The Cantuarian March 1899 - April 1900 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

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EDITORIAL. The commencement of a new volume of the Call1uariall affords a fitting opportunity of glancing over the events of the last four years . . They have perhaps b en as eventful as any four years in the School history. One very momentous (' V nt during this period has been a change of H eael Masters. I n December, 1896, we lost Dr. Field, a partin g deeply felt by all. But in his place we were glad to wclclJme Mr. Galpin. Under his rul e the BUIll.bers of the School have advan ced H much t hat new buildings, o r at anr rate morc spacc,' seems necessary. 'Ve arc hcginning, like Ahab, to cast co vetous eyes on our neighbours' premises. T o t urn to matters of prese nt interest, the first Paper-chase was rllll on F('b ruary 2znd, and we hope that th is early start will mean th at fellows will trai n ror thc Sports more seriously than was th e case last year. One Penny Reading was Hiven by the Choral Society, which was considered to be up to the standard which lit' arc now accustomed to expect. The Football season is now over, and a summary ur the matches may be found elsewhere. The most noticeable feat ure has been the IIl('rcascd keenness for it shown by the smalJer boys. The times when, as a CorresÂˇ jH)nd cnt reminds us, boys in the little goals might be seen lea rning their" Rep." illiling Football are now happiJy pas t. It ca nnot, however, be said that the other

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winLer game, Fives, has increased in popularity. On the other hand, perhaps owing to the conditio n of the School Courts, there seems to be a marked preference for Squash. Now Squash is doubtless an excellent game for fellows who have half-an-hour on their hand s and no time to chan ge, but to spend an afternoon playing Squash is to waste time. There seems a general impression that Fives is a game which comes to anyone by the light of nature, and does not need to be learnt i and, as the best players do not as a rule play in the School Courts, beginners have not rnll ch opportunity of learninO" morc of the game by watching their play. VI/e would suggest that a little more e~couragcment and coaching should be given to promi sing beginners. Therc is gene ral 5.:"ltisfaction that the Doat Club have arril.nged that the ra,;cs should take place this te rm, as they have in years past interfered greatly with Cricket in th e summer tenn . In conclusion, we feel we may congratulate ourselves on th e progress made and the prosperity we have enjoyed in every department. \Vc ought to be especially th an kful for the good health that has attended the School during the last four years; we only hope that our good health and general success may be continued, and so we say, FLOREAT SCIlOL1\

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FOOTBALL RETR OSPECT. Matches played, ' 3, Won, 5; Lost, 8. Such is the record of the past season, and we can hardly natter ourselves that it is a satisfactory one. For when we come to examine it marc closely, we find that three out of the five victories were over scratch teams, whilc another was ove r a team of O. K. S., which could by no stretch of imagination be reckoned a represe ntative one. The fifth win was the one eminently satisfactory performance of the season, for it was a fair and square victory over our old and rarely-defeated rivals, Dover College. Of this we may be justly proud, for th ey were distinctly a good side this year, and further, they had thrashed us to the tune of thirty-one points to three, little more than a fortnight before. . \ÂĽe had two capital games with Sutton Valence, and, as has been reported 1Il these columns, we had all the worst of the luck. Of the other defeats, five were crushing; viz., the matches against one of the scratch teams, Dover College, IVlerchant Taylors' (p layed on a quagmire), Thanet \Vanderers, and Dover Town. Now we do not want to be always making excuses for our defeats,-(fo r some, inder.d, excuses would be hard to find ),Âˇ-but we do want to learn lessons from them against the future.

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Whnl Iht' ll have been the causes? I L hI Llw old story, to a great extent,- viz., that we are caught napping at the very start" thllt w' take too long to get c goi ng ',-that, with some notable exceptions, we tackl(1 IH,jtll('r hard enough nor low enough,-that we are not as a rul e good at playing an uph ill ganw. 'I'h(' IIlom l effect of If (Irawing first blood" can hardly be over-estimated ; while, on tht' Olht: r hand, anyone can see that to have to begin <C catching-up" after the first riVl' llIinutt'H f a game must. be disheartening. It is, then, imperative that we should bl'gin with more dash. \,Ve did begin the seco nd Dover match with a splendid dash, wilh the rrsult that we won. Dut in most matches we took ten minutes or a quarter of un hour to warm to our work. AK f{Âˇgards the team, we were certainly strongest at half-back, where the two Finns olllhill 'd excellently, and, had we been possessed of one or two good three-quarters, w mi ghL have done very well. It was here that we werc so lamentably weak. In defence, with the exception of Smith, th ey did the minimum, and, in attack, they r ' fu sed to rUIl when they got the ball. \oVlth the forwa rds, the chief fault to be found was in thei r heeling tactics, the ball coming out at the sides far too often i othe rwise, they were good . Among those who failed to get their colours, but who r:epresented the School at various times, we might mention Covell,-unfortunately disabled,-who bids fair to make a really good three-quarter; also ':\,Iassey and Amos in the same position, the form er of whom has co me on a great deal, but is still slow. At full-back, Strahan kicked exceedingly well, but his tackling was too feeble for such a responsible post. Tuk~, 'Watson, and Marshall at forward, and Tripp at half, also rendered useful serVlce. In conclusion let it be said, that if ever a Captain deserved success, by his indefatigable energy during the game, that Captain was G. N. Finn . H ~ always worked liked a Trojan, and set his team an admi rable example j and the School owes him a deep debt of gratit ude. Appended are some remarks on individual members of the team ;-

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G. N. FINN . (Captain). A really good half, with plenty of resource. Kicks and tackles excellently, but is rather too fond of a certai n tricky pass, which he executes without looking at his man, and which too often goes astray. Has proved a most efficie nt Captain, and his untiring energy has deserved a more successful season . E. FINN. Again partnered his brother at half, and always played a very sound game, his running, kicking, and tackling being all strong, while he passes excellently hard and low.

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{ C. H. BODIKGTON . Has got a vc ry fair amount o f pace, but will not use it. Also dodges well, but is too fond of dodging baCk towards the serum, or tryi ng tricky kicks over the fullback's head, whe n he might run round him. Kicks very well, but extremely weak tackl er. F. H. ,FETHERSTONE .. Fast, b~lt hardly ever ll ses his pace. Poor Tltree-quarler baCkS:/ kick. Improved 1I1 stoppmg ru shes, but vcry weak tackler. E . L. Hr.NDER SON . Began ve ry well, but unaccountably fell off, and seemed to lose his head in matches. Tackled fairly at ' times, but was very uncertain. C. A. R. D . SMITH. Kicks and tackles well as a Tul e, but weak in attack. Rarely breaks through, and is too fond of putting his head down and stopping. Should do well next year. J. C. LUCAS. Sterling hard~worker, always on the ball, and dribbles and tackles well. L. R. COOPER. Good forward, with plenty of dash, and always plays a hard game. R. S. BRADDELL. Most energttic forward, playilig for all he is worth. Very good out or touch, and ki cks and tackles well. F . \V. D. C. ANDRI~ WS . The heavies t rorward, and always shoved well. T erribly slow, but invaluable in sto pping rushes, and Forwards : out of touch. T . A. IZARD. Good sturdy forward. who plays it very hard game. and saves well. Should be ve ry good next year. S. P. D . SANDE RS. Steady plodding forward o r the old-rashi oned style. Slow, but tackles wel l. \ C. VI/. CARRINGTON. Rather light, but the best dribbler on the \ side, and always tackles low. \ S. G. BROWN. Fast and useful forward, especially in the ope n. E . D. PVNE. Ter~ibly slow, bu.t pl~lcky, and. tack.les well if he can get to hiS ma n. Fair kick, but 111 thiS depa rtment Back : wants a lot of practice. j

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THE CHESS CLU-B. VI/e are very pleased to see that the Chess Club has now been revived after having been in abeyance for some years. A general meeting of all who were de~irous of joining was held on 'Wednesday, Jan. 25th, when a Committee of five was elected. 1\ 1T. Slater had previously very kindly accepted the post of President of the Club while Mr. Evans took the place of Vice-President. Mr. Slater and Mr. Evans wer~ ('x ~ offic io Ir,elllbers of the Committee, while the other three members elected were I:: . J. Smith, F . \ÂĽatson, an ~l R. M. Tuke. An?ther vote was take n to appoint a Secretary ou t of the C:oml1uttee, and E. J. Smith was chosen. At a subsequent meeting of the Committee held on Feb. I st, arrangements were made for the management of the Club, whi ch were embodied in th e following rules:I. That this Club be called the Ie Kin g's School Chess Club." 2 . That the membership of the Cl ub be confined to tho se who have reached the Upper School, and to IVl asters. 3. That the C.lub be governed by a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Commlttee of fi ve members, including the President, Vice~President, and Secretary. These officers to be elected by the Club (with the exception of the President, who shall be~ appointed by the H ead Master from the Assistant Masters). +. That the Secretary's duty be to keep a record of the games played, and the results ; and as Treasurer. to have charge of the money of the Club. 5. That the entrance fee for eac h member be 1/-; further, th at there be a terminal subsc ription of 6d. for each member, after the first term of membership. 6. That th~ Club do meet every Thursday evenin g for. an hour at 5 p.m. through out the wmter anrl Easter T e rm s ; and that the meetlllgs be held in the l\,Iuseum. 7. That the Club's boards and men be available for lI SC to members on halfholidays and Saturdays-- also on wet and rainy days-for optional games. 8. That one set of me n be kept in an available place, as the Parry Library, to be used by any mernbers who desire to play. /). That the Secretary do take charge of the Club's boards and men . I . That the Club do follow th e accepted" Rul es of Chess." I I . That a Tournament be held every yoar towards the end or the Easter T erm . Since that time the Club ha\'e been meeting on Thursdays, and considerable IIILC'Test has been shown in the game. It has been especially the desion of the JlIt 'sident that various openings should be played and studied, and by that means Il'li rnt by all. On Tuesday, Feb. 28th, lVIr. Horsley and Mr. Evill, of the Canterbury t 'lwss Club, very kind~ y came al.1d played the Club, each taking six games "llIwltaneously. !vIr. EVIIl won all IllS games, though \ÂĽatso n gave him a good fight. Mr. 1I 0r~ley won three, but from lack of time drew the rest, against Smith, Paris, IIIHI J cnklll, though he had a good advantage in each. rt is hoped that the Tournament will begin during this next week.

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DINNER.

The Din ner was followed by the usual T oasts, viz. : ( I ) II Church and Queen," proposed by the Chairman j (2) " Floreat Schab Regia, H proposed by Mr. B. I-I. Latter, and responeled to by L . Ottley. the H ead Masler; and (3) "The ChairSome six ty-five to seventy promises man," proposed by the Rev. Dr. Field . to attend h ad been received, and it was Between the Speeches, the company therefore extremely dissapointing to find was musically entertained by l\,Iessrs. that only forty-six were actually present. B. H. Latter, C. A. Knapp, I-I. S. S. This is the smallest atte ndance since these Dinners were rcyived, but it is ParkÂˇer, an<I J. Ritchie, whom everybody much to be hoped that th e falling off in was delighted to see there. The Rcv. numbers was only an accident this year, L . G. H. Mason also gavc an ori ginal and that O.K. S.-especially those who entertainmen t in the shape of "Expcrilive in or ncar Lond on-will next year ences with Parish Clerks and eminent

The Annual O.K.S. Dinner was held on W'edn esday, Jan. 18th, at the Monico Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, the Chair being most ably filled by the Rev. Rob ert

show thei r appreciation of this chance Divines." of keeping in touch with their old Alto<rether a most enjoyable evenin g o School, by turning up in greater numbers was spent, only marred by the doleful _ It than ever before. appearance of so many vacant " covers. At th e same ti me, the Committee The best thanks of t he compa ny are would like to point out th at, as it is due to Mr. Ottley for the very able and necessary to guarantee a certain num ber graceful way in which h e presided, and beforehand , considerable inconvenience also to those who, by song or story, so and expense is entailed when the attendkindly added to the succc!:s of the ance falls so far below what was expected, evening. a-s was the case this year.

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THE CONCERT. The Concert took place on Tuesday no Foe" in the seco nd part, were greatly eve nin g, December 20th, in the Gym- appreciated, the last mentioned song nasium, whic h was tastefully decorated bei ng encored . A Piano solo, "Noel," for the occasion with evergree n and by Mr. Godfrey followed, whieh was lances. There was a ve ry la rge a udience, warmly applauded, as was also the Song including His Grace the Archbishop, and Ql1ar.tet by Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Evans, who honoured us with his pr~se nce, R. F. Nation, and J. E. Bromley, entitled which. was highly appreciated. Amongst "Strange Ad venture," out of the other distinguished visitors we were glad " Yeomen of the Guard," Sullivan. to welcome Mrs. Temple, the Dea n and Mr. Latte r met with an enthusiastic Mrs. Farrar, the Mayor, the Bishop of reception in his splendid rendering of Dover and Mrs. 'Valsh, Dr. and Mrs. "Skye Boat Song," which was deserved(y l'Vlason. A very successful progra mme enco red. A del ightfu l Piano Duet by was carried through by the Musical R. M. TlIke and R. H. Charles followed, Society, under th e able and indefatigable and the first part was brought to a conductorship of 1\Ir. Godfrey. I t opened conclusion by Gounod's Anthem I I a Sing with two part songs, (a) "The ' Vin ter to God," the solo part being well taken Night," the composition of Bishop by E. H. J oh nson . Mitchinson, (b) Vocal Gavotte by Czibllla, The second part opened with tW0 which was very well rendered. Great Pa rt Songs, "The Minstrel Boy" a nd redit is due to Mr. Godfrey for bringing "Annie Laurie," which . were vociferou sly lho Choral Society to such a pitch of applauded. The Trebles and Altos gave 'xcellence ; we cannot remember any us a delightful rendering of "The lime when th eir performances have been Angel," by Rubenstein, and "To the H successful. Mr. H . S. S. Parker ' Vind" by Godfrey, which was a very (O.K. S.), was unfortunately suffering from pretty composition. A ÂˇVocal Duet by It S vere cold, but his songs <I The Lark IVlr. '~Tilliams and Mr. Latter was a now leaves," "To Anthea," and "I fear splendid performance, and met with

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"Free from his fetters" SulHval1. terri fi c applause. bei ng loudly e ncored . Song & Quarlcl { a. b. " Strange Ad\'en ture "Sullivan. The Piano Duet by Mr. Godfrey and P . GODFREY, ESQ., R. F. NATION, J . E . BROMLEY AND REV. L. II. EVANS. R. C. Pari s, though weird, and thoroughly Duet & Trio .... ·' On Mossy Hanks" ..... . Godfrey. Grieg, was very skillfully played. The E . H. J OHNSON, R. F. NAT ION, J. FREWER well-known Plantation Songs, " De A~D J. E. nROMl.EY. Part Song .. ........ .. "Lulla by" . . .... Damby. Ri nO'-tailed Coon IJ and I f Gooel-night." o THE CHORAl. SOCIET Y. the solo part being admirably ta ken hy Song & Chorus. " Skyc Boal Song" .. .. , ... .. Scotch. M r. Bell, werc received with roars of A. LA'n' I-:R, E SQ. applause, and, of course, had to be sung Piano Du el ... ee Norwegian Dance "Op. 35. (No 2.) Grieg. a gain . J. A. H ellard sang" Marching R. i\L T UKE AND R. I L CHAR LES. through Georgia ,J very well, and the Noel. ............ " 0 S ing to Cod" ............ GOlmod. THE CIIOItA L SocmTV. Concert came to an end with the singing of the good old School Song I f Follow INTERVAL. up!" G. N. Finn as Football Captain a. " The i\linslrcl Boy" ........ Irish . contrib uting hi s difficult part with great Part S ong { b. "Annie Lamic" ..... .. .. .... SColcll. success. R. 1\1. Tu ke, throughout, disT II & eIl OIt"I . Soclln·\,. charged th e duties of accompanist in a Song ............... " 1 feM 1\0 (oc.......... ...... Pillslfli. I-I. S. S. f',\RK lm, ESQ. very efficient and successful manner. Quartet.. ...... " Good- night, beloved II ..... PillSuli. As the visitors left the Gymnasium. loud (t. "The Angel " ... Rubensldll. cheers were give n, especially for His T wo Part Songs { b. ,e To the Wind " ..... GotlJrey. T REIlL ~S AND ALTOS. Grace the Archbishop. The l\Iusical Society are certainly to be congratulated Duet.. .. " V'lhile old time rolls gaily on " .. . /fat/oJ: . REV. F. F. S. \YII. LIAMS AN D A. LA'I ~l'gR , E SQ. on the success of the evening. PR OGRAMME. a "Thc " Tinter Night" jl/itchimoll. Pnrt Songs { b: "Vocal Gnvotte" .... Czibula. TH E CHORAL SO : JETY.

a. .. The Lark now lenves " .... IIat/oll. Song ..... { b. "To Anthea " .................. Hat/OIl. H .

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PARKI~R, ESQ.

P iano Solo..... Valse "Noel" Op 37 (No. 12) ...... P. Tschaik(YtlJski. P. GpOFREY, ESQ.

P iano DucL .. ee Norwegian Dancc" 01" 35 (No. I ) C,.ieg. P. COUI'REV , ESQ. AND R. C. P ARIS. a. "De Ringtailcd Coon" ....... .. Plantation Songs { .. ' 1" "S£olt Catty. b.

Good N 19h1 ................. .

C. W. 13F.LI., ESQ. Song & Chorus" i\fMching through Georgia" ...... American . J. A. l-II~I.I." RD. Sch(lol Song ........ Follow up I ........... .. Farmer. "GOD SAV~: T H I-: QUERN . " "A ULU LANG SVNP. ...

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PENNY READING. The only Penny Readi ng this term took

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AlLhough quite short, lasting barely an hour, it went off very well in deed . were glad to welcome so many

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from the town in spite of the rough evcning. Mr. Godfrey an d Lucas starte d the performance with a vc ry spiri ted a nd t uneful duet, and this was followed by the Gipsy Chorus from the Bohemian Girl, and the Choral Society are to be canÂˇ g ratu lated

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Smi th's reading was immensely appreciated, but we wish it had been a little longer, as "Alice through the

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glass II from which he selected to read, is a book of whic h, one is not apt to get tired very soon. The other reading durin g th e evening was given by Mr. Evans, who delighted the audience so much by a "dia log ue between the man at the wh eel a nd a cabin passe nger," that an encore was vigorously demanded, to which he

responded by giving us a piece called

The Proposal," in which all the familiar

term s from the Latin Grammar are very cleve rly broug ht in. H ere we wish to hea rtily thank Mr. Evans for the time he spends in entertaining

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that this will not be the last time that we shall hear him. Of the other items Mr. Bell's song was encored, for which he san~

"the Tar's farewell" by the same composer, but the chorus was somew hat \\tanting in swing. H ellard's and Ri chard's songs were both loud ly called for again. T he latter in response sang" Cockles and l\Iussels," in which he sho wed us how delightfully (?) a g ho st can sing when it chooses . ';Ye could imagine all Dublin being waked up at those mournful but piercing strains. The Quartette also went off very well, and both pieces werc slin g with much expression . Tuke's piano solo was also encored, the piece he chose was rendered exceedi ngly well, and was much appreciated by the audience.

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PROGRAMME.

Quartette

Piano Duct ....... "Crown Diamonds ..... . ... Auhtr. J. C . LUCA S AN 0 l\h. GODFIUtV .

no II On the Banks of Allan Water" (Scotch). { h. "The Harp that once" .. ,_ .. lIrish).

R. F. NATION,

FJt.ItWER, :M R. VVILLJAMS AND

Glee ............ "Gipsy Chorus" ............ ... Baljt.

l\.fR. LA1TER.

Reading ............ ......... ............................... .

Piano Solo" .......... " Spring Time ", .. ....... C,ieC· R, M. TUKE.

J. SMITH.

Song ........ " King Arthur" ..... (Dorsetsl. ire Air). J. A. I-hLLARD.

Reading ... ,"

Glee .. . , .. .. " Home, Sweet I-rome" .... ... .Bishop.

G lee

Song ......... .. ,,," Nancy Lee" .... . ..... . ... Adams.

Song ... " Drink, Puppy, Drink" ',Vllyle·Afdville.

MR . n~Lt..

R. E. RRIN SLEy·RICII ARDS.

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.... " Of n' the Airls ".

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LECT U RE. On Friday the 25th of February we heard a most excellent lecture by Mr. H askett-S mith, the well-known traveller, on /I Egypt." The Lecturer began by sketching the history of the decipherment of the hieroglyphics, and gave a short account of the famous Rosetta stone which was the key to th e discovery. H e assigned to Champollion the entire credit of having first recognised the importance of the Rosetta stone, and did not yield to

the temptation which most Englishmen expe rience, that is to claim ror Dr. Yo ung an equal share in the discovery. \.ye were next taken to the Museum for Egyptian Antiquities, at Gizeh, ncar Cairo. The Archaic room co ntains among many other treasures the statues of Ra-hotep and his wife Princess Nefert, who lived in the time of King Sneferu, D.C. 4000. The Lecturer took the opportunity of illustrating the life of an Egyplai n of high

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birth, by the career of Ra-hotcp. In the same room is the wooden statue known as the" Sheikh-el-beled." I t dates from the same period as the statue of Ra-hotep, and was fou nd by Mariette at Saqqarah. I n the central chamber the chief features o f interest are the mummies of the great Pharaohs of the XI Xth : Dynasty Seti I , Ramses II, and Mtneptah . I t has been thought by some scholars that these kings are to be connected with th e Bible narrative related in the Books of Genesis and Exodus, but th e whole qu estion is very difficult, and \ÂĽ. Max l\Iiiller has recently established the fact that the tribe of Asse r had settled in \Veste rn Galilee at least as early as the time of Seti I. An account was also g iven of the methods of and reasons for embalming. The Egyptians considered that a perfect body was quite essential for the welfare of the soul herearter. The next views were of T hebes, and the vast series of temples buil t by the XVI lIth and X I Xth Dynasties were shown, as well as the \'ocal statue of Memnon, of which the Lecturer had a fine photog raph taken at lnoonlight. The gigantic pillars of the hypostyle courts were shown, and the avenues of the Krio-sphinxes which have been so barbarously mutilated, perhaps by the

Persian King Cambyses, though Professo r Lincke's recent work is worth considering, in which he attempts to prove that Cambyses was one of the greatest Kings of the East, but was systematically maligned by the people he conquered. T he const ruction of the py ramids al Gizch and their builders was explained, and the Lecturerconcl uded by givingashort sketch of Egyptian religion in connection with the Sphinx. He co nsidered t he Sphinx, Ra Haremkhu as the Egyptians called it, to typify the only God, and to be a relic of an originally monotheistic people. I t is also thought to be a portrait of one of the Hyks6s Kings, but the conception is so beautiful that one wishes it were true. It wou ld be a thankless task to criticise so lucid an account of ancient Egypt, but one point may be noticed . T he derivation given for Pharaoh "Pa Ra= " the Sun-God 11as been displaced for more than 40 years by the accepted one, "Per-ao" " the Great Gate "-used in the same way as we call the Sultan the "Sublime Porte," The Lecture was well illustrated by lantern slides.

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OXFORD LETTER. Dear Mr. Editor, In accordance with mandates that are not to be disobeyed, it falls to my lot to write the 0 . K . S. letter th is te rm, and though news ill general is plentiful, items of O. K. S. news arc rath er few and far between. The O. U. D. S. has come and go ne without bringing out histrionic talent in any of us. As to the Tripos-the absorbing topic of conversation just at present-there is a little more to be said. J. B. Scrivenor, after having been tried at stroke, has been for the races occupyi ng the second thwart- I believe this to be the correct nauti cal phraseology, but am open to correction-in his college boat, which we regret to say succumbed to 1\1 erton on the 4th night.

C. P . Fynes-Clinton has been coaching St. J ohn's from the tow-path with the water up to h is knees; we had hoped to see him mounted on the back of some quadruped, but we re doomed to disapointment.

E . 1\1. O. T oulmin is up again this tenn and C. M. Headlam clown, so our numbers are still eq ual. H. A. D. Pereira has been speaking at the Union and had, shall we say the good fortune? to soothe the president to sleep. The rest of us, with the exception of H. P. Austen, who has been playing football for Keble, anel playing the megaphone for the bencnt of the Torpids, have been restricting our energi es to work. \"'le should like, before closing this letter, to di stribute a series of congratulations to the K. S. To Ca rrington on his scholarship at Oriel j to the School in general ancl all those who assisted in the work on the renovated School-room, and to t he Editors of the Call/ua'r ian on their last number. VoJe eagerly await the next,

The appointment of Bishop l\'fitchinson to the Mastership of Pembroke can hardly

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be considered as news by this time, but is worthy of mention as indirectly a School Honour, As th is letter is already preposterously long, I will only tender the School our hearti est good wishes for the Sports at the end of the ter m, and for the success of the team on the football fie ld whereve r they are engaged.

So, Mr, Editor, we wish you all farewell; and, some of us at least, look forward to seeing the School in person at no very distant date. Believe me, Very truly yours, O. K. S., OXON. Feb, 20, , 899.

INDIAN LETTER. For most of the information given in this lette r, I am indebted to a Ie::tter received from R , n, Flint, wh o is still in ey10n, with his Regi ment the Loyal North Lancashire, but who leaves on February I +th, for the Cape, H e:: is now scnior 2nd Lieutenant. and expects promotion to be full Lieutenant any time. He has been golfi ng, cricketing, and hockeyIng. and now and again goes out snipe

shooting, but styles himself an indifferent shot ; and is of opinion in studying the school records that fI we old stagers could give thp. school a wrinkle or two in the football field." If his elbows are as hard as they used to be, and if he still shoves in the sc rum by jumps and leaps as he used to, his remark about wrinkles may well be truo. I remember many a wrinkle that I go t from him in 1890.

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As far as I know our most prominent O.K.S. in India is I-J. V. Cobb, and I see that he is just appointed to be Assistant Re sident ill Kashmir.

V. I sacke has given up the Adj utancy of his Regiment, and is Laking 0 11 a Volunteer Adjutancy. R, Isacke is on his way to Kurachi. H . Isacke is at Dum-Dum. H . 'Volstead is a captain and adjutant of the 17th Leicestershire Regime nt, stati oned at Natal. I wonder how ma ny of us who read this iss ue will remember how he and A. Bredin (now in Burmah). were regularly Hco rned" by the Rev. E. J. Campbell in Mathematics hour ( 1st hour of afternoon school). in the so uth part of what is now the Parry; a nd how freq uently they werc obliged by sheer fo rce to Tub

their noses on the blackboard . when they didn't understand thnir Euclid Prop. which they never did . H. IVlaciear is still a probationer on the I ndian Staff Corps. P. }Vlaclear is in Natal with the I03rd Dublin Fusilicrs. Several of us Illay recall the Sutton Valence match of 1888 -1889 on Blore's Piece-the ground as ha rd as stone : a nd may remember how H . I\'Iaciear with Boycott, Latter and Bredin at il-, did heavy execution on the Sutton forwards. How these old days co me back to us, when we recall the old names. And this is only ten years on: may the recollection be as fresh I f Forty Years On ."

H . S.

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SCHOOL NEW S. The boat races a re to be held on IVlarch 28th and 30th . The crews have been drawn as follows :Scruby and Lock. Marshall an d Lucas. Izard and \Valke r.z 1\1ow1l and IVlassey. J enkin and Barnes.

bury, only tw o hitting on th e right course, most of the hounds goi ng off towards Sturry.

The School Confirmation will be held by His Grace the L ord Archbishop of Canterbury, on March 23rd, at 4 o'clock, in the Cathedral.

The Gymnasium co mpetition will take place on the 28th and 29th of lVl arch.

The Chess Cl ub is in a flo urishin g condition. There is to be a handi cap tournam ent dur ing March.

The School offe r their congratulations to Bishop Mitchinso n, formerly H ead lVl aster of th e Kin g's School, on being appointed to the Mastership of Pembroke College, Oxford .

On \<Vednesday, Feb ruary 22nd, th e first paper chase of this term was run. R. D. j\'Iarshall an d J. C. Lucas went as hares. The course was laid in the direction of Bekesbollrne and came in by Nackington. Unfortunately the track was hopelessly lost two miles out of Canter-

In a kicki ng competition held last term, the place-kicking was won by E . L . Mass.ey, and the pnnti]fg and drop kicking by G. N. Fi \m. Mr. Williams kindly gave the prize for the placing, Mr. Latte r presenting one for the punti ng and dropping.

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O. K. S. COL U lVI N â&#x20AC;˘

REV. F. A. DALE. who left in , 88). had a living offered him. in Durban, South Africa, last summer, which he accepted. H e left England last October.

J. E. GKIPPEK. P.A.S.!.. has obtained an appointment in Cambridge as manager in the firm of Arthur Rutter, Estate Agent.

A. LATTER played for Blackheath against Cambridge, and scored the winning try. On 'Vcdncsday, February I sth, he played for Kent against Devonshire.

N.B.-The Editors wish to apologize for an erroL' made in the last number of the Cantuarian. It was stated that A. L . Paris had passed third from ' Voolwich into the Royal Artillery, this should be Royal Engineers. 'Ve would co ngratulate him heartily on his success.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

N. B.-The Editors dr:c#llc to accept ally respomibility coltllected 'wi/It the O/JiJttOIlS 0/ their Correspo,,Âˇ dents. Name alld address must ÂŤhuoys be given, Ilot necessarily (or publication, but as a guarantee oj good faith. Personalilies 1tJill involve certaiu. rClcctiolt.

To the .Editors of

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To the Edi/ors Ofll THE

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Dear Sirs,

May I venture to suggest the following improvement to the Sports Committee before next Football Season. This year great difficulty has been caused to the referee to decide whether a goal has been kicked or not. I should propose new goal posts for the big goals, very much

I have noticed a grievance which I find has existed for some time and which I now propose to remedy.

higher than the preseut ones, and painted with the School Colours. I remain, Yours truly, A. K. ICKER.

'Vhel1 fo ur people have arranged to play Fives, they often find that the court has been bagged " by two people for Squash . This game consists, I believe, in hitting about an indiarubber ball with a racket, thereby involving no exercise, or at least very litlle, on the part of the players, who generally play to pass the time without exertion . I do not think the (j

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same can be said of Fives. I should propose that preference be given to F ives, or at least that the first court should be reserved fo r that game.

I am, Yours very truly,

amateur photographers among the present K.S. who could convert negatives of the locality into lantern slides. Yours truly, O.K.S. [Eoo.-We have received the above letter The which we think ought to bc published. suggestion might well be acted upon.]

BLIGHTED H OPE. [EDD.-T his is certainly a grievance which

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calls Co: a remedy. The practice of "bagging" courts fo r Squash has become much too common, and

Dear Sirs, Allow me to call your attention to the causes great inconvenience. We hope the Sports distribution of arm-chairs in the studies. Committee will find a beller arrangement.] By the present arrangement several at the bottom of the VI.'.' enjoy the luxury of an arm-chair, while a corresponding number of the VP.'~ still have to suOer the same To IIJe EdliOIS of I! THIJ: CANTUARIAN/' discomfort which they experienced when at the bottom of the I V'.'.'. Dcar Sirs, Yours truly, May I suggest another link between UNA RMED. t he O.K.S. and the School. Why should not the School possess a Magic L antern for

wh ich O.K.S., might supply the slides from scenes of interest in their neighbourhood . And thl"rc arc, doubtless, not a few

[EoD.-- Whcn all in crcased numbcr of armchairs is put in the stud ies, then by all mea ns let the V Ith F rom have them. The present custom of each study lHwing a certain number of arm-chai rs seems to us only fai r, that being the original arrangement.]

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SHOP ACCOUNT.- MICHAELMAS TERM, 1898.

CR . Balance in hand Sept. J 7th Received in Cash

s. d.

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Stationery

;\'l ilk

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Fruit

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Coal

r-.l ioeml Waters .

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13 14 4

Groceries

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Balls

486

C rockery .. .

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Attendance

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T ransferred to Sports Fund

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Paitl to Establishme nt F und

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NOTICES. 'We beg to acknowledge with thanks

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NO. 2.

EDITORIAL. The chief subject for an Editorial at this time of the year is naturally the Sports. They have come and gon,e, a nd wh en we look back at the results, we find that they arc on the whole exceedin gly good . ' ''Ie have again been successful in breaking reco rd a; Lhis year two in number, which is very creditable indeed; one by Richards " in Lh mil, whQ again won us the S ports against St. Edmund's School by his won (l(\l'flll sprint, in the excellent ti me of 4'5 7 ; the other by Bodington in Lhe Triall8 111rll' Spo rts with D over College an d Sutton Valence at the hurdles, which qe did in 18 fH" nel s, a second less than Maundrell's time, whi~h hitherto had been unbroktl il . ' L'h Sc hool did very well in thi s latter meeting, carrying off three events out of iI/Willi , with three second-places. Further details of the Sports witl) St. Jo:dllllllHI'" (I ud the Triangulars will be found on eight other pages. Tlll llhlM I II olh r subj ects, we think of the Public School Gymnasium Competition nt AltlI "JllthOI, nL which we were represented by G. N, Finn, who went up last yea r, ~1I111 '1\ A ll..lfd . Th ough not obtaini ng a high place, we would congratulate the m h l'/lit I ' 11 11 U H~ ir noble efforts. We will hope for a higher position in the list in. (utur It l,..

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The Boat-Races, though there were only four pairs, were full of interest, and . Mowll and Massey well deserved their victory. A full account of the Gymnasium Competition held on March 28th. and 29th Will be found elsewhere. T aking a general look back on the past t.enn, th ere ha~ been much. more keenness and energy displayed both in Football, wh ich w~ ~u bstltute d for H~ckey at ,th.e begin ning of term, and in training for Spo,rts. Th l~ IS al\\:ays a good slgn, and It IS to be hoped that fellows will not get back 1I1to slackll1g aga1l1, but endeavour to break other records and so help on the name of the School in ge neral.

:1n Memoriam. of ED W ARD

JAMES

CORBOULD .

of \Ve regret to have to record the sad death-at the age of 37-of E. J. Corbould (O.K.S. ) He enteren t he School in 1g73 , one term before Bishop Mitchinson left, and became Captain of th e School in 1880. In 188 1 he passed on to the Uni ve rsity with an Open Classical Scholarship at H ertford College, Oxford, and th e first School Exhibition.

From the tim e of taking his degree down to July, 1897, he was teaching in a School at St. Andrew's, and afterwards, by doctor's advice, took a private tutorship. But his health-never very good since his school-days, wh en he had hvo attacks of rheum atic feyer-now entirely broke down, and, on March lath, J 899, he died of heart disease at his home, T eynh am Vicarage, Kent.

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INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL, Dl'ar Sirs, 1 have read with some in terest the nrli clc on" Inte r-School Football H ill the ('II'Tcnt number of the Cantuar/an. As fi ll antidote to the record of th e matches ngainst Dover College, which the writer (I ('sc ribes as disgraceful, I should like to H\ ~ r to the C.O. S. matches (I mllst call Ih0111 the ' Cos ') of a qui te carll' E nglish IllJ riod. From that valuab le doc um ent, my ••'hool diary, I gather t he followin g Imrliculars :- In r879 we beat the C.O.S. II) 6 goals and I try to 0 , and again by H HOll is and 3 t ries to o. In 188o we won I. .1 goals and , try to o. I n , 8B , by I Hnnl and 2 tries to 0, and in th e second Ulllldl by 2 tries to o. In February, 188 2, Ill' 1 goals and 7 tries to a. Hitherto the I ( ' q H' malch. had been regarded as a '1 ,I ,dll win : in fact to allow the ball with in Our 125' was held to be infamy. IllIU Ml ne then our horror when, on NIIYtl ll\ b r 23rd, 188 2, a I Cos ' was II Ulill y Keen travelling swiftly across our M" " III1Il with the ball comfortably tucked IIlIdl I his ann. Everybody thought it 1111,,,1 111\ n mistake, but the amazing fact '!till ,,, • os ' had actually scored soon

became apparent. The game ended in a tie-one try each, and we retired with the feelings of Frenchmen after Waterloo. The diary remarks wi th brutal cand ouT, 'A disg raceful match .' On February J 3th, 188 3, we ente red the fi eld with stern determination to wi pe out the disgr<\ce. Relations we re (as th e papers say) somewh at strained, and the shouting outside the ring bore the character of war-whoops rathe r than of exhortation. The game was of a rough and tumb le ord er, and in the end we were victors by 2 goals to 0, a result which in former years would have elicited little enthusiasm, but which on the present occasion was received with uproariou s clamour, This was the last I Cos match I in which I was privileged to appear, and so far the results from 1879 had been seven wins and one tie out of eight matches, the scores being K.S,C. 20 goals and 19 tries., C.O .S. , try! One Call/uariall contains particulars of the matches played from the winter of J 883 until the fixture was abandoned. The total results, it will be seen, are out of twelve matches -ten won, one lost, one tie i scores K.S.C. 36 goals and

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35 tries, C.O. S. I goal and 2 t ries. This, I venture to think, leads to the conclusion that our teams were not so weak as the results of th e matches wi th Dover College would lead one to believe. At the same time it mu st be admitted that the C.O.S. were on the whole younger boys than our fe llows, and, to do them justice, they generally played up with a good deal of pluck. Let me briefly refe r to the old matches with Chatham H ouse School. I have records of three matches, played in 187<), 1880, and 188 1 res pectively. Of these we won the first by I goal to 2 tries (we were then unde r the ancient system of scoring you remember) and the other two we lost badly by 0 to 3 goals and S tries, and 0 to 5 goals and 6 tries. The last match I recollect very well as a regular rout. The only unrouted man on our side was our Captain, P. M., whose cheerful I I Now then, play up 1" as he kicked ofT afte r each disaster was the best thin g in the game. In conclusion (excuse lengthiness)

I suggest that in addit ion to the' verger' explanation of our frequent defeats by Dover College there is also the explanation that these were due to our unyielding conservati sm. For insta nce, we did not adopt the changes in placing the fi eldÂˇas the employment of three three-quarters and a single back instead of two of eachuntil long afte r our ri vals. \Ve always seemed to be a yea r or two behind the times. This was eve n shown in our retention of the un sightly head-gear kno wn as the stocki ng cap, but whi ch was really a woollen foolsca p, long after it had become a n o bjec t of purely anti quarian interest. No doubt all that is changed now. O ne has rarely nowadays to impu te unreaso nable conservati sm to anybody und er nin ety r ears of age, and a reaso nable adaptation of th eir reso urces to th e chan ges in their rivals' tacti cs is proba bly a marked characteri sti c of the Kin g's School. It should be so, I think. Yours trul y, l"oOTI3ALL XV. '80-'83 Âˇ

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The Sports were held in the Green Court in bitterly cold weather. A start was mad e on Tup.sday, March 21 st, bu t a heavy snowstorm drove everyon e indoors. The track having bee n carefull y swe pt, it was found possible to make a fresh start on the n c x~ day, and on Friday of th e sam e wee k, in conside rably milder weather, a conclUSIOn was arrived at. Colonel Fisher had again kindly promised us the services of th e. band ~f the Xt.lJ Royal Hussars, but we were deprived of the pleasure of hearing thClr mUSIC on account of the dreadful weather. A few determined spectators, however, braved th e elements and watched the events with as warm an interest as they c~)ttld. Very goo d results were not to be expected under such conditions, but Lhe High Jump was a very creditable performance. and we must commend Richard son and ''Vacher for the good styl e th ey displayed in their respective races. At the c<?nclusion of the racing on Friday, Mrs. Maso n kindl), presented th e Prizes in the Big Schoolroom . Vve have to th ank the following for kindly giving Prizes :--The Very Rev. the Dean, Lhe Ladies of Canterbury, :Mrs. Hamilton, 1\<lrs. Blore, the Mas ters, Colonel Gipps, J. T . Hawes, E sq., and the Vlt.~ and Vt.~ Forms.

W. CARRI NGT ON . C. H. HO Dl~G TON .

Âˇ {REV. R. G. H ODGSON. U mplres : REV. L. H. EVAN S. S lnrler:

REV. L. G. l-J . l\-IASO r>.

President:

K. C.

Stewards :

STRAHAN.

G. N. FINN . R. W. H. GLENNIE. E. FI NN. J. C. L UCAS.

RESULTS: OPEN

EVIlNTS.

STEEPLE CHASE. I,

R. E. BrinsJeyÂˇ Richards

L. R. Cooper E. Finn

This was run on Saturday, March 25th, on ,'IUI'1t th e same course as usua l. Cooper made the 1111111111& from the start, wilh E. Finn and Richards /I.lf t! wny behind. At the hill lead ing up to Jacob's I ,lllor, 5 yards covered the three leaders, but from Ihl Imint Richards drew away and eventually won I'r hout 60 yards.

THROWING Tim CRI CKET BALL I.

C. H. Bodington

E. L. Massey

Distance, 102 yds. I I in. Won very easily. A good throw, but not equa l to last year's performance. LoNG JUl>1P. I.

C. H. llod ington 17

G. N. Finn

ft . II in.

Won by a foot. A fair jump considering the unfavourable conditions.

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HICH J UMP, I.

G. N. Finn

C. I-I. Bodington

5 ft. A close contest.

Time.

3·

L. R. Cooper R. M. Tuke

I I ~

sees.

R. E. Brinsley-

Richards

600 Yy\RDS (HANDI CAP). I.

Dobson-Smith gC\t olf vcry smarlly, and, nm-

ning stron ~ly. won by about

After the pace-makers, Braddell and Watson, had retired :l.t the half-distance. Richards and Cooper made the running in tllrn, but the former drew away with a good sprint in the nm in.

100 YARDS.

Smit h

Richards

Time. 5 min. 161 sees.

This jump was decidedly

C. A, R. Dobson-

R. E. Brinsley-

in.

above the a vcrngc.

2! yards,

E. P. Richardson, 55 )'ds.

H URD LE RA CE- IOO YARDS.

3·

E. C. Creen, 55 yd,.

W. H . Bird, 55 yd'i.

a couple of

feet separat ing Brown from Richards.

Time,

min. 28 sees.

Richardson might have been handicapped morc severely, but he ran in good style and deserved the victory.

C. I-I. Bodington

G. N. Finn

EVENTS

Time, 17! sees.

E. G. Dickinson

R. E. Brinsley

l~lch a rd s

P. S. F. Nairn

S lightly above the average distance.

G. N. Finn

HI GH ]1Ii'1P.

Time, 6St sees. Richards wt:nl ahead (rom the start, and won as he lik(~d.

L ength, IS ft . 9~ in.

QUA RT RR i\II I.E. J.

16.

LO:\'G JUM!'.

H. E. Green fell at

Won easily in fast time. the seventh hurdle.

UNDER

E. G. Dickinson

J. F. Swinford

Height, 4 ft. 9~ in.

Very poor time.

An excellent jump, equalling G. N. Finn's I-IALI'l\oIILE. J. 2.

R. 1\'r . Tuke L. R. Cooper

record of 1896.

C. Lucas

Time, 2 min. 26} sees. Tuke took the lead at once, and , running with fine judgment, won by oyer 20 yards. Lucas and E. Finn had a rare tussle for third place.

100 YAROS. I.

F. Swinford Time,

P. S. F. Nairn

J2! sees.

Nairn was quickest away, but Swinford came with a strong burst at the finish.

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JU NIOR

H URDLE RACE.

P. S. F. Nairn

S. D. Barnwell

Time, 18 sees.

EVENTS.

HIGH J U MP. J.

A. C. Thomas

Height, 3 ft.

Won hands down, in very fair time.

C. F. Nation

II! in .

LONG JUMP.

QUARTER l'o'JI LE:. J.

G. \:Vacher

E. C. F. O'Neill

N. E. Smith

T ime. 67'! sees.

G. \Vacher

1\hL E.

Wacher kept behind till the last round, when he sprinted ahead and came in an easy first .

J. L.

Tomlin

E. C. F. O'Neill J. L. Tomlin

G . Covell

Time, 34 sees. QUARTER MILE. I.

UNDER

O'~eill

220 YARDS.

r. A. A. Cooper.

E. C. F.

Time, 14 sees.

Time, 2 min. 32! sees.

EVENTS

C. F. Nation

100 YARDS.

Wacher ran in excellent style and fu lly deserved his victory. Smith ran well for second place. HAT.I-·

Length, 12 ft. 3 in.

E. C. F . O'Neill J. L. Tomlin Time,

14.

3. C. F. Nation

74-! sees.

220 Y.\RDS (UNDER II).

100 YARDS. I.

2, E. A. Roper R. V. L. Johnston Time, 12!- sees.

R. P. Husbands

J . Bassetl

THREE· LEGGED RACE.

V'lon easily. Q UART ER MILE. I.

G. B. Cock rem

2. R. V. L. J ohnston Time, 781 sees.

Johnston led till within 80 yards of home, when Cockrem c1e'/erly passed him in what was Ilorhnps lhe best race of the day.

. G. Wacher and E. L. Eastgate. CONSOLATION RA CE.

F. A. Husbands. Time, 6S-i sec. Won by about a yard from Braddell, in the same time as the Open Quarter.

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King's School v. St. Edmund's School. The Sports agai nst St. E dmund's School took place on the Beverley, on April 3rd, and resulted in a victory for the King' s School by four events to three. The year will probably be handed down to posterity as "Richard s' year," as none who saw the last race on the programme will ever forget it. In spite of mu ch bad weather previously, the day was fine, though dull, and the turf in excellent condition, and the wi nd was not strong enough to bother the competitors to any great ex tent. The spectato rs were not so numerous as on some previous occasions, but the cold clay and th e many rival attractions of Easter Monday, no doubt sufficed to keep several away. In the two 01 Under l4" events the S.E.S. scored fairly easy victories, and their two representatives ran in ve ry nice and promising style. In th e OJ Under J 6>1 events we were much handicapped by the absence of 'Vacher, who was first string in the Hal f and Quarter Miles, and of Nairn, who was to have competed in the J 00 Yards, the Long Jump and the Half Mile, so in these eve nts we only managed to win one-the High Jump. I n this, Dickinso n jumped beautifully, and won at 4 ft. 9t in., without once knocking the bar off, but he did not try to improve on the result, as he had oth er things to do later on. \Vatton, S.E .S., who was second, is a very neat, straight jumper. The 100 Yards was won by 'Watton, about two ya rd s in front of Swinford. The Quarter Mile was a good race. T his was won by \Vatton as well, with Dickinson, who made his spurt rather too late, a good second. In the Long J ump, Dickin son's fi rst th ree jumps were well ahead of anyone else, but with his last attempt Mustard just beat him, and won the event by a couple of inches. The Half Mile also went to S.E.S. For a la rge part of the distance Hitchcock led, but could not hold his advantage, and Watton and Mustard finished an easy first and second . Of the Open eve nts, the Half iVlile was decided first, and fell to St. Edmund's. Geary early took the lead and, though he was challenged by Cooper, threw him off and won with something to spare. T here was a great race fo r second place between Cooper and Bull, and they eventually passed the post together. The Hundred Yards produced a very close co ntest. Smith got well away and led by about a foot till close 011 the line, wh en Geary shot level with him, and cleverly touched the tape first with his chest. Two yards separated second and third. In the High J ump, our two representatives were fi rst and second, Finn clearing exactly the same height as in our own sports on the Green Court. The Long Jump was fairly close. Edwards' first j ump was not immediately reached by the others, but Bodington passed it at his second attempt and wo n by nine inches. The Quarter Mi le was a race betwee n Richards and Geary. The last-named Jed until the Pavilion was reached, then Richards challenged him but could never get on terms, and was beaten by about three or four yards. As the winner's time was sst secs., Richards must have done the distance wi thin the 56, which, we believe, is a second fas ter than the best previous record

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o;h a I~ing' s School boy. The Hurd le~ was won fairly easily by our two representatives 0 " ere never really pressed. Bodlllgton did th e three-stride very nicel y over th~ first few hurdles and then seemed to lose his step and not O"et into it ao-ain Last f all came the. Mil e, '\;hich. was the decidi ng event, as up to t hen each sci;ooi had woon three. St. Edmund s.relI.ed on Geary agai n, and it looked, at first, as though thei r ~ol~denceCwas to be Jl1 stJfi~d. For th e fi rst lap Ed,wards made the run ning, followed yeary, ooper, Bull, RIchards and Tuke. in th e order named. In th e second :ound .Tulte came up, but stopped as soon as he obtained the first place and R~I~ed~1.tely afte r Edwards. fell ou t. The last round began with Geary leadin g, and IC ar s some forty yards 111 the rea r. The.n Richards began to com e up and took second place ; about 300 yards from home he put on a spurt sllch as is seldom seen, and, though ~e was gamely ans,~'e red by Geary, would take no denial, and b sheer pluck wore hun do\~'n, and won In the time o f 4 min. 57 secs., which made a ;econd rec?rd broken by. RIchards on the same afternoo n. As may easily be imagined the px c~~~me nt was II1tense, and both RicJ~ards ane! Geary were chaired b~ck to'the flvl 1011. . So, for the second year runl1ln g, by hIS magnifi ce nt spurts, Richards has gIven us vlctory over our old nvals. The full progdmme was as follows :_ "

1.-100 YARDS (UNDER 14) . I,

H. R. Morgan, S.E.S. i

2, \\T.

F. Ha rvey, S.E.S.

Time, 13tsecs.

H .-HALF MILE ( OPEN ) I,

H . M. Geary, S.E.S.; z, L. R . Cooper, res., and 0 B. Bull, S.E.S. (dead heat). Time, z min . J Jt secs. HI.-HIGH J UMP (UNDER 16). I,

E. G. Dickinson, KS.;

S. L. Watton, S.E.S.

Height, 4 ft. 9.. in.

IV.- I oo YARDS (OPEN). I,

H. M. Geary, S.E .S.;

C. A. R. Dobson-Smith, ICS.

Time,

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V.-HIGH JUMP ( OPEN ) .

leS.;

G. N. Finn,

S. L. VI'atton, S.E.S. ;

Vl. -

C. H. Eodington,

res.

H eight,s ft. tin.

I OO YARDS ( UNDER 16). 2,

J. F.

Swinford, K.S. i

T ime, I2 tsecs.

V II. Âˇ- LONG J UMP (OPEN).

C. H . Bodington,

res. ;

z, H . T. Edwards, S.E S.

D'Istance, 18 ft. 3 in.

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VIII.-QUARTER MILE (UNDER 16). I,

S. L. ''Vatton, S.E.S.; 2, E. G. Dickinson, K.S. Time, 641 secs. IX.-QUARTER MILE (OPEN). ,'J . G eary, S.E .", S . 2 , R . E. Brinsley-Riehards, K.S. Time, sst sees.

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X.-LONG J UMP (UNDEN 16). K S Distance, 15 ft. 8! in. · k' j z, E . G . D Ie 11150n, .. XL-HuRDLES (OPEN). C. H. Eodington, K.S. ; 2, G. N. Finn. K.S. Time, J 9! secs.

1,1\11. C. Mustard, S.E.S. I,

XII.-HALF MILE (UNDE R 16). tt S E S . 2 M. C. Mustard, S.E.S. Time, 2 min . 2 6t sees. " I, S . L . \,'va on, ... , • Xlll.-QUARTER MILE (UNDER 14)· F H ey " J, \ 'v. ' . arv I S• E • S " . 2 , I-I. R . Morgan, S.E.S. Tim e, 68t sees. XIV.-ONE MILE (OPEN). E S . 3, L. R. Cooper, K.S. R. E. Brinsley-Richard s, K.S. i 2, H . 1ill' . G eary. S . . . . . , Time, 4 min . 57! secs.

Th~ Triangular Sports. K1NG'S SCHOOL.-SUTTON VALENCE.-DoVER COLLEGE .

1 to rouse keenness and energy in our

athle~~!~ t~~~t;~lla~~~I~~~t;,~~~l~~lS~~~onOV~l~~~~ 10n '¥ednesday, April 5th, and in fine,

though rath er windy weather. events, Dover once more proved successful. by wi!lning fou~ ~ut of the seven while we secured th e remaining three, Sutton being left pomt ess. f l t" . very hC'lTtily on their perrorman ces, or Vie must congr~tulate our repre~~n ~ wes ption <of th e High Jump in which we we showe~ ulP wetllllallSSeev(~rrh~:ICg~: F~jl~~lt~I~(~Bc~dington both cleanid about 5 feet. were certain y ou -c ,

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In t he roo yards,-run aga inst the wind,-Dover secured both places, Dobson Smith coming in a good third. The Long Jump also fell to the same Dover representative, Goodbody, who, in his first jump reached 19 feet 9 inches, an p.xcellent 1 performance. Finn was second, half an inch ahead of Bodington, but neither of them did himself justice, and they were beaten by 2 feet. Then came the Mile i Richards played his usual waiting game until the last lap, when he came away in magnifice nt style, and won with the greatest of ease in the excellent time of 4'57 ' Sutton Valence were second, and Dover third, but if Cooper had made his effort a little sooner he might have been placed, as he came in very strongly just behind Elwin . The High Jump followed and was won by D over with 5 feet dÂˇ inches. Dover also shared second honours with Sutton. Thus at the interval which here ensued for T ea, Dover had 3 events, and King' s School one. vVith the start of the Quarter Mile, excitement ran high. Ri chards got a very bad start and was quite shut in at the first corner. The grou nd thus lost he never quite made up, though he made a very fine effort to do so, and we are inclined to think that another 10 ya rds would have enabled him to win, as he came up hand over hand in the straight. H enderson, of Dover, was his victorious opponent, and the time was 57 seconds. This fourth victory placed the issue beyond a doubt. The next item was the Hurdles, always an uncertainty. Bodington ran them beautifully, however, and taking his hurdles in neat style, gradually forged ahead and won by several yards in 18 sees. Ronaldson of Sutton, was second, and Finn l third. Both the Dover representatives fell. The last event, the Half Mile, was thought to be a soft thing for Dover, as represented by Henderson. It was therefo re a very g ratifying suprise to see Our two strings securing both first and second place. Tuke made the pace, and had taken such a long lead by the middle of the last lap that it looked a safe thing for him. Cooper, however, ran with excellent judgment, came on very strongly, and, having Hellderson well beaten, raced on in pursuit of Tuke, whom he caught 20 or 30 yards rrom the tape. Time 2 min . 17 sees. Altogr.ther we may be' very pleased with the result. Vve were more successfu l than we have been in either of the two pre vious contests,-the performances were all r a high order and merit, especially considering the strong wind,-and a small slice of luck would have given us th e victory. H ad Richards got a better start in the Quarter, or had Sutton won the High Jump as, on form and previous performances, lfJ y were expected to do, we might have won outright. The afternoon's proceedings were enlivened by the Band from the Depot of the Royal West Kent Regiment at Maidstone.

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Vie cannot close this account, without expressing our thanks to Sutton Valence for their very kind hospitality, and our hope that this triangular contest may go 011, with eve r-increasing success for many years to come.

THE BOAT CLUB. The Pair-oared Races took place on Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. Usually we have regarded Lent T erm as the coaching term, and the races have been rowed early in the Summer T erm. But general satisfaction was expressed at the new arrangement. as cricket practice will be less interfered with than in previous years, when during the first two or three weeks of summer term the promising batsman was kept plying the plung -

ingbladeinstead ofwieldingthewhirling willow. Coachin g was fairly actively indulged in, though colds and other inconveniences meteorological and otherwise often came in the way. The new members especially deserve commendation for their energy, and on the wh ole have benefited considerably by the coaching. The club owes much to Lucas for his thoughtful arrangements. not only at the time of the races, but also during the whole time of preparation for them. The river was in good condition for rowing on the race day, though a strong wind was blowing down stream. This of course gave a great advantage to a heavy crew over a light one. The winnin g crew were, we should think, as fast a pair as have ever rowed in our Aquatic Festival, though their short jerky stroke is not to be commended. Lock and Scruby rowed vcry 1llce/y but a stately paddle is not calculated to win races. Lucas rowed a good long strok e, though with a tendency to wash out, but was badly backed up by Marshall who had no beginning, and row ed almost entirely with his arms. Jenkin and Barnes rowed a very game race in the final heat, and were not beaten till within 100 yards of the post, which was very creditable considering what formidable opponents they had. The drenched co ndition of the coxswains at the end of each race, suggests the necessity of providing them with umbrellas on future occasions, or of providing the oarsmen with patent non-splashing oars, which will feather over not meder the water and catch a clean beginning. Appended are the results : HEAT I. Mowll (bow), Massey (stroke), Cooke (cox). Marshall (bow), Lucas (stroke), Frewer' (cox). Bumped 150 yards from the winning-post. HEAT II. Barnes (bow), Jeukin (stroke), Clark' (cox). Scruby (bow), Lock (stroke), Winder (co x). Won by 3t lengths.

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Massey's crew. I . Jenkin's crew. 2. A well-fought race. The heavy crew , overtook their opponents in the straight and rowed in alone. FINAL HEAT .

GYMNASIUM COMPETITIONS.

UNDER 16 .

OPEN.

R. D. Weston. 87!路 2. D . C. McCulloch. 83!路 3. W. W. Lock. 82! . 8 1. 4. P .. S. Nairn. I.

93路 76 . 73路

G. N. Finn . lost. 2. T . A. I zard. 99!. 3. E. Finn. 8ft. f . R . D. Marshall. 80. I.

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FIRST ROUND .

Finn 1 beat Richards Glennie beat Quentin'. Cooper 1 beat Paris I.

Lucas scratched to Carrington. Green 1 scratched 10 'Vatson. Ma!sey scratched to Rodington. Smith I scmtched to Toulmin Green 2 scratched to Durnford.

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SECOND ROUND .

Carrington scratched to Gl~nnie . Finn 1 scratched to Toulmm .

Cooper beat Watson. Dadmgton beat Durnford.

SEMI-FINAL.

Glennie scratched to Toulmin.

Badington beat Cooper. F INAL.

13odington scratched to Toulmin.

Under 16. F I RST ROUND.

Covell scratched to Charles. Izard scratched to Hassell I, Hassell '1 scratched to l"fcCulioch

Bovenschcn beat Hitc~c~ck. I beat Pans .

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SECOND ROUND.

Bovenschen beat l\lcCulloch

Hassell] scratched to Charles.

l\'lcCulloch'1 a bye. SEMI- FINAL.

Bovenschen u('at McCulloch Charles a bye.

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Bovenschen beat Charles.

D OUBLE

FIVES.

FIRST ROUND. ' :Vatson } b t{ Finn I, Lucas ea Sm ith ~. carrin[!:ton } b t { Pans I. Green I . ea Bovenschen. -Quentin t { Ryley. i\'IcCulloch '1. a McCulloch

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Quentin} {G lennie. McCuliock 2. scratched to . Cooper. Carri ngton } d {RiChards. Green 1. scratche to Dodington . Lucas Watson

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0 Bodington. { Glennie

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THIRD ROUND

(Semi-Final).

Richards }b at {Lucas. Dodington e. Watson. Coope.r }a b)'e. Glennie FINAL. Ric~ards }beat {Coope.r.

Dodmgton

Glenme.

THE NEW WINDOWS IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM (No. II). In a previous number of the Call1llfl1'lt11l (Vol. IV. No. 23, p. 570) we gave a few biographical notes on some of the King's School worthies, whose Coats-of-Arms in stained glass form part of the Memorial Decoration of the School-room, carried out last year by O.K.S. and other friends in honour of the last four Head Masters j and we s'poke of the fourteen escutcheons included in Groups I. and II. of the windows on the Eastern side of the room. It may be interesting now to give so me account of the names commemorated in Group III. on this side and in the other windows. The following diagram will show their arrangement : EAST WALL.

SOUTH

GROUI' III.

\:VINDOW.

Sornner.

Doys. Brydges.

Randolph. City of Canterbury. Il eyman.

Christ Ch: Canterbury.

Marsh .

Broughton.

left Victoria. (or four escutcheons).

Lynch.

GROUP II.

Farrar. (Space.;

Ford. T enterden.

WEST WAJ.L.

GROUP I.

Gipps.

Clarke. Temple.

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The Escutcheons in Group III. are selected to commemorate six of the many distin guished O.K.S., who have been natives of Canterbury or Kent. I n the centre is the Arms of the City, recalling the fact that the School was founded in the VII. Century as "The School of the Archbishop and the City," and that it continued to be known by its old name of" The Free School (i.e. , the Public School) of Canterbury" for at least I 50 years after it had been reconstituted by H enry VIII. (,.g., in Life of Somner, 1693) . . RANDOLPH.-Thomas Randolph, D .D ., President of C.C.C., Oxford, Margaret Professo r of Divinity, Archdeacon of Oxford, a nd Canon of Worcester. He was born in Canterbury, qOI, and entered th e School 1709; in 17 1 5, when he was only 14, he gained a Scholarship at Corpus, Oxford, and the connexion thus begun lasted for nearly 70 years, until his death 1783 . After holding some livings in Kent he was elected President of his College in I748. Dr. Fowler, in his History of C.C.C., says,-" The eminent names on the roll s dnrin g Rando lph's term of office shew that the College was beginning to shake off its lethargy and to attract a more distinguished body of young men. The latte r part of his Presidency is among the brighte r spots in the history of the College." Two others of his family were educated at the School; one of them, his elder brother (H erbert Rando lph, Fellow of All Souls), has a monument in th e Cathedral. HEYMAN .-" William H eyman, of th e City of Canterbury, ge ntleman, by indenture dated September 29th. 1625." founded the two H eyman Scholarships, now worth ÂŁ25 a year for four years,-to be awarded in the first place to descendants of his grandfather, Peter H eyman, whose effigy and tomb may be seen in Sellinge Church. Another member of his family, Sir Henry Pix H eyman, Bart., was educated at the School from 1773 to 17 80 . SOMNER.-\Villiam Somner, Antiquary, was born in Canterbury, 1606. It is impossible to do justice to this remarkable man in a brief notice : his life was written by White Kenn ett, Bishop of Peterborough, in 1693, and we can only select a few passages bearing on his connexion with the School. " 'When his forward years made him capable of Literature, he was committed to the Free School of Canterbury, then govern'd by Mr. Ludd: .... Perhaps he here imbib'd the inclination to Antiquity from the fresh memory of the late Master, John Twine, LL.B., who dying 1581 has been very inquisitive into former ages." Chief among his school-friends was Peter Gunning, afterwards Bishop of Ely; so his biographer continues,_H Let the School be proud of this honour, that at the same time it instructed two of the greatest men of their age and nation, one of the best of Divines, and one of the best of Antiquari es." Somner spent all his life in Canterbury. as Registrar of the Diocesan Court, Keeper of the Records, etc. H is invaluable work, HThe Antiquities of Canterbury," was published 1640, in time to put on record a description of the Cathecil:al before iL was .outraged by~ the I f phanatic rabble." He himself was

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same as that of the old Monastery-the only alteration made, when a D ea n superseded the Prior in 1541, being the change of the letters f a nd t. to X and i. Above and belo w are the Arms of th e two Dea ns educated at the School. BOYS.- John Boys, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. was born in 1571 , of an old Kenti::. h family, and was at the School from 1582 to 1586, when he was elected Scholar of C.C.C ., Cambridge. I-Ie held variolls livings in Ken t, until in 16 19 he was presented to th e Deanery by J ames 1. His celebrated Defence of our Praye r Book bears an ela borate dedi cation to his Patro n, " as being not only the Schollers King, but the King of Sch01l er5." H e died sudd enly in 16z5.--at his study table, it is said. as he is repre se nted in his monument in the Cathedral. [ There have been several othe r members of the Boys family in the School]. LYNCH.- J ohn Lynch, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, was horn in 1697, and was ed ucated at the School till he was 18, wh en he went to St. J ohn' s CoiL, Camb ridge. H e married a daughter of Archbishop \;Yake, and obtained various Church preferments from time to time, includin g the Recto ries of Ickham and Bishopsbourne, ncar Canterbury. I n I7 34 he was appointed Dean, and we read that" his social quali.ties were greatly esteemed by a large and polite neighbourhood ." H e was much admIred as a Preacher, and seldom failed to officiate on Sundays, till a few years before his death in q60 . Hasted (Hist. of Kent) says that "he successfully promoted the interest of the King's School, and gratefully remembered the Scholar in the Dean." On th e \;Yestern side of th e room the windows fall into two Group s. Group 1., to the left, consists of two lights, the space occupied in th e other Groups by the larger central light being here blocked by the fi re-place and chimney. T hese two lights contain four spaces for escutcheons, wh ich are at present left blank. Group 11. , on th e right, is of the same design as the windows in the Eastern wall. The central space contains the Royal Arms of Queen Victoria, as the School is now governed under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, approved by Her Majesty's Order in Council of Sept. I4th, 1878 . Above and below are the escutcheons of Dean Farrar and Archbishop T emple, the prese nt Chai rman of the Governors and the Visitor j faci ng them in the opposite windows are the Arms of D ean \;Yo lto n and Archbishop Cranmer, the first Chairman and th e first Visitor. In the side lights are the shields of four distinguished O.K.S. of th e prese nt centurytwo Bishops and two Colonial Governors . IVIARS H. -Herbert l'vlarsh, D.D., Bish op of Peterborough, was born at Faversham in I757, and was at the School from 1770 to J775, when he gained a Scholarship at St. Jo hn's Coli., Cambridge. He came out 2nd Wrangler, and was soon afterwards elected to a Fellowship. I n q86 he settled at Leipsic to study Theology, translating Michaelis' " I ntroduction to the New Testament" ; and in Q98, .. when the very name of Englishman had become an object of hatred on the

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continent, he undertook a defence of Englis h politics as against French cal umnies." This l?leased Pitt imme nsely, and on his return to England he was given a pen sion by the King . In 1807 he was elected lVlargaret Professor of Divini ty ; and it was a sermon of his at St. Paul's, in 18 r I, on II The National Religion as the foundation of National Educatio n," that became the basis of the National Society established in that year. Five years later he was made Bishop of Llan daff, and in 18 19 he ,,·as tral~s!ated to P e t~ rb o rough, where he created no s m ~ l\ stir, in those sleepy ti mes, "by revIving the a~cle n t ord ~r of Rural Dean.s, and urglllg lhe residence of the paroc hial clergy on theIr respective be nefices, WIth the performance of twO services eve ry Sunday." H e died in 1839. GIPPS.-Lt,-Col. Sir George Gipps, KC.B., R.E., Gove rnor of New South \;Yales, was born in Q91, and cam e to th e School in J 802. In 1809 he entered th e Royal Engineers, and se rved in the Peninsula from I 8 r J to the end of the \Va r figh ti ng at Badaj03, Castalla, n :tlague~, T a rragona, and other places. H e was subse~ qu ently appointed Governor-in-Chief of New South \·Vales, and on his return to England died in Canterbury, 1847. There is a monum ent and bu st to his memory in the Cathedral. BROUGHTON.-William Grant Broughton, D.D., first Bishop of Sydney and Metropoli tan of Australasia, was born in '7 88, and educated at the Scho ol from 1797 to J 804. Afte r spending so me years in the East Indi a I-louse, he was elected in 18 J 4 to a Scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge, wh ere he graduated as 6th \Vrangler. In 1829 he was appointed by the Duke of \~Te lli n gton to the Archdeaconry of New South \;Yales, where his school-fellow, Sir G. Gipps. was Governor. In this capacity his jurisdictio n extended over the who le of Australia and T asmania, which in those days formed an Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Calcutta. He had a hard struggl.e to get the s pirit~l a l needs of the Colony recognised at home, an d we cannot relate It here ; but he trIumphed at las t. The number of his clergy was doubled, ~nd. he was consecrated first Bishop of Australia in I 836 . Later on, as Church orgal1lSatlOll extended and other bishoprics were req uired, his See was fixed at. Sydney, and in 1848 he was constituted Metropolitan of Australasia, with the lllshops of Adelaide, Melbonrne, Newcastle, New Zealand, and Tasmania, as his S u~rag~n s . ~ H avi ng returned to England in 1852, he died th e next year, and was hUrled In Canterbury CathedraL H e was th e found er of what is now t he most nourishing pu blic school in Australia, which, in remembrance of his own dearly loved School, he nam ed the King's School, Paramatta. [ The Broughton Prizes for Divinity nnd Classics were estab lished in 1854 to perp etuate his memory. H is bust is placed over the mantel-piece]. CLARKE.-Lt. -Gen. th e H on. Sir Anelrew Clarke, G.C.M.G., R.E .• Governor of Ihe Straits Settlement, was born in I824, and entf'red th e School in 1833 . Afte r iH.' rvi ng in the New Zealand campaigns of I 847, he became Surveyor-General of

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Victoria in 1853. l\LP. for Melbourne. an d Minister of Public Lands. On his ret:t rn to EnO'land he was sent on special service, in 1863 . to the \Vest Coast of Afnca, respec~ing the Ashanti difficulties. From 1864. to 1873 he was Director of 'Works of the Navy and designed the great extensiOns of the arsenals at Chatham, Portsmollth, Plymouth, Bermuda, &c. As G?vernor and Comrnander-in-~hief of the Straits Settlement, he brought the Malay native states under tl~e pr?tectlOl1 o~ Great Britain. H e was for several years Inspector-General of FortIficatIOns, and IS now Agent-General for Victoria and Tasmania. The small oval wind ow in the North gable contains the Arms of the King's Sohool, with the date 1898, when the Memorial Deco ration was carried out. A. J. G.

ORCHESTRAL CONCER T. This concert, given by Mr. Godfrey, took place on March 9th, in the Parry Library, and from the audience's point of view was a complete success. T he orchestra was composed of some of the X'.' R .H. band, and of members of the town, including l\<lr. Gann. As seen below, the programme included some opera and ballet music, besides some of 1\<1r. Godfrey's own compositions. The last item but one, arranged by him, was very cleverly worked up, and greatly appreciated by the audience. And a most

enjoyable concert was brought to an end by a song by Richards, who sang very well, though somewhat unused to an orchestral accompaniment, the chorus being vociferously taken up by the audience. We heartily congratulate 1\'l r. Godfrey on his success, and only hope that we may not have to wait very long before we have the benefit of another similar evening_Âˇ Further, \'-I e offer our thanks to Miss Hichcns and Mr. Byron Dewhurst for lending so admirably to the enjoyment of the evening.

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It is a very good thing for the school to have a concert like this, and boys who have musical tastes should make full use of them, if we have any more, as it is hoped will be the case, since orchestral music is one of the highest kinds and needs more study than any other. PROGRA?-.'I ME. Scene de Ballet ....................... .. Perry GOf!ll'e)', (Written for the Band of XI.'.' R. H. ) Selection .. ............. "Carmen" ............. Bi!:e/..

Song ... " Vedrai Carino" (Don Giovanni) ... /lfo.:arl. 1\[ISS HICHENS.

Suile in F minor (Nos. 3 & 4) . .,., Percy Got!fieJ'. Song ............ .," Lands of Dee JJ . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. C/ay. MR. BYRON DEWHURST.

Enlr'acte and Ballet Music "Rosenmnde" Schubelt. Song .... "."Quando Lieta" (Fausl) ... " ... Gollllod. MI SS I-liCHENS,

Thrcc Melodi~s ....... ........... , ......... ,,, .... Gur/itt. Pusticeio Overtu re ..... " School

Son~s H

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Song ...... "Voung British Soldier " ......... Cobbe. R. E. BRINSI.EY-RICHARDS. GOD SAVE THE QUJ.:EN .

HARVEY SOCIETY .

On Saturday, February I Jth, a paper was read by the Secretary on the "Formation of Coral Reefs." He first gave tin outline of the classification of the Coral Polype and passed on to give a detailed account of its anatomical st ructure. He th en mentioned the various theories put forward to explain the for-

mation of reefs, dwelling more particularly upon that of Darwin.

A second paper was read by E. H . Curling on "Brasses," wherein he gave an outline of the history of brasses q11 different periods, calling attention to their gradual decline in heauty and size. H e

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Iso e num erated the variolls classes into :hich brasses may be divided, describi ng carefully the classes representing Priests and Kni ghts. The paper was illustrated by numerouS "Rubbings ,. taken from vari ous parts of the country.

explai ned the manne r in which the spide r produces its thread.

On Saturday, i.\'Iarch 11th, S. P. D. Sanders rea.d a paper on " 111:ect Architec ture." H e pointed out the vanOliS moti ves or the architecture of insects. and accurately described the structures made by the Mason, Carpenter. and Hive bees. As an example of architecture for the purpose of self-protection, he m e~ tioned the Leaf-rolling caterpillars, Caddis Finally he worm s, and Goat moth.

O. K.S. [gud. We have received the following ~:ry interesting letler from an O. K. S. in Bnt lsh Guiana.]

Dear Sirs, Your February number was a most interesting one, and observing your note on page 615 thereof, I thought I would

E • P. Richardson On ill j are I' 1 8tl" read a paper on .< Ants," in which. an account of thei r life history and anatomIcal st ructure was given . H e also described the nests o f various species. and pointed out their slave-making an d warlike pr~ the habit of domestIC pensl·t·Ies , and c • animalization. H e also re-counted vanouS ex perim ents whiL:h tend to pro~le the remarkable in telligence of the 1l1sects. The paper was illustra ted by many characteristic di ag ram s. R. D. MAR S HALL, H Oll.

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LETTER. venture to send you a few li nes to shew you that th ere is an O .K .S. even in this out-of-the- way co rner of th e world, '~ho remembers the old school with affectIOn and pride. When home on leav~. I fi nd such profound ignoran ce prevallmg on the subject of British G uiana, that I am

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tem pted to ask if anyone in the school knows where Berbice is. But this is a rud e question, and will no doubt <.:all down upon me the wrath of Ca rrin gto n, Percy Dalton & Co. For five years I was und er Dr. IVIitchinsoiI, and am proud to say that I retain my reverence, and even, I believe, my fea r of him, to this day, and am heartily glad to see that he has been appointed IVlaster of his old college, an appointment, no doub t, after his own heart, an d one that he will assuredly adorn . After reading your description of the school room as it now is, I am sure I should hardly recognize it as the one in which I wen t through, and saw so mu ch. The old mint yard was still in existence when I joined first, and I saw the first pickaxe come through the wall of th e old building, where the Headmaster' s house now stands, when the work of destruction began. I had the honour of takin g part in, I believe, the first sc hool concert in the old H ead Master' s house in the corn er, when Dean Alford was present. And there too saw the" Doctor" desce nd from lhe carriage in whi ch he had been triumphantly dragged home by the boys after the celebrated Delasaux case, and in n voice, broken with emotion, thanked us

all and gave us a holiday on the spot. I was present also, and slightly wounded , at the great snow fight with the roughs of Northgate, when the Gree n Co urt Gate had to be closed, and smashed windows and black-t:yes were th e order of the day. 'Vas I not also a witness of the greatest fight that eve r took place in th e "Foreign s," that between Steve Martin and \Valter Kemp, both good men and true. There were seve n H orsJeys in my time, of whom John (primus) was especially kind to me. Septimus came to Demerara the other day in command of H .M.S. Pe lican, a nd we renewed our old friend ship with much pleasure. Other giant names I can call to mind as hav ing looked up to from a respectful di stan ce j John Kemp, Frank H all, Arthur Gardiner, Dundas, George Fowler and ma ny others, and among my own pals, Lyall, Reid, 'Vightwick, H allowes, Kemp, Martin &c., honoured remembrances all. I must not forget to mention that I was in Mr. Plant's first singing class, and am right glad to see that he is still going strong j in it also was another good old pal, "Tadpole" Archer, why so called I cannot say, as he was a particularly good looking chap. Of great days that I remember none can equal the last speech day on which Dr. l\'Iitchinsoll was present as Head Master,

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the events of which are indelibly engraved on my memory. or sad occasions, two stand out, the funerals of Dean Alford and of Mr. Lipscombe. our second master, much loved, in spite of a voice of thunder which used to paralize us with fear.

scholastics or academic honours gained by the school, I yield to Ilone in affectionate remembrance o f it, and all connected wi th it. I am, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully,

Of my humble self I may say that although I have added nothing to the

SCHO OL At the Public School Gymnasium Competition held at Aldershot, on Mar. 2~th , the School was represented by G. N. FInn and T. A. Izard. The present year was a particularly good one, and, though their place was not high, we understand that Sergeant Kain, their Instructor, was thoroughly satisfied with their performallce.

/'~ The School Gymnasium Competition was held on Ma rch 28th and 29th. The "New Boys'" Competition was won by

P e RCY HE~'[ERY.

NEW S. R. D. 'Weston, while Twells secured the second prize. \Veston also won the fC Under , 6" Competition. G. N. Finn secured th e open prize.

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The Double-Fives Ties were won this year by C. H . Bodington and R. E. Brinsley- Richards.

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The Boat Races were won by E. W. lVIowll and E . lVIassey, with G. R. C. Cooke as their Cox.

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The Chess Club H a ndicap T ournament, held last term, was won by F. C. Bovenschen. The Prize, kindly presented by the President, consisted of a fine set of Staunton Chess-men a nd board.

The School proved successfu l in the Sports against St. Edmund's School, held in beautiful weather on the Beve rley, on l\'Ionday, April 3rd, winning four Open Events against our opponents' three. The victory was secured to us by the splendid performan ce of Richards in th e Mile. In the II Under J6" Events we only succeeded in winning one point.

In the T riangular Sports, held t his year at Sutton Valence, on April 5th, we secured second place, Dover College winning four events to our th ree. VI/e we re ~ uccess ful in the Mile, the Half Mile, and the Hurdles.

The result of the Private Study Prize was as follows :-In th e First Class, Brinsley-Richards first, Carrin gton and Redman - equal, second. As both

Ri cha rds and Carrington have won the Prize before, it goes this yea r to Redman. The Broughton Divini ty Prize was won by Brinsle),-Richa rd s, but as he has won it before, it goes this year to the second on the list -Smith . The Streatfield Prize for E nglish Lite rature was won by C. '1.l . C. Redma n.

During Holy \ÂĽ eek we were very fortunate in being able to use our Chapel in the Cathedral for a Service at 5.30 p.m . on each of th e first four days . \Ve are sure that all the School would wish to express their bes t thanks to Mr. Foxell for the stirring addresses he was kind enough to give us during th e week.

Dllring th e past term several Offertories in our Chapel were given towards helping an O.K.S., the Rev. M. l'vlaitland, who has a large and poor parish at \ÂĽalthamstow, in the Suburb3 of London. The immediate object of our co ntributions was to enable th e building of a Gymnasium for the boys of the parish, a much-ne1.! ded institution .

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Sydney M. Mason (th e brother of th e Rev. L. G. Mason), who is in the 4th Lancers Hyderabad Contingent, at prese nt stationed at Hingoli in the Deccan, has recentl y been appointed Second in Command of his Regiment, and has attained to the rauk of Major. <.

H. R . Blore, the SOil of our late H ead Master, Dr. Blore, who was at onc tim e in the J un ior School , and entered the Army in 1890, is now a Captain, and has lately been appointed Adjutant to th e Ist Battalion of the King's 'Royal Rifles : he is at prese nt stationed at the Cape and will shortly be going to Natal.

to be a Colonel on th e Staff in I ndia, and to have the substantive rank of Colonel in the Army., Colonel Vousden is an O.K.S., and was at the School from 1859 - 62 .

In some Sports held on the J 9th of Mareh, at West Wrallin g Park (Cambs.), so me excellent perfo rm ances were accomplished by W. E. MaundrellIn the Long Jump he was fi rst, jumping 18 ft . Ic!in, In the 1 0 0 Yards-first, in tot sees. In the High Ju mp- fi rst. 5 n. 4- in. In the Hurdle Raee (IIO yards)-first, in . 16 sees.

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The Quee n of the fullowing appointment :- Brcvct Colonel ' V. J. Vousden, V.C., Indian. Staff Corps,

W. M. Carler has obtained the Special Prize of the Council of Education for Constitutional Law and Legal History.

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unsatisfacto ry trai ning ground as Blore's Piece. Ou r Cricket and Football have been revolutionised during the last five By far the most noticeable feature in years, and an opportunity seems now to this year's and last year's Sports against have arrived for improving our athletics, St. Edmund's School was the excellent by the retirement of Bingham from the running of H . M. Geary. Now of course post he so ably filled. If, as I hope. th e Geary is exceptionally good, but it is School are on the look-out for another quite true that a large share of the credit Cricket Professional, might not an attempt for his performances belongs to his trainer. be made to pick up someone who com~ Pace, pluck, and even a good style are to bined a knowledge of Athletics with a a g reat extent natural gifts, but fine knowledge of Cricket? If, however it judgment and the innumerable tricks of is decided that our Masters are abl~ to racing ll.ave to be taught as mu ch as, say, coach us sufficie ntly in Cricket (as we the art of batting or bowling. Further, know they are in football). without any Geary is not the only instance in point j help from outside, could we not ge t so m e~ ~obo dy coul d deny that the art of running one to train us in Gymnasium and IS much better understood by the Ath letics, or at least one of these St. Ed mun d's fellows generally than by branches, instead? us. vVe are thus at once placed at a disadva.ntage with them, as if it were not Yours truly, already quite bad enough to have such an Dear Sirs,

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EDI T ORIAL .

The chief, if not the on ly, thought tha t occupies the Editorial mind at this period of the year, is of course cri cket. The season has been a very successful one so far, as we have won ten matches, whi le we have only lost two, agai nst the Xth Hussars and Merchant Taylors. It is most satisfactory to record victories over Sutton, Highgate, and Dover, while the first match against our old rivals of S. Edmund's, close and exci tin g as it was to the last minu te, thanks to Bodington's splendid innings we may fortu nately put down on th e side of success. Vie wou ld like most heartily to congratulate Bodington on his innings o f J ' 3 against Mighgate, as well as on many other splendid batting and bowling performances : and also G. N. Finn on severa l high scores, as will be more fuJly seen elsewhere. Dobson-Smith came forward to help us in bowling, at a time when we sad ly needed such help, and has frequently done excellent servi ce to the school in this respect. The second XI. have experienced, to an eq ual extent, the joys of victory and the sorrows of defeat. The match against Dover was truly exciting, and was just won for

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us by nine runs. 'Ve hope they may turn the scale in our favour by their next match S. Edmund's. against [NOTE.-We are glad to say that the 2nd XI. have done what waS hoped of them, and beaten thei r opponents]. As to cricket in general we arc glad to sec such keenness and energy displayed

this year in the school. The new system of practice games on the Beverley seems to have proved quite a success, as it makes the game much more interesting to all concern ed. The only disappointment has been that this year we have so often been unabl e to have the Beverley on wholcMschool day s. Vole do not'wish furthe r to trespass on the contents of this number, though we seem already to have anticipated much of its news. It only rem ains to wish the team still greater success in the future, hopin g that they will continue their series of victories up till the very last day of the term. Fortunately we have had plenty of extra half-holidays this season for ou r matches. Distinguished a .K.S. and hard -working K.S. have contributed . the results of their labours to afford uS this pleasure, and, by no means least, His Grace the Archbishop, who has done us the unique honour, by right of his position, of procuring us a whole holiday, which was given on Monday, July 3rd , for the Dover College 1\'I atch . Vve hope this will not be the last instance of his Grace's generosity to the School.

THOMAS LINACRE. As our School is the representative of the old Monastic School, as well as of th e more important Free School in the City, it is interesting to know that we may claim Thomas Linacre, the Founder of the Royal College of Physicians, as one of our Old Boys. I have not seen any mention of this in the printed records of our distin guished alumni, but it appears certai n that Linacre was born in Canterbury about 1460 J and that" his first instru ctions in grammar were obtained at the school of the l\10nastery of Christ Church." The monk, who served as master of the School at that time, was William Tilley, more generally known by the surname of Selling, which he assumed from the village of Selling (eight miles from Canterbury), where he was born . H e became Prior of Canterbury in 1472 . Selling was a man of far wider learning and culture than was common in those days. We find him obtaining leave from the Monastery to travel in Italy, in order to study Greek; and there can be no doubt that his teaching had a most important influence upon the great physician's early years. In 1480, young Linacre went to Oxford, but it is uncertain to what College j yet his connection with Canterbury and its school makes it probable that he was admitted into the H all of that name, which had been founded in the 14th century for the instruction of th e younger monks of the Monastery." At any rate he was elected a Fellow of All Souls' College in 1484. This is not the place to follow him through I(

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his dis tin guished career ; we have on l to r . that .tl~e letters patent were obtained rro~n H e;lle~~;{ that It was through his efforts PhysIcia ns in 15 18, H e became the fi st P el' to found the Roya l College2of nfter fou~ding three Lectures'hips in i\[;dicil~:SI(ate'b .~f that ~ody. and died in 15 4, hy the Lmacre Professorship of COInp"rnt' Anatomy. x ord, whIch are now represented < lye

There is a strikillO' portrait of h' r ' f (' liege of Physicians (aocopy of th e onlefla~n\V~~e 0 t~le sm~ll~r roo.lnS at the Royal mny well be proud that the two IlleIl L' clsor) , and It IS a thlllg of which we . I ' ' macre and Harve)' ,}, I I I h r Jl Inee 111 t le splendid honour-roll of En O'lish I .. ' , '\ 0 10 ( t e loremost uncl er th e shadow of our Cathedral. e (OCtOl SJ were bc.th of them educate d l t appears probable that Lill:tcre came of ld D ' thro ugh the courtesy of th e Rccto~ of Be'lg It anno b erbyshue stock; and I lea rn 1 III ' 59 2 describes" th is one escotchion o r f' cr, r, that an old Visitation Boo k II t'lH'hton church at that tim e. I hope it will b , led ,~mllhe of LY~lac~r," as existing in " l'I oon as the Memorial Fund permits. e a (ec to the senes 111 our sc ho olroom,

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SCHOOL v. REV. L. H. EVAN'S XL

This match, the fi rst of the scason was I d 11111 r\'Rult,ed in a draw, decidedly 'i n iav~urp;{'el ' Â°Sll thelBeve rl ey, on May 16th, "P I'1I1h,' llts 22 for 7 wickets The S I I ~ 1C choo., .wh o made 121 to our I I I r . C 100 wcre without the se' f G N F' III mc un ortunately injured his should er ad, bl rVlces 0 . . ' IIln, 11 11 ~11t)rc were ava ilable the new com~rsn b ".a~ul~ .e to play. Seven olel colours J 111I1I. on-Smith . elil o an s, 13raddell, Cooper, and Ilo(\ington Wall the toss and elected to bat d" . 1II Iliveries of Latter and Hil ton TI t ( 'fse;l 1I1~ 111 Pans and Glennie to face IIIIIIK most of the morning and n~arl ,l: State 0 t ~e '~Icket" considering it had been I1 I IIiNh IL naturally rather favoured the) bOw}he preplo~13 evcmng, w~s extremely good, ~ I I /tlli n little time, till Paris succ umbed to ~r~t a.ns and Glenllle stayed together II I ulllking 3. was bowled by La't ter whi l er .Wlt~ayed 14 on the Board . Bodington, I It Hlr wickets only added 12 but blenn~e e~nF~ p 2 very steady cricket. The '''~ hl the score to 95 whel; Finn was I Can ' l11n made an excellent stand, and III I Imocked up a lively J 5 and broll~ht t~ught by Twyman for a very useful J 6. e score to ' 1]. Dobson-Smith, being li n

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it1 ht d bowled by i\Iassey, Glennie carried out his bat for an eXCellC!lt ~9· \¥ d' chau g an t' of one or two diffi cult chances, it was an exec,lIent lI'lntngs, an t e excep IOn J' fi f Glennie must be thoroughly congratulated on us ne per onnance. \Vith less than an hour left to play, Hilt~l~ and l\fassey started Sou: IOPI~Ol~~nts~ innin gs, to face th e bowling?f ~oding~on (PavIlion end) al; d Dobson~ ~li~tte~b~liI~g ton was in grand form, and citsllllssed SI X of our opponents ? r Id4 ~UI~S, .. h's score of 1 ble to play his leg breaks and he was mlsse Wice 111 I ~I~e n~~l ~u~.ne i1na'lIy, seven ~v ic,kets fell f~r 22 , the match thu s e nding in a draw, decidedly in fa vour of the Kmg 5 SchooL th e opening matcl~, TJ,e teal11 ma)'. I think, be t,horoug,hly, congratulated onmore time:. Be low IS which would have certainly ended .111 a W1I1 1f t h ere Jla d bce n append ed the full score and analysls :KI NG'S

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R. W. Glennie, not out ...

R. C. Paris, b Latter C. 1-1. Bodington, '0 Lalter C. W . Carrington, b Latter H. E. Green, c Massey , b LaUer 1<. C. Strahan, b Delasaux H. Covell, b Lattc r E. Finn, c Twyman, b Hilton R. S. Braddell, b Hilton ... L . R. Cooper, run out... . .. C. i\. Dohson·Smith, c and b Massey E xtras

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E. C. Il ilton, b Bod ington E. L . Ma!;sc}" c and b Bodington .... Rev. F. F. S. Williams, b Dobson·Snuth E. P. Guest , Sl Covell, b Bodington G. Tw)'man, c and b Bodington T. C. Delasaux, b Bodington A Latter, not out ". ... R~v. L. H. Evans, c Paris, b Dodington Rev. R. G. H OdgSOn } C. E. H arris did not bat. P. Godfrey Total (7 wickets) . .

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SCHOOL v, ST, LAWRENCE

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This match was played on th e Beverley, in fine weather, on ]\Iay 25th, and 1I'f4lllt cd in a win for the School by six wlckets_ St. Lawrence won the toss and went In fir:it, compiling 9 1, against the bowling of Bodington and Dobson-Smith. lVI. K . ;orkburn was their top scorer, his 30 being a very spirited display. P. J. Jennings ,,1,,(::) hit well for 16_ Bodington bowled with great effect, his analysis reading IIVt\l1 for 37He also did the hat trick. \Vith 92 wanted to win, and about one hour Iliul n half left to play, Glennie and Finn faced the attack of Delasaux and H . Crow. W4 ' h(.'ga n with disastrously losing both Finn and Glennie for the total of 6. H owI \'l l r, J3odington and Pari s got togeth er, a nd effec ted a splendid stand, which was '\lIllC the feature of the match. They put on no less than 77 for the third wicket. t oth played sple ndid cricket and hit with great vigour, Paris' cuts being especially !lnll '(.'able. Dodington's score was 40 and Paris 39, who had extremely hard luck in. h, III/{ rUIl out by his fortieth I"lm. Carrington made a useful 10 not out. \Vhen . 1101i p R were drawn the school had mad e 100 for the loss of four men, the not outs IU'\IIB' a rrington and Covell , thus winning a decisive victory by six wickets. Below I. Itp)lc nded full score and analysis;S.

LAWRENCE "A."

M. Howen, b Dodington ...

I. Read, Sl Covell, b Boclington " . J. Thompson, b DoLson-Smith

.. ' ~ 1. 1<. Cockburn, 11 Dobson-Smith ... J J. row, c E. Finn, b Dobson-Smith It. Rhodes, c Strahan, b Dodington 'I' . '. Deinsaux, Cit Covell, b Bodington 'I'. A. Bo wen, c Glennie, b Bodi ngton 1', J. j ennings, b Bodington It v.... F. S. Williams, not out ... ('. Eo lI a rris, c E. Finn, b Bodinglon

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E. Finn L. R. Cooper C. A. R. Dobson·Smith Extras

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. was )ia 'cd on the Beve rley Ground, on This, the fourth match of th? season, i ~rhaps fo rtu nate , vlelory for the Tuesday, l\'Iay 30th, and resl~ted In an ~~~{;atron.\f cri cket The start was not very home team, as th c outcom~ o .. _some dCdlennie eacl; made a' few run s, onl y 37 was on pro misi ng, for thou gh.G. ~. l' mn an B din ton'~ advent, however, it~pr~)Ved matters, the boarel when the linrd ~\lcket f~ll. _1~ I gwhile afte r the lalle r's (itSllnssal, Strahan his partn~rship with Carrtn~ty~l Yle~l~d ~v[th' a couple of chances,. ~ut piared well when helped hun to add 2.1 _ Cme o.pe fi t to go after com plitng an 1l1vaiuable 60. he had once settled down. Bodll1~toln. ~~~~ ~~~o\jO'h t~wards the close he made on~ o r His innings was not marred by any c la , . 0 tlough Covell stayed some hme. two faulty strokes. The e nd now soon came, 1

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Eve ryone made a few, but they could not do much with Trueman, who varied his litCh with great judgme nt. The Go re Court innings was a misera ble failure. \ lodington bowled \Vatson with a bailer, his second ball, and got G. Bowes smartly "Lumped hi s next over. Disaste r followed disaster, ancl the bowlers, backed by (\1(ccllc nt fie lding, carried all bdore them. , Bedington deSf!TVeS every credit for his "pi ' ndid performance. To him, and him alone, our victory was due: at the same lun e it should not be forgotten that D obson-Smith, too, kept an excellen t length. The visito rs' second innings was totally different from the first, for after Lienard WflH ut to a fine one-handed catc h by G. N. Finn at mid -off, \~ratson and VI. Bowes rPIl Hl in ed together for the rest of the day. Sta rtin g with a little luck they gradually IIhta ined a complete mastery of the bowling by playing well a ll rOllnd the wicket. KING'S

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R. W. Glennie, b Fielder . .. G. N. Finn, lbw, b Trueman · H. Bodington , b T rueman R. C. Paris, b Truman • W. Carrington, b Fielder K. C. Stmhan, run out B. C. Covell, b Fielder II . E. Green, b Truema.n ... E. Finn, not out. L. R. Coope r, b Trueman .. · A. R. Dobson- Smith, b Trueman E xtras: Byes, 4 j leg-byes, 2

12 17

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Wllhiilll, b Rodington

lI'Iw ~ , b Dohson- Smith lI .. wI· , 8t ovcll , b Bodingtan

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3 5

68 54

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Dadington ." D obson- Smith

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SCHOOL v. ST. EDMUND' S SC HOOL.

A glorious match, resul ting in an extremely exciting fini sh, was th e outcome of this engagement, played on th e County Ground on Tuesday, June 13th . St. Edmund's School won the toss, and sent in A. C. E dwards and Thorne to face Badi ngton (Pavilion end ) and Dobson-Smith. The 5tart was not auspicious, as th e S.E.S. Captain was well taken by Strahan in th e slips in Badin gto n's second over. Rudd filled the vacancy. and a long partnership ensued. Proceedin g with great caution the batsmen raised the total by slow degrees, and Bradd ell replaced D obson-Smith. The half-century was registered soon after, but three runs later Paris, at mid-off, secured a good running catch, which sent back Edwards. At the same tota l, Rudd was run out by a smart return from Dobson-Smith. Covell, who put the wicket down, sent the ball to the other end in the hopes of dismissing Swift, if th e appeal went against him. A regular collapse followed, the elder Edwards being caught lo w down at point, Tunnicliffe by Strahan in the slips, while Braddell lowered Swift's off stump. \Vhite did not trouble the scorers, but \Vanstall and Eyre made 11 bit of a stand. Covell eventually stumped the rival wicket-keeper, and Dobson-Smith goi ng on at the top end, captured the last two wickets at a trifling cost. After luncheon, Thorne and Mustard opened the bowlin g against the K.S. Twelve were scored off th e latter bowler' s first over, but Glennie left at 14Âˇ Soon after Bodington's arrival, Mustard was relieved by Rudd, a change which greatly checked the rate of sco ring. Finn fe!l to the new bowler after compiling a very valuable twenty. Two for 304-. E. Finn did not stay long, and Paris was sent back after makin g one good cut. A great misfor tune overtook the home team, when garrington, after placing a couple to his credit, was hurt in the face by a rising ball of Rudd' s, and obliged to retire from the field . Covell had hard luck in playing on, and but two more run s had been stolen when Thorne bowled Strahan. Practically

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1St. I nnings. c Pans, b Bodington ... I , I horne, c Strahan, b Eodington I', I ~ udd, run out ... ... AI , Swift, b Braddell... . .. I'. Edwnrds, c E. Fin n h B'~~ddell'" \V, Tt:n!licliffe, c S t rah~n , b Eod ington II . \~ llII C, c St rahan, b Bod ington ... II , \\," llslnll . st Co\'cll, b Bodington I I. Jo.yrc, not out ... .. \ 1. (:enry , c Green, b Dobson ·Smi th· j ~ I \I ' tn rd , b Dobson ·Sm ith 1,'4 1111' : Leg·br es ... ,

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25 2

24 1

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6 6

o 4

IS 2

Total (8 wickets)

KINe's SCHOOL

It W. I r. Glennie, b Thorne ( :, N. Finn, b Rudd ( ', II . Boclington, not out '" 10\ I"in n, b Thorne ... H, . Pad s, b Thorne ... (" ~'. Ca rrington, retired h~1rt II . . Co\'ell, b Thorne 1(. • Strahan, b T horne , , . I ~ . G reen, b Rudd H. S. I3rnddell , run out

C. I~ .. Uobson·S mith, b M~~tard I ~ x t ra s : Byes ... Total

...

Extras : Byes

17 3 13

9 20

38 3

3 2 I

o 4 4 4

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BOWLING ANALVSIS.

ST. ED:'>IUNO'S SCHOOL.

2nd Innings.

1st Innings.

Bodington ... D obson-Smith Braddell

16 9'3

w. 5 2 2

o. '7

Bodington ". Dobson-Smith Braddell Covell

7 2

o o

KING'S SCHOOL.

o. 17

Thorne. l\Iustard Rudel

KING'S

4'4 12

SCHOOL

n. 23 28

8 o 3

/If,

MERCHANT TAYLORS'

SCHOOL.

T his match was played on our opponents' ground at Charlcrhouse Square, on June 15th. and resulted in a defeat fo r ou r team, which was, however, considerably weakened by the absence of G. N. Finn and K. C. Strahan. Bodington, having won the toss, decided to put his side in, and a start was made soon after 12 o'clock. The innings did not open ve ry auspicious ly, as Gle nnie was bowled by Tasker the second ball of the over, ÂŁlnd his place was taken by Carrington, who, after scoring four runs, was well stum ped on' \Vhile. The next wicket fell before another run was added, and Braddell joined Bodington, who was playing cautiously, apparently not quite at home with the bowlir.g. Braddell contri buted a much wanted te n, which incl ud ed one hit out of the g rollnd for six, but was dismissed wh en th e total had reached I C). After three more runs hud been added. the next wi cket fell; and Paris, on coming to the wicket, made th e best stand of the innings. pu tting together IS with so me clean hitting. Our last fO llr wickets fell for five run s, Bodington being out 8th for 2 I ; the inni ngs olLly realizing 6S. Merchant Taylors sent in Rap hael and Dennis to face the bowling of Bodington and Dobson-Smith, an d owing to the good performan ce of the laller, we succeeded ill capturing six of thei r wickets for 55, with just a possibility of staving otT defeat. But this was not to be, and our total was soon passed. ow ing to s Ollle good hitting by Vasey and \"'hite, whose scores were respectively 20 and J 9. The innings term inated for a to~al of 1 02 , chiefly as the result of excellent bowling by D obson-Smith, who obtained the fine analysis of eight wickets for 34 fun s. Our second innings was marked by a brilliant innings of 47 not out by Braddell, includi ng another six from a hi t out of the g round. Covell made 26, and seven wi ckets had fallen for 12 0 run s, when stumps were drawn. T he low scoring of both Thur~dar,

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sides is to be attributed to the state of the wicket, which had been somewhat too recently watered, and consequently was of a spongy nature. Full score and analysis: KING':5

1st Innings. ... · I r. Bodington, bowled Tasker .. . · W. Carrington, st BOllrns, b While .. . C. Covell, Ibw, b White ... .. . H. S. Dmddel1, c Vasey, b ,Vhite E. Finn , c Vasey, b T asker ... ll . C. ])aris, b Tasker I I. E . Grecn, b White .. . E. L. r-,'I asscy, b T asker .. . L. R. Cooper, lbw, h White · A. R. Dobson·Smith, not out Extras : Byes, 6; lbw, 2

R W. Glennie, b Tasker

SCHOOL.

o 21 4

o 10

o 18 2 I

2nd Inn ings. . .. c Raphael, b White ... b Tasker f un

7 26 47

c Raphael, b Dennis

not

out ... b Raphael b Raphael h Raphael

nolout

6: } did

not bat. Extras: Byes, 9; Ibw,6

T otal

MERCHANT E. Raphael, b Dobson·Smith ... T. Dennis, c Cooper, b Dobson-Smi th J. A. Bassstt, b Bod ingtcn .. M. B. Tasker, b Dobson-Smith ... H. E. Crawford, lbw, b Dobson-Smith D. L. Cri mp, sl Covell, h Bodi ngton G. H. Vasey, b Dobson·Smith .. . C. Bourns, c nnd b Dobson·Smith ... O. E. White, c nnd b D obson-Sm ith K. P erks, not Olll G. Kingsford, h Dobson-Smith E xlms : Byes, 4; lob 2

Total (7 wicket s)

... 120

T AYLORS.

Total

3 9

out

14 9

o 14 o

19 5

.. .

10 2

--,

DOWLING A:"'IALYS IS. 1(I NC'S SCHOOL.

1st Innings.

M, tl,

n. Tasker . White

lIf.

13'1

22 38

w. 5 5

2nd I nn ings. O.

7 12 7 10 4

2 5 0

2 5

56 34 6

B. T asker O. C. White H. E. Crawford J. E. Raphael ~I.

T. Dennis

~IERCl-lANT

C. H. Eod ington ... C. A. R. Dobson-Smith R. S. Braddell ...

I I

14 52 13 10 16

I I

TA\' J.OR S.

20'2

w. 2 8 0

0 3 I

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KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE. An inte resting match, played on the Beverley, on June 20th, anti resulting in a somewhat easy victory for the home team. The School \ron the toss, and sent in Glennie and G. N. Finn to face Smither a nd Thornhill. Glennie was Qut to a tame stroke whe n the score stood at twenty, but Bodington's arrival was the signal for a long stand. Several changes were tried in the attack, Baker replacing Thornhill with the seductive donkey drop, while Pitt, H olli ngworth, and Ralph, were also req uisitioned. At last, Eedington was well caught in the slips, having been over half an hOllr at the wickets. Two for 69. Carrington helped Finn to add 27 before the latter was run out for an invaluable 57, including three 4' 5 and se ven }'s. and devoid of any chance, except a hard return to cove r just before he got out. Three for 96. The next few wickets fell very cheaply before Ralph, but Paris and Braddell effectually stemmed the tide of disaster. Paris was eventually caught at the wicket, while a skier of Braddell's was well held in the long-field by Ronaldson. Green made good use of his opportunities in quickly rattling up 20. Ralph' s success with the ball was a little surprising. as he is not one of the regular bowlers in the team. \\'hen Sutton went in they made a disastrous start, two men being dismissed for five runs. Gannon and Ralph improved matters before the visiting Captain was out for obstru~tio n. Thornhill joined Gannon, and a tediolls partnership ensued, neither batsmen caring to take liberties with the bowlers, who had found their length. Thornhill was caught in the slips with the total at 47, and the result was never afte rwards in doubt, th ough Gannon, by his patient innings and lV[eade by his hitting. delayed the end for some time. Dobson-Smith followed up his achievements against \Valm er and the Merchant T aylors, with anothe r good bowling pe rformance, and Dodington did not appear very much handicapped by his injured finger. Ralph hit gaily in the fo How on, wh ic h gave a m change bowlers an opportunity of proving th eir capacity. KING 'S

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R. W. II. Glennie, c and b S mithcr G. N. Finn, run out... ... C. I r. Dodington, c Smither, u Ralph C. W. Ca rri nglon, b Ralph B. C. Covell, run out ... K. C. Straha n, u Ralph .. R. C. Paris, c Gannon, b Smither R. S. Brnddell, c Rona ldson, b Ralph E. Finn, b Ralph If. E. Green, not out C. A. R. Dobson-Smith. b Ralph Extras: Bycs, 6; leg-byes, 2; widcs, 2

T otal

57 16 13 3 a

14 8 9

20 j

no hall,

2 II

164

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SUTTON VALENCE. 1St In nings. 2nd Innings. J. B. Shaw, b Dobson-Smith .. . 2 not out ... !t'. G. Baker, b Bodington .. . o b Brarldell F. C. Gannon, st Covell, b Bodington... .. . 23 b Covell... ... S. L. Ralph, Ibw, b Dobson-S mith... .. . 12 C Green, b Drnddt:11 1. A. Thornhill, c C. N. Finn, b Dobson-Smith , b Covell R. S mither, c E. Finn, b Bodingt')n ... . .. 2 C. J. H ollingswort h, b Bodington ... . .. 4 W. L. i\<leade, c C. N. Finn, b D obson-Smith. I I not out W. 13. Ralfe, Ibw. b Dobson-Smith ... . .. o J I. R. i\r. Ronaldson, not out o ) J. I<. Pitt, b Dobson-Smith o Extras: Byes JI E xt ras! Leg-bye, J ; wide, Total

10 o o

27 2

Total (4 wickets)

BOWLING ANALYSI S. KING'S SCHOOL.

Smither ... Thornhill Baker Pitt ... H Ol lingsworth Rnlph ...

7 3

63 17 14 5 6 8 4

0 0

17'3

W. 2 0 0 0 0

SUTTON VALENCE.

1st I nnings. J10d ington ... Dol;son-Smith

o. 17 18'2

5 5

Braddell Covell

2nd r nnings. o. M.

10 9

4 4

15 28

'v, 2 2

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SCHOOL NEW S . At a Sports' Committee Meetin g. held on April 1st, E . Finn was elected Football Captain, to succeed G. N. Finn; and J. C. Lucas was elected Vice-Captain and Secretary for the Season 1899 -1 9Â°0. G. N. Finn was elected Vice-Captain of Cricket, , 899 .

lutely necessary. Next term they may find their way to red ucing it to 6d., provided that there is no bill on hand.

At a Sports' Committee meeting. held on May bth, R. D. Marshall was e lected Tennis Captain for the year 1899. It was also proposed, and ca rried, that since the new bicycle shed had been paid for, the fce of 1/- for hou sing the bicycles should be reduced to 6d ., subject to the approval of the President and Captain of the Bicycle Club. It was proposed by G. N . Finn that in future the Captain of the O.K .S. teams shou ld be men at e ither of the Unive rsities. The proposal was agreed to by the Com mittee, but it was thought that the matter rested rather with the O.KS . than with the present KS.

On Ascension Day the Ill.embers of. the Bicycle Club went for a very successful run, starting Ollt through Chartham and Chilham . The co urse lay round by Ashford to I-Iythe, where they had tea. After which they returned home along Stone Street.

~:.

';"

\Ve congratulate R. M. T uke on being elected Organ Scholar of Brasenose Call., Oxford.

\Ve congratulate H. Bodington on his sple ndid score of <H, when playing fo r Kent Colts against Tonb ridge School.

The Harvey Societ)" on Ju ne 1St, went to vVye to collect speci mens of different kinds.

" The President and Captain of the Bicycle Club have decided that the subscription for housing the bicycles shall be 1/- this term, since further alterations in the outer-house were found to be abso-

The Kin g's Scholars took part in the procession round the Cathr-drai on Founders' Day, May 20th .

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\Ve heartily welcome H. Baly. Esq., B.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in place of Mr. Dowell, who lert us the e nd of last term. Rylands has succeeded Bingham as cricket coach. The School attended Canon Mason's address in the nave of the Cathedral on the day of the unveilin g of the Kent IVra rtyrs' Memorial, Jun e loth. In addition to the card matches, the cricket eleven have played two scratch matches, one against Mr. \Villiams' XL, nncl the other against the Masters. In th e first match, the school obtaining fi rst Innings, made 16 1 for nine wickets. The â&#x20AC;˘ ratch made 83 for five, so that the match tl Ildcd in a draw, slightly in the School's Invollr. I n the second, the School IIlnde 178 fo r seven wickets, and then do 'Iared, and the Masters, then goi ng in, 1I11H.'hed a total of J 45 for eight wickets; hoI h matches ending in drawn games.

The Preacher for Speech Day will be the Rev. W. G. Mosse, O.]('S., who left in ,879. and was Captain of th e Cricket XI. and Captain of School during the last two or three years of his school-days. Mr. Mosse also won 100 yards race for Cambridge against Oxford in the InterUniversity Sports. Presented to the School ; - Several interesti ng old photographs, groups of the schoo l, forms, teams, &c.) by the Maste r of Pembroke College, Oxford. Autograph letters from Bishop Broughton, Canon Gilbert, and other O.K.S., by the Rev. Canon Bailey. Carved oak chair, for th e Parr), Library, by the HeadMaster. Rev. HerbertWaddington CO. KS.) has left a splendid collection of books to the Parry Library, many of which are prizes which he gained wh ile he was at t he School. A list of the books will be found in the next number. This is one of the most valuable additions ever made.

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MEMORIAL DECORATION OF THE SCHOOLROOM. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions, in addition. to those previously published;£ s. d. I 0 A. B. R. Wallis, Esq. 0 10 0 T. K. Ashton; Esq .. ... I 0 H. R. Glennie, Esq. .. 0 10 0 R. G. Cooper, Esq ..... 2 2 0 Mrs. R. G. Gordou ..• 0 Captain H. E. Gogarty 0 E. Joad. Esq. . . .. . . 0 L. H. Hebb, Esq . . .. . 0 I T. R. 1. Hopkins, Esq. 10 6 0 br. Rowe (2nd donation) 0 C. H. Armstrong, Esq. 0 A. W. Rammell, E sq. 0 3 3 "In Memoriam," E. G. Spiers 0 10 6 'V. l\T. Carter, Esq ..... 0 0 H. \V. Frestan, Esq. (2nd donation) ... . 0 0 2 S. J. Rammell, Esq. 0 0 T. C. Hmcks, Esq. 0 R. Hedger, Esq .. . . .. . 0 J-lis H onour, Jud ge Emden 0 A. T. Duval, E sq. (2nd donation ) . .... 2 2 0 W. N. Wightwick, E sq. (2nd donation) 0 10 6 L. W. Smith, E sq. (2nd donation ) . . .. 0 10 0 C. H. Wharton, E sq. 2 2 0 B. T. B. Boothby, Esq. 0 0 ! W. H. Jackson, Esq. 0 10 0 G. F. C. Callin, E sq. 0 10 0 G. Lipscomb, Esq ... . . 5 5 0 Rev. D. B10re 2 2 0 Rev. C. T. Hales (2nd donation) . .. . . 0 ro 0 V. Phelips, Esq . (2I1d donation) 2 2 0 W. H. Wardell, Esq. 3 '3 0 Present members of the School It is hoped that the deficit will soon be wiped off. Further donations will be gladly received by the Hon. Treasurer (A. Latter. Esq .. King's School, Canterbury).

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NEW S.

O. K. S.

Captain H. E. Gogarty, Royal Scots F usiiiers, who has been employed as

Aide-de-Cam p to Major-General H. I-Iild .. ya rd, C,B., the Commandant of the 3rd

Inrantry Brigade at Alde rshot, has been â&#x20AC;˘ clected for the appointm ent of Brigadc

E. Husbands has been rowing in the

Corpus boat at Cambridge for the May races .

Major at Shornclilfe Camp, for a period of lilT c years .

G. C. Valp)' came out in the I st Division

of the 2Ilel Class.

Capt. Gagarty, who served

wilh the 2 hob Valley expedition in 1890, (\Il l red the Royal Scots Fllsilicrs in I S88, unci was gazetted Captain in 1898.

MARRIAGE.-Smith-Cameron.-J. H.

Smith, who left the School in r89r, \~Ta rden

of Bishop Cotton's School,

Ban~

galore, l\'Iysore, to Mabel Cameron. of

Bangalore.

.;~#-.,,~

G. C. Valpy and A. S. Athawes have

All those wishing to play in the O.K.S.

plured for the next sixteen at Cambridge.

Jn atch, are requested to send in their names to A. Latter, Esq., King's School,

I n the Classical Tripos at Cambridge,

Canterbury.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N. B. -The Editors declille to accept any respollSibility (olwectcd 'Willt tIlt oNlliom 0/ their Correspoll. dents. Name and address must always be givCIl, not mtessarily (or publication, but as a guarantee oj good [aitlt. Persollalilies 11)ill involve (e,.labt 1Âˇ~iectiolt.

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DEAR SIl{S,

I n one respect at least, and that an important one, we differ from most other Public Schools. I refer to the fact that we have no footb all blaze r. It is the fortun e of some people to be members of the Cricket XI. as well as the XV., but others less fortunatp. than they, flnd who are members of that most hon ourabl e community, the XV., have only th ei r hat- ribbon to di stinguish them. from th e ordinary member of the School. The ordinary blue blazer with brass buttons and crest with K.S.C.F.C. underneath, would make a very good one. Everyone must admit that a blazer is quite as necessary for the XV. as for the cricket XI. Hoping this will meet with your most valuable app roval, I remain, Yours sincerely, IGNOTUS. [EDTs.- We thoroughly approve of your

suggestion. Perhap s the Sports' Committee will sec their way to make the invention J. T o lite Ed/lors of

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DEAR S IR S,

May I just make one reference to a thing of the past? This year we had no coach or train er for our spo rts. I think that, as most other schools have someone to train them in the different races, and to give useful hints, we also ought to be trained and coached. \ÂĽh en fellows go up to train on Blare's Piece, they fi nd it ve ry monotonous work, which would soon be remedied if only some encouragement by a responsible person were to be given. I am sure, too, th at the School at large would be far kee ner on sports than it is now j and if th ere were greate r keenn ess o f CQlW;C th e tim es and running would improve gene rall y. Yours truly, A. S. PRINT. [ EDTs.- Mr. Daly has kindly consented to superi ntend th e training for the sports].

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in appearance, but I think, after serious reflection before the looking glass, that I am an article with a grievance ! I should be vastly improved by say the Why shou ld I be destined to go about date or the mystic letters "K.S.R.F.C." rendered unlovely by the fact that a look being worked above my peak. This would of absolute bareness attends me wherever not add to my expense largely, and I think I go? Ah! cruel fate, thus to wreck a that, in the cause of common human ity, young life full of promise ! Oil observing let loose 3.t large this improvement sho uld my appearance fro m the front, even the be made, and therefore I beg to remain . asual idiot would remark, I f \Vha t ho! Yours in disgust, n space to let here ! /J I am (forgi ve "XV. FOOTER-CAP." the conceit in one so young) fairly smart [EDTs.- See reply to "IGNOTUS." J T HE CANTUARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

SHOP ACCOUNT- LENT TERM, 1899. CR. III hand, J anuary, 1899 Cp,sh ".

£ s. I

£82

<1 .

5 6, 0

DR. Stationery Groceries Cakes, &c. F ruit Minera l Wa ters Sweets l\lilk Ball s Coa l Attendance Transfe rred to Sports' Fund Balance in hand ...

s. d.

3 6

2 14

4 17

... 12

£8 2

14 10

4 16

.. ,

O' 0

F. F. S. WILLIA"IS, H on. Treasurer.

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NOTICES. " 'e beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the subsc riptions of the following ;W. I-I. E vans (205.). P. H emery ( )S. 6d.). J. I-I. Smith ( 105 . 6d. ). W. G. Mosse ( 35. 6d. ), Mrs . Wright (35. 6d. ), A. W. Crosse ( 155.).

Most of the back numbers of the Cantuarian can be had of the Hon. Sec., R. H. Charles, price 6e\. each. Will anyonc having a copy of Vol. I., No. I, Vol. IX., 1 0 , II, I l , ' 3. to dispose of, kindly communi cate with the Bon. Sec. ?

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Sc/Jool l11agazine, P1Ylllolllia1l (2), SenJlock-

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Gibbs and Sons, Prin ters, Palace St reet, Canterbury.

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VOL. V.

N O· 4·

EDITORIAL. All fri ends of the School wi ll be delighted to hear that the H ead-maste r is (..' ngagcd to be married to Miss 1\1. Hichcns, the youn gest daughter of the Rev_ F. I-I. I (jchens, I-Ion. Canon of Cante rbury Cathedra l and Rector of St. Stephen's, ncar {'anterbury. Though at all ti mes we realize how quickly tim e flies, yet we never realize it so Imtch as when a school year is at its end. H ere we are on the verge of Speech Day, whi ch for some will be th e last as meln bers of the School, tho ugh we hope to see Ihom down on fu ture occasions. The cri cket season is now over, and though we have not bee n able to equal our reco rd of victori es, whi ch we made in 1896 un de r the IIX 'cllent captaincy of Toulmin, yet it may fairly be said th at we ha ve done exceedin gly well. I t is very satisfacto ry to be ab le to record so many victories in School Matches. Wt' think that C. H. Eodington is to be thoroughly congratulated, and wi th him the lpa m that he has chosen. The term has been marked by the roya l visit which H.R.H. th e Duchess of \l bany paid the School when she came to Canterbury to unveil th e late Archbishop's 10mb. A whole holiday was the outcome of Her Highness' visit, and t hose wh o • um back next term , will be able to look fo rward into th e future to its realization.

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The Mint Yard has been undergoing a se ries of opc>rations. owin g to elect ric light being applied to the houses in the P~eCi!1ctS. \Vc believe too that so me parts of the school buildings may be fitted up wIth It soo ner or later. but do not make any de finite promises. Looki nO" back o n. the past year, we rna)' congratulate ourselves all round. Thoug h the ~otball season was somewhat di sappointing, we have morc than mad e up for failure in that respect by our Sports and Cn cket .. We hope tl~at next year ,we ~ay gain still further distinction, not in games alo ne, but 1I~ ScholarshIps at, the Umverslty. that the name of the School may continue to make Itself kn own as It always has In years gone by. . I t is with mu ch regret that we have to, announce the appl:oac hmg departure of Mr. 'Williams, who ha s accepted a IVl astersillp at Ru g by. I-I e wlll be a g.reat loss ~o the School, and his place will be hard to fil l. vVe cannot spea k too hl ghly ?f IllS "aluable services to us during his stay of six rears, in all branches of school -hfe, as well in games as in work. The benefit of hIS rnanagen~e nt of the fin ances h~s been inestimable ; and we all know how well the" shop,' ) wllIch was started ~y 11ln~, has flouri shed und er his direction i and these are but two of the many ways In which I~e has helped the School. \",,'e are inde~d sorry to. lose him, bu t we are glad. that. he IS going to such a good place; and, whli e expresslllg om ow n regret, we wi sh ium aU success in his new work.

CRICKET. KING'S

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TE NTH

ROYAL

IlU SSA RS.

This match, the seco nd fix ture of the season, was playe d on the Barrack's groun d, and resulted, after some low scoring, in a win fo r o ur ~p pon ~ nts by 40 runs. Lord George Scott winni ng the toss e lected t? ba t, a,nd sent III Major Onslow and Cadogan to face Dodington al~d D obSO Il -S nuth. Ne lth c,r . batsmen were at ~ll at home with the bowli ng , and Bodlllgto n soon cle~n bowled Majo r 9 nslo.w. Col. Flsh~rl who followed was sent back bowled round hiS legs by th e Captalil. Mean wllIle Smith appeal~d successfully again ~t Cadogan for olistru ctio n, But ~n Chapli n joining his Captain a stand of some (h~ ratlo.n was made bef<;>re th e latte~ reti red for. 16. After thi s the end soo n came, Chaphn bewg to p sco re With a hard 11It 22 . . n O? tl~gto n ~nd Smith bowled extremely well, a nd a re muc h to be cong ratulated o n cilsml sslllg a SIde of such known batting strength as the Tcmh Royal Hussars. fo r such a small total as 7 0 â&#x20AC;˘ vVith such a poor to tal to face, evc r~ on c thought .t hat victory was assured.. But the School innings soon resulted in a ~Isma! processIOn t<? an~1 from the wlcke~s. Glennie was run out through a foolish mi stake, and \ÂˇYilson s pace beat Pans.

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IIII Hltll\ had hard luck j stepping out to hit O nslow he missed the ball which I ,IU ld l' cI from the wicket-keeper' s pads on to the wi ckets before the batsman co uld I I,,, k. The only stand of the innings was effected by Carrington and E. Finn, )1+11 tn ership realised 2 1. The innings closed for 30, Carrington alone obtain ing ,hit 1I /{1I1' s. The team can hardly be said to have done themselves justice i the HIIM, Ih ugh good, was not of a q ual ity to account for such a collapse i the Illh of the side played in a tam e and listless fashion. whereas a li ttle determinaII 111111 111 have turned the scale. T he Tenth Royal Hussars scored free ly in their ud Inni ngs Lord George Scott, pun ishin g our bowli ng, played a brilliant innings f If t' ,Ii! ogan and Chaplin al so contributed useful scores towards a total of '79 for " \\ II killS. Below is appended full sco re and analys is : TENTH

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c Grcen, b Bodington c Carrington, b Bodington 22 not out ... ,.. . .. J6 st Co ... cll , b Dodington

... . .. I h l ~ I I 'W , h Bodington \Y , ('ndog,n n, Ihw Dobson-S mith I !lU i g ' II" h Dob30n-Smi th II nH, c Glennie, b Dodington II I 1,1 her, b I3odington " I! II ,'killij, b Bod ington ,I 'II I 'tl.. h Dobson·Smith I 1,1, I 'I, not Ollt ... I' 11111'11 , h Bodington " I , II lIutlin!l,ton... ". 1111 ..uu , h Dobson-Smith 11)1 J, Lee-bycs 3

not out. ..

o 3 6

E xtras : Bycs 4, Leg-byes J

KI NG'S

5 ... J79

T otal (3 wickets)

SC HOOL.

W. I I. Wcnnic, run out I " ,\IIIt, b Wilson... ... II IIUlllngton, SI Mecking, b Onslow I n rco n, h On slow... . .. N. Hun, c C haplain b Wilson \\t . I ' n lrin~t o n , run out I . 11,\\11\0 , b On slow ... I hu\, h Tristram I t ',1"'1.11, not out , .. I' t 'lIol'l'r, b Tri stram,.. ... \ It. l)ohqon·S mith , st )fceking, b Tristram I 11 ,,1 : Bycs 3, Lcg-bycs J

...

34 ... 94

6 4

'I'{II,.I

o JI

1111.,1

1 II I I I I It I

H USSAR S.

, o

o·

o o 2

o 9

o o o 4

THE

CANTUARIAN.

B O WI.I NG TEN TH

1St Innings. :\I.

12'1

C. H. Bodington .. . C. A. R. Dobson- Smith

A NA LYS IS :

2nd Inn ings.

RO YAL II USS ARS.

w.\ 6

C. 1-1. Bod inglon C . A. R. D obson- Smith

4 1 C. W. Carrin gton

H. E. Green ... KING 'S

Maja r Onslow. Mr. Wil SO ll

I L. R. CoopÂŤ ." o. SC H OO L. 14 II

2'2

Corpl. Tristram

.. ' .. . ...

4 5 2

85 46 21

0 0

o. 23 19 8

7 6

14 II

3 0 0

w. 3 2 3

KING'S SCHOOL v. DEPOT R. N!. WALMER. This match was played at " 'alm er on Thursday, Jun e 8th , and resulted in a win for the School. who made 2 1 6 for seven wickets, against our opponents 85Âˇ The King's School batted first. and Finn and Glennie startin,g confid ently. compiled T03 before the latter' was run out throu gh an error of Judgment. FUlIl played excellent cricket for his run s, and with the exception of a hard chance at mid-off made no mistake. Eodington mad e 17, his score including some pretty leg-glances, and Carrin gton played a useful innings of 26, whi ch was cha racterised by. great steadiness. Eodington declared when ~h e. score st?od at 216 . f~ r seven WI cKets. \Vilson and Shine opened th e \Valmcr mntn gs. Shllle, after Ill ltlllg lip 16 out of 19 for th e first wi cket, was bowled by Dobson-Smith. The latter .wa.s bowling ~ery well, and, gettinlt a lot of work on th e ball, accounted for the maJ on ty of the Side .. Mention should also be made of the fine work of Co vell wh o stumped two men oft Bodington. In spite of a pl ucky stand for the ninti! ~ricket by Peile and Childs, the innings only realized 85. The full score and anal YS IS IS append ed :K I NG'S SC IIOO L. R. W. 11. G lennie, rim out G. N. Finn, h Renshaw ... C. II. llodington, b Childs C. W. Carrington, b i\Inrgan H. C. Covell, lhw, b Renshaw E. Finn, b Re nshaw K. C. Stmhan, e Philli ps, b l\'l orgall I-I. E. Green , not out R. C. Pa ris, not out .. ' ... R. S. llmddell . } did not b.'\t C. A. R. Ooh5On-Snll th E xtras : byes, 21 ; leg-bycs, 7 ... T otal (7 wickcts) .. . .. Innings declared closed .

32 81 17 26 4

14 9

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CANTUARIAN.

DEPOT

R. M.

WALMER.

I ,ll ut. I ,ll ut. ! 111"1. r Ilpl.

Wilson, b Dobson-Smith Shine, b Dobson- Smith Brown , b Dobson·Smith .. . Morgan, Sl Covell , h Bod inl?ton I'll', WilliaUls, Ibw. b D obson-Snllth i Ilpl . Me rcer, c Glo.! nnie, b Bod ington I li p l . Philli ps, b Bodington .. . I 'h', Renshnw, nut out .. . . .. \hlJur Pcile, st Covell, b Bodington .. 1'\11. ' hilds, b Dobson -Smith ... I'l l', I lint on, c Glennie, h Dobson- Smith KI(tms : leg-bye, I

16 o

13 II

o 3

6 16

T otnl BOWI.I NG J, ING'S

A NALYS IS. SC HOOl ..

Ptc. Willinms ('n pt. ;\'Iorgan I ll e. Renshaw 1,1<:\1 1. Shine I'le. Childs DEI'OT,

( '. II.

...

Bo<l in ~to n ...

C. A. R. Do son ·Smith

KING'S

"I.

w. 0

/II.

15 24 20 4 5

57 53 41 23 14

50 34

12'1

SCHUOL v. DOVER

3 0 4

COLLEGE.

I hl l II lH l~h against Dover was pl~ye d on .t~ e Beverley on July 3rd, the whole

11,11\ Hl\lt111, ~n honour of the Arch~l sh o p' s VlSlt to open the Big School-room in 111 111 1, I he result was an easy vi ctory for th.e School. There had been a good I 'II t tin find th e sky all ro und looked threate ning, so the Dover Captain nalurally III HII 11\ first, wl~en he won the toss. The start was not an auspicious one, as, '", "I II ('atch whIch was dropped from th e first ball of the match, three wickets II \ , hil I Il lnn had been scoreci, and the fourth man was out at seve n. The wicket It lt 1111 ' wotter thaI! our "i si to ~s were accust.omed to, and no one played with any IIh \l 11111 to th e bowlmg of Snllth and Bodlllgton, and th e innings closed for 11111 howlt' rs were unchan ged and took res pective ly five and four wi ckets both 1111 \l 1l 1I 11I1ITI?er of run s. Our in.nings was opened as usual by Glennie and I II Iltl ' h wllll g of Rogers a nd RIchards. In the first over Glennie was clean ,I II I '0), but when Bodington cam e in th e misfortun e was retrievcd, and th e I, Hili! ' r se ~nd had reached the Dove r total when Eodington was ni cely II II li p hy Blamc. H e l~ad mad e some good strokes, but had not played with 11 11 hl '11d nnl , ancl only claImed 16 out of th e 56 run s scored while he was in.

THE

CANTUARJAN .

. . s )ite of continuous changes of Ca rrington foll DWSc.d. and I r~\~: ,,~~k~~l-~~~~~; w~~ p{lt on, an? in his seco;~d O~'~~k~~! bowlin (r. At last IInmon( S - uns made during hIS stay at e \ the la;t come r caught. Of the 78 r meritorious innings when the state of the CarrinULOI1 had made exactl}: hal~d a mo~t , 1011 0" but Straha n had a short though wicket is co nsidered. I Pa~lS ~l 0 I;~l\ ~~'l) Siml;~nds' slows. The sam~ ?y"~lerl s~~~ leny in nings of 27. t le n 10 0

. d

beautiful in nin gs of 79. WlIe

lI:C U

n fter clean bowl ed Finn, who had pia) e a seemed very comfortable wIth the ~ n 's and five 3'5. Of the rest, 110 onl~el1 he return ed onc genUy back to the ~O\V:-· Covell alon e got into double fig~\res,,, ~ cli ent he bo wl ed ten overS for 36 runs ~owle;" Simmo nd s' bow lin g. average "as ~x~d tiln'e, and at the close had lo~t five I iekets D over went In to bat a seeo sua1 good Covell behind the wickets <\I~(k7 e t\ s \' 'or 6 1' The School fwldin g was . as btil Belo,,: is allpended full sco re and WIC l' '. . t' . larly notlcea e. POlllt belllO' an(I 1""jlnnZ at < 0 I)ar leu antll ysis : DOVER COLLEGE. £

l SI

•

At:

\V Robe rtson, c

Innings.

E. Film, b Bo(hn ~ton .

II: l{\ x, c Paris, h Dobson·Smlth . t iD bs 1 Smith .' D. Ra w 7s , ) .~ ole: N FlIln b llodmglon T VI ~ \lmnonVs, c . r . . I .' H' F ol>ler, c and b Dohson·S mll1 ..

{'J. S. H.o~crs, c Br~<hlell , b BO(hng~,on

F. C. Blame, C E. j '.1I111, h Dobson- nm P. L. i{a wcs, b Uochnglo n .. L W. S . Goodl}(l{\)" nlll Ol1~ G'. J-t. Smart, iJ DO!Js01)-SnUlh L. R. Richards, nol oul ." Exlms ."

16 8 10

o 8 10

9 12

8 o

o ...

T otal

2nd Innings. st Covcll , h Bod~llgto n .. ' o st Covell , b Eod lngton ... . ... o c G. N. FUlIl, h Dobsoll·Snlllh ... 3 c E. Finn, b llodinglon .. ... 12 nolout... . geE. Finn, b Bodlllgton ... o

KING'S SC I1 00 L. R. W. G\cnn i (',. ~ ) ROGe rs (j N Finn b SlInmonds... . on, c Blainc, II S mar.t. I ... · C .· ~ \'' Bodi:lrrt • D 1 ' ""'C5 .. . C. W. Carri ngtO!l, c . '" , b S immon( s ." R C. Pal is, b BlI\1Illonds .... ..' K: C. Strahan, c Sma rt, b Slin monds B. Covell , c nntl b Rogc.rs ... . .. 1-1 E G recn, c and b Slillmonds ." F' Vi·nn. c Roherlson , b Sim:nonds .. Ii' S Brncldcll b Simmonds DOhs'on-Smith , not out ... C •· j\'. l~' Extras : bycs, 10 ; Icg·byes, 3 ; wide~ , I

Exl rns : Byes, 3

T otal (5 wickc(5)

16 39 4

27 10

4 2

8 o 14 ... 203

Totnl

THE

CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING ANALYSIS. DOVER CO LI.EGE.

1st Inni ngs.

II IhIUII,u ...

II I

UII

"''111111 11

10 10

M, 2

2nd Innings. II.

28 28

\V./ 4 5

Bodi ngton ... DousonÂˇ Smi th

3 3

... 12'1

29 29

K ING'S SC HOOL .

I(Oftcrs Rk1mrJs Blninc t:oodbod)' Smart Si liltnollli s I). I{ awes

7 II

II.

0 0 0 I

52 18 23 24 25 36

8 4 10' 1

KING'S SCHOOL v.

HIGHGATE.

1\11 t'll1'l), start was mad e with this mat ch, play beginning about rO.4S. The III \ did not belie its reputation, the pitch playing fast and true through out the

Ilud ington sent in the lIsual pair who scored rathe r slowly. ' 4 overs only dill 11K 17 ru ns, wh en Gle nnie was o ut to a catch at square-leg. Bodington II I I ,llId fi nd gave:: a chance in th e slips before he had ope ned hi s accoun t. III, !lII!lfllll' he contented himself with playing while G. N . F inn made th e run s, I' 1,111111 fL at 66 and Carrington follo wed. His partnership with Dod ington III, d I ,l l) !'till S, one of the lo ngest stand s eve r made for the School. It was not III IhllL th Ki ng's School ca ptai n left for a grand century, includi ng two S's and I I Wit h th e exce ption of the chance already noted, an d a furth er one to ,I , 1111, I hi ' brill before he got Ollt, he made no pa lpable mistake. H is di smi ssal IHIII I)' rollowed by that of Carrington, who had played vcry patie ntly for his I 11111'" nr hi s hits being sing les. The re st of the team, who had instm ctions to 111111 II ht' ~ re Grimsdell, with the exceptio n of Strahan wh o, as in the preceding II. I IIlItriH'd to make matte rs pretty lively during hi s stay. \11t I IUIl 'h Hi g hgate went in fo r 2! hours' batting. Roding ton se nt dow n tW0 I II luul Ih n Dobso n-Smith penetrated Smart's defence, one fo r 3. Ca rrie and II 1111 Iht'll made the only stand of the innings, Âˇtaking the sco re to 27 before till

THE

CANTUARIAN.

to E-. clln tlltds fi!led the vacancy. I but failed id the f ormel ~e II ,a \ iCtlll1 to IBadFington. 1 t ~ I match beinrr beautifully cang lt aneI b owe repeat Ius pClfOlmance 111 t lC e ~Ie( t of the innings -dof'S not cal1 for much low down by the rIval captall1 . lC res . f h rest onll Lyle and \Veaver

comment. Robertson was fiftl~ Ollt ~t 4~; ~~~11eb~tti~ge and Ddbson-Smith's fine S reached double figur~s. fBodl~lg~on ~l e ~ome team's easy victory. Score and bowling were the chlcf analysis : -

actolS

KING'S SCHOOL. R. G. C. C, E

\ iIl. Glennie, c Carrie, b Walke~ .. .

N. Finn, c Edmunds, b Hct h en~g.ton H. Bodington, st I'!.obertson , b GrLlllsdell .. , W. Carrington. 51 Edmunds, b Gnmsdell ... Finn c Robertson, b Grimsdell . n: c. C~vell, c and b Grims?c\l K. C. Strahan, c Lyle, b Gnms~lell.:. H. E. Green, c Edmunds, b .Grlll1sc:ell R. S. Braddell, c Lyle, b Gnmsdell R. C. Paris, not om .; . ." C. A. R. Dobson·Smith, {lid nl)l bat Extras: byes, 9; leg-byes, I ; wides, 10

39 113

36 7 2 22 10

o 6 20

... * 26 5

T otal (9 wickets)

* Innings declared.

HIGHGATE SCHOOL. R. R. Smart, b Dohso~·Smith C. T. M. Carrie, b Bo(hngton . n.. ·D. Robertson, b Dobson.SI~lIth H. W. Edmunds, c and b Bo~hngton J. H. Quigley, b Dobson-Snllth ". . . ' A. J. Lyle, c G. N. Finn, h D obson .Snllt~ . L . J. Weaver, c ll?dington, b Dobson·Smlth N. Zambra, b Bodlllgton ." ... . ." A. L. H etherington , c Strahan, b Bodmgton ... E. W. GrimsdeJl, not out .,\ . N. Walker, Ibw, b Dobson·~mllh Ext.ras: byes, 4

Total

o II

19 I

14 16 3

o 4

THE

CANTUAR IAN .

BOWLING ANAI.YS IS. KING'S SCHOO l..

Walker l lclhcrington .. (jrim!;deH Znmbra

Smart Weaver Edlllllnds

!II.

25 15 9'3 5

52 63 43 22 32 17 16

I I

0 0 0 0

3 4

2 0

HI G HGATE.

Bodington Dobson-Smith , ,

lNG'S SCHOOL

1\1 .

,v.

2 4

45 24

4 6

13'2

1).

DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT.

In lhis match, which was played on the Beverley, the visit0rs took first innings ,Ql " Vt11Y slow pitch. Run s came freely from the start, Bodington especially coming III It II ~() nlC rather severe punishment. Venables was first to leave, magni ficently , niH lit by SLrahan in the slips, the player having to t urn round and run back some

III 1,1 11,'0 in order to reach th e ball. W'ith the score at 25 Dobson-Smith bowled hll ilnt, but Umfreville and Ackworth contri ved to add 38 by some lively cricket II IltHl the third wicket fe ll. At this period a great change came over the game and Hltl "l \Von men were out for 85- Exham and Coldwell made a long stand but on the 1.III1H1r falling to point off Dobson-Smith, Eodington quickly finished off the innings. lI.u l Ul{t n came out with an excellent analysis. On the School going in Gl en nie and 1 I N. Finn made a very promisin g start taking the score to Sj, before the fonner was ht II I.b.w. H e should have been easily held by point when the score stood at 30 Ih lll, hut o Lhenvi se made no mistake. Bodingto n who followed soon mad e himself at lotllll \ hUL a t 78 lost Finn who played a faul tless innin gs except for a chance in the III!~ 'arrington stayed some time with his captain but was clean bowled by a good 'IIIHI I! Imll , the board showing 109. Eodington was eventually run out when well set; 1111 1 (:ro ' 11 joining Strahan the two adopted a hitting policy with marked success. II "hll r\ 'tj effort induded three S's and as many 4'S, wh ile Green's total was made up "' II ~, Lwo 4'5, and a 3Âˇ The next few wickets fell rapidly, Covell and Paris, and 11t,,,1I11I1I fai ling to increase the total, but E. Finn and Dobson-Smith subscribed 27.

T HE

CANTUARIAN. Score and

Dradde ll bow:cd with success in the Regi ment's second \'cntu re. analysis ;DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S

REGIMENT. 2nd Innings.

1st Innings. F. J. Siortict, b Dobson-Smith ... Pte. Venables. c Stmhan, h Bodington H. K. Umfrc\,iIIe, b Bod ington . . .. L. R. Ackworth. st Covell, b 13odlllglon E. V. Jenkins, c llraddell, h Bod ingl~m . F. S. Exhnm, c E. Finn, b Dobson-S mith Lee. -Corpl. Sykes, h BOllington ... Sergt. Booth, c Strahan, b ~30dington Coldwell, c E. Finn, h Bodlllgton Kelly. not out ... Haigh, h B(l(iington E xtras : Byes, 4; leg-byes, 3

6 not out

h Bradc1ell

G. N. Finn, h Brnddcll b Dobson-Smith.

not ou t

21 5 o

o o 7

T otal (3 wickets) ...

. ,' IJ9

T otal ...

Extras : Byes

KING'S SCHOOL. N . Finn, c Kelly. b Umfrc\'iIlc ... W . H. Glennie, Ibw, b Venables H. Bodington, run out ... W. Carrington, b Ackworth K. C. Strahan, b Venables .. . H. E. Green, u Haigh .. . . n. C. Covell , c Venables, b HaJgh R. C. Par is, c Co1clwell, b Vena~)les R. S. Braddell, c J enkins, b H :ugh ... E . Finn, not out... ... . C. A. R. D obson路Sm ith, c Kelly, h Venahle~ Extras : Byes, 19; lcg路byes, 2; wJde,

G. R. C. C.

20 42

33 16 o o

o 13 10 22

.. . 19 2

T otal BOWl.I NG AN ,\I .\' S IS :

I)UK I~ OF W&I.I.I:\(;'I'01>:'S lU~(; L\mNT.

1St J nninbl'S.

C. J-I. Eodington C. Dobson路Smith

14'3

"~ I

2nd Innings.

R. S. Braddcll C. Dobson路Smith

6 5

3 I

12 13

'v.2 I

THE CANTUAR IAN . KING'S SCHOO L.

Umfrevill e S iordet J cnkills Venables Ackworth Il aigh

1II.

8 0 3

43 29 7 45 17 29

19 '4

5 10

0 3

w. I

0 0 4 I

KI NG'S SC HOOL v. M.C.C. Plnyed on the Beverl ey on J uly 11th . The M.C.C. team this year un fortunately nil lint a full one, but they had a nu cleus of good players and got very capable ull ttllwl's fro m Canterbury. The School lost the toss, and were sent into the field, 11111 ( '!Irpcntcr and Slater faced the bowi ng of Bodington and Smith . From the third 1. 111 dl 1llvcred, Slater placed one nicely into the hands of Strahan at short slip ( 1 - 1-0) . t ,IPt. I)' Aeth followed and the run s came fast, especially from the newcomer, who made Âˇ!lIII' v 'ry good strokes. At 72 Braddell was put on and in his first ove r clean bowled I ,lIlIpnt 'r, and soon after should have caught and bowled Davenport who followed, hili hB I ' l the ball go through his fingers. D'Aelh was the next to go bowled by a '",IH"~ one from Carrington, that he intended to put to square leg. Valpy did not 11\ IlI ng; he was tempted out to one of Eodington's slows, and Covell whipped the I'ull" 11fT before he could geL back again. Turnb ull's in nings was very lively, and his _ 11l'illdcd nine fours, most of them got by clean drives well away fro m the fi eld. " III Inst fell to a wonde rful one-handed catch by Braddell, running from extra-cover. I IIIYIII)I' rt who had been scoring steadily soo n fo llowed him, easily caught by I tin Iligton. He might have been got rid of soo ner, as in addition to the chance ItII nlloncd, he ought to have been stum ped when he had made abo ut fo rty. T wyman '\111 hili leg before a straight full pitch after making 16, and Moorhouse di d exactly I II .. li me thing a few overs later. H e had never seemed very comfo rtabl e, an d had 111 111111 many strokes t hat we had hard ly expected to see fro m a member of the \ IlIk hire Cou nty team. After Colley and vVightwick had hit the tired bowling '1IuIIIl, th e innings were closed, giving the School 295 to get. in an Iv)Ur and threeqll1llltlrs. The School fielding all through wa s good , and Carrington and Bodington "llt 1 rr quently applauded for smart work. Finn and Glennie were the first represent1111 '1 1'''' of the School to go in, Moorhouse and Carpenter bowling. At 14 Glennie was I IUHhl in the slips, and one run later Finn followed him, caught from a half hit to 111111 01T. Bodington and Carrington seemed more at home and carried the score to PII hnf re they were parted. T hen the first named was bowled by Moorhouse for a

THE

80 nicei)' pla)'cd 2+. .

CANTUARIAN.

Strahan was the nex t, but he lost liS ,tilme illfidTUnningaandsh,O"arts r~~t I e' t continued to play Wit 1 con cnce,

~~:pb:~~n;f WI~ l~~~~'l~r'mad:r;~g ~o one else made

lo~)g

were drawn, the school total stood at 97 for 7. Be!ow analysis :-

stay,

da'~d f \~{)e;~o~~u~~~

appen e

M. C. C. P. J. Slate r, c Strahan. b Bodington Carpent er, b llrndddl ... . .. Capt. O'AClh , b Ca rrington . ". Davenport, c Carringt on. h BO,dmgton G. C. Vnlpy, 51 Co\'ell, b Bodtngt~n P. C. Turnbull, c Br:u\dcll, b Carnngloll G. Twyman, lbw, b Bodington l\'{oorhousc , l11w, b Bodington P. H. Collcy, not O\lt N . H. Wiglnwick, not Ollt C. G. Hulton, (!id not bat Extras : Byes, IO j leg-byes, 2

o 28

66 65 8

52 .6 r6 r6

'5 .2

... *294

T otal (8 wickets)

* Innings declared closed. KI NG'S SC HOOL. .0

G. N. Finn, c Turnbull, b Carpenter R. Glennie, c ~I oorh ou se , b Carpenter C. H. Bodington, b l\.'loorhollse ... C. W. Carrington, b Carpenter K. C. Strahan, run oul R. C. Paris, b Vnlpy R. C. Covell , not out ... .. H . E. Green, sl Dnvenpnrt, b Cnrpenter R S. Braddcll } R. Cooper did nol bal C. A. R. Dobson·S milh Extras : Byes, 8 ; leg·byes, 3

5 24 34

•

4 5 3

...

T Olal (7 wickets) BOWLING A NALVSIS. M. C. C. o.

... Bodington Dobson·Smith ." Hraddell Carrington Ca rpenter Moorhouse Vnlpy lI ult on

KI NG'S SCHOOl..

.8 '7

20'3

8 6

96 86 52 48 R.

35 26 '5

5 0

2 W.

THE CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE. 'J'h ' cl ub brought a good representative team against us on July '4th, and III II'lI tl'd us somewhat severely by 'J 2 run s and five wickets to spare. Our opponents

,II III 111 first, and lost three wi ckets for 32, but on Twyman joining \Vright run s came

I 'I ll dl)'. and th e total was only one short of the century when Twyman" played on" ItI ( 'Illri ngton. Easby came in, and he and Wright proceeded to do much as th ey 11~ I, t l \\'ith the bowling, scoring with great rapidity, I n spite of freq uent changes Ihl )' rn rri cd the total to 222 before Easby was we ll caught by Straha n in the country Iti l 1\ rl' ely hit 82. As soon as \Vright, who played a very fine innings free from t IIIII U'{'iI, had reached his ce ntury, the closure was applied . Irinn and Glennie opened our innings to the bowli ng of Hilton and Twyman, .tI II I ill-'ored 2S for the first wicket. Bodington came next, but at once gave 1" \\) II ln n a very mild return, while Carrington followed him out almost immediately. IlIlhll ll a nd Paris put a better face on matters, the latter especially playing excellent I I " lUlLC r 30, while Strahan got q. Nobody el ~e did much, and the innings came to "" t'utl ror the poor total of I 10 . It was not a good display, tor, though \Vright was I.,,\\- li ug a good part of th e innings, it was not he that got the wickets, and our bats1111 II ought to have made a great many more flIn s off the othe r bowlers who were ,tit d. Twyman's slows were ve ry successful, and he took fi ve wickets at the cost of IIlIly IUSLover six run s apiece. Appended is full score and analysis ;__

ST.

LAWRENCE.

,\. M, Hilton, b DousonÂˇSmith Wright, not out

Cn pl. D' Acth, u Bodmgton 1'. odfrey, c and b llodinglon ( :, Twyman, b Carrington... 1':1\8b)', c Strahan, u Carrington l ion. Pelham, not out ... p, J. Thompson } f\ 1C\jor. l\-latthcws d'd t b I ~1. K. Cockburn I no a, th1\', I". F. S. Williams Extras :-Byes, 8; wides, I

Tota l (5 wickets)..

* I nnings declared closed.

8 100

24 82 2

9 . .. *233

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CANTUARIAN.

KI NG'S SCHOOL. 16

R. \V. Glennie. h T wyman.

G. N. Finn, c Easby, b Wnght

C. I-I. Dodington, c and b Twyman .. . C . W . Carrington , Wright .. . K. C. St rahan , b Twyman R. C. Paris, b Thompson E. Finn. c and b T homl?son B. C. Covell, Ib\\,. , b H Ilton I-J. E. Grecn, Ibw., b Twyman R. S. Braddtll, b Twyman C. A. R. Dohson·<.;mith, not out ... ExtrAS :_ Byes, 5; no ball, I

30 7 II

7 2

6 .,' J 10

Total B OWLING A NAl.VSIS. ST. LAWREN CE.

I3oclinglon ... Dobson ·Smith Carrington Braddell

O. 21 19

2 0

O. 7

:\1. I

17 19

K I:\G 'S SCHOOl..

Hillon Twyman

20' 1

Wnght Thompson ' ". Capt. D' Aeth

KING'S SCHOOL v.

15 7

5 2

23 32 25 16

6 7

FELSTED SCHOOL.

This match took place at Fclsted on July . 20th, m;d rCSkll~e(~ i~r~:~g~~~~~\ ~ \¥ 'ourneycd there ove rni ght, and owm g to t 10 aw war trai~~s~S~nd tl~i ~onsequent llicessity of ~r~wi~g fi~~~I~~~lil~~~~' ~~~l~'t t~~0~11~~p~~~~~ at. J 0.30'1 Bodmgton 'tV~:H1 ro!r1ea tbolsgs sacl~rc oOFinnl and Glennie made 13. and thel1 eVident t lat we were no III I' • • . ~ n (1' ngto n latd!er n\Vlays arnv e , 0 , p' tl _b )crfonmng th e lat t nc . 'Wiltshire dismissed Carrin gton ~;ldfi ans, . l~d~dY; fast yorker on the leg-stump Disasters were n<:>t over yet, folr, Wit 1 Ilvedru.n~ ~f th~ 24 runS. I t looked as thou gh proved fatal to Flnn l, who hac sccure( a ozeJl

~he.

t~I~~\~~t~~~~)~~;i~~~t~~~~t~~~; 1~\;~s\\~~LdeCtl,l~~~l~~~ ~~f:~~ t~~Il:;~xlt ~w~ ~akll,~

THE CANTUARIAN. Mh uld hardly reach 50, but Strahan and Covell stayed the rot for a while, until ~ rmcr was yorked for nine. Green joined Covell, who was playing very nicely, Iwd th cy took the total to 54, at which point W'iltshire bowled Green with a beautiful hull. Finn2 and Covell added 20 more, before t he latter succumbed to Wiltshire, who up to this point had secured all eight wickets at the cost of only 29 runs, ('C)v(' II's 20 was most praiseworthy, while Finn2 carried out his bat for a plucky 17. 1'111' total realized 88, a better score than at one tim e looked probable. Douglas secured 1!l1l lost two wickets, though we were quite sorry that ' Viltshire, who really bowled 111I1I{ nif'i cc ntIy, was not able to secure the distinction of taking all ten. On Feisted Kolll A' in to bat, Dobson-Smith go t a wicket in his first over, but Grant and IIlIIitllwaite, both batting confidently, took th e score to 42 before th e rival ... klpp r was defeated by a full toss. Douglas came in, and no separation came till Ollr /'l ore had bee n passed by 19. an d then Grant was caught off Bodington for an , (' tl ll Cnl innings of 65 , Covell went on to bowl, and dismissed Douglas with his 11 ,,[ hall. H e had played a patien t innings of 22. Smith and Bacon were the only nt lwrft to offer mu ch resistance, and the inniJ:gs closed, just before time, for 174. lIudington bowled well from the second end that he tried, and Carrin gton seemed to 1 1I 1.~ I (: th e batsmen during the few overs th at he was on. The fi elding was hardly up II lilt' mark, and very few seemed able to pick up the ball clean, We were fairly IIt'lIl n on the days play, and our defeat only emphasizes our regret that we were IlIlIthl to secure a victory, of which time alone robbed us, in the first of these I HlIlI'sts last year. Others will, no doubt, express our gratitude for the pleasant h". pllalily extend ed to us by all at Felsted. Appended is full score and analysis : \\1 1

!l uI

KING'S SCHOOL. H.. C, " â&#x20AC;˘

W. H, Glennie, b Wiltshire N. Finn, b Wilt sh ire .. II. Bodington, Ibw, b Wiltshire W. Curington , b Wiltshi re R, C. Paris, h Wi ltshire ... K. C. Slrahan, b W iltshire C. Covell , c Daccn, b Wiltshire". II. E. Green, b Wiltshire K Finn, not out I{, S. Braddell, b D ouglas ... '. A. R. Dobson-Smilh, c White, b Douglas Extras : Leg-byes, 3; noÂˇ balls, I

T Olal ...

6 IZ

o o 9

20 13 17 I

6 4

THE

CANTUARIAN .

FELSTED SCHOOL.

L. B. (irani, c Dobson- Smith, b ~odington . K. G. Archer, 1bw, b Dobsol1-SI~llth P. P. Brmthwaltc, b Dobson-Smith T. \Y. H. T. Douglas, b Cove!' ... 1-1. T. Foley, c Covell, b Carnngton F. W. Sm ith, c Bodington, h Br~ddell F. W . Bacon, Sl. E. Finn, b. B cdmgt~n ... F. H. C. Wiltshire, c Glennie, b J.3odll1glon F. B. i\-Iorris, c and b Dobson-Smith

18 22 2 20

17 8 I

3 o

H White, not Qut ... .... ... T: R. G. i'.'1athcws, 5t. E. Finn, b Eodmgton

Extras: Byes, 8 ; leg-byes,

174

T otal BOWLINe

ANALYSIS:

KING'S SCHOOL.

J- w.

1-1. Douglas F. I-I. C. Wiltshi re

\ V.

)1.

17 16

52 32

Wiltshire bow led one no-ball . FELSTED

C. C. R. C. B.

1-1, Eodington... . A. R. Dobson-Smith S. Hraddell W. Carrington C. Covell

SCHOOL.

)1.

22'3

3 3

71 52 13 3 17

17 7 4

2 2

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

~I ('f\ nwhile Swift, who had been missed at cover ea rly in his innings, continued to I' ur , and had made 36 before Bodington bowled him, The rest of the team offered "Ny slight opposition to the bowling of Bodington a nd Braddell, who had gone o n i llit Oobson-Smith, and what looked like being a good Score when 60 was up fo r two wir k lS, resulted in the moderate total of 8z . The fi eldi ng of our team was. with the " ~l'() pLion of the mi stake already mentioned, very clean and good, with the result' that 11111 I'li ns took a long time to get. As usual, Finn 1 and Glennie started our innin gs, ,lIld th e cricket from the beginni ng ruled very slow. Neither batsman seemed at !lOIn, and Finn l eventually succu mbed to a good ba ll from Rudd, while Glennie, who luul al ready give n a chance at the wicket, was soon after" yorked.}) Dodington was 11111 next to go, being bowled in hitting across a well-pitched up ball. Three of o ur bats out for ' 7 looked bad indeed. Carrington and Paris, however, played very I llI nful c ri cket, the former be in g fortunate in receiving a life at the wicket, and it was II lI t until a double change in the attack had been made, that Paris was bowled for a IIIOHt lIsefu l '7·-Four for 45·- -Strahan came next, arid, having quickly hit up a IloM' Il, was clean bo wled in slogging wi ldly at a straight one, Covell followed, and 11111 total slowly crept up, despite frequent bowlinrr changes, to 7', at w:lich point " Ji ll ing ton received a seco nd life at short slip. \Vith the total at 80, Covell made the \\ Innin g hit and was bowled next ball . Finn': and Green both added useful items. an d 'hi n arrington ran out to a very slow one from Swift, mi ssed it. and was bowled. II11 hnd gone in secol)d wicket down. at a most critical time, and was ninth out for a ' jllittl invaluable 45· Bradde ll a nd Dobson Smith then knocked about merri ly till the 11 11111 r, with '7 to his credit, sk ied a ball to Swift who accepted it. Appended is full I 01(' and analysis : -

""HL

ST. EDMUND'S SCIIOOL. \y, I L While. nm out i\. C. Edwards, b Bodington · T. Rudel, st Cove\] , b Bodington G. M. Swi ft. b Bodington... ... · \V, Tunnicliffe, hit wick et, b Brnddell 1\'1. 1-1. Eyre, c G. N, Finn, b Bodington F. ~1. Fitch , c Carrington, b Drnddell Bull, c G. N. Finn, b Braddell II. P. Thorne, c Carrington, b Bodington II. l\L Geary, b Braddell . 1\1. C. ;\ltlslard, not out' Extras: Byes, 2; lb, I

· n.

Total

36 4

3 4 I

3 o 3

THE

CANTUARJAN.

KING 'S SCHOOL. I

R. W. Glennie. b Rudd ... G. N . Finn, b Rudd , .. C. I-I. Badington, b Rudd .. . C. W. Carrington, b Eyre .. . R. C. Paris, b Mustnrd ... K. C. Strahnn, b Thorne , .. R. C. Covell, h Thorne E. Finn, b Rudd ... H E G reen, b Rudd ... R: S.· Bradde\l, sl Swift, b Eyre C. A. R. Dobson-Smith, not out Extras: Byes, 12 jIb, 6

45 17 12

9 13 II

17 12

18 ". 170

Total

BowLl~G ANALVSI S.

'T.

EDMUNO'S SCHOOL.

O. 23 12

C. H. Bodington ... C. A. Dobson·Smith

10' 1

R. S. Braddell KING'S

Rudd Thome " . Mustard Fitch Edwards

Eyre Swift

SC HOOL.

O. 25 22 10 5 3 2'1 2

\\' ,

7 2 2

35 26 18

5 0 4

8 6 3 0 0 0 0

41 31 21 18 15 15 II

5 2 I

0 0 2 0

\ THE

CANTUARIAN.

SECOND XI. CRICKET. n the whole our 2nd XI. have had a very successful season . The defeats "uHlnillcd were at the hands of St. Edmund's 2nd XI. in th e first match and the EndIll oo k Rovers, who played a team which would have mad e a good game with our first. Wi th the bat H ellard was the best as far as ave rage went, but Husbands played most ,ontl istently, playing many good innings for his side. Cooper and Durnford both did VI)I Y well indeed [or their first season ; Cooper's rapid scoring being ve ry useful while hiMfi elding was the best in the team. Bird, in practice, played well all round. He IN a stylish bat, and should be useful, but he met with very little success in that I!opnrtment. \Vatson, Marshall, and l\'[assey all did very respectably in batting. Mossey was by far the best of th e bowlers, bowling ve ry consistently through the \\ hole season. H e proved to be an excellent Captain, and is to be congratulated on IIlll success of his team, and on hi:; own success with both bat and ball. Ryl ey played Il ti S ful in nings at the beginning of the season, but afterwards failed, chiefly owing to I ollsistent bad luck. Lucas had hard luck in being ill and not partaking in any of the ' Ulat hes but the first in which he scored non e and 53 not out. J ohnston, H olland, I'ngg and Amos also played and did fairly well. Berryman played in only a few of the ulIltches, but he is really a good bat and should do well next year.

KING'S

SCHOOL ( md

XL ) v.

ST.

EmIUNo's

SCHOO L

(2nd XI. )- ( lSt Match).

This match was played on the Beverley, on June 9th, and resulted in a win for

Hl. Edmund's. :Massey won the toss and elected to bat, se nding in Durnford and luhnston, both of whom failed to score, however, Husbands ( 34) and Cooper (15 ) " Ifeeted a stand and seven wickets were down for 5 7. Marshall a nd Ryley then III ught the score to 85, Ryley makin g 26, \~ra tso n hit up a useful 18. and the whol e ,.:Ide were out for 130, Marshall being not out for a carefully played 24. St. Edmund's Mt'orcd J 90 j thu s winning the match by 60 runs. Eight members of th e side scored Iioublc figures, th e best innings being th at of F. M. Fitch, who played good cricket tor his 45. The last wicket gave a lot of troubl e, putting on 26 run s. Lucas came out with the best analysis, getting three for 21. In the second innings the school

THE

CANTUARIAN.

scored 85 for three wi ckets, Lucas scoring a grand 52 not out, and Husbands again playing well for 17. Below is appended full score and analysis ; KING'S 1St

F. H.. F. L. E.

SCHOOL

I nnings.

o o

H. V. A. R.

Durnford, b Fitch ... J ohnston, c Parry, b Young Husbands, b Fitch... ... Cooper, h Filch L. l\'i assc)', c .\-f organ, b Fitch J. C. Lucas, run out R. D l\'la rshal l, not out .. .

(2no Xl.) 2nd I nnings. c Hodgson. b Young

not out

3 c Fitch, b Young I

H. Dird, b Hodgson .. . F. \Yat soll, b Parry G. N. H.yle)', b Lapsley H . A, H olland, rim Qut E xtrns

c Lapsley, b H odgson .. .

26 o 7 130

T otal .. .

Total «(or three wickets)

ST. ED t'dUND'S SCHOOL (2nd XI.) C. H. l\fOlgan, run out ... O. B. Bull, Ib\\'.• b Lucas R. P. Thorne, c Holland, b ~ I assey A. E . Young, b Lucas .. . F. M. Filch, Ibw. b Durnford J . B. L'lpsley, rlln Ollt H. B. Perry, c Massey, b \:\,Iatson .. C. R. Johnson, b Lucas ... F. X. Hodgson, h Watson G. H . Pa rry, b Massey L. W. Pa n }" not oul E xtras ...

XI. )

4 9

45 13 IS 0 Il

14 22

T olal

(:znd

no t Ollt

'V.

KINO' S S CHOOL

190

v. SOUT H

EASTERN

COLLEO I~, RAMSGATE

(2nd Xl. )

This match was played on th e Beve rl ey, on June 24th, and proved an easy victory fo r th e School. Massey winnin g th e toss se nt in Husbands and Durnford who opened the game well. I-laving made nearly all the score himself, Husba nd s was the first to go, bowled for 34. His place ,vas taken by Hellard wh o played very well for his first

THE

CANTUAR IA N.

IIhHC h this season. Durnford now began hitting well and finished up for th e splendid 1111111 of 63 not out. H ellard was most unfortunate ly run out having made 31. He IlII d Durnford having put on bo runs for th e second wicket. Cooper came in next IIlld made 21 not out by vigo rous hitting. Then Massey declared wh en the score was d ll for three. The S.E.C. sent in \Vright and Evans-Smith to face the bowling of I~y l 'Y and Massey. After th e fall of three wickets for 1I our opponents began to pick nnd when six wi ckets fell had reached 7 I . \;Vhe n it was time to draw stumps I ' xht wickets had fall en, but their Captain most genero usly allowed us to fini sh the II!H t 'h and complete the victory. Below is appended full score and analysis :_

"II,

K I NG 'S SCHOOL

F. A. H usbands, b Wright 1'. I L Durnford, not out ... .I. A. Hellard, nm out R. V. Johnston, b Collister L. R. Cooper, not out I~. D. Marshall ) E. R. P. Berryman ~Âˇ. 1LN'. ~Rlasse l y did nol bat. y ey F. Watson W. H. Bird Extras : Byes, 6; leg-byes,

(2nd X L )

34 63 31 3 21

wides,

Total (three wickets)

SOUTH

EASTERN

Wright, b Ryley .. . EvansÂˇSmith , c Bird, b Massey Morris, run out ... Dawson, b Ryley ... Cooper, c Ryley, b Massey Fothergill, c Cooper, b Durnford ... l1roughton, c H ellard, b Husbands Ryde, c Marshall, b Massey Collister, run out ... Noyes, c Husbands, b Massey LeGrand, not out ... ... Extr:ls : Byes, 7 ; wides, I. Total ...

COLLEGE (2nd X L ) 2 I

27 10

19 6 7 S 10 3

CANTUARI AN.

TI-JE

BOWLING ANALy s t S. E ,\STl~ RN COJ.LEGB.

SO UTH

O. 19 5 2

Ryde ". EvansÂ·Smith Morris ." Wright ... Fothergill Collister

9 5 5

2 2 0 0 0

0 0 0

8 JO

42 25 16

0 I

Ryde bowled one wide. KI NG'S SCHOOl..

Massey. Ryley H usbands Durnford Walson ...

\ V.

12' I

4 2

5 4

30 ZI

15 10

Wnlson bowled one wide.

KING'S SCHOOL

'.N' DBROOK ROVER S ( Rev. R. E. JOH NSTON'S XL ) (2nd XL ) v. E-

' N' _ ts were far too strong for us, and In this match, played at Shorncltllc., our opponcn < The End brook Rover's we were hopelessly beaten, by, three ~"ldC ~~~\ aFdcl ~lC~I~~~ch tal,in g live wickets and bowlers \~li ngham and Fmrbatrn, carne ,1 e or disposil~g of our side for zs. Below is appended full score :-.

ENDGROOK ROVERS. F. A. G. Il ocklc)" c D urnford, b J ohnston ... St. J. Trevor, c r-,'l nsscy, b Husbands .. ' G. \Yingham, c Hellard, b i ?hnSlOn ... G. Fairbairn, c H ellard, b Eml " N[njor George, c Husbands, b PeCg D. B. G reen, rtln out ". ,,' D. S. Gillmore, c Durnford, b I fusbands Captain T osse)" not out ... G. P. RunnCICY} H . R. Patten did not bat. !-t. B. Maclem T otal (7 wickets)

27 54 o

13 29

7 2

THE

KI NG 'S 1st Innings. I , II . Durnford, b Wingham I . J\ . Il usbands, b Fairbairn A. Ilcllard, Ibw, b Fairbairn t, I). Mnrshall. b \vin~ham I( V. J ohnstoJl, b \Vingham . I L N. nyley, c Trevor, lJ Fairbairn. I It Berryman, c Wingham, b Fairbairn W, (:, P~gg , b \:\" ~ngh,am .. . W II. Bird, b Fatrbalrn .. . I L. Massey, b Wingham .. . I \\'Mson, not out Extras

T lltai

KING'S

CANTUARIAN.

SC HOO L

XI.) 2nd Innings.

I I

3 3 5

not ou t not out

0 '5

b Green

2 0 2 0

SC HOOL

(2nd

2nd XI. v.

b H ockley

Total (2 wickets)

DOVER

COLLEGE

2nd XI.

Played at Dover and resultecl in a win for the School afte r a very exciting finish . I ht' visitors went in first and made a fair start, the third wicket falling at ++. At this 1II/IIll however Digby bowled with marked effect, Ryley, Be rryman a nd Cooper leaving \\ Il holl t increasi ng th e total. At this critical juncture Massey came in and by his I\!'l{'fmined hitti ng completely changed the fortun es of his side. Scoring twi ce as fast "It his parlner, he helped the latter to raise the score to 95, before being bo wled for a lund hit +0. Husbands was next to leave ; his steady innings was undoubtedly the 111'f'l batting of the day. Dover made an auspicious start, the first wi cket fallin g at 23, the second at 37, 1111(1 the third at 52. Marley shaped badly when he first went in, but afterwards hit htÂˇt\lyand well. The fifth wicket fell at 82, an d at this point Durnford, and more 1I. IIlicuiarly Bird, turned the scale in favour of the visitors by their bowli ng. Mention _!loulcl be made of the fine catch with which Husbands di smissed Marley, eigh t for 87 ! ~ hHlij 'y replaced Durnford and secured the next wicket, nin e for 99! T wo boundaries Iliu l then Bird dismissed Digby and won the victo ry for his side. Massey was

T HE

CANT UARIAN .

un doubtedly the hero of the match ; in addition to his success with bat and ball, his Captaincy was very judicious. Score and analysis :KING'S

SCHOO L

(2nd

XI. )

37 4 10

F. A. H usbands, b H arrison F. H . Durn ford, rtm out ,-, J. A. l-icllarcl, c Pritchard b Jackson R. D. "M arshall , b Digby... . .. G. N . Ryley, b Digby E . R. Berryman, b Digby L . R. Cooper , b Digby E . L. l\-Jasscy. b H am son ... F. Watson, c Bovil , b H arrison R. B. Amos, not oUl W. I-J. Bird, Ibw, b Digby .. . Extras: Byes

0 0 0 40 II

4 0 3 ... tI5

Total

DOVER J ackson

3, C

COL LEGE

(2n,1 X l. )

13 15

H ellard, 1> H usbands

Burton, Ibw, b l\-Iassey

Jackson I, c Watson. b i\[assey Marley, c Husbands, b Durnford W. R. Pooley, c Cooper, b Massey, .. Dovill, c Husbands, b Bird Harrison, b Bird ... A. M. Pooley, c and b Du rn ford Bailey, b l\lasscy ..

12 0 5 9

P ritchard, not out Digby, b Bi rd Exlras : Byes

5 ... 106

T Olnl BOW I, n'w ANAl.YSIS. O. K ING'S SCIIOOI .. J ncksor.

~\n rl ey

.. . Digby ... Il nrrison Bov ill D OV I~R

i\'l nsscy Ryley I-lllsb.'lll{ls Durnford Bird

COI.L!·;GI';,

7 8·3 7 3 o. 15 5 9 3 3'2

l\I.

5 2 2 2 0

22 30 25 18 17

ill.

30 18 27 19 7

\ \'. I

0 5 3

0 W.

4 0 I

2 3

THE

I( I NG'S SCHOOL ( 2n d

XL ) v.

CANTUARIAN .

ST. EUMUND'S SCHOOL ( 2 nd

XL )- (Relurn malch .)

Played on the Beverley on July 6th, and resulted in an easy win for the School 11\ 134 runs. St. Ed mund's won the toss and elected to bat, but collapsed before the I!u\\!ing of lVl assey, and we re all out for 4 I. IVfassey taking six for 18, and bowli ng pl'IHlidly throughout all the inni ng'S. T he School scored 177, the great feat ure of th~ IlInl Jl gs bei ng the splendid batting of J. A. He llard wh o scored 70. H is cutting an d III Ivi ng was particularly good and he must be co ngratulated on his fi ne effort. Cooper \1I\ot'kcd up 24 in his usual lively style and Durn ford was lucky for 23 bei ng missed 111 0141 ball. Below is append ed full score. ST.

ED~lUND'S

SC H OO L (2nd X I ). 16

R. 1'. T horne, r un out C. H . Morgar., b Ryley J. B. Lnp~lcy, b i\'fasscy A. E. Young, c Ryley, b i\la~sey G. H . Wansta ll , c Ry ley, b !'.Jasscy ... II. B. Perry, h Ma~se y

o o

o o 10

C. R. Johnson, c Marshall, by Ryley F. X. H odgson, Ibw Massey (j. H . Parry, run out E. 1-1. Pudsey, c Berryman, b Massey _ F letcher, not oul Extras '"

o o J ...

T ota l

K I NG'S F. A.

I-lu ~ballds,

c Hodgson, b Lapsley

r. H. D urn forrl, b La psley ... J. A. H ellard , c T horne, h Lapsley ...

O. ~'la rshrd l , h Parry N . Ryley, run OUI D. Amos, b F letcher ... R. Cooper, st Wansta ll, b Young E. L. Massey, c Wanstall , b H odgson !'. Watson, c F letcher, b Young ... Ii. R. Berryman, Sl Wanslali, b 1I 0dgson W. H . Bird, nOl oul Exlras

R. G. R. L.

T otal

SC H OO L

(2nd X I ). 2

23 70 '3

o 3

9 4

.. ' 177

THE

CANTUARI AN .

K I NG'S SC H OOL SECOND XI.

SEASON, , 899 ·

Result of matches :-Played 5. Drawn o. v. St. Edmund's School, Lost 1}. S.E.C . Ramsgate. \Von 7) . Rev. R. E. Joh nston' s XI. Lost 'j' , Dover College ' ;Yo n v. St. Ed mun d's School. \·Von

L. F. R. F. E. G.

Not

Inniugs.

7 4

F. R. Berryman W . H. Bird R. V. 1.. Johnston

0 0 0 0

n... . tsmen. The foll ow in g also batted :-J. C. L ucas .. H. A. H olland W. G. Pegg .. R. B. Amos

BOWLING

E. 1.. ilTassey .. W. H . Bird R. V. 1.. J ohnston E. A. Husbands F. H . Durnford Vi. G. Pegg G. N . Ryley F . \Vatson The following also bowled :-

28·5 28 20 , 8·8 '5 ·3

" 4 ' 40 60 94 46 58 54 33 '7 '2 8

7 4 6 5 5 3 4 3

Average.

RlIn ~ .

0\11.

0 2

R. Cooper H . D urnford D. Marshall 'Watson 1.. Massey N. Ryley

by 7 wi ckets and 58 run s. by 3 wickets and 11 6 run s. by 9 run s. by 136 run s.

T imes

No. or

T. A. H ellard F. A. Husbands

Lost

AVERAGES.

BATTI NG B atsllIl\:I,

\Von 3. by 60 runs.

No. of I nnings.

11' 6

10 ' 8

6·6 5.6 5·4 2·6

Ti Ules Not out.

Runs.

0 0

53 0 0 7

AVERAGES. Wickets.

Runs.

J" ·cragc.

11 8 3' 26 70 70 26

7"3 7"7

4 2

4 4 4 2

C. Lucas .. 1.. R. Cooper .. H. A. H olland

' TS

' 7·5 26 27·7

"59' Wickets.

3 0 0

29 ' S R uns.

Average.

7 0 0

THE

CANT UA IU AN.

OXF ORD, LETTER. Oxford, Jun e, , 899. I h' lI r i\r r. ]<:ditor, V ur reque st fo r an O. K. S. lette r ha s Hin t' j ust in ti me to catch us a ll be fo re " UO down, so me of ti S fo r the last tim o i I ll ools have been o n, and though Il one Itl us have been in the runnin g for great ,\I lin ctions, the results, such as they ha ve IWI' II, arc satisfactory so far, and by ti me IIi IH is in print will, I trust, be e ven more o The summer te rm is al ways one of 1111111)' engagements, and thi s perhaps IlI l 'Ollllts for t he thin attend ance at I), K. S. meetings; but if small. th ey IIIIV(' bee n di stinguished, for Bishop ~lItchinso n attended the first an d told "'" many old stories about the Kin g's I' hoo l in his day, and la ter on in the 1,' IIll we saw IVI r. lVIoss-i'vIacD onald and Ir. H all, who we re up fo r a mcetin g at ( 'ud dcsdon. \Ve were glad also to sec ~Ir. Ri tchie in Oxford again, after being du wn nearly a year. \V. i\f. Carter was IIJI for schools towards the e nd of the II' l"m , and we congratulate him th at hi s Inte rview with the proctor resulted in nothing more than poli te speeches. As III other distinction s. E. 1\1. O'B. T oulmin

has been playing cricket for Magdalen, F ynes-Cl into n stroked the St. John's eight, but t he weather was against him, a nd the rest o f us did noth ing in partiClliar. I n the social line, we heard of A uste n at the Keble conce rt, and FynesClinton, in th e disgu ise of a steward at the St. John'S ball, looked decided ly fetching; photographs ca n be procured at any photographe r' s in Oxford. Of course the great eve nts of the term , sli ch as the Australian match, Kitchene r' s degree, and the protest against Mr. Rhodes, have been so admi rably recounted 111 the Lond on papers, that further comment on my part would be supe rfluous. I t re mains the n only to apol og ise for takin g up so mu ch of yo ur val uab le space wi th mere trifles, a nd to wi sh the School a successfu l Speech D ay an d a successfu l cricke t season, and to promise th ose who are to joi n us nex t year the heartiest of welcomes. Believe me , D ea r 1\[r. Edito r, Very truly yours,

0.1<. S., aXON .

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Dear Sirs, Having been asked to contribute a letter, I haste to unfold news of the happy ba nd of O. K. S., who, during the past term, have been giving lustre to our ancient seat of learning . As usual O. K. S. have been to the fo re both in the field and on the river. A. S. Athawes has captained the Corpus c ricket, and for a second time played for the next sixtee n. G. C. Valpy, in spite of his trip, played for th e next sixtee n with considerable success and secured his <l crusad ers ". The bowling of C. H. Clarke was at times astonishin gly effective. On th e ri ver J. E . Husbands occ upied the second thwart of the Cor pus May boat, whi le E. L. H ertslet and W. P. Love stroked Lent boats. Thanks to the cne rgy of one o f our number, we now have O. K. S. gatherings eve ry fo rtnight. This term we

met in H ertslct' s, Frewer' s, Valpy' s, and Mowll's rooms, wh e::. re, owing to the hospitality of our hosts, we enjoyed tea and Auld Lang Sync. The ranks of our thirteen club will be thinned by th e departure of C. H. Kingdon and VI!. P. Love, and augmented by the arrival of C. H. Eodington, F . Watso n, K. Strahan, and J. L'Eslrangc, to wh om we g ive a hearty welcome a nd cong ratulations on their choice of Uni ve rsity. Congratulations to th e School on th eir brilliant victories in th e field this term. Finally we must say a relucta nt good-bye to Mr. \.villiams, who is leavin g the old School to go to Ru gby. \.ve wish him every success in his new work. If

F I.OREAT SC HOLA REGIA."'

Yours e ver, O . K. S., CANTAB .

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SCHOLARSHIPS. 1111 billowi ng elections have bee n made ;-

.I1111ior King 's S cholarships :J. H. A. J enkin .. 2. G. G. Marshall .. 3. R. W. Marshall 4. W . W. Lock

Vth Form. (Mr. Hill, Beckenln m. ) (Mr. Hill, Beckenham.) (Ar my Class Subj ects.) Army Class.

g lllrallee S cholarships :I. £40. G. G. Marshall 2. £ 30. D. J. Preston 3. £20. R. W. Marshall 4. £ 15. F. H. Mosse 5. £ 15 . H. B. T. Childs

(Mr. (MI'. (Mr. (Mr. (Mr.

Hill, Beckenham. ) Ray, In ve rness College.) Hill, Beckenha m. ) Miller, Woburn Sands.) Walson Willis, Eastbourn e, for Matlls.)

!Iouse S cho/arsJups:I. R. H . Brinsley ·Richards (J unior School ) £ I 0 for two years. 2. C. H. Mnrray . • . . (Mr. Wi lkin son, St. Leonard's.)

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Ha wing distinguished themselves in the Examination : For Jmdor ScJlO/arships : -

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Roper 4Walke r, ii. 5. Ramm ell 6. 7. Cockrem,

Hitchcock Green, iii. Iremonger ii.

For En/rance and llollse S cholarsh/ps :I .

R. Parsons F. S. Whalley D. A. H arding.

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PROBATION ER S.CHOLARSHIPS. The following r:lections have been made: I. C. H . Murray .. (M r. Wilkinson, St. Leonard's.) 2. D. T. Preston . . ( Mr. Ray, Inverness College.) 3. F . G. Charsley . . (Mr. Cruttwell, Have. ) Ill. a. 4. J. I-I. Meers 5. O. F. I-Iuyshe (Mr. Clark, Winchester. ) 6. J. V. L. Hall ( Mr. Sansom, Bexhill.) 7. I-I. L. Dibben Junior School. 8. G. F. Olive (Mr. Olive, Wimbledon. ) 9. C. H. Budd ( Mr. Mallam, Syde nham. ) 1 0. J. M. Tuke (Mr. Hinchcliff, T e nbury.)

SCHOOL We congratulate R. C. Paris, R. S. Bradde ll, and C. A. R. Dobso n-Smith on receiving their 1st Xl. colours. Also L. R. Coope r, F . I-J. Durnford, G. N. Ryl ey, W. H. Bird, and J. C. Lucas on receiving their 2nd XI. colours. â&#x20AC;˘~'x- ,'r.

On July the 8th, the School reee ived a royal visit. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Alban y, who had come to Cante rbury to unveil the lomb of the late Archbisho p, drove throug h the Mint Yard on her way to the Dea ne,fY. An address was read by C. \V. Currington, as Captai n of th e School, after whi ch her Royal Highess requested the H ead 1\'I aster to give the School a whole holiday in honour of her visit. The request was granted, and we are lookin g forward to it in th e future. Amid hearty

NEWS. cheers the Duchess drove on. In the afternoon of the same day, the School attend ed the Service fur the Unveiling. which took place during a terrific th understor m.

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There were between thirty and forty candidates from elsewhere in for the Jun ior and Entrance Scholarships besides a large number from the School.

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\Ve arc very glad to hear that th e Head Maste r has decided to have the Electric Light installed in the Parry Library during th e holidays. There will be six pendants of th re!! lights each down th e rOOl11, as well as two brackets behind the platform, and a light outside to illuminate the ste ps.

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I'h(' honour lists of the final examina-

Oxford published ea rly in July in 11 (1 (,'uardia ll of last week, contain the UlOllIH of two old Kin g's Scholars among Iltl IlI Rt· class men. G~ F. Carter gained the .1111)' first that was awarded in the H onour I lIuo l of Theology-a very hard exam ina111111, in which th ere are frequently none Itl 1ho first-class at all; and J. I3. Scrivenor I hi ll " /It

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gained a first class in the Honour School of Natural Science, taking up Geology as his special subject The School offers its heartiest congratu lations. A. K. Mowll has gained a second class in the June Examination for Honours of candidates for admission on the roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court.

LIBRARY.

I li n following Books have bee n added to the LibraryTHE WADDINGTON DONATION .

Tauchnitz Edition of the Classics, 34 vols. Homer' s Odyssey, 2 vols. Aeschylus, 2 vols.

" Aeschylus' Agememnon and Choephorre Sophoeles " 2 vols. Sophocles' Ajax Euripides' Hippolytus and Alcestis, 2 vols. 2 vols. .. H e racleidae and lvledea Aristophanes, 2 vols. .. 3 vols. Notes on Pindar Lucretius T erence Plautus, 2 vols. P lato, 9 vols. Aristotle, 1 1 vols. Thucydides, 3 vols. " English, 3 vols. )I

B1omficld. Dilldorf. Klausen. Dindorf. Mitchell. Lobeck . Dindorf. Elmsley. Dindorf. Mitchell. Parson. Dissen . Creech. Giles. \¥eise. Stallbaum. Bekker. Arnold . Blomfie ld .

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H erodotus " 4 vo ls. Dernosthene s De Corona " .. Cope's Notes on Gree k Grammar, 2 vols. Index to Praclectiones Academicae Greek Graclns Athe~l S, Public Economy of GrecIan Antiquities Cicero, Life of English Constitution "

Sweighen ren. Baehr. Dissen. Donor's MS. Matthiae. Matthiae. Coplettone. Maltby. Broeckl. Paul. Middleton . DeLol me .

OTHER DONATIONS : -

Canon BaileyP. J. Vinte rA. S. Johnson-Gilbert ParkerJ. LanghorneOscar Browning-

~outhe)" s ",Book of the Church. 1I

Author's copy. fh e Evoiulton of the Steam Loco motive. ~osebery's Appreciations and Addresses. Novels (8 vols.) by Gilbe rt Parker. KcntI sh Poets, 2 vol s. . Charles XII . of Swed en.

vols.

NOT ICE S. ' Ve beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the subsc riptions of the following:R. J. Castley, E sq. ( 10 5. bel .), H. Ball', E sq. (45.), C. C. Frewer, E sq. (45.), Rev. G. I-I. Cameron ( ,+s).

Most of the back numbers of the Cantuarian ca n be had of the H on Sec., R . H . Charles, price 6d. each . ' ViII anyo~le havin g a co py of Vol. I V., No. '4, to dispose of kindly co mmu nicate with the I-I on. Sec I

CON T E M P 0 R A R I E S. ' Ve beg to acknow ledge the receipt of the following Contempo raries :- Ct"ty 0/ L ondon ScIJoo! l1Iagaeiue, Dovor/an,

R adle/all, Glwalmond Chromi:le, l11illollian, ll1alvl.'miall, Fe/sledian , Porle,,/lis, U:;'Verll , ami Kill.tls ScIJool Paralllalla I1fagaeine.

Gibbs and Sons, Pri nters, Pa lace Street , Canterbury.

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EDITORIAL. •

Seldom indeed has it been our lot at the beginning of a School year to miss so IIIl\ny old frie nd s and welcome so many new. It is a time-honoured saying that I omparisons are odious; but we cannot refrain from briefly alluding to the severe loss lhe School has sustained in the departure of Mr. 'Williams for Rugby. The School hop is only one of the many results of his loyal labours during the seven years he wna with us. The mention of his name naturally recalls that of Carrington; for as 110 himself observed in his reply to Carrington's presentation to him o n behalf of 1Ii School, their careers here had begun and ended at the sam e time. Carrington, d urin g a very eventful period of two years, fulfill ed with conspicuous success the duties of Captain, and we expect great things of him at Oxford . However, in spite uf losses the present term is one of sin gular promise. Our Football Fifteen has nlready adm inistered on Sutton Valence the most severe defeat they have ever received from us, and has also drawn with Dover College after a well co ntested game. To Finn's abilities as Captain we can pay no higher compliment than by Hoying that he fully upholds the reputation established by his brother. Among the various improvements thi s term we notice with satisfaction the electric li ght in the Parry Library, and the acquisition of a new football field. The British workman may also be seen smoki ng his pipe beh ind the Grange; we gather that hi s presence is remotely connected with the proposed new School buildings. A lette r will b~

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found elsewhere suggesting the revival of the Debating Society, which has for some inexplicable reason. ceased to exist. V\Te hope to see this grave defect remedied before long. O.ICS. are not wanting to represent th"hir country in the Transvaal. We wish th em all success, and should be glad to hear of any others who go Qut there. Our heartiest congratulations to R. E. Brinsley-Richards on the great distinction of bei ng elected to the first Demyship at Magdalen College. Oxford. Vic hope to hear of further academical successes in the near future. In conclusion we offer our sympathies to the Captain of the School for the illness which has necessitated so long an absence, and hope he will soon have completely recovered.

In memoriam. of< CHARLES

H ARRY

"All O.K.S. who knew him will hear with regret of the death of Charles H . Douton. Educated at the King's School under Dr. Blore, he was elected to an open Scholarship at Keble College, Oxford, and was placed in the first class in Moderations in 188o, and in the third class in Lit: Hum: at his degree Examination in 1882. He was captain. of his college boat club, and rowed in the trial eights,

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narrowly missing his blue. I-I e was also well kn.own as a cricketer, fisher~ man, and a bell-ringer i and his zealous promotion of all man ly sports made him a favourite with boys, wherever he was in the profession. to which he devoted his life. He held masterships first in the King's School and then in several other schools, but in the last part of his life he settled down to a mastership in the city of Hereford, where his popularity

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IlUd Influence soon became a power 11Ir g od. H e was enthusiastic in I I'orl fi , and even more so in work i II M" hool work never suffered by his IIIVC\ of o ut~door pursuits, and many 1111((' fordians owe much to his care 'Hill nccuracy. In J88S he married lliuun ly daughter of i he Rev. William )'" Edwards, Vicar of Orleton, ) 1" 1 fordshire, who, with her two 111\ , wi ll feel his loss most deeply. 1IIIIIng his last illness the anxiety

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and enqmnes of the boys of H e re~ ford School were incessant. After an illness of only eight weeks he was taken to his rest at the early age of thirty-nine. On the 5th of August , he was interred in the churchyard of Orleton, a bea utiful and quiet spot, a fit resting-place for one whose strong and manly character and pure and healthy influence will long survive him.

SPEECH

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There was a Celebration of o'clock the CommemoraI I l viI(' look place. The preacher was the Rev. vv. G. Mosse, M.A ., Vicar of the ~ \, Worcester, (O.K.S., 1871- 1879 ), who took for his text the forty-third verse of IMlil l'(m th chapter of the first book of Kings. The ServIce was sung to the musIc I lilli, in E Aat, and the Anthem was Mendelssohn's I I Hear my Prayer." The III hogan at 12 o'clock in the Chapter House, as usual. In the absence of the II. II", Rev. Canon l\IIason, D.D., acting as Vice-Dean, presided. The performIII th tl fivc speeches passed o ff with conspicuous success. Indeed, it has been I Iii II Iho boys engaged this year on th~ well-tr~dd.en boaTds.o.f the. Chapter H ouse II , \ tn excel all previous effo rts. \NJth?u~ WishIng to mdlvlduahse, we m~st say I HdllAt n as Cranmer, Richards as POltnnas and Mr. Crabtree, and Bodlll.gton I III 11 (' nry, carried off the honours of the day. Our best thanks are due to 11'11

-h Day was observed on Thursday, August 3rd.

1'Oll\lnunion in the Cathedral, at 7.30 a.m. , and at

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Mr. Maso n, who trained the perform ers as usual, and we offer him bur hea.:ty congratulations on th e successful resu lt of his careful preparation. The following is the programme of the Speeches;I ._

Act v., Sc. vii., viii . Phonnio (a parasite) Chremes Demipho (his brother) Nausistrata (wife of Ch remes)

PHORl\UO " :

Terence.

C. C. E. G.

W. Carrington. w. C. Redman . J. Smith. A. F. Quentin .

CI1I'cmcs, before I~c marr~cd ,Nausist rata, had been secretly married nt Lcmnos, and had a daughter. I ~ orde r to keep Na~I~ l strat~ In 19nora n c~ of ~his. Ch reme~ and Demipho arranged to give the daughter,

WJth a good ~Iow ry. ~ n marrmge to Phornuo. f hey have pnld the dowry in advance, but aflerwards want to be off their bargnlll, and to recover the money. Phormia refuses, and says he is wil ling to carry out their compact. T hey t.hcll t.hrcaten hil~ wh~ a lawsuit , and so he re\Âˇcals that hc knows the whole story about Lemnos. Th~y III 'lam try to ~nbe hun to secrecy, and so at last seize him to drag him to justice; but he, to revenge himself, calls NallSlst rata from the house, and, to her great grief, tells he r all. 2.-SCENE FROM "LA GKAMl\IA I KE"

Poitrinas Cabollssat

Blanche (his daughter) Jean (his servant)

jJi. il'I. Lablc"e el Jolly. R. E. Brinsley-Richards. R. M. Tuke. R. H. Charles. J. A. Hellard.

~abo~ssat, very ignor~nt of g~ammar, but rich an~ ~nxious. to become a public man, gets his daughter to wTl~e h iS l;pecchcs for hun; OW ing to them M. POIt n nas, Ius fl"icml, who is :tn enthusiastic antiqua ry, gets h l.m .clected a "lle~'.ber of the learned Academy of Etampes, and comes to tell him the news. M. POltn nas uses h!s VISit also to cxplore .Caboussat's garden for antiquities, and finds buried there in a heap much broken Iron and crockery, which he thinks Roman, but which is really the result of the breakages of the servant, Jean-a fact which is thus revea led to his master.

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King Henry Archbis hop C ranmer Lord Chancell o r , .

Cromwell (Socretary) Bishop Gardi ner

Duke of Suffolk .. Earl or Surrey Door Keeper

Sllakespeme.

C. H. Bodington. C. W. Carrington .

1<. C. Paris. K. C. Slrahan. . N . Finn. F. "Vatson. T. A. Izard . F. I-J . Durnford.

SCENE-The Counci l Chnm!>Cr. - The Lords of the Coun~iI are met, by the King's permission, to try Cranmer~)Il the charge of .bcmg n. sectary. They usc thelT opportunity to humiliate him but are severely repn manded by the kmg. '

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A ris/ropIJallu.

"CLOUDS lJ

E. J. Smith . E. L. Massey.

. ocrates

Scholar

C . \V. Carrington.

Strcpsiades

" n l )~ i(ldes goes to the thinking shop of Socrates, in o rder to learn how to escape his debts. After Illfl culty nnd delay about admittance, n. scholar lets him enter, and shews him some wonders of 1,11!"lcd 8cience-l;cholars I<)oking into the things beneath the earth,-globes,-measures, etc. Then 1,1. Illy Strepsiades sees Socrates, whois up aloft looki ng at the sun Ihrough a telescope. He comes II IlIld (tightens Strepsiacles by the methods whereby he proposes to make him a scholar. III

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Mrs. Can dour I.ady Sneerwell .. Si r Benjamin Backbite )\ 1r. Crabtree Sir Oliver Surface Si r Peter Teazle â&#x20AC;˘ .

Maid

R. B . Sheridan.

SCANDAL " : Act v., SC. ii.

F . C. Bovenschen. R. H . Charles. J. A. Hellard . R. E. Brinsley- Ri chards. K. C. Strahall. G. N. Finn . F. H. DLlrnford.

SCENE- Ante-room in Sir Peter Teazle's house. 11111 Speeches over, the Head l\'I aster proceeded to deliver the prizes. In the "I his rema rks he referred with regret to the absence of the Dean, and the "111111"1 for Canterbury, but offered a very hearty welcome to the Vice-Dean, II , 1111411\1, and to Mrs. Mason. Looking back over the past year with sincere thank, I \I I ~ I r. Galpin said he was able to present a very satisfacto ry account of their III., I n th e honours the School had won they had been very fortunate. The II III I nlltni ned six distinctions in Latin and Greek, and with that they were especially til iH'cause the only three Schools whic h obtained more were those or Rugby, 1I11I)(lon and Clifton. T hey were glad to be able to compare ,yith their bigge r ,1111 I 1':lO ll , which also gained six distinc tions. T he health record had also been , 1111 Iy Kood , and both the School and Jtl nior Department had been filled with I ,III. Indeed, it was proposed to extend the present accommodation, and the Ilih ( 'nnlmi ssioners had already approved the pla ns. Mr. Galpin also referred to , I I Iii In morial restoration of the School-room, and to the regretted departure of \\'llIlnmH, one of the assistant masters. He had much pleasure in announcing 11 Illilln Rigd en, who formerly held the post for eight years, had accepted the ,II I II III BlIrsar; and, in conclusion, Mr. Galpin mentioned that the School had I II during the season in athletics, winning ten cricket matches and losing five. I 1"'41 \\' ' re drawn. 1111 Ih l' delivery of the prizes to the various winners, the names or whom will I

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be ~Ol~l~d on another page, th~ Vi ce - D~an read the list of the n ew l y-appoint~d Exl)IbltiOl~ers and th~ ~~n o urs list. He s~ud they ,must all thank those who had given ~ ut,;h a dehghtf~l exiubltlOll of the dramatic art winch he supposed had never been lost 111 the School slIlce the days of Marlowe, and also referred to th e va luable work done by the Rev. L. G. Mason in the preparation of the selections. Amid much sympathetic applause Dr. Maso n cong ratulated the Head Master on the happy event of the term and wished him and the School every happinec;s and ~l1ccess. L'lter, the H ead Mas te ~ ent~rtain c(~ over 270 gues ts to luncheo n in, the Gymnasium . Among those presen t we notlced-1 he Mayor and Mayo ress. the BIshop of Dover and Mrs. \Valsh, Canon and Mrs. Mason. Canon and i\f rs. Rawlinso n, the Archdeacon of i\faidston c an d Miss Smith Cano n Maclear, Canon Bailey, Canon and Mrs. Hichens, the i\l isses Hichens' Sir John Carri ngton, Chief Juslice of Hong Kong, and Lady Carrin gton, Professo~ Pelham, Preside nt of Trinity College, Oxford, Rev. Dr. Sand ers. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Cockrcm, Colonel and Mrs. Dicken so n, Major Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon, Mr~. Bellars, Rev. Derham Marshall, Mrs. Brian Ri gden, Dr. and Mrs. T. \'Vhitehead ReId, R ev. E. Frew~r, Mrs. Hughes (Sandwici? ), Rev. VI. G. l\[osse, Mr. Stephen H orsley, Rev. R. I-Iltch coc k, Mr. and Mrs. Perrm, Nlr. and IVIrs. Stanl ey Collard, and many other parents and friend s of th e School. In giving the toast of "The Queen" the I-lead Master referred to the presentation of ~he Address ~o the Duchess of Albany last July, and said so mething about a whole holiday. ReplYI.ng for" Chu.rch and State" the Bishop of Dover ex pressed the hope that the connectlon of the KlIlg's School with the Church would be maintained for he was convinced it was very beneficial not only to the School but also to th e Ch u'rch . The Dish?p spo~e of the close connection between Canterbury ;"Inc! th e Metropolitan~l connectIOn whlcl~ was about to become closer still by the residence of the Arch bishop III th e Cathedral clly. In the present Archbishop and the Dea n they had two noted I-Lead Masters, and th en they had among th e Members of th e Chapter such eminent Professors as Canon Rawlinson and Canon Mason, besides Canon I-loll and and t he A~chdea('on of Maidstone, the latter being a great auth ority on elementary educatIO n, who had been a member o f the Education Committee. H e tru sted that ~he great objec t which th e education received at that School would lead young people ~n th e present day !o observe would be to support th e authority which rightly existed 111 t~l ? Church of ~ngland. H e th ought they mi ght tru st that those who were in a POSltl?1l of auth o:lty would use their authority with a sense of fairness and justice, combllled also with that se nse of love and charity which was required from those who were in a position of authority. Si r Johl~ Carrington, whose name was coupl ed with th e toast, said there were those who wished to sever the bond wh ich un ited Church and State. H e would not say ~hat the S: hurch would be the worse for that seve ran ce, because she was possessed of hfe and Vi gOur, and would fl ouri sh wh ether she stood with the State or without it. But he did say that it wo ul d be an un fort unate day for th e State when that seve rance took place. The King' s School had in the past se nt many good servants into both

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hurch and the State, and he was sure that it would continue to do so und er the of its prese nt able and admirable Head Master. Professor Pt:lham (President of Trini ty College, Oxfonl), su bmitted" T he health of 11111 Dcan and Chapter" He spoke of the King' s School as a pledge of the connection lit IWI'e n th e Church and Education, and said it was a School whi ch deserved every I lIt'otlragcment which they could give it. J\rchdeacon Smith, in responding to the toa!>t, referred to a published statement III lhl' distinctio ns gained thi s year by schola rs of the public schools. He found from Ihltl rt'co rd that St. Paul's School easily topped the whole list, gai nin g 25 sc holarships In l'xilibiti? lls at the Universities. Ierchant Taylors' cam e next. gaining J 5; Clifton 'ollowed with 12, then there were two or th ree others with 1 0 and 9. The Kind's I honl. Ca nterbury, had gained five stich di stinctions. but this fact had to be bo r~ e In l!lind, tha~ ~h.e five boys of the King's School who had ga ined University sc holarhlp" (') 1' tJXhlbitlOns were drafted from a body of ' 72 boys-that was, that one boy in ~ I 1\' J4 had gained an exhibitio n. Looking dow n the list of other distinguished hOll lx he found only one that could quote the same record, i\ lerchant Taylors' having 1.111 ' In eve ry 34, but even the much vaunted St. Paul's School had only one i n 43. IIIIIN it was shown that it took more than 50 boys to get an t xhibition in eve ry sc hool , II' pt th e King' s School, Canterb ury, and Merchant Taylors', whi ch could both do Ih. N/lllle- with 35 boys. I lit, Head Master, in proposing "The H eal th of the Mayur and Corporation," Ilhllll'll to the fact that th e first H ead Maste r of th e King's School und er King 11 , 111) V111., \Va!; MaY('lr of Cante rbury, and he was so formidabl e a personage that 1111 pl1np le had to appeal to the Privy Council to get him removed. Mr. Galpin I.IIllIlIlOualy proceeded to warn Mr. Collard of possible opposition next November, lilt ,II" it might happen that he (Mr. Galpin ) would find he had too much to do to 1I11t ,H,ke th e office. At any rate he would ask him not to disturb himself with any 11111'11 ,lllI t{' app rehension. '1If' Worship. who was very cordially received, said he was delighted to hear t hat II II IVfIIIll possibi lity of th ei r one day having a rival candidate for the Mayoralty. It 11111\ hl ' 8 mew hat of a novelty, and Mr. Galpin, he was sure, would be a great hlll\1I11 to their Court. H e assured those present that it was the aim of the 'IPill llllo ll to improve the City and make it healthful and beautifu l, so as to attract 11 111 10 'anterbury and bring scholars to the King's School. 11.,1 R v. D. Marshall gave" The health of the O.K.S.," coupled wi th the name I III! IIlIn ivc rsary preacher, and th e Rev. \V. G. Mosse having replied, th a proceedings 11111-

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MEMORIAL DECORATION OF THE SCHOOL-ROOM. . The HOIl: Treasure r of th e above yundt ~. Latte r, King's School, Canterbury, wIshes to remlll ci O.K.S. that there stIll remalllS a deficIt in conn ectIOn with this work, and will be glad to receive huther subscriptions towards wiping off th e said

deficit.

The following subsc riptions have been received in addition to those already acknowledged in prev ious numbers of "The Call1uar/aJl .'' ÂŁ s. d. J. Henniker H eaton, Esq" M.P. 0 D. A. Slater, E sq .. . 0 Mrs. R. G. Hodgson 0 Dr. Longhurst 0 10 6 C. VV. Carrington, Esq. 0 0 L. W. Smith, Esq. ( ,nd donation ) 0 10 6 J. H. Smith, Esq. (,nd donation) 0 10 6

, , , ,

Evan Lake. Esq . . .

F. Wacher, E sq. (2nd donation)

IMPRESSIONS OF VIENNA. This article is not intended to be an exhaustive and impartial essay on Vienna and its inhabitants, but an attempt on the part of the writ er to sin g the praises of th e hom e of his childhood. The ave rage English sc hool-boy knows very litt le abo ut Austria; though he does not sl', are the delusion of the old woman who imagined it was the place

from whe re" oslriches " came, he loosely classes it with Germany, and is not quite sure whether the two countries are not the same j whereas in reality the two Empires are tota lly distinct. The Austrian Empire is com posed of various peoples of dilferent race and language, such as Germans, Poles, Czechs J Magyars. and Slavonians, so that there can scarcely be said to be an

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" II IIslr/an" nation in the same sense as Fre nc h or Italian. In fact th e word Au ~ trian is only a convenient term used to deno te the subjects of the Emperor, II lId docs not point to a ny racial distln 'tion. It is in thi s, its proper se nse lhat the word will be employed in th is IIrtirle, Vienna itself contains pco ple of ~ li l the races mentioned ab ove with a li.rHe sprink ling of J ews, but the typical Vit'lHlcse is a happy ble nd betwce n a (limnan and a Frenchman , with th e IIHHilctcri stics of the form er prcponderIIlllIg. The di stinguishi ng features of th e AII Htria ns are their good-nature and their 1IIIJIbility, which, unlike th e exclusive '''hun, th ey extend even to foreigners. \11 A u ~trian c rowd enjoys 'itself in a qui et IIId HlÂˇ ntlcmanly way-there is none of Ih .d I' ugh ness and rowdiness that so 0111 111 characterise a c rowd in this country. Iltl Austrians too. men and women alike, HI ~ \ll rSHc nt ially sporting nati on ; driving. 1IIIIIIIng, riding, horse-racing, and skating Ii 111M II mong their favorite pursuits, while 1111 IInl)1 English games have also been ItllHll lll ccd with success. Austrian ladies II)Crced ingly graceful , their manne rs j, 111M vll ry polished but totaily free from III. Iill\OIl; while the highest society, Itll Ii li tts at his head th e archdukes and II

their fa milies, is very aristocratic in tone, and possesses a very strict code of etiq uette. Thu s, though it is easy for fore igners to obtain a n entrance into the society of gentle-fol k, it is al most impossible for the m to ente r that of the nobility. To th e love of Austrians for music and dancin g. and to their ski ll in the se accomplishments, I hope to .rde r later. Vicn,la is divided into over twe nty .. B ezr"rke" or Distri cts. but by far the most important of these is the "Sladt " or City. It is separated fro m the other distric ts by th e <I Rt'Jlg/' a broad boule vard of a bout three miles in length, which e ntirdy encloses it. Trees arc planted alm ost the whole way round it, while there is a n e xcellent system of trams, that startin g from it extends in every direction o ut to the suburbs. An English omnibus company has existed some years, and this June a metropolitan railway was opcned. A favoriLe rcwrt of the Viennese is th e ., Volksgarlen," which is situated just within the <I Rt'llg/' adjoining the Court Theatre and opposite the H ouses of Parliament. As its name im plies it is rather a gard en than a park, with bea ntiful law ns, fl ower beds, and fountains, and well kept g ravel-path s. ' Valkin g on the g rass is strictly forbidden. The chief

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attractions of this beautifu l haunt are the first- rate military bands that play seve ral times a week, and may be heard free of charge. T here is a good open-air restaurant near onc of the ba nd-stands, and few things morc del ig ht fu l ca n be imagined than to sit and listen to the music on a summ er evening j-for the Austrian military bands arc infinitely superior to those in this country, with which it would be unfai r to com pare them . The "Burg," or palace, where the Emperor resides when in Vi enna, consists of a quadrangle which may be entered from each corner, connected by a passage with a similar but smaller court. I n the big quadrangle, opposite the suite of apartments occupied by the Emperor is the guard-house. The reli eving of the gLlard shortly after noon is a sight well worth seeing ; a military band accompanies the relievers into th e larger court where it plays fo r some time. Numbers of tame pigeons, belonging to th e town authoriti es, flr about he re, as indeed throughout th e streets of the /, Sindl." Vienna is an essentially plea ~ureÂ loving city, and th e refo re a sketch of it wou ld be quite in co mplete with out mentioning the "Pmlcr." 'lOll take a tram on the "Rt'lIg " and cross the

"Aspernbriicke," a bridge over\he Dan ube canal. Vien na itself is not on the Da nube; the "Stadt" bei ng separated from some of the other' I Bezirke" by the canal, and no district extendi ng as far as the river. Arrive d on t he other ban k of the canal, yo u are carried up the "Praterstrasse " as far as the imposin,g monument erected to Ad miral" Tegeltl/OJ1," who won the naval tattle of "Lissa " agai nst the Italians, one of th e few engagem ents by sea in which the Au strians havE' been successfui. H ere you get ont and see th e "Prater" stretching before you. Acres o n acres of restaurants, merry-go -rounds, and shows of every poss ible desc ripti on tempt the Vi e nnese to this fa ir El ys ium, particularly on Sunday afternoon s whi ch cor res pond to out' Satu rdays. H ere he sits in a restaurant drinki ng harml ess " Lager" or" P/lsJler" beer, listenin g the while to the ravi shing mu sic of military and o th er bands. From time to tim <: a man comes round with a basket and sells him che ese o r a deli ghtful kind of sa usage meat called "Salam"," whi ch i .; hi g hl y seaso ned with garlic . T he "Prater" also boas ts of a mag nifi cent avenu e se veral mil es in length, whi ch has frequ ently been the scone of a battle of fl o we rs. J ust beyond th e " Prater" lies the raceÂˇ course . Of th e th eatre s, the

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'1 1}I'm is the chi ef. A ballet at the opera Iii II t easily forgotte n as the dancing is 1'\ I111 ni g h pe rfection. The Vienesse are !tr itt-rate dancers, thei r favori te measure htllllg the waltz. In thi s co nnex ion it is sad \11 II,l ord the death of "JOlzatUl Strauss," I li n Waltz-King, who composed the" Blue 1./llIlI bc " and many othe r wa lt zes, early III " Y ':u. As a tr ibute to his memory the . t l\1Ot whe re he lived now b ear~ his name .

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Shakespeare's plays are often performed at the Court T heatre; strange to say he is more appreciated and better un derstood than in E nglan d ; his historical plays being parti cularly pop ular. T his articl e is already longer than was originally in tended; I mu st, therefore, reserve so me of my oth er reminiscences for a future occasion,

CRICKET. K I NG'S

SC H OOL

v. O.K .S.

The Old Boys, as will be seen from the scoring sheet, ~ rough~ d?wn a very . I and as they won the toss on an alm ost perfect WIcket, It IS scarcely I'\"::~i~~ et'hat they comp iled a large total. RichardsOl~ a nd Maun~rell were the first 1\ ' Llv'y hit the bowli ng freely from the start, and It was not ttll the for mer had 1"Itt II I'I 440U0 . t f 6, f UllS that he was clean bowled b)' Bodington, Roe succeeded and . I '1l1 11 1 1111 1(1 Maundrell to mete out severe punishment to the bow h ng, t was not tI ~ le f , I Imd been hoisted that Roe was smartly caught and bowled by Dobson-SmIth. 1'\14"11 fill ed the vacancy; though he seemed ra~her uncomfortable .at fir.st, he played MIII UI in nings when set. Maundrell, meanw hile, had. not been Idle; shortl)~ after 1111 111 Lin g his ce ntury he was badl.y missed by G reen 111 the lo ng fi~ld; the mIstake t noL however very costly, as a few overs later he played on to Bod~ngton, who had II tU UIle! end s. The rate of scoring during his innings had been ternfic, the 2 1 0 ru ns I

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which his partnership5 with Roe and Mosse yielded, having bee n gained in under t\\:o hours. Mosse le lt soon aft er. \Vorkman and Skinner added 67 while together, and Rammell and Isacke hi t hard towa rd:; the close. Bodington got most of the wickets, th ough he proved very expensive; still he must have felt consoled by the fact th at he brought his total fo r the season to 10 1. \Vhen the School went in the first fe w men were di smi ssed rath er cheaply, Finn falling to Roe, Eodington bei ng yorked by a fin e ball from Skinner, and Carrington se ndin g up a soft catch to point. Glenni e and Straha n too k th e score from 54 to 97 before the latte r was caught at the wi cke t. Glennie just survived th e ce nt ury when he was bowled by a shooter for an inval uab le and very careful 4 1. Afte r his departure th e innings soo n came to e nd, though Cove ll made 15, white Gree n and Husbands ad ded 17 for th e last wi cket. In th e foll ow-on Ri chardson, who seemed to come in a lot from th e leg, se nt back the School's best bats in qui ck succession, Dodin gton alone offering seriolls resista nce. The K. S. Ca pta in made 31 out of 36 while he was in-a very brilliant effort. Five wickets had fall en for 38 ho wever, wh en Pa ri s an d Cove ll got togethe r; by very careful cricket th ey rai sed th e total to 83 before Faris was caught. Green did not stay long, but Covell and E . Finn made a vcry praise worthy and plucky attempt to save the game. Seve ral cha nges were tried, but it was not till the , 50 had been signaltp.d tha t Finn, somewhat un lu ckily, played on to R ichardson, who had gone on a second time. The ollt-goin,Q' batsman \ras warmly applaud ed for his watchful and faultless innings. COV(;11 just star ed long enoug h to complete his So wh en he was caught a nd bowled in trying to hi t to leg. 1-1 is innings was all th e mort: note worthy as he had previously fa iled to do himself justi ce in batting on most occasions. Husbands played steadily for a fe w overs befo re !ii1ling to a catch at mid-on, leaving the 0.1<. 5. winners by an inn ings and 136 run s. 0.K. 5. W. H . i\ laumlrell, h Bodin~ton A. C. Richardson, b Uodington C. 1-1 . Roc , c and b D obson-Smith .. ' Rev. W. G . i\l osse, c G. Finn, b Hodington ... H. . J. Castle}', c E. ]qnn, h Rodington H. V. Workman, b BOd ing ton .. . C. i\i. Skinn er, c Gl elln ie, b nraddell C. H. Clarke, c DobsonÂˇSmith, b Braddcll T. E. Hammell, sl Cu vell, h llod ing ton H . Jsacke, not out ]{c\,. R. F. Elwyn, b C:Jrring ton E xtras : byes, 6; Icg-byes, 5 ; wides , 2

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49 I

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1st I nnings. KING'S SCHOOL. 2nd I nnings. It W. II. Glennie , b C larke 4 ' b Richardson l l, N. Finn, b Roe .. 4 b Richardson t • II . Uodington, b Skinner 14 b Richard son l ' \V. Carrington, c Mosse, b Roc 3 c Cast!ey, b Roc 6 c Colley, b Elwyn H. C'. Paris, c and b Skinner ... 22 b H.i chardson 1 C. S trahan, c W orkman, b Clarke II, (', ovell, b Elwyn IS C and b Ri chardson I l'l nn , c Caslley, b Clarke 3 b Richardson I I K e reen, not Ollt 9 c and b Elwyn ... 0 not out It S. Bmddell, b Clarke ... ... I Il l1sbands, c Sk inner, b Richardson 8 c Isackc, b Rammell byes, 14 ; leg-bye!;, 3 ; wiele, 1; no·ball, Extras : byes, 12; leg· byes, 2 ... '4 T otal...

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52 31 0

5 1

5 19

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0.K.5. I!odington D obson·Smith. Braddell Carrington KIN G'S SCHOOL

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10 9

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2 5 2

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68 57

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w. 2

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7 2 2

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2 6 0

CRICKET RETROSPECT. The flattering record of ten victories, five defeats, and two drawn ga mes, gives Nllml reason to congratulate the XI. of 1899. In one of the two drawn games. "IW Jdone robbed ll S of a victory, wh ile several of the defeats were at the hands of • ,II· doughty opponents.

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Not the least pleasing feature of th e season was the fact that th e team seemed to play themselves into form mu ch earl ier in th e te rm than has been the casc in recent years, and all th e victories were won in the cou rse of the first thirteen match es. It is also worth y of notice that in those thirtee n matches on no occasion did om oppo nents' total reach 12 0 run s. This, of course, at once ; eveals the secret of, o ur success, namely that, for once in a way, we were really strong in bowling, and tIllS. department of th e ga me ,\:a5 b~c k ed up, as a rule, by good smart fielding. Bod ll1 ~ton came on ve ry mu ch with hIS, slow leg brakes, and his bowling average10 1 ~\,l c k e t s a t th e cost of I I run s ap lC~c-s p e ak s for itself. I-Ie ce rtainly bowled adtlllrably, and as he possesses that all-Importan t factor in a slow bowler's success viz.: ability to keep his head when being hit, we may look forward hopefully to hi~ cricket ca ree r at Cam bridge. He was ably second ed by DobsonÂˇ Smi th who, at tim es, bowled very well . md eed, though he send s down rath er too la rge a percentage of loose ba lls. 1n th e batting lit!e, ~h e re was a most satisfactory eve nness, and nearly every membe r of th e team dId Ills share , and at some ti me or othe r extricated his side from dilli.culties. Bodington and Finn l were the most co nsistent, but Ca rrin gton, Gl ennie, Pans, Covell, and Strahan all did usefu l work. The most important matches are, of co urse, th ose with oth er Schools, and it is th erefore pleasa nt to be abl e to record fi ve victories as aga in st two de feats. Merchant Taylor's defeated us by 33 run s, but we had a ll th e worst of a very bad wicket. At F elsted we .wer~ squ are ly beaten on our merits by their [a.st bowler, \,yiltshire. vVe ~\'o n easy VI C tones ov~ r Dover College, Sutton Val ence, Highgate, and St. Edmund's 11~ the return, though m the fi rst match we only just scraped home by a margin of 11Ine runs. The M.e.C. se nt down a very good batting side and we were fortunate in ma king a draw. St. I:awrence also de feated us easily, thanks to the batting of Wright and Easby, while the O.K.S. team was probabl y the stronges t combinatio n that has represe nted th em for VNY many years. . qn the whole,. the tea m are to be hea rti ly congratulated, a nd a special word of pra ise IS due to Bochngto n, not only for his conside rable share in the success of th e XL, but also [or the efficiency and zeal with whi ch he ca rri ed out the arduous duties of Captain . . Append ed are some remarks on individual membe rs o[ the XI. :C. H. BODINGTON (Capt. ) Got back a good deal of his batting. and played some excellent innings, notably against Highgate, when he secured the much-coveted century. His chief faul t is that he does not use his reach suffi ciently, and so

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his forward strokes lack vi m.' Bowled slow leg breaks very well indeed, and with startling succe ss. vVith care fu l practice shoul d make himself first-class. Brilliant fiel d, and his returns to the wicket were a treat to watch. Rather disappointing. Has the makin gs o f an excellent bat, but, except on two or three occasions, failed to come up to expectations. Improved in the fie ld. A very takin g bat. P lays a hard free game, and ge nerally scores very fa st. Has a dangerou s uppi sh stroke in the slips whi ch should be got rid of. Really good fi eld. A bad sta rte r, being fa r too inclined to play back to everythin g when he first goes in. Hits very ha rd and has played some usefu l in nin gs. Good field. Very di sa ppointing. Dances ab out a g reat deal too much , and mu st learn to play with a stra ighte r bat. Good ground ·fic ld, but cannot judge a catch in th e co untry. Has been invaluable behind the sticks, an d Bodington owes him a debt of gratitude. Puts the wick et down ve ry sm<lrtiy, and gene rally holds his catches. Could bat very well with a little more care, and has a ni ce style. \,yith practice, would make a useful change bowle r. if he could be spared from behind the wicket. H as batted consistently, and been most useful. A slow score r, but keeps a very straight bat. Must learn to judge a flm. Good fie ld, and fair change bowle r. Fair bat, but with an ugly, cramped style, which often makes him play across. Has hard ly come up to expectations. Very good field at point. Promising bat, with a nice free style and plenty of wrist · work. Too fond of cutting balls that are on th e wi cket. Played some ve ry useful inni ngs. 1\luch improved fi eld, but still rather slow. Very fair change bowler, but bowls too many on the leg side. Moderate bat, a nd can hit. Good field . Ve ry useful bowler. Bowls rath e r a lot of loose halls, but mixes th em up with some really good a il eS, and has a useful slow yorker. Ve ry fair field . Poor bat. j

R. Vv. H. GLENNIE.

C. N.

FINN.

1<' C. STRAHAN. II. E. GREEN.

H. C. COVELL.

I', W. CARRINGTON.

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. PARIS.

U H. DR ADDELL.

1\ . R. DOBSON-S.MITH.

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F OOTBALL. KING' S

SC HO OL

LATTER'S

XV.

This match, the fi rst or the season, was played on Blore's Piece on T hursday, October 5th, and resulted in a well earned victory for the School by a goa l and a try, ight points, to two t ri es, six points. The School owed their ,-ictory mai nly to the play of their forwards, who showed considerable dash and who packed vc ry well in the serum. They almost invariab ly got the ball and heeled it out \'cry smartly; by doing this they preven ted th e scratch three-quarters from showi ng th eir true form . Six minutes from the start the School, who were playi ng up hill. scored through ovell a try far out on the Idt wing; the place kick was not improved upon . The Rcratch team then got in twice and led at the interval by two tries to a try. Early in the second half some very pretty passing by the School three -quarters almost resulted in Covell scorin g, but when about two yards from the line he foolishly tri ed to pass to Massey who could not possibly take the ball. Shortly afterwards \Vacher, thro ugh the result of some very neat passing, cleverly scored a try in a favourable position, and Massey was sllccessful with th(:;. place kick. Immediately on restarting Ihe School rushed the ball down the field and over the goal-line, but were prevented IT III scorin g by Latter kicking dead. There was no further sco ring on eithe r side, It lLhough once Baly appeared to get in bu t the refe ree ruled otherwise. Only once IlftN th is did the scratch XV. beco me dangerous. and that was when their fo rwards (Iribb led the ba ll over t he goal-line but we re unable to touch it down. For th e S ' hool, Cooper a nd Izard were al ways to the front amo ng the forwards, although all playc:d hard and well. Behin d the sc rum, Massey and \Vacher were the most IH'o minent. The forwards of the scratch XV. were completely outcl assed, and so 1111 hough they had a stro ng three-q uarter line on paper, they were unable to sho w Ihe ir supe riority over the School in this respect as they very seldom had th e bal l. For the losers Latter, Baly and Kain all did their best to avert defeat. The teams were:-King's School.-Back, R. A. Bryde n; three-quarters, B. C. Covell, (; , Wacher, H . E. Gree n, E. L. l'vIassey; halves, E. Finn (Capt. ), R. C. Paris ; IlIIwa rc! s, L. R. Cooper, R. S. Braddell, T. A. Izard, F. H . Durnford, G. A. Cla rke, I', ~. F. Nai rn, S. G. Brown. and S. P. D. Sand ers. Nrr. Latter' s XV. - Back, A. D. Clark; three-quarters, J. Kain, E. H. Newstead, (. 'olley, A. Latter (Capt.) ; halves, B. Wacher, H . Baly; forwards, Capt. Siorde l, II J. Mowll, G. Mercer, A. S. Johnson, J. P. Biore, J. M. Ed monds, H. Wacher, Itlll i R. E. Brinsley-Richards.

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CANTUARJAN. SUTTON

VALENCE

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was played on Blore's Piece on Tucsdav, Oct. 24th, and resulted after

a fast g~lln? 111 a somewhat hollow vi ctory for us by 23 ~ po ints to 5. Owino- to bad place-kl ckll1g ~h~ result lo oks less decis~ve than it really was, for whi le w~ crossed our oppon,ents hm: no less than seven l1llleS on ly on ce was the try converted into a goal. This shows the necessity f<?T careful practice in thi s res pect. Sutton kicked off, aJ~d . fro m a serum 01~ our 25 hne Ollr forwards worked the hall sp lendidly past mIdfield, but heTe a wild pa,ss was intercepted by Chri stopher, who transferred to R onaldson, and the lalteT.' wltl: a clear fi eld, eas ily ran in behind the posts, a nd the try ~\'a~ ~onvcrtecl . Prom thiS, pOI~lt however, we, had matters very much our own way, In spite of some go?cl ki cki ng 111to touch by Pitt. Massey got possession at the halfway flag, ancl, runnlll g strongly, got over in a good position, whi le Husbands kicked the 7"0al. The ~ame was at once ta~en cl?se to th e S u~to n line, and Finn, forcing thro a loose pack. touched dow n. fhe kick, from a chffi cult angle, was beautifully taken by Masse)"> but to the di~appointment of the spectators, was given" no goal." Some goo c~ passll1g was now witnessed between Finn and Covell, but twice our threequarte r~ fatled to scor~ by n~lIl1in ~ t he ball. At last Massey again got th e ball, close to the 1111e, ,and by uSlllg. IllS weight well forced himself over, but the kick failed. After half-t.llue Sutton qmte fell to pieces, and un co nverted tries were obtained by Covell , Pans ~nd Brown ('2 ) . the last named breakin g away from touch in great style on both or:caSlOns. T he g~ m ~ throughout was spirited, with th e exception of the l~om e n tary lapse at the beg.IIl.1llng. and the team are to ?e. co ngratulated on what is, \\e suppose, th e most cru shing defeat we have ever admllllstered to Sutton. Finn at half was always good , his kicking being clever and well-timed. The forwards all wo~ke d well, and B~o wn, Braddell, Izard, Cooper and Sand ers were especially n ott ce~ ble. ~h e p~sslng of the three-quarters was generally good, but there were bad mi stakes II) tak1l1g th e bal.1 on se~eral occasions. Of ?ur opponents, who hard ly ~hew~d the ~lasl.l usuallr assoc,a~ed With Sutton football, Pitt at half showed up best 1I1 spite of hIS SI7.e. HI S cool lucking was of infinite service to his side. Among th e forward s Shaw was most conspicuo us. The T eam s were: - King's School.- Back, F. A. Husbands ; three-quarters, E. L. Massey. B. C. Covell, I-I. E. Green, G. ''Vacher; halves, E. Finn, R. C. Paris; forward s, L. R. Cooper, R. S. Braddell, T . A. Izard, S. P. D. Sanders, S. G. Brow" F. H. Dumrord, G. A. Clarke . ' Sut~on Valen ce .~ Back, J. A. '~ho rnhill i three-quarters, H. R . M. Rona,ldso n, H. K. Pm, R. A. ChriSlopher, IV. B. Ralre; halves, T. G. Pitt, G. J . Hollingsworth; forward s, J. B. Shaw, C. n. Gannon, R. Smither, \.y. L. Meade, 11. S. G. Robertso n, C. M. Brown. L. L. Ralph, E. Rogers.

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This match was played on \Vedncsday, Nov. I st, on B1ore's Piece and res ulted after a close game in a draw in our favour, each side scoring five poi nts. Dover were slightl y the heavier in the sc rum, but except at th e very begin ning th e game was in our favour, and \\"e all bu t crossed our opponents line four or five times. Dover kicked off and Paris replied by finding touch almost at mi dfield. From the line-o ut Finn broke away, but the three-quarters mulled the ball. and Dove r made a determi~~(J fllSh, which was however successfully sto pped by Izard, when from asc rum on our 2S line Mackenzie got in and th e try was converted. From this time however until the end the game was more in our favour. \~'e at once took the ball within th eir 2S line before the goal, but fail ed to sco re, and the game was taken close to our own line. Here Covell broke away, but unfortun ately could not get clear enough to lise hi s pace. H owever, by Husband's fine kickin g into touch the game was kept well away from our line. At this point so me splendid pas:=iing was witnessed between Finn and Paris. but the ball was again mulled by our three-quarters. Dove r again made a determined ru sh, but Finn succeeded in stopping it before our '2j line had bee n crossed, and Durnford made a good ki ck from the sc rum, which failcd however to find touch . For some time now the gam e remained wonderfull y equal, although our opponents had th e lead, when at last Gree n got th e ball close to th e Dover line, and forcinO" through a loose pack sec ured a try, which was converted by lVlassey. After thi~ Ilraddell and Covell each made guod rushes, but fai led to score, and at half tim e th e ga me stood equal. From the interval howeve r matters were entirely in our favour. Covell, Massey, IJaris and Brown eac h as nearly as possible got in . while only once was th e ball taken near our ow n line. H owever neither side managed to SCOre ogain and when the whislle sounded th e game ended in a draw. Finn and Paris played !:>plendidly throughout the match. Of OUf forwards. all of whom played well, the most co nspi cllous were Cooper, Izard, Braddell and Sanders. The kicking of th e three-quarters with th e exception of Massey was not quite llP to the mark. Husbands at uack shewed that he was in the ri ght place. Of our opponents Jackson at back, nnd Foster and Rogers as forward s, were the most noticeable. Goodbody had perhapsÂˇ too few opportunities of shewing his good qualities. The teams were :-King' s School.-Back, F . A. Husbands i three-quarters, E. L. Massey, B. Covell, H . E . Green, G. \;Vacher; halves, E. Finn and R. C. Paris i ~ rlVards, L. R. Cooper, R. S. Braddeli, T . A. Izard , S. P. D. Sanders, S. G. Brown, 1', S. F. Nairn, F. H. Durnford, G. A. Clarke. Dover Coliege.-Back, J. W. L. Jackson; three-quarters, V. P. Jackso n, R. R. McC uliock, D. F. Mackenzie, L. W. S. Good body; halves, G. H. Smart, R. L. Rawes ; rnrlVards, J. H . Foster, J. W. Simmons, M. S. Rogers, R. J. C. Garrett, E. P. Elwin, IV, J. 1'owe1l, H. B. Tree, A. H . Habgood.

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This match was played on Blore's Piece on November 28th, and, after a fast and eq ual game. resulted in a win for the '''lanclerers by '3 poi nts to I I. For the first fifteen min utes the game was very equ al , neither side gai ning much advantage. Then the \'Vanderers pressed, but the ball was taken to the other end by a good ru sh made by Paris and Covell. Soon after the ball was transferred by so me good passing to \;Vacher wh o scored. Massey. however, fai led to ki ck the goal. After a few more minutes play l\{assey made a good nm and passed to Finn who scored another try. Paris took the place kick, whic.:h failed. Bdore half-time \Vrig ht sco red for the \ ÂĽa nd erers, and a goal was kicked . At half-time the score stood 6-5' Play was very equal at the beginning of the second hal f, but at last Covell made a good rlln and scored a try between the posts, which Massey improved upon . About ten minutes frolll time :Vfassey and Phillips collided, and Phillips hac! to retire from the fi eld. The Wand erers, however, played up and Latter scored for them. The try was not improved UpOIl. Finn the n made a good run but failed to score. About four minutes before time Latter got dean away from touch and scored. A goal was ki cked which gave th e \Vand erers the lead. The School made desperate attempt s to Score again during the few minutes that remained, but failed, and were thus beaten afte r a good game. The School XV. played remarkably well, the forwards being es pecially good . Cooper played his usua l sterling ga me; Finn and Paris played brillian tly at half; while Massey and Covell were the most conspicllous of th e thrccqua rte rs; Husbands played well at full back. Appended are the teams :-King's SchooL-F. A. Husband s (back) ; E . L. Massey, B. C. Covell, G. Wac her, H. E. Groen (three-quarters); E. Finn, R. C. Paris (halves) ; L. R. Cooper, R. St. J. Braddell, T. A. Izard, S. P. D. Sanders, S. G. Brown, F. H. Durnford, G. A. Clarke, J. A. McCulloch (forwards). Thanet Wanderers.-F. Phillips (back); E. C. Wright, A. Latter. C. Colley (three-quarters) ; A. F. C. Luxmoore, J. Daniel (halves); W. C. MacArthur, W. Weigall , J. M. Edmonds, T . Daniel, E. L. Eastgate.

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THE MUSICAL SOCIETY . A meeting of the above Society was held on Thursday, Sept. 28th, to elcct a Committee. l\[r. Godfrey kindly co nsented to continue his duties as cond uctor, and 1\'[r. Evans promised to act as Presiden t. The following were elected on the Committee :-B. Covell , T, A , Izard , F .

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H. Durnford, J. l\[cC ull och; Izard ' was elected Secretary. A committee meeting was held afte rwards to decide what music should be sung, and to fix the dates of Pe,nny Readings. The dc.tes decided upon are Oct. 28 an d Dec. 2. If possible a thjrd will be arranged. T. A. IZ.'RD, I-Ion. Sec.

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The subj ect of the first Paper read before the Society this term was that of Shell Fish, by J. A. McCulloch.

many points of view, especiall y its mode of locomotion, which he accurately explained.

H e first dwelt upon the ordcr Cepha-

Pulmonata. or true air-breathers, including the land -snails, were next treated of, and in concl usion an account was gh-en o f the usage and distribution of oysters.

I poda, pointing out their div ision into

two classes acco rdin g to the number of Hi lls prese nt, and also describing the most

dlaracteristic species of the Nautili. ' I'h n, after briefly desc ribing the anaInmical and shell structu re of the Pteropoda (Sea Butterflies), he passed on to the wore important order, Gastropoda. H e poi nted out t hat this order was the tunlit extensive, and was interesting from

A second Paper was read by R. S. Bracl dell. at a meeting held on Oct. 21 st, on "Prehist'Jric Animals." H e opened his paper with a descripti on of the IVIamm oth, giving an ~ cco unt of its first

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and dwelling more unearthing of that whose remains are th e St. Petersburg

museum.

mamma ls which fl ouri shed during the Miocene period, of which the Dinotherium and Mastadon were taken as examples; and while dealing with the latter he quoted many interesting incidents in. the early discoveries of its remains in variolls districts of the North American conti nent. Among othe r prehistoric animals th e rVIegatherium, or giant sloth of Paraguay, was brought before the notice of the members, and the probable causes of its extinction were g iven.

He next turned the members' attention to so me of th e fossils of the Lias, includi ng the Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Ptr.fodactyle. \Vh ilc discussing the first of these he poin ted out the various facts known conce rhing its habits which have been gathered from the structure of its fossilized remains. \,\,ith regard to the Finally, he shortly touched upon the Pterodactyle he noti ced the apparently descent of man, viewed for the most part extraordinary conglomeration of forms of from Darwinian theories, together with a which its body is made up. a nd the brief account of the development of the diffi culty thereby experienced by natural- human brain and the faculty of articulate ists with. regard to its classification. spf!ech . Next were discussed the gigantic

PENNY READING . The first Penny Reading of the term was g ive n in the Parry Library, on Saturday, Oct. 29th, among our visitors being the Dea n and Archdeacon Sinclair. The Musical Society shewed (in three part so ngs) the usual marks of

ML Godfrey's careful training, tho ugh the re was rather a lack of light and shade and, co nsidering the number of voice~, rather a want of vigour. The un accompanied quartette" a who will o'er the Downs" was received with de:'ierved

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applause, while Mr. Edmonds' Pianoforte • 0 10 was loud ly encored; we hope we may often have the pleasure of hearing him o~ future occasions. Richards' reading, though rathe r long. was most amusing, his exit from the stage fl O'ording in itself a valuable object lesson. or the results of an underhand attempt to wi n an undeserved affection ,

The Programme is appended. Part Song" 011 the Banks of Allan water" .. ..... . .. Piano Solo ............ Selections ............ , .... , ..... . .. . l\b. EO:\IONDS.

Song .............. , Follow me 'ome " .. ... ... Kipliug.

A. HEU, ARD.

Rending ........ ............... . ............. .. R. BRINS LEy·R ICHAROS. Chorus .... Bridal chorus from Lohengri n ..... ,.... . .. , Song .. . " The .Ould Plaid Shawl" BaUistJll·Ha)'JUs.

MR. LATTER. Songs by Hellard and lVI r. Latter were Pinno Duct. ..... .. ... " Pinafore" .. ..... .... .SuIHvall. vigo rollsly encored, the last named MR. GODFRIW AND S. A. THOMPSON . t sponding with off to "Philadelphia" ; Quartette ... " 0 who wi ll o'er the downs" Mr. rvfason was inimitable in a recitation Reading .... .from "Voces Populi " ....... .. AIIS/e)' , of one of Anstey's "Voces populi ." \Ve ?-."fR. MASON . ",hould like to have heard some more of PnrtSong ."l\[en of Harlech". Thompson's playing which was much Ildmired in the duet from fI Pinafo re" GOD SAV E THE QUEEN. prettily arranged by Mr. Godfrey.

VIRTUTE

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FUNCTI lVIORE PATRUlVI DUCES.

EASTER. FETHERsTONE-Entereci the School, J an ., 1894; Football XV., 18 97-9 8 ; Cricket, 1898; Sports' Colours, 1898 . MIDSU MMER. CARRINGTON-King's Scholar; entered the Sc~ ool, Sept., J 892 ~ VI. Form, J an., 1896; Open Classical Scholar<lup !fif,lt place) Onel College. Oxford; First School ExhibltIOn; MOnItor, Jan . 1897; Captalll of the School from Jan., 1897; Ed. Cantuar, Jan., 1897; football XV., 1898 j Cricket, 18<)8 - 99·

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C. H. BODINGTON-King's Scholar i entered the School, J an ., , 8gb; VI. Form, Jan., 1897 ; Open Classical Scholarship, Peterho use, Cambridge ; Gilbert Gift; Monitor, Sept. , 1897; Football XV., 1897 - 98; Cricket, 1896-99; Captain of Cricket, 1898 - 99 ; Sports' Colours, 1898-99; Fives Pair, 1897-98. £ . \¥ATsON-E ntered the School, Sept., 189+ ; VI. Form, Sept., 1897 ; Open Classical Exhibition, Q ueen's College, Cambridge. R. lVI . T UKE-Kin g's Scholar; entered the Sc.: hool , Sept. . f 894 ; VI. Form, Sept., 1897; Open Scholarship (Urgan) Brasenose College, Oxford; Monitor, Sept" 1897 ; H on . Sec., Can tuar, Sept., r897; Ed . Cantuar, Sept., 1898; Sports' Colours, 1899 . K . C. ST RAH AN-King's Scholar; cntered the School, J a n" 1895; VI. Fo rm, Sept., 1897; Monitor, Sept., 1898 ; C ricke t, 1897-99 . E. lVr. F. EVANS-·!{i ng ' s Scholar; entered the School, Jan., 189 3; VI. F orm, Sept., J 897; Smythe Exhibition at Lincoln College, Oxford (for sons of Cle rgy in CanterbllJ y Diocese). G. N . FINN-Entered th e School, J an ., 1894 ; VI. Form, Sept" 1898 ; Monitor, Sept. , 1898 ; Football XV., 1897-98; Ca ptain of Football, 1898 ; Cricket, 1897-99; Gymnasium Pair; 1898-99 j Sports' Colours, 189 8-99. E. D . PVNE-Entered the School, Jan. , 1895; Football XV., 1898 . R. W. H. GLn'NIE-Entered the School, Sept., 1894; Cricket, 1897-99. J. C. L UCAs-Entered the School, Sept., 1894; Football XV., 1897-98. C. A. R. DOBSON-SWHI-Ente red th e School, J ail ., 1895; Foo tball XV., 1898 ; Cricke t, 1899; Sports' Colours, J 899 .

HOUSE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the above was held on l\,Ionday, September 25th. Several membe rs having left, the vacancies were filled by the electi on of the following :--E . J . Smith, Captain u:-ojJido; G. Q uentin, H ouse Monito r, e~'\,'- ojJici() j for the F ron t

Stu dies, E. \.y, 1'v[o wl1 j for th e Back Studi es, D. C. Covell and H. E. Green; and for th e H all, S. G. Brown; E. W. 1'1owll was unanimously elected Secretary. Mr. Latter kindly consented again to fill the pos t of President.

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THE SPORTS' COMMITTEE, At a meeting of the School, held on Sept. 23rd, S. G . Brown, D. C. Covell, H . E . Green, L . R. Cooper, a nd R. C. Paris, were elec ted to fill the vacancies on the COl1nn ittee. At subsequent meeti ngs the foll owing electi ons we re made :-E. J. Smi th to be Captain of Games and President of the Committee ; L . R. Cooper to be ViceCaptain of Football ; B. C. Covell a nd

H. E. Green to be respectively Captain and Vice-Captain of Cricket ; R. C. Paris to be Secretary of Football and Cricket. I t was resolved ( I) to have a ne w foot ball blaze r, subject to the approval of the H ead Maste r. ( 2) T hat no scratch matches, except that agai nst Mr. L ltte r's fiftee n, should be counted as card matches. R. C. PAR IS, Hon. Sec.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Cambnage, Jllov. , J 899 Âˇ

SCHOOL, Our number this term has bee n brought up to fifteen, owing to th e arr ival of C. H. Bodington (" Peterhouse " ), J. L'Estrange C' Caius"), K. C. Strahan (" Kin gs " ), L. N. Green ( " Clare I)), and G. N. Fin n (" J esus " ). The last named we all have to co ngratulate on playing in the Fresh man's match; un fortunately he (lid not have a good chance of displaying his true form by being behind a defeated

DEAR

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G. C. Valpy and J. W . H eale are our only fourth year representatives; th e fonner is readin g hard fo r the Indian Civi l Servicf', and according to his own ve rsion is I I vegetating)lj the latter played ex tremely well in the Seni ors' match, and has since represe nted the 'Varsity. All past and present K.S. will joi n with us in the hope that he will be in th e XV. chosen to play aga inst Oxford at Queen's in December. H e certai nly is I I goi ng strong/' for his blue at prese nt.

or the third year,

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one of his College VI II's. According to present report, there still seems to be room for improvement in the boat, while C. H. Clarke can be daily seen and heard on the footer field. A. S. Athawes and C. C. Frewer are unfortun ate ly " H ors de combat," owing to recent illness. Of those who are now in their seco nd

year, J. E . H usbands is to be seen tubbi ng luckless rreshmcm of his College. A. S. J ohnson and H. J. lVl owll are generally on view in their College Seru ms, the latter using his elbows as much as ever. Turning to the freshmen,' C. H . Badington appears to be a tower of strength. to his College in every departme nt, for he divides his time between boati ng, Rugger, and Soccer. J. L'Estrange occasionally plays for Cai ns 2nd XV., whi le G. N. Finn's all round foo tball is proved by th e fact that he has p layed t, ~" and back fo r his College on

different occasions. K. C. Strahan, when not hard at work for his <I tripos," and L. N. Green have been upholdi llg t he reputation of the K.S. boat cl ub on the Cam . Thi s, we believe, exhausts all the doings of th e O.K.S. in Cambridge. Our best congra tulations to the School on their great vic tory over Sutton. It mu st be "centuries," si nce we inflicted such a defeat on any School. I\'Tay the XV. be as sllccessful in th eir other fix tures, especially in their encounters with Dover College. Lastly we have to request all those O.K.S. who wish to play in the Old Boys match on Thursday, December 21st, to send in their names with out delay to G. N. Finn, Jesus College. Ever yours, O.K. S. CANTAB.

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SCHOOL NEWS. All who are interested in th e School

will be sorry to hear that the Rev. F. ~'" S. VV'i lliams, who had been with us Si11ce 18 92 , left us last te rm, to go to Rugb~~ . At th e end of last te rm, Carrington, 1Il presenti ng him on behalf of the School with a handsome clock, made an appropriate and am using speech, in reply to which Mr. \ÂĽilliams spoke in warm terrns of the friendly relations that had always existed between hi m and the School, and ex pressed his regret at leaving. His place has been taken by J. M. Edmonds, Esq. , of J esus College, Cambridge, to whom we accord a hearty welcome.

* F ifteen of the eighteen who entered for th e Oxford and Cambridge Examination for H igher Ce rtifi cates obtained passes. T he successful candi(~ ates were... : C. W . Carrin gton, E . J. Smith, R. E . Brinsley-Richards, C. H . Bodington, F . Watson C. W. C. Red man, K. C. Strahan . R. M. 'Tuke, E. M. F. Evans, F. C. Bovenschen, R. C. Paris, R. H . Charles, F. H . Durnfo rd, T . A. Izard, C. J. M. 'Evans. Carrington, Smith, and BrinsleyRichards, also gained two di stin ctions each.

The following have been promoted to th e VI. Form :-P. S. F . Nairn, C. J. M. Evans, and J. A. McC ulloc.h; and from the Army Class, E. Finn and E . \~'. Mowl!.

The incandescent gas in the Parry Library has been replaced by r.lectric light. Mr. Vinter has kindly volunteered to take on Mr. vVilliams' work in connection with the school shop.

'Ve congratulate E . Finn on his having played for the Kent Colts against Middlesex Colts. On Saturday, Sept. 23 rcl, an admission of King Scholars waS held in the Chapel by the Dean. T he following comprise the Library Committee: E . J. Smith, C. W. C. Redman, R. C. Paris, E . P. Ri chardson, G. R . C. Cooke.

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Vtle arc very sorry to have to announce the death of Sergeant-Major E . H . Cuthbert, who was kill ed in the battle o f Elands Laagte. H e was with us for two years as gy mn astic instructor, from 1\<la)'. 1896, and a t the commencement of hostilities, havin g left the army, joined Colonel Chisholme, his old Colonel, who was rai sing an irregular body of troops known as tbe Imperial Light Horse.

O. K. S. \VI! congratulate E. M. Toulmin on playing for Essex against Sussex. In the first innings he got Ranjitsinhji caught at the wJck et, and Cox leg before, taking two wickets for J 6 runs. In the second innings he bowled without success. \~le congratulate A. M. Toulmin on passi ng into Sandhurst.

The following O.K.S. are fighting fur their Queen and country in South Africa: Lieut.-Colonel Vvolseley-J enkins, Captain Kenny-He rb ert, Captain H. E . Gogarty, Lieut. C. A. Knapp, Lieut. Wal misley, Lieut. :Maclear, Captain Dlenkinsop,

The following were elected to Senior Scholarships last Midsummer :-R. H. Charles, F . C. Bovenschen, P. S. F. Nairn. R. S. Braddell, for Classics j and G. A. F. Quentin for Mathematics. .".. 'x.

Vt,Tc most hearti ly congratulate R. E.

BrinsleyÂˇÂˇ Ri chards on being elected to the First Demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford .

NEW S . Chaplain Rev. J. C. H . Tucky, and A. J. H asse ll. We should be glad to hear of any other O. K. S. who have gone to the front. .x. -:,.'

" Mr. W. M. Macdonald having been obliged, through stress of other business, to resign his posi ti on of Bursar, we take this opportunity of thankin g him heartily for his long and val uable services, and of expressing our g ratitud e to Mr. Brialt Ri gde n for again taking on th e arduous duties of this post. G. N. Finn played at "half-back" in the Cambrid ge Fresher's match .

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Any desirous of playing in th e O.K.S. match on Dec. 2i st, are req uested to give in their names to G. N. Finn, Esq., J esus College. Cambridge.

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We heartily congratulate J. B. Scrivenor on his di stinguished success in gaining the Burdett-Coutts Scholarship at Oxford. The Scholarship, which is worth ÂŁ J J 5 a year for two years, was founded as a Un i\~ersity Scholarship for the promotion of the study of Geology, in which Scrivenor obtained his First

Class last Summer. Vie hope he will eventually rise to th e eminence of such men as Prof. Boyd Dawkins and Ray Lankester, who were also Burdett-Coutts Scholars in thei r day.

R. J. W. H eale has been playing forwa rd for Cambridge University in seve ral matches, llotably agai nst Richmond; he has also, with his brother W. V., bee n playing regularly for th e H arleq uins.

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Captain Captain of Football XV. Captain of Cricket XI. Captain of Games

SM ITH . E. FINN . B. COVELL. E. SMITH.

MONITORS :

Smith, E. L. Massey, G. A. F. Quentin, F. C. Bovenschen, R. C. E. Finn, E. W. Mowl!. EDITORS OF CANTUARIAN:

Smith, R. E. Brinsley-Richards, R. H. Charles. SECRETARY:

F. C. Bovensche n.

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CORRESPONDENCE . N. B.-The Editors decline to accept allY resptmslbility ((ntJlu ted 'witlt the o/Jilliolts of their Correspondellts. Name aud address mu st always be given, not uuessari/y (or publicatloft , bllt as a .guarantee of good faith. Persollalities will involve certain ,.~/ectiolt.

To the Edilors 0/ "THE CANTUARIAN ." Dear Sirs, About a year and a half ago, th ere appeared in Tile Calltuart"an a most excell ent suggestion, natnely that th ere might be a clock in the Vlth Form classÂˇ room, i.e., the IVluseum. But, by some strange chance, that cloc k has not yet a rrived. Could this muc h-felt want be attended to ? ' ,Vith the usual apologies.

SEXT US. [Th is is a suggestion that we have always wisheu to see carried aur.- Eu!).]

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D ear Sirs, Would it not be possible to arrange a gym-four. and hold yearly competitions with Dover and Sutton Vale nce? It wo uld probably increase keenn ess for, as we ll as improve th e ge neral standard of excelle nce in, gy mnastics. Yours truly, AN UPSTAHT. [We should advise" An Upstart)1 to bring his

proposa l before lhe Sports' Committee which is better qualified than we arc to deal with such n

sllggestion.-EuD. J

To tIlt Editors 0/

"TH E CANTUARTAN ."

Dear Sirs, May I ask why th e Debating Society has been all owed to pass into oblivion ? The last debate held was on .. Con sc ription/' whi ch was held just two years ago. Surely a Dt!baling Society is as useful and necessary as, if not more so than , any other School Society ? Yours truly,

OHATOR. [Not hing can he done during the enforced absence of the President or this Society. H owever let <C Orator " rest assured that on his return t h~ Editors of Th e Cau /llariau will do all in their power to persuade him to revive the :'o.1ep.tings.EDD.]

To lite Ji.'d/lors

"TH E CAN TU A R IAN."

Dea r Sirs, I believe it is the custom, and an excellent custom, in some of our leading public schools, to hold Ie IVl ock Trials." Co uld not we hold a" Mock Trial, " at least once a Term? It wou le! in crease th e fo rensic and oratorial powers of mern bers of the

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be interesting and

Hoping this suggestion will not go to the winds . I am, yours etc.,

" TRIAL-BY-JURY." [See answer to .. Orator." \¥hen debates are revived they will afford sufficient scope fo r the eloquence of members of th e School. "-Eoo.]

To the EdiJors of"

THE CANTUARIAN."

Dear Sirs, May I be permitted to speak of a grievance that has for so me time made itself felt among frequenters of the shop ? I refer to the absence of a clock. A very serviceable one can be obtained for a small sum, and, I am sure, wou ld be a great boon to those who are in the habit of learning their "rep." over a cup of chocolate. Trusting I am not intruding upon their valuable space. I remain, etc.,

TEMPUS FUGIT. [See answer to

Fax."-EoD.]

To the Editors of

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Dear Sirs, I think it would be a boon. to all frequenters of the shop, to call your attention to two facts regarding it. For all but the very smallest boys in the School the tea· tables are decidedly inconvenient as the under·woodwork is so broad that it makes it practically impossibe for perso ns using the tables to put their legs comfo rtably underneath them. I suggest that a certain part of this wood should be planed away. The other grievance is this : The shop is by no means well-lighted with ordinary gas·jets. To better the light, I suggest that dark green shades, such as are used in billiard rooms, should be put up. Apologizing for taking up so much of your space, I am, etc.,

T. W. O. FAX. [We venture to suggest that proposals relative to the shop should be discussed at Meeti ngs of the House Committee. Any conclusion a rrived at there could be submitted to Mr. Vinter:-Eoo.]

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NOTICES. vVe beg . to, acknowledge, wi th thanks, the s ub ~c nptlOn s of the following :W. G. PrIce. E sq. (3/6). H . A. D. Pereira E sq. ( 3/6). W. H. Maundrell. E sq. (7/6): A. L atter. Esq. (3/6). Rev. L. G. H . Mason (J/6). C. W. Bel! . Esq . ( 3/ 6). G. F. Paget' E sq. (3/6). P. J. Vinter. E sq. (3/6). Mrs: R. Gordon (3/6). A. W. Richardson. E sq.

(3/6). E.P. Guest. Esq.(3/6). C. T. Donaldson. E sC!. (3/6). Rev. H . H . H. Boys (3/6). J. A. DIxo n. E sq. ( 10/6). Very Rev. Dean Dundas (3/ 6). R. M. T uke. E sq. (3/ 6). Capt. AustIn (3/ 6). Col. Cantis (7/- )' Most of the back numbers of the ~a n/1tari(m can be had of th e Hon Sec., F. C. Bovenschen, price 6d. each.

CON T E lVI P 0 R A R IE S. We b e~ to acknowledge the receipt of ~romsgrov"all, Plymolh ia1l ( 2), SuI/on th e followlIlg Contemporaries :- St. E d~ale!lct . ~c!J()()1 ll fagaz llle, E aslboumiall, ward's School CllTOIllCie, St. A lIgusll"1Ie's Jl{Qla.slo!~lfl ll . Felslediatl, CIIO/me/eian, College lIIagazille (z ), E lizabel/, an (z ), L eodwlSlall , ilIa/vern/an, A lIeymll1l, BradBrJg h/oll. College ll'fagazillt , T¥.ykeJW1Jl1SI, field College iJIaga"ilie. CarllwSlall (2). Bmdfield Col/ege Chrom Cie,

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1899.

NO . 6.

EDITORIAL . C' Christmas is coming" and wit h it the end of the term. .so qui ckly have the days come an d gone that it seems almost impossi ble to believe we are within a few days of that long ex pected goal. The nea r approach of the holidays brin gs min gled feelings. Of the School fo rtun ately but few are leaving this te rm; to them we say we are so rry they cannot stay longe r, and wish th em good luck for the future. I n their place we hear of U unspeakable " num.bers calling loudly for admission, and to th em, if our dignity permitted us to use such an exp ression, we would say .. Let 'em all come," fo r \ve are determi ned to fi nd room for all. I t is unfo rtunate that the spacious new buildings are not yet ready fo r th eir reception; however, it is pleasant to be abl e to report that operations in con nection with them have at last begun and are going on as rapidly as is to be expected. But we have to face great losses in high places. '\'e are sure all will be very sorry to hear that Mr. Slater, after being wit h us for nearly three years, is going to leave th is term. H e will be greatly missed by all. but especially by those at th e top o f tho School who have had the great privilege of wo rking with him. for scholarships; his place in their school-lives it will be hard indeed to fill. But changes must always come ; nothin g but the brook Ie goes on for ever." Therefore while expressing our great so rrow and reg ret at his departure, we cannot but wish him with all our hearts success and happiness wherever he may go. Mr. Vinter also ic; leaving, to go to th e City of London School. H e has

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been here fo r two years, and will be greatly missed in the Science an d Math ematical part of th e School. \Ve have also to say good-bye to IVIrs. Bostock, who has for three rea rs so ably helped th e H ead Master and cont ribu ted so much to the in te rn al health and well -bc-ing of the School. \Ve are sure we owe mu ch to her skill and experi ence ; and as we kn ow she wi ll not be soon fo rgotten here, so we hope she ll1 <1y always reta in in her memory so me t hought of t he King's School. Before the School mee ts again, one happy event at least wi ll have taken place-we mean th e H ead Maste r' s weddin g. The del ight of the School t hereat is well known, and we are all looking forward to th e time when we may welcome th e fu ture Mrs. Galp in am ong us. ' !.,'e all join in wishi ng th em a happy \redding and a pleasant honey moon. Thoug h circum sta nces prevent us from being actually present, yet we may assure them th at th e thoughts and good wishes of all will be with t hem on th e day. The holidays, alas ! do not extend to th e seven weeks so li berally requested; and therefore we fear the honeymoon will be somewhat shortened, ret we hope th eir hap piness will in no way be less. The close of this terlll. will be marked by Theatricals instead of a concert. The revival of th is old custom has given universal pleasure, and we wo ul d like to take th is opportunity of th ankin g iVfr. Maso n in th e name of all for the great ki ndness he has shown in once more devotin g his time and energy to preparing them. Onl y t hose wh o are personally to take part in th e ac ting ca n rully realise the enormous care and trouble he takes to ensure th ~ i r success ; an d with him to direc t th em, sure ly th ey ca nnot but succeed. The Football season is now nea rly at an end i our fo rtun e durin g it has been fairly even. Our vic tory over Su~to n at the begin ning or the season was very 'welcome, but our defeat on the1 r grou nd was somewhat d isappointing. It is unfortu nate th at the snow has stopped play these last two weeks. Finn has been excellent as Captain} and all will be glad to know th at he is ab le to come back for another term. But too long have we occupied the Editorial pen; we must leave th e rest to tell its own talc. [ EOD.- vVe regret th at owing to lack of room the following were not included in the last number :- 1

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1899. c.

vV. Carrington, Scholar of Oriel College, Oxfo rd. Smi th, Exhibitioner oi Trinity College, Oxford . THE GILBE RT GI r T . C. I-J. Bodingw ll, Scholar of Pcterh ouse, Cambridge. E.

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EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. "G. C. Valpy, Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge. J. B Drake, Ford Stud ent. T rini ty College, Oxford. *E. M. O'B. T oulmin, Ex hi bitioner of Magdal en College. Oxford. C. H. G. Clarke, ( Rose) E xhi bilione r of Jes us College, Cambridge. A. S. Athawes. (Parke r) Exhi bitioner C.C.C ., Cambridge. J. E. Husbands, Scholar of C.C.C., Cambridge H. A. D. Pereira, Scholar of Jes us College, Oxford. A. S. John son, Scholar of Peterh ouse, Cambridge. · Vacat e lhis July.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAR 1898- 99. ( ', W. Carrington, Open Classical Scholarship (fi rsl place), Oriel College, Oxford.

( ' , I r. Bodington, Open Classical Scholarship, Peterh ouse, Camb ridge. I':, I. Smith , Open Classical Ex hibi tion , Trinity College, Oxfo rd. I{ , 'I( Bri nsley-Richards, Open Classical Exhibition , ' Vad ham College, Oxford.

I' , Watson, Open Classical E xhi bition, Queen's College, Cambridge. 1(, M, Tuke, Open Scho larshi p (O rgan), Brasenose College, Oxforcl .

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J. Smith, Ford Stude ntship, Trinity College, Oxford.

I':, ~ I . F. E vans, Smyth E xhibition. at Lincol n College, Oxfo rd (fo r so ns of Clergy

i ll Cante rbury Diocese). I' 1\1. Gad ney, Admission (2nd ) for Indian Police Force (direct).* I' II. olley, Adm ission (26th) in to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (direct).* IV II . L. Tri pp, Acl mission (80lh) into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (direct).'·' I' W. Mo wll, En tran ce in to Coo per' s Hill Eng ineering College (di rect)."'II II . olley, Direct Comm ission in the Royal Mari ne Ligh t Infan try . \V I I. r.... Tripp, Direct Commission into th e Royal l\'[arin e Artillery. W. . Redm an, I st Class in Intermediate Examinati on for B.A. Degree. London Uni versity. I, It ', Heal e, County Coun cil E xhibition at South Easte rn Ag ricultural College, Wye. I, l' OHlt.' r Carter, Senior Hulme E xhibitioner, Brasenose College, Oxfo rd: First ( \lnss Theological Final Schools. II H. riveno r, H ertford College, Oxford : First Class Nalural Science (Geology). I " Pnris, passed out 3rd from Royal Military A('aclemy, ·Woolwich. I, ( ', Vnlpy, Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge : 1st Division, 2nd Class, ' \flHsical T ripos. ~

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Husbands. Minor Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambrid ge : Foundation Scholarship . VV . 1\'1. Carter. Special Prize of the Council of Legal Education for Constitutional Law and Legal History. H. V. Cobb, Indian Civil Serv ice : Assistant Residentsh ip at Kashm ir. -Direcl froUl Army and Engineering Classes.

Rt. Rev . Bishop 1\·IitchinsOll , D.D., Headmaste r 1859 to 187 3: Mastership of Pembroke College. Oxford, and Canonry at Gloucester Cathedral.

ANNIVERSA.RY

PREAC HER.

Rev. W. G. Mo sse, IVLA., Vicar of The Lickey, \;vorccstcr: O. K .S., , 87 1 - 1879.

PRIZES

ADJUDGED

DURING

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1898-9.

Captain's Prize ( i\'litchinson): C. \V. Carrin gto n. IVl athematica l Prize ( iVIitchin son ) : G. A. F. Quentin. 1\'[odern Languages ( t\[itchinson ) : J£. .I . Smith. Natural Science ( i\Iitchinson): F. A. I lusbands. Classical (B rou ghton ) : C. \V. Carrington.

Divinity (Broughto n) : R. E. llrinsley-Riehards. E. J. Smith (Prize). English Literature (Streatfei ld ) : C. W. C. Redma n. History (Stanley ) : E. J . Smith. L atin Prose: C. \"T. Carrington.

£. J. Smith (Prize). Greek Prose : C. \ V . Carrington. Latin Ve rse (Dean' s Prize) : C. Vv. Carrin gto n.

E. J. Smi th (Prize) .

Greek Verse : C. \V. Carrington.

E. J. Smi th ( Prize). " I b ' P' ) W. W. Lock. GeograpIly ( l V cm cr S rlze : R. D. Marshal l. English E ssay (Me mber' s Prize) : C. W. C. Redman.

Private Study (Edward Blore Memorial ) : R. E. Brinsley-Richard s.

. C. W. Carrington. \ C. W. C. Red man ( Prize). Natural History Collections : E. D. Pyne. Drawin g : J. Twells.

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FORM PRIZES. VI. Form (C hristmas) : C. \Y. Carrington . E . J. Smith ( Prize). V.

Form ( Christmas) : F. H. Durnford . " (Mi dsummer, Gordon Prize) : P. S. F. Nairn .

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Divinity (E lwyn Prize) : C. W. G. Walker. History (Seneschal's Prize) : C. W. G. Walker. " Composition: R. S. Bradde ll. Arm y Class (Christmas) : E. H . Jones. " (Midsumm er) : E. H. J ones. E. Finn (Prize) . " Geometrical Drawi ng (Se neschal's Prize) : E . Finn. IV. Form (C hri st mas) : E. C. Green . ( Mid su mm er) ! R. Crawford. " t F. P. \·Valke r.

(Divinity (El wyn Prize) : E . P. Richardso n.

( H istory) Seneschal's Prize : E . P. Richardson.

Ill.. Form (Christmas) : D. C. K. McCulloch. " ( Midsu mmer) : J . Twells. IILb Form (Ch ristmas) : T. S. Adams. (~ l idsum mer ) : C. V. Ormsby. Ill.e Form (Christmas ) : J . Twells. "

( Mid su mmc r) : R. D. \Veston.

L OWER

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PRIZES .

Divinity: J. H . 7\[eers . Mathematics : L . F. Paris.

Arithmetic (Ch ristmas) : J. Twells. Natural Science (Mitchinso n) : G. C. R. Cooke. History : J . P. Avenell. French l T· H. Meers. t H. G. R. Kirby. Dictatio n: E. G. Dickinso n.

Geography (Member'S Prize) : B. C. Webb. Music : J . Twells. Drawing : J. E, M. Bromley, JU NIOR SCHOOL. Il.a Form (C hristmas) : R. H. Brinsley-Richards. "

(M ldsummer) : R. H. Brinsley-Richards.

II. b Form (Christmas): C. N. Smith. "

(M id summ er) : E . Carrington.

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Form (Ch ri stmas) : J. V. Hitchcock " (MIdsummer) : W . R. N. LeslIe. Mathematics : C. VV. Swithinbank. Extra Classical Prize: C. F. Nation. Divinity: R. H. Brinsley-Richards. 1.

Drawing: P. N. Dalton.

Dictation: R. H. Brinsley- Richards. Music: H. Gramshaw.

IMPRESSIONS OF VIENNA. (Contillued.) Although the number of those who in these processions a priest walks under describe themselves as I, KOII:/essiolls/os," a canopy, carrying the Consecrated Host or in other words as free thinkers, is for th e worship and adoration of all unhappily on the increase, the vast passers by. In Vienna the procession, majority of the Viennese arc Romanists; weather pe rmitting , starts from the for the most part dp.vout and zeaiolls,""':'- cathedral of S. Stephen afte r an early bigoted, their detractors would say-in mass attended by the Emperor and the the practice of their religion. This bei ng chief state onicials. After making a so it naturally follows that the chief circui t round th e ,{ Sladl/' it returns by feasts of the Church arc celebrated with way of the I f K ollllllarkl" and the" Graben" great ecclesiastical pomp and ceremony. to its origi nal starti ng place. The Perhaps the most striking of these feasts II Graben," in forme r days, as its name is Corp us Christi Day, whi ch was ap- shows, the moat of the fortress of Vienna, pointed by Pope Urban IV. in the year is now a broad street, in the mid dle of 1264, to commcmorate the institution of whi ch two" KIosks," or open air cafes the Holy Eucharist,-Maunday Thursday erected on wood en stands, may be seen being regarded as in suffici ent for this during the summer. The Emperor himself purpose, as it co mes in the middle of . takes part in the procession, walking Holy vVeek.-The principal feature of bare-headed and ca rryi ng a tape r, behind this festival are the processions which the canopy or "baldaclu'n" under which parade the streets of village, hami eL, and with slow and stately step advances the town in all Romanist lands and districts ; cardinal Archbishop of Vienna, clothed

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in gorgeous vestments and uplifting the acrcd Host in his hands. All state oOicials and ministers as well as all foreign ambassadors belongi ng to the ' hurch of Rome atte nd in gala uniform, rollowing the clergy (who wear their most Illagnifi cent vestm ents), but preceding the Archbishop. Various altars richly decornled with [Jowers are erected all along lh route; the Sacred H ost is placed on \'.l h of these in turn while a few prayers II I o ffered. As the streets a re lined with 110 ps, and troops close the procession, IIII' spectacle is one of the most im pressive 111M can be imagined. The Cathedral of , Stephen has a bea utiful roof on the IUlhidc of which the Austrian double IIiK I - a symbol that origi nated with the I HUites- is work~d in coloured tiles. Of 11\1 1 other churches the "Volivk/,.clu," ~1I1t' h was built by public subscri ption to II "" Iry to the peo ple's gratitude for an I 11 1\ 1)(' of the Emperor from assassination, IIUlI the Church of the Capuchin monks, 111 '11' the imperial family arc buried, are II' IlulPi; th e most interesting. The best IIIIHI" t sec these Ch urches are ChristIIIII I! II ncl H oly \¥eek, when the sce ne of Ih. · IIl1livi~y (techn ically called the" creche" • I,l(lIe), and the scene of Our Lord , lin» in the Sepulchre arc represented ,., IIII I·aizc wax figures .

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The mention of the H Graben" and the Cathedral recalls at once the second great :' iege of Vienna by tht Turks in 168 3; i:he first having taken place in 1 5 2 9. .. If the Turks had bee n successful, Vienna would probably have been subject to th e Crescent, and the Eastern and \Vestern Empires would have been united again, but under th e powe r and religion of th e Sultan." This is the judgment of a great authority on the importance of the second siege of Vienna. Opposite the Cathedral was establ ished the first coffeehouse in Vien na; the story attachi ng to it is briefly as foll ows :-A young Austrian volunteered to carry a message to John Sobieski, king of Pola nd, who was marching to the reli ef of the city, and afterwards with 40,000 men defeated the 250,000 of Kara l\'Iustapha and thus raised the siege, to inform him of the straits to which the besieged were reduced. This heroic youth had to pass right through the enemy's camp in order to accomplis h his mission. After the defeat of the Turks he was asked what reward he would like to receive fo r his brave action. H e replied that he would like some of the bags of brown berries he had noticed in the cnemy's camp. These brown berries were none other than coffee berries, and, permissio n being g iven, the young man

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set up the first cafe in Vienna. In one of the Vienna museums is shown the red si lk cord with which the Sultan had th e luckless Kara Mustapha st rangled, because of his failure to ca pture the city. The most appropriate concl usion to this article will be an account of t he Emperor, F rancis J ose ph I. rr ever a sovereign deserved the title of H paler palriae" it is he, whose whole reign of 50 years has bee n dominated by the single desi re of maintai nin g the integrity of the Austrian Empire. This is no mere idle fig ure of speech j the Emperor's influence is so great that probably no E urop ean sovereign in the present age. except the German Kai ser and th~ Russian T sa r. plays such an active part ill the gove rnment of his or her co untry. During the recent disturbances about the re newal of the â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ A usg/deft" or agreement between Austria and Hungary, he had frequent interviews with various statesman, and it was, in the main, due to his efforts that an ac ute crisis was avoi ded . His acti on too in three times refu si ng to accept the An ti- semite <I Dr. Liiger" as "BlirgertIleis/er" of Vien na, in spite of his elections to that office by large majorities, was a step upon which few othe r men in his pOSItIOn would have ventured. His personal popularity in all parts of his

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he is said to un derstand nearly all the languages spoken within them-is a great factor in preserving the unity of the Empire, which may very likely show tendencies to disrupti on on his death.-God grant him a long life !If the E mperor had ncve r done his country any g reat se rvice, he would deserve our deepest pity for the misfort unes of his reign. I-Ie ascended the throne, on his uncl e Fe rdinand's abdication, in the troublolls days of 1848 when revolu tion seemed rife throughout Europe. and revolts in Hun gary and Austrian Italy threatened the Empire with speedy dissoluti on. The Hungarian revolt, by fa r the morc importa nt of the two, was eventually put down in 18tp) with the aid of Ru ssia. Ten years later came the war with France a nd Sardinia whi ch robbed The Emperor Austria of Lom bardy. commanded in person at the disastrous battle of Solfcrino. In 1866 war broke out with Prussia and Italy, the chief incidents in which were the victory of T egetthotT at Lissa, tbe defeat of the Austrians at Sadowa, and the cessio n of Venetia to Italy. III addition to these national c",!;unities, the Emperor has sustain ed great personal losses in the dcftat and executi on of his brother Maximilian, Emperor o f Mexico, by

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Jua rez in 1867 ; by the tragic deat h of his only son, Crown Prince Rudolf, in 1889; and by the assassination of the ":mpress in the summer in 1898 . T he part taken by the Emperor in the procession on Corpus Christi day, reminds me of an intelesti ng ceremony whi ch is performed every Maunday Thurs(Iny, and with an acco unt of which I shall conclude. On this day the Empero r washes the feet of twelve old almsmen, who are afterwards se nt away with food

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from the imperial table, as th ey. would naturally be shy of eati ng in the presence of their sovereign and his family. The Empress used to do the same to twelve old almswomen, till failing health obliged her to give up the practice. It is intere s t~ ing to note that in England this cere mony was performed by the Lord High Almoner as late as 1731 , and that a trace of this ancient custom sti ll survives in the ann ual distribution of Maunday money.

MEMORIES. I. With listless eye, and vacant stare Ocfo rc the fire, in wide arm chair 1 sit forl orn. My aged hai r is white. F r 1 alas am getting old ; l in fact I really feel the cold at night.]

II. 'l'h nicke ring e mbers fade away, 'I'he twilight closes in. The day is done. I M ntly ÂŁpread my wool-shod feet pon th e fende r rim, and eat 111.)' bun .

III. And as the dark-ski nned currants leave The home they love, I gently heave a sigh . Sweet me mories of my happy youth Come o'er me. I should like forsoot h to cry. I V. I recoliect my prattling ta lk, \ÂĽ ith nurse, when Oll t for daily walk : And she Said she was thirty, but I knew From mother, she was forty-two or three.

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\Vhe n ten years old, I went forthwith To school, that I might learn arith-metic. From Master I have felt the cane, From Boy the terror of the pain-ful kick

One Winter's eve ; the fi elds were clad \Vith sno wy sp lendour; and I had a cough. o Memory 1-[ dear me ! it.'s just Half-past eleven; so I must be off !] F. J-1. D.

FOOTBALL. KING'S

SCHOOL

v. MERCHANT TAYLORS.

Merchant Taylors, 26 points. Kin g's School, 111'/, This match was played on November 4th at \,Villcsclcll. \ÂˇVc were ' greatly handicapped by the loss of Izard, and by the long train journey. Our opponents are exceptionally strong this year, and ,~ ere accustomed to the state of the g round, which was vcry wet and slippery from the recent rains. F inn lost the lOSS, an d Oll T opponents kicking off, play was for so me time kept in mid-fi eld. Abo ut ton mi n utes from the start French picked up in the loose very sma rtly and ran in in the corner. After the drop out Raphael. who played a great ,game th roughoul, added two tries in quick succession, both being unconverted . Then wc pressed and Finn mad e an excellent drop at goa l. Soon after Me rchant Taylors scored agai n, and half-time arrived with Merchant Taylors leading by four tries. The second half, the School, playing against the wind, mu ch improved , but Merchant Taylors scored four more time s, F re nch converting the last try. For our opponents Raphael was a host in himself, and all the fo rward s played wel l. Thei r place-k ick ing however was very bad . For us Finn and Husbands were best. 'Vc mu st thank very hcarlily the :Merchant Taylors' team fo r their kind hospitality and a pleasant cvcning. T eams :-King's Schoo L-F. A. Husbands (back); E . L. Massey, B. Covell, H . E . Green, G. War.her (three-quarters); E. Fin n (Ca pt. ) and R . C. Paris (halves); L. R. Cooper, R S. Bradde ll, S. G. Brown, S. P . D . Sanders, P. S. F. Nairn, F. H. Durnford, G. A. Clarke , J. A. McCu lloch ( forwards). Merchant T aylors' Sc hooL-E . H . Taylor ( back); J. E. Raphael Âˇ(Capt .), C. B. Shapland, D. F renc h, T . Den nis (three-quarters); F. W. D raper, G. T. Lloyd (halves); C. Bourns, H . L. Dowbigging, J. M. Wyatt, F . H. Leonard, L. D. H artl ey, A. J. Schooli ng, L. S. Carbonell, and C. E. Goody (forwards).

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KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE ( Return ). After the easy manner in which we had defeated Sutton in the first match of the seaso n, our defeat in the return match, by r 3 points to 3, came as a disag reeable surprise . The game took place at Sutto n on 'Vednesday, November zznd, under very favourable conditions . Sutton had their full st rength, and the presence of their " ptai n, who had recovered from the accident which had prevented him fr om pl ay ing herc, certainly appeared to infuse confidence into the team. Vl e we re without Masscy at three-quarte rs, and Braddell forward j but though this handicapped us considerably, it is not sufficient to excuse so remarkable a reversal of form. Our opponents went off with all their old dash, but were pulled up by Covell who put in n useful run, but Sutto n were soo n pressing again, and Ralph forced hi s way over and Rcored a try. They contin ued to press though Husbands saved well. Our forwards were far too slow in getti ng round and breaking up, and Finn, on one or two o casions, did not pass soon eno ugh . Paris ,next broke through, but his efforts were neutralized by a free-kick for off-side. The ne xt incident was a mistake by II usbands who d id not kick soon enoug h, and was tackled ncar our line. Then came n fine rush by o ur fo rwards to the ceutre, but Ralph picked up and threatened danger Lill Llusbands tackled him fin ely. Another free-kick to S utton was well returned by ~ ovell, and the latter and Pari s exec uted some pretty passing . Ronald so n, ho wever, got possession and kicked to Husbands, who entirely fa iled to field the ball, and the r() rm er, easily out-pacing all our men. scored behind the posts. H alf- time then came with Sutton leading by eight points to l1il. On re-starting, Sutton attacked at once, find then followed a spe ll of even play, though Covell lost several chances by II Rnatching" at the ball too much. Then our team Qegan to wake up and made a II termined on-set on th e Sutton line , headed by H ellard, Durnford, and Izard; the Intle r, indeed, crossed th e line but was held . Eventually th e ball came out s martly, 111\(1 llovenschen scored, but Covell failed to convert it. Paris soon got away and Illnde a good o pening for 'Vacher. but the pass was mulled. Then Ronaldson got put4sess ion, and punting high, followed up and scored a very pretty try, hi s pace IIHnin being too much for our men. Vie thi nk that Husbands might have got the pUl\t o n the full pitch, but he preferred to wait for it. The try was converted, and, l'left'l>l fo r some very good tackling by Cooper, no other incident worthy of no te 1I!'1'lIrred . 'Ve owe our defeat chiefly to the lamentabl e deficiency in pace which t hum tcriscs our team, and partly to t he fact that, for once, Husbands was distinctly " II (~ l o ur. Bovenschen made a promising dibi'U, taking hi s passes very neatly; but II I present he lac ks stre ngth and weight. The passi ng of the backs was, o n the w hl) l l~ , very good . The forwards, as mentioned above, were too slow in getting Illuncl, bu t their tackl ing was good . Paris played well at half, but Fin n was hardly as Ilnc! ns usual. Appended are th e teams :-King's SchooL-F. A. H usbands (back) ; B. C. Covell, II Jo:. Green, G . Wacher, F. C. Bovenschen (three-quarters) ; E . Finn (Capt.),

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R C Paris (halves) ' L. R. Coo per, T . A. Izard, S. P. Sand ers, S. G . Brown, F.' H.' Durnford, J. A i-Iellard, R. D. Marshall, P. S. F. Na,"nJfon~~rd s). H K P'tt Sutton Valence.- J. A. Thornl1l11 (back); H. R. M. ana son, ) of G ptf W B Ral fc R A Ch ri stopher (three-qu arters) ; S. L. Ralph (Capb' R'b . 1 ( h;lv~s) ; < J. B. S h a\~' , C. B. Gammon, R. Smither, \V. L. 1\Ieade, B. S. . 0 ertson, t . G. Meade, L. L. Ralph , E . Roge rs (forwards). lO NG' S SC H OOL v. A. F. C. LU X~'lO O RE'S XV. This matc h was played at Blore's Piece on Thursday, November 3?th. ,The scratch team started with pIont)' of dash a nd were S~O~l fl ?ar t,ho ks~:~~~lc :~~~i ~~;:~

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i\rassey made a bTll han~ attempt at go~1 frol~ about a yard from touch. At th is peri od the school were gOlllg .tVaekrCYI1 sotrl~'tlh:li~I~ . ·lSS · 1·n · brilliant style 1< b ' bU I 'l twas ovel T he ~only other events, soon after warcIs C ove 11 t00 1..." a p< 2-

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. t ken by Safford who was rep ace( )y ... l1 xm play mo re level, bllt a few minu tes .froln tl~e rest~rt r. ( g r . ( d Then followed a pe riod o f eve n but rather ull llltcrestlllg play, ... O?pe Ian fOll n ci rnn al on the touch line on the part of Bovensc hcn, wh o was well ~=~e~~~i~ftl~ gC~vell fa; the ~chool , and L~tler.for the scratc~lt.eam ,.eac.h score(~ be~I~: no-side was called, leaving the school VlctOTlOUS by 3 gO<lls z t nes to a. goa . d 1

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d'd well' Finn and Pans were as good as usual, whde COOpCl e . I f'll La' 11 y. , t ter, Lll .xmoore , Boothby and MacArthur we re most con SpICUOt1 ~ on success th e lo~~~I~~d=Kin lY's School.- F . A, Husbands (back); E . L , Massey,. B. Covell, lri~ ns ,<ha~e~~; H E G;een~ F. C.oBovc nschell (three-quarters) ; E. Finn and J~. L.' R.' Cooper, R. S. Braddell, T. A. izard, S. P. D. Sanders, . . ro\\ n, . . A Latter W. O. Durnford, R. D. Marshall, and J. A. [-l cll.rd ( forward~). J K " Scratch.- R. A. Bryden (back); E. C_', Wn g lt, . (\(l:~~lve~) ' H BrackenMacArthur (threc-quarters) ; ,E. T. Uoo thbY' l ·cC·LH. Saffor~CaPt ) J' E . 'Edmonds , bury, H. Gibbon, F. Beyan, E. C. Alfree, A. I. . uxmoo re ( .• . P. S. F. Nairn, and G. Clarke (fo rwards).

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2ND XV. FOOTBALL. On Tuesday, October 24th, the team journeyed to T onbrid ge, wh ere they lost to th e School Vd XV. by four goals and th ree tries to nil. Tonbridge were a much bigge r and ht avier lot t han th eir opponents. and consequently had the best of the game all through, though once Bovenschen cleve rly interce pted a pass and got past rve ryo ne except th e bac k ; if he had bee n properly followed up a try should certainly have resulted. The visitors played very pluckily, and in the second half their line was only twice crossed. K. S. 2nd XV. :- R. A. Bryden, bacl,; F. C. Bovenschen (Caplain ), H. J. Wilson, II . IJ . W. Cole, E. C. Green (three-quarters), E. P. Ri chardson, R. Crawford (hal ves) ; I':, W. Mo\\lI, J . A. McCull oc h, W. W. Lock, E. P. Berryman , R. D. Westo n, E. L. Enstgate, E. G. Dickinso n, and R. E. Brinsley-R icha rd s (forward s). The Dove r match was played at Dove r on All Saints' Day. The School were IIga in opposed to a much heavie r line of fo rwa rds, tho ugh they Wl!re not qui te so

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mU lched as at Tonbridge. Dove r sco red three times, and one o f th eir lries being rO ll Ye rte ci, won by one goal and two tri es to nil. K. S. 2nd XV. :- R. A. Bryden (bac k) ; F . C. Bovenschen (Captain ), E. C. Gree n, II. lL \V. Cole, and H. I. \Vilson (th ree-quarters) ; E. P. Ri chardson and R. Crawford hn lves) ; J. A. McCulloch, E. W. Mowll, E. P. Berryman, E. L. E astgate, W. W. Lock, \(. D. \"'eston, J. A. H ellard, and G. A. F. Quen tin (forward s). The return match against Tonbridgc was contested on Bl ore's Piece on \Ved neslillY, November 22nd . The visitors, thou gh represented by a weaker team than at II'unbridge, were still considerably heavier t han the home XV. \Vhen T onbl'idgc had uililli ned two tries within the fi rst ten minutes it looked as if they were going to run 1111 0 heavy score, but the School played up finely, the ir collaring being at tim es really IIIC(" ÂˇlIent. H alf-time arrive d wi thout any alteration in th e poi nts, and it was not till 1\ r(IW minutes from the close th at Tonbridge gained another try by som e good combiIIlllio n among their three-quarters. T he School, though defeated by nine points to nil, 'overed th emselves with g reat credit, and may well be proud of th e result. In ' I tltlcis ing individual play, we ca nnot refrain from congratulating Crawford 0 11 his IIlIlgn ificent performance. H ad it not been for his kickin g and collaring and his IlItln mitable pluck the Tonb ridge total would have been much greater. Of th e three'pllll tcrs, Cole showed up best, th ough Pegg and Gree n both tackled well. In the IWIIL line Clarke, Lock, and McCulloch were perh aps the most conspicuolls, while WNllo n's drop-kicking was oj great service to his side, I(. S. 2nd XV. :-R. A. Bryden (back) ; E. C. Green, H. H. W. Cole, H . I. 'Nilson IUII I IV. G. Pegg (three-quarters) ; R. Crawfo rd and E. P. Ri chardson (halves) ; G. A. I '''"ke, J. A. McC ull och, W. W. Lock, G. A. F . Quentin (Captain ), R. D. Wes ton, I I" I': astgate, A. P. Methuen, E. MacGachen (forwards).

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FIV ES. On Tuesday. Nov. 21St, the School played S. Edmund's School in their Court, and after each side had won one game, lost under somewhat distressing circumstances. During the first game it was obviolls that our men were not at home in the Court, and we lost by game-9. In the second, however, we ralli ed considerably and won easily by game-6. In th e third game we gained point afte r point before our opponents began to score, but when the game stood at 11-3. S. Edmund's School began to gain up on us, and drawing ahead won 'by game- 1 2 â&#x20AC;˘ The School pair was L. R . Coopcr and F. H. D urnford. Vve hope to sec the relurn match played next tenn. On the same day, an under 16 match was played betwee n the School and S. Edmund's School in our Court, which resulted in a fairly hollow victory for us. S. Edrnl1 nd's School scored several points love in each game, but our pair we're evidently in far better training and won the first game by game-Iz and the second by game -8 . The School pair was F. C. Bovenschen and R. H. Hitchcock. On Tuesday, Nov. 28th, the School played S. Augustin e's College in our Court and won a very easy victory over them . In the first game our opponents only scored one point, and in the second two, so that the match was not a very exciting one. The School pair was L. R . Cooper and F. H. Durnford.

TENNIS TIES. [EDD.-We apologise for not printing the Tennis Tics in our last num bcr, but they were unfortunately overlooked.] FIRST ROUND.

E. L. Massey L. W. Hassell J. C. Lucas B. C. Covell L. H.. Cooper

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E. P. Richa rd son} R. C. Paris F. C. Bovcnschen} Izard J. I'rcwer F. Wat son G. N. Finn V. Clark L. F . Paris E. G. Dickinson R. D. i\l:lrshall } { R. 1-1. Charl es C. 1L 13odinglon F. P. Wa.lkcr F. A. Husbands } b R. Craw ford a yc.

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R. W. H. Glennie } F. I I. Durnford K L. Massey I " W. Hassell

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C. H. Bodington } { F. A. Husbands R. D. i\'Iarshall R. Crawford {F. C. Bovenschcn L. R. Cooper E . Finn J. Frewer E. P. Richardson l R. C. Paris I a bye.

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{R. W. H, Glennie

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" I r. Bodington } It O. Marshall

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L. R: Cooper}

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C. H. Dodington} R. D. Marshall a bye. FINAL.

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LECTURES. On Friday, Novemb er loth, Mr. G. H. lond of Pembroke College, Cambridge, NI\\'c us an interesting lecture on the uhjcct of II Nelson's victories." He IIIt1raccd his lecture by quoting several (.tllzas from Kipling's I t Song of the 1)4,,,(1," Then, after a few general marks, the lecturer passed on to de scribe IIIt\ battle off Cape Vincent, and more l'.lrIi ularly Nelson's share in that notable

victo ry j how with his one ship the /lCt')) ap am., ll.e stopped Z I Spanish vessels from sailing round the British fleet an d . . . ' jOllll11g 6 more of thei r num ber, that had been separated from them at th e beginning of th e engagement. Next NTr. Head dwelt upon the mutinies at Spithead, and at the Nore, ,)'hich occurred during the same yea.r, and on the rigour displayed by AdmIral Jervis in suppressing the

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of the candidates who appl ied for admission. to the t rain ing ships, the Arethusa an d th e Chicheste r, with which his lecture was more particularly connected, though he also told us of the othe r work of the Society. Many of these candidates had no religion or education, if fact the only qualifications required for admission were However poverty and good physique. the Society did its best to remedy the defects to whi ch he had alluded, for the boys were not allowed to learn to become sailors before passing through the school , and of course their spiritual wants were well attendee! to. Afte r giving a few detai ls of life 011 board the traini ng shi ps, the lecturer went on to show what became of the boys in afte r life. Many join the crews of light-ships, or the London Fire Brigade j while others enter the R oyal Navy, or the P . and O. Steamship Company. A large proportion emigrate to Canada, tnostly as farm hands. To On IVlonday, Novembe r 20th, 1\11'. H . provide the traini ng necessary for such ~ G. Copeland, Dep utation Secretary for life, the Society h,-\:) established a Farm Home nca r Bisley, with a carpenter' s shop, I< The National Refuges for Homdess and a tailor's shop, a kitchen and several other D estitute Children" gave us an inte resting useful buildings attached to it. On leaving lecture on the work of the Society, which th is Home, th e boys are examined by a was founded in 1843, and has for its selection com mittee, and if they are passed, President the Earl of J ersey. Afte r a brief introduction, Mr. Copeland pro- arc se nt up to London where they receive ceeded to describe the conditio n of some an outfit an d arc shipped off to Canada,

latter. The next episode described was Ne lson's chase of Napo leon aeras!: the }V[cditerranean culminating in the great naval battle of the Nile; this victory being large-Iy due to the dar ing tactics of Nelso n, who with part of his fl eet sailed between the French and some shoals behind them, while the others passed outside th~m ancl so caught them between two fi res. T he battlc of Copenhagen is chiefly interesting as being an encounter in which both sides covered themselves with great credit, and as showing Nelson's gallant disobedience of orders, and his chivalry towards the Danes, ' Ve regret that :Mr. H ead, who brought his lecture to a close with an other quotation fro m. Kipling, had no time to treat of Nelson's crowning victory at Trafalga r at any length. The new electric lantern proved a great success under the able management of Mr. Vinte r.

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Others become fllOStly to l'vl anitoba. I'olcliers, and there arc old bOys in no less lhrln rourteen Regiments serving in South J\ r.ica. Lastly the re is a technical home in London, where among other things the Inds made a pair of boots for the King of

Uganda; a picture of these boots on the sheet provoked a great deal of mirth, as they were about four ti mes the size of an ordinary pai r placed beside them. The lantern slides, which were really excelle nt, were manipulated with great skill.

H A R VE Y SOCIETY. A meeting of this Society was held on Saturday, November 11th, when (', \V. G. \Valker read a paper on Ie Solar Phenomena." i.l<lving fi rst explained the use of the IH'c troscope with regard tu Solar Con' 1IIIItion, he proceeded (0 ske tch the Iluly history of variolls observations hlk, ' n of sun-spots, and the theories put I'lfwnrd conce rning th em down to the il tÂˇnth of \Villiam H erschel at the end of Ill n last century. Next he gave a survey of the Solar as it is known at the present day, jll'lIki ng more particularly of Facuiae, III, ~ veiled appearance, and Phenomena .11 Spots. He the n proceeded to disc uss Ilin question as to wh et her these spots 111\\10 nny effect upon ou r own planet, at Iii., 8(lme time mentioning many mode rn III race

theories as to their nature. di stribution, and periodicity. He then passed on to the subj ect of "Prominences," and the "Corona." \Vith rega rd to the first he gave Secchi's fi rst conclusio ns about them, pointed out their constitution as dete rmined by the Spectroscope, and explai ned that thoy were divided into two kind s, Eruptive and Quiescent. As regards the Corona, mention was made of the fact that it was observed by Pl utarch, among others, who was much struck by its remarkable beauty. In conclusion he said it was exceedingly difficult to obtain photographs of the Corona, one attempt at which was much inte rrupted by the E ruption of Krakotoa. T he paper was well illustrated by lante rn slides kin dly obtained by the P resident.

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The second half of the paper consisted of a description of the various vessels which have the management of torpedoes. H.M .S. Vern on, the torpedo training-ship, was described, together with H.M .S. Vu lcan, the famous" depotshi p," which without exception is the fi red from a ship. most interesting- and userul ship in the The H \~' hitehead " torpedo was taken British Navy, its special feature being as being the commonest fo rm of tNpedo the marvellous cranes which lift the used in the Navy. The details of its torpedo-boals from the water. structure and working were described The "Destroyers" and "Catchers" with a short account of the tubes from were also brieny described, an exceedingly which the weapon is fired, speci.al stress good slide of H.M.S. Rall/esnake being being laid on the fact that a certain form of mechanism in the tube renders the shewn.

On Saturday, November 25th, a paper was read by F. H. Durnford on "Torpedoes, and their use in the British Navy." The paper was accompanied by some interesting slides among which was an excellent snapshot of a torpedo being

Briti~h mode of firing far more deadly

than that employed in any other Navy.

O. K. S. DINNER. The Annual O.K.S. Dinner will take place at The Trocadero Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, VI/., on ' Vednesday, January 17th, 1900, at 7.15 p.m. The Rev. Arthur J. Galpin, Headmaster of th e King's School, has kindly consented to preside. It is hoped that O.K.S. will turn up

in large numbers to support him, and will signify thei r intention of being present to B. H. Latter, Esq., Pix field, Bromley, Kent. No tickets will be issued, but the price of the Dinner will be 7/- each, which WIll be collected on the night.

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OXF ORD LE T T ER . J)00 r School, U is difficult to write an Oxford letter, wh n the happier-i f not neces::arily Ih o belter-half of the undergrad uate ,'omlllunity are busy consulting Bradshaw, fln <l lr.sting the capacity of Gladsto ne hllgs, whi le the mOllrn fu l remain der IIro parading the streets with dejected .' untenances an d white ties. It is still ho rder when the writer is absolu tely IH"orant of the orthodox shape that such I\n epistle sho ul d assume. All OlIr Fresh men are settling down j they have all ceased to wC'nr tall hats on the Sabbath, and have litH yet tried the effect of a walking stick II conjunction with cap and gown . 'J'u kc has been indefatigable, spending hili lime between playing goal at "Soccer," III organ and the river. Pereira has bee n

'n normal ways

eulogising Mr. Chamberlain at the Union. to audi ences silent, if small, while Pulling also waxes eloquent on Debate nights. Other O.K.S . find amusement 'in vario us ways, Furley at hockey, Fawssett on his bicycle, and W'ightwick at Iffley, where he attempts to solve the art of managing a centre-board. If ot.her prominent persons among our number are not mentioned, it is because the prospect of Final Schools, an d other se rious subjects, engross their attention. \Ve were glad to see Massey, Bradclell, Quentin and Redman up here this term, and congratulate the latter upon his success at \ÂĽadh am, which we trust augurs furthe r distinctions for members of the School, at the University. O.K.S. OXON.

SCH OO L N E WS . E. W. Mowll has been elected captain

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Boat Club in succession to J . C. 1,1I 'M. H. A. Jenkin is placed on the C 'ommittee.

We congratu late the following on receiving thei r first XV. colours: after the Dover match, R. C. Paris and F. A. Husbands; after the second Sutton match ,

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B. C. Covell , E. L. Massey, and F. H. Durnford; and on Decembe r 14th, H. E. Green, J. A. H ellard, P. S. F. Nairn. Also the following on receiving their second XV. colours: after the second Sutton m~tch, G. \~'achcr, F. C. Bovcnschen, J. A. l\IcCulioch, R. Crawford, V·l. W. Lock, R. A. Bryden, I-I. I-l. IV. Cole, and E . C. Green; and on December q.th. E. P. Richardson, R. D . 'Veston, E. G. Dickinson, E. L. Eastgate, E. R. P. Berryman.

allusion to his approaching marriage, and granted an extension of some days to the Christmas holidays in honour of that happy event. It may interest our readers to know that the wedding will take place in S. Stephen's Church, on J an uary 2nd.

The School have acquired another football ground on the road leading past Blore's Piece to Sturry. Although at present rather rough, the new field makes a very good ground for the second game who may usually be seen playing there.

On Sunday, November 26th, the Rev. A. E. Richardson of the Soudan Mission came to tell us a fcw words about the proposed mission to I-Iausaland. He informed us that several attempts had already been made to reach the Hausas and preach the Gospel to them, but they had all failed, owing to illness or death among those who had devoted themselves to the work. At last Bishop Tugwell came forward and offered to give up his bishopric for a yea r in order to cond uct a small party of missionaries (of whom lVIr. Richa rd son is one) acrosS the desert from Tripoli to Hausaland. This party is to start from Liverpool in two or three weeks' t ime. The preache r th en proceeded to give a short account of the H ausas, dwelling especially on the evils of t he

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On Sunday, October 15th, we had the pleasure of listeni ng to the Rev. H. T . Maitland , Vicar of S. Saviour's, '\'althamstow, himself an O.K.S., who came down to enlist the sy mpathies of his old school on behalf of his work in an exceedi ngly poor suburban parish. The collection after the sermon amounted to £2 4S ' 7d .

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After 'Mr. Copeland's lecture, an account of which will be fo und in another colum n, the Head-Master madc a graceful

'\y:!(. On Saturelay, November 25th. the

Junior School played Chatham H ouse J unior School on Blore's Picce, ,lnd after a good ga me suO'cred defeat by a goal and. a try to 2 t ries (G ramshaw and Rigden ).

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slave trade as practised among them. After drawing a comparison between human slavery and the slavery of sin and Satan, he concluded his se rmon by asking the School for their prayers for the success or the work. On the Aronday following Mr. Richilrdson's sermon, Mr. Latter gave the "chool a talk on football. He began by loying dow n three very important rules, namely, the necessity or collaring hard and low. of passi ng hard and low, and of being nble to drop and punt, more es pecially punt, with either foot; and then proceeded to give three other rules of scarcely less Importance. viz.: playing hard, heeling "tthe centre of the back of the scrimmage, and llsing the feet to dribble, especially on n wet day. Âˇ During the remainder of his lnlk Mr. Latter explained and commented 011 it card of " Football I-l ints" that was hHJUed at the beginni ng of the tenn. Arte rwards Fi nn as footba ll captain called r r three cheers for Mr. Latter to which the school hearti ly responded . ';"*';'<

Early on the morning of Saturday, I) ce mber 2nd, some two hundred R 'sc rvists of the 5th and 9th Lancers left nnterbury by train for Southampton, whence they were to sail to the seat of

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war. Accordingly a large number of the School dragged themselves out of their beds at b o'clock in the morning, to give them a parting cheer as they passed the school -gates. iVIr. Bell had obtained a permit to allow him to go on to the platform of the station, and he very kindly offered to take several of the Vlth and Vth with him, a favour which a ll of us, who had the pleasure of being included in the party, thorough ly enjoyed . One energetic member of the Vl th had collected about seventy magazi nes and papers which he di stributed among the soldiers in the train, who seemed very pleased with them and acknowledged the virtues of the King's School. There was a large crowd assembled who gave a very hearty send -off to these "gentlemen in khaki ordered South./J

'Ve learn with the deepest regret that l'vIr. Slater an d Mr. Vi nter are both leavinO" o llS at the end of this term, Mr. Slater for Stonyhurst College and Mr. Vinter fo r the City of London School. ' lile wish them all success and happiness in their new positions.

Vie heartily congratulate C. " ' . C. Redman on obtaining an Open Classical

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Scholarship at Wadham, and E. L. Malsey on winn ing a similar distinction at Pete rhouse. Redman's excellent work in the 13alliol Scholarships also calls for commendation; his performances arc all the morc creditable as he had only just rc-

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covered from a severe indisposition when he went up to Oxford. OUf heartiest thanks arc due to 1\Ir5. Temple for generously promisi ng to give a prize at next year's Athletic Sports.

NEWS.

Loyal Lancashire Regiment; SccondLieutenant D . W. S. Spiller, 64th Battery Royal Ficld Artillery j Second-Lieutenant ,;,;,,,/.~ At the Peterhuuse Sports. A. S. J ohn- R. L. Beasley, 1St Battalion Gloucester I son was second in the 100 yards an d mile, Regiment. \ Ve learn with regret that Lieutenant and C. H. Bodington was second in the R . B. Fl:nt was slightly wounded at the hurdles. engage ment at the Modeler Ri ver, and \V. C. L. Pulling and H . A. D. Pereira that Second-Lieute nant R. L. Beasley are to be seen and heard at the Union. was taken prisoner at N icholson's Nek.

R. J. I-I eale has been playing for Kent against the Midlands and East Midlands.

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The following are, in addition to the C. H. Clarke and H. J. Mowll, Jesus list published in our last nurnbe r, at Collego, ancl A. S. J ohnson, Petcrhouse, present fi ghtin g in South Africa: Captain Cambridg-c, have each obtained their R. H. Isaacke, 1St Battalion Northumber- College Rugby Football Colours. land Fusiliers i Captain J. H. l\'[ullins, Royal Marine Light Infantry ; Captain H . A. F. C. C. Luxmoore has been M. vVelstead, Adjutant of the 1St Battalion called to th e Bar. L eicesters hire Regi ment j Lieutenant I-I . F. Mr. G. Collard has been elected Stobart, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Mayor of .Canterbury for the sixth time, F usiliers; Lieutenant C. Parmiter, 1St and was at th e same time offered a life Battalion Kin g's Liverpool Regi ment; Lieutenant R . B. Flint, 1St Battalion mayoralty.

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The following Books have been aclded to the Library : Historical Geog raphy of Holy Land South Africa Men and Books Education Story of London Fights for the Flag Represe ntative Men T~e Campaign in Tirah (with full account of Dargai) Dickens, 8 vo1s" crown edition (to complete the set) I n Kedars Tents Castle Inn The Orange Girl The Reds of the Midi One of th e 28 ) A March on London Bonnie Prince Charlie Dead Man's Rock All Sorts and Conditions of Men Catriona

Smith. Theale. Stevenson. Spencer. Fitchett. Emerson. Hutchinson. Merriman. Stanley Weyman. Besant. Felix Gras. H enty.

Q. Besant. Steve nson.

Swallow Rider Haggard. J ess Boothby. Dr. Nikola Stevens. With Kitchener to Khartonm Pierre and his People G. Parker. Green's Short History of English People-Illustrated Edition , 3 vols. William Morris' "Life a nd Death of Jaso n." O. Browning's" Charles XII. of Sweden "-Presented by the Author.

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CON T E lVI P 0 R A RI E S,

The November Fe/sled/an contains an

a boat.

TI oweve r," in spite of all this

article entitled I f A Trip 011 the Broads/' which is described as n a really novel and

the voyage was a great success"; for the author" weutup three and a half stone

restful way of spending one's summer

in a week! "

holidays." From the ex peri ences, however, contained in the article this description would appear to be sarcastic. To

sleep on the floor of a dinghy and to wake up. "soaked with dew and sore from the boards," with an earwig exploring one's face, may be novel ; it certainly is not restful.

In the same number a would-be slacker" lifts up his voice to complain

that

that life of bliss" is closed to

him:Some six or seven years ago I in yo ur pages tried to show That nothing in this world of stri fe I s iJetter than a slacker's life.

Nevertheless, it seems to

have been gratifying Lo the author and his two friend s. The only <I misadventure >l

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This article I wrote in Latin, A language slackers are not pat in ;

they deplore was a thund erstorm, when.

"it rained solid from four p.m. till about eleven," co mpelling them to see k shelter on shore. All the butter they had was I f absolutely inaccessible," and not one of t hem seems to have bee n able to manage

But now I lise my mother tongue To try and ri ght a g rievous wrong . If these verses rep rese nt his highest

efforts in his mother tongue, we should suggest a re turn to Latin.

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The T /le Chigzuellian for November co ntains a fragment of some merit. It is

a parody of Kipling's " Winds of the Wo rld," explai ning higwell " :

\Vhat they get at

" lV[ust we borrow a branch from th e Birch tree to cause the needful pain? IV[ust we ship to the distant Indies to fetch the supple cane? l\'[ust we cut a stake fro m. the hedge-row, heavy and long a nd thick ? Must we purchase the delicate dog-whip, or the hom ely hockey stick? The Birch tree sighed -" In the forest my sil ver brethren spri ng : Yc have but to cut some twiglets and tie them up with a string : Ye have Qut to get salt water, and pickle your rod with careThat's what they get at Chigwell! All's well, for I am there!

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In the St. Edward's SchO()I C/lIwu'cle there is a good article on Hamlet; the rest of the number is entirely composed at School news, which is of li ttle interest to outsiders.

The L e)'s For/nigh/ljl co ntains some verse o f but average merit, and also a good deal of mo st extraordinary and totally unintelligible matter, e ntitled the "Lcysia n Transvaal."

\Vc are glad we arc not.

We beg a lso to acknowledge the receipt of the following i\fagazines:Car//lUsian (2), Easlboul7lian, King' s !:::'i:hool ( Paramalla) 11ÂŁagazt'ne, n ovor/alt,

11!1/cltael's Chronicle, L if.y, Wyvern, Ollscl, O/avian, Bromsgrovian, Por/Cltllt's.

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EDITORIAL. We come back to fi nd many changes , two masters have gone to "pastures new," a nd are much regretted here. In their place we are very pleased to welcome Mr. Austen, fro m New College, Oxford, and 1\lr. Rose nberg, from St. J ohn's Cambridge; we hope thc;;y wi ll like the ir new surroundings. Vie also extend a most ht;:arty welcome to Mrs. Galpin, whom we are delighted to see here this term. We wish both her and Mr. Galpin long life and happiness, and hope that th e management of ove r zoo boys will not prove too great a burd en on their shoulders: at a ny rate we may be sure the School will flourish un der their rule. Mrs. Bostock has left, at.lCl with her we also miss the familiar sight of " Jim," but anothe r has come to fill hiS place, nam ely, a pretty little Pomeranian .. Becky." "Let dogs delight to bark . . .•.. " is an old saying, and certai nly the tradition left by J im of sometim es mistakir.g members of the School for burglars seems to be faithfully followed by his successor. "Ve tru st this habit is but I f their nature," and betokens no real ave rsion to the School. At any rate "..·e may vouch fo r it-on the highest authority-that Becky at least has never bee n known to do t he other thing 'in whi ch dogs are said to .. delight." Our numbers are now over 200, and to accommodate the m we have acquired, until the ne w buildings are completed, a nother hO llse known by the name of I I Green

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Court House/' while Hod gson's Hall is also being used for boys, containing two small dormitories. Rooms for the sick are provided in "Green Court Ho use." where we arc glad to see a Nurse. \'Yc hope her hands will not be v'ery full, although thi s term has such an evil rep utati on for illness. Indeed the wcather has not so far altered its usual characte r at this time of year, but we trust the good health that has so long attended us will not desert the School now. Perhaps the very fact that preparations have been made to meet the illness will sto p the illness corning. Everyone is naturally talking of the war, and Canterbury seems full of Reservists. Among those about to sail for South Africa is ,;Valte rs whom we greatly miss from among us this term . ' ,Ve wish him. good luck and a qui ck return . At the same lime we offe r our sympath ies to the I-l ead :M aster for losing so val uabl e a se rvant at such a busy time. Our th oughts arc also naturally with Lhe many O. K. S. who are at the front, and we hope they a re safe anel well. \;Vc arc sorry Lo hear that R. B. Flint is seriously ill with enteric fever. There is the usual manifold variety of athletic exercises this term . Football would be, if only the wcath er allowed, in .full swing. It will be continued to the end of the mon th, and a ncw system of Tutor xv.'s wi ll relieve the monotony of practice-games. T he Boat-races will be held, as last year, at the end of this term, and not in Jun e. The Sports a rc a rranged for the end of March, and Paper-chases will soon be the order of the day. \Ve would like to sec more people playing Fives j the entries for the Ties thi s yca r have not been as num erous as we could wish. In the Lower part of the School especially, th ere a rc ollly very fe w who now play ; and it is a game that well repays trouble a nd practice. At th e beginning of th e year ' 900, we can not but once more ec ho the wish, FLOREAT SCl-lOLA

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and Mr. and Mrs. Galpin at it.

LAYING the FOUNDATION STONE of the NEW BUILDINGS. On Friday, Dece mber 15th, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury Jaid the found atio n sto ne of the new Buildings that arc to be erected on the Grange Lawn. The actual stone-laying was a very brief c.eremony in view of th e inclemency of the weather. At about 'J .20 the Archbishop, who was accompani ed by the Dea n and IVf rs. Farrar, the Bi shop of D over, and Canons H olland and Page-Roberts, entered th e Mint-yard from the Green Court, passed in front of th e School who received the visito rs with respectful silence, and, after pausing t o be introduced to the Captain,

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went through the Grange, then along the gravel path leading through the gard en, and finally took up his positio n inside th e hoarding. The Sixth Form and a few other boys were privileged ' to follow. \Vh en a ll had assembled within the hoarding, where a small party of visitors including Mrs. Temple had been awaiting them, the Dean formally requested the Archbishop to lay the stone, which his Grace did after offering up the prayer." <l0 Lord, vouchsafe to bless thts house and all \\ho shall dwe ll therein; through j esus Christ our Lord." The company then proceeded to the Schoolroom , wh ere th e sc hool sang a few verses of the hymn U 0 God, our help in ages past," as the visitors arrived. A few versicles, two or three collects, and the first four verses of the Ember Hymn II 0 Thou Wh o makest souls to shine" followed, after which the Archbishop gave his blessing. On the conclusion of thi s short service, the Dean, in one of his usual happy and eloq uent speeches, introduced the School to th e Archbishop as their visitor. That task he looked upon as very superfluous, beca use he had had the honour of introducing th em a year ago. On that occasion the Archbi shop gave them advice which, being casy to follow, was received with rapturou s delight, and also, he had no doubt, was accepted wi th implicit obedience (laughter). I t had been said that Kent was only a 'orner of England, and that Canterbury was ani), a corner of that corner, but as long as there was an Archbishop of Canterbury, this co untry would never forget that it was fro m Canterbury our E nglish Christianity had radiated. It was not only Christianity that had taken its ri se in Canterbury; edu cation had radiated from the same centre. The King's School was famou s 1,000 years ago in the days of the Venerable Bede for its Greek, and the number of sc holarships won by its pupils in the present day showed that they had not degenerated from their ancestors (applause). Dr. Farrar greatly amused his hearers by describing the fate of erring scholars who, when other means failed, were sent to th e Dea n for rep roof. His excellent predecssor (Dean Payne Smi th), with his well-know n kindliness of hear t and deep sympath y with the boys, used, after condemning the shocking character of their offence, to present th em with half-a-crow n (laughter). During the time that he himself had been Dean only one boy had been se nt to him, and that was for a very venial offence-continued unpun ctuality. H e did not offer the boy that little inducement to which he had refe rred, but si mply spoke to him, and he was happy to tell the Arch bishop that he was neve r again late ( hear, hear). That, he thought, showed that Ihe hoys were entirely worthy of the Archbishop's patronage and kindness, and he introd uced them with co nfidence that he was introducing a very excellent set of boys (applause). Text th e H ead Master rose to g ive a description of th e' new buildings. H e said h hoped he would be pardoned for so doing; pa rents were always proud of their 'hildren, and he himself th erefore took a modest pride in the buildings which he I' garded as being in some degree his own offspri ng, and a kind of younger brother to Ihe Archi episcopal Palace. After briefly describin g the design, Mr. Galpin said a few

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words about the accommodation of the new building. Starting with the ground floor, a day room , 34ft. by 28ft., was approached by an entrance lobby. On the same floor :vas a large lavatory with bathrooms, and a corridor leading from the present offices mto the ~ay-room. In ,the base ment there would be a play-room, 30ft. by 21ft., a larg.c drYlIlg-roolll, ht:atln g apparatus. and stores. On the first and second floors were c ubIcles [or?6 boys, w,ith two ,sets of bed and sitti ng-rooms for m~ st~rs. The heating and v el:tl~atlOn ,\:as bClI1g. carned OLIt, upon the most approved Pflll ciples. Such was th e bmiclin,g wh ich, on Its completIO n next Sli mmer, would lift its head opposite hi s Grace's resld.ence-:-~oclestly he hope~. as.be ~lted a .school .build ing. in the presence of an Archbi shop s I alace, but yet With chgl11fied elled, sce llll( that It faced th e home o~ one who not <;mly took every interest in the Sc hoo~, bll~ also felt it warm sy mpathy WI th, and he llllghL perhaps add, a fath erly affectIOn for, the boys of the School (a.pplause). The wh ole of th e arr~lllgement s for the extension had been designed WIth .the greates t c;are, and, .he might say, very success rully by the architect, lVIr. Jennlllgs, an d to hl111 he would ve nture to express their war m thanks for the attentionÂˇ wh5 ch he had g.iven to t he minutest details of th e plans now being carried out by th eir budd e r~ l\!r. 'VIlso n of Canterbury. It was a g reat satisfa ction to him to know that th e blllldmgs, h<1:1 be.e n . I?l a nne~ and were b~i n g exe~ l1Led by Cante rbury citizens ~applause) . .1 hell' object 111 maklll g th e extensIOn, he llllg ht add , was no t merely to 1I1crease the Ir numbers- g lad as they were to have plenty o f boys around them- but to add ~o the comfort and happiness o f all who we re bei ng edu cated there ; so that they mIght compare favoura bly as regard ed their buildings and ge neral plan with any public school in th e kingdom, and be worthy of th e g reat cathedra l t~ the foundation of w~li c h they we re proud to belong (applause ). . The Archbishop th e n ad dressed the School at some le ngth, and in th e course of IllS sl?cech gave them. mu ch excellent advi ce on the subjec t of duty. On the last occaSlQn l~ e met the n~ III the capacity of Visitor he advised them not to worry about stu dy d unn ~ the holidays, and he had no doubt they fou nd th e advice was good, and that the .holidays werc, on the wh ole, ve ry pleasant, partly in consequence of following that adVIce ( la~lg~ltc r ) . But n o\~ he had quite a dincrent subject. The erection of those new bUildings had nodllng to do wilh holidays, bll t with the School and with the School work: They must p re p~re themselves durin g th e holidays for hard work aft~rward~, for If they let.the holldars int.rude lipa n School time, they would make a senOt~ s 111l~take . In term tnn e the cillef thll1g must be th e studies. The success of teaciung did .n?t de pend only upon the excellence o f th e lesson s given by the teac hers, but on the Willingness of the boys to co-operate wi th th ose teaching them . If the b oys woul d not work the masters could not teach, and so much was t his the case that the great qua lili.cation which ra~lked above almost every other in a teacher, wa~ that he sh?ul.d be. ab le to n~ake It easy. for the bars to study in preparation fo r his lessons, ana, followlllg upon h!s lessons, I~ preparatIOn for everything that was to con~e o~t or th?se I.essons. fhe great th1l1g was that they sho uld do thei r duty, and do It as If they hked It, compe llin2 themselves to like it. The re were times , no doubt , ~

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when they could not bring themselves to like their work, but nevertheless they must do what they had to do as if they really liked it, and if they looked upon their lessons in that way, that was what, more t han anything e lse, would keep them straight and make them worthy subjects of t he Queen and worthy citizens all through life arterwards (applause). This, too, was one of the finest trainings for the formation of charact~r. They must practise self-sacrifice-never spare time or trouble to do things well, and remember always that all depended, not so much on the knowledge which they would thus acquire, valuable as that might be, but on the spirit in which they cultivated th eir own character and reduced it constantly to that rule (applause) . As members of the oldest public School in England, as memhers of a School which had long had a ve ry considerable reputation, of a School attached to one of the greatest of English institutions, a School in whi ch the vcry highest subjects of instructi on were constantly handled-as members or such a School th ey ought to be an example to all other Schools, an example of such a sense of duty to God, and to their fellow-men as made men worthy of all hon our. He called upon them, with their posi tion in Eno-Iand, with the recollection of their past position in history, as membe rs of a Scl~ool which had gone through ma ny vicissitudes, but had continued steadily doing its work-he called upon them not to forget what School it was to which they belonged, a nd to make it a glad thing for them in their after life to say : I I I was at the King's School, Canterbury" (cheers). . . . ' ~he Mayor of Canterbury said that the great pnvliege had fallen to hun of movm g a vote of thanks to the Archbishop for his kind attendance that day to lay the foundation stone and also for the beautiful address which he had given the 5ehool- an address full of good sound advice, which if followed by the boys would serve th em well not only during their School time, but also in after life (hear, hear) . The citizens were proud to have in their midst the oldest public School in England, a nd he was proud to be there as an Old King' s Scholar (cheers). The Dean had alluded to the School having maintained its replltation well in education in classics, and he (the Mayor) might say, speaki ng. from ex peri ence, that many of tho~e wh o had ~ee n at the King' s School had also recelveci great benefit from the eciucatIOn thl!re gIven which tended to one's success in commercial and business life. He was proud to say that there were several Old Kin g's Scholars hold ing prominent positions in the Corporation-their Mayor, the Deputy Mayo r (Alderman Mason), the Sheriff (Councillor H orsley ), Councillor Hu nt, the T own Clerk (Mr. Henry Fleldmg) and the lVledical Office r (IVlr. Frank Wache r). H I:! thought that was a record of whIch the Kin g's School might well be proud (applause). The Archbishop then rose, and in his capacity of Visitor, asked th e H ead l\1aster to grant the School a half-holiday in honour of t he occasion. H e felt sure the School would welcome his request all the more rrom its totally unexpected nature i of course none of th em had ever dreamed he would make it. H e only hoped that they enjoyed their half-holid ays as much as he did his ; he assured them he was delighted wh en, as rarely happened, he awoke and realised that he had al ready done the day's

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work and might th erefore take a holiday. The H ead :Mastc r havinO' ri sen and expressed his intention of granting the Archbishop's request, th e procec(lings terminated amid ringin g cheers for his Grace and Mrs. T emple. Beside the speakers the visitors included Mrs. T emple. th e Rev. E. L, Ridge (domestic chaplain ). the Bishop of Dover, and Mrs. \Valsh, the Archd eacon of Maidstone, Canon H olla nd, Canon Page-Roberts, Mrs. Farrar, Minor Canon Loosemore, Lieut.-Col. Dickenso n, Minor Canon H elmore , Hon. Canon F . H. Hich.c ns and Mi~s Hichcns. Al~l erman VI{. Vtf. Mason, Mr. W. J. J ennin gs (,the ArchItect), Mr. WIld ey Crepresentlll g the Contractor Mr. H. n. Wilso n). Mr. W. H. Horsley. Dr. and Mrs. Whitehead Reid, the Town Clerk CMr. Henry Fielding) Councillor \~'right Hunl and others. â&#x20AC;˘

PRESENTATION TO THE HEAD MASTER. On D ecember 15th, at the concl usion of afternoo n School, the Ca ptain presented the H ead Maste r with a sil ve r salve r, on which an appropriate inscription had bee n engraved, as a wedd ing present from the School. He began by saying that o f the ma llY popular actions 1'vI r. Galpin had done si nce he ca me, none had ever bee n morc popular than his engagement. The del ig ht whi ch the School felt on th e an nOlillceme nt of that event had bee n increased since they had come to kn ow Miss Hichcns, to wh ose presence among th em they eagerly loo ked forward. It was impossible to e numerate all the works of Mr. Galpin during the three

years he had becn at Canterb ury, bu t he (the speake r) hoped he wo uld be pardoned if he ma de a brief reference to the decoration of the Dig Schoolroom, th e commencement of th e new buildings, and lastly to Mr. Ga lpin's engagement which was th e crown to all his othe r achievemen ts. H e had th e refore the g reatest pleas ure in prese nting to Mr. Galpi n the gift and the goo d wishes of the School. The Head Master in reply said that perhaps SOI11 C day some of those who we re present mi ght be in his position, and that th ey would then be able to realise what his feelings wcre. To say that he thanked them for their prese nt was not to express

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all his feelings. He was grateful to the School for their present, but more so for the sentiments which had accompanied it, and had been admirably expressed by Smith in a manner calculated to put him at his ease at once. IVlarriage was always a serious thing, and more especially so in a case where it was more than a personal Ill.atter. Miss Hichens would come to the School with warm feelings and an anxious desire to do all she could fo r them. Yet she was without experience and had to fill a difficult place. He was sure she would be given a hearty welcome. He thanked the School for the way in which they had always worked with him, so that he had felt quite at home by th e

end of his first term . They had helped him to like his duty, and he was glad to say that he and they were friends. He had spoke n to them without preparation because he thought that by so doing he was treating them in a more friendly spirit than if he had made a set speech. In conclusion he thanked the m once more for their handsome present, which he hoped and trusted would always be an emblem of unity between himself with Miss Hichens, and the School. When the Head Master had ended, there was loud and prolonged cheering for him and for Miss Hichens.

THE HEAD MASTER'S WEDDING. The wedding of the H ead Maste r and Miss Hichens was celebrated at S. Stephen's Church, Canterbury, on Tuesday, January 2nd. The actual ceremony did not begin till 2 o'clock, but in spite of the

damp. inclement weather people began to assemble at the church soon after I J and by 1.30 there was hardly a vacant seat, while a crowd of persons eagerly so ught admittance. T hus, on the arrival

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of the bridal party, many had to be con - by the singing of th e beauti fu l hymn, tent wi th an outside view of them as they " Love Divine a11 10ve excelling" j after alighted from their carriage and passed which the Dean gave a brief address. under the a wning which had been erected T he co ncl udi ng hymn was "Praise my from the churchyard gate to the church. soul the King of Heaven," after whi ch ' Vhil e the congregation waited for the th e Dean pronounced the be nediction. bride the organist played a nocturne fro m Mendelssohn's I f \ÂĽed di ng March" was Mendelssoh n's "Midsummer N ight's played as the procession left th e church. Dream" and the well-known e, 13rida l As IVlr. and lVlrs. Galpin emerged from the March " from Tannh ~ill scr. About 2 o'clock sacred building they were greetr.d by the Miss Hichens entered th e church leaning usual shower of co nfetti, and it is whison the ann of her fa the r, who gave her pered that the customary old slipper was a way. She wore a dress of ivory satin, not forgotten. T he bells of the Cathetrimmed with old Flemish poi nt lace and dral, as we ll as of S. Stephen's, rang a a tull e vei l and orange bl os~om sJ while merry peal in honour of the event, thus she ca rried a hand some bouqu et of sofrano concl udin g a ve ry impressive and bea utiful roses. H er jewels were a diamond spray, marriage se rvice. A reception was afterthe gift of the bridegroom, an d a wa rd s held a L S. Stephen'S Vica rage, string of pearls, also one of the presents. and at 4.1 8 Mr. and Mrs. Galpin left fo r She was supported by three bridesmaids, Lond on en r Oll l e for T orq uay, where the wh o were d ressed in cream voi le trimmed honeymoon was spent, by the London, with blue silk, and carried bouquets of Chatham, a nd Dover Railway. sofran o ro ses and lil ies of the va lley; whil e the brid eg room was supported by Among th ose present in the church NIr. \ÂĽill iams. The se rvice, whic h was were - Mrs. T emple. the Bishop of choral, opened with th e hymn , "Lord Dover and Mrs. \Valsh. the Archd eacon receive ll S with thy blessing ." The of IVlaidstone, Canon a nd Mrs. 1V1ason, se ntences wh ich followed were read by Mrs. Farrar, Cano n an d the H on . Mrs. the R ev. F. W. Galpi n, brother of the Page-R oberts, Mrs. Bostock, Mrs. Blore, brideg room, while the marriage ce remony etc., etc. was performed by the bride's uncle, the Of the many weddin g pre sents the Rev. Canon Hichens. This was followed I

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following perh aps possess the most interest for the school: The Warde n of Rad ley and Mrs. F ield, silver tea-caddy. Rev. R. G. and Mrs. H od.gso n, e ntree d ish. Rev. L. G. Maso n, old sil ver mustard pot. Rev. F. F. S. ' Villiams, silve r-mo unted blotti ng case. Mrs. Evans, sil ver sweetm eat di sh.

Mrs. Bostock, silver flower vases. T he Misses M. and G. Bostock, embroidered blotting-case. T he Assistant Maste rs at the sc hool, silver rose bowl. O.K. S. at Oxford a nd Cambridge, pair of silve r ca ndlesticks. The School, silver salve r. The household. at the School, salad bowl.

THEATRICALS. After an interval o f fo ur years the King's School Theatricals we re revived on t he evenings of Tuesday and 'Wed nesday, Dece mber 19 and 2 0 , in th e Gymn asium. The pieces selected on t his occasion were ff Hi t him, he has no fri ends," a Farce by Yates and H arrington; and the If Duchess of Bayswater and Co.," a Comedietta, by A. M. H eathcote. The repu tati on the School has always enj oyed was fully mai ntained, and the greatest possible praise is due chiefly to Mr. Mason for the great care he has taken in the coachi ng, a nd

also in a la rge measure to the -talented company, who so enthusiasti cally a nd un grudgingly backed his effo rts durin g the lon g period of rehearsal, a nd brought his labours to such a successful conclusion on th e stage itself. T he Canluancw most hea rtily congratul ates all concerned on the ad mirable pe rformance of thc two plays, and thanks them most war mly fo r the agreeable entertainment they provided. Of all t he actors we have nothing but good to say for th e several parts they playcd, but we would specially remember R. H.

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Gharles in his role of the Duchess, and R . E. Brinsley-Richards as the ma/ade imrzgi1Jaire, Sir Jeremy J oles, while F. C. Bovenschen was inimitable as Kathleen, and no o ne will forget E. J. Smith, the ginge r-beer bottle Duke, recounting to Sir Jcremy t he horrible consequences of wearing "wool next the skin." Each actor thoroughly entered into the spirit of his part. delivering his lines well and distinctly, and making his" points" admirably. During the inte rval between th e two plays on the Tuesday evening, Mr. Jack Robertson tiang "'VVhcn the swallows home ward fly IJ (ll1aud VaUn t JYln/e), and "The Distant shore" (Sullivan), and on the Vvedn esday two songs, "The Boys of the Old Brigade" and "Mary, call the cattle home," were given by Mr. Byron Dewhurst. In response to loud calls iVfr. rdason appeared before the curtain and thanked Mr. Jack Robertson for his kind ness in coming down to his old sc hool to sing that evening, and the many others who had helped in various ways. He also acknowledged the generosi ty of M r. Grahqm Falcon, the Lessee or Ca nterb ury Theatre, who had put everything in the way of scenery at the Theatre at the disposa l of the School. Among the company present on Tuesday night we noticed: The Dean an d 1'\'lrs. Farrar,

lVl iss Hichens, Miss M. Hichens, Mrs. 1\'[ason, IV!r. and Mrs. Aitken, D r. Field, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon, Dr. and Mrs. Brian Rigden, Mr. Perrin, Dr. and Mrs. Whitehead Reid, Re v. F . F. S. Williams, Mr. and iVfrs. Mapleton Chapm,ln, Mr. Plant, Mr. Rhodes, and many othe rs. We deeply regret th e absence of His Grace the Archbishop on \Vednesday, but were glad to be able to welcome the following as well as many other friends of the school: The Archdeacon of Maidstone and Miss Smith, the Bishop of Dover and Mrs. \Valsh, Canon, Mrs., and the Misses Page-Roberts. Rev. G. H. and Mrs. Gray, Colonel and Mrs. Gipps, Mr. and Mrs . Preston, Mr. Councillor Horsley, Mrs. and l\'l iss !turl ey, Rev. P. \ÂĽ. and Miss Loosemo rc, 1\1 r. and Mrs. Gentry, Canon and Mrs. Carter, Rev. J. H . and the Nl isscs Carr, Mr. F. \Vacher, IVl r. and 1V[rs. S. \Vacher, Mr. and Mrs. \Vightwick, Mrs. and Miss Cooper, and Mr. and Mrs. Lochee. The characters in the two plays were : " HIT lI n.-r, HE H AS NO FRI ENDS." M r. Collarem (Afa)loJ'

Canterbury) R. C. PART S. R o dn e y Ricl(ells (engaged to A'It'ss Ve'm er) R. E. BRTNSLl'.y Âˇ RI CHARDS. Edward Verne r ....... .. ... ....... P. S. F. NA I RN. Miss Vern e r (his sister).

. F . C. BOVENSCHEN.

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J\.!rs. Rummer (Lfl1Jdlady 0/ tIle" Boar's Head") . R. H . CHARLES. Richard (waiter at same) ....... .. J. A. H ELLARD. J oe Crabbs ( boots at same ). . . .. E. J. SmTH. Scene: The Coffee Room of the "Boar's H ead" Hotel, Canterbury.

"THE DUCHESS OF BAYSWATER & CO. " Sir J eremy Joles (a Valetudinarian) R. E. BRINSLEy·nI CH ARDS.

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Kathleen (his daughter) ..... F. C. BOVENSCHEN. Jenkyns (his attendant) . P. S. F. NAIRN. Caryl Grubb (a J10tmg 1JIillt'OJt. } aire,solto/Gl'ubb's "Thmed

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T he Duke of Bayswater ............... E. J. SMITH. T he Duchess of Bayswater (hi! mother) R. H. CHARJ.ES. Scel,e: "The Hot Springs " Hotel, Siploek, Derbyshire.

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Played on '~hursday, Dec. 21St, at Blore's Piece. The ground, owing to the effect of the prevIOus frost and subsequent thaw, was in a terrible condition, and a heavy fog hung over th0. fi eld, with the result that accurate play was al most out of the 9ue.st.ion, and furth er, it. was exc~edillgly difficult for the spectators to distinguish mdlvldual playe r~ . In spl~e of thiS, however, the O.K.S. backs managed to bring off some pretty bIts of passll1g, and seemed fa r more at horne on the slippery ground than our team. T hey had a good team all through, and their superior weight forward precluded the p.ossibility of our three-quarters bei ng set going. In attack, therefore we did not shine, but the tackling was extremely good, " hard and low" bei ng th~ order of the day. In this respec t, IVIassey particularly disti nguished himsel f, while H usbands played a fi ne game at fu ll-back, and stopped many rushes in excellent style. FO.r tl;e O.K.S., Luxn~oore and Fin n started several good bouts of passing, and Shortlllg s pace on the wlIlg proved too muc h for us on one occasion, while on a nothe~, Richardson scored after a clever feint in front of goal. The other two tries were the res ult of scrambling play on our goal-line. The game was perhaps more evenly co ntested than the score, ( I goal and 3 tries against us) would indicate, a nd, on one or two occasions, Covell might perhaps have scored if he had gone on himself instead of passing. We are incli ned to th ink that our th ree-quarters are apt I to pass too mu ch for th e sake of passi ng, even though the II passee" is not better

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situate d th an the " passe r," in fact, they are a li ttle 100 mu ch afraid of being classed among selfi sh players. Selfishness is a bad faul t, but its opposite extreme is perhaps equall y bad in footbal l. The teams we re as fo llows : K S.-F. A. Husbands (back) ; E . L. Massey, B. C. Covell, H . E. Green, and F. C. Bove nschen (th ree-quarters); E. Finn (Capt.) a nd R. C . Paris (halves); L. R. Cooper, R. S. Braddell, T. A. Izard, S. P. D. Sanders; F . H . Durnford, J. A. H ella rd, P. S. F . Nairn, and G. A. Clarke (fo rwards). O.K. S.- K. C. Strahan (back) ; L. R . Finn, C. E. Shorting, C. H. Clarke, A. G. Richardso n (three-quarters) j G. N. Finn (Capt.) and A. F. C. C. Lu xmoorc (halves) ; H . J . Mo wll, H. B. Clarke, A. S. J oh nson, G. C. Valpy, J. L'Estran ge, A. J . Fenn, 13 . T. Boothby, a nd T . 13. Wacher (forwards) .

HARVEY SOCIETY. On Saturday. D ec . 2nd , 1\1 r. Guest read a paper before the members of the Society o.n the subj ccl of â&#x20AC;˘ Light and Sight.' H e bega n by givi ng an account of th e Physical nature of Light so far as it is I1cces~ ary to und erstand vision, and wh ile so doing, mentioned th e three qualities co ntained in a beam of light, viz : H eat, Light and Chemi cal action, pointing out that only the second of these can be pe rceived by th e nerves of that o rgan of se nse, the eye, and briefly explained th.:! nervo us system as connec ted with the brain. H e the n passed on to describe in deta il the physiological

st ru cture of the eye, and its co nnecting parts, dwelling pa rticulary upon th e Lens, and lhe ma nn er in whi ch an image is brought in to foc us, giving the reason for long a nd short sightedn ess, and also descri bing th e reti na, and h ow it is conn t!ctcd with the op tic nerve. H e also spoke of the Forra e m /rail's and its im por ta nce in the process of perfect sight. Theil, after en um erating the vari ous defects of perfect sight, in concl usio n he explained how the nervous system conveys what we apprehend fro m externa l sight from th e retina to the brain.

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At the last meeting of the Christmas term, Dec. 16th, 1899, S. P. D . Sanders read a paper on British Mammalia: H e first explained t he ge neral classification of Mammalia, and pointe d out th at the arrangement was often made accord ing to the formation of the teeth . T hen, afte r a brief revi ew of the 1 2 orders of th e sub-kingdom, he devoted the remai nde r of his paper to a desc ription of the fi ve orders wh ic h contain British representatives, at the same ti me re lating some interesting anecdotes. T he paper was illustrated by some excellent slides. Aft~r the discussion which followed, the Secretary rose to th ank IVIr. Vinter (who as he was leavin g, resigned his presidentship) for th e energy whi ch he had di splayed in helping the Society, in all possible ways. The President in reply said he had been ~'e ry glad to give any ass istance he could, and hoped the Society would continue to prospe r, wh ich .he was sure it must do, especially when it

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ha d sllch an excellent Secretary to conduct its affa irs.

On Saturday, J an. 27 th, the fi rst meeting fo r J 9 00 was held, at which the Secreta ry in a few words welcomed the new preside nt, l\{r. G. F. J. Rosenburg, vice rvIr. Vinter who left last December. An election took place to fill the vacancy on the committee left by t.h e departure of R. S. Braddell ; C. W. G. Wa lkor bein g chosen . The followi ng pa pers were arranged to be read durin g this term :-. Animal Mimicry." by 'T!,! . 'T!,!. Lock. Fe b. l oth. II British Birds of Prey " by S. P. D. Sanders. Feb. 24"th. .. Words, Word s, Words " by C. W. Bell, Esq. Mar. 3rd . .. Motions of the E arth" by The President. Mar. I oth. <I H igher forms of Pond life " by The Secretary . Feb. 3rd.

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OXFORD LE TTER.

watching a horseman galloping uneasi ly

DEAR SIR S,

I fear l owe you an apology for the

down the cobbles of New I nn Hall Street,

delay in complying with your request for

and hea rd a hype rcritcal butcher observe,

an Oxford letter, a delay not caused

"\Vell at any rate 'e stuck on," fro m

vulgarly termed

which I inferred some hapless hero had

slackness, than which there is no more

fallen ofT, which proved to be correct.

heinous crime, but rather by an honest

Ever since I have been wondering why

desire to enquire into the pursuits in

the Volunteer equestrians are not allowed

which O.K.S. have lately bee n disporting

to fall off on grass.

t hemselves.

acquainted with Oxford cobbles, so speak

howeve r

wha t is

I am personally

feeli ngly. Oxford, li ke many othe r tow ns, has bee n enlivened for some time by the

In spite of these attractions we had

presence of Volunteers and Yeomanry.

a crowded meeting last week in Tuke's

K haki is a familiar sight to us a ll.

rooms, where we were very pleased to see

now, after the departure of the

Even first

Fynes-Clinton who is in Oxford

Wightwick I grieve to

Squadron of Oxford shire Hussars, recruits

for a few days.

can be seen prancing on and fa ll ing off

relate, has thus early in the term fallen so

fiery steeds. For instance on turning a

far as to go to private theatricals instead

corner this morning, I

of attending

saw a crowd

the

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meeting;

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tremble to think of what his moral

state will be by Easte r.

th is.

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Pereira, whose scintillating wit can

Drake seems by

be detected in the College news of the

no means depressed. by the proximity of

Oxford Mag., has, together with Tuke,

Greats; not so Fawsett on whose brow a

joined the Volunteer Corps. Lastly. two

cloud can be seen gath ering.

By the bye,

aged bachelors still haunt Oxford in a

it is rumoured, but not officially confirmed,

semi-petrified state, G. F. Carter, whose

that the latte r has bought a pipe-cleaner.

beat is Wyckliffe H all, and

Tuke may be seen shaping to

whose beat is the Un iversity 1\1'useUln,

great

another

advantage in the B. N. C. First To rp id,

where it is said can be heard-but never

which, due in. no small measure to his

mind!-

efrorts, is reported as the fastest on th e River.- H e

finds

the

after-dinner"

phase of t rai ning very congenial.

H e is

also considere d an en viable acquisition as organ ist by the authorities.

Cl inton is

busy coaching the S. JaIm's boat and is fearfully energetic.

Pulling, Furley and

Evans alwa:ys put in an appearance at the meetings, but I regret to say that the first named had to be censured Jast term for failing to carry out the duties of Secretary.

He pleaded work, but

know Pulling.

Befo re closing I must in th e name of all those who were at the O.K.S. gatheri ng at Canterbury last term, thank the School, both boys and masters, and especially Mr. Galpin for the hospitality

and the hearty reception they afforded us. It was a great pleasure to us to be th ere again and to see the prosperous condition of the School.

' Vith best wishes for th e School's success in every department, believe me,

Carrington has recovered

from his unfortunate accident of last term an d has been seen, so I hear, in a tub; I decline to vouch for the truth of

Yours very sincerely, II

OXONIAN."

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SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS. The following were elected to schola rships at the end of last term. the examinations being held on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of December :To Junior Foundation Scholarships.-R. H. Hitchcock an d E . C. Green for Classics; A. R. A. Ircmonger for Mathematics. To Entrance Schol.rships.-R . H. Brinsley-Rich.rds (Junior School) £40; C. H. Stenson (Mr. Hill, Beckenh.m) £15. T o House Scholarships.- J . R. Parsons, and E . Nyc (Mrs. Edwards, South Godstone). To Probationerships.-C. H. Stenson (Mr. Hill, Beckenham), A. D. D . Spafford (Mr. Hales, Aysga rth), F. Dann (Messrs. Campbell and Reece, Westgate), and G. F. Olive (Mr. Olive, Wimbledon).

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. lI1z'dsmmllcr

:-K. C. STHAHAN.-King's Scholar; entered the School, Jan. 1895 j Vlth Form, Sept. 1897; Monitor, Sept. 1898 j Cricket, 1897-99 j Sports' Committee, Sept. 1897 j President and Captain of Games, Sept. 1898.

Chn'st1llas :-R. S. BRAOOELL.-King's Scholar

j entered the School, Sept. 1894; Football XV., 1898-99; Cricket, 1899.

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S C H 0 0 L NE W S . At the end of la::;t T erm a presenta-

1\'fr. Edmonds has kindly undertaken

tion was made to Mrs. Bostock on th e

the manage ment of the School Shop ill

occasion of her leaving the School. as a

succession to Mr, Vinter, whom we take

token of gratitude for her work during th e

thi s opportunity of thankin g

past three years.

se rvices.

Mrs. Bostoc k, though

for ' his

too much moved to speak at th e tim e, expressed afte rward s her th anks to th e School, and her sorrow at lea ving.

1\1r. Slatt:: r, ami d uni versal regret, left us last T erm , and has gon e to Stonyhurst College,

\ Ve wish him eve ry success in

The annual supper given by lVIr. Galpin to the School-house took place on

the future.

the evening of Dec.

usual a great success.

Mr. Mason sang a

Oxford. to whom we accord a hearty welcome. Mr. Austen was a scholar of

st, and was as

His place has been taken by

NIr. G. E . V. Austen, late of New College,

couple of songs, an d was loudly encored,

\Vinchester and New College, ancl whi le

as was also Mr. Evans for a very humorous

at Oxford was proxime accessit for the

recitation. Most of the other masters and

H ertford Scholarship.

several O.K.S. also sang.

considerab le teaching experien ce both at

He has si nce had

Ne w College and at Elizabeth College, Guernsey. \Ve congratulate W. passing into ,",Voolwich.

S. Scrub}' on

Mr. Vinter, who also left us

last T erm, has been succeeded by Mr. G. F.

Rosenberg, late :Mathematical

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Scholar of S. John's College, Cambridge,

Documen ts,

shewing the Elections of

and for the past two years Senior Mastcr

Kin g's Scholars for the years 1749, J 772,

at the Royal Academy, Gosport.

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a Statement of Organisation,

j\lfonitors, H ouses, &c.; Time Tables of Typical Forms; a Print of the School The School has acquired the use of what was fo rm erly the Precento r' s house in the Green Court. Our numbe rs this Term are, we believe, greater than they have

Speech-day gathe ring, about 1836

original list of boys at the School in 1750 j and a Statement of the School Games, Committees, and Clubs.

\Vhen the ex-

hibits are returned they will be preserved

ever been before.

in th e Parry Library and other rooms, and will form an interesting addition to the records of the past history of the School At the recent English Education Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, the

and its organisation at this particular pe riod.

School was fully represented, among the exhibits being a Framed Plan to Scale photographic

The Ed ucation Sub-Committee of the

facsimile of the Cathedral Treasurer's

Roya l Commission for the Paris Exhibi-

Account Dook ('54- 1-42), shewi ng the

tion, have selec ted several

first payments mad e to the Masters of

exhibits to be shown in the English

King Scholars und er tlw new constitution

Education Section, including the large

by H enry VIII.; a list of lhe H ead-

gro und plan of all the School buildings,

masters from

the portfolio contai ning Lists of Scholars,

of all the Buildings; a

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downwards; an original

these

Minute Book of â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ The King' s School

Exhibitioners, Commemoration Preachers,

Feast

etc., and descripti on of the Parry Library,

Society,"

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School

Football for the Season 1900-1; it was

after March 25th, should be eligible to

At a meeting of the Sports' ComI ' IecI . was (eCIC mittee on F'e bruary 211 d, It organise

also decided that all who are 16 on or

Societies.

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tutor-set

football

XV.',

compete in under 16 events at the School Sports. A similar rule should apl)ly to under '4 events.

instead of the IX.'s that were arranged last year.

The following were promoted to the VIth form at the end of last T erm.:-

At a subsequent meeting on F eb. loth, L. R. Cooper was elected Captain of

O. K. S H. B. Clarke has passed out of the Royal Military College, vVoolwich, into the Royal Engineers. . .,,: ~

The following were among the O.K.S. and friends of the School down at the end of last Term :-Dr. Field, Rev. F. F. S. \Villiams, C. W. Carrington, J. B. Scrivenor, C. H. Clarke, H. B. Clarke, A. F. C. C. Luxmoore, G. C. Valpy, R. M. Tl1ke, N. H. Wightwick, A. G. Richardson, J. C. Molon)" J. L'Estrange, K. C.

R. S. Braddell, C. W. G. Walker, R. A. Bryden, and R. H. Hitchcock.

NEW S. Strahan, G. N. Finn, C. H. Bodington, C. Lucas, A. J. Fenn, A. S. Johnson, L. N. Green, C. E. Shorting, F. M. Fl1r1ey, L. R. Finn, J. E . Husbands, R. Roper, H. J . Mowll, and E. IVI. F. Evans.

The Very Rev. C. L. Dundas, Vicar of Charminster, and formerly Dean of Hobart, has been appointed by the Bishop of Salisbury to a pre bendal stall in Salisbury Cathedral.

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NOTICES. We beg to ackn owledge with thanks the subscriptions of the following :F. B. Kingdon, Esq . (4S.), R. Owen. Esq. (7S. 6d.), Rev. F. I-I. I-Iall (7S.), P. Hemel')', Esq. (3S. M. ), P. Godfrey, Esq. (3S. 6d .), A. F. C. C. Luxmoore, Esq. (Â£1), L. H. Finn, E sq . ( l OS. 6d.), A. S. Johnson, E sq. (4S.), J . M. Edmonds, Esq.

(3S. 6d. ). A. L. Paris, Esq. ( lOS. 6d.), E. M. F. Evans, Esq . (3S. 6d. ), L. N . Green, Esq. (3S. 6d. ) ; N. H. Wightwick, Esq. (3S. 6d.), E. E llam, E sq. (7S.), Rev. R. F . Elwyn ( lOS. 6d.).

Most of th e back numbers of the " Cantuarian" can 'be had of the Hon . Sec ., F. C. Bovenschen, price 6d . each.

CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the followin g Contemporaries: Leod/ell s/an, CIl/gwell/an, Laurel Leaves, Allrymlllt, Carllws/aJl., SI. l1fi'cllael's CIJI"OIu'de, St. Edward's C hrom'de, SuI/Oil Va/met School

l11agazi1lC, Bradfield College 1I:fagazI1u, lIfalverl/.l(l!/. 1(,'lIg'S School Faramal/a 1I1agaziue, lIfmdsloniall, L&}'s Forlnig!J/ly (2), Cranbroola'all, Dovor/al1, Felsled/an, C.O.s. 11fagasi1lC, Burian.

Gibbs and Slms, Prinlers, Palace Street , Canterbury.

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No.8.

EDITORIAL . â&#x20AC;˘ f Peace, peace; he is not dead, he doth not sleep.; he hath awakened fro~n th.e (Iream of Life." 'Ve wou ld leave some such beauhful thought as that wInch IS Auggested by thes_e words in the minds of our readers whe n they. learn th.e losses that th e School has sustained during the past few months. It was with .unfelgned regret that we learned on a Sunday morning , a short time ago, that a pro m~ne n.t member of th o athed ral Chapter and Gove rn or of the School had passed aw~y III 1~ ls sleep~ after Il few days' illness. The Archdeacon of Maidstone always took a \Jvely mterest I.n th e School, who will greatly miss the familiar figure of one wl~o was the very ~m?od.lInent nfhale and hearty old age. It wou ld ill become us, even If we could do 11lInJustlce, to fHt mpt to describe the Archdeacon's many and great virtues, but we may perhaps be nll owed to say that his simple unaffected piety. and his deep broad-minded sympathy nr best slimmed up in the words of the Holy Scripture, quoted on a wreath-" He was a good man." It has not been the privil ege of any, or at most of one or lwo, to have beon acquai nted with the late Rev. C. T. Hales, or with Mr. Mason's brother; but in the case of the latter, we naturally feel a deep sym.pathy with the bereaved, while th e appreciation from th e Guard/all, quoted in the obituary on Mr. Hales, may help us in some measure to understand a little of his worlh.

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News reaches us that one who is no more than a name to many of the present generation of K.S. and O.K. S., Sergt. vV. E . Cartel', was killed in the fi ghtin g at Rensburg. Surely a fact like this shoul d make us proud that we have produced men who have died fighting for their country. and should make us realise, what we arc apt to forget, that war is in truth a terrible scourge and the cause of widespread misery. It is not only when we read the death roll that slich thoughts im press themselves upon our minds, for afC not the sufferin gs of the li vi ng almost as painful in the effect they prod uce upon li S? In this cannexion we hea r that two O.K.S., the Rev. J. C. H . Tucky ancl H. R. Blare were in Lady smith during the already histo ric siege; that two more, Lieut. H . F. Stobart and Second Lieut. R. L. Beasley have been taken prisoners ; that Lie ut. N. Crawford was wound ed in th e pu rsuit of General Cronje, an d th at (as was mentioned in the last Can/uarian ) Lieut. R. B. Flint is seriously ill wi th ente ric fever. Turning our thoughts from South Africa to Canterbury, we are glad to see Mr. Bell back among liS, after his bad health obliged him to leave us for ove r a week, and also to note that Mr. Latter has so fa r recovered from the effects of his riding accident as to be able to resu me his duties. 'We take this opportunity of /hallla'11.g their substitutes for the pleasant man ner in which they perform ed the otherwise thankless task of supervising our studies. However, thoughts of death and illness do not interfere with the healthy and vigorous life of an E ng lish Publi c School-nor, indeed, ought they to do so. An apology is therefore duo, ir this Editorial has dwelt too muc h on such sad topics before describing the School's ac ti vity durin g the past fe w weeks. The Football Season, during the Easter term, seldom presents any features of interest, as Tutor Sets arc not as well matched as we should like to see them, and this year has not proved differen t from its predecessors in this respect. At the same time it is pleasa nt to note that the Paper-Chases have been very successful, and seelll to show that the re is plenty of runnin g in the School, partic ularly among those who are under 16. 'Vhile we are dealing with the subj ect of sport, we cantlot refrai n from offering our heartiest congratulations to A. F. C. C. Lu xmoore, Esq ., on winn ing his International Cap for the Ru gby Union match with Scotland .. Quentin's Exhibition at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, on which we heartily congratulate him, and the resuscitation of the Debating Society, show that adva nce in athletics is not necessari ly gained at the expense of mental improvement, nay rather th at in the majority of rases the development of mind and body go hand in hand. In concl usion, let us all hope that lhe School may continue in the highest sense to live up to the motto: II Excelsior."

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31\ Memoriam. >%<

MAJO R

SVDN EV

MOOR E

,"Vho died December 22nd, Aged 39 Years. >%<

His se rvices there were mentioned in despatches, and he received a medal with two clasps. Owing to an attack of dysentery, contracted last autumn while in camp, he had to come home on sick leave, but died suddenly only a few hours after landi ng in London. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, on December 27th. By the request of his relatives, the Rev. R. G. Hodgson, who had known him well, kindly came up to London to perform the last Service.

He entered the King's School in 187 1,. and left in 1877. After passing through Sandhurst, in 188 1 he joined the South Staffordshire Regiment, and in 1883 exc hanged into the Somersetshire Light Infantry, then stationed in India. After a short time in this Regiment, he joined the Indian Staff Corps, and served first with the 3rd Infantry, and afterwards with the 4th Cavalry (Laucers) of the H yderabad Contingent. In '88 and '89 he volunteered forwork i~ Burmah with Col. Symons.

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It is with great regret that we have to reco rd the somewhat sudd en death, on F ebruary qth, of the Rev. C. T. Hales, the Founder and Master of Aysgarth School, near

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Bedale, Yorkshire. Clement Thorn,as HaleS entered the School in th e year 186 I and, after having been Captain of the School for nearly 'two years, left in J 864 and went up to

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Cambridge as a Scholar of Ch rist's College. There four years later he took his degree. He had considerable teaching experience both at Richmond, in York5hirc, where he greatly increased the Preparatory School, and at A)'sgarth in Wensleydale; but the great ach ievement of his life was the creation and development of Aysgarth School, in th e little village of Ncwton- Jc-'Willows, three miles from the ruin s of Jervaulx Abbey, whither he moved in ,890. H ere he spared neither pains nor expense to carry out his theory of what such a school ought to be, with the resul t that Aysgarth became at once one of the vc ry best of Engli sh P reparatory chools. His wid e sympathy. his openness, and his gene rosity endeared him alike to boys and masters, while his untiring energy, and deep religi ous spirit won for him the rega rd o f all who kn ew him. By this death a scvere loss has been sllstained by the whole Preparatory School world. The following extract is taken from Tilt Guard/uu :"The late Rev. C. T. Hales 'was a man of marked ind ividuality-a

born teacher, a man of enterprise, resource, and generosity, with a large ness of heart and direc tness of purpose which carried him through many diffi culties, and would have ensured success in almost any profession, while his qualities of heart endeared him as much to his own servants as to his many friends in every rank of life. Cf The re arc three characteristic marks which ~eem to have given its chief tone to the school, and all of which are directly traceable to the character of the head master him~elf. Cf The first of these was the COInbinalion of stri ct di scipline with unusual sy mpathy and humour, an d with remarkable insight into boynature. There was never a ny sense of that di stan ce betwee n boys and masters whi ch disci pline demands in so many sc hools. A preparatory school is the natural li nk between home a nd the public schooL Aysgarth certainly combined the atmosphere of both in a happy blending of strict obedience with mutual confidence and affection. To take any liberty with the H ead Maste r, even out of school was an unh eard-

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of thing; but so also was any feeling of constraint in his prese nce, except among evil-doers, To see Mr. Hales moving alone among his boys was a revelation. On more than one occasion ' at Aysgarth th e sound of the huntsman's horn, as the harriers swept pas t the school, was the signal for a rush of masters and boys from thei r desks, led by the head master himself. Such occm~ions , though possibly embarrassing to the huntsman, woulrl leave the school bare-headed and panting a mile or two from home and dinner amid the glo riou s Yorkshire scene ry an d un rivalled air. The same freedo m and humour ,,,,ere even carried at times into his lessons. Indistinct enunciation was an unpardonable offence, and many a lad had to shout his " construe" from a wall some seventy ya rd s away, while his form sat as a jury on the concrete ti ll they could hear eve ry consonant ring out. ~I The second secret of success waS his spi rit of sheer hard work. H e worked indefatigably himsel f, and he expected hard work from all unde r him. Some critics thought that th e boys were overworked. But

his un answerable proof to the contrary was their splendid health and cheerful ness, and the fact that in the higher forms of the public schools his scholars showed no sign of early over-pressure. Indeed it was a main feature of his method that he steadily refused to "coach up" or make special demands upon boy~ likely to win scholarshi ps at the public schools. The !:tandard of requirement in the ordinary work was high enough to develop the most promising scholars without any neglect of the rest. No fewer than forty-eight open scholarships have been won by Aysgarth boys, of which thirteen were at Eton. The school was always full to overflowing. An ordinary man might have been tempted to relax his efforts, to study less keenly the best methods of education, or to aim at building a fortune out of such successes. But it was far otherwise with lVIr. Hales. His mind retained the fre shness wh ich comes from conti nual study. The last methods of educatio n were carefully mastered and pursucd. No ex pense was spared to bring the appliances of ed ucation up to the

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best modern requirements. Every detail was studied. And through it all went that untirin g, conscientious, duty-loving spirit which had surmounted almost insuperable diffic ulties in the past, and which wore itself out at last in the mid st of its self-sacrificing e ndeavours. "But th e dominatin g infl uence of all was, undoubtedly, lVIr. Hales's own deep religious spirit. Those who kn ew him best and who had the privilege to share his more intimate thoughts could not fail to see that those rare qualities of sympathy. insight, and co mmand were fastened to a deeper root in a 'life hid with Christ in God.' This spirit of true religion seemed to pervad e the whole school life. It was never unduly forced or obtruded in any formal system. H e was a Churchman to the backbone, and Aysgarth boys seemed to imbibe naturally and without effort habits of reve rence in worship, a love of the Prayer-Book, and a simple delight in the bright

and musical services in the chapel. H e declined to have a choir, rightly judging that almost every young boy has a voice if he chooses to use it. The result 01 thus casting the responsibility upon the whole school was a hearty service in which all sincerely joined. H The chapel has been described as the real centre of the school life. Nothing was nearer to his heart than to make it a home of reverent worship. 1\'I oncy was lavishly spen t in his ambition to have e verything of the best in th e house of God.

Colieagues J pupils, neighbours, parents, and friend s gathered to lay his body to rest in th e churchyard at Ri chmond , under the white pall of last week's storm. And Ill.any a young life, carly stablished upon the true foundation, wi ll live to bless his memory, and to pray that the good work begun by him may continue, and the same character may be built up in the. generations to come." I(

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A most interesting Musical Entertainment was a rranged by 1VI r. Godfrey, on Thu.rsday, February 23rd. The efrorts of the Nlusical Society were largely assisted by :Messrs. Gann, Hulbert, and Fetherstone whose instrumental contribuÂˇ tions were m.uch appreciated. 'Ve were glad to find the nucl eus of all orchestra among ourselves in the persons of Prest and Richardson, ~ and we hope the movement will grow. Of the ite ms on the programme, the quaint Danse Macabre was loudly applauded, and the violin solo by Mr. Gann .was much appreciated. A feature of the evening was the duct between the double ba<;s and violin, while the selections from the" Rose of Persia" (i n which Thompson and Huyshe won marked approval for their performnnce at the piano) we re excellently rendered . The part so ngs by the Musical

Society were give n with much spi rit. especially "Gipsy Life" and H Santa Lucia," the former gai ning greatly in body and vigour by the orchestral accompaniment. We should especially like to thank :Messrs. Gann, Hulbert. and Fetherstone for their excellent contributions, and the kindness with which. they responded to the importunate demanrls of the audience. The following is the Programme : I.

DA ~SE M ACABRE,

Op. 40 ....... ... Saint Saem. Gipsy Life," Op. 27, Schumann FOlksongs. IV[ US ICAL SOCIETY.

3. Duo (Sonat:'L IX.)-Violin and Basso ... . Corelli.

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GANN and MR. H U LBERT.

4. VIOLIN SOLO, Standchen. Op. J4, No. 1. ...... Percy Cot(frey. l\fR. GANN.

CLARIONET SOLO ... "

Romance" ......... Afcara.

MR. FETHERSTONE.

6. SONG (Violin obligato)

Angels guard thee " ...

B. Godard. 7. Duo (Sonata VI. )-Violin and Basso .... Corelli. i\b. GANN

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and

MR. H ULBERT.

New Opera-" Rose of Persia" ... Sullivan.

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1899-1900.

Owing to various reaso ns-meteorologi cal and otherwise-no less than five of the matches which had been arra nged for the season did not come off, a nd accordingly only seven of th ose whi ch figured on th e card were played. Of these. two werc won, one drawn, and four iost,-the victories being at the expe nse of Sulton Valence and l\'lr. Latte r's XV,-the d raw with D over College,-and the defeats at the han ds of Thanet 'Wanderers, Merchant 'l'aylo rs, Sutto n Valence and the O.K.S. Just as, last year, we turn ed the tab les 0!l Dover College in the return after bei ng crushingly defeated in the firs t match, so, th iS year, Wt! had the m turned 0 11 ourselves by Sutton Valence. . The Dover match was very exciti ng, and we were ccrtamly unfortunate n ot to win, and thi s made the unavoidable cancelling of the re turn a still greater cause for regret. \Ve played both Merchant Taylors and th e. O.K.S . .on a quagmire, and on a quag mi re fo r some rcason or other, we do 1101 shlile. B~es1dcs these, we also p~ayed t wo teams got together by l\fr. G. Mercer and Mr. A. I' . C. Luxmoore respectl\'cly, in both of which we secured fairl y easy victo ri es. . Now we cannot, by any stretch of imag inati on, consider thIS record very brilliant, a nd yet we seemed to have goo.d e nough n~ atc ~'i al to produ ce a. good t eam . There was plenty of keen ness both 111 the Captam , 111 the team, and 111 the practice games. Why then did we fai l ? First and chicO)'. we th ink, because of ou r want of pace. \Ve have abso lutely no "flyers," and we are, most of us, painfully slow. . Secondly (but this is a dan gerou s topic), our three-quarters a rc a hUh:: 100 unselfish, or rathe r th ey are too anxi ous to pass for the sake of passing, and do not suffi cien tly often try to ru n round or Ie put off U an opponent. Thirdly, the forwards do not break up as fast as they should, an d are not fa ultless in their hee lin g- tactics, thcreby handicappi ng th e halves who ca nn ot ge t the ball away as smartly as might be. . . Fourthly, the halves do not watch one anoth er ql11te enough, and are rather wanting in resou rce. On the other hand, there is pl enty of encourageme nt for the fu ture. \Ve have seen a vast improvement in th e tacklin g of th e team,-we have not. nearly so often been caught napping in the first five minutes of a mateh,-we have chsplayed a good deal more dash,":' and lastly, we have got the spirit of kee nness increasingly infused in to all the ga mes. . I t is ill1possi ble to close a re view of the seaso n wI thout offering, in the name of the School, our hearty thanks to Finn for his able ca ptaincy and unOaggi ng energy, both in matches and in looking after the interests of football throughout the School.

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Appended are sqme re marks on individual members of the team:-

E. FlNN (Captain ). A good half, openi ng up the game well. Sound tackler and good ki ck. I ndefatigab le in his own exe rtions, he has set his team an excellent exam ple. L. R. COOPER . The pick of the forwards both in the scrum and in the open . Plays very hard and is a lways on the ball. Sound tack ler and dribbles well. . R . S. BRADDELL. Good h a rd~work in g forward. Showed to advantage out of tonch and in the open. Left at Christmas. T. A. I ZARD . Very useful forward. Kec ps well on the ball and plays a very hard ga me. Good tack ler. S. P. D. SAN DERS. Good solid forward and a glu tto n for ha rd-work. Tackl es and saves wel l. S. G. BROWN. Fast useful forward, very good out of touch. T ack les well. R. C. PARIS. Partnered Finn at half. Came on a good deal and at times played brilliantly. but still rath er too slo'l.v. Kicks ve ry \\ell. F. A. H US BANDS. \Vith the exception of one match, performed brilliantly at full back. Both field s the ball and kicks ad mirably, and tackl es anti stops rushes fearlessly. His one fa il ing is want of pace. B. C. COV ELL. A good ce ntre three-quarter with plenty of dash, a nd uses his weight wel l. Ge nerally takes his passes well, bu t inclined to 1/ snatch" a little too much. \V8.nts marc co nfi dence in his own powers. Kick s and tackles well. F. H. D URNFORD. Sturdy and energetic forward but plays rather too blindly, and so is apt to misdirect h is praiseworl.hy energy. Good tackl er. E . L. M ASSEY. Good ce nLre three-quarter, especially in defen ce. T ackles splendidly and kicks well, but is slow. Uses his weight to great advantage. n. E. GREEK. Ve ry fair wing three-quarte r, but too fond of running diagonally. H as plenty of da sh and uses his pace to the utmost. Must learn to keep his place better, and improve his tackling. J. A. H ELLA RD. Has come on in the most marked way, an d turn ed out a very usefu l forward . Plays hard and tackles well, and is especially good out of touch. P. S. F. NAIR:N. Thoug h rather light, works ha rd and tackles wel l. Al so good out of tOllc h. lVlust learn to use his feet more. SUMMARY OF FOOTBALL Matches played 7 :-\ÂĽon 2 Date.

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Octobe r 5th .... ;\fr. Latter's XV ... , .... Bla re's Piece .... "'on ...... 1 goal , 1 try ..... 2 tn es. etober 24th ... .. Sulton Valence ........... Blorc's Piece .. .... 'Von ......... 1 goal, 6 tries ... I goa l. etober 28t h .... T hal1ct Wanderers .. ... .. Blore's Picce ...... Lost ......... 1 goals, 2 tries ... 2 goo.ls, I tr}'. Novembe r 1st ..... Dover College ....... .. .. Blare's Piece ..... Draw n ....... l goaL ............. 1 goal. Novembe r 4th .. .M erchant T ay lors ....... 'W ill esden .. .. ...... Lost ...... ... uil. ............ ..... I ~oa l, 7 tries. Novemher 22nd .. Sutton Valence ....... .. ... SuttOI1 .............. Lost ......... 1 try.. . ........... 2 goals, I try. December 21st .... O.K.S ........... ........... Blore's Piece ...... Lost ......... uil. ............, .. .. 1 goal , 3 tries.

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CHASES.

The first paper-chase was run on Friday, Fc.bruary 23rd; L R. Cooper and R. E. BrinsJey-Richards being the hares. The track started through the "Coal Yard,lI from there up S. Thomas' I-li~l and int~ the Church \Vood. On leavi ng this, the course led over some field s wIllIe th e 'Vllltstable Road was crossed again about a mile and a quarter beyond S. Edmund's College. At this point the track leel off in the d~rection of Tyler I-lill anrl so into Canterbury by S. Stephen's Church-the whole dIstance covered bei ng about eight miles. The first haIr-dozen hounds to reach home were : 1. R. C. Paris ; 2. P. S. F. Nairn; 3Âˇ H. D. Marshall; 4. C. A. Barnes; 5. G. N. Ryley; 6. S. P. D. Sanders. . Th? second paper-chase was run on Friday, March 2nd, on the occasion of a half-h()liday granted by the H eael Maste r to commemorate th e surrend er of General Cronje and the relief of Ladysmith . The hares, R. D . Marshall and R. C. Paris J~id the course up the 1\11ilitary Road, past S. Martin's Church and along the raiiwa; lIne. From here ~he track led ~o Bekesbourne Station, and, after crossing the Dover Roa~ at 13~I~lge, went ~traIght across country to Nackington and home by Nunnery Fields. I he whole ciIstance covered was about nin e miles. The first half.. dozen in were: I. R. E. Brinsley-Richards: 2. L. R. Cooper j 3. G. A. F. Quentin; 4. P. S. F. , aim; 5. G. N. Ryl ey ; 6. E. G. Dickinson . The thi:el and la~t paper- chase of the. seaso,! took place on Tuesday, March , 3th, the hares bemg E. FU1I1, al.l(l P. S. F. N.alrn .. 1 he course, whi ch was slightly shorter than the one before, was laid up S. l\,Iartm's Hill, and thence across the Scotland Hills through Aldrid~e \Vood to "Yickham and Fordwich. On reaching the lastÂˇnamed place the ~ ea(hng hounds Illissed the track, which led along the bottom of the Scotland hills, and ~ame hOI.ne by the Sturry Road. The first half-dozen who got in w~re: 1. R. E. Bnnsley-Rlchards j 2. R. C. Paris j 3. L. R. Cooper; 4. R. H. Hi tchcock; s. G. N. Ryl ey; 6. R. D. Marshall. All the next nine or ten hounds followed the leaders, but G. n. Cockrem went the right way and brought in the bags.

FIVES. On. Tuesday, lUarch 6th, the School played the return match against S. Edmund's our own court, and won. the odd game in an interesting encounter. At the begml1mg of the first game Quentm was rather off colour, and this fact enabled our opponents to gai n a useful lead, which, coupl ed with the brilliant play of Eyre, gave them the fir~t game at 15-.14:' In the second, the School pair qui ckly established a lead of 6 pomts, and com bmmg well, ran out e.1sy winners, the score standing at . 15.-4. The last game rather resembled the second, though at one time when Eyr.e Sch~:>ol.m

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FIVES TIES. (Under 16). FIRST ROUND.

Bovcnschcn beat Adams (15-0, 15-5). Prest beat Cockrem 2 (15-1,15-4). J'litchcock beal :\lcClilloch2 (15-3, 15-·5).

Tuk e heat Preston (15-0, 15-I)· Paris1 beat i\farshall21 (15-5, 15-JO~ · Hassell beal Frewer (I 5-S, 15'- 10).

SJ~COND ROUND.

Bovenschen beat Hitchcock (15- 10, 15- 2). I Prest beat Paris1 (15-4, 15-5)· Hassell beat Tllke (15-6, II-IS, 15- 10 ).

SEMI-FINAL. Bovenschen beat Prest (15- 12, 15 -3).

Hassell a bye.

FINAL.

F. C. Bovenschcn w. o. L. W. Hnssell scratched.

FIVES TIES. (OPEN). FIR ST ROUND.

Green! beat McCulloch! (15-5, 15-6). I Durnford beal Quentin (8 -1 5, ' 5-3, 15-3)· Finn beat Bovenschen (12 -15, 15- 12, IS - 15). I Parisi beal Richnrds (15 - 8 , 15-3)· Cooper w. o. Smith scratched. SECOND ROUND.

Cooper beat Green! (IS-I, 15-4).

I Durnford beal Paris (15- 8, 15- 15, 15-9)· Finn a bye (scratched). FINAL .

L. R. Cooper beat F. H. Durnford (15-2, IS -2 ).

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FIVES TIES. (DOUBLES). FIRST ROUND.

Quenti n a nd ~'rc Cli ll ochl beat IIi tchcock and Sp.'\fford (15-6, 15-5). Durnford and Parisi w. o. Prest and T uke scratched . BovCllschcn an~l Marshall z ~~t Finn ~ n d ~'IcCulloc h 2 (IS-10, 15-14). Cooper and ~'rlln~2 beat PanS- and Rlchards'l (15-1, 15-2) . Covell and Green w. o. Preston and Selwyn-Smith scratched . Richards l and Murray a bye. SECOND

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Durnford and Paris beat Bovcnschen and i\'farshnIP (15- 1 15-" 7) . Quentin and McCulloch l beat Richards' and Murray (15 - 5 15- 14). Coope r and Mi lnc 2 benl Co\'cll and Green l (15-4. 15-4)' â&#x20AC;˘ SEMI-FINAL.

Cooper and Milncz beat Quentin and McCulloch l {ISDurnford and Parisi a bye.

IS - 2}.

FINAL.

L. R. Cooper and F. C. Milne bent F. If, Durnford and R. C. Paris(15-JO, 15-2).

HARVEY SOCIETY . The fir st paper this term was read by \V. Lock on "Animal .Mimicry." First he mentioned some instances of Protective Colo uration in ' Reptiles and larger ani mals, with a view to desc ribing the term (Mimicry.' The remainder of the paper elwelt with the imi tative habits of Insects, among which mention was made of Protective Mimicries, in Lepidoptera, and between the different orders of Insects. H e also dealt with Aggressive Mimicry, and finally Alluring and Protectivl' Resemblances.

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On Saturday, Feb. 17th, a second paper was read on "British Birds of Prey," by S. P. D. Sanders. He first drew atten tion to the resemblance, in many respects, of Birds of Prey to Beasts of Prey, and especially the similari ty in habits between the Vulture and the Hyena. He then gave an account of the various famili es into which the class is divided, and briefly desc ribed the practice of Falconry of Medireval times. On Saturday, Feb. 24th, the President read a paper on U The Motions of the

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Earth." The five Components into which the Earth's motions may be divided were severally dealt with, these being:Revolution rOHnd the Sun, Rotalion round the Earth's Axis, Precession, Nutation, and the motion of the Earth due to the general motion of the whole Solar system. These various I\Iotions were carefully explained and made clear by means of excellent diagrams. The President also indicated some of th e most interesting methods of proving the existÂˇ cnce of these 1\1otions, and the effects produced by them. In conclusion he gave a few interesting statistics as regard s the velocity with which th e Earth moves. At a meeting held on March l oth, a paper was read by the Secretary on the "Higher Forms of Pond-Life." Owing to the very extensive nature of th e subject, it was necessa ry to disc uss only a few examples of the various classes of Aquatic Life-form. Among those described were, Leeches, Fresh-water molluscs, Vlaterfleas, and \;Vater-boatmen . Some of the best known Beetles were also described, and their respiratory organs explained. He also quoted Reaumur's graphic account of the wond erful appearance atte ndin g th e Emergence of the May-fly, '\~itnessed in the neighbourhood of Paris. H e concluded by briefly

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mentioning the chief points of interest connec ted with the Stickleback, Minnow, and British Amphibians. The paper was illlllstrated by slides and a few living specimens. On Thursday, March J 5th, Mr. Bell rcad an interesting paper entitled" \ÂĽ ords, \\fords, \\fords." The first part of the paper consisted of a review of th e English language from a historical stand-point, and shewed how the growth of our language has been influenced from the earliest times by the various invade rs o f our Islands, special attention being called to the fa ct that, with the exception of some few geographical na mes, th e Romans left a less permanent mar'.< upon the language of the conquered Britons, than many subsequent occupiers of our Island. Amongthese latter were the Anglo-Saxons, Danes and Normans, all of wh om played a considerable part in the moulding of our present language. lVIention was also made of the expansion of our vocabulary, due to the extensive colonisation of Jate years. In the secolld portion of the paper, careful examination was made of many individual words. In such an examination we mee t with a great variel), of ways by which words have been drafted into the English language, such as the borrowi 19 of words from the French, Dutch and

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other languages; the alteration in the meaning of man}' words j words of historical origin:; geographical names ; and

DEBATING

At a Meeting of th e Vlth Form on February 17th, the followin g werc clected on to the Committee of the Debating Society;- C. W. C. Redma n, R. 1-1. Charles, E. L. IVlassey, G. A. F . Quentin, R. C. Paris, F. C. Bovcnschen, F. [-I. Durnford. The foll owing ofTiccrs werc elected: President, E. J. Smith; VicePresident, C. \TIl. C . Rodma n j HOll . Sec" R. I-I. Charles. A Meeting of the Society was held on Saturelay, February 24th, when E. J. Smi th moved that in the opinio r, of this house" th e liberty of the Press is abused, and should be curtailed ." In proposi ng the motion the President referred to the danger ari sing from excessive libert), of th e P ress in time of war, especially in the case of the publication of letters from officers and men at the front-a danger

finally the so-called 'Heterodynamic words' slI ch as 'Mews,' Quire,' â&#x20AC;˘ Host' and many others.

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upon which the Duke of ,~rellington himself frequ ently comme nted. The extravagant rumours which, pubHshed as if true, has earn ed for th e fl Daily IVlail " its unpl easant nickname caused people to mistrust th e wa r news of eve n the most sobe r papers. H e demanded a Public Censo r for th e da ily Press in time of peace no less than in time of war. C. W. C. R edman, who led the opposition, took a broader view of the matter. He pointed out that the only two possible results of Coercion were Servility or Rebellion, either of which formed in itself a sufficient argument against forcing restrictions upon the Press. Public opinion, he maintained, was sufficiently authoritative to suppress undesirable publications, and meanwhile' entire liberty was the highest incentive to

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honourable action : to impose checks upon the liberty of the Press would be, in his judgment, an act not only unnecessary, but harmful. His speech was the best of the evenin g.

R. E. Brillsle.y-Richards then rose to contradict him: taking one side of the case only, the publication of the details of crimes, he modestly begged to be spared the gruesome details of a murderer's last breakfast. He also remarked that treason was an ugly word.

R. H. Clzarles informed th e hon. gentleman that the press laws with regard to trials were both strict and adequate, and remarked UpOl1 the singular lack of confidence in his fellow-men which, the publication of his personal peCllliar~ ities could produce in a thief or burglar.

G. A. F. QUeIltill then made a brief speech, into which he contrived to weave

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morality, criticism on the last speaker, and the French Press: afttr which

F. C. B ovensclult repeated a little Milton for opposition. R . C. Paris, after some protracted last words of advice fro m his colleagues, rose and expressed his contempt fo r the Aust ri an Press, and E. L. lIfassey closed the speeches Âˇ of the opposition with a few original suggestions for judging national literature.

After the Committee had all spoken, C. J. 11/ . Evans rose and addressed the House. His speech, which was a little vague, was claimed (with equal justice) by both sides. On a shew of hands being then called fo r the motion was negatived qy 49 votes to 32 â&#x20AC;˘

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O. K. S.

The Annual a .K .S. Dinner was held on January 17th, at the Trocadero Restaurant, Piccadi lly, the chai r being most ably taken by the Rev. A. J. Galpin .

Unfortunately, owing to the war and th e prevailing epidemic of influenza, th e attendance was very far below the average, but in spite of this, a most enjoyable even ing was spent. After the loyal toast, gracefully proposed by the Chairman, the Rev. J. W. Horsley gave the II The Navy, Army and Auxiliary Forces " which was enthusiastically received, though the company did not endorse the proposer's views on the question of the war.

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Major E . Latter (md V.B. We,t Kent) responded. "Florcal Scholn Regia" was the next toast, intrusted to the Rev. H. H . H . Boys, in reply to whom the H ead Master in an excellent speech, summar ized the doings o f the School during the past year. Finally, Mr. Elwyn proposed H The Chairman," alluding to the satisfaction felt among all O.K.S. at the Head Master's recent realization of domestic bli:is. The evening was enlivenerl by so ngs from Messrs. B. H . Latter, C. A. Bremner, the Rev. A. J. Galpin, and L. H. Evans.

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CAMBRIDGE L E TTER.

Dear School, Although we have lost two prominent members of our body this term, our number has not decreased . R. J. H eale and J. L'Estrange have gone dow n, the lattcr having joined the profession to whi ch he has so long aSl?i red. \Ve wish him success, and promise to go and see him. VI/e have, however, to welcome once again C. H. Kin gdon, who has come up to Ridley Hall, and \V. P. Love, who, having passed the Army Exam ., has, before he can join his regiment, to regain the weight which he has lost by working. And no w to the river, ou r favouritc haunt. The res. Boat Clu b has been well represe nted on the Cam. E . L. A. H ertslet was to have stroked the Jesus first Lent Boat, but fashionable as ever, he fell a victim to the flu . Strahan helped to make three bumps in the Kin g's 2nd Boat. J. E . Husban ds stroked the Corpus Boat. L. N. Green was asked to row for Clare, uut the' Little go' cloud on the horizon

caused him to put up the umbrella of inactivity. Vie arc proud to say that five of our members have joined the volu nteers, vi z: Mowll, Clarke, Hertslet, \\'at5011, Finn . Husbands has long been a member. Others would be more inclined to en list if a co rps was started at School, which we hope to see formed while this burst of patriotism lasts. In the field, C. I-I. Bodington has gained his soccer colours, and is now to be seen with A. S. Johnson supporting hi!) college Hockey team. vVe have discussed tea and Sch.o ol news three times this term, thanks to the hospitality of Frewer, Athawes and Strahan . vVe condole with you in your irreparable loss of Mr. Slater, to whom not a few of us owe more than we can tell. Finally our congratulations are due to Finn and Mowll for passi ng exams. I-loping to welcome many recr~its next October. Yours ever, O.K.S. CANTAB .

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SCHOOL We heartily congratulate G. A. F. Quentin on his election to an 'Open IVlathematical Exhibition at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

NEWS . judgment of the design. They will be connected with the Grange by a passage, but there will be two other entrances as well.

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The Junior Steeple-chase was run on March 2z nd, the course being the latter part of the Open, and was won by O. F. Huyshe, followed by J. F . Swinford and J. Twells. The winner, who raIl in excellent style, won by about 40 yards, a a similar distance separating second and th ird. The Lime was 26 minutes. ~

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The new buildings arc now on a fair way towards completion, and will be ready for occupation by September. At present the ground-floor is almost finished, so that it is already possible to form a fair

O. K. S. The following O.1(.S., in addition to those whose names were published in our former lists, have proceeded to the front: Captain E. E. Carter, A.S.C. ; H. Isaacke, znd West Kent Yeomanry i T. Dann, East Kent Yeomanry; H . J. Cullin, London Volunteer Engineers and Dr. C.

\Ve ~ho111cl like to ca ll the atten ion of the School to 7'e1lIam.r'lIa-a collection of Latin and Greek verses by Mr. Slate r, including his rendering into Hexameters of Tennyson's I f Reveuge," The book will, shortly, we believe, be obtainable at Ginder's.

We beg to apologize to the Rev. F. J. O. Helmorc for an unfortunate verbal error in our last number. The Green Court Honse has not, as w~ implied, ceased to belong to the Precentor.

NEWS. Stonham. Captain H . G. Sandilands, R.A., has been promoted to Major.

Captain H. E. Gogarty, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, has been promoted to be Brigade Major, znd Brigade, I st Division, South Africa.

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We congratulate A. F . C. C. Luxmoore on gaining his Rugby International Cap. He played forwa rd for England v. Scotland, on March 17th, and in the language of a leading Sporting paper was one of the best forwards on the fie ld.

At the Christ's College Sports G. C. Valpy won the putting the weight (distance z9ft. lolin.) and was third in the mile.

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E . W. P, Love (Trinity Hall, Cambridge). has been recommended for a commission in the Cavalry. and R. J. \V. H eale has obtained a commission in the Line. Harold Johnson, who has been studying at the University of Brussels fo r the last four years, has obtained his degree of Doctor in Natural Science, with the grade of "Passing with great distinction."

CO RRE S PO N DE N C E. Dear Sirs. Now that patriotism. is run ning so high throughout the country would it not be a good opportunity to suggest that the School should have what most other public Schools possess, namely a Rifle Corps. The numbers of the School are rapidly increasing, and I have good reason to believe that one of the masters

would lend active support to it, if once started. We are not behind our fe\low Public Schools in other respects: why should we be in this? If only the idea could once be worked out, I am sure that sufficient numbers would be forthcoming. I remain, etc., P. A. TRIOT_