The Cantuarian July 1892 - July 1894 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

TH E CA NTUARIAN. No. r z.

VoL. III.

EDITORIAL. A short time ago we published a letter exhorting the Day Boys' to rouse themselves from their slackness in football. There is no doubt that the Day Boys have a reputation for slackness and hardly less doubt that it is deserved ; still as Sir Roger Coverley declared when asked to give a decision, " much may be said on both sides." Never do the Day Bo}s' seem to have as much stake in and be so closely concerned with the School as the Boarders. They do not live at the School and spend the greater part of their life within the Cathedral Precincts and hence in general school matters they feel very isolated. In football too, naturally it is not so convenient for a Day Boy to come up as it is for the others, a fact which our correspondent adm itted while pointÂˇ ing out that if the whole School came up to football in the same proportion to their numbers as the Day Boys, there would be exactly 5~ men each side, a remark that makes one feel thankful that they do 110/ come up in the same proportion if only to avoid cutting someone in two. Otherwise, they may claim ~o have done their share of the work in matters scholastic and athletic ; they have had their share of " Worthies," and may point with pride to the memorial of " Kynde Kit Marlowe." Few are aware how small a part ofthe School they are; they number actually underone third of the whole school. This being the case they may well be satisfied with three or

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four places out of an eleven and half the events in the sports, but the real fact is that they have got a " tail," and although so few in number they are anything but compact and united. Perhaps if they were more numerous the good feeling at present existent between boarders and day boys might be lessened by party spirit, although the same party spirit would, from another point of view, be the esprit de corps so necessary to rouse them. On the ink-stained, hat-peg-deprived, riddled walls of the Day Boys' Hall, want of public spirit was writ in Iorge letters. At last, however, one bas arisen who has made the day boys his especial care; we refer of course to Mr. Longsdon, who among other things has instituted a system of keeping periodicals in the Day Boys' Hall, which we trust will last. No more need the unfortunate day boys wipe themselves, after football, with surplices; no more fee neglected. Let them point with pride to the names (if any appear) on the overmantel ; attend football practise in full numbers : subscribe more to the Cantumian.

FORTY YEARS ON. A.D.

1932.

Happening to be in Canterbury I done ; by the by I suppose the Cantuarian determined to pay a visit to the King's still exists?" School which I had not seen since 1892 "Yes, " he replied, "The last number and I was fortunate in securing the ser- appeared about three years ago, so we vices of a K.S. to show me round the should have another soon; it is proposed School. however to make each copy last roo years What is your rume?" asked my guide. I and call it the Centenarian. " "K-" I repled, "You will find it in the "There," he continued, pointing behind I Black-no I m~an the Pink Book, and it the Grange, "Are the Tennts Courts. That is also burnt on an old cubicle partition in end one is generally described in the the Hospital DorÂˇnitory. I suppose though Tennis Book by the Lower Sch:>ol as the that that is destroyed." ' Ashpelt.'" "No," he said. "And what is on the other side of that "Well," I continued, "A Cantuarian cor- wall?" respondent J.H.S. did suggest that every" Chiefly fowl, children, and windows, " one whose nam e was on it should be fined, he replied. but as he wanted to collect and dispose of We walked round through the Mint the money obtained himself, nothing was Yard and came to the Green Court, "You

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must admit," he said at length, "The Nor- the Cathedral as they liked. That is all man staircase is improved. The roof has changed. If they wish to see the Cathehl!cn squared off and renewed and the dral they are gagged and fettered and have pillars look much cleaner whitewashed and to put on blinkers and a bearing rein. This there is a neat piece of matting on the is to prevent them from knowing the ,ll!ps. As for the Cathedral you will hardly Cathedral too well. H owever, we may look in the Choir. â&#x20AC;˘l!cognise it! " I accordingly looked. When we came to it he continued en"What are those revolvers lying in those thusiastically, 'The Nave has been painted and they are putting a dado round it; and seats for?" I asked. "If anything goes wrong in the service look at the brilliant colours of those windows I Over there you sec the lift to the the Tenors generally shoot the organist." "Arc the Basses allowed to do the t up of the Bell Harry T ower. The Crypt has been papered and carpeted, and fitted same?" "No" he answered "they can only look up with electric light. All those tombs have table covers on them. They opened at each other and shrug their shoulders. " I suppose you hear the oratorios in the ~ome of them, and found the bones in disCathedral?" graceful repair, so they made a contract "Yes, or at least we hear the bass part." with the local practitioners to supply them with the bones of some of their viet- I Used you to be ncar the Basses in your time?" mean patients. "Generally within a few bars" I said. "You see, too, they have taken away We walked back and went into a study, the Black Prince's coat of armour and belmel and put a brand new dress suit and the first thing that met my eye was a silk hat instead. Of course, you noticed notice on the wall; it ran thus : NOTICE. that the outside of the Cathedral is whiteAnyone commilling any of the following washed." offences will be liable to a penalty of 6oo " Is everything changed then?" I asklines. ~:d . (x) Whistling the first bars of the Benc"Not quite, " he replied, "That scafdictus from Stainer in B Rat. folding on the North side, which was (2) Whistling or singing the music to erected in 189o still remains, and, probably, the words Âˇâ&#x20AC;˘ As it was in the beginning" will for the next soo years; I am afraid I from Barnaby in A. C'annotlgo past the Nave. " (3). Whistling or singing the music to " \Vby ? " I asked. the words, " H e led them like sheep" from "Oh " he replied "In olden times the I srael in Egypt. King's Scholars" were allowed to go about

THE " I suppose, " I said, " that the Arch. bishop sometimes comes to the School. 11 "No 1" he replied, "they never come; their duties are so painful. " " Why," I asked, surprised, " what have they to do ?" " Well, " he said," every four years the Archbishop is compelled to charge the Cathedral foundation. I myself am one of the survivors of the last charge. I re· member it well. It was a fine morning, a fitting prelude to so glorious a day. The foundation seized the advantage of choice of ground, and posted their men in the South Transept They arranged themselves so that if the Archbishop charged from one particular spot he would have to face the Canons. He fe ll into the trap at once, and took up his position in an open space in front. " But who was there to lead the foundation and organise them ? " I asked. "They had no one to lead them, but they had an organist. However, to resume first th! founda tion were called over to ascertain if they were there in full strength. "Theirs not to reason why " " Thefrs but to make reply. " Then cast a look around. The Founda· tion were standing firm as the rocks which guard their native shore. H e gathered up his strength, and feeling that he must make some impression on the serried ranks in front of him, and charged I 11 \.anon to right of him, " "Canon to left of him" " Canon in front of him. "

CANTUARIAN. You can realise how desperate it wa~ when I tell you that he charged for nearly two !tours, and well might the ArchbishO() pray that night or a verger might come; but what impression could he hope to H e left the field make on a Canon I surrounded by his victors. " Cricket, " I said, changing the subject, " is still played, I suppose. 11 " Yes, " he said, 11 but lately we had some difficulty about the scorer. They could find no one to score; w at last they decided to let the eleven put down their own scores, bowling analysis, and how they got out. This soon caused fearful discrep• ancies between the scores made by the batsmen and the analysis of the bowlers. The editors of the Canluaria?Z knew not what to do with the score sheet. In despair they sent it to a man who had written a pamplet called "Cambridge better than Oxford" they thought that he could explain away an}·thing, but even he failed. After this they resolved to get a scorer at any cost. Billy G- - the pro· fessional offered to drink a glass of beer for every run, and count the m by the bill sent in ; finally, however, they decided to make someone in the school score, and drew lots; it fell to X- - to score. Unfortunately he was in the eleven and about the smart· est fielder; they replaced him in practice by a tortoise they found behind the Grange. " What was the tortoise doing there ?" I enquired. " Oh" he replied "several fellows in the

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School heard that they lived for 2 00 years and bought some to try." "Do you still play football too ? " I asked. " No," he replied, "Very little is known of that game now. It appears that fifteen men thought a ball should be at one end of a field a nd another fifteen considered the other end the proper place for it. That is all we know of it except that the referee was generally unpopular. At one time too there was some ill feeling occasioned by an elderly gentleman, by profession a butcher, who resided at one end of the field and who complained that when the ball went over the hedge it injured his rare exotics, cabbages to wit. They used to argue with him over the hedge," " Then, of course," I remarked, " they could never agree." " Why ? " he asked. " Because," I replied, they were arguing from different premises." He frowned. " We do not approve of original jokes here," he said, "fellows make jokes about rain in connection with half-holidays, and a little Itght badinage may be indulged in, on the

day the School go to see the eleven play Chart ham Asylum; we even think a person who makes bad lu quoque's witty, but original jokes are not encouraged." " Do they never make jokes in the dormitories then ? " I asked. "No, certainly not," he replied, "usually one fellow entertains the rest with an account of his innings at the Beverley that afternoon and how he got out and how he would not have got out if what had happened, and he gives a history of all his scores that season and what he expects to do in the next practise, and also a detailed account of the balls he received at the nets that morning; or works out his average to 3 places of decimals aloud. Then some one else tells how many marks he.got for Rep. that morning, how many lines he said, and how much he knows of tomorrow's, and asks someone to hear him, andAt this moment a bell rang. "Ah 1" he said, " I am afraid I must go nuw ; that is the Drawing Bell. It is twe nty minutes to one. Good-bye."

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE. This match was played on the Dover ground on June 8th, and resulted in a defeat for the School by r8 runs. This result was mainly due to our fielding, which may be termed "rank," with justice, no one seeming able to pick up the ball sharply, and, in addition to thi-;, no fewer than seven catches were missed, so that under these circum-

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stances it is not surprising that we did not win the match, and this is all the more lamentable since in our first match v. Castle Hill we were highly praised for our fielding. I t is a necessity for the XI. to recognise that without good fielding matches are simply thrown away. The College having won the toss elected to bat, Castley and Richardson taking up the attack. R uns at fi rst came very slowly, only 32 being signalled at luncheon, when the first wicket fell. :\ftcr this they came more freely, Adcock quickly hitting up 15. It should be mentioned in passing that Logan was twice missed before he left, and Comber once. Strode and Oldrey treated the bowling with contempt, Strode hitting one six and two fours in his 22 , and Oldrey two sixes and three fours m his 30. After th is the remaining wickets fell rapidly, no one maki ng any stand. In our bowling, Richardson had far the best analysis, securing five wickets for 26, which, considering the grou nd, was a very good performance. About the fielding, remarks have a lready been made. Carter and Flint commenced our inn ings to the bowling of Oldrcy and Kent. Flinl did not stay long, being caught at point when he had made six. Richardson soon made I 5, rhieny <ll1 the leg side, before he was bowled by Ke nt. Soon after this Carter was bowled, and then Castley and Slater became associated, and carried the score to 77 before Slater was bowled. I t looked then as though we had the match well in hand, as only four wickets were down for 77 ; but after this a collapse occurred, Castley being caught at cover-point, Beynon run out while trying an impossible run, James and Atbawes took the score to 90 before the former was bowled, Newland was caught without scoring, Athawes and Cullin took the score to 107, when Athawes was given out l.b.w., an opinion with which he did not seem to agree, and Cullin was bowled in the next over, leaving Dover College victorious, as above stated, by x8 runs. Dover College started on their second attempt at 4路45, but a'> stumps had to be drawn at 5路3o, there was no chance of a second innings for the School. The first t wo wickets fell for eight, but Knocker and Hickman managed to play out time without further loss, though Knocker should twice have been caught off ridiculously easy catches. Score: DOVE& COLL F.OIII.

Logo.n, b Co.stl oy Comber, c Cullin, b ('astley Adcock, o Cnstloy, b Slater J:'o.raons, b Slo.tot路 M. Rtroclo, b l<iohtudeon ... C. P. Oldroy, b Richardson Holden, b Rioho.t路dson .A . G . Knookor, c Slater, b Richardson.. . Rose, b Richardson .. . Uickman, b <'astley ... Kont, not out ... ... Extras 'l'otal

13 21 lu 8 ll2

30 2 3 not out 0 b Richardson ...

ll not out 4 b Castley... ... ii Extrl\8

... 125

.. ao 6 10 2 2

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W . M. Car ter, b .ad,ook ... ... ... R. B. Flint, c Adcock, b Kent A. G. Richardson, b K ent R. J. Castley, c Holden , b Old.rey ... P. 1:1. SlBter, b Adcock ... .. . F . 8. Beynon, run out ... ... .. . 1:1. M. James, b Adcock ... ... .. . E . J. S. At ha.wes, lbw, b Adcook .. . M. 8. Newltlnd , c Comloer, b Oldrey H. J . Cullin, b Kent W . R. ;\1owll, n ot out. Extr as... ... Total

... ..

5 6

... 16

12 0 7

0 0

12 0 7

107

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oov un OOLLl':GPJ -First I nnings. DoYEn CoLLliGlii.-Seconcl I nnings. o. M. 11. W. 0, M. R. W. 37 8 n. J . Castloy... ... 8 2 28 1 R . J . Castley . .. 18.8 2 2 14 1 2 26 5 A. G. R ichardson.. . 9 A.. G. Richardson 12 9 2 40 0 H . J. Cullin ... 2 0 7 0 F . S. Beynon 7 3 11 2 P. H. Slater s 0 6 0 H. J . Cullâ&#x20AC;˘n Krno's ScsooL.-First I nnings. 0. H. 1!., w. 0. M. R. \V , 8 4 25 4 C. P. Oldrey 7 0 31 a Adcock .. . 3 0 30 0 Kent ... ... .. 4.1 1 14 3 Couober ... ...

KING'S SCHOOL v. CAVALRY DEPOT. This match was played on June I I th, and e nded, as will be seen, disastrously for the School. It was a glorious day, and Cavalry Depot, on winning the toss, took first innings. Captain Patten and Private Hunt were sent in fi rst, and they scored freely, 44 being on the boa rd before Lhe first wicket fell to Beynon, who had gone on instead of Richardson. The next two wickets also fell to Beynon, whose analysis at the fall of the third wicket read three wickets for four run ;. The next wicket fell to Castley from a good catch by Richardson at third man. Wi th four wickets down for 78, our chances of winning the match seemed fairly good, but Private F erris and the Ron. Milles treated us to some leather-hunting, the former making 40 and the latter 36, and the fiflh wicket did not fall before the total had been raised to I 34Âˇ The next few wickets fell in quick succession, but the last two men defied all our efforts, and raised the score from I 7 I to 202 for nine wickets, when the innings was declared closed. The only redeeming feature of our disac;trous innings was a grand score of 5 I by Castley. It is impossible to praise Castley's d isplay too much. A glance at the score will show its value, for there it will be seen that the next highest score from the bat was 11, and that the united efforts of seven batsmen produced three runs. The innings

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closed for the poor total of 85, leaving the Cavalry Depot victorious by Score and analysis :CAVALRY D J:;POT.

Capt. Pat ten, c Slater, b Bey non 26 Pte Hunt. c Caatley. b Beynon ... 19 Pte. R icketts. b Beynon 8 Capt. Dewar, o Richardson. b Castley ... 4 4{) Pte. F erris. b Richardson .. . .. . .. . Hon. L . Mille$, o Castley. b Beynon ... 86 Capt. Doyno, o Cullin, b Beynon 15 Pte. Whitlow, b Castley 0 Co1·pl. Larder, run out .. . 6 Major Ridley, U•·t out .. . 7 Mr. Wilson not out 23 Extrns 18

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x6 runs.

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W. :\1. <..:a.rter, c Milles b Ricketts E . J. S . Athawes. b Milles ... .. . A. G. R ichardson, b Milles ... .. . R. J . Castley, o Dewar, b Ricketts ... P. H. Slater, b !lJ illes ... ... .. . F. S. Beynon, b Milles ... ... .. . H. :1:1. James. c Fenis, b Milles .. . R. l:l. Flint, 1-b-w, b Ricketts M. S. Newlnnd, b Larder .. . H. J. Cullin. not out ... ... .. . W. R. Mowll, c Ridley, b ~Hiles .. . Extms

Totnl ... ..202 Total rn oing s declined closed. BOWLING ANALYSIS. CAVALRY DEPOT. KI~ G' S SCHOOL . o. M. n.. w. o. ll. J. Castloy ... 25 4 61 2 B on. Milles ... 14.2 6 G. Richardson ... 13 3 59 Ricketts ... 12 s S. lleynou ... 17 3 52 5 Larder ... 3 0 H . Slato1r ... 2 0 12 0

...

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61 0 0 1 0

5 9 0 18 ... 85

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37 7

w. 6 8 1

K I NG'S SCHOOL v. S UTTON VALENCE. This match was played in cold weather on June 14th at Sutton. Our team was weakened by the absence of James who had unfortunately left since the Barrack's match and cur opponents were also without one of their regular playing members. For the first tim e this season Castley won the toss, and elected to bat first. H owe ver, we only totalled 74, towards which R. B. Flint scored x8 by some free play, and Newland contributed a similar num ber without being out, but wi th these two exceptions, no one played well. Both bowlers met with considerable success, especially Rowlands, whose deliveries against the wind seemed to puzzle our batsm en. Sutton Valence looked as if they meant to follow our example for Castley's bowling proved so destructive that 5 wickets were down for 32 runs. Then Thornton and Thomhill became associated and these two de fied all the bowling until the score was 7 3, and the aspect of the game; e ntirely altered. Although they certainly played well and shewed great pluck by cominl{ to the rescue of their side at the critical point of the game, ye t they decidedly had good luck in playing balls, generally snicks in the slips, just out of the fieldsmen's reach. R obertson also scored well and the innings did not close until the century bad been registered. The bowling analysis of Castley and Beynon will be found below, and i ~ worth perusal. In our second venture we fared even worse than in our first and om batting was extremely disappointing, except that of Castley, who again defied the

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bowling with success. Out of the 6o runs scored from the bat he made 40 or two-thirds of the score, an extraordinary performance which speaks for itself. H e went in at the fa ll of the 2nd wicket and was out last, while his figures included 2 fours, 4 threes, and 6 twos. Beynon made a dozen, so that out of 6o runs two men made 52 leaving the remaining 9 batsmen with an average of under one a-piece. Thornhill bowled with great success as his figures show. With 41 to win Sutton Valence went in again, and on account of Beynon's bowling lost 4 wickets in doing so. Perks played well. The full score will be found below:K.!No's SCHOOL. 4 b 'l'horuhill ... R. B . Flint, b Rowlands... 18 c Rolrertson. b Thornhill A. G. Richardson, b Thornhill •1 b Thornhill R. J. Cnstley, b Thornhill 6 b Thornhill F. ~- "Boynon, b Rowlands ... 0 c L\lshington. b Rowlands ... P.H. Slater, c Hemingway, b Ro1vlands '1 () ~~ming1.vay, b Thornhill ... E. J. S. Atha.wcs, b Thornhill ... ... 7 b 1 hornh1ll ... ... ... ... ;\1. S. Nowl11nd, not out... t8 o Hemingway, b Rowla.nds ... EI. J . Cullin, c and b Rowlands ... 2 c i.Vlickell, b Rowlauda ... ... U . E. Flint. c Robertson, b Rowlands .. . 0 b Thornhill W. R. lllowll, o Robertson. b Rowlands 0 not out Extl·as Extras . .. 9 ,IV, 111. Oo.r iet·, b Thornhill

. ..

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0 1 6

Total

... 7-J, Total ... SuTTON VALENCE. A. Perks, b rastley ... ... ... ... ... 4 b Beynon ... G. F. Hemingway, o Reynou, b Ca.stley ... 0 b Richardson ... E. G. Lushiugton, b Castley ... ... 8 L'\lll out ... E. R. Hunt, o Slater, b Castley ... 15 o Carter, b "Beynon J. S Thornton, b Beynon ... 24 not ou t E. E. 1\Jiokell, b Castley... ... ... 0 not out ... W. E. Thornhill, o Slatet·, b Beynon 12 R . J Robertson, c Flint, b Beynon 18 ti. A. H ignell, c and b Castley 0 J. Howlauds, b Beynon ... ... 5 N. D. Simpson, uot out 0 Rxtras .. . a l~xtl'llS

21 0 4 0

10 4

.. .100 'fotal ( 4 wickets) ... 42 DOWLING ANAT.YSIS. KINo's SouooL.-First Innings. KING's Scno o r•.-Second Innings. 0.

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Castley Beynon Richardson

19 12 (j

IV,

ThOl'llhill . .. . 17 4 37 4 Rowlands... 16.1 6 28 6 SUTTON VALENOE.-First Innings. M.

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2 2 2

40 89 7

6 4 0

'l'horuhill 14.l 6 29 7 Rowlands 14 3 81 3 Su'l"l'ON V AJ,l'lNC.r..-Second Innings. Castloy .. . Beynon .. . Richardson ...

6.1 6 8

2 3 2

0 2 l

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KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. AUGUSTINE'S. This our return match with the College was played on the Beverley on Thursday, June r6th, and resulted in any easy win fot the School. Castley won the toss, and decided to put our opponents in first; this made the match more exciting, although events prove it was rather risky. Our opponems began badly, as they lost their first wicket before a run had been scored, and the second wicket soon followed, but Radford with 2 I and Forster with 14 brought the score up before they were dismissed. Darby, Clough, and Fogarty also played well, and the side was not dismissed before I 10 was on the board. The runs had come very slowly. and it was evident that St. Augustines were playing fo r a draw, and they succeeded in giving our bowlers more trouble than had been expected Beynon and Castley bowled the most successfully the lortner taking five wickets at a cost of 37, the !aLter 3 for 28. The inning~ had lac;ted so long th~t there was only hour and a quarter left for the school to get the run~ . Castley determined to force the game and went in himself wtth Carter. Cao;tley immediately began to hit hard and by Ca>tley's hitting and some sharp running the score was brought up to over forty bt:fore Carter was bowh:d. Slater then joined Ca">Llcy who after some time was caught, after havmg made 44 runs in about forty minutes. Hts innmg;; was invaluable as it completely took the sting out of the bowling and gave the succeedmg batsmen confidence. Newland followed and the score continued to mount rapidly anJ the hundred was pa'ised before Newland was bowled after knockmg up sev:!nteen. The two next batsmen gave litth: trouble, and at the drawing of stump; Slater wa9 not out 46, Flint not out 5· The gam' w.h won within the hour. Slater pl.\yed splen Jidly, and hit up his runs very quickly at first. To him and Castley the credit of wmning the match is mainly due. The full score and analysis follows:S•r. A OOUIITINIII'!I. lCJNO'S SOIIOOL. R . S. l:lurkor. o CarLot·. b Custloy 11 ... 4 I W. l\1. c'nrtor. h Woo<.lwurd H. ~V'oodward, e lliebar lson. b Uastley ... 0 . R. J . C •aLloy, o c.a..ugh, b l!'orstor J4 46 < •• J. Hadford. e c astloy. b T:loyuon ... 21 I P. H. Slater. not ont ... .. . W . II. .11'orstot·, b SJntot·.. ... .. M. S Nowland, b For~lor ... ... 17 14 H . ~1 o.rriott. b lloynon ... .. . .. . .. . A G Richnrdaou, c <:ldffiths, b Forster 0 8 R ev. 1\l. J. Simmond~J. b Beynon ... H. J. Uullm, b Wood"nr.l 3 8 f) .A.. Da.t·by, o l•'liut, b Castloy 19 R. B. Fliut, not out E. R. Clough, e Boynou b Hieha.rdson .Byes 7 13 N. FogMty. at ,\J owll, b l:leynon ... 14 G. G. GriJJ.lths. b l:loynon 'T ota.l ... 133 1 C. W. Wa.lltwe, noL out ... 0 Byes 8

Total

... 110

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1\. J. Cnstloy

AUOU~TINB'B COLIJII:GF.. 0. lll.

...

S. Beynon. ... P. II. Slater A.G Richardson ~·.

l!S

t·J.·2

4 0

37 19

4 6

3 6 1 1

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11. W'oodwnr<l A. Dnrl.y C. W Walln• o ... U. W. Forstet· ... C. J . Radford ...

1a 3

6 3

lll.

2 0 0 0 0

"'·2

24 19 19 19

0 0 3 0

KI G'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE. This match, which was played at Highgate on Wednesday, June 22nd, re&ulted in a victory for us by eight wickets. Our opponents won the toss, and sent in, Crawford and llosken, but they seemed able to do little or nothing with Castley's bowling, and lost half their wickets for 23. The brother Sauer, then made a useful stand exactly tloubli ng the score. The innings finally closed for 64. Castley was by far the most succe~sful bowler, laking six wickets for 23. We opened our innings with Carter and F lint, and after Carter was bowled with the total at 24, an excellent stand was made by Flint anti Richartlson who put on 57 runs during their partnership. With the score at 81, Richardson returned a ball to the howler, h:l\'ing made 33 in excellent styli!. Flint was shortly after bowled by Greig for 35, having abo phyed extremely well. The rest cut up baclly, and finally the venture dosed for 1 19· In the second innings of Highgate htth.! occurred worthy of mention. Crawford and Ekin~ made t8 and 20 re,pectiYcly, but no one else did anything, the total eventually reaching 64, the same as in their fir:.t innings. Beynon and Richardson were most succc sful with the hall, the former taking four wi<keh for 14, and Richardson, a like number for r8. We were left to get 10 runs to win, but lost two wickets in obtaining them. The lidding throughout was smart, Newland bringing off two good catches, and Slater one at one point. :\Iowll kept wicket l.Xtrcmel}' well, only giving a couple of byes in each innings, while he caught two and !>lumped one of our opponents. l i iOHG \ 'l'.lll. hCnsLley l! I) niclHU'OSOil .. U. t '. l!'. lloakoll, b Castley ... a .: ~lntor, b Hiohnrdscm G . .c\. (h-oig, c Flint. b Cnstlov 7 h Hichnrdsou ~- W. 'l'nbl.)s, c 1\!owll, b <Jnstley () h Cns11oy 1,. R. l!nwson. run out !) c Nowlnncl, b l:leynon !'. H. l.t>wis. b Cnstlcy 2 not out ... F:. S. SsttHr, b Ricl1nrdson... 18 b Ricluu·dsou A. D . Brown, run out... ... 2 st i\lowll, b Beynon .. . c . .:U. Ekins. c Mowll, b Castlcy JO c lllntor, b Cru;tley .. . J .. g Snuor. not out. ... ... ... .. 5 c Xewlnnd, b Beynon .. . F. H. Rtnith. 1-' -w, b Richardson t 1 b-w, b Boynon ... . .. Exlons ... ... Exhns

v. E. Cmwforcl, t

Ath:tWOH,

'l'ohl...

...

6·~

Total ...

G 0

'1 1 ()

l! ... 20

...

+ 0

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KING'S SCHOOL. W . ~T . Carter . b Gr eig ... ... 7 not out ... ... ... . .. R. B. Flint. b Gr~ig ... ... .. . 35 b Crawford . .. . .. A. G. Richardson, c and b C..:rawford 33 not out .. . ... . .. R. J. C11stloy, b Crawfor d... ... 2 c Crawfor d . b Greig ... P. R . Slator, c H "skin , b Crawford... 4 F. S. Beynon. c Hoskeu. b Crawford 6 E . J . S. Athawes. c Greig, b Smith 9 M. ~-Newland, b Smith ... 4 ~ H , J. Cullin, not out .. . H. E. l!'lont. c Greig, b Smith... 0 W . R. l\lowll, run out ... ... 6 E xtras ... . .. 10 Extras

Total...

... 119

3 1 7 0

Total...

BOWLING ANAT, YSIS. HtGlÂŁGATII.-2nd I nnings. HrGHGJ.TII.- lst innings.

R.. J. Castley

...

.&.

l!l 14 6

23 21

F . S. Beynon 2 A. G. Richardson 1 Kuw'd ~OliOOL .-lst Inn ings. K. o. 5 G. A. Grei~ ... 21 G. R. Craw ord ... 21 8 S. R Lewis ... 4 1 L . R. Rawson .. 1 0 A. D. Smith 3 1

16 R.

4<1.

w6.l 1?.. J . Castley

o. 2 .. 10.1 0 30 4 2 14 0 F . S . .Beynon ... 7 4 2 A. G. l{ichardson 8 2 18 Knra'a bonooL.-2nd Innings. 0. u. R. w. 2 li 4 J 2 G. A. Greig 4 l 4 G. R Crawford ... 4.3 7

w.l

Ill

KING'S SCHOOL v. CANTERBURY PILGRIMS. P layed at the Beverley on June 28th. A strong team of Pilgrims opposed us in this match which was played in very hot weather. The visitors' team, with one exception, was entirely composed of O.K.S., and therefore the severe beating we experienced, was not so galling as it would have been, had we been beaten by strangers. Our XI. was the same that had beaten Highgate with the exception of T oulmin, who was given a trial which he certainly justified. T hree features were noticeable in the match-( x) The low scori ng of our first few batsmen before lunch; (21 The much better play of four members of the team after lunch ; and (3 ) The very fine stand by Latter and Mr. Dale for the first wicket of the Pilgrims. Castley won the toss and on an excellent wicket elected to bat fi rst, but before luncheon we lost four of our best wickets for only 12 runs, and after the interval when the score was r6 a fifth wicket fell, but then Slater and Athawes came to the rescue and the

THE CANTUARIAN . •tore was taken to 40 before the latler was bowled for a plucky dozen. Newland joined Slater and the scoring was forced, as the new comer beg1n by hitting a 3, a 5, and a 4· lndeed it was decidedly hard lines that he was run out whe n the 70 had been registered .-nd whe n his own score was r 7 an innings which well deserved the colours he earned after the match. Cullin filled the vacancy and began to hit with great vigour so that lhc century appeared before Slater was caught off Wharton. The value of hio; innings of 33 cannot be overesttmated and certainly saved us from utter ignominy. Cullin was last lO leave and his 35 was played in his usual style, without the slightest respect to the bowlers and with a peculiar partiality to threes and fours. Parker bowled very well and captured half the wickets for 3 r run§. Latter and Mr. Dale began the Pilgrims' innings a nd the fielders had a weary time. The batting was excellent, and though at times the bowling was good, the changes had but little e ffect on the scoring. Our total was reached and passed before a separation was realised as it waq not until the score was I r8 that Mr Dale was canght in the slips. His innings was p<:rh1ps the most finished exhibition of batting we have had against us th is year and was of the greatest value to his side. R amm el! came in and the score was taken to x89 whc:n Latte r's grand innings Jf 109 came to a close. Though not quite faultless it was a very fine display of clean hitting and included a six, 2 fives, 4 fours, and r6 threes. Parker, who made his first appearance against the school, only scored a single when he was bowled by Beynon, and shortly after Rammell retired, after playing well for his runs. Wharton hit up 9 but was then out to a well judged catch at long off by Flint. But when Smith joined Parr, the second century was telegraphed shortly-bdore Smith left off Toulmin, making way for Tassell, who, how<.'ver, did not score largely. Carr was next on the list and with R H. Parr, who also appeared for the first time again;t the c;chool, played out time. In the bowling line Toulnoin's debut was decidedly successful, and Beynon's excellent analysis o n a good wicket with heavy scoring speak-; for itself. Below will be round the full score with the bowling analysis : lONG'S SCllOOL. W. M. Ca.Tter, o Wharton, b Parker ... n. B. Flint. o Latter, b Elwyn .. . .. A. G. Hiohardson, o Ln.ttor, b Parker lt. J. Castloy. lo l•:lwyn .. P. H. Sl!~tor, o Parr, b Wharton ... F. S. Dey non, o 1!:1·• yn, b Po.•ker ~: J. S. ,, tbawes. b l'arkOL' ... ... IlL S. Newland. tun out H. J. Cullin, o Pnrkor. b Wharton E. M. Toulmin , b Pnrker W. R. ;\lowll, not out ... No bnll Total

3 5

3 0

83 2 12

l7 35 2 3

1 ... 116

CAN I'EltHU HY PILGRIM$. A. La.ttDr, at llowll, b 'l'oulmin ... ...109 W. C. Dale, Esq , o 'l'oul min, b Beynon ... SG 82 S . J. Rammoll, o AthaiVOS, b Bayuon ... 1 H S. :->. Pa•ker, b lloyn on ... ... 9 r.. U. Wharton o Foint, b Doynon 11 R. H Parr, "ot out ... ... ... 1 J H . ~m ith, o Mowll, b Toulmim 8 D. S. M. Tassell, b Beynon ... 10 11. J. t'an, not out R. F . Elwyn D'd b t L. W. !Smith I not a . ... t4 Extras ... ... ...

'l'otal (7 wkts.) ......

280

300

T HE

C A NTUARIA N.

BOWLING ANALYSI S. KING' ti SCHOOL. o. u . a 5 H. S. S Parker 16 3 R. F. Elwyn ... 0 2 A.. Lattor .. 4.4: 0 c. B. Wharton

31 44 16

6 2 0 2

CANTERBURY P ILGRIMS. o. )[. R .1. CnsUey ...

...

F . S. Beynon ... ... .A. G. Richardson ... E. M. Toulmin P. H. SI&t~r ...

...

164 :.!0 9 9 6

3 2 0 1 0

66 38 32 24

r. u ~ fl

KING'S SCHOOL v. CLERGY ORPHAN SCHOOL. This match was played on the Bt:verley, on June 3oth. From previous form, an match had been expected, and the result was rather disappointing. Castle) won the .o .s, and decided to go in, on a perfect wicket. The first wicket fell at r r, Richardson joined Carter, and a capital stand was made before the former was easil) caught; this stand took the score up to 43Âˇ With the score at 63 Castley was splendid!) caught by Cowley, at mid-off; just before lunch time Carter wac; bowled for an excellen1 28. On resuming, w1ckets fell rapidly and it seemed probable that the hundred would not !><! reached ; however the last wicket put on 13 runs, Toulmin making some ver) pretty ~trokcs. On .,uch a wicket ro8 was decidedly a poor .,core, and wt: ought to havr made at h:a'it 200. Wnght and Cowley bowled well for the C.O.S. After the u~u:~l interval Walmsley and Brewer went to the wickets. The former was smartly caught a1 slip off the first ball, making way for Wright, who soon set to work, hitting a couple ot 6's from consecut ive balls. Brewer left at 29, and Britten followed in. Britten was missed soon after coming in, and made several lucky hits in the slips, but Wright continued t11 hit sphmdid ly, though once or twice beaten by the ball ; after pulling on about So nmR Britten hurt his leg and retired for a time. Directly afterwards Wright got his leu before his wicked and retired for a splendid 73, marred by only one chance. ThiN brought Co wley and Bell together) and another long stand was made, productive of nt!arly roo runs. Cowley was missed in the long field soon after commg in, but thc11 he began to hit all round, Bell for a time being content to keep up his wicket; early in his inni ng Bell was also missed in the long field; with the score at zo8, he was neat!) stumped by Mowll ; directly afterwards Mowll brilliantly stumped Brown. Cowley w:\'1 well secured by Carter at 225. The 7th wicket fell at 235, and then Britten who rt sumed his innings and Hart, earned the score without further loss to 26o. The matrh ac; above stated was very disappointing to us. Our batting and bowling were both poot in tcrc~tinr;

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JOI

~1111 the fielding was rank. Mowll, however, at the wicket as usual, was good. It would ,,, tmpossible to over estimate the value of Wright's display for his side. Score : -

KING'S SCHOOL. W M. CIU'ter, b Cowley

... 28

8. Flint. h Wright ... ... ... ' n. Richardson, c Cowley, b Wright 11 J . Castloy. c Cowley, b Wright ... I' H. Sinter, b Wright 1 -;. lieynon, e PhiUips, b Cowley ... t¥ ,1 . S. Atba.wus, b Wright... ... ... \I S. Newland, c WalmPley. b Cowley II J. Cull •"• c Johnsen, b Wt·ight 1~ . ll. Toul~~tin, not out W R. :i\lowll, b t 'ow ley Extm 1.

Total ...

16 8 10 8 2 0 6 8 3 19

c.o.s.

ll. 0. Walmsley, c Beynon, b Castley 0. G. Brower, h Caatley ... ... ... E.!'. Wright, 1-b-w, b R ichardson F. A. Bdtten, not out ... ... ... rr. 0 . Vowley, c Cnrtf'r, b 'J'oulmin F . H. Boll, at :\lowll. b Toulmin... H \1. Brown, at ~lowll , b Heynen H. 11. Hrn-t, not out W. H. L. Church c A.tlmwos, IJ Beynon L n Phillips, } . E. I. Johnson, Dl(lnot bat ... Extl.·as

Total ...

... 108

6 73 38 66

... 29 .. 2 ... 25 ... 7 ... 14 . .. 260

BOWLING ANALYSIS,

KING'S SOH 00 L. ){. o. 10 I. V. Wright ... ... 25 0 It 0. Walmall>y .. 5 ... 1Q2 s II 0 . Cowley

n 35 24 25

w. l

I 4

R. J. Castley ... F H. [~eynon ... A. G. R ichardson E. M. Toulmin P. H. Slater

19 25

0 ~i

2 2 l

2 0

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE. This match was played on the Beverley on Tuesday, July sth, and resulted in a vtr.tory for our opponents by four wickets, which, con~idcring the strength of the St. l.awrence team wa~ not at all a discreditablc defeat, thou ,h our lidd ing W.li not so good "it might have:! b~cn. The School w~nt in fir;;t, Carter and Flint facin.J the bowling nl llearne and Ea~by. Our beginning was anything but hopeful, as four wickets were rlown for 26. llowl.!ver, en Beynon joining Slater, things looked a bit brighter, and they eventually raised the score to 78 before Slater was beaten by a ball from H earne. f'he outgoing batsman had made 46, and though his innings was not faultl es;, still it was most serviceable, and helped materially to put a better complexion on the game. Athawes was the next to join Beynon, who was playing very steadily; their partn::r'ihip hrought the score to I IS, when Athawes, who failed to increase his scor! after lunch w;lS caught off Harris. He had played a very useful innings, and quite deserved his 1 ulours which W .!re given him after the match. The next two wickets did not give rnuch trouble, Newland only adding eight, while Cullin failed to score. Toulmin came

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in, and again there was a capital stand. But the end was not far off for, at 16o,Beynon was caught at long-leg. He had been in whle the score was brought from 26 to t6o, and though he gave several chances his innings of 47 was invaluable to his sidl'· Eventually the innings closed for 164, Toulmin carrying out his bat for an excellent 19. Mr. Norton and H earne opened the St. Lawrence innings, but at I 7 the former wr•~ caught with only five to his credit. Rasby joined Hearne, but the latter, after having been previously missed in the slips, was caught by Castley. Two wickets down for 20. Easby was then joined by S. Wacher, and between them they brought the score to llo before the latter was bowled by Tonlmin for a vigorous, though somewhat lucky, 42. At this point rain stopped play for about half-an-hour, and then the match wa11 continued, Twyman and Easby both scoring very freely. The bowlers could get no work on tbe ball owing to the wet, a nd it was very slippery fie lding. At 153 Carlcl caught Easby, who played very well for his 65, hitting very hard and clean. The next two men gave little trouble, and Twyman carried out his bat for an excellent 43, whirh included some splendid cuts. Score : KING'S SCHOOL. W. JVJ. Carter, b Harris... ... ... . .. .R. B. Flint, b Easby . .. ... . . . .. . A.. G. Richardson. c Wacher. b Hearne R.. J. Custley. 1-b-w, b Harris P. H. Slttter, b Hearne... ... . .. F. S. Beynon, c Wacher, b lial'l'is E. J S. A.thawes. c sub, b Harris M.S. Newland, b Harris H. J. Cullin, b H arris ... E. M. 'l'oulmin. not out ... W. R. ~Jowll, 1-b-w, b Eaaby Extras Total ...

·w.

Hearne

...

0 1 3 .f>6 47 Z,J,

8 0

19 0 15

... 164 BOWLING

KING'S SCHOOL. o. "AI. 22 6

Easby C. E. Harris ... G. '!'wyman

2 3

lt.

2 2

21 50 20

6 0

S'l'. LAWRENCE. ~later, b Cnstley \ 'V. Hearne, c Boynon, b C'nstley Easby, c Carter, b Castley ... ~. Wacher, b 'l'oulmiu ... G. 'l''Vyman, not out C. E. Hal'l'is, c and b Castley 1\ln.jor Wilson, st llowll. b 'roulmin ... Extras 1~.

"\'V. Norton, c

Ill

6!1 ... 411 ~

... 4 ... t 7

'l'otnl (6 wkts.) ... 19.H, l:luss. H. Wacher, G. H . Slater, ancl II 13arues did not bat. ANALY ~ f S .

S'l'. LAW.R.ENCE. o . ll. 12 R.. J. Cu.stley ... 2 F. S. Beynon... ... 5 0 A. G. R ichardson ... 10 0 E. M. 'l'oulmin 5 1 P. H. Slater ... 1 0

63 29 51

28 8

:1 II

K ING'S SCHOOL v. SOUTH EASTERN COLLEGE. This match was played at Ramsgate on July 7th, and resulted in a win for the Sehoul, by the narrow margin of 13 runs. The scores we re very low, and perhaps this m il) in some measure be accounted for by the strong gale which was blowing across the ground Castley, having, won the toss, elected to bat, sending in Carter and Flint to face tlu

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bowling of Swann and Lui nell. When 2 runs h:~d been scored Carter was clean bowled by Luinell. Richardson followed, but was caught before scoring, and T oulmin also retired wtbout scoring; 3 for xo. Castley then came in, but was bowled by a full pitch, after he had scored 2 . Slater. did not stay long, Flint doing most of the scoring; 5 wickets for 21 . Flint was out at 30, the ball hitting his pad, and rolling into the wicket. He played in good form for his x6, which at this time were invaluable. Beynon and Athawes took the score to 44 before the latter was bowled, and then Newland came in and made matters a little lively, both Beynon and himself scoring fast. They took the score to 69 before Newland was bowled for a freely hit r6. Cullin came in and quic kly knocked up 7 before he was caught, and the end came with the fall of Mowll's .vicket. Beynon played a very good game for his 29 (not out) and seemed to be the only one except Flint who was at all at home with the bowling. The S.E.C. began their innings with Wheeler and Hudson, Castley and Richardson bowling. Hudson was missed in Castley's second over, before he had scored, this mistake proved expensive, as he scored 17 before he was bowled by Richardson. Three wickets were down for 23, when Cronk and H adland came together, and carried the score to 43, before B adland was caught off T oulmin, who had gone on inste.td of Richardson, who also in his next over bowled Macartney ; 5 for 45· Our hopes now began to look bril{hte r, as Beynon who had gone on instead of Castley, clean bowled Jones; 6 for 48. Toulmin in his next over bowled Vines with no addition to the score, and Cronk, who played well for his T r, hit his wicket off Beynon, 8 for 49, Simmons and Chawner now came together, and between them carried the score to 6x, before Simmons was run out by a sharp piece of fielding by Toulmin, 9 for 61. Chawner continued to score rapidly, and brought up the score to 68, before Luinell the last man was caught and bowled by C astley, the match thus end ing in our favour by 13. Both the left hand bowlers had good analyses, Beynon's being especially noticeable, as out of 7 overs bowled 6 were maidens. As three quarters of an hour remained, Carter and Flint played out time scoring 40 without loss, Carter having 20 to his credit and Flint 17· Score :KING'S W. M. Ca•t er, b Luinell.. . ... ... ... R. D Flint, b Swann ... ... . .. ... A. G. Rioh1n·dson. o Macartney, b Swann E . M. •rou lmin. b Luinoll ... ... ... R. J . Castley, b Luinell ... ... P H . Slater, b Swann ... F . S. Beynon, not out ... ... E.v. Athawos. b Swann ... 111 . S. Newland. b l:ludson ... .. . H . J . Cull in, c Vines. b Hudson ... ... W . R . J\1owll, b Lui nell . .. ... Extras.. . ... .. . Total ...

SCHOOL . 0 not out 16 not out 0 0 2 2 29 7 16 7 0 2 Extras

... 81

'l'otal ...

... s ... ~

THE CANTUARJAN. SOUTH EAS fERN COLLEGE. R. Wheeler, b Richat·dson H. J. Hudson, b Richardson... ... ... P. G. ::iwann, b Castley .. B. T. Cronk, h1t wir.ket, b Beynon .. . W. J . lladland, c Castley. b 'l'oulmin .. . F . N . Macartney, b Toulmin ... E. Ryner-Jo, es, b Beynon E . H . Vines, b 'l 'oulwin .. . .. . P . W. Simmons, run out .. . .. R. H . Chawner, not out ... .. . .M. G. Lumell, o a ud b Ca.stley Extras ...

17 5 ... 11 ... 10

2 8 0 (I

18 0 ...

Totnl ...

... 68

BOWLING AN...LY818.

KllfG'e Sot~ooL.-Firat

P . G. Swann ... M.G. Luioell

H.F. Hudson

Innings.

lli.

111.

... 17 ... 16.4

SouooL.-Second Innings. o. :u. n. w. ... 7 0 18 0 M. G. Luinell ... 7 0 19 0 KING's

w.l 4 P. G. Swann

w. 1

2 •G 4 26 4 51 7 2 SOUTH E.A.STEHN COLLEGE.-Firat Innings.

R. J . Caetley... A... G. Richardson...

11.4 7

2 1

21E . M. '1 •oulmm.

29 20

F. S. Beynon

o. .. . 6 ... 7

v. 1 6

CANTERBURY PILGRIMS C.C. SEASON 1892. Matches played, 9: Won a. Lost 5.

Drawn 1.

BATTING AVl:IIAOES.

.A.. Latter ... .. . . .. .. . Hev. .A.. G. B. Atkinson ... R. H. Parr... ... :&. F. Elwyn S. J. Ramrnell ... H. S. S. Parker W . H. Cullin ... J . H. Smith C. H . Wharton. .. C'. S. Eueell ;\1.J . Ct~rr .. . ...

No. of Times Innings. not out. 5 0 4 5 !l 6 9 4

1 S

Huns. 280 103

Highest Score. 109 35• 22• 27 32 34 27

Average . 46 24.1 21 1a.s

o 123 0 68 18.3 0 106 11.7 0 47 11.3 6 0 3P 25 7.4 6 0 85 18 7 6 0 26 16 6.1 6 S 13 10• 4.1 • Signifies not out. 'l'he following played in lesa than four innings: T. Collard, 19, 117•, 40; E . L . Payne, 6, 10,

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-1·; W. W . Bull, 8, 0, 1 ; D. S. M. Tassell, 2, 12, 8; W. C. Dale, 86,' 86; :fulv. R. G. H odgson,

I. 10 ; J . E. G. Hadath, 5, 5 ; H.. J. Castley, 26.

BOWLING AVERAGRS.

S:. S. S. P arkP.r R.. F . Elwyn A. Lattdr 000

oo• oo •

Maidens. 29

Overs. 129.2 I 33

31 5

Runs. 296 ::174

Wickets.

Ave1·age.

27 28 4

10.26 18.10 22.8

'fhe following bowled in less than four innings: C. li. Wharton, 8 for <iO; Rev. R. G. ll odgson, l for 13; R. J. Castley, 1 for 50.

OXFORD LETTE R. Though this letter can hardly presume to the rescue, and the match was eventuemanate direct from Oxford, still there aJiy won a:; aforesaid, by five wickets. exists plenty of subject matter for an OxThe I nter 'Varsity match was the ninth ford Lette r in events which have happened match of the season. Of the other eight both towards and since the end of term. three were won, four lost, and one drawn The first subject, and that most worthy distinctly in favour of the 'Varsity. The of consideration is 'Varsity Cricket. T he victories were over Lancashire, Somerset, season has been brought to an end by the and Sussex ; the losses were to the Gentlevictory of Oxford by five wickets, in the , men, Surrey, M.C.C., and Lancashire (reInter-Varsity match. T he match itself is turn) ; and the drawn game was a two remarkable for the immense scoring- I, Joo days' match, v. the M.C.C. Probably all runs in three and a half innings ; and for 1 of this year's XI., with the exception of the fact that three centuries were made- I Jardine, will be up next year. M. R. Jardine and V. T. Hill for Oxford, The Lawn T ennis match v. Cambridge and E. C. Streatfield for Cambridge. was lost somewhat disastrously ; but the Cambridge's score of 388 in their second bicycle races-one mile, four miles, and innings is equal to the highest score pre- ten miles-were won easily by Oxford. viously made in an Inter-Varsity match, With three firsts in the three heats for the and at one time, during the partnership of mile, first,second,and third in the four !lliles, E. C. Streatfield and P. N. Latham they fi rst, second, and four th in the ten miles. looked like giving Oxford a much harder I must ask my readers to pardon me for task to win the match. The latter had the bathos between the ' Varsity Cricket 184 to win, and unfortunately lost two Match and such contests as the Lawn wickets for 19 runs, but Berkeley and Jar- Tennis and Bicycle Races, dine, and afterwards Palairet and Fry came Commemoration Week began on June LO

J06

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:roth, and was got through with its usual paraphernalia of balls, concerts, procession of eights, honorary degrees, etc. Pe rhaps the most importa nt recipient of the lastmentioned was M. Waddington, the French Ambassador, an old Cambridge R owing Blue. Five 'Dons' of Trinity College, Dublin, also received degrees, as a special compliment to the T .C.D. T encentena ry, which is being celebrated this year. The only O.K.S. whose name has as yet appeared in the Schools' lists, as published hitherto, is P. S. Hichens (Magdalen), whom we heartily congratulate on his first in Natural Science Finals. The Greats list will probably not be out till August. The Canterbury Pilgrims have had their usual reinforcement from Oxford on their tour this year, but as you will be quite well acquainted with ,their doings, there is no need to enlarge on them here, more espec-

ially as that is rather the duty of your Cambridge tha n Oxford Correspondent. We have had visits during the last fortnight of terms from B. H. Latter, and R. F. Elwyn, who were b oth playing cricket on tour in Oxford, the former for the Incogniti, t he latter for the P eripatetics. Henley Regatta claims notice in consideration or the large part taken therein by Oxford boats. A Leander eight, composed wholly of Oxford men, has again won the Grand Challenge Cup, and the Silver Goblets have fallen to an Oxford pair-W. A. Fletcher and V, Nickalls. Only one College Balliol sent an eight this year, owing to the fact that so many men !n the boats at the head of the river were rowing for Leander or in fours, the latter of which -Brasenose and Q ueens were unfortunately unsuccessful.

CAMBR ID GE LETTER. The somewhat unexpected defeat at Lord's has saved me the trouble of predicting a victory, which I probably should have done, had this letter been written before t he end of term As I did not see th~ match, I will refrain from comments ; but Oxford <,;ee m to have lost that wholesome awe of Cambridge bowling which they had in the days of Wood's. The May-week, which promised to be more than usually brilliant, was spoilt to

some extent by the rain, and a gloom was ca;t over the races Âˇowing to the sudden death of a Chnst's man. First Trinity were pro~ably the best boat on the river, but they n.::ver got near bumping H all except on the first night. By the time that thi> appears in print, First and Third Trini ty and J esus will have represented Cambridge at H enley, and, it is to be bopeq, successfully- Cambridge boats have not done very well there the last few years.

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J.:lin, who was not in reside nce last term, has resigned his post as president of the ' Varsity Bolt Club, and Kerr has been â&#x20AC;˘dccted for next year. The visit of the Chancellor was marked hy a banquet and ceremonies, and by an tâ&#x20AC;˘d ict, whtch enjoined under-graduates to wear cap and gown when they appeared in the public streets. At the conferring of honorary degrees, the Duke of E dinburgh llld Mr.-or rather Dr.- Joseph Chamberlain met with Lhe warmesl reception, with lhe possible exception of one of the procton, but his was of a different nature. O.K.S. were not largely represented in the Tripo ~ Lists. We had no firsts, though Milsome has the consolation

of knowing that he hovered between a first and second. Frend, Milsome, Peacocke, and Turnbull took their degrees at the e nd of term. At C orpus both H. W. Moule and Parker get an increase of scholarship and the silver cups of their years. Parker has been elected secretary for c ricket for next year at Corpus ; and I forgot to say in my last letter that Turnbull had retired from the presidency of the Corpus D ebaling Society. We have not seen much of O.K.S. lately. The R ev. G. C. Evans came over from Rotherham for a fe w days, and the R ev. H. M . H arke and F. V. H arke were seen in the May Week.

THE KINGS' SCHOLAR'S DREAM. Bv LAMEFELLow. Beside the unfinished sum he lay His pencil in his hand; I lis paper bare ; the problem there He could not understand ; And in the mist a shadow of sleep He saw a well-known band. Wide through the landscape of his dream The lordly Beverley showed, Beneath the lime trees on the Green A cricketer he strode, And beard the tinkling bicycles r.ome up the Dover Road.

H e saw once more his trusty bat And leg-guards standing near, T hey clasped his knees, preserved his shins, And kept him safe from fear, A snore broke from the sleeper's lips And reached the Master's ear. And then at furious speed he ran Adown the Beverley hill, His frie nds all shouted "Save the six I" And with a stern " I will I " At each stride he could hear the gladdened foe Clapping the batsman's skill.

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Before him like some demon bird The active leather flew, From morn till night he followed it's fligh t In the fields where the cattle moo, Till he saw a flourish of hostile hats, And the hundred rose to view. But at rlusk he heard a King's School cheer And looked on his beaten foes, And the roller-horse as he grinds the stic ks And pebbles as he goes. And he snored like a glorious roll of drums In the music of his doze.

His Algebra with its myriad sums Shouted of Offredi And his squeaking quill seemed to cry aloud With a voice so wild and free, That he started up in his sleep and thought Of meringues at a penny for three. He did not hear the Master's voice Nor Institution's bell, For the desk was too high for the Land ol Sleep, And unde r the seal he fell. A worn out soul on whom Hall and Knight Had cast their drowsy spell. C. A. K.

SCHOOL NEWS. H . M. James has unfortunately left us d uring the term to go to an Army coach at Deal.

The following have gained their second

colours this term :-T. C. Hincks, I eleven H . E . Flint, A. F. C. C. Luxmoorc,

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C. H eadlam, C. T. Candy, H . Stringer, C. Trueman, and N. Bredin.

The following hav: been given their first elcvl!n I'Oiours :- M.S. Newland, E. J. S. Athawes, E. M. Toulmin, and H. J. Cullin. The eleven is now complete.

The geography prize in the upper School has been awarded to Robb; in the Lower School to Clarke.

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T. W. H. j ones has passed the Army Preliminary Examination for Sandhurst.

O.K.S. COLUMN . The Council of University College, London, have appointed Mr. William Wyse, formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Professorship of Greek. if •

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P. S. Hichens of Magdalen College, has

obtained a first class in Natural Scienn· finals.

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P. G. Peacocke and Milsome obtained second classes, and they together with

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I•• end a nd Turnbull have taken their de"rccs.

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1'. W. J ames won the long jump and 120 \ :&rdo; (hand icap) at the St. Bartholomew's Hospital Sports, and in the United H ospital 'iports he won the 88o yards challenge cup mel was second for the one mile challenge , up. He was also running in the half-mile 11 the Amateur Athle tic Association Championship Meeting.

E. F. A. Wtgram was one of the representatives for the London Bicycle Club againqt Cambridge U niversity.

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H . S. S. Parker has been elected st:creta ry for cricket for next year at Corpus.

*,.* H. W. Moule and H. S. S. Parker have got a n increase of scholarship at Corpus, and t he silver cups of their years.

CORRESPONDEN CE . .V./1. -'J'he E dito•·• clecli116 t o accep t cmy rcsponsibiHty connected with the opinion s of theit· correspond eals. Name and address ~>utsl utway• be give1•, ;tot neCIJSBarily .fo•· 1mbUcation, bu • a1 a !wa.rnnt~~ of IJOodf«ilh. P~•·.;onutitie. wilt involve certain r~jec/ion.

T HE K I NG'S SCH OOL, Pi\.RRAMATTA. 7'o fit~ Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN. " D EAR SJRs,- I t is an old promise that I should write some account of our King's S<:hool for your Kmgs' School Magazine. As to the state of your previous knowledge uf u ~ I confess myself very ignorant ; ye t you will, I think, be not uninterested to hear something of an a'II"OIKla. of your uwn which has some celebrity here. Know then, first, that P arramatta is a town some fifteen miles from Sydney on the Western line, and that it is possessed of a beaut iful park, and wears an air of anti· quity wh ich is st range indeed to Australian eyes- for Australia itself is not much older

than Parramatta. H ere, for more than sixty years, since the time of Bishop Broughton, the K ing's School has passed through every species of vicisc;itude. Should any of you wish to know its present repute you may safely question any New South Welshman. T he School stands on the bank of the Parramatta R iver, but so high above it, as not to be affected by the twenty foot rises in which the river, when provoked, indulges. Its front is marked by extreme solidity and a somewhat effective portico; behind additions have caused it a little to resemble a mill, but t hey were necessitated by growth and we do not complain of them. T he thickness of the walls makes

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the class-rooms cool in the hottest weather, but, as we are only awaiting the passing of certain enabling statutes by Synod and Parliament before enlargement and thor· ougb renovation are begun,it is hardly worth while to describe the present condition of these. The Chapel, however, is really beautiful, though hardly comparable to yours in size. And those who fill these buildings and are the School in the real sense,are some twentyortbirtyday boys,and rather under a hundred boarders, gathered from all New South Wales, from Queensland, and even from the islands. Every boarder is a member of the Cadet Corps, and the School goes in to camp on its own account for a week in the spring. F inally, you may be intere~ted to hear that the athletic record of these I 20 boys is by no means such as to dishonour our common name. I t is true that we have no boating as yet, though some of us hope soon to see boatsheds and racing craft a mile further down, where the river becomes magnificent. But we had the Champion School football team of x8~I, and wo~ the Rugby Union badges ; whilst the cncket son just ended has been extraordinarily ~~~ces~ful · during the whole six months we were h~aten but once; and in playing out and home matches with four schools, our team won three times by mo~e t~an an innings, and secured ~our other.victon es, t he remaining match bemg unfimshed. Of r life no letter could tell you much, but-ftuis the fashion now-come and see us ; we have not Canterbury Cathedral, but we do our best.

H. S. R . T.

THE SCHOOL AT MATCH ES.

1 o tl1e Editors of " THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sirs,-It is rather late in the seasou to speak about the ensuing subject, but yt•t it seems right to do so. I have observ<:cl that directly after four o'clock call over up on the Beverley is ended, almost ev'!ryon'' leaves the field, probably for the reason that they are anxious to depart to the baths. Is this patrotism? My own opi nion is that the final part of a cricket match is consider ably more interesting than the commence ment. Would it be possible for the sect of people I am referring to, to postpone their bath till the ensuing day ? The Lower School arc apparently the greater offenders, bnt for every boy who has any interest in I his School whatever, there is a certain amount of pleasure in watching a cricket match in which their own representative~ are one of the two of the combatants. Our matches are fewer in number than those of most schools, a nd on reference to 0\11 cricket card I find that he who is no lover of cncket would only have to toil up to thl Beverley on eight occasions.These remarkh . might also apply to football matches, on which occasions there are no baths to lun: away the patient onlooker, and be has only to observe t he game for the space of onL' short hour. A constant presence at thl· School matches would most certainly ensun . . . If . an enjoyment 1.n the ga~e ~tse , not Wil 1l out a deep feehng of patnotism towards thl School. Yours truly, AN ONLOOKER.

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OUR CO NTE M P OR A RIES. The Editors of the Drogl1edemz must be last month ; in it the writer gives a full a happy band; they find no difficulty, description of a field day at Chatham. tt would appear in that bele noir of most We notice in the Bradfield College Editors-the Editorial, for they succeed in .Alaga::ine that!the School has "Bowling putting together one of over eight:columns, 11erms Wicket-keeping Competitions," in an accomplishment which they must be which there are competitions for the very proud of. It must be admitted, how- Seniors and Juniors. Could not a hint be ever, that it is only "School News," and taken from them, and some regular coach " 0 . D. Column," served up in one long ing and> practice in bowl ing and wicketarticle. keeping be instituted in the future, both The Leys Fortniglttly published a lauda- for those:already in the Eleven, and fo r the tory a rticle 'on "Golf." We hope that the members of other elevens. game will not be taken up by schools in We acknowledge, with thanks, the rethe south, as it would certainly be preju ceipt of the following Magazines : dicial to the older games of C ricket and R o(fmsian, Dovorian, Bromsl:rovian, football. L eys Forfniglllly ( 2), Laurel Leaves, Sutton Those to whom the life of a volunteer is Val.mce Sd1ool Magazi1u, Droghedeatz, of interest will find a description of "Easter Glenalmond. Cluwzide, EliMbelhan, BradMonday, by an Amateur Tommy Atkins," fold College Cl1ronide, Cl1allzam H oust in the Suffo11 Valence Stl1ool Magaziue of 1 R eview.

NOTICES. We must apologise for the omission of the following list of subscribers a nd donors whom we have to thank for the prizes lor the Sports : -The Ladies of Canterbury,

Mrs. Bred in, Canon Blorc, 1-olonel T rueman, R ev. T . Field, Rev. R. G. Hodgson, R. G. Gordon, Esq., R ev. L. G. H. i\fason, Re,Âˇ. L H. Enms, J. Ritchie, Esq., W. C.

ARIAN. Dale, Esq.,]. W. Longsdon, Esq., G. D. Tripp,Esq., W. N. Johnson, Esq., G. E. Jones, Esq., W. W. Mason, Esq., the VI. Form.

In the last number "Oxford Athletics" should have been "Oxford Authentics."

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We beg to acknowledge the receipt of

the following subscriptions :-S. ]. Ram. rnell (4s.), Dr. Blore (10s.), Rev. H. H. Boys, Col. Cantis, A. T. Duval (ss.), G. T. Drury, C. W. Cobb, G Austin (Â£I), W. Cowper, General H. G. Bruce G. P. R eisch, B. H. Latter, Rev. F. H. H all, Bishop Mitchinson, W. H. H opkins, E. B. Hawes, Rev.]. B. Holmes (gs. 4d.), H. E . Moffatt, A. Low.

Printed &t the "Kontieh On1.otto and C&nterbury Prost " Offioe, Cnntorbury.

TH E CAN T UARIAN . KOVE:.\IBER, r892.

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EDITORI AL . There a lways arc of necessity many cha nges awaiting us, when we return after the summer holidays, full of hope and vigour fo r the commencement of another year, but we have nol for many years fou nd the alterations so exte nsive and wide-spreadi ng as now. Several faces that we had thought it certain we should sec for many a term to come have disappeared. While the f.1ct that the whole scheme of work has been revised and altered, for the first week or two went a long way towards upsetting-and in one or two cases we believe actually did have a disastrous influence upon nervous system!!. 'The chief use of an editorial seems in past years to have been to reproach the school for the very uncertam support it gives to the Cantua1Âˇia1t, and in the pr<!sent in<;tancc we may safely say that the support it has given, so fa r at least in the term, has been simply 11il. T ime after time the present editors anxiously make raids upon the Editorial Box with a lighted match a nd a pair of tongs-for a key bas been unknown for years- but so far they have been doomed to disappointment. This ought not to

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be, and we can only urge the school to see it is not in the future, by liberally helping what probably is one of the most interesting parts of a school paper. Let us turn to the doings of the Cricket Eleven during the past season. I t has been a disappointing one in some ways, as we began the season with prospects as bright as they have been for several seasons past, yet we only managed to secure five wins, while we were defeated six times as against a record of six wins and six losses the year before. And this result has been due not to any great lack of batting and bowling talent in the School, but entirely to our bad fielding. Time after Lime we had the match well in hand, when we suddenly went to pieces and catch after catch was missed ; as an instance of this we may quote the match against Dover College. The E leven seemed unable to grasp the fact that fielding is the most necessary element in success, a fact that cannot be too deeply impressed upon them. We arc glad to be able to announce a prosperous beginning lo our football season, for we have beaten a strong team brought against us by W. W. Wcigall, and the game that we drew with G. D. Tripp's team was as much in our favour as their's. There seems to be no lack of material to fill up the vacant places, and our only hope is that we may be able under Flint's captaincy, to improve our record of wans, which, we may add, have been none too large for the last few seasons.

SPEECH DAY . A friendly critic has suggested that th e readers oft he Crwl11a1Âˇiau arc getting tired of hearing that the day " began as usual." We gladly accept the hint, and will accordingly draw a veil over the beginning of the day, merely remarking that it did begin, and-what is, perhaps, as surprising to those who are familiar with Speech Uays-il did end. The service and anthem were Garrett in D, and Beethoven's "Hallelujah " ; and the Commemoration Sermon was preached by the Rev. E. S. Gibson, Prebendary of Wells. In the speeches the quality of the acting was, on the whole, notwithstanding sundry dismal forebodings, quite up to the average. In the Latin speech Athawes and Newland sustained their leading parts very creditably ; Cook was also commendably distinct in what he had to say, and the quaint appearance of Castley at the head of his heterogeneous army was much appreciated. The Shakespeare scene was perhaps as good as any. Carter bore his royal dignity

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r•·markably well, modulating his voice with great judgment ; and his courtiers were ll'ro<'ious and turbulent as it befits medireval courtiers to be. In the French piece, Newland, a very admirable young lady, was the most decidedly l•n•nch in manner and pronunciation; but it is consoling to reflect that it is (or was '' rcntly) considered fashionable in the highest Parisian circles to speak with an English u 1 cnl; some of us, therefore, must be extremely fashionable. The piece, however, was played and caused much merriment. The Aristophanes went very well and was, as usual, very popular with the audience. Whether this, as the Cynics assert, because the majority do not understand it and wish 111 appear to, we will not attempt to determine; anyhow, it ' caught on.' Castley I'Pmcd a most experienced cook (perhaps he took the classics of cookery books for l'r ivate Study); all spoke with praiseworthy distinctness; a nd Lord's perormance on the • nnrcrtina defies criticism. The speeches concluded with a scene from the ever-green "Sc·hool for Scandal, ' which was deservedly well received, Newland, in particular, l'lnying a really excellent Mrs. Candour.

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Te1'encc. "Eunucbus." J.ct iv., Sc. v. E J. s. ATHAWES. Chromes l\l. s. NF.WLAND. Thais R. J . CASTLEY. 'I hrnso c. B. RoBB. Gnatho S. S. CooK. "angn. F. s BEYNON. Syt·iacus E. J. LoRD. Dontu: 0. C. HALL. Simatio f'hn•mcs nnd Thais bn.ve recovered PIU1lphila, the sister of Chremes, after she bad been sold 11 Phwo to Tbmso. The latter appears with a motley troop of his servants to storm the h ouse ''' 'I hnis and Chromes nnd get back Pamphila, but after n. conference with them from their hulow, l1e thinks disct·etion the better part of valour, and retires. Shake.•pem·~. 2. "KtNO fiENHY VI." Pnrt i., Act iv. So. i. ·w. 1\:1. CAnT~n. King Henry VI. ... ... F. ::.. BHYNON. Dnko of Gloster (Lo1'(l P1·otccto1') 0. E. E•m&rnDoE. Lord Talbot ... R. B. Fr. t N1'. Duko ot York '1'. (.;. l:lJ NCKB. Duke of Somerset E. J . s. ATUAWES. Vernon R. .T. (' ASTLKY . 13 ssot I.

•11. M. La!Jiuhe rt .Joll!J. :-'cone from'· LA Gu AJIDIA IRK. " .•• F. s. BEY!<ON. Poitt·inas \V. i\1. f'A&TER. Cabousat 1[. ::>. NEWLAND. BlaLche (his claughltl') Jean (hi.• su1.ant) 0. C. llALL. l'"'"'"""'lt, very ignornnt of Grnmmar, I ut riob and nnxious to become a public man, gets ll o olnnl(hl(ll' t - write his sperehes for him ; owing to them, M. Poitrilll\s. his friend. who is nn t••l llltMinalicnntiqltllry, gets him nnmed a moml er of the learned Academy f\( Etawpes, and :l.

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cowes to toll him tho news. 11. Poitrinas uses his visit nlso to oxploro Cnboussat's garden for antiquities, and finds buried there much broken iron nnd crookery. whioh he thinks R.omnn, but which is really tho result of the breaknges of the ser\•ant Jean,-a fnot which is thus rovoalod to his mMtor. Scone from" TnE Puo£." ... 'l'rygoous Sioklc-makot• Orest-makor 'I'rmnpet-mnker llolmot-maker .. . S!>Oar-makor .. . Son of Lnmaohus Servants of 'l'rygoous

A1·istophanes.

R. J.

0ASTLEY. 0. E. ETHERIDGE . • H. H. FLINT. 'J', 0. I!tNCB:S. E. J. ATHAWES. S. 8. COO!!.

R ,). 'Lono. 0. 0. II ALL. { 0. JJ. Rono.

'I't•ygoous, nftor tlto long war, hna secm·ccl poaco n.nd is prop tl'ing n. fcnat to celobrn,te it. 'l'he now-prosporou~ sioklo-mnkor comes to thnnk ltim. 'fho now alnt·ving mnkot•a of war instruments comos to abuso him, but ho laughs nt t ho lo.ttor, and ill\•i!tH thom first to listen to s:>me songs. Tho son of Lnmadms, tho wRrrior, pet·sists in singing wnr-songs, but these Trygoous will not havo, and sot.ds the singet• away, and thou to comfot·l the st~u·ving guests invites them all to pat'take of tho feast in honour of Poact•. 6.

" SouooL FOt~ ScANDAL." Act v.; Sc. ii .... Mr. Orabtroo ... Sir l:lonjamnin Backbite Sir Potot· 'l'oazle ... Sil· Oliver Surface hl rs. Vandour ... Lady Sneorwell ~l aid ...

She1·idan.

s. B&YNON. w. M. CARTER.

U. J. 0ASTLEY. .1::. J . S. ATIIAWES. i\1. S.

NEWLAND.

'1'. 0. JirNCKS. Jo:. J . Lono.

After the speeches, the Headmaster distributed the prizes, and Canon Fremantle, as Vice-Dean, read a summary of the Examiners' reports, and rather embarrassed the newly-elected Probationers and Juniors by requiring them lo stand up while he addressed to them some words of exhortation and advice. The formali ties at the luncheon were somewhat curtailed, in harmony \\tith the feeling and melancholy which to some extent tinged the whole day's proceeding in consequence of the sad loss which the School had sustained only a few days before by the death of Mr. Gordon. Accordingly, there was only one toast given- that of" The Church and Queen"; and, in proposing this, the Headmaster explained that his first impulse had been to put off the luncheon, but that he had felt, on reflection, that it would be more in accordance with what Mr. Gordon would have wished, and therefore a truer tribute to allow things, as far as possible, to follow their usual couNc, especially as the guests were not strangers, but friends, interested no less in the sorrows of the School than in its triumphs. The toast having been duly acknowledged, the company dispersed about half-past three.

T HE CANTUARI AN. l'rizrs arlittdged duTing the yea?' 1891-9£. I'ILJllnin's Prize (.Mitchinson). Carter. W . .i.\1. ~I nthcnmtical.Prize ( ~J itchinHon) ... ... ... ... ... Cook, S. S. Modorn Languages (.\I itchinson) Carter, G. F. !lcu·uutn ... ... .. Micklem, S. N. Nat.lll'al Sconce P litchinson) Cook, S. S. Beynon. F. S. OlnHHicnl (Broughton) ... llivin it.y (Broughton) ... ... Carter, W. M. IIIHlory (Stnn loy) .. . ... ... Carter, W. M. l•lugl is h Language and Litera1.111'0 (Streatfield) ... ... ... J amos, H. M. l•luKiiHh Poom ... ... . .. } l oll~~~~ l?t·ose Composi.ti.ou ... Notadjttd<Yed. l,u(.tn Vorse Compos1t10n ... · · " !I I'lllilt Composition ... C'u1nposition (Term) ... Athawes,E.J.S . I.nglish Essay {Member's l'1·izo) ... Robb, C. B. l•:nKlish Essa.y (2nd Prize) ... Carter, W. M. I't h nlo Study (Edward Blore Mt•morial) ... Cartet·, W. )J. fl••u1fmphy (Member's Prize) Robb, C. B. Mu tic ... ... ... ... ... ... Scrivenor,J.D.

.F'o1·nt P1·izes. VI l•'orm (Christmas) ... Car ter, W. M. V ll'ut•nt (Christmas) Luxmoore, A. F . C. C. h'tu·nt (Midsummer ) ... ... E vans, W . H. {Midsummer ) Luxrnoore, A. F. C. C. Dr11ke, J . B . l llvlnl(.y (Canon Elwyn's) IV h'ot'llt (Christmas) .. . Valpy, G. C. I \ l•'llt'lll (i\liolsummer) ... Fenn, A. J. I\ lt'fll'llt (:\lidsu mmer ) (Master's) Molony, J . C. I\ l•'m·tn (Mtdsummer) (Master's Mathematical) Molony, J . C. Ill l•'ot•ut, Uppor (Christmas) Watkins,T.P .H. I ll l•'m•ut, Upper (i\Iidsum· 1"''1' ) ... ... ... .. . .. . Clark, C. H. Il l l•'~tt• m,.\ l iddle(Chl'istmas) Mosse, A.. H . Ill l•'orm, i\liddle (Midsum111111') ... ... ... ... .. . Hertslet,E.L.A I ll h'tll'lll, Lower (Christmas) Slater, G. L. Il l ~·111'111, Lower (Midsumoolllr) L ewis, L. A.

Lotve1· School Prizes. Divinity ... Mathematics ... .. . Arithmetic ... Natural Science (~Titohinson) llistory ... French Dictation ... Geogt·aphy (~I ember's Prize)

Hawes, J . C. 1\losse, A. H. Watkjns, T. B. Hopper, H. W. Ho\wes, J. C. Mosse, A. H . Mosse, A. R . Clark U. H.

J1mior Depa1·tment. Form II., U pper (Christmas) Mathematics ... .. . ... .. . Fo.rm II., Upper(Midsu mmer) 1\btbomatics .. . . .. .. . ... Form II., Lowe1·(Christmas) ... Form II., Lower PJidsummer) Form L, (Christmas) Form I. (Midsummer) ...

Carrington. Clark. Carrington. Clark. Richards. Collard. Etheridge. Colley.

King's Schola1·s elected July, 189£. Seniors.- Evans, W . H., Lord, E. J ., Ch1solm, F. W . Juniors.-:\lolouy, H . J . C., Fenn.A. J ., Dale, R. D., Paris. A. L., Clark, C. H . G. H., Pt·obA.tioners.-Chl'istie, A.. T., Jones, H. R . F ul'ley, F . M., W ightwick. W . A., Horsley, G. F ., Clark, H . B., Helmore, R . N., i\Jowll, H. R.

P1·esent Erohibitione1·s "t the Unive1·sities. *M'otu e, E. H., 8chol •or of 'l'riuity, College, Cambridge. Smith , L. W., F ot·d Stuclent, Trinity Colle~o, Oxforcl. . Turnbull, P. A., C. C. C. Camb r1dge. liawes. E. B ., Ford Student, Trinity College, Oxford. Tassell, D. S. ~ r. . Scholar of Christ Clmrch, Oxford. Moule, H. W., Scholar of C. C. C., Cambridge. Smith, J. H., Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford. Parker, H. S. S., Scholar of C. C. C., Cambridge.

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Newly Elected Exhibitione1·s. Carter, \V. M., Newland, M. S., Athawes, E. J. S. To an Exhibition not at the University.-Ethoridge, c. E. il.caclemical wnd othe1· distinctions gained cl1t1•i.ng the yea?' 1891-9'2.

Wyso, W., Trinity College, Camb· idge, Professor of Latin, Uni1·ersity College, London. Hichens, P . S., Magdalen College, Oxford, 1st class Nn.tnral Science. 'l'assell, D. S. M., Christ Church, Oxford, 2nd class ~1 odomtions. Poacocko, P. G., G. C. C. , Ca1nbridge, 2nd elMs Classical 'l'• ipos. 1.\'lilsome, H. B, Tdnity College. Cambridge, 2nd class, Natural Science, 'lripos. 'l'nmbull, P . A., C. C. f'., Cambridge, 3rd elMs Clussioal Tripos. Frend, E. C., Selwyn College, Cambridge, 3t·d class History Tripos. Carter, W . .\l.,Histot·y Scholarship, B. N.C., Oxford.

Athawcs, E. J. S.. Open Classical Scholar· sh1p, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Parker, 1:! . .S. 8. a."d Moule, H . W ., increase of Schola.\·ship, C C. C., Cambridge. l:la.lmon, \V. II., lllathematica.! Exhibition, Queen's College, Cambridge. E vans. W. H., Passed Preliminary for Woolwich. James, H. M., and J ones. T . \V. N., passed Preliminary Examination for Sandhurst. Mowll, W. R., Preliminary Law Examination. I aaclfO, II., 1t nd lwss. R. J ., F urther E xaminatiOn for Sn,nclhxral (not clirectj. J·:XAMINE HS.

ln Cla.ssics. - Rov. W. R. Inge, .M.A., Fellow and 'l'utor of Hertford College, Oxford ; E. C. Owen, 13.A. (for Lower School). I n Mathematics-C. U.'l hompson, M.A.,Stu•ient of Chr1st Church, Oxfor<l.. [n French-F. Storr, Esq., U.A., Sonior ~lodern Language Master at l\l e•ohaol Taylor's School.

CRICKET . KINGS' SC HOOL v. C.O.S. The return match between the C.O.S. and ourselves was played at the Beverley on J uly 24th, and resulted in a draw, owing to rain. T he C.O.S. winning the toss elected to bat first. Wright and Uglow started the C.O.S. innings against the bowling of Castley and Beynon. Runs came freely from the very beginning, and it was not until 68 runs had been scored, that Castley bowled Wright. On Uglow being joined by Walmsley the score rose rapidly, though the latter should have been caught several times. With the score at 99, Uglow was bowled by Toulmin, who had previously gone on instead of Castley. The outgoing batsman had played well for his 37· Britten, after scoring five, was easily run out. Cowley made seven, but was then bowled by Richardson. At 167, Walmsley was caught by Flint off the bowling of Castley, afler having made 43 in a somewhat lucky manner. Brewer and Bell added 48 (unfinished) for the sixth wicket, though the latter should have been caught in the long field off the first ball he received

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At this point rain fell heavily and play was delayed for a considerable

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The C.O.S. having declared their innings closed at 205, Carter and Flint opened onr 111nings to the bowling of Wright and Uglow. In the sixth over, Flint was caught at long ll·g, ofT Uglow, thus making the score 13 for one wicket. Richardson then joined Carter, hut the latter was bowled by Uglow with the score at 22, Toulmin being out off Wright one run later. After scoring 13, Richardson was out to Wrig-ht, thn-; fl!aking way for Slater, who, with Castley, carried the score to ror , when he was bowled by Church. !loth played excellent cricket, Slater's cutting being especially good. Beynon did not tlltly long, but Athawes and Castley played out time. Castley had gone in at the fall o ( the third wicket, and at the end was not out with a well-played 41 to his credit. Appended is the full scores:G. 0. S.

l•l. C. Wright, b Castley ... 44 I,, 1?. Uglow, b Tonlmin ... ... ll. (1. \Valmsloy, c Flint. b Oastley ... 43 1•'. R. Britton, run out .. . . .. ... 6 II. 0. Cowley, b Hicha.rdson ... 7 II'. I:J. Bell, not out.. . ... .. . .. . 31 II. G. Brower, not out ... .. . ... 16 II. M. Brown ~ II. II. Hart D 1'd t b t W. 11. L. Church no a · 1.. U. Phillips Extras ... .. . .. . ... ... . .. 22

KING'S SCHOOL . W. i\1. Uart~t·, b U~low ... ... .. . ... 10 R. n. F~int, c Phillips.~ Uglow ... .. . . .. 4 ,\.G. R1chardson, b Wl'lght ... . .. ... 13 E . :\1. Toulmin, c Church, b Wright ... ... 1 R. J. Cnstley, not out .. . ... ... . .. ... 41 P. H . Slator, b Church ... F. S. Beynon, b Cowley.. . 1 E . J. S. A.tba.wes, not out ... 0 M.S. Newland~ fl . J. Cullin Did not bat. W. R. Mowll Extras ........ . ... 8

... 37 1

... 33

Total... ... ... • 205 • Innings declared closed.

Total (6 wkts.)

...106

BOVVLING ANALYSIS. C. 0. S. o. 12 lt. J. Castley ... lo'. S. Beynon 12 A. G. Richardson 8 1~. 1\1. Toulmin ... 10 P. JI. Slater 6

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33 32 27 7 3

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KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. This match was played on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26th and 27th on the Beverley, a nd resulted in a draw much in favour of the O.K.S. Castley having won the toss, sent in Carter and Flint to face the bowling of Parker and Roe. The first two wickets fell quickly, but then Toulmin and Richardson, and afterwards Castley and Beynon, rendered u~eful assistance. Richardson and Toulmin added 20 for the third wicket, when the former was easily caught for a useful 12. Castley joined Toulmin, who shortly after was bowled by Roe for a well played rg. Slater did not trouble the scorers

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but on Beynon joining his captain, another useful stand was made. Castley was eventually bowled by Parker for a good and hard hit 29. Beynon's innings was the result of steady play, but after his departure, the innings was quickly finished off. P arker came out with the best analysis, his 6 wickets costing 44 run~. Latter and Elwyn opned the O.K.S. innings. Runs came freely from the start, but at 40 a good catch at the wicket d isposed of Elwyn. Stuart and Latter then fairly mastered the bowling, Latter especially hitting with great freedom, though various changes of bowling were tried. After the score had risen to r 71, Stuart was caught in the slips off Castley, who had gone on at the Nackington end, for an extre mely well played 53· James and R ammell and Parker hit hard for their runs. Latter, after completing his century, was stumped in running out to Cullin. H is magnifictent innings included 3 fives and 6 fours. After his dismissal Beynon bowled with great success, although Smith quickly knocked up 22, and the innings eventually closed for the large score of 28o. Of the six bowlers tried, Beynon came out with much the best a nalysis, his five wickets only costing 6o runs. King's School went in with a hopeless task before them, as with plenty of time to get beaten, their only hope was to make it a drawn game. Carter and Flint as before opened the innings, and put on 13 for the fi rst wicket. On Flint's dismissal, Richardson and Carter added 28 for the second wicket, when the latter was bowled for a useful 15. Then Toulmin and Richardson by good cricket, raised the score to 66, when Richardson was bowled by Stuart for a dashing 22. Castley joined Toulmin, but when he had made ro, was caught in the long field off R oc. But on Slater becoming associated with Toulmin, the longest partne rship resulted. Forty runs were added before Slater was caught for an extremely well played 24. The next few wickets fell rapidly. Toutmin was bowled by Stuart for a n excellent innings of 28 for which he bad played very steadily, and Beynon was also clean bowled by the same bowler for a dozen. When Mowll jomed Cullin, who was playing very well, about 1 o minutes remained for play, and all hopes of a draw seemed lost; but these two managed to play out time, and the match was saved amidst a scene of intense excitement. Sltlart bowled exceptionally well, taking 8 wickets for 52 runs. \V. .\' . Cnrtt' l', c Tassell, b Parker ... R. B. Flint, c Roc. b Parker A. G. Richardson, c Elwyn, b Parker E . 1\I . Toulmin, b Roe... R. J . Cnstlcy, h Pru·ke•· ... ... . .. P. H . Slater, b Roc F. S. Beynon, b Stuart .. E. J . S. Athawes, c Stuart. b Parker !\1. S. Newland. b Parker H. J. Cullen. not. out ... W . R. l\1owll.run out ... Extras Total

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SCHOOL. 3 b Stunrt 6 b Stuart 12 b Stunrt 19 b Stuurt ... 22 c ,JJtmcs. 1. Hoc ... 0 b Stunrt 12 h f'tua• t 1 b Stuart 3 b Stuart 3 not out .. . 5 not out .. . 5 Extras ...

... 95

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O.K. S. A.. Latter, at Mpwll. b Cullin ... R. F . Elwyn, c Mowll, b Richardson H. C. Stewart. c ~lowll, b r·astley H . :.'d . James, c and b Toulmin S. J . Rammell, c and b Castley ... H. S. S. Parkor, st lticbardeon. b Beynon ... A.. Stuart, c ll owll, b Beynon C. H. Roe, c Slater, b Beynon J. H. Smith, c Mowll. b Beynon . .. El. I sacke. not out .. . . .. .. . .. . D. S. !\1. Tassell, c Cullin, b Bey1•on Extras ...

R. J. Castley F. S. Beynon A. G. Richardson E . ~. Toulmin ... P . H. Slater H. J . Cullin

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CRICK E T R E VIEW. The cricket season just over cannot be considered a bright one. As far as the '' ults of matches go, it was moderately successful, the losses being only one in excess of 1111 wins, and there were two drawn games; but the former included '"ith one exception, Ill I he more important fixtures. We were very easily beaten by the C.O.S., the Cavalry I II pot, nnd the Pilgrim s; the two drawn games were morally severe defeats, rain pre'l'entlttu ouc and time the other from being fin ished; St. Lawrence, Sutton Valence, and llnwr College also defeated us, though the margin in each was small. To set against these, ' had two easy victories over St. Augustine's, victories after good struggles over Castle II III nnd South Eastern College ; and best of all a splended victory over Highgate by 8

kt•ts. 'l'he batting of the team was, as we expected it would be, very weak. Castley at times l>,llll'd well, and is the only one who has an average of zo; Slater with an average of 17 elo •l'l vcs a word of praise ; and Toulmin, who was available only during the last part of 1lu season, showed good form, and has an average of 15; but Carter, Flint, and Richttol~on fell far below their their last year's form; of the rest, Athawes and Beynon playol nne good innings each. I n bowling Beynon has a good analysis, but his long hops to lo 11 were too numerous; Castley did not bowl as well as last year, and seemed to sacrih• ' pitch for pace ; these two bore the brunt of the attack ; though Toulmin, with a

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better placed field woul d, we think, have been more useful. The worst feature in the game was their fielding; the brilliancy, which characterised them in the first match, vanished altogether in subsequent matches; their lack of smartness, bad returns, misfieldings, and total habit of dropping catches were very noticeable ; and to this cause must be attributed in a great measure their non-success. We can but repeat, what we have often said before, the hope that this department of the game may receive in future the serious consideration it deserves, or success cannot attend the school cricket. We conclude with a few remarks on the individual members of the X I . CASTLEY, R. J.- The best batter in the team and generally scored well. H its hard and pluckily. Rather wild in bowling. Fair field. BEYNON, F. S.-A reliable slow left hand bowler, but a little too partial to long hops Fair bat. CARTER, \V . .M.-Only once showed his true form with the bat. Poor field. FLINT, R. B.-Patient and steady bat, but not so good as last year. Weak in the field. SLATER, P. H. - U seful bat, plays in good style, and hits very fairly. Moderate bowler. Fair point, b ut not watchful enough. ATHAWES, E, J . s.-Weak defence, but played one or two useful innings. Fair field. NEWLAND, .M. S.- Too impatient to make much of a bat. Generally good cover point. MoULE, \V. R.-Did not come up to the expectations fonned of him as a wicket keeper, though at times did some sharp things. Poor bat. TouLMIN, E. M.-Very promising bat; bas good defence and keeps the ball down. Ought to make a good slow bowler. RICHARDSON, A. G.-Was very d isappointing alike with bat and ball. Fair field. CuLLIN, H. J.-Hard hitter without much defence. Fair out-field. Appended are the batting and bowling averages :BA.'r'l'ING A.VEH.JlO I!lS. R\lllS. Coruplotod 'l'imcs Most in an Average. Innings. not out Innings. Cnstley, R. J. 318 1 15 51 21.2 Slater, P . H. 238 H 1 46• 17 Toubnin, E. M. 2 77 5 28 15.4 Cullin, H. J. 126 9 5 45 14 Beynon, F. S. 162 13 I 47 11.6Q A.thawes, E . J. s ... 115 12 1 32• 9.58 Flint, R. B. 135 15 2 35 9 Richardson, A. G .... 131 1 33 16 8.73 Newland, M. S. 110 13 l IS• 8.46 Carter, W. M. 120 15 2 28 8 Mowll, W. R. 20 4 9 6 2.2 James, H. M . 18 4 0 7 4..5 • Signifies not out.

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IJuynon, F. S. C'nlltloy, J. R. 'l'oulmin, B. l,J. II h:hardson, A. G. !'ullin, H . J. HlnlOl', P. H.

BOWLING .AVERAGES. Overs. Maidens. Runs. 184 34 537 240.2 47 G54 ,!6 6 182 122 2~ 45~ 0 9 35 44 4 175

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VIR TUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUC ES. I ' ~IOUI.E.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Jan., r887; Vlth Form, Sept., tlll!9; Monitor, Sept., r89o ; Vice-President Debating Society, r 89o-9 I ; Ed. ( 'unllfrnirm, I 890-9 I. ~1. CARTER.- King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r887 ; Vl th Form, Hl•pt., 1890; Monitor, Sept., r 891; Captain of School, Sept., r891·92; Ed. C'anllfaJ ian, 1891-92; President Debating Society, 189 I·92 ; Cricket XL, 11!9 r·92 ; Open History Scholarship ; Brasenose Coli., Oxen; Equal ISt School l•:,hibition. 1•.. I•:TIIERIDGE.- King's Scholar. Entered the School, Jan., r887 ; Vlth Form, S••pt., 1890; School Exhibition (not at University). \ , I,NAPP.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept. r888; Vlth Form, Sept., 11!9o; Monitor, Sept., r 89 r ; Ed. Cantuarian, 189 I -92 ; Vice-President Debating Snricty, r891 -92; Football XV., 189 1. 1. S. ATIIAWES.-King's Scholar. Entered Senior Department, Sept., I 886; Vlth Jo'orm, Sept., r8go; Monitor, Sept., r8g t ; Football XV., r 889; School Exhibition. II M. jAMES. Entered the School, Janumy, I 887; Vl th Form, Jan. 1891; Monitor, 1.1n., r891; Ed. Canl11arian, Sept., 1891·92; Cricket XL, 1890-92; Captain of l.'uotball, r89o-92. I, I ·. I II NCKS.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r889; Vlth Form, Sept., • 1!9 1 ; Monitor, June, r892. 11 I ·. I IALL.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept. r888; Vlth, Form, Sept. c:. CooPER.-Entered the School r887; Football XV., 189 1. It MowLL.-Entered the School, Sept. r889. Football XV., 1891; Cricket XI., 18\) 1•92. II J. ( 'uJ.J.IN.-Entered the Senior Department r888; Football XV., r890-92; Cricket '\ 1., 1892.

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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. The two scratch matches have given us something tangible on which to build our hopes. Although the actual result of the second match was not so satisfactory as that of the first; there is not the slightest doubt that the play all round was muc h better in the last. The most satisfactory feature of both matches was the keenness of the game up to the very end- none of the fatal breathers in the last five minutes that lost more than one match last year. However, we must not hug ourselves too warmly : there is one conspicuously weak point in the team, and that is the tackling. With the exception of Castley none of the backs are safe to collar their men ; nut that there's the least cause for despair on this account several of them have shown that they can collar when they once get at their man, but the tend~ncy is rather to wait for him to come to them, instead of going for him. The forwards, of whom six were in last year's team, arc playing a ve ry good game, and when Flint comes back ought to be really a smart lot. The only difficulty in filling the other three places, on present form, will be to know who to leave out. They will have to learn how to spread out across the ground more when the scrimmage has broken up -their passing, too, has not been very pregnant or accurate. At half Lenox and Lee Warner have improved a good deal since the beginning of term ; at present they neither of them kick enough. At three-quarter Castley is in splendid form, being faster than last year. If he learns to keep wider of the centre three-quartets when attacking, he ought to be a reliable scorer. Flint has been playing very well in practice and his passing is better than last year, but has not got out of his old habit of trying to collar high, which does not come ofT. Richardson bas a very good idea of the passing game, and kicks well; his tackling is weak, but otherwise he iz safe. Lord and Ridley have been tried for back, and have both clone fairly. When they have gained more confidence and learned always to kick into touch they ought both to turn out fairly respectable. LIST OF MATCHES.

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1892 Tuesday, Oct. 4th ...... \V. W. Weigall, Esq.'s XV.... Blore's Piece Thursday, Oct. 13th ... G. D. Tripp, Esq.'s. XV. .. .Blorc's Piece Tuesday, Oct. zsth ...... Sutton Valence ............... lllore's Piece Thursday, Oct. 27th ... Dover College .................. Dover Thursday, Nov. 3rd ...... Castle Hill ..................... Blore's Piece Wednesday, Nov. 9th ... Dover Town ....... .. ......... Dover Wednesday,Nov. x6th ... Thanet Wanderers ............ Blore's Piece Thursday, Dec. rst. ..... Castle Hill .......... .... ....... Folkestone

R esult. Won Drawn

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1892. Wednesday, Dec. 7th ... Thanet Wanderers ............ Ramsgate Tuesday, Dec. 2oth ... 0. K. S......................... Blore's Piece 1893 Wednesday, Feb. xst ... Sutton Valence ............... Sutton Tuesday, Feb. 7th ...... Dover Town .... .. ............ Blore's Piece Wednesday, Mar. xst ... Dover College .................. Blare's Piece

· FOOTBALL MATHCES. KING'S SCHOOL v. W. W. WEIGALL ESQ'S. XV. This match was played at Blare's P1ece on Tuesday, October 4th. Castley won After the kick-off the ball hovered about our 25, nnd a touch down soon followed. Afterwards a good run by Castley relieved matters .umcwhat, and our forwards shoving our opponent's back nearly enabled Candy to score a try ; soon afterwards Castley made a fine run round and planted the ball behind the posts, and then kicked an easy goal. Then our forwards fell off a good deal, with the tt•sult lbat Adams dribbled the ball through, and over our line ; a goal followed. Newland and Candy on t he wings, and Mr. Tripp and Luxmoore in the serum were now very conspicuous, and ma inly through their efforts we pushed our opponents back to lmlf way. Micklem, as usual, was conspicuous in appropriating the ball on being thrown nul of touch, and thanks to him the ball was carried still further forward. Soon afterwards Castley getting hold of the ball made another very fine run, and got over the touch-line, but the attempt at goal from a difficult position was a failure. After halftI me the the ball got uncomfortably near our touch-line, but Richardson relieved by a lung kick down the touch-line. A long series of scrummages followed, a nd at the call uf lime the ball was between half-way and our 2 5· Among the three.quarter backs <..:a~ tley played an exceedingly fine game ; the other two did not have much to do. At hnlf Lenox played a plucky game; and forward Mr. Tripp, Luxmoore, and Candy, t•spccially did good work, though all played up hard. We may learn three lessons from t lu~ match :-x, that the back should never kick the ball while it is on the ground, but rnll on it ; 2, to collar low ; 3, to hold the serum and then heel out smartly. The following played for the school :-A. G. Ridley (back) ; R. J. Castley, H. E. l•'lint, A. G. Richardson (three-quarters); S. W. Pears, D. G. Lenox (halves) ; Mr. Tripp, F, S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, T. N. Micklem, F. Luxmoore C. T. Candy, F. W, Chisolm, H. Johnson, and H. Wacher (forwards).

I he toss and chose the pavilion end.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. G. D. TRIPP'S XV. This match was played on Thursday, October 13th, on Blore's Piece, against a team captained by G. D. Tripp, and resulted in a draw, one try being gained by each side. What made the game particularly interesting was the fact that no fewer six O.K.S. were in the team, three of whom composed their three-quarters. The game was very fast throughout and confined principally to the forwards as is shown by the fact that both tries were gained by forwards, Wacher obtaining the one for the School and Weigall that for the scratch team. We lost the toss, and as our opponents elected to take the kick, we started from the pavilion end. For the first ten minutes we gradually worked our way into our opponents twenty-five, and Castley from an excellent pass out nearly succeeded in scoring, but was brought down by the combined efforts of Ridley and Mr. Tripp ; immediately after this Weigall broke away from a loose scrmnmage at half way and dribbling r;ght down the field scored a try for the scratch team through our back trusting too much to kicking instead of falling upon the ball, which is almost the only safe way to stop a dribble ; but after that he certainly made amends for his mistake, and great praise is due to him for the way he acquitted himself in th is his first match. There is no reason why he should not turn out a really useful back if he only learns to kick into touch. Latter failed to convert the try from a long kick, and after this reverse our forwards thoroughly roused themselves, though they had phyed well before, and play again centred in the opposite twenty-five. After useful runs by I .uxmoore and Slater, the former of whom was well collared by Ridley, and the latter was pushed into touch close to their goal line, \Vacher cleverly took a throw out from touch, and managed to gain a try, as stated above, but which Castley just failed to convert, as it wa~ close to the touch line. H alf time came when we had decidedly the best of the game, but we had no cause to complain, as matters were reversed when time was called. D uring the second half the game fluctuated considerably, being first at one end of the field, then at the other, Latter being conspicuour; in several ti mes relie ving the pressure when the School seemed on the point of scoring. I Ie was well fed by Tassell, the left wing thrcc-quartt:r, who certainly did well whe n it is remembered that he generally plays as a iorward. During the last quarter of an hour a couple of good runs across the field were made by Castley, who, however, war; too carefully marked to be able to get fairly off. The same player also made an excellent shot at goal from a penalty kick, close to the half way nag, the ball going only a few yards to the right of the posts. Just on the call of time Latter made a splendid run nearly the whole length of the field, but was finely collared by Lord just when he seemed certain to get in, and thus ended a match that bids fair to be one of the fastest games this season. Where all played well it seems invidious to particularise, but Castley behind, Lee Warner at half, and Luxmoore, Wacher and Candy among the forwards deserve special mention. The following represented the School :- E. J. Lord (back) ; R. J. Castley, H. E. Flint, A. G. Richardson (three quarter backs) ; G. Lee Warner, G. D. Lenox (haJf

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k~) ; F. S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, T. N. Micklem, A. F . C. Lu.xmoore, C. T . uuly, J. B. Drake, E. V. Kingdon, H. Wacher, P. H. Slater (forwards). \11. G. D. Tripp's XV.-G. A. Ridley (back); A. Latter, D. S.M. Tassell, H. Doug1• (three-quarter backs); Luke, R ot herham (half-backs); W. Weigall, F. Weigall, G. t 1 1'1 ipp, G. R. Longfield, J. H . Smith, W. R. MowII, Wallis, Taylor, Trousdale (forwards).

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to recent additions to the invested the dividends thereon alone are now ulll• u.:nt to meet the sum required for the IIWIIIl'lltation of the Bunce Exhibition to '_, ~o per annum. It is proposed, therefore, l•• wcnrc this augmentation permanently It till' appropriation to that object of the IIIII• tied fund, and to apply the future "'""''' subscriptions which will thus be set "' • 111 augmenting the Stanhope Exhibi'"'"• one which was founded m 1728 by I h (:co. Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury, 111ol •~ of the annual value of£ ro, or thcrc -

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the full amount required will be secured, with a surplus over for forming a new invested fund. In order to start the latter, the Bursar will be glad to receive special donations from any O.K.S. who may be desirous of assisting the objects of the Fund. Donors of £5 and upwards are entitled to have their names retained on the School Books during life. In order to indicate more clearly the nature and objects of the Fund, the Exhibi· tion Committee have sanctioned the change of its name from "The Bursar's Fund," to tluull ~. that of "The Old Cantuarian Exhibition i\1 present the annual subscriptions arc Fund." 111 ull wicnt to make this sum up to £so, E. G. SPIERS, I uti lly means of some generous donations Ron. Bursar. l11r h have been promised, and of further 12, New Inn, London, W.C. eiHn.tllons and additional subscriptions August, r8g2. wlw h nrc now asked for, it is hoped that

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THE MUSEUM. The Museum Committee desire to acknowledge with thanks the following donations which have been made since Easter:Coins from Canterbury Mint (R. G. Gordon). Osprey from Rocky Mountains (A. B. Wallis) Brass rubbings from Ely (R. H. Parr). , , Battle (Gri{lper). , , Chartham (Rev. T. Field). Drawing of Kestrel hovering (Walsh). Lushai Haversack (Evans). Coins (L. W. and J. H. Smith). Omitted in last notice. Other contributions have been made by Mosse, Hertslet, Caffin, Lenox, Scrivenor, Helmore, Richardson, and G. D. Tripp.

THE LIBRARY. The followmg books have been added to the Library : Given by t!ze H eadmasterDomesday Book. Facsimile of parts relating to Kent. National Manuscripts. Part I. Seyffert's Classical Dictionary. H eroes of Everyday Life. The Emption of Krakatoa in 1883. Givm by W. C. Dale, M.A.Matthew Arnold's Poems. The Wrecker. (R. L. Stevenson.) The Naulahka. (Rudyard Kipling.) Boug!ttCiarendon's History of the Great Rebellion, 7 vols. Additional volumes of Black and White, Graphic, English Illustrated, Century, and Magazine of Art, and Nineteenth Century.

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TH E SCHOOL . CHRISTMAS TERM, 1892. F. S. Beynon. R. J. Castley. R. B. Flint.

Captain Captain of Cricket Captain of Football EDITORS OF THE CANTUARIAN.

F. S. Beynon. R. J. Castley. M. S. Newland. Secretary-H. J. Clinton. MONITORS.

M.S. Newland T. N. Micklem (House Monitor). A. F. C. C. Luxmoore

F. S. Beynon R. J. Castley R. B. Flint

SPORTS COMMITTEE.

F. S. Beynon R. J. Castley R. B. Flint M. S. Newland

T. N. Micklem A. F. C. C. Lux moore H. E. Flint

DEBATING SOCIETY.

F. S. Beynon. R. B. Flint. G. F. Carter.

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COMMITTEE.

F. S. Beynon R. J. Castley R. B. Flint M.S. Newland T. N. Micklem

C. B. Robb A. F. C. C. Luxmoore

H. J. Clinton G. F . Carter

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SCHOOL NEWS. A football match was played on October 4th against a XV. brought by W. Weigall. The School won by a goal and a try to a goal.

We are glad to welcome Mr. F. F. S. Williams, of Jesus College, Cambridge, as Upper III. master this term ; also Mr. J. Evans, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, as assistant Modern Language Master, and Mr. P. Godfrey as music master in the senior school, and assistant master in the Preparatory School instead of Mr. Norton.

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Another match was played on October 13th, again•.t a XV. brought by G. D. Tripp, and resulted in a draw, after an exciting match, each side gaining one try.

* The R ev. L. H. Evans has taken Mr. Gordon's place as fifth form master this term.

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It has been decided to have a concert at the end of this term.

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* The Cricket XI. were invited by Mrs. Bredin to tea at St. P eter's House at the end of last term, when they spent a very pleasant evening.

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The following received their rst XI. colours last term :-M. S. Newland, E. J. S. Athawes, E. M. Toulmin, H. J. Cullin.

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R. B. Flint and A. F. C. C. Luxmoore have been appointed monitors this term .

COLUMN.

J. Gelhbrand, who left us at Christmas r 889, passed rst into Sandhurst at the last June exam. H. I sacke and G. R. Welstead also passed out.

E. J. S. Athawes has given up his scholarship at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and has taken the School Exhibition to Corpus College, Cambridge.

E. H . Moule passed 8th into the Indian Civil Service.

G. F. Longfield has obtained a science mastership at the C.O.S., Canterbury.

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R. L . Ottley and Victor Horsley spoke at the Church Congress at Folkestone, the former on Christian Ethics, the latter op· posing Bishop Barry on the subject of Vivisection. •. • W. A. Crabtree was last heard of as starting with Bishop Tucker for Uganda. *• * The Rev. R. Halley Chambers, M.A., Principal of Victoria College, J ersey, who was formally a master here, has been ap-

pointed to the Headmastership of Brighton College.

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Rob. Roy Macgregor the celebrated canoeist who was educated at the King's School, died on July x6th last. 1 ••* Tuesday, Dec. 2oth, has been fixed as the date of the O.K.S. match. All who who wish to play must send in their names to E. J. S. Athawes, Corpus, C. C., Cambridge and Shaftesbury H ouse, Rochester.

CORRESPONDENCE. N.B. -The Editors declitne to accept any 'l'uponsibiUty connected. with the opinions of their correspond,. e111R. 1\'ame and. add'l'e.•s nnut o.twa.ys be given, 'tot necessarily fo1· pubUca.twn b"' as a yttamnlec of IJOOU ftith. Per Ollatities w n illt:Otvu •e•·tailll'ejectioil. . •

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To lite Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN. " DEAR SIRs,- I intend making a proposal in your paper which I believe has been made before, but never yet acted upon (as is, alas, often the case) namely, that there should be a competition with regard to kicking go_als with the football, both place and d rop kicks, for which a prize should be awarded at the athletic sports. I propose this mamly for two reasons, one is with the 1dea of improving the kicking of the team 111111 bringing it into as much prominence as llunwingthecricket ball; surely it is as import111, tl not more so. The way in which I I" •1~• ,. it to be done is this, that proper lud,, he appointed, and that kicks shall

be taken from appointed distances at the goal, and that he who gains the points shall naturally win the prize. With regard to place kicks, I would suggest that those four who generally play half-back at the big goals should be chosen to place the ball, and have a share in the prize, and t~at those who take part in the competi· t10n should draw these by lots. Of course, these suggestions might be g~eatly improved on by the Sports Committee, but, at any rate let t~1e ~uggestion be acted upon, a'i upon the k1ckmg of our goals may de1 pend many an issue of a match. , I am, Yours, etc., ONE OF THE XV.

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inconvenience of which has lately been felt by many in the School. Now the writing, D ~;A R SIRs,-One is awestruck at the or rather scribl:>ling of two hundred lines thought of criticising so great an Institu- or more involves these two points ; ( 1) an tion as the King's School ; but incitement to bad penmanship; (2 ) cona humble suggestion may be, per- siderable waste of time, energy, and haps, permitted - a s uggestion that material. Each of these is a decided one thing is wanting ere we attain to hindrance to work, especially when work ideal perfection. I mean Balanee Slteets. time is chosen for their completion ; and, All our clubs and societies want money. when so many other ways out of the diffi Subscriptions are given, sometimes willing- cul ty, if there is any, are to be found, why ly, sometimes grudgingly. Grumbles are continue satisfied with this state of affairs ? heard- " Where does the money go ?'' Not that it is without precedent, for in " Why do they want so much?" Now I " the good old times " monitors have been think everyone who pays a subscription known to set English or Latin Poetry, to likes to see how his money is spent; and be committed to memory; to have set when he know:. it has been devoted to physical exercises; and to have invited legitimate expenses, it is impos~ible for him late risers to call them at the unearthly to grumble any longer. So I would like hour of seven o'clock. Certainly, Virgil, to suggest, with all due humility, to a ll the Homer, Ovid, and H orace (chosen on treasurers of our various societies that m all account of the shortness of his lines), never cases where subscriptions are asked for dreamt of the use to which their verses are full balance sheets should be issued, and, put by the present gene ration,some of whom if not printed in the Cantuariatt, should at arc even said to prefer lines to a caning. least be put on the Notice Board. What H oping I have not trespassed too much on other schools do is not always wrong. your valuable space, and hoping for a speedy reform. Yours faithfully, I remain, PUBLICITY. Yours truly, TRECENTI.

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D EAR SIRs,-In these days of social reform would it be out of place to suggest an improvement in monitorial punishment. I refer to the custom of setting lines, the

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Dear Sirs,-In what is usually called t he School Chapel, there are a few brasses put up as memorials of those who have

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with the School and who away. What more fi tting I'''' 1 r uuld there be for these ? \Vh.11 l ask is, why are not more added, prr mlly in the cases of Mr. Campbell and It ( :urdon. I believe there was some 1 I~ ,d,out a year ago of putting up a

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brass in memory of Mr. Cam pbell, but nothing seems to have come of it. If someone would take up the matter, I am sure most boys would be glad to contribute. Yours truly, ONE OF T H E SCHOOL.

OUR CONTEM P ORARI ES. llw Drogltedea1l contains a long article

dently believe, to use their own phrase, r luot:tlions or rather mis-quotations, and does not lack variety, though of a rather t wry long paper on "Preaching as 1t is monotonous kind, if we may be allowed ruluught to be," which one would have the expression. Speech day is a heading lrnul{ht more suitable for the Theological that requires ten pages to explain. "11'1}', for which it was originally intended Criticisms on Tennyson and Swinburne 1r "' fur a School Magazine. It is rather fill another four pages, while among the • huck after such serious reading to come other items are a sermon and a rather lo •It on an advertisement of" Our Special interesting article on Buddha which is not .1 Ill" in tremendous capitals, followed by too long. ~ "1crus other alarming notices such as The Roflemian substitutes an old cuting from Amwers for a n editorial. W e 1 Y• lcs I Cycles !! Cycles !II l'hc Dt·og!tedean, however, we are sorry make no comment. We have to tha nk 111 .1y, is not the only School Magazine the Alleynia?t for suggesting a very good htr·h indulges in these luxuries. idea, namely, the publishing of their sports l'hc Leys FortnigMly contai ns absolute- record for the last twelve years. I t is well ly nothing 'Jut P rize Composition, which worthy of imitation. rhuugh possibly very gratifying to the We acknowledge with thanks- Tile ' Vl'ral composers thereof, is it must be Ley's Fortniglltly (2), Plymot!tia?t, Sottt!t'onfcs.~ed, rather tedious to the ordinary Easlem College Magazim, Alleynian (2), II o ldCr, especially if he iS nOt classically Boffmsian, Glmalmond C!tromde, Ouaei, llll'lincd. Epsoniatt, Lily (2), D rogltedeatl (2), GalThe Sout!t Eastem, as its editors confi- wegimt, Elt!tamian. 11

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No. 14.

EDITORIAL. In 1111 an Editorial, and those of our readers who have ever gone through this I tl 11111, J :~m sure, fully sympathise with me. I am not yet certain as to the real I ull• 1 1 nl the Editorial in a School magazine. However, as it will be the 11 II till when lhis number com es ou t, I will try to review and summarise l•ll lu• Sl'hools since our last number appeared. Football, I suppose, is to the •I 11 , llu most interesting topic at this time of year. As to t he result of the 1 111, wt · ought not to be dissatisfied, as we have only lost two, and one of Ill uuolnuhtctlly to have been a victory for us, so far as the actual play went. I '') th I) ~ay the team has greatly improved all round, since the beginning of lltt>lll'h the forwards certain!)' want to learn to dribble more. The only fives l1 ••1111~ ofT this season was most satisfactory, as our opponents did not get 111 tlltluough. This was the under sixteen match with the C.O.S. It 11 f.utl)' well ofT for entertainments this term. There have been two very I It"") ltl·aclings, which certainly give us great hopes for a good concert at the \\ c have also had two very interesting and instructive lectures : the

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first by Mr. Rowe, on the " Formation of Chalk in Kent," and the other by the Bishop of D over, on the New Testament. Although there have been two debates this term, the Society cannot be said to be in a particularly flourishing condition. Somehow or other there seems a great lack of interest taken in them by the school as a whole. Something ought certainly to be done to prevent debates going from bad to worse, as they certainly will if there is not reformation, I n the first place might not an arrangement be made so that the Upper and Lower School D ebates should not be held on the same evening? And secondly why should not the Lower School be allowed to vote? Certainly the present system does not seem calculated to rouse their interest. I t would be a thousand pities if the debates were dropped, as they are, or ought to be, one of the best sides of our school teaching.

CHARLES DARWIN. "Who was the man and what did he do?" This is the style of question one hears. Someone makes a reply about monkeys ; a smile foll61vs, and the subject is .dismissed. But this will not do. Macaulay's schoolboy, if he were now to be found, would be able to give some account of Darwinism, and to say how and why the name of Charles Darwin is known to everyone and reverenced by scientists in all parts of the civilized globe. Briefly, this is why. Evolution is the biggest idea of the century. With the theory of evolution the name of Darwin is inseparably linked. Eventually the great men of any age are found to be the men of ideas and not, as seemed to their contemporaries, the men of action. Ideas,

however, arc not discovered : they grow. And there were men before Darwin who had glimpses, at least, of this theory. H is father, Erasmus Darwin, Lamarck, and Goethe, his predecessors ; and of his contemporaries, Herbert Spencer and Alfred Russell Wallace, are names that the student knows to be really bound up with the growth of the idea of Evolution. Why, then, in popular phraseology, are Darwinism and Evolution synonymous ? This is what Darwin did. H e caught the idea from his predecessors, and he set himself with an astounding patience-one of his experiments took twenty-three years to develop -to collect facts upon facts and facts upon facts until he had a sufficient accumulation to justify some cautious generalizations.

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put before the world, It\ ,In overwhelming array of ' tully and cautiously arranged, 1 u•utist had before collected. •1 Species was published in l1u 1~ hy storm the whole body 1h'nlists, and even converted p.ttr~arc hs. This is the book I hll win's name epoch-marking. l lllnJt~ , and they are numerous, ly interesting and valuable 11 to :~cie ntific knowledge, but I 1111 intellectual revolution, as

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Ill publication of this book, the jl '"''' and most scientists had I di~tinct act of c reation for N:tluralists differed in their l1111 they all agreed in drawing ltd fn ~ l line between the several 1111win's researches tended to I•· tween no two given species II ud and fast line be drawn. 1•mt·luded that probably all ffr l oiiiHC from earlier formS. '"'' nl~ are the~e. Fm:;t, it is ott! 1·apable of easy proof that •f llh· tend to vary. Sow the ''" the same seed vessel and \'o ' y slight of course-will be 1'1 "'"'· T he so or so young 1 thhit may produce in a year Ill tl.u be observed to include l'ln·sc variations are the result, "' ,,,lly, of varying conditions of 1 11111 is often impossible to exIt is sufficient to know that

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they exist. This is the first stage in the argument. The second is, that more offspring are produced than can ever come to maturity. T his position i~ also capable of easy proof. The roe of a ~ingle codfi:;h contains about ten millions of eggs If each of these produced a young fish which arrived at maturity, the sea would at once become a dense mass of codfish. A more astound· ing example still-it has been computed that, if a pair of houseflies were allowed to breed freely, in the space of four years the whole surface of the earth would be covered by a dense cloud of these creatures, to the height of many miles. Such rapid increase does not, we kno", take place. And for this reason. All nature is in a state of war. All forms of life feed on other forms of life. There is a constant struggle, many die, a few survive. Granted then these two points. The tendency to variation and the tendency to over-productiOn, £.e., to produce more offspring than can possibly come to maturity, Darwin asks " which will survive ? and why?" The answer is, in a phrase borrowed from H erbert Spencer, that the fitte3t will survive. This means that those who, by some slight peculiarity or variation, 1vere better a')le to fight against their many foes, would survive when others perished. For instance insects feeding on green leaves are green. That is, those who were not green were killed off by a nimals who preyed on them. For the same reason Arctic animals are white. In the jungle the striped tiger is

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scarcely visible. In a South American new flowers ; and breeders of sheep have drought when all grass was killed those even in one man's lifetime, produced a new, animals with the longest necks had the variety. Darwin argues that this system best chance of escape, because they could prevails also among animals and plants, not reach up to browse on the branches of under domestication, and hence shews that trees. Hence the Giraffe as a modified the theory of the "Survival of the fittest" form of the cow. explain<; all variation of species. Having If this seems a hard doctrine to grasp, proved that more offspring are born than let it be remembered that life has existed can survive and that these tend to vary, he on the earth for countless millions of years is able to shew in many cases that several and that the changes, each one infinites- species have a common origin and hence imal in itself, have been continued from argues that probably all species have a age to age and handed down by the law common origin and that no special act of of heredity from progeny to progeny. creation has taken place since life first Darwin has proved beyond controversy, appeared on our globe. that all the many kinds of pigeons have T his idea of evolution was eagerly seized been produced, in comparatively recent upon by young scientists in all parts of the times, from one original stock-the Wild globe. And masses of new facts have been Rock pigeon. The many breeds of dogs patiently accumulated which place Darare all closely related to the wolf. The win's somewhat tentative proofs beyond connecting links between gorse and clover ; controversy. These proofs are four which between cabbage and cauliflower can also can only be barely mentioned here. Proof be readily shewn. The clover, which in from Geological record, from Embryology, the course of ages evolved a prickliness of Geographical distribution and from Classistem, escaped when the rest of its family fication. Many, too, of the "Missing Links" was browsed down by cattle. The cauli- as the lost forms of life, connecting species flower is only the common cabbage with were somewhat mockingly called, have its flower much improved by selection. been discovered. That is to say, by taking cabbages with This great theory may now be said to fi ner flowers and getting seed from them, 1 established and to be generally accepted. and again getting seed from the finest of Its acceptance has caused a complete revothe new stock, and so on for many gene- l lution, not only in scientific enquiry, but rations, the flower in time undergoes a in all departments of intellectual research. No writer of the present day can afford to sensible improvement. This variation and evolution among neglect this factor in human thought. In domestic animals and cultivated plants is Astronomy, Biology and Geology, in sufficiently known. Gardeners produce Psychology, Physiology and in R eligion, its

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universal voice demanded a public funeral in Westminster Abbey ; and all that was noble and good in England-Philosophers, Scientists, Poets, Statesmen, Church Digni· taries and Theologians met round that tomb to pay the last tribute of respect to the grand intellect and the noble life of the greatest Naturalist the world has seen.

F OOTBALL MATCHES. INC SCHOOL v. H. DOUGLAS, ESQ'S. XV.

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ltv tlott'l' goals two tries, to a goal, or nineteen points to five. It must be I 111.11 Clllr opponents came down five men short of whom the places of 11 I hn111 the school, and the fifth by a man from S. Augustine's College, 1 '" • nll·d to play on very short notice. \Veigall kicked off for the school til• 1 .1 good return by the opposite three-quarter the school at once began 1 1 com forwards proved decidedly heavier than their opponents, though

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•n•u•• evenly balanced in the loose, as we have still to learn that dribbling '''u"t important duties of a forward-we might almost say the most uul rmt• or two of us still cherish the idea that if a man dribbles he is secretly 1 lilt sister game, and that it is therefore a proceeding by no means to be I llo •lwvcr, let us hope by this time the folly of this has become apparent till• • nf the team except the back, for he knows or should know that if he llln • 1 ~1· in stopping a rush, he, at least, can fall and cling like grim death I iltlt"IIHh we only advise this as a last resource. But to proceed, after 1111111 ·~···1 ncar the centre of the field the ball was taken right into our I • 111 )' hvc, but only remained there for a short time as a fine piece of I \\ \V, \Vcigall brought it back to neutral territory. Our forwards were Ill• ol, however, and gradually forced the scratch team back into their own \ lu 11 the ball was heeled out by the forwards and smartly transferred to l11 1 111 •nund the opposing backs and grounded the ball behind their lines. ~ \\ loll It wa~ not an easy one, failed. No further point was gained before In Ihe ~<.'cond half the school had matters all their own way, as the scratch

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team fell ullerly to pieces-an advantage our three-quarters were not slow to avaiJ themselves of, showing excellent judgment in passing and playing well together. The consequent result was that Castley added four more tries for the school, three of which he converted. He had not the least difficulty in getting through his opponents, who seemed unable to collar him when fairly off. A few minutes before time Adams dribbled the ball from the half-way flag over the school lines and touched it down, the place kick, although a considerable way out, was successfully converted by the same player, and as time was called immediately afterwards the game resulted as stated above. For the School, Castley was in fine form, and all the forwards played well without exception. For the scratch team, W. W. Wcigall and C. D. Tripp were most conspicuous. T he follow ing represented the School :-E. J. Lord, back; R. J. Castley, H. E. Flint, A. G. Richardson, three-quarters; G. Leewarncr, C. D. Lenox, halves; F. S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, T . N. Micklem, A. F. Luxmoorc, C . T . Candy, J. B. Drake, E. V. Kingdon, H. \Vacher, and P. H. Slater, forwards.

KING SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE. The match against Sutton Valence was played on the school ground on October 25th. Two or three days continuous rain had almost made the field into a quagmire, and both sides naturally found it extremely hard either to hold the ball or to keep their feet. Sutton Valence won the toss and chose to kick down the field, having what little wind there was at their backs. Luxmoore started the ball for the school and Rowlands returned it into touch near the half-way flag. For the first ten minutes scrimmages in neutral territory were the order of the day, then Rowlands from a pass from the scrimmage made a good run and got behind the school lines. The kick at goal from a not very easy angle failed. U pon re-starting the ball was carried into the visitor's half and Castley distinguished himself by a good run which was only stopped by slipping as he dodged the full back. After some more scrimmagi ng, in which Newland and Beynon were c.:mspicuous, half-time was called with the score- Sutton Valence, one try; King School, ?Zil. After changing ends the ball was fot a short tune in the Sutton Valence twenty-five, then it was transferred by a long kick of Rowlands, well followed up by the visitors' forwards close to the school lines, and in a very short time Sutton Valence scored their second try from a scrimmage close to the touch line. The kick at goal again was a failure. Soon after resuming the visitors gained their third try from a long kick which was missed by the school back and well followed up by the opposing forwards. A good attempt at goal went over the posl. A fourth try, which was not converted, was gained in exactly the same way as the last, and the game ended with Sutton Valence victorious by four tries to nil. I t cannot be denied that on play the better team won. Sutton Valence were able to hold the scrimmage with eight men, and their four three-quarters were more than a match for our three. But the most

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difference was the greater sharpness of the Sutton Valence forwards in up. However, 1rdou p.doo<;, a most marked improvement has been shown 11 that respect lately. Of the school team, Castley and the halves were good behind, "'' Newland, B eynon, and Luxmoore in the scrimmage. 111111 mg

K.S. v. DOVER COLLEGE. 1 hi~ match, which resulted in a win for D over College by a goal to a try, was one of tlu hcst contested games we had hitherto had. And, our opponents, we hope, will •hnh that, despite the fact of our being beaten, we certainly had hard lines in not 1111111111-( the tables upon them. However, such is the glorious uncertainty of football, uul, If it were otherwise, who would not complain ? The match was looked forward 1 ' wllh great interest on both sides, as both teams had done about the same in their 1•. rung matches. The game, although a good one, does not require a very long tl• • 1iption, as the state of the ground rendered much passing among the backs Jlllll' impossible. The centre of the field was a struggling mass of players and mud 1 1 the first ten minutes, after which a bad pass by one of the halves Went out of 1 1 I ley's reach, and as L ord helplessly muffed the ball, one of the opposing halves 111 lll'd up and scored not far from the touch line. The kick-a magnificent one-was 111 1··~s fully taken by Knocker. The rest of the game, until half-time consisted of '' 1tlnng but scrimmages in about the centre of the field, the result of which was lh 11 the forwards became undistinguishable from the coating of mud that was freely I . towed on everyone. In the second half we had decidedly the best of the game, and It 1d hnrd lines in only scoring once, as the ball was in their twenty-five all the time. I h• hnlves, although they certainly were very assiduous in feeding, the three-quarters tlld nut themselves utilise all their openings for attack. Castley gained the try for the ,, huul, but failed to convert it. The same played a second time, got over their lines, lot II " held" was given outside, and the opportunity was lost. During the last few minutes 1 1 tlt·y twice attempted to drop a goal, and the second attempt only just missed being 1 K"·tl by a yard or so, a really splendid attempt. And so the game ended, as stated ,),uw, in favour of the College by a goal to a try. \It er the first few minutes our forwards settled down and played a good and fast 41111' - although they might on such a heavy ground have dribbled more with advantage. 1 h• halves also played a safe game, but they have not yet learnt to kick into touch as t•lh 11 ns they might. Castley, as usual, played excellently at three-quarters, and all the I '' wurds played up hard. The following played for the School : 1~ J. Lord, back ; R. J. Castley, H. E . Flint, A. G. Richardson, three-quarters; G. 1 , • wMner, D. G. Lenox, halves ; R. B. Flint (captain), F . S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, I N. Micklem, A. F . C Luxmoore, C. T . Candy, J. B. Drake, H. Wacher, and P . I I Sinter, forwards.

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KING'S SCHOOL (2ND. xv.) v. DOVER COLLEGE (2ND. xv.) This match was played on October 27th on Blore's Piece, and resulted in a win for the College by two tries to nil. Chisolm started the ball for the School, which was promptly returned by the Dover forwards, who immediately began to press, but thanks to a good punt into touch by Ridley, the ball was taken into neutral territory. After a series of scrummages, Dover were forced to touch down in self-defence; but on the drop out from XXV., the ball was carried into our half, where one of the College three-quarters getting possession, made a good run, only being collared near the goal-line by Watkins. The opposing forwards then rushed the ball over and secured the first try for Dover, but the kick, which was a difficult one, failed. After the interval, the School were again pressed, but some good collaring on the part of Watkins and Kingdon prevented them from scoring for some time, until one of the Dover forwards rushed the ball over the line and scored a second try, which, however, was not improved on. On the call of time Dover were left victorious, as above stated, by two tries to 11il. For the School, Ridley, Kingdon, Candy, Pears and Watkins behind, and Reale forward were most conspicuous. KING'S

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On November 3rd, the King's School journeyed down to Folkestone to play Castle Hill. The match commenced punctually at 3 o'clock and was productive of a very even game, in which the School were victorious by one goal to one try. Luxmoore kicked otT for the School, who played for the first half with the hill and wind in their favour. The School immediately pressed, and after some scrummaging in their opponents XXV, H . E. Flint got possession and passed to Castley, who after a fine dodgy run, took the ball right oYer their line between the uprights; the last named player was entrusted with the place-kick, which he converted. After the ball was put in motion, the School might have scored again, but owing to forward passing, the opportunity was lost. Just before half-time the College were awarded a free-kick which failed, for picking out of serum by the School. H ere a word of caution is necessary to one or two of the School who are too fond of that sort of thing, as it might have lost them the game. The College most certainly ought to have got a goal, as the kick was a very easy one, but it was charged down. After half-time the School played uphill, and again asserted their superiority in the serum, and looked like scoring on several occasions. Two good runs were put in here by R. B. Flint and Lee Warner and I .enox gained a lot of ground by kicking into touch. Several rushes by the School forwards notably i\[icklem, Luxmoore, R. B. Flint and Jewland very nearly resulted in the school again scoring, but Wentworth, for the home side, cleared in fine style. As the result of Wentworth's play the ball was taken into the School territory, and the College pressed hard. One of their men got off, but was well tackled by Castley. They would not be denied, however and about a quarter of an hour before time i\Iaggridge got ever for them, there. ult of some good passing. The

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• ~ however, failed. On the leather being re-started the College again pressed, • 1l t tmcs Watkins cleared in fine style; nothing further transpired, and the School 1 ~ • d the ball back into neutral territory when "no side " was called. For the I 1 1 111-y, Micklem, R. B. Flint, L ux moore, and Candy were conspicuous ; \Vat''" 11.1~ tried for the first time, played a very plucky game at back. For the Col\\ t 111\uut h played well. Throughout, the School forwards played a very good wd 11111 ked their heavier opponents very well. I "'' were as follows :-King's School-T . P . H . Watkins (back); R. J. Cast11 I I hnt, A. G. Richardson (three-quarters); G. Lee Warner, G. D. Lenox ) 11 II. l<'l int (Captain), F. S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, T . N. Micklem, A. F. '"' 111 1 C. T. Candy, J. B. Drake, E. V. Kingdon, and H Wacher (forwards). II til 'l'urrens (back); Maggridge, Tollett, Maw (three-quarters); Eccles (Cap\ 111\lutth 1 (halves); Muir, L ucesidge, Col)ins, Hardy, Pindey, Henery, Wentlhnwn, and Crippe (forwards).

KING'S SCHOOL V. DOVER TOWN. h, played on November gth, at Dover, the School, following up their Nnvcmber 3rd over Castle Hill, defeated the home team by 2 goals (one I) "" J tries to a goal and a try. Soon after the ball had been set in motion 111o t1 a try for Dover, which, however he failed to convert. From the drop out I I lt11 wards following up well rushed the ball into their opponents' twenty-five I '' lt.udson obtaining possession, passed to Castley who secured a try, which he I huotNclf. On the ball being again set in motion, play was very even for some Ill , uul then Dover began to press, and compelled··watkins to touch down twice 1 11 w•al. Long also looked very dangerous twice ; the first time he luckily I h1 11 tlu·cc-q uarter who muffed it, and the second time he was well collared by \ a result of this pressure Dover secured a try, which Long converted. Soon ItI lt,tll t imc was called, Dover at half-time having a lead of two points. During '"" half of this game Dover were confined to their own territory, the ball very 11 past the half-way flag. The School forwards worked splendidly together, h •h·o ~ kept the three-quarters well supplied. This combined play soon had 11 l•11 ( ':t'itley, from a good pass of Richardson's, ran round his opponents and I llltillll'r try. He made a very good attempt to convert it, the ball just falling flu olrnp out afforded Dover no relief, for the School fomards soon had the bal 11 tho 11 twenty-five, where Castley choosing his opportunity dropped a very neal t '"' 1 more the School forwards gradually worked the ball lh I lover twenty-five. At this point one try was lost throught 1111 1 lhsh piece of play on the part of H. E. Flint. Obtaining possession of li t"' llw first time during the game, he took it to within a few yards of the Dover 111.111

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goal line, and although he might very easily have scored himself, he transferred to Richardson, who just failed to take the ball. H owever, almost immediately afterwards, Castley, from a pass of Richardson's, secured his third try. He made a very good attempt at converting it, from a difficult pusition, the ball just passing over the post. This brought the game to a conclusion. It is worthy of note that this is our first victory over Dover Town. For the School, Castley was most prominent, in fact he scored all the points, both securing the three tries and dropping the goal. Richardson also played a very good game, passing with great accuracy and judgment. All the forwards played well, and it would be impossible to pick out one as having done more work than another in the scrimmage-but in the open Newland was perhaps most consp icuous. H e made some very good dribbles. We should like to sec some of the other forwards following his example. For our opponents Long played best. The following played for the School :-T. P. H. Watkins, back; R . J. Castley, H. E. Flint, A. G. Richardson, three-quarters; G. Lee Warner, G. D. Lenox, halves; R. B. Flint (Capt.), F. S. Beynon, M. S. Newland, T. N. Micklcm, A. F. C . Luxmoor~, C. T. Candy, J. B. Drake, E. V. Kingdon, and H. Wacher, forwards.

KING'S SCHOOL V. THANET WANDERERS. This match was played on November r6th, on Blorc's Piece, and resulted in a draw, no point being scored by either team. The condition of the ground owing to mcessant rain made the work of the backs and three-quarters very precarious, and once or twice at critical moments of the game good pieces of play were neutralised by the treacherous mud. The Wanderers played a fast and strong forward game and gave a lot of trouble to the School backs in the way of stopping some very dangerous rushes. E. Langley kicked off for the Wanderers and after a few perilous bits of passing by Richardson, the 11all was called back opposite the half-way post where it hovered about some eight minutes, Castley punting usefully in touch again and again, then following up his kick held the ball well within the Wanderers' 25. The ball soon got back to its old quarters but a fine piece of forward work by Newland took it back again-when Castley kicked too hard and the Wanderers touched down. The School now had to act on the defensive in their own 25 and Newland just saved the ball in the School goal-once or twice the Wanderers broke through in front of our goal and went very near to scoring by a drop, but the School forwards got together again and drove them back to their 25 post, when half-time was called. The game now passed rapidly from Thanet 25 to the School 25, then back (thanks to Beynon), and back again rather dangerously near our line ; but the School forwards by some really good combined work took the ball right up the centre of the ground and took temporary lodgings opposite the Thanet goal but failed to score. The Wanderers made one more effort and got

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1 nly live obtaining a free kick near the touch line which might have bee n 11 II a ll-ss greasy ball. No side was called and the game drawn. 1 I 111d W I y good game and both sides seen at their best, although the School lilt 111 1h1 ~c rvices of Flint, three-quarter, and Watkins at back. For the visitors 1111 l•11 11llin at half, and the brothers Weigall, forwards, did the best work. I I !tnt, ancl Micklem, forwards, Castley, and L ee Warner, behind, were most con· '' tlu ~~ hool side. After the match Lee Warner and Wacher received their

•c as follows :- Kings School-G. A.Ridley, back; R. J. Castley F. t :. Richardson, three-quarters ; G. Lee Warner, G. D. Lenox, halves ·' R . 1 1 l]'l.ll n), M. S. Newland, T. N. Micklem, A. F. C. Luxmoore. C. T. Candy, J. h I V, Kingdon, H. Wacher, and P. H . Slater, forwards. I """

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ctpc•n nnd under 16 as compared with former years, though we must add I" 11h~rribed did not compete. 11 111:Hches no very interesting games were played until the first two rounds 11 " the best players did not happen to meet early in the competition. The 111 It 11.1~ between Beynon and Richardson, as the latter secured the first game 1 111 , Beynon then won the second game by 6 points, and the third game was Ill d ~~~· Richardson when the score stood at "game-ball all." Castley v. Slater, II 1 1111 hnd thought would be very close, as rumour whispered that Slater had I 1 lnt "!nee last year, proved very disappointing, as Slater could only manage to \ '"' J( points in the two games. I n this game the play was of a very "high" 1 1111 l)' a ball was hit, if we may be allowed to say so, at a greater height than 11 111 1 I he ground, Cast ley by Ius hard hitting and the certainty of his strokes I hu 1 It to be far and away the best man at Fives, that the School has had for some

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h , ltll'hnrdson was out of form, and these causes combined gave Castley an I l•y •57, 15-2 . 16 rom petition, for which, as stated above, the entries were very numerous, I 1 1'1'11 Maundrell and Toulmin was the best contested, as T oulmin made II 111 1lllhty to uGe his right hand by hitting very hard and clean with his left.

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Consequently the first game fell to him (IS·Io), then Maundrell showed up and secured the next two games (rs-8) (IS·Io). These two as the result showed are the two best in the under I6, and represent the school against the C.O.S. In the third round the best contested games were Maundrell v. Gadney in which Maundrell won (IS·?) (IS·?), and Trueman and Ingram in which after each had secured a game, the third game was won by Trueman after a good struggle. OPEN. Toulmin beat Lee Warner 2. Watkins beat Austen. First Round. Eastgate beat Edgell. Candy beat Mowll. Athawes 1 beat Baker. Castley beat Chisolm. Slater 2 beat Candy 2 Richardson beat Luxmoore. Trueman beat Helmore. Flint 2 beat Johnson. Lenox beat Fenn. Beynon beat Ridley. Ingram beat Hall 2. Flint I beat Lord. Carey beat Fawssett. Wacher beat Headlam. Gadney I beat Clarke I Bredin beat Clinton. Drake beat Mowll 2. Slater I beat Jones. Second Rou11d. Second Rou11d. Castley beat \Vacher. Maundrell beat Toulmin. Beynon beat Ridley. Gadney I beat Drake. Richardson beat Candy. Slater 2 beat Watkins. Flint 2 beat Flint 1 Trueman beat Reale 2 Slater x a bye. Ingram beat Eastgate. Tllird Rozmd. Athawes beat Carey. Lenox a bye. Castley beat Slater 1. Richardson beat Beynon Tllird Routld. Flint 2 a bye. Trueman. beat Slater 2 Semi-H11al. Ingram beat Athawes. Castle} beat Flint 2. Maundrell bea~ Lenox. Richardson a bye. Gadney 1 a bye. Fittal. Semi-Fi11al. Castley beat Richardson. Trueman beat Ingram. UNDER I6. Maundrell beat Gadney I Fits/ Round. Fi11al. Reale • beat Molony 2 Maundrell beat Redmayne. Maundrell beat Trueman.

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nearly over and we are stroke and 6, and won a good race by of the inter-'Varsity three-quarters of a length. It I• It 111 one form or another, The "Soccer" team have had a fairly 11 t lw end of every term. This I good season so far, and a new departure has I " I•)' 111atch is espec;ally inter- taken place in the shape of a tour in the I 1111-1'" Scholars, from the fact , North to be made in the week before 1 1 ' I 11,, A. Latter (Trinity), has 1 Christmas. T he College Cup t1es have all 11 hl'l hluc. He is playing outside been played off with the exception of the •lllll tlcr, and we can only trust : final, which will not be decided till next ' • 111 c there may be attended term. I t lies between Magdalen and I• h•tp1·d for victory. As regards Wadham. 1 111 u~·ncral, the outsides, both As regards O.K.S doings, Hawes was 1 11 1 ., and especially halves are stroking one of the Trinity Fours. Latter, l1 l•u wards are not so strong, and Tassell, and Smith have been playing rh 1,tltly handicapped by the ab- Rugby for Trinity, Christ Church, and II u 'V11r11ity Captain, who was in- Exeter respectively. th• n~o~tch v. the Middlesex Wan· The great event of the term was unlltlungs, however, lie in the lap doubtedly the Prime Minister's visit and t! 'l'hcrefore let us hope. lecture in the Sheldonian Theatre on h•· I • v1•nts on the river have been Medireval Universities. A struggling mass '"' h·ss fours and the trial eights. of caps and gowns was on view in the It tl hi I ht· latter lay between Christ Broad for about two hours before the time I 11111 Magdalen, and there was a came for opening the gates, which eventu1 tltlt diHpute as to who was winner, ally unclosed ten minutes before the lecture 1111 l'hrist Church pistol missing began, to admit about one thousand under' ulury was, however, on the graduates ; with the natural consequence u l 11wnty witnesses, adjudged to that it was quite impossible to hear the ltl l ' hurch four. A resolution has first part of the lecture at all. Still, those " llluught forward to the effect who came merely to see a man and hear a 1 tltllt M.:maphores be substituted voice and make a noise must have been 111 order to avoid the recurrence amply satisfied. Needless to add, the 111 h mistake. The trial eights lecture itself was perfect. tl .11 Moulsford on December 3· Before closing, I must, in the name of hont contained two blues at O.K.S. up here, congratulate M. S. Newt

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land on getting the Ford Studentship dence: Graduates: W. H. Pater (B.N.C.), at Trinity ; and we hope to see him Rev. F. H. Hall (Oriel), Rev. R. L. Ottley in residence next term. We have had (Magdalen) ; Undergraduates: - E. B. visits th is term· from other King's Scholars H awes, A. Latter, and L. W. Smith (Trin. and from several O.K.S. as well. F. S. A. ity), D. S. M. Tassell (Christ Church), W. Loundes, F. D. Sladen, R. P. Atherton, R. E . Kitchingham, and H. A. Morrah (St. F. Elwyn, and W. A. Wigram, who came John's), T. H . Smith (Exeter), \V. M. Car over to play for Trinity Hall v. Exeter. ter (D.N.C.), J. F. Johnson (Lincoln), the The following is a list of O.K.S. in resi- two last mentioned being freshmen.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. The following are the O.K.S. now in residence up here :Tri1tily. - R. F. Elwyn, H. B. l\Iilsome,

A. C. .A1oule. Corpus.- P. A. Turnbull, H. S. S. Parker, H. W. Moule, A. C. Knocker, E. J. S. A 1/mwes. Emrmuei.-C. F. Longfield, l\I. J. Carr, A. P. Can·, T. K Sopwitlt, F. W . Cobb. Selwyn.- D. B. Watts, F. Boothby. T1·iuity I-Ja/1.-R. H. Parr, W. A. Wigram.

Caius. - I-1. G. Scott. fesus. - S. E. Williams. Pete1ltouse.- W. B. Seyfmlg. Queen's.- W. I-J. Salmon. Of these, those whose names are printed in italics are freshmen, to whom we offer a hearty welcome. A general meeting of the Canterbury

Pilgrim's Cricket Club was held on Friday, October 28th, when the following officers were elected for next season :-Captain, H . S. S. Parker; secretary, E. J. S. Athawes; trcnsurcr, H. C. Scott; committee, H. B. l\Iilsome, A. Latter, l\I. J. Carr, J. H. Smith, R. H. Parr. A Pilgrim's football team has been talked about of late, and we hope it may be found possible to bring it about. As regards individual O.K.S., Turnbull, Parker, Athawcs, l\L J. Carr, Longfield a nd \Vigram have been playing football for their respective colleges, while Scott and Longfield arc rowing in their college trials. Parker also won the half-mile handicap in his college sports. We have heard a combined dinner of the Cambridge and Oxford O.K.S. clubs n London spoken of, and we should much

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We are looking forward to seeing some present K .S up here for Scholar3hip Examinations, and we wish them all s uccess. We cannot close this letter without expressing our deep regret at the s udden death of E. H. Moule, the most distinguished 0. K .S. of recent years, whose memory will long re main amo ng us. With all good wishes for the success of the School in every way. Ever yours, O.K.S.

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a~kcd to help to make known through the agency of the Oantuarian a 1, tl,·sirable not only from its immediate signification, but also from many

tl lllt 1111m s that will ensue therefrom. At a meeting of the O.K .S. Club at 1 lw h a representative from Cambridge was also present, this project took h 111lluwing resolution :1 l ''"l n,~cd to hold an O.K. S. dinner in L ondon, a t the H olborn R estaurant, 1 11 l'hursday, January I 9th, at 7. r 5 p. m. Those who wish to be present are 1 ~~ tl to write at O?lce (Or at the latest by Tuesday, January roth) to R. F . I I ) n, l~sq., T he C harterhouse, E . C. Tickets (~d . each) to be paid for on l h ' Vt•ning of the di nner." ..$"i I 11 tlotht)' of such a sche me is obvious on the very face of it, but perhaps a few 11 1, uhjccl may not be amiss. T he intention of the proposers is to institute I , ,w 1.1thcr revive a custom which has been lately in abeyance, of holding an IIIIK 111 London of as many O.K.S. as can possibly be present. It is true h 1 ' "', ttng occurs annually on Speech Day, but it must be remembered that 1 11 11 many O.K.S. who cannot come down to Canterbury at that t ime, as, II HI~tcrs in schools, and many others, who, though com para:ively near u .1 nmsidcrable way from Canterbury. The advantages of having this 11 I umlnn, and at the time proposed, are that both a considerable number of

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O.K.S. live in or close to London, and that Oxford and Cambridge men are passing through on their way up to their respective Universities. Hence there are, on the spot almost, about half a hundred O.K.S. within a few miles of each other at the same time, and it seems but natural that they should arrange to meet each other at such a dinner as is proposed. But it must not be supposed that only Oxford, Cambridge, and London O.K.S. are expected to be present. It is confidently anticipated that all O.K.S. who can, of whatever age, profession, or denomination, will join with the promoters of the scheme in fur thering by their individual and collective presence the success of the undertaking. " The beginning is half the whole," and it is sincerely hoped and believed that, when once started, the project will become 1'pso facto an annual institution. Other schools have their Old Boys' dinner, and why not the King's School as well ? The presence of several O.K.S. is already guaranteed; but it must be stated here that the dinner cannot be held, unless at least 25 O.K.S. signify their intention o1 being present. Those so intending, are requested to send thei r names to Mr. R. F. Elwyn. A certain number of printed notices will be sent round, but it is obviously impossible for all to receive one of these, seeing that the addresses of so many are unknown. I t is therefore earnestly requested that all who hear of this scheme, whether by means of the notices or of this letter, will not only communicate with Mr. Elwyn, but will also acquaint any other O.K. S. they may meet with the proposal. N.B.-It is particularly requested that tickets be not paid for until the actual evening of the dinner. Nor will it be possible for the dinner to take place without a quorum of twenty-five. O.K.S.

The sudden death of E. H. Moule has taken from us one whose life seemed full of the brightest promise, and whose loss will be deeply felt by many Old King's Scholars. He was the third son of the Bishop of Mid China, a nd was born at Hong Kong, on January 5th, I870. He came to the K ing's School in r882, when he obtained a Probationership, and subsequently both a Junior and Senior Scholarship. F rom r887 to r888 he was captain of the school, and was for two years a member of the rst XI. In October, r888, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was elected to a Lizarship at the end of his first term, in his second year, he gained a major scholarship and obtained a first class in the Classical Tripos in r891. During the past

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"•llyl·tl in preparing for the Indian CiYil Service, and last September was

tit 111 tltl list of selected candidates. 1l lt '''' , very sudden. Apparently well until the Thursday before, he then I nl ' lwl headache, but it was not till Saturday that he became seriously ill. II tl t.tl 1111'cliral skill could do, the disease steadily gained ground, and on the 111 1 llt111 ~clay, November 3rd, he died. I 11• ' tl 11a~ on the following Monday, at which there were present, besides many 1 t I I .S. and other friends, Rev. T. Field, Rev. J. P. Frend, G. F Longfield, II lt tllh , the last named representing the O.K.S. al Oxford. Eight Trinity I • ,•.111 hearers, among thern being R. F. Elwyn and J. P. Frend. The first It • •~ 11 c was held in Trinity College Chapel, and the latter part at M ell Road llw serv1ce was most impressive, and the greatest respect was shown 11 1111 I 'ollcgc. t id 1Itt· writ er of the Memorial Notice in the Cambridge Review. "who knew I 11!. ' m bear witness to his brilliant abilities and to a charm of manner and lh•n, uc h as is given to few. He was an enthusiastic lover of music and literlit tltll' delicate taste, which made him one who could read Milton aloud to 111 tl n made him an exquisite interpreter of Beethoven. Those who were til" l11ow him as a frie nd, will ever carry with them amidst their grief the { 1 11111 c·ndowed with a nature singularly gentle, sympathetic, and unselfish, 1111l • ,md penetrating intellect, and with a measure of true culture, as deep as

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( l{t·printed from the Cambridge Revie1t1, November xoth, 1892). 1 in scholars' fashion, I pin upon your pall, l•ru the music that was in you, the music you held so dear, l\11rl 11ow that you have gone beyond the white notes' call, \nd yours may not bring us back to hand and eye and ear, I ~~ 1 1hesc last long lines as the splendours of autumn fall, Ami the scholar throng is gathered, 0 ! scholar, about your bier; uu~hl•d is sndden light, and the singers are silenced all, I lo you waken in your deep sleep ? Do you listen in what high sphere ? " 1 '

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SCIENTIFIC AND CHESS CLUBS. We are glad to state that a Scientific Society has been started through the energy 111 Mr. Tripp. Its chief object is to create a more widespread interest in science throughoul the School.

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The following committee has been formed under the presidency of Mr. Tripp :- M1 Tripp (president), S. S. Cook, C. B. Robb, W. H . Evans (librarian), A. F. C. LuxmooH (treasurer a nd secretary).

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The conditions under which members of the School are allowed to join are , that each in turn should be willing to read a paper, which is to be written by himself, on some particular branch of science. The Society is to be known under the na~e of " The Harvey Scientific Society," so called after the famous Dr. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, whn was educated at the School.

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The Chess Club, which a couple of years ago seemed to be dying a natural death, has re-started this term with fresh vigour. A. F. C. Luxmoore has been elected on the Committee as Secretary and Treasurer in place of R. G. Cooper, who has left, so that the Committee now consists of Mr. Ritchie (president) the Rev. L. H. Evan~, Mr T ripp, F. S. Beynon, A. F. C. Luxmoore.

The following have been drawn together in 1st round of the Tournament:The Rev. L H. Evans v. Drake. Mr. Will iams v. Mr. J. Evans. Mr. Tripp v. Clinton. F. S. Beynon v. Headlam. Luxmoore v. Toulmin. Carter v. Chisolm. Mr. Ritchie, a bye.

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SCH OOL NEWS . h.tvc been made in this term. 11 h water, gas, stink-flues tlu uul of the scientist del 11 pill in. A lot of practical uul ha:; resulted in the number of keen young

The day boys talk of buying gloves and starting boxing next term Why shouldn't the boarders too revive this excellent " noble art" ? When the tempers of the boxers have been ruffled by a bout of windmilling, they might well be soothed by the dulcet tones of the flute. There is a box. ing competition at Aldershot.

11~ ul ~~ projected Physical

** * A number of new books are ordered a nd will probably be in the Library by the time this is printed. The petition for leaving donations has had, up to date, but poor results. A complete catalogue of both authors and titles is projected. The Committee have promised their help ; but of course it will take a long time to prepare.

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1 " ' hope the scheme will , ""' :111d will result in the number of promising ""'"'"'' of the more interestotll ll.ll~ arc now taken in by llu I ;thoratory.

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hut arc now in working tuh 1 the energetic secretary, ill•• drill a new armyof fags home new reading cases not before they were 11 \1 11 h them it is doubtful '' nl selling the Illustrated I llm1~y can be continued. ltl'l' ll the round they are Itt! 1 •tnlc for binding. I\• 11 1

l•brluiglltly for Novemh I mg's School, Canterbury, tlu oldest in England ; but •I , '"(l'r to adduce document''" the point, he claims the I l'liCr 's, York. 11

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* T he Journal of Education tells us that Mr. Field will read a paper at the next H eadmaster'sConference on the "Teacher's Guild Museum." This museum is intendeel partly as a model for School museums. We are glad the King's School is not behind in this respect. *• * A present of arm chairs to the Dayboys' Hall has helped to make the room more comfortable. Indeed it is said it may become a serious rival to the Grange Study. Christmas is approaching. Verbum sap. * * * The big schoolroom windows have been mended. New gasburners are pro

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jected and the furnace has been improved. I n fact it will be so cosy for the Xmas examination that keen workers are advised to bring a supply of p ins.

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We hear that the Modern Language o\ssociation, which is formed to improve methods of teaching French and German, and to show that these studies may be as senously undertaken and produce as serious results (save the mark!) as classics, holds its preliminary meeting at the end of term. The schools represented are Canterbury, Cheltenham, Clifton, Eton, Haileybury, Harrow, and Rugby. We are in good company.

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F. H. Matthews, M.A., of Corpus, Oxford, has been appointed to the Headmastership of Bolton Grammar School. As doubtless some of us remember, he came here in September, x885, as Master of the Upper Third, and also took the VI. Form in history, but left again at the end of the allowing Midsummer.

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* R. P. Atherton has been appointed to a Mastership at Philberds, Maide nhead.

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* S. J. Rammell has sailed for Ceylon to

be initiated into the mysteries of tea planting. * • Major.General Sir • Andrew Clarke ha'l been made Agent General for Victoria .

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Johnson has obtained the Bronze Medal for reading Music at sight at the Royal Academy of Music. * • • F. S. Beynon, R. J. Castley, R. B. Flint, and M. S. Newland, went up to Oxford on November 23rd, to try for scholarships at Trinity College.

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We heartily congratulate M. S. Newland on obtaining the Ford Studentship at the above college .

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The following have got their colours this term :-G. Lee-Warner, H . Wacher, 1st Thanet Wanderers; J. B. Drake, A. G. Richardson, G. D. Lenox, znd Thanet Wanderers' Match. • * • We are delighted to be able to con. gratulate A. Lat ter on getting his Rugby Blue for Oxford. • * • We must apologise for omitting among "Virtute Functi" that E. J. S. Athawcs obtained his rst XI. colours in r89 2.

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THE LIBRARY. Books added to the Library.

November, 1892. Deschanel. Tyndall. Hartmann. Stewart. Romanes. Atkinson. Ball. Perry. Green. Grant Allen. Wood. James Duncan. James Duncan. Miller Christy. Wood. Professor Boys. Morley. T rail.

M isl\rables I hll'ly·Lhree ... l11l h • t~ of the Sea

Victor Hugo. Victor Hugo. Victor Hugo.

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Washington

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lilt' Cruise of the land-yacht "Wanderer" I If•· among the Indians

l lu Marvellous Country 1 Ill tn the Wilds

lu Frozen Pirate uow'lhoes and Canoes 111 k Archer I

Thager. Thager. Gordon Stables. Catlin. Cozzens. Manville F enn. Clark Russell. Kingston. H enty.

fH l•<~lfiflfl \t mmicndi. Facsimile reprint from Bodleian Library. 1 •t1 r n1on preached before the Gentlemen of the King's School," hy 1'. Randolph, B.D., 1733 ·

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.:V.- 11.<.l;c itots clu li•. e to uccc J, t ""'!/ ctg1 ~1nibi11'tv comcerted 11'ilh the opitaions of thei1· conesp "" e11IR. 1\' c•tll( "'cl c•dcltu.•., 11sl ol1c·o11R ee !linn. n ot tltrtss«ri111 j01· p11blication, bu ccs " !J1LC11'ctllltc OJ 600d ,toil11. Per. analities 1v !£ i11t·otve fel·tnin•·ejerlian.

THE Al\TlQUI1Y OF THE K I NG'S SCHOOL. To the Edit~ 1·s of "THE CANTUAR JAN." Sirs,-It is doubtless within the know· ledge of many of your readers that a claim has recently been made on behalf of the "Royal Grammar School of St. Peter" at York, to be the oldest school in this coun· try, and to Le oldc:r tl:>an m y institution of any kind in this cou ntry except the Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York. The writer of an article. entitled "Our Oldest School," in the Fortuiglilly R evie1u for November, states in a most interesting manner the ground for this claim. H e is an unbiassed historian, and he adm its the possibility of the King's School being of greater antiquity than St. Peter's. j The history of St. Peter's School may be taken to be proved as continuous from the Archbishopric of ~gbert in A.D. 734· I t j has long been a tradition among King's Scholars that there was a Cathedral School II of Canterbury under Archbishop Theodore, who came to England in 669. and a I challenge has now been given to the Can- , terbury antiquanes to produce proo(~ of the correctness of this tradition, and of the I contim1ity of the existence of the Canter· bury Grammar School as a public School from that date to this.

I suggest that it would be of interest to have a short statement made in your pages as to the following points : What is actually known as to the existence of a Cathedral School under Theodore, and thence forward to the Reforma· tion? What was the scope and substance of the re-establishment and endowment of the School by Henry VIII. ? Has the school always been a public school, or has it at any time been carried on merely for the education of the younger members of the Cathedral body, such as Choristers and acolytes? Such an outline having been sketched as I am asking for, I would hope that some of your readers who have access to the Cathedral records might be induced to investigate the subject further. I am, Sirs, Your obedient servant, A. T. P. qth November, 1892. THE GREEN COURT.

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Dear Sirs,-This term the authorities seem to have woke up, and have put up a set of most handsome goal posts, right in the middle of the Green Court, which

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h'l'" ,,., 1he looks of the place. At

uol ll"·tl posts the XV. are wont 111 1 tnlll nmg school, with a foot1 1 kt 111 1he proceedings someone 1111111• 11 ,. hole in the hundred-yards 11 u IIII' hall in it and kicks it ••I, when it is picked up by 1 1 1111 .11 the other side, and the 1 1 ~ ll!(ai n gone through. At l1 I 1hi , llwrc arc a good many holes Ill• II, 111 xt term, have to be rolled nl uuul•• smooth by the Lower I .In not think it quite fair that tl1 l h· l ( the Lower school have l! lll'• w me that they ought to 1 h 111· in making the holes. 1111n:rcly yours, LOWER SCHOOL.

/1/,,ro nf" TnE CANTUARIAN." like to criticise " cloq uent letter ; still I 1111o•hody's duty to remind him ''' 1' of which he seems utterly I•11 t1 that the Green Court has 111 Hilt! of necessity always bee n till' l.ower School, no matter 1 llo•ttl the ground, and therefore '"''' '~ here and there will diffl·rcnce-and here I 11 11111111 " Lower School's " of 1he holes are rather far!•• ')' tlw least of it. Secondly, 1 11 Imol us ually become Upper uul lho·tcforc it is their own inter· 1 111• the good old custom, in 1 ' ' h• 11 their time comes they may 11 ,

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enjoy their ease and feel they have earned it. I should have thought everyone would have been delighted to see a goal post on the Green; it is what we have been wanting for years and I am positively certain that if the team go out regularly to practice the kicking of the XV. will be vastly improved. As for all the rest of the School not being allowed on the Green "to have their share in making the holes " as "Lower School " puts it, would not the labour of the rolling party be tremendously increased{according to" Lower School's" arg ument), and would they not be following that very old false track, namely, cutting off their nose to spite their face. Hoping that this other side of the question will commend itself to the Lower School in general I remam, Yours very sincerely, . N.M. FOOTBALL.

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Dear SlrS,-Might I be allowed a word about the football on the Mint Yard. Certainly the privilege of kicking on the Green C:ourt is all very well for those who have that privilege, but for those who have not there is very little opportunity of practising kicking, or of learning to kick, as the case may, the only one being when they are playing on Blore's Piece, and surely this is hardly enough, as persons who are wanted in future years for the Football XV. mu<;t he able to kick a little. Therefore,

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might I suggest that it would be to their advantage to have a ball for use on the Mint Yard again. Yours, I N SCHOOL INTEREST. [Accidents will happen with the best regulated bladders. The fact is there is not another bladder to spare for the Mint Yard at present and that is the cause of what our correspondent complains. Enn.] "FIVER."- Your suggestion has already been acted on.-ED. GORDON MEMORIAL FUND.

To the E ditors of" THE CANTUARIAN." D ear Sirs,-You are already aware of the death, on J uly 2 2nd last, of Mr. Richard Goodall Gordon, who had been since 1867 a master at the King's School, Canterbury. In view of Mr. Gordon's long and close connection with the School, it has been thought desirable t hat some permanent memorial of him should be established there and it is confidently believed that Mr. Gordon's many friends-old King s scholars and others-will welcome an opporâ&#x20AC;˘ tunity of recording their affection for him and their sense of his services to the School by subscribing to such a memorial. T he full extent of those services is known to no one better than to the present Head. master, we are glad therefore, in appealing to you to subscribe to the proposed memoÂˇ rial, to be able to print the subjoined letter

from Mr. Field. This letter, while ex. pressing complete approval of the scheme, suggec;ts possible forms which the me moriaI might take. " I need not say how cordially I wei" come the suggestion that steps should be "taken to raise a Memorial to Mr. Gordon, "or how eagerly I accept your offer of help. " I am indeed a little sorry to resign to " any one the initiative in this matter. No one " can realise the los~ to the School as much "as the Head-Master, and there are not " many to whom the sense of personal loss "comes home so keenly as it does to the " friend of five and twenty years. " Your letter, however, and others " which have preceded it will show how " wide and spontaneous is the desire to "keep alive in the school the memory of " one of its most devoted friends. "As to the form the memorial should " take, two suggestions have occurred to me. " It might be applied to the endowment "of a Prize for the fifth form, or to some" thing of the nature of a Lectern in the " School Chapel. " Inde!d I feel confident that both "objects might be secured." Should you be willing, as we venture to hope, to support this object, any subscription you may be inclined to give should be sent to R. F. Er.wvN, EsQ., Trinity College, Cambridge. We are, dear Sir, Your obedient servants, J. MIT CHI NSON, .Bp. GEORGE J. BLORE. R. G. HODGSON. R. L. OTTLEY.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Glenalmond Cl1ronide is chiefly up with a description of commemora\Vith the inevitable speech-making l 1 luncheon the whole proceedings must I · hccn a somewhat lengthy affair, if we • ~~ judge from the length of the speeches · 111 lied. The same paper is full of, to 1 "'II its own words, "That unique event, tit <:nll-weddmg," which seems to have I 11 a most imposing ceremony from the I • 11ption of it. A pleasing fea ture in Ill wedding must have been the vast II II• of the bridesmaids, who wore" M.A. 1 w of white silk, with .:VI. A. hoods lined wllh g()ld silk, and College caps of whi te 1 1~ with gold tassels." The proceedings ~ 11 •~·rminated by the bride and bride"""" passing under "an arch of steel " I •1n1cd by the school corps with crossed ·~uncts. Altogether it seems a pity a doling is such a ram avis in school life ho•u allended by such pleasing novelties 1 I he Glmatmo?td Cltronide describes. l'hc Mah,emian contains an interesting u 111 lc on the late Poet Laureate, showing I111W deeply his genius ts impressed on the lilllllll. A quotation from it, referring to hi pre-eminence, is worthy of notice' I •·ats was cut off in his early promise. I \ 1nn shot like a meteor across the :;ky. 1nt t sank a noble wreck in the hopeless 1.1 k of meeting his financial difficulties. I \t'n Wordsworth, by his own confession, lou y••ars did not sell well enough' to pay for I lu • 11

his boot strings. ' But Tennyson's poetic life has been one prolonged triumphal march ; he has enshrined himself in his lifetime among the immortals ; he has for sixty years been enthroned m the hearts of all who are cultivated and refined amongst the speakers of our language." The Ousel in its correspondence has a useful letter reviewing the differences between last year's set of football rules and the new rules composed this year. In connection with football, we must congratulate them on making such an excellent start, as-unless we are misinformed-they have won their first ten matches right off, scoring over xoo points while they have not had ten scored against them- a record of which they may well be proud. St. Paul's school seems to have had the usual difficulty common to all, at the beginning of their football season, namely, how to fill up the gaps in their last year's team. However, we presume they have solved the difficulty long ere now. Although it is rather late in the day to talk of cricket, we must, call allention to the remarkably high scores made by their Captain last season, in house matches, as in four consecutive innings' he made, one score of over 2oo, two of over xoo, and in the fourth 95, although we must take into consideration, the fact that they were only h ouse matches, still it is a striking performance, and one not often equalled.

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The Cranbrookia1l contains very little besides an article on the torpids at Oxford, that seems rather out of place at this time of the year, and accounts of their cricket matches or the whole season, the two combined taking up fifteen pages out of the twenty the number contair.s, rather a large proportion for only two subjects. The Drogltedimt among its correspondents contains an individual who, in reference to a letter published in its previous number, complaitti?tg that long series of works by George Eliot have been put in their library, makes the following statement which we quote verbatim:-" With regard to those of George Eliot, they certainly were a mistake, being obtained by a former librarian without the knowledge or consent of the boys, and I have never known anyone to read them except myself." We are afraid the literary tastes of tbe School art: not very refined, where they are indignant at having the works of George

Ehot added to their library. Poor souls, we pity them I The same paper contains a list of the ':lays who were first in their forms during the term-a list that is a trifle monotonous when the same boy's name appears eight times in succession. I mmediately below this we find our old friend "Our Special Malt." We wonder when their paper will be able to run alone without the pecuniary assistance of advertisements, and applaud their discretion in leaving only one page uncut and that relating to "The Royal Reserve Club Whiskey." We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following magazines :-Lam·el Leaves, A lleyttian, Cranbrookian, .Drogludiatt, Elizabelltat: (2), Glmalmo~ed Ohrollide, Herefordimt, Huddersfold College Jlfagazine, Leys Forfttig!ttly (J), Malvemia1l ( 2 ), Ousel, Paulitte, S. Ed· wm·d's Scltool Cltro1lide, SOttflt Eastern College and Sutlo1l Valen ce School M aga. zittes.

NOTIC:ES . We must apologise for omitting the fol- 1 We also thank the following for their lowing subscriptions from last Cantuarian : subscriptions :-His Grace the Archbishop, -Canon Holland, R ev. F. J. 0. H elmore, Mrs. Bredin, W. N. Wightwick, A. B R. E. G. Spiers, G. F. Longfield, A. C. Grylls, Wallis, Rev. F. L. Perkins, C. T . C. King Very Rev. the Dean, W. G. Gates, Colonel don. Canon G. H . Gray, Canon RawlinHorsley, H . E. Morice, M. Kingsford, E. son, Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, J. Campbell, C. L. Payne, Rev. G. H. Gray, Mr. Evans, H . Wharton, Rev. F. Shelmeraine, C. II Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Johnson, A. Malden, H. Roe, W. Cowper, E. G. Spiers, E. T.. E. Goulden, H. B. Milsome, and A. Latter. I Payne, Rev. R. G. Glennie, and H . Stringer.

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EDITORIAL. 1111 ll'l'

find what we tbink former Editors have likewise found to have "extensively

lo d," to usc an election term , that is to say, lack of any material, in the shape of

•lldl·nrc or otherwise from members of the School. Arc we to ascribe this to a · ') •, natural shyness, or is it, what we think scarcely likely, that he has nothing to 111 of or to propose ? The fact however remains that the Ca11tuarirm derives little lp hom the School. Turning to more cheerful subjects, we heartily congratu<'ook on his Open l\Iathematical Scholarship at S. John's College, Cambridge, ltu11l he fore this, we regret to say, has not shone much in l\Iathematics ; but we 111 to he the beginning of new things. We also congratulate F. S. Beynon on his 1 lup at Jesus College, Cambridge. II• rtul of last term we were glad to see started a club, called the "Canterbury 111 l•uotball Club"; we heartily congratulate them on their good results of the

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fi rst appearance, and hope that the Club will be maintained in future years with tl11 same success as the Cricket Club is. I nfluenza has made its appearance among us this term with great e ffect; those whu have not had the fashionable " F lue " must feel something like what we should imaguu the Athenians felt, who did not fight in the battle of Marathon, though we fear tho r who had charge of these " Flueites" did not share the same feelings as the generals ol that battle. The Debating Society has opened most successfully this term with a dcbah on Sunday Closing-we hope this Society will be strongly supported, but from the f1u t that no one except those on the Committee speak, we cannot augur well for its futurt·. I n consequence of the "Flue," very little football has been played this term; in tlu one match whtch we have played, though we have lost several of last term's team, 1111 result was not at all d isappointing.

DEBATING SOCIETY. A Debate was held on Saturday, October 2 2nd, in the Parry Library, when R . B. Flint moved that " In the opinion of this house the government of a democracy is more advantageous than that of a monarchy." The opposition was led by F. S. Beynon. After the annual reading of the Society's rules by the President, The H on. Niover, in introducing the motion, said there was probably a prejudice against democracr from the fhct that England is a monarchy, but as a matter of fact, England is more democratic in principle than several noted democracies. It is ~rue the Queen is at the head of the state,

but Parliament holds the reins of Govltll ment, and Parliament is the represent:llfl• of the people: now democracy is dcriv1rl from '~ T/f'OS and Kpo:rEw meaning the "rull "' the people," so that England, thum J, nominally a monarchy is practicall}' democracy ; so that its prosperity is .111 argument on the side of the latter. Th· H on. Mover quoted some remarks frotn ' speech by Nir. Chauncey Depew at llu opening of the Chicago Exhibition on tlu democratical principal of England. " I• 11 gland has her throne admirably occurur o1 by one of the wisest of Sovereigns ,11111 best of women, but it would survin: 1 • 1 dissolute and unworthy successor, slw It' '

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could be shown that there always was one man head of his partr by whose influence II 111' the people." T his may or may the whole government was d~:termined, as • \llggcrated, but it shows the feel- lor example the party now in power, one ! otllhHic people about England. The that, if it lost its leader, would dissolve and 11 lu1~ v\!loed no hill, neither have become powerless. Also if democracy was I llw last five monarchs. There is a such a desirable form of government how · • 111hl:tnce between the ideal demo. was it that it had not been more universalIt '' dbcd by Herodotus, and the ly adopted ? T he reason it had been found ·II q1111Ni-monarcby of England. so di ffic ul t to adopt was that in a demollt-ynon, who led the opposition, cracy the people had to act as one man, I ·• 111osl conclusive evidence in favour and in any q uestions that were at all in·lilt hy and against democracy was volved this became quite impossible. He concluded by drawing attentton to the 1hat England from the time of the English jury as the only body purely 1 111\.IMOn up to the present day had I. •'II monarchial, whether they con- democratical, because every juror had to till' absolute monarchy of William have the same opinon before any verdict 1 11 hm wh ich Charles I , ineffectually could he arrived at, no matter how importI ' 111111111 to, or the reign of Queen ant the question might be. I h, 111 which, although the Queen A. F. C. Luxmoore, speaking next for the to ~-:ive way to the wishes of the motion begged to contradict the statement "' tuallcrs of minor importance, yet of the last speaker that England was a ' ) 1 managed to secure her own way monarchy. The English Parliament, which ' w,mted to. Then again although represents the people, and not the Queen, 1 111· was upset by the great rebellion govems England, so that, if E ngland were I 11pli~hmcn thought it impossible to not a democracy, he wished to know what 1 l'ndure the existi ng constitution, a democracy was ? T he mass of the people p111tcctorate of Cromwell was a take more interest in a government they 111 form though not in name, manage themselves, viz., democracy than 1h~nlute power is taken into conif others manage it for them. 'll lf they turned to the European l\I. S. Newland for the opposition first 1h11n~l every one was monarchcal of all drew attention to the existing demoI lll'l'n so for some considerable cratic governments of France and America. 1 t ul~o went on to say that although T hese, he thought, every-one would admit II """'''hie Members for the motion could not bear a comparison with the l•:ngland was a democracy, it monarchial form of gO\·ernment as exem1111 11 )' peers, bu t the House of Lords

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plified in Germany. As a matter of fact the people proper of France and America had no voice in the administration which was carried on by the plutocracy, and be could safely say that the people of England had more to do with the Government of England than the people of America had to do with their government, in spite of the fact that E ngland could not be called a democracy. It was rather a compromise bet ween the two, a happy mean between democracy and absolute monarchy. No one would deny that Queen Elizabeth's reign was one of great happiness and prosperity, whereas the Commonwealth of Cromwell could boast of no act that was really beneficial and serviceable to the people of England. The feeling of loyalty felt by a people for its Sovereign was a great safeguard against revolution and anarchy, whereas it would be Yery hard to entertain any feelings of such sacred loyalty to a body of men who for a ll one knew might have been elected by utterly dishonest meam. H. J. Fynes-Clinton, for the motion, remarked that the H on. Member who spoke lnst cit ~d the American re-publics as instances of disorder in a democracy, but this could easily find a parallel in thl! states o( Europe while in their infancy, which were in the greatest confusion and anarchy, owing to King's and Princes fight· ing for dominions as though they were private estates. But it was impossible to call England a monarchy in the strict sense of the term ; as it was only the execut1vc 1

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and part of the legislative sovereignty that was vested in the crown ; and this wa executed by Ministers responsible to the people, who also had the fullest represcn tation in Parliament. England was thrct fore the truest kind of democracy, as 11 represented all classes, and not only 1111 majori ty of the masses. I n America the President, if not n:>minally, was practicnll) quite as much a Sovereign as the Quee n 11 England, but with the additional disadvan tages of the sweeping instability of th1 party system. The refore, if we take En gland as the best fonn of democracy, nu one can doubt but that democracy is tlu best form of governme nt, when they Jon~ at our colonies and flourishing position. T. N. Micklem, speaking for the OplJO"' lion, said that the riots and confusions .11 the Presidential Elections of America, ami the elections in other republics, were harm ful to any State; it was natural that tlu electors should be more excited, as mort depended on the issue ; one ofthe honour able ge ntlemen for the motion had ~nul that the Congo Free State was a new anti prosperous Republic, he had always untie• stood that it was under the presidency "' the K ing of Belgium, so that this a rgmlll'lll was rea lly on the side of monarchy. F. S. lleynon, in replying to the re mar~ matle by the honourable members wluo supported the motion, declared that In was unable to see how democracy had ho come more powerful generally in tho present time, his opinion was that it hntl bl.!en tried in many cases and been rejcc I

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lit• lll~(a(' tory. Again, an honourable I f lt,ul declared that England was Bl•nl " in its ideas of government, it I t•• him she bad in that cas~ been 1 , 1 y long time, and he was curious w wht•n he thought she wonld be 1 11 l ie did not know what others 1· lull his idea certainly was that the 1 hit .II government was as fir mly I lu d In the present day as it ever I 111, nnd he fully expected that it l tl. llll so. llnu, l\ lovcr, in his closing speech, nt ion to the contrast bet ween the nutl11ion of the oppressed Russian under the rule of her Czars, and

the comfortable pos1t1on of the lower classes in the great Republic of America. If we start on the premises tha t monarchy is superior to democracy, it is somewhat surprising to find any democracies at all ; because we hear of monarchies and kings long before we ever hear of democracies, and, therefore, it is inconceivable why any nations should have become democratic at all. The example of Greece sho ws that monarchy comes first, and democracy follows as an improvement on it. The P resident now called for a show of hands, and the motion was found to have been defeated by a majority of f~ur.

PENNY READINGS. t!Uitl:ly, October 29th, a Penny R eading was held in the Parry Li brary. Mr. 1 11~ing was much appreciated, and the audience insisted on his giving a ~econd t il " encore." A Duet " \Veigenlicd " (translated from the German) wa<; tt'l! by !vi aundrell and H eale, whose voices went very well together. !tol• rl i ~ the Programme. 110 •1

''Chris tmas comes but once n.year" "H.omn.nco " ...... ...Coltermam 1. ~lr. J. Evn.na.

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(from tho Gormnn). ,V. H. l\In.undrcll n.nd H. T. Henlo. 7. ll.EADING ........ ...... .. ............ ................... . Mr. R.itchio. 8. SONO ......... ............... ... ........ ...... ... ...... ..... . Mr. Godfrey. 9. PAR'!' So No"Oh hush thee, mybn.by " ...... .... .. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

1 ud.t)', December 3rd, the second Pe nny Reading of the term was held, and •It • tdcd success. The programme of the evening contained a fa r greater lh 111 Kcncrally is the case, a new feature in the proceedings was the well-known

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comic song "Wot Cher," an addition that apparently found especial favour, the choru of it was enthusiastically joined in by the School portion of the audience, who in thl'll zeal refused to be prevented from repeating it twice. As the programme was somewhal longer than usual, encores though several times demanded were prevented by that dread enemy time. An exception was however made in the case of "Wot Cher" the Ja,l verse of which was repeated. Our thanks arc due to Mr. Godfrey for taking such ,, kindly interest in Penny Readings and for having done so much to improve and rcvivt these time honoured performances. Below will be found the details. 1. 2.

PIANO DuE~·" Spanish Dance" ... .. Mos~·ow8ki. PAU'l' SoNG "0 whoro at·t thou roaming" .. . .

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3. .. .............. Air from "Fnust" ....... Gouno(l. 4. SoNo .... ..... "Margroth am Thoro" ...... Jensen. 5. PIANO DuE•r"CnrmwnlR<>main" P. Godfrey. 6.

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PART SoNo ... "I love my love" ... ........ Allen SoNo ... " Horo's a benlth 1mto his 1\Ia.jesty " ...

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Mr. J ones. (lrisll)"'fho Little Red Lark"St((nfot!l

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A. F. C. Luxmoore. 12. ERHO:LUNOSSTUN:DSN .................... G1ulill 13. Co:m cSONO ..."Wot Cher" ......... .......... . G. A. Ridley.

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LECTURES. A lecture was very kindly given by the Bishop of Dover last term on the Ancient Documents of the New Testament. We are for tunately able to re-produce the greater portion of it. The ancient documents of the Bible number about 2o,ooo in all. The question to be considered is whence do we get this Bible, and whether these are the original writings ? The Old Testament was written in Hebrew and the New in Greek. First there are many translations. We have the English versions of Wycliffe and Tyndale in

the 15th century, and the authorised vcrsiuu in the qth century, a translation from th1 original into English. The Vulgate wa written towards the close of the 4th cenLm} We know that the ancients had a Bihl1, because their writers used to quote Dihh texts. We know for certain that we havo the right book. On looking at the tilh page we find that it is called the 1 lui) Bible. The old versions exactly correspond All the translations were revised and p11 1 together in the Bible. In r6u very 1\:11 of the Bible documents were known In

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I n the last 30 years almost all have the Apostolic Era and does not quote 11! 1 overed. The authonzed version much. Clement does not quote actual I 1 11• T estament had greater advanwords. A third, who lived in the midd le ' " 'H;trds the documents of the Bible of the 2nd century, calls it the memoirs of " had we still more advantages in the Apostles. St. Augustine, the latest of ln 16' r very few documents were th.::m, quotes Scripture texts also. These "• hut now we have nearly 2,ooo fathers begin almost at the times of the 11111 111 ~ with which to authenticate the Apostles themselves. These are the differI 1 .t.uncnt. It is perfectly marvellous ent grounds on which we rely for the truth 111111)' witnesses the New Testament of the New Testament so we can be more ttd probably many have disappeared. sure of the New Testament than we can be of I 11 )·, for example, out of 140 books Shakespeare. A nd besides it was easy by 1• umin in one manuscript 15 and in this means to collect and correct the New 111 musrripts xo books. The manu- Testament. A few years ago a few Germans ul Aeschylus is in a very flowing set to work to prove the faultiness of the hand-writing, and so it could not New Testament. This was at once refuted lu1 11 written before the 7th century by Dr. Sandgate and others, who have now 1 arliest. Thucydides has many overturned all their theories. The study of upls. They were probably written the New T estament is a most interesting the 13th or 14th century. Plato subject and gives great pleasure to those I \1" 111 three manuscripts. The Euclid who take it up in earnest. As to the 11pt is also in cursive Greek. But spreading of the Bible it was copied by I ol nne we have nearly 2,ooo manu- monks and sold at a great price. Take ul the New T estame nt. These go for example the monastery of Canterbury. llhin two centuries of the time of A few hundred years ago we should have 1 11 1111 writing itself. The docunients seen monks painting, copying day after 1!1 1111 widely different parts, Constan- day, week after week, throwing all their 1 , Syria, Egypt and Rome. T here spirit into the work on behalf of the 11 need of the New Testament for Church. Those men constantly made , I) <'hristians, so the Egyptian manu- mistakes. Thus a monk copying a manuIt '1 1~1on was written, the Latin and script seeing a note in the margin puts it \1~11 were written for their use. among the rest and so makes an unintelliw.1~ no means of spreading 'it by gible verse. Or, perhaps a monk, overcome by sleepiness misses out a word or puts in t ;tnd printing. It was all done nolwuting. So we find the early a wrong one making very bad sense, if sense at all. Still these could be altered, 11111 lathers quoting in their works " uf it. Paphias came soon after for the next monk perhaps had five or six l

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volumes and when he found a suspicious mistake in one he looked out the others and corrected it if wrong. Yet there are many curious mistakes. Thus in Acts iii. v. 1 r we find "And as the lame man which was healed, held Peter and John, all the people came running together." I n the revised version we get " And as he held Peter and John, all the people" etc. Here evidently " The lame man which was healed" was a marginal note copied in by a monk. In John, v. 4 we get Âˇâ&#x20AC;˘ For an angel went down at a certain season, etc." I n the revised version this is missed out it being but a monk's marginal note. So the N ew T estament is like a stream, which, as we get nearer to its source becomes purer and purer. In 1844 forty-three pages of the Codex Siniaticus were found or. Mount Sinai by Tichendorf. He found them in a waste-paper basket in the monastery of S. Katherine. Twice again he went to get more of it but each time the library was locked up. The fourth time he went with a letter from theEmperor,and in 1859 he got the whole book. It was written in a square hand, all capital letters, no breathings, no accents, and no stops. It was very beautifully done and could be read by any-one. Marginal notes were written in a Latin hand. Fifty were originally made for Constantinople by order of Constantine, and this is probably one of them.

Codex Alexandrinus- This has some embellishment showing a later date, for some letters are bigger than others.

Codex Vaticanus is soiled and dirty. It has evidently been copied over in the Originally it had no eighth century. breathings and no accents. Codex B ezae, 6th century, has two columns, one in Latin, one in Greek. It is not so neat as the others. Lately, the F rench found in a tomb in Egypt a small volume. I t began in the middle of a sentence and only told of the story of the Crucifi xion. I t is doubtless the lost gospel of Saint Peter and has a very curious account of the people going about with lamps when the darkness came after the Crucifixion. It seems to have been written about r 40 A.D. Mr. Field illustrated the lecture by magic lantern slides of a page of Euclid, Codex Siniaticus, Alexandrinus and Bezac.

On Saturday, February r rth, an amusing lecture was given by Mr. Longsdon under the unique title of " \VI~y we pull a face." The lecturer began with describing sensation and how it is conveyed to the brain, explaining, by the help of a lantern, the action of the nerves, which appear, he remarked, very like a small white piece of thr~ad when viewed by the naked eye, but when put under the microscope are found to consist of innumerable smaller ones. He then proceeded to explain that a number of hideous looking objects, displayed on the sheet, were lhe muscles of the body, and showed the power they have of expanding

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m<l contracting at will. After t hcs~: intert mg preliminaries, the main portion of th•• l..:cture was continued, a nd it was twwn that all sensation is some form of 111ollon outside ourseln!s and must result 111.u·tion or move ml!nt whic h it is physical" 1mpossible to resist, as for insta nce in the • .he of seYere grief, whic h, if it finds no ·· nt in tl!nrs, ofte n endangers the life. of the tn•rson afflicted, n fac t we ll brought out by I ··nnyson, in the following stanza : Home they brough t he t· wa rl'iot· tlllad, She oot· spn.ke nor u tt.ered cry , All her m ai<lenR r ou nd her s aid Hhe rn uRt wee p or s h ll will d ie.

\ •:lin if a man is tied secnrdy clown so l1t1t he cannot mO\·e a nd the n has his feet "' klcd, if he cannot fi nd · relief in movellh nt he will lose his senses and become a '' ing madman. I t is an astonishing fact lu1w habits arc handed down from father "'on, in support of which the following 111111sing story, said to be a fact, may he • ltt•d :- " T here was a ma n who, afkr he h.1d gone to sleep, had a habit of r:tisi ng 111~ arm over his head at a certain time in till' night, a nd the n k tting it fall on his 11'hl', ILl! did this so often and with such viol• nC'c that the bntton of his shirt inflicted a uund on the side of his nose, and the button lwl to be remO\·ed, but still the habit 1111'k to him. Years after, when the fathl!r a' d<!ad, and the son had married and was hunsclf getting on in years be devdoped the 1111e habit and was unable to get rid of 1 " This convincing proof of the heredi• uy nature of habit war; received with

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much merriment on the part of the a ud i..:ncc. T here are two forms of emotion, con· scious and u nconscious. Among the former may be cla~sed the a rts of cough ing a nd blowi ng the nose, neither of which come naturally to a child, but have to be taught. S neezing, on the other ha nd, is a n unconscious e motion, a nd no child has ever yet req ui red teac hing this. T he differe nce bet ween unconscious a nd conscions e motion may be well illust rated by the ease with whic h w..: unin te ntionally s wallow a cherry stone, a nd yet fi nd it a matter of great difficulty to swallow a pi ll howe n :r small it chanct to be. I n the case of persvns addicted to stam· mering, if they art! talking naturally and spontaneou<;ly they never stammer, or if they are speaking to someone wtth whom ther are quite at their ease. If on the other hand they want to make some particular remark, or if they arc at all nervous they ar<! certain to sta mmer, and it may be noticed that they get fa r worse if t hey a rc a t all tim id or afraid of somc:thing happe n. ing to them if they stammer. Fright also causes muscular movement and since every child is b rought up to connect muscular action with a feeling of fear, so when people arc at all fr ightened they always sta rt and make some involuntary movement, althou!!h at the time they knl!w perfectly well it ts of no use, e.g., it- a person stands upon some soft substance, such as a bed, and attempts to fa ll forward on his f.'\cc on

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it, although he knows it will not hurt him he involuntary puts his hands in front of him to protect himself. One of the fi rst movements in fright also is the blinking of the eyes, this is done in order to protect them first, as they are the most sensitive part of the whole body. Finally muscular action is forced by pain, of which the first result is a stimulant, but then when the pain continues a feeling of dead ness takes its place. T his muscular action takes the form of clenchi ng the fist or biting t he lips, and is done because one pain deadens anothers. So the early Martyrs are said sometimes to have felt no pain at all in t heir death, from the feeling of religious ecstasy into

which they worked themselves. T o sum up, emotion must have an outlet of somo form or other, and hence seruation ami its causes have often been so closely co1o nected together as to cause confusion 111 the minds of many people. At the close of the lecture .Mr. Field rose to thank the lecturer, and added an amusi ng conclusion to the anecdote on tho he reditary nature of habit, stating that llu habit went on and on in after generation wh ile a deep line appeared on the side of tho nose that received the time-honoured blcm and fi nally a generatio n arose with onl) one side to their nose, a sad result of tlu effects of habit.

CONCE RT . On Monday, December r9t h, our Annual Concert took place in the Gymnasium. T ho room was very fairly filled, there being considerably over 200 present in addition I•· members of the School, while the fact that the number of the performers was al mo~l double that of last year, augurs well for the increased interest take n in this departnwnt by the School as a whole, and also largely seemed the success of the entertainment Some regret had been previously expressed by several regular attendants on these oco·' sions, that theatricals had not been substituted for the time honoured concert, but th111 remonstrances were effectually silenced when they perceived the excellence oi the P' " gramme provided for them, and they were easily assured of the fact that it had bl'l'n impossible to get up theatricals, several of the principal persons necessary for it bc111 absent, on gain intent at the Universities. The pi1)ce de 1·esistmue of the evening 1111 doubtedly was the duet "Wiegenlied," sung by ;\[aundrell and R eale, as their voic • blended very well, and they worthily deserved the very hearty encore their singing callu1 forth. We must not also forbear to mention the part song " I love my love in the moo11 ing," one that bas already on a former occasion been heard by the School a nd was "'It worth a repetition. The only feeling at the close of the proceedings was that it was O\'tl

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programme was got through in less time than had been anticipated, was surely on the right side, and one easy to remedy. After the usual It Ill hl'l'n called for by the captain, and every one had satisfied himself that he till tl lw; voice and could never get rid of his hoar3eness, all-friends and scholars II• l'·ull:d with a satisfied feeling as to the success a nd enjoyment of the eYening. 11111

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COATS OF AR MS ON THE COVER OF THE CANTUARIAN .

I I 1 • hl·cn asked to write a few words t 'oats of Arms that appear on the

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my remarks rather to the heraldry of the shields. The first, in importance to the school, is that of the Dean and Chapter, which occupies a prominent place between the two medallions. I ts proper blazon runs : Azure, on a cross argent, an X, S/11'11/0llllled by a dotted I, sable. It is not correctly engraved upon the cover, since the two letters should be shaded with perpendicular

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lines, crossing honzontal ones, to represent Chapter consist of a coat of arms, had sablt or black. I may here mention that and motto, all of which may be plac, a::ure is not dark blue, but skyblue or upon a A1rwll.:. There is no crest uo cobalt, such as mar be seen on the escut- helmet, since there would be no person 1 cheons on the ,·aulting of the NaYe. wear either of these, among the Chaptc ' Argent means sih·er, b ut is represented in in fact it is contrary to true H erald ic spu c painting by white. The cross is of course that any Corporation should h;tv..: thl'lll the most fi tting emblem in the arms of a ny though many Municipalities and l'\ c1 Church, but has especial reference, in this Companies do bear them. I should file case, to the dedication of the Cathedral, by to protest against the common hahit "' St. Augustine to C hrist; the letters IX. being calling coats-of-arms, crests; the latter Ill' I the initials of" In Christo," or" In C hristi but an adornment for the hel met, whu h (nomine)," the X standing for CH., being afterwards became per.-;onal d istinction the Greek Clti, borrowed in Ecclesiastical nor would it have been considered it' In mo•. Latin. Sometimes this I is represented with- to have wo rn a shceld erected on the.: h•f out the dot, when the letters migltl signify of the head. The King's School, being .11 I"'a-ov~ Xp1a-Tos, but Greek is Yery rare in integral portion of the Cathedral found ' H eraldry, and the dot ha~ the greatest tion, has a legal right to usc the a rms. The remaining shields I shall takt· 11 authority. The motto belonging to the achicYcme nt order of date, fi rst taking those of 1111 is "Age dum .-\gis." T he shield rests .\rchbishops, three in number. That 111 upon two sprays, that on the dexter the mitldlc of the right-hand side, "•' side being of laurd, that on the granted to the family of Archl>ishop \\ 111 sinister of oak lca\'es. T he dexter side of chelsea, who war; born in H enry I ll's. time the shield being so c:~lled in regard to the and was a scholar in the old Cathedral g ra111 position of the bearer, that is, behind the mar school, and s ucceeded Peckam 111 shield. These leaves nre Badges, of the the Pnmacy, in the reign of E dward I same nature as the shamrock, rose, and I 294. H e died 1313, and was buried "' thistle, under the royal e-;cutcheon, or the the Cathedral, before the altar of S1 Scottish Clan Badges. Badges, as d istinct (;rc.:gory, which stood in the apse now o< en from coats of arms a nd crests, may be pied by the School Organ. The tomh w,.1 assumed by any person at the ir discretion. entirely destroyed at the reformation. 'l'h1 They were invented to supply the need of hi-; personal coat of arms, is blazoned, ni;A:tlll, some mark to embroider upon the clothes I a jess ermim, 1•oided gules, i ll cl1ief J nw of retaint.:rs, instead of the elaborate coat of of ll1e last. It is not correctly e ngraved "" arms ; and in certain families have become the coYer, as a fesse should occupy Ulh hereditary. Thus the insignia of the third of the field; while here it takc.:s IIJ•

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The External ornaments, the bury, and may be regarded as the seal of uul Staves, will be me ntioned with the English Church under the Primacy, and \ '"' of the Archbishopric. the whole Anglican Communion under the I h '" '\lis the shield on the top of the left Patriarchate of Canterbury. I ult•, hdongingtoArchbishopCranmer, The blazon is :-Azure, upou a crozier II • weatly benefited the School. more in p ale, proper, a p all, ( arg. fringed, or, 1 t il)' hy drawing up the new Statutes c/Ln1ged wit/i 4 crol·l·es p atce jitclty sable). I I 111 y V TTI. His shield is q uartered Insteac! of the cro1.ier, a small cross patee or 1 '· ·gular way; having his family arms ts somct;mes represented in chief; but this 1• 1 1 and 4th quarters, the 2nd and is erroneous, as the end of the cro1.icr staff lu Ill).( or cupiecl by those of heiresses should appear below the pall. It is like· lt.u l hccn married into the family. wise borne in the arms of the Archbishops lito lirst on the righ t-hand side was of Armagh and Dublin. '' h)· Archbishop P arker, T 559, the This pall is an eccle!:iastical vestment, ttul l' rimate after Cranmer ; Pole, in and a modification of the ancient Roman " \l a ry's reign, coming between them. P allium. It was g iven by Empero rs a~ a 1otlt,tit appears in the medallion on m ark of distinction, and this custom was rt •Itt, 111 which he is seen wel\ring his retained by the Popes, who granted it 1 h• 1 nnd Chimere, and square hat. to distinguished Prelates. Afterwards it lllntly roat is impaled with the arms of was restricted to Met ropolitans, and became , , .1-; is right for all l3ishops, as well a symbol of dependence upon the H oly I " .Ill~, I [cads of Colleges, etc. This Sec. '"~ i~ derived from the custom uf The last Archbishop of Canterb ury who !lilly the /l(lron's,or husband's arms in the received it was P ole, the successor of l 1 to 1 half of a shield, and the f emme's, or Cranmer after the relapse into papistry in 1 , 111 the Sinister. It thus signifies the Queen l\Iary'..; reign. The external ornalhlllllll Union of the Bishop with the m cnts, which appear over two of the 1 1111 1• h, :ts his Spouse; but in this case the shields, are the mitre, crozier and pastoral 1•11 1111:t l take precedence of the Personal s taff. The mitre takes the place, in the 1111 , by being placed in tbe dexter achievements of bishops, of the helmet 11 which is the more honourable. and crest; though in olden times some II -.uuster half then of this shield, being 1 warrior bishops bore crests as well as mitre. I l.uuily arms of Parker, is blazoned :The mitre was likewise borne by certain ., /Jdti•een J keys erect, or, a clt&'i.'I"On abbots, among whom was the Abbot of St. 1'1 wmt• dtargtd witlt J stars, of 6 mys, Augustine's ~Ionastery. The English Arc hJtrsl. The coat on the dexter half is b ishops, who, as some say, take their seats •t ulthe diocese and province of Canter· as Dukes, e ncircle their mitres with ducal

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coronets, as a mark of precedence over The escutcheon at the bottom of thL' bishops, who take the rank of barons. The left-hand corner is also not quite correct ly Bishop of Durham docs the same, but this represented : The dexter half both in th•· is because he is, o r rather was, before the and the last mentioned shield, should b1 act of William I V., Prince of the Palatm- corrected as above; and in the sinister lhl' ate of Durham. leopards should have black spots. Tlw The C rozier and Pastoral Staff are those blazon should be sable, tltree leopards ram that are carried before the Metropolitans paul, spoiled of tlte first. in procession; The Crozier being the This is the coat of John Lynch, au symbol of his Metropolitan or P rovincial O.K.S., Dean in 1734, and a warm sup authority; the Pastoral staff, in common porter of the School. with that of other Bishops, the symbol of Above th is is the shield granted to his Diocesan cure. H arvey, of Coombe Hill, Essex. It •~ The next shield, the third on the right- blazoned, Per j esse, sable and or, iu du'rj hand side, is that of Dr. John Boys, an tltree crescents of tl1e last. This \\'aS bonll' O.K.S., and student of Corpus Christi: by William Harvey the famous d iscovcn·• D ean of Canterbury in r6r9. H e died sud- of the circulation of the blood. H e entered denly in the midst of his books, and is thus the King's School at the age of ro, ancl represented on his tomb, on the right-hand graduated at Caius College, CambridHt' side of the Lady, or Dean's Chapel in the At length, after living through the troublQth Cathedral. times of the rebellion, and holding till Being Dean, his arms, as I said above, office of \Varden of l\lerton, he died iu are impaled with those of the Chapter. r6S7· His bust and portrait mar be SCl'll They are wrongly engra\·ed on the cover ; in the Kent and Cante rbury H ospital. l it they :;hould be : or, w ithin a bordure gules, has recently gained fresh laurels throuHII a grijfin segreant sable: i.e. there should be his name being adopted by the Scicnn a border round the field, shaded with per- Socicly of the King's School. pendicular lines, and the field should be dotted.

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lill!t ago 1i/e gave au examination ill advertisements/ lite joll01oing book-work an intended, in like manner, to lest lite 1·eaders k1101t1ledge of Cricket and /·,Jrll/lall. I :1vc the meaning in (i) their general (ii) their sporting sense of the following

~11t1lions

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(a) 'Latter was collared by the back' (h)' W-- fed his inside unceasingly ' (c) 'Castley bowled a maiden over but was cut at the next ball and afterwards driven to the boundary' I I Who are Asmodeus, Vigilant, Captain Coe, Bovis, the Colonel, and Lady Gay. Ill Explain the difference between, ( r) to make a goal, convert, improve, negotiate the try, and score the major point. (2) first half, opening session, and in itial moiety. (3) fast bowler, lightning trundler, and terrific piller. (4) register, add, i1otch, and trouble the scorer. (5) send the marble between the pins, transfer the pippin to the mouth of the goal and hurtle the sphere 'twixt the uprights. I v " The decision of the Referee musl be final " How far does this seem to you to I till' ? C:omment on the expressions " Casting vote of the Umpire" and "Umpired

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a ball to be considered "dead" when it has "crossed the bar."? Rxplain cleady the game of football as given in the advertisement of Cad bury's

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II. Write an essay on the progress of Cricket and Football in ancient days comllllllf.\ on the expressions :

( r) nee mora longa. (there was no long stop) (2) non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum. (Everyone can't be as good as the Corinthians) (3) Bracchia circumdare. (to bowl round arm) (4) Dorsum im.mane. (a full-back) \ Ill. Write an original essay on Cricket and Football N.B.-1\TO ma1"ks will be given if any reference is made to village football or ~ • I in tall hats, and scoring by notches in a stick. The candidate will be expelled h• dra"''s any moral or mentions the word "Englishman." Patriotism and Piety are 1 • tlluwcd in t his original essay. 1 Show the difference (if any) befween Pundt's idea of Football and the Massacre I t Bartholemew.

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" Till the field ring again and again " " \\'ith the tram p of the l·wenty-lwo mcn."- .Sdlool Song. What number do you s uggest that those who play Rugby should sing for "twenty

two. " ? The following arc these by the best known com mentators: " 22," omnes non sunt ibi, q uidam trainum misserunt. Zumpt. Pal. " 1 2 2 ," id est includans spectatores. A, B, D. Lt, Tr, "32," id est d uo teami cum cluobus umpi ratibus (touch-judgibus) Refereeo propter adversam decisione m interfecto. C.A. K.

FOOTBALL MATCHES . KING'S SCHOOL v. THANET WANDERERS. The return match with the Thanet Wandere rs was played o n the School ground on D ecemhcr 7th, and ended, as the first match had done, in a draw, neither sid e scoring any point. Flint won the toss and chose to play up hill for the first half. The ball was started by L'\ngley for the visitors, but was not returned by the School back, and play was confined for the ftrst five minutes to the School half-way. By dint of good scrummaging however, it was soon carried up the field, and the School once or twice looked to be on the point of scoring. Then the Wanderers forwa rds getting the ball away rushed it down the fiel d and some pretty passing was wi tnessed on the part of the V isitors' three quarters, soon afterwards Richa~·dson .got t!1c ball ~nd dribbli ng i~ past the opposing backs, looked dangerous, but slipped m trymg to )liCk up, and scrummages followed in the Wanderers 25, where the ball still 'ras, when the whisLie sounded for half-time. The kick o ff was followed up by the School forwards and a return was prevented and the School immediately pressed, but the defence was not to be broken th rough, and some aood play by K ent removed play to a safe distance from the goal. Castley however, by ; wd l judged kick, soon sent the ball back again into touch a few yards from the goalline, but the home team could not score, and a strong run by Kent was only stopped when he was within a few yards of the School lines. It was now the Wanderer:; turn to press, but they were never very dangerous, and the game ended without any points being scored. Castley and the two hah·es were conspicuous ou tside the scrimmage and Newland and Candy were perhaps the p1ck of the forwards. Unfortunately the state of the ground rendered accurate passing very difficult and the game was throughout almost confined to the forwards.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. 0. K. S. This match was played at Blore's Piece on Tuesday, December 2oth. The turf, on the whole, was in good condition, though slightly greasj on the surface. The O.K.S. hrought down a very strong team, with the result that the School suffered defeat by two tJICS to nil. There is little doubt that the previous O.K.S. tour, had a beneficial result un the combined play of their team. R. B. Flint won the toss and chose the pavilion t>nd. Scott kicked off for the O.K.S. at 3 p.m : and the ball was smartly returned to the half-way: from the very onset the School began to be heavily pressed, the superior weight of their opponents making itself manifest : af:er about xo minutes play, consisting rhiefly of scrummages in our 2 s, F. Boothby got possession and after a cork-screw run, passed the leather to his brother, who crossed the line and grounded the ball behind the uprights : the try, though an easy one, was not im proved on. The King's School then began to wake up, and after some capital forward work the ball was kicked by Castley mto touch at the half-way flag. Shortly afterwards F . Boothby again looked like getting in, but was collared close outside the line by H. E. Flint. The O.K.S. however, were not to be denied, and Athawes scored a second try; the attempt at goal was another f.'\ilure. Soon after this Wacher broke away and looked like scoring, but was brought down by Stuart. The ball was again tranferred to the centre , and shortly afterwards half-time was called with the score at, O.K.S. two tries; K .S. nil. After the usual interval, the leather was started by Luxmoore: Bredin returned with a loug kick : then occurred the best part of the game. The play became much more open : with the result that the quarters on either side had a chance of distinguishing themselves : the passing of the three quarters on either side was extremely good, and the game became now attractive to the spectators. Castley made several good rushes, and the forwards reversed the former order and shoved their opponents back to their 2 5 flag : K.S. tried hard to get in, but A. Stuart at back was in deadly form. Only once was the School at all pressed in the second half, but Richardson relieved with a timely kick into touch. Several times the School were within an ace of scoring, but each time were repulsed; the collaring of the O.K.S. back division being too sure. Micklem as usual was quick in appropriating the ball from the throw out. Shorlly before call of time, a little combined play, between Luxmoore, Candy, Newland, and Beynon brought the ball almost over the O.K.S. line, but was speedily cleared, and when no side was called the score was as stated above. For the King's School most of the forwards were in turn conspicuous, the halves did their work well, and Castley and H. E. Flint played finely, both in attack, and on the defence. For the O.K.S. Bredin, A. Stuart, Athawes, and the two Boothby's did splendid service. The School did not play together so well as sometimes, so that on the day's play the better side won; the game was a capital one from the start to the finish, and not rendered less exciting by the fact that it was three years since the O.K.S. had played the School. K .S.-T. P. Watkins (back), R. J. Castley, H. E Flint, and A. G. Richardson (three quarters), G. LeeWarner and G. D. Lenox (halves), R. B. Flint (captain), F. S.

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Beynon, M. S. Newland, T. N. Micklem, A. F. C. C. Lu.xmoore, C . T. Candy, ]. B. Drake, H. \Vacher, and E. V. Kingdon (forwards). O.K.~. -A. Stuart (back), A. Bredin, B. T. Boothby, and H. Douglas (thrcl quarters), E. J. S. Athawes (captain), F. Boothby (halves), A. L. Turnbull, J . H. Smith, H. C. Stuart, F. B. Kingdon, \V. R. Mowll, A. C. Scott, H. Isacke, J . N. Crawford, D . S.l\I. Tassell (forwards), G D. Tripp, {referee), F. F. S. Williams and H. M. James (touch judges) . KINGS SCHOOL v. DOVER TOWN. T his return match was played on Tuesday, February 7th, at Blore's Piece, in favolll able weather, and resulted in a draw, each side scoring one goal. Flint having lost the toss, Dover elected to play from the Pavilion end : Luxmoon· started the ball, which was returned into touch about half way, where it remained fw some time. After a series of scrummages, the Dover backs, obtaining the ball, invaded the School territory, but the united efforts ol the school forwards took back the ball to the visitors 2 5. Here Cast ley mtercepted a bad pass from one of the Dover three-quarter., and after a short run managed to secure a try behind the posts. Just before half-tim1 by a good shot at goal from a penalty kick, our opponents nearly scored. When tht whistle announced the re-commencement of the game Dover set the ball in motion, ancl as it was not returned, the game settled down in our 25, and remained for some tim1 dangerously near our goal. Time after time the Dover backs broke away, but failed tu get through the School defence. Then the forwards by combined play carried the ball back into neutral territory only to find it returned by a good dribble. Immediately afLl'l this a good pass out by Johnson enabled Thompson to score a try, which the sam, player managed to com·ert. Roused by this disaster, the School forwards played with renewed energy, and for the remainder of the game, neither side looked dangerous. The game resulted in a draw-one goal each. It is only fair to add that our dread enemy the "flue" incapacitated several of our forwards from playing, and great difficult) was found in filling up the vacancies. For us, Castley and Mr. Tripp played well. The team was as follows :- T. P. H . Watkins (back), R. J. Castley, F. S. B~y no11, A. G. Richardson. (three-quarters), G. LeeWarner and H. E. Candy (halves), R. II Flint (captain), Mr. Tripp, ·A. F. C. Luxmoore, C. T. Candy, F. \V. Chisolm, W. II , Evans, J. \V. Heale, S. W. Pears, and J. E. Gripper (forwards).

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SCHOOL NEWS. f11l111wing were given their rst XV. II 111luur~ last term :- J. B. Drake, l'u hnrdson, E. V. Kingdon, G. L ee11 1 I P. II. Watkins, H. \Vacher, and

The school will be represented in the various mntches by R. J. Cnstley, A. G. R ic hardson; and F. S. Beynon.

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* * lu ,11 t ily congratulate S. Cook on his I lu llld tlrttl Scholarship nt S . John's II 1 1 Cum bridge.

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* • * llu I mgs' School Sports will take place tlu <:rccn Court on Monday and ol 1)' 1 April 3rd and 4th. .. * * llu I mgs' School v. C.O.S. Sports will Jll,wc on the Beverley on Thursday, I I) hth. * * * I ll•·~ matches have been arranged 1vith \III{IINtinc's College for February 2 rst, 1 I ling of a single and a double. * * . l11r hcs have also* been arranged w1th t <>.~. for March 7th and 14th, the 1111 1 to be played at Mr. Hodgson's 111, hy his kind permission, and the lattt the C.O.S. ** II 1 .tl'iO intended to play Dover College f 1 un March 9th, in a single at Dover, I "" the r sth in a double here.

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F. S. Beynon has gained the Streatfield prize for English Li terature. * * * H. J. Fynes-Ciinton and A. G. Richardson have been made monitors this ter m. * •* T. N. Micklem has been succeeded by A. F . C. Luxmoore in his position ns HoliSe lvionitor. * *

* elected as editor to R. B. Flint has been the C'antuarian in place of 1\L S. Newland. * * * We are glad to welcome R. F . Elwyn, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, as Assistant :Master at the junior School. * • " taken l\Ir. Tripp's l\Ir. J. Evans has

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place as Master of the Middle Third Form, while the latter takes extra science classes.

The follo wing represented the School : Mr. Ritchie, Mr. E vans, l\Ir. Godfrey, J• S. Beynon, S. S. Cook, H. J. Clinton, \\ H. Ev:~ns, A. F. C. Luxmoore, J. II Drake, A. G. Richardson, and H. Johnson

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A match was played between the Rev. Lonsgclon and eleven members of the Chess Club at the end of last term.

OXFORD LETTER. It is a matter of much retrospective satisfaction to be able to record at the beginning of this letter the fact that two days before term began the deeply-contrived plans and projects of last term took shape in a dinner at the H olborn Resturaunt. I need say no more of it here, as no doubt you will have a more elaborate notice of it elsewhere. The time of writing is the last night of the T orpids, and Oxford will soon be illuminated by other means than gas and electricrty. The chief characterrstics of the races this year have been the number of bumps and the prevalence of rain and, (from the tow path runner's point of view), mud. Of individual boats, Braze nose First have added an eight consecut1ve year to their term of headship, and their second boat has gone up six places; next to them

Trinity have been gone up five place-. Christ Church Third four places and Mag dalen First three. The successes of 1111 two last mentioned boats somewhat atoru for the misfortune of the other boats ol those two Colleges. The 'Varsity Eight went into trainin11 about a fortnight ago; the boat contain five old blues, and three of the new choic·n arc freshmen (including cox). The e n: w leave Oxford for London on March 1, arul the Race is fixed for March 22nd at about 4.30 p. m. The Sports will take place .11 Queen's Club on the day before. The 'Soccer Match against Cambridl(c was played at Queen's Club, We~t Ken sington, on Satmday, February x8th, ancl after a most exciting game resulted in 11 win for Oxford by 3 goals to 2. Cambridl(~ playing with a wind the first half scon·tl

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(nne of which was shot whtlC proposal comes presumably from one of the proverbial millionaires, but it is not yet f I wet~; playing with only ten men)· settled whether the team will go or not. 1 h til t tmc Oxford drew level, and the Turning to O.K.S. news, we are glad to 1111 t;ual was not kicked until three record the advent of another O.K.S. in the Hilt l11:forc • No Side' was called. The It h "·'~won mainly owing to the splendid person of M. S. Newland, Ford Student of tllltl.ltion among the Oxford forwards. Trinity. Latter is, of course, playing threeF. D. Sladen II hnll Schools were represented in the quarter for the 'Varsity. was up the other day to take his B.A. II 1 '''' ~ L. - Charter house having five, I , lt111 y th ree, Repton two, and West- degree. Oxford has also been visited this lito h 1 one representative. Only four of term by C. A. Lowndes, and R . P. Atherton, who has now a master-ship at Mairlenhead. II pl.tycd in last year's match. A. H . Thompson, we regret to say, has lin 0. U. D.S. this year acted the Two ullo IIICil of Verona, which was perhaps been seriously ill from influenza since the first week of term, and has been obliged to 1 lu 1 .11 a disadvantage from comparison wl !. " l'hc Jlrogs"of last year. The audiences go down till next April. The 0 K.S. Club continues a'> of yore I 1 , \nwerelargeandappreciative,especiaL to meet fortnightly. Their only regret is lr "'' 1 the dog, which we are told on good 1tl111111y is not going to be sent back for that there is not at present no one topic of 1 ll'l"t:s ofasphixiation at the Dogs' Home. universal and absorbing interest to match I u performances were, as usual, held in with the great dinner question of last term. II wl·ck immediately preceeding Ash The recurrence of that topic must be sorrowfully left to O.K.S. in residence \ I ohii'Sday. I hl· Rugby Team Committee have under next Michaelmas. With which regret I will . '" 1dcration a proposal to go over to conclude . February 1893 · \ "'"' k:t next Autumn and play exhibition 1 1<1 other matches, all expenses paid. The

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O.K.S. DINNER. The King's School Dinner, which has been revived chiefly through the exertions of Mr. Elwyn, was held at the Holborn Restuarant on January 19th. The attendance was fairly good, but not quite what had been hoped, eleven places being vacant. The chair was taken by Dr. Blore ; and the proceedings were enlivened by some songs, for which thanks are due to Mr. G. Mackeson, and !vir. A. H. Spiers. I t is hoped that the dinner may become an annual institution. There ought to be no difficully about collecting forty or fifty O.K.S. in London once a year for so good a purpose. We look on the dinner of r893 as an experiment which justifies a strenuous effort lo put the O.K.S. gathering on a permanent footing. The following is the list of those present:-Dr. Blore, R. J. Biron, Q.C., Dr. F. Stephenson, Revs. C. Mackeson, A. W. Kearney, R. L. Ottley, T. Field, A. H. 11. Boys, G. H. Cameron, A. G. B. Atkinson, R. G. Hodgson, L. H. Evans, and Messrs. J. W. Longsdon, A. H. Spiers, E. G. Spiers, A. P. Hall, G. H. Cobb, T. E Rammell, (~. ?~Iackeson, J. P. Ryley, E. W. R. Green, L. Spencer, L. F. Wilmot, E . L. Payne, R. F. Elwyn, L. W. Smith, A. Latter, H. B. Milsome, F . B. Kingdon, D. S. M. Tassell, P . \V. James, J. H. Smith, and C. A. Knapp. [N.B.-We hope to be able to record the speeches in our next number.-Ed.)

CORRESPONDENCE. N .B.-7.'heEdilo,·s decline to nccept a?l!)f ?'esponsibiUty comtcclc<~ 1vith the opinions O/ th~ir co1Tespo111~ enls. Name and a<lcl1·ess .,mst altuays be yiuon, not nccessm•ily }'or 2mbUcalton, bt~t as n. yucmmtco of aoocl faith. Pe1·sonatities 1VilL i 1wotve certllin ?'ejection.

To the Edito1·s of" THE CANTUARIAN." D EA R SIRs,-Now that the paper-chase season is coming on might I remind you of the suggestion made last year that they should be limited to 7 or 8 miles, and take place more frequently. Why should not a regular steeplechase be arranged 5 or 6

miles (or less) in length in which the big gest fellows might take part and a cup be given for whoever got most marks out of 4 or 5 of these ? Yours &c., FIFTEEN.

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general take it to mean, I think, " A way to a recreation ground for those who care to climb the fence, and a free lodging, etc., the other side." These, I think, could, and ought to be remedied as soon as possible, Now for the pavilion ; of course t ,, l~dilors of " THE CANTUARIAN. it is a fine building in its way, and highly I• 11 1.\irs,- I wish to make a proposal serviceable for town boys to make pilgrim· It '' Html to the high jump in the ensuing ages to, when they want some quiet fun, '' 1 Would it be too great an innova- but this, I fancy, is not the purpose for 11 '" have the turf on the Green Court which it was built. I think it was buil t to 111" , d in the place where the unfortunate keep there the requisites for such games 1111 1, have to land ? In the sports last ,, t hl' competitors suffered greatly as arc played there, that is to say footb all "' •11 • heels and weakened ankles, causand cricket (in reference to the last, I "' l.111ding on the hard turf. H oping believe it is a fact that the Captain of the 1 tlu~ suggestion will meet the approval 3rd XI. last year, having lost the ball in 1 tit• Sports' Committee, some mysterious way, bought another out I remain, Yours truly, of his own money). This term, the DILAPIDATED HEEL. footballs always have to be brought up for l ltf Editors of" THE CANTUARIAN." each game, which sometimes occasions Itt u Sirs,- May I be allowed space in delay in beginning. The fault of the whole "' \,tluable columns to make a suggestion thing is, I believe, the door and the I hope will be acted upon- that is windows ; these, I think, have no locks or 1 t I)' about the pavilion at Blore's Piece. bars of any sort, the lock of the door 1111 111 ~ 1, before I speak of this, let me also having for somo mysterious reason been , '" attention to two other noticeable re moved last term and never replaced. 1 tlllll'~ on our football ground. The first Thus it affords excellent fun for the town tlu bare post at the entrance to the boys during the day-time to play " in at lt It I lc> which we will give the credit of the door and out at the window " game, I wtnJ-1 once been a notice board, but and at night I have no doubt, if it was l1tt h now alas ! has disappeared. It is examined, we should find some weary , ''1'., tng and I daresay ornamental, but traveller, who does not care to waste his I , ulcdly not useful. The second point is money on hiring a bed, comfortably ttot tce board at the other en J '· the sleeping there. Hoping this will receive lltttnd (I do not know if we have the some attention soon, at least before the n1uur of owning this or not), in any case cricket season commences. ''""' t'l a plain black board on a post, Believe me, Yours tru l}", REFORM. hi• h may signify anything-people in

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EDITORIAL. II â&#x20AC;˘ 101 y repeats itself" it is said : unfortunately it must be owned that the ,,,;,, , edi torials repeat themselves also, always the sa me old beginnings, always the 11 11ltl complaints, about dearth of matc tial and the utter want of assistance from ttlll ~i dc world. At last we have found what we have been looking for so long, and " The Editor joyful ly shouts fro m his den Eureka I I've found it\ h ttl .ulvertisements answer, " the ball-pointed pen," but, unfortun ately, we have 11ol only a stale old quill, and the latter cannot be expected to produce such a 1111 1111 ~Âˇditorial as a bran.new "ball-pointed " pen. llut a truce to such trifles, for we must proceed to serious business with a last groan, 11 1 " hope deferred make th the heart sic k " and the editor has been waiting ,, ,uti ng for the pro\'erbial inspiration which never comes. I tu ning to school matters, there is a rumour of a Volunteer Corps being a t last 111 d. We heartily re-congratulate the sugge t ion, and should like to see it carried

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out at the earliest opportunity. What a glorious field for the display oi military enthusiasm volunteering affords! What ardour is excited by drenching rain and no enemy in sight, by a tramp oyer a ploughed field with a modest weight of ten pounds attached to each hoot ! But we are unwilling to say nnything to ridicule or insult the Yolunteer, or to interfere with this great mO\Âˇement. Personally, we wish it eve ry s uccess, and we hope that the School will show how Volunteering should and can be clone ; but we should be very sorry to see nnother box of lend or tin soldiers produced. It is a great cl isnppointment that we haYe been unable to sr.ncl up any rt!presentativcs to the Public Schools' Compe tition at Aldershot this year, presumably becnuse no one is good enough. Surely, with a good gymnasium and first-class instructors, we ought, with a little enthusiasm and "'esprit de corps," to prod uce every year not merely one or two good gymnasts (would that we hnd them), but severn] disputnnts for the first plnce. How delightful it would be to sec boxing being taught again, and (who knows ?) we might in time get some pugilists ft t to represent the School at Aldcrshot ; it seems to us a shame to be outclassed in this 'noble nrt' by a mere animal like the kangaroo. We have had four paper-chases this term, which is n great improve ment on some previous years. A fresh departure in athletics has been taken. A steeple-chase was proposed, and three prizes offered ; the proposal, we are glad to sny, wns well received nnd there was a fair number of entries. T his is a capital institution, and we hope that it will be continued every year for the future. An account of the paper-chases and steeple-chase will occur elsewhere. At presen t, everyone's attentions arc, or should be , fixed on the sports. As far as the School sports nrc concerned we can only hope that they will be fnvoured with glorious weather, nnd pass off with every possible success. At the time of going to Press, it does not seem quite certain whether the spor ts witb the C.O.S. will be able to come off, owing to illness at the latter School. We hope that by that time the illness will have entirely disappeared, and in that case that we mny be able to reverse our last yenr's defcnt, but if certain rumours regnrding times, heights nnd lengths that hnve reached us pro,Âˇe to be correct, we shall hnve to struggle Yery hard to do so. May fortune smile on our efforts! Our footbnll season closed with n second defent nt the hands of D over College. Though the season has not been a fnilure, it has not been altogether a success, thougl' we are n few points to the good. The most disappointing part of it is that we hnvc lost our two most importnnt matches with schools. May we succeed better next yenr !

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regret owing to want of space, that unable to give the speeches at the 11 I .~. Dinner in our last number, for llh h ,..,e apologise, and wh ich will be l·••ttul appended.] l'hc CHAIRMAN having proposed the '"•1~1 of" Church and Queen," which was ~ Hlllly received, R . J. BIRON, EsQ., Q.C., r,,,~ called upon to propose "the Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces; to which Sir . \mlrcw Clark was to have replied, but he "·'" unavoidably prevented at the last nunutc from being present. Mr. Biron 111! that he had taken a great de::tl of 1wuble to get up carefully all the details ul Sir Andrew Clark's life, and therefore in p1tc of his absence he felt that he must make some reference to his remarkable hk, which he would hold up to Lieutenant t:rccn as an example which he would do well to follow. H e said that there had ht·cn many 0. K.S. in the Army who had brought much honour to the School, but he did not know of any O.K.S. who had f•gured prominently in th~ Navy. He 1ould only account for this by the near proximity of Canterbury to Whitstable, which he thought was the most horrible seaaide place imaginable.The Volunteer Forces, however, had had many distinguished tcpresentatives from the King's School, and he was glad to hear of any good service being performed by O.K.S. H e re· membered well coming to the Kins's . , llt'rc

School as a small boy of eight a nd feeling the most miserable little creature possible, but he looked back to the ten years he was at the School with the most happy recollections, and he always felt the keenest interest in its welfa re. Lieute nant GREEN, who replied on behalf of the Army, referred to the distinguished career of Lieutenant-Colonel Vousden, who won the Victoria Cross, and said he felt proud to be in the same regiment. H e mentioned other O.K.S. who were doing good service in the Army, and hoped that many present King's Scholars would some day be found in its ranks. Dr. FRANK STEPHENSON also made a short speech on behalf of the Volunteers. The ReY. C. MAcKESON next proposed the toast of " Floreat Schola Regia. " He said he felt it was a great honour to be allowed to propose what he reg:lrded as lite toast of the evening. He spoke of the affection which O.K.S. always felt for thei r old School, and referred to the in flue•~ce which its close connection with the Cathedral had exercised over many of them. H e was delighted that these O.K.S. dinners had been restarted, and hoped they would now be held re~ularly. The Head Master s::tid he could not avail himself of the ordinary platitudes that many people could have discharged the d uty better, and that ihe was sorry someone else had not been chosen. It

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was the fact, and no one felt the responsi- none which could take its place for them bility more keenly, that the prosperity of It was the place of early memories, :111d any school depended in a very special early memories were always the keenest degree upon the head master. It involved, H e mentioned detmls of his first day at of course, loyalty and faith on the part of school which he remembered vividly, whik the boys, masters and old boys, but still the whole of the details of the arrangement none of them cmtld supply what was of the dinner of 1878, to which he had lacking on his part; and this feeling came referred, had faded absolutely and entin:l}· to him at times with almost overmastering from his mind. Some might question and force. Further, he was glad of the oppor- had questioned the permanence of school tunity of speaking. He thought they friendships, but it had been his happine" were all glad of the opportunity of meeting to find them the happiest ;mel most endm a nd much indebted to Mr. Elwyn and ing influences of his life. Besides Canl('l others who had been instrumental in terbury had some points of distinction, calling them together. He then referred even as compared with the greatest 'icbo ol ~. to the previous dinners which had been At the Harrow Dinner at the Mansion held in London. The first, in 1878, to House it had been stated by Mr. Justin• welcome the Bishop of Barbadoes ; the Jeune that Harrow had never had a Lord last in x886, two had been held in the Chancellor or a Lord Chief Justice. Can interval, the success of which was chiefly terbury had had both. Further it was a due to the energy of Mr. l\fackeson. He danger of a small school that its life might himself had been responsible for the first be dwarfed by the narrowness of its sm and last, and knew well the difficulties rounclings, but at Canterbury, besides it• which attended arrangements. Men were own memories and its own great name~, willing enough to come but wanted a good the school is so intimately bound up with deal of pressing and encouragement, and the history of the country by its associn he thought it would be well if the dinner tions with the Cathedral, and its surround could be made annual, or at least biennial, ings and setting acquired such dignity ami and then a longer period would be beauty from its proximity that not even allowed for working the matter thoroughly. the greatest school could h.we a more in He then discussed the nature of the feeling spiring or a more elevating home. I k of attachment to a school of which these then mentioned an idea which had occurr~·cl meetings were the outward sign. It is to him though it had not attained a vet y essentially the same as the attachment of definite shape, and that was the possibility Alysses to I thaea. Ithaea was not a great of uniting Old King's Scholars more closely island, but it was his home. So with Can- by associating them together it sonw terbury there might be bigger schools but definite work. He was glad of such indt

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"' u 1II ·~i rc to keep together as the pleasure of seeing among those who were ' 1 luh, and they must not forget present so many who were at the School during the time of his H ead Mastership. I It 4, lwol would never have held its He was very pleased that this dinner had 111 !lui it not been for the Exhibi: ion 1 t I 111 which 1\lfr. Spiers was the ener- taken place, and he hoped that now these 1 1111 di.111. But there was a further gatherings had been revived they would be •'•1111}, 11amely of joining together to continued annually. H e coupled the 11 '' 1 uh~tnntial aid to some sphere of toast with the name ofMr. Ottley, adding to it the name of Mr. Elwyn, who had had 111 • hargc of an Old .King's Scholar. 111111111 111cntion such work as that con- had so much to do with the arranging of . I tl 11 it h such conspicuous success by the dinner. The Rev. R. L. OTTLEY, in reply, spoke 11 , ,., ( '. Mackeson at Hampstead. To lu hoped to lend such trifling aid as of the peculiar charm which its close con•Htld privately a fford, and he thought nection with the Cathedral gave to the 11 •lllhy of the interest of all old King's School, and spoke of the great influence lie could not help, before sitting which Bishop Mitchinson, Dr. Blore, Mr. I• 11, protesting against Mr. Biron's dis· Hodgson, and Mr. Gordon had had over 1 11 1 1111{ remarks about Whitstable. He the School. T. E. RAMMELL then propo3ed the II •IIKht iL a most channing and attractive health of Dr. Blore, coupling with his name 1 llll' resort, and had often contemplated 1 11tllllg his holiday there. This was a that of Mrs. Blore, and said how much . .thllion, however, which, he must ac- 1 kindness the boys had always received "'"' h·dgc, he had not been able to carry from them, and how much the success of 1111 11 ,.(feet. the School was due in the interest which I 11 . lh.ORE, in proposing the toast of they had taken in its welfare. ' I ht• 0. K.S.," said that he supposed that Dr. RLORE expressed his hearty thanks II h.1d been g iven to him to propose this for the way in which the health of Mrs. Blore and himselfhad been drunk, and he 111 111 a~ being one of the four unh appy l"·uplc present who had had the misfor tune said it would be a great pleasure to him on his return home to tell Mrs. Blore of fi•JI to be educated at the King's School. 11111 he felt that it was not altogether the manner in which her name had been tu.tppropriate that he should propose such received, for he knew how much she would ., toast that evening when he had the appreciate their kindness. 1hu

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KING'S SCHOOL WORTHIES, No. X. ACCEPTED FREWEN. Accepted Frewen was born in May, 588, in Kent. His father was the Puritanical rector of Northian, in Sussex, and shewed his religious inclinations in the names of his children Accepted and Tl~ankful. The former was admittt:d into the King's School when ten years old, whert: he stayed till he became a D emy of Magdalen, Oxford, r 6o4. Of his undergraduate d,1ys we learn a little from a letter he wrote home in which he says that he has delivered a Latin oration in the College Hall in honour of Waynflete, on Founder's Day ; also that he has not spent any of his last forty shillings in gaming, cards, or dice. H e promises that his father's intended visit to Oxford shnll produce in the son increased zeal and energy in the prosecution of his ac::tdemical studies. I n x6o9 we find the following entry-" December 4th. Privabt1' com11/lmis (commons) puÂˇ 1tlmm diem D (demy) Fwm propter a/lsentiam a matutinis pncibus." I n r 622 as Chaplin to the Earl of Bristol, he accompanied Prince Charles to Spain. The Prince was so struck with a sermon of Frewen's on the text "How long halt ye between two opinions?" that on his accession to the throne thrt:e years later, he appointed the preacher his own Chaplain in Ordinary. He was also made I

a Prebendary of Canterbury in the same year. 'Frewen only held his Chaplaincy for one year; for x6:z6 be was appointed to the Presidency of Magdalen. Between this date and r643 be successively held the offices of Vice-Chancellor (r628-9), D~an of Glouce3ter ( r63r), Vice-Chancellor (1738-9) at the especial request of Laud, then Chancellor; and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (1643), which last, owing to the age in which he was appointed, was practically titular only. I n 1635 he had been made Rector of Stanlake in Oxfordshire, and also R ector of Warnford. As President of Magdalen, he was concerned in the sending of the College Plate to King Charles then at York, upon which the Parliament ordered him to be apprehended , but he withdrew ir, time, and did not return till Charles came to Oxford after the Battle of Edgehill, 1642. H e appears to have lived at Fulham and Banste d during this enforced retirement. Frewen also lent ÂŁ5oo of his own to the King. He resigned his Presidency of Magdalen in 1645. In r66o after the Restoration, he was made Archbishop of York, and while h:>lding that office he consecrated Sheldon Archbishop of Canterbury, Ironside Bishop of Bristol, and Paul Bishop of Oxford.

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1 " ' "' elite of the King's Nominees "'"' 'W Ihe Savoy Conference, at which 11~ t " ' ,. luq opponent, Baxter, describes 111 ' ttltltl and peaceable. 1h lu ld hi ~ Archbishopric for four years II I ·It· cl Ill his Palace at Bishopslhorpe, lu• It l'alacc he built the great dining 1 "'' uul lhc chambers over it. I " "t'll wa-; accounted a general scholar 11 I •noel orator in his time. H e wrote a 1 J HII' IIl ~ , chiefly dirges : for instance a I '" l't~.,·I!IIIIIIIIS on the death of H enry, 1'1111•, of Wales, x6 xz ; another on the tl uh of Sir Thomas Bodley, Founder of lh• lludlcian Library; also on the death of 1 ''" t'll Anne wife of James I, 1619 ; also ' Ill' hn>!s on the Marriage of the Prince I' 1l.a1mc. He used to lecture on Moral l'lttlusophy, and Theology. lie c:ommended himself to Laud, mainly 1111 ,u·count of his integrity and s ufficiency ln1 the office of Vice-Chancellor, and for tht• gr..:at success with which he put into pt.te'Licc " that useful statute of the ExamIIHILton of Candidates." By his wtll he left £soo to Magdalen, n11d also remitted a debt of £soo owed hun l>y the College : to every bishop in l•:ngland he left a ring with the inscription "Ncque Melior sum quam Patres mei;" w his nephew he left his library, and to his brother the bulk of his estate, amounting 10 £3o,ooo. His family preserves his portrait by Soest and certain manuscript remains. Frewen had a very lucky escape from a voilent death owing to a mistake in his

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name. In the Act of Parliament x6sz deClaring his estate forfeited for treason, he was l)flmed as "Steplwt" Frewen : and·t he same mistake occurred in an offer of C romwell of £x,ooo to anyone who would bring to him "Stephen" Fre wen dead or alive. H e escaped Lo Franc<::, where he stayed till the fury ~gainst him had abated. At the extreme East End of York Minster, in the Lady Chapel, is his monument. H e is represcnLch1 as lying on an extended basement in c:;.nonical cap and robes; the superstructure of the monument consists of two Corinthian columns, supporting an open entablature, beneat h which is a shallow arch, containing an epitaph, between piles of large books ; above arc the arms of York impaling those of Frewen -ermine, four bars azure, in chef a lion issuant gules. The marble slab covering the Archbishop's grave was crushed by the can of the roof in r829, when the madman Martin set fire to the Minster. His arms are also to be found in the hall of Magdalen College, and in the Church at N o rlhian. Frewen has been accused of meanness and avarice. It is said that he so 'skimcd' the revenues of Lichfield and Coventry, that it was difficult Lo get anyone Lo take that See after his elevation to the Archiepiscopate : and that he refused to marry in order that he might amass more money. These objections were partly answered by a defence, writte n for him by one of his descendants ; and also seem to be contradicted by his improvements in Magdalen Chapel, and the Palace at

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Bishopstborpe. Other accusations brought against his Puritanical tendencies cannot hold in the face of his devotion to the King, and his persecution by both Parliaand Cromwell for that reason. Two outrageous Hexa meters composed

by one Humphrey, D.D., enumerate his distinctions : Acceptus Frewen Coli : Magda! : Praeses et idem Lichfield et Covent : Praesul, post E borac : Archi.

HARVEY SOCIETY MEETINGS. At a meeting held on Tuesday, January teresting paper on the telescope ; having 21 members being present, the first dealt with the laws of refraction President, after apolgoising for having and reflection he went on to describe changed the subject of his paper, proceeded the concave mirror, the double concave to read a paper on " Animal Intell igence," lens, and the construction of the human The object of the paper was to point out eye. H e concluded by giving a history of the unsoundness of assuming too much the telescope from the time of Gallileo, its about what we know very little. H e quoted first inventor, and pointed out the great several instances showing that, as fa r as the improvements which had been made in it evidence goes, there is no reason for denying since that time, it now bemg possible to too many of the lower animals the power of magnify the object 3,300 tim es in>tead of anticipation, than there is fo r denying that three. faculty to man. The paper concluded The President, M r. Longsdon, Cook, with a brief summary of the differences Robb, Clinton, Lee-Warner, Candy, between the ideas of Darwin and Alfred the Librarian and Secretary took part in Russell Wallace on the theory of evolution. the d iscussion which followed. An interesting discussion, in which the President, Mr. Field, .Mr. E va ns, Mr. On Tuesday, F ebruary 2 s th, a paper Longsdon,Ciinton,Drake, and the Secretary was read by J. B. Drake on "The took part, was brought to Âˇ a somewhat :tviigration of Birds," in the presence of r s premature conclusion by the summons of members. H e said that there were many the tea bell. theories as regards these migrations and the manner in which birds found their way The second meeting was held on Tues- across large tracts of land and water, exday, F ebruary 7th, when 14 members ceeding, in some instances, one and even were present. S. S. Cook read a very in- two thousand miles, the course generally folÂˇ ~4th,

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IIIK thnt of the rivers. H e went on to say II ~~·c mcd as if migration had become a 1 11 Itt II in~t inr t in the C.'\se of c;ome birds, 1 , 1ho·y migrate as nearly as possible at tho .a nH.: time every year no matter what th• ll'l'athcr is like, though how this 111 111 11 l should have arisen as not quite tf II f k brought his paper tO ar. end

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by givi ng several instances to prove that swallows and swifts, and other birds revis it the same place and occupy the same nest for as many as six or seven years. An interesting discussion followed, in 1 which th e President, Mr. Longsdon,Drakc, C linton, Lee-Warner, Candy, the T,ibrarian and Secretary took part.

H E RALDRY. I In Saturday, March 18th, M r. St. John ll t~pe

kindly gave a lecture on "Heraldry" 111 the Parry Library. l'irst tracing up the history of heraldry 1lr1111 the earliest times, he pointed that its 11taginaJ usc had been to enable friends and 1r11·s to recognise one another in battle, and thnt if possible the device was such as to uHgcst the name of the bearer as for intancc the Trumpets borne by Sir R oger de l'aum pington or the hammers borne by Sir Juhn Martel, he explained the arms borne h)' the C hapter as a kind of pun on the name Christchurch, the letters standing fur I N CHRISTI, and the cross argent repre~c nting the Church. T he lecturer then went on to detail the differe nt methods of marshalling arms as they came successively into use. The earliest form of marshalling in usc consisted 11imply of grouting two or more shields on a seal without combining any of then•, but a<; this was only possible in seals

and coul d not be carried out on shields, a ·econd method know~ as that of dimidiation, taking the dexter half of one shield, and the sinister half of the other and combining them on one shield, which was illustrated by the arms of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and of which another very good instance and one perhaps more familiar to us is to be found in the arms of \Vinchelsea, one oi the C inque Ports which bear England dimidiating, aznre tlm~c hulls of ships, in pale, or: the lions and ~hips appearing to com bine and form one animal. I t seems too, that this method of unpaling gave rise to the strange double headed eagle of Germany, for if at some early date the arms of the husband and ll'ife had both happened to be eagles, and eagle with two heads could easily be produced by d imid iation. This method, however, was soon found to be inadequate and was superseded by that of quartering, which has remained in

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usc until the present day, the husband taking the first and fourth quarters, and the wife the second and third, if, however, the wife happens to be an heiress, her arms are borne in pretense, that is on a small sh ield in t he centre of the big one. The arms of King's College, Cambridge, and Queen's College, Oxford, were all explained, show ing that in both of them some refere nce more or less remote, is made to the patron saints, founders, or benefactors of different ages. The term a "coat of arms " is explained by the fact that knights were accustomed to wear a smcoat over their armour to protect it from rain or heat on which were embroidered their arms, like that of the Black Prince in Trinity Chapel. This custom became so prevalent that ladies had their cloaks, and bishops their Yestments, embroidered with their armorial bearings, which is amply illustrated both by the brasses to be seen in many churches and the mention of such garments in wills. Speaking of this, naturally leads to the mention of th e jact a coat, quilted with s teel. and embroidered with the lord's arms which was worn by hi:; followers for the sake of distinction and afterwards when no longer used for defensive purposes was retained in the form of a stiff cushion. Its uses are by no means certai n, but it appears to have been used to mark out boundaries of camp.; or soldiers' q uarters and such like purposes. It is, however, men tionecl in the accounts and illustrated in the picture of H enry VIII.'s embarkation

at D over for the " Field of the Cloth (II Gold." The custom of having arms embroidcrl.'li on flags or pennons has existed as long :t' heraldry itself, it is found in old brassc' and referred to in old writings. The history of the U nion Jack, tlw national flag of the British Isles, is com posed of the national flags of the thrl.'l' countries, England, Scotland, and 1n · land, combined. At first the English fl :tK consisted solely of the red cross of Saini George on a white grou nd, but in r6o6 in obedience to a royal proclamation of J a me' I , the Scotch flag, a white saltive, or ~t. Andrew's cross, was combined with 11 Several wa} s of doing this were suggested, that of putting the two flags side by sick, or one above the other, or quartering them on the same flag, but all of these wen! n · fused on the ground that they gaYc pre cedencc to one or other country, so at las\ the exped ient was adopted of putting th1 cross of St. George with a small white bw der over the Scotch flag. This was oppos ed b)' the Scotch who got up a petition and ::ubmitted two other designs, both of which have unfortunately been lost, hul nothi ng came of the protest. This device was formally declared to I 1\' the " ensign armorial of the U nitt•d Kingdom of Great Britain" on the final "Union" of England and Scotland in 1707 Upon the r st day of January, r8o1, llw second "Union J ack," the Union J nc·k of to day superseded the flag which had been in use for nearly two centuries. Tlw

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Union Jack in order to 1 111 11 the banner of St. Patric k, It "" :1 white gro und. It wa~ 1 lo treat thi'i a; the banner ' ' 1 h,ul h .:en treated beforc, but r ht o·tl :\~ leaving too little of the 11 1~11 . So o nly one method was lltt )ltllllll l the two saltives into a lillvo of two tinctures counter!, 1Itt • while having preced e nce, and "' St. G~orge over all. Th is tlu l Jmon Jac k as it is now, the 1 I tll,qwml white representi ng the t tlll\'t uf St. Andrew, the red diag1 tlu "·cl saltivc of St. Patrick, and the •h .tl(llllal~ added in order to place t d 1hivc on a white field, and the 11 1th narrow white borders. fim'' it is termed represents St. !'ural arnH of England app:!ar on ttl Richard I, about r 195 a:; two 1' 11111/ guardants. T hey shortly b ~ llt~<·c lion-; and continued so until od Il l dai mecl to b;: king of f rance 1 II " ~ of l~ngl and a nd q uartered the 1 h 111 . um ~ of France with that of Engla nd, I11H Jo'1.tnce precede nce. The a rms conlilt• cl \II till Lhe beginning of H enry IV 11, I hough Richard II sometimes bore '"'" of the Confessor impaled on his "" ,,•tlshicldgiving the Confessor's arms , tlt>nrc. II • nr)' IV from qos, Henry V and tl un till the time of Elizabeth till 1603 I 111 e :- "France modern and England

quarterly." In James I reign Scotland and France first appear and the royal arms from hts time till that of AnnP, in r 707 were "quarterly :- r and 4 grand quarters France mode rn and England ; 2 grand quarter, Scotland; 3 grand quarter- Az., a harp or, stringed arg., for Ireland,'• \ Vill iam III , as an elected sovereign changed his paternal shield of Nassau in pretence upon the royal shield; also during the life of Mary he bore the Stua rt shield with Nassa u in pretence on the dexter half, and thus impa led in the si nister half of his shield the Stuart a rms to denote their joint sovereignty. Anne, from qo7, bore the plain Stuart arms, impaling Scotland a nd England in the fir.>t and fourth instead of quartering, and France in the second. On the accession of G eorge I. the arms of H anov er we re added to the shield, which was accomplished by re movi ng England a nd Scotland impaled from the fourth quarter and charging that quarte r wi th the arms of Han::lV~r. In r 8o r th~ F le ur de Lys of France we re removed from the Royal sh ield of G reat B ritain, the a rms b~.:ing as they arc now with Hanove r in prete nce, cnsigned with the electoral bonnet, which, was c hanged in r8 r 6 for the Royal crown When Queen Victoria came to the throne the inescutcheon of H ano\'e r was omitted. ~Ir. H ope very carefully avoided all use of technical terms, and illustrated his lecture by coloured shield and brass rubbings. A vote of thanks was returned to the , lecture r.

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PAPERCHASE S . On Wednesday, March 8th, a half-holidar was given for the first paper chase. J\ large field started from the School gates at 2.3o, there being very few of the School who did not run. F1fteen minutt:s had been allowed the hares, fire minutes beyond tin usual time, as owing to a memorable chase last year it has been thought desirable to h;\\;~o no false tracks in the first nm of the year. A sharp run of over a mile was enough to scotter the hounds in one long string, when there was a check for a few minutes as tlw wily hares, who we must add, we re Flint and Luxmoore, had conscie ntiously adhered to the letter of the law as regards fa lse tracks and broken the spirit of it by doubling bn<'k on the track and then branching off into a small coppice. Shortly after this there was a division among the hounds, as the leaders, twenty or so in number, got on a wrong tra( k laid by the juniors the day before, and had a straight run for five miles or so that brought them home some 40 minutes bt::fore the hares. The main body of the hounds kept o n the track that wac; mainly through woods as far as Sturry, when they apparently thought it beneath them to follow for the last three miles and came straight home. We h<;>pe fo1 better luck next time as regards the evolutions of that mystic word "track." On Thursday, March 16th, the second paper chase of the term was run, and wa-. again umuccessful, as no hounds followed the track for more than three miles, for the) then came upon the track of the former paperchase and being unable to at once recol{ nize it, followed it all the war to Sturry from where they made a bee-line for honw. Meanwhile the hares, Bernon and Castley, had been ploughing their way through wood' in the opposite direction, and arrived home to find their pursuers had been in for over :m hour. On Tuesday, March 21st, the third paperch ase was run, the hares being M r. Willi am~o and i\Ir. Tripp; about so hounds started. The course went past the L. C. and D. R. Station, through to Nac kington, then in the direction of Barham, through Patrixbourne, and home by St. Martin's Hill, mall about x 1 miks. At the first start off there wcr~Âˇ several checks which kept the hounds togeth er until Barham was reached, and from that point a fairly direct track was laid brtck to Canterbury. At Patrixbourne a great number of hounds began to slack off, but Beynon and several others stuck to the coumÂˇ and arrived home about twelve minutes after the hares. The order of coming in among the first was Beynon, Candy, Green, Mowll, Dann, and Toulmin.

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lol htl, a ud an excellent course had been traced out by Mr. Tripp and Mr. \ tl 1tilt , whom we cannot thank e nough for the energetic way in which they helped lltt l• 11 n success. The start and finish were at Blorc's Piece, and at the outset I 1 ,, ,,. several dykes, one of them "a regular puzzler, " defying the efforts of the best J t • lo l'h.:ar it ; these were crowned by the river, in which several fell headlong in h It h it ~l t·, much to the amusement of a crowd of onlookers. The course then crossed

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I l•.. lt railwny, and went up a vcry stiff bit of plough that forced everyone to slacken f ' h11. At this point the order pf the leading runners was Btynon, Castley, Candy, lilt ''''"'• Clinton, and Lee-Warner, and they continued so until they reached the Reel II '" , , t'X<'ept that Castley a nd Candy changed places. H ere the three leaders lost the I k "'' about half a minute, and Trueman, being on it first, assumed the lead, closely II"'' d hy Beynon and Castley. In the next mile Trueman gradually fell into thi rd II•. .md the order a mile and a half from home was Beynon, Castley, Trueman, I• II, I >rake, Clinton, and Cat•cly. E1•entually Beynon won in 33 minutes 8 seconds I '"' 1.111, Castley being second, 15 seconds behind, and :\fowll third. It should be "''""~"d that Trueman would have been third, but mistook the place of finish. The I Jl,,, 1111; were the positions at the finish, out of the 34 who started :- Beynon, Castley, I 'II, Trueman, Candy, Green, Clinton, Drake, D ann, Toulmin, Cook, Jones, Lord, I \\ .tt ncr, Crowhurst, .Pear:;, Fenn, Carter, Ingram, Luxmoore, H opk ins, Candy, Valpy, Itt~ t, I >ale, and Jones The first, second, and third prizes consequently fell to Beynon, 1 ' 11, y, and Mowll.

FOOTBA.LL MATCH. KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE (RETURN). ll11: return match against Dover College wa .; played on Blore's Piece on February 1h.

\Vc had looked fomard to the match, and had hoped for a victory to compensate l•r ddl·at last term, but fortune decided otherwise. Our team was fairly representative, '''" ~omc mem bers had only just r ~covered from influenza, and were scarcely fit to play lwd match. The school kicked off up tbe field. and began to press immediately, lorll the Dover goal line was excellently defended, and it was some time before a rush of 1 '' 11;uds secured a try for us. The kick, a not too easy one, was unsuccessful, ttul play was carried on until half-time, in mid-field. Upon restarting a

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complete change came over the game, and with a slight wind at their backs, Dover kept the ball in the home 25, and several t imes were within an ace of scoring. At last, after some pretty passing between the halves and three-quarters, the wing man got over the line and scored their first try. No goal resulted, and soon after the kick-off one of the Dover forwards, by following up a kic k, secured a second try close to the touch line. The kick at goal again failed, and nothing further was scored by either side. It cannot be denied that the better team won, as, though our forwards held their own, the backs, especially the halves, were q uite out-classed. Of the forwards Flint and \Vacher were excellent. The School :-T. P. H. Watkins, back ; R. J. Castley, F. S. Beynon, A. G. Richardson, three-quarter backs ; G. Lee\Varner, G. D. Le nox, hal f-backs ; R. B. Flint (captain), A. F. Luxmoore, C. T. Candy, J. B. D rake, H. \Vacher, \V. H. Evans, R. W. R eale, S. \V. P ears, and J. Grip· per, forwards.

FOOTBALL REVIEW. Matches played, r 2 ; won, 4 ; lost, 4; drawn, 4· Points, for, 55 ; against, 4 7· These figures compare favourably with those of last year, and, taking it all round, the team was better. The forwards were a level lot, hard-working but not clever; their tackling was excellent, as also during the early part of the season was the scrummaginj!. Their passing was not good, neithe r was very much dribbling done. The halves dtd their share of collaring, but were not good on the auack, in fact, Castley was the only member of the team who could be relied on to score. The other two three-quarters occasionally got in some good pieces of passi ng. The two matches played sinre Christmas revealed the gap caused by Micklern and Newland leaving. With F lint, Castley, Beynon, and Candy also leaving next term it is abundantly evident that nothing but the utmost keenness will give us a good team next year. CHARACTERS OF' T il E 'J'EAM.

R. B. Flint, a thoroughly keen captain ; tackles well, very hard scrummager. R. j. Cas/ley (t) was responsible for most of the scoring; collars well, but sometimes missed his man through going too high ; passed well enough when he had a nyone to pass to. H. E. Flint (~) occasionally did some neat bits of passi ng, but was lacking in dash and rarely made full use of his pace. F. S. B eynon, a useful forward, tackles well ; sometimes played three-quarter. JJ1. S. 1\Tewland, first rate wing forward ; used his feet well, and could always be relied on to play up hard. T. N. JJ1ick/em, strong, heavy forward, particularly good out of touch ; excellent scrummager.

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/ux moore, good in the open ; tackles and hands off weB ; would certai nly ch vclop into a good three-quarter. 1 '" "')', a genuine hardworker. I II •·'' ", a genuine hard worker. I /l, ,tJ:t has improved very fast; has considerable pace and dodges well, but does 11111 pass soon enough. I A w c;tlon, a hard-working forward, with a tendency to put down his head and 11 11~1 to providence . 1 1 /,',rlwrdson (i), slow in getting off, rarely did any collaring, but kicks well with holh feel. I 1 /lamer (Yz), tackles well, but is slow in getting off and consequently failed to make op~· nings for the three-quarters. I I t'II(J.r ( Yz), played a similar game to his co nfrhe. I ' II. II nlkins (back) sometimes played very well, at others equa11y badly. 1

FIVES MATCHES. I 11 u matches were played against St. Augustine's Co11ege on F ebruary 21st, consisting ,,, 1 tccl{le and double. Castley, who represented us in the single, was beaten in the ftc 1 K•lcllc by the Rev. M. Simmonds, who placed his balls extremely well, by rs-13. lt cmrvc•r, Castley after this seemed to have discovered his opponent's weakness as he • ttt••tllhe two next games with only one point scored agai nst him (rs-r) (15-o). In lu tluu!Jies Richardson and Beynon had no difficulty in defeating Fogarty and Barker ( 1 o) ( •s-o). It is only fair to our opponents to state that as they have no court of lc• 11 own, they have very few opportunities of practising, not playing more than a dozen 111 11 1 in the year. I 111 larch 9th Castley went down to Dover to play a single against D e Ia Pryme, the 1 •II• l(c' representative. The immense difference bet ween their courts and ours was soon tel• 111 , as Cast ley did not seem " at home " once during either game- perhaps some lf'l lllll~ c ritic may remark that it was only natural considering he was " away." H ard lcll llll)( was out of the question, and the only thing to be done was to place the balls II As D e Ia Pryme was the superior in this department of the game, he won both IIIII hy 15"7• rs-8. We hope to play a single and a double against them here, when w lllil}' have a chance of retrieving our i11 success.

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Very few entered this competition, a sign, we fear of a decrease in the popularity of the game. No one if he does not take it up as soon as he enters the School, seems inclined to do so afterwards, actuated perhaps by feelings of modesty or-shall we sayslackness. Anyway, the fact remains that there were only six couples in the first round. As generally happens not one couple was particularly stronger than the other, the good and the bad being as nearly as possi'Jie equally divided. No games deserving of the name were played in the first round, the two best contested of the lot being perhaps when Castley and Athawes first met Beynon and Johnso n, and afterwards Richardson and Clarke. The competition was won by Castley and Athawes. The following are the different rounds :FIRST ROUND.

Castley and Atbawes Beynon and J ohnson Toulmin and ] ones2 Green and Ingram Richardson and Clarke

beat Clinton :mel Slater. beat Candy and Watkins. beat Maundrell and Pereira. beat Luxmoore and Gadney2. beat \Vacher and Bremner.

SECOND ROUND.

Castley and Athawes beat Beynon and Johnson. T oulmin and ]ones2 beat Green and Ingram. Richardson and Clarke beat Gadney :mel Fennr. THIRD ROUND.

Richardson and Clarke beat Toulmin and ] ones2. Castley and Athawes a bye. F INA L.

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PENNY READINGS. On F ebruary I r th, a Penny R eading was held in the Parry Library. A new feature in the proceedings was the absence of any printed programme, as it is intended to devote the money thus saved to improvements in the nature of the entertainment. Each individual piece was accordingly announced by the Captain. The most noticeable were

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he songs hy Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Williams, and also a French song by M. Christin, who kindly consented to help. Below will be found the programme :1. PIA!IO D uET ...................... ..... ..... ....... 7 . VroLrN P riiCE . ............ ..... ... . .. McLeod. Mr. J ones and J. B. Scrivener. Oh., 'Vho." ... ...

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SoLo ........ ....... .................... ... . Mr. Jones.

So!IG ' · All among tho Barley.''

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Elwyn.

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Mr. Godfrey.

L. Chown.

On March 25th a second P enny R eading was held, the last one of the season, and though the last it was certainly not the least in merit. Encores were demanded for l\Ir. Williams' song, " The Midshipmite," and for a quartette entitled " The Three Chafers," wdl rendered by four of the masters. Mr. Williams gave " Longshoreman Bill " as his ,•tworc, and the qmrtette repeated part of" The Three Chafers." Below is the projl.l:\mm.: :I. PART SoNG " Hu11hcd in Sleep," G. SoNG.. . ... "Tho ~lidshipmito," :.:.

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Rev. L. Evanb. PART SONG "Who stole LilY LO\'e."

i\Ir. Williams. 'l'ho 'rln·eo Ghafers," Hov. L. Evans, M e~srs . Godfrey, Ritchie, and J. E''ans Qu ARTETTE ..

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SELECTlO!iS FROiU " PINAFORl:."

Mr. Lougsdon.

PROPERTIUS I. 2. \\ hal gain, my love to braid your hair, \nd naunt yourself in silken ware, Anoint with Syrian nard? I or foreign trash why sell your charm ? With drugs your native beauty harm? () h, better far 'twere to resign \'uur limbs in nude delight to shine, Believe your humble bard.

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Thy cheek no beauty's physic needs; The naked Lo,·e-god little heeds An artificial rose. ~Iark the bright hues of glorious Earth ! The Ivy lovely at its birth Unbidden; see, the Arbute waves The gayest in seq uestered caves, The brook untutored nows !

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The shingle gleams along the strand As painted first by nature's hand, Wild birds make sweetest choir. 'Twas not by art Leucippe's child In Castor's heart lit passion wild; H er sister Hilmra won Not Pollux, i.';!cla's other son, By splendour of attire. No, their's a beauty owed no de bt, T o necklace or to amulet I Such did Apelles trace. They sought no lovers, they whose dower Was modesty's serenest flower!

Now Jove, it's not that I'm afraid Lest others be more welcome made Than I am, but whose only care To live for one to please him ' twere, Content may be with grace. To thee, too, song-gites Phcebus brings ; Calliope her L esbian strings ; And witty speech i ~ thine. (All gentle arts such a~ above Do Venus and :Mine rva love.) Thus gifted, if thou wilt but chide The burdens of voluptuous pride, Light of my life thou'lt shine.

RULES OF THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS C.C. We have been asked to insert the revised Rules of C.P.CC, a copy of which may bl.! had on application to E. J. S Athawes, Hon. Sec. 1. That this Club bo called Txs CANTEllCr.uo. 2. 'l'hn.t tl1o Club consist of past members of the King's School and C.O.S., Canterbury, either at Cambridge, Oxford, or elsewhere. 3. That. past and present Masters of both Schools be eligible. 4. 'l'hat there be a Committee consisting of Cnptuin, Treasurer, ancl Secretary, and four other mcwbots. 5. That t ho Captain he chosen each year, either ft·om O.K.S. or Old C.O.S. t hen in resid!'nco at Cambt·idge. G. That t ho Colours be red, black, and white, with Arms on cnp and pocket of tho blazer. 7. That. tho subscription bo l Os. annually r pln.ying members, including tho tour ; fot·

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tour alone 5/- ; for non-playing members 6/-; with nn ontrn.nco fco. 2/6. 8. l'hnt, 1f possible a tour take place ovory year nt t ho end of tho Cambridge and Oxfot·d terms. 9. '! 'hat tho tour take place in Ken t. 1 matches to be arranged against the C.O.S. nnd King's School. and other school s and clnbs in nnd around Canterbury. 10. That members who wish to go on tout• must send in their mames to tl10 Secretary not lat e•· than t he end of :Un.y in each yCAr. 11. 'rlltlt these rules be not n,ltered, or ndd~tl to, without tho approval of three-fourths of the Conunittlln. E. ,J. s. ATHAWES, Ho11. Ser. Coi'PIIS Cotle9e O((mbrillyt, March, 1899.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. two months have brought to "'"'' ,, rww honour. H. \V. Moule '""'' the Por!;On Prize for Greek verse •n the applause of all who arc I h d 111 the wdfare of the School, and 111' • • i ~ all the more welcome from It• 1 1hut no 0. K.S. h itherto has secured 1 ht lit lwol thi~ much coveted honour. I II 1111( his example may O.K.S. in futme 11 11 111 .thundance in the Porson Prize I llut this term has not been one of 1 I ~~~~ 1 11 ... wcctncss, for the small O.K.S. ltllllt • nt feels its ranks sadly diminished tl11 "''lt.trlurc of Elwyn, Turnbull, Parr, 1 I lltlllthhy. Elwyn and Turnbull having 1 I'" d mao;tc rships in which we wish I h1 •II , urccss, while Parr has joined \\ h 111"11 111 the Bank of England. No I r I • 1 ~ad to relate, figured in the boat' 1 111 .purl s of which it is needless for

me to speak as they are now past historical events. Scott, Longfield and A. P. Carr have been doing duty for their respective colleges during the L ent, while Parker, Wigram, M. J. Carr, and Athawes have been playing football. At a meetingofthe Canterbury Pilgrims' Cricket Club a motion wa~ brought forward and carried for revising the rules of the Club, and accordingly a new code of rules has been drawn up. We cannot close this letter without heartily congratulating F. S. Beynon, R. J. Castley and S. S. Cook on their recent successes and condoling with R. B Flint and wishing him success in the future Wishing you success in the sport · agains~ the C O.S. Ever yours, O.K.S.

O.K.S. COLUMN. I h•

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o;ccms every chance ofthe O.K.S.

lluu•• 1 now becoming an annual occuruo one, after the success of the one h l 1.1 ...1 January, can but hope for its

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* • * \\, IH·artily congratulate H. W. l\Ioule 1 r •upuo; College, Cambridge, on gaining I l'""un Prrze for Greek Iambics.

O.K.S were conspicuous in the T rinity College Sports at Oxford, as E. B. Hawes secured three firsts, the quarter, half, and hundred, and A. Latter was second in the high jump and )1 -mile.

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E. B. H awes, on xiarch I rth, ran for the Varsity in the half-mile against the L.A.C.

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SCHOOL NEWS. An interesting entertmnment was gJVen by Mr. Capper on Saturday, March 4th, before the School and some seventy visitors. It consisted of conjuring, a musical farce, and thought-reading, and judging from the interest disi)layed by the audience was a decided success.

are sure, be extremely sorry to hear of the serious illness of Dr. Blore, our old H ead Master, but we arc glad to hear that he is now out of danger.

* On February 2 1st the fives matches against S. Augustine's College were both won by the School. • * • We lost the single at D oYer against the College. An account of both will be found elsewhere. * • • A paper chase has this term become a weekly occurrence; we hope to see this good principle continued.

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<\. Sports Committee meeting was held on Monday, March 2oth, at which it was decided to hold a steeplechase open to all the School.

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The Fives M:~tcbes with the C.O.S. have been unavoidably postponed owing to an illness that bas suddenly broken out among them. • * * R. B. Flint went up on March 16th to try for a scholarship at Corpus College, Cambridge. • * • The School Confirmation was held on Thursday, March 23rd, by the Bishop of Dover. 2 r candidates were presented for confi rmation.

That the course should not be less than

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That the track should be laid on the day of the Steeplechase by two disinterested persons .

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That these two persons should not disclose it to anyone. * • • At a subsequent Sports Committee meeting it was decided that there should be three prizes given, and that these sh''uld not ·count in the three possible 1)rizes in the sports. * • • It was also decided that medals with crests, should be given as 2nd prizes in the sports.

J. tor.

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* • • Mr. St. John Hope gave an interesting • • J All connected wit!~ the school will, we lecture to t he School on " H eraldry " on

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I II. Drake, A. G. Richardson, and C. I ',Indy have been elected members of lo '-iports Committee. ** * I 111 February 4th a D ebate was held in lht l'arry Library, the motion being that

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''The closing of public-houses on Sundays is desirable." The motion was negatived by r 3 votes to 5·

* * * On March r 1 a Debate was he ld, the motion being that " Woman's suffrage is d esirable. " The motion was negatived by r8 to 5·

CORRESPONDEN CE. II

1'he EtHto1·~ decline to IUCC]Jt ftll11 o·e,.ponsibi!ity comtec tec~ with the OJoiniott~ of lheio· correspond. "'tH. Name n1ut acillreRs 1111tst ahvay,; be git:en, not necessm·iiy f or 7Jttbtication, bu as It uoturuotlcc of goocL foith. Per analities tv n im·ott-c ce>"l~tinl·ejccl ion.

/',, tl1e E ditors of" THE CANTUARIAN." I kar Sirs,-I wish ~o make a suggestion "tt h 1cgard to the Debating Society which I ltust will meet with more attention than l11tlwrto, i.e, that the report should be given 111 the form of an article, criticizing and '' ""mcnting on the speeches, instead of the pto·~c nl detailed accounts. Some outsider, 1 ~. . a Master, or, ii not, the President huuld make th is report wh ich should not lw LOo Ion~. Several school magazines hnvc adopted this plan, the best model lll'i ng, perhaps, the Elizabet}um . I am aware that the Editors look on the I khnting Society reports as quite legitilll:ltc padding for the Cmduarian, but they "'' not very interesting except to those who "'' members themselves : Canluarirm '' .ulcrs prefer quality to quantity of news. II in~truct ion is needed we can find the HKuments in the Encydopedmia; and from ' ' Jlcriencc we know that the reports are 1111 ~lcading, and that the well-turned senh m·c and sounding phrase in the report arc

not quite the same as those used in th~ Debate itself. But worse still, the Editors do their best actually to spin the speeches out, and make them fill up more spac~ . For ins tance,the following speech was given in the last report ; I have put into italics the superflous verbiage. " in 'replying to tl1e remark~· made by tile lionOJoable members 1tJIJO sup· ported tile motion, declared that he was uuable to see how democracy had b~com~ more powerfulgemm /ly in the present time, Ids opinion 1t1as Ilia! it had been tried in many cases and been rejected as tmsrrtis(aclo?y. Iie did not kuow wlwl otl1ers 1/iouglil, blft liis idea certainly was t/iat the monarc hial government was as firm ly established in the present day as it ever bad been and lu fully expected tliat it would remain so." Surely the reports should be as concise I as possible, and such a bare-faced attempt at padding d iscouraged. The parts not italicised would have given the whole speech, and moreover with far more force.

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Still the Editors admit they will do anythi ng for copy, and in the last E ditorial the re was a piteous prayer to the School to write, among other things, le tters ; a fact which needs no comment when it is remembered that letters nearly always bear complaints; that i<> to say the ed itors encourage people to invent complaints to fill up their pages. I trust that this suggestion, made last year in an Editorial, will be acted upon, a nd that, eve n if the Crrnt11m路ian be of slig hter bulk there by, we shall have in the future, instead of the usual tedious accounts, a concise article wh ich will prove both interesting and amusmg. E xpecting your gratitude for ha,路ing filled so much of your valuable space, I am, Yours, etc., O.K.S.

In ar.swer to the above letter we feel bound to ma ke a protest. Le t us first consider what our correspondent says about the Debating Society; no doubt his suggestio n as to the articles of criticism and co mmc.:nt mig ht perhaps succeed, but aga inst what he proposed there are, what we think, two very strong objections ; one is, t hat a Master never atte nds the School De bates, and adopting his second suggestion of the President, we think he would be as likely to ascribe to himself or to his supporters " the well-turned sentence and sounding phrase" as in previous cases. The second objection is that to criticize and comment on lhe speeches of the members would only, in our opinion, tend to keep people from speaking, except those who arc actually on the Committee, through

I fear of the criticizer's pen, even

more than it does now. Next, about the Edi tors " spinning the speeches out"; we admit t hat this has been the case to a certain extent, owing to our failing to get the Secre tary to take them down at the time of t he de bate. In the Debating Society book the rule laid down is " T hat the duty of the Secretary be to keep a record of the transactions of t he Society and to send a report of such transactions to the Crrnltra1路ian." T his, we regret to say, has not been carried out, and so as not to offe nd the members we have got their best recollection of their arguments used by them o urselves a nd inserted them. The next point on which we have to defend oursch-es is that with regard to the " piteous appeal in our last Editorial for lellers." I am afraid our corresponde nt has read this with a prejudiced mind, as the words of the Ed itorial were that there was 路'Jack of mrrlt ria/ in the shape of correspondence, or otherwise fro m me mbers of the School," How "O.K.S." derives from this a " piteous appeal for letters on merely invented complaints" we are at a loss to sec. We admit letters do sometimes conta m ccrtam complai nts, as in the one under discussion at present, but I t hink that it is equally often the case they contain proposals- and those useful proposals. In conclusio n, we would urge, taking " 0. K.S. " as a class, that they should do mo re to let us know of their doings. We ha ve received severa l complaints " the re ought to have been an O.K. S. column," but before making an 0. K.S. column it is necessary to have some material. It is not so much from the U niversities we want information, as this is supplied by the Oxford and Cambridge Letters, but it is of

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'""·•· who arc in London or elsewhere that '' ••·quin! information. We must plead "'" •·xruscs for this long an·m·er, but we 1 It that it needed one. E oo. Canluarirw.

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I knr Sirs,- There used to be la~t year • 1'·111 of patched-up things called, by the lu1,11 keeper, canoes; which filled at the ' 1tc· of a gallon a minute when in good • nnclition. These, however, have at last •ll .. 1ppcared, whether from old age or acci"' 111 I do not know. A pair of new canoes "uuld not cost much, and many more boys 111111ld subscribe if these were bought; :1s like canoei ng (i n decent canoes) "'"' h more than rowing in larger boats. I loping that this will receive due attention, I remain, yours truly, ON-CRICKETER.

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l €1 1/u Editors of "THE f:ANTUAR IAN." I h :AR Sms,-I hope you will find room 111 your valuable paper for the following lllll(gcstion, namely, that some improvement .l10ukl be made next term in the te nnis ties. I believe it is a f.'\ct that for the last two 1 \ 1':\rs it has been an impossibility to get tlwm played off in time. Cannot this be t~ •mcdied ? Surely some time might be lound, when there is no cricket, in which th,•y might be played, such as after tea or un a Saturday afternoon. Could not also the posts of the tennis-net be improved, as the general result when one goes to play is to find the net down, and so a lot of time • ~ wasted? Believe me, Sirs, Yours truly, TENNIS.

To lite Editors of

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Dear Sir,- In reply to the enquiry of " VIth Form," whether the R ev. Richard H arris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby) was educated at the King's School, I believe I may say with certainty that he was not. Whe n I was compiling my small book of " Memorials " of the School, a friend told me t hat I ought to include his name, which I doubted at the time ; because, when I was in the King's School myself, his celebrated "Ingoldsby Legends " were coming out in Bentley's New Monthly Magazi ne, and were making, as everyone knows, no slight sensation ; and if the King's School could have claimed him, the fact would certainly have been mentioned, which it never was. In Vol. I., p. ro of his life, by his son, the R ev. R. H. Dalton Barham, it is stated, "After fit preparation at the hands of two kind -hearted maiden ladies named Dix, o ne of whom, I believe, survived her pupil, the latter was sent off at the age of nme years to St. Paul's School and placed in the house of Dr. R oberts, the High Master." It is no doubt to the time he spent with Miss D ix and her sister, whom I remember well, living in Hawkes Lane, that he refers in one of his legends, when he writes of " grinding ge runds at Canterbmy," whic·h doubtless, many have thought, indica tes a connection wit h the King's School. He was a na tive of Canterbury, and was the son of an Alderman of the City, who lived in Burgate Street. And in anotherofhis lcgends, in connect ion with Lucretius, he thus refers to his education at St. Paul's School : " An author that gave me no trifling vexation, " When a youngster at School on Dean Colet's foundation." I am, yours truly, J. S. SIDEBOTHAM. 22nd :.\larch, r893·

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THE LIBRARY. The following books have been addec:l to the Library :The Missing Merchantsman. Give n by M. H. Coo. Political Economy. Dr. Walker. Magazine of Art. } Last Volumes. English IMllustr~ted. C entm y agazme. XI Xth Century. The Vicar of Wakefield. English Coins and T okens. Given by E . G. Spiers.

CORRIGENDA. The November Number of the Cantuarinn, owing to a faultof the printer, was issued ac; No. I , Vol. IV ; it should haYe been a continuation of Vol. III., ro. 1 3·

NOTICE S. We beg to acknowledge the following s ubscription to the Onntunrinn:- \V. R. -:\Iowll A. C. Moulc, A. W. Cross (6s.), Rev. A. L. Harrison, W. G. Mo:;sc, G. C. M. EY:ms (9s. 4d.), G. E. Jones, R ev. W. F . Cobb, \V. M. Carter, R ev. G. S. Ellam (7s.), R. F Eiwrn (6s.), Dean Dundas, H . B. Milsome (7s.), Miss Barber.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following Magazines :--Tile Pnulim , Tl1e Jlfnlveminn, L eys Fortlll:r:Mly (2), Tl1e Dot1orinn, Tile Alley1tian, Tl1e /\.'in:~ E d1onrd's Sd10ol Clu·onide, Tile Clmtlmm House R e1•iew, Tl1c Cl1olmeleinn, Tl1~ Rutlli11 Sd1ool Jlfa.~nsine, '1~1e Epsom ian.

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No. 17

E D ITORIAL . The School Sports have now become a matter of history, and the results nrc by no means d iscomaging, as it is some years since there has bee n such universal excellence di.,pbyccl throughout. So much so, that m spite of the vague rumottrs as to the tunning powers, etc., of the C.O.S. that had rea ched us, all were looking fol\vard with t'onfidencc to retrieving our defeat of '92. Uut relen llcss fate, in the shn pe of illness, ordnined otherwise, nnd much to eYeryo ne'~ clisappointmt:nt the lnterÂˇSchool contest had to be abandoned, as the risk of infection was too serious a matter to be disregarded. lint - nil despernndum- revenge is sweet and will be none the less so if it is postponed lor a while. o nly we fear that many who figured prominently on Easter Monday and l'ut:sday will have become O.K. S. by that time. We cannot bid adieu to those memories of the Green Court without expressing our pleasure at seeing Dr. Blore among us .t~ai n for the first time after his long and painful illness. ln viewing our prospects for a successful cricket season, we have to record a defeat in

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our opening match, owing to a mistaken idea on the part of the XI. as to the destructiveness of our opponents' bowling. Needless to say, when it was too late, we plucked up courage and proved able to successfully cope with the bowling. Let us hope it will be a lesson for the future, but we are afraid it is a lesson that we are only too fond of studying and yet never seem to profit by it. We look forward to an improvement all round, now we have secured a really competent "pro." to take the place of our "ancient veteran," whose bowling days, we regret to say, arc well nigh over. Turning to general subjects, we congratulate S. S. Cook on being elected to a Sizarship in ,\cldition to the scholarship he gamed last December. A rumou r-and, we believe, a well-founded one-states that preparations are going to be made to convert the crypt of the Cathedral into a chapel for the School, which will tighten, if possible, the bonds that unite us to that grand building, seeing that King Scholars will then, indeed, be on the foundation in two senses; but as it is not to be completed until most of us here now will have left, we can only speculate on the advantages future generations will enjoy. Now that the Harvey Society has nearly ended the first period of its existence, a word about it may not be out of place. One good feature about it is that membership does not merely involve becoming a passive member of the Society, but every one who joi ns has to contribute a paper on some scientific subject, a nd judging from the care spent on some of them, this seems no light task. 01 course, it is premature to point out any distinct influence in the widening of ideas on the part of members at present, yet undoubtedly the effect will in time be apparent-and that in no small degree. We can only hope that it will not die a natural death after the first nmÂˇelty has worn ofT, a calam 1ty by no means uncommon in ma ny schools. As may be seen from our last number, we have had several letters asking why there is no O.K.S. column now-a-days, saying our predecessors regularly inserted one, etc. \\"e should be delighted to insert an O.K.S. column if only we could obtain even some meagre scraps of news, for reasons other than a wild craving for "copy," attributed to us by one of our correspondents, as nothing serves so much to keep up the connection of old boys with the School as this. But it seems the correct thing for a K.S. after leaving school, if he does not go to the Varsity, to disappear altogether as far as the School is concerned. We wonder how many there are who have not gone to the Varsity during the last twenty years and haYc been seen or heard of since by the School; very few we fear. This ought not to be, and we can only urge all to let us know, or if ther are too modest themselves, to get their friends to inform us of anr of their doings that might be of interest. By th is means many wrinkles might be smoothed from the nnxious brows of the Edd . Ca nlua1'ia 11.

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HARVEY S OCIETY. l'hcrc were three meetings of the above Society held last term, rc:ports of which were l(tvcn in the last Ca11tuaria11. The first of these wru; held on March 7th, when C. II l'nbb read a paper on " Comets." H e first dealt with the forms assumed by these luul n·~ and with their composition, and went on to consider the parts into which a comet ut.l) he divided and also the theory established by Newton with regard to the movefill ut s ofthese bodies. H e concluded by d escribing several well-known comets and 1 lllllll'<'tcd comets with meteors and meteoric showers. l'hi:; was followed by a meeting on March 2 rst, at which H. J. Fynes-Chnton read 111 ,.,haustive paper em Photography." H e dealt with the various forms and q ualities ''' J,•nscs, the processes involved in the production of photographs and the various lltl'l hods by which this is done, the old processes and the modern improvements uul concluded by describing colour photography and the rece nt inventions 1 "nnected with it. On March 29th J. B. Scrivener read a paper before the Society on " Geology. In 11, he described the five classes of rocks, and gave:: a very good idea of the formation of ho• Primary Strata. Jt'cmr meetings of the Society were held this term . The first was on May 6th, when \lt. l .ongsdon read a ,·cry interesti ng paper on the "Fertilization of Flowers." After ' plaining a few of the commonest terms in botany, he pointed out the various sexual oltlk rcnces in flowers, and proceeded to notice and give instances of the various ways in wluch nowers are fertilized, and, more particularly, the ways in which some avoid self" !lilization. This was followed by a meeting on May 13th, at which C. T. Candy read a paper 1111 the "Atmosphere," in which he dealt with T orricelli's methods of weighing the air, 111cl his baro meter. H e also described the com position of the air and its vmious 1 ••nstituents, and s hewed weather charts g iving the pressure of the air at variou~ places lty means of Isobars. On May 2oth, papers were read by W . H. Evans and A. F. C. Luxmoorc on the "Spectroscope," Evans dealing with its relations to Chemistry and J .uxmoorc in its lt'lations to Astronomy. Evans gave a short history of the instrnment and of the 1111provemcnts made in it, and went on to describe what colour was, and enumerated thl· discoveries made by the spectroscope, notably lhtose of nt w metals, such as I .hium,dc. l .uxmoore then read his paper, in which he spoke of the work of Wollaston, which 11.1~ enlarged by Fraunhofer, after whom the dark lines in the spectrum of the sun arc • tiled the "Fraunhofer lines." H e then explaiued differences in the spectra of the stars, wh ich divide stars into four classe3, viz: (i. ) Very hot, (ii.) Cooling, (iii. ) In their last t.1ge, and (iv.) Barren a nd cold, like the moon. The last meeting took place on i\lay 27th, when N. ~I. Ingram read a paper on 11111

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" Soap .Bubbles," in which he showed the compositior. of bubbles and the properties of the film of which the l:mbble is composed. This paper was accompanied by experiments and proved most interesting. At the close of the meeting an elect1on was held for members of next year's Committee, tor which the following were appointed :- C. B. Robb, \V. H . Evans, A. F . C. Luxmoore, and J. B. Drake. The meetings of the Society have proved a great success and have been well attended throughout, while the papers contributed by members have been found most interesting. The Society has now divided into four sections, viz. : Botanical, Entomological, Geological, and Zoological, to carry on scientific work during the Summer T erm.

THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Sports took place on Monday and Tuesday, April 3rd and 4th. The weather was all that could be wished, and despite the counter attraction of the East~r Volunteer Manreuvres on .Barham Downs on the first day, the attendance on both afternoons was good. By kind permission of Colonel Stewart, the Cavalry Depot Band played on the second day. The sports this year were a great success, many of the performances being very creditable, and it was a cause for much disappointment that illness at the C.O.S. prevented our annual meeting with them taking place, as there was promise of a keen struggle. In the open events Castley and Beynon were especially prominent, the former establishing a new record at the School with an excellent long jump of 19ft. reins. H e was also successful in winning three other events, throwing the cricket ball, the roo yds. and the quarter mile, the last of which he did in 58 seconds, a very good performance, considering the many corners in the Green Court course. The Steeple Chase, the Half Mile, and the Mile all fell to Beynon, who ran in excellent style and gives promise of developing into a fine runner. In the under r6 events Austin, Fenn, and Dann figured most conspicuously. FIRST DAY. 1. THROWING THE CtUCJO>T B.u.L.-1. R. J . Cnstley ; 2, A. G. R.i chardson. Distance 87 yards 2ft. 6in. 2. L oNo Ju x P (Open)-1, R. J . Castley ; 2, .A.. F. Luxmoore. Lengt h, 19ft. lOins. Castley jumped exceedingly well, and tbtÂˇee of h.is jumps exceeded 19 foot. 3. 220 YARDS (Junior School)- 1, A. B. Paine; 2, P. H. Colley. 4.. QuARTER MILE (Under 16)-lst Hea.t.-1, H. Da.nn ; 2, H. P. Austen. 2nd H eat.-1, G. C. Vnlpy; 2, F.J. Cunningham. 3rd H E'at.-1, A. J. Feon; 2, C. M. SkinnetÂˇ. 6. LONO Jo~IP (Junior School).- 1, .A.. J . Ha~soll; 2, C. A. Riclloy.

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Hu&DLES (Open)-lst Heat.- I, W. H. Maundrell; 2, A. F. Luxwoore. 2nd Heat.-1 H. J. Clinton ; 2, G. D. Lenox . HuRDLES (Under 16)-1, H. P. Austen ; 2, E. E. Baker. Austen won ea.sily. 300 Y.utDS HANDICA.P (Junior School)-!, K B. l{.ichards; 2, C. J. Collard; 3 A. Ridley . QUARTER MILE (Under 14)-lst Heat.-l, A. D. Molony; 2, L. H. Fenn. 2nd Hcat. A. L. Paris; 2, H. A. Jones. QuARTER MJLf: (Open)-lst Hca.t.-1, R. J. Castley; 2, Jl. J. Clinton. 2nd Hen.t.-1. F. S Ileynou ; 2, R. B. Flint. Both h eats produced good rncing. the timo being 59 sees. in each caso. HIOH Jull!r (Under 16)-1, A. J. Fcnn; 2, H. P . Austen. Height 4.ft. 6in. 600 YARDS HANDICAP-1st B eat.- 1, R. W. Fothcrstone (80 yarrlsstm-t); 2,U . .T. 'l'ruonum (55 Y••rds); 3, H. A. J ones (60 yn.rds); 2nd Heat: 1, R J. l:lcalo ( 15 yards); t, 11. ·w. Dormer (75 ynrds); 3, S. W. l:'eara (10 yards). BA.LF MILE \Open)-1, F. S. Beynon; 2, R. J. Castley. 'l'ituo 2min. 17scc. Castloy lod fot· tbe flt·at lap when Beynon took tho lead and nmintnined it throughout. LoNG Jom> (under 16)- 1, H. l>anu, 2, C. Skinn er and G. L. Slatet·, equ al. Longtll, 15ft. i in . Skinner and Slater competed again for tho second prize, when Skinner, with 1t jump of 15ft. 3in., easily won. 100 YARDS (Open) - 1st Hen.t.-1. H. J . Clinton; 2, G. D. Lenox ; 2nd Heat, 1, R. C'nst.· ley; 2, A. F. Luxmoore. 100 YARDS (under 16)-Jst Heat :-1, H. P. Aust en; 2, L. H. Fenn; 2nd H!.'at, I, H. S. Kingdon; 2, R. Dann. SECOND DAY. 'BlaH JubrP (Junior School)-!, A. Ridley; 2. C. Baker and A. J. Hasst>ll, equal. Heigh t 4ft. lin. Rns~ell gttve up the second pt·i:-.e to Unkcr withou t jumping ng1\in. 100 YAADS (Opcn)-1, R. J . Castley; 2. A. F. Luxmoore 1\nd G. D. Lenox, equal. Custloy led out . followed by Lux moore, but. n. fe..-: yards ft·om the •ape the latter'!! sido gave way ft·om au old sprain, and Lenox drew up level just nt the finish. 100 Y ARna (Under 16).-Final. l, H. P. Austen; 2, H. D. Kingd n. 100 YAnns (JUNIOR ScHOOL).-Final. 1, C. Baker; 2, A. U. Paine. 3-T,EooEo RACE.- R. J. and H. T. H~n le. QuAJt'J' ER MILt: (OPEN).-Final. 1, l't. J. Cnstloy; 2, H. J. Clinton; time 6!l scca. Castlcy led from thestart, and running vet·y strongly won in excellent lime. L\ gooclrnce fo•· second place between Clinton and Beynon, tho fot·met• just getting in m front 600 YARDS liANDICAP.-Final. l. R. J. Henle ; 2, R. Vv. Featherstone; 3, H. W.Dcl"mer. l:icalo ran 1·er,v well and came in first in lmin. 2Ssec. Hlal.! Juur (OPEN).-1, A. G. Richn.rdson; 2, H. J. Clinton; height, 4ft. lO~in. 220 YARDS (JuNIOR ScHOOL) UNDER 11.-C. J . Collard. QuA RTF.& MILE (UNDER 16).-Final. l. H. Dann; 2, A. J. F enn. Dann led the wholo way and won easily. Qu.utTE& :UJLE (Ju.NIOR ScHOOL).-1, A. J. Hassell; 2, A. P. Trueman. HuRDLES (OPEN).-Final. 1, H. J . Clinton; 2, W. H. :\1aundrell. 1\lauudrcll led till the last hmclle when Clinton passed him. Tim!", 17sec. QuA.RTER l\IJLE (UNDER 14).-Final. 1, L. H. Fenn; 2, A. D. Molony. SACK RACF..-G. Reale.

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B .a.Lr MtLE (UNDER 16). -1, A. J . Fenn ; 2, H. Dnnn; 3, G. C. Valpy. Au excellent mco. Dann led till t he middlo of the last lap whon Fonn passed hiw. Time, 2min. 34scc. 16. STRANGERS' RACE (Qc ARTER MILEJ. -A. Lowis ; timo, 60seca. 17. ON& i\IILE (OPEN).- 1, r. s. Beynon; 2, H. J ohnson; 3, c. T. Candy. A la rge numbor s tart ed for this raco. Richardson led for tho first two laps, whon Beynon camo up, and grauunlly increasing his lend and finishin g with a gt·nud SIJlll't, won in the excellent t iwo of 5mm. 2sec. A good t·ace for second place resulted in Johnson just llcating Candy. 18. CoNsOLATION RAcE (Ju NIOR ScHooL).- S. Cole. 10. CONSOLA'l'tON RACE ( QoAR'r&n. MILE).-G. D. Lenox.

The prizes were given away by Mrs. Field, and the usual cheers ended the proceedings. We are requested by the Sports' Committee to thank the following ladies and gentle· men for the prizes they so kindly offered :The donors of the Ladies' prize :Mrs. Gordon, G. D. Tripp, Esq. Nirs. Hamilton, F. F. S. Williams, Esq. Dr. Blore, J. Evans, E~q. The Rev. T. Field, R. F. Elwyn, E sq. The Rev. R. G. Hodgson, Colonel Trueman. The Rev. L. G. H. Mason, E. Jones, Esq. The R ev. L. H. Evans, W. W. Mason, E sq. J. Ritchie, Esq., The Sixth Form. J. W. Longsdon, Esq. The Fifth Form.

SPORTS RECORD SINCE 1884. THRO.\VI NG '!'HE CRICKET UALL. 1884 - -; 1883-W . M. 'Wilcox, 87 yds. 2 ft.; 1886-1'. E. Hammell, 87 ycls.; 1887-A . Lnttcl', SO yds. ; 1888-A. Latter, 89 yds. ; 1889-A. Latter, 104 yds. ; 1890, H. C. Stll(trl 100 yd s. 2ft. Gin. ; 1891-TI. S. S. Parker, 92 yds. ; 1892-H. J. Cullin. 98 yds.; 1893 lt. CnstlE>y, 87 yds. 2 ft. 6 in. LONG J UMP (OPEN). 1884-F. L. Perkins, 19 ft.; 1885-R. W. W ylie , J!l f t. 5 in. ; 1886- H . A. Wimb ol'lt·~ , 17ft. lit in. ; 1887-B. R. Gibson, 18 ft.; 1888-.A. Lnttor, 17ft. 7 in. ; 1889- A. Lnlll;t'• 19ft. 3 in.; 1890-I:T. C. Stuar t, 17ft. 8~ in.; 1891-C. E . Shor t ing , 18 ft. 10 in. ; 1 92- 1{. ,J Cnstlcy, 17ft. 10 in.; 1893-R. J. Castley. 19ft. 10 in.

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I W. Fowcr by,-; 1885-R. W . Wylio, - ; 1R8G-T. E. Rammoll, - ; 1887-E. L.

tii!IH A. W . Bell, - ; 1882-F. E . Boycott, - ; 1890-E. B. Ha.wes, 15 sees ; .tnut('ij, 1;) F.ocs.; 1892-H . J. Clinton,-; 1893- H. J. Clin ton, 17 sees. HIGH JUM:P (OPEN). 111 • II H. Scol~. 6 ft. 2 in . ; 1885-B. J . 1\Jullins, ~ ft. 10~ in . ; 1886-B . J. 11 ullins, I l In 1 1 14~7 11 . J . 1\lullins, ;; ft. ; 1888- A. Latter, 4ft. H~ in.; 18!19- A. Latter, 5 ft.; 1 I' W, .)nlltCS, Mt. 8~ in.; 1891- 'l '. N. 1\liekle m, 4 ft. 8 in.; 1892-A. G. Richardson, II 1111 l11 1 IKU!I- A. G. Richardson, •J, ft. Hl ~ in. QUARI'ER hllLE (OPEN). 1 1•'. 1•. l'orkins, 57 sees. ; 1885-R. W. Wylie, 63 sees. ; 1886- T . E. Rmmnoll , li2 sees. ; tl 1.. l'ayno, lil sees. ; 1888-A. L a t.t er, 62 sees ; 1889- A. Latte1·, 59 sees. ; 1890- E. B. 1 II' MI'I'K.; IH91-C. E . Shorting, ti<! sees.; 18!)<!- li. E. Flint, 60 s~cs.; 18!)3-.H. J . II

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HUNDRED YARDS (OPEN). I•' 1.. l)orkins,-; 1885-F. R. B. Atkinson . - ; 1886; R. P . HMves,-; 1887 - E. L · 11 1 • '"''" · ; I 8-F. E. l:loyeott, 12 sees.; I 0-A. htart, 12 sees.; 1800-E. 1:!. Hawes, I 11 1', 1•:. l:>horting, llt sees.; 1892- H. E. Flint, - ; 1803-K J. Cnstlcy, 11 2-;>ths sees. HALF l\l!LE (OPEN). t1 I 1•. Pl•t·k ins, Z min . 18 sees.; 1885-E. W. 1\J oor!'. 2 min 25 sees.; 1886-R. H. I 1 I I n1i11. 2 1 ~ecs.; 1887 - -; 1888 - - ; 1 80 - - ; 1800-- ; 180 1 - - ; 1892-F. S. 11 u • 111ln. 2::1 sees. ; 1893-1!'. ~. Beynon, 2 min. 17 4 sees . ONE 1\IIL;E (OPEN). I' 1,, l'orkins. - ; 1885-H. ·w. "ylit-, ;; min. 10 £ccs.; 18 6-G. E . ""· Grc.'('ll I'"'''~.; 1887-A. Lotter, 6 min. 20 ~ecs.; 1888-J\ . Lntt e .., G min . 21 s!'cs. ; J889- F . B., " • " utilt. 29 seee. ; 1800-P. vV. James, .:; min. lll sees.; 1801-C. E . Shorting, 11 , ,•• ; 18fi2--F. S. Beynon, ;; min. 10 sees. ; 189:!-F. S. Ucynon. ;; min. <! sees.

llltll' for the Hurdles in 1893 is really better than it seems when compared with '" \t':trs, as there were two more flights than usual. The H undred Yards, as will 11, lt. 1~ 110

time recorded in several years, as the condittons under which it is run The Long Jnm p is a I 11 If'' ord ; the Q uarter Mile the best since r 884 ; the l-.1 und recl, H alf, and l'viilc tit lu ·~l recorded since x883. 111 Ml)•thing like good time, and so the ti me was not taken.

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CRICKE T. K.S. v. REV. L. H. EVANS' XI. This trial match was played on Tuesday, May r6th, Mr. Evans, with his m;ual kindness, getting together a strong team to oppose us. As is generally the case twelve men played on each side. The result was not a satisfactory one, as after the scratch team had com piled r -t r for 9 wickets and declart!d the innings closed, the School could only make 66 for the loss of seven wicke ts, and the match e nded in a draw greatly in favour of Mr. Evans' XI. iVIr. Evans on winning the toss sent in Radford and Blore to face the bowling ol C astley and Beynon. The former fell to a catch in the slips off Castley's second over. Ulore follo wed in and a long stand was mad e, the sco re being raised to 63 before Blon: was dismissed for r9. Twyman was shortly after bowled by T oulmin for a well-played 37· On R amsey becoming associated with Godfrey the score was aug mented by over 40, of wh ich the major portion was mad e by Godfrey, who knocked up 4 1 in a Yery short lime, most of his runs being made off Toulmin. The v1gour of his hitti ng may be gathered from the fact that he hi t one 6, two 4's, and seven 3's. On his being bowled the inn ings was declared closed. Castley came out with the best analysis, taking fiv~: wickets fo r 40, while T oulmin secured 4 for so. On the School going in to bat a wretched start was made, as in Elwyn's first ov~: 1 Castley was caught at cover-point in attempting to hit an off ball. N either Flint 01 Beynon stayed long and 3 wickets were down for r 7 when Touhnin came in, and playing very steadi ly saved his side from utter failure, making 34 o ut of a total of 66.The School seemed unable to cope with R amsay's bowling, his fi ve wicke ts, which were all clean bo wled, costing a fraction over seven ru ns a piece. Appended is the full score and analysis :KINo's ScuooL. HJIV. L. IT . EVAN'S XT. (I F. Rn.dford. c Lono ~, b Cnstloy ... ... 1 R J. CusUoy, c '!'wyman, b Elwyn .. . II G . Twy nmn, b Toulmin .. . .. . 37 R. B. Fl int, b Hnmsn,;y ... ... ... .. . 1{. Hlor o, c Luxmol)r e, b CnsUoy ... .. . 19 1•'. S. Beynon , b R4l.w Sity 7 :It ] '. 1-V illinms, c Lux mooro, b T oulmin .. . 0 K M. 'l 'ouhnin, b R;>msay ... P. G ndfroy, b CnsLloy .. . ... .. . 41 11. Bm·nos, c and b 'l'oulmin... .. . 2 l't . R n.msny, c .i\Ta u n d rell, b Castloy 8 R. T,enky, c and b 'l'oulm iu ... 0 3 D. 1Ta m i!Lon, b Castloy .. . R. F. Elwyn , not out .. . ... .. . 10 E xtrltS .. . .. . .. . 20 • !41 'l'otnl... ... ... .. . • Innin!t'S declared closed . 1\ev. R. G. D odgson and Rev. L. H . Entus did n ot bat.

A. G. Richul'dson, b Ra msay '\V. U. l\!nundr cll, b ]~ amsay C. l\J. H eadlnm, c nud b J:llor o C. Skinner. not ou t G. D. L enox ~ A . F. L.IIXlllOOro d 1' l 110 t b t C. 'I'. l 'stn,ly a · ' A. N. Brodin Extra ... ... ... T otal (6 w1ck<:ls)

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o ,, lluy 4{) Ito) 111111 15 l uultuin ... 56 1/lo•llnnlson 9 llnynon bowled n. wide.

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K.S. v. C H AR T H A M ASYLUM. llu ht-1 matc h of the season, against Chartham, was played on the Asylum Grou nd 1 I ')' 1 Hth. The weathe r was perfect and the wicket to all appearance good, so llo y, on winning the toss, chose to bat first. Flint and H ead lam went in first but 1 <~ll ll separated, as the bst named was clean bowled in the second over, before a It ul hl'l'n scored. Beynon followed and had only scored two when he was dismissed, I 111 l1 ,, than an hour the whole side were out for 56, Castley, who hit up 3 x, not out, 11 tlw only one who seemed at all at home with the bowling. Chartham had little I • ull) 111 wiping off the runs, thanks to Drs. Everett and Fitzgerald, the latter of 111 llt.ulc 57, not out, in very good style. On going in a second time the School fared 1 1 • •111d when time was called had scored 1 17 for the loss of only two wickets, Cast• 1111 being the chief mn getter with 44· The fielding on both side left something to h uo•d, though one or two very nice ca~chl!s were made. \ppo·nclcd is the full sco re and analysis :KINO's Sc HOOL.

n t, b Weekes ,.II . II. II!•'li\mdln.m , b ~I.

M•~nloy ...

I•' 'I. lloy non , 0 Quick. b nrnnloy I•: \1 . 'l'o ulmin, b W cokes ... ... I II Hichnrdson, b :\Jauley II • . f . ('n~Uoy, u ot out \\ . II. lllnundroll, b )l nnley 1 , ~ld nnoo·, b Wceke>< ... tl II t.nnox, b "'VePkes I F. 1•11>-lllooro, h \Veekes ... I'. <'nndy, b Alnnley ... l•: xtrns ...

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Dr. Everett, b Richardson ... ... .. . H. Ovenden, c Beynon, b 'foulmin .. . J. J ohnston, c and b Castley Dr. Fitzgerald, not out H. 'Vct.>kes, b Lenox ... ... .. . Dr. Vernon, b Castley ... ... .. . C. ;nanley, c Toulmin, b Castley ... J. Ba.rdy, b Richardson F. Quick, cSkinner, b Richardson G. Carr. b Castley... ... ... ... J. Brown, c Maundrell, b Castloy Extras ... ... ... Total ... ... BOWLING

32 8 10

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n 3

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KS. v. CASTLE HILL. This match was played on the Beverley on May 23rd, and resulted in an easy win for the School by 78 runs, with four wickets to spnrc. A result due in a great measure to Castley's bowling, although we cannot say he was well backed up by the rest of the X I. in the field, as no fewer than six catches were dropped, nnd none of them so hard as tu afford any loophole for excuse on such grounds. When we bear this fact in mind, we cannot say much for the resistance offered to our bowling, as a total of 85 obtained under such conditions as those mentioned above is not a good performance, but per· haps-and let us hope it was so-thee result was due to the deadliness of our attack, which bodes well for future matches. Castle Hill having won the toss, sent in Meyrick and Hayhurst to face the bowling of Cas:ley and Richardson ; they started badly, as Richardson, in his first two overs, clean bowled Meyrick and Bond, and shortly after Castley dismissed H ayhurst in the sanw way, after he had scored 23 out of a total of 32 during his stay. Wentworth and Flow~·• were the only other two batsmen who offered any resistance to Castley's bowling, who bowled all through the innnings and came out with the excellent analysis of five wicket

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''"'"• which was even better than it read~, as time after time he beat the bats. lull the ball went past the wicket.

II • tlw usual interval Flint and Toulmin commenced our innings to the bowling of ' lh hi .tnt! Bond. Runs came fairiy quick from the start, chie fly from Toulmin, • f •ll r1 2 7 out of the 34 which were made while he stayed. In his 2 7 were I I tl 1 hmrs, a three, and 3 twos. Richardson was the next in, and all doubt as to I IIIItH tu win the match was quickly dispelled, as he stayed till the score had been I tn 77, when he was given out l.b.w., though the umpire afterwards apologised 111H!ake, as the batsman had hit the ball before it hit his leg. Castley stayed in 1111\ll(h to see the match won, but was bowled by a full pitch at 92. Beynon then 11 111 1111d between them the two batsmen carried the score to 145, before Beynon 1111lu d to \Ventworth I. Of this number he claimed 30, which included r five, It , 1 twos. F lint had just before Bey non's departure completed his so with a I dill•' for 4. Neither of the two next batsmen offered much resistance, but Bred in 11 1 tl to keep up his wicket till time was called, leaving us victors as above stated ltt L(l ' margin. Out of the total of r 63, Flint claimed 74 (not out), for which he t oud c·ricket, and though he was a little stiff at first, when he got set, he hit 11 111111c freely, and so f.·n as we could see, he gave no chance till the last over, one I ., 11 1-l·t, and his display cannot be too highly praised. Included in his 7-J. were lours, 4 threes, 8 twos. Of the seven bowlers tried, Wentwo rth was the most 1 lui, takmg 3 wickets at a cost of 20 runs. Appended is the full score and 'ASTLE HILL.

KING'S SCHOOL. R. B. Flint, not out ... ... .. . E. l\J. Tonlmin, c Wentworth, b Longfield ... 1 A . G. Richardson, I. b. w., b .Pinkey 18 R. J . Castley, b Follett... ... ... ... ... I F. S. Beynon, b D. W entworth ... ... ... ... 23 C. Skinner, l.J D. Wentworth ... ... .. . G W. H.l\Ia.undrell,cPinkey, b D. 'Wentworth 0 A.N. Hroclin,notout ...... .. . ...... 0 G. D. Lonox, } G A. F. L nxmooro, · did not bn.t. 0 C. '1'. Candy, Extt·as .. ... ... .. . 2

h ltichat·dson '"" 1, h Cnstley ... 1 lo · ~.

6 23

It '"''· h Hichnrdsor.

\\ uh>ttl'lh, h Jleynon \ 111 wul'lh, h Castley It 1•1, ' ' llt~y11 oo, b Castley ...

.. .

~~~ lltold, c l~ichardsoo, b Castley .. . 1 • II, l' tu• out... I lu i '',1' , h lloynon I 1 '""~· h Custley I •11••1, nuL out ...

Extras Total ...

... 85 DO\VLING AN.ALYSIS.

C'AS'l'LE HILL. R.

l ,,

llt•y

II I lt llllrclson ...

"' ~"""

I• I ' ""'""

...

25 a9 15 4

w. 5

11.

2 0

1 1

'l'otnl (Gwiclwts) ...

lONG'S SCHOOL. w. R. 1 23 L. Longfield ... 0 23 0. C. Bond ... C. Torrens ... 14 0 1 C. Pinkey 25 1 M. Follet 36 3 D. Wentworth 20 0 F. Wentworth 11

H 27 l7 1

3 2 2

1(;3

o. 8 ()

7 7 8 G

0 0 0 1 0 1 2

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K.S. v. THE MASTERS. This match was played on Friday and Saturday, May 26th and 27th. It is the fi n;l match that has ever been played between the School and the Masters, at least w1thin the recollection of any present K.S. Castley won the toss and sent in Toulmin and Flint to face the bowling of Elwyn and Vassilas. After the fall of the first two wickets Rich· ardson anc Castley got together and put a better appearance on the game. Skinner and Maundrell both played excellent cricket, but the honours of the day were clearly carried off by Richardson, whose dashing 59 occupied a little over an hour, and was compiled without a chance. Mr. Evans and Elwyn shared the wickets, the former coming out with the better analysis. On Saturday Barnes and Vassilas were the first to go to the wickets. A good ball from Castley clean bowled the latter, and the former met with the same fate shortly afterwards at the hands of Richardson. Mr. Evans was snapped at the wicket. Disasters did not end here, as shortly after Nir. Hodgson was well caught in the slips from a false hit. With Mr. Godfrey and E lwyn in, matters impro,·ed a bit, Mr. Godfrey making several big hits. With his score at 18 he was secured at the wicket in trying tu hit to leg. Mr. Williams, who followed in, was sharply run out. After this the result was a matter of time. Elwyn played a very careful 22, and after H eadlam's dismissal, the end soon came. i\Ir. Tripp was bowled fi rst ball, and l\Ir. F ield succumbed a couple of overs later, the whole side being out shortly after six. The score was as follows : KINO' S SCHOOL. R. B. Flint, c R odgRon, b Elwyn E. 111. 'l'o1llmin. b Elwyn .A. G. Ricbru·dson, c God ft·ey, b Elwyn R. J. Castley, b Elwyn ... ... ... F. S. Beynon, c Ynssilns, b Evans C. Skinner, c Wnchcr, b E\•aus .. . W. H. :Ma.undrell run out . .. .. . .A.. N . Brodin. st Bnrnes, b Evans G. D. Leuox, b Evans ... ... A. F. C. C. Lnxmoore, not Ottt C. H. '£l'llema.n, run out Extras ... ...

'l'ot a l ...

'ruE MASTERS .

11 4

50 l!l 13

28 2 0

12 11 24

II. Bru·ncs, E sq., b Richardson . . .

.. . ... Ynssilns, b Cnstloy... ... .. . ... ... ... Rov.L. H.J~ vnn s, c Luxmooro, b Richardson P. C. Godfrey, Esq., o Luxmooro. bCastley Rov. R. G. Hodgson, c Lenox, b Cas tley ... R. F. Elwyn. Esq., c Maundrell, b Castley F. F. S. Willinms, Esq., run ont ... ... H . Wnchor, not ont C. l:Jcndlnm, b Brodin ... ... G. D. 'l'ri}>p, Esq., b Brodin... .... Rev.'!'. Field, b Brod in Extms .. . 'I'otnl ...

. .. 205

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iiiASTERS . M.

\\',

Castley .. . 12 2 17 Richardson 8 0 32 Lenox ... 2 1 5 Bredin ... ,,~. 1 11 'l'oulmin... 2 1 2 Castley bowled n. no·ball.

4 2

a 0

u :! lh I :l:l

I II :l 0 1.

I:!

... 8()

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CANTUARIAN.

422

K.S. v. SOUTH-EASTERN COLLEGE. nl.lll' h was played on the Beverley on Tuesday, May 3oth, and resulted in a ,, hu th-.: College by 17 runs on the first !nnings, a resul t mainly brought abom 1111 I""" hatting and bad fielding of the School. Castley having won the toss sent in til 11111 l'llulmin to face the bowling of Linnell and Swann. The score was only four 11 1 11111 wa~ caught in the slips off Linnell. Richardson followed in, hut soon lost the I' ll'\ ol 'l'oulmin, who was clean bowled by Linnell, when his score was only three-two \· 11 A slightly better aspect was put on the game when Castley joined Richard11111 tlw score had only reached 23 when the former was caught in the slip~. " "" 1 .111\l ' in and prom ptly drove Linnell for a couple, but was bowled in the next l•nlll wickets for 32. Skinner was bowled the fi rst ball he got. Maundrell now tl ltu hardson, who was batting very steadily. These two carried the scot'<! to 45, •. •IIIIIICirell running away from a short ball was bowled by Linnell. Two mor-.: 1 h·ll at the same total. Richardson, who had played very steadily and wdl for wvcn om for a very doubtful catch at the wicket, and Bredin, who failed to l'hl· lasl three wickets did nothing. Linnell and Swann bowled with consider11• 1 '' " • but without trying to make an excuse for the poor display made by the I 11 must be remembered that the wicket was much slower than they had been 1 . •1•••·d to lately. lt utnnll~ and Money started t he South-Eastern innings. The bowling was shnred t . 1h ) and Toulmin. The formrr sent down the first O\'Cr from the Pavilion end. ••I• wa-; only six when a cntch at the wicket disposed of Money. Wheeler d 111, a nd was almost immcrliately missed at the wicket. The mistake, howl ' nnt a very costly one, as his score was only one when a very good catch by Ill""' the bowling of Richardson, who had superseded Toulmin, disposed of w lllllll10ns, who ha-d played well, also fell a victim to the same bowler- three 1 h11 2 1. T he next two wickets fell rapidly, but Swann, wbo was badly missed ~ 111 111 '1 at !;lip before he had scored, knocked up a very useful 12. When Ricb:ml11 l•••11 h•d Swann it looked as if we migh t still pull off the match, ns they had still 15 tn•~, wit h on ly four wickets to fall. The next three fell with the addition of only filii , .tnd, but for some very bad ftelding lhe match ought after all to hnve prov-.:d I•••Y hu the School. Cox, who scored 12, was twice missed when his score ' '"'\ ""~'. But his and K ember's plucky batting at a very critical period of the 11 ,J. " ti'\!S the highest praise. It would b e a good thing if our tail took a hint 1 1h• 11 play. Although the fi eldi ng was not goou, a word of praise is due to Lux! 11 ho, bar his one mistake, kept wicket excellently. Richardson was the most 1111 howler, his six wickets only costing 32 runs. I 111 , St hool, in a minority of q, opened thei r second innings with Flint and 111111111, t hi! bowling being again shared by Linnell and Swann. Flint was bowled by 1111 II lu Cure he had scored. Richardson joined Toulmin ; but the score had only h 11 • 1 when Linnell, for the second time in the match, found his way into

'"I'

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CANTUARIAN.

Toulmin's wickets. Castley came in and immediately began to hit. Several changes of bowling were tried, but the score was carried to r r r before Castley was caught in the slips off Linnell, who had resumed at the Pavilion end. The Stand had put on exactly roo runs, of which number Castley claimed an excellent 55, which wao; composed of two five's, two fours, and only 4 si ngles. Beynon was caught and bowled the first ball he got, but Skinner kept up his wicket till the call of time. Richardson carried out his bat for a very finely played 5 r, which was made up of a s, three 4's, and only four singles. Appended is the full score and analysis : KINo·s ScnooL. R. B. Flint, c Swann. b Linnell .. . 0 b Li nnell E. 1\J. 'l'oulwin. b Linnell ... 3 b Linnell A. G. Hio hat·dson, c Holh\nd, b Linnell ... 10 no~ out ... R. J. Castley, c Swann, b Linnell 7 c Swann, b Linnell F. S. Beynon, b Swann 2 c and b Linnell .. C. l\1. Skinner, b S"anu . 0 not out... W. H. Mnundrell, b Linnell 8 A. N. Brodin, b Swann 0

H . " 'achcr, b Linnell ...

1 2 4

ExtL"Rs ... . ..

Extras

. .. •18 •rolnl ... BOWLING ANALYSIS.

K.S. 1st innings. M.G . Linnell. .. P. G. Swann... ...

. ..

...

()

,\ . F. Luxmoore, 1-b-w, b Linnell C. H. Trueman, not out 'l'otal ...

. .. 0 ... 7 . .. 51 ... 55 0

. .. 115

K.S. 2nd innings.

ll.

25 19

6 4

10 9

4 4

M. G. Linnell... . .. 37 P . G. Swann .. . 37 J. L. Kember.. . 17 F. N. l\lacnrtney 9 R. Whoclor 13 S.E.C. P, W. Simmons, b ltichnrdson ... l•t D. ·w. Money, c LuXllleore, b Cnstley 1 R. Wheeler, c Luxmoore, b Richardson 1 E. Rymt>t·-Jones, c Skinner, b Ri<:hm·dson 4 E. N. Macartney, c Skinner, b Castley •1 P. G. Swann, b Richardson ... 12 J. W. Hadland, b Richardson 0 1\I. G. Linnt>ll. b C'astley 0 J . H. Gaskell, run out ... 0 E. C. Cox, c l:!redin. b Richardson 12 J. L. Kcmbe1, not out ... 10 Extras 7

Total ...

4 0 0

7 7 3 2

I 0

0 0

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CANTUARI AN.

BO WLING ANA.LYSIS. S.E.<;. R. J. Castley .. . E. M. Toulmin .. . A. G. Richardson

21 4 32

3 0 6

ll[,

K. S. v. THE CAVALRY DEPOT.

I ht

tlllllt'h wns played on the Barracks G round on June 1st, and resul ted in a win nppuncnls by 13 mns. T he game all through was of a fl uctuati ng nnture, as 1 "" ' opponents were out for 40, the remain ing wickets add ing 94 ; on our side, h otlu 1 hnnd we scored 6o for the loss of no wickets, and only reached r 2 r for I nl .til the wickets II 1 '.1\·,thy Depot having won the toss, elected to bat first on a wicket, which kick· llltlt .11 farst, but afterwards played very well. Captain Dewar and Pierce faced I 1 ltu~ of 'astley and Beynon, off the first over 7 were scored, but in the next, 11 'I• ,Ill howled Pierce for 3· The second wicket fell at x6 when Meldon fell to a ~ floun Castley. Urquhart now came 'in and soon began to make matters Ji,·ely, It lu lmt the company of D ewar at 30, who wa<; bowled by Beynon; ~his bowler lith over also clean bowled Milles without any addition to the score. John on 111 otml helped to carry the score to 63 be fore he was well caught by Cnstley nt 1 lll.tlt' leg. The remaining batsmen did not materially nssist the score, though ltlllut t til continued to play finely. He was fi nally caught by Bred in out in the 1' lol, his fine innings of 57 being made by fa r the best cricket shown on has side. d 111 his 57 were a six, a fi ve, 5 fours, and 5 threes. Captain Follet for the la<;t I 1 ttt.tdc matters a little lively. the last wicket ad d ing r 6. T he fi elding of the I ol 1111 the whole, was smarter than in the precedi ng match, though L uxmoorc be· 1 llu wic·kct d id not seem q uite up to for m as 20 byes out of a total of 134 111 1 wunl deal. Beynon came out with an excellent nnalysis, tak ing six wickets for 11

''II

1 1111

llu .,, hool entered on their innings at about 3 o'clock, Wacher and Flint facing the ll1111 ol l'icrcc and l\filles. The start was most auspicious, as 6o runs were recorded I •I 1 wirket had fallen. Thts was \Vacher's first appearance in the XI. this year, I lu dt·scrves all credit for his good beginni ng; out of the 6 r made he claimed 20, hit h \H'rc r four and 3 threes. Richardson then joined Flint, and helped to carry •"I' to 79, before he was taken at the wicket; Cast ley then joined Flint, and with 1 11111 ndded he badly got Flint run out, owing to a mistake about a run. Flint I• •11 playing very well indeed for his 39, and it was extremely unfortunate that he 11111 nut, as he seemed well set. I ncluded in his 39 were 10 twos. This

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proved the turning point in the game, as after this the game was not much nv•re tlwn a procession to and from the wickets. Toulmin and Beynon were quickly dismissl•d , then Castley was well caught at slip by Dewar after scoring r 3· Skinner was bowll·d after scoring r, H eadlam without any addition, all these last wickets going to Johnson Bredin stayed a short time with Maundrell, and our hopes began to rise, but Brcd111 foolishly ran himself out, and l\faundrell was bo wled ; the innings closing for r 2 r, k a\' ingouropponents victorious as above ~tatcd by 13 runs. Johnson had the be t analyM, taking four wicke ts at a cost of almost 5 runs apiece. This match was undoubtedly lm t through bad judgme nt in running, and it is earnestly to be hoped the XI. will imprtwt in this before long. There being still an hour left for play the Depot went in again and scored 70 for 1111 loss of 6 wickets. P ierce was highest scorer with 20 (not out). Beynon and Caslll')' shared the wickets, the form er taking 3 for 28 (making a total in the match of 9 for 5 1) and Castley 3 for 35· Ap pended is the full score and analysis :KING' s S c HOOL.

Cn.pt. Dewar, b Beynon Pte Pierce,. b Beynon .. . Sergl. lll eldon, b Cnstloy 1<:. Urquhart. ll 13rcdin, b Rl'yuon Hon. L. l\1illcs, b Beynon .. . ... Pto. J olutson, c Cnstley, b Richardson P. J oh nson, c Luxmoore, b Richnrdson bll\jor Ricllcy, c 1'oulmin , h Beynon.. . Pte. Leigh. c Mnnndrell, b Beynon .. . Capt. Follett, not. out .. . .. . .. . .. . Pte. Standing, c Toulmin, b Cnstley... Exhns .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 'fotnl...

...

.. 10 3 ... 3 ... 57 ... 0 ... 15 4

not. out ... c l:lredin, b Beynon

... 20 ... 13

b 13eyuon

... 11 4

.. . c Cnstloy, b Beynon .. .

.. . .. . .. . .. .

.. . ... .. . c Skinner, b Cnstley .. . 2 e Mnundroll. b Cnstley 22 Extrns 1 12

b Cnstley

.. 134

Totn.l (6 wkts.)

KING'S ScHOOL.

H . ·wncher, b Stn.ud ing ... ... .. . R. B. Flint, run out... ... .. . A. G. Richn.rdson, c Leigh. b Ridley R. J. C'nstlcy, c Dewar, b Standing E M. Touhnin, c Dewn.r, b lllclclon .1!'. S. Beynon. b Johnson... ... W. H. Mauudroll, b Johnson C. Skinner , b J ohnson G. M. Headlam, b Johnson A. N. Bred in, rnn out ... A. F . Luxmoore, not out... Extras ... Total

.. 20 ... 39 9 Ja <J.

5 11 l

0 0 l

18 ... 12i.

3 12 0 7

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CANTUARI AN.

426

BOWLING ANALYSIS. 1 \ 1!\'AioiiT

DEPOT.-1st. Innings. R.

40 23

11•••1111

,,,., ...

lit

) 111111 ..

19 22 8 2nd. Innings. 35 ... ... 28

KINO's

~I.

14 4

0 2

3 3

u 0 0 0 1 1

Pte. Pierce lion. M illes Pte. J ohnson .. .

E. Ut·quhn.rt Pte. Standing ... Scrgt. Meldon ... ~I n.jot• Ridley ...

ScHOOL. R.

19 15 19 10 !)

16 15

0 0

6 0 7 0 2 1 0

7 15

0 2 1 1

3 5 9 5

K.S. v. COL. TRUEMAN'S XI. I i '""' lit h, at the kind invitation of Col. Trueman, the XI. played a match at

II ·'ll•' "l~ l the S. Augustine's College from Ramsgate.

On our arri1•a l we were

I II 11 1lh a sumptuous luncheo n by Col. True ma n and Mrs. Trueman, whose kind

1 hi\ In everybody was the chief feature of a very t:njoyable day. After lunch the wmmenced by the batting of the S.A.C., who sent in Donelly and l lo ian: the bowling of Beynon and Richardson. Beynon's first ball sent back I I 1111h the score at two. On the arrival of Purcell matters somewhat improved P "''II) wa!; caught by Castley off Richardson with the score at 16. Dalley was in 1•111 ultl·r making fin: was caught by Flint off the same bowler, three wickets d1111 11 ror 23. Purcell and O'Connell added 20 nms for the next wicket, when lit 1 11,1-. howled by Castl~y, who had superseded Richardson. Castley soon got 1111•11 11 u kcts, thus maki ng the score read six wickets for 7 3· Richardson here tlu lt,tll from Beynon, but with no result, bri ngi ng on Beynon again at 79· The 1 1 till' 1nnings was noteworthy for nothing but the atrocious fielding of certain 1 I ' ul the XI. This made a difference of about 20 runs, which eventually I , ll l~t·rl the defeat of th e School. Kavanag h was caught by Richardson in the 11 hl off Bey non, the total registering nine wicke ts for 97· But at 99 Castley ht uul howled Passett. The wicket was rather fiery and several balls went clean I lito 1o·:wh of the wicket keeper. Castley's analysis was very good and Beynon's II 1~>1 lltl'r getting four for 16, the latter four for 30. II 111 111d \Vacher started the innings of the School to the bowlmg of Da Nobriga and \\ 11h the total at four \Vacher was bowled by the latter. After mak ing four 1 1 ••11 1\;t~ bowled by Da obriga, t he score thus being r3 for two wickets. On 111 d ol Castley matters improved, and with him and Flint in the score was raised lu 11, nwmg to a misunderstanding, Flint was run out. This was very hard luck 1 111 1, tl is the second time he has been run out when well set, precisely the sa111e "' , 1111111~ in the match against the Cavalry Depot. Castley hit well while he was 1111 11.1 , nught after making q. After this the School went entirely to pieces, so

It "t.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

that there ,vere nine wickets down for 62 rum. Luxmoorc was al~o badly run out Here, however, came the best feature of the match, nnd too much credtt could not b.: given to Bredin and Candy for the exceedingly plucky war in which they played. T he former played really well, and Candy made one or two good strokes. Runs gradually incteased till with the score at 1oo Candy played a ball on the wicket, the School thu~ winning a most exciting match br one run. Bred in made 29 not out, the highcsl individual score made in the match. Colonel Trueman's XI. began their second innings with Gahan and O'Connell. Thl batting was much the same as in the first innings, Purcell not out 12 , Donelly 16, OConnell q, playing b:!st for our opponents. With five wickets down for 7 r stump-. were drawn, Castlcy's analysis reading four for 27. All the assembled company sat down to an excellent supper at the invi tation of Col and Mrs. Trueman. The most enjoyable day thus ended with cheers for our kind ho~ and hostess. Appended is the full score and analysis : CoL. 'rauEbiAN's X I. First innjngs. l\Ir. Donclly, c Cnstley, b Richardson E. O'Toole, b Beynon . ... C. Purcell, c 'l'rueman. b Beynon G. Dnlloy, c Flint, b Richardson 1\It·. O'Connell, b Castley ... F. Wilcox, c and b Castley L. da. Nobriga, b Castley ... F. Gahlln, b Beynon ... L. D'.A.badie, not out ... B . Kn.vanagh, c Richardson, b Beynon D. Pnssett, c and b Castloy ... Extms ...

'l'otl\.1 ...

Second innings. ... 8 b Cnstley ... ... 0 c and b Cnstley ... .. 21 not out ... 6 16 b TntOllll\n ... 8 b Castloy 6 0 b Castloy G 10 not out ...

...

t J'i

... 90

Extra~

li 10 2 3

.. . 71

R. B. Flint, run out ... H . Wnchor, b ·wilcox

Total

'l'olo.l ...

K S. .. A. G. Richardson, b da Nobrign. ... . .. R. J . Cnstloy, c Kavanagh, b dn. Nobriga E . M. 'roulmin, b da Nobriga F. S. Beynon, c and b Purcell " '·II. Maundroll, b Purcell A. N. Hredin, not out A. F. Luxmoore, r1m out C. H. Trueman, b Purcell C. 'J'. Cnndy, b Wilcox Ex has

... lG

15 0 ..

4 17

0 0

20 1

t ... 10 ... l i

... 100

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CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING ANALYSIS. K.S.-First innings. XL- First innings. n. w. w. o. :r.r. R. I I h·•••l Ull 36 2 12 2 L. cln. Nobriga 30 3 ttnu ... 30 4 2 16 10 F. Wilcox ... 31 • tl.. , 16 4 13 G C. Pmcell H 3 llr. Donelly ... 5 0 :-ip;.:ond innings. R. w. 0. M. • ll••v 27 4 0 9 I IIIIIIUII tt .. . 28 l 6 0 I oultulu ... 6 0 2 0 I

11 '" atAN'II

o. 14 7•2 8 2

CRICK ET FIXTURES . 1111tn.

lit

Mny

18 ...

Itt

:!;,! ...

lu lit lit lu

.ltltl(l

La H 16 i!O 27

\\I ,f

I'' Ill Itt

lh lu lu lu

·' ttly

Itt

\Ill{.

:so ... l ... s ... ... ... ... ... ...

29 ...

''"·

4 .. . ll LS

Opponents. Charthnm Asylum Castle 1:1 ill ... South Eastern College Ca,rah·y Depot ... Colonel 'fr11eman's XI. ~.A. C. Sutton Valen('e ...

e.o. s.

St. Lawrence Cnnterlmry Pilgrims Gore Court .. . .. . Dover Collogo ... c. 0. s. .. .... Highgate 0. K. ~.

Where pl!~yed. Chartham Beverley Beverley Barracks Oak well Beverley Beverley :Beverley Be•erloy Beverley Gore Court I:! everley Beverloy Beverley Hovot·loy

l[,

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OXFORD LETTER. The summer term is now drawing to a close, and if re markable for nothing else, has surprised us with its lavish g<!neros ity in the matter of fine weather. Conse· quently those who ply the willow have been seen to great advantage on our fast grounds. Under the head of cricket we can chronicle the fact that the 'Varsity have all their old choices available with the one exception of Jardine. Berkeley, however, has not played yet owing to the near approach of Schools. So far we have drawn with the Gentlemen and L ancashire, and lost to Somersetshire. But although this shows no victory won, yet when the team is definitely made up I think we may look forward to a good fight at Lord>. The Eights this year were highly successful. Magdalen remains head, despite the efforts of B.N.C. to catch them, while Trinity proved themselves a very fast boat as they succeeded in making no less t han five bumps. As to the doings of 0. K. S. everybodv will be pleased to hear that the R ev. R. r.. Ottley, Dean of Divinity at

Magdalen, has been appointed chief Ia brarian at Pu~ey House. Our sole represen t ative in the schools la<;t term, J. H. Smith, secured a second in H onour Mods. l .altl'l played in the seniors' match at the b\!gin ning of term, and also for the EtcctcJ.t• v. the Perambulator~ ; and h as been A<'O t ing very heavily for his College. Finally, R P. H awes has taken his M.A. degree. W r were very pleased to see Mr. Ritchie i11 Oxford early in the term. Besides the f:u t that the Roman.::s lecture, g iven by Pro fessor Huxley, o n "Ethic.; and Evolution," was a great success, there does not seem to be anything more of general intercRt We heartily congratulate H. ,V. Mou lc on his brilliant achievement in winning tl11 Por~on; may there be m any more su<·h I in the fu ture. Several of our number a11· on the brink of Schools, a nd I hope in dm course to be able to chro nicle some hril liant records. The 0. K.S. 111 resiclcnct· are the same a~ last term. O.K.S.

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43°

SCHOOL N E WS. 1Ill I

May r6, the match against II l •:v,\n~· XI. resulte d in a draw. 1 11 1h team made 141 for 9 wic kets Ill tlt'l lilrccl closed), out of which 11 111 nutde 3 7 and Mr. G odfrey 4 r. • lu1ui1H11dc 66 for 7 wic kets, Toulmin lt111 I I· * * * 1 111 llnu ~day, May r 8 tb, we were d h)• Chart ham A~ylum, as we only "• ut which Castley made 3 r not 1111 .t l l , J by o ur opponents, of whic h I 11 )(I.' I .lid and Eve rett made 99 ,, thl'lll. In our second innings we 1 1 7tor l wic kets, Castley,44, Beynon, 1"""'""· 19, the two latter b~ins not 111 ,fl ,l) ',

W•'t l' ~ urccssful

in our second card

' '' " · lu ,1ting Castle Hill by 78 runs and 11 Wll l ut'l ; Castle Hill, 85 (Heyhurst l l• tlll' l, 23). The School, r 63 for six I t (Flint, 74, not out, Beynon 30, •11111111 J 7).

f,, t

* * *

the S.E.C. match by I7 runs, tlt u til against 65 made by our oppo111 In our second inniP.gs, Castlcy 56, " I "" 55 not out, were chie fly instru11 111 hringing the score to IIS for 4 \\1

llu 1

" * *

1 ' 1valry D epot defeated us by

''"~ ing r 35 (Urquahart 57) against

I 2 L (Flint 39). In the ir second innings they lost 6 wickets fo r 70 rnns. • * * On June 8 we defea ted Col. Trueman's XI by I mn, our opponents scoring 99 (Purcell2 r) again;t roo (Breclin 29 not out) made by us.

* •

* The inhabitan ts of Hodgson's Hall were thrown into dire confusion on Tuesday, May 3oth. When Mr. Longsd on sat down to drink his non-inebriating cup a t five o'clock it was discove red that a ll his teaspoons we re mi s~ing. Further search made it clear tha t the hou~e had been investigated by an enterprising thief bt! tween the hours of three and four, a nd among other things Mr. Williams' athle tic cups ha d been take n. As ofte n happe ns in cases of this kmd several people <,;aw a" suspicious character" loafing about the green Court ; but equally, of course, no body's suspicions were aroused u n til after the event. The t hie f seems to have. behaved with exemplary order and method, and the coast was quite clear. We would console Mr. Longsdon by recommending to his notice the he roic and philosophic conduct of Victor Hugo's " Good Bishop " unde r simila r c ircumstances. To Mr. Williams the loss is more seve re . His athletic prowess must rema in a matte r of memory alone without tangible I proof.

THE

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O.K.S. COLUMN. M r. Alfred James Beer, of Canterbury, who died last month, w<Js one of the oldest O.K.S., retaining his name on the School Books. He entered the School in 1836 and left in 1839. He wa<; a sub$criber to the Bursar's Fund from its foundation in x865.

* Mr. Wilham Henry Boulton, of Ramsgate, died in March this year. He entered the School in 1834, and was also a sub· scriber to the Bursar's Fund. • *

* The Rev R. L. Ottley has been appointed Principal Librarian of Pu:;ey House, Oxford. * • ~'Ir. E . G. Spiers will be glad to receive any particulars of any alteration or addition for this year's " Pink Book."

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J. H. Smith, Exeter College, Oxford, obtained a 2nd Class in H on. Mods. at the recent examinations.

Tho$e who wish to play in the O.K.S. match are requested to write to W. M. Carter.

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The O.K.S. match is fixed for August rst and 2nd.

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A half-holiday was asked for and obtained by F. M. Mangan (O.K.S.), Surgeon Lieut. A. :VLS., in honour of his successes at the Army i\Ied ical School at Netley .

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The following were his successes :-The Parkes :\le morial .Medal in Hygiene ; the " Martin " Gold i\ledal in Medicine ; The Montefiore 2nd prize in Surgery ; The " Herbert" prize of £20, for all round work ; and the Pathology prize. • *

These include all the prizes for the Ar my Medical Staff during the course at Netley.

CORRESPONDENCE. Y .B.-The Editors decline to accept any ·responsibility conncctecl1Qi/h the OJ>inions of their con't$pond tltls. Name and adrlre~s must al.•ways be gi11cn, not tlCCe38arily f or pttbtication, bu · as a y~tarfm/ec of good faith. Per.· onaUties 1v•l.l. invoLve cerlai11 rejection.

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D ear Sirs,-In your account of the speeches at the O.K.S. Dinner I noticed that Mr. Biron, in proposing the Army and Navy, is reported to have said that "Although there had been many O.K.S. in the

Army who had brought much honour to the School, he did not know of any O.K.S. who had figured prominently in the Navy." I think this is capable of an explanation other than the humourous one suggested by Mr. Biron. Boys enter the R.N. at a very

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• .uly age, and hence they are Jess likely 1h.111 others who remain longer, to keep up up lhcir interest in a school which the • hlltl'~ of their profession prevent them from ,, '1 ~1ting for many years. Their identity 1111 fl•fore should they attain to any prom"" III'C in their profession becomes lost as 111 as their school goes. i\s an instance in point may I be allowed 111 111\mc Vice-Ad miral R. Gordon Douglas ••I Walmer, on the active list, late second li ••·ommand to H.R.H. the Dukeof Edinltmgh in the Med iterranean. I do not know lhnt he has ever been recognized as an t l, I' .S. but his nam e may be found in the il'hool Register probably somewhere in the " forties." I am, Sirs, Yours faithfully, C. E . WOODRUFF.

tile E ditor of "THE CAl\TUARIAN." Dear Sirs,-Your School Paper ha.,; found 11~ way to Leicestcrshire, and I have read wit h interest your article on my ancestor , n:hbishop Frewen. The article is I(O:Ih:rally correct, though you will perhaps .til ow me to notice on<! or two points. Accepted Frewe n was not born in Kent, hl' was born at Northiam (m not n) in Suue~\:,-the Sussex headquarters of the l•'rcwcn family-of which place, as you .ty, his fhther was Rector. 2. A•nongst other relics connected with hun is the elaborate toasting fork which is prc<erved at Brick wall, Northiam, by his lil'scendants. 1'tJ

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3· I believe I am right in stating that he left the bulk of his library, not to his nephe w, but to the Dean and C hapter of York, at which place the books are still to be seen. 4· I t is certainly unfair to ascribe meanness as the reason of the Archbishop's never marrying, the true fact being that he was a woman-hater, or at least a woman avoicler all his life, and would not permit a iemale servant in his house. The hexameters you quote are q uite new to me. Surely the good Archbishop was worthy of a better epitaph. Yours very truly, A FREWE AYLWARD.

To tl1e Editors of" THE C.-\NTUARI.\N." D ear Mr. Editors,-Can you sp:tre me a little room fo r a few remark~ on the " H arvey "- its origin, aim, and hopes ? When you announced the birth of the Society yo u ascribed it to energy of mine. My first impulse was to call an indigna tion meeting to protest against such a c harge ; my next impulse was to write and ask you to withdraw it; then I thought, what if it shou ld be tm e! What if all this show of keenness which I had fondly attributed to a desire for knowledge should after all turn out to 1 be m ere politeness? The fountains of my indignation froze, and I went in to the next meeting with fear and trembling; but this soon wore off; no one could help feeling that the reader of the paper was in teres ted J in his subject and had taken great pains to

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collect all the information on the subject that he could. After this meeting, I felt that at any rate the " politeness theory" was at any rate not capable of universal application. Week after week this poor old theory got more and more starved and finally succumbed through want of sustenance. Speaki ng seriously, I think the Society has quite <.:an·ied out the idea with which it started. Twenty odd people met together and agreed among themoelves that they were in a s tate of darkness on many subjects, which they would fain know something of ; it being a common-place that two heads are better than one, a fortiori, how much better 20 heads? This explains the aims of the " Harvey." Perhaps a few words as to the way in which it is hoped to attain our ends may not be uninteresting to intending members. The winter months have been devoted chieAy to book and paper work-the summer months will be devoted to field work. In this last we should be glad of the <.:O·Operat ion of any who are not yet members. For this work the society has divided into four sections (botanical, geological, entomological, and zoological) ; these sections are going to make it their business to collect all the local information they can in their several subjects. The results of their investigations will be explained and discussed at the first meetings next term. From this it JS clear that all those who think of joining next term should attach them-

selves at once to one or other of the,, section~. The lis ts of members of th. different sections is given below. Perhap. this will be the best place to correct illl impression that, I am told, has got about, namely, that the socie ty is open only to tht Upper School. The only condition nf membership is willingness to read a papt•r when called upon by the committee. Yours, etc., G.D.'I'. M EMBF.RS OF SECTIONS.

Botn.nitai. - Mr. L. Evans, Mr. Lonu don, Cook, Robb, Candy. Geologicai.- Mr. Tripp, LuxmouJ• , Headlam, Green, Lee\Varner, Scrivenor Entomologicai.-\V. H. Evans, Fcnn Ingram, Mosse. Zoologimi.- Drake, Dale, Watkin~.

To lite Editors of "THE CANTUAJUAS " Dear sirs,- May I be allowed throu ~h your columns to offer or rather solicit Mllll' suggestions as to the colours of the C:lnlt r bury "Pilgrims. Their blazer is, as most ''' your readers are aware, a com'Jinalion "' reel, white, and black, i.e, two C.< l colours and one K .S. Now this lll'tlll hardly right even supposing that t here wt '' a larger proportion of C.O.S. in the C'lult than of K.S., which is by no mean~ tlto case. On the contrary if the colour, •'' the greater numbe r are to predomin.tl• K .S. can certainly claim that distinrt '"" In any case K. S. colours ought not 111 It lost sight of. Black and white arc uul •

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( 1lu questions for various reasons. More 1• • 1.11l) that they belong to St. Augustine's ( ,11, 'l Blue and red would certainly be I' I• 11hlc to the present colours which I '' • 1n-1thcr the advantage of being reprettiiiii c nor yet artistically attractive.

Perhaps some Pilgrim or some other of your readers who has an eye to colour wilf hit upon some happy combination that will suit the wishes of all members. Yours etc., PILGRIM.

THE LIBRARY. The following books have been added this term :HI STORY.

English, S. R. Gard iner, 10 vols. Salisbury Parliament, Lucy, 2 vols. Byzantine Empire, Oman. Holy Roman Empire, Bryce. ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH READERS.

Vergil. Xenophon. FoREIGN CLASSics ~·oR ENGLISH READERS.

i\Iontaigne. Rabelais. Calderon. St. Simon. Corneille. Mme de S6vign6. La Fontaine. Rousseau. POETRY.

Bryon, complete works. Robert Browning, 5 vols. SCIENCE.

Electricity, Oliver Lodge. Chemistry, Bloxam. FICTIOK.

Frank Fairleigh. :'\Ionte Christo. Vice Versa.

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ENGLISH CITIZEN SERIES.

Our Colonies and D ependencies. Local Government. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Crossing Greenland, Nannsen ~0. \\". Holmes). Thanks to the work of H. M. James last term, and of C. E. Robb in the holid.•) the material for the new catalogue has been rapidly forming. With a few more voh111 teers this term, we shall probably be able to have the work ready by September.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Plymolltian for April has a readable article on "Life in a German University." The College life consists chie fly in fighting a great number of duels, and "of course the German student is not to be convinced that our (i.e. English) sports are to be compared with duelling." What savages these Germans must be. The number also contai ns a debate on the "i\'I odern Style of D ress." We learn that the ·' H ouse was blankly ignorant about lad ies' bustles, but evidently desirous of information." The Ousel is a fair number. They provide us a new explanation of the line " Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Mark Antony was a hard working forward, who damaged bis ears in the serum ; sometimes, however, he seems to have played three-quarters. Bedford had certainly got a splendid football record, scoring 2 2 5 points to 7, and losing no matches.

The Drogltedean spends six pages out nt ten on the lives of Mozart and Laud. I the latter worthy of forming the picrt do resiste11ce of a School Magazine? The Oxonian.- Th cre is nothing of a111 note in this number except a poem, entitlnl " New School Song." We quote the 1.1 1 sta nza:'l"is very fino young friends of mine No doubt to lift n soarer, Bnt thol·o's one joy en.n never coy, Tho dn.iay cutting fo m·or.

The eight pages of the Clzat/zam .lliltlll R eview contain little of interest, and 1111 up with "The School Rhymester," ,111 extract from the Boys' Own f apn "Curious Trees," "Peculiarities of Watt•t and "Dublin Carmen." The lll/iltonian is an interesting numlu 1 "Impressions of a Subu rban Music l l.tll and of Paris " arc really good. '1'!11 account of the fifth annual 1\Iilton hall t

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I) funny. We sympathize deeply "''ntlcmen "adown whose spi nal 1111 1, 11 klo.:d the icy claret·cup, pursuing ' , " tenor of its way "; also with \Y 1lk• t " who was told that "bitters and 1 ''·'" hoff." 11 1/uddersjidd College JJ.Jagazim for tttht t contained an amu~ing article ll tl 11 'l'hc Scribbler's Column," a part vl111 h muck~ at English pronunciation. 'Y 11 There are people who resent the 1 "' t~•lurm being need ed to our British h... lui spelling and to them ought to be It '" d the word ghoughphthe1ghtteowe, If h tn hicough stan ds for p, and ough 111 h for o, phth in phthisis for t, eigh 1 '"'

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I in neighbour for a, tte in gazette for t, and owe for o, then ghoughphtheightteowe

I would be then truly characteristically Eng!ish way of spelling-potato!! ! " The Alleynialt is entirely composed of cricket and football accou nts. They appe:~r to have done well in their athlethic sports, a<; they broke their records in no less than four open ev<.! nts. Our Scliool Times contains littk school n ews, bu t four long columns full of questions on " I nconsistency, D eath, and the Lay of the Last i\Iinstrel." There are two long and rather dry articles on "Some Dwellers in Towns" (i .e. birds) and "Education. "

Printed 11t tho " Konti8h G11zctto nntl Canterbury Press" Office, Canterbury.

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EDITORIAL. \\ Itt• mnkcth glad the heart of man." I think we may with justice add that u 111 t•ditorial docs not; it is one of the worst tasks of an editor, ns it is always so I1

any other interesting matter beside what is already contained in the Paper, find nothing better than to say a word about the cricket. The season so '" 1•11 f.'lirly successful, six losses, six wins-the chief cause of satisfaction being I lu 1 that WI! have only once been defeated by a School, the South Eastern College, II luntlcl never have been. Our great triumphs were, of course, over the C.O.S., , have not beaten ior two years, but for all this there is much to be wished for 1lu new members of the team, for our "tail " this year is a long one. Turning I, cricket, we must heartily congratulate them on their success, as they have I louu matches a nd been victorious in all, in most instances with a good margin in r 1 11111. Turning now to the O.K. S. doings we must congratulate H. W. Moule on 1 • l1 , which, following so close on his success in the Forson Iambic Prize, is all 111 ''' fll.llifying and honourable for his old school. The Canterbury P ilgrims brought 1 ' I lUng team this year, and were in consequence only defeated twice, by the S. 111 • .1nd Dover College, and we doubt if the latter would repeat their performance. II•• nld order changeth." Next term we hear the re are going to be great changes 1

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in the School. It is rumoured, and, we think, correctly, that the School is goinu 11 • be divided into H ouses, according to dormitories. Boys are going to be mn1 equally divided, not the Seniors in one dormitory and the Juniors in another, lmt a mixture of the two, so as to form a greater equality in games. The advan1.1 • of this, will no doubt be great, as it will inspire greater enthusiasm in the gan11 between the different Houses ; but our only hesitation in advocating these c-han)(• is our fear lest the numbers in the School should be too few to maintain them. ' llu R oyal Wedd ing Day passed off here, much as any other day would have done; '"' excitement seemed visible, and nothing in any way would have suggested that a !-:'• 11 ceremony was taking place, except perhaps the Cathedral Bells in the evening hut wait, we have forgotte n one most important ite m, which really ought to have remi nd• tl us, the Kmg's School flag was floating from its lofty place, a nd the beautiful displa) " ' flags from one of the houses in the Precincts, which we further believe was illumin:ll• I at night though of this we were not witness.

WILLIA M HARVEY . T he tercentenary of William H arvey's admission into Caius College, Cambridge, '' , celebrated there on ) une 2 r st by a grand dinner given by the Master and Fellow~. ' l it guests, who numbered about rs o, included most of the lead ing medical men of tlw cl., T he toast of the evening-to the memory of William H arvey-was entrusted to Sir j a111• Paget, who confi ned his remarks almost entirely to the history of H arvey's profession life. Although but sixteen years of age when he left the King's School and procl·•·•lt to Cambridge he seems to have at once devoted himself to the study of science. " 1'1t1 bably," said Sir James Paget, " no one man ever contri buted so much to the stnd)' ''' biology." His method of investigating problems of science was of even importance than the actual discoveries which make his name so fam iliar to us. li t motto ever was "Don't t!ti11k, 11J•." By the discovery of a few facts he wa~ :thh 1 refute the many theories which had for many centuries passed as und eniable. One interesting story the speaker told as to his difficulty in procuring bod it~ Itt! di ·section. Th is difficulty was overcome by permission being obtained for the u • '1 criminals' bodies for scie ntific research, but only on condition that they should rccrl\, proper burial, and that the Masters and Fellows of the College should attend the f11111 1 d The other principal speakers were Sir Andrew Clarke, the Vice-Chancellot , '"' I Professcr Huxley.

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MORALITY OF LATIN GRAlVIMAR. t'\:tminations are wi th us. The happy over an unus ually good 1 ''"'' quantities, or because of a suctl 1 .111 h he has made in his Latin •tltu 11 l'apcr ; while the examinee is 1 lt<t,l;t mg himself or perhaps merely llml the deep waters of his ignor•11 llcl unsu; pected for another year. 111 h .t time the ene mies of L atin 1111 nncl they are many-may be 11 t~ • ncly to bear with me, while I till to sho w that t here is a system ltt;t l .::l lin exercises, that cases and h t\'l' a morality of their own, and """" arc in some measure dedicat' 1 11111 ular constructions. t '""" after ha,·ingstated my ambitious I Itt us begin. The first great to me ever obscure, is that the h·•1· of ten should have his earliest I 1 1111ned to love. Lo,·e, present 111 I tul urc, fills all his mind, and, I ' ' many a rear he sees them not, lltl hlit!S, necessities, and uncertai n· • \ 1•1 being presented before him. 11 lu lm~ once mastered the fact that he I •I, ' ' Iewing and will love, he is reward! 11111 luld that his affection is return'' I "' tlli~ affection he has no doubt, 1 llltly till he approaches the condillh II«' I'S. As a natural result, amo 11 Itt I companion, and in his first lmds him in good stead. Here .1111! magister-still older friend s tit• '

-come to his rescue, and for some time he is content to learn that the master loves the boy, and the boy will love the girl. 1 This calls to mind another of the many unsolved problems- why mensa should be so studiouslv learnt. For it is sure to be as st udiously neglected till the poets arc reached, and then it must be translated not by " table, " but by "board. " " To spread the hospitable board, " is alone worthy of the dignity of Virgil. But let us come to the cases-the real backbone of Latin Grammar. The direct accusative is on the whole colourlesssatisfied with such re marks as "the man was hunting the hares." (I know that comes from i\Iitchinson's rules, but it will serve). This case, however, gains individu· ality from the pecularities attaching to towns and small islands. The size of the islands is left to the d iscretion of the pupil, as I never heard of the use of a preposition being regulated by a ny actual number of sq uare miles. As, in the locative, domus, and ms·entcr very largely into the exercises, and we are told a great deal about the movements of Grammar heroes. "Cresar returned to Rome," " Cicero stayed at home," are quite in the proper style. There is an idea that Balbus is the chief hero of Latin Grammar. This is not the r.ase. Cresar is facile prillceps. It is Cresar who promises ambassadors, Cresar who mo,·es his camp, Cresar who exhorts

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his men, Cresar in short who introduces all that military element which is so noticeable a feature of the genuine exercise. The ablative is on the whole a matter of fact and material case. Il is very practical. When we wish to state the exact price of an artiÂˇ cle, we use the ablative ; should he wish to give any nation's or person's diet, we usc the ablative (came, lacte and other valuable words) ; if we wish to get personal, and describe any one's appearance, we turn to the ablative. The old man with a long beard will at once occur to the youngest readers. The ablative is also the case of dates. It may in fact be said to be the case of exactitude and statistics, though of course this description is inadequate and open to many objections. T here is one more use which cannot be passed by, the ablative absolute. Cresar was as fond of it as the modern schol-hunter is of his ita ut or quippe qui, and Cresar being, as I have said, the grammarian's hero, all exercises are vitiated by its presence. For fear .I should become tedious, let me dismiss the Dative by merely saying it is a somewhat objectionable though interesting case. There is a constant idea of selfishness in it, resulting from the Dative of advantage, and of the Recipient. I t is distinctly a

contrast to the Genitive, which redeems the cases from the charge of being gross and materialistic. The Genitive discloses the emotions and feelings in their varying moods. Its use with words of pitying and remembering give it a touch of sentiment not to be found elsewhere. For the first time the "junior student" begins to dwell on the fine distinction between subjective and objective love. But a new world is opened, in the study of dependent clauses. For who can doubt that many a boy has had his attention turned to the study of human motives by beir.g obliged to settle whether an ttl is final or consecutive? Ut is responsible for many a moral lesson. Quum, of course, contributes largely to showing the well known connection between causes and their effects. But these fall into insignificance whe n compared with the all-important conditional sentence. This is capable of such variety wi~h its "No question of truth or untruth" and unfulfilled condition that I had better leave it alone altogether. In fact, as I am fully conscious of far-fetched dulness, the best thing I can do is to bring this to an abrupt conclusion with an apology for having covered so much space in the Ca1ltumÂˇian's invaluable pages.

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K.S. v. S.A.C. This match was played on the Beverley on June 13th, and resulted in a draw. We had arranged to begin at 2 o'clock as the S.A.C. had to be at the College at 6 o'clock, and conseque ntly stumps were drawn at half-past five. Our opponents did not put in an appearance until 2.30, and, on winning the toss, adopted the-in this case-wise policy of putting us in. Flint and T oulmin opened our innings very well, scoring 46 between them before Flint was bowled by Wa llace for 24. Richardson at o nce began to make matters lively with a five and a four off each bowler. At 63 Toulmin was also bowled by W allace for 24. Neither Castley or Beynon stayed long, but on Maundrell joining Richardson with four wickets down for 78 an excellent stand was made, and the score augmented by over 90 in an incredibly short time. Castley then declared the innings closed . Richardson, who made 75 not out without g iving a chance, as far as we saw, had played extremely well, hitting the bowling all over the fi eld, and the vigour of his hitting may be judged from the fact that no fewer than three 5's, eight 4s', and four 3's were included in his score. Maundrell also played well for 34, although he gave a couple of chances. Our opponents went in with the intention of making a draw, as there was only an hour and a quarter left for play. Even this they would probably have found a d ifficult matter, had not our XI. generously helped them in the field by dropping ca tches. The R ev. Simmonds and Kisby faced the bowling of Castley and B eynon, and Kisby was clean bowled by the former's second ball. Clough came in and very quickly knocked u p 18 in five hits, the second wicket falling at r8, every one of which the outgoing batsmen had made. T oulmin and Richardson had, a t this point, superseded Castley and Beynon, the former being responsible for Clough's dismissal. L ea hy gave no trouble being well caught off the same bowler. But o n the arrival of Barke r a good stand was made, and d espite bowling changes the score was increased by 45 before Barker was bowled by Hredin for 19. Shortly after time was called, and the match unfortunately resulted in a draw. The Rev. Simmonds, who was in for an hour and a quarter making 19, showed good d efence, but he gave three chances which ought all to have been accepted. Full score and analysis : KJNG'S SCHOOL.

R. B. Flint , h Wnl laco ... ... .. . E. M. Toulmin, b Wallnco .. . .. . A. G. Richardson, not out ... .. . lt. J. Ca -tley. c Clough, b Wallace 1•'. S. Hoynon. b Wnllace ,V, H . i\Iaundroll, not out ... ... ... A. N. Brodin, (; . .M. Skinner, A. F . Luxmoore ~ did not bat. C. '1'. Candy, I G. D. Lonox, J Extras ... ...

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S.A.C. :Rev. !If. J. Simmonds , not out ... W . II. ](isby, b Castloy... .. . ... E. R. Cloug h, c Lu xmo••ro, b 'l 'oulmin E . A.. B . Lenhy, c Cast.lo;y b 'l'oulmin R S. Bnrkcr. b Brcdin .. . C. J . Radforrl, not out ... ... ... ... W . W. Castle 1 F . J. Griffith I E . A . .Maloy ~ did not bat. 'iV. E . Rowley I C. Wallace J Extras ...

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K. S. v. SUTTON VALENCE Played on the Beverley on June 14th, and resulted in a very cred itable win for us by 99 runs. Thornton beat Castley in the choice of innings, and on a beautiful wicket sent in Corb-tt and Thornhill to face the attack of Castley (Pavilion End) and Beynon. The start was most disastrous, as with only 2 on the board Castley clean bowled Corbett and the visiting captain arrived only to see Thornhill dismissed by Beynon for a cipher, while he himself shared the same fate a little later. Hignett and \V. S. Thornton put a somewhat better complexion on the game and raised the score to 23 before Thornton was taken high up in the sl ips off a fast-rising ball from Richardson who had superseded Beynon at the Nackington End. On the arrival of Mitchell, H ignett was beaten by Castley for a U'ieful 10. 5 for 45· Eckford was content to keep up his wicket, while Mitchell indulged in some clean and free hitting. He was particularly partial to Beynon. After his dismissal by a catch at the wicket for an extremely well hit serriceable 24, Richardson carried all before him, clean bowling Eckford, Smith, and Tyler with little addition to the score Lynn, however, offered some resistance to our attack and not till the score had reached 94 was he taken in the slips by Skinner off Beynon, Christopher being left to carry out his bat. Richardson bowled very well for us, his 4 wickets only costing 12 runs, while Castley had 3 for 28, and Beynon a like number for 34· After the usual interval Flint and T oulmi n started our venture, with I. S. Thornton and M itchell in charge of the a ttack. Flint cut Thornton for a couple and after Toulmin had hooked Mitchell for a like numl.Jcr the last named was out L.B."V. to that bowler, the score reading 4-1-2. Richardson arrived and set to work at once, his cutting and driving being especially noticeable; however, at 39 Flint was dismissed by W. S Thornton for a careful r 4· R ichardson signalled Cnstley's arrival with an off and straight drive each for 4, causing the so to appear. Castley was beaten by Hignett at 59· Then came the best fl!ature in the match, viz : the stand made by Beynon and Richardson; Beynon began extremely carefully, but Richardson hit with great freedom showing a particular relish for the bowling of the brothersThornton,off whom he got a 6 a nd a brace of 4's. Nor was Beynon idle; among his items were so me splend id off drives, ar.d for these his innings was especially noticeable. Richardson completed his so amid cheering, and the 100 went up with them still together. At this point the scoring slowed down considerably, and Richardson played with greater care. H owever runs came at a fair pace, two

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cuts for 3 each to Richardson, and an off drive for a quartette to Beynon being the chief items. Gradually the score mounted till at r 44 a doubtful catch at the wicket sent back Richardson for a magnificent innings of 90, which was composed of one 6, one 5, eight 4·s, one 3, and fifteen z's. Though his innings was not without blemish he had played most brilliant and attracti,·e cricket, and though perhaps he lifted the ball too much, he hit with great judgment, his c utting and d rivmg being especially good. Neither Maundrell nor Bredin troubled the scores to any extent, but Skinnerkept his wicket up while Beynon completed his and left at 175, J .uxmoore arrived to see Beynon caught and bowled by Christopher for 52. The outgoer had played good and sound cricket for his runs, and his off driving was the chief feature in a most excellent display, conspicuotts among his hits were two 4's fou r 3's, twelve z's. Candy made one splendid cu~, but was the n out to a very tame stroke, and Lenox being bowled by Christopher the venture closed for 193. F or Sutton Valence Hignett was the most successful bowler, his three wickets costing 42 runs. Full score and bowling analysis :-

SUTTON VALENCE. A. J. Corbott, b Cnstley 11. '1'. ll10rn hill, b B<"y non I. S. Thornton, b Beynon ... .. . .. H. A. Hignctt. 1, Castley ... ... ... ... '"· S. Thornton, c Toulmin, b Richardson G. E. ~litcholl . c Luxmoore, b R ichardson V. Eckford, b Richardson ... 11. u. Smith, b Castley... ... J. C. S. Tyler. b R cbardson '1'. C. Christopher, r;ot. out ... T,. Lynn, c Sk inner, b Bc;vnon Extras ... Total

... ... ...

2 0 •1 10 10

24 9 1 8 3 17

K.S. R. B. Flint. b ·w. S. Thornton ... .. . ... E. l\1. 'l'oulmi n, l.b.w., b i\litchdl .. . ... A. G. Rich ·. rdson, c Lynn, b llignett ... R. J . Castley, b Hignett .. . ... ... F. S. Beynon . c and b Christopher ... . .. W. II. Mnundrell, ·b ll i<Ynett ... .. . A. N. Bt·edin , b W . S. Tl10rnton .. . C .•II .Ski nner, c Chr istopher, b I. S. Thot·nton "\ . 1!'. Lttxmoort-. not out ... ... ... ... C. 'l'. Candy, c 1\l itchcll, b I. S. Thomton Q . D. Lenox, b Christopher ... Extras

... 9'1 BOWLING iJ.. ALYS I S.

SUTTON YALENC'E. R. w. o. lt . J. Cas tley .. . ... as 3 12 1•'. S. Doynon 34 a s A. G. Richnrdson . .. 12 4 8 ;\ . N . Bred in ... 6 0 1 1~ . l\L Tonlwin 0 6 2 Cl. D. Lonox ... ... 2 0 1

u. lj •

0 1 0

1 4.

2 90 7 62 0 1

2 2 7 6 10

... 1oa

Totnl

K.S. I t, o. w. I. S. 'l'hol'llton as ' 2 11 Q. E. ~litcho ll i; ·~ 14 l !) :12 2 " '. S. '!'horn tnn '1'. S. C hl'i ~top h c t· 5· 1 17 2 H. A. II ig nctt ~~2 a 10 I. S. Thornton bowled a wide.

2 2 3 0 2

K.S. v. C.O.S. This Match, played on June 16th, resulted in a victory for us by 41 runs on the first innings. The enthusiasm that was apparent all over the grou nd when the winning hit was made shows, alas, that of late the defeat of the C.O.S. has not been as frequent an event as we could have wished. As a fact we have not won for the last

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two years. In r89r, Parker's last year, we were defeated twice, while last year the first game was lost and the second drawn in their favour. Consequently our victory on the present occasion is all the more gratifying resulting as it did in a fair and square success, won with the ground in good condition and when our opponents had the advantage of batting first. '''right having beat Castley in the toss, elected to bat first, and in company with Bell opened the C.O.S. innings to the bowling of Castley and Richardson. Castley's first hall, a long hop was well cut by Wright for four, but the third cleaned bowled him while Walmsley filled the vacancy amid the cheers of trying to pull it round to leg. surrounding C.O.S. and soon set to work driving Richardson for four in his first over, an example that Bell at once followed. As Richardson's bowling here appeared to the bats men's taste, I7 runs being hit off him in two overs, a change was resorted to and Beynon took his place. This lessened the rate of scoring considerably and for the rest of the innings the biggest hits were threes. At 38 Bell was bowled by Castley and retired for ro. Church filled the vacancy and a bit of a stand was again made, the score being taken to 64 before Walmsley was secured in the slips ofT the left-bander. The outgoing batsman had made 4I in excellent style barring one or two dangerous strokes in the shps. After his departure there was a remarkable collapse no one else getting into double figures, and the cricket became extremely slow towards the close of the innings. Church was run out with the score at 72, and Britten caught at the wicket at the same total. Four runs later Brown was bowled and Davis shortly after was well caught at point. The next four batsmen who were all of diminutive size made gallant efforts to make runs but without much success as although they kept up their wickets for some time they were unable to get the ball away and the innings closed for 97· Castley and Beynon divided the wickets the former taking 5 for 40 and the latter 4 for 24, the last three wickets secured by the slow bowler being taken in a little more than six overs without a run being scored off him. Flint and Toulmin opened our innings to the bowling of Wright and Walmsley, the first two wickets fell at rs, and then on Richardson and Castley becoming partners things became very lively, both batsmen batting with great freedom and paying particular attention to Walmsley, although Castley lifted Wright nicely over the pavilion as well. A double change in the attack was tried and when the score had reached 69 it proved successf ul Richardson being caught for a well played 24, although be ought to have been caught at the wicket off his first ball. .Ueynon came in and after knocking up r8, mainly by a couple of fives off Britten, played a ball of Walmsley's on to his wicket. 3 for 97· Caslley was out at the same total having made 36 by sound play combined with vigorous hitting. :Maundrell and Bredin then became partners and augmented the score to the extent of 30 before the former was bowled by Walmsley, a fate that befell Bredin immediately after. The rest of the batsmen failed to make any show against Wright who secured the last three wickets at a very small cost. The wickets were shared by Wright and Walmsley with the exception of one secured by Church, the first named taking 5 for 45 and Walmsley 4 for 34·

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With about two hours left for play the C.O.S. entered upon their second innings. Bell Britten and Walmsley all made runs although the first two were let off early in their innings and later on Brown hit very we ll and was not out at call of time when the '!Core stood at 153 for 8 wickets. The School fielding that had been on the whole good in the first inn ings changed <'Onsidernbly for the worse in the second innings, and no less than four catches were missed by Bredin, who fielded disgracefully, while Maundrell was not much better in the latter department. Castley came out with far the best analysis, 6 for 48, while Beynon proved very expensive, but it must be remembered he had 5 catches missed off his bowling. Appended is the full score and bowling an:llysis : C.O.S. E. C. Wright, b Ca.stley .. . ... ... 4 b Beynon ... ... ... R. W. B ell, b Castley ... ... ... ... 10 b Castley ... R. G. W almslay, c Lenor, b BGynon 41 b Castley ... ... ... W. H. L. Church, run out... ... .. . 9 c Flint, b 'foul min F. A. Britten, c Luxmoro, b Castley ... 4 b Castloy .. . .. . ... H. ;\1. Brown, b 'Beynon ... ... ... 3 not ou t ... ... ... A. W. Davis, c Cnstloy, b Beynon .. . 3 c T oulmin b Cnstley D. P. Wmiams, b Castloy ... ... ... 1 c and b Castloy J. L . de Medewe, c Lennox, b Beynon l n ot out .. . .. . .. . H.. N. Evans, not out 3 e B1Âˇedin, b Castley J . Alban, b Castley... 2 Ext.ras ... 16 Extras ... ... Total

...

97 K.S.

R. B . Flint, b Walwsley E. M. Toulmin, b Wright ... A. G. Richardson, c Brown, b Church R. J . C'astley, b Wright... .. . F. S . Beynon, b W almsley .. . .. . W. H. Maundrell, b Wahusloy .. . A. N. Brodin, b W1Llmsley .. . .. . .A.. F. Luxmoore, c Davis, b Wright C. T . Candy, b Wright ... ... .. . C. H. Trueman, not out G. D. Lenox, b Wright .. . Extras ... .. .

10 25 29 5 30 28 6 0 6 2

13 163

Total (8 wkts.) t)

4 24

36 18 14

12 0 0 2 4

Total 138 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C.O.S. 1st I nnings. C.O.S. 2nd Innings. w. llof, B. o. :& w. llf. II . J . Castley ... 40 5 3 17. 1 R. J . Castloy 48 G 5 \ , Q. Richard~on 17 0 0 2 A. G. Richardson 22 0 0 24 4 8 16 F . S. Beynon 53 1 2 1<'. !:>.Beynon ... \ , N. Brodin ... 0 1 1 E. l\1. Touhuin 1L l l 0 G. D. Lenox ... ... 6 0 l

17 4

13 3

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E. C. Wright 45 R. G. Walmsley 3~ W. II. L . Church 16 F. A . .Britton .. . 25

'''·5

liT.

lG. l

4 1 0

4 1

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. S. LAWRENCE. This match was played on June 21st at the Beverley. Castley won the toss and sent in Toulmin and Flint. Both were clean bowled by lJlm·e, making way for Richardson and Castley, who added 22 for the third wicket, before t he former was caught from a false hit. The rest of the innings was a mere procession to and fro m the wickets, the only redeeming point being the line batting of Castley, who went in second wicket down with the score at 12 and wa~ last out, caught in the long field. It will be seen that 9 of our batsmen went to the wickets to make I 8 runs bet ween them. We can offer no excuse for the breakdown, as the wicket was in perfect condition anti the bowling not especially deadly. Two of the wickets, however, were thrown away from rash judgment in runni ng. It should be mentioned here the School had the misfortune to be without the services of Beynon, \rhose batting at a critical period of the g:\lne would have been extremely useful, and whose bowling sub-;equently wa-; much needed, as Castley damaged his leg while batting, and was u11able to bowl more than seven overs. After lunch, H. R. Blore and Harris faced the bowling of Castley and Richardson. Ntither made a long stay, btlt Oliver and Hayward put on nearly sixty while together, the former of whom indulged in some very bard hiLLing. At 84, Oliver was bowled by Richard~on and at 92, Hayward by Toulmin. The latter batsman had played an excellent innings of 45, marked by great care and brilliancy of hitt ing when the occasion offered, Twyman, Blorc and Elwyn did not last long so that seven wickets were down for 1 x6 ; then, howe,·er, Wacher and Easby put on nms at a great pace. \Vacher played capital cricket in his 41. Easby meanwhile continued bitting, and though he was palpably missed, managed to raise his score to 70 before Mr. Williams was stumped, the last wicket thus putting on <15 runs. Our fi elding was not brill iant, but was fairly sound. Of course the bowling was weak, with Beynon away, and Castley unable to bowl, but T oulmin did very well, and Richardson was fair, Bredin'<; three overs were terribly exp~nsi\·c. Luxmoore behind the wickets was fairly safe, and only gave away 7 byes. KIN G's SCHOOL.

LAWRENCF.

R. B. Flint. b G. H. Blorc. .. .. . 3 n. R. Blorc, c ;\ln.undrell, b Richn.rclson E. M. Toulmiu, b G II. I:Horc .. . .) C. E. llnrris, c Lux moore b 'J'oulmin .. 12 E. H ayward. b Toulmin A. G. Richnrdson , c sub. b Elwyn R. J. Cnstlcy, c II. R. l:llore. b Ramsay ... 47 F. G. Oli•·cr, b Uichardson .. . W. H. ~Jnundrcll, c H . R .. b G. H. Blorc 3 S. "\Vacher, b J~enox ... ... ... 4 G. 'l'"·ymnn, c Cn.stloy, b Toulmin A. N . .Brodin, b G. H. Rloro ... . .. . ..

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K INo's ScHOOL.

ST. L AWRENCE.

'1'. P. W atkins. r un out 11. ·wnche··, c G. H. Blore. b Ramsay A. E . Luxmoor e, c Hayw11rd, b Ra msay .. . <.:. 'J'. Candy, run out ... .. . ... ... .. . U. D. Looox, not ou t .. .

Extras ... Total

...

Ri<·h ardson Cnst ley ... 'l'oulm in .. B rerlin ... Wa.t kins Lenox

0 G. H . Blore, b Richardson ... 0 It. F . Elwyn, b Toulmin 0 Eas by, not out ... ... .. . ... .. . 3 H D. Rnmsn.y. c Lenox, b Te u lm in 0 F . l:;. S. Wilhams, st. Luxmoore. b Richardson .. . 8 Extras

81! Total... HOWLING .ANALYSI S. R;. w. o. 24 87 4 ;.!() 0 7 13 5~ 5 22 0 3 l.i 0 !1 ·16 1 lL

8 70 13 9 10

246 ~I.

0 1 0 0 1

---K .S. v. CANTERBURY P I LGRL\IS. This match was played o n June xst, and resulted in a win for the Pilgrims by 8r runs. The School won the toss, and a terribly bad start was made, Flint being clea n howled in Elwyn's second over, and \Vacher being secured at slip, an over late r off off Stuart, two wicke ts falling for five runs. Two more wickets fell with the score at 18, as Richard son was bowled by Stuart and T oulmin smartly ta ken in the slips off the s:un e bo wler. On Beynon joining Castley a li ttle better appearance was put on the game, and the score was augmented by 38 before Castley was sple ndidly caught and howled by P arker, who secured a very hot return with his left ha nd, when it looked like going for four. H e had hit very freely for his 35, the highest individual score on either side, and apoeared the only one at all at home with Stua rt's bowling. At lunch time t he score was 62 for fi ve wickets. I mmediately on resuming Bey non was bowled by Stuart for a dozen. Watkins, who filled tbe vacancy, opened with a very pretty sto ke off Stuart, but was then bowled by Parker. T.c nox q uickly knocked up 1 r, but no one dse d id anything, and the innings eventually closed for 86. Altho ugh there was a r ons iderable wind blowing across the pitch it was no excuse fo r the miserable failure we made, as no one with the exception of Castley seemed at any time com fo rtable d uring the ir stay. Stuart easily carried off the bowling honours with six wickets for 39 1uns, Parker coming next with two for !J . The Pilgrims commenced th eir innings with L atter and Carter, and an excellent start was made, the score totalling 44 before Carter was taken in the slips off Richardson, for 14 made in his usual careful way. L ntler was the nex t to leave twelve runs l:lter, being secured a t point off T oulmin, who had super5ed ed Castley a t the pavilion end. H is .H was an unusually carefu l as barring a d ozen in three hits off Beynon it was .1lmost made up of singles. O n the advent of Stuart with two wickets d own for 56, the

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best stand of the day was made as our total was passed, and the score taken to u6 before Stuart was bowled in trying to hit a short-pitched ball of Lenox's to leg. He had hit hard for 30. Mr. Williams was shortly bowled by Beynon for a careful 2 2. Mr. Godfrey did not give much trouble, bu:, on Wharton joining Parker, some thirty runs were added before the former was caught at the wicket. Parker was the last to leave, having played in good form for 25. Their total amounted to 167, leaving them winners as stated above, by 8 r runs. For us Richardson came out with the best bowling analysis, securing four wickets, while Lenox secured two for 26. Full score and analysis : K.S.

R. B. Flint, b Elwyn ... ... .. . II. Wncher, c Athawes. b Stnart

...

1 1

A . G. Richardson, b Stuart... .. . R. J. Castloy, c and b Parker E. M. Toulmin, c Smith. b Stnart F. S. Hoynon, b 8t.nart... .. . ,Y, H. ll1aundrell, b Stnart .. . •r. P. Watkins, b Pnrker G. D. Lenox, run ont ... .A.. F. Luxmoot·e, b Stuart C. T. Cnndy, noL out Extras

... 35 0 12 8 3 lL 4

0 8 .. . 86

Total ...

C.P.C.C. A. Latter, c Beynon, b 'l'oulmin... ... W. M . Carter, c 'l'eulmin, b Richardson ... F. F. S. Williams, b Beynon ... H. C. ~~uao t, b Lonox ... ... ... ... P. Godfrey, st. Luxmore, b Cnstl<>y ... ... H. S. S. Parker. c Watkin s, b Richardson C. H. Wharton, c Luxmore, b Richardson R. ~· . Elwyn, b Lenox ... .. . ... .. . l!l. J. S . .A.thawes, run out ... ... ... ... J. H. ~mith, c 'Vatkins, b .Rich ardson ... D. S . .Ill. 'l'assoll, not out ... Extras ... Total ...

34 14 22 30

5 25 11 3 0 2 1 20

...167

BOWLING ANALYSIS. K.S.

o. R. F. Elwyn H. C. Stuart H. S. S Parker ...

8 39 13

C.P.C.C.

l\I,

2 6 2

21l

R. J. Cnstley

16 9

F. S. Beynon .c\.. G. Richardson E. M. Toulmin ... G. D. Lenox

25 46 34

w. 1

o. 13

14 12

2 1 0 2

6 9

K.S. v. GORE COURT. A match was played on J une 29th at Gore Court, owing to the kindness and hospitality of Mr. Hawkins, and in spite of the fact that we were beaten it was ::~ very enjoyable match. The Clul:l on winning the toss took first innings sending in Knight and Watson to face the bowling of Castley and Beynon. In the latter's third over Knight was well caught at the wicket. On the arrival of Tomlinson runs came so steadily that Richardson went on in place of Castley and then as this had no effect Toulmin took his place and he superseded Beynon at the other end, this latter change at once worked as Watson was caught and bowled by Richardson in his first over, two wickets thus being down for 6o. Payne did not give much trouble but Tomlinson and Hawkins raised the score to over roo before lunch., the latter in particular making some

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very nice hits. On resuming after lunch, Beynon, who went on vice L enox, was punished to the extent of 14 in his first over, by a hit for a three and a four by each batsman, Richardson again was tried and again with success as he immediately bowled llawkins who had hit well for 32. Tomlinson fell to a catch in the slips shortly a fter, having played very steadily for 59 without giving a chance. The innings closed not long :1ftcr for r91. Richardson was fairly successful taking 5 wickets for 67 and Castley with 3 for 48, all of which were taken after lunch with only fifteen runs hit off him. The School on going in to bat made a very poor show as although the bowling was not hard we could only obtain 7 r and two wickets for 27 m our second attempt. Flint and Wacher opened our inr.ings to the bowling of Bent and Tomlinson, the la tter being cleaned bowled by Bent in his initial over. On the arrival of Richa rdson matters improved a bit as 35 was totalled before Flint was out in rather a curious way. 1fe just touched a ball from Tomlinson and it rebounded from the wicket-keepers pads into his wicket while he was out of his ground. H e had played well for 20. Richardson contributed 15 making one or two nice drives and Toulmin played well for 19, But apart from these two no one did anything and the innings closed for 7T. Caslley had hard times in being run out by a smart piece of fielding, although Toulmin ought never to have called hm1 m the first instance. In the second innings Castley and Richardson hit about merrily during the last ten minutes and knocked up 27 when both got out. Consequently we were defeated by 120 runs on the first innings. Our best thanks are due to Mr. Hawkins for a very pleasant match. Appended is the full score and analysis:GORE COTJRT. L. G. Knight, c Luxmooro, b Aoynon L. Watson, c and b Riohnrdson ... . .. Tomlinson, c 'f'oulmin, b Richardson ... R. Payne, c Toulwin, b Lenox ... W . .B. Hawkins. b lt10hnrdson H. Yallnnce, c 1\inundrell, b Richardson E. L. Bent, c Beynon, b Casrloy ... D. Harrison, c Beynon, b R :chardson R. J. Tylden, b Custley ... ... . .. R. de Uphaugh, not out ... . .. A. ~ÂˇJ ercer, c 'Vntkins, b Cnstloy .. Extrns

'l'otnl KING's SouooL. R. B. Flint, run out ... . .. 20 H. Wacher, b Bent ... . .. 0 A. G. Richardson, c Knight, b Bent 15 o Watson, b Bent ...

2 30

69 G

17 0 JG 8 0 7 191

...

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R. J. Castley, run out .. . ... . .. E . M. Toulmin, l.b.w.,b Tomlinson F. S. lloy non, c and b Dent W . H. ll1aundrell, c de Uphaugh, b Tomlinson ... ... ... ... . .. '1'. P. Watkins, b Tomlin son G. D. L~nox, b Bent ... A. F . Luxwoore, b Bent C. 'I'. Candy, not out ... Bxtras '£otal .. .

5 "b Dent... 19

...

... ...

0 0 2

0 0 3

...

2 ND

1ST I NNINGS.

... ...

3'1 3'1

5 3

11.4 ll

M 2. l Tomlinson l

71 Tot al BOWL ING ANALYSl S. GoRE Cou1n•. u. w. 0. R. J. Castl Py 4S 3 22.3 ) F. S. Boynon 28 11 A. G. Richardson 67 5 20 E. 1\I. 'l'ouhnin ... 25 0 10 G. D. Lenox 16 1 5 KI NG' s ScHooL.

E. L . Bout ... Tomlinson ...

...

E. L. Bent

M. G

3 1 3 0 INNIN GS.

.. .

...

10 17

w. 0 2

o. 2 3

...

KING'S SCH OOL V. DOVER COLLEGE. This match was played on the Beverley on July 4th, and resulted in a win for us by 5 J runs. Castley won the toss and sent in Flint and Wacher to face the bowling oi Adcor~ and Spark. Flint made 7, but was th en, with the total at ro, bowled by Adcod Richardson came in, but was bowled by Sparks at rs. Castley and Wacher added .~u for the next wicket, when the latter was caught off Adcock, after having played VCI) carefully for his I I. :\Ieanwhile Castley had been scoring fast, making a splendid hit 111 mid-on for 7· With T oulmin as Castley's partner the total rose to 73, when the latter w;l1 bowled by Adcock. H e had hit well for his 32. Beynon now joined Toulmin, who had been playing very well, but .lt 90 Toulmin was bowled for a very well played 2 • The best stand, however, was made by Beynon and Bredin. T he latter was twin missed, once with his score at 6 a nd agai n at x6, but still his play was worthy of pr:ti t After the parting of these two at I 45 the innings collapsed, as usual our tail makinH nothing ; thus the total was only r 59· Beynon had played really well for his 46 nnl out, and without him our score would have been but small. T his, however, prO\•ul beyond the power of our adversaries. Rose and /\dams commenced battmg again~l castley and Richardson. With the score at 5 Rose was easily run out. Further disa~tn

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~~ lht•m, as at 8 Adams and Prime were both bowled, making way for Adcock

The latter soon succumbed to a ball from Castley. This let in Lewis, have been caught immediately on his arrival. Adcock and Lewis put quite 1 111 ·'•JICC'l on the game, and by fine cricket brought the total to 59, when Lewis 111 '" .1 doubtful catch ; for which he, fortunately for u. , ·did not appeal. With I 11n "' his partner, Adcock hit well, putting on 30 runs for the next wicket, when 11111 1 w.1s caught by Beynon at point off Toulmin. The remaining wickets did 1 ' 11>1lhmg, the total reachi ng 107. Toulmin and Castley bowled well for us, the 1 1 ~~ IIIH 3 wickets for I I runs, and the latter 3 for 33· Adcock carried out his I r 111 ,.,,.l·cdingly plucky nnd well hit 54, and his display was worthy of the greatest l'hmughout their innmgs onr fieldi ng showed a marked improvement. Luxl•um behind the wicket has been consistently good throughout the season, with 1 1111 that he was given bis colonrs nftcr the match. In 1lu lw•·nty m inutes left for play we scored 31 for the loss of two wickets, !•lint being 1 111 \ltlh 14 to his cred it. Full score and howling analysis : "''

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KI:,:o's ScuooL. I II \ I I I'

\ I

ol I

•

II I.'Jint, b Adcock \\ nc•h!'l", c l\lcllor. b Adcock •· llkhnrdson, b Spark .1 l'nqf l!'\', b Adcock ... \1 'l'nuh;tin, b C. ~Jellor . .. I, II•',YIIOII, nol out lh·••din, c J. Mellor, b Spark I' Wntkins. b ~park ... II L1•nox, lJ Spark I•' l.uxmoore, L' llD ont... 'I l'nudy, b Adcock Extras 'l'otal...

7 not out .. . ... 11 c Spark, h Adcock ... ... !1 c C. :\lcllor, lJ Ad~ock :l2 21

•.. ·Hi

18 1 0 3 0 :.!0 ...l.j!)

R. Roso, nm ou t ... 0. H. t\ dmns, b C"stlcy ... 1!'. H. Primo, b Ridtardsou P. G. d<.> In Pqmc, t, Castle~· ... 1•'. Adcock, not out ... ... .. . J. C. Lo"·is, c Flnt, b Bt'ynon .. . L. l:lagshaw<', c Hcynon, b 'l'oulmin G. 'I'. ll~tl'l'i s, b 'l'oulmin ... J . ;\I ellor, c Castle~' , b Beynon E . C'. Spru·k. c Flinl, b 1.'o ulmin C. :\Jellor, c Wachcr. b Castlcy Exh-.1s ...

Total .. .

14 2

Extras .. .

'l'otal (2 wkts.) ... 31

5 1 0

54 18 7 0

6 4

G 4

...107

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K .S. 1st Innings. R.

F . Adcock .. . E. C. Spar·k .. . C. )fellor L. Bagshawe

14•4

10 8 4

2nd Innings.

4 0

It'. Adcock ... E. C. Spn;ck

2 0

." I

DovER COLL EGE. R..

R. J. C11stley ... A. G. J:<ioha rdsou 1!'. S. Beynon ... E. M. •roulmin ...

28 31 11

w. 3 1

2 3

ll.·

9 6

0 0 0 0

6 ~

K.S. v. C.O.S. (return.) This match was played on the Beverley o n July r rth, in the presence of a grcnl number of spectators. The match ended in a victory for the School, as the former onr, only by a narrower margin of runs. This may, perhaps be accounted for by the throw ing away of two good wickets early in the innings. Rarely have we won or lost bot h matches in a smgle year, so the XI must he congratulated on their performance. It 1 not iceable that the C.O.S. only obtained one more run than in the former match, and a~ in the former match one of their side made 41 out of 97, so in thts match they wcr.• chiefl y indebted to two members of their team for a majority of their runs. Wright having for the second time beaten Castley in choice of innings, natur:tll) elected to bat first. Bell and Davies were sent in to f.1ce the bowling of Castley ami Beynon. The beginni ng was sensational Davies falling to a good catch by Bredin oil Castley, and Bell being clean bowled by Beynon before a run had been scored. Walm ley and Britte n succeeded in adding 22 before the former in "letting out " at one from Castley lost his wicket. Wright then came in and was sent back in Beynon's next ov~ 1 without scoring, after a confident appeal for I. b. w., Church then came in, and he nnd Britten greatly improved the score, addi ng 35 runs before Church fell to Lenox, whrt had gone on in the place of Castley. Williams then came in and saw Britten caught ill the slips for a well played 28, which was a far better display than that of Church, who made many Rukey strokes in the slips. Brown then joined Williams and after the latll'l had hit Lenox for a 4 and :1, he was well dismissed by Castl~y, while trying a short tllll to long off. At the fall of his wicket luncheon was then taken. After lunch the score was increased from 8 x to 98, mainly with the help of b)'l',, Beynon and Castley both claiming a wicket after luncheon. Beynon bowled the hl·~t tor the School, his 4 wickets costing 40 runs, though Lenox also bowled welJ with • wickets for r 7. The King's School entered on their innings about t.xs, F lint and T oulmin f:u 111~ the deliveries of Wright and Walmsley. Both these batsmen were dismissed when 1 \ had been scored, Toulmin being run out owing to a mi st:~ ke about the call for a 11111,

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454

1 llul howled o ff his pads by Wright. Castley then joined Richardson, a nd our 42 being quickly added, when Castley was rather badly 1 It) Rt<'hardson while running the sth run for a good cut. The outgoing bats-

1 · t twrc greatly improved, ' t lllllll'd 23

out of the runs scored while he was in, and it was very unfortunate his

'1111 u ut at such a critical s tage, and this was the more apparent when Richardson ••Ill l•t ,, very bad stroke, and Bredin was caught at square leg when only 3 had been

fnr 6o.

Watkins now came in and though he did not help the score, yet he The partnership of 1 ,, ptoduced 23 runs, Watkins being then bowled by Wright. Len:>x next came 1 llltlllll.(h he did not seem at home at firs t, yet afterwards he played more freely. ,, 111 "''~ Lh t: next to leave, the partnership having produced r8 runs, dming which l tullltl.( ~t ro k c had been made. Beynon had played very well for his 30 runs, and . •Ill of winning the match is greatly due to him. I ncluded in hi~ 30 were 4 fours 1111 , t'M. Luxmoore was bowled without troubling the scorers, but Candy and ltyt•tl in while Lenox added a few to the score. Lenox had played well for his tu l 111, like Beynon, deserves credit for his play. Wright a nd Walmsley divided the 1 1 l ht• former taking 4 for 49 and the latte r 4 for 5 r, no other bowling being tried. I h 1 ' Cu;. entered on their second innings at 4 ·45, Bell and Davies again facing the lh ••I C'astley and Beynon. Davies was dis missed at r r, all of which runs he I, lull on Walmsley commg in the score was increased to 75 before Bell was run I 1tll vn then came in, a nd after making a fine cut was run out while attempting I tit 11111 1 the ball being well returned by Castley from some distance and the stumps 1 111 u tly put down by Lux moore. Walmsley was the next to leave, being bowled I ul111111 after playing free cricket for 4 7 included in which were r six, 2 fives, 2 fours, 11 · 1 ,ttod 4 twos. Wright succeeded to the vacancy but did not stay long, as whe n I \I I IIHtd l.' 3 he was clean bowled by Castley. After this, time was cnlled, Church 1 IC 11 11 nul with 24 to his credit. The School fielding in the second innings was not 1h ,, ~uod as it was in the first, most of the fielders appearing very slack, and it was 11 lO this that the score, when stumps were drawn, read 120 for 5 wickets. 11·· ntlt •d is the full score and analysis:C. 0. S. I Itt ,tutl let Beynon, who was playing very well, score his runs.

"''!Ill(

I• W , lloll, b Beynon

... ... ... ... \ W llavios, c Bredin , b Castley 1 II Wnltnsley, b <.:astley 1 4 lll'iU.cn, c Richardson, b Lenox ... I 11 , Woight, lbw, b Beynon... .. . II I, l'IHu·ch, b Lenox .. . ... .. . I I I' Wlllil\ms, run out... .. . .. . II \I lh·own, c 'foulmin, b Beynon 11 N l•lvnns, b Beynon .. . 1 !<' 'l'horpe, b Castley .. . tl ~~ HIIIII'Y, not out .. . E xtras .. . 'J'otal ...

0 r u n out ... ... ... ... 0 st Luxmoore, b Beynon ... 13 b 'J'oulmin ... 28 l' U il out .. . .. . 0 b Ca$tley .. . ... 28 not out 6 7 1 4 0 11 Extras

... 2 l 11

... 98

... 120

Total...

47 5 3 24

...

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CANTUARIAN. KINo's ScHOOL.

R. B. Flint, b Wright ... ... ... .. . E. i\1. 'fouhnin, run out .. .. . ... .. . A. (;. Richardson, c Williams, b "Walmsley R. J. Castley, run out ... ... .. . F. S. Beynon, b Walmsley ... .. . A.. N. Breclin, c Evn.ns, b Walmsley '1'. P. Wntkins, b Wright G. D. Lenox, b Wright ... .. . A. F. Luxmoore, h "\Valmsley .. . C. 'J'. Candy, b Wright ... R. J. R eale, not out ... .. . Extras ... Total ... BO'WLING

F. S. Beynon G. D. Lenox

30 40 17

13•1

21 8

5 8 4

... 10 ... 23

30 3 0 17 0

3 0

15 ...1Hl C.O.~.

5 9

A.NALY~IS.

C.O.S. l st innings.

R. J. Castloy

... ...

R. J.

Cnstl~y

F. S. Beynon ... A. G. Richardson E. i\1. 'l'oulmin ... G. D. Lenox

2ncl Innings. lt.

30 14 JG

1 1 0 1 0

26 25

a.~

2 4 li 2

II (I

{I I

K.S. R.

E. C. ''hight ... R. G. Walmsley

•19 61

w. 4 4

o. 21•2 21

u. 6 5

K.S. 2nd XI. v. C.O,S. 2nd XI. This match was played on the Beverley on Friday, June 16th, and resulted 1u victory for the School by an innings and 59 runs. The School won the toss, and sent in Jones and Evans, who between them mnd1 1 before Evans was run out for 24. Skinner made 3, while Watkins was run out ,,, Then Trueman and Headlam getting together put on 33 for the next wicket. Alto Headlam was bowled for 7 and Trueman for 25, the rest of the side went uul I• another I 7. T he C.O.S. then went in, but with the exception of Moseley, Mooney and \V ht'l It , who made n, 12 and IS respectively, were q uite unable to play the bowlinl(, 11 whole side going out for sr, leaving the School with a lead of 86 on the first inn111 The C.O.S. followed on, and in the second innings made only 27, no one H':u lun double figures. Watkins took 6 wickets for x6 in the first innings, Jones 3 for 1 11111. second. For the C.O.S. Thorpe bowled best, taking 4 wickets for 32. After this match Juu and Evans received their colours.

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hall score and analysis is appended :K .S. 1sT INNINGS.

T. ,V. H. J ones, b Tw·ner W. H. Evans, run out ... C. M. Skinner, b 'l'urner C. l\1. Head lam, b Thorpe '!'. P. H. ·w atkins, l'lln o ut ... ll. J. Trueman, b '£horpo H. P. H. Au steu, b Thorpe G. C. G•·ecn. b Moseley ... J. B. Dra.ko, b 'l'ho1·pe G. Carey, b Moseley G. C. Valpy, n ot out Ext rns

50 24

3 7 0

25 3 G

5 0 9 137

To!nl

c.o.s.

1st Innings. 3 N. Thorpe, b W atkins ... 'J'. J ohnson , c Evans. b G1·een 0 II, Muoncy, c Skinner, b Groen ... 11 \ !I , ~l es6ley , b W atkins ... . .. 12 I J, 'l'uruer, c Skinner, b ·w atkins ... 0 II J)lok inson, b Greco ... 1 t l Hwift, b Green ... 0 t I ll ..liugbroke, b Watkins .. . 5 1 W. Wheelo:r, not out .. . 15 II <J. Smtulwood, b 1V11tkins 6 II l'lnk, r Trueman, b Watkins 0 Extms ... 3 II

Total

...

2nd Innin gs. b W atkins . .. ...... . .. c Trueman, b Green c Drake, b Watkins c Green, b J ones b Watkins ... run out b Wat kins ... c 'l'rneman, b J on es e H eadJnm, b '¥atkins ... b J on es not out Extras

8 0 3 7 0

0 4

0 2

51 Totnl BOWLING ANALYSIS. K.S. 1st Innings.

Moseley .. . 'l'horpo .. . Turner .. . Pink Wheeler

o. 12

37 32

0 2

28 14

2 0

13 7 5

1 1

c.o.s. J st Innings. R.

...

26 16

2nd Innings. w. 4

10 9.3

o. 1 3

1~.

Green W atkins ... J ones

11 1

1 5 3

5 7

457

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K. S. v. H. C. STUART'S XI. Played on the Beverley on July 6th, and resulted in a wm for our opponents by 4 runs and 4 wickets. The Scho~l won the toss and started to bat against the bowling o l Elwyn and S tuart. After scoring 13 for the first wicket, Flint had the misfortune to he run out. Richardson followed, and after 20 had been added, Elwyn caught and bowl ed Wacher. Castley filled the vacancy, but xo later Richardson wa'i beate n by Stuart . Toulmin joined C'l.stley, who was smacking the bowling everywhere. At 68 Toulm in was caught off Stuart. Castley continued to hit until he was brilliantly caught at point, by Twyman off \Vacher. He hit extremely well, and without hm1 we should have cut up badly. Watkins and the extras rendered usefu l assistance, the innings eventually closing for the feeble total of 13 r. Stuart took 5 wickets for 40. Mr. Williams and Easby commenced our opponent's innings, but the former was bowl ed by Toulmin with the total at seven. Twyman and Easby scored fast, but Easby in attempting an off drive was well caught by Candy off Toulmin. Stuart arrived and at once set to work, hitting the bowling everywhere. Twyman also played well, making several good cuts. At I 19 Twyman was well caught by C ast ley off L enox, after making a good 32. Soon after this, however, Stuart was well caught by Beynon off Castley. The fifth wicket fell at r27 , and another at 12 8. Elwyn arrived, and was badly missed first ball by Candy. When the last ball was still to be bowled our opponents wanted one more run to win. As luck would have it this ball completely beat the batsma n and narro wly missed the wicket only to travel to the boundry for four byes. They thus won by four runs and 4 wickets. Appended is the full score and analysis : IC.S. R. D. Flint. run out ... ... ... ... H . 'Vooher, c nud b Elwyn A.. G. Richardson, b Stuart... ... R. J. Cnstley, c 'l'wyman, b Wncher E. M . 'l'oul min, c Williams, b Stuart F. S. Boy non, b Stuart .. . ... .. . A.. N. Brcdin, b Stuart ... ... ... 'J'. P. lJ. W1\tkins, st . Easby, b ·wacher... G. D. Lonox. b Stuart... .. . .. . ... A. F. Luxmooro, c Stuart, b 'Vacher C. 'l'. Candy. not out Extras .. . ... ... ... ...

...

19 6 47 9

0 11 6 0 4

•rotal ... ... .. . ... ... 131 H . C. STUART'S XI. B.. w. 0. 11. A.. G. Rtchardson ... 28 0 11 2 E. M. Toulmin 39 2 12 2 F . S. Beynon ... 17 0 3 0 R. J . Castloy ... 26 9 l 2 G. D. Lenox ... 28 1 4 0

H. V. S'f U .\RT'S XI. F. S. Williams, b 'l'oulmin... ... Eas by, c Candy, h Toulmin G. '!'wyman, c Ca.stley, b Lennox H. C. Stuart, c Beynon, b Ca.stley P. C. Godfrey, run out H. 'I'1·uoman, b L'a.stley R. l?. Elwyn, not O\tt ... lJ. Wachor, not out A. J. Lancaster } R. J. Healo did not ba.t. G. L. Slu.tcr Extras ... 'fotnl

2 1G

2 3 0

...

135 K.S.

R. F . Elwy n ... H . C. Stuart ... G. Twyman H. Wacher

...

lll.

31 40

1 5

12 16

5 6

3 2 0 3

29 8

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KING'S SCHOOL 2ND. XI v. DOVER COLLEGE 2ND. XI. This match was played at Dover on Tuesday, July 4th, and resulted in a victory for the School by 43 runs on the first innings. Winning the toss, Drake decided to take lll ~l innings, and the School managed to put together 89 runs, Green, Valpy, and I kale showing the best batting. Evans was the most successful bowler for Dover, t.1king 4 wickets for 29 runs. The Dover team could do nothing with the bowling of I :rccn, who took seven wickets (5 clean bowled) at a cost of only 26 runs. In their t•rond innings the School made 68 for 5 wickets, Evans being top scorer w1th 19. K.S. 10 b Praetorius 10 b Evans 3 b Evans .. . 1 b Shewell 1 not out... 10 R. J . Heale, c Guimariens, b Pl'l\etorius 15 J. B. Drake, b Evan~ 1 G. C. Valpy, c Illest, b Evans ... 14 not out... ... ... G. C. Green, b Praetorius ... 12 A. '1'. Fenn, not out 1 c Hea,rn, b Evnns Bxtras 5 Extras ...

'1'. W . Jones, b Blackwoocl vV'. H. Evans, b Evans .. . ... C. M. Skinner, run out H. '1'. Trueman, l.b.w.. b Blackwood C. M. H eadlam, b Evans ... ... .. . H. P. Auston, b Blackwood .. . .. .

HJ 11

11 0

7 1 2

Total

89 Total DOVER COLLEGE. Evans, b Henle... . .. Pmetol'ius, b Gt·een H artopp, b Green . .. . .. Ayscongh, b Healo ... ... Fitzstubbs. b Green Shewell, c Jones, b Green Hearn, b Gt·eon... .. . .. . Crothers, I. .. . .. . .. . Blest, not out ... . .. .. . Blackwood, c Skinner, b Groon Guimariens, b Groon Total ... ...

68 6 0 3 14 6 2 4

3 4

2 0 2

Extms

G. C. Green ... R. J. W. Henle

46 BOWLING ANALYSI S. DOVER COLLEGE. R. w. .. 26 7 3 18 K.S.

1st Irmings. Evans ... Blackwood Praetodus

2nd Innings. W.

30 46

4 3

23 18

10 5 3

8·1 8

Evans Blackwood Praetorius Showell

38 17

3 0

11 3

10 1

1 1

8 1

.u. 1 0 3 0

459

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K. S. 2nd XI. v. C. 0. S. 2nd XI. (return). T his match was played on the Beverley on July IIth, and was won by the School by 19 runs on the first innings. The School being again successful m the toss, put together 84, Drake and Slater being top scorers with 2 2 and r 5 respectively. Pink captured five wickets for 29 runs. The C.O.S. replied with 67, Alban being the best with 22 runs, while Valpy took three wickets for one run. The 2nd innings of the School was remarkable for the vigorous hitting of Jones, who made 76 out of a total ot u 8, hitting a six, three fi ves, three fours, seven threes, and five twos. Turner took seven wickets for 23 runs. The second innings of the C.O.S. produced 39 for six wickets, Valpy again bowling with great success. The full score is appended:J(.

T . W. H. J ones, b Pink ... Vv. H. Evans, b Ru~sell ... C. M. Skiunet·, b Pink C. M. Ho~tdlam , b Russell H. P . H . Auston, b Pink ... G. C. Valpy, b Russell J . D. Drake, c Swift, b Pink G. C. Green, c Smallwood, b P ink ... G. L . Slat.ot·, b Turner G. Carey, not out A Athn.wes, c Alban, b Tm·ner Fxtras

Total...

...

R. J. J ohnson, b Jones H. A. Dickinson, c Greeu, b Jones J. Alba n. lbw, b Jon~s F . J. 'Turner, b Valpy A. E. Moseley. b Evans ... G. C. F. Russell, b Evans :R. C. Smallwood, b Gt·eeu 0 . Bolintbroko, b Valpy '1'. vV. W eelet·, b E •ans ... G. 1\I. Swift, t. Valpy H . S. Pink, not out ... ... Extms

Total.. .

s. ... 76

4 not out 0 b 'l'urnet· ... 12 b Moseley ... 0 b 'l'ttruer ...

7 b Turner ... 2 b Turner ... ... 22 b Alban 6 b 'furnet· .. . 15 b Alban ... 5 not out 5 b 'l'm·ner ... Extms ... 6

...

10 9 2 0 3 0 ()

0 8

0 10

Total

... 118

h Valpy b Vn.lpy c Drake, b Joues lb,v, b Joues ... b Valpy .. . c Green, h J ones ... ... 8 c Drake, b Jones ... 10 not out 6 not out

10 3

... 8<~

c. 0. s.

...

2 2 .. . 22 10 0 0

...

0 0 5

... 65

...

Extras •rota!

5 0

7 0

0 5 3

6 ... 39

--- -

K.S. 2ND XI. v. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, SEVENOAKS. This match was played on the Beverley on June 14th and resulted in a win for us on t he first innings by 36. I n our first inning$ Watkins, Evans, and H eadlam batted well. the total amounting to 130. Our opponents then compiled 94, by far the best display being that of G. Satow, who went in third wicket, and was not out 41 to his credit oul

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of a total of 94· In our second venture we made 153 for 7 wick ets, Watkins again batting extremely well for 58 not out, while Green and Austin gave him useful assistance. Armstrong bowled· by far the best for the Grammar School, taking 5 wickets in the first innings for 45, while in the second his 4 were got at a cost of 57· Watkins was also conspicuous in the bowling line taking 4 wickets for 2 s, J ones having 2 for 3· The full score is appended. KING'S SCHOOL. '1'. W. H. Jones, b Armstrong ... ... 15 c Hommant, b Armstrong ... W. H. Evans, b Purkis ... . .. 26 b Armstrong ... H. 1'. l'rueman, b Alll1Str..ng... ... 0 run out ... C. l\1. Headlum, hit wicket, b llendol·son 2'L H. P . H. Austen, lbw. lJ Armstrong ... 4 c and b Armstrong '1'. P. II. ·watkin s, c Purkis, b Arlllstrong 35 not out ... J. B. Drake, b .d..rmstrong... .. . ... ... 9 G. C. Vnlpy. c G. Sntow 3 G. G. Green, run out... ... l e l'lll'kis, b Hemmant .. . G. Carey, b G. Satow... ... 1 b H cmmant ... A. J. l!'enn, not out . .. 2 b Armstrong .. . .. . Extl'RS ... Extras ... 10

5 7 6

26 10 4

...130 Total (for '1 wickets) ... SEVENO.HC'S GRA!IHIAR SCHOOL. A. Satow. c and b Green... 2 J. Pnrkis, b Watkins ... ... 0 E. Henderson. b Watkins ... 15 H. Pnrkis, b Watkins .. . 0 G. 8atow, not out ... ·U D. l! emmant, c Green, b Watkins... 3 P. F. Pottur, b Fonn.. . ... 16 K. Armstaong, run out ... 2 F. J. Hills, c Vnlpy, b Green ... 4 C. H. :';mith, t, Jones... 1 A. E. Knox, b .Tones.. . 1 Extras... 9

Total...

'l'olld

Armstrong E. H enderson ... Hemmant ... G. Sat-ow Purkis

BOWLI NG AJULY IS. KING'S SCIIOOL. o.

9 G

2 2 1

82 7

"r·5

.Armstrong a~ 1 H enderso.n 16 0 H emmant 14 2 G. Satow ... 12 1 P otter SEVEN OAKS. 0.

Green Watkins Fenn Jones

...

...153

7 9 5 2• 1

M. 1

4 1 0

20 8 7•4

2 8 2

4 0

0 1

3 R.

32 25 25 3

w. 2 4 1

34 19 16 5

0 0

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CANTERBURY PILGRIMS' TOUR, 1893. 6 Matches. 4 Won. BATTING

A. Latter ... C. H. Wharton H. S. S. Parker H. C. Stuart ... W. M. Carter ... R. }t. Elwyn ... ~.H. Smith ... D. S. M. Tassell E. J. S. Athawes W. R. Mowll .. .

Lost.

AVERAGES.

No. of Innings. 8

Timos not out.

Runs.

Average.

6 7 9

334

55'4 25

I28

18.2

10'4

0 I

66 55

7'6 5'5

6 6

2.5

I 4

4'1

4 0

Less than

Innings.

2 R. J. Cast ley ... 0 Rev. R. G. Hodgson 0 2 0 J. Collett... F. F. S. Williams 0 3 P. Godfrey 2 0 H. R. Blore ... I 0 P. H. Williams 0 BOWLING AVERAGES.

Overs.

8'2

Maidens.

27'1 20

20 26 22 8

Runs.

182 H. C. Stuart... 92'3 36 H. S. S. Parker 6o 14 147 R. F. Elwyn ... 8oÂ·2 18 215 The following bowled in less than 4 Innings:A. Latter . .. 4 wickets for C. H. Wharton... o , , P. Godfrey o , , R. J. Castley ... o , ,

13 7'1 4 I

Wickets 26 10

13 40

runs.

16 I1

, ,

A.verage.

7 I4'7 16'7

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Since our last Cambridge Letter the Canterbury Pilgrims have bad a succe>sful cricket tour round Ca nterbury, the success of which was mainly due to Latter's excellent batting334 runs, a verage 55Âˇ4-and the good bowli ng of S tuart and E lwyn. Of the Cambridge O.K.S. Parker has bee n gaining laurels in the examination hall and on the c ricket fie ld. His bowling analysis-6o wickets, at the cost of r r per wicket- proves that he has lost none of his school prowess. T he 'Varsity match I will not refer to, for fea r oi wounding the feelings of the Oxford mas ters, b ut I heartily congratulate the school on their double v ictory over the C. O.S. The 0 . K.S. up for "the long " consist of H. \V. MonJe, H. S. S. Parker, W. A. Wigram, A. C . Moule, and E . J. S. Athawes. Before closi ng this Jetter I must in t he name of all Cambridge O.K.S. wish Mr. Evans all happiness when " the happy knot is tied," and express our thanks to all the masters for their hospitali ty to us during our stay at the school. Yours truly, O.K.S.

O.K.S. COLUMN. The Canterbury Pilgrims had a very successfu l week in K ent this year, as out of six matches played they won four a nd lost two. Beating the C.O.S., Cavalry Depot, the School, and Sutton Valence, and losiag to the St. Lawrence and Dover C ollege.

*'if...

A. L atter as usual head ed the batting averages with 55, mainly d ue to an excellent innings of I 39 not out against the Cavalry D epot. '~~'**

H . C . Stuart came out with the best b owling analysis, his 26 WICke ts costing onl)' 7 runs a piece.

P . W. Ja mes again won the Inter-H ospital half-mile, covering the d istance in 2min. 2sec., and just beating his time in I 892 . H e was not pressed at the finish, or he might even have improved on this exce llent time.

*** Wt: congratulate H. W. Moule in obtaining a first in the Classical Tri pos.

*** J . H . Smith, Exeter College, Oxford , bas obtained a :.nd Class in H onour Mods.

H . C. Scott, Caius *College, Cambridge, was the only O.K.S. present at the dinner given by the Masters and F ellows of Caius

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College, to commemorate the Tercentary of William Harvey's admission to the College.

He did the I 20 yards in I 3 sees. and the longer race in 2 min. 22 sees, receiving so yards start.

***

C. T. C. Kingdon *has passed his final examination for the ~'LB.C.M. degrees at Edinburgh.

W. H. Salmon has gained an increase of scholarship at Queen's College, Cambridge.

***

T he C hief E ngineer on board the Victoria, who was among those lost, was an O.K.S.

*.."'

C. E. N. Shorting figured conspicuously at the Edinburgh Uni,·ersity Sports, winning the 120 yards and the r,ooo yards handicap open to Freshmen.

* B. Hawes, Trinity L. W. Smith and E. College, Oxford, obtained each of them a 2nd Class in Modern History. * *

A L'ltter obtained* a 3rd Class in the same subject.

SCHOOL NEWS . On June 13th we drew with the S-A.C. We went in first and after making q8 for four wickets, (Richardson 75 and Maundrell 34, both not out), declared. T he S.A.C. made 70 for four wickets. * * On Jnne 14th we"beat Sutton Valance by 99 runs, making 193 (Richardson 90, Beynon 52), to their 94 (Mitchell 24). • *

On June x6th we beat the C.O.S. by 41 runs. The C.O.S. won the toss and were all dismissed for 97, on a good wicket, out of which Walmsley made 41. We replied with 138. (Castley 36, Richardson 24). In their second attempt the C.O.S. made

r 53 for eight wickets. (Britten 30, Walmsley 29, Brown 28, not out). . * .. On June 2oth the St. Lawrence defeated us by I 6 r runs, as we only made 8 5 (Castley 47) to their 246. (Easby 7o, not out, Hayward 45, S. \Vacher 41).

* •

On June 27th the Canterbury Pilgrims defeated us by 8r run~, making 167 (Latter 34, Stuart 30) to our 86 (Castley 35 ).

.. *

On June 29th, Gore Court defeated ns by 1 20 runs, making 191 (Tomlinson 59, H awkins 32) to our 7 1 and 27 for 2 wickets.

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On Tuesday, July 4th, we defeated masters at Hodgson's Hall a short tin.e Dovc:r College by 52 runs on the first back by the news that the thief whose innings. K.S., 159 (Bt:ynon 46 not out, daring act aroused such consternation in Castlc:y 32); D.JVc:r 107 (Adcock 54 not th e Precincts, had been captured. Two, at least, of the inhabitants sallied forth out). * * prepared to aid the cause of justice in the On July 6th, as we" had no match fixed conviction of, as they believed, a daring on the card, H . C. Stuart brought an XI. robber. On arriving at the Court, their against us and defeated us by four wickets. feelings may be imagined on beholding a We won the toss and made 131 (Castley decrepit invalid, who, during the trial, was 47), while t he scratch team scored 135 for obliged to rest h is feeble limbs upon a six wickets (Stuart 6o, Twyman 3 2 ). chair. Exentually the case was dismissed, * * On Sunday, July *2nd, the offertory in and such was the abject appearance of the the School Chapel was devoted to the fund burglar that a thought was entertained of opened on behalf of the widows and raising a subscription for his benefit. Had orphans of the men lost in the Victoria. this been carried out, no doubt the chief suiTt:rer would have been delighted to give The SUf\1 collected was £3 ros. * * the prisoner an opportunity to continue Speech Day is o~ August 3rd. The his depredations. It is needless to add preacher at the Cathedral Semce will be that the stolen property was not discovered, 1 the Rev. Mackeson. and we are afraid Mr. Williams has seen * * The School had a"balf-holiday on June the last of his fa\'ourite briar. t 2th, fo r the match agai nst Sutton Yalence. A. F. C. C. Luxmoore received his rst XI. * .. A fl utter was cam;ed in the breasts ot the colours after the Dover College mat ch

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To the Editors of" THE CANTUAR1AN. " Dear Sirs,- ! feel it only right to drop you a line to say how interested I have hl!en in the current number of The Call-

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but the cricke t match recorded on page 4 25 must be unique in the history of the game. While the King's School had no less than t wo innings and a half, the o ther side do not a ppear to have batted at all. I am sorry to find that t he K.S. in their second innings lost six wickets for 70 runs, but their third innings of r 21 was perhaps some compensation, as the others, if they had gone in, would have had some trouble to beat a total of 325. Fro m an analysis tha t follows seve ral of the K.S. XL a ppear to have done some bowling, but who made ru 1s for the D epot and what became of them is not clear. Perhaps they were added to the score of K.S. I must congratulate the King's School on including among its members

one major, two captains, a sergeant and four privates, all presumably of her Majes· ty's F orces. It must be some years since so many officers and soldie rs representl!d this or any other school in a crickcl match. Bryon's poetical works are, doubtless, a great acquisition to the Library, though not being acq uainted with them I cannot speak with certainty, but I quite agree with the statement that "one joy can never coy." I have always been firml y convinced that it couldn't. Yours truly. A. B. R. WALLIS, 3, Gray's I nn Square, W.C. july 5th, 1893·

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OCTOBER, x893.

No. r9.

EDITORIAL. Once again it falls to our lot to open the School year with an Editorial, and we can truly say that on this, as on other occasions, the fact has cnused many searchings of heart amongst the Editors. They, during the period of its production, are anxiously on the watch for any scraps of information, howeYer small, which mny enhance its value. We were on the point of comparing oursehÂˇes, in this );articular of watchful11es!', to a dog and a bone, but we refrained from actually doing so, fearing that the use of such a simile might have the effect of causing dissensions in om midst, if one of our number should consider that such a proceeding would detract from the dignity of the position which he holds. Hut to tum to more serious matters. There are many faces which we miss throughout the School, and we sincerely hope that worthy succ-essors may be found for them. Particularly is this the case in the Football Field, where our losses in members of the Fifteen are serious, even since our return the number has been augmented by yet another. We can only express the hope that the needs of the School will stimulate those who remain, so that ther may fill the places of those who have left u!', to the best of their ability, and if this be done, we shall have no cause to be ashamed of ourselves, eyen 1hough we may be sometimes unfortunate enough to suffer defeat. T he Debati ng Society has commenced operations unusually early this term , and it 1s

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to be hoped that it will be carried on so vigorously by the commit tee, ns not to allo w lhr eloq uence, which we know is n conspicuous feature of the King's School, to grow ru~t~ for want of practice. We believe that at least four debates will be held this term. Wt are extremely glad to see that the " Harvey" Society has stn rtcd thi~ term with all it usual vigour, and smcerely trust tbat it may continue to " flourish a nd abound" wlwu all its present membe rs have ceased to lend it their aid . Elsewhe re in our columns will be found an accou nt of the li rst trip take n by members of the Society, which proved ,1 great success, a nd we understand that a special meeting to commemorate the first anru versary of the Society will be held at the end of the present term. We have heard noth ing more of the rumours that were floating about at the end of the last term as to tlu division of the School into houses. We cannot concl ude th is E ditorial without offering, altho u~h somewhat late in the day, our heartiest congratulations to the R ev. L. JJ. E vans on his marriage, and we L ru ~t that he may be amongst us for many terms to come. At the sa me time we must gin expression to the great regret we feel at the loss of one of our masters, Mr. J. \V. Lon~ don, who, although with us for only two years, made himself n prom inent figure in tht School, and his loss will be felt by all, especially the D ay Boys, with whom he was WI) popular. We wish him every happiness in his new position, nnd nt the same time 111 offer a cord inl welcome to his successor, Mr. A. \V. And re ws.

SPEECH DAY. A nother Speech-Day 1s past and over ; and, if we had not before our eyes the fea r of om stern c hestnut-hating cri tic, we should say it was quite one of the most successful as regard the acting, within recent years. Certainly F ynes-C linton's admirable rendering of tl l1, Malaprop equalled, if it d id not surpass, anything we can re member ; and Beynon, who worthily sustained the principal part in the " heavy " English (Henry V.), was aiHo excellent in the very diverse character of Theuropicles, whose violent sy mptoms of terrw provoked much mirth In the French piece R obb was perhaps the best, though Cool and Carter both did very creditably ; :mel Beynon and Castley in the Aristophant won well-deserved appbuse. Our thanks nrc ngain d ue to the R ev. L. G . l\fason for lu kind offices in the onerous capacity of " coach. " The comple te list of the Speeches 111ll be found below. We were fortunnte in ha ,Âˇing the D ean's genial presence both at the Speeches and ;tl the service for the ad mission of scholars, held in the Chapel on t he evening befmo Speech-Day never seems quite complete without the Dea n, and we owe him sinCl'lt thanks for so kindly coming specially from a distance in order to be present. There wns, as usual, a cele1.:>ration of the H oly Communion at 7.30 a.m.; and tlu

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Commemoration Sermon at the ro o'clock service was preached by the Rev. C. Mackeson, himself an O.K.S.; the service and anthem chose n being Smart in F., and "Remember now," Sle_l[gall. The latter selection, we bdiev~, met with some comment as not being exactly of a festival character, but w .;: think this needs no apology ; the rest of the service was decidedly "festive" (in intention at any rate); and, after all, Speech-Day has its solemn as well as its rollicking side, and for boys going hom'! for the holidays the festivity may well be trusted to take care of itself, while for those who are not coming hack it would surely be hard to find any more suitable sound to leave a last ring 111 their car:; than the refrain of this beautiful little anthem. After the d istribution of prizes a goodly company availed themselves of the Headmaster's hospitality at luncheon, in the Gymnasinm. After which the usual toasts were given and the usual friendly sentiments cxpn:sscd between the capitular and civic autholities. \'Vas it an oversight, by the bye, that the time-honoured "No1t 11obis " was not sun as "Grace after meat" ? A very competent trio of vocalists is said to have been seen sitting near together and apparently only waiting the signal to begi n. For the rest it is sufficient to say that the proceedings pa~ sed off very pleasantly and were concluded about four o'clock. "KING H11NRY Y." Act ii., Sc. 11 .... Shak es]>ect1"C. King Henry V. . .. F. s. BEYNON. Lord Scroop C. B. Ross. Earl of Cnmbridgo E. J. LORD Sir Thomas Grey A. F. c. <.:. LUXMOORE. Duke of Bedford G . :F'. CAR"l'ER. Duke of Westmorela nd W. H. Ev~NS. Duke of Exeter ... 'l'. "IV. H . JoNES. Guards, etc. 2. !'=cENE FROM "L'A.vARE." Act iii.. ~c. i., ii., v. ilfohi:rc. Harpag-on (lhe misc1") S. S. CooK. Maitre J acques (his f"oolc ancl coachman) C. B. RoBB. Valero (in lo1:c 1cilh Hcwpayon"s dcmyhtc1·) C. F. CARTER. l::lriudavoino ) H. J. FYNF.s-CLIN'l'ON. (Sen·ants of Hw·jJCt{Jon) W. H. EVANS. La l\I crluche j Uarpagon, t ho miser, calls together his servants to give instructions for a feast on most nc:onomical pd uciples. His cook-coachman, luwiug put on hi ~ cook's dross, says tl1o chief n•quisito is money, the one thing which tho miser \Vlll not provide, aud Vnlhe, tho stowo.rd, ror his own ends, sides with tho miser. So too Jacque~. ns coachman, declines to doivo the miser's hor·ses. which are mere skeletons from sLn rvation. 'l'his leads to an oxplnnntion; .Incepted tells Rarpag-on wh••t people S1ty of him, 1tnd is beaten fot· his honesty. :3. ·• Mos·rELLA..RIA." Act ii.. Sc. i., ii. . .. ... Plau lus. Theuropides (the ( ctlhtl") !<'. S. BEYNON. Philolaches (his son) A.. F. C. C. LuxltOORE. 'l'rnuio (lh ei1· servcmt ) ... R. J. CA.STLEY. Philolltehos, the son of Theuropides, in the absence of his father abroad, has propnred nu t•xt rswagant feast for some fl"ioncls at his fathor's house. Suddenly the servant, 'frauio, en tors with tho news that the fath er nftor t hree years' absence, bas returned, and is just com ing. L'nilohtchcs is in despair, but 'l 'l·anio pre,•euts his fat her from entering the house by prelooclin g tltat it is haunted and therefore shut up nnd dese1·ted. l.

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ScE~E PRO~r" 'l'HE RrvaLS.'' She?·iclan. Nrs. lllalnprop ... H. J. FvNEs·CLrtuuw Lydia Languish J. B. DRAKE. Sir Anthony Absolute R. B. FLIN'l'. Cnptnin Absolute A. G. RICliAROSON. Sot·vnnt " '· H. Ev.\~9. ScE~E FRO~I "TBE Fnoos." A?·istopltmru• (Tho sc·ene is laid before Pluto's pnlncc in the lower world). Dionysus (the God) F. S. BEYNON. Xanthias (his slave) R. J. CAS'l'LEY. lEncus (Pluto's hottse-?>O?'tt1') N. B. FLrN'l'. ITostossos '1. S. S. CooK. ) E. J. LORD. Sorvnr~t J. B. DRAKE. Attenclnn ts, etc. Dionysus and his slrwo Xantbias hnvo gono down to Hades. Dionysus, to mnko "" ltotj siou, has dressed as E ercnles, but finding that tho previous exploits of Herculo~ tht'r" 111 him in trouble, he c11anges characters with Xnnt hins. 'l'hon n good time comes nrul lllur insists on resuming his own cl1aracter. This hap}>ens twice, till lEncus is so don hi rul which is really tho immortal God and which the mortal sln.vo that he beats them hot h, 1 which of tho two will not fool tho blows, and thus will provo himself to be tho God.

P1·izes cu1judyccl clunny the yect?' 1892-93. N ntural Eiislot·y ... Scrivtouu• 1 Slntor, 11 I Caph\in's Prizo(Mitchinson) Boyoon, F. S. NatbewnticnlPl'ize(i\lrtchinForm Pr·izes . son) .. . .. . .. . .. . ... Cook, S. S. Modem Ln.nguagcs(:Uitchinson) ... ... ... ... ... \alpy, G. C. VI. Form (Christmas) ... Ncwlnnol 1 German .. . ... Robb, C. B. V. Form (Christmas) ... ... J on••K, ' I \ Natmal Scicnce(.\ritchinson) Luxmooro, , ( ~Iid s umru er)... ... V1~lpy, II 1 A.J!'.C.C. Divinity (Canon Elwyn's) ... Valpy, II 1 Classical (Broughton).. . ... Beynon, F. S. , IV. Form (Chl"istmas)... . .. Cl!wk,•, C' II Divinity (I3•oughton) ... Carter, G. F. ( i\1iclsnmmot·) ... PotriH, \ I }listory (Stnnley)... ... ... Carter, G. F. (;)liclsummor) ... PnJ'iK, '' I Engliall Languag<' nnd Lit(Mnster's) Par·i ~, ,\ I m·aturo (Streatfoild) ... Beynon, F. S. III. F orm, Upper (Christ· EngliRh Poem ... Not awarded. mns) ... Jon<'~. II IlL l!'orm, U1>1. er (MidsumLatin Prose .. . } Cnstley R. J. mer) Greek Verse .. . ' Cln1·kc•, I I II Lntin Verso Composition ... Drnkfl, J . B. III. Form, 1\liddlo (Christ.mns) ... ... ... ... . .. i)l ol<m,\. \ II Greek Proso ... ... Beynon, F . S. English Essay (Mowber's III. Fot·ur, ;\I icldlo (~I idsumPoizo) . .. mer) .. . Flint, R. B. JJoa·gJ,•,I, cI Privnte Stucly(Edwm·d Bloro rrr. For·m, Lower (Ch IistMemorinl) ... ... ... ... Roynon, F. S. mas) ... ... ... ... . .. Dr·ur~, ,I 'I ~cogrnphy (i\Iembot·'s Prize) Robb, C. B. IIL Form, Lower (Miclsuw{Gadney, A. V. . mer) ... Hod111111 "' D rnwmg ... ·" ... ... Hawes, J. C. • If I

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Lotcer School Pl'izcs. 1•1 111oly ... I •I h11on11tics ... • olt lououlic

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Fenu, W. C. Coleman, '1'. S. J ones, II. R. H . Lenox, G. D. Clarke, H. B. Clarke, B. B. Edgell, .A. R. Clarke, B. B . H ealo, El. T.

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ooo11 I I , Opp•r (Christm a~) J ohnson, A.. S. I tllwumtics ... Johnson. A. :S. 1 •o11o I I., Upper (~l idsnm ollo'l' ... BrinsloyHiohards, R. I •I l11•11111tics... BrinsleyHioh a rds, R I " ''" J 1., Lower (Christmas) Colley, P. H. 1 ••11il I., Lower (Midsumme•·) Karop, G. C. 1 111111 l., Lower (Christmas) Colo, N . J. Vv. I "'" l . ( i'llidsuwmor)... F oord-Kelooy,JI Ill• I•oliun priz<> ... Church, C. J. llo ,l\\ ln~r ... ... Foord-Kelcoy, I

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(, iny's Scholars electecl July, 139J. ••ll ioo·s.-J oncs, T . W . H ., Richardson, A. ll l'llkt•. J. H., Valpy, G. C., Bopkins, J. R. t tln•t•n. fl-. C. Juniors.-"\Vatkins, 'l'.P. H ., I , "'"'"· IL A., Gadnoy, F. M., Jones, H. R. It , t'lou·ko, l l. B., Holtnoro, R. M.. C'arey, G., I 'IIWo•o•, U. D. Proba.tionors.-Canington, C. \1 .lnut'M, E. IJ., Church, C. J ., Foord-Kolcoy, \ II,, tl~tlo m an, F. !\f., Etheridge, A.

I , , "" ' E.chibilione1·s at lhe Unit;e•·sitics. rl11 1it h, L. IV. Ford Student, Trinity Col" ()~fo rd. llniii'R, E. B., F ord Student, Trinity Col"• lhfoa·d. f',, M o•tl, D. S. l\1., Scholar of Christ Church,

CII.L·tor, ·w. H., Scholar of B. N. C., Oxford. Nowlnnd, l\1. S., Ford Student, Trinity College, Oxford . A.thawes, E. J. S., C. C. C., Cambridge. *Vacate this July.

Newly Elected Exhibitione1·s. Beynon, F. S., Cook, S. S.

Jlcaclentical cmcl othe1· distinctions gcdnccl cl1t1·ing the yem· 18/Jt-93. 1\foulo, H . W., Forson Prize for Gt·ock lam· bics, in th e University of Cambridge. Moulo, H. W., C. C. C., Oa,mbridgc, lstclltss Classical 'l 'ripos. Smith, L. IV .. 'l'rinil y College, Oxford, 2nd class l:ii ~to ry, Final Schools. Hawes, E. B., 'l'rinity Colleg-e, Oxford, 2nd class History, Final Schools. Longfield, C. R.. Emmanuel Collogo, Cambridgu, 2nd class Classic.1l 'l'ripos. Smith, J . H ., Exeter CollOJO, Oxford, 2nd class Moderations. L attL·t·. A., 'rl'ini ty Collogo, Oxford, 3rd clnss llistory, ~· inal Schools. 'l'howpson, A. H., ~- Edmund Hall, Oxford, 3r d class Final Classical Schools. Cook. S. S., Major Mathe matical Scholnrship, St. J ohn's College. Cambridge. Newlnud. M. S., !?ord Student, Trinity College, Oxford. Beynon, F. :S, Rustott Scholarship, J esus College, Cambddge. Cnstloy, R. J ., Classical Scholarship, Sidnoy Sussex College, CaUJbridge. !\Iangan, F. l\1., Snrgocon-LicntcMnt,Notloy, Pnrkot· Memorial Mod ol for l:!ygiono, MarLin Gold lllcdal for Medicine, ~J onto fi oro, 2nd pri r.o s urgot·y, Uerbert prize, Pathology prh~t y True man, C. F. II .. passed pt·oliminaJ·. Examina tion for Sandlmrst. i\l ourilyau, W . B. S., Ridley, G. l\I., pnss<:d proliminiLI'Y Law Bxamination.

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\11111lo•, II. IV., ~cholar of C. C. C., Camlohll(•' 11111 h, J. II., Scholar of Exeter College, {ltllltcl. l'ou·lil•t·, 11. S. S., Scholar of C. C. 0. Camlololl(n

E .cantine•·s . In classics.-Rev. A.. H. Cooke, 1\I.A, F ollow a nd Tutor of ICing's College, Cnmbl'idgo nn<l (for tho Lower School), E. C. Pearce, ll.A. In Math e ruatics.-F. S. l\lacaulay, B.d.. lu F1·onch - J. J. l.leuzomaker, ll.A.

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MR. EVANS' MARRIAGE. "EvANS-Mi!:THUEN.- On the roth August, at St. J ohn's, \Veston-supcr- t.la11 the R ev. St. John Methuen, brother of the bride, assisted by the R ev. Prcb. !),eltu1 11 Vicar of the Parish, and the R ev. Edward Methuen, R ector of Wych-Risingtou, tit R ev. Leonard Hugh Evans, of the King's School, Canterbury, to .1\'fary Gcnt t l.tt third daughter of the Hon. St. John Methuen, of the Shrubbery, \Ve~o n 111 Marc." It is our pleasant duty to chronicle the fact of which the above was the ullu announce ment, and to offer our sincerest congratulations and good wishes to till' luu and bridegroom. We are not going to emulate the minute description of the wedding, with the d11 and the presents, as published by our esteemed conlempornry the "Weston lvk1o 111 but as so important an event in Mr. Evan's life cannot be without interest to our 11 ,111 1 -to most of whom his marriage has been for some time past a future partidpk 1 1 or two details may be acceptable. The day of the wedding was one of the hottest in the past remarkable sum n11 1 fact, our special correspondent solemnly affi rms t hat he never felt so warm 111 tropical campaign. It was what is known as a "quiet" wedding; but, howevc1 quto weeding may be, it cannot escape the notice of that portion of the population wh11 h every town appears to have nothing to do but to search out and attend such fu111 111•11 so that besides those personally interested-and there seemed to be many sur h 111 ,lolth tion to the immed iate relatiYes and guests-there was a considerable general conw• ~ tl l present in the church. The service was choral and took place at 2 o'clock, tlw • hw t l being prettily decorated with flowers and fe rns, and the steps and path were also h ill • with flowers as the bn de and bridegroom passed out. Afte r the ceremony tl11 fil l ! proceeded to the "Shrubbery," where a goodly array of presents was on vi1 11 1 11 I conspicuous among these were a handsome pair of cand lesticks and inkstand, 1111 I of the King's School, and the massive flagon and beake rs presented by the 0. K.:-1 When the cake had been duly cut, and the bride's raiment bad undcrgwu 1 necessary transformation, Mr. and Mrs. Evans started for the Valley of the \\'y~· (t•lu refuge behind the c.'\rriage windows from a shower of the customary missiles), a n ulll ing shower of rain having opportunely fallen to lay the dust fo r them.

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D E B ATING S O CIETY. l'he first meeting of the season was held ., thL Parry Library on September 3oth. llw President, according to custom, 11 1 H·ad the rules of the Society. H e also •h i th:\l before the actual business began I 11 •~heel to propose " that in future the 1 ''"' r ~chool be allowed to vote at the 11111t lngs of this Society." The motion •~ !'nrricd by 3 votes, b ut, on the sug•tton of a member, the President also 1o111pnscd two amendments. The first, that they be not allowed to vote for 11• mhcrs of the Committee," was carried '., 1 o. The second, " that they be not lluwcd to speak," was also carried by a II l)lllity Of 2. l'his business dispensed with, the Presih ut, C. H. R obb, brought forward the IIIII! ton " that in the opinion of this house · lu pn:scnt strike in the coal trade is justifi,,,,,. tm the part of the miners." He ext••• .~cd his fears that the minds of many of llu Opposition ...vould be prejudiced against tlu 111incrs, and asked them for the pr.:sent, 11 h-nst, to forget the prejudice, and consi· ,J, 1 fairly the rights of the case. The time of , 11 was most inopportunely chosen by the , · "'·rs in which to asked for a reduction. 111 lil!'t the miners had rather been d riven '"' tha n gone out themsel1·es. They had '•Ill ~truck for their rights, as Englishmen, uul that they might not be deprived of all 1h• 1r ho me comforts, now that winter was , uuu ng on. P revious to the strike they

had obtained 39s. per week, on the aver. age. The owners asked for a reduction of nearly a fifth, that is, they offered 32s. Hitherto the boys had earned Irs. 9d. a week. and that was to be reduced to 9s. 8d. A loss of 7s. per week at this t ime of year was a most serious affair to a working man. Continental miners were at present earning more than our o wn countrymen for the same work. Striking had beco me a common action now, as men were forced to it in order to obtain a living wage. What the miners complained of was that the owners got all the profits. J. R. Drake, in answer to the honourable mover, showed how large the miners wage of 39s. appeared in comparison with that of the Essex agricultural labourer, whose earnings only amount to gs. or 1 rs. per week, and this included work for the whole six days, and sometimes part of Sunday, whereas usually miners only worked for three days in the week. The strike had stopped other manufactures and industrie~ , and d etracted considerably from the trade of the country. H e also said that the Trades Union had forced many ol the miners into this strike, as, if only a single coll iery were d iscontented, and the Union voted for a strike, the other colliers would be obliged to comply. G . F. Carter, for the motion, said the agricultural labourers, mentioned by the last speaker, were not to be compared with

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miners. The forme r worked above g round tion, explained that every civilized person in the healthiest of occupations, while the o wed a duty to the community at large. latter were engaged in a 1:\bour, which, The min m h:td violated this d uty, in that everyone would agree, was dangerous, and they had stopped railways and factories, frequently caused illness. Before the strike a nd otherwise injured the pr03perity of the not a single coll iery was disconte nted, country. Such action could not be justi· so that the owners by their wish for a re- fied unless the wrongs suffered ~y them duction had practically themselves brough t outweighed the constderat ion of duty , about the strike. Besides, the strike en- Such wrongs the miners had not suffered riched those who had stock-coal, as the in the present case. However, it was more price rose enormously. The owners, bv J the leaeers or "agitators " who were at receiving the men back at tRe same wage, faul t in this ca~c than the miners themselves. had practically shown that the reduction The cond uct of the former w.1s nothing less than criminal. was unnecessaay. T. W. H. Jones recalled the statement C. M. H eadlam contrad icted the state· of wages made by the Pre~ident, and stated m.:nt of one of th.:: oppo;itio n, saying that. that they had risen 40 per cent. since r888. as the miners had gone in on the old wage, H e contrad icted the statement of the last they had obtained what they struck for, m:!mber as regarded illness, and said that which was to prevent a reduction. The death·rate by accidents among mine rs is coal mines ought to be in the hands of the only z·z in the 1 ,ooo per a nnum.-G. C. state, then perhaps the o.vners would not Green at this point frivolously a3ked what meet with such sympat hy from the pu blic. became of the rest -The speaker, ig nor H e said it was impossible for a few agitain«0 the remarks, went on to say that the tors to ind uce the many thousands of miners had refused repeated offers of the miners, who had struck on their own ac· old wages. cord entirely, and in their own interests. G. C. Green could not unders tand how C. T. Candy, fo r the opposition, said the Oppo..;itio n could compare miners and that when in r 888 the F ederation asked E.:;sex labourers. The labourers would, in for an increa~e, they ttsed as a plea the rise course of time, be reduced to zs. 6d. a in the price of coal ; the miners, however, week, if the depression in the corn-trade now coal goes down in valu ~, refuse to sec continued, as they (the labourers), had not the force of the argument they themselves the pluck to strike. If it had not been for 1 used before . The non-working of their the colliers' repeated strikes they might pits causes great loss to the owners, who now have been taking the same wages as deserve more sympathy than their em· the labourers. H. J . Clinton, on behalf of the opposi- ployces.

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G. F. Carter thought that the remarks of of mineral ground and other outlays ; and the members of the oppcsition with respect showed that the raising of every ton of coal to the harm the strike had done to the cost 6s. 3d. instead of I S. 6d. as represent· country-a fact which no one doubted- ed by agitators. H e also reminded the would have more weight, if it were first I honourable mover that the list of wages he proved which party was at fault. gave was average for soft coal collieries, J. B. Drake, speaking a second time for whereas some miners in steam-coal pits the opposi ng side, stated that although average from 42s. to 45s. per week. miners were the best paid of all British H. F. Stobart also men tioned that coal workmen, and had voluntarily dropped and sometimes cottages were often give n work, sums of £soo and £r,ooo had ' gratis hy the owners. been sent by the Daily Cltro~ticie for their The President, in his closing speech, support. When they were in regular re- said that the comp:1rison between miners ceipt of wages, they squandered a great and labourers, which had been made by deal in gambling and drinking. A few of members of the Opposition seemed to him the collieries, not content with striking too ridiculous to need comment, and the themselves, had forced all the others to do same applied to another comparison which the same. had been made by the Opposition, namely, T. W. H. Jones, for the party, stated between miners and clerks, who received that the miners had asked I 5 per cent. £100 a year, which comparison was ba<;ed advance, and in reply to a request of the upon the amount of their salary. How such President for his authority, gave it as Tlte remarks could apply to men who had often, Standm·d. H e also stated that in the in difficult places, to lie on their sides or strikes, z6 soldiers had been drafted out backs, picking out coal, he was utterly at a for evt:ry thirty thousand strikers. loss to conceive. T. P. H. Watkin:;, in response to the He the n called for a show of hands, and Pr.::sident's request for outside me mbers, 1 declared tht: motion rejected by a majority on behalf of the Opposition, gave a list of of r9. statistics as regards sinking, the purchase 1

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TH E ' HARVEY' SOCIETY. The first meeting of the term was remarkable in many ways ; remarkable for a very interesting paper by Mr. L. Evans on "Recent Geological changes in K ent and Sussex," for the absence of two prominent old members, whom we had ex路 pectcd to sec, and also for the absence of new members, whom we had also expected to see. Since the meeting, Messrs. Andrews, P ereira, H ertslet, and Lenox have joined. By the sudden departure of Messrs. Longsdon and Luxmoore, the Society has lost two members who were largely responsible for its creation, a nd also for the vigour of the fi rst year of its life. Others, too, who will be equally missedbut quasi-obituary notices are just as much against our principles as formal votes of thanks to the reader of a paper; such th ings arc too well understood to need expression. The Head-master has entrusted the care of the 1\IInseum to our P resident, who has undertaken the responsibility, relying on the help of other members. All the cases being full now, it bas been decided to move the mineral collection to the Laboratory, in order to make room for new specimens. prake has undertaken to look after the birds; Evans, minerals; Gadney, butterflies ; Scrivenor, fossils. The great desiderata now are local specimens, particularly flowers. In order to introduce the element of

change into the 路M useum, it would be very useful if boys would lend their collections while they are at school, and then by re moving them on lc:wing, create a need to be satisfied by the exertions of the next generation. Mr. Evans' paper on September 26th, was inte resting from the locnl historical point of vie w, as well as for tlw illu~trations it afforded of the theory of " The submerged land and the way out. " The paper was illustrated by maps of Kent and Sussex, showing Rye and \\'inchelsea as islands, and Thanet, separated from the mainland by the broad strait Wantsum. On Thursday, September 28th, with the paper fresh in their minds, 16 member~ betook thcm~clves to Richboro', and found no difficulty in imagining themselves sm rounded by sea, as pictured in Mr. Evan'' map. A member who makes explosive, his specinl study, failed to understand why some of the solid masonry, which enclose' what is supposed by some to be a treasu1t chamber, ha~ not been treated with dynamite. O t her members refused tu believe that the Romans were so exceed ingly unbusiness路like as to decamp in th1~ way without their luggage. However, w1 understand that these doubts and fancil., are to be settled soon by excavation,, Other subjects of interest were discu~st路tl during the afternoon; talk concerning fly ing machines led to some experiments. '' member, who is an authority on bini~,

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made the interesting discovery that a School Straw, comidered as a flying machine, is not even capable of supporting its own weight accross the breadth of the Stour. Ac; far as observation> were pursued, it showed greater possibilities as a Perhaps its greatest floating machine. success will be achieved as a fo.;sil to be discovered by members of the Harvey yet unborn. A(ter researches conducted upon such highly scientific lines, the members generally felt in need of some refreshment, and repaired to Sandwich with that object , and having admired the noble structure of Sandwich Bridge, they partook of tea. most generously provided for them by the President. Then, having wandered round in a circle for a quarter of an hour, as the surest mean~ of finding Sandwich Station, and braved the dangers of the railway, they duly arrived at Canterbury safe and

sound, having spent a most enjoyable day. C. T. Canjy h:n be~n elected 0:1 the Com:11itte.!, in place of A. F. C. C. Luxmoore. The following are the papers to be read before the Society this term : Members. Re v. L. H. Evan~.

A.. J . Fonn, A.. V. Gaclncy, .. .

vV. H . Evans, ... G. Loo-Warnot·, '1'. P. H. Watkins, ...

Subje<'t. " Recent Goologicn.l Changes on the S.E. Const of Britain." " RC'os."

" Development of Insects." " Hypnotism." "Explosi\•os." •· Pr<.otueti ve Colomation." " Tides."

C. B. Robb, ... ... T he meetings, will, as far as possible, be held f:>rtnightly, b~ginning with September 26th. OFFICER:i OF THE SOCIETY. Pt·esidcnt, 1\Ir. G. D. Tripp. Soet·otary n.ud Tt·oasuret·, C. B. Robb. CO MMITTEE. Tho President, C. B. Robb, W. H. Evans, J. B. Drake. C. T . C'andy.

SCHOOL N E WS. T he Archbishop is to hold his Visitation f On Tut.!sday, Se ptember 26th, the Rev of the Cathedral on October 26th. 1 J. Thomas, Missionary in Mid-China, and •.• Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible We are glad to welcome, in the place of Society, gave us, in the School-room, as Mr. Longsdon, who left last term, and is in a forme r year, a very interesting and now lecturing on l\Iodern Languages for instructive address upon the work of the the Surrey County Council, .Mr. A. W. Society. Andrews, of l\Iagdale ne College, Oxford.

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Alluding to the privilege he fe lt it to be to speak on such a subject before members of a public School, he gave statistics showing the ,·ast increase in the number of books published by the Society since r87o, and the invalmble help they afforded to missionaries. A lively description followed of the kind of service held by the mission· aries in China, and concluded with a few words expressin3 a hope that he might have arou~e d some permanent interest in the work among his hearers.

The former oaken lectern has been placctl in its original position in the School-room .

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The following received the ir rst X l . colours l:ts' t~r:11 :-.'\. F. C. C. Luxmoorl·, H. \Vacher, G. Lenox, A. N. Bre din.

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• ttee have resolvcll The Sports Commi that in future the Football Colours, as in the ca~c of the Cricket, will have to be regained every season.

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On Thursday, Octoher sth. a matl"h was played against a XV. brought by i\ , F. C. C. Luxmoorr;:, which resulted in a win for the visitors by 5 points (School 1 try, visitors r goal and r try ).

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• has succeeded Mr. The R eY. L. Evans Longsdon as J .ibrarian.

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• programme, as at The following is the present arranged, for the Saturday evenings of this term :October 7- Lecture. October q.- D ebatc. October 2 r-Penny R eading. October 28-Lecture. Nove mber 4- D ebate. November rr - Lccture. November r8-Debate. Nove mber 25- J.ec ture. December 2-Penny R eading. D ecember 9- Debate.

The follo wi ng fon;1 the Library Com mittee for this term :Capta in of the School . . . C. B. R obh. Member of VI. Fo rm ... G. C. Valpy i\Ie mber of U pper School (bdow VI ) . . . . . . A F enn. Member of Lower School W. C. Fenn.

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On August 2ntl, a presentation was mach to the Rev. J.. H. Evans, on the occa sio n of his wedding, by F. S. Beynon, on behalf of the School, of a silver ink-stand and pair of candlestic ks. Mr. Evans mad,· a s ui table reply, thanking the School v..:ry warmly for the good feeling alll"ays shown him, especially in the present in s ta nc ~.

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• term a handsome At t he e nd of last brass lectern was placed in the School Chapel by ~ h e 0. K. S. in me mory of the late Mr. Gordon. The inscription round the h:1se run<;-" In memory of Ric hard Goodall Gordon, M.A., Assistant Master at the K ing's School, t867· 1892."

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* Fives ties have been arranged to hl played in our own courts against the C.O.S on October 18th, and the return matr h away on l\Iarch qth.

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Certificates in the Oxford and Canlbridge School Examinations have been gained this year by F. S. Beynon, R . ] . Castlcy, R. B. Flint, S. S. Cook, C. B. Robb, G. F. Carter, T. W. H. Jones, W. H. Evans, J. B. Drake, A. F . C. C. Luxmoore, and G. C. Valpy. * •

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ham Collegt:, Oxford, ga\·e an interesting lecture in the Parry Library on Saturday, October 7th, on "Oxford." A detailed account will be published in our next. *• * The winners in the aquatic sports last term were as follows :- Quarter mile- T, Pears; 2, Fenn II. ; 3, Paris. so yardsI, Dann; 2, Pears. 150 yards- r, Pears; 2, Baker ; 3, Lee-Warner. Diving-r, Baker; 2 Dann and Beale. DiYing for Pl:ttes-r, Baker ; 2, Pears. Obstacle

Race- I, Pears; 2 , L ee-Warne r. cap- I, Baker; 2, Lee-Warner.

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•• ?vir. Longsdon desires to thank C. B. Robb for his services in the Parry Library last term.

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" On Saturday, September 3oth, the Debating Society held a debate in the Parry Library upon the justification of the present coal strik e. Upon the q uestion of the admittance of the Lower School, it was carried that they should be allowed to vote, but not to speak, or have part in the election of the Committee. *•* On Tuesday, August 1st., the annual O.K.S. supper was held in the Gymnasium. * *

* The cricket match against Highgate, arranged last term, had to be cancdled, owing to fear of mfection in this school.

O.K.S . COLUMN . The Rev. J. G. W. Tuckey has been appomted Chaplain of U niversity College, Durham. * * * A. L atter and R. F. Elwyn have taken masterships at Felstead Grammar School.

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\\'e congrntul:tte S. Cook and C. A. Knapp, upon their election to Sizarships, at St. J ohn's College, Cambridge.

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We record with • the greatest regret the sudden death of Mr. Charles A.

Lowndes, of heart d isease, whi le on a holi day in Dublin. He w:ts educated at the King's School, and at Hrnsenose College, Oxford, where he graduated, wi th bonou rs in l\Iodern History, in 1886. He was only 29 years of age, and had displayed g reat zeal and ability during his employment for several years in the :nmes Office

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The Re\·. R. L. Ottley has been a1 pointed principal of the Pusey H ouse, Oxford,

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THE SCHOOL. CHRISTMAS TERi\I, 1893. C. B. Robb. A. G. Richardson. C. T. Candy.

Captain Captain of Cricket Captain of Football EDITORS OF THE CANTUARIAN.

C. B. Robb.

J. B. Drake. H. J. Fynes-Clinton. Secretary-C. M. Heacllam. MONITORS.

C. B. Robb J. B. Drake H. J. Fynes·Ciinton. SPORTS

A. G. Richardson (House Monitor). C. T . Candy. CO~OIITTEE.

E. M. Toulmin. G. Lee-Warner. H. \Vacher.

C. B. Robb J. B. Drake. A. G. Richardson. C. T. Candy.

DEBATl NG SOCIETY.

C. B. Robb. J. B. Drake. G. F. Carter.

President Vice· President Secretary C0~1MITTEE.

C. B. Robb. J. B. Drake. G. F. Carter. T. W. H. Jones. H. J. Fynes-ClintoP.

A. G. Richardson. C. T. Candy. G. C. Green. C. M. Headlam.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUlVl DUCES. CHRISTMAS. M. S. · NEWLAND.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r888; Vlth Form, Sept., 1890; Ed. Cantunrinn, 1893 ; Football XV, 1891·92 ; :'\Ionitor, Sept., r89r ; Ford Student, Trinity College, Ox. T. . l\IrcKLE~I.-King's Scholar. Entered the School Sept., 1888 ; Vl th Form, Sept., 1891; Monitor, Sept., r 892; Football XV., r89r·92. E. V. K INGDON.-Entered the School, Sept., r 885 ; Football XV., r892. H . E . F LINT.-Entered the School, Sept., r888 ; Football XV., 1890-93· P. H. SLA'fER.-·Enterecl the School, Sept., 1888; Cricket XL . 1890·92. MIDSUl\IMER. F. S. BEYNoN.- King's Scholar. Entered the School, J an., r 885 ; Vl th. Form, Sept., r 89o; Captain of the School, Sept., r 892-93; :'\Ionitor, Sept., r89 r; Ed. Cnnluarinn: r 893 ; Vice-President Debating Society, 189 r ·92 ; President, r 892·93 ; Cricket, 1890-93 : Football XV., r8gr -92; Ru~tat Scholarship, Jesus Coli., Cam S. S. CooK.- King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r889 ; Yith. Form, Sept., r 89r ; l\Iajor i\Iathematical Scholarship, St. John's Coli., Cam.; 2nd. School Exhibition. R. ]. CASTLEY.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r 888; Vlth F orm, Sept.. r89o ; Monitor, St pt., r89r ; Ed. Cnnlunrinn, 1893; Captain of Cricket, 1892-93 ; Football XV., 1890-93 ; Classical Scholarship, Sydney Sussex CoiL, Cam. R. 13. FLI..,.T.-King's Scholar. Entered the School, Sept., r 887; Vl th Form, Jan , 1891 ; Ed. Canluarian, 1893 ; l\Ionitor, S(;!pt., 1892 ; \"ice-President Debating Society, 1892-93 ; Captain of Football, 1892-93 ; Cricket XL, 189 r-93· A. F. C. C. Lux~IOORE. -Entered the School, May, r889; Vlth Form, r892 ; Monitor, Sept., 1892; Football, XV, 189 1-93; Cricket XL, r893· F. \V. G. CHISOLM.- Ki ng's Schol:\r. Entered the School, Sept., r89o : Vl th F orm Jan., 1893.

CRICKET. KINGS SCHOOL v. O.K.S. The match against the Old Boys was, as usual, played on the last two days of term, A ugust r and 2. The weather was fortunately all that could be desired :md the cricket was most interesting, the only thing to regret being that the ti me was just too short to

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allow of a de fini te result being arrived at. The O.K.S. team was such a one as we alwayli like to see, drawn from elevens of many different years, and some of its members must have come to the school very early in the "seventies." The Old Boys won the toss, and taking firs t innings, sent in .Moore and Slater, to fac<: the bowling of Castley and Beynon, The former's first over was a maiden, but Beynon, a fter allowing Slater to get a prett} cut off him for two, had him neatly stumped by Luxmoore with the next ball. Roc followed and with his partner managed to defy all changes of bowling until 130 had been reached. Then Moore was nicely caught by Lenox for a most useful innings of 74· R ammell, who came next, was out 3 runs later, and at r 54, Roe wns dismissed by a catch at th ird man H is innings was a very careful one, as shown by the fact that he hit 35 singles out of his 84. Cnrter and Stri nger wen:: the only two others to offer much re· sistance and the innings closed for :zo9, a score far smaller than at one time seemed probable. The School innings opened very inauspiciously, ns there were four wickets down for 25. T hen Wacher and Beynon put a better complexion on the game, bringing the score up to 57, before \\'acher was neatly caught low down by Smith. Then with Bredin in, another useful stand took place and with fi,·e wickets down for 84 the match looked in a more even ~tate. But with Lenox out immediately for o, and Beynon, aftcl' making 4 2 in a thoroughly sound style, being bowled by Elwyn with r r3 on the board the innmgs were soon completed and only realised r rs. Following on in a minority of 94, the School lost fi ve wickets before the arrears wert: wiped off, in spite of some pretty cricket by Richardson and Toulmin, the former of whom was, as in the fi rst i nning~, easily caught off a mis-lut by mid-off. The rest of the side again failed to 'come off,' and at the clo. e of the innings the 0. K.S. only needed so runs to give them victory. H owever, only t went)· minutt:s remained for play, and this proved too short a time in spite of heroic efforts on the part of Smith and Ran.mell, and when stumps were drawn, the score stood at 3 1 for two wickets. O.K. S. E. \\". lllooro, c Lenox, b Castloy ... 71 1:'. U. Slatot·, st Lu.xmoore, b Boy non .. . 2 c F lint, b l::lcyuon C. H. Roo, c l•'lillt, b 1'onlmin ... .. . ... 1:12 '1'. E. H.n.nunoll, b CasUoy ... .. . 1 c Cas tley, b Boynon ,~r. M. Cn.rtoa·. c Lux moore, b 'l'oulmin Hl .T. H. ~mith, b L enox ... ... ;J not out .. . .. . .. . M.S. Nowland, b Lenox 1: G. :)tringot·, h :Ot·edin ... ... lO R. F. Elwyn, c anu b l::lredin ·~ G. F. Drury, not out ... .. . 1 D. S. M. 'l'nssell, b Ba odin .. . ... 1 Byes U, leg-byes 5, wido 1 ... 12 Byes 3, leg-byes 1 Tot.n.l...

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R. B, l!'lint, b Roo... ... . .. .. . 2 b Stringer H. \Vacher, c Smith, b Drury .. . 2v c nnd b Elwyn ... oo• A.. G. Richardson, c Dt•ury, b Roe 0 c Elwyn, b :Slater R. J. Castley, c Roe, b Stt'inger .. . 5 b Rammell oo• E. l\1, 'J'ouhnin, b Roe ... .. .. . .. • 5 b Stringer ... oo . F. S. Beynon, b Elwyn 42 c Slater, b Elwyn oo. A.. N. Brt!diu, c Rammell, b l!lh~yn ... 17 b Roe G. D. Lenox, b Elwyn ... ... ... 0 hit wicket. b Elwyn 'I. P . H. Watkins, c Moore, b Stringer 11 b Elwyn ... ... ... .i. F. C. Lnxmooro, b Elwyn .. . , . .. .... 0 b Elwyn C. T. Cttndy, not out 1 not out.. . ... oo• oo• . . . Byes ... ..... . Byes 13,leg-bye 1, widal, 12 no-ball 1 . 00 .

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000

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7 19 24 U

22 8 14

7 1 G 0

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... .. . ... DOWLING .ANALYSIS. 0. K . S.-First Innings. M. w. o. 'R.. ]9 a 47 2 C~stley CasUey 0 32 lleynon 7 1 Beynon 1 27 Richardson 'l 0 'J'onlrnin ... 1 11 36 2 Lenox 20 4 2 49 \ Vntkms ... 2 .. . 2 0 0 Brodin ... 4 3 ... 1.a 0 K. S.- First Innings. Stringer ... 2 17 8 18 Stringer .. . Roe ... 19 5 42 3 Roo ... Elwyn 13.2 4 4 2<1 Sinter Dt·ury ... 5 0 19 1 Elwyn Ramuwll ...

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15.1 8

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CRICKET REVIEW. Our XI. has had a fairly satisfactory season, the result being six matches won, six lost, and 2 drawn. The cricket shown by the team was very uneven, their form at one time being good, at another time just the reverse. Our best performances were against the C.O.S., whom we twice defeated; our worst against the South-Eastern College and Chartham. We had easy victories over Dover College and Sutton Valence School, made a good fight of it with the Cavalry Depot, and scored an exciting win by one run against Colonel Trueman's XI. ; while, on the contrary, we did not show up well against St. Lawrence and the Pilgrims, our play in those two matches being tame and disappointing. The match with Highgate, u nfortunately, was, at the last moment cancelled, much to our disgust. The fielding was certainly an improvement on last year's, and, with the exception of the South-Eastern match, there was nothing much to

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find fault with. The bowling, too, considering the hard ground, was creditable. Tho batting was the weak spot in the XL, being very uncertain and unreliable on the good wickets, though occasionally some of the members showed capital form. CAST LEV, R. J......:...K ept his place at the head of the averages, but not so successful :uul reliable as last year. Hits well, but defence is weak. Dangerous bowkt when on the spot. Good field. BEYNON, F. S.-Steady bat, and improved considerably on last year's form. Good slow bowler though partial to long hops. Works hard in the field. FLINT, R. B.- Plays with a straight bat, but peculiar style; made some useful score Slow field. R ICHARDSON, A. G.- Good dashing bat. Scored well during the first part of th1 season, but fell off towards the encl. Very fair fast bowler, and good field. TouLMIN, E. l\I.-Neat bat; but hard ly realised the expectations formed of him cithl't in batting or bowling. Fair field. Lux~100RE, A. F. C.- Poor bat; but kept wicket ,·ery creditably throughout th• season. WACHER, H.-Fair bat, with an awkward style. Fair field. LENOX, G. D.- Useful change bowler and sharp field. ImproYcd somewhat with till bat. BREDIN, N.-l\Iight with more exertion and pain~ make a "decent bat. Lazy field, with a fatal habit of dropping catches. CANDY, C:. T .-Very fair field. Poor bat. MAUN DRELL, W. H.-Bats very nicely at times; prevented from playing much h) damaged fingers. Fair field . WATKINS, T . P. H .-Moderate bat and field. I ST

XL BATT! 'l'otal Runs. 400 280 244 374 1RO 18 73

R. J. Castloy F. S. Beynon R. B. Flint ... A.. G. Richardson .. . E. llf. Touhnin ... A. F. C. Luxmooro H . Wacher ... G. D. Lenox ... ... ... N. Brodin C. T. Cnndy ... W. H. hlauodroll T. P. 8. Watkins

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No. times Highest No. of not out. Score. Innings. 56 18 1 2 52 16 74• 2 18 2 90 18 1 27 17 2 13 6 20 10 0 17 10 1 29• 2 11 10 11 3 34• 11 1 11 0 7

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A.v-erago. 2ll'i32 20· 16•81 23·:n 11·25 1'63 7·30 5·3a 11•11 3

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BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. 241•3 1;)5·4 H9 72 63 10·3

Castley Beynon Richardson 'l 'oulmiu Lenox ... llredin

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Batsman '1'. w . rr. J ones W. H. Evans ... G. C. Green (II. J. Trueman l, G. C. Valpy C. JU. llealUam J. H. Dralco II. P. H. Auston G. Caroy .. . C. JU. Skinner ... A..J.Fonu

Maidens.

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•13 19 9 12

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35 33 16 9

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233 200 63

Average. 11'18 12·:n H66 H-66 22·22 13•25

XI. BATTING AVERAGES. Innings. 8 8 7 (-1

7 7 6 7 5

'fimes not out. 1 0 1 0 2

R uns 199 100 57 48 40 46 45 53 29

0 0 1 0 G 6 2 • Signitlos not out.

Tho follow ing batted in less than four innings:'1'. 1:'. B. Watkins ... 35, 58 (not out), H.. J. W . IToalo ... 16 nnd 0; G. L . Slater 15 a.t.d 0; A. Athawes 6 a.nd 0.

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Most in innin;s. 76 26 26 25 l1r

24 22 23 10 12 3

Average 2ll'4r

12·5 9·5

s·o 80 7•6

7'G Nr

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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. In the games played up to the present one weak point bas shewn itself vc1 y prominently, namely the collaring. The collaring generally has been passive rathu t han active-without any vigorous stretch of the imagination it would be quite possihlt to imagine thoughts pervading the field not unlike these, " If you will nm straight 111 me, I shall certainly try to put my arms round your neck, but if you dodge- - - " further refiexion unnecessary, the opportunity has gone. If you mean to collar a m:111 1 go for him ; don't wait for him to come to you. And go for his legs ; some there be ol more than avemge strength who .an collar high. Castley, for instance, could, and did, last year; but certainly did not improve his play by doing so. When the team have all learned to collar they ought to be pretty sound all through. Candy at * is at present the only safe collar in 'the team, and dodges well ; Richardson's kicking is still vc1y good, and he is running stronger than last year, but is st1ll weak in collaring. Lenox has been playing very well, with plenty of dash, and when he has learned to collar, will be extremely useful. P ears was tried as fourth * against Luxmoore's team-but tlw arrangement did not work, our forwards being rushed frequently. On Pears goinK forward the game became more even. It seems as if we shall not be able to play fo111 *'s against heavy club teams ; and if we do so against schools the forwards will have to learn to break up quicker, and the *'s to run straighter. At Yz, Lee Warner is collaring fairly, but is much too fond of running into tlw scrimmage instead of round it. H eadlam played very well against Lux moore's team and is improving fast. Forward Drake and Wacher are the only remains of last year's team ; both are play ing up well, and with R eale, Clarke, and others, too numerous to mention, coming o n well, the scrummage will be quite up to the average. To t he forwards and the rest, once more, collar lzatÂˇd and collmÂˇ low.

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CORRE S PONDE N CE. 'N.B.-'l'heEtlilo>·s cler 1ine In arccpL <my •·csponsibililyconnerlecl1cith lhc oz>iaions oj'lhnir ro11·n 1. ents. Namo fllttl ndtlre~.~ "wst al1cays be yil'ca, not neccssm·ily (ol' 2mblicaliou /wo • g~taranlce of fJOOilj'ailh. Pe1·sonalities w lt incolt·c C6>'1<tiltl'ejertion. · '

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D ear Sirs,-1\lar I enlist the help of the Cant11arim1 in the endeavour to recover some of the undcrmcntioned books that are missing from the School Library. Some of them have been missing for a long time, others have been lost quite recently, and in not a few cases the completeness and value of good sets have been destroyed by the loss of single ,·olumes. I c.1nnot help thinking that if O.K.S. and ex-masters would just run over their bookshelves (especially dusty corners), some unexpected discoveries might be made. Hitherto this form of research has been con· lined to certain parts of the School pre- ~

:~~;~s;:~1e;e~~l::~\:~:·~r~~~~~~ ~1t~;d~1 t~~ hidden ore h'ls already been extracted herl: and if past members of the school would kindly institute some si mila r mining opert ions on their own premises, the loss of intellectual fuel mi~tht be at least partially repaired, without the necessity of fresh outlay. By so doing they will be rendering a real service to our library and those who use it. Yours truly, L. H. EVANS, Librarian.

Franco-German War (Londondctt)) The Town, vol. ii., Leigh Hunt. North American Indians, vol. i, ( '.ttlu Discoveries and I nventions ofNi tll'l• • 1111 Century. Salmon Fishing. Buffon's Natural History, \'Ol. lot. Poetry of Astronomy. Newm:m's Butterflies and l\foth~. Idylls of the King. Potter's Aeschylu!l. Fly Lca,·es, C.S.C. Hasted's Kent, ''ol. X. Destruction of Canterbury Catlwdt 11 H owitt's Visits to Remarkabh.: 1'1." Milman's Latin Christianity, vol. '' Hardwicke's Church History, vul. 1 Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. Enfield's H istory of Philosophy, n \ttl

The above is only a selection ol tla '"' I important books. There arc a goocl11111 novds and other light literature tu J, counted for, including 4 vols. Scott's 11111 I stamped on the outside with 13, :tllut 111 of which will be thankfully rccctvccl 1o 1 into the fold.

THE CANTUARIA /'o tile Editors of " TH E CANTUARIAN." I >car Sirs,-It isn't very pleasant for an ( ). K.!:;. to be hearing constant remarks ,lll()Ut the bad form of the school in small 111atters, and yet, I assure you, that that has hl·cn my experience for some consider· .1hlc time now. I allude to the manner of answering cricket and football ··hallcnges. I t required 3 o r 4 letters and nhout 5 weeks to get an answer out of your Cricket Secretary (by the way, it was a very inartistic lie when it did come, being t•asJly refuted by reference to other match

cards : but tbat in passing). And now I am hearing the same old tale about the Castle Hill footb:tll challenge. Other instances of a similar want of courtesy have been mentioned to me, and as I was unsuccessful in a pre\·ious pnvate appeal, I write this protest to the Cn nluarin 11 in the hope that a little pubhc pressure may be brought to bear on those who are responsible for this inconsiderate slackness. Yours faithfully,

E. W. MOORE.

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EDITORIAL. Since the last Canfuarian appeared several changes have taken place in the School, the most notable amongst which is the new football ribbon for members of the XV, consisting of the usual VIth. Form ribbon crossed diagonally with white. A new football jersey of cotton, some,~ hat liable to tear it is true, has been adopted by the Sports Committee, which all the members of the team must feel a great advantage. Another old grievance has been done away with, by having a rope outside the touch line on match days. The football season, as far as it has gone, has shown very disappointing results, but the form of the team has so vastly improved that there is every reason to hope that our efforts during the remainder of the season will be crowned with better success. I n spite of some very wet weather immediately before, we had a very good match against a team brought against us by Mr. Tripp, which resulted in a draw, though both sides seemed like scoring again two or three times. This term a great impetus has been given to the popularity of the Gymnasium by the introduction of boxing, which has been taken up to such a degree as to afford some hope of a boxing competition next term, if enthusiastically supported by the fellows. It is proposed for the future, in order to let those who have any contributions to send

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to the Cm1lttarian have due warning of its issue, to publish before hand the tl.tll which it is proposed to get the next Canluarian out. Perhaps it is owing to tlw .tit • ,, of such knowledge that we have received no sort of contributions to the present nutul either from the School or O. K. S. Turning to another subject we are glad to be able to chronicle the surr('~1 "' tl. School in Fives against the C.O.S. We hope further success will attend us in th i~ l11 u . I of sport next term.

DEBATING SOCIETY. The second debate was held in the .Parry Library on Saturday, October 14th, when tt was moved "That in the opinion of this house the Censorship of the Press is desirable." H . J. C LINTON, in bringing in the motion, said that many of the papers now published are filled with inflammatory speeches and other articles which te nd to agitate the populace. They often go so far as to attack the Governme nt in such strong language that dissatisfaction ought to be expressed at it. The slanderous articles show to the constituents only the bad side of their representatives. The uneducated and the poor are often led away by statements that are q uite false. All civilized countries agree tha t slanders are c riminal, and, therefore, in most of them the libel laws are decisive and severely enforced. There are libel laws in England, which certainly ought not to be done away wtth. Our State enforces education

upon her citizens, and even gives il IIi• 11 free; yet she allows the publicat11111 papers in which the masses believe, ''"'' the education which they have reecho ol quite destroyed. In the Board School lot tory is taught,· but Anarchist papers 1 h,th this and twist it into any form, ·"'! thus deceive the people as to wh:\1 tit• 1 have learnt. The Government ought 11 to allow the publication of reports '' '"' 1 e ntirely misrepresent the doings of l'utll • ment. No doubt the opposition 11 11111.1 say that, if a free press were not alltm• .1 affairs would come to such a crisiR tit 11 a revolution would ensue. Such is 111111 h more likely to be the case if a free p11 1 allowed; as the people would, o wi1111 I· the bad ideas circulating with regard 111 ti. Governme nt, become dissatisfied f\111 1 11 bel. On these two g rounds, fi rst, 1It •I free education is en tirely non-plus~t·d I. the false and inflammatory matter 1 111 11h• ted, and, secondly, that the frecdntll 1

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tlu press tends to create a bad impression ''' the Government ; he wished to propose tlw motion. f. 0. DRAKE, leading the Opposition, , diL·u attention to several of the Hon. \loi\'C:rs' statements. He had mentioned th.lt the censorship of the press in England " ~~ not sufficiently enforced, but there is 1111 !'Cnsorship, and the point is that there ""Hhl not to be any. Again revolutions ·'" not brought about by literature. Engl.ulil allows freedom to her press, and yet Ill' of all has been least of all troubled by \uarchist outrages. P <!ople who had been , ohu·ated at the State's expense were s up1-"l'cl to know the difference between ,, hat they ought and what they ought not 111 •cad. Besides, a man surely can hold hi~ uwn opinions. . Why should he be pre\o'IIICd from publishing them ? To prevent tlu~ would be more than the censorship "'the press; it would be the prevention of 111 Englishman's right to express his 11p111ion. 'J'hc President, C. B. Rosa, said that tho • lust speaker had made a mistake when lw 1111id that revolutions were not caused by lllo•rnture. A paper, edited by Marat, was tho• l'hief factor in the French Revolution. It published an enormous amount of inll.unmatory matter, in fact, more than any ootlwr of its time or ours. Spain, whose press 1 ft cc, is swarming with Anarchists, uul this fact is usually put down to the 1.111' of the press. On the other hand, 1 ,, 1111any and Austria, whose presses arc u11111:cl, have not been disturbed by Anarch- 1 1

ists or other agitators for many years. Quoting the paper, called Jlreedom, he said it slandered the Bristol constables, because t hey had attempted to do their duty, and it called their chief a "scab," whatever that may mean. Perhaps the Opposition could tell him, as they seemed to be so well versed in Anarchism. I t could not, however, be very complimentary. Eve n religion itself was slandered. He could m e nt ion a paper which contained the current events composed in Biblic.1l Ian· gLtage. No doubt the Opposition knew the paper called Tile Wa r Cry. Perhaps they considered that an excellent paper. T . W. H. J ONES, for the Opposition, mentioned that all the papers in Russia which spoke about the C zar or Royal Family and retinue were immediately suppressed. For instance, an ironclad of the Russian Navy was lost some time ago, but the papers were not allowed to report it. He thought the libel law was sufficient guard against false statements. The papers had effected the custom of Parliamentary reporting. If there was no reporting in Parliament, we should not know what our representatives were doing there. Even Pundt is not allowed in Germany, and yet there are as many Anarchists in Germany as in other countries. C. F. CARTER stated that the last member had mentioned the case of the Rus:>ian iro nclad. Of course, censorship would not in England proceed to such an extreme. The only papers that would be ce nsured

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would be those which slandered the Government. H e quoted the same paper a <; Ius hon. friend, and said that in Fnedom the Royal Family were called " Royal vermin.'' The freedom of the press, which had been granted in William III's reign, was not the outcome of popular feeling, but was the result of a petition signed by a few individual booksellers. G. C. GR EEN thought that .Freedom could not be quoted as a paper of large circulation. H e had never heard of it. There was nothing wrong in Biblical language, when one could express oneself better by using a word from the Bible. Tl~e Caubt路 aria11 was a censured periodical, and he did not think it would be a less brilliant production if it were free. H. J. CLINTON said that although reference to the Cmtluan路all doubtless appealed to the patriotic sentiments of the members, he thought it would not be comfortable for all parties if it were used as a weapon against the Dean and Chapter. The Canlum路ian has only a circulation of 300 copies. He had always understood that in Russia the press was only prevented from reporting falsely anything that might detract from the personal character of the sovereig n. G. C. GREEN asked why the Royal famil y should not be credited with their failings as well as their good actions. J. B. DRAKE said that the using of Biblical language, in his idea, was not wrong, for it was much the same as that of H erodotus. The reporting of Parliament in its ridiculous light seemed to

him a most desirable thing. It made thr members of that body circumspect as to their actions. The freedom of the press does not mean that it will be full of Anarchist plots. Its most useful result is th e keeping of politicians in check by putting their actions before the people in a peculiar light. P eople no doubt had this in mind when they demanded the freedom of the press in England. G. F. CARTER said that it was not by the wi sh of the people at large that the freedom of the press had been won, but by the petitions of one or two booksellers. T. W. H . }ONES thought it was going too far when people were not allowed to know why and where their relatives had died, if it was in the service of the State, as was the case in Germany. H. J. CLINTON, in his closing speech, said that there was in England a limit to the powers of the press, and that limit consisted of two laws, those of libel and copyright. So that even now there could not be in the papers any slanders without their perpetrators being punished. But the op路 position, in wishing for unlimited power, seemed to desire that a man's character should be allowed to be destroyed, and his prospects spoilt for life, and this with impunity. If this was the case, England in deed would be badly off. The President then called fur a show of hands and declared the motion rejected by a majority of six. The third debate was held in the Parry

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Libra ry on Saturday, Novt::mber 4~h, when T. W. H . J ONES brought forward the motion, "That in the opinion of this house we are superior to our fath ~rs." The hon. mover .said that, in investigati ng this statement, it seemed to him necessary to consider the improvement of the human race in every way, that is to say, both physically and morally. In different countries men had nodoubt b~en aff.:!cted to different degree;. T he process of civilisation is a slow one. The savag<! at fi rst does everything like a dog, by instinct, and so begi ns to consider the general safety of the community. This has the necessary reaction on the brain, and the off:;pring in its generation is wiser than the father. On this general theory we ought to be wiser than our fathers. As time goes on, improvements extend in everything, and hence come better arms, better communication, a b~tter m :mn~r of life in every way. Let us compare the miserable lighting of streets with oil lamps, and the dangers and inconvenience of coach travelling with the electricity and railways of our own times, and we must acknowledge the one-sidedness of the comparison. Crime, too, is usually weeded out by the early punishment of criminals ; thus our morals certainly become better. The insane, too, are usually prevented from producing off~pring, by incarceration, or suicide. Let us compare the justice of the reigns of the Georges with the jmtice of the present day. Then men had always to go about armed and in danger or their lives, and no property was

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safe from attacks, Âˇ whereas now men at lea3t could walk about, and without fear of being murdered. Surely this is one of the ways in which we show our superiority over our ancestors. . T:hen great d elight used to be manitested in most loathsome sights, such as executions and bull-baiting. Moreover, according to the Darwinian theory which he thought no one would dispute, the fittest alone survived, and t he weak ones were disposed of. Englishmen now-a-days take delight in athletic sports of every kind, and these must naturally provide our bodies with strength and elasticity, while formerly bull-baiting and those kind of pleasures were n:>t calculated to give men muscle. Perhap; the Opposition would say that the courage of the present generation was weaker. He thought it was in no way . inferior, proofs of which are not wanting in every war into which we are drawn. The P RESIDENT, C. B. Ronn, who led the Opposition, said that the hon. mover had stated that we were better than our forefathers physically, but he thought that if we were compared with the Vikings and tho;e who lived much harder Jives he would find they were much superior to us. As far as he could see, man could only be proved to be better than his proverbial ancestor, the monkey. Short sight is one of the many physical failings now so prevalent that scientific men tell us it is only a matter of time before we become totally blind. Scientists, moreover, say that this is simply and purely the result of many refineâ&#x20AC;˘nents of living. The last speaker had

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intimated that sports were not common in Jast member. It is certain that the progres~ Elizabeth's reign ; he, however, thought of civilisation has been great since the time that they were as much engaged in then as of Adam. Moreover, the question of at present. At any rate, in her reign it was progress cannot be judged by the merit-> that the Invincible Armada was defeated, of the comparatively few people that an achievement which would do honour to history has told us of. There has been any age. great improvement lately in our know. J. B. DRAKE, for the motion, said that 1 ledge of science, and in the social con.we are clearly superior to our fathers in the ditions of life. The chief duty of man administration of civil law, whtch really is is to render the lives of others happier, and one of the most important branches of this at least man has learnt of late better improvement. Science and learning had now to fulfil. enormously advanced, and some of the C. M. HEADLAM said that the last most learned men the world has seen died member was wrong in comparing within the last ten years. General Gordon with Wellington. No G. F. CARTER said that he thought one would consider him as great a ge neral. people, though they could not get inside the Education improved only our moral nawalls, U?ually assemble in great crowds to ture, not our physical. Perhaps the Op路 watch for the signs of the execut.on now-a- position would think that the factory days. In many branches of art we a re hands at Manchester did credit to the decidedly inferior to our ancestors. Where " sturdy " race of Britons. Agai1;1, what in the present generation can we find poets good have we, with our English civiliza路 like Shakespeare or Milton, orators like tion, done in our Colonies, or what ha<; Fox or Pitt, generals like Marlborough, been the effect of our rule on the savages Nelson, or \Vellmgton? There are none ; in our Colonies? They have received our surely in these d irections we have shown a calicoes, grey shirtings, and other manu路 decided retrograde tendency. factures, but wi th them, too, in much H. J. CLINTON, for the motion, said that larger quantities they have received Tennyson, a man of the present generation, whiskey and spirits, luxuries unknown to was usually considered one of the finest them before ; and truly improving ! poets we have ever had. H e also hoped Everything is more powerful at its com路 that the members !would pardon him if he mencement. Compare, for example, the mentioned as the greatest example of Roman republic and e mpire. The repubmodern orators a man for whom he felt no lie wa.<; the earlier institution and therefore great reverence, Mr. Gladstone. General flourished, but when it lapsed into an emGordon, too, was, in his opinion, little, if at pire it soon fell to pieces. Could any of all inferior to the generals mentioned by the our modern institutions be termed more

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adva.ntageous than the old? What startling advantage has London received from its County Council? It is in no way superior to the old City Council. Comfort, which has been urged as a sign of our superiority, meant nothing less than luxury and luxury, surely, did not apply that we were better than our fathers. H. J. CLINTON said that woollen and other manufactures sent to the Colonies were needed, and he had always understood that the savage chieftains were never so proud as when they had. 'Jiue petticoats around their necks and had discarded their tiger skins. The nature of savages forces them to be always fighting, but the English rule ensures to them peace, which surely is preferable. C. B. Ross, in alluding to the statement that peace was established by education, said that religion was now often the cause of quarrels among the natives, as in Uganda where the Protestants and Catholics had fought. J. B. DRAKE said that the wars mentioned by the President were far less bloody than the former ones. There is very plain evidence that we are now taller than we used to be. In the P eninsular War, the average height of the army was two inches less than it is now, and even then they were considered giants by the French. The skeletons found in England and thought to be of a great age are all of small statue. Moreover, telegraphs and railways bring men into contact with each other, and thus, by communicating their

knowledge, greatly add to comfort. In his opinion, Rome under Augustus was as prosperous as it ever had been. C. M. HEADLAM said that in spite of religion and education being introduced into Africa, the Matabele War, which had led to and would still lead to much bloodshed, was then in progress, and if the onlv aim of the English was to try and take the natives' possessions from them, they had better keep away. As to the Elizabethan pastimes, bull-baiting seemed to him to be as elevating a sport as bull-fighting. On the request of the PRESIDENT, for outside members, J. R. I. HoPKINS, for the Opposition, said no such building as any of our cathedrals had been built of late years, and the soldier of the present day did not agree with the picture he had formed ofÂˇ a Viking. T. P. H. WATKINS also spoke for the Opposition. In his opinion the Darwinian theory, urged as an argument by the hon. mover, was entirely n<;m-plussed by the progress of medicine. All the weak children were now saved by doctors, and there was, in many homes, more rejoicing at the recovery of a weak child than at birth of an healthy one. Surely the bravery of the modern soldier was not often tried. Usually he stood at a distance of about soo yards of his enemy, who could not reply to his fire, being only provided with arrows and assegais. The fear of losing one's life would tend more to stimulate ath letic exercises than to imply

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inferiority. The army, he understood, was the pick of the bigger men of the nation. C. C. FREWER also spoke for .the Op position. T . \V. H . JoNES was then called upon to give his fi nal speech. H e said that he thought it required more courage to stand and be shot at than to fight at close quarters. The member who had spoken last but one had evidt:ntly not read the notices which are all over the country offering anyone who would enlist m:my advantage;; of pay and rations. The G~ rman army, which everyone mu>t own i> the best in the w.:>rld, w~ r e on\y p ~a~a nt; fed on black bread and bad margJ.rine. If religion does create broils among>t the African natives at least it puts a SlOp to the enorm:>U<; hunnn sacrifices which wue prevalent

The members of the D ebating Society desire to thank T . P. H . Watkins for writing the accounts of the Debates for the Calllttariall.

LECTUR E ON OX F ORD. On O ctober 7th, l\IIr. \V d is, Fell ow of \Va::lham Coll eg~, O:<ford, w.l~ kind enough to give u; a lecture on his University, in the Parry Library. The lecturer first mention~d the tradition which makes Alfreu the Great the founder of the Univt:rsity, but went on to say that he only wished he could claim for it such an illustriou> founder but he could not believe in the tradition, lncau'ie during Alfred's reign Oxford wa<> in the hands of the Danes, a fact which

prevented any such act on the I effectually part of the English King. Robert Grosstcte

the famous Bishop of London, was one of the chief founders and ChancellorsÂˇ of Oxford, for the diocese of Lincoln at that time stretched right across England and included Oxford. He was chancellor from 12351253, and in the great struggle between the King and tbe Barons headed by Simond e- Montfort, whose personal friend he was, he appeared as the champion and friend of

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liberty. In this struggle the . University followed their chancellor in taking the side of liberty and paid a tax, or rather raised a Joan, to assist the Barons, which strange to say, they rt:paid after the war had ended in their defeat. In the next great struggle between the King and the people, the University of Oxford remained loyal to Charles, and Wad ham College alone lent him £roo od d in silver and 7 lbs. of gold plate, the rece1pt fo r which, is still in existence scribbled apparently on the back of an old envelope, Charles II. did not think fit to remember. Grosstcte though a staunch upholder of the papal power quarrelled with the Pope on the question of his right to " provide " for vacant benefices-a method by which some rich Italian, who ne,·er came to England, wa~ appointed and lived on English money; so largely wa~ thi~ custom made use of that it is said on good authority that a;; much as 7,ooo m:trk~, three times the King's revenue, went annually out of England to I taly. The special point of Grosstete's quarrel was his refusal to appoint the Pop~'s nephew to a rich stall in Lincoln Cathedral at his bidding. I t wa~ during hi ~ chancellor.;hip that the friars, who were spreadi ng all over Europe, first came to Oxford, in fact it wa~ chiefly from• that centre that they w.:nt through Englan::l, and Oxford b~cam.:: the greatest centre of learning in western Christendom and produced Roger Bacon, who anticipated so many of the discoveries of modern science.

It was not till about thirty years after Bacon's death that colleges began to be built, for up to this time the students had lived in narrow dirty. little streets (an example of which was put on the lantern sheet), and wild students they were, for in 1238, when the Pope's Legate arrived at Oxford after a long day's journey and rr.fused to sec the m, they crowded round the m 1narchy-gate where he was and refused to go a way. At last the Legate's cook, wh:>, by the way, was his brother, thre w a lad le full of boiling soup at them, and, they in return shot him dead on the spot a nd chased the Leg.tte from Oxford. tie at once excommunicated the University, Gro;tete replied by excommunicating the King's Officers. However, the matter was settled quietly and the heads of the University to prove their sorrow walked ba refoot along the Strand to ask for forgivt:ness. The Univ.!r.;ity church of St. Mary's, which wa~ built in the 13 th century, contain-; two roomc; dating back from 13 20-3o, the upper of which was used as a library and meeting room for university officials and fo r examination-; in arts. A master of grammar took his degree without any other te t than flogging a boy lo show he was capable of controlling his pupilc;. john \Vicliffc, ma-;tet' of Baliol College, was the mo-;t learn.:d argu..:r of his time, so much so indeed, a-, to b..: cho.;en in 143 4 torepr.:s.:nt ~·1gland ag.1in;t the Pope. It was in hi~ tim..: that ::'II.:rton College, mmcd after a Bi~hop of Rochester, w;ls huilt and

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much of it as we see it now, was standing in his day. H e sent poor preachers throughout the country to preach the Bible in churches, or, if necessary, in the open air. His translation of the Bible did not have as much effect as later translations, owing to the absence of the means of m ultiplying copies. Wicliffe was not a Protestant, in fact he believed in Transubstantiation, and died holding his living in the Roman Catholic Church. I n the rs th century a new name appears in Oxford; John Colet the first Greek scholar at Oxford. It was in Greek only that the New T estament, together with the greater part of the literature of medicine and other sciences and arts could be read ; and Greek was almost unknown. Conseseq ue ntly tn;!n had forgotten for the most part the knowledge the Ancients possessed. Colet who wa'i payma'itt:r of Magdalene while a good part of it w.lS b~ing built, in hi<> college sermon; said that the wors t heresies of the time were the evil lives of the students and preaching of written sermons. I t wa'i on account of this last opinion that the bishop prosecuted him, who probably himself preached fr:>m manu:;cript. Colet mark-> a period in the study of the Bible. He was the first to treat it as a whole and in a national way, not in fragments and isolated texts as had been done before. H e is perhaps better known for his foundation of St. Paul's School in the Metropolis which was the firs t school at

which Gre!!k was taught, and it was w11 h reference to this school that he wrote su1111 of his school books which have lasted .11 most to our own time, and from his tiuu church revenues began to be devoted 1.. educa.tional purposes. Wolsey's foundation of C hrist Chuu II about this time contains a very fine di111111 hall, the first part or- it that was complctt•d which called forth Lhe fo llow ing epigram "A nice piece of work, this Cardinal lu1 plar.ned a college and bu ilt a guzzling hall ' Al though Cranmer was not a n Oxfw d man he had a gro::at deal to do with Oxfoul from his trial taking place there, and 11 presents very well the stude nt of the J stlt century . Archbishop r.aud represents the Churt h revival after the R eformation; and thou~:h in his actions with the nation at larl'• he was rather inclined to treat thc111 as school-boys, in his university deal ing~ he worked most zealously mt behalf of learning. During the timt he was President -he was elected itt I6tr-Wadham College w:ts built, and the learning of Oxford was f.uned th rough out the world, helped on not so much by Laud's money, for he gave tha:, as by tht care he took over small matt~rs. Every week he received his report from Oxford. H e would write to the Vice-Chancellor to tell him the students were drinking at surh and such a place ; then that they wen drinking in· their rooms. For ten ycat he continued his duties, but resigned when the Long Parliament met. His ghost •·

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wd lo walk at midnight in the I .ibrary of 'it. John's, which he built. In the porch uf this library he put a statue of the Virgin 1 luthed with the Child in her Arms, which was laid as a charge against him, but allowed to remain all the same. During the t8th Century, though Oxford was a ~ca t of learning, it was a seat in which h:arning slept. Then we come to the name uf \1\'esley, of Christ Church, afterwards Jo'dlow of Lincoln for nine years, who, though himself a devoted Churchman, is considered the head of the Methodists, a name Kivcn at ftrst in scorn for their methodical ways. Cardinal Henry Newman and his friends who brought about the famotL~ Ox·

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ford movement, are too near our own times to be much spoken of. Newman was one of the most learned men of his t1me, among whom were Wilberforce and Dean Church, of St. Paul's. The lecturer, though he had a great more which might be said, owing to want of time concluded by drawing three lessons from the history of ·Oxford, that one cannot benefit the community by being sel li sh. The Head Master thanked the lecturer on behnlf of his audience, snying thnt Oxford aroused always a deep feeling in his heart from the memory of his own college days.

KIN G'S SCHO OL WORTHIES, No. X L 'fiiOMAS Ll ACRE. Thomas Linacre, or Lynaker, ,vas born at Canterbury about the year r 46o, :mel was a distinguished humanist and physician. Of his parents or descent, nothing is known. H e received his early education at the Monastery School, which wa~ then under the direction of William of Selling, who afterwards became a Prior of Canterbury, :md ~vho was an ardent scholar and one of the lirst to cultivate Greek learning in England, to whom it was probably owing that I .inacre afterwards became so eminent in th is study. From Canterbury he passed to Oxford about the year r48o, and in 1484 he was elected a Fellow of All Souls' College. We find him soon afterwards goi ng to ltaly in the train of William of Selling, who was sent by Henry VIII. as an Envor to the Papal Court. He did not, howe,·er, accompany him as far as Rome, for at Bologna he became the puptl of Angelo Poliziano, and wa~ under this ma-;ter in company with the young sons of Lorenzo de' i\Iedici, one of whom afterwards bccaml! Pope under the title of Leo X., and was in after years mindful of his early companionship with I ,inacre at Bologna. Linacre became the friend of many celebrated men in Itnlr,

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amongst whom were Nicolaus Leonicenus of Vicenza, and Ale! us Romanus, the y11: •l printer of Venice. lie took the degree of Doctor of Medicine with great distinction at Paduo, .111 l soon afterwards returned to England, where he formed one of the brilliant ci11 lo . 1 " Oxford Reformers," which included Colet, Grocyn, and William Latimer, who ,u spoken of with so much praise in the Letters of Erasmus. He does not seem to h.1 practised or taught medicine when at Oxford, although before this he had tra n ~l11h ol several of Galen's works into Latin, and also some of Aristotle's, but none of the 1.111· , have survived. About the year r5or he was appointed tutor to the Prince of \\',d• "• Prince Arthur, and first appears at Court in this character. H e translated 111 astronomical treatise of Proclus, "De Sphaera," for the Prince's use, and was with 111111 till his death in 1503, by which H enry VIII. afterwards came to the Throne. On 1hl Prince's accession, J.inacre was appointed the King's physician, an office of considl'l,d•l• importance at the time, and he then commenced to practice medicine in L ondon, h:l\ 111 amongst his patients Cardinal Wolsey, \Varham, Archbishop of Canterbury at the 11111 of the Reformation, and Fox. After practising his profession for some years, Linacre, when, advanced in hh received Priest's Order,;. He bad previous to this, however, held several bcnclino which would seem to show tRat he must have been a deacon for some years before, ''"' this, at the time in which he lived, would not interfere with his practising as a physu 1,111 On his ordination as a priest it is certain that he retired from public life. After this retirement, came perhaps, the mos t important event in his life. 1T1· oh tained from the King a charter for the foundation of the Royal College of Physician , 111 London, which first gave a recognised status to the medical profession and bas beet\ 1ho model for all subsequent colleges of physicians or surgeons in this col:ntry. T.m:u 11 was himself the first president of the new college, which he assisted by conveying il 111 his own hm1se and by the gift of his library, and the care of which chiefly cccupicd h1111 till his death in r 524. Sh.:>rtly before this he obtained from the King Letters Patent lou the establishment of readerships in medicine at Oxford nnd Cambridge, and for tluli endowment he placed some valuable estates in the bands of trustees. The readcrsh11 were founded, one at l\{erton College, Oxon, :md the other at St. John's, Cambridv• but owing to neglect and and mismanagement of the funds, they subsequently lap~• d The Oxford foundation was, however, revived by the University Commissioners 111 1X ,, as the Linacre Professorship of Anatomy. F ew works of Linacre's have come down to us, and by those which we haw, 11 1 difficult to justify the high estimation in which he was held by scholars of his t11111 This great reputation, however, is sufficient to show his worth, and his scholarship 111 lu

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11anslations was so much admired that Erasmus says that Galen spoke b ~ tter Latin in ),mane's translation than he had before spoken Greek, and adds much the same of 1\n-;totle. There may have been some exaggeration in the praise which has been given 111 him, but all have acknowledged the elevation of his character and the fine qualities ummed up in the e pitaph written by John Cairns:-" Frandes dolosque mire perosus; lulus amic1s; ominbus ordinibus juxta carus."

FOOTBALL. K.S. v. SUTTON VALENCE. On Wednesday, October 25, we played Sutton on Blore's Piece. The game opened in quite a startlingly satisfactory manner, one of thei r three-quarters Jobbed up a slow pass which was intercepted by Pears, who got well away and passing out to Lenox at ~Âˇ,wetly the righ t moment, gave him a clear run in. Richardson kicked a good goal. But tills was only a transient gleam of glory. 1'he rest of the first half f?tmd us only too frequently in mournful conte mplation of the e nemy from behind our own goal-line. The passing of the Sutton backs, which, at first, had been a little loose, soon became almost perfect ,:md their forward , led by Robertson, were beautifully together and fed their three-quarters most assiduously. It must be admitted, too, that our collaring was rather feeble. After half time there was a distinct cha nge for the better, and, for the first quart(;r of an hour, the game was much more even, chiefly owing to the improved collaring. But the combination of the Sutton team was not to be denied, and our efforts failed to prevent them further augmenting their score, which finally was 27 points again<;t 5Âˇ After the game we were pleased to find that our visitors were not in such a violent hurry to get away as after some previous matches. T he team consisted of :-G. Lee Warner (back); C. T. C andy, A. G. Richardson, S. \V. Pe::trs, G. D. Lenox (three-quarters) ; G. C. Green, C. M. H ead lam (half-backs) ; J. B. Drake, T. P . H. Watk ins, H. \Vacher, \V. H. Evans, T. \V. H. Jones, C. J l. 'Ia rke, J. 1-Ieale, and E. E. Baker. K.S. v. DOVER COLLEGE. T he match was timed to begin at 2. r 5 but it was some seven minutes later before ( 'nndy, having lost the toss, took the field agai nst the wind, the kick off being entrusted to W,lcher. A fe w scrummages soon set the game in full swing, and at the same lime made it apparent that in the " pack " there wns very little to choose between the forw:mls. The College captain (D e La Prymc) relieved by a run, but the whistle being given against the College in front of our goal, our position was endangered, but a slight

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slip by their back gave Heale an opportunity, by which he took the ball to the centre again. However, the College continued to press and on one occasion LeeWarner got offside, very much too near the posts to be comfortable, but no point was scored. The game remained in our XXV. until Wacher snatched the ball and ran some little distance along the touch line after which the game shifted to and fro without either side obtaining any material advantage. La Pryme was the next man on either s1de to look dangerous but he was well collared by LeeWarner, after which a good pass from Richardson enabled Lenox to run very near to the College go1l line. He was, however, unable to score, and by means of scrummages and punts the ball was returned to our quarters, tbough the forwards centred it again. H ere Head lam picked up the ball and gained some little ground which we lost again in the loose, and the College for a moment carried a ll before them, until Lenox stopped an ugly rush. The game continued for a little while without anything very noticeable occurring until Bagshawe, one of the College three-quarters, got off only to be well collared by Candy. Head lam and Richardson then removed the ball to the College quarters, but La Pryâ&#x20AC;˘ne returned it and compelled Lenox to touch down. After this the game varied slightly, a fine kick by Richardson considerably improving our position. A free kick followed and then we pulled ourselves together in fine style, and LeeWarner was withm an ace of scoring but was collared with in a couple of inches of the line. After some more loose scrummages the ball was returned to half way and thence into our ground. A cry of" forward " was next heard and most of our side seemed so confident that they waited for the whistle to blow which it did'nt. In the meantime the ball hac! been punted towards our posts. and, as it seemed to be about to roll over our line, Watkins at back waited for it to do so which again it did'nt. Two or thrl.?e of the College fellows were backing up and Watkin ~, percei,Âˇing his mistake. picked the ball up, but, apparently being flurried, missed his kick and in no time LaPrymc was across our line and the College had secured a try directly behind the posts. This Sparke e:tsily converted, and half-time was called. Despite this unfortunate blunder there seemed no reason why we should not win the game as we had been playing against the wind, and with this exception had had no point scored against us. The game was started again and Richardson made a fine kick into touch which was followed by a run across th~ ground by Lenox. T he play was, however, driven into our XXV. and. in con equence of some loose passing, Bagshawe got the ball and, by handing it to Blest, enabled the latter to secure a try, Sparke making a Yery fair nttempt to convert. After the drop kick off the game travelled to our opponent's half but neither side gained any material ground, though Candy took a pass beautifully. However, the College were forced to touch down, though they subsequently drove us back : then R ichardson passed to Lenox, who made a fine sprint and very nearly scored, and would have quite done so if he had not bee n well tackled by Prctorius. L1Pryme then got hold of the ball and by means of a fine run managed to score a try which remained uncomÂˇerted. After this the game varied once more, Richardson again making himself conspicuous by his good kicking. Pears next made a run but, unfortunately, dropped the ball forward, and then Drake and \Vatktns both rendered their side considerable service,

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though LaPryme made another fine run, which was checked by our captain's safe collaring. Mellor was let in through our team again waiting tor the whistle. On this occasion the major point was secured, and, as time was called immediately afterwards, we retired beaten by 2 goals a nd two tries to 11il.

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• K.S. v . CASTLE HILL. The match against Castle Hill was played at Blore Piece, on November r4th. In of much recent rain the ground was in very fan· condi tion, though naturally rather slippery in parts. The School on winning the to~s chose to play up the hill, with what wind there was at their backs. Richardson received the ball from the ktck oiT and returned into touch near the half-way flag, and for a few minutes, play was confined to • the centre of the ground. Then a rush by the forwards wok the ball into the visitors' 25, but the defence was too good to allow anyth ing to be scored, and some good play by the Castle H ill centre three-quarters soon brought the ball into neutral te rritory. Play ruled very evenly until close upon half-time, when one of the visitors' three-quarters intercepted a pass meant for Richardson, and running strongly grounded the ball behind the po ·ts, and a goal resulted from their kick. Upon crossing over, the visitors, with five points to the good, began to press at once, and the School backs had their work cut out to pre,·ent any further score. Richardson relieved by a long kick, and some good passing between him, Pears and Lenox took the hall to the other end of the field. But the Castle Hill fomards soon worked it up again, and the captain getting the ball out of touch, scored another try between the posts. The try was again converted. After the kick off the School made many attempts to score, but were not successful until five minutes before time, when, after some good passing, Lenox got behind. T he kick at goal failed, and the match ended in favour of Castle Hill by r o points to 3· The most noticeable feature in the match was the vast improvement shown by the School bac.ks, especially in collaring. The passing, too, was much better than in any previous r11atch, but its effect was neutralised by the constant ru nning back or across the field only, instead of trying to gain ground in direction of the goal. Richardson's kicks were most useful, and Candy at half was c~·tain ly in his proper place. The forwards bei ng only eight to their opponents' nine, had difficulty in holding their own, and their tackling left much to be desired. However, the match on the whole was a great improvement on previous ones, and the School had hard luck in not scoring more than they did. The following represented the School:- T . P. H. Watkins (back); G. D. Lenox, A. G. Richardson, S. \V. Pears, E. J. Lord (three-quarter); C. T . Candy (captain); G. Lee \Varner (half}; J. B. Drake, H. \Vacher, W. H. Evans, T. W. H. j ones, C. H. Clarke, J. Reale, H. F. Stobart, and E. E. Bnkcr (forwards). ~pite

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For this match, played at Blare's Piece on November 22nd, Mr. Tripp had M'c111 1 t1 a very strong side, composed mainly of the masters from Sutton Valence, C.O.S. nul the School. It was satisfactory in that the School appeared to greater advanlaA~o: 1h "' hitherto this season, and a capitally-contested match ended in a draw of one go:1l l';u h a most creditable performance considering the st.-ength of the opposing XV. Follo11111 the kick-off, various scrummages took place somewhere about the centre of the ground, I•• 1111 which Lord, teceiving the ball, made a good run, and th\!n passed grandly to Ri1 h.11 t1 son, who passed it to L enox, who took it well and scored a try in less than ten mmul• from the star~ ; and, though the angle was not easy, Richardson placed an exccll\!nl H"·ll This success, however, was only of short duration, for, on resuming, .o ur opponents 111~ lu .t the ba ll down towards our goal ; and, while in dangerous proximity, jones, getting holt! of the ball by sheer stre ngth, forced himself over the line close to the post~ ; ,111tl Wilson easily converted, thus making the score eq ual ere twenty minutes had cl:~p , .t From here till the whistle sounded fo r "no side," both sides showed good piny, lull without result. During the last half-hour we were continually pressed, the ball h1 111 chiefly in our territory. Occasionally useful runs and kicks relieved the pressur~:, ·"' transferred. the game to their 25, but the weight of their forwards invariably broul.(hl •I back. Our opponents made desperate efforts to score, and our goal was repcat1 til) threatened by some sharp passing amongst the three-quarters; but our backs were l'' l•••l to the occasion, and, by good collaring, kept them from crossing, and the game l ' llllt I in the aforesaid draw. Richardson, Pears, L enox, Candy, \\'acher, and Watkins "' 1 perhaps, most conspicuous for us, though all did well; while of our opponents, \\'il ,c111 Jones, Bond, Clayton, ~[r. Tripp, and Longfield were very much on the spot.

K.S. v. ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLI.E<;E. Played on Tuesday, November 28th, on Blore's l)iec~ . Candy having hurt his lq1 111 the last match stood down, his place at half being taken b)' Green, who playt.!d a ', 1 good game. The game was necessarily a little "scratch," and in the end we won h) poin t~ to nil. l\Iost of the tries were the resu lt of good passing between the 1h11 quarters and halves. Drake gained one by good hard following up. Of the rest ul llu forwards Clarke played well, and had his colours given him after the game. I 1.11111 played for the first tnne in the team and played a hard useful gamt:. The following played for the School·:-T. P. H . Watkins (back) : A. G. Richnnl 1111 G. D. L enox, S. \V. Pears, E. J. Lord (three-quarters); G. Lee Warne r, G. '. c:,,," (half-backs) ; J. B. Drake, H. \V:tcher, J. Heale, T. W. H. Jones, E. M. Toulmm, 1 H. Clarke, H . F . Stobart, and H . Dann.

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KING'S SCHOOL 2nd XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE 2nd XV. While our first fifteen were doing battle against Dover College, at Dover, the second similarly engaged on Blore's Piece, and a very close and well contested m.ttch ended in our being beaten by one point. The ground was very greasy, owing to tlw wet, and a violent storm during the first quarter of an hour made running exceedingly clillirult. Dover kicked off and the ball being nicely returned, play settled down in midfll·ld. Scrummages were the order, and the superior strength of the College gradually lmeed us into our 25 ; on heeling out, however, we were too quick for them and good dribbling took the ball back into neutral territory. Thus the game went on. Only one..: rhd we look dangerous, when by some good passing from mid-field the ball was taken rlose to their goal line, but the effort died away and ouT 25 was again invaded, and this time with success, for juston half time Dover managed to cross our line, but the kick was a failure. On resuming, the game was even more exciting ; runs were more frequent, but not lrlllch way could be made on the slippery ground. We held our own better in the serums, whil...: several times our forwards were conspicuous for good dribbling. Each 25 in turn was invaded, but we could not manage to score, while on the other hand their half, eludlllg Kingdon, who ought easily to have collared him, got behind and gai ned another try, but the place kick, though a good one, just failed. With fiye minutes only left to play, we set to work again hard, and rushed the ball down into their 25, when, getting the ball from a line out, Lord cleverly got in behind the post, <\nd scored a try, which was easily converted. After this no side was called, and the game ended as above. For ~~~ Dann and Baker played an excellent game all through ; Lord, :.'11aundrell, Clinton, .mel Toulmin desen·e mention. The following represented the School :-C. H. Kingdon (back), E . J. Lord (captain), II. J. Clinton, \V. H. Maundrell, A. N. Bred in (~), H . P. H . Austen, H. Dann (}6), c:. C. Valpy, E. M. Toulmin, H. J. C. Molony, ]. C. ~ Iolony, C:. C. Frewer, F . Cunllingham, H. Kingdon, E. E. Baker (forwards). 1\':tll\H were

lONG'S SCHOOL (2 nd XV.) v. CASTLE HILL, FOLKESTONE (2 nd. XV). This match was played at Folkestone on Tuesday, November I 4th, and resulted in a win for us by one goal and three tries ( r 4 points) to nit. Head lam lost the toss, and l'oulmin kicked off for us. In the first ten minutes the ball told agamst us, and tlwir forwards, who were much the heavier, kept dangerously nenr our line. Kingdon >lOpped the rushes well, but twice they dribbled over, but, kicking too hard, Green was able to touch down. Our forwards then worked much better, and carried the gn me mto their XXV, where Toulmin got in at the corner, but failed to convert. After halftune from a good kick by Hendlam, ?~Iau ndrcll ran round the opposing backs and scored .lt a difficult angle ; Toulmin failed with the kick. Soon after, from another kick by lle:tdlam, Maundrell got in nt the· same spot ; the ar.gle proved too d ifficult for Austen.

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Our forwards then kept the ball near the enemy's line, and Austen made an excellent drop at goal, missing by inches only. Just before time Headlam passed the ball out from a scrummage to Austen, who passed on to Maundrell, who transferred to Green, and thence on to Clinton, who ran in behind the posts ; Austin kicked the goal. Fdr us, Headlam, Green, C. Kingdon, Maundrell, and Austin showed up best behind, and T oulmin and Dann forward. The following represented the School :-C. H. K ingdon (back), H. J. Clinton, G. C. Green, W. H. Maundrell (%:), C. M . Headlam (captain), H. P. H. Austen (~), G. C. Valpy, A. J. Fenn, E. M. Toulmin, H. J. C. Molony, J. C. Molony, C. C. Frewer, F. Cunningham, H. Dann, H. Kingdon (forwards).

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Dear Sirs,-The sombre stillness of Cambridge in November has lately been rudely roused by a fi re in the buildings of the Pitt Press. It was a treat to watch the jubilant aspect of the careless under路 graduate and the casual playfulness of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. The roof of the " Freshmen's Cathedral " blazed merrily for three-quarters of an hour till it was at length thought advisable to exti nguish the flames. The desired result was accomplished about two hours after the fire began. Several sermons a re said to have been destt路oyed. They were dry and burnt well. Putti ng aside this tnfling incident, things in Cambridge have been going on much as usual. The 'Varsity Rugby team has played 9 matches, won 7, lost I, and drawn against Blackheath, for whom A. Latter was playing. R. F. Elwyn also honoured us with a visi~ the same day. The day was about as bad as it could have been, and the three-quarter backs had no chance. We have had rather bad luck in the way

of accidents, Neilson especially coming in for rnore than his share. On the river, the Coxwainless Fours were won easily by third Trinity, who beat F irst by about forty yards, but in the Clinker Fours' Hall beat Third by two feet after a splendid race. Third were under the disadvantage of having to carry a cox of nearly ten stone in weight. The Colquhoun sculls rest between T. G. Lewis and Croft. Lewis is slightly the favourite. The Trial Eights are said to be rather disappointing. We meet the L.A.C. at Fenners on December 2nd, and should give a good account of our路 selves. The sprinkling of those who have derived educational benefits 路' Ab H enrico Rege Fundatore Nostro" has been strength. ened by the freshmanhood of R. J. Castley (Sydney), 'F. S. Beynon (Jesus), H arrison and Pennington (Clare), R. G. Cooper and F. B. Sherring (Trinity), S. S. Cook and C. A. Knapp (St. John's). Castley and Beynon both competed in

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the Freshmen's Sports, but did not do O.K.S. are meditating a football tour very much from not being sufficiently fit. late r on round Canterbury, and several They have both won events in their Col- matches have been arranged. The Canlege Sports, and Beynon's running has been terbury Pilgrims are in sad state of penury, very favourably criticised. He won the owing to the number of subscriptions Jesus mile and three miles. W,igram was that have been left unpaid. O.K.S. really not up at the beginning of term owing to I ought to support the Club better. At a illness. H e has now recovered, but is de- recent meeting, the officers of the past barred from playing foot hall. Scott also season having resigned, Atha wes was elected is forbidden to row or indulge in other captain fo r r894; Castley, secretary; and active exercise. Castley and Athawes have Knapp, treasurer. The number of matches been playing football regularly for their up here will be only two in number, both respective Colleges. Parker has been disÂˇ against Corpus. abled since the beginning of the season, 1 I almost forgot to mention that Sopwith owing to a damaged knee, and is now en- had been orating at the Union and orating joying the sweet savour of the law and the with success. language of a choleric coach. Carr is also I am sorry to hear that the School XV. rowing in his College Trials. Knapp and is not enjoying unbroken success, and hope Cook are ornamenting the " Bridge of that the tide will soon turn. With all good Sighs" and pondering on the connection wishes, 1 remain, ever yours, between Johnians and swine. We are all O.KS. reading hard.

OXFORD L ETTER. O.K.S. bei ng much the most important part of the 'Varsity, if not its actual " runners," shall have first place. Our ranks are thinned this term, alas ! Why will you all go to Cambridge ? Schools, I suppose, are much easier there, but R. B. Flint has managed to break through the barrier of that fact, and has added another member (in himself) to the

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Elwyn at Felstead ; L. W. Smith is study- identical with that of last year, and Oll!(ht ing the law at Battle, Sussex. Graduate to shine, but hasn't done so yet. J.atll·t' O.K.S. in residence are W. H. Pater, Esq. place is occupied by Gedge, of Kchlt• (B.N.C), the Rev. R. L. Ottley, now while two freshers, Baker and Quinton, Principal Librarian at the Pusey House, are filling the left wing of three-quartl·t the Rev. F. H. H all (Oriel), and A. H. Conway-Rees making the fourth. Pro Thompson, B.A. (Pusey House). Under- phecies as to the 'Varsity match have bcttt graduate still are D. S. M. Tassell, captain amply proved out of date, so we forbl·:u of the Rugger team at the House; J. H. On the river there is nothing excitin1 Smith (Exeter), W. M. Carter (B.N.C.), except the coxless fours, which are on no'' M. S. Newland (Trinity), J. F. Johnson (Nov. rsth), and as K.S.C. has interest Ill (Lincoln), and R. B. Flint (Trinity). little else, it may be as well to draw stump Among the names in the Degree Lists on O.K.S. send to P.K.S. their condolctu 1 October 26th we recognised, among on the sad footer news, and hope to h1lp M.A.'s. Rev. \V. Sparkes; among B.A.'s in adding a better renown to K.S.<' 111 A. Latter, A. H. Thompson, and W. E. the Pilgrimage, which, it is rumoured, "til Kitchingham. Besides Tassell, Flint, consist of six matches in the week. I 1 1 Newland, and Smith are occasionally to be us end by reminding O.l~S. generally, .ttul described in their respective footer-serums especially Cantabs, of the 0. K.S. diruu • to be held in Holborn, on Thur~d • this term. After this, 'Varsity news will sound January 1 rth, which we hope will htlll feeble, so we needn't loiter over them. together a greater number of O.K.S. th.ttl The Rugger team bid fair. Cattell and was the case last year. Baiss do their work at half-back well, o.K.s., oxo~ though they are not yet equal to Taberer Nov. rsth, r893· and Donaldson. The serum is nearly

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CORRESPONDENCE. N.B.-TIIe Editors clecline to accept any responsibiti tyconnectecl tvilh the opinions of tile it• co1·reSlJOitdents. Name aml aclclre.•s "mst ahvays be yivtm, not necessariLy for pubticalion, bt~< as a gttara ntee of go oct faith. Pe1·sonaHties 1vi£t involve certain t·ejection .

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D earSi rs,- May I through your columns, venture to call attention to the slackness of the School in attending football matches and cheering the School team when they do come up. The row made by the School for the greater part of the season has consisted in a low growl quite inaudible to the players, or nearly so, and not very encouraging when it is heard. I have noticed, too, that at other schools it is the custom for whole school to join in the cheers for the visitors, while here nothing of the sort is ever thought of. I am afraid this letter wiil be rather late to cause any reformation this term, but, perhaps, after Christmas we may expect greater enthusiasm in the School and btttcr success in the field. I remain, Yours t ruly, ONE OF THE TEAM.

not more than last year). The details could be arranged by the joint committee of the t wo Schools. I remain, Yours truly, BEAGLE. [We think this an excellent suggcstron and hope the Sports Committee will sec their way to making it a reality.-Eo.]

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Dear Sirs, - May I, through your columns, make an appeal to the School to give more support to the D ebating Society ? That Society hac; started well this term, and it would be a great pity if it were allowed to drop owing to slackness on the part of the members. Even when me mbers rlo come up to meetings most of the m imagine they have done so rather for purposes of amusement than anythi ng e lse, and when the President calls for silence it has only a temporary effect. 1'o lite Editors of "THE CANTUARI AN " Another point to which I should like to Dear Sir,-·Might I suggest that we draw attention is the very bad form shown should have a cross-country race against by some members (I regret to say, chiefl y ihe C.O.S.? I think this would infuse of the U pper School), in coming into the much more keenness into the paper-chases Parr)', walk ing round, although in the (of which I hope there will be as many, if middle of debate, and choosing a seat, and

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then, after about two minutes' conversation The following extract from the " Law with their next-door neighbours, getting up Times," of September 3rd, 1893, may also and going out again. Nor is this all. be of interest in connection with another They apparently consider that the wRole still more celebrated O.K.S. than Frewen proceeding would be incomplete if they was, and as illustrative of that gentleman's did not stop just by the door and habits : make as many faces as possible at their "Thurlow attended a representation of fellow-members. It is, doubtless, very " Pizarro," but sank into a deep sleep durkind of them to cater for the amusement ing Rolla's celebrated address to the of others, but it would have a better effect, Peruvians. " Poor fellow, " said Sheridan, perhaps, it they were to get up a private " I suppose he fa ncied he was on the entertainment, say, 111 the Gymnasium, and Benc h." Yours truly, invite the School. \V. L. Hoping that these matters may be rectified, ATKINS. I remain, To tl1e Editors of" THE CAN TU AR IAN . " dear Sirs, Dear Sirs,-l\Ir. Sidebotham in his Yours, etc., history of the K.S. mentions a Head. "ONE OF THE COMMITTEE." Master named Atkins, but says that he is unable to identify him further. There is, ACCEPTED FREWEN. To lite Editors of" THE CANTUARIAN." or was a stone in the Cloisters inscribed Dear Sirs,-In connection with this pre- as follows : late, the subject of No. X. King's School Het·e lies int~rruu tho borly of Worthies, I have extracted from a n old Tho Rovot·end T HoMAS ATK I N, A.M., account book of the Frewen family certain of the County of Norfolk, L»te :U Rstot· of tho King's School here, items relating to the Archbishop's funera l, l:l o died Sept. ~7t h , l '700, aged as, and left which, as supple mental to the above- behind him n ch n.rnctor hardly to be equalled . Here lieth t he body of ~~ARY A•t•KrN. wife of named article I will here quote :I<'ees?JaicZ.fol· .t.1.1·chl1ishop Frewen's funeral to Si1· Bcl.wa1·d 1Valke1·, Knt. Gnrt e1·. .£ To Garter in lieu of nil fees . .. .. . . .. 40 For trn.nsp., rtation to York nnd back at 12d. tho mile ... ... ... ... .. . ... 15 Fot· 4 officers of arms each at £30 .. . .. . 120 To each of them for transportation at 6d. the mile, .£7 lOs. ... . .. . .. 30 Making a total of...

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the said Thomns Atkin. who died Nov. the 30th , 1755, nged85, whoso whole life was uniformly ~tood.

This I copied from a privately printed book by the late Mr. Dunkin, which professes to give a complete transcript of the inscriptio11s in the Cloisters, &c. Yours faithfully, C. E . WOODRUFF.

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SCHOOL NEWS . On Oct. 14th a debate was held upon "Censorship of the Press," when the motion in favour of it was rejected .

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, we played Sutton Valence School, and were defeated by 20 points. (:J goals, 5 tries, to 1 goal).

The Fives Matches with the C.O.S. on Oct. r8th resulted in a victory for us in both the Seniors and J uniors contest, of which an account will be found elsewhere. The match with Dover College has been postponed. ·

School songs were held in the evening ill the Library.

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On Saturday, Oct. 2 rst, a Pt:nny Reading was held in the Parry Library. The Choral Society rendered the part songs wi th their usual success, and Chown's violin solo met with a well deserved encore, as did Mr. Godfrey's song "Mandalay," which closed the programme. Mr. Ritchie's amusing reading was vociferously applauded. The programme is subjoined:1.

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.Piano Duct ... 1\It·. J ones and Scrivonor. Part Song ... "For the Now Y ear" ... Roading ... ... ... ... . .. C. B. RolJb. Violin Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chown. St rings and Piano... ... ... ... . .. Song ... . .. '"Killaloo" ... Dr. Smith. Piano Duct ... Mr. Godfrey and Paris. Part Song ... "Let the hills resound,'' ... Reading ... ... ... .. . .. Mr. Ritchie. Song ... "Mandalay" Mr. Godfrey. God Save the Queen.

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On Saturday, Oct. 28th, the XV. drove down to Westgate-on-Sea to play the Tha net Wanderers, who played their cup team, against which the School could do very little. They crossed our line x5 times, scoring 65 points. (Ten goals, 5 tries).

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On Nov. 4 the Debating Society discussed whether we are " Better than our Fathers."' The audience voted in the affirmative, though by only two hands.

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stein's Piano" and the "Charity Dinner," them, and after having the best of the which was encored. The hall was taste- game, eventually won by 19 points. ••• fully decorated with flags a nd devices. On Nov. t6 they played the VI., whose The programme was as follows :team con;isted of I 2. After a hard game P.utTL "Dofonco of Lucknow'' ... ... Tenn!lson. the VI. were beaten by 10 pionts. (Two " Misn.pprohonsion '' ... ... ... ... T. Hood. goals, 2 trie; to 2 tries).

"George Leo ... .. . ... ...Hamilton A ide. "Rubinstein's Piano " ... ... ... ...Anon. PART II. Selection from" Westward H o!" C. K ingsley. "On Babies" .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . J e1·ome. "11. 'rulo of tho Dover Express" Clement Scott. •· Charity Dinner" ... .. . ... ... JJloseley.

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The new catalogue which was begun by Mr. Longsclcn has been placed in the Library. I t consists of cards, one for each book, strung upon brass rods contained in drawers, so arranged as to facilitate the insertion of ne w books.

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The followin.~ have received the colours for the year :- After Mr. Tripp's matchS. W. Pear~, J. H~ale; after St. Augus. tine's-C. H. Clarke.

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THE LIBRARY . ADDED TO THE T.IBRAR \". Christm:\s Term, 1893. Slfl/y, Illusions, Pilligrew, Animal Locomotion, Concepts. of Modern Physics, S tallo Tlwrslon, History of Ste:lm Engine, You11g, T he Sun, D eath of CEnone } T eiiii)ISO?t, Akkbar's Dream Stories from Greek Comedians C/mrc/1, Niasterm:ln .l<.eady, MnrrJ'att, L ight of the World, E. A mold, 25 Ye:lrs in Secret Sen·ice Le Cnro11, Pitt, R osebuy, IE~op's Fables (illustrated by Tennicl) i\Iarius theEpicurean,zvols.l !fl. H . Pater, Appreciations, Plato :lnd Pl:ltonism, ~Presented by Author. Imagin:lry Portraits, I R enaissance (to follow), J Lessing (in German) Minna \·on Barnhelm, BOOK

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Barchester Towers, Last of Barons, Golden Butterfly, Never too late to mend Cloister and Heart, I ntcrpeter, Last Days of Pom peii,

1'rollope, .lyllon, JJesant, R ende, R ead,•, W/iyi <J Jl!elville, Ly//{!Jt,

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES. \\"e are extremely glad to see that th e 1 ject, and is the chief item in the ~Iagazine , Editor of the Kinl(s Scliool ( Paramatta) filling q uite half available space. Jlfagazine has good c:lllse to congratulate The Leys' Fortniglttly ha-; a series of his school upon its achie,·ements in the letters from America, giving a visitor's }"ootball Field, where it has won the impressions of that country, and the last " Public Schools' Challenge Shield " for issue in October contains a startli ng hisAustralia. We conld hope that this might tory of a " T om Cat," whose life was act as an incentive to our own members to preserved by the narrator breaking out "go and do likewise." We nmice, too, of a besieged and starving town in the that the .K. S., P arnmattn, was allowed a R oumania n war of '34, and fighting ro,ooo holiday on the occasion of the Royal wed- of the " henemy" single handed. Accordding, which pleasure we ourseh·es did not ing to the story of the gcntlem:m in question, he left only 94 of the aforesaid experience. Tlte If )'kellami,·t opens with a notice of "henemy" al ive, although himself sufferthe Quingentenary celebration, which was ing from "twobulletsin-hisheye and 17 held ::tl Winchester at the end of July. The I in his chest, not to mention 'alf a sabre as current number is accompanied by a sup- stuck bout of his back." We lea,•e our plement containing a voluminous reprint readers to form their own opinions as to from the Ilampsliire Cllronicl.:, which g iYes the veracity of this (,·ery fine spun) yarn. a long :tccount of the ceremony. The The Brighton College i11aga::;ine has a 1 magazine also contai ns an account of the "Cricket Song," with, of course, special Public Schools Camp at Bixlcy, this year, reference to Brighton, which IS good and at which Winchester figured, though not to the point. Some of the correspondence in full strength. This may bring back to is decidedly amusing. One writer enquires our minds the rumours current at the if the " ancient ruin~, which under the beginning of last term to the effect that a name of Fives Courts, adorn the rear of desire for "Saturday night soldiering," was the College," could not be repaired. burning in the breasts of s®me of our own Another utters a lament over the fact that members. while Day Boys a re a llowed to brandish T/1e Bromsgrouian has a lengthy article the cherry-wood, i.e., sticks, t he same pri\·io n Darwin's "Origin of Species," which lege is not extended to the Boarders. deals quite enthusiastically with the subThe 11Ialvemian is mostly School news .

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It has an article on a " Field day " at Cheltenham, undertaken by the aspiring and warlike spirits of the i\Ialvernian Corps. 'Ve are sorry to learn, however, that the presence of a dense fog placed a damper upon spirits and Field Day alike. The last number of the Leodimsian which we have received, contains aa extract from the Diary of the School Ghost, who, we arc glad to see, comes to the con· elusion that a "collection of more concentrated nnd inordinate drivel " had never found its way into the pages of the ;\Iagazine. The C.O.S. contains an article, headed " De mortuis nil nisi bonum, " which moralizes upon the fact that the tradional Jack H orner with all his modesty and moderation should have had his name perpetuated in no better wny than in the hnes which record the fact that he once consumed a Christmas pie. T he num ber also contains an account of the Bazaar, held at the C.O.S. in aid of the Organ Fund, which we are sorry to sec was not as great a success as was an tici pitted. The July munbvr of the Felstedian contains an article on " A journey up the Jinjar to i\Iount Dulit. " We spe:n t som e time rend ing this account, wondering more and more whether it was at the r orth Pole or the South, and it was not till the last line that we discovered that it was in Borneo, when we felt that a load had been lifted from our mind. The October num ber of the same ;\Iagazine has a good article on "An old Hansa Town, " which

gives an account of a visit to Lubeck. There is not much in the number be ·ides this. The Sui/on Valence .i!Eagazine contains the account of " A Tramp through the Eifel," which our readers may know is th<:! extinct ,·olcanic district in the North West o f Germany. The wnter mentions that he was told by a German priest that cricket wa<; not played quite so much in Germany as in England, which may astonish some of lts. The Plymolltimt for 'ovember opens with 1n article on "Boys' Hobbies, " the writer of which defines a boy as an isosceles triangle, the three sides of which corres· pond to the boy divided into three p:uts, his school side, his games side and his home side. There is also a report of de· bate on Yegetarianism. The Exonian for October has :m article on " The pretty little rabbits so engaging in their habits," wherein a lament is uttered on the wickedness and wiliness of that animal. The Sc!tolaslic Globe contains an article on the King's School, g tving a short account of its Uistory and present comJ)OSition. This is illustrated by two views, one of the School H o use from the i\Iint Yard, and the other of Big School and the Archway from the Green Court These, however, m ight be improved upon in the matt.:r of clearness. We beg to acknowledge the rect!ipt of the fo llowing magazines :-Tite S dtolaslir G lobe (7), Ley's Fortn~t:htly (4), D o;•oriall

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NOTICES. the Cantuarian can be obtained from C. M. H ead lam, Secretary, . at 6d. ; and si ngle copies of the current number from Mr. Ginder, St. George's H all, Canterbury. Subscri bers, who may not have received the last number of the Cautunrian, arc: requested to communicate the fact to the Secretary. We would bc:g subscribers to notify all The yearly subscription, post free, is 11 changes of address. 3s. 6d. tearly all thl! back numbers of

There will be an O.K.S. D inner at the H olborn R estaurant, E.C., on T hursday, January nth, 1894, at ?·IS p. m. All who hope to be present are requested to send their names (not later than Ja nuary 4th) to the Rev. R. L. Ottley, Pusey House, Oxford ; or to R. F. Elwyn, E sq., Felstead School, E ssex. Tickets (ss. 6d. each) to be paid for on the evening.

Pl"intcd nt tho " Kentisb Gazette nud Canterbury Press" Offioo, Canterbury.

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EDITOR IAL. Under the stress of the usual lack of material, we were at fi rst tempted to compose an article uron the New Year, such as is found in our contemporaries, with a review of the changes and chief events that ha\'e taken place during the past twehÂˇe months. Such an inOiction. however, is made impos.s iblc owing to the paucity of such changes :~nd events connected wi th the school. Nor do we feel called upon to apologize for the absence of a Christmas No., an innovation that we would not imitate from a certain contemporary. One startling event has certainly taken place in the Precincts, the removal of the scaffolding from the N .W. Transept. I n the school year, though this football season has not been so successful as usual, it is balanced by the cricket, fives and athletic sports; though unfortunately in the latter, we were not put to the test against the C.O.S. when we had a very good prospect of victory. We hope howe\'er that no accident may prevent us meeting them this Easter, for though our prospects are not so bright this year, yet we may at least expect to meet them on equal terms. It is a pity that the C.O.S. have not seen their way to accept our challenge for a cross-country run. We are now unfortunately sufferi ng from the invasion of an army of "InOu-b:tcilli," which has already laid low,-or rather elevated to the sick-dormitory,-many of the

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team, and threatens the outlook for the training season. Some suffer~rs, who, we think, cannot be members of the Harvey Society, disbelieve in the microbes, and suggest that it is owing to the low temperature of their llot baths, warbling in the words of H orace : "11ec, qui frigus co/legit, baluea fatedat," which they (rather freely) translate: "He who has caught cold curses the baths." We hear, however, that the attack was not very deadly, and will, doubtless, soon pass away. In the football field the introduction of four I Xs. has been made, which will play each other in turn; we hope that this will be continued next season, as it is capital training, and is sure to .increase the keenness of the school. Mr.Tripp has kindly promised to give this year a silver cross-medal, engraved with date, etc., to each member of the winnmg team. This term opened well by the victory over Dover College; and we hope that the remaining match, the return against Ca;tle Hill, will also reverse the fortune of last term. C:anterbury Barracks again fail to raise a team. Unusual energy has been shown in the way of paperchases, one being run on the first Tuesday of the term, and another on February 2oth. Both however were sparsely attended, especially the last, though it .vas a perfect day; and we hope that the rest will be compulsory. The Harvey Society, which started last year, is prosperous, and seems to possess all requisite vitality and keenness; it has kept up its numbers so well, that it recently resolved that nothing under 12 should form a quorum. We learn that there will be a Bazaar held on the Green Court at the e nd of June, in aid of secondary education in Canterbury, a subject in which the Dean takes great interest. It has been arranged so as not to interfere with the cricket practice on the Green. We hope the allurements spread so close to our doors, will not prove too enticing for the usual state of the purse towards the end of the term.

HARVEY SOCIETY The interest in the meet ings last term showed no signs of f:llli ng off-in fact, both in the papers and in the subsequent discussions the development has been exactly what ought to be looked for in a healthily organised body.

The first paper of the term by Mr. Leonard Evans was alluded to in the last report. This was followed by one on " Bee-keeping " by Fenn. The subject was treated very thoroughly from the natural history, the experimental, and the com mer-

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cia! point of view. Two of the most noteworthy traits of bees are their deep.rooted devotion to the monarchical form of government, and the equally deep-rooted objection to all kinds of work shown by the males of the species; so that the ' busy bees' are confined to the unfortunate neuter class-some analogies between mankind and bee-kmd were offered during the discussion, but there was some difference of opinion as to the homologous parts. Fenn described some ingenious devices which have been invented to force ideas of economy into the bee-mind : one m particular, a honey-extractor relieves them of the necessity of making a new comb for each fresh supply of honey. In making the wax for these combs it appears that the bees use up from 6 ~ to 20 llis. of honey in the manufacture of 1 Th. of wax. The following paper by Gadney, on the "Structure and metamorphoses of insects" should certainly be rend by anyone who collects insects and does not lose all interest in them after they have been put in the cyanide bottle and pinned. For purposes of identifying specimens it is necessary to know the distinctions that mark a species -in order not to forget that these disti nctions are purely artificial, it is necessary to know something of the variations in species which connect them together. Both of these necessities were supplied in the paper. Further he showed that although the structure of insects is marked ly different from that of vertebrates, at the same time insects are possessed of parts which perform

the same duties as the heart, lungs and nerves of vertebrates, besides other more evidently analogous organs. The paper was illustrated by some excelle nt specimens. On November 2nd, Mr. L. H. Evans read a very interesting paper on hypnotism -showing how it had, in the last 8 or ro years particularly, won for itself a prominent place in medical science. After describing the enormous power one person could obtain over another, whom he had hypno tised, he pointed out that a great safeguard against the misuse of it lay in the fact that as a general rule no one could be hypnotised against his will. It is also a mistake to suppose that feeble-minded or hysterical people can be easily hypnotised-it is quite otherwise : such people, having very little power of fixi ng their attention on anything make very bad subjects indeed. In the discussion a good d eal was said about selfhypnotism-or the power which some individuals, particularly I ndians, have of pulling themselves into a hypnotic state: it is supposed to be the exercise of some such power as this which enables some Indinn fakirs to spend their lives with one arm always erect-and others to sp(;ncl long periods absolutely fixed in one position. Lee-Warner's paper and experiments on explosives had been looked forward to with keen interest and expectations were fully realised. Explosives are of unstabl(; composition, which, on being heated, break up substances in various ways-much heat nnd

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gas being liberated in the decomposition. Fulminate of mercury and nitroglycerin of home-manufacture were two of the chief attractions-the few tiles on the Lab. roof that have survived the summer's 'stump ' were made to rattle as if t/reir last moments too had come. Watkins's paper on 'Protective Colouration' was a very carefully prepared summary of the evidence for and against t'he different theories that have been propounded to account variety of colourings in different animals and also variations in the colouring of the same animal. He brought forward several instances to show that change of colour is brought abont by change of environment, and that too in a very short time, sometimes a few !\ours being sufficient : also that changes of colour are often probably traceable to the efforts of the animal itself. A frog taken

from a darkened place and exposed to the sun has been known to change its colour in the short space of an hour-but the same frog when blinded has not either the will or the power to change its colour when treated as before. The last paper of the term was by Robb on a difficult subject 'Tides.' The subject is difficult as it can only be treated simply in connection with an imaginary solid e:.uth covered over with an ocean of uniform depth. Under these circumstances the tides would be fullest at new and full moon, and slackest when the sun and moon are 90Â° apart, or, in technical language, when the moon is in quadrature. That this is not actually the case is due to the unevenness of the depth of the ocean and other such slight impediments a~ land continents.

DEBATING SOCI E T Y. The fourth debate was held in th~ Parry Library on Saturday, February roth. G. F. CARTER, in introducing the motion that "The hereditary system in the H ouse of Lords should be abolished," said that the House of Lords was a relic of the old Feudal Sy!item the Witenagemot and the " ~Iagnum Concilium.'' In these bodies the hereditary principle was introduced to ensure the interests of the land owners and their tenants, which were

identical, being always represented. For then the Lords represented the countrynow they represented nothing hut Janel. Moreover, the work of the House of Lords in the last 6o years had been far from They opposed, until they satisfactory. could oppose no longer, the two most beneficial laws of the period-the Reform Act of 1832 and the Repeal of the Corn Laws. The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and have a look at it.

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The number of members present IS generally from 6 to xo. The House, as being a set of eldest sons picked out by chance alone, cannot be possessed of more than ordinary ability. The schemes for reforming the H ouse are either by creating a number of life Peers gradually, or by the election of Peers by the people. The numbers in the House would be diminished, the most capable men would be chose n, the attendance would be greater ; the Peers would vote more for the interests of the classes they represented, and better ful fi l their fu nction of a revising and correcting chamber. C. B. RoBH said that if the H ouse of Lords were elective, either the Upper or the l .ower H ouse would become unThe Government in every necessary. country consists of two chambers, the one to act as a check o n the other. T he H ouse of Lords is a safeguard and check upon any too rash movements of the Commons, and by a bolishing the distinct1ve character which the H ouse now has, we should er tirely do away with its usefulness. The good work done by the Lords had beetl am ply proved d uring the present Session, and he considered that t he life membership of the Bishops was quite enough of that element in the composition of t he chamber. J. B. D RAKE said that the fact that the Bishops were now the fittest members of the Upper House, clearly proved that the prineipie of life-me mbership was a good one. Two cham bers are certainly necessary for GovernÂˇ

ment, but one of them must be a good revising and regulating cham,ber, and these functions the H ouse of Lords does not now perform. The Lords devote very little of their time to politics and as a rule take li ttle interest in them. If they were elected, they would be chosen from an entirely differe nt set of people to the Commons. H. J. C LINTON said it would be a bad day for England when the Lords became '' eager " or "excited politicians," as the Commons are now. As lo ng as the U pper I [ouse is hereditary there is no need to fear a ny disgraceful scene such as was seen in the Lower H ouse lately. T he Commons, doubtless, could do their busi ness better than the J.ords, as the H on. Mover saidif that business was drapery or green g rocery. T he Lords at least have plenty of time to devote to p-1litics- and the trad itions of their C hamber ma ke them carry o n business in a respectable way. Again a-; they arc not elective they have to excrd sc no electioneering tricks nor to violate the ir con<;ciences and frcc. jutlgment, through fear of an clcc:ora tc. And fu rther, since they arc l:lnd owners, if nothing else, t hey act as a d rag on the l oo progressive measures of the I .ower I Lo u~c. New blood is in fu~c d into them nt every s Âˇssion. They have never stopped real prog rcs~. Their nrtion in t he " E mployer's I .iability Bill " proves their practical abili ty. T hey cut out the provision of the Commons that t he men should not be allowed to contract out, which is really a I .iberal principle. 'J'. \V. H . JON I~S asked what right the 1

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House of Lords hnd of ncting as a drag on the Commons. The new blood infused into the J.ords was principally that of brewers nnd that class of people. G. C. G1n:EN said that the early training of a Lord at School a nd College fitted him for Parliamentary life. H e appealed to the School to vote against any such radical proposition as the o ne under discussion. E. lvi. TouunN sa id the Lords from their superior education derived greater courage and common sense. At present from the arguments of the opposition he had seen no reason for "mending" the House. J. B. DRAKE said that as the Lords were useless, then abolition would save expense.

G. F . CARTER denied that all the Lords possessed common sense, seeing that idiots are allowed to sit in the House. He d id not know any "crossing sweepers " in the Commons, and of the 8 labour members there now, none could well be accused of not having common sense. If the L ords are asafeguard against too rash acts now, they would be much more so, if reformed. The Lords now spend their time in nothing but pleasure, and by the circumstances of their life are not so well fitted for business as others in a lower station. The leisure that the Lords have, they do not use for the public good, as few of them attend the House more than twice a year. The motion was rejected by 30 votes to -J..

L ECTURE ON WAR-SHIPS. On Saturday, November nth, a lecture on "Warships" was giv<!n in the Parry Library, by an O.K.S. The lecturer first of all explained the construction and plan of an ironclad, showing where stores were kept and the different positions of the engines and coal room, and then from pictures from the lantern which were thrown on the sheet of various ships, he explained their different powers and uses. The fil'!it type was a cruiser, a vessel built chiefly for speed and with little

defensive armour, the coal being stored 111 such a way as to protect the engines. The adv:mce in the use of armour was next traced up from H .lvi.S. Newcastle, which had armour of equal thickness (4~ inches) all over to its present use, which is to concentrate it round two turrets which carry the chief guns so as to protect the men who work them. The steps in this progress were somewhat gradual ; first two batteries were protected and the central ports on each side, but they were found

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to have too httle freeboard to be convenient ; then the armour was concentrated in the middle of the sh ip between the two turrets to a much greater thickness, and this plan is the one in general use for battleships now. Another class then spoken of, the Admiralty class, have their guns mounted on an iron platform, called a bar bette, which turns round to turn the guns, from inside which they arc worked. Just above the barbettc is the conning tower, where the captain goes during action and from which. by means of electricity, he has command of every part of the ship. The "Active " was next thrown on the sheet; she belongs to the training squadron which consists of four ships, on to which cadets are sent to take their first cruises in the Atlantic as a rule. The lecturer then explained the way of working torpedos and the nets by which they are warded off. A torpedo is an expensive article, costing about ÂŁsoo. It is loaded with gun-cotton, and its motive power is compressed air. Slides of different officers of the Navy

LECTURE On Saturday, October 28th, the Head Master gave a most interesting lecture on his journey through Greece during last Easter Holidays. The lecture was fully illustrated by lime-light views. Mr. Field

were then shown. which the lecturer explained, pointing out the difierences in uniforms. The rest of the sl ides were taken up in pictures of the life on board a man-ofwar and the different guns and their manncr of working, both on board ship or when landed with a force of blue-jackets. Signalling, so important in naval affairs, is in the day time carried on by means of an instrument with three arms, which takes about twelve days to learn, and by night by the dl!ctric flash light. A pictnre of the d iver in his dress was shown ; every ship carries at least one, probably more, divers, in case anything goes wrong wilh the plates below water. The action of ~he na\'al forces when landed and the working of the l\Iaxim gun was explained, and the lecturer, after some piclmÂˇcs of the wardrooms, etc., in a man-ofwar, brought his lecture to a close. The H eadmaster t hanked him in a few words for kindly giving the lecture, and said he felt sure all his hearers had been greatly intcrc!>tcd.

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first gave a short description of his journey to Brindisi and then of his crossing the Adriatic past Cephaloma and Zante to Patras, whence he travelled lo Corinth along the Southern Shore of the Gulf of

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that name. From there he went to the site of Marathon and then Southward to Athens. The chief objects of interest there were described in some detail and several views were given. Then, after visiting the promontory of Sunium, Mr. Field crossed t he Gulf of Aegina to Nauplia, passing on the voyage the islands of Aegina and Hydra. F rom Nauplia he went to A rgos and then through the P eloponnesus to

T ripolitza, Sparta and Kalamata, then northwards to the Site of I thome and thence to Olympia from which he again reached Patras. Mr. F ield particularly noticed the degenerate character of the Greeks, and the poor condition of the country and said that the Government seemed by their action to wish to make things still worse.

LECTURE ON JERUSALEM. On November 25 th, a lecture on " Jerusalem and the Holy Sites" was given by R ev. J . Biggs, late chaplain to the Bishop of Jerusalem, and fellow of the S.A.C., Canterbury. T he lecturer fi rst spoke of the approach to the H oly City, by the road over the Mount of Olives, where our Lord uttered the lamentation over Jerusalem. Mr. Biggs the n went on to speak of Gethsemane, which, he said, was well looked after in the present day as are all the sites in the hands of the Latin Church. And the very old olive trees in the garden a re par ticularly well cared for. T he spots in the garden where J udas gave the kiss, where the three disciples prayed and where Our Lord himself prayed are still shown to visitors, and it is very probable that the last is authentic; over it a chapel was erected at the rime of the crusades and is still standing. T hen one is still shown the gate through which

St Stephen was led to martyrdom and the spot where by trad ition this took place. Mr. Biggs then went on to speak of the T<.!mplc area and of the two Mosques at preHent standing tq.on it and gave several traditions connected with these. One of 1 these is that the Je ws believe if they were to dig beneath the rock on which the great 1 Mosque stands, and which was once the threshing-noor of Araunah the J ebusite 1 they would li nd the ark and their lost tem, pic treasures. I n connection with the ilfosque of Araxa, built by J ustinian, there is a tradition that it contains the tombs of the sons of Aaron, who were slain fo r 1 sacrilege. It is probable, however, that it is the burial place of two of Becket's murderers, who travelled to J erusalem to do penance and either died or we re slain there. Under the ::\Iosque is the "well of Paradise," enormous tanks to supply water fo r the sacrificial functions. Behind this Mosq ue

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was discovr.red the King's private flight of supply during the invasion of the Syrians. steps up to the temple. The n there is the arc h of "Ecce Homo " TheJ e rusalem of the present time is about underneath which is the room where ths So ft. higher than that of our L ord's time, soldiers insulted Our Lord and where H e a fac t which is owing to the numerous sieges was tried. Under this trial room again is a nd burnings it has unde rgone, since the what is usally known as the "Tomb of city on eacl1 occasion was rebuilt upon the David," one of the most authe nticated ruins of the previous one. spots in J erusalem. It is probable that St. The Church of t he Holy Sepulchre was Peter, when at the "Visita tion of tongues " buil t by the Roman e mperor Constantine. recorded in the Acts, he said "David is I t is supposed to be on the spot whe re with us," indicated the tomb, which was the Crucifixion took place. About thirty close at hand. years ago the tomb in the church was The famous pool of Bethesda is just burnt down and was rebuilt by subsciption. inside the sheep gate, by which animals At the northern end of Cah·ary is the tomb we re drive n into the city. The present of Ada m, so called from a supposed skull of pool is on the opposite side of the road to Adam found there, from which the pl:lce the a ncient one, whic h, with the arches took its name of the " Place of a Skull." o ver it, is still intact, a ltho ugh at some Close by is a row of stone-cut tom bs, d epth below the surface. which shows tha t at the time of the Cruc iOur thanks arc due to Mr. F ield for so fi xion the place was a regular burying kind ly showing on the screen the diffe rent ground. N ot far off is the pool of H ezckiah subjects of the very interesting lecture. which he bui lt to insure a proper water

FOOTBALL. K.S. v. SUTTOJ

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This match was played a t Sutton V alence on Thursday, Novem ber 3oth . The turf was in a ve ry ba d state, o wing to rain, whic h never ceased the whole game through. Our opponents we re without Robertson, their ca pta in, who ha d left , Thornt on taking his place as capta in. The game was started by \Vac he r k i•king ofT for us, the kic k was well re turned, and play soon settled down in our XXV., whe re, Thornto n getting possession of the ball, cle,·erly dodged our backs, and planted it right be hind the uprights. The try was easily converted. Soon another try was gained before the game was te n minutes old, thus giving us a glimpse of what was to follow. ll owcvcr, ~v c then pl:lyed

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up and kept our opponents out till just up to half-time, when another try was gained. After half-time they gave us a rare exhibition of passing, which Thornton and Eckford each, several times, crossing our goal line. The game e nded with their running up a score of 53 points to nil. The team consisted of-T. P. H. Watkins (back); A. G. Richardson, G. D. Lenox, E. ]. Lord, and S. W. Pears (three-quarters); C. T. Candy (captain), and G. Lee Warner (half-backs) ; J. B. D rake, H. Wacht:r, W. H. Evans, T. W. H. Jones, C. H. Clarke, R. J . Heale, H. B. Stobart, and E. E. Baker (forwards). K.S v. L. H . SPENCER, ESQ.'S XV. This match was played on Blare's Piece on December 1 2th, J .. H. Spt:ncer bringing a team over from :Maidstone, which was naturally rather a scratch one. Candy won the wss and played with the wind which was fairly strong. We at once began to press ,play being generally in their XXV. We tried hard to get in but the wind made accurate passing among the three-quarters rather a difficult matter. Then there was some good dribbling on our part wh1ch resulted in Lord touching down. The try was easily converted. After the kick off we agai n pressed them and obtaining a free kick for the breaking of the " ofT-side " rule, Richardson had a shot at goal, which was splendidly kicked. Then just before half-time, afrer some good passing among the three-quarters and halves, Lord obtained another try. This a lso was easily converted by Richardson. After half time it rained hard, causing the game to be chieny confined to the forw.uds, who were playing exceedingly well, Drake especially. Just before the end, after a lot of loose play, I .ord got possession of the ball and raced in between the uprights, and Richardson converting the try, left us victorious by four goals (r8 points) to nil. The team consisted of-T. P. H. Watkins (back); A. G. Richardson, G. C. Lenox, E. J. Lord, and S. W. Pears (three-quarters); C. T. Candy (capt.), G. LeeWarner (halfbacks) ; J. B. Drake, H . \Vacher, C. H . Clarke, R. J. Heale, T. W. H. Jones, H. F. Stobart, H. Dann, and E. E. Baker (forwards). O.K.S. MATCH. This match was played on Blare's P iece on Wednesday, December 2oth, and resulted, after a splendid game, in a win for the school by a goal (s points) to nil. The 0. K. S. came down short, but what they lacked in numbers they made up in quality. The ground was in a very slippery condition. At the beginning of the game the old boy's carried the scrimmages, but upon Pears, who had been playing three-quarter, being put in the scrimmage, the school began to hold their own. Soon after the start P. James broke away and would undoubtedly have sc~red, but Lord overtook and tackled him very finely. Soon after this the former player was hurt and had to retire from the game. Towards the close of the first half the school backs had a good round of passing and Green could easily have scored, but with rather unneedful unselfishness he transferred

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the ball to Lord who however failed to accept the pass. Thus a splendid opportunity was lost. Half-time arrived with no score on either side. After the re·commencement of hostilities the school began to press, and a good effort by Richardson, who was collared by Beynon over the line, nlmost resulted in a material advantage for the school The O.K.S. continued to be penned up in their half, but the school could not score. Just when a draw seemed certain, Green intercepted a pass, and transferred the ball to Richardson who in turn threw to L ord, and the last named rounded his opponents in grand style, and scored a try, amid great excitement; Richardson converted with a good kick. Directly after this 'no side' was called, and the school was left winners of a splendid game as stated above. For the school I .ord was splendid, Candy and Richardson, of the backs, and Drake, Stobart, and Clarke of the forwards did well. Of the O.K.S. Athawes, H. j ames, Tassell and Mowll did their best to avert defeat. The team was as follows :- T. P. 11. Watkins (back), A. G. Richardson, E. J. Lord, T. C. Green (three-quarters), C. T. Candy (captain), G. Lee Warner (half-back), J. B. Drake, C. H. Clarke, S. W. Pears, ll. F. Stobart, \V. H . Evans, T. \V. H . Jones, E. M. Toulmin, H. Dann, E. E. Baker (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER CO LLEGE ~Return.) Played February 8th on Blore's Piece, and won by one goal and one try to nil. The turf had been well rolled, and was in capital condition. Candy won the toss and decided to play from the west end of the ground with the wind in our favour and a bright sun behind our backs. From the start the game was almost entirely in our opponents' 25; at first this was chiefly due to the forwards, who played with much greater vigour than they ever showed last term. About twenty minutes from the start, Lee-Warner got the ball well heeled to him, and, eluding the Dover halves, got close to their line and passed to Heale who got over almost behi nd the post. Richardson placed an easy goal. There was no further score before half-time, although the game was mostly in tbc Dover 25. The forwards played w.ith great vigour thumsclvcs, and also heeled out well to the threeq uarters, who did a lot of respectable passing as well as a good deal of fumbling-the latter generally at a c ritical moment. As usual, there wen~ oqe or 1wo intervals due to pu nts into Dr. Bl01·e's garden- and a nother to waiL fM Clark e, who got badly winded. The second half was pretty much a repetition of th e lirst- only more so; the score was only increased by another try, gained by Rkhardson, after some really good passing between him, Pears, and Green. Pears, Lee-Warner and Richnrdson were all ncar scoring nt other times. At three-quarters Richardson, as usual, did a lot of very useful kick ing, and plnyed with much more dash than usual, but like all the other three-quarters often fniled to pick up clean ; Pears did a lot of collaring, and made some good openings for Richardson and Lenox ; Green did some useful passing ; l .cnox did not get much to do, but played with plenty of dash ; Watkins also had little to do, but made no mistakes. The result of the match was encouraging- the play all round wns far more vigorous than anything done last term, but the passing among the backs was still very far from

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accurate. The forwards played very well, and severn! t imes screwed the scrummage in quite a scientific fashion-but one or two gave away an almost fabulous nt!mber of free kicks by picking up in the scrummage. The halves, too, showed great improvementbut were inclined to stand too near the scrummagc; their tackling was particularly sure.

FIVES. On October r8tb, 1893, the School represented by Richardson and Toulmin played a match with the C.O.S. in Mr. Hodgson's court, which he kindly lent. After the fi rst two or three points had been contested, the School went away and won easily. The same clay the under ~ixteen played up at the C.O.S. with very much the same result, Athawes and Clarke representing the School. The smgle against Dover College had to be postponed and finally to be put ofr altogether. Ort December sth we played St. Augustine's College. Richardson and Toulmin again playir~g for the School. The College won the first game after a hard fight, but the School easily won the two following. Scores-(rs-r6), (r6-rs), (16-x). On D ecember rgth, the O.K.S. Fives match was played, and for the first time for some years was won by the school. Richardson and Toulmin again played for the school agai nst Beynon and Castley for the O.K.S. The school won both games, though Beynon played splendidly and had most of the work to do as Cast ley was suffering from his knee which he hurt in the Pilgrims match the Saturday before. The double against Dover College has been arrangee for March 12th; the return against the C.O.S. for ~Iarch 7·

FIVES (Singles). OPEN. FIRST ROUND.

Jones (1) bent .hJ owll (1). Gndney (1) bent ·watkins. Evans bent Stobur t. Richardson beat Ucndlnm. .hlauJI(lrell bent G•·een.

Toulmin bent Fenn (1). Wncher ( ll bent Candy. U!·nlo (1) bent Ft·ewet· (1). Bt·eclin brnt Clinton. l:l opkins beat Fawsett. \nlpy a bye. SEcOND RouN D.

Richnrdson beat Gndney (J). Jones (1) beat Hopkins. Evans beat Beale (1).

Mnunclroll beat "Brodin. 'l'onlmin bent Wncher. \alpy a byo.

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J ones beat EYnns.

Toulmin bent l'lln.undrell.

Richnrdson beat Valpy.

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Richardson bent J ones.

Toulmin, a l>ye.

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Tonlmin bent Rich ardson.

UNDER SI XTEEN. FIRST ROUND.

Athn.wos beat Gadnoy (2). llelmore beat Clarke (2). llea:o (2} beat Mowll (2). J ones (2) bn~tt Eustgntc. Frower (2) heat Skinner. Foord-Kelsey beat Edgell.

Paris bent Chdstio. Clarke (1) beat Coll~y. Waeher (2) heat Douglas. Church beat Colo. Kelsey beat Warbm·ton. Slater·, n. bye. SECOND ROUND.

Henle (2) beat \Vacher (2) . Fr·ewor· (2} beat Pads. Athl\wes beat Helwore.

Clarke (1} beat Church. Slater bent Kelsey. Jones (2} bent Foord-Kelccy. THIRD ROUND.

Athn.wes bent Slater.

Frewer· (2) bent J lt>nl o (2).

Clnr·ko (1} bt>at Jones (2).

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Chwke (1) bent F'rowor (2).

Athnwes, n. byo.

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Cln.rko ( 1) bent Atlu\Wes.

" The Development of Ath letics in Ger man y ." It is a well-known commonplace that the average Englishman often consoles himself for his own mediocrity with the feeling, that at any rate, the poor ignorant foreigner is greatly his inferior. Without wishing to disparage the obvious advan-

tagc of haYing a good opinion of oneself, it would be interest ing to account for that feeling of superiority. Why is it that a body of English sailors, who have landed in a French port, proceed in defiance of all laws of courtesy or

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common prudence, to kick, or otherwise pommel the Frenchmen, with whom they have accidentally quarrelled? And why is it that we, when we read of such exploits, cannot, although we may condemn them, avoid a feeling of elation at the thought that no Frenchmen would ever have dared to do the like in an English port? It is due not so much to any actual physical superiority as that spirit ofobstinacy which is so characteristic of an Englishman. Without denying that this very quality has contributed largely to our position in the world, we ought not, however, to let it make us under-estimate those who do things in a slightly different way to ourselves. We are most apt to do this in the world of games over which we have so long held a real sovereignty. But there must at times come 0\Âˇer all of us, even over those ~vho have enjoyed the life and sports of an English public school, a grave doubt as to whether we do not give athletics an undue proportion in our lives. Games have become al most too scientific nowadays and too professional. It is certainly better to play something than to take uninteresting walks as is often done in a German school; but the very qualities which our English public school education boasts to produce, manliness, unselfishness, the power of taking a beating and a certain store of physical strength are possessed by the German~ in quite as high a degree as ourselves. They are infinitely our superiors in gymnastics, and this, combined with the

military training, produces a very high average standard of physique. The German duel, where neither combatant may flinch a hairsbreadth from his opponent's foil under penalty of disgrace, requires quite as much pluck as boxing or a scrummage in football. It is, however, b eginning to be fel t in Germany that there has been too much unifonmty in physical education, that they have, one might say, been drilled too much, and they are, therefore, inclined to accept English games as a welcome break in the monotony of their training. Association football, which is perhaps the more o;; imple form, is now being played as a bo)"s game all over the country, and in almost l!very umversity or large town there is a football club, where tradesmen, professors and students, who do not belong to the fighting Corps, all play together with that "gemuthlichkcit" or good humour which is so typical of German life . I t is curious that the greatest interest is taken by a very different class to that which started our modern English games. The students proper hold aloof and leave the development of athletics to those connected with business or trade, in fact, to the class from which our professionals mainly come. But this seems to be due to their fear of doing anything which might possibly lower them in the eyes of their Corps, and also to the very close restrictions to which me mbers are subject. It is against etiquette to speak to students of another Corps in the street, and in the

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confusion of a football match it would be impossible to avoid actual contact, and this might lead to complications and duels. T here is no doubt, however, that many would be willing to play, and I have often seen student friends of mine looking on a little enviously. Probably the next generation, who arc now playing football at school, will have the courage to break through this excl usiveness. T o an Englishman the development of football in Germany has often somewhat a comic side. On the occasion of a match between J ena ard L eipsic we were: obliged to ask a rather influential school-master to play for Jena ; we could not make up our minds for some time where he would be least in the way, but finally as he was a very stout man decided to put him in goal ; unfortunately the one shot our opponents got was not quite traight and just missed him. I remember too the child-like glee with which a distinguished professor, whom we had persuaded to play on one occasion, succeeded in putting tbe ball through the goal from :1.bout ten yards, after we had carefully removed the goal keeper and any other hi nd rances such as opposing back s. But we ought not to laugh at those who arc so willing to learn; in one instance the Englishmen certainly came off second best. A game of Rugby foot-ball was arranged

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by some English visitors to Jena, to give the Germans an idea of the game. Unfortunately by some mistake we were obliged to play five aside, and six of us only knew the Association game. We hoped many Germans would not come to see it, but to our mortification about two hundred and fifty school-boys turned up and we had to carry the farce through. B esides football the larger towns arc beginning to cul tivate athletics, and in some sports, held at Berlin this year, a German won the hundred yards championship in 1 0 x-sth sec. Cricket is hardly played at all except by Englishmen occasionally, but, that is only natural, as it requires more time and is more expensive than football. But cricket, at least scientific cricket, is somewhat of a hot-house flower and the German is too simple in his tastes to care to spend the requisite time and money. And perhaps that very ~implicity is the greatest charm of German life. He does not want to do toO many things, and is willing to be amnstd by what wou ld perhaps only bore an Englishman ; he wishes to live his own life and let others live theirs without unnecessary friction, and above all he is hospitable to strangers, especially Englishmen, who are willing to go half-way to meet him, without that effusive politeness which is so often with Frenchmen a mere mannerism.

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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETIC RECORD. This is the heading of an article in the PaiL J11nll Gaulle for February r 4th, and 111 treating on different matters con nected with the relations of play and work, it touchl , on the vexed question of compulsory games. It says :- " In schools there arc two classes of boys, those who won't work a nd those who won't play. T o each his appropriat1 compulsion ; of the t wo, the boy who won't play is in the more parlous state. H e is a horrid anach ronism, and the propensity dulls his youth and will dim his age. In all schools above the Board School grade, exercise-varied if it be desired, but athletic exercise- should be at least as much a part of the curriculum as learning. Probably this end is best gained by leaving boys alone, with a provision for compelling loafers, 01 " slacksters," to avoid the grub-shop and give their digestions a chance, either in :a big-side run or a game of football." Then a record of success in games is appended, some part of which that has more In do with ourselves we give for the benefit of our readers.

RUGBY FOOTBALL AT THE UNI VERSITIES. Loretto Clifton Landovcry 1\Ial'iborough ShE.>rborne .. . Cambridge, Loys ... Bedford, Grammar School Canterbury, King's School ... Cbartorhouse .. . .. .. . Cheltenham Denstone

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The Cricket Repton (3), Marlborough (2), Winchester (3), Wellington (2), and Dul wich (2) only figure with more than a single man, the rest of the teams being composed of single men from other schools. In rowing, Eton n~tura lly comes a long way first, supplying thirteen men to the Uni versity boats in the last two years. In other branches of athletics, we find lacrosse played at some Schools in the SprinR term. Fives are played nearly everywhere, Eton having as many as so comls, while Racquets are treated rather as a luxury, and are somewhat sparingly provided

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The first part only of the Christmas entertainment was provided by the musical part of the School, so that the programme was shorter than usual. The singing was a great improvement on that of last year, and, one piece, the chorus from Acis and <:alatea was really excellently sung. It would not be fair to dwell too much on the shortcomings in the rest of the performance. A little more attention and energy would have been sufficient to make several of the selections successes instead of failures. The best thing of the concert was the melody ' arranged for strings from Wagner's "Die Meistersinger." This was excellently played, and . really good work had been done to make it a success ; but the most popular number was the "Drinking Gong" for male voices, and it is well that it should have been so if only to empha~lze the welcome to Mr. Plant and Mr. Rhodes, who bad given so much of their time .md trouble t0 help in the concert. We must not forget to especially acknowledge the great services of Mr. Godfrey, for to him and to Mr. J. Evans, who acted as accompanist, the success of the concert is due. Mr. liobday and Mr. G. Jones also most kindly assisted us. PROGRAMME :

P1ut Songs "Winter's Night" .. . Jlli tchinson. Chorus ... "Galatea, dt·y tby tea.rs " ... H anclel. "For the New Year" .. .ilfencletssolm. Song... .. . .. ." Serenata "... .. . F i sclte1·. Duet . " I would that my love"Mencletssohn. Quartette .. : (A.'r .'r. B.) Pnrt Song ... "'l'he Sea-King" ... S ma1·t. Air (for strings) from '' die Meistet·singer" Wagn e?·. 1 Entr Acto Selection." Der Freischiitz". Webc~·· Quartette ... (A.'f .T.B).

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The Christmas entertainment, which this year took the form of a concert and theatricals, was held in the gymnasium on December r8th and rgth. The room had been very tastefully decorated, thanks to the energy of Mrs. Field and a band of boy helpers, and we were glad to see that the long festoons across the middle of the room, which on former occasions were complained of as interfering with the singing, had been this year discarded in favour of more wreaths of green and trophies of arms upon the walls. The gymnasium was well filled on both evenings, on Monday indeed there was scarce standing room to be had when the curtain rose. Of the concert, which struck us as showing much improvement on that of last Christmas, a report will be found elsewhere. The last time we had theatricals was in the winter of x888, when, some of our readers may reme mber, Peacocke was so successful as Mr. Samuel Snozzle in " T o Paris and Back

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(or Five Pou11ds." The piece ohosen this time was Mr. "Thumpitzg Legacy ." The full cast was as follows:-

Maddison Morton's,

Filippo Geronimo .... ................... (lnn k eep er) ...... •.....• •. .... . A. G. R ICHARDSON. J erry OUJinou s ........ ............... ... (his n e?Jhell") ................. H. J. FYN£s-CLJNTON. Bambogetti ..... ......... ...... ... .•.................... .........•....................... C. 1'. CANDY. Leoni. ..... ........................ .. .......................................... ...... ... .. .G. F. C.&.RTJIR. Brigadier of Carbineers ............... .... ......... ........................ ..... .. .. J . B. Dn.&.KB. First Carbinoor ... ....... ..... ....... .......... ........ .. .. ..... .. ........ ......... ... G. C. VALl'Y. Second Carbineor ..................... ...... ... ... ................................. J . R.I. HoPKINS. R o~etta ............. ........... .. . ... (clcmghte1· of F iliP210J .. .. .. ................. G. C. GREEN.

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The plot of the farce is briefly as follows: Filippo Geronimo, an inn keeper in Cor sica, having an hereditary blood-feud with the family of Leoni, and for prudential reasons not wishing to take it on himself, entices his nephew, who is Irving in England under thl" name of J erry Ominous, to come to Corsica, by sending him a Jetter, purporting tu come from a lawyer, telling him that his uncle was dead and had left him "A Thumpin~ Legacy." J erry Ominous swallows the bait, and the play opens with his arrival at thl Inn of his uncle. By him he is told the real author of the Jetter and learns that his uncle's money will not even eventually come to him, but will go to his only daughtl'l Rosetta. Upon this Jerry Ominous wishes to return to his own ' St. Mary Ax<, but is ultimately persuaded to remain, marry his cousin, and declare the feud. Thh brings him into collision both with Leoni, who is secretly in love with Rosetta, and with Bambogetti, who is engaged to marry her. After many adventures, and after havinv engaged to fight duels with them both, engagements he never intended to fulfil, ht manages to set them by the ears, and they leave the stage to fight one another. I n tht the conte~t Leoni is wounded and his opponent flies, not however without leaving wor d that he will wait for our hero on the road he must pass in going to the port. The Brigadier now appears and tries to get from Leoni the name of his assailant, which ol course Leoni is in honour bound to refuse. Here Jerry Ominous sees his chance ot escape. H earing from the Brigadier that the culprit will be immediately arrested ~nd conducted in safety to the port, to the infinite scorn of Leoni he give; himself up and 1 marched off under escort to the sea. The performance on both evenings went off without a htch, and on ch. second evening, when all traces of nervousness were gone, would not ha'' disgraced the boards of many a London theatre. Clinton, as Jerry Ominous, " .• liveryman of the City of London," the hero of the piece, showed a n cas<: :11ul self-possess1on which are not invariably found in an amateur, and without ov• • acting, passed over none of the pomts needed to make the character striking. Drcs,•·.t in the time honoured loud check suit, which the typical British tourist always affl"l 1 (upon the stage), he showed the true snob's contempt for the Corsican 'natives' as suu11

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Perhaps his best scene wa$ when he was e ngaged in setting by the ears his two opponents, Leoni and Bambogetti. Carter, as Leoni, strutted through his part of the Corsican bravo with no little dignity, though his voice is perhaps hardly ~uited to a character of such warlike tendencies. But the acting that struck us most w:w that of Candy, as Bambogetti, got up as the villain. His part was all too short but he made the most of it, and was particularly effective in the first scene, where he pulls his sombrero hat over his eyes, gathers his cloak round him, and stalks out saying, "There's 'omethiog wrong, I'll find it out." Green made a charming Rosetta, and his realistic play with the dagger made one shudder at the thought of what a Corsican lover must have to undergo. Richardson was very fair as the portly inn-keeper, but evidently suffered under the inability to forget that he was before the foot-lights and not in Corsicn. The minor characters were well sustained by Drake, Valpy, and H opkins. The piny had been got up again entirely under the instruction of Mr. Mason, for whose indefatigable energy we cannot be too grateful. H e also 'made up' all the characters himself, in a way that many a professional might emulate in vain. The scenery was kindly lent by Mr. Sidney Cooper from the theatre, and the dresses, wigs, etc., came from Messrs. I:< ox, of Covent Garden. At the close of the performance all the characters were severally called before the curtain, and Mr. Mason was recalled again and again.

MUSIC. CHOIR AND CHORAL SOCIETY. Much improvement has been made in both cases, and the work done is much more thorough and practical than a twelvemonth back. There is still very much to be done to raise the low standard which at present prevails. Only regular and steady practice can ensure efficiency, however simple the music may be, nnd thi~ is just what so many refuse to give. There are far too many, especially among the younger boys, who might help in the choir, but refuse to take the trouble to do so. Half an hour a ''eek is not very much, and is all the time asked of them. The chief drawback with regard to the vocal music has been that there seems to be a tradition here that the mere fact of attempting anything in the way of music is quite sufficient excuse for the badness of the performance. However, there are some signs of improvement, especially in the instrumental department of the school music, and now and again the singing is fair, but it is only now and again.

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SCHOOL NEWS. At the entertainment on Saturday evening, D ecember 2, we had the advantage of Mr. and Miss H obday's assistance, and we have to thank them for giving us an opportunity of hearing a good performance of good music. The following was the programme:Andante .. . D Minor . . . Menclelssohn Solo, 'Cello . . . Eutr 'acto . .. Reinecke Solo, Violin ... Sere nata . .. Bohrn Alleg1·o (1st movement), Trio G .Minor D v/Jrak

The Choral Society sang some part songs. ~fr. Godfrey also sang two, and to the great delight of the audience, Mr. Mason gave one of his inimitable recitations, the first, we believe, after a lapse of some years, and we hope it will not be so long before he allows us to hear him again.

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The theatricals and concert passed off successfully at the end of last term, of which an account will be found elsewhere. . The school subscrrptions just covered expenses. Unfortunately Canterbury did not supply a photographer capable of manipulating the magnesium flash light, so that the photos of the actors were a dismal failure.

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The return match against Sutton Valence School, on November 3oth, was lost at Sutton by 4 goals and ro tries.

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T.. P. Spencer, Esq., brought a team

against the School, and was beaten b) 1 goals to nil.

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On December 2oth, the school beat tlu 0. K. S. on Blore's piece by r goal.

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The day before, R ichardson and Toulm111 representing the school, beat the 0. K .S in the annual fives match, the 0. K.S being represented by Castley and Beynou

"" an earlier s1.111 On January 3oth, 1894, than usual was made by having a shwt paperchase, in which the hounds left th• track and arrived home before the hart , Another took place on February 2oth, hut was sparsely attended.

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On February 8th, the return again 1 Dover College was played here, and result ed in a win for the School by r goal ami , try to nil. The second XV. went down to D OV\' 1, but were beaten by 4 tries.

* the open fives In '' E. M. T oulmin won term, and C. H . Clarke the junior.

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* against the Tham I The match arranged Wanderers, for Wednesday, the 14th, h,, been sc;atched, owing to the illncN' uf some of our team. For the same cause, th• match against Castle Hill, arranged for th• 2oth, has been postponed.

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A debate was held on Saturday 1oth in the Parr}' Library. The motion, that "The Hereditary System in the House of Lords should be abolished," was rejected by a majority of 26.

ing kind acknowledgment to the School, through the captain. Deanery, Canterbury, F'cbt·tlllry 2nd, 1892. My Dear Captain, I and ttll the membet·s of my family aro exceedingly grateful to you and the boys of tho King's ~chool for the benutiful wToath you sent with so nice an inscript ion. I can assure you that those tokens of a ffection Lo her, whom we hn.ve lost, aro n. g t·eat comfort to us in our sorrow. Believe me, Yout·s very truly, R. P.A.YNE Sl\II'l'H. 'l'bo CHptn.·n of tho King's School.

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We congratulate H. J. Fynes-Clinton upon election to a Ford studentship at T rinity, and G. F. Carter to a H istory sr.bolarship at Brasenose, Oxford.

H. F. Stobart and* E. J. Lord received their colours after the 0. K S. match.

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* before the H arvey The papers to be read Society this term are .as follows:-

T. P. H. Watkins and S. \V. Pears have been elected on the Sports Committee.

" De<'isions and Difficulties of Darwinism.'' G D Tdpp, Esq. "Arctic Explomti·•n ·• ... ... H. Molony. ·• Spinning '!'op3" ... ... ... J . B. Dt·nkl'. "Coal '' .. ... ... ... J. R. I. Hopkins. " fnbahibnts of Bt·itain" ... H . J . .E'yncsClinton. "Vermin " ... ... ... ... G. C. Groen. '!'he fir st two have alre1\cly been read.

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E. H. Toulmin ha · been elected to the vacant place on the Debating Society Committee. ~* ~

G. F. Carter, has taken C. M. Headam's place a~ secretary of the Cantua r ian.

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* 'l'ho Library Conuuittea this tot·m consist3

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The Fives matches are arranged as under;-

of:-

K.S. v. C.O.S. March 6th, at the C.O.S. K.S. v. Dover Collecre March 1 zth at ,-. °' ' \,anter 1)Ury. The junior matches will be played on the ~arne dates.

The sports an the Beverly v. C.O.S. are .trranged for Monday, April sth.

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rhe School sent a floral cro;s as a tnbute I)( respect to the memory of the late l\frs. Payne Smith. The Dean sent the follow-

Librn.rinn ... ... ... Rev. I~. H. Evans. Cn1>tain vf School .. . .. . C. B . Rob b. Member of V[th fl'orm ... G. C. Vttlpy. Membe•· or U}>ppo•· <cho ·l.J. B.Scri ~enor. Moml>ot· of Lower ,.:sc!10ol...J. 8. Gt•Ipper. ~

At an election was h eld at the begi nning of the term, S. W. Pears was elected to fill · 1 the place of H. Wacher

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At a meeting held on February sth ll was decided that, "The Running Colours should, like the Cricket and Football Colours, last only for a year, that is they may be worn in the School Sports the year after they are gained."

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O.K .S. COLUMN . J . C . Hawes passed the November We regret, however, to state that he had examination for admission to a probation- the misfortune to break one of his ribs ership of the Royal In~titute of British when playing for Blackheath against Ne v.'Architects; of the total number of 83 port, and this has prevented bim ftom candidates admitted as probationers, only playing si nce. three of whom Hawes was one passed 1 'IIdi rect from school. A. B. R. Wallis bas been called to the *** We feel it an honour to record that A. Bar at the Inner T em ple this term. Latter has gained his cap for playmg for the South of England.

O.K.S . DINNER . The annual O.K.S. dinner was held at the Holborn R csturant, on Thursday, J anuary It was hoped that between 6o and 70 would be present, but, chiefly owing to influenza, several who had sent in their names were unable to come, and 38 only sat down. We were much d isappointed at the absence of Bishop Mitchi nson, who was unable to come and preside owing- to a severe cold, and Sir Andrew Clarke and R. J. Biron, E sq., Q .C., had to excuse themselves at the last moment for the same reason. Other well-known faces were absent. The evening, however, passed off very pleasantly, the c hair being filled most ~tbly by R ev. J. W. Horsley. The following toasts were proposed: 1. Church and Queen, by the chairman. 2. Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces, by " 路路 B. Prosser, Esq., and briefly acknow路 !edged by Dr. F. Stephenson. 3路 Mr. Horsley then proposed the toast ' Floreat Schola R egia.' H e told us how hard school life was in his days, when the only dictionary was Ainsworth's. He spoke of the old custom of having the speech-day sermon preached by the youngest O.K.S. in orders; the School thus found encouragement by being reminded of what those, who had only just left them and whom they knew, had done. In the same way he advocated a shelf in the library for O.K.S., to serve as an example to the school; the museum he would like to see filled with things belonging only to Kent and especia lly Canterbu ry. 1 1 th.

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Mr. F1eld responded to the toast; referring, in the course of an amusing speech, to the comparative smallness of the K ing's School, he said that a small school bad some peculiar advantages. There was always an -rj'Bo~ which was not found in larger schools and among O.K.S. in particular there was a feeling of closeness. Speaking of the museum he said it was their intention to keep as ncar home as possible in filling it. In the library a shelf had been already started for O.K.S. writers : the fi rst instalment was the works of Mr. Pater which had been presented by the author. 4· The last toast "O.K.S." was proposed by the Rev. R. L. Ottley, the Chairman having caused some amusement by reading it "O.N.S." (our noble selves). Mr. Ottley said that he regretted the small ness of the numbers present and mentioned the fact that only a few days before, the number of acceptances had reached nearly 70. H e announced that in future the names of an 0. K.S. Committee would be appended to the letter of invitation sent out before each dinner. H e then brieRy proposed the toast, to which no formal response was mad ~, Mr. Swithinbank whose name had coupled with the toast hnying had to leave the room early in the evening, unwell, to everyone's gr<at regret. The proceedings were furthe.r enlivened by songs and music from B. H. Latter, G. ~ l ackeson, and E. D. Rendall, and a humorous recitation by C. A. Knapp: The evening closed with the singing of" Auld Lang Sync" and "God save the Queen." The followi ng were present: The Revs. J. W. Horsley {chairman), C. Mackeson, H . S. Swithinbank, R. L. Ottley, F . T. H arrison, II. H . H. Boys, T . F ield, R. G. Hodg· son, H . H arke, A. G. B. Atkinson, J. G. W. Tuckey, Dr. F. Stephenson, D r. Tuckey, \Y. B. Prosser, H. Cracknell, E. G. Speirs, A. J f. Speirs, B. H. Latter, W. Leslie, F . R. Atkinson, W. H . Hopkins, H. A. Hughes, II. R. Latter, C. Tanner, R. F. Elwyn, A. Latter, G. Mackeson, E D. R endall, D. S. M. Tassell, C. H. Wharton, L. Spencer, C. H. Roe, P . A. Turnbull, H. B. Milsome, C. A. Knapp, P. W. James, I-I. M. James, W. M. Carter, and W. R. ·Mowll. The following were proposed as members of th e O.K.S. Dinner Comm ittee: Bishop Mitchinson, Canon Blore, Sir Andrew Clarke, R. ) . Biron, Esq., Q.C., \V. Pater, E ;q., The R evs. T. Field, J. W. Horsley, C. Mackeson, F. H. Hall, F. T. Harrison, H . S. Swithinbank, R. G. H odgson, R. L. Ottley, and H. H. H. Boys, Dr. F. Stephenson, W. B. J>rosser, B. H. Latter, E. G. Spiers, R. F. Elwyn, and A. Latter. And the Rev. R . L. Ottley. E . G. Spiers, and R. F. Elwyn were chosen lo act as secretaries.

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OXFORD LETTER. News are scarce, but this letter will but subsequently gained three places. show our K .S. brl!thro.:n that we haven' t Worcester, the only other boat with which forgotten them yet, and expect not to be O.K.S. are at present concerned, went forgotten in return. The gc;:neral topics of down from r9th to 22nd. Cambridge will probably pull off the afternoon-teas up ho.:rl! has lately been the Torpids ; and is now in a transitional stage sports, but we look at present like winning t ending to the Sports and the 'Varsity the boat-race. Both co me o ff on Marc!~ 17th. eight. The intcr-'Varsity Rugger and The crew arc justofftoPutney. 9.30. a.m. Soccer matches arc things already digested for the rae.: doesn't sound inviting. O.K.S. are not much altered since last and need no comment. The Torpids, which ended last Wednesday, have seen letter. Tassell is, of course, grinding for some remarkable changes. The boats Greats; we have no other representative in were divided this year into three divisions, for Finals this rear except him. Carter instead of the usual two ; and started at and Newland will soon be enjoying the 2.30, 3.3o, and 4.30 respectively, the total breezes of :\Iods. ; but the rest of us are number of boats "on " being 33· B. N.C. quite free and easr. We are glad to sec managed to keep their lead-though hard the School has retaliated on Dover College, pressed on the first a nd last nights by New and condole with the XV. Captain that his College. Balliol and Magdalen also kept efforts haven't been better rewarded, though t heir places at 3 and 4· H ertford, who the sum mary of results is by no means dis· ended 6th, were the most conspicuous heartening. Of course K. S.C. must beat crew of the year, having gone up 7 places the C.O.S. this year, and themslves do in the wee k, passing the sandwich on the some records, with which pious wish, I 'll retire into my shel l. second night. C hrist C hurch had a fair O.K.S. boat, and went up altogether 2 places, February z 5th. fallmg to Hertford the last night. Trinity P.S.- Send some more men to fill up and Exeter each went down to H ertford, our numbers after midsummer.

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N.B.-The Editors decline to accept ttllY •·esponsibiliilljcom•ecled 10ith the O]Jinions of their co 1·respondents. Name aml ~clr~JJ~s mttst ~~oa.ys _ be. givBI~, not necessaril>J fo,· publication, but as a !JW:tl'llnlec of goodfatth. PersonattLies turn ~1wolvo certnirl rejection.

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Dear Sir,- ! venture to make a suggestion, which, I think, if acted upon, is sure to prove beneficial to the cricket of the School in general. It is with regard to the Second Game. We all know that Cricket is naturally a quality in all members of the King's School, yet of late there have been many complaints as to the ignorance thaf so many of the Lower Games show of Cricket when they get into Higher Games. Ought not this ignorance to be remedied and effectually put an end to in the Second Game by a new principle ? I mean the alteration of a system which is absurd; namely, that the highest person in School order should, of necessity, be the Captain of the Second XI. Often, though of course not always, the person referred to knows next to nothing about the game, much less how to captain an XI., while there are people in the game, who, though perhaps not quite so high up in the School, have plenty of influence, and understand the game. I feel sure that, if this suggestion is acted upon, our First and Second XI's will have still more successful seasons in the future. Yours truly, WILLO\V.

To the Editor oj''THE CANTUARIAN." Dear Sir,-Will you allow me to use your pages to ask a favour of those that may be able and willing to grant it. I am endeavouring to collect an entire set of the "Lists of the School Speeches," to take place in the Library. The Lists I have not been hitherto able lo procure are as follows: 1849, 1853-.J. 1856, r 86 r, x863, 18 74, 1876, x886, (the last named I think can be obtained without difficulty.) I am also anxious to complete the set of "Pink Books," of which the followi ng Nos. are wanting as yet: x85x, 1856, 1858, x86o, 1865-6. Perhaps some of your readers may have copies of some of the above which they are willing to part with. Any other documents relating to the school, e.g. programmess of theatrical, concerts, etc., will be thankfully received. I am, Yours truly, L. H. EVANS.

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My Dear Sirs,-During the last two terms we have heard a good deal about the neglect of old traditions and so forth,

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may I call your attention to the last old better, the I Vth seldom right, and the Vth tradition that has been broken ? It is occasionally so. Surely if there are clocks. the undoubted privilege of the School a t all they should keep good time. to have a half-holiday on any Saints' Day Yours truly, that falls on a Saturday. Last term this TEi\IPUS. custom was neglected, and agai n this term, To 1/t~ E ditors oj "THE CANTUAR I AN." on St. Matthias' Day, when we ought to D ear Sirs,-Is it with intentional iconohave gone to the Cathedral in the morning , and had no more work the whole day, abso- clasm that the portrait of Bishop Parry in lutely no notice was taken of th e Saint, and the Library is still left without the necessarr the benefits he should have conferred on coat of varnish ? The ravages of time, us withheld. H opi ng for some remedy in and especially of the smoke from the grate beneath, will soon obscure the whiteness of the future, the lawn sleeves, and givethe whole paintI remain, Yours indignantly, ing an inappropriate appearance of antiquity. K.S. By the way, though smoking is strictly prohibited, it is permitted to an undesirable To the Editors tif"THE CANTUARI AN. " D ear Sirs,-Is anyone responsible for extent in most of the Class-rooms. Yours in hope, the Class-room Clocks? The one in the PARASITE. old Library never goes, the Parry is invariably wrong, the School-room not much

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EDITORIAL. \\'e will or.ce more endeavour to compose an editorial which shall discontinue the time-honoured custom of mourning the lack of matter, the theme with which the pens of editors have dealt for ages past. The event which has absorbed all our attention d un ng the past week has, of course, been the sports. We have not succeeded in breaking any records, but we have certainly done well, and have good reason to boast of the <.lecisive victory gai ned by us on tbe Beverley over the C.O.S. We had heard rumours of another epidemic at St. Thomas's H ill which wou ld come in to prevent the meeti ng place, a disappointment which we had to endure last year, but, happily, proved unfounded. The single event which we lost- the long jump under s ixteen-was gained by the C.O.S. by about two inches only. l n six other events all our men got to the tape before any of the C.O.S. representatives. One of the latter had the misfortune, in the high jump under sixteen to fall and break his left wrist, and we heartily sympathise with him for his sad accident. On our own side we feel we ought not to single out anyone for special comment where all did so well, but Candy is to be congratulated on his good performance in the mile and Fynes-Clinton in the open hundred. 1\ full account of the meeting and of our own sports will appear in our next number. While speaking of sports, we fee l we ought to call attention to the unfortunate result

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of the last steeplechase, in which some doubt as to the real result was caused by mistakes on the part of some of the competitors as to the right course to be followed. As most of our readers know, those who came in first followed a wrong track for some distance near the finish, and although the length of the ground traversed by them was as great as that over which the correct track went, some confusion naturally arose, resulting in the withdrawal of the prize which had been offered, after the decision of the Sports Committee had been made known, although the award was left in their hands. When these eve nts were started last year people were stationed at certain places along the right track to take the order of fellows as they went by and so to direct th em. It was the omission of these preca\ltions on the present occasion which apparently caused all the uncertainty, and we hope that it will be looked to in the future. Our readers may think that we have devoted too much space to the discussion of this question, but we feel that, apart from the unsatisfactory feeling arising from the result, which is likely to make those who went over the right course think they have been wronged, the decision arrives at may create a precedent which will prove an evil on future occasions, and it would be well if previous to the next event the Sports Committee were to lay down definite and clear rules for it. The Boxing Competiton decided on March 31st, for which medals were kindly gi,Âˇen by l\Ir. Andrews, has been well taken up, and it is to be hoped will be carried on each year. We feel that we have exhausted the items of interest at our disposal. We observe that some of our contemporaries offer poetical effusions for the delectation of those who peruse them, but the King's School seems to lack its poet, for the Editor's Box has been as bare of poems as of other contributions. We do not mean to say that we require them, or some one will perhaps disco,Âˇer that he possesses the necessary poetic faculty and burden us with "Odes to Spring,'' "To a Buttercup," or some such awful subject. Of late we have only received one manuscript of a poetic nature, but the Editors were merciless, and it met an untimely fate in the Grange Study waste-paper basket.

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KING'S SCHOOL WORTHIES, No. XIL B I SHOP BROUGHTON OF AUST RALIA. The name of William Grant Broughton is, perhaps, one of the best known of tho~e who have passed their earlier years at the King's School. The subject of our memoi r was born at Westminster in the year 1788, and spent his boyish days at Barnet, in Hcrtfordshire. In January, 1797, he e ntered the King's School, being admitted as a King's Scholar in the same year, and left the School in December r8o4. H e had obtained an exhibition to Cambridge, but for want of means could not take this up, and so became a clerk in the Treasury D epartment, through the good offices of the then ~Iarquis of Salisbury. I n the year x8r3, however, he was enabled to go to College and went into residence at .Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in October, x8r4, taking his degree of B.A. in r8r8, as Sixth Wrangler of that year. T he same year, too, saw him deacon and priest, holding the curacy of H artley, Wespall, H amp· shi re, his rector being the R ev. Dr. K eate, the fam ous H ead-Master of Eton. In 18 r 8, also he was married in r.anterbury Cathedral to the daughter of the Rev. J. Francis, of that city. Owing to some works which :O.Ir. Broughton published, he attracted the notice of the Bishop of Winchester, who removed him to the Curacy of Farnham, intending to give him the first vacant living. Here,

however, he was brought under the notice of the Duke of Wellington, whose seat of Strathfieldsaye was close to his former Curacy of Hartley \Vespoll. By the Duke he was offered, fi rst the Chaplaincy of the T o wer, and secondly the Archdeaconry of New South \Vales. This latter appointment, after serious consideration, he accepted. T he jurisdiction of Archdeacon Broughton extended over the whole of Australia and Van Diemen's Land, and his Diocesan was the Bishop of Calcutta. His task was one of the hardest, for the population of the country consisted chiefly of convicts t ran~p01 ted from England, and the spiritual cl cslltution and neglect of things sacred there existing were almost incredible. In 1829, when there were about 2s,ooo convicts in the colony, there were only eight ,~ hurches and twelve clergymen in New South \Vales; Melbourne a nd South Australia bei ng uninhabited . By the great exertions of the Archdeacon a sum of £r3,ooo was subscribed in England, by means of which he at once doubled his clergy. The Home Government was not favourable to his proposals, but he was by no means the man toabandonhistask. Arrangements were made for erecting the Archdeaconry, with its original income of£ 2,ooo, into a Bishopric, and on February 14th,

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1836, Archdeacon Broughton was consccr:ucd Bishop of Australia in the Chapel of T.am beth Palace. In all hi~ work there still linge red rem iniscences of the places with which he had been associated in his youth. Prominent among these was his old school, and one effect of his earlier associations was the foundation of the "King's school" at Paramatta, while he was still Archdeacon. This fou ndation is the act of his life which is perhap~ most closely connect.ed with the name of Bishop Broughton in the minds of the majority of our readers. His early connection, too, with the Cathedral church of Canterbury, brought about the beginning of a Cathedral for his own diocese in the year after his entrance upon his episcopate. Of this, the then governor, Sir George Gipps, who was also an O.K.S., laid the foundation stone. The Governor, however, was opposed to the schemes which the Bishop had for a system of education in his episcopate. But the bill wh ich he brought in to promote a scheme of his own was thrown out by the council. In a second struggle the Bishop was again successful, and the Governor was obliged to give way, and, in spite of this contest between them, the two old school-fellows kept up their friendship to the last and now sleep side by side in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral. Another pressing need which was felt by the Bishop was the supply of clergy for the diocese, for their numbers at the time were, as we have said, quite inadequte, and the ignorance of t he population was great.

With this came the building of the churches throughout the diocese. The Bishop, also endeavoured to get an episcopate established in South Australia, but hi~ efforts were not met by the same authorities. Such being the ca<;e, the Bishop despite the heavy expenses which he was obliged to meet in his work, determined to sacrifice £soo, a fourth of his income for the establishment of the Bishopric which he wanted, and, not content With thi~, he soon after gave up another £ soo for the same purpose. He was greatly helped in his work by a legacy of £ zo,ooo together with 6,ooo acres of land left to him by a Mr. Moore, a colonist, to found a college, build a house for the Bishop and other purposes. He was forced into a controversy with the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Polcling, and he delivered a celebrated protest in the church of St. James, Sydney, on the festival of the annunciation in 1843. No notice was, however, taken of this by Or. Poldmg, nor was it greatly supported by the authorities at home. The Bishop afterwards convened a meeting of his suffragans at Sydney, in October r8so, which resul ted in the formation of the Australian Board of .Missions. At this conference and again to the clergy and representative laity of his diocese, in r8s z, the Bishop explained his plans, for obtaming the liberty of clergy in Synod and laity in convention to deliberate on matters concerning the affairs of the Church of England and in August, 1852, Bishop

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Broughton started for England to lay his his last on Sunday morning, F ebruary 2oth, proposals before the proper authorities. 1853· Hr was interred in Canterbury CatheOn the voyage home, the Bishop visited the W.:st I ndies and Panama where many dral at the ear nest desire of the Dean and of the ship's G,Ompany were lost by yellow Chapter. Soon after a memorial fund fever and he himself was seriously unwell. was started and all its objects carried out. He arrived at Southampton on November There w~re first a tomb and recumbent rgth, 1852, the day of the funeral of the f1gure in Canterbury Cathedral ; and, seDuke of Wellington. He stayed for some condly, a similar tomb in Sydney Cathedral, time in London at the house of l.ady thirdly, prizes in Divinity at the King's C1pps, widow of the former Governor of School, and fourthly, a Broughton scholarNew South Wales, after a visit to Farnham ship at St. Augustine's. • Both pulpit and and Barnet and to his mother, then in her press united expressed their admiration of ninety-third year. · There he was seized Bi5hop Broughton, whose name will always with an attack. of bronchitis, and, after be prominent in the work of the church in lingering some time, he quietly breathed Australasia.

LECTURE ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE. On Saturday, March 3rd, Mr. Parkin gave us a lecture upon the British Empire, which was greatly appreciated, the more so as he could relate and explain everyth ing from personal experience. After some general remarks, he said he could best begin by tell ing us of an American who resolved to travel and sec the British Empire. He started from Boston and came across the Atlantic, where he met countless ships of all kinds fl ying the British flag, and arrived in London, the pulse and centre of the world. For weeks he travelled over England, visiti ng Portsmouth, and other

great naval and commercial ports; the universities, and manufacturing centres. Though filled with admiration, he fell that he had not seen the Emp ire yet. H e t hen started from Southampton to Gi braltar, which, as he exami ned the marvellous strength of its position and fortifications, he realised to be the key to the commerce of the old world. Passing Malta he came to Suez, where he found that, of the ships passing through the canal, 78% bore the British em;ign. After reflecting upon the vast tracts of prosperous and fast growing colonies in Africa, as he coasted along the continent,

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a nd upon the beneficent British occupation of Egypt, he arrived at another key, the fortress of Aden. After arriving in I ndia one of the most wealthy and thickly populated countries in the world, containing 1ts 286 million inhabitants, no w all governed in peace, and havi ng travelled through s.)me of the largest of its enormous cities, he remembered that even then he had not seen the British Empire. Travelling on again he finds the foot of England firmly planted in Singapore, and then in Hong-Kong, which though fur only 50 years under British sway, is- now the second port of the British Empire. Even yet he feels he has not seen the British Empire. Sailing on he arrives in the vast continent of Australia, teeming with its cities and wealth, affording a marvellous pro.; pect for the fut ure. New Zealand, however, is still more favourable a cou n ~ry for the development of the Bntish race. Then, when he reflected upon the great Dominion of Canada, as well as the innumerable island~ and possessions in the tropics, he, indeed, felt proud of belonging to such a race. T he lecturer then gave a short sketch of the history of the Empire. In r6go we had a few Islands, and a small strip of the cast coast of America : and scattered settlements in Africa. Soon the province of Quebec was added, a nd we gained slight hold on India. T he first convict colonies were established. Within roo years the world wide empire had spread to practically its present pro-

portions. Then there was that sad dis· ruption, the secession of the United States, occasioned by the folly of English statesmen. The present state of the E mpire might be compared to a suit of a ncie nt chain a rmour, linked together by telegraph, fortresses, and coal stations, as link to link. Yet there are thousands in the Empire, even thousands in the supreme country of England, who understand nothing of this. Now national pride is a good thing and a bad thing. It is a good thing if it leads us to be truly patriotic, and emulate our fathers, but a bad thing if it causes us to forget our responsibilities. No one is fit to help in governing a country who does not know its real condition; how much more is this true of an Empire? Then there is the great question, will the Empire break up? I t MUST do so, unless there is a great c!tan.Jir in its administration. ow each colony has its own self-gove rnme nt, but there arc s,ooo,ooo Canadians, 4,ooo,ooo Austra lians, and soon tht:re will be more Engli~h outside the British Isles, than in it, who have no voice at all in the Imperial Parliament. These enormous nations can be plunged by England at any time in a war with a foe with whom they have nothing to clo. Now why is this the case ? It is becau••· all the expense of imperial defence falh upon Britain, a nd therefore she ha-; a right to supremacy. It is contrary to ·' cardinal doctrine of English custom to ha, , share in government without correspond1111' T he colonies are not taxed f," , taxation.

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imperial defence; if it were attempted, they would not stand it, unless they had r\!presentation in the administration of the money. I t wa<; an odd thing, that only ro years ago, a certain great man said that it would not matter if the colonies broke away. Indeed it was a doctrine of many eminent statesmen, that it would be better to be riel of the colonies. Now it has begun to he realised that this is entirely erroneous. If one great colony became independent there would be quite a change in our mode of life ; so much would trade be affected. A vast change has come over this country in the last 6o years. When the Queen ascended the throne, one third of the labourers were agricultural ; all our food could be raised in the country. Now, however, three-quarters are artisans, and thrce.quarters of our food comes from abroad. For instance from New Zealand comes 1 ~ million carcases of mutton; ns,ooo,ooolbs. of cheese from Quebec every year. The wool of New Zealand goes almost entirely to York ; Lancashire gets its cotton from India, Egypt, and America. All this has come about within 6o years. Sheffield manufactures are met with all over the world. low all our wealth is from trade with the world. Now to retain this trade it is absolutely necessary that the water-ways of the world should be kept open for us. For this our Navy must be kept adequate. Across the North Atlantic comes to us £rso,ooo,ooo worth of food. If this route were broken,

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every one would be on short allowance witltiu six ·weeks. If anything drove off one of our colonies it would be a fatal blow to our position, Supposing Australia were independent : so me power declares war on her, blockades her trade, and we arc paralysed. But as we are now, under the same flag, no power could make war on a colony, without having ,Great Britain to conte nd agaimt. W~ are in such a position now, that if we keep tJgether, nothing can d estroy the Engli'>h community. It is within the \a<;t so years that we have had safe communication by m(!a ns of steam. A ship can steam withoul reco:tling, on the average, only about 4,ooo mile;. Therefore it is necessary to have forti fied coaling statiom all round the world for our commerce and Navy. These we have, but for them we must have coal. Now beside the immense store<; o f coal in England, it is a providential thing that the nearest point of Nova Scotia to England contains an e nor m ou~ bed of coal, only one mile from th e sea. T he nearest point also to N ew Zealand, Vancouver Island, contains the first coal·b.:d on that coasl. There is coal in Ind ia, Africa, and Australia. The best steaming coal is in N cw Zealand, and it is thanks lo that coal that H.M.S. Calliope so marvc llou ~ l y es· caped at Sarmoa. The second great stride in these so years is the possibility of sending messages right round the world in four minutes instead of four months, by means of the

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network of cables which :1.re under British control, all over the \VOrld. By these we hold peace in our hand, or at any rate can make Europe the cock-pit. The signal at Trafalgar to the shtps may be compared to the signal that would flash round to all our possessions at the proclamation of war. The value of this in war time can be estimated, but it is incalculable in times of peace. No w it must be remembered that we are put by providence in this advanÂˇ tageous po~ i tio n, not for us to purs ue selfishly for our own gain, but that we may fulfil a great civilizing and Christianizi ng mission to the world. As St. Paul was kept safe by reason of being a Roman citizen, so christianity is ensured safety by our dominion; a nd therefore the maintenance of our Empire becom~s a moral obliga lion. There has been lately much talked about Imperial fede ration. There must be a scheme of some kind put in practice. There should be conferences of leading statesmen meeting in England, to control I mperial matters; there shoul d be one system of taxation, responsibility and defence.

The lecturer concl uded by expressing a hope that his words might have given a few leading thoughts upon the re;ponsibility of every man, and that his hearers might develop into good and wise citize ns. After great applause, Mr. Field rose and said that to such a demonstration, he thought anything he might say would add little, bnt he felt great perso nal gratit ude for so interesting a lecture. Appeals to the selfish side of patriotism were sometimes necessary, bnt ir"must always be remembered that with privileges come equal responsibilities. It was interesting and instructive to watch the progress of onr constitution from the town moots of our Saxon forefatherÂˇ, through the developments of Parliament, to the present Imperial Government. I t was a subject of entrancing interest; but not only because of this should we study it, but because it is the most stimulating thing to realise that we possess opportunities such as no race has ever possessed bef:>re. Therefore every one should be taught the duties and responsibilities of Empire, and so be better able to learn his du ty to himself and country.

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SOME ROT A BOUT RAILWAYS. Although many have taken in hand to set forth more or less exhaustive treatises on railways, dealing with their history, their traffic s tatistics, their rates of speed, or their financial aspect, we do not remember to have seen them approached fro m what may be called the casual observer's point of view. We live in an inquisitive age. We are no longer content to hear of the public acts of public men, but expect our newspapers to contain " interviews" with them and o ur magazines to show us their por· traits taken at different times oflife, and even those of their families, together with views ·Of their private houses and their favourite arm.chairs. Railways in like manner seem to the lover of detail to P.resent some minor points of interest which are apt to escape the broad-sweeping brush of historical treatment (just as Mr. Gladstone's collars, familiar as they are to his contemporaries, may be lost to the future student of his tory) ; and it is to some of tht::se unconsidered trifles, taken at random, that a ttention is here directed. H ence the s uperscription, which is designed to anticipate the common criticism " Wha t rot I " The forewarned reader who loves not rot s hould read no fur ther. If he desires statist ical information or scientific precision let him turn elsewhere. Are not these things written in Mr. Ackworth's excellent book and other similar works ? Now, to the imaginative mind, some of

our R ailway Companies seem to possess a n individuality of their own so strongly marked that an artist might fitly represent their characteristics by different types of humanity. Conceive, for instance, the Spirit of the South-Eastern in a corporeal presentm ent ! A sleek, well-fed figure would be his ; his coat of prosperous broadcloth, his hat somewhat curly in the brim, features betokening an eye to the main· cha nce, but otherwise phlegmatic, with s trong lines of obstinacy, a nd, undoubtedly, mullo n-chop whiskers. Or again, an in· carnnt ioP of the Chatham and Dover : a keen visaged, wiry, pugnacious little man, a trifle seedy in his get-up, looking as ob·ilinatc a'> his neighbour, but less sleek. The o bservant traveller can no doubt frame in imagination correspo nding fancy portraits of other lines, but the two sketched above arc those we are most familiar with here in J•:.t~l Kent. And, by the way, this point of familiarity has something to do with our estimate of railways. In no matter is tho.; proverb more true which s peaks about the pro phet in his own country. We all abuse our own rail way- the one on which we livc-(nor is it less t rue that most of us have our favou rites also). But this is only proper; we do but exercis e our British privilege of grumbling, on the most acccssi· blc s ub ject-matte r. This natural tendency then must be a llowed for when we sit in judgment on a R ailway (we do not mean

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for suicidal purposes) weighing 1ts virtues and vices. Not that we mean to say that all railways are alike in their relation to the absolute good. Far otherwise; in this corner of England we undoubtedly have fair justification for some grumbling. It will hardly be libellous, for instance, to hint that the South-Eastern is not invariably punctual, or that the Chatham does contrive to provide its passengers with a good deal of exercise at a moderate rate (of speed). But then some people like to have a good shaking for their money and will not be happy till they get it. We remember once when travelling on the Great Western-a peculiarly steady linesome worthy females, brought up presumably on the Brighton or Chatham system, kept snorting contemptuously to each other, " They call this an express indeed ! " and other jibes to the like purport. The train was at the time going, -as the mile-posts re vealed, at the respectable rate of 59 miles an hour. But these ladies did not feel it, and so they were discontented. And as to the other grievance, were we not told by Sir Ed ward Watkin about a year ago that we ought to be thankful for South-Eastern unpunctuality as it made travelling so much safer(!) Seriously speaking, no doubt the South-Eastern's unpunctuality is in a great measure due to the congestion of traffic between Charing Cross and Cannon Street, arising from the insufficiency of space and the awkward "run in and back out " arrangement at the latter station. But, whatever the cause, the result of frequent

unpunctuality cannot but be demoralising to a railway Company, and produces a kind of sullen "don't care" attitude of mind which spreads like a canker through the system ; even as a boy who is always in hot water about his lessons becomes at last doggedly defiant, and, losing all pride in doing his best, even takes a. kind of savage delight in doing his worst. The railways North of the T hames have fo r some time past become more or less alive to the truth that the more they can encourag.:: people to travel, the better it will pay them; but the Southern lines, except perhaps the South-Western, are very slow to cast off the old idea that the passenger is a person to be kc::pt at arm's length. He must be made to feel that it is a blessed privilege to be allowed to travel at all, and must not be pampered with cheap fares, too convenient trains, or too comfortable carriages, lest he become bumptious and a~k for more. H e must be compassed about with vexatious restrictions, frightened away by express fares, trains without 3rd class, and other antique absurdities, so that he wi ll not be inclined to travel unless he is absolutely obliged to. In short be must be treated rather as a criminal by a warder than as a customer by a tradesman anxious to secure his support. We believe it is correct to say that "express" fares are still charged by the best trains between London and Dover (on both lines), and certainly the ordinary fares on both Chatham and South Eastern are the highest allowed by law; while on the Brighton line there arc

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" Never mind," said the still trains which not only carry no 3rd already gone. -<:lass but no 2nd either; and so exclusively p. w. blandly, " I will go by the 2.52.'' has that much-puffed line catered for the "No," said the booking-clerk, "you can't bloated plutocrat, that a very few years ago have a cheap ticket ' by that train- you see it was impossible for a 3rd class passenger it's a slow train." There was a refreshing to get from London to Brighton except at novelty about the principle of charging extra some unearthly hour of the morning or for a slow train which afforded the p.w. food night, or else by a train which took between for re flection until he had seen that select two and three hours over the 5 1 miles, and conveyance depart on its dignified course seldom kept time then . half e mpty, but his perplex1ty was not The height of absurdity to which these diminished when he learned that he could companies will go in pursuance of this sui- not go by the 3.16 either (presumably cidal policy is simply incomprehensible to because that was a fast train), so he went the ordina ry mind. Even when, forced by away marvelling, a nd the South-Eastern pressure of public opinion or shamed by lost its eighteenpence · Again, there are the example of their wiser neighbours, they cheap tickets to Folkestone, via the Elham make some concession in the way of cheap Valley, from Canterbury or South Cantertickets, they do it in a manner which shews bury at the sam e fare (I / 6) ; these are that the same perverse spirit still animates issued by the 11.25 and 3-IO trai ns from them. T o mention an instance near home : Canterbury (not by the 5.o); but you canthere are, in the summer months, three not get them by the 3· 10 train (though you trains from Canterbury to Ramsgate with- can by the rr .25) at Sout/1. Canterbury, in short intervals of each other, viz., at 2. 32, i .e. you may travel the longer distance, but 2.5 2, and 3.16 p.m. The fi rst and last arc not the shorter, at the same fare and in from London, but the middle one is a the snme trai n! Why, in the name of " local " from Ashford. One fine half-holi- common sense, if it pays the Company to day last su mmer, the present writer (N.B. carry you for 1j 6 hy one tmin, will it not you must not say "I" in an article), de. pay them by anothe r- all the trains on the tained by gram matical obliquities for some Elham line being exactly alike in respect of little time after lunch, felt inspired speed ? and wh at possible end can these mild desire to inhale the arbitrary and sensele;s restrictions serve by a ozone of Pegwell Bay and proceeded, wi th- but to keep custome rs away?- After ·OUt hurrying (as being aware of the three dwelling ~o long on the iniquities of the trains) to the South-Eastern station, and South- l ~aste rn it is pleasant to notice one asked for a cheap ticket to Ramsgate, but or its redeeming vi rtues. lt is a well-bid was told that the 2.32 (by a stra nge pcrver. and wdl-kcpt line, a nd the yellowish s1ty somewhere near its proper time) had shingle (ohtained, we believed, from the

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neighbourhood of Dungeness) with times, but in the modern build of carriages. which the permanent way is bal. all the available space is thrown intothe high arched lasted is an agreeable contrast to the interior by the dingy rubble or coal-dust which is Âˇ roof, even the lamps having very little outward projection. The Great Western used on many lines. Moreover we ought to be grateful and the Midland have on many of their to this Company for preserving, on modern carriages a peculiar form of roof, its branch lines, some archaic types which is also found on some of the of carriage, of great interest to the continental railways, that is, a proantiquarian. On the Whitstable branch jecting dom e, with side lights and for instance, you may see the old short extra ventilators, extending rather more carriages with curved mouldings marki ng than half the width of the carriage in the off each compartment on the lines of a middle. A minute account of the gradual stage-coach, and having the side windows improvement of railway carriages would also (when there are any) curved in at the fill a small volume ; but, perhaps, few of bottom. This pattern used to be common the rising generation, born to cushioned on most railways, and points to the period third-class luxury, realize how greatly they of tra nsition from road to rail travelling, are blessed above their fathers. In these when it wac; deemed necessary to break it improvements, ac; in most others, the gently to the adventurous traveller that he Southern companies have followed slowly was no longer being drawn by horses on a in the wake of the others. We remember high road, by placing him in a vehicle as travelling from London to Folkestone in much like thefamiliar stage-coach as possible. 1870 in a second class carriage without a I t was probably with the same view that vestige of cushion, blind or rack ; simply a the earlier build of broad-gauge carriages plain wooden box with a bench in it, with on the Great Western were divided in the li ttle windows so high up that a small boy midd le by a partition an~ door : and it is could not see out without getting on the seat,. noticeable that each block of compart- and a roof so low that an ordinary-sized ments is by Railway officials always called man could not stand up without damaging a 'coach.'-Some of the old South Eastern his hat. Persons still living can remember coaches have also the railed seat on the second class carriages wi thout any seat; top, where the guards used formerly to and many of us can recall the open third ride ; and many lines have carriages with class on the Great Eastern (or "Eastern luggage rails on the top. The practice of Counties R ailway " as it was formerly carrying luggage on the roof was contmued called) which had sides only breast high on the Great Northern and other long- and a roof supported on pillars. This, by distance lines till comparatively recent the way, is what is meant by "covered

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carriages," a term which is still seen sometimes in advertisements of excursions, that being the maximum of accommodation guaranteed for third class. The advance in third class comforts within the last fe w years has been very rapid, so much so th~t some companies have improved their thirds beyond the standard of their own seconds. This is in great part due, no doubt, to the abolition of second class on the Midland and (partially) on two or three of the other big lines. But before this period, and while thirds were universally " hard," the advance in seconds was very gradual. The Brighton Company has only within the last year or two begun to recognise the claim of second-class passengers to occipital protection, and in the majority of their seconds the cushions still end at your shoulders (while their newest thirds are fully padded). The Great Western had in old times a very bad name for discomfort; the original broad-gauge seconds and thirds were very low a nd very narrow (from knee to knee) with a mere ledge for a seat, and often an obl ique beam across the back, which effectually prevented your leani ng back. But about the later sixties and early seventies they began a series of most liberal improvements in carriage building, and it is now perhaps the most comfortable line in the country. They were the first to bring the cushions " round the corner '' in seconds (a point of some value in a long journey), and to pad the door (not a very important item); and it was on that line

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that we first saw with a thrill of awestruck amazement racks in a third-class carriage and a strip of leather on the seat, foretaste of the downy comforts of to-day! But the more important feature of Great Western which makes it so pre-eminently a comfortable line is the steadiness before alluded to, or rather the faculty by which its trains arc able to (as the Greeks have it) "escape notice going at high speed." This is, perhaps, partly due to the longitud inal sleepers on which the line is-thanks to Brunei's mag nificent extravagance-laid, (but not entirely, as when these wear out they arc rc placed by the ordinary kind of sleepers); partly also to the great weight of the coaches, which are, on the longdistance trains, nearly all of the long "bogey" type; but partly to some special method of fixing the coach on the under carriage so as to minimise the vibration and deaden the sound. And this me ntion of sound suggests another point in wh ich different rai lways show their idiosyncrasies, their distinctive noises and sLylcs of motion. Some, li ke the 13righ ton, go along with a " chi ckitty, chackitty, chuck ilty, c)lockitL)'" noise which makes 15 miles nn hour seem like 6o; others, like the 'hntham, with a "whish, splutter wnggle, hnng, wrench," which gives you no p~..:ncc ; some well laid lines, like the North Western, make a sort of prolonged sing-song noise on one note, somc.!lhing like the harmonic echo which you hear when an even-voiced reader intones the praye rs; but none, to our thinking, so

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effectually disguises its speed as the Great coaches are usually "close-coupled" i.e., Western with its soothing muffled grumble. without buffers, (like the E lham Valley A nother very obvious point in the trains) in order to save space and also for "personality " of a railway i> its colour. convenience of frequent stoppages and The North Western's colours are perhaps starti ngs. the handsomest (claret with white tops); Time and space would fail to speak of of the other " variegated " patterns the all the different styles of engi nes. As to Great Western' IS brown with creamyÂˇwhite t heir colours, most are green, but the Midtops (as distinct from the L.N.W. bluey- land are red, and the North-Western dark white); the South-Western, dark brown claret (almost black) like the new S. E. and with buff tops ; the little Cambrian, green L. C.D. patterns; the Brighton yellow-buff with. white tops; and until recently the (goods engines olive green). We may South-Eastern had pinkish tops on their pause to mention among the things of the claret bodies, but they have now abandoned past the old "feminine" type of Souththe distinctive tops. The Midland are Western engi ne with its 10\Y body and long red, and , the North-Eastern and M.S.L. neck (now re-placed by powerful high dark claret; all the other principal Eng- bodied bogey engines)- and to shed one lish Companies use varnish, though, of pious tear over the magnificent old broadcourse, they are by no means all alike. gaugers of the G. \V.R. The splendid The East Coast Joint Stock (i.e., express engines of the Great Northern owned jointly by the Great Northern, are rather a peculiar type ; with their North-Eastern, and North British) 8 ft. 3 in. driver, outside cylinders, and are very handsome coaches and very long bogey truck; and by way of a "dignity similar to the Great Northern's own. a nd impudence" contrast; the dim inutive Most of the Companies running out Brighton "terriers" (intended for Suburban of London build special forms of coaches traffic) claim a passing notice as having for their suburban and metropolitan traffic. been the means of convincing the unbelievThe G.W. and L.N.W., for instance, which ing officials of the French " Ouest " that it work over the Metropolitan and District was perfectly possible to run from Dieppc respectively, have to make their carriages to Paris with a train at 30 miles an hour I much narrower than their main-line The little machine was taken over on the patterns in order to get long enough t -aino; packet and did it for them, to their un into the limited platforms of the U ncier bounded amazement. With all their fault~ ground. These carriages generally have our railways are undoubtedly (without inside handles (like the :\Ietropolitan and Jingoistic prejudice) better than the District)-and why all carriages should not average Continental railway, and the vet'} have them is rather a mystery- and the picturesqueness of their divergences and

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FOOTBALL. K .S. v. C.i\STI .E HILL. This match which was originally fixed for February 2oth, and had to be postponed on account of illness, was played at Folkestonc on Thursday, March 8th. The weather was about as bad as it could be, a strong wind and rain blowing down the bill the whole time. Candy lost the toss, and our opponents c hose to play with wind and hill the first half, and the great advantage this gave them was soon apparent, when after only a few mi nutes play we were obliged to touch down after a very nearly successful attempt of their wing three-quarter to score. Most of the play was necessarily serum work, and there was not very much to choose between the forwards, and though during the first half most of the play was in our xxv, it was not till just half time that owing to some fumbling among our three-qnarters, Castle J till managed to dribble the ball over our line and obtain a try which was converted almost directly after half time was called. In the second half the play was simply reversed, and we were on their line the whole tim e, play hardly ever reaching neutral terri tory. Richardson was very nearly scoring once or twice and so were Pears and Candy, but in spite of all our efforts we were unable to succeed, and time was called without a ny change on the score, leaving Castle Hill victorious by 1 goal, 5 points. Watkins saved well once or twice, but owing to the state of the ball very little passing was possible among the three-quarters. Clarke, Stobart and Dann were most conspicuous among the forwards. For our opponent!<, Hayhurst, at half, played very well. After the match Toulmin, Dann, and llaker received their colours. The full team is appended. T. P. H . Watkins, (back), A. G. Richardson, S. W. Pears, G. C. Green, (three-quarter backs), C. T. Candy, captain, G. L ee Warner, (half backs), J. B. Drake, E. M. Toulmin, C. H. Clarke, R. J. Beale, H. Dann, H. F. Stobart, E. E. Baker, W. H . Evans, A. G. Gripper, (forwards) .

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FOOTBALL N INES . The Nines, which have been so long talked of, were finally settled at the beginning of this term, and, through illness in the School, they were very late before being started ; they were quickly finished off at the end of the season. It had been before arranged that the play should be fifteen minutes each way, and this was found to be quite enough. The four oldest colours, that is to say, Candy, Drake, Richardson, and Lee Warner, were chosen captains, and between them they arranged the Nines to be as nearly equal as possible ; but owing to the unfortunate accident Lenox met with, C andy's was very considerably weakened. Mr. Tripp was kind enough to offer medals for the winning team. The N ines, as finally arranged, are as follows : *Candy. *Drake (x). "'Richardson *Lee-Warner *Stobart. *Watkins. *Clarke (r) *Toulmin E vans (x). *Dann. *Baker *Heale (r) Fenn (x). Valpy. Clinton *Pears Frewer (x). Green (x). Gadney (2) J ones (r) Kingdom (1). Maundrell. Austen 1vlolony Clarke (2) Molony (u). Eastgatc Fenn (2) Scrivenor Cunningham. Gripper K elsey Green (n). Kingdon (2) Wilson R edmayne The first games were played on Tuesday, March 6th, Candy v. Richardson and Drake v. Lee Warner. Candy and Richardson played first. Candy winning the toss took the wind, but soon after play began it was evident Richardson's IX. were the stronger. In the first half Richardson, Clinton, and Clarke scored for their side. After half-time Candy played up hard and succeeded in scoring for his side. Richard son, Austin, and Clarke played well for their side, Candy and Stobart being conspicuouH on the other. Almost as soon as the next game was begun, Maundrell scored for his side from :\ fine run. Soon after Pears and then Reale scored for Lee Warner's. But owing to the wind no try was converted. After half-time Lee Warner himself got in, and a goal was kicked. In the last few minutes Maundrell, with two good runs, gained two tries, one of which was converted, lc:n in:,; ~:1c 1:1atch a drawn game, x goal, 2 tries each. On Monday, March 12, Drake and Ric~1ardson played. Maundrell was agai n the lit>l to score, but Richardson soon got in himself, and in the firs t half, kicked two goal. After changing ends Drake scored for his side; Watkins converted, but almost dircrtl)Âˇ after the kick off, Austin got off from touch, and another goal was the result. Tiuu was soon afterwards called, leaving Richardson victorious -by 4 goals (2o points), w , goal, 2 tries (11 points).

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On the followi ng Tuesday two more games were played, Candy v. Drake, and Richardson v. Lee Warner. Candy played a very hard game but was not successful in scoring and retired, defeated by 4 goals, 2 tries (26 points) to nil. Maundrell did most of the scoring for the winners again. Richardson against Lee Warner was expected to produce a very even game, but soon after the kick off, it became evident that Richardson had things all his own way. H e himself scored several times for his side. Pears made some good attempts to score, but was not successful. Eventu:llly Richardson won by 2 goals, 2 tries, (r6 points) to nil. Candy did not play Lee-Warner after the result of his two other games. The total scores were Richardson 6, Dra ke 3, Lee Warner 3, Candy o, leaving Richardson's IX. victorious.

FOOTBALL REVIEW. Matches played,

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won, 4; lost, 7 ; drawn

From the point of dew of match-winning the past season has not been so successful as last. The first part of the season was marked by a terrible absence of robustness about the play, but this was perhaps a natural result ~f trying hard to play the passing game. At any •ate, as the season went on the pl:ly became more robust and also the passing much better. Candy has made an excellent captain and has marked his year of office by some genuine attempts at much needed organisation. The nines at the end of this term were a very marked success, the play being keen and the teams evenlr matched. Next year's captain will have to consider if they would'nt be more useful . earlier in the season. The little goals too have been better looked after, but there is still room for improvement in this direction: 1t has frequently happened that members of the r 5 have preferred watching a big goals gn mc to umpiring for the li ttle goals, no doubt more satisfying to their artistic feelings, bul not nearly so useful to the school football. Tflatki11s, (back), has improved wonderfully, always brought down his man when he got at him, but at times was easily dodged : a very safe kick. Riclmrdso11, Oi) also impro,·ed a great deal on last year's form,- running much stronger and tackling better, the best kick in the team. Lmox, (~), plays with plenty of dash ancl uses hi s pace well and did a Jot of collaring : would be first rate if he could gel out of the habit of handing forward . Pem·s, ( ~) plays a hard game and has a good notion of making openings for the wing three-quarters, is not fast enough to be a. dangerous scorer. Lord, ( ~) used his pace well this year and collared better : left at Christmas. Candy, (captain), ~'always played hard and collared better than anyone in the team, was an excelle nt captain.

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(~), began the season indifferently but improved very fast, particularly in passing. Forwards Dmke, a genuine hardworker, with fair pace, safe collar. ~Vacher, useful scrummager and tackler, left at Christmas. Reale, good in the open but not overfond of scrummage work. Cla1路ke works hard in the scrttmmage and collars well, but must learn to usc his feet more often and less violently. Toulmi11, good in ~he loose, generally in the right position for taking a pass, not a glutton for scrumm aging, dribbles well. Stobm路t, works and collars hard ; but picks up too mucb, must learn to dribble. Da1111, a light forward; but very useful, always on the ball and passes well. Balm路, heavy and works hard, but must learn to use his feet. Besides these Jones and Evans have played forward in several matches. fones was useful out of touch but never quite at home in a scrummage. Evans was handicapped by exams. and influenza; he was useful in the scrummage but picked up too much and kicked too hard. Grem played as 4th ~ after Lord's departure; his passing was always good, but always better in practices than in matches.

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FIRST ROUND.

Gadney (x) and Foord-Kelcey Helmore (r) and Christie Richardson and Toulmin (2) Candy and Valpy Evans (r) and Baker Clarke (r) and Pans Skinner and Clarke (2) Toulmin (r) and Carey Stobart and Hart-Davies Maundrell and Reale

beat Drake and Green. beat Watkins and Frewer (2 ). beat Hopkins and Fenn (2). beat Church and Colley. beat Gad ney (2) and Cole. beat Jones (r) and Fenn (r). beat Clinton and Edgell. beat Niowll (x) and Lenox. beat Richards and Mowll (2). beat Athawes and Drury.

SECOND ROUND.

Toulmm ( 1) and Carey Clarke (x) and Paris Richardson and Toulmin (2) Candy and Valpy Evans ( r) and Baker

beat Gadney (1) and Foord-Kclccy. beat Maundrell and H cale. beat Clarke (2) and Skinner. beat H clmore (r) and Christie. beat Stobart and Davies.

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THIRD ROUND.

Clarke ( r) and Paris Toulmin (r) and Carey Richardson and Toulmin (2) SEMI Toulmin (r) and Carey Richardson and Toulmin (2)

beat C andy and Valpy. beat Evans (r) and Baker. a bye. ~' INAL.

beat C larke (r) and Paris. a bye

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BOXING COMPETITION . This competition, which is an innovation and which we hope will be kept up, was begun on Tuesday, March 2oth. There were in all eighteen entries, and several of the bouts produced spirited contests. In the first two rounds, among the light weights the best shows were those between Toulmin (2) and Hassell, and Paris and P ereira. In the middle weights, those between Green and Wilson and Auste n and Dann; in the heavy weights Toulmin and Ba ker had some s mart exchanges. The finals were decided on Saturday, March 31st, when Hassell beat Pa ns after an evenly-matched struggle, and the match between Green and Austen resulted in a victory for the former after some sharp exchanges. Some styhsh boxing was shown in the final bout between P ears and Toulmin, the former especially hi tting well with both hands. LICHT WEIGHTS, (Under ?St. rolb.)

Fi1'sl R o1oid. Paris beat Warburton. Hassell beat Frewer ( 2)

Pereira beat L'Estrange. T oulm in (2) beat Eastgate.

Semi-jinrrl. Hassell beat T oulmin. Finn/. A. T. H assell beat A. J â&#x20AC;˘. P aris. MIDDLE WEIGHTS, ( 7st. rolb.-9st. rolb.) First .Round. D ann bea t Cunningham. Aust en bea t Frewer (r). Green beat Lee Warner. Wilson a bye. Paris beat Pereira.

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Stmi:final. Green beat Wilson.

Austen beat Dann.

Fi11al. G. C. Green beat H . P. H . Austen. HEAVY WEIGHTS, (Over 9st. I olb.) :First Round. Toulmin beat Baker. Pears beat Valpy. Fi?tal. S. W. Pears beat E. M. T oulmin.

THE KING'S SCHOOL LIBRARY. We are fortunate enough to possess a very good library of our own, with sufficient endowmeot to considerably increase the nnmber of volumes every year, and a short account of its history may not be uninteresting to our readers. T he fmt catalogue of our library is a small book printed in 1867, entitled "Catalogue of the books in the King's School Library, Canterbury," containing a list of the "King's School Classical library " and the "English library." On the first page it informs us that the "C!assical library was founded in the year 1702, and the English library established in r 834 and is supported by the subscriptions of the boys and donations of the friends of the school." The subscriptions of the boys have now entirely ceased, perhaps it is as well they have, but the donations of friends still continue, though not in such large numbers as at first, to judge from a list filling four pages of those who have presented books or money for their purchase. This Jist is headed by ' His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and contains th t.: names of Abbot Lord Tenterden, Rev. H. Streat field, whose name is familiar to 11s from the literary prize, and the R ev. J. Wallace, afterwards head master. Most of the books then given seem to have been classical, as many of the volumes in that division of the library bear the date qo2, together with the donor's name, perhaps his actunl autograph with indi fferent variations of the following formula. Ex dow's Oh't'l ' Ballerly, lmjus sc/lolce mtpuÂˇ a/umui i1t usum sdtolre Regice Cautuariwsis. The English library as first catalogued, contained between seven and eight hundrlâ&#x20AC;˘d books including most of the standard works of English literature, but finishing up wilh " the young man's book of amusement"; this interesting volume seems to have ceastd to exist, and so we are left to conjecture what amusements it recommended to tlw young men of that d:ty. Some time after this, at the end of the report of the sehoul feast society, a list of books presented was given. The feast society was not, as tlu

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name might lead one to suppose, a society for having at least one annual feast at which such august persons as the Dean, the Mayor and the head masters could have a good supper in jovi.tl company. Its anniversary took the place of the Speech Day of the present generatiol'l;. The reports of the school examinations were read to the committee and the Pink Book is the direct lineal descendant of their "report." The earliest of the reports, now extant is dated September 26, r8so. I t contains of course the examiners' report of the school, which finishes by lamenting the death of the late Mr. Bunce, father of the society, who had manifested fatherly affections on all occasions towards it. From the number of subjects for examination it seems that the. VI. did H ebrew as a regular form subject, together with Greek, Latin, French and German. On the outside corner is a list of the school terms, which amounted to 20 guineas with dancing, fencing &c., on the ttsual terms. The present library in memory of the late Bishop Parry was turned to its present use about three years ago, when the Archbishop unve iled the portrait over the lower fireplace and declared the library open. H e said then it would be called "the Parry" and his prediction has come true, although "the New Library," as a name, took some time to die out. . The books were moved into it just before that time and since then they have spent most of their time gettmg into their right pl:lces in the shelves and catalogue, but, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Longsdon and the present librarian, they are pretty well settled at last. There is very little writtten in any of thl! books which, on the whole, we may be thankful for, but one footnote tells us that "In 1853, a. woodcock flew into the big schoolroom and was knocked down by onl! of the boys with a Greek testament. N.B.-The boy received xoo lines." NEW HOOKS. Warwick the Kingmaksr Drake ... General Gordon ... • •• } EngH'h Mon or Actio". Captain Cooke Livingstone ... Edward I. ' Elizabeth ::: } 1 2 English Statesmen. Chatham P eel British Flowers in Relation to Insects ::: } J:ubbork. Beauties of Nature Life of John Davit ::: } Jlfark!lam. Life of C. Columbus ... Parallel Bible

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True Story Book Mountaineering ... Me morials of Goodwin Sands Hodson's Horse ... Barrack-room Ballads ... Paul Pato!T . .. The Deemster The Bondsman The Shadows of a C rime Goethe's Faust . . . Kingsley's P rose I dylls Em in Pasha and the Rebell ion . ..

Lang. Badmittlon. Kipling. Cmwford. :::}Hall Caine.

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THE MUSEUM. The Geological section of the l\Iuseum is greatly indebted to J . l\Iolony for a beautiful collection of Univalve shells from the "Calcaire Grossicr" of north France. There arc about so specimens in all among which may be especially mentioned the splendid specimens of Turritellidre and Cerithiadae. They are an extremely welcome addition to our Univalves, which were formerly decidedly small in number.

CONCERT. An orchestral concert took place Saturday, March t 6th, in the P arry library ; the programme being chiefly made up of selections from music by T schaikowski, l\Ioskowsk1 and Mascagni, and including the finale from t he Sonata for violin and piano by Greig. (Op. 13). The concert was primarily intended to g ive those who had played so well in the X mas concert an opportunity of joining in concerted music on a larger scale, and a~ they worked vtry hard and did what they had to do extremely well, the experiment a., far as they were concerned was very successful. As a matter of fact the music through out was played with an amount of life and artistic expression which was very creditahlr considering the limited a mount of rehearsal. The choral part of the music was tolerably well sung, especially the latter portion. We owe our best thanks to all those who '" kindly assisted us, in several cas~s at great personal inconve nience to themselves. Till' orchestra was as follows : VioliNs. :\Ii<~ :.r. H obday, Mr. E. Jones, Corporal j Onl , (Caval ry D epot), l\Ir. Twyman, L. Chnwn, II.. Wilson. Cellos, J\lr. W. Hobday, I Cunningham, H . Stobart. Basso, Mr. Gtllman . FluttJ, l\Ir. Johnson. Oboe, Trurn pet l\Iajor Payne, (Cavalry D epot). Clarinet, Mr. Fetherstone. H om, l3andsm;tll Farrell, (Cavalry D epot). Eupltonium, Trumpeter Ward, (Cavalry D epot). J.iÂˇiam;lt, G. Carey. Piano, l\Ir. ). Evans and .A. Paris. .Harmonium, J. B. Scrivenor.

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SCHOOL NEWS. ' A brass plate has been put up in the Chapel to the memory of the late Mr. Campbell, with the following inscription : " ~;DWARD JAMES CAMPBELL, ~ onior l'rJ athema.tical Master,

Born ~a.y 27, 1850, Diocl .rln g-ust 14, l89 l."

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Another has also *been put up to 'the memory of E. H . Moule, with the following inscription :-

"EDWARD HENRY MOULE,

Burn Jnnnnry 5, 1870, Died Novcmbot• 3, 1892. -:....

The Football XI. ~~hich won the medals was captained by Richardson.

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* The following have received their colours for the football teams for the season just past:-T. P . H. I Vatkins, back; A. G. Richardson, G. D. Lenox, E. J. Lord, S. W. Pears, //tree-quarters; C. T. Candy (captain), G. Lee \Varner, ltalves; J. B. Drake, H. \Vacher, E. M. 0. Toulmin, C. H. Clarke, J. Henle, H. Dann, H. F. Stobart, E . E. Baker,jonom·ds. •

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The Fives and Doubles, which had been arranged this term with D over College, had to be given up owing to illness at Dover.

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Richardson and Toulmin (2) won the Double F1ves Ties after a hard game with Toulmin (1) and Candy.

On March 3rd i\Ir. Parkin lectured in the Parry Library on "The British Empire." The lecture was very much appreciated, and at the close Mr. Parkin was enthusiastically chee red. ,.-.

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On March q th given in the Parry Library.

Reading was

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On March rsth th~~·School Confirmation was held by the Bishop of Dover in the Cathedral. The number of candidates was somewhat smaller than it was last year. ·::. ....~

We congratulate G. Richardson on his classical exhibition at C.C. College, Cambridge. ~...

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The Paperchase ;:half-holiday was on Friday, March x6th. The afternoon was beauti ful. C linton and Candy went as hnrcs and gave the hounds a short and fast run which lasted just an hour. The l rnck ended just above the Wh itstable T unnel, and from there the hounds raced in and sighted Clinton, who had separated from Candy, just as they got on to the line, but were unable to quite cntch him, Mr. Andrews entering the gate about fifteen yards behind him. The first four hounds in were l\Ir. Andrews, Dann, Drake, and ] ones. 1;. ~.·

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as hares. The run went round Bekesbourne and down into the marshes beyond Fordwich, and then straight home. Mowll got in about ten minutes after the hares, and was soon followed by ~I r. Andrews.

on the following Thursday, April sth. Out of the twelve events decided we won eleven, the C.O.S. winning the Long Jump under sixteen by about two inches only.

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In the Steeplechase on Thursday, .March 29th, most of the competitors missed the track, and so it was decided to run it again on Saturday, April 7th. T his was done, and Candy again came in first.

* were held on t he The School Sports Green Courl on Monday and Tuesday, April 2nd and srd, and proved an unqualified success. The prizes were given away by Mrs. Trueman.

Our meeting with *the C.O.S. was held

The Gymnasium ~nd Boxing Competitions took place on Saturday, .March 31st, in the Gymnasium. The open gymnasium was won by Lee Warner and the junior by Frewer (2). In the boxing the heavyweights were won by Pears, the middleweights by Green (t), and the light-weights by A. Hassell. ·:.: ·:,: ·:~

We apologise for having omitted to state in our last number that G. C. Green was made a Monitor al the beginning of the Lent term.

O.K .S . H. S. S. Parker, of C. C. College, Cambridge, proxime accessit for the Porson Iambic Prize this year.

CORRESPONDEN CE . N.B.-'l'he E<lilot·s decline to nccopt cmy responsibilityconncclcct with tho O))inions of thei1· co1Tespo111l ents. Nmne nnrl atltl1'0RS •mcst abways be given, no/ ncccsscct·ihf fcw publication, bt~ us 11 guamntcc of yooclfaith. Pet·sonctZities woll involve cet·l1tin 1'cjcc/ioti. ·

To tile Editors of lite "CANTUARIAN," Dear Sir,-Our orchestral concert last month was a success. Even the audience paid us the high compliment of finding the programme too short. But no doubt in cases of this kind, the performers get most of the enjoyment, and indeed enjoyment of a very keen sort. Why then do we have to rely almost entirely on outside assistance

to make up our school band? Most of the instruments can be got for four 01 five pounds, some of them for even les~. In most cases, a few months' practise j, all that is needed for playing easy parh, such as our conductor wrote for us thl other day. But, above all, of course ll't. want violins. Yours truly, BANDS:'IIAN.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The "S11IIOil Valenu 1Jiagazine" is mostly filled with football, but also contains a n article on "Randoim shots," which, says the author, have been given in the school d uring the past nine years. Some of these we quote. In E nglish a definition of the ":Habeas Corpus Act" is as follows:-" If a man was tried and found not g uilty, but was a villian, he could be imprisoned as a public nuisa nce." I n French, some translations are : "Des culottes de pcau de sa connaissancc- somc fur breeches of his acquaintance. Feu Ia reine-burn the Queen. (singularly unpatriotic). Nous nous serrames ;\ perdre Ia respiration-we squeezed ourselves to lose the perspiration. In Latin, he was behind time-pone tempus erat. Atra cupress:>, in a black box. Repperit anguem paene confectum frigore-J:ie nearly fou nd a collection of cold snakes. The Editors also congratulate themselves upon having fou nd a poet in the school, and h is poem "The Referee," is certainly good. We notice thatin theA/Iey11ian reportsare given of lectures before the Science Society of Dulwich College. The llfnlverllinll, we notice, has, to usc its own words, after long and careful deliberation decided to omit Editorials from its columns in future. Indeed it would seem that our contemporaries find Editoria ls quite as sore a subject as we do ourselves. Tbe number also contains " A word about Sandhurst," which is interesting. This is followed by what is described as a "Poem from the Italian," the only co mment which we can make

upon it bei ng that it must have been written by a gentleman acutely afflicted with melancholia. The Da~tehillian opens with a n exhaustive article o n the theo ry and practice of 'Âˇ Paperchasing." The -most noticeable feature of the S t. Edward's Scliool Cl!roniclc is that it opens with a leading article and concludes with its Editoria l, which is devoted to acknowledging the receipt of its contemporaries. The Lily laments the occupation of Magdalen College School by a plague of mumps, which appears to havt: demoralised it. It co ntains an article on "Across the Desert," wherl!in the author relates h is adventures on a journey to the Convent of St. Catherine on Mou nt Sinai. The Cnr/11/(sian publishes a monthly "Weather R eport," which we hope proves of absorbing interest to its readers. The Felslt!dian for March contams an account of a visit to the Island of MontsenÂˇat, West Indies, and reports of various entertainments. There is also a debate on the in trod uction of Golf as a school game. The number for February has a debate on the "State of the Navy1 in which R. F. E lwyn took part, and also accounts of two lectures, o ne on "1\Iashonaland " and the other on "the Alps and the Andes." We have received the "Westminster Play number" of the Eliznbel!lalt containing an entire account of the play of r 893, the "Trinummus." The C!lOimtleinn has a piece of verse on "Cambridge Types," and also a [' ieee des-

THE CANTUARIAN. sequently puffed up with pride at its unusual position, we know not, but certain it is that it has taken up the amiable "As St. JCovin ho wns wnllong By tho lnke of Glondnlough , task of finding fault with the covers in 'Twns then lw mot with King O'Toole which its contemporaries appear. May be And he nskcd him for n. shaugh. it has done so owing to a feeling of a rro Snys tho king" You're but n. Rtmugher, gance a t having got into a new cove r itself, Sure yo1· fnco I ni vir seen, a change in its tastes upon which we Hut if yo've got n. tnsto of weed I ' ll lend you my dhudcon. heartily congratulate it. Let us leave it, There arc nlso some samples of however, to continue the course .vhich " Humour in the Royal Courts of Justice" it has begun, only sympath is ing with it which look as if they had their origin in on the envious disposition to which the School French Exercise Book. apparen tly it feels compelled to give vent. The D rogltederw contain5 a study of We beg to acknowledge th e receipt of " Napoleon Bonaparte" evidently com. the following : posed by an ardent admirer. There is Ply moulllian, Elizabelltan (2), C!tolmt also an article on "Rostrevor," which /ian, l i'clsledian (2), Carl!tusia11 (2), '/'Itt some of our readers may know is a village Lily, D anehi/Lion, .A1al11enrian, A l/eynir111, in County Dow n, and also an account of J,flykeltamist, S ulton Valellte S c/10ol Afa,fitl a v1sit to Belfast. zine, Ousel (2), Dovorian, Drog!tedean (2), We look with a feeling of commiseration Bradfield College C!ttonide, St. Edward'• on the Ley's Forllligltlly. Whether or Scl10ol C!tronicle, L ey's Forbz ~~lttly (2), not there has lately been a change in the H arley/Jurian, C. 0. S., Glenalmtllld Editorial staff and the new one is con- C!l1·onide and Our Sclzool Times. cribed as Mock H omeric which are good. The English of the latter we quote.

NOTICES. We notice for the benefi t of our readers that an article upon the King's School will appear in the St.}ames' Budget April 2oth, accompanied by engravings. Various photographs of the School, both exterior and interior, have been recently taken by Messrs. Elliott and Fry.

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obtained from the Secretary at 6d. l'l'l copy. The annual subscription is 3s. (ul post.free.

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THE CANTUAI{IAN. VoL. Ill.

JU E, 1894.

No. 23.

EDITORIAL. Om first duty in beginning the present Editorial is to offer our humble apologies for inserting two "King's School Worthies," J.inncre a nd Broughton, who had been included in the series before, though in :til probability the mistake has not been noticed by the majority of our renders; consequently the next in the series will be numbered X L Looking back to the end of last term the sports show results on the whole as good as in the previous years, in spite of some misgi,·ings which were entertnined before the event. The sports agnin;t the C.O.S. resulted in a compl !te victory for the School in every open event, which full y atones for our defeat of two years back, while the under sixteen results give very good promise of s uccess in years to come. We insert in this number the School Records from I879- 188J, which we have r~ceivecl from an O.K.S., which supplement the records of 188J- •893 which appeared •n the Cn11tuarirw a year ago. The result of the sports against the C.O.S. in 18 79 will

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also be of interest to our readers, for the sports up to this time have only existed to most of us in the dim tradition of the past. The Cricket Season has opened auspiciously, with two victorious out-matches, accounts of which will be found under the ir proper head~, giving every promise of a successful year. The Bazaar to be held in the Green Court, which was first mentioned in the "Editorial " for F ebruary, has now emerged from the mists that at that time surrounded its developments. It is to be opened by Royalty on July 18, and to last for three days. We insert full accounts .o f the doings of the "Harvey Society " for the past two te rms which had to be held over from last number from want of space. T~e correspondence mostly deals with the "Great Dot Ques:ion," which after all seems to be as far from settled as ever, and perhaps is one of those things which arc fated to remain so.

HARVEY SOCIETY. There were 5 meetings of the Society held during the Lent Term, and the papers read pro ved very interesting. The first was by the President, Mr. G. D. Tripp, whose s ubject was "Decisions and Difficulties of Darwimsm." H e began by saying that the object of all scientific inq uiry is to reduce the chaos of variety with which we arc confronted to some thing like order, by studyingexternal resemblances in different objects and afterwards discovering the more important internal differences in them. Such differences we see before us in the form of

animals and plants, and the theory ol evolution has been applied to explain thcsl' varieties of for m and structure, a nd to d tK cover if th ese varia tions take place in a constant direction. As instances of these 11'1 may take the different types of the hm 1 and those of the pigeon. Again we ll1:t) observe the similarity of structure bet11'1.'1' 11 the a pparently very different spcd t:~ ul men, apes, horses, dogs and bats. WlÂˇ ~~~ that amongst anima ls, there is a ron~1 .11 .1 struggle be tween strong a nd weak, ""' ' from this we get the genera.! Ia II' or II II II survival of the fittest." There :tt l' l't 1)

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clear instances on record of changes of form occurring very s uddenly, and there does not seem any reason to doubt that the various animals on the earth, which differ only slightly in structure from one another, came from a common stock and had a common ancestor. The next paper was one by H. J . :Mololl)' on "Arctic Exploration," which he commenced by giving a short sketch of the earlier attempts to discover N.E. and r. \V. passages, mentioning the voyages of Corte Reat about r soo and l\lartin Frobisher in 15 76. Attempts to find a northwest passnge were commenced by Captai ns Pnrry and R oss in r 826 and r 82 7, which were followed by the discoYery in 183 r of the :\Iagnetic Pole in the Gulf of Boothia by James Clnrk Ross, a nephew of the cnptain. The passage was accomplished by the " Erebus " nnd " T error " under Sir John Franklin and Captain Crozier in r845, although the explorers did not live to pass through the passage, this being rirst accomplished by Sn· Robert Me Clure, partly by sea and partly by sltdging. The north-east passage was accomplished by Professor Nordenskjorld in the Vega in 1879. The paper then proceeded to deal with the attempts to reach the pole, there being three routes by which these have been made. The first is that by the East Coast of Greenland, memornble for the voyage of H enry Hudson in 1607. By this same route Franz Josef land was discovered in r869. The second route is by

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Spitzbergen, and an expedition sailing to 8o 0 N. by this route in r 7 73 was accomplished by N elson. It is, however, famous for the voyage of Cnptam Parry, commanding the "Heald " in r 827, who reached 82° 45' but was compelled to return owing to the southward drift of the ice. The third route is by Baffin's Bay and Smith's Sound, by whic h the open Polar Sen at 8r 0 , 35' was reach ed by Dr. H ayes in r86o. In r8 79 the "J ea nnettc " made an exped ition to Wrangell Island, but this was re•idcred futile by the loss of the ship in the icc. Among recent explorations may be mentioned that of Lieut. Pearty in r89 r, and of Dr. Nansen, who crossed Greenland in r 888. The paper concluded with a descript ion of the known polar currents and a notice of the aim of D r. ansen in his present exped ition in the "Fram." This was followed by a paper by J. R. I. H opk ins on "Coal," ll'ho treated the snhject very fully. H e opened his paper by speaking of the origin of coal and the form:~lio n of the beds, which, he snid, rcs ultc :l from the transformatio n of vegetable n.a tter by the part ial elimination of oxyge n ftnd hydrogen, giving rise to a substance richer in carbon than was the original wood, while the mineral m:~tler was at the same t ime modi ricd by the removal of the alkalies .111d lime and the addit ion of materials ana logous to clay. T he plants concerned in coal production v:~ry consider_ a bly in the differo.: nt geological periods, the most abundant being acrogens, ferns,

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equiseta, and similar forms. In newer coal beds exogenous wood and leaves are more common, and resins are sometimes found in considerable quantity. The conditions suitable to the production of coal were forest growth in swampy ground about river months and rapid oscillation of level. He then dealt with the method of working the coal, speaking of the processes of boring, sinking, pumping, ventilatmg, &c., and of the lamps and tools used, and also of the methods employed to separate the coal and so prevent waste. I n the discussion which followed the paper, the President spoke of the gradual exhaustion of the coal measures, and mentioned the possible storage and uttlization of the sun's heat. He also dealt with the possible utilization of the heat which is now wasted when coal is burnt, and said that coal represented t he energy which reached the earth from the sun ages ago and was then stored up by the plants, whose function is to preserve part of the energy wh ich they receive for their growth. The concluding paper of the term was on •' The inhabitants of Britain," read by H· J. Fynes-Clinton, who spoke of the many different nationalities and types mingled together in the population of the British Isles. The first traces of n1:1n are found in the Pleistocen~ A~e, when it is certain the British I ~ l es w<!re included in a large peninsula, which stretched considerably b~yonj them, part of it occupied by aninnl;, an j the rest covered with glacier

ice, which was then passing away. T o this period belong the stone . lance-heads and other stone weapons, and such animals as the mammoth, lion, grizzly bear, rhinocerous, hippopotamus, musk-ox, and cave bear. From these stone implements the age ,is called Palaeolithic. T he second P .. laeolithic age produced a more ctvi lizcd race of cave dwellers, who could etch 011 stone or ivory. They were hunters and fishers, and roasted their meat as is shown by the stone hearths foun d in the caves. It is supposed on apparently good ground~ that the Esquimaux arc the descendants of this race. Then came the Neolithic, m new stone period, a relic of which is till' Reindeer moss, still found round London. The men of the period had implements of polished stone, and had begun to cultivalt the ground ; the mammoth and lion wctt extinct. The making of pottery and sp in ning had been learned, and to their pcriud belong the hut circles found in the cou nl t>1 and, unlike their predecessors, they took care of their dead, and to this period bclon11 the stone circles, such as Stonchc ngl'. Then came the Bronze age, rea lly llu close of the Neolithic, when the men hud learnt working in metals. They seem to lw lit o same as the old Iberians of Spai n, wh o~• descendants are the Basques. Thc old inhabitants of the island were driven ll't"il ward by the invasion of the Gauls fHIIII the Continent, represented to-d1y hy tlu Irish and the Gaelic population of !'\i 111 land, and these themselves were thrlllll out by the real forefathers of the EnKI"I ' the T eutons.

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THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. The sports were again this year, as last, favoured with two days of uninterrupted sunshine, tempered by a cool breeze, which was no doubt welcome to the runners in the long races. T he Green Court, which always looks at its best in the spring, was rendered yet more attractive by th e large com pany of fair spectators who asse mbled both days to watch the sports, in spite of many other attractions in the city. As usual two events-throwing the Cr~ck et Ball and the Steeplechase-had been decided before the actual sports days, though, owing to an unfortunate mist ~ke about the course, the steeplechase had to be run a second time on the following Sa turday. Though nothing phenomenal was achieved, most of the events were well-contested and the times, etc., compare fovourably with those of most other schools. Of the open events, to take the last first, the mile produced some exceptionally good racing, and C.tndy's time, smin. 13secs., though not so good as Beynon's of last year, was not at all bad considering the nine laps and awkward corners of the course. The half-mile was also won by Candy, but the race was most noticeable for the excellent spurt put on in the last round by Mowll, who was only beaten by three y:~rds. The quarter was easily taken by Clinton, whose running was much admired, and we hope we shall hear of him doing someth ing on the track at Oxford. The hundred yards prod uced a some what unexpected winner in Maund rell, who, in " magnificent spurt, pa~secl Clinton in the last ten yards, and won by inches. Clinton won the hurd les fairly easily and also the long jump, in which we imagine he almost surprised himself by clearing 18ft. J r in., though that it was no fluke, was proved by his jum ping o nly one inch less :1ga111st the C.O.S. two days after. Richardson again won the high jump w1th n very c1ed itable jump of sft. I ~ ins., an increase of three inches on his last year's performance. Pears, too, jumped well and was not very far behind. The under sixteen eve nts also prod uced some good raci ng, especially in the half and quarter mi les, the forml.!r of which was won by C larke with Dann second, while Âˇi n the latte r the tables were turned and Dann reached the tape first. Dann also just managed to put the hurdles to his credit after a. good race with Clarke. Briscoe, with an excellent stride, easily won the under fourteen quarter, and the hero of the Junior School was undoubted ly H assell. The prizes, a very handsome collection, of which we understand more had been presented than usual, were very kindly given away by Mrs. Trueman, supported by :Mrs. Field and other ladies. The band of the Cavalry Depot were good enough to ccme again on both afternoons, thanks to the kindness of Colonel Ste wart, and g reatly enlivened the proceedings by their bright selection of music. The last event on the

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programme was a bandsmen's race, in which the winner ran m full regimentals, withuul taking off even his cap. The full list of winners is as follows :OPEN EVENTS. xoo YARDS-xst heat-z, Clinton; 2, Pears. 2nd heat-x, Maundrell; 2, Cand) li' inal- r, lV[aundrell ; 2, Clinton. Won by inches. Time, 1 xsecs. QuARTER l\{ILE-r, Clinton; 2, Maundrell. \•Von easily. Time, 59secs. HALF M ILE-I, Candy; 2, Mowll. A good race throughout. Time, 2min. 23 Jhsecs. MILE- I, Candy ; 2, Green; 3, Mowll. Candy was ahead all the way :md was never passed. Green put on an excellent sp1111 in the last round, but could not get on terms. HuRDLES- rst heat- r, Richardson; 2, Baker. 2nd heat-r, Clinton, l\Iaundrell. Final-·r, Clinton; 2, Richardson. HI GH Ju~IP-1, Richardson; 2, Pears. Height, s ft. I ~ in. LONG }UMJ>-r, Clinton; 2, Candy. Distance, x8ft. I I in. Clinton had several jumps over r8ft., but could not clear 19ft. 6oo YARDS H.-\1'\DlCAP- r, Fenn (3); 2, Baker ; 3, 1\Iolony (2). Both heats produced close racts. A fe w more yards would hnve altered lhc unh 1 ' 1 the first two. THROWING THE CRICKET BALL-r, Clarke; 2, Watkins. Distance, 86ft. 2ytl STEEPLECHASE-r, Candy; 2, Green; 3, Mowll. A good fi eld of competitors turned out the first time this event was run, but 0\lllljl 1. some mistake about the comse it had to be declared no race. Upon •·unnlllj.l II second time Candy won without any difficulty. TnREE LEGGED RACE-I, Wilson ~mel Green (z); :~, Kingdon (2) and Cl101111 EVENTS UxDER 16. too YARDs-xst heat- r, Clarke ; 2, Kingdon (2). 2nd heaL· 1, Sklltlll• 2, l\Iolony (2). Final x, Kingdon ; 2, Clarke. A close race ; won by inches. QuARTER MILE- I St heat- r, Dann; 2, Ski nner. 2nd heal- r, C larke; J, I 111 don. Final- r, Dann; 2, Clarke. Time, 6s ~secs. HALF MILE- I, Clarke; 2, Dann. Time, 2 min. 30~secs. Clarke went away at the start and was never passed. HuRDLES-1St heat-r, Dann; 2, Clarke. znd heat-1, Cunningham; •, ,, .. Final-r, Dann; 2, Clarke.

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HIGH Ju~fP-1, Jones; 2, Dann. Height 4ft. 6 ~ in. For second place Dann and Clarke tied at 4ft. 6in., but in jumping it off Dann cleared another half-inch. LoNG JUMP-I, Skinner. Distance, I5ft. gin. EVENTS UNDER 14. QuARTER MILE-I, Briscoe; 2, Briscoe Won easily. JuNIOR ScHoor. EvENTS. LONG JuMP-I , Ridley; 2, Hassell (2). HANDICAP (3oo yards)-I , Barnwell (2 ) ; 2, llarnwell (2); 3, Kennedy. 220 YARDS- I , Ridley; 2, Dann. HIGH J uMP (under I r)-r, Hassell; 2, Ridley. QuARTER MILE-I, Hassell ; t, Dann. CoNsOLATION RACE-I, Amos. OTHER EvENTS. THREE LEGGED RAcE-Wilson and Green (2). SAcK .RACE-Heale (3). CONSOLATION .RACE-Austen.

INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS. On Thursday, April 5th, the King's School held their athletic spo rts against the Clergy Orphan School. It may be remembered that no competition Look place last year owing to illness at the Clergy Orphan School, and that in r892 the King's School were defeated by four points to three. The competition was held as usual on the ' t. L'\wrence Cricket Ground and the weather was in e very way suitable for :llhlctic sports, as the afternoon turned out fine with only a slig ht wind. The result was a victory for the King's School by nine events to nil. The e vents were as follows :HALF MILE (open)- I, C. T . Candy; 2, A. K. Mowll ; 3, G. C . Green. C.O.S., F . A. Britten, H . Dickenson, F. J. Turner. Won easily. Time, 2min. 15 1-5th sees. Green had a wonderful spurt at the end and would have been second with more judgment.

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HtGH JuMP (under 15)-r, H. Dann, K.S.; 2, H. A. Jones, K.S.; A. F . Thorpt Height, 4ft. s.Yzin. r oo Y:\RDS {open)-r , H. J. Fynes-Clinton, K.S.; 2, F. A. Britten, C.O.S. ; J, \\ H. Maundrell, K.S.; 4, R. T. Johnson, C.O.S. Time, r rsecs. HtGH J u~tP (open)-r, A. G. Richardson, K.S.; 2, S. W. Pears, K.S. ; 3, R. I Johnson, C.O.S. The C.O.S. first st ring, R. J. S. Dodd, unfortunately fell and sprained his wrt t H eight, 4ft. ro:J1in. roo YARDS (under r 6) - r , C. H. Clarke, K.S. ; 2, F. Giolma, C.O.S.; 3, II . 11 Kingdon, K.S.; 4, A. T. Tl~orpe, C.O.S. Time, 12secs. LoNG J uMP (open)- x, H. J. Fynes-Clinton, K.S., x8ft.. roin.; 2, A. G. Ri<'lr.url son, K.S. Also competed-F. A. Britten, C.O.S ; R. T. Johnson. Qu.>.RTim MILE (under x6)- r, C. H. Clarke, K.S.; 2, H. Dann, K.S. Also competed-A. R. Camber, C.O.S.; D. P. Williams, C.O.S. Time, 62 2 s •• QUARTER MILE (open)- r, H. J. Fynes-Clinton, K.S.; 21 W. H. ~'laund rcll, I ,, 3, T. Giolma, C.O.S.; 4, E. \V. Rowland. Clinton won easily and would have done more if he had been pressed. ' l1111• 57 4-5 th sees. LONG Ju~IP (under x6)- r , D. T. Williams, C.O.S.; 2, C. H. Clarke, I' .A 1 3, C. l\1. Skinner ; 4, G. C. T. Russell, C.O.S. Length, r6ft. 4Yzin. Won at the last jump by r inch. H u RDLE RACE (open)- r, H. J. Fynes-Clinton, K.S. ; 2, A. G. Richardson, I , 31 R. T. Johnson, C.O.S.; 4, A. T. Thorpe, C.O.S. Won easily. Time, 20 2-5ths sees. The winner should make a good hurdl,•t 11 lao learns to take his hurdles properly. H ALF-MII.E (under r6)-r, C. H. Clarke, K.S.; 2, D. P. Williams, ( ', (1, 3, A. B. Camber, C.O.S.; 4, E. L . A. H ertslet, K.S. Also ran-JI. Dann, K.S.; G. T. Bolingbroke, C.O.S. Time, 2min. 27 sct·~. ONE l\I11.E (open)- _1, C. T. Candy, K.S.; 2, G. C. Green, K.S. ; J, \ . 1 :Mowll, K. S. ; 4, F. A. Bnllt:n, C.O.S. Also competed- H . Dickenson, R. T. Johnson. Time, smin. 9 3-5ths sec ~,

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SPORTS, 1879. We have received the following results of some sports against the C.O.S. from an O.K. S., wh ich were held in 1879 on the Beverley. They were not the first sports ever held, but were like the present ones, a revival after a long interval, and resulted in a victory for the School by six events to one in the open and by four events to one in the under fi fteen :OPE N. L oNG J u ~1P.-Robcrtson, K.S.C. H IG H }UMP.-Robertson, K. S.C. H uRDJ.Es.-R obertson, K.S.C. 100 Y ARDS.-~Iorris, K.S.C. j.( .MILE.-Morris, K.S.C. _% MILE.- Beaumont, K.S.C. MILE.--Jlugh, C:.O.S. UNDER 15. LONG }UMP. , C.Q.S. HIGH J u~J P.-}ordan, K.S.C, H URDLES.,..-Sanclilands, K. S.C. t oo YARDs.-Jordan, K.S.C. ~ MILE.-Sandiland:, K. S.C

SPORTS' RECORDS, 1879- 1883. LONG Ju~t P. -1879, Robertson, 19 ft. 5 in. ; 188o, l lamhro, 17 ft. 1o in.; 1881, Davidson, 17 ft. 4 in.; r882, Dorman, 19ft. 8 in.; 1883, Perkins, 17ft. 6 in. H IGH } u~tP.- 1 879, Robertson, 5 ft. 3 in.; 188o, T c1-ry, 4ft. 1 1 in.; 1881, J)ormnn, 5 ft. o.% in. ; r882, Dorman, 5 ft. 4 in. ; r 88J, Beresford, 5 ft. o ~ in. H URDLES.-1879, Robertson ; 188o, Crowtl1cr ; 1881, \\'allis; 1882, Wallis; 1883, \\'allis. H UNDRrm YARDS.-1879, Beaumont; 188o, Beaumont; 188 1, Davidson; 1882, I r. K ing; 1883, Wallis.

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MILE.-1879, Morris, 58 sees. ; 188o, H ambro, 6r sees. ; 188r, Pe rkin~. 1882, P erkins, 59 sec.>. j r883, Wallis, 58 76 sees. HA J.F-~!II .E.- r 879, Morris; 188o, Beaumont, 2 min. 16 sees.; t88 r, Sandilnnd~. 2 mi n. 23 sees.; r882, Perkins; x883, Dale, 2 min. 16 sees. MILE.- r879, Morris; 188o, C. King, 5 min. rr sees.; 188r, Dale, 5 min. 27 sees.; r882, Sparkes, 5 min. ro sec.; 1883, D ale, 5 min. 9 sees. QuARTER

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With but three old members of last year's XI. remaining, our prospects would hartll) seem brilliant. In Richardson and Toulmin, however, we have two decidedly good all-round cricketers who are sure to gtve a good account of themselves ; while Le no \, though a very poor bat, is an excellent field. Of the new candidates for their colour" Watkins, Clarke, Maundrell, and Skinner arc at present the most promising; the two former with ordinary improvement may turn out useful change .bowlers, while Clarkl' can hit a bit, but his defence is weak; Maunclrell is certainly an improving batter, nntl Skinner is very steady but lacks confidence. Drake is being trie~ as wicket keeper, but at prese nt he is not a success. Of the others Athawcs shows very fair for m with the bat and Candy in the field. The fielding, as far as we have seen, is good, but then; is a tendency with one or l wo to let the ball go through their legs. On the whole Wl' certainly think the prospect a Yery fair one, and the discovery of a reliable wicket keeper would increase it very much, and relieve the captain from no little anxiety.

KING'S SCHOOL v. REV. L. H. EVAN'S X I. On Tuesday, May 8th, the Rev. L . H. Evans brought a scratch team against thl School. The result was very satisfactory in many ways, as it showed some very good batting and fielding; our bowling, ho wever, was rather weak. Our opponents balled first on a good wicket. Two wickets soon fell, but when Mr. Williams and the Rev. (', Simmonds got together the score rose steadily till at - l\fr. Williams was bowled hy

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T oulmin. Joyce took his place and soon knocked up a few runs. Simmonds gave a lot of trouble till he was eventually bowled by Clarke fo r a very careful 35· Fo r us T oulmin took fi ve wickets for 39 a nd Clnrke four for I r. Richardson and Maundre ll made a good start for us, making 28 by steady play, when R ichardson was bowled off his legs. Watkins followed to see Maundrc ll make several good strokes before he was bo wled for a very useful 23. T oulmin's a rnval im proYed matters a liu lc, but won wickets fell rapidly, six being down with the total only a t 46. When D ra ke joined Toulmin the score improved considerably, the former keeping up his wic ket while the latter scored. After making a very useful lline Drake was bowled. Clarke lillcd the vacancy and at once commenced hitting o ff, one over scoring no less than 19 ; he was eventually bowled for a well hit 2 7. Athawcs gave little resistance. T oulmin was now ho wled by Joyce for 35 which he had subscri bed by good cricket ; to him we arc to a great extent indebted for our victory. Stumps were d rawn wh'cn there was still o ne wicket to fall, our total being 138. Appended is the full score . RE V. L . H . J. Leahy . b Toulmin

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THE QUARRY H ILLS. Some people get their idea of the geography of Kent from that distorted map in the S.E. Railway compartment. I t is an inge nious fraud. One of its pri ncipal feature!> is the long straight line, which traverses the Wea ld of Ken t. It is criminally exaggerated no doubt, but still it is, or rather was, the longest piece of straight line in the K mgdom . Now, of course, "dichotomy" takes place at Tunbridge, the line turns off to the right towards Sevenoaks, and the old main line via Redhill has become a branch. All this beautiful wooded country was once, so they say, the Black Country of the South of England. Primitive smelting-furnaces we.re found in every village. Abundant fuel was at hand ; that was the cause, and the competition of coal had not yet begun. The range of hills bounding the Weald on the north are the rag-stone q uarry hills; not very high ; the chalk downs wh ich lie behind them are 200 feet higher, but I know of no finer view in the Somh of E ngland than the view from the top of those hills. Away to the right, over Goudhurst and Tunbridge Wells, glimpse~ of the beacons of the South Downs. In front, 25 miles away, the Fairlight Hills, with Fairlight Church standing out aga inst the sky. Further to the left the fla ts of Romney Marsh, and, beyond, the ships rounding Dungeness, and the gleam of the

English Channel. In the foreground ple nty of land marks too, Tenterdcn Steeple for example. I know a man with a telescope who used to set his watch by T en terclen clock, twelve 1mles away. Another frie nd of mine, a native of Tenterden, informs me that the clock is the other side of the church tower. But the n there always was something diabolical a bout that steeple. H ow else could it have become the cause of the Goodwin Sands? The ex planation that it was built of the stones of some breakwater we can dismiss at once. It sounds too modern, too obvious, too rationalistic. There is no better route to Maidstone than along the top of these Quarry Hill ·. Every village has its specia l beauty or mterest. Take , for example, the old gabled house with crumbling mullioned windows beside tht• church. Many distinguished men have bee n born there. Among other old P rot estants, Dean Wotton, who kneels fo1 ever in our Trinity Chapel here at a prayer-desk, singing Cranmer's bran-new English Litany in the midst of his strange congregation. But it may be the com plete prayer-book, for he died undc• Elizabe th, being a politic man and holdinJ; his deanery under four Sovereigns. 'l'lw Queen herself stayed there at Boughton Malhcrbe with his brother, Sir Thomas, on one of her royal progresses, and planted

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that scraggy old yew.trec with her own 1 H e died in 158o, and was buried in Old fair hands. Sir Thom:ts had two sons, S. Paul's. There is a picture of the old both famous in their time, ambassadors, school in existence, just two large rooms, courtiers, scholars, poets. H enry died one over the other for the master and Provost of Eton, and Edward Lord usher, and a large clock sticking out over Lieutenant of K ent, and much besides. the road. There are still living old boys This.Edward's widow was the " Jezebel " who can remember how easy it was with a of the Puritans at the time of the Christ- hop-pole to move back the hands of the mas riots in Canterbury. She lived in S. c lock during play houn. The present Augustine's Monastery, was a jolly old clock is not so conveniently placed. As lady, and had four pretty daughters, who for great men, I don't remem ber any that mnrried well. The untidy yard in front the school has turned out, only good ones, of the CollegP. gates still bears her name. and some of these I know. And if they A few miles further on is Sutton Valence, can't beat us in parsons and scholarships, built on the side of the hill. The upper they can hold their own at another game. part of the slope is too steep for building, Hut this is a delicate subject. 1.et us pass but forms excellent terraces, sunny, and on. The pond beside the cricket field is sheltered from east winds, and producing called Worm Lake, and marks the spot excellent wall-fruit. The long building in where a terrible battle was fought. Tradition the middle IS the school. The style of docs not say by whom, but then Tradition the building is that of our school-house, in knows that if there were dead certainties fact it was built at much the same time. about everything, there would be no work for The school is much older than that build- the antiq uarians; and who would look after ing, though not so old as the K.S., which Tradition then? The traveller should go never really had a beginning at all, but on to Maidstone by way of I .in ton and simply "growed" like Topsy. Nor wa~ Loose, and make the retu rn journey by the founder so illustrious as our H enry, in the regular road which runs down the fact he was only o ne of his "gentlemen of valley between these Quarry l I ills and the chapel," whatever that means, a mere the Chalk Downs behind. The Pilgrim's nobody, just one of the thousands of hardÂˇ road runs parallel to this half-way up the working money-grubbers, who don't care htll, easily disccrnablc even now. lie for the feeling that they have lived quite ought not to miss at least the moated in vain. The time for Priests and masses castle of Leeds, the Archbishop's Palace was gone by, education was all the rage as at Charing, and the pretty coctinental it is now, and the foundation of a College village square at r.en ham. I forgot, when or Grammar School was the natural and I said that Sutton Valence turned out no indeed the fashionable outlet for charity. great men, that at Lenham lives an old

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Suttonian who was six foot t wo before he got out of Eton jackets. H e IS some inches taller now and broad in proportion. At Charing the road runs up the side of the down towards Challock, and here he ought to turn aside to the right and enter the north-west corner of Eastwell Park. It is a spot rarely visited, but most beautiful, much wilder than the Eastwell end. By-the-bye, few know that the last who bore the name of P lantagenet lies buried in the Ji ttle church beside the water. It is just

possible you may be turned out of the P ark. Lord Winchilsea, the inheritor of the estate, has lately got rid of the entail and sold it to a titled coal-owner from the North of England, who has covered the whole place with fences and ins ultin~ notice-boards. Lord Winchilsea is devol ing himself meanwhile to the combination of landlords, tenants, and labourers inw one mighty Agricultural Union. Quit,; hopeless if the three clements have nu chemir.al affinity.

E H EU, FUGACES L ABUNTUR ANNI ! When slowly lifts the veil which Time has cast O'er those bright years by many a milestone past, And waking d reams renew the pleasures lost, Think, would'st thou li ve them again? When dimly struggling thro' the fading light Gleam broken features mingling with the night, Till memory paints them to the longing sight, T hink, would'st thou see them again? When catches of some old triumphant song, Which other lips and thine, in loyal throng HaYe s ung, still linger other chords among, Think, would'st thou sing them again? Whe n fall the words of one who once was dear, And echo lightly Rings them to thine ear, When parted friendsh ip starts a sudden tear, Think, would'st thou love him again?

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SCHOOL NEWS. It i3 arranged that pair-oar races shall take place on the river about half-way through June, probably Wednesday, zoth. Mr. Ritchie is coaching trial pairs, and has kindly promised to add to the subscri ptions of the competitors, for providing prizes for the winning boat.

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Mr. Tnpp has undertaken to give a course of botany classes after Monday morning's school, for those of the Upper School who wish to learn. ~

* are as follows : The cricket fixt ures 'l'u., Mny 15.-St. Lawrence 2nd XI., Beverley. lost: Sch. 78 ; S.L. 9•l, 133 (3 wkts.). Th., .. 17.- Chart haru Asylum, Chnrtham, won : Soh. 113, 41 (0 wkts.) ; C.A., 11 2 Tn., ,. 22.-St. Aug. Coil., Beverley; postponed to June 7. '!'h., 24.-S. East. Coil., Rnmsga.te, won: School, 151; S.Kt:. (1), 89 ; {2), 64 for 4 Tu., , 29.-C>tstle Hill, Bevel'ley, drawn. 'l'h., ,. 31.-Sutton Valence, Sutton, lost: Sch. 29, 10 (2 wkts.); S. V. lOG. Wed .. June 6.-Dovcr Coil .. Dover. 'l'h, 7.-S.A.C., Beverley. '!'h., ,. 14·-Col. 'l'nwman's XL, Oakwell. 'l'u., , 19.-0.0.5., Beverley. '!'h., ,. 21.-E. VV. ~lowll, Esq 's XI, Whitfield. Tu., , 26.-St. Lawrence, C.C .. Beverley. Tu., July 3.-H i ghgo.~to chool, Beverley. Th., 5.-Cavalry DepOt, Barracks. Tu., ,. 10.-C.O.S., Beverley. 'fh., ,. l2.-Duke of Wellington's Rgt., Beverley.

~~~od.,i.'ug.3 ~·= JO.K.S., * • Beverley. . On Monday, May "'zrst, the Archbishop visited the School, having come to Canterbury for an Ordination. H e was attended by the Bishop of Dover, and, speaking to the whole school in the big schoolroom, said Canterbury was an interesting place ; the King's School was an interesting place. This was proved by the fac t that, whenever he came to Canterbury he gravitated, as a matter of course, towards the School. On th is occasion he was drawn by an im· pulse without knowing why he was coming. llalf·way it suddenly occurred to him that he had never been asked to come, and observed the same to the Bishop. The Bishop, however, told him that the Captain !tad called upon him, but that he (the Bishop) would not allow him to disturb him. They could sec how he had to submit to the domination of the Bishop, which, however, he consid~red qu ite right; the domination of the King's !·khool also was quite right if it only led him to come and visit them. lle W:\S, therefore, ready to fulfil what he co n~id c red the chief end of an Archbishop's existenre, namely, to ask the I Lcadmaster to grnnt the ruination of half-a-day's work. - Mr. l•'ield, in reply, said he had seen in a recent speech of his Grace that now-a-clays instead of the Archbishop telling everyone else what to do, he

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was told what to do himself. If, however, this led to asking for half-holidays, he was only too glad it was so.- The Archbishop remarked that it was perfectly true about others telling him what to do, but that upon the whole he would rather be told by the King's School than the 66 curates.

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One of the Arc;:hbishop's half-holidays was given on Tuesday, 29th, for the match against Castle H ill, which, however, had to be drawn owing to the rain.

The R ev. L. G. H . Mason has kindly offered a bat, to be awarded, by the judgment of a pro., to the best fielder (excl uding Old Colours) until the S. A.C. match. 1'

At the request of the 1vi athemat ka l Examiner, the H ead master has granted a half-holiday for the good work shown in the examination last term.

O.K.S. S. Leslie Thornton, who left the School The follo wing matches han~ been in r 87 2, has just been appomted Attorney ranged :General of the Island of St. Vincent. :, Jul)' Duke of Wellington's Rq {l *" .; . 2 7' v. Beverley. Mr. A. Hughes ha~ come as an Under28, v. St. L:twrcnce. master at the Preparatory School. " 29, v. T he Barracks. *' .;..~ ~·~

E. D. Randall took his Mus. Bac. deg ree at Cambridge on March rst. -1;

The Canterbury Pilgrims' C.C. tour has been altered from June to the end of July. The first match will be o n Friday, July 27th. Those who wish to play are requested to send in their names to the secretary, R. J. Castley, Sidney College, Cam bridge, up to June roth , or after this date to the R ectory, Stenham, Suffolk.

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A scrap album has*been starh•cl ilu tlu H arvey Society, to be kept in th l · \lu • 11111 1 and to contain diagrams a nd photo , • I• of objects of scientific and arl' hl' '"l"l '' 1 interest. Some photos of pctlifkd 11 have been contributed by a " 11.11 1• ) 11 1 and C. T. Davies, Esq.

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The following are the officers elected for the C.P.C.C. :Captain-E. J. S. Athawes. Secretary- R. J . Castley. Treasurer- C. A. Knapp.

0 . K.S has \'Cry kindly sent ~om• dt 1 ings of l\Ioon craters and otlwt 11 l1111tll mica I diagrams, and has prom•~• d 111 II t We should be gr:\lcful fo r any t ollltt lnll t~<tl from O.K.S.

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OXFORD LETTER. LOur numbers are diminished by one. A. H. Thompson left us on May rs , to go to Truro for ordination on the :zoth, a~ which ceremony he was " Gospeller." H e left school in '89, was at St. Edmund's Hall till '93, taking a 2nd in Mods. and, thanks to illness, only a 3rd in Greats, and has since been at Pu.;;ey House, till ordination. His curacy is in Truro city. On the othe r hand, E. B. H awes is up to keep terms, ofter which he will go to the T e mple. Glimpses have also been caught of R. C. Bingley and W. E. Kitchingmar.. R. P. Atherton was up for one day in Eights Week, and A. L:ttte r was about at beginÂˇ ning of term. Mr. Longsdon was up first week, and later on Mr. Ritchie arrived and patroni5ed an 0. K.S. meeting in Carter's rooms. Of 0. K.S., Tassell is reading for Greats, Flinr, Newland, and Carter arc on view any day at the ' Var~ i ty nets, Knowl c~ coxed his (Worcester) eight to victory on two nights, John;on punts on the Cher, and Smith is slack. The central event of the summer term, viz., the eights, has c:>me and gone. The races were much less monotonous than last year, every boat having some change of fortune, except two, :\Iagdale n at the head,

and Wadham in the middle of the lower division. New College, taking R.N.C. the first night, pressed on Magdalen the next five nights; all but bumping them on the third, owing to a crab in the Magdalen boat. The boats most conspicuous besides these two were Trinity, who went up from 8th to 4th ; Exeter, who made five bumps, ending up sth ; University, with six humps, ending 7th; Orie l, with four bumps, ending r6th. Corpus, who were head boat in r885, fell 65 places to 21st, last but one. 'Varsity cricket has, probably already been digested ; and, not b::ing a cricket critic, I will avoid the subject ; except to say that we cannot well repeat last year's performance against Cambridge. The 0 . K.S. s till meet fortnightly on Wed nesday evenings. A special 0. K.S. tic :mel ribbon h:t~ hc.:e n disl'usscd, but whether th e ladder to it is being sc:1led yet, it is thfficult to judge. \Ve should like lO h:1vc somr news from the.: Pilgrims' Commi!lec as to their de<'ision; aboul the.: tou r this year. We presume that matches have been by this time arranged: hut have heard nothing on the suhjcC't. O.K.S., OXON .

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CORRESPONDENCE. N .D. -The E•lilors tlerl ine to accept a.t4; re~ponsibililyconneded >uillt tho OJ>inious of Iheir correspond· enls. Ncrme and add re~s 'll1118t alttuays be yiven, not t~eressarily f01· 1Htbticalion, b 1t as " ynarrmleo of yoocLfuith. Pe1·sonnlities 10 IL i nroh•e ret"/(lilt rejerliou.

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Dear S irs,- AIIow me as an O.K.S. to protest against a letter which appea red in . your fi'Iarch number of this ye:ar, signed by ' K.S.' It is a pity that 'K.S.' did not insert sufficient personality to ensure the certain rejection of his letter. Such letters arc stupid and disloyal, and useless to the las e degree. ' U ndoubted,' ' neglected,' ' o ught,' :tnd ' indignantly,' are not words for a boy to usc in refe rence to tbe action of the Governors or H ead-,:\laster of the School. H alf-holidays won for the School by his own achievements, ' K.S. ' may perhaps say something about if he will, but regular weekly and Saints-day half-holidays are, of course, entirely at his superiors' discretio n. I t would be interesting to know how far ' K.S. ' can trace back his ' old trad ition.' I am, Sirs, Yours truly, A. C. MOULE.

To ll1e Editors of" Tm: CANTUARIAN . " D ear Sirs,- \Vill you permit me to call attention to this f.1ct ? In the two last num bers of Tl~e Cnnlum-inn there have appeared articles on two "King's School Worthies," namely, Bi ·hop Broughton and Thomas Linacre, whose biographies have alr~ady appeared in your columns.

I regret that I am unable to refer yon to the particular numbers in q uestion, but I think a s hort search in the back files of the magazine will prove that I am correct. May I beg that in future, c;re may he taken to avoid the repetition of this blunder " King's School Worthies," I think, arc not so few as to make re petition ofthissort necessary. On another point, may I suggest that if the " i\J r. Park in," who cleli\·ered the lecture on the British Empire, be identical with the lecturer of the Impe rial Federation League, it might ha\·e been wdl to give him his titles. H oping you will insert thi~ letter, I remain, Yours truly, W. A. WIGRAM. T rinity Hall, Cambridge.

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D ear Sirs,-In an article upon the a rm~ that appear on the cover o f Tlu Cnn/11 nrian, which appeared som e time ago, the colours and descript ion of tho • shield in the left hand top corner, that ol Cranmer wer<! omitted. They appea r rn Papworth as follow.;:- Quarterly. r st anti 4th for Cranmer: Arg. on a chevron :11 ,

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b etween 3 cranes sa., as many 5·foils or 2n:l, az. 6 lions ramp. within a bordure or j for L eibourn. Or possibly j gu., 6 liuns, ramp. or, within bord. e ngr. arg. for Fitz·H erbert. · 3rd, probably: Sa. 5 loz. in fess. arg. for Pe rcy. Yours, MULLET OR.

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one s mall fire place. In the vacations the windows we re me nded, but neve r in schooltime, a nd as breakages were freque nt, to wards the e nd of the te rm little glass was left in a ny of the windo ws; and our sufferings in the winte r from cold we re indescribable. In these days no ins pector would pass the place as rit for the acco mmodation of the most modest ragged school. A de nse frost had prevailed for days, whe n om for m, having done very badly in the Finslay's Greek Testaml! nl Lesson, was kept in o n S:nurday afu:rnoon to go through it again, before dear old An ly Jkntson, one of the kindliest and best of men! and while standing before him in a semicircle a~ he sa t b (;hind his desk, a large bird ne w th rough the broken window. My sporting in ~tinc ts ov.;rcamc my sense of discipline, and I threw my Gree k Testame nt with suc h an aim that the hird 's head was driven against the sharp l!dge of the 1 maste r's desk, and it d ropped, n tknd ?(J(J()r/.

D ear S irs,- In the last num ber of your magazine, under the head of "The Li brary," I read "~ha t in one of t he books a note has been found stating t hat in the year 1853 a woodcock fle w into the great schoolroom and was knoc ked down by a boy with a Greek tes tament"-"N.B. the boy got roo lines."- T his at once brought me back to the days of my early youth, for I was the boy unnamed referred to by the c hronicler, a nd, a desi re for fa me has overcome my natural laziness and induced me to se nd yon a more fu ll b ut 1 rorl.·. l'hntth is exploit should he allrihuted to acc urate account of the incide nt .-Much do I wish I could acce pt the correc tness I an ano nymous boy fret~ me ; so, sir, ~ o you of the paragraph, but alas l The circum- 1 look lo rescue nw from oblivion, as if sta nce occurred not in r8 53, but in D ecem· you kindly i n ~e rt this lette r in you1· next ber, 1843, when I was thirtee n yea rs old, number, it will become a hi ~toril'a l f:tcl and w<!ll up in what was then called the that tho,; only po,;rson in ancie nt or modern times wlto n •t rl.·ilkt! 11 wwt/({lr/..· fllillt n 3rd, but is now the 4th f.Jrm. Gra k 'li•.f/nmt'lll wao.; yo ur s ubscriber and T he great schoolroom was a large bare wellwishcr, checrle$S place some 8o feet long by :q R. J. BI RON. wide, with three windows to the south and l .ambo,; th Policc C ourt, S. E. two to the north, glazed with small i\l ay 26th, 1894. dia mond panes, set in lead, a nd only N.H.- I dad not ge t 100 li n e~, but

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roasted the bird, hanging it by a piece of string before the fire after the other small boys had gone to bed, and share d it for supper with a great crony, who, poor fellow, with many other heroes of those old days has since gone over to the majority. THE GREAT "DOT" QUESTION.

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Dear Sirs,-This question hlls often been mooted in bygone generations of O.K.S., and is no doubt still sometimes revived. Since leaving the School, I have heard three theories propounded on tne subject (all three on very high authority), which I have never yet seen in Cmztuaria1t black anG! white. Having mislaid some correspondence on the first two theories, I cannot marshal from memory all the evi· dence in favour of each. I can only state the theories, and leave them for discussion to O.K.S. or others, who have larger knowledge of history and heraldry than I can boast. The theories are :-(r.) The dot on our arms is a corruption from a smooth breathing. The initials I X. would then stand for 'h7crous Xptcrros. Probably, I remember my authority saying, the arms were devised, or, at any rate, first engraved in the xsth or x6th century. when Greek was known only to a select circle, engravers not being admitted, except on business. The engraver, who was first thus admitted, bungled the aspirate, and thought it must be meant for a dot over the "I," and once so engraved, the dot has remained.

(:r.) The dot is a corruption from al} abbreviation, the word ll]crous being first written IC j which likewise would probably be fixed in aeternum by the engraver. (3.) The letters are placed according to the old monastic way of writing Xristi. The Greek x was adopted by the Romans as the initials of the name "Christus, " and the final "I" was supra·script. In heraldry a cross, such as that on our arms, signifies Ecclesia: and thus our arms woul d read "Christi Ecclesia, " the name of the monastery. These arc the three theories. I am conscious that a fourth has been put forward, namely that the letters signify " In Christo, "-but I am not aware of the authf>rity. I hope Lo hear notes on these various points from future Cantum·ians. Yours truly, OXONIAN.

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Dear Sirs,-With reference to the dot aver the I, there is an objection that, if they are Latin le tters, whether the I stands for " In," or whether it be an i superscnpt, as "Oxonian " suggests, it should not have a dot since it is an uncial. This difficulty, I think, may be answered by the fact that, probably, at all events, the letters were originally in Got/tic characters, in which, of course, the I is dotted. The let ters appear thus in many places in the Cathedral.

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From a book which gives as reference the Harl. :\1.S.S., it appears that the arms of the Priory had Gothic letters, but afte r the Reformation, the D eanery used Roman Uncials. This is rather counterbalanced by the fact that in the Nave and Tower, built before the Reformation, the shields often appear with RomaJt characters, whih: the monument of the first Dean appears · with Gotllic ones. As to the dot, whether it ought to be there or not, scupltors did not seem to care much; for in the South Porch, 138o, the Gothic i is dotted, while the shield on the tomh of the first Dean in Trinity Chapel has Gothic i without a dot. Again,

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in the Dean's Chapel, the tomb of Dean Rogers has upon it several shit:lds bearing the collegiate arms, with Roman charac· ters, some of which have the dot, some have not. The Verger's maces have Roman chamc· ters with a dot. As to the elate of the coat, "Oxonian" suggests that it was first devised, or at least engraved, in· the J sth or r6th Century. It appears, however, in the roll of Calais· Knights, 1348 A.D. By the way, can any one give any further authority than Papworth for calling the Cathedral Monastery here after th..: Holy Trinity ? Yours truly, MULLET OR. •v

O UR CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following :-Malvemian, Elizabetltan ( 2 ), Oartlmsian, St. Edward's Sd1ool C!wonicle, Dovorirm, Exonian, Dmteliillian, P/.ymotl1ian, United Services College C!tronide, O~tr Scltool Timu, Lq's Fortm;~ltlly, Colonia, Drogltedean, Liverpool Institute Scltools ilfagazine, Bn'gltlon College ilfagazine. The chief items to be found in Our Scl1ool Times bears the title of " The Coney's Lament," a hedgerow drama in five scenes; the dramatis personre of which

arc Cunic ulus, a rabbit ; Homo, a farmer; Mustcla, a weasel ; Tirnida, cousin of Cu niculus, and Canis, Lh c farmer's dog. The gifted author may have h:~ d some idea, in that he u;eg Latin name~, of aba~ing Plautine comedy to th e l..:vd of the H edgerow,' bm the resu lt is not a conspicuous succe:;s. Th..:re is also an article entitled, " Why we arc friends," whith appears to be a ret rospect, by a gentleman existing 111 Lhe present civilized age, to the r..:mote period known a<; the ' Year one.' Beyond saying this, we cannot venture to say what his mtentions arc. It may be

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that he has decidedly pessimistic views as to the present time, but we know not. We notice in the D ovorian that for theatricals held at Dover College on March 3 rst, the piece chosen was " A th umping legacy." The character mostly admired by the Dovoriatz appears to have been the Brigadier. The JJ1alvernian has an account of a field day at Aldcrshot in which the school corps took part. We observe that the Editors have not ceased the publication of "Editorials " a~ they a nnounced; being apparently moved from their stern resolve by the tears of a correspondent, signing bim~elf "An admirer of eloquence," w;lO bewail~ the foreshadow<:d loss of " the fer· vid eloq ue nce of the Editor," and the c:>n stant depnvation of " that oasis of elo4 uencc, standing alone amid the dreary desert of reports of football matches." \Vhat could they do hut give in after such a torrent of lamentation ? The United ..)'enices College .Alagazine is mostly fi lled with football match reports, but al so contains a good descriptive a rticle on" Natural History in T asmania." We notice in the E xonian that Exeter School has gone in for lectures on " First r\id to the Injured," rather a no1·el depart ure in a SchooL

The Elizabethan continues a series of interesting articles on " Impressions of Westminster half-a-Century Ago," written by an Old Boy. The Westminster worthy under present discussion is Lord John Russell, ''hose biography has extended to a rather tedious length through several numbers. The Cart/msiatt contains little besides the reports of football, which also engross the Editor's attention throughout his editorial. The correspondence is chie fly noticeable for comments by the Editor on the orthography and style of his correspondents. The L ey's Forlnig!ttly contains a summary of a good lecture by Mr. Edward \Vhymper on" Twenty thousand feet above the Sea." There are also two humorous articles, one on "The Pleasures of T.ifc," dealing with golf, and the other on " The Collecting Mania." We must say we a pprove of the humor· ous style in which school debates nre rc.: ported in the Plymot/1.iall as being decidedly more interesting than cut and dried accounts of what " lion. M embe rs" say. \Ve would recommend our ow11 Secretary to send in simtlar reports ne:-. t season.

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JULY, r894.

No. 24.

EDITORIAL. This number closes the third vol ume of the Cnntunrinn, and one more volume will be placed on the shelf d e,Âˇoted to the School records, without which no School librnry can be co n~ide red complete. The want of a School magazine was felt :mel supplied here in x88z, at a time when nearly every school in Engla nd either had or was starling the like. This, however, was not the first publication issued by the School. J\bout 186o, there was a small num ber printed, which we believe was the first and last, entitled " The King's School Miscellany," Vol. I., 1o. I. It was, however, suppresseu by the H ead Master, Dr. \\'allace; for what reason is not quite clear; perhaps for its bad gram mar. Let us hope its successor may never share its fate. The last year of the volume witho ut showing exceptionally brilliant seasons of footbal or cricket, yet keeps up well the averagc of success in thcse and other hranrhe~ of play and work. We have wiped out our defeat by the C.O.S. in the sports of '92 ; and have inflicted on them this term t wo crush ing defeats in cricket." We sincerely hope that they will soon recover from their tempo rary want of bigger fellows, and meet us again on more equal terms. The cricket matches nt present stand at live drawn, five

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lost, and five won. The O.K.S. match alone remains. The weather has not been very propitious, rnin having stopped play three times-The S.A.C. match, which, bein~ arranged again for June 7th, was entirely prevented by the weather ; the matches with Dover College and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The first and last of thcsl' would almost certainly )lave been wins for us, whilst possibly at Dover we were s<tv~·cl from a beating. The lack of energy in tennis this term has been compensated for b y the introduction of boat-races and the atte ndant coaching, and more systematic cricket fen the younger boys. We have enjoyed this term the opportunity of seeing first·class cricket on the Bcw1 ley ; a rnre event in Canterbury, except in the Cricket Week. The Somerset v. l{c; nl match was well attended by the School each day. On the 1\Ionday we had one of lh1 Archbisho p's halves. The Royal Agricultural Show being on the same week the lown had a festive appearance. When thi > first went to print the Green Court was in a state of htdeous preparatiun for the bazaar for Higher Elementary Church Schools. T he printing has, howcvn, been una\·oiclably delayed, a nd now the great event is over, and w1th gra111l financial success. The School made full use of their opportunities of entrance, :\llcl, though used as a kind of patent cheering machine, yet no ..1e the less expressed till 11 true loyalty in their reception of the Princess, and respect for his Worship the 0. K ~Iayo r. Whispers had been heard of incongruity a nd even desecration, but the beaut of the illuminations completely dispelled any such feelings. b but recent times ( ',111 terbury ~Ii cha el mas Fair used to be held in the Precincts. The words of the adcl c. prese nted by the School, toge ther with other important ma tters, will appear in our nl t number. There has been quite a revolution in the school cricket thi s term. The use of l h1 Green has not bee n confined only to the rst XI., between I 2 and one o'clock, but :111~ energetic riser may find Mr. Godfrey coaching four or five small boys between sc1 • 11 o'clock and prayer time. On whole school days there is always a net b eing used lt u coaching small boys, a practice whic h, if kept up, should secure success for future ).I We must here take an o pportunity of thanking ~Ir. Williams and Mr. Godfrey for llu great interest they have taken in the School Cricket, both by having Bingham d c•11 11 to coach a nd by their o wn personal exertions. In conclusion, we express the hope that 0. K. S. will come in more formidnhlo numbers at the end.of this term tha n they did last year, as a goodly :m ay of tl11111 contributes so largely to the pleasure and s uccess of Speech-day, and of the 0 . 1-. supper.

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Hl.EC OLIM MEMINISSE JUVABIT. Oh I the merry time of youth! 'Tis the found the air quite keen and fresh up time forsight-seeing and travel, when the there, at 5 o'clock in the morning. The mind is kee n for new impressions ; so I station porter, half asleep, knew nothing, have always found it, and, if sport cannot not a soul was .1stir in the village, so we be had, giYe me, for choice, a knapsack were obliged to depend on maps and guide tramp in a good mountainous cou ntry, books for our road, and its objects of inwhich is alike impossible fo r bicycles, tcrcst. King Arthur's round table we tricycles, and perambulators. (By the had read much about, and so we looked way, I wonder why the Chancellor of the out specially for that ; but either we did Exchequer has ne,路er put a tax on these not find it, or found it a fraud, for the n:路 modern luxuries). ~Iany such knapsack .collection of it has quite faded from my tramps have I had in the happy days long mind. All the same we had a glorious vanished, in D erbyshire, Wales, and Corn- walk of about seven miles in the fresh wall; and it is of one such that I will now morning air ; but we were not sorry when gi ve you a few jottings, one that I made to we got a sight of Ulswater, and a prospect the English Lakes, with a friend, nearly a of breakfast. In those primitive day,; Lh\: quarter of a century ago. I always find I nn at Pooley Bridge (so the E:tst end of that a great deal of the joy of travel consists Ulswater is called), was ,路cry unpretentious, in the previous plans for route, and halting but very comfortable. We ordered our places; and so it was with us in this, our breakfast, whatever wac; to be had, :tnd, fi rst visit to the English Lakes. We had armed with towels, sta rted o nce morl', this so many different suggestions given to us time for a swim in the 1:\ke. ever sh:tll r for pur trip, that it was really quite difficult forget the luxury of that cool bath, after which to choose; howe,路er, a choice had to the stiffness of our long railway journey, be made, and at last we decided on making and our walk from Pcnrith! And then, th~: our start from Penrith, and I have always breakfast on our return such neam, and been glad we did so, for by it is the best eggs, and butter, to say nothing of baron approach to Ulswater, the grandest of all and chops :tnd other delights and our the Lakes. Rut oh ! the night journey appetites I \\'ell, you mu~t imagine those. from London! Tired out with work and The charge wa~ a solemn fart, about three Speech Day, to travel on an awfully hot shillings for both of us. Shall we ever night in a closely packed 3rd class carriage I fmd the like again in these days, when However, we piped 1t merrily and con- even the sparro ws (as the 'bus driver said) stantly, and, when we l.mded at Penrith, need to be "doocid nippy" if they want a

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breakfast. Then we shouldered our knapsacks one more, and made for the steamer which plies up and down Ulswater Lake all day. After our tiring night we spent a quiet restful day at Patterdale (the west end of Ulswater), and only visited Lyulph's Tower, and a beautiful waterfall, called Ara Force, after a walk ol about three miles through the woods and Gowbarrow Park. For all geological and botanical marvels, I must refer you to Jenkinson's guide book, and to this, or any other guide book, for all sorts of legends about every hill and corner. Therein, amid many quotations from all sorts of poets, you may read in grandiloquent language of the maiden who fell headlong from the rocks into the foaming water beneath, and was rescued by her gallant knight, who had just returned in time for this from the wars, etc. But I must try and confine myself to a plain statement of our journey. I need say little of our fellow tourists; generally, we classified them easily thus,-(r) newly married couple, both he and she drank champagne; (2) oneyear-olds, he champagne, she sherry ; (3) two-year-olds, he beer, she water ; (4) aged, generally both disagreed, and never sat together. Such was the impression on our bachelor minds, and, though it seems strange, those who observe these things, think thus, and, therefore, I record them. Where was I? Oh! We had got to Patterdale I Next day we were minded to go up Helvellyn, but as we, neither of us, knew the mountain, and were somewhat

unused to carrying heavy knapsacks up an angle of 45 degrees, we decided to hire ;I guide who might help us, both with 0111 route and our baggage. And well it wn we did so! We reached the top of I kl vellyn easily enough, and had a gloriou~ view, but suddenly our guide pointed 0111 to us, seaward, a small cloud, in shnp• exactly as a hand, with the five fingers out stretched downwards: these graduall)' gn·11 m size, until they overclutched everythinv, ourselves included, and in a few minutt we were wet through I Then, imagine our horror when we found that we had but one more match left 111 light all our three pipes ! But we did 11 Then our guide lost his way, and we troclm freshets every now and again right up I•• our knees : at last, by following the stet 1• banks of a mountain beck, we scramhlt-tl down somehow, sidew:ty> :n::l backw:ud g reatly to the detriment of our garmc11t and personal comfort, to Wythburn, a Iilii• inn which lies midway between GrasnH '' and Keswick. 'Tis needless to tell holY we dried the outer man, and wet the in n''' I Suffice it to say, that, when these impo11 ant duties were fulfilled, we started aga111 this time for Keswick. Of couse we dill t he usual things there-visited the pen• 11 factory, bought a pencil, and were phutn graphed, and then, next morning, afll'1 1 delicious swim in Derwent Water, statlt t1 down the Lake to see the Barrow, a111l famous Lodore falls. The former arc n 1 tainly worth a visit, but the latter very tit appointing, seeing that so much hao; hcr11

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written about them. Thence we made our way down Borrowdale, past the pretty little village of Grange. There we saw a strange ~ight. A boat, full of people, was stuck fast on a shallow, and a gentleman of the party was trying hard to shove off the boat. Suddenly it went, and he went too, head foremost into the deep water ! Some few years afterwards a master of K. S. C . was looking at my photos of the lakes, and said, "Ah ! there's Grange ! how I did enjoy myself there ! " I told him of the above-recorded incident. " Oh ! yes, said he, I remember it well-! was the punter, and the tumbler I " From Grange we visited the Boulder Stone, a huge block nearly 40 feet high, and then moved on to Rossthwaite, and by Honistercrag to Buttennere. This was another stopping place, for Crummock Water is also close, and, at only a short distance from the Lake, the beautiful waterfall "Scale Force." We were much amused here by a party of eight tourists from J\'Ianchester ; they drove up in a kind of huge covered brake, with curtains all round it, and, inside, the gents were playing whist. On their arrival they each stowed away a huge lunch, and then asked us if there was anything really worth seeing in the district. We told them of "Scale Force, but when they heard that they must walk a few hundred yards to see it, they one and all solemnly shook their heads,and, after brief consultation, finally decided not to take so important a step. So they got into their brake again, drew all the curtains close, and, _whisting, departed !

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For our next move we had planned a grand walk of about 30 miles, from Buttermere to Dungeon Ghyll, by way of Wastwater ; and a splendid morning we had for a start. We were soon at the top of Scarf Gap- looking down on Ennesdale Lake, and across at Pillar Mountain, but, by that time, the rain was coming down heavily. How well even now I can remember our standing together under a mackintosh, and trying to make out, on the map, our way over the next pass, Black Sail! I found it, I think (my friend would, of course, say that it was he). Anyhow, like two drowned rats, we at 1:\st crept in to Wastdale Head. We had no ch:mge of things with us, and so were obliged to borrow the scarlet coats and other toggery of Old Ritson, the well-known huntsman, who is said to have wre~tled with and vanquished the f.1mous "Christopher North." Lunch and the rai n were soon over, and)hen 'twas "off again," but stay, I must tell you that, while we were looking around, my friend, who was mathematically disposed, caught sight of a huge pile of papers! They were the problems of the last Cambridge Tripos, all carefully worked out ! There they had been left by two famous Cambridge mathematicians, who had gone up to this out-of-the-way place to manufacture, at their ea-;c, ghastly tortures for their victims. Nor could we leave the place without toll ; the parson spidercd us ; he was a resplendent spider in black velvet knickerbockers and red stockings, and he insisted on showing us into his parlour-the smallest church in

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England. And then he fairly caught us in his man-trap (as he called a subscription book), which he suddenly produced from the font. When he had sucked what blood he could from two dry flies, we started up Sty Head Pass for Dungeon Ghyll, with full directions for the road from old Ritson. We found it right enough, but when we reached the top, just under Great Gable and the Langdales, which towered above us, the sky was as black as ink, gridironed a ll over with forked lightning; and never can I forget the weird Macbeth-like scene, nor the sharp crack of the lightning as it struck the mountains, nor the deluge of rain. D own the mou ntain side we leaped like goats (we were young then), and took refuge in a sheep house for an hour or so, till the worst was over, and then we found that we had been all the time only a few yards from our inn. I can even remember no w the savolll y supper of that night, but I will not reveal such mysteries, lest my friend should refuse to enter the same boa:,

or to be under the same roof with me again. Of course, we went next day to see the Waterfall of Dungeon Ghyll (where, by the way, an 0. K.S. a few years afte rwards, though strong in the arm, proved weak in the leg), a nd then made our way to Grasmere, Easedalc Tarn, Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside, Windermere, and Furness Abbey. I hope that Bob, the jolly. old waterman at the Prince of Wales Hotel at Grasmere, IS still alive, and still whistles down doze n ~ of wild duck, as he used to do for me and my friends; and I do hope that- but I must stop ; I could ramble on and on with this dry diary twaddle of these happy hunting grounds of my early touring days. Nay, but go there for yourselves I When you do, may you have as jolly a time as we did, and may you all carry through life as happy recollections of our English Lakes as does Yours truly, L.G. :.r.

JOHN KEMP. There are some men whose lot it has be.:n to fill a very large space in the eyes of contemporaries, but yet to be almost entirely forgotten by posterity. A conspicuous figure in this class is that of John K emp, the subject of the present memoir, who, though he held, in his day, both archbishoprics, Âˇbesides other episcopates,

though he wa<; Lwice Lord Chancellor of England, a nd representative of his country o n more than one important embassy, and at one general council of the church, has yet pa'5sed entirely out of the memory of man, and is scarcely me ntioned even in historic> that treat of that period in '' hich he played so impo rtan t a part.

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John Kemp was born, as far as we can tell, about the year 138o, at Olanteigh, in· K ent, and educated at the King's School, Cante rbury. Of his scho::>l days we know nothing beyond the fact that in due time he left Canterbury for Merton College, Oxford, where he s ubsequently took his degree a:; LL.D. H~ appears to have devote d himself mainly to the study of Canon L:11v, and to have practised in the E cclesiastical Courts, were he rapidly rose to eminence as a lawyer. In the year 1413, K emp was one of the counsel for the Church at the trial of Sir J onn Old· castle for heresy. He does not appear, however, to have taken a very large share in the case, though at one point he did good service in recalling Oldcastle from a di squisition on Church government gene r· aUy to the real question unde r discussion. Ultimately, the Court decided that Oldcastle was "a most pernycyous and detestable heretic," and handed him over to the secular arm for punishment. With Oldcastle's subsequent adventures and final execution Kemp had nothing to do. As a reward for his services during the trial, he was made Dean of Arches, and subsequently Vicar General to Archbishop Arundel. These offices, however, he did not hold long j he had already attracted the notice of the young King, Henry V., and in 1415 he was sent to Spain, as a member of the embassy that attempted, though without success, to secure a daughter of the King of Aragon as the brideofthe king. Henceforth Kemp is marked for rapid promotion j

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he is high in the favour of both King and Arc hbishop and honours come to him one afte r the other. Thus in 141 7 he became Arc hdeacon of Durham, a lucrative post, the duties of which seem to have sat very lightlyon him, for in 1418 we find him at C aen in Norma nd y, hold inf' musters of troops for the French w,u , then in progress. Here he remained till the next year, whe n the bishopric of Rochester was given to him, and he was formally co n~ec rated at Rouen. L '!H tha n two y;)ars a fter, Ke mp became Lord Privy Seal, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Normandy, he b.)ing the first English·na•1 to h:>ld th1t offi ·~e since the reign of John. It will be seen, however, that he did not hold the seal of the Duchy fo r many month<;, fo r he rc~ i g n ed it to accept a higher office. In February, 14 21 , the Sec of Chichester fell vacant. Kc np was at once nppoiN ed to it, but in November of the sa me yenr, the Bishop of London died, a nd the bishop· elect, who had not yet been enthroned at Chichester, wns translated to London. The re was some difficulty about his appointment, the C hapter of the Cathedral refusing to clcrt him, hut the King and Pope both ag reed in nomin:tting him, and he was accordingly duly enthro ned. Immediately aft er tr.e ceremony, Kemp was appointed :1 Privy Councillor, a nd (his attendance at Cou rt bei ng thereby rendered necessary) he resigned the grea t seal of Normandy. The yc:tr 14 22 marks the close of the 1 first period of the life of Ke mp. He was

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now 42, and hitherto his career ha(f been one of unbroken succe3s. By the favour of both King and Pope, he had risen till he had become Bishop of London, and a member of the Privy Council. At this juncture, the Kin6, his patron, died. The government of the country fell into the hands of a s mall body of important men of who:n the Bishop of London was one' We have roow to chronicle his struggles.' with vi ctories over and defeats by other members of the council, during the next twenty four years. In a word, we may say that he has servt:d his political apprenticeship : he is now a member of the government of the Country. To understand the conduct of Kemp during this period, pehap.; the most interesting period of his life, we must understand also the state of affairs at home and abroad :Things stood thus : The Brothers of the late king, the dukes of GlÂŽucester and Bedford, w ~ re regents, in England and and France respectively; their o!Jjects were twofold; first, to emancipate themselves from t he control of the council, by whose advice they were expected to act, Secondly, to continue and complete the conquest of France. They were opposed by a party in the Council, headed by Beaufort, Cardinal of England, and Lord Chancellor, who desired to limit the power of the protector.> at home, and to make peace on the basis of the statuo quo abroad. Of this party Kemp was, after Beaufort, the most prominent member. It is obvious that disputes were certain to arise in time.

At first, however, all went well; an embassy under Kemp was sent to Scotland, to treat for the release of King James I., who had, since his scandalous capture by Henry IV., been detained in honourable captivity in England. The King was released, and a treaty of alliance made. At the Council Board, however, disputes were-frequent between Gloucester and Beaufort, which at las~ reached such a point that the Card inal was forced to resign the Chancellorship, and to leave England. The great seal, on its surrender by Beaufort, was given to Kemp, who assumed, with it, the leadership of the oppo3ition to Gloucester. A month later Kemp was appointed Archbishop of York. The See had been vacant for three years, the Protectors and the Pope not b~ing able to agree upon a candidate. Each had appointed their own man and neither would give way. Ultimately Kemp w.1s chosen as a compromise. In makmg the appointment, however, the feelings of the clergy of the town and dio cese had not been consulted. They did not at all like having a South ron set over them, and took the first opportumty of showing their disgust: among Kemp's weaknesses was a love of display, and of pomp of all kinds; wishing then to make his grand entry as Archbishop elect, into York as imposing as might be, he presented to every priest of the diocese a new copc, expecting him to wear it when he greeted his diocesan. On the day of the pro cession, however, the priests appeared, not in their new and gorgeous vest

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ments, but in the oldest and dingiest they could find, "at which my Lord Archbishop was much annoyed." The grand entry, in consequence fell rather flat, and the usual welcome given by the citizens to a new Archbishop was conspicuous by its aOO<!nce. The canny Yorkshiremen, however, do not seem to have returned the copes, though they refused to wear them in 111'0Cession. After such a beginning, it is not surprising to find that Kemp was never popular in York, and·seldom resided there. In affairs of state, the government by .Protec .or and Council still continued. The old disputes, however, had not been healed by the bani!;hment of Beaufort, and Glouceste r had now to learn that he had ),'Uined but little by the substitution of Kemp for the Cardinal. The two Protectors claimed supremacy over the Council, and the right of acting independently. Tnis claim the Council never admitted. and the dispute came to a .;risis in January, 14:17, when, at a full meeting of the Council, in the presence of the Duke of Bedford, "my said· Lord· the Chancellor (Kemp) reherced that how be it that of great auctorite of governaille is now in our <;Overaine lord's persone during his tendre cage, as evere shal be hereafter, when he shal co me with Goddes myght, to yeares of discrecion. Which auctorite, by reason of his said tendre eage, resteth, not in one singuler persone, but in all my said Lords dogidres, except auctorite yeven to you, my Lord Duke of Bedford, as by Act of Parliament Protector of this reaume."

This, it will be seen, was a declaration from the council,that the protectors could not act independently of the council. Bed· ford replied by admitting the truth of all that Kemp had said, mvning that he, as protector, had no authority apart from the council, speaking " so benyngely of goodely, that for verray harty affeccion and trouth the teresspfong as well out of his eyghen, as out of the eighen of aile my lords that we re there herd him." Flushed with his victory over Bedford, Kemp determined to extort a si milar avowal of dependence from the other Protector. Gloucester was ill in bed, but the Chancellor was not to be stopped. He penetrated into Gloucester's bedroom, and there " reherced unto hym in mane re and ·substance lyk as he had done afore nnto my lord of Bedford his brother." The effect, however, was not the same. Glou-' cester answered roundly from the blankets that " if he had doon anything that touched the Kyng his soveraine lordes estat, thereof wolde he not answer unto no personc, save only unto ye kynge when he come to his eage." A <;omewhat hvcly dispute followed between Protector and Chancellor, ending, however, in a promise from Gloucester that for the future he would be governed by the council, and not by " hys ownc wit ne ymaginacion." Thus Kemp had successfully asserted the supre macy of the council over both Protectors. G louccster, how· ever, never forgave his defeat, and, aided hy C1rcurnstances, gained his revenge later. By this agreement with Gloucester and

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Bedford, the council became the real governing body of the Kingdom, a nd Kemp, owing to the influence which his victory gave him in the council, was the mo.:;t powerful man in the council, and, after the two Protectors, in the Kingdom ; he used his great influence to procure the recall of his friend and former leader, Cardinal Beaufort, and the fact that he attained this object shows how completely he had won the mastery over the indepe ndent Gloucester. Âˇ As often happens, however, Kemp and Beaufort, when in power together, pushed ot content with their victory too far. humbling the protectors they decided to get rid of them altogether, if possible, and this they succeeded in doing, in 1429, a year after the recall of Beaufort. In that year, they suggested that the boy king, who was only eight years old, should be crowned and, as nobody could decently object, the ceremony was performed : as soon as it was over, however, Kemp and Beaufort declared that the fact of the coro. nation brought the protectorate to an end, and that therefore Gloucester and Bedford were simple members of the council : This was admitted, though with great reluctance, by both noblemen, wh_o thus saw themselves out manreuvred by their opponents; but the game though clever, was one that two could play at, for it could not well be denied that if the king could dispense with a protector he could dismiss a chancellor and accordingly both dukes used all their great influence with their royal

nephew to secure that end : Circumstance~ helped them in this, for the year that saw the coronation of Henry VI saw also the rise of Joan of Arc, and the .relief of Orleans. It is true that in the following year the maid wa ~ taken and burnt, but the war went badly i.n France, and the nation began again to look to Gloucester as the right man to save the countr.y .froll\ a disgrace that threatened it. . Thus, in 1432, Gloucester had sufficient power ttl force the young king to order Kemp to surrender the two seals of his offices, viz. Lord Chancellor, and Lord Privy Seal. The seals were accordingly bro\lght. "In duobus haggis de albo corio " and surren dered to the king. Henry handed them to the Duke of Gloucester "qui penes sc incontinenter cepit et secum deferri fecit." Thus at last he had got his revenge for the two rebuffs inflicted on him by the Archbishop of York previously. The seals were given to John, Bishop of Bath, a trusty adherent of the Duke. Kemp, however, was not dismissed the Council. ÂˇWhy Gloucester did not, if he could, complete the humiliation of a rival who had never spared him when he had the power to strike, is not clear : Certain, it i:; however, that the Archbishop continued to attend the council, and was next year appointed English representative at the general council of the church which was sitting at Basle, for the purpose, if possible of bringing about peace between England and France. He did not go however, till 1435, when he carried with

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him 15oo ducats "distribuendae in concilio pro honore et comn1odo regis 11 also he and his a ttendants had leave to take "aurum et argentum pro custagus et expensis suis, et vasa argentea et aurea, et similiter jocal ia, quantum videbitur eis necessarium ac pro honore regis opportunum. 11 The em bassy however, in spite of these precautions, came to nothing, owing mainly to the treacherous conduct of the Duke of Burgundy, upon whom the English had counted as an ally ; and Kemp returned disappointed to England, while the war continued. For three years he now seems to have done but little, though he was a regular attendant at the council. We may conjecture that his steady disapproval of the continuence of the hopeless struggle with France prevented him from taking a very prominent part in public affairs, particularly as the next occasion we find him coming forward is in a nother attempt to put an end to the disastrous war. Again, in 1439, we find Archbishop Kemp, in conjunction with Cardinal Beaufort, making a definite e ffort to secure peace with France. A splendid embassy crossed to France, arid met the King 'and the Duchess of Burgun~y at Boulogne. The conferences that foiJowed were strange in character, a n initial difficulty 'being brought forward by the French who declared t hat the credentials of the English representatives (Kemp and Beaufort) were defective. Kemp, to save time declared himself quite ready to manufacture ere-

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dentials for himself and his colleague, and this offer, strange to say, was accepted. The credential difficulty being settled, in the happy-go-lucky method characteristic of the time, the conferences ope ned at Rouen, whf'n the arguments brought forward on each side wc!re as remarkable as their conduct over t he credentials K emp argued, from a vision of St. Bridget of Denmark, that H enry VI was the rightful king of France. The Archbishop of Rheims replied by a quotation fro m a prophecy of one John the H ermit, to prove that he was not, K e mp answered in effect, "now can your eminence mean that J ohn the H ermit is the equal of the blessed S. Bridget?" The vexed q uestion of the relative merits of the sai nts seems never to have been settled, for before the ambassadors met :~gai n, his eminence the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims met with an accident while playing foothaiJ I and the conferences were postpor)ed .till his recovery. When the athletic prelate was well enough to negotiate once more, .charles refused to proceed wit)l the. treaty unless the E nglish woulci:ackno wlcdgc .him as "king of F rance. 11 Ao; to gr;ant, this was to concede the whole matter under dispute Kemp and Beaufort refused, and the t rettty was abandoned; much dissappointment was.felt in England, and Kemp was accused, by many, of having intentionally destroyed the chance of peace. Of this, however, there is not the slightest evidence. It. may have been some con~olati o n for the failure of the negqtiation to Kemp

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that he found, on his return to England, a Cardinal's hat waiting for him. There be ing now two Cardinals in England (Beaufort and Kemp) the latter was generally known from his See, as the Cardinal of York. In this new capacity he appears to have done some work in his Archepiscopate, trying to protect the smaller monasteries from the greate r, which attempted to absorb them, and endeavouring to reform abuses, of which there were but too many in the Church : He did not, however, neglect his duties as councillor, the name of the "Cardinal of York" appearing freq uently in minutes till 1446, when he retired from political life. He had earned hi.; rest, for he was now 66 a great age for those times, when men lived fast and for thirty years he had been a prominent figure in the nation. I t was not to his diocese, however, that Kemp retired, but to his birthplace at Olanteigh, always his favourite residence : Here he employed himself in fou nding and drawing up the regulations of his college at Wye, a foundation which he connected ' with Battle Abbey, a mistake which subsequently caused its ruin. This college was to be goverened by a provost a nd fellows, one of whom was to be curate of · the parish : the master was to be a grad. · uate of one of the universities, being obliged to teach aU scholars free of charge, though he was a11owed to take gifts of " pence and cocks " fro m the boys. The birds, seemingly, were to be used f<Jr " cock-shies " for the amuse ment of tl\e

scholars. All alike, boys and fellows, were obliged to atttend the daily service in th1 parish church, fo r missing which, fellow~ were fined a half-penny, boys flogged •' cum ration is moderamine." For four years, Kemp re mained in rl! tirement, but in 1450 the veteran state' man came a~ain into the field at thL personal request of Queen Margaret, to du what he could to help the tottering houw of Lancaster. Great changec:; had happened in tht< four years. Gloucester, Bedford, :md Beaufort were all dead, and Vorl ambitious and unscrupulous, was claiminK the throne as heir to the childless kinv , Kemp, the old man of seventy, was tl11 only man who perhaps could curb till ambitious duke as he had curbed (:luu cester. Kemp came forward :md was aga1n made Chancellor, but if he ever could have done what Margaret expected, it ''•' too late now. Suffolk the most pow,•• ful supporter of the Lancastrian house, 11'11~ banished and murdered. T he ri sin~ ut Jack Cade showed at once the unpopula••l y and the weakness of the government: Cad•, however, was put down, but York, who .1 many believed, instigated the rebclltun, was openly claiming the crown ; tbe 0111 look of the Lancastrian house was gl<>llnl)' indeed. On July 21, 1452, Bourchier, /\1•1. bishop_ of Canterbury, died, and Kc1111• received al most as a matter of course, llu greatest office of the English Church, lrul

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the promotion, though honourable to him, palace was expected, in consequence of did nothinl! to clear the difficulties of the which, as we read in the Paston letters government away. In July, 1453, came "the Cardenal hathe charged and comthe news of the defeat and death oi Talbot manded aile his scrvauntz to be redy with and with the death of the ablest English bowe and arroes, s word and hokcler, crosseGeneral, all hope of recovering France howes, and all other hahillc ments of warre, suche as thei kan medic with to awaytc vanished. A foreign defeat was perhaps the one upon the saufgarcle of his person." In spite of this personal danger, which thing needed to co mplete the h\tmliations of the government. Disorder at home defeat seems to have been very real, Kemp conand disgrace abroad, a disputed title to . tinued to do his judical work, for in a the throne, these were the difficulties letter from John Dcnzes to John Paston, that the aged John Kemp had to face : dated March 14th, we read: "My Lord then, in October, 1453, Queen Mar- the Cardenele hath im prisoned my wif in garet gave birth to a son, Edward, the the contour," a proceeding which he attri. hapless boy who was afterwards " stabbed butes to vengeable malics. And, later on, in the field by Tewkesbury ;" Kemp was "the accursed Cardenalc hath sent hir to one of his godfathers at his baptism. ~ ewgate. God forgif his sowle." 路 The birth of a Prince brought matters to The end was now very near. Parliament a cns1s. York of course saw that if he was had been adjourned to London, but Kemp to have the throne at all, he must claim it never lived to see it meet: mercifully, he at once, and it was no secret that he would was spared the sight of the ruin of the do so when the Parliament, that had been House of Lancaster, and the anarchy o. already summoned, met; yet another em- the Wars of the Roses on March 24th, barrassment followed. In December, 1453, 145 4, he d ied, seemingly of no more than . Henry V I was attached by one of his definite illness than old age. Up to with路 periodical fits of insanity ; Parliament met in a week of his death, he continued his at Reading ; Kemp, in his 75th year, was work on the bench; so he died in harness, .too weak to attend, and in consequence, and the ruin that befell 路the L'\ncast,rian York carried all before him, being appoint- party at his death is the best proof of his eminence among them : "One o( the best ed protector of the realm. Though unable to bear the journey to and wisest lords in my kingdom is dead." Reading ; Kemp continued to do his work said King Henry, on hearing of his death. as chancellor in London, where on the Kemp does not rank among the greatest judgment seat, he was insulted and ofEnglish statesmen, like Wolsey or Bur路 threatened by a mob of Londoners, always leigh. His was an age of smaller men, and vehemently Yorkist. An attack on his he hardly stood, perhaps, in the very first

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rank, even there. But his aims, peace with France abroad, and, secondly, for the Lancastrian house at home, were honest and statesmanlike, and it was through no fault of his that they failed. In any case the name of John Kemp, of Olenteigh,

Archbishop, Cardin:~.!, statesmen, and dip lomatist, deserves to be remembered :h one of the greatest, if not the greatest, o( those whom we ve nerate as " King School \Vorthies."

CRICKET MATCHES. K.S. v. A. ST. LAWRENCE XI. This match was played at the Beverley on Tuesday, May xsth, in beautiful weather The team, which had been got together to afford us a trial, was much stronger than w · had expected, and managed, chiefly through the effective bowling of A. H. Joyce, tu defeat us by the narrow margin of 12 runs. Our opponents won the toss, but fa-Iled to gain much ad,·antage from a fast and trur wicket. The chief stand was made by Harold \Vacher and Grace for the sixth wicket, their partnership yielding 23 before Wacher was bowled off his pads and Grace caught at long-off through the breaking of ·his bat. Williamson (r4) and Twyman (ro, nul out) also helped the score. The latter. was unfortunately missed off his first ball, tl11 umpire jumping across ~viaundrell at square leg, and thus spoiling an easy catch ufl Watkins. Richardson six for .p and Watkins two for eight came out with the hc~t analysis. Our innings opened auspiciously, .Maundrell getting ten off Lumb's ini tial over, and, although Watkins succumbed to his second ball, a fast one from Joyce, the score w,, carried to 2 7 before Maund rell was bowled to 14. Toulmin a nd Richardson added r rJ, but then the former was unfortunately run out. Although R ichardson's wicket was tlu last but one to fall, the rest of the side troubled the scorers but little, and, in spitl! ol ,, final effort by extras, in the shape of 12, our innings only realized 78. Joyce had the remarkable analysis of seven for x6. In their second innings the Ss. Lawrence sron rl 133 for three wickets, Joyce hitting hard for a rather fluky 78. Toulmin took t11tt wickets for 38, Watkins one for 15.

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ST. LAWRENCE A 1'EAM. 9 G. T. Drury, b Richardson ... 1!'. F. S. Williams, b Toulmin 2 C. C. Williamson, b Richardson 14 J. Lumb, b Toulmin 7 H. Waoher, b Watkins ... ... 14 J. H. J oyce, c Watkins, b Richardson... 1 not out ... ... . .. H. G. Grace, c Clarke, b Richardson .. . 15 H. I saacke, b Richardson ... ... .. . 0 c Drake, b To\llmin G. 'rwyman, not out... .. . ... ... ... 10 not out J. B. Stovonson, l.b.w., b Richardson... 0 b Watkins H. Wnchor, c Skinner, b Watkins 4 c and b T oulmin .. . Extra.'!... 13 Extras .. . Total ...

...

... 90

'18

26 ... 13

...

... 4 ... 10

'l'otnl (for 3 wickets) ... 133

K.S.

W. H. Maundrell, b J oyce 1'. P. H. Watkins, b Joyce A. G. Richardson, b J oyce E. M . Toulmin, run out ... C. H. Clarke, b Joyce G. D. Lenox. b Wacher .. C. 1\1. Skinner, b Joyce G. C. ureen, b Lumb J . B. nrnke, not out... C. T. Candy, b Joyce

... 14

...

Total ... BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST. 'LAWR.ENCE. 1ST

... 63 2ND INNINGS.

I NNINGS.

Toulmin Richardson Watkins

28 10 41 13 8 4

:r.r . w. 2 2 3 6 1 2

n. 17

Richardson ... Toulmin Clarke ...

Green K.S. R.

32 16

0 6 0

13'1 6

5 38 11 31 G 15 6 ,20 6

W~ttkins

Lumb Joyce Waoher

... 24 12 4 3 2 0 4 0

0 0 1 2 0

0 2

0 1 0

w. 1 7 1

KING'S SCHOOL V. CHARTHAM ASYLUM. This match was played on the Asylum Ground on Thursday, May r 7th, in splendid weather, and ended, after a most exciting finish in 3 victory for the School by two runs. Richardson won the toss and elected to bat first going in himself with Maundrell,

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against the attack of Weekes and Gleave. The first wicket fell at 26, Maundrell being bowled by Gleave for 14, Richardson soon followed, being out l.b.w. Both played well, especially Richardson, who made several splendid off-drives. Then Toulmin, Watkins, a nd Skinner played well, Toulmin especially, making several hits to the boundary. Of the rest Clarke hit well for 1 2 not out, the inni ngs ending for rr3. Chartham Asylum com menced their innings \vith Dr. Everett and T. Gleave, against the bowling of Richardson and T oulmin. Gleave was soon out. Then the Rev. Colebrook followed and play was very steady. Clarke went on instead of Richardson, but the next wicket also fell to Toulmin, who clean bowled Dr. Everett. Dr. Fitz· gerald came in and at once made the score go up, then Clarke got Colebrook out l.b.w. Dr. Fitzgerald and Holt then made a stand, bnt the scoring was very slow, the School fielding being really excellent ; then Toulmin bowled Holt. After that furthe r disasters overtook our opponents, as Watkins d ismissed Weekes and Brown with successive balls. Dr. Fitzgerald was now their sole hope, and he was playing very carefully till he was bowled by a beautiful ball from Toulmin. He had played excellent cricket for his 33, and with his dismissal there was no w a chance of winning the match. However,Cournan hit out well, so that when the last man· w~nt in they requi red five more to win, and amidst intense excitement two more were added, and then Clarke bowled Cournan, leaving us victorious by two runs only. Toulmin bowled excellently, taking six wickets for 38 runs. In the second innings we scored 41 for no wickets, Richardson a nd T oulmin both played well for 24 and I7 respectively, when stumps were drawn. Full score and analysis : K ING'S

~C.HOOL.

A. G. Richa. dson, lbw·., b Glea.v.e ... ... 15 not out W. H. Ma.undrell, b Gleave 15 J . B . Drake, b Fitzgerald ... 4 E. M . •roulmm, b GIMve ... 17 not out A. S. Atha.wes, b Fitzgerald ... . .. 4 G. D . Lenox, b Fitzgerald ... ... 0 J .P. Watkins, c Everett, b Weekes 11 U. M . Skinner, b Weekes... ... .. ... 14 C. H. Clarke, not out... .. . .. . . .. ... 12 G. C. Green, b Holt ... ... ... .. . ... 0 C. J . Caocly, c W. Brown, b Holt .. . ... 2 E:r:tt·as .. . 20 Total...

...

...ll J

... 24 ... 17

Total (no wkts.)

... 41

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CHA.R.THAM ASYLUM.

. .. 16

\V. Everett, b 'l'oulmin ...

..• Gleave. c Candy, b Toulmin Rev. Colebrook, Jbw., b Clarke Dr. Fitzgerald, b Toulmin Rc\•. Holt, b Toulmin .. . H . W eekes, b Watkins .. . W. Brown, b Watkins .. . J. Johnston, b 'l:•·ulmin .. . G. Carr, b Toulmiu ... J. Cournan, b Clarke· I!~. Longland, not out Extras ...

5 13 33 9 1 0

6 3 10 !l

. .. 111 'l'otal ... BOWLING ANALYStS, KxNo·s ScnooL. K.S.-Second innings. K.S.-First innings. O.

Weekes ... ... 12 Gleave .. . . . 16 llr. Fitzgerald 11 8 Rev. Holt

2 !l

4 4

Jt.

24 41 17 11

2 3

3 2

<.:olcbt·ook .. OlcaNO . . . . .. Dr. Fitzgerald

17 16 8

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o. Richardson ... Toulmin Clarke ... Watkins

18 12 G

0 6 6 1

28 38

77 15

w. 0 6 2 2

K.S. v. S.A.C. Commenced on the Beverley on May, 22, and resulted 111 n draw owing to rain. Richardson won the toss and took Maundrell in with him to bal. Both hit well, and at the end of half-an-hour the score stood at 7 r, Richardson being the n caught for a well-hit 46. Maundrell was soon after bowled for 30. Toulmin and Skinner adtled 2o, when rain again put a stop to play,

KING'S SCHOOL v. SOUTH EASTERN COL LEG l~, RA~l ' GATE. This match was played at Ramsgate on Thursday, May 24th, and resulted in a win for the school on the first innings by 69 runs. Richardson won the toss, and, as the wicket was improving, sent our opponents in. Toulmin opened the attack from the

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Ramsgatc end, and with his first ball bowled the opposing captain. Swann fiJJed the vacancy, but with the score at_5 Clarke caught Money. Swann batted well, but received little support from his side. Toulmin now changed to the other end, and clean bowlt:cl Swann, whose contribution was by far the best of the innings ; he then dismissed till rest of the side without much trouble, Cox being the only one to play him with con fidencc. Toulmin bowled excellently all through, as his analysis shows. Richardsou and Maundrell opened our innings> having 90 to make to win, ::\Iacartney and Swann opening the attack. They soon set to work to knock off tht runs, Richardson especially being partial to the deliveries of the slow bowler (Macartney). With the score at 711 Maundrell was bowled ·by Swann for an excellent innings of 3o, which had taken hitn under half-an-hour to compile. Atha,v·es en_me 'i n and stayed some time, making some nice strokes on the off. Richardson continued to hit hard all round the wicket, and looked li ke reaching his century, but with the score at rso, he was out to a sharp catrh at short leg; he had made 89, with but one chance at63, in about an hour and a half, in vcty vigorous style. After his dismissal our batting failed miserably, the last five wickets only putting on 8 runs. Our innings closed for r 58, 69 to the good. In their second 111 nings Swann and Macartney batted well. S.E.C. F. N. Macartney, b Toulmin ... ... ... 0 D. W. Money, c Clarke, b Richardson... 0 P. G. Swann, b Toulmin... ... ... 26 G. Rymer-Jones, b Toulmin ... 1 S. L. Kember, b •roulmi n 4 E. C. R. Cox, b Toulmin .. . .. . 12 G. W. Donne, b Touhnin 0 7 S. R. Phillips, c and b Toulmin C. F . S. Adams, c Green, b Tuulmin 7 N. G. Denne, not out .. . .. . .. . 8 1V. H. Morgan, c Valpy, b Toulwin 0

Extrus...

...

'!'otn.l ...

c Richardson, b Wat kins

... 33

b 'l'oulmin not out ...

... 2G 1

b Toultnin

c Clnrko, b Watk ins

... 24 ...

.. .

. .. ... 811 K ING' S SCHOOL. A. G. Richardson, c Kember, b Denn e W. H. lllauudrell, b Swann ... .. . A. S. Athawes, b 8wann... .. . · .. . E. 1\I. Touhnin, b Macartney .. . 'f. P . H . Watkins, b Deane .. . G. D . Lenox, b Swann ... •.. C. H . Clarke, c and b Swann... .. . G. Carey, b Swann ... ... ... .. G. C. Green, b Swann ... ... .. . G. C. Valpy, c t'ox, b .llacartn ey ... Extms. .. ... Total

...

Ext ras Total (4 wkts .)...

... 89

10 8 4 4 0

0 6 0 6 lliR

... 60

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BOWLING ..olNALYSIS. S.E.C.-lst Innings. Toulmm ... Richardson • larko .. . Wo.tkins .. .

Jo( .

16 5

2 1

6 5

2 2

S.E.C.-2nd innings. R.

32 19 ll

wgl 1

0 0

KING's Jo( .

Swann ... Mnco.rtnoy

12·2 13

0 0

w., ~

Green Cat·ey Clarke .. . Watkins .. . Toulmin .. . Scn ooL. Deane

4 4 3 6

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 2 2

8 (j

'"·

K.S. v. CASTLE HILL. Played on the Beverley on May 29, and resulted in a draw, owing to rain. Richardson won the toss, and decided to put our opponents in. Off Toulmin's first ball Hayhurst was well caught by Green at extra cover. T wo more wickets fell quickl)•, but Longfield hit about till he was disposed of by Toulmin. Our fi_elding was again bad, and this increased our opponent's score to no small extent. As it was, chicfiy owing to the fine bowling of Toulmm, they were all dismissed for 84. Toulmin bowled excellently, securing nine wickets at a cost of only 32 runs. Richardson and Maundrell started our inr.ings, and made 29 without loss, when rain stopped play. This was most unfortunate, as both looked like making runs. Very soon the ground wns completely under water ; on the road outside the Beverley the water was over fourteen inches deep. Of course further play was impossible, causing the game to be :tbandoncd as a draw. Appe nded are the sco res : CASTLE H l LL . G . .F. Haylmrst, c Greeu, b •roulmin ... L. Lon~field, b Toulmin. .. . .. D. E . Muir, b Toulmin ... ... H. H . Foy, c Green, b 'l'oulmin C. G. Pinh ey, b Toulmiu.. . .. . E . B . Thacker, b Richardson .. . C. Brewer, c C11ndy, b Toulmin C. H . A.. Palmer, l.b.w. Toulmin .. , E. Solano, b Toulmin C. Sheridan, not out C. E. Frampton, b Touln1in :Extras ... Totlll ...

...

7 1 0

17 0 ·~

10 ... 84

THE CANTUARIAN. · KING'S SCHOOL. ... 15 ... 14

A. G. Richardson, not out W. H . Maundrell, not out

... 29

'f9tal (l'ot· no wickets) The rest of t he sido did not bnt. BOWLING ANALYSIS.

K.S. ...

C.H. R.

'l'oulmin ... Richnrdson Cllu·ko Watkins ...

32 12·4

20 13 9

7 3

)[. w. 2 0 Foy ... ~ Pinl>o,

...

-g

16 13

3"1

w. 0 0

2 1

Richardson bowlod two no-balls.

K.S. v. SUTTON VALENCE. The above match was played at Sutton and resulted in a defeat for us by 77 nm Sutton won the toss, an immense advantage, and wisely elected to bat on a wicket thnt fast became cut up and difficult. They made a most unpromising start, as their 111 11 wicket fe ll with the score at o, and their second wh en the total ? K.S. A. G. Richardson, c Eckford, b Thornton W. H ..Maundrell, c Lyun, b Christopher .A. Athawes, b Thornton . .. . . . .. . . . . E . M . Toulmin, c Lyon , b Christopher ... C. M. Skinner, b Thornton ... ... ... ... T. P. W~ttkios, c Christopher, b Thornton G. D. Lonox, b Christopher C. H. Clarke, l.b.w. b Christopher .., ... G. C. Green, not out ... ... .. . ... . .. G. C~troy, b Thornt n .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. C. T. Cnndy, c Thornton, b Christopher ... Extt·as ... ... ... ... ... ...

Totnl

7 b Thornton 1 not out ... 1

G ]

0 2 0 12 c Daniel, b Thornton

1 0 1

. . . .. . 29.

Extrns Total (for 2 wickets)

... 11

THE CANTU ARIA r. 615 ~~======================~-============= SUTTON VALENCE.

T. S. Christopher, c Watkins, b 'l'olllmin ... F. Paine, c Athawes, b Watkins .. . S. N . P erfect, run out ... ... ... ... T. S. 'l'hornton, b Clarke .. . .. . .. . V . R. E ckford, c Athn.wcs, b Cln.rko .. . W. J. Daniel, c Candy, b Richn.rdson .. . C. G. Davison, c Richardson, b 'l'onlmin H. G. Smith, b Clarke ... .. . ... W. L. Lynn, c Clarke, b 'l'ouhnin A. H. Payton, b Toulmin V. Fowle1·, not out .. . Extms . ..

... 0 ... 0 ... 19 ... 20

...

... 0 ... :.12 1()

a :)

0 10

'f otn.l

... JOG BOWLING AJ."\'"ALYHS.

SUTTON VALENCE. 0.

it.

E . 1\I. 'l'oulwin... 19· 1 9 21:1 T . P . Watkins... 13 5 28 C. H. Clarke 12 3 29 A. G. Ricluu·dson G 1 11 Toulmin and w ·ntkins each bowled n. wido.

1 3 l

K.S. 1ST IN NINGS. O.

J. S. 1'hornton ... T. S. Christopher

15 14,-4

2NO I NN I NOH.

III.

IV.

9 9

J. S. Thornton ... 6 'J'. S . ChrisLophor

3·2

... a

a1, I

n. w. 4 2 G

K.S. v. DOVER COLLEGE. Wednesday, June 6th. Prime won the toss and decided to bat. The wicket was extremely easy, and gave the bowlers no assistance. In spite of thi<; the large score run up against us was mainly due to our bad fielding. Nobody seemed to go for the ball until it had passed them, consequently time after time countless runs were obtained which shonld never have been allowed. Madden was missed in his first over, but still his display was very creditable. Nearly everybody ,made runs, and when rain stopped play Dover had scored 22 2 for the loss of eight wickets. Thus the game was left ;t dra1v. Appended are the scores : -

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'f.HE CANTUARIAN. · DOVER COLLEGE R. A. Rose, b Watkins ... ... ... .. . G. F . .Madden, b Clarke... ... ... .. . E. l:l. Priwe, c Clarke, b ltichardson .. . H . P. Blackwood, run out H. P. ,Ayscoug)l, b Toulouin ... .. . F. B ar topp, l.·b.·w,, b Toulmin .. . G Gui lllayaons, c Carey, b Candy E. Routlpdgo, b Richardson ... L. Bagsha.we, not out C. M.ello ~. not out . .. .. . . .. .. .

. .Extms . ... .. ..

... 23 ... ... ... . .. . .. ... ... . ... . ..

65 21 2 21 14 5 22 5 0 45

·To~;&l (for 8 ~iokots). ... .. .222 H. Lynham did not bat. HOWLING ANA.LYSlS. -Dovl':R COLLEGE. R. 0. .M. w. 'l'oulwin 71 20 2 2 Watkins ·1-8 J4. 0 1 Clarke .. . 25 9 1 1 Richardson ... 21 11 5 2 Candy ... ... 13 6 2 l 'J'oulmin bowled two no-balls and Clarke one. Candy bowled a. wide.

K. S. v. THE OAKS. P layed at Oakwell on June 14th and resulted in our defeat by 55 runs. Owi ngtu tlu recent heavy rains the wicket was exceedingly slow. Richardson lost the toss and tuu~ the field, sharing the attack with Toulmin. An excellent ball from the latter dismr~~~ II Matthews with the total at i 5, Richard~on sending back Tryon one run later. Staun ton and Spencer added 38 for the next wicket, though the former narrowly escaped ht• urk bowled before he had scored. A separation was not effected until Candy went on .11 the bottom end, for Spencer, in lashing out at a long hop, was well caught by Rich;ud son at cover. Fletcher joined Staunton who signalled his arrival by smacking T oult11111 out of the ground, a very good hit. At 6o Fletcher was caught by R ichardson uti C andy, and Staunton bowled by Toulmin for an invaluable 30. The next two ''' '' d ismissed by Candy wi th the total at 66. At this point the field ing, which had ht 1 11 bad all through, got far worse, the result was that 30 runs were add ed for the 111 1 wicket, the innings eventually closing for ro6. Candy had by far the best analysis '' 11 h four wicke ts for 14. It is worth mentioning that no less than 13 easy catches Wt H dropped, so that our defeat was not surprising. Richardson and Maundrell commclllt ,] our innings,and both scored fairly quickly, the fi rst wicket falling at 26, Maund rc ll hcin11ulll for 16. Skinner failed to score. Richardson was most unfortunate in being bowled ofT Ius r II • {rom a kicking ball. The rest of the innings w1th the exception of the period whe n t.cnu

THE CANTUARIAN. and Athawes were t::>gether, was conspicuous by the succession of bad strokes and the less .said about it the better. We were all out for 67. In the 2nd innings of the Oaks Toulmin and Richardson got rid of 7 men for 39 runs, the forme r taking four wickets for 18 and the latter 3 for 21. We must not omit to mention the great kindness of Col. and l\Irs. Trueman to whom we are deeply indtbted for a most enjoyable day, the match ending with cheers for our kind h<?st and hostess. TilE OAKS. II. N Mat thews, b Toulmiu ... ... ... 12 W. Spencer, c Richardson, b Candy ... 14 J. Tryon, b Richardson ... ... ... ... 0 H. o tauuton, b 'foul min .. . . .. . .. ... 30 A. Fletcher, c Richardson, b Candy 4 M. C. L . Griffith, b Uaudy ... .. .. ... 0 A. K. Levy, b Candy ... ... . .. · ... 0 C. Trueman, b Richa~·dson .. . . .. ... 9 H. Edmen.des, c Gret'n, b Clarke ... ... 20 R. Trousdale, b Clarke ... 5 R. Goro, not out . .. 0 Extras ... 12

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The first match this season against the C.O.S., played on the Beverley on J une If), 11111 be memorable as one of the severest beatings ever inflicted by one school on the utlu 1, the result being a win for the Kings' School by an innings and ISS runs. The C.<> , won the toss, and, choosmg to bat first, sent in Mosely and Mooney to face the lmwli11~ of R ichardson and Toulmin. The start was not auspicious, as the last named Wl\'t ''"' in the first over to a catch at point. Britten followed, but had only scored seven "lu 11 he was bowled by Richardson. Th ~n came the longest s'tand of the innings, whilr Moseley and Williams put on 31 before they were separaterl. 'Nill iams played 11 11111 innings of 29, and Moseley compiled 12 very carefully, but no one else gave the huwlt 1 m uch trouble, and all were out for 88. Lunch was taken before the Kings' School 111 111 in to bat. Richardson and Maundrell, as usual, went in first, but, wi th the score al •II, Maundrell was bowled, having made 13 of 'that number. Skinner, who foiiOifl'd, tltd not stay long, but Toulmin, who followed, helped Richardson to put on qo bcfort 1111 latter was bowled, with a \'ery free 74 ro his credit, which included two sixes ami 111111 fours. T oulmin stayed until he had completed his century. Among his hits welt ""' six, two fives, and 13 fours, and, as far as we saw, he gave no palpable chance. 01 tlu rest none offered much resistance, except Lenox, who soon knocked up 23. Wilhntu 11 average of seven wickets for 64 was ,·ery meritorious in an innings of 2 76. The ~~~ 111111 innings of the C.O.S. was most disastrous. Tired with their long afternoon in the h• hi and with r88 to make to save the innings defeat, the task was far too much fo1 1111 111 and all were dismissed for the small total of 33· The bowling :l\·erages were nat111 .111~ phenomenal. Candy, with three wickets for four runs, Toulmin, with three for livt•, '""' Richardson, with three for eight, all surpassed themselves. We ought not to 011111 111 mention that many of the C.O.S. XI. are much younger than is usually the case, 11111! 1 as most of them will be staying at school another two or three years, they mny 111 formidable opponents in the future. Scores :

c.o.s. A. E. !llosoloy, b Watk in s G. Mooney, c Skiunet·, b Toulmin .. . F. A. Britton, b Richardson ... .. . D. P. W illiams, c Baker, b Toulmin J . .Alban, c Richardson, b Clarke .. . A. F. 'l'hOt'l>O, c Baker, b ·watkins .. . R. 'f. Johnson, b Clarke ... ... .. . F. C. Duncan, c nnd b Toulmin .. . G. C. F. Ru•sell, c Clarke, b Watkins ... G. ~1. Swift, not out.. . .. . F. J. 'l'm·ner, b ·watkins .. . Extras Total

12 0 7 29 3 2

0 9 4 3 2 17

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c L enox, b Candy .. . .. . b Candy ... ... ... .. . c Toulmin, b vVatkins .. . c Athawos, b Candy b 'l'oulmin ... ... .. . b Richardson ... ... .. . c nnd b Toulmin ... .. . c Richardson, b Toulmin c l\Iaundrcll b Richardson b Richardson .. . .. . not out ... ... .. . Extras .. . 'l'otnl ...

G 0 II

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B OWLING ..\.NALYSIS.-c.o.s. o. M. 'foul min 27 15 5 3 Watkins Richardson 13 7 2 1 Candy... ... 22 Watkins 12.4 4 Toulmin ... Âˇ~ Clarke 9 6 2 2 Richardson ... KING'S SCHOOL. A. G. Richardson, b Russell .. . . .. . .. W, H . .Maundrell, c Turner, b Russell C. 31. Skinner, b Williams E . M. Tou1min, b Tul'ller A. S. Atbawes, c and b Willimns ... G. Carey, b Williams G. D. Lenox, c and b Willliruns â&#x20AC;˘r. P. H . Watkins, b Willimus C. H. Clarke, b Williams C. T . Candy. b Williams ... E. E. Ba ker, not out Extras ... R.

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Two matches have already been played with this age-limitation, both have resulted in defeat, partly owing to want of experience, but chiP-fly to the fact that our opponents cricket was better all round. It IS no doubt disappointing to be beaten, as we were at Westgate by boys some two years our junior and at the C.O.S. by boys of our own standing in age, but it is better to lose to good players than to beat bad ones. There is great room for improvement in the School cricket; to begin with, there is too little discipline and too much slackness in the games while stump cricket, as played here, is quite sufficient to account for the bad style of batting that is general, and it cannot be too strongly urged on all the younger boys, who care to do their best to be good cricketers, that they ought to give it up nltogethcr. The following boys have

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bee n given their places :- Frewer (::~ )(Captain), P aris, \Vacher, Wight wick, F inn ( 1 ), 1 11111 z, Foord-Kelcey, H assall ( 1) . Several of these she w considerable promise, :tncl, 11 11 II perseverance, oug ht to t urn out good cricketers ; one or t wo others would aho h.11, been included had they shown less inclinatio n for stump cricket and more kecnncs~ 111 llu field. Richardson has done much to encourage cricket among the younger bop., 11htt owe it to him that they have been allowed to practice in the Green Court, and alMI .all indebted to l\Ir. Willliams, who has very kindly had Bingham (the late pro. :a l 1he C.O.S.) to bowl to them and coach them several times. The Bishop of D over hn., ,II " very kindly given a bat for the best all-round player, and o ne or two o thers lll:l )' pn~~tlol) be given, so that at any rate there is plenty of encouragement for the younger hoy 111 do their best. The fi rst match was played at Westgate, June 28th. v. Wellington ll n u~a, K..S.C., 87. K.G. , 98., a game well played throughout. W:tlpole's lob-bowlin ~-t hn Westgate was very good. On July sth we played the C .O. S. and were very lwll) beaten. K.S . 34, C.O.S. 107 (for nine wickets), Duncan playing a very good innm of 49Âˇ We had fine weather for both games, and Mr. Bull and Mr. Upcott did all tl aat could be done to make each outing a very pleasant one.

SCHOOL NEWS. After the St. Lawrence match, T . P . H. Watkins, W. H . Maundrell, C. M. Skinner and A. S. Athawes ; and after the Cavalry Depot, \.. T . Candy received their 1st XI. Colours.

which, on reference to his tory, wa~ fu1111al to have never happened before in E nf.{lll lltl or to any of the dynasties of the nmll nent.

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The retmn C.O.S. m atch whiC'h 11 1 played on this day, resulted in :t Hl'C' cmal d ecisive victory for the K.S., who 1.111 IIJI the big total of 309 (declared at 9 wic k1 1 ) the C.O.S. making 44, and follo wing on, \ for 4 wickets.

There has been no Tenn is Tournament this term, owing to lack of entries.

*'*-If The Choir H alf was given on Saturday, 7th Tuly, when most of the me mbers went to R eculver.

*** The Headmaster gave a half on Tuesday, July 1o, in honour of the birth of a Prince, the third in direct succession to our illustrious Throne; an eve nt which some called an ordinary occurrence, but

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The following have rece ived thcu Jlld XI. colours :- R. H elmorc, II. 1'. II , Austen, G. Carey, G. D . Frc wcr, I , II Hart-Davies, A. J. F cnn, A. 1.. l' . lli~, I E- Baker.

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* The preacher on Speech-day will be the \Varden of Keble College, and the anthem selected is " Rise up ! arise" " Sleepers awake." *•#

E. IV. Mowll, Esq's. X I. be,lt us at Whitfield on Thursday, J une 21, by ( r), 86, (2) 5 (for 2 wickets), to 72. And on Tue>day 26th, the St. Lawrence made 205 against our r 25.

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The Highgate match had to be scratched owing to illness in that school. I n its stead on Tuesday, July 3rd, F. S. S. Williams,

Esq., brought a team with which we drew. K.S., 17 3 (declared at 2 wickets). Op· ponents, r 34 (4 wickets),

.,.,.flo*

On Thur:;day, July 5, the School gained a victory over the Cavalry Depot. Score : K.S., 133; Cavalry Depot (1) 89, (z) 89 5 wickets.

T he Second XI.* have played five matcl~es, four of which were ea<;y victories (twice over the C. Q.S. znd XI., once over Seveno:lks and Dover College 2nd XL ) while we suffered a defeat in our fir:;t match with Seveno:tks. The fuller accounts of these are, with the rest of the rst XI., held over till the next number.

O.K.S. H. S· S. Parker, of C.C.C., Cam., has I C . T. Davies has kindly sent some more gained a second class in the First Part of drawings of astronomic:1l and other sub1 the Classical Tripos. jects.

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* \V. H. Salmon, of Queen's College, Cam., has received an increase of scholarsh1p.

We omitted to me1~tion in our last num· ber that R. F. Elwyn was ordained at St. Alba n's on Trinity Sunday and A. H. Thompson at Truro.

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BOAT RACES . The pair-oar races were rowed, as arranged, on Wednesday, the 2oth of June. The crews, which had been practising with more or less regularity si nce the beginning of the term, were c hosen by " natural selection,, but the coxswains by " supernatural," i.e. by lot ; and, although various circumstances had prevented the practice being as constant as could have been wished, all the crews were pretty much on a level in this respect and a very interesting contest resulted. One very promising pair (Reale and Austen) unfortunately had to scratch, o wing to H eale's illness. The crews which actually competed were as follows :-

I 2 3 4 Bow, Fynes-Clinton. Lee-Warner. Dann. Edgell. Stroke, Baker. Pears. Stobart. Gordon-Douglas. 1 Hopkins. Cox, H elmore.2 Frewer.2 Foord-Kelcey. The \Yeather on the day of the traces was far from propitious ; rain began early in the afternoon, and kept up a steady downpour until all was over, when it maliciously cleared up. Our hardy mariners showed a Spartan indifference to the elements, but the rain no doubt kept many spectators away. Still, there was a fair number, including the Head-master. Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Williams kindly took charge of the umpires' pistols at the winning posts, while Mr. Tripp assisted i.\'lr. Ritchie with the starts. The course, about half-a-mile up stream, was from the point where the streams diverge (formerly known as " the 2nd stink ") up to the Black Bridge, or rather just below il. The two stations were ten lengths apart (2oo feet), so as to Drevent ::ny reasonable probability of fouling ; at the same time it was provided that if a boat should be so far ~uperior as to overtake its opponent at that distance, a bump should count as a win. No such case, however, occurred. One pair (No 4) in consideration of age and size was allowed three lengths handicap. T he first heat drawn was th is pair (with upper station) against No. I (Lower). The youngsters rowed very pluckily, and, with their handicap, at fi rst looked like giving thei r opponents some trouble, but about half-way weight began to tell, and Baker drew up rapidly and secured a fairly easy win. The next heat was Pears (Lower) v. Stobart (Upper Station). Stobart missed a stroke or two by slipping his rowlock near the start, but soon picked up and made a very good race all the way, Pears winning by something under a length. The pistols, by the way, behaved as pistols hired for such occasions not uncommonly do, and refused in more than one instance, to go off at the critical moment. Perhaps, however, the weather was some excuse for them ; and, as a matter of fact there was no difficulty in determining the results, though the difference could not be so accurately timed. The winners of this heat had an interval of about half-an-hour to recover, and the final started about 6. IS, Pears having upper and Baker lower station. Almost immediately after starting Lee-Warner had the misfortune to get his oar out of the rowlork, whicâ&#x20AC;˘h checked the pace for a stroke or two, and Baker, rowing a faster stroke, began to gain ; but Pears

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with cool judgment, declined to be flurried by what might be only a tempomry advantage, and continued at his own pace with a good long stroke. After both had settled down to their work, however, it become evident that Baker's gaining was something more than a " rush," and, amid great excitement on the bank, Pears spurted pluckily, but Baker, after passing the corner, did the same, and continued to gain fast, and from the second bay onwards the superior reserve power of this crew became more a nd more apparent, till at the finish they were nearly two lengths to the good. The result seems to have been rather a surpi·i se to the sporting prophets, but there was no fault to be found with the steering, and, after making all allowances, no doubt was left in the minds of those who witnessed the race that the best crew had won. The prizes were ~-pint pewters, supplied by :Messrs. Mason and Son, engraved with the School arms and names of crew.

CORRESPONDENCE. N.B.-The Editors <lecline to accej>l cmy •·esponsibility connected tvith the opinions of thei,. correspond· enls. Name mul address "l1LBL aLways be given, not necessarily [o1· pubLication, bu! as u guarantee of goo<lfaith. Pe•·sonat-ilies 10ilL int•oLce cc•·tain '·ejection.

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Dear Sirs,-The incident recorded in the somewhat doggerel verses of the new School poet look place in the month of November, 1846, and, as the boy~ of that tim.:: thought them clever and amusing, I am curious to !cam what view may be taken by the present members of the school. I doubt whether anyone but myself rememb:::rs them, and, unless you think them worthy a place in your magazine, they will b~ altogether forgotten. " Through tho Cn.thodral Com·t the othot• clay, .A hero front the Barracks took his way, Where many schoolboys in play hours are seen Ut·ging the football o'er the level green. A graceless urchin, with derisive looks, Boys oft are impish, called out ' '!'hero goes Snooks!" A.ncl, quite by accident, the muddy ball,

'Vns kickod against tho het·o stout and stall, 'Vho, furiotts at tho pigmy insult, drow His COIH!UP.t·ing sword, nnd pierced t ho football through. Tho pl1ything, doomod no more to brush ot· fly, Collapsed, expired, in 01e long puffing sigh, At which tho boys' indigna-~t !!riof broko Ollt Cn n loud echoing, execrating shout. 'l'ho birds who haunt tho Court n.ncl lovo the boys, Allwmoclnnd symp 1thisiu~ swell tho noiso, From towet· n.ucl tl'oe t'le jackdaws, crows,l\ncl rooks, All joinod in ono grand chorus, "Snooks! Snooks ! Snooks I"

"There goes Snooks " wa<; the street cry of the day; and, unfortunately, the lines found their wa.y to the Barrack~, which led to such unmerciful chaff of the poor victim that, to escape it, he exchanged into another regiment.

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Since you were good enough to publish my last letter, I feel I may now give myself the proud title of your contributor. 1 remain, Yours truly, R. J. BIRON. Lambeth Police Court, Jnne, 1894.

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THE CANTUARIAN. VoL. III.-

OCTOBER,

1894.

Supplanenl to No. 2f.

ED IT 0 RIAL. The last number of the Canluarian which appeared last term, in the right orckr of things completes Volume I II, but since it was found to be impossible to incl ude in it several of the Cricket l\Iatches, and the accO\IIlt of Speech Day, without which we feel that the year would not be. co mpl ete, we have decided to bri ng out :t Supplemental number to contain everything which is necessary to complete the record of last year's events. The volume stretches over a period o f four years, from 1890 to 1894, in which, on the whole, the School Sports have improved ; the Cricket has kept much the same in results, though last season's batting averages arc th e highest recorded for the first three places; the Football has become gradually better, from one victory in 1890 to four in 1893; in Fives a lone the School has been almost uniformly successful, hardly a single match having been lost; in Ath lctics an advance has been made by the institution of annual Sports against the C.O.S. O n the whole the Review shows an all-round improvement, though in some branches, it must be confessed, it has been very slight : and we can only add our sincere hopes that, in the volume which begins this School year, the improvement will be continued and our list of victories increased in every department of our School games. But besides the wins and losses in the field of Sports, other losses o f a much more lasting nature have had to be chroni cled. Since Volume III. began,

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Mr. Gordon and 1\Ir. Campbell have passed away, and have left a gap in the School which must be felt far more severely by many O.K..S. who had spent their school hh under them than by any among us at the present time. If we turn to the less noticed side of the School work, we sec, if effect is au> true index to interest, an immense increase in the popularity of Natural History aud Science; the Museum has established itself in a room of its own, and the numbt·• ul specimens, especially of the chalk fossils, which it contains, bears witness to the can devoted to it, while its latest off-shoot-the Ilarvey Society-bids fai r to mainta111 its original position, if not in actual num bers, at least in energy and interest; <t utl we feel certai n that no one, glancing over the record of the last four years, can fall to acknowledge that we have sustained, both in work and play, the reputation JelL tn us by those who have gone before, while as a crowning lin.ish to the whole rcc111d comes Lhe visit of T .R. H . Prince and Princess Ilcnry of Dattcnberg, fo r a n acco uut of which we must refer our readers to another column of th is Magazine. An index has been constructed with considerable labour, in order to lt•,tv• nothing imperfect in the finished volume. I n consequence of the time requin·d tu edit this Supplement, we find we are compelled to reserve what usually forms tlu staple part of the first issue in a new year, the Football prospects and accounts of llu early events of the term, for some little time, till we arc enabled to bring out wh.tt wi ll be the first number of Volume IV., which we hope will be in print about tlu middle of November. lt will bt! the last issue of the Canluarian during the cum·ut term, and will be as much up to date as possible at the time of its publication. We arc requested to staLe that any O.K.S. wishing to play in the O.K.S. mall It on Dec. 19th, should send their names as early as possible to C. T . CANDY, l•:s~l 18, Avenue, Drugmann, Brussels.

THE ROYAL VISIT. The Bazaar held in the Green Court last term would now be matter or andt•ul history but ror tWO thingS-1St, the application Of the profitS, aS tO which (if IIIIIHl l ll says true) there arc still searchlngs of heart; and secondly, what more immcclialt'ly concerns us, the memory of the Royal Visit to the School and of the conscqut•ul extra week's holiday, which we have enjoyed ; and it is fitting that so mcmorabll· , 111 event should be separately chronicled in our annals. lt was then on Wednesday, the 18th July, 1894, that their Royal Iligluwsst Prince and Princess Henry of Batten berg, after formally opening the Bazaar, proct·l'dt d about z.fs, t hrough the gateway under the School 1\Iuscum, to receive an addrcs!l nl

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welcome from the King's School. T his was not indeed absolutely the first glimpse we had had of the Royal Visitors, as most of us had assisted with our voices at the opening ceremony, and had lingered on in the Green Court while the Royal party were making the tour of the stalls; but inasmuch as princes, like Aristotle's H ighsouled man, move slowly, there was p lenty of t ime for nimble youth to scuttle back to its appointed place. The Pri nce and Princess, who were accompanied by the Cathedral dignitaries, passed under t he archway at the Mint-yard side, where the b oys and masters(" properly habitcd agreeably to their degree," as academ ic statutes say) were grouped to receive t hem; and after the lleadmastcr had been presented to T .R.H. by the Bishop of D over, Robb, as Captai n of the School, proceeded to read the following Address in a business-like tone, which certain ly could not be sti gmati)(ed as one of servile adulation : "We, the masters and scholars of ti10 King's School, have received a gracious permission to associate ourselves in the loyal welcome which has been offered to your Royal Highness and to your Royal Consort the Prince Henry of Dattcnbcrg, on the . occasion of your visit to this ancient city and the Precincts of the Cathedral Church. We desire in particular to express our sense of the honour conferred upon the school by the visit of your Roya l Highnesses to its buildings. It is the Jirst occasion on which they have received the honour of a Royal visit since their erection thirty years ago, and it is one of which the memory will be long retained by us. In the olden times of which we read, Royal visits to Canterbury were not rare, but we di> not find that the Schola rs of the School were then privileged to g ive that expression of thei r loyalty which your Royal High ness is now permitting us to make. But Llcr Majesty the Queen has no more loyal subjects than the boys of English Public Schools. WP fain would hope that the King's School may be found amongst the most loyal, as it is the most ancient, of them all. Should its history extend to twelve centuri es in th<' future as it has covered twelve centuries in the past, we trust it may still flo urish under th e protection of your Royal H ouse." T he scroll, cased in a handsome blue vel vet wrapper, was the n handed by Robb (who, however, seemed reluctant to part with it) to Pt inn· l lcnry, who hric fly acknowledged it on behalf of the Princess, saying that he thought hi' l'ould not beltrr express their satisfaction than by asking for a Wl'ek's cxtl·nsion of holiday. That this sentiment was shared by the School was imnwdiatrly tl'Stifit•d hy tlw hurst of dtct·ring which greeted this ann oun cement, and which pursu\·d tlw Royal party as they made their way across the i\Iint Yard to sec the Tahll·aux in tlw Cymnasium. Tlwnc1' they were cond ucted to the Parry Library-doubtless ad miring tlw staircase· hy '' hich it is approached-to hear the Robcrtsonian Conct•rt; and ahoul -1 o'clock, amid renewed cheering from the boys, le ft under an escort of cavalry, which had meanwhile been drawn up in the i\'Iint Yard, for the S.E.R. Station.

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SPEECH DAY. Speech Day of 1894, though not so favoured in the matter of weather as somr of its predecessors, must certainly be classed amongst the most successful. Both in llw number of visitors and in the quality of the performance of the Speeches it left littl e to be desired. The Speeches were perhaps rather shorter than they have l>ecu sometimes, and could scarccl}' have wearied even those of the audience, if there wen· any such, who did not understand a word of Latin, Greek, or French. The day began with the usual Celebration of the H oly Communion, at 7.30, at which about So were present. This was followed by the Commemoration Servin• at ' o, when the Sermon was preached by the Warden of Keble College, Oxford . In the' course of his Sermon the preacher made touching all usion to t he death of Mr. Pater, in whom the School had lost one of its most distinguished alumui. Tl w music was chosen as usual by the School, the anthem being, "Rise up I Arise." "Sleepers, awake." At 12 came the Speeches in the Chapter House, performrd before the Dean, a goodly assembly of the Chapter, and other visitors. All th1• selections were lively, and the actors gave ample evidence of their careful coaching by Mr. Mason, to whom our best thanks arc due for the trouble he spent upon them . Robb, as 1\L J ourdain in the French speech, and as Davus in T erence's p lay, deserves special praise, while Drake and Clinton were both good in the scene from tlw "Acharnians." In the comic English, \\'hich naturally appeals to a large portion of the audience, Clinton, as Pun·, showed distinct power, as h e did last year in till' character of l\Irs. Malaprop. After hii'\1, perhaps Green, as Sneer, provoked most favourable comment. At the conclusion of the Speeches the Prizes were distributed by the Dean, who afterwards made a very humorous speech, in the course of which he announced that the Chapter had consented to grant an extra week's holiday in honour of the visit of H.R.H. Princess Beatrice to the School. After a fe w remarks from 1\'Ir. Henniker Heaton, the proceedings closed with the usual chems for llw Dean and Chapter, the ladies, and the holidays. A large number of visitors snt down, at the invitation of the H ead 1\'Iaster, at the Luncheon in the Gymnasium, at 2 o'clock. After this there were more inte resting speeches fro m the Dean, llw Head Master, Canon Fremantlc, the Mayor, Mr. Henniker Heaton, a nd others, wh ich your reporter regrets his inability to record in detail, as pressing business unfortunately hurried him from the room just as the speech making began. LIST OF SPEECHES. 1. -ScENE FROM "LE BouRGF.ors GE~TILTTO:\tl\IE." 111olih, M. Jourdain C. B. Rob b. Le Maitre de Philosophic E. M. Toulmin. l\Iadame Jourdain A. V. Gadney. Nicole . . G. F. Carter. Laquais . . G. C. Green. l\1. Jourdain who, lnte in life, is trying to mnkc up for lost time by Inking lessons in philosoph)', fencing, &c., is ridiculed nnd rntcd hy his sen·nnt nncl his wife for the absurd exhibition he mnk~> ul himself in trying to show off to them his new accomplishments.

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z. "KING RICHARD Ill." Act iii., Sc. iv.

3·

Gloucester Buckingham Hastings The Bishop of Ely Stanley .. C.atesby . . Love! Lord in Waiting SCENE FROM "ANDRIA." Chremes Simo Davus Mysis Dromo

.. Shakespeare.

H. J. Fynes-Clinton. A. V. Gadney. C. T . Candy. T. W. H. Jones. G. F. Carter. W. H. Evans. C. H. Clarke. G. C. Vaipy.

Tcrmce. J. B. Drake. A. G. Richardson. C. B. Robb. G. C. Green. T. W. H . J ones.

Simo is arranging the wedding of his son Pamphilus with the daughter of his friend Chremes, hcing ignorant of the fact that Pamphilus is already secretly married to Glycerium. Pamphilus is·at a loss how to inform his father, and so sets his servant Davus to do it ; but Davus, afrni<l himself to inform hih master of the fact, persuades lllysis, a fcllow-sl:we, to plnce the inf.,r1l child of Pamphilus hcfurc Simo'~ door, nnd then pretends that he k nows nothing about it. I [c is duly punished for his duplicity.

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ScENE FROM "AcHARNJANS." Dicreopolis (a1l Allum"a11 cilizm) Breotian Nicarchus (atz informer) Leader of Choms Servant • . Pipers

J. B. Drake.

Anslophrwes.

H. J. Fynes-Clinlon. ] . R. I. Hopkins.

T. W. H . Jones. G. F . Carter.

A Breotian, nccompnnied by pipers, comes to Athens to sell his wares, consist ing of mat s, lnmpwicks, all sorts of birds, animals, and eels. Dicreopolis is very anxious to huy, but they cannot strikl· n h:ugain, as the Breotian wishes to get in exchange some commodity which is rnrc in his own country. Suddenly Dicccopolis thinks that an informer (for informers nrc very plentiful a l Athens), may hen sntisfnct nry rarity to the Bceotian ; so the bargain is struck, one of the hated informers is duly pacl<\'d up, and carried on· by the delighted Bccotian.

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" THE CRITIC." Act ii., Sc. ii. Puff Dangle . . Sneer Under Prompter Sir Christopher H atton Sir Walter Raleig h Leicester Master of the Horse Governor of Tilbury Fort Sentries

Slun(latl.

II.} . Fynes-Clinton. A.

G. Richardson.

G. C. Green. J. R. I. Hopkins.

G. C. Valpy. C. T . Ca ndy. A. J. Fenn. C. J l. Clarke. W. II. Evans. G. F. Carter. { E. M. Toulmin.

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PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1893-94. Captain's Prize (l\'Iitchinson) : J. B. Drake. Mathematical Prize (Mitchinson): vV. H . Evans. l\1oclern Languages (Mitchinson): S. W. Pears. German : C. B. Robb. Natural Science (Mitchinson): W. H. Evans. Classical (Broughton) : A. V. Gad ney. Divinity (Broughton) : G. F. Carter. History (Stanley): G. F. Carter. English Language and Literature (Streatfield): C. n. Robb. English Poem : J. B. Drake. Latin Prose: II. J. Fynes-Ciinton. Greek Verse: A . V. Gadney. Greek Prose: H. J. Fynes-Ciinton. Latin Verse; A. G. Richardson. English Essay (l\Iember's Prize) : G. F. Carter. Private Study (Edward Blore Memorial): T. W. H. Jones. Geography (l\Tcmber's Prize): C. B. Robb. Drawing: F . .M. Gadney. Natural History: J. B. Scrivenor. FORM

PRIZES.

VI. Form-Christmas: J. n. Drake. V. Form-Christmas: E. M. 0 . Toulmin. , (Gord on Memorial): A. L. Paris. Composition: W. H. Maundrell. Divinity (Canon Elwyn's): { JF. Cl\I. l\GToldony. . . a ney. I V. Form- Christmas: H. B. Clarke. , (Master's) : R. l\T. II elmore. Midsummer ; E. L. A. Ilertslet. , , (Master's): F. 1\I. Fnrley. III. Form, Upper-Christmas : N.H. Wightwick. Midsummer: H. J. 1\Towll. , , III. Form, Middle-Christmas : T. B. \Vacher. , , i\Iidsummer : F.. TT. Jones. Ill. Form, Lower-Christmas: R. \V. Fetherstone. , :.\ficlsnmmer: \V. F . J. Kerr.

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PRIZES.

Divi nity: A. T. Christie. Mathematics: H. S. Hammond. Arithmetic: A. D. Molony. Natural Science (l\Iitchinson): 11. Brisco~' History : A. T . Christie. French: P. J. Ryall. Dictation : P. J. Ryall. Geography (l\Icmber's Prir.e): P. J. Ryall. , (znd Prize): W. C. L. Pulling. Singing : P. J . Ryall. Natural History : H. S. Hammond. Drawing: A. N. Wilson. JUNIOR

DEPARTMENT.

Form II., Upper-Christmas: R. Brinsley-Richards. , , l\lathcmatics: II. H. Jones. Form II., Upper-1\Iidsummcr: A. Etheridge. Mathematics : A. Amos. " " . Form II., Lower-Chnslmas : { JH. LFoord-Kelccy. cÂ· . u as. , , l\Iidsummcr : A. B. Paine. Form I ., Christmas: G. Wadwr. , l\lidsummcr: G. A. Clarke. Dictation : G. C. Karop. Drawing: C. J. Collard. Music: J. Lucas.

KING'S SCHOLARS ELECTED JULY, 1894. Seniors :-A. V. Gadney, E. 1\'I. 0 . Toulmin, C. II. Clarke, T. P. II. Watkins, II. 13. Clarke. Juniors :- R . E. Brinsley-Richards, G. F. H orsley, F.!\!. Fnrlcy, 13 . T . Wilkinson. Probationers: E. J. Smith, J. C. Lucas, ('. J. 1\l. Ev.ms, E. C. 1\[ongrcdicn, II. 13. Amos, G. C. Karop, R. S. Brad dell, J. L' .Estrange, R. 1\I. Tuke.

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PRESENT EXHIBITIONERS AT THE UNIVERSITIES . .â&#x20AC;¢, D. S. lVI. Tassell, Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. "'H. W. 1\'I oule, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. J. H . Smith, Scholar of Exeter College, Cambridge. "''H. S. S. Parker, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. W. 1\I. Carter, Scholar of Brazenose College, Oxford. 1\I. S. Newland, Ford Student Trinity College, Oxford. E . J. S. Athawcs, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. F. S. Beynon, Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge. S. S. Cook, Scholar of S. Jolm's College, Cambridge. "Vacate this July.

NEWLY ELECTED EXHIBITIONERS. H. J . Fynes-Clinton. A. C. Richardson. G. F. Carter.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAR 1893-94. II. S. S. PARKER, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge- Proxime accessit, Forson Pri<::e for Greek Iam bics; Second Class Classical Tripos. D. S. 1\I. TASSELL, Christ Church, Oxford- Second Class Final Classical Schools. W. A. WJGRJUI, Trinity Hall, Cambridge-Second Class History Tripos. W. M. CARTER, Brazenose College, Oxford-Third Class Classical Moderations. II. J. FYNES-CLINTON, Ford Studentship, Trinity College, Oxford. G. F. CARTER, History Scholarship, Brazenose College, Oxford. A. G. RICHARDSON, Classical E xhibition, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. T. W. H. J oNES, Entrance Royall\lilitary College, Sandhurst. W. H. E vANS, Entrance Royal 1\Iilitarr Academy, Woolwich. T. P. l l. WATKINS, Passed London University Matriculation.

EXAMINERS. In Classics-Rev. A. H. Cooke, 1\'I.A., Fellow and Tutor of King's College, Cambridge. Rev. J . N. Figgis, 1\'I.A., Lightfoot and Whewell Scholar in the University of Cambridge. In Mathematics-F. S. Langley, M.A. In French- H. S. Beresford-Webb, i\I.A.

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CRICKET . KI NG'S

SCHOOL v.

MOWLL,

ESQ.'S

XI.

On June 21st the School travelled down to Whitfield to play an eleven got up by E. W. Mowll, Esq. Richardson lost the toss, and our opponents started their innings with Harris and A. K. Mowll. The first wicket fell at five, when A. K. Mowll was caught by Athawes off T oulmin. When Harris and Howard became associated our opponents' prospects seemed brighter, but at 40 two more wickets fell, both obtained by T oulmin. The next three men succumbed for an addition of only 1 3 runs. No one else offered much resistance with the exception of Neate, who hit with vigou r, and on his dismissal the innings terminated for 86. Toulmin had an excellent analysis of six for 31, and Clarke took three for 20. Richardson a nd Maundre ll commenced our innings on a tricky wicket. Maxtecl was in good form, and dismissed most of the side without much difficulty. Richardson and T oulmin made a fa ir stand, and the former playe d really good cricket for his runs; however, in spite of a line effort by extras, and a plucky stand by Skinner and Baker, the innings closed leavi ng us 14 runs behind. Skinner's innings was distinc tly creditable ; Ma.xted was in irresistible form, and aided to a large extent by the state of the wi cket Look six wickets at the small cost of 18 run s. Our oppone nts in their second venture scored 15 for two wickets. At the conclusion of the match we were most hospitably entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Mowll and their stalwart sons, to all of whom we a rc muc h indebted for a most enjoyable match, which we sincerely hope w1II become of yearly occurrence. Appended is score and analysis. E. W. MowLI., EsQ.'S XI. 1st Innings. C. E. Harris, c Candy, b Toulmin ... A. K. lVlowll, c Athawes, b Toulmi n B. C. H oward, lbw., b Toulmin H . G. Max ted, c Cla rke, b T oulmin .. . J. E. Burch, c Watkins, b T oulmin .. . G. Mercer, b Clarke .. . .. . .. . II. Neate, c Richardson, b Cl:lrke .. . C. J. Dawson, c Skinner, b T oulmin .. . J. T. Whichcord, c Skinner, b Clarke T. Easton, b Watkins .. . ' 'V. R. Mowll, not out .. . Extras ...

...

2nd I nnings. not nut 3 c Candy, h Richar<lson ..

... ...

0 4

.. . 2 1

... 20

not out

â&#x20AC;˘7 c Cll1rktâ&#x20AC;˘, h

l<ichn a cl~on

...

2 I

8 0

P.xtras

...

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A. G. Richardson, b Mnxted W. H. lllaundrell, b Maxted A. S. Athawes, b Maxted .. . E. M. T oulmin, b Harris .. . C. l\1. Skinner, not out G. D. Lenox, b Harris G. C. Valpy, b Maxted ... T. P. H. Watkins, b Maxtcd C. 1!. C larke, b H arris C. T. Candy, c and b Mnxted E. E. Dnker, lbw., b Dawson Extras

20 0

7 II 0

3 0 I

3 4 21

72 llOWL!l"G A NAI.YSIS.

E. W. Mo wu., EsQ.'s XI. - 1st Innings. E. M. T oulmin A. G. Richardson . .. T. P. 11. Watkins. .. C. II. C larke

E. W. Mow t. t., EsQ.'S X I.-znd Innings.

2 2 2

17 9

6 o

. . 11 C larke bowled a wide.

E. M. T oulmin A. G. Richardson .. .

5 4

1 3

o 2

K I NG'S SCHOOL.

Dawson ... II. G. Max ted . .. C. E. Ilnrris J. E. Burch

3"3

19 4

6 3 0

21 16 2

Maxted bowled 2 no-balls.

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST . LAWRENCE. This match was played on the Beverley, on Tuesday, June 26th, and resulted in a defeat for the School by 82 runs. Richardson won the toss and went in first with Maundrell as his partner, against the bowling of H. Wac her and Lumb. Runs came quickly, but a t 28 the first wicket fell, Richardson being caught at third man. Seven runs later Maundrell was caught by Easby. Toulmin and Skinner made a stand for the third wicket, which resulted in an addition of 28 to the score, but then Toulmiu was caught, after making 20. Both Watkins and Athawes stayed some time, tlw fourth wicket falling a t 9 1, a nd the fifth at 1 1 1 . After this there was a collapse, the last live wickets falling for a n addition of 14 runs. The in nings terminated at 125, T wyman's slows being very effecti ve, as h is four wickets only cost 16 runs. The St. La wrence ope ned with H arold \Vacher and Lumb, against the bowling of T oulmin and Richardson. The ba tsmen were partial to Ri chardson, but at 27 T oulmin bowllâ&#x20AC;˘d \Vacher fo r 9Âˇ 1\Ir. Willia ms a nd Lumb add ed 27, but then Watkins got Lumb caught for 26. Fa rmery did not stay long, and at 91 Williams was bowled for 30.

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Hayward, who followed, was also bowled by T oulmin. Twyman and H arris added 27, when Richardson caught the former. Joyce skied a ball to Skinner at 138; Harry \Vacher was bowled at 150, and Delasaux h it his wicket in playing a ball from Toulmin at 164. Easby, who was last, and Ilarris, made a long stand, the former especially hitting very hard, but at 207 llarris was caught at the wicket oJT Watkins, the match ending as stated. Toulmin's analysis was very good, as he took seven wickets for 72 runs. Score a nd Analysis. KING's ScHOOL.

ST. LAWRENCE.

A. G. Richardson, c Harry Wacher b Lumb ... 11 vV. II. Maunclrell, c Easby, b Lumb 16 C. M. Skinner, b Twyman 13 E. M. T oulmin, c Lumb, b Harris 20 T. 1'. Watkins, c Hayward, b Lumb 16 A. S. Athawes, c suh., b Twyman 15 2 G . C. Vnlpy, b Twyman... G. Cnrey, run out o C. II. Clarke, b Joyce ... 4 C. T. Candy, not out ... o E. E. Baker, b Twyman... o Extras ... 28

JJ urold \Vacher, b Toulmin Lumh, c Mnunclrcl l, b Watkins... F. F. S. Williams, h Toulmin ... J{. Farmery, c J\thawes, b Watkins C. E. llarris, c Richardson, b Watkins E. IIaywnrd, b Touhnin.. G . Twyman, c Richardson, b Toulmin J. II. Joyce, c Skinner, b T oulmin llnrry Wncher, b T oulmin C. R. Delasaux, ht.-wkt., b T ouhnin ... Easby, not out Extras ...

9 26 30 ..

58 7 12

5 2

11 32 13

125

207

DOWLING ANALYSIS. ST. LAWRENCE.

E. i\f. Toulmin A. G. Richardson T. P. Watk ins ... C. H. Clnrke ... C. T. Candy G. C. Valpy

K I NG'S

30 3

2 0

21 15 41

IJ v.

CAVALRY

SCHOOL

R. 72

w. 7 0

3 0 0 0

DEPOT.

This annual match took place o n the D c pl'lt ground o n July 5th, and ended in a well-deserved win for us by 44 runs. The wicket was in a very d ry conditi on, and enabled Fraser and Heneage, the Depl'lt bowle rs, to mak C' the ball bump considerably. Major Ridley won the toss and decided to take first innings, himself assisting Capt. Follet to oppose the bowling of Toulmin and Watkins. Follet was dismissed in Toulmin's second over, when the score wns 13, and Lieut. Fraser, who took his place, did not stay long . l\Iajor Ridley played very carefully for 17, but at last fell a victim to a long-hop from Clarke, who had gone on instead of Watkins. Clarke and Richardson were, however, both onÂˇ the s pot, and wickets fell slowly till Candy and Valpy took up the attack. Lieut. Chclwode, who was playing carefully, and had made r6, was caught in Candy's first over, as was a lso Capt. llayman. Wickets then

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fell fast, and when the last man was bowled by Valpy the score only reached Sg. The DepOt men failed altogether to play Candy's bowling, and he obtained the capital a nalysis of four wickets for nine runs. Richardson and l\Iaundrell opened our innings to the bowling of Hencage and Holbrook. With the score at 15 Richardson was caught in the slips, but with Skinner, Maunclrell played very steadily, and the score was carried to 53 before he was caught at third man fo r a very useful z6. Skinner was bowled two later with the last ball before lunch. His 1 1 was also the result of a very careful innings. After lunch Toulmin and Watkins added another 17 before the latter was smartly caught at the wicket. Toulmin, whose display was a very careful one, was bowled at 95 by l\IajmÂˇ Ridley, having contributed an excellent z6. Athawes stayed while the rest of the team added 40, and was himself not out for a very plucky 15, in the compilation of which he frequently got in the way of the ball. It is a fact worthy of notice that nobody fai led to score. T he ground was very much cut up when the DepOt went in again, and six wickets fell for 37, Toulmin and Candy proving very difficult to play. Privates Aris and Holbrook, however, by dint of hard knocking raised the score to 7 1, and the latter with Capt. Hayman to 89 for eight wickets before he was bowled by the last ball of the match. T oulmin had the best analysis, four for 29. CAVALRY DEP8T.

1st Innings. ... . .. Major Ridley, b Clarke ... Capt. F ollet, b Toulmin Lieut. Fraser, c Richardson, b Watkins Corp. Corbett, c Clarke, b Toulmin ... L ieut. Chetwode, c Maundrcll, b Candy Capt. Hayman, c Green, b Candy ... Capt. Hcneage, h Valpy Capt. Stamer, c Toulmin, b Candy Pnv. Aris, b Candy Corp. Ferris, not out Priv. Holbrook, b Valpy Extras . ..

znd Innings.

17 6 c Candy, b Toulmin 3

9 16

8 3 8

.. b Candy b Toulmin ... b Candy not out bToulmin ... b Toulmin .. lbw., b Valpy

7 4

5 5 o b Watkins ...

... 23

... 10

... 23

Extras

89 KING'S SCIIOOI..

A. G. Wchardson, c Corbett, b lfenenge V/. Jl. 1\faundrcll, c Chetwode, b Jâ&#x20AC;˘'rascr C. M. Skinner, b Corbett .. . E. M. T ouhnin, b Ridley .. . T. P. I I. Watkins, c Ferris, b Corl>ett A. S. Athawes, not out G. D. L enox, c Corbett, b Ridley G. C. Valpy, b F raser C. T. Candy, b Frnscr G. C. Green, c Frnscr, b Corl>ett C. lJ. C larke, lbw., b IIaymnn Extrns

9 23 11

26 6

15 5 4

5 3

133

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CAVALRY DEPoT.-Ist Innings. 0.

E. M. Toulmin T. 1'. II. Watkins... C. H . Clarke A. G. Richardson .. . G. C. Vnlpy

9 o 3 o 3 o 2 o 6·3 2 C. T. Candy 6 2 Watkins bowled a wide.

IV.

28 8 12

13 9

2 4

ANAI.YSIS. CAVALRY DEPoT.-2nd Innings.

E. C. T. G.

i\£. T oulmin T. Candy P. II. Watkins... C. Valpy

KIXC'S SCHOOL. Cnpl. Ilencnge ... l'ri v. IJ olurook ... Capt. Tlayman ... Corp. Corbell ... Lieut. Fmscr Major Rid ley ... Capt. Chct wodc Heneagc bowled two

wide~,

Fraser one.

15 14 4 3

4 I

29 30 I4

4 2 I

)1.

12 8 7'2 20 14 9 3

17 8 18 19 12

3 12 5

w. 0

3 3 2 0

KING'S SCHOOL v. C.O.S. This match was played on the St. Lawrence Ground on July roth, and, as in the first match, the result was an easy win for us. Richardson won the toss, and elected to bat first. H e and Maundrcll made an auspicious start, runs coming quickly from the first, and the score had been raised to us before the School Captain was caught and bowled for 40, made in his usual dashing style, and including an eight and three fours. On Skinner joining i\faundrell runs came more slowly for a time, but it was not until the score had been raised to 1 +2 that th e former retired for a careful 2 3· Toulmin joined i\Iaundrell and soon settled down, hitting Thorpe finely to leg for six, bul with only 27 add ed l\Iaundrell was bowled by Britten for a thoroughly wellplayed 8g, his highest effort during the season. His hitting was hard and accurate throughout, only six of his runs bei ng scored by singles. Athawcs stayed until the second hundred appeared on the board, and the n retired afte r maki ng len in patient and correct style. The next four wickets augmented the total by so, Valpy being unfortunately run out on attaining double figures. When Green went in, T oulmin, who all this time had been playing in faulllessslyle, was caught on· 'v\lillia ms. 1l is 63 was made by thoroughly good cricket, and included two sixes and four thre\'S. Nine for z68. The last wicket on·erecl an unexpected resistant:<', Grct'n and Clarke trl·ating the tired C.O.S. bowling with lillie mercy, and after tht: third cenlmy had appeared on the telegraph, amidst cheers, Richardson declared lite innings dosNl al .109, Clarke being nol oul z6, and Green not out l I. or the six c.o.s. bowlerli trit•d, none met with much success. Thorpe obtai ned three for 70, and Williumli llHl'e for 104, these two bowlers bearing the brunt of the attack. Tired by their long outing, our opponents could do litlle against the bowling of Toulmin and Watkins, and t:ight wickets fell for 22 runs. Mooney and Turne r, however, played up pluckily, and doubled this total before the latter was caught al cover. As ont' of the C.O.S. men had met with an accident while fielding this brought the innings to a close, leaving the C.O.S. to

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follow on in the formidable minority of 265 â&#x20AC;˘runs. As usual T oulmin carried off the bowling honours, with the fine analysis of six for 26. Watkins was by no means behindhand, and his analysis of 1 5 overs, C) maidens, 1 o runs, 3 wickets, is worthy of the highest praise. In their second attempt the C.O.S. did slightly better, but nevertheless had lost four wickets for 32 runs when stumps were drawn, Williams carrying out his bat for 1 1, and Thorpe also reaching double fig ures. Watkins again proved destructive, his three wickets costing, as in the first innings, only zo runs. We were thus left victorious on the first innings by 265 runs. Full score and andlysis. KING'S SCHOOL.

A. G. Richardson, c and b Thorpe" " W . li. Maundrell, h JJrillen C. M. Skinner, c Duncan, b Russell E. M. Toulmin, b Williams A. S. Atl:awes, b Thorpe ... T. P. II. Watkins, c Thorpe, b Williams li. D. Lenox, b Thorpe ... G. C. Valpy, run out C. T. Candy, b Williams G. C. Green, not out C. H. Clarke, not out Extras ... 1st Innings. A. E. Moseley, e Candy, b Toulmin H . A. Dickinson, b Touhnin ... F. A. Britten, c Watkins, b Toulmin .. . D. P. Williams, b Watkins A. F. Thorpe, c Athawes, b Watkins .. . G. Mooney, not out J. Alba n, b Watkins F. C. Dunc:m, c Clarke, b Toulm in G. C. F . Russell , b T oulmin .. . R. T. J ohnson, absent, hurt .. . F . J. 1 urncr, c Candy, b Toulmin Extras

5 3 10

5 II

26 24

C.O.S.

2nd Innings.

5 0

o not out o b Watkins 11 1

c Skinner, b Watkins b W:~tkins ...

5 2

3 0 0 11

...

b T oulmin ... Extras

...

E. l\1. T oulmin T. P. Watkios

44 BOWLING ANAI.YSIS. KING'S SCHOOL.

D.P. Williams F. J. T urner A. F. Thorpe G. C. Russell G. Mooney F . A. Britten C.O.S.-Ist Innings.

)1.

36 9 28

104

46 70

7 3

w. 3 0

3 I

7 2 22 C.O.S.-2ntl Innings.

\V.

15 "3 15

4 9

6 3

E . l\f. T oulmin T . P. Watkins G. C. Valpy

6 6Âˇ4

18 2

w. 3

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CANTUARIAN.

lUNG'S SCHOOL v. DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT. This match was played on Thursday, July 12th, and resulted, after an exciting game, in a draw decidedly in favour of the School. The weather, which had been bad all the morning, cleared during the afternoon, and a start being made at about three o'clock, the opposing side, on winning the toss, sent in Siorclet and Acworth against the bowling of Toulmin and Watkins. Befor~' a run had been scored Acworth fell to an easy catch ofT Watkins, while a good catch by the latter at short slip got rid of Anderson three runs late r. The next two wickets, however, improved the score to some extent; and aided by some good hitting on the part of Harriso n, Strafford, and McCucl den, the total reached 1 03 . T oulmin with five wickets for so, and Clarke two for three runs, showed to most advantage in the bowling department, though the former's analysis was not improved by several dropped catches. With only fifty minutes in which to make the runs the School tried hard to force the game, Richardson and l\1aundrell for the first wicket making a splendid effort to pull ofT the match; Richardson especially hit in g rand style for his 33, which included a seven and seven threes. The same rate o f scoring could not, however, be maintained after his dismissal, and at the call of time 2 1 runs were still required to win, with six wickets to fall. After the match Clarke and Valpy received their colours. Full score and analysis. DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT. M r. Siordet, b T oulmin ... M r. Acworth, c Valpy, b Watkins Capt. Anderson, c Watkins, h T oulmin Capt. Harrison, c Valpy, b T oulmin ... Mr. Strafford, not out Corp. Connor, b Valpy ... Capt. Umfreville, b Toulmin Mr. Fanshaw, b Valpy ... Corp. McCudden, b Clarke . .. Mr. Stayner, c T oulmin, b Clarke Corp. Thomas, c Green, b Toulm in Extras ... .. . ..

10 0 21

28 I

7 10

KING'S SCHOOL. A. G. Richardson, lbw., b Siordet ... W . U. Maundrell, c Harrison, L Siordct E. liT. T oulmin, b Fanshaw C. I I. Clarke, run out G. C. Valpy, not out T. P. II. Watkins, not out

~: ~- ~~;~~~~

IS G. D. Lenox 0

... 33 18 I I

3 II

}

did not bat.

G. C. Green C. T. Candy

7 103

HOWLING A NALYSIS. l<INC:1 S SCHOOL.

DUKE OF "WEUINCTON'S REGIMENT.

o. E. T. A. C. G. C.

M. Touhnin 19 3 P. JI. Watkins ... I 4 G. Richardson ... 2 0 I T. Candy 0 C. Valpy .s 2 H. Clarke 4 Richardson bowled a wide.

1(.

0 0 2 2

I!)

5 l\ It. Siordct. ..

<.:npl. Umfrtâ&#x20AC;˘villc l\'11. Fnnshnw

M. 4

2 0

THE

KING'S

CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL

O.K.S.

This match was played on Tuesday an d Wednesday, July 3' st and August 11<1, and rer.ulted in a draw after a very good game. On Tuesday the start was mud t• at two o'clock. Richardson won the toss and elec.ted to go in taking l\1aundrc·ll with him. E lwyn and Castley opened the attack, :mel off the first three overs runs Wt'll scored freely. The first wicke t did not fall till 47, when Maund re ll was bowled h) Slater for a well-played 30. Skinner followed and was in some time, while Richarclsou did most of the scori ng, the second wicket falli ng for 76, when Skin ner was ca ug ht by Carter. T oulmin followed, and a very good stand was made ; both he and Ric hardson played excellent cricket, and the partnership yielded 68 runs, wht•u Richardson was out for a very good innings of 63, he gave no chance, and in hi., innings were included one five, two fours, ten threes. and six twos. Athaw<·s ;uul Valpy followed, but neither offered much resistance. Of the rest, Watkin s hit h:nd for 20, and the innings eventually closed for 267, Toulmin being not out for .111 invaluable 90, in which were included four fours, seven threes, ten twos. Latlt•t, Elwyn, and Slater shared the bowling, the former having the best anaiysis. In I h• short time left for play the O.K.S. made 30. On the following day a start was mad• at '1 o'clock, Latter and CartN, the overnight not-outs, resuming their inning •. Runs came pretty freely, and a very good stand was made, the first wicket falling for 12 9, when Carter was out for 63, in which he gave on ly one chance, at 57, hut was previously bowled by a no-ball from Toulmin when he had only made 20. l n lu" innings were included one six, one four, five threes, and e leven twos. Flint follow•·cl, and hit vigorously for 21, and c.s Latter conti nued to score freely the second wirkt•l fell for '7+• when Flint was out, as above stated, for 21. The third wicket 11-11 for 1 q6, when Latter was out for q6, an excellent innings in which were inclurlt•cl two fives, four fours, six threes, and twelve twos; he gave two chances, one at e ight and the other at 77· The others did not offe r much resistance, except for fsackt• who made 19. and Castley 26, these two making a good stand for the seventh wicket. Smith, who went in last, made r 1 not out, and with Wharton added 2.1 for the last wicket, the whole side being out for 285. T oulmin a nd Watkin ~ bore the blUnt of the attack. The School began their seco nd innings 1 9 runs behind, when Richardson and Maundrell again went in first to face llw bowling of Latter and Elwyn. A poor start was made, as when the score wa~ only six Richardson was dismissed by Elwyn for four. Skinner followed, and he ancl i\Iaundrell carried the score to 27, when i\Iaundrell, who was the only o ne to reach double fisrures except T oulmin, was out for 14. T oulmin followed, and played i11 very good style, but no one managed to stay in long with him except for Green, whn went in when the eighth wicket fell at 8+ and helped to raise the score to 1 32, wh<·n he was out for fo ur. Thus it will be seen that no one in the seco nd innings offered much resistance except for Toulmin, who was again not out, and who made 64; his innins-s was invaluable, and he played in most excellent style; among his hit~;

)

THE CANT UARIAN. were included one five, two fours, eight threes, and six twos. The second innings of the School closed for 133, and rain coming on prevented any further play. Appended is the full score and analysis. 1st Innings. A. G. Richardson, c Castley, b Slater \V. I l. Maundrell, b S later C. i\1. Skinner, c Carter, b Elwyn E. M. T oulmin, not out A. S . .1\thawcs, b S later G. C. Valpy, b Latter .. T. 1'. \ <\'atkins, c Cas tley, b Latter C. H . Clari<C, lbw. , b Latter ... G. D. Lenox, b Latter ... G. C. G reen, c and b Latter ... C. T . Candy, c Cas tley, b L'lttcr Extras ...

KI NG's Scu ooL. 2nd I nnings. . .. 63 b Elwyn ... 30 b Latter ... 3 b Lauer .. 90 not out 4 lbw. , b L'ltter 7 b Latter 20 b Lnller o l> E lwyn 10 b L'lttcr 6 c Lauer, b Castley o b Sinter 34 Extras

4 14 9 64 0

4 0

4 I

267 O.K. S .

133

A . L atter, b Candy W. M. Carter, c M:mndrell, b W atkins R. B. flint, b C larke 11. l\f. J ames, b C larke P. I I. S later, b Richardson .. II. Isaacke, c Athawcs, b Toulmin ... R. J. C11stley, b T oulmin ... E. J. S . .1\thawes, b T oulmin R. F. Elwyn, b Watkins ... C. I I. Wharton, c Valpy, b T ouhnin J. II. Smith, not out Extras ...

63 21 !I

8 19 26 0 I

6 II 23

285 BOWLING i\Ni\ !.VSIS.

O.K.S.

E. i\L T oulmin T . P. Watkins G. C. Valpy C. H. Clarke .. . C. T . Candy A. G. Richardson KING'S SCHOOL.- Ist Innings.

R. F . E lwyn R. J. Castley P. II. S later C. II. Wharton A. L 'lller .. . II. Isaacke

4 Ci 2 0 0 7 2 2 13 2 6 0 JO 7 KtNC's 5C IIOOI.. - 2nd Innings.

\ V,

2 2

r 21.4 : 4 0 , 7

86 69 t8 42 17

22 4 22

M. 2

12 56 25 46 19

3 0

6 0

o. A. Latter ... R. F. g)wyn R. Ot.~t l cy P. I. Sinter

23 18

s1'4

M. 4

s 0

6 2

42 II

T HE

CANT UARIAN.

REVIEW. We may claim to have had, on the whole, a satisfactory season. Out of tlu fifteen matches played, we won five, lost four, and no less than six were drawn m1 uav to the weather, and as four at least would have fallen to us, we were treated ratlu , hardly. The hatting and bowling were quite up to the average. Jn Richardson .nul T ouhnin we had two really good bats; and the latter's success with the ball stam p him as a very good all-rou nd cricketer, who will compare favourably with tlw best ol former seasons. The serious blot in the team and the cause of more than ont defeat, has been their fielding: the facility for dropping catches was almost univc•a,,d a nd a ppalling to behold. Jn reference to it we can only repeat a trite remark, th11t such a fau lt is quite inexcusable in a good Public School eleven, and we hope th;al this reproach wi ll, as it ought to, be wiped out in the Season of 1895 by some rcall} excellen t work in the field. Individual remarks appended. A. G. Richa rdson (Capt.) • •

A sound and brilliant bat : hits hard and seo11 rapidly. Lost his bowling almost entirely, but kt·pt wicket fairly. Made a good Captain.

E. l\I. Toulmin

A decidedly good bat with pretty style. l\Iade sm11t excellent scores during the season. A very cCfccllvt bowler, and had a remarkable analysis. Captain lor

W. H. l\1aundrell

Good bat. Has good hitting powers, but is too eagt-r to score. Weak in the field.

C. M . Skinner

Good steady bat. Plays very straight, but lacks hitting powers. Must learn to be quicker in the field.

T . P. 11. Watkins

Moderate bat, but very useful bowler ; fair li.cld.

G. C. Green. .

Poor bat, but energetic in the field .

A. S. Athawcs

Steady and useful bat, slow run getter.

C. H. Clarke

Should have made a better bat than he did. change bowler.

G. D. Lenox

Ve ry moderate bal. Could hit a bit, but had rw defence. Good field.

G. C. Valpy ..

Fair bat; at limes bowled successfully.

C. T . Candy

Had the best bowling average, but bowled vcq• fa•11 overs. Very poor bat.

1895·

Fair field. Useful

THE

CANTUARIAN.

643

BATTING AVERAGES. No. of

E. M. T ouimin A. G Richardson (Capt.) W. H. Maundrell C. M. Skinner T. P. H. Watkins G. C. Green •. A. S. Athawes C. H. Cla rke G. D. Lenox G. C. Valpy .• C. T. Candy . .

C. E. C. T. A. G.

T. Candy 1\II . Toulmin H. Clarke P . II. Watkins .. G. Richardson .. C. Valpy

Innings. 15 17 16 12

Not out.

Total runs.

5 3 z 2

449 585 335 92 74 47

I I

12 10 8

2 64 0 6r 1 41 II 2 26 -1(. Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Runs. Mnidcns. I 10 r8 53 6q 683 309'4 98 2+ 350 159'3 42 330 2j 254 97 118 8 45'3

Highest Score. 100 ,;-.1 18 89 23 20 *'12 ·;.:' 5 26 23

Average. 44' 9

41'78 23'91.

9'20 7"40 6'7 1 6.so 6'40 6' 10 s·8s 2·88

*-JJ

6 Wickets. 15 81 18 23 14 6

Average.

r33 '43

2"•1-1 1+'34 18'14 19'66 I

CRICKET- Second XI. The Second XL had a very successful season on the whole; out of five matches played four were won, and only one lost, the one against Scvcnoaks on their g round, a match which has often proved fatal to the prospects of an unbroken record. The batting was not as good as the bowling, though most of the team seemed capable of getting runs when th e bowling was not fast. Valpy, on the few occasions on which he batted, met with g reat success, and also bowled well in the early mntches. or the others, Frcwer, Austen, and Paris shewed promise, and the second named wou ld do well to get rid of the flourish, which spoils his balling. Evans was a useful man to send in first, and Jones and Fenn both hacl an idea of hitting, though the Iauer's large average is only due to not-out innings. The bowling" was very satisfactory, five bowlers having very good averages. Ilt'a lc, who was only ablt· to play at thl' begi nning of the season was dcstru<.:tivc in tht• early malcht's and runy make a fast bowler, but at present he has no command of pitch. The same n·marks apply to Austen, who accomplished one or t\"o startling pcrformnnccs. The n·m:tining two bowlcrs, however, arc the most promising, Carey and l't•nn. Tlw lir!it named we hope to sec develop into a good left-hand howler, though at pn·scnt he tric•s to howl too fast. Fcnn has a natural curl in the air, and, if aided hy a wind, ought to be dangerous, i f he can but gain accurate• command of pitch. The fielding on the whole was fair, but we hope to sec this immensely improved before the end of next season. N.B.-The averages of the first match against Scvcnoaks have been lost.

THE

6f4

CANTUARJAN.

Appended are the batting and bowling averages. SECOND ELEVEN AVERAGES. *"T. W. Jones .. *W. H. Evans . . R. J . Heale *J. B. Drake (Capt.) '-"I-I. P. Austen . . G. C. Valpy *"E. E . Baker *-A. J . Fe nn S. W. Pears ·x.A. L. Paris G. C. Green *R. Helmore •G. D. Frewer .. *-G. Carey *I. D. Hart Davies

Total inninf!S.

Times not out.

T otal runs.

4 5 3 5 4 3 2 3

0 r 0

s6 57 33 21 4' "3 6 43

'l.

5 2 2 2

24'3 34' 1 43' 1 20'1 34

Maidens.

ro 22 7 7 2

7.7 2 5t r6 9

'l.

0 0 0 0

I 4 * Signifies Second XI. Colours;

Overs.

R. J . Heale,. G. C. Valpy A. J. Fenn .. G. C. Carey H. P. Austen G. C. Green

0 0 0

;\fost in an innings.

10 20 22 8 36 Not out.

27 2 13 5 20 13 8 17t

Runs.

Wickets.

37 62 57 40 6o 68

9 l'l.

10 ro I 1 II

1\vcruw·

' •I •I'

I l ~ II

s·z

1o· 1 ~ 37'Clh 3 43 4 '7~

5 10 II

8 l l

Avcrogc. 4·12

s·a6 5' 7 4 5'45 6·18

SWIIVIIVIING RACES. FIRST DAY, MONDAY. J ur.y r6TH: Open Quarter Mile: I LeeWarner; 2 Fenn2 ; 3 Dann. Under r6, zzo yards: r C larke. SECOND DAY, FRIDAY, JuLY zoTH: Open ISO yards: 1 LeeWarner; 2 Fenn2 ; 3 Pears. 1 Pears; 2 LeeWarner; 3 Fcnn•. Open so yards: Under I6, 1 oo yards : r Kingdon 2 ; 2 Christie; 3 Clarke2• Under 16, so yards: 1 K.ingdon2 ; 2 Christie; 3 Clarkc2 • THIRD DAY, MoNDAY, J uLY 23RD: Diving, Open- Hig h Dive : 1 Pears; Wilson and Hart Davies (rcq.) Shooting Dive : 1 Penrs; 2 Baker ; 3 Hart Davies. Plate Diving (3 dives each): r Wilson, 17 plates. 2 Lee Warner, IS plates. Hart Davies} 12 3 { Fenn

THE

CANTUARIAN.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI lVIORE PATRUlVI DUCES. CHRISTMAS. E. J. LoRo-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept. r887 ; VIth F orm, Sept. r891; Football XV., 1893· II. WACHER-Entered the School, Sept., 1889; Football XV., 1892-93; Cricket, 1893· MIDSUMMER. C. B. Ronn-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1888 ; V fth F orm, Sept., r89 r; Ed. Cantuarian, 189 3; Monitor, Sept, r893; Captain or the School, 1893-94; President or D ebating Society, 1893-94· H. J. FYNES-CLTNTON- Entcred the School, March, r892 ; Vlth Form, Srpt. 1892 ; Ed. Cantuarian, Sept., 1893 ; l\Ionitor, Jan., 189 3 ; F ord Student, Trinity College, Oxon.; First School Exhibition. G. F. CARTER-Entered the School, Jan., r892; VIth Form, Sept., I 892; Somerset History Scholarship, Brazenose College, Oxon. ; Third School Exhibition. C. T. CANDY-Entered the School, Jan., r88g ; Vl th Form, Sept., 1893; Monitor, Sept., 1893 ; Football XV., 189 1-94; Captain of Football, 1893-4; Cricket, 1894. A. G. RtcnAROSON-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1889 : VIth Form, Jan., 1893; Monitor, Jan., 1893; House l\Ionitor, Sept., 1893; Football XV., 1892-94; Cricket, 1891-94; Captain of Cricket, 1894 ; Second School Exhibition, Corpus Christi College, Camb. G. C. GREEN-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Jan., 1888; Vl th Form, Sept., 1893 ; Monitor, Jan., 1894; Cricket, 1894. G. LEEWARNER-Entered the School, Sept. r888 ; F ootball XV., r892 -94. S. W. PEAl{S-Entered the School, April, r89o; F ootball XV., 1893-94. H. DANN- King's Scholar ; Entered t he School, Sept., r8go ; Football XV., r893-94· G. D. LENox-Entered th e School, Sept., t8go ; Football XV., 1892-94; Cricket, 1893-94·

THE SCHOOL. CHRI STMAS T ERM, Capt.:1in Captain of Cricket Captain of Football

J . B. DRAKE. E. i\I. 0 . T oULliiTN. J. B. DRAKE.

EDITORS OF THE CANTUARIAN : B. DRAKR, A. V. GADl'mY, G. C. VALPY. Secretary : J. R. I. HOPKINS.

THE

CANT UARIAN. MONITORS :

J. G. A.

c. J.

DRAKE, VALPY, FENN,

E. l\1. o. TOULMlN . ]. R. I. H oPKINS, T. P. H. WATKINS.

SPORTS' COMMITTE I!. :

J. G.

DRAKE, VALPY, M. 0. 10ULl\11N,

C. H. Cr.ARKE, T. P. H. WATKI NS. vv. II. MAuNoREn,

W. HEALE.

DEBATING SOCIETY:

President Vice-President

J. A.

DRAKE, GADNEY.

COMMITTEE:

J. n. DRAKE, A. v. GADNEV, G. c. VALPY, A. J. FENN,

J. R. I. HOPKINS, c. II. CJ.ARKE, A. L. PARIS, T. P. H. WATKINS,

W. H.

M'AUNDRELL.

CORRESPONDENCE. N./J. - 1'hc Editors t!edinc lo accept any nspomibility co~medcd with the opiuions of their Corres}Oil· dents. Name ami a_ddrcss must a_h'!ays .be ./liVen, 1101 ~1ues~ari/y for publimliou, but as a .~ uaranlte of goodfat/h . Personallttcs 11Jzl/ wvolvc ccrtaw •·c;ccliou.

To !he Editors of "Tnr.

ing slides or preparing objects. The neighbourhood will prove a rich one to D ear Sirs, Having read with much interest of study, the chalk with its minute shells, the · progress of the " Harvey Society," and the flints with their star-like Xanand of its extension into all the chief thiclia, while the ponds and ditches teem branches of Science, it has occured to with. a population of H ydras, Polyps, me that the study of the minute forms of Vort1cellac, and many other forms of life by means of the microscope would animalculae. !\fay I ask that attention be a id the advance of those sections of the bestowed on the myriad '' imisible world" Society interested in Natural History and which will be as interesting and valuable Botany. And I think l am right in sayi ng a study as that other world which the that all arc not so fully occupied in their telescope reveals to us ? II oping I have leisure evenings as to be unable to devote not intruded upon your valuable space. several hours a weP-k, especially in the I am, yours faith fully, winter term, to attend classes held for the DIATOM. purpose, and afterwards to aid in mountCANTUARTAN."

THE

CANTUARIAN.

CANTUARIAN ACCOUNT& Sept., t 893- Aug ., 1894. RECEI PTS. School Subscriptions {Sept., 1893) {Feb., 1894) {May, 1894) " Subscri ptions l\liscellnncous Masters' Subscriptions .. . Outside " Balance from 1893

£ s d. 3 9 0 3 12 0 3 3 0 0~ 0

.. . 22

...

£ s.

EXPEN DITUR E. l'tinling. - 1\larch, April, July, 1893 ... Printing.- August, October, 1893 Wrnppcrs to December, 1893 ... Wrnppcrs to August, 1894 1\liscclla neousl'osL Cards, Stationery, Stamps Owed by Athletic Sports

Balance in hand ...

...

£35 14 9

d. 19 o

I 11 0

5~ 1

0 II

J JO

31 14 5~ 4 0 3~

£35 14 9

(Signed) G. F. CARTER,

Hotl. S ec.

Aug . 1 sl, 1 894-.

NOTICES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of Subscriptions from the following :A. La tter, R. F. Elwyn, H. E. Ra per, C. J. Donaldson, A. L. Turnbull, J. E . Gripper, Rev. T . Field, Rev. L. G. H : Mason, Mr. Williams, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Bell, l\Ir. l\IacLaughlin, E. L . Payne(?/-)

We beg to remind those that have not yet sent in their subscriptions to the Canluarian that they arc now due and shou ld be sent as soon as possible to the Secretary.

C0 NT E lVI P 0 R ARIES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following : The Allrynian, Brig!tton College J1fagaziuc, Carthusian, D ovorian, D rogludea1l (2 ) , Glmalmond Clu'Om'cle,

Laurel

L eaves, L e_ys Fvrlnighlly (4), 111alvernitm (3), 11/illonian, P{ymolhian, S oulh-E aslem College 11/agazim ( 2 ) , Vigomiau, JV.ykehamisl.

llfa~ilslonian,

INDEX TO VOL. III. PAGR

Accepted Frewen 391 Accounts of Sports' Commillcc ... 214 Additions to Library ... 103 Adelphi, The 31 Africa, First Impressions of 240 Arms on Cover of Cantunrian, Coats of 372 Athletics in Germany, The Development of 530 Australia 391 . .. . .. Balance Sheet of Library 544 Ballyhooly lllnzcrs v. Killaloo F ootball Club 57 Bell Harry ... 28 211 Bishop Parry's Portrait 622 Boat Races ... Boxing Competitions ... 563 Boyle, Richard E., of Cork 217 Broughton, Bishop 129, 547 Bursar's Fund ... 184, 329 Cambridge Lcller ... 9. 48, 71, 95. 119, 197. 251, 277. 384, 404, 462 Canterbury Pilgrims .. 148, 304, 461 Canterbury Pilgrims C. C., Rules of the 403 Cantuarian Accounts ... 361, 488 Chess Club . . . 46, 352 China, The Floods in ... 66 Choir 536 Choral Society 536 Concert... 69, 22 1, 371, 534, 556 Contemporaries . .. 25, 52, 81, 124, 189, 213, 237, 258, 285, 311, 333, 359, 385, 409, 435, 569, 591 Correspondence ... 21, 49, 72, 102, 121, 150, 188, 209, 235, 254, 281, 309, 331, 356, 383, 400, 431, 464, 487Corrigenda . .. ... ... . .. 409 Cricket ... 16, 138, 171, 271 , 291, 3 18, 417, 442, 480, s8o, 6o8, 619 Cricket Fixtures 270, 428 Cricket l)rospects I 14, 269, s8o Cricket Review ... 16, 169, 321, 482 Cricket, Second Eleven 147 Dante, The Political Theories ol 132 Darwin 336 Debating Society .. . 10, 75, 94, 18 1, 226, 363, 472 491, $21 Demosthenes, Death of 7 Editorial ... 1, 27, 55, 83, 105, 127, 155, 191, 215, 239. 259. 287, 313, 335· 302, 386, 410, 438, 466, 490, 518, 545, 571, 595· E heu fugaccs lnbuntur :mni 584 Examination in Advertisements ... 61 First Impressions of Africa .. . . .. 240 Fives ... 45, 100, 200, 248, 345, 400, 529 Football 20, 35, 62 Football nines 56o Football ]>rospects 19, 124, 485 Football Re"icw ... gS, 247, 399, 561 Forty years on 288 Frn~: Arehilochi 199

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