The Cantuarian February 1905 - December 1906 by OKS Association

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EDITORIAL. 'Ph e Summer Term has been from time immemorial devoted to cricket, the I IlIh~l ll1as T erm to football. The Easter Term, after mu ch wavering and divided I vII n has now found a deity of its own in the 'r utor Sets. It is, to our mind, a 1111111 , f( r regre t that these sets sho uld now be little else than artificial divisions of

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li oo l fo r purposes of sport. 'Ve would not suggest thei r abolition, we would t)' t' vcn that they should change their name, but we would gladly see .something I 1111 j'hllracte r which their name implies. In view of the interest they now arouse 1111 ,lilK a l'C, we think, necessary. if the name of "tutor sets" is to have any meaning 1'1,11",1 to them. II. hlto wc discuss the prospects of this term , we are happy to ann'ounce that I, I is engaged to Miss Ethel J. Sowels, daughter of Mr. W. E . SOlVels, of I ""ltl, No rfolk, and sister of Mr. F. Sowe ls, who came to the School as a temporary I I 111111(\ yca rs ago. We offer him, on behalf of the School, our htartiest con "llllI nMnl) I best wishes for his happiness. '\, 11111 Ihig term to have another visit from o ur old friend, the British workman. I IIIH'IHly sunt th e architec t to mark out his sphere of influence, and we hear llil \"H I Ii() is to bui ld us an addition to the Alford Laboratory. Architectural "III II fiR th ' e ntrance to the Day Boys' hall and the gatekeeper's yard are , lu 10 dhm ppear; bu t we com fort traditi onh;ts with the assurance that .th e III 11. 1\11 . 'uroc, whose views about the Mint Yard are very conservative, and '

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that the approach to the Parry Library-so long ad mired by visitors and friends of the School-is not to be violated by profane hands. As a counter-m ove to this act of pride on the part of science, th e Debating Society is also enla rgin g itself by the ad mission of visitors to its debates. Vve hav e every reason to hope that the genlie advice give n in our last number will be accepted. \Ve arc glad to inform a .K,S. that the q uestion of their colours is in the main settled, and the report of th t Committee is published in this issl1e. \ÂĽ'ith regard to the O.K.S. list suggested by both OUT l ndian and Eastern correspondents, we can only hope that this excelle nt suggestion will receive fuJI consideration at the next representative meeting of the O.K.S.

::tn OOemol'.iam. REV.

o!< 'vV ALTER o!<

We regret to an nounce the death of the Rev. Walter Abbott, Vicar of S. J ames', Paddington, which took place quite suddenly during the morning service in his church on Sunday, December 18th. Mr. Abbott entered the School in 18S3. during the heacimastership of Dr. 'Wallace, and left in 1859, goin g straight from the School to Christ' s College. Cambridge. He was ordain ed in 186 1, and afte r holding se veral curacies, and after being successively Vi car of S. Martin's, Lincoln. and S. John'S. Upper Holloway, acce pted the important Vica rage of Paddington in succession to Bishop Moorho use in 1876, and continu t" d his work there to the time of his death.

ABBOTT.

The erection of S. J ames' Church is itself no slight monument to hi s labours in thi s parish. S. James" is ce rtainly the finest church in its neighbourhood, and though the arrangtments inside ad here more closely to t he more simple ideas of an earlier time, yet every ornament th at has been put in is suitable to the noble proportions of the Ch urch itself. His funeral service was held in it 0 11 th e anniversary of its re-consecra tion, and the one un completed wind ow is to be completed as his memorial by his parishion ers. The affectionate term s in whi ch his work is ap preciated by his o ld coll eagues and parishioners, show t h a~ he up held througho ut life the hi ghe'L traditions of his old School.

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FOOTBALL. KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. The O.K. S. match was played on Tuesday, December 20th, and resulted in a \'lr lO ry for th e O ,K. S. by a goal and si x tries to a try. Lovatt scored for the School ,dlpr a good run down th e line. For th e O.K.S. H . E. Gree n, B. C. Covell and L . R. I 'Hu per scored twice eac h a nd R. D. ' Ves ton once. This match was, for perhaps the IIII'IL ti me, honoured by the presence of th e Archbishop of Canterbury. Th e te;tms we re as follows :'0 ", ScllOol-L. P. Abb ott (back), W. H. Lovatt, G. C. Covell, L. T. Bassett, I, t ' SLrahan (LiHee-qlla rte rs) ; W. R. N . Leslie, 1-1. G. Pari s ( halves) ; R. B. Winser. II V. P. T own t nd, R. Wa tso n, N. A. Bittleston, J. Deigh ton, C. G. 'Villiamson, I A. S. A)'lward, and N. Scorer (forward s). II. K .S.-F. A. Husbands ( back), R. D. Weston, I. B. Hart-Davies, B. C. Covell,

II I . C r en ( LiHee-qua rte rs), O. F . Hnyshc, J. Goodacre (halves), A. Gillibrand I "i'I. ), H. Kelsey, A. G. BlackfOId, R. D. Marshall, L. R. Cooper, J. Dixon, t lnodacre, R, M. Tuke (forwards).

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1111I \I 'd at Canterbury, Thursday. J a nuary 26th, and resulted in a win : 16-3' II' ItIItll' h bega n wt:ll, for during the first ten minutes Strahan scored a try after 1111 Hood passin$' by the three-quarters ; Aylward con verted. Thanet seemed likely I I I hi HC V ' ral times, but Abbott kicked well and found touch. During a rush into III 1\\ I nl y~ (jve, o.ne of th e \Vanderers made a good drop at goal, but hit the post. I I III 1,"\, half-tllne Bassett gOt away and scored a try which \OVinst'r converted. 111111 lifter the beginning of the second ha lf. Hamilton got away and passed to .It III. II' ho sco red after a good run i Aylward tail ed to con ve rt. Then Thane t d Ihl'l r o ~l ly try after a sc rum on the goal line. The School's last try was gained I ,j ,!tl!tlrmlllcd ru sh, so me good passing by Hamilton and Campbell resulting in a hll Ii wns not co nve rted.

II" ~ t'i.' 01t ea m was as follows :-L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Covell, L.

II, ( I, If. lIve, G. C. Strahan (three-q uarte rs) i A. de B, Hamilton, W. R. N. Leslie, â&#x20AC;˘ I 1(. 13. Winse r, H. V. P. Townend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. 1"11, J. I)ciglHon, G. C. Williamson, J. S. Aylward (forwards). .

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T he an nual visit of the Arch bishop) as Visitor of the School. took place on T uesday, December 20th . It was held on th is occasion in the School Chapel, as His Grace desired that the ceremony in connection with the dedication of the ne w pul pit should be regarded as his official visit to the School for that year. T he pulpit has bee n erected out of money bequeathed to the School by the Rev. H erbert Waddington (O.K.S .• 1838 to 1847). whose generous legacy was recorded in The Call1uart"a1l for Jun e last (p. 198) ; the larger part of his bequest has bee n in"'ested to fo und the" Wadd ington Gift." T he pul pit itself is of fu med oak, with c:arved orna mentation of a style in harmony with the reredos; and) like all the other fittings of the Chapel, it was designed by Mr. W. D . Caroe, th e Architect to the Ya\hedral. The Dedication Service began at 11. 30, and the Archbishop was accompanied by the Bishop of Dover, the Archdeacon of Maidstonc, Canon Holland, and Canon Mason . The Prece ntor, the Sacrist, Dr. B1ore, Mr. Ryley, a nd several ladies were also present. After Morni ng P rayer and ce rtain ~p e cia l Collects had bee n 5aid, the Archbishop deqicated the pulpit in these words :"In the Faith of Jesus Christ we dedicate this pulpit to th e glory of God and in memory of His se rvant Herbert \¥addington, in the Name of the Father, a nd of the Son, and of the H oi), Ghost." Amen . H is Grace then gave an address from the new pulpit, in whic h he said : h · looked upon that service that day as a memorable occasion; not because the blessing of a htt le pulpit in the tra nsept of a bui lding, so rich wi th beauty, with monum ents, an d w1th associations as their great Cathedral, was necessari ly a great event in itselr, but. beca use any event was memorable wh ich publicly and permanently gav e mphasis to the historic co nnection between the grandest of all their Cathedra ls with the oldest of all th eir public schools. It had bee n a timep honou red and n whol esome custom th at t he Arch bishop for t he time being should, when possibl u, pay a t that time of year, an official and for mal visit to th e old King's School. T lutL day th at visit took that unusual form, and he wanted to use the opport unity fo r sayin M a few wo rds upon the subject, very familiar to all of the m, of the mean ing tlHll belonged to the fact that their g reat school lived its life year by year. und e r 1111, shadow of the Cathedral. . It had ofte n been said that if a foreigner, fam ilia r wil h English ways, we re ·asked· to tell some othe r foreig ner what was in his judgme nt tli ll

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IIlflSl characteristic and un ique feature in En o-lish life as compared with the life III othe r lands, he wG:uld point to th eir g reat public sc hools. And one of the things that Will'I worth rem e l11beru~g when they thought - as they did think thankfully of what that IIh l hud meant. and stIll !nean,t-one o~ the thin&s that was remarkable was the great \1.11 h' ~Y of the surrollllci1l1gs 11l th e midst of whi ch those schools had grown up and 11 " ' Hl I~l Cd great and powerful: Some of them had been set from the first in great cities, I 1'1It'!ally London i ''Vestmlll ster, and' until lately S. Paul's, Charterhollse, Christ's 1111 pllill , and sever~l m.ore, had bee n ,an inherent ancl ne cessary part of the daily 1111' of the IHetmpolis, With no small gam both to the City and to the schools. And Iht Ii ' we re others whi ch' had t.heir home in variO liS country places-vVe liington, \1ulh o ~Ollgh , Charte rhouse, as It now ~\'as-aI~d not many years ago a g reater than lilt .P, \I·IZ . • Ha rrow ·- had had surroundlllgs which, perforce, brought to everybody who . I th"r the thought of wh.at God was doi ng in t he world of Nature round ab out lit. ttl I'vc ry day, as tru ly as In the world of i\Ian. And there had bee n a few which 11111 ht,longcd a nd did belong t~ their great Cathedral cities. The greatest of them 1"ld hy s:cnera~ cOl~sent be \VlIl chcster, but, g ra nd as its life had been) that life had II pr·U"tlcally iJ1dep..:! nden~ of tl.1C great Cathedral which stood ncar by, and with hll II H had no off~cIaI relatlOllslup . I n Canterbury and a few other places, but there , I I IlIUrkcd ly. th~Ir g.r eat Schoo l h a~l been identified wi th their great Cathedral, 1111 hwnlly a nd hlsto ncally and by dail.r use. There was no more inspiring thing II I IIlIlt! belong to or happen to .the bfe of any of them than the inspiration whi ch III' hO Il\ the prese nce of somethll1g very great. Some of th em kn ew what it was to lit Ilh, 11l ~l" lv('s among gre~t moulltains, high. up in the Alps, perhaps, a nd how, IliHI ,1 Ill lleh power on theIr part to tell how It wa~ , th ere ca me to them so mething It II 1'llUh.:d to set them fo r a time upon a higher level and make them feel at thei r I" I ill : v~ry sen ~e . And so it was .wit~ th e grea~ events in the world's life, which '\\1'1\1 j>nvlicg?d, If n~t to take part In, 1Il the ordlllary sense o f the word, to be in II \\ lilt. the th~n gs whIch were happening whe n they were by. A very wonde rful 11111 01 Ihat~lt would be rem embered by e verybody there, even the you ngest II" III wns anorded by the death a few yea rs ago of their great Queen . In the Ih .lt foll.owed the IJ~ssi n g away of the great Qlleel~ th e re were more peo ple ,,1111. t h(, lf churches than had ever been known 111 the sto ry of English I, lilli ' And th at was not me rely. or, he thought, mainly, with the thoug ht I' h("; f g reat. position or her great character Of life, but because II' WIIM ~0 I en~11lzed by th~ t~ ought that they were in the presence Nit I~I Ihmg In the world s hIstory-that something was happening that I I 11 11 t hu world over, and that they were, wh ether they wou ld or not I t III to uch with it. Therefore they wa nted to be-eve ryone wanted to be--': I 1\ h' ·Hl. T hey were uplifted, and set upon the hi gher platform or level I, IIIIIM' d t the presence of so me great thing set before th ei r eyes in the story Illtl'" lirl'. They co uld easily m~ltiply e.x~mples , but that would be enough. till ,1111(\ way there was so methlllg upllftlllg, though, perhaps, they did not

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remember it, or trace the effect of its meaning to something great and inspiring. in the living in the presence of sllch a thi ng as Canterbury Cathedral. He ima~in ed there was not a single building in the world which brought people into touch over so long a period and with so great a variety of th e world's eve nts. \ÂĽestminster Abber would, at all events in England, be their only possible rival. There the memories and associations were of a distinctive, and he ventured to think, a rath er more limited sort. H e doubted whether the King's School boys realised and took in day by oay what it meant to their life to be in touch with something so big, so permanent, so rich in thOlights of the past, and of the present, and of the future; but whether they realised it or not. it was there, and it would tell upon their lives right through to the end . Thousands, whose thoughtfulness had grown in after years and made them. better able than the)' were at the moment to trace the influences that had moulded their lives, would tell them that it was true in. their cases. He thought it could be, and please God would be, no less potent in its daily effectiveness upo n the life of eve ryone of them. They needed to go to other lands where ancie nt things, not only of man's hand iwork, were unknown, to see how the people regarded what we regarded as priceless possession - to seA how they cherished in the smallest degree the links and associations which could unite them far away, al most as th ey would say second hand, with traditions and memories so ennobling as these. He supposed it was true to say that in order to realise the great ness of their own tim es and the grandeur of their opportunities, they must always try to realise that they were linked with the far off past and with the far off future. Nothing on ea rth could do tha t for them so well as a Cathedral like theirs. Those walls. those monuments, were witnesses in a very remarkable sense. They spoke of a river, or valley, or range of hills having been in days gone by witnesse~ of some great event in the wo rld's history. That meant that th ey were there wh en the thing happened, and that they, so to speak , looked down on it. If th ey spoke of a Cathedral as being a witness to those other days, they spoke of it in a quite different and g reater sense, because it directly spoke to th em about th e past. In concluding. his Grace remarked that they were bound to look forward as well as back, and the story of what they were doing that day would perhaps be used generations ann generations onward as something to suggest fresh lessons in the times that were then.

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THE WADDINGTON GIFT. This Gift has been founded in 1I1mnory of the Rev, H erbert Waddington (() . K.S. , 1838- 1847, died 1904), and out 1/1 money bequeathed to the School by IIllIi , as recorded in 77u Call/ltarialt of IUllo last (p , Jq8). It will be given at ,h,\ l'nd of the Summer Term to a boy wht) is leaving the S(:hool then, or who hll left since the previo us October. The IIwHl' d is to be marie on the recommenda111111 or the Head Master; aud this Gift, Ilk" th e " O.K.S. Gift," is intended rather II II P cllniary help than as a prize for IIIll lIot' tual merit. so that the Head ImHo r's recommendation of a candidate

to the Governors for their selection will be made on that principle. The annual v~l u e ~vill be about six guineas, and the gIft WIll ta~e, the form of books (chosen by the reCIpIent), or a scientific instrument, or some article of colonial outfit according to the needs of each case: under special circumstances it may b~ awarded in money. The Governors have expressed their approval of this Gift being included among the fu nded prizes of the School which are administered by the Han: Treasurer of the Exhibi tio n Funds.

CONCERT. , 'I'hous:h, perhaps, the programme held 19th, I IIII L qUIte so interestin g as some I IluIIHI ill late years) it was thoroughly 11111\ I,ll by a large and enthusiastic I III III tI , which included His Grace the , hhh,hOI} and many of the Precincts ,t! 111.- IlIH irlCllts. IlulIlIgh unavoidable ci rcumstances I 11111111'1 was considerably weakened 1111 HitHilU C o f about 30 trebles; the I. I 1I,III !oI, however, were stronger than 'II. Ihl l t nors and basses beino-o 1111111 tIll hy seve ral O.K.S. and others) hilI Ihl' ullOa had the valuable assistance

IlIlIIMOd for th e annual Concert, h, Ih" (;y ~n asium on December

of lVlessrs. Plant, Price and Reid of the Cath~d!al choir. A capital or~hestra, ~onslstlllg o.f amateur and professional ll1strLl,menta hsts, was provided, and the \~o:k It accomplished, under Mr. Godfrey's VI gilant beat, was keenly appreciated. It shone.,to the best advantage) perhaps, in the puce de resislance of the evening. viz. : :Mozart's "Figaro ') Overture. It wou ld be difficult to find a work, which. for sheer. beauty and freshness, is surpassed byÂˇ thIS. A glance at the programme will reveal the fact that many of the se lections were the work of composers connected with the locality. First and fore most,

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the items contributed by Mr. Godfrey himself: these were a " Mareha Espanai " (from a Canary Suite); 0 Sevillana ancI a Hu nti ng Overture ; each of these was warmly applaude d and re-demanded. The Overture, as the analytical note o n t he program me indicated, has fo r its chief 111011/ the old melody, "A hunting we will go "; severa l calls in use with the Oakley Hu nt are inserted, while in the coda the well-know n song, "Come, landlord, fi ll the flo wi ng bowl," is introd uced . Bishop Mitchinson wag represented by a verse or two (why not all /) of his delightful carol, "Win ter's Night "-the only Ch rist mas numbe r on the programme; H . A. Fricker (the gifted city-organist of Leeds and late dep uty-organist of the Cathedra l) by a well-w ritten Romancc ror oboe and orchestra; an d J . P. Robinso n (a nephew of J. Robinson , 0.K.8.) by tlVO ve rses of a IfYIllII.lls for chor us and orchestra : the last two were encored . I)

T he rest of the program me, as wi ll be seen, was made up of well- known works. all of which were capitally ren dered and enth usiastically received .

vi gorous renderin g o f " Fo rty years on ." \,Vhe n will a poet and co mposer (p referably 0.K.8.) come forward to collaborate and provide the most ancient School in E ngla nd with a so ng of its own ? The School owes a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Godfrey for the time an d trouble he has most ungrudgi ngJy besto wed on pre paring fo r this Concert and we desire heartily to co ngratulate him on the successful result. The following was the programme :~.

PART 1. Winter's Night " . ... Bishop Afilclt.imolt. RO MANCE FOR Onol! (Cpl. Wood land) H . A. i 'i'ider, Abu. B(l(. HYMN US (Chorus and Orchestra, first time of perrormance) . . .. J. P . Robertsfm. OVERTURn ... " iVl ignon" ... .11 . Thomas, 1811- 1896. P I LGF.RCHOR ... " Tannhaiiser" ..... R . "VaI?ner~ 1813- 1883. O VERTUR R .. .... " figaro " .. .. A'/ozart, 1756- 1791. WA LTZ.... .. .. " F aust" ... COlIllOd, 18 18- 1893. CAROL ... "

PART I I. II UNTING OVERTURE .. .. ......... ... Perc), Cod/I t)'.

(Dedicated 10 W. Fil1.palrick, Esq., Oaldey Hunl Club).

(Chorus and Orchestra) :" Jordan" ......... .... ........... I'Vest COII II/I,)" 2. "Nallcy Dawson " .......... .. ..... ........ 176:>, 3. II T he Loyal Lover" ...... . ..... Traditiolta/. ('Ce llo Obligato, ?I r. Fielding). 4. "Young H erchard " .. ... . .. .. ......... SOllltl'1e1. (Solo, G. C. Strahan). 5. (a) "Span ish Ladies "-Sea Song .. ('Cello an!1 Oboe Obligato) ... 7 radilhlllfl /. (b) "Sevillana " ...... . ........... . ........ .. 6. "Cawsand Bay"....... .. .. ... ......... /}".,",. MARCIIA ESPANOL (Canary Sui le) .. . Pcrc), COd/I,·)I. KERMESS& SCENE •.•• · ' Faust " ..... . ......... GOI"/II,/. FOOTBALL SONG .. " Forty yea rs on " ...... Pallilo FOLK SONGS

1\1r. Godfrey is to be congratulated on his efforts to foste r in the School an affection for the old folk-songs of th e cou ntry. Those chosen for th is occasion were excP.1lent speci mens of the vocal art of a bygone age and were much appreciated by the audience. Particular mention should be made of .. Young H en..:hard," in which the solo was admirably sung by G . C. Strahan and, by general demand, repeated. The Concert wound

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SCHOOL NEWS. \~'e hearti ly congratulate the following thL'ir several successes :- E. A. Roper-Open Classica l 8cholarhip, Q ueen's College, Oxford . F '. iTf . D eightoll - Open Mathematical ( ~ l iJ1or) Scholarship, Tri nity College, {'nmb rid ge. Iv. 'ielj'" O pen Mathematical HI holarsh ip, Clare College, Cambri dge. A . de B. I-IalJll'lfon-O pcn Classical I'k holarship. Co rpus Christi College, ( 'ambridge. C. F. /I/a/iou- -Passed 28 th into I~n) III J\ Iilitary Academy, 'Woolwich .

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At a meetin g held on Feb. 4th, itwas decided that two compulso ry paperchases should be held this term; also that they should be reduced to nine miles in length at the extreme limit. -;:..

On Wedn esday, D ec. J 4th, a lectu re on the subject of " Macbeth" was de livered by the Rev. Canon Page-Roberts in the Parry Li brary. -;:.~~*

Th ~ followin g were pro moted into the Sixth Form at the end of last term : ~ G. F. Howell, C J . N. Adams, G. M. We bster, L . T. Watkin s, R. T. J en kin, C. F. P. Ba ttersby, N . A. Bittlesto n, C. F. Nation. H. G. Pari s.

elected on the

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1<. Anderson. R. B. Vvinsc r was , I" tl'fl Vootball Captain to fi ll the pos t 1I IItt'(\ by Vi.'. H . Lovalt.

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We understand that a book by Mr. Ed monds on Philology has been accepted by the Ca mbridge Press.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUlVI DUCES. LE FT

DECE MBER, ' 904.

ANlJlm.soN.-Entered the School, Tan., 1899 i Cricket XL, 1903, '04; Football XV., 1904; Sports' Com mittee, Sept., 19°4. \\ I I r. vA T'I'.-Entered the School. J une, 1901 ; Football XV., 1903-04, '04; Captain of Football, 1QO""r ; Rowin g Colours, 1903, '04; Captai n of the Boats, 1904; Sportsl Committee, Sept., J 904.

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A good thing indeed is it for a man to have stored up wealth to himself an d to adorn his rooms with silver and costly ware, but verily. th e best gift that t he immortal gods vouchsafe un to men is th e possession of cups an d the si lve r wreath s of medal s won in the co ntest o f speed or strength -cups not for win e, fo r all know that wate r is best, and whoso in foolish. ness of heart indulgeth too much will li ever be proclaimed as victo r in fi ve events or even in three. But th is was t he lot of Hllias, wh o with his own fee t, and not those of another, defeated all but two of th ose running agalllst him, so as to gain the mu ch-prized half-blue scarf. But, truly. he that wo ul d qu aff to the dregs th is Cli p of song, whic h I t hus fill up in his honour, must first kn ow co ncernin g his brother, who at th e same city of th e Ox-ford won honour for his city and his house in th ese contests- a doubl e pride to th eir fat her. And verily I could bel ieve that not th ese two only of the ir an cesto rs had stre ngth to win renown . Fo r it is a

mighty e ncouragement and boast to a young man to fin d in t1H~ stories of his fa mi ly others whom he may rival in th eir deeds, of prowess, whether with the spear, or hurlin g with the heavy quoit. or funning with speed of foo t. Surely H erm es must ha ve given aid to him for wh om I sing, th at with winged shoes of swiftness he might outdo the rest. Since in these also do the gods look upon mortal men to help th em, without wh om none can und ertak e mighty works. And upon the impious Ze us hath more often brought clisg rat.:c causing their foot to slip at the critical moment. But this m.an from YO llth was prosperous ancl hath even before proclaimed his na me a ncl ci ty having WO Ii three out of eight, yea a nd the honeyvoiced Muses withal were not less favourable to him. No w may th e immortal gods keep from him the insole nce th at bvertaketh so many, bringing grievoul4 ruin j but I pray t hat he may e ve r btl s uc~ e ss ful and be honoured by his friendH as he hath ever been.

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THE ELECTRIC THEORY OF lVIATTER.

This short article is intended to be of another entitled "Rad ioactivity, " which appeared in a IOrtll er number of the Ca ntllan rw . Those who read that article will remember that utn lllS of every kind g i v~ for th, whe n hll'nkin g UPi tb e sam e kind of electron ; II tid this fact, toge th er with the results of 1!lIIIly experiments, brings us forcibly to Ih,' following concl usions :An atom of matter is composed of a 111 11 S of positive electricity the sa me size II nti Hha pe as th e atom. Inside of, and hU Iht' eI in, this positive electricity, a re a IlI tlllh 'r of negative e lectrons, each whir!litH' in its own orbit at a tremendous I II ' tl l l round an atomi c centre. All atoms III Iltu same size, and the only difference III I \\'~\ l)ll an atom of one element and an 1111 111 of another is that one atom co ntains I ~ 1I .. llcr number of electron s than the 11i. 'I. Thus an atom of, hydrogen conIliU M 800 electrons, while a radium 11111.,1 11 8 a bout 1 8 0, 000 of th em. So I!I 'I II nr the electrons compared with 1111 . Iv. of the atom s of which th ey I ItOl II part, tha t, as Sir Oliver Lodge I Il lI' r is more roo m in an atom of 1ltllNt l ll for its 800 e lectrons than there III 11m solar system fo r the Slln and

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Many scientists now believe that positive electricity is nothing more or less than eth er; and the electrons also are now th ought to be simply more condensed particles of e the r, we m.ight almost say clotted ethe r. Thus all ma tter throughout the wo rld-throughout th e universe in short-is built up wholly and entirely of elect ricity. This is the electric theo ry of matter. The more electrons there are iJl all. atom, t he g reater is th e probabili ty of collision between them, resulting in the expulsion of an electron every now and then from the bodv of one or other of the atoms composing a mass of substance, o r even the total dis integration of an atom. This accounts for the g reater radi oactivity of the elements of heavier ato mi c weight. All matter, then, is slowly disintegratin g. The atoms are gradually breakin g up, forming other atoms of less atomic weight and setting free so me electro ns. But if this is so, why does all subs tance remain unchanged in appearance? The answer is that in even th e smallest perce ptible portion of matter the atoms number many billions ; and it is stated that if only one atom in te n tho usand were to break up in a whole . yea r, th f'tt wo uld be quite enough to

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account for all th e radioactivity of such point which is not yet clear. Sir Norma n an acti ve substance as radi um. This th en Lockye r, after carrying out a spectroscopic is th e reaso n for the apparent stabili ty of examination of the stars, stated that th e hottest stars are made up of the lightest malter. Several loilg-standin g puzzles, sllch kind s of matter, such as hydrogen and as gravitatioJl, chemkal affinity . and heli um, but in those stars that arc no t cohesion, will now no doubt sho rtly be so hot, the elements that have heavier . solved. As regards tht: last two Mr. and more complex atoms appear. Thi s Balfour stated in his presidential address -is evidence that while a star is slowly to the British Association that I f Chemical cooling down, the matter of whi ch it i ~ affi nity and cohesion a re slight residual composed is undergoi ng a p rocess of effects of the internal electri c forces that evolulion. I t is clear that on this earth keep an atom in bei ng." Sir Oliver at any rate the exact converse of this if" Lodge thinks th at gravitation "would happe ning. It may b e that while th l,l seem to be a slight but quite uniform terrific heat that always accompan ies tilt' secondary or residual eftect due to the formation of a star is gradually brJ ing immersion of a negati vc electron in a dispersed, more and more complex atom q positive atmosphere. It is a mutual force a re evolved; but after a certain temp erabetween one atomic system and another. ture: has been reac hed in the cooling wh ich is proportional to th e number of process by the star, the e volution sto ps, and the ato ms, especially the more co m.. electrons in each .1I Perhaps I may mention one other plcx ones, begin to disin tegrate agai n.

HARVEY SOCIETY.

On Saturd ay, Dec. 3rd, E. A. Roper read a paper on H British Reptiles." As an introduction, he began by shewing some of the characteri stics whi c h belong alike to the whole of the class, and by

dispelling a few popular illusions. I II' then proceeded to describe th e varinl!" reptiles in detail, and dealt with th e h'ud ing points of interes t in the Vi per, (;111 "" Snake, Smooth, and the Angllis Frn l) ill ~1

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1IIIII111nnly known as th e 1/ slow-worm" . III th on described the ' two li zard s~ I IlIt'lta Vi'vipara" and the ; I< Lacerta Hili"," He concludqd by giving so me II t 1111 ndv ice as to the keepi ng of both Ihllll{ un d dead rept,iles. The paper was 11111 II lllCd with five excellent lantern Ihl, I which had been made by a m'ember ,I tlill Society. There we re forty -five 1111 I"hnrs prese nt at the meeting'. Dec. l oth. A. B. Emden The Forest-Trees of I I II Britai n." He began by giving th e I I,Illlion of the fo rmation of the buds, ~ II 1 ~\fl'S and the trunk of a tree. He II II PH) cded to describe some of the tllllilO IH,'R L of our forest trees, such as !

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the Oak, Elm·, Beec h, Ash, Scotch Pine· an d Cedar of Lebanon, mentioning the age of the trees a nd the use · of their timb er, etc. The paper was illustrated by about IS excellent lantern slides. There were forty-seven. Illp.mbers present at the meeting. The Papers that have been. . arranged for this term are;---:Feu. J I th, t' Gas Engineg, " by G. S. PrNsENT. Feb. 18th. <4 i\'figmtion," by C. i\'r . RI CKE1TS. Ma r. 4th, "Engl ish Architecture with Local Illustrations," hy L. E. R&AY, Esq. Mar. 11th, "Cockroaches," by the PR&STDENT. Mar. 18th, "Soap Bubbles," by the lI ON. SEC. Allihe Papl'rs will be ill ustrated with slides, spec imens or experiments.

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.ll lI rday, Jan . 28th, it was decided II Ihl ~ President of the Society may at 11\ II di sc ret ion invite visitors to attend Ilh ".tTt in the Debates. 11111 Hnn Debate was held on Saturday, ""I.If\,

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III Intrud uci ng the rnotion that .IIUllicial Inventions tend to increase IIIPl'ill\'sS of th e Human Racc," the I It! "aid that mechanical inventions 1It.,!l1i 11Illvcll ing. Thus social interII I It Ihi n!:) essential to a truly happy

life, was promoted . The ex pe nse of travelling had been greatly reduced, sin ce railways took the place of coaches . The' conseq uent opening up of the cou ntry caused highwaymen and moss-troopers to disappear, so that the traveller' s p~ace of mind was now · secure. Moreover, develope ments in e ngi nee ring resulted i'n the recovery of waste lands, which ·had previously. on acco unt of tht: moisture and the rank vegetation they co ntained; engende red di s~ase - of every ki nd. InsLead of this they could now be lIsed for cultivation. Agri cul ture too was

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improved by the use of the steam-plough. He concluded by sayi ng that for the prospe rity,which they now enjoy. Englishmen are indebted to machinery. The number of paupers was formerly onefourth .o f th e whole population. wh ereas it is now red uced to one-tenth .

R . H . Brimley-Richards, in opening for the O pposition, first de fined happi ness as conte nt ment. He then reminded the House that no need for mechanical COll trivances was felt before their inve ntion. Men got on just as well or much better without the m. Moreovt::r, factories w.ith all the suffering and distress that ractory life entailed was due to mec hanical invention s, while increased facilities for trave lling brought about the mod e rn sco urge of tourists and induced many peo ple to leave and neglect their homes. He concluded by remarking that every writer who had formed an ideal of human happiness had represented man in a natural state without machinery, rough and uncu ltured, but happy.

J. D elglltoll then replied on behalf of the motion, urging that England's greatness, and so her prosperity, were e nti rely due t o fire-a rms, the chief of mechanical inventions. H e also recalled the time when men fought hand to hand with swords and cudgels, and when OI~e side or the other had to be practically annihi lated to bring about a decisive resu lt. H. L. Dibbw next spoke for the Opposition : H e spoke of the artificiality produced by mecha nical inventi ons, and th eir weakt:! ning effect on character.

H e was answered by G. C. Slra/Jall, who enter tained the House with instances

of everyday life. The black Âˇ death and many other diseases had been driven from our shores by thl! developements in surgical appliances. Tailoring,. theatres, steam.- rollers, were all the result of mechanical invention . G. F. OHve once more remi nded the H ouse that the real point at issue was happiness. He dwelt on the joyous innocen cy of savagery, quoting from Wo rdsworth's "Ode to Immortality." Subsequently he contrasted with this the overcrowdin g in modern town~, the squalid state of th e poor and the res tless condition of humanity gene rally-all these due to mec hani cal inventions. One of the honourab le ge ntl emen had menti oned fire-appliances as a boon to mankind. For his part he believed that fireappliances were merely a necessa ry evil. The need for them was not felt until mechanical invention erected huge houses.

N. A. B ililesfoll then spoke for t he motion and said that the present state of prospe rity whi ch England had reac hed was due very greatly to her com merce. Commerce was carried on entirely by ships, the most glorio us of mechanica l inve ntions. As to overcrowding in town il, there we re as many down trains as II I" I mprovements in locomotion had ma ( II the country and the seaside accessibh' ttl every ma n. Again happi ness of mind WII M bound up in the peace of th e soul. 'I'IH' prese nt religious revival had originawll in th e min es of Wales, which were worki'tl entirely by mec hanical contrivan("II. Aga in it was ge ne rally believed th at llll' happiest period of a ma n's life was in hI .. childhood, but th e child's happin 8!i \\ 11" due to its toy, a' mechanical contri vUlIl't l .

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R . B . Willser replied by stating that true happiness consisted in mak ing othe rs happy. He dilated also on the happin ess to be obtained in physical exercise-long rUIlS and walks. It was much better for the business rnan to walk three or four mi les to his office, instead of lazi ly -taki ng It tram or trai n. At this point the Debate was opened 10 the audience. S. S . Sopwill, rose first and frankly II H~(' rtc d that most peo ple's idea of happiness was to do as little work as Jll lliRible. Mechanical inve ntions thu s ,olld uced to human happiness by decreasIUK the amount of labour. H e gave a hl nllble illustration from th e pig and the .11I;llIge machine, by which all suffering II rflr as the pig was concerned was done H\Uy wit h. I.. T. Walkins th en recalled that Itil Un od ious of mechanical inventions, th e I ,U k, whi ch certainly had neve r increased 11I1I1I1I 1l happiness. 11 /,.. R. S . Varley said that, though Uhi ll man ufactured the machine, the 111111 hln had eve ntually mastered man,

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taking as an example the atmosphere in the T wo-penny Tube. IVl oreover, what mechanical inventions gave was abundance of luxuries i but the normal wants of man were never supplied. The typical seaside shop was descri bed with its shellcovered boxes, pens, and crockery marked a " present from ' Vhitstable." Literature had deteriorated since the invention of printing, for, now-a-days, every ma n was in such a hurry to print that he had no time to write. I n fact ni ne-tenths of modern literature was so much pape r and so much ink. Mechanical itwention had produced vario us physical infirmitic-s such as the cycle foot, an,d the railway brain. The speaker conclud ed his speec h with a humorous description of certain machines for correcting exe rci ses or getting up in in th e mornings which were the only kind he desired and which had not yel been supplied . The P resident then closed the Debate with a short speech. After which a show of ha nds was demanded and the motion was won by twelve votes (24- I 2).

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LIBRARY. -The following books have been added to the Library:II The Dark Ages," by P rof. Oman. II The E mpire and the Papacy," by Prof. Tout. "The Close of the Middle Ages," by Prof. Lodge; kind ly presented by J. R. Parsons, Esq. " The Book of the All-Round Angler," by J ohn Bickerdyke; kindly presented by F. H. Mosse, Esq. "The Characters of Theophrastlls," by Edmonds and Austen; kindly presented by G. E. V. AU3ten, Esq. . . .â&#x20AC;¢ Oxford," by Thomas (painti ngs by Fulleylove); kmc11y presented by R. S. Varley, Esq. . "The Genius of Turner, by Charles H olme : kmdly presented by T. C. L. Bluett, Esq. "English Lite rature," by M ei~lejoJ~!l; kindly p,resented by ~. D. D . Spafford, E sq . "The Natural History of Amma is, by J. R. Al11sworth DavIes (8 vols.) "The Cantuarian IJ (Vols. IV. and V.) . "The Real Siberia," by Foster Fraser. " In the Permanent \Vay," by F lora Anne Steel. II Christopher Marlowe and his A5sociates," by John H. Ingram . "Popular Astromony," by Flammarian and Gore. . "The Tale of the Great Mutiny," by VV. H. Fitchett. ' " . . f Roman Society in the Last Days of the \~Testern EmpIre, by DIll. Normandy, by Deanner. f4 Highways and Byways" Series East A~glia, by Dutt. Yorkslure. II The Pearl Maiden," by H. Rider Haggard. f< Latin Poetry," by Prof. R. Y. Tyrrell. If R ed Axe," by Crockett. "The Lost Continent." by C. J. Cutc1ilTe Hyne. . "Domesday Book and Beyond," by Prof. F. W. MaItland. Isaac Casaubon," by Mark Pattison. f< Clementina," by A. E. Vof. Mason. U Norway the Northern Playground," by Cecil Slingsby. "The Life of Frederick vVm. Farrar," by his son . "The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome," by LandanL I)

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INDIAN The best way to find a lost golr-ball is to give llfJ looking for it. You are fairly sure to trea(t on it next minute. t'.e., if yo u are honest in your belief that it ii hopelessly lost. Whe n [ wrote my last IcLler I had given up all hopes of hearing ng<, in from H. M. James; of ever getting nny more khabn of Evans and Jon es ; of (' vcr meeting our doyen, H. V. Cobb. Illest if all four events haven't promptly occurred . . ame:; writes cheerily from Sh umshernugger ( I'll let you off the II llmc of his estate, which is eXlra); his Kood cheer is due to th e advent of the rnld season with prospects of voluntee ring lind OUler amu sements. T o-day, NovIlmh er 6th, I have walked in the flesh II 11 Ii T. W. H. Jon es. He is noll' posted III th 79th Native In fantry and is waitin g III Bangalore for their arrival from ~ I H lIritil1s . H e thinks he belongs now III th e 79th Carnatic Infalltry, but is not quhu sure. Such periods of change are !lnluying to such a keen capable officer. I hro ugh Jon es I got news of Evans. I \ 111\1'1 is a benecl icl. J ones isn't quite I II- tin, and Evans may yet run me in for IIluÂˇl . But if he does I can plead that he IY. 0 easion for the belief by neve r IIllnltlling me to the contrary. Now, I ,UI". COme on, wh ere's that letter ? I{ was my duty and pleasure the other ~ 1\ In have to go to Gwalior to see the I Id,,"~, Mr. H. V. Cobb . Mr. Cobb I lilt' n puk ka O. K .S. welcome, and we I~ tI 10 1' some time of the School ancl of ,I li e believes that he is not our HilI! lnnmbe r, but thinks that a certain I, \ ( ;t' idt- Âˇwho is a high fUllctionary I Ilu Jll(li c ial'Y in Bengal-is an O.K.S.

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LETTER. Cannot anyone write to The Canluarian and \'crify this som ewhat vague surmi::,e ? Some of his school -fellows should be able to do so. Mr. Cobb also told me of a Major Leslie wh om he believed LO be Cantonm ent Magistrate at l3 art::illy. He also appears to be an O. K.S. The Rev. W. F. Cobb (left 1885 ) is a Missio nar), out here. I am sor ry I have forgotten in what station he is. There is a Rev. F. E. \Vigan in charge of a Mission College in Lahore. Can this be our F. E. \Vigan ? Will some one who knows please write and inform? I hear rumours that Baron von Rose nt,erg of th e Mysore Coffee Planters is dead. H e was one of our senior me mber,.;, being a contemporary of Mr. H. V. Cobb. S. Siadden is, I hear, still out among the Mysore Coffee Plantations. Two of the Truemans are also out here. One of th em, I believe seclmdus, has just got posted to one of the Bombay Native Infantry Regiments. A. P. H. Truemanbelieved to be ted/us - is also in the I ndian Army. One more O.K.S. has been scented, in fact J ones was in full view of him once, but he ran to eart h and disappeared. This was N . H. Roe: he was in the Junior School in my day. 189 I, and brother of the famous Roe, patriarch of the Lower Third in , 889. T o return to N . H. Roe. J ones trave lled in the sa me train with him in Iq O I from Sholapur to Bombay. Vague-but so is most of my matter. J ones says that I once said in a letter to l'1u Calltuan(w that Col. Georges, in command of the 28th Native Cavalry, was an O.K.S. I don't recall saying it, but if I did and

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was ri ght. I can only ad ~ th at he ~ s now in Bangalore and that I Intend calhng on him if I find he is an O.K.S.

R. J. \·v. Heale is a big boss out here. H e got his commission in I (}OOSout h Africa, I beJi c:' ve ; was put in the 46th Punjabis j took up amateur theal~i~al s and promptly got into the Pohtll.:al Departme nt ; was Assistan t Political ~ge nt in Sialkote ; and was recendy appolllted to look after th e edu cation of th e brothe l' of the Nlah a rajah of Myso re. H e has already taken up his duties and is said to be a I, well set·up fellow." His salary (as reported in local lV[ ysore papers) is enough to make Assista nt Mas ters at K.S.C. wee p. Alec Bredin is in the 72nd Punjabis no longe r a myth. I beg his pardon accordin gly. T. C. Bredin appeared in a Tl'mes of of India P.O. passe nge r list recently, havin g just re·arrived. His mythship also di sappears. H. J. C. l'vlolonr il.lfonn s n~ e. th~t I~e is D. S.P. in the di stri ct of Plhbhlt 1I1 the T e rai- United Provinces (form e rl y N.W.P. ) H e has plenty of shoot~ng a.nd wou ldn't like to test your credulIty With the amount of work he has to do. Suffice it to say he seems happy. His seCltlldus-· J. C.-- (wh y do broth ers insist on havin g th e sam e initial s ?) is in Uganda on th e railway i so he is Ollt of my pale. A. D . Molony is in the 2nd T enth Goo rkhas ; now servin g in Burmah Military Police. Jon es q uarlt~s is Ass~ sl ant. Super· intendent o f PolIce at TtrubsOlhur (?) (vide Atlas).

R. H. Hitchcock is A.S.P. at Tellicherry (vid, Alias). Most of the above details are deri ved from T. W. H. J ones. . How is it that K.S.C. sho ws such a tend ency to produce so many enemies of crime? v /de above th e numbe r of police she prodllces. I s it L,hat, Cathedral influe nce selS th e hearts of Kl1lg s Scholars sternly again st all ~i c e ; or is it that i~ is well to set a th tef to catch a tillef. Debate it, ye Debating Society.

But it appears that th e S ~hool h~s 11,0 mon o poly of th e India n PolIce. whI ch IS somewh at of a relief to my feelings. for I doubt the Cath edral influence th eo ry as suffi ciently accoun ting fo r facts. Molony has " spotted " two old C.O.S., on ~ old Sutto n-Vale ntian an d two old Dovo nans. H ence if th e second theory suggested above is to be considered as good, it is a relief to find that our rivals are as bad a lot as we are. Encouragt!d by G. C. Valpy's third perso nal obse rvations in your last numbe r but une, J. H. Smith doesn't n~il~d saying that he is supposed to be tralllln g sam !} 30 youn g princes or sirdars of India 1\ ill the way in whi ch th ey ought !or to. go," but as th e princes a re on their hohd ayH now, so is he. I fear th ese items are in teresting na ture ; but all I they may be of some use in co nte mpora ries in touch with F or I hold with Dr. Field amount of good is done t o the unity of its old boys.

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O. K. S. G. F. Carter, forme rly Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, has bee n appoin ted Vicar of St. Aldate's, Oxford, in sllccession to anon Christopher. 1:'11-';;

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NEWS. T. R. Wilcox has started a School at \Ves tcliff-oll-Sea, E sse x.

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A. G. Richard son has gone to loha nnesbu rg to unde rtake th e pos t of SdlOo lmaster there.

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J. iVl. Tuke has been playing full back for Kent.

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At a General Meetin g of O. K . '. held Trocadero Restaurant, pri or to th e \u llu nl Dinner on Janua ry 18th, l C)0 5, Iltl ~ Colours suggested by th e Committee 1IIII Iwd fo r th a t purpose in July o f last I \I ,\'C' rc submitted. Mr. A. \V. Ra mm ell \\ II. IIn:lnimously ,"oted into th e chair, IItd li fter so me discu ssion th e designs (or II" IIlni': 'I', ca p,"hat-ribbon a nd ti e-rib bo n I III Ill: 'cptecl. The mee ting considered I1I1 I III snggestions for th e sas h and IIt NI ''1 1l I1tly the sash-tie were not 111I1I11\l\ lly in keeping wiLh th e ribbon, 1Ilt l lt1qucl;ted the Committee to try and lib Ilq lmnt th e idea of th e ribb on a nd I t to a meetin g to be held at the ltd II I th summer term. II lil t'

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1111\ !l ccpted design s a re as follows : 1I1" ' '''.- Dark blue flannel with brass butto ns a nd with the School crest

on th e pocket, bu t instead of the wreath the letters O.K .S. to be embroide red unde r the crest. Th e Cap.-Like th e

blazCT, bu t wi th smaller cres t and lette rs.

T he f/a/-Rlbbol1.- L ike th e School ribbon except th at t he whi te. is ~l arrow e r, and th e re is a wavy wlllte 11l1e round tl:e middle of th e blue. \,Vidth of ribbon, 2 inches. The RibbonÂˇ/ie.-Like th e hat-ribbon. \ÂĽidth of ribbon, It inches. The Committee are gettin g these put in ha nd by Mr. George Lewin, 8. Croo ked Lane, London Bridge, E.C., and by th e time the next Can/liar/ail co mes out, hope to have made arrangements whereby they ca n also be procured in Canterbury.

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The Annual Dinner took place 011 J an. I Sth at the Trocacl e ro Restaurant, Piccadilly Circlls, wh en th e Chai rman' s seat WaS ably filled by th e Very Rev. Henry'vVace, D.D., Dean of Canterbury and Chairman of th e Governing Body . ' Afte r Dinner, in acco rdance with a pno:cedent sta rted last year. th e Sec reta ry " called over n the names of all who we re prese nt, or who had expressed th e ir inte ntion of bein g prese nt and ha d not let him kn ow to the co ntrary. This latter class was unfortunately la rge, as no less than sixteen more we re expec ted than put in an appearance, and of th ese onl y two sign ified th eir in ability to tom e. It may he re be pointed out th ilt the diffi culti es of the organizers of th e Dinne r are very seriou sl y increa<.:ed by th e un ce rtainty whi ch thus ari ses as to th e num be rs fo r whi ch it is necessarr to ca le r, a nd th ey would like to sugges t th at the Pos t Offi ce offers varied facilitie') fo r speed y COOl. munications. The "doyen II of th e roll-call was Sir George Collard who dates back to the early fifties. and his name and dale were recei,;ed with enthusiasm .

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The loyal toasts. proposed by the Chairma n, we re cluly honoured, and th en Mr. Charles Dorman , in an admirable spepch , proposed th e toast o f th e evening. "Floreat Schola Regia," to whi ch th e I-l ead Mas te r res pond e d with a brief survey of th e doings of th e School, a nd an a nn oun ce ment of th e forthcomin g addition to th e facili t ies for scienccteaching in th e School. The only othe r Toast was that of "The Cha irman" whi c h was give n by Sir George Collard a nd enthusiastically honoured, sho wing tha t the O.K. S. appreciated th e kin dness of th e Dean i ll thus showin g his interest in the School am id his Ilumerous engagement s. During the eve ni ng seve ral so ngs were sli ng by 1\1r. Pe rc), Ma lden and Mr. B. 1-1 . Latte r and were much apprec iated . Also LIlt.! company w en~ photographed by a flashlight process. th e l es ults of whi ch can, howeve r, hardly be said to be popul:u among those who have any regard fur th eir perso nal appeara nces, but wh ich offe r a fund of amuse ment for th eir ill natured fri ends.

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S Cl;I O-L ~ R S 1:1 I J> S • The Scholarships in December were awarded as foll ows:-

E,ztral1cc ScJlOlarships:D. H. Cowie . . P. G. E . Chave C. F. M. N. Ryan C. J . GaIpin . . G. C. W. H arker H. · Nevill C. F. Freeborn

In the School HOllse : (Ki ng's SchooL) (King's School), for lVIathematics. (Mr. Pulling. Kensington Preparatory School.) (Jun ior. King's School). . (Mr. Watson Will is, Eastbourne), for Maths. (1VI r. iVIa rtin, St. Leonard's). (iVIr. Jelf, Folkestone, and King' s School), III 1111'. Bell's House : (M r. Olive, Wim bledo n, and King's School).

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/lollse Scholarships :-C. 1VI. Sutton .. W. S. Barroll . . A. N. 1. Lilly __

(iVIr. Pearce, Ripley). . (iVI r. Wallis, Westgate ). (IVl r. Watson Willis, Eastbourne).

j unior Foundation Scholarships :H. Townshend.. E . B. H osking .. . A. R. Bellars ..

-,?-I.l of the King's School.

Probationer Foundation Scholarships :-_ . D. H . Cowie (King's School). C . F. 1VI. N. Ryan (M r. Pulling, Kensington Preparatory School). E. B. Nelson (Kin g's School). F . L. Goad (Junio r King's School). D. A. Fardell (Junior Kiug's School).

(', F. Nation, . H. L.

V ALETE. Vallings, N.. C. J.

Saunders, I,. N. Scorer.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N B -The Editors dec/ille to accept any 1'cspomibility conuecled witlt ', the oPinions 4 tkeir'Correspon' . . deilis. Name and address 1/tmt atwa)l! Ilc given, not 1ucessarily for publica/iolt, but as a . guarantee 0/ good jaitlt. Pel sopalill:es will involve certain rejection. Letters should b( 1Vl'itlClt on ont side of the paper only.

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DEAR SIRS,

nearest practicable approach to a torch for tTle handkerchief at present in use, and by an alteration in the name. It would, ' of course, still be competed for by Tutor sets. Yours truly,

The present is an era of reform and progreRs. On every side we ' see new worlds founded and· new inventions started which were' undreamt by our LAMPAS. fatners . New id ~as rule the universe. I therefore respectfully and deferentially suggest that the subject ~f having nothmg To tll~ ,Editors of "TH~ CANTUARIAN." to say, and its variations which was" I believe, starlt!d by the Venerable Bede DEAR SIRS, in the Editorial of the first number, be buried and forgotten and the subject of this is presu mably the last numb r the O.K.S. register advocated by your which will . appear before the Sports tako able and never-enough-to -be-congratu- place; cillow ilie to make in it a suggesti n lated-on-his- promotion -to - high -pay~and with regard t·o the Tutor Mile. COllid nothing-to-do Indian. correspondent be not this modern race be held at the 0 1111 pegged away at in its place for the next -of the fi rst day to which it wbuJd maim a fitting end, and when it wO~l ld nOL century or until it is started .. .,.. '.' :ANOTHER I ND IAN. interfere with entries for the lVhle - tlw traditional" ·finale~ · of the Sports - or ill the case of less fortunate runners, for UII' Consolation Race. Hoping that th u Sports' Committee will consider Lid,. To tile Editors 0/ "THE CANTUARIAN. n .~ suggestio.n .

I am, Sirs,

DEAR SIRS,

May I suggest that in the Sports the "Tutor Mile H should be changed into a literal lor~h-race,' ~ b..y substituting ' the .

Yours in hope, , I

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DEAR SIRS,

DgA R S IRS,

There was one thing at our Ath letic \;Vithout, in any way, wishing to poin.t the finge r of scorn at the present Meeting with St. Edm und's School last editorial staff of the 'Cantuarian'» ('as -year which calls for improvement. Many HlIggested in the last .. editorial »). may people (both among the visitors and the School) were amazed . by the ex~eJ1s ive I be permitted ,to poi nt 'out that ~he accounts of the School football matches horde of Ininor officials which congregated in the last n umber we re robbed' of ;much within tbe ring and managed effectively' to ol thei r' inte res t by the' omission of the block the view. .during t.he jum p~ as well as during the other events. Their nn. mcs of the opposing teams. presence could be dispensed with, without I trust this wi ll be re medied in detrim ent to the Sports. Hoping to be able to see-something this ·year. iulllre. I ,

Yours, etc.,

Yo urs truly,

GET OUT OF THE WAY.

O. K. S.

ANSWERS

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COR R ESPONDENTS.

/mliall. --[\"e sincerely hope that the I ), K. S. will collectively interest themselves III l his scheme, hut the selection of a sv itable P' 180n 10 undertake the task ' mllst rest wit·h 1111'111 . We trust that something will be done ut the next O.K.S. Dinner.-EuD.] II, 1INc strongly recommend this suggestion Itl tl1(' Sport s' Commiltee. -·EDD.] I,' ('d/IlII I".- (An excellent suggestion which IlIm lli claim the attl!llt ion of the Sports' I 11 1I1Uliu cc. - EDD.] . (WI! considcl ,that quit.e en.0ugh space is

devoted to sport in the II r.antuarian .. as it is, and do not think that the names of the opposing teams are of sufficient int erest to tht! majority of ou r readers to ue included . in that space. -EvD.] Get out of the Way.-[We should suggest that each school choose th ree or perhaps four stewards for the Sports with St. Edmund's School. This would limit the number of officials.EDD .

-SYlllllleirical.-=[Vou r I"cpresentative should rcfer

the. matle~ to the 'l") ouse Committee. - EDD.]

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EDITORIAL. That two successive years should see the Beverley bathed in sunshine to grace 1111 School Sports would be incredible had we not the witness of our eyes. With ",I Illher so kind. even the most captious co uld not have grumbled if the athletic feast I'II'/ttl out for his delight had fallen sho rt of the standard past years have led him to JlllC'l . It is pleasing, the n, to note that two more School records have been broken, IIti wo hope that, by the time these lines reach the reader's eye, several morc will II ' YI' gone the way of the many. Vie must not, however, linger on this theme. \\I ItLhicr chronicler has dealt with it at length elsewhere and would not have us III 1'11"1'1 o n his ground. Besides, we have a dread that undue exultation may bring ~lilmy iVemesz's upon our heads wh en we meet our friends, the C.O.S. It nly remains, then, for us to express our heartiest thanks to 1\'1r. Maundrell lid til e; other masters, whose careful training has put us in the way of such good

, 1l1i â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Wi th conscience-stri cken hearts we admit that we deceived our readers in our I I l"llitori al.'

We heard that the British workman was going to build us a new

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Laboratory this term; and, to be frank, there is as yet no sign of it, though. he still comes now a nd then to take a patronizing look at the Mint Yard drains. Vve presume the other little job is postponed until warmer weather. For the rest, we can only say that all has been going well. There has been no infec tious illness, very little bad weather, and a good num.ber of successful paperchases. \Vell mi ght the Easter T erm say, I What else can YOli expect of me? ' Before we close the book qui te on this term, we must express our regret that Mr. Varley is leaving us. His diligent and un selfish efforts to raise the standard of Sixth Form work, and more especially of those competing for scholarships, will, we feel sure, be long remembered with gratitud e.

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This match was played on February 23 rd. The \Vande rcrs soo n got going as they were heavier in the r serum.' The School tackling was weak and th ey obtain ed several tries. Our forwards occasionally got th e ball in the line out, but th ey lack cI suffi cient dash to ca rry the ball down th e field. After half-time th e opposing fo rwards began to tire in the r serums,' a nd, if till' forward s had done more work, th e game would have been more satisfactory. Aftl}! having the ball out several times, it was at last passed do wn our three-quarter li nn, a nd a t ry was sco red. The goal was ki cked by ,"Vinse r. This was the only scorinH on our side; so th e match was lost by 7 goals, 6 tries (53 points) to I goal. Hayes tackled well, and the new three-q uarters took and received their paH!"''' well, but it was di sappointing that the team did not play up merely because there \vlIM a cold wind blo wi ng. School T eam :-II. H. Hayes (back); G. F. Olive, O. D. Parsons, G. F. Rigd t' lI , H. Petley (three-quarters); A. H. de B. Hamilton H. G. Paris (halves) ; R. B. Win, ,,, , R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. Bittle.ton, J. Deighton, C. W. G. William' "II , J. A. S. Aylward, E. T. Gage (forwards ).

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FOOTBALL RETROSPECT. Matches played, I S; won, 6; lost,9, Such is the record of the season just over, and we must confess that it is a little disappoin ting. \~h e reas, last year, we were strong in the three-quarter line, and only mod erate forwa rd j thi s year, the forwards were disti nctly th e best point in the team, and it was the backs that were below' the standard . Such full accounts of the various matches have ap peared in previous numbers of TIlt Call1uarian, that only a few words of general com ment are necessary here. Of the six School matches, three we re won and three lost, though w~ were perhaps unfortunate in losing the first Dover match by the difference of a goal to a try. We were generally out-played behind the' scrummage,' and the tackling was on many occasions bad. The latter fact is rather remarkable, as most members of the team, taken individually, can and at times do tackle well, but their efforts are too spasmodic and individual; th ere is not enough mutual support in the way of driving an opponent into the arms of somebody else, or getting into position to tackle him when he has been made to swerve by some body else. This is just ' one of th e advantages that can and must be secured as a result of a team constantly playing together. It is just as much a part of â&#x20AC;˘combination , as is the passing in an attacking movement. The forwards,Âˇ who werc heavy and strong, had a very good idea of a 'forward rush', and, at time~ , did great execution. Towards the end of the season, too, th ey improved greatly in hand-passing. But th e whole team was rather wanting in co nfidence in their abi lity to get past an opponent,- a remark which especially applies L the wing three-quarters. One of the most promising features of the season was the amount of dash displ ayed by the Second XV., w'hich augurs well for the future . \Ve conclude by exp ressing the thanks of the School to Lovatt and 'Winse r fOI their zealous performance of the duties of Captaincy, though we fear that the fcclill H of responsibility had a deleterious effect up on the play of the former-a fact whi ch 1M by no means without precedent. Full Back. L. p, AnnoTT.-A very good kick and does not take mu ch time about it, but i Il ul quite sure enough of finding touch . Tackled very well on two or three occasioll", but was generally rath er wea k, failing to go in with sufficient dash. Must 1t'lUIi to stop a rush. Thrte-quarltr B acks. W. H. LOVATT.-(Capt. Oct.-Dec.) The res ponsibilities of office weighed UpOIl 111111 and he was not nearly so good as last year, mulling his passes far too fr 'q ull nl!,

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played indefatigably, and, in this respect, set his tea m a good

(;. F. OLIVE -Seemed to 10 se I' I d would n'c t TUIl hard W kliSt 1ea as soon as he found the ball in his hands and . ea ac k lcr. ,. . COVELL.--Came on a good de l t d I I a owar 5 t le. e lle of, th e season and played with plenty of dash but he <l ac ks I.. J. l3AssETT. -T~kes his as pace. r'!lproved III tackling ~nd ill taking his passes . too much before givi ng ~ pSaesss be,a,utlfuYr ads rule, but.JS very slow, and checks . cry lair clcnce. Half Backs. 1\ , I)Jo: B. HA MILTON.- I mproved a (Toad d I . II . .. not nearly smart cnoll O'h in opel~ing upe~ es pecIa YDllll' the 5POllll1~ game, but is W. R. N. LESLIE -A v ,oh lC game: c lcnce mu ch unproved . slow. shouid do n~~~·y\~~rk~~\ half, ~vho gIves . his passes well, but is very r 1 e can Improve IllS pace. Forwards. I , n. WINSER.-(Capt lan Ma . ) H dl k improved conside; b'-:- rcn. ar y rna es full use of his weight, but has II , P. V. TOW>lEND .Iy' ~he ope n, and han ds otT st rong I)'. Good out of touch. , !tcragging' ar~ not~r n~n' a rd, but lIght. IVfu st learn that I 'playing hard' and Improved in the opel: nymous te rm s, a nd that the form er IS the better part. 1(, W" TSON.- B)' th e end f tl tlllO rmous amount of \ 0 le season .W3S the ~ick of the forwards. Does an "'till inc lined to be clnr:~yr~vi~~(~li~~eSetlmpGrove(11 III thfe open a great deal, though \\ ( ' . M . ooc out 0 touch nch improved in ta kl' d . ' . AMPUELL. nxn mpl e in hard rOllowing.up. Bette ~ ~Ismf; ~n : as la~t year, set a splendid N A. Bl'rTLESTON -C 0 1 t le scrum. hIli I well andJ: t'ackl:;l:e~\~l f~r~eatGdea~, but \fas \\'ar ting in fini sh. Plays on th e I' h.. A ND ":RSON -Li ht but I . ooe out 0 tOll: 1. II Ihe team . . Go;d tack le;' ayed very hard and dnbbled better than anyone else niHil/TON - Very prom's' ~ d 11 Hnrn. . I lllg orwar. . as learnt to tackle and plays good hard (' C

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I I W,LLIAMSON.-Strong and heavy but slo\\;. Should Hi t mu ch more dash and improve his tacklinO' be good next year. o·

ATHLETIC

I"fust

SPORTS.

I'hll Annua l SPOltS were held on M i d I ~ III H I . ~nvc for a wind on the se arc 1 2 2 11 ~~d 23 r d on th e St. Lawrence II \\ III() Home ood ~ cond day the conditIOns were very favo urabl e and I lid, wi th a gO~d pufte~?r~a}~c('ls; inT'~o det~OrdH ~ wellre broke,?, the \~'eight by .) n 1e ure es by OlIve who was timed .

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to do a yard outside J 7 sees. Good times were made in the IVli le, the Half and the Under , 6 Quarter. A big field of 2S started in the IVli!e and of these no less than fourteen finisht:d, all within 5 min. 30 sees. This is probably a record for the School. In contrast to this, only three started in the Open Quarter. This number would probably have been much greater had not the Tutor l\'li ie bee n almost th e next race. Anothe r year some change might well be made in this order. If possible, also, a longer time might be allowed between the Under J 6 Hi gh Jump and Quarter Mile. The following are the results :L ONG JUMl' (OPEN).

Hamilton 2. Covell Length, 19 (t. i in. K empe made one good jump which was disqualified fo r a faulty take-off. HALF MILE (OPEN). Y. Watson, i. 2. R ope.r, i. 3. Richards 'Vntson took the lead soon after the start and wo n by about 15 yards. About 20 yds. between second and third. Time 2 min. 12 sees. I.

HU NDRED YARDS (OI'EN). I. Hamilton 2. Scott Time II t secs. 31t d Heal. I. Olive 2. K eyse r Time I I k secs. Final Heaf. J. Olive 2. Hamilton Time I yd. olltside II secs. Olive got in front at about 70 yds. and won by about a yard. QUARTER ?.-I ILE (OPEN). I. Roper 2. SCOlt Time 56! secs, There were o nly three starters. Campbell led for 200 yds, with Roper last. The btter drew away by the chest nut and eventually won hy th ree yards from Scott. HIGH JUMl' (orEN). I. Bittleston 2. Covell lJeight 5 ft. I in. H URDL ES (OPEN). I. Olive 2. Bittleston Time I yd. outside 17 secs, Olive drew away from the sta rt, and flying bis hurdles well, won by sixteen yards in record time. PUTTI NG THE WEI GHT. I. Aylward 2. Winser Length 31 ft. II in. This constitutes a School record, the previous best being 30 ft. 3 in.

Isl,Heat.

O~E

MILK (OPEN). 2. Ri chards 3. Ar~old Time 4 min. sccs. Arnold led at the e nd of the first lap, but was then pa!;sed by \¥atson who kept the lead and won by 20 yds. Richards look second place at the end of half a mile. There was a good race for fourth place hctwecn Hoper, i., Towncnd anrl Dibbcll, who fin ished in that order. Eight others fini shed, the last man being ahout 200 yds. behind th e winner. QUARTER MILE (UNDER 16). 2. Keyscr 3. Williamson I. I-Iarrison Time 591 secs. Won in excellent time by 10 yards. William· son, who was running lame, made a good effort bill was beaten for second place by K eyser. HIGH JU)1I' (UNDE R 16). I. Hayes, ii. 2, Williamson IIcight4ft.7i in . H UNDRED VARUS (U/,\Dg R 16). HI Heat. I. Reynol<!s, ii. 2. i\ lath Cllou 2nd Heal. I. I-:Inrrison 2. Keyser ,Td Hlal. I. l\l ercer 2. H unt Filial Heat. I. H arrison 2. Keysc!' Time lI t sees. Won by 2~ yards. LON G JUMP (U NDER 16). I. Simeon 2. Hayes, ii. Lcngth 15 fl. 66 ht. H URDL ES (UNDER 16). I. Kcyser 2. Il aye. 1 11, H( Heal. I. Reynolds, ii. 2. Lesllr 2nd Heal: I. Reynolds, ii. 2. Leslie Final Heat. Time 21 t sees. All three hents were good races. In tlw hi llt l Keyse r and Hayes were Icvel till the las t IIUIIIII and then Keyser won on the rUIl in. In IhC'i lIu,1I Reynolds only d rew away over the last two 111111111 . and won by two yards. . I.

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IIA l.F l\'fIu (UNDER 16). Morris, i. 2. Matheson 3. Davies. Time I yd. inside 2 mins. 25 secs. Th e first qua rter lI'as rather slow, but Morris ran ~trongly at the finish and won fairly easily despl.te a good effort by r-,·Iatheson. I.

120 YARDS (HA NDICAP). Wardle H eat.3. Parsons, i. Smith, iii. Hl al 4. Goulden Pastest loseI'. Me rccr " i·nal Heat. I. Goulden 2. Parsons, i. 3·. ,Smith, iii. Tune 12 sees. This was a new mce, and judging from the number of ent ries, proved a popular one. It was (0 11 lid necessary to run off somc of the heats on the ptevious Monday. The final provided a close race.

Heat N eat

I. ~.

220 YARDS ( HANDI CAP) . Tuke 2. H o rsbrugh Spickernell 2. Vaughan Simcon 2. Gordon, i. I. Simeon 2. Spickernell 3· Gordon, i. Time 26i sees. 600 YARDS (HANDICAP). Abbott (I5yds.) 2. Lilley(60yds.) 3. Dibbe n (10 yds.)

ISI fleal. I. :md Heal. I. J l'd Heat. J. Filial Heal.

Time I min. 241 secs. Litley lcd for 400 yards and then Abbott "!l tlll\~ aw~y, won as he liked. A good racc fo~ 11'. m(\ place. 220 YARDS (JUNIOR SCHOOL). finn, ii, 2. Collins, i. Tim e 31! sccs. LONG JUMP (JUNIOR .sCHOOL). 1)l)lIto n

Collins

Length

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347

HU NDRED YARDS (JUNIOR SCt·IOOt.). I. Collins. I. Finn, ii. 2. Douton. 1. Ryron, i. I. Finn, ii. 2. Collins. 3. Douton. Time 12t secs. Won hy five yards. HI GH JUMP (JUNIOR SCHOOL) . H itchcock . 2, {I-I.ayes!. 3 ft • II:.;)1. illS, • FlIln, II.iv.

Isl Heat. 2nd H eal. 3"d H eat. Filial Heal.

QUARTER MILE (JUNIOR SCHOOL). Finn. 2. Douton. Time 68 sees. A good win for a boy under 14. TUTOR 'fo.<fILE. Olive led for Mr. Bell's at the end of the first lap, but Mr. Mason's then got the lead and kept it, Winning in 3 mins. 58! sees. Biuleston in the last lap made a good effort to catch Scott and finished for Mr. Austen's set inside 4 mins. Mr. Latter's twice bungled the handkerc.hief or they would probably have done the same. Harrison ran well for the:n, making lip two places in the last lap. Mr. Bell's were fourth and Mr. Cape's fifth. Mr. Evan's, although fourth at the beginning of the last quart er, did not fini sh.

CONSOJ.ATION RACE (QUARTER MILE). I. Gage. Time 60t secs. Won after a fine race with Roper, ii. by 2 feet. CONSOLATION RAce (JUNIOR SC IIOOL). I. Byron, i. Anothe r good race, won on the post from Dalton. The two under 14 evc nts for the Senior School were not run o wing to lack of entr ies. It might be well if another year thcse were dropped from the programme altogether. To choose representatives against St. Edmund's School, the Senior School boys might run off trials with the winners of the Junior School races or could run in the Junior races, nOl, of course, for prizes, but for

place;nint~~ec~~~;~tition for the Tutor Set Shield Mr. Mason's were eMy winners.

The Pr~zes were distributed, in the Gymnasium, on Saturday, March 25th, by llIore 10 the presence of over 100 visitors. We heartily th~nk the follo wing for kindly giving Prizes-The Ladies of I 1I 1I1~' rbury, Mrs . '-'\'ace, IVTrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Galpin. Mrs. Hodgson , Mrs. Bell, I, ("'orRc Collard, Dr. B1ore, R. P. Hawes, Esq., A. Clay, Esq., The Headmaster, II , \. It G. Hodgson, and the Masters, MI

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GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS. The New Boys' and Under ,6 Competi tions were held in the Gym nasium on Mo nday, March 27th. The results were as foll ows:New Bl!J's.- Maximum 60: I , D. S. K. Grant, 50!; 2, E. W. Hughes, 49Âˇ Under 16.-Maximum 70 : I, R. M. Gent, 66; 2, H. Gardner, 541; 3, S. D. Turner, Sf. The Open Competition took place on Tuesday, March 28th, when Colonel Onslow once more showed his in terest in the School Gymnasium by kindly acting as judge. Appended is a table showing th e mark s gain ed for the vario us exercises together with the final order.

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At the conclusion of the compeu tlOn, Colonel Onslow. c ongratula~ed th e CI~ "I competitors on the work done whi ch full y sustai ned the lllgh replltatJOil whi ch tl w School had alwa}'s had for gymnastics.

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The prizes we re th en distributed by Mrs. Murray, of St. Augustine's College, afte r which th e Headmaste r in a short speech thanked Colonel Onslow for comi ng down to judge t hat evening, recalling th e fact that the Pllblic Schools' Competition owed it s ori g in alm ost entirely to Co lonel On slow. Our hea rti es t tha nk s are clue to .J. H. Davies, Esq., as we ll as to the Headmas te r and Mrs. Galpin for gi ving prizes, and to Staff-Sergeant Norris and his assistants, \\'ho~e steady and persiste nt coaching through out the year has been mainly respo nsible fo r snch excellent res ult s.

FIVES. SEl\Il-FINAL RO UND.

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THE BOAT CL UB. The Boat Club accoun ts are presented in another column. At the beginning of 111,1 yea r a deficit of four pounds had to he faced, and in addition the re we re IIlI hilitics to th e extent of twenty pound s for the new pair a nd the Fordwich boatliulUlC. This has been paid off durin g th e year, an d thanks to a gene rous donation by ,\ I I , Edmonds ~he re is only ten shillings on the wrong side. 'oaching has been ca rried on under much more favourable circum stances than 1,"1 yuar. We have to thank C. ]. N. Evans CO.K.S. ). for his constant help. and al so \I" Ne lson for allowin g I1 S to hou se One of the boats on his land. The T onbridgc race has been fixed pro visiona lly for June 6th. At their requ es t, In Milllplily th eir fixture list, we have agreed to go there again this year. Next year IIH \' will come here. \Vc want, if possible, to rai se a second crew to ro w their second. I hi" wi ll mean having tw o crews rowin g regularly with an occasional third , Vie hope, h', Ihnt with so man y O.K. S. rowi ng at th e Varsities th e Old Boys' Race will 11111 1.,11 throug h aga in this year. We offer somewhat belated co ngratulations to I 11,,11111 on his Tria ls Cap and to the others wh o ha ve been rowin g in their va rioll s I dlnwÂˇ Lents and T o rpid s. Abbott is the new captain of the boats in place of I I 111\ wh ose loss will be grea tly felt by the Club.

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T he races were held on March 30th at Fordwich and prod uced. some close I n th e first heat of the fours Abbott' s crew gain ed at th e sta rt, bu t goin g Itli lfi und the corne r were rather more than their dista nce behind on enterin g the lI,duhl. This th ey picked up, a nd about three hundred ya rd s from home we re about 1111 IIIIi g-th to th e good whe n a c rab lost thei r lead a seco nd time. From this point 1111 \ ,ow'd finclyan d were only beaten by a foot. I n the second hea t Peltma n's II IV IlHlli ll had luck. At one point Trousde ll , with th e back l!tation, was about th ree 'III UIt~ I H of a length be hind, but as the resul t of a series of spurts, Petunan's crew 1+ ," " win g a way fast whe n a crab in the oth er boat again came to th eir assistan ce. I ~ 1I1"tl nll'ij boat neve r got together again a nd Pettman won by two lengths. I n th e 1111t,1 h plll Ne lson's, who were the lighte r c rew, were bette r together a nd won a fast It hy II hout it length. I n the fin al, Pe ttma n's crew rowed mu ch !Jetter t han in 111111 nl lit ,)rc viOus heats. T he race was a fine one all the way, th ere ne ver being ,I, 11111 11 n ow feet in it anywhere in the course, and by a desperate spurt in the I 1111 \' ),urds, Pcttman's just got home by a short qua rter of a length . T he best Itl ,III Mh o wn by Nelso n's in the third heat an d by th e win ne rs in th e final. II 1,111 111 wcr certainly favo ured by fortun e in t he first two heats. They were slow III IIM lioing an d it was only superior steadin ess and abil ity to spurt when call ed 11111 IlII l1 nd two lost races out of the fi re. D ruitt, J ones an d Watson, in their firs t I 111"11(1 well. . III Ihl p(1i r!l , th e winners, with two lengths start, rowed in the bes t style, and it '"h II WL which enabl ed them to beat a heavier cre w in the final. l\[ath eson's I. I Il hll ll t a 'ouple of lengths by foul ing a four going down th e course. I 11]1' liltl. " , ~ I rs. Duprey kindly dis tri buted the prizes. IIIII~ lI t ·M .

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LECT URE. On Tuesday, March 2 I st, a lecture on " Canada' J was deli vered in the Parry Library by O. H. H anson, E sq., Govern~ ment Lecturer on Canada. A rter staling that all he said was founded on personal ex peri ence the lecturer emphasized the fact that Canada needed pu blic Schoolmen, whose brai ns and bodies were developed alike, and not the class that the Canadian government is at present endeavouring to attract. The only necessity was a little capital and so me technical training, which could be obtained out in Canada in the Schools found ed by the Canadian govern ment. The immigrant had then only to choose

PENNY SATURDAY, MARCH

l'inno: Violin: 2nd Violin: Viola : 1St

his grou nd , take up J 00 acres, and start ploughing with the certainty that if he had but moderate inte l1i gence, he should begin maki ng a profit within the year. From this point onw ards the lecture was illustrated by lantern slides depicti ng the various industries whi ch Canada is The developing, especially fanning. lec turer dwelt on the refining illnuence of English gentlemen wherever th ey set tled, and the rapid sp r~ad of a higher standard of civilization by their means. A sketch of a run across the continen t on a C. P. R. train completed a most interesting lecture.

READING. 4th, 1905, at 8. 15 p. m. 1\1 R. I-I. FIE! .!)I"'{;.

i\IRS. FJEl.l)1KG. MR. GANN.

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SE1WT. CARI'.\, . Saxophone: Bass Tromuone : M us. K ING.

COOI'~I<.

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MR. G01.l)S~lI TlI.

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m . E Flat. Op. 44 (1st 1\! ovcmenl) Piano , V I., VI., Via., 'Ccl lo. .. Schfimallll . Peek. "Cupid 's Curse"

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JONES,

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MISS NAIlIA SOIW I.OFF.

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SCHOOL NEWS. \Ve congl:atulat? th e following on IIII 'I! li llccess 111 then' recent Matri culaIhlll I':xa min ation : 1St Division-G. C. I 11\1,11 ; 2nd Division-G . F . Higden. ' \••,-l:.

\ I)"y Boys' I-Jail Com mi ttee has I • II formC.d with Mr. Cape as President. IIII' lollowlIlg we re c icctt'.d on the COIll111, ·0' :- E. A. Roper, W. T elfer, T. A. S. -\\lwlIl(l, A. G. Hoper. C. G. \Villiamsol1, \lIll.)ld. 11111 tNt Co mpulsory Paper~chasc was Wl'ci ncsda.". Fe b. 28th. R. Watson d W. (; . Ca mpbdl we re hares. T he .,1 ( 'om plIlso!"y wa s on Thursday,

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March 2nd, with \V. T elfer and V. Arnold as hares. On February 25th a nd Ma rch 28th there were VOluntary Paperchases, the hares on th e se parate occasions being F. 1\1. Deighton and R. B. ' '''inse r, and H. L. Dibben and O. B. Parso ns. On Fe bruary 21 St, J": . 1-1. L. Joh nstoll and \V. Lu cas beat St. Edlllnncl's School Pair by game-7. ga me-lo in Ollr COurt.

On March 7th, E. I-I. L. J oh nston and G. C. Covell beat St. Edmnnd's School ill thc return match, game- IS, gamc- 13, at St. Edmund's.

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HARVEY SOCIETY . At a l\Ieeting of the Society, 0 11 Saturday. Fe bruary 28th, the President referred to a gift which had bee n made to the IVl uscul11 by ' P. H. Hawkes, who left the School in April, ' 90+. As he was about to go to Canada he handed over hi s collection of butterflies to the 1\f useulll . H e has ca refully stated th e tim.c and place of hi s specime ns and so the collection will help thos!! who intend to make a local one for th emselves. The President hoped that so meone would make oth{;:r collections on th e same lines a nd Ifl cntioned that a collection of pressed flowers wa s wanted. C. M. R icke tts then read a paper on I I Migration," H e began by pointing Out that the changes of localities und ertaken both by ma n and lower animals, und er no rmal circlIm stances, are caused either by compulsioll , or by al/raet/oll, both of whi ch cases he exem plified . The pape r was then divided into four parts. I n the first, the migrati ons of In sects were treated of, anel accounts of th e o rderl y wanderin gs o f the " Process iona ry Bombyx," of the wonderful pereg rinations of the " T e rmita," and of t he fearful onrushes of "Locusts" through a li t hi story were given. The secfllld part embr ace d the mig ration of fiisil , and exampl es we re afforded by the great shoals of H errings, and by the Salmon, wh ich annually go up the rivers to spawn, and perform wonderful feats of end urance and agility. The third part was confined to th e migration of l1:Iamlllals : afte r

shewin g that, as a rule, large mammals have no need to migrate, he told of the mi g ra tio ns of the now ex~inct Disons in . the Rocky lV[ollnta ins, and of the L t mmings in Lapland; t he latter seem to be d rawn 011 wond e rfully by sO llle irres istab le magnetic force, and nothing da unts them in their journey, th ough few eve r reach the goal of their a mbition. The last part of th e paper introduced the subject of Bird Migration, and he su pported lVI r. Di xon's theory, wh ich accounted fo r th e origin of such it tendency, by showin g that, in the fi rst place, it was merely a "range extension ": this has developed into th e regula r migratio n we now see. .. Local and " lrru ptic" migration s were al so m en ~ tioned . The paper wa s illustrated with la ntern slides made by G. S. Pinsent, wh may be cong ratulated upon having aL last o btained perfec tion . J)

On Saturday, March 4th, Mr. RCIII' read a paper on "English Architecture, ' with local illustration s. I-Ie first com pared Kent with Yo rk shi re an d SOIl1C rSOI, as counties for the study of An.: hitccllll i'. H e then desc ribed the chi e f charactlJl istics of architecture as it developed rrOll1 Saxon, Roman, No rman, T ran sitiOlull . Early English, Decorated to I'PI pendicul ar. Exam ples w~re alTord '<I II, St. Martin's, Reculvers, St. Aug ustini"", Barfreston, Patrixbonrne, Conrad 's 'huli I Chartham, Harbledowll J and the Nil '" of the Cathedral. Othc r pia ',.. " I Architec tural interest are Chilha m, Sllilti

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wich, Minster, \Vin g ham, St. Pancras, St. Nicholas. H e she wed what a g reat differen ce th e in trod uction of th e chisel made in decoration and the pointed Tracery received arch in structure . ~pccia l atte ntion and the particular kind

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known as K ent tracery was shew n. A few rema rks about English Arch itecture after th e Gothi c decay and the pleasure to be deri ved rrom the study of Archi tecture, broug ht th e paper to a close.

DEBATING SOCIETY. At a meetin g of the Committee, it ha s bee n decided that mem bers may be 111(.' cted outside th e Sixth Form. G. I-I. ' Pinscnt a nd S. S. Sopwith were then nh'ctcd in place of G. F. Olive an d I, Deighton, wh o have resig ned th eir IIHllnbers hip. A debate was held o n SaturdaYJ 11th. In troduc in g th e motion Ih ll t Ie The British Empire is on the ,I! 'dinc ," R. H . Brinsley-Richards said Ilmt in politics, the number of parties 11 11,1( IIOW so great, that it was quite il npnHsible to dete rmin e to whi ch of th en) III .HlY politicians belong. The lack of 1111,rgj" too , shown in debates was dis~ l l it ,. 'Ill. The present Governm ent had Hill In been nearly defeated, sim ply because l' lt uin o r their par'ty did no t care to " HI .. r()ft\'a rd and vote. Again sport was 111 1111111 hy professionalism. I t was obviolls 101\\ J.(I'ca tl y co mmerce had Cleteriorated Itl ull the ract that many states men now !II ~ lih\r d P rotec tio n in trade to be I lltud, If co mm erce ca nn ot support II , II wit hout the aid of sll ch methods it IIO ( I 1111 0 11 the decl ine. J o urn al ism no ll' 11111111 1 on ly at sensatio n. Some people IIIIJ1 hi t'oJlside r the Boer War a g reat III II'''''. bllt as we were superior in ~ I Hrc h

numbe rs, equipme nt and practi cally everythin g else. this was not really so. Lastly t he re was not one sing le rea lly great Englishman now li ving. The ca uses of decay migh t take lo ng to develop, but ruin comes in the end. F. G. L. &011, speaking first for the oppositio n, said that lh e mover's speec h savoured o f pessimism and unpatrioti c se ntiment. The navy. was the chie f pride of every Briton, ancl no ma n could assert that it wa s declini ng in st reng th or effi~ i e n cy. It was unnecessa ry to inve ig h aga1l1st such II rags II as th e Da/l.J1 l11ail, because there were other papers at the Lord same ti llle of a superio r type. Rober ts was undoubtedly a g reat man. H. L . .D/bbm said in support of the motion th at he believed the o ne reaso n whi ch had called the o.pposition together to be cxcessi \'e and mistaken patriotism. Sport \\ as only indul ged in by fe w, whil e thousandsof idle spectators were attracted. Every o th er great nation of th e worldsuch as Athe ns, Rome an d Franc~ und er Napoleo n-had all fallen after a short period of supremacy. Engla nd was like ly to do the same. G. C. Strahan then spoke for th e Opposition. H e sa id that th e g reat men

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of Eng la nd cam e do wn from schoo ls and that it al\ sc hooboys we re as unpatriotic as the hono urabl e gentle men ~lI p po r t i n g the moti on, the I3 rilish E mpire was bound to fa ll. H e asserte d tha t E nglish men still had th e power to invent. i\l orcover the Boer \Var had bro ught credit to th e Briti sh Arm s. seeing that the thea tre of operati ons was so fa r away. T he ex ped iti on to Th ibet had been sli ccessfully carri ed out. In the Arm y, too , as a who le , plu ck was by no mea ns lack ing.

R. B. Wimer rep lied o n behalf of t he mot io n. H e believed that in Bri tish sold ie rs pl uck was not so ap pa rent a s it had on ce been. H e was an s we red by G . H. S . Pt'nsttll who said that the aggresive policy o f Spar ta and Athens towa rds th eir co loni es had broug ht about their ruin, while in Ro me inte rnal q uarrel s and luxu ry had bee n th e chie f can ses of destru ction. Vet no sim ila r causes could be seen at wor k in th e British E mpire . Spo rt was, he cla imed not all professio nali sm. It was im possible to state de fi nite ly wh e th e r the re we re a ny g reat men in En gland at th e present tim e or nut, beca use the merits of poels a nd slatesmen co uld o nly be appreciated a fter th eir age . In \1 a r, the de fe ndin g side c: lways had the ad van tage and , th ere fore, the conquest of the Boe rs was worthy of some pra ise, ] Il . A . B/"Ies/oll prefaced his re marks in s upport o f the motion by declaring that he was no c. Pro· l3oer II or .. L ittle E ng lander. 1> H e sa id tha t th e marked dec rease in th e · birth-ra te, especiall y in Au s tralia, pointed to decline . Anoth e r indi cation was th e lack or intere.st sho wn I

at elt.:!ctio ns. The ad vantages of a defend in g arm}' we re not o bvious. R ussia was o n th t: defe nsive but matters werc going di sti nctly aga inst. he r. T he do wnfall o r S pain was dll e to the di sco ve ry of trea sure in the New " 'o rl d . Simil.uly, E nglish. men were no w enn e r vated by com mercia l prosperit.y , Ne wspapers .were now· a-days devo ted a lmost enti rely to spo rt and to the theat re. S. S. SO/,1OII11 lI rged that Mr. C ham. berlai n, at least, was a g reat_states man ; fo r his Co mpensa tion Act had brought g reat bene fi t to the lowe r class. T he ' Debate be ing ' o pened to the alidic l\CC, E. P. She/bourn, in a pro mising ma iden speec h, o pposed the Motio n and was roll owed by /111'. G E. V. A ils/en who dai med tha t the sup porters of the Motion had bee n unjustly charged with lack of patrioti sm. To sec da nge r a nd poi nt il o ut wa s a du ty and d id not imply di s ~ loya lly. T he decl ine of the E mpire wa ~ vi sible in th e co mmercial idea boun d li p with Im perialis m, in tht de teriora tio n 0 \ phys ique, in the g rowi ne- pre fere nce fO I to wn li fe as well as in the lo w taste of til t· natio n in lit.erature and its degeneratt' H e urged tllll conce pt ion of spo r t. H Ollse not to put tr ust in a fal se pea 'll, bu t to look at racts a s th ey we re . T he Move r, in co ncl udin g the D ehal t'. o nce mo re dde n~l ed his supporters frolll the charge of d isloyalty and appea led III the H O ll ~e not to help on the exccsl" i\'t self· confide ll ce whi ch wa s ruining 1111 Em pire. On 11 show of ha nds the :\'[Oti Oll \\ 11 _ carried by 2 0 vo tes tf) IS.

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O. K. S.

S. Williamsoll, E sq. (O.K.S. , 87 , -, 875 ) has been a ppointed] .P. fo r Can te rbury, ~

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Rev. E . L. A. H erlslel has been appoin ted Curate of St. Mary Redclilfe. Bristo l. -It- ox.

Among rece nt o rd in atio ns we note :D eaCOft Ed ward Wo rsfo ld Mo wll , B.A., eslIs Coll ege an d Ridl ey Hall, Cam· )ridge, by the Bishop of St. Alban's. • <.

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S. S kinner, having passed the

~:\\Ia l . ~xaminati on has been appointed ( " ptalll s Clerk on board H. ~'L S. " Prince of Wales" in the M editerranean Fleet.

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NEWS . A . R . Edgell kept goa l at hockey for South i/ . North. and South v. Mid lands. H e has al so been playing for Middl esex.

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H assell played in th e SOll thern T rial Match and also with L . R . Cooper for Ke nt at hockey. f~ r

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A. n': R ichardson has been playi ng Sussex at hockey.

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We heartily thank P. H. H awkes wh o has presented to the IVIliseum a coll ectio n of butterflies made whil e at th e School. togethe r with notes as to the time and place of the ir co ll ection.

THE O. K . S. T REA SURY, BERDIe R, BRITIS H GU IANA,

31stJan., 1905 .

/" lilt F.d'-/ors of " T

H E C ANTUAR I AN."

li lA . S,,' S, On viewing the abo ve classic ad dress wi ll pro bably turn tip all maps you I HI IllId hunt fo r Berbi ce, as I am 111111 IIlI r(' that not even the D ean and I I ' Ph I kno w wh ere it is, much less a ny,II S(' hooL Deeply moved by your 1'1' ,I III .h. S .. I long debated wi th 11 11 to wh ethe r I dare wri te a letter III Ii It Ce ntre of learning, being, as III

Mr. H odgson and Mr. Mason well know,

a mod est man, a nd much frighte ne d of H ead Maste rs and ot he r dan ge rous peop le. St ill, having read with interest the letter you received fro m a cultivated O.K.S. in th e E ast, I feel it my d uty to contrib ute one fro m. a ll O.K..S. in the W'est, stra nge, peradve nture . but a 'pore savage.' First, I sho uld apolog ise to the twO kind ge ntl emel). mentioned abov e for not keepin g the pro mi se g ive n th em o n Speech Day to come and see t.hem later on, bu t, as gene rally happens, I fo un d myse lf un der pressure for time as my leave vani shed, and ma ny thin gs left und one that sho uld have been done, so I ca n

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o nly beg them to excuse me till next time. Let me say ri ght here, as the Yanks say. that it was a great pleasure to me to vi sit the old School once more j to a ttend the service in the Cath ed ral, th e ~e c h es in the Chapter H ouse; to hea r agai n the cheering of the boys, and the gene rous tribute of the Head NIaster to those who had do ne we ll . Must I co nfe ss th at I am so old an O.K.S. th at with th e exception of J oh n H o rsley, Sir Geo rge Collard (all glory to hi m !), a nd such a ntiq uated reli cs of a bygone age, I know no one ? I th ought th e Cath edral Se rvi ce mu ch improved. The on I)' oth er O.K,S . I know of ou t here is Dr. Parry, the honoured Bisho p of this Colony, wi th whom I ret urn ed in D ecembe r in the H .;\,LS. <I O ri noco " ; it, of course fell to him to co nd uct th e service on board j he was also responsible for a " Book T ea !' o n th e voyage , whi ch was a g reat success. H e li ves in a palace. as becomes a Bishop. wh ile I li ve o n a sugar estate, as becomes a man who lives by sugar, fo r the whole of the Colony lives \.)y sugar in rea li ty.

O.K.S. sounds good, but I am a fraid the diffic ulties in th e way are very great. However, I kn o w one man wh o is a perfect mine of inCormation as to O.K. S. of yea rs ago, thc Rev . J o hn H o rsley a bo ve mention ed. and he: too , retains hi s old love for Ca nte rbury a nd th e old Schoo l. I am afraid this effu sion is both too lo ng and too rambli ng, but I promise not to offend agai n ror some ti me. I a m, dear Sirs, Yours ve ry truly, P ERCY H EMER Y.

\Ve have received th e following add ition to the " Ind ian Lette r n published in our last number: ThIy best a pologies to Cambridge for om itt ing her name in my perorati on on the In dian Civ il Ser vice in my last letter. J. E. Husbands wri tes to me fro m Ahmedabad way (if you King's ScholarM and O. K. S. look o ut a ll the places I name, yo ur kno wledge of the wo rl d will in creas(' tenfo ld: no offence to Ahm edabad. it is a very fi ne city. a nd of great histo rical a nd a rtisti c interest , but I did' nt hear o r it till I hope c ri cket, r'Ootba ll, and ro win g I ca me to I ndia. I fear Illy ideas o r ln din will fl ouri sh in the future, an d especiall y were limi ted to Hi malayas, Ganges, Mu ti ny th at t he latter mar hold its own; it is and Calcutta - but thi s is. as we say, II splendid exercise in every way, and , even dig ression.) H e represents our old Cri end in this mala rious. tropical, climate, keeps the Court o r Corpus; what memori n (If me in health to th is day , as I an) t he H .S.S.P .. D ic k Richa rdson an d E. J. ~, ha ppy possesso r of a half out-rigged ski ff Athawes, ancl oth er old friend s tha t nalllr with a sliding seat, imported from th e b rin gs up. Poor chap, he ( I-IlIsband.) T hames ; th erefore, to those that row is in fami ne cha rge j an d I am told h, I say stick to it. ver v senior Political Officers that fam ill i' I am glad to sec that the O.K. S. wo~k is enou g h to unn erve any 1ll ,"1 Colo urs may become an acco mplished H o wever. the famine thi s year is II nl fact, and shall be proud to wear th em se vere ; it is mo re of a sca rc ity th UII II some day. The idea of a Register of famine-just like a thing may bo 111111'

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of an eq uil at eral recta ng ula r fi gure than square. Husband s is however proud of o ne thin g : he rf' prese nted Ahm edaba d 'It cricke t vers us Rajhot last Aug ust. l Ie add s th at o nly hi s contempo raries can ru lly apprecia te thi s distinctio n to I nd ian ni cket. The Domi nio n Ba nk , \Vinnipeg, Can ada, Feb. 9//l, 1905. 'I f) Ih /! i!.( l/lors oj' .. TH E CANTUA R I AN ." Ih.'ar Sirs , Pa rdo n my liberty in writi ng, but as 1111 \I O. K. S." I fee l th a t I shoul d give " fl mc advice to the boys of the School , \\ ho intend to em ig ra te to t hi s country o f t 'u nada. I have had l Im e O. K. S. pass throug h III It' •• en route" to fa rm; they are a ll 1IIIIII g well, bu t they a re as o ne among Ihll lUHl nds who come a li t for that purpose ; 11141 !l8 a matter of fact the la rge majori ty II I I 1I0 ws wh o come to Weste rn Canada III 1111111. kn o w o r ha\'e kno wn what good I hl' lIrfll l ho mes are, a nd are ex-Pu blic I htH ll boys, and not fi nding the wo rk at II .'ungc nia l drift back to Winni peg 111' 11\ it they have money it is soo n spcnt I II vi II /{' is vcry ex pe nsive here . ( '" nllda, pa rti cularly the " No rth I I" or wh ich \·Villni peg is the chie f Ih I" pic tured by E mi g ra tio n Agents, as I 11 11 11 111'85 stretch o r beautiCul prai rie I II II 0 11 ride ro r miles on horseba ck , ! IIINh lo ng waving gr:ass. T his so und s III u OII l{ h ror some chea p novel, but to 1111 I lo WII to real fa cts th e prairie, hllll Kh vl' ry fertile and profitable, is Ii .u tl lO far m on, except to the man t ~ Il n \\ t·x actly ho w to cul tivate it, I II 11 11. tllkes years to practice, if YOll

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ha \'e not heen llsed to rarming . T hen agai n " this bea utirul expanse of rollin g prairie " ro r five months Olll o r th e twelve is co vered wit h sno w and ve ry cold, the me rcury often reaching 30° below zero an cl wit h cold icy wi nds- which wi nds ha \'c to be felt in order to realize the truth of my statements--of cou rse the fa rthe r V.,fest yo u go the wann er it gets as the R ock ies shelte r the pla in from th e winds, an d most of the ran ches are in thi s locality co mm onl y kn o wn as the <. F oothi lis." O f cour se Canada is not as hopeless as you would be Jed to expec t rro m thi s len e r, for I have been re ferri ng to far min g soJely wh ich is th e chier occupati on of \¥este rn Canada ; there are lots o f good positio ns to be had here in \ Vin nipeg for smart fellows, as t his is a new co un try, and \;Vinn ipeg a fast g row in g city of nearly one hu ndred thousand makes good pos itions with good salar ies. I am so pleased to see the School is progressing, as I am sure it always wi ll with Mr. Gal pin as H ead Maste r. I sha ll be more tha n pleased to a nswe r an y cOl'respo nd ence on th e s ubject of "Emig ratio n to Ca nada " from prese nt U K .S ." or " O.K.S." \Nish ing you, a nd all th e King's School eve ry success and cravin g pardo n [or s pace used up by th is letter. 1 remain, Sirs, Yo urs sincerely, E DWAR D MACGA CH KN.

P .S.-I hope to hear more re colours for " O.K.S." as I thi nk the Kin g's Sc hool shoul d have colours for the boys to know one another by wh en o ut in th e wo rld.-E. M.

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OFF E R TOR I E S. The Offertories t his term have been as follows :Jan. Feb.

2,.

19·

19 ·

l\'I ar.

April

5· 5· 2.

A~IOUNT.

OIlJ}o;C'J'.

The Cathedral ReparatIOn Fund Church of England \¥aifs an d Strays Society The Diocesan Education Society National Life~Boat I nstit ution . . . .

£2

SOllth African Church Railway Mission

Society for th e Propagation of the Gospel .. The Kent and Canterbury Hospital

I I

+ 3 5

CORRESPONDENCE. tV. 8 . -TI,e Editor! dedille 10 accept (my re.tpomibililJI am-nee/ed 'with the o/JinioJJs oj their Correspoll dellis. lVame (llld address IIllist ahutl),! be l:ivelt, 1I0t JltclSsarily lor publicatioll , but aJ /, ,ltt/arantee 0/ good faith. PelSonalilies 1.vill involve certain 14ectioll. Letters should '" 'luritlen Oil om side oj the paper Dilly.

To the Editors of "THE

CANTUAR I AN."

Dear Sirs, At almost all Public Schools in England, there is a distinctive school blazer which can be worn by the whol e school. Most of these blazers have the school monogram on. the pocket. \;Vould it not be possible for a school blazer to be chosen for this School with

th e mo nogram, ](.S., added to th e pr cs~'tll plain blue blazer? At prese nt, our NO called" School" blazer can be met wltlt anywh ere. It is true that th ere is SIiPPOHI'11 to be some peculiar distinction in th ' II) I of the prc!:-cnt blazer; but this is qu ill invisible to the eye o f the av "'HI individual. Yours truly, "ONE

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BOAT CLUB.-BALANCE SHEET FOR 1904.

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4 16 6 12 12 S' 0 2 2

0 0 0

I 10

£54

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Taylor (Fruit) Cullen (Papers) Carr and Co. Robins

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s. d.

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NOTICES.

vVe beg to acknowledge with t han ks I Esq. (7/ - ). W. S. Skinner. Esq .â&#x20AC;¢ (8/ 6). A. the receipt of the fo llowing sllbsc rip- Gilli brand. Esq. (3/ 6). J. Twells. Esq. (J/6). F. B. Kingdon. Esq. (3/ 6). Colonel Truetions:W. Webb. Esq. ( 14/- ). W. G. Weeks. man ( '7 /6). J. Cremer. Esq. (3/ 6).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

\~'e beg to acknowledge with than ks th e rcc(:!ipt of the ro llowing contempo rarics:Elizabethan, L e)'s Forlm,E:IdIy, CIIO/melelalt (2" Plylllolhiall, L eodille1lsian ( l ), S', Edw fl rd' s S chool ell rOil iele, Epsomiall ('2),

r:".y

oj L ondon Sclloo/ lllagazim, JJra rljitU College ChroniC/c, CarlllllSlflll , lJ/(117lrllll;"" Qusd, Fe/slediall, Cu/h bertiall . All communications to the Scc n 'WI \ I please address" The School H Oll se,"

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

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VI.

CANTUARIAN. JULY.

I g05 Âˇ

No . 15.

EDITORIAL. Once again dark hi nts and doubtrul whisperin gs re mind us that our readers In defence, be it t I', thllt we follow old trad itions, a nd that the new-found talent fo r creatin g news is III1 IHI of our' s. \\' first extend a hearty welcome to the Rev. R. S. Moxon, formerly of Cai us I '1 II nMU, ambridge, who has come as a maste r this term in place of Mr. Varl ey. Wu had in charity determined never to mention the New Laboratory again, but, to 1111 HllIwral surp rise, it occurred to th e builders one afternoon to begin th e work, and I I " ItH' e that day they have serenad ed us with truly touch in g zeal, while now and II li n Iii' answe ring wai l from their co mrades on Bell Harry T o wer cheers them with .". 1III ,ughL that th ey are not the only disturbers of the public peace. Archreologists III IIlIlt'h elated at the discovery of the remains of an old R oman wall during the , IIVlltlons, but their gentle hint, that eve n more valuable di scoveries might be madrI,t ,t .. Iulilar treatm ent of other school buildings, has not as yet been acted upon. " I"flI r spondent expresses surpri se at the rapid g rowth of the Boat Club. We at th. 1/10111 are not qu ick to notice cha nges that take place within it, but many of us II " III1\111bcr that, only five years ago, thi s was th e generic and euphemistic term I IIN III or nine persons, who went down the river in very conse rvative' tubs and ~II lU I Nco rbitant fec. I t is now a flourishing institution of some fifty members,

I /14 1(.t- nay, have already been too long expectin g-their due.

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' ~~-~-~~~-~=======================-~================~============= -= with' colours' of its own, and se nd s forth two' Fours' to tell o ut its works to the world. As to Cricket, there is good reason to hope for a 5uc~essful season, and \~'e arc O'lad to note that such improvement as has been found possIble has been made ll1 the ~lanagement of the Beverley games. We refer~ed last season tO,the need for chango: and can now only hope that some land-owner 1Il these parts wIll see fit to lease li S a new Cricket ground. In conclusion, we heartily congratulate St. Edlllu n.~l' s School, ,which h~s lately celebrated the fiftieth anniversa ry of its establishment on Its prese nt sIte, and s1l1c~rcl}: hope that fri endly rivalry will exist bet ween the twO Schools for many generatlOns to come.

311 !lDemorill11l. >I< REV.

ELLAM.

>I< \~lc regret to announce the death of the Rev. G. S. Ellam, who was killed in a bicycle accident on Mal' 13th. 1\1 r. Ellam entered the School in 1880 and left in ,88+ (i n the Sixth Form, as he was always proud to think ). He will probably be best remembered by his contemporaries as an en thu siastic entomologist and as one of a little band of artists who used-under the gu idance of lVIr. Gordon - to fare forth On Saturdays to paint. I-Ie was also a freq uent co ntributor to the earlier numbers of this paper. After leaving school. he went to Corpus College, Cambridge, and took

the History Tripos in 1887. Two years latcr he was ordained. Dea~on by Bishop Lightfoot, and Pnest 1Il .the following year. H e was for some tllnC Curate at St. Cuthbert's, Darlington, and subsequently at St. Margaret's, Durham . At the beginning of this year he was appoin.ted by the Lord Chancellor to the VIcarage of Saltlcy, and had formally take n up Âˇresidcncl' within a fortn iO"ht of his death. Tho testimony of his fonner . Vic~r . wl'lI shows that the val ue of Ius Jl)lIllst rn tions was deeply felt by those who wore nearest to him, and that, when Iii' was called to a new sphere of work !H I soo n before his death, he carried willt him the sincere regrets of all for wholll he Ilad so faithfully laboured.

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-rl----------------------------------1 F. C. MOBERLEY.

>I< Many O.K.S. of quite recent date will leam with deep regret that )0'. C. Moberley, who left the School in '900. was drowned in India last )'ca r. H e was at the School for two rears, during which ti me he was of course a membe r of th e Army (,1;\ss. Soon after leavin g School he ohtained a commission in the Militia, 1111<1 in NJay, ' 90 2, passed 5th in ord er Ill' merit of Militia candidates for the It 'Kular army. receiving his commission lor 1ndia on July I I th in the same \ I'ar. For a sho rt time he was attached 10 n 13ritish regiment and was on duty \\it h the" Norfolks" at the Delhi I)urbah, and was subseq uently trans-

ferred

to the Vth Bengal Light at Dinapore, a large military station on the River Ganges. He passed his Departmental Examination with considerable credit for his first step as Lieuteuant, an d obtained official promise of promotion on the Indian Staff Corps. Inf~nlry

He met with his fatal accident on Aug. ,+th of last year whi le boating at a time whcn the river was in flood in the rainy season. As he was a special favourite at the station the Chaplain arranged for a Sveciai Memorial Service which all the Regiments at the station atte nded .

SPORTS v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL. Tlu' above Sports were held on the St. Lawre nce Cricket grou nd on Monday, 11111 lnl, under very favourable conditions and attracted a fair number of spectators. AHn co ntest the Sports were disappointing, all the open and unde r sixteen events I hiM won by the School; but a good tim e 'may be coming fo r St. Edmund's, who III IInw signs of future excellence in Geary and Buckley. I )((,(.- \l ent running was shown by Olive, Roper and ÂˇWatson, who established fresh 11 ,1 for the School; to Roper it must have.! been very g ratifyi ng to wipe off his It III III" the School Sports in the excellent time of 2 min. 8t sees., and also win the lilt"! Watson's time speak,s for itself, and 50 does that of Olive. I .IUÂˇ or the features of the Sports was the excellent pacing; Arnold, Campbell, I 1ItIIlMlt'y-Richarcis were of great service to their first st rin gs, and largely '1111111'111; 11 in dfecting the good times. 1IIItion should be ma de of Covcll'sjumpof over 19ft., and. in the High Ju mp, I,ll hIli would probably have jumped higher if it had becn necessary.

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In the under sixteen events, Harrison's running was of a high standard, and Morri s showed good judgment in the Half. Geary and llucklcy were too good for the School in the under four teen events, and the latter's lime in the Quarter was quite remarkable. Altogether the results were satisfactory, and the times compared very favourably with those of other public schools. T.-HuNDRED YARDS (UN DER 14 )·

King's School. SI. Edmund's School. I. T. P. Fin n. I. H . B. Gear)'. E. P. Collings. z. R. D. Buckle)'. 2. \\linn eTS: I, Geary j 2, Fin n . Ti me : I yard outside 11. sees . Geary came away strongly in the last fifty yards and won by fo ur yards from Finn. Z.-HALF- MILE (OPE N).

T. S. James. J. R. \\Iatson. Z. V. W. Barrett. E . A. Roper. 2. 3· F. J. S. H. Marle. 3· W. G. Campbell. \Vinners : I, Roper; 2, \Vatson . Time : 2 min. , Rt sees. Campbell set a good pace with \Vatson second i but in the second lap Roper, makin g his effort at the Chestnut, won a grand race by I ~ yards. Campbell wa M fifteen yards behind 'Vatson. I .

3.-H IGH J UMP (UNDER 16).

G. E. Hayes. J. H . G. Cooper. C. G. Williamson . 2. J. T. Ca rthew. ';Yinners: I , 'Williamso n ; 21 H ayes. Height, 4 ft. 7t ins . T his was very creditable considering W'illiamson was suffering from lameness, J. 2.

4 .-

H uND R ED YARDS (OPEN) .

G. F. Olive . l. W. F. Harvey. 2 . A. de B. Hami lton. 2. H. R. Morgan. Winners : I ) Olive j 2, Hamilton. Ti me : I I ro sees. Olive came away with a rush in th e last twenty-five yards. and beat Hamilton It) four yards; half a yard separated the geeond and third. I.

5 .J. 2.

HIGH JUMP (OPEN) .

N. A. Bittlestoll. G. C. Covell. 'Vinners : I, Bittleston

V . R . Mustard. E. A. Nntlal l. Height: 4 ft. I I ! ins. l.

Covell.

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6 .-HuNDRED YARDS (UNDER 16 ). f.

F. H. Harrison. J. C. Keyser. 'W inners:

Harrison

Keyser.

A. V,.r. A. Davies. H. B. Geary.

Time :

I It

sees.

Keyse r got well away, bu t was caught by Harrison ten yards from home. 7.- H URDLES (OPEN) . I .

G. F. Olive.

N. A. Biltieston.

' Vinne rs:

Olive

Bittlcston.

E. A. N nltall. V. R. Mustard.

Time :

sees.

live got a good start, and, taking his hu rdles well, won by sixteen yards from lIilt! 'stan in fast time. 8 .-QUARTER - MILE (UNDER 16 ) . l.

F. H . Harrison . J. C. Ker ser. ';Yinners:

I Harriso n;

Keyser.

J. 2.

II. G. Cooper. A. W. A. Davies.

Time : 591- sees.

I I arrison at once took the lead and beat Keyser by twenty yards race for second place, and won by three yards.

the lalter had

,i 11111 \

9.-QUARTER- MILE (OPEN). I.

E . A. Rope r. F. G. L. Scott. \Vi nners :

2. I,

Roper;

Scott.

W. F . H arvey.

J. Lumb.

Time : 54t secs.

I'his prod uced a good race betwee n Roper and Scott, though the fo rme r got Itt 1111 il L the start and kept his lead by about four yards throughout the race. l o . -LONG JUMP (UND ER 16 ). I.

C. B. Simeon.

G. E. Hayes. Winners : " Simeon

I j

Hayes.

J . T . Carthew. A. W. A. Davies. Length: 15ft. 9 ins. J.

I li n L('Ing Jumping. taken throughout, was the weakest part of the Sports. I IIIIllIl1d ' s appeared short of practice, and sometimes took off more than a foot 1IIIIlIlho board.

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I I.-Lo"G JUMP (OPEN).

A. de B. H amilton. I. E . A. Nuttall. 2. G. C. Covell. 2. H. R. Morgan. Winners: 1, Covell j 2 H amilton. Length : 19ft. 1~' ins. Covell jumped high, and owed his win entirely to this. As in the under sixteen, the jumpi ng was much too low; the difficulty is to com bine pace with height, which alone will secure a really good jump. I.

12.-HALF-MILE (UNDER 16). I. C. H. A. POlter. E. L. Morris. 2. H. G. Cooper. B. H. Matheson . 2. H. A. Nuttall. 3. E. H. Davies. 3· \¥i nners: 1, Morris j 2, Porter T ime: 2 min. ' 9"l secs. This was one of the most attractive races of th e day. At onc time it looked as if Morris had allowed Porter to get too far ahead, but he gradually ove rhauled him ancI won by what looked like a piece of excellent judgment. I.

13.-QUARl'ER-MILE (UNDE R 14) · I. 2.

T . P. Finn. E. P. Collings. \OVinners:

I. 2.

I, Buckley

2, Geary.

R. D. Buckley. H. B. Geary.

Time : 6l!- 5CCS.

Finn and Collings had to meet two very strong runners in Buckley aad Geary. who had matters all their ow n way. I t will be interesting to see what Buckley doott as he ge ts older . 14 .-0NE M ILE (OPEN) .

V. W. Barrett. I. R. ' ;Vatson. T. S. James. 2. R. H. W. Bl'insley-Richards. 2. H. R. H olme. V. Arnold. 3· 3· \Yin n~rs : t, \¥atson j ' z, I3rinsley-Richards; 3. V. Arnold. Time: 4 mins. 49 S(.'('M This was a splendid race to end the programme. Arnold made the pace fo r I ht, first lap and a half; then Brinsley-Richards spurted past and drew Qut \Yatson, wh u, ru nning strongly throughout, was able to beat Huyshe's time of last yea r. I.

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CRICKET. LIST .)1'

1st Tue~ d ay,

May

" "

T hursday, " T ucsday, Friday, J ~~e Tuesday, " Thursday, Wednesda)', " " Tuesday, " Thursd,\y, " Satmelay, " Tuesday, Wednesday, " TueEday, J\~ly Thllr~day,

GROU ND.

O PPONENTS.

DATE.

Tuesday, Thursday,

FIXTURES.

16th. 18th. 23rd . 25 th . 30th. 2nd. 6th. 8th. 14th . 20th. 22tHi. 24th . 27th. } 28th. 4th. 6th.

" lIth. Tuesoay, " Thursday, 13 th. " Tuesday, Augusl !st. } Wednesday, 2nd.

~ I.

Chartham Asylum St. Lawrence If A." Rev. L. H. Evans' XI. 1\'l r. A. Latter's XI. ... Thanet C.C, ... ... St. La,wrence ... Highgate School ... Hythe e.C. .. St. George's C. C. .. . Dover College ... . .. St. Edmund's School. R. M. L. I.

...

.. . ... ... .. . .. . .. .. '

Fel sted School Sutton Valence School St. George's C. C.

...

M.C.C" .

...

.. Eastbollrtlc College .. . O.](,S. .. . ...

..'

Chartham . Beverley. Beverley. Beverley. Beverley. Beverley. Beverley, B y the. Beverley. Beverley. St. Edmund's. \¥almcr. Felsted. Beverley . Southwood. Beverley, Eastbourne. Beverley.

2nd XI. Thursday, :\1ay Tu c5;<!ay, Thl1rsday, Jl;~e Thursday, " Saturday, " Tucsd:ty, T uesday, J~lh' Wednesday, " Saturday,

18th. 30th . 15 th. 22nd. 24th. 27th. 4th. 12th. 15 th .

...

Harbledown C.C. .. S.A.C. SOllth E~~tcrn C~l1eg~ '~lltl xi St. Edmund's School 2nd XI. J)rwcr College 2nd XI. ..

S.A.C....

...

Dover Colle~e 2nd XI. :" St. Edmund s School 2nd X I. Harblcdown C.C. ...

Blore's Piece. Beverley, Ramsgate. Blore's Piece. Dover. Beverley. Beverley. St. Edmund's: Harbledown.

MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRE NCE" A." 1'111', fi rst .match of the season was played on the Beverley on May 18th, and , ullt ·tI Itl It WlI1 for the School by 14 runs. The School batted first and made 1 28. I "ml ,1I haLled very well for 26. Paris 22, and Strahan soon hit up 20. I n the I 11 11Y 1'lJll CC '" An inni ngs 60 runs were obtained for the loss of one wicket, but, after

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this, nobody offered any real resistance, and the innings closed for 1 14 - One of the batsmen received a nasty knock in the face from a ball from Bassett and had to retire. Paris bowled well, taking 4 wickets for 1 0 runs. Full score and analysis : KING'S G. C. Covell, c Blair, b Clinch ... H . Petley. b I-Jarris L. J. Basselt, c Rhodes, b Bainton C. M. Dunlop, b Clinch ... G. C. Strahan, c Houlden , b H arris O. B. Parsons, b Clinch ... G. F. H owell, c I-I oulden, b Bainton H. G. Paris, c Clinch, b i-Iarris J- A. S_ Ayl ward, c Houlden, b I-Iarris G. E. Hayes, c Clinch , b Bainton J. Deighton, not out Extras

SCHOOL. 9 16 o 7 20 12 26 22

6 4 - 0

128

Total ST. LAWRENCE "A.II

T. B. Blain, c Bassett, b Deighton I-I. Hainton, h Bassell

...

G. F. C. Clarke, b Dun lop

A . Stapley, retired hurt ... T. Lilley, b Dunl op C_ E . I-Iarris, c Covell, b Paris R. Rhodes, b Paris W. C. H oilnes. c Paris, b Hassett Clinch, c Strahan, b Paris H. M. Briggs, not out W. Houlden, c Aylward, b Pnris ... Extras

o 4 2

5 8 3

Total BOWLING A NALYSIS : KING'S SC HOOL. Clinch Bainton I-Iarris

\\'.

3 0 0

53 54 15

3 3 4

14 '5

Strahan Bassett Dunlop Deighton Paris

20 LAWRENCE" A. " O.

5 12 5 4 6 '2

0 3 0 0

20 35 19 7 10

0 2 2

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CANTUARIAN .

373

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. REV. L. H. EVANS' XI. Played on May z3rd. The School team had evidently not yet found its batting form, though Howell and Du nlop played a steady game and Pa rsons too shaped well. I Ill' attack was also somew ha t disappointing. but it must be remembered that the I't'r,ltc h team was quite strong. whereas our eleven was chiefly composed of rec ruits. Full score and analysis : KING'S C. C. Covell, h Latter I-I. Petley, b Bird I.. J. Bassett, b Bird ... C. M . Dun lop, b Bi rd ... G. C. Strahan, c T ruemnn, b Bird O. B. Parsons, b Latter . .. . G. F. Howell , b Bird I-I. G_ Paris, c Dean, b Bi rd 1. A. S. Aylward, c Evans, b L.'ltter \Y. N. Kempe, st Finn, b Bird J. Deighton, not out

SCHOOL. 2

3 12 17

~ 3 1

T otal

REV. . E. Harris, c and b Bassett J. Dean, b Aylward I I . T rueman, b Bassett . McAndrew, b Aylward W. 1-1. Maundrell , b Strahan K Fi nn, b Strahan C. W_ Bird, not out L. II . E,.ns } G. K V. Austen did not bat. A. LaUer I'. Godfrey

I-I.

EVANS' XI. 13 35 91 26 .. . 62 o 9

Total ((or 6 wickets) BOW LING ANALYS IS : MR.

II.

EVANS' XI.

o. Bnssell I\ u is Deighton Dunlop i\ ylward Stl nhnn \)ve ll

13'4

g 9 4

~I.

35 14 52 26 45 44 20

o o o 2 2

w. 2

0 0 0 2

2 0

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374

CANTUARIAN .

KING'S SC H OOL v. MR. LATTER'S XI. This match was played on the Beverl ey on May 25th , and resulted in an easy win for our oppo nents by 6 wickets and l 56 runs. For the School Howell played a very useful innihgs of 35. and for Mr. Latter's XL. Gay quic kly hit up a century and Trueman also played a very good innings of 75 not out. Full score and analysis: KING 'S SC HOO L. 1-1. Gardner, b Fctherstone ... H. Pelley, c L.1.ttcr, b Fctherstonc L. J. Bassett , c and b Twyman G. C. Covell, b Twyman ...

g 12

C. M. Dunlop. c Lau er, b Twyman G. C. Strahan, b F ctherstone C. F . H owell, c !\'laundrell. b Lucas J. A. Aylward, c Mnu nd rcll, b Twymnn R . E. Dnlwigk, not out 'V. N. Kempe, b Trueman J. Deighton, b Trueman Extra s : Byes. 10 .

7 6

35 4

o o 10

Total

MR. LATTER'S XI.

Capt. Po rter, Ibw, b Aylward S. E. Gay, c Dalwigk, b Strahan G. Twyman. c Gardner, b Deighton H. Trueman , not out ... 'yV. Lucas, c Dalwigk, b Aylward E. Finn, not out J. Fetherstone, } J. H . Watson, W. H. Maundrell, did not bat. A. Latter, â&#x20AC;¢ G. E. V. Austen, Extras : Byes, is ; Leg-Byes,

109 9

75 13 32

2 ;

Wide,

T otal (4 wickets) ... B OWLI NG AN AI.YS IS : KI NG'S SC HOOL.

G. Twyman F . F etherstonc W. Lucas ... H. Trueman

255

o. 14 II

4 1'2

MR. LATT IO:R'S XI.

G. C. Strahan L.

Bassett J. A. Aylward T. Deighton C. Dunlop .. G. C. Covell H. Petl ey ...

13 12 5 7 3 3 3

2 0 0 0

46 24 14

31 52 37 48 13 8 32

0 0 0 2 0

4 3 I

, 0 2 I

0 0 0

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375

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. THANET C. C. This match was played on the St. Lawrence ground on May 30th and resul ted in a vi ctory for the School by 11 0 Tuns. The SC.hool batte~l first and were not di smissed until th e score had reached HH, but thiS was mamly due to dropped atches, Dunlop bei ng missed at least twice in his in nings of 52. Rain delay~d p l~y for a short time cut th e Thanet C. C. were not able to save the game even with tIllS help and they ,~ere all dismissed for 8z close on time. Strahan got rid of some of the best batsmen ve ry cheaply, a nd Aylward then finished off the innings, corning out with a remarkable analysis. Full score and analysis: KING'S SC HOOL.

23 6 3 42

H. Ga rdner, c Mason, b Annett ... W. Luca s, b Pigromc L. J. Bassett, b Annett ... G. F. H owell, c H ea rn, b Annett G. C. Covell, c Daniel, b Pigrome G. C. Strahan , b Pigrome C. M. Dunlop, not out H. G. Paris, b Anneu J. S. Aylward, c ]o.·Iockelt, b Pigromc W. N. Kempe, c Sherwin, b Daniell A. L. Thomson, b Daniel Extras : Dyes, 20; Leg-Byes, 3; Wide, I

0 52 0 22 6 4 24 ... 193

Total

TI·rAN ET C. C. I<earsley, b Bassett ~'[ ockett , c and b St rahan Mason, b Slrahan Daniel, retired F riend, b Aylward Shcrwin, b Strahan Annett, c Strahan, b Aylward Pig rome, not Ollt ... r-,'l ockett, c H owell, Aylward I lerne, b Ayl ward Cobb, b Strahan ... E xtras : Byes, 2; Lcg·Dyes, 2

Total

HOWLIN G ANALYSIS :

Kcarsley Pigrome Annett Daniel 'l' IIANKT C. C.

G. Strahan L. Basselt J. Aylward ...

K ING'S SCHOOL.

0 5 10 0 I

0 2 2 4

w. 0 4 4 2

23 15 14 6'5

6 4 1 0

56 42 54 17

2 0

32 38

6 4

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KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE. Played on the Beverley, J une 2nd. A very high wind made the flight of tlll1 ball very difficult to judge. and the comparatively low rate of scori ng i::; therefore Ilt l ' surprising. Latte r forced the game from the start with goo d support from ]amt'M. Pawley and Maun drell, and the score was 127 when the fourth wicket fell. Two 1ll 0 l t l wickets fell before another ru n was scored and the Club never got masters of tht l bowling. Thompson, though he sent dow n a good number of ·loose balls. WlU4 bow ling very strongly at times and when he gets more command of his pitch shoul d make a capital bowler.

The School innings started very hopefully, for after Gardner had been sent back, Lucas and Howell played a very fine game against quite good bowling and the SCOtt ' had reached 49 before they were parted. At this point the batting completely brriK'1 down and when Howe ll was fifth man out at 58 things went from bad to worse, tlw last five wickets a~d in g only e leven runs. Howell) who played particularly well III this match, is one of the prettiest batsmen th e School has had) while his strokes nll \ generally quite powerful. With all allowances for the wind a nd good bowling dl t' batting of the rest of the team was a wretched display. In the second innings) \vhen the Club gave their change-bo wlers most of tI'i ~ work) Paris and Strahan did some lively hitting) the return of the latter to form beili U a most gratifying feaLUre of the game. Full score and analysis : KING'S I nnings. H. Ga rdner, c Laller) h Clinch W. Lucas, c Skinner, b Clinch G. F. Howell, b C linch G. C. Covell, b Skinner L. J. B:l.ssett, b Clinch C. M. Dunlop, b Skinner G. C. Strahan, b Skinner H. G. Paris, c James, b Clinch J. A. Aylwttrd, cHilton, b Skinner W . N. Kempe, c H arris) h Clinch A. L. Thomson, not ou t Extra : Leg-Byc, I 1St

T otal

SCHOOL. 2nd I nnings. b Skinner ... 2 1 not out 3~ did not bat'. o c Clinch, b Skinner a c James, b i\'bundre!! 12 did not bat. I not out o b L atter o cHilton, b Clinch 2

~ } d id 1

not bat.

;

1,1 I

•

1141

Extra: Byc, I T otal

•

I I'

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377

ST. LAWRENCE C. C. A. M. Hilton , c H owell, b Strahan

1\ . Latter, c Stmhan , b T homson

li on. W. James, b Thomson ... W. II. Mauna rell, c Kempe, b Slrahan T. Pawley, st Kempe, b Thomson M. Eo Richardson, b Thomson (:. Neame, c Kempe, b Bassett ... '. Ii. Il arris, absent. Skinner, c Basset, b St rahan ( '1\])1. Reeves) c Bassett, b Thomson ' linch, not Ollt ... . .. Extras: Byes, 7 j Leg-Byes, 5 ; Wide,

15 12

o ... 15 II

7 20

1 ".

Total BOWJ.ING ANALYSIS;

Simhan Bassett ThOlllson Aylward Dunlop

3 5

I I

0 0

9 5

KING'S SCHOOL

HYTHE

C. C.

II'hll-l match was played at Hythe on June 8th, in spite of the fac t that it rai ned part of the day. The home team w~m the to_ss and elected to bat on Ii I nl IIl rcady conside rably damaged by t he ram. B~o t h and Coope r opened the 11111 111M" ror Ollr adversaries and were not parted until the score had reached 49. 111 11 Ilion helped to carry the score to 1 1 9 before he was caught and bowled by II I h lili . Of the remaining batsmen, Greenst reet al~d B~ ck well ,~ere the J?ost .1(1111, making 28 and 26 respectively, the latter's cncket bemg especIally . q 11 11v/1, The innings closed for a total of 20 1.

1111

~ ll'lIh' r

11111 School sent out Gardner and Covell to bat, but, before a ny runs had been ti t (~lIrci n cr was bowled by Appleton. In fact the start was most disas trous, as II \\ II also bowled for 0) and H ow~1l was run out when 7 was on the board i Bassett .. I II l lhfi l~ came to the rescue, both making 22 , and the score stood at 53 when Lucas 1111 11111 i bat. H e was dismissed for 2) but Paris and Dunlop then got together III

THJ(

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and saved the game. Dunlop played very carefully for 12, and Paris managed to make 26, though he was missed twice. ';Yhen stum ps were (hawn, the tolal was J 09 for 7 wickets, the match thus ending in a draw. Full score and analysis: HYTHE C.C. C. Booth. c and b Strahan L . R. Cooper. c Gardner, b Thomson D. K . Anderson, c and b SI mhan ... F. C. Robins, Ibw, b Thomson C. D. Snowden, b Dalwigk L. Langdon, b Dalwigk ," P. Greenstreet, b Bassett H. L. Buckwell, sl Kempe, b SImhan J. Philpott, b Bassett H. Appleton, b Basselt A. F . Hawkins, not out Exlms : Byes, 5; LegÂˇ Byes, 2

...

44 5 II

26 o o 4 7

Tota l

201

KING'S SCHOOL. H. Gardner, b Appleton G. C. Covell, b Greenst reet G. F. Howell, rtln out L. J. Bassett, b Appleton G. C. Strahan, b Greenstreet W. Lucas, b Appleton C. M. Dunlop, b Appleton N. G. Paris, not alit ... H.. E. R. Dalwigk, not out W. N. Kempe, } "I t b t A . L. Thomson, ('II( no a. Extras: Byes, 9 j No Ball,

o o 6 22 22 2

Total (for 7 wickets)

109

BOWLIN G ANALYSIS :

Strahan Bassett Thomson Dunlop Dalwigk L ucas Paris

14 8 '4 12 2 6 3 4

2 0

0 I

44 30 38 24 24 13 20

"'. 3 3 2

0 2

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CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL v. CHARTHAM

379

ASYLUM.

This match, which had to be postponed from May 16th on account of rain, was played at Chartham on June 13th. Strahan wo n the toss and elected to bat. Dunlop and Paris opened the School's innings to the bowling of H olt and Lister, but t he fonner was bowled when the score had reached J 9. Howell and Paris made a llseful stahd until Paris was bowled with 52 on the board, and. at the same total, Howell and Bassett were dismissed. Strahan and Covell brought the score up to 107 before the latter was bowled by Lister. Strahan left three runs later, but Gardner, after a very weak start, hit out brightly and put in an opportune 36 when mils were much needed. We thus reached the respectable total of 167. Hills and Dr. Hodgso n started our opponents' innings. Both were dismissed by Bassett, th e form er hav ing made J 3. the latter 9. Dr. Everett was the most successful f the rest of the team, making 37 out of a total o f 103 for eight wickets; the game Lhus ending in a draw. The fielding of the School was very good, both groundfielding and catches. Full score and analysis: KING'S SCHOOL. C. M. Dunlop, b Holt H. G. Paris, b \Vadsworth G. F. Howell, b Brodie .. . L. J. Basselt, c and b Wadsworth W. Luca s, b Wads worth G. C. Strahan, Ibw, b Lisler G. C. CO\'ell, bLister I L Gardner, not out R. E. R. Dalwigk. b Holt W. N. Kempe. c \Vadsworth, bLister A. L. Thomson , h Brod ie ... E:<:tras : Byes, 4; Leg-Byes, 2; Wide, I Total

9 14 24

o 3

27 27 36 2

5 7

167

CHARTIIAM II. Hills, Ibw. b Bassett Dr. Hodgson . b Bnssett Dr. Everett, Ihw, b Bassett W. J. Brodie, c Dunlop, b Paris J, Lister, c Gardner. b Strahan , Candler, b Strahan Dr. Topham, b Strahan Re\'. N. Holt, c Paris, b Bassett I .. Wadsworth, not out I,', Uarforth, } I'd ,. II , Bonchill, {I not uat. E:<:tras : Byes, 9

Total (for 8 wickets)

ASYLUM. 13 9

37 10 7 3 13 0

... 103

THE

380

CANTUARIAN .

BOWLING ANALYSIS:

Dalwigk Strahan Bassell

Thom son

3 4

0 0

Paris

KING'S SCHOOL v. THE MASTERS. This match was played on the Beverley on June Ifth, instead of the St. George's match , which had to be scratched . Full score and analysis: KING'S

SCHOOL.

H. G. Paris, b Latter C. 1\'1. Dunlop, b Maundrell G. F. Howell, c Godfrey, b Latter L.

Bassett, b Maundrell

W. Lucas, b Latter

45 4 4

18 16

G. C. Covell, c Maundrell, b LaUer H. Gardner, run out

G. C. Strahan, c Sub., b Bayly R. E . R. Dalwigk, c Sub.â&#x20AC;¢ b LaUer W. N. Kempe, c Hodgson, b Bayly A. L. Thomson, not out Extras: Byes, 26; Leg-Byes, 4

59 I;

Tolal

6 )

8 30 23 0

THE MASTERS. W. H. Maundrell, b Strahan

G. E. V. Austen, b Bassett A. Latter, c and b Strahan S. Tmeman, b Dunlop Rev. L. H. Evans, b St rahan Rev. R. G. Hodgson, not out E. P. Gucst, c H owell, b Dalwigk

H. Baly, b Basselt P. Godfrcy, not out I-I. J. Cape~ }did not Rev. R. S. 'M oxon, Extras: Byes, 6 Total

o IS 5 o

33 10

)).It,

G ... 126

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CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING ANALYSIS:

Bassett Thomson Dl1lllop Strahan Dalwigk

o. 13

M. 3

R. 23

W. 2

)

o o

â&#x20AC;˘ KING'S SCHOcJL v. DOVER COLLEGE. Played on the Beverley, June 20th, resulting in a win for the School by 112 runs. I)(w r won the toss and went in, the bowlers being Strahan and Bassett. Neither, however, seemed to find his length, and after Thompson had been easily run out Iii 1;1. the score went rapidly up to 60, when Dunlop was pu t on and got Munns I HII Khl at third man in his first over. The th ird wicket put on 20 more runs when I)lml op bo wled Digb}' after giving him two full pitches to leg. Two more of the H n lt~ so rt followed, the second of which hit Chars!ey on the hand and unluckily fell 1111 to the wicket. He had made 37 by good cricket, with some fine on-drives. wI ndell was yorked by Thomson, who had gone on in place of Strahan, and then ,I "lund was made. the sixth wicket putting on nearly 40 runs before Elliott was Ihlw kd in trying to hook a long hop from Dalwigk. The seventh wicket fell at the 1II1t\ total, 120 j Jones, who had batted very steadily, being deceived by a slow puknr rrom Bassett. Strahan resumed at 136, and \vith his first ball disposed nl Vi nson, and Dunlop, after being hit for four, finished off the innings for 140-a 11I11t1 Lhat might have been smaller but for some rather slovenly fielding and failure III hlll' k up. Thomson and Dalwigk tried once or twice unsuccessfully to use their II I I Instead of their hands. Dunlop came out with the best analysis, but he was ~,IY mratic and gave Lucas a great deal of work to do at long-leg-the latter's 1111 kl llg lip and throwing in was consistently good . Strahan managed his bowling VI Iy till cessfully. JlIl I'iS and Lucas started the School innings to the bowling of Charsley and IIIUlIH, The latter changed ends after two overs in order to get the help of the 11111 ~ r hi s slow leg-breaks. Lucas got three nice boundaries, one of which, IUI\\lwor, was almost a chance to mid-off; he was also missed in the long-field. I IlIttlr batsmen seemed comfortable with the slow bowler, but the score rose to 45 III InH \ Lucas was caught at short leg behind the umpire, after being missed III 1111\ Mme place two balls previously. By this time rain was fall ing, and the flo " I hl~ , ide was handicapped by a wet ball and slippery surface. Howell gave an

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easy chance to short-leg at once, but made some nice strokes off the fast bowler. f he second wicket fell at 64, when Paris was yarked by Brandreth for a steady 30, and a few run s later Howell was given out Ibw to th e leg-breaks. Bassett started confidently with I2 off his first over, mostly to leg, and he also seemed able to deal with. the slows. Dunlop, however, repeatedly failed to time them, and eventually ran h i rnsl~lf out off a shot of Bassett's straight to cover-point. \:\Iith Strahan in, runs came rapid ly, the sco re rising to 1 22 before t he latter was bowled in hitting across a st raight one. Covell only survived a ball or two, and with 6 out for 1 26 there seemed to be prospects of an exciting fin ish. Gardner, however, stayed with Bassett till the runs were knocked off. when he had a blind shot at the l eg ~breaks and was bowled. Dalwigk began to score at once and though Inissed in th e country played a good innings. In the meantim e Bassett was making a number of beauti ful leg~h its and off-d rives off the fast bowlers who were tried in succession from the ladies' pavilion end, and looked like getting his century when he was bowled by Charsley for a really first~c l ass innings of 85, made as far as could be seen without a chance and with hardly a poor stroke; his return to form in the first School match was most gratifying. After his departure, Kempe stayed till DaJwigk completed his So; the latter was last out for a rather lucky 58. though it contained man y good forcing strokes. Jones was the most successful of the bowlers ; he was on for the greater part of the in nings and had most of the batsmen in difficulties, besides havin g several chances missed off hi m. On going in a second time with a little over an hour fo r play Dover knocked lip 11+ for 3 wickets; the regular bowlers, however, were given a res t, and most of the runs were made off Covell, Lucas and Kempe. Dalwigk went on towa rds the end and captured two wickets very cheaply. Full score and analysis : DOVER CO LLEGE. 1St

Innings.

R. D. G. Munns, c Paris, b Dunlop G. T omson, ru n out R. B. Charsley, b Dunlop T . A. Digby, b Dunlop J . S. L. Jones, b Bassett M. C. Swindell, b Thomson K. R. Elliott, b Dalwigk J . Vinson, b Strahan ... W. R. T. Brandreth, b Dunlop B. Constant, not out ... H. E. Dowuing, b Dunlop Ext ras : Byes, 8 T olal

2nd Innings. 29 not out 3 37 b Pa ris II b Dalwigk 14

'I"

Ibw, b Dalwigk

not out

0 0

8 140

Exlras : Byes, 3 Total (3 wickets)

II I

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CANTUARI AN.

KING'S

SC HOOL.

H. G. Paris, b Brandreth W. Lucas, c Brand reth, II J ones G. £0'. Howell , Ibw, b Jones G. M. Dunlop, nm ou t L. J. Bl1ssett, h Charsley G. C. Strahan, b Charsley G. C. Covell, b Charsiey H. Gardner, b Jones R. E. R. Valwigk, b Jones W. N. Kempe, b Jones A. L. B. Thompson, not out Extras: Byes, 14; Leg-Bycs, 5; Widc, 1

30 21 12

5 85 9 I

8 58 ..• 2 20 25 2

Total BOW LI NG ANALYSIS: 1St

11, I \ I II

I nnings.

DOVER COLLEG I,.

r. Strahan ..

M. 2 2

, . Basselt I.. II. Thompson \ 1. Du nlop I':, Onlwigk

9 8 ·5

35 27 27

w. I I

Paris Covell Lucas Kempe Dnlwigk Thomson Bassett

2nd Innings.

;\1-

5 4 4 3 6 3 2

R. 21

0 0

23 20

2 0

6 17 2

w. I 0 0

0 2 0

SCHOOL NEWS. ,lfffl'rtage.- On vVed nesday, May 3rd, I JII~t

hy His Grace the Archbishop of I HUt I'hury, assisted by th e Rt. Rev. the I II I Ililihop of Barrow-in-Furness, the I I\' Wa ltp.r Ralph I nge, Vicar of II dIms', Ennismore Gardens, to IVfary 11111 lith' Spooner, eldest daughter of II \H hd ca..:on of Maidstone. ,'.'

" II." R v. R. S. iVIoxon, M.A., late 11111111 II f 'aills College, Cambridge, has I dill! MI'. Va rl ey on the School Staff.

i\iIr. Moxon obtained a First Class in Classical T ripos in 18(n, and a Second Class in Theological Tripos in r8q9, an d also gaineci a University Studentship in Theology. He was for some yea rs Sixth Form Master at ·Warrington Grammar School.

We heartily congratulate G. F. Rigd en who gained an E ntrance Scholarship to \~res tminst e r Hospital at tlw close of last term.

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CANTUARIAN.

We regret that the results of the School Steeple-Chases were not published in our last number i the winners were : Opw Steeple-Chase : I, V. Arno ld; 2, R. \,V atson; 3, F. M. Deighton. Uuder 16 S teeple-Chase : I, E. L. Morris; 2 , E. H. Davies j 3, C. B. Simeon . The winners of the Day-boys' HandIcap Steeple-Chast, held after the close of last term, werc : I, G. O. Norton; " R. E. R. Dalwigk; 3, T. P Finn.

Vie thank the H ead J\lIaster and Mrs. Galpin for thei r gift to the School Chapel of two fron tl ets fo r the Pulpit. .x,

We are authorized to state that the fo und ation stone of the New Laboratory will be laid on Saturday, July 1St, by the Very Rev. th e Dean of Canterbury.

*'*.~

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT APRIL,

1905 .

H. H. HAYES- Entered the School, Sept., 18q8; Cricket Xl., 19 04Âˇ T. F. PETTMAN-Ente red the School, May, 1902; Boating Four, 19 0 4.

HARVEY SOCIETY. On Asce nsion Day, 34 members of th e Society went for an expeditiun to the 'Warren, near Folkt::sto ne. . About hal f th e party went by train, th e rest bicycled . It was too early in th e seaso n to find speci mens of the rarer orchids, and the

fossi l collectors did not succeed in gctlill j.( anything of more than usual inte rest. T he whole outing was, howcv r. VP!\ much appreciated by all . an d again it I ~ very pleasant to thank Mr. RoscnbcrH 1111 his kindness.

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THE BOAT CLUB. This year two cre ws went over to row T onbri dge, and, for th e first part of the te rm, we have had three cre ws practising. We unfortunately lost Barber ~ lI s t bef~re the race, and we had to spend the last three or fOllr days of training I!l gettt~g the boat togeth er again. Co nsequently we never got th~ crew to row a really fa.<;t stroke. The T onb ridge first boat proved much smarter and better together than ours and went away at the start, es tablis hing a good lead . About Ihe middle of the course we appeared to be holdin g them for some distance: but, r o u~ld the hea~y c?rne rs, ~hey were rowing much the bettt!r, and, gradually increasi ng l h (: I T lead, won fatrly easIly by about five lengths. Our second crew was neat and well together, but paddled much better than Ih y rowed. Their slow ness in recovt!ry prevented them from bei ng a really smart I II : W. They made an excellent fight, however, against a much heavier crew, and we re only beaten by about two lengths, after a goo d race for most of the way. Both coxes steered well over th e difficult course. 'VI'e should like to tak e Ih is opportun ity of thanking the Tonbridge Boat Club for their hospitality, an d Inr the use of one of their boats, and also of thanking E. and C. Evans (O.K.S.) I"r th eir co nstant help in coac hing. Th e names an d weights of the crews were: KING'S 1I() w,

I,.

( '0)( .

KI NG'S

110...... h,

ttl".

SCHOOL, 1st Crew.

T. S, Nelson I-I, P. V. T owncnd I{, B , \Vinser L, P. Abhott C. L. Druitt

".9 lb.6

9 13 II 12 10 8 7 8

T ONRRIDGR, 1st

Bow. 2.

3Âˇ

~t r.

Cox.

SC HOOL, 2nd C rew,

K. S. Smith V. L. Armitage S. S. SOpWilh ." A, J. TrOllsdcll G. A, C. Jones ...

Crew.

C. C. G. Nelson H. W. Stephens A. E , Kitchen ." N, F. Dare H. E. Haddon, ", TONBRIDGE, 2nd

\\' . A. L. Richardson H. A. D. George

... 10

::\.

D. R. Pye

9 5 5 12

st.

Jh w. SIr. Cox.

J. D , D llnne J. H. Waller

lb.

10 6 ...

...

6 6

Crew.

st. Ib,

8 6

lb.

10 10 12

12 II 10 8

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER, Dt'ar School. While hastening to comply with III I' mise rable decrees of fate and the hupcrious edito rial mandate which none !lIlly question, we would first explain the . lIlll1CC, which has of late fallen upon our .\IIII'C, and which some ill-wishers might 1IIII111LO LO sloth_ How impossible is the j j ('!u~ ncc of this vice in such a spot will II' npparent to all who know th e fresh 111( 1 life-giving nature of the air which 1ili lUIl s th e valley of the si)very Cam. I(u th er should the charge be laid to our 11\\ II pain.staki ng efforts to secure such Mil 'Iuings from our doings here as should 4 III 110t unworthy of a place beside the '11IHlm <.:hronic1es of old_ And yet when grouped together how lII ulI th ey seem! All told, om numbers III lullnt but to fourteen, and of these one n , lar'ly sec-:- he leads -a life withdrawn h I/ III our madding crowd, guiding the .I, '1 linil.!s of a distant parish; whil e two 11 111'1'4, in full enjoyment of the honollr " ldl'lI their yea rs confer, drag out an I 1"lIce, semi-petrified with agt' _ In tho" Lents" we were represe nted I, ~ 11 ' Lhllcn, who rowed in First Trinity I., 11 01 In wh om \\"e would here offer om I ,ttl'lI t:ongratulations on his Trial Cap II 1.1 I J)('co mber-his omission from the I I III nl Putney this year we hope to see I , 11II,'Ii when the verdict is to bo reversed

by next year's crew _ Rkhardson also rowed for First Trinity-in their third boat, which gained the distinction of making three bumps and yet returni ng on the fourth day to the place whence it first arose_ J enkin rowed in Jesus II .• a boat whi ch soared higher every night and gained its oars, and Twells gave an a ir of distinction to J eslls 111. I n practice for the" Mays," Methuen is rowi ng for First Trinity I., he has also been heard to di scourse sweet music through the megaphone and has developed ability, latent hitherto, as a cox, J enkin also is to be seen beati ng eggs in J esus lL., while Gillibrand, who had very hard luck in losing his seat in the Corpus boat last term at the e leve nth hour, has again f;-die n a victim to those ills to which all flesh is heir; however, we hope soon to see him splashing about once more. Hy competent judges 'fwells is com;icle recl a likely ca ndidate for hono urs in th e Diamonds at H enlev, and is sure to be heard of again _ . At Queen's, E _ C. Green is, we hea r, fulfilling the arduous duties of Cricket Secretary and Captain combi ned-with honour to himself and satisfaction to others. Si lk (Queen' s) and Walpo le ( Emmanuel) are devoted adherents of the Tennis court, while Preston (Pembroke) has found the greens and bunkers of the

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Cambridge Links an irresi5ti ble attrac ti on . Bluett (Emmanuel) c. kee ps the noise less tenor of hi s way" and like Durham (Co rpus ) is but ra rely seen-th e latter is haunted with the spectre of an ap proac hing "Trip/' hence his enforced secl usion. At times, however, he is visible to th e naked eye as he emerges on sun ny afternoons to flit aior.g t he T ow-path. The return of L. N. Green (C lare anri Ridley Hall ) from th e Cape is reported, but, being of a somewhat sec retive nature. he has not yet come forth into the full light of day. Gardn er (St. Catharine's) still adds lustre to our ancient scat of learning; at prese nt he is said to be working for a .. Trip "--in what direction we know not j in his more lucid inte rvals he holds seances ~' ith spiritual bein gs, through the medium of Planchette, and has bee n known to give exhibitions of th ought-readin g with more or less succe:;s. To escape the tra mm els of th e "Little Go," Ri chardson reti red precipitately at th e end of last term into

0 , K. S. Ordz'llaliolls : PritS/ Rev. He nry Ah'arez Da Cosla Pe reira, by the Bishop of London, on Trinity Sundar. n eaco1t \Villi am H erbert Maundrell. by His Grace the Arch l::i!)ho p of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral, on Trinity Sunday. n eaC01l Edgar Ja nson-Smith by the Right R ev. th e Lord Bishop of So uthwark, in Southwark Cathedral, on Trinity Sunday, to the parish of St. John's, Balham.

monastic secl usion in a building of somewhat dreary aspect on the outskirts of the town. Here, with a select body of COIlgenia l souls, he has been spendin g the last few weeks in peace. Those of us wh o had the pleasure of meeti ng him were delighted to sec IV[r. Auste n in Cam bridge at the begin ni ng of Te rm. We hear that Mr. Rose nberg also, in furth erance of a deep-laid scheme, paid a fl eetin g .visit to the SenateHouse, while Mr. Edmonds. no longe r unaccompani ed. was deposited for a brief period at th e railway-:;tation. Thus our tale is told. and with minds re lieved of this encyclopredic info rmation, it only remains for us to wish th e Cri ck L team the best of lu ck throughout tlw T er m- until we come down to beat th III in Jllly - and to ext e nd to those who a l ,\ joining us here in October th e hearti ct4t of welcomes. Yours lruly, O.K.S. CANTil 11 ,

N E W S. The Rev. Bruce Blaxland ( .I<. H 1869--1 879) has been presented by llil Bishop of Lichfield to the living Iltl Abbey Church, Shrewsbury. H e will III inducted to lhe living after his 1'(llUlli from Murren, Switze rland , in July.

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\Ve heartily congratulate th e fo llow ing: F . C. Bovenschen, First 'ltl"" III Classical lVl oderations. F. P. Walker has had " 1'111111 e ntitled" Unemployed" exhibitll(\ HI 11 11 Royal Ac.d emy.

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O. F. Huyshe played in th e Fres hmen's IV[atch and Trial Match at Oxford. R. E. Brin~ l er -Ri cha rd s gained the Mile Challenge Cup at the Ci\'il Service Sports. R. C. Paris gained th e Mile Challenge Cup at King's College Hospital. ~:.*"~

The Rev. C. C. Fre wcr who has been workin g at Pemba Isla nd for the Universities' Missio n to Central Africa has arrived home on a six month s' furlough.

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News has bee n heard of G. F. Paget who is at Man ila, and G. C. Healt: who is a Sch oolmf\~ l er at J uhann esb urg. Am ong other O.K.S. who hal'e lately vis iled th e School are H. L. Tripp, R. W. H. Glennie (from South Africa), and C. W. Swithinbank. oJ,;. .;;. ~

The following O.K.S. played for I\'lr. God frey's team against the 3rd XI. O il Jun e 2i th :-J. K. Robe rtso n, H .

Kelsey, H . Wach e r, E. Finn, Rev. G. C. E . Ryl ey, Rev. W. H . Matmdrell.

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A match has b~en a rranged for the Ca nterbury Pilgrims on Saturday, Aug. 5th. v. Old Foresters, at Forest School, ' Valthamsto w. Another fixture is being arranged for Friday. August 4th. Any O.K. S. who can play in either of these matches are req uested to se nd in t hei r nam es, as soon as possible, to the Rev. R. F. Elwy n, F elsted School, Essex.

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O.K.S. desirous* of playing in th e O.K.S. Match whic h tak es place on August 1st and 2nd should communicate with O. F. Huyshe, The Vicarage, ' ¥imhorne Minster, Dorset. ;t- '# %

The Cap tain of the School partictllrtrly req uests that O.K.S. who intend to be present at the Supper. on Tuesday, August I st, will send in th eir na mes to him in order that req uisite provision may be made.

INDIA N LE TTE R S. Anyone who looks back at rour a ntepenultimate number, ' rurn s to the end and reads the effusions, of your co m.:spondents, Mnyhap will find one writ by an I ndian terror to burglar s MtOntioning that your esteemed and n'spectable write r of letters l't'lling of Indian deeds, i ~. now to Le co ngratul ated 1+111 having ri se n in pay with proportionate absence of la bour, \II I can say as to thi s may be summ ed II) bri efly herei n" l\Iolong malignat h."

There is that si tteth amid tea ga rdens, far off in sunn y Assam, who thinks that troublesome co rres pondents can be put off by a Ch ristmas ca rd. H ow I'd like to "kee p him in." I have no news beyond tha t C. C. T. Eastgate writes to me frolll Calcutta where he is e ngaged in engineeri ng. H e has been fittin g up electrical mach inery in th e Gove rnm ent Cord ite Facto ry on th e Nilgiri hi ll s, down South. Somt'how one can't hear the nam e c('l rdi t~ with out recalling George LeeWa rn er, and his sto re house of explosives in th e \IIa li of

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hi s locker in H all. No. 48, I beJic \'c , I imagine ht: has lo ng sin ce bl ow n himself up: hence the siie:-ce about him. I remember wh en I was head monito r that an cdi~t was issued against , the suspected eXistence of fire-arms. That evening I WtlS waited on by Georg~ Lee ';Va rner and anothe r chap who sole mnly entrusted some very nnwJerous fl int-lock pistols to my rI,writab le care and secrecy. L. VV. was a rn end and I res pcclt'd m" p ro m~se ,of .s~crccy , I ex p~ct though. on thwklll g It over, that the surrender of these arm s was only a blind l o m'J ke me believe he had no othe rs. EasLgate adds that a small er H eale th a.n R. J. \V . has latd), been in Bombay. laymg cables. How the pro.~r ess or tht~ world seems to depend on O.K. S. We build engi nes, lay cables. jud{'e UO'andcse and dacoits, leac h youth, fght °battlcs, k ill paticnt~, ~ ing so ngs, mana ge States, pa.ck sligar, fnghten burglars. Th e only tl~1I1 g we don't seem to do is to pai nt pIctures. I have got hold of a Directory a nd find that B. G. Geidt is a ) ud ge of the l-hgh Court, Calcutta. I said before that there was an A. Geidt sllspected of co ~plicity wi th O.I( S. Ca n anyone e nhghten us now as to hi ~ O.K.S. ship or not? As to the. Leslit· rer~rred to in the sa m ~ letter I see I~e is Capt. W. C. C. Les lte, of the In ciJ an Army, and is now Ca ntonm ent Magistrate at Bareli . ). H . S,\t1TH . Nowgong, llundelkhand, Cent ral India, 26- 3- '05. To l/ie Edilors CI Canluart'alt_" Dear Sirs,-A few years ago wh en I was at Kin g's School , the Editors wen' always

~o mpl ai ning of lack of subject-rnnlt !'1 It mayor may not be the case 111m sho uld it be so, you may possibly Illld roOI? for the follo wi ng. You may call II In(iIa n letter or whatc\'er you like.

I would like to add a little mon° lin the. excelle.nt idea of an O.K._S. n ' gi HII ' 1 whi ch Smail has been advocatin g ill hi two last ktters. I n these strenUOllS d,1\ of redis tribution and change, wlu'l1. without the slightes t warn ing, 0 11 111 11\ be removed from say Peshawcr to II re mote statio n in Central I ndia, elllaihil a journey of seve ra l days, varied b\' huh of five or six hours at un intcr{'xlill rai lway stations, how much betL,,·!' II would be to look up another 0 .1\ there, should there be one, than tel III poisoned in th e refreshm ent room, III ea ten an d d ri ve n mad by mosCJuitoes 111111 other beasts of a simi lar nature ill I Dak bungalow. But O.K.S. efface tlWll1 se lves so effectively out here, that 0111 does not know of the ir exi stcllL·(.' III! violent pains, owing to railway and 1),,1 bungalow fare mak e themselves appal'Cl lI1 and, at that instant, one is certai n III notice in the 'PiollCcr ' or somt.: 01111 I paper the name of an O.K. S. in III IH Stati on, who woul d have been on ly 100 glad to helve spared o ne the borcdolll 01 a long wait, and whose tiffin o ne wOlild have been re markably pleased to get. I have only had the luck to run II( II th ree O.K. S. up to date : Heale, who \\ ,1 Assistant Political Agent in the iVla lnk'lId I Henderson, with a wing of hi s regil ll l'III , the i\1ullsters, ir~ the Marree Ilill ~ j ullIl Stroud, who is now wi th onc of 11 11 I-Icav), Battcries in Novj oy. IkNllII these an d those who figured in Smull'

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O.K..S. registe r is too good to pass unnoticed, and , should th is letter help to bri ng it into existence, I shall consider my duty done and not weary you again, but leave the Tndian Letter to abler pens . C. W . G. WALKER.

I !I 'III II , Sam, by's name has been IIlh' IIlU Hli ncnt in th e G:azelle, whi le t lou ktl is I believe at J hansi, but I, 11111 1 n cha nce of looki ng him up. .. Ihll' my a pologies fo r such an ,1 '11 II 11111{' I ttcr, but t he idea of an

V ALETE . 11'1111, ( ;. F. Rigden, iVi. S. Chan ing. Pearce. E . C. Ruth erfo rd, O. D. Pearce, D. R. Matthews, R . D. Swi nford .

CORRESPONDENCE. I dOors dl'riille to acccpt any responsibility cOlluected will, tIle oPiuions oj tlteb- Correspoll.,11. NÂŤme am! address must always be givcn, 1l0t lltccssariiy for publication, but as a ,~,"j,,'fl'e 0/ good faitlt . Pu sonalities will involve certain njectioll. Letters should bt III", 011 olle side of tIle paper Ollly.

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afford to send so mething; an d it is so easy to send an order to one's bankers in England or In dia to pay over say 5s. or l OS, or ten Rupees on a fixed date every year to the T reasurer of the Boat Club .

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hi' allowed. through th e II I \ UtiI' r olu1l1ns, to add ress my lI ul I.. llow O. K,S_ In the April ,'" whut appea red to be the most It 111111 1 was th e enormous progress 1II'I' n made by the Boat Club I. I 11 \111 Y('ars_ Dut a Boat Cl ub . , â&#x20AC;˘ IlIm fiivc thing_ Now the hll" IImk s few or no appeals I III' its Old Boys, and surely I 1111.. 1)1 us, who, for the sake I Ul ill wou ld glad ly send a subIii II MllIltt Iy evc ry year to the t II \ \1 ' ktll ' w what to give it to. 1l11I1i hU Ii Itl minded us that the re li t' I ,H, holdin g good positio ns \' 1 1111 h tlV' ' ry one of them can

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NI r. H emery has testified to the great boon hi s rowing has been to him even in far-off British Gu iana. and any one who has. attended the Regattas at Yalfi i Tal would surcly endorse this. Let the Boat Club go ahead , and help it. And those O_K.S_ who are rowing at Oxford or Cambridge should remember that, though it may not be so easy for them to help financially, as fo r those who are started in life. yet it is a very great help, if they make a point of attending the O.K.S. race. Yours sincerely,

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Seabrook Lodge, H yth e, Kent.

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D EAR SIRS,

It has been suggested th at th ere should be an attempt to organize a short O.K.S. football tou r annually about Christm as-time. One match has been defin itely arranged for llt;xt season, viz. , against the old Dovorians on the Richmond Ath letic Ground on Jan . 1st, 1906 . May I appeal to all Football O .K. S. wh o th ink that th ey could play on that date to send me thei r names, and to make a special effort to play, as I am sure you will agree with me t hat it

is most essential to have th e best possible side out agai nst our old rivals. Also, if sufficient support is g iven to the idea it is proposed to play t wo other matc hes on the day preceding and the day follo wing the O.K.S. match. The suggested fixtures arc v. T hanet 'Wanderers either on th e School g round or at Ramsgatc, and v. Old T onbridgians or T onbridg School at T onbrid ge. May I ask O. K. S. who thi nk th at th ey could play in either or both matches to send me t heir n a m c ~ as soon as possible , as I am su re ther is a feeling among O.K.S. that som fixt ures of this sort should be arranged. Yours since rely. L. R. COOl'EK.

NOTICES . We beg to acknowledge with thanks th e receipt of the follo wing subscriptions : J. Cremer, E sq. (3/6), T . ,V. Winder,

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No. 16.

E D IT O RIAL. thi s period of th e te rm so me wh at gl oomy thoug hts usually hold domi nio n in Ihll I':dito ri al mind. Wh ereve r one loo ks on e seems to see the h o rri b l ~ spectre of \, II I k standin g in vi vid o utli ne a nd becko nin g to li S ,vith imperio us ha nc!. But th is 14'1111 the appariti on wea rs a less terrifying ap pea ran ce beca use many infl uences have IlIfllhi ned to encourage liS . The wea th er, whic h is, as it were, th e foundation lIpon " Ili d l o ur happi ness is bu il t, ha s bee n unu sually propitious and everyon e has taken ,1 4i vlIlltage of it. Cricket has fl ourished ; Do ver, Sutton Val ence, F elsted and I ul; lhll urn e have had to ackno wledge d rfeat a t Our hand s, and we eve n we nt :::'0 far as III dalc to beat the M.e .C. At th e beg inn ing of the season we seemed to have very 14 II d wnces of havi ng a good team , but the energy and good judg ment of Stra han 11\1 II lim e a ll diffi culties a nd a team wo rthy of th e Sc hool wa s th e resul t. Boati ng, l illi, hns prospered. a nd th o ugh badly beaten by T on bridge we are hopeful of reversin g Ih l I t'htdt when we can ge t togeth er a heavie r c rew. 1\ 11 friends of the School wi ll rej oice at t he good ne ws th at co mes from \'Vingfi eld II lI lIMi ' o f tl) c birth of a daughter to 1\'1r. Bell. \,Ve ta ke thi s o ppo rtun ity o f offerin g 11111 4 ollg ratulatiol1s to M r. and Mrs. Bell, in wh ich all a K.S. will join. 1" 1t' last days of the. term have bee n ove rshadowed by a ",ery sad event which I I I 1\ Kloo m o ver th e wh ole School. Hap pily we have ver \' rare ly to reco rd such sad III \UI II the death of o ne of o ur num be r, bU l wh en ou r duty com pels us to , it is 1"4,lin gs of deep reg ret a nd sincere sympat hy with t he re lati ves. At

II"

THE

CANTUAR IAN.

31\ !lDemoriam. +

G. M.

'IYe deeply regret to record th e death (in his 17th year) of Arthur George l\lÂŁichael Rope, who passed a way after a distressi ng ill ness o n July 18th at the School Sanatori um . . Though he had not so far been called to take a very prominent part in the life of the School, yet he was in many ways marked o ut for distinction and if his circle of intimate friel~ds was comparatively sma ll , this was co mpensated by the affectionate regard in which h e was held by all who knew him. T ransparently ~i mple and utterly incapable of meanness he has left a marked impression on the life of his House a nd has in a qu iet way en riched the Sc hool, which while it pays deserved honour to those who win her distinction in various ways

ROPE.

+ keeps

a special place in her <t, inner sanctuary" for stall11ess and affecttonate characters. The sympathy and regard of the School was strikingly shewn by the crowded congregation of boys and masters in S. Stephen's Church where the coffi n was laid pre paratory to removal to his home in Suffolk, and by the large nUl~lber that attende~ the special celebratIO n of the HolY ,Communion in Chapel on the mornmg of his fune ral. H e was buried on July 20th ill the Churchya rd of Leisto n, a p~ac i' (one might fancy) prepared especially by nature for the. last resting-place of t hose who have hved under her spoil and sought God in si mplicity and truth.

-1< C.

Many of our readers will hear with deep regret of the death of C. T Candy, wh ose death was annou nced in the I I Times" of June 7th, as follows :CANDY.-On April9th,at KOla Kola on Lake Nyassa, B.C.A. Protectorate, of Blackwater Fever, CVRIL THIWDORK, eldest son of R ichard E. Canuy, 1. C. S. retired.

CAND\, .

C. T. Candy e ntered the School in January, 188.9, was a monit I , played in the Cn cket eleven of 1 8?~ , and the Football teams of 189 1 - I 8C)'1, being Captain of Football in .lllil season 1893 -4. He wa~ at the t~ l lJI l of hi s death employe d III the ( Ivll Service in Central Africa.

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THE

CANTUARIAN.

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL. v. R.M.L.r. Played at Walmer on Jun e - 24-th and resulted in the defeat of the School by 'II I fU ll S. The Marines won the toss and started we il , an d had sco red 148 for ~ wickets, but were all out for T 88 . For the School Covell and Paris started well, Illuking 44 for the I st wicket. Then there was a collapse and seven wickets were ' do wn for 8j. Dalwigk and Gardner, ,and late r K empe a nd Thompson batted well, hl u Ih e last named had g reat lu ck in being missed off two sllccessive balls. The IIl11 ll' h was lost through bad fielding, both Captain Shin e and Dr. Skey being missed • uri ), in their innings. The worst offe nders we re Dalwigk, Dunlop and Howell, I lII'liS a lone fielding lip to the School standard . 1st Inning.!>. I Iplilin Shine, c Bassett, b Dnlwigk I " IILll n Mayhew, c anr! b Straha n II, Skcr.' u Strahan '" t· 11lI I obl.Js, c Bassett, b Thomson , 1111 .I n Thoroton, h Strahan 1111,·, <: odfrcy, c Dalwigk, b Strahan I 111 ,1111 Tupman, b Strahan lit ' Il;\cknmn, not Ollt I ,I.. ud (::n lill'e , b Strahan 111.1111 Noble. c Gardner, b Stmhan I , lIurrl'tt, h Dunlop .. . 1 '~~ lnts : Byes, 8 ; Leg·byes, 2; Wide, I ; No·bn lls, 2 . . . . .. T otal

R.M.L. 1. 2nd Innings. 32 c Ba ssett, b Paris ... 17 not out 2

317

f dicl not

bat.

b Dunlop did not hat. 13 b Bassett 13 not out 3 b Dunlop o did not bat.

0 16

Extras : Byes, 13; No-ball, 1

Total

... 188 KING 'S SC TlOOL.

II . G. ""ris, ru n out ( :, C. Covell, b Sk ey t :, V. lI owell , b Hobbs W. Lucas, b Thoroton .. . I •. -,. Bassett, run out t ', i\1, Dunlop. b Thoroton ( :. C. Strahnn, I b w, b Thol'olon U, K R. Dalwigk, c Gatc1iffe, b Bunett . II . (;nrdncr. s t Tupman. b Spackman '\ ' I .. Il. Tho mpson, not out W. N. Kempe, c Tupman, b Noble r-:XlnlS : l~}'es, 6; Leg.hye, I ; Wides, 4

T otal

22 30 3 6 9 2

12 12 16 15 II

14 2

THE

CANTUARIAN .

BOWLI NG ANALYSIS:

1st Innings.

Strahan Bassel t .. , Dunlop O alwigk Thompson . Paris

R. M.I â&#x20AC;˘. I.

24 6 5"5

60 2. 28 20 38

'3 2

2 2 0

w. 7 0

Bassett Paris Kempe Dunlop

...

2nd I nnings. o. 5 5 3 3

2. 2 0

20 6

---KING'S

SCHOOL

FELSTED

SCHOOL.

Played at Felsted on Jun e z7th and 28th, and res ulting in a victory for

li S

159 run s.

Strahan

WOIl

the toss and elected to bat on a perfect wicket and in

g l oriou~

weather, and sent in Co vell and Vaughan, who made a good start and took the SCori' to 46 before Vaughan was caught for 16. H o well fai led but o n th e arrival of L u (; tI~ a mag nifice nt stand was made, both bats me n sco ring very freely all ro und the wickl 'J, Various bowl ing changes we re made but our opponents ap pea red to pin thei r faith on the slow leg-break bowle r, Chittenden, whom howeve r Lu cas see med particular'I" to relish. The sta nd realized over 130 nllls before L ucas was bowled for a dcl ig hllill innings of 75, Bassett did not stay long, and whe n Dunlop had been bowled, COVI,,. ]!',, g ran d innin gs came to an end. \Vh en within seven of hi s century he was ca ught III mid -off from a ball whi ch he failed to get properly holel of. H e had played exccll,'1I1 cricket and at last justified the hopes formed of him. On hi s departure anoth e r hi ~ sland wa s made by Strahan and Gardner, the for mer hitting the tired howl ing 111111 great effect, and agai n more th an a 100 run s we re added bt fore Strahan was call",hl fo r a splendidly hit 78 . Gardn er carried o ut his bat for 43 and had v~ry ha rd Jilll in not reaching hi s " fifty ." Th e scorin g had been ve ry rapid, the total of 339 hl ,tll made in un der three hours. , This ended the first afte rn oon's c ri cket, N~xt morning play began at 10 . r 5 as it was necessary to draw stumps at. 3.45 1' .111 in order to allow us to catch our train. J ewell, who made a century against us last yea r, opened the innill1{'i \\1111 Downton to the bowling of Strahan and Ba ssett, and with the total at six, JI' \\' \I shoul d have been ru n out easily, but Vaughan' s return was wide. H e was lh .. " III off at the wicket, and these two mistakes might have cost l:S dear. [-iOW(.'WI, ultt I D owpt on han put his leg in front of a !=;traight one from Strahan, Bassetl got II \\. caught in the sli ps at the same total-2 for 28. D ouglas was neve r comfortalrfl' >11101 was soon bowled by Strahan who was keeping a very gooÂˇd le ngth. With th., .... II at 52, three more wickets fell, while at 58 Thompson who had gone o n for Hil II

THE

CANTUARIA N.

397

h~) w l cd Lyle. Seven wickets for 58 seemed too good to be true. The last three \\,Ir~cts. howe~er, made a fine effort to retrieve thei r fortun e, \'\fyat and Durrant in llIrtlcli lar plaXlIlg excellently. The former was eventually caught at sq uare-leg for 27, ',"I, the la.s~ wlcke~ gave a lot of tro ub le. Chittenden played a ve ry steady game, \\ hd e D u~ relnt fo rced th e pace, and between them th e Score was raised to 180 before It Ht'pa ratIo n wa s etTectec;i. Durrant's 58 not out was a most meri torious inn in gs, Ih()lIgl~ he J?ad .a certalll amount of lu ck. Strahan came Oll t with the excellent IIllUlys ls of SIX wickets for 40 , I n the foll ow-on, F fdsted lost three wickets for 9 2 • .

1t was. a most gratifyin g victory, especia JJy as our fielding was, o~ · the whole, IrnLh' r than It has been t ho ug h Dunlop and Dalwigk were often at fa ul t. The hospital,ity of o ur h~sts wa s right royal, an d was immensely appreciated, ,11111 the who le thtng was unammously voted " the best time we have ever had." KING'S SC HOOL. G. C. Cm1 ell, C Thomas, 0 \Vatson F. H. Vaughan, c Durrant, h I-Jayhoe C. F. l'lowell, b Watson W. Ll1c:1s, b Chittcnden I..j, Bassett, bWatson '" ' . i'tl. Du nlop, b Wat son". (;, C. St rahan, c \'Vatson, 0 H ayhoe II. Gardner, not Ol1t '" 1\ , L. Thompson, b Wyat , .. R. K R. Dalwigk, c Toule, b Chittenden W. N, Kcmpe , b \\lyat Extr<ls: Byes, 9; Lcg-byc, I

93 .6 0 75 .6

•

78 43 7 0 0 '0

Total

II \I

II I I

I I

1st Innings. I I'Wl' II, c 1·lowell, 0 J3asselt I )Utlnlm), Ibw, b Stmhan I I. ,uRias, b Strahan I ull le, run out '" ". W!llttOn, c T hom pson, b Stmhan I homos, Ihw, h Stmhan .. \\'pll, c Dalwigk, b Slraha n 1./'11" h Thompson I !IImnl, not out .. , 111I/' hOc, c Bassett, b St rahan ... I It IIcndcn, c Luc:1s, b Bassetl 11,1 I U)'es , 12; Leg-oyes, 3 ; Wides, '1'010 1

339

FELSTED.

16 b Stmhan ". '0 not OUI

•

2nd Innings.

•

b Dalwigk

M }did not bat.

0 27 not out 3 did not b..1. 58 run out 8

20 .6

. 80

36 20

} did not bat. Extras : Byes,

12 ;

Tota l,

Leg·byes, 3 ; Wide.

.6 92

THE

CANTUARIAN.

BOWI.ING A NALYS IS :

1St I nn ings.

}t ELST ED.

\ V.

Strahan

Bassett .. . T hompson

20 '4

'3 6 3

0 0

Dunlop .. , Dnlw igk

KING' S SC HOOL

.... 6,

, 2

2nd I nnings.

o. Strahan Dniwigh

M. 0

0 0

v. SUTTO N VALENCE

SC HOOL.

This match resultin g in an oth er decisive victory, was rendered memorable by 11 fin e in nin gs of 146 by Cove ll, wh o thu s cre.ated a new record for an indi vidual ~c on ' in a match for the School. The previous record was ' 45 not Qut by E. M. T oul mi ll against St. E dmun d's School in , 8QS . Strahan won the toss and sent in Covell and Va ughan. E re long H owell jOillt'1i Co vell, Vaughan fa lling at 25 to a catc h, a nd together t hey settl ed do wn to knoc k til l' bowling to all pa rts of th e fi e ld ~ addin g J04 in three qu arte rs of an hour. B owl III was bowled after makin g 60 after some excellent hi tting, and left Covell to do Ih t, greater part of the sco ring. At lu nc h time he had mad e 89 out of 166 ; illlI ' l ex pe ri enci ng so me decided ly bad luck. Duri ng the interva l the rain came do\\ II heavi ly, but the Sutton Valance Captain offered to cont inue in the rai n, t hough It l course t he slippery ball a nd greasy turf severe ly han dicapped his bowl e rs. . After lunch Co vell's battin g improved immensely, both in pac e a nd 1'( 1) It Âˇ, a nd marred by one chan ce, with Bassett as his pa rtner, reach ed h i ~ century, a ll tl Ihi reco rd, before falling before Pritchard. Afte r his departure, Bassett alone Onc r(' <i ll ll \ resistan ce and Strahan soon afterwards closed the innin gs. T homas and Li ptrott opened the inn ings for Sutton, of whom the Jath-r II II bowled by Strah an in the fi rst over. At 33 Dalwig k dismissed T an ne r, a nd 'I'l lIlI lhl soo n follow ed after an excelle nt innings of 39. Druce and Pri tc ha rd had rai:-u-" 11ft score to 122 , wh en the fonne r was bowled by Bassett off his p ad s for a fin e _, 0, Itlld Pritchard succumhed before long to the same bowler, having kept up hi ~ wi, kif to good effect wh ile I Oj was added. Stra han disposed of the last three wit'kpl III one over, Lowry bei ng caught by Bassett, Kin gdon by Strahan himself, a nd \\Iill l..11I bei ng bowled .

THE

CANTUAR IAN.

KI NG 'S

399

SC H OOL.

F . 1-1 . Vaughan, c T an ner, b Lowry G. C. Covel l, c and b Pri tchard C . F . H owell , e W illia ms, b Dtuee 'vV. L ucas, h T anne r L. J. Bassell , not out G . C. St rahan , h Low ry ... H. Ga rd ne r, h Lowry C. i\ 1. D unlo p, b Lowry ... I{ . E. R. Dalwigk, not out A . L. B. Thomson } r i b W. N. Ke mpe (Ie not at.

4 ' 46 60 .a 27

8 0 7 4

E xl r.lS

T ota l

279

SU TTON VA LE NCE It C. Lipt roll , h Strahan F. D. T homas, c Howell , b Dalwig k t\. R. T ann er, I, Dnlw igk .. . E. W. Pritchm d, Ibw, b Bassett I I. A. [\1. De nny , c Bassett, b S traha n J. N. Druce , b Bassett .. . (: . A. T lmm hil l, c Ke mpe, b Dun lop V. C. Lowry , c Basse tt , b Stra han R. G. Ki ngd on, c and b St rahan ... P. II . Chfllll pin , not out . . C . W illiams. b S trahan Ex t ras: Byes, 9; L eg-hyes, 3

SC HOO L. 0 39

36 0 40 7

., .. 6

T otal

,66 BOWL I NG

A "' '' LYSIS :

Simhan ' I'homson Ba ssett Dalwigk Du nlo p

KI NG' S SC HOOL v. ST.

1111

'4 6 8 9

48 26 45 22 '3

5 0 2 2

0 3 0

GEORGE'S C.C.

ItIIl Yt-(\ at Southwoo(~ on JLl ly 6th. O wi ng to a mista ke in the trains the ma tch I t~lI thh- to be bcgun tIll a qua rte r to three, a nd , as WflS natural, e nded in a draw. I

li n!)1 c le ven was a weak onc, three of th e usual members being absent ;

T HE

400

CANTUARIAN.

Howell acted as Captain in the absence of Strahan and Bassett.

St. George's baLted

first, and although, when the third wicke t we nl down, J 39 was on the board, the next three wickets fell in a wry shoTt time for the addition of 19. At the fall of the sixth wicket, lhe innings was declared closed. Lucas caught two very good catches in th e c.auntf)'. th e one that di smi;::,sed Moon bei ng especially brilliant. The latter seems to ltke the School bowli ng, as he macle a century last year against it for the i\I.e.c. Thomson bowled well and was unlucky in not getting morc wickets. Only s.e ven was on the board, when the fi rst wi cket went down, but Howell and Covell made a useful stand of 4- 1 for the second wicket, when H owell was dismi ssed by a brill iant catch at the wicket. The Sc hool were able to p lay ou t time , thank s to Lucas, D un lop and Hayes, the fi rst two keeping together fo r ha lf-a n- ho ur. Lu ci.l:'\ batted very well for h is rUll s; and had no mercy on a leg-b reak bow ler. ST.

GEORGE'S C.C.

Re v. Leigh-Lye, c Parsons, b Dalwigh D. J- Bacon, b Dunlop .. A. G. P rice, c Kemp, b Dunlop ... Dr. i:lIoon, cLucas, b Dunlop J. W. Woo(lgate, b Dalwigk J. D. Wickham, not out ... K. A . !'IIoresby, cLucas, b T homson

Fox

H. V. Keighley A, Merccr

}

I'd ( I

51 I I

60 o

5 14

h nol at.

F. Weigall Extras : Byes, 6; No Âˇballs,

Tola l (for 6 wickets) ... I nnings declarcd closed.

KING'S SCHOOL. G, C. Covell , Ibw, b Leigh- Lyc jo', H . VauglwJl, b 1\ loon ... G, F. Howell, c Wcigall, b Leigh- Lye J. A. Aylward, b Moon .. \V. Lucas, not out O. B. Parsons, run out C. l\'l. Dunlop, run out G. E. Hayes, not out .. , R E. L. Dalwigh } W. N. Kempe did not hat. A. L. Thomson Extras: Byes, 5 i LegÂˇbyes, 2 Total (for 6 wickets)

19 o 32 6 I

TH E

CANTUARIAN.

40 1

B OW LING ANAl.YSIS: O.

Thomson Dalwigk H ayes Dun lop

9 '5

~t.

II,

33 31

5 12

Aylward

KING'S

SC HOO L

7) .

0 0

41 20

o 3

M.C.C.

This matc h was played on the Beve rley, July 11th. Strahan won the toss, and in with Ba~sett. Geeso n an e! New man started the bowling fo r th e M.C.C., ,111. 1 thl' latter soo n met with success, clean bowling Strahan. wh en the total '11M o nly five . H o \vell came in, and he a nd Bassett, playing exce ll ent cricket, took 1111 "f'ort: Lo qo, before Howell, in trying to p lace to leg a straight ball from Driffield, ,1\' •• that bowler an easy return; he had played faulJless and attractive cricket for , minutes. Lucas was smartly st umped by Oates, in going out to Geeson, but I 1111· 11 staycd with Bassett till lun ch, when the score stood at ' 00 for three wickets, II j nil hein g not out with 6 , to hi s credit. After lunch the sco re rose to 170 without Itlllhlll loss ; Covell was then bowled by Newman . afte r playing a useful, but someIhll Inl'ky innings, and, almost immediately afterwards, Bassett was run out. He had iI,I, I'll dl· lig htflllly fo r his r04. He gave one hard chancc at the wicket, whe n he 1,11111111. , over eighty, and he made one or two lisky shots. but otherwise his innings , '''Hlllv admi rable, his rllns being made all -rou ne! the wicket. The rest of the IIIIIIK co llapsed in a startling fashio n before the bow li ng of Geeson and Driffleld, IInl thl' Sc hool were all out fo r 187. I

til

1' 111 th 1'1 .C.C., Captai n MacKae an d Newman sco red rapid ly off the bo wling of 111,1 11 Illld Thomson, and at 40 Bassett went on instead of St rahan, but the ,,",1111111 I'arne from the other en cl, Newman skyi ng a ball to Howell at d eep extrat j hhe :;harc of the total of 4 t was a vigorous 30. Percival was bowled by III, illHI it little late r MacKa..:: was run out, three wickets being do wn for 51. 11111 11 1 II II l1d Driffield, how eve r. put on 68 for the next wicket, thoug h each batsman I I 11I 1I\ Ct ' , l~amm e l1 bein g mi ssed at the wicket, and Driffield gave Vaughan a 11IIIInrll Rkil.!r at co\·C'r- point. Rammell was caught at mid· on by Thomso n, who I j Yl' f~' hard drive . and Dalwigk got Driffield taken in the slips. Oates was 1,111, "1 1111' ('i.lUglll in the lo ng -fiel d by Lucas, who: running a long way. brought 1 1\ \\1 ·11 judged ci.ltch, and Dalwig k, by a sensational effort off his ow n bowling, lUI lit Silhn on. Geeso n and Miller-Hallett look~d like staying, but Thomson,

402

THE

CANTUARIAN .

goin~ on again, Qui cKly finished ?ff the i,nnings, Kempe takin 3 Geeson very WI'II HI the \\ lcket. Strahan managed hi s bowling ve ry we il, and the catc hin g wa s /-t Oil!! though the g rou nd fie,lding in. so me.in stances. l e~ta lot to be desired . The fh:ldiu lo( III Lucas deserves cspec l,al mentIOn, hI S clean plc klllg np and acc urate throwing in 111'111

one of the most pJeasIIlg features of the game. KI NG'S SC HOOL. L. J. Bassett, nm out G. C, Strahan, b Newman G. F. Howell, c and b Driffield \V. Lucas, sl Ontes, b Gccson G. C. Covell, b Newman .. . F. H. Vaughan, 5t Oates, h Gccson C. M. Dunlop, cOates, b Driffield H. Gardner, c Newman, b GCCSOI1 R. E. R. Valwigk, cOates, b Gceson A. L. Thomson, not out ... '~T. N. Kempe, c and b Driffield ... Extras: Byes, 8; Leg-byt~s, 5; Wide,

'0, 5 o

29 2

o I

T otal

M.C.C. Captain MacKae, mn out Newman, c H owell, h T homson Rev. L. J. Percival, b Bassett ... A. W. RamOlcll, c Thomson, h St ra han L. T. Ddfficlc1, c Strahan, b Dalwigk Oates, cLucas, b Da lwigk Major W. H. Sal mon , c and b Dalwigk G, MiI!erÂ·Haliett, c Covell, b Strahan Gceson, c Kem pe, b Thomson 0 , B. Parsons, not out .. , C. H ulton, c Bassett, b T homson ... Extras : Bye, I ; Leg-byes, 7

,6 JO o 3M 36

. o'. ")

,6 5

Total ...

'73 BOWl.ING ANA LYSIS : K I NG'S

SCHOOL.

Newman Geeson D ri ffield Rammell

18'2

9 6

41 41 66

29 Gccson bowled

' :Vide.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

40 3

M,C. C. O.

St rahan Thomson Bassett Dalwigk

13" 9

56 4'

KI NG'S SCH OOL v. EASTBOU R NE COLLEGE. Th is match, played at Eastboll Tl1P. on July I

hllll{ linish in a vic to ry for th e School by r I

J 3th, milS .

resulted after a ve ry close a nd

I':u:-; thourne wall the toss and batted first, Strahan and. Bassett bowlinll. After I. " II' hac! made a fine cut off Bassett, he was caught at th ird man. an~d shortly 111 ' 1WU I'c! f> , to our relief, Elliot lifted one into th e safe hands of Lucas out in the '" 11 11 )'. Bassett then bo~l ed the next two men in rapid succession, bu t Bo.urke and

put on 30 run s, hel ped by a bad miss on the part of Dalwigk and a wild "Inow. The remaining wi ckets however did little, an d th e side was out ror 84, an 1III"II" lI l1y small total fo r a fa st wicket. But the wicket was evidently not at all .11 , ,I \' one, ilnd both Strahan and Bassett bowled very well, the fanner comin g out li lt 1\ I!lOst excellent a nalysis. . I'MI I' nnd Howell sta rted our innings but di sasters bega n at once, and the}' were II HlI "~ N I without scoring. The former, fresh from the Army E xam ., was evidently 1I111 11H practi ce Covell and Lucas then added 32, thou gh neither see med at ease. I ", I \\11 " th en caug ht low down at slip, and Bassett after makin g two good shots to I IIII1HI'tr ctcd his wicket, a performance imitated by Co vell nin e run s later. Five I I ' I T hings we re looki ng se rioll s wh e n Straha n came in, bu t he at once started t rli H P Ih(· game, an d hit three good boundaries, a n in val uable con tributi on as III jllfwed. In try ing for a fourth he skied one to cove r, and , though a misllncler!IIIIII UH IrJll k ·cl like savin g him, he was caught. Six for 75. Bittleston and Gardn er ~ Ih l' "l'or!: to 82 and the n both got bowled, th e latter in tryin g to hit a straight Mi' I II _Ih ughl- Ieg, Thomson came in and two leg-byes made it a tie, but the next , III III II UH t'<llIght at slip, and th e last man, Kempe, ca me in. The excitement was HI II • I h \l ~ 1J1I lwigk kept very cool, and with a two on the leg-side won the match. I III howled with remarkable success. takin g nine wickets, though, stran ge ly II 1I10" t of th e batsmen seemed to t hin k the othe r bowler more puzzling. II "11 M II sple ndid match , and as the maj ority o f both team s will be the same next I IIl lIy {' XjU'(' SS the hope that just such anolher match may be the resul t of the I II h" lul !

I.,.tI" IIIIN,

404

THE ·CANTUAR lAN.

===============

=~~=======c

EASTBOURNE COLLEGE. 2nd

1St Innings. l-J. K. Steele, c Covell , b Straha n D. S. Bryan. Brown, u Basselt

I I

E. L. H. Elliot, c L ucas, b St rahan W. S. lI a1li1ey, b Bassett B. J. Bourke, b Bassett M. E. Coxhead, b Hassetl E . M. De nys, c Kempe, b Strahan D . H. Wilmer, L Strahan

Itlnin~s.

U S trahan nol Ollt 5t

Kempe, h Tho mpson

u tI

.H'

'7 2

did not hat.

G. V. Carey, c Kempe, b Bassetl

• •

R. T. Colga te, not OU!. .. C. F. Cooke, c Bassett, b Strahan Extra: Byes, 6 j Leg- Bye. I

ESlm: Byes,S

T Oln l

Total K I NG'S H. G. Paris, c and b Colgate G. C. Covell , Ibw Colgate G. F. 1·l owell . b Colgate W. L ucas, c Cox head. b Colgate L. 1'. Bassett, Ibw COlgate N. A. Bitt leston, b H alliley G . C. Strahan, c Wilmer, b Colgate H. Gardner, b Colgate R. E R. Dalwigk, c Denys, b Colgate A. L. Thnmsoll, e Coxhead, b Colg:ate W. N. Kempe, not out blms : Byes, 3; Leg. Byes, 2

SC H OOL.

a 22

Total

I)~

BOW LI NG ANALYSIS: EAST BOURNE COLl.RGF..

1st I nni ngs.

Slrahan Bassett

) 1.

..•

o 13

". .8 49

2nd In nings.

w. I 5

o. St mhan Bassett Thomson D:llwigk Hittleston

9 4 7 4 4

a 0

••

'7 ,II

., tHE

cANTUARtAN.

SECOND XI. MATCHES.

KING'S SC HOOL (.nd Xl.) v. HARBLEDOWN. T his matc h was played on Blore's Piece, on IVlay 18th.

For the School, Gardner

h,IIII '!! vc ry well for hi s runs, wh ile J ohnston did so me fine hittin g. though hi s in nin gs

vcry lucky one. Scrivener's good bowling anJ FetherstoneJs fin e batting won Itllltc.: h for Harbl edown. Score and analysis :-

\\1 1.. II

1111 \

KING'S 1'. I r. Vaughnll, b Scrivener ... N. A . Bittl eston, c Leake, b Scrivener

SC HOO L.

R. E. R. lJa lwigk, c Wallnee, b Scrivener F. 11 . Harrison, hScrivener W . Lucas, c David, b F etherstone K H. L. Johnston, c Williamson, h Scrivener W. N. Kempe, b Green (;. W. Rudk in , h G reen ... II. Gardner, not out A. B. Thomson, b Green ... I{. B. Goad, c 'vVnllace, h Gree n .. . Estras : Byes, 2 ; Wide, I

7 o 8 )..

a 6

~ 31 15 3

T otal H ARB LEDOWN.

~ I n cllilton,

b Th omson

II . I::. li reen, b Dnlwigk ... F. Wnllace, II J):lI wigk F. I r. Vetherstone. b Dalwigk I.eake, c GCh'l d, b Oalwigk F. Shilllcld, II Luc.'1s II. Jo:. II. Hayes, b Lucas ... I. F. Hawkins, c Goad, b Gardner '. D:lvid , did not bat: Â· C'. (:. Williamson, nOl out V. Sc rivene r, not out' " Extms :' Dyes, 20; Leg. Byes, 3 Total

35 .1

a 1

I. .1

'3 186

THE

4 06

CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING

ANALYSI S:

HARBI.EDOWN.

Bittleston Thomson Dalwigk Goad L llcns Ga rdner Vaughan J ohnston

o. 8 8

I 2

15 2 6 4 I 3

0 I 4 0 2

0 0 0 0 0

20 54 15

" "6 13

0 0

KIN G'S SC HOOL (2nd XI. ) v. ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE. This match was played on Tuesday. May 30th, and resul ted in a win for S.A,r . by 24 rUll s,' The S.A.C. batted first on a wicket that wa5 nonc too good. T lh' !\coring was almost tcdiou:j!Y slo w, Dalwigk, who kept a very good length. bein/-( especially diffi cult to hit. T he fielding of the School was only moderate, th oul-\h Harrison at poi nt deserves ment ion, onc of his catches being very smartly takon . \Vatscn, on the whol e. kept wi cket well, th e conside rable num ber of byes b('; II H chiefly due tv the number of balls Oil the leg, with which he had to deal. Tl u School battin g wa s vcry weak, John ston, who hit well, alone showing co nfid ellt t in dealing with the bowling; Parso ns made a few good strokes. Of the S.A.<' , bowle rs, H a rri so n met wi th most success, so me of hi s balls keeping very low. ST,

AUGUSTINE'S

W. F. H . ~'l cC rcady, run out Rev. E. Brereton, c H arrison, b Richardson H. \'. 1. Walcrs, c H arrison, b Dalwigk F. E. H arrison, c Harrison, b R icha rdson C. E. j enkin.Turvin, hw Dalwigk C. H. Chater, .c Parsons, b Dalwigk Rev. I;'. Wilson, c Deighton, b Dalwigk F. C. Arnold, b Billieston W. Robinson, c Watson, h H arrison J . Cowin, lhw Vaughan N. Roberts, not 0\11 â&#x20AC;˘ . Extras: Byes, 19; Lcg-Byes, 5 Tola l _

COLLEGE. 2

22 12 13 19

"9 4 2 ~1

135

n-H:

CANTUAR1AN ,

KING'S SC HOOL. F, II. Vaughan, c C a<Ie<, b Ha<rison N. A. Bittleston, b Ha rrison II. Pet ley, b H arrison R. K R. Dalwigk, run out c.:. E. Hayes, h Tur\'in ". O. B. Parsons, b ~lcC ready Eo 1" 1-1. Johnston, c Wilson, h Waters J>'. II. Harrison, b Turvin ", C. A. M. I~ichard son, c Tn rvin, b H arrison J. Ucighton, b Harrison .. . J. I I. \Vatson, not Oll t Extras : Byes, 16 ; LegÂˇ Byes, 2

10 14

o o 12 14 19 2 II

9 18

T ola l

II I

BOWLING ANAI .YSJS : ST. AUGUSTINE' S COLL EG E.

I)cighton Oal\\'igk Binles(On l layes Richanison Pelley Vauglmn Ilarrison

5 I 2 0 2 I 2

14 26 29 19

0 4 I 2 0 0

12 10

3 5

4 4

3 9

1(1 NG'S SC HOOL (2nd Xl. ) v, DOVEl{ COLLEGE (2nd XL) I hH'cr bat~ed first, bu t found run s vcry difficult to make, Dalwigk again bowling Ut lllll,r, whde rew. of the batsmen made much effort to score off Deighton, who I howli ng rat!ler WId e on the off. Although th e first wicket put on 20 runs, no lilil'l "tune! or Importance was made, D over being all out for 7 1. Dalwigk, who I, 1\\ Il ~ tl un cha nged throughout, had a remarkable analysis. I I

(In ~hc School going in, there was some very level sco rin g, Da\wigk being top WIth a n excellently played 46 not out; wh en stumps were drawn 'tht! School

"" I

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had scored ' 35 for 7 wickets, thus winning easily. For Dover, Dowding bowled well without the best of luck. DOVER

CO LLEGE. 10

H. E. Dowding, c and b Dalwigk B. Eden, b Dalwigk o. K. R . .1 ohnstonc. b Dalwigk C. C. Eliot, b Dalwigk " G. :\, Osborn, c Pelley, b Dalwigk H. T, Blackwood, b Bittleston C. Samson, not out B. \\t. vVatson, run alit

o .6 7 2

G. C. Peters, b Bilticston R. H. Amcrs, b Dalwigk .. . V. E. Simpson, c Hayes, b Dalwigk Extras : Byes, 12 ; WideSt 2; Leg-Byes, 2

9 o 16

Total

KING'S

SCHOOL. 10

F. 1-T. Vaughan, hit wkt., b Johnstone N. A. Bitl]cston, b DO\\ding

G. E. Hayes. b Dowding .. H. L. Johm,lon, c Elliot, h J ohnstone O. B. PArsons, c Osborn, b Dowding

'7 I

46 '7

R. E. Dalwigk , not out I-I. Pet Icy, b Blackwood

J. n,

Harrison. Ib\\,., b Eden C. A. Richardson } J. Deighton did not ba l. J. 11. Watson E xtms: Byes, 2 ; No-Balls,

' 35

Tota l (for 7 wickets) B OWI.lNG

AN ALYSIS :

DOV E R COJ. U :G E.

Deigh ton. Dal wigk Riuleslon ..

ill.

18 19 16

w. o 7 2

THE

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SC HOOL (2nd Xl. ) v. SOUTH EASTERN COLLEGE, RAMSGATE . Played at Ramsgate on Thursday, Jun e 15th, and resulted in an easy wi n for the SdlOOI. Parsons batted well for his 50. South Eastern College were put in .with an hour and a half in whi ch to make so me I !:IO fun s, but they never looked like saving Iho game except when Hazledene and Rayner were together. The fortner had bad lurk in being run out. KIN G'S

SCIÂ·IOOL.

J. A. S. Aylward, b Gibbings

N. A. Billieston, b Plumptree G. E. H ayes, b Gibbings F. J-J, Vaughan, b Brown E. H . L, J ohnston, b Bi rkbeck

o 31

O. B. Parsons, not out

II. P ctl ey, c H argrieve, b Birk hcck J. Deighton, not oul 1;', 1-1. Harrison } C. A. iH. Richardson d id not bat.

H. D. Watson Extras

Total (6 wickets) SOU TH

EASTERN

COLLE(;E. 2 2

Hirkbcck, c Vaughan, b Billicston Shuttl eworth, c and b Aylward Rayner, b Deighton Ilazirdcnc, run out l loyd, b Bi tt lcston Drowne, h Billieston I 1011 ins, Ibw, b Bitllcston ~ l cCor mick, not out

23 I

o 10

(;ibbings, c Harrison, 1.1 Deighton

Co nslcrdine, c Pel ley, b H ayes Plum ptree, b H ayes Extrns

T otal B OWLING ANALYS IS : SOU TI'I E ASTERN COLl.EGE.

Aylward ... Blltleston Deighton Vaughan

6 8 6

18 18

THE

4 10

CANTUARIAN .

KING'S SCHOOL (2nd XL ) v. ST. AUGUSTI NE' S COLLEGE. Played on the Beverley on June 27th, and resulted in a win for the School hy 53 runs. ST. AUG USTINE'S COLLEGE. 1st I nnings. W. F. H. McCready, b Aylward C. H. Chater, b I-Tayes H. M, \:Vaters. not out F. V. Harrison, run out C. J enki n-Turvin, c a nd b Hayes \V. Robinson, lb w, b O. 13. Parsons J. Cowen, b H ayes Rev. F. \"ilson, nm out ,_. F . C. Arnold, c Adams, b O. B. Parsons N. Robcrts, 1bw, b O. B. Parsons... C. G. Stapley, c Deigh ton, b O. B. Parsons Extras : Byes, 2; No-halls, 4 ...

19 18 7 2 0

3 0 0 0

o. 6

T otal

2nd I nnings. b Ri chardson c Adams, h D eighton c and b Richardson did not bat c \Villiam son, h Goad not out h Goad did not b.a.t b Adams .. . cO. B. Parsons, h Ri chnrdson not out Extrns

38 0 13 2'

0 0

Total

K I NG'S E . T. Gage, lbw, b Watcrs ... C. A. M. Richardson, lbw, b H arri son 0, B. Pa rsons, c Chater, b Harrison J. A. S. Aylward, b Harrison G. E. Hayes, c Chater, b \:Vaters G. W. R. Rudk in, lbw, b Turvin C. G. \Vil1iamson, c Cowen, b Turvin H . Parsons, c Roberts, b ~'lcCrcady J. Deighton, c and b Tm\'in ... C. J. N. Ada'llS, not out R. B. Goad, c TUfvin, b Robe rts ... Extras

0 0

SC HOOL. 0

27 4

22 '7 12 0

9 8 0

Total

1I 0

BOWLING ANALYSIS: ST.

AUGUSTINE'S COLLEG E.

2nd Innings.

1st I nnings. Deighton .. Aylward '" ... Hayes 0. B. Parsons

8 7 7 7

2 2

19 10

W. 0 I

Goad Deighton Richardson Aylward Adams H, Parsons

5 4

7 4

" "I â&#x20AC;¢

, 0

II'

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CJlNTUAR1AN.

K ING'S SCHOOL (2nd Xl. ) v. DOVER COLLEGE (2nd XL ) Playe d on the Beverley on Ju ly 4th. and res ulted in a win for the School. KING'S SCHOOL. E. T. Gage. not out ... C. A. M. Richarclsoll, c Osborn, b Bmndeth O. B. Parsons, c Wat son, b D. S. D:wison J. A. S. Aylward, not Ottt

~:II. ~'Pelley . ~~~~;~~on

57 I

104

)

G. W . R. Rudkin d id not bat. G. C. \\'illiamson H . Parsons J. Deighton Extras: Byes, 8 ; LegÂ·byes, 5; Wide,

T otal

DOVER COLLEGE. C. C. Johnstone, c Dei ghton, b Hayes A. J. R. I'laggard, c H. Parsons, b Hayes R . W. Brandrcth , b Hayes ... H. F, Blackwood, c and b Aylward A. J. Porter, b Hayes D. S. Davison, b iJeighton A. Osborn , b Hayes R W. Watson, b Hayes .. . R. H. Ames, b Hayes 11. S. Davison, not out ... L. D. Brockman , b Aylward Extras : Byes, 5 ; Wides. 2

8 9 29

o o I

3 o o o 7

Total

76 BOWLI NG ANALYS IS : DO VER COLLEGE.

Deighton Hayes Aylwa.rd

...

10 13

30 32

3. 1

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CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL (2nd Xl.) v. HARBLEDOWN. Played at Ha rbledow n on July 15th , and resulted in the defeat of the School. KINGÂ·S SCHOOL. C. A. M. Richardson, b Goble I-I. Ga rdner, b Goble C. Dunlop, b Green F. I-I. Vaughan, b I-layes .. , N. A. Binleston, c H ilton, L Hayes

O. G. 1-1. F. E.

o 14

o o

A. S. Aylward, b Goblc

n. Parsons, c Hayes, b Green ... E. Hayes, c Robe rtson, b Green

o 9

Petley, not ou t 11. Harrison , b lI aycs ..

T. Gage , b Gohle E xtms : Bye,

I ;

.. Leg-Byc,

3 o I :

Wid cs,

T otal

HARBLEDOWN. 6

F . L. Elmes, b Dunlop .. . J. Robertson, c Gage, b Richardson T . Williams, b Aylward H. E. Green, b Dunlop ... C. G. Williamson, c l-larri!'ion, b Dunlop H. I-l. Hayes, not out G. Goble. h Richardson G. Wood , not oul C . F . Rigden } C. H. Cl~ m enl s did not hat, A. M. I-li1ton E xtras : Byes, 2; Leg-Byes, 2

21 I

14 9 18

3 4

Total BOWLING AL,\LYSl S : HARBLEO('lWN.

14 4

Ayh Hl.rd ...

I I

Richardson H ayes Harrison

0 0 0

Dunlop ... l3ittleston

12 22 2

2 0 0

THE

CANTUARIA N.

STELLAR MAGNITUDES AND DISTANCES. Owing to th e gloomy a tm ospheric l'onditi ons generally prevalent in the Old 'ollntry, one seldom sees there the sky nL night glitteri ng brightly with myriads I}f stars Even th e brilliant E venin g Star IfI cks much of th e splendour with which it ti hines as see n from a more so uthern !lwei , where. wi th clear atmosphere a nd t'lo udless sky, the stars are seen in their III usands to pe rfec tion. What are these Ini ll ions of glistenin g points of light? \r ' they flaming sun s, or pla nets teeming wi th life like our earth? Some have a III I1-Haken idea that those stars which a re IlIlltin llally t winkl ing are glowi ng suns Ilk,' ou r own, whi le those which shine \V lt h it steady light are their planets. On 1 1 1l ~ oth e r hand, except for the few planets 11I'longing to the solar system, wh kh like our l'urth, wheel roun d th e sun, no human I " I ~ rail see, nor call th e largest telescope HWI Âˇ.tI, a single planet in all the Universe. \'" we to conclude from this that our 1111 Is the only star that has a retinne of 1'IlI II tl LS, a nd that life exists on one small 1'1 >11\\ lt alone of all the worlds of the II lI lvt\r~ t' ? Do fi ve hundred million IlIIljl'H li c Still S lavish thei r light on empty I' I I I ~? Far more probable is it that 01 1111 an other sta r has its following of ndd H, some of them lift- laden like onr 101 h.

I'h,,Âˇ great laws wh ic h leu to the "II ItIlU!on of the solar system are 'lit II lli v ' lhrongholl t the universe, a nd

for this reason co nditions must be favonrable for the existe nce of life on many a nother planet un seen, and pro~ bably neve r to be see n by us. \'Ve a re thus forcibly led to t he co nclusion that far away in the depths of space planets in thousands wheel in g roups round th eir respective suns, ob tai nin g from these vast fi am ing orbs the light and heat necessary for the life t hey bear. Strange indeed must be the for ms of life on these a istant worlds! One asks perhaps, " If we ca n see the suns of the universe, why canno t we see their planets?" \Ve find sufficie nt reason for th e invisibi lity of th ese planets in thei r inconceivably great di stance from liS. So far away arc t he stars of the heave ns fro111 li S that astronomers have entirely failed to measure t he distances of any except a few of our nearest neighbours. The mea n dista nce of these few i.s about thirty "light-years." a "Ii ghtyear" being the di sta nce that light travels in a year. Now light travels about "Zo o, o no miles in a single seco nd. A di stance so g reat as that in dicated by the expression Ie ~h i r ty light-years 11 is absolutely incomprehensible to t he mind of man . The mere fact of such an enormous unit as a light-year hei ng so metim es used to denote stellar di stances indi cates the stupendous de pths of space that separate each sta r from all its neigh~ bours No w if these g iant stars, some

THE

CANTUARIAN.

of whi ch are believed to be a thousand or even ten thousand times as large as lhe sun, appear to us as mere spec ks ~f light even in t he la rgest telescope. theIr planets could h ardly be expected to be visible, as they arc so lUuch smaller th.an their primaries, a nd shine only wI th reflected li ght. The di spersal of li gh t emanating from any so urce tak~s place accor~lil1g to the law of inverse sq~lar es, some tllnes known as the law of Nature. Thus, suppose that the pla net Mars were plac~d three times as far from us as he now IS , and suppose also that he were to reflect from his new position the same amount of light that he now does. T hen to us he would appea r to shine wi th only one-ninth of hi s present brightness, according to the law of inverse sql1ares. And were he in the !!ame wa), put a thousand tim es fur ther away than he is, we would get only a millionth of the licrh t we now get from him. The planets of the universe being much further away from us than thi s, the chances of our ever seeing them are slight indeed. The tub e of OUf telescope would have to be a million mil es long, with an object glass of proportionate size, erc we could see the planets of even om nearest neighbo urs amon g the stars. Despite their vast distance from us astronomers have in some cases su~ceeded in meas urin g th e sizes of a few of these S~Âˇl.fS. The conditions necessary to render the sizing and weighiug of stars possible are two-fold. If, by the help of the spectroscope, the rate at which two stars wheel round each other can be discovered, an d if at the

same time one of the two sta rs eclipses the light of th e other at every rev?lution . then the size. weight and de nsIty, th e shape of both star~ and their d.istan cc fro m each other, can all be ob~all1ed as a result. The la rgest star which .has ~o far been weighed and measured m tlus way by astronomers has ~ diameter of twenty million mil es, whi ch compares very favourably with our sun' s ~Ip..meter <?f eight hund red thousand miles. . I t IS utterly impossible for the h l1ma~l mll1~l to obtain a true notio n of th e cl!menslO ns of such a star. Let us co mpare its size in the followin g way with that of th ' earth : -An electri c trai n, running continuouslyat the rate of a hundred miles an hour, wou ld rUIl round the e~rth',s equator in less than l ot days, whlie It would ta ke nea rly 7Z years to travel round a star whose diam eter is twenty milliollK of miles. Many of the brightest sta.I N are sepa rated from us by s uch stupendoll ~ depths of space t hat ~h e): must be far larger than any whose sIze IS known . Blit although th ere are sta rs, sm.: h ~s Arcturu s, which must be ten thousand times as va Hl as our su n, yet the sun is believed to btl in size abo ut the average of all t he stars, Jlist as th ere are stars far larger th l1 l1 the sun, so there arc others th at are IllU 'I. brighter tha n he is. Siriu s, th e p og St:Ii , one of the bnghtest in th e sOl1 ther~l sky, is so brilliant that every square nlll o 01 his surface is eleve n ti l"nes brighter th rill a square mile of the sun's surface. One o f the most impossible thin H" to imagine is th e high te mperatur.c pn' "ailing on th ese stars. W e talk ghbly 01 runni ng trains and motor cars round 111 111

THE

CAN'I'UARIA N .

'!lund such mammoth sla rs as Arcturus and Canopus, l'his is all vcry well for demon strating the \'UHtness of these stars, but a te mperature III a million degrees would melt our stee l IOi'omotive and disperse it in the form of thi nn est vapour in a second.

!\nd Antares, Alde baran

Another interestin g point is the IlIobllble extent of the unive rse . Now Ihil numbe r of stars see n through th e Il1q{llst telescopes falls far short 01 the ulI lIlher that ought to be visibl e if the lu.i vcrse were li mi tless. The same is true II It h regard to stellar ph otograph ),. A ll lilt l\'llse in th e length of the exposure . 1111'1\ not give a proportionate increase in 1 1 1I~ Ilumber of stars photographed, and

THE HARVEY On Saturday, Ju ly 1St, th e i\ Iemoria l 111I1Il of the new Science Laboratory in

1111 Mi nt Yard was laid by the Dean in

in so me parts of the sky no new Slars appea r howe ver much th e expos ure is prolonged beyond a certain point, Going on thi s clear evi dence astronome rs have come to the conclusion that th e universe is not of infinite extent. Calculations based upon the numbers of stars visible through telesco pes of various sizes give th e tota l number of stars in th e universe at a thou sand million. Though not of in fi.nite extent, th e space inclosed within the boundaries of the universe is still so enormous that it is be lieved that a ray of light would take sixty thou sand years to pas:; from the furthermost star to th e earth. Space being infinite in ex tent, one ca n imagine othe r uni verses as large as our own far away in the depths of space.

LABORATORY. bui ldings and the path leadin g to the Green Court.

Prior to the dedi cation ce remony the 1IIIIIdn nce with the promise he:: made Head Maste r in a short speec h said they ollll r in t he te rm. were gathered togeth er there that afterAmo ng those present at the ceremo ny noo n to do honour to th e name of a great 1\1 H ~ 1\I, s. Wace, Lady Collarcl, Bishop Englis hman, a Ke ntishman, a n old Kin g'~ III Duver, Dr. Bell, late Master of Scholar, a nd to commemorate a step 1IIIIII00001lgh College, Cano n H ol la nd, lorward in the development of th at ancient \It 1I1II'aeoll Spoone r, Ca non Moo re, a nd School as a seat o f religious and usefu l WIlly parents a nd friends of th e School. I ~a rning. If it was true that the boy I'he Dea n, with the Gove rnors, the makes the man, the n they of the Ki ng's I II HI J\i(as tcr, and th e chie f visitors School migh t claim that they had a large t 01 IlI hl('d in the i\Iint Yard at about share in the making of \\filliam Harvey. â&#x20AC;˘ 'IlItlllcr lo five, the School being formed who spent there t he five most important "11 Iii n semi -circle between the G range yea rs of his boyhood, It was, however, ~

4" .6

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q ui te unn ecessary for him to enla rge upon strong a word to use, because sCiOll t , the theme of that most dis tin g ui shed .would go on developing, generation a ft !'1 do.ctor a nd scientist,. or upon the g reat generation- th ey we re assisting to mllki val ut: a nd importance that should be sufficiently perfec t for t he prese nt nw li '4 attached to th e buildi ng of th at add itional o f science and of education, the applian n chemical laboratory, because he hoped provided in t hat Sch ool for that puq)() I t hat th e D !~an would say a few words on They had already e njoyed fo r so mc lin,. those subjects presently. the mea ns necessary fo r ordi nary phYHii ,II ' T he ce remoll}' then opened wi th the stu dies. The H ead 1\'Iaster told him 11/111 hy mn " The re is a boo k wh o ru ns may some of the m had bee n engaged ('V I ' I! read ," after which th e Bishop of Dover that day in the phys ica l laboratory. Ilin read t.h e dedi cato ry praye rs. T hese they had not had suffi cielltly ext(' n"i\, end ed, the Captain of the School, E. A. and salisfactorv class-roo ms for the Rllh h R oper, placed in a niche un dern eath the of tha t scit: ncc wh ich was now ITInkw M memoria l stone a bottle co ntaini ng the such e xtraordina rily ra pid developl nt'lll, JulyÂˇ nlunber of the Can/ llar/alt, th e Pink th e science of che mistry. T hey IWlll .! Book [or I904, a School " }\.otulus " for a g reat deal in these days, a nd th ry hud th is term, a few coins of 1904. an d la tely hea rd ve ry loudly of th e ~" ' III a parc hment with a recoro o f th e importa nce whi ch p hysical studi es oll HlI1 to bea r in the co urse of ed ucati on, T ill Ii occasio n. we re th ose a mong them, as Lhey IHUI The Dea n then laid the memoria l learn ed of late, who woul d wish 1111'111 stom: which bore th is insc riptio n: -alm ost to supe rsede all othe r. T hill. were two points about that, whirh III A.l\LD.G. woul d li ke particula rly to mention. ll'it I el in memoriam of ~ Jl he th ought th!:;)' might ( itll 1\,1 Gul iclmi H Rrvcy Mcd . D. a lesson from th e fact that t.h ey WI ' I' H lljus Scholre alumni MDL XX XVIII - :'I IDXCl l 1. there not me rely to open that c\WIll /i III H ll nc Inpidcm posuit, la borato ry but also to esta blish in d llli I lcnriCIIS Wnce S. T. P. deca nll!,;, School a memorial to olle of the grt'lllI I Kal. Jil l. ~ I C MV . men whom it e ducated- h 11 11'111 11 Harvey, th e great doctor of nw<lll hll The hymn ., 0 God our he lp in ages wh o es ta hlished th e fac t of t.he cirt' ululillii past" was then sun g, and th e Bishop of of the blood -and, he th ought, ill \'Ii Dover co ncluded t he scrvit:e with a fe w ' of th e co nt rove rsies around thmn , II P rayers and th e Blessing. wo uld not be with out interest to II Iii I I The Dea n then deli vered an add re ss that 'Will iam Ha rvey mllst have rtÂˇ( I'h, il in whi ch he said they were prese nt th at very li ttl e educa tion in ph ysi cs, and 11 11 111 day at a ve ry in teresting ceremony, which at all. probab ly, in chemist ry, d m h l l~ II II would, doubtl ess, be memorab le in th e five yea rs he was (It tha t Schoo l. An d Iii annals of t heir School. They were assist- all probabi lity durin g those fi ve )'t'u,,, III .ing ~o complete- perhaps that was too went th rough that rather SCVC W HI+II II

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III ,lIkn l co urse which was imposed at 11111 1 tim e upon a ll E ngl ish School boys,

lU ll he r they liked it or not, a nd he had doubt the mere fact of imposin g ludtplj upo n them, wh ether they liked 1111' 111 or not, was 50 far a ve ry good th ing hll 1I1t ' 1ll . Some studies must be imposed 1I ]f1t1l Ih ell) wh ether th ey liked .them or III il Thc boys of that School were to be IIIIIH li\tlllated on hav in g privileges whi ch III hi mself did not enj oy wh en he was I 1'11001 boy, of being a ble to devote"at _II i\\l('nlS, a porti on of their time to ,lIp,lt'l\ l study, a nd of hav ing a singularly 1I â&#x20AC;˘ hin ting field of knowledge open to llil ili . There was no doubt that what I II I u\i ght be their futur e destin y in life, Iii. II' wus one thing that physical studit!s 1111111 materia lly assis t in developing, and 11101 1 WUIt the po wer of ca reful observation . I I, hnd been looki ng into the life of \\ IIl1l1 m Harvey, a nd the accou nt of his II I nw ries in view of that ce n:: mony, an d Illi 11 11 (' Ihi ng tha t appea red mos t striki ng III 1"11 account of his work, was th e It ,Hl rl1inar r a nd labo rious accuracy of IIII! " IHmrv<l tions - t he special faculty II' II""IIII'Y for th e p rosecution of studies III IIlI tu n' and in conn ection with that II l tll 'l L. He mi ght venture to obse rve IIill o lh(II' point, a nd that was, that wh en I'> llJi1i 1 spoke so much of the absolute III j , . I Ity or physic(ll stud ies, they forgot "111 IIlh or thing, t hat the greatest of ,1111II1\1l11'ie8 probably, in the realm of I Ii III I ' , we re abso lute ly depende nt, not IlIh nllull obse rvation, bu t also upon 1I1 11l11111111ltics of th e highest order. They IIIIM IlI Ill'rhaps rorget- but they ought III 'I 1U rorget-that although Ne wton's I II dl HcOveries which revolutioni sed the ill III or Re ioncl! were depelldent up'0n 11 11

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some thousand s of years of observatio n of the hea venly bodies, th ey were not less de pe nden t lIpon the fac t th at Ne wton ,vas the g reatest mathematician of his age and that it was by mea ns of mathematics appli ed to these observation s that he established his g reat di scoveries . . So that. thi s hra nch of th eir old s'tudies- ' mathemati cs-coul d not even on physical . groun ds ever lose its mome ntou s' importan ce in education. He was readi ng on ly the previous da}' ill a revie w of recent discove ri es in optics that the writer insis ted on the a bsolu te necessity, for th e solution of optica l probleins, of applying to th em th e pri nci ples of mechan ics wh ic h were e xplained a hd implied b'v mathematics alone. The re co ul d he no doubt as to the infinite i m p o rtan c~ of culti vating from th eir earliest years - if they in tend ed to appl y th emselves here a rter to any branc h of phys ical scicnceth e habit of obse rvati 911 o f the ere an d han(\. T hey neve r co uld replace, probably, in after life, th e habits whi ch th ey co uld acq uire when youn g by that ed uca lion of the hand and eye . , 1\' ow, ' with respect to ChCll"listr),. to whi ch that laboratory was more particula rly to bf" devoted, an.'" of them who kn ew anythi ng , of th e co urse o f science in t he prese llt time, mu st be aware that chemistry 'va ~ biddin g fair to revolutioni se their ideas of the constitution of matter, and therefo re of th e constituti on of the unive rse. A ne w worl d entirely had been opened up during this gen eration in that subject, and there was nobody wh o kne w anyth ing of th e position of chemistry. but must feef that none of th em could dream of wh a t revelati ons might be opened to th em in the course of the next century. .The

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Archbishop of Canterbury-their Arch- that the wh ole of the spiritual naturr bishop there and the head of that School and moral nature, here and hereafter, wa lll in which he took so gn:at an interest, and governed and held together by those 1:\ WH on which he was always ready to bestow of religion a nd morality, which had br,11! a little of the time which was so grievo usly revealed to them by the Holy Scriptllfl'~. absorbed - said the other day, when In that way the whole con.cepti?1l I laying the foundation stone of the th eology was expanded .and II~umlll at('( 1 laboratory at St. Edmund's School, that by Newton's great dIscovenes, ~II I(I he hoped some of the great discoveries there was one great religious principlil of th e future Illi ght be mad e in the . which had been si milarly illuminated III laboratory of that school. He recom- th eir own day and was illuminated m Olt ' mended them to take that to heart, and and morc by modern discoveries. H e dllHI to resolve that St. Edmund's should not say some of them had been struck with th (11 be alone in making di scoveries in the savi ng of their Lord in the Gospels - llllll fmme but that, as they were rivals on not a hair of their head should fall to tiltÂˇ the cricket field and in other games, so g round without God's knowledge. Peoplt, they would take carc that that chemical had said, philosophers had said, I< 11 11\\ laboratory wasarival tothatofSt.Edmund's can it be supposed that God can take \,' U II , or any other school. He would like to of things so infinitely little?" Th e~ hUll all ud e to one obsen 'ation both by the discovered nowadays by means of SCICIII'I ' praye rs th ey had read, and some of the what Lord Bacon meant in the exprcsHiulI past g reat events in science which he "that God hangs th e greatest weight'f 011 They kn ew tlll1l would recall to them. They sang in the the smalles t wires." first hymn about nature and human nature everything that was great in th~ wodd opening to them a knowledge of God and was composed of things that were 1I11l1Iit , ' of God 's works. Any of th em who had Iy small. They had discovered th at 111111 followed-and hI:! hoped they would all art of healinO' of whi ch Harvey waN " II follow in ti.me - the co urse of thought lI1 great a mast~r and in which he wa if Mil England since the time of Newton's g reat a pioneer d~pended UpOl.l tlwh great discoveries, would be aware that dealing with the actIons of org~nl Sm lt "" scarcely anything had had so vast an infinitesimally small that no 111lcros('opl effect upon the religiolls conceptions of could adequatc ly trace their growth lIlid th e world as Newton's revelation of their character. And the matter of whit h they had spoktn so ligh lly, theÂˇy luul ~ravitati o n as the one pe rvading law of the whol e un iverse. Newto n's con - discovered of late to be really COIllPU", ,I temporary at that time was Bishop Butler, of infinitely minute particles. In pollil and, as Newton had revealed that the of fact they might presume wit h 11 11 sple ndour of the orbs and the whole visible reverence-they might put it in thi N ' ''1\ univcrse was held togethe r by the one that whereas some philosophers had I",t'li simple law of gravitation, so did it evidently disposed to think that because God n Ul II dawn on Bishop Butler's mind that the for the great orbs of heaven and f(:)l hi vast creations, He could not 'all' hll moral world was of the same charactert

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Ihe hairs of th eir heads. They had di scovered, on the cont rary, that if God did not care for th e smallest and most Infi nitesimal things there would be no fveat things lor Him to care for at all. I'his was a lesson of far-reaching imparlance and significance in respect to a ll th osc little actions that went to make up Iheir lives, bu t also, he thought, destined to exercise a not less mom entou s influence IIpon their conceptio ns of God and God's wo rk. So that the chemistry of the future mi ght be, and would be, as great a re velaliull or the nature, will, and the power of (;0<1, as eve r Newton's g reat (hscoveri es WjÂˇre. As the Headmaster had said, that School was a place for rel igious and 1I''H'ful learning, and he had ventured to lI o ublt.! them with these observations in 1I1I1I'r to show in how intimate a manner, lI"j, flll lea rning and religion had al ways h""II, and always would be, bo und toMl llu:r. 1n that School, und er the shadow II I Ihat great Cathedral, thei r union would, III' I\lI S sure, be permane ntly main tai ned. li t' fell it a great hon our to lay the 1I11'lIIorial stone of the laboratory, and to II IIVI ' his name in scribed on it, and he I ti ll hi only conclude by joining with !ill Ids heart in the prayers and good \~ INII" Hoffered that that laboratory mi ght III' Ii hl essing to the sc hool in every way. I ht , Dean th en asked that the occasion " tlH hl be celebrated by a half-holiday on lilt r'lllo wing iVlonday, a requt:st with t\ III, h the Headmaster subsequently II I II Illi l'<1. I>r. Bell, late Master of Marlborough I 1I 11 1'~1l. then made a brief and humorous "I'h. li e said there was olle thing I I il lit' could not do that aftern oo n. II I hut l been lately at a number of

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the great schools of England in the capacity of an ir.specto r, and he had had to g ive his opinion upon the fitness and commodiollsness of laboratori es a mong other things. Now when he turn ed round and lo okeli at their building in it::; prese nt state, he felt he woul d not be compe tent to cx press an opinion about the laborat ory of the King's School, but he hoped on so me future occasion that the Headmaster would invite him down there, il nd that he would sec. the King' s scholars busi ly occupied in that new place whi ch lI'ilS being pro vided for chemistry. Th~ Dea n had SH.id in one of his remarks that the re was a tim e when th e votaries of science th ought that the teaching of scie nce would sweep away everything else and that all their attention would be devoted to chemistry and physics and the kindred sciences. They had come now to a more reasonable vie w of the relation between the different great bra!Jches of educati0n. They had come to think that whilst science mu st OCCUP) a very great place in the edu cation of boys, yet there was room still left for th e ancient studi es whi ch fertilised a nd strengthened the mind of William Harvey. He might congratulate th em upon havin g fresh facilities for the study of one of the great sciences of the prese nt day, not only for those who were going to get science scholarships, not only for th ose who were going to trai n for scientific ca reers, but he ventured to say for everybody. For every growing boy it was of importance th at at some stage of his career he should have his faculties of observation quickened by t.he studies of th e vigorous laws of science, not only in mathematics, which were of course, necessary to him, but in

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eve ry branch of science, in the minute careful experi ments which woul d be ca rri ed o n in that new roo m, awl which were necessary for giv ing to the eye and to the mind the faculty of obser vati on which co uld not be train ed so well by any

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there some day an d to fi nd that the laboratory was really a most valua ble help to the studies of their schoo l. In co n ~ el udin g Dr. Bell mentioned the fact that he had known all the last fo ur headmaste rs of the King's Schoo l intimately, and expressed the pleasure it gave hi m to come th ere and to fi nd hi s old friend and

co ll eag ue, Mr. Galpin, keepi ng the School up to its old leve l, and carrying it forward on a lH! W career of usefulness. The Head maste r then pro posed a hearty vote of th an ks to t he D ean and Dr. Bell , a nd cheers for the Dean brought the proceedings to a close. The trowel, with which the memor ial sto ne was lai d. was presented to the D ean by the build ers, Messrs. Adcock and Sons, of Canterbury and Dover. For 1he account of t he speeches we are imlebl cd to th c Kentisle Car;ettlJ.

LIFE OF HARVEY. [ R epnilltd from

Klilg'S S chool Wor/hies."

There are few g reater names in the list of natural philoso phe rs than that of \Villiam H arvey. The same se rvices th a t New to n afterwards Tendered to optics and astronomy by hi s theories of light and gravitation, H arvey co nfe rred on anato my and medici ne by hi s tru e doctri ne of th e circulatio n of the blood. A n elaborate accoun t of what is mc.:ant by the ci rculatio n of th e blood wou ld be as Out of place he re as it wo uld be unappreciated, and we wish only to g ive a short s k~l c h of the life of one of the g reates t of O.K.S., with such details as are th e most likely to interest. H e was a thoroughly K entish man . [-I e was descended fro m a respectable family, and born at Folkestonc, on the 1 st of

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April, 1578. T he house in which he \\ :". born he le ft afterwards to Caius ColIl'gl', Cambridge, though hi s ),ounger broth" l ( who went by the curious name of 1': liah ) wo uld have g iven any mone), in ex chan x,' fo r it. as it was the family mansion . II I' was ten years old when he entered till Kin g's St: hoo l, and th e re obtained a gOlld class ical ed ucatio n. Of his seha I 1111 we do not kn ow much, but as he i~ IUlld to have been of a passionate tempe r, ,ulII wh en yOtlng .. to have wo rn a du g~ , I whi ch he wa s apt to d raw o n t411 ~!l1 occasions" it is high ly pro babk Ih lt l II was not one of unm ixed p l ea ~ lI n'" 1111 , for himself or hi s sc hoolrell o ws ' 1'1 11 little foib les, ho weve r, he SC) (J II 11\,1 I down, and had the character rO I III 1,\

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on cheerful amI friendly te rm s with all his relations and friends. In IVfay. J j 93, he \~cnt to Gonvill e and Caius College. Cambridge. whe re he spent five years, and then we nt abroad fo r furth er medical knowledge. He too k hi s Doctor's degree ilt Padua, at the ea rl y age of Z+, and th ere attended the lectures of Fa brici us Ilb Aquapendente, at which he go t th e first inkling of hi s g reat discovery. On hi s re turn to England he beca me a fellow of the College of Physicians, and the n h ga n se riously to prosecute hi s reM 'a rches on the circulation of th e blood which he discovered by many expc ri~ III 'nts, not excepting Vivisection - a IHactice which seems to have been as IH ' va lent then as now. Harvey's work took him twenty-six l'nrs La bring to maturity; and then it vms ill received, most people sayi ng it WIIIJ o ld. and very few agreed with him. li t} had hi s admirers, however. as the lu llowi ng lines, dedicated .. To the InI olllparable D r. H arvey, on hi s Book of 1/111 1\Iotion of th e Heart and Blood" IlI'lir witness :' U

I hen th oll didst trace the blood and firSl behold \\ hrtt. dreams mistaken sages coined of old. til! lhy Pegasus l he fount:lin brake, I hc' CI'1Il1 S0n blood was but a crimson lake Which ~jrst from th~e did lyde and motion gnine, \nd \'C II1 S became llS cha nnel, not its chain e. \\ hll Drake and Ca'ndish hence the bays arc f llrl'd, 1nlll '. l ci rculator of the Jcsser world." 1111

But th e word eli'culalor has the inhli nlHS signification of quack , whic h many

'I)!pltt'd to him, indee d the comm on people tllill1 H'ht hi m crack-brained . But twenty II f' ) ,'rtrs after the publicatio n of his , 1\ 1111 it was received in all the Unit lilli's of the world, and he had the

unusual pleasure of living to see his o wn doctri ne established in his lifetime. His treatise was dedicated to Charles I., and printed in Frankfort, in 16z R, probably because of th at tow n's celebrated fairs, by which means books were circulated throughout Germany and nearly all Europe. H e was a great favourite with the King, who used to watch hi s experiments ancl help in di ssecti ng anima ls. Th e followin g story sho ws the jnterest Charl es took ill anatomy. When Thomas Parr (that extraord inalY old m.an who lived to be ' 53 years) died. H arvey, by the Kin g's comn1.1nd, dissected hi s bod)'. H e had lived all his life in the cou ntry. where he worked hard, and found th e best suppo rt of hi s years in the odd com bination of bran bread, rancid cheese and sour whey, but being taken to Londo n by the Earl of Arundel, unable to withs tand the attractions of good livin CT, he fed high, drank win e and soon d ied . B arn:y fou nd hi s dea th. as might be supposed, to have been prod uced by sudden alte ration of d iet. Throughout the wars Harvey was a lways by th ~ I~ing's side, and was present at E dge HIlI III , 642 . H e told a frie nd afte rwards that on the clay of tht:: battlc he. h ad the c~arge of ,the two young prIn ces. DUrIng the ilght he retired with t~em ll.nder a hedge , and began to rea d, 111 spite of the tumult going on clos~ by him. So occupied was hp. in his book that he did not mo ve from his place until a canno n ball g razed the ground unde r his feet, and forced him to find a more convenient spot for his studies. One of his favourite occupations was examining the growth of the chicken

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while in the egg. When he lived at Oxford he is said to have kept a hen for hatching eggs in hi s room, one of which he open ed every day to see how far the chicke n had progressed . I n 169-9 he withdrew fro m th e world and lived at Coombc 1 in Surrey. Th e re he found i t special delight in beillg in the dark, and made caves in the earth where he would sit and meditate. "I found him/' says Dr. Ent, a great friend of Harvey's, "in hi s reti rement with a sprightly and cheerful counte nan ce, im"cstigating, like Democritlls, th e nature of things." H e went on for some years wri ti ng book!' a nd treatisl.!s, but the re is a limit to all human knowl edge, and afte r reaching hi s 7 ' st ycar he spent th e re st o f hi s life in acts of kindn ess and generosity. chiefl y connected wi th s ubj ects that had to d o with hi s profession, for which he had a profound attachment. One o f hi s lib e rc~1 acts was building a musellm for th e Co ll ege of Physicians, ancl therc a statue o f H arvey, in his doctor's ro bes, was aftc rwards set up to his memory. About this ti me he re signed his professo rship of a natomy, and refused th e offer of th e preside ncy of the Collp.ge, which his inc reasing age and infirmities rendered im possible for hi m.

He lived only two years longer. On Jun e 3rd, , 657 , he died. A few days before his death he sent for his nephews and distributed slllall presents among th em j to onc he gave the minute watch , with which he had made hi s ex perim e nts, and sma ll gifls to each of the others. H e could not speak-for. as his biographer plltS it, .. he was seized with th e dead palsy in the tongue H - but he made signs to his

apothecary to bleed him in the to ng ue; but it was no use . Three weeks after hi s clt::a th the fun eral took place. It was co ndu cted wi th g re::at ceremony and magnifice nce. and all the Fell ows of thl' Co ll ege attend ed . Hampstead, in E ssex, was the sce ne of hi s burial, and there Ill' lies in a vault, lapt in lead, and on hili breast in large letters is to be read DR.

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As rcgards pcrs·:lt1al appearance he Willi ve ry s mall, round faced, and of an oliv(' compl exi on, with little black eyes, and black hair. H e did not enj oy very goot! hea lth and .suffe re d mu ch from the gOlll. His meth od o r treatin g hi s complaint would hard ly co mmend itselr to a modl' 1I1 docto r's idea. H e use d to sit in th l most frosty weather with hi s legs bare (:)'1 the lead s of hi s house, or e lse he WO\ I hi put th em into a pail of water, till he wn" almost dead from co ld ; he th en w(' 111 close to his stove, and a c ure was afiCCL(·tI , His mode of producin g sleep when ht woke at night was almost as ecccnlt ii ' Gett ing o ut o r bed he use d to wall about the room in hi s s hirt till he shiv:'rt'd wi th cold, and then wh en he retmll ecl \ 11 bed he fell asleep at o nce. He was quite a fashionable west-out! doctor o r hi s day, and used to vis it hi patients on horseback, with hi s nUIII fo ll owinO' o n foot, in the same way :I!i till Judges ,~ere th en accustomed to ri ch. \Vestmin ster Hall. Though he had h l 'll lI fifty years in practice, and the '0111\ physician, he was not so very we ll ull and d ied wo rth about £2.0,000, whi ch I not very co nsid erable conSidering hi reputat ion, but it is probable that ht' \\ II too much engaged in the purs uit III

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SCHOOL NEWS.

WtÂˇ o n'c r OUl' heartiest congratulati ons li nd Mrs. Bell upon the birth of a

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d IIIMhtm which took place on Thursday, 1111\ '.I,I!.

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\VI ' 'o ng ratulatc the following upon l' IIIItH their co lours:'I

~ I. --G . F. I-lowell, H. G. Paris, (; . ~ . Covell, W. Lucas, W. N. K,Âˇ mpe, A. L. B. Thom so n, R . E. Ie I alwi g k, H. Gardne r, C. M. I hili lop.

2nd XL-O, B. Parso ns, N. A.llittleston, H. L. John ston, E. T. Gage, I-J. Petley, F. H . Harriso n, C. A. 1\'1 Richard so n, G. \<\1. R. Rud kin. .)1.

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L. J . Bassett has been chosen to play in the Public Schools' Xl. against the M.e.C. at Lords, on August 7th and 8th .

" 'e also heartily cong ratulate 1\,1r. and Mrs. Hodgson, who celebrate the ir Sil ver \'V edding on Augu st 26th .

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I must plead insolvency: I cannot 'meet my liabilit ies : so I now take stock of my assets. Before next issue, I tru st that several of the unde r-m entioned gentlemen will have staggered humanity, in which case you may hear from me again. T he list which follows pur ports to give the names and occu pation s of O.K.S. now in India: but I expect it is incomplete. I have put question marks against t he names of those wh o arc alleged to be O.K.S.-but about whose orthodoxy there is some doubt. I. Capt. A. Bredin, 72nd Punjahis, l\leikliln, . BUrIlmh. 2. T. E. Bredin, Commerce, Bimlipatnm. 3. H . V. Cohb, I.e.S., British Resident ill Gwaiior. 4· Rcv, W. F. Cobh, C,:\LS" ;\Iooltan. 5· C. S. Crawford, i\lanager of Coffee Estates, Kad ur, ~ I yso re. 6. J. H. Crawford, MUrlflger of Coffee Estates, I-b ssan, .Mysore_ 7. W. L. Crawforo (?) i\,Ianflger of Coffee Estates , Hassfln, Mysore. 8. Canon F. N. Crowther, Cflnon of :\'fadras. 9. C. C. Eastgate, Elect rical Engineer, Cfllcutta. 10. Lieut. W. H. EvanJ;, R.E., }ubLulpore. I J . F . M. Gadney, A. S. Police, I-l yderauad, Sindh . 12. B. G . Geidt, I. C.S. (?) Judge, H igh Cou rl, Calcutta . 13. Col. H. W. Georges (?) 28th Light Cavalry, Sangor, C. p. 14· J. S. H awkins (?) .coffee Estates, N ilgiris.

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W. Heale, Poli tical Se rvice, Guardian In

the Vuvaraj of i\'i yson:. 16. J. E. Hushands, I. C.S., Assistant Collector, Ahmedab:\tl. 17. J. J. Inglis, District Locomot ive Su perintendclH, N. W. Railway, KarachI. 18. H. M. James, Superintendent T ea E!'tates , nea r Sylhet, Assalu. 19. Lieut. T. W. 1-1. Jones, 77th (?) Infantry, Bangalort·, 20. E. I-I. Jones, Assistant Supt. Police, Arcol. 2 1. i\fajor W . C. Leslie, L A., Canton ment Magistrate, Barull. 22. J. C. :'\Iulony, Dist rict Supt. )lolice , Pililhit, V. I'. 2). Lieut. A. B. Molony, 2nd and 10th GU I'kIHl Rifles, Toungov, Burmn 24. Lieut. A. L. Paris, R. E., Kiskee. 25. F . Sladden, Coffee Estates, i\·lysore. 26. J. H. Smith, Principal Daly College, fnd or('. 27· A. R. Stuart, yfadras Railway, Podnmir. 28. Trumanl}Said to be ill Indian Army, bil l 11o! 29. Truman 2 in Di rectory. 30. A. L. Tllrn!J\1U, Indigo planting, i\fairwll , Saran, BenWI ] 31. C. J. \Vacher (?) J\'f atlnger Coffee Estllle!:i, Saklospur, i\I)'N OI\

Even if incomplete, plai nly proves th at the present d.ay could not without J<ing's School, back it up.

the abo vo 1\ .. ) I nd ia of thl possibly (·xl,., CanterbUl'Y, III

I hope you'll have a good match wh it the O.K.S.; and that you'll get beaton,

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O. K. S. "forr/age. DRAKE- BELL. On Saturday, 24th, at Graaff Reinet. Cape Colony, ~ullth Africa. 10hn Bernard Drake, M.A., \ MKistant Master of the College, Graaff I{t' inct, onl), son of Rev. C. B. Drake, Itt 'C LOt' of Severin gton , to Beatrice Louise, IIlIly daughter of the Rev. Canop Bell , Vkar or C ranbrook.

NEWS. Lincoln, to St. T homas', \Vest Ham.

.lIIIl C

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• of O. K.S.

1 n ou r list ordained on I'dlli ty Sunday, we o mitted11,{II'O Il L. H. F e nn, Scholae Ca ncellarii

R. St j. Bradrlell has been call cd to the Bar: H e is, we understand. sho rLl), go ing o ut to Singapore.

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The Rev. J. A. Dibben (K S. 18bq187.1), has been appointed to the living of Castle Northwich, Cheshire: Patron. the Bishop of Chester.

OFFERTORIES. ritp Onc rlories this te rm have bee n as follows;.OBJECT.

May 7.

21.

JlI ne 4. 25· IIII)' 9·

20.

.. 23· lIllII" 3·

A:-.IOUNT.

Cathedral Reparation Fund £2 '3 9 1 19 0 Police Court Mission in Ca nterbury Soldiers' I nstitute at S. Th omas' lVI ount, Madras Diocese I 9 3 2 8 " Aret hu sa" Training Ship for Home less Boys Men's Club in the parish of St. Gregory, Cante rbury z 2 6 Poor of the parish or St. Stephen's, near Canterbury 4 7 School Chapel Fund 5 5 Canterbury Oiocesan E du cation Society (ror Church Schools ..

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/II. B. - Th e Edilors dedint to acccpt (l.Il), n sponsilJi/il.j' cOllnected wi/It tIlt opinions oj Inch- Cornsl"" dents. Name anti address must always lie .Rivell, lI ot Il!cessaril" for publication, Imf (1 11/

Xlltl1fllltee of good failh. PusoJlalities 1.ul/l /1111011,& a rIa I" 1Âˇe/ecNolI. 1urittw ou. one side of flu P(1P&1" 0111)'.

00, Burgatc, C;:l.1lterbnr),. July ,8th, ' qo.\.

To lIlt Editors

"THE CANTUARTAK."

DEAR SIR S ,

Your correspondent" U ganeIa," writing from British East Africa. says that he and " lots of others wo uld be glad to send a subscri ption each year to th e School if they knew what to give it to." As he does not sign hi s name, he may

already. be a su bscriber to the "Olel Cantuaria n Fund,lI but, if not so already. may I sug){cst that he send me 5/- a year nnd have hi s name add ed to the list? This is reall y a most useful fund. for on th e one hand. the monel' subscribed goes to help a boy leaving 'School, which is probably just at the time that he most needs help. and , on the other, the subscriber is kept in touch wit h all that goes on in the School. by having each year sent him a Pink book with the School lists, as well as a list and particulars of al l

Letlcn .dl/m!d /'..

subscribe rs, and at the same time rcCC iVi '" an invitalio n to the Speeches, and is a lw:I\' welcomed by th e H ead Master a L 11 11' lup. cheon after. An other of vou r corresponci r ll UI, 1\'f r. \Valker, who IS already a subsc riht l , to thi s fund. would like a registe r of O . l< .~. ke pt. A complete re gister is a mil"" diffi cult thing to make , and more diOk uli still to main tain, but surely thi !o; 0111 Ca ntuarian Fund publishes eve ry yca l' III the Pink book a suffi cientl y completl' 11,,.1 of those wh o take any interest in II II' School. This list is increasin g ('VI \I)' year, and thi s year contain s th e nnll il' lt ancl particulars of 160 O. K. S., and I ~I III II be only too glnd to add the Il:! II)(' III anyone who will sign ify to me hi s wi ll h 10 beco me a subscriber.

I am, Sirs, Yours trul y. BRIAN R IG IH'N Hon. IImÂˇJIII.

Old Cantua",,,, lil/l

THE 1:1 11" ed/tors \),

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TH E CANTUAR I AN ."

' 1K S,

In the interests of several O.K.S.,

\\ hUll) I have met lately, I write to ask \1111 if the Sports' Committee could IIl tllll ge in future that the reports of the (', ld uÂˇ t and other matches be inserted in IIII ~ Sportsman. I think I am right in sayin g that no 'I 'H llllS have as yet appeared in the 'rllt/tlNall of any of thi~ term'~ matches.

I lul)ing that something can be arranged III, III ' future, and that I am not taking up 10 0 much of your space. Yours tr uly,

INTERESTED.

others, who, like myself, are not blessed with too-weighty purses, complaining of the expenses incurred through railway journeys when the teams play away matches either Cricket o r Football. They are, as you know, co nsid erabl e, and I would humbly suggest that they sho uld

be paid, or partly paid, by th e School. The Sports' Fund is. I believe, in a very flouri sh ing condition, and to what better object could it be applied? Perhaps some will object that such matches are a pleas ure, a nd hence, as all pleasures, must be paid for. BUL, surely, the ti me which the teams necessarily dc'vote to the s-ame, and the many incidental expenses (such as colours, etc. ) are enough for them to bear. Those selected to represent us do not hesita.te to pay such

expenses for the good of the School, but it is neverthel ess a serious consideration for most of us. I ,I /It( fr.'tlt'lors of " TH E

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I IH'g to bring befo re your notice a ItllUH1I to whi ch I hope you will give your liIIHl dlÂˇrrt tion . I have freq uently heard

I am, Yours truly,

ONE WHO HAS PAID.

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NOTICE S.

\Ve beg to acknowledge w,ith \ Robinson. E sq . (3/6). A. H . Shi ers. '\0:" 1' thanks th e receipt of the followll1g ( Â£ 1 IS.) The Secretary wo uld be glad al wll)'~ subscriptions :G. F. Ri gden. Esq. ( 3/6). F. D elga rn o- to receive changes of address.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

~Ve beg to ackno~vledge with th an~s ~h e receipt of the followmg contemporanes ,T he C OUll !)1 GlIllleman ( 3). K.iug E dward's S chool 11lagazitze, Bu ru~lIl , The B lue, L ey's For/nightly. A Il~'yIll~lI , D ()VoY/all , S tJlloll Valenet S chool lv[agazmt ,

Slllrbufllian , Felsled/an , Ousel, EpSIJlflljlll, E lizabethan, E x oniall, Glrlltl llllllll" ClnwuCle, Bradfield College C IO rll1ll I, Bltmdelliall. A ll communicati ons to t he Sc(' I!II,1 1\ please address T he Sch ool H OlHW " I(

Gibbs and Sons, Printe rs, Palace St reet, Cao tcrbmy.

THE VO l. . VI.

CA NTUA RIA N. OCT OBER.

Iq os .

N o. 17.

EDITORIAL. It is natural that at the begin ni ng of a lle w School year before those who have 1I~IU18 mbled and th ose who have assembled for the first tim e ha\'c had a fair tr ial. IIl lI n)' should view th e comin g yea r with apprehensio n. This sen timent, fostered no .Iouht by th e sadness of the season in which the School yea r opel1s, fi nds and has IlI lI g foun d echo in the pages of many School papers besides our own and is often an I ' \II'CSSion of right modesty by t hose who feel incompetent to take 011 the work their .' It tin; have left. We feel, however. that if th e School has opened any year with bright prospects, II IH the present. I t has enjoyed a steady g rowth for ma ny years and it seems as if IhlH grow th must now have reached matur ity. vVith practically all a vai lable space in dIP School g rounds occ upied, om num bers q uite as large as that space all ows, and II In Ktn ff of Masters even too large for its accommoda tion, outwa rd thin gs here mu st hll "(JIBe tim e at least remain mu ch as th ey arc now. I\ lorcover, both regular school work and athl etic s have here, as elsew here. lately , n h ll l und er such plenary organisati on. t hat we th ink as much work as well can be ,111 1111 is now arranged fo r those in the School in each of th ese t wo departments. It !!n jlpl'ns that the re is, this year, exceptional promi se both fo r cricket and football, so Iluli In athl etics at least it should be shown whbth er or not improved organisation

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yields corresponding improvement in result. As to wor~J we must hc:pe th~t ~he School will in the co urse of the year, redeem its reputatlOll after the dlsappoll1tm g results of the Certificate Examinations by emulating its success of former years at the University, and again doing well as last year at Woolwich and Sandhurst. We venture on no fore cast; we merely submit that this year ought to be more than usually successful and, in all humility, hope that it may prove to be so.

3n Memoriam. -I< A.

We have heard with reg ret of th e death of Mr. A. M. Beaumont, who was a me mber of thi s Schoo l from 1874 to 1880. Soon after leaving

School he went Out to Queensland and was for some time Solicitor-General in

BEAUMONT.

that Colony.

He returned to England

in failing health two or Âˇ three years ago, and many wi ll remembe r th at he

replied to the toast of the O.K. S. at the O.K.S. Supper, when he came down to the School in Jul), ' 903.

I- -----------------------------;r SPEECH DAY. Speech Day this year was held on Thursday â&#x20AC;˘. Aug ust 3rd, anr(~ in s pite of d ull and threate ning weather the day passed off WIth success. I,here was first II celebration of the Holy Communion in the Cathed ral at 7.Jo, at whlch large numlJII I,. were prese nt. The Co mmemoration Servi ce at 10 a.m. was also very well altCnd{1CI,

the Anniversary Preacher being the Rev. J. W. Horsley (O.K.S. , 855 - ,863 ), R '('I'" of St. Peter's, 'Val worth, and H on. Canon of Rochester Cathedral. The customary Speeches were given in the Chapter House at noon, tll m" p resent including the Dean of Ca nterbury and Nlrs. "Vace, the D eputy- l\'l nyul ,

Dr. and 1\'[r5. Mason, Canon :i\Ioo re, Dr. Blare, Dr: Greaves, and a la rg~ COI.Ii JIII II \ of parents aud friends of the School. But we mIssed a~l1ong others .Slr C OIII NI Collard who was stili, we regret to say, confined to hIS house by Illness. 11 1111 Mr. H enniker H eaton whose Parliamentary work preve nted him a t the last m Ull II III from coming down to Canterbury. The selection of Speeches followed the usual lines with th e exception Iil lit 11 11

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" I'ragic English' was- replaced by a scene in Shakespeare's lighte r vein. The programme was as follows : ' . - PHORMIO: Act v., Sc. vii., viii. . . Terence. Phormia (a parasllej H. P. V. Townend. Demipho . . R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. Chremes (~II~ broiller) . " G. F. Olive . Nausistrata ( w ife of Cllremesj C. J. N. Adams. hremes, before he married Nausistrara, had been secretly married at Lemnos, and had a daughter. III 'll der to ~eep Natlsistrata in ignorance of thi s, Chrcmes and Demipho a rranged to g ive the daughter, wil li " good dowry, in marriage to Phortnio. Th ey have paid the dowry in advance, bu t afterwards want h i Illl IT their harga in, and to recover rhe money. Phormio refuses, and says he IS willing to carry Ollt 111"1. compact. They then threaten him with a lawsuit, a nd so he reveals lhal he knows the whole story 1t" "1 Lcmnos. They in vain try to bribe him to secrecy, and so at last seize him to drag him to Jl\IIllCt i but he to revt-ngc himself, calls Nausislrnta fr om the hOllse , and, to her grea t g ri~f, tells her nil.

~cc ne {rol)) "LA GRAMMAIR E " Poitrinas CabOllssat Blanche (IllS daugMer) Jea n ( IllS servanl)

Jf. ll1. L abiclle et J olty. R. 'Watson . A. DE B. Hamilton.

C. J. N. Adams.

G. F. Howell.

L'llhoussat, very ignl)rnnl of grammar, bUI rich and anxious to become a public man, gets h is .ltt'lij ht cr to write his speeches for him; o wi ng to the~n M. Poitrinas, his fri end, who is an enthusiastic H,tlq llillY, gets hi m elected a member of the le:\rn ed Acarlemy of Etampes, and comes 10 tell him the HI \\ I, ~I. Poitrinas uses his visit also to expl ore Caboussat's garden for antiquities, and find s bu ried IIII I ~ III II hca p Lllll(!'h brok en iron a nd crockery, which hc think s Roman, but which is really the result ,I tit â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ 1)I'cak ages o f the servant, ]ean,- -a fact which is thus revealed to his master.

HCl'nc from" MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT H ING" Leona to (Governor 0/ jWessilla) Dogberry I . 0 Ve rges I fwo f oohsil "Jjficers r acoal (Sex/on)

l~~:,~~~io

(follow,,", oj' D Oli j'ohn )

1St Watch zncl Watch II

Shakespeare.

F . M. Deighton. H. P. V. Townend. G. C. Strahan. G. C. Covel!. G. M. Webster. A. de B. Hamilton. F . G. L. Scott. K. Moore.

lIur"chio and Conrad have been arrested by the Watch on suspicion, and are examined by I.. II )' '" Itl Verges.

~I un . from the" CLOUDS "

Socrates . . Sc.: ho lar .. Slrcpsiades

Arislopha?ltS.

G. F. Olive. H. L. Dibben. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards.

lI ,tl pllhldcs goes to the Thinking Shop of Socrates, in order to learn how to escapc his debts.

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After some difficulty and delay about admiltance, a scholar lets him enter, and shews him S0 111 ~ wonders of newÂˇfangled science-scholars looking into the things beneath the carlh,- globes, measures, &c. Then suddenly Strep!';iades !'iees Socrates who is "l' aloft looking at the Slin through .. telescope. He comes down and ftighlens Slrepsiades by the methods whereby he purposes to make hllll a Schola r.

5.-Scene from the ((Critic" or a "TRAGEDY REHEARSED" Sheridan Puff (Ihe Allihor) G. C . Strahan. F. M . Deighton. ~~~~~le f Crliles :. R. Watson. Hopkins (Ullder Prompler) G. C. Covell. CHAkACTERS OF THF. TRAGEDY: Governor of Tilbury Fort W. T elfer. Don Whiskerandos (Spa nis" Captive) G. H. S. Pinsent. T'lb . i daugltier of Ihe Goverllor, I K . Moore. 1 unna l tll love w i/It Wil iskerandos i Confidante H. L. Dibbon. SCENE :- The Stage of Drury Lane Theatre, with Tilbury Forl represented in the background.

The Latin speech whi ch always holds the place of honour at th e head of 11111 programme, in deference we suppose to its pro\'e rbi al character for dulness, slie ('fiH fully belied that reproach, thanks largely to the excellent actin g of T ownend wh fUl!' free and' unstarched I style was aided by a command of facial expression whi ch \10' /1 .. decidedly' parasitic.' The best comm e ntary on th e F rench speech is to be foullt! in the applause with whi ch it was received , especially by the ladi es of the a llcli (' II I I~1 who enjoy t herein the prerogative (usurped by th e inferior sex ' in t he Latin 111 11 Greek scenes) of being first to detect the humour and criti cize the pronuncialloll Still, we may venture to express opinion that Hamilton ::;hcwed considerabl e reSO IIlI I' in the part of Caboussat while Howdl in a subordinate role acted in a g raceful \\ 11\ and spoke with a pleasing accent. Our insular pride was really flattered by th e 1111 101 that a dow nright and forceful youn g Briton with a healthy Anglo-Sax on SIW III Ii cannot be successfully disguised as a French man; and even Mr. Mason's " IVI' I a lchemy was powerless to transmute the nationality of Watson. None th e 1(',.., Poitri nas a I'Anglais was an entertaining study. Seacoal was excp.llently rend rcd h ~ Covell and the success of the whole sce ne from (:Much Ado' was large ly owinf( I II Strahan . But we cann ot forego a regret t hat we could not see either of th ese In till esse ntially tragic part. The comic element in the speeches would have bcnclill' rl Ii, a more seri olls interlude a nd these two would have had an opportunity of ex hihil in., their powers in th e more dignified and res trained style. Our old fri ends SOt'I III I" and Strepsiades were as amusing as eve r in th e capab le hands of Olive and DriIlM!!') Richard s; and wh at I ad mirable fooling' it is, to be su re! And what a 81)1(111111,1 antidote for the {No Greek' epidemic. lVlay it be long before Aristoph:lIw lI! I

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1tlllllKhcd from the stage by a crooked and pe rverSe generation-to be replaced by a 1IIIIIhml Germ an comedy from the pen of an I mperial playwright. I t was only fitting Ihul 11Il! closing piece shou ld be the best. and while congratulating Moore on his • IIWI' I' impe rsonation of Tilbllrina, we must reserve a compli ment of a spe.cial kind Ittt Htrnhan who displayed a nati ve talent above the average. Vie have long bee n It 'l'uRto mcd to look for and to find a high standard of fini sh in our speeches, but we tUtl ~ I ad to be able to say of one of our actors, when occasion otTer£, 'non institutus lid IInbutlis.' \¥e co nclude with a more general criticism. The position of the 1.IHtl in th e Chapter Honse is hallowed by ancient cllstom, but in spite of the obvious 111I1\'t' lIir nccs of the arrange ment it tends to exercise a baleful influence on the acting. I hll /I tor mu st often have his back to a large portion of the a udience and is obliged Itl Illdress this di sadvantage by a n unduly loud enunciation or exaggerated gesture, IIuil there is less inducemen t to re i)' for etTect on subtle changes of intonation and I 1I"'ssion and delicate • finesse' of movement, which we believe to be the di sIIIIK llishing features of accomplished acting. The Speeches concluded. th e H ead master as usual summ arised the doings of 11111 !-i{'hooi within the last year, after which th e Prizes were distributed. 'l'lu:reupon th e Dean havin g read the list of di stin ctions gained. said he felt it hI hou nde n duty to otTer on behalf of himself and the other members of the govern111'4 hody their hea rt}' co ng ratul ations and warm thanks to the Headmaster and to the I hU,int masters for the admirable work whi ch, as they had seen, the School had ,,' li lilplished during th e year. H e tho ught that they ought to bear in mind, Itl c'xprcssing those ack nowledge ments and tha nks, that the work of a ,, 111101 like tha t and the work of a H eadmaster in particular became 1111111\ an d more arduous every day, because of the inc reasing a nd varied II, IlIU nd s which were made for the teaching of the boys. This had been a ,I'll lIutrked in th e public mind by very active discllssion as to the principles of II II Itillg ; most vital questions regarding classical teachin g and mode rn teaching had It. I' ll hlhicd alld we re still before th em. H e would like to say that the old system of I· 1\ "l ng, which was so we ll represented in that School, was much misun de rstood. II WI1I4 argued ahout as a me re question of learning Latin a nd Greek grammar; but, I thor had seen from the speecbes represe nted on their stage, th at which ~ I I ,.Ic'a l teach ing really mea nt was the bringing the minds an d thoughts I'" hoys in contact with the best thoughts of a ll the great ancient IIllIu H S and int roducin g them to the wisdom and the follies and all the ,"IHIIH hu mours of our human nature. That, after a ll , had been the characteristic III Ihll bl!st E nglish classical ed ucati on from the ea rliest time that it assum ed its I"' 11111 form. H e was sure that the H ead master would agree with him that the IIItJl'r~ of the teaching of Latin and the old authurs in the sixtee nth and seventeenth ! I IllI uh'" was not mere grammatical accuracy-that was quite a secondary point-it j tIll ' bringing the minds of th e scholars into con tact with great thoughts. That,

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he believed, had bee n rendered possible in the present day to some degree more than before by the development of the great mod ern libraries which provided the literature of our own country, and to that extent perh aps t he a mount of classical study mi ght, with out disadvantage. be red uced, but he thought that th e old teachi ng of Hlelm hltlJlfl1ll01f' would always hold its own in English education, although the methods of appJicat iOll mi ght be somewh at diverse. 'With a ll these difficulties. they owed great thanks tel the Headmaster for the manner in whi ch he had been able to cover all these slucii rM. That their school should be eighth out of eighty-six in the examinations of tllll Oxforrl and Cambrid ge Board , tenth out of thirty-five in the gy mnas tic com petiti ollH at Aldershot, and that they should have gai ned all these distinctions, not on ly nt Oxford a nd Cambridge, but at \¥oolwich and London, the un iversities a nd the sn'u t hospi tals was a great achi eve ment ·indeed. The H eadmaster had now, as it WOII\ to drive an eve r increasing team of horses and that was what it a ppeared WII !oj acco mplished by th at school in a very eminent degree. One other grea t advantn Hi' which all would agree that the School possesssed was th at it was overshadowed by Ih lll magnificent Cathedral, and also the Associations of the boys with th e Cathedral fll II I with its s~rvices. There was so mething in the mere presence of the Cathedral. in il K form, and still more in its un ique associations with t.he wh ole of English history lind the mighty influences of religion, which produced that enn ob ling and deepening em'l I which he felt sure was quietly being prod uced upon the m. For all t.hose reasoll S III' congratulated them upon a most sllccessful year, and he was sure th at they would join him in offering hea rty good wishes to the maste rs and to th e boys fo r silllilll i success in the year whi ch was ope ning upon them. and more particularly to the hoy II whose character and worth had been desc ribed by the H ead maste r in such fC("ilII H word s. The proceedings concluded with the custQmary cheers for th e Dea n /111 11 members of th e Chapter, the H eadmaster, the masters, and others. The Headmaster and Mrs. Galpin subseq ue ntly e ntertained a large com ptlny 1.1 guests to luncheon in the Gymnasi um . The loyal toasts having been honoured , the Rev.] . \ .y. Horsley proposc(1 til l health of the Dean an d Chapte r in a humorolls speech . The Dean replied, and submitted" The health a UlI welfare of the Co rp 1111 11 11 of Canterbury," H e said he had only one fault to find with the Corporation in 111I' 1t adm inist.ration, and that was that they did not look suffi ciently after th e Ltlnyli lll If they could take that little matter in hand he believed that th ere would bt· Ihlll that anyone could find fa ult with. H e was going to propose tn them, in t:U SLOII \l Il , phrase, the health of t.he Mayor and Co rporation of Canterbury, bllt in saying lil ul III must exp ress the deep regret which th ey all felt that their good friend t he i\.JayOI (0 1 I I II limes, Sir George Colla rd, was prevented fro m a ttending that gathe ring by a n ind l"ll" It' tion wh ic h had lasted some wee ks. There was no onc in Canterbury held in 1111111

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hO llour than Sir George Colla rd. and he was sure th at he would have th eir leave to ~rom that assemblage a~ expression of th ei r sympathy. He was happy to say Il ulI Sir George was progressll1 g. and hoped to leave Canterbury Soon for th e seaside.

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The toast was acknowledged by the Deputy Mayo r, Alderman Gentry. The Headmaste r n ~xt proposed" The Old King's Scholars," a nd General Chap:Mannes. late Commandant at Gosport, having re plied. the health and Mrs. Galpin was drunk, and the proceedings were brought

11 11 111 of the Royal II I th· Il erJd master III II lose.

PRIZES ADJUDGED DU RING THE YEAR 1904-1905. t ''' plain's Prize (Mi tc hinson )

,\l ullll'matics ( Mitchinson) . . .. h ll lt' rn Languages, French (iVl itchi nson) Ge rman (Grtaves) " " Nil iurni Science (Mitchi nson) , I""ical ( Broughton ) .. Illv ln il)' ( Broughtou)

.• .. I 1 1I1I~i ca l Compositio n (.Dean Farrar) I II MII' h Literature (Streatfield )

I'dvlil Slud), ( "dward B1ore)

E. A. Roper, i. G. H. S. Pin sent. G. H. S. Pin sent. E. K. Barber. R. B. Winser. E . A. Roper, i. R. H . W. Brinsley·Ri chards (Prize). A. G. Roper, ii. F.. A . Roper, i. E. A. Roper, i. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards (Prize). R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards.

~. ~o~~;v~end J (Prize). E. A. Roper, i. E. A. Roper, i. EAR . . oper, 1.. E. A. Roper, i. F. G. L. Scott (Prize). I " '''Wfip hy ( Prize given by J. Henniker H eaton, l A N I L'II , .. .. J • • • I J . I" q., M.P., fur Canterbury) I II MII' h I,ssay (ditto) . . . _. R. H . W. Brinsley-Richards. "I\" .d I-llstoty CollectIons ( Head Maste r) G. H . S. Pin sent. 11"oving . .. •• •• A. J. Trousdell. I I" lId.y Drawing P ri ze A. J. T rousdell. 11"" hand .. C. G. Williamson .

'£;.

I Il in Prose I itl lilk Prose I 'lii n Verse ll lllnk Verse

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4-3 6

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Divinity, Va. and Vb, Forms (El wyn) " IVa. and IVb . " History, VI. Form (Stanley) " Va. " (Seneschal ) )J

Vb.

IVa.

IVb."

(Emden) "

French,IVa. to IIIe Forms (Greaves) FORM - VI. Form (C hristmas) Va. Form (Christmas) (Midsummer, Gordon) " Composition (Prose) " (Verse) Army Class (Ch;;stmas)

." "

(M idsummer) Geometrical Drawin g

Vb. Form (Christmas) " (Midsu mmer) IVa. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) IVb. Form (C hristmas) " (Midsummer) IlIa. Form (Christmas) (Midsummer) IlIb. Form (Ch ristmas) JI

(Midsummer)

IIIe. Form (Christmas) " CMidsummer) HEAD Va. Form Army Class Vb. Form

MASTER'S

G. Ii. Maclear. H. P. Sparling. A. N. 1. Lilly. H. P . V, T ow nend. A. B. Emden, i. H. W. K. Mowll, i. T. S. Emery, i. A. N. I. Lilly. H. Gardner.

PRIZES. H . P. V. Townend. G. F. H owell , i. C. N . Smith, i.

C. N. Smith, i. C. N. Smith, i. H . G. Paris. P. P. Husbands (Prize). R. B. ';Yinser . H . G. Paris. E. M. Tuke. P. G. E. Chave. T. H. Howell, ii. H . C. Ashenden. P. G. E. Chave. A. N. I. Lill)'. . G. L. Bai l),. C. S. Emden, ii. A. V. Maxted, i. G. W. R. Simpson. A. H. Ward e, ii. C. W. Hunt. DIVI NITY

PRIZES.

C. N. Smi th. R. T. Jenkin (Prize). J, R. B. Smith, 'iii. H. P. Sparling.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

IVa. Form IVb. Form IlIa. Form IIIb. Form

I-I. W. K. Mowll, i. L. N. K. O'Neil!. J . H. D. Watson, ii. . . S. G. Duprey. l G. M. Emery, ii. " t J. H. Mowl!, iii.Â·

1IIe. Form

LOWER

SCHOOL

Divinity . . Mathematics (C hristmas) " (Easter) .. Natural Science ( Mitchinson) French ., History . . Dictation Music

Drawing ..

J UNIOR

SCHOOL

IIa. Form, Upper (C hristmas) )J

(Midsum mer)

Lo wer (Christmas) n ,, (Midsummer) lib. Form (Christmas) ,. " (Midsummer) I. Form (C hristmas) " (Midsummer) Divinity. . .. Mathematics (Ch ristmas) " (Mids ummer) . , .. E nglish (Prizes gi ven by J. Emery, Esq.) IIa. Form lIb. Form I. Form Drawing . . D ictation Music

PRIZES. B. E . Mo ney. D . H. Cowie.

E. W. Hughes. C. S. Emden, ii.

D. F. Corson. V. C. Taylor. D. F. Corson. B . E. Money. C. H. Woodhouse.

PRIZES. D. O. Fardell. C. J . Galpin. H . S. Wacher, i. R. C. Cro wley, iii.

J. H. Woods. C. D. D. Best. R . J . N. Norris. L. E. C. Evans. R. E. C. Smith, iv. D. O. Fardel!. C. J. Galpin. D. O. Fardel!. C. C. Reay. _ L. E , C. E vans. H. G. Dalton. R. C. G. H ancock. R, C, G. Hancock.

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THE

CANTUARIAN .

ANNIVERSARY PREACHER. The R EV. J. W. HORSLEY, M.A. (O.K. S., I gss-1 863), Rector of St. Pet r'. , ':Val worth j Hon. Canon of Rochester Cathedral.

The List of Anniversa ry Preachers goes back to '7 '4.

EXHIBITIONER ELECTED JULY, 1905. E. A. ROPER ( Rose) Classical Scholar of Queen' s Coll ege, O xfo rd.

THE. GILBERT GIFT. F . M.

DEIGHTON ,

Math. Schola r of Trinity College. Cambrid ge.

W. T ELFER, Math. Scholar of Cla re College, Cambridge .

TH E G. F.

O. K. S.

RIGDE N,

GIFT.

'Â¥estminster Hospital.

T'HE WADDINGTON GIFT. A. de B. HAMILTON, Classical Sch ol~r of

c.e.c.,

Cambridge.

\ THE

CANTUAR I AN .

439

EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. 1(. I I . C HARLES ( Rose) Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. I ' S. F. NAIR N ( Rose) F ord Student of Trinity College, Oxford. I C. 130VENSC HEN ( Rose) Scholar of Corpus College, Oxford. II. A. J Il N KIN ( Bun ce) Se holar of J esus Coll ege, Cambridge. , '. DURHAM (Parker ) Corpus Christi Coll ege, Cambridge. I) ,

(Rose) Exhibitioller or Pembroke College. Cambridge. (Stanhope) Scholar of Jeslls College, Cambridge.

PRESTON

'I' \v I~ L LS

( ;".I.IBRANO ( Parker) Corpus Chri sti College, Cambridge. ,1,:

Vacates tIlls julY.

SCHOLARS. Elected December, ' 9Â°4' KING'S SC H OLAI~ S .

JU"IORS. II. T ownshend . I':. n. H oskir,g. 1\ . R. Bellars.

PROBATION ERS.

D. H. Cowie. C. F . M. N. Ryan. E. B. Nelson. F. L. Goad . D. O. Fardell. ENTRANCE SCHOLA RS.

G. C . W. Harker. H . N evil!.

I) . 11. Cowie .

1'. G . E. Chave. " F. M. N. Ryan.

'. J.

C. F . Freeborn. H . Parsons.

Galpin . H OUSE SCHOLARS.

(' .

~1.

Sulton.

A. N . 1. Lilly.

IV. S. Barrol!.

THE

44°·

CANTU/l.RIAN.

El,c/,d

JltlY.

'9 05 .

KING'S SCHOLARS. SENTORS.

A. G. Roper. K . Moore.

J . Deighton. C. J. N. Adams.

I R. T. Jen kin . J UNIORS.

C. B. Simeon . P. G. E. Chave.

D. L. Robertson. E. A. Graty.

I PROBATIONER S .

""·R. E. Martin . B. Sidebotham. R. H. Warde. R. E. C. Smith.

*J. W. M. Maynard. ~·\H . D . Townend. #C. B. J erram. *J. M. Courtney.

"J. ENTRANCE SC HOLAR S.

C. J. Galpin. %H. D. Towncnd.

B. Jerra m. "J. B. Sidebotham.

I t R. W. H. Moline. HOUSE SCHOLARS.

~<c .

* Not yet members of the School.

·.1;.R. E. Martin . D. O. Farde11.

'.:J' w. ~'~.

~IaYI;ard.

"M . G. S. Cull.

t Scholarship increased in value.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED . DURING THE YEAR 1904 -1905. E. A. ROPER, Open Classical Scholarship, Queen's Cullege. Oxro rct. F. M. ~ElG~TON, Open Mathematical (Minor) Scholarship, Trinity ColltH1p, Cambndge. ,. VI. TELl!'ER, Open Mathematical Scholarship, Clare College, Cam bri dge, A. d e ~: HAMI LTON, Open ~l assical Scholarship, Corpus Ch risti College. CamhridHI J. L. IOMLIN, Passed 45th Into the Royal Military Academy, ' ¥ooiwich (dl;w l / I"## i/.( A,·u!y.Class).

THE

NATION,

CANTUAR I AN.

Passed 28th into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (direci from

tlu Amijl Clan).

G. F. (j, C.

RIGDKN,

F. C.

BOVENSCHEN.

COVELL,

First Entrance Schularship at Westminster Hospital Medical School. First Division, London University Matriculation Examination.

Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; First Class Classical Moderations. II . A. JENKIN. Exhibitioner of Jesus College. Cambridge; Foundation Scholarship for Classics. I.:, . GREEN, Scholar of Queen's College, Cambrid ge j Scholarship increased in value. II. It. CHARLES. Scholar (.f Christ Church. Oxford; Second'Class in Final Classical School of Litt:rae H umaniores. It S. BRADDELL. \Vorccster Colleg~. Oxford; Second Class, School of Jurisprudence. It. E. B IU NSLEY - RI CHAl~DS , Passed .~9th in Civil Service Examinatio n; Assistant Surveyo rshi p in Surveyo r's Department, General Post Office.

SWIMMING T ho annual races were held on two III II 'Ks ivc mornings, as, owing to the III II

,IV,I

nrrangements, the arternoons are not IId>\('.

'!'he events comprised:

11' 1, II UNDItKI> YARDS, UNDER J6~,

i'o'iatheson being a good

!ti l. I l lHWR lm YARDS H AND ICA P. 10

y<is, slart

An excellent entry. The best six were chos'!o for a further com pet ilion, and Lamb came out First with 16 1 out of a possible 180, Barber second with 156.

Keyser firsl, Barbe r second ,-A keen £nee .

111111 I lent won by H unt. Second won by III! ,"l. Finnl won hy Hunl after an excellent

I II Ii IllInt with • , .1 'ul., f) yds. star!,

DIV ING CmlPETITION ,

HUNDRED AND T WENTY YARDS, OPEN.

E IGIITV YARDS, UNDER 15 ~ ,

WItU by Barber.

RACES.

Second,

We have to thank the Headmaster, Mr. Guest, and the l\'I asters for their gifts of prizes, and Mr. Baly for his careful judging of the Diving. The standard of th e Diving keeps well up to the excellent level of former years. but there should be more practising of overhand and racing strokes in swimming .

•

THE

CANtUARIAN.

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. Played on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 1St and 2nd, and res\1lted after II desperate st ruggl e against time in a really brilliant victory for the School by se\"n wickets. â&#x20AC;˘ The match was begun on Tuesday morning, and the O.K S. having wo n th e tOR!'! sent in Carter and Glennie to bat on a wi cket still 'affected by recent rain. N'cith('1 scored fast, but profiting by one or two escapes, they gradually mastered the bowli ng, Carter playing a sure old-fashioned style of gam e, while his partner got nJll H chieRy by cutting and 'placing' on the leg, But whe n Carter had been sent back at I I I, Strahan and Thomson got the upper hand and the next seve n wtckets add od only sixty runs, of. which Cove ll got mo re than half. J ohnston and Finn then put a little life into the finish of an indifferent display, but the total terminated at '2. 17. Thomson, who got rid of nearly all the best batsmen, was bowling quite stro ngly most ofthe time, and Strahan, though rather expensive, gen erally gave him goodsupp rl. The first School pair al so made a highly sllccessful start, Covell showed that 1111 was still in his best form and both he and his partner were fro m the start very severe 0 11 the weak bowling, Bassett was out first at 77, but Covell remained till I I I, his bcin j.( the fourth wicket to go down. Strahan then had a short but lively spell of hiLtin j.( during which he scored '17 out of 35 in abo ut a quarter of an hour. incJudili H fourteen made in one ove r. Paris left at 154, but Gardner and Dunlop add t'41 62 before the latter was bowled and shortly afterwards, th e first day's play ended wi th the score at 'Z '9 fo r 7, Gardner being 38 not o ut. An early start was made next morning. and it was hoped that Gardner w uld reach fifty' but a nero,;ous stroke to short-slip lost it him by a single run, and II ii' School innings soon afterward s came to an end, leaving us 27 to the good, Of Li llI bowlers only J o hn ston met with real success, and might have bee n put on urllilt with advantage, but G raty kept run s down well while th e batting was at its best, The O.K,S, started a second time with th e same pair as in thei r first innin"'''1 and Glen nie was fo rcing the pace well and seemed just set' when he wa s o ut III attempting to hit Dalwigk to square-leg at 36, Adams and Carter then added zS V( II\ slowly, before the former was bowled by a full-pitch on the leg stump. Cart ' r WII out ten run s later; then after a few good hits Covell and E lwyn left to ge th e r at 'IfI, and Graty was o ut to a brilliant catch at 104 by Dalwigk who was at thi ;; 111I1t bowling very stron g ly, Huyshe then helped Finn to add 39, but when a little 1111 1 1 eight were do\\'n for 156, th e School seemed to have the match in han(1. \.vi ckl unll and Finn, ho wever, mastered the bowling so securely that 90 were added willi illl! further loss and Lh e O.K.S, Captain leaving tiS little more than two hours to g'( ,,1:11 seemed pretty safe in declaring the innings closed. Covell and Basse!! then set resolutely to work and by hitting up 10 8 , r 1111 C

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THE

CANTUAR IAN.

4+3

Ilr~l wicket in less than an hour set us well on the road to victory.

B,owell next

111.11' d Dassett to take on the score in the same lively style to 190: and It was then I" fl to Lu cas and Strahan to hit off the remaining 30 funs, a ta sk which they b:ought III n successfu l close within ten minutes of 'time.' Hearty and almost c~nt1UuoUS " PI >lansc attended this plucky effort on the part of the School team winch was a wu rthy end to one of the most successful seasons we have had for many years. 1St Innings. W. ~1. Carler, c Gardner, b Thomson It W, Glennie, c and b Thomson 11. " ovell, II Thomson I . H. Adnms. b Thomson " . It y, R. ''', Elwyn, c Par:s, b Sltah:m I . 1(. GrnlY, c Hassett, b Strahan I Wickham, h 'ilrahan - ... I t I". II u~she, b Thomson ." II V. I.. J ohnston, b Dalwigk I 1' luTI, not out ... I , ~. Pll ris,candbBasselt.,. I':xtras

O.K.S.

2nd Innings. b Dalwigk ... Ibw, b Dalwigk b Dalwigk b Dunlop c Covell, b Strahan c and b Dalwigk 0 not out 7 b Strahan 14 b Dal wigk 25 not out 5 Extras . 11

26 28

35 70 37 6 4 3

T otal

8 15 5 ... 37 .• .

63 22

Total

." 2 17

KING'S SCIIOOL.

2nd Innings, ,,' b Gmty 52 c Wickham, b Graty o c and b Covell 9 not out

1St I nn ings, ,. Uassett, b Covell ... " \ \ Covell, c Wickham, b Gmty i I I,. I lowell, nm out \Y, 1,lIells, cand b Graty " II n. ,I'nris, c Huyshe, b J ohnston I I 4" Simhan, b Johnston ". I I ( :lll cincr, c Covell, b Johnston I M. Dunlop, h Elwyn... ... II I'. It Oalwigk, c Covell, b Johnston \ " Jj, Thomson, not out ... \\ N. Kempe, b Covell

not out

49 16

~ 3

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS : O,K.S,

111\ 1111 41

111111\1_011 II , II I lu ulllil

I ,u'

" Iw1ui; ·

89 65 17 '4 '4 7

w. 3 5 1 0

...

Extras ...

'" 244

o. 25 23 7 5 3 3

57 34 21

I ~ xlrns

1st I nnings.

223

2nd In nings.

Thomson Strahan Bassell." Dalw igk Dunlop

21 8 23 7

51 61 23 63 28

w. 0

2 0

5 1

THE

+44

CANTUARIAN. KING'S SC HOOL.

Wickham

Covell, B. C.

51 55 32 46 26

16 '2

Grnty " Johnston

Adams .. ,

.. .

Elwyn, Rev. R. F.

'4 ,6 6

Graty .. .

2 Covell, B. C. 2 J ohnston 4 Wickham

84 55 35 34

8 5

"'.2 , 0 0

CRICKET RETROSPECT, 1905. Matches played, J 6; \rVon, 8 ; Lost, 4; Drawn, 4. . 'Such is th e record of th e past season, and th e mo~t pleasing 'feature of wh at may certain ly be c~ll ed.a successful year is the fact that every School match was WO Il , whIle for th e first tllne 111 the record of the School Cricket th e M.e .C. were defeat d. In the ea rly weeks .of the season the most optimistic prophet would never havi foretold such a result--lIldeed the outlook seemed darker than it had been for many ye~rs past. Al?art from th e ~act that there wcre ollly two old colours, the way i ll winch th.1! aspIran ts sh~ped In the fi rst three or four matchcs was anything hili (Jncouragillg. The battll1g was fceble, the bowling mediocre, and the fi clclillH wretch~d. It speaks volumes, therefore, for the skill and patience o f Peat th â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ prOfeSSI?I~a l , and f<?r t he energr and tenacity o f Strahan, the Captain, th at out of "udl unprOlUIslllg mate nals a good Side should have been involved, and all concerned n,,1 to be hea rtily co ngratu lated . T l:c detailed accou nts C?f matches that appear in the pages of The Call/llfl" i", render It unn ecessary to go Into any fur ther details of the games. Suffi ce it to H/!\ that Covell, Ba5sett, Strahan, Lucas, Howell and Paris all rendered val uable sc rv l4'l ln th e battin g line _. ~h e first named actually averaging 56 for his last eight innin H" that Strahan, Dalwlgk, Bassett and Thomson all dC\'cloped into steady, if 11 111 dangero.l1s b<;Hv]ers, am.1 that Lucas and Strahan set an ad mirable standa rd in fi eldill H, though 1I1 thiS respect It must be admitted that the team was not as good as a Schol.1 side ought to be. a n~ Dalwigk and Dunlop were bad. . \rYe are of opinion tha~ Strahan did not bowl either him8elf or Dalwigk (III II enough, but apart from thIS he managed the side with excellent judgment, 11 1111 dese rves at once our thanks and ou r cong ratulations.,

T HE

CANTUAR IAN.

445

CHARACTERS. (Capt.) H ard-hittin g bat, but still chooses the wrong ball too often and has a bad habit of hanging his bat out to the balls he does not mean to hit. His defence has, how ever, imp roved. Has bowled slower and with greater steadiness, but perhaps hardly bowled himself enough. Very good field . and has captained the side with admirable judgment and done a vcr}' great deal toward s its success. I,. J. BA SSETT . Was ve ry disappointing for more than half the season, but reco vered himself and played some excellent innings, especially one of 1 04 against M.e.C. Has plenty of strokes and puts a lot of power into them, cutting, driving and hitting to leg very hard. Must learn to " back up " more. Good short slip, and at tim es bowled very stead ily. I I, F. I-lOWELL. Promising bat with a nice style, and watches the ball well. Is too fond of th e hook shot and tries it before he has got well set. Should be good next year. Very fair fi eld. II . C. PARIS . Slow but consistent bat; though rather lacking in definite strokes, he played some most useful innings. Fair field, but slow. i, C. COVELL. Too nervous to do himself justice in the ea rly half of the seaso n, but when once he began he contir.ued to score heavily and consistently. Cannot cut and does not like full pitches, but his driving is very clean and powerful. Good field, picking up very smartly. \\' LUCAS. H as played some very useful innings, hut must get rid of th e habit of han({ing his bat alit in defence, and letting the ball hit the bat. Fielded adm irably all through and brought off many beautifully judged catches in the country, while his picking- up at third man was smart and clean. \\ , N. KEMPE. H ad a difficult t~sk in having to succeed Huyshe behind the wicket, but has performed very creditably and got much quicker than he was laf:ol year. Poor bat. \ L. n. THOMSON. A vcry steady bowler. Keeps a good length and is apt to deceive the batsman in th e pace of the ball, whi ch comes along slower than appears probable. Fair field but poor bat. II I':. R. DALWIGK. Useful bowler and at times bowled really well. Fair bat, bu t somehow ought to be better. Very poor field. . II I i A KI)NI!R . A promising youn g bat; plays quite hard and has a varidy of strokes, of which his cut is perhaps th e best. \Vith care should do ver)' well next yea r. Fields fai rly. ~ 1 D UNLOP. Disappointin g on the who le. Has developed a very tame style of play, q uite unlike the game he played last year-pro bably th e result of want of confidence. Rather errati c bowler, but often got a wicket when it was wan ted. Very poor field. ( i,

ST.RAHAN

THE

1ST

Xl.

CANTUAR IA N.

BATTING

AVERAGES.

No. of Innings.

G. C. Covell L. J. Bassett G. C. Strahan W. Lucas G. F. H owell H. G. Paris H. Gardner R. E. R. Dalwigk . . . , A. L. B. Thomson C. M. Dunlop W. N. Kempe

Tim es

Average.

nOlout.

Aggregate.

18 17

54-6 45 0

3Â°'33 27' 50

349

23' 2('

3 0

25 8 35 6 225 192 11 0 48 15 3 52

15 17 12 14-

2 2

10 15 12

20 '9 41

20'45 16'on 12 '4" 11 '00

10'(,)'

+'7 '

The following also batted :-J. A. S. Aylward, 7, 0, 49,7'00; F. H. Vau gl"'" , 4. 0, 26, 6'50; E. G. Hayes, 4 and 6~" : O. B. Parsons, 12, I I and 6 j H. P ,ti l", 16, 3. and 5; N. A. I3ittleston, 6; J. Deighton, 0'4', , -::. and o. BOWLING R. E. R. DaJwigk G. C. Strahan E. G. Paris L. J. Bassett C. M. Dunlop A. L. B. Thomson

AVERAGES.

Overs.

Maidens.

101 244175

16 40 2 24-

44-

3"2

Runs.

Wickets.

273 741 106 57429 8

2I 52

1 tU I

,,'/tl,

28 1420

"II,.

Sib 1+415 Also bowled: J. A. S. Aylward, 2 r, 3, 120, 8; H. Petley, 3.0,32, I; 19.0, 107,2; N. A. Bittleston, 3.0, 8,0 .; G. E . Hayes, 52, ' , 26,0; 7. 3, 28, 0; F . H . Vaughan, 8, I, 30, O. .. Times not out.

A\'\1 1111l

.lU'

j~'"1

J. D

iHhlull

. ( 'n~11I

THE

447

CANTUARIAN.

THE BOAT CLUB. The Sculling Races were he ld on Monday 17th, and T uesday. 18th of July. I\vo changes were made fn;>ln previolls rears. The Senior Sculls were rowed on fixed ,,,'nts and a Novices' Race was introduced . The sculling as a whol e was better th an hUH year and some of the Junio r members showed considerable prom.ise. The results 1I 1'l~ appended. The School rowed two O.K.S. crews. The first was to have been comp osed of ('j unbridge men only, but H enley clai med several who had intendâ&#x201A;Ź'd to t urn Ollt. The I It' W fin ally co nsisted of the following :/]ow, C. J. E vans; 2, E . Evans ; 3, L. N. Green; Sir., E. C. Green; Cox, ( ;, A. C. Jones. wi ng to the weeds in the ordinary course, the race was rowed about a mil e dow n the river. The School went away at th e start and showing much improved Ii II III won by about 5 or 6 lengths. The second race was on Monday, July 31St, and the crew consisted entirely of " , rord O.K.S. :Ilow, C. A. Barnes; 2 , C . J, Evans i 3, C. H . Budd i .)'11'., E. Evans : Co~1,', I, It ooke. The School took the back station and round th e corner had caught the O.K.S. I hI' \ntter kept drawing awa), but each time were brought back again by the School, ,dlo fi nished easy winners, overlapping th e O,](.S. at the fin ish, The time was a very I.. O lle fo r the course. So me scratc h four races were got up at the end of term . Six crews competed flw l th r winners were:/lVIV , S. G. Duprey : z, C . W. Hunt; 3, E. K. Barber; S'r., K . S. Smith; Cox, " 1\ , ". J ones.

It'

MONDAY,

JULY

17TH.

SENIOR SCULLS .

S. S. Sopwith v . I. R. Madge. W",lItfr ,' So pwith, rowed over.

II \

II, -'I J.

IC S. Smith v . S. G. Duprey.

1f'IIIII U ','

Duprey,

length .

HEAT 3.-V. L. Armitage v. A. W. Sarson. Willner: Armitage, easily, I-IJ.:AT

4.-J,

W. Lewi s 11. D. V, Bacon .

{,Vimu}'.' Bacon, 2 lengths.

BVES :- L. R. T. 1-:.

P. Abbott, ll. Winser, S. Nelson, K, llarber .

TI-IE

CANTUARIA N.

J UNIOR SCULLS .

HEAT I. -P. L. Cooper-King v. M, K. Wardle. Will ner : Cooper -King, easily. HEAT 2.-C. W. Hunt v . T. H. Howel l. l¥iIUUY.' Hunt, easily. HEAT

NOV ICES R ACE . V. C. Taylor v. W . L. E. Reynolds.

1. -

Reynolds, ! length. U EAT 2.-C . N . Ryan v. E. B. Nelson . Z,Vi m u r : R}'an , easily. I-Il~t\T 3.- H, p, Sparli ng v. P. H. Ni xon . W i nm:r : Sparling , I length. HKAT 4.--1\, G. Lennon-Brown v. G. w. R.

N OV ICES RACE .

H EAT s .-Win ner of Heat 1 11. Winner of I lt.ll Wi1t1t~r .. Ryan, 4 lengths.

HEAT 6.--\Vi nner of Heat 3 v. Winner f;V£nner.- Sparling, .; length,

JUNJO R

Wz'mur .'

ur Ih·...

S C ULLS.

of H eat I v. Winner of II Willner.' Cooper-Ki ng.

HEAT 5. - Winner

I-Ii~ AT

tI l I

6. - Wi nncr of Heat 2 v , Winn er of ' Irlll

f;VimlCr.- I { lint , easily.

Simpson . fVt'lI1ltl' : Simpson, I leng th.

TUES D AY , J UNIOR

J UL Y ,8TH. SCULL S.

I-h AT 3.-G. L. Baily v. G. Spickernell. Wimw : Spickernell, 2~ lengths. Ii M1. 4,- 0. L. Rohertson v . E. W. Hughes. W inller: Robert son, ~ lengt h. SENIOR

Wimlo : Armitage, 20 ya rds. H EAT 6.- ·L. P. A bbolt v . Winner of I-Ie,lt 4 . W imU7-.' Bacon , easily. HEAT 7.-E. K. Ba rber v. Win ner of H ea l I.

SCU LLS.

II EAT 9.-Winner of Heal 8 v, Wi nner of 11t',1! Willner.- Duprey, I lengt h. HE"T l o. - \¥ inner of Heat 6 v. Winner of Il r,1I Whmtt' .- Bacon , t length. NOVICES

SCULLS .

I-h :,\ T 5.-T. S. Nelson v. Winner of Ileat 3.

Wi/l.lI~r

SENIOR

RACE.

F TKAI. I·! I?AT.-f'Vimw .- Ryan\ easily. ] UNIO R

SCULL S,

FI KAI, I-I EAT .-f;Vill lltr.- Hun t,

It!nglh.

.. ~O pwi l h, I leng th.

I-lEAT 8. - H. B. Winser v. \-Vinner of H eat 2. Will ner .- Bacon, SO yanls,

S EN IO R F I NA L

SCULLS .

I-I EAT. - 14'i1111el''- Bncon,

length.

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449

FOOTBALL. IV· "ppend the Fixtures for ' 905- 6. OPPONENTS .

DATE.

11"" , clny, 11I""dn.'",

Oct. Oct.

11I1 1~" l flY,

Oct.

11,," .,lny. Oct. \\'1 dlll':-Iclay, Oct.

Oct. \ \ I dlll':-Idny, Nov. IIIIIII,IY, Nov. Nov. Iltt" " I"y. Nov. I ill Mllny, 1llIlIKdny, Nov. IIIIIIIIIY.

1111 lillY, Nov. \\, ,I",·.day, Dec.

5. IZ

17 . . , . .. Sutton Valence School .. '9 · ..... Wye College 2 S· .... D over Co ll ege .. . . , , . , ,. , . , . . . , 8 . ... . . H yth e F .C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r .. , • • 1VIerchant T aylors School . .. , . . 6 ... . . Sutto n Va le nce School 9 ... . . Dover College .. . . . . 14 .... . Eastbourne Coll ege . , 6 . . . .. Wye College . . .. . .. . . . • .... . 2I Epsom Coll ege 20

GROUN D.

R ESULT.

First XV. Mr. A. Latter's XV . . . .. . . . , . . Canterbury . . Lost .... . . Rev. W. H . Maundrell's XV .... Canterbury . . Won .... ,

H)05·

.. . _ .

O, K.S .. . , . .. " .. . ,..

Canterbury .. ,\Von .... ,

Canterbury .. Won . Dover

.. . .. \Von

Canterbury .. Bell ing ham. , Sutton . . , , . .

Canterbu ry .. Cante rbu ry ..

Wye . . . . . . . . Beckcnham . .

Canterbury . .

1906 .

IIII'''''''Y,

Feb.

15 ... . :H ampstead \-Va nderers F :C . .. . Canterbury . ,

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Hythe F.C.. .. . .. . ........ . II" " "ny, Feb. 22 . . , . . . T hanet \~'a ndc rc rs r.c Hlltt!ay, Feb. '4 . . . Sidcltp F.C .. . Second XV. I QOS . \\','11",·.(I"y, Oct. '5 . . ... Dover College ,nd XV_. ... . , ..... Ton bri dge School l rcl XV..... . 111I1I J4c1:lY, No v. 9 Dover College ,nd XV . . .... . II"" "ay, Nov. WII IIII'ficln)" Nov. ,z . ..... T onbrid ge Schoo l l rd XV ... . . . 11t., Ndny, Nov. lO ... .. S.A.C ... .... ... ....... . .... . IliudllY,

Feb.

H yth,; . . . . . . Canterbury . . Canterbury , , Can terbury . '.

Canterbury . . D over

To nbridge .. Cante rbury, ,

1906.

IltI" od"l', Feb. . .. . S.A.C. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . ... . • Canterbury .. , I K II.- H . P. V. T OlVnend, L. P. Ab bott, J. Deighton, C. 9. Williamson, L. Hnssett, W. R. N. Leslie. ,

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KI NG'S SCHO OL v. MR . LATTER'S XV. The first match of th e season .was played o n Thursdav, Octobe r 5th, and resuJI I .1 in a vi cto ry for the scratch team by three g oal s and a'try to a goal and two Iii , (J8 P?ints- r J). Half·tirne found the score very much in our opponents favo ur, hUI th e vigorou s play of the school team in the latte r part o f the game red uced 1111 diffe rence from fifteen points to si x. The three-quarters too often fai led to t,tk thei r passes, but the good kicking of in divid ual membe-Ts more than once saved Iht situation. for th e School. Bassett scored o nce and Howell twice : one o f til l' I Aylward s ucceed ed in converting. The Schoo l team was as follows :-

D. I-l. Hamm onds ( back) ; L.]. Bassett, G. F. Howell, K. Moore. \-1. 1'0111'10 (th ree-quarters) ; W. J{. N. Leslie, ]. H. D. Watson (halves); H. P. V. T OWIll,"d , ] . Deighton. ]. A. S. Ay lward, E. T. Gage, F . G. L. Scott, H. M.]. Burdett, J. IV Lewis, W. Lucas (fo rwards).

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT

AUGUST,

1905.

E. A. ROPER.--King's Scholar; entered the School, Sept., ,898; VIth Forll l, Sept., 190 1; Monitor, Sept., 1903; Captai n of the School. t'\" " 1904- ; Edi tor of the Can/uarian, Sept" 190 4; President, Dc bntlll ~ Society, Sept., (904 j Sports' Committee . Sept., 1904; Sp()t llt Colours, ' 904-5 ; Schoo l Exhibitio ne r, I<)05 . Open C I<HIHI~ Iii

Scholars hip at Queen's College, Ox rord. W. TELFER.-Kin g's Scholar; entered the Schoo l, Sept. 19°0; VIth Form, S"liI , 190 2 i

Monitor, Sept.,

1904 ;

Gi lbert Gift,

190 5;

Open Mrull,

mati cal Scho larship, Clare College. Cambridge.

F. M. O";IG HToN.-King's Scholar ; entered the School, Sept., 19°0; Vlth FOil!!. Sept., 19°3 ; Monitor, Sept., '904; Gilbe rt Girt, ' 90S; 0 1'1'11 Mathematical (Mi llor) Scholarshi p, Trinity College, Cambridge. G. F . OLlvE.-King's Scholar; entered the School. Jan ., 1900 i V Ith Fo rm, JIIII ,

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19 0 4; Monitor, Sept., 1904 ; Sports' Committee, Jan ., I g04; Captain of Games, Sept., 1904 ; Football XV., ' 903-04. '04- 05; Hon. Sec. Football, 1904-05; Gymnasium Pair, 1904-05; Sports' Co lours,

19 0 3- 0 4- 0 5. IVA ISON.- Kin g's Scholar; en tered the School, Sept. , 'Qoo; VIth Form, Sept., 1904 j Monitor, Sept., 1904; Football XV., 1903- 04, 1{}04- 0 5; Sports' Colours, 1904-05. II I' Co vKLL .-King's Scholar; entero..! d the School , S:! pt..

1898 j V lth Form. g04; Monitor, Sept., 190+; Sports' Committee , Sept. , 19 0 4; Cricket Xl., 1905; H on. Sec. Cricket. 1905; Football XV. , 1904- 0 5; Sports' Colo urs, 1905; Fives' Pair, 1905·

Sept.,

U, W I N S l~ R.-Entered the School, Sept. , 19°0 ; Vlth Form. Sept .. Ic) 04; Moni to r, Sept., 1904 j Spor ls' Committee, Sept, 1904; Football XV., ' 9 02 -?3, IC)03-04, 1904- 05; Captain of Football. Jan., 1905 : ROWIng Colours. 1905. Passed into R.M. C., Sand hurst. j entered the School, Jun c, Igoo ; Vl th Form, Jan., ' 903; Football , XV ., 190+-05; Spo~ts' Colours, 19°3- 0 4-0 5 j Gymnasium Pair, ' 90S. Ope n ClaSSIcal ScholarshIp, Corpus

II, II . II AMI LTON.- Kin g 's Scholar

Christi College, Cambridge. II H A'I'Tr~ R S BY . -Ki n g's Scholar

entered th e School, Jan, 1900

Vlth Form,

Sept., IQ04; Passed into R.M.A., Wool wich. "' 11 11 11,ltsTON. -- E nt ered the Schoo l, Jan, 190 1 j VIth Form, Jan., 1905; Football XV., 1904-05; Sports' Colours, !{}05 j Passed into R.M .C ..

Sandhurst. PA ,w~.- Entered the School, Sept., 1901; Vlth Form, Jan ., 19°5; Cri cket Xl.,

19°5; Passed into R.M.A., Woolwich.

I I I A M I ' I1 I~ Lr~ . - King's Scholar; entered the School, Jan.,

' 90 3 -04 , 1904-05 Sandhurst.

Sports' Colo urs, 1905

~11"' 1II11 .- I~ lItc red the School, Sept. , 190 2

II I

' 90 1 ; Footba ll XV .. Passed into R.!H. C.,

Sports' Colours. ' 90S .

III II NSTON.- Entered the School, April, 1897 ; Fives' Pair, 190 5.

THE

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CA NTUARIAN.

SCHOOL NEWS.

The Dean has ordered th at the commoners shall in future take thei r places in the Cathedral before th e entry of the procession, instead of taking part in it as they have done fo r the last seVl" 1l years. The scholars, of course, still follow immediately behind the Dean .

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His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will open the Harvey Laboratory on Saturday. Nove mber 18th.

In the Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination five gained cerliticates. R. H. Brinsley-Ri chards, H. P. V. T owne nd, A . de B. Hamilton, C. J. N. Adams, C. N. Smith. Eight distin ctioJls were obtai ned as agai n~t the record number of twe lve gained last year-E. A. Roper in Latin and Greek i F. G. L. Scott in Latin; R. H . Brin sley- Richard s in Di vi nity; H, P. V. Townend in History ; A. de n. Hamilton in French j F. M. De ighton and G. H . S. Pinsent in Mathematics. $

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'vVe hearti ly congratulate th e following: C. F. P. Ballersb.>' passed 3znd and H. G. Pans passed +2nd into Royal Military College, Woolwich. R. B. H'z"lSer passed +th, N . A . Billlesioll passed 34th, and W: G. Campbell passed

I 24th into Royal Military College, SaJ\d hurst. W. 7 elfir elected to a Higher Scholl" ship in Science of 1.60 per annum It t he Kent County Cou ncil, te nabl e aL 11 11' University.

" ""Te heartily congratu late F . G. I Scott, G. H. S. Pinse nt, A. G. ROIII'I, I<. Moore, G. C. Strahan, G. M. Weh' l, I and L. T. Watkins on being m"dl Monitors this term. 1;. oJ;.

The foll owill~ were promoted 111111 the Sixth Fo rm at the end of last tUlIII C. N. Smith, A. R. Dellars. C. B. Si nwon, R. M. Gent, G. D. Maclear, C. G. Will l"", so n, B. B. Horsbrugh.

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The following ne w members II IIYt been elected on the Committee 01 1111 Debating Society: - K . Moore, (: , ~ I Webster, L. T. Watkins, G. D. Mach'llI R. H . BrinsleyÂˇRichards wa s clC 'tl1 II President, and H . 1. Dibben re.. el(11II II Secret'ary.

"*$ It has been decided that fl)J 1111 future the system of separate gal1 w. Ilfl football shall be replaced by that of " OJ I., ' as is already the case for cricket.

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T H E SCH OO L. Captain : Captain of C ricket Captain of Football Captai n of Games

BRINSLEy ·RICHARDS .

G. C. STRAHAN. H. P. V. T OWNEND. G. C.

STRAHA N .

MONITORS :

I H L Dibbcn J. Deighton, '], " '1 'G C Strahan, R I-I Brinsle )'·Richards, H. P. V. Townenc, . . ' G R er . . . IV oore, . . F G L. Scott, G. H. S. Pinsent, A. . op , . ' . . G. M. Webster, L. T. Watkms. EDITORS OF THE

CANTUA1HAN."

d G H. S. Pinsent. R. H. Brinsley-Richards, H . P. V. Townen, . SECRET,.\H,Y TO THE

C A NTUARTAN .

K . Moore. SPORTS' COMMITTEE:

. d C. C. Strahan. R. H. Brinsley· Rlchar s,

H P V Townend,

.' . L. P. Abbott, \V. Lucas. L J. Bassett.

.T.

Deighton,

H ARV EY SO CIETY . MICHAEUIAS TERM, OATR

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followiuz papers hav e b een "

,UIKI,d : •

l ilt. il"

Cretan Antiquities,' REV. R. S. MOXON.

.. Protective Coloration in Animals," A. B. E~IDEN. 01

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•

";~1'1I 0H .

N' 18th _ " fh unde r alld Ligh tmng, 0\ . • D. I-I. H AMMONDS.

A UTHO R. T IT LE.

'7Ih,

I Q0

I.ocomotives," E. P. SHEI,nOUJI,N.

Dec. 2nd.-" Bunerfii.:s and MothG:" F, H OWELL. "

. h " 16th. - " Photo-Mlcrogra p Y'The HON. SEC.

I The p.'\pc.s will be illustrated with

Lantern Slides.

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4-54

O. K. S.

R. H. Charl es obtained a Second l ' lass in th e Final Classical School ill Literre l-i umanl oTes.

NEWS .

\Vhitehead Reid . who have recently bratcd th eir silver weddin g.

*'.

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The O.K.S. mat"c h has bee n fix .<1 1111 * Second Lieut. A. R. A. I remonger. \Vednesday. Decembe r 20th . Thos willi R.E .\ was 5th in th e list of thirteen wish to play should send in the ir nallll'" officers who gain ed distinction in the . to R. Watson, E sq., 4, Amshcrst Pnd Exa minati on he ld at th e School of Stamford Hill, N. -xMusketry, H yth e, in September. vVe have received the followin g Il IHI " from our Ind ian Cor respond enl R. 1\'1. Tnk e ha s writte n an Evening Alas ! B. C. Geidt is no 0 .1\ , Service ror the Ch oi r of St. E d wa rd' s School, Oxfo rd. It has been pu blished H is brot he r, A. F. Ge idt, of Fra nkf ul I. aIm is. I n his place, please wri te R. I I and well spoken of. Hitchcock, of tht Police Dcpalllllnill " Vellore. Major H. R. Blore, D .A.A.(: , "I Marria ut .-On Tuesday, Sept. 12th, Kohat was, I suspect, once a Parrol. 111 111 at Hythe P; ri sh Church, Ke nt, Frede rick should be ad ded to our roll. ·Wi ll iam Andrews to Anni e Louise Bassett, The O.K.S.-rep re, ented by II, V elder dau ghter of \¥i1lia m Bassett, E sq., Cobb and myself-played a tentHS 111 1111" of Paddock H ouse, I-l )'t he. against Central India on Augu!ll u llil oJ..' % Ce ntral India was nowhere in th e fi nn ,I. We heartil y congratu late Dr. \Vhitc- and in th e second se tt K. S.C . was 111'111 11 ·1 head Reid, O.K. S. ( 1800-67 ), and Mrs. best - J. H. SMITH.

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CANTUAR I AN.

O. K. S.

COLOURS.

I n accordan ce with a resolution b)' the General Meetin g of O.K.S. 1I,liI in London at the Annual Dinner 11,-.1 J anuary, a meeting of O.K .S. was III hi nt 7 p.m., on August the 2nd, in th e ".HIY Library, for the purpose of finall y IIII Idi ng the question of a n O.K.S . sas h .11111 lie, the blazer, cap, and ribbon 111f t d having already been approved. Presm l :-A. Latte r, B, C, Covell, I I 1'. 111I),she, Kevs. G. C . E. Ryley and \I' II. ~ ' aundrell ( Co mmittee), E . M. F . I '"11', C. J. M. Evans, T. S. Adams, I II. Bud d, F. P. Walker, R. W. !-l. Illl' oni', H, Saunders, L. F. Paris, Rev. I, N, Finn , T. R. Graty, A. W. Rich ard111.11 11 (1 Rev. R. F. Elwyn. 'I'll Rev. G. C. E. Ryl ey lVas voted II' Ihl' I' hair. Afte r A. Latter had r(;ported III Ihl~ work of the Committee, it was IUII )1IlJllld by the Rev. R. F. Elwyn, .l lIul"d by A. W. Ri chardson and

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carried unanimouslv that a sash be chosen similar to that of Trinity College, Oxford, but with th e adrlition of a fine narrow line of white betw een th e broad stripes. The question of buttons for th e blazer havin g been raised, it was decided, with the Re v. W. H. Mallndre ll as proposer and A. Latter as second er, that brass or silver bu ttons be used, acco rdin g to the choice of the wearer. A vote of thanks to A. Latter and the Comm ittee, for their trouble in connexi on with th e scheme fo r providing O.K. S. with colours was una nim ously carried. O.K.S. may be reminded that th e colo urs ( blazer. sash, rib bo n, &c.), can only be obtained from Mr. G. Lewin, 8, Crooked Lane, Canno n Street, E.C., or from Mr. Nash, St. George's Street, Canterbury.

V ALETE.

~" J1l1' i t h,

O. B. Parsons, P. P. Husba nds , W. H. S. Redpath, F. H. Vaughan, IV . Sarson, C. M. Ricketts, M. K. Wardle, T. S. Emery, D. S. K. Grant, It lI ayman, A. V. Maxted, E. G. Br)'an, F. H. Harrison, J. C. Keyser.

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CANTUAR I AN.

NOTICES. .r

We beg to acknowledge with thanks the recei pt of th e following subscriptions :R. Crawford (3/6). J. Goodacre (3/6). J. C. Keyser (5/-). G. C. Lock ( 10/6). A de B. Hamilton (3/6). C. F. P. Battcrs-

by (3/6). H. C. Baker (3 /6). J. W. Tnyll" (3/6) . S. S. SOpWilh (3/6). R. Wa t"'" (3/ 6). The Secretary would be glad al\\'II to receive chan ges of address.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

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Clnwliclc, Dovar/an, COS. All com mun ications to the St'l II III please add ress " The School II OUMII"

M agazim (2), CIJigwelliatl, Easlbotlrnian,

Gibbs and Sons, Printers, Pa lace St reet, Canterbury.

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CANTUARIAN. DECEMBER.

Igos.

No . 18.

EDITORIAL . tha~ an eleve n or a fiftee n can keep 11\1 Its standard o j excellence as It does. A certa1l1 number of the members of a It ,UII must leave every year an~ the curi~ u s p ar~ is that those destined to fill up the I, ,U Il ~ cm to come on vcr): notIcea?!y dUring the l11 terva l though th ey have been playing 1111 I lIeket or footb;~.l l , whIchever It may be. In any case the football team, whose I !11401l has been qUlte as successful as that of the cricket team of last summer is I I Iinin l)' to be congratulated on having defeated eve ry school team that they have l~et \~lth ~h sale exception of Merchant Taylors School. ' III 'o nnectio n with the opening of the new Harvey Laboratory by the Archbishop II ('u TlI('rbury, which took place on Nov. 13th, we extend a most hearty welcome to II WIll'?, B, Sc: ,who has joined the, staff as Science Master, and we hope that, IIlIdl jr IllS sup ervIsion, the School w1l1 make great progress in science. The I 1IIIIrlllory, ~v e hear, is fitted up accordi ng to the most approved modern style, and 111'JIIJ.jh cc rta m firms an;: not very prompt with their deliveries, we believe that it will '''" 1)(1 fll Ily equipped. ' I'lie ,School has kep~ ~p it~ good. reputation by carrying offalready three classical hnlill ~ h lJ)s a~ Oxford ; it IS still hop1l1g also, to hear of more &uccesses gained by II I ~ 11I1 ·tl{' nt alt yes.

IL always see:ns a somewha t ?uriOllS thing

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:til Memoriam. + G. G.

MARS HALL.

+ On October the 18th, jllst a month after hi s 20th birthday, Geoffrey Goodliffe Marshall entered into rest. H e had lon g been in delicate hea lth, and those who k~w him. here and co~ l d app reciate his fine ll1tellectual gi fts a nd th e tender beauty of his character, might alm ost have seen in him the type of a great SOli I in a fee ble body. From th e first he showed re markab le promi se. Elected in JlIly, 1899, before he was 14. to th e first Entrance Scholarship and also to a Junior Scholarshi p, he made continual ad vance. though laid by more th an once with serio us illness. The summer of ' 902 saw him winninO' the VIth Form pri zes for Latin P~ose and Verse: and it is pleasant to remember how Professo r H ebblethwaite our Examin er that yea r fo r th e Higher' Certifica tes, presented him wit,h a special prize for the exce llence of Ill S classical papers.

Yet his many friends at the S hOHI will dwell with even greater pI rUUIII' on the memory of his kind, simph l , un selfish character. H ow g lad h. was to do anyo ne a good turn, 11 o" patiently he bore his physical \\'(111 1 ness ! The very name by whi ' li I.. was familiarly known told of th e pili â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ he had gai ned in the affections or th .. I wh o knew him bes t i and it WII H lin ordi nary sympathy and rcg r t I hUI went with him , when at last, in Dccnlll ber, 1 90 2, his health o blige d him III leave . But, short as his caro r \\ 11111, we kn ow it must have fulfill ed its pose here ; and all who re me mb r Iil u at the School will feel tha t ,h"y learn something hig h and nob l li nin his modest, unobtrusi ve life. '1'1 11 ) will think of him as worthy to HWlld amon g the holy ones who Ii (Ull III weakness were mad e strong ."

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CANTUARIA N.

ARCHBISHOP'S

+59

V I SIT.

The ann ual visit of His G race the Archbis hop took place on Saturday, Nov. 18t h, I I" p.m., wh en. as had been previously arranged, he al so formally opened the new 'Iou VI ')' Labo ratory. Prio r to the opening of the Labo ratory, the School, together "II II large numbe r of parents and friends, assembled in the Gymnasium. The Archbish o p was suppo rted on the platform at tht: North end o f the ! il lIlIlIl sium by the Dean and Governors of th e School, the H eadmaster, Sir Douglas I ,\\11 11 ( President of th e Royal College of Physicians), Professor H erbert J ackson, II I lng's College, London, and the Mayor of Canterbury ( Mr. F. Bennett-Goldney). !'he DeaH in presenting the Sc hoo l to the Archbishop, en umerated the variou s .11 1111. lio ns gai ned by the School at the Universities and in the Army Exami nation, lid " lIuded to the success of th e cricket and football tea ms in their past seasons, as I 11I' lflf o f th e active life of the School both in work and in play. rit e Archbishop, who , upo n ri sing to speak, received a mos t cordial welcome I 110 those present, said that to him tht: se annual occasions were of supreme interest, 1101 li p Irusted t hat he llIight al ways be ab le to co me there to hear about the life and 1'!,INli'''S of the School, . and perhaps, if need be, to say a word of g uidance and IOHw l for them a ll. His Grace th en spoke of the ennobling influence of the I Il hNlral upo n th e King's School. whi ch had been con nected with it for so many lilt " I.'g, and referred to the pathetic essay, "Emerald Uthwart," written by ' '''alter I 111 1, an o ld Kin g's Scholar, in which this tho ught had bee n most beautifully 1" 1 " ,Âˇd. As to Wi lliam Harvcy, he believed that among the g reat philosophers Uti ph)sician s, the s urgeons a nd st udents of the human frame , there had been no III 11 11 11 ' la lked abo ut than WiI!iam Harvey, and that, therefore, all that could be 1.1 UiJo uL him had been fairl y and ad equately sa id. T he age they li ved in was a \ ,lI m' rent one to his, but an age in which they we re told very great discoveries II hi he looked for ; and he liked to feel that his visit to th e School this year was a n 1 Ill n LO which they would look back afte rwards as the ina ug uration of something 1111 II wns to do great things. II

1111' Dean then obse rved that there had been a laboratory ill th l.! Sc hool already, Illillif'd with the name of Dean Alford, but the governing body had tho ug ht it

hI III provide a laboratory , which, th ey t ru sted, wo ul d I II ill the prese nt day, and they th o ught they co ul d 'hl " 'H I ~ of associati ng that laboratory wi th the nam e of II Ii Hcho lar at that SchooL His Grace had allud ed I~ IIhti oll upon th e life of 'Villiam H arvey. I-I e would

be found ad equ ate [or th e not do better than use the that eminem man, wh o had to the centuries a lm ost of only ve nture to say that he

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was not q uite Sure whethe r it had ever been fully said that William Harvey, the glory of English med ical science in the J 7th Âˇcentury, had his foundation -I:lid in classical studies at that School. Si r Douglas Powell , a fter a brief desc ription of the great period of hi story in which Harvey lived, said that Harvey, with his innate love of scie nce, of ob.sc rving nature, with the great "lea rning wh ich had been cul tivated in the Kin g's Sc hool, studied nature by direct observation a nd by way of exp erime nt. He introduced a scientific spirit into th e st uely of nat ural thin gs, as others had into th e study of literature; by those methods he achieved the great di scovery of the circulation of the blood, a discovery, of which all their sub seq uent knowledge, both in surgery and in medicine were the outcome. H arvey kept his di sco very, except for a few friends. to himself, fo r twelve years. all the time examining it in all direction s and in eve ry detail, before he published it abroad to the wor ld . He was never known to enter into controversies about his views, and of the sympli ciLy of his life, and the sweetness of hi s character there were abundant reco rds. H . hoped that those who studied in the new labo ratory would find g reat encou ragem ent and help in his example. Professo r H erbert Jackson, of Ki ng's COllege, London, foll o \Ved with all admirable"'address, in whi ch he pointed o ut the g reat advantage to be ' derived f rolll the study of science, wh ether it wa s for the purpose of obtai nin g Unh'ersity degr('('" or for boys who, perhap s, after their sc hool life was over. might have no essen tin I need for it. H e al so impressed upon hi s hea rers the great h elp which a classicnl education proved in acquiring a knowledge of science. After the H eadm aste r ha d proposed a vote of tha nks to the A rchbi shop. I II Grace asked that a hOliday might be granted to th e School in honollT of the occasioll, duri ng the summer term. H e then proceeded, amid the cheers of th e School, to rht , new laboratoqr, which he for mally ope ned with a sho rt reli gio us se rvice .

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P layed all Blore's Piece 011 T uesday, October 17th. and resulted in a vi ctOl ) 1111 th e School by two goals and six tries ( 28 points) to two tries (6). After a few fOl \\ ltltl ru shes on either side D enny slipped thro ug h our backs and touch ed down, but Dunl o/, put us level almost immediately afterwards by a good rlln from the half-li ntl \\ ItII I res ulted in a try, which like th e Sutton try was unconverted. Basseu's slown"". It Our three-quarters a good lead soo n after, and with th e Sutton backs playinu II \1 keen game th e ball remained for some ti me in Our '25 before Pritcha rd, at IUIiI/ hi tt~

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good and piece of tackling dribblingkept by IIn'o ug h and scored another try fo r our oppo nents, . h Aassin weak Wll ifion enabled u~ to resume. tl~e ~ttbac;. th~u1tt:~~~ Xylwafd made his way out of a It out for some m1l1utes, un til .Just e ?re la ( -6) IU rinltnage and scored a t ry whi ch he hllnself converted . 8 , ' d Bassett soon . crot into Sutton's 25. an < S I I Arter half-ti me the ~ 100 ~t once ° nm riaht round the Sutton backs wh ich II' dpo lll,ed so me mull ed. passes b}1 ~ lO~~e second and last time in the match. The "lU II'd III a try. The kick succeec e o r b un ninO' ri crht into our serum, and '1llI on three-quarters next lost a g'~IOd cl~ance I Jler SuttoOn backs more especiall y Iltt HIHh th e School tackling was st!, wea all( . th e su erio'r st rength of our I "'uny, o ne of the hal ves, were plabn~ a hard la~llefollo\Vin! up a good kick of his 1111 WI U·tl S gave us the upper ha~lcl . B ur ett score aftZrwards fo~ght his way over the 1\, II in a forward ru sh, whde assett soo n II' ce tainl have been co nverted, but llitl' IIgain twi ce, T he second of tI1e~~1 sr ou ~cott r sho,ted up well in this part of \\ Iwurd was fo r once out of form anc al ec . I tlw rest of th e forwards were not Ihl H, tm C and led two or three rllsh~s, t~Ollg 1 'h su ort Two more tries were uutJll tu rHlly tiring and so could B.Ot g\ve hl~ e~~~~1tOIl \~ho . O'ot away from another /I Ii ,I! in additi on to those mentlO~le(, °In\! t ~I chan~e (\n tl~e wing , thus bringing wi thout any further scoring.

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I'ht' School tea m was as follows :(h I. P.· Abbott (back); H. Petley, K. Moore, L. J . BassetHl, Cpo MV' , L l' J H . D . Watson (halves) ; . .. , 111111",.) ; W. R. N. es Ie, . , G J A S A)'Iward H. M. J. I I, Itti ,I II n, C. G. Williamson, F. G. L. Scott, E. T . age, . . . " "llIdl'lI . W. Lucas.

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'Itt I d h' arne th an in the Sutton match h 11 111 fo rwards played a muc: mOle \¥a~ 1~6ta~ned the first t ry. but soon after III II \\ ~lIt a g reat w~y toward s IVlc tory: ht lown the field, but he just faIled to score. a Y h \ HIH, nwa i mak.lIlg b WO~o~lu~nlc~gDunlop res ulted in a try fo r th e latte r, lInconY 11 1]1 tlCe 0 passll1 g d a b t both tries were unconverted. The School d dnbblin O' sco red our second try. d , ''')'11 then score tWIce, U tl ri )! rlll'n go t away and Burdett, through, goo tl oints For the next II 111 111' Wit tS then called and vVye were lead~ngh us .~y ~rut j~st be'fore time Petley IItu nlt·" r h~) play. seemed to be. equa~ OI~h e ~~adSI ~ylward converted our last try. ~ Ilut il ' tH' Icd III slIccesslOnhglVlIlg us . ~tches • but still needs improvement. I IIlto l ld{' k lin g was better t an I,n prevlOu.s ~ " W_ 11t ('owipicll OUS at back for hiS good klcklilg .

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The School team was as follows;L . P. Abbott (back) ; H. Petley, 1(. Moore, L. J. Bassett, C. M. D,unlop .(thro,' quarters); J. H. Watson. H . H. E. Gosset (halves) ; J. Deighton, C. G. Williams"" , F. G. L. Scott, .E::'T. Gage, J. A. S. Aylward, H. M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas, A. l.. II. Thomso n (forwards).

KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE. Played at Dover on October 25th, and resul ted in a well-deserved vi ctory for d iP School by three goals and a try to one try. Townend lost the toss, so Dover I)(,~H" with the sun at their backs. Abbott misfielded and Dover at once began to prf'MI, and within fo ur minu tes of the sta rt the ball went right along thei r three-qnart 'r 11111 and they scored in the corner This reverse woke OliT forwar~ls up, and th e~ b~() I1 ~1I1 off some good fushes, seve ral o f which were, howev er, neutralIsed by good ku.: lwl l-( hI! the part of the Dover backs. Petl ey then put in two good nms an d we alw d t II stron gly, but poor passing amo ng th e three路quarters and slowness on th,e 1':11 t III Watson spoilt several chances. Dove r then rush ed. the ball ~acl~, but An b.oll HIIII Townend saved well, and Leslie did some good kiclnng and dnbbiin g. Lcs hl' lip II made an opening for Strahan, who punte? over the ba<.:k's head . ~Iw 11 1111 bounced beautifully for him, and outpacing IllS pursuers I~e scored belli lid Ihl posts, Aylward cOllverting. Half路time soon came and so far It had b.ee n an c.,(l'I,lh III game, though we had had the large r share of the play. On re-startIng, Burdelt IIlul Scott showed up very well and good all路round work by the forwards wa g only ~ I'"III by Strahan passing straight to one of their three路quarters, who became dan /{t' llIIl but Abhott was able to cope with him and the f~)fwards at once rusl.led hUII' j ~ beautiful dribble by Burdett ending in a score by DeIghton, who \~as bac~In g lip \\111 Aylward again cOllverted with a fine kick almost from the touch-line. 1 he rOI wlIlIl continued to playa fine bustling game, while t.he Dover forwards were l?alpably I till and Townend was conspicuous for good tacklIng. ~fter three free kl ckg hrlll IUIII given against us, two against 'Watson and one agaillst Lucas, Bassett gO L Ih llillt-'Il most of the defence and threw wide to Strahan, who scored a try. D over nl)! '1!l1 more looked dangerous a nd then Scott forced his way over and Aylward I ,I", I another good goal. The forwards did extremely well all through. and it is difficult to pick Oil' tli H 1111 for special mention . Perhaps Burdett! To\vne nd, and Gage. were mos t cOIlt4 ph ",'11 but all did well in the loose. They stIll have a lot to learn III the matter of pili Idll The halves used their feet very well in spoiling their opponents' a~templ S to Nt I III I three.quarters going, and both worked extremely hard. The pass ll)~. or th,l , lUll ~ still wild and ullcertain, and the win gs are far too often out of pOSitIOn . I hi') 11111 t learn to lie well back in attack, and to get straight behind the serulIl will II lit opposing forwards look like dribbling through. Strahan is still too fond () f III 1111

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\\ II(IIl he has a good chance of getting through by running. Abbott, except on one occasions, performed very well. T he tackling of the team was distinctly IlIl ler, th ough still not nearly good enough. This is, we believe J the first occasion WI\ have beaten Dover on their own ground since 1891, and the team is to be 1"',11 tlly congratulated. The Schoof team was as follows : I .. P. Abbott \ back); I-I. Petley, K. Moore, L. J. Bassett, G. C. Strahan (three'111111' f's) ; W. R. N. Leslie, J. H. D. Watson (halves) ; H. P. V. Townend, , I)('ighton, C. G. Williamson, F. G. L. Scott, E . T. Gage, J. A. S. Aylward, H. M. I Ilurdctt, W. Lucas (forwards).

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KING'S SCHOOL v. HYTHE R.F.C. Played on Blore's piece Saturday, October 28th. At half-time the score stood II 10 " nil in our favour, Bassett and Burdett having scored tries which were well I tlllvor ted by Aylward, and it was ge nerally thought that that score would be much IW l l'llscd by Ollr team, as we seemed to have the best of the game and Hythe were p,ilpll bly ti ring . But the second half was disappointing. Hythe pulled themselves IIIH!llh r and the match was mostly in our half of the groun d, though Scott managed In H!\~ anoth er try for us. Hythe gai ned their only try just before time which was 11111 " llVerted. l'he tackling of the three-quarters was good, but they mulled their I' U'MC'/l too often. For the forwards, Burdett and Gage showed up most. The final I IIIH wa s 13-3. 'rh t.: School team was as follows ;I .. P. Abbott (back ) ; B. H. Matheson, H. Petl ey, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore (threeIJIIIIIlO") ; W. R. N. Leslie, J. H. D. Watson (halves) ; J. Deighton, C. G. Williamson, I I; . I" Scott. E. T. Gage, J- A. S. Aylward, H. M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas, A. L. B. I "W Il H n (forward s). '

K ING'S SCHOOL v. MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL. On Wednesday, Nove mber 1st, the School was defeated at Bellingham, by IIIU"8 to I goal and 3 tries. Owing to the wet state of the ground, the play was Il!to Hy co nfin ed to the forwards. For the first ten minutes the play was of an even 111111 11 \, but eventua lly Parker, a fast haIr, broke through and scored un der the posts, II 111M' to bad tackling by the School. Soon afterwards Parker again scored. Play IIIIW .mllied down in our opponents' 25, and Scott got through and scored far out, 1I\'III'd co nverting with a splendid kick. After halfÂˇ time, the School again pressed Illll d, only failing to score through the weak passing of the three-quarters. Parker ,tldl,1I n third try. Strahan scored for the School from a smart pass by Watson . 1111 S 'h 01 still continued to press, but Parker relieved by a high kick, from which

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Dennis scored. The forward s again worked their way to the goal line and Ba !'~( tl dashed over, and added OU f third try. Strahan sco red again from a clever hoo k II , Watson . The last try of the game was obtained by \\Ta llace, in spite of a spltnd lll effort by Deighto n who caught him up. and tackled him on the goal li ne. T he School team was as follows :L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Strahan. L. J. Bassett, K. Moo re , H. Petley (thn.,' quarters) j "V. R. N. Leslie, J. H . D. Watson {halves) ; J. Deighton, C. G \Villiamsoll, F . G. L. Scott, E . T . Gage, J. A. S. Aylward, H . M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas, A. L. \I , Thomson (forwards) .

KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE. T his match was played on Nove mber 6th on the Sutton Valence grollna, nlll l resulted in a victory to th e School by 5 points. As the score im plies the game II II" very even, and the issue was doubtful to the Jast. After the kick-off the S'l1 olll pressed for a short time and made their opponents touch down the ball :;evercd tilllt 1Jil Scott then got the ball from a touch out and scored and the try was converted II) Aylward. T ill half-time th e struggle was more or less in the centre of th e I1llhl neither side gaining much advantage. Our opponents' fo rmation seemed to PlI Z/II the forwards who did not shew their acc ustomed energy in the scrum . In t he seen!! 11 half the School pressed, but some poor passing by the three-quarters lo:;t us Ilin advantage. Bassett then recei\'ed a kick on th e knee which compelled him to 1l'IIVI the field and for th e rest of the game the School acted almost entirely on I hl defensive. Abbott and Watson made so me good kicks and gained m uch useful g mLll lI1 fo r us. In the last five minu tes the School again pressed, but failed to alter the ~t'OII As a whole the team. we re in good form, though a ll along the tactics of the OppUIII IIJ( forwards seemed to confuse them. The School team was as fo llows:L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Strahan . L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, 1-1 . Pe tley (1111 ," quarters); W. R. N. Leslie, J. I-I. D . Watso n (halves ) ; C. G. Williamso n, I'. <: I Scott, E. T. Gage. J. A. S. Aylward, H . M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas, A. L. B. T holl""", G. W. R . Rudkin (forwa rd;) . KI NG'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE. The return match agClin st Dove r College was played on th e new g l' 1111 .1 "ll Nov. 9th, and resulted in a win fo r the School by 12 points to 8. Dovc l' won 11\(1 10 but very soon the School began to press, the for ward s playi ng a go od hanl HI HIII Bassett and Strahan had a good chance of scori ng spoilt by an indiffere nt paM" Itllill Bassett which was not gathered by Strahan, and shortly afterwards fl'on""! a k ll' l{ III ,., Petl ey was nearly in . Shortly after Dover took the ball rapid ly dow n th e 011111 , HilI of their players being over-haul ed just in time; howeve r. the game was soo n hili II III

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Ihl li!' own quarters, and twenty-five minutes fro m the start Scott kicked the ball over !IIII I Rco rcd, Aylward failing to convert at a difficult angle. The School did not keep 111i'i. lead for long as t.he forwa rds, not playing to the whistle, let Dover take the ball 111 0 1(: than half the length of the ground and score a try which was converted ; and " il L ha ir-time Dover led by 5 points to 3. The second halt opened very similarly to the first and after ten min utes play III1 .'<Stl Ll missed a ct!rtain chance of scoring by failing to hold a pass. The School I l'I't. up the pressure and Strahan gathered a kick from the Dover full back and 111 1t ' CI. Shortly afterwards Strahan sco red again and Ay lward who failed with both I hl'fil' ki cks was sllccessful with a penalty awarded for off-side. Fro m now on to I hll (' IH I the play was rapidly tran sferred from one end of the ground to the other and "Ul lin lhrec minutes of time. after some good passing, the Dover left wing scored, hil i t ho kick was not successful ancI the School was left victorions. The forwards played a good hard game all through and there was some good I.u kling. Abbott's fieldi ng and kicking was quite one of the fcatures of the game. The School team was as follows :I .. P. Abbott (back): G. C. Strahan, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, H. Petley (threetJlIlI llI' rs) ; W. R . N. Leslie, J. H . D. Watson (halves); H. P. V. Townend, I)";ghw n, C. G. Williamson, F. G. L. Scott, E. T. Gage, J. A. S. Aylward, H . lVI. J. hll l llÂˇtl, 'W. Lucas (forwards). On this day also were played the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th XV. matches against Dover; ' I\d IlIld 3r<l , played at Dover, resulting in a loss by 9 points to 5, and a win by p oi l\t ~ to nil respectively; and the 4th played at Canterbury resulting in a win by points to nil.

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EASTBOU RNE COLLEGE v. K ING'S SCHOOL. Playc c.! on the Ne w Ground on November ' 4th, and WO'll by the School with two â&#x20AC;˘ "lilli, f\ pcnalty goal and a try, to a dropped goal an d a try. Eastbourne kicked off ItI\\/ll{is th e: town end, and the school fo rwards got to work at once, worki ng down 1111 tO ll chline b}' short ru shes. F rom a scrum close to the Eastbourne line the ball "111111 ' ross Lh e three-quarters, but no ground was gai ned. and some weak tacklin g let I ,I~\ h o llrne int o our 25. However some good forward play in which Scott a nd Ayl ward , II ' (' nspIclioUS, brough t the ball back. Eastbourne were penalised for off-side, and ,,11\111<1 ki cked a goal after' no charge' had bee n given. Eastbourne at once came I '\ lI'om the kick off and fr0111 a scru m nea r our line onc of their outsides dropped a " \' 1\!'Il L goal. Some up and down play followed, the school a ll owin g themselves to I IIIKhN I more than Oll ce, but at last Strahan bro ke through at close quarte rs and 111,.1 \I)\I(;; hod down be fo re losing possession. Aylward converted with an excellent ~I' k The School fo rwa rds at once pressed again, and afte r a good rush by Burdett, II UI1111t broke t.h rough the defence and scored, but no goal resulted. Eastbo urne I Hklld li ke goin g to pieces at this point, but no furt her score took place before halt" time.

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Eastbourne began to press in th e seco nd half. and the school lhree-q lla rt ~ r~ were kept busy tacklinfT, in whi ch they we re helped more than once br 1 .1I<':"S, 1, 01 about a quarter of an ho ur play cor,tinued fai rly eve nly, bu t at last Petley in te f(;c ptl.:t1 a pass and gained a good deal of g round : The ball however soon return ed to our 15. but pressure was relieved by some useful kit.:kin g . Strah~n was nea rly in O ~l OIW occasion by following up a kick wh ich just we nt into touch 111 goal; and then dIrectly after the drop-out Eastbou rne brc-ke away and scored almost behind the posts, but LIlt' try was not converte d. They co ntin ued to attack, and wen.~ only ke pt out by good tacklin g and by one or two good kicks by Abbot which relieved the pressure. :\.t laHI just before tim e some good combination between Strahan and Basse tt r~s ulted 111 t1w fo rmer getting right round and sco ri ng be hind th e posts, and Aylward lucked th e goal. The School are to be cOtJO'ratui ated on their vi cto ry. as all the for wards play('d a hard game and each one did ~o m e good things, though perhaps they did not gl 't possession in th e serum as often as usual, The halves and three quarters were V('I sound in their tack ling, save fo r one or t wo occasions early in the gal!le, and Abbe)! I though he slipped once or twice on the somewhat greasy turf (ltd all that WU JI required of him. The School team was as follows :L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Strahan. L. J. Bassett. K. Moore, H. Petley (th ro'" qua rters) ; W. R. N. Leslie, J. H. D. Watson (halves) ; H . P. V. Towne nd. J. Deigh to" , C. G. Williamson. F. G. L . Scott. E. T. Gage, J. A. S. Ayl ward, I-I. M. J. Burchill , W. Lucas (forwards). ___ _ K ING'S SCHOOL v. WYE COLLEGE. This match played at Wye on Novembe r 16th, resulted in the severe defea t III th e School by one goal five tri es to nil. It was altogether a most disappointin g (II" play Âˇ-Âˇthe team seeming to consider the cold wind an exc use for not playing up, '1'1" forwards especially she wed none of their usual dash. The game was too onc sid t'd iii need much desc riptio n, Among our op pone nts Druce, Ra mmell and Mason WI 'II conspicuous, In the seco nd half the sc hool had a heavy task in attack ing up th e 8Io~ lI , and th e seeming inabi lity to tackle let se veral of the opposing side sco re easily. i'lll us Abbott kicked well, bu t was too li ttl e supported in the defe nce. The School team was as foll ows :L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Strahan, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, H. Petie), (tit" quarters); W. R. N. Leslie, J. H. D. Watson (halves) ; J. Deighton. C. G. Willi" "t "It, F. G. L. Scott, E. T. Gage, J. A. S. A),lward, H. M. J. Burdett. W. Lucas. A. I " II Thomson (fo rward s). _ ___ KING'S SCHOOL v. EPSOM COLLEGE. Played at Beckenham on Tuesday, November 21st. Owing to t h o dhll.llII I between the two schools, the match was played all neutral ground, in ordcr t /thol II II the jou rney. The first few minutes' play was somew hat confusing, since bo th thlllj

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wOre the sa me colours. At the start the Epsom fo rwards showed considerable dash, Hnd getting possession every time, they heeled well and enabled thei r outside threequarter to score under the posts; but the ki ck failed The school forwards now woke IIJl. and displayed thei r same vigour whi ch they had in earlier matc hes, an d as a result of thi s worked their way to o ur oppone nts' twenty-five, where after some brilliant passing between Moore and Petley, th e latter scored. Aylward made a good attempt til onvcr t, but unfortunately hit the post; the gro llnd was so hard that it was almost impossible to make a hole. A penalty was g iven agai nst Epsom, but Aylward fail ed In place a goal. Soon afte rwards Bassett dashed through a nd scored un der the posts ; Aylward cunve rted. Th e forwards kept Epsom in the ir ow n twenty-five, and the hal\'es go t the ball away smartly, which enabled Dunlop to score far out. After halftUIlC the school continued to ha ve the best of the play, but th e Epsom backs managed In keep th e m out. Durin g a line out near th e hal f-way line a n Epsom forward broke ~ IWlly. and kicking past the back, sco red be neath the posts, although Petl ey made a H"od effo rt to save, bu t fai led owing to the slippe ry nature of the ground. The ball II II" soo n rushed back towards the Epsom goa l, the school keeping up a determined 1I1I .I('k in whic h the halves played well, Leslie especially makin g some good openin gs; I' PHOIll got the ball occasionally, but the school three-quarters tackled well; and after II h'w scrum s Bassett charged dow n a kick by one of the Epsom backs and scored; 1111 1 placc-kick fai led. Aylward played well out of touch, and bro ke away, but was I,ll Ided near t he goal line. On the call of time, t he school were left wi nners by one ~ o , d three tries to two tries. The passing of the halves a nd three-quarters was much lUI proved, and the forwa rd s played a good game, thp.ir heeling being very good at times . The School team was as follows :- L. P. Abbott ( back) ; L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, II Plllle),. C. M. Dunlop (three-qua rters) ; W. R. N. Leslie, J. H . D. Watson (halves) ; II 1'. V. Towne nd, .T . Deighton, C. G. Williamso n, F. G. L. Scott, E. T . Gage, I S. Aylward, H. M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas (forwards).

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SECOND FIFTEEN. 'I'he resu lts of the matches played by the Second Fiftee n have not been very II 'Lory, and in view of the Sllccesses of th e First Fiftee n it would perhaps be well 1111 1)/ lInd discove r the reaso ns for the failure of the form e r, First and foremost we 11I1i '" place the weakness in tackling , All through th e School the tack ling has been Ito !' II I his ycar, if we except l wo or three first fifteen matches ; it is too often high, and Il u II ' It! not enough attack in the defence, by which apparent paradox we mean that 1,1" I l r wili not ru sh in at their man and throw themse lves at his legs. but prefer I 11 ' 1I1 .\in al most stationary in the hope that he will fl ing himself in to their arms. 1111Hl ll'. the backs have been bad at kf'eping thei r positions, e.g, the wing is too often III hunt of his ce ntre, a nd the centres are too often on the top of one another. Iluthlll, the backs do not get back when the opponents are dribblin g through, nor It! Ili n)' lIlark their vis-a-vis sufficiently closely. T hirdly, the forward s are much too

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slow in comi ng round wh en th ey fln'd themselves being screwed. or have ove r-fun the ball, and some of them kick too hard. or individuals, Thomso n has led the fo rwards well and has b een we ll backed up by Ru dkin ann NEll er. Gossett has im proved a good deal at half and makes so me good ope nings. At th ree -quarter :M atheson displays some dash a nd generally makes ground, but is a frequent ofrend er in the matter of position. Dunlop is uneven-sometimes using his pace to advantage bu t often declinmg to do so. ~ ge neral cntlcism may be added, th at there is not enough mutual stl pport . either III the attack or de fence , and furth er then; is too g reat a dis rega rd for th e el e~ ~ n tary obj e~t of passing, which is to give the ba ll to a playe r who is in a uetter positIOn to get forward tha n the person who holels the ball.

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. The match bp.tween th e O.K.S. and Old Dovorians is fixed for J anuary 1st, a nd Will be played on the Ri chm ond Athletic Ground. The team will probably be as f?IlOl~s :-F. A. Husbands ( bac k) ; Rev. IV. H. Maundre ll, G. C. Cove ll, R. C. Paris, J . L. 1 0mltn (three-quarters) ; I. B. Ha rtÂˇDavies, A. de B. Hami lton ( halves) ; L. R. Cooper, A. G. Fenn; P. S. Nairn, Rev. R. D. Marshall, H. P. V. Townend, R. ' ÂĽatso n, J. H. Mee rs, J. Deighton (forwards).

SCHOOL We congratulate t he following on their successes ;R. H. Brillslf!Y - R ic/lards _. Open 'la"ical Scholarship at H ertfo rd College, Oxford. If. P. V. T oumend-Opcn Classical H, holarship at S. J ohn's College, Oxfo rd. II. C. Roper- Open Classica I Scholar. hip at Keble College, Oxford.

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Tn conn ection with the H a rvey I.nboratory we welcome as a Master this It l,'m Mr. l\Iorton Ware B. Sc., who is to hike charge of it. Mr. Ware too k honou rs III hemistry and Geology at London. IInci is an Associate of the R oyal College 01 Science . *";\<%

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O.K.S. and fri end s of the I hool will hear with great pl easure of Ihl ' a ppOintment of the Re v. F. F. S. \\'il linms to the headmastership of EastIlI lI tl lh.: College. Mr. Williams was an AMl4hUa nt Maste r at the School from 189 2 III , XQ<) . whe n he left us to take up work ,I HUl{by. \Ve offe r him our heartiest I Il lI KrUllilations and wish him all sllccess Ilid hnppi ness in his new work, the scene II I wlal -II is, we are glad to say not un-

NEWS. familia r at least to our cricket and football teams. Vve hea rtily congratu late the following on obtaining their colours ;"t XV. -F.--G. L. Scott, E . T . Gage, J. A. S. Aylward, H. M. J . Burdett, K. Moore, W. Lucas, H. Petley. J . H. D. W'atso n, G. C. Strahan. 2nd XV.-H . H . E. Gossett, G. W. Rudkin, G. E. Millor, B. H. Matheson, C. M. Dunlop, E. K. Barber.

* On IVlonday November 20th, Canon H olland very kindly gave ti S a most in teresting lecture on Solar Eclipses with a special reference to the eclipse of 1905, wh ich he had witnessed from off th e coast of Spain in the best position that co ul d be secured. , We have also to than k Mr. C. S. J erram who kindly lectured to the School on Friday, Decembe r 1 st, upon the 4 Navy of Nelson and to-day ' . Besides th ese, the School has enjoyed anoth er lecture this term from th e Rev. Theodore \Vood, and also an e ntertainment of co njurin g and though treading b)' Mr. Alfred Capper.

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HARVEY SOCIETY. At a meeting held on October z8 th, a paper was read by A. B. Emden on I< Protective Coloration in Animals." He divid ed the subj ect into three main headin gs, namely, gene ral resemblance to t he surroundings,-variable resemblance to the surro un dings,-and resemblance to special objects,-giving numerOllS examples of each. The first included such animals as desert animals, you ng bird s, and some insects ; the second, animals which change colour according to the season; and the third, animals that by holding themselves in special positions, for example, rely on their resemblance to some common object to escape observation. The paper was illustrated wi th seventee n lantern slides. and was attended by forty-eight members. On November I I th a paper was read by the Rev. R. S. Moxon relating to the recent discove ry in Crete of traces of a most advanced civilization far earlier in the world's histo ry than any other European civilization, and contemporary with the very earliest mys terious dynasties of Egypt, of which scarcely anything definite is know n. Crete has for ages bee n associated with the name of Minos, and the account of the gigantic labri nth buil t by him, and the monster, half man and half bull, is one of the best known lege nds of antiquity. At Knossus, near Candia, Dr. Evans, the famou s exca vator, has

unearthed th e remains of the enonn (') l1l1 palace of King Minos -not merely b lll (l outlines, that need th e expert's l'ye tn make anythin g of, but wh ole room s, sinII cases, frescoes, pottery, and r lit It innume rable, a nd by a careful process 01 restoration. a nd reco nstructi on, Dr. EVII II M has more or less ascertai ned not only til " style of a rchitec ture, but th e mann(11 I customs, and eve n lang uage of this pn' historic civilization-one that came to !I II end ages before that of Greece bl' HIIII The Lecturer then spoke of and illustr.,IIÂˇd with lantern slides, some of the dctailrl III these discoveries. Clay tabl ets, in s~ rihl l l in the hi therto un translated ' 1'('t.IH language, frescoes of women of <lo ll! modern apptarance, staircases, syst IIl lt . ,I drainage a nd wate r supply of an advun. I II nature, and, above all, large stone Jill , presumably for oil , usually abo ut S ' VII I! III eight feet hi gh , a nd carved o n the oll ll'I. I, H e then gave an ex plai nation 01 ,III l\J inotaur legend, as arising fro lll 11 11 circus performances, and g ladiulw hll shows, from which women W(' I'\ ' Il u l exempt, but exp ressed his opinioll 11i,11 the labyrinth was not e ntirely I g(\ll dull The paper was illustrated by tw cllly h lill lantern slides. On Saturday, November ' ~ Ih , paper was read on Loco motives by " " Shelbourn. The object of the lcctlllt li I j to explain the main points in th,\ , 'I II

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fltruction of the Modern St~a m Locomotive. The arrangement of the boiler II lId firebox was first treated, and then the nction of the steam in the cylinder. Next lollowed an explanation of the HoweStophenson, J oy, and 'Valschaert valve Ht'a rs. The positions of these a nd other pnrts we re th en shown on a la rge longitutl ilial section of a modern G.N .R. I.ot.: omotive. The principle of the

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automatic vac uum brake was illustrated by a black-board diagra m, and after a description of the varions smaller fittings, the paper was brought to a close by a few words on compounding, and on one or t wo particul ar types of locomotive. T he paper was ill ustrated by fifteen la ntern slides an d was atte nd ed by fi fty-four members.

READINGS.

T wo Penny Readi ngs have been 1,,'ld this term, unde r the supervision of ~ I r. odfrey, on Oct. 28th, and Nov. 25th, II . P ctively; the programmes were as 1,,11 ws ;-

6. Mazourkn; for Piano ...... . . ...... Ts(hoikowslti. C. N. RYAN.

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8. Part Song" For the New Year" .IIfmdelssolm .

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Ha rdy Norseman"

7. Song . . I f The Soldiers of Ihe Ki ng" .. .Stua.rt. REV. W. J-I. j" ' AUNDRR LL.

9. Song . . II Father is a thrifty man" I-Itmga1"l·a.1l FoIl..' SOfl.C:.

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8. Song ....... Japanese Love Song" .... . ClaY/IJII

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Glee .. " Ch ristmas comes bu t once a year "

2. Piano Solo .. . " Noveletle in F " . REV. R. S. MOXON.

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L:\dy Wind " . . IJIIt Century.

S. i{ cci lat ion .. . " IHarlin Rclf ,. R lw . L. H. E VA NS.

6. Piano Solo "Schmcttc rl ing"

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A Carrion Crow " Early En,r:/I,A

10. Song ... ....... If Nelly Gray" . . A1ilt ricall

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A VISIT TO GREECE. One hears people from time to time co mplain of th e English climate, lame!lting the long winter and lac k of sun shllle when summer does eventually deign to come. There may be reason in this, but instead of uselessly repining, they would do well to remember that if they want summer, since it refuses to come to liS, the anI}' alternati ve is to go to it. Let them follow the advice of Matth ew Arnold, who urges th ose who have even a short holiday at their disposal to Leave the smoke, the din, the roar And haste to the Sicilian shore,

or to some other place wh ere su mmer lasts as long as winter does with us, and where sunshine is not the exce ption. but th t rule.

For the benefi t of such peopl(' Ih. followin g account of th ree weeks tll\i" .1 from an English spring anc1 spent tllllon I th e Isles of Greece is writte n. It was one cold Ap ril mornin g WIl l II we left London by special tmlll lilt Folkestone, arriving there just in l i u lj \ III catch the boat for Boul og ne. Aln tlH ~ cCltain of the passengers who W 10 III '\ fit state to converse, grea t discussion 111 1 vailed during the voyage as to III necessity of registering lu gg-ag hl llllil starling, or whether it was saf- Hi ' I,~ takin g it across Fra nce without plq III the registration fee of si xpcllc . HUll! eco nomically disposed persons hilt! l,ItI.11 th e vi gilance of the Officials at ' 11111111 Cross in this respect, but the illIllHl HI I i

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III CIIH' Y saved was out of all proportion to side stood out most clearly and were easily lIiI' tort uring anxie ty of the same people seen in the flood of moonlight. Afte r a IhlOlI gho ut the journey as touchi ng the day spen t chiefly in basking in th e sun.dd}, of the aforesaid baggage. At shine a nd in deck-sporls, Sicily was IhlUl ognc we arrived, after a moderate ly sighted and th e vessel passed into the IUll uo th passage, where a "special for Straits of l\'[essina. On the one side, \Iul scillcs" awaited tis. Scylla, who barked at ha pless sailors and drove th em on the opposite rocks, is no.w i\ halt was made in Paris for di nn er, represented by a little town of snow ~whit e Il lt nr which seats we re res um ed and prc~ Jllil ltii ons made for the night's journey. hOllses, nestli ng at the foot of the gree n vine-clad Italian slopes. On the other «)I that long and tedious journey ac ross side is picturesque Sicily, with snowy I' IIIII CC there is little of interest to narrate. Etna in the backgrou nd. H ere the liN the first hour or so, li ttl e sleep was waves sweep in a strong current round Indul ge d in by anybody, and the re was the corne r and form the well · known nnl hill g left save to wai t until morning Charybdis, so dangero us to mariners. Illo k I when one could watch the sce ne ry 1I , I ~ h past wi th new and ever v:nying Thence we sailed past RegiuITI (now The Rive r Rhonr, wh ich flows . Reggio ), keeping close to the r0 0 1 of 111\ hy side with the rail way for perhaps Italy for th ree hours, the view of which I hund red miles, in spite of all its beauty, is full of interest and beauty. By after\' di ll after a time, and we reached 1\'lar- noon land was again out of sight, a nd as I lilt,S filled with the determination never we sail ed along the Mediterranean, many lu ro cHp lain of th e length of an E nglish dolphin s, with thei r long g ree n bac ks, , il lwny journey agai n. were seen in front of the vessel , leading A few steps from the rai lway ca rriage the way for a ti me, but finally darting off ' ,ulk liS up the gangway on board t he to one side into the open sea. \rgo naut" whe re we l-earnt that the Next day we awoke to find ourselves hlp was not to sail till ni ghtfall. Co nse- in the midst of the I onian Islands, !)I hlllll y a journey was made into to wn, obtain in g a good view of I t haca, tht· ,lIId II few necessaries purchased. H ere rocky home of Ulysses, and other inte r\\'1' II lade our first acquaintance with a es ting ft: ! atures. In torrid, but de li gh tful 1111 111 'h barber, who insisted that we mllst weathe r, we sai led into the Gulf of I "'Tl 8sari ly have come from the " I sle of Corinth, passi ng on our left Naupactlls, ~ I II II" We kn ew that we were insul ar by th e famous key to the Gu lf, and the spot 11I 11h. but had not deemed that our from which the Dorians in their migration IIl'ml ority was so perceptib le or so narrow. passed So uth . As we sailed in th e wa ke The follow in g day in magnificent 01 Phormia, the Athenian ad mi ral of a Iel, 1'lI lh('l' we sai leu within sight of Corsica, we caught an occasional glimpse of twi nlit,· I, l ~ land of Unrest." At midnigh t, by peaked Parnassus, with its sno w-clad In ll IilOOI1, the St raits of Bonifacio were summit. All along on both sid es the III' ~NI , when the mo untains on either cliffs and olive·laden hills were clearly

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visible. A whitish patch on the di sta nt hills was poi nted out as Delphi, the home of the oracle, and at last we arrived at Corinth. H erewewere landed inan electric launch, and set on terra firma once again. First we amused ourselves by examin ing the shops and dec ipheri ng the names of streets, a ll of wh Ich were easily legible in ordinary ancient Greek character. Then we came to a magnificent Greek Ch urch, where service wss ,going on. We entered , but could make htUe out of the confused murmur, for everyone seemed to be talking at once and crossing themselves un ceasingly. On leavin g this place we wended onf way towards the Acro-Corinth, obse rving the goats an d conies leap abo ut on the rough. uneven ground, and admiring the extraordinary sweet scent of the air which ca me fro m a kind of camom ile . Soon we were overtaken by a most c,he~rful. G r~ek :nulet.ee r, who insisted on our Jumpin g III hiS spnngless cart, which we readily did . In a remarkably short space of time he drove us, clinging on for dear life, over stones, ravin es, rid ges, and all mann er of obstacles at a break- neck speed, towards Old Cori;lth, nOw a grand mass of pillars, broken statues and ruins, lying immediately under the Acropolis. There we saw the famous well of Peirene, with its six arches and the water that hard ened the famous Corinthian bronze. In this spot the elders of the town used to re sort fo r goss ip and dice. Befo r~ retlI.rning to the ship we called at a soh~ary m n, a most curious wooden erectIOn, wh ere we purchased a glass of wine that .tasted exactly like a mixture of paregonc and turpentine. Next morning we were conveyed by

special train across th e I sthm ian C.an:l.!, from Cori nth to Athens. The railway carriages resembled a kind of omni bus, with red plush seats all round. Tho~gh the speed attained was perl~aps 35 mll.lÂˇ/\ an hour, yet it was a most 1l1formal r~1i way journ ey, and many passenge.rs .van ,t! proceedin gs by getting out and Slttll1g 011 the foot-boa rd. from which a still beth" view of the magnifice nt scenery could i?c, obtai ned. Much inte rest was taken In the famous Sci ron ian cliffs, down whirh the cond em ned criminals were cast heac! long. Athens at last ! The Acropolis ill the dazzling sun stand s ou t clea rly to vi ew many miles before th e town ii, reached. There stand as ever the an it'lIl buildings, the legacy of bygone days, Ihl' Parthenon, the Erechtheu m, etc. , hilt alas ! mere empty husks an d shado wRoj their former greatness. Carriages WI III I waiting for us and in them we were driv. ~ 11 round the town. First we examined 1111 new oronze H ermes found rece ntl y ~H frag ments at the bottom of t!le . sea ulld lately pieced together. Now It IS a lIlI h' marvellous ,\'ork of art and is kept n llt ,I carefully guarded in the Museum . '1'111111 we climbed the Ac ropolis and saw lin Parthe non and th e temples close at hnn.! Pillars marble figures and J11 0mllHtlllt I were ~1l most deeply inte reSlin K 111111 reminiscent of the glorio lls past. AliI I that Mars Hill (Areo pagus) was "i , II,oI and we stood were St. Paul adclr(~!Hu ÂˇtllI lI assembled crowds below. 'Th ' 1'11\ the theatre of Dionysus, the wnll III Themistocles all claimed attentioll III turn, and after witnessing othe r HIHIII too numerous to me ntion, we w I'l\ 1'1111

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veyed to the Bay of Phalerum, where the Argo naut" awaited our arr ival.

Next day we reached the Plain of i\larathon and we re landed in boats. The Ii mi-circle of hills, marsh and ravine, ftnd the road to Ath ens remain just as Ihey were when th e fa mous battle took place between the Greeks and Persians (+90 B C.). The sloping grollnd was ('overed with acanthus and flowers of Ilvc ry descri ption . The mound erected nve r the bodies of the Athenians, who w're slain, is still there to be seen. e:oi ng on board again we sailed round /';lIboea to the Gulf of Male.. The w;lter of the Gul f has, of course, re ceded lor six mi les since a ncient times, and the .. waggon-path" round the cliff has ex1" IHled to a fertile plain. On landing at 111(' village of Molo we found a large I'lIvnlcade of horses awaiting our arrival, lIIounted on whi ch we SOOI1 covered the Int ervening distance and reached TherIIIO \)yloo. Here we inspected the moun d III .eonidas, cove rin g the bodies of the Hl ll1n nt Spartan ballel. "Ve saw the pass 01 the traitor Ephialtes and examined the hll~ springs bubbling with much sulph urous hUiles and run ni ng along in a smoki ng I hllnnc l. Eagles, snakes and lizards were . I ' IHI in plenty, the la tter of a large green \41 111 ÂˇLy.

The following morning we arrived in I ill'ssaly, where carriages were ready to ddvl~ li S six miles to the Vale of Tempe. nil' sce ne ry there simply passes descriplIon. Indeed is it not said to be the IIIlIti t beautiful sight ir. the world? T he HI! ky gorge, with the great river Peneius Ilnwl ng al ong it, is covered with cliffs I hu l ill ve rdure and decked with flowers

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of every kind. A special mounted guard escorted liS , and the ladies were wa rned not to wande r from t.h e party, as there are occasionally bands of mountain robbers lurking among th e rocks . Now and then a picturesq ue shephe rd hamlet was passed and the inhabitants came out to wave us a KaA,wdp(t (good-day. ) Once more we set sail. crossing the .ÂŁgean Sea, and entering the Dardanelles next morn ing. H ere we sa w the straits where Leander swam the Helles pont to reach his bride H ero, but was eventually drowned. After breakfast we landed in Asia Minor and mounted a calvacade of horses to ride to Troy. On the way we passed many dromedaries and other interesting Oriental sights, and were personally esco rted by a troop of picturesq uely clad Bedoui ns. Eventually we crossed the river Scamander. immortalised by H omer, and reached Troy. The site of ancie nt Troy is a large hill in the mi ddle of a plai n-th e wind-swept Troyland. Out side it appears to be an intact mound, bu t entering by means of a hollow c utting excavated by Schliemann, one finds one's self in a hollow shell full of ruins. These are the relics of th e horne of Priam and Paris - the te mporary abode of the beautiful Helen, the city taken by the Greeks J .000 years B.C. by means of a wooden harse. -From there we sailed to Samos, a jewel set in a sunny sea, and saw the aqueduct built 01 old by Pol yc r.tes, and the water into which he threw hi s valued ring to ave rt the displeasure of the gods. Leaving this vine-clad island, with its perpetual summer, we soon reached M

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Delos-once the treasury and the head of the Athenian Confederacy. Th is island was, of course, sacred to Apollo. " Anon to Del os, Phrebus, wouldst thou come Still most delight ing in thine isla nd home! "

It is now uninh ab ited save for a few shepherd s, who co me across from ti me to time from Rh enea-thc nea rest large island. Ruin ed temples, dismantled statues of Parian marbl e , pillars and columns, figure - heads and broken amphoras lie everywh ere in picturesq ue confusion . O ne of the most interesting sights is a cave o r g rotto among the cliffs, with an artificial roof of hllge mo nolilhs, many tons of weight, leanin g one against another and supporti ng one a nothe r by their huge mass. How they were raised into that pos ition no one can tell, but there they will probably have to remain till the end of time. This cave is said to have been the spot where Apollo and Artemis were born. We climbed the hill Cynth us, 350 feet hi gh, which freque ntly gave its name to Apollo in literature. From the summit a g rand panora ma of of the ÂŁgean and th e Cyclades is to be obtai ned . The wate r about D elos is

remarkahle fo r its extre me blueness, so that even a bucket full retains its az ure tin t. Th ence we sail ed away, escorted o nce more by dolphins ski mmi ng alon g in the clear water und e r the vessel's pro ws. ' Isla nd after island was th en visited in turn , ea{;h full of interest, beauty a nd hi storic senti ment, each laden with memories of the golden age of th e art and literature of Greece. There, Sll rrounded by the voices of th e dead , all! ' stand s and ponders on the yea rs that art' gone beyond recall, and as one compareM the mOUTnful prcs(;nt with the brilliant past, one is filled with a se nse of pity anI! regret to think that in spite of all lllC' beauty, the fertility, the grandeur of th Ht' veritable I slands of the Blest, ),et th lll nation of poets, warriors and heroes is l ilt more. The Isles of G reece ! The Isles of Grecc ' , "V here burning ::iappho loved and sune, Where grew the hearts of war and pence, Where Delos rose and Phcehus s prung i Eternal su mmer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun , is se t.

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" W INTER," The Leaves are reddening in the Autumn Lig ht, And dead, are fall ing fast, The trees stand bare against the sky And shiver in th e blast, ' ' I'I~.~ ai r grows chi ll, the wind gro ws keen, 1 he year has almost passed. The wind steals moa nin q rou nd the copse, And sweeps across the plain, And chases waves of fallen leaves Al ong the country lane; And seems to whisper where it blows That winter's here again. '

The groun d grows hard beneath our feet, The ponds begin to freeze, TI~e holly wi th its b righ tn ess tries, fa warm the life less tree s ; T he sweetness of the Robin' s so ng, Is wafted on th e breeze . The snowflakes gather on the g ro und, And wrap th e earth in white, And softl y cove r fields and tre es, Throughout the winter's night ; The stars above are keeping watch J Until the mornin g light.

O. K, S, LETTER, I >I'or Sc hoo l, lL is a long time since the last record I~I Ollr doings in Oxford appeared in the fllI Kes of the "Cantuarian" and th e first tltllt~ t h~t the present sc ribe has essayed "II fO l'lmdable a task. Much has happened "Inro then; O.K .S. ha ve left us, fresh {).I.S. joined us, a nd we believe o ur II III 11 bcrs are at present g reater than they IlIIv c.ve r been befo re. Charles has go ne IIIIW II III a flood of glory and a 2nd ill " (:Icats." Spafford too has departed, " " ylng barely tasted of the well of Oxford 111'(lLness. Bovenschen, (though this is IIIIW ancient history) worthily sustained 1111 \ pIc-Norman reputation of the School IHI dassics by a 1st in Mods.

At present our largest colony is at K eble-for med by HuysheJ Olive, Ricketts and Maug han . Of these the tw o fi rstnamed are co ve ri ng themselves and th e School with glory by win ning fa me in Ath letics. Huyshe is again the most formidable cross-country runner that Camb ridge will have to meet. Olive won th e Hurdles in the Freshman's Spo rts, and was chose n to run v. L.A. C . We hope to see him at Queens Club next term, showi ng the way ove r th e "sticks" (vide Daily Mail ) to the two representatives of Cambridge. Maughan has just taken his degree, after leadin g a term of idle splendour and splendid inactivitYJ he had passed all his

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" Schools" with a term to spare (lu cky \\Âˇight! ) Ricketts has, \'ie are sorry to say, been suffering from appendicitis. and we hope ~incc rely that he will now give up this fashio nable pastime. It is a safe bet to say he will be found at th e U nion, when he is not to be fo und in K eble. Adams (All Souls) has also been ill. Bovensc hen ha s been dividing hi s attentio n b e t\Ve~n socce r (di ser vent!) ru gger and hockey ancl he is so useful in all three games that strife reigns ill the C.C .C. whe n matches clash, and a deputation of captains call upon him to decide which game he will play. Parso ns is th e strength of the Magdalen n igger team. Bucld may be seen training th e young idea on the river, in the full g lo ry of an Oriel eightsma n, while Bax modestly hides his fame by studious retire ment. Other devotees of Isis are Sarso n, who is coxing a Lincoln boat, and Cooke who does th e same for H ertford, when he is not terrifyin g men of his own build in the box in g salooJls. Olive and Ricketts were see n at the beginning of ter m doing the patient galley-slave in Keble " tub s" and Mosse is fast becoming a useful oar. Rope r plays hockey for Queens,' \Vickham for New CO.llege (and it is wispe red that t he 'Varsity Cue will soon be his ). Nairn is our aged a nd white-hai red patriarc h, he is to be seen exercising a fox terrier in the vic inity of Oxford; owing to a bad knee he has not figured in th e Trinity Sc rum thi s te rm. H e is no longer the ard ent motorist of the summe r, but is still known to all the police in the n eighbourhood . Frewer plays rugge r for S. J ohn's, a nd held a very successfu l O.K.S. meeting, at which a ll but tWQ of liS were present. Two other meetings have also been held.

Some of us were vcry pleased to sel' H art-Davies and L. R. Cooper who cam he re wit h the l'vl oseley team which bral the 'Varsity. Bye the bye why is it thal so few O.K.S . play club football , when they leave school ? Surely it is a pi ty (pa rdon this digression .) Vlfe taku thi s o pportunity of cong ratulating i\ 1t . \Vill iam~ on his appoi ntment to tilt' headmastersh ip of Eastbo urne Coli gl'. H e will take wijh him. the good wi shes ut all O.KS. (all over the world ) wh o kn IV him when he was at Canter bu ry. Benh am -Marshall has now hÂˇ1t Cuddesdon (which is alm ost a 1'1111 of Oxfo rd) and is a hard- work ing Curiltl \ in London, whil e his contemporary at S. John' s, Sa nders, was seen to great aclvilli lage in various parts, when he visill'll Oxford with F. R. Benson last sulllnl ill Charl es, fO Kitty Evans " and Brinslt" Ri chards have a ll been down to sc w. this tenn. We were vexy pleased to see so HUI II \ present members of the Sc hool selc(' IIII N Oxford as their Asia Minor (o r h IIJ I)I)' hunting-ground fo r Scholarships) and WI wish them eve ry success in th eir chu"l Not less cheering was the report 01 1111 Sc hool football. We only hope thut 1111 O .K. S. team will give you a good gUIll. , and also beat you!

Now for our one an d o nl y I.ltlltl quotation! Floreat Schola Regia ! Yo urs eve r,

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O. K. S. A plate ha s been pla ced in the 8chool4 ro m on o ne of th e oak panels above the wainscoting to Vi/a lter Patrr. The plate is made of plain copper, with mn bossed letters; their arran gement is thus :WA LTER PATER . 853- . 858 HORN ,839 . DIED , 894.

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G. F. Olive won the 12 0 ya rd s hurdles th e Freshm en' s Sports ,I t Oxford University, and was elected to represe nt Ih e Uni vcrsity against the L.A.C. i in th e I!lllcr co ntes t. however, he unfortunately I"llll at the first hurdl e and had to reti re.

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VV. T e lfe r has been runnin g for the ( 'amb ridge University Cross Country " t'(' nd team. ~

* \¥i ckh am won the

J. B. rong jump at II ... Athletic Sports of the New College. Oxford. *"

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L. R. Cooper played for the Midlands IIH.tinst Kent, ancl was first reserve Hgll inst th e NC' w Zealanders. • <.

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Marriages- On \Vednesclay, July H)l h , at Cla nm ore, (Ireland), Edgar J. 'illiith to Alice \Vhitn ey. On Saturday, Novemb er 25th, at All '4rllllt8, Ma rgaret Street . .J lil ian f...' Estran ge O , K., .) to Co nstance Collie r.

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NEWS. \Vc have received from ou r Ind ian co rr ~'i p on d e nt

the names o f two more O.K.S. in India :C. "VV. S. Coo, Superintendent of the Gove rnm ent T elegraph Department, Eastern Bengal. I-I. \V. S. Husbands, Ass istant En gi nee r, on the Ni;m m Stat.e Ra ilway. 1.~1f, ~

The Annua l O.K..S. Dinne r will take place o n \¥ed nesday . .Ialfua1:Y 17'". 1906, at the Afolll!/) R~sla1fr{ml, Piccad illy Ci rclls, \V., at 7, '5 p.m. Frank \,yaeher, Esq., has kindly conse nted to take th e Chair. Any who can come arc requested to :->cnd an early reply to B. H. Latter, E'q ., Pixfield, Brom ley, Kent. No ti ckets are issued, but the su m of 7s. each will be collected from those present at th e Dinner. The H ead master has kindly handed this ext ract from a letter of an O.K .S. " At present I'm looking after 2 ,500 shee p for the best Boss in Ne w Zealand, t J a wee k ancl a ll found. I t means co nstant sharp work which is just what I want. Of cou rse I have a certain amount of other wo rk too, cattl e and ho rses . Though I do n't oft en take a team I hav e to sometimes. Last November saw the end of my back coun try career for the present anyhow. I was once out six wee ks by myself se ventee n mi les over the hills ( 3.040 ft.) a nd I only saw other liS

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back coun try shepherds about three or perhaps four times. I put in two years in th e back count ry and now I'm doi ng fattening and paddock work, and a good deal of stud work too. P vc got good horses a nd fivc good sheep dogs and a good Boss, so I' m pretty well off. I sec by the Cantuarian, whi ch is sti ll as shy of appea ring in print as it used to be, th at the School is still flouri shing. I joi ned a Mounted Rifl e Cor ps about a year ago, it is a change to go into camp sometim es. \Ve had so me big IV[a n reuvres here last Easter. ,.ye rode forty mil es to camp one day and it rained all the way ! I was ho noured with th e job of acting as Genera l Babingto n's orderly for the three clays. I t was rather funny. his two Staff Officers I knew well, and it was ha rd wo rk trying to remember not to talk to them. Sti ll they used to come round at night to

where I had th eir mounts picketed a nd yarn after officers mess. \~'e had a vc ry good t ime on the whole th oug h it Wft 'l very cold on nig ht duty. 1 rode seventy miles altogether on the firs t day and fOl'ty th e seocnd, that cooked my gee , so I got another and trucked Sirda r home . Sirdac is a beautiful jlllnper, but camp life and too mu ch hard work did not suit him. \Ve were in camp fo r a week be fo re LIlli manceuvres and ' 50 mil es in three con sec utive days were too muc h. The rrason ] had so far to go on the first day wa s th at I had to go backwards and forwardK between the two ar mies, from Babington to the Staff o n either side . It would co m.e as rath er a shock to the Army chlt l)l4 who ploug hed me for eyesig ht to know Ih lll 1 put six bull s out of six shots and a ~ ighll \ 1 at 400 yard s magazine fire in Lhh I \' seconds two mo nths ago . Still r'm glall

they plollghed me.

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OF FERTORIES. 'l'h e Offertories thi s term have hee n as follows:AMOUN'1.

O BJECT.

Sept. 2+. The Cath edral Reparation Fund Oct. 8. The C.M.S. Miss ion to Cashm ere "

22.

Nov. ' 9·

£2

The Ch urch of England l'vI ission to Seamen The Diocesan .Education Society

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Dec. '0. T he S.P.C.K.

CORRESPONDENCE. V. 11. - Tlu Editors dedille to accept alty respollSibilit), COlllluter! witlt the opinions oj Iheir Corresponde nts.

,Vallie ami addnss lIIust lthuays be g,·vell, nol Jttcessari/y lor jmblicalioll, Qui as a oJ g()()ti fa ith. PelSonalities will illvolve certain rejectioll, Letters sllollill be 11J1'itteu Oil one side of the paper Olt/y.

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""a,' Si rs, Now that the School has been hUlli shed with an expensive a pparatus for IIItH ctio n again st fire, o ne practice a \I "Ill socmes hard ly sufficient to secure II wt~ ll ·o rdcred arrangement in case o f an Il n~bl'eak . Al so this practice merely deals wit h moans of escape a nd not of extin cti on,

ANSWER TO

so that the boys who are in charge of the hyd ra nts a nd other externa l apparatus are not acquainted with what they have to do. S urely this is easy to remedy an d a few mo re practices would be far more sa tisfactory. Yo urs t ruly,

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, /';·re. '- There will doubtless be more time [or lhis in the Easter Tenn. -EDo. ' . IC(Jij.' _ Y our suggestion is under considerat ion, - EDD.

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SPORTS' £

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Balance in hand, Sept. , 1904 65 Doy,;' Subscriphons, Mich. Term, 1904 59 Lent Term, 1905 59 " Trill. Term, 1905 60 Masters Subscriptions .. ' ". JI Call1uaY;(l1L Suuscript ions ... . .. 31 T . W. Voung (Rent ofUlorc's Piece)" 12 Shop Profits 101 Sale of Cards ... 2 J. H. Davies, Es({. .. Inte rest on Deposit Accoun t

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Od. I3fh, 190j.

If! 0

0 0 8 5

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FUN D. RXI'ENDITUllE.

Kent County C.C . (Rent of Rugby Football Union ... Austen (Wages and help) Peat (WaR:cs, Cricket Goods.

Beverley ) So u " ... '" IU I. ... 29 '" I &c.) 13 II} II

;Vl af .. h (\-\Tork on G rounds)

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Cullen (Rent of Football Ground) Lilley (Rolling, and Rent of Ground) .. . Gibbs (Cauiuarian) ... .. .. . (General Printing) Dunce (Footballs, &c. ) ... Rates and Taxes (Blare's Piece) Gentry (Repairs, &c.) ... Burton (Drakes. &c.)...... Lee aod Wigfull (Sports' Prizes) Mappin and Webb " Gas and Water Co. ... H earne and Fagg (Cricket Goods, Prizes, &c.) ", Chambers (Repairs to jI,'[owing Machine) Andrews (Repairs) Twyman (Cricket NelS) Crouch (extending Water Pipes on Blore's Piece)... Holley (Repairs to Horse,boots) ... Fagg (Mould and Caning)... Read and Huggetl (Mowing) ... Jarrett (Carting) ... ... ... Paine (Gate at Blare's Piece) .. .. Goulden and Goodban (Tennis Prizes) Legal Expenses re Rights o(\\'a)' R ights of Way... ..... Expenses of School Pair to Aldershol ... Score r and Umpire (Travelling J.::x · penses, &c.) .. School Shop .. . Saloon Expenses for Cricket and Foot· hall teams)... ... Stamps, Telegrams, &c. Cabs. Porterage, &c. ", Harris and Court ". . .. Balance, September 1905 I)

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11'11 beg to acknowledge with 11""k. the receipt of the following "I,,, "I',ions:-

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Mackinnon (3/6). A. W. Sarson (3/6). F. M. Deighton (3/6). W. H. S. Redpath ( 3/ 6). C. W.Dell (3/6). F. M. Furle), (3/ 6). R. S. Moxon (3/ 6 ). E . M. F. Evans ( 1)/ 6),

I.. C. NTason (3/ 6 ). E. P. Guest ( 3/ 6). J. Rosen berg (316 ). S. W. Cole (3/6). W. Hunt (3/6). F. II I ('''pc (Ji6). L. E. Rea)' (3/ 6), ' Rev. I Hawkes (3/6). T. S. Adams (3/ 6 ), G. LeeII . ~ I "undre ll (3/ 6 ). Mrs. Corson (3/ 6).. . Warne r (10/-), O. B. Parsons (3/ 6). 1 .111<' " (3/ 6). G. F.

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V. Austen (J/6). Mrs. Walsh (J/ 6), 'ovell (J/ 6). H . L. Johnston ( J/ 6/ ,

' The Secretar), would be glad alwa),s to receive changes of address.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

We beg to acknowledge with thanks the r~ceipt of the following contemporaries ;Sherbumian, Epsomia1l, Su/iM. Va/mCl S chool Magazine, Chigwelliall, Blue, jJ{al-

Culllberliall, Carllmsirm, EaslbOllrtlia1t, Lry's For/lliglzlly (4), Glenallllond ell/ OlllCle, Glzo/me/dan, Dovon rm ( z ). Ouu l (4 ). AlIe)lJJiall, Fe/sledian, Plymollufl1l,

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PorlculNs, S I. Edwa?"d's S chool Gllt'ouicl" (~), Elizabethan, Leodiensia1l , La1leiJlg ColI'N' Afagazim (2), Fellesian. Bradfield Col/'A" Chronicle. K i1lg's School Magazim, L lh , Coltn'.y Genliemm, (4 ). All commun ications to th e SccrNl1l \ please address" The School H ous!"!,"

Gibbs and Sons, PrintNs, Palace St reet, Cf\1U erbur)'.

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CANTUARIAN. MARC H,

1906.

No. 19.

EDITORIAL. Ever is the Easter term a seaso n of disillusion ment. If not forewarned by sad ri ence, back we come fi lled with a praiseworthy determination to avoid any fatal ~ lrn ill from over-work, seeing that a kindly providence has enacted that no examinations IIIhould loom threatenin gly upon us from afar; we are buoyed up with vision~ of keen 1l\ld enjoyabl e struggles in the I I Tutor Sets," and are en tran ced by blithe prospects of Hllnrts bringing as they will, perchan cc, glorious victory in their train . 11)( P

All too soon is fled t he visionary gleam, and the roseate hues that have entranced into the light of common day. It is tru e that th e progra mme of our daily wtll'k is encouraging in its brevity, but, alas! the powers that be have not ordained it 111 11 through any desire for our comfort. It is but a stratagem to lull the unwa ry into liuH'i d case, and then to p.ducate him in th e true principles of Tragedy by whelming II 11\ in troubl e, even in Prize Compositions galore and kindred thorns in the flesh . II ~ .'4 pake truly who said that the Easter term is the scrap Âˇheap fo r all that is und esirable III tile year. \li4 ffide

Th lls hostile are the mundane destinies that sway our lives: even less kind are 1"11"1) of hcaven . All thro ugh history, from the days of Prometheus downwards, have III/I\, grudged warmth to man. Are creatures of a day to partake of our monopoly?

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they cry. an d forthwith, as a sig n of their dissent, and, it may be, as a gentle Pili" I aga inst hyperathleticisrn , hurl o n the luckless Tut or sets. sleet an d snow, th llnd N ,11111 lightnin gs, and, it is whispe red, swamp in th eir wrath a noble craft with a ll itH t I. upon that ancient river, the river Stour. If a small remnant yet surv ive th (' 1)111")1 and prepare with hopeful courage to tempt fortun e on the funn ing track, straiuhlu It co mes " the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, 'I the dread goddess Infhu.:m;a, 1111.1 cuts them o ff from th e delig hts of the course. And then, thoug h Phoebus inc1t'1' fl t III di spel her mournful influence, yet in very truth H ermes, the fl eet of foot, aV1I; 1;, Illd aga inst her si ng le- hand ed witho ut his c hee ry broth e r' s ale\.

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Played on C ulle n's Ground o n December 2 151j th e O .K.S., with the wind 11,111 1111 them pressed du rin g th e first half, but in th e se<.:onci half the School und oubt t\c ll , 11101 the best o f the game . During th e first part the School three-quarters were not ill UltolOl fo rm but improved rapidl), towards the e nd. Th ey had opposed to th cm pl'd uq n, 1111 best line th e O. K .S. have yet sen t down , while ou r forwards more than held the ir 0\\ II Hllil at the finish were pla)' ing a strong game. Aylward ki cked off for th e Scho I \lith 1111 wind agai nst him and the O.K.S. soon brought th e ball into our 25 -a nd nfuII 111111 hard play Covell ra n rou nd and sco red be tween th e posts ; the try wa s not l~O Il VI \ I" II For so me time th e ba ll remain ed in the School 2.1. thO ll g h on on e occasio n a ("QuIIIIIII I dribble by Burdett and Scott gained cons iderable gro und. A good piece o f cOIIIIIllI lI lion by the 0 .K.5. resulted in another try, this timc hy Hart-Davies. Soo n nrll,t wnltl l\loore gOt away and passcd to Petley who him se lf passed wildly into T omlin ' /'! IBUIII and a noth e r try was added to our op po nents' score; the kick wa s not suce 1,... 1111 A run by Sco tt aid ed by Gagc's dribbling enab led the Schoo l to press and a 111 '11 1111 in our favour bro ught the ball almost to our OPPOIlt!ntS' to uch lin e. T-!owcvt' r Mh llill before half-time B (' al e sco rt. d yet a fo urth try which was converted hy Nairn, Il'm lll the score at 14 points to nil. After hnlf-tim e, alth oll g h a run by Tom li n ga ve Ha rt-Davies a not hl' l' II) 1 III Schoo l p rospects rapidly improved. J. \Vatso n execli ted a n eat d rop kic Âˇk. In,,1 Burdett dribbl ed over the line a nd secured another try which was conv" III '1 1 It. Aylward. " 'atson mnde another attempt at a drop goa l but was un su ccess rul I I, sh ot was not well j udged and a pass to hi s three -qlla rte rs might ha ve wdl ;.;nltll II much need ed try . After another try by our opponents, th e Sc hoo l kept th ,~ h.11! ~I! their 25 for the res t of t he game. 'fh e t hr~'e - ql1arle rs got togrth er in quitl ' Ill jllllil sty le and BassC' tt succeede d ill scoring. Th e O. K. S. were thus kft victori(lll Itlli'

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1\ hfltly co ntested match by 8 points, the sco re bein g I goal, 5 tries, to I goal l I ,II"p Konl and I try . I'l l\" T eams were :" ,S. :- L. P. Abbott (back ) ; H. Peti,ey, L. J. Bassett. K. Moore, G . C. Strahan

(three-quarters) ; W. R. N. Leslie, J. H. D. Watson (halves); H. P. V. T ownend, J. Deighton, C. G. Wi lliamson, F. G. L. Scott, E. T. Gage, J. A. S. Aylward. H . M. J. Burdett, W. Lucas (forwards) , III, .S. :- G. F. Olive (back); J. L. T omlin, B. C. Covell. G. C. Covell, 1. B. H artDavies (three-quarters) j I-I. G. Pa ri s, A. de B. Hamilton (halves); R. Watso n (Captain ), P. S. F. Nairn, 1.. Mansfield, T. W. Heale, T. D. Dixon, W. G. Campbell, A. G. Blackford, W. G. Wee ks (forwards ). O.K.S.

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DOVORIANS.

rItis match was played on March 1st and resu lted in a victory for the O.K.S. by MII. I' Kund 6 tries to nil. The O.K.S., thoug h o ne man short in the scrum, manage d I , hnl, 1 the ir ow n witho ut mu ch diffic ult)' a nd to the forwards were due the first two "II hoth unconverted-scored by Cooper and Walsh respectively, quite early in the IUIII, Th e g round, as the result of three days' frost, was as hard as a bri ck and 1I1111 111d exce llent oppo rtuniti es for three-q uarter play. The O.K.S. took advantage " lid Il nd shewed thei r superiority all thro ll g h the game, not g ivin g their opposing 11"1 I '1lHlrtcrs a single chance ; in fact all th eir attack was d ue to th eir fo rward s, I. by Taylor, who played a splen did game. Latte r at back was magnificent in '''ll plll8' forward rushe s, whil e IVIaundre ll's pace accounted directly for two tries lUI jllObably indirectly for ~eve ra l more. Tries were scored by Cooper, \Valsh,

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)I'!! team was as follows ; -

(). K.S. :-A. Latter (back); Rev. W. H. Maundrell, 1. B. Hart-Davies, G. C. Covell, B. C . Cove ll (three-quarters ) ; R . C. Paris, A. de D. Hamil ton

(halves) ; L. R . Cooper (Capt. ). J. Walsh, P. S. F. Nairn, A. J. Fenn, J. H . Meers, J. Deig hton, A. G. Blackfo rd (fo rwards).

CONCERT. ' I'IH' Annual Concert was h eld in the ,~~ 1I11I1IHiulll,

o n IVl onday, December 19th, lid pr ved a g reat success. The GymII ilil util was literally filled, over 200

guests besides the O.K.S. and School accepting the H eadmaster's invitation.

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brilliant as in former years, the chorus as a whole was better, the other parts having improved greatly and the balance of tone being morc equal.

The singing was especially good in the Folksongs with their complex and incessantly varied rhythms. by fa r the most difficult part of the programme both for orchestra and chorus. The orchestra, led by Mr. Gann included some fine wind and brass players and was also reinforced by some adm irable string players from the R .A.lVI. who kindly came down to hel p. The performance of lhe "Ruy Bias JJ overture was a very fine one a nd the enthusiasm of the boys was greatly appreciated by th e members of the orchestra. It only remains for us to thank those who took part in the Concert, and to say that their wo rk was most cordiall), appreciated by the guests and the School al ike. PROGRAMME. PART I. 1. CARO l• ..... . " Winter's Night " ....... ....... . Bishop lI1i1ehimOll. PART·SONG" For the New Year " ... . . Mendelssohn, 1809- 1847. 3. C HOR US ANn ORCHESTRA " Gip~ y Life" Op. 29 ..... . Sehmill1l1J1 . IgI0 - 1856. 2.

4. OVERTUkV- ... .. . ,4 Ruy BIas" ..... A1elldelssonl/.. (Composed 1830. Paris. for performance of Victor I-I ugo's play of that name). 5. CIIOR US AN D OkClmSTR;\ "Bavarian Dance" O p. 27. No. 2.. ..E~t;ay. 6. I NV ITATION A~D W ,\I.TZ, Op. 65 Weber, 1786- 1826. (Orchest rated by Berlioz for performance, at the Paris Opera, 01 Weber's •. Der Freischiilz, " for which Berlioz had been commissioned to write a Ba llet.

P ;\ RT II.

7· TUREE FOI. K,SO NGS (Chorlls and Orelll' \I (a) .. Happy Tawny Moor " EJI~lisll, (From Song-book, published IW"7) (6) "il'fy Lady Wind " Eng lish. (Words, 17th Century). (Air and Variations).(e) .. Aiken Drum " SHJ,.A

8. PIZZCATO (from Ballet) .. Sylvia " ... ..

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9. T wo FOLK-SONGS (a) co Spring's Coming " Russiall. (0) "Cs!\lfa Legeny" (E rkel) Hlillt /JI II' ,' WALTZ {from Russian Suite) .... l'ercy Ced/,,, (Founded on two-bar phrase ot' l{usllian Son",).

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FOI.K,SOl'IG II Lehullot a rcsgo Ilyarpa" Wd . 1) Ifll llGll/ lfl/I

SONG (G . C. Stmhan) " StCIl Aponia Sou " (K okkinou)." l,·, (This Song rcached Canterbury from Con"''' I!!1 noplc, 11M. Smyrna).

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Ranzo ......... ... Sefl . C~'fll h

14. i\'1ARCH A;-;D CHOR US (from Faus t)

Goullod, 18 18 I S.

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CHONUS: Basses :

Abboll. I-Iammonel s. Madge. Tuk e. Shclbourn . Abraha ms. TrOllsdel1. Sp.uling. Richardson. Baltiscombe. Freeborn . Mercer.

Pinsent. !\ [r. Aitken.

1\'1r. Austen . Mr. Bal),. :\[ r. Cilmnu. r-.lr. Pngc. Re v. \V. II . MUlti! clrcl1. i\! r. Rca)'. i\1r. S arcea tln~ ,

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TellOl s : S lrnh:lll.

Omitt. Woodhill . Smith, i.

l!nssctt. Lucas. Barber. Gludner.

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Rev. G. H. (;ra),. Mr. Hu nt, O. K.S. Mr. Parke r. Mr. Paul. M r. Wilson .

Mnll~i n.

(;nlpm . Il unt. Money.

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Altos,' li idchotham. Lennon· Brown. J ones, i. i\'l r. P lant. 1>cnne. S mith, i \'. 1\'lr. Price. ( a),n, i. Mr. Reid. Sop ranos. -Sen iors. I).dlon. Crow ley, ii. Martin. l.nmb. MowJl, iii. Morris, iii. Edwards. Little. I)unlop. Townend, ii. 'l'nwcrs. J erram, ii. \l ow11, iv. Courtney. Byron, i. ItrA n. Sopranos .- Juniors. Il nncock. H earn, ii. Hearn, iii. lIyron, ii. Collings, ii. J Ulies, ii. Donne. M eeki n~. I l1 lltc r, I. Snatt, i1. Berryman. Ilcnlelm ore. ;"faxted. I"I lolinc. Cunningham . Hwinford. W:nney. II ker. ( )I)'nn, ii. F rench. II "rIl, i.

Violill.'

!\Ir. Gann (leader), Miss Patterson, Miss Cutts, Mr. Thorns, RA.M. , Mr. !\I r. !\forgan, R.A.M., Robinson, R.A.M., Mr. Boden, R.A.M.

211(1 I:io/ill,'

Mr. Read, i\Ir. Cox, )'1iss Barlow, Miss Cooper, !\liss \"'-'ardell, Mr. Ware, Mus. Ball, R.A., Mr. Coltham.

V£ola:

l\lr. Dines, Mr. H . Court, Rev. A.

Celli:

H ope.

Mr. Fielding, Mr. A. COllft, C. G. \Vi llinmson.

Bass :

r-.lr. Hulbert.

Flute:

Corporal lIllm phrys, 7th D. G. , Mr. Fetherstone.

Oboi: Clariomt,'

Corporal Woodland, RA., Mr. Belse)'. l\'Ir. Goldsmith, Trumpeter Ti lbury,

Fag ,'

~IlIsician

Coynet :

Mr. Wilson, 1\1 r. Willia ms.

Hom:

Corporal Griffin, R.A., Mr. Cosens.

Tromboue .'

Qr.·i\L Sergeant Taylor, R.A., Sergeant -Major Cullen, RA.

7th D.G. Monk, R.A .

Eupl/onium : Musician Cresswell, 7th D. G. T'lI/m:

Tnlmpetcr Pi ckering, 7th D.C.

Bass Drum, (!re. : Conductor:

).'Ir. H arvey.

Mr. Percy Godfrey.

DEBATING SOCI ET Y. The f IlII Ih , ~1

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D ebate

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17Lh, when G. C. Strahan moved

Ii this H ouse still retains its conIh lt II \,(' in the U nionist party in spite of

its defeat at the polls." Party politics evoked so much enthusiasm that t he Debate had to be adjourned until the following Tuesday, and lasted in all

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three hOllfs,-probably a record in th e history of the Society.

Unionists, after which the motion put and carried by 72 votes to 10.

G. C. Strahan began with a spirited defence of the Unionist party, and was supported in a clever speech by G. H. S. Pin sent, and by G. lVI. '¥ebster and L. T. Watkins. The Opposition was led by F. G. L. Scott who together with H . P. V. Townend taunted the Unionists with the pmso nui incompetence of their leaders, and enjoyed besides the support of G. p. lVIac1ear, who made quite the best speech of the eveni ng in defence of Free Trade.

It should be mentioned that li ll Lower School we re allowed a voto nil this occasion, while the rules or 1111 Society were further modified to allo\\ Ii certain amount of • hecklin g,' an arl hi which some of the de baters show d /III small proficiency. A School poel hll described th e Debate thus :-

V\' hen the Debate was thrown opcn, there was such a steady flow of speake rs that, an adjournm ent was proposed and carned. On Tuesday, the audience COI1 ~in~led to supply orators, whose speeches If short, were generally to the point and the Liberals certainly had the best of the speaking, though an anecdote abo ut a past ' :Var Secretary's mode of business in a Liberal Gove rnment, related by Mr. Daly, seemed to give the House much deli ght. After some fifteen or sixteen of the audienc e had spoken Mr. Cape produced an overwhelming amount of doc..: um entary and statistical evidence in favou r of Free Trade which he clain'lCd to be the first question of th e day, and also sought to allay prevalent suspicions about the Labour Party. Mr. Latter replied for th e Unionists with a protest against the outcry raised about Chinese Labour and a defence of their tenure of office in spite of defeats at bye-elections. R. H. Brinsley-Richards then closed the Debate with a short speech for the

YE DEBAYTE. On Saturne's daye yc twentic-sevc nlh . \Vithyn ye Pilgrimmcs' Halle, A fearsome long Debay te was hsld c, For boyes bot he grcate and sma li t', Beholde upon ye oakenne form e. Ye Oppositionne firme, Four sturdie Lyberalles to boote, \Vythe faces sette and sterne. And opposite wythe faces grave Beholde ye dough tie five, Determined ever to uph olde Ve rule Conservatyve. \;Yithyn an anciente oakennc chain. ', Ye Speaker tooke hys seatc, Determinationne on hys fayse, And bootes upon hys fecte. Then oute spake ye Crickctte CapIH111,1, \·Vythe wisdo me so unde and stl'OI) M' I And syttinge downc he was reccivoll \·\ 'ythe sholl tinge loude and longll. Then oute .spake )'C Feetballe Ca ll1ll !lIi , Wyth VOIce as bolde as bra sse : To telle why in ye vOlinge, th eir Successe hayd come to passl'. Loude cries are hearde of 'Joh nnir I ~III ill (Heare, H earc,' and' \.vell e I 11(1\'1 '1, And so me erie' Noe,' and so me I i,1 • \ , The noise goes on for ever.

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' j'hcnne many other speakers rose, Ve tyme grewe very layte. An d so ye speakinge was postponed, ntille another dayte. nd so anothe r daye was fixed , On which aga ine to speake, V1I boyes met in ye Pilgrimmes' Halle, One daye withyn ye week. V" Speaker rose wythe penne in hande, '1'0 showe which side to favolll'e, II i l sayde 'twas clear that bothe agreede, ~ to ye Chinese Laboure.

In votinge ye Conservatyves Dyde number seventee foure;*' Ye Oppositionne Partye sate, \Vythe scowle, and droopinge jawe. Tyse finishedrle nowe, and all is stille \;Yithyn ye Pilgrimmes' Halle i Ye lightes are oute, and far are flowne, Vc boyes bothe greate and smalle. .f[' MCld grat ia'? the figure in the oAiciall'ccord is 72.-EOO.]

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LIBRAR Y. I h,' follo wi ng books have been added to the Library ;II'f1isalem Explored," by Pierotti; kindly presented by Canon Bailey. " 'I'he Political H istory of England ." Periods 1066-1216' l 1216-1377. Ed. HlIlIt and Poole. I.

' 760-J80 I.

"' I'he Sc..:ience of Civilisation," by PhiPson'l "The Redemption or Labour," by Phipso n. Kindly presented by Mark Mayer, Esq. " Britain's Destiny," by Mark Mayer. 10 Studie!) in Shakespeare," by Cha rl es Collins ; kindly presented by S. S. Sopwith, Esq. â&#x20AC;˘. The \I\forks of \Vordsworth "; kindly presented by E . A. Roper, Esq. " Knots untied," by Ryle. . It j.:nglish Cathedrals (illustrated, by F. Bond). " The Scarlet Pimpern el," by Crezy. " The Little White Bird," by Darrie. " Animal Life and In tell ige nce," by Lloyd-Morgan. .. :I:he Call of the \Vild," b Jack London. " j he Ga me," y .. I\ly Strange Pets and other iVlemories of Country Life," by Bell. .. I) nald Grant,". i b ' George Macdonald. " J\ lnrqUis of LaSSie," J ) .1 W;ltts," by Chesterton. II Back to Sunny Seas," b}' F. T. Bulle n. I)

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Ayesha/' by Rider Haggard, "The Cities of Umbria," by Hulton. "The Life of Gen. Sir Andrew Clarke." Canterbury" (Ancient Cities), by J . C. Cox. "Sea Life in Nelson's Time," by Macefield . The Popular Library of Art"Raphael," by Carhvright. H Holbein," by Hueffer. "English \;Yater Colour Painters," by Finley. /I Adventures of Harry Rochester" (Marlborough's time), by Strang. II A Soldier of Japan," by Brereton. " Old Tales from Rome," I . "Old Tales from Greect:," ~ by Zemm elO. "The Spirit of Rome," by Vernon Lee. 'f <f The Story of \~'es tll1inst e r Abbey," by V. Brooke Hunt. " From a Cornish Â·Window," by Q. "Essays on Travel," . Tales and Fantasies," by R. L. S. "Essays in the Art of Writi ng/' I I The Pilot at Swan Creek," by Ralph Camor. <I The Romance of Mining," by William s. <f A Naturalist's History," by Step. "Captains All," by Jacobs. <I White Fire," by John Oxenham. <I A Crown of Pine" (Corin th Story), by Church. I< An Australian Cricketer on Tout," by La ve r. fC Starvenar Farm." " The Death Ship," by Clark Russell. ,. Memorial s of Burne-J ones," by Mrs. Burne-Jones. " The Brothers," by Vachel!. " Canada as it is," Foster Fraser. " 'Wellington's .i'dcn II 1 . "Nelson and his C~ptains," ~ by Fitchett. " Count Hannibal," by Weyman. II Flash Lights on Nature," by Grant Allen. "A \;Yinter's Pilgrimage in Palestine," by Rider Haggard. /( The History of Astronom y," by Berry. ' Modern IVIicroscopy," by Cross and Cole, " Outlines of Field Geology," by Geikie. H ow to Study \~'ild Flowers," by H enslow. Rare British Breeding ilirds, Birds' Nests, Eggs and E gg Collecting," by 1<1'111 11111 II Roma nce of \~iild Flowers," by Step. j{

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SCHOOL NEWS.

\VI I heartily congratulate/<: C. L. Scott. -

Open Classical II xhibi ti on at Brase nose College, Oxford; f 'PI'" Classical Exhibition at Merton 1'lI lhÂˇge, Oxford. I f. L . D ibben.-Ford Stucl entship, I ,1 " i' ), College, Ox fo rd. The following were promoted in to Ihl\ Sixth Form at the end of last te rm: I H, Vales, W. N. Kempe, A. B. Emden. n Sun day, Feb. 11th, the Serm on III 1111' Chapel was preach ed by the IIIH hl Rev. H. H. Pereira, Bishop of I 10) d Oll .

We announ ce with regret which will he shared by many O.K .S. that I j': dmund's School have withd rawn 1111 II 'ha l\cgc to Athletic Sports, and 11I!\1 I'oll seq ucntly th e meeting familiarly IIIIIW II as the C.O. S. Sports which has lu I II lill annual fixture since 1892 will 11111 \,(k " place this year. At t he same IIIIIP Wi ' are g lad that Dove r College has j II' Ph -d the challe nge iss ued by t he !,IIItH' 'ommi ttee to a contest wh ich has I.. j II fl xcd provisionall y fo r Tuesday,

April 3rd . There has been no Sports' contes t with Dover si nce the Triangular Sport s (in which Sutton Valence School was incl uded), were aband oned in J 899Âˇ

Two paper chases have been held this term-th e first on February 6th with V. Arn old and R. H. Brinsley-Richards ; the second on February Z 1st, with L. P. Abbott and C. M. Dunlop as hares. I n th e first the leadin g hounds were E. T. Gage, R . B. Goad, G. D. iVIaclear, C. M. Dunlop: in the second, E. T, Gage, E. H. Davies l W. H, C. Mangin. Many O. K. S. will hear with deep regret of the death of Mr. J. Worsfold Mowll whi ch took place very sudd enly at vVhitficld. on Friday, Jan. 26th. Though not an O.K. S. himself he placed four sons at th e School, and showed his interes t in it among other ways by arrangin g for some years an annual match again st the First E levt:n at Whitfield, an event 'whi ch the team always kee nly enjoyed. Many too will rememb er his lecture a few years ago on Nares' Arctic Expedition. H e was a freq uent visitor at School fun ction s for many years, an d th e School has lost in him a much respected and tru e fri end .

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O. K. S. NEWS. C. W. Carrin gton ( 1888-1899) has been appoin ted Assistant Maste r at Eton College.

O . F. Huyshe has been awarded II i full "blue " for Cross Country rUll nlll H at Oxford.

O.K.S . DINNER. This Annual Dinner was held at The Monica Restaurant in L ondon, o n \\'ednesday, January 17th. Mr. Fra nk ,"Vacher was adve rti sed to take the C hai r, but hi s duties in conn ection with th e General E lection unfo rtunately detained him in Can te rbury, and hi s place was kindly taken by Mr. B. I-I. La tter. There were onl y 36 O.K. S. prese nt, the smallest meeting we hm'c eve r had, but thi s was undoutedly accounted for to a large extent by th e poli tical fe rvour whi ch was being di splayed by O.K. S. all over th e country. In spi te. however. of the small num ber;:;, a successful and enj oyable evening was spent, the sho rt

T oast List being interspersed with RO ll I! excell en t so ngs by l~d essrs. Ryley flUti Pereira a nd th e Chairman. Aflor 1111 loya l toasts had been duly hon oured. 11 11 toast of the evenin g. .. Flo reat S 'holll R e~j a," was hum ourously propos '(\ 11\ the R ev. R. F. Elwyn in an cx c ~ lI l \ 1I1 speech, and in repl y th e H ead IVI II'III I gave a ve ry sati sfactory accoun t f hm\ t he Sc hool was flourishin g in its vll d llU depart ments and energies. l\h. Ihl ,lIu IHatheson proposed "The hairll\llll il with a glowing appreciation of him Ii 'l seen throug h the spectacles of a Ji f(' 11I1I friendship. and after M r. L attcr' s Hlph th e co mpany d ispersed.

INDIAN LETTER. I was glad to sce an Indian letter in a rece nt Cantuarian, wri tte n by anoth er O .K. S. H e mentioned th ree o r four O .K. S. out he re of whom I had never been informed. Mr Editors, you don't

tell me enoug h: yo u should add nol. supplementary or corrective to my IOlH I th en I should kno w bette r whc r I '~ II It,

T. W. H. J o nes - wh o. I bcli c v{', '" q lH1

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aptain-se nt me a card at C hristm as :fro m whi ch card I gathered that he was In the q6th Infa ntry, and sta ti oned at Singapore. H e info rm ed me on the card Ih at G. C. Valpy lVas in the Coloni al ( ' ivil at K alang in the Straits. O ther (). K.S. have almost obliterated themselves nmong th t cogwheels of th e mac hinery of Ind ia . H . V. Cob b has been busy a rrangIng thin gs in Gwa lio r for the recep ti on of I he Prin ce and Princess of \Vales-who IlIwe, I believe. bee n his g uests there. ' I'hey see m to have had a magnificent I PC ptioll th ere by the Mah arajah . They \\ tlrc also here in In dore : and they h,I\'c made the mselves e xtremely po pula r whncve r th ey have yet gone . A few numbe rs bac k, you prin ted a Iptlr r in whi ch a n O .K.S.:;tyled" Uganda "

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one. Before I fo rge t it, oh! H arvey Society, - when L ee Vlarn er next crops up at th e School-whic h he is sure to do off and on (he is no w at Calgary)-put him down fo r a lectum o n .. Monastic D ean Payne Smi th and D rainage." Bisho p E den. Cano n Cadman and Canon H olland lived in te rro r th ose days, no part o r th eir houses or gardens was sac red. For t he main en trance to the ancient d ra ins havi ng- been once d iscove red by L. \.y.: and hi s fam iliar Michlem (T.N .), their obviolls duty as bein g intelli gent enqui ri ng K ing's Schola rs-was to fi nd out the possibilities of the drai ns. , Perad ve ntu re the secret o r Nell Cook's g host mi g ht lurk th erein ). This th ey did.

L ee \Varne r is very an gry wi th me for splittin g o n hi s hole. in the wall. w'lI tly suggested th at Indian O. K .S. ]Jut [ mu st re fer yo u fo r other anecdotes Nil iitilci subsc ribe to keep up th e Boat of th e L. W. of th e past to the Sc h ool's "l lI b, This in genious devi ce of putting o ld buttress, W. R. ~ l o wll. The L. W. hi" hand into other peo ple's poc kets to of the present is very upset by Canada "")lP rt deservin g institutions is q uite being turn ed into fields of wheat instead tl'llli ni scent of the old wiles of our of prairies of g rass: a nd 1 expect he l,dl1 l1 tcd and ve rsatile C hief Justic e of spend s hi s ni g ht s in clip pin g a ll his new Il Mi lnda-\V. 'iVr. C-rt- r.. I sho'uld no t be nc ighbo urs' barbed win::. I a m glad th e ,II 11 1\ surpri sed to fi nd that he wrote that O .1( .S. have fi xed up their colours , I II Ilt'r : he is q uite capable of having done in tend impo rting so me ~o ln clore whell n I 'll pu t hi s name down fo r the next fund s permit. !lIdln Famin e Relie f Subscriptio n. Not Cong ratulatio ns on the o pen ing of the Ilull we should bl:! unwillin g to subscribe footba ll year so favourabl y. J eve r forget In Ih e o ld Schoo l: but the Chie f Tusti ce to send yo ur matches l O the Fie ld . I IHIUhL have suggested that we s ho ul d pay a lways loo k up that admi rable paper first 11 111 of our balances to c redi t a fter pay ing thin g in our ci llb here. nlll hil ls. C hin -chin, i\ truly del ig ht ful lette r fro m the 3 1st Dec ., 1905. J. 1-1 . S ;lllTH, ti lth and orginal Lee \Varn er, for warded P S. -Just noted ; Rev. W. F. Cobb 11 (, Oil ' fro m the patria reh Mowll (\V.R). I h,1 IHl rdcns of co rrespo nden ce do so me- . has paid a subsc ription to the Punjab II II Il' It hdn g th eir re wards, and here wa s Bi ble Society.

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EASTERN L E TTER . DEAR

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Scarcity of ne ws we ll nig h con~p e l s me to withdraw my pen befo re addmg one more li terary smudge to th e pages of ~he U Cantuarian," but a se nse of duty wh H..:h refu ses to be s ub dued urges the fulfil ment of a long-made promise to bri ng you again in to uc h with a small conti ngent of

O.K.S., in this remote corner of th e East. The necessary imp ul se mi ght still have been lackin g' but fo r wha t is believed ~o

be a local reco rd, namelr th e presence In one railway carriage 011 the F.M.S. rai lways of three contemporary 0 . K S. The three in q uestion we TC T . H. Jones,

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R. St J. Bradde ll, ancl the writer! and their

average height about 6 feet z Illc h e~ . <?f th e trio Jones is a full-fledged Ca ptam lJl Ru ssell's Infa nt ry, no w statio ned in Singapore : he is no shorte r than he u.sed to be in the old days when he saIled majestically up th e big school-room in his Senior go wn, and no fatler i at the same ti me he is loo ki ng ve ry fit and none th e worse for ten years' experie nce of th e East. Beyon d the fact that he also is in Singapore, I know nothing of Brad dell's occupation or movements, but I seem to have heard a rumollr that he is legally incli ned. On the day we met- C h ri stmas Eve- he was proceedi ng to Kuala L umpus. the F ede ra l Capita l, to play c r i c k ~ t for Singapore again st th e State. of ~elan ga . C. H . Clarke abo ut th e sam e tun e was doing like se rvice fo r Perak against Penang and both we re o n the winnin g side. 'fh e F.M.S. covers a wid e area

and fo r that reason I have nev' r y(lt IHI I across Clarke, who has spe nt all h i~ 1111 11 in Perak: I beli eve how eve r he I fII lllI workin g ha rd in the L and Offu.:c. . J, II Sc rivenor is a ma n of e rra w ' 111 111 ubiq ui tous habi ts , very rarely to. bll HI'I\l1 ,Ii head -qu arte rs : in hi s o wn partlcu!!u lou as Federal Geologist he has th.., III·h l entirely to hin1se.lf a ~H I. thoro ug hly 1111j"1 it. G. C. Va lpy IS stIilln Kl a ng. s p lll H 111 much of hi s tim e in e ndeavo uri l)g to n il II out justice to a mixed po pll iatio ll whll standards of truth and fa lsehood 101 ho pt:lcssly mix ed. G . F . .Pa~c t nl ll II I heard from him las L, was stil i III 1\11111 111. wo rkin g vt.: ry hard indeed . Wil ll ll!!1 A. M. T o ulmin is still o n Lh (, 11 111, Statio ll, I have no idea : I ha v ' hlli l 1111 news of him for years. l\1y a pp('!\1 III I previ ous lette r to E astern O. K .S. 10 M\VI me any news co n ce rni n~ the msc.lw,. nu I with no response, sa ve 111 one . 11 11'11 11111 and out of thi s arose a prett), huh · I l u" whi ch I hope wi.li be ne w to YOII. Ilwl will se rve to she w that th e fa me an d Mill' ~ of Oll r noble foundatio n a rc n I 111 1\ It tI to t he British Isles. F o ur E nglishmen were seated II I I di nn er tabl e in an Eastern H Oh, l, \\ 1110 t he re entered a n aged fo rcig nur II h. see ing e \'ery o ther ta ble c ngag{'d, Utlki I for permission to take a seaL at 1111'1 1 The co nve rsat io n turn ed o n se hou l Hu,1 th e aged fo reig ner slated tha L h W,I I h. so n of a political exi le an d IHu l III II educated un de r Arn old at Rug!),. I hi othe r fo ur tested him we ll 0 11 JlIIIIII

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III fo tball an d other in cidents, but he IlIlIdu"cti\'ely proved the genuineness of hi. d a illl. and presently sa id, "Well, IhlilC) li re only five of us : let us drink to 1111 1 11) . " " Who a re the five? " said one . iI Why, ' he five of course." replied th e IIIIt 1ig nc r in a to ne of surpri se, "the fi ve Hli l{ illals. Eton, H arrow, Rug by, \VinI 1I'·H tc r. an d Wes tminste r." One wanted IHld Du lwich . anothe r 1\'I alve rn. but he \\ nnld have none of it. "But," o bjected 11 11 one O .K.S . of the g roup, ")'Oll have II It out the oldest of the lot." T he !lIll' lg ner looked at the spea ke r and I hil ll gh he knew not whence he came II I hi what he referred, j ust said , " Bo)" IIIII IK cham pagne , I take o ff my hat, a nd .h lnk LO Canterbury. am I righ t?"

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of the School a nd earn their undyi ng g ratitude . In th e absence, ho wever, of such a va luable wo rk, I wo uld earn estly suggest t hat more migh t be done to bring th e Pink Boo k up to date , by inse rti ng in eyery possible case the add ress and occupa tion and any other worthy detai ls of each O. K .S. whose nam e is me ntionecl .%

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[11 conclusio n. I should like to ment io n that it is some considerable time since "The Ca ntuarian" ca me th is way, and that it is a s badly wa nte d as ever ; and, mo rc important than this, to co ng ratulate yo u very heartily on the pros pero lls conditio n of the School , a nd th e splend id s uccess-p roba bly lIn-

paralled-of th e Cricket and T eams du rin g the past season .

Football

It is stran<re that J. H. Smi th in IlI dlll , and the \~riter here, sho uld-quite \Vith a ll best wis hes, III 11(1\o ra nce of one ano th er' s vie ws - at 11\1' fi nd the sam e time have suggested Yo urs sin ce rel),. Illi l t'fl ll.lpilation.ofa K .S. register. I. q ll i~e Klang, F.M.S., G . C. VALPY. 11.IIKll lze the Immense labour whi ch It \H Ul lt! entai l all the person wh o und er3 1st Dec .• 190 5. 1.lIlk th e responsibili ty of sllch a wo rk, II ld I f ar' that fe w cou ld f spare the ti me *N "" '0'" O.K.S. .' s very much I k bt l . B. - [I' nlorma l0n IJ III lope With even pa~·t 0 t 1e tas i 1I wnnt ed by the H on. Bursar. Our corres. 11 jlVi' r sll ch an one d id come fo rwa rd . he I pondent will understand that it IUllst come \\U l1ltt he conferring a boon o n all lovers rrom the O.K.S. themse lves. - EDD. ]

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A J OURN EY T O P OM PE I I. Leavi ng Naples station ( wh ere by th e way no o ne seems to kno w wh ere th e trains go to or what th ey do when th ey get there), we proceeded to Pompeii, doin g the jo urney of about eight miles in 4S minutes at a break- neck speed, reminding li S of the dcar old S.E . & C.R . Arriv ing a t Pompeii, we dise mbarked, and as th ere were no signs of a station and o nly a platform wh ich did not exte nd to half the length of the train, got o ut o n to th e line . Vle we re immediately s urrounded by inn umera ble gui des, ou t o f whom we selected one of Cooke's agents, as lookin g th e most intellige nt, and wended om way to th e ruins whi ch li e abo ut a q uarter of a mile fro m th e so-called station. After payin g five francs each for adm iss ion, we were cond ucted to th e old entra r~ ce - gate of th e a ncient city. just o utside whic h is a mu~e llm contai nin g the discoveries made dur ing the excavations. such as water bottles, fruit, mosaics, as well as th e bodies of th e unfo rtunate people who were suffocated when the. tow n was destroyed . They were all apparent ly doing their best to escape su ffocation by th e du st which co vered th e city after the eruptio n, a nd which, when acted upon by water, became a sort o f clay, preservin g anythi ng beneath, and th is is ho w th e bodies are th emsel ves prese rved. T he entry po rt apparently led into th e main street of t he city, whic h

like a ll the stree ts was paved with lava, making it very uneve n. The widest streets were about 10 o r 12 feet broad , with a pavement about 6 feet broad ; the bye streets we re o nly about 6 feet broad and just all owed o f a single chariot bein g drive n along them. The sides of th e roads were ru tted where the whee ls of th e carts and chario ts had e vident l), wo rn away the lava. The re were of coursr no g utte rs or drains in the town. a nd the water poured down t he streets, fi ndi ng its q uickes t way out of th e tow n. T o obviate thi s discom fo rt steppin g-ston H were placed across th e roa ds suffi cient I ' low to all ow the bod ies of the carts to pass over th em, and yot high eno ug h to prevent passers-by stepping in th" water. P roceedin g to the F or um in tilt. ce nt re of the tow n, we passed sen'rlll olel rui ns of houses wh ich ,,"ere apparr ll ll\ shops in those days , d istin g ui shed hl" their variolls sig ns. For insta nce. n sculpto r had a piece of carved mlll'hil l ove r his door, a bu tche r had a choPII1 11 placed near th e door, and a baker' s 1-1 1101' had a nu mber o f ovens, wh ile in till wine shop a num be r o f holes W f( ' II I into th e coun te r co nta in ing th e Willi themselves. \l!,'e then ca me to the 1"01'1 11 11, I Hne old place wh ere e lec ti o ns, bll 1.1I111 speec hes, and genera l meetin gs til Ih, tow nspeople we re held. On the Illit "iiI. of this is a temp le e rected to JUJlItI I

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evidently a fi ne building once, but only the steps leadi ng up to it and a few I pi ll ars remai n. As we left the F oru m we passe d nume rous li ttle side tem ples erected to somc of t he min or gods, some of th em in good prese rvation and pa rticula rly beautifu l. "Ve were th en ta ken to see th e ho use of Glaucus, eve r fam ous from Lord Lytton's very accurate description, with the sym bol ' Cave Canem' o n th e threshold, which is still perfec tly di stinct thoug h some of th e colo ur has bee n washed out. The nce to a house whi ch has a ll the in-door parts standin g as they IIsed to sta nd, except where a fe w pillars :lIld beams have been pu t in as a su pport. T he house is entered by a lo ng dark passage leadi ng to a waitin g-roo m fo r th e pu bl ic baths, throu gh whi ch we passed Hud ca me to a p lunge bath four feet deep, hil t too sma ll to have bee n intend ed for a Nwi mm ing-ba th. T o th e ri g ht of thi s is It 1"00 111 co ntainin g pipes a nd boilers for 1\ hot bath , wi th a large fi re-place fo r drying purposes, a nd the next room was II closed-in gy mnasium wh ere YO lll1 O" II tll ktcs of Pompeii wc re trained. 0 Ano ther ho use gives us mo rc idea of

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no thing but rui ns e verywhere else in the town . Th ~ ground-floo rs of the houses a re bui lt o f marbl e. while the upper parts wh ere the se rvants hved are of wood, which accounts for th e wh olesale destruction of the place by fire. Entering the hOllse hy a mag nifi cent po rch we co me to a co urt-ya rd wi th a small pond con tai ning go ld-fish and on eith er side the bedroo ms a nd sitti ng rooms of the te nants o f th e hOllse. Further o n is another courtya rd, cultivated in the form of a garde n, in whi ch are fo un tain s a nd statues of ma rve llo us beauty. Ro und the garden runs a cove red-i n cloiste r from wh ich dini ng a ll d sitting rooms open out, revealing some vc ry beautiful paintings o n the wall, which mad e one marvel at the ineptitude of t he present I tali ans who can do nothi ng to approach this in point of beauty and effect.

\Ve ca me next to the theatre, bui lt in the usual fo rm of an amphith eatre and associated with spectacles wh ich make our blood run cold to read of. Behind the theatre is th e gladiato rs' sc hool, evidently a gra nd building once, but onl y the pilla rs arc left stan ding .

III" outside features of th e dwe lli ngÂˇ places In Po mpeii. Non e of th e pillars o r sta tues hU "'I~ been moved. bu t a roof has been put 11 11 fi nd flo wers a re now g ro wn in the 1!llI ll-ya rd which was one of the chief II Hlnr's of the Roma n house. One is 111111' 11 struck by the beauty of this "'I I"Clc, with its fOlln tdin s playing , th e II\ II C)1'i~i n al paintings o n the walls and , \, I 'th.lIl g looking jus.t as it looked long IIMII, Itl t ' r the desolatIOn of ru ins and

On ly abou t two thirds of the to wn has bee n uncovered as yet, but as thi s has taken I 3 0 yea rs to excavate , some idea of th e di ffic ul ty of the work may be o bta ined . Ju st as we were leaving th e clouds lif~ed off Ves uvi us for a moment, ancl a fa mt red glow o f red-hot lava with a large amount of smoke warn ed the wo rld that there was life in the old dog ye t and that some day i.l second eruptio n

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may take place such as utterly..de ~ troy e d t he ancien t tow n of Po mpell 10 fi ve min utes. This is of co urse o nly a rapid ske tch, but we had to do in two ho urs what would take a week at lea st to do thoroug h 1)"

and it i ~ only hop ed that those who hay time to read th is short arti cle will h ' in te rested enoug h to rt:!ad books writte n by those who have devoted their lives t g iving the public some idea of what thi ~ g rand old town o f Po mpeii was yea rs and years ago.

VOLCANO CLIMBING IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. In the provi nce of Albay, on the Pacific coast of th e Island of Lu zo n, t he most northerly of the Philippine Islands , sta nds Mayo n, a lmost the largest, and probably th e most active vo lcano in the islands, also said to be, with th e exception of one in ] apan, the most p (~ r fect con e in existence tas l~lf as mou ntai ns are co ncern ed), spoilt unfo rtun ate ly by t he las t eruption of 1900, when 300 o r more feet wa s blown from the summit. H aving been sent for business, to li ve at one of the small towns ro und its base, wh e re am usement is scarce, and means of getting exe rcise scarce r, we co nceived the idea of maki ll g the asce nt, a nd made enq uiries for the best n~ e an s , and if a g ui de was o btaina ble. From the nati ves the only informatio n gathe red was that it was im possible, and never had bee n don e ; fro m th e resident Spania rds was glea ned th at some years ago, th e' padre,' accompani ed by two frien ds att empted it, and had got above the limi t where vege tati on ceases, but had then with diffic ul ty return ed, the two fr iends smitten wi th a ma li gnant

fever, a nd the ' pad re' with sma lJ Âˇpox . Also th at in J 888 three G ~ rm all explore rs sta rted the climb, and had not com ' do wn yet. \OVe th en tri ed th e Americans at It mi lita ry camp, about Ii miles from th town , where it seemed more hopefu l. as th ey reported that so me- men from thll previo lls regiment stationed th ere, had ascended to the to p, and placed there tilt' "Sta rs and St rip es," some people wi th what mig ht be termed "patriotic eyesig ht," even declaring that on clear dayH th ey co uld distin ctly see the flag. \Ve pointed ou t that if th is wa s so, it was cl early the part of the presell t regi ment to sho w that th ey co uld do it too, and two of the officers agreed to accompan y liS o n th e attempt, whic h Wi! " fix ed for the rollowill g Sunday (there an ' no Protestant C hurches in this part of the world ).

On Saturday ni g ht, we, th e British section, I will call the other member H, drove up to the camp at 1 0 p .m., n]HI were giv en beds in the officers q ua rt Cl H, where I for one revelled in sleepillH

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hl.twe n sheets for the first time for a \ 1 nr o r mOle ; th e ave rage E uropean In tit islands sleeps o n a g rass mat, \\ Ilkh is really much mo re comfo rtab le, Ilnl the return to sheets see med a luxury.

piloted th e party th ro ug h rivers, ove r rice fields , and into t he woods beyo nd as if he knew t hem by heart, whi le th e only lig ht was from flashes of lightning t hrown out by an approac hing sto rm.

A loaded carbin e was put at th e head usc of assault, fo r th e regiment had IIPw ly a rri ved from the States, and di d nuL 1:1 em to realize that affairs are now W M ' 1'1I!.

At da wn we found we had rise n co nsicierably, and t.h e vegetation had changed entirely, all traces of tropica l plants having given way to little stunted trees at wide inte rval s. Eventually the incli ne was too steep for the horses, and it was decid ed to con tinu e on foo t. a soldier being left to g uard th em : a job we did not en vy him, as he was soaked to the skin, and at that he ight it was fairl y cool, a t any rate cool e nough to be unp leasant for a lon ely wait of ove r I::> hours.

III t

T he Co rporal uf the guard, with

p.li ll rlli attentio n to d uty, call ed us at , lI. m. , and a ltho ugh read y for seve ral

hours sleep, we had to pretend how .hu l we were to get up. 111 11 11 '

I t was a pitch black and wet mornin g, 111,1 things looked so dismal, th at we ÂĽ!I II Hlt rcd why we had eve r arranged the Il l/I ; th en breakfast arrived whi ch mad e til 11MB worse, for wh o can eat at 3 a.m . ? I 111 1 writer at any rate co uld HOt, so III' InLi red, and pu t a head that ac hed \,111 11 ' 1\1 1)' under the sho we r. The rest IIIVI IIl{' breakfasted, o r pretended to do 01 , we started fo r t he stables-;- for we I II' 10 rid e as far as possible up th e 'Iu ly fl lopcs. By the lig ht of th e lantern I I I UllIined my moun t, and was relieved It! 11 11(\ he looked qu iet, fo r being no hI li I'man it is doubtful if I should have illl! mJ)tcd it. had I not known that th ere Hilid be Am eri can Go vernment saddles, \\ hii' ll arc hard to fall out of.

At last we were off, and best of all too dark for th e g uard to see my 1\ h' of ridin g. Th e way was roug h, but 1111 two office rs had obtained for a gui de. I I ' lit poral who hac! twice attempted the I lhub, Hnd very near ly don e it, and he II 1\11 11

F or an ho ur or more we climbed , or rath er c rawled, up the steep slope of colgan grass, higher than. o ur h e~d s, an ~1 all th e time drenched to the Sklll, until li ttle by little the g rass got scarce r, and we at last reached that d read spot th e Spaniard s inentio ned, where th e vegetatio n stops. We feel 11 0 symptoms of malig nant feve r or sma ll Âˇpox, an d proceed up what is now a rough rocky way covered with a small g rey moss, whic h makes slippi ng easy. 1n turn the moss vanishes, and th e way lies ove r still larger and rougher rocks, and lookin g back we loo k do wn on the tops of th e rai n cloud s, and feel that we are ma ki ng prog ress. Abo ve, loo king ve ry close is what a ppea rs to be th e summit, and we say th at th e whole thi ng is a farce, and tha t

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a child co uld do it, bu~ then we di d not know the cleve rn ess of that summit, how hour after hour it always manages to kee p the same distance a bove. The rid ge of rock we kee p to ge ts narrower and narrower, with a de ep precipice on either side, until at last it is only a narrow st rip , on which a ma n mu st li e fac e do wnwards, and work himself along foot by foot, while if he is wi se he won ' t look down on either side.

by the rai n as smooth as a billiard table , giv in g them th e appearance of fine roads,

In one of th ese, by the way, we find the flag b rought up by th e p r ev i o l1 ~ reg ime nt, ilnd smile wearily as we thi nk what eyesight those pe opl e must hav(' had who saw it at the s ummit on th ose clear days.

J3 was not wi se, and temporarily lost his ne rve, remaining help less on the ledge, but thanks to t he Corporal guide WdS hauled o ver.

Steeper and steeper ge ts the grad icl1 l, and wearier and wearier get we, and still the top looks the same distan ce, and Li eut. S" B., and 1 sit down dejcctcdlr,' and share a thimb leful of whi sky, wh i t l the other two go on to see if we :lI'i l really any wh ere near the crater.

At thi s stage B and I began to feel the effects of om exe rtions. for a quiet commercial life is not good training for sudde n bursts of energy like this. Th e rest however were in good train ing and could have gone ahead easi ly, but it was essential t hat all sh ould ke ep toget her, a s any man goi ng ahcad would unw itti ngly disturb some small rock , and owing to the loose fo rmatio n this wo uld gathe r others in its d own ward co urse, until a perfect avalanche came thundering down.

T e n minutes more and they shuut that th ey see it, and we groanin gly crawl up , only to have t hem explain lhal th t' / did that for encourage ment, but Ihllt wha t th ey really have found is a jot 01 s ulphur vapour com in g up through 11111 rocks; thi s looks ho pefu l. a nd we makl t an othe r effort, passing m any similar )(It", and in abo ut half an hour, the IClIdlu H two ( for we don' t mind if t heru avalanclies now) shout that they !l l'l' 011 th e edge o f the crate r.

Rests soon took place ahout eve ry

Lieut. S. ma kes his s purt, and ~ I \ I III there next, myself fourth, and 13 IlI dl l mu ch to the Âˇlast named' s an noy~l n ( UI \I like myself he wi shed to be th 111 . , Englishman known to have reach Ii 1111 to p. \ Ve li e on the edge and s hivUII Inl it is very cold, and the mist Lllllt Ihl fo llowed us hides everythin g, S I h ll l ~ I think that after all we shall not hu Hili to describe it, A kind fortune howe ve r CHl~ ,. j ~1iI II

five minu tes, and thankful we were to

get them, tht:y bein g th e only chan ce of lookin g round, as owin g to the treache rous nature of the roc ks. all atten tion was requ ired to test eac h o ne while climbing. Great cracks a q uarte r of a mile ,vide now run down the sides. showing where the lava had streamed il1 tim es of eruption, and the floors of these cracks are filled with hea vy black sand, washed

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to lift, ann then we rath er wi sh it had not, as the result is so disappointing, just It la rge ho le about a quarter of a mil e in diameter, with sulph ur jets round the ou ter edge. and the depth invisi ble owinO' to th e rising smoke. 0

said, except that it was vcry painful, too much so to be desc ribed, and by the time the horses were reac hed everyone was so exhausted that not a single ant could walk straig ht, or go more th an twenty paces without a fall.

We look outwards, and for a moment, hl' Lween the clouds, catc h th e most Inagnificent view imaginabl e, then tha t I' loses up and is gone; so we eat sarciines, lind prepare to desce nd, as the cold is \IN)' tryi ng, and the s ulphur va pours are VI' I'Y strong.

Thankful indeed were we to reach the camp, and one was doubly so because it was again dark, and his equestrian feats were o nce more invisible.

Of t he d escent the re is little to be

The satisfaction of th e clim b was great, but that night we all looked up to where it was just visibl e in the darkness, and fe rvently muttered" Nevermore ."

V ALETE. Abrahams, E. P. Shelbourn" K. G. Thom as, S. Wood ,I1111,1(..J.D.B. D.Smith, F. Warde, P. L. Cooper King,

S. H. F. Brown, T . M. Gordon, S. G. Duprey, J. Finn, \V. H . vVilliam s.

CO RRESPON DE NeE. V If, - Tile Edilors dedine 10 accept any 1'espollSibilil) , coltJltcted 1IJitli the oj)inioJlS oj their Correspon-

dellts. Name and address 1Iwst a/ways be g ~-ve /l., not llecessarily for j>lIbliratioJl., but as a ,/tllataJltee 0/ good faitlt, Peuollalities 'will involve cerlaill rejection, Letters should lit 1/J1"iUm 011- om side of (lit! papu' oilly.

I II lit, Edilors

0/" TH E CANT UA RIAN." th e Tu to r-Set Shields,

be hung in the C lass-rooms of their res pec tiv e winne rs for the )Iear ? Might Lh ey net also be cleaned sometimes?

hh 'l! arc at present hung in the Old H all ,

.. PAT RIOTIC ."

III .\I(

I RS,

Could not

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CANTU ART AN. CORRESPONDENTS.

D ay.boJI (0. K.S. )-(We were not responsible for

that part of the a rmngemcnts. ,If those to whom you refcr had waited, stnndmg room would h:wc been found for them, - EoD.] Sll.~esliolJ . -[Saintf;' day~ are n,?t ,intended IO,bc half-holidays even 11\ the hmlted sense }OU mention. - EDD.]

P"triolic.- (\Ve thank

)'0 \\ for your suggestio!,. II is not thought adv isable to hang them l,n 1\ 11 Class Rooms for vario us reaso,os, bU,1 II hll been decided to transfe r them, I f pOSSible, III the Library where all the School cnn ., ' them. - EOD.]

NOTICES. vVe beg to acknowl edge w,ith thanks the receipt of the folloWlIlg subscriptions ;-

P. Hemery, Esq. (3/6), J. H. Rammell,

I E sq. (3 /6), G. F. Paget, Esq . ( 3/ 6 ),

<:' I

M. Evans, Esq. ( 3/6). GIbbs and ~'''' (J /6), W. H. Horsley, Esq. ( ~/6), . " I,I H. Rowan-Robinson (3/6), R. ], . nrln, h'l Richards, Esq. (7/ 6).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. 'We beg to acknowledge with than~s th e receipt oCthe followin g contemporarles :L eodien siau, Swan, Radlet~lI , Culhberliall, Brighloll College 111aga~lIIe, ~~gl;1 Carl/IUs/an, AlleYllian, Exoman, Rmg s

Sdzool lliagaz/lle, C.O,S., Brarljidd (1/111, Chronicle, Epsomiall, Lil)'. S'lwbll,,,1oI LO" s For/nightly (2), Fillies/ali , /l/II /t 'fI 11M All communications to th e Sl't II 1,111 pl~ase address ., The School 1l 0IlM!!"

Gibbs and Sons, Printers, Palace Street, Cal\terhmy.

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1906.

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EDITORIAL. In spite of the chee rful forecast of our last Editorial, the dread Goddess III l1\1cnza has not yet ,thrown her mournful influence (sic) upon us, and for this indeed \'" Ilr' thankful. But where she has failed to spoil the well -trained runner's chance, III MlC p S that even more uncertain power, the weather, with such a dire abundance of !lOW and hail that he begins to do ubt if opportunity will eve n be given to him to hll 'lI k the record. Surely the weather might have been more clement, he thinks. ,,, I nOlunreasonable that the only snow in the year should fall just in time to spoil IIII~ Sports ? Should not one have propitiated the weather rather than influenza, that Iltll II porls might have more chance of taking place? BUI now the weather has had her fill ; the Sports have been brought off; no more II! ! ~ lI lO bewail the absence of the Sports' accou nt. Nay, though not so glorio us as II I )'i:u r' s, this year's sports can at least show one re co rd , th e putting of th e weight. \lId turning to future prospects, already we see the approach Of summer (pray I'I /I\'l l n il may be fin er than the spri ng). bringing with it cricket, and with cricket III" prol'pect') of centuries and hat-tricks and such deeds of fame .

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FOOTBALL. KING'S SC HOOL v. HA~1PSTEAl)

WANDE RERS.

This was played on Cullen's Ground on Thursday, February 15 th , and II ' lilt' in a severe defeat for the School. The game was played on a very weL grtll llltl III' the struggle was chiefly between th e forwards, The vVand erers succeeded tht nll whlll the first part of the game in sco ring heavily and had scored 3 1 poin ts wlth lll I minutes of half-time, From this point, however, the gam e as far as th e Schuu l , concerned brightened up, th e forward s shewing particular form, noticeably A )' h~ II I No further tries were gained and th e whistl e blew with the score at 5 goo \", Jill v . nil.

KI NG' S SC HOOL v. HYTJ-IE

F. C.

Played Saturd ay, February 17th. From the outset th e School showed l'I\lplllll'" over thei r opponents. The th ree-quarters passed well and the fo rwards pin I,tl n "" game throughout. The groun d was in a very bad condition and UH;t p'Ih'll prevented a larger score being made. Abbott at back was conspicllOU~ lil t II good kicking.

KING'S SCH OOL v. THANET

WANDE RE RS.

This match was played on Cullen's Ground and resulted in an easy vi to!) 1111 II School. T he School attack was good throughout though the defence aPPclI lI,d 'I what weak and the tackli ng, especiall y th at of the forwards. was de id l'ilh I' On the whole, however, the play was vigo rous and keen . The score at Ou l.1i 4 goals and 4- tries ( )2 pts.) v. I goal (5 pts.)

KING'S SCH OO L v. SIDCUP F.C. This was certainly th e best match of th e Easter te rm ' and resulted \11 ,I dese rved victory for th e School. The th ree-quarters were really quite bl'ill lll ill tlU Il most of th e game an d \\fatson was very good at half. The fo rwards ShO\\,lt l /,I, I of dash, th ough at times their tackli ng was rather weak, notab ly at th bllHl lI UIi the match. T he whistle blew for tim e with the sco re at ) goals. 3 tr il" ( Ii 1'1 I goal (5 pts.)

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LIST OF MA TCI-IES. ----~----~--,-,------------

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FI R S T

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G'oa/I . _ T r ill . P o'm I s. GOilS l . _ _ _

XV.

I h • C)tl. 5 Mr. A. Lrttler's xv .. ..... .. Canterbury Lost III" "

I II, II I Ii.. "

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NfW .

17 19 25

\ Inll" "

I h. , "

I u. I h"

., 14

I II

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,. ,6 21

I II ,I kc. 20

Rev. W. H. i\ laundrell's xv. Sutton Valellce School .. . Wyc Coll ege .. ... . .. ...... .. Dover Coll ege .. ... ... .... . Hythe F. C. . .... ......... . J\,ferchant Tayl ors School SUllon Valence School . Dover College ............. . Eastbournc College .. ... .. . Wye College ..... ., ..... ... . Epsom College.,

Canterbur)' Canterbury Canterbury Doyer .. .. .. Can terbury Bellingham Su tton .... .. Canterbury Canterbury Wye... ... .. lleck enham O. K. S, ...... . .. ...... ... .. . Canterbury

Won Won Won Won Won Lost Won

3 2

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pen.

Won

Won Lost Won Losl

3(1 p. )

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I It .NI)\'. 2 I II, " 9 \ \ 'I ,, 22 I H" " 30

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Can terbury Ca nterbury Dove r .... . Tonbridge Cante rbury

Lost Lost

ILost IAbml. Won

18 13 14 S

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32 24

pen.

5 5

IS 15

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5 pen.

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F..: b.

S.A.C. ... ... . ... .... . ...... Ca nlerbury ! Abnd.

tl/fl /(hes pln)'ed, 1st XV"

2nci"

17;

"VOII, 12 ;

LosI, 5.

I ;

3·

3 I

6 9 3 3

18 9

Sid cup F. C, ... .... .. .. . . .. Canterbury Won

Dover .Coliege 2nd xv, .. . T onbn dge School 3rd xv, Dover College 2nd x v, .. . T onbridge School 3 rd xv. S. A. C. ..... ... ..... . . ..... ..

"106 "

I h., I,'ch. 15 Hampstead \VandercrsF. C. Ca nterbury Lost I. " [7 Hythe ,"' .C... ..... ......... .. Hythe .. .. Won II.. " 2 2 Th:'IIlet Wancierers F. C. .. . Canterbury Won II.

A r a;IIsl. T r ill. Poi n ts.

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Points, /01', 238; agaiml, 175. "

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TUTOR SETS , 1906 .-FOOTBALL. E A 1. I B - - - C- - - --- --- --- --.. -

:o.1ason's. Evans'. Hell's, Latter's. Austen's, Cape's .

FINAL

' Latter's

Bassett

OR DE\{,

(Capt.)

PT'. 8

129- 17 = 112

Mason's

Williamsoll

99 - 24= 75

Austen's

T ownclld

68 - 28 = 40

Evans'

Abboll

Cape's

Harher

Bell's

Deighton

10 1 -

49= 52

3 t -142 =- liJ

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FOOTBALL RETROSPECT. Alate/us played, '7.

J-VOII,

1 2,

Lost,S.

Th e School is to be heartil y co ngratulated on the above results, which, we believc, constitute (\ record in the history of th c School FootbalL Further, it is the outcome of good all-round work, for the team has not had any "star IJ of extraordinary magnitude. Readers of the Canlilantw will have seen detailed accounts of all the matches, ~o it is not necessary here to go into them again, Suffice it to say that every School malch was won with the exception of Merchant Taylors, and that we defeated D over twice in th e season for the first time on record. The team was well-balan ced, fo r though in the early part of the season the th ree-q uarters were weak, they improved enormollsly and did what they were requi red to do very well. It is rath er in te resting to note that whereas in the fi rst six (,) r seven matches, our tactics were to keep th e ball tight till we were in th e opponents' twenty-five, in the later matches we were able to give the ball to our hacks with confidence anywhere. It would be invidious to pick out individuals where nil have done well, but we feel that a special word is due to the Captain for the IHlmirable way in wh ich he led th e forward s. T he proof of his value in this respect i8 to be found in the fact that in the few matches that he was not present, the want of cohesion was quite manifest. The tack ling of th e team. which wa;:; very weak in the early matches, improved IÂˇollsiderably and there was more mutual assistance in this department than has somelimes been the case, The necesssity of everybody getting back to help the defence Ii hind them ca nnot be too ofte n or too st rongly insisted upon . The passing of th e backs reached at times a hi gh pitch of excellence, and it was 11(', lsin g to see how ofte n the forwards took part in it. while the initiation of such 1lo uts was co nstantly due to the reso urcefulness of ÂˇWatson at half, The vigour of thll School football as witnessed by th ese results and by th e Tutor Set Competition is Illus t satisfactory, and our thanks are due to Townend for all -he has done to bring II hnu t this state of affairs. Full Back. I ,. P. AUUOTT.-Mlich improved in many ways.

His fielding and kicking have been very sa fe, and he has got much better at stopping rushes and tackling. Still terribly slow in turning if the ball goes ove r his head,

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THE

CANTUARIAN.

Three-quarter Backs.

BAssETT.-Improved in pace and tackling, and goes with much more dash, though still inclined to check before giving a pass. K. MooRE.- Good tackl er and plays with plenty of dash though lacking pace. NOl yet very firm OIl his feet though he has improved in this res pect. I-I. PETLEy,-Very light, but fairly fast, though he does not always usc his pa..:u e nough. Saves very well. G. C. STRAHAN.-Rather uncertai n, some days taking passes brilliantly, some days snatching at them and mulling, Tackles well and has scored preLL consistently. .Half Backs.

VV. R . N. LESLIE.-Still very slow in his movements but has done useful work, alii! improved considerably with his feet. J. H. D . WATSON ,- A very promising ha lf, with plenty of originality and reSOll r '", Rath er too fond of doubling back toward s the scrum after tri ckin g :11 1 opponent, and tackles too high, but has played ver), well on the whole.

FOl wards. l-I, P. V. TOWNEND-(Captaill).--Has kept his tea m togeth er "cry well and imp!'oVl'II very much as a player himself, both in the sc rum and in thc open. Tacldl well. J. DEIGHTON.- Good forward; does a lot of work and tackl es we ll, but. is a tl ltlt clumsy with his feet. C. G. \ÂĽILLIAMSON.-Still ve r}; slow and clum sy but has imp roved a good deal in t h ~ course of th e season. F. G. L. SCOTT.-Fast for ward who plays a hard game and tackles we ll, and haK hl'l lI very useful in the open, but does not do enough scrum work. E . T . GAGE.-The best dribbler on th e siele, th ough inclined t o be too slow ~In ,j scientifi c wh en th e grol1nd is wet. Follows IIp splendidly a nd tackl l' ~ \\,111 J. A. S. AYLWARD. H eavy fon\-ard wh o takes a lot of stopping. Rapidly impw \lll in foot work and keeps his head now in the open. Splendid placc. kkk H. M. J. BUkDETT.-Very good in th e loosc, as he is fast and d ribbles well. 1 1111 I tackler and follows up well. \\'. LucAs.- Useful fo rward, tackling and (lribbling well, and docs ple nty 0 1 \\t ll ~ It th e serum .

T HE

•

CANTUAR I AN .

5 11

THE BOAT CLUB.

n n The Annual F~urs, we re ro wed on Friday, March 30th, at Fordwich. This ear twoe~; ~af~for NOVi ces Fours was a rra nged instead of the Junior Pairs. Origi~ally ria ours were c!lOsen from la[,t year's first, second and third fours but owin ~,7)'~:~~o~~c~ ,~e~t~fr duru?g training- so ma ny were unable to row that these' had to b~ .. ' e n . le survivors used to fill lip th e gaps in the othe r crews. The rowing 1\1,1 5 co nsequent ly rather sc ratc hy. The winner:.; were t he only crew that had rowed ~~foe~~.e r at all regularly and the othe rs we re rath er inclined to fall to pieces at a fa st IK

bC~I;'; ~~I~I~g<~in. ~~in f

In!' June 2 1st

thc lsmall

boat·hou~e

a bove Barton Mill a nd a landing stage

~lt ~)o rc~~\' i~~~~t. lOUSC at Fordwlc h. Thc race against T onbridge is fixed PROGRAMME.

HEAT A. lIu\\' ,

R. T. J enki n K. S. Smith J J. Deig hton . Ii. v. L. Ba ily . I 'm•. II. de H. S mith 2

st .

lbs.

9 9

9 6

3 6 4

G. S pic kerncll I-I. P. V. T o wllcnd C. M. We hs ter L. T. W a lki ns G . A . C. J o nes /'Vi ll1ltr,

A dose ra ce all through.

WATK IXS,

sl.

Ibs.

10 12 10

I 0

I foot.

HEAT B.

II'IW , I. III •

s l.

K B. Nelson A. J. Trousde ll' I .. P. Abbol l 1<. U. Dic kson :: '

C. L. Drui tt

Ills.

10 10

0 II

D. L. Ro be rtson Eo M. Tu ke E. \Y. I-hlg hrs C. W . HU Ill . H ) de H. Smith

st. 11>5.

9 9

3 10

k ' vVi llJltr, H UNT, i leng th. Ie son s crew got a way badly an d I I' n IlI llllrs though IlOt showing d f never mac e up t l elf lost g round. The tll~(I'l h (' r befo re to pnctice a,~l~ch' gool'k orm '~ e re sma rte r-th e lose rs had never been < c y tn g 1 e a raclllg stroke. I .

HEA T C. Filial Jr.,al. 1III Ilt's cre w gradually drew away and beat \~latki ll s by abou t a length and a half.

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5 12

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CANTUA RIA N,

NOVICES' Bow,

C. F. M. N . Ryan 2 C. L, l>ruitt .. . 3 S. R. Gordon .. . Str. C. A. C. Parsons Cox, C. A. C. Jones ...

st,

ius;.

8 8

10 10

0 0

5 IJ

FOURS, st , Ibs.

L. G. L. Denne H. G. Dalton ...

A. R. C, Doulton

S. D. Turner ... (-I. de 1-1. Smith Willne r,

,PARSONS; 2~

6 4 length!!.

The heavier weight of Parson's c re w told, the othe rs got ragged o\'er th e last half of the course and we re beaten fairly easily.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Annual Athl etic Sports were to have been held on the 22nd and 1)r<l 01 l\'l arch, but owi ng to th e inclemency of th {~ weather it was fo un d necessary to 1-'0::1111111 11' them to \¥c dnesday a nd Th ursday. March 23th a nd 29th . Both days were l:old hil l fortunately the re was very little or no wind to interfere with the r unn ~ rs . T Ilt' 111" \\ ground man at the Beve rley had taken co nside rab le tro uble o\,(! r the prepara tiun 1111 th e Sports, and th e trac k, exce pt for a heavy patch by the Ladies' Pavili It lIud anoth er by th e Long Jump, had reco vt red very well from the rain. an d snQw 0 1 1111 previous week. On both days it was found necessa ry to sta rt rat he r later th rill 11 11 tim e ori gi nally fixed, and for the tact t hat the Sports we re finis hed punctually, " 't' I that we are very much indebted to Mr. Baly. who again undertook the l aborio l1 ~ dlli ll of Starting Stewar.d, the most im po rta nt office cOll nected with a Sports' I\ It1111111 The prevale nce of slight ailments usuall y associated with early spring pr('willi 1 numbe r of boys from co mpetin g. Some of these-notab ly, perhaps, ( ;nu, ! 111111 IVrath eson-shoulrl. have had very fair cha nce of success. A greate r loss WII M ti ll!! I the President, Strah an, who after the ardu ous work of arrangi ng the pn'lI l1 dll ,nl of th e meeting, was un able to see ·the co mpletion of his labours. '1 11\\ 1 D eighton, though called upo n at the last moment, proved a ve r)' capable dl'IIIII> Of individual events, perhaps the best was the I f wf: ight." Ay lward IlIu, I puttin g with remarkable co nsistency in practice on Blore' s Piece, an d. as WIII4 I' pi I I easily defeated previou s record s. The ac tu al length of the winnin g put \\'n ~ t'l II " II J\bbot's half-mile in 2 min . I I secs. was a thoroughly credita ble p rfolllllllil l next year perhaps the reco rd, 2 min . St secs., may be within his f(.'IH It . In II Quarter-Mile Scott, wi nning in j6i' sees., suffe red fro m Jac k of PPI)M illIlI .

THE

CANTUARIAN ,

appeared not to show' his full a bility If he im r v he should haye a chance in the" Fres heTs' QlI~ r~e:~J

51 3 h

~~xt C oS~O~ld d~n~g the year,

~~~,~:~~;t~i:~ ~h:~i~:,:;t~ft;~~ ~~il~:J.a~~~c~I;' t~,l~t ~;S~o H~,tn~e~i~~:r~~,~~~!rO;!~~

As usual the Tll~o r MIle furnI shed more excitement than an 5 thIS year. evel~ tually won with comparative ease by Mr. Latter's tea Dither ~ce. It was partIcul arly good " Quarter " The Tutor Set Sh ' Id ITI, D'il W 10m unl op ran a appended tab le, was won by 1\1" r. E vans' Sct al th o ll;~ th as WI beffi se.e n from the

~;~:e~~~~ f~l~r ~~~~:s.of

their members.

H:rc~~;i~~ ~he~n~~~nl~~l~ t~l~

In the Open

Vic mll st express our thanks to th e followin O" f . t1 . k' d . .. . Mrs. \Va lsh, Mrs. Ga lpin, th e Lad ie"s ~f C~~:~er~~r;~er I~ f!~VIn. g p~zes: v1 es sq " , ',E , Ry'ey, the Headmaster, Rev , R, C, an d Mrs, H O;'g;on' M'r a d' M " BCev'I',all( t le Maste rs. ' . n rs.

~rs.

rt7::ar.

FIRST I.

DA I',

L ONG J UMP (O I '~N). Oasselt 2. C. F.

Length,

"lo well

ins.

2 20 YARDS (JUNIOR SC Ii OOI.). I.

lI aneock

2. COl lings T ime, 29! necs.

3. Innes

QU ,\ RTI!R Ul IU (u:-m~ R 16).

I. A. I~. ~. UOIl(on 01, I/. Gat nsford

3· .M. D. rephson 4. A. J. Larn b

~\fte r a \·err. le\'el slart, Ga insford drew away ollo\\"cd b>: klchardwn. Along t he fa r side 11I1>1I 000n. spnnted followed hy DOllton. J ephson IIIII(h: / IIS effort too ea rly, and Douton finish ing: _l: .flngly, won .hy th ree yen rs. Two yarc1s'se~arated ll ond ane! thIrd, one ya rd t hird nnd fou rth . . Time, 65 sees. ,

L OM; I U"I!' {] UNIOIt SCHOO l.j. I.

Cullings 2. Ashenden Lenglh, f 3 ft. 9 ins. H AI. F Mr L ~ (0 1'1.; 1\").

" :" II,"~ . ~\,bb,otl

1 3. /{ . Fl, Brinsley.Richards •.. " a<ge 4. K. Moore II I )ibbcll led out from the sta rt follo wed by I Iflttr' Roper lying third. Abbott took the lead 1 Iml ·wny. At the Ladies' Pavil ion he \\:I'IS I 'Idi ll.: I,)' 12 l'ards~ and fini shing vcr)' strongly he

won by 18 yards. Second and third very close ' 5 yar~s betweel~ thir~ and fOllrth . Doth Mad ~ and Ri chards fi n.lshed J/l very plucky fa shion. g Tnn e, 2 min. II sees. QU ART ER Ivill.R (UND ER 14). f. v. S. Morley 3. R. E. Martin 2. H . de H . Sm ith

A re markable race. fo.'I o rley, finishing almost a.t a wal k, won bl' fi ft een yards. He shows conSidera ble pron~ise as :\ runner. F our feet between second and tlurd. Time, 7I! Sees. H IG H J UMP (UNDER 16). 1,

W. A.

r·. Kerr.ich

C. W. Hu nt

i-Ielght. 4 ft. 4! ins. H UND RED YAR DS (OI'I~N). 1.

F. G. L. Scott

2. H. Petley

l\1 erce r was fa stest off, followed by Pelle . S~O~\~ot away v~ry oatl ly and did not gel on ten~~ Wit li S men untt! half-way. Then, fi niShing very tast, he won by nearly I.wo yards. T ime, I i i sees. H UN DRED Y ARns (UN DRR 16). I. 2.

C. W. Hunt H. Gnins ford

3. A.

Lam b

A very level race. Lam b got away bC!st. IJ unt won by less than a yard' two ynrds separated second ami third ' T ime, ' 2 sees.

THE

CANTUAR IAN. SECON D DAY.

120 YARDS ( HA ND ICAP ).

ISI Htat.'

C. M. Dunlop 2. G. F. Howell Time, 13 sees.

2Jld Heal:

G. H. !Hcrccr

3}'(i HUll :

, . S. D. Turner

Time,

C . Spickerncll

3i sees.

'-I. C. Ashcndcn

HIGH JUMP (OPEN).

L. J. Bas::oett t 2. C. B. Simeon Simeon and Basse ll tied at 4 ft. 1 I ~ ins. On jumping off the tic on the next day. Bassett won at th e same heighl.

t J.

H UN DRED VARDS ( UN DER 14) AND H UN nRlm YARD S (TUNIOR SC HOO!.) .

Time, J 3:.'; sees. I [ U Rf)l.ES (U;'< DI~R 16).

C, W.

U llIll

H. D. Watson

This was a magnificent race. Hunt was slightly fa ster off and led ove r the first two hUl~dl.cs. \Vnt'son then drew lip and they took the rem:ll lll ng hurdles almost ..:xnct ly lcvel. H unt won a \'cry exciting finish by jumping at the tape. Time, 211 sees.

V. S. l\'forley (Senior School). Colli ngs (Juniur School). 3, Joncs 2 (junior Sch ool). These two events were combined. Morlc)'. who st:trtcd b.-tdly, won by inch cs only. Time, 13!secs. I. 2.

J. H.

QUARTER l\'llu: (OPEN). t. 2.

F. C. L. Scott I-I. Pet Icy

I-I IGJ-T J UM I' (JUNIOR SCHOOL).

3. A. G. Roper

Scott led nil the way and won by twelve ya rds. H e was finishing \'cry fresh and could probably have done milch beller lime if he had been more extended. Seven yards between secone! and third. Rope r defeated Horsbrugh for third place by three yards. Time, 56! sees

L ONG J UMP (UNDER 16). D. Watson 2. H . Gardner L ength, 16 ft. 7! ins.

Hancock H eight, 4 ft.

H eat:

2nd Heat,'

600 VARDS ( I-LumlcAP). A. R. C. Douton (50 yards). 2. K. B. [Jickson (<\0 yards). 3. R. n. Goad (45 yarels), The handicap was so well fmmed 111:11 on ly scparatcd aU the placed th ree, . Time, r mi n. 22! sees.

;111'11.

H URUI.I~S (OP)l; N) .

[. R. B. G oad (22 yards ). 2. G, Spickernell

1 St

I. l. R, Madge ( [ 5 yards) , 2. A. J, Trousdell

fleat,'

2nd Heat,'

HA LF MILE: (UNDKR 16).

W, S, Price 3Â· A. J. Lam b C, A. Richardson Watson led all through the first lap and was fifteen yards in front when he stopped half-way round the second lap. Price won a poor race by fifteen yards, ten hetween second and thi rd. Time, 2 min, 3 1'; sees. 1. 2.

'J oncs

in .

220 VARnS ( Il ANI)[CAP).

/St

2. I

I. 2.

H . F. R eynolds \I!,' . H. MAngin

Time,2 Iisecs. I. L. Bnssetl 2. L, P. Abbott Time, 20t sees.

Final Heat:

I. L. J. Basselt 2. II. F. R eynolds

Bassell hit his first hurdle vel)' hnrll . II ,III threes" fo r his fir!'i! three hu rdles, IIWII 10 I I stride but recovered at t he seve nth lIulIlI. II finishing in esccll ent fo rm, won anyhow . T ime, 20! secs. <I

TH E

CANT UA R I AN.

5 5 - - - - - ==--=.-=-=------;======~~ PUTTING T HH " ' EI GHT.

A. S. Aylwa rd 2. F. G. L. Scott Ay lward won th is CYCIJ{ on his first pllt , an excellent one o f 34 ft. 9 illS. A s ubsequent one was very little short of this. He easily defeated the previ ous record which stood at 3 1 ft. I I ins. t.

Half.mile time. 2 min. 26 sees. Richard!'i gained consi I t: ~abl)' in Ihe third lap, hut. appeared to make IllS effort too early. Abbott fimshed strongly and won by 25 yards. T hirty yards separated second and third, five thi rd and fourth . Time, 4 min. 58 sees.

220 YAHDS ( I路IA NDICA I').

COl'\SOLA'l'ION RACE (QUARTER Mil.!';).

R. B. G oad (22 yaHb). 2. I. R. ~ l adge ( 15 yards). 3路 B. Crowley (32 yards). A good lace won hy two fee t. Two yards het ween second and th ird. Tim e, 25t sees.

Nlla/ Hml,'

Cullins

2. Hancock.

Won easily in 70$ sees. 120 \',\RDS (HANDICAP). Filial H eal.' I. C. 1\1. Dunlop. 2. G. F . H owel l. A good !":'lce won by a foot. Tillle, 13 secs. 220 VARns (JU N IOR SC Il OOI. UNDER II ). I.

French.

QUARTER !\II LE (J UN I OR SCHOO L.) . I.

0,>: I , L. 1'. Abbott. .I. Ie II. Brinslt:y-

E\'an!'O.

"'".10

Richard ~ .

Time, 36! sees.

(OI'EN).

3路 H . L. DiiJbe:l.

4. C. N. Smith.

Eighteen !'Otarled. Abbott weill ahead followed Ity Rupcl'. Ga rd ne r cl'eated a tem pora ry diversion Inppa relltly unprcm ed ila[ed fol' his name was not 1111 the programme). Ente ring the second lap \\)lIol t d ,'ew am followcd by Thomson and J enk in.

PENNY FEBRUARY

24TH,

C. H . Goulden. 2. A. J. TrollsdelJ . Won by twelve yards in 65 sees. CONSO LATION RA e l'; (J UNIOR SCHOOL).

Byron ii.

T om pkins.

Tim e, 33% secs.

T UTO R R AC E (Ox~

i\1 J I. E). I. i'lr. Latter's Tutor Set (C . M . Dunlop, H. Pelley, C . H. Mercer and D. B. JJorsbrugh). 2. i'lr. Mason's TUlor Set (F. G. L. Scott, C. C. \OVilliamson, D. H. Hammonds, and E. L. Morris). Spickernc\l went off at the start but was dispossessed of the l ea~. at the half路distance by H orsbrllgh . At the panlton Moore passed Hors. hnlgh. This left Richards with a lead of five ya rds in the secon~ lap, hut he was caught by Mercer and afte r tlus Dunlop a nd Pet ley put the issue beyond all doubt. Petley finally won hy 25 yards. The best individual qU:'lrters we re run by Scott and Dunl op. Ti me, 3 min . 59! sees. Appended i!'i the Table of Puints :_ 1\lr. Evans' 1 45, i\ ! r. L atter's l 09~ i\ lr. i\'Iason's 87 Mr. Austen's 76 i' ll'. Cape's 60 :'l'1r. Bell's 10

READING. '90u,

8 . 15

P. M.

() lIi~c the best Penn}, Reading we have had in our recollection. T he singinO' .00 d plaYIll~ of the boys was excel lent and well deserved the enthusiastic app rcciatio~ III tlte audIence.

THE

CANTUAR IAN .

FO LK-SONGS. -PROGRAMME. S.A .T.J3.

"DRAW T HE SWORD, S COTLAND."-Ch.

S cold, .

From'r-,'I ns. C;em.' puh. 1845. StR£NADE

C. At'tkell

for piano

"SWEET FAREWELL. " -Air and

eh.

G. F. 1·10WELL. fiVes' Cot/lltr)'.

G. C.

STRAHA ""- ,

C. WEI.I ::'TER. ... I'Vesl Coul/l r)'. S.A,T.B. Words, mod., based on legend that sou l becomes a blue name aftc!" J enlh j a nd thai on approach of death in a house a blue flame starts out from churchyard to hou se , and waits on doorstep Iill H EADIN G

"LITTLE BLUg Ff.AMF.. " -Ch.

the other blue flame is ready to return with it. 1~ECITAT10N

RH.

1.. H. E VAKS .

VENETIAN GONDOLIER .-Song.-" Liede r cO' \V. I> for piano, No. E. K. BARBER . (a) SERENADA H T ERESITA ;\11 A " ; ( 6) "ME G USTAN TOD AS"

MR .

ilflmdelssO!III . Spall ish .

GOD F REY.

L ULLAUY.- (S .A. T.B.) - " A la puerla and del Ci cio. " J01'ms. ii., H ANCOCK, ild R. GO OFkl'; \" S IJ)EIIOT II A;\\, j O:"\E!; , i., L. P. ABBOTT, D. W. II A;\IMO NDS. These Sp.'l.nish Songs are of the BastJue Pyrenees. V,\LSE-·ETUDE fo r Piano MR. GOUFREY.

Spall/sll .

Pel'r), GO(/fll'j'.

I'Ves' "THREE JOVIAL WELSIHlgN. "--Song and Ch ... Earliest form melody, found in Roxbllrgh collecLion, pub. F. Coles, 1646- 74. W . L UCAS. PerC)1 Got/fre; ,. "SPRING SONG," for piano, Op. 14, No.2 C. RICHARDSON. "TilE

(,'0/111"

FoC\.

WENT ONE WI NTR R NIGHT," Song and Chorus Several va riants of this are found, the tUllC \l sed in a De rbyshire variant. D. H. H ,\;\I~ION J)S . "FANTASIA NEGRE," for piano, a 4... T¥erker/ill. C. L. NIGHTINGALE and !\lR. GOU FREV.

"OXf!:N Pl.O UGHING," Song and Chorus Formerly very popular in W est Count ry and S US5CX, los\ with th e passing away of ox · pl olll-( l1 ll11( .

L. P. AH iJo·rr. "DILLY SONG," Duct and Chorus Versions found in Olany cOllnt ries- Medireva l·Latin, Scotch, Greek, Fle mish, et c. Dilly, possibly from Welsh dillyn, gay, pretty; meaning a festal sO I~ g. Sullivan imitated it ill h is " Yeoman of lhe Guards" (" I havc a Song to sing, Oh !)- hc if KII I,1 111 have heard a sailor sing it. L. J. BASSETT, J ONES, ii., H ANCOCK. A10st of these Songs are IOU-lUI tit a l{ood (ollcdit)1J, p rice 5/-, "SOIl;~S oj" ~Ve r'/, Ed. Bari1'l{·Gou/d, pub!. by Afe/!m(ll..

THE

CANTUARlA N.

5'7

SCHOOL NEWS .

. We congratulate th e following upon ga ining their 2nd XV. Colours:H. Gardner, W. N. Kempe, H . F. Reynolds, C. J. N. Adams. u-:"-x.

The School Fives Pai r (W. Lucas a nd L. J. Bassett) won the home game 1). S.A.C., b ut io!'t the return tnatch. They have also beaten th e St. Edmund's School Pair twice. The School Under 16 Poi r ( H. Gardne r and J. H. Watson) beat Lhe St. Edmund's Unde r , 6 Pair in. the School Court. On Feb. 27th , Canon Page Roberts kindly gave a most interesting lecture in tli Parry Library, on " Martin Luther." \Ve also thank NIr. F. Barraclough 1.' 1' his lecture on " Balloons and Bulloo nin g n 011' March 20th. In the Gym nasi ulll Competitions, ].

liyrOIl won both the New Boys' and the J 6 Competitions. In the Open Competitions at which \ ' 0 1. Onslow again kindly acted as judge, I) . H. H ammonds came first with ItU marks Ollt of a maximum of II 0 , nut! B. W. Hun t second with 1 00; the lIther competitors were arranged as

U nd er

follows :-H. H . Gosse t, 92; W. H . C. Ma ngin, 90; H . F. Reynolds, S8!; E. W. Hughes, 79~- ; A. L. B. ThomSO il, 76t; H. Gardner, 70.

The contest of Athletic Sports arranged with Dover College has been aband oned this year. %''''-1{-

\;Ve have to thank a friend of the

School for her gift to the School Chapel of two needlework hangings for the pulpit, one green and one purple, and two purple alms-bags.

-M:"'*. On Thursday, I'vlarch 2211d, a large number of the Scho ol atten ded at th e unveiling of a memorial to Dean Farrar. T he tablet, which is erected by his son, the Rev. Eric Farrar, contains a medallion portrait of the late Dean. It was executed by iVlr. Albert Bruee J oy and is of Carrara marble framed in grey of two darker shades. The tabl et is on the south side of the Nave.

* -; .

On \Ved nesday, March 28th. His Grace the Archbishop held a Confirmation Service in the Cathedral for the School.

THE

CAN T UAR IAN.

"AN APOLOGY By

Vve do not anti cipate any immediate danger from overwork ; few of us need to be seriously warned that we are in a ny peril through our dil igence and devotio n to books. And indeed, on read ing t he title of th is charmin g ossay we are inclined to brand it with the brand of heresy unread and un exa mined . Others of us, we blush to state it, seize up the volume in eager expectation of finding excuse and even praise fo r our favourite pursuit, idleness. Both parties will be d isappointed. They will not fi nd that apology is mad e for th o slothful and une ncl getic, unless we are to con::;ider all those to be idlers who write "No Profession,') against their names on th e census list. I t is a defence rather of the amateurs on the stage of life. Such amate urs we mu st meet with every day, and exce ll ent com panions they make . They a re frequently the most educated and most refined, and th at too for th e very reason that they are " Idlers." Bound by no law of necessity to take part in the scramble for a livelihood, they have time to improve their intellectual powe rs, a nd benefit th eir fellow-creatures in thei r own way. No modern tow n woul d be a tow n at all without c harity concerts and bazaars, nor co ul d the strain of most men's busy lives be endu red without these recreations, but the" Id le rs P mu st

supply them. The ancient Greeks we nt further than the auth or o f this essay. "Leisure)'

F OR IDLERS." STEV1~NSON.

was to them the lest of what wo sho uld call a "gen tleman " and even Pheidias forfeited hi s claims to genti lity in Ath e ns by masterpieces that were the wo nd er of the wo rld. The Athenians felt that leisure was the essence of thought, and as every gentleman was supposed to " think" in Athens, ., leisure II was hi s passport to society. Many to-dayclamoul' for the reverse and wou ld make work th t.Âˇ co ndition of entrance illto the circk, an d thei r vicw is undoubtedly mor,' orthodox. Still the Greeks were "'the besl thinkers in the world, and their life h ll ~ been the model of our States to-day J\ nation of " idlers" set t he stal~ da rd ~ I mill ions of busy workers to follo w 0 \1,11 afte r. Vet no one would dare to ca ll till Athenians" id lers," Philosop hers, PlWI I4. statesmen, artists, anything yo u will, hil i not idlers. It may be so, but Ih t ordinary citizen of Athens wonld h!l\t claimed to be none of th ese. Il u 10 \'I ' d wisdom as our "idler" pcrhap:i 11111 \ lovc it. But though we wo ul d n Ot I{ II HI HI th e Athenian his cherished l\lllllul .c (/JIXOU/)ifJ(J~.," we may not gi\'c it In 11 11 .â&#x20AC;˘ idler." O ur" idler" too will Ih ' 10111111 strolling through picture-ga ll ,Ii 'H, nUll li ll ing the chair at political mcctin HIt, 11 1111 perhaps he will occasionall y be Nllt 1111 I II by the fireside with a pipe and jllIlll \ book, but the world condemn s h i lll 1111 111 the less bccause it ca n !-inc! 11 0 Wtllt! I describe him.

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Such is the man whom Mr. Stevenson defen ds, and in common j ustice we wi thd raw the term •. idler )' in each case, and call them for want of a better te rm " gent lemen of leisure." These we di stin g ui sh from real idlers, bette r known as .. loafcrs," for whom ne ither Mr. Stcvcnso n nor a ny oth er writer would care to hold a brief. Yet eVt:1l the" gemle man a/' leisure" needs his warning, al most as much, \\'c th ink, as the busy ma n agai nst whom Mr. Stevenson inveighs. His life m a), be very pleasa nt to him self and eve n to his acquainlances, but it is not always so to those q uite nca r him. H e Illay be a first-rate companion for a ro und on the golf-link s and a much pleasanter neighbour in a train than the man 0f mu ch care a nd busi ness, but we doubt if he makes the better fri end . H e mar judge a good cigar for us and keep us amu sed fo r a good half-hoUl', but will hc really sy mpathise wit h trouble: disappointed aims and half-formed hopes, or will he seek to cure us with those cy nical maxims about life, which are th e J.! cl,; uliar treas ure of th e .. ma n of the wo rld" ? For Qur own part we can ca n· done the anger of the tired traveller \\ hen as he passes on hi s way he sees the ",cool pc rsons in the meadows by the way· Hldc, lying with a handkerchief over their I 'IU'S and a glass at their el bows." Yet le t I hi' traveller think that he has joys wh ich Iltt' all his ow n and whic h the "cool pt'nion " will never have. H e mu st himHlllr toi l all the way/ with ac hing ieet and IIIlln)' to tell him how hot the day is, but Inwnrds evenin g he feels the healt hy g low 1III1I C over him, his st ride is eas ier and Il h~ ti pirits bri g hte r. Almost ull consciously

he breaks into a tune, and thinkin g less now of the walking looks round him with keen sea rching eyes to catch the beauties of the country. i\'[ uch he has mi ssed whi ch the lazy glance of the "cool pe rson ,. has enj oyed, but he makes up for all that now. He will get to hi s journey's end a t last, ti red and d us ty, but happy, and as he wipes of1' the s weat of toil and th ink s on his day's work he will no longer grudge that man hi s handkerchief and g lass. T hese arc two form s of pleasure and th e world would like to have them bot h. th e Javel)' leis ure of the mid -day and the fervent glow of the eve ning. Both can be had, but if both, neither to the full. The meadow s wi 11 have to be left whil e they still alford pleasam edse so that the tramp may begin, and even th en in th e eve ning the day's memori es will not be dwelt on with such pleasure as if the whole day had bee n toil. But the walk thus made with the rest at mid-d ay will be the best if not the fur thest, and the travell er will be st ronger if he must walk again next day. So we with th e Greeks of old lind refuge in the" mean .)' .Roth work and leis ure are an essential part of our lives, and we need to be re mi ndt!d of Lhe fir5t more often than of th e second, especially when we are sLill yo un g. The lot of tht: mall of the world sccms ve ry te mpti ng, and we need Dr. j ohnson)s warning not to be so much a man of the world as to be nothing in the world. Still we will ta ke with grateful minds Mr. Stevenso n's hin t to liS not to be too busy, and keep our eyes o pen eve n while we wo rk fo r what , is goi ng on around lts.

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l am spectatOTllll1 circumstat garrul a turba; Braccasque ath letae (vela nt"" carnpcstri.a braccae Ne fdous suris noceat) posuere; paratI Stant, Osortesque manu capiUl~t, et poplite nexo Inclinant trepidi: suhito enllttu ntur et O OlIlf'S Prosiliu nt cursu : sect TIlOX pars major a nhelat ; Hun c cscis ni miis oppressit cor pus obesn111 Et rector meritas poenas exegit Olympi. Calce us hu nc subito liquit, limoque refixus Irridet mise ro. Recubat nll nc iIle supil1uS Ipse suis pedibus mixtus j sed dira prec~t~1T Cum plantas alius currens procu lcet et ?IOU Procedat I', EA..(lnas- : Fertur muliebris ad aures Ga rrulitas, arguta sonans, et nom~na clamat .. . Turba fremens : victor properat hnumque rctnngit. H eu cadit exhaustlls-semper, mih i credite. athletae, Vas cadite exhausti, nam sic spectac ula fi un t. Pennultos hominum potui recitare Iabores Sed satis est i cessot spatiis exclusus iniquis. â&#x20AC;˘ currentia brevia.

t Vergilio cnidam

VARIAE

gratias ago.

LEC ,T IONES.

Olympian calm whe rein tl~e)' passod ~lil ~ h Nop os- 1T(tAftLQIo' OeLt/tU IIfUII (m,rpOlfp'/. I grunted bitttrly,-" Th e old order days, unharrasscd ~X thiS new-fan ult 'lI changeth, etc." is rul ~d. out Of. co urt burden of competltlOn. Perhaps 1111 ancient Greeks were led by some lIl lt' )!! 1I si nce the ha lf-penny dalhes took It up as I wandered aimlessly around the Parry. motive to propound their most challt( It l l Yes, our predecessors were Gods. n~ ere istic doct.rine, but I must o wn to II half-chick productions perhaps, certamly hankerin g sy mpathy for th ei r SCOlI! III of th e Epicurea n type rath er than th e such ban au sic imitations of cuitlul 11 11 Hom.eric, but Gods 1l 0 lle the less com- that hammered into us in th ese h.llll'l unll pared with us poor folk. Alas for the lmore evil times. Not for us ar tIll

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go lden days of laziness which shone on "Emerald Uthwart." Before us as we yearn towards that leisure whi ch alone can bring tru e culture, stands an angel, nay a demon who bars us from the paradise of literary pleasure. No H sheep in wolf's clothing" this. The name thereof varies at the speaker' s pleasure: t rumpeted forth by sc hool-masters as " I ndus lry," 01' on occasion " Grit" ; to its many victims it sta nds reveal ed in all its grisly ugl iness, as ,. Cram," ,. PLlsh/ ' Hustle, " "Selfishness," or what YOLl will. One co rn er of the Eden of letters which l have in imagination long ap portion ed to myself, is th e Par ry. I,

T o wa nder thus around a library has IlS charms. Among books the close observer can find as many castes, as many ~oc ial strata, not o r me rit but of self,'onceit. as in that tiny Ca nad ian townlc.::t \\ hich is said on so und evidence to ,'ontain on an average-for with every Ih.' w-comer the total var ies-as many as ~w c nty-seven distinct grad es of society: of these. 1)e it known, the proud est boast III' Ihe highest and most select is that it tukes in lodge rs. Here in the Parry, th e topmost pinnacle of rank is indubita bly 11IIId by a se ri es of "Volumes which, if untiquiLy be our standard, are reall), "pSlar!s; these are sOllle thirty odd I,"posing tOlnes hidin g wi th in them the I n l orels of the doings of the "Discovery." IIt,rore they ca me, there was keen ri va lry 101 th e post of honour. - 1'he-路 classical 路 111路1ves did their ve ry best to spread II lfll!lsclves out and dwarf the Eng lish 1I1!' 1路~ tture department. But the day went 1111 HI with them. Since the last .. Battle III I h . books 11 there have joined their ranks

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but t wo rec ruits. Herolldas a nd Bacch),lides, while their opponents have doubled their numbers time after time. Lest th ere should be eve n now some doubt as to the ve rdict, a rank g rowth of stolid German learning with the frolicsome title of " Chips. etc." , plays as dire havoc with the classic ranks as e ver Virgilius did with those of hi s opponents, in the sll:ife of which our old fri end Jonatha n sa ng. Sadly too have the ranks of th e Classics been thinn~(r. Stowed away in corn ers, hidd en as if centres of infectIon , li e venerable pensioners, some of whom have long since passed their six th jubilee, cast olf, all ength, in their old age, deprived even of such vague solace as companionship with o nc a nothtr mi ght ha ve g iven, tl~ey. l1tt~r their mute reproaches to every blblioplule who looks upon them . Their whole-calf binding cra cked a nd mildewed' with the ra vages of years un to ld are a melanc holy remnant of fo rgotten glories. Yet far prefe rable is th eir lot to that of many of the upsta rts who once di splaced them. Shabby ge nteel if ever bOdks were, they stan d row up on row in silent. shame j there they remain and will rell)ain, in not und eservceJ ohhvi.on infecting wit h a pale a nd ghastly hue th e myriad bloa tctl spid ~ rs whi ch haunt thei r decayin g pUrlieus. Of these poor suffe rers one class alone needs special menti on : th ere, co we ring 011 the groun d floor, shllt off from the refreshing light of day by the projectin g bema. lie "Sunday Lessons/' ." A Boy's R(fwa rd," and many another of their ki n, which made th e heart of prehistoric yo uth rejoice. No need for the " ter iniecto pulvere" he re; alread y buried 'neath the grime of ages, submissive they await that kinder day whi ch

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sha ll consign them to th e dust heel )) . Ha rd by. the pri son ers of the book wo rld , a few sco re vol um es of Blac kwood- o f all

queer thin gs on ea rth !--are encl osed behind a screen of glass. This case, was for long, to a ce rtain blushi ng new

boy, too shy to satisfy his curiosity. the san ctuary of all that was awful and mysterious ; to this day I have an inward mon ition that if th e secret of th eir ex il e we re revealed, consequences unutte rab le would recoil upon us. So g ri m is th e resemblance that its dark depths bea r to

one of those old

ra ~ h io n ed

" Chymi sts'"

windows, such as used to thrill our childhood, wherein, if the thick dust allowed.

might be seen mis-shapen jars of glass fill ed wi th weirdly co ntorted pink mo n -

strosities. Of th e n m'cls what new thing can be told? Of th em " nothing is not kn ow n to nobody." as the Cycl ops brieflv put it. But of one ill~fal ed cl ass J. mu st say a wo rd. Th t! woes of thc tramps of the ~ook wor,ld tou~h JllY, hea rt., T o the m mdeed 1TOIIO S' 1TO l/lf' 1TOIIO " rpâ&#x201A;ŹfHEt, for no sooner are .t hey lai d to re st after a hard week' s to il than by rude hands aga in a rc they dragged forth. ~rh esc "Kan sas Kates," if we may poach fro m Rudya rd

Kipl in g-h is works, by the way, i'nvariably d rift in to the ra nks of the all too we ll empl oyed . For years, befo re 1 reached the day s of wi sdom, I so ugh t in vain for " Barrack-room Ballads "-endure all th e wand erings of Odysseus without hi s eve ntual repose. After years of toil they vanish. Is it that like the "Deacon's one-hoss shay," they get worn o ut eq ua lly alt o,",er and sudde n ly dissolve to dust? Nay. I forgot, n ot all th us end : some few resc ued ere it is too late, arc decked out in new livery o f reei or green . No doubt these gaud s betoken somt: rarefull y g raded orde r of merit, but which colo ur rewards th e more faithful se rvice, a mere trifle like myself cou ld never judge. And no w I have done, saw' for one liltle word ; 1 cannot refrain frOIll pouri ng forth the vials of my scorn Oil those un worth y traitors to the ca USe (Ii leis ured cultur'e, th e lite rary lepe rs who a rc guarde d by d en se t iers of heavy I ok ing se rmon s in a shelf apa rt. T hcsr !H(\ the servants o f Cra m; unb lushi ng- l ill'\ design themselves to no other end , nlld indeed dese rve no o th er. 0 reail l' I , whosoeve r thou mayst be, turn 111:1111, fro III their sedw..:tive ;,na rc s.

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F RA G M E N T UM.

ULYSSES'

LAMRNT T OWARDS

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OF THg FOOTBA LL

S gASON.

(ITt " I.JI OCt l i)Tf3(i~AMO(/ I , ' Oouo-e t' '" , ull' e7TtUt 1T'TfiPOf:IIT(t 1TPOIII/ ' )Of/.·

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" I t li ttle profits that an id le foo l

Dy thi s sti ll serum amid thi s useless pack

1'VIatche~ with a clumsy half, I In eet ana dol e

Un ce rta lll passes to a trotti ng line Of th rees, that mull th em a ll and never sco re . I can not rest fo r cricket : I will drink L ife on th e pitch. ; a ll thi ngs I have enjoyed Greatly. have s mi tte n grently. both with th ose Tha t stayed in and a lo ne. in sun, and wh en ~hro' scuddi.ng ~lrifts the rainy H yades:! '\ exed the dun hght: I am become a name For ever slogg ing with a mi g hty a nn . I Much have r seen and known; leg break and Swer ve. ,H aIr-vo ll ey, googIy, do nkey-d rop, full-pitch : f}H.:: most I' ve smitten hard, and pl ayed th em a ll Far o n the sloping pla in s of windy Bev. " '

A digamma shou ld evidently

Schol. iast: "Th is constellation must have heen in the ascenda nt ahoul the time of the HIghgate match. "

prefixed.

[ With humbl e apologies to Alfred Te nnyson. and the members o f the foo tball team .]

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DEBATING SOCIETY. The seco nd meetin g was held on

Thursday, ~1arch J 5t~1. G . D. ilIac/ear in an a ble speec h mo ved th at .. Th e State is bound to fi nd employmen t fo r a ll its members," H e poi nted o ut the ha rdsh ips of the ge nuin e "u nemployed ," and allu ded 1.0 various pla usibl e sche mes fo r dealing with th e problem, es peci all y th e system of fa rm colonies. R. J-1. Bn'lls/~)' - Richards for the O pposition, claim ed th at the State's busin ess was to see fair play in National compe tition, and not to relieve inr~ ri o r workm en o f res ponsi bility by gi vin g th em as good wages as those g iven in th e o pe n la bo ur markets, an d mentioned th e d iffi cul ties in th e way o f fi ndin g useful work fo r th e regul ar ' Un employed' class. G. ill. Webster and L. T. WatN"s ma de brief speeches for th e l\'I otion , th e latte r rather g rum blin g at the Trad e Union s who would not allow th eir me mbe rs to accept a wage belo w a certain stand ard. . G. 11. S . Pil1senl mis und erstood th is Âˇa necdote and an amu sin g dialog ue

ensued; but wh en the facts had been ma de clear, he made a con vin cing speech fo r the Opposition ; an d F. G. L. S(oll foll owed with some more cy nical obse rva lio ns on th e sin ce rity of th e ' U nemployed .' When th e Debate was o pe ned to tlw aud ience R . A1. Gent co ntribu ted a br i,.; hl speech, wh ile I Y ales also spoke fOl t1)e Oppositi on.

The rest o f the tim e was taken li p by a d ialog ue between th e Mover itlHI the O ppose r as to whether the mOlinll ow ned th e obligation o f the StaLc' \0 prov id e work for all Âˇits . m embers or II h for those wh o applied fo r it; wh at pil I tection would be fo und for fre e labOiIl . and why th e State should give wa l'I' la rge eno ugh to suppo rt a large fami ly I II one man and o nly eno ug h for a sin k l., ma n to an oth er fo r the sa me work. T he M.otion was lost by 24 vot.ef! to , Th e attendance was mi serably ~ lI lId l co nsid ering the fact that it was a 111 1 aftern oon, and thi s was to be rcpn ltl !'.1 th e more as th e Debate was of a d istillli h hi g her leve l t.h an usual.

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CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDG~,

Feb. Izlh , 19Q6. DXA it SCHOOL,

H aving been sudd enly and edi torially come down on to co ncoct a Cambridge Letter we' feel it ou r du ty to attempt something in the style o f Thucydides, and give an impartial account of what the always rep resentatives mi g ht or could he doin g, or saying . H o wever, in wo rds thi s mig ht take up too mu ch va luable space, and in actual fact t.he result mig h t be open to objectio ns. We will th ere fore aim at. tru th with g rammati cal co rrectness. The Rev. H. J. Mowll is we be li eve still at St. Barthol o mew's, but for some un accounta ble reason he was not prese nt at the first O.K.S. Meetin g thi s term L. N . Green is at Ridley and by hi s o wn account very busy. Methuen is coac hi ng the 1 st Trinity nth boat, and has pro lflised to be presen t in pe rso n at the next O .K.S . Meeting . E. C. Green d ivides his attentio n be tween soccer a nd hoc key and keeps in an upper room. J enkin has been strokin g th e J esus I st boat, but is hors-dc-com bat with a sLrained wrist. H e is wo rking e xtra-

LETTER.

Durham seems less ordinarily hard. rowdy than eve r. H e is to be seen on th e river occasionally. Walpole has not yet invp.ste d in a ne w sta ir-case, and per haps for that reaso n is not ofte n to be met with. BluP.Lt t urn ed up a week early fo r an 0 .K. 5 . mee ti ng the othe r day. I t is rum oured that he is loo king for the Sec reta ry a nd carries a six-shoo ter. GiJli brand, who rowed for Co rpu s at H enl ey, is coachin g Queen' s 1. and ro win g in t he Co rpus boa t. Twclls is rowing in J esus II. an ci workin g hard. PIl'slon has still got th e go lf fe ve r and held a successful mee ting on Friday, Feb. 9th. Sop with te lls ghost stories (he is taking th e Ghostly Trip ) and strokes the bow sid e o f E mmanu el II. H ami lton j umped furth er than anyone e lst! at the Cor p us Spo rts. T elfe r and Deigh to n are, we sup pose,' runnin g and perhaps tryin g to jump the ' Cam . In fac t eve ryon e is doin g something more o r less. Co ng ratulatio ns all th e achie vements of th e Sc hool at Oxfo rd . I s the Ca mbr idge ai r so di ffere nt from that at Can terbury? Vtle t ho ug ht not . Au revoir, O .K. S. CANTAB.

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CAMP LIFE IN INDIA. My camp is pitched uncl e r a grove of trees. I am touring by myse lf as IIsual , and so th e camp is mach; up as follows : ( I ) A big te nt for living-room. I t is double , wall s and roof, and the insid e is 2 0 ft . X . 6 ft., and th e insid e wall s 6 ft. hi g h. Here I cat my meal s and d o my office work and try my cases. ( z ) A small tent l o ft. X 8 ft. or so, with round ed end s j i t is Ill )' sleeping tent, and on e end is walled- in to form a bath- room . ( 3) A hill tent, sqna re with d oubl e roof and s in g le wall, abo ut 12ft. X 12ft. lts roo f e xtends o ut on. two sides, and is walled to make tw o other rooms. This is th e te nt 111Y offi ce sit in. (4) Six shelter-tents of various s izes to shelter my se rvants and messenge rs and poli ce party. i\'[y retinu e is ( 1) A butle r wh o is maj or d o mo and waits at table; a good one, g iv ing no t ro uble exce pt pass ing bills for househ o ld expenses. ( 2) A chhotwa or boy, valet and a ~s istant to th e butler gene rally. (3) Two grooms for the horse a nd pony. (+) A cook. ( j ) A "dholi " o r washe rman . (6) A " C hi sti" or " inhabitant of Parad ise" as the Persian wo rd mean s. In the hot weathe r on e realizes the appropriate ness of th e title to the water- carri er. My man owns a bullock with a pair o f e, pa lshal s n or water skin s slung on each side. ( 7) Th e s wee per. Married peo ple carry al so" ham uls " o r male hou se mcll ds and ayas and various other extras. But [ am sufficiently served by eig ht, and my wages-bill run s to 85 rupees a month, o r ÂŁ 68 a rear all to ld. Of my clerks [ ra rely

sec any but the <c siraslc dar " or head cle rk, who brin gs remaind e r correspond ence for ord ers and signature , and the judicial clerk, who. when the sirasledar is too busy. comes to take down th e evidence in m}' cases. O f the peons and po li ce I see marc . The peons are always a bout, and carry pri vate messages as well as service o nes. One . a s porting mussul man, acts as my shikari wh en wanted. Th e pol ice guard prisone rs se nt for tri a l and th e omce ca sh-box, and the m uss ulmell are always ready for shikar when off duty. Altogethe r I ha ve nea rly 30 people o f one so rt o r ano th er with nw . My day 's wo rk usually stan s (if it i ~ not to o co ld ) at 7, n'he n I get lip a nd have " chh ola nazir i." Th en [ step Oll t of my tent ready for ridi ng and rin d th l' ho rse waiting and th e ,ena},ah" 1) 1 corporal of police Th e nayah sa luh'H and repo rts" P{lti hal bill " and so many prisone rs if th ere are any . His fo rmu ln is s upposed to represent "Party 11 11 cor rect," but how I don't kn o w. II t1 1 bill" is mixed vern acular and En g lis h Ih , <C Parade state" as the Il'nl itary call II I ackn owl edge it and th e n mOlln t 111 111 rid e to some village. There '- t('l'I ( Il u co rrec tness o f th e records, and lo ok i ll III the sc hool if th ere is onc, and s ' 0 if 1111 \ pub li c work is needed , o r if th IVIII, I, s upp ly a nd sanita tion is a ll ri g ht lI utl " o n, \Vh en I return, whi ch s h uld hI' III I I or so, hot wate r is ready and I h II Ii, and call fo r breakfast. Ov r h rl 'ldd,1 I II

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and a cheroot afte rwards 1 read ye sterday' s paper, if the post has ar rivcd, wh ich it can not always do , Then, if a criminal ('ase is to be hea rd, 1 call in th e people, and p ro ceed to try it till tea ti me. Art e r tea petitioners <tnd revenue papers, a nd mi scellaneous work. At thi s time of yea r I am doing the" jaur abandhi," sett lin g the amount to be demand ed from each village . The accounta nt produ ces a tabula r statement in four colu m ns. The first shows last year's fi g ures, th e seco nd thi s year's, and the other two th e inc rease or decrease. On thi s he a ccounts for every acre in t he village. It starts wit h the total area and the total revenue fixed for the area. Occasionally thi s is alte red by a mi sta ke being disco vered, but usually it is the same.. Fro m this he succcss ively deducts un cultivated land, land se L apart for variou s purposes, such as the village site, roads, and cattle g razing and so on, and land not taken up. This lea ves a tt)tal of land cultivated a nd th e revenu e. I n a fina l colum n he q uotes agai nst eve ry a lteration the number and date of the () rd er sanctioning it. These my clerks r -fer to, and sec if they arc co rrect. Th en th ere also co mes a list of o dd items of revenue .. flu ctuating reve nue ," such as dry wood"grass sales and so all. Whe n "v(' rr item i3 sati sfactorily acco unted for, I sig n, and the am ount is entered as th e 11111 unt clue for the year. If the re happen s to be 110 case, / fini sh early, and can g o out s hooti ng lur a n hour if there is sport nca r. Somotimes ove r important cases o r a lot II / wo rk I have to sit till 8 p.m. Dinner I.. put on the table at 7.30 usually, and the l'vI'ning is free fo r letter writin g. and s uch

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work as writing judgments if they are too long to be writte n when the case is fini shed. Fo r ten line judg ment s th ere is no need to wait. I wri te and pron ounce it as 1 write . In big cases, whe re I have to co mm it fo r trial, I can write the co mmittal o rd er at my leisure But final judgments have to be written ready ancl si g ned and dated at th e tim e o f pronoun cement, so wh e n I dec id e to cO llvi ct myse lf in an important case, the man is pm back ti ll nex t da)" and th e judgmen t written in the eveni n g. The impo rtant reports have to be d ra fted by m}' own hand , and variou s return s I pre fer to scr utinize myse lf, and all th ese wait on my tabl e till I can d evote an eve ning to t.h em. If I have had a long day I lI sually do not touc h th em, un less [ fee l very e nergetic. Th ey arc mostly do ne on Sundays. S undays are days of rest, so l can go out shooti ng if th ere is g ood shikar. As for services, our padre has a pari sh which includ es five gar ri son stations, and our onl y church is at head qUiHte rs miles away if he came. H e did co me once. 1\l y pred ecessor was married in that church, o n a Monday morning, a nd the padre had to co me on Sund ar any way. So we held a se rvice. \Ve o nly have a church (quite a fine on e) because thi s used to be a garri so n station fifty years ago or more. Th ere was a n e pid emic o f cho lera, and th e garriso n was moved hurriedly, and Bombay cathedral, I beli eve, begged , bo rrowed, or sto le our church bell. Vve still have a " Canton men t" he re, and the po lice a re now quarte red in it, ancl the only oth e r remains are three ce meteries. Since th en ou r statio n has nu m bered th ree or four officers, rarely fi ve , at present three. No decent te nni s o r cards wh en we d o

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asse mble, as none of us has a wife to make a fomth.

I same usually come back again. and then the process is repeated, except that the !

gun s arc ready waiting. If there is no tan k near they will ret\lrn ad lib; but when tanks arc very num e rous they soon give up and settl e elsewhere. Then the guns look round [or wounded bi rds, if th ere arc any un retrieved, and then beat the edges of the water, where snipe ma)' be ex pected . . Finally. th ere arc usually quail and occa!oiionally ha res in the long grass outside the tank and on t ho embank ment and , anywh ere where the bed of the tank is above. water and dry. Some days we shot three or four tank s III succession, having breakfast sent Oll t . Some days we shot one or two a nd retllfned to breakfast, and, after tea, wcllt to the tanks of the village we were "I. 'We were encamp<:: ci on the bank of a biK one th at always gave us t en snipe for 0111 stroll ronnd. One day we did T 6 milt''' or more, and stayed out from 7.30 till 6 p.m., shooli ng three big tanks. II! tank was so· big that the du ck went alii! saL in the middle and we could noL nnwh V'I'e are chiefly after duck. The them from any wh e re, and it was too {h ~ , \ p manner of shoOlin g them is this. The to wade. I went to an isla nd in llu co untry is filled with" ta nks " , or storage midd le which co nld be reached 11 \' res.e rvoirs of rain water, used for irriga- wading, but even then they had a IOIHI tion, or for washing, etc. Every village area whi ch coul d not be reached WI has ono near. 'f hey are sha ll ow generally dropped shot among them, but th ey IJ j \ ~ and if old have reeds and so 0 11 . The ~trai g ht up out of shot, and in th· III lit duck come and settl e on the reedy ones. hardly bothered about that. We gOI II On arriving, th e gun s look at th e tank fllle number though. But a I t II I and pick nicely several stations and dra w wounded birds we could not rctri VI \ II lots and go to them. The one who has they dived and got away from Swilllllil I furth est to go, wh en he is settl ed, lets off and we re a lit of shot, and the bcat(, l1~ II d 011(' \\ 11 at th e nearest duck, and the whole lot fly not mark th em prope rly. up and several are bagged as they fly over retri eved by a hawk und er a man' t! IH I ' th e stations fairly low. Afte r a fe w shots and he did not see it. It was "/4 hlt, 1 th ey soar very high and depart, bu t and he was \'cry angry, as w "all 1.1

But th e apotheosis of camp life is the Chri stmas ca mp . From Christ mas eve till January znd is always proclaimed a holiday. This year T had two guests. I meant to have more; but various reasons prevented peopl e from comi ng. My b rother cou ld not get leave. Railway lllen are wa nted in holiday time most. So it ended with only three of us. But wc were a merry party. C was senior to me, and R had just como out. He was utte rly sho cked on arri val at a Christmas "camp" to be asked if he had dress clothes with him . At that time I was expecting a married man and his wi fe , who refu sed. The collecto r had accepted an in vitation elsewhere and lent me his tents a nd servant s in add ition to my own. \'Ve' had a fine shikari in the nayah of his police party, and his four moun ted policemen were available as guides, and we went e very da)' to fetch the post.

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rou nd the bush to our horses he carne upon th e bird picked clea n. Vlc were sorry we had not a rifle with us. 'We had two small rifles in camp, and once or lwice took a day off and shot at waterhens with th e rifles. Once we saw a few malla rd, and both C and I shot at once a nd both hit, but both chose the same bird unfortunately. H owever, he was the joint at our last di nn er. \\Te had a lot or tro uble over our feeding. Therc we rc lwo cooks, an d, apparently, th ey insisted on each cooki ng the dinn er. SO O Ul' usual din ne r was so up, fish, then a tca l eac h, then a big duck for joint, a pair of snipe each, and then pudd ing. However, our appetites we re Gargantuan likewise. Our surplus game we tried to divide among the servants. But i\'Iussuhn en will not eat a bird that has not bee n " hab(1l "ed by a mussuhnan. ' l-lab(lI" is the met hod presc ribed in Leviticus for Rlaug htering animals, whence it was borrowed by Mohammed . So a clean killed bird was no use to them. Th ey wanted wound ed ones to hab{ll. But most we re killed, so, though the 11111ssulm en did most of the shikar th e Hindus got 11u..: most of the ga me. A low-caste l lindu, if he will eat meat at all, does not mind carrion. ( Whence it is that dece nt Illitives won't mix with nati ve Christi ans. They won't believe they have given lip Ihis habit, and probably know hetter than IIll' missionaries. I kn ow some na tive ( ' hrislia ns submitted at once on being Iliid that they should not have their share III the dead cattle if they did not obey IIIrlors.) On Christmas day we had eve ry

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requisite except the tllrkey aud the pudlling. The turkey was a duck and th e pudding was mince pies. This was the cook's mistake. He gave us a proper pudding, blazing, on Boxing day. \Ve had c rackers. It seemed idioti c perhaps for three men, but we ca nn ot omit these convention~l details when there is not hing else to rennnd us of hom e. But we were not dolerul at all. \.ye had an exceedingly merry time. By C's request we all O'rew beards. C is statio ned nea r Bombay\ nd so <:<l.nnot avoid shaving as he wo uld like to. Before, he was accustomed not to shave for his seven months on tour, so that he returned unrecognizable. vVe aZTeed to keep him in co untenance. O ur last day we started early and shot fi ve or si x tanks. T here was a small tan k on. the way to tht, first one, and we arranged that the gun s should be left if there were duck. We bagged six duck there. I had an e xciting dou ble after a wo unded one whi ch fle w nearly a qua rter of a mile a nd I saw the kites round it. In fact I only found it by that mea ns, a nd had to fri ghte n the kite by letting off my g un . Then we took our gUll s and rode on ca rrying the m. We on ly got one du ck at the big tank. T hen we rod e to t he tank we had ordered breakfast at, and on t he way found two geese in a tank. We c rept lip and shot one a ne! wounded another which settled in another pool in the same tank (a big one nearly dry). We stalked it again; but unfortunate ly C and 1 missed it, as R was nearly be tween LIS a nd the bird, and we sho t hurriedly. R, being fresh, emptied both ba rrels at a poo r " Did you do it" that got up and ca ught his eye, i~stcad of the monstrous goose ! Such aCCiden ts happened to all of us, and

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were so me tim es fa tal.

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But not such a

glaring one as that. The next tank we O'o t a duck or two and t hen had breakfast, ~ All -blaze" ta so rt of cold Irish ste w of mix ed game ) the n a pai r of cold teal each. The last tank we drew blank, gettin g only three or fo ur head, and then we had to hurry off or the beaters wo uld not have erot to the station in time with the guns ~nd game. But Rasam the shikari was a good hu stl er a nd got th em all th e re funnin g o nly half an hour after us

O. K. S.

vVe heartil y congratLllate W. Telfer on his election to th e Bell University Scholarship" fo r lVlath ern atics and D ivinity a t Cambridge. , j

mo unt ed men, 4l to 5 mil es. We caugh t th e train in plenty of time, finding C's and R' s kit a nd servants and my chhotson waitin g. At the junctio n had tea and parted. R went North an d C South, and [ slept in the waiting room after seeing C off after dinner and piqueL, and caugh t Lhe 6 a.m. train next morning a nd went into head qua rters to count t he treasury balance and stamps in th e collector' s absence.

NEW S.

G. F. Olive finished third in 1111 Hurdle Race at Oxford U ni versity SpOil .. 'We cong rat ulate him, and hope to ~I ' I him win hi s " blue " next yea r. .;;

J(.

The Rev. A. W. T ho mpso n. O.I<. S. Curate of All H allows. Barki ng. has bee n appointed Six-Preacher and T ait Missio ner to th e Canterbury D iocese.

G. R . C. Cooke won the in te r. V'II III Ba ntam-weight Box in g Co mp LiIIOI\ .

( . 8 - 1894).

I. L. T oml in has been 'h \111I1 1l11I the }'oo tball XV. at R. M .A. 11'",,1â&#x20AC;˘.10 I,

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Tan. Feb.

ODJ ECT. 21.

4·

I ~.

March 4 . " 1 R.

28 .

Ca thedral Re paration Fund .. .. Can terbury Diocesan Edu cati on Society .. Re v. R. D. Ma rshall CO.K. S.). for th e Mission Room . in St. Mi chae l's, Poplar ,, DIOcese of Masho nal a nd .. ., Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Stroet, . Lond on , . .. .. SIck and Poor of St. Gregory's Parish, Canterbury

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CO RRE SPON DE NeE . {If.

B .-7'h;. Edilors decliue 10 a((ept (my res/,ollJifn,/it), (o/Illu led wi/It Ihe o/JiniollS oj their Correspon ents. Na me alUi address mllotl a/1lJay s I'e l~ iveJl , Ilot lIecessarily for pub/icat 'oll b t g ua,,,a1ttte of g~od /ailli. Pet sollalifies w ill ;,w o/ve (erfain 1·ejeclioll . Lelte;'s ~/lo~~/;Sba "llJn ttm Oil oue slde of (h e pape,. Oli O' . (

1b Ilu Edt'tors of"

TH E CANT UARIA N . u

SIRS, Privileges are delig htful thin gs. when one kn ows th e ir lise . But a prc ro o-ative allowed to ru st away in obsc urity ~eem s rath er a misnomer. It see ms to be unknown to most of th e School that Recording to an ancient number of th ~ nnluan fw, the run of the Parry is at a ll li mes restricted to the Sixth F o rm. I fear that the Sixth is neithe r selfish no r ho k- Iovin g enough to ca re to reasse rt hit. rig ht. But. a mo re salu tary custom, whI ch was unttl recently mai ntai ned by Inrcible ejectio ns, is t ha t th e Parry be hnrred on half-holiday afternoo ns till 4. o. DBAR

Mi ght not this be enforced again with some advantage ? Furthe r the inhabitants of the Hall seem to be unaware t hat. o n lea ve fro m .the ~Iou se- mon itor, th ey have the exclusive . n g ht to use t he Parry o n Sun day e\'en1l1 gs. Perad ve nture some (!uiet-Ioving vi ctim of rowdyi sm mi g ht lIk e to make use of this seclusion. Yours, etc., S. T. I CKLE R. [The question of closing the " Parry " rests with Ihe I-l ead ?-" Iaster. As to Ihe second part of your lelter, some members of the Hall will no doubt be glad to hear of lheir priv ilege, which they do seem 10 have forg,)ttcn, but Ihey must look a ft ~ r such pri vileges themsel\, cs. - Eon.]

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NOTICES . We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions ;H. B. Clarke. Esq. ( ' 7/6 ). B. L Hooper. Esq . (3/6). H. H. W. Cole E ; q. ( '0/-). B. J. Boothby. Esq. (3/6). Major Jon os (3/6). Mrs. Skinner (4/-). Rev. H. H. H. Boys (3/6). Rev. Templeton King (3/ 6). Rev. H. A. D. Pereira (J /6).

J . R. Tulloch. Esq. (3/6). J. Sharman. Esq . (7/-) ' H. A. Jenkin. Esq. (7/-). A. C. Durham. Esq. (3 /6). Dr. Whitehead Reid. (7/-). F. C. Bovenschen. · Esq. (7/-). S. W. Bailey. Esq. ( 3/6). W. B. Loveband. Esq. (3/6). F. n. Hall. E sq. (3/6 . Archdeacon Dundas (3/6). C. W. Redman. Esq. (3/6). A. 1<. Mowll. E sq. (7/-) '

• OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Ousel

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IIUlsian, 1}lla/verniall,

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D ovorian, SI. Edward's School 'lil lI/IIi", L eodimslllll, Clzo/meldan, PlylJlolllI(llI, ('/II

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CANTUARIAN. JUNE.

1906.

No .

21.

EDITORIAL. . Lat~ again? says one. Yes, late, and unashamed. To be dilatory is not wIthout Its profit to the slothful. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, bu t the appetite, bodily and intellectual, keen set, for the com ing feast. vVe have idled p rhaps, but need no apology. To have written without due deliberation would have heen to show scorn of the resu ltan t thoughts; that which comes un bidden is as a IlIle the choicest of its kind. So we have folded our editorial hands in sleep and waited. Now all things arc coming to li S, including ribald complaints from impatient \vould-be readers. Cricket news rolls in apace j like a comet that is more nucleus than tail, our cricket eleven might have conceivably have flashed with greater hri lliance before our vision; but it has preferred the solid and substantial middle ('o urse of draws chequered with victories, to aerial flights entai ling , as a compensation 10 th e world-spi rit of fairplay, descents at times into the dark abyss of fai lure. It has IlH o wn chronicler elsewhere, more wo rth y and more capable than we. Our's it is,

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but to praise and to wish well to its every effort in the future. Barred we may bo from cricket's Paradise, but even thus never could we be goaded thereby to condemn its forbidden apples as sour grapes. One thing there is which the most careful search will not find recordÂˇd elsewhere, a victory which came to pass too late for any record till six weeks mor(' have passed into forgetfulness. On this morsel we fasten with avidity. though careful not to rob him, who is destined to tell the glorious tale in future days, of all that. 1111 give freshness and originality to his words. T he boat club has passed through it " novitiate of toi l and defeat; and now around th e Mint Yard it stalks in new blown majesty wreathed with the proud prophetic lau rel, a fit em blem o f victory modll certai n in the past and ho ped for in the future. Elsewhere it rejoices rather III chaplets of the festive dog-rose signifyi ng that the night of toi l an d self-denial hn.. changed to the' short-lived day of ease a nd self-indulgence. In other wo rds tl w river StoUT has seen the two fo urs which the boat club dared to put upon it, press III close pursuit upon the defeated stern of its friendly rivals from To nbridge. Thu KI the scorn of the scornful turned upon th emselves. The members of the boat clull, it is whispered, have shrunk in an alarming manner th ese late summer montl"l Clearly th e remnant were like the minished hand that Gideon led to victory. Vt 't II is not a reflection on those who have toiled so bravely and with such success to ulti I a prayer that, fired by their noble efforts, many a young breast may be bold to nll, '1 itself as a rec ruit to so deserving an institution. It is hard to say wheth er 1I1t'I! purses or their persons would prove the more useful at the present crisis. May ~hl ~ be the fore-runner of a long roll of triumph ! Since last we ventured from our lai r, we have passed, successfully wo hOI'" through the ordeal of inspection. Voluntarily we submitted ourselves to th e II III. and presumably in recognition of such courteollS treatment, the inspecto rs gave 1011 and precise ne ws as to the date of their coming. Not more feve rishl}' did th o ( 'I lid gardeners of Lewis CaroH's imagining work to paint red the rose, than did till demiurgic rout of the phleg matic Britons who were let loose upon us innOCCJ1l fl . ~'I spic:k and span were all things that we scarce kne w our ancient haunts, and W('I'U 111 111 to cree p away and hide apart lest our dull selves shoul d shew ye t duller in so IIdM'" a setting. Yet the actual ceremony, if we may call it such, was not so d rcadrul : 11 11 we nt as us ual, save that benevolent old gentleme n prowled softly about and 1)I'li i I II everything that they vi ewed. So we breathe freely once more and wait willi f lalill confidence to learn whatever verdict they may be pleased to pass upon us.

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CR I CK ET .

LIST OF FIXTURES. DATE.

OI'I'ONENTS.

GROUND.

RESU I.T .

1st XI. ' I'u. May I S

Th. " " 17 Tu. " 22 Ttl. ,,29 Th . . . 31 Jo'ri, June I Tn. " 5 Th. " 7

Hythe e.C.

~Io n."

I I

13 Highgate School 19} Felsled School ..

Tn. W.

SILL Ttl. Th, Sal. 'I'll.

The Masters

...

:: 20

" 23 ,, 26 ,,28 July 7 II 10 12

:I:h, "

Sutton Valence Schoo l ...

M.C.C. ...

.. .

Dover College .. . R.M .L.I. .. Easthou rne College S. Edmu nd's School

I U. ,,31} O.K .S. W. Aug. J

RUNS AGAIN ST .

1st I ns. 2nd Ins. 1st Ins. 2nd Ins.

Rev. L . H . Evans' XI. Cha rtham As),lum Mr. A. Latter's XI. Tha nel C.c. ... S. Lawrcnce "A." S. Lawrence IL;\1.L. I.

RUNS FOH.

Beverley. Chartham. Beverley. Beverley. Beverley. Beverle)'. Beverley. I-Iythe. Beverley. Highgate. Beverley.

Won. Won. Drawn. Scratched. Drawn.

I s6for6 303 " 7 150 " 4

189 fOr? 140 " 2

149

184

Drawn.

150

Dmwn. Drawn . Won. Won .

25 6 ., 4

219

205 149 98

Drawn.

366

31IfOr 6

254 28.

25 for 6.

155 lSI for 9

Stlt. Valence. . ........ ,... .. ... .... .. ........ , .... " .. .... . ........ ...... . ... ........... . .......... .. Beverley. Dover. . . ........ ... .. .. ... , .. ... ... ....... . \ValillCr.

...................... , .................. ........ . ....... ..

Beverley. . .... . S.!Edmu nd's..... .. Beverley.

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Tu. May29 'I'u. June 5 ..

:1:h. "

1 ' 11.

J II. W.

,,27

W. Ju ly

:I:h . " I U. ..

I I

Beverley . Beverley. Bevcrle)'. I-Iarbledown. Beverley. S. Edmund's. Do ver. Blore's Piece, Beverl ey.

.. ........... .. Won. J94 for 6 36 Won. 183 .. 6 152 Lost. 70 116 Lost . 100 ............... .. .. .......... .. . ~~~............... . ...... .. . .. .................. . ....................... . .. ........ . . . .. ...... ... .. . ................ _ ... .. ........................... .. ............... . .. . ........... .

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KING'S

SCHOOL v. REV. REV.

EVAN'S XI.

H. EVAN'S XI.

A. LaUer, not out

Clinch, c Kempe, b Dalwigk H on. W. J ames, c Kempe, b Bassett E. P. Guest, c Gardner, b Strahan C. E. I-Iarris, b Dunlop E. T. Ga~eJ b Thomson A. ~{, H i ton, c H aycs, b D unlop H. PeHey, flll1 out ... Rev. L. H. Evuns, b Dnlwigk J. A. S. Aylward, c I-Iayes, b Dun lop C.]. N. Adams, b T homson ... Extras: Byes, 7; Leg-Byes, 3.

23 33 8

0 0 II

6 0 10

...

Total

149

KI NG'S SC HOOL. W. Lucas. st James, b I-lil tan L. J. Bassett, 5l James, b Hilton G. F. H owell, c Clinch, b Hilton R. E. Martin, c and b H ilton I-I. Gard ner, st J ames, b Hilton ... G. C. Strahan, b Hilton ... W. N. Kempe, not out C. M. Dunlop } R. ~. R. Dnlwigk did not bat. G. E. H ayes A. L. B. Thomson Extras ; Byes. 10; Lt:g- Byes,6

7 65 8 6

46 5 3

16 156

Total BOWLING MR .

ANALYSIS : EV A N'S

Tholllson Da lwigk Bassell .. H ayes Strahan Dun lop

XI.

II 1 1 '3

3 6 8 6

3 3 I

36 42 8 15 25 13

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KING'S SCHOOL v. CHARTHAM

537

ASYLUM.

Strahan had t he good luck to win the toss, and this, coupled with the fact that the weather was cold for the fielders, enabled liS to run up a large Score very quickly, Bassett played bea utifully and was unlu cky in not reaching his ce ntury. He was well supported by Howell and Gardner. The Asylum innings did not last long, H ills alone showi ng any abil ity to cope wi th the bowling of Thomso n or Dalwigk, who were both bowling well; Dnlwigk es pecially was difficult to score from. Bonehill hit up a lucky 20 towards the close . T he School fieldi ng was satisfactory on the whole but everyone must remembe r to ru n all th e hard er after the ball if they have mis-fielded it. F ull Score and analysis : KI NG 'S G. E . H ayes, b Davey L. J. Bassett, cHills, bLister C. F. H owell , e and b Hodgson ... W. Lucas, c and bListe r I-I. Gardner, c Bonehill, bLister G. C. Strahan, L Lister .. C. :'11. Dun lop, c and b H odgson ... R. E. R. Dalwigk, not out W. N. Kempe, not out J.A. A.L. S.B. Aylwa rd } d'd b Thomson t not at. Extras: Byes, 6 ; Wides, I

SCHOO L. 4

91 61 27 42 30 6

23 12 7

T ota l

... 30 3

CHARTHAM ASYLUM. 1st I nn ings. 2nd Innings. Dr. Fitzgerald, c Dunlop, b Dalwigk 0 b Bassetl ('. "'. Candle r, b Dalwigk 8 not out II . II ills, c Dunlop, 0 Thomson 27 c a nd b Hayes I Jr â&#x20AC;˘ .1lodgson, c Kempe, b Dalwigk 0 h Strahan 1\ . Fngg, 0 Valwigk ... 2 b Bassett I. Listcr, b Th omson 13 h Bassett I Jr. T opham, b Dalwigk I b Strahan I{tlv. N. Holt , c Gardner, 0 Thomson 2 did not bat II. Bonehill , not Ol1t ... 20 not out W. J oncs, c and b Thomson .. ~ } did not oat. P. Oavey, c Bassett, b Hayes Extras ; Byes, 9 ; Leg-Byes, I. .. 10 Extras: Byes, 4; Leg-Byes, 2; No 13:t lls, Total

9 2 2 I

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BoWLING

1st Innings. Dnlwigk." Thomson Hayes

ANALYSI S :

CHARTHAM ASYLUM.

0, 12 12

M. 2

2nd

Innings.

38 36

5 4

St rahan ... I-Iayes

Bassett ...

Aylward Aylward bowled 2 No-Balls.

KING'S SCHOOL v, MR,

LATTER'S

MR. LATTER'S XI. H. Parsons. b O nlwigk . .. .. G. Twyman , r. Strahan , b Oalwlgk Rev. A. S. Hope, b Thomson ' . I-Ion. W. J ames, 51 Kempe, b Dal~v,gk A. tiL Hi lton, c Gardner, b Oalwlgk C. E. Harris, b Dalwigk o. J. Dean , b Oniwigk Rev. W. H . i\'f aundrell, not out E . Finn, not out G. E. V. Austen did not bat. A. Latter Extras : Byes, 12; Leg-Byes, I ; No-Ball s, 2

8 5 3

2 1

XI.

102

16 21

Total

KING'S

SC HOOL.

L. J. Bassett, not out ... G. E. Hnyes, c Dean , h Maundrell G. F . H owell, h Twyman R. E. r-,-farLi n. c J ames, b I-l ope ,V. Lucas, c J ames, b Harris H . Gardn er , not out

G, C. SImhan

}

C . M. Dunlop R, E . R. D nlwigk did not bat. W, N. Kempe A. L . D. Thomson Exlrns : Byes, 13; Leg-Byes, 4; No-Units, 4 T otal

I'.

W. 2 1

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BOWLING A NALYSI S : MR. LATTER'S XI. 0,

Dalwigk Thomson Basset! Strahan Dunlop

15 I'

Hayes

4 U ayes bowled 2 No·Balls.

KI NG'S

SCH OOL v,

ST,

M, 2

w, 6

o o o

LAWRENCE

"A,"

KI NG'S SC HOOL, L. J. Dassett, b Clinch R. E. Martin, b Dutnall ." G. F . Howell. not out W. L ucas, b Clinch H. Gardner, b Clinch C. C. Strahan, b Cli nch C. 1\1. Dunlop, b Waters R. E. R. Onlwigk, 110t out W. N. Kempe } A. L. B. Thomson did not bat. R. B. Goad Extras : Ryes, 3; Leg·Dyes, 13

39 15

70 4

13 27 o

T otal

ST .

LAWRENCE "A, "

H . 1"1. Waters, not alit T. B. lllain, b St rAhan \ 'V. Dutnu!J, tun out H. Vall Boo\' en, not out ...

C. E, Hmis ) Clinch R Rhodes L. Rhodes did not bat. E. Finn T . Dowen W. H ou lden Extras: Byes, 4; Leg-Dyes, Total

'" 155

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BOWLING ANALYSIS :

Strahan , ..

Dnlwigk T homson Goad Bassett Dunlop Lucas

KING'S SCHOOL v.

S 9 4 4 3 7 3

29 23 20 37 20 18 3

I 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 0

ST . LAWRENCE .

KING'S SCHOOL. L. J. Bassett, not out R E. Martin, cLatter, b Clinch

...

W . N. K empe, c and b Bainton ... H. Gardner, b Bainton ". G, F . H owell, not out

W. Lucas G. C. Strahan CR' ~E;' DR unDloP . k . . . a Iwig

92 o JO

12 17

) did not bat.

C. E. H ayes A. L. B. Thomson Extras : Byes,

Leg-Byes, 2

... 150

T otal

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SC HOOL v.

R. ~'l .L.1.

This match was played on the St. Lawren ce Ground, on June sth. th e ehl'lIl being lucky in drawing the game as the visito rs were much th e stronger team. 'I hi School bowlin g was weak and. with a few exceptions. th e batting little better. BaHKl'i1 as usual played well and Strahan played with g reat restraint and care, when so nU llIlI1 was needed to stop the" rot." The rcst, however, with the exception of Dalwigk 111111 Kempe, did little or nothing. The iVlarines going in first sco red zS 6 for th Âˇ 10 KK I tl 4 wickets and then declared leaving the School a li ttle over z hours to get th o 11 111 At first defeat seemed certain as 4 wic kets were down fo r 15 . Kemp e and B IIIUIt II . however, played well and brought the score to 77 . Then three wickets fell qu it I h but Strahan and Dalwigk made a stand and looked like playing out time; on IJH l wl ~~

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leaving. however, two wickets fell quickly. but Thomson kept his end up and saved the match . Strahan had bad luck in not reaching his 50, for his innings was a very fine display, Full score and analysis :R.M.L.r. Dr. Skcy, b Strahan Sergt. Sutcl iffe, nm ou t .,. H. F. Montgomery Major Hobbs, b Strahan ... Sergt. Bowen, b Bassett Scrgt. Murphy, not out ... Major Wr,'g } Capl. Clark Rcv, Moreton did not bat, Pl. King!>bury

120 I

17 II

Scrgt, Pratt Extras: fiyes,

20;

Leg-Byes. 6

Total

.. . 256

KING'S SC HOOL. L. J. Bassen, sl H obbs, b Kingsbu ry R E. Martin, b Sutcliffe ... G. F. Howell, b Sutcli ffe H. Gardner, run out W. Lucas, b Skey ... W. N. Kempe, 'c Montgomery, b Sutcliffe C. C. Strahal} , not out ... C. ~Â·I. Du nlop , c Sutcliffe, b Skcy R. E. R. Dalwigk, lbw, b Skey .. . J. A. S. Aylw:ml, b Sutcliffe . A. L. B. T hompson, nol out ... Extras : Byes, 15 j Leg- Byes, 5 ; No- Balls, 3

50 o 3

5 o 10 46 4

21 I

o 23

Total

163 BOWLING ANALYS IS:

R. M.L.I .

Dalw igk .. Thomson Dun lop ...

Strahan Dasset!

0 I

2 2

52 47 45

0 2 I

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KING'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE

SCHOOL.

The team journeyed to Highgate overnight and made an early start at 10.30 next morning. AlthouIYh obtaining first innings on a fairly plu mb wicket we did none too well at the sta~t and found ourselves with 6 wickets down for I I 2. Then, how路 \ ever, came the stand of the innings with Dunlop and Lucas togethc;:r. Dunlop was wisely co ntent to keep up his end while Lu?as hit away mer:ily. Though l,l1 cky OI1 ?C or twice Lucas' in ni ngs was a really good chsplay of clean lu ttIng and he IS heart ily to be congratulated on his return to form at so oppo rtune a moment. The final scoro reached 2 ' 9. The start of the H ighgate innings was, like our own, un successful. as two wick c L ~ were down for fo ur runs. We were lucky in getting rid of Sayer so soon, b~lt h? wa lt handicapped largely by an injured thumb; De Gale showed very good form 111 hIS z .~ . Thomson found his length again after being out of form for a few matches and. lll tot analysis read well at the end. while Dunlop finished ~ff the innings in startling fa shi on. The chief point, however. in which the School . IS to be congratulated, \~a s tilt' excellence of the fielding all through, and at tlln~s that exc~J1ence atta1l1 cI In b rillia nce. In concl usion we would thank most heartIly all at HIghgate for the vc'q jolly time they gave us. Full score and analysis ;KING'S SC HOOL.

L. J. Bassett, c P. Kay, b Sayer ... W. N. Kempe. bCoxt ... G. F. Howell , c and b Saycr C. J. N. Adams, b Sayer ... H. Gardner, b Sayer ... W . Luc.'ls, C F. C. de Gale, b Sayer G. C. Strahan, c P. Kay, b Sayer C. ~1. Dunlop, c and b I路Judson R. E. R. Da lwigk , not out G. E. Hayes, c Sayer, b Cox ". A. L. B. Thomson, c W. Kay, b l\'Jorris ... Extras: Byes, 16 ; Leg路Byes, 5; Wide路Dalls, Total

'9 ..

.,," 17

M " "I

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HIGHGATE SCHOOL. 1st Innings. G. R. Sayer, c Bassett, b Stmhan P. C. Kay, c Bassett, b Thomson ... W. C. de Gale, c Adams, b Thomson ... J. T. Morris, b Thomson W. G. Kay, b Dalwigk ... A. N. Lushington, b Dalwigk L. W. SOIllhens, sl Kempe, h H ayes D. L. Cox, st Kempe, b Dunlop H. B. Crolcrces, c Bassett, h Dunlop T.: R. Hudsoll, nOl out ... ii. C. de Gale, b Dunlop ... Extras : Byes, 6; Leg-Byes, 9

2nd I nnings. o

did not bat. not out

... 29

... 2!}did not bat. cLucas, b Dassett 8 c Thomson, b I layes 5 did not bal. 9 lbw, b L ucas ... 4 b Bassell 15 Extrns : Dyes, 9; Leg-Dye, I

... 21

Total

... 98

20 12

o 2

Total

... 73

BOWLING ANALYS IS :

1st Innings.

G. C. Stmhan A. L. B. Thomson ... R. E. R. Da lwigk C. E. Haycs ... C. ~J. Dunlop

... ...

KI NG' S SCHOOl"

8 13

4 4 4

2nd Innings. o. 8

L. J. Bassetl ... A. L. B. Thomson ::: . W. Lucas C. M. Dunlop G. E. H ayes ...

M. 2 0

6 0 0

R. 28

W. 2 0

VARIAE LECTIONES. ~h} t;IVIIII }Ler' Ilft0uut'u'1 is a beautiful maxim and one to be laid to heart. But liow? In a literal sense it was manifestly Impracticable. for one a t least who dwelt III a study whose t hree or fo ur inhabitants Itp nt each half his days IZltOUU' -i/A"a/crwlI. H 'sides do not potentates and preachers ul'ge rather on mankind th e strenuous Iii ( B eracIes conquered Proteus, body

triumphed over wits. So down with the old god-down with the new too for that matter ; what we want deve loped is neither min d nor body but a "sancto-aesthetic physique." To this nor c ri cket nor the joys of tennis contribute aught of materia l profit. But the river- ah the river! do not rivers afford beautiful views, docs not the poet talk of "soft voyaging down an

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enchanted stream n ? So away to the river. Then swooped down one with persuasive tongue. and outspeeding all protest steered me past the preliminaries and enstalled me in a four. Divine thought that chee red me through the toils of the tub! Surely in a four all would be ease, all g race, all joic de vivre. Soon to my surprise-heaven pardon me for such optimism, but I was yet young, very, very young in mind if not in bodyI found desire could give performa nce an easy fifty in the hundred. Not all was gay upon the river. T here not to reaso n why, there but to do-or not to do, there lay the rub, and rubbed we were, one and all till Pontius Pilate smiled eponymously on us-to die at least seemed unav oidable whether by hyperstrenuous toil or by whelming in the skatoploll t stream j for if the fumes of Ac heron upse t Aeneas' stomach, as no doubt they did, the fum es of the stretches of the Stour would have knocked the very white sow of Alba out of time in two rounds. There laboured we for weeks unnumbered upon the sweltering flood, the wh ile-lieu · llefas I-upon the bank the nobl e army of the unemployed gathered in its myriads around so tempting a cachinnatory carcase and yowled un seemly jibes. What if our backs were not like fair columns swayi ng smoothly in trebl e un ison,-it was in treble unison, you remember, if you read your Daily Mml as all true Britons should, the scholars of th e King's School bowed to the Archbishop-what if our legs did not recall to the onl ooker the twinklin g piston-rod's beat, what if we rolled, weltered, wallowed in the trough of the deep ? nowise I would protest by my beard jf I could grow one, were we poor

martyrs to be blamed for the random whims of Aeolus. And they, the triflers, the shi rkers of man-ennobling toil, were they justified, in silting calmly, critically, on the bank and wounding the welkin with the reboations of their jeers? Daily for hours. for an eternity of hours, we smote the sounding furrows j blame not us but some second Phaethon, if half those furrows rippled not in to oblivion across the silver stream bu t will remain fossilised upoIlll1udbanks, a memorial and a warning to unborn ge nerations. Ghastly in the distance loomed the day of tribulation of boat races whose agony surpasses blasphemy. The !tart for the mile in the sports is bad, shockingly bad for nerves and nature alike, but to one who has made trial of a start for a boat race, it is nothing but a ver itablt' rest cure. This becal'se in a boat ract· one works not for one's own hand on ly. but by failure must needs stultify th o efforts of a syzygy of swelt~ring sufferers. Should 1 catch by inadvertance a horn d denizen of the buxom deep, should I break a rowlock (there are many wa)l4 of breaking rowlocks, ancI I , I am cXPI~ 11 in one and all, ) should I faint b ·1011 I had run the straight race-such I h I medley of my thoughts till with a rhythllljl jerk I settled dow n to cursing the stink, with both spas modically pulsating ll \ ~ "A low sweet lubric gurgle" was iMHIIIII . from bow's lips, and blended soothiuHh with the deep bass of two 's elcph:uil llII gruntings. Bellows from the cox, 111 cordant blasp hemies from the bank, 111111 we hoick wearily with our arTll" II lid sc ratch each his several probos iH UII hi

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writhing toes, while mak ing a feeb le semi-animated pretence at ene rgy. T en strokes, ten un godly strokes which bring the unwary to sheer destru ction ; then another. Lucky he whose nam e both banks re-echo not wildly, not to bless but to revile for being late, for tumbling forward! Half asleep afte r aeons of toi l, .an infinity of laughter from the careless, we are gO,!-decl into oestroplectic frenzy. ., Spri nt" comes a wild howl whic h lets Gehenna loose about li S. A cataclasm of ago ni zed sc reams from the dromedaries on the bank sinks into a har monious hum that soothes eac h drowsy sense; yet soporific as we are, not Simeon Styli tes, not some well poised pendulum, nor a falling st<lck of high-heaped masonry, cou ld have vied with Our swing forward. "Curiouser and curiollser"! why have the oar hand les swollen ? 0 woe, unutterable woe! "Five good th ick 'UllS:

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545

all you know/' comes harshly fromÂˇ the realms of space. One, two, three,-ten done al ready, when a sudden burst of clapping, then dead silence and they all stare on us, in admiration or ill sco rn. Did we win ? asks an innocent amongst li S, how much by? "Lost, ten lengths," replies a skate-grinned Ananias who has, perhaps, been plunging mildly against us. vVe collapse; deep depression laps my so ul. Hither a nd thithe r I divid e my swift mind,-shall bank or river be the blessed spot whereon I may gracefully ease my burdened self and be at rest. Joy, joy. joy beyond all earthly joys; having lost it is not ours to row a second heat. And so to shore, there to join the cavorting throng of resonant lungs and jeer at others towards whom my lady Fortune has been more chary of her boons.

BACKW ARD.

In Endor at a monarch's prayer T he spirit of the prophet rose 'With flowing garb and silvered hair Stirred fro m his deep repose. So on my backward yearning eyes ThOll Spirit of the Past, arise. So mi ght an old man pray-but yo uth Should cry <I excelsior" and rise T o unattempted heights o f trulh, And claim his onward destinies :Yet all I am and hope to be Is fo und ed in the Past for me.

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For Faith, that makes the martyr strong, That pierces thro' the doubt and knows That, in despite of human wrong, The waste shall blossom as the roscThat which. the full-grown heart has fed Was by the child inherited. And Hope, with triumph on h~r faco, Who brings the distant future near'Who holds the downward look disgrace. A nel calls the backward longing fearBehold I seck it where it sprung I n the fair days when I was yo ung. And Love, to valour fitly wed, The source of knighthood and its meed\Vhich whoso hath not counts for dead And whoso hath is knight indeedI seek it, pure and undefiled, Gift of the mother to the child .

But Thou, fair life, to whom lowe \:Vhatever knighthood lives in me-Because this backward glance I throw Count me 110t renegade to thee; I turn again with. furbi shed shield Breast forward to the stricken fi eld. I. Not so, dear child "Of after days, wilt thou reject The Past "Big with. its warning of the proper tenure "By which thou hast the earth."

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SCHOO L NE W S. On Sunday, l\1ay 20th, we learnt with anxiety that Mrs. Hodgson was about to undergo a se rious operation. 'vVe arc, however, very glad to say that she has si nce been rapidly getting well and most sincerely wish that she will soon be able to take her place among li S again. .;:. .:.;.

On Thursday, April 5th, by the kind invitation of Colonel Thompson, the whole School went to the Barracks to see . the presentation of new Colo urs to the 7th Dragoons by H.R.H. the Princess Royal. From our select enclosure we had the honour of leading the citizens of Canterbnry in cheers, whi ch the Princesg duly acknowledged .

.."

In the Public Schools' Gymnastic Competition, the School Pair (D. H. Hammonds and C. 'vV. Hunt) were placed I I th on the list. Hammonds obtained 8+ marks and Hunt 78Âˇ! . We congratulate them bot h 0 11 this satisfactory result. Though the Sports arranged with Dover College last term had to be abandoned the Sports' Committee decided to award Sports' Colours to those who had got places in the Open and Under 16 events in our own Sports.

.; . * In the Day Boys' Handicap Steeple-

c hase held on th e day after the close of last term R. B. Goad (2 min. +0 sees. start) was first, the next three in order being W. T elfer, G. O. Norton, F. L. Goad. A minature Rifle Range has been put up in the Gymnasium this term and considerable progress has already been made with practice, under the supervision of Mr. Bell and a senreant-instructor. vVe hear that an out-door range is to be constructed at an tarly date. perhaps this ternJ. 'vVe take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Bell most heartily for the great amount of person.,1 trouble that he is taking with all the details of the shooting, and congratulate him on the satisfactory starf that has been made.

***

The School has this term been visited by Inspec tors from the Oxford and Cambridge Board. Am ong theIn we were g lad to welcome the Rev. Canon Bell, formerl), Master of Marlborough, who was fnspector for Classics and Divinity. Th e other thre e were Mr. A. W. Davis, M.A., Fellow o f All Souls' College, Oxfo rd, for History and English; Mr. J. H. Garde ner, D.Sc., for Mathematics, Science, and Geog raphy; and Mr. J. Stogdon, M.A., late Asst. Master at Harrow, for Modf'rIl Languages and Drawing.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT

APR IL, 1906.

J . I-I . D. WATSON-E ntered t he Schoo l, Sept., 1898 ; Footba ll XV., 1905 (,.

O. K. S. NEW S. T he Rev. J . F . Joh nso n and A. S. John son have just opened a Prepa ratory School called " St. H ngh's " at Chislehurst. R . H . Charl es has bee n appointed tQ a J unior Inspectorship on the Boa rd

of Ed ucatio n. H. A. J enkin was placed in th e First . .Class in the Classical T ripos at Cam· bridge. T he fo llowin g is from th e ' Hasllilgs alld St. L eo1ta1'd's Observer' : :i.\U<:MOR l I\ L TO SU RGEON RAP ER , R.N.

" ' In memory of H enry E . Raper, Surgeon, R.N., H.M.S. Vuicall , who died at Malta, September 27th, 1904, aged 30 years. E rected by his brot her

Officers.' Attached to a beauttful .1,,1. of g reen marb le a hand some bras!; Idhl, I inscrib ed as above, has bee n plac'l'd nil the South wall of the Parish Ch illi It " I St. Mary's, Battle. The deceased, \\ h.. was a so n of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rill !! I served as a Surgeon in th e Navy 101 t years and succumbed to a ve ry III II I illness from fever and pneumonm. II ~ was extremely po pular with hi s Ii 1111 officers and high ly est eemed by n\l \\ li lt whom he came into co ntact. Jo: x tH 111I1 h clever in his pro fession, a prolll h.l u ca reer was, to the g reat g rie r 0 1 ii i parents and friend s, bro ught to II I III wh ile in the pri me of life, At. 11 11 1" 1 of th e tablet are the Raper n l'lH14 11111 1 crest. T he remains of th e de Ollth· tI III interred in the Royal Naval OIl1 (IICII ) II Malta." Surgeon Raper was a mcmlw r 01 1111 School fro m 1887 to 1890.

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The Captain of th e School would be mu ch obliged if O.K. S. who will be abl e to be present at the O.K .S. Sup per, whi ch has been fixed for Tuesday, .lilly JI st, would let him know as soon as possible. Also the O.K.S. Matc h has been fixed lor Tuesday and Wed nesday, July J . st und Aug ust I st. Names should be sent 10 O. F . H uyshe, E sq., The Manor, 'Iysthydon, Exete r.

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The Cante rbury Pilgrims will, as usual, play two mat ches on the Friday and Saturday after Speech Day, viz. :Fri. , Sal. ,

~\ \l g.

3rd, v . I-l oth field Place, a t Hoth fie ld . 4th, v . Old Foresters, at Waltha mstow.

Any O.K.. S. wh o are a ble and willing to play in these matches a re requ ested to communi cate as soo n as possible with the Re v. R . F. El w)'n, Felsted School, Essex. .

OXFORD LETTER. Ilear School, The good news wh ich conti nu ally It rrives of your suc cesses in eve ry branch of work a nd sport must be but ill-req uited hy an account of our doings up here. I' r if the tru th be told our doings are lor the most part but idleness. At the h 'ginnin g of th e term when the enthusiast "at with numbed han ds in barge or pilvilioll the cold at least took from us that peaceful slee p under the shady 'hc rwelPs banks whi ch all of us love HO we ll. But now that the S UIl has lured liS fro m OUf fi resides we may be round in pu nts a nd panamas, smoking and leadi ng, a nd eve n, le t it be but wh ispered, ill 'c ping . Yet not a ll of us. Om Seni or ~ r l: mb er, alas, is clai med as the vi ctim of chools and is preparing for the 14acriflce. The gaiety of Trini ty is fas t hoi ng dimmed a nd will shortly be ecl ipsed ; liule li ght comes to dispe l the gloo m. I' VOIl in th e prospect of bri lliant success.

Of those in their third yea r our H ertford represcnta ti ve has proved formidable both in deeds a nd words. Surely he must needs be a man of stout heart wh o wou ld bra ve th e tongue of Cooke as he steers th e H ert ro rd boat to vi ctory, or his fist as he ligh tly oances rou nd his opponent in the ring j so thought at least the man of Cambridge. Of O. K. S . the on ly other wh o trea ts the river se riously is Budd, whose stetl wart frame is co nspicuous in th e Orie l boat. I t will not, howe ve r, be long before th e rud der strings of the L incoln boat a rc o nce again in the safe keepi ng of an O. K.S., a nd th e seat occ up ied with glory by E vans be held by a no less cloughty cox in Sarson. But th ough not ma ny of us row we a ll punt. Ind eed, one pu nt is mann ed entirely by O.K. S., a nd not in freq ue ntl y H ll),she, Adams, Mosse an d Parsons may be see n disc ussing the la test ne ws from School and the conte nts o r a n interestin g ham per.

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To turn from the river to the cricket fi eld , Bovenschen, Huyshe a nd F re wer a re all maki ng ru ns for their respective Colleges, and Huyshe is keeping as well as ever. Of the rest l\'1osse is busy in depleting the Thames of its fi sh i both fish and stories are magn ificent. Oli ve is resting from h5 s labours on the run ning groun d last term; while Smith, Ricketts, Dax, an d 'Wic kham are addi ng social and intellectual lustre to their va rious Colleges.

Some of us had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Cape and NI T. Baly at the h I)' gin ni ng of te rm. Vve offer our h e a rt i Cij ~ if belated congratula tions to all who won Scholarshi ps up he re or at Cambri tig(', and hope to see you all at the end 01 te rm. Eve r yo urs.

OXFORD O.K.S.

CA NAD I AN L ETTE RS.

Spruce Coulee, Illllisfall , Albe rta, Canada. t11arclt l oth, 1906.

To the E ditors of"

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D ear Sir!), I was mu ch interest ed in reading lVI r. l\IacGache n's letter which appeared in your colum ns last year, and as an O.K.S. who has lived fo r some years in the Colonies, I shoul d like to mak6l' a few re marks on the co nditions of fa rming li fe in \ÂĽ estern Canada. Fi rst let me say that the great NorthWes t has lately unde rgone a g reat and radi cal change, wh ich is still in process.

Up till only a few years back thi s W,I" th e ho me of the rancher, who ran hi bands uf cattle and horses at la rge ill! th e unfenced prairie wh ere be fore hill! had roa med the I ndian and the bu ffa lo The ranc hers' homes were scatte red and wiel e wi th a few cowbo ys c mploy,'!! to rou nd ti p and tend the stock wl dl II wande red at will. A good t ime they 111111 of it, and it is from th is sourco Ihlt l stories of li fe in the North -' Vest ge n !'fllI), s pring . T hen th e change came . '1'1" fa rm er made his appearancc. From 11 11 U nited States, from. the British 1MIt Âˇ I from Germany, Pola nd, Scandinavia Hud R uss ia they poured in. T hey If locatc HI " on the rancher' s best lan d, wh o ill mil'" cases had no title to the co unli y 1111

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which he ran hi s stock. T hey buil t their shacks," they broke up the prairie with th eir ploughs and fenced thei r g rain patches. T he ran cher bega n to get cro wd ed. with the best country round him fenced up , and eve ntually had to mo ve fur ther back where the same t hin g took place. This is what is going on to-day. Si nce th e farm ers first came, they have conti nued to pour in in thousands fro lll. all parts of the wo rl d, lured by the pa mphl ets of the emig ra ti on agent relatin g to th e rich vi rgi n soil and the certainity of doi ng well. I t is true that the prai rie soil of Ca nada is rich, and that a good li ving can be made by hard work and ca re ful deal ing, a nd that it is no t al together necessary lo have a deep know ~ed ge o f agric ulture to make a success in Canada. I kno w men wh o came to t his cOlin try with very litLie mon ey a nd kn ew nothing of fa rmin g and yet have do ne well. Others with morc mon ey and know ledge have hardly made a success of it. It all depe nds upon the man . Let hi m be steady, quick lo I('a m, and above all thin gs have the strength and will to work incessantly, and he will come o ut ah ead. I t is no t a n casy o r a comfor table task, breaking in II new coun try to the se rvi ce of man , unl ess the way be paved wi th ample capital. The average farme r who comes to th is cOl1ll Lry is not a rich man. So metime s he has next to nothin g i but th ese a re the men who are making Canada. Given his free quarter section of 1 6 0 acres, he builds hi mself a log or boa rd shack, rind a stabl e of what material he can nfford, a nd sinks a we ll. H aving pro vided himself with working horses he breaks np a g rain patch which increases year by If

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year, and meanwhil e he supports hi mself an d his family by the produ ce of his milkin g co ws. Every year shows its increase, more land un de r cultivation, more cat tl e and h orses, more fences. buildings and indispensable far m implements. I n time he may be in a posi tio n to buy an adjoining q ua rter sp.clion a nd so provide hi mself with hay-land anel pas Lure of his o wn a gai nst lhe time wh en the unoccupied land arou nd him wi ll have bec n take n up. T he average E nglishmen who come to Canada with a vi c'I' of making thei r li.,., in (( may be divided into two classes, thos~ who are possessed of ample capital a nd those whose capi ta l is limited. But whicheve r class he rnay belo ng to, a good insig ht into the country is absolutely indispensa ble be fore investing mo ney. T he best way to o btai n this insight is to get work with a ran che r or fa rm er, acco rdi ng to the future inte ntions of the individual, and to co nti nue worki ng out fo r at least two years. I n th is time a man should have go t a good working kno wledge of the coun try, its peo ple, manners, and custom s, and shoul d have a clearer idea as to how to set about working for himse lf. I t is still possible to ra nche, and most men possessed o f capital take up t his line of business : but suitable cou ntry containin g goo d hayÂˇ Ja nd and permanent wate r is gC l.tin g scarce, and I should not advise anyone to go in for it und e r a capital of ÂŁ'2.000 and a good kn o wledge of the co untry. I t takes mo ney to buy suffi cient stoc k, land , and water ri ghts against e nc roaching settleme ntÂˇ

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Free homesteads can only be got some way back from th e existing railroads at the present time, but the Grand Trunk Pacific a nd othe r projected railways wi ll open up im mense tracts of rich unoccupied coun try in th e near future. The usual course of th e man wi th limited capital is, afte r he has o b ta~n e d his worki ng kn owl edge, to buy a n lmproved far m with a certain amount of land und er cul tivation and with buildings, and to add to and improve th ese wh ile his land is steadily ri sing in value and his stock increasing . A farm should not be too fa r from a nnrk et or a railroad, but a ran cho should be away from all settl ements if possible. You ca n drive fat ca tt l ~ to their desti nation, wh ile farm produce must be hauled on waggons and frequ ently. It is not easy to advise anyon e on the co ur ~e they should pursue. As I have said, it all depends upon tl~ e individual. Whatever happens he will find th at th e life is not one of ease or luxuq,"ancl 5 th e climate ri gorous but above all thin gs healthy. By I~a rd work year in and year out, by foresight a nd ca refu l planning a good living can be made here. The fortun e-hunte r had beltt! r try his luck elsewhe re. The above remarks refe r main ly to t he western prairies of Ca nad a as apart from Easte rn Canada and Dritish Colum bia. whose climates and co nditi ons va ry conside rably. As regards positions in t he cities I know but little. I shall be ve ry pleased to a nswe r a ny letters from K. S. or O.K.S. who may wish to know more of Canada. Surely there must be many O.K.S. in th e

Dominion, besides Mr. who is at Smith, who

but I onl y know of tw o MacGac hen: H. G. Stringer, Lytton in B.C., and L . \1.1. is in Montreal.

Would it not be a good idea to collect th eir names and add resses as T. H. Smith is doin g in I ndia, and from time to tim e se nd th em in to the <I Cantua rian " ? I n this \\'ay we may co me to know of old frie nds who m we have lost sight of, and still feel that we have so me conn ec tion with the old School though fa r distant from it and from one ano ther. Until someone more versed in penma nship relieves me, I should be glad to hear from a ny Ca nadia n O.K.S. with this object. I remain, Yours since rely, GEORGE LEE WARNE R.

T he Canadia n Ba nk of Comme rC(I, Seaforth, On tario, June J olll, 1906. To Ihe Editors of" TH E

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Dear Sirs, I hope that yo u will be a ble to lilld space in your Magazin e fo r a lette r f l tlli l one who has only latel y left th e Schulil to go to Canada. I should strongly recomme nd [III III your readers who have not any pa"liluLH profession in view, and who arc 11 01 ,I some of my sc hool fri ends wero 1- 111111 11 1

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to go some distance from home, to co me and try to ma ke a living ou t here ; there can be no doubt th at it is a far better co untry than E ngland to go ahead, a nd if a youn g chap co mes out with a fe w refere nces, wh icJ1 are always useful , a nd a determination to get 0 11 , he will fi nd that all thi ngs will go right with him. As for th e people, you simply co uld n't find a. nice r set, and th ey a re very good especIally to Englishm en just arri ved, Or such a t leas t has bee n my o wn pe rso nal experie nce. There are heaps of good vaca ncies in every line of life he re, a nd I sho uld say here too that if any of your reade rs who have had a slight business experi ence a re rathe r dissatisfi ed with their rate of progress a t home, t hey cannot do better than come out he re as they are sure of a good place.

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several cases and have hea rd of many othe rs, of people comin g out from Engla nd a nd faili ng solely because they could do nothing but wail over t he fac t th at they were 50 far from home and that the Ca nadian ways we re 5 0 ve ry di fferent to the ways of the people at home. I know th at this so und s very chi ldi sh, an d I supp ose th at a great many of your read ers will not believe a word of wh at I say, hut 1 can ass ure you t hat what I say is true-eve ry word of It.

I a m glad to say that I have already go t in to tOllch with a fe w O.K.S. :D. St. "vV. Saunders is in the Sovereig n. Bank of Ca nada a t Perth, Onta ri o, and is very anxious to hear of some of his a iel School friends, more especially of Manneri ng, a nd I hope t hat if th e latte r sees these lines he will wri te to him at the r think myself that if a nyone is above ad dress, and also se nd a sc rawl to think ing of coming out straight from your humble ser vant wh o would be ve ry sc hool, th ey will find th at th e best thi ng g lad to hear how he is get.ting 0 11 . Then to do is to come ou t here into some Bank R. W. Marshall and P. H . H awkes are as I ha ve don e ; you only have to sig n on out in Saskatchewan and seem to be for t wo years, and th at just gives you doin g very well at far ming ; th e former enough ti me to look a bo ut you and see says that it suits him down to the grou nd, what is worth tak ing. and also gives you a nd he thinks that it is a fin e life Il ve ry useful experience. T o prove that al together, thoug h it certain ly se nds YOll what r say is true, I may tell yo u that rig ht out of civilisati on for a tim e a t any I met a man who came out fro l11 E ng la nd rate. E. H. L. J ohnston has entered two years ago, and who was offered the th e Ban k of Comm erce now a nd is at oth er day a place as traveller of a big St. Ca therin e's in Ontario, and is doing Shoe Manufactory in T oronto. Well he ve ry well, I believe. nccepted this place and he is now getti ng ÂŁ JOo a yea r and all his expe nses paid, I hope that th e School have been und whell he left the Ban k that he was in sho wing up we ll in Cri cket this year, th e he was only getting ÂŁ 1 30 a yea r. Dut, as team can th in k themselves lucky th at th ey 1 Im id, it is no lise at all coming out here don't have to play in weathe r like we are 1111 1('85 you make lip yo ur minrl to a long ha vin g at prese nt ; th e heat is si mply IIh t:l once fro m home; I have already seen awfu l, or it wo uld be if YOli had to play

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cricket; as it is I rather enjoy it as by the time we get out of the office the worst heat of the day is over and you can manage to keep cool in the evening. T here arc onc or two people who I should like to hea r from, and in case they should take in the Canluarian, I wi ll just mentio n as many as I can think of at the time. Bucl d, IHan ne ring, J. B. \~l i ckham , H . Ram mc ll (who is, I believe, somewhere in British Columbia, but wh ose address I can't get ho ld of,) and H. J. G rie r a re the on ly ones I can think of; I heard sundry rumours from home that the latte r was going to run in the Ol ympic Games, and I should very Ill uch like to know if this was so, though I don't think that it is likely as I didn't see his name in any of the papers.

I n case you haven' t got it already, R W. Marshall's address is as follows ;P.O. Box 405, Q u'Appelle, Saskatchewan .

In conclusion let me say that if anyone is thinking of coming out here La make a living, they ought, above all things, to come out at about 17 or 18 years of age, and not later j it is a mistake of which I myself am a victi m, to co me OllL too late, and after all the leaving homB wi ll neve r be nice however long YO li put it off. H oping that you will managc w fi nd room in yo ur pape r for these fl' \\' remarks from an O.K.S . who is very 11l1l -ll inte rested in the School a nd its doin g-R : and who would like to see morc of tl H' School come out here, I am, Sirs, Yours very truly, WALTER G. CAMPJJEI .I

V ALETE. A.

J. T rousdell ,

\.y. L. E . Reynolds, A. R. C. Douton, E . C F. Morris, W, /1'1 \\ H owa rd, E . F . Cull.

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CORRE SPONDE N CE . tV. B. -1 he Editors dec/flU to accept ally respomibility connected with the ?PillioJlS oj (hei; CornsponÂˇ dwts. Name and address must al'wa)ls lit .lfiven. not 11tCeSSart/y lor publual1on , but as a gU41'aUtCl! of good fait/to Pel sonalities 'will involve certain ,Âˇejectiolt. L etters should ht 'writtell on OIU side of the papu' Oll!;'.

T o Ille EdllOrs of

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London, To tIle E ditors of " THE

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DEAR S I RS,

I am venturing once again to bring the Hampstead Wanderers Football Cl ub to the notice of O. K .S. who hve 111 or ncar Londo n and who are desirous of joining a Rugby Football Cl ub next seaso n. Being an O.K.S. myself, and having seve ral others in the Club, I am naturally anxious, if possible, to make an increasingly strong li n k between ourselves a nd Our old School. vVe are already ho noured by having the I-Jeael Master and Nfr. A. Latte.r Illllongst our Vice-Presidents. If any O.K.S. who would like to hccome mem bers wi ll comm unicate with me, I shall be happy to give them any in for mation or assistance in my power.

Believe me, Sirs, Yours si ncerely, C. T. DONALDSON, HOIl. Sec.

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DEAR S I RS,

I am sure we are all deeply grateful for the strenuOlls efforts that have been made of late to bring up th e standard of the School Sports. And these energies have been j ustified by results. Li ke Chatham in the middle of the eighteenth century, we are surprised if some record is not broken. Already visions of fresher quarter-miles are looming up in Lhe ncar future. But arc we not taking this seriousness a little too far? It was said that runne rs had never looked so nerVOllS as at the last sports. Might not the strai n be co nsiderably relieved by a little in trusion of a lighter element, by a reviva l of the old merriment that used to be caused by sack-races a nd 3-legged co ntests? Even a n obstacle race Iright be organized wi thout mu ch tro uble. T here is always a species of boy stig mati zed as the " lout ,. by the author of .. T om Brown e" or I ' the H ill" who feels a certain aloofness for a solid race. n ut his interest is at once aroused by the sight of a sack or outstretched tarpau lin. Spectators too would no doubt find a n additional attraction thereby. Yours, M. O . SANTI. QUUS. [We strongly recommend this suggestion to next year's Sports' Committec.-EDD.]

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EDITORIAL. To introduce the last number of a School year is never a very happy task, both fo r the reason that the iron of th e summer examinations enters too often into our soul, and for the old, old reaso n that an end is reached. Still the term has not been un eventful; the memory of the inspection is still green and tender. For though we might have reminded ei.ther l!niversity . th~t it was a mere novice at education in our eyes and wo uld more fit tmgly Inspect a Jl1ll1or than their forefathers, we wisely humomed modern whims and modestly concealed our ve nerable age, like a hale old man who would always be. thought. youIl~. But good King Henry, could he have seen us, would have smiled a gnm sm~le when he co mpared it with royal " inspections" of his day. Few of ou~ recent domgs perhaps can interest the outside world very mu ch, th ough our old-tune boaters, who werc once the few and faithful notarie& of the ri ver, will learn with joy of the success vouchsafed by the now more prosperous deity. As regards the crick~t, o.ur hopes were too high, or at least we must th ink they were, but even so the balance IS on the right side. On the whole, too, we caa feel that the success we looked forward to in. the first number of the year was substance and not shad~w. There have ~ee.n a good number of distinctions, and sport- the more common Ir less sound cntenon at a school-

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should be content with a record football season and moderate good luck at cri ckot. When we remember besides that a new Science Laboratory has been opened in Ih time, an d that the long talked of shooting range has at last seen light, we arc abl with contentment, though with regret, to close th e book on another year.

CRICKET. LIST OF FIXTURES. DATE.

QPl'ONENTS.

G ROUND.

RESULT.

1st XI. Tu. May 15 Th. 17 Ttl. " 22 " Tu. 29 Th . " 3 1

Fri.

" I June " 57

RUNS

I~OR.

1st Ins. 2nd Ins. tst I ns.

Rev. L. I-I. Evans' XI.

Beverley.

Chartham Asylum

Chnrthalll .

Mr. A. Latter's XI. Thanet C.C.

S. Lawrence" A."

...

.. .

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

Beverley. Reverley.

Beverley.

S. Lawrence Beverley. RM.L.I. Beverley. Tu. ... I-Iythe. Hythe C.C. Th . " I I The Masters Beverley. Mon. " W. Highgate School ... H ighgate. 13 Tu. " I9} Felsled School .. .. . Beverley. w. " 20 Sat. " 23 Sutton Valence School. .. Sut. Valence. M.C.C. ... .. . Beverley. Tu. " 26 Dover College ... ... Dover. Th. " 28 Sat. J~'ly 7 R.M.L.I. ... Walmer. Beverley. Eastbourne College Tu. " 10 Th. 12 S. Edmund's School .. . S . ~EdnHmd's. Tu. " 1 O.K.S. .. . ... ... Beverley. " 3I } W. Aug.

.. .

...

\:Von, \:Von,

Drawn. Scratched. Drawn. Drawn. Drawn. Drawn. Won. \\'011.

Dra wn. \:VOIl .

Lost. Lost . Lost. Drawn. Abal1tloned

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30 3 " 7

184 " 6

156 for 6 ISO" 4

150 " 3 25 6 " 4 254

284 219 366 98 120 12 1 12 7 30 1

S. Eclmund's Seh, 2nd XI. S. A.C. .. . ... .. Dover College 2nd Xl .... B .nbledown C. S.A.C. ... ... S. Ed mund 's Seh. 2nd XI. Dover College 2nd XL", Harbledown S. E astern College 2nd XI.

e.e.

...

Beverley . Beverley. Beverley. Harbledown, Beverley. S. Edmunu's. Dover. B1ore's Piece. Beve rley,

2 1ltl

149

2S f. 84 189 for 7 140 " 2

155 151 fo r 9 205 -. 149 98 31I for 6 201 (9) 88 388 (6) 15 8 287 (9) 260 (8)

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2nd XI. Tu. May29 Tu. June 5 Tu. " 12 Th. '4 Tu. " '9 W. " 27 " II W. July Th. II 12 Tu . 17

RUNS AGAI N

'Won. 194 for 6 Abandoned 'VVon. 183 " 6 Lost. 70 Lost. 100 Abandoned Drawn, 166 (6) Lost. 81 Drawn. 238

46 (0) -

-3 152 ,, 6 ' 43

59 (2) ' 27 196 (7)

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MATCHES. KING'S

SCHOOL v. FELSTED

SCHOOL.

Played on \ÂĽednesday afternoo n an'd Thursday morning, June 20th and 21 St, resulting in a draw, Strahan won [he toss, and Bassett and Kempe started batting on a perfect wicket. and runs came freely, 60 being up befo re Kempe was run out as the result of a mis t1nder~tanding. Howell came in and at once settled down to good cricket, making some delightful strokes which included a beautiful cut for sixiall run. Bassett was th e first to go, being tempted by Chittend en's slow leg breaks, He had played a good inni llgs of ?o, made without a chance, though we have see:n him play better. He seemed unable to tim e th e balls that wanted cutting. Adams then came in, and after a very shaky beginning, when he seemed all at sea with t he slo ws, he settled down and played a very promising innings- his first in a School match. H e was most unfortunate in that an adjourn ment was made for tea when he had reached 49, and he was caught at the wicket directly play was resumed, Then disasters came fast, Gardner, Lucas and Strahan all getting out without scoring. It is worthy of note that in this same match last year, these three made over zoo runs between them , Dunlop then helped Howell to add nearly 70 runs before the latter was bowled for a really adm irable innings of 161, made without a chance, an d constituting a new School record . The rest did little and the innings closed for 366, leaving Feisted with about ten minutes batting before play closed for the day. I n this time they made a dozen runs without loss, though Page might have been caught at th e wi cket befo re he had scored. On Thursday play began soo n after ten o'clock, and with 33 on the board, Thomson bowled Thomas, and Page was joi ned by Downtoll who batted well until he was obliged to retire from the effects of the hot sun. Durrant, who came next, sco red freely, and though he made several risky shots and was missed by Hayes at square leg, by Strahan at cover, and by Kempe at the wicket, he was not out at the Hnish fo r a good innings of 12 0 . He was well backed up by Hayhoe who made 40 in very good style. It was an interesting match, both sides being good in batti ng and weak in bowling ; but whereas our oppone nts did not miss any chances, we lost our hope of winning by the misses mentioned ab ove. I t is but another instance of the supreme importance of good fielding, which goes a long way towards winning any match, but we must except fro m all stricture tne fielding of Lucas and Ga rdner which was excellent all through. Strahan also fiel~ed well with the exception of missing the catch referred to, when, it is fair to add, he slipped just as he started LO go fo r it.

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For our opponents Hayhoe fielded brilliantly. analysis :-

Appended is the full score and

KING'S SC HOOL. L. J. Bassett, 5t YOllle, b Chittenden W. N , K empe, rlln out '" .. . G. F . Howell, b Ulyat '" .. .

70 25

C. J. N. Adams, c Downton, h I-Iayhoe J-I . Gardner, c Page, b Pritchard W. Lucas, b P ri tchard G. C. Strahan, b Hayhoe ,_ .. ' C. M. Dunlop, c I-Iarhoe, b Pritchard R . E. R. Dalwigk, c Lyle, b Pritchard G. E . H ayes , c Chittenden, b Ulyat A . L. B. T homson, not out Extras: Byes, 22; Leg-Byes, 4; No Balls,

161 49 o o ...

3 24 o

5 4

2~ ",

28 ... 366

T otal

FELSTED SCHOOL. L. S. 1\1. Page, c Kempe, b Strahan A. R. Thomas, b Thomson

A. jI,.r. Downton, retired ill E. M. Durrant, not out ... E. S. Vlyal, cLucas, b Strahan

120 J2

M. R. Watson, b Thomson S. VOllie, c Dunlop, b Hayes A. C. B ayhae, b Dunlop ... R. G. Chittenden, not OUt. •• R. C. Lyle } d'd b

Pritchard

40 7

not at.

Extras: Byes, 22; Leg-Byes, 8

...

Total

". 3 1 1 BOW LI NG

ANALYSI S :

FEI.STED SCHOOL.

Thomson Dalwigk H ayes Strahan D unlop Bassett L ucas

18 20 8 19

4 2

40 67 4' 47

4 3

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1 2 1

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H ayhoe Watson T homas Pritchard Chittenden L yle ... Ulyat

24 14

87 64 66

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9 3 4

KING'S SCHOOL v.

SUTTON

52 0 0 0

37 19 13

IV. 2 0

0 4 1 0 2

VALENCE ..

Played at Sutton on June 23rd ancl resulted in a win for the School after a very close ga me. Strahan won the toss and the School took first innings bu t fared badly on a wet wicket against th e bowling of Tanner, who took eight wickets for 38 runs. Bassett was bowled at 1 6, Howell and Kempe both left at 2 I . and, in spite of some hard hitting by Lucas, eight wickets were down for 57 . Hayes then joined Dunlop and the pair succeeded in putting on 34 nms before Tanner bowled Hayes. Thomson did little and th e innings closed for 98. Sutton seemed to have an easy task, but so well did Dalwigk and Hayes bowl, that after Thomas left fifth at 69, no one could do anything with the bowling and the last 5 wickets fell for 19 run s, leaving the School winners by 10 runs. Dalwigk took 6 wi ckets for 24 run s. In the' second innings Dunlop played well for his 30 and Strahan made a somewhat lucky 59. KI NG'S SC HOOL.

Bassett, b Tanner W. N. Kempe c Unmon, b Tann er G. F . H owell, b Waite C. J. N. Adams, b T anner H. Gardner, Sl Thomas, b T anner W. Lucas, c VÂˇ/illiams, b T anner G. C. Strahan, c and b T anner C. M. Dunlop, not out R. E . R. Dalwigk, b T anner G. E. Hayes, b Tanner ... A. L. B. Thomson, c Williams, b Qrmson Extras: Byes, 1 j Leg- Byes, 1 j 'Widcs, T o!al

9 10 I

8 2 21 I

17 3

19 4 I

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SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL. S. E. Kay, b Strahan E. C. Liplrott, b Strahan E . W. Pritchard, b Dalwigk A. R. Tanner, b Dalwigk F. D. Thomas, c Dunlop, b Dalwigk D. G. S. Urmson. low, b Dalwigk P. H. Champion, b Hayes G. H. Thornhill, b Dalwigk C. Williams, c Adams, b Dalwigk , V. R . Gosling, not out ... C. E. Waite, cLucas, b I-layes ... Extras: Byes, I I ; Leg-Byes. 4

o 17

o 19

15 5 I

3 4

15 ... 88

Total BOWLING ANA L\,SIS: SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL.

Strahan

Dalwigk Dunlop ... Bassett Hayes Thomson

22'1

8 13

18 21 0

2 10 2

2 0

w. 2 6 0 0 2

:"01.

5 4

38 41 16

w. 8

KING'S SC HOOL. O.

'Jlanner Waite Urmson

16 13 2'2

Tanner bowled one wide.

KING'S SCHOOL v.

M.e.C.

Played on Ju ne 26th . Though we had no right to expec t a repetition or 111 I year' s performance against the M.C.C., this match was a little disappointin g. Ti lt wicket was ,very true but our earlier batsmen could Ill.ake little of Reeves, ;Inri 11\ lun ch t ime half the team we re out for 54, as the result of an hour and a half's cri l hI Martin, who survived till just after the inte rval, gave a very promising display :l gH ill I difficu lt ~gwlingJ and after lunch when Strahan and Dunlop brightened lllalli 'rK 111 1,

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but for a stron g batting side 120 ,~as only a moderate totaL Reeves, whose analysis read 5 wickets for 42 runs, had good support frol11 Board behind the wichet, and the combination rather paralysed the batting as a whole, The MÂˇ.C.C. found little difficulty in our bowling from the start; Dea n helped Reeves to add 97 for the first wicket, and Probyn to take the score on to 145. Hayes and Dunlop especially coming in for some very.. severe treatment. After Reeves had left, H eyma nn and Probyn added some rorty rUllS, wh.e n Dalwi gk, comin g on for the second time, took th ree wickets in consecutive overs, and five wickets were down for 203. Dunell and Balfour then completely mastered the b'owling which was weak throughout, though Dalwigk and Strahat'l."kept a goo'd length ma's! of the time, and Bassett con trived to keep down run s \.,.hen other cha nge bowlers were faring all too sadly. It should be mentioned that the School fielding kept up well to the end, even though Illost of the spectators, we regret to say, vanished just when th e team needed most encouragement. KI NG'S SC HOOL. L. J. Basselt, c Bonrd, b Reeves ... \V, N. Kempe, c Hutton, b Reeves \ G. F, H owell, b Reeves ... R. E. Ma rtin, b Heymann C. J. N . Adams, c Reeves, b Atfield H. Gardner, c Bnlrour, b Heym:lOn G. C. Strahan, c Romrord, b Reeves C. l\'I. Dunlop, c H eymann, b Reeves .. . R. E. R. Dalwigk, c Probyn, b Heymnnn G. E. Hayes, b H eymann A. L. B. Thompson, not out Extras: Byes, 4; Leg-Byes, 5 ; Wides, 1 Tota l

Dean, b Sirahan Reeves, Ibw, b Strahan S. C. Probyn, b Dn lwigk W. G. Heymann, b Dalwigk H. Romford, b Dalwigk J. H. Dnlfou r, not out O. H. Dunell. b Bassett C. G. Mnude, not out C. Hutton } did not bnt. Board Atfield Extras: Byes, 8 J Leg-Dyes, 5 Total

15 7 8 23 14 10 10

o 10 ... 120

M.C.C.

19 4 o

36 93

42 19 4

103 4

13 388

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BOWI.ING ANALYSIS; M,C.C. O.

Dalwigk ... Thomson Hayes

Dunlop Strahan Bassett Martin Adams

1\1.

84 59 57 '50 51 20 33 21

13 9 Âˇ7

9 7 3 2

0 0 0 0

3 0

0 0 2 0

KING'S SCHOOL.

Reeves ... Atfield Heymann Probyn

KING'S

22 14 n'3 4

9 5 2

42 22 33 13

SCHOOL v. DOVER

4 0

COLLEGE .

Played at Dover on June 28th, and resulted in the defeat of th e School. It had been raining in the morning and Strahan on winning the toss decided to put 0 111 opponents in. This but for missed catches should have been successfu l, as bOlh J ones and Munns, who alone of the Dover batsmen were able to do anyth in g wil li our bowling, were both missed, Jones being missed "ery badly at slip when Ill' 11111 1

scored only seven. Jones and Brandreth put on 39 for the first wicket, and J OIl I' and Munns took the score from 53 to 116 for the third wicket. On Jones' it!nv iu H. however, Munns could get no one to stay with him and the innin gs closed fo r 1111 addition of some 40 runs. On the School going in Bassett, Kempe and Howell all made run s, and Will II the fourth wicket fell the total was 82. 'vVickets then fell rast and five we ra dow!! 111 1 99. Hayes then hit hard for a time but left at 11 8, and Martin bein g ho\\I I'oIl , Watson fo r 27 the innings closed for 12 1 , leaving Dover winners by 37 run f'. 1\ 1111 11

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batted very well for his 27 and !;howed great coolness and selr-control. our most successful bowler, taking 5 wickets for 21 runs. DOVER

Bassett was

COLLEGE.

J. S.

L. J ones, st Kempe, b Hayes W. R. J . Brandreth, b Thomson K. R. Elliot, c Kempe, b Thomson R. D. G. i\'Iunns, c Adams, b Bassett N . S. Swindell, b Bassett R. W. Dawes, b Bassell ... B. W. Watson, b Basselt ... C. S. Goddard, c Dalwigk, b Strah:m K. H. M. Davison. u Basselt ... D. S. Davison, c I-lowell, b Sirahan II. J. Blackwood, not OUI .. _ Extras ; Byes, II ; Lcg.Byes, 3 ...

67 13 I

o I

o 4

3 I I

Totol

KING'S

SCHOOL.

L. J. Bassell, b Munns ... W. N. Kempe, c Blackwood, b Brandreth G. F . Howell, b Brandreth ... R. E. Martin, b Watson .. . C. J. N. Adam s, c Swindcll, b i'>'!unns H. Gardner, c Dawes, b Brandreth G. C. Strahan , Ihw, b i\-Iunns C. M. Dunlop, b Brandrcth R. E . R. Dalwigk, b Brandrcth G. E. Hayes, b Watson ... A. L. B. Thomson, not out Extras : Byes, 6; LegÂ·Dyes, 2

33 10

16 27 3 6 2

o o 15 I

T otal

... 121

BOWLING ANALYSIS : DOVER COUEGJ:o:.

o. Strahan Dalwigk ... Hayes Thomson Dun lop Bassett

11'3 9 9 10 2 7

37 27 25 25 9 21

2 I

0 2

2 0

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Brandreth Jones Watson

Munns D. Davison

KING'S

w. 5 0 2 3

21 8 7'1 13 4

5 2 2 4

56 15

SCHOOL v"

R.M.L.r.

Played at Walmer on J uly 1th and resulted in the dereat of the School. Strahan won the toss and Bassett" and , Dalwigk opened the innings. The former, however, was taken neatly at slip in the first over. The batting of th e School was not conspicuous. except for that of Gardner and Howell, who played some very attractive cricket. The latter had very hard luck as he was badly hit when he had made '7. and although he went in again, he never recovered his usu al form. The century was. reached just before for the loss of 6 wickets, but the remaining batsmen added but few runs and the innings terminated for 127 . The Marines also started badly, Dr. Skey being dismissed in th e seco nd ovcr. However. when Montgomery joined Sutcliffe, th e two stayed together and passed 0 111 score before th ey were separated. The fielding has been seen to better advantage} though the out-field, Gardll(11 and Lucas, did some good work, and Dalwigk bowled well, indeed, mu ch better thli ll his analysis showed. KING'S

SCHOOL.

L. J. Bassett, c Sutcliffe, b Skey .. R. E. R. Dalwigk, c Brant, b Montgomery G. F. Howell, c and b Sutcli ffe ... C. J. N. Adams, c Murphy, b Montgomery H. Gardner I C Brant, b Skey ... W. N. Kempe, c and b Montgomery V'l. Lucas, not oul ... G. C. Strahan, c Murphy, b Montgomery ... C. M. Dunlop, b Skey ... G. E. I-l ayes, c Sutc1ifie, b Skey A. L. B. Thomson, b Montgomery Extras : Byes, 9; Leg-Byes, 3; No-Balls,

o 19 20

3' 6

'R o

Total

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R.M . L.r. Dr. Skey, Ibw, b Dalwigk Sergi. Sutcliffe, b Datwigk H. F. l''[ontgomery, b Dalwigk Sergi . l\'f urphy, b Thomson Major H obbs. Ibw, b I-layes Col. Catiff, b Dalwigk ... E. F. Fanner, c Thomson, b S trahan Capt. Hutchison, not out. .. Sergt. Casey, b I-layes Major Wray, b Dalwigk .. Pte. Brant, not out Extras: Byes, 13

o 76 72 10 33 II I

52 8 8 3

To tal.~

... 287

BOWLING ANALYSIS : R,M.L.r.

Strahan ... Dalwigk Thomson Bassett Dunlop .. . Hayes Lucas

58 77 30 13 35 49 13

20 9 3

3 0

8 3

W. I

5 0 0

2 0

KING 'S SCHOOf ..

Skey Brant l\-[ontgomcry Sutcliffe

i\I.

28 23 49 13

13 5

KING'S SCHOOL v. EASTllOURNE

w. 4 0

COLLEGE.

This match, pla~ed on July loth, resulted in a draw, and some very good cricket was shewn on both SIdes. Bassett and Kempe, beginning the batting for us, started confidently, but the former was caught before he had scored morc than II runs. Howell j oini~g Kempe cricket became of a steady rath er than li ve ly nature, both bat sl~le n havm~ their full sha re of luck. After the interval, however, play was conSIderably bnghtened. and the score was taken to 151 before Kempe was bowled by a good ball from Hallidey. Adams and Gardner made some dozen run s between

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them, but appeared very ill at ease before the bowling. Next Lu cas came in and hit about I I in quite a lively manner, though he gave a couple of hard chances, as also did Strahan. A pleasing feature of the game was the stand made by the last wicket, whIch resulted 1I1 some 4<? rUlls being added to our total. Thomson was responsible for some smart cuts and Hayes for several excellent drives. The School innings closed for the excellent total of 30t. On the School taking the field, Tudor and Cooke played good innings of 53 and At first the School bowling was not up to form, but Thomson settled dowil. later and took 3 wickets. The fieldino- was good throughout, and Kempe's wicket-keeping was remarked Oil. It was unfgrtunate that the match could not be brought to a conclusion as it bade fair to having an exciti ng finish. Appended are teams and Scores :52 respectively.

KING'S

SCHOOL.

L . J. Bassett, c Crockford, b Colgate W. N. Kempe, b Hallidey ... G. F. Howell, lbw, b Hallidey ... C. J. N. Adams, c Crockford, b Hallidey .. " H. Gardner, b H allidey W. L ucas, b HaUidey , .. G. C. Strahan, b Colgate .. , C. M. Dunlop, c Tudor, b Hallidey R. E. R. Dalwigk, b Hallidq G. E. Hayes, not out .. , ... , A. L. B. Thomson, c Dennys, b Hallidey Extras: Byes, 4; Leg-Byes, 6; Wides,

59 9'

7 3

29 '9

.. 2;

NoÂˇ Balls,

Total

." 2

26 '4

... 301

EASTBOURNE COLLEGE. C. L. Tudor, c Kempe, h Thomson E. B. Crockford, e b Stra han ... W. S. H allidey, c Kempe, b Dalwigk C. F . Cooke, lbw, b Thomson M. E. Coxhead, b Dunlop ... B. J. Bourke, c Howell, b Strahan E. M. Dennys, b Thomson R. T. Colgate, not out .. G. W. Carey, c Kempe, b Hayes .. V. Maxwell, not out ... P. E. Tidy, did not bat. Extras: Byes, 18 j Leg-Byes, 2 .. , Total ...

52 2

6. 6

29 I

G '0

.. ,6

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THE

BOWLING

ANI\LYSIS:

EASTBOURNE COLLEGE.

Dalwigk Thomson Strahan Bassett Hayes .. , Dunlop

20 15

6 8 5

â&#x20AC;˘

50 36 '3 27

w. I

3 2

o I

9 KING'S SCHOO l.â&#x20AC;˘

I-Iallidey Colgate Cooke. Tudor

29 '2

13'

23 .6

5 4

SECOND

XI.

117

IV.

CRICKET.

The past seaso n has been one of only moderate success for the Second XI. of seven matches played, two have been won, three lost, and two drawn.

Out

The defeats were sllstained at the hands of Harbledown twice, and St. Augustine's College once; while Dover College and St. Edmund's School were beaten, both on the Beverley. rain.

The second fixture against Dover College was unfortunately interfered with by It .was unlucky that two matches had to be abandoned.

Aylward has been by far the most !:iucccssful with the bat and has scored pretty co nsistently throughout th e season . Martin also has batted well on occasions, and should bt: a very useful bat later on. Goad someti mes hit well a Lthe end. In the bowling! Collings and Goad have done best, the laLter, against St. Edmund's School, accomplishing the sensational feat of taking nine wickets for nine runs. Collings shows great promise, and with care might develop into a fast bowler. Of the other bowlers, Hammonds did well at timcs, notably against Dover College when he took 6 wickets for 57 run s. Dunlop2 also shows promise as a le ft hand bowler. The fielding all round has been up to the average, though there were several

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catches dropped, and on some occasions an air of ge neral sleepiness . Gage as a ru le kept wicket excellently and allowed very few balls to pass him, bu t he uses his legs too much and his hands too little.

On the whole there is plenty of promise for next seaSOll, but we woul d suggest that some people should endeavour to cultivate either slow leg-hn.:.mks or really fast bowli ng, as a definite change to t he eternal " right-hand-medium -over-th e-wicket" style.

THE BOAT CLUB.

On T hursday, Ju ne 2 1St , T onhridge School sent two fours to Canterbury to meet th e School on our own river at Ford wich. Twice before has this race been Towed, but both times it has taken place at Tonhl'idge and ended in defeat for the Ki ng's School. On this occasion, however, the result was very different, for our two boats were both easily victori ous. At half-past three the first crew representing the School was afl oat and paddl ed down in very fair style to the rear station followed closely by T onbridge first boat. 1VIr. Bell acted as starter and as soon as the crews had reached their respective stations the signal was given. F rom the first the School gain ed lip n their opponents, and th ough both coxes steered well yet the T onbridge stroke shc\\'(',\ signs of distress from the beginning, and it was not lo ng befo re the ori ginal distan cil be~we~l1 the boats was made up and the fro nt boat practi cally overhauled. Se~<-' r.d times our crew had to relax their efforts somewhat for fear of fouling the T onb n<l Xl' boat and at length finished the course in 4mins. 23-t secs., winnin g th e race by (0 11 1 lengths all but two yards. Our first crew, however, is by no means perfect yet. Stroke, excellent in oth tll respects, must be careful not to get in to the habit of hunching his shoul ders. T hill does not swing at all well, and bow has a tende ncy to lean out of the boat at lh nlld of th e stroke. Cox, again, should not ord er ten strokes when on the poin t o ( roulill his op ponents. But in spite of these fa ults the crew deserve all praise and rOWI II well. T he event between the second boats took place shortly afte r the first, and 1"I',ullll .I likewise in an easy victory fo r the School. In t his race we had the first stati oll, 111111 from the beginning seemed to ru n away from our opponents. The stroke in thi lilllil

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57 1

pulls a strong oar but uses his artn muscles too much, especiallv at the end of the stroke. Our pursuers picked up a liltlo as they came al ona tile ' straight,' but t he School crew fi nished easily ahead in 4 mi ns., 35 secs. winnin g by exactly 15 seconds. The names and weig hts of the contending crews were as follo ws :-

KING'S SC H OOL. 1St Boat. Bow, 2 3

St r. Cox,

!.i t.

T. S. Nelson

H. P. V. Towne~~i E. K. Barher L. P. Abbott

G. A. C. Tones

lbs. 4 13

0 2

1st Doat. T . E. Cocker 2 H. S. Digg-W ither .. . 3 A. E. Kitchin St r. N. F. Dane Cox, H. E. H addon .. .

st .

Ibs.

12 \I

THE

3 5 4 4

OLD

V. L. Armitage Lewis C. W. Hunt

II II

II. de H. Smith

J. W.

TONBRlDGE Dow,

st.

2nd Boat.

K. S. Smith

lbs.

5 4 0

7 0

SCHOOL. st.

2nd Boat . D . Garlick ... C. C. Chiltenden .. . G. O. Game ...

IJ.J. D.W. Dunn

W all er

BOYS'

... ...

Ibs. 4

II II

RACE.

The annual race between an O. K. S. four and the School took place on Saturday, Ju ly 7th , at 5. 15 p.m. T he School four wh o had fron t station got away from thei r pUl:suers from the very start. After about 10 strokes Abbott made a splendid spurt which was well respond ed to by his crew. This rapidly created such an interval between ~h e ~wo boa ts that the result was in no way do ubtful, and th e race ended in an easy victory for th e School. The O. K.S. crew was unfor tunate in having their g reatest strength all on the stroke side so th at th e rud der had to be used against them nearly th e whole time. Again, one or th em caught a bad crab alm ost at th e beginning and los~ man~ strokes as a result. T hus the School won by IJ seconds, cove ri ng the course 1Il 9 mlils. 7 sees . T he opponents of the School were :-

O. K.S. Bow, 2

S tr. Cox,

F. II. i\'!osse. F. S. Whalley.

T. Twclls. '1r. A . Jenki n. H . de H. S mith.

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SHOOTING.

Eighty-four boys have been put. through an instrm;tionul course of shoo,ting this term on a fiftt:!en-yard ran&e lJ) the Gymnasium. Until some llatlonai orga nisation is e lTected, ,each School or Shooting Society must fix ltS ,own standard of efficiency. Our course tillS ~erm began with instruction in the handlIng of the se rvice rifle, after which each mt:~ber. of the class fired 25 round s with the AIr Rifl e at various intervals of time. A large number of boys al so indulged in private practice, and in this way excellent res~lts have been produced. Steadiness of aim, the breathing, and the trigger hand are what we have chiefly had before our minds but we have not lost sight of the a'd vantages of rapid fire . Seve,raJ matches and competitio ns have vaned the monotony of Range Practices. The task of finding an open-air Range has been a diffi cult one, but we have every hope that next tt:: nn we shall be provi?ecl with a well equil?ped, safe, and convelll~nt Range not too far from om gates. 1 he following boys who havt:! made 7 5 at~d over out o r a highest possible of 125 III the 25 rounds laid down in our cou rse

this term, are regarded as being in Class 1.SImhan, 94 ; Gilbert, Pembrook, 89; Burdett, liorn, 85 i Dick son, Barbcr, Mac1 ear, 80; TowllcncP, Dunlopl, H unt, 79; H ammond s, :\'lerct! r, 78 j i'inscnl, \:Vatkins, .\ctley,. 77 ; Yates, Kerrick, Lucas, /vl orns, Miller, Price, 76; Kempel, Nelson, Robertson, 75.

The variolls Matches and Competitions during the term were well contested. Results : VI th Form (Strahan, l\'foore, Pinsent, Watkins, Jenkin) 146. v, Va Form (Burdell, Hammonds, Barber, AlJbott, Pembrook) 131. 2, The Rest (Pinsent, Watkins, Webster, Pemurook , l lammonds) 126. V , 1st XI. (Stmhan, H owell, Kempel, Dunlopl, Bassett) 111. 3, M r. Evans' H OII!;c (Watkins, Mac1c:u, Dickson, Moline , Pl!llcy) 1 20 . v, Oay Boys (Nc l so n ~ , qilbert, Aylward , \Villiamson, Morns l ) 98. 4. Mr. Evans' I'l ousc, J 19. 11. Va Form (Burdell, P elllurook, Barl ll,ll , [{obcl"tson, Nelson'll 107. 5. Disappearing Targets, teams of I wo, won II) Watkin and Graty. 6. A Prize, kindly presented by r-.'I~. M il 'III . for the bcsl shot from bel1l1HI Cli VI I I waS won by Pinsenl. L

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PERAlVIBULATIO CANTU ARIENSIS.

I t was a hot ] llly aftern oon when even the precious moments of the verger's the wind 'that customarily sweeps round oration in tapping the Pulpit with her the Cathedral in search or hi s lon g lost shr ivelled hand to ascertdin whether it was co mpani on, for a whil e realised the vanity wood or stone. Another eq uaHy brilliant of his pursuit and had settled duwn to lover of the anci ent pointed with pride to sleep arnong the trees. The Gree n Court the Altar rai ls and remarked to her friend limes hung down their branches as th ough "That, my dear, is the place where enchanted by the continual hUIll of insects Becket was murdered ." Both passed on that besieged their Rowe rs. The Cathedra l towards t he Black Prince's Tomb to be pigeons stopped wheeling round Be ll enlightened later. St. Augustin e's Chair I-l arry and were contented with an was vi e wed with peculiar inte rest by occasional waddle along the roof. certain of the flock (gens Ame ricana ) all of who, as soon as the verge r turned his The Nave had a sprinkli ng of versicolored sight-seers of different sizes back made an unseemly attempt to sit in mostly of the .. gens Americana." The it, but we re frustrated hy the unexpected dull echo of the voice of some verger interference of the verger. All tried to who is addressing' his Rock, winds its way entc r Henry I V's Chantry at th e same Sl uggishly toward the west e nd mu ch time, like sheep being driven into th~ mutilated and battered with its continu al sheari ng pen. contact with pillars and other obstructions. I walked quic kly toward H th e At last th e ('agel' band descended Choir an d joined the flock as it stragglPd into th c i'Vlarty rdom, the ve rger took up his up the steps to t he Choir. position near the square or stone - If Make l ie was I t is curious tha t though the guid e a large circle ro und me ." imlllediately obeyed: T his stOll1' ! ere books mark these steps as a noti ceable an d interesting feature, it is seldom . . . ." Everyon e looked at diflc rent appreciated ' by those who mount, especi - ston es with th e sam e satisfaction. ally those of riper years. The Rock entered Afte r th e Chapter House and Cloisters the Choir and wandered aimlessly about, have been visited the happy band admirin g all that is most uninterestin g straggled into th e \<Varriors' Chapel. The and leaving the greater joys untasted and ve rge r took his stand on the ste p of the unappreciated. One female, evidently of ce ntre tomb a nd proudly surveys the a marked antiquarian turn of mind, spent huddled monuments as though they were II

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his own works of art. 'Vith these he started his description and reserved as his magllum opus the tomb in the centre. "This tomb 'ere is that of Marg' ret 'Olland and 'er two 'ushands (he fondly pats the feet of one of the two 'usbands). The rest of his speech is unintelligible. An in tt!rested female beautified with a pair of blue spectacles and very poin ted features demanded further information concerning Margaret 'Qlland, bu t was checked by a reproachful glance from the verger who took a hurried flight.

All desceuded to the Crypt and waited patiently while the verger locked the gate. To most the name Crypt seemed to have a hidden mysteriousness. No one wandered about, but all kept huddled together, like frightened so uls awaiting chasm on the murky banks of Styx . 'When all have visited t his "Tartarus" in safety and have been. permitted, like Aeneas, to retu rn again to the upper air, the lowing herd wends home its weary way.

DEFINITIONS. \ÂĽhat is it that causes the want of definitions? This is surely arg um ent. \Vord s, with few or no exceptions, have a certain flexibility or latitude of meaning, and consequently their usc in argument must leave some ambiguity. For the purposes therefore of argument definitions are introduced, to tie the words down to one definite meaning (what a contrast to Humpty Dumpty, who paid the words I forget how much a week for meaning what he liked I) And as argument stimulates research, and consequently discovery, we have here a very practical and sufficient reason for the introduction and use of definitions among scientists. But we more ordinary mortals, what use have we for them? I s it not enough that we know the idea that unde rlies the word ?

Let us consider some defin itions. Most men are fully assured in their own mind8 as to what matter is, but lo! I search ~ I chains to tie the word down. I starL Ill)' search in the dictionary, where I find that matter is <I that with which Wil become acquainted by Ollr bodily sens{'It." Very well, but before 1 can chain do\\ II matter 1 must chain do," n sense. SO:II'('h ing, therefore, I find that sens~ is .. II faculty by which objects are perc ivr d," or, which is the same, a fac ul ty by wh ll II matter is perceived. I am, thorcC r(', III a dilemma: I cannot enchain 1l1iUl l I until I have enchained sense, and 1 ca llo nl enchain sense until I have en hllllll'll matter, o r at most I can only chnin 1111 In together so that they can wand 'r IOW111!! 1 at will. I throw the dictionary aW11)' II

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disgust, and turn to Tait's H Properti es the Idea in the form of otherness, or of l\'I atter IJ to search for better bonds. . self alienation." ] oy! here they are:(Hegel) . .. The physical l1l1iverse is constituted But how am I to forge these chains? by the unconscious perceptions of a vast 1 give it up as hopeless and co nsole collection of unextended spi ritual forces myself with the thought that I do after or monads, endowed with a powe r of all know what matter is. spontaneous development and with someAnd such words have come to have thing of the nature of desire and sentiment: and the properties which thei r abstract meanings not because some physical science ascri bes to the ultimate one defi necl the abstract idea, and elements of matter are the modes under suggested that such and such a word which the reciprocal actions of the should mean it, but because the words have grad ually changed their meani ng in monads appear to sense. 1I respo nse to the unex pressed feeling of ( L elbmlz). a lacuna in the language, in order that " Matter is a mental picture in which man should be able to express simply an abstract idea. Also each ma n has learnt (mind~stl1{f' is. the thing repre!)ented, th e meaning of th ese words, not because a n~ mll1d-stu~ IS constituted by feelings wluch ca n eXIst by themselves, withotit some savant has defined them to him fu nnin g part of a consciousness but but because he has heard th em used i~ which are also woven into th e cO~lplex ce rtain co ntexts, whence, by a process almost of elimination, he gathers the fo rm of human minds." ideas that un derl ie them. Let us leave fClifford I. therefore such :Metaphysical Monstrosities "Matter is Natllre's se lf-externa lity to the initiated and remember th e in its most uni ve rsal form with a tendC'llc}, epigra m.What is Mind? No matter. to self-internality or individuation shown in the l1isliS of gravitation, and nature is \Vhat is Matter? Never mind.

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PYRAMIDS.

There are very few people, whateve r their callin g in life may be, whether they arc in te rested in antiquarian study or no t, who clo not kn ow something about the E gyptian Pyramids-few to whom. t ho ~e extraordina ry monuments o f a preÂˇ hI ston e age are not a so urce of . n ~ v c r-failin g interes t and wond er. But It 15 not, as a ml e, until th e travelle r is actually in Egypt that he realises that th e term, "The Pyramids/' does not mean merely the three that arc seen so often in pictures, but a succession of groups exte nding for about fi fty miles. ,.vithin thi s area t here are remain s of no less than seventy pyramids. But, with the exception of th e " Step Pyramid," th e most ancient group is that situated at Gizeh, so me two or three miles from Cairo. The largest of thi s well-known g roup is ca lled "The Great Py ramid,>! a nd was built by Cheops, th e second king of the Fourth Dynasty, 3,733 years be fore C~ri st,. The .name of Cheo ps was found "'fl ttcn 111 red mk upon the ston es insid e. All these monum ents are tombs of kings, T he bui ld ing Of. his r~s pecti ve pyra mid was comm enced tmm ~ dtate l y th.e king bega n to reign, an d at Jll S death Ius embalmed body was placed in a sec ret tomb c hamber, a nd the pyra mid was the n

closed against the world . Each pyr~mid had its own name, usually some epIthet a pplyin g to rest in th e future life. s~c.h as,: "The good ha ven,Âť ., The grand fl Slllg. o r " The most e nduring pla ce." H ow these wonderfu l erections were put togeth er remains still a m,rstery e~e n to the cleverest a nd most tmagmatt vc scientist. The touri st writers of Greek times regard ed them as one of the sevell wond ers of th e world. H e rod ot tl ~ , Diodom s and many others descri be tlwil visits to the Pyramid s, a nd. pro'p o ~IIH I theo ries as to th e method of thetr bmldlllH. Pliny, rath er se \'e rely, a fte r re ferrin g to eleven G reek writers on t hp. subj('('1. says :_" Yet not one of them sl~ W " satisfactorily by wh om they we re buil t a proper reward to th e a uthors of SHI ll vanity th at th eir names should be bUl lpti in oblivion." The chief an cient th eory wa ~ Ihnl inclined pla nes were made, lip wh it' li 1111 sto nes were dragged. H e rodotus NJlI'"h of "machi nes made of short pit'I't ,1tI ,,, wood" for raising the stones, a Slrth 11111 III which is explai ned and supP ()l'll'd It~ Professo r Pel ri e's observa t.i on ; H I j" the ordina ry blocks of a fe w tOU KI' UI " II would be very feasible to ~' mpl o> II

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method of resting them on two pilC's of wooden slabs, and rockin g them up a lternately to one side and the oth er by a spar under the bloc k, thus heighte ning the piles a lternately and so raisi ng the stone," The pyramids are mostly built of limestone from the qua rries on th e othe r side of the river Ni le. A great cause way (traces of whi ch can still be seen ) had to be made across th e plain to the plateau, along wh ic h the rocks were brought.

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of the pyramids then in sight were co ve red with inscriptions in hieroglyphics. He rodotus telis us that he himself read all the Great Pyramid an inscription saying how much was exp end ed in radi shes, onions and garli c for th e workmen. The fact that the sum mentioned was one thousand six hundred ta lents of sil ver, shows what vast armies of slaves mu st have bee n employed in the wo rk.

Unfortunately, the last Survlvlllg pieces of the smooth g ranite, whi ch formed th e outer face, were stripp ed off ma ny yeal s ago and taken to Cairo, where th ey were used to build mosques and H erodotus says that thi s cau seway palaces. T he loss of this coatin g, wh ic h too k years to build, and he regards it IllUSt have given a beautiful fini sh to the almost as g reat a work as the pyra mid pyra mids, has left them of a n earthy itself. All th e pyrami ds , however, were brown colour a nd a rugged, rock-like not built of stone. The later ones were appeara nce, a nd it has deprived us of constru cte d of baked bri ck. E ve n in th e mu ch valuab le and in te res tin g historical alm ost rain less cl ima te of E gypt, such information. Wh en some of the mosq ues material is not calculated to endure the and oth er buildin gs fall to pieces or are weather for so ma ny centuries. Thus at pulled down, many of t hese bloc ks ma)' DasshfIr the re are some moun ds o f dibn 's be discove red and deci phered . It is which are all that is left of th e T we lfth thought that a large number of th o slabs Dynasty pyramids. wer.e lIsed in buildi ng the beautiful mosque o f Sulta n I-lasse n. This is fast T he builde rs chose sites, as a rul e, becoming a ruin, so tha t the world may where th ey we re able to get a mass of not ha ve to wai t ve ry long for some of rock as a kind of core, round which to the expec ted informa ti on. But, it is to construct the pyramid. be fea red, none of the prese nt ge nerati on will be a li ve to hear wha t th e py ramid s \ÂĽh en fini shed, th e whol e surface once proclai med to th e passe rsby. was quite smooth, the prese nt step-like surface being fill ed up with triangul a r it has been th ought th at th e pyra mids block to form a straight face. Unfo rtl! - in the ir ori ginal pla ns we re sm;dl, and nat!!I)" howeve r, th e pyramids have for tha t each ki ng who buill one, conti nua lly centl1ries se rve d as quar ries to builders iii added to it by laye rs durin g his re ign, and the neighbourh ood. Medireval write rs that whe n he died a nd his body was put say that the block of the smoo th faces into the tomb chambCl , the btlilding was

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completed and the outer casing put o n.

Th us, the longe r the king's reign, th e larger the pyramid . In sp ite, however, of th e care and precautions taken by these early Pharaohs, that their "eternal resti ng-places" should not be d isturbed, the pyramids have been entered again and again. Even as early as the Twentieth Dynasty, thieves tried to penetrate to th e tomb-chamb er, the Persians, Roman s anci Arabs, have sllccessively searched them fo r treasure. Now, however, the bodi es have been taken out and stored, with such jewels as have escaped these ancient pillagers, in the Cairo) Museum, a nd t he Greatest of the Pyramids is open to th e world. The present height of thi s marvellous mass is 45 1 feet, th at is, 30 feet hi gher than St. Peter's at Rom e, though its original height is estimated to have been some 30 feet more. The le ngt h of each side is 755 feet, and the area of its base is 6 1,444 square yards. In other word s, it covers rather more than 13 acres of ground. The present surface presents the rough appearance of a staircase, the steps varyin g from two to five feet in height. Up these stone steps the traveller is allowed to climb , with th e assistance of two Arabs, for the ascent is very laborious and attended with a spice of danger. Leaping here, then clambering up o n hands and knees, and sometimes even being dragged up by main forcc, he at length, panting and breathless, gai ns the

summit, but is amply repaid for hi s exertio n by the mag nifi cent vi ew from th e top, and th e much be tter acquai ntan ce with the wo nderful stru cture that is thu s obtained. The space at the top is ab oll t 30 feet sq uare, though a t Ol1e time it doubtless went up to a poin t . From thi s plateau a truly ma rve ll ous panorama un fo lds itself before the eye. For mil es . around the dese rt extend sJ ra rely obscured by cloud or mist. Here a nd there aro g ro ups of pa lm trees. Close by arc th e Sphin x and the other pyramids ri sing frOln th e pla in. while in th e distan ce, like n silver thread, twinkle the waters of th"t

ki ng of rivers-the Nile. The interior of thc pyramid is al m o~ 1 more tirin g to vi sit than th e summit. Tlw air is ve ry close and th e passages a rC' narrow and steep. A t hird of th e Wil}' up is a small aperture large enoug h H1 admit a man in a stoopin g pos tu rt l , Proceedi ng in a down ward direction aloll /{ the passage thus entered , onc soon CO IlW H to an opening on the rig ht whi ch lead upwards. It is, however, possible 10 co ntinue th e downward co urse by wh it- h. in due time, one reaches a subterr alWllI 1 chamber wh ere the treasure was kOllL ' Taking the upward co urse, the trav I t\I is compell ed almost to clamber up Il il hands and knees. \Vith one guid e In front pulling, and with a nother behill d pushing (for your Arab with hi s ba r fl 'lll can almost wal k erect up a pre ipi C'( 1). one soon reach es an open s pace kIHl\\ II as the" Great Hall." Two narro w 8 h llll ~ com mu nicati ng with th e exteri or, SI1I'III) this room with air but not with lig ht , IW that torches are necessary to enabl UII I\ to see. One extremity of the Gr at 11 11 11

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opens into the Quee n's Chamber. H ere th e Queen was laid to rest. O n the death of her lord, wh eth er s he we re livin g or not, she had to occupy he r roo m ill orde r th a t the pyramid mi g ht be fastened up al~ d seal ed. Many a n unhappy queen, wI th nothin g but a jar of water and perh aps a littl e food was ill this way Immured alive. The othe r extre mi ty of the Great H all leads to a la rge chambe r in exa ctl y the ce ntre of th e pyramid . This is th e " Kin g's Cham be r." where the ru le r o f Egypt intended to sle ep peacefully throug h the ages, undi stllrbed b y human

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ha ncl. A narrow s haft in th e roof lets in a little lig ht and air. Indeed one stand in g in th e middl e of the chamber and loo king up this shaft can see a littl e patch of dee p, de ep blue . It takes him some time to rea lise th at he is gazin o- at th e 0 sky. It .is s upposed tha t wh en thi s pytamid was built, th e No rth Star at certain periods Of. the year shone straight down this onfice, but the cha nges of five or six thou sa nd yea rs have altered its relative position in th e s ky by about a n in ch Thus it no longer loo ks upon t he spot wh e re Pharao h lay. R .S.M.

SCHOOL NEWS.

All o ur ;readers will be glad to knolV that Mrs. H odgson has returned to the ] unior School after a short period of conval escence at Folkestone, and is no w on th e road to complete reco very. Th e ~ollowi n g were elec ted to Junior Schol a rs hips at the Examination in July:P. H. N ixon, D. ]. N. Lee, D . H. Co wi e, B. H. IVla th eson, H . Parsons.

We congratulate th e following on obtainin g their C ri cket Colours : First X l. - G . ~: . Ha ves, C . ] N Adams. . . . Second X l. - R. E. Marlin, R. B. Goad, D. H . H ammonds, E. 1'. Collings H . Pa rsons, C. S . Me rrelt. ' . Two bats were aga in kind ly offered thiS yea r .for th e bes t bo wling and th e best fi eldlll g III S<.: hool ma tches. Mr. Latter

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who kindly acted as Judge, award ed them to A. L. B. Thompso n for bowling, and W. Lucas for fielding.

The Senior Tutor Set Shield this seasall. has been won by Mr. Latte r's Tuto r Set and the Junior Shield by M r. Evans' .

\Ve und erstand that the Junior School have wo n six matche s o ut of eig ht, which we believe to be a reco rd

artist was greatly appreciated by those who had the good fo rtun e to hear onc who is classed among the first violinists of the day, and in whom there is a special interest on account of the fri endliness and admiration shown to him by T schaikowski. Perhaps the most remarkab le part of hi s playing apart fr om his wonderful command of the bow and the brillianq and accuracy of hi s octaves was th e extrao rdin ary purity of his harmonies ; and it will be long before any of us hear anything to eq ual such exquisite delicacy a nd wa rm th "of tem peramen t as he showed in th e D vorak Humoreske. T he prog ram me was as under-

On Thursday. July 12th, Mr. Zacharewitsch paid t he Sc hool Musical Society the compliment of giving the boys a shQrt recital in the Parry Library. Mr. Zacharcwitsch who is now on a visit to Canterbury is one of Sevcik's most famous pupils. and it is need less to say that the kindness of so di stinguished a n

Concerto No. I. Hum oreske Ballade

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D v~ rak, Percy Godfrey.

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O. K. S. NEWS.

J. L. Tomlin passed 16th out of R.i\'I: A., 'Voo lwi ch, into th e Royal Engineers. BIRTH-July 1St. 1906, at 116, Grosvenor Roac:l, S.\~T., the wife of Reg ina ld M. H el more , of a Son.

Mr. Frank Loosemort:: (so n of the Re v. P. N . Looscl11orc, of E as t Peck ham Vicarage), has bccn appoin ted Ma nager ~ f the newly-ope ned bran ch of the ::;Landa rd J3ank of Canada, at Lindsay, Canada.

The MARR IAGE - July I)th, 1906, at St. Paul's Church, ' Vest H artlepool, Pearson Hustler Austen, M.A., Curate-in C harge of St. John's. Whitby, anrl third son of the Rev. Canon Austen, M.A., R.D., Reelor of Whitby, to Miss Ph yllis Mary Birley, eldest daughter of the Rev. Hugh H. Birley, M.A., Vicar of St. Paul's Ch urch, West Hartlepoo!.

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Wi lfrid F . H elmore, late Royal West K ent Regiment, who is a pup il or John Hassell, ha s painted a large poster fo r the Exhibition of the East K ent Art Society, now open at St. Georgc's H all and has p resented it to thc Society. '

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E. S. R. Adams. F. Bateman . N. A. Bittleston, G. R. C. Cooke. R. D. Dale . P. N. Dalton. Rev. R. F. Elwyn. .T. H. Ferguson. A. de 13. H amilton , r. U. Hart-Davies. P. P. H nsbands. H. A. J enk in. A. C. Lock. \\'. St. C. Lucas. A. P. i"l'l ethuen. F. 1-1 . Mosse. r:. \Y. Mowll. C. II. Murray. E. C. F. O'Neill.

G. F. Paget. G. F. RigdcTl. E. A. Roper. 1. N. Scorer, E. P. Shelbourtle. V...', S. Skin ner. ] . R. B. Smi th. S. S. Sopwith. F. D, Spickernell. J. W. T aylor. W. Telrl!r. A J. T rousdell. ./. Twclls, 1<. S. \fa ilings. F. S. Whalley. A I.SO

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AU S T R A L I A N LET T E R FRO 1\1 AN O. K. S.

I n ['VIay, 1902, I landed in that g reat southern city of Melbourne, which for its infancy is indeed the most beautifully laid out in the world. Afte r havin g spent an enjoyable three weeks in looking rot1n~, one wet and dismal morn ing I took trati) to a little wayside station, and after a few hours there I started on what was then to me the roughest journey I have ever undertaken, viz. : a coach trip of over 200 miles through bush roads of mil es of dense forest, only touching a sign of living habitation every 30 or 40 miles; yo u can imagine I was glad to get off, ,after having spent two days and two I1Ights with a coac h driver rath er g iv en to "drawing the long bow," Eventually I arrived at a cluster of white buildings , whi ch I soo n learnt was the sheep station belonging to an uncle of mille, to who m it was arranged fo r me to corne as .. j ackeroo." I fou nd hi m and hi s wife exceedi ngly nice, but after Âˇa few day~ I found out what a different life it was to me after what I had been usee! to. My first bush experience was being sent out with. a young fellow about my own age, to cut down the limbs of trees and scru b for a big mob of starving sheep, because as you all know, Australia was ~uffering from a very severe d rought whIch had been raging then for over 7 years. That three months at my first hard work I shall

never forget, an d I lo nged then fo r hOl11 e, clear old England and its green fielels, and for Illy rriends there. Everything wa s dead in the way of g rass and herbage, :~nd what W,IS in the good seasons beautlf\11 plains of waving grass, was then. OIll' burning hot sandy wastc . \Vhat a dlffc (~ enee to the hills about Canterbury wh erl ' we used to run the good old Paper Cha::ll's I l\,ly first mate was q.nite unedu cateci, couldn't even read or wrIte, and had newr even seen sllch a thing as a railway train, though over IJ years of age. 'We had W cook for ourselves ancl sleep und er a Lnlll with only a bOllgh shed .over. us. Thill i\ went on in this way WIth httle to rclak but hardships of various description s leI! a year or two , when my tln c.le sudch.:ul)" left the district. Then the statIOn chan HI'11 hanel s and on accou nt of the turrihlc l drou g ilt whi ch still prevailed i~ the di sl ri r l, the new owner had the workIng eXpl'Il IU I reduced, and I with others h ~ld l H(lI I ~ pastures new. After trav.elling [()IIlId tryi ng to secure anothe r billet, 1 futllnl my purse getting decidedly empty, II I thought of an old friend of . my lind. ' to wh om 1 went for advice. li e gaw lilt a home for the time heing, and wh e II II I last the drotlO"ht broke up and lhin g!4 11111 \ o , I a turn for the better, he gave me a JO 11111 the station for which he wa s mann H' II where I am still working, and am g ltHI III

THE CANTUARIAN. say have gained a lot of exper ie nce. He is a real good boss and a ki nd man at heart. a nd although he gives mc a good g rQwlin g at every now and then, I find o ut it is a ll for my good. I live in th e house with him and his wife and am quite contented , and feel at hom e. Of course some da)' I hope to be able to take a better position in the world than I do at present, but I am youn g yet. I have to work like any of the other men about. mu stering, lamb mark ing, cattle and horRe brandin g. and any other thing that turn s up, indeed, I think I have had a go at pretty nearly everything . Of course, shearing-time is the great harvest for the "sq uatter" (sheep farmer), and then all the sheep arc mustered up to the Hwool shed" and their fleeceR are taken off and the diffe rent parts of the wool sorted out <I ud baled up and sent down by steamers which ply on the river to the city, and th ence taken on to London . Now I sho uld like you a ll at School who intend to gain Colonial

experiencp. in Australia, not to think that it is a ll beer and skittles like a good many E nglish fell ows, like myself, coming ant here are led to believe, and a lad who is keen o n that kind of li fe, and who is not prepared to begin at the beginning and put his hand to everything he is set to do, will never make a bushman and should nevt::r leave the city. But for a ll that this life is heal thy and interesting to those who like to foll ow and intend to start fo r Sq uatting. or themse lves some day. sheep farming, is an industry in which th ousands of po un ds are made an nu ally in good seasons and lost in ti mes of drought. For instance, some Rtations, especially in thi 5 di strict, which before the 7 years' drong ht whic h hroke up in ' 904, carried off 100 , 000 sheep and ove r, an d at the end of it, had no stock al ive whatever. But no w, the seasons have turned , and there is indeed fresh hope left to the Australian settlp.r, wh ose motto is NEVE R SAY DIE

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The Cathedral Reparation F und The Navy H ouse, Chatha m Canterbury Diocesan Education Society Rev. R. D. Marshall (O.K S.), Parochial Mission The Society for the Propagation of the Gospe l National Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Children The Poor Cler!!)' H oliday Fund

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We beg to acknowledge w,ith thanks the receipt of the followlI1 g subscriptions :W. G. Campbell. Esq . (6/,). N. E. Bressey. Esq. (7/-). F.. Johnson. E sq .

(7/6). H. E. Morice. E sq. ( 10/6). J. P . Ryley. Esq. (7/-). F. S. Whalley. Esq. (3/ 6 ), J.TlI'ells. Esq. ( 3/ 6). A. J. Trousdell. Esq . U/6). Capt. W. H. Evans ( 14/-). W. M. Carter ( 10/6).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES .

\Ve beg to acknowledge with thanks th e recei pt of the following contemporaries :IIl1e!,l11{w, The Blue. BradjieldCollege Cll1"OJlicle, B1"01Jlsgrovia1l. Carllwslan (2). Culhberlia1l, n avaria n (3). Eastbourm~ll, Elizabethan, Ci(yof L ondoJl S chool Magazl1Ic,

Fel/esiall . Glenalmolld Chronicle. Nrlh College Chronicle, Lancing College CII!OIl~,Jr, Ley's For/lIightly, L eodieusiall, lJ'!a!1lu 111,111 , IVa/iollal Service J ountal, Olavli1l1, ()/lId, Pt),1JIolhia1J. Rad/d an, SMrburllirlll , .... , Edward's School CIl1wlicle. COllnO' (,'mIl,

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1906.

No. '3.

EDITORIAL. It is always the sad duty of th e first Editorial in th e Christmas term to record th e dep;uture of many from the School. This year is no exception to the rul e, and the list of those who ha ve left is a heavy one. Among them we have lost the leaders of the School both in work and games, and those, who mllst take th ei r places, are new to their work, and naturally feel somew hat despondent at th e thought of th e comi ng year. In spite of this feeling the prospects for th e year are by no means unfavourab le, although we cannot place our hopes as high as last year. The football season is now in full swing. During the first few weeks the hard ground deprived it of some of its joys. except to its most faithful devotees. It is almost impossible to form any judgme nt of the XV. from th e first few matches, and it is unsafe to venture on prophecy. May the goddess Fortune smil e upon them, and bring suc.cess to their efforts. Nothing has as yet been heard of any O.K.S. tour, or even of another match besides that against the School. 'vVe hope this will not be allowed to drop for want of anyone to organi ze it. V.,re have to chronicle another step forward in the School rifle shootin g. An outdoor range has lately been opened, and is now continuall y in lise every afternoon.

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Such a step, so long desired, is almost entirely due to the ,untiring efforts of !VI r. Bell. We offer him the heartiest thanks of the School for carryIng out a work whIch takes up such a large part of his time .. At the beginning of another School year may we again remind the School that they have their duty to do in supplymg contnbutlons to the Canlllanan. Let them remember, wh en they pass their adverse criticism on each succ~s?ivc number, that any faults are due to their own misdeeds alone and not to any faIlings on the part of the Editors.

3n memoriam. >I< G.

R IDLEY.

We have heard with regret of the sudden death of Mr. Gerald Ridley, who was a member of this School from 1890 to 1893. After leaving the School he took up the profession of a Solicitor, but owing to ill -health was fo rced to give up his business a short

time ago, and was advised to ~o to Rotuma for the hot baths. On J an. 27th he left for New Zealand and at first seemed to benefit by th change. He died unexpectedly on April 24th .

SPEECH DAY. The Speech Day was held this year on Thursday, August znd. Holy " mmun!oll was celebrated in th e Cathedral at 7.30, and at 10 a.m . a Commemoration SI ' I YII II was held, the sermon being preached by the Rev. J. H. Skrine, lVLA., R('{'i(H ul Itchen Stoke. The distribution of prizes took place subsequently in the C hnpt(:r Il olI ~ I " Among those present were the Dean and Mrs. Wace, the M.'lyor o f 'ta nh,,'hlll \, Canon Holland, eanOli Hichens, the Bishop of Dover and Mrs. \"'nlsh, tlH' AI! Ii deacon of Maidstone and Mrs. Spooner, Canon Horsley, the Master of P~'1II 1 1l1/1 1

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College and Mrs. Mason. The prize distribution was preceded by the speeches, for whi ch thanks were primarily due to the Rev. L. G. Mason, who was entirely responsible for the preliminary preparation. The Speeches were as follows :I.-Scene from H Chremes Thais T hraso Gnatho Sanga Syrisclls Donax Simalio

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H . P. V. Townend. R. T . J enkin. H. L. Dibben . C. G. Williamson. J. Deighton . G. M. Webster. R . M. Gent. J . S. Yates.

Chremes and Thais have recovered Pamphila, the sister of Chremes, after she had been sold as a slave to Thraso. The latter, in order to gct bnck Pamphila, appears with a motley troop of servants to storm the house of Thais and Chremes: but after an angry conference with them from their window, he th inks discretion the better part of valour and retires.

2.-8cene from" LES Dandin .. L6andre . . Petit J ean L'Intirn6 .. Prompter

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J. S. Yates. C. B. Simeon. G. F . Howell. G. H. S. Pinsent. W. N. Kempe.

Dandin, whose head has been turned by law suits, has a craze for acting judge. In order, there. rore, to keep him at home, his SOil , Leandre, proposes that hc should judge their dog, which has just stolen a ch icken. Dundin is deli~hted at the idea, and so a mock tria.l is got li p with Dandin {IS judge and his son as audience; Petit J ean, their porler, and L'rntim c, the Secretary, are appointed advocates to plead against, and for, the dog. Pellt Jcnn cun only managc with the hclp of a prompter, and L'Inlime is so wearisome with his long speech lhal Dnnclm falls asleep and tumbles olf his chair. Then, while still half asleep, he sentences the dog to lhe galleys.

3.Âˇ-Scene from" K ING Gloucester Buckingham Hastings .. Bishop of E ly Stanley Catesby .. Lovel SCENF.

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Sllakespeare. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards . . J. Deighton. G. C. Strahan. G. I-I. S. Pinsent H. L. Dibbcn. L . T . Watkins. G. F. Howell.

:-A meeting of the Privy Council in a room in the Tower. GIOl1ccSlcr,-thc Lord Protector, gets rid of n troublesome adversary.

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4.-Scene from II THE PEACE" Trygreus Sickle-maker Crest-maker Trumpet-maker Helmet-maker Spear-maker Son of Lamachus Son of Cleonymus

A rtslophanes. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. C. N. Smith. F. G. L. Scott. e. J. N. Adams. G. M. Webster. K. Moore. L. T. Watkins. R. M. Gent.

T,ygrells after the long waT has got !"}f>,acc amI is preparing a fca. 5t to celebrate it . The fn ow. , ' thank r' I' . BU. t th Tving makers prosperous sicklemaker comes to hllll nn dgIVe 11m a tip. C no\~Âˇ st . a â&#x20AC;˘ 1 0 hW:If instruments come to abuse him, a nd ask him what they nre to do with their I?oods . ,He. (\tift s, nt these and invites them to listen to some songs. The son of Lamachus, the warrior, persists m sm g m war s~ngs; but these Trygreus will, n~t have, and so t~\rns hh~' ou t, as also the son of Cleonymlls: nne then to comfort the starving guests inVites them all to hIS feast 10 honour of Peace.

5.-':Scene from "THE

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SCHElI.HNG LIEUTENANT"

Tustice Credulous .. Mrs. Bridget Credulous Lauretta (tluir daughter) Lieutenant O'Connor Dr. Rosy .. Servant "

G. K. C. H. F. A.

C. Strahan. Moore. J. N. Adams. P. V. Townenc\. G. L. Scott. R. Bellars.

to marr)' hel, L "e"tennnt O'Connor , in love with Lauretta, cannot obtain her. p.'uents' permission 'sed a!>,:n sen'lIlli and is forbidden their house ;-hc has managed , however, to gam an ent ry, d'ISgUl. fri 'wi (Humphrey Hum), but has just been discovered and turned out. lI e then plots. With ~ , ', Dr. Rosy, and writes to the Justice to say that he is revenged?n him,. ~s, before leavlll~ the ~O\lSC1" ~,~ put poison in his chocolate. The Justice in terror sends for hiS physIcian, Dr. Rosy, w 10 .(afl t rIll ~l with O'Connor) gives him no hope of life unless he calls in a German quack doctor, who IS,' 0 J co': ' ,,,> O'Connor in disguise. He comes, promises a complete. curl! if he is allowed to marry I Ie U811('(\ II daughter, and then, having obtained his request, reveals hlmself.

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'\Thile the speeches as a whole were up to their t,Isual h~gh standatd,. the ':rllin . speech-which, by the way. included th ree non-profesSlOnals In the cast -se. nHeI, to go with more than ordinary success. Perhaps tlus was due ;JS much to th e 'Imll ~ln~ manipulation of the stage properties as to the excellent work ?f. Town ~l\d . .I. "~ Dibben. The latter's voice was very effective, as also was W.lhaulson!i IUIII,t expression-we had almost said Gnatho's "{,,,Wos-and Gent's. clever !l' plll\ Webster plus an umbrella made an imposing Syriscus, and hockey-stI ck, toastlll U 111111 and housemaid's whisk all performed their part manfully. The scene rrc:)ll1 l . \ '~ Plaideurs was distinguished by Howell's. ~xcellent into~)~t~on and Vates' slumbers- Simeon was rather wanting in hfe, and the CritICism of on(' or R Ill III

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compatriots was that it woule! be hard to say whether prose or poetry was being spoken . The scene from. Ri chard Ill. gave us the opportunity of seeing Strahan in a tragic part, and he did not disappoint us; his concluding speech was a fine effort, and during its delivery Howell and ·Watkins quitted themselves creditably in a difficult situation . Richards was as good as ever j his smile on entering we seemed to have seen elsewhere, and his sudden assumption of fury was a piece of first-rate acting. He was also the life and soul of the Greek speech. This scene "The Peace" always goes well, and even those whose knowledge of the language was scanty could hardly fail to ap preciate the spirit of real c:.:omedy. Where all the bearers of varied burdens did well, it is difficult to criticise : Gent was perhaps the best in facial expression, while Smith might have been rather more joyful, and, ·Watkins' singing was not altogether com·incing. The I I Comic English" went as well as it did last year, which is saying a good deal. As Mrs. Credulous. Moore fully sustained his reputation as Tilburina. His knitting was most amusing and he was admirab ly supported by Strahan, who was most effective in his gestures and in the use of his pince-nez. I-lad it not been for the programme Townend's disguise would have been complete, and for him and Adams to avoid any suspicion of incongruity ill their love-scene, deprived as they were of any assistance from costume or scenery, was the climax of a most sllccessful set of speeches, for which we are again indebted to the diligent care and dramatic skill of Mr. Mason, and, as we venture to think, an unusual amount of native ability on the part of the performers. After the Speeches, the Head Master gave a brief report on all branches of the School work during the past year and then distributed the prizes which had been won during th e year. The Dean, after reacting the list of honours which had been gained during the year by the past and present King's scholars, proceeded to congratulate the boys upon the manner in which they had presen ted the speeches, observing that they had given them with unusual distinction. He heard with g ratification that the School had maintained its numbers steadily, <lnd he also heard with great relief the Head Master's statement that he did not desire the number of the School increased, because the limit of space in Canterbury Cathedral was not indefinite, and if the School were to go on increasing as it had done under lVI r. Galpin's headmastership, he was afraid that the rest of the congregation wo ul d be very soo n edged out altogether. The Dean then read out one or two general remarks of the Inspectors of the Oxford and Camb ridge Board. In reference to their inspection of the School, and with regard to all branches of the work, their observations were of the most commendatory character. The Dean pointed out that the Inspection carried with it certain privileges. Proceeding, he said the continuous and uniform success of the School must be due to th e st~ady regular work of the boys and their masters. It was not

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the result of any exceptional ability or qualification but it was the devotion to duty which animated them from the lowest up to the high~st. The Dean next referred to the arrangements made for rifle shooting in the SchooL Without, he said, entering in to any political question whatever, he did hope that Lord Roberts' influence would be successful in getting hold of their youth. to receive a manly, military, setting up. He fully believed that no training had a more important moral effect upon a nation than a military one. In concluding. on behalf of the governing body, he said he wished to return a hearty vote of thanks to the H ead Master and his able staff, for the manner in which they had conducted the School, and to assure Mr. Galpin that it gave them the highest pleasure to assist in any way the important work which he was carrying on. The Captain of the School then called for cheers for the Dean, the Canons, and others. The Head Master and Mrs. Galpin sub sequently entertained a large company to luncheon in the Gymnasium. A brief toast list followed the repast, commencing. of course, with the loyal toasts, which were submitted by the Head Master. Canon Skrine submitted the toast of "The Dean a nd Chapter of Canterbury." The Dean replied and proposed the health and prosperity of another institution in Canterbury with which the welfare of the King's .school was also much bound up-Âˇthat of t he l\'[ayor and Corporation of Canterbury. That was not so old an institution as the King's School, but was, nevertheless, an old and venerable and vcry important authority. The Dean went on to speak of their indebtedness to the Corporation for the good condition in which the City was kept, and said he was sorry that the Mayor was not able to be there. He was good enough to be present at the di stribution of prizes and had expressed his great regret that he had to leave by train directly afterwards.Âˇ In his absence he had pleasure in coupling with the toast the name of Alderman Gentry. Alderman Gentry acknowledged the toast in a brief response. The Bishop of Dover, in a humorous speech, proposed the toast of " The Old Boys ,. coupl ed with the name of Mr. James Dixon. The latter responded and, on behalf of the O.K.S. and other members of the company thanked the Head Master and Mrs. Galpin for their kind hospitality.

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Prizes adj uged during the year 1905-1906. Captain's Prize (lJli/ckillSou) Mnthemntics (Jl1ilchilUM) ~\<[f)dern L.'\nguages, French (Jlfilchi1lS01l) ...

... R. H. W . Brinsley-Richards. ... H. Townshend . ... G. H. S. Pinsent. J. S. Yates (Prize ). German (Greaves) ... t. K. Barber, i. " " E. A. Graty (Prile). Natural Science (il'lilchiIlSOIL) H. H. E. Gosset. Clnssical ( Brougliioll) . R. H. W. Brinsley.Richnrds. H. P. V. Townend, i. (Prize). Divinity (Brough/OIL) ... C. N. Smith, i. English Lit erature (Sln aifdld) R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. H. P. V. Townend, i. (Prise) . Classicnl Composition (Dean Farrar) ... R. H. W. Brinslcy·Richards. F. G. L. Scott ( Prire ). Private Study ( Ed1IJard BloTt) ... R. H. W. Brinslcy·Richards. F. G. L. Scott (Prize). Latin Prose H. P. V. Townend, i. Grcek Prose ... F. G. L. Scott. Latin Verse ... 'F. G. L. Scott. R. H. W. Brinsley.Richards( Prize}. Greek Verse ... . .. R. H. W. Brinsley·Richards. Geography (P.r-ize given by J. Hemliker Healoll, Esq. , A. N. I. Lilly. { C. H. Goulden ( Prize). M.P. for Canterbury) English Essny (dillo) R. H. W. Bdnsley-Richards. H. P. V. Townend, i. (Prize ). Natural History Collections (Rea4 lJfasler) C. L. Oruit!. Shorthand ... .. . ... ... E. K. Barber, i. Canon Horsley's Prize ... A. B. Emden, i. H. W. K. Mowll, i. R. H. Warde, Ii. H. P. V. Townencl, i. C. N. Smith, i. (Prise). I. R. Madge . ... J. W. M. !\'IaynarcL ... D. V. Bacon. . .. V. C. Taylor. . .. L. N. K. O'Neill.

Divinity, Va. and Vb. Forms (Elwyu) .. . D~vinity, IVa. and IVb. Forms (EhIJYIl) .. . History, VI. Form (S/mtley) '" .. . History, Va. Form (Seneschal) History, Vb. Form (Seneschal) History, IVa. Form (Emden) ... History, I Vb. Form (Emdm) .. French, IVa. to 11Ic. Forms (Greaves)

FORM VI. Form Va. Form

" " "

(Christmas) (Christmns) (l\<[idsllmmer, Gordoll) Composition (Prose) JI (Verse)

PRIZES. . .. K. Moolc. S. Yates. .. E. A. Crnty. K. D. Dickson. ... E. U. lI osking ..

... J.

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H . H. E. Gosset. D. H. Hammonds. D. H. Hammonds. .. , B. Crowley. i.

IVb,"Form (Christmas) . (Midsummer)

" . C. S. ... D. O. A. J. G. II. C. K. { B. G. ". L. L. ... J. H.

â&#x20AC;¢

". J.

Ilia . Form (Christmas) (M idsu mmer)

IIIb. Form (Christm~s) "

(Midsum mer)

Ilk Form (Christmas) II (Midsummer)

HEAD Va.

MASTER'S

DIVI NITY

Garibailli. Foster.

Woods.

PRIZES.

Form Form Form Form Form

Emden, ii. Fa rdell. L..unb. Claypolc. Mowll, iv.

... T. S. Cave, i.

Army Class

Vb. I Va. IVb. IlIa. IIIo. lIIe.

W. M. Maynard.

G. H. Mercer, C. J. Galpin. i.

{

S. Yales.

H orsbrugh.

E. P. Shelbourn. H. W. K. Mowl1, i, f. I-I. D. Watson. C. S. Emden, ii. T. E. !II't. Boultbce. B. E. Money . .. . S. D. Turner. C. A. West.

Form Form

LOWER SCHOOL

PRIZES .

... C. A. West . Divinity ... ... A. J. Lamb. Mathematics (Christmas) R. S. H askew. " (Easler) ... W. E. Guttentag. Natural Science ( Jlfilchimo1Z) C. A. C. Pa r so n ~ , i. French C. A. West History G . 1-1. C laypole. Dictation ... ... G h J (Prize givm by J. Hemliker Healoll, Esq.,} G. H . Claypo!e. eogmp y l III.P . jor Cafllerbury) ... L. J. Bassell. Music ... H. G. Da lton . Drawing

JUNIOR lIa. Form, Upper (Christmas)

(M idsu mm er) " (Christmas) Lower (Midsummer)

SCHOOL

PRIZES . ... F. L. Goad, i ii. E. G. II . Bcll arfl, ii. ... R. Wardc, iv. ... E. P. A. l\'liromll.

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lIb.

Form (Christmas) " (Midsummcr ) I. Form (Christmas) ( Midsulluncr) Div inity Mathematics (Christmas) (Midsummer) "

lIa. Form English (Prizes given /1)'

Ellwy, E sq.)

ii~.' ~~:~

{ . 1.

Form

Drawing Dictat ion Music

593 ... F. P . Finn) ii. ... C. H. C. Gorc. ... A. Sargent. ... B. W. Galpin, ii . ... E. G. H . Bellars, ii. ... F. L. Goad, iii. R. C. G. Hancock. . .. J. R. Ree\'c. E. P. A. Mimms. C. H. C. Gore. ... B. '\' . Galpin, ii . ... E. G. H. Bellars, ii. E. G. I-I. Bellars, ii. W. I-I. Swinford .

Anniversary Preacher. SKR I N I~) M.A. , Rcctor of ltchen Stoke, H ants, and lIon . Canon of St. Ninian'~ Cathedral, Perth; late Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond. The List of Anniversary Preachers goes back to 1714.

TnF. REV. CANON

Exhibitioners elected July, 1906. R. 1-1 . W. BIUNSLRy·RICHARDS, (Rose) C lassical Scholar of Hertford College, Oxford. [I. P. V. TOWNgND) (Bunce) C lassical Scholar of Sl. John's College, Oxford. L. · T. WATKINS, (Parker) E lect), C. C. C.) Cambridge.

The Shepherd Gift. F. G. L. SCOTT) Classical Exhibitioner of Merton College, Oxford.

The O. K. S. Gift. D. H. H AMMONDS, Central Tcchnic:tl Collegt, Kensington. B. B. H ORSIlRUG H, Hydraul ic E ngineering WorkR.

The Waddington Gift. R. T . JIr i"KtN) Jesus College. Cambridge.

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Exhibitioners now at the Universities. *P. S . F . NAIRN , (Rose) Ford Student of Trinity College, Oxford. F . C. BOVENSCH I~N. (Rose) Scholar of Corplls Coll ege, Oxford. *H. A. JENKIN, (Bunce) Scholar of JeslIs College, Carnbridge. *A. C, DURHAM , (Parker) Corpus Christi College, C1.mhrirlge . D. J. PRESTON, (Rose) Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge. J. TWELT.S, (Stanhope) Scholar of Jesus College. Cambridge. A. Gn,LIBRAND, (Parker) Corpus Christi College, Camhridgc. E. A. ROPER, (Rose ) Schola r of Queen's College , Oxford.

Vafales lhis July.

Scholars. E lected, .December, 1905 . K I NG' S SCH OLARS . PROBATIONERS .

] UNtoRS.

G. C. W. Harker.

G. T. Carre. D. J. N. Lee. E. G. Bell ars, ii. J. C. Morris, ii. R. C. Cl:mberbatch. R. C. G. Hancock.

H . W. K. Mowll, i. W . A. F . Kerrich. K. C. McCle lnnd. E. B. Nelson, ii.

E NTRANCE

SCHOLA RS.

D. J. N. Lee. G. T . Carre.

K. C. McCleland .

C. L. Nighti ngale. H OUSE

SC HOL AR .

R. S. H askew.

Elected. July, 1906. K I NG'S SCHOLARS. SENIO RS.

G. F. Howell. G. M. Webster.

C. B. Si meon. R. M. Gent. A. R. Bcllars, i. I-I. P . Spa rl ing. H . Townshend.

J UN IO RS.

P. H . Nixon. D. J. N. Lee. D. H . Cow ie. n. H. Matheson. H . Parsons, ii.

P R O BATIONERS .

G. 1-1. Claypole. H. Spencc. R. C. Crowlc),. *1". L. Sidebotham. C. K. ]"'1owll , iv. * A. W. Raymond. H. S. Wacher.

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ENTRANCE SCHOLARS .

· C. T . Marshall. !tF. L. Sidebotham. * A. Lush.

G. J-1. Claypole. lOR. E. L. Beardswort h. !tE. F. H ousden. HOUSE SCHOLAR .

lO A . W. Raymond.

* Joined

the ScAool this Term.

Academical and other Distinctions gained during the year 1905-1906. Open Classical Scholarship, Hertford College, Oxford. ... Open Classical Scholarship, St. John's Collcge, Oxfortl. Open Classical Scholarshi p, Keblc College, Oxford . Opcn Classical (Hulmeian) Exhibition, BrnsenoseCollege, Oxford. Ford Studentship for Classics, T rinity College, O d ord. Open Classical Exhibition, Merton College, Ox rord . Dh'ut from the A r my Class,' l):lssed 3znrl into the Royal Military A cademy, Woolwich . Passed 4znd into the Royal Military Ac.'1demy, Woolwich. Passed 4th into the Royal Milit.ary Coll ege, Sand hurst. Passed 34th into the Royal Military College, SandhursL Passed 125th into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. )1atriculation, Central T echnical College, K ensington . .. i\'fat riculation, Central Technical College, Kensington. l\'latricu lation, Central Technical College, Kensi ngton.

R. H . W. BRINSL&y·RICII ARDS ...

V. TO"' !'IE:-m

A. G. ROP~1t F . C. L. Sco'n

I I. L. D lIlBJ{N

F. G. L. SCOTT C. F. P.

B i\'lT~RSBY

H . G. PARI S

R. B.

WIN S I~ R

N. A. lllTTI.B:-;TON W. G. CAMPBELL

W. H. S. R I! IWAl'l-I P. P. Il USIIANDS D. 11. H AMMONDS ... H. A. J ENKIN P. S . F . NAIRN

W. T&1.FER .. W. T RLIIER ... D. J. PRESTON

.. '

S . S . SOI'WITH

...

L. T OMLIN

...

R. H. CHARLES

...

REV. REV.

Scholar of J esus College, Cambridge : 1st Class ( Div. ii.) Classical Tripos. Ford Student of T rinity College, Ox ford : 2nd Class F i,lllll H istory School. Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge: Bell University Scholarship (Mathematics), Cambridge University. Higher Scholarship for Science, Kent County Coullcli. Exhibitioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge: li'ol1ndation Schola rship, Pembroke College . Emmanuel Collcge, Ca mbridge: Exhibition in i'o 'roral Science Subjects. Passed 16t h ou t of the Royal Mil itary Academy , Woolwich, wi th Commission in the Royal Engineers . Appointed by the Board of Education to J unior Jnspectorship of Schools.

MARSHALL \'\' I LD (O.K.S. 1845-J853), Vicar of Newark and Ruml Dean : lI onorary Canon of Sout hwell Cathedral. A. H . T HOM l'SON (O .K.S. 1886-1 889), A ll H allows Barking: ' ix- Preacher of Canterbury Cathedral, and Tail·Missioner.

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A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRALS IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND. I will own up at once by saying that it was not my idea to make the round of Cathedral cities, but a friend had taken up th e study of ecclesiastical a rchitec ture recently and thought I should do to try some of his newly acq ui red knowledge upon. vVe sta rte d from Hereford , E arly English, . I was told, however it seemed to me quite picturesq ue. T he Tower looks odd: at close quarters the pecoration has the effect of blisters. There is a n in teresting old map in the Cathed ral belonging to th e Early English style of architecture, I presume. The Castle Green, ove rlooking th e Wye and its bridge, is very pretty. 'We rode t hro ugh Ross and Monmouth, and had our tiffin at ·the last place. We found the landlord ve ry communicati ve and full of informa~i on J he lold us to be sure a nd see the statue of H en ry VI II., a 1\lonmo uth man by birth; 1 asked if his wives we re also of t he town, bu t the landlord seemed to thin k he married after he went to London. My frie nd tried all the doors of the Ch urch, luckily they were locked, so he was reduced to inspecting the tower, which 1 was relieved to hear was Perpendicular ; I had n't bargained fo r Churc h architecture, only Cathedral j however, as we did not a rr ive in a tow n till just about di nner time ·a nd Cathedral service began at ten I fo un d th ings planned out much better than I had

feared migllt be the case. Vvc passed Tintern Abbey on the way to Chepstow : the best view of it is on the Chepstow Road, a short way after leaving Tintern. One has to go inside the Ab bey itselr ho wever to get any idea of its size. People are no lo nger allowed to climb th e walls a nd abo ut t he top, howeve r, we did not worry much abo ut this. ] ust before reaching Chepstow is the Wynd Cliff, wh ere th ere is a fine view of th e meetin g of the vVye a nd Severn. It is difficult, however, in the country to find a place where t here is not a fine view. The Rh ine is no doub t a bigger river and the castles are fi ne, but after one has seen two orthree thousa nd castles the re is a sameness about the rest, and, while I woul d not for worlds disparage the Rhine wines, which I am bou nd to say I fo un d very good indeed, vineyards are anything but pretty a::d I much prefer the \:Vye country. The chief interest at Chepsto\\' is the Castle, which we explored, and is well worth seeing. It survived a bad attack of Cromwell, but never quite got over it. T he knocker on the door is ar. old chain shot, the keeper told us an American had offered £5 for it, but he had refused the offer. It seemed to me a pity to be out of chain shot while there was a decent blacksmith in the place, and we left the man to th ink t his suggestion over for next season. After Chepstow we went through. the

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Forest of Dea n to th e Speech H ouse. The country is very hill y ; we calculated that r~ckolling ups and down s, we pushed our blCyd ~s up 67 31 feet tha t day, qui te a record, III fac t I neve r quite realized befo re the inner meaning of the word push-bike. Canute started the Speech I-l a nse, since his time the verdurers have always di ne d t here once every month ~he deer a re al,I kill ed off now so they cline every fortlllght to make up fo r it, a nd small blame to t hem. The hotel is ve ry good and so ought the di nner to be judging by the lun ch th ey gave li S. Not man y people, except Sir Chas. Dilke, visit ~h e hotel in winte r: it is out of the way III t he. forest, but it is kept open for th e free nllners, '~h o would no dou bt be glad to be free dlllers too. A free mine r is a person who is t he son of a miner a nd h~s worked a year and a day in a fores t mlll e. They have ce rtain mine-rights and also the rights of g razing on th~ common, so we were to ld, but we did not s~p. an.>: at it. \Ve. had to 1J0 up one steep hill, said to be n deable 111 parts, I did try conscientio usly, bu t my mach ine was up almost on its tail e nd and I kept slipping off backwa rds, so gave up the attemlJt. Fro m the hi O'hest point of th e hill (800 ft.) we h~d a fine vie w of th (;: plain wi th the towe r of Glo ucester Cathedral shinin g whi te in th e dista nce s~me '4 or J 5 miles a way. It re minded my fnend of Pietermaritzburg, and I am glad

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of that because I have been to Gloucester a nd didn't die, and I mightn't be so lucky a t the other place. There is a fine statue in Gloucester Cathedral of a Kin g Rober t,. Robert th e Sluggard may behe IS Iymg down In the chancel aisle and just reachin g over to scratch his right knee. The impression of th e statue was so extraordin arily realistic that the whole party including seve ral Americans simultaneo usly yawned in sympa thy. The population of Gloucester struck me as belonging chiefly to the industrial class, th e class which doesn't work lleither does it wash, at least there were many of them in the st reets we had to pass throu gh. The a rchitecture of the Cathedral is chiefly Norman and so are some of t he town smells. Our way next lay through Strood, a dull uninterestin g factory town, and Just eventually over th e Cotswolds. before we reac hed t he top, we inqUI red the wh ereabouts of a place to lunch in of an aIel lady, and she very kindly gave us a long and full acco un t of the village murdcr, and the scene certainly appcared to be ex tremely well chosen, the re is no house near th e road for J 2 miles after Icaving th at village. I have the add ress and shall be happy to give it to anyo ne wh o th inks it migh t be of use.

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KING'S SCHOOL v. O.

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This match was played on Tuesday and Wednesday, july 31st and August I ~ t, and resulted in a win for the O.K.S. by 8 wickets. Strahan won the toss and went in to bat with Bassett on a fast wicket. Run s came fairly fast until Strahan through a misunderstanding was run out. Bassett, who had been batting exceedingly well, was now joined by Gardner, who soon setLled down and scored fast on both sides of the wicket. Bassett Inade his half-century and then was out to 'Wick ham. The rcst of the side failed dismal1y except Dunlop, who. batting very confidently, only just missed his so. ' Gardner meantime had reached his century j his cuLting was excellent and deli ghtfully tim ed, while his vigorous off-driving added many runs to his score i he was eventuall y caught by Wickham off Elwyn after a brilliant display. \\lith a total of 26 9 to face, the O.K.S. commenced batting at about 4 delo k, Anderson and Gramshaw started the innin gs, and though Gramshaw was soo n ouL LO Thomso n, Anderson drivi ng bea utifully adde d 49 to the SCOre before he was caught off Bassett. It looked as if we sho ul d get our opponents out for a small total, b ut on resuming play Wednesday morning J oh nston and Wickham hitting out at everyth ing added over 80 to the score before they were separated, when the innings closed for a total of 236. The School then commenced the 2nd innings with Bassett and Strahan, wh made a splendid start, putting on over one hundred runs for the fi rst wicket. Th Âˇ partnership ended when Strahan was caught by Huyshe at the wi cket, after a good in nin gs, Soon after H owell joined Bassett, th e latter who had been scoring fast, driving especially on the off-side with great effect, was caught at mid-on by Olive i apart from a chance to lhis same fi eldsman ea rlier in his inni ngs, he had given a fin e display of clean sound hard hitting, some of his square hits to leg bei ng beauLifu.lly timed. Gardner survived a few overs, though he seemed hardly at home wllh llittleston's bowling, and the innings was declared closed, with Howell and Gardner not out, The O.K. S. commenced their second innings at about 3 o'clock, with 300 rUIl S to make in a little over two hours. This they managed chiefly through a fin innings by Gramshaw, who quickly completed his century, and by som,e rcally brilliant scoring by Anderson and Covell and Johnston. Cov~ll's cutting was superb,

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tl~e ball tr~,:,elli n g off his bat at a tremendolls pace between point and cover, while hIS o~-dnvJn g was also excellent. And erso n again played an auractive innings conspICUOUS ,ror the cleann~ss of his driving, while J ohnsto n knocked up his share

of the total

111

a very few mmutes.

Thus ended a match successful and interesting all through' Strahan showed his ap~ roval. of Huyshe'lj sporting d.eclaration in the O.K,S. m ~tch of last year, by glvmg h~s opponents an .equally faIr chance of reve rting last year's result, which th ey accomphsh,ed most reachly. KING'S SCHOOL. In nings. L. J. Bassett, c and b Wickham G. C. Strahan, nm out ... G, F. Howell, b Anderson .. ' I I. Gardner , c Wickham, b Elwyn ... C. J. N. Adams, c Huyshe, b Anderson w. N. Kempe c Rum me ll, b Wickham vV, Lucas, run out ... C. M. Dunlop. b Elwyn .. R. E. R. Dalwigk, c Anderson, b BiHleston G. E. H ayes, b Bittleslon .. . A. L. n. Thomson, not ou t ... ... Extras : byes, 1 I ; leg-byes, I ; wides, 1 1St

T otal

2nd I nnings. 51 c O li ve, b Bittleston ... 7 c Huyshe, b Grall1shaw 5 nolout 117 not out

128 57 58 10

o 1

11"'-"' 13

byes , 4, leg-byes, 2; wides, 2; noÂˇballs, 4

.. . 269

Total

... 265

O.K.S. 1st In nin~!i . D. K. Anderson, c Gardner, b I3nsscll II. Gramshaw, c Hassett, b Thomson ... H, V. Workman, b 13assett ... G. C, Covell, b Thom son T, E, Rammell, b H ayes ... ... 0 , F. HlIyshe, e Thomson , b Dalwigk R. T. Elwyn, run out ... R. V. L. Johnson, c a nd b Strahan N. A. Biulestol1, b Thomson J. B. 'Wickham , run out G. F, Olive, not Ollt Extras : byes, 33; leg-byes, 4 Total

2nd

I nnin~s.

49 c Th omson, b Dunlop ... 14 u Lucas ... ..

51 112 14 83

b llayes 17 nOlollt 0

'2 7 3 41 not out 3 39 14 Extras : byes, 37 ". 230

Total

... 17 ;

leg-byes,

... 18 " . 302

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BOWLING A NALYSIS :

KING'S SCHOOL.

1St Innings. D. K. Anderson

R. E. Johnston J. B. W ickham H. R. G N.

V. Workman F . Elwyn

F. Olive. A. Billicslon

...

21 17

0 0

8 7 2 1. 2

0 0 0 0

â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

73 63 46 28 32 14 0

2nd Innings.

w. 2 0 2 0 2 0 2

R. V. J ohnson D. K. Anderson R. F. Elwyn J. B. Wickham N. A. Bittlcston (-I. Gramshaw H. V. Workman

...

\V,

17 14 6 6 5 3 4

67 52 24 35 30 20 25

0 0 0 0

Q,K. S.

G. C. Strahan R. E. R. Oalwigk A. L. B. Thomson L. J. Bassett G. E. I-Jares

7 7 15

46 21 53 29 47

I I

3 2

CRICKET RETROSPECT, 1906. Considering that we had ni ne old colours and alJ the bowlers of 1905, the season of 1906 must be reckoned as somewhat of a disappointment. The record was as foll ows :-Played, 16; \Von, 5; Lost, 4; Drawn, 7. The large number of drawn games points to weakness in bowling, for on ly on a very few occasions did the t.eam fail to make a good sco re the mselves j but having got a good total, they could not get their opponents out. That they could all make runs is proved by a glance at the table of averages, from which it will be seen that while Bas~;e tt and H owell wcr' far ahead of the rest with extremely good averages, no member of the XI. failed to average double figures. The fact of the matter was that th e wickets were all in favour of the batsmen, and that the bowlers did not bowl as well as they did in 1905. Strahan deserves our best thanks for his able captaincy, marred however by on error of judgment, for which he paid dearly, namely putting his opponents in at Dover on a wet wicket, which ultimately was d rying under a hot sun when we had tu bat. To err, however, is human, and his managemen t of the team and th e vigour' which he infused into th e School cricket gen~!.ally, were alike ad mirable. Of the other School matches, we defeated Highgate and Sutto n Valence, nlHI

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drew with Felsted and Eastbourne, agai nst wh om we made 366 and 30 t respectively. Howell's innings of J 61 agai nst Felsted constitu tes a record individual sco re and was made witho ut a chance. The fielding on the whole was satisfactory. Strahan, Lucas and Gardner were all excellent in this respect, and Kempe kept wic ket very well. We append a few remarks on individual members o f the team :G. C. STRAHAN (Capt. ).-Has captained the team with good judgment and marked success. Owi ng to rheumatism, has hardly bowled as well as last year. Imp roved a good deal with the bat, and showed considerable versatility in th e type of game he played . Very good field. L. J. I3AsSEl'T.--Very good bat. especially on fast wickets. Started th e season well for a change, and kept it going all through. His best stroke is the off-drive, but he has rather lost his hi t to leg of the old-fashioned type. Very fair field llnd at ti mes bowled well. G. F. HO WRLL.- Pcrhaps th e best bat on the side fo r all wickets, as he watches the . ball well and has good back defence. Makes a lot of rUIlS by the glide, and has got out of his tendency to hook straigh t balls hefore getting set. Very fair field . VV. L ucAs.-A good punishing bat who hits very hard. Has improved in defence. Very good field. \.y. N. KEMPE.-Has kept wicket very well on the wh ole. His strong point is the way he takes a fast-rising ball that is well pitched up. Much improved as a bat; though his strokes are limi ted, he is hard to get out as he plays very straight. A. L. B. THOMSoN.-Bore the brunt of the attack, and gene rally bowled very steadily, though his bowling is lacking in I'devil." Improved both with the bat and in the field . R . E. R. DALWIGK.-The steadiest bowler in the team, nearly al ways keepi ng a good length and so metimes maki ng the ball turn. Still weak in the field, though improved. Disappointing with th e bat as he gives one th e impression that he might do quite well. H . GARDNER.-IVluch stronger than last year. If he can get goi ng he hits very hard and cuts admirably, but he is not a good starter, lashing too widely at offballs when he first goes in. Must learn to step across more for an off-drive. Very good fi eld. C. M. DUNLop.-Rather 1110re vigorous than last yea r and played some very useful innings. His style is taking but still lacks force. Improved in the field. Fair change bowler.

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-Left· hand bowler, varying his pace from day to day. His slows w 'w perhaps the most effective. Fair fi eld . Could hit well but did not show much judgment in choosing 'the ball to hit. C. J. N . ADAMs .-Fair bat, but his defence is as yet not very strong . Much moro vi gorous than last yea r. Ve ry fail field . H AYE::i ,

1ST

Name.

2. 3· 4· 5· 6.

7·

8. 9· 10. II.

L. J. Bassett . . G. F. Howell H. Gardner .. W. N. Kempe G. C. Straha n '''l. Lu cas C. M. D unlop R. B. R. DaIwigk G. E. Hayes .. C. ]. N. Adams A. L. B. Thomso n

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BATTING

AVERAGES.

No. of

Times

In nings.

not out.

Runs.

Score.

766

128 ,6,

18 18 18 15 16

13 13 12 9 II

BOWLI NG I.

z. 3· 4· 5. 6.

L. J. Bassett .. R. E. R. Dalwigk G. C. Strahan A. L. B. Thomson G. E . Hayes .. C. M. Dunlop W. Lucas

69 1 435 293 3 28 262 20 4

3 3

Overs.

86 2 °3 '4 16 1 ' 5 164 106 ' 2

65 18

'03 59 80 48 zrk'9 49 26

,, 8

, 08 93 5'

o 6

The following also batted : R. E . Martin, 9, 0 , 88, '7, 9·77 ;

Name.

Highest

J. A.

AvcnlJ.:e.

47" 87 46.0 6 29' 00

26·63 2 1'86 20 ' 15

' 7'00 I I ' SO

10 ' 80

' 0·33 I O' ZO

* not out.

S. Aylward,

AVERAGES. Maidens.

Run s.

12 35 29 zz 15

z 89

4 The following also bowled :-C. J. N . Adam s, 2, 0, R. E. Martin, 3, 0, 33, 0 ; J. A. S. Aylward, I , 0, I, O.

59 8 581 453 234 80 21 ,

Wickets.

,6 J2

z6 25 '4 9

Average.

, 8·06 22'25

2]'00

23 '24

32.35 37" 11

4°'00

0 ; R. B. Goad, 4, 0, 37, 0 ;

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DEBATING SOCIETY.

A debate was held on Saturday, September 29th, when in an able speec.h G. n. lI1"aclear moved that "warfare IS an essential to the welfare of nation s." The m.over cited numerous historical in stances in which a success ful war has been follo wed by a period famou s f~r art and literature . In reply G. fJ. S. Pmsm! mentioned the advantages of arbitration and criticised the wording of the motion. C. N. Smith pointed out that decision by

RIFLE

On 'Wed nesday, October 3rd, the open air Rifle Range near St. ~tephen' s was formally opened by Colonel 1 homps<;)11 for the use of th e School and th e CIty Club. The Head Mas ter opened th e proceedings by calling uP.on NIr. Bell to give an account of th e dOlllgs of the Schoo l on the Gymnasium Ran ge during last te rm. Mr. Bell in re plying sa id that, although o wing to th e cramped nature of

ar ms is the natural method. f. Y ales and R.lIÂŁ. Gent also supported the motion. In speaking fo r the opposition G. 111". Webster mentioned some of the evil s attenda nt on militarism. C. J. /1/. Adams noticed the ex penses of armaments and A. B. Emden the advantages wh ich peace brings to science and commerce. The motion was carried by .5 1 votes to 48.

RANGE.

the range only 80 boys had been abl e to shoot, he had discovered much prom Ism s material an d hoped to find even mort;! ciurin O' this term. Owing to the g reat facili ti es offe red to th e School in beil.l g able to procure this range, he had estllnate~l th at about 120 boys would shoo t thelr co urse this tenn . He the n call ed upon Colone l Thompson to fire th e first shot. Colonel Thompson in thanki ng the Schoo l for askin g him to o pen the ran ge

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said he could hardly over estimate the necessity of every Englishman being ab le tO,use a rifle if necessity required it. For this reason, he said, it gave him the utmost pleasure to be able to open this range-pioneer of any in the city. The Colonel then proceeded to fire the opening shot which secured a bull. In a short speech the !-lead Master than ked Colonel Thompson for th is and the many other kindn esses which he had shown the School on different occasions, and then

asked Colonel H egan, fo rmerly Commander of the Cavalry D ep6tJ to say a few words. The proceedings the n terminated by the Head Master thankin g all present asking the School for three cheers for Colone l Thompson. Afterwards Colonel Thom pso n, Colonel and Mrs. Hegan and several others had so me shots with the rifle. The e vent was cummemorated by a ha lf-holiday which Colonel Thompson kin dly asked to be given.

FOOTBALL. We append the Fi xtures for 19(>6-7. DATE.

1906.

;

OPl'ONENTS.

Fil'st XV.

GROUND.

RESULT.

Thursday, October 4 ......... Mr. A. Lauer's XV . ........ .. .. .. ............... Canterbury ...... Lost ........ . Thursday, October 11. .... .... Rev. W. H. Maundrell's XV ... .. ............ Canterbury ...... Lost ...... .. Tuesday, October I6 .. ..... .. Sutton Valence Schoo!.. ....................... Sutton ........... Won ...... .. Thursday, 'October I8 ......... 7th Dragoou Guards ...... .. .................... Canterbury ...... Lost ..... ... . Tuesday, October 23 ......... \Vye College ................................. .. ... \Vye ...... .. .. . ... Lost .. ...... . Thursday, Octoucr 25 ......... Dovcr Col lege .... . .... . .................... .. .Cantcrbury .. .... Won Wcdnesday, Octobcr 3I. ........ Merchant T nylor:s School ................. Canterbury ..... Won November 3 ......... 1·Iythe F.C . ...................... .. ............... I-Iytbe ........... . Saturday, Wednesday, November 7 ......... Dover College ................ ..... ................ Uover ........... . Saturday, Novembrr 10 .... ..... Sutton Valence.. School. ................ .. .... ... Canterbury ..... . T uesday, Novembcr I3 ......... 7th Dragoon Guards .... .. .. ........ .. ... .. ... .Canterbury ..... . Thursday, Novembcr IS ......... East bourne College ..... .. ..................... East bourne .. . .. . Tuesday, November 20 ..... .. Wye College. .......... . ................ Cantcrbury ..... . Tuesday, ' November 27 ... ... .. Epsom College ............ ................. .. ... Bcckenham .... . T hursday, December 20 ......... O. l{. S. ..... ........... .. .. ....... .. ........... Canterbury .... .. 1907· Saturday, February 2 ......... Hyth e F.C . ...... .................. ............. .. Canterbury .... . Thursday, February J4 ......... Hampsteao Wanderers F.C............. .... ... Canterbury .... . Saturday, February 23 ........ Sidcup F. C . ............. ........... ...... ... ..... Canterbury ..... . 1906. Second XV. Thursday, October 25 ........ Dover College 2nd XV . ... ....... .. ............. Dover ..... .. .... Won ...... .. Thursday, November 1.. ....... Ton bridge Schoo13rd XV.... .... ..... ... ... ... Canterbury ...... Lost ........• Wednesday, November 7 ..... Dover College 2nd XV. . ........... .. ... Canterbury .... . Wednesday, November 21. .. Tonbridge School 3rcl XV ............ Tonbridgc ... .. Tuesday, December I l. . .. ..... S.A.C. . ......... .. ........... .. .. .. .. .. Canterbury ... . 1st XV.- L. P. Abbott, C. G. Williamson, L. J. Bassett, E. T. Gage, 1-1. M. J. Burdell , 1<. ~'t OIl It "

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SCHOOL

LATTER'S

XV.

T his match was played at Blore's Piece on October 4th, and resulted in a win for th e sc ratch XV. by thirty-five points to six (fo ur goals and five tries to two tries. ) Our opponents pressed at once and led at half-time by twelve points to six. The tackling of the School throu ghout was weak, and during t he seco nd half their defence comp letely broke dow n, th ough th e forward s were able to hold the ir own Gardner at half played well, as did also Bassett at th ree-quarter and Burdett forward. Tries were obtai ned by the two last named. Thc School team was as foll ows : ~ L. P. Abbott ( back) ; L. J. Basselt, K. Moore, C. M. Dunlop, R. M. Gent (three-q uarters) j H . H. E . Gosset, H. Gardner (halves) ; C. G. \Villiamson, E. T. Gage, H . M. J. Burdett. E. K. Barber, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. Mill"r, !. R. Madge, C. A. C. Parsons (forwards) .

KING'S

SCHOOL

REV.

MAU NDRELL'S

XV.

This match was played on October 11 th at Blore's Piece and res ulted in a wi n for the scratch XV. by thi rty-six points to twenty-two. In the first ha lf the School team playe d up very well and quite earl y in the game Burdett, after a fi ne fOfward rush, scored. Soon after this Maundrell sco red for OUf opponents, though Burdett made a splendid effort to hold him back . Abbott at back was excellen t at stoppin g rushes. while his kicking was qui te a feature of the game. All the three-q uarter's played well, Reynolds especially tackli ng magnificently. Burdeu's forward play ont in the open was remarkable, whil e th e last try gai ned by Gard ne r was th e result of a brilliant individual efforlt The points were obtained as fo llows :-Six goals and two tries as against th ree goals (one penalty ) a nd three tries. The School team was as foll ows:L. P. Abb ot (back) ; L. J. Basse tt, C. M. Dunlop. R. NL Ge nt, I-I. F. Rey nolds (three-quarte rs); H . I-I. E. Gusset. H . Gardner (hal ves) ; C. G. Williamson, E. T. Gage, H. M. J. Burdelt, E. K. Barber, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. Mille r, I. R. Madge, C. A. C. Parso ns (for wards).

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT AUGUST, R. H.

' 906.

Scholar; E ntered the School, March, 1894 i VI. Form, Jan., 1':, 02 i Monitor, Sept., 1903 j Vice-Captain, Sept., '9 0 4-5 j Captain. Sept., 1905-6 j Editor of Can/uariau, Sept., '90 3 i President of the Debating Society, Sept., 1905; Sports' Committee. Sept., 1905; Sports' Colours, ' 905 - 6; Schoo l Exhibition, 1906;

BRTNSLF.y-RICHARDs. --King's

Open Classical Scholar, Hertford College, Oxford, '906. H. P. V.

TOWNEND . -Ki ng's

Scholar j Entered the School, Sept.,

1 900 ;

VI . Form,

Sept., ' 902; Monitor, Sept., 1903 ; Football XV., 1903- 0; Captain of Football, ' 905-6 j Rowing Colours, 1905-6 j Sports' Commitlee. Sept" 190 4; Ho n. Sec. of tht: Call 1uaritw, 1903- 4; Editor of Canluariall , 1904-6; School Exhibition, t 906; Open Class ica l Scholar of St. John's College, Oxford, 'q06. H . L. DmBEN.-Entered the School, Sept., 1897; VI. Form, Sept., 1903; Monitor,

Sept., '904; Hon . Sec. of the Debating Society, '904-6 ; Sports' Colours, 1 qoo j Ford Student F. G. L. SCOTT.- King's Scholar j Entered Jan., 1904 j Monitor, Sept., Colours, 1905-6; Shepherd

of Trinity College, Oxford, 1906. the School, Sept., 1901 j VI. Form. 1905; Football XV., 1905-6; Spo rts' Gift, J9 06; Classical Exhibitione r o f

Merton College, Oxford . J . DEIGHToN.--King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., ' 90' ; VI. Form, Sept.,

'90 4; Monitor, Sept., 1904; Football, XV., ' 904-6

Hon. S"c.

Football Club, ' 905-6; Sports' Committee, Sept., '90S. A. G. ROPER.-King's Scholar j E ntered the School'dune, 19Â°0; VI. Form, Jan., ' 904; Mo nitor, Sept., 1905

Open

lassical Scho lar of ](Cl,) ll'

College, Oxford. G. C. STRAHAN.-Entered the School, May, 1901 ; VI. Form, Sept., ' 904 i Monito r, Sept., ' 905; Cricket X L, 1903-6; Captain of Cricket, 1905- 6 ; Captain of Games, ' 905-6; Sports' Committee, Sept., H)OII ; Football XV., '905-0. L. T. WATKINs .-Entered the School, Sept., 1900 ; VI. Form, Jan ., 1905; Monitor, Sept., '905 ; Parker Exhibitioner at Corpus Christi College, '0111

bridge.

R. T . JENKIN .-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Jan., '902

' 905; Waddington Gift.

VI. Form, . pl. ,

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B. B . HORSBRUGH.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Jan., J903; VI. Form,

Sept., '905; O.K.S. Gift. K. n. DICKSoN.-Entered the School, Jan ., 1902; VI. Form, Sept., 1<)06. D. H. H AMMONDs .-Entered the School , Sept., '902 ; VI. Form, Sept., J<)06 i Gym.

Pair, ' 905-6; O.K.S. Gift. W. R. N. LEs LlE.-Entered the School, Jan., 1898 : Football XV., ' 904- 6. W. LUCAS.-Entered the School, Jan., 18Q8 j Cricket XL, 1904-6; Football XV., 1905-6 j Fives Pair, J 905-6. H . PETLEY.-Entered the School, Jan" 1903 j Football XV., J905-6 . J . A. S. AVLwARD.-Entered the School, Sept., '90 ' ; Football XV., ' 905-6 ; Sports' Colours, 1905-6.

G. E. H AYEs.- Entered the School, May, ' 903; Cricket XI., ' 906. LEFT OCT., ' 906. G. D. MAcLEAR.-Entered the School, Sept., IQOO; VI. Form, Sept., 1905 Monitor, Sept.,

J Cl06;

Editor of the

Cantuariall , Sept., 1906;

Open History Scholar of S. John's College, Oxford.

SCHOOL NEWS .

The Dean kindly allowed the Commoners on Speech Day to take part in the procession into the Choir, as was once the cllstom.

Vve congratulate the fo llowing on being made 1'vl onitors: C. J. N. Adams, G. F. Howell, C. B. Simeon, G. D. Maclear, C. G. William son, J. S. Yates,

W. N. Kempe, A. n. Emden, L. P. Abbott.

*"*Â«. \Ye heartily cong ratulate G, D. Maclear who has been elected to an

Open History Scholarship at 51. John's College, Oxford.

,,**

The fo llowin g were promoted into th e Sixth Form at the end o f last term: E. A. Graly, E . K. Barber, E . n. Hosk!n g , E. T. Gage, 1. R. Madge, [I. P. Sparling, L. P. Abbott, H. Townshend, K. D.

Dickson, D. H. Hammonds.

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In the Oxford and Cam bridge Higher Ce rtificate Examination. '3 gained Certificates : R. H. Brinsle)' Richards. H. P. V. Townend, I-I. L . Dibben, K. Moore, C. J. N. Adams, G. F. Howell, C. N. Smith, C. D. Simeon, A. R. Dellars, R. 1\I. Gent, J. S. Yates, E. K. Barber, K. B. Dickson. ~

:'Co

Ni ne di stinctions were obtained : H. P. V. Towncnd in Latin, Greek,

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History and Divinity; R. H . J3rinsley Richards in Latin, Greek and [-listory i F. G. L . Scott in Latin; C. N. Smith ill Histor),. At a meeting of the Debating Co m m ittee the followin g were elected

011

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Committee: C. j . N . Adams, C. N. Smith , J. S. Yates, A. B. Emden. G. 11. S. Pinscnt was elected President, and G. i\l. Webster Secretary.

SCHOOL.

Captain: G. H. S. PINSENT. Captain of Cricket Captain of Football Captain of Games

L. J. BASSETT. L. P. AIlBorl'. L. P. ABBOTT. MONITORS.

G. H. S. Pinsent, K. Moore, G. M. Webster, C. J. N. Adam s, G. F. Howell , C. B. Simeon, G. D. Madear, C. G. Wi ll iamson, J. S. Yates, W. N. Kempe, A. B. Emden, L. P. Abbott. EDITORS OF THE" CANTUARIAN."

G. H. S. Pinsent, C. J. N. Adams, A. B. Emden. SECRETARY OF TH E "CANTUARIAN."

R. M. Gent. SPORTS' COMMITTEE .

L. P. Abbott. L. J. Bassett, G. H. S. Pinsent, G. F. Howell, E. T. Gag., K. Moore, C. J. N, Adams.

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HARVEY SOCIETY. The following

papers have been

D ATE.

Nov . 3.

arranged for this te rm :OAT H.

Oct . 13. Oct. 27.

TI TI.H.

A UTH OR.

" Locomotive Running and Driving. U E. P. S IIELDQ U RN. " Colour in relation to Ch emical Constitution." Tim P ltfo:SIDE NT.

O. K. S. 'We note the followin g among Ordina.. tions :-By the Bishop of Lond on at St. Paul's Cathedral) Deacon: L . N. Green, B.A., of Clare College, Cambridge, and Ridley Hall, to S. James the Lp.ss, Bethnal Green. Priest: J. A. R. D. Marshall, B.A .. of St. J ohn's College, Oxford, and Cudd esdon. Vve heartil), congratulate the (onowing:N. A. Bittleston passed 37t1i out of Royal Military College. Sandhursl, into the Suffolk Regiment, and sailed for Aden on Friday, Oct. 19th. J. L. Tomlin passed 15th out of

Nov. 17.

T1T LR.

A UTH OR.

The R arer Butterflies of G reat Britain ." G. F . I l OWE LL. (With Lantern Slides.) "Some Pre· historic BlIildin?,s in England ami France. ' {I

REV. A.

Dec.

Dec. I S.

GAl.PI N.

"The Motions of th e earth. " G. F. ROSF. f'i RERG, " Phot o. Microgmphy."

E ~q .

G. H. S. PI NS RN T.

NEW S. Royal Military Academy, 'Woolwich, into the Royal Engineers. A. C. Durham, B.A., of C.C.C. and Ridl ey ~-Iall, Cambridge. has been elected to a Philpot Studentship of £5°, Exeter Diocese. oX-

Vtle congratulate H. P . V. T own end and F. G. L. Scott on playing in th e Oxford Un iversity Freshman's Match. ,'.' 'K.

,'C.

The O.K.S. match has bee n fixed for Thursday, Dec. 20th. All who wish to play in that match must se nd in their names to H. P. V, Townend. E sq., St. John's College, Oxford .

V ALETE. L Pembroo k, V. L. Armitag , . 11. G nlden, 11. Nevill, E . 11. Davies, G. N. Gilbert, D. V. Bacon, R. Warde, K. S. mith , S. R. ordon, G. E. Parker, D. L. Langdon.

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FUND, 1905 - 6. EXPENDIT URE,

s. d.

Balance, September, 19<>5

Boys' Subscript ions, Mich. T erm, 1905

Lent Term, 1906 60 5 0 " Trin. Term, 1906 62 12 6 i\'[asters' Subscript ions IO 0 0 Calltuarialt Subsc ri ptions 23 3 9 From Shop P rofits 30 2 IO Sale of Cards 2 15 2 T. W. Young (rent of Blore's I)

Piece)

In terest on Deposit Account ...

Kent County C.C. (rent of Beverley) Kent County R.F. U . ... Austen (\Vagcs and Help) Peat (Wages, Cricket Goods, &e.) Marsh (Work on Groun ds, &e. ) Cullen (Rcn t of Field) Gibbs (Calltuariall ) ... Gibbs (General Print ing) Lillcy (Rolling, Carting, &c. ) Bunce (Foeth-·lI ls, &c.) Rates and Taxes (Blare's Piece) Gas and Water Company Mu rrin and Hcarne Bnrton (Brakes, &c.) ... Rights of Way .. . Gentry (Re·building Hut, Gate, &c. , at Blorc's Piece) .. Huggett (Mowing) Lee and Wigfull (Sports' Prizes) Mappin and Webb (Sports' Prizcs) Sund ry Sports' Prizes (Fox, Goulden,

....

&c.)

£ s. d. soon o 10 6 32

0<1.

A\ldited and found corrt!ct, 4, 1906. A. J. GA L PIN.

3 18 0 7 10

30 6 8 IS 0

18 to () 4

2 3 116

4 18

4 3

4 5 7 "

32 IS 1) 1 19 0 6 10 11 3 5 (,

3 9 &

Chambers (Rcpairs to Machine, &c. ) 2 Scercr and Umpi re (Travell ing Ex· penses, Lunches, &c.) ... 5 Stamps, Stationery, &c. 4 o T wyman Expenses of School Pair to Aldcrst.OI 1 Balance, Sept. 1906 23

£337 13 3!

72 13 9

:'&

9 H

£337 ' 3

.11

ALGERNON LATTER, flon. li'c(wil o ·

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N. B. - The Editors decline to accept any ,'esponsibility (M lltt/ed 'Witlt IIIe o/JiuiollS oj their CorrespM' dents. Name and address must a/ways be gÂŁveJl, 1101 necessarily lor publicatioll, bul as a guarantee 0/ good faith . Pel sOllalities 'will involve certain ,Âˇejection. Letters sHould bt 'writtm OIL one side oj the paper OILIy.

To Ille Edi/ors of " THE

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Sirs, I s it not possible to start a list of old Boys with addresses like those kept up by most other big Schools. The list of old Cantuars ( by th e way is Cantuar right or Cantnarian ?) subsc ri bing to th e O.K.S. fund does not fill the gap. It co ntains ve ry few names ; for insta nce the re arc on ly 47 nam es of boys who ente red the School in the eighties instead of so me hundreds as there sho uld be. Apart from from Universih' distin ctio ns th ere is in most cases noth ing to sh w wh e re a man is or what he is doing. This alo ne s h ow~

what little interest is taken in it by olel Boys. I th ink the O. K. S. F un d \~ o t1ld ga m by the in stitution o f such a list as I suggest. Th ere I')Just be ma ny boys who when they leave School have not th e cash to spare for subsc riptio ns. '. rhey intend to subscribe whe n th ey beg 111 to make their way, forget and are lost sight of. If their names w<:n.: reLaincd on an O. K.S. list an invitation to them later in life would probably r a'h thei r poc kets and in man)' cases secure a la rge r sum than Lha prese nt fi v shillings. Will not on of til(' Masters lnk the maLte r lip ?

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NOTICES.

'We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions ;Rev. L. G. H. Mason (3/6), Rev. L. H . Evans (3/6), C. W. Bell, Esq. (3/6), A. Latte r, E sq. (J/6), G. E. V. Austen, Esq. (3/ 6), G. F. J. Rosenberg, Esq. (3/6), H. J. Cape, Esq. (3/6),

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries ;Burian, Epsomiall, PlYlIlotlu(w. County Gmllemall (3), Eastbollmian , TIle Radldatt , Naliollal R eview (2). Leodieusiall , Brollls-

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CANTUARIAN. DECEMBE R,

1906.

No. 24.

EDITORIAL. vVe do not feel ourselves inspired, though we have looked to almost every source for inspiration; we even descended so low as to look in old Cantuarirl1ls for it j but we found none. But what forcibly struck us about the old Cantllm-ialls was the excellence of t~eir contents. Wherefore, being of an enquiring mind, we set about to determine the cause. The comparative lack of good articles now is attributed to us poo r editors (there are th ose who, we know, will sympathize with us), but we find it other wise. Should we have to write everything that appears in our pages? Not 50. vVe find therefore th at it is not due to our slackn ess, but to other people's. And as a proof of our ene rgy, we triumphantly bring out this number before t he last day of the T erm. And we would like to mention here the unparalleled impatience of certain O.K.S. t kn own but not named), who, not having received their Cmduaria1ls when they, forsooth, thought they should, despatched telegrams and letters to li S, containing. not gentle words and req uests, buL such torrents of unmeas ured abuse, at which we shudder. For letters such 21.5 these we have provided ourselves with a new

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editorial waste paper-basket (for after wllat we have just written wO think it quit" likely that we shall receive more of the same sort I). We must congratulate the 1St XV. on wi.nniug all tI~cir School l~nlCh Ii, (,nl \I:1 that against Dover College, at Dover. And mdeed puttmg both Il''h\t h K ln~'illh, I we are ahead of this rival by a. total of 43 to 19 points, 80m o f th mutt'lll'MIlII vi l also been the most exciting ones to watch that we have had for SOIlHl tll1w. WI I have now only the O.K.S. match to complete a very successful s 'uson.

1--------------------------------11 3n memoriam. >1< MELVILLE ENTERED THE SCHOOL, SEPT.,

H EV SCOTT.

Igo6.-DIEO, Nov.

1 S'I' II,

lC,oll.

Est puer in leto mortali pulchrior aeve Ast anima in gremio ponituT usq ue Patrifl.

Morte quiescentem puerum nostra acdis inulllhrnl Sed sua defessi membra recepit hml1us. Vox comitum comiti reddit Suprema Valoto, Salveto primum coelicolae resonant.

NON AMISSUS SED PRAUMrssus ."

A Memorial Service was held in the School Chapel on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 20th, before the body was removed to Stafford for burial. The coffin, follow ed by the chief mourners, preceded the School pro· cession into the Cathedral and was placed before the altar in the Chapel. The Service was conducted by the H ead Master, and the hymns •.• Brief life is here our portion" and" On the

Resurrection m 0 1'll i n ~" Wflil l " IUIH Itt the congregation. Ml<Ir tli" H'·I,t • • the School fil ed out anti IIl1t l d 111'1111 centre of th Navtl. "o lIml Ih," 011111 might be ca rd (I dowil 10 I h,l W, I Door through thuir . IlIlk M. A \\1 1 II1 I was sent from till' St'lto!!1 ll ii it "II M"I expression of Lh o, Vtlr/' tl"IIP " l'llIl'lllI t which all C I ~ I' th o 1111"11 \11' 11 The (un I'nl WU It li pid III • ,\ ,II church, StalTonl, 011 Wt ItU I .1" I

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Nov. 21st, the day following the Service held in the School Chapel in the Cathedral. The body had rested m the chancel during the previous night. The Service was read by th e Rev. G. T . Royd s, M.A., Rector of Haughton and Rural Dean of Stafford. The School wreath was carried by Mr. Gilbert Scott, and a wreath from three School friend s by Mr. R. 1-1. Brinsley~Richard s, The chan cel was filled with wreaths from friends and parishioners of Castlechurch, and there were wreaths from the H ead Master and Mrs. Ga lpin, and Nurse Hall and from Mr. and Mrs. Helmore. Hymn 225. "Brief life is here our portion II was sung by the Castlech urch choir in the Church. and 499, .. On the Resurrection morning" at the grave-side, before the Blessing. The grave is placed by the side of the pathway to the Vicarage, and within close view from the Vicarage windows.

To the Editor of" THE CANTUARIAN,II Dear Sir, I feel that - I ought not to omit from your next issue a few words of very grateful appreciation on behalf of myself and my family for all the kindness shewn to us during our sad visit to the King's School. Nothing was left unsaid, nothing undone which could have been devised to help and cheer us. The devotion and skill of Dr. Whitehead Reid and of the three

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attendant nurses ; the exceeding kind. ness of the I-Ieaq Master and Mrs. Galpin; the sympathy of the Masters will ever remain in our memories. Very remarkable also was the kindness of the Cathedral Body, tho Dean's thoughtfu l letters, Mr. Riley's ministrations by the sick bed, and more than all our reception into the home and affections of Mr.. Mrs. and Miss B elmore. But perhaps chiefly I desire to thank the School companions of my two dear sons, and as I seem to think them of myself also. I can never forget the pleasure of being permitted to stand in the School pulpit, the delicate sympathy received in daily intercourse, th e sweetly touching fareÂˇ well service in the Transept. the School shield, thei r gift, with all it meant of purity gained through suffering. At lirst I felt that I could never again revisit th e scene of my deepest so rrow. but now other thoughts have come. and I feel that I shall ever be drawn in heart and I think perhaps also in person to the place of so much love and tenderness. May God ever bless the King's School, and may the sad memories of November, 1906, be not without result in the days to come, and in the lives of us all. Ever gratefully yours, MELVILLE SCOTT. CaSlltclmrch Vicarage, Nov. 23rd, 1906 .

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A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRALS IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND.-Co1lti1tucd. Our way next lay through Strood, a dull uninteresting factory tow n, and eventually over th e Cots wolds. Just before we reached the top. we inquir~d the wh erea bouts of a place to lunch In of an old lady, a nd she very kindly, gave us a long a nd full accoun t ?f the vIllage murd er, and the scene certa1l11y appeare,d to be extremely well chose n, as there IS no house near the road for J2, miles after leaving that village. I have the address and shall be happy to g ive it to anyone who thinks it migh t be of use. There was nothing to be had at the village hotel bu t bread and cheese. I ate so me bread, the cheese was Gloster double Gloster, so I removed it to tl~e other side of the room, where it could not reach me a nd I was compa ratively safe for the moment. vVe had a fine ride on the top of . the Cotswolds for the next tw enty mIles, passing by Badminton and other parks. Bath, our next stopping, is a beautiful town, both as reg~ rd s buildings ~nd situation, the Abbey IS well worth seemg, mixed English, I think. The West Front is especially beautiful, on either SIde of the front door there are stone !add.ers carved on the walls with angels chmhmg up and down, some ?f the angels have lost th eir wings and taIls and consequently look like large bee tles now, but the.whol e building is singularly fine. We went to

the Roman baths; my companion hod been to Pompeii but said th er. \'In '" nothin g there to equal these rl1J1~ ~ . III extent or inte rest. H alf a mlllloll gall ons of water flow eve ry day throUHh the old Roman co nduits at a temp r~lt'li n of 1700 no wonder the neighbourh ood is warm' th e heat in the town was (j\lI llI unbearable. Our cabman and his hOI"" went to sleep several times during Ih t course of a very short drive, a nd in RIlII!' of the great archaeological inte rcs~ '?( till place we ourselves f~llnd some dlnl(.:ult y in keeping awake. 1 he Pultener DrHIHi' over th e Avon is well worth seell~ g. III the hotel we foregathered w~tll 1111 Ame rican wh o had been travelling I,,, th e best part of two years on th Cun tinent. H e had a very pardO Il!I"!. grievance agai nst the Vienn cs' l'lill drivers it seems they do not RIII'!! I, Am e ri ~an and even wh en he tri od ~ 111111 with a "mixturc of Eyetaiian an d Outd, " they werc still o.bduratc, h ~we vcr hI' WII " finding consolation for hiS t roubl u III English beer, which he realizc,d t btl un equalled . The way to Wells h .9 V(\ I lit. , Mendip Hills, another. vcry PI CLt",NHI III , road' we passed DownSide Abb cr â&#x20AC;˘. l II nw R . C. monastery a nd Abbey, it 18 II lilU building a nd in another thr ,0 or 111111 hundred years time. ottgl~t to glv lO~1I h,tit quite as much satisfactIOn as it lUlU II .. Tintern does now. \oVells is th IlIo ~ 1

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Âˇ perfect of all the places we saw, it is I mea n three wells and a key. In t he a small towll in a pleasant country j there hotel we met several Americans, one are no slums and foul smells, otherwise party were doing England in a week, by it is an ideal Cathedral city, and is motor. One lady gave us a lecture on certainly the most beautiful place I have English, explaining how purely it was seen myse lf. There are no ruins except- spoken by educated Americans, I she wed ing the Banqueti ng Hall whi ch one of her husba nd the picture of the swans the Bishops pulled down for the sake ringing a bell for their afternoon tea of the lead roof which he sold. The and all he said wa s, II Well, I should \-Vells are three in number, large pools, smile if that isn't real elegant I " th e deepest i~ over 4 00 feet. The arms of 'VeIls are three acres and a cow, (To be con/iweed.)

FOOTBALL. KING' S SCHOOL v. SUTTON

VALENCE.

This match was played at Sutton Valence OJr Oct. 16th, and resulted in a win for the School by 5 goals, 5 tries to nil. This is we believe a record score flgainst Sutton on th eir own ground. The School ki cked off and play settled down in mid-field, but was Soon transferred to the Sutton twenty-five. Sutton played New Zealand formation, so Reynolds was taken out of the scrum to counteract this. Some good passi ng by the School backs, who hand ed off well, enabled us to score. Abbott converted . Soon after we got over again and Abbott was successful with the placekick. Two more tries we re obtained by the School before half-time, and these being converted, the Score stood at 20 - 0 in Our favo ur. . After half-time, the School were mu ch superior and carried serum after serum, and the backs took their passes well a nd scored six times, but only one try was converted. Sutton made one or two rushes, but were always stopped. Tries were gained by Bassett (5), Moore (2), Dunlop, Gent a nd Burdett I each. The forwards heeled welI, Barber was good out of touch, the halves played very well together but must learn to pass after drawing the defence, the three-qua rters were excellent at handing off, and took their passes quite well. The School team was as follows;L. P. Abbott (back); C. M. Dunlop, L . J. Bassett, K. Moore, R. lVI. Gent, (three-quarters); H. H. E . Gusset, H. Gardner (halves); C. G. WIllIamson, E. T. Gage, H. ilL J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. Miller, E. 1(, Barbe r, I. R. Madge, H. F. Reynolds (forward s).

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7TH DRAGOON GUARDS.

SCHOOL v.

This match was played on Blore's Piece on Thursday, Oct. 18th, a nd res ulted lill a victory for our

opponentsu~1 Wlrr~~ g~~~St al~~t ~rre t~v!i~~tg~~lsLheT~~a~~~~' ~~r~I!;;

:~~~~edh~~t~r;vfur ~I~~rr ~~e. Duril~g th; first half o ur opponej'is slcored thr C. ldl':"j

all of which were converted. For the Scho?l, a bnllllant n~n ~y t~1I1 S~I~~~~ rf~~:~~ ,.I( I(H with a try Abbott converted . After th e ll1terva I a rus 1 y e . I I, I . d Abb tt 'n converted The Dragoons secure( I \ ' , resulted inh~~~tt~~e ~~fo~~\he en~ ot5~~ game, bu t 'Lindsay faile~ to <~dd .th e I'~L' iI a -he School forwards as a whole played welL but were very to their opponents. The three·qllarters suffered conSIderably from t1 C oss 0 ,lR!4i • The School team was as follows:R Mel L P Abb t (b ck)' C M Dunlop H. F. Reyn olds, K. Moo re, . . , " ~ II (three:qu~rters) ~t H. aH . 'E . . Go~set, H.' Gardner (halves); . C; G;. William. "" , E . T. Gage, H. iVl. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. M,lIer, E. K. all,h" , I. R. Madge, C. A. C. Parsons (forwards).

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WYE

COLLEGE.

On Oct Z3rd the School played Wye College, at Wye, resultin!l" in ~l vi.\· II~' { 1,,, the latter by' I I p~ints to 5. After the preliminary, play contlllued 11111ll1 ( - 11'1' ,1"'1 II f h ur then after so me loose play, H eyman got awar an e s ~ n '{ , 1 II ~~a~;=~ ~ot~on~er;ed. Soon after this a free kick was given "ga!l1st th e S:II I,,;1 ,,, ,, I Heyman dropped a beautiful goal. Just after half- time Wye scored ng' III~, I \11 '\ \ this time being converted. Play now we,nt fairly evt:nly, bll~ a ru sh by ur f)1\\III, enabled Gent to get over our opponents lIne j Abbott cOllvertlllg. The School were not up to their form, espe~ialJy t he three-q uarte rs, who Wi ll constantly out of their places and did not take theIr passes as th oy usuall y do. The School team was as follows j \ L P Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop, H. F. Reynolds, K. Moo,:", R. ~1. I " ~II (three:qu~rters); H . H. E. Gosset, H. Gardner (halves) ; C, G. Wlilllllll.• lil""1 J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. Miller, E. K. Barber, I. R. Mnd g(', C. , , C. A. C. Pa rsons (forward s).

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v. ·DOVER

COLLEGE.

Pia ed on Blere's Piece, on Thursday, Octob.er 25th, the by four goals, 6 trieS( 38 poinths) to 3 tnes off at a tremendous pace and 1I1 less t an a mmute rom

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of passing ended in Gent scoring a try. Following on this a forward rush resu lted in Thomson getting over, and the same two players each scored again very quickly, so t hat by the end of the first ten minutes Oll[ score stood at two goals and two tries to nothing. The game continued to be very fast, and Gent after a good rUIl flung the ball across the mouth of goal, where Gardner gathered it beautifully at top speed a nd scored. Before half-time Dunlop, by good runs and aided by weak tackli ng on the part of Dover, scored two mOre tries, so that at the interval we held a lead of 27 points. On resuming, Dover played with morc vigo ur and a strong. nm by Swindell ended in a try, which, however, was not con ve rted. Moore Soon sco red again for us after a good run in which he handed off very strongly. Then the pace of the game seemed to tell on Our team and for a while Dove r had the best of it, and sco red two tries in fairly quick Sltccc:::ssion j but towards the end we again assumed the upper hand, and a fin e piece of combination between Gent and Gardner gave th e latter a pretty try which was converted . Dunlop then put on one more try as t he result of another good fUn , and the match ended as stated. It was probably the heaviest defeat we have ever administered to these doughty opponents and the team are to be heartily congratulated. The play was characterized by any amount of dash-the tackling on th e whole was quite good- a nd the passing of the three-quarters was at times exce llent. Abbott fielded a nd ki cked well at back and the halves, particularly Gardner, played very well. There was a resource and a willingness to take some risks in attack which was very encouraging, and the three-quarters were very much better in keeping their relative positions. The forwa rd s are not yet .smart enough in getting possession an d heeling, but th eir packing sho wed improvement, and they played very hard. The tackling of our opponents was ha rdly up to its usual standard and they seemed upset by the pace at which we started off. Their three-quarters looked as though they might be very dangerous, but they were not well se rved by th eir halves and hardly got a fair chance. The School team was as follows :_ L. P. Abbott (back; C. M. Dunlop, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, R. M. Gent (threequarters) ; H. H. E . Gosset, H . Gardner (halves) ; C. G. Williamson, E. T . Gage, H . M. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, G. E. Miller, E. K. Barber, I. R. Madge, H. F. Reynolds (forward s).

KING'S

SCHOOL

v. MERCHANT TAYLORS'

SCHOOL.

This match was played on Blore's Piece, on Wednesday, October 31 St. Abbott winning the toss, decided to defend th e town end. Merchant Taylors, playing the Ne w Zealand formation, were th e first to attack, and Abbott had to touch down a n attempt at a drop at goal. Pia), in midfield followed, with good tackli ng on bOlh

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sides. Madge being especially prominent. and bringing over the Merc~lant Tay~orH ' captain, who ncarly scored . A forward dnbble by the School bro ught rchef for a tunc, but eight minutes after the start the opponents sco red a try, wh ich they fail ed to convert. Soon after. combined play between Gosset and D unlop enabled the latl r to geL in and Abbott kicked a goal. Then for a short time Merchant Taylors WNt' playing one short i the injured three-quarter, however, was able to return just in tim" to save a try. The Merchant Taylors' forward s were playing a good game, being cI 'vor in the serum and quick at heeling out, but Gosset's tackling and spoiling througholll was excellc-mt. A free kick to the School did not gain anythin g, and after some g~ (ld forward dribbles in which Burdett was always prominent. Gardn er started so me (jlHcl< passing among the three-quarters by which Dunlop mi ght have scored if he had 1101 drop ped the ball, when tackle rl on the line. The School we re still pressing, a ll d a good kick by the opponents was we ll saved by Bassett. Some nice passing IcL 111 Moore. who sco red in the corne r, and soo n afte r the Merchant Taylo rs' C'lplnln getting possession kicked over Ab bott's head a nd got in between the posts. This miulll th e sco re equal at half-time, eight points eac h. After the restart the School had the best of it for th e rest of the gam. nl\ll Moore scored twice in quick succession in the Pavilion co rner, th e latte r try ht,ill}4 gained as a result of some nice passing by Dunlop, Bassett a nd Gent. Ge nt thr lIJ(h out was well marked by the opposite three-quarter and co uld not get away. Tl w School were still pressing, and '$ome good forward dribb les were well sav d by 1I .. opponents, who now were tryi ng to fi nd relief by hav ing the ball out in th ir 0 \\ II twenty-five, but their three quarters could not break away. T hen Gardner ",H I possessio n and passed to Bassett, who got in, and Abbott kicked a goal, m a kin ~ th l' sco re 19 points to 8. Bassett, soon afte r, pretending to pass, deceived th rc 01 ti ll Merchan t T aylors and scored again. This was the last try of the mat h, whl, II Abbott con verted, leaving t he School victorious by 24 poi nts to eight. And so (1IId"d probably one of the fin est games eve r played on Blare's Piece: Lh o gam e wn~ II I~HI and fast from start to finish, an d those of us wh o saw it would hardly wi Rh 10 Mi ' l ' a better. The teams we re as follows :M ercha,,1 Ta)'/ol"s' School-N o B. Levy (back) ; H . I-I.. Lo ngla nd. I':. N. Jiull l I , M. G. Thompson (three-quarters); W. I. Cheeseman. I-I. A. C rouch (fiv ÂˇÂˇnlKhlh.) I J. B. Cryer (half) ; A. F. Botham. S. R. K. Gurner. W. Haines. l. . lValld ". """ , W. A. J eayes. L. R. Howanl. J . G. Hol tzaptfel (forwards) ; R. D . N rto" (I\" II forward). K illg's ScllO()/.-L. P. Abhott (back); C. M. Dunlop, L. J. B,,",ctt. 1(. ~ I """ R. M. Gent (th ree-q uarters) ; H. H. E . Gosset, H. Ga rdn e r (halves) ; . (;. IVIII I.IIII son. E . T. Gage. H. M. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson. G . Eo Miller, I. I~ ~ I , ,, I N ' H. F. Reynolds. E. W. Hughes (forwards).

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SCHOOL v.

HYTHE

F.C.

. This match was played at Hythe. on Saturday. November 3rd . and resulted in for the School by two goals to nil.

WIn

Play, for a 10.ng time, was verr e ven, being mostly in mi d-field.

The School

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Abbott converted.

The Score at hal f· ~ime was 5-0.

C?n resum~ng, the School pr~ssed continually. the three· quarters, on several occaslO.ns, cOlTIl ng very near to sco nng . After se veral efforts. Bassett scored a good try, '~lll c~l was co nverted by Abbott. Time came with the School still pressi ng. COl~s ldenng the state of the ground, th o th ree-quarters were good, a nd out-played !~:l~~~pponents. The forwards, well led by Gage, he ld their OW11 against a heavier The School team was as follows :_ L. P. Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop. L. J. Bassett. K. Moore. R. M. Gent (th reet,;,a~~t'Js);B H. H. E. Gosset. H. Gardner (halves) ; C. G. Williamson. E. T. Gage. '-I· lhtrdet(~. A. L. B. Thomson. G. E. Miller. I. R. Madge. H. F. Reynolds Ei . · ,\,. vv. r ug es lorwards). ' KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE . T1 th C ;,is ret~rn match was played· at Dover on Nov. 9th, and resulted in a win for e 0 ege y two g?als to. one. goal ( 10-5). As the score shows, it was a well contested game, and lIlterestlllg [rom th e beginnina to end. Dover kicked off on a ground somew hat heavy by previ,:us wet weather; ~fter some play in the midd le of the ground, t1~e School was penahzed for off- side, and Swindell, taking the kick, ~;de a magnl~cent attem~~ at "a drop-goal, t.he baJJ actually hitting the left post. t~r the drop out of the 25. the Sc hool ImmedIately assum ed the offe nsive a nd Blll,dett,. f:om a g?od forward rush, .was withi n an ace of scoring, being brought dO\\ n wIthlll a few Inches of the goal 'mc. Soon after this th e first try of the matc h re~ u.lted from a good d~s'pl ay of combi nat ion by our oppon ents when Green sco re~1 in a mrly fa"ourable pOSItion, th e place-kick being successful. This proved to be the only try of the first half, for although the School se verelv taxed their opponents' defence, yet they proved quite equal to th eir task, and at harf-time the score remained unal tered, the School being five points to the bad . < After the r~sumption there was some loose play in our half of the ground which led to a good kIck by ~:me of t~l e ir <f threes " into tOllch. perilously nea r our go;1 line; ~rom .the se rum .c0llowlllg the hne·out the ball was passed out to Swinde ll who sco red ~l spite of prevlOUS g~od tac kling by Reynolds. and a good attempt at holdi ng back y Abbott; a good kIck added the extra points. The School henceforward were

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continually bri nging pressure to bear upon their opponents' defence. and. at lasl a good rush by our fo rwards was rewarded by Madge scoring our only trY,whlC!l waR converted by Abbott. W'ith q uite fifteen minutes to go t he g~me was Shl!, qUlt a~~ open one' but though several individual efforts were forthcommg. ret our threes. in some \;ay hampered by the dri zzling r~in whi?h had now ~et 11,1, could not geL together with their passing, Bassett especlally bemg to blame In tIllS r~spect. And so when the referee's whistle sound ed for time, the College came off VIctors by Oil \) goal as before mentioued. Defeat must be attributed to our opponents' tackling. which had greatly il,llp rovcd since October 25th, and also to the ill-luck which at~ended our . team Wit!' grc~l persistency throughout the game with the almost solItary exceptIOn of SWlnd II K drop-kick. Our forwards as a wh~le were good , but somewh at slow to "~l ecl." an~ 1 even when the ball came out smartly the three-quarters more than once l111.ssed t!WlI passes at th e crirical moment, though they cannot be altogether blamed. owlll !f to th Cl state of the ground and the drizzling rain. Abbott, as usual, was qUlte rehabll' a l back, while individually, perhaps Dunlop, Moore, Gosset and Gardner were th e mmH conspicuous of the backs, and of th e forwards, Thomso n, Madge and Gage WO I ' ge nerally to the fore. The School team was as follows: L. P. Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop, L. J. Bassett. K. Moore, R .,. M. ,nnl (three-quarters) ; H. H. E. Gosset, H . Gardner (halves); C. G. ~\ ,Ilium.nn, E. T. Gage, H. M. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson,. G. E. Miller, 1. R. Madge, II. ,"" Reynolds, C. W. Hunt (forward s).

KING'S

SCHOOL v.

7th

DRAGOON

GUARDS.

This match was played at th e Barracks on Tuesday, .Nov. ! 1th, and r sl1l wd III a win for the Dragoons by two tries to a try. Fron~ th e k~ck- on th e h~ m e forwfIHI", who were a lot heav ier than those of the School, qUIckly gal l1?d possessIOn. :\Il cl. nld. ,,, by their" threes," gained considerable ground, much of willch was ~cgall1l-d ,,111111 , immediately by an excellent kick from Abbott. After severed tl1lles . aPPl'nilu H dangerou s, the Dragoons registered the first try, far o~lt on the left, whl -h WII''' IInl converted. Our forwards now began to play with much .more dash ,~nd hnd nl wH III the game. From a serum near the centre Bassett ?btmned possessIon :\Il(!, 1I 11 !'1 ,I brilliant run, passed to Dunlop who scored . The ki ck was unsuc cssflll: 1' 10111 1111 "25 It subsequent to this their forward ~ made ~ I~ excellent ru sh, aIlc.' alt~Jr 1, 1\ .,Ivlll repeated checks in our /I 25," scored, LlI1dsay fatltng to add t.he ex tr,l pOIl\I ", 111 1 this the School went to pieces, only on one occasion looking dan gerous WIi(1I1 I)ulli ll p passed the back, but was caught five yards from the line.

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The School team was as 1ollows:L. P. Abbott (back); C. M. Dunlop, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, R. M. Geut (three-quarters) ; H. Gardner, H. H. E. Gosset (halves); C. G. Williamson, E. T. Gage, H. 1VI. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, r. R . Madge, C. W. Hunt, H. F. Reyn olds, E. K. Barber (forwards ). KIN G'S

SCHOOL v. EAST BOURNE

COLLEGE.

On November 15th the team went to Eastbourne and gained the first victory against Eastbourne College on their ow n ground, the score being four goals to one goal and one try, Eastbourne kicked ofT against the wind, and play settled down about half-way. The School tackling was Ifeak and the Eastbourne three-quarters gained a lot of ground, chiefly throu gh I-Ialliley. At last, after some passing, Eastbollrne scored through Den nys. The try was converted . Eastbourne soon got over again after some loose play near the touch-line, but the kick at goal was unsuccessfuL The School now pulled themselves together, having shaken off the effects of the long jou rney. The forwards got possession and heeled well, but the passing of the backs was faulty j this was soon improved, and after one or two scrums in the Eastbollrne twenty-five. Bassett ran round and scored und er the posts. The School still continued to press, and the forwards heeled well. but the Eastbourne defence was good and prevented us from scoring. Just before half-time the ball went down the line to Dunlop who ran very strongly and scored; the try was conve rted, and th e score slood at 1 0-8 in our favour, The School kicked off against the wind and soon worked Eastbourne back into thei r own twenty-five. Our 10rwards got possession and heeled well, although the Eastbourne forwards were much hea\"ier, Eastbourne tried to break away, but the School tackling was good, and they were kept back. Gosset worked the serum very well, and the ball went down the line to Bassett who drew his men well and passed to Dunlop, who scored near the corner. The try was converted. After the kick-off the Eastbourne forward s did some very good rushes, but Gardner saved well and relieved by some good punting into touch. Our forwards dribbled very well, Thomson being most prominent, and after some serums near the Eastbourne twenty-five Moore got the ball, and drawing the defence and handing off in his usual styl e, passed to Gent who just got over near the right-hand corner. The try was converted, The School again pressed and Madge had hard luck in not sco rin g afte r a good piece of dribbling by the forward s. Rain came on heavily about ten minutes from time, but in spite of th e greasiness of the ball the three-quarters took their passes exceedingly well, but the Eastbourne defence kept them out, and the whistle blew leavi ng us winners as stated above. The passing of the halves and three-qua rters was good, and the tackling was also good after the first quarter of an hour's play. The forwa rds were well together. Abbott kicked the goals.

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The teams were as follows :K,'.g's SclIOOI-L. P. Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop, L.]. Bassett, K. Moore, R. M. Gent (three-quarters ) ; H. Gardner, H . H . E . Gosset (halves); C. Williamson, E. T. Gage, H . M. ]. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, I. R. Madge, H. F. Reynolds, C. W. Hunt, G. E . Miller (forwards). Easlbourne College-A . D. Trench (back) j P. A. S. Bowman, E. M. Dcnn)'H, B. ]. Bourke,] . T. Rivatt (three-quarters ) : W. S. Halliley, E. B. Steele (halves) ; W. Foss, N. Maxwell, J. E. G. Smith, D. Pocock, L. Muir Smith, H. P. Peacock, S. S. Barber, C. E . G. Schmiadar (forwards). KING'S

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SUTTON

VALENCE

SCHOOL.

This match was played on the School ground, on November the 21St. II r opponents won the toss and decided to play with the wind. For the first quartC'r 01 an hour t he School, t:specially the forwards, seemed to be altogether lacking in d:l!olh, allowing the Sutton pack, which by the way had only seve n men, as they had put 0 11 an. extra half, to do as it liked j to put the finishing touch to the School's wrcL hod slackness, their forwards broke away, and picking up scored a try fairly wide out, wh i ' h was not converted. The School t hen woke up, and Dunlop scored on the extreme It>ft : Abbott converted. Further tries were scored before half-time by Bassett tlnil Gardner, and at the interval the School led by II points to 3. Afte r half-time the forwards got into their stride and pushed their opponcntNII they liked; the three-quarters, especially Bassett, made the most of their opportullitit'''1 and tries were added by Bassett, Gardner, Moore, Dunlop and Gent. Dunlop's l· ni,,1 was brilliant to a degree, as, starting from near the centre line, he went lh ro ugh Ill r whole of the Sutton team and then raced right round and la nded the ball belW '1\ ll ll ' posts. Of the rest Bassett played a good game, and the halves, though ham I r{ld the unusual tactics of the Sutton team played well tor the most part. AbboLL oL Ill u \ kicked splendidly. The final score was 32 points to 3, made up of + goals and .. til t,,, to a try. The School team was as follows ;L. P. Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, R. ~ I. (:""1 (three-quarters); H. Gardner, H, H. E. Gosset (halves); C. G. Williamson, II , ~ I , I Ilurdett, E. T. Gage, A. L. Il. Thomson, !. R . Madge, C. W. Hunt, 11 . F. Rlly n" ld. , G. E. Miller (forwards).

KING'S

SCHOOL v. WYE

COLLEGE.

This match was played on November 20th 011 Cullen's ground a nd 11\,411111·11 III a win for the School by 25 points to nil. OUf opponents started on' at n Hllli tl 11.11 I and were in our 25 for the first ten minutes. It was entirely due t Abhult ' • 111 11

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~icking: that the)' did not SCore immediately, as the School forwards were very slow commg round, and made no attempt to stop the frequent ru shes of the vVye scrum. Soon after the commencement, however, Moore got clear away and passed to Bassett who transferred the ball to Dunlop, who taking it at full speed, raced across the line and scored the fir5t try. Abbott conve rted . Following up hard from the kick, the 'ÂĽye forwards ru shed the ball down the field and Moore was forced to touch down in defence. Next Gosset, breaking his way through the opposing line of three-quarters, had a ~ood run, but passed forward to Williamson who followed up well. Burdett then ITIlssed what seem~d a~l easy chanc~ to pick up the ball and score, and allowed Vaughan t? get a fine ~I ck m for Wye. [he next t ry was the result of a brilliant run of Bassett s, who startmg from the centre of th~ field, handed off strongly and gave D unlop a clear run o r a few yards to score agam . Gardner broke away, passed to Dunlop who, as he was collare(~J passcd back for Gard ner to score the third try for th e Sch~ol. Just before half-lllnc, Moore, funning hard and handing off in his best style, gamed a lot of ground and passcd to Gent, who beating Vaughan by a feint scored by the corner flag. 111

.In the second half, the School three-quarters were conspicllous for their brilliant passIllg. the ball travelliilg again and again from wing to wing, until a pass from Gardne~ to Hunt a~ld on to Madge ena~l ed the latter to score. One of the opposing halves, III at.tempt~I1g to find tOllch, kIcked. to Gent, who gathering the ball as it ?ounced up mto hiS hands ran across thc iIlle unopposed and scored the sixth try for the School. Lastly a fine rUll, by Bassett, in which by swe rving and handing off he evaded all attempts to tackle hUll, ended in his scoring a brilliant try. [-Ie had playcd throughout a really excellent gam.e and gave us a true display of his very best form .. Moore also. played very w,e ll,. Wllli st .of th~ for~var~ls Thomson was especially conspicuous for IllS serum-work, Ius tackllllg, hiS dnbbiing and saving, and Hunt worked as only he can. The School team was as follows ;L. P. Abbott ( back); C. M. Dunlop, L. ] . Bassett, K. Moore, R. M. Gent (three-quarters) ; H. Gardner, I-I. H. E. Gosset (halves); ,~ C. G. Will iamson, E. T. Gage, H. M. J. Burdett, A. L. Il . Thomson, I. R. Madge, C. W, Hunt, H . F. Reynolds, G. E. Miller (forwards). KING'S

SCHOOL

v. EPSOM

COLLEGE,

Play~d on the ground of the Beckenham F, C., which was very kindly lent us for the ?CCaSIOIl, O~l Tuesday, Nov. 27th, an.d resulted in a win for the School by 5 goa ls, 3 trIes (34 POllltS ) t.o ol1.e goal (5 pOll1ts). Owing to the fact that our opponents unfortunately lost their tral~l, play start?d late, and there was only time for 30 minutes each way, an~ even then It was growlI1g very dark in the later stages of the game, The School kIcked olf, and by good following up on the part of the forwards, play

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at once settled down on the Epsom H 25 " line. In a very few minutes, a good hauL of passing enabled Moore to score, and Abbott converted. vVe at once returned La the attack by a good dribble on the part of Thomson, and Gardner slippil)g roulld the blind side of the serum. scored far out. Abbott's kick hit the cross- bar and jU /j ~ failed to go over. Epsom then attacked, and a free kick against us was knocked 11 by Abbott right und er our goal posts. Gardner, however, almost unaided took till' game back to their" 25/' by two judicious kicks into touch and by a pretty re inting run. A free kick to us was nearly turned into a goal by Abbott, and then BassoLL followed up his own kick and scored a try, which Abbott converted. After lhiH, Epsom, who like ourselves played an ope n game, carried out a beautiful piece 01 combination and their left wing, who seemed speedier than any of ours, ended a fln n bout of passing with a try under the posts. Then after some give-and-take piny. Abbott from full-back kicked high down the touchÂˇline, and following up very w(\ll got the ball again and scored . Just before half-time Epsom again looked dang r u" but Reynolds saved finely, and the whistle blew-the score being 16-5 in our favour. On re-starting we at once attacked and Gardner made an abortive attempt If) drop a goal. Then Dunlop was almost in after some good passing, and very Aoo n Bassett, doubling back cleverly, got the ball out to Gent, who with a fin e SWCI villH run scored under the posts. We continued to have the best of it, and th ere wer Sfl l1 ln very good bits of passing by the halves and three-quarters, in which Burdelt !lenrl)' always joined, and Abbott almost scored again. Another strong run by Bn KH(11t ended in a further goal, ancl then came the nm of the match-Abbott lackl d with the ball, transferred to Dunlop, who eluded a host of opponents, and sco red strlli f{hl behind . The last score was the result of some strong handing o ff by Bassetl. who kno cked over three men and then passed to Burdett who got over. Time wn:i IIlIln called with the score as stated above. It was a very satisfactory match from our point of view, and the team all pin 'I'll excellent football. Gardner was in great form all through, and Basselt and 1\ \ 0011 in the centre played better than they have ever played . Gosset also was qu ilt good. The wings seemed slo w in getting up to their centres- perhaps b nu tltl llll ' latter were going unusually fasl- but they both made a great run . Abbott's kiddliH was a feature, and the forwards were full of life, and did their heeling b ' tlt\l tlulI! usual. Perhaps Burdett and Thomson were the pick of lhem, but all did w ÂˇlI . The School team was as follows :L. P. Abbott (back) ; C. M. Dunlop, L. J. Bassett, K. Moore, R. rvl . (:, '111 (three-quarters); H. Gardner, H. H. E. Gosset (halves) ; C. G. Willinl1lRoll . I':. 1 Gage, H . M. J. Burdett, A. L. B. Thomson, C. W. Hunt, H. F . Rey nOld. , I':. II Barber, G. E. Miller (forward s).

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â&#x20AC;˘ Venerat ad mediam stationem deinde viator Lassus et impatiens strepitus magnique tumultus : Nupcr p.n~m Fa~er iste rcliqu erat ostia portus, Jam celen s medmll1 ad stationem hUllC machina vcxit QU.aJ~ ~~v~t impulSli vis nammae electrica magna. Tn stl~ 1bl Jam fama venit quacllmque petenti Machlll<,l nunc hora convertat proxima molem Urb~m 111 l\lf ancastram: namq ue hora intervenit ante, Proxima quam moles proticiscitl1l" : inde viator Fessus et. in. spe falsus abit g ratissima qu~rens Tecta qU1b~IS rec re~t corpus mentemquc qlliescat : Poculaque mde petIt duJcis calidique liquoris. Stat~t .?1ensre va.rio spectanti pane gravatro, Del~cllsq.lle novI.s bis coctis : undique circum Vaslbus III longls posita omnia vina videres E~ce T!lOmae veteris, cogitat quod navita, ~inum, R Icce lIquor Caledonis et ille vocatur Ribernus I-Itln~ parit }~ i span ia atque ilium Provincia prae'bet, Bu:(hgal ~ hU1~ ortUll1 imponit, Campaniaque illi : Demde vlaton mensa formosa sedenti lvIarmorea vinulll quaesitum detulit H ebe. Mox i?i vendentes pueri ve nere papyros ; Matutmus adest Postis, Mancastrica custos, Temporaque et Signum et Livapudlae nuntius urbis Solqne ~strumque Echo et Globus et liber Hesperis Acdis : Jam Jexlt vespertinos emitque papyros TU!ll mensa surgens crepit mox quaerere molem â&#x20AC;˘ ~Ia age, nunc propera, tua machina, vir bone. venit ' ! SIC ~la1l1at custos : ad rhedaul. pcrvenit alter, T ertJa qu~e. solum gens scribitur: inde repente Jactat UbI SIgnum custos viride, et strepit ilIe, H aud mora, confestim station em machina linquit. 'Jamque vale' centum voces haec undique clamant.

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A SCHOOL MAGAZINE. I boast an article or two And here an Old Boy's letter, But Editors, what e'er they do, Are told they migh t do better. I chatter over stony ways, My critics do not spare me ; I babble of schooPs happy days, \Vith cruel words they tear me. Till to the Li brary I go To join those books so clever i Though criti cs talk and critics cr w, Yet I go on for ever.

I come fro m haunts where some affirm Boys play and work but rarely. I issue forth but twice a term, Oft latc and never early. T o roam the world I'm then set free, That is if nou ght delays me, But twenty times in twenty. three The Secretary's lazy. My page is filled with little ncw, But some perhaps may find there, If their subscriptions arc a'erclue, A nice polite reminder.

PENNY

READINGS.

SATURDAY, November 3rd. PROGRA M ~ IE :

2. 3.

4. 5· 6.

7. 8. 9.

Pinne Duel_ Ie DanM! i\'lacabre" Saint Sal"s. MR. GonFREv, C. J. GA I.PIN . " Massai \Var Song" } , Chorus- { Ie Indian Barcarolle" Follt SOJISS. Song-Ie Manda lay " ... ... ." Cobb. C. F. FREEBORN. Recitation". ." ... ... J. S. YATES. Gitana" }Folk SOltOS Ch orus - { "" L't Hasta La i\lnniina" " . SOl1g-" My counge well thatched with Slraw I, L. P. ABBOTT. [Old EJtglisn . Reading-" The Palace "" . Rudyard Kipling. G. H. S. PI NS ENT. Chorus- u Hunga rian" ... Folk SOltg. Song-" Nancy Lee "... Slephelt Adams. L.

BASSETT.

10. Chorus-" Rose de Provence.. ... Folk SOilS. 1 I. Piano Duct-" From roreign parts" iJfos/uJ'llJs/u'. i\b . Gom"REV, C. L. NIGHTINGALE. 12. Song-" Chanty" ...

MR. BALY.

SATURDAY, Novembel' 24th. PROGRA~IME :

I. Piano Duet-Ov. "Zampa >l JJh ~ ,U. i\h. HARV EY, MR. (jOI)JIR I( V. 2. Chorus-" Song or the Vikings" Jlatoll MIl",'", 3. H.eading- " On hearing an Organ " ... Cult " /)., C.

N. ADA MS.

4. Piano 5010-" Humolcslcc"

/)",/;". C. N. RYA N. 5. Chorus-" Capstan Song" FIJ/k SJJII~, 6. Recitation H.IIV. L. 11. EVA NS. 7. Piano Solo_ " Im promptu" ... C. A'hlt/ll. II~11I C. A. M. RI C IIARI)SON. 8. Song-I< Amhle·Town " ... L.

J" B ,\ SSltTT.

9. Piano OucH- " Norclischcs "". Z. Sduuwm MR. GODJfR I~ Y, O . K. BAltlllf,ll .

a . .. Pepita" .} \'''IIIIfI. 10. Song- { b. " Me Gustnn Tod"8" . I

I 1. Piano Duct-Ov. "Ocr. i'·reischlh"" ... MR. HARV El' , i\IIt. GO I)ll ltlt V.

12. Choru5-" H arbour Song"

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LECTURE. On Tuesday, October 23rd, the Rev. Theodore \Vood very kindly gave us another of his most interesting lectures, this time his subject being" th e 'Wonders of Bee Life". H e began by classifying th e inhabitants of a hive as Drones, Queens and Workers, and th en went on to describe the way in which th e bees construct their cells. He pointed out how careful they are not to waste space or wax, and how for this cause they malte certain angles in their cells of two sizes. the larger ones measuring 109° 28 /, and the smaller ones 70° 32' . • These angles have bee n prayed by mathematicians to be the ones req uiring the least amount of space and material. The ends of the cells are made of three lozenge-shaped plates, so that they fit exactly into one another : the Queen, however, has a special kind of cell, which uses up much mOre space and much more wax. The Lecturer then went on to deal with fo ur substan ces always found in bee-hives, which are called \Vax , Propolis Honey and Bee Bread. He clesc ribed how the \~rax is made, and how it is t.hen formed into cells lby the" \'V orker" bees. Propolis is a substance made from th e bark of trees, which th e bees chew and masticate. It is employed to strengthen theircellsand to imprison alive slugs, snails and other intruders, which are too large to be ejected from th e hive when once they enter it. The Lecturer pointed out that when gathering pollen for honey, th e bee always goes to th e same kind of flow er, and does not settle on any flower that it may come too, a fact that is not known to

The Bee Bread is a a great many. mixture of pollen and honey, and is of two kinds, the one to feed th e ordinary grubs, and the other the queen g rubs. The latter do not come from a different egg to that from which th e common grub comes, but merely become queens from the different food given them.. As an example of this, if the queen of th e hive dies, and there is no other queen to take her place, they have to turn an ordinary grub into a quee n, and set about their task in this way : In the first place they sting to death the four grubs which surround th e cell of the prospective queen, and very cleverly turn the cells into .a queen's cell. The difficu lty now is to alte r th e horizontal position of the grub into the position in which queen gru bs are always placed . They effect this by placing food j ust out of the g rub' s reach, so that it . g radually has to move round until it lies in the required position, and, in due cou rse of time, comes forth to rule the Hive. Mr. \Vood then gave a short desc ription of the larder bee, which is one of the class of Humble Bees, and makes its home in banks or trees. It has its cells onc on top of the other, and the egg which it lays in the bottom one always hatches befo re the one in th e cell above it, and so, to prevent the one destroy ing the other, a back doo r is made, which lets out the grub, without hurting its brothers. In conclusion, the Lecturer asserted that Bees should be considered second only to Ants in intellect in the realm of nature.

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HARVEY SOCIETY. On Saturday, October J 3th, a pape~lded by a short explanation of Periodl • written by E. P. Shelbourn, was read, on. Law and Dalton's Atomic Theo ry. At a meetin g of the Society held n " Locomotive R unnin g and Driving ", The pape r began by showing how Saturday, November 17th, a paper \VII" necessary it was that a d ri~cr. should read by the H ead lVl aster on "SOIlIl ' be a skilled man. A descnphon was Prehistoric Buildings in England nlld then given of a journey of an express France " . H e beo-an his paper by givillli engine from Crewe to Eu?to n. 1~he a definition of th~ term prchistOJ'i ' nlld paper was concluded by a bnef desc np- then di vided the so-call ed age into I WII tion of s ll1oke~tests an cl the speed of period s, Palaeo lithic and Neolithic. Allill engines. ex plaini ng the peculiarities of t~lO 111 1111 On Saturday, October 27th, a paper an d im plements of these t\~'O PCrI tiN, hi was read by the President, dealing with proceeded to give a d esc nptlO n or tl lll "Colour in rel ation to Che mical Con- habitations or barrows of tho I bm( 'HIlM stitution ." The President began the and Celts, com paring th em to th oH!! III paper by pointing out the comple~ity of the prese nt La plander. H e til 'n .d1v ldt'd the subject and the great oppo rtumty for those buildings that now rcm:lIn l ili u further investigations. I-I e then pro- three classes: men-hi rs, dol ~ m l' n tt HII II ceeded to give a description ~f the cromlechs. The pape r was a Ollll Mldl'd spectrum. A series of eXI~enmell.ts by num erous carefully dra~v n plnll H 1It111 fo llowed, illustrating gradatIO ns III photographs of such rClllll1llS ns, hn IlIId change of colo ur. The paper was COI1- visiteci inBri tannY<l.ndth c \,VCSL f l'. II Hhlllti

S CHOOL NEWS. We heartily congratulate G. H. S. Pin sent on O'airiing a Major Scholarship (for Mathe~ atics) at T rinity College, Cambridge. ';'< .. ~< The Rev. H. If N. Ellison, Rector of Hothfield, Kent, has very kindly presented to the School museum tl~e rubbings of ancient brasses, taken by hI S predecessor, the Rev" W. H. Ru ssell. As Mr. Ru ssell was an Assistant Master at the Kin g's School from .805-. 8]4, there is a special fitness in his collection

bein O' lodged in our 111USC llll1 , nnd \\ 1\ II I! vc ry o grateful to Mr. Elli. Il I", hi acce ptab le g ift. 'N '41 ~

Vve congratu latc t he (oil \.,.III H I III obtainin g th ei r Football c 10 111 " l 1St XV.- H. Ga rdn er, JJ. J I. I ~ . (i ll I I A. L. B. Thoms n, '. M.· I '!!III ,'! •. I. R. Madge, . W. 11 1111' R. M. Gent, Il. l". It . 11 111,1 E. K. Barber. 21td XV.-E. W. Hugh 8, , J\ , C, I I,I "UIII I,

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S. Clayton, G. F. Howell, W. H . C. Mangi n, C. D. Simeon .

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We heartily congratulate Mr. Cape on obtaining a B.Sc. (economi cs) degree, 1st class honours. at London University, and the Gladstone Memorial University Prize.

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On Thursday, Octo ber 18th, th e Rev. W. G. Ivens gave the School a most interesti ng Lecture upon his work and experi ences ill the Diocese of .Melanesia . The lecture was illustrated by some excellent lante rn slides, whi ch were g reatly appreciated.

On Friday, October 12th , a Lecture was given by Mr. Eadie on Kodak Photography", illustrated by some ve ry good slides 0 11 various subjec ts, and by a few photograp hi c expe rim ents, showi ng the rapid means of developing photog raphs by new inventions. , j

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A J\II atch was played bet ween t he th e School House and Grange on Friday, Nov. 30th, and resul ted in a vi ctory for the Grange by 18 poin ts-4 goals ( r penalty) to 3 points. -x- .;,:

The Cricket bats awarded last term for bowling and fi elding were presented by Mr. Mason.

CANA DIAN LETTERS. In the co urse of an interesting letter from an O.K .S. who is fa rmin g in Canada near Qu' Appelle, Saskatchewan, the following passages Occur which may be of interest to readers of the Can/liar/ail, and especially to those who are contemplati ng the ste p of going out there themselves. After saying that he has taken on to his farm another O.K.S., he ad cis : If Since I have been out here I have almost lost touch with the School thro ugh not writing to people, and it was awfully nice to talk to someo ne who had only just left. For the first month we hardly talked of anything else but the School and O.K.S., and now wh en we are feeling dull it is only necessary to ment ion Canterbury to set us in a good humour again.

1/ Of Course we arc " batc hi ng it" as they say out here, and I hard ly think you can realize what it mea ns without trying it. ';Ye a re quite alone on our half-secti on (320 acres). "Ve have to do all the fa rm work, besides all the cookin g and house-cleaning. Vve get so tired of never eating a meal that we ha ve not cooked ourselves, that on Su ndays, by way of giving ourselves a g reat treat, we put on Our best clothes and pay for our supper at the" hotel " in tOW Il, and go to church afterwards. It is a mild form of amusement. "Just at present we are working pretty hard . Vie are in the mi ddle of stacking the crop. so Our procrralllll1C is somet hin g as follows :- Up at 5.30 ; feed and groom five horses, milk five co ws a nd

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aet our own breakfast ready by 7 o'clock. Start our stacking at 8 and continue till I z. Home and get dinner and clean up the ho use. Out again at 1.30 till 5.30, then home to clean out the stables and get supper ready by 6. After sup,per feed and litter horses and cows, nulk, and lucky if we get done by 8. 15. So you see we have a prell)' full day. About twice a week we have to fit in a drive to town to take cream to the creamery a nd get stores. Of course wh en o nce we are stac ked and thresht!d, things will be a little easier. fWe shall have 10 horses and I I head of cattle to look after during the winter, but the winter is the easiest time of the year. There is nothin g to be done except to haul wheat to the elevators, and chop wood in the bluffs." In talking of the winter a musements and gaieties in the town he. says:"Going to a dance out here IS rather a quaint affair. Everybody goes who can rai se the necessary dollar entry, a nd they are a very job lot altogether. All of course mix in the dances , so that while your partner in the Lancers may be the Mayoress, you r opposite lady be the dressmaker and your corner th e fat old cook from the hotel, whose partner perhaps is the blacksmith. In the squares there is a sort of M.C., who stands in the middle and calls out the figures in a kind o f si ng-so ng in time.to the mu sic, so that the dances go wIth a swing that is wanting in England . "Anothe r small dive rsion I am looking forw ard to is the breaking in of a team of colts. So you see one has to be easily pleased out he re, in fact we are leadi ng what I see is so

fashionable in the Old Country now the sim ple life . Some of our 11) .~a I K 1\ 11 \ very simple when I have no tlll'l U fOi cooking. All th e same, there is a mystmioll M fascination about the country and t1H1 111 1' which when one ha s beco me di sahu HI'tI of the romances of th e Clnig r,lIioli pamphlets. really tak es hold of I am sure I shall never soLLi e in I': IIH land again though I a m looking fOI Wil li I to a visit nex t winte r and sha ll hop" lit be home for the Concert and ),1 ... match."

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The following is an

CX LI'lu ' L Itlltn ~ () dll t , ), I

a letter kindly given us by Mr.

The Dominion Unn)" 'tlnndtl vVe have had a beautiful " 111111)11 I here this year,lots of b oa Lin ~ , <It('. I Wit rowill O' with the Winnipeg RowltlJi: ( 'Inlt Junio~Eight and got a ni 0 lillI. , II lp III the United States with a re w. Tit II 1\\11 Browns are still here and :\1'0 hoth lIill li well. We have Noy s, Il nwlÂŤ'" ( I', II ), W right, Marsha ll and an otiw, III ') 01111 west in thi s country fl nd th ny /1)11 11 11 doing we ll. Yours most Sin CNi'IYI

EDW.

~IA

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P.S.-As rcgardr.; YOIl I' tju PH tlll1l III any boys coming o ul Iwrn 10 f'llIllI l " " them to stay at home, ro r !I'i ~ I. III II idiom read!> "Tout c jld tnill, ' II', l i lt or" and this country i ~ ve ', , 111111" 11\'1 I rated .

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INDIAN LETTER. Don't exper.t much news, so you will avoid di sappointment. I merely write to inform you that In dia still exists, and that I have a vague idea that O.K.S. still exist in it. But there is one thing which O.K.S. seem to lack, and that is trumpets,- with the exceptio n of your correspondent. De'il a word have I heard from th em of th eir doings since I last wrote . I saw something of H. V. Cobb off an d o n up ti ll July, but you will very likely see him again be fore I do. H eale, R. J. W., has much too good a time hunti ng in Mysore to answer letters. H. M. James, "V. H. Evans, A. L. Paris and many others arc too fond of sitting lIude r a bushel. Of C. W. S. Coo I hear through a mutual friend that he has been havin g a very bad go of fever, due to being caught in the nood s in Bengal last July, but is more or less alright now. You will see that one is broug ht to a very low ebb when one has to fall back on fever and bushe ls to fill up one's column. LeeWarner, G. of that ilk, has been huntin g up Canadia n O.K.S.: G. C. Valpy takes the coast from Singapore to Kam schatka i C. C. Frewe r (o r is it our \ÂĽorshipfu! \V. 1\1. Carter '? one can imagine \V. M. C.'s suppressed chuckl e at being styled" my Iud " ) is prospec tor for Africa; yo u will still need all. Australian agent, and also one who will go down to the sea in ships. An anonymous In dian O.K. S. wrote you some time back a n accou nt of an

Indian shoot; the P.D., however, had been assiduously at work wi th his Indian words, and had mad e an awful Esperanto hash of them: Oll C can imagi ne the correspondent's angui sh (was it Husbands I) bu t to yo u poor benig hted E nglish, who kn ow nothin g of India except the height of Everest and the le ngth of the Ganges (such thoroughly useful points of knowledge). "hab(IIl) cuts an animal's throat~ as effectively as "halal/' and <I chhola naziri" tflstes j ust as pleasa nt as the rt!al "chhota haziri." \'Ve have Shaksperian authority for saying that it doesn't matter what you call them; but I doubt whether Shak speare would have practised his preachin g if yo u had called him a bo und er ; and if yo u told your servant to bring you chhola naziri, one does n't quite kn ow what he might prod uce. The cold weather is now grad ually comin g on; fresh, cool, quiet mo rnings with venetians open all rounel o ne's bedroom, and the musical creak of th e woode n wheel over the neighbouring well, as the bullocks sedately tramp backwards and forwa rd s, lowering and hoi sti ng the dripping wate r-skin; faint flu sh of dawn be hind the roc ky hill to the east; then the mounting of a horse, frisky with the air's tin gle, and a ride across open un dul ating cO llll try with Rajpllt boys and quaintly clad attendants. By full sunrise we dismount, take our g un s. and spreading in a long line tramp through long dry grass, among g reen

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bushes, over fields from which the crops are just being gathered in by white-clad men a nd red-clad wome n, and amid the thick gree n rushes bordering some skyblue lakol et. Heat increases, and we squat under a thorn-tree's shade, while the beaters layout the game. Then a leismely ride back, and Pol. Ecan. ane! musty law, and revolutionary Europe beguile our day in a cool open room of th e Pa lace, till eve ning imperatively demand s cricket or tennis, football or

hockey. Occasionally there arc ('110111(11 Europeans he re to make up a ruhl 1l11 of bridge, after wh ic h one au c.nd 111 mu sic or novels till roos ti ng ti llll" '~'hjch

reminds me I had bett r rOOM'

now.

H . SMf'I 'll ,

A cheery old-style letter from 11 . fI, H, Parker, who is dividing hi s ti me vi go l/~lu. I )Âˇ

between ROltingdea n and CasU 1\111110 Tha nks to thee, worthy H, S.S.P, I

CAMBRIDGE

LETTER.

approaching Tripos, with its w 'nr I Ill). Dear School, As we lay back in our arm- chair we of work whi ch is makin g of uS vl" ltnhll fondly thought that in these mid-world hermits, and secondly, th e g r wi ll K 1111111 spaces we were separated by illimitabl e bers of our continge nt whi h "111111111 II leagues from the bustle and activity of the diffi cult fo r us to be prope rly n('t l' lttlhll d world and, like Lucretius' gods, were \\'i th th e activities of ea h ill {ll vl dl llll beyond the reach of mundane concern s ; member. 'Well, th is term w ar a Inl'HtI IlIlIh'l but at that moment a knock at the door and th e sight of th e well-known hand- considerably nearer twe nty than lilli, UUI writing clamouring for more like Oliver still headed by the ge mal R"y. IV /I Twist in th e other workhouse n speedily Mowll who, however, is t 0 bUHII)' â&#x20AC;˘ u und eceived us and with a heavy heart we gaged in parochial worlc to ap \Wnr/\ II II1 II ~ I collected pens and paper to give a n us as much as we co uld WI l. Hili II I account of the doings of the O.K.S. at with the deepest req rct that wn 111\\11 II' Cambridge. V./e say H heavy heart" reco rd an irreparab le I 58 : thu KII1I)' hll because we are well aware that we have departed from th e Unive rsity in lT11I ~ lIdl'l but scanty information to give but in of Gardner; his decease fr In 1111111. Ililt defence we urge two pleas-first, the life has eclipsed the gai ty of . " 'il.. Id ~ , I{

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and particularly of his own I f Cats,'; where as office-holder and primaeval president of many clubs he filled freshmen with awe and contemporaries wi th wonder. Alas I O.K.S. meetings can for the future be but a shadow of thei r former sel ves. Methuen continues faithful to the river and for some time rowed in the Varsity Trials. H . A. Jenkin (to whom we offer our warmest co ngratul ations on his First, achieved under ditli culties) is no longer in residence, but his place we are glad to see has been taken by R. T., who, we believe. is upholding his brother' s rowing fame. Twells, we are credibly informed, is qualifying for the post of human enigma, and further has deserted the Cam for his old position as back for the Jesus 1st, where he instils fear into the hearts of the opposing three-quarters. Gillibrand is captaining Corpus with great Success (with the aid of Hamilton) and in his spare tim e adorning the river wh ere we have also observed Sop with and Watkins (the latter being also an

0, K. S.

The O. K. S. Match against the Old Dovorians has been arranged for December 31 St, at Ri chmond.

enthusiasti c volunteer) while Preston is slowly recoverin g fro m the clutches of golf-fever. The two Deightons are to be seen flitting through the town on most mornings in the week at ten minutes past ten for teti o'clock lectures. One O.K.S. meeting has been held this ter m in Hamilton's room, but there was only a small attendance, possibly to be accounted for by th e badness of the night. Of the Oxford O.K.S. we have heard nothing except that Townend and Scott played in the Freshers' matc h. Heartiest congratulations to the XV. on at last attaining thei r long-che rished ambition. Further news at the end of term when we hope to appear in person. Yours ever, O.K.S. CANTAB.

NEWS.

We must apologize for Ollllttll1g to announce in our last issue the marriage of E. W. Moore (0. K. S.) to Miss Coo pe r. The bride was given away by her brother, the Rev. R. G. Coope r (O.]('S)

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The Annual O. K. S. Dinner will take place on Wednesday, January 16th, 1907 , at the Monico Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, W., at 7.15 p.m.

O. K. S. will attend , and that thos~ II II" intend to come wi ll get oth ers or tI\I'h own standing to come too.

Frank Wacher, Esq., has kindly consented to take the Chair, having been prevented at the last moment from doing so last year.

their inten tion to B. H . Lalt ' I', Pix field, Bromley, K ent.

It is hoped that a large number of

AllY wi shing to come sho ul I Hiuull ,

No ti ckets are -issued, bu t Lh ll MUIII of 7/- each will be collected from till'" present at the Dinner.

OFFERTORIES- Michaelmas Term, 1906.

Sept. Oct.

. Nov. ..

23·

Cathedral Reparation Fund

7· Church Missionary Society 21.

1 ':~l1 h

The Melanesian Mission

4· St. George's School, Jeru salem 25· Homeless Boys on the Artllmsa " II

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CORRE SPONDENCE.

N, B.-The Editors decline to accept ally 1'espomibilily coltluded 1villl Ihe o#niom oj their CornspOlldeniS. Na me and addnss IIIlIsl ahvaJ's be gi'den, 1101 1l!cessari/y lor pub/kaliolt, hul as a guatalllee o.f good fat'th. Pe/sonalities 1vill involve cerlaill njectiolt. Leiters shollltl Of 1vn'IIm OJ~ olle side o.f Ihe papel' Oltly.

To tlu Editors of

TH E CANTUARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

A very good plan seems to have been

adopted~ about twenty years ago, that. of

Everyone likes to know what has happened in the School during past years, and the old ones are read with interest by many. If they were an nually bound and prese rved, a record of the School co uld be kept up from year to year. With apologies for trespassing on your val uable space ; and trusti ng this may mee t with your approval. K. S.

binding the Cantuarialls that came out in the term, and placing them in the Parry Library, where all the School could read them . This seems to have been done up to about eight or nin e years ago, when it appears to have dropped entirely. There are no Calltuanans later than about t 890 to be fo und in the Parry bound together in book form. [There nre Volumes of the Canluayiall in the Might not the recent ones be bound Library up to 1902. The othcr VolulIlcs will be as in former years, and put in the Lib rary added as soon as the Call1un'';am hnve been fo r all to read them? sorted. -EDD.]

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