity; and he refers to the three-fold thesis of T. S. Eliot in his

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becomes more Christian than it is now; that if thc majority of our people understood the issue in all its bearings they would choose Christianity. How can the universities restore the Christian tradition as the essential and unifying principle of activity, and so play their part to make this the force in society generally that can withstand the onset of materialism? I'

We cannot revert to the domination of theologians, though theology- once the queen of the sciences-might well assert its importance for aU, and not only for those who study it in preparation for Holy Orders. We cannot revert to religious tests for those who teach, as in a totalitarian state; but in a Christian country there should be a preponderance of teachers who believe that only the positive avowal of the Christian faith and the practice of the Christian life are strong enough to oppose effectively the movement towards secularism. There would then be at least some attempt to provide a unifying principle in the life and learning of the universities. It is not merely a Christian ethic that is demanded, but a belief in God that is as truly and forcefully lived as is the Commu nists' faith in the efficacy of Karl Marx. The real force of the Christian faith can only become effective through the zeal of "creative minorities", much as Communism has become so

powerful a force through the zeal of its Ubiquitous cells.

This "interim report" -far too briefly reported here-does not seem as satisfying as the exposition of the problem. In the Middle Ages the universities reflected the prevalent theocratic principle; in our day they may be compelled to sustain the creed ofa totalitarian state; but in a free democracy they are bound to reflect the prevalent views of society, which in the main are not Christian. The students' outlook, as Moberly points out, is conditioned by their finite existence in this historical period, by their temperament, and by their social and economic background. Their views of life are often based on a number of uncriticized assumptions which are strongly resistant to ideas and beliefs that are so alien to all that they have built up for themselves. The a uthor admits that the assumption of Christianity as the vital element is essentially an assumption that does not admit of argument; and that the study of theology is no mere science of religion, but involves commitment to the belief in a living and personal God. It may then be doubted whether the impact of such postulates can break down the resisting forces of such doctrines as that of Scientific Humanism. Moreover, it is difficult to set the limits of neutrality in the teaching of history and literature, and in this respect it is worth considering Professor Broad's comment on his precedessor's influence on his pupils: " Perhaps McTaggart never made a disciple"-not, it may be said, to Christianity-"and he certainly never tried to. But on those undergraduates who worked with him he exercised the powerful formative influence of good example, the only kind of influence which can be exerted without impertinence and accepted without indignity" . There is no space for a more constructive criticism of the author's solution; but it may be suggested that, since one of the initial obstacles of an unprejudiced examination of the Christian faith is the belief-often unconscious-in uncriticised preconceptions, students in every faculty should be given instruction in at least the elements of logic 384

THE CANTUARTAN nd hilosophy; that in this way their minds might be cleared of some of the plausible a d ~ttractive doctrines that are entirely unrelated to the Judgement of valu".s .. It IS anrtainl arguable that in these days of emphasis on the intellect the. way to Chnstlamty ce st bi re ared by the clearing away of vague and unfo~l~ded preJudIces; and such a ~~inin ~o&d ensure that all who go through the umverSltles WIll have had the oppor:unity fo exercise their minds on the momentous Issues of hfe, by whIch they may come to a clear and conscious view of the hIghest value of all.

INTERPRETATION OF FAITH Preachers in the Cathedral and several authors of new books in the Library have been . within recent months to relate the "ageless" Gospel of Chnst to the spec!al prob:i'~~gof this present age. In fact, in all Christian circles ther~ IS a new cO~Slderatlon anifestin itself in oral and written argument. SIde by. SIde WIth the Chu.rch s teach!ng ~f the docrrines and practice of the Faith, an exammatlOn of that FaIth Itself IS takmg lace. Christianity, although not merely an histoncal rell~lOn, IS at anyrat~ subject to fhe problems of History; and thIS belOg so, frequent II1spectlOn of machmery IS necessary for its good functlOnmg. This inspection is apparently once again due, and it has been brought to the layman's notice in such a form as Professor Herbert Butterfield's excellent, If sltght, B.B.C. Lectures entitled "Christianity and History" . The Ideas contaIned 111 these, publtshed m book f followed by expositions from the PUlPIt, and sImultaneously receIved more d~~~iede;:amination and sense of purpose from Reinhold Niebuhr's Faitlt and History. All agree that each age has its own characteristic prejudices, and a study of history shows that the preaching of the Christian Gospel IS subject to those preJ.udlces. In the last th Gospel was taught to a background of evolutIOnary optnntsm. ThIS century t cf~e~icol~uring of progress, which is regarded as inevitable. History may. take retrograde

~te s during its career, but modern man,looks upon most events, every myentlOn~ every dis~over and some wars even, as defilllte advances towards the goal of hfe .. ThIS goal rna di;'~ in the minds of men as differentas Pope PIUS XII and Generah~slmo Stalt~,

b (th live in an age when development IS rarely gamsald. Professor NIebuhr III IllS b~ok ceJntends that this development has two sides to it. It is simult~neously creatIve and destrudive and as such is no guarantee of moral progress. It IS Im~ortan t for the reacher t~ understand and to come to terms with the charactemtlc belIefs of hl~ dar; ~nd more important is it too that all who "profess and call the!"selves Chnstlans should understand why the spiritual complacency of yesterday has gIven way, on the one hand to blind optimism, and on the other to hopeless despaIr. For a reasonable view, and one which does not destroy the esse~tial principle of Faith . Ch ' r 'ty we recommend Professor Niebuhr's book, which, If not acceptable to all, :~ at l~~st"~~o;itive statement of the beliefs of a theologian of international repute.

THE CANTUARIAN FIRST WORDS . A r~markably lively publication has reached us from St. Edmund Hall Oxford It IS a miscellany entitled First Words and is issued by the Makers Society there. . Mr. Roy Campbell introduces it to the public and contrasts "the clearness and vividness of the visual Imagery, the dlr~tness of approach to the subject, the absence of ambiguity a~d ..... the freshness\ hvehness a ~d sp~rkle of the contributions" with the tired and dlshon~st poetry of the ThIrties. HIs praise IS not flattery- First Words contains writing which IS very good mdeed. One would mention particularly and as personal choices the. short story "Solomon" and. the !;,oem .' :Bright is the Universe", the one for its !nslght and ~h~ other for Its dazzlIng high spmts combmed with perfect control, though It seems mVldlOus to choo~e ~mldst ~o unive~sa l an excellence. It is hardly sufficient !'Ierely ~o recommend a penodlcal which con tams so much that is good and so little that IS freakIsh.

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Dear School, While O.K.S. in the senior University do not have the gregarious habits of the Cambndge specIes (possibly because Oxford has more alternative attractions), we resolutely IOtend to gather socially and to send you an Oxford Letter, however brief, every term. QUIte apart from the imminence of Preliminary and Final exams., social life this term has bee~ curtaIled by the General Election and by the most successful Mission to the UmveTSlty ever held .. However, D. L. Edwards was able to arrange an informal party for us at Magdalen, m the rooms once occupied by Oscar Wilde. The Principal of St Edmund Hall, who has been seriously ill, was guest of honour. We also welcomed th~ Rev. T. E. M. Boultbee and the Rev .. C. C. L. Buckwell as senior members, while C. B. Manmng-Press was on short leave III Oxford before reporting to his Light Infantry O.C.T.U. We duly congratulated J. E. Hinchcliffe on becoming Cox to the University VIII, a~d J. F. Dalr~mpl~ <;n resuming his study of History after his very successful productIOn of the Umverslty s annual opera last term. Few of the twenty other 0 K S present ~eemed to ~ave produced operas recently, although R. G. Leadbeater must 'h~v~ been dOIl~g somethmg not .unlike work in his teaching post, taken as part of his course for the DIploma m EducatIOn. Among O.K.S. unable to attend the party was Julius Caesar, alias Pontius Pilate, alias Douglas WIlmer, now a leading member of the permanent company at the Oxford Playhouse. Another O.K.S. devoted to the lost cause of Oxford culture is G. L. Taylor at the Ashmolean. ' We wish the School the best of good fortune. We were thinking of presenting a copy of The Bible in Spain to the Headmaster, but we reflected that a Spanish holiday would have few terrors for an Oxford D.D. who had already arranged for the exact observance of the Book of Common Prayer throughout the French Riviera. Yours sincerely, O.K.S, OXON,

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CAMBRIDGE LEITER Dear School, Last term's letter died from the good intentions of three people before it reached Canterbury. We hope to restore your languishing interests with this one. The O.K.S. who came up last term remain "freshmen" for a little while yet. Two arrived to take up their awards: Colin Reeves (1943-48) his Mathematical Scholarship at Sidney Sussex and D. L. Maybury-Lewis a Modern Languages Scholarship at The Hall. Two new Choral Scholars were L. A. O. Halsey (1944-47), who joins Martin Carnes and John Richardson in King's, and H. A. Emerson (1942-46) at Christ's. Halsey has since read music, sung before eclectic societies and, not to lose the common touch, he rows. Emerson reads law and has been selected to sing in the University Madrigal Club. H. St. J. Grant (1935-40) is up at Corpus reading agriculture and rowing. David McGrotty (1941-45) and R. M. S. Cork (1943-48) have eluded us but the first is on the Selwyn list and the second is in Trinity. Michael Slater (1939-43) denies he has a life of graded tea-parties, one for athletes, one for aesthetes and the third for married undergraduates presumably drawn from either or both the other classes. He keeps with an athlete and has been coerced into a game of of squash; that is Downing. J. B. H. Jackson (1943-48) has come to Queens' but we mention him again later. A. A. de C. Cussans (1939-41) lives out towards Newmarket, visits the University for meals at the Pitt or to use the heraldry shelves in the Library. He is often with the "sixties" sport of the second year O.K.S.-Hugh Honour. Together they have addressed the British Council on aspects of antique collecting and have decided to form a Genealogical Society and thus renew for us the delights of former Somner Society meetings. Hugh, however, is now the remaining member of the O.K.S. to follow the Trinity Foot. D. M. Moreau has appeared on the "boards" this year in the roles of Wagner in the German Society's production of Goethe's Ulfaust and later as a shepherd (with a Carlyon Bay accent 1) in the Jesus College Nativity Play. We must now place in juxtaposition to these faintly gothic accomplishments the romanesque achievements of Derek Kirby-Johnson, stroke of the Corpus 1st VIII, D. T. Weatherill, runs for a University cross-country team called' 'The Spartans" (though tltis is difficult to reconcile with romanesque, our readers will pardon the literary licence), J. A. Cushman and Jackson, almost beat the second University pair in the table-tennis doubles, A. G. Ouseley-Smith, reached the finals of his weight in the Boxing events, and Peter Bearcroft rowed for St. Catharine's College. There are two of us who work hard-Cyril Johnson reading for Orders and John Macartney studying Economics and realistically enough to be a member of the Political Economy Club where scholars differ the live-long day. Peter Brown continues to do a great deal for S.C.M . J. K. Ebbutt gained a "first" in the Classics Tripos last term and has now turned to Slavonic studies. Another to turn to "fresh fields and pastures new" is Malcolm Burgess. He has designed the decor for the Provost's production of Oedipus ilt Colonus and, at the other~ end of the scale, the sets for the Theatre Group Revue, Hey Nanny No_ Despite this, he is the Secretary of the Slavonic Society and makes annual (but interesting) changes in 367

THE CANTUAiUAN the title of his .thesis. We are very grateful for the legendary kindness of our host Dr !Judd: we co'!tinue to meet twice a term in his house at Scroope Terrace. It was a great JOY to Cambndge O.KS. that he should be elected President of the Association. Next term we have been Invited to meet In the gardens of Selwyn Lodge by the Master D Telfer. ' r. We end with our best wishes to the School and congratulate the three who wrested the Colleges last term . We hope the Headmaster and Mrs. Shirley enjoyed theIr holIday In Majorca and look forward to the preachment in April. It will be an opportunIty for us to congratulate Cano.n Shirley on rus Oxford Doctorate of Divinit y and to hear more of your progress which IS always interesting to aw~rds f~om

Yours sincerely, O.KS. CANTAD.

MALTA LETTER To the Hon . Sec., O.K.S. Association

Dear Sir, For the first time, I am pleased to render a "Malta Letter " . Having been Navigator of H.M.S. Chevron (a destroyer) for a year without meeting a sIngle .O.K.S., I was agreeably surprised to find A. G . P. DAVIDSON (1938-49) Âˇoinin the ship for ten ,?onths as a Midsrupman R.N.V.R. Since he joined, the ship his don~ ~lOe R~d Sea crUl~e, and we are about to set off on another cruise to the Western Med Includmg the RlVIer>; ; It should be added that "cruise" means 3 to 4 weeks of reall Y. hard lW,ork,. mixed with a mere 5 days "making merry" in the more widely advertised N ava .asruon ! At Malta, we have wined and dined with JOHN ALLCHURCH (1943-48) h h I completed rus National Service time as a 2nd Lieutenant in the R A' P~E!S ~~~~ (1942-47) of H.M.S. Phoebe, and MIKE ROUTH (1943-47) of H.M:S: Liverpool both 2nd Lts. R.M., have also been seen here, but unfortunately were allowed to slip b~ck to the U.K. before a complete gathering could be arranged.

Wisrung the school and all O.K.S. the best of luck , F. E. B. BROWN (1935-44), Lieutenant R.N. 388

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o. K. S. NEWS (The Honorary Secrelary, Major D. J. B. Jervis, Dawn Cliff, Goodwin Road, St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, would welcome information for inclusion in Ihe O.K.S. News. Changes of address should be notified to him and not to the Editor .) R. H. HOWlE (1945-49) is with the R.A. Training Regiment at Oswestry, where he has met SIMPSON and BENHAM, and has been selected for Pre-O.C.T.U. training. JOHN WATTS (1939-43), who was Adjutant of the 5th (Kenya) Battalion, The King's African Rifles, has left the Army, and is now working on a large sisal estate of some 22,000 acres at Kebwezi, 125 miles South of Nairobi . He hopes to come home on leave next year and to visit Canterbury. J. E. C. HINCHCLIFFE (1940- 44) has been awarded his Blue as Cox of the Oxford Boat, and we offer him our warm congratulations. Congratulations to G. E. JANSON-SMITH (1920-24), who has been appointed by the Governor-General of the Sudan to the post of Assistant Director of Education (Southern Provinces). He writes that L. G. HOUSDEN (1908-11), who is, amongst other things, Hon. Medical Adviser to the Save the Children Fund, has been staying with him recently. He also says that he and his wife and family will be home on leave in July and are hoping to spend August and part of September in Canterbury. The postscript to his letter reads: "The theme of my first circular letter as A.D.E.S.P. is "Age dum agis". THE REV. D. J. HILL (1923- 31), Vicar of Holy Innocents, Norwood, has been appointed by the Archbishop as an Honorary Adviser in Religious Instruction in the Canterbury Diocese.

THE REV. H. SPENCE (1904- 11) has been appointed a Member of the Archbishop's Committee on Music in Worship. He has also been appointed to the Musical Advisory Board of the Royal School of Church Music, and is the only parson serving on that Board . M. J. LESTER (1941-44) passed both parts in the recent Intermediate Law Examination. P. G. BENNETT (1934-39) is in Northern Rhodesia. Commissions have recently been given to D . HOLLAND (1942-45), R.A., and to M. W. McD. CAIRNS (1941-46), The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Since the R.M.A. re-opened in 1946 more than a dozen O.K.S. have been commissioned from Sandhurst. M. L. F. CH!AMBERS (1938- 39) joined the Colonial Administrative Service in February, 1949 after a course at Oxford. He is at present in Sokoto Province, Nigeria, as an Assistant District Officer. P. C. H. HOLMER (1937-41) has now left the Colonial Service and joined the Foreign Service. T. G. YEARWOOD (1931-38) has passed rus final Law examination and is now in partnership in Bexrull. F. P. SMYTH (1945-48) has just completed his first term at Harper Adams Agricultural College, Shropshire. His father, V. G. SMYTH (1912-1 8) is farming near Craven Arms. R. F. ELLIS (1922-26) hopes to be home on leave from Rio de Janeiro in time for Speech Day.

THE CANTUARIAN THE REv. P. H. STARNES (1935-39) has been appointed Curate of St Peter's Pari h Church, Thane!. . s J. H. P~RTRI,?GE (1946-49) is now working in Burroughs and Wellcomes Chemical Laboratones, with the Idea of obtaining a B.Sc. W. WILDE (1945-49) is now in the Army as a Volunteer and hoping to get into SanHdÂˇhR. urst. ' We most gratefully acknowledge a set of bound volumes of The Cantuarian which belonged to the late Rutley Mowll (1889-92) which have been given to the Sch 01 b h' 0 y IS sons, E. W. Mowll (1918- 22) and W. R. Mowll (1919- 27). J. H. ÂĽIDDLETON (1938-42) writes to the Head master from Assam where he . . hb IS hood. HIS address is Seleng T .E., Selenghat P.O., Assam. " . e nelg our-

Tea-plan~mg. He would be glad to get in touch with any other 0 K S in th

Many O.K.S. will learn with great pleasure that the RIGHT REV A M G Bishop in the Sudan (1908- 11) has made a wonderful recovery fro;" l;is ;eryEs':r1~~:fI~: ness. He wrote In the Sudan DIOcesan Review on 8th September 1949' " Th . dgUbt that our thoughts do travel along mysterious wave length~ and influene~: :~o~~ a O?t whom we think. We can therefore surround our loved ones with a barra e f anxiety and fear or, on. the other hand, with courage, faith and ha iness I ~~ 0 temperamen~ most unsUIted for I~t weeks in bed, but the fact that i~Pwas ~ eriod ~ rest, relaxatIOn, and happmess, With only an occasIOnal reprimand from do~ors and d' h nurses, can only be accounted for by the fact that many have been helpin padst m~nthl s,!n the highest way possible. It has been a time of great spirit~a7~ef~:;l:mg etnet

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J. D. PETTIFER (1935-39) asks what the standard of Squash is like in the School n ow. He played for Oxford but lost his chances of a Blue through ill health He' the University Squirrels team in London and is a member ofth; Escoris WIShnow runnmg . e ear rumours that he has also landed a very good job for himself. Whep we last heard, J . A. YOUNG (1935-38) was looking forward to leavin

~rm~ II: February to Jom the Colonial Service in East Africa. He writes that fo~ th~ t~st All bteen months he has been o.n a s~lccession of tours round the country spreading

ae~opi~n~:.ne gospel and trymg, With faIr success, to persuade people to jump out of D. P. NORTH (1944-47) is now commissioned in the R A S C as are G H BELSHAM (1943-46), H. ACKERS (1942-46) and A. R. H. A~LE~ '(1943-47) Wh' O. e wrote they were all doing a Junior Officers' Course at Aldershot. He sees ~ lot ~SON (~43-4d7~ and R. C. FERRIS (I 94?-47). The former passed out frolll Sandhurs; . n eCl~m Journa Ism. er an IS now, we belleve, With the 4/7th Dragoons . Ferris is taking up

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n P' G. AILLlS:ON (1936-1939) tells us among other things that he is Vice-Captain of ".oat s at mpenal College.

'THE CANTUARIAN We cordially congratulate C. F. PORTER on being chosen to Stroke London University 1st boat against Amsterdam on March 12th. It was a 2t miles' course on the River Amstel near Amsterdam. The Dutch crew wo n in the last half-minute. The Times says: "Porte~, whose ability as a Stroke was evident in trials, appeared not to be upset by his sudden alteration in position. Throughout the race he set a forceful rhythm and drove his crew hard. "

O.K.S. Week-end and Speech Day The O.K.S. Cricket Match will be played on Saturday, July 29th, and Speech Day is on Monday, July 31st. Details will be sent to all members of the Association. Owing to pressure on space in the Chapter House it may be found advisable to allot a definite number of seats to O.K.S. for the actual Speeches and then to hold a ballot. O.K.S. and their wives are, of course, most welcome at the Garden Party, but all applications for tickets. should be made to the Headmaster's Secretary some time in June. O.K.S. Committee, 1950 At the Annual General Meeting, which was held on the 6th January, Colonel C. H. Budd was unanimously re-elected President of the Association for the ensuing year. S. S. Sopwith, G. L. Clarke and T. H. Pares were elected to the Committee. F. Fletcher Finn was re-elected Honorary Auditor and D. J. A. Jervis was re-elected Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. O.K.S. Golfing Society The O.K.S. Golfing Society beat the Old Hurstjohnians Golfing Society by six matches to four in a friendly match at Knole Park on March 12th. The Society will hold their Spring Meeting at the Royal S!. George's Golf Links, Sandwich, on Saturday, 25th and Sunday, 26th March. The Halford-Hewitt Public Schools Cup will be played at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, and Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, with the concluding stages at Deal from April 13th to 16th. O.K.S. receive a bye into the second round and meet Old Bedfordians at Sandwich on April 14th. The O,K.S. Dinner, 1950 The O.K.S. Dinner was held at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, London, on the 6th January 1950, with Colonel C. H. Budd (1899- 1904), President of the Association, in the Chair. The guests were the Headmaster, Sir Frederick Bovenschen, the Archdeacon of Canterbury, Canon A. O. Standen, J. B. Harris, Esq., C. C. Lloyd Jones, Esq., D. L. Edwards, Esq., the Captain of the School (A. B. Curry), and Major D. J. B. Jervis. The Toast List was as follows :-"The King", proposed by the Chairman; "Floreat Schola Regia", proposed by D. L. Edwards (1942-47), response by the Headmaster; "The O.K.S. Association", proposed by J. B. Harris, Esq., response by Colonel C. H . Budd. The following were present at the Dinner :- R. A. T. Anderson (1910-15), B. H. Arnold (1940-46), G. Arnold (1917-20), M. G. Baker (1938-43), C. W. Barber (1907- 14), E. K. Barber (1901 - 07), P. S. Barber (1906-13), C. E. O. Bax (1901-03), L. J. Bassett (1897-1907), R.- A. Baynton (1918-24), J. S. Billinghurst (1915-23), "

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tHE CANTUARIAN F. C. Bovenschen (1897-1903), R. E. Brinsley-Richards (1891 - 1900), J. H. Breese (1937--42), R. Breffitt (1914--19), C. H . Budd (1899- 1904), G. L. Clarke (1935--41), E. H. Cornelius (1938--43), A. B. Curry (1946- 50), H. J. M. Derrick (1930- 35), K. B. Dickson (1902-06), D. L. Edwards (1942--47), G. A. J. C. Evans (1937--45), M. D. C. Evans (1938- 42), R. A. Finn (1914- 18), R. C. U. Fisher (1915- 18), H. J. FynesClinton (1891- 94), M. J. H. Girling (1927- 33), A. J. Grey (1936--41), K. B. Gurr (1939--44), F. R. Hamp (1923- 28), C. M. Headlam (1889- 93), J. P. Heming (1911 - 20), J. A. B. Heslop (1938--42), W. T. B. Heslop (1906- 10), E. O. Holden (1896- 1900), B. L. Hooper (1901-02), E. F. Housden (1906- 11), D. J. B. Jervis (1916- 23), K. H. M. Johnsen (1940- 44), R. Juckes (1907- 12), G. C. Karop (1892- 95), D. F. Kellie (1909-1l), L. A. Kenny (1929- 37), B. G. King (1909- 13), J. N. B. Laine (1921- 26), C. E. Latter (1916- 25), W. H. Maundrell (1890- 95), W. R. Monro Higgs (1921- 24), E. W. Mowll (1918- 27), W. R. Mowll (1919- 27), A. J. Munro (1927- 36), H. D. Murdoch (1924--27), A. J. E. Needham (1923- 31), G. V. Ormsby (1898-1903), L. F. Paris (1898- 1903), H. L. S. Pearse (1914--16), P. B. Poole (1938--43), G. K. Prior (1912- 14), D. A. Reay (1928- 33), P. S. W. Roberts (1931 - 35), G . S. Robinson (192025), C. N. Ryan (1905- 11), A. Sargent (1905- 14), F. H. Seabrooke (1907- 1l), A. H. Shelswell (1910- 13), F. J. Sidebotham (1906- 12), S. S. Sopwith (1901- 04), W. L. Smith (1937--41), H. Spence (1904--1l), M. W. Swinhoe-Phelan (1937--43), H. S. Townend (1905- 10), R. J. Turk (1937--40), H. A. Turnor (1939--41), J . W. Wayt. (1906- 10), R. D. Weidenbacker (1938--41), R. Willett (1916- 24), A. D . Wilson (1931--40), C. Worsfold (1916-22), G. A. ~oung (1926- 32), W. C. Young (1929-38). The O.K.S. Dinner in Cambridge, January 29th, 1950 Canon William Telfer, M.e., D.O., the Master of Selwyn, was the Chairman for this Dinner and proposed the toast "Floreat Schola Regia", with which he coupled the name of S. S. Sopwith, Esq ., O.K.S., now a master at the School, who was the guest of honour. The other members who dined were :- Colonel C. H. Budd, M.e., T.O., O.L. (President of the O.K.S. Association), O. C. Watson (1939--41), C. F. Johnson (193740), M. A. Burgess (1937--45), M. H. Slater (1939--43), J. H. Richardson (1941--44), D. Kirby-Johnson (1940--45), A. A. Kneller (1941--46), P. H. Honour (1941--46), P. J. Bearcroft (1944--46), H. A. Emerson (1942--46), D. T. Weatherill (1943--46), J. H. B. Jackson (1943--48), and Martin Carnes (1940--44), who arranged this successful evening. They asked Mr. Sopwith questions about the School's life during the past year and thanked him for coming up to the University for the occasion. The portrait of the "Lord Protector" on the panelling of the room in which we dined was disagreeable, more especially as the day was the 30th of January, but the excellence of the meal saved it from being turned to face the wall. BIRTHS CHEAOLB.-On 31st December, 1949, at Whitstable, to Catharina Mary, wife of Dr. Colin R. Cheadle, M.B., B.S. (1938--42), a daughter (Jennifer Jane). ' LueAs.-On January 12th, 1950, at Canterbury, to Fionnghula (nee McGurk), wife of P. F. Lucas (1929-39), a son (Michael Charles Ferrers). PAGE.-On January 13th, 1949, at Ibadan, Nigeria, to the wife of P. F. rage (1932-36), a daughter (Judith Mary). 392

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THE CANTUARIAN Ap ril 27th " 1949 to Mary , wife of J. C. Finch-Hatton (1938--41), a daughter (Juliet Mary). . HURFoRD.- On December 28th, 1949, to Joy, wife of David Hurford (1935- 39), a sister (Patricia Mary) for James. . . CLARK.- On February 7th, 1950, a! the B.M.H., Singapore, to Ruth, Wife of Major J. H. Clark, R.E. (1932- 37), a sister for Jane. VALPY - On February 20th, 1950, at Kuala Lumpur, to Elizabeth, wife of Leslie George V~lpy, Malayan Police, a daughter.

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ENGAGEMENTS E P (Bill) Wiseman (1927- 34), younger son of Mr. G. WlsB~t~em~A~rr.:~I~arr~nniers, Grouville, Jersey, C.L, and the late M~s. Wiseman, an~ Ann Catherine, younger daughter of the late Major L. H. L. Mac enZle, I.M.S., and Mrs. W. L. Farwell, of Oxen ways, Le Hocq, Jersey, C.1. T B' Me (1926- 35) son of Commander H. Biron, 0.B:8., BIRONd~~SPT~rr~-; ~fl~:~~~m H~use, Hurst~onceux, Sussex, and Moreeg, fat~~f1ne an Ril Id' d u hter of Dr Arthur Compton, M.D., D.se ., Officler ca ernIe, ~~r~r;. C~m~~o~ J.B.E., of 16 Alexandra Mansions, S.W.3, formerly of Alexandria, Egypt. - BABB - Sydney Claude Robertson (1938--42) to Pamela Mary, daughter R~B~:~~nd Mrs: B. O. Babb, of 75 Canfield Gardens, London. MARRIAGES BOOTH-MARSDBN.- On August 1st, 1949, J. B. Booth (1924-28) to Ann Petrina Marsdell of Seattie, Washlllgton, U.S.A.

FINe:~~:;'~~au~t~:rK~f-Jr~ I~de~;!~T~~~i;~;~ ~!~~t:~r~~~~;gl~?' ~~ ~~~~: way, March, Cambridge. DEATHS Moon Hotel Ukunda Kenya, Wilfred John Chandler CHA(ft:r-3~)d~:;JY33atbelo°:"~ husband' of Audrey alld father of Hugo and RUKYJ' and only s~n of He~ry and Cicely Chandler, sometime of L10yds Bank, Peters e . CROSSB.-On November 27th, 1949, in South Africa, Major George Hallewell Crosse (1910- 14). J 0 P tf~ (1935 39) younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. PETf;:~ife~~~~ifry~ Grea~ C~~tes Road, Grimsby, and patrici~,cofnelia, daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. Montagu Marks, of Herongrove, St. Leonar s, nng.

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IN MEMORIAM EDWARD MATTHEW FLYN EVANS (1893-99) On February 13th, 1950, Edward Matthew Flyn Evans (1893-99), son of a former Vicar of Thanington, died from injuries received in a street accident in Canterbury. He gained a Smythe Exhibition at Lincoln College, Oxford, and was a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He served in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. Since his retirement he lived with his sister-in-law in Canterbury. CANON R. S. MOXON On January 29th, 1950, Canon R. S. Moxon died at his home at Ryde, Isle of Wight. He came to the lUng's School as Sixth Form Classical Master in 1905,Ieaving in 1911 to become Headmaster of Lincoln School. During his scholastic career he wrote a number of theological books-The Apocryphal Gospels, Vincen/ius of Lerins, The Doctrine of Sinand he proceeded to the dgree of D.O. in 1925. In 1929 he became Vicar of East Cowes and later of Ryde, where he remained until 1945. Those who were at Canterbury in his day will remember him, not only as a scholar but also as a coach on the river. MR. ALEC MACDONALD We have received with great regret the news of the recent death of Mr. Alec Macdonald, who was Modern Languages Master here for some time until 1933 . Mr. Macdonald was a remarkably gifted man, for besides his interests in languages he was a distinguished historian and archaeologist. While he was here he was responsible for some important excavations in the Palace Court. He translated Faust and his writings included many plays, scripts and adaptations for broadcasting, and he did a great deal of work for the schools program'me of the B.B.C. Mr. Macdonald spent two years in the Educational Branch of the Allied Control Commission in Berlin. He leaves a wife and a danghter. GEORGE VANDELEUR ORMSBY (1898- 1903) The many friends of George Vandeleur Ormsby (1898- 1903) must have been deeply shocked to hear of his death on March 5th, 1950, and to some the annual O.K.S. Dinner will never be quite the same again without his friendly greeting and kindly humour. Ormsby, on leaving School, studied at the University of Lausanne and at the London School of Economics, of which he was a Governor until he resigned last year. He was the London editor of the Wall Street Journal of New York. In the First World War he served in the Royal Field Artillery and reached the rank of Major after being mentioned in despatches five times. Throughout the last war he was an air-raid warden. We offer \lur sincerest sympathy to Mrs. Ormsby.

THE CANTU ARt AN We quote the following from The Times of 6th March, 1950 :The Times writes: "Mr. George V. Ormsby, chief of the London bureau of the Wall Street Journal since 1927, died yesterday at his home at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

Born in 1884, he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, Lausanne University, and the London School of Economics, of which last he was a member of the Board of Governors until his resignation this year. He was also a member of the Royal Economic Society and a past president of the American Correspondents' Association. Mr. Ormsby served throughout the 1914-18 war in the Royal Field Artillery, reaching the rank of major and being five times mentioned in dispatches. He was both gassed and wounded. In the last war he lost his home in the bombing, and from the start of the Battle of Britain served as an air-raid warden. Mr. Ormsby married Dr. Hilda Rodwell Jones, who survives him.

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Accepted Frewen was the son of John Frewen, Rector of Northiam, Sussex. He was born in Kent and educated at King's School, Canterbury; in 1603 he became Demy of Magdalen College and in 1612 Fellow. "About that time", says Anthony a Wood, who had been at school with him, "he entered the sacred function, and became a frequent preacher, as being puritanically inclined. In 1617 he went to Spain as Chaplain to Sir John Digby, the Ambassador, and there preached before Prince Charles, who, on his accession, made him one of his chaplains. In 1626 Frewen was elected President of Magdalen College, and immediately set himself to repair and beautify the chapel. It was a time when many of the Oxford chapels were being restored but the repairs at Magdalen were more lavishly undertaken than any. The changes attracted much attention and their beauty greatly praised, notably by Archbishop Laud and the Bishop of Winchester, but there were also murmurs of dissent, directed against the revival in church worship as well as against the new furnishings; " the mynifying Tradition; making the Eucharist a sacrifice; setting up Altars instead of Tables and bowing to them " . The authors of this dissent were banished from Oxford since their objections were aimed not only at Dr. Frewen but at the Archbishop as Chancellor. A measure which was to be the source of great trouble to Laud in years to come. Unfortunately of all President Frewen's devoted work in these memorable years nothing now remains but the eagle-lectern, the windows of the ante-chapel and the marble fioor. 395

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SCHOOL ROLL A further collection of names of staff and scholars is presented below. These names are taken from the Cathedral accounts, where they find a place, since the staff was paid from capltular funds, and an allowance was made to each scholar. The salaries of staff were as follows: Headmaster, £20 per annum; Assistant Master, £10 per annum. Each probably had a house rent free. The allowance made to each scholar was the then generous sum of £4 per annum. It appears that some scholars must have eaten in the Common Hall. Presumably they paid for their food out of their allowances, though it will be seen below that the Chapter on occasions paid. The subject of the Common Hall presents many difficulties; see note to list of names in the last issue of The Cantuariall. The accounts are to be found in two forms, a rough version and a fair copy. Sometimes both su~vi~e, sometimes one, and ,?ften neither. In the rough version recipients of pay add their signatures to entnes relating to them. The names have been printed from the signatures. Where the name is given in a different form by the clerk drawing up the rough version of the accounts, this variant form has been added in round brackets. For the year 1564-65 both rough and fair versions survive; for the year 1566- 67 only the fair copy is available.

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[Chapter MSS. Canterbury: Miscellaneous Accounts, No. 40, f. 312v.] Headmaster: Christmas, 1564, Lady Day and Midsummer 1565: Anthony Ruesshe. Michaelmas, 1565 : William Absolon. Assistant Master: Christmas, 1564: Matthew Bourne. Lady Day, 1565 : Matthew Bourne receives half salary, which is signed for by Minor Canon William Cancellar; other half of salary received by Edward Caldwell. Midsummer and Michaelmas, 1565: Edward Caldwell. [fol. 313r. Michaelmas, 1564.] In primis to [ ] Knell due at Michaelmas 20s. Item to W. Weston due at Michaelmas 20s. [See notes below] Robert Smithe Josias Goodderik Edward Stephens Valentine Austen Thomas Darrell John Knell Nicholas BTemer Thomas Twaytes [Thomas BowceT signs for him] Anthony Brimston William Gull

Richard Turnbull John Foscu George Marret Laurence Hollen den [fo1. 313v.] · Richard Lane · Thomas Smythe · [Thomas Bowcer signs for him] Albert Basset Edward More John Horden John Richardson [Minor Canon John Marden signs for >.;;.J him] !,Richard Henly p ohn Bechyng ~John HyllyaTd 396

THE CANTUARIAN Richard Massingberde [He receives 15d. as well as.20s .. ; Rowland Tansey there is no signature opposite hiS John Hunte name; See note below] Esau Meriam Joel Stoughton (Stocton) Thomas Wodward Roger Wotton Anthony Kingsmyll [Thomas Bramston (butler of the [William Kingsmill signs for him] Common Hall) signs for him] Finch Smyth Robert Clarke Christopher Ingland Edward Brayn Moses Fowler Thomas Mylles George Thorneton Harry Peirs John Troyne Matthew London William Chapman Charles Turnbul Timothy Cotton [fo1. 3141'.] [There are no ~i~natures opposite the names of the last four; 20s. is noted as paid to each with an additIonal 15d. See note below.] John Penvyne [John Butler signs for him] Robert Selbye [he receives 15d. as well as 20s. There is no signature opposite his name. See note below.] William Harte [John Harte signs for him] William Weston Water Ware Cyprian Jordan [the last two receive 15d. as well as 20s. There are no signatures opposite their names. See note below.] Thomas Wodwarde John Hyllyarde [Theodore Neuton signs for Hillyard; in the case of Woo.dward and Hillyard 20s. is paid, and stated to be for salary due at MICh~~lmas ; It will be se~n that the names of the last two are entered earlier on as recelVlng salary for Chnstmas quarter. An explanatory note in the fair copy of the Treasurer's Accounts shows that for some reason the salary of 20s. had not been allowed to Knell, Weston, Woodward and Hillyard at Michaelmas, 1564 ; perhaps they had played truant or been msubordmate; however this was paid up at the Christmas quarteT. It will be seen they are referred to as "former scholars " by the date of the audit (November, 1565), so they must have left by then.] [The steward of the Common Hall w.a~ I?aid, it will be seen, lOs. at the rate of 15d. each for six boys. The interpretatIOn of thiS IS dl~cult. Se~ note at head of names prmted in the last issue of The Canluarian. The passage In the faIT copy of the accounts runs as follows :-1

THE CANTUARIAN [Chapter MSS. Canterbury; Accounts, New Foundation, 1564-65.] Et in denariis per dictum computantem solutis [ ] Knell Willelmo Westo n Thome Woodwarde et Joh~!1I1i !fiIIya~d nuper scolaribu ~ e~clesie predicte viz. cui Ubet corum xxs. pro shpendus SUIS deblhs ad festum sanctl MIChaelis 1564 prius non allocatis ac senescallo commUnIS aule pro communibus Johannis Hilliarde Georgij Thorneton Johannis Twyne WIIlelml Chapman Tlmothe~ [sic]. Cotton Roberti Selbye Walteri Ware et Cipriani JU:den nup~r scolanum ecclesIe predlcte VIZ. cUlllslIbet corum xvd. debit. in primo quartero hUIllS anm In toto iiij Ii xs.

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[fol. 314v. Lady Day, 1565.] Robert Smythe (Smith major) [ ] Goodderik Edward Stephans Valentine Austen Thomas Darrell John Knell Nicholas Bremer Thomas Thuaytes Anthony Brimston (Bramston) William GUll Richard Turnbulle (Turnbull major) George Marrett Laurence Hollen den Richard Lane Thomas Smith (Smyth minor) Albert Bassett Edward More John Horden John Richardson Richard Henlye (Handley) John Bechinge [fol. 315.] Joel Stoughton (Stocton) Robert Clarke [ ] Wootton ["Mr. Bowcer" receive his pay] Edward Brayn Thomas Mils Henry Peirs Matthew London Charles Turnbull (Turnebull minor) Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansey John Foscu John Hunte Esias Meriam Thomas Wodwarde

Anthony Kyngsmill Finch Smyth Christopher Ingland Moses Fouler DanielIve [fol. 315v.] William Cotton John Elvin Robert Raylton James Chapman Isaac Tilman Richard Belfeild Benjamin Wetherden Fynche Thwaytes [ ] Hopton Robert Cartyer [fol. 316r; Midsummer.] Robert Smythe (Smyth major) Josias Goodderike [ ] Stephens [pay is signed for by [ Benskyn] Valentine Austen Thomas Darrell John Knell Nicholas Bremer Thomas Thwaites A. Brimston (Bramston) William GUll Richard Turnbull (Turnebull major) George Marrett Laurence Hollenden Richard Lane Thomas Smithe Albert Basset Edward More John Horden John Richardson

tHE CANtUARiAN Richard Turn bull John Foscu George Marett Laurence Hollen den Richard Lane Thomas Smith Albert Bassett Edward More [fol. 318r.] John Horden John Richardson Richard Henly John Bechinge Joel Stoughton Robert Clarke [ ] Wotton Edwarde Braine [ ) Myls Henry Peirs Matthew London Charles Turnbul Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansey John Hunte Esay Meriam Thomas Woodward Anthony Kingsmill Finch Smyth [fol. 318v.) Christopher England Moses Fowler Daniellve William Cotten John Elvin Robert Raylton James Chapman Isaac Tilman [ ) Belfeilde [James Benskyn signs for his pay] Benjamin Wytherden Finch Thwaytes Abraham Hopton [ ) Cartar [James Benskyn signs for his pay) [ ) Wylford

Richard Henlye John Beching Joel Stoughton Robert Clarke) [foJ. 316vÂˇlIi. Roger Wotton Edward Bryan Thomas Mylls Henry Peirs]ll Matthew London Charles Turnbull (Turnebull minor) Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansey John Foscu John Hunte Esaias Meriam Thomas Woodward Anthony Kingsmill Finch Smyth Christopher England Moses Fouler Daniellve William Cotton John Elvin Robert Railton James Chapman [fol. 317r.] Isaac Tilman [ ] Belfeld ] Benskyn] [pay signed for by [ Benjamin Wytherden Finch Thwaytes Abraham Hopton Robert Cartyer (Cartar) [fol. 317v. Michaelmas, 1565.) [Josias) Goodricke [James) Stephens [pay signed for by James Benskyn; Christian name supplIed from faIr copy in the case of the last two) Valentine Austen Thomas Darell John Knell Nicholas Bremer Thomas Thwaytes Anthony Brimston William Gull 399

tHE CANtU AR1AN 1566- 1567 [Accounts of New Foundation ; Treasurer's Account 1566- 67.] He~dmaster: [John] Greshopp. ' AssIstant Master : Edward Caldwell.

[both were in office for whole year, receiving salary from Christmas quarter 1566MIchaelmas, 1567.] [Christmas, 1567.] Albert Bassett Edward Mare John Horden John Richardson Richard Hendley John Bechinge Joel Stocton Robert Clerke Roger Wootton Edward Brayn Thomas Mylles Henry Peerse Matthew London Charles Turnbull Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansei John Hunt Esaias Meriam Thomas Woodward Finch Smyth Christopher Ingland Moses Fowler DanielIve William Cotton John Elvyn Robert Raylton James Chapman Isaac Tylman Richard Belfeld Benjamin Witherden Finch Thwaites Abraham Hopton Francis Wilford Thomas Ballard Walter Smallam John Dunkey Samuel Ridley James Knell

Henry Philipps Thomas Heddington Nicholas Twyne George Belke Thomas Walker Daniel Johnson Edward Holbroke Benjamin Browne William Whitehead William Hales Thomas Whetley [ ] Kingsmell [12d. paid for his commons he receiving, apparently, no salary] [Lady Day, 1567.] John Richardson Richard Hendley John Bechinge Joel Stocton Robert Clerke Roger Wootton Edward Brayne Thomas Mylles Henry Peers Matthew London Charles Turnbull Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansey John Hunte Esai Meriam Thomas Woodward Finch Smyth Christopher Ingland Moses Fowler DanielIve William Cotten John Elwyn Robert Raylton James Chapman

THE CANTUARIAN isaac Tylman Richard Belfeld Benjamin Wetherden Finch Twaytes Abraham Hopton Francis Wilforde Thomas Ballard Waiter Smallam John Dunkey Samuel Ridley James Knell Henry Philipps Thomas Heddington Nicholas Twyne George Belke Thomas Walker Daniel Johnson Edward Holebroke Benjamin Browne William Whithead William Hales Thomas Wheatley Thomas Goodson Mark Collins William Slifeld isaac Aisherst [Midsummer, 1567.] Richard Hendley John Beching Robert Clerke Edward Braim [sic] Thomas Mylles Henry Peerse Matthew London Charles Turnbull Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansey John Hunt Esaias Meriam Thomas Woodward Finch Smith Moses Fowler DanielIve William Cotton John Elwyn Robert Raylton James Chapman

Isaac Tylman Richard Belfelde Benjamin Witherden Finch Twaytes Abraham Hopton Francis Wilford Thomas Ballarde Walter Samllam John Dunkey Samuel Ridley James Kneld Henry Philipps Thomas Heddington Nicholas Twyne George Belke Thomas Walker Daniel Johnson Edward Holbroke Benjamin Browne William Whithed' Thomas Whetley William Hales Thomas Goodson Mark Cullyn William Slifeld Isaac Aisherst William Vagham Richard [ ] Edward Purfrey John Purfrey [Michael mas, 1567.] Edward Brayne Henry Peerse Thomas Mylles Matthew London Charles Turnbull Richard Massingberd Rowland Tansei John Hunt Esai Meriam Thomas Woodwarde Finch Smyth Moses Fowler Daniel ive William Cotton John Elvyn Robert RayJton

THE CANTU A RIAN James Chapman Isaac Tylman Richard Belfelde Benjamin Witherden Finch Thwaites Abraham Hopton Francis Wilford Thomas Ballard Walter Smallam John Dunkey Samuel Ridlei James Knell Henry Philippes Thomas Heddington Nicholas Twyne George Belke Thomas Walker

Daniel Johnson Edward Holbroke Benjamin Browne William Whithead Thomas Wheatley William Hales Thomas Goodsonn Mark Cullyn William Slefelde Isaac Aysherst William Vaghan Richard Massei Edward Purfrey John Purfrey Robert Dorn Samuel Grave Stephen Gossen

CORRESPONDENCE

A recent appeal by one of The Cantuarian Editors to th f r . . even humorous turn of mind, brought forth, among other r~~~"~s, ~h~t~~~r;w~~:~:~t~~fr To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN • Dear Sirs, I note ,,:ith interest your appeal for "new blood" in the form of h . . umorous artIcles, short stones, photographs and the like An excell ea , why not start with an illustrated treatise on the "Holiday Tie·"? y ew

colour printing is prohibitive".

course reply, " Impossible,

Now, Sirs, I have a proposition to put to you wh b h . hinder the further advancement in splendour of YO~~e a~~~~abF:J~u;~~I~s may no longer I propose that we start a cat ranch on the waste r d t B· I . start with a thousand cats. All school fags to be detailed togb~i~~ b:ck air eys. We Wlth ~hemh next term; those failing to reach the required quota mayP~:agi~~~ge number to VISIt t e back of School House after dark. permISSIOn

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2/ Etch cat would average twelve kittens a year. The skins run from 1/ for h·t - kor pure black ones. Assuming Mendel to be correct this would a-verag~ :/~ ones to rna mg OUf revenue £9,000 a year gross.

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A man can skin forty cats a day for 20/- It wo Id t k u a e two men to operate the ranch and the net profit will be £8,376 per annUl';. " We will feed the cats on rats, and we will start a·ranch next door Th I Officer" is a friend of mine and we should have little difficult in sta~ . e ?cal Rodent rats. Rats?luaiply'four times as fast as cats so we should ;;'ve fo tmgtWlthd a t~ousand cat, whIch IS ample. ur ra s a ay ,or each

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THE CANTUARIAN Now then, we will feed the rats on the carcases of the cats from which the skins have been taken, giving each rat a quarter of a cat. It will thus be seen that the business will be self acting and automatic all the way through. The cats will eat the rats and the rats will eat the cats and we shall get the skins. Other usefu l purposes for the livestock will also, of course, at once spring to yo ur minds.

I await your reply and trust that yo u will appreciate the opportunity I give you to make your undertaking a rich one quickly. Yours faithfully, C. W. WARD School House. To C. W. Ward, Esq., School House Dear Sir, The Editors thank you for your letter and have exchanged mutual congratulations amongst themselves that they have been entrusted with a proposal of such profitable dimensions. We are obliged to point out, however, that the sanction of the Government must be obtained before such a large scale scheme can be put into operation. In these days such permission is very hard to come by. Therefore, while not casting any aspersion upon the idea of a Cat Ranch, we venture to suggest that you sell your proposal to the Government: the sale of which comes under the Patents and Novelties Act (Umpteenfifty), Stat. IXL; Reg. 3 ; Clause 17 ; Para. H. * The terms of this sale would guarantee you the sum of One Guinea (excluding the tax of 19/6 in the pound), in return for the complete surrender of the Patent to the Government. Yours etc., B.K.N., Representative ~r the Editorial Body * The Board of Tirade booklet is now on sale at H.M. Stationery Office at the cost of 1/6. This was written before the General Election, but the Editors understand that the Conservative Policy suggests the Repeal of the Patents and Novelties Act (Umpteenfifty). The Editors will be interested to see whether the Government price rises. Correspondence c\osed.- Eds.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines, and apologize for the omissions in the last number :The Alleynian, The Ampleforth Journal, The Magazine of Ashford School for Girls, Benenden School Magazine, The Bryanston Saga, The Cranbrookian, The Eastbournian, The Elizabethan, The Epsomian, The Felstedian, Gresham's School Magazine, The Haileyburian, The Hurst Johnian, The Impala, The Magazine of King 's School, Paramatta, The LanCing College Magazine, The Laurentian, The Lifeline, The Lorettonian, The Manwoodian, The Mar/burian, The Meteor, The Gusel, The Radleian, The Roffensian, The St. Edmund's School Chronicle, The Stonyhurst Magazine, The Stortfordian, Sutton }"ale!lce School Magazine, The Tonbridgian, The Worksopian. 403

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL From the Parrot House ,I

We look forward witb interest, excitement, and even some trepidation to th . of our new JunlOr House next term, in the building which is bein evacu e openIng dahr and myself; evacuated, that is, except for the Study, whichgren;ain:ti~d t~~ rs. were It always has been. Th,s IS a project to which we have looked forward for ~o'::;: tIme. It seems that there WIll be twenty-four new boys next term and t t ~ boys is no joke.. They have to be shown such a lot, get used to so'much ~ou~~~w people, that the Impact of so large a number upon our society is bound to b h y Still, no doubt we shall survive, as we have survived in the past There' ~ \ eavyone. orm ; Form I splits into Ia and Ib ; their classrooms will both be in th;Spr~se~to~e~e~ o~se , and the whole concern WIll be as much a separate unit as we can make it. This" as It should be for the youngest boys 111 a preparatory school the seven and . ht IS olds. MI~S Munel Relton will be in charge of the new House, though most of h::~ea7hl'::'Â WIll contmue to be as at present, WIth the upper forms of the School MOld kg rs and I propose to spend the Easter holidays on the job of movin into the c . a er to take the move in as quiet and leisurely a fashion as possible. fhe necessar ottage, and our new borne (the cottage between the Barn and the Oast formerly occu 'f ~ebaIrs to Clements) have dIsclosed a number of interesting things, inclJding an old Tud~~ fir/ I~;' complete WIth enormous ch,mney and chimney-corner Provided that it d ~ d' ' cha~ge all its smoke into the drawing-room instead of ~p the chimne 't' oes no ISleft 10 something like its original state. The cottage will provide us with' th.'~a~~~u~b~~ of roo~s as we now have,. but they WIll be of manageable size. (Mothers and fath '11 apprecIate the force of th,s better than boys !) ers WI

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We all at Charlton Park want to thank you and the boys very much indeed f th presents you. brought us this morning. There were so many splendid toys it is erh~ s = pIty to mentIOn any specIal one, but I must say the artillery exceeded our high~t h P We had feared Father Christmas was going to run short of weapons of wa h' hopes. greatly 10 demand. r, w IC are With best wishes for the New Year to all the school from the staff and h'ld t Charlton Park. ' c I ren a

Yours sincerely, KATHERINE MILLER.

P.S.-From the more peaceful point of view the farmyards are the summit of joy." b The term has been a comparatively peaceful one; we have had some colds and infl ut who has not? Perhaps the stickiest situation arose when two out of three m~~~:a, retired to bed at the same time, with influenza, but we got past even that with the he~ 404

THE CANTUARIAN of the kindly and inevitable Miss Harding. The number of boys out of school at anyone time did not exceed the capacity of the sickrooms, and none have been really ill. We do, perhaps, feel that we need the Easter holidays and the Summer Term to set us on our collective feet. Games have somewhat suffered; though more from cancellations by other schools than by ourselves. A brief account of the matches actually played appears below. Forms VI and V have had one visit outside the School; to Ashford Railway Works, by courtesy of British Railways. It proved an enjoyable, if noisy and rather dirty, visit. Congratulations to the following on passing music exams. last term :- Grade 1: distinction, Antony Smith and John Hamilton (violins) ; merit, David East and Richard Bates (violins), Frederick Maplethorp (piano) ; pass, William Ambro (violin), Antony Coxon and Victor Ibbetson (pianos). Grade 2: distinction, Nicholas Cooper (cello) ; pass, Robin Stuart, Robin Dartington, Richard Fishlock, Richard Cornwell (violins). Grade 3 : merit, Richard Douglas (violin) ; pass, David Balfour (violin), Michael SangerDavies (piano). W.H.O, Rugby Football Any Lent term is a gamble with diseases and the elements separately or together, and this term has been no exception. After a few days, just as the elementary rules of the game were beginning to be grasped, and the fact that the ball might be handled was being understood, first frost, and then flood, denied us the use of the ground. With the approach of half-term we were able to start all over again, and did in fact play one match before disease once more put an end to our activities. From the games we played it was plain to see that there were distinct possibilities of success, and that we had someJpotentially useful players. There were, of course, the customary faults of prep. school rugger, such as the enthusiasm of forwards to let someone else do the work in the loose, centre three-quarters running diagonally across the ground, and the desire to be the one person who will not have to fan on the ball. But there are faults born of inexperience and can, in time, be corrected. In spite of our lack of experience our one match, against Manwood Lodge, which we lost 14--5, was not as one-sided as the score might suggest. From the kick-off we managed to get the ball up to the Manwood twenty-five, and for a period play was mostly between there and the half-way line. However, it was here that one of our chief weaknesses became apparent. Though we had the advantage of weight in the scrum, our opponents were well served by their hooker, and managed to gain possession in the tight, in spite of our pushing them back. This enabled Manwoods to ease the pressure by adequate touch-finding, and a clean heel enabled them to open the scoring with an unconverted try. Shortly before half-time a quick heel from a scrum on our twenty-five, aided by some rather half-hearted tackling, led to the score becoming 8-0. Very shortly after the kick-off Manwoods scored again; a try which was not converted. Our forwards then started to use their weight to better purpose, Young setting a fine example; there was some strong running by Ambro and Bailey; one or two nicely jud~ed

r THE CANTUARIAN kicks by the latter; an orthodox three-quarter movement developed. The ball came to Featherstone, who had previously shown a good turn of speed on several occasions and by good determined running he was able to score about five yards from the corne; flag. Young kicked a very good goal. Manwoods returned to the attack, and scored one more try a long way out, but did not attempt to kick at goal. The team as a whole played quite well . Young set an excellent example to his forwards, among whom Jell, Bodger, Brett and Balfour were consplCUOUS for some good, hard, low tackling. Of the outsides, Goate at full back was the safest tackler, while, in the centre, Bailey found some nice touches. If the 'flu will leave us alone soon, and allow us to continue the usual activities, there is no reason why, jf we get a return match, we should not alter the result by a convincing margin. T.P.P.

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The Strawberry Season If Proust had been English, and had come to school here, what would he not have made of US ! For summer in Canterbury has a peculiar air of nostalgia, a luxurious sadness. Each new day seems more an act of memory than an act of being. We feel this particularly who are near the end of our time here, those of us for whom this summer is the last. We forsee the end of summer as a kind of death, and, though we may stay on until past Christmas, our fulfilment is over, in winter we are only half-alive. The purpose of the year has been fini shed before we were ready. People of our age, adolescents, are notorious for their indulgence in the easy emotions, but is not a little emotion at such a time praiseworthy? As we wander from past age to past age, from medieval sainthood to the clerics of Victorian Canterbury, the Ca nterbury which David Copperfield knew, may we not show some gratitude both to the proud Archbishop and to those lesser worthies who haunt Canterbury equally with Grantchester in the famous poem by Rupert Broo\<e- -. ' 409

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, And in that garden, black and white, Creep whispers through the grass all night; And spectral dance before the dawn, A hundred vicars down the lawn; Curates long dust will come and go On lissom printless clerical toe; And oft between the boughs is seen The sly shade of a Rural Dean ... ... ... ? Not that the atmosphere is oppressive with holiness, there is just so much taint of hassock in the Precincts as would delight a poet, be he Mr. Brooke or Mr. Betjeman. Or if we range a little beyond the city walls, are we to cease being thankfu l for all the good things in the countryside around, and for the liberty and leisure which allow us to visit them? One may remember particularly a Roman camp and another a ruined Regency-Gothic country-house near Bridge, a most delicate and romantic building now crumbled away to dust. When somebody says' School! ' to this last he will recall the quiet in the hollow and the poor, tawdry, pasteboard battlements and the intricate fanta sy of the window-frames. There is Chilham too, and the reedy lake below the Castle, and there is Godmersham with the house where Jane Austen often stayed and with its sinister derelict vicarage. Even the memory of a skull and cross-bones chalked upon the walls by the village boys can give a shiver of pleasure. Al)d yet other things are there- the bright beds of flowers beneath the class-room windows and later the curions moon humping herself over the roofs to peer into the windows. Many critics have remarked the frequency of the' sun in splendour' image in Christopher Marlowe's verse. To anyone who has been to his school this frequency appears inevitable. When the snn shines in Canterbury and the warm stone sops it up as if it were honey, nothing else can ever seem as splendid. And this sun shines with special favour upon a cricket match, whether the King's School wins or loses. As better writers than the present have remarked, there is nothing more pleasant than a cricket match, even if one is not attending to the game. Perhaps the gentle murmur of conversation and the Warm 4!Q

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smell of cut grass, and the ant-infested jungles close to the eye have something to do with this- these and the dappling shade of the lime trees by the churchyard. Then there a:e always strawb 7rries, no cricket match could ever be complete WIthout them, or WIthout the I..' great rich blackheart cherries that come into season with them. If memory is more a taste than anything else, as Housman tacitly asserted when he wrote[ . When the bells j ustle in the tower, The ho llow night amid, Then on my tongue the taste is sour Of all I ever did. Canterbury school days will for ever taste sweetly of strawberries.

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B. K. NEWTON A. B. CURRY R. J. SIMPKINS I. D. HILL A. B. POLLOK I. A. Fraser

of School House of The Grange ... of Walpole House of Meister Orners of Luxrnoore House of Marlowe House

MONITORS A. B. CURRY, B. K. NEWTON, R. D. H. ROBERTS, A. B. POLLOK, I. D. HILL, R. M. V. BEITH, P. J. WALKER, R. F . MOFFATT, R. O. A. NORRIS, A. YOUNG, J. E. M. LUCIESMITH, B. E. LEE, P. J. S. MURRAY

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VAtETE J. M. Armstead, R. Bahler, J. D. Betts, J. M. H. Johnson, A. S. Mitchell-Innes, D. Phillips.

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THIS AND THAT It is. splendid ~ew~ th~t D. L.. Edwards,. a History demy of Magdalen, obtamed a. DlstmctlOn 111 the HIstory PrelImInary Examinations last term. At Cambndge there was a record attendance of both senior and junior m e~bers of the University from our School at Great St. Mary 's, to hear the Headmaster s UlllversJty Sermon. There was no opportunity for an O.K.S. Gathenng, but Dr. Budd dined at the Vice-Chancellor's with the Headmaster, and on the Monday some O.K.S. met in A. A. Kneller 's rooms in Corpus. The Headmaster's recent book Richard Hooker and Conlemporary Political Ideas is officially recommended to be studied for the History Tripos at Cambridge.

University . News

At St. George's, Hanover Square, the Headmaster married John Pettifer (K.S. 1935- 39) to his bride Patricia. One of the ushers was Norman Scarfe (K.S . 1936--41), a cousin of the bridegroom' and in the choir sang W. F. James (K.S. 1917-22). ' O.K.S. Wedding

Exhibition to Keble

We congratulate Brian Newton on being awarded a Richard Taylor Exhibition in History to Keble College, Oxford.

Le Conlrat Social " ... Corsica . . . . 1 have some presentiment that this small island will one day astonish Europe." (Chapter x). It certainly produced Napoleon not long after!

Rousseau, the Prophet?

We have recently come across printed .. Rules for Day Boys" compiled School Rules in 1864 presumably by Bishop Mitcltinson, then Headmaster. They of 1864 were forbidden to use cribs, roam idly about the town, smoke, throw stones, use fire-arm s (had some of them been desperadoes 'I), bet or gamble, borrow or lend, buy or sell , carve names, cut desks, scribble on walls. Of course this legislation may have been a code embracing all foreseeable wickedness; it is to b~ hoped that the laws were not made afterward on account of the happening of such shocking matters. Positively, any King's Scholars had to walk to School and home clad 111 cap and gown. From other rules - for "Town Boarders " -it appears that Canterbury as Eton, had its Dames' Houses. ' There are also "Rules for Paper Chases", which might commend themselves to the present generatio~ more than the prohibitions above-mentioned. Thus- "No boy is to enter any PublIc-house, except at the end of the chase." That is a very good one WIth large loop-holes. Again- ' 'No boy is to drink any spirits, except with the permissio~ of a Master, or, If no Master be present, then with the permission of a Monitor"-Ioopholes much larger. But we need not fear to-day, for the cost is prohibitive anyhow. 414

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April 16th was the first day of Summer Time. It was a Sunday, and we Rubbing It In lost an hour's sleep. Some unkind but intelligent Authority chose Psalm 57 for Cathedral Mattins. Verse 9, " I myself will awake right early" we felt to be specially unsympathetic. Tbe amusing extract from Kilvert's Diary whicb we printed last term and Confirmation which described how a you ng clergyman was willy-nilly confirmed by an Multiplied irascible bishop caused a good deal of attention and tbougbt. A Scientist was particularly interested in tbe question, • 'Ifin Confirmation you receive a sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit, what measure do you receive after being twice confirmed?" Would the answer be \4? The Scientist thought 7 squared, but a Theologian proposed 7 to the power of 7 ; but as this particular Editor is ignorant of Mathematics he does not know if this last is the same as 7 squared; it so unds a great deal more. Last year the Lower House of Convocation of the Church of England rejected a proposal by 78 votes to 55 sent to them by the bishops that ladies sho uld be permitted to preach. When we read, however, tbat guides in Canterbury Cathedral were addressing flocks of tourists from the Nave pulpit this Easter-time, we wo ndered if this was an indirect attempt to this end.

Ladies in the Pulpit

Any honour that befalls the President gives us the greatest satisfaction. Lately Dr. Charles Budd, Deputy-Lieutenant for Cambridge, has been gazetted to two Hon. Colonelcies: be is now, tberefore, Hon. Colonel No.6 (Eastern) General Hospital, R.A.M.C., T.A., and Hon. Colonel 5tb Cadet Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.

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THE CANTUARIAN In all the School's long history it can never have had such a year of academic successes. The greatest praise is due to the excellent staff that the Headmaster has gathered round him. Eight Open Scholarships and one Exhibition were gained to Oxford and Cambridge in Natural Science, History, and Modern Languages. To these are to be added six State Scholarships, 50 Higher Certificates with 20 Distinction s, 90 School Certificates, 3 Cadetships to Sandhurst and the Navy, while in Music some boys have reached most distinguished heights. We hope that the School's official records will contain some such memento as this from the Minute Books of the Dean and Chapter for the year 1585, when the Chapter ' 'decree" thot th~r: shall be fyve marks geven in Reward unto Mr. Shor .. . the Scholemaster of the Grammar scoole to encourage hymn in his dilygence [and for] his paynes takinge in teachinge and for the Rcleife of his charges in his late sycknes." A Precedent?

The Chapter Minutes in January, 1582 approve "that John Hooker Master of Arts and Reader of the Hebrew lecture in Corpus Christi College in Oxford shall at the request and suit made to us by the right honourable the Earl of Leicester and Mr .. Secretary Walsingham have from us five pounds six shillings and eightpence by year toward the furtherance of his study." Will some historian discover if Richard Hooker is intended? If it were Richard, substance wou ld be given to the view that the judicious Hooker did, in fact, work for the Government. It has been certainly discovered in recent years that he wrote his Ecclesiastical Polily with the knowledge and approval of the Government to justify their measures against the Puritans. If this extract were found to refer to him, it would be exciting, for Walsingham was head of Elizabeth 's Secret Service. Matter for Research

The Canterbury Chapter might to-day have been among the few wealthiest corporations, had they kept their estates in London. In 1566 they disposed to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London their lands in the City for £30 p.a., which sum six years later was capitalized at £600. On part of this land was built the Royal Exchange. That £600 would to-day he worth about £25,000 to £30,000 ; a very cheap price, as the value of the site now would be measured in hundreds of thousands. We have heard, too, that the Chapter owned for centuries the Manor of Vauxhall, with which they parted not much over a hundred years ago in exchange for the advowson of a benefice! The Dean and Chapter

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Occupier (indignantly) 10 friend: " See those workmen down there laying the path ? They haven't done a stroke for an hour- not a stroke--I've been watching them ."

The Annual Dinner has been arranged for January 5th at the Park Lane Hotel. The Editors-and, in fact, all the present generation at School- hope there will be a record attendance. If busy and distinguished men like Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery- to name only one who will be there--can find time and take trouble to come for the sole purpose of showing their keen interest in the School, surely the Old Boys in general ought to rally in support? O.K.S. Dinner

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THE C ANTUARfAN Your interesting paragraph in The Canluarian for March, 1949 entitled "A Most Rare Book" has recently been brought to my notice. You ask for identification of five contributors to the sheet of verses prefixed to the copy of Dugdale 's Monasticoll now in the Library of Canterbury Cathedral. I suggest that the Joshua Childrey, the last of the signatories, is identifical with Joshua Childrey, who was at the King's School, Rochester, circa 1635. The appropriate entry from the Register of the K ing's School, Rochester, 4th Edition 1936, page 42, runs as follows :"CHILDREY, Joshua. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1640. B.A. 1646; D.O. 1660. Rector of Shepton Beauchamp 166 1 ; Upway, Dorset 1664; Canon of Sarum 1664; Archdeacon of Salisbury 1664. Publications: Indago Astr%gia (London 1652); Syzugiasticoll Instauralum (London 1653); Britannia Baconia (London 1661)." F. C. B. WILLIS. From a Letter

to J. E. M. Lucie-Smith, whose poem London Spring appeared in an April iss ue of Time and Tide; to M. D. Man ning-Press on his appointment as a member of the National Youth Orchestra. Those of the School who live North 0' the Border may hear the Orchestra in Aberdeen during the coming holidays.

Congratnlations

News reaches us from Copenhagen of more success for Carol Reed (O.K.S . 1917-22), who has, with his associate Graham Greene, won the Danish Oscar for the best European film of the year. The Fallen Ido/ wo n first place, and The Third Mall second. We look forward to Carol Reed's next production, which we understand is to be shot in a Conrad setting in Borneo or the East Indies. "Whi le the Cambridge University Library lost a total of 559 books last Honest Men year, 200 of which dealt with ornithology and natural history and 136 of History with mOUlltaineering and travel, the Seeley Historical Library lost only seven books. " The Seeley Librarian is reported to have said that "Historians arc very honest". We hope OUI' Librarian says the same! Oscars Again

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A Royal Visit

Brown Chambers; Lynch Macpherson; Darling Davidson; Donald Duck.

The School lined the route from the Christ Church Gate to the Great West Door of the Cathedral, when H.R.H. Princess Margaret made her visit to the Cathedral on Wednesday, 31st May amid our cheers.

We are delighted to hear from Mrs. Gostick, Secretary of the Geographic Green Court Board of Alberta that Green Court became the official spelling of "Greencourt", Alberta, in March, 1950. Mr. C. C. Lloyd-Jones (1911 -29) writes that he always understood Green Court, Alberta, to have originated as something of an O.K.S. Farm "Colony", and Mr. F. C. Harris, who was our Bursar from 1945-48, tells us that the Green Court project failed, owing to lack of sufficient members to succeed those who left for various unavoidable causes. 417

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An early English orientalist, George Sale, was an O.K.S. Born in A Lost Scholar Kent (1680), he was a solicitor and was educated here. In 1734 he . . . published the first a~curate translation of the Koran into English, addLllg a prehmLllary discourse and COpiOUS notes. He also had a share in the Gel/eral

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bequeathed his collection of Oriental Manuscripts to the Radcliffe Library at Oxford . By some curious omission there is no mention of him in either Sidebotham's Memorials or in Woodruff and Cape's History of the School. The Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., informs us that they have vacancies On their Eastern Staff for applicants aged 20- 22 years. The vacancies are for Junior Executive Officers, and details can be obtained from the Head Office of the Bank, 15 Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.3. Banking

We are grateful to the great-granddaughter of the late Henry Weekes, R.A., and to her mother, who have kindly presented to the School two busts by this eminent sculptor, who was educated here from 1816-22, being admitted a King's Scholar in 1817. He was the son of Capon Weekes, a Banker's clerk, and was born in the parish of St. Andrew's, Canterbury. We have also had a self-bust presented to us by the widow of Colonel H. E. Weekes, the sculptor's grandson. Henry Weekes was a sculptor of considerable distinction, a Royal Academician who made the first bust of Queen Victoria after her accession to the throne. Henry Weekes also executed the statues of John Hunter for the Royal College of Surgeons Charles II for the House of Lords, William Harvey for the Museum at Oxford, Cranmer' Ridley and Latimer on the Martyrs ' Memorial at Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon for Trinity College, Cambridge, and Archbishop Sumner for Canterbury Cathedral, among many other works. He died in 1877. Henry Weekes, R.A.

We are glad to hear that another O.K.S. is gain ing distinction in the same art, for B. R. Sindall recently won the Prix de Rome for his statuette "Agriculture" .

We draw attention to two important letters in this issue; one from the President of the O.K.S. Association, and the other from gentiemen who have been in recent years Captains of School. The subject is of immense urgency- namely, the raising of funds to assist Old Boys to send their sons to their own School. This project has the sympathy of all members of the School. We wish it the maximum success. 0 fortunate daughter School of Parramatta to which a legacy of vast wealth has been lately bequeathed!

Sons of O.K.S.

On Wednesday, 7th June, a number of the School heard a talk by Dr. Kagawa, the celebrated Japanese Christian leader, at the Canterbury Methodist Church. He gave a brief outline of the history of Christianity in Japan and talked of his personal conversion and subsequent experiences. Tt was a most moving account and was heard by a crowd which filled the Chapel and overflowed into the grounds.

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Dr Kagawa stayed the night in Canterbury as guest of the Headmaster, who invi~~d . f us to his house in the evening. There we were able to meet Dr. Kagawa persona . y. ~m~~cussed the possibilities of a world ' peace and of Christia~ unity, be:ldes leart:~g e 'n of the sufferings sustained by Dr. Kagawa himself 11\ the con eSSlOn 0 e ~~~thiL~aving the Headmaster's house that night, we felt we had heard one of the greatest Christian leade rs of our day. The School attempted the most exacting task that any Choral Society 't can give itself- the performance of Bach's Mass ill B MilloI'm the Nave of Generosl Y the Cathedral. Leading soloists from London were engaged and one of land's leading orchestras, the Boyd Neel. Fully 2,000 people came, apart from En g_ in . n members of the School. The costs amounted to the better part of ÂŁ300. no~ ;e ~egperformance began, the audience was asked to contnbute. generously. rhey Be 0 nded by putting ÂŁ91 lOs. Id. in the plates. Simple anthmehc proves that the :~!~ge contribution was less than a shilling. As a few people-:very few-;-~~ 111:ou~~ s the real average dwindles to not more than nmepen~e. Nm~pence . e c eap note.' h ' . 1/3 We hope the Festival Committees Will learn a lesson and seat

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This story was told by the Bishop of Rochester. The Lambeth ConferValue of Bishops ence of 1948 began with a service at Canterbury Cathedral, ~fter which King's School boys were busy in the Cathedr~l Prwncts collecting autographs. One was heard to exclaim, "I've got three ArchbIShops, and I'll swop the lot for one Len Hutton !" Of late years it has become a custom to describe the Cathedral on all Service Sheets and other printed documents as "The Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury", instead of the simple "Canterbury Cathedral". We do not know if the longer titie is an improvement. It certainly was not when a wagregrettably one of our own number-added' 'Limited" to it.

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Style " Coleridge said Dr. Darwin ~as a great plagiarist. 'He was like a pigeon picking up peas, and afterwards voidtng them with excrementitious additions'." (March 25th , J 804.) "Taylor spoke of Dr. Parr, who he said was in company with Burke, Sheridan Foxe etc., after they had made their speeches on Hastings' trial. Parr had given his ~pinio~ on sev~ral; but not on Burke's sp~ech, who at last solicited it. P~rr did not approve it, but said, . It was oppressed by. epithets-dislocated by parenthesis-and debilitated by amplificatIOn.' " (From the Diary of Joseph Farington). (May 7th, 1804.) Farington's Diary vividly illustrates the struggles that men like Constable and Turner had to experience to obtain recognition. To-day anyone of their pictures would fetch thousands. On June 1st, 1804, we learn that Constable " has oftate been much employed painting portraits large as the life for which he has with a hand 3 guineas, without 2 guineas" : Fashion

We have come across this name which may have been used for the Sunday after Ascension, seven days prior to Whitsun. Can any reader confirm this? It seems an admirable title for that Sunday and might well be revived. . Expectation Sunday

William Townsend has produced a new book on Canterbury for Messrs. A New Guide Batsford. The quality of production can therefore be depended upon. We have read the book: it is eminently readable, and ought to be read both by those who ~now and t~ose -.yho do not know their Ca~terbury. We were sorry to come to the end of It, and that IS saYIng a great deal for any gUIde-book. The illustrations are very many; some have been specially taken, and not one is produced without a reason for its appearance. The author's brother was a King's Scholar here and a sound historian. William Townsend is a first-rate artist, besides being a man of letters and in the years before the war it was he who painted a number of our portraits of former King's Scholars. On all grounds, therefore, but chiefly because the book is excellent we wish large sales for it. ' Among the archives we have found an agreement with the South-Eastern Other Times and Chatham Railway, dated 1909, whereby the Company agreed to carryall boys of the School under 18 at half fare.

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THE CANTUAR1AN We were very glad to see John Vaughan Mather holid~yi ng frorn . H' t Australia He came to the School in 1917 and saw very dlstlllgUlshed Live )S ory service in' the last war. His father, the Reverend J. C. V. Mather, serv~d . various places in England, notably as one of the staff of five in SL Bartholomew s, ID . ht then perhaps the most "advanced" Church tn the country, we belIeve that ~~g MO~~her was the only one of the five who did not join the Roman Church. He later . t to Australia, where he became a Canon of Newcastle. HIS father was Can.on ?f ~e.n t I while the father of this British clergyman was an lronmaster In LancashIre, In w~~s~ 'works George Stephenson built his " Rocket ", and great-~randfather rode III It on its first journey. There seem to be a good m ~n~ O. K.S. now In AustralIa. Why do they not form an Australian Branch of the AssoCIatIOn?

LECTURES MR. DEREK BOND It is a prevalent idea that the Greek ideal of the Good Life, translated int~ modern terms is equivalent to the career of a film-star. Mr. Derek Bond, although With much infor';'lality and charm, quickly disabused us of any such notIOns.. In his.account of the shooting'of a film, as told from the point of view of an actor, and With partIcular reference to his own part in Scott of the Alltarctic, he related such hardships as wo uld have made a Red Indian blench. He bimself, however, appears to have taken them all very cheerfully.

A film-star, it seems, gets up earlier than a Victorian slavey. H~ is then lucky if he does not have to toil up ~ cold and slip'per~ ScandInaVian mountaIn-side to get to hiS vork Even if he is workmg III the studIO his discomforts are not much abated. He IS ;'able' in the interests of truth or of fiction, to be thoroughly drenched by a hose (studIO r~in i~ much more so than real rain), 01' to be made, to repeat a scene of five words as many ti mes to satisfy the artistic conscience of the DlTector. Yet Mr. Bond obvio usly loves his job, and as many of us will have seen in our visits to the cinema, is extremely good at it. And, t? judge by the unheard of number ~f questions afterwards, even the story of the bose did not do much to dampen the School s enthusiasm . We sball not be satisfied now untIl we are, collectI vely, a film-starÂˇ MR. MICHAEL STEWART We are singularly fortunate in our first lecturer of the term. He appear.e? to speak on a subject we most of us consider dull, unless Jlersonatty conc~r~ed-:-politIcs, and he appeared more or less as advocatus diqboli-a vOice for the S?clalist~ m a School predominantly Tory. Mr. Stewart made light of this, however; bls Wit did credit to a past President of the Oxford Union and his attack to a present Under-Secretary for War; incipient boredom and timeless prejudice vanished before him. He spoke, and the School listened. 421

THE CA NTUA RIAN The main impression his talk produced was one of lucidity. All the time he was speaking we had no doubt, even the most determinedly conservative of us, that we were listening to reason, rcason brought to an absolute plane. Mr. Stewart showed the

political struggle as one between the principle of relying on the selfish part of man and that of relying on the benevolent or co-operative part of him . He informed us that benevolence was the better part and that he and his Party passionately believed in it. He proceeded to trenchant if sometimes over-sim plified examples of the evils of the opposite method. Then, after this brief sketch in black and white, he answered all our questions with the adroitness of an honest conj uror and sent us away to bed feeling as if we had met Mephistopheles in the persoll of an angel. Indeed, after the lecture cer tain active Conserva tives were heard devoutl y thanking

tbeir Tory God (Mr. Cburchill or whichever he be) that Mr. Stewart had spoken after our recent Mock Election and not before it. This is perhaps the best compliment possible to the sheer brilliance of the speaker. 1

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MR. MA1THEW HALTON There is a curious kind of poetry in news-the frightening kind. That is the reason wby the l11 e re phrase' 'wars and rumours of wars" can make li S shiver. Mr. Halton's subject

" What is Happening in German y Now" was well-adapted to display this poetry. He even seemed to succeed in frightening himself'. Mr. Halton is free-lance correspondent to the C.B. C. And when a free-lance correspo ndent, and a Canadian, is frightened, or

at least disq uieted, the matter is serious.

Our lecturer knew Germany very well before the war. He was present when the Reichstag burned, be was present at innumerable parades of the Hitler Youth and he confessed to us tbat he had a distinct "l-have-been-here-before" sensation when he saw the recent parade of the Communist-controlled Freier Deutsche Jugend. He admits that the Western Powers have made no similar attempt at re-ed ucation (in the Communist

case, continuation).

His main concern in his assignment had been the tho ughts and feelings of the Germans of the Western Zone, particularl y to wards the Occupying Powers. Here he was no further reassured. He mai ntains that the fund amental Nihilism of the German character is still much in evidence and he emphasises their lack of any feeling of guilt in the war. "The Allies should have stopped Hitler before it was too late. The war was their fault" , a hotel-keeper said to him. Before the war the same man bad told him that Hitler was the greatest man who ever lived. The Germans apparently accept our present endeavours to restore their prosperity as payment for their continued support against the Russians. Some prominent industralists are already considering a deal with those gentry. Yet he said that, in spite of changed circumstances, the thing that sbocked him most was the thought that these, a people whom we have hated so bitterly, are within five short years become our allies, even our friends. And this though the German of to-day (many Germans are still very anti-Jewish) is fundamentally very little different from the Germany of 1933 or of 1940. We are grateful to Mr. Halton for a most interesting talk. 422

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to e . ' I admirable. To begin with, he treated us as gentlemen of learmng HIS lecture was SJmfr~m ou r ever -day experience. Then his expOSllton .of hIs subject _a pleasantYchange f . Bill Ole used the Town and Co untry Planl11ng Act as hIs was ma\terI , ~.a~h st~g~h~ ~:'oper order a nd its significance explained . But best of all examhIe wa~ a Ie~;lthe lecturer explained himself. He put forward a personalIty 111 the ;:~~~ 1~;fYt~~d7t~n, intolerant of amateufs, jealous for liberty and sparklIng WIth a marvellous dry wit. . . .h SÂˇ . C cil Carr is onc of tho se rare men of em Lllcnce who ca.n exp lalJ1 Wit out

Yes, 11 e 'tho It condescension One felt that he would have condemned . . ddt. Patronage and amuse WI l ' 0 an audience in the same ratlO nal an measure e[ ms~ but" that he. bureaucracy (t . Y m liment 1) as the best and only judges of the sltuatlOll, as It ~:;:~~~dli~~rt~u~}e:r~ f~tuie that was being curtailed, and the laws of our future made.

RECITALS ELIZA BETH LOCKHART AND ELIZABETH Wi NSHiP Sunday, May 7th The term began with a fascinating recit~l .of Violin. Music, which inbtu~ b~r~n Ttth . L kh rt's fine performance of Tarhm 's Val'latlOns on a Theme Y ,Ole l. en work of the evening, Brahms's Sonata ill D minI pldyed WIth . bandon and with real fire. There followed an mter u e, unng w IC . , gIpsy a d iano solos-Preillde in G minor by Rachmanmoff, and Llszt s 011 a Theme of Paganini. The recital ended WIth a Capnce by Paganini and da Falla's Spalllsil Dance.

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DOUGLAS FOX Monday, May 15th The second recital given on the Cathedral organ by Douglas Fox, will be long membered by all Idvers of organ music. Dr. Fox 's programme was a most unusua~ ~~le 0 enin with an arrangement by Edwar? Bairstow of a Sonata foJ' T~'Ulnpel a~ S .' Pb P~rceJl. The highlights of the evelllng were undoubtedly Handel s Concello ~~m!~11 and Bach 's great Prelude alld Fugue in D nWJor .. ThIS latter was to become a fal~ iliar friend to many during the course of the term, figunng as It did In a later recI:f/~ and also at Janet Shirley 's Wedding. Dr. Fox contmued WIth a set of VG/ latIOns 011 all Carol b Gotch, the first movement of a sonata by Harwood, and t~o short pIeces by RebikoJ and William McKie. The reCital ended 11l a blaze of sound WIth the CoronatIOn March by Saint-Saens.

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'tHE C ANTUAR 1 AN LANCE DOSSOR AND JOSEPHINE WATERHOUSE Sunday, June 4th I This wa~hthe fidrs t solo piano recital the School had had the pleasure of hearing fa 'fi r nany man s, an was doubly welco me Mr Dossor ope d 'th ~1:1~~~f !,~~~~s :,;ep/luade dandF:tlu8,ue in D major for Orgm~',e tr:~sc;lb~~gfdr ~ll~t ~ie:I~~f1by) ye WI 1 Immense power. As a contrast 1 f d .I Schubert IlI/prOmlJl1I in B jlal, and Brahms's Rlwpsod in E jI:tI Ie can lIlue Wit I the ~Olos d,,'splayed sllll further his versatility, Liszt 's FUlI!,.ailles bei~g 1dtt;~~~'~ g~Up I~f ellx , Eau and Chopin '8 Scherzo in C sharp minor. y ave s . Between these two groups of piano solos Miss Waterhouse gave'l rou f tleder;, S.hc first sang Schumann '8 EI', del' Hel'l'lichsle lion Allen fro~ P'Fra\l~lIiGbrman SÂˇeben " ,Ind Mondnacht, also by Schumann; then followed Brahms's U' el e und trall ss s Standchen. All we re most exquisitel sun 1 . ~lIllac 11 and ~~~umal~n.~o b~autifullY performed. Miss Wat';;hous~' wa~ ~~~I~p!;,f~da~tbr t~u~fl~r con n ute

no small measure to this deeply moving experience.

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DENN1S NOBLE Thursday, June 22nd h It was a very great pleasure to hear Mr. Noble's fine voice again His 1'0 ramme . ad a wIde appeal and displayed his vocal range to great ad vanta . e H'; b g from ,:orodin 's Prince Igor, 's La t E l' h ~ OJ Ojjmann. group of songs by Tchmkowsky followed and ;~f ~gs's d olksongs prepared the way for an Edwardian ballad Friend 0' Mi~e by hIre ani erson. Mr. Noble finished with four Songs a/the Sea' by Stanford which Ne sang Wit'. superb vigour. ]~ res~o nse to the great enthusiasm of his audiell~e Mr an~bICe ,furthFe[ sank~ Hely-Hutchlllson s amuslllg parody on Handel, Old Mother Hubbari esar rane s Pams Angeltcus. '

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UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS We have gained during this year five Open Scholarships at Oxford and one Exhibition, and three Open Scholarships in Natural Science to Cambridge. We have studied the results printed in the Oxford Magazine of May 18th, and the Cambridge Review of January 21 st, and The Times Educational Supplement of May 19th. As far as Oxford is concerned, and reckoning only Open Scholarships, Canterbury holds the third pl ace of all the Schools; adding in Open Exhibitions we are fourth in order of merit out of the twenty-one " Leading Schools ", as The Times is pleased to call them. It is, perhaps, to be regretted that Closed Scholarships and Exhibitions are calculated at all ; after all, such Scholarships are not open to competition, and the fact that a particular School may possess six or ten such emoluments is an entirely internal and domestic concern.

If these are included, then Winchester, which gained two Open Scholars hips and three Open Exhibitions, heads the list because seven of its boys took their Closed Scholarships and two Closed Exhibitions, If the tables printed in the above- mentioned journals have for their object an order of merit among competing Schools, then surely those Scholarships and Exhibitions should be omitted which are not subject to competition . We regret, too, that our one Exhibition was Âˇomitted from the table, but perhaps the journals had gone to print before the announcement. The Cambridge Review merely gives the gross total of Scholarships and Exhibitions, without mentioning if Closed Awards are included. In their Scholarship table alone we are ninth in order of merit out of 46 Schools. The analysis given in these journals would yield a clearer picture if the total number of competing Schools was given. If an order of merit is struck of all awards gained at both Oxford and Cambridge, including all Closed Scholarships and Exhibitions, our place would appear to be 14th . Omit these Closed Awards and we might well score a single figure.

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EPITHALAMION Immediately afterwards one felt inclined to say: "Janet looked lovely and we all had far too much champagne", and leave it at that. But whenÂˇ the clouds parted or head-aches departed one began to see what a really memorable day it had been . Janet Shirley, or Jallet Barlow as she now is, is probably Our only female O.K.S. She did her lessons with us and she retains a special place in Our hearts. Her wedding, too, was the first one of its kind to be held in the Cathedral for many years. She graced it exquisitely. The service was simple, and contained, within the traditional frame-work, just sufficient

of the unusual to recall its meaning to our minds. The Altar and the steps were decorated with masses of syringa-blossom and the Presbytery cleared of all unnecessary chairs. One could see the full width of the Choir and the glory of the tombs of the Medieval Archbishops. The Bride made her entry to the music of Vaughan Williams' Rosymedre preceded by a verger and escorted by her brother, but unaccompanied by bridesmaids: At the al tar-rails the Solemnisation of Matrimony was performed a nd the Benediction given by Canon Shirley. During the Psalm, "God be merciful unto us, and bless us" the Bride and Bridegroom moved within the open altar-gates and knelt in the Sanctuary: The hymns, " 0 King, enthroned on high ", " Father, hear the prayer we offer", " All my hope on God is founded" , were all of the sensible kind which invite the Congregation to sing- nothing is more miserable than a wedding where the guests, like goldfish, simply open and shut their mouths in time to the musiC-but the reading had that touch of difference which gives the rest meaning. It was an essay on Love by Thomas Traherne, a gem of seventeenth century prose, most movingly read by Canon Shirley. At the Withdrawal of the Bridal Party to sign the register the choir sang an interesting 11011 seJ'vabant petl'am justiciae ? Quod enim vivit, vivit Deo, by John Dygon, who is possibly to be identifie1 with the last Abbot but one of St. Augustine 's. and charm ing motet- Ad lapidis proficionem quare

At their Withdrawal to the South Transept door, Purcell 's little-known but joyous Trumpet Overture was played. The Reception, held in a huge tent on Canon Shirley's lawn, followed. MI A. B. Emden made a short speech and the Bridegroom an even shorter one. The School cheered the departing couple off to a happy honeymoon in Scotland, waving their new straw hats with a real enthusiasm. And , as already recorded, the

School Monitors, who had acted as ushers, disgraced themselves by drinking too much champagne. It is, however, rumoured that the Headmaster has forgiven them. L, and N, 426

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HATS AND CAPS Even in a newspaper report you feel some tremor as you read tha t the 'ud e ut on his black cap. But that sombre cap IS only a relatIOn of {he gKrng's Scholar's mortar-board or trencher. It was not always a solemn head-gear- and indeed r have known It used to hold chocolates and small refreshments during a CoronatIOn! The Judges stili have t~e~ ca -centuries back physicians had theIr speCIal hats-clergymen a. th~irs . the distinctive professions were so marked. Yet they all had ,I comm~n origin: the judicial black cap, the doctonal bonnet, the pnestl,y biretta, the Canterbury, the Laudia n, the War ham, the SI. Andrew s flat clerical caps. and caps • pileus. a classical wo rd, and biretlllIH , There were t wo Lat'n 1 wo rds for hats . I not so cIas sl'c',I' , , and they could both mean rou nd mts or square.

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In those exciting days when 1Il0/'e and more was being discov~r~~a~~~~'~~~7~~ga~~Ou~ lhe world and ~~e gun\~ers:; ~:da: 6;~~~~ ~e~~~eo} ~~hl~~~~ :~wn together, which .gave It meant somet m · W d These four seams represented the four-fold divIsIOn four seams somew hat raISe up. d N h E t S uth and West Then of the glove, and man was monarch of the worl, ort '. as , uadratus became °appro_ these four sea,,:,s ~aturally Jormed a C~o~~d an~s s~o~ec~~e~:e qin old prints- ear-flaps, and the lawyer's coif> were remnants

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THE CANTUARIAN As then the common cap for graduates was square and cloth the dignitaries of the University, the learned doctors, forsook the old square shape, and betook them selves to the round hat Or bonllet; so doctors and canons wore (and still do) the pilells rOlundus, and made of velvet, nothing so common as cloth.

But doctors in sacred Theology (now called D.D. 's) before long, mindful of their clerical character, re-adopted the square cap of the priest, but in velvet, and left the round bonnet to the Doctors of Medicine and of Law. In the Roman Catholic Churches- and in some Anglican- you may see priests and bishops wearing a hat with wings on its top. This is the birella, as ancient as the pileus quadratus, but more widely lIsed on the Continent than in Britain . Its apparent wings arc not wings, but are the same raised seams, only very much raised; to-day you wil l

mostly see three, but there were in pre-Reformation days always four of these wings or horns, and so there should be now. In 1636 Archbishop Laud summarized all these hats for the University of Oxford thus :(I) The pileus quadratus (the mortar-board) for graduates and scholars. (2) A pileus rOlundus (probably a small affair of cloth) for Commoners. (3) The pileus quadratus (seamed and in velvet) for D.D. 's. (4) The pileus rOlundus for D.C.L., M.D., and Mus.Doc.

So, you notice, the old priestly pileus quadratus for the use of the generality of the clergy began to drop out, and, indeed, has been revived only in very modern times' and some of these revivals are called Canterbury caps, Archbishop Warham 's cap, and the St. Andrew 's cap-all are harmless, but not one is probably genuinely authentic.

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THE FACT REMAINS If I'm going to tell this story at all, T may as well let everyone know it at once. But please don't ask me for any further details. There are none. I record the incident faithfully and with a perfect recollection of every second that passed. You know what it 's like at School when the bell rings at ten past six on a winter 's evening. Boys and masters plunge from the warm classrooms into the cold and draughty darkness and scurry to their houses with scant ceremony. Friday, November the eighteenth, was no exception and I needed a fire-side badly. A gust of wind and leaves, consorting with my mood, hurried on and propelled me through the Lattergate arch, when a boy stumbled and fell before me. 1 lifted him up and asked if he was all right. "No", he said, " 1 feel terribly cold", and he leaned so forlornly against the wall that I was plainly expected to make the next move. My room was quite near, so 1 led him there and sat him by the fire and had a look at him. I didn't recognise him, but one is always coming across boys one hasn 't seen before, and life is too short to greet them all and enquire their names. What IVas alarming about this fellow was his drawn, sallow face. I don 't know if you've seen that green transparency that besets invalids when their resistance is at its lowest : his face was going like that. "What's your name ?", I asked. 'Morrow", he replied, and then added " Ralph Morrow" . 1 suppose that should have aroused my suspicion because boys are absurdly reluctant to confess their Christian names; but that only occurred to me later. " Wouldn't you like to see a doctor ?", I said . , No, thanks ", he muttered, "I feel better here. What I'd really like is a cup

or tea" .

Frankly I wanted to get rid of him, partly because I haven't a good bed-side manner and partly because the boy looked so alarmingly ill ; but I felt I couldn 't deny him the tea. So I boiled up a kettle and made him a cup. He said he didn't take sugar. The tea was so hot that I knew he would take five minutes to drink it, and that would give me time to tell the doctor. I slipped in next-door and borrowed the 'phone. And then a most tiresome thing happened. I took off the receiver and landed in the middle of someone else's conversation. Crossed wires, the technicians call it. There 's nothing you can do. If you butt into the other people's conversation it only protracts the crisis, because you have to explain who you are and what has happened and they stiffen and bridle and take even longer over their affairs than otherwise, perhaps because they know you 're listening, perhaps to show you it's a free country. So 1 waited, but they showed no signs of finishing- they were two 429

THE CANTUARiAN women-and I finally decided to go and have another look at little Ralph. So up I went again feeling that 1 was managing the whole thing rather badly and that a Good Citizen would not dither like this. But when 1 returned the boy was no longer there. He was nowhere. I looked in every room in the house and 1 looked in the gardep. Not a sign. By this time I was feeling pretty queer myself, and wondering if, perhaps,_ well, we do have dreams don't we? But there was the tea-pot (which was still hot) and the half empty cup at its side. And I know I couldn ' t have drunk tea without sugar in it, if that's what you 're thinking. Well, I didn 't tell anyone about the incident, because, when you come to think about it, I hadn ' t a shred of evidence for anything that had happened. But three days later I was talking to a friend and 1 asked him if he knew a boy called Ralph Morrow. " Oh, yes", he said, "I remember him. Poor fellow. Died of pneumonia here about twenty years ago. "

My friend, you see, has known the School much longer than T have. M ORPHBUS

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THE BISHOP AND THE MINISTER (Cabinet) A Bishop and a Minister . Were walking down the Strand; One had (as Johnson may have said) His headgear in his hand, One had a slightly puzzled lookHe could not understandThe Bishop thought the people round Were gazing at his gaiters, The other gave a busy smile And murmur'd "See-you-laters", The people neither saw nor heard But hurried into Slater's. And so the two fell into talk On topics de Ecclesia : " The Tories", said the Minister, "Would not make matters easier". The Bishop gave a wounded look And stopped to buy a freeSia. He bought it for the Minister, Then cried- by revelatlOn" A Primrose is the fairest gift God ever made the nation !" The Minister implied distaste And counsell 'ct Moderation. The Bishop next announced his views On how to run the Church. " It 's just a jolly place", he said. "To give the soul a search. You laity have let us down And left us in the lurch. "

"Erastians", said ,the Minister, "Should always stick together. " "Bureaucracy !" the Bishop cried With something like a blether, And stricken cliches flew about As thick as winter weather.

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THE C ANTUARIAN "The Church is like a Public School" They both declaimed in chorus ' "The Bishops are the Monitors ' ' And Oxford is before us. We're going to a Happy Land Where angels will adore us !" They sang the Eton Boating Song Or rather, almost shouted ' "I love a good com mittee~~an ! The rosy Bishop spouted; A httle blushed the Minister And, just a little, pouted. II

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The editors are . very sensible of their duty as the sanest interpreters of the School to the world outside. We feel that the School may at times appear in a fal se light to those without its gates and at this period when the Publi~ Schools are in danger of radical chan "es

or ev~n extin ction , we are obliged Â°to d~ mollsh any s lIch . misconceptions. It

Wd S III tillS spmt of dISinterested curiosity that we pursued o ur enquiry, the results of wh~ch we now present for yo ur Popular Fallacies (exploded) inSp ectIon. Perhaps OUf enthusiasm The consideration onl h .. has got somewhat out of hand; we beg deserve y t at you wIll give our findIngs the consideration that they deserve.

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THE CANTUA R1AN Fallacy I.-That the Killg's School manll/actllers a certain type, and that the individuality

0/ the Killg 's S cholar is suppressed ill the process.

We conducted an informal poll to discover the amb ition s and pastimes

of the Kin g's Scholar. They make fascinating reading. We may rest assured of the security of the School's literary tradition. We have a successor to Ma rlowe, Pater, Walpole and Maugham ; it is hi s ambition to publish a novel before he is twenty. He gives his hobbies as "Aesthetics and Old Chi na ". Another intriguing combination was "cycling and read in g " , Most King's Scholars have more than o ne

ambiti on, often connictin g like the gentleman who sets his heart equall y upo n a Field-Marshal 's baton and the laure ls o f a racing-motorist,

whatever they may be. Perhaps he will gravitate to the R.A.S.C., but even that compromise may not bring him fu lfi lment. Perhaps he is more Conducting an li kely to reach the goal of a stud y-co mpanion who asp ires to have his informal "poll" drivin g licence endorsed. What wo uld Freud make of that one ?

If. That the Arts VIth is artistic.

We tested the Arts VIth by putting to some of them a simple questionnaire. They were asked to answer the question: " Who

were the following :- Walter Pater, Hazlitt, Goethe, Ben Jonson, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and Brengel ? The Arts VIth is a li ttle vag ue on biography but has much ingenuity at its command. Sir Thomas Wyatt, we were told, "discovered" the steam-engine (where, we wo nder 0) . Ben Jonson proved a stumbling-block and was descri bed as " the doctor's brother", and o nce as "o ne of

the pirates in Treasure Islalld". Somebody condemned Brenghel O.K.S.

as "a split perso nality", asserting further, that " there were two of him ".

Goethe was comprehensively described as " a poet". Tn one case, howeve r, the Arts Vrth were unanimo us, Walter Pater was unhesitatingly proclaimed as " O.K.S." ! Iff. That the Sciellce VIth is scientific.

We found it difficult to prove or disprove, here. Partly because we have no measure of personal scientific knowledge to guide us, and partly because of the difficulty of gathering evidence. We had to hunt the scientists down during free-period s, which is the only time the more distinguished of them are to be found. We asked one to give a scientific description of a certain chemical

Scientist in a free-period

process. "I might", he replied, "but it wo uld take a long time; supposing I just tell yo u how it works" . They had a fascinating but irritating habit of resorting to diagrams to prove their arguments, for our questions invariably provoked heated disputes, and every answer given with conviction was immediately and categorically contradicted. We would like to reproduce one of these diagrams but none were ever intelligible, 433

THE CANTUARJAN All that we can say of the Science VIth, with certainty, is that they are completely at odds over the definitions of concave and convex mirrors, and of a molecule and an atoIn. j'

lV. That the King's Scholar is anxious or able to read a notice. We posted a notice on the Monitors' Board, which required ten boys to come to see one of us in Break the following morning.

25 per cent. came. 25 per cent. did not come. 50 per cent. came either after lunch, or after supper, or

straggled in at intervals during the next week. The most common excuse we were offered was, "Nobody Nobody reads notices nowadays

ever reads notices nowadays" . But almost equally popular was, "I thought you meant yesterday", or to-morrow, or the day-before-yesterday.

V. That the King's School teaches self-reliance and the ability to amuse itseif Given a free half-holiday, what would you do with it ? Of the six average King's Scholars: 45 per cent. would go to the cinema. 10 per cent. would go for a bicycle ride. 20 per cent. would go for a bicycle ride to Margate. 10 per cent. would go home. 10 per cent. would listen to the wireless. 5 per cent. were in the Headmaster's Latin Set.

NONSENSE RONDO*

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Two Archdeacons, a Canon and Dean Oot in a huddle behind a screenA Chapter Meeting? Well, perhaps; You never can tell with these Chapter Chaps. The screen began to quiver and quake, And the Dean cried, "Hi, chaps, half a shake ! I'm all for rallies of peace and quiet, And hardly relish this- er- distasteful- er-Diet." But still from the screen came a whale of a noise, And the Junior Archdeacon yelled, "Steady, you boys!" But they shouted like mariners cast on the rocks, Like three 32 's and a kind of a Vox -Celeste, not Humana, if you know what I meanAs might be expected from inside a screen, From two Archdeacons, a Canon and Dean. 434

THE CANTUARIAN Then somebody trod on somebody's toes - Who trod on whose, of course, nobody knowsIt's the sort of happening that quite often haps At a meeting- or synod- of Chapter Chaps, When two Archdeacons, a Canon and Dean

Oet in a huddle behind a screen . Then the organ struck up and the choristers too - The Senior Archdeacon murmured reverently, "Coo !" -

And they all got lost in The Wi/demess (Ooss). The Canon, remarking it wasn't much loss, With his fist sent the screen for a dozen, and then

Trumpet-like, bellowed a loud AMEN. The end of the Chapter? Well, perhaps; You never can tell with these Chapter Chaps; But that's what happens behind a screen With two Archdeacons, a Canon and Dean. 'Rondo: music that goes round and round, and Nonsense: that which obviously does not make sense.

BUYING AND SELLING Like me you have often enough been told, "It's an investment". A rare book, a MS., a painting', a lovely bit of porcelain-"It's an investment", murmurs the shopman

into your indecisive ear: "it is bound to appreciate. These things get rarer every day ". So you take the plunge and you buy it. You take the treasure home and finger it and love it and gloat, and expect other people t? adore it too, and when they don't you ~re a bit huffed or puzzled why they don ' t see Its attractiveness as you do, and you begm to have doubts as to the market value of the piece should the times ever demand that you sell. Then you take comfort in a vague pity for them- poor things, the¥ don't understand, they have not that exquisite sensitiveness that you have, WhlCh unernngly takes you to what is authentic and truly beautiful from days that are past. Yet that wretched doubt raises his head now and then- "Should I get twice as much as I gave? It's five years since I bought it and prices have mounted- no question about that" . But as long as you aren 't comp~lled to sell, well and good-you can keep it and be happy. But you may need to raise some money; or you want to make room for more book~ or wall-space for one or two more pictures, and somethin ~ has to go. I longed to acq Ulre one or two rare biographies, but could afford them only lfI could sell a few thlllgs out of my pres~nt library. Since 1 have kept every bookseller's catalogue for years J am up-to-date wlth prices. I looked round the shelves for the sacrifices. "Yes, So-and-so is 2 guineas, and this fellow is £5. These (rather dull) fellows 37/6 a volume .... " And so I noted down twenty or so which would cost a purchaser between £40 and £50 to buy: and as some were marked in the catalogues "scarce" I felt the booksellers would welcome my approach with open arms and the terms would be generous and handsome. From each came a crisp business offer: "£10 the lot" ! I am going to be a bookseller and have the best of both worlds! 4J5

THE

CANTUARJAN

THE RESURRECTION OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S

I I

It may not now be generally known that little more than a century ago St. Augustine'S_ o nce alm,?st the most famous Abbey In the co untry- was in a completely ruin ous state. Before VIctori a ascended the throne most of the ancient buildings had entirely dis appeared, except Fyndon 's Gate, the Abbot 's Chapel, and the Guest H all. The gloriou; towel' of Ethelbert had, in fact, been deliberately destroyed by cannon fire in 1822. The Gate:vay rooms were an ale house, the Gateway itself. a brewery. The Co urtyard was a bowhng-green, the State Roo,,!-which had housed Kings and Queens-became a cockPIt and then a coohng vat. PIgs and cattle fed in a farm-yard at the entrance. Public concerts were given in the gardens " upon the principle of the Royal Gardens Vau xhall " ; 2,000 variegated lamps iIIumhulted the concert-goers, Miss Mears and M I. "':arren (both London artIstes). entertaln~d them ; elsewhere in the gardens there wa~ danCing, thele were acrobal1c exhIbItIO ns and firework displays. All these attl actlons yo u may see on a bill of 1836. The presiding genius was Mr. Stanmore. It .would be good to know who Mr. Stanm,?re was ~nd how he got hold of the Abbey. Form 1834 the gean and Chapter had conceIved the Idea of buying the place and transfernng the King s School to it from the Mint Yard. They took Counsel 's opinion on It- Mr. John Bell of Street E nd House-whose opinion (as puzzling and inconclusive as are so ma ny le,'!al " opinions") we print below from the original which is in the Headmaster's archIves. Readers will see the main difficulty-the owner of the Gatehouse and adjacent s.lte was a lunatic woman, and Mr. Bell averred that only an Act of Parliament could brlllg about a sale, and no Act was likely to be obtained. How then did Mr. Stanmore get m ? He-or some other gentleman of similar kidney-seems to have kept hIS hold on the place, for on September 13th, 1843 appeared this letter in the English Churchman .-

"Sir,-On a bright September morning two pilgrims set forward on their journey towards the an~lent a nd holy cIty of Canterbury, which they reached in time fo r the Matm ServIce In. that glorious fan e. Ushered into the sacred Choir by the venerable verger, theIr spmts were solemnized ~nd refreshed by the holy worship, and prepared to. co ntemplate WIth awe and veneratIOn that stupendous monument of the piety and skIll of the samts of old. Enraptured with the wo ndrous spectacle, but mourning over the desola tIOn of the Chapter H Oll se and Cloister, which are now a receptacle for blocks of wood, they turned thell' steps towards S. Martin 's, that sacred spot so full of holy interest, as the seed-plot of that n eh ha rvest whICh filled England with her gorgeo us temples. Proceeding from thence to th~ ruins of st. Augusti ne's Abbey, they were disgusted and hOlflfied at the scene of sordId , revoltin g profan ity and desecration which presented Itself. These !H~lI owed and tun e-honoured r,uins are now converted into a brewery, pothouse, and bllhard-room. Those walls whIch once resounded with solemn chant and swell mg. anthem, now re-echo the wild, fiendish revelries of the baccha nalian, or the maddemn~ curses of the gamester. Wearied and heart-stricken, they turned from the s,lck~nmg spectacle, I~Ot, however, WIthout a feeling of satisfaction on learning that God s rIghteous retnbulJ~n was about to bring the property to the hammer ..... " The writer ends by askmg If so me pIOUS person or persons will buy the ruins and restore them. 416

THE CANTuARIAN This letter of Mr. Robert Brett of Stoke Newington was read by the Right Hon . A. J. B. Beresford H ope, then M .P. for Maidstone, who determined to purchase the property, which he did at the cost of three private Acts of Parliament. Then there was a good clergyman, Edward Coleridge, who-very mllch owing to the jnfiuence of our own O.K.S. Bishop Broughton- prevailed on the purchaser to usc St. Augustine 's for th e same missionary o bjects for which it was fi rst found ed, By 1848 the new Missionary College was in being. I do not know ifMr. John Bell, the lawyer, was then alive; but ifhe were, I can imagine his saying, " I told you so", for here is his Opillioll to the Dean and Chapter, in his own spelling and punctuation. BELL'S OPINION ON THE PURCHASE OF THE ST. AUGUSTINE 'S GATE AND GREEN, BTC. It having been suggested it might be a considerable advan tage to the Public that the Ki ngs Schools shd. be removed from its present Situation near the Green Court to the Gro und behind the Gates of the Antient Monastery of St. Augustine if the Gro und could be procured f or that purpose [ have been requested to co nsider what means wo uld be necessary in Point of Law to acco mplish that purpose. It ap pears to me that this wd be a desireable Object if it could be accomplished. An Open and Airy Play Ground wd be obtained for the Boys with good School Rooms and Masters Houses and the Old Gates so great an Ornament to the City might be reserved and kept in Repair and tho not so central as the Present Situation it is not so distant from a ny Part of the City that the Boys might not attend with conve nience and near enough to the Cathedral fo r them to attend at those Times when their attendance is necessary that if I appear to state a ny Objections to its removal stron gly it must be attributed not to a ny objects of mine to the plan but to the Resul t of my Professional Experience which has ta ught me when advising on any Suit or other Matter to consider the Objections in the strongest View in order to see whether they can be removed and what is the best plan for that Purpose in order that when much Trouble a nd Expence has been incurred all may not end in disappointmt. I have not before me the Foundation deed of the Dean 1~ Chapter which took place at the Reformation nor of the School as annexed to it which shd be looked at that 1 can only consider the School as Part of the same Foundation as the Dean " Chapter to whom the Patronage and superintendence of it was committed and the necessary Buildings which I understand are vested in them appropriated either by the Foundation deed or by some Act of theirs under its Authority for that Purpose but the Mode in which these Objects are accomplished may suggest Objections I cannot forsee and which ought to be guarded against : The things at present Obvio us for consideration are whethr by any and what means the present Site of the School can be emoved. Wheth. the proposed new Scite can be obtained and how. And how are the necessary Funds to be obtained for that purpose. It is almost unnecessary to observe that nothing can be done witho ut the full consent and concurrence of the Dean & Chapter and I thi nk the plan must also have the approbation of his Majesty and if the approbation of the Archbishop is not absolutely necessary (but which it will probably be to obtain such actes as 1 shall hereafter mention) yet it certainly shd be obtained. 437

THE CANTUARIAN 'The FU~lds which are necessary to accomplish the object I understand it is supposed may be raIsed by a ContnbutlOn from the Dean and Chapter partly as a Gift and partly 10 consIderatIOn for the advantages they may obtam from the Present Site of the Buildings rcverting to them and partly from Voluntary Contributio ns. It will therefore be to b~ considered by the Dean " Chap ter how these Buildings may be best appropriated with a vIew to these Purposes. I presume they shd be restored to them with Powers to sell or with Power to let Leases on such TerU1s both as to duration and otherwise as may enablc them to make the most proHt of them the Time for which such Bodies are now allowed to make leases even of HOllses in Town s being far too short where the Leases are to lay out mon ey in Buildings and Improvements and special Acts of Parliament having therefore in many Cases been granted for that purpose. If the Dean & Chapter approve the Plan this WIll be a matter for theIr conslderatlOn and an Act of Parliament will be necessary for that Purpose which with such consents as I have alluded to may also be prepared so as to authorize the Removal of the Scite of the School for which the Consent of the Attorney General may alsobe necessary. How far the Aid of Voluntary ContnbutlOns from others may be expected It IS not for me to judge. As for the obtaining the Wished fo r new Scite, J un derstand it belongs to a Lunatic who is become entitl 'd both to a Mortgage which was charged on the Premises and to the Equity of Redemption in Fee. Now by the 1 W 4 c 65 s 28 The Lord Chancellor may order the Estates of Lunatics to be sold for the payment of their Debts. When a Sale is in such case necessary the proper order is obtained by a Petition to the Lord Chancellor in the Lunacy and in general I conceive the Direction is for a Sale by Auction. If a Sale was proposed by Private Contract the Price offered must be such as would enable the Master in Chancery to whom the matter was referred to see cleady that such a sal~ would be more beneficial then the Chance of what it wd produce by Auction so that It must at least be a full pnce and some person or persons must come forwards as IndIVIduals to purchase for the completion of the agreement must not be left to the Production of Subscriptions or doubtful fund s. If the Purchase cannot be effected in. this mode the money not being wanted to pay debts It can only be done by Act of Parliament and I doubt [f such case can be made out as to induce Parliament so to interfere. No particular advantage can arise to the Lunatic unless an extravagant Price is offerred and I think it must be by a separate Act of Parliament with Provisions for layin g out the money again in the Purchase of other Lands

and continuing ~ts transmission as real Estate in the meantime that no injustice may be

done to the HeIrS and Representatives of the Lun atic if she dies without becoming of sound MlI1d and 111 neIther of these modes can anythll1g be done unless the Party is regu l arl~ found a Lunatic under a Commission the costs of which and if any Act of Parhament [S necessary her Fnends wIiI expect to be reimbursed by the additional Price of the PropertÂĽ and I think it will be difficult to satisfy Parliament that any such object can be obtall1ed for the Benefit of the Pubhc by such a Sale as to induce it thus to interfere with the Lunatic ('s) Property treating it as a Public Matter or in any other mode than as a Sale to the individual treating for his own Benefit and offering an exorbitant Price and such as it wd scarce authorize a Charity to give if purchasing out of its own Funds. 438

THE CANtUARiAN As this property if purchased for the Use of the School I conceive must ultimately be conveyed to the Dean & Chapter for the Benefit of that Charity if they have not already a Power to purchase in mortmain a Licence from the Crown for that purpose would be necessary. I am very apprehensive that some of these Circumstances present Obstacles too strong to be removed. (Signed) JOHN BBLL,

Street End House. Oct. 10. 1834.

LONDON

CAB

FARES

I don't suppose you know Graveney. People do not know places in these days: they "go places". They dash through lovely villages in motor-cars, lunch at fresco or at some faked "Olde Inne " , and say, "Oh, yes,. I ~now that spot: passed through it, I remember, on the way to So-and-so. No, I dldn t see the Church: IS there anythmg worth seeing?" Is there anything worth seeing? As if England's history wasn't written in its parish churches. In the hope that you haven't got a car, and therefore can still walk a mile or two, or cycle I will tell you that Graveney can be easily reached on foot without exhaustion. You ~an ' bus over Harbledown Hill to Dunkirk, and then take a small road to the right leading to the charming common and village of Dargate, soon after which a little-used road takes you to Graveney after about two miles. When you have inspected the Church, I advise you to turn North and walk to Seasalter. Soon after leaving the Church you will find that both road and view are altogether lovely. You can see the sea at Whitstable and Herne Bay; Sheppey is in good view; you look down on the Graveney marshes to your left, and masses of glorious woods to your right. You wonder what you've done to be allowed to be alive. But don't hurry from the Church. The main door will be locked, but you can enter by the North door .. Perhaps you should go all round the outside first: you'll find it charming and "quamt", Norman, Tudor, odds and ends of Roman t[les, and lovely carved faces of Kings and Queens or Abbots and Nuns. Inside you will find wonderful woodwork- an exquisite screen, an oak chest 600 or 700 years old, said to be one of the three oldest in England; a pulpit on which Grinling Gibbons may have worked, sold by Faversham for 12/6. There are beautiful doors, and oak benches with carved backs, and a good many "horse-box". pews. One of the Canterbury Cathedral masons worked on the Church, for his mark is here. You will hardly anywhere see a more lovely sedilia, and the two piscinas alone are worth a visit. There are two or three brasses, one of which, done 500 years ago, is a superb piece of work. Mr. Justice Martyn lies (presumably) under it; he built the fascinating house next door, which looks as if it ought to be the Vicarage, but I suspect from its general rich appearance it belongs to a wealthy farmer. But what has all this to do with London Cab fares? Well, here is the connexion. On a table in the South aisle of the Church I found about a couple of hundred books for sale ; a written notice said you could pay what you liked and put your purchase 439

THE CANTUARIAN money in the box. So I drew up a chair, and scanned the rows f b k 0 00 s: They seemed mostly to have belonged to the same famil -certain I a i and undeniably cultured. There was hard1J a "modein "Pb ou~ ~~e, pos~lblY Methodist,

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THE CANTUARIAN police Stations and II Police Courts, one at the fitting address of Worship Street. It looks as if public-houses played a prominent part in London's life; distances to them are frequently given, and what fascinating names some of them have. Maybe among our readers there will be those who can vouch whether these places of refreshment are still with us. Stands the Abbey Arms in Barking Road where it did? Or the Salmon and Ball ill Bethnal Green? The Grapes in Brompton Road does still remain, I believe, but does Mother Red Cap in Camden Town? The Swan at Clapton, the Eyre Arms in St. John's Wood (surely not /low?). Jack Straw's Castle at Hampstead Heath (still open), the Red Lion at Hampstead, the Angel at Islington (now rather the name of the Underground and known as the place of exit for Sad leI's Wells), the Bull and Last in Kentish Town, the Man in the Moon in the King's Road , the White Horse Cellar in Piccadilly, the Gun in Pimlico, and so on, and so on- what has happened to them all ? There were twenty theatres, of which only a few survive, like the Adelphi, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, the Haymarket, St. James's and the Strand . Included in them is the Italian Opera. Where was it, and who ran it? Perhaps some reader knows and will let us have a note about it. Was it Ihe Opera House of 100 years ago? All the little book will say is that it measured 2 miles 220 yards from the Bank of England and it cost you 1/6 to get there in a cab.

STEPHEN GOSSON O.K.S., AND HIS SCHOOL OF ABUSE, 1579 It is one of the great ironies of literary history that a great dramatist, Christopher Marlow, and a most violent opponent of the theatre and all it stood for, Stephen Gosson, should both have seen light so close together (in St. George's parish, Canterbury), should both have been educated at the same school (King's) and both have passed on to the same college (Corpus Christi, Cambridge). Gosson's best-known work is his School of Abuse (i.e. training ground for wrongdoing- a fierce attack on the stage), published in 1579. This he dedicated to a most unlikely figure, Sir Philip Sidney, a leading exponent of contemporary culture, himself a brilliant poet Sidney replied with his Apologie for Poelrie, which laid down standards for the drama which for long had a tremendous influence on playrights, especially on the continent. Gosson is mentioned in the section of scholars' names published in this issue. Messrs . Quaritch in their latest catalogue offer for sale two copies of rare early editions of the School of Abuse. We are most grateful to them for consenting to the reproduction of the catalogue entries in tbis issue of The Cantuarian, and for the loan of the block illustrating the title page of the first edition. Messrs. Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue No . 680, 1950. 200 GOSSON (Stephen). The Schoole of Abuse, Conteining a pleasaunt inuective against Poets, Pipers, Plaiers, Iesters, and such like Caterpillers of a Commonwelth ; Setting vp the F lagge of Defiance to their mischieuous exercise, & ouerthrowing their Bulwarkes, hy Prophane Writers, Naturall reason, and common experience: A discourse as pleasaunt for Gentlemen that fauour learning, as profitable for all that wyll follow vertue. By Stephan Gosson .... Printed at London [by Thomas Dawson], for Thomas VVoodcocke. 1579. 441

THE CANTUARIAN Sm. 8vo., black leller, the title lVithin a border of type omamellis ellc/osed lVilhill rules ; a IOlVer cornel' of 'he border shaved and ' he headlines of some leaves cut illlO, but generally a good sound copy ill crimson/evant morocco extra , gilt edges, by Riviere; Horace Walpole 's copy with his bookplale preserved and lIloullted all a preliminary fly-leaf 1579 ÂŁ850 FiRST EDITION;

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public libraries. Stephen Gosson, according to the Athelia Oxollienses, was born in 1555 ; after taking "one degree in arts " in 1576, he left Oxford (where he had matriculated in 1572), .. being puld from the vn iversitie before I was ripe," as he quaint ly refers to the fact. From 1576 to 1579 arc hi s most interesti ng years, as during that peri od he occupied himself with writing pastoral verse (for which he had a reputation amongst hi s contemporaries, last ing to at least as late a date as 1598, when he was ment ioned, in company with Sid ney, Spenser, Fraunce and others, by Meres in his Pal/m/is Tamia , as one of the best in this class of li terature) a nd earned his li vi ng by acting and play-writing. In 1579 hi s mode of living underwent a complete change and we have the spectacle of the playwright and actor turning crit ic of hi s class. The remainder of his career was passed in the obscurity of the Church a nd was of little li terary interest. He died in 1624. Probably the most ta ntalisi ng fact about Gosson 's life is that all his poetry and plays (with the exceptio n of a few occasiona l poems) have disappeared enti rely, and he is o nly interesting to us as the author of several books. written from the Puritan standpoi nt, against the drama. Of these The S choole of Abuse is the most important and is really the first of any weight of the numerous works wrtten with the express object of denouncing the acted drama. Tn addition to thi s aspect of it, it is a lso valuable from the fact that it affords a vivid picture of the Stage in pre-Shakespearean days, when, although his seve re denunciations may not be altoget her justi fied , ttis ce rtan that it was Lent to uses for wh ich it was never intended and because of that fact gathered to itself all the worst element s of the city ; and it is from the point of view of it s a nti-social influence that Gosson attacks it. Commenci ng with cert ai n remarks about Poetry, Piping, etc., he proceeds to his more definite purpose of exposing the dram a and the stage and although seei ng no good in the acted drama, he defends the reading of plays and the actors in them. Of the latter he writes " They seeke not to hurte, but desire to please: they have purged their Comedyes of wanton spcaches. yet the Corne whiche t hey fell , is fu ll of Cock le; and the drinke that they drawc, overcharged with dregges, " Another fruitful source of interest is the fact that The Schoole of Abuse and its successor, The Ephemerides of Phialo, are dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney, than which a more inappropriate dedicat ion could not well be imag ined. Spenser in the course of a letter to Gabriel Harvey expresses his opinio n of Gosson's aClion as foUows: "Newe Bookes J heare of none, but only of one, that writ ing a certaine Booke, called The S choole of Abuse, and dedicat ing it to Maister Sidney, was for hys labor scorned: if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. Suche follie is it, not to regarde aforehande the inclination and qualilie of him, to whom we dedicate oure Bookes." It was di rectly in answer to Gosson and other kindred writers that Sidney wrote his celebrated Apologie for Poetrie in. or about, 158 1.

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20 1 GOSSON (Stephen). The Schoole of Abuse, Contayning a pleasaunt inuectiue against Poets, Pipers, Players, Iesters, and such like Caterpillers of a Common wealth ; setting vp the Flagge of defiance to their mischiuous exercise, and ouerthrowing their Bulwarkes, by Prophane writers, Naturall reason and common experience. A discourse as pleasaunt for Gentlemen that fauour learning, as profitable for all that will follow vertne. By Stephan Gosson. . . Imprinted at London [by Thomas Dawson] for Thomas Woodcocke. 1587. 44~

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On the last day of the Lent Term some of us attended a crowded meeting at the Central Theatre, where a meeting for the discussion of "Christian Unity" was held. The speakers, Canon Smyth of Westminster, Dom Bernard Winslow, a Benedictine, and the Rev. Newton Flew, the Principal of Wesley House, Cambridge, spoke in turn. They gave not so much their own partisan viewpoint, but stressed what Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Free Churchmen had in common. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who acted as Chalfman, ~lade It clear that there was no motive of Reunion behind the meeting, but expressed hIs great satisfaction that there should be a demand for such a discussion, and that such a discussion was possible. Hasty reunion, said the Archbishop, would only lead to further schism, and that was the very opposite goal to the one at which all Christians were aiming. The meeting was a first careful step in the right direction. B.K.N .

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The School Monitors were delighted to be able to entertain three American graduate school boys to lunch on Sunday, July 2nd. The three, Jimmy Colt of Boston, Massachusetts, Jack Bergland of Baltimore, Maryland, and Churchill Gibson of Richmo!,d, Virginia, were over here on a two-month tour arranged by the English Speaking UnIOn. One of our number shewed them over the School during the short visit they paid us, and later received several letters of thanks. All expressed interest in the House, Monitorial and Fagging Systems, which they had in some degree in their own schools "back in the States ". Churchill Gibson was pleased to tell us that at his school the cubicle system in the Dormitories is still used. The system originated, we understand, at Canterbury and we were able to shew the old partition marks in School House Lower Dormitory. We have done away with cubicles now, and in this, at least, we are more up-to-date than the United States! B.K.N.

ANCIENT AND MODERN I cannot remember if it was in 1942 or 1943 that Sydney Nicholson told me his ideas for a new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern. I have the most vivid recollection of our talk one night after dinner in Cornwall about the Hymn-book-to-be. It was to be the final and in every sense complete edition of Ancient and Modern . "But" I expostulated, "it isn't so long ago since you did the Plai nsong Edition, and you hav~ just marketed your "Excised" Edition; then there's the new supplement. Some Churches stop at number 638, others at 779, and they won't know where they are. I believe it's a racket to make people scrap their present copies and hurry out to buy the new!" Of course I didn't really believe that, but never could resist joking with him when he wasas in this case-most tense and in serious earnest. No, he explained; it was no racket.

THE CANTUARIAN The "Excised" Edition had not done the trick, and there were so many hymns that must come out, and a good many gems that must !l0 in, that there was no solution except in a new edition, which should be the last word III Hymnanes. "What sort of book have you in mind, then ?" I asked. " Oh", he replied, " its chief note will be one of praise. We have far too many hy~nns, ,of, !naudlin se!l,timent, ,.too many hymns about SInS and sorrows and that sort of tlung. You mean ,r quelled, "that we shall stand up and slap ourselves on th~ chest, and look upwards shouting what a fine world it is and praising God who made It, with a stde-glance that we aren't too dusty ourselves, ~nd so on?" " Well certainly", he said, "praise and thanksgiving will be the principal them.e ; and we shall cut ,~ ut :~ose hymns ':',hlCh express s~ !nuc~ personal sentiment, and all this sense of SIn Idea. In that case ,I answered, you II have to scrap Rock of Ages When I survey, HolV slVeet the Name of Jesus, Nearer, 111)' God, to Thee, and so on." . 'Oh, we shall have to keep them", he said, . 'after all, they're what you might call national now." It was getting time to go to bed. We got up from the armchair~. "Well! who's doin,g this new hymn book ?", I asked him. " Oh, I've got a splendid commIttee. There s the Dean of this and the Provost of that, and some poets . ... So-and-so and So-and-so; it's a good lot." And on we sauntered up. the wide staircase of our hired house. I took Sydney to his room, saw he had everythll1g, . and ca~e away down the three or four steps to the passage that led to mine ; he st,ll had hIS door ,?pen , so I shouted out, "I know somebody you ought to have on your committee . He pushed hIS head excitedly round the door, and asked, "Who?" "A sinner", r called back, and ned into my room. F.J.S.

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THE CANTUA RIAN Antonio spoke so profusely and so kn owingly that I dared not inquire anything personally of him . I was intrigued by his rambling co nversation, and this kept me amused for a long time after dinner. When it came to time for departing and I said good-bye to Antonio, he gave me a hearty shake of the hand and the advice: " If ever yo u get in to Opera, remember . . .. keep yo ur eyes on the footlights". Later in the taxi J as ked my fri end wha t Antonio had meant by that. "Ah ha", be replied, " Antonio was giving you a hint there. YOLI want to know what his job is?-

Prompter at the Milan Opera. " "Eh ?", 1 replied.

"Yes, as suggerilore he knows everything. He sits bang in the middle of the stage and

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"Yes; not like o ur Operas with their prompters in the wings, he sits in a little box with his head poking through a hole in the middle of the footlights. His head is on the stage level and is hidden from the audience by a cowl. You never see him from the frontexcept when he gets over-excited and yo u ca n see gesticul ati ng hands round the side of the box . "Antonio is always armed with a mirror so that he ca n see what the conductor's

doing behind him ; he has the opera sco re and libretto and a telephone. SupPosing during an opera overture he sees the feet of the Chorus under the curtain, he presses a button and tells tbe engineer to drop the curtain six inches. After tbe Overture's applause, Antonio reaches for the button . The house is hushed ; and out of the stillness the strings enter quietly and Act One is on. Antonio presses; backstage a bell rings. Nothing happens. It 's only a warning, "stand-by" . A minute later the orchestra reaches a mark on Antonio 's score. Button pressed again, and up goes the curtain. Antonio sits up.

On the stage are people dressed as the gypsy chorus. They stare at Antonio. From the stalls it looks as though they are unconcerned and talking to themselves. In fact their attention is on Antonio. They depend on him to be brought in at tbe right moment. He purses his lips, shouts out their line and gives them a frantic wave. They ' re off. "The score gets complicated and the Chorus breaks into parts, Antonio manages it all. He whips in the sopranos, ton es down the altos, gives the tenors crescendo and

waves out the basses. Everything is perfectly timed, and the singers are like pigeons feeding out of his band. When they 're done, be ushers tbem off-stage. Prontomente !" "And bow do yo u come to know all this ?" I asked. "Oh, one night Antonio took me into his box. It was the tightest fit I've ever known !" VILLENEUVE

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ORIGINAL LONDON SPRING The tulips stand like springing hearts Upon the pavement barrows, Like innocents upon the carts That take them to the gallows ; And now, within the dusty rooms Tbat afternoon is filling, They lend f?rgiveness totheir tombsPoor victims of a ShllllOg. LUCIAN

(By kind permission o/Time and Tide)

APRIL Now Summer comes, against the wind, By little spurts and sallies,. And ringing faintly in the mlOd The liIies-of-tbe-valleys. L UCIAN

SONG IN THE SHADES Come, ye Iitbe .and lovely ladies, Join the motion of tbe dance; Smoother are the songs of Hades Tban the sliding airs of France: Come for sorrow is but feigning; Ye 'who have received your stones,

Need' no mourning or complaining: Music lives, and lives in bones. LUCIAN

QUESTION TO HOMER When Helen stood upon the wall And saw as sbe had always sown, Her golden' Greeks stand bay-time taU, War waiting to be mown; And when sbe saw, beneatb her Troy, Deatb from the long ships unlading Did Helen then ber glass employ To see her harvest fading? LUCIAN

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POEM The harbour walls were cool with rain Which splashed unending, The leaves were lap ping in the wind, Small showers sending, The moon shone languidly on high, The clouds were jostling through the sky : Who cares for wind ? Who cares for rain? Not I. The cruel seas which grind our coasts Cry out with madness, The winds which tear our chalky cliffs Moan with sadness, The thunder roars, the lightning flashes, The water rolls, the raindrop dashes And all about Tempestuous Crashes. MBEYA CARAVAN The noon-day sun beats down upon the sand, The earth is still, no lonely bird may cry And nowwhere is the mark of human hand In that hard land where nothing can but die. But suddenly a murmuring is heard, As insects buzzing in a forest deepA caravan that printless sands hath stirr'd Comes a 'er the hill, as softly as in sleep. The jingling bells, like water tumbling fast Re-echo 011 the pale, far-stretching plain And then-and then the caravan is passed And all is still, and all is quiet again. PICARO 448

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A MATTER OF COURSE A Shorl Story modelled upon Lc Duel of M aupassall f Herr Ha uffma nn was not normally a very patriot ic Germa n ; but as he looked a t tho Russian officer in the far corner scal of' the carriage compar tment, his nationali st inst incts were rOllsed. He not iced the heavy cloth of the officer 's sma rt uniform ; he noted the officer 's sat isfied lecr. the cigarette the sprawl of the fee t, he noticed the revolver holste r and the decorated cap . • The Occupati on continued: a nd even i f there was it cha nce of it ending in tho Western Zone, here there was none. T he trai n mak ing its way from Berli n to the West stop ped at each station, where groups of Russian soldiers sauntered about in the sun. They were to be seen on the roads, in the streets of tow ns and somet imes in the fields. Everywhere they seemed happy, well-fed a nd clothed, ma king a pleasant comparison with the grim-faced German populati on, somewhat undernourished, wearin g old clothi ng made to look as fresh as their wearers could contrive . Herr HaufTman, a Berlin business man , was joini ng his wi fe a nd chi ldren whom he had after the War sent to safety in the Western Zone. Although he lived in West Berli n, Herr Hauffmann decided to leave, fearing tha t when the join.t control of that city ended, he would be separated from his family. He di sliked the Russian rule a nd his dis like was incensed to fear and hat red by rumours and newspaper reports. Herr Ha ufTmann was not alolle with the Russian officer in the comparlmenl. Opposite h im sat two English travellers who had just completed some admi nistrative work in Berli n and were returning home. The Englishmen chatted amicably and occasionally poi nted out somethi ng of interest in the passing landscape. Herr HaufTmann had been looking at the Russia n officer, but what he saw filled him with bitler disgust and a fee ling of patri otism, impotent a nd suppressed. The German cou ntryside with its signs of occupat ion distressed him more. He now faced the Engl ishmen, and, determined to drive the picture of occupat ion and the Russ ian officer from his mind, he inqui red of them in broken English what was their destinat ion. "Cologlle", replied the Englishmen, excha nging glances. " . know Cologne veJI " , threw out Her Hauffmann, trying to draw conversation; " . expect you know ze Ca thedral- magnificent. It voss not complete unt il von hund red years ago. " "No. we don't know it", said the Englishmen simu ltaneously. and were silent. " Perhaps,-", started Herr Hauffma nn, when a thunderous voice from the Russian officer spat: •• Pfu i Teufel !" Herr Ha uffmann went a brilliant red as he accepted this insult of a n interr uption. Realising that silence was best. he turned away from the Russian, sudden ly to be taken by the lapels and sternly told; "Jetz aber hat es geschellt". Herr Hauftinann 's blood ti ngled in his veins. ]nsult to inj ury! Why shouldn 't he speak to the Englislunen without the Russ ian interfering ? If the Englishmen did not want to talk , that was their business. But to be told to hold one 's tongue by a barbarous Russia n, and lifted from one's seat. . . . A surge of feeling swept through him, a nd without think ing Herr Hauffmann brought up h is elbow and caught the officer a slick blow on the nose. The officer was taken aback and Herr Hauftinann, pleased with his blow, assailed the officer furt her. Spri ngi ng for the office r 's throat, he carried him forward and toppled on top of him to the floor. The officer was taken completely by surprise a nd the Englishmen looked on with interest. The officer spluttered; but. Herr Hauffmann, seizing his advantage, pinned hi s opponent down wi th his knees and, his hands still round the officer 's throat, thrust the offend ing head under the compartment seat, and there he held it. As often as the officer seemed to recover some of his strength,-he was a more powerful-looking man than Herr Ha uffmann,- he kept striking hi s head agai nst the underside of the seat. Hauffmann had his man in a posit ion which a ny professional wrestler would we lcome. The Engli shmen looked at one a nother, and as though by agreement, one of them drew the Russian officer's revolver from the protruding holster and placed it in his own pocket. One nodded towards the Commun ication Cord ; the ot her shook his head. From the panting, frantic officer, fee ling the revolver bei ng withd rawn, came the half-st ifled suggestion that Herr Hauffma nn should be mercifu l and not shoot him. One of the Englishmen interrupted; "On condition ... . " (and here the train stopped) .... " On condition that you both fight it out fairly. We have a revolver here ; so has my companion. The train has stopped : you shall have the satisfaction of taking my frie nd 's revolver, Herr .. . . "

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The boys themselves count far more than a magazine, it is only correct to judge a school by them. but my complaint is that The Cantual'iafl often fails to serve them as it should . One other point- you defend the Editorials as .. demonstrating that some of us arc capable of serious thought ". It is well-known that the Editoria l is regarded as a penance to be taken in rota by Ihe Editorial Board, and as a rule that feature succeeds only in being trite and priggish. If the Editors have nothing worthwhile to say. let them refrain from saying it. a: Since you force me to it, 1 shall have to accuse you of prejudice. That you arc prejudiced can easily be proved, the only pity is that the proof will necessarily introduce some heat into what would have been otherwise a cool and friendly discussion. Let us dissect your arguments, of one may club" a rgument" mere statements and non-sequiturs which would be a logician 's despair. Look first at a paragraph in which you &'ly, .. I do not think 1 claimed ... that The Cantuariall should tu rn its back on the 'tradition and history' of the School. " Why then, in your earl ier complaint, did you instance only, bar the Ed itorial, a rt icles of historical interest as the objects of your dislike 7 And why now, a little further o n, do you place such stress upon Ihe word "contemporary"? And why again do you deny, ill circumstances containing an obvious implication, that 'l1w Callfuariall is the" sole repository" (unfortunate phrase !) of our tradition and history 7 If you have ever read Professor Collingwood's Idea 0/ History you wi ll see that this hostility to the relation of a sequence of events in time passed out of fashion with the Greeks. It is not, as you must fond ly imagine, exact and latter-day scientific. The modern thinker may only view matters in historical perspect ive. I confess too, that your gibe about "prospective customers" strikes me as a little unworthy. We, as a School, view ourselves as a State within a State, just as Britam is a State within a world. The Call1uariall serves us as a kind of British Council; it. does not "advertise", it " makes known"- a difference that a man of feeling would not have fai led to appreciate. That was your first paragraph. Your second is equally easy to dispose of. It consists (as no good paragraph should) of two separate, distinct and totally unrelated thoughts. The first is to the effect that The Calltuarian reveals us as a School of no outside interests. I pick up a copy of last term's issue, the very one which you have so joyfully been tearing to pieces, and inunediately discover a long feature essay, written by myself, about a visit to the recent" Landscape in French Art " Exhibition at Burlington House. Your second thought is another guilty excuse in case you have shown up yOUf anti-historical bias too clearly. You actually have the hypocrisy to complain Utat not enough articles are published conunemorating "our rich and intimate historical association with the Cathedral and City of Canterbury" when you have just fin ished condemning on grounds of dullness and irrelevancy an article on a great Archbishop reprinted from a publication of the Town Library! But, fort unately, you find yourself unable to keep up the pretence and you petulan tly return to your complai nts about ou r historical corner, complaints I have already answered. So instead I will ask you a question: "If we are not the keepers and preservers of tradition, who is.?" For we alone can immortalise in print. Then, again in the same paragraph, you go on, in the Lytton Strachey manner, to invent an ed ifying little story as to how much the Editors hate writing the Editorials. Possessed of authentic information (as you, who have never been on the Board, cannot be) I assure you that this job is one of the most keenly contested amongst us. And it seems to me that the level of thought is no higher and no lower than that displayed in this discussion, than that, in fact, of which you yourself are capable. Lastly you indulge in a few more sneers-no doubt you wou ld describe them as •• the rockets of your wit "-at the expense of the hard-working Editors. A: This is just hysteria. You have not said anything useful, and while some may consider that sort of thing amusing, it is really quite meaningless when one thinks it over. To take your very first sentencea crushing accusation of prejudice-incidentally, not proved or even touched on again after the first paragraph- the answer is simply: "So what 7" We were not discussing which of us was the most prejudiced, but in what ways The Calltllariall might be improved. I am very sorry that you have felt it essential to dig up excuses for The Call1llarian as it is, instead of admitting the possibility of improvement and helping to work out concrete suggestions. In this you would have had the advantage, as a member of the Editorial Board. For my part, I apologise for any contradictory statements I may have made. The spirit of my suggestions is clear and I hope not wholly dest ructive. Mere cleverness may make

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. Tottenhill, Downham, Norfolk. My dear Sir, Saturday, 2 October, 1847. Your name, noticed in the Pa er t d . Allwood (bishop elect of Morpeih) a~d ~r In connection :-"ith that of the Revd R so many associations, that T am induced to 1e flll.'d s for bUlldlllg a Cathedral co/;ec/; any other news relating to you and yo urs T~~qUlre aft~r your health and welfare and 1. the Rev. George Gilbert was ~ . I assoc iatIO ns a lluded to are these ' School: so was the present writer: ormer y a Kin g's Scholar at Canterbury K ing's 2. the Rt. Revd. Dr. Broughton B of A . . Revd. John Francis, Second Master' of~he Can~!y:~a, K}~rr~ed the elder daughter of the 3. the Revd. Robert Allwood's eldest sister y. g s School. present wl'lter, who was married also in the sam~a~~lCd the yo ungest brother of the d h' ur~h and On the same day, and 4. Both the Revd. Robert AUwood now PolICe Magistrate at Campbell To:~ VIS Brother 111 Law, Francis H. Henslowe tJ:? latter in 1839 (a year before the former) ;"'he~;t~l~e~ L;~d, emigrated to Sydney' s p was renewed after a lapse of three and t tinaI'" Ulnterburyacquaintance: AI I wen y years I ' . as. My dear Sir, what changes what . . Clfcumstances fall to the lot of us mo'rtals I separatIOns, what reunions and what varied . Bishop Broughton became Bishop in co~se ~an of Stratfieldsaye of the Parish of the Duk~u~~~ ~f. belllg a neighbour of the Clergy_ t us preferred Bishop Broughton. And on the 19t~ ~,gton, Who when Prime Minister Wl'lter Support the faltering steps of the IIlustr' D ~ of June las t did the present J ames' Church in London upon the occa . IOUS U e Into the Burial Vault of St Campbell, my Own wife's gallant uncle. ,SlOn of the funeral of Lieut.-General Sir Colil;

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From the fact ofyourreceiving funds for St A d ' commullIcatlOn with Mr. Allwood o r B n ~ew s Cathedral, r presume you are in also you are still interested in anci~nl Ca;' !Dug lton or both at SydneY:- Perha s and New College :--:-alld perhaps also I i~rbury, and St. Augustine's Old MOJ1ast~~ seems to have been originated by Our old mu~u.~~rl~orf~gh School Institution, which are no doubt aware) is no more: Ma I a k . ' c 00 ellow- Plater? Dr. Birt ( ou With every good wish and kind remlmbr~n~~i~,ur °fn admlfable Mother still surviv~s ? , m a ways truly and affectionately Yo urs Revd. G. Gilbert, Grantham, Lincoln. W. H. HBNSLOWE. [Ge,?rge G!lbert was a Scholar here from 1809 beco';!lllg ultimately a Prebendary of Lincoln H tf /815, when he went to c.c.C.C., now III the Cathedral Library-which our . e eta MS. book of Reminiscences_ 1937. Charles Eaton Plater was an e present Headmaster edited and published in fa,,:,bri.dge:, in the same College; it 1V~~c~:~~~mtoraJYd o~ Gjl,bert's at School and nstitutlOn mentioned above now known as M °lbun e t e Marlborough School W H H ' ar orough College . . enslowe came to the School in 1814 d . . D B' an went to Cambndge r. 1ft became Headmaster in 1816 a nd it . ' gojJwben o,f the Scholars for the Westmin~ter blacl/sf~e hho dlsc~rded the ancient purple G. rt s ftenllmscences.) , r e came ,rom that School. (See 4S4

THE CANTUARIAN William Grant Broughton was at the School from 1797 till 1804. He went to Cambridge (Pembroke College) in 1814 as a Scholar. The intervening years had been spent in the East India Company's service, and in preparation for the University. Through the Duke of Wellington's influence he became Chaplain of the Tower of London, and then Archdeacon of New South Wales. In 1836 he was consecrated Bishop of Sydney, the first Anglican Bishop in Australia. In 1848 he became Archbishop of the whole of Australasia, and was the means of procuring the establishment of the Dioceses of Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle, New Zealand, and Tasmania. He died in 1853 and lies in the South Aisle of the Nave of our Cathedral, near the monument of his schoolfellow Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales. As Plater founded Marlborough College, so Broughton founded King's School, Parramatta ; both Schools owe their very existence to the inspiration that the ancient School of Canterbury kindled. We have searched the Lists of King's Scholars in vain for the name of Robert Allwood, Bishop of Morpeth- perhaps he was a commoner ?-Eds.)

TENNIS

In the Easter Term three excellent fllll~ s i ze hardcourts were laid on Blores piece, and now after four rather difficult years the Tennis Club is beginning to rival the other summer sports . Until this term the Club was not effectively able to look to the future owing to the limi ted membership. Consequent ly the team usually had to be built up more or less from scratch at the beginning of each season. Thi s was not quite the case this year as there were two of last year's team st ill here, but even so one pair consisted of ex-cricketers. Next year this should not be necessary, as there is now a young and very keen 2nd VI who are being coached and ga ining match experience. The team itself has had a very successful season except for a rather shaky start, when the pairs were still in the melt ing pot and the benefits of Mr. R. Gay's excellent coaching was yet to be gained. Wye College was beaten, but thc tcam lost to Canterbury C lub and Tonbridge School; the latter with the inevitable Tonbridge tennis speciality- wind and rain! The team won through to lhe Home Counties Fina l of the Olanvi ll Cup, beating S1. Paul's. King Edward VI Chelmsford, Simon Langton's, and Chislehu rst G.S., but eventually losing to K.C.S., Wimbledon, the holders. It was unfortunate that on the morning of the Eastbourne fixture T . T. Morgan developed pink-eye, and lhc match was lost by the narrowest of margins. We were still a man short against Felsted but succeeded in beating them by 5 matches to 4 ;- who dares to say that school tennis is not a team game? The Benenden match was a success as always. The 2nd VI beat St. Augustine's very convincingly and also Benenden and have a further fixture to come. At the time of going to press the first open singles tournament held since before the war has just begun, as has also the Annual Inter-House Competition. 1ST VI. - Ist Pair: P. J. S. Murray, J. G. B. Hewson. 2nd Pair: T. T. Morgan, R. B. Ryeland. 3rd Pair.' D. L. Courtier-Dutton, B. T. O. Moffatt.

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THE CANTUARIAN

CRICKET 1ST

Up TO, AND

XI AVERAGES 15TH

INCLUDI NG

J ULY,

1950

BATTING

P. J. Walker ...... .. ...... . R. O. A. Norris .. "" .. ...... .. B. E. Lee.................. ...... : G . W. Hackett ........ .... ...... .. M. M. C. Mallin son ...... .. . M. Skinner............ .. .. .. B. C. G. Hazel!... .................. .

~~~?~~<>:~.: . ;.;.; .;;!!!;!;!

Not Out

Innings 13 13 13 12 10 4 6

o 2

2 2 2

o 4 2

8 5 ~·rgbert 4 . . . SnoxaU ...... .. .................. . 5. • Not Out.

................................. .

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II II" /1

,! II 11

o 4 3

BOWLING Overs Maidens ~ ~ P,tllips ...,'............. . . . . . . 223.1 71 B' C· . Norns..................... ....... 124 23 . . G. Hazel!......... .. ...... 73 18 S. young............ ............. 100.5 14 P. J. Walker........ ..... 74 19

Tota l Ru ns 503 396 353 287 200 93 37 130 115 33 15 13 26

Runs 425 298 175 354 188

Highest Score 107 98 66 53' 35 40 16 52' 48 14'

6' 6' 10

Wickets 34 21 10 19 10

Average 38.69 36.00 32.09 28.70 25.00 23.25 18.50 14.44 14.38 8.25 7.50 6.50 5.20

Average 12.50 14. 19 17.50 18.63 18.88

RETROSPECT No greater tribute can be paid to thi s year's XI h I remarked th<:ir confident approach to ever a; ect t an tIe corum,ent of ,a!1, impartial observer who secret of their su~s and marks the ditf~ren~e be~~~e gt~rne"dIn ~~IS acqUlsltlol~ of confidence lies the last year. There have been many fine innin s la cd n . Ie 51 e t .!s Y,ear and virtually the same side elegaryce which of themselves have delighted on~l~ se~son , Inmngs. of .c~aracter and technical outs~n~ the, at, times, magllHicent out-cricket of th 'd pee atlf, yet no mdlYldual performance can as prlnCIpaJ assailant, has never once been fu lly" ham~~~ ~ ,~s at "Yblole. The va n~d attack with Phi llips a powerful M.e.C. side to 32 runs in an h . . . . . e , a n ute ~o fine fie ldll1g- to have restrained this aspect of the side has been the wicketOk~~~~~ ~r~ ~totable achievement. Not the least factor in Yo~n~ and Cowan, ~rom the country and the brillianc~ ~~s~alkbly.sllP~orted by the neat returns of st<}t1stt?S the record IS not unimpressive but not outsta d' . er Jtl t . e covers. Judged by simple cnc;ket mg aspect, this side surely must be 'considered even \~g, by standards of determination and ~h~l~e as any other for a long time. The author deeply J'c:rel~e th~tsthcur~l? ~bservier to look as good Ir year unchanged, and their most triumphant. e WI miSs W 1at should be their No comment on the 1st Xl is comple'e without a w d f h of their time and energy, especially in inaugurati~g ~~e ~e!g~~k:y~~e the. many rasters who have given a success; a nd also to Mr. Chappel and the ground ff h . m Ill. cr.lc et and making it such prod~ced not only first class wickets, but nets of equal s~a 'bw 0 wr:; their lI1creased machi nery have cater1l1~ staff, who are generally of themselves capable or .u~. net~s. h st ly a word of ~hanks also to the IUS Iga mg t at after-lunch wicket.

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f THE CAN TUA 1UAN CHARACTERS M. F. COWAN- In the few innings he has played he has been too nervous to hi t the ball. When he has more confidence he will do well. In the field he has been an example to all. G. W. HACKeTT- He ha ~ played many good innings, the result of determination and concentration. His great weak ness lies in hi s refusal to put hi s left foot to the ba ll. Splendid in the fie ld. U. C. G. HAZELL- He has not qu ite fulfillcd hi s promi se. He bowled a poor length early on but has since improved . B. E. LEE-He has captained the si de well and has handled the bowling intelligently. He is the most reliable batsman on lhe side and has been the perfect foil to Walker 's more dashing methods. He plays the spin bowl ing better than anybody in the side and hit s the ball wi th power all round the wicket. A good in ~fielder. R. M. M. C. MALLINSON-ÂˇHis wicket~keeping has been quite excellent. He has played a number of usefu l innings and when more strcngth comes will make many Tuns. R. O. A. NORR is-He is a magnificent st roke player with a good defence. casual at times, he will be first class if he wishes to be. His bowling is fast and, though still erratic, is much improved. He can be bri lliant in the field but is too often lazy. J. B. PHILLIPs-He has the makings ofa first class bowler. He has length, pace off the pitch, and moves it both ways. Best of all he has a steut heart, is undisturbed by misfortune, and gives of his hest a lways. His one weakness at the moment is a tendency to bowl too mucn. outside tile off stump. He h'ts played some good innings and will be a batsman when he strengthens his left arm. J. M. SK INNER- Now that he is gaining confidence he is making runs. Moderate in the field. D. J. C. SNOXALL-He has had an unsuccessful time. He finds it difficult to concentrate. 1-1e sti ll shows promise. P. J. WA LKER- He hits the loose ball with remarkable power and certainty and as long as he is at the wicket runs come quickly. Some of his offÂˇdriving has been a joy to see. His defensive play is improving and if only he will stop being thoroughly careless he will be a first class player. As a bowler he spins the ball sharply from the off and has recently begun to bowl a length with good result . He is a magnificent fieldsman. S. YouNG- He is a great enthusiast. He has bowled hi s Icgbreaks and googJies well . He has made some fine strokes when batting but worries and fusses too much at the wicket. He is fi rst class in the field . 1ST

XI MATCHES

KING 'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v B UCCANEERS A strong Buccaneers' side had to fight to wi n Ihis match. Their bowling was good a nd the School batt ing showed promise. Lee and Mallinson played good innings. The Buccaneers had a long tail and the match was in the balance for a long while. Russell~ Vick, by nature a forcing batsma n, curbed his desire and played a splendid innings against some excellent bowling by Phillips. KING'S SCHOOL BUCCANEERS B. E. Lee, c Gray, b Appleyard.................... 19 C. Russell-Yick, Ibw, b Phillips.................... . 44 P. J. Walker, lbw, b Appleyard..... .... ......... 5 W. 1'yrwhitt-Drake, b Phillips.......... .. ...... .. . 7 R. O. A. Norris, c Russell-Vick, b Gray.... ... 9 R. Kemp, b Phillips........................ ..... .. .. .. 11 G. W. Hackett, Ibw, b Gray............... ......... 0 R. Sanders, b Phillips.......... .. .............. .. .. .. . 1 M . Herbert, Ibw, b Appleyard.... .................. 3 R. Gray, not out.......... ................. .. ...... ... 28 S. Young, b Gray........................... .. ......... 0 J . Skinner, not out............. ... ... ... .. .. .. ......... 8 J. B. Phillips, 1bw, b Appleyard................... 6 A. Ormsby F. Appleyard R. M. M. C. Mallinson, b Tyrwhitt~D rake.. . 29 M. Fewey Did not bat D. J. C. Snoxall, lbw, b Ormsby...... .......... . I M. F. Cowan, e Tyrwhitt~Drake, b Gray...... 6 A. Nathan B. C. G. Hazell, not OUt............................. 0 R. Hews Extras.. ..... .... ........ ........ .... .. ... ......... 21 5 Extras........ ...................... ... ... ..... ......

Total......... ..... ..... ......................

Total (4 wickets) ...... ............ .... ..... 104

'tHE cANtUAiUAN Gray 4 for 8; Appleyard 4 for 24; Ormsby 1 for 34 i Tyrwhitt-Drakc I for 6; Nathan 0 for 6.

o. 19

Phillips... ............. ...

Norris................ ..... Cowan....... ....... ... .. young..... ......... ......

10 5 5 I

Walker.... .... ... ... ... .

5 2 2

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26 8 22 5

w. 4

o o o o

KINO'S SCIIOOL, CANTER BURY V Norrs AMATHURS The defeat of the strong Notts Amateur side for the second time in succession was a splendid achievement. Phillips a nd Mallinson batted splendidly in a sixth wicket stand of 65 and made the School's score a presentable one.

The visitors ' first wicket scored 53 runs against excellent bowling, but thereafter the bowling of Phillips

was too good and the match was won ten minutes from time.

The fie lding was excellent. KINO'S SCHOOL

B. E. Lee, Ibw, b Gothard.................. ........ M. Herbert, b J. Farr.. ..... ................... ...... R. O. A. Norri s, c Taylor, b J . Farr ...... "..... p, J. Walker, c Hincklief, b D, H. Vaulkhard S. Young, e and b D. H. Vau lkhard...... ..... .. . G. W. Hackett, st Taylor, b Whitty............... J. B. Phillips, b H. Parr... .. ........ .......... ..... R . M. M. C. Mallinson, b H. Fan·............... D. J. C. SnoxaU, c and b D. H. Vaulkhard ... M. F. Cowan, c Dowson, b H . Farr...... ........ B. C. G. Hazell, not out........... ............ . .. .. . Extras....... ........ ... ... ..... ............... .....

3 2 21 23 4 11 48

31 6 0 2 10

Total ............................. ...... ... ... 161

Norrs

AMATEURS

G . Vaulkhard, c Walker, b Phillips.. ....... ......

E. J . Gothard, b Hazell ..................... .. ...... R. P. Williamson, b Norris.. .. ..................... P. Whitty, b Phi llips. .......... ..... ............. .... A. T . W. Taylor, c and b young.......... ........ D. H. Vaulkard, b Phillips........... .. .. .. .......... B. N . Dowson , b Phillips.... .. ...... ............... . 0-. H. Farr, c Cowan, b Philli ps......... ... .. .... E. Dickinson, Ibw, b Phillips.. ....... . ............. A. HinekJief, not ouL..... .................. ... ....... J. Farr, b Norris....................................... Extras ...... .. ......................... ,.... .... .. ...

22 37

II 18 0 12 6 16

0 7 0 4

Tota!... ... ................. ... ..... ........... 133

J . Farr 2 for 49; Gothard I for 28; H. Farr 3 for 8 ; D. H. Vaulkhard 3 for 33; Whitty I for 15

Phillips.. ....... ....... ... Norris......... ... ..... .... Hazell... ..... .. ... ... .... young ........... ".......

o. 20 15 8 7

8 3 I I

R. 38

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V THE MASTERS ' E LEVEN

The eleven was far too good for the Masters' side. Norris, ably assisted by Hackett, played a magnificent innings and then took 5 wickets for 8 runs. KING '5 SCHOOL

MASTBRS' ELEVEN

B. E. Lee, Ibw, b Edmonds. ... ....... ............. 13 R. O. A. Norris, b Edmonds..................... 98 P. J. Walker, b Chappel. ........ ....... .. .. .......... 13 S. Young, lbw, b ChappeI. ............ .... .. .. ...... 6 G. W. Hackett, not out................... ... ....... 53 R . M. M. C. Mallinson, not out................. 12 D. J. C. Snoxall } J. B. Phillips M. Cowan Did not bat D. Moor B. C. G. Hazell Extras ........ ... ...... .... . , .... ....... . " ........ , 8

A. Ratcliffe, b Norris....................... ........... 2 I H . J. Meadows, Ibw, b Phillips............ ..... ..... 2 E . Baldock, c Moor, b Norris.................... .. J.H. Edmonds, e Mallinson, b Norris.......... 2 J. A. Rowe, b young............ ....... .. ... ... ....... 3 W. N. Blyth, c Mallinson, b Norris........ .... .. . 0 W. O. Thomas, c Walker, b Norris................ 32 M. Herbert, not out ......................... ....... ".. 13 M. H. Roberts, not out.............................. 0 G. Chappel } D·d D. H . W. Kelly I not bat Extras .......... .. , .... ... ... ........... ,.... ... ..... 12

Total (4 wickets dee.), ............. .. ..... 203

Total (7 wickets)........ .... ..... ... .•.. ...

458

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tHE CAN TUARIAN o. J. H. Edmonds....... 11 G . Chappe!............ 14 W. O. Thomas. .. ..... 13 M. H . Roberts........ 3 E. Baldock.... ..... ..... 7

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49 46

60 18

w. 2 2

R. O. A. Norris.. .. .. J. B. Phillips............ B. C. G. Hazell ..... . S. young............... ..

o o o

10 10 5 6

8 8

o 2

w. 5 I

o I

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERUUR Y V DOVER COLLEGE

This wus a mussacre. Walker scored 107 in 70 minutes, a mixture of good a nd bad strokes. Norris played a magnificent inn ings. Lee and Hackett were also excellent. Excellent bowling by Phillips, Young and Norris soon fin ished the Dover innings. KING '5

DOVER COLLEGE

SCHOOL

Lane, e Hacke;tt, b Norris.. .... ... .. ....... ... ...... Gerty, b Norns .......... ............. : ........ ·, · .. ·.... Haydock-Wilson. c a nd b Noms.... ............... Chamberlain, b Phillips.. ..... ................ ... ... . Jones, c Herbert. bPhillips.. ....................... Tompkins, b young"" .......... .... .. .. .............. Walmsley, run ouL ..... "" .. .... ............. ........ Doyle, b young .......... ...... , ............. ..... ,·... Stocken b Phillips ........ ......... ...... ..... ....... · Aston, ~ Mallinson, b Phil~ps....................... Bairamian, not out........... ............ ... ...... .. .. Extras" ...... . , .. , .. , .... .... , .. ... ... , ..... .... , .. ,

Total (4 wickets dee.) ................ ... .. 286

Total....... .... ........ ......... ....... .... ...

B. E. Lee, lbw, b Jones ...................,' ...... · .. P. J. Walker, eAston, b Haydock-WI lson . .. . R. O. A. Norris, c and b Stocken ............ ... .. G. W. Hackett, c Bairmnian, b Walmsley ..... . O. Moor, no t oU!. ....... ........... . ......... .. S. Young, not out........ .......... . ............ .. R. Malli nson } D. Snoxall J. B. PhiUips Did not bat M. Herbert M. F . Cowan Extras ........ ....... , ... . , .. , .. .. ...... ....... " ..

41 107

6 6

9 4 6

5 2 6 9

0 5 7

Phillips 4 for 14 ; Young 2 for 27; Norris 3 for 12.

Gerty 0 for 16; Haydock-Wilson 1 for 8 1 ; Walmsley 1 for 52 j Jones I for 44 j Stocken I for 46.

K ING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY

HIGHGATE SCHOOL

Played on a glori ous day, this was a good match. Hi h ate lost their first wickct at 12 and then followed a lo ng ~tand by K;nig~tley-Smith and Griffin hic~ I~sted unti l Knightley-Smith was Ibw to Hazell at 136. Klllghtley·Smllh Is .a remarkably mature batsman for his age a nd played many lovely stro~es;. G rimn was onJr sli~htly. be~lOd and betw~en them

the showed a determination and judgement whIch IS too often lackmg III Kmg s School battmg. The y . rest of the battmg was poor. In 40 minutes the King 's score reached 72 when Lee was out to an excellent cat~h at extra cov~r. Walker shortly after reached 50, and then with the Highgate bowlers and fieldsmen qUIte overcome "":lt~ the rate of scoring and with the match almost won, became careless and was bowled by a fu ll-tos.s, a stupid end to a good inn ings. The overnmrled wicket ha~l by this time crumbled and Young, Mallinson and Hackett, when well set werc all bowled by balls wluch never left the ground. The rest of the batting was spineless and the match was lost. One cannot but feel that with 90 scored in under an hour for the loss of 1 wicket, King's, despite the shooters, o ught to have won .

459

THE CANTUARIAN KING'S SCHOOL

HlOHOATE

~'pK~ightlCy. Smith,lbW, b Hazell .......... .... .

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b PllIllJps .. ".,,,.. ......... . . .........

B. E. Lee. c Crawford, b Gilpin,,, ..... ,,, . P. J. Walker, b Clifford.......... .. ... G. W. Hackett b CI'f~ .............. . S. Youn b C{iffo l ord................. ........... R. O. AgNorris Ib~ b·D.... ·...... · ............ · R . M. M . C. MiUinson bCtiff~~d" """" D . J . C. Snoxall, c and 'b Dare .......... ...... J. B.F Phillips, Ibw .. .. .. ..... ........... M C b '.b Dare .............. D ' M ow:ti Chfford............... .. ............. B: C. G.rHazeftre~... "...................... ..........

71 4

}~.C~D~:!ffig.~aT~e~an. b HazelL... ......... ... 6 1 C A ' .' .... ........ ..................... 4 D' A' ~ 11I. ~un out"... ........ ......... ...... ....... 3 J 'A 'p raw J"'d, Ibw, b Phillips.. ................ 2 · D' atten en, b Phillips .. ,............ ........... 36 G · : r..:tcc. Chyde, st Mallinson, b Young.. . 5 ~. ~Il8mll1ot

out........ ....... ... ....... .... .......

Extras .....: ..........~..'::: ...:~:::::::::::::: :::: ::::

3 I~

e: H~ cliJ~;~ Cn~ta~~I. b young.".,........ .....

Extras ....... ~ ... ~.~ .~~~.:: .. ::.:::::::: ::: ::: ::: :::::: Tota1. ....... .

Total (9 wickets dec.) .............. .. .. .. . 209 R. O. A. Norris ...... J. B. Phillips ........ .. S. YOwlg ............. .. , B. C. G. Hazell ...... P. J. Walker .. .. ......

IIII

""III ""

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1111

Ilil 'I'

1111

M. I

10 I

24 45 48

3 I

2 2

D. A. Crawford .... .. I. E. H. Cli fford .... .. J. C. Dare ..... "" .... ". N. Gilpin .............. ..

K ING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY v EASTBOUItNE Excellent bowling and fielding soon dismissed Eastbourne. Lee and Walker batted well and the match was soon over.

1111

I:"I'

o. 8 26 12 13 II

f' · O·

KING 'S SCHOOL

Total (0 wickels)............ .. .. .......... Lomax 0 for 24; Langton 0 for 13' 19; Kelly 0 for 6. '

6 I 0 I

.. ........... 160

10 53

2 22 23.5 2

o 5 4 I

COLLEUH

EASTBOURNE

~tk not out.......... .. .. .......................

Aa Ner , D:0t out.................. .......... ...... R · . . orns G. W. Hackett D. J. C. Snoxall S. Young R. M. M. C. Mallinson Did not bat J. B. Phillips M. F. Cowan D. Moor B. C. G. Hazell Extras............ ... ... ... ......... .... ...... ......

o for

......

27 53

~. ~d~ards,

c Lee, b Norris".............. .. .. .... 3 C.' J.'G ~W::3il~ rubn;hiTIi .. ·.... · ...... .. · .. · .. .. · .. · 22

22 40

M. D. ChurCherg'b P .. ps.. ................ ......

G. M. Lomax

bWafi:!~Ps............... .. .. ........ I G Watt ' t .............. ........ ....... D. J'. O. Kid~~~~y"'b"Y~~;;'"'''''' .............

G. R. Langton b Walker ... g........... .......... J. B. Kelly, not out. .......... . :·:· .................... I. H. R. Cazalet, c Lee, b yo~~g·.:: :: :: :::::::::: H.

DE~~~~:.~~.~~l.I~~~~~:.~.~~~.~ ~.:::::.::.':::: Total ............. ........... .......... .

Lucas

3 I

? 60

Norris I for 19; Walker 2 for 10 ' Phillips 2 for '

23; Young 3 for 8.

460

THE CANTUARIAN FORTY CLUB

KINO'S SCHOOL

18 85 0 43 7 19 0 9 10 I 13

C. Dring, b Norri s" ........ ............ · ..... ·........ 8 A. Pullen, b Norris .. ........ ...... ... ...... · ... · .... · 8 P. L. Cowan, b Phillips,,, .......................... .. · 2 G. Ward, c and b Norris........................ ·.... 26 S. C. Hodges, b Walker ............................ · 42 8 G. W. O. Smith, not out.............. .. ... ...... ..... A. Ross-Slater, b Norris" .. ............... ... .. · .. ·.. 0 L. Helmuth, c Cowan, b PhiLlips..... .. ............. 19 J. Ody, not out ....... , .................... · ..... · .. ·.. 5 C. Lewis } D 'd b A. C. Gadsby 1 not at Extras... ..... .... ..... .... ..................... ..... 5

Total (9 wickets dec.) ..................... 211

Total (7 wickets) .......................... · 123

U. E. Lee, c and b Lewis ................ .. · .. · .. ·.... P. J. Walker, c Ward, b Lewis......... ...... ·...... R. O. A. Norris, lbw, b Gadsby ... .. ..... " ..... ·.. G. W. Hackett, b Helmuth ....... " .. .......... ·.... S. Young, lbw, b Helmuth .................. ... · .. · R. Mallinson, st Smith, b Pullen................ ... D. J. Snoxall , b Helmuth... ... .......... J. B. Phillips, b Lewis" ..................... · .. ·· .... · M. F. Cowan, not out. .............. ... · .. · .. ·...... D. Moor, b Gadsby ...... ............ · .......... ·.... B. Hazell, not out. .... ...... ........ · .. · ............ · Extras.............. .. ... ........... ..... . ... .... ..

Cowan 0 for 23; Lewis 3 for 67; Hodges 0 for 18; Gadsby 2for 41 ; Helmuth 3for 23 ; Pullen I for 26; Ody 0 for 8.

Norris 4 for 23; Phillips 2 for 35; Young 0 for 35; Walker 1 for 5 ; Hazell 0 for O.

KINO ' S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V M.C.C.

Mr. Moore brought a strong side, including three professionals, to play the School. The M.C.C. batted first on a hard wicket and at the end of an hour had scored 32 runs for 2 wickets, such was the excellence of the School bowling and fielding. Prowton, who the week before had scored 100 against Felstcd. batted an hour and twenty minutes for his 8 runs. Lewis Barclay attacked the bowling, had some fortune, and made many fine strokes. The School bowl ing and fieldin g was quick, first class, and Mallinson had a great day as wicket-keeper. Walker was soon out playi ng carelessly at a ball well outside the 00' stump. Rain delayed play for an hour a nd made things difficult for the M.e.C. bowlers. Nevertheless Lee a nd Norris played splendidly ; Norris made many magnificent strokes. The School had every reason to be proud of its eleven this day . M.C.C.

KINO'S SCHOOL

n . E. Lee, not out .. " ...... ............... ·.... 20 P. J. Walker, c Easdale, b Harri ngton.. ....... 0 R. O. A. Norris~ not out ............ ·.·.... 64 G. W. Hackett S. Young R. MaUinson M. Her~e~t Did not bat J. B. Phtllips D. Moor M. F. Cowan B. Hazell 3 Extras...... ......... .. .. ...........................

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Total (I wicket).................... .. ......

G. W. Moore,lbw, b Norris.......... ..... .... ·.... C. G . Howard, b Phillips .......... ... · ............ · Prowtoll, c Phillips, b Hazell..... .. .. .... .. ... ..... Capt. Ben Lyle, b Norris ............. · ........ .. ·.. B. J. K. Pryer, st Mallinson, b young............ C. L. Lewis Barclay, c Lee, b young............. C. P. Davies, not out. ..... ....... ...... · .. · .. · .. ·.... W. Harrington, Ibw, b Norris ... ....... ... ..... ·.. D. Noble, not out ..... ............... .... ·· .... · .. ·· .. · H. Easdale } D'd n t b t G . Morton loa Extras............. .... " ....... "........ ... ........

19 9 8 1 41 63 32

8 0

Total (7 wickcts dec.).... .................. 190

Norris 3 for 41 ; Walker 0 fot 20; Phillips 1 for 50; Hazell 1 for 27; YOUIl¥ 0 for 30,

Morton 0 for 24 ; Pryer 0 for 29; Harrington I for 28; Moore 0 for 3.

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THE CANTUARIAN KlNo's SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V KINO'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON

Rain had made the wicket de.:'ld easy and so it remained throughout the day; no bowlers cou ld get life out of it. After a n hour and a half's batt ing and at lunch time King's, Canterbury. had scored 125 for 1. Lee and Norris we~e set and playing magnificently. Both were ~ut soon aftcr lu nch carelessly chasing wide leg breaks outside the off stump. The rest of the School battlO8, apart from Hackett, was lifeless. Wimbledon took no risks and batted safely and sanely until time was called. KING'S CoLLEGE SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON

R. H. Rhan, b young................ .. .............. D. Goodall, c Mallinson, b Hazel!..... ...... .... K. J. W. Ambler, c Mallinson, b Phill ips...... J. Wood, 5t Mallinson, b Phillips........ .... ..... R. Cradick, not out.. .... ... .......... .......... ...... K. R. Briggs, not out........................ .. ....... M. F. R. Curry } D. Thomson B. A. Hinton Did not bat K. J. Burton D. Belchamber Extras ........ ...... . " ..... " .......... ......... . "

KING'S SCHOOL

20 41 29 21 JI 11

B. E. Lee, st Rhan, b Belchamber" " .. " .... " .. . P. 1. Walker, c AmbJer, b Curry .. ............... , R. O. A. Norris, c Ambler, b Bclchambcr..... G. W. Hackett , c Briggs, b Wood ...... ........ ," S. Young, b Briggs ..... ...... ,,, ............... ..... ,, R. Mallinson, b Wood ............. ... ..... .. " .. " ... J. M. Skinner, b Curry .......... ......... " .. " .... " J. B. Phillips, c Briggs, b Wood........ .......... .. . M. Herbert, not out ..... .. .. .......... " .... "'".,,... M. F. Cowan, not out .............. " ..... .... .. "... B. Hazell, did not bat Extras........ , ..... , ........... " .... " ...... ..... ,.

61 22 55

30 13 3 17 0 2 0 22

Total (4 wickets)............ .... .......... 139

Total (8 wickets dec.) ...... ................ 225

Norris 0 for 7; Walker 0 for 21 ; Phillips 2 for 35; Hazell I for 20; Young I for 50.

Curry 2 for 46 ; Belchamber 2 for 56 ; Wood 3 for 46; Briggs I for 39.

KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V ST. LAWRENCE, CANTERBURY

St. Lawrence ra llied all their strength to avenge their nine wickets defeat last ycar. Lee was soon bowled for 0, playing across a full toss. Norris, Hackett and Skinncr all made useful con~ributions, aided by W3:tson's persistent ~o-b~lIing. Mallinson played admirably and remained until Wacher and Young arrived from the exammatlOn room to scorc runs quickly. S1. Lawrenvc had two hours in which to score thc runs and Pettit and Mackenzie Soon scored 64. Wickets then began to fa ll and when stumps werc drawn it was anybody 's match. The School fielding and bowling were excellent. KINO'S SCHOOL

B. E. Lee, b Pettit........................... .. .. ...... R. O. A. Norris, b Watson ........... ... "........ .. G. W. Hackett, c Kemp, b Pettit.................. J. M. Skinner, st Kemp, b Mackenzie..... " ... , R. M. M. C. Mallinson, cHews, b Mackenzie J. B. Phillips, st Kemp, b Mackenzie .. .. ."..... B. C. O. Hazell , cHews, b Mackenzie.......... P. 1. Walker, st Kemp, b Mackenzie....... " .... S. Young, c and b Pettit .............. "........... .. D. Moor, not out ............ " .... " ... ,." .. , ..... ,. M. F. Cowan, not out ........ .... . "....... .... ..... Extras .......... ...... .. "." .... " ....... . ".......

ST. LAWRENCE, CANTERBURY

0 15

12 16 31 6 16 24 20 4 1 15

Total (9 wickets dec.) ..................... 160

E. P. Pettit, c Mallinson, b Walker .. .......... "... A. Mackenzie, c Walker, b Phi1lips..... " .... ".. R. Kemp, lbw, b Phillips ......... " , ... " .... " .. , .. , B. RObinson;b Walker...... " ..... , .... " .... ".... W. C. Black locks, st Mallinson, b Hazell",... R. F. G . Hews, b Walker ............ ,.............. J. H. Edmonds, b Norris..... ... ........ .......... ". O. B. Heyer, not out.. ....... " .......... "."....... F. PniUips, lbw, b Norris ........... .... " .... . "... M. Watson, not out. ..................... "...... ..... 1. Higgs, did not bat Extras ........ .... " .. .... " .... ...... ..... ....... .. .

29 37 37 0 1 0 15

4 3 0

Total (8 wickets) ............ .... .. ... .. .... 136

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THE CANTUA RIAN o. Pettit 3 for 35; Phillips 0 for 9; Watson 1 for 2 1 ; Mackenzie 5 for 65; Blacklocks 0 for 17.

Norris............... ... ... Phillips................... Hazell.................... Walker ...... , .. ..... ".. young....... .............

9 12 8 7 2

o 3 o 2 o

w. 2

23 16

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KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V ST. LAWRENCE, R AMSGATE

This was a wretched game. St. Lawrence batted for 2. hours and 45 minutes fo~ 78 runs. K ing's knocked the runs ofr in 45 minutes. Only Edwards and Sm it h made any attempt to hIt the ba ll. Perfect batted for an hour and three-quarters for 14, Most of the St. Lawrence energy was spcnt in glari ng at the poor umpire when he gave decisions against them. ST. LAWRENCE, RAMSGATE

KING'S SCHOOL

T. R . Edwards, c and b young: .. :................ 10 M. D. Hillman, c Young, b Phllhps...... .... ".. 15 R. E. Smith, st Mallinson, b Hazell............. 22 J. S. Paddle, b Phillips.... .................. ........ 2 P. R. Perfect, c Mallinson, b Walker............. 14 M. T. M. Watson, hi t wicket, b Hazell ........ " 0 J. P. Robinson, Ibw, b Walker ............ , ....... , 5 P. F. Chapman, st Mallinson, b young......... 2 O. Tembe, st Mallinson, b young.... ......... .. I N. M. K. Vinsen, not out. ........................... 4 D. C. E. Skillings, st Malli nson, b young... .. 0 Extras............... ..... " ...... " ......... " .... " 3 Tota!..... .. ............ ... .... .. ............. O.

Norris.... .............. .. 8 Phillips .......... ..... , .. 16 young .......... ...... , .. 13.2 Walker.................. II Hazell ........... ... .. ... 6

2 9 5

12 15 28 12 8

0 2 4 2 2

4 3

B. B. Lee, b Chapman................ .. ............... P. J. Walker, lbw, b Chapman.. ........ .. ......... R. O. A. Norris, not out ..." ....... ... .. .... " .... ". O . W. Hackett, not out ....... , .. .. .. , .. ....... " .. "

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Mallinson Phillips Did not bat Snoxall Hazell Cowan Extras ......... .. ... . "....... .. .....................

13 28 18 15

Total (2 wickets).......... ........ .... .... . 79

Skillings........... .. , .... Chapman .... , .. ......... Perfect. ..... ............ Tembe....................

28 15

2 2.4

0 0

0 2 0 0

KI NG'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V KENT CLUO AND GROUND

Lee and Walker started to bat at 11.35 a.m., at 1.10 p.m. Walker was out and thl? scor~ was 146 for .1. The bowling had been good and va.rje~ thro.ugholl t and it was fi~st class batsmanslup whIch over~J11e It, Walker has never played a better lIlnmgs, It was fll ll of splendId ~trokes. The rest of th? ba.tlmg w~s quite good. Skinner stupidly ran himself out. Both he and Malhnson mllst stop muttermg mto theIr boots when calling. Lee delayed the declaration too long and the visitors made no attempt to get the runs. Pullen played an innings full of good strokes.

This was an admirable game between 22 good young cricketers.

THE CANTUARIAN KINo's SCHOOL B. E. Lee, cLucas, bOdy....... ... ... .. ...... ...... 50 P. J. Walker, lbw, bOdy..................... ....... 92 ~. O. A. Norris, bOdy........ ... ...... ......... ... 15 . W. Hackett, cOdy. b Marshall ....... ""..... I M. Skhmer, run out.... .......... ... ......... 20 . Young, c Ward, b Pu llen.... ..... .............. 8 R. M. M . C. Mallinson, bOdy........... ......... 16 J . P. Phillips, cLewis, b Helmuth... ....... ..... 15 M. Herbert, not out............... .... ... 6 M. F . Cowan, not ouL ...... ...... . .. . ".......... 14 B, C. G. Hazell. did not bat

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To,al (8 wickets dec.) ... .... ........ ...... 246 Marshall.... ... ... ..... Ballard ..... ... ......... Pullen ....... ........... Woollett ........ ... ..... Lucas ............... , ..... Helmuth ................. Ody ................... ....

o. 18 6 15 2 12 6 10

7 2 4 0 3 0

41 30 46 13 42 29 36

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A. Woollett, 51 Mallinson b Hazell ~. ~lIed' c Walker, b young...... .. ::.'.':::.'~:::

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T. Marshall F. Lucas Old not bat C. Lewis D . Bailard Extras ................. .. ........... . ........ . Total (4 wickets) .. .... ... .. Norris ........ ,.. .......... Phillips ................... Hazell ........ ............ Walker .... ......... .... , young......... .. .. ....... Hackett ..... , .. , .... , ...

o. 8 12 12 8 7 I

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20 37 19 22 26 0

0 2 0 1 0

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KINO'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY V BAND 011 BROTHERS

n I . 'bhe wl~ket by a slow ball from Colli ns and bowled. Lee played a first class in~nlgl~ !nJew;s,sabell1tlsced do,wd" y SkInner ' y uppor e W~lker. quite out of touch, was soon out. Norris batted in his best for

. Losing 4e immediately after lunch Skinner opened out and playcd excellentl unti l sl<;>w leg SPin. Young and Mallinson then stayed together until the declaratio/in. a st~~Jnedhohut by a JOy to sec. < , W IC was Tdhfie lBd':lnd °Cf Brothers' batting was strong and. they had to play well to survive against good bo r an e mg, . P. Johnstone played some magnificent strokes. w IIlg KING'S SCHOOL

B. E. Lee, c Tuft: b A, C. Johnstone............. 66 P. J. Walker, c Tuff, b B. H. Va lentinc......... I R. O. A, Norri s, b H. A. Collins.................. 2 1 G. W. Hackett, c Valentine, b H. A . Coll ins.. 1 J . M. Skinner, st Wood, b F letcher.............. . 40 S. Young, not out.......................... ........... 52 R . Mallinson, not out........................ ....... 22 M. Cowan J. B. Phill ips . P. Herbert DId not bat D. Moor Extras................................. ... .......... 9

Total (5 wickets dec.) .•..•..•......... ... . 212

A. C. Johnstone 0 for 42· Tuff 0 for 24; F letcher 1 for 24; French 0 for 59; Collins ~ for 30.

BAND OF BROTHERS

W. J . S. Fletcher, b Phillips.......... ........ ...... .. 6 C. P. Johnstone, c Mallinson b Phill ips 21 J. D . Thoma~, Ibw, b.Young:.. ............ .'::: .. .. 26 B. H, Valentllle, c Skinner b Phillips 2 A. F, K ingsford, b young.'.. .... ...... .. . .'.·::::::::: 23 A. C. Johnstone, b Phillips................... .. 7 C. Matheson, c Mallinson b Phi ll ips .... .. C. S. Young, not out ........ :..... ." ....... .. 10 1. R. French, c Skinner, b Waike·~:.~ .. ·"· .. · .. .. 27 .. .......... . 19 C. R . Tuff, not out............. o H, A. Collins, did not bat ................... " .. Extras....................... ....... .. ............... 3 To'al (8 wicke's) ....... .................... 144 Phillips 5 for 53; I for 31.

Young 2 for 31 ; Walker

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THE CANTUARIAN

THE BOAT CLUB It never rains but it pours. This term we have certainly paid for the good luck of the last few yearsbut let us keep to the three major catastrophes. First, the tow-path. The good old days when masters could cycle in alld out of the cows across rough pasture and suffer no greater inconvenience than total immersion , or a bent cycle or broken collar-bone were gone overnight. For reasons no doubt connected with land drainage the Catchment Board considered it high time to take up the bed of the river. Huge, growling excavators rolled into position, dug their jaws into the water, brought out evil-smelling slush and st rewed it on just that part of the bank where coaches are wont to cycle and instruct. The latter could now chooSe either to stand still and watch their crews disappear into the distance or to cycle along the public path from which only occasional glimpses of the crews were possible. Anything resembling intensive tuition was out of the question, and it was sometimes felt that a correspondence course in rowing would have been no less effective. Then there was the road accident that sent our only old Rowing Colour to the hospital and kept him there till after Marlow. By now we have forgotten the exasperation the incident caused and indeed we feel that the six weeks' sentence in tho Sanatorium was a harsh penalty for his enterprising leap. We missed him as badly as he mi ssed the 'bus. Finally there was ollr absence from Marlow Regatta. Three was clearly unfit during the TOllbridge race, however gallantly he rowed. A few hours latcr he- too was in the Sanatorium, and it was too late to consider substitutes. What we have done to deserve these- bitter set-backs we don. 't know, but the Headmaster comforts tiS with the suggestion that it has been excellent moral training for us all. To avoid disturbing the lower boats after bow's accident, his place was taken by Roberts who quickly proved that three years' coxing can be a very sOllnd preparation for an oarsman and that the lightest of us can send down a bladefu l of hard work if the wi ll is there. Of the races themselves there is nothing spectacular to report. The First Boat had made every effort to compensate for its lack of experience by rowing an even greater mileage than last year. Probably becauseof this they were able to beat Eastbourne without difficulty' on their tortuous and tricky course; there was never much doubt about it, and the School cox is to be congratulated on his excellent judgement and coolness in getting around corners that any sane man would call impossible! Even more satisfying was the experience of beating Clifton and Tonbridge at Reading. All the crews were in the fairly early stages of training, and so it was more a test of good paddling than of rowing; the School won this race on good bJade-work and timing. Of the Haileybury race the writer can say little, for as Judge he had to remain at the winning post; but from what he could see of the last hundred yards it was clear that the School had lost its sparkle and developed a dull and laborious stroke from which no good could come. Whether this was the fault of the dead water or an over-anxious rush in the early stages will never be known, but the crew was far from despondent; it had learnt a valuable lesson and believed that it was better to have rowed and lost than never to have rowed at all. Between this Haileybury race and Reading Regatta pract ically no progress could be made. Now was the time to learn to race a boat home, and the faster the boat went the fur ther the temperamental coach got left behind! We were drawn against Tonbridgc in the first heat, and although the School went over the course well, it was not at a racing stroke, and thi s time Tonbridge won by three-quarters of a length and well deserved their win, for they had improved cons iderably since we met at Reading. However, a few days later we managed to beat them again at Fordwich by half-a- Iength. It was an interesting race, for Tonbridge, the heavier and stronger crew, went down on the start but were catching up gradually over the second half of the course. By spurting rather earlier than Tonbridge at the finish we managed to pull it off. By all normal standards the season has been a very successful one, although at times it has been bitterly disappointing. But there are so many people to tell us that the River Stour was never meant for rowing that the spice of impertinence is never absent from o ur outings. The new eight arrived on June 27th and was launched on the 30th at Grove Ferry. Things are still in the experimental stages down there, but some sort of a boat will be rowing for the School at Maidenhead Regatta on August 5th.

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THE CANTUARIAN THE SECOND BOAT . J . C. Pearson and 1. D. Hill remaine~ in t~e crew from last year and training was well under way by Inc end of the Easler Term, so that racmg trim ",,:as reached by the end of May, when the crew went to Easlb~\1rne. T~e boat was well coxed on a very dlfficu l~ course, but we got away to a bad start and never made It up, losmg by I length. Confidence was obtaIned when we beat Clifton by half a length and Tonbridge by Ii lengths in an exciting race in which Cli fton .led over most of the course. A very tired crew got hC?mc by thre<-:-quarters ,of a length at Hammersm ith, whe re, H aiJeybury's coxing into slack water contnbuted to thell" loss whilst we dragged some wood along, which became attached to the bows during the latter part of the course .. It wouLd appear that the crew got a little stale at this point and no fu rther progress was made; the swmg was not all that was wanted, nor was the finish of the stroke u very strong one. Tonbridge on the other hand had much improved since the Reading race and beat us at Fordwich by

2t lengths.

THE THIRD BOAT

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The first race, against Eastbourne was remarkable to watch. Our start was not ve ry impressive and ~he course s~emed to baffle cox, as well it might. By ha!f-t ime the, School was a good length down: ~nd It looked as If t~e race was over , but once the boat was In the stra,lgbt a shudder of exasperation seemed to pass through Jt, the stroke we nt up and the boat shot forward With renewed life. After this remarkable effort it was most grat ifying to find that we had won by one foot. The second race was rowed against Tonbridge at Fordwich, We won the toss and chose back station We had a good sta~t ,and by the time we reached the first bend we were a length up although rowing at a slower rate of stnking. By hal! ;.vay we were, further up, and managed to win by I i lengths. It was a good row at a steady rate of stnkll1g, a nd an excellent course was steered by cox.

THE FOURTH BOAT We don 't officiaUy run a Fourth Boat, but when Tonbridge asked us if we could find some sort of crew to give them a race, Roberts undertook to coach up a four in the ten days that remained r The race was a t~iumph of deter~ination tJ:.lat ended in a dead-heat, ~he School leading over most of the course, but lOSIng a few yards 10 the straight when they began to tire. rt was a very encouraging performance. The crews were ;FIRST BOAT.- Bow, R. D. H. Roberts j 2, J. R. G, Nicholas j 3, D. C. Ryeland; Slroke, J. Cassidy; Cox, P. R. Grant. SECOND BOAT.- Bow, I. D. Hill ; 2, R. L. T. Hudson ; 3, R. H. Lowry; Stroke, J. C. Pearson; Cox J. W. Norton. . THIRD BOAT.-Bow, R. G. Burgess; 2, P. G. H. Billinghurst; 3, G. M. Hamber; Stroke, 1. N. A. Jones; Cox, D. H. Kennedy. FOURTH BoAT.-Bow, P. C. Cranmer; 2, A. R. Wayte; 3, I. E. A. Clark; Stroke. K . D. Agnew; Cox, G. Manwaring.

FENCING CLUB V!e wet:e glad to wel~om~ Sgt. 1:-..Hirst a~ our n~w instructor last term. A fencer of international rank, he IS sparmg us some tune In additIon to hiS full-time work of instruction at the Deal Marine Depot. On Sgt. Hirst's a.dvice: fencing activities continued this term and one match was fought. A defeat at ~he hands of Tonbndge ~n the Lent Term had sho,wn the tcam the necessity for speed and determination III attack, and we met WIth much greater success III our assault-at-arms against Harrow School Of the fifteen as~aults won (to Harrow's ten) our left:handed foilists, J . P. Harbin and W. H. Woolston; realised . eight, wJule R. D. J. Agnew was undefeated III a 6-3 victory with the sabrc. Il.E.L.

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ATHLETICS During the winter of 1947, Athletics passed from the front rank of major sport s, The inter-House sports held each year produccd great enthusiasm and competition, but the School had no Athlet ic fixtures on its Calenda r. Last term Mr. Clements look charge of the School's athletics and raised the sport to greater prominence. At the beginning of term a cross-country team was formed, which performed so creditably that it entered for the Inter-School Cross-Country Race, and ran very well in it. ~r. Clemef!-t~ took the greatest possible interest in the coaching of the runners a nd gave them valuable adVice on trammg. At the end of term, the School took part in a match against East bourne College. This resulted in a draw after some very exciting events. The School took an early lead but was overtaken by Eastbourne, who won all field events; Lucas being particularly outstanding, Then, when there were only t~o events before the finish of the match, Young, Brennafl: and, Shuffiebotham secured first, sec,!nd ,!-nd third places in the mile. The last event was the relay, which, If we w~n, would enable us to tie With Eastbourne. The School team did in fac t, win this event too, due espeCially to very adept baton exchanges. So the match was drawn. The most creditable performance was perhaps D. Snoxall's high jump of 5 ft. 4 in,

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The interÂˇ House sports fell to Mei ster Omel's who won easily ; the Grange being second and School House third. R.O.A.N .

THE LIBRARY We are pleased to ack nowledge gifts, some of them consisting of a number of volumes, from the following :-Messrs. J. Watts, P. C. V. Lawless, P. Le Pelley, A. J. Eyre R. Bahler, S. G. Talman, J. M. Brown, J. A. G. Stonehouse, F. H. C. Hams (Bur;ar, 1945-48), Mrs. Hall, Miss Milward, Dr. Dickson, and the Headmaster. At the time of going to press we are eagerly awaiting two very generous gifts: some hundreds of modern French books from Mr. Somerset Maugham, and a recent edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica from Mr. Billinghurst.

THE SOCIETIES CAXTON SOCIETY President ." H . W. OSMOND, EsQ.

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This term we are again back to normal, thanks to the Headmaster kind ly presenting us with a new machine. This has enabled us to renew our undertaking a large proportion of the Sc~ool printing. During the holidays we visited the Radio Times plant of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons, wIllie thiS term we were shewn over the works of Messrs. Smith and Young. Here we were entertained by Mr. W. C. Young, O.K.S., who shewed us all the latest developments in printing and typeÂˇmaking. The Society is prevented fr~m expafl:ding by lack of sp~ce, but th~ names of many new boys are on the waiting li st. Next term, With the al.d of the ,new mac~ne and e~ldent keenness C?f the members, we hope to widen our range, at the same tune keepmg our aim of Quality before Quantity.

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THE CANTUARIAN A BRIEF HISTORY "This term a guild of printers has been started under the supervision of Mr. Fedarb and Clinch " _ Ihis is the first record of our Society. and is in The Collluarian for March, 1935. The machine then used w~s the gen~rou~ gift of Mr. JClln.ings . .:rhe SOCi<:ty i ~ not mentioned again ~Ifltil th~ issue of July. 1936 ; Ilus report IS bflcf and to the pomt : The Society s work has been steadIly contl11ucd and improved and it is hoped to do much printing nex t term." 1n the" new form " Cal/luaria" of Decem ber 1936 w~ find that the Society had been very bu sy indeed, a nd it boasts of high quality work ; it had dOI;e!\o ~ell in fact, that it had bought four new half-founts of type. • The Call/lladon of March, 1938, records tha t " the works" had had to be closed for three weeks because lhe Society had acquircd some new type, 8 pl., 10 pt. and 12 pt. Garamond. This is all we know of the Caxton Society in the years before the war, but it is interesting to note that its name was changed severa l times-sometimes it is The Printing Society, a nd sometimes The Caxton Society. When the School was evacuated early in 1940 the Press and type had to be left behind. It survived the blitz, however, and in the winter of 1947 it was decided to re~star t under the presidency of Mr. D. A. Kimmins. The first term was spent in sorti ng out type and in trying to put the Print Room into order. The next term we began in earnest under the ever-helpful guidance of our instructor, Mr. Peclt· he is still with us and his assistance has been invaluable to us. The term before we had the greatest possible luck in finding Bernard Cassidy, then a new boy, who had learned to print elsewhere. Under these two we soon had an embryo of some six boys who could print and several more "coming up", among them David Barber. in September, 1948, Barber look over from Cassidy, and now the Society improved "by leaps and bounds", and at the end of the Summer Term he organised a most attractive and inst ructive exhibition of work done. The greatest possible calamity befell us that term, our centenarian machine broke down 1 We Could do nothing more. This term, however, the School presented us with a second-hand " Arab" machine in excellent condition and the work of the Society has again been renewed. Since 1947 the Society has greatly benefited by the kindness of professio nal printers who have allowed us to visit their works; we have also visited the Chartham Paper Mills and these excursions have all greatly added to our knowledge of Printing. We are always pleased to welcome visitors and would be only too glad to show any O.K.S. or parents who are interested round our Print Room which is beside the J . Classrooms. P.R.N.

SOMNER SOCIETY Presidelll.' W. URRY, EsQ. HOIl. Secretary: C. J. BELL Revived after the . l~pse of a year, the Society i ~ now flourishing and. well on its ~ay to prosperity. We welcome Mr. WIlham Urry of the Cathedral Library as our new President, follOWIng the resignation of Mr. R . W. Harris. We shall miss Mr. Harris' learned talks on Mediaeval and more recent subjects but look forward to many terms of activity under Mr. Urry. ' Early in the term some mem bers of the Society made a whole-day expedition to the Saxon Shore-fort at Richborough which, in spite of rain, proved very interesting. Later in the term the Society has planned to go to Knoie House and Leeds Castle for the day. We have also laid plans to fe-commence our excavations under the guidance of Mr. F. Jenkins; but this cannot begin before next term. We hope that these plans will not fall through, for our past attempts have had very chequered results, and it would be a great pity if the enthusiasm, which there is at present in the School, is again ignored .

MARLOWE SOCIETY " President: S. S. SOPWITH, EsQ. Secretary: R. D. H. ROBERTS Our greatest achievement last term was to persuade Mr. Paul Dehn, who criticises fi~ for the Sunday Chroflld"cte , anSd' . ~,hen he is notMwriDtinghnPoetreY'ais~asacf,rnCqa,U,enng',PaC lkrfourmndeer o,nlleB,',Btl'eC: ,qpUolZZCctry' ,anndSCth llOeolil'S~~' to rea t llei OCle y a paper. r. e gav J, ". ' .. I • . • • He traced, most ingeniously, the parallel development of EnKhsh pOI..:lry and of the young poel, particularly at school. 468

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THE CANTUARTAN First carne the delight in pure noise, imitating, perhaps, the sound of a stormy sea, or the wind among the tree~tops, which is common to Anglo-Saxon poetry and to very young children, then the simple beauty of the verse of Chaucer's lime, which has its equiva lent at the age of about ten. Next there follows the stage of shmlting, which exults, like Marlowe a nd the Blizabelhans, in strange high-flavoured words and fine phrases, and so down through the years to lhe sophi sticated maturity of OUf limes. Mr. Dehn illustrated his argument with a wealth of example, mainly drawn from school magazines, I-Ie was also kind enough to fcad us one of his own periods, which we very much appreciated. At the end of last term we also enjoyed papers by J. E. M. Lucie-Smith and A. Young. Lucie-Smith, who has been awarded the Marlowe Society Prize for this year, read a most enthusiastic paper on "Landscape in French Art" , the essence of which was printed in the last issue of Tile Call1ual'iall. Young's subject "The Marxist Thcory of Litcraturc" was most provocative, and brought him under heavy criticism, with which he was well able to cope. Lucie-Smith was also the first speaker this term, for we have decided to defy the various activities of the summer and to hold three mectings. He spoke on "Early Nineteenth Century Poetry", dwelling not upon the great names but introduci ng us to lesser, but in Lucic-Smith's view more interesting men , such as Beddoes, Landor and Peacock. The paper consisted ch iefly of readings connected by a thread of argument, which provokcd an attempt on our part to achieve a definit ion of "the minor poet". We look fcrward to papers from B. K. Newton on " Anglo-Saxon England", and H. L Duck on "The Dcvelopment of the Symphony".

WALPOLE SOCIETY Pre~'idellt: J. H. CORNER, EsQ. H01l. Secretary: J. A. ROWE Our numbers this term have been reasonable a'nd consistent , and an atmosphere of keenness has always prevailed among us; we have welcomed several new members, and in many ways the Society may be said to be in a very flourishing stale. Our first .neeting was a rather poorly-attended free-reading, but one which well entertained those members who did turn up. Since then we have cOllcentrated our efforts on different types of drama, which have proved very poplllar, and showed that the Society is possessed of considerable ta lent in that direction. We proved that the wit of Oscar Wilde is not yet out of date by a hilarious reading of Tlte Imporlance of Being Ernest; we once again showed how suitable arc Shaw's plays for reading, by a spirited and highly amusing interpretation of The Doctor's Dilemma; and at the time of going to print we are J'ead ing The Mall Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers, by way of st riking a more serious note.

RAILWAY SOCIETY President: C. W . WARD, BsQ. HOIl. Secretary: I. MAC PHERSON The Society deci ded at the term 's opening meeting not to make the usual Ashford excursion. It has, however, paid a visit to Dover Motive Power Depot. Two members secured a foot plate trip from C1.nterbury to Shepherdswell on the way to Dover. Several interesting engines were seen there in the sheds, and as Dover provides one end of the power for Continenta l trains, there werc many of size. Among t.hose present was a Merchant Navy, together with a spri nkling of West Countries. Interest was displayed in a recent device, on one of the West Country locomotives, used for cleaning boiler scale. The cleaner, apparently of French origin, is becoming a standard attachment now. The cab end of it is represented by several taps and a scale with a built-in clock. The clock was fitted primarily as a check to mark off the number of times the boiler is cleaned dai ly. Some members, watching steamraising on another engine, were amused when the stoker put pebbles on the fire-this apparently being necessary for a good draught !

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THE C ANTUARTAN HARVEY SOCIETY Presidell1 : F. STANGER, EsQ. H OIl. Secretary : D. H. TAYLOR The Secretary states that the last term's Society Notes were not submitted by the Society and are not to be regarded as a survey of the term's activities. Last term Mr. Yates gave a paper oillocai Dist illation ; J. G. C. MilllC and M. Allen jointly spoke on .. Codes and Secret Writings"; and the Secretary gave a demonstration of chemica l reactions of a pyrotechnical nat ure. The Society also paid visits to the Canterbury Gas and Water Works. This term 's feature has been a most enjoyab le visit to the Frigidaire division or General Motors, Ltd. For this day'S outing we are grateful to Mr. R. H. Line.

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Presidelll: D. STAINER, EsQ. HOII, Secretary: D. M. COUPE The Society has been meeting on Sundays after Mattins during the term with fairly regular altendance. We nave at the moment some keen, young naturalists, but the Society lacks the co-operat ion of the more senior people in the Schcol. They do their Natural Hi sto ry independently, outside the Society. The tenn's programme included a very successful excursion to Shellness Ternery, at the invitation of the Tonbridge School Natural History Society. The President and ten members of our Society met the Tonbridge Society at Shellness and during a pleasant afternoon we managed to see many young Little Terns. It has been a good summer for the ornithologist, as many rare birds have been recorded in our area at Stodmarsh. The most prom inent discovery was that ofa Great Reed Warbler, identified by the President and The Isle of Thanet Field Club . A Spoonbill also visited the marsh for several days and was seen by the Prt'sident. Interest was a lso excited by the presence of a Wryneck which frequented the Precincts for two weeks in May. It was thought that it might find a mate and nes t in the Baptistry Garden. but unfortunately it has not been seen or heard since. Plans are being made for the colliery above Stodmarsh to deposit slag into the- lakes. It is to be hoped that this wilt not affect the bird and ani mal life too much . There is some hope, however, that resident birds will move further down towards Fordwich, where the gravel pits have formed lakes.

THE MILITARY BAND The Military Band first assembled for full practices in September, 1948, and since then it has played at many of the social functions of the School. In organizing a band of t his sort it must be remembered that, li ke a school, it has its juniors or beginners, and its seniors or proficient instrumentalists. Many boys who have joined the band in the past year have had training at Milner Court under our same bandmaster. Perhaps the band's greatest achievement, so far, was on Speech Day, 1949, when after six or seven months from its original foundation, it played at the Memorial Service and took t h~ place of The Buffs or Royal Marines Band, usuaUy hired for the occasion to play during the tea in terval after Speeches. It was a proud sight to see the Band in the Memorial Court at the dedicat io n of the 1939Âˇ45 Plaque. As usual, Speech Day proved to be one of the hottest days in the year and we all wondered whet her what we had undertaken was a wise decision. We started off with our usual signatu reÂˇtune, Scipio, a nd having once broken the ice, set off on a long programme of pieces by Handel, Beethoven and Brahms-we hope we did not let them down. The two highlights of the programme were d'Hardelot's coroet solo, Because, played by P. M. Cockman, and Brahe's euphonium solo, Bless this house, played by K. J . Bone\. The programme was brought to a close with the Junior School March, MillieI' Court, which was partially composed by our bandmaster. The Winter Term brought the School the Ministry of Education inspect ion. Mr. Bernard Shore carne to the School to inspect the musical side, and heard performances by the School Orchestra and Military Band in the Chapter House, when the latter phyed a march and Woodhouse's Rustic Datlce. At the end of term the Band played at the School Concert, and, as reported in t he last number of Tile Call1Uar iQll, brought a happy ending to a very enjoyable evening shared with the School Orchestra a nd Choir, un~r

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TH E CANTUARIAN Tl e Band has followed it s successes of 1949 Speech Day and the School Concert by another good fi 1nnance held on March 31st in the Parry. Under i~s conductor, Mr. P. Purcell, and a gue~t conduct,?r, pe~ OK. EJloway, of the Royal Arti llery Band, WOOlWiCh, the Band .pl~yed works ~d~ed to Its repertoIre ~1I:illg the term. Amo ng these were The. Ullited Nati<}lIs M.~r~h, a st~~n n g t.UI~e remll1lscent.~f tl.mt playe.~ . troduce Radio Newsreel ; a selection of Scott ish AilS, Tchalk.ovs~y s Chal/soll Tllste , the All In Hande l's Rillaldo' a nd the Military Troop May Blossom, by Well'. rhe programme was a lt ogether n rti 1 t and popu lar one'as befits any mi litary ba~~1. Debussy's pia~lo l?reludc , ,~'I/Ilkell Calhe~/ral-played a ~ I. Duck- was perhaps a little out of place 10 a conce rt of Ih ls kmd , but II se~ved to :&I V~ the. Band ~y in'terval before fresh endeavour, and introduced an c~elllent .of sp~rkle and lmpresSlOlllsm mto a a~o ramme fu ll of rhythm and melody. Two other solos m keepmg wI;h the style of the concer.t .were ~ ~ond's Euphoni um Solo of Bach's Ave Maria, and J: de V. Allen s Tub!! Solo of the traditIonal D;'illking Song. Altogether the Concert was Ihoroughly enjoyed by a large audience. F. AND N .

THE 1875 CRICKET XI Dr. J-I. E. Bateman (1873·5) writes: " The names given .in the photograph of the 1875 XI should read as follows: Standing- Morgan, Hake, Latter, Hawkms! Can~on, Woodruff,. A. Lauer, Jones. · t· g Dorman Hughes Bateman. Tne names wrongly pn nled m The Call1llanQII are Matheson, Sit In " . tI1e X l at t Ilat d ate. " Dean, A. W. Woodruff, D1axland, who were not In . . This is interest ing because tile printed Register shows J . Dean and H . F. Matheson as hemg ill the Xl ' 1875 and 1876 A W Woodruff from 1875·77, and B. Blaxland from 1875·79. The latter was Ca I~in irl his last lY/o y~ars·. E. D. Hake was Capta in of the XI in 1874, bu~ left. in December of that p. W G Morgan 'llso left in 1874 and does not appear ever to have had hI S Cfl cket Colours. W. B. rr~kins is n'ot shown ~s having been in the Xl althou gh the Register records that he kept wicket for the G~~tlemen of Kent v Gentlemen. of Philadelphia in 1889, and made the top score of the match, 67. The Xl as compiled from the RegIster was as follows :A. H . Latter, 1813-15. D . Jones, 1872~77, and five years in the XV as well ! B. W. Latter, 1815· 11. A. Woodruff, 1815·1. C. E. Woodruff [Captain), 1814 and 1815 J . D ean, 1815, 1816. C. H . Dorman, 1814·6. B. Blaxland, 1815·9. H . F. Matheson , 1815, 1816. T. G. Cannon, 1814, 1815. H. E. Bateman, 1815.

HOCKEY FESTIVAL MARCH 29TH-3 1ST This was, as usual, a most enjoyable, if. strenuous three days. The team, with one spare, ~as accommodated at Trinity and played on vaflOUS of the College grounds. The fir.st match wa~ agamst eanford , played on Merton ground which was very fast and true ..~he Canford Side was ~ore used to Ihcse conditions than we were, and they made better use of the abI li ty to control the ball , as a res~lt the hockey was very fast, and the score one all at hal.r~time. In the second half Canford scored agalll, and we were unlucky not to score ourselves a second time. The second match was against Aldenham and was fai rly comfortably won, as also was the thi rd, against Liverpool College, the following morning. Up to that point, Norris had scored 1.1 ~ut of the tot.al of 13 goals. On the second afternoon we played Bryanston, and were lucky to equalise 10 the last .mll~ute of the game; four matches running seemed rather much for some of our players, and the comblllatJon, particularly among the forwards, was poor. 411

THE CANTUA RIAN . The last morning was free and the rest completely restored the vigour of the side, with the result that the afternoon ~e beat St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, ~Y a phenomenal margin. The combination aman the forward s, particularly between Walker and Norns, each of whom scored six times, was a delight t~ watch, a nd the side as ~ whole has never played better. 81. Lawrence, though they were tired, and had had a match. that morrung, never gave up, and each goal had to be worked for. The results were as follows :Mar. 29. K.S.C. v Canford. Lost 1- Âˇ2 K.S.C. v AJdenham. Won 5-1 Mar. 30. K,S,C. v Liverpool. Won 7-3 K.S.C. v Bryanston. Drawn I- I Mar. 31, K.S.C. v St. Lawrence. Won 14-0 K.A.C.G. III

SCOUT TROOP OUf Troop, Ii,ke the proverbial torto ise, hi bernates d uring the winter, appearing only for an hOllr Or so each w~ek (t hi s accounts. for the non~appearance of these notes last term). However, during the summer we come II\to our own agam. We now have three "First Class" Scouts in our Troop, and confidently expect eight morc this term As there are only thirty in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay, we should have a larger number tha~ any other Troop. We have arranged to camp at Shelvingford Farm, some three miles from Reculver during the second week-end in July. We hope the weather is as good as it was last year, when we spent a' few very enjoyable days near Brabourne. We regret this issue of Tlte Cal/fllarial/ goes to press before our camp, but a full report will appear next term. We are sending a large contingent to the D!strict Sports on Ju.ly 12t~. This is the day after we retUfn from camp, so we hope ou r cooks do not pOison our athletes With their many and varied concoctions! To conclude, we wou ld like to thank our A.S.M., Mr. Fleury, for his valuable help during his year here, and wish him "Good Scouting" with his next Troop. F.G.J.N.

C.C.F . NOTES The term has been a very successful ol~e in a ll respects except one, as the following details will show. The .weather has been fO.r .the most part kmd to us, and no parades have had to be cancelled. The Naval Section has had some salhng, and the ~eather there has been enough. to show that some are belter sailors ~han others. The !l.N. ~nd R.~ . F. Sections arc both up to about maXlllltllll capacity. The officer situation III the. Ar~y SectIon wd~ be dlffi~ u l t next term, with the loss of Captain Thomas, who has for over <I year ~ I ven IIlva.luabie asslsHlI.lce With expert infantry knowledge, and Ml. Clement, who has been running the Signal SectIon most effiCIently for the last two terms. . -:\-NNUAL INSPECTION.- This was carried out by Brigadier R. F. K. Goldsm ith, Commanding 131 Infantry Bngade (T.A.), on 7th June. Extracts from the report read as follows:'. GBNERAL:--:-This is a good contingent, well organi sed and well Jed. Cadets show keenness and interest and are recelvmg an excel1e~t ground ing for their Nat ional Service. The low Officer Strength ... it woul~ be a gre'!-t advantage If one or two more members of the staff could be persuaded to join the Contingent outright. . "DRIl;L.- Drill is good, and Cadet N.C.O.s show a good level of ability in control of squads. Turn-out IS of a high standard. "WEAPON TRAININO.-..'iound and on the right lines. "T~?TICAL.TRAINlNo.-cadet N.C.O.s know their minor tactics and are confident and sound in their eXposition of It.

THE CANTUARIAN "TECHNICAL TRAININo.- The Signal Platoon is equipped with both line and W.T. equipment (No. 18 and No. 38 Sets) and a high state of serviceability is maintained. "OTHBR POST~ CERTI FICATE 'A ' TRAINING .- Opport unities for usi ng Cadet N.C.O.s for training recruits and cadets up to Certificate' A' standard is made full use of, and provides the best fie ld of all for the development of powers of command and instruct ion." FIELD DAY.- This was he ld on 10til July at Kingsdown, near Deal, and was aga in run by the Royal Marines, Deal. The whole Army Section look part, and while the Signa l Platoon had a scheme on its own in prepara tion for Classification Tests, the rest did a " Mopping Up " exercise, in which two companies of three platoons each were presented wit h successive situations to dea l with. This provided excellent training for platoon and sc~ ti~n commanders, an.d .was followed by the occupation of a defensive position. There were. no untoward mCldents, and the t ralllH~g was followed by the usual excellent lunch provided by th~ Mannes Staff, a ~d a bat~c for those who liked to. W~ ~re most gratcful to the Royal Marines for this yearly event, which provIdes pleasant and valuable trammg. SIGNALS TESTs.- In a classification test, the followin g classi fied as Cadet Signallers : J. C. Dunn, O. L. Courtier-Dutton, J. E. Ing letol1, P. H. Moss, C. M. Brennan, R. D. Maitland, K. Wilson. The results of two tests for Cadet Instructor are not yet known. CERTIFICATE "A" . MARCH, 1950, PART I.- Of 25 Cadets who took the examination, M. F. Cowan passed with Grade Y, IS with Grade W, and 7 with Grade X; one fai led . PART H.-Of 21 Cadets who took thc exam ination, 8 failed, mainly on a question of tactics in Section Leading. The following passed and were promoted Lance-Corporal : D . R. Barber, n. C. Belsham, P. C. Blackburn, K . T. Bond, W. W. Bennion, K . D. Agnew, K . Wilson, P. F . Opher, O . N. Brealy, G. Spathis, R. D. Mait land, R . J. B. Ho pkins, D. M. Coupe. JUNE. 1950, PART 1.-40 Cadets out of 45 passed, R. C. Reading with Credit. PART JI.- The black spot of the term was the fa ilure of 7 out of 17 to pass Part U, 5 of them on Drill which was not up to standard. This is the first time anything li ke this has occurred for some time, and it must not be repeated. The followi ng passed and were promoted Lance-Corporal, w.e.f. 15th July, 1950 : M. A. Chawner, J . F . Foster, A. J. Taylor, P. W. Line, T. R. J. Moffatt, T. H. Ruding~Bryan, A. D. B. Garlick, M. Herbert, G . H . Watkins, J. B. PlUllips. PROMOTIONS.- L/Sgt. N. C. F isher was promoted C.Q.M.S. w.c.r. 1st May, 1950. The following La nce~Corporal s were promoted Corporal w.e.f. 10th July, 1950: B. C. Belsham, P. C. Blackburn, W. W. Bennion, G . Spathis, R. D. Mai tland, K . WilSOIl, R. J. B. Hopkins, G. N. Breaiy, D . M . Coupe. K.A.C.G. R. N. SECTloN.- Nine Able Seamen took Part "( of the Proficiency Test at the end of last term but the standard of the marking had been ra ised. As a result of this A. Y. Shufflebotham, who showed his considerable knowledge of seamanship, was the only one to qualify for Leading Seaman. Able Seaman A . M. Easty and Ordinary Seamen 1. Clark and K. Agnew, who arc unable to "camp" in August, had a week's training in H .M.S. King George V after Easter. They found a very interestmg course provided. Commander cartwright inspected the Section early in the term and reported very favourably on what he saw. After this the all too short time available was spent in cramming the O.S. for their tests . The other, and chief activity of the term, has been sailing at Whitstable. We have been able to get out at least once or twice a week in very variable t)'pes of weather and some very good experience has been obtained by some of the keener people j this mcludes salvage work. It must be admitted. that the crew's efficiency has been reduced to two on occasions! The whaler, with a crew of four, will be cruising in Belgian and Dutch waters during the holidays. More of this from her log next term. By way of variety the Merchant Navy was the subject of study on the Field Day when we paid a visit to Tilbury Docks. The Admiral Commanding Reserves is to "Launch " the Herne Bay S.C.C. on July 25th. We have been invited to attend, so a muster of twenty volunteers will be at the parade to give them support. The Annual week 's training is to be done in H.M.S. St . James, based on Devonport, from August 1st- 9th. The following have passed the Leading Seaman tests this term: A .B. Easty, A. M. j Hudson, L. T. ; Agnew, D. J. ; Jenkins, D. S.; Lowry, R. H . The foll owin g passed for Able Seamen and are rated accordingly: O.S. Agnew, K. D. j Burgess, R. G.; Raffle, C. G.; Turner, J. R.; Cawthorne, M. C. j Paine, N. j Thomson, P. M. j Clark, I. E.; Collins, H. N. ; Davis, M. G.; Atkins, L. H.; Hall, R. O. 473

THE CANTUARIAN R.A.F. SECTJON,- This term completes the second year of the Sect ion's ex istence and its strength has grown from 15 to 40 cadets. We have st ill, unfortunately, only one officer. The Field Day was spent last term at R.A.F. Station, Manston , where we found that two Ansons had been sent down from London especially to give our cadets a fli ght. Four flights were given in ideal weather

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At the last Proficiency Examination, five cadets passed om of seven ent ries, the success ful ca ndidates being Cadets Gimblctt . Russell, Porter, Skinner i, and SIl Clxall. At il Gliding Course held during Ihe Easter holidays at R.A.F. Station, Delling, CpJ. Ma nn and Cadet Waytc obtained their " R" Certificates and Cadet Greenhaw his" A" Cert ificate. During this term Sgt. Everingham has been visiting LIS regularly rrom Dover and has been a very great help in OUf training. It is interesting to note the amount or corrcspondellcc involved in a small unit of this type. During the last two years we have dealt with a tota l or 290 letters, 140 Demand Forms (a ll of which have to be com pleted ill quadruplicate, and handled twice, as one copy is returned to the consignee with the equip~ ment and has then to be dispatched to the consignor as a receipt !) and numerous pamphlet s, magazines A.T,e. Orders and Instructions Cadet Force Memoranda, amendments to Air Publications, etc. Let anyone who is considering running an R,A.F, Section, beware! R.H.P .

CAMBRIpGE LEITER

Dear School, In Cambridge we have been especially fortunate in the visits we have received this term which began with that of the Head Master to give the University Sermon on St. George's Day; we had the pleasure of meeting him in Alister Kneller's rooms in Corpus, together with Oscar Watson and Malcolm Burgess, whose decor for the May Week Revue has been generally applauded as, indeed, has his appearance as a female Russian spy; he was presented to H .R.H. Princess Margaret but, still in costume, he was uncertain whether to curtsey or to bow. Alister is flying to Nairobi to spend the Long Vacation with his parents. Other O.K.S. in Corpus are John Macartney, the Secretary of the Tennis Club, John Cushman, the Secretary of Cricket, who reached the semi-finals of the University Table Tennis Tournament, and Derek Kirby Johnson, who rows in the first boat; he tells us that we may now annou nce his engagement to Miss Rosamund Wheatley. We were able to meet our other visitors, Mr. Corner and members of the School Boat Club, when they were entertained in Hugh Honour's rooms in st. Catharine's where we saw some of the O.K.S. members of that college, including Peter Bearcroft who, though temporarily forced to give up rowing himself, has been coaching the "Gentleman's Boat", and Cyril Johnson, who leaves us for Ely Theological College at the end of the term; when he arrives there he will be a married man,-our best wishes go with him. Anthony Cussans (Magdalene) has founded the University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, the inaugural dinner of which was graced by the presence of Clarenceaux King at Arms. At the convening meeting we noticed several O.K.S. mentioned above and Michael Slater (Downing), who is now Secretary of the University Film Club; no doubt the success of both these societies rests on valuable experience gained in the Walpole and Somner Societies at school. 474

THE CANTUARIAN For the general meeting of the term we had great pleasure in acc~pting the hospitality ur academically sen ior member, Canon Telfer, m the Master s Lodge at Selwyn. ~e~e we mct, "on their own ground ", Peler Brown and David ~cGrot.ty, ~ho both row for the college. There also were Michael Gordon (Jesus), who IS'playmg m the second U' rsity tennis team and Hubert Emerson, who has become an 1Ildlspensable member ord~rist's College as chorister, cricketer and Capta in. of Sq.uasb. Devon. Twells-Grose but he IC'lves us thi S term to contll1uc his archItectural stu(hes 111 London. tllere I 0s was a , . ( . dP D' d b t Of the O.K.S. in King's College, John RlChardson an et~r aware gOlll!; own, u tin Carnes is staying up for a fourth year to take the diploma of education and, no Mar .. , doubt, to contmue smgmg. . . .. There has been , as is usual in this term, an atmosphere of work aifectmg the a?t1V1t1e~ of the O.K.S., many of whom have only bee l~ se~n scurrymg about the. U111Ver81ty LIbrary, f on of individual names would create InvIdIOUS compansons with those others who ~~~ ~ell labour twice as hard in greater seclusion, let us wait for the results alone to inform us. Yours truly, O.K.s. CANTAB. f

O.K.S. NEWS (The HOllorw y Secretary, Major D. J. B. Jervis, Dawll Cliff, . GoodlVill Road, Sf. Margaret's Bay, Dover, lVould welcome informatwll jor mciUS101l III the O.K.S. News, CHANGES OF ADDRESS SHOULD 8 B NOTIFIED TO HIM AND NOT TO THE EDITOR.) The O.K.S. Dinner will take place at The Park Lane Hotel, London, on Friday, 5th January, 1951. Congratulations to W. R .. MowLL (1919- 27), who has been appointed Ho~l. ViceConsul of Sweden, in succesSIOn to h IS father, the late W. R. Mowll (1889- 92) '. and to SIR ROLANO BRAODELL (1894-99), who has been elected D.L. (Hon .) of the UllIvefSlty of Malaya. . . . J. R. STAINER (l944-49) is now working as a student apprentice for the Bnstol Aeroplane Co. D. BROWN (l935- 39) went out to the Sudan last year., He met the Bishop, A. M. GELSTHORPE (1908-11), when he took a service at Brown s statIOn. A. G. P. DAVIDSON (1938- 49) visited Port Sudan with the Duke of Edinburgh 011 the recent Mediterranean Fleet's cruise. W. B. MOLESWORTH (1925-30) has returned from South Africa to take up residence in Scotland. J. A. B. HESLOP has been elected a Fellow of the Chemical Society and has a job with one of the biggest Chemical Firms in the country. LIEUT. F. E. B. BROWN, R.N. (l934-44) is now serving in H.M.S. Cheviol. J. J. A. WOODGATE (1942- 47) is with the African Mercantile Co. at Dar-es-salaam, dealing with Shipping Claims.

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Congratulations to R. G. West (1940-44) of Clare College, Cambridge, on being placed in the 1st Class in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I, and on being awarded the Frank Smart Prize in Botany; also to C. W. BIRKBIT (1936-44) of Trinity College, Oxford, who has gained 1st Class Honours in En gineering ; also to CAPT. J. E. P. SAMPSON (1934- 39), Royal Signals, who has qualilied fo r the Staff College, and K. V. JONES (1938- 41), who has won the Royal Philharmonic Society " Prize for Composition at the Royal College of Music. , Congratulations are also due to W. E. ELVY (1922-26), on being elected Chairman of the Canterbury and District Chamber of Trade. We are grateful to the REV. G. N. RYLEY (1894--1901) for the gift of a cricket blazer and cap. C. A. CHARLTON (1944-48) was training in the Wireless Wing of the Life Guards when he wrote in April, and last year rowed for Lensbury 's Lightweight Crew which won the Autumn Lightweight Cup and also won the Head of the River Lightweight Pennant ' although Charlton was unable to row in the latter race. C. F . PORTER (1944-48) stroked the London University VIII which finished No. 8 . in the Head of the River Race. M. G. JORDAN (1942- 46), now at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, has passed the History Preliminary Examination . J. G. C. MILNE is up at Catterick with the Royal Signals, and finds the training pretty stiff but quite good fun. He writes that of 15 people on his course all have School Certificate and some Higher, and the last Course, three weeks ahead of his, had 48 out of 50 people going up to tbe University in 1951. N. J. FLOWER (1935-42) is sitting for the Associateship of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, and J. A. FLOWER (1939-45) is sbortly entering the Antique furniture trade. J. R. ALLCHURCH (1943- 48), who hopes to get up to Oxford in October, has recently returned from Malta where he was lucky enough to be on hand at the social occasions in honour of Princess Elizabeth. He met Peter Davidson there. We are grateful to Dr. K. B. DICKSON (1902- 06) for a gift of books to the Library. A. ROBERTSON (1922- 25) left England in May to return to Kobe, Japan. It is a small world. W. T. HODSON (1922- 27) has gone to the United States for eighteen months. His address, 44 Wall Street, New York, happens to be that of J. B. BOOTH (1924--28). Hodson only found this out by accident! Congratulations to DR. W. D. WEST (1912- 20), who received the P. N. Bose Memorial Medal for his contributions to the study of geology with special reference to Asia, when the Royal Asiatic Society made their annual awards. West is the Director of the Geological Survey of India. DR. F. W. ROBBRTS (1924--28) emigrated to South Africa in January, 1949, and tried a year of whole-time State Medicine by taking a job as Principal Anaesthetist at the Johannesburg General Hospital, under the Transvaal Provincial Free Hospitalisation Sche,:"e, but has recently resigned from that job and decided to go back into private practice. 476

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M. D. BRISTOWB (1944-47) is serving with the Fleet Air Arm at Ford in Sussex and is at the Royal Naval School of Photography, training to be a Naval Photographer. J. S. PAGB (1924- 32) has just come back on leave after twelve years in India. C. G. S. PATBRSON (1936-49) captained and stroked an Eaton Hall VIII which entered for the Shrewsbury Regatta. Paterson is now at the Eaton Hall O.C.S. M. C. O. MAYNB (1943-49) joined the R.A.F. last August and is commissioned in the Secretarial Branch for his eighteen months' National Service. He finds himself in the Personal Selection which involves testing aod interviewing recruits as to their suitability for the trades of their choice. At the moment it is wonderfully interesting but he thinks this will wear off and monotony set in by next February, when he is due to be demobbed. He hopes to enter Corpus Christi, Cambridge, in October and is determined in the intervening six months NOT to teach at a prep. school! COLIN SMITH (1945- 49) has now served for a year with the Royal Engineers, meeting JOHN ELLIS (1945-48) and MICHAEL WATT (1939-49) during his training. Smith is at present stationed in Benghasi. We are sorry to learn that H. c. S. LoNDON (1930- 34) is still feeling the effects of his war wounds. He is living in India, with his wife and small daughter. C. V. FORD has been adopted as Conservative candidate for Peckham. The O.K.S. Golfing Society The O.K.S. Golfing Society, who received a bye into the second round of the HalfordHewitt Public Schools Cup, was beaten by the Old Bedfordians at Sandwich on April 14th. Results of the Spring Meeting, held at Sandwich on 25th and 26th March, are as follows :MBDAL.- H. G. Arnold 85- 5= 80} I t G. Arnold 84- 4 = 80 s . H. G. Arnold wins on last nine holes. J. S. Brett 101 - 20 = 81 3rd. Scratch prize G. Arnold 84. FOUR BALL.- G. A. Young (3). and D. E. Bacon (7), 1st (4 up). F. R. Hamp (5) and H. G. Arnold (5), 2nd (3 up). BOGBY.- G. A. Young (3), 1st (4 up), H. G. Arnold (5), 2nd (I up). The Society is delighted to hear there are a number of keen golfers now at the School, and looks forward to playing a match against the School and Staff in October at Canterbury. The O.K.S. London Suppers The following have attended O.K.S. Suppers from December, I 949- June, 1950:C. W. Barber (1908- 14), A. P. Beale (1931-40), J. C. Caiger (1941-45), M. W. Charley (1940-44), G. L. Clarke (1935-41), E. H. COrnelius (1938-43),' M. D. C. Evans (1936-41), G. A. J. C. Evans (1937-45), D. W. Fitchett (1938-42), J. A. Flower (1939-45), N. J. Flower (1935-42), A. J. Grey (1936-41), P. L. G. Gurney (1941-43), N. L. Hearne (1930-40), D. H. Hodkin (1937-42), G. Howson (1940-43), G. C. Karop (1892-95), R. B. Karop (1931 - 34), L. H. Kenny (1929-37), J. N. B. Lainf (1921 - 26), C. E. Latter (1916- 25), A. J. Munro (1927- 35), R. H. Osborne ( 1918-22), R. P. A. Piercr

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IN MEMORIAM JOHN BROOKE SCRIVENOR (1890-95) Mr. John Brooke Scrivenor, I.S.O., the well-known geologist and former Bedford Town Councillor, died suddenly at his home in Bedford on May 12th, 1950. Mr. Scrivenor was Director of the Geological Survey of the Federated Malay States for some twenty-five years and retired in 1931. His many activities included membership of the Bedford Educational Association, the Bedford Arts Society and for many years he was Treasurer to st. Alban's Diocesan Home and Orphanage. He also took a keen interest in the welfare of young prisoners in Bedford Prison. Educated at King's, Canterbury and Hertford College, Oxford, he took a First in Natural Science (1899) and won the Burdett-Coutts' Scholarship for Geology, Chemistry and Zoology, Oxford (1899-1901). He wrote numerous works on Geology, for which he was awarded Fellowships of the Geological Society of London and also of the Mineralogical Society of London, and I.S.O. in 1931.

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THE CANTUARIAN CHARLES JOCELYN CHURCH (1892-95) From The Times of May 10th, 1950, we reproduce the following obituary notice :"Mr. Charles Jocelyn Church, news of whose death in Hong Kong has just been received was born at Clifton on January 22nd, 188 1, the son of Canon Charles Marcus Church' sub-dean of Well s Cathedral, and nephew of Dean Church, of St. Paul's. He was ed~cated at Lynam's School, Oxford, and King's School, Canterbury, where his uncle Dr. Thomas Field, was Headmaster. He went to H.M.S. Worcester as a Cad~t and ;erved with the New Zealand Shipping Company until 1911, when he settled ttl Malaya as a planter. At the outbreak of the 1914- 18 war he joined the R.N.V.R. and served in minesweepers in the Dardanelles. He took up newspaper and publishing III 1925 and five years later went into the advertising and publicity busi ness a nd became a directo r-partner of the Advertising and Publicity Bureaux of Hon!, Kong and Malaya. He was interned at Singapore from 1942- 45, and had not been JI1 good health S1l1ce. Fond of music and literature and of a retiring disposition, he had composed a Chinese dictionary, which took him six years-three of them spent in camp at Singapore-and which he had just completed."

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JAMES ALEXANDER YOUNG (1935-38) We greatly regret to have to record the sudden death in a road accident on July 4th of J. A. Young who, with his younger brother, D. B. Young, came to the School With the Headmaster in 1935. Jimmy Young was a House Prefect of Walpole House and a Sergeant in the O.T.C., and had his School Colours for P.T., and his 2nd Colours for Rugger and Athletics. He was, when he left, tn the Upper SIXth, and went up to London University with an O.K.S. Exhibition. He joined up on the outbreak of war, and was gaz~tt~d to the Kil~g,S Own Scottish Borderers in March 1940 was transferred to the Ktng s Afncan Rifles and attatned the rank of Major. After the war was over he served with the Parachute Regiment and spent most of the last year on recruiting work. He was killed when the car of a brother officer, in which he was a passenger, hit a bridge. He had been selected for the Coloma! Service, and W'lS to have gone abroad in the autumn .

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CORRESPONDENCE 6 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge. 4th July, 1950. To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN O.K.S. EXHIBITIONS Dear Sirs, The Committee of the O.K.S. Association at a meeting beld in May, 1950, decided that an attempt sbould be made to augment the existing Bursaries by sponsoring one or more of their own. Tbougb the appeal will not be officially launched until the 5th January, 1951, the night of the O.K.S. Dinner, I am anxious to give you prior notice of it. Briefly the plan is to invite O.K.S. to subscribe an ann ual sum of five shillings or multiples of five shillings. The O.K.S. Association will contribute a generous annual SUbscription out of Association funds for each Bursary formed. The initial aim is to secure funds to enable the Association to provide four Bursaries for the sons of O. K.S. The Association Committee will work in close touch with the Headmaster and the School in the selection of candidates, but the Bursaries will be in the gift of, and be administered by, the O.K.S. Committee. I think a scheme such as this will attract the loyal support of O.K.S. of all ages, and as the unit of subscription is small it was felt that it would come within the financial range of the younger O.K.S . I hope tberefore you will give the new O.K.S. Exhibition Fund your fullest support. If any O.K.S. would like further details perhaps they will write to the Hon. Secretary Major D. J. B. Jervis, "Dawn Cliff", Goodwin Road, St. Margaret's Bay, Dover. ' Yours faithfully, CHARLES H. BUDD, President O.K.S. Association.

From Past and Present Captains of School To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN Dear Sirs, As ex-editors, we write on a matter of special importance to our fellow-O.K.S. and to other friends of the School. It is now at last possible for a boy of outstanding intellectual promise to complete his education without regard to his parent's financial means. But not a few O.K.S. have already felt in a bitterly personal way the problem of educating a son who is not so academically gifted but who, trained in mind and character at a school such as ours, would in later life render stirling service to the community. The problem is aggravated by the present economic situation: school costs have gone up, parents' incomes have been halved by taxation and the price-rise, and on the other hand the need grows for 480

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men to share in the leadership of the nation . . It is ,:ot a problem which can be solved by an extension of Government grants. Even If the nch vanety and mdepe.ndence of tbe public school were sacrificed to a central fmanctal author~ty, grants would shll be awarded largely on the results of a written scholarship exammahon. A more ImagmatIve test of

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W~ are therefore delighted to hear of the keen interest of the School authorities and the O.K.S. Committee in the matter. As is proper, the sons of O.K.S. have the first call on their attention. We understand that an ingenious plan IS afoot wherebx O.K.S. and other friends- even those of us with bardly any money to spare-can help ,n the educatIOn of succeeding generations of boys at the School. The .present mcome of the O.K.S. Exhibition Fund is we know pitifully inadequate. It IS ÂŁ200 a year- barely suffiCIent to maintain one b~y at the School-and nearly ~Il of it is. already mortgaged up to 1959 some of it up to 1963. Equally in adeq uate III companson WIth tbe present !leed 's th~ Scbool's endowment of scholarships and exhibitions. There cannot be a smgle K.S. without a deep feeling of gratitude for his years at Canterbury : and we are sure that O.K.S. and otber friends, of all ages a nd mcomes, WIll gIve theIr fullest support to the plan when it is published in the Winter. . Yours faIthfully, D. L. EDWARDS H. P. WORTHAM J. F. DALRYMPLE ALISTER A. KNELLER THOMAS H. PARES J. B. H. JACKSON COLIN G. S. PATERSON ANTHONY B. CURRY To the Editors of THE CANTUARIAN Restoration of Cathedral Tombs Dear Sirs, . . In the old days it was an accepted conventIOn that good matenal should be treated with respect. Excessive use of cosmetic was also deplored. Wberefore tben (to gIve b~t one example of tbe present desecration) sbould a perfectly ru~ respectable Tudor ~upld on Hadrian de Saravia's tomb bave had his countenance so thickly pamted, and pam ted in sucb a manner that he now looks like a youthful devotee. of the Scarlet Woman? I am, Sus, yours, etc., LUCIAN (of tbis magazine)

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Dear Sirs, . b b' b f 't I have had several compliments on the Editorial III your last num er, w lC rom I s ripe wisdom bas been judged to be tbe work of a semor member of o~r commumty. 1, therefore, think it proper to make it clear to your readers that tbe Edlton al was wntten by one of the three boy-editors, who between them were responSible for the whole magazine. Yours, etc., THE HEADMASTER 481

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To the Editors of THE CANTUARJAN Dear Sirs, During the last two years I have travelled extensively on the Continent, especially in France, and have been very mterested to see the reconstructIon and reparation now in pro~ress among the battered towns and dties badly bombarded during the war. I felt at Amlens that the city was nslllg from Its a ~h es to surround once more in protectin g entourage the proud Cathedral, scarred, but httle wounded by the blows of modern man. I regret that on my retu rn last Easter I could not feel the same abo ut Canterbury ; apart from the languor of the reblllldll1g of the City, the Cathedral itself seemed even uncared for . Will the beautiful Norman arches below the Treasury never be cleared of the properties of the Festival plays of the past ten years? Will the Dark Entry never be rid of iron railings and wooden supports? Is the pile of sand at the end of Brick Walk to be left untouched for a further eighteen months ? These are small things, but there are many such, and together they show a lack of united drive and determination to rid one of the world 's finest Cathedrals, built to show the glory of God of the scars which continually recall the inglory of Man. ' Lastly, on what is the money of the Appeal for the Restoration of the Fabric being spent? I can only see one bay of the Cloisters to represent the total restoration offabric undertaken during the l?~st year-through my ignorance I may be under-estimating the pr?gress made but a cntlClsm of the purpose behind such work is definitely called for. Will we never reah.se that the matter IS .urgent ?- the North Norman Tower is weathering da!l~-much carvmg IS alrea~ y lost metnevably. The :"ork on the masonry in the Precmcts should be doubled if we are to secure that thiS Cathedral preserves a living attraction and does not become a merely monumental one. Yours truly, ANTHONY B. CURRY. To the Editors ofTHB CANTUARIAN Dear Sir, O!' entering the Cathedral at the beginning of this term, my first surge of pious sentlments was ll1stantiy shattered by the modern and quite incongruous swing doors which now barricade the entry of the Canterbury Pilgrim from the South-West I instinctively fumbled in my pocket for two and threepence and looked about me for th~ staircase marked "Circle". ' Penetrating further, I was most distressed by the chattering, the chewing, the slovenly dress and appearance of the modern Pilgnms, one of whom was wandering about the Mother Church of England in a bathing-costume! In fact there was a more reverent atmosphere in the city's Public Library. Nevertheless I .saw few notices demanding silence, none regarding the standard of decenc~ which might be expected amonl! the dress and appearance of the visitors, and not a smgle verger seemed m the least dIsposed to correct or admonish their behaviour. However, I was gratified to see that dogs were requested to refrain from entering- lead or no lead. ' I remain, Yours faithfully, A D ISAPPOINTED WORSHIPPER

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES The Editors gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines, and apologise for any omissions :The A/leynian , The Ample/orllt Joumal, Beneudell School Magazine, The Barrovian , Bfyal/sloll Saga, The B/oxlial11isf , The Campbelliall , Chart and Compass, The Cholmeliall, The Cranbrookiall, The Cranleig/ulI1 , The Dovoriall , The Eastbournian , The Elizabethml , The Epsomian, The Felsledian, Glena/mond Chronicle, The Gresham , The (Guernsey) Elizabethan , The Hai/eyburiall, The Hurst Johllian, The Impa/a, The Magazine of King's Schoo l, Pal'amatta, Lancing College Magazine, 111e Laurentian, Lifeline, The LOl'ettonian , The Mamvoodiall, The Mar/burian , The Meteor , The Mill Hill Magazine, The Ousel, The Radleian, The Reptonian , The Rojlensian, The R.A.F. Co llege, Cranwell, JouJ'llal, The School Tie, S.S.M. Quarterly, St. Edmund's School Chronicle, St . Edward's School, Oxford, Chronicle, Stonyhur"t Magazine, Startfordian , Sutton Valence School Magazine, The Tonbridgian, U.M.C.A. Review, The Willochran, The Worksopian, and The British Army Journal.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL From the Parrot House Hearty congratulations to our scholarship winners ; David Woodrow, Nigel Nicholls, and David Spooner, who join the honourable company of King's Scholars; Nlcholas Cooper, who goes up with a music scholarship, the first to be gained from this school for many years; and Jim Allen? who is the first Milner C,?urt boy. to be awarded the Miln~r scholarship. Jim must be gettmg used to the scholarship exammation by now, as this IS the third year running that his name has appeared on the list. The summer term is generally over-full of events, and this one has pr~ved no exception . No childisb ailments have so rar occurred to mar our mtercourse wltb other people; we have played many cricke t matches; we have done a great deal of swimming; the athletic sports are in prospect as an end-of-term attractton ; we have produced a concert at half-term, and an art exhibition which showed a marked improvement on those of previous years. The scholarship results above also suggest that we have not forgotten the work of the class-room, and we hope tbe Common Entrance results when they reach us (at the time of writing they are still an event of the future) will also point in the same direction . Perhaps the most exciting event of all occurred on the first day of term, with the opening of the Junior House. This contains the two bottom forms, Ia and lb, boys of seven and eight years old. There was the largest intake of new boys we have had for any term since September, 1945, but in spite of this the juniors shook down into a routine with remarkable speed, and rapidly became a very happy family. And I think the older members of the school have sometime appreciated not having the very yo ung continually abo ut the place, while the very young have themselves benefited by being able to take to their new life and experiences, whether as day-boarders or boarders, more gradually than used to be possi ble. 483

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THE CANTUARIAN The. ~ntertainment for half-term took the form of a concert by the choir, orchestra, and mlhtary band; the sort of concert w~ have, in fact, been giving each autumn term in the Chapter House. Truth to tell, the ongInal plan had not been to give a concert at all but an opera. However, while singing in chorus is quite within our powers singing sol~ proved to be nothing of the sort, and the project had to be abandoned.' The opera, The Press Gal/g, by AlanBush, IS a delightful one for boys' voices, but it was not for us. Three choruses survived 111 our concert programme, to show what might have been. The singing, by the junior and senior choirs! both combined and separately, was as usu,,1 a delight; not great 111 volume, but good 111 quahty, and people at the back of the hall con;mented aft~rwards on the clarity of the words. This was no doubt due in part to the klOdly acoustlC properties of the Barn [tself. It IS also much easier for small boys to smg on their own ground, than in unfamiliar surroundings. The orchestra played that old frIend, the Tr"II1/)et Volul/tary by Jerenllah Clarke, with Roger Sutton as an extremely competent solo[st; another solo Item, the lovely oboe tune from Bach's Cantata No. 156, played by a s~lo ,c1arinct with strings accompanying, was spoiled by a gust of wmd which blew the soIO[S~ s mUSiC from his stand . We should have liked to have heard It agam, as the clarmettlst s tooe was beautiful and the tune an excellent one.' Strmgs and percussIOn played four pieces by that useful composer for school orchestras James Brown ;. then, tog~ther with some wind players, enough to give variety in too~ wIthout drowOlng the strIngs, the orchestra played two pieces by Charles Woodhouse ' the Springtide overture and Eastern Dance. After a brief interv~1 the Military Band took over th~ programme and played a Grand March (so grand that ItS composer. could only be descnbed as traditional), some Scottish tunes, WaltzlIlg Matilda, and the mevltable finale, the Milner Court March. The band IS by now well together, and plays as one band, not (as it rather tended to do in its earlier stages) as a rather haphazard collection of individuals. Another half-term feature was the art exhibition in the Oast House. It was visited by a large nnmber of J?arents, and we were also pleased to welcome the Dean and Mrs. Hewlett Johnson, with thOlr two daughters, after the Dean had preached the sermon at our half-term se~vlc~. Among the pictures on view were the five which had been shown at an art exhib[llon III London, at Selfrid~e 's, last Easter holidays. These were, a vivid picture of pirates, b>: DaVid ~shenden (willner of the second prize in its class) ; Whales, by John Jackson (which was highly commended' ') ; a Cornish village, by Guy Morgan; a wlllter landscape, by Dav[d Douglas, and a lively ship in a storm, by David Woodrow. This enterprising exhibition gave a highly interesting conspectus of the art work now gomg on III schools of all sorts. Oddly enough-perhaps it is not odd-the work of the b?ys seemed to stand out well above that of the girls, though the number of pictures by girls somewhat exceeded the number by boys. To return to. music for the moment; the school's thanks are due to Dr. and Mrs. Balfour for theIr gift of two vlOhns and a 'cello; a great encouragement to the strings of the orchestra, and event~ally a reinforcement for them. One of the violins is the smallest I have ever seen, but It IS already III use by a pupil of appropriate size, Tim Stanger. * You can hear it again: see the list of recordings below.

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The slight expansion in our numbers made possible by the Junior House's taking over the former Headmaster's House has enabled us to have something of which we have felt the lack for some time-a real school library. Of course, we have always had plenty of books for borrowing by those so inclined, but that is not the same thing as a room set apart for those who want a little peace an.d quiet ~and some boys do) .. The opportunity of moving the books has been taken, to give the library a real reorgaDisatlOn, and many books which never left the library shelves are no longer on those shelves. A good many were sold at bargain prices at the Jumble Sale held for the benefit of the Barn Fund; but we rather wonder what some of the purchasers have done with their bargains .... A number of kind donors, too numerous to mention individually, have given us books, both new and second-hand. There is, needless to add, still room for further gifts. Some new books have also been purchased by a Id.-a-week scheme organised by our librarian, Mr. Innous. Our friends will, I expect, be interested to know that Mr. E. H. Taylor is retiring from his job of school carpenter at the end of this term; and perhaps they will share our regret that the passage of years makes such a retirement necessary. Taylor began his service here in Lord Milner's time, in 1912. When the school came to its new buildings, in 1929, he remained here as school carpenter, taking a large share in making furniture and fittings for the buildings then being erected. All the tables and benches in the Dining Hall, for example, which were made then by him, are still in use. They went to Cornwall for use by the school during the war, and are likely to last many years yet. Taylor himself stayed on this estate when the school was evacuated, in charge of the buildings. But for his presence, together with that of our head gardener, it is likely that the school would have suffered much more from military occupation than it in fact did. When the life of the school began again here in September, 1945, no one could have asked for a better helper or a more faithful friend than Taylor proved to be. His joy at seeing a school in action here again was obvious, and he settled down to what might have been a discouraging task, of repairing buildings and furnit ure for use by the school, with a will. His industry and skil l have been a great example, occasionally even a reproach, to many younger men who have come to the school in the ordinary course of their work. All through Mr. Juckes' headmastership and mine Taylor has taught carpentry to successive generations of boys, and has tned to lllstli mto them his own high standards of craftsmanship. I believe that all IllS pupIls and frIends will wish to JOIO m makmg a tribute to him. After such a magnificent record of service the Governors are giving him a small weekly pension. A capital sum of money in addition would certainly be a most useful gift to him on his retirement, as a gift from his pupils, past and present; so I have sent a circular, on the lines of these paragraphs, to all parents of boys now here, to all Old Boys of this school whose addresses I have been able to collect, and to any others who, I think, have appreciated Taylor's skill, and I ask readers of The Cantuariall to hand on the information to any friend of Taylor's whom 1 may have been unable to reach. Addresses get rapidly out-of-date, and it may well be difficult to trace everyone who would like to contribute. Visitors to the Dining Hall will have noticed that we have started our first two honours boards; one contains the record of scholarships won at the Senior School from \948

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THE . CANTUARIAN onwards (there were none in 1946 and 1947) ; the other honours at other schools. On the ~rst bo~rd sta.nds one name for 1948~ three for 1949, and five will appear for 1950. This IS an anthmelI~al progressIOn which It may be hard to keep lip after a year or two more but we are hav1l1g.a good try for 1951 at any rate. I am now attempting to piece togethe; the record for earher years, wIth Mr. Juckes' hel~ and co-operation, with a view to hang!ng other boards for the y~ars 1931- 1945. The hst below IS as complete as we can make It, but we pubbsh It here 111 order that any corrections may be incorporated before the actual sign-writing is done. If it reaches the eyes of any whose names are unrecorded I hope they will let me know; if a!'y friends.of readers are not included and ought to be: I shall be pleased to hear also, wIth If possIble the address of the friend concerned. The list will appear in two parts. KI NG'S SCHOOL

193 1 J. Wiltshire R. J. Jngram C. E. V. Thompson 1932 E. J. L. Wright R . E, Cunningham 1933 W. C. Young R. J. Holden P. Townsend T. Stapleton 1934 D. Gall D. j. Reeves 1935 J. r. Mitchell R. P. A. Piercy A. P. Beale A. D. Wilson 1936 A. P. Beale (lst place) 1937 1. M. Cremer 1938 T. H. Bouitbec (151 place) J. L. Hahn 1939 J. L. Hahn F. E. B. Brown O. W. Eustace

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E. W. Johnson C. W. Birkett 1940 C. S. Pitcher J. K . Ebbult 1941 L. H. Birley 1942 P. Brown 1943 G. D. Lindley C. O. S. Paterson E. R . Strouts 1945 M. E. Dawe P. G. H, Mann OTHER HONOURS

1934 J. C. Lamb. Exhibition, Cheltenham College 1936 A. P. Mayne. Albany Scholarship, SL John 's, Leathcrhead 1937 C. I. Bostock. Open Scholarship, Charterhouse School 1939 K. D. Neamc. Exhibition, Cheltenham College 1945 K. J. SteeL Scholarship, Royal Naval

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The new number of the Milner Court Chronic/e, now to be obtained from me at the school (price 1/6) contains some new features. It is, as most readers will know, our annual supplement to these pages of The Cantuarian ; it contains matter of more local interest than that wbich graces these august pages. It also has two pages of pictures, and a great deal of news of Old Boys, both at the Semor School and elsewhere. The music room in the Oast House has received a valuable piece of new equipment an HMV radiogram, which is now on loan to us. Mr. Armitage has already made som~ use of it in his singing and other music lessons, and boys with suitable records have been allowed to play it in their spare time. Some gramophone records were being made during the half-term concert, but being taken without rehearsal of microphone or engineers, did not prove satisfactory. However we (hought it worth while making some more a few days later, as the performances wef~

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Two choruses from the Peasant Cantata by J. S. Bach. Two folk-songs: Sheep-shearing and Tlte Lingolnshire Poacher.

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Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke (solo, Roger Sutton), played

by the school orchestra. Air from Cantata 156 by J. S. Bach, for clarinet and strings (solo, Stephen Hardisty). No. 3. IO-in.

Grand March and Milner Court March , played by the Military Band (the Milner Court March is the same as that recorded in February,

1949 by us, but this is a much better version). No.4. 10-in. Two Bach pieces, played by the Recorder Sextet ; and Sing lVe and chant it, by Morley (two-part, unaccompanied), sung by part of the Senior Choir. Mr. Ebel, the maker of the records, has generously offered to give the profits from the sale of them to the Barn Fund. The pressing is being done by HMV and the records are playable on ordinary gramophones with an ordinary needle.

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Preparations are well in hand for our next Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar, to be given two performances, on October 20tb and 21st. Now tbat the Barn is really weatherproof (though still unheated) we think it safe to invite you to a Shakespeare performance there early in the autumn term; it is in fact the last week-end before the end of summer time. We shall be delighted to see any readers of these pages. If you are not on our list of invitations, write and ask me for tickets. W.H.O. Sturry Barn Restoration Fund Nothing has been spent by the Barn Fund this term, but the job now in hand will cost approximately ÂŁ550. This job is the last, except for the addition of a porch on the east side, which will make the building completely weatherproof. It consists of placing four pairs of windows in the weatherboarding of the east and west walls, to match the existing window in the south wall and the windows above the porches of the doors on the Barn Lawn side; lining the inside of the weatherboarding with beaver board, in the same way as the roof is already lined; tidying up and placing glass windows in the existing slits in the brickwork of the walls . The gaps under the eaves are being filled up, and the brickwork being tidied, but not whitewashed or otherwise altered. Some work on this will have to be done at a future date. The whole job since the start has been carried out most tastefully and appropriately by our architect, Mr. H. Anderson, F.R .IoD.A., and the [milders are Messrs. G. H. Denne and Co.

THE CANTUARTAN £ s. d. SPRING 1'BRM-

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Cricket From the point of view of results and statistics, so beloved of present day bureaucracy, this term has been somewhat disappointing. On the other hand, the standard of cricket achieved by an encouraging number of boys has shown a considerable improvement. At the time of going to press, the 1st XI have played 6 matches, drawn 4 and lost 2, and should the question "why no victories ?" be asked, the answer, in all its naked truth would be, because we have not been able to develop a real attacldng bowler. Most of our bowlers, of whom perhaps Goate i has been the steadiest, and Sutton the most likely to secure a quick wicket, have been good "net" bowlers, who would give the batsman some very adequate practice, relying on him to get himself out by maldng a mistake. Perhaps in prep. school cricket this is one of the better ways of dismissing the opposition, though not always the quickest and the most economical method. Hamilton, who unfortunately had his appendix out, has been lost to us and this has been a severe blow, since he can bowl straight, slow, good length balls with ease and appears quite uuru flied when treated violently. As for the batting, a rather more cheerful story can be told. Our opponents, whose run of victories we were able to halt, remarked, on one occasion, that we appeared to have no "tail' '-a true observation, particularly when judged in the light of past se'lsons,

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Bailey has been our most consistent scorer and, with good "games sense", flexible wrists and a wide range of strokes, has developed into a batsman of no mean quality. Sutton has some nice shots in front of the wickets- when he can remember that he is not playing golf, and Goate i, thougb rather unfortunate, has developed a very encouraging soundness in his stroke-play. All of the team, however, are capable of making runs albeit some in a more agricultural fashion than others. Our first match, against the Duke of York's School, ended in a draw. Batting first, we scored 85, thanks mainly to good innings by Bailey (41) and Goate (24). At the close, Duke of York's were 65 for 9- Goate 5 for 28 being our most successful bowler. Against Manwood Lodge we were 106 for 6 declared (Bailey 58, Balfour 26) and our opponents 86 for 8. An interesting position ! Then came Betteshanger, when on an exceedingly fiery wicket "Extras" 14 was our top scorer in a total of 41. Result, lost by 8 wickets. Against Westbrook House, we declared at tea with our total 57 for 7 ; too small a total at which to declare, but, owing to the time factor, no other course presented itself. We lost by 7 wickets as, by close of play, our opponents had scored 74 for 5. With Tormore, unbeaten up to now, we managed to draw. We, once again, declared, having scored 86 for 9. Sutton (19) and Mason (13) being the top scorers, though practically everybody scored something. Tormore in reply made 71 for 6. Another draw res ulted in our match against Eddington House. Sutton (29 not out) again played well and Brett (29) also batted in an enterprising manner. Thanks to a long accurate spell of bowling by Goate (4 for 13) we were in a satisfactory position but failed to drive home our advantage and so another draw resulted. Our opponents' score was 48 for 8. A victory over Cliftonville School was snatched from under our very noses by time. We dismissed our opponents for 88 (Sutton 4 for 22), and this really was an extremely workmanlike performance. The whole XI really looked like a team. With one over to go, two wickets to fall, the telegraph indicating our score as 86, Goate scored 2. Tension rose. A wicket fell. One to win ! The last ball. The batsman missed, and the ball went through to the wicket-keeper, standing back, but a bye was scored. 89 for 9; we'd won! Amid scenes of jubiliation, the scorers appeared. "We're extremely sorry, Sir, but the tally wag was wrong. The final score is 88 for 9." The 2nd XI, composed of what was hoped to develop into a future lst XI, has played two matches, with one match resulting in a draw and the other being lost. After the latter match a considerable re-casting was undertaken for a third match which resulted in another defeat. However, one thint emerged. In Robert Minns we have an exceedingly promising batsman who sbould be a great asset. At the moment, his lack of inches is rather a bandicap. . Our Junior XI have unfortunately been prevented by assorted germs from playing either of tbeir matches. Kakas seem likely to win the inter-house competition, though anything might happen in the 3rd round which has yet to be played. T.P.P. 489

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