The Cantuarian March 1903 - December 1904 by OKS Association

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EDITORIAL. Like not a fe w of its readers th e Canluan"an is, we fear, inclined to rise somewhat late in the winter months i the good reso lu tions with which it commences each new term are soon forgotten, and though it makes a feeble elTort to be prepared for the bell which should summon it fort h from its rest, yet the sound of H alf-Term has long died away efe it appears sleepy and shame-faced only to receive as punishment the scathing remarks with whi ch its late arrival is greeted by all. This tardy behaviour may usually be accounted fo r by natural weakness due to want of nourishment from without, but we fear that on the present occasion such an explanation wo uld be impossible. for there have now come to its assistance not only a new poet, and a new traveller, but also a sheaf of letters from new correspondents. Thus, to the ingenuity of its readers must be left the solution of the problern" Whence comes this delay? II Turning then from such idle speculations, we would offer the congratulations of all members of the School, whether past or present, to Mr. and Mrs. Galpin upon the birth of a son a nd heir,-an event which was duly celebrated in the most

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appropriate manner upon the following day,-and wou ld tender to this, the latest member of the School Staff, the wish of all that he may live long to bring back honour to the place of his birth. OUT congratulati ons a~ d thanks are due to Mr. Godfrey also, for th e conspicuous succe~s of th e ,Concert, whIch, except for the absence of O.ICS., in no way suffered from It~ un ~vOld~ble postponement from l~st T e rm ; and th e reception accorded to the ,van ous Items on the programm e testIfied to the hearty appreciation felt by the audIence. . Th ~ new F i,vcs-court w~li ch Mr. Galpin, ~ s so generously giving to th e School is already.1t? process of formatl ~n, and th e Bnttsh workman seems quite satisfied with th e facl.htJe~ of the locali ty fO,r playf~l e nj oyment a nd peaceful meditation. Inte restln ~ mcleed Inus,t be the views whIch he has form ed in his quiet retreat upon the vagan es of school-hfe. a nd we can only hope that wh en the new F ives-court is completed he may be able to look back with pleasure upon his sojollrn in our mi dst.

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As th e depa rting sun' s last brilliancy, F oretell s its setting ; when they come to die. Great men shine forth,- then leave a darken ed world With but their afterglow to gild the sky.

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THE SCHOOL CHAPEL. By the kind permission of the Dean and Chapte r the School has enjoyed for several years the privil ege of using the South Choir- T ransept of the Cathed ral as its School Chapel. But there is one want, which is seriously felt by all wh o use th e Chapel,-there is no Holy T able ; and it is scarcely necessary to enlarge here upon the many ways in wh ich this detracts from th e beauty ancl co mpleteness of every service held there. Fortunately th e structure of the South Choir-Transept makes it very easy to remedy this defect, if the needful fund s can be obtained; for on the east side there is an ancient apse. dedicated to St. J ohn the , E vangelist and possessing many features of a rchitectural inte rest. A Committee o f Masters has been form ed for the purpose of carrying out this scheme ; and they have requested Mr. W. D. Caroe, the Ar.c hitect to th e E cclesiastical Commi ssioners, wh o desigrred the Archbishop's Palace in Canterbury and is now architect to the Cathedral Chapter, to undertake the work. Mr. Caroe has given most careful attention to t he matter a nd has prepared a design, which is beautiful :lIld di gnified without interferin g in the least degree wi th the structure of th e apse or i1lvolvi ng too g reat an expenditure. Yet all, who consider what it means to place a nythin g of this kind in sllch a glorious building as the Cathedral, will realise at once that it cannot be done without a considerable outlay, if the materials and workmanship are to be worthy of their state ly surroundings. The cost is estimated nLabout £ 160 . Contributions already received include the following :£ s. d. 10 0 0 The Very Reverend The Dean The H ead Master .. 2-5 0 0 0 J O JO Mrs. Galpin .. .. 10 10 0 Rev. R. G. and Mrs. Hodgson Rev. Dr. Field 55 0 Rev. Canon Holland 5 0 0 16 0 0 The Masters Mr. and Mrs. Silas Williamson and family 5 00 .. 220 1 Cv. Canon Blore .. The Ven . the Archdeacon of Maidstone I 0 O.K. S. at Cambridge 3 10 6 h"Ki(l,'KIf\ n n d nati ons from parents of boys and othe r friends. Suluw dpLi ns will be very gladly received by the Hon. Treasurer (Rev. R. G. H odgson) or by th o H ead Master, as a considerable sum of money has still to be raised.

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A SUMMER HOLIDAY. FROM

BEDFORD

Starting from th e Midland Station, Bedford, by th e 4.52 train, we were spun up to London without a stop in two minutes under an hour. A cab took us across to Holborn Viaduct, where, after seeing our luggage into the cloak room, we partook of a meal rarely to be had in England but com mon enough where we

were going. At 8.45 the so-called Boat Express left the termin us, and, with one stop at Chatham, reach ed l)ort Victoria .. only II three-quarters o f an hour late! As soon as ourselves and our luggage were safely on board, th e boat (one of the Zeeland Company's) started. After a considerable delay, our berths werc assigned to us. At five we reached Flushing and breakfasted in a sumptuous and airy Refres hment Room. Those who know th e Flushing Speisesaal must mourn the lack of comfort that pervades the English Refreshment Room. At 5.44 our train started, and we noticed, with satisfaction, that it was pulled by a Manchester en gine! Unfortunate ly the line was as badly laid as th e engine was good, and we were jolted and rattled along all the way to Dordrecht, our immediate destination. Good fortune awaited us in the shape of a clerk, who could speak English. By his direction we got into a one-horse tram, which conveyed us to th e wharf from which our boat started. As there was an hour to wait and we felt the need of something to ~at, we went into an unpretentious but clean Caf6. Our

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appetite appeased, we made a sho rt excursion into this typical Dutch town in order to get some biscuits and chocolate for our refreshment on board. In one of the shops a sign drew the attention of the passers-by to the fact that Carr's Biscuits were sold there I After getting what we wanted, we retu rn ed to the wharf and, wh en the boat arrived, went on board. Soon Dordrecht was left behind and a series of flat and uninterestint meadows were seen on either side. The day was cold, sunshine only appearing at rarc, but blessed, intervals. About 4. 15 the pretty river town of Nymegen (pronounced Nimwegen) was reached, where 20 or 30 minutes were spent in unloadi ng and receiving goods. Proceeding at a pretty rapid rate up the river, we arrived at the town of Emmerich, wh ere the Customs Officials boarded the boat and we were kept waiting fo r three-quarte rs of an hour before ou r luggage was marked with the customary K . The most striking feature of Emmerich. and indeed of all Dutch towns, is the beautifully clean condition in which the streets are kept, and some of ou r English towns might well take example from any of these towns on the banks of the Rhine. There are two churches at Emmerich, neither of which are very taking to the eye. After a brief inspection of the town we returned to the boat and were soon all asleep before the boat ~tarted again. T he writer was awakened in the middle of the night to

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find that some noxious insect, a gnat reached, and here we had to change into perhaps, had bitten his head, neck and a train going to Kufstein where we had hand, and so, for the voyage up the to get out so that our luggage might Rhine, this account must suffice. After be examined by the Austrian Customs passing Dusseldorf, where there was an Officers. Having had our Gepack ex hibition, his eye becan1e too swollen to inspected we got into a train bound for the Tyrol. At Innsbruck, the Tyrolese admit of seeing anyJ:hing properly. we were turned out of our Capital) All he can remember is getting out of the bOat at Cologne and seeing as carriage by some soldiers who were going mu ch of the Dam (Cath.) as possible to the Austro-Italian Manouveres. From with one eye. On the next day we got InIlsbruck to Gries, a small Tyrolese off the boat for good at Bingen and after village, is about 22 miles, but it takes a good dii1ner took the next train to It hours by train, as it is a steep gradip.nt Frankfort·am-IVlain. From there we took all the way. (This strikes one as being the night express to Munich. Arrived nearly as quick (?) as the Chatham and Dover) . th e re~ we whiled away the four hours we We got out at Gries and descended had to wait by playing cribbage. At 12.55 we got into a clean, large, and well from the station, which by the way is ventilated 3rd Class Corridor Carriage. 3,000 feet above the sea, to our quarters After an hour's run Rosenheim was in the village.

CONC E RT . The Xmas Concert originally fixed that some of those who in their day helped for Dec. '7th, of last year took place on to build up these concerts could have been F ·b. l oth, and co nsidering that, owing to present to have the satisfaction of knowIli n postponement and other causes. the °ing that their work is being so worthi ly continued by the present ge neration of 01 d H'st ra and chorus were unable to Kino-'s School boys. The only other 1I1111 1i1!'fill together. the results on the wholt l W(I I'O vcry satisfactory. The iten~ that calls for notice is the Inter· " ' l'ullllh1lIl Ho r" excerpt was a brilliant mezzo which Dr. Perrin did us the honour of writing for this co ncert. and IHIIT!'"", Inrg"' ly owing to t11e admirable whic h he co nducted himself; it was well Hl n HllIH of th e tn.: blcs, and so long as such Hooll \H)J k I ~ dOll by the boys, and done played by the excellent orchestra and the composer received quite all. ovation from 11111 tluriliK tlll·ir playhours, there is every thc large audience and was twice recalled 1111, 1IIIIII Hilll\ ,' lIl I continllc these concerts to the platform. We have to thank our ill I "i llll hlr Hil ·s. We co uld only wish

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friends, old and new, who carne to help, ~otabl}' Mr. Fethe rsto ne who has played In all these conce rts si nce their very small beginnings some nine or ten years ago. Appended is the programme:PROGRAM~lE.

I. Symphony in C, (Snlaman, No. I.) 1St Movement lio),dll, 1732- 1809. I ntennczzo (composed for Ihis Concert I ... ... /Jr. If. C. Perrill.

PART

Coronation Waltz (fi rst time) ...... , .. .... Cecil CaJl" . Opera. .. . Percy Cod/rey. a. RustiC March; 'J. Dnnking Song; c. Arietta ; d. Valse. Chorus des Gamins" Carmen " B;zet, 1838- 1875. Se l ect i Ol~. from light

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.. 0 " { " "opn rlur~, iltem/elsso/III,

Dallet Musi c..

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March and

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Finale of Suile ...... ·, Lavengro" ..... . PerC)' Godfi'eJ" (E1t(ored). (Dedic:ltcd to ), Somner, Esq., M.V.O., H on. Licu\. and Bnndmru;ter, R.E., and I)inyed U)' him at R.E. Orchestral COllcerts, Model HOOIll, Chal1lam, Ocl., 190: ; Queen's Tlall, ~Iay, 1<)02; also J)ln}'co at !;ymphony ConcerlS Bournemouth, under D. Godrrey. E!<q., Jun., J an ., 1902),'

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J arewell Volkslwl. 1847. "Rosamllnde " ... Sdlllbtll. 17971 ~28 .

I':m nhallsc r " I'Vngl/l'I, 18 13( EII£oreti). 1883.

(By kind permission or Messrs. Metzler and Co.)

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Soldiers' March and Chorus ... FauSl" . GOI/Jlod (Encored) . 18 I 8~- I S90~ C . p' oronatlon rlze-March (by request) Percy GodfreJI. (EIlco} cd). Pln),cd III Westmlllster Al>bey, during the Coronation Sen'ice.

FOOTBALL. KI NG'S SC HOOL v. O. K. S. This, the la~t match of t~e term, was. undoubtedly the finest performance given by th e School thIS season. I'or the first lIme, the team appeared to playa really hard gam~ throughout, e.spccial~}: so during the last ten minutes or so, when they 11ad to do WIth out the servl ~es of I aylo r, who had retired hurt. The contest took place on the l? CW ground, which was 111 first rate condition: a very hi gh wind, however, was blowll1g from Olle end of the field of play to th e ot her. The School won the toss and elected to at.tack with the wind. No sooner had the ball been put in to p~ay tha n O Il the return kick by our . hacks, Mallndrell, getting possession of the leather and run ning around everyone, obtall1cd the first try. Cooper converted . The centre kick resulted in a scrummagc, owing to the School forwards being off;,sidc. Then, a fin e piecc of foot-work took p~ace by th e O. K. S. forwards, whi ch, through a plucky piece of play on the part. of Huyshe and Marshall , resulted in nothing. From the ensuing scrum , Weston relieved the pressure by a well-judged kick, beaulifully placed in the opponents 25 . And now, a ma r~e llot1,s change came over the game. 'raj'lor opened the attack, and.. for .almost 1I,le first tune, the ball was seen to pass down the entire three-quarter hne WIthout. mishap, when Bovenschen should have scored, if he had

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not slipped and fallen an easy prey to Covell. After this the School forwards began to hold their OWI1, but the opposing halves were a little too clever. Parisi by a smart piece of dodging and feinting made a clear opening for Covell, who failed to take advantage of his chance and mulled the pass badly. A couple of good ru shes were made by the School forwards and th ree-quarters resulting in a try by Paris1 unconverted (5-3 ). Next, a strong attack of the O. K. S. was most beautifully sto pped. \:Veston feig ning to attack his man, intercepted his pass, ran straight down th e field, ki cked the ball over the back's head, and Bovenschen, who had backed him up we ll, touched down. ' Vesto n converted (5-8). At this point of the game, the chool was leading by 3 points, and it was pretty generally 'remarked that the passing was of such a nature, that if it had been of the same character throughout the season, the verdict of the majority of the matches would have been reversed. After the kick, Maundrell looked dan ge rollsly like scoring, but unfortunately ran into touch when almost past the entire field; W'eston now slightly relieved the pressure, but the O.K.S. were.not to be denied. ParisI made a clear opcning for Covell, who this time took full advantage of it, and scored a try which was not converted (8-8). The School Ilaives now sho wed to advantage and were well supported by the forwards, whilst Weston did yeoman service at back, savi ng time after tim e. Pa ri s~ now made a Il"lagnifice nt run, and passed in the nick of time to Bovensche n, who easily scored j Weston converted (8 -1 3). But the O. K . S. played up in a most determined manner, and Maundrell obtained an unconverted try, after a fine piece of passing, Marshall, ov('l1, ParisI participating ( 11-13 ). Again, just before half-time, lVIaundrell sprinted away from everyone and scored between the posts, unconverted . (Score at ""If-ti me, O. K. S. 14-K. S. 13). n the resumption of play the O. K . S. quickly added to their score : t ries were oht:lin cd by Fin n and Maundrell (twice) a nd Cooper converted them all (2 7-13 ). Yet IIKai n. a most unexpected change o'ercame the game. A good piece of combination piny b tween 1-] itchcock a nd Taylor ended in a t ry by the latter, 'Weston converting ( l .1 18). Duri ng an attack by the O. K. S. Taylor had to reti re hurt after saving in til" IllORt brilliant style, about eleven minutes before time. This period was spent in IluI () . J( ,S, 25, and just on the point of timc'13ovenschen scored, an d vVeston converted. " h' \\! IIlinllll'S play and th en )lO-timc sounded leaving the O. K. S. victorious, by thc VII I)' IInl'IOW margin of four points, afte r a well-contested gam.e in which the interest III thl \ Hp{'(' tal rtl was kept up to the very last. Final Score :-27-23 .

KING'S SC H OOL v. WASPS. 'li lt 111 'i l ilHlI h of lhc te rm was played on Satnrday, February 7th, on the new UIHIIIII I .

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limatic co nditions were not ideaL

The little by-flow of the Stour,

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surface, was lashed into a miniature !:lea of storm-tossed wavelets. The School, losi ng the toss, had to co ntend the first-half in the teeth of the gale ancl agai nst the dazzling rays of an occasionally glitterin g sun . Shortly after t he ball had been set in motion, H enderson, th e School back, had to toltch down in self-de fence. The 25 kick-off resulted in a seri es of sc rummages in mid-field, in whi ch the School shewed up we ll against their somewhat heavier opponents, but notwithstanding, the \¥asps bore down towards the School goal-line, and when it appeared as thou gh nothing could prevent them from scoring, Paris, in magnificent style, intercepted a pass, and took the ball well into the opponents half of th e field. Again and again was the pressure on our back-line relieved, now by the good kicking of Paris, now by a good joint ru sh by J enkin and Methuen, and a t another time by Taylor. The " \¥asps however, were not to be denicd , Carr, th ei r ri:rht-centre, scori ng th e coveted try which was un converted . From now till half-time very even play en sued, Taylor, Huyshe and H enderso n being most co nspicllous for the plucky way in which they stopped several very dangerous rushes. The Score at half-time was : - \-Vasps 3 points to the School's nil. Soon after the resumption of play, Paris, making a fine ru sh of nearly half the length of the field, evading the opposing three-quarters, and , when just on the back, pun ting right over his head with beautiful precision, enabled Bovenschen, who as usual was backing up well, to eq ua li ze the scores. At th is poi nt of the game, the School were continually pressing, and should have scored time after time, but the passing of the three-quarters was mu ch too slow, a nd Taylor seemed incapab le of taking his passes. Several times our forwards rus))ed the ball over the line. but on these occasions the wind, instead of proving th e School's benefactor, capriciously took the ball just beyond the reach of friendly hands. Tulloch, fro m a five yards st.:rummage, getting possession of the ball hurled himself ovcr the line, thus giving the School the advantage (6-3). The" \¥asps" now for the first time in the match, showed their "sting" and during the last fh·e minutes or so put our defence to the severest strain to prevent them equalizing, Marshall, Hitchcock and H end erson savi ng in first rate style. On the whole the School play showed a marked illlprovement upon that of last te rm. Methuen set his forward s a magnificent exampl e of the way in which the game should be played, as contrasted to the kid-glove play or one or two of th e forward s. Paris showed up to great advantage in his new capacity of th ree-quarter, whilst Tulloch played a hard game throughout, a nd should, when he has overcome his ncrvousness, develope in to a really useful half. The School won this well-contested match by two tries to one (6 points to 3). I)

KING'S

SC HOOL v.

REV. E.

LANGLEY'S XV.

Played on th e New Gro ll nd, on Tuesday, Februarv 17th, an d resulted in a win for our opponents by 19 points to 3. T he School started well, as after so me hard work by the forwards and splendid kicking by Paris, a pass along th e liue of three-quarters

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r.esulted in a try by Bovenschen; Paris made an excell~nt, th~u gh u~successful, attempt at goal. The School th en had great diffic ulty m holdm g theu own, .but managed to avert danger on more than one occa~ion by some very g?od tacklIng. Daniells, however, eventually broke through our hn es and scored behmd the po~ts just before hal f time. During the first part of the second half the game 'yas q~lte even, but the School were unfortunate enough to lose T aylor (who had to retue OWl~g to an injured kn ee), and never seemed to quite recover the form they had shown m the earlier part of the game. Perhaps this was partly due to lack of encouragement from the spectators. The final sco re was two goals and three tries to one try. The School team was as follows :-R. 1V1. H enderson (back) ; F . C. Bovenschen, L. F. Paris, J. W. T aylor, R. H. Hitchcock (th r,ee-quarte rs) ; O. P. Hu yshe, J. R. Tulloch (half- backs) : A. P. Methu en, A. Gllhbrand, H. A. J enklll, J. Twells, R. B. Winse r, A. C. Thomas, R. W. Marshall and W, H. Lovatt (forwards).

SCHo'OL v. HAMPSTEAD WANDERERS. This match was played on the new ground, on Thursday, February 26th. The School playing with a strong wind in the first half showed to no small a~vantag~ . The game was very fast and open, and the for ward s had quite as much of It as theu heav ier opponents. The three-quarters, however. w~re unable to scam, except on onc occasion, when Paris, making a good run, ~:ew Ins man, a~d punted ac ross, thus rnablin g Dovenschen to touch down. The VISltors s~ored tWIce between the posts, nnd at half-time led by 10 points to 3. After half-ti me t~e School ~ee~ned utterly demo ralized, and tries were scored with monotonous regulanty. The klCklll.g of Carr WII S especially noticeable as he successfully placed nine .goals out of ten tnes. The S hoal tacklin g in the second half was exec rable, espeC Ially among the backs, who lar Iy, if ever, went hard for a man . Paris was the best. The fo rwards, on the ,,!h Ie. played well, though they were slow in coming round to aid the backs. The School team was the sam e.

SCHOOL v. SIDCUP. Play d on the new ground, when the soil had been soak~d by a heavy fall of.rain; IIII Kl{illll reSll lted in a win for ou r opponents by 13 pomts to .S. The Sldcup 1.11 Wl\ I'(\tf rushin g the ball dow n into the School hpes . kept up a v~~orous pressure. 1'111 \ \lluuting or their three-q uarters was good considenng the condItIOns, and as the I<HIIIIN of Ilw School backs was half-hearted, a try was soon scored an~ converted. 'rlll'lI. hO\\'lw(jr, th e School rorward s ru shed dow n the field, a~d heelIng smartly I ""lill.dlll" Ilir Âˇ-quarters to get going. The ball travell~d qUickly past Tulloch, IIII ~' lip IlIld Pnris till it got to Bovenschen who was forced ll~to touch almost on the Kill" 111111: throwi ng it in at once, however, he enabled Pan s to struggle over the 11111 11111 1l141't' IHlnn y was not, howeve r, maintained, an d soon afterwar~ s anothe r Mtlll l WII II4 ohwliw(\ by Sidcllp. Afte r half-tim e the School began to show a httle dash, 11\11 III I 1IIIIh pU ~Kll\g was ex tremely difficul t owing to the greasy nature of the ball.

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At last, however, Tulloch dribbled up to the back, and with a well-timed kick enabled Tomlin, who was backing up well, to touch down. About five minutes from the end the Sidcup half punted across to the wing three-quarter who raced round and scored an ullc<:'Ilverted try. Despite desperate efforts the School fail ed to equalize. The play needs little comment as it was of necessity very scrambling. The forwards, however, were on the whole seen to advantage. The School team was the same.

FOOTBALL.-A RETROSPECT, The season judged by paper results has been a failure. Out of firteen matches plared, only two have been WOIl, and the remaini ng thirteen lost. The details of the vanous matches have already been given in full i suffice it to say, therefore, that a powerful O.K.S. team owed its narrow victory solely to l'vIaundrell's pace-that the return Sutton Valence Match was played when morc than half our team were absent through illness-and that the four scratch teams were stronger than usual. On the other hand, there can be no doubt that for the first five or six weeks of the season the team quite failed to get together and were distinctly poor. After that however they itnproved rapidly and by the end of last term were un doubtedly a b~tter tean; than that of the prevIOUS year, and they gave a most creditable display against a good O.K.S. XV. The departure of Westoll and \+Valker at Christmas necessitated a re~arran gement of the side, which worked well against the 'Wasps. But against the Hampstead Wand~rers, though the forwards played very well, the defence of the backs broke down wretchedly, and Henderson made but a poo r substitute for Weston. There was hardly as much dash displayed in the Sidcup match, but the state of the g~ound accounted for a good deal, especially as we have had singularly little practice on wet grounds this year. There are a few. obvious criticisms of a general kind to be made. Firstly, we must manage to get mto form sooner. It is the old complaint, both in cricket and football, tl~at we take half the sea~on t? get in to an} thi ng like form. Secondly, we must get nd of ~n unfortunate ha~~)lt whIch we have co ntracted of falling all to pieces for about ten n~_I~l~tcs after half~tlIne. Se~e ral matches were lost in that fatal period of th~ ga~n.e . ~ iurdly,. th~r~ must be ~ lIttle more reso urce and originality, a little more 1~1dlvldl1ahty and lIldlv~dual effort 111 our play. Purely mec hanical passing looks pretty If well exec uted, but IS rarely effective unless com bined with something of the unex,flected. ~ourthl)', the forwards, tho ugh improved in this respect. have not yet suffiCiently realized that }~ard straight shoving is the most essential quality of a good forward and that all else IS second ary, that while the ball remains in the scrum their one duty i.s to get in straight behind it and shove as directed with all their migl;t. In splte, how~~e~, of all paper results and in spite of the necessity of a good deal of adverse CntIcISt11, the season has not been an unsatisfactory on~. There has

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been keenness and vigour shown all through the games, and among the younger l:nembers of the School there is plenty of promise for the future. These remarks cannot be closed without a word as to the thanks due fro1}1 the School to 'Weston for his excellent Captaincy j and the debt is no small one, for his energy and enthusiasm were highly infectious, and the results were visible not merely on the field of play, but :..Iso in such matters as punctuality and general organization, which have a distinct moral effect on the ac tual football of the School. Appended are a few remarks on the individual members of the team : . Fttll~back. R. D. WESTON (Captain).-An excellent full -back, his fielding and kicking being remarkably good. H e very rarely failed to find touch, and often kicked half the length of the ground. His tacklin g as a rule was very sound, though he sometimes waited just too long before making his dash. Tried three~ quarters for a time, but without success. His keenness, vigour, and good captaincy deserved far more success than it got. Thrtt~quarle,.s.

F. C. BovENscHEN.-A much improved player, especially as regards defence. If he could develop a swerve or dodge, he would be a very dangerous wing in attack, and he has shown all through the season that, given a chance, he can use his place to advantage. R. W. MARSHALL.-Very useful centre in defence, tackling well and playing with unflagging energy, but in attack is slow, and seems to lose his head, mulling his passes f~l.r too often. It U. HlTCHCOCK.-Has improved a lot since last year, but is not quick enough on to his man, and rather lacks dash. Takes and gives his passes fairly well, but is too slow. J. W. TAVLOR .- Plays and tackles with a good deal of dash, and is good at getting back to help the full.back, but in attack" snatches" too much at the ball, and RO mulls frequently. He has, however, been rather starved in the way of chances. Half-backs. 0 , I". Il uvSII E.-Has improved, and plays the spoiling game a good deal better. Also is quicker ill getting the b~ 1I away from the scrun:. b?t .is still slow. Tackl es well and stops ru shes qmte fearlessly. Improved 111 klckll1g. Pi\lus.- A rapidly improvi ng half. Dribbles very well, passes smartly, and has tl vI'1 p d a good feint, but is slow on his legs . Very good kick and fair III ' k l r. Fonvards. ~ 1 I II rtN.Has improved a g reat deal during the season, but hardly seems to /I I', !UIVIl lh girt of "leading" a scrum and keeping his men together. Good k ,Ik l1ld tack les well. Captain since Christmas.

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improved, doing a good deal morc work than he did last year. Very fair dribbler and tackles well. H . A. J ENKIN.- Good fast forward, always on the ball though inclined to ki ck too hard, and too anxious to pick up instead of dribbling. Though light, shoves we ll and is a good tackler. F. P. VVALKER.-Much improved with his feet, and dribbled well though wanting in dash. Did not seem to know what to do if he found the ball in his hands. J. TWELLS.-Honcst hard -workin g forward, always on the ball. Tackles and saves vcry well, and has set an excellent example in the all-important matter of ÂŁ0110\\ ing up hard. R . B. 'WIN S I~R . - A heavy forward who uses his weight we ll as a rule. Kicks too hard and must try and keep his head when the game opens up. : Good tackler. A. C. THOMAs.- Good out of tonch, kicks and tackles well, but does not do nearly enough shovi ng for his weight, and is slow in comin g round . R. M. HENDERSoN.-Played thrct:!-quarters or full-back most of the season. Saves p~l1clcily and tackles well but is very slow, and was often at fault in taking hiS passes. GILLlBRAND.-AIso

TUTOR- SET FOOTBALL, 1902- 1903. . As usual the Tutor Set Football Matches were fought out right to the finish WIth the utmost keenness. IHany players discovered for the first time how hard they could stick to it right through a game and others who had learnt this before played as hard a game as ever. Among the more exciting games from the spectators' point of view might be mentioned th ose between Latter' s and Austin's Sets, between Mason's and Evans' and between Pdason's and Latter's. As was the case last year Bell's Set were easily first, and on points were about as much ahead of th e re!;t as Cape's were behind. An examinatio n of the names of the teams before the matches might not have led one to predict the wide difference betw~en fi rst and last, but the actual result emphasizes th e vital im portance in games of th IS type of a good half-back line. In .this position Bell's Set had the valuab le servlc.es of b?th Tulloch and H aw kes l , while Cape's co ul d only rely on players inexpenenced ~n th is position. Tulloch's remarkable success in scori ng tries was due apart from hIS strength to the fact that in these matches he plays with his head and sho.ws re~ource. The accuracy and length of some of his throws out from touch in a hIgh Wind was extraordi nary . . There was a keen fight for seco nd place, and Latter's set having lost fewer pOl~ts to Bell's set, and in their last match having found their scoring power, fairly eaSIly secured the position. For number of matches won and lost Mason's set were equal to thc:m, Austen's set afte r doing well in several of their matches, having shown p?-rtlclllarly good defence against Latter's. badly fell to pieces against Bell's, and fimslled up below Evans'. Evans' set would not have lost so many points to

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their fi rst match, if ' H enderson had not come out of the scrum. The gave excellent chances fo r the display of good captaincy, and it was IlIl(:rcsting to watch the various devices adopted whether at half-back or at full-back 10 'ope with some dangerous opponent and combination of opponents. In one game, th o half -backs were so intent on spoiling Tulloch, that they neglected entirely several go d chances of attacking. All. analysis of wins and losses yields some curious I' 8ults. Austen's set beat Mason's '4 poi nts to nil, Mason's beat Latte r' s b poi nts to 3, and yet Latter's beat Austen's 6 points to 3. Again, though Mason's set beat I.ntlc r's, Latter's was fairly easily second on points. Many of the smaller players w r' noticeable for th e keenness, and also the promise of th eir play. Among the Ivrwards, Gage, Vaughan and Adams'a were peculiarly good, as also at the t hree~ ( ~llIlIt rs, Mackinnon, Hawkes z, ,Gossett, Leslie, Bassett and Mangin ; at half, I ltrSons2 ; and at full-back, Mitchell. Several of the older players in addition to Ihose who have the ir colours, did well; 'Watson, Olive, Rammell, Spafford, and 'l'ow nend were conspicuous among th e forwards, and Strahan did good work on Hovcral occasions at full-back. Mr. Bell's. Mr. Latter's. Mr. Mason's. Mr, Evans'. Mr.Austen's. Mr. Cape's

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...

Mr. Bell's

Mr. Latter's

L-o piS.

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l\'Ir. Mason's

1.-8 pts.

\V-6 pts.

4·

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L-3 piS.

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Mr. Austen's

L-o pts.

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W-I7 pts. W-25 pts. W-33 pIS. W'-43 pts. W-49 pIS.

W-13 piS.

W-6 pts.

W-36 pIS.

W-I6 pts.

L-o pIS.

W-33 piS.

L-S pIS.

W-8 piS.

W-22ptS.

L-3 pts.

W- T4 pIS.

L-o pts.

L- 5 piS.

L-o piS.

L-8 pts.

j\·lr. Bell's

A. P. l\·lethuen.

Mr. L..'tUer's...

A. Gillibrnnd.

Mr. Mason's '"

F. C. Bovenschen.

l\Jr. Evans'

1.-3 pts.

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J . Twells.

l\lr, Austen's ...

H. A. Jenkin.

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R. H. Hitchcock.

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FIVES TIES. FIRST ROUND.

Bovenschen beal Spafford

Lovatt beat Olive Green heat Ricketts J ohnston beat Ormshy Tulloch w. o. Marshall Lucas! w. o. ro,'lethuen Tuke w. o. Strahan

Hitchcock heat Winser Paris I beat Thomas Il awkes l beal Cackrem T omli n beat J' rest Covell benl Grnmshaw

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Bovenschen beat Lovau Hitchcock beat Parisi Johnston beat Tomlin

Hawkes ' beal Lucas l Covell bea t Tulloch Green beat Tukc THIRD ROUND .

Covell w. o. Hawkes l

Hitchcock beat J ohnslon __ Gree,n beat Bovenschen SEMI-FINAL.

Hitchcock a bye

Gretn beat Covell FINAL.

Green beat Hitchcock

UNDER 16 FIRST ROUND.

Covell beat Lucasa

Gramshaw beal

Brinslet Richards beat Vaughan Nation' beal Barber

Paris~

J ohnston a bye SECOND RO UND .

J ohnston beat DrinsleyÂ·Richards

Gramshaw beat Nation 2

Covell.a bye

SEMI~FINAL. Covell beat Gramshaw

J ohnston a bye

FINAL.

Johnston beat Covell

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THE BOAT CLUB. Plenty of good work is being don e on the river this term. With a membership f thirty-five. as compa red with fifteen last Easter T erm, the coaches have th eir work 'ut out. By keeping in th e home-waters we arc able to tub at least six pairs every day, while on the upper river two successive crews are coached in the I four' most urlcrnoo ns of the week. The new four is ex pected ea rly in March. Vve hope by k· pi ng it at Fordwich to 'make a greater use than hitherto orthe fine stretch of water I)cLwec n Sturry and Grove Ferry. Communication has been established by punts Iwlwcen the two boathouses and betwee n the orchard and th e towin g-path, and the !fInd ing-stage at the end of the home-reach has bee n improved. vVe are well set up with oars. The next thing will be a new whiff, and before long we shall he wanting IwO new pairs. Our thanks are due to Mr. 'W oodward for his able assistance in {'Oil -hing. The pairs will be rowed over the old course on the 24th March, an d the fours at Fordwich on the 26th. ontributi ons to the New Boats' Fund may be sent to H. A. J enkin. School II lISC.

SCHOOL NEWS. Wo congratulate the following on hl' IIM nH\d monitors thi s term :-D. J. 1'lIllnoll , J. R. Parsons, A. Gillibrand .

L. R. Cooper's xv. unfortunately had to be scratched.

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On Saturday, Feb. 7th, the School played Wasps "A," and defeated th em by two tries (6 points) to a try C3 points).

',1111 (q ll owin g have been promoted III 11 11 "Ixlh form this term :- T. S. -\11,1111 ., A 1111 Ilamiltoll, L. F . Paris, , 1. 111I 11I ,IIHI ,

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•• " 1IIII IIU IIl)'. I'·ub. 19th, the ScI:ool

111111 1 1111

I':. Langley' s team'a nd .1 tri es ( ' 9 points) I, I II)' ( I 1',,1011' ), The match V . Mr. I(I IV.

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On Thursday, Feb. loth, th e School Concert, which was pos tponed last term, took place. Our heartiest co ngratulations and thanks are due to Mr. Godfrey for the great succcs.s wl.l ich attended it. ~*~

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We congratulate F, C, Bovcnschen on winning an open Classical Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

",," We congratulate E. C. Grecn on obtaining an open Classical Sc:holarship, and H. A. Jenkin an open Classical Exhibition, Queen's College, Cambridge.

On Friday, Feb. ' 3th, th e H eadmaster gave the usual half-holiday for the

O. K.S. The Rev. J. H. Horsley has been appointed honorary Canon of Rochester Cathedral. % "

Lieut. A. L . Paris and Licut. EYans arc with the Somali land Field Force. The form er was the first E nginee r officer to be sent out.

first Paper-Chase whi ch was successfully run. ÂˇxÂˇ ~:.

" I zth, the School On Thursday, Feb. attend ed the cerem ony of the enthronement of the Archbishop, the scholars forming part of the procession. **-'* We take this opportunity of tend ering our hearty co ngratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Galpin on the birth of a son. This happy event took place on Thursday, Feb. 26th, and in recognition thereof morning school was remitted.

NEWS. R. E. Brinsley-Richards has been elected President of the Magdalen Conege Athletic Club. Running against Caius College, Cambrid ge, he won the Half Mile and the Mile.

O.K.S. DINNER. This Annual Dinner was held at The Trocadero Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, on \OVednesclay, Ja uuary Lt-lh, when C. H . Dorman, Esq. kindly took the Chair. Th e attenda nce, though still too sparse, was hette r than it has bee n for the last two years, and for ty-three sat down to dinner, while two or three more came in later in the evening. After dinner, the Chairman gave the loyal toasts, introduc-

ing them with a few appropriate words. Then caine the toast of The Imperial Forces, proposed by A. F . C. Luxn:'0re, who drew attention to the very consIderable number of O.K.S. who had been se rvi ng King and COli n try in Sot1~h Afric~, in spite of th e peaceful surroundlllgs atTIld which they had bee n brollgh~ t1 p,- w h~re the chief suggestions of tlungs warhke were the venerable Canons of the C",thedral

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and the dangerous weapon wielded by Mr. l\ifason at the Annual Sports meeting. Owing to the enforced absence of Major E. E. Carter, C.M.G. , who was to have responded, Capt. C. A. Knapp performed the task with his customary humour. The toast of the eveni ng, "Floreat Schoia Regia " was given by Rev. F. F . S. Williams, who suggested among other things, that the chi ef defect of the School was the non·existence of a School Song, and among O.1<.S. a capable poet and musician might surely be found, who would unite their efforts and produce one. The Head Master responded and gave a short account of the progress and general

condition of the School. In reply to the toast of his health, proposed by the Rev. C. E. vVoodruff, the Chairman gave some amusing experiences of his own, when, as Chairman of the Governing body of a Public School, he had armed himself with the one Latin Quotation which he remembered from his School· days, only to hear the identical lines so norously rolled forth by the Head Master before he had a chance of getting th em out himself. Between the speeches Capt. B. H. Latter, Capt. C. A. Knapp, Rev. P. Malden, and H . S. S. Parker kindly favoured the company with songs, which were mu ch appreciated, and indeed the ~vening was universally voted a great success.

OXFORD LETTER. Dear" School," The Easter Term is always slack and nothing mu ch goes on, but still we live. The cloud of Mods: han gs over our horizon and somewhat damps O~lr desire for public appearanc.;e. \~'hat have we all been doing? \Vell! Smith and Braddell have been having Influenza. Nairn has been .. dining" and also hurdling with much easy grace j the John's contingent occasionally flash like brilliant constellations across our path; Brinsley-Richards chases people round the running g round, usually succeeding in his chase; R edman has somewha t secretive habits, but rumour says that he is supposed to exist. The

brothers Evans exec ute vigorously upon the river, as also do Marshall, Tuke, an d Braddell, while Nairn plied an oar in the Trinity 2nd T orpid until it prematurely deceased . Evansz is a hot favourite for the Diamonds at H enl ey, and subscriptions are earnes tly desired with a view to th e purchase of a motor- cap for Brinsl~y Richards. The Pereiras are to be seen by the naked eye and Carrington whizzes about the High on fine days. As for the excitements of the term, there have hardly been any. 'foggers were dull to distraction, only ninetee n bumps having been mad e. The 'Varsity Boat improves claily and we hope will take a lot of beating. Though our H seven" has come

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in for much criticism, yet he is the maki ng o f the boat 'as a un iform crew, and

couples the two sides LOgether excellently. \ ÂĽe have wo n the Soccer and H ockey Matches a::; you have do ubtl ess obse rved. The weather is of co urse th e most disg ustin g so rt one ca ll poss ibl}' strike and in short we shall all be g lad to go

dow n. \ÂˇVe wis h the Sc hool t he best of luck at Aldershot a nd hope to see a few representatives at th e P ub lic Schools l\I eeti ng at Stamford Bridge.

Yours, O.1<. S., OXOK :

HARVEY SOCIETY. Oli Saturday, Dece mber 13 th, a pa per was read by J. R. Parso ns o n .. Brilish Orchid ." Havin g poi nted out th e pecul iar suitability of Can te rbury as a cent re fo r Orchid Collectors, he desc ri bed the various Orchi ds fo un d in the neig hbourhood , togeth er with the loca lities in whi ch th ey are most commo n. In thi s co nnecti on he refe rred to La rky Va lley, \+Vhitehall \h'ood, VI/ye Do wn s, a nd some other places. H e the n passed o n to th e main portio n of hi s paper, namely, th e cross fertilizati on of Orchi ds Ly me.a lls of i~ se ct s, mentio nin g th e meth ods of various species of th e famili es Ophrys, Orchis, H abenaria, Neoltia and oth ers, an d re ferrin g LO variou s auth orities on th t: subject, a nd in co nclu sion he gave a few practica l hints for co ll ectors. On Salurday, J anuary 3 ' St, a paper was read by th e Presi dent, G. F . J. Rosenberg, Esq. , on " Transp ira tion of Plants . ~ ' By way of introd uction he gave a few notes on the nature of organi c bodies and the vari ous scientifi c d iscoveri es by which thi s nature was defined, showin O" that the existence of cells or II protoplasto fl as they should rather be callect in all such

bodi es was entirely unkn own until the d iscovery of th e mi croscope in the seve ntee nth ce ntury. I-laving proved the necessity of transpi ratio n a nd th e method by whi ch it operates in plants, he fina lly described its vari ous mod ifica tions to suit d ifferent condi tions. The excellent lantern slides whic h ilhl strated th e paper were taken fro m K ee ne r's Ie Natu ra l History of Plants."

On Satu rday, F eb ruary 2 1 st , L. F. Paris read a pa pe r 0 11 "The 1\1l oon." H e bega n by expla in ing Lb e pos ition it occ upies in space a nd mcnLio ncd vari ous facts with refe rence to its size, e tc . Then, in a de sc ri ptio n of part icul a r features of its surface he noti ced th e mo untain s Tycho, Cope rni cus, Triesnec kc r, K eple r and Plato , and th c pla ins Marc C ri siulll, Mare Sereni tati s, and Marc Frigoris, explaining that thei r L atin na me is derived from the fact tha t th ey we re orig inally s upposed to be seas. 11e gave va ri o ns theories as to th e formation of the mo unta ins, and finally desc ribed the ma n ncr in which th e Moon influences th e T e rrestri al Tides and di scussed th e causes of ecl ipses. His paper was well illustrated with lantern slides.

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CORRE S PO N DE N CEo tV. 8. -The Edilors decline to accept any nspoJlsibilit), cOllnected willt the ol>illiom oj their ConÂˇespon. dellts. Name and address must alwa)'s be given, 110t IItcessarily fOT publication, but as a guarautee 0/ good/a itlt. Personalities 7tJi/l involve cerla/ll njcelioll.

To tlu Editors if" T

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S IRS ,

Owing ~o the general diso rd e r whi ch prevails in the Parry, throug h the magazin es a nd books which a re left st rewn about, mem bers of th e Army Class have frequently to spend fi ve mi n utes in clea rin g up, befo re they can beg in work. Co uld thi s be remedied ? Yours, etc ., .. PANDEMO NIUM."

To tho Ed~"fors of"

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DEAR SIRS,

I should like to call attention to th e fact that we have no Old Boys' Colours. Surely now is the tim~ to rectify thi s defect. The School is growing t remendously and becoming mo re generally keown through its in c reased nu m bers. D efinite O.K.S. Colo urs would not o nly mak e it mo re widely kn own at t he Varsities and else wh ere, bu t wou ld be an additional ti e between past and present members of the School. The " Can terbury Pilg rim s " was , 1 be lieve, o nce a Cricket Club fo rm ed of O .K. S. and Old C. O .S. (w ho will not I fee l sure mind us callin g them by th e old nam e). The C.O.S. secti on has I th ink been non-ex istent for some tim e , while the Club exists only nominally, with the

exception of one or two occasional match es. I should suggest that th e colours of thi s Clu b, which are alr eady registered and wo uld be ve ry suitable. sho uld be re-registered as th e colours of all O.K.S. if S. Edm und' s Sc hoo l we re to consent to waive the ir claim s to participatio n in th em. This plan wo uld be fa r simpler th an tha t of dev isin g fresh colo urs, a diffi cult task wh e n so many are already in the fi eld. H oping you will see your way to fur thering my suggesti on speedily by correspondence in your col umn s or otherwise . I am Sirs, yours, .. A SPLASH OF COLOUR ."

1"b lite E d/tors if " T H E CANTUARI AN." DIÂˇ:AR S IR S, May I suggest through the medium of your columns, th at the arm-chairs in t.he studies shoul d be allo tted by senj '1 ri ty and not acco rdi ng to the prese nt method, wh ereby a member of the Vlth fo rm may be condemned to the o rdina ry type of chair fou nd in th e Pa rry, whil e many an arm -chai r is fated t o d rag out its wea ry life in th e sunless depths of a bac k study . Yours since rely, .. AOpollos.

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CANTUARIAN,"

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SIRS,

When on e enters the Gymnasium in the evenings, one is at once struck by the poorness of the light. Could not the two present oil-lamps be replaced by new ones? Perhaps an extra one mi ght be added to the general imp rovement of the Gym. Yours, etc.,

Would it be possible to have a lamp placed at the top of the steps leading from th e Dig Schoolroom ? This has been the long felt want of many bcsides-

OILER. To 'he Edllors if "Trm

"THE LIGHT ' THAT FAILED." To 'lie Edilors oj " D EAR

Would it not be possi ble to have a

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SIRS,

It is now some ti me si nce "our attention has been drawn to th e question of why the 2nd XV. should not have some kind of badge on their blazers. If a different one is found dirTIcult to devise, why should not they have the same as the 2nd Xl. ?

weig hin g machine in th e gymnas ium fur public usc? 1 am sure it would be widely appreciated if a good reliable

mach ine was obtained, as we do not all care to have our weights assigned by the eccentric Automatic station article. I remain,

Yours, etc.,

Yours, etc., PICK-ME-UP.

AN SWERS Oiler.

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Sm.s,

EIGHT STONE-SEVEN .

CORRESPONDENTS.

We quite agree with your remarks, and sh6uld suggest that the gym. monitor shou ld be requested to approach the Authorities on the maHer. Pick-me-up. It was, we believe, defin itely and justly sellied thai the 2nd XV. have al ready plenty of opportunity to display their fine ry, and plenty of linery to displ:ly. The Light Ilfat Failed. An excellent s uggestion . Eight StolleÂˇSevtll. We hardl)' think it would be put to much usc. There are other ways of gelling weighed bcsidcs thc much maligned machine althc railway station.

PandemoniulII.

Thc LilJrnry Com mittec hns been informcd o( your complain t. Rnlll our has it t hat n lill ie similar energy on thc pa rI of the Army Class would not he out of placc after thcy havc fin ished worle.

>(AOPO,"H' . Vou hnvc our sympathy.

Why not nppro.....ch the nil powerful h ou s~ monitor?

A Splash 0/ CololI.,.. An excell ent idea. Steps arc shortly to be Inlcell, we understand, nlld we wvuld invite correspondence on the subject . Oll~

his adlllir~rJ. We do not publish your lelter as we hardly Ih ink it n school matter.

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THE BOAT CLUB. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS fo' 1902 •

RECEIVED.

Members'S ubscriptionsEaster T erm Summer T erm ... Christmas T erm Masters' Subscript ions ... C. C. Williamsoll, E sq ., Annual Suh· scription ......... J. C. Molony, Esq., Annual Subscription II. J. Cape, E sq., for housing Canoe. F. W. Hall, Esq., Donation .. F. Gentry, Esq., Donation ... Establishment fund Allowance from Profits of Tuck ·Shop Deficit, 1902 ...

s. d.

4 IJ 6 6 19 0 2 4 0

5 6

5 0

10 2 5 0 1 I II

0 0 0

41 II 2 10

0 2,

PAID.

GALPI N, H ead Alas/fr.

SCH OO L RECE I VED.

J..

0 0

0 6 o~

6 2

1<)02.

PAID.

Attendance Taylor BOllrne Everest ...

Ny, Robins ... Cox and Scott 13rock Bunce H ubbard Carr Milk

£ s. 4 10 o 10 3 1 15 o 12

d. 0 3~ I

062

13 10 II

19 7 J 3 13 I) o 16 8 9

2 II

90 T o Sports' Fund " Boat Club Balance

£118 19 6

3 0

SHOP.

s. d.

3 lI 8 7 3 o

s. d.

M. ED:\'I ONDS, Pruident &> T'Y~aJ#re'Y.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS fm EASTER TERM. Balance ... Till

Streeter, wages to the 29th Sept. , and II 8 Bonus on retiring ... 5 Goddard, wages last quarter ... 10 0 Rent of Lowcr Bo.'1.1 H ouse 1 0 Rent of Upper Boat H ouse 24 Ayling, Oars 0 10 Prizes .. ' o 12 Sundries... ... o 12 Twyman, Canvas Slings Gen try, Concrete \:\"al1 , landilig stage, 13 2 Repairs and alteration of Boats, &c. 3 5 Defici t fr om 1901

20 16

44 0 069

£ 11 8 19 6

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RECEIVED.

Balance ". Till

J., s. d. 069 153 15

TERM.

£.

PAID.

Attendance Brock ... Cox and Scott Robins .. Bourne ... Icc Company T aylor Ginder Bunce Fcthcrstonc Pilch. Collard

...

7 16 9

o 13 II 14 1 II

For Sweets

2 2

124 12

2 21

s. d. S 17 0 o 3 G

Pope

2 0 10 4 1 2 IO 28 14 10 7 2 3

8 11

2 13 8

036 o 13 4 3 8 2

11 8 2 19 16

Balance

1\'1. EDMON OS, HOIl. Treaswu.

GALPIN, Head Alasler.

PA I D.

, 6 :3

440

Attcndllncc

12 11 I 10

TERM .

9 3 7-

o 5 9

" Boat Club

1903.

8 3

To Spor tS' Fund

o o

l\'lilk

T aylor Bourne ... Brock Rohins ... Cox and Scall Hubbard Bunce . Pilch, Collard I-lorton Cnrr Mi lk

February

I 0

o 7 3 3 13 0

Spiers and Pond-Ice Machine To Sport s' Fund ... . .. Boat Club Balance

CHRISTMAS ;f., s. d.

38 10 5 206 5 9 0 o 13 I

J l orlon .. . Casll e Warden " . Ca rr

RECJ~IV Jm.

24 18

Gon lclcn .. .

Balance ". Till

s. d. 17

2 I,

si 0

44 0 o 2

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HOUSE

COMMITTEE C HRISTMAS

RF.CEII' TS.

Fees for Trio: Term Sale of Papers Sale of T ables Stlbsc r ipli ~ n

Due to Treasurer

806 o 7 2 03 6 026

£ 10

9 10

T ERM,

ACCOUNTS. 1902. EXP BNDIT U kE.

s. d.

o 19 1 3 7 0 076 o I 0 030 03 6 070 0 18

026 3

3 6

14 I I

£10 3 6 ALGERNON

Christmas, 1902.

Due to Treasurer L'l.dd (papers) Tables bought Fox (engra\·jng shields) Andrews (repnirs) Charlton (photo) Elvy (repai rs) Goodban (repairs) Fag Supper Unclaimed windows ...

LATTER,

HOIl. Treasurer.

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NOTICE S, We beg to ackn owledge with than ks the following subsc riptions : - J. A. McCulloch, E sq., 3/6; S. W. Cole, Esq., 3/ 6 ; P. I-l emery, Esq., 3/6; J. Frewer, Esq., 3/6; Rev. R . G. H odgson, 28/- ; R. Hedger, E sq., 21 /-; H. T. McIlveen,

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Esq., 3/6; Rev. W. G. Mosse, 3/,6; G. N. Finn, E sq. , 3/6; B. N. Hu nt, Esq. , 3/ 6 ; H. M. Cockrem, E sq., 1/6 ; W.J.S.Scruby, Esq ., 3/6 ; A. L. Paris, E sq., 7/- ; W. A. Felherstone. Esq., 3/ 6 j R. Owen, Esq., 7/ 6 ; R. W. H. Glennie, Esq., 7/-·

CONTEMPORARIES.

We beg to acknowledge the receipt L Olldoll School l1fagazille (2), K elly College ebroJliele ('2 ), JJrolllsgrovian , CIIO/meliall, of the following contemporaries :L eadellsiall, EI/zaIJelhall, Olaviall, Rad/cian, LeJls For/nightly (3), Atlalvermcw, St. Edward's 'chool Chron iclc, United W}lIlgijl Magazille, Brightoll College Service Chroniclc, Davadall (2) . Magazille, Eps{J1Jlian, Lz'ly, Exoniall, L eeds Grammar School 11lagazillc, City of

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THE V" I VI.

CANTUARIAN. APRIL,

Ig03.

NO.2.

EDITORIAL. ' l'hlK ','(Will-for an Easter T erm-has been a marvel of energy. This is partly that we have had three more 1St XV. Matches than usual, and four In the latter part of th e T erm ~I~o, far greater keennes~ has been 111111 ,I II 11 \ In nking th e School Sports a Competltlon for a Tutor-set Shleld. Our 11i,11l1 1111 ' du e to l'vlr. Cape for all the time and trouble he has spent at the practising 1II!lwL 1111(\ to the other Masters who kindly lent their aid at the Sports on th e III â&#x20AC;˘ I ky. I IIIII J.( )' hnfJ also been th e order of th e Term in the Boating line. We take this '111'1111 lull I)' of thank ing Mr. Edmond s and others for their efficient coaching and dhl I 1,lhIIU' '', th result of which we have had the pleasure of witnessing in the I III "111111 " '" \ITS " Races this week. I h. (:tnlln siu1l1, we are glad to see, is fl ourishing under the care of Staff-Sergeant N", rI \I" liope that the School will do even better this year than last at Aldershot. WI \\ I I I ' C rtunate this year in having very res pectable weather for our Sports, and 1111 IIlIh hlll"l Ilf that the fates will be as propitious in this matter during next T erm. I II I IIIH Ilittion. we may congratulate the School Oil a T erm which, if it has not "III 1111 IIlllHlltlinity o f being brilliantly successful, has yet been both useful and pI I Illn ~

IIHI III Ilu' ruet 1411111. 11IIMI'H .

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:tn fiDemoriam. oi< It is with very real and deep regret that we record the death of our beloved Dean. All members of the School, past and present, will join together in grief for him who was regard ed by us all, not only as the famous scholar and th e eloquent speaker, but as a personal friend', It is with the greatest diffidence that we attempt to pay a tribute in words to his memory. Far abler pens than ours have in all quarters of the world borne testimony to his greatness and his virtues. But we feel that in our School Magazine we should try to express in the language of our hearts what the Dean was to the School. He ever took the kindest interest in our work and in our play. His delight at the success of some individual member of the School was unbounded. His words of consolation and encouragement have many a time-:-we speak from experience-taken away the bitterness of failure . Those who were privi leged to enjoy the hospitality of his house- and they were not fewwill count as some of the happiest in their lives those hours spcnt in the quiet bowling grecn, or over the chess board, or walking along the old city wall while the Dean advised

and counselled or poured lavishly forth from his wonderful fund of anecdotes. Often too the monotony of the sick house was relieved by a visit from the Dean, and if he was unable to come himself he would send round some dainty for the inmates, with kind and thoughtful messages. For O.K.S . he maintaincd th e same regard as he had for the School. He was ever anxious to hear of their doings, and rejoiced in their successes. Many pages of criticism have been written about his writings and his theological views. 'vVe care little for that. Conscious that we knew what he was far better than those who criti cized what he wrote, we shall ev~r cherish. his memory. He had many famous predecessors: many great men may follow in his post. But to those who have been educated at the ](in~s School there will be only one WTlO will live in their hearts as II the Dean." Many have heard him say that at his death the names of Marlborough, Harrow and our own King's School would be found writtcn on his heart. We feel sure that his name will ever be treasured in the hearts of all King Scholars.

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SCHOOL NEWS. 'I'h· new boys and under sixteen ( :\ III1 Huli lllns Competitions were held on Mll utl ny. l\'larch 23 rd. wh en lhe former \\ II I( \Von by Crowley and th e latter by

P, II. Il nwkcs.

.;.:

~.:

'I'h open

* Competition

was held on III IIHIIIIY, l\larch 24th. After a keen I HII1I'H ( i ll .which all the com petitors ~hHW, ' d II, high standard of proficiency lhll 11 11 1'.(' was award ed to Twells. -J.' 0/,<

On the following day th e Four-oar races too k place at F ordwi ch on the course used last SlImmer for the sculling races j the winnin g crew was that stroked by J enkin . .

-J.\./' Owi ng to the dcath of the Dean the Sports against St. Edmunrl's School which were to have been held On Tuesday' March 3 J st, did not take place. I ~.' ~~

. The Sport's, Bo~ting and Gymnasium pnzes were presented by Mrs. Bostock in the Schoolroom on March 31st.

Wedn esday, March 25th, the ~.' ... I 1111111 II llt'net' I th e Baptism of th e 11 1'lid ~ 1 1I"l ' r's so n: the ritc was ad- . On Saturday, M~rch 7th, F. Bennett1I1 1,, 1,.lI llI ld In th e Na ve of th e Cathedral Goldney, E sq. gave us a most interesting I.) Ilt tl 1\1 1'ltd('Il 'on of Maidstone. lecture on "Julius Cresar's invasion of ~ Britain." (JII

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l'lu\ "Hir-oar B oat~ races we re held 11\'1 1 1111 1 ",41111 1 ('Ourse on March 24th. , II. I II I 10",' iln iHh th e final was won by h IItlllin II lIti Cro wl 'y.

'.'~'$ 1.'

On Tuesday, March 17th, a lecture was given by J . Foxtoll Ferguson, Esq. on H Folk Song~." The .lecturer sang several songs to Illustrate hIS subject.

VIIl'l'U'fE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES.

"'11II'

1 '~ "iI , ,,' d th" School, Sept., . 898 ; VI. Form, Sept., ' 900; Monitor,

H "I'!.! ti l ' IUIf1 r,

IIjt XV., 1902; 2nd XL, ' 902; Sports' Colours, 1902; 'UiU8 ollege, Cambridge. ~

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R. D. WESTON-Entered the School, June, 1898; VI. FOCrm. Sept., ' 902 Gi Mon~~~, Sept .. 1902 ; 1St XV., 1900, 1901, 19 02 j aptal11, rgo2; ym ... 1, 19 01 ' 9 02 ' SlIver Medallist, Public School Gym.. CompetltIOn, 19 02 '; 2nd Xl., 1901, 1902; Sports' Colours, 19 0 1, 19 °2. C. H . MURRAy-Entered th e School , Sept., 1899; VI. Form, Sept., 190 2 . S. LUCAs-Entered the Schnol, Sept., 1899 ; 1St Xl. , 1902; 2nd XV. , 19° 1 • 19°2. R. F. NATIO N-Entered th e School. Sept., 1898 ; 2nd XV ,1 901 , 19 0 2 . A. R. DAVI Es- Entered the School, Jan., 1899 ; 2nd X V" 19 00 , 19 0 [, 19° 2.

[We npologisc for the om ission of the above notice in the lnslmullbcr

or the Call IUfl l"illll, -

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HARVEY SOCIETY. On Saturday, March 6th, Mr. Ed monrls read a paper on Athenian Life in the F ourth Century, B.C. Begin ning with . costum e, he gave a brief d esc ~i p ti o n of th e life of a well-to~d o Atheillan from his birth onwards, touchin g on educa.tion and home life. physical and military t raininl'J', the dl1ti~s an d occupations of manho~d, business, philosophy, the

theat re. the games ; an d a rter some account or marriage. reli gion, sic kness and death, co ncl ud ed with a n imag inary picture of the Agora illi d its buil di ngs and th e crowd that mig ht be see n there ee when th e i\larket place was fulL" The paper was ilJ u:;Lratcd by la ntern sli desof bl1ild~ in gs a nd statu a ry.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Sports were held on th e Deve rl ey on Th ursday, March. 19 t.h and Saturday, March 2 1St. The weather on th e whole was better than. that whlch IS

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wWll lly- we had almost said proverbially-associated with the Sports. A high wind IIl owi ng across the sprint trac k militated strongly against the performance of fast times hil t oxccpt for a slight shower on Thursday th e weather was bright and sunny. ' l'hlt ,1' inn ovati ons were introduced into the Sports this year and all may be regarded lOt IIi ",hly successful. A Tutor Set Shield has been very kindly presented by the IU j11llht' rMof th e Sixth Form to be held for one year by that Tutor Set whi ch obtains I hâ&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Itl M'h ,~ t num ber of points ill the various races and other events of the Sports. Willi Ih is object certain ma rks a re allotted to all races (except the H andi caps), in a dl lfl Jl il,. nchome whi ch has been draw n up with great care. The result of the illnovaIlun IVUIt t be seen in a greatl y increased number of entries for all events and in the I!ul Ih llt v{'ry g reat enthusiasm was shewn over all races. The second innovation was 11111 nppoillLmc nt o f a Starting Steward to assist the Starter in his attempt to keep the \'UdO IlH ()V nls up to th e stated times, and we take this opportunity of thanking f\1. , IIlI ly for his invaluable help and for the un selfish mann er in which he filled this .1111, lilt P sili on. It was due to his efforts that on both days the races were finished \\ III. II II flo w minu te s of the stated tim e. The third innovation was a handicap at " " PIIl IH lhe race produced over eighty e ntries. It was unfortunate that the start HI li d" ' 111 ' 1) WWi round a bend and this shQuld be rem edied in future years. Although II,. " iii II I of I he weather was against the accomplishm ent of fast times, some very I It ' ll 111 11111 pt'lfo l'n1anccs we re achieved, and the general standard seems to be above Ihll l 01 /H tl vi OliS years. The best performance of the day was undoubted ly the 1I IIIId ll ll I hUL Tulloc h's Half- lVIil e ancl Mile and Olive's Hurdles were all very 111 1111 11' IIl' rrOl' ll1 ances. Both Bovenschen' s Hundred ancl Huyshe's Steeple Chase I q l ll~l h nlt . foil' honl Rc orcl s, while Mr. Cape's Tutor Set T eam completed their mile in III II h' 11 1111 Kl'fo n d s less than the previous fastest tim e. In the Long Jump and in the Il hl li IIIIIIJI wn npp ar to be weake r than in previ ous years, while the result of the \\ IIN III PUlling (' mpetition was deplorabl y poor. In the eeUnder 16" Events, I II llIpl I lIu lI Wil li lI ot quite 50 close. Ramm ell won with ease the majority of these 1111 uni! 1111 1 opponents whom he met seemed scarcely able to stretch him at al l. I I! 111 \1111 1 hl' .. 1 ~pt 'at usc to us in future years . The general standard of running IIlIlt lllHlhubly ha vo bl'c n be Ller had more t ime been allowed for training. The .It dlli 111111 111 11 \\ I'I,k fro m th e t"ootball Season would hardly be felt and the addition ,,' li d w,' , k 10 I ht' Iinw all ow 'd fo r the Sports would be of incalculable advantage. I II 1111 I:C II .11 II HIJlI l lly f run ners it is impossible to become 4< fit" in a short time. , 1111, 11 11 \\ I",hull of holdi ng p ape r~c h a ses-exceJ(e nt as they are at the proper UIIII ltil 1111 11 h n iOll 1 lh a Sports may be doubted. It is almost an axiom that for the II IIH ti ll I II l n JlII'jnd ld.tI lO l>ace on the track. \\'1 11111 I. )11 1'1111 0 111' thank s to the followi ng for their kindness in giving prizes: I 1,111 11 1111 IlIlh .hlil/', j\ 11'H. ;a lpin, IVTrs. Walsh, l\frs. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Bell, I" l it Idllll ~ II ' I , " htl MIl Yo,', The Dean, Dr. Blore, 1\1r. Mason, Mr. Hodgson, I. I " III , II lill i ', IVlr. AuSL Il , Mr. Capo, Mr. Rosenberg, IV1r. Edmonds, II 1'111 I, II . I .llI nl , I\-Ir. It fly, Tho VJth Form, and The Vth Form,

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SENIOR ST I~RPI.E CHASE.

Run on Saturda}'. March 14th . 1. _

O. F. Huyshc R. H . H itchcock

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the compctitors- twcnly-thrcc in number-finished the course.

Time 4min. 26~ secs.

Mansfidd stumbled at the last hurdle

nod let in G recn who was finishi llg very strongly.

Time not taken.

H . A. Jenkin

4· J. R. Tulloch Huyshc wenl off at n great speed followed by Hitchcock nod Jenkin. At the lap of St. Thomas' I-lill, J-1u)'shc hnd a lIseful lead, while Jenkin and H itchcock werc running almost equal. nlly~he maintained his position and won by about 20 yards. Hitchcock beal Jenkin hy about 15 for second place. The time was excellent, and onc of the most pleasing features of the race was the fact that all

obstacle.

HUNDRED YARDS 1St

l/ear.

(open).

F. C. Bovenschen 2, C, H . Budd 3. II. J. F. Grier.

\\' on b)' 2 yards in 11!secs.

2nd heat.

I. J. L. Tomlin 2. W. 11. Lovatt W on easily in I I ~s ecs.

Final/leaf. F. C. Bovenschen J. L. T omlin 2 . C. H. Budd

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Time not taken . 2. F. C. Bovenschen On the run ·ofT Bovenschen was very fast oft the The competitors in this event appeareci to be .mark and led by three-quarters of n yarrl at soyds. below the uSHal standard and H amilton won with Tomlin then closed in slightly on hUll . but in the the poor jump o( 17ft . lin . No competitor appeared last twe nty yards 130vensclien, fin ishi ng ve ry st rongly, slightly increased his lead and won by to realise the importance of jumping high. 2~feet III IO~SCCS. This should undoubtedly rank HALE MILl!. as a School Record. The onl)' previous res\llt 10 be 1. J. R. T ulloch 3· G. C. Cooke compa red with it is n reputed lo isecs. by W. H. 2. O. F. Huyshe 4. R. H. Hitchcock Maund rell -suppos('d to have been done under bad Won by eight yards; six between second and circumstances and on the Green Court. third . Cooke just beat Hitchcock on the post for QU"ItT~R 1\'111 .11, (open). third place. Tulloch ran with excellent jtldgm~nt , and, considering the high wind, his lime is \'ery !. J. L. Tomlin 3· C. 1-[. Budd H. J. 1". Grier 4· 1::. C. F . O'Neill 2. creditable. Time 2mi n. 19!secs. Hovenschen was faM est off and led for (orty H URDLE RACE (120 yards). yards when he was passed by O'Neill, who went right away against th e wind. At the half distance E. C. Green \ 1 St heat. O'Neill held a lend of ei~ht yard s, but at the bend L. Nfansfield dead heat 'romli ll wit h the wind behind hi m ca me right away Mansfield was a trifle faste r off the ~ mark, but and, followed by Grier. ~lassed O'Neill at the Green just mana~ed to catch him at the' til pc. Pavilion. 13\11ld caught 0 Neill, who was quite Time 21!-secs. nm Ollt, on the Hlpe. But for his mistake in judgment, O' Neill might havc re\'ersed the verdict. 2 1td /Ieat. I. G. F. Olive Won h}' six yards ; th e same distance separated 2. G. V. Ormshy Olive ran in excellent form and won as he second and third; inches be tween third find fourth. T ime s 8!secs. liked. Time 19t5ecs. II IGIi JUM I' (open). Fi1tal heat. J . E. C. Green I. A. C. Thomas I 2. C. F. Olive 2, L. Mansfield I'l eight Sft o~i n. Ol ive jumped 4ft. I I!in. Olive, who was leading easily, fell at the sixt h LoNG JUMP.

A. de B. H amilton

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MILE (open).

Ie Tu lloch 3· R. H. Hitchcock J. (), I~ . lI uyshe 4. G. C. R. Cooke Oreen went off with the lead followed by 1111 hC?ck and H uyshe. At the end of the first 11'1 ) I ill chcock went ahead fo llowed closely by Iluy"ho. nnd in this order they ran fo r two laps wltll " Tulloch had joined the leaders and was lying Ihllli. At the L.'l.d ies' Pavilion T ulloch sprinted iwd On h.hlng ve ry strongly won by t wenty yards; wn yr\T(l" between second and third; five between Ihl,,1 AIUI (ounh. I.

'I'huo 'Imln. S9tsec. (excellent time considering th e wind).

TU 'I'OR S~T TEAM HACE. " !ll ~, rnc ,lVrlS won in excellent form by i\·fr . I Il jllU l ulM Set (I I. J. F. G rier, W. G. Campbell W II , I.llv It nnd E. C. F. O'Neill). G rier ra~ ¥f' l r IIPod fir8l quarter and len Lovatt with a /l uh ~I!\II1 1\1 k lHI, which W{lS, however, materially I I dill I II hy III. vcnllchcn. Campbell, with a lead of " It w YIi Hh , 11\11 \'Cry s trongly nnd left O'Neill with II I. ul HI hvnnl)' yilT!! .!! fr om Tomlin. This O'Neill fl>U I+ ~hU ll1 l1 l1y 1~l c ".'lIIl cd (or, running a very good T i'U II' , h ~ hlllllhctl thirty·fi ve yards ahead of 111111111 ~I f , 1\1,11'. TCAm was 2nd , Mr. Latter:s 3rd.

I III" \111In, s 9ilJcc. (8 tsecs. inside previous record). 1111 111111 uf th t' Indh' idun l quarters were ' II , ). I". (:licr, S9 sees. . \V, II , Lllvatt, 62 secs. W. (;, :Intll)hcll, 60 sees. I· C, I''. ()'N ill, 58* s/!cs.

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HUNDRED YARDS. Rammell o. J. Deighton, ii. o. 13. B. I-I orsbrugh 2. L. P. Abbott This race drew the splendid entry of 43 of whom 35 started. In lhe final heat Rammell ~\'as sl:)\v ~st off the mark but his length of stride served hun 111 good stead And he won with comparat"'e ease (rom Abbott. Third man close up. Time 114 sees. I.

J. H .

H URDLES.

I 2. G. C. Covell Won anyhow. Time 22! sees. QUARTER MILE. I. J. H . Ram mell 1 St heat. 2. N . A. Biuleston 3. L. P. Abhott Won comfortably. Time 63t secs. 2ud heat. I. E . T . Gage 2 . S: E. Wall A very close race. Time 661 sees. Filial heat. I. J. H. Hammell 2, L. P. Abbott Won in the easiest style in 60! sees. I.

N. A. Bittleston

H A L F MILE.

J. H .

Rammell 3· S. E. Wall 2. K. Moore 4. E. T . Gage Rammell led almost from start to finish and w~m as he liked in time that compares very well With that of the Open. Half·;'...l ile. Two yards sepa rated seco.nd and thud while Wall, fmishing ve ry strongly, Just caught Gage on the post . Ti me 2 min. 2St sees. J.

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N. J\. Bitlleston

I h· nlll II fl . 5 In.

11'.

"lIh!N I J. N . A. Uittlcston 111111 111 I ~ 1\, S ill. UIIII ktfl )111111' I Hili !tllih 10_11 Ih n Vn lllng•. II I

HUNDRED YARDS.

W. R. L eslie I 2. C. G . \ \filliamson. ~·t orris was faslest away but Leslie drew level at .1h.\J~y yards and ultimately won by inches (rom W!l h nn~son , who undoubtedly threw away the r.lce by lookmg rOll nd . T ime I2! sees. I.

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C. G. Williamson I 2. W. R. Leslie Won by six yards in 70 sees. JUNIOR SCHOOL EVENTS.

T he final (a fast run race) resulted as follows :I. A. de B. Hamilton (24! yris.) 2. F. G. Scott (2 1 yds. ) 3. D. C. iVlather (52 yds). Won by inches j half·a·yard separated second and thi rd. Time 1 yard inside 24 sees.

L ONG JU M I>,

Watson

Gardner Length 13 ft. 7 in. 2.

HI GH J UMP, I.

\~'atson

1 2. H arrison A creditable performance. H eight 4 ft . 3 in.

I t

HU NDRED YARUS. I.

Mercer

Harrison 2. Wa tson Watson was slowest ofT and lost considerably by funning into the strings. Won by inches from the dead-heaters. Time 12 sees. I.

Watson

2 20 YARDS.

Me rcer

Won easily. QUARTER 1\'lI LE.

Watson Harris 2. Mercer Won in excellent style by Watson who ran with very good judgment and reached the tape four yards in fronl of Mercer j half·a-yard between second and thi rd. Time 68! sees. (excellent time for a boy of 12). 220 YARDS (U NDER JI ). I. Maxtcd, ii. I 2. Wacher. The winner led throughout . Time 33t secs. 220 YARDS OPEN HANDICA l'. The following by winning their heats, qualified for the final :-B. S. Collard (23~ yds. ) j A. de B. Hamilton (24i yds.); R. \\' . r'>Jarshall (20 yds.) j H. Petley (20 .yds. ) j D. C. "'l at her (52 yds.) j P. W. While (38; yds); E. C. Green ( 19 yds.) ; F. G. SCO l{ (2 1 yds.) j while H . M. Burdell (39 yds.), and R. E. Dalwigk (42 yds.) qualified as fastest losers.

600 YAR DS OI'El:'< HA NDICI\I'.

W . H. Lovalt (8 yds. ) A. C. Thomns (5 yds.) 3. J. R. Parsons (3 yds.) Time 1 min. 32 sees. I. A. T . Williams (8 yds.) 211d heat. 2. L. Ma nsfield (scr.) 3. R. Watson (5 yds.) Time I min, 31t sec J. W. G. Campbell (3 yds.) srd I/Ca( , 2. G. W. Godwi n (3 yds.) 3. R. W. Brinsley·Richards (12 )'ds). Time I min. 3 I! secs. J. W. H. Lovatt (8 yds..) Final. 2. A. T. W illiams (8 yds.) 3. W. G. Campbell (3 yds.) Won by two yards. A yard between 2nd and 3rd. Time I min. 25f sees. ISt

heat.

PU'rI'I NG ' 1'1-1l': WKI GHT .

(Standard 27 h.) Tu lloch, 27 ft. 3 in. A. GiHibrand, 26 ft. 9 in. A poor result.

J. R.

CONSOLAT ION RACI!. R. B. Winser I 2. G . V. Ormsby. Time 64 secs. J UN I OR S·!·KR I 'I.RCH ASK.

Run on Thursday, ro.'larch 12t h. I. L. P. Abbotl 3· E. C. Arnold 2, J. H. Rammell 4. E. P. Gage Rammell took the lead at the commencement and held it till the last field, then Abbott drew l1p and both competitors came to the last dyke together, Abbot cleared it, but Ram mell, hindered perhaps by the crowd o~ ove r curiou;> spectators, failed and was beaten til the fun m. Arnold fini shed very fa st and quite fresh . H ad he made his effort earlier he might very well have won.

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Under 16.

Op e n.

Und e r 14.

- ------ - -------- - - ------ - ------Steeplechase Mil e ...

...

Il nlf Mile

Qun rter "1ile ... 100

Vords

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Jum» ... IlIlIh JLllIlp ...

J Hll(t

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12.

10,

3·

10.

3·

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12.

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12 .

10.

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WI.I" lu

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12 •

20.

6. 16.

12.

8. 4·

5·

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Open. EVRNTS.

Under 16.

Under 14.

-; E D L I A e ME D LA e M I E B L A l e

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One Mile .. .

Half Mile .. . Quarter Mile Hundred Yards

Hurdle Race Putting the Weight

.. ..................................... ...... .. . ."

12 10

Long Jum p

.... ..

.. .... ... . .. . .... .. .. .. 8 5 ...... ..... .... .... ...... , 5 10 '5 ..... .. ........ .. ,.

High Jump

.... ; ~.

. . .. .... .... .. .. . 13 6 I ...............................

Junior Steeplechase Tutor Mile

"6' .. .

Senior Steeplechase

1612

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... .

... 38

0 11 2

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2'1

F I NA L OR D ER, J. 2.

3. 4. 5. 6.

Mr. Mr. Mr. 1\'1r. Mr. J\h.

Bell's Austen's Latter's Mason's Cape's Evan's

112

mark s.

94 mnrks.

92 marks. 87 marks. 70 marks. 31

mark s.

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T he first paper chase of th e term was held on F riday, February 20th, the hares bing H. A. J enkin and R. H . Hitchcock. Starting down North gate Strett, the track waN laid along the Scotland Hills to Fordwich dnd then through the Trinley Woods to Elbridge House, where a false track caused some five minutes delay. Thence, hnving crossed the Little Stour at Wi ckham breaux, the track followed the road throngh l ck ham and passed throu gh the woods at the back of Littlebourn e H ouse fllHI rCLurn ed home by th e Sandwich road, whi ch was joined at the third milestone rw m ant crb ury. The first hounds Huyshe and Twells came in with the bags Mlxt n minutes after th e hares and werc followed in order by Telfer, H enderso n, (:odwi n, Arnold, T ulloch, Sanders, Cooke, Preston, Marshall, Mannering, Cock rem, IU 'hord, Spafford. . Tho seco nd paper chase of the term took place on Wednesday, March 8th, the 11111('8 b inA' O. F . H uyshe and J. Twells. The course started up the hill towards the (',n,s .. nnd e ntered th e Woods to the left of the Whitstable Road, emerging near I)j 11111ro ud Farm, it followed the road for a short distance. After a noth er bit of woull It rossed the ''''hitstable road again and went away towards S. Stephen's and 'UI Ii tll tH . The rUIl was about 10 miles, a fair di stance, seeing that the frequent rains II II ImHlercd the ground very heavy for running. Among the hounds Jenkin, WnI.II01\. fl odwin and Arnold led most of the way, but had hard luck in missing the IIIIN" nwl uK to th scantiness of track, Tulloch was first home, having iost about se ven wln!!II'" Oil th e hares. Then came T elfe r and Arnold with the bags, and Hitchcock, II Ilk hi ( 'o('krC'm, Lovatt, Marshall. Preston and Anderson.

'I'll" hlld pnp 'r hase was run on Tuesday, March , ';th, the hares being H uyshe track was laid by way of Blore's piece and the new football sharply to the left and went through the fields in front of the I 1111 ( 'n ll nl{l l 111\( \ lip to th e top of the hill. Skirting some small plantations the 1,I,UI 1111,..1111, 11 (1 IlI'OD d ak road (leavi ng an unex pected human obstacle in the way "I ,Ii" hOIIIlIIN) lind followed the path down to Sturry and through Fordwich. 1'11111 I dill .. Itll 11111 hill 0 11 tho left of the road, they crossed the Stodmarsh road close I \ 1111111 \ \\lIlId .. , li nt! wo rk d round the right-hand side of them across the Sandwich 11111 II, ~I . 1111111111' IOIII IH, lenving th e bags on the old Golf Links at Lew Down, and ",,",111 11"""Uil til" n hi. to th e root of St. Martin's Hil l. A strong wind blew the I'il I HI.,tIIl '1III Ml tlmllhly. lind th e false tracks near the start delayed the hounds, but i litH! IIHllllllo I ' III~pl {\I"" th urse. Hitchcock and Godwin were the first to get If till II.IN I Ilt u III IIIli\t v('ontun lJyarrived six minutes after the hares, followed 'by II "I ,IIIIIllI'ill : 4, IJrinsley-Richards; 5Âˇ Twells. 11111 1 MI , AIIMl(lll . Th 1111 111 I, Whlll H It ' li m ed

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GYMNASTIC COMPETITONS. On Monday, March 23rd, the New Boys and Under Sixteen Competition s were held in the Gymnasium. , The former consisted this year of Free Gymnastics and Marching Exercises. These WCTC perhaps not so interesting to watch, but th ey are of co urse the surest road to hig her accomplishments. The two prizes kindly g iven by the H eadmaster were won by B. Crowley and E. K. Barber with 4si and 45 marks respectively out of a possible 60. There were eig ht entries for the Unde r Sixteen Competition. Some of the candidates did not scem to recognise th at it is Ir position" which di stinguishes the gymnast from th e mere strong man . P. H . Hawkes and D. H . Hammonds werc both very good, but the form er gained marks for neatness and fu lly deserved his first place . The Open Competition took place on th e following evenipg.

Unfortunately we

were unable to witness th e display by th e DepOt Staff. The work of all the competi-

tors was extremely satisfactory, J. Twells on the Rings and Parallels and R . M. H enderson on th e Parallels and swinging on the H o rizontal bein g very good, while the other competitors shewed g reat promise for next year. The marks obtained ou t of a possi ble 94 were as follows :-Twells 87t. Henderson 75t, Olive 64t, Cockrem 56 . Twells and H enderson have been selected to represent th e School at Aldershot; we wish them all poss ib le success. Captain 'j'ristrarn of th e rc Duffs U had kind ly consented to judge , and he expressed his pleas ure in doin g anyth ing for th e School and also at th e work done in the competition. Append ed are the

exe r ~ i scs

to be set at Aldersho t, which were also performed in

the Open Competition :VAULTING H ORSE.-( I) Hollow back vault right or left. (2) Hollow back back lift, horse lengthways. BRIDGE LADDER.-( I) Right hand leading sideways by the side, sitting position, halfway ; down to har.gin g positio n, change, pull to breast, and both hands at once forward, to end of ladder. (2) Hand over hand back wards by the spars. ROPE. - ( I )

Bo th hands lead in g han ds and feet, come down hand over hand

without the feet. (2l Hand over hand with th e feet. PARALLEL BAH. S. - ( I ) Show fi rst position in centre o f bars, swing to straig ht arm balance, down to bent arm balance, rest on the right bar in front and fi nish with back

lift off the left bar. (2) Both hands leading at rear end of bars, steady lift to bent

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balance, travel the bars to the front r.estin g on both bars showing three bent arm !Jubll ces j after last balance down to fi rst position between the bars and drop to the

Urm

nl.

H ORIZONTAL BAR.- ( I) Upstart, swinging circle, left leg acti ng, right leg fl('ting , upstart and vault ri ght o r left. (2) From hanging po~ition rise above both hnnds leadin g to position above the bar, down, slow circle to position above th e bar, Hlow r..ont ro ll and fini sh with round back back lift. VA lil 011 RINGs.-Both. hands leading and front roll to position above the rings, (I own to hanging position, slow circle to back hanging position, hollow back circle to

IIunt hang, pull to breast and drop.

DOUBLE FIVES TIES. ROUND.

FIRST H I ~\fl OH I ( ;u(lk l III ( 11t'11Il

11ft \III l 'l\dlj l I'Ii _I

} } }

beat benL

beM

{ Covell Wickham { Tuke Olive { Nation Adluns 1 Lovatt Mansfield

SECOND " "~ I I\M I I WI\

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} )

ll'lt, II Â· 111 " 111 111 11 Ii

}

Tom lin Mangin Bovcnschen Tullock Hitchcock Lucas

} } }

beat

}

beat

beat beat

{ Hawkes Ricketts f Gramshaw ~ Lermit { Johm;ton Marshall

} a bye ROUND. Hitchcock Lucas

beM { Creen Uasselt { Lovatt beM l\'lnnsficld

{ Parisi Prest

Spafford } a bye.' Cockrem SEMI-FINAL.

I I\'IH

Hitchcock Lucas

} Spafford 'ock rcm l ;- I NAL.

Il ilcitcock 1.lIe1l5

}

bent

llovenschcn } Tulloch

}

beat

} Tomlin Mangin

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THE BOAT CLUB.

The .new Four arrived from P.utneyon the 13th March, and was afloat on the RIver .the next day. She IS nearly t~"o feet longer than th e first boat and conslderably lIghter, an? naturall~ harder to SIt. After being temporarily housed II for ten days 011 t restles In 'Warden 5 garden she was taken down with the old four to the Lower Boat Honse in order to give th e crews th e opportunity of doing some longer bits of rowing below the Red Bridge. Upp~r

On th'c 24th, both boats weTC rowed down to Fordwich, and the thiee c rc,Ys went over t~e ~cew c?urs~. The bend at the beginning was quite' manageable. and th e half-mIle s ~ralght m~d e an excellent Lon~ Reac h. Steps are being taken to prepare a sUltable landmg-stage near FordwIch Church and to build a shed large enough to contain a four and a wh iff. We hope to get together a School crew next term and to arrange a ,race against an O.K.S four. T~ e Pairs. were rowed on th e old course al>o\'e Sturry on th e 25th Mart h. The races dIffered 111 several respects from those of previous years. The Fours having a.bsorbed the. older members, t~e rowing i.n the Pairs was rougher and the crews lIghter than hitherto.. The heaViest crew thIS year was ligh ter than the lighest last year. At the same tlme the c:ews were more even and the competi tion consequently, keener. It was thought advIsable under the ci rcumstan ces to shorten the course b,t 150 yards, while the distance betwee.n th e boats w~s increased fr~)Jn 25 yards to 44, wIth the result that all the races wer~ rowed out lIlstead of enrllllg prematurely in a bump half-way down the course. E Ight crews entered. The winning crew were a long way, the lightest and t horoughly deservcd to win. Crowler at bow kept excellent time and length throughout, and Pettman stroked with considerable judgment. Barber and Trousdell, whose long swin g carried them through th e first two heats, got short an d hurried in the Final, and were not together. Among the other crews, Sarson rowed a long steady stroke but could not quickell when pressed ' Ba~on, who~e rudder foul~d the bung-line in th e second race, swung well but had n~ 6111Sh j Armitage and Valhngs could not stay the course, and pull ed with their arms' while Redpath and Linton hardly rowed their weight. '

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The following are the results ;HEAT A, H. B. Peace St r. O. C. W. Mather

Cox. I-Ii~AT

B. Crowley Sir. ~ T. F . Pellman { Cox. W. Lucas Mitchell Winner : Pettman, easily.

D. T-I. H ammonds A. W, Sarson F. Mitchell Winner: I-Tl~AT C. A. J. Trollsdell Str. E. K. Barber Cox. W. Lucas Winner: St r. Cox.

1[ 1"1\'1'

}

K. B. Dickson St r. O. V. Bacon { Cox, I-I. C. Mangin. Bacon, half-length .

}

{s" .

E. C. Linton W. I-I. St. L. Redpath Cox. I. R. Madge Barber, five lengths.

n .'

I-I. L. Vall ings K. S. Smith W. R. N , Leslie . V. L. Armitage { S" Cox. I. R. i\ladge H. C. 'fangin I\-Vinner : Armitage, half-length .

Str. ox .

li lt"'!' R - Winner of A. v. Winner of B. \~li nn er :

II I~ "T

Pettman, easily.

F. - \Vi nncr of C. v. Winner of O. Winner : Barber, three and half lengths.

I,' INAI. III~ A'I'. -Winne r of E- v. \Vinner of F. Winner: Pettmnn, one-third length.

l'ln ' II'UII IH w(' re rowed at Fordwich on the 20th March.

The crews proved to be

II 111,,,111111)' IIVI IIl , IT I th e first heat l\'[arshall's crew, who had the lower station , went .111 ,II ,j 111111 II lu tN stroke than Presto n's, and were well within th eir distance just lulliit ,lit, M It! li H'ht. 1l aro, however, owi ng to bad steering, they fouled t he bank, unllu ItUt IIII ' ~' Hoi f(oi ng again had lost more than they had gained. Ro wi ng very plilllih IIII~' 411\ 1\1,1 lip stead ily and were only beatp.11 by a quarter of a length. To t

,1.1

'"" \lVII I

,".1 111111

Iw ratch Master' s four rowed behin d Jenkin's crew in the

It 1llklll' H drew away in the Long Reach and in spite of a bad crab

I I '" It II III 1111111 \t ollle won by a length. I It. ~I 1111 III tho Final TIeat was in doubt till near the finish . Both crews I I I !I 11t ,1, 1,111 !',,''''IC11l co uld not quite hold Jenki n, and was beaten after a good t I I'r jl II IIUIlI li nd II quart r.

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For the winners, Jenkin stroked with judgment and kept a good le ngth, Whalley worked hard but was . rath ?T short and inclined to miss the beginning, a nd Strahan, who had not rowed till tins term . was th e wcak spot. Preston's cre w was the neatest and the best. together ,; Tuke rowed well, b~t th ey were unable to quicken when pressed i Pans ~lt 2 (ltd very well for a begmner. Marshall's four were rough but powerful, ,and bem¥, well st,roked were much better to.gether in the race than they had been dunng practIce. Mitchell steered weli, especIally at the corner ancl Madge showed promise of makin g a good cox. I

The style of the rowing as a whole was good fo: a first attempt at racing in fours, but tlwre wag a tend en cy th roughout to cut th e finish and to bring the hands in too lo w. The foll owing a r9 th e c rews and the res ults ; HEAT A.-Marshall's Crew v. Preston's Crew. Bow. 2.

3·

Sir. C ox.

lb.

S. U. Ba ily Bow. 8 8 T. S. H . J. Prest 10 6 2. L. F. W . H. Lova lt 10 ~ J. M. 3· R. W. Marshall 9 , '2 Sir. 0. J. W. Lu cas Cox. 1. R. 7 2 Wintl cr: Preston, quarter.length.

Adams Paris Tuk c Presion Madge

".8

lb.

'2 0 '2

HEAT B.-Jenkin's Crew"'row over v. a Ma!:lers' Crew. Bow.

C. C. S:mlmn

L. Mansfi eld

3·

F. S. Whalley H . A. Jenkin

Sir. Cox.

F. Mitchell

st.

lb.

9 5. 9 3 JO 12 10 0

6 8

Bow. 2.

3·

Str. Cox.

1\'1. Edmonds E. P. Gu cst A. R. Woodward C. W. Hell L. E. Reay

FINAL HEAT.-Winner of A. v . Jenkin's Crew . Winner: Jenkin, one and quarler lengths.

vye owe a debt of thanks t.o Mr. Guest for abl e assistance with the coaching, and to vanous Masters who help ed with th e judging of th e races.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. I)I("R SC HOOL,

We send yo u a scrappy account of

doings. As a body we flounsh. Ind ividually we flourish likewise. E. \lV. M owll coached a boat successfully. E. I.. Massey has been gettin g hit on the hl'IHI itt hoc;kcy. L. N . Green rowed in hll, 1.(J llt J30aL which went up. J. E. IluKlmlicis and F. H. Durnford rowed II th tÂˇ il' Lent Boat which went down, ( i, A. F. Quenti n has been trying to ,. hulIl K(l:dKfo r hi s ho ckey team. J. Frewer hll ht'(ln seen at inspections and field\ 1 1l~H, Two .KS. arc at Ridley, G. N .

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Finn and G. Cooper. 'We had a meeting in Durnford's room s, and foug ht rath er less than usual. vVe were glad to hear from Mr. Galpin about the new project for th e improvement of the Chapel. In co nclusion we congratulate Mr. Galpin and Mrs. Galpin on the arrival of the new King's Scholar, we wish him a long and prosperous career, and with best wishes to everyone at the School, Remain, yours ever,

O.K.S.

CANTAB.

F ROM INDIA. I We IIlw e

received the foll owing fr om an Indian C orrespondent. -Eoo. CANTUAR.]

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II , , III

H t IIIW I' V I 1I1 0 ll LY R Il,QU1RED 1101 I M I Itl l l( N ( A N t) NEI!O .

1,,\ I I " ~' II,,, IIII orL), LO la)' before 1111 1IIIIII wlliH It w hllmbl -. line:; hoping

to be exc used to trespass upon your most valuable time. Having come in the mind that some qualified signallers and clerks will shortly be entertained in a position, as required owing to th e busy season, to remove the requisite affairs in your department, I also present myself as an applicant to get an addition in the list or catalogue. As regards my capabilities and characteristics I have a fair knowledge in English and that is equivalent to those of lore brought up to the Entrance Class, and as my father was irreparably indegent

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and breathed his last, I could not go on with my study any further after his dimise, a nd had since worked as an unpaid probationer in Onelh and Rohilkhand R ail way and was also set up as a temporary clerk twice to relieve a Number-taker ancl Train clerk for about a couple of months respectively. wh ere 1 satisfi ed the authorities correctly. But owing Lo the dulness of Traffic it became a negative

the sources borne to mind that you will be a reliable and rernediable medium of my livelihood as yuu can peep out into my wretc hed and sad plight that I am visited by a pinching poverty and eve n in the fami ne. 0, Incarnation of philanthropy ' [ havc a fir m confidence in you that you will Âˇnot turn a deaf ear to me. May I there fore req uest that you ,vi II use your cause o f conferring any chance upon me accommodating illHuc llce to e nable me and this made me fall into a cave of to obtain such an appoi ntm ent the duties de spair. of wh kh I shaH do my best to perform Bei ng anxious of the aforesa id terms with diligence and a ttention. I have qualified myself in morse T eleÂˇ If I shall attai n my object successfully graphy and can receive, to be sure about 'I shall ever, as in duty bound, pray for ( 20) twenty word!; per minute, and am your long life aucl prosperi ty. again to undergo the required examination in which, I feel certai n will cut a goed Your most obedient servant, and remarkable figure. .. GOKUL C HANDRA, Leaving t hese all aside I am tolerably c/o JAGANNATT PERSHAD and Conversant with all the traffic duties if BASDEO SAHAI, I may be so fortunate as to gain your Bazar Biran1., mercy as I am a pobiscent a nd robust Chaudau si. man. I dare say that I will fall competent Chandausi, 91ft Nov. '90. enou gh to carryon all the duties required in your department as it is clear to you. A f~Lvourable and carly reply is highly I have, being disappointed from. all required .

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NOCTURNE.

The night is breathless : stillness reigns supreme: l;'ar off a myriad torches show where lies The mighty city, whence a haze of light D rives back the pall of darkness : yet no sound R eaches me: silent it lies : as if the throb Of life were stilled within it, and for once Thc never-ceasing turmoil of its crowd s Had ended, and deep slumber closed upon The slcepless city, which can never rest. Idly my e/'es rove upward to the heav'n And watc 1. the fires t hat stud the firmament. And ever as I gaze each star doth seem T o gleam awhi le and grow in brilliancy And then to fade as soon and disappear. 'Tis strange ! for thus, methinks, the life of man And human destiny is as a star. ,,' r wh o can count mankind ? or who can tell 'I'h number of the stars? and as the heav'n Displays awhilc her great and lesser lights A Tid th cn removes them, even so the world Sh ws forth her g reat men brighter than the rest. Whil e though these have their place, they pass unseen \J1II1oticed a nd unnam ed. Thus like the stars ' I ~ h llt li!Jc out of the twilight dimly seen 140 111 0 gl' W in brilliance, others still remain I )\ 111 fi nd bscurc, whilc life, short as a dream, 1,'lIt'H onward to its close with winged feet. Ho I r /I ~ w brief hours the stars endure, HOIII Litnl'H lost sight of in the rising clouds 'I'hnt t! WlI p th vault of heav'n, until at length '1' 11 fo ld gr y dawn appears, and one by one IlIl'Y Iud und fade a nd disappear from sight.

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NOTICE S ,

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CONTEMPORARIES,

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I bOttrtJia1J. Olaviall,

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EDITORIAL. IV, 11111, 1,' "ress to a slight feeling of depression as we look back upon the ,I. wll dl IIIIV ) passed in the term which marks fo r so many of us t he close of our .IiHIII 11111'111. tie r an it be said that the prevailing condition of the outside IIdd hll" III fl ily wlty tended to draw aside this gloomy veil; for as far as the 11111 I J;. lonl 'll rn od the term can hardly up to the prescnt be called a success. '" I t1 d nol t('rdi sc to the full until we entered upon t he pleasant task of 1':llIt ria l : for in ans wer to our enquiry as to how our masterpiece II 11111 III .1111111 lip. We were cheerfully info rmed that it sho uld be a chronicle 1 I lit. IIHI \Vh llll , after light. hea rtcdly making our preparatio ns, we set to .~ II d.I\\1I1 II upo n UK th at we had no bricks with whi ch to build. Alas ! the I III III 1111: "111 hll PHH hus Ic ft but li ttle else for us to record, except its own If 1111111111 . Il owllV r, we wo ul d take this opportunity of congratul ating the II 111'1111 II It'ir fl ll u victo f)' ovcr D over College, and wishing them th e same \ I 1,.1

'II\I'III~I II U 1111

'" lilli, II Ii '"' H hool matches. 111'1111 lin II vl" pxurcifl has not b ee n so m uch interfered with as in other 11 .. 11 . IUli t WI h ll/l l 1\ to/lO tt of an O .K .S. F our which is coming d own to row 111.·.1 I II II: ,,, 1III I fl in y nn innovnti o n and we h op e it may become an annual lit ilul I VI lUI II lI ol hur lillk in the c hain which binds the O.K.S. to the Sch ool.

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FROM THE LATIN. Again the spring has brought a sunny hour, Released from winter's cold embrace ; The midday of th e year still calms its power With Zephyr's grace. On melting Phyrgian plains the sun now beats j Nicrea vows her wonted store Bent:'ath his rays. Let us to fabled seats Of Asia soar. E 'cn now my spirit longs in restless haste O'er the spring-gladdened earth to roam, Borne on. by eager feet, and fain would taste ] oys far from home. Farewell! my friend s, of friendship's circle true; Who on a day set ou~, know wp.ll, Each his own path shall bring again. To youA short farewell I

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v MR.

LATTER'S Xl.

Played on th e Beverley, on May 19th, and res ulted in the easiest of victories for the School by 172 run s. Our opponents batted fi rst, but completely collapsed before Tulloch and Prest. Even Latter who scored 21 qut of 27 never appeared really comfortable, and should have bee n caug ht with only a siugle to his credit. The wicket, no doubt, afforded th e bowlers some assistance, but th ey deserve the greatest credit for thcir excellent performance. The School made a poor start J losing Anderson and Tpmlin with only 14 01) the board. Hawkes and Tuke hQweyer by. some lively cricket took the sc.ore to So, before the lattcr succumbed to. Blake. Ha\fkc$' innings dc~e rve th e g r~ atestÂˇ praise, as he seemed quite at his ease thrOlJgh~ut. arid timed th e ball v:ery accurately. He was dism.issed by a fine catch at slip with the score at 67 . NeIther' Green nor

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nov nschen gave much trouble, and six were down for 75 . Prest, howeverJ followed tip hi s sensational feat with the ball by an equally creditable performance with the hIlL. !-lis 59 was a very lively display. and, except for two chances early in his 1IIII In!!" almost free from fault. Hitchcock, Tulloch, and Gillibrand by useful l' OI I! nbutions helped to raise the total to 199. Only twenty minutes remained, and in a bad light our opponents failed to their poor performance in the first innings. Full score :-

O' d l\111l1

MR. ,\ 1001II Clt,

LATTER'S XI. 2nd Innings.

1St Innings. IInc! h Prest ..

I I,

I J llill U . b Tull och .. . I W)' Ultlll , c lI uyshc , b T ulloch .. . II 1' (' " IIC'h. Bl ake. b Prest.. .

o o o o .. 4 b Gillibrand o c Huyshe, b Hitchcock ...

~ ( I ' V , O. " E . Ryley . b Prest

1 Ii, HHhhHrno, b Prest .. . I

II " N I. 11\ Il uyshc, b Prcst It ~ I II . I ~ v nn !l . c Ande rson, b Prest II I V. "Ul ltll1 , hTulloch II f h 'l lI llIl , 110 1 0 111 .. . f I" I I ','11.1111111, a bse nl .. . 1 11"111111

o c Bovenschen, b Hitchcock o not o ut .. . Extra : No路ball, I

'('mill

7 16

Total

KING'S SCHOOL. I, I , Allth\I"OIl , c Ryley, b F'frCllch-Blake ... I , I .fllllln. "F'frcnch-Blnkc . . . ...

8 30 16 8

I It. " "W~I路., V(rench- Blnke, b Robinson I ~ I I ukl' , II F(' Cll ch 路 ll1 nke

I , ' hHIU, II I"," or ... II I P, r _I, c' It r lc),. II Latter I , Ih'Yf'I\_111'11, I, ' .I\lle r

,I' I II l1 y.lw, lI'I'wr"U\'l I' II IlIillll d l'\< It Alt er

7 17

I ( " II." II, " 1~(II\ IICh Blnke \ 11I1il1t1llWI, Iii II fl ul .. . ... I _Inil I IIYI'II , G, I路byes, ..

24 18 10

'I nlll i ...

...

199

OO WI. I NCI A NAT.Y S IS.

I wll , It I, .,

o. 7'1 7

18 9

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KING' S SCHOOL v. CHARTH AM

ASYLUM.

The match was played as usual on the Asylum Ground on Ascension D ay (May 2 1St), and this year was favoured with ideal weather. T he H ome side wo n the toss a nd se nt in Smith and Hills to face the bowling of Prest and Tulloch.; from the first, wickets bega n to fall rapidly, four going do wn for the same number of run s. By Innch time, owing to good bowling and fielding , all our opponents we re out for the small total of 32 run s, only one batsman sll cceedin g in reachi ng doubl e fig ures. Tulloch was responsible for most of th e wi ckets, coming out with th e rem.arkable average of seven wickets for J 2 Tuns . . Play was res um ed shortly after lunch, Tomlin and Anderso n openin g th e innings for th e School: neither, however, remained long at the wi ckets i bu t on Green join ing Hawkes the n~cessarr run s we re soon obtained . E ventually Green was caught in the fi eld for twenty-six, having helped to compile 60 run s for the . fourth wi cket: H awkes,. who scored most of his runs behind th e wicket, played a good innings of 65, without offerin g any chan ce. The innings closed for '36, leaving th e School victors by a marg in of over a hundred runs. On the Asylum going in a second time 84 run s were sco red for five wickets. Appen~l ed are sco res and a nalysis : CHARTHAM 1St Innings. H. S mith, c Tuk c, b Tu lloch J-I. l-lills, c Anderson, b Prest .. . D r. E verell, b Tulloch J . Allen, st Huyshe, b Prest W. Bryant, b Tulloch Dr. Shero, b T ulloch A. Cockayne, b Prest .. . R ev. N. H olt,- e Tuke, b Tulloch H. Wecks, c BOI'cnschcll , b Tulloch A. Plenderleith, b T ull och .. T. Johnson, not out E xtras : leg-bye, I i N oÂˇI).,\lIs, 2 .. .

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o o 4 IO o o

ASYLUM. 2nd Innings. c Gillibrand , h Hitchcock b H itchcock ... not out c G illihmnrl, b Green c Prest, b Grecn not out

ndid 2

not bat.

c Gillibmnd, b lIitchcock Ext rns ... T otal (5 wickels)

36 21

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IKING 'S SC HOO L. J. L. Tomlin, b Allen D. K. Anderson, c Everctt, b Smi th F. R. H awkes, b J ohnson J. M. Tuk e, h Allen ... . .. E. C. Green, c Bryant, b Cochayne H.J. Prest , bJohnson ... F. C. Rovcnschen, b J ohnson O. F. I-Iuyshe, c H olt, b I-iills R. 1-1. Hitchcock, b Hills J. R. Tulloch, nm oul A. C illibrand , not out Ext rn ~ : Byes , 4; leg-byc, I ; wiue, I .. .

5 3

65 2 26 17 0

7 4 I

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13 6

BOWLI NG A NAI.VSIS.

J. II.

R. Tulloch

Pre~ t

7.3

M. 2

12 17

Tulloch bowled two no-balls.

lO NG'S SCHOOL v REV. L. H. EVANS' XI. !'h iM 1I1lllr h was played on the Beverley on May 26th, and resulted in a win for 1111 1 11 111 11 hfl M nn exciting stru ggle. Our opponents won the toss and sent in I ,11" ,, " ,1 Il nr(icnHli to face the bowling of T ull och an d Prest. In the first few II¥I I I .Iltlll II hould have been caught and run out, and th ese mistakes proved I ''' jlPn .. !Vt l 1\8 the sco re had reac hed 90 before he played on to H a wkes. 'IMI~I IIII1 WIIIIt II' ll ilre! ·ltstle was cau ght wh ile attempting to hit. From this point, no II li lt .1 1111 I'XI('I}li 11 of J ames who was run out afte r contributing a somewhat III~' 1", 1I /l II I P{ l n ll ' 8 · ri OlI S resistance to th e bowling of H awkes, and the innings I .1 hn I HII . 0 Ih bowlers, H awkes was th e most successful , takin g six wickets I , "1 I It ll+ III ,I" " ,. P ,' 'st kept a good length . The School groun d fielding was I oil! 'Vi l lI! I h tdw H in lhe long field were misjudged. dlllhi 11 ",1 HOV(m RCh n opened th e School innings requiring to make 18 I in I III IUII I IIIf" " qua rte rs to win . Tn th e first over, Fielder, who was making II I'll t~ h Il i I l' onM id rably, yo rked Tomlin, and with th e Score at 2 J th e sam e I III lui I II Il IlYl'lltwhcn. H a wkes an d T uke make an effective stand, taking " II 1111 ~ I III ~7 WIH\1l th e forme r was out for a very pretty 76. Nine run s I fl n I Itllw l" " 11 11(1 1 r 8t was joined by Green. Both batsmen played

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the bowling with confidence, and despite numerous changes Lhey forced the game to sllch effect that the sco re had mounted to J 49 before Green was bowled by Latter after contributing 27 at a most critical time. Prest was shortly afterwards out for an invaluable 43 . Thanks to the courtesy of our opponent~ who generously prolonged play for a quarter of an hour, Huyshe made the winning hit sho r~ly b efore 6. 15,

leaving us winners as stated above.

Appended is full score and analysls:-

REV. L. I-I. EVANS' XI. Rev. E. H. H ardcastle, c P rest, b H awkes . __ A. Lallcr, b H nwkes H. M. J ames, rlln out ... ._, , .. C. McAndrew, c Bovcnschcn, b H awkes P. Godrrey, b H awkcs .. E. P. Gucst, h Prcst ,"A. Ficlde r, c Tulloch, b Prest G. E. V. Allstcn, c Hllyshc, b Prest G. Hopcm fi, not ou t W. Dann, b Ilrest ... Rev. L. I-I. E vans, c Tukc, .b Hawkes Extras: Bye, 1 ; widc, 1

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180

37 36

,.y.

KING'S

9 10

o 6 I

6 3 2

SCHOOL.

F. C. Bovenschen, b Fielder T. L. Tomlin, b Fieldcr ... F. R. Hawkcs, b Fieldcr. ..

26 20

1\'1. Tuke, b Fieldcr I-I. J. Prest, b Fieldcr E. C. Green, b Lattcr ... D. K. Anderson, h Fielder O. F. Huyshe, not out ... J. R Tulloch not ou t .. R. I,r: ~litchcock } did not bat. A. G ll hbmnd EXlras: tiycs, 34 ; widc!>,3 ; no-halls, 2

43 27

5 5 10

39 18 1

T otal.,. BOWLING ANALYSIS: RgV , L.

Tulloch ... Prest llitchcock Gillibrand Hawkes ...

H. EVANS' XI, O.

>t.

\ \'.

"12

3 3

0 0 0

11'1

22 17

3 0 0

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K I NG'S SC HOOL.

Il ardcnstic Fielder. McAnd rew

L..'ltlcr

"16

35 63

4 6

o o

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. MR. L. R. COO PER'S XI. Pl llycd on the Beverley, on IV[ay 26th, a nd. resul ted in o ur defeat after an ri lIn g- fini sh. The School made an indifferent start, but Tuke and Green quite 1l1II 1il() 1' d thc bowling, adding 69 for the the fifth wicket. The form cr played in qll l4 ' hi H best style, scoring freely all round the wicket, whi le Green, though a little IIII ~l. Âˇ!l{l y at the start, soon settled down to a vigorous and confident game. After 1111111 di ~ lI1issal. G. C. Strahan proved too much for most of the later batsmen, and Ili l1 IlIlIings closed at 2 05 . Our opponents then went in, and La tter at once punished the bO\ding \\ idl ~ It'lil f{\'verity, while H arris was content with keeping up his en d , an d t.h us the 1' 111111)' waS rcached in about fifty-five minutes before the latte r lost his ofT stump III I'lIke. Latter, however, continued to make runs at an extraordinary pa ce, finally I "dl1~ ' 32 out of 179 in rather less than an hour and a half. A chance of 11I1il))lIIg off Hawkes when 64 is the on ly fau lt that can be urged again st his IIIi1JHlid innings. On hi s dismissal, the batting became rather tame , but our HPP01ltl lltS managed to pass o ur total shortly befo re time. Full score an d analysis :--

KI NG'S SCH90L. I",

" Bovenschcn, nm out

\ I. I.. T omlin , c and b Lattcr

1,',

R. lI awkes, lhw, b llu ckwdl J. ~1. 'l'lIke, cLatter, b Coope r , .. 1 1. J. Prest, c Buckwell , b Lallcr ... to:. ' ,Green, run out... . .. 1~ . Tulloch, b G. C. St rahan ". ), 1(. Anderson, b G. C. St rahan ... O . I,'. I-fuyshe, c Cooper, b G. C. Strahan ... H. I I. Ilitchcock, not out A, ;iIJibrand, b Johnston ... Extras : Byes, 10 ii-byes, 2

Total",

o 4 18

83 4

55 I

9 14

5 o

12 205

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COOPER'S X I.

132 19

A. Latter, b Tulloch C. E. Harris, b Tukc H . A. Mundy, run out K. C. Strahan, c Prest, b Green

R. V. L. Johnston, b Prest H. L. Buckwell. c Tulloch, b Tukc R. l3. Amos, b Tukc L. R. COOIJer, nol out ... G. C. 81m lan, not oul ..

R. Mannering } r I I b I C. ;"'1. Ricketts (It no a . Extms: Byes, 4 j I-byes, 8

Total ...

BOWLING ANALYSIS :

Tulfoch ... Prest Hit chcock Gi llibrand Hawkes .. . Green Tuke

KING' S SC HOOL v. §T.

O. II

9 3 3 3 6 7

;\1.

\V.

43 5~ 16 19 35 38

0 0 0

0 1 0

1 3

LAWRENCE "A."

This match was played 011 the Beverley on June 4th and resulted in a draw. The School won the toss. and, on T omlin and Bovenschcn opcuing the innings. run s at once came quick ly. Bovenschen sco red 43 with only one mistake, a chance at slip at 26. Tomlin, Hawkes <tnd Tuke also contributed useful innings. Belsey was th e most successful bowler,· taking four wi ckets fo r 4-2. St. Lawrence sent in Featherstone and Blaine. Neither batsman took any liberties and the scoring was very slow.

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KING'S SCHOO L. F. C. Bovenschen, b Featherstone J. L. Tomlin, c and b Belsey ... . .. Jo'. R. I·fawkes, c Rhodes, b Featherstone J. ~1. Tukc, b Belsey ... II. J. Prest, run out .. . K C. Green, b Belsey .. . I). K. Anderson, not O\\t J. R. Tulloch, c Blaine, b Belsey O. F. f fuyshe, c Featherstone, b Preston G. C. Strahan, not alit Ie II. lI itchcock did not bat Exlras : Byes, 10; leg-byes, 3

43 41 27 24 9 19 . 18 3 6 8 0 13 211

T ota l (8 wickets) ST.

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"A . "

A. I,' cntherslone, c Tulloch, b Green

27 31 8 10

'1'. Ulaine, not out I'. Wells, c Tuke, b Tulloch II. M. James, not out E. II nrris (:'., Twyman It Rhodes did not bat. ~ 1. Bowen Pr Iton W, II . Ii oiden Extras: Byes, 4; leg-hyes, 2; wide,

•. .

Total (2 wickets) BOWLJ I)'G

ANALYSIS.

KING 'S SCHOOL.

"reston C. Il nrris 1'. Wells J\ , Featherstone II, Belsey , ST, L AwR~NcE

It Tulloch I' r Prest ... I', C Il awk es Il , :, SImhan tool. 'l'ukc .. .

i',,, ( '. Crcen ...

1(, II , II itchcock

\\' .

1 0 2

45 37 19 55 42

1 0 0 2 4

12 12

11 11

9 8 7 " A."

10 7 6 3 2 4 3 Tuke bowled a wide.

0 0 2 0

4 3 14

0 0 0 0 1 0

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KI NG's SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE.

Played O il the Beverley on Tuesday, June 9th. Green won the toss and put D over College in on a wi cket that was slow but not very difficult, though the ball occasiona lly hung or got up rather straight. The bowling was shared by Hawkes and Prest, and from the outset runs ca me very slowly, all the batsmen treati ng Hawkes' slow deliveries with the g reatest respect . . The batting call s for little comment as only one of the side reached doub le fi gures, and so successfully did H aw kes bowl that he secured six wickets at a cost of just over three TlIllS apie ce, while Strahan made a promising debut by taking a co uple of wi ckets vcry cheaply. The fi eldi ng on th e whole was good, though Hawkes and Anderson eac h missed a catch which they ought to have held, while 'I' uke caught a very we ll-judged one at forward deep square-leg. Our own stdrt in batti ng was not very auspicious. Bovensche n was out leg-before at 10, a nd T omlin, who played very un steady cricket and was missed several times, left at 25. Hawkes was caught at slip through mis-timing a glide to leg, and with Prest out, four wickets were down fo r 30. T he n T uke and Green played much better cricket and took the score to 81 before Green was bowled for a useful 20. T uke was the next to go at 99, having played vigorous and refreshing cricket for 42. Anderson played too soon and was caught off a tame stroke, but Huyshe and Strahan add ed SO rllns in quite a short time. Straha n hit ,,,ell for his 3' , but must learn to keep his head and choose the right ones. H uyshe had extrao rdinari ly good luck and was missed fi ve or six times. T he last wicket hit merrily and Gillibrand (26 not out) and Hitchcock (2 4) add ed 53 before th ey were done with. It was again very satisfactory to obse rve the level scoring of the team. Dover wenL in again , and though Green chieny made use of his change bowlers and only put Hawkes and Prest on fOT two or three overs, the College were again dismissed for less than 90 runs before time was called. The School th erefore wo n by an in nings and 87 runs-a most c reditable performance on which they are to be heartily co ngratulated . The fielding of the team is not yet quite up to the mark, tho ugh it is by 11 0 means bad. 'ÂĽith this improved, they should be distinctly above the avt::rage of the last rew years, for in batting they are a more level lot than we have had for some time. The change-bowlers must try to cultivate the virtue of steadiness.

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DOVER COLLEGE. 1St Innings.

B. Tagg, c Hitchcock, b Prest T. A. Digby, b H awkes D. D. Napper, b Hawkes E. G. Munns, b Prest ". .. . E.

9 15 I I

w. E. Digby, c H uyshe, b H awkes .. . L. Dawes, b Strahan ... . ..

J. Nicholson, c Tuke, b Hawkes A. B. Champion, b Hawkes J. Vance, b Stmhan , .. J. L. L,\wrence, b Hawkes ... D. I I. Creasy, not out Extms : Byes, 2; noÂ·ball, I

3 3

3 o

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2nd I nnings. c Huyshe, b Tuke Ibw, b Green ... run out ... .,. C Bo\'enschell, b Tuke ... b Green not out ... st Huyshe, b Tuke .. . c Anderson, b Gillibrand b l)rest .. c Green, b Hawkes .,. c Anderson , b H awkes ... Extras : Bye, 1 ; wides, 6

39 0

7 5 4 '3 2 0 0 I

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KING'S SCHOO L. F. C. Bovensche n, Ibw, b i\'[unns " . -' L. T omlill, c Vance, b Munns .,. { ". R. Hawkes, c Nappe r, b Munns . M. Tuke. c Nicholson , b T agg ... { I. J. Prest, c Champion, b T agg ... g, C. G reen, b Dawes ... .. . n. K. Andersoll, c Napper, b Tagg , r. Il uyshe, c Creas)" b Dawes ...

3 15 9 42 2 20 12 29 3' 24 26 12

C: . C. St mhan , c Vance, b Lawrence I{,

I I. Hi tchcock, b Creasy illihrand, not out ... E xtrns

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225 B OWLING A NALYSIS. DOVER COI.LECE.

1st I nnings.

o. II I I

,,\

l 'I I'lIl

11!lwk "

17' 1

Hliullfu\

13 21 14

w. 2 I-I. J. Prest 6 A. G illibrand 2 G. C. Strahan

M. Tuke

2nd I nn ings.

o. 5 7 4

21 17 7 31

o 3

E. C. Gree n ~ ~ F. R, Hawkes 1'3 0 4 "!t ''I1 liowled rour wides nnd Gillibmnd and T ukc two each and Stmhan a no-ball .

2 2

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AN UN CANN Y SP EE CH DA Y. I. I reme mber that Speech Day very well. I was one of the actors in the Tragic English. The bit chosen for it was part of Act III. Scene II. of H enry VIll.-the scene in whic h \Vol sey gets the sack,- and for some reason, I forget now what it was, Mr. Mason had suggested that we should dress lip in the costumes of the period which we worc to represent. I was Suffolk, and was g lad I hacPnt much to say, for my memory was not v~ry aggressive, witness Mr. Mason. I'll glve the cast:Norfolk Suffolk

P. G. PgAlIlm . :M. Y. Sg l,F.

Surrey \Valsey

F. n, KI NOON. P. A. TRUMBLE,

Cromwell

L. 'V. SMATIIF.RAM . A. LATH~RKM.

King Henry

The night before Speech Day was very dark, s,u ltry and thundc.ry, with no small Iightnmg ever and agam phantomizing Bell Harr)', 1\1r. Mason had sent for me about 10 o'clock on something connected with the properties which were in my charge. So I went over to the " Grange II-but as I entered a violent blast of wind carne whirling down the staircase, extinguishing the lights, and I heard the sound of heavy, lumpy steps creaking down the stairs. I felt my way to the foot of the stairs and waited close up to the class-room door, expecting to knock up against the descending party -or rather, expecting the latter to knock up

against me, much to my cost. The heavy creaking came lower and lower, so I called out <c Hullo ! ., As I uttered the interjection (or is it a verb?) a blinding flash of lightning lit up the hall. followed by a trem endolls cracklin g bang of thunder, whi ch p~o longed itself into ghastly shudde.rs. wl~h a low boom trying to get out of It agam once or twice. That was all right. bllt my hair stood up, my legs quivered and I perspired through every pore-f~)f where I had expected to sec the proprIetor of the ponderous corporeality on the steps in front of me, there was nothing-only stairs. ' ·Vhen the thunder at last shut up its ghastly throbbing, I listened [01' more footsteps, but all was dead silence. I sto~d there some time in pretty big creeps, till at last a distant sound came from th e dormitory, demanding a clean collar from the matron. I went upstairs and knocked at Mr. Mason's door. "Come in" he called. He looked much as usual, but was helping himself to wine. H e looked up, and seei ng my scared face. said II Hullo t what's up?" I told him of my experience. H e looked grave ly at me for a minute or so and said c. \+Vell, 1 see, I must tell you." Then he told me that Latherem had just fallen a victim to the mumps, and

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had had to be packed off to hospital. It had been agreed between the matron and himself to keep the matter mum to avoid a parental a nd decanical scare at the speeches. 'Whil e he had been lamenting the consequent break down of the Tragic English (Latherem being King H enry). a heavy knock had come at his door, and there had entered the huge bulky form of H enry VIlI.-Fundator Noster (or as I have always prefe rred to call him R stitutor Noster). There was no mi sInking him with his broad beaming face, side whiskers, velvet fur-lin ed open coat, Itn c e~breec h es and feathered cap. <I Hullo" roared Mr. Mason , Ie '~' hat Ih - - - 1 " If All right, old man, don't mille! me" mp li cd the king. f< I always keep an eye on K.S.C., and I saw you were in a fix, Hf) I came to help you out. I'll play my OW II pa rt to-morrow." l\lJ'r. Mason confessed to me that he dld' nt quite know what he ought to do III ~: ly to a real live king i so he did the !ll tHI he could think of, and that was to uJt k hi m to sit down, while he went off to I'll'k ut his very best bottle of fizz, and 10 IIwditate on his line of policy. He ,IIldded to accept the offer of H.M., and Hili w i t out to the other chaps who were III ling. lest they should get flurried in the ' 11I ',,,,h. So with the bottle dusted, and a I II IIJlII I of g lasses in his hand he returned III !lui! Ih Kin g sprawling comfortabl y in I ItIN Hrm chair. II Nice chairs these, " said the Kin g, W,I IIPwcl to have beastly uncomfortable

'111 11, " II

V('S; I think we've learnt one or

two things since your day," said Mr. Mason. "Now, I hope you r IVlajesty will have a drink with me." .. Much delighted: come along: what's the brand?" And so on and so on. I< It is very good of your Majesty comi ng to help us. We shall be highly honoured . But I must ex plain what yo u must do, for it won't rl o to let ' ÂˇVolsey and Cromwell know who you really are, they would get flurried and spoil the whole show. They must still believe you to be Latherem." " Ob, I know all that. I've watched 350 Speech Days, and I know how to do things. I'll be there all right and walk in just as if I were Lathere m. I've watched your rehearsals these five weeks. DOll't you WOlTY yourself." " Jlist then," said l\I r. IVlason to me, " there came the so und of your steps in the passage down below, and the King hastil), got up, and went without even a good-night. Now you know all, but don't say a word to anyone else. Thank goodness you are all in cos tume for to-morrow. I'm sure we could never have got King Henry into Latherem's waistcoat. Now about those sausages for the Greek speech." We setUed the matter and I felt my way down stairs, and out into the rHint Yard. II. Speech Day was ve ry hot, and it looked as if Wt~ were going to have another thunderstorm. Feeling a bit creepy and e lectrical in my sensations. I suppose I showed it in my manner, for

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several fellows asked me what the matte r was. So I pulled myse lf together again and carried it through the Head Master's breakrast and ,. Cathedral" all right. As we came Âˇ back from Cathedral. thick browny clouds came lip ancl obscured the sun, wh ile dull mutterings of distant th under could be heard far away. T he Chapter Honse was filled with a gar show of coloured dresses, smart suit~J and bright bu tton~holcs by I z o'clock, and presently the School marched in. and filed into their seats, soon follo wed by the Dean, Canons and other dignitaries. I had gone in ahead of the others to make sure that all the properties were ready to hand, ancl 1 looked about me amo ng the spectators, clown the cloisters, and even into the ceiling ancl wi ndow tracery to see if [-lis Nl ajesty was lurking about anywhere, but I co uld sec nil. 1\,l r. Maso n gave the sig nal, a nd the speeches began and ran thci r usual co urse. But I myself could' nl fix my mimi on the acling at al l. 1 was wondering if the King wou ld come in time for his part. .Meanwhile the thund er grew noi sier and the storm was nearing ove rhead, while ligh tn ing lit up the gloo m now and again. The first four speeches came to an e nd amid plaudits, the Dean and Canons nodding appreciation of the Greek hits and Latin (I was going to say" jokes," but the Latins ne ver succeeded in makin g one yet) and pretending to co mprehend the French parlez-volls. Then came a pause while the Tragic actors were donning the ir costumes in a corner of the cloisters outside. \.yhcn all were duly painted and be-wigged, i\Ir.iVÂŁason hurried back to the House.

" Where's Latherem ?" Peahen called out suddenly. ,. Yes, where's Latherem?)t echoed Kindon and others. " Suffolk, you're ready. 11;0 and tell !VIr. Mason that Latherem)s'nt here. .. H e's inside, I think," said I, conscious of a fi b. " Is he! \Vhat, with his dud s on ?" .. I-Ie's cloaked," said I, " I ts all right. Now then, are you all ready? Come on dear brothers Surrey a nd Norfolk! ' let us take up o ur comm odities.' " Peahen . Kindon and I marched in and saunt ered on to the stage-left [rout. "This same Cranmer's a worthy fell ow-c.1I1c1 hath ta'en much pain in the King's business," began Norfolk. " He has, and we shall see him for it an Archbishop," replied I, and I felt mi ghtily relieved at getting through my longest speech safely-o r 5hould have done, had Norfolk left me time, but he immediately in an off-hand, pumping sort of style, rep lied, "So I hear." " , Tis so," said 1 emphatically, then pretending to hear a noi se behind, which I did'nt, I deferentially announced " T he Ca rdinaL" In stal ked Trumble and Smatherem, the former vt;! ry sma rt in his red robe. A steady roll of thunder half-drowned Norfolk's whisper to me, and as I was off duty till "discontented " some way yet to come, l tooK the chance of scanning the room once more to see if H is Majesty had arrived. As I did so, I noted some co nfusio n among the O.K.S. gathered

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ro un d the cloor, and a huge burly fig ure forced his way t hrough. One O.K.S. I noticed was rash enough to call out : " I lull o ! Lathercm-go it, old man ." King Henry turned and gased impassively fit the daring wight, the n passed steadily un tip the room, As the audience caught sight of 11 (,I1I'Y Vlll. in full ri g, with placid rl1lltures and heavy tread rolling up the ('Imp ter I-I ollse - a multurcd buzz of I\d lllirationplayed sad havoc with \Volseys I'IN'(' de resistance, the snuffin g of the lund l!.;. Mr. Maso n had to call me to Ull i N when my "discontented " cue did ( OIn, ',

Sun"olk, Suffolk," I heard in irritated was quite ready for my next 'li t' .. Iwart"- and cried out in louder I'"H'" th n defe rence warranted, ., The King! the King I " Oil cnme H enry with a bit of best IIIH'" S. hool foolscap in his hand. I .UlllhlK iL 'are fully, he muttered in an (III HI y [Illti g rutT mu tte r WI"" I'll" , o r \\'ealth hath he acc um ulated I .. hiM own portion." I .IUU'L know what it was that came II I I IIUI I'haps, wh ethe r it was the wi dth I,· "\I I ( " hlN 'yes or the extra powerful ·,1, I t III IIl(:)TC probably, the qu ivering 1111 1 "' llItllllllj{ of the stage, but they all I, '~I II IIIII'II HY, a nd forgo!; to stand in the I I I 11 (II Illl!! IIdes. They looked at one iii ,II " " Nodulk gaz ing alarmingly at me, I'll I I , pi th e game up allright; then I II llIl( ld 10 M·T. 1\llason, but he was 1111 1111/ .. " VIOU H, So they gained confi1111 uhviollsly Latherem had done 1 II' III Ih l ll~ ill himselr, either re-painted I'

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his face , or filled the pillows inside his waistcoat with soda-water bottles. I couldn't hel p smiling on hearing one Canoll, learned in heraldry, comm enting to a brother Canon on some fau lt (forsooth! ) in the arrangement of the stars which the King wore. The King after angrily mu ttering about \Voisey's a massed wealth, came up to Norfolk and me, and asked if we had seen the Cardinal. I thought this especially good of him, for th ere was \~l o l s ey in fairly obvious red not five yards off His Majestic nose, but evidently he had studied the game. Norfolk replied . Luckily it was a speec h of some length, and Norfolk was _thinking a great deal more abo ut what his next line began with, than about whom he was ad dressing. All the ti me Wolsey was starting and jumping and biting his lip and scratc hing his hair away in a corner, accordi ng to stage direc tions, and finally moon-gazing, till Lovell went over and informed him that H is Majesty desired his presence. Then came the great scene between Henry and Wolsey, in "f·hich \Volsey comes off second best; and after he is bidden to read the papers which tell him he's not wanted any more, the King sco wling at him, tramps off the stage with Norfo lk, Surrey and myselr gleefully following. Then what occ urred 1 can't qu ite say, The Kin g led the way off : and as he moved, I felt qu ite sea-sick, the stage rolled so. \.ye made for the stone seats beyond, where \ve had to sit till ,;Volsey should have finis hed his lament over his downfall. H enry sat down all right:

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I next to him: then Norfolk and Surrey, till 'Wol sey's last word s " I shall fall Like a bright ex halation in the evening And 11 0 man see me more.1! As the applause ra ng out. another big bang of th under came and I looked round to fin d th e space next me em pty.

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No one twi gged: but that 0 .K. 5. had a runny creepy feeling for some time after. \~f h c n the fell ows found ou t that Lath erem had been in hosp ita l all the time, there was a g reat hue and cry as to who had played his part. Wh en 1\1r. Mason told the i\lastcrs that a frien d

of his had s~pped into the breach, t hey wanted to know who th e friend was. So M r. Maso n began to tell the facts, but

they all laughed an d said" Go. on! t~ll

us ano th er." So lVI r. Maso n let It fernam

as a joke. H e told me later that K ing H enry ca me in again that night and said he wou ld be very g lad to help K . 5 . C. again if th ey needed it: but he couldn' t unde rtake to play in a Rugger match, as he was slill subject to go ut. Only 1\tr. "M ason and myself have kn own of these doings until now. I daresay however he will fo rgive my publishin g them, for of course they aren't really true.

DEBATING SOCIETY. A meeting of the above Society was held in the Sc hoo l room, on Monday, l'/[arc h 30th, wh en F. C. Bove nschen mo ved that in the opi nion of th e H ouse, .. True merit asserts itself without t he need of advertisemcni. " T he opposition was led by H . A. Jen kin. T his subject fur nis hed an interest in g debate. The speeches o n both sides had at least the me ri t of fluency, and w('re enthu siastica ll y received by a n attentive a nd impartial audience. As a ge ne ral cri ticism we mi g ht say tha t the ch ie f fau lt of the speakers lay in th eir appea l to th e 'emotions rather than the senses of the

aud ience, and thu s logical argument was in mallY cases consp icuous by its absence. The P resident in proposin g the motio n to uched briefly on the va ri ous po ints to be brought forwa rd by its supporters, dwellin g chi efl y on the dis&"ustin g forms wh ich so me of th e lo wer kmd s of advertisemen't had recently taken. H is speech was l ogi c~ l and d,ign ified , th ,?ugh hi s style was at tI mes a little pre tentious, and he may be said to h ave made, on the wh ole, by far the best speech of th e evenin g. H. A . ; enkl" on open ing for the

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o pposition pointed out that in mo dern tim es advertisement was most useful in bri ng ing to the publi c notice a lticles of r a l va lue, wh ile he maintained that wo rthl ess articles were exposed by their Own advertisement. His speech sho wed I ha ug ht, but hi s lines we re not broad nOll gh for the leade r of the opposition.

J. T we/ls, in reply, urged that ad ve rtisements could be just as effecti ve, If th ey we re less vulgar and repulsive, li nd proceeded to single out one or two (r the wo rst offenders in this way for { ~IJ Pcc i a l recrimination. H is speec h was "ho rt, but to the point. R . /-1. Bntls/ry-R ichards was the first HIi CCUll1 b to the epide mic of nerves whi c h proved so infectious later on in I ht) vening. But fo r this his effor ts to plUV th e abso lute necessity of adve rtiseIIHIIH in schools dese rve no little p rai se 1m th · se nsible and logical views th ey I " 11I't'Kl:I d.

", P. l11t1iJ1tClt traced the rel ations IlIlwc'un adve rtisements a nd trippers and llllHH d that the co un try and seas ide might \"1 lid or bo th . H is style wa s good but lit HI ~um·d lackin g in co nfi dence.

/). J. P m/oil o n behalf of the Opposi111111, made a n in terestin g speech on the III! PM" lty or in(Juence in modern life, but 1111. II to trace the co nn ection between III1 IIl1d ad ve rtisement. H is speech was IIiNII til; and had it bee n a little less wid e III till' poi nt and more clearly ex pressed, un l,1 lu~ vu bee n quite o ne of the best of 1111 I'vpni ll g. I" 1< Parts urged, in suppo rt of the 11111111111 Lhat D r. T emple had bee n

successful with out advertisement as well as many othe r g reat men. H is ideas were original, if his words were no t.

H. P. V. TO'wlUnd claimed that trad e without ad ve rtise ment was absolutely impossible. In point of style, hi s speech was th e most flue nt of the evening, a nd by regardi ng it as an opportunity for a fire wo rk display of Istump oratory ' ra ther than a n occasion demanding logical reasoning, he gain ed no small advantage fo r his side. F H . l}!osse pictured to the H ouse th e wo rld without advertisement, but nervo usness prevented him fr om doi ng himself full justice . The me m be rs of t he Committee havi ng th us spoken, th e President threw the Debate open to th e audi ence.

/. R. Parsons dese rves all credit fo r brea ki ng the ice of popular rese rve. 'Wh en once his ideas o n the motion were clea r, he summed up the arguments on both sides with co mmendable impartia lity, b ut fi na lly gave his vote to the Oppositio n.

1)1. fIemlersoll and A. Gl'lll'bralld,· the to nn er 0 11 be half of the O ppositi on, t he latter in support of th e ,Motion, treated the audi ence to a series of popular allusio ns, which tho ugh no dou bt effective, were scarcely dig nified, and could not be ta ken seriously.

G. H. L . / oitmtoll was conspicuous fo r the excell ence of his style, which was bo th dig nified anel pe rsuasive, and, more over far superi o r to the substa nce it conveyed, his a rg uments for th e Motion being hardly cOll vinci ng.

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Time prevented more speeches, exce pt for a fe w words from the Mover and chief opposer of t he Motion. O n a divi sion being take n, the 'Molion was lost. The figures announ ced by the

President (25- 45 ) represent approximately th e feeling of th e House, though they ca nn ot be considered as quite accurate, as certain memb ers of the Lower School took advantage of the general hurry to vote on either side.

SCHOOL NEWS. DE BATI NG SOCmTY.- At a meeting of th e V lth F orm he ld o n i\Ia rch 30th â&#x20AC;˘ th e fo llowing new membe rs we re elected on the Committee : .- R. 11. Bri nsle),Richa rd s, 1. T we lls, E . C. Green, L. F. Paris, H. P. V. T ow ncnd and F. H. Masse . The following offi ce rs wo re appointed : H. A. J enkin to lake the p!ace of P. S. Nairn as Vi ce-President, and R H. Brinsley-Ri chards , Secretary.

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I t is with great. pleasure that we

chronicle here th e gift. of t.w o pieces of Communion plate for the Chapel. A Paten has bee n most generoll sly presented to th e School by th ree O.K. S. : the Rev. Dr. Field, the Rev. R. L. Ottl ey, a nd the Rev. H. S. Swit.hinbank, who were at the School t.ogether. Dr. F ield has also prese nt.ed a Chali ce, of special design, with a se rpe nt twining down th e stem, recalling th e medire val legend of S. John and th e Chalice, to whorn the apse in the Chapel is dedicated. It bea rs the motto, Ie COllculcatis draconem."

In th e Competiti on the School H e nderson, list.

Pu blic Schools' Gymnastic helel at Alde rshot in Ap ril, pair, J . Twells and R. M . we re placed ninth on the

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On Tuesday, May 19th, the School played Mr. A. Latte r' s XI., whi ch had been postponed. T his match resulted in om opponents' defeat by 1 72 funs. *~'Ir-

\ÂĽhilc vI Siting an Oxford O.K.S. dur ing the holidays Mr. Hodgson met with an unfortun ate accident which has rend ered him for a tim e unab le to walk. \-Ve offer our heartiest sympathies to him and Mrs. H udgson, and tru st that his recovery \vill be speedy. if:.;.*

On Thursday, May 21 st, the School played Chari ham Asylum and defeated the m by 106 run s ( 13 8-3 2).

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We take this opportunity of thanking

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M~s .. Farrar for her great kindness in o ~ enng to present th e School this yea r

with the Scholarship Prize whi ch the late Dean gave last year and whi ch he found ed. Mrs. ~arrar ~as also given a very valuable and lI1terestmg book to the Library, namely, Hasted's History of Kent Âˇ for this also our best thanks are due. ' On Tuesday, May 26th, the School played the Rev. L. H. Evans' XI. and 1I'0n by 3 wickets ( I 8 I for 7--1 80). On the 29th of May the match v. Mr. L. R. Coope r' s XI. was lost [ 205US (for 7)J. On Thursday, May 28th, the md XI. 'lnyed I-Iarbledown C.C. and were del'aled. .

On Jun e 4th, the D p.an paid us an IUHlmcial vi sit, and was shown by the 11 1Âˇncimaste r into the vari ous class rooms during morning school.

bishop visited us informally, and at Uove nschen's requ est, pleasan tly agreed to use his influence with th e Headm aster on the subj ec t of a holiday. On Tuesday, Jun e C)th, the School played Dover College ( lSt and 2nd Xl's). The former resulted in the defeat of the College by an innings and 85 run s ( 2z55 ' and 89 ). Our second XI. lost easily.

Vr/e regret to have to say farewell to ';Yoodward from the Junior School. HIS valuable help on the river will be greatly missed. In his place we welcome Mr. Hawley.

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Vve have been unfortunate this season in having two matches, Highgate and S. Edmund's School, scratched by our opponents o,wing to illness. \;Ye hope that th ey WIll be played la ter in th e season.

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n Thursday. June 4th, the School plll lild . t. Lawrence II A " j th is match "1M drnwl1 ( Z II fo r 8-83 for 2, ) ~~

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The O.K.S. match has bee n armnged for Tuesday and \OVednesday, July 28th and 2Qth . All who wish to play should communicate at once with H. E. Green, E sq., Church Hill I-louse. Harbledown Canterbury. '

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT APRIL, 1903. R. M. H. H ENDERsoN.-Entcrcd the School, Jan., r898; First XV., Sports' Colours, 19°2; Gym. Pair, H}03·

J. \\7. TAYLoR .-Entcrcd G.

the School, June. ' 90 1 i First XV.,

c. R. CooKE.-Entered the School, Sept. , 1898;

O.K.S. R. H. Charl es (Christ Church) was placed in the 2nd Class in H onour Moderations at Oxrord.

R. C Par is, running in the King's College Hospital Sports. won the mile

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NEWS . race, and \~as second in the half-mile. being beaten for first place by inches only. ~

R. IVT. B elmore has gained a commission in the East Kent Regi ment (The BuOs).

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OXFORD LETTER. of eminent Professo rs of T heology'; the Of nothing is it true r to say that last remark probably applies to Marshall " well begun is half done " than of a too. Charles got a second in Mods and Can/uarian Editorial or O.K.S. letter. I t half-way up Magdalen T owe r on May is hoped that this remark may be an morning at about five . Nairn gave a adequate preface before giving an account meeting at which only two of our number, of our doings up here. First then , th e the brothers Evans, were present. 'Ve Rev. G. F. Carter has been back assisting a re glad that the Secretary, C. J .M.Evans, at S. Clement's Church. The cloud of did not neglect his duty on that occasion; greats is hanging over Carrington i it is he is the most e nergetic occupant of his hoped that the obsc urity is only temporary post we have had for some time, too and that he will soon shine forth again energetic perhaps, for fo ur meeti ngs in with undi minished splendour. Meanwhile t he Summer T erm are too many. H. H. he solaces himself with th e companionshi p Maughan (Keble) joined our ranks last of his dog-not a brindled hound be it term, so that Ollr number is now sweet noted . H. A. D. Pereira is spendi ng his seventeen. We were very glad to see last term at Oxford preparatory to going Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson up here at the to Wells Theological College. wh ere we begi nning of term, and deeply sympath ize wish him all success. Tuke as Captain with the former in his unfortunate accident of the B.N.C. Eight was instrum ental in from which we hope he will soon recover. bringing up the boat two places. E . M. The majority of us, who have exF. E vans also represented the School on the river, rowing in the Lincoln Eight, pressed any views on the subject of O.K.S. which was decided ly unlucky to lose its colours, are of opinion that the com binaposition . We believe we are right in tion should at all events include dark blue, '''tying Braddell would have bee n in th e the colour that is most conspicuous in all \Vorccslcr boat b ut for docto r's orders. the articles of apparel of the school. HlIlilh's chief feat has been an excursion What is the object in having O.K.S. 10 town to see one of ,"Vagner's Operas colours to di stinguish us from instead of il t ove nt Garden. Redman on the uni ting us with you ? Might we suggest Some combination of dark-blue and white, I oll trnry continues to lead the life of an II lIllnbl ascetic. Richards may be seen or of these two colours and light-bl ue, in II I times out for a run j also once a week order to grati fy Cantabs as well as wll II books, cap and gown, trying to cover Oxonians. 11111 di stan ce between Magdalen and With best wishes fo r a cricket season I, Jolln'Rin reco rd time. Barnes is still as brilliant as the start, 1II IIIg initiated into the casuistical subl eties Yours very sincerely, .. , IhIl Lnw. Ryley has been playing O.K.S. Oxon . I Iii kill for Wadham and sitting at the feet D EAR SCHOOL,

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. D E AR SCHOOL,

We frequ ently think of YOll, even in our busiest days. and we assure you we are as self~ ce ntred as eve r. Do yo u want news of us I Well, I wi ll tell you. The R ev. H erbert Mo wJl is our patri a rch, and converts the future. O f Massey we will say nothin g. Quentin for once is conte nt, sooth ed by the Panama hats a nd maidens of th e sum mer term. Durnfo rd, also of Corpus, has been ente rtaining (vc ry). Of Frower, at Selwyn, we see littl e and hear still less. Gardiner is at Cats. A si nful soul of Barnwell. T his example will be followed in due course by Coopcr and

George Finn, both of Ridl ey. L. N. Green is rowin g in th e Clare boat, bu t we do not th ink he will get his blue, at least not th is year. Young I\'[owll , we have it on excellent authority (his own ) is working night and day, perhaps with a view to domestic happiness in th e future. It is a good th ing some of you are coming up here next year, as our society needs a little more blood and energy. H . J. Mowll and Finn pres ided over scantily-attended meetings, but Quell tin and th ose fellows never turn up. Our best love. Yours ever, O.K.S. Cantab.

O.K.S. COLOURS. A little while a~o an excellent suggestion was published III 1'11& Ca ll /uanrl!t th at definite colours should be arran ged a nd registered for the use of O.K.S. The writer advocated tha t th e old I Canterbury Pilgrim' colours should be adopted, subject of course to the approval of the C.O.S. Enquiries have been made, and show t hat there is likely to be a desire among the C.O.S . to retain th e Pilgrim colours for themselves. A more definite answer is promised shortly. I r. the meantime we would again invite correspond ence and suggestions on th e su bject. For ourselves, we thi nk tha t orig inal colours would be prefe rable to those of the Pilgrims, especially as th e red and black of that club have no co nnecti on with the School. Light and dark blue

a nd wh ite as suggested by our Oxford Correspondent scem to us as suitable as possible, if well arranged. It might perhaps be possible to di scuss the mattdr at th e O.K. S. Supper at the end of th e term, or at the O.K.S. Dinner in the holidays. With all diffide nce we would propose that a committee should be form ed to consider the subject, consisting for inst..1llce of one me mber from each of th e Varsities and th e School, and two or more re presentatives from the rest of th e O .K.S. In conclusion we would again ask all O.K. S. interested in the subject to make kn own their opinions either through the Corresponde nce Columns of this paper, or in any othe r suitable way,

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EDIT OR IAL. "Extrem,im ltU1lc. A 1,etlmsa. m£h£ concede labo1'em." Thus of old it befell a man who had to set out on a long journ ey. I t happened day, when the time was drawing nigh for him to start, t~ at he fell aslee p II 0111 weari ness and grief. And as h~ slept he thought that he c ~,ed aloud for some "ph'it to bear him company, that he nllght not go alone. As he cned there seemed to "Iulld by his side a lady, wondrous fai r, with. ever,r charm a nd .grace that nature or art ! oliid give, H er apparel was of cos tly fabnc, o f scarlet, of. silve r, and of gold : and hi l i' form glitte red with ornaments a nd jewels of great pnce, so that the Drea~ner' s I lrt 'N were dazzled . And she said unto him, <I I am the Lady of Regret j I WIll go \\ It h thee withersoever th ou goest/' Then she stretched forth her wand, and before llin Dr alller' s gaze a vision of the past arose. ~ e beheld, all that he was to leave, Ii ,. ra mc. his triumphs. his hopes. Some of hl.s compalllons he s.aw, "vho called II' him to stay and share their happiness. ~nd wIthal ~here., floated 1.n IllS ears the . nllllc\ f sweet music-liTo have helel the bud an d let It fly. And hIS soul yearn ed Itl ~ I!ly. But then there rose before him th.e si g~t of F ea r and .Failure, of Scorn and 11 11111,(1 and hostile fi crures clamoured agall1st 111m and bade him be gone and made Itlill I, o'f his departur~, while the music passed into a dirge-" To have pluckp.d the 1I 11 \\t lr und cast it by j to have only one hope-to die." Then \~'as the Dreamer' s soul 1.. 1 kl'(\ with angui sh, and he cursed the Lady of R egret, and cn ed aloud for com fort. Ollt'

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Then in answer to his cries there came a seco nd lady, the Ladyo f Forgetfulness. H er face was shroud ed in a thick vt!il j her raiment was all of black, save only that in her hair she worc a bunch of scarlet poppies. She came and drew a pall over the vision that Reg ret had rai sed. Then she fetched water from th e river of oblivion, and bathed and bound the Dreamer's wounded heart. The heavy scent of her locks came o'er the Dreamer, lulling him to sleep. Slumber stole upon his heavy eye-lids, and he forgot. Yet he found no comfort, but groaned in spirit as he sought in vain to burst his adamantine bond s. And 10! a third lady stood by his side. Her robe was of the purc'st white. H er look was swec t a nd kind, though her eyes were sad. She laid he r hand upon the Dreamer and waked him from his lethargy. Then she drew asid e the pall that Forgetfulness had laid. But no longer were there mocking faces to speed th e Dreamer on his way. No more were there pleasures to entice him from. his journ ey. A t hin mist veiled a il, and frolll out of it looked eyes full of love and hope and encourage ment. Then did the Dreamer's soul find contentment, Nought did he fear or yearn for now. Strength ened ancl comforted he put his hand in the hand of Memory, and went forth cheerfully into th e Unknown.

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This match was played at \Vahner on June 15th. \:\,' hen the team started from Canterbury the weather was by no means favourab le but it cleared up as the sea was neared. Green won the toss an d elected to bat on a soft but difficult wicket. Tomlin and Bovenschen started for the School, but befo re a run was scored Bovenschen succumbed to Captain Hobbs. Ha wkes foll owed but did not stay long. 'ÂĽickets continued to fall rapidly and e ight wicke ts were down for 37, but with Strahan in, run s came very quickly and by plucky hitting he made 25 in as many minutes, when he was out, havin g helped to rai se the score from 37 La 60: the last wicket only added 2 and the venture closed for 62. Lunch was now taken and then our opponents commenced their innings. The start was none too favourable for the first ball secured a wicket, but then Sergeant Murp'hy and Sergeant Sutcliffe became associated and our meagre total was passed without further loss, the seco nd wicket not falling till 86 was reg iste red. But now wi ckets fell quickly, chi efly owi ng to Hawkes who took 7 wickets for 31, and their innings closed for 122, Bovcnsche n was conspicuous for catching in the out field . Our second venture was no more successful chiefly owing to Sergeant Sutcliffe who too k 13 wickets for 50 run s in our two innings. Hawkes, Tuke, Huyshe and Anderson were the chief contributors to our small score of 99, Hawkes appearing quite set wh en he carried out his bat for 23. The School batting

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\\, II S poo r and th e wicket was no eXCllse for our small sco res. The fielding was smart em the whole, Huyshe being especially good belund the wickets, only allowing one hy('. Appended is the sco re :--

KING'S In nings. o I", C. Bov('nschcll, L Ca pt. Hobbs J. I.. T omlin, c Capt. Edwards, b Scrgt. 7 Sutcl iffe 3 1<, I~ . I fawkes, b Capt. Hobbs 7 J, r-.1. T uk<:, h Capt, Hobbs ... 2 II. J. Prest, b Sergt . Sutcliffe o K C, Green, b Sergt. Su tcliffe .. 5 I), 1(. Andcrson, c und b SergI. S\l tcliRc o 4I, F. JJu)'she , b Scrgl. Sutcliffc l i. '. S tm ha n, c Sergt. Murphy, b Sergt. 25 Sutclifft 9 ,. I{. T ulloch, not ou l ... 2 \ , (:illibra nd, b SergI . Sut cliffe 2 EXlms: Leg·bycs , 2

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Leg.byes,

Total

R, ~r. L. I. ;\TurphYl c Bovenschen, h I Iawkcs I'l'i vate Richard son, Ibw. b Tullock ... Sc r~t. Sutcliffc, c Hu),she, b Hnwkes ~ I:IJ o r Wmy, e Bovenschen , b Hnwkcs Cnplain Tupman. b Hawkes

~e rgt.

6 I

o 6

'npla in Hobbs, b Hawkes

'nptain Clnl'k, b Hawkes Sergt. Sykes, 5t Hu),she, b Prest aptain Edwards, b Prest

o 5

Pri vate Ward, Ibw, b H awkes 'oloncl Qt1ill, not out

Exlras: Wide Balls,

2 ;

No·balls. 5

122

Total ... B OWI.I NC AN ALYSIS : KING ' S SCHOOL. ~ C T!; t.

Sutcli ffc

'aptnin Hobbs R.-'t.I"I.

T ulloch I' rcst ... S Imhan ilIibrnnd

R. 2)

)

R. '2'1

0 0

22 IO

0 0

9 9

'I'uke I Jrlwkes

3 9'2

Prest bow led

...

st Capt. T upman, b Col. Quill b Sergt. Sutcliffe Ibw, b Scrgt. Sutcliffe

wide; Tulloch 3, and Strahan

no· balls.

o o o 7

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KING'S

CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL v. EASTBOURNE

COLLEGE .

This match was played at Eastbourne on Jun e 25th, and resulted in a win for the School by 5 wickets. Eastbourne won the toss and sent in J ackson and Brooker to face the bowling of Hawkes and Tulloch. As both the first two balls went throu gh the slips a third slip was added and Tuke at once caught Jackson low down on the ground . At 19 Brooker was bowled by Tulloch. YOtlng, who came next. had some luck in being missed wh en he had only scored 6, but this was his only mistake until he was caug ht by Prest at extra cover in making a high drive off Tulloch. Elliott batted in very pretty style for his 38 and had very bad luck in being run out. No one else except Hepworth ( 14) and Bedborough (20) gave much trouble, the for mer being smartly stumped by Huyshe off a slow ball from Straha n, The School fielding was keen throughout, and the glound fielding especially was good, The School started badly as T omlin ran him self Oll t at 10 and Bovenschen was beaten by Brooker at 18, On Tuke joining H awkes some spirited cricket was seen, Tuke sco ring with great freedom. His runs included six 4'S, one over yielding 15 runs. He gave no actual chance though several strokes were rather ri sky. On the arrival of Prest run s came somewhat slower, but neith er batsmen seemed to find mu ch difficulty in the bowling and the Eastbourne total was passed for the loss of 3 wickets. Prest left a few runs later, caught at point, for a steady 33, H awkes who carried out his bat for 56 played a very attractive innin gs, though at times slow. His only chan ce was a return to J ackson who co uld only get his le ft hand to th e ball and fai leCl to hold it. Score and analysis:EASTBOURNE

W. L. J ackson, c Tukc, b Tulloch C. Brookcr, h Tulloch J. V. Young, c Prcst, b Tulloch C. R. Cole, c and b lJ awkcs A. TI. Streetcll, lbw, h Hawkes .. E. L. Elliott, fu n out P. M . H epworth, st H uyshc, b Strahan J. E. Musgrave, c Tomlin, b Strahan H. H. St reeten, b Strahan J. H . Dedborough, b Tulloch D. H. Wilmer, not out Extras: nyes 4 T ot:!.1

COLL EGE. 6 8 27 4 3

38 14 8

20 I

134

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CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SC HOOL. ' F. C. Bovenschen, b Brooker J. L. Tomlin, nm out 'F. R. Hawkes, not out J. M. Tu kc, c Elliott. b Brooker H. J. Prest, b Cole E. C. Green, c Elliott, b Young C. R. Lenni! } O. F. Huyshc . G, C. Strahnn did not bat. R. H. Hi tchcock J. R. Tulloch EXlras: Byc, 1 j Leg-bye,

10 4

56 44

33 I

1 j

Wide,

T otal (5 wickets)

15 I

nO\\'I.ING

ANAI.YSI S :

EAS'J'IlOURNE COL LEG ..: .

Tulloch HI\\\'kes Prest Strahan Tukc

3 0 0

57 23 27 20 3

0 3 0 W.

12 KING'S

Voung Brooker Jackson Calc

o. 20

SCHOOl" ,.,

12'4

16 5 6

0 0 0

45 53 29 21

Brooker bowled a widc and a no· bal l.

I\l N , ' ~ SC HOOL v. FI FTH (NORTH'UMBERLAND ) FUSILIERS.

II'hl" matc h was played on Monday, Tune 29th, on the Bat and Ball Ground, \¥inning the the fo rmer ! IlIu}< hL in the slips. Three wickets were down for 41 but Hawkes and Prest "'1'111\1'11 IIlrItters considerably, rai sin g the score to 72 before the former was bowled . II II f 11\ \1111 and Prest in some free hitting was witnessed, the pair adding 68 before t . III'!'U1I1bccl to a smart catch in the slips, after having compiled a useflll 41. III III I .'MHor, Lc rmi t was run .Ollt from what seemed an impossible run, and in the I 1I'llf (;re'e n was caught a t third man, his score of 43 being the result of hard I.IIIIIIK 11 11 H1uncl the wicket. Bassett and Huyshe for the eighth wicket added 34 in IIIIYI Il lId,

lind as usual on this ground tIle wicket proved to be fast.

lI uI Hchool sent in Bovenschen and Tomlin, but with the total at

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CANTUARIAN.

very quick time; Bassett especially hit freely, his 27 including five 4'5. The side were eventually dismissed for 2 I J. After lunch the F usiliers commenced their innings some what disastrously. only five bein O' scored when Benson was yorked bv Tulloch. Then, however. Leach joined G;thorne-Hardy and entirely altered the stale of affairs; th is partnership, the longest of the day, produced 80 nms before Gathorne-Hardy was srnartl y stumped by Huyshe. After this, though none stayed with him long, Leach survived several chan ges in the bowling and looked well-set for a ce ntury when Lermit was l)l!t ,o n to bowl, with startli ng effect. In his first over Leach and Lampton were both brilliantly caught hy Tulloch in the deep fielcl, the former. throughout his long innings of ()o having given no chance that really came to han el. None of th e remaining batsmen gave much trouble and the side was eve ntually di smissed for 196, leavi ng th e School victorious by J 5 run s. For his first appearan ce in the team Lennit bowle~ exceedingly well, keeping a good length, and comin g out with th e excellent analysIs of four wickets at the cost of 2'5 runs apiece. Appended is the score and analysis;KING'S SC HOOL. F. C. Bovenschen. c Licut. Evans. b Licut. G. H ardy

L. Tomlin, c Capt . Leach, b LiCHt. Sarc! F. R. Hawkcs, b Licut. Sarcl ... J. M. Tukc, c Capl. Yatman, b Licut. Sarcl ÂˇH. J. Prest, c Capt. Yatman, h Licut. G. Hardy .. E. C. Green, c Sergi. Staples, b Lieu t. Benson C. R. Lcrmit, rtln out J. Bassctt, c Col. La mpton, b Major Buckley O. F. Huyshc, c Lieut. Wilson , b l\'fnjor Buckley D. K. Anderson, not out ... J. R. Tulloch, run out ... Extras: Bycs, 14; Wide, I

4T 43 T

27 T2

9 T2

T5 2TT

Total

5TH

FUSILlERS.

Lieu!. Gathorne-Hardy, sl Huyshc, c Prest Licllt. Benson, h Tu lloch ... Captnin Lcnch, c Tulloch, b Lcrmit Lieut. Sarel, Ibw, b Prcst :;\f:ljor Bucklcy, c HawkeE, h Prest Captain Yntman, sl Huyshc, b Prest Coloncl thc Hon. J. L:lmbton, c Tulloch, b Lermil ... Licut. W il son, 5t Huyshe, b Lermit Licu!. Evans, b Lcrmit ... Lieu t. Bromfield, c Anderson, b Prcst ... Sergt. Staples, not out Extras : Byc, I ; Leg-h}'c!;, 5 Tota!

T4 7 7 T2 T TO

o 6

.. 196

THE

CANTUARJAN.

BOWLI NG

ANALYSIS :

KING'S SCHOOl .. Captain Leach Lieut. Gal horneÂˇ Hard), Lictlt. S"rel ... l\lajor Buckley Coloncl Lambton Licu! Henson

3 5 5 T

32 35 55

T3 3 5 Benson howl cd STH

Tulloch ll nwkes l' rest Tukc ... Lennit

TO T8

W. 0 2

2 0

widc.

FUSILIERS.

O. T3

:'II.

T5 5 6'T

T 0

R. 47

72 25

0 4

KING'S SC HOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE. Plnyed on the Beve rley on June 30th. Our opponents won the toss but as they plj ,ft 'rrrc\ to bat second, Tomlin and Lermit im mediately opened for the School. The th I hnJr~ h o ur certainlr appeared to justify our visitors' choice, as ou r batsmen shaped II po rl y that four Wickets went down for 22. Green th en joined Prest and both h !l IHIIH' n played stead ily and quite comfortably until the former succumbed to I IUlIllpion just when he seemed set for a long innings ; Bassett stayed for some time, Ill tl tht.! I tal was only 84- when the si~t h wicket fell. At this point Prest and Huyshe I II 11 111 11' partners, and so completely elId they get hold of the bowling that they actually I III dt ld .t he score to 24-3 before the latter was bowled by Pitt. His 82 is quite the I.. I innmgs he has ever played for the School, and deserves still more praise wh en 1111 I II ~l\1rc of th e earlier batsmen is considered. Soon after his partner's dismissal I i t l I iom pleted his century, and exceeded it by twenty before the innings closed. I 'l l I I ~ i ~lnillgs .was the be~l pl ay('~ during the last two seaso ns, a nd in every way I II IIIU IIIII('(' nt eilsplay. USi ng cautlOus methods at first, he settled down to a viO'orous . 0 1111 I li lt! ctlve game as soon as the bowling got weaker, and he never looked 11111 1Il11lllllllble. I hll oppone nts then went in, but tired by their long and active exertions in the II II II ",live nly a moderate display; the opposition to Tulloch, with two or IIII I I ' . ' ( pticlIls, being rather poor. Tulloc h's bowling was quite the best effo rt he

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CANTUARIAN .

had put forward this season, and ~howed that he had of last year. Full score and analysls :KING'S

by no means lost his form

SC I·IO OL.

8 5

L. T omlin , c Ormsloo, \) Champion C. R. Lennil, c Tailrui1l, b Sauer.' " F. R. Hawkes, c Sauer, b Champion F. C. Bovcnschcn. h Champion I I. J. Prest, not Ollt E. C. Green, b Champion J. Bassett, c Sauer, b Champion O. F. I-I uyshc, b Pill , .. D . K. Anderson, Ibw, b Pin J. R. Tulloch, b Pitt .. ' A. Gillibmnd. b S"ndcrson .,-

Extras : Byes,

22;

Leg·hyes ,

5 o 120

16 6

82 9 2 20

23 T

296

Total

SU TTON

c Il uyshc, h Green .. '

9 o

Green

10 21

not out

o c Tulloch, h Lerlllil 14 b B:l ssctl 5 not out

E. Hamhlock, run out i\L Druce, b Grl'en P. Sauer, not out

Exlras : Byes,

VALENCE.

o 23 o

P. W. Tahrum, c Prest, b Tulloch L. :-;:\I1dcr;;on, c Prest, b Tulloch H. S. Champion, b Tulloch .. ~ J. S. Daniel, c Andcr~on, II 1 ulloeh ... T. G. Pill, h Tulloch .. F. A. Thew , c and b Tulloch D . G. S. Orn'~ ton, b Tulloch R. M. Richardson, h Tulloch

6 17

10 ...

TOlal

T otal

DOWLING AN:AI.\'SIS. SUTTON VAl.ltN C E.

2nd Innings.

1St l nnings. O.

Tulloch Lcrmit H awkes Prest Gillibrnncl Green

23. 1 2 6 7

6 2

M. 7 0 0 I 0

W. 8

0 0 0

21 16 7

Lennit Green Basset t

4 4

:-'1. 0 0

•

36 10

W. I

THE KING'S

CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL v. ST.

LAWRENCE.

Played on July 3rd on a fast wi cket. The School won the toss and went in. Hov('nschcn was soon out but Tomlin and Hawkes batted well and raised th e score 1072, wh en Tomlin was out for a vigorous 32. Then came a collapse and 'J wickets \\l l rt ' down for 1 02 . Hawkes played a fin e innings and was unlu cky in not reaching lil li So. The last three wickets add ed 60 run s, of which Lennit played good cricket 1.11 la. On St. Lawrence going in i\[unds and Latter started well and made 44 before ~ llIlId s was lbw. Latter played hard for 78 and was unfortunate in playing on ; wid I" Twyman scored a slow 62, neither giving a chance. Blake made 38 quickly hl lforc bcing caught in the slips. The inni ngs closed fo r 273 j om score was passed wllon four wickets were down. Lermit was the most sllccessful bowler and kept II J.\ood lcngth. \·Vhen the School went in a second time T ulloch hi t very hard and WH M n L out at the close. KING'S

1st Innings. I I " Tumlin, cLatter, b Blake I (' . Bovc nschen, h Skinner I 1( , Il nwkes . c Twyma n, h Skinner II I·, II u)'she, b Blake II J, I'l cst, II Skinner I t ', t:rCCIl, e Twyman, h Blake I \l1 ~ 1111, c Twyman , b Skinner .. . I H, IA'rlllit, c T wy man, II Skin ner II I , I\ ndcrson, c Godfrey, b I-lilton I I Tulloch, c Latter, b !''lunds \ 1111I1I)I(\1Id, not out

SC I·fOOL.

2nd Innings.

o 10

b Skinner

5 not out 28 14

12 6 I I

1';SlrrtS

not out

Extras T oLal ( I wicket )

T tllal

S. LAWRENCE. ~ IU fH h; ,

lhw, h Prest J\. Laue r, II Green ( 'llJllnin Tri1;Lralll, c Anderson, h Le nnit j :' TW )' Il1<lI\, c Anderson, b T \llloch ~ l lIjo r Isaack e, 1"1111 alit ... Hld nner, h I lawk es \ , Ff. Blak e. c Anderson, b Lermit \, M. Iliiton, c Bo\'cnschen , b Lermil 11." ,m de Tessier, not mil I', (;(}t\frcy, s: Huyshe, b Lermit (I, K V. Austen, st Huyshe, b Lcrmil I~x tras

Total ...

78 62 2

38 12

-1'3 I

273

THE CANT UARIAN. B OW L IN G ANi\ I.YS IS .

KI NG'S SC II OOL.

o. Sk inner Munds A. i\1. Hilton ...

A. Latter

o 2

o 3

M. 4

5 8

A. Ff. Blake .. .

53 3' 42

19'5

Munds bowled 3 wick s, and Latt er

2 I.

S. LA WRI~NCP. .

Tulloch Prest .. . Hawkes G reen Bassett

~1.

0 0 0

8 '0

5 9 3

Lenni!. . Gillibrand T ull och and G ill ibrand howled

39 0

wide each.

KING'S SCHOOL v. GENT LEMEN OF M.C.C. This match was played on the Beverl ey on T uesday, Jlily ' 4th. T he School werc not fully represented, being without T ukc and Gree n ; in the abse nceÂˇ of th e latter the team was captained by Tulloch. The IVI.C.C. had scnt down a weaker team than usual- pe rh aps in view of a certai n inglorio us perform ance 0 11 a prev i oll s Tuesday- an d were represe nted onl y by gen tlemen, on paper a strong batting but weak bowling side. Our oppon ents won the toss and were good eno ugh to give us th e benefit of first in nings , a n opportunity of whic h full advantage was taken . The sta rt was un lucky, for in the second over, T oml in had th e misfortu ne to play on. H a wkes and Anderson, however, redee med the situatio n, a nd, scoring at a marve llous rate, add ed 62 rUlls in about th ree-quarters of an hour. Hawk es was then caugh t and soon after Prest was bowled in making a very weak stroke. Then Bassett and Anderson cam e toge the r, and by some of the best cricket shewn this year raised th e score to 130 by lunch time. After lunch Bassett was )lo rked for 40, an excellent innings, so me of his drives past poi nt being particularly good . Anderson conti nued to play fin e cri cket an d made his hu ndred just as the score reached 200. Lermit was lucky, but H uyshe played well. his reg-hitting being \'ery well-tim ed . Anderson was next out for ' 32, a very fin e performance, marred only by three di ffic ult cha nces, t wo of wh ich were after he had passed his hun dred. His dri ving ,,;as rema rkably clean and crisp, and his success was all the more pleasing has hitherto he had failed to do himself j ustice. Bovenschen and Huyshe addqd 45 fo r the eighth wicket when Huyshe was caught at dee p square leg at 329. T ulloch was bowl ed di rectly and then declared with the score at 33' fo r 9, leaving the C lub two hours batting. On the M.e.C. going in runs at fi rst came slowly. T ristram was bowled at 39, and Dean fi nely caught iu th e long-field off Hawkes at 73; th e latter then brought

THE

CANTUARIAN.

orr two very fin e catches at mid-orr, of wh ich th e first was especially praiseworthy. sborn.e a nd J. 1\1. Hul to n the n began. hitting hard all over the fi eld and at six o'clock we re still und efeated. The score being 228 fo r 4. Th~ matc h shewed the batting strength of the School very well, especially as all til scon ng was done by the yo unger members of the eleven. The fieldin O' was very good: and sp~cia l m~n ti~)!1 shotl.l d be made of H awkes and H uyshe. The change howlers a re still wa ntm g 10 steadlll ess wh en being hit. " KI NG 'S SC HOOL:

D . K. And erson , sl T ristram , b J-Iardc:tstle I, L . T omlin, b Robinson .. . ),'. R. H awkes, c Tristram , b Robin son II. J . Prest, b H ardcast le .. . J. Basselt, b T aylor-J ones .. . C. R. Lermit, c Dea n, b J . }I.'I . H ulton ... I f. I I. H ayes, c Dean, b J. M . I-h ilton O. F . H uyshc, c J. l\L H ulton, b C. G. H ulton F. C. Bovenschcn, not alit J; R. T ullocl,l, b Robinson )'.. Masoll, (lid not bat. E xtras ...

' 32

o 40 19

T otal (9 wickets)

CR \lt. Tris tram, b Prest .. . J. )ean, c Tulloch, b H awkes

33 ' M. C. C. 20

... )«(Iv. E. T aylor-Jones, c lIawkes, b P rest J, ~ 1. Il uilon , not out .. . .. . ) (lIV. K II . I la rdcastle. c H a wkes, b T ulloch ~ l l l i o r Usborne, not Oll t . • •. . S. ~ 1. Robi nson, '} 1I1\1'\m de T essier, .. II , ~ntm dc rs , d id not ba t. ( '. ( :. I h ilton, 0 . Denison, E xtras .. .

82 '9 62

T otal (4 wickets)

228

llowf.! NG

ANA LYSIS :

KING'S SCH OOL. ' l'llylo r-roncs U,lllllllson J. M. I/ ulton )

)~ I I1 "to n

( , (: . I hl lton 1hU llcnsilc 1) '1 111

o. '7

19'2

M. 4

14 4

o o

37 34 l'

3 2

o 2

THE

CANTUARIAN. M.

c. C.

Tulloch Prest Hawkes l\"Iason Lcrmit

39 68 62

3Âˇ

0 0 0

Basselt ... Hayes Tulloch bowled

KING'S

o. II

SC HOOL v. ST.

I I

0 0 0 0

wide.

LAWRE NCE

" A."

Played on the Beverley 011 Thursday. July 16th, and resulted in a victory for the School by 196-32 . Our opponents batted first and the fall of two wickets to Tulloch for no runs was a foretaste of things to come. 'Wickets fell steadily at very little cost, and the innings, which lasted about an hour, only produced 32 run s, Belsey alone reaching doubl e figures. Tulloch bowled very well, and took seven wickets at a cost of two each j the first of these was due to an excellent catch by Prest at third slip. The School innings opened with some slow scoring, and though the result was never doubtful none of the team seemed over-confident. However, later on . runs came more qui ckly and the last four wickets added 134. Bassett's ss not out was a very creditable performance, as were the sco res of Lermit and Bovenschen. Afll"r the close of the School innings S. Lawrence " A" batted again for a few minutes, and scored 32 for no wickets. It should be add ed that S. Lawrence were unable to put a full" A" team in the field. Appended are the sco res :ST. LAWRENCB II A." lsi Innings. 0 T. B. Wacher, c Prest, b l'ulloch H. Pine, nm out... ... ... 3 0 C. E, Harris, c Dovcnschen, b Tulloch p, Godfrey, b Tulloch 5 0 not OUl Rev. G, C, E. Ryley, b Tulloch 0 ... R. Rhodes, b P rest 2 P. Finn, run out ... 16 not out II. Belsey, b Tulloch 2 N. I-Ioulden, nol out , .. 0 T . R. Graty, c and b T ulloch ... 2 C. M. Ricketts, e Mason, h Tulloch 2 Extras j Byes, 2

2nd lunings.

...

T olal

Tol nl (0 wickels) ...

...

â&#x20AC;˘

THE CANTUARIAN.

KING'S

SCHOOL.

D, K . Anderson, e Rhodes, b Harris .: L. T om lin, c and. b Belsey {'. R. H awkes, b Pme ... II. J, Prest, c Ryley, b l'l ards , 1\'r. Tuke, c Belsey, b Pine ... {. . Bassett, not out .. 0 , F. t-Iuyshe, c and b H arris .. , R, Lermit, b Grnty .. . F. C. Bovenschen, c and b Ryley E. Mason, c Rhodes, b Ryley J. R. Tulloch, st R hodes, b Ryley Extras : Byes, 4; NoÂ·bolll, I

22 2

5~ 42

T otal

...

(96

B OWLING ANALYSIS: ST. LAWRE ,,"CE II A,"

Tul loch PreSl

M. 2

18 12

l\!,

24 9 8 3 6

2 I

62 32 44

0 0

7 I

KING'S SC HOOl,

Pine Belsey Il arris Graly Ryley

SECOND XI. MATCHES. KING'S SCHOOL (2nd Xl. ) v. HARBLEDOWN. Played on Beverl ey, on May 28th.

With one or two exceptions the School

111IIII IIg was very poor, and this fact, combined with careless fielding, lost the match

I," \I ~ .

Slrahan, however, deserves great credit fo r his excellent bowling.

THE CANTUARIAN.

======================== KING'S

SCHOOL.

B. W . Saunders, b Stanley

o 7

L. J. Basselt, b Stanley G. C. Strahan, b Scrivener G. V. O rmsby, b Scrivener

3 7

C. R. ' Lermit, c and b Scrivener

o o

P. H: Hawkes, c Green, b Scrivener C. A. N. R. E.

;\1", Ricketts, c and

b Scrivener

Giliibrand, not Ollt C. J. Saunders, b Stanley M:ulIlering, .b .Stanley ." 1\'fa son, b DaVid Extras: Byes, 2 ; Leg-byes,

15 I

o 1

5 4

Total

HARBLEDOWN. 3

P. Godfrey, b Strahan A. M. Hillon, b Sl rah:m." F. Wallace, c Strahan, h Mason ...

o 5

W . Goodban, b Strahan .. F. Sh imcld, b Strahan ... F. Scrivener, c Gil1ibrand, b O rmsby G. C. Grecn, b Strahan C. David, c O rmsby, b lIawkes H. E. Green, b Sirahan E . Stanley, b N. C. Saunders S. VÂ·lood, not out ExtraS : Byes, 6 j Leg-byes, 3 ...

4 26 21 I

4 9 ". 120

T otal BOWLING ANALVS IS. KING' S SClIOOI ..

F. Scrivener E. Stanley H . E. Green C. David

II II

25 27 7 0

4 0 0

J-1ARBLED OWN.

E. Mason G. C. St rahan A. Gillibrand ". G. V. Ormsby N. C. j. Saunders P. 1-1. Hawkes

W. 5

4 0

O. 10

?t .

5 0 0

17 53

7 4 2 1'3

I 0

"4 4

THE CANTUARIAN. KING'S

SCHOOL (2od XL) v.

DOVER COLLEGE (2od XL )

Played on 'Beverley, on June 9th. Our opponents quite outplayed us in this match, our batting being again rathe r tan.l.e, and the fielding far from what it should ho. Thomas and Mason bowled very well at times. 1st Innings. DOVER C·OLLEGE. 2nd Innings. ... 0 ". n. Smith, c Hayes, b Saunders 24 b Hayes li on. C. D. Finch, b Thomas 14 b Bassett 1(. J.... Pyman, b Thomas ... 34 c Lermit, b Bassett II;. A. T. Taylor ~ c and B Mason 4 b Hayes It S. Vinson, c H ayes, b Thomas 13 not alit II , . Robson, b Thomas ... 13 ( :. II. Ilenderson- Ruc, not out ... 15 not out A, I•• P. Griffith, c Mason, b Thomas 2 II, F. Scott, c Bassett, b Mason ... 7 1\ . K . 'nngar·Davies, c Lcrmit, b Mason 0 Extr:ls : Byes, 18; Leg·bye, I; Wide, I ;}2 1 Extras: Leg-bye, 1 No-ball, ~ ...

II . S. Wolsely, run out

Total

0 12 16 6 17

Total (4 wickets)

147

KING'S B. St. \;1,,7. Saunders, Ibw J b Finch C. R. Lermit, c Griffith, b Smith J. Bassett, Ibw, b Smith

SCHOOL. 2 21 2

I I. Gramshaw, b Smith

G. C. Covell , c and b Smith ... A 0 : ' D. Spafford , b· Pyman Eo Mnson, c 'Scotl, b Henderson-Roe

3 3

5 5

II. 1[. Hayes, c Finch, b Henderson-Roc ... .. .

'J'. S. Adams, b Scott r. H . Hnwkes, b Scott ...

9 0

A. C. Thomas, not alit

Extras: . Byes, 7

T ota l

BOWLING ANALVSIS: DOVER COLLEGE.

1st Innmgs.

. O. ... 8'2

Mn ljl)n

"I MI. W.

Saunders

i ' ' I ' ho mll ~

, Alhllus

II IIlI r (lll I II . IrHvkes

5 9 5

2nd Innings.

M. .. 0 0

Thomns bowled a wide.

.. R.

31 23 38 23

6 5

W. 3 I

5 0 0 0

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CANTUARIAN. KING'S SCHOOl"

Hon. C. D. Finch T. D. Smith R. L. Pyman '"

J. B.

Henderson-Roe ...

KING'S

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SCHOOL (2nd

XI.)

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HARBLEDOWN.

Played at Harbledown, on July 16th. On a wet wicket the scoring was naturally low, and H. E. Greet\ proved too much for most of our batsmen. T he School fielding showed a marked improvement, and the match as a whole was quite satisfactory. KING'S SCHOOL. R. H. HitchcOCK, Ibw, b David ..

T. S. Adams, b Wallace ... B. St. W. Saunders, run out H. H . Hayes, c H. E. Green , b Wallace A. O. D. Spafford, b I-I. E. Green

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H. Gramsha.w, b I-I. E. Green A. C. Thomas, b H. E. Green

A. Gillibrand, c. David, b H. E. Green G. C. Covell, b H. E. Green . P. 1-1 . H awkes, b I-I. E . Green M. W. Quentin, not out Extras : Dyes, 3 ; Leg-byes, 2; Wide,

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HARBLEDOWN. F. Wallace, e Hitchcock , b Thomas C. I-I. Clements, b Gillibrand G. W. Cancellor, retired hurt H. E. Green, C. Hitchcock, b Hayes F. Amos, b Thomas C. Dav id, b Saunders G. C. Green, nm out F. Shimeld , not alIt S. R- I-h ines, c H itchcock, b I-byes W_ Lott, c Quentin, b I-b yes G. Maple , c Saunders, b Quenti n Extras : Byes, 4; Leg-byes, 2;

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C. David F. Wallace II. Eo Green

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A. C. Thomas " A. G ilJibrand II. 5 1. W. Saunders

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THE BOAT CLUB. "'h ugh perhaps less coaching has been done this term than last, with a of over thirty and all the boats constantly in use, the Boat Club feels Ih 'll It h ~I H lad a prosperous term. Early in May we hired an extra scul1ing~boat for 1111 I I ~ llIl from St. Augustine's College Boat Club, and this was much in request. I. " I I" did some useful coaching in June for the Sculling Races, and by th e 6th July IlulI I Wtlf O a dOjl,cn members considered good enough to compete. Practising for the I j I " Il1 [1 t h was more or less te n tativ~ till a fort night before the race. when, after a ,iI .d 111 ', 11 of wrili ng to and fro, the date was fina lly fixed for the loth July. P ractic~ II IIW IHlram r gu lar. and the crew began' to shape ; but we should have liked another ,I ~ J. I':. Ilusbands was ki nd enough to coach th e boat on several occasions. HIIIIW improvements have been made this term on the bank. The new boat-house ' I t I UI~ 14' F I'dwich Church is now completed, and the old four is already th ere. T he ,t Iii , IOl1r ('un also be hOllsed there if necessary, and we shall no longer have to leave 'III IUIIII " OUl Or doors for several nights b~fo re th e races. The existing landing-stage 111111 ll fillur Boat-House has been improved, and a new one has been built at Barton lill III' Inndi ng a nd launching a four wh en it is kept temporarily on the bank. The IUlitl lIH II I th end of th e orchard has also been enlarged to accommodate a four III II 11111 wul r is low. 1)11 ,J\ H nsion Day th e two fours started from Fordwich about 12.30, had lun ch II IIIII VI\ II'flrry. and then pushed on, through undiscovered waters, to Plucl<sgutter, l I HII 1I,lh /oi below. On our return we fou nd a stron g stream against us, and it was , II 1I'l'Ioc'k before we sat down to tca at the cc Fordwich Arms". It was perhaps I t 100 long a journey for untrained crews, but a fine day, and the satisfaction of I" I~I"II' tlIlf Inst year's record. made the expedition a success. 1111 udllm~ h i l)

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The preliminary heats of the Ju~ior Sculls were rowed on the Sturry Reach,. on the 6th July. and were all four won with ease. Trollsdell was unl~ cky enough to Jam his sculls half-way up the course, but PeLtman had already establIshed a good lead. The racing at Fordwich, on the next day, was, a good deal closer .. It speaks well for the handicapping that, in th e Final, the heavlCst man beat the hghtest but onc ?y only two lengths. The best race of the day was bet\~een Campbell ~~ld Pettm.al? 111 the Semi-Final. Pettman sculled well and very pluckily, but CampLeb 5 extra \\ el~ht just brought him home. In the other Semi-Final, \Villiams steered ba,dly, ~nd Sm l ~h won by f6ur lengths. The Final prod uced a good race, but Campbe~l 5 weight agall1 told, and he drew up in the last hundred yards. Few of the competltors had sc.ull~d before this term, but, in point of style, those who had been coached. for the Pairs III March had a distin ct advantage. They pulled marc evenly, and, III ~on seque nce, steered better. The two most general faults were a tendency to cilg, and a ~ug at th e finish. K. B. Dickson sculled well the first day. but never got pro~C:!rly gOll1g in his second race. Pettman was neat. but inclined to be short. K. S. Smith showe.d some dash and judgment ; his great fault is to lie too far back. .Campbell owed hiS win more to weight than style ; he has an ugly tug at the filllSh, and does not swing from the hips. The Senior Sculls produced only three entries. Jen kin b~at Mansfield by a length and a half, but, in the Final. his slide caught half-way home, and Lovatt won by th ree-quarters of a length . The following are th e results ;- , J UNIO R SCULl. S.

HEAT A. - T. F. Pellman v. A. J. TrO\liKleli. Wi1lner : Pell man: casily. Ht:AT B.- W. R. N. Leslie v. E. C. Linton. Willner: Linlon: S~ lenglhs. lJI:'.Al· C.-D. V. Bacon v. \Y. G. CampLell. fVt1l11eJ . Campbell: bUlllp 50 yos. from home. H EAT D.-K. B. Dickson v . U. Crow ley. f;Yimw': Dickson j blimp 60 yos. from horne. BVES : V. L . Armitage. K. 5 . Smilh. T. D. Dixon . A. T. Williams. HEAT E.-C. F. Peltm an v. E. C. Linton. W£tmer: Pellman: 3~ lengths. H EAT F.-W. C . Cam pbell v. K. n. Dickson. Winner: Campbell; 2 lengths.

Armitage 1). K.. S. Smith. "V;lIJ1tr: Smith: 2 lengths. HI~AT II. - T. D. Dixon v. A. T. \"illiams. H;t"lwer: Williams: easily. H Ei\T 1.- '1'. F. Pettman 11. W. C. Campbell. W;J/m,.: Campbell: ~ length. HI~A'I' ) .- K. ::;. Smith v. A. T. Williams. "Vt'Jlller: Smith: 4 lengths. FI NA l. HI~AT. -W. G. Campbell v. K. S. Smith. "Y;",ur: Campbell: 2 lengths.

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SENIOR

SCULLS.

HRAT A.--I·l, A. J cnk in v . L. Mansfield. 1V;mw': Jenkin: I~ lengths. H I!.AT n. - W. H . Lovatt a Byc. FI NAL HUAT. - H. A. J enk in v. W. H. Lovatt.

WiJlJ,er: Lovalt:

length.

On the followin g day D. V. Bacon challenged K. S. Smith for second place, . bnt was beaten easily.

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On the loth July the School rowed an O.K. S, four ove r th e Fordwich course. 10: . W. l\Iowll brought down a strong combination, and in the paddle down to the Ht:lrl the difference between School and 'Varsity rowing was only too ob vious. In the race, however, the heav \' un traint:d crew failed to main tain a fast enough stroke. The H 'hool, with the front s'tation, got the better start, and went off at 38, but looked like gutLi ng caught till they got clea r' of the bend. Mangin, however, took a first-rate ('o rner, and, when both crews had got into the staight, the School were more than ~hl\ ir distance away. Stroking with g reat judgment Jenkin gradually drew furthe r HWHY and eventually won by 21 lengt hs. As th ey t ad don e in practice, the School Clew rowed far better than they could )la(11I , ilnd maintained a fast stroke all over the course. T hey all came on co nsiderIii II ' in practice, and showed, both in for m and pace. a g reat advance up on the rowi ng 01 Ih e: Easter tenn. They were much neater, and got well on to th e beginning, while I hili was an absence of th e splashing and slovenliness which marred previous I1lldorma nces. The fini sh, however, was stil l poor, an d the 5win g inclined to be . hort. S. U. Baily at bow, who had never ro wed befo re the Christmas term, is apt to Hky his blade, gets his hands out with a jerk, and is sometimes out of time. t l\1.tllsfield at 2 improved greatly in practice and now rows his weight, but loses ! IIllllll:tnd of his blade in the swing forward. VV. H. Lovatt at 3 works hard, but 1IIIIIIeI learn to rolV with a st raighter back. H. A. Jenkin stroked well and kept his I I HW together, but, like the others, is inclined to wash out at the finish, and is . 11111 { 'oming forward . The crews we re as follows ;0, K. S.

SC HO OL.

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S. U. Daily L. i\'1a nsfield ". w. H. Lovatl ... II. A. J enkin , 11 . C. i\ lullgin...

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E. Husbands. E. L. Massey.

E. W.

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R. ft.'I. Tuke. F. Milchel l.

. WI' take this opporlunity of thanking the O. K . S. fo r the trouble they took in and helping us to start what we hope will be an an nual event. Mmnbers or the School who intend to join the Boat Club next year woul d do II 141 hl,/{in row ing in September, as the prel iminary coaching in the Christmas term IH II I I IlHhtc n th e work of preparation for the Pairs and Fours in I\'I arch. Wil h this ter m H . A. Jenkin'S three years' Captaincy comes to an end . H e has I4I l u II Hl t'at dea l for the Club in coachin g and organization, as well as in rowing 11111/ III. tilid to compare 1900 with 1903 is to congratulate him . Next year we hope III ~1I1 nIH\\,) down with the O. K. S. crew. I

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CANTUARIAN.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Dear School, It has been my privilege to spend a few weeks, as a \lisitor, in the school for th e higher education of Chri stian natives of East Centra l Africa. I se nd you some account of it, beca use it is the first Public School worthy of th a t nam e in thi s part of Africa, and therefore a matter of possible interest to the al1t1Jl.Ill' of that Publ~c Sc hool which claims to be the oldes t in England, and to have had a large share in founding the first Public School in Australia. An experienced wo rker in the Universities Mission said of African boys, that for the first three months of his acquaintance with them he thought the m the best in the world; [or the nex t three months he th ought th em the worst; afterwa rd s he ca me LO the conclusion that they we re mll ch the same as other boys l His conclusion was Human nature is probably co rrect. much the same all the world over, in sp ite of differences in race and colour. And so we find a t Kiunga ni College, rep resented under an Afri can g ui se, all th e characteristics of the En g lish Pub lic School-boy . Like th e Afri ca n Church which found ed it, the Sc hool- if its work is to be effective and pennancnt- must be indigeno us. O ur aim is not to turn out men who, in the ercs of th eir fell owtribesmen, will be simply Europeani sed mo nstrositi es, but rathe r the production of an ever-increasi ng s uccession of Christian gentlemen ( in the best sense or the word) inspired with high ideals of life and work, service and sacrifice.

H ence a t Kiungani you wi ll find retained anything which is alike native and harml ess. L et me give instances. The ea tin g of shark's fles h with their dinn er of rice is not denied to th e boys who apprec iate it, unpleasant th ough the odour wh ich is the accom paniment of th e cookin g and serving of this particular delicacy may be to the European staff. Aga in, th e li!nited amount of clothing llsuall y a n"ccted, provided it be smart, clea n, and sufficie nt, is not objectcd to ; and th e dormitory for so me of the boys is a n open ve randah on the LOp of one o f th e build in gs, because it is the custo m of th e tribe to which they belong to sleep outside and not inside thei r huts ! It may be asked, "\o\'ho are these boys, and whence do th ey come? " \Vell, th ey are the "pickcd" boys from the many village sc hools round about the mainland s tation s, ,md from those in the island of Zanzibar. And just as in Ollr great Public Schoo ls and Uni versities at home we lin d representatives of the old families of En g land as well as clever boys and Ille n who have by talent and industry ri sen rrom ot he r planes of society, so he re we have boys from tribes who excel in force of characte r or in good man ners, along with more back-boncÂˇless youths wh o know no thin g of their antecedents, resc ued pe rhaps in childhood from slavedhows or similar surroundings. And th ey will always keep socially separate, e.g., each tribe has its distinct si ttingÂˇ out place or II studyt" wh ere its particular language may be heard. And yet there is at the same time eve ry opportunity for

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Ilch boy to experience that valuabl e ndvantaae of school-life, the "finding his l c v~l." Kiun gani is the meetinggro und too for the future African clergy, unci for tho se in whose hand !> will re st 'he task of teach in g the ignorant Central A fri ca ns the sav in g principles of religious Illle! secular truth. As regards lessons, besides the OI"dinary school subjects, .S7l!aht"IJ (the 10 lingua franca" of the ~'h sslOn and of this part of Africa) and Euglzsll take t}le pineo whi ch Latin and Greek hold With 11~. The boys a lways work hard iu "I' hoo l, and a regul ar lust for study. cOll.les 1I\'llr the place as the time of examlll atlOn dlllWS near. Nor could anyone deny that II Il' rlll of ten months is a good test of Indll stry and perseve rance! In their sports-and partic~~~ ~lrly IOOlball-the resemblance ~o English M c'lI I-boys is rc m;~.'l{able . You find " ljll'{'sentatives 9-~ the" slacker " class, \dHl will . some feeble e xcuse to ;l!la).,jng j also of th e .• young dislike the roughne ss but o n th e whole the boys kee n. The sc hool plays tea.l11.s I3ritish men·of·war which VISIt boasts of only having been beate~ lately, viz ., when the" Good Ho~e to Zanzibar with Mr. Chamberlalll. The boys' .1 hobbi e~ " are of the ; 'JC>I!1Imllc kind chiefly . PIeces of garde n to grow veg etables, s u ga r-c a l~ c, arc allotted to boys who. ? eSlre ; 0 11 these they construct Immature

cooking-ranges. T hey love dancing, and hardly a moonlig ht ni ght o r big festival occurs wit hout th eir borrowing drum s to provide a suitable orchestra for ~he accompanim ent. The boys of o nc tnbc have a piano, constructed after the fashion of those upon which chil dren in E naland love to perform : smalle r pieces of ~voo d are laid cross-wise o n two COllvergina cylinde rs, so as to make a musical scale ~'hen struck, and on t hi s homemade instrument peculiar and vigorolls duets are played. The "mouitors" or "prefects" arc represe nted by teachers, '."ho, while s~iJl ass isted in th eir own stud Ies, actually 111stru ct the lower forms; a nd thi s is a good ex perience, since for ~nos t of thel?l it will be their future vocatlOn for rn a .•y yea rs. They l;avc the re giilar air of superiori ty, are all owed to carry and l~ se can~s, a!ld quite seem to realize thcll: med~ator~al position between, and theIr dutIes t?, those above them an d below them 1Il authority and position . Time and space forbid. a furthe r extensio n of this letter. L et It suffi c~ to say that here, near the l\'I etropo~Itan Church of Central Afr ica: there IS. a flouri sh ina Public School, WIth so metlung of th e t;ne and characteristics that we learnt to know and love at Canterbury.

C. C. F . (O.K.S.) illa)l, 1903, V .il/. G.A., Zanzibar.

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SCH OO L NEWS. On Sunda)" J uly 19th , the School attended their ow n Chapel Se rv ice in the Cathedral. All the seats now face the east, and th e new Alta r and Reredos have bee n completed. T he ceremonyof dedi cati on was perfo rmed or.Thnrsc1 ay, ]ulyz3rd. by the Lord Bishop of Dover. We thank, in the name of the Schoo l, a ll th ose who have assi sted in the ca rryi ng out of th is wo rk. which we arc sure will meet with ge neral app roval. All we re glad to see Mr. h 1dgson agai n in th e Chapel, whe re he prea...~h ed the first se rm on uncle r th e ne w orde;~ thin gS": a nei the ' fi';sti~;'hi:n ' after an enfor..:ed abse nce of twe lve wee ks.

K. iVloore, G. C. Covell, C. F. P. Batte rsby a nd B. 13. Horsbrugh (a ll of King's School). E ntra nce Scholarships. - D. L. Robe rtson ( Mr. Robertso n, Godalrning) ; K. C. T homas ( Mr. 'Watson \\Tillis, E astbourn e) ; H .· F. Rey nolds (Mr. Rey nold s, SOllthbournc) ; E. A. Graty (of Ki ng's School) ; I-I. P. Sparling ( Mr. Crick. \Vorthi ng). House Scholdrshi p.- H. E . A. H ow ( Mr. Pearce, Sidcup), T he followin g have been elected to np~\;I'lvl lioner Foun dat ion Scholarship,>:i~v !.MIlo s ( Mr. Reyno lds, South-

O n T uesday, J un e 16th, th e School team played th e R.M ,L. I . at \,ya lmer. T he resul t was a defeat by 60 ru ns (62 - 122 ), ,'; ;,' O n Thursday, J ~~ne 25th, th e School playe d Easthournc College at Eastbourn e e ' I a neI won a la ir y easy victory by 5 wic kets" and 17 flI ll S ( 15 1 for 5- 134),

Wil lis, E astbourn e,; ., ) . WAF ( i\:rs: Robins?ll, God ~ lm i~IC:ith of '; u~ io; K~ rrl,ck, J. W. S, Pnce ( bo~ ~son ( Mr. KlIlgs Sc hool) ; T, S, Ne. a. Gardn er ReYll olds, South bourne) ; a nd H.f(J tl nior Ki ng's School). :: I. ['1Ie h! ' I'111 0 r E ntra nce SchoI':h.rrick 'Sars IIp has been award ed to VI . A. F. J{e;. (K ing's School). 'c

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,',' ,'.' " On T uesday, Jun e 30th, the School played Sutton Valence, 0 11 th e Beverley, an d .won by 183 rUIlS (296- 113), P rest sconng 120 not out, ~.\'r-"'\

S cholarships.-1'he fOll owi ng e lectio ns ha ve been mad e : Junior Foundation Scholarships. G. S. Pinse nt, J. De ig hton ([or Maths.) ,

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. On Monday, J une 29 t h. th e 1st ?Jl1~ Journ eyed to Gravesend to play t lS'e 5~h (~o rlh ll m bc rl an d) Fllsiliers, and we r · VI c t Ori OUS by J 5 r Ull S ( 2 I 1- 196). ~I <.,#* •I On Frida)" Jill)' 3rd, the Schodt played . t. Lawrence C. C. on th~ ~ Beverl ey. and were defeated by 1 08 run f' ' ( 16; - 273 )' .

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The T enni s Singles were concluded on Tuesday, J uly 7th, when F. C. BovenIwh 'n beat 1. F . Paris in the Final.

gratulate the following on receivin g their colours :- Ist XI.: D. K. And erson; 2I1d XI.: H . H . H ayes, T. S. Adams. B. St. W. Sa unders. oX· ...,

The An nual Sculling Races were 1",1<1 on J Il ly 6th and 7th . The Senior , "lI s we re won by \¥. H , Lovatt, and III.. J"ni or by W. E . Campbell and K. S. I1l1 lh (2nd Prize), O n F riday, JIlly l oth , · th e School 1' 1111 1' rowed against a crew of O.K. S., an d 1II 'II t th em by abo ut three lengths, #- -A'

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\V congratulat e th e following on III I,lv il1 g their colours :-l st XL, H . J, j'o t ; 1m i XL, G. C . Strahan, L. J. Ii" IItt, C. R. Lermit, A. Gill ibrand. IIlho old Colours were given back.

ill a Meeting of th e Sports ComIlIl tI'I I it was decided, with the H ead I I 1" r' H pe rmissio n , that the School four lilluhl b ' a llowed to wear the School I (11r1l18 a nd c rossed oars). ';""\'~:'

1111 Tuesday, Jill y 14th, the School 1,1"" II lh ' Gc ntlemen o[ M.C.C. In this 10 I II II I I\(' School mad e th eir high est II! lor the seaso n ( 33 1 for 9) of whi ch I J\ IH.lc rson contributed 13Z . Our 'l 'IIII II I' II IH put togethe r 22 8 for + wickets ,,01 Ih,· .. Ia\ch was left drawn, Vve con-

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On T hursday , July 16th, the School played St. Lawrence I I A" a nd won an easy victory by 164 runs ( 196- 32 ). We congratu late the Cricket Captain, E. C , Green. on a season whi ch has been on the whole a success. All the School matches played have been won, though we regret that th e F elsted , I-Iighgatl.!, an d St. E dmund's School matches had to be abandoned. T he record , up to the O.K.S. match, is as [ollows :lVl atches played, 14; ' ;Von, 8 ; Lost, 3 j D rawn , 3. Canon an d Mrs. Blore have very kindly sen t a sum of money to t he H ead Master for the purpose of foundi ng the Edward Blare Memorial P rize, which they have been in the habit of giving annually for Private Study in the VIth . Form. vVe beg to offer them our heartiest thanks for their kind gift. .;.\ -x%

The School has also recei ved another very generous gift in the hand some new pavilion whi ch Mr. Hodgson has hac! erected on Blore's P iece. "'l e beg to offer to Mr. H odgson th e School's heartiest thanks.

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CANTUARIAN.

O .K . S.

NEWS.

I-I. A, Holland won first prize in The Rev. R. L. Ottley has been appointed Canon of Christ Church. the Foils at the Royal Military College. Oxford, and Regius Professo r of Pasto ral Sand hurst, and was the representative of the Coll ege against Woolwich . Theology. I ." % 'if.

R. M. Tuke has been elected to I R. F. N atien has obtained a place in an Organ Scholarship at Cud clesclon i the Gym. VIII. at Sand hurst. Theological College.

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SPORTS.

The Swimming Races were brought ofT on Friday, Jul y 17th, at the Baths, in perfect weather and furnished most enjoyable sport. The general standard of swimming was not very good, although it seemed appreciably better than that of the last few years. On the other hand the diving was excellent. Of the dozen boys who competed for the diving prize, none was a conspicuous failure, while Methuen, H awkes'l, and Vlinse r reached a high degree of excellence. Of the swimmers O'Neill, Lovatt, Mansfield and Keyser were all good (O'Neill very good), while Pettman and Vlilliamson showed considerable promise. We have to thank the follow ing fo r their kindness in giving prizes : T he H eadmaster, Mr. Guest, Mr. Cape, and the Masters, and also Mr. Guest for all the trouble he has taken with the swimming this term.

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Appended are the results :-I.

EIGHTY YARDS RACE (for boys under

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T. F. Pettman. C. G. Williamson. Tillie, I min. 1 8 ~ secs. There was an exccllent en try fm this race. i\ good start was effected in which H usbanfis llf.,: r· Imps got away slightly th~ . hest. He was soon CAught by Pellman and W il hamson. who .reached the turn almost together. On tbe return J'Jl11"oey, Williamson proved unable to stay the pace and was tlcrl.'at cd by about eight yards by Pettman, who nppears to be a \'ery promising swimmer. 1. 2.

H UNDRED YARDS (for boys under 161)'

II.

J. C.

Keyser. 2. K. Moore. Keyser was \'ery much the best away and, ~ lYllllming a very fast trudgeon st roke drew away _H'ndily and at the turn held a lead or about eight )'Mc1 s from Johnston. Th e latter lost considclably by not taking a straight coursc and at about 711 ynnls ga\'e up the st ruggle. Keyser could not Iluhe hold his st roke for tht: whole dif;tance, but \\on \'cry easily from Moore. I.

'I'blle,

min. 36! sees. (an excellent time for a boy of 14 • . )

ONP. H UNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS (open) .

III.

E. C. F. O'Neill. W. H. L ovatt. Illy four competed in this event. A very h'YIII start was effected and at the half·distance !lill i e WIlS very lillie in it between O'Neill, Lovall ~Il tl r-.'l allsficld. O'Neill led by perhaps half·a·yard. 11111(, yards from home he had increased this lead til I Ircc yards and from that point his superior luyhlg powcr showed and, finishing very strongly, II I' \\'on by some six or seven yards, a lead that he I "1I1t1 probably have increased. Time, 2 min . 25 -rb sees. l.

IV.

ONY. HUNDRED YARDS HA ND ICAP (open) .

Final Heat,' T. F. Pellman, 24 secs.

W. H. Lovatt, 3 secs. Pett man led at the turn and, fmishing very st rongly, won hy twelve yards in I min. 19! sec. Lovatt's performance in getting second position from vi rtual scratch was ,'cry creditable. 2.

DI VING. J. 2.

3. 4' 4. { 4,

A. P. Methuen

P. H. Hawkes2 R . B. Winser

49~

points.

48 46

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J. Bassctt

45 .. 45"

T. F. Pellman

J. Deighton 2

The general standa rd of di\'ing was exceedins-ly good. i\'lethuen lost half a point in his RUllnmg l)ive but obtained the maximum for the other four. His somersault in the "Voluntary" was so good that the H ead master, for photographic purposes, asked him to repeat it. Pettman, but for failure in his Running Dive would have held third place. P~rhaps the tW() best actual dives (cxcluJin~ Methuen's) were H awkes' High Dive and Bassett s Running Dive. TEAM RACE.

I st-O'Neilfs Team . I. G. F. Olive. 2. G. B. Cock rem. 3. N. A. Bittleston . 4. E. C. F. O'Neill.

2Ild--AlamfieM's Team. I.

J. C.

Keyser.

J. Hassett.

A. C. Thomas. 4. L. Mansfield. Fhe teams were entered for Ihis race, viz., those of OINeill, Mansfield, Lovatt, Campbell and J ohnston . T he conditions were that each tcam should consist of four sw immers of whom each shou ld swim across the Baths and back. On the fi rst round Keyser obtained a sligh t lead for Mans· field's team, but Cockrem in the second, by some excellent swimming, obtai ned a lead for O'Neill's team , which they held to the end. Time of race not takcnl

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TENNIS

T he T ennis Si nglts res ulted as follows :FI RST R OUND .

Olh'c Pari,;]

G rnmshnw Saunders Deighton:! l\'l nnsfi eld Lo vatt Bo\'cnschcn

beat

" ..

Richardson

M eth uen .

Wha lley

G rier. Campbel l. Deighton ', Spa fTord. T wcll s. Pnris'l.

Amlc rsun I l:t wkcs' J ohn ston

S ECOND

l lawkcs l Olive Pa risi Anderson

beat

D ixon. Cremer. " D ickson . .. Covell n Bye.

G m mshn w b.:at Bovcllschcn

Lovatt

SallllC\c rs.

Dcig:hton:!, Prest.

i\l nn~ficld a Byc.

i\ la llsfic ld Pnri!; ]

Ll a wl, cs ].

FO URT H

ROU N D.

beat

llovcnschcn

FINAL.

Hovcnschcn

R OUND .

Lovall .

Pnri s]

BittlcstOll. ! Inmillon. PreSion .

RO UND .

Richardson. J oh nston. W halley. Covell. T H I RD

O live beat 130vcnschc n ..

beat

I'rest

Gmly.

beat

i\1:lnsficld. Olive.

Grnmshaw. Ande rson.

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To the Eddo.rs of "

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I ) I ~ A R S I RS ,

D E AR S IRS,

Woul d it not be a suitable addition I II your pages to inse rt the Batti ng and nowling averages of the X I. in the Jll ne It H wel l as in th e J uly numb er o f the ('tllllllarialL. Comparisons would, I a m IIrI' , be interesting in many cases. Yours etc., S. U . G. GESTER.

Am I really so old, that people only use me for ridi ng bicycles on ? \·Vhy (owin g to t he g reat dema nd fo r t he other courts) shouldn' t tenn is be played on me as fo rm erly? Yours truly, ASPHALT COURT.

1/, lilt Edilors of" THE CA N TUARIAN." 1.1 " It . I RS, Do you not thi nk that a School Chess l 'llih might be formed for th e Christmas ,llId I': nste r T erms ? I should think there ,I ii \ \11 ugh Chess players in the School In HlllI ra ntee the success of the Club. Yo urs truly, RUY LOPEZ . /" I/If .lJ'dilors of"

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Do you not think that it would be a good idea to have some colours, such as a cap, for the "four " who row against th e O.K.S., as this I hear is going to be an annual affair? Yours etc., A PAIR OF OARS.

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iii 1\ " HII{ S , I)u YOll not think that it would be III, lul r for the Bowle rs of the XI. to II ;c pccified number of wi ckets to take I Ijillval(:llt to a 50, for wh ich th ey hthl 111\\1 a suitable reward . Yours truly, P. ILLER.

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Are the J st Xl. jgnorant of their privileges ? If not why do they not wear me ? Yours truly. SCH OOL-TIE_

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CORRESPO N DENTS.

NIlY Loper:. - F rom ex perience we should say it wo uld be a fail ure. S . U. C. Gesler. -~ You r suggestion will be acted upo n next year. A Pail' of Onn . - Sec School News. P. f ller .-A good suggestion, The Sport's Committee might consider the ma tter.

School-li'c.- W c can not answer for the ighorÂ· ancc or know ledge of the 1St XI. CaleJ.>eeper's Houst . -No ; we have not. V/lt ComlIIoner. - \Ye fancy yOIl arc misinformed. A sphalt COl/ rl.- W e trust your suggestion will be acted upon.

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EDITORIAL. At the beg innin g of a new School Year one is very oft en reminded of a house of cards in th e hands of a capricious child . The whol e stru cture is at times swept away only to be rebuilt. But very often th ose whi ch have been th e chief support of one building are left out of th e next; new ones, howeve r, are continually added. till the height attained is as g reat or greater than befo re. Let us, however, turn to the realities of life-of School life (and what life can be more real or practical than School life ?) \~'e wish eve ry suc cess to t hose wh o have left it and hope that their fre quent visits will prove that only in a very na rrow sense th ey are " Virtute FunctL" }\IIany are looking forward (only literall y) to visiting one (o r more) of the Universities at the end of this term. May they return in peace and that speedi ly: (this dark speech will be understood by those who kn ow). 'With rega rd to Football, since t here see ms to be a fatality about Editorial H prognostications," we will be co nte nt with a wish-·that it may be as successful as the Cricket of last season. The team will, of course, be composed chi efly of new people, as only four of last year's I st XV. and perhaps as many 2nd XV. colours are lert. Vie think we are not far wrong' in saying th at it is th e School Football which is watched most closely by friend s of th e School and by the O.K. S. May th ey be satisfied with the doings of t he XV. no less than with th ose of the School in general.

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CRICKET.

O,K ,S,

MATCH,

This match was to have been played on Tuesday and vVedncsday, July 29th and 30th. However, play was impossible. owing to rain, until the middle of the second day. Even then the usual pitch could not be used and a start W4S made on the lower side of the ground. Cooper and T . E. Rammell opened the innings for the O.K..S. but soon gave place to A. VV. Rammell and Richardson who scored most of the runs. Tulloch was handicapped by the slippery ground and several catches were missed through the same cause. Play was resumed after lunch but was cut short after half-an-hour by a heavy shower. Afte r this the match had to be abandoned. Appended is the score and analysis :0, K. S,

L . R. Cooper, b Tulloch ... T. E. Rammel!, c I-Iuyshe, b Prest A _ W_ Rammell, b Strahan A. G. Richardson , not out B. C. Covell, b Hawkes ... R. J- Cast ley, not out ...

'3 3

43 IS

Rev, R, F, Elwyn } K. C. Strahan H. E. Grecn Did not bat. I-I. M. James S. J. Rammell Extras: Byes, 4

123

Total (4 wickets)

BOWI.ING

ANAI.YSIS :

O. K. S.

Tulloch Prest Strahan Hawkes Bassett .. .

7 6 6 7

31 '9 22 31 13

0 0 0

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BATTING

========================== FIRST

No. of Innings.

Name.

6 '4,5 4-

I .. " Bassett. , I", R. Hawkes I I, Prest " ( :. . Strahan " M, Tuke " 1), 1(. Auderson (I, F, Huyshe I'" '. Green .. 1, R, Tulloch ~ ' L. T omlin 1\ '. Bovenschen

t;'

'3 '3 12 '3 '4' 4-

Times not out.

2 2 0 2 I

0 3 0 * Not out.

AVERAGES, Aggrcgrate.

'4-2 355 36 , 70 25 6 24-7 25 ' 21 7 '2417' 12 3

Highest Score.

55·' 65 IZO*'

3' 83 32 ' 82 55 39" 4-' 4-3

Average.

35'5 0 29'58 2 5'7 8 2 3'33 23' 27 22'4-5 ZO'9 1

18'08 IZ'4° IZ'ZI

9'4 6

I iI" rollowing also batted :-C, R, Lermit, 5-0-95- ' 9; A, Gillibrand, 8-4--73' h5; R, H , Hitchcock, 4-- ' -53-17'66; E, Mason, 10; H, H, Hayes, 0,

FIRST Nn mc.

IC Tulloch 1( , I lawkes C. ~ trahan

ELEVEN

BOWLING AVERAGES,

O\'ers.

Maidens.

Runs.

Wickets.

'53 97

28 6

44-2 362

3b 26

Avernge.

12'27 ' 3'9 2

Z4 87 6 14'50 II J, J'r Sl " '38 25 4-'9 28 ' 4-'9 6 I (" C ree n.. 37 5 163 10 'b'3° 29 ~1. 'I'uke " 4'00 6 16'6b I, IInsselt 17 461 I 61'00 1111 lollowing also bowled :-C, R. Lermit, z4-z-114-10-11 '4; R. H. Hitchc0 7k, '5- ' - 94--5-,8'80; A, Gillibrand, 32- 5-115-2-57'5; J, L, Tomhn, J - I - 4-~0; D. K. Anderson. Z - I - + - O ; H . H. Hayes, 1-0-5-0; ":. Mason, 3-1-11~-0; F. C. Bovenschen. 5-0-24-0,

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CRICKET.-A RETROSPECT. The task of reviewing briefly the School Cricket of ' 903, is a pleasant one, for we are able to record a very successful season. Out of fourteen matches played, eight were won, three ,lost, and three drawn j and it is most satisfactory to note that all the School matches that were played, viz. : those against Eastbourne College, Dover College, and Sutton Valence-are all to be co un ted among our victories. Unfortunately. however, owing to illness among either OUf opponents or ourselves, the matches with Felsted, Highgate. and St. Edmund's had to be scratched. The strength of the team lay undoubtedly in th e evenness of th e batting. A glance at the averages wi ll show that. although there was no batsman of unusual merit, every member of the XI. at one time or another made a good score. Such being the case, it would be invidious to si ng le out individuals for special praise, though the consistency of Hawkes, who averaged practically 30 with a "highest score" of 65, is remarkable. To those who revel in statistics, it may be o f interest to state that the average score of the side was J 98 . and that includes four occasions on which the innings was not completed; our opponents' average, on the other hand, was only 12 6, also including four incom plete innings. These figures ignore second innings which had no effect on the result of the match. In the bowling line, Tulloc h, Prest. and Hawkes, shared the honours so far as the number of wickets captured was co ncerned, but the first-named was considerably the best bowler, though fortune was none too kind to him. The fielding of the team was, on th e wh ole, distinctly good, Tulloch, Green, and Tuke, especially distinguishing themselves. while Huyshe, as we have mentioned elsewhere, kept wi cket extremely well. At the same tim e th ere were a good many easy catches dropped which ought to have bee n held, and in this respect Hawkes and T omlin were perhaps the chief offenders. We would take this opportunity of ex pressing to Green the g ratitude of the School for his able and successful captain cy, and conclude with a wish that future representatives of the School may display as steady a level of good all-round playas was shown by the XI. of 190,. Appended are a few remarks on individual me mbers of the team : E. C. GREEN (Captain). Improved in balting a good deal, and played a mu ch more vigorous game. His cutting is very good and his drivin g is more po,verful than it was, while his defence is so und, and on one or two occasions his confidence saved a breakdown. Very good field and fair change bowler. Managed his team with judgment, and is to be congratulated upon its success.

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R. T ULLOCH. H as been the mainstay of the attack, and has bowled extremely well, and a good deal faster than last year. Tires less easily, and might perhaps have been bowled more than he was. Excellent field . Vigorous but unsteady bat.

1\. HAWKES. Perhaps the best bat on the side, though his strokes still lack po.wer. He w~l.tches the ball well, and his .1 placing" behind point is excellent. HIs slow bowlmg, though straight-forward, has been most useful, especially in School matches . Fair field .

O. F. H UY~HE .

Ha~ kept wicket admi rably and shows unusual promise in this capacity: .Has Improv.ed considerably as a bat, and plays a much more attractive game, l'l.lttm.g to leg With great vigour.

TUKE.

Th e most attractive bat in the team .

Plays very free cricket from the

~noment.he goes in, and has got rid to a great extent of his dangerous strokes

the shps. Rather errati c bowler, but sends down some good balls. good field and safe catch.

111

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L. TOMLIN . Has been disappointing on the whole, hardly displaying the confidence that he showed last year, though he has made some usefu l scores. Must learn to play with a straighter bat. Very fair field.

I,' C.

II.

I) ,

Very

BOVENSCHEN . Except on one or two occasions has not been successful with the bat. Seems too nervous to get going, and his defence is weak at all times. Good fi eld .

PREST. A nice free bat with plenty of strokes, and has played some very good mllmgs. H e IS rather unsteady at the start, but will get over. this. Bowled very well during the earlier porti on of th e season but fell off somewhat towards th e end . Good field .

1<. ANDERSO~. B~ts ~n very nice styl~ but did not come off very often, except ror an adm irable mnmgs of 13z agamst the M.C.C. His strokes are increasing 111 power. and he should be good next year. Very good short slip.

DASSgTT. A very promising bat with a variety of strokes. With pains should b come v~ry good. Plays with considerable power for his age, and with a good slraIght bat. (Actually headed the balting averages but only completed (ou r innings) Fields very well for a youllgster, and may n;ake a useful change bowler.

'I C, STRA HAN.

Has bowled mu ch more steadily and got a better length than he hnd: ShOUld do well next year with care. Has played some very useful Inn lOgs, but must learn to choose the right ball to hit. Good field.

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CA NTUA RI AN.

XI. CRICKET.

It was very unfortunate that illness allowed of only three matches bein g. played o ut of the six 2nd X I. fixtures arranged for 1903, so t hat the season c~ nslsted of a home and return match with H arbledown e.c.. and a home malch agamst Dove r College 2nd X I. It is thus very diffi cult to fo rm an estimate of t~e team, especiall y as the players varied considerably in each match . T he weak pomt, however. was undoubtedly the fieldi ng. which was poor in each of the engagements. A very good game mi g ht have been made in the first match against H a rbl edown. but half-a -dozeI1 dropped catches threw o ur chances away. Dover Coll ege 2nd X L were, llndou?tedly the stronger side, but their total of 147 was aga in la rge ly clue to our Im sta~es l1l ~Iye fie ld. \;Vc replied with 62, a fair sco re agninst good bowli ng and smart fielding. 1 he return match with Harbledown was played on a wet wicket. and H. E. Gree.n's .slow bo wling proved too much fo r the maj ority of o ur batsmen, ~vho \V er~ all dl~mlssed for 57 . Our opponents registe red 79, and we were thu s left with out a slllgie v lct~ ry. It cannot be said that ve ry much promise wa ~ sho wn in the batting, .the ~i ghest score in the three matches bt"ing 2 1 by Lermit against Dover. Of those who played only in the 2nd XL, Adams showed the best form. H e has ~om e very good strokes, but does not put enough powe r into them. \Ve t ru st that he will prove a useful bat next year. T he bowling was the one bright spot in this .so mewhat gloomy record . Hayes and Mason both did good work, and th ~ fo rm er mig ht have beel~ tned more with advantage. T he latter was unfortu nate in being so poo rly s upported In the .field . We hope that next year with much the same team under happier circ umstances a more g rati fying result will be obtained.

THE SPEECHES. Thursday, J uly 30th was Speech Day. \-\Te were glad to welcome a number of Old King's Sc holars and were pleased to noti ce a good ly comp~ny ?f parents .. Com Âˇ memoration commenced with a celebration of Holy Co mmullion In the mornll) g~ (l.t which there was a very large atten dance. At ten o'clock we at~ended Commt(moratlOn Service in the Cathedral, the special preac he r being D r. FIcIci, \VardC::11: of R9. dle y,

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late H ead Mast er of King's School. His eloquent and impressive se rm on-the fire lIpon the altar: it shall never go out-will not readil y fade from t he memory of those who heard it. The Speeches took place in th e Chapter H ouse at 12 o'clock. A large gatherin g of paren ts and fri ends wc re assembled therein. Among those present were the Dean and Mrs. "Vacc, the Bishop of D over. Canon and iVIrs. Maso n, Canon I I, Hand, Archdeacon Spooner and !\Irs. Spoo ner, Canon Moore, !\Ir. H enniker I leaton, M.P., Dr. and lVII'S. Blare, Dr. and Mrs. F ield, Dr. Greaves, Sir George and Lady Collard, R ev. F . J. and Mrs. H elm o re, Rev. G. H . and Mrs. Gray, Alderman \\1. W. Mason, Ald erman H . I-l an, Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, Canon and lVIrs. Hi chens, I. t. -Col. and Mrs. Dickenson, Mr. C<:!roe, a nd many others. Our warmest congratulali ons and thanks are due to Mr. Mason fo r the ad mirable programm e of Speeches ll usented on thi s occasion. \-\There so much good work was shown, it is almost IIvidio us to particularise. But we must praise the cleve r acting of Marshall as the It/a /m/t! f maglilaire a nd P lljJ, th e clea r and vigorous diction of Bovensche n. as K ing /1m!')!, and th e mock tragedy of iVle thu en a s SlÂˇ,. Cllns/opher 1lallolt . The sce ne "Uln the ., Knig hts" lost none of its excruciatingly funn y situations at the hand s of lIovc nsc hen, Marshall and G reen. We were g lad to note a marked improvement in III matter of pronunciation ill the French piece . Parsons, however, overacted his , hll't as 'To/nelle, and it would perh ap s have bee n better to shorten the piece itself. I'hn full programm e of the Speeches is as follows :I , S l~ N l~ I,'ROM TH E "STICH US " Piau/us. Philum ena I-I. A. J enkin . Pinac ium ( her man se rvant ) D . J. Presto n. rocotium ( her maidse rva nt) R. H . W . Brinsley-Richards. G lasimlls F. C. Bovenschen.

() tlln/{lmus, a hung ry parasite, determi nes (in order to meel his present needs) to have a n immediate u, 1 puhl lc IUlc tion of a ll his persona l properl)', including himself. Btlt suddenly and unexpectedly he is IthlUiOlh:1i I>y Crocot ium, a se rvant of Phihlll1cna, to go and see her mistress ; then he overhears a not he r I Jllnociu m, telling Philumc na that her husband , Epignomus (who had formerly been a palron of I,. 1".luIIIN) hOll j ust returned from abroad lad en with wealth ; GetnsimllS is glad enough at fi rst to help in .. pllll{ fwd cleaning up for the due reception of Epignomns, but his joy is turned to anger when he " IUIIIN thlll his old pat ron has also brought home with him some other cl ever parasites.

v"," , !'h

Il N I~ l'ROM ,. LE MALADE I MAGINAIR E"

Al'ga n (Le ~Talade Imaginai ro) 1l6l'l1 ld c (hi s brother) . ~I . Pllrgon (his doctor) ''I'oin ,ttc (his maidser vant)

jJ/oli/re. R . W. Marshall. A. de B. Hamilton. E. C. Green. J . R. Pa rsons.

1l ~ 1I\llhl nud ' Toil~Clte ha~e formed a plan to get rid or. M. Pl~rgon and cu.rc Argan. T his they carry I !'LUIton, .dcJllc.d adnllttancc to the h.ouse, forces lu~ way Ill, and ~ngnly refu ses to have a nything , It! 110 IY th hIS palLcnl , but, be rorc leavmg, assures Ium lhat he WIll have aU the worst diseases "'h" MULl In (ou r days will become incurable anrl die. Then ' T oinette with a change of dress, etc., hl ltLj 1\ new li nd hettcr doctor, prescri ues for Argan just lhe things he likes, and so cures him.

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Shakespeare. 3.- K1NG H ENRY VI." : Part L, Act iv., Sc. i. F . C. Bovenschen. King H e nry J . T wells. Duke of Gloster (Lord Protector) F. H. lVJosse. Lord Talbot A. Gillibrand. Duke of York H. A. Jenkin . Duke of Somerset J . R . Parsons. Vernon (servant to York) L. F . Paris. Bassett (servant to Somerset) SCENE-A room of slate in Rouen. Beginning of, the fn ed between the rival Roses of York and Lancaster. 4 .-SCENE FROM THE

KNIGHTS" . •

Demus Cleon Sausage-Seller

Anstopha nes.

F. C. Bovenschen. E. C. Green . R. W. M "rshall.

Cleon and the Sausage· Seller rivnl each other in tryin~ to wi,n the favo~lr of Demus by fceding h~m up with dainties. Cleon, however, keeps b.'lck a good deal for 111Il,15Clf, while ~he Sa~~sag~.Selier se nes up all thaI he ha~. and at last suggests to Demus that he ShOIL,Id IlIlll sclf cxa ml~lc their private stores to sec which of the two has really treated him best. Thus Cleon s se.Hish fralld IS revealed, and Dcmus decides in favour of the Sausage· Seller, and gives him the CroW Il winch he takes from Cleon. 5 .-SCENE FROM

THE CRITIC"

Puff . . Dangle Sneer Sir Christopher H atton Sir Walter Raleigh Earl of Leicester Master of the Horse Governor of Tilbury Fort Under Prompter Sentries

SlIeridan.

R. W. Marshall. A. Gillibrand. D . J. Preston. A. P. Methuen. H . P . V. Townend. J . Twells. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. J. R. Parsons. F. H . Mosse. ( L. F. Paris. l. A. de B. Hamilton.

Mr. Puff is shewing in rehearsal his new tragedy '~ Th ? Spanish J\rmada " -:-10 the cri~ics, Dang~e and Sncer. He astonishes them with some new stage situat ions, cspcclOllly a qumtetto pra)cr to Mar,." the heathen God of war,

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The Speeches over, the Head Master proceeded to distribute the prizes, H is first duty, he said, was to express on behalf of the School thei r greeting to the governing body, and to the guests of the School. As he looked round upon the wellfilled Chapter Ho use they would not be surprised if thoughts came to him about Lhose who had passed from them since the last time they were gathered there. They had lost th e oldest member of the governing body in Canon Rawlinso:1, who gave lavishly of his classical knowledge and skill in the early days of his Canonry there, as examiner. They had lost also their Visitor, Archbishop Temple. H e might be said lO have belonged to the whole of the Anglo-Saxon world, but he had a very pe rsonal tic with them-in a way which was scarcely of the Episcopal, but rather of the paternal. They would picture him always-they as members of the School-as they lIsed to see him year after year in December wh en he paid them his official visit. They would think of him standing there with his genial smile, evidently enjoying the opportunity of speaking to the boys-and he was sure that those who heard him speak to them in the School ro om of their School would consider it one of the greatest privileges they had duri ng th e years they were there, that they had the opportunity of listening to sllch words, not only of sou nd sense, not only of good II) ral advice, but of the highest religious fervour. And they had also lost th e chai rmall of their governing body. The re would be hundreds who would think of Dean F Ill ra r as th e brilliant teacher and successful schoolmaster j there were thousands mOl o who re membered him. as the eloquent preacher, for he never preached to II lunall congregation when it was known he was going to occupy the pulpit. T here wme thousands who were also grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts for the ~ I)tl(\ th ey had received from wlult he wrote, But to them he stood nearer than any !If Ihose three qualities would indicate, They would always think of him as the I tnt! friend who loved to surround himself with the boys of the School; he loved to I II' r)' with his own hand grapes, or something of that ki nel, to a boy who might be III III their sick room . They would always be grateful to him not only for his kinel 1111 . IPst but for th e constant effort that he made to keep burning in that School the 1' 1your of real enthusiasm for what was right and holy, and he was quite sure that Ih.11 f\'t'ling was present in the minds of all the boys of the ~Schoo l who had the IHh' 1t'K" of knowi ng and loving DAar Farrar. But whilst they thought of th ose that ". ' " Hon they welcomed also very heartily those who had come in their place. I hi ')' w\,lcomed th ere Canon Moore. They welcomed also as their n e,,, Visitor- he Illd hlll H'd lhey would have been able to welcome him personally with his wife1I 1I1I,/(hol1 Davidson. The School had already reason to be g rateful to him , for Itnlll IIII} \cry first it seemed to him he had recognised that the School had certain 111 111'1 on him, whi ch his predecessor had allowed them to consider their own, and 1111 11 hn was good enough to recognise. And they desired to welcome also the II, III Hnd 1\1 !'S. Wace. They had already had evidences respecting their kind feeling 1111 S 'h 01, and he was quite sure that if they went on as they had begun the 11 .. ,,1 wu uld have reason to be very thankful to them . The Head Master referred

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to the fact that the year had been a phenomenal onc in the way of gifts, which affected the three great sides of thei r School, viz., the religious. the intellectual, and also the athl etic. On the religious side th ey had to thank very heartily those parents and friends and old boys who had enabled them, with the approval of the Dean and Chapter, to place that beautiful altar and reredos in the apse of their School Chapel, and also in con nection with that Chapel they thanked very warmly one to whom they had always owed a deep debt of g ratitude fo r what he had done for that School- he referred to their late I-lead !\Iaster, Dr. Ficld, who had presented th em with a silver chalice. The Head Master mentioned other kind giflS rece ived on the intellectual side, prominent among which was the Dean Fnrrar prize. given by l\,1rs. Farrar and fa mi ly, the prize given by Canon and :M rs. Blorc, a prize given by Dr. Greaves for German, and a legacy given by 1\1r. Alfred Duval, being forty-six volumes, contai ni ng a n account published by th e Government o f the Challengers voyage. He was also very thankful to his o ld friend and colleague, Mr. H odgson, who had presented them with a new pavilion for their own freehold c ricket g ro und. The past twelve months had heen a very successful and prosperous o ne for them, and th~y felt very thankful to Almighty God that it was so, for to Him it wa s due that year after year, he should be ab le to stand there a nd give such a happy and entirely frank account of what they had done. They had their five boarding hou ses well stocked with bOy:3, their number being 247, and th eir health throug hout the year had been most satisfacto ry. They had enjoyed success in their work, and al so in their cricket Xl., in fact there had bee n pl enty of vigorous ancl manly life all thro ugh. The H ead Maste r then referred to th e honours whi ch two of their old boys had received, viz., the Knight~ hood of the Mayor of Canterbu ry, and the appoi ntment of 1\'[r. Lawrence Ottley as Professor of Theology at Oxford, and also Ca non of Christ Church. Oxford . Co ntinuing, he referred to the succes~ achieved las t year by th e School in the examination cond ucted by th e joint Universiti es, when the King's School took the fi fteenth place in all Engialld, and also to the fact that in the Sc hools' gymnastic competition at Aldershot the King's School took the ninth position. In conclusion, the H ead Master gratefully acknowledged the assistance he had rece ived from his colleagues. and the services rendered to the School by Mr. Brian Rigde n, Hon. Bursar· of th e

O.K.S. Fund. Then followed the distribulion of prizes, the full list of which will be found o n anoth er page. Subsequently the Dean announced th e nam es of those boys who had been appointed to the Exhibition s, th e Gilbe rt Gift, and the O.K.S. Gift, and read the list of Honours gained durin g th e year 1902- 3· After a brief address by Dean \¥ace, lhe proceedings terminated . Lun cheo n follow ed in the Gym nasium where l\Ir. Galpin enlertained a large company. For th e account of the speeches afeer lu ncheon we are indebted to the Keniish

Gazelle.

THE CANTUARIAN. The loyal toast was heartily honoured at the call of the Chairman, and !\fr. Henniker H eaton, M.P., submitted that of uThe Dean and Chapter." He spoke of the hig h estimation in whi ch they were held. and said that while it wa s not for him to flpcak of their g reat learnin g, devotIO n and eloquen ce, he knew that they enjoyed the onfiden ce of the citizens, who were proud of their Dean and Chapter. Respo ndin g, Dean \oVace, whose name was coupled with the toast, said that, whi le they were too modest to accept th e high eulogium passed upon them by Mr. Henniker H eaton, he would venture to modify it by saying th at, even from his "hort experience in Canterbury. no Dean and Chapter had the advantage of more 1'llU e rous support from the town and neig hb ourhood in which they lived. W'ithout Ih rlt sup port they could not undertake the great responsibility imposed upon th em of Ih n charge of so magnificent a memorial of the past and present as the Cathedral of ( 'rlllterbury. The D ean referred with satisfaction to th e presence of .Sir George ( ' nllard and the Mayoress; he thanked them heartily for the ir goodwill, and said they wo uld do their best to conti nu e to deserve it. The \:Varden of Rad ley, in his usual happy a nd humurous vein, proposed the 11!'fl lth of The Mayor and Corporation." H e could not say how many times he had P'OP sed that toast or heard it proposed-times enough to be q uite aware that it was II rwmmon place to speak of cordial relations between the City and the School and the !IOHpcrity they would enjoy so long as the destinies of the City were ru led by an old \ \I n,.(B Scholar (applause). D r. Field went on to amuse th e company g reatly by !ulllleling to them that one of the chief of his early ambitions was to become II ~ Ifl y or. I~I e was impressed by the dig nity and magnificence or the office in the I 1111 ' of an uncle, and he was not wholly .without hope that that destiny might not yet III h1 8, seei ng that his predecessor, Bishop l\litchi nson, was in a fair way to that fll " ~tl o n . 13esides the many othe r offices whic h he held , Bishop Mitch inson had 'Ihl l l become a mem ber of the Municipal Council of the Cit)' of Oxford, and he , 1"\(' Lt'd s hortly to see him become an Alderman and then Mayor (faughter). After 11,,11 IIlI had hopes on his ow n account, although the day might be distant (renewed IlI lI fflll or). He could honestly say that few th in gs had pleased him mo re than, when l"I,l llIg at The 7il11es on, he believed, J une 26th, his eye caught the name of II O"(lrgc Collard in the list of birthday honours. He supposed that all hono urs III Ihl Mlti nc! a fforded considerable gratification to their recipients, but he doubted " III th or there we re many honours in that list which afforded so much pleasure to 111111 1 I)(\O plc as did the announcement regarding Sir George Collard. ' l'lw Milyor, in reply, said he had had the honour of being a g uest o n that occasion "11 II Hl lly years and also replyi ng to that toast, but he thought that he had never relt I IluH 'h th happy union which existed between the City of Canterbury ancl the IlI h l ll l lh~iJ of th e King' s School . ~s now. He was sure that they all felt deeply IIlh 1! '. tl1<i ill its welfare and were very pleased to find from year to year how prosper'II tilt tichool was and what a great credit it was to their dear old City ofCanterb1;lry. j(

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Thanking Dr. Field fo r his kind remarks, the May<;>r said it was the congratulatio~s of th eir frieIlds which made the honour dearer to hllnsclf and the Mayoress. H e dld not know of any which gave him greater pleas ure than th at which. he rcceive~ from

the H ead and Assistant Masters and boys of the Kin g's School.

He was dehghted

to receive a vi sit from the Captain of the Schoo l, and it was altogt.\ther such a very

kind and happy good thought that he felt constrained to ask for a holiday (laughte r). H e was very glad to say th at the holiday was gr~ntcd, an? h~ ho~ed that It would remain as long in th e memory of the Scholars as 1t would In h1S . " fhe .M~yor went on to refer with satisfaction to the fact that the Head Master of the Kmg 5 School had consented to become a member of the Canterbury Education Committee ; his assistance would lend weight and ability to that Comm ittee, and would help them more than anything to carry th eir duties to a success ful issue. The Bishop of D over next submitted "The Old Kin g's Scholars," on whose

behalf the Rev. J . Du Boulay replied. Mr. J . Jenkin, proposing the health of th e Head Master, paid a high tribute to

the great kindness with which th e Rev. and M~s. Galpm looked ~ft~r the Scholars under their charge, and the toast was honoured Wi th th e utmost cordlahty. The Head Master expressed th e pleasure it gave to Mrs. Galpin and '.limsclf .to entertain their guests on that occasion and thanked them all for th ea cordial reception of the toast.

The proceedings then conduded .

PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1902- 1903. Captain's Prize (Mitchinson) . . Mathematics (Mitchinson) .. Modern Languages, French ( Mitchinson ) " " German ( Greaves) . . Natural Science (Mi tchinson)

Classical (Broughton) Divinity (Broughton) ..

F. C. Bovenschen.

W. Telfer. F. M. Deighton (Prize). A. de B. Hamilton. E . C. Green (Prize). R. Mannering.

A. P. Methuen. F. C. Bovcnschen .

E. A. Roper (Prize). W. Telfer.

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English Literature (Streatfeild)

F. C. Bovenschen.

Classical Composition (Dean Farrar)

R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. T. S. Adams (Prize). F. C. Bovenschen. D. J. Preston (Prize).

History (Stanley ) .. .. Private Study (Edward Blore) ..

F. C. Bovenschen. F. C. Bovenschen. H. A. Jenkin (Prize). R . H. Hitchcock. F. C. Bovenschen. R. Brin sley-Richards (Prize). F. C. Bovenschen. F. C. Bovenschen. H. A. Jenkin (Prize).

Latin Prose .. Greek Prose Latin Verse ..

Greek Verse Geography (Prize given by J. Henniker H eaton, Esq , M.P. for Canterbury) .. E nglish Essay (dItto) ..

l W. G. Weeks.

F. C. Bovenschen. H. A. Jenk in (Prize). Natural History Collection (Head Master's Prize) E. C. Linton. 'Prize for Entomology (given by Rev. W. M. Rodwell) S. G. Duprey. Drawin g

R. Mannering.

Divinity, Va. and Vb. Forms (Elwyn) II IVa. and IVb. ,. " Ilistory, Va. and Vb. Forms (Seneschal) IVa. and IVb. " " I"rench, IVa . to IIle. Forms (Greaves) ..

B. St. W. Saunders. G. D. Mad ear. A. C. Durham. G. D. Madear. W. A. J. Milner.

F ORM

PRIZES.

VI. Form (Christmas) Va . Form (Christma s) .. " 'J ( Mi dsurnnler, Gordon Prize) " IJ Composition .. ..

Army Class (C hristmas)

Vb: Fo r'~

(Midsumm er)

Geometrical Drawin g

(Christmas)

F. P . Walker. T. S. Adams. H. L. Dibben. A. D. D. Spafford. R. H . Hitchcock. C. H . Mnrray (Prize). C. F. Nation. C. F. Nati on. G. C. Covell.

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J. I-I. H. Nicolls. G. H. S. Pin sent. J. I-I. H. Nicoll s.

IVa. Form (Chri stmas) ., " (Midsummer) IVb. Form (Christmas)

A. G. M. Rope. C. B. Simeon. L. P. Abbott. S. E. Wall. F. H. Vaughan. B. Crowley. S. E . Wall. E. G. Bryan. R. W. G. Hilton.

IlIa . Form (Christmas) "

( NIidsummer)

IIIb. Form (Christmas) " " (Midsummer) 1Ilc. Form (Christmas) "

(Mid summer)

HEAD MAST ER'S DIVI NITY PRIZES. Va. Fonn Army Class Vb. Form IVa. Form IVb. Form IlIa. Form IIIb. Form IIIe. Form

LOWER

T. S. Adams. C. F . P. Battersby. j T. Deighton. tn. St. W. Saunders. C. N. Smith. G. D. Mac1ear. C. M. Ri cketts. F. H. Vaug han. S. E. Wall.

SCHOOL PRIZES.

Divinity â&#x20AC;¢.

F. I-I. Vaughan

Mathematics (Christmas) " (Easter)

A. W. Sarson .

D . I-I. Hammonds.

Natu ral Science ( Mitchinson ) T . S. Emery. Geog raphy (Prize g iven by J. H ennike r

Heaton, Esq., M.P.) .. French .. Dictation Mu sic Drawing . .

R. G. W. Saw. S. E. Wall. R . G. W. Saw . . VV. Lucas .

E. S. R. Adams.

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JUNIOR

SCHOOL

IIa. Form ( Christmas) Upper (Midsummer) "Lowe r

lIb. Form (Christmas) " " (Midsummer) 1. Form (Christmas) "

( lVlidsumm er)

rrr

PRIZES. C. B. Simeon.

J. W. S. Price . E . H. Hu g he s. R. H. Warde. C. M. Maltby. F. L. Goad.

R. Reeves.

Divinity .. G. W. Rudkin. W. A. F . Kerrich. Math ematics (Christmas) " (Midsummer) . . J. W. S. Price. English (Prizes given by J. Emery, Esq.) Ila. Form D. F. Warde. lIb. Form C. M. Maltby. 1. Form J. R. Reeve. D rawing,'. E. 1'.1. l'dorri s. Dictation H. Gardner. Music C. J. Galpi n.

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1903. F. C. BOVENscHEN, ( Rose) Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. H. A. J ENKI N, (Bunce) Jesus College, Cambridge.

THE GILBERT GIFT. E . C. GRE l!: N, Scholar at Qu een's College J Cambridge.

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THE O.K.S.

GIFT.

R . F. NATION, Royal iVIilitary College, Sandhurst.

EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. R. C. R. F. P.

E . BRINSLEy-RICHARDS, (Rose) Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford. W. C. RED>IAN, (Stan hope ) Scholar of Wad ham College, Oxford. H. CHARLES, ( Rose) Scholar of t hri st C hurch, Oxford. H. DURNFORD, (Parker) Corpns Christi College, Cambrid ge. S. F. NAIRN, (Rose) Fo rd Student of Trinily College, Oxford.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAH 1902- 1903. F. F. E. H.

R. E. E.

C. BOVENSCHEN, Open Classical Scholarship, Corpus C hristi College, Oxford. P. W'ALKER, Open Classical Scholarship, Gonville and Cains College, Cambridge. C. GREEN, Open Classical Scholarship, Queen's Coll ege, Cambridge. A. JENKIN, Open Classical Exhibition, Hertfo rd College, Oxford . F. NATION, Passed 95th into Royal Military College. Sandhurst (dz'recl from the Army Class) . H. J ONES, Passed 7th into IndIan Police Force (direct). R. P. BERRYMAN, Passed 43rd in Royal Milit<tT)1 College, Sand hurst. B. COCKREM) First Division, London Matricu lation.

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C. W. CARRINGTON, Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford : F irst Class in Final Classical School of Literae Humani ores. R. H. CHARLES, Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford: Second Class, Classical IHoderations. R. C. PARIS, Sam brook Med ical Exhihition, King's College Hospital. J. E. HUSBANDS, late Scholar of C.C.C., Camb ridge : Passed 44th for Indian Civil Service. r. T. SPICKERNELL, Naval Assista nt Clerkship, roth place.

KORGF. COLLARD (O.K.S., 1853-1858 ). Mayo r of Canterbury for ninth time); Honour of Knighthood conferred by the Kin g. HI(Y. R. L. OTTLEY ( O .K.S., 1867-1874). appointed Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology in the University of Oxford, and Canon of Christ Church.

THE SCHOOL. Captain: D .

PRESTON.

'aplain of Football "I plain o f Cricket '''ptain of Games I) ,

A . GILLIBRAND. O. F. H UYSHE. O. F. HUYSHE. MONITORS:

Pres lon, . J. Twells, J. R. Parsons , A. Gillibrand, E. A. Roper, R. ll . W. Brinsley-Richards, H. P. V. T ownend, F. H . Mosse, T. S. Ad ams, O. F. HUl'she. I .

EDITOR S OF T H ~: CANTUARJ-\).N :

Presto n,

Twells, R. J-1. Brinsley. Richards.

SECRETARY OF THE CANTUARIAN :

[-I. P. V. T ownend. SPORTS CO~Il\IlTTEE:

Gillibrand, D. J. Preston, J. Twells, F. R. Hawkes, J. L. T om lin, R. B. ';Yinser.

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FOOTBALL. KING'S

SCHOOL v.

MR .

LATTER'S

XV.

This match was played in dull but dry weathe r on Blore's Picce, on Thursday, October I st, and resulted in a victory for the scratch team by one point, after a very close and excitin g game. Though several of !VI r. Latter's team failed him , he brought a fairly st rong XV. agai nst the School, Bove nschcn. A. T. Brown, and Capt. Partridge being the remaining three -quarte rs, while E. F inn and Frcwer played a good game at half. At the sta rt the School team seemed uncom fortable and a n anxioLls five minutes was spent within our five and twenty. Saunde rs, howeve r, got we ll away, and running with great judgment broke through and passe d to Lovatt who scored between the posts, and afterwa rds converted . After so me e ven play in the middle of the ground Finn got away and passed to Latter who touch ed down; thi~ try, however, was not converted. Then in a ve ry short space of tim e Cap t. Partridge, Bovenschen, and Finn scored in succession . but all the ki cks fai led. At thi~ stage Bovensc.:hen was unfortunately injured and was unable to co nti nuc playi ng. The Schoul now began to press and Saunders, after a splendid run succceded in scoring, and within five minutes of time Tomlin got over the line and gave the School the lead ( I goa l 3 tries to 4 tries). A very fast game e nsued for the nex t fe w minutes. and it a ppeared that the School would hold their own, but just before li me Latter scored near the tou ch line and won the match by one point. The play of thc three-quarters gives good hopes of this season bei ng more successful than last. Saunders especially being a great acquisition. The School team was as follows :- G. W.Godwin ( back), H . .T. Grier, W. H . Lovatt, B. St. W. Saunders, J. L. Tomlin (it), O. F. I-Iu),she, F. R. H awkes (~). A. Gillibrand, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, R. Watson, D. K. Anderson, G. F . Olive, H. P. V. Towne nd, W. G. Campbell (forward s).

KI NG'S

SCHOOL

REV.

LANGLEY'S

XV.

This match was played on Thursday, Octobc r 8th, and resul ted in a victory for the scratch team by fom goals and six tries to a goal and a try. The day was very muddy and the School three-quarters did not seem able to get any hol d of the ball, while their opponents on the contrar), did some ve r), prelly passi ng, and, starting from the beginning of the game, kept crossing our line prelLy reg ularly throughout the match. But the School was outplayed in almost eve ry particul ar. Our halves

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we re fairly successful and in the first half the forwards managed to hold their D'vn . But in the second half the scratch scrum packed much better. and being greatly superior in weight were enabled to sho ve them. J ust be fore half-time Lovatt headed a rush and secured a try by dribbling ove r the line, wh ich was co nverted by Olive. The second try of the School was the result of a grand run hal f-way down the field by Saunders? Otherwise the game was principally within. our half of the ground. Almost all of our opponents' backs scored, the most freq uent being Stone and Bl1rnand. The School team consisted of :-G. W. Godwin (back), J. L. Tomlin, B. St. W. Saunders, W. H. Lovatt, H. J. F . Grier (n O. F. HUl'she, F. R. Hawkes (tl, A. Gillibrancl, J. Twclls, R. B. Winser, R. Watson, G. F. Olive, I-I. P. V. T ownend, D. K. Anderson, W. G. Campbell (forward,) .

KI NG 'S

SCHOOL

v. MR.

COOPER'S

xv.

Played on \Vedn esday, October 14th , and resulted in a vic tory for the School by cleve n points to eight. After some even play, our opponents forced their way into our" 25:' where a very hard game enslled. The School defended its goal capitally for some ti me, but Amos eventually broke through and scored. The atte mpt at goal was un successful, and some good work by the for wards gradually forced the ball into our op ponents' "twenty -fi ve," when Latter got clear away and covered some thirty yards befo re a very clever tackle by Lovatt brought him dow n. Carr, however, scored soon nflc l'wards and Latter converted, the kick being obviated by a little pre mature energy n the part of th e forwards, who consequently lost thei r charge. Thus at half-time th 'scratch tram were leading by a goal and a try to nil. The School forwards showed more dash in the second half, and th eir efforts wcre soon rewarded, Tomlin following lip a kick from Twells who had got the ball clean away, and sco ring with t'rts Âˇ on the extreme right of the posts. Olive made a very plucky though unsuccessru l nttcmpt at goal. The game was now much brighter, and after several brilliant Hltc mpts Lovalt got round very cleverly and scored between th e posts, leavi ng Olive lin asy kick. It was ve ry unfortunate that some ten minutes before time Lattl:!r Mll ijlnincd a severe sprain which obliged him to retire, and so left an opening for the fok hool. Saunders soon afterwards scored a try which was not converted, and the Nt h 01 thus won as stated above. The victory was thoroughly well dese rved, the Ih HlP-quarte rs combinin g excelil-:ntl)' throughout, while the forwards in the second h,M die! splendid work. The School team was as follows :-L. P. Abbott (back), W. H. Lovatt, B. St. W. ~" "nd ers. [-I. J. F. Gri er, J. L. Tomlin (!l-), O. F. Hu),she, F. R. Hawkes ttl. A (:illibra nd, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, R. Watson, G. F. Olive, H. P. V. Townend (1111 wltrds).

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SCHOOL v. ROYAL

ENGINEERS.

T his match which was played at Chathar'R on Saturday, October 17th resulted in a defeat for the School by 48 (3 goals I I tries) to nil, and the score 5.ufficiently expresses the onesidedness of the game. During the first five or ten mlllutcs the School held their own and in fact carried the ball into their opponents' "25 oJ owing to a rush headed by H uyshe. In a short time, however, th e superior weight?f the Sappers' serum and th eir pace in the open bega n to tell. Except for a pen oa of about five minutes just before half-time, during which the School th ree-quarters were very near scoring, th e rnatch consisted of a steady acc umulation of points by our opponents. It is, however. fair to say that this was chie ny the res ult of tries near the touch line which were mostly un converted . T he School forwards had great difficulty in ~clting the ball at all in the scrum and only once or twice did they manage to get It back to the three-quarters. The latter also seemed to fail in defence and did not seem able to get to theI r men. Our halves naturally had little to do in the way of attack, but both Huyshe and H awkes saved many ti mes in splendid fashion. Gillibrand and \+Yinser were the best of the forwards. and Olive and \+Yatson occasionally tackled well; the packing, however, was very weak. Among our opponents Ling and Edgar played al~ excellent .game. ~md of the other forwards Campbell and Massing both scored tnes. The nght wmg threequarter Macaulay was too fast for our backs allo accounted for most of the scoring. The School team was as follows :-L. P. Abbott (back), H. J. F . Grier, W. H. Lovatt, B. St. W. Saunders, J. L. Tomlin (n o. F. Huyshe, F . R. Hawkes (,1,), A. Gillibrand, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, R. Watson, G. F. Ollvo, H. P. V. Towne;,d, W. G. Campbell, A. D. D. Spafford (forward s).

KING'S

SCH OOL v.

DOVER

COLLEGE.

Played at Dover on \Vedn esday. October 21 st, and resulted in .a win f~r D~:)Ver by two goals and three tries to nil. The ground 'yas a perfect quagmIre and l~ raIned in torren ts all through the game. The School klcked ofT and after some glVe and take play, a wide pass to the Dover rig!1t wing rcsu.ltcd in a try behind ~h~ posts which was easily converted. On rc-startll1g good dnhbles by I-Iuyshe, Gllhbrand, and Campbell took th e ball near th e line but it was soo n rush ed back and some good

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passing by the Dover three-quarters gave them another try. After a break-away by Twells our opponents quickly scored two more un converted tries, th e resu lt of smart heeling aud good passing. From this point the game became more even and Townend, Hawkes, and Grier dribbled to th e full back, while good work by Huyshe and a clever kick by Lovatt kept the ball well in the Dover half. After half-time Dover at once attacked strongly but Lovatt saved by a good tackle. The attack continued for some time but our forwards were more together now, and gradually forced their way down the field, Gillibrand dribbling m'er but failing to score. T he game continued up and down the field till a penalty was given against ll S near the twenty-five flag, and the Dover forwards following the kick up well, scored again . During the second half Olive was taken out of the scrummage for defen ce and tackled extremely wel l. On the day's play th~re can be no question but that the best side won. Their heeling was very smart, and considering the state of th e ball their passing was good, while they seemed to playa harder game . Our three-quarters must learn to keep thei r position, and in case of attack to stand further back. The tackling is still in many cases too high and too gentle. while the for ward rush es are too tentative and too individual. The drop-kicking and pu nting are both weak and requ ire a lot of practice. The teams were as follows . School :-G. W. Godwin (back), J. L. Tomlin, W. H . Lovatt, B. St. W. Saundcrs, H. J. F. Grie r (f), o. F. Huyshe, F . R. Hawkes (t), A. Gillibrand, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, R. Watson, G. F. Olive, H . P. V. Townend, W. G. Campbell, A. Nl. Powell (forwards). Dover College :-H . S. Wolseley (back), J. de L. Laurence, F . Blair, D. H. Creasey, I. H. N. MacLeod (f), H . L. Heath, T. A. Digby (n A. L. P. Griffith (Capt. ), J. Nicholson, G. G. Whiffen, H. N. G. Watson, E. A. T . Taylor, T. E . B. Howe, E. J. B. Tagg, A. Powell (forwards) .

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SCHOOL

2nd

XV. v.

DOVER

COLLEGE

2nd

XV.

Owing to the heavy rain which fell early in the afternoon Blare's piece was leduced to a swamp. All scientific play was in consequence out of the question, but Dover were undoubtedly the better side and fully deserved their victory of two goals lind two tries to nil. From the very first they began to press and Munns and Sim pkin quickly scored by kicking past Abbott and following up hard. Once the ball Ii'/lched our opponents' twenty-five but it was soon dribbled back and half-time IU rived with the score at 13-ml. After the interval play becalne more even though liovcr always held t he upper hand. In the last ten min utes the School pressed hard

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and looked like scoring but our opponents drove us back once more and scored an unco nverted try, leaving them wi nners by 16 points to nil. ~ Th rou gho u t the game Goodac re was conspicuous fo r pl llcky tackling and saving while Keyser made a promising first appearance. The School fo rwards, however, were lamentably weak in following up

i:tr'td

coming ro un d and altogethe r played a far

gentler game than Dover. Fur the winners Munns at half and Simpkin at threequarters were usually prominen t. The teams were as fol lows. School :-L. P. Abbott (back), J. B. Wickham, j. C. Keyser, G. C. Covell , L. Mansfield (!I-) . J. Goodacre, A. B. H ami lton (~) , b . K. Ande rson, A. D. Spafford, E. C. F . O'Neill, C. I-I. Budd, N. A. Bittleston, J. A. Aylward, E. T . Gage, T. D. Dixon (forwards ). Dover College :-H. C. Robson (back). R. P. I nnes, N. J . Simpki n, A. L. H ardy, S. G. Spoor (n R. L. Pyman. F. A. Munn s (n J. R. Macmillan. W. Joh nstone, H. C. Bazett, E. E . L. Grundy, P. R. Robertson Ross, E . A. Watney, T. F . Stephen!, W. G. Barker (fo rward s).

DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR IN THE SCHOOL CHAPEL. An event of much interest to all connected with the School took place on Thursday, July 23rd, when a new altar was dedicated in the South Choir Transept of the Cathedral, where the Services of the School are regul arly held. The School has for many years p.nj oyed the privilege of usi ng the South Choir Transept o f the Cathedral as their Chapel for the Services which they hold regularly eve ry Sunday afte rnoon, but hitherto there has been no H oly T able in that part of the Cathedral, although the want of this has been greatly felt in order to give a proper for m and completenp.ss to the School Services. The Head l\[aster thereforeapproached the Dean and Chapter last Novembe r with a requ cs~ that they would co nsent to a

H oly Table with. a reredos and other fitti ngs being placed in the Apse of St. John the Evangelist, which is th e northern-most of the two Apse Chapels in the cast wall of that Transept. The proposal met with the hearty approval of th e late Dean Farrar and the Canons, and th e work was at once entrusted to the architect of the Cathedral, Mr. D. Caroe, who is also architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. He has designed a ve ry beautiful Altar and Reredos in da rk oak, with a good deal of carving. and a singularly handsome canopy of open wood-work. The centre of the Reredos is occupied by a sculptured group representing our Saviour with Salome on His left) and on His right, her sons, St. John and St. James ; it

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commemorates her request that they should have places of I~o~our in ~Iis kingdom. Underneath thIS IS a quotatlOll from St. Nlatthew, desc ribing the scene. On the north of t he Apse an ancient aum brey has been fitted with ~n oa k cl<~or beautifu lly carved and fu nushed . w l ~h handsome wrought iron work. Tins Will be used to contain t he Sacramental Plate and other articles used in the School Services. There will no doubt be celebrations of the H oly Communion held here occasionally during the term for the School, but the whole of th e Transept and its fittings will be avai lable fo r the ge neral use of the Cathedral Body for such purposes as Lenten Addresses, etc., since hitherto th ere has been no Chapel in t he Cathedral capable of seating more than 70 or 30 persons, while this will contain 300 . A special Dedicatory Service was held at mid-day on Thursday, in the Transept. ; l"he Rev. Dr. Biore and lvIrs. Biore, Mrs. Galpi n, Mrs. Mason, and a fe w other ladies were also present. At 12.30 a

procession was fonned in the T rea:s ury, and moved to the Transept. The Service commenced with the singing of the hymn "Thou art the way." T he Bishop of Dover then recited some versicles, .. The Lord's Prayer, " and some special collects, and, standing before the Altar holding his crozier, said .c In the fait h of Jesus Christ we dedicate this Holy Tabk in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen." Some dedicatory collects were said by the Bishop, <tfter which. a sh.ort address was given by the Dean, U1 wl11ch he ex plained the lesson taught by the subject depicted on the Altar, and remi nded the boys t hat the object of trainin g was not to ach ieve distinction, but in whatever position th~y mi ght find themselves, to discharge the duties laid upon th em. The Dean then said t he collect fo r St. James's Day, after which the hymn "The King of Love my Shepherd is" was sung, and the Bishop of Dover gave the Blessing.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT JULY, 19 02 . F. C. BovENscHEN.-King's Scholar; Entered the School. Sept., 1897 ; Sixth Form, Sept., 1898; Monitor, Sept, 1899 ; Captain of the School, Sept, 19 0 1 ; Football XV., ' 900-01-02 , Vice-Capt~lll, Ta~1. 19°3; Cncket Xl. , 19 02 -3; Sports' Colo urs, 1902:-3; FIves Pat r, 19°2,; . I-Jon .. St:c . Call1uarian, Sept., 1899 j Echtor. S~pt., 19°0 ; Vlce-Pre~ldent : ,-Debating Society, Sept., 1900; P~e~l~e nt, Sept., 190 I ; ~po.rts Committee, Sept. , ' 90 1; School ExhlbltIoner, 1903; Opcn Classl.cal ScllOlarship ,at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

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H. A. J ENKIN.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1898 ; Sixth Form, Sept .• 19 0 0; Monitor, Sept., 1901: H ouse-Monitor, Sept., II}OZ: Football XI.. 1 9 0 1-2; Sports' Colours, 1901 - 2-3; Captain of Boats, 1900- 1-2; Boating Colours, '90 3; Sports' Committee, Sept., 1903; Editor of the Canluanall. Sept., 19 0 1 ; Hon. Sec. Debating Society. Sept., I g OI; Vice-President, Sept., 1902; School Exhibitioner, , g03. E. C. GREEN.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1894; Sixth Form, Sept., 1 900 ; Monitor, Sept., 1901 : Football XV., 1901; Cricket XI.. 1900- 1-2- 3; Captain, '902- 3; Sports' Colours, ' 902-3 ; Sports' Committee, 1901; Captain of Games, Sept., ' 901 ; Fives Pair, I g03; Scholar of Queen's College, Cambridge. R. W. MARsHALL.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1899; Sixth Form, Jan" 1901; Monitor, Sept., ' 90 1 ; Football, XV., 19° 1-2; Hon. Sec. of the Cantuaritlll, Sept., 190 I. R. H. HITCHCOcK.-King's Scholar; E ntered the School, Sept., J 894 j Sixth Form, Jan., 19°°; Monitor, Sept., 1901 ; Football XV .• 1902 ; Second XL, 1900-1-2- 3; Sports' Colours, 1900- 1- 2- 3; Fives Pair, 1902-3 . A. P. METHuEN.-Entered the School, Jan., 1897 ; Sixth Form, Sept., 19° 1: Monitor, Sept., 1<)01 : Football XV., ' 900- 1- 2; Captain, Jan., 1903; Sports' Commi ttee, Sept., 1901. F. S. WHALLEY.-Entered th e School, Sept., 1899; Sixth Form, Sept., 1902; 2nd XV., 1902. L. F. PARls.- Entered the School, Sept., 1897 ; Sixth Form, Jan., 1903; Football XV., 1902; 2nd XL, 1<)02 . G. B. CocKREM.-King's Scholar ; Entered th e School, Sept., 1898; Sixth Form, July, 1903; 2nd XV., 1902. T . L. C. BLuETT.-Entered the School, May, 1899; Sixth Form, July, 1903. A. C. DURHAM.-Entered the School, Sept., 1898; Sixth Form, July, 1903. J. H . RAM1.'I ELL.-Entered the School, Sept., 19°°; 2nd XV., 19 02. J. M. TUKE.-Entered the School. Sept., 1899 ; Cricket XI. , 1902-3; Football XV., 1901 j Sports' Committee, 1902. C. R. LERMIT.·-Entered the School, May, ' g02; 2nd XL, ' 903. J . R. T LLLOcH.-Entered the School. Sept., 1899; Cricket XI. , 190 1-2-3; 2nd XV., Ig02; Sports' Colours,.' 903· S. H. LANGLEY.-Entered the School, Sept., 1901; 2nd XV., IQ03. A. C. THoMAs.-E ntered the School, Sept., 1897; Sports' Colours, 1<) 02 -3 ; Football, XV., 19°2; Cricket 2nd XI., 1903.

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OXF ORD LETTER. OXFORD,

Oct., 190 3. Dear School, Our dutiful q uarterl y greetin g herewith: (in accordance with certain punctual editorial hints). vVe are concerned to find ourselves with so little to say to you, but deprecate the suggestion from this that our devotion may be impaired. vVe look for a deeper reason. vVe think we have one. Man is after all of th e earth, earthy : and here in this city (as at pre5ent) of water-meadows he finds himself frankly out of pastime. A good half of his natural terrestrial business is drowned before his eyes. Dejected idle foot bailers and disconsolate golfing un employed are one pathetic social problem: only the rowing man-that human Platypus-takes his fort une at the flood . We have some doubts (from OUT III teo ro logical observations) whether the Hume may not be the condition with you. For what though we drink I sis (pretty ( 'lossicism! ) while you-heaven absolve II fJ of the Classicism-while the StoUT "ha ll we hasten to put it) is your river ? \ , rei , as Helena asks, what though? 114 not the Michaelmas Term, with its lIoods, the Michaelmas Term, from China IIl I' ru ?

L eaving to you, who are betLer qualified for these nice enquiries, the solution of onc or two pretty points in longitude and Greenwich time which our last question may raise, we will ourselves proceed to offer yo u what news we have. "Man wan ts but little here below," sings th e poet, cheerily, "nor wants that little long "-out, then, with our slender sto re, without more ado. The first name to be mentioned in connection with the Oxford and O.K.S. this term, is that of Rev.R. L. Ottley, whose appointment some months ago to the Regius Professorship of Theology and vacant Canon's Stall at Christ Church, was a well-merited recognition. It is a position of high honour. Did not Dr. Johnson, who dined at the tables of several Bishops without emotion, and only asked for one day's notice if he were to meet th e Lord Chancellor himself, observe to Boswell, II Sir, it is a p" thing to";:l dineWwith the . . .CaI}ons 80'nald lIas _...... , Church . e cf!S the important Vicarage ~urselves upon .~rn, on the nomination of hon: And n.m Chapter of Vi.'estminster. feelmgs. tr .;; ~.' II One aslr \} reply," "e Rev. G. H . Cameron (O.K.S. GalIief" 1878), has been appointed Archcon of Zululalld. ~ U , l\..

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le t it fly." We ha re let fly, ourselves, quite a covey of Birds : Carrin gton, who " goes off" as usua l, amid app lause, (we trust, by the way, you enjoyed the halfpast-tenn er?) and wh om we take th is opportuni ty of congratulating upon his First : Tuke-over wh ose cherished ca ree r Brasenose insc ribes Elpenor's epitaph: H. A D. Pereira-our vVarrior: E. M. F. Evans. whom howeve r we may hope to see agai n.

--VVe have o nly two a rriva ls

to welcome- llovensc hcn at Corpus, an d Cooke at H ertford . Other arrivals of a mo re curious so rt ( by th ei r leave) with

whom we arc as a Univer!>ity concern ed this term are the first half-d oze n of the Rhod es Scho lars. Their effect up on Oxford when th ey arrive in fuller force is still a ques tion of in terest to the speculative : at present they a re-to adapt 1\1r. Carnegie-too sm.all a tail to wag so large a dog. Nor do th ey make any attempt to wag it. The anticipations of the witty Dean who suggested a Cannibal's Table in hall seem to have been too highly coloured.

Of our own perso nal exploits we have not very much. to relate. H. I. \Vilson

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C. R. LER MIT.Âˇ-Ente,fl;:,

has bee n selected once already (our term is yo un g still) to represent th e University at hockey : on which occasion he performed prodi gies of nimbleness, and achie ved, as every man and boy. kn ows, five several goals \vith his own hand . The first O .K. S. meeting of the term has been held in R. D. Marshall's rooms. \Vo are anxious to enquire whether 1\1r. H odgson has entirely recovered from the treatme nt which he received at our hands last tonn. 'Ve hope he has. I n inv iting him , when he can, to pay us another visit, we note with indignant satisfaction, that th e Long Vacation has been ve ry properly spent by a certain unhappy College in extensive repairs to its stairc;}se. Our hearty, if premature, good wishes to those wh om we hope to see up here at the end of th e term: and our more good luck" to those who chastened insist on going upon th e same errand else wh ere. \~' ith best wishes to the School, Yours ever, O.l<.S. OXON .

R. T L"LLOCH.-Enterec. 1902; Spor. S. H . LANGLEY.-E ntered the , A. C. T HoMAs .-Entered the Football, XV., 1 9C

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O.K.S. \ÂĽe hea rtily congra tulate the following

on their several successes gall1ed since last Spcech Day:

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NEWS. J'Vorces!er, Deacon : G. N. Finn, Jesus College, Cam bridge j and Ridl ey H all, to Saltley.

C. VV. Carringto n, First Class in {Literae

Humaniores,' Oxford.

R. H. Hitchcock, Fi rst place

jn the appointm ents to the Indian Police Force.

M. Tuke, Direct Commission in the Royal Marine Artillery.

G. B. Cockrem, Certificate of H onour and Prox-Access. for Scholarship in Arts at Guy's H ospital.

The Rev. R. G. Glen nie CO.K.S. 1878- 188 3), Vicar of Egto n, Yorkshire, has been appointed Vicar of Sherburnin-Elmet. A. C. Durham has been elected Parker Exhibitioner at Corpu s Christi College, ,ambrid ge. vVe notice the ) rdinations:

following

among

Rodltsler, Deacon : C. P. Fynes-Clinton. B.A., St. John's College, Oxon: and Cuddesdon T heological College, to Wimbledon .

We understand th at G. R. C. Cooke has bee n playing half for H ertford College. We hear that the life of Walter Pater is being written a nd will shortly be published. The biog rapher, Thomas \"' ri ght, Esq., of Cowper School, Olney, Bucks., will be very g rateful for any information. VV. H. Pater entered the School on February 3rd , J8S3 , and was elected to a School Exhibition in July, 185 8. The O.K. S. match has been fixed for Tuesday, Decem ber 22nd. All who wish to play are requested to se nd in their na mes as soon as possible to R. D . Weston, E sq., 38, Goldington Avenue, Bedford. ~ ,,~

.....

The Rev. W . Mosse-Macdonald has been appointed to the important Vicarage of \,Vest Malvern, on the nomination of the Dean and Chapter of \ÂĽcstminster. The Rev. G. H. Cameron CO.K.S. 1876- 1878), has been appointed Archdeacon of Zulula nd.

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T H E HARP THA T ON CE--. Stern Dei ty! thy voice divine No rnOl'e rc-echoes in th is shrine ; No more with thy reflection bright This altar sheds a holy ligh t.

That silver lamp's un dying glow Now si nks, neglected, dim and low; Though h P.f C and th ere a fli ckering spark Proves it yet lives-then all is dark.

\\'ilt thou despise th e humblest prayer Because the great ne'er enter there? Or dost th ou scorn a ruin old To dwell in temples roofed with gold?

Sweet Deity ! 'lis thine to turn The hearts wh ich else can never learn What joy that comm un ing with thee \Vill to thelllseives and oth ers be.

But li ttle wond er ! since so long Thy suppliants, once a pious throng, H ave passed unh eeding and have left ThC'l stones, once loved, of honour reft.

.. T he world ." they say, "must fly along, Tecessity allows no so ng." Do thou 'mid toi l and pain and strife Shew th em the po('try of life. 1(. S.

THE NEW FIVES COURT . All friend s of the School will be interested to learn that the cove red Fives Court recently prese nted to the School by the Headmaster is now co mpleted . The Court which is lined with a special composite patented by Messrs. Bickley, the well known designe rs, resembles Mr. H odgson's Court closely except in the floo ring which is of the same material as thewalls. The School have for many years

needed a Court of their own for their matches with St. Ed mund's School, and thus a long relt want has bee n supplied. I n th e opening game which was played on Saturday. Sept. 26th, the Court gave promise or rully realizing the expectations formed of it. We take this oppo rtunity of tendering the School's warmest thanks to the H eadmaster for his most generous gift.

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Vie heartily congratulate E. A. Roper, R. H . Brinsley-Richards, H . P. V. Townend, F. H. Mosse, T . S. Adam s, and O. F . Hu ys he on being made Monitors.

The following were elected to Senior Scholarships last term: A. de B. H amilton, W. T elfer, R. H. Brin sley-Richard s, F. H. Mosse, H. P. V. Town end, and F. M. Deighton. ~.\/;.

The following we re successful in the Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination: F. C. Bovenschen, H . A. Jenk in, E. C. Green, J. Twells, R. H. Brinsley-Ri chards, H. P. V. Townend, F . H. Mosse. A. de B. H am ilton, A. Gillibrand, H. L. Dibben, A. D. D. Spafford , G. F . Olive, G. C. Strahan, R. Watso n. This is we believe a reco rd number: fi ve of these were obtained from the Fifth Form . Bovenschen was one or cleven candidates who gained distinction in four subj ects : Greek, Latin, Di vinity, an d English. He.milton obtained distin ction in French .

The following were promoted to the Vlth this term : H. L. Dibbe n, A. D. D. Spaffo rd, J. P. A. Ri chard son, O. F. I-Illyshe, G. B. Cockrem, T. C. L. Billett, A. C. Durham, and F. l\'I. Deighton.

At a meeting of the Sports' ComÂˇ mittee held last term, A. Gillibrand, F. R. H awkes, D. J. Preston, and J . L. T omlin were elected . At a meeting he ld this te rm. R. B. \Vinser was elected in place of J. M. Tllke wh o has left; O. F. Hu)'she was elected Captain o f Games for, 903-4 j and A. Gillibrand, Captain of Football, 190 3- 4, and Sec retary of Cricket for 1904. On YVed nesday, Sept. 23rd, th e H ead Master kindly decided that the football half-holiday should be given that afternoon. Blore's Piece and the temp orary New Ground were used . At a meeting of the VIth Form, held on Oct. 6th , the following new members were elected on the Committee of the Debating Society : J. R, Parsons, A. Gillibrand, T . S. Adams, and A. D. D. Spafford.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 7th, Mr. Latter very kindly consented to give a ft:w hints

on the subj ect of Ru gby F ootball to the School in gene ral.

The follo wing entry has bee n wri~ten by the D ean in the Register of OblatIOns to th e Cathedral :-

He also ex platned

most of the Rules as stated by the Rugby Football Union. Th e Lecture which was given in the Parry Library ended with chee rs for Mr. Latter.

At a mee tin g of the committee held on Monda)', Oct. 26th, D. J. Preston \,. was elected Presid ent, J. fwell s lce Preside nt, and R. H. vv. Brinslcy -Richards was re-elected H on. Secrctaq',

Vie cong ratul ate the following on obtaining their colours : I st XV. W. H. Lovatt, H . P. V. Townend. 2nd XV. H . J . F. Grier, B. St. W. Saunders, G. F. Oiive, W. G. Campbell, A. D . D . Spafford, A. M. Powell.

"Thursday, July 2Jrd, 190J. liOn thi s day at 12.30 p.m., was

dedi cated in the Apse Chapel of St. J oh!, the Evangelist, in the 'South ChOlf T ransept, by the Bishop of Dove r, in the prese nce of the Dean, the Head lVl a.ste;. Assislant Masters and boys of the Kll1 g s School, and the Saerist, a Holy Table for the spec ial use of the Kin g's School. e< This Holy T able, with the Reredos and othe r furniture, was provid ed by the voluntary offerings of the Masters an~1 Boys of th e King's School, with the" pare nts and frien ds, Th ~ desig n was furnished by W. D. Caroe, Esq., the Archi tect to the Cathedral. e<

H ENRY VVACE,

"Vv. " A. e<

Dean.

DOV ER .

G. "1-1.

GALPIN, GRAY,

H ead M as/eY. Sacrist."

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LECTUR E. On Monday, October 19th, a very in the Pacific and Indian Oceans were interesting lecture was give n by th e Rev. built upon the remai ns o f subme rged T heodore' vVooc1, on "Earth Builc1 crs,JI continents. T he lecture r then descri bed In commencement he said that by the title Earthworms and their marvellous work, "Eart.h Buildt: rs," he included all th e showing how the surface of the earth creatures that hdped to form or kee p in is being continually changed by th eir order the surface of the earth. First he 'age ncy; he described the me thod of ment.ioned the tin y Forami nifera wh ose progreSSion and th eir extraordinary power shells almost enti rel), form chalk and many of <I swallo wing their throats ." The other deposits. H e th en de~crib e d the lecture ended with a descr iption of the coral bu ilders and the different. forms of Arrican ter mites and the wonderful homes coral ret fs, and showed how coral islands wh ich thev build for thcm5elvt:!s. l\Ir. V\'ood 'yere formed. stating that it was an almost illu slrateci his lecture with exce llent drawcertain fact that many of the co ral islands I in gs on the black.:.board in colo ured chal k.

LIBRARY.

'tVc beg to tha nk the fol!owing for kindly presenting books to the Library :Title.

P. Godfrey, Esq. I.. F. Paris, Esq. A. C, Durham, Esq.

.. \:Vild An imal s I have known" fI T he New Forest" II Kokoro."

Author.

Seton -T hompson. Wyse.

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HARVEY SOCIETY . A Meeting of the Society was held Saturday, September 26th. when J. R. Parsons, A. D. D. Spafford and R. B. \;Yinser were elected to fill the vacancies on th e Committee, a nd the following papers were arranged for the term:

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Oct. I Olh._H j\'Iodern Poltery Manllf'lctllr~." (With L:lIltern l1Iustrations.) By R. B. WI NS ER.

24th.-" Plants that cat Animal);." (With Lantern Illustrations) By J. R, PARSONS. 3ISt.-'· Animal Locomotion. " (With Lantern Illustrations.) By W.

WEEKS.

Nov. 14th,-" Yorkshire Character and Folk-lore."

By G. E. V.

2ISt.-"

AUSTEN,

ESQ.

An Exhibition of the Society's Lantern Slides."

28th.-" A Monk of Canterbury." (With Lrmtern Illustrations. ) By THE H EAD MASTER.

Owing to the large number of l\'Tembers, who have joined the Society

this term, the Meetillgs will be held in the Par ry Library instead of the Museum. and no extra subscription will be req uired next tenn.

•. Meeting was held on Oct. '!(.

A roth, when a paper was read by R. n. \¥inser. on "Modern Potten ' Manufacture." He commenced by desc ribin g the various clays used, and their purification. The se veral ways of making the clay into desired shapes, by the methods of casting, turnin g ancl throwing' were described. The three kinds of ovens, viz. : biscuit, glost. and enamel, kilns were dealt with, togeth er with the means of holding the ware in position while baking. A description of the glazing, painting. and gilding fin ished the paper, which was illustrated by a few slides, but these were so poo r that it was somewhat difficult to explain sufficiently how many of the operations were clone. The arc lamp itselC however was skilfully managed by Lovatt and gave no truubl e. There were twentyfOllr Members present at the Meeting.

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Name and address must a/ways be given, not 1ltctssari/y for publication, but as a

guarantee of good falilt.

To the Eddors

Personalities will i':volve certain njection.

0/ "THE CANTUARIAN."

D EAR SIRS,

I. not~ with much reg ret-which I beheve IS shared by the maj ority of those who are well-wishers of the School Cricket-that in the last issue of TIle Callfuariafl, the Editors replied to the letter signed" S. U. G. GESTER," to the effec t that "his suggestion would be acted. upon next year." The point in questIOn was the publication of the Averages of the XI. during the proO"ress of the season. 0 Now it has always struck me as one of our merits that the mention of AveraO'es . I I 0 IS very rare y leard amongst us till the season is over. The crickete r, who is al ways t~inkin g of, and playing for his average, IS o ne of th e most contemptible ~ people,. and I would appeal to you, SI ~S, to dI s~ountena n ce altogethe r anylhlllg that mIght tend to the glorification o ~ Averages. vVe ~vant the player who will play for the mterests of his side whatever those interests at any particula;

mom<..nt may be. Solicitude for averag'es spells selfishness. Yours truly,

A. L. [We ~re. much h~debtcd to you for putting the malter In Its true hght and have reconsidered the point. -Eoo.]

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DEAR S I RS,

As you are now the fortunate possessor of a new Pavilion on Blore's Piece, do you not th ink it would be well if a stretcher was kept there in case of accidents? If one could be secured, two or more boys should be made responsible for its proper use on each match day. 1 can't help thinking It would greatly add to the comfort of the someti mes unfortunate victim in that most excellent game of football. I remain, Yours truly,

"AN ONLOOKER." [We hea rtily approve of you r suggeslion.EDD.]

ÂˇTHE CANTUARI AN. To the E ditors

of "TH E

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To the E ditors of

"THE CANTUARIAN."

DEAR S IRS,

DEAR SIRS,

Would it not be possible for the O.K.S. to arrange a short tour this season, during th e week in which they play the School ? I wo uld suggest that so me organi zi ng genius among us sho uld unde rtake the management of the tour which I propose, and shou ld arrange malches against Tonbridge. Dover and Eastbo urn c, and that we should wind up by playing the School. 1 grant that it might be diffi cnlt to get a team togeth er, but still it would not be impossible, if only an effort were mad e soon enough. Hoping that some one may be inspired by this letter to make my present scheme a fu ture reality (a tas k to which the writer feels himself uneq ual). . I conceal my identity und er the name of

O. K. S.

'Would it not be possible in the interval between the second Sutton Vale nce and th e O.K.S. NIatches to play the Inter Tutor-Set Football Games? as s.;veral of those who are ve ry keen on playing in them will have left before next ' term. Yours truly,

" PATRIOT." {""hHe sympathisi ng with those in such circumstallces we fea r that you r scheme would not succeed this year any more than it did two years ago.Âˇ-EDD. ]

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To fh e Edilors of"

THE CANTUARIAN."

DEAl<. SIRS,

'Would it not be possible to , have elect ri c light laid on in t.he studi es ; as it is al ready on in the Pa rry Library t he cost wo uld not be very much; and I feel sure that if a subscription was raised many boys would themse lves contribute to it, and that the parents of boys who a re in studies wou ld glad ly help to raise the required sum. Yours t ruly,

EYESIGHT.

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SPORTS' FUND. STATEMENT

ACCOUNTS ,

RECEIPTS. CR. Balance, Septe mber, 1902 ... Boys' Subscription, Mich . Term, 1902 ... L ent Term, 1903 ... " Trin. T erm, 1903 ... ,. , CaJJtuaria1l SUl)serttions ... Mr. Young (Rent 0 B1ore's Piece) Transferred from School Shop Sale of Cricket and Football Cards .. . Interest on D ept. Acct. ... Rev. A. J. Galpin ". Rev. L. I-I. Evans ... ... C. W. BeB, Esq .... E . P. Guest, Esq .... J. ~f. Edmonds, Esq. P. Godfrey, Esq. ~ ... G. E. V. Austen , E sq. G. F. J. Rosenberg, E sq. A. Latter, Esq. ... The late Dean Farrar Sir George Collard

[, s. d. 44 9 8?t 56 12 6 59 5 0 61 2 6 20 17 9 12 0 0 57 18 0 2 4 10 0 14 0 5 0 0 0 10 6 I 0 0 0 10 0 I 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 I 0 I I 0 0 15 0 2 2 0

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1902- SEI'T.,

PAYMENTS.

DR.

Kent County C.C. (Rent of Beverley) K en t County R.F. U. Austen Marsh Peat (Cri~k~t Profe's'~ional) ::.' ::: Cullen (Rent of New Football Ground) Gibbs (Can tuarian) .. (General Printing) Bass (Cricket Goods) ... Lilley (RoBing, Carting, &c.) Bunce." ... ... Rates and T axes (m ore's Piece) Genlry ". ... ". Burton Lee and W igfu ll ." i\'I appin and Webb .. . Expenses to Aldershot Jarrett T wyman ... Miss James Gas and Water Co. .. " (Laying Water to Blore's Piece) .. , ". D rainage Works on Blore's Piece Chambers Broadbridge and Port ... Fares of Umpires a nd Scorer School Shop (Fives Balls, &c. ) Postage, Stationery, &e. Small Bills, &c. .. . ... ... Ba1o.nce in hand, Seplember, 1(0) ...

Audited and found correct:

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GALPIN,

1903.

LATTER,

ROll.

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NOT ICES. Vle beg to ackn owledge with tha nks the receipt of the following subscri ptions : C. C. T . Eastgate, E sq . (7 /-), C. W. Bell, E sq. (3/6), T. M . Edmond s, Esq. ( 3/ 6), G. E . V. Austen, Esq . (3/6), E. P. Guest, Esq. (3/6), G. F. J. Rosenbe rg, Esq . (3/6), P. Godfrey, E sq. (3/6). F. P. Walker, E sq . (3/ 6 ), G.B.Cockrem, Esq. (3/6). A.Latte r, E sq. ( 3/6), I-I. J. Cape, E sq. (3/ 6 ), J. R . Tulloch, E sq . ( 3/6), L.E.Rcay, Esq. ( 3/ 6),

E. P. Ri cha rd son, E sq. (3/6), Mrs. R. G. Go rd on (3/6), N. E . Bresscy, Esq. (3/6). S. I-I. L. Langley, E ' q. (3/6), C. T. Donaldson, E sq. (5/0). Mrs. T wells (3/6), I-I. S. S. Parker, E sq. ( Io/b), G. F . H el's, Esq. (3/6). E . C. Green, E sq. (3/6), A. C. Durham, E sq. (5/0). A. C. Thomas. E sq. (3/6), R. B. Amos, E sq. (3/6), C. W. C. Redman , E sq. ( 10/6), J. E . Husbands, E sq. (3/ 6).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Vvc beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries :Slurbu?'1Iiall, L e.;ls Fortllighlly (2). CIn'gwellia1t, l1falverm"tl1t, Felsledfal1, Bradfield

College

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THE VOL. VI.

CANTUARIAN. DECEMBER,

IQ03.

No.6.

EDITORIAL. As once more the • Ca ntuarian' ann oun ces the end of T erm, th e old legend • Dctur Soli Dec Gloria ' comes back to our thou ghts, for on eve ry side we seem to h aT the wa tchman's cry, • All's well '. Vlfe have, indeed, much to be thankfu l fo r. This yea r h~s witn essed ma ny chan ges, ma ny o f th e m very sad for us, a nd many r~ nd ~~cm o nes will ce ntre roun d it; they are too youn g as yet to need awakenin g by r petitIO n of the past. Enough that, thou gh ' th e ol d ord er changeth ' , fortun e has yet some smi les left for' the ne w ', Let us th en briefly review the happy T erm which suggests such thoug hts as th ese; und first, we cannot omit to menti on two auspicious e vents in our • governin g circle I, both of which have occurred since our last number appeared, and are fur ther connected by both being silver weddin gs . I t is t hen our hi gh privilege, in the name of th e School, to offer our res pectful cong ratulations to our Visitor and Mrs. Davidson, and nlso to Canon and Mrs. Page· Roberts. As we write, our eye chances to fall on a small card lying mod estly on th e table b fore us. At once a feeling of mingled pride and pleas ure comes over us as we think or its contents. F or it shows a record such as our Football team has not had for IlIll ny seasons back. Eight victories and five defeats does not appear extraordinary to lite stran ge r: nor yet, we hope, to our intilnate friends, but closer obse rvance will show th at only one Inter-School match was lost as against five victories, and that revenge

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was taken. for this one defeat in the "retur!) game at Cante rbury. Our heartiest cong ratulations then to Gillibrand and his team on their well-merited success. In passinO' on to the less public part of our School life, we note with than~fulness the same good report of all the School Societies. They will each say t,hCIT parts later on in these pages, but, by way of in troduction. we would say.-~vhat their modesty forbids them - that the Choral Society, Boat Club, and Harvey SOcIety all boa~t more members th~n they ever had before, wh ile. with a smil e of am used surpnse and pleas ure, we see the Debating Society once more co nvalescent. Abo ut our a mbassadors to the 'Varsities. let' the oracles be dumb', By the time th ese lines meet t he patient reader's eye, the joyful tidings must have reached us; but as yet, j'T(L!hu, Of.IvV ri v I'I OVV(LCIL Kâ&#x201A;Ź'i'T(U ' .

JIl (JDemoriam. oj<

CLAUD

R OBERT

L ONGFIELD.

oj<

vVe regret to report the death of the Rev. C. R. L ONGFIELD . He entered the School in Ja nuary, l886, as a King's Scholar, played in the Football XV., was a Monitor. and left in 1890 for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. H e was afterwards ap pointed Chaplain in th e Royal Navy.

He will be remembered by all with an'ection fo r his sincerity of character and unselfish good nature, while those who lived in a study with him, and knew him best, always fo und him good company, and ready to take his part in the convivialities which used to centre round the " third back tt in his day.

FOOTBALL. KI NG'S

SCHOOL

SUTTON

VALENCE

SCHOOL.

The fi rst match against Sutton was played m~ay. on \Vednesdar, Novem~er 4 th , and resulted in a win for the School by 14 POllltS ( I goal, 3 tnes) to mi, Our oppo;}ents played their usual hard, plucky game against superior weight, and, although the School pressed them hard during the greater part of the game. we only succeeded in crossing their line four times. The first part of the game was very even, though

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the School three-quarters showed some good combination and Tomlin was several times near scoring, but was brought over by \;Vaite who tackled splendidly all through the game. Lovatt was the first to score for us, the t ry being unconve rted. Before half-time Huyshe once dribbled right up to our opponents' goal line and had hard luck in not getting in. Tomlin also scored an unconve rted try, and the points were thus 6 to 11.11. After half-time the game was eve n ha rder, and plenty of tackling had to be done by the School backs. Fisher once got clea n a\\'ay into our twenty five, but was finely collared by Olive. Lovatt scored twice more for the School, the first try only bping followed by a sllccessful kick. The three-quarters shewed up to advantage th roughout, while th e forwards did not play with enough dash . One of the tries, however, showed the value of forward com bination, wh en some ha nd to ha nd passing by Gillibrand. Huyshe and vVi nser resulted in Lovatt sco ring between the posts. The teams were as follows :-King's School-G. F. Olive (back); J . L. T omli n, B. St. W. Saunders, W. I-I. Lovatt, H. J. F. Grier (three-quarters) ; O. F. Huyshe, F . R. Hawkes (halves); A. Gillibrand, J. Twells, R. B. Wmser, H. P. V. T ownend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, A. M. Powell, E. C. F. O'Neill (forwards ). Sutton Valence-J. C. Fisher. P. \V. Tabrum, J. 1\1. Druce, H . R. Lendrum, W. H. Waite. V. R. Meade, F . A. Thew, E . C. Liptrott, H . Coveney, E. W. Izard, S. E. Kay, H. F. Grizelle, H. A. iVl. Den ny, A. Hamilton, R. O. Porter.

K I NG'S

SCHOOL

v. EASTBOURNE COLLEGE.

This match wa$ played on November l oth, on the New Gro un d. The result of a fast and interesting game was a victory for the School by fo ur goals, two tries (.I " poi nts) to m'l. After a good kick in to tonch by You ng, the School forwards ,ulLl1r d down, and, getting possession of the ball nearly every ti me, gave their Ihl'('c-quarters plenty of opportunities, and at length, afte r five minutes' play, Grier . IO I't'cI, but Lovatt failed to convert. The follow ing five minutes' play was of a very . lt nllar characte r. On one occasio n Olive, departing from orthodox full -back methods, !l11i11.lpted to run through the midst of his opponents instead of kicking in to touch . 11 1\ nnishcd his effort with a forward pass. Just at this period too, Lovatt spoilt three 11I1t1 ' kH in sllccession by knocking on, but he soon recovered himself and afterward s 111111 his passes well. Eastbourne then for the first time reached our twentv-nve by lUI IUl M of a loose forward rush. The press ure on our lines was relieved by kick s from 1111\,,1 lind Lovatt, and H awkes on one occasion dribbled find)' away. Eastbourn e, ItIl\". 'VCIr, returned to the attack, Young and J ackson being panicularly prominent. III" I hrought relief by a kick wh ich did not however find touch. Shortly afterwards till hI' II pussed from Lovatt to Saunders, and then on to Tomli n, who outpaced the \ln l}'

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opposition and scored our second try nearly behind the posts . Again Lovatt failed to convert, the ball hitting the post. Eastbourne worked to our twenty~ five, but Grier put in a useful kick which, although it again failed to find tOllch, was well followed up by himself and Campbell. Shortly after this occurred the finest individual run of the match, Saunders, who received the ball about 30 yards from their lin e, scoring' after

a characteristic run. Lovatt was successful in kicking a goa\. Jlist before half-timo one of the Eastbourne forwards dribbled the ball right up to our twenty-five, but then ,

instead of going, picked lip the ball and passed to the wing three-quarter who was promptly pushed into touch. T ownend was prominent for a fine tackle of Jackson, and. immediatel}' afterwards, the whistle blew for half-time, with the score one goal and two tries to nil in Oll f favour. The second half opened in vcry similar fashion to the first, the School however scoring even sooner. The ball passed along th e whole three-quarter line from one touch line nearly to the other, Tomlin being the last to receive the ball and scoring. Lovatt converted. Shortly afterwards Eastbourne were again near our t wenty-five. ';Yinser gained ground on onc occasion by brcaking well iJ,way from the line out and Lovatt made a use ful kick into tOllch. Hawkes, too, very fi nchÂˇ collared one of the Eastbourn e centre three-quarters. Eastbournc, however, kept ui) the pressure and at length the School were compelled to save by touching down . The ball was then grad ually worked to the Eastbourne twenty-five, Grier and Campbell being prominent in a good combined dribble, and Eastbournc, in their t urn, saved by to uch in g clown. The School now attacked strongly, and Lovatt was well colla red wh en within ten yards ~f the Eastbo urn e line. 'Vinser again made gro un d by a good break away from the hne out. On one or two occasions the Eastbourne centre three-quarters made good run s, but the School tackling was very so unci. The School soon returned to the attack, and a try was soon secured from a fine bit of combi ned play in which all the School three-quarters took part. The passes were given and received at top speed , and th e ball must have chan ged hands six or seven ti mes. Lovatt eve ntually scori ng ; he again converted. After Eastbourne had ru shed the ball to our end . relief was obtained by a good break away by O'Neill, and afterwards by a kick into touch by Olive. The game was delayed for a short period by an injury to one of the Eastbou rn e team, and , on the res umption, Eastbourne again attacked for a time, but Saunders gained a lot of ground by another good run, and , from his pass, Lovatt scored. Lovatt was also successful with the kick. The whistle blew almost im mediately afterwards. In this match the School team showed great improvement on their previous efforts in all departments of th e game. The th ree-q uarters were very dangerous in attack. Grier and T omlin on the wings playing~ a much stronger game than in previous matc hes. The halves were good in defence, Hawkes in particular often beinO' noticeab le for a fine piece of tackling. The kicking gene rally was good on both sides, V:oung [or Eastbourne being particularly prominent. But too many of the defensive kIcks on both sides failed to find touch . Considering how very little experience he

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has had in the position. Olive's display at full-back was very creditable. He has not. however, yet learnt how to sto p a for ward rush. The forwards, well led by Gillibrand. worked hard and at times quite outplayed the E astbourn e forward s. The School team was as follows :-G. F. Olive (back); J. L. T omlin, B. St. W. Saunders, W. H. Lovatt, H. J. F. Grier (three-quarters) ; O. F. Huyshe, F. R. Hawkes (haIr-hack); A. Gillibrand, J. T wells. R. B. Wi nser, H. P. V. Townend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, A. M. Powell, E. C. F. O'Neill (forwards) .

KING'S

SCHOOL v.

DOVER

COLLEGE.

Played on Novemb er 12th, on the New Ground, resulting in a victory for the School by 13 points to 6. Dover kicked off against a slight wind. The ball was well returned by Hawkes, and a seri es of scrums took place in .mid-~ eld; in thes.e. D?ver g rildually gai ned grou nd and work ed into our twenty-five, In spite of good klcks mto touch by Huyshe and a good save by Lovatt. Heath and Digby got the ball away \ery smartly, but were constantly pulled up by the excellent tackl ing of our three-q uarter line. Grier relieved by intercepting, and our fo rwards began to press. Heath punted the ball back to Olive, who ran well but failed to get in his kick before being tackled Ilea r the centre line; but, shortly afterwa rds. he found touch well within the Dove r twenty-five . Their forwards were engaged in ru sh ing the ball back, when Uuyshe got possession in the loose, ran about 30 yards, eluding the full back, and scored a try, which was not converted. The drop-out was well retu rned and followed up by Tomlin, and some good combination by our three-quarters nearly resulted in a Mcorc by Grier, a scrum being fo rmed on their line. The Dover fo rwards the n c;:ame ;Iway with a rush to our twenty-five, saved by Tomlin, who, just afterwards, got a ("hance to kick and rllsh; foll owing up ve ry fast, he got possession and scored und er Iht' posts, Lovatt converting. The kick-off was very we ll returned by Hawkes down till' touch-l ine, but Dover started a vigoro us attack. and, in spite of good tackling by Snllnders and Lovatt, and two good ki cks by Olive, the game settled down near our IiiH'. The Dover forwards got posseÂŁsion and the ball was sent out along the I"fl'p-quarter line to McLeod, who scored 011 the right wing, though the try was not I UIIV '!'ted. T his performance was exactly repeated within three minutes, and it looked II Ihough OUt fo rwards were weakening, but they rallied and were pressi ng agai n when IiiI' whistle blew for half-time, with the score H-6 in our favour. The first few minutes' play was a repetition of that of the first half. Huyshe IIIJlJlt'(\ a forward rush very well , and Grie r intercepted successfull y, bu t on several I II I 'll ions gro und gained by our forwards was recove red by H eath's kicking into touch. t III.,t 1I uyshc got right away from our twenty-five and was only brought down just 1I1I"~ ldt\ the line, the ball going into touch in goal. Howeve r, the game came ri ght 1111 k to our twenty-five , and Dover kept up a continuous attack. Olive, Grier, and

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T omlin in turn saved what looked like ce rtain scores, an d another chance was lost by a forward pass among th e D over three-qua rters Lovatt a nd Huyshe relieved mo mentarily by good ki cks, whil e Gillibrand and "Vinse r were con spicuolls in keeping the game close. After a penalty kick against Digby for off- side, the Dover th ree-quarters had seve ral chances, whi ch were spoilt by fo rward passes, whil e on oll e occa sio n the ball went ove r o ur lin e, but wa s kicked dead . Twells, who had come out to help the three-qua rters, was conspi clI ous for an excellent tackl e, bu t th e pressure was still kept up, a nd , o n th e two occasio ns, wh en OUf forwards bro ke away. the ball was sent right back by I-l eath. At last, Grier got away at th e side of the serum . and passed to Lova tt, wh o gained a lot of groun d ; shortly afterwards he got possession near our twenty-five, ra n do wn th e touch-line, and _gave a beautifu l pass t '1 Tomlin on the inside, who race d ri ght away an d scored bet ween th e posts. Lovatt co nverted, and the whistle blew fo r time, leaving us th e winners of a most exciting game as above stated. The team played th eir hard est ga me of the season, and are to be hearUl y cong ratu lated 0 11 re ve rsing th e resul t of th e previous match. The two sets of fo rwards were very even ly matc hed, and, where all played t hemselves Ollt, it wo uld be invidious to mention ind ividuals. T he Dover halves we re ve ry smart in ge ttin g the ball, an d H ea th 's ki cking was of i lll lll e n s~ value to his side, bu t th e savin g and tackling of our halves and three-qua rte rs was reall y excellent ; a single mistake durin g the last twe nty min utes might have lost the game, bu t the de fence never bro ke do wn, whil e T omlin's pac~ sa ved the situation more than once. Olive was very safe at full-back; but the victory was due to the hard work of' every member of t he team. The School tea m was as follows:- G. F . Olive (back) ; W. H. Lovatt, B. St. "'. Saund ers, H. J. F. Grier, J. L. T omlin (three-qnarters) ; O. F. Hu),she, F . R. Ha wkes (halves) ; A. Gillib rand. J. Twells, R. ]3. 'Winser, H. P. V. Townend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, E . C. F. O'Neill , A. M. Powell (forwards ).

KING'S

SC HOOL

DOVER

TOWN

AND

GARRISON.

This ma tch was played on November 21st, and resulted in a defeat for the School by two goals and a try to nil. On a wet ground the adva ntage lay throughout with our oppo nents. th e School forwa rd s were slow in gettin g round. and th e threequarters were, on the whole, not up to their usua l fo rm. The School kicking and tac klin g we re, howeve r, good; Huyshe and Oli ve bei ng prom inent in th e fonner on several occasions. At the start Dover at on ce bega n to press and the first te n minutes' play was in th e School t wenty-fi ve. Huyshe relieved with a good punt into tou ch, but immedi ately afterward s Captam Raines sco red, while Stone converted. For a few mi nutes th ere was so me even play and th e School began to press, but our opponents soo n regained th eir ground and Stone scored between the posts j the kick

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hm,,-ever failed. Austen th en headed a dri bble into th e School twenty-five a nd our opponents looked like scoring. but some sma rt work by our three-quarters, especially by T omlin. almost carri ed the ball over th ei r goal-line. Afte r half-time the School shewed th eir bes t fo rm during the match and for some little while continually attacked, but after this t he Dover team were always on th e aggressive. Stone now very nearly scored, but was brought down by a good piece of tackling by Saunde rs. Some ve ry good passing by our opponents resul ted in another try by Captain Raines, which was converted by Stone. No furth er addition was made to the score by either side and th e match resulted in a defeat for the School. The School team was as follows ;- G. F. Olive ( back) ; J. L. Tomlin, B. St. W. Saunders, W. H . Lova tt, I-I. J. F. Grier (three-quarters) ; O. F. Hu),she, F. R. Hawkes (halves) ; A. Gillibrand, J. Twells. R. B. Winser. H. P. V. Townend, R. Wa tson, E . C. F. O'Neill, A. M. Powell, N . A. Bittl eston (forward s). KING'S

SCHOOL

v. MERCH ANT TAYLORS.

This match was played at Bellingham, on \Vednesday, Novembe r 25th, the weather being fin e. but a strong cold wind blowing. ' Th e Merchant Taylors ki cked off and took th e ball in to our twenty-five with a good ru sh, whi ch befo re five minutes' play resulted in a try, th eir half dribbling th e ball over the li nc. The try was conve rted and the game was set go ing again in th e middle of the fi cld. Neither side seemed to get the bette r of th e play, but individual ru shes chiefly cha racterized it. H owever, towards half-time Lovatt succeeded in getting away, and by a good long pass to T omlin, enabled him to score near the touch-line. Lovatt look th e kick, but failed to convert. After half-time the gam e became mu ch more hdsk on both sides: th e Merchant Taylors pressed most of th e tim e and succeeded "t' vcral times in d ribbling the ball ove r our lin e.~ bu t were un able to SCOre a t ry. 'rowa rd s th e end of th e game our forwards gained possessio n much more than they had bd on:, which opened out the gam e for the three-quarte rs and resulted in the ~k h oo l keeping the ball in their twenty-five. At length Grie r broug ht off a dropHllid by a ve ry pretty ki ck from th e side. This gave us th e lead and for the last fl Yl1 minntes the game was keeldy conte::;ted in the centre. In th e last minute Lovatt IiMILin managed to get clear, and d rawing th e back, passed to Grier, who scored hilIw ' n th e posts. The try was converted by O'Neill, and the game ended with the '" un' of I 2 points to 5. The game durin g the second half was quite diffe rent from that III Ihe first half in all pa rts of the field , and t he forwards deser ve credit for th ei r play III tho second half. The three-qua rters did not shin e. T he School team was as follows ;-G. F. Oli ve (back) ; W. I-I. Lovatt, B. St. W. !! !!IlIN s â&#x20AC;˘ .I. L. T omlin , H . J. F . Grier (th ree -qua rters) ; O. F. Hu),she, A. de B. 11,l oli ll on (halves) ; A. Gillibrand, J. Twells, R . B. ,""inser, H. P. V. Townend, I Wilt' n, W. G. Campbell, E. C. F. O' Neill, A. ilL Powell (forward s).

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CANTUARIAN.

v. SUTTO N

VALENCE

SCHOOL.

This match was played on the New Ground o n N ovember 26th, and resul ted in a victory for the School by 2 0 points ( I goa l, 5 tri es) to mi. The score fairly represents what th e game was, but not what it ought to have bee n on our team's previous form i the three-qu arters were ve ry off-colo ur, Saunders in particular. who seemed to be especially han dicapped by th e slippery nature o f the g round. The forward s, too, were not ncarly so quick at gettin g the ball as their opponents we ~c . The Sutton tacklin g was parti cularly good, and so , in a less marked degree. wa.-\ th eir rushing. H amil to n played in thi s match in stead of Hawkes, wh o was away , and was seen to g reat advantage in passing and stoppi ng ru shes . Our tries were scored by Lovatt (5) and Grie r ( I ). Our tac kling was good all through. The teams we re as foll ows :-·Kin g's Schoo l- G. F . Oli ve (back) : VV. H. Lovatt,

B. St. W. Saunders, H. J . F. Grier, J . L. T omlin (three-quarters); O. F. Hurshe, F. R. H awkes (halves)

A. Gilli brand,

J. Twcll s,

R. B. \~'i n se r, H. P. V. Townend,

R. Watson, W. ·G. Campbell, A. M. Powell, E. C. F . O'Nei ll (for ward s). Sutton Yalence.-H . IN. \~Taite (back) i P. \.y. T abrum, V . R. Meade, E . \~T .

I zard , R. G. Kingdo n (three-quarters) ; J. C. Fisher. H . A. i1'1. Denn y (hal ves) ; J. M. Druce, J. H. R. Lendrum, E . C. Liptrolt, H. Coveney, S. E. Ka)" R. O. Porter. H. F. Grizelle, H . Bavin (forwards) .

KING'S

SCHOOL

2ND

XV.

v. TO N BRIDGE

SCHOOL

3RD

XV.

This match was played at Tonbridge, all \OVedn esclay, Nove mber 4th, and lost by 3 I points ( z g oals, 7 tries) to nil. The T onbri clgc forward s played a game o f quick ru sh which our team did not seem able to understand. Our forwards werf' much too slo w at getting round to enter th e scrum aga in, bu t our bac ks we re, in the fe w chan ces wh ich they had, co nsiderab ly better than thei r o ppone nts. Hami lto n and IVIan sfield did some pretty run s, and Co vell and \¥i ckh am tackled well. Godwin al so ki cked and tackled well. In the seco nd half the . chool did much better. and for a co nsid era ble time held their opponent s cl ose, wh ile once o r twi ce a ru sh came peril ously near their line. Most of their tries were oblain ed by drib bl ing cl05e up to our line and th en picking the ball up an d rushi ng in. T hey we re all, except two, quite close to touch.

The School team was as follows :-G. W. God win (back) ; G. C. Covell (Cap t. ), L. Mansfield, J. B. Wickham, J . C. Keyser (t hree-quarte rs) ; A. de B. Hamilton, J. Goodacr.e (halves) : A. D. D. Spa Rord, N. A. Bittle' tOn, C. H. Budd , J. R. Parsons, E. T . Gage, T . D. Dixon, A. G. Blackford, J. A. S. Aylward (fo,rwards) . .

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2ND

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XV. v. DOVE R

COLLE GE

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Played at Dover o n Thursday, November 12th. This match resulted in a severe de feat. for th e School team by 35 po ints (4 goals. 5 tries) to m'l. D ove r were attackmg almost the whole tim e, th e ball being confined to the School half of the g ro und during 1110St of th e gam e, and only reaching th e enomy' s twe nty- five once or twi ce. N otwithstanding the one -sid edness of the score the game was hard throughout. The forwa~d s he ld th eir o wn pretty well in the serum s, but rarely got the ball back, and lhe ch! ef weakn ess lay in Our backs, thou g h thi s applies more espec ially to th e atta c ~. Mans field tac kl ed well, and Bittleston shone among th e fo rwards, while Budd was g ood o.ut of tou ch. For o ur opponents Simpkin was responsibl e fo r a good deal of the sconng .

The School team was as follows :-G. W. Godwin ( back) ; K. Moore. G. C. Covell, L. Mansfield, J. B. Wickham (three-quarter,) ; A. de B. Hamil ton, J. ~oo d ac re (halves) ; A. D . D. Spa'!'ord, N. A. Nittleston, C. H. Budd, J. R . Parsons, r . D . DIxon, A. G. Blackford, E. r. Gage, W. N. Kempe (forward s).

3rd XV.

M ATCH V.

DOVER 31<D XV., on Thursday, November 12th.

Result :-Dover. 3 g oals and 4 tries.

King's School, lIit .

. T eam :-H. H. Hayes (back) ; L. J . Bassett, J. C. Keyser, G. F. Rigden, W. S. Sk111ncr (three-quarters) ; H . G. Pans, O. B. Parsons (halves) ; j. A. S. Aylwa rd, F. G. L. Scott, L. P. Abbott, F. H. Vaughan, V. Arn old, F . H . Mosse, W. T elfer, F. M. Deighton (forwa rds).

4th XV.

MATCH V . DOVER 4TH

Result :-King's School,

XV., on Thursday, N ovember 12th. goal an d 4 tries. D ove r, uil.

Teams :- C. G. Williamson ( back) ; W. R. N. Leslie, G. E. H ayes, C. F. P. H. Petl ey (three:q l1arters); J . M. Mackinnon, P. H . H awkes (halves) ; 1' . H. Vaughan, R. H. Bnnsley-Rlchards. L. N. Sco rer, \V. A. J. Milne r, M. S. Chaning-Pearce, F. C. Wilkinson, C. M. Ricketts, F . A. Frost (forward s). I~atte rsby,

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JUNIORS v. DOVER

J UNIORS.

The first match wa~ played at Dover, on November 3rd, an d owin g to th e wet Htatc of the ground, res ulted 111 a keenly-con tested forward gam e. Our th ree-quarters ,Âˇoul.d get no chance t~ use th eir supe::rior pace, and had to content th emselves in

pitlylllg a good defenSIve game.

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opportunity of scoring, an d then H arri son obtained a try, unconverted . Shortly afterwards time was given, thus leaving us with another victory (3-0 ) . T eam :-Hunt (back); \Vatson, Gardner, Harrison, Finn' (three-quarters) ; Price, \Varde2 (halves) ; Hughes. Goulding, lV[owll, DOllton, Hicks, Ashenden L, Mcrrett', Ashcnden2 (forwards) . The return, played on Blore's Piece, on November 25th, resulted in an easy win for us, tries being sco red by Watson (2), Harriso n (3), Finn l and Hughes2 one apiece. The ground was in perfect cond ition, and the pace and com.bination of O Uf threequarter line (four) was too good for our opponents, who were playing only three three-quarters. Undoubtedly the best player on the field was the Dover back, who tackled in fine style. Final score, ( 29-0 ) . Team :-Hunt (back) ; Vlatson, Gardner, Harrison, Finn l (three-quarters) i \¥ard eZ, Clayton (halves) i Hughes, Goulding, Mowll, Price, Digges, Ashenden\ Hicks, Finn z (forwards).

SCH OO L NE W S. \Ve congratulate the following on receiving their colours :1St XV. (November l oth). B. St. W. Saunders, H. J. F. Grier, J. L. Tomlin, F. R. Hawkes, R. W·atson. (November 12th). W. G. Campbell, E . C. F. O'Neill . G. F. Olive, A. M. Powell. 2nd XV. N. A. BittIeston, A. De B. Hamilton, T . D. Dixon, J. Goodacre, C. H. Budd. *%~.,

At the special request of the Dean and Mrs. Wace, a whole holidav was granted by the H eadmaster on Monday, November 9th, to mark thc opening of their connection with th e School. The day was chosen by the I-l ead Master so as to give a longer "exeat" to all who

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could go, while the rest of us went on walking expeditions or otherwise enjoyed ourselves. Our heartiest thanks are due to the Dean and Mrs. \Vace for their kind thought which afforded liS a most pleasant holiday. ~;';':'';';'

On Sunday, November 22nd, the Rev. E . J. "VV. H oughton, H eadmaster of St. Edmund's School, preached the sermon at our Chapel Service.

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By the kindness of the Precentor, on Sunday, December 6th, the 3' st Psalm was sung in the Cathed,ral to a Chant composed by O. F. Huyshe. We look forward to hea ring it again in the Cathed ral on Speech Day, as we understand that it will in future be sung at the Commemoration Service every year.

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The increase in our numbers has led to th e institution of a third" Gym" night. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenin gs are th erefore now used. An extra class consisting of tCll boys is also taken on these evenings by Staff-Sergeant. N orria.

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The House Committee is still engaged on the deeoration of the Old Hall. This term th e}' have put up two more pictures \ "The Laughicg Cavalier " (by Franz Hals) and the" Andrea del Sarto" (by himsel f).

By the kind invitation of Col. H egan, The Gymnasium has furth er bee n brought into prominence this term by about 60 members of the Upper School the . presence of a Weighing MaChine, \ were enabled to witness a very fine placed there by th e Sports Committee in display ' of Rough Riding under the response to the frequent appeals in the direction of Major Matthews, at the Barracks, on Tuesday, December 8th. " Cantuarian." Anxious parents and friends of the , chool ,\oill be relieved to hear that a complete set of fire appliances has bee n furnished to the School, including an additional water supply both outside and inside the School buildings, as well as eightee n fire buckets, two canvas fireescapes. two covered ropes. and an iron ladder, in various parts of the building.

On Thursday, December ,oth, a Paper Chase was run, with O. F. Huyshe and R. \ÂĽatso n as hares. The track was laid up St. Martin's, bore ofr to the right to Bekesbourne, and then turned horne by Palrixbourne and Bridge. Arnold and Tomlin brought th e bags home. The first six arrivals were I Abbott, 2 Arnold, 3 Dixon, 4 \'Vinser, 5 Blackford, 6 Lovatt.

A FOOTBALL MATCH. Tempus adest, pugnaeq ue ambde stant ordine partes Instructae fixo; posita est pila: sibilat inde Arbiter, atque ruunt certantql1e in Marte fero ci. En, quidam rapuitque pilam curritque per agrum Ocyor Euro, .. hominem deponite, prendite crura." It clamor crelo frustra, nam transiit ille Cretatum finem. et petitur pede meta secundo-lf. Sed rur:;us pugnam immiscent, dum fistula gratam Annuntiat pacem fessis . NUHc citrea poma Fert servus. siccae semper solatia linguae. Ecce, iterum ludos ineunt: defendere metam Hi certant, illi densatam infringere tUIbam .

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Me mise ru m ! fin em nostrum nunc trajici t hostis ; Quantlls ag it memes terror: pi la pervolat auras : Atti ngit transtrum: resilit; nunc di cite Paean, Vos spectatores, ite rum vos dicitc Paean . Finis ad est ; fru stra conatur vin cere victus H ostis, dum tan dem resonat finitque labores Fistula acu ta i omnesqu e viri clamore probantur, Victores vi ctique, abeuntque ad balnea lautuIn.

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oJ.1Anglice, try is obtained an d converted .

HARVEY SOCIETY. A meeting of the Society was held on Octob er 27th, wh e n a paper was read by J.R. Parso ns on " Plants t hat eat animals." He began by di v:iding the va riou s kind:; of carnivofll s plan ts into three sections. viz., those t ha t have pitfalls for the capture of their prey, whi ch again arc divid ed in to those provided with digestive jui ces, a nd those lacking them ; those .that exhi bit va rious mo vements for the capture a nd di gestion of th e prey ; and those that are co nve rted by gl ucose matter into natural lime-twigs. In th ese conn ecti ons he described various species of Utriculariae, Sarraceniae, Nepautles, and Drosophyllum, with th eir various contrivances .for the capture and digestion of small animals. The paper was illustrated by lantern slides. There were fifty- six members present at the meeting.

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A meeting was held on October 31st, whe n a paper was read by "Y. G. Weeks on .. Animal Locomotion ." · He commenced by a short desc riptI on of walkin g and swimming an d then proceeded to a more detailed account of th e variou s kind s of flight, finishing with a· summary of the

pa pe r in whi ch special stress was laid on the importance of the figure-of-eight movement in all kind s of locomotion. The paper was illustrated by lantern slides ; th ere were forty-nin e members present. ~

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" On Saturday. Novembe r 14th, a paper was tead by Mr. Austen on I , York:. sh ire C harac ter and Folk-lore." In commence ment he stated t hat his paper was inte nded to deal chiefly with that part of Yorkshire kn own as Cleveland, wh ere many t races of th e ancient N orseman still survi\·e. After touching on the occ upations of Yo rkshire by the Romans, Sa xons and Danes, he passed on to a desc ription of t he Yorkshire characte r from a coat-or-a rms which he drew on the blackboa rd . In this eonnection he related some very amusing anecdotes in the He then recounted Yorkshire diale ct. so me interes tin g customs and traditi ons and concluded his paper with an amusing acco un t of several Yorkshire superstitions. There were forty-four members present at the meeting.

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On Saturday, November 28th . a paper }Vas read by th e H ead Master on "A Monk of Canterbury." Afte r a short history of the Nl onastery before Stephen Langton's time he: pointed ou t all the map th e various . parts of th e later one, and explained their whereabouts in mod ern Geography. After this he gay!:: a sketch of the Monk's life unde r th e Benedictine Rul e, and then went over the Choir, th e

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Nave, and th e Cloisters in detail, describ ing their uses in ancie nt times, and showing th e sam e parts of other English Cathedrals to illustrate the m. There were nin ety-four membe rs present at the meeti ng . ' -On th e day fo ll~wil~g Mr. Galpin ~!ncll y loo k a la rge number of membe rs round ·pa rt.s of the Cathedral she wing th e points of interest which he had mentioned .

THE BOAT CLUB. 'Aithough there have been no races this term, th e Boat Club has. been \lery busy preparing for th e Pairs a nd Fours in Marc h. A consic\e rable number of old members joined, a nd these with. eighteen rec ruits brought th e numbers up to nearly fort y. The coaches have had plenty to do. Preston has done good work. and Lovatt a nd Lock have .helped from tim e to time. The four on the Upper Ri ver has been out se veral tim es a week, and th e pairs a nd sculling boats have bee n in constant use. Among last term's membe rs Red path, Marshall, Ba rbe r, Rey nolds i., <md Smi th ii. have co me 011 well, while of th e new members Saund ers ii, Shelbourn, Ab bot t, Wilkinson, and Lamb show the most promise. Practice has sometim es been carried on under difficulties owing to the unusual fl oods. But these have had th e effect of deepening the bed of the rive r in some of the shallower parts. In view of the increased membership it has be€l1 thou ght ad visable to purchase a nother pair for use next te rm .

PENNY

READINGS.

The perfonnances· have in both cases bee n abo ve th e average, the second he ing na turally th e better of the two. The boys who sang and read had take n. lni ns with what th ey had un de rta ken a nd HlVC cVl:!ry reason to be encouraged by th o results of their effo rt s. Of the Instrum ental part of th e programm e the H·'rccuse for two V'Cello, and piano was t1xccllently played, in fact nothing has

been better don e than this at a ny of our concerts in recent years. Th e choral singing shows excellent promise for th e Christmas co nce rt and th e perform ers well deserved the recogni tion, t heir good work obtained the m, o f a n encore at each entertainment. The number of bo}'s in the Choral Society is now 64.

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Saturday, October 31 st, 1903.

Saturday, November 21St, 1903 .

Part Song" Love wakes and weeps" ,Voe! fohmon. ·Piano Solo ......... " Valse Tristc " . EssipqfJ. J. L. T OMLIN. ·Song. MISS HORSLE\,.

· Reading ...

TWELLS.

Chorus ....... " Faithful and True ".

. Wagner.

Piano I)uc(..

Rell. C. C. E. Ryley. Ded. 10 K.S. Mils. Soc. *Bagalcll c, Vi., VI., Ve., Piano .......... ' ......... . J. RI CHARDSON , J. L. TO ~IL I N . H. PAl;>;',

O. F. Huysm:.

Rcading ..

REV. A . L. * Be rceuse ., .. ............ ,

*Song. ...

VI :

V'Cello:

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

RIC HARDSON, TO;\ILIN,

PARIS,

Piano: O. F. HUYSHE.

<. Canlilena " ......... Colterman. J. L. TOM LIN. Reading . ............ ......... . J. R. PARSONS.

V'Cello Solo ... ..

·Song ... .. .

. .... ...... . . R. BRIN SJ.l~ y · R I C HARDS.

Xmas Ca rol tReading.... *Song

.." Cawsand Bay" ... C. i\f. RICKltTTS. ..... : ... Rev. C. C. E. Ii.'yle),. .. ..... ... .

REV. L. H. EVANS. .. ........... .. .. " Twankydillo " .................. .. A. LATTI:!:R, ESQ.

* Piano Duct. ..... " Sp:lI1ish i\-rn reh" . .. ...... MI{. W. T. HA1WIW, MR . PERCY GODI~REY.

MI SS H ORSt&\,.

·Part Song

Clefg.

Xmas Cnrol ...

·Song .. . ......... "Father O'Flynn ",. PAYNE.

"Anilra's Danec".

MR. W . T. HARV EY, :\1R. PERCY Gonl'REY.

." Carnovale " ......... . Rossini.

- Dance for Vl., V'Ccllo,anc1 Piano O. F. I-I UYSHE.

·Song ..... ,_," The Golden Vanity" R. B. WIl'~S~:R.

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Gipsy Chorus (Preciosa) . .. .... .. Weott·. *Song .......... " A Jovial Munk" .. .. C. II. BUDD. "i\larkcl Chorus (,l/asallidlo) ... ... Aube,·. * Encorcd.

DEijATING SOCIETY. The first meeting of this Society was held on Saturday, November q.th, in the Schoolroom at 7.30 p.m., wh en J. Twells moved that "Conscription is clesirable for the welfa re of this country." The subject furnished a good debate. the suppurt of the House being very evenly divided. The speeches if somewhat less flu ent than at the debate held in the Easter Tenn. showed more thought and were consequently more logical. On the other hand, several speakers tried to compress 100 much matter into one sentence and so fn.:quently obscured and confused their ideas.

I 'i'wclls, in proposing the motion, claimed that Conscription was desirable on general grounds and . dwelt on its success among the early Spartans. I-lis speec h was se nsible, tho ugh rather thin in thought, whil e a hesitating delivery weakened its effect on the House. D . .f. Prestoll replied in a thoughtful and straightforward speech in which he touched briefly on most of the chief arguments against Conscription. England, he said. depended entirely on the Navy for derence, and it was useless to imp;:dr the social education of th e peop le merely

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to strengthen the Army. His statements were occasionally inaccurate, but his style and diction quite good.

H. P. V. TfYlvllend who spoke next, mai ntained that military di scipline wou ld be very beneficial to the masses. and that und e r the present system there was very little enthusiasm and honollr for the Army. His speech was flu ent and vigorous but spoiÂˇled by its irrelevanc;:y and want of connection. H e should cultivate a more logical and dignified mode of argument. R.lf. Brittsley-Rli:llards next opposed Consc ription on the ground that the mi xing of classes in Barrack life wOl1 ld lead to a gc::neral deterioration of societ}', illustrating his remarks by a description of co nscript life abroad. At times he did not thorough ly express his meaning a nd thus laid himself ope n to criticism. But he spoke well and largely contrib uted to the defeat of the motion.

R. Parsons then pointed out the physical advantages to be derived from this system of compulsory se rvice, and claimed that the Conscript's life might be more tolerable in England than abroad. H e spoke in a somewhat monotonous style. and so his arguments. which showed that he had a good grasp of the subject, we re not fully appreciatl:d . F. H . 111"osse w?s too nervous to do hiT\lself justice. His spet'ch lasted for less Lhan three minutes and cannot be said to

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have suggested any fresh ideas on the subj ect, though he pointed out one or two inaccuracies in his predecessor's speech. T. S . Adams followed with a thorough ly se nsible and clear speech which quite enlivened the latter part of the Debate. H e pointed out that Consc ription would fi nally rid us of the "undesirable alien," and quoted Bismark to prove the necessity of an efficient annv in case of invasion; his speech was. on the whole quite the best of the evening. A. D. D. Spafford next spoke against Conscription. He argued that forced servit;e might seriollsly undermine the loyalty of the Empire and that the re was not sufficient reason to justify so dangerous a step. His worels were well chose n, and if he can overcome his nervousness, he should make a very fair speaker. The President then threw open the Debate to the audience. and after a slight pallse, N. A. Bittleston rose and made a short speech for the Opposition. His argument that trade would suffer by Conscription was doubtless co rrect but certainly not conclusive. His speech was, however, well delivered . H. L. Dibben also spoke for th e Opposition and then, after the Leader of the Opposition and the Move r h3.d eac:h made a short speech, the President called fo r a show of hands which resulted in the defeat of the Motion by the narrow margin of three votes (25- 28 ).

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O.K.S. Sir George Collard (O .KS., , 85;ISj 8) has bee n elected l\Iayor of Canterbury for the ninth tim e. ~.'

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. R. E. ran as " firs t str,mg" for O:,ford University in the l\iflle Race agai nst the London Athletic Club at their recent Meeting and finished second.

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V.,rc he~r H. Charles has been, spea kIng at the Union. i-Ie was PresIdent of the School Debating Sociel), for the year 1900 - 1 ,

NEWS. School, Canterbury. which claims to be the oldest Public School in the KinO'clom might wi sh to avail themselves of th~ o ppo rtunity of meeti ng one another for the sakp. of fellowshil> and O'ood feel in O' .f I 0 0' 1 SllC) an opportunity presented itself. " I do not know the mcans of ascertainin g ll;e names and addresses of any sll ch O.h. S .. except through the Press." I th e refore ask you to allow me to use your column s for this purpose. and to request any Canterbury O.K.S. whn approves of ~hc foregoing suggesti on to kllldly send hiS nam e and address. H Than king you,

"LEONARD GOCHER . F. C. Bove nsche n was second in the Fre.shm~n' s 100 Yards' Race at Oxford UmversIty. He has also been playil1O' rcgt!la~ly as three-quarter back fo r Corpu~ ChrIstl College.

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J. Fre wer has received his Football . Colours for Selwyn College, Cambridge. .::-.::.':.'

vVe append th e followil1O' letter from the " Birmingham Daily Post" of October 16th, 11.)03. U T o th e Edito r of thp. ! Daily Post.' " SIR, I. These are the days of union and good fellowship. It has occurred to me . that ~hose residents in the Midland Counttes wh o were educated at the Kin oO"s

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. \.vc wo uld rcmind all O.K.S. \vho are anx IO us to meet one anothe r for the sa~e o f fellowship" that an O,K.S. Dinner is held in th e C hr~stmas holidays eve ry year, and that the attendance at thi s fun clion might be larger. I t is hoped that all wh o can do so will attend at th e ne xt Dinner, which will be held on onday eveni ng . J anuary 18th, 1904, at,thc 1 rocOicic ro Resluarant, Piccadilly Circus, \V .. at 7. 15 p.m. Sir Geo rge Collard ( O.K.S. and Alayor of Canterbury) has kllldl y co nsented to take th e chair. All n an1('S should be sent at c2 rliest convenience to B. H. Latte r. Esq., Pixfie ld, Bromic)" Kent. .!

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CAlVIBRIDGE LETTER. Dear School, Thurscia)', Nov. 20th. \\Fe fear we are somewhat behind. hand ill se nding you an account of o m doings, but we find it easier to obtain newS towards the close of the tc·rm. We also owe you an apology for the somew hat scrappy nature of the lelte rs whi ch wc have sent yO~l during the past few terms; we should like moreover to take thi s opportunity to say we fully realize that the .School, natl~r~lly fails to app reciate the Jokes-mtel.ilg lble only to th e persons concerned-w hH.: h have so often ma rred pre\'ious letters, and that we think sllch wit a mistake. Vve don 't make an)' pretensio ns to great literary efforts, but hope to se nd you an intelligible acco un t of our doings. This term we mu ste r clevcn in full: E. \V. l\Iowli and L . N. Green at Ridley Hall, F. H. Durnford and A. C. Durham at Corpus, H. A. J enkin at Jesus • E . C. Green at Quee n' s, A. P. Methuen at Trinity, J. Frcwer at Selwyn. T. L. Bluett and H. S. \·Valpole at Emmanuel, and l~ev. H.). i'Iowll, who is doing splendid work 1Jl a Cambridge parish. . TtIl:ning to individual doings, J enkin IS Stl'Oklllg one of his co l!t:gc trial s, and is developing into quite an excellcnt oar; we hope to see him in hi s college boat Methuen and Green are next tenn. rowi ng in their respective trials at Trinity nnd Queens. At Corpus Durnford is captain of the Rug by XV., but ha s unfortllnat~ly bee n prevented from playing through SIckness. Durham is rowing b<;>w with no li ttle success, in his College Iflals. Both the last na med were to be IH:ard i!l gre?-t form on the subject of ghosts m thOlr college D ebating Society. j

At . Sci \\')'n, Frewer has come on a O'rcat deal at Ru gby football alld has b ee n g iven his Colours. The School is thus well-repr~sent~d in the rowing line; we hope tillS ' wlil furth er encauraoe the already excellent Boat Club at Cant~rbury. We h.ave had two meetin gs so far thi s term, one In Frewer's and the othe r in Durnford' s rooms. At th e latter meeting we decided unanimously that the O .K.S. :s hould as soon a s possible ado pt a tie. We wrole to Oxfor ~l, but regret to say that our demands 101' an swers by return have not bee n res ponded to. and we still a wait their repl y on the matter. On th e subj ect of the ti c we feel extremely st rongly. and hope to have one registe red shortly. Now that th e School has ~eac hed its present large dim ensions, it IS absolutely absurd that its old members should not have, like other Public Schools a . di~tin?ui~hing .tie. . TI~e Canterbury PIIg.nms tIe , whlch dId 111 the past, is obVIOusly unsuited for the present now that the School is so mu ch large r. ' \<\Te were delighted to hear fro m the H ead Nlaster of the success of the Football XV. \~'e hope it will continue on its path of victory. We are sti ll more delighted to . hear of the large numbers who are COl1llng up to try for the Scholarships in December. \'oVe otTe r them a hea.fly welcome and hope t hey will turn up III full force at the meeting which will be. held during the \~'eek they are up here. WIth e very good WIsh for the success of the School, \~' e remai n, Yours ever,

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SCHOLARSHIP DECEi\IBER,

ELECTIONS, ' 903 .

The Scholarships have been awarded as follows ;-

~I. Gent (Rev. F . J. \~loodhol1se, Surbiton), E. B. H osking (Mr. Radcliffe, East Gr instead), P. H. Nixon (Mr. Hawtre)', St. Peter's, Thanet), P. Sparling, Kin g's School (for I\Iathematics), G. E. Dav is (Rev. \~l . N. \VilIis, Ascham House, Eastbol1rne). B. \Vri ght (Mrs. Edwards, South Godstone), R.1. M. Davidson (Rev. H . W. Waterfield, East Sheen) .

Entrance SclJOiarships :-R.

lvI/nor En/rance Scllolarship: -

H . D. \Vatson, Junior King' s Sceool.

Jun ior Foundation Sclwlorsldps :-G. F. H owell, G. lVI. \Vebste r, both of King's

School. \~r . N. \~r il1is, Ascham H ouse, Eastbourne), R. M. Gent ( Rev. F . J. \Voodho llse, Sur bi to n), E . B. H osking (Mf. Redcliffe, East Grinstead), J. H. D. \Vatson, Ju nio r King' s SC!lOol, H. VV. K. Mowll , King's School.

Probaf1'oner FOttnda/toll SclJolarslllps :-G. E. Davis ( Rev.

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LIBRARY . The arrangements have now been com pleted ror the accommodation in the Li brary of the complete set of fifty volumes of the II Voyage of the Challenger". The late Mr. Alfred S. Duval (O. K. S.) has shewn his kindly reel ing to wards the School by the mun ificent bequest of forty-six of these volumes, anti his brother, Mr. Stephen Duval (also an O.K.S.) has most generously presented to us the remaining four volumes. Mr. Stephen Duval has also paid the legacy duty and carriage on the books an d offered to provide a case for them, saying that he wished " the gift to he free of all expense to the School in any way It. The voyage was und ertaken in 1873-6 for Scien tific purposes, and, as a record of Scientific discovery, the book is un ique. The expedition was organized by the Government, by whom also the work was published. As only comparative l}, few copies were printed, the value of the gift to the Library is very great. This is, in all probability, the only copy of the work to be found in East Kent, and it would be pleasant to think that our Li brary may draw visitors from. other parts of the county.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N. B.- Tlu Editors declilU to accept any respOllsibilitJ' (olmee/ed 1.lJitl: the o/JiuiollS oj their Corres,Pouden ts.

N ame and address must always be given, 110t 1lucssari/y for publim/£olL, bttt as a

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To Ilu Ed/tors

PersollaHties will £nvolve cer/at'lI ,'ejeetilJU.

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D EAR SIRS,

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ED I TOR I A L. II iK with g reat reo-ret that we have to announce the loss of Mr. Edmonds this

Fur more than f~ur years he was one of the Sixth Fo rm masters, an,d those undc r him during that time will not readily forget the trouble and ll1terest II' III~ phly('d in doing all he could to help them. His absence will, however, be felt lit I II III! i l l' pnrtmcnt~ than one of our School life. Under his presidency the Boat I Iliit hll • •11I\'n to occupy a se riou s place among th e School sports and the nu mber~ of " 1111 ~llh' 1 r" have increased with surprising rapidity, The School Shop, too, dUrIng I \l jl\' III 11 0 way fell short of its high rep utation, and even the most exacting 1111111 I Itr {'nnnot have fai led to appreciate the care and attention shown to supply I 11111111. WIllitS. We wish him the best of luck at Repton where he has gone to fill II I'" I III Sixth Form Maste r. , . 1111 I

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I IlI tlllt'(,t ltiNIlCd Sllccess of the seaso n, indeed it must be ma ny years Sll1ce the vii toti es exceeded our losses ; prope rly speaking, there should have been .1 tll 'll. lu'" Lhi~ lerm , but on each occasion the state of the grollnd rend ered all 111 / 1'" •• 111111, The T utor Sets have also been largely robbed of thei r interest as

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accurate play is Qut of the question on a quagmi re. And yet, whatever its disadvantages, we have at least to thank the bad weather for produci ng in us a true spirit of Stoicism ; the little faith we may have eve r possessed in the English climate has as last gone, and we await its latest vagaries unm oved. Already we hear rumours of elaborate preparations for Fi re Brigade dri ll with the new outfit, while the new hoses have made themselves felt amongst us to the detriment of the Mint Yard flower beds. We note with pleasure that Gymnasi um has bee n made compulsory on three instead of two nights a we~k, and we hope that the g rowing popularity of this most valuable pastime may be a good omen for the succeS::i of 'the School pair at Aldershot.

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His Grace the Archbishof> mad e his first visit, in his official capacity, to the School on Monday, December 21st. The Senior and Junior Schools, together WIth the Masters, assembled in the Schoolroom to receive the Primate, and among those present were : Mrs. Davidson , Lady Collard, Mrs. \.yace, Mrs. Galpi n, Mrs. Page Roberts, Miss Mason, the Bishop of D ove r, the Dean, the Rev. Canon Hichens, the Mayor (Si r George Collard), Mr. J. H e nn iker H eaton, M.P., Mr. Alderman W. W. Mason, Mr. Davies (His Majesty's I nspector of Schools), and a good many ladies. His Grace having taken his seat, the Dean said that that was his Grace's first annual visit of inspection, and he was pe rforming a function in con nection with one of the most ancient institutions-it was certainly the most ancient School in England. H e was extremely happy to be able to assure his Grace that in the whole course of its long history the School had never been more prosperous than at the present time. He was infor med by the H ead Master that the discipline of the School was very good and there was a general spirit of orderliness and good sense. The health of the School had been strikingly good; there had been no serio us illness during the yea r and no boy had had to be treated for any infectious case this term . The building was in good order, although the Headmaster might like some more improvements. One thing they had done was to provide additional precautions against fire, whi ch he thought his Grace would approve of. The main object for which such a School as theirs existed was not athletics, although he was happy to say that both in the cricket and football field the boys had been very successful. What they all desired was that the boys should be as energetic in their work as in their games. H e was glad their work shewed a very satisfactory standard and considerable industry. They had very good reports for divinity, classics, French and mathematics. They stood tenth out of 92 public schools examined in July. Since December, 1902, they

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had gained five classical scholarships and exhibitio ns at Oxford ~nd Cambridge and one of these distinctions had been gained within the last day or two. On behalf of the Governing Body he wished to express the great gratitude th ey felt to the H ead Masters and the Assistant Masters for the admirable work done by th e School. He co uld say that an. entire spirit of confidence and mutual trust existed be~ween the Masters and th e boys and the Governing Body. which was the best secunty for the co ntinu ed sllccess of an institution like their!;. The Archbishop, who was exceedingly well received, said he realised to the. full the importance of the privilege assigned to him that day, of paying, for the first hme, an on-kial visit to their School, the most ancient School in England. He was not quite clear th at he knew, exac tly, wh at the Archbishop came precisely to do. As far as he had been able to find out, the Captain of the School went to the Archbishop and ask ed him to go and see whethe r or not the Head lVlaster and his assistants we re H e believed that was the mean.ing ~nd kecping the boys I I up to the mark.1! sig nifi cance of his visit that day. Hp. thought the boys mi ght have tht! sahsfactlOl1 of knowinO' that they werc, as fa r as he could judge, being kept well" up to the Inark." TIleY we re told that day and were always ri ghtly remembering that they were Illembers of the oldest School in the country. That thought was one which not only lh r ugh their School life but also in after years should be a precious and stimulating one. and one of legitimate envy on the part of others. A great orator spoke and , til\' It upon just such a thought as that when he spoke of the perilous inheritance of It grcat name. It would be so terrible a thing if slIch a good name were tarnished 10 fi lly way. They, whilst reali zing the great responsibility resting upon t hem, had a tl Hht Lo believe that power wo uld be given them, as' to those who had gone before, In ('urry on an untarnished name. That was a thought which ought always to III !'ompn ny the recollection that they belonged to so historical a School. His Grace III' l proceeded to speak of the effect or the School's connection with the Cathedral. 1'1111 Cuthedra l was youn g in comparison with the School. Their School was the IIllInl place of the two, but the Cathedral exercised an influence, fa r more than the 1111\ . III present realised, upon the lives of those who lived arou nd it. Living in lhe pI! 11 1U' {' of ancient and sple.ll did buildi ngs hast an elev~tin~ effect .upon the lives of II \\ 110 had their hearts, ears, and thoughts open to recelve lI11presslOns. The effect " III II Hurroundings would never pass away as long as they lived, and that good I,dliu lit \' appertained to their School in an eminent degree. At 'Winchester, -, IlIlhuncr, and Eton, there had been thousands who had felt what they owed to the \ 111111 'I! II ur thei r School surroundings, unconscious of it at the time of their school I ' I hil l r 'aping the fruit in after years. It was an influence associated with all " II I huil dings, full of beauty, such as that belonging to Canterbury Cathedral. II IIJI' II wa ~ one, and the ideal was one, which he was quite sure those who II I III! pltl tl r in the School would do well to think deliberately about whi lst they IhltlM In th e pre'Sence of the Cathedral, whi ch unlike almost anythi ng else in ,u lil wn lt fulfilling that day, the very purpose which it was meant to fulfi l when

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it was founded many centuries ago. They had many ~ncient thin.gs,. castles and ruills, and were proud of the m and liked to think of their hoaryan,tlqUlty, but there were ve ry few of them which were fulfilling with life and" go" and VIgOur the purp?se for which they were inte nded. He remembered some 30 y~ars ago, ,or morc, standll1g with a little group at Fulham. Pal&fc and looking at a pIcture winch stood ,there of Archbishop Laud, and among those .who were so stand lllg was the then BIshop of London, Bishop Jackson. Everyboay there-and among them were so me great celebrities-was discussing Laud; his character, what he had done and what he I~ad failed to do. H e remembered Bishop Jackson, after everyone had, spoken, saymg quietly, "He was my schoolfellow." They had both been at Readll1g School. and, although there we re 250 years between th em, he felt th e link to be a re~1 one. To him it seemed to sum up a good deal which was significant in the conn ect~o n between the days gone by and his own. It was worth while thinkin g about .the b l~ men who did big things in days of long ago, but it would be the greatest possible mistake were they to be led to thlllk that all the big things and all th.e big 171e.n. ~vere of long ago, and their own times were smaller times and their possibilities were smalle r possibilities, and that big things were somehow out of place to-day. . No o~1e must imagi ne it for a moment. They thought of the great tim~s, th~ spacIOus tlln es, of Queen Elizabeth; but there were just as great and spacIOus tun es. under the late Sovereign Queen Victoria, who died two or three years ago. They ~Iked to stand by the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral ~nd to ~hlllk of the. great things that happened in the days of Edward III., bu~ bigger thlll.gs were gOing to happen in the reign of Edward VII . Wheth er.th ese thlllgs wer~ gOlllg to be largely, nobly, and worthi ly done now, as the by tlungs were clone 10 the days gone by, depended in a large measure upon the coming men who were now boys at s.chool a nd who would be bearing the full burden of life 10 or 20 years hence. He beheve~1. with all his heart, that thi s century just begun was going tu be th~ most splen?ld century for living in of any the world had ever seen. There \~e re tillngs h~pp.emng now which he thought would make it more possible, more likely, more wltlnn the reach practically of everyone to fight big battles, and win them, than had ~ver been before. People we re awakening now in a way th ey were not a few generat~ons ago, to the need of first of all finding out where things were wrong and then settlllg th.em right. Nothing was more remarkable, as they read the history of \~hat was happemng 60, or 70, or 'J OO years ago, than to see the things about the lives of the people, which seemed to them of the present day quite intolerable to be allowed to go ~:>n, and which they had prevented from going on. The century they we:e now startmg on was a time of big discoveries in the natural worlel. Th? greatest th ll~kers a1!l0ngst scientific men were telling them that, wonderful and ul1lque as the dlscovenes had been for the last 50 or 60 years in science, they believed they were probably on ~he mere threshold of th e things that were going to be discovered soon for the bettenng and strength ening of the lives of the people and bringing the powe rs of Nature under the dominion of men, who had begun to find out the facts and to make use of them. Who, after all were the people on whom they were dependi ng to bring

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these thi ngs to light and use but the boys who were now at school ? He pointed out that probably amongst the boys assembled before him, were some who would prove great discoverers in the years to come. He next spoke of the necessity of their maki ng fi rm resolves an d plans for their . careers. He pointed out the. effect of a resolve made about 80 years ago by the late Lord Shaftesbury whilst only a little boy at Harrow, a resolve caused by his viewi ng an incident of sorrow and distress, and whi ch had such a marked effect on his whole life. They must expect to meet with difficulties. Pliny had described man in three words :-Animal jlms imperaturum, whi ch he thought meant-" Man is an animal, a living thing, a person, with a good deal of sufferi ng to put up with, but who was going to ove rcome and ru le." The diflkul ties with which th ey were affronted, either in school, or in after life, were fo r them to conquer through God's Power and Grace. Some of them might wond er how Latin, or Greek, or algebra would help th em in after life. He poi nted out that so me time ago he was talking to an officer at Aldershot who was in charge of the gymnasium who mentioned that the men who had done well in their exercises with dumb bells and Indian clubs were those who had done best in the war in South A fri ca. They had not taken the bells and clubs out to th e war, but it was because thu bells and the clubs had done their work so well that they co uld be left behi nd, lind the men were " fitte r" from the exercises they had gone through. T hat incident "t'('med to be a parable of what was not very far off and what happened in their lives. Wh en he was a very little boy he remembered havi ng to learn out of an old English ( illim ma r. H e was sorry to say he did not know now who wrote it, and in fact he dul not remember anything about the book except that on the front page there was a pk ture of a little boy riding on a white po ny, and there was the couplet :Let Syntax be your constant guide So shall you on a pony ride. IllllltÂˇ was no direct cunnection apparantly between the two, but if it meant that the III IV wh took pains with Syntax would afterwards be fitter for whatever might come 111111 Ihus be fitter tha n others, then the poet was about right. Having alluded to the II il l Impo rlance of the religiolls side of the ed ucation given, he wished the School I '11\ pl ospe rit)', and impressed the boys with the fact that as they looked back, in I1II It II Ht'r lives, to the school days there would be no time they would wish more to II I â&#x20AC;˘ II VI I( agai n, to lIse afresh the opportunities offered them in their school days. II I hlld hl'I.' !l at I-larraw and he could sincerely say that he would give simply anything ull dlll to have ove r again his school days of which he had not made the fullest ,ilihollK'h he did try. I h,1 II('ad maste r th an ked his Grace on behalf of the School most warmly .. III InK lIj(' Lim e to come and pay the visit that morning, and for such a very .hll\ 'I lililuiating, and inspiring address. It was not the first time they had had Iii III~ hllll for his kind interest in the School. They rejoiced in having the II IIIIIlIl l y of xprcssing their gratitude to him for the consideration and ind ul gence

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he showed at the time of his enth ronement, when he allowed one of the foundation boys to be onc of his personal attendants on that memorable occasion" He had not forgotten the words which his Grace spoke to him on the evem ng before the event. They werc to th e effect that he wished the arrangement to be record ed as a definite precedent for future enthronements. As the King's sr. holars of Westminster had th eir defined part at the coronation of a monarch, so the Kin g's scholars of Canterbury would henceforth have a defin ed place at th e ent~ro n e m ~ nt of th e Primate of all England . There was another part of the subj ect whI ch particularly went hom e to their hearts , when his Grace allud.cd to th,eir lo ng and very intimate conn ection with the Cat hedral. It was a matter of JOY to hun to feel th at no Head Master could come to th e schoolroom without hav ing in front of him, as he sat at his desk, the arms of t he Cath edral ah~'ays in front of him to remind him that it. was not only a symbol of the Body of wlHch he was but a humble member, ~ ut also a symbol of the Cross. He wished to accord a hea rty w~Jcome to Mrs. D~vld so n a~ld to 1\'1rs. \ÂĽace. And then, by no means for the fi rst tllne, th ey would bid a cordial welcome to their good and noble fri end Lady Collard .. They had also present t~ e representative of th eir City in Parliament, l\'~r. J. H enlllker H eato~,.who had aga1l1 come to show his interest in the School j an lI1terest he showed by glvlllg a handsome gift of prizes and by cominO' whenever he could manage it to th e Speech Day. Last, though by no means lea; t, they had th e honoured representative of th eir Kin g, the Mayor of Canterb ury, Sir Geo rge Collard. Sir George had been edu cated at the School and he represe nted the link between t he City and th e School which had existed for 9 0 0 years before it was connected with th e Cathedral. H e would ask Sir George to say a few words. Sir George Collard said th ey would all quite understand, that even for an old King's scholar, it was very diffi cul t to follow such splendid speaking as they had just heard. He had always been proud of bt:i ng a Kin g's scholar, but the words he had heard had, if possible, made him prouder still, for it was something glorious to be associated \~ ith such an rtn cient and historical School famo us throughout the ,~orld. He was sure it had been a very great pleasure to himselr to be present that day, both from the fact of being an old Ki ng's scholar, and also of having the honour of atte nd ing th ere as the Mayor of their clear old City of Canterbury. H e was always proud to remember that th e associations between th e City and th e King's School had been , so far as he could remember, of a very cordia l nature, and he could only hope that th ose good relations would continue fo r many years to come, and that Canterbury would always be proud of its King's School and the School would always have a very affectionate memory fo r th e old City. Mr. H enniker H eaton, in the course of a short speech, said he wished to join in the congratul ations on the high standard the School had achieved. H e belonged to anothe r King's School of which their Dean was once Master. It was a great pleasure

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to him to be present and he hoped to increase his prize. They had every reason to be exceedingly proud, not only of th eir School, but also of tbeir Head Master. His Grace thanked the Head Master and others for their kind remarks. H e would always be ready to do all in his power to promote the prosperity of the School. Ht: concl ud ed by asking the Head Master to grant a day's holiday in commemoration of t hat day. The Headmastor at once acceded to th is request and said it should be given at the first convenient opportu nity. The Archbishop and the visitors the n left, hearty cheers being given for the Archbishop, the Bishop of Dover, the Dean, Lady Collard, Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Wace, th e Rev. Canon Hichens, and the Head Master. [ For the above account of the Archbishop's visit we are main ly indebted to the

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This match was played on the New Ground on December 17th, and resulted in a vi tory for the School by three goals and six tries to two tries. The School ki cked rr and a few minutes after the start the South Lancs. rushed the ball into ou r " twenty-five" and soon after one of their forward s scored, but failed to convert. For the next ten minutes th e South Lanes. kept the School on the defence, the ball Iwing for most of the time in our .. twenty-five," but they were unable to score. J'IL last, howeve r, Olive by a good kick found touch close to th e centre line and Lovatt Ht lting the ball passed to T omlin who scored. The try was not converted. Soon ullO r this a free kick was given against the School and Lovatt gaining possession Il llO r a short run followed up his kick well and catchin g th e ball again passed to I UllIlin who scored a second time. The South Lancs. now began to press and '""" 'el the ball right down the field and Captai n Mackenzie dodged betwee n the I li n \ backs and scored a try which was not converted . For a short time the game felirly even until the School forward s gained possession and the ball passing IIHhl ll \ ng the three-quarter line enabled Tomlin to score a third try. Shortly after Ihl Mhair-lime was given, the School leadi ng b~' three tries to two. Upon chan gi ng ends the School at once began to press, the whole team playing 'II' Wi lli. and after about ten minu tes Lovatt scored between the posts and also Ii kNt :l goal. For the rest of the game the School continued to press, the I IIlIul lorwards gaining possession nearly every tim e. This resulted in the ball Il l!llK Ilt to Saunders who then passed to T omlin and the latter ran right rOll nd

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and scored near the posts, Lovatt converting. A few minutes later the ball went right along the three-quarter line to Covell and back again to Lovatt who was thus enabled to score. 'W ithout any pause in the attack the three-quarters again got the ball and this time Saunders scored. Then Huyshe almost sco red, bllt was tackled near the goal line, and Powell, dribbling up to the line, sco red. Tomlin no~v got the ball and passing to Hawkes enabled him to score, O' Neill converting. In th e last minute Tomlin ought to have scored but failed to keep hold of the ball when he got over th e line. Throughollt the game the halves and three-quarters were conspicuous and the forwards also played up well gain ing possession nearly eve ry time. Olive also did the li ttle which was rcquirlJd of him wel l. The School team was :-G. F . Olive (back), J. L. Tomlin, B. St. W. Saunders, W. H . Lovatt, G. C. Covell (f), O. F. Huyshe, F. R. Hawkes (t), A. Gillibrand, J . Twells, R. B. Winser, H. P. V . T ownend, R . Watson, W. G. Campbell, E . C. F. O'Neill, A. M. Powell (forwards).

PAP E R - CH A S E â&#x20AC;˘ A Pap e r~chase was held on Friday, February 5th, the hares being L. P. Abbott and V. Arnold. Starting through \,yestgate the track went along past \:Vhitehall almost to Tonford Farm. Thence it turned up to the right and kept on through Bigberry \.vood as far as Cha rtham Hatch. Here it turned sharp to the left, crossea the river at Chartham and kept on up the hill and through Shalmsford Street. Then it turn ed to the right again and keeping along the bottom came up behind Chartham Asy lum and back along the top of Larky Valley Woods, where the bags were left. O. F. Huyshe came in first, but missed the bags, which were picked up by J. Twells and J. R. Parso ns, who came in second and third . T he next in were W. Telfer, A. D D . Spafford, and J. P. A. Richardso n. O. F. H u)'she was 28 minutes behind th e hares. The track was much too thinly laid, not enough notice being given at the turns of which there were a great nu mber. The hares, being both new to the work. were evidently too careful with t he track at the beginning, while towards t he end, there was almost too much paper laid.

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LEFT DECEMBER, 1903. B. ST. W. SAUNDERs.-Entered the School. Jan., 190 1. Football XV., 1903. A. M. POWELL.- Entered the School, J an., 1902. Football XV., 1903.

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SCHOOL We offer out' heartiest congratulations to the following 011 their successes : D. J. Preslon.-Open Classical Scholarsh ip at Pembroke College. Cambridge. J. YUiel/s.-Classical Scholarship (Rustat) at J esus College, Cambridge. ;. R . Parsons. - Open Exhibition in H istory at Magdalen College, Oxford. /1: H. il'losse.--Ford Students hip, Trinity College, Oxford. 'I'. S . Adams.-Open Classical Exhibition at Peterhouse, Cambridge. 11'. G. Campbell.-Assistant Naval Clerkship, 22nd Place. W. S. Skimur.-Assistant Naval Clerkship, z3rd Place. 0),:

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hl,ln g awarded the Prize offered by the lHKht. Han. George Wyndham, M.P., for 'om position to be performed at the l'dt 'llllial Musical Festival at Dover. The IlIllgo was Sir Frederick Bridge.

NEWS. I n his place we welcome R. S. Varley, Esq., late Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford ; Mr. Varley received an Honourable Mention in the Hertford, and subsequcll:tly won a Craven u:.niversity Scholarship. *-x.â&#x20AC;˘. As all the new fi re appliances are now ready, steps are b eing taken towards the formation of a regular b rigade, and we understand that practice will shortly begi n. Mr. Latter has very kindly undertaken to organise all the arrangements.

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We would take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Reay for consenting to become President of the Boat Club, and also for taking on the management of the Shop in place of Mr. Edmonds. We also 'thank Mr. Varley, who is VicePresident of the Boat Club in place of Mr. Rea}'.

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We regret the" departure of Mr. I df llollds who left us at the end of last It t Ill . LIe came to the School as a 1\'Iaste r It t Ht1ptcmber, J 899, and besides his I ~ lIll lr duties took a great interest in the 11 ... 11 'Iub, of whi ch he was President for I II 'l'nrs, and which by devotion of .Iu.. hlilrablc time and trouble. he has I II II 10 {\ much higher standard than it I. I I Vt, r reached before_ He also managed ,III I'kho I Shop with .great success for fli lu )'1nrs.

T he O.K.S. match at the close of last term resulted in a victory fo r the O.K.S. by 23 points to 5. J. L. Toml in scored for the School. ->('-N-'H-

T he following were promoted into the Sixth Form at the end of last term : A. G. Roper, F . G. L. Scott, G. F. Olive.

'i1-*'* On Tuesday, February 9th. the Headmaster gave a lecture in the Parry Library before the East Kent Scientific Society, entitled, ., A Monk of Canterbury." The Paper which was fully illustrated by a

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very good set of Lantern Slides was th e same as that kindly read by him to the H arvey Society last term.

suddenly in the early hours of Jan. 2fth, a figure famili ar to many past as well as present members of th e School has passed away. Though on ly fifty-one years of age 1(. ,;-. at the time of his death, he had been in " At a recent meeting of the Sports' charge of th e Beverley for more than Committee, G. F. Olive and G. C. Strahan .twenty. five years, during which time his were elected members, and O. F. Huyshe, readiness at all times to do what he could Captain of Cricket. . for the School Cricket, always made him .-;.1(. popular and will cause him to be mu ch By the death of "H. Bass, the grounds- missed by us all. man at the Beverley, who died quite

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LECTURE.

On 'Wednesday, February l oth, we had a pleasant su rprise in the shape of a Lecture by the Rev. W. H.Abbott, on New Gui nea. Mr. Abbott is one of the chief authorities on this part of the world as he was among the: first to live in th e country and learn the native languages.

In the afternoon th e last hour was kindly remitted by th e H eadmaster, and the School assembled in the Parry Library, where they were astonished by the entrance of four New Guinea Natives. These were of course members of the School made up with the greatest care by Mr. Abbott lO suppl ement th e lantern slides. H t nlso shewed a number of curios, tools, weapons and musical instruments, several Of which he tested before us, and though no metal is used in any of them, it was vident that they were not to be d\!spised. In the evening the Lecture proper was hold . After showing us the geog raphical posi tion of th e place where he had worked, l\1 r. Abbott proceeded to give an account of hi s life th ere. H e had been sent, on II I'COlmt of some outrages committed by lho people, to teach them something of 'hil white man's civilisation, and had lound on starting a school that five tllrTcre nt languages were spoken. in the III mediate neighbourhood; these he had

to pick up for himself. At first the natives were not very friendly and on one occasion lined the banks of a river in th e hopes of seeing him snapped off a log in th e water by crocodiles. His influence was acquired partly by means of a rifle, which soon became an object of dread and partly by the kn owledge th at he mea nt what he said. After getting to know the people he found them excellent friends. They were brave and obedient, ready to follow a white m.an anywhere, but, of course, ca nnibals (appa rently the Lecturer had got used to this trait in their character). Their chief fault apparently was love of fighting. This rendered it impossible for anyone to make a journ ey of any length without an enorm ous escort. The Lecturer himself once invi ted a neighbouring chief to stay a ni ght at his house and a few days later fou nd half the tribe encamped outside his door and ready for dinner; they had come with th eir chief to stay th e night. Mr. Abbott had found many real friends amo ng th ese savage people, one of whom had on several occasions saved his life. The Lecturer ended with a few word s on the aims and objectsofthe Missionari~s am ong th ese and other savages. The 'Lecture was illustrated with some excellent slides which were well shewn up by the lantern.

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THE SCH OO L CONCERT. The ConcerL was a distinct advance satisfied a far more exacting and difficult on its predecessors. The Chorus was audience than is our own . · Dr. Perrin's better balanced and the singing, especially new suite, which is now down for perthat of the trebles, good. I a m inclined formance at the Bournemouth Symphony to think the vocal work was the best we Concerts, was well played and received have done so far, the upper notes of the a very hearty reception. trebles were bright and clear, while the Sixty-seve n boys, out of a total of breadth and quality of tone in the piano and cantilena passages was vcr}' nOliceable about 240 in the School, took part in the and that afte r all is the best test as regards Concert, the work for which was done quality of work, Auber's somewhat during the play-hours. exading Market Chorus was the ,chief PERCY GODFRgy. choral work of the programme and here the attack and brightness of tone left We app end a full list of the Chorus nothing to be desired. The elder boys and Orchestra wit.h th e Programme ;have not so mu ch time to give to singing CAROL. ..... u Winler's Night" Bishop Afilchinsoll as the t rebles, nor is it desirable that (1-1. M., 1859-I~73) . immature voices should be worked too O VERTU R~ (Orchestra) U Die Wassertrage~" ..... , hard, but more took part in this concert Chembilli ( '760- 1842) . than in any previous year, and several BRII)AL CHORUS (arch. llnd Chorus) from .. Lohengrin I> R. Wagll,,~r (I813-1883). give promise of having excellent voices in th e future. The channing part-songs Two CAROLS ... a . "llelhlehem" .................. .. b. "The Waits" (first time) ..... .. by Noel Johnson and the pretty and Rev, C. C. E. Rylq, Mus. Bac., O.K.S. effec tive carols by the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley were well sling and pleased the audience (Declicated to K,5, Mus. Soc. Conducted by lhe Composer). The orchestral work shewed greatly. consid t:rable advance j the music thro·ugh- RUSTI C SCF..NKS (for Orch.) I. The Lake; 2. The Forest; 3. The Village. out the programme heing of a higher .11. C. Perrin, ,1{us. Bac. cl:tss and more difficult, and the playing (Firsl lime of pe rformance. Conducted by the was more artistic alld musicianly ; the Composer). first violins especially being far atove the GIPSY CHORUS (arch, and Ch.) from" Preciosa' general average of provincial orchestras. If eber (1786- 1844). The Cherubini overture was well played, SELECT ION (arch .) from" D er Fliegencier though in one place the violins were Hollander ..... R . Waguer. curiously unable to grasp the rhythm of PART,SONG " Love wakes and weeps" a somewhat important phrase ; and the Nod Johm01l. Greig selection was admirably played, in PEER GYNT SUITK {a rch.) (n.) Asa's Tod ; fact the slow movement might well have ( tllCoreti) (b.) Anitra's Tanz ...... E. CI'ez'g.

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SONG , from" Faust" II Dio Del Or" (encored). Couttod I 18IH-I890). M K. F. NOAKES. ASSI~

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Weeks, W. G. Winser, R. R. Mr. F. Noakes. Mr. Divers. Mr. Gillman.

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Hammond. Hunt {O.K.S.)

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(O.K.S.) ORCHESTRA:

ISt Vt'olz'ltS:

Mr. C. Gann (principal), Miss Patterson, Miss Cutts, Miss Boatwright, SergI. Vicary, R. E. 2nd Violim,' Mr. W. T . Read, Mr. Prell, Mr. Haigh, J. Richardson, H. Paris, Corpl. Russell, R E. Mr. Dines, Mr. H. Court, Re\'. Viola: A. J. Hopc . Mr. A, Co,lrl, Miss Croft, Rev. Celli,' J. S, Patterwn, Rev. J. H aworth, J. L. Tomlin. Bass,' Mr. Hulbert. Flute ,' Sergt. Akers, Obol,' Corpl. Yeabsley, R. E., Mr. H. Belser. Clan'nets: Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. Fethcrstone. .Fag. : Musician Ogden, R. E. Bass Clarinet: J. Bartlclt, 3rd Huffs. HorllS : Corpl. Ward, i'rlusicinn Clark. Comets : Mr. Wilson , Mr. Williams. n'ombo/Us: Mr. H exton, Mr. A. Read, Euphonium : H. Graham, 3rd BuRs. Tuba : H. Lott, 3rd Buffs. C.C., Tria"gle, etc. : Mr. H arvey, Mr. Pricc, Conductor: Mr. Percy Godfrey.

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T he Yorks!"',, Post (Feb. 8, '04) in a n account of the IV[ unicipal Conce rt at Leeds on Feb. 6t h, speakin g of Mr. Godfrey's app earing to conduct his Gipsy Suite " Lavengro 1I for th e fi rst tim e in t he North of E ngland, said : " T his suite is in four movements. a Prelude, a Dance, a Roman ce, and a Finale. All show th at the Com poser un de rstands the use of the Orchestra. H is colouring is ric h, and owes much to the fact that the minor parts a re we ll nourished a nd th e striugs frequently employed in th eir lower

PENNY

After severa l li nes of criticism upon each movement the writer adds- I. The interest of t he Suite is well sustained to the end, and it deservedly made a most fa vourab le impressio n, belllg very heartil y received."

READINGS .

The usual e ntertainment of this te rm too k place on Satu rday, Fe brua ry ' 3th, when we had the opportuni ty of hea rin g a couple of Bassoon solos by Mr. J. Ogden of the band of the Royal Engineers, a very fine player. Apart from t his the reci tation by Mr. Evans was the most important item on th e progra mme. T he selection was difficult and he has seldom done anything bette r. I t is fortunate fo r those of us here, who have to give attention to elocution-a very necessary part of our ed ucation- tha t we can hear such recitations from the wri tings of the best masters of English, given with the clea rness of utterance and d ignity and justn ess of gesture that Âˇ.Mr. Evans knows so well how . to comma nd. The boys'

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register. He also makes a good deal of the effect of contrasted tone, and one often finds him groupi ng the various instru ments- strings, wood . or brassand playi ng off one again st another with excellent effect,"

sha re or th e wo rk was very creditably done, though owing to nervousness Preston hard ly did justice to his very con sidera ble ability and cultu re as a pianist. It is pleasant to be ab le to record that the perJ ormances at the entertai nments for th e season 1903 -04 have been on a distinctly higher lp.vel. T he musica l part has bee n above the average, while the readings given by T we ll ~, Parsons, and Richards, have bee n far better than usual, owing to the fact that they wcre at some troub le to make t hemselves acquainted, not merely with th e text, .but also with)he details necessary for efficIent platform work.

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DEBATING SOCIETY. T he second Meeti ng of this Society was held on Saturd ay, J anuary 30th. UnÂˇ fortu nately the opening had to be deft! rred until eight o'clock, a nd so the debate was rathe r hurried towa rd s th e close. T he mot ion was th at in the opi nion of the house " The pen is mi gh tie r than th e sword." The Presiden t in proposing the m o ~ i o n , poin ted out that the infl uence of th e pen extended to all li terature, and cont rasted the Utopian state of a coun try free from war, wi th th e barbarous cond ition of a coun try deprived of li terature. H e briefly touched upon th e great practical value of the P ress as well as the refi ning infl uence of poetry and highe: literature. /. T wells, in a brief reply fo r the opposition, claimed that the influence of the pen was th eoretical, that of the sword practical and therefore mightier. He also observed that t he Boers were not any the worse fig hte rs for their bei ng unab le to write th eir own names.

R . Ii. Brills1ey-Ricltards next supp orted th e motion on th e groun d, that war was only a necessary evil and a pu nishment to those who vio lated the principles of Justi ce. H e then went on to a brief sketch of Na poleo n' s career an d its baneful effect on the wo rld, wh ich he contrasted with th e good in flu ence of great thinkers such II~ Plato. /. R. Parsons in reply, ad mi tted that NU ll Icon had abused his powers, but h!'Ought forward Scipio as an ancient a nd

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';Yellingto n as a mode rn e:.::ample of a general wh o had don e a great work, whil e he very aptly rema rked that the pen had been misused no less than the sword . T S . Adams rejoined th at the sword could be used for murder as we ll as the pe n fo r slander ; and sho wed the great c ritical influence of th e Press on the questi ons of th e day, notably on Army Reform, in which instance the pen had reformed the swo rd . A . G /l/ibrrl1ld next ad mit.ted that the pen Oltl:iIt to be more mighty than. th e sword. bu t said that was not the motIOn ; and add ed th at philosophers wh o propoun ded atheistic th eories had far betler use t he swo rd on themselves.

A . D . D. Spafford the n urged in support of the motion that history afforded LI S examples of the past and showed us how to act in th e difficulties of our own day. 1ne Prest'dent then thrt-w open the deba te, his invitation being promp tly accepted by G. C. Strahan, wh ose speech thOtwh eloquent. was at li mes rath er wide of tl~e poi nt. The n after II. L . nt'bben had so mewhat irrelevantly criticised the meth ods and arg um ents of the Op position, E . l -I. L. j olJllstolt made a short speech again st the motion. T he debate co ncluded wi th a few word s from the !\Iover. On a show o f hands being demanded, the motion was de feated by a majority of 23 Yotes, ( 11-34).

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H A R VE Y SOC lET Y . On Saturday, February 20th , J. R . Parso ns gave an account of th e Natural H istory of Canterbury. Having d rawn a map of the District on the blackboard with coloured chalks, he proceeded to point o ut the various poi nts of interest, such as woods, chal k-pits. etc., descri bing the speci mens to be found in eac h, and t he shortest way both for \Val ke rs and bicyclists. Among them were Larky Valley, 'W hiteh ill and Tre nley \\foods, lhe Dane J oh n, Dover Road. and other chalk and sand-pits. and Bigberry Camp and \Voocls. Afterwards. some other members contributed to th e list of localities, and the suitability of Canterbury as a centre was pointed out. The pape rs have been a rranged as follows :-

Feb. 2oth._H Discussion on Local Natural History from a tHa p of the District." By J. R. PARSONS. 27th .- " An Exhibition of thc Societ.y's

Lantern Slides. Mar. 5Ih.-" Protect ive Coloration of Anima ls." (With Lantcrn Illustrations). By TH E HON .

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12 Ih.-" Dr. Harvey's Disco\'ery of

the Circulation of thc Blood." (With Lantern Illu strations). By THE PRESID ENT.

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VARLEY, ESQ.

THE SPECIAL CHAPEL FUND. Vie are most g rateful to all who have su bscri bed to the Special Cha pel Fund; and it is ve ry satisfacto ry to know that everythin g which has been done so far, is pai d for, excepting the small balance of a pou nd or t wo. T he thanks of the School are also due to a frie nd who wi shes to be un named for some beautifully worked veils and fair li nen for use at the Altar in the School Chapel. But th e re are seve ral additions \';e should like to make in order to complete our Chapel fittings, such as, a Glastonhury chair in fumed oak for the Apse; a white cloth fo r th e H oly Table at Celebrations; coloured veils, &c .. fo r the Chalice j a silver (or plate d) flagon and bread-se rver, for the bread and wine on the Credence Table; and, by no means least, a ne w oak Preaching- Desk of a design corresponding with the wood -wo rk of th e reredos.

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'We mention these wants, not in a spirit of begging, but because we believe t here are m<ll1y friends of the School who would like to know that any help ~hey may be inclined to give us toward s th e Chapel Fund would be very gratefully received.

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THE O.K.S . DI NNER . The annual O. K. S. din ner was held methods of instruction a nd discipline, at th e Oak Room. T rocadero Restaurant, he said, diffe red now considerably Piccadilly Circus, London, on IVI9nday, from what was thought desi rab le J anuary the 18th . Sir George Collard fo rty or fifty years ago. H e knew of a (IVl ayor of Cante rbury) presidi ng oV l!r very la rge public school where birching a company numbering between forty was, or had been, very common, and the and fifty, of all ranks of seniority, from sum of 5S. was charged to the parents one who had e ntered the school in 1844 when a boy was chastised, but in the bill to those who had scarcely left a year ago. . it was neatly ve iled under the title of At the conclusion of the dinn er a brie f I< extra private tuition" (laughter). At toa st list was submitted, After the loya l the King's School there was plenty of toasts had been du ly honoured, the R ev. tuition, public and private, but no t much F. H . H all submitted .. F lo reat schola of that extra ki nd . In re plyi ng to the regia," and dwelt upon th e prospe rity of toast of his health proposed by th e Rev. the School during the past fifty years, G. C. E. Ryley, Sir George Collard from the time of Bishop Mitchin son's expressed the great pleasure it gave him (lppojntm ent to th e head-mastership. to be present. In the course of a ha ppy Wh en he ( Mr. H all ) joined the School speech he alluded to t he ca reers of Lord th e re were some eighty boys, t hirty of Chief Justi ce T enterd en, Dr. Brough ton, whom were boarders, but since that time IVIetrop olitan of Australasia, a nd others as tilt' School had made immense strides, instanc es of boys who had succeeded at find now there were close upon l 50 . IVIr. t he School. Sir George dwe lt upo n the Il nll also alluded to th e great influence fact that all who were for tunate enough on th e general character of the boys to have been at the King's School should wh ich their association wi th the Cathe- do their best to assist in th e edu cational tint! exercised. The H eadmaster on problems that were now bei ng wo rked out I"'hll i f of the School expressed his in the country. A very cordial vote of Ihllll k!l for th e kind words in whi ch thanks was give n to lVIr. A. Latter, to I ht \ toast had been proposed and wh ose energy the success of t he evening's 1111 \ lH'n rty reception accord ed it. T he gatherin g was main ly due.

VALETE.

(!,

I,. .Dax, A. G. Blackford, S. KIW. W. Dann, H . P. Peace, C. M. G. Dunhill, W. Mather, D . C. W. Mather.

1,,, . 111111 , L. MansfIeld, P. H . H awkes, I

u ' ntin, W. B. Y. Love band,

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CORRE S PO N DEN CEo N. O. - The Editors dec#ne to accept any respousibi!it)1 (oil/lu ted 1vith the oPiuions 0/ fllet',- Cornspolt. dellts. Name and address IIUtSt always be given, not llecessarily for pltb/it aliolt, out as a guarantee <if good faillt . P ersonalities w ill involve certaill reiection.

7'0 tIle Ed/lors 0/ "THE DEAR

writing, on behalf or the Committee to ask whether any of your readers possess a co py of any of the above, which they would be good enough to present to th e School for this purpose. If there arc any such, the Committee would be very grateful if th ey would comm uni cate with the Secretary. Yours truly, A. LATTER, (President of the House Committee).

C ANTUAR IA N."

Sms,

The I-louse Committee is desirous of completing the series of g roups of the wh ole School, which it is putting up in the New H a ll, to corres po nd to th e series of Cricket and F ootball Groups which adorn

the Old Hall. There are three photographs howeve r, which we have bee n unable to secure, viz. , those ta ken in the sum mers of 1887, 1890, and 1894. I am, th erefore)

NOTICES. Vil e beg to ackn owledge with t han ks the receipt of the foll owing sub sc ri ptions: R. Owen. Esq. (;/0), Miss Smith (J /6), G. C. R . Cooke, Esq. (J/6), A. R. Wallis,

Esq. (J/6), A. G. Blackford, Esq. (1/6), P. R),le)" E sq. (J/6), R. Crawford. Esq. (7/0). F. C. Bovenschen, Esq. () /6), H. iVl. James, Esq. (7/0).

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. vVe beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following con temporaries :A Ilt!.Yllian , Blair/odge ScllOOI lJ;Iagazine, Bradfield Col/ege Chronic/e. Brighton Collel!,e l1fagaz ille, .Burian, C.O.S., Cuthbertian, St. E dwa rd's SclJOol Chronicle, EpS07ll1an,

Elizabethan, E~'\:(mian, Felslediall, iladlelall, K elly College Chronicle, J{illg'S S cbool llfagazine, LeodellSlall, Lily, llÂŁalvermall j/IIamvoodiall, j\lavy L eague.fournal, Olavi(lII: R adleiau, Sberburmatl, SOil/it Eastern College lIfagazine.

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No.8.

EDITORIAL. 'I'he Easter T erm is not connected with. very bright traditions, and the "Editorial" II I its dose is usually an apology for th e tell-tale thinness, which cynics have observerl III 11<, it necessary attribute of this particular number .. In self-defence th e lu c~iess \\ rih' r repeats all th e old charges of dullness and dIsco~n fo rt almost prove!blally

HIi'IIH.:iated with this mu ch-abused term, while once or tWi ce we note dark hmts of lI lI\I' prevailing malady which has ruined the long hoped -for fe~tivities that mark its I ud . This year, however, these traditional evils have not affilcted us, and so we 11\t1Ht nbstain from the traditional grumble. First, th e weather, of which we despaired in our last number,. has been on its I" I hcllaviour throughout our SpOTtS and la rgely helped to brIng about vel'y III Mlu(lory results. Indeed, with th ree records beaten an d seve~al more very n~arly II' PIIIHt'hc I, we ve nture to think that the Sports of 19Â°4 were qUIte an extraor~IInary I" 1Il1l1l1l1 nce. For this we are chiefly indebted to Mr. (: apc who has devoted himself IIIi lII.rlliiing regula rity and untiring energy to coachIng, not .only th e leaders, but I " 1IIl' rank and file of the competitors. Thus th e exceptIOnal success of the 1UIIIII .. htls not interfered with the number of entries, which was quite as large as .

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We also cong ratul ate Huyshe. who beat two School records in th e Sports ;

t~lOugh we must not dwell on this too long, as we may be out of date by the time

this reaches OUT readers. The Gymnasiu m Competitions have given ,us good ca~~e to hope that our Pai r will occu py a very high place in t,he fort hcollllng co mpeu llon at Aldershot. But here too we must reserve further praise for the same reason. Lastly, we would add a wo rd about a morc importan,t, j f less attrac tive sub} ect, tl, c Scholarships. In our last number we could only glve t he bare reco,rd of the distincti ons ga in cd by the School at the 'Varsities. ~t1 t our reade rs cann ot fal,' to have noticed that this year has bee n . Il! os t sliccess,ful.. ~' or th ough no sc holarslnp of the first class of merit has been gamed, th e dI sttll ctlOl1s are far more numerou s th~I} they have been for some tim e, and show that t!le. va~t imp'rovp.ment we ~ave made 111 athletics has not been at the expe nse of the pnor object of our School lIfe.

FOOTBALL. KING'S

SCHOOL

v. SIDCUI' F.C.

Played on Saturday, February 27 th, a nd resulted in a victo ry for Sid cup by a goal and t wo tries to a goal. The School forwards lJ,ad not quite got into their game at first, a nd our oppon e~lts, after one or two ineffectual attempts, succeeded in breaking th rough to our goal-h~le, the tacklin g of our three-quarters bei ng ve ry weak. Some keen play on the l~ne followed, but our forwards gradually recovered the mselves, and at. last some smart hee ling gave th e three-qua rters a ch a n c~ of gettin g th e ~aH out 01 our .twenty-five. The School's tackling, however, was stIli ve ry much at laul.t ,. a nd th e S Id cu~ threequarters soon got back to the goal-line .where so m,e marc ex,ct tm g play ~nded 111 a t ry practi cally on th e line being scored agalOs t us. I-or so me tlln e afte r tillS we kept the ball out of our twentyfi ve, the forwards playing a mllch . be~te r gam? C.at!lpbell and Covell were chiefly responsible for some ve ry fi ne dn bblIng! wlule GIihbrand and Twells we re conspicuous in seve ral for ward rushes. The three-qua rters. t~o began to attack, a pass all down the li ne resulti ng in a good. run by T omlIn mto our opponents' twenty-fi ve . The School pressed ~o r sOl:ne tllne, .but on two o.r thr~e occasions wild passi ng spoi lt our chances. Gner be1l1g espeCially at fault 111 tIns. Lovatt got two good runs, but the o p p~si n g th ree-q~arters tackled ve ry well, 50 that we were not very dange rous. A good ki ck by t he Sldcup !Jack was well followed np by the forward s who dribbled the ball far past our goal -hne, and only a desperate

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c n'ort on the part of Olive prevented them from scoring. Soon afterwards a free kick was awarded to the School, and as th e resul t o f some capital pass ing by Lovatt, 3l11pbell, Grier and Huyshe, the latter scored a very fine try which Bittleston 'onvcrted. At half-tim e the score was 5- 3 in our favour. . After half-time there was a long period of uneventful play, th ough Tomlin broke nway once or twi ce for th e School and Huyshe did a lot of smart work, while for ~ i dcllP , Jon es at half and Campb ell as forward wer\! especially conspicuous. At last, however, Smith broke away from touch and scored a try, which Thompso n converted with a really splendid ki ck. A few minutes late r Martin likewise broke away from Ih n !->crull1 and scored just before time was called, leaving Sid cup victorious as stated nbovc The teams were :Kiug's School.- Back : G. F . Olive; three-quarters : J. L. T omlin. W. H . Lovalt, H. J. F . Grier, G. C. Covell; halves : O. F. Huyshe, F. R . H awkes ; r"rward s : A. Gillibrand , J. T wells, R . Watso n, W. G. Campbell, E. C. F. O' Neill, N. 1\ . Bittl es ton, A. D. D . Spafford, D. K. Anderson . . idcup.- Back : J. Co nstantine ; three-quarters : J. L. Glasgow, C. N. Thompsonj I, Ilrinton, C. J. H. Martin; halves : H. J. J ones, R. L. Thompson; forwards : 1 I. Il itc hcock, A. W. L. Campbell, W. V. Smith. H . D . Beechin g, J . A. Forest, IV . Merver, F. Hall, A. M. Lewis.

TUTOR-SET FOOTBALL, 1904. 'I'he Tutor-Set Football Matches were played this year entirely on the Ne w I !lund .

!.nS l year, it will be remembered, many of the games we re fought out under the ill!uHlv/l ntage of a very high wind; this yea r the weather was even less propitious, the , I t Kl nte of the ground on ma ny occasions making accurate Football alm ost an l" IJ",,"lbil ity. ilir. Mason's Set adapte d their play admirably to th ese conditions1111 hn lv's, forwards, and Covell among th e thrct-quarters, using th eir feet well. I hi . were not so effective on a dry day, as against Mr. Latter' s Set-who were last in 1111 i om p ti tia n- they only sco red six points. Ilho llgh the games resulted in a fairly comfortable win for Mr. BelPs Set, there , 1101 hing like the disparity between the teams that there was last year. The table 1111t1 " Hhows the poi nts scored this year; las t year Mr. Bell's scored . 67 poin ts hi IIh lUld l\'Ir. Ca pe's, who were last, scored 21 points to 162. Of course the wetness -I IIII' tS"o ulid had mu ch to do do with the comparative lowness of the points this

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year; but there was no onc playing this time possessed of the scoring powers of Tulloch. . . The bad weather necessitated games being played on every posslble opportuIllty. consequently seve ral games took place when important members of the reg~lar team were absent: l\lfr. Ca pe's Set being perhaps the chief sufferer., It \~as sattsfactory. however to find that Mr. Bell's Set were able to beat Mr. Cape s easliy on a dry day when th~ latter had th eir full team, thus entirely justifying their position at the hea,d of the list. As uSlIal many of the youn g players, afte r th ey ha~ go~ ove r th eir llatural bewilderm ent at finding themselves playing for th e first tllne 111 such fast games, played hard a nd fearlessly. and showed mu ch promise for the fu tu~e . Of such playe rs, \Vatson, ii., Gardner, Harrison, Reyn olds. ii., Gent,. and SWinford were perhaps th e most noticeable, and am ong those of more expene nce who ha~e not, however, gained th eir colours yet, Pa rsons, i., Paris, Gossett, Petley, l\Iackmnon, Lucas, Parson s, ii .• Wilkinso n, Hayes, i., and Rigden. Mr.Austen's.

Mr. Bell's

Mr. Mason's

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W- I pt.

3·

Mr. Austen's

L-t2 piS.

L-I pI.

4·

Mr. Cape's

L-25 pts.

L- 14 piS.

L--3pts. L- 23 pts.

5· Mr. Evans' 6.

Cape's. Mr. Evan's. i\'Ir. Lat ter's.

~Ir.

Mr. Be1fs. Mr. !\·Iason's. --- - ---- - - --- - --- - -- - --- D \:s..' - 12 pi S. W-25 pts. W- 3 pts. \\'- 23 pts. .. --

Mr. Latter's

W-14 piS. W- 23 piS.

\\'- 6 piS.

\V- IS pts.

W- - 9 pts .

W - 8 piS.

L - IS piS.

W- 6 pts.

W- 36 piS.

L- 23 pts.

L '-9 pt s.

L-6 pts.

"'·-8 pts.

L-6 piS.

L-8 pts.

L- 36 piS.

L- S piS.

Captain.

Won.

Dmwn.

Lost.

Points For.

Poims Against.

------- ---------- - -- - - - - ---- -- -- - - 0 0 1 6> Mr. Bell's ... J. L. Tomlin 4 0 1 5 ... 49 ... Mr. Mason's ... R. Watson 4 Mr. A\\Slen'S

O. F. Hu),she ..

Mr. Cape's

...

w. H.

l\'fr. Evans'

...

Mr. Lalter's ...

Lovatt

...

A. GilJibrand ...

...

Twells

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FOOTBALL.-A RETROSPECT. We may fairly claim to have had a successful season-more successful at any rate than for so me years past. Ou t of fifteen matches played, eight have been won and seven lost, but by fa r the most satisfactory feature of th e record is that out of the six School matches, five are to be reco rded among our vi ctories. Dover College defeated us early in the season on their own ground- which, by the way, was a quagmire on that particular occasion-bu t three weeks la ter we reversed th e verdict. Eastbourne College. Merchant Taylors and Sutton Valence (twice) had to lower thei r colours, the two former for th e first time. This result is the more satisfactory as the outlook was by no means promising. But the di scovery of Lovatt and Saund ers as centre three-quarters, a nd the great improvement show n by T omlin an d Gri er on th e win gs, eventually ga\'e us th e best th ree -quarter line we have had for a very long time. They showed a good deal of resource, were fast, always ran hard when t hey got the ball, and backed one an other up vcry well. We trust that some of the younger t hree-quarters in the School have learn t some lessons from their meth ods, with a view to the future, The fo rwa rds hllvc shown some refreshing vigour and have been more homogeneous than in some f(' nt teams. T hey must, howeve r, never forget that a forward' s first duty is to ~ h ovc. The halves have on th e wh ole perfo rmed their duty of gettin g the threeII"artcrs going prett)' well, though H a wkes is still too slow. The punting and !l0I>- kicking has been perhaps th e weakest point, though at times th ere have been II ril ia nt exceptions. The im porta nce of this departm ent of the game cannot be O \lll f estimated, wheth er for pu rposes of attack, or-which is more vital- for purposes III <I fence. Persistent practice at this, dull thou gh it seems to be considered by "11m , is most esse ntial. We hope to see a great improve ment ill this respect next I'Hr.

lItside the first fifteen. it is very satisfactory to find a good deal of promise and

pl"lIly of keenness among the smaller boys, which augurs well for the future . Wu append so me remarks on indi vidua l members of th e team, and conclude by I . pH ~~H i ng the hea rty th anks of t he School to Gillibrand for hi s abl e captaincy, to ~ IIII'I~ in no small degree th e seaso n's success is due. I f If,

Full B ack. st. 10 lb.- Played very well at times, but has mu ch to learn. Very Hlow in turni ng an d is not nearly sure enough in finding tou ch. Improved 8 Illc what in stopping rushes, a nd tackles fairly but without sufficient dash. I~ I VE- II

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Tllree-quarle,. B acks. st. 6 1b.-Vlorks very hard and fun s strongly. but is inclined to run too much acrosS th e ground and does not always pass quite soon enough. Tackles and ki cks we ll, has scored freely, and has been mo st valuable. B. ST. VV. SAUNDERS-9 st. 8 lb.-Very fast at getting ofT and has a capital swerve which renders him very dangerous on a dry ground. Greatly improved lackler. J. L. T OMLJN- I I st . 0 Ib.- Has learnt Lo use his pace and has consequ ently been a most useful scoring three.quarter. His tackling and general defence have improved out of all knowledge. H. J. F. GRIER-g st. I z lb.-Plays very hard and with his head, and has also a good swerve but cannot stand on a greasy ground, So und de fence. Half Backs. O. F. HUYSHE-8 st. 7 lb.-As before, better in defence than in attack, but has improved a good deal and shown more resource. Indefatigable worker and not so slow as he was. F. R. HAWKES- IOst. 7 lb.-Plays a fairly sound game but is terribly slow, thereby seriously handi cappi ng the attack. Ve ry fair in defence.

W. H.

LOVAT T-I I

Forwards. A. GILLIDRANO ( Captain )-

st. 5 lb .-Has set his team a good example in honest shoving. and led th e forward s very well. Plays with plenty of dash in the open and tackles very well. By his kee nness and energy has thoroughly deserved the successes that his team has gained. J. T WELLs- 9 st. 9 lb.-A very hard-workin g forward. Tackles and follows up well. R equires improvement in his foot-work. R. B. VIINSE R- II st. JO lb.-Heavy forward, and has learnt to 'use his weight better. Tackles well, but is still apt to ki ck too hard. H. P. V. TOWNEND.-Plays hard and tackles well, but must come roun d more smartly if he is to make a really good for ward. R. VVATSON-JO St. 13 lb.-Heavy forward, rapidly improving and should be good next year. Good out of touch and tackles well, but rather clumsy with his feet. \tV. G. CAMPDELL- I I st. Slb.-A much improved forward. Does more honest shoving than he did and his following up is admi rable. Dribbles well but requires a good deal more dash in his tackling . E. C . F . O'NEILL-lo st. 4-lb.-Hardly does enough pure shoving and is wanting in dash, especially in his tacklin g. Kick s well. . A. ~'l. POWELL-9 st. 10 lb.-Plays a go od hard game and tackles well, but is slow. J I

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============================== ATHLETIC SPORTS.

The Annua l Athletic Sports were held on the Beve rley, on Wednesday, lVIarch 16th, and Friday, Ma rch 18th. Vtle were very fortunate in the rnatter of weath er; both days were bri ght and sunny, an d the track was in perfect condition. On Wednesday th ere was a slight breeze, hardly enough to in terfere seriously with the runn ers, but on Friday the weath er was ideal. There was a very fair attenda.n ce of visitors. On both days the Sports were concluded wi thin the time sta ted on the programme, anq we fee l th at we again owe very great thrtnks to Mr. Ealy for his kindness in taking the OIH!ro us post of Starting Steward. The success of th e meeting was very large ly due to th e troubl e which he took in ca rrying out the duti es connected with this office wh ich is always the most diffi cult of any connec ted with a Sports Meetin g. Two innovations were introd uced this year and bot h may be regard ed as successful. A Megaphone was e mployed to ann ounce the re sults to th e spectators. This was ntrllsted to J ohnston who was uni versally fe lt to be the .right man in the right place. Moreover, the system of lap-timi ng introduced in th e Mile and H alf-Nli le was declared by th e di stance runners to be of some ass istance. The course for the no Yards Handicap has been changed this yea r, so that now it only includes one (quite casy) corner, and the long straight gi ves an opportunity to the back-markers. On the whole we may consider t he Sports rnuch the best of rece nt years. The standard of running was considerably beLter, notably in the Half-Mile. 1\ lorco ver, it was a most sati sfactory sign that fa r more runners completed the di"lance for which they started. Huyshe's Hal f-Mil e in z min. Il } secs. easily dt lflÂˇn tec! the pre violls record time, while Roper, Watso n an d O'Neill were all very j 1(")'4 0 lip. Hu)'sbe also in the Mile de feated t he record of 4 min. 57 secs. (set up by It I':. Brinsley-Richards in 1899) by no less than 7-&- sees. Hu}'she's Mile is probably Ihll best piece of individual running ever see n at the School Sports. Moreover, in "i ll ning the Tutor Mile, Mr. Cape's T eam ( Lovatt, Campbell, O'Ne ill and Grier) l!dl '4I! 'd the previ ous record (their own ) by l oi- secs. Their time (3 min. 48 t secs.) I mos t remarkable for a team of four boys. Several othe r performances were III I UIu plishcd, which, though not ret;o rd s, were noti ceably good. Of the se the best " 1' 111 (:age's Und er Sixteen" Quarter in bOo} secs. (a rema rkably good performance 1111 Il boy of his age), ';Yinser's 'W eight-PLlt" of 30 ft. I in ., and Olive's Hurdles III , H.80 secs. 'I'h competition for the Tutor Set Shield provoked great enthusiasm. Ultimately II WII .. wo n with comparative ease by IVIr. Austen' s Tutor Set. Wo feci that we owe very sincere thanks to the members of the Sports Committee ~ (' ll c ral

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.=========================== (especially H uysh e) for their ki nd help in looking after some of the younger ru nnerS and for their assistance in arranging for the trial heats of the Handicaps. Vie must express our thanks to the following for thei r kindn ess in giving prizes :- L ad ies of Canterbury, Mrs. \Vace, Mrs. Galpin, Mrs. \Valsh, Mrs. Hamilton, 1\11'. and Mrs. Bell, T he Headmaster, T he Mayor, T he Dean, Dr. Blore, Mr. Mason, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Evans, :Mr. Baly, Mr. Austen, Mr. Cape, Mr. Rosenberg, Mr. VarIey, M1'. Guest, Mr. Latter, Mr. Reay, T he Vl th Form and Vth Form. F I RST

DAY.

L ONG J UMP (OI>EN), I . J, B. Wickham L ength 18ft . Gi ns.

I 2. A. de B. H amil ton H ami lton jumped 17ft. l oins.

QUARTER MIL I~ (UNDE R 16) .

ISI H eat.

2nd Heat. I.

C. G. Willirtmson \:\,10n casily in 62! sees.

E. T . Gage

Won casily in 62 sees. S,-d Heat. ,I. J. C. Keyser 2. H. L. Vall ings.

Won by four yards in 6Ji sees. Fi1Zal.

E. T. Gage

2. C. G. WiIliamson 3. J. C. Keyser W ill iamson led fo r the first hundred yards and then held Gage up to lhe half· way mark . Gage then d rew away and won by (our ya rds in the remarkably good time of 60g. sees. Three yards separa ted Williamson and Keyser. L ONG J UMP (JUNIOR SCHOOL). I,

I-l icks.

Length 13 ft. 3 in. H ALF MILE (OPEN).

O. F . Huyshc E . A. Roper

3· R 'Watson. 4· E. C. F . O'Neill T ime 2 min. 121 sees. (Record). H uyshc Icd nil thc way, closely followed by Roper. At thc Pnv ilion in the second lap Roper drcw up to H uyshe, but the latter drew a way again and won by four yards. Three yards only separated second a nd third, fou r feet t hird and fourth. H u}'she fin ished qu ite fresh and could doublless I.

have taken off evcn more from the School Record. Both third and fomth received medals for beating previolls record time fo r the d istance. ll URDI.ES (O PEN ).

G. F. Olivc 3· N . A. Biu leston . 2. J . B. Wickham Olh'c got away vcry badly but drew up at thc third hurdle and fl ying the obstacles in excellent style won anyhow . Six yards between second and third. Ti me, a yard outside 18! secs. I.

QUARTER MILn (UNDER 14). J . H. D . Watson 3· l-I . Ga rdner 2. A. J. L amb V{on by five yarus in the excellent time of 67 sees. ,,·lith more luck Gcnt might have run sccond. H IGH J UMP (U NDER 16). J. C. G. WilIi;ullson 3· F . C. W ilkinson 2 . W . L ucas H eight 4 ft. 8 ins. I n jumpinq off a tie fo r second place, L ucas cleared .t It. 9 ins. (an excellent jump, for his heigh t). SIX HUNDR lm YA IWS H AN DICAP. 1St Efeat. I. H. C. J3uker (65 yds.) 2. J. W . Lewis (25 yd:;.) 3. J. R. Parsons (IS ),ds.) 2 n d I:fI>at. I . L. P. Abbott (30 ),ds.) 2. R. W . Drin sle),· Richards (5 yds.) 3. G. W. Godwin (12yds). Final. J. 11. C. Baker (65 ya rds) . 2. L. P. Abbolt (30 yards). 3. J. W. Lewis (25 yards). Won easily. T imc 1 min. 22t sees. I.

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H UND RED YARDS (m' EN.) st H eat. t. C. H . Budd 2. A. de J3. Hamilton. Won by five yards. T ime 1 ya rd inside 1 I secs.

J. L. T omlin 2. W. 11. Lovalt C rier was fa:;tesl ofT and let! fo r tw en ty·five ya rds. T oml in won by 2l ya rds ; two yards hdween second and th ird . T ime J y,ud inside I I secs.

21ld H eal. I.

J. L.

T omlin 2. C. H. Budd 3. W. H. L ovatt Ti me I ya rd outside

Fi1lal.

I I St!CS.

YARDS U UN IOR SC HOOL UNDE R 11.) I.

Reeve H ayes, iv.

H UNDRIm YARDS ( UNDER 16.)

Ifi ll enl.

G. F. H owell

R. B. Dickson Time 12! secs.

1,,11 lleat.

C. G. 'Williamson H. M. J . Burdett Time 12% secs. I' ,1 1I1lI1. I . E. T. Gage 2. F. H. Vaughan Time 12 sees. I. J. C. Keyser 2. R. E. R. Dalwigk Ti me II I secs. I. F. H. H arrison 2. C. H. Mercer Time 12! secs.

J. L.

220 YARDS HA NDICAP. B. Wickha m (7~ yards.) 2ud Heat. R. E. R. Dalwigk (23 yards.) Jrd H eat. S. Wood Hill \39 ya rds.) 4tlt Heat. C. tooL Dunlop (30 yards.) 5th Heat. J. S. Yates (41 ! ya rds) . 61lt Heat. A. de B. H amil ton ( 6~ yards-) 71lt Heat. P. P. H usbands (52 yards.) 811t H eat. T. E. 1\'1. Boultbee (5 2 yards.) W. H . C. Mangin (32! yards) and F. H. Vaughan ( 3 2~ yards) qualified for t he fina l as fastest losers. Fillal. I. P. P. H usbands (52 yards). 2. J . S. Yates (4 1 ~ yards). 3. C. M. D unlop (30 yards) . The limit man won by fiv e feet. Time 24 secs.

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3· \¥ . H . Lovatt 4. C. H. Budd Time 56 sees. Th is was a magnificent race. G rier went off ve ry fast and led at the Ladies' Pavil ion by four yards. On the far side he increased this lead to twelve ya rds, hut by the scorll1g hox he had shot his bolt, and T omlin , finishing vcry strongly, caught him at the turn into the straight and won by 4l yards; t hree yards between second and third ; one yard between 3rd and 4th. 2.

Tomlin H. J. F. G rier

ISt H eat.

T he four left in the final were despatched to II ve ry level sta rt. L ovatl was a triAe t he fastes[ off but T oml in led at twenty·five yards and finally WOIl by I t yards ; Lovatt was two fee t behind Budd . L ovatt was coming lip very fas t at the finish. 220

QUARTER MILE (OPEN.) J.

(OPEN). 2. C . F. Olive H eight 5 ft . 2 ins. Olive jumped 5 ft. I! ins. H IGH J U MP

B. W ickham

H UNl)RED YARDS ( UN DER 16). I. J. C. Keyser 2. F. H. H arrison 3. E. T. Gage Time 12} sees. Keyser Slipped at the start so that at twentyfi ve yards he was three yards behind. H e caught

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Harrison at seventy-five yards, and, finishing strongly, won by a yard. Dalwigk, as fastc!;t loser , challenged Harrison for second place, but was defeated, H UNDRED YARDS (JUNIOR SCHOOL). J.

Hicks

Hunt.

Tim e 13t sees.

HALF MILE (UNDER 16). E. T. Gage 3· D. H. Hammonds S. E. Wall Gage leo nt sixt), rards closely. followed by V'o"all. Wall passed him in the Sf'coml lap but Gage came ngain and won 1:y "ix yards, four yards between second and third. Time 2 mins. 24* sees.

1. 2.

HUNDRED YARO~ (UNDER 14) ,

1. 2.

J. I-r. D. Watson

I-I, l\'I.

I 3·

H. Gardner

A. J. Lamb Won by two yards, inches only between second and third. Time J 2i sees. LO NG ]UMl' (UNDER 16).

J-

Burdett I 2. C. G. Williamson Len gth 15 (I. 7 in.

HIGH J UMP (JUNIOR SCHOOL). I. lIicks. I-Ieight 4 ft. 3 ins.

ONE MILE (OPEN).

R. H. \V. Brinsley· Richards. 4· J. Twe\ls. i\Iason paced Huyshe very well in the first lap, afte r that Huyshc went right away and ru nning in excellent style won by at least thirty yards. Finishing with a splendid sprint, he pulled up quite fresh and cOllid probnbly have Itaken even morc ofT the previolls School Record. Watson's style is very promising and he should be of considerable use to us next year. Both Richards and Twells ran very pluckily. Time 4 mins. 491 sees. Previous Record-4 mins. 57 sees. 1. 2.

O .. F. B uyshe. R. VI·atson.

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I 2. Wacher Hunt Hicks, who was fourth, ran pluckily from scratch.

CONSOLATION RACE (QUARTER :Ml!-I!:).

Time 66 sees.

CONSOLATION RACE (JU NIOR

HURDLES (UNDER 16).

I. 2,

F. C. Wilkinson I-l. F. R<'ynolds

and won by five ra rds. Time 21%sees. PUTTING THE WE I Gl-IT.

I 2. W. H. Lovatt Length 30 fl. 1 in. A very good put.

R. B. Winser

Hunt.

220 YARDS {JUNIOR SCHOOL) . I 2. IIicks. Time 28% secs.

SCHOOL)~

Maxted. Time 33! sees.

W. Lucas

Wilki nson drew away after the fi fth hurdle

R. Parsons. I 2. A. G. Roper. Time 6J! sees.

TUTOR RACE (ONE MILE).

Mr. Cape's Tutor Set (W . H . Lovatt, W. G. Campbell , E. C. F . O'Neill and H. J. F . Grier). 2. ~ tr. Austen's Tutor Set (T. D. Dixon, N. A. llittleston, E. T . Gage and C. H. Budd. 3. l\'fr. Bcll's Tutor Set (G. F. Olive, J. Deighton, F. C. Wilkinson :md J. L. Tomlin). As usual, consider~ble enth\lsiasm was manifested ovcr this race. This year perhaps there was particular interest because it was fell that i\-[r. Cape's Team would beat the School Record which they set up last year. Lovatt established for them a I.

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comfortable lead which Campbell nnd O'Neill l\iile- 4 min. 49! sees. by O. F. Hu}'she in 1904· materiaily increased. This len Grier with a very Pull ing: the Weight-30 ft. 3ins. by R. O. Weston long lead, and he, running his quarter in 55~ sees., in 1901. won by about ISO yards. Despite a very fine effort by Tomlin, Budd obtained second place by some Tutor l\lile-3min. 48t sees. by l\-1r. Cape's Tutor three rards. Set in 1904. (W. H . Lovatt, W. G. Campbell, The time (If the winning team (3min. 48!secs;) E. C. F. O'Neill, and H. J. F. Grier). was faster by lo!sees. than previous record , and will probably remain as record for a very long time. Appended is the Tab~ e for ~1arks: Grier's quarter mile time was equa l to that of T OTA LS. Weston in 1902. G rier of course had tJle advantage of a flying start, but on the other hand he mn Under Under Grand some yards over the distance. Open. 16. 14. Totals. -----1------Times of in(jividual qua rters- Lovatt 57! sees. Campbell 59 secs., O'Neill 57 sees., and Grier 20 0 130 ... 110 Austen 551 sees. The School Record s now stand., 0 98 .. , Evans 24 74 Long Jump-19ft. loins. by R. J. Castley in 1893· 10 0 93 Bell ... 83 '.' High Jump-5 ft. Sins. by A. J. Fen n in 1896. Hurdles- I8 secs. by C. H . Bodington in 1899· 0 l\lason ... 79 43 36 Hundred Yards-~ot sees. by F. C. Bovcnsehen in 0 8 52 . Cape 44 1903· Quarter Milesees. by R. O. 'Veston in H)0 2. .. 14 6 16 LaUer ... 36 Half1904. Mile-2 min. 12 !sces. by O. F. H uyshe in I______________L-__ __ __ ___

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SCHOOL NEWS .

All who take an itJterest in the School rowing will be pleased to learn that an Annual Match to be rowed in fours has been arranged with Tonbridge School. T he first race is to be rowed on \:Vcdnesday, June 1St, at Tonbridge, a ll. the Medway.

standard was considerably higher than it has been for some years, and after an excellent display the first prize was awarded to Twells and the second to Olive.

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We hear that the Life of Dean Farrar by his son Dr. Reginald Farrar has lately been published and very favourably criticised in the Press.

.. The New Boys and

under Sixteen. Gymnasium Competitions were held on Monday, March 14th, when the former was won by Gent and the latter by Hammonds.

.....

The Open Competition was held on Tuesday, March. 15th, and resulted in a The general most interesting contest.

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On Tuesday, March 22nd, Hi!; Grace the Archbishop held a Confirmation for the School together with St. Edmund's School. Fifty-four Candidates in all were presented.

FIVES TIES. UNDER

16.

SINGLES.

FIRST ROUND .

Lucas beal L."unb. Adams2 beal Tuke. Gage beat Thomson . l\'1angin beat Madge. Leslie beat Pettey.

Hammonds beat Barber. Bassett beat Peltman. Rigden heat Horn. Mackinnon beal Vaughan . Abbolt beat Armitage.

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SECON D RO UND .

Rigden beat H ammonds. Mackinnon beat Leslie.

Bassett beal i\'langin. Lucas beat Adams 2•

THIRD ROUND.

Rigden beat Lucas.

Mackinnon beat Lucas. Bassell a bye. SEl\Il-FI NAL.

Rigden beat Bassett.

Mackinnon a bye. FINAL.

Rigden beat Mackinnon.

OPEN

FIVES

TIES.

SINGLES.

FIRST RO UND .

Olive beat Richardson. Nation beat Ricketts. Spafford beat Lovatt. Hawkes beat Brinsley-Richards.

Tomlin beal Gillibrand. Covell beal Joh nston. Paris beat Wickham. Prest beat Saunde rs. Adams 1 a bye. SECOND ROUND.

Prest beat Nation. Covell beat Adams l •

Tomlin beat Olive. Hawkes beat Paris. Spafford a bye. THIRD ROUND.

Tomlin beat Spafford.

Covell beat Prest. Hawkes a bye. SnU-FINAL.

ovcl\ beal H awkes.

Tomlin a bye. FINAL.

Tomlin beal Covell. [Spafford challenged and beat Covell).

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DOUBLES. FIR ST ROU ND .

T omlin WatsonZ L ucas Mackinnon Johnston Thomson

beal beat beat

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Paris Leslie Bassett

Covell Wickham Nation Abbott Olive Rigden

Mangin Spafford

H ammonds

H awkes P rest

beat

\ a bye. " f

}

beat

Lovatt Adams2

S ECON D RO UND .

Tomlin \ ÂĽatson'2

beat

L ucas Mackinnon Lovatt { Adams2

Covell

Wickham J ohnston

beat

T homson

N at ion { Abbott

SEMI- FI NA L.

Tomlin

Watson'2

beat

Mackinnon { Lucns

J ohnston Thomson

I a bye.

F I NAL.

Tomlin

'~latson1

} be.t

{

J oh nston

Thomson

GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS.

T he New Boys and Under 16 Competitions were held on Monday, March 14th, and shewed the results of hard work done durin g the year under the instru ction of Staff-Sergeant Norris. There 'vas a fair nu mber of entries for the competitions and the standard was certainly above the average of th e last few yea rs. Of the New Boys Gent was conspicuous for the fini sh with which he worked; if he does not get too strong he sho uld be good . ' ;Yilki nson did quite well in both competitions though

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tit" doublc duty must have been a sevcre handicap. It sho uld be noted that the Ne w 1111)'14 did apparatus-work in stead of free gymnastics as last yea r. H am mond's IWllurll1a ncc in th e Under J6, rem in ded one of \\Testo n four years ago, while Gosset W"" Il good second . H am monds also ve ry pluckily e ntered for th e Open Competition \\ IIlc'h was held on the following day, a nd was scen to better advantage in the harder I fll ' iMes. The othe r five competitors in this competition all worked well, Olive I 11I'('ii1l1y shewi ng a great improve ment on his practice form . As Ca ptain Tristram WUH unrortunately unable to attend , th e judging was kindly undertaken on both III i'uHIO Il S by Staff-Sergeant Norris who also did some work on the Bar and Parallels willi Sergeant Philips on Tuesday evening. \Ve were glad to welcome seve ral ladies IOU I rriends in the Gymnasium on both ni ghts. Appended are the marks : -

N(tII Bop (IHax. 80).WlUdllsun, 64, (3) Lewis. 59, litlynulds 2 :\nd Dunlop, 55. ) ]'lIl1ler, 53, (9) Keyser. 50. (1IIfIe,. 16 (Max. 90). -( 1)

( I) Gent , 66~, I (2) Gosset. 74, (3) \\lilkinson , 73, (4) H ayman, 6o, (4) Ga rdner, 58~, (5) Mangin, 58~. (7) Watson, 5 J~. OPm (i\'lax. 11 0) .-(1) Twells, l OS!, (2) Olive, 103. (3) Wickham, 86~, (4) Sp.'l.fford, 8J!. (5) Hammonds, 85, Hamilton, 82, (6) H ammonds. 76 ~ .

THE BOAT CLUB.

We should like first of all to put on record th e thanks of the Club to II , Edmonds for his services as Presiden t. Under his ma nage ment the Club has ' red exceedmgly. The numb ers have rapi dly increased, several new boats have bought and boat-houses built or enlarged to recei ve them. The Senior Fours 11111 Ih ' race against an Old Boys' crew have become a nnual institutions-these are I h I\\' or .Lhe more obvious signs of the Clu b's prospe rity. The standard of rowing, hili , has mproved , and in many other ways Mr. Edmonds has helped to increase the 11111 !1Âˇ IH;y of the Club, and his unfailing e nergy wi ll be greatly missed. . 1I.IHIl

1II !II\

'oaching has been ;carried out under difficulties. First of all, the upper boatIIlIlI ij was closed to us for the greater part of the term, while the lower stretch. was

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often so flooded that it was impossible to take o ut a four safely. and there was freq uently too much stream even for a tub pair. Latterly conditions have been better a nd we have managed to put on so me fair c rews, though to the e nd we have been dogged by colds, damaged kn ees and other accide nts w~ic h have prevented the crews ge tting thorough ly together. Four fours and five pairs have been put on. The latter seem" scratchi er II than last year, but the fours are quite up to the average. We mu st thank E. Evans (O.K. S.) for very valuable help in coaching and also Mr. E . H. Duncan son. Cong ratulations to H . A. J enkin who stroked J esus II. tip two places in the Lents, to Methuen in First Trinity Ill., and Green who was rowing for Queens'.

HARVEY SOCIETY.

On Saturday, Feb . 27th, there was an Exhibition of the Society's Lantern Slides, when slides on the following subjects were shown;-Transpiration of Plants, Bats, Orchids, The Moon, Fossils, The Eye, Animal Locomotion, Plants th at eat Anim als, etc. Short explanations of the slides were given by the President, the Secretary, and J. R. Parsons. A Meeling of the Society was held o n Saturday, March J lth , when the

President read a paper on .. Dr. Harvey's Discove ry of the Circulation of the Blood." Before co mmencing his paper he had seve ral slides put upon the screen to illustrate the action of th e heart and the circulation. In his paper he described Harvey's life and meth ods and the COI1clusions at which he arrived, and mad e severa l interesting quotatio ns from hi s work. After the paper he dissected a sheep's heart to illustrate the variolls organs which he had de scribed.

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\ ~====================================~ LECTURE.

O n Thursday, March loth, a lec ture on " Waterloo" was given to th e School by Rev. C. E . Simpson. A few plans were first sho wn by means of whi ch th e Lecturer explained the exact positions of the th ree armies com mand ed res pec tively by \,Vellington, Blucher, and Napoleo n. H e then proceeded to give a short acco unt of the t wo battles of Lig ny and Quatp.! Bras, both fou g ht o n Jun e 15th, 18'5 . nnd showed how Napoleon's mistakes on t hat day a ffected th e issue of Waterl oo . IJ ad it not bee n for the blunder of some unknown officer, Napoleon could have inflicted a crushin g defeat on Blucher witho ut being dete rred at the critical moment from orde ring the Old Guard to I' hn rge by the sig ht of un kno wn troo ps in til ' distance who proved to be a straying IItÂˇtach ment of Marshal Ney's force a rrived ut th e wron g batt lefi eld . The appea rance III th ese troops delayed the charge for t\\'o hours and enabled Blucher to escape II th e dark ness. In stead of retreating on hiMbase , however, towards the south Âˇeast, Ilu \ Pruss ian moved with all speed to the II lIr th, a nd succeeded in placing himself

in communication with \Vellin gton , whom he promised to aid if a sla nd should be made at \\Talerloo. Napoleo n, of cou rse, neve r supposed th at Blucher would venture on 50 bold a st ratagem and sent some twenty thousand me n towa rd s the south- east to dest roy all possibility of hi s joining Wellin gto n, whom he now hoped to c rush with all his availabl e force. }VI r. Simpso n then ex plained in detai l Napo leon' s plan of attack on Waterloo, show in g how the Prussians arrived just at the mo ment wh en the last decisive strugg le wa s abo ut to begin, and at least compl eted th e victory by rel ieving the exhausted English troops from th e pursuit of th e still more ex hausted Frenchm en . The lecturer's rema rks certai nly dispelled any lingering fait h 111 the traditional story that Blucher" turned up when it wa s all over" and will do ubtless enable us to take a more charitable and enlightened view of th e Ge rmCin claims to a share in the victory of \Vaterloo. The lecture was illustrated by a few magic lantern slides which co ntributed very largely to its interest.

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O. K . S . N E W S. \Ve hear that F. C. BovenschrIl and G. R. C. Cooke have been speaking at the Oxford Union Debating Society. The Oxford Magazine thought Bovenschen's speech on the Licensing Question one of the best of the e vening.

\Ve offer our hearty congratulations to F. H. Durnford on his recovery from his seve re illness.

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H . A. J enkin has been stroking th e J es us II., T orpid in the Cambridge Lent Races, E. C. Green has been rowing in the Quee nf.:' boat, and A. P. Methuen in First Trinity III.

H. 1. Wilson is Captain of the Christ Church Hockey T eam; he was, further, sllccessful in winning the long jump and th e quarte r mil e against Pembroke College, Camb ridge.

BOAT CLUB.- BALANCE SHEET FOR 1903. PAID.

RECEIVED,

Membe rs' Subsc riptions-

1st T erm

2nd Term

.. .

3rd Term

s. d . 12

0 0

8 6 16 0 24 16

A llowance from Shop Profits ... Allowance from Establishment Fund iVlasters'Subscri ptions ... Rev. A. J. Galpin , dOllation to new Fuu r C. C. Will iamson, Esq. , Annua l Sub· scription J. C. Molony, Esq., Annual Subscription H. J . Cape, Esq., for housing Canoe and PUIlI... ... H . J. Cape, Esq ., fo r old Sculls

12 12 0 5 00 5 19 0 I

9 15 4 10

05 0

54 Share in New Boat House carried oyer to 1904 Deficit ...

£68

j, s. d.

s. d. Goddard, Wages " Sundries Rent of Lower Doat Honse .. " "Upper Boat H ouse ... Ayling, New Four, Oa rs, etc ... Carriage of FOll r from Putney Ayling, Varn ish ... " 2 pai rs 9f Sculls Jezard, New Boal H ouse at Fordwich Fox, Prizes ... r.lnppin and \;Vcbh, Prizes .. . .. Gent ry, Trolley and Wood for Landing Stage, ar,d Repairs S l. Augustine's Boal Club, Hire of Boat ... Deficit fr om 1902

10 6 10 o 15 0 2 10 2,

5 4.

J. March 12th, 1904.

5 0 0 0 16 6 10 0 0 0 0 I '4 14 7 4 0 0 o 15 0 I ~ 0 13 15 0 2 2 6 I 9

Examined and found correct, A. J. GA LPI N.

)I. EDMONDS, Ex·Presideltt and T1'tfU10'er.

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SHOP ACCOUN T FOR 1903 . RE CF. I "~:D.

Balance in Bank Till

EASTER TERM. £ s. d. PAIn. 02 9 Altendance 138 8 9. Carr and Co. Robins .. . Brock .. . Bourne .. . Cox and Scott ... H ubba rd Bunce Ginder T aylor ... Hunt Nye Gibbs (Leave Books) ... Fetherstone Castle Benge (l\'Iilk) Transferred to Sports' Fund Balance in Bank

SUI\INI ER

Ih:cF.1 VED.

PA ID.

Attendance Feth erstone Carr and Co. Brock .. Bourne Cox and Scot t T aylor ... Robins .. . Castle .. . Goulden .. Hunt ". G inder ... H ubbard Bunce ... Rigden (Ice) Milk Transferred to Sports' Fund Balance in Bank ...

£ 167 18

0 6 0 7 0 7 8 0 0 9. r 6 6

S 10

117 14 10 20 10 0

o 6 8, £ 138

£ 7 35 9 22 4 9 3

s. 5 5 6 15 12 4 2 0 6 r9 17 0 0 3 0 13

T ER;\·r.

Balance in Rank 0 6 8~ Till ... ... ... ... .. 166 18 II For supplying Common Room with Ice 0 (0 0 -E rror .. . ... ... ... ... 0 2 0

£ s. 5 0 7 19 4 16 27 13 17 4 22 '9 10 5 3 13 0 11 0 9 I 2 0 10 2 18 10 6 0 9 I 15

6 o I I 10

4 2 2

125 13 42 0

0 5 9 2 3 9 8 0 0 7 8 6 3 6 10

5 0

o 4 8; £ 167 18

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CH RIST M AS RECEI VED.

Balance in Bank Till Breakage R epaid ".

T E RM. P AID.

s. ds.

o 4 8. 153

7 0

£ s. d. 8

9 18 8 17

Attendance Carr and Co. Robins Cox and SCOtl ... Fcthcrstone

Bourne

14 9 0

T aylor Hubbard Brock ... H unt BIIllce..

7 9

9 10

5 9

24 13 10

I . ..

4 8

2 14

Pilch, Collard nnd Co ... Pope Mi lk

6 0

Z 13

1I6 13 T ransferred to Sports' F und Balance in Bank

0 8 4

2 13

JI-i 3~ 0

£154 6 8!

S U MMARY.

£ Total Receipts ...

460

/, s. d.

s. d. 2 I I!

T otal P aymen ts Profit inc\urling Balance

J E xa mi ned and fOll nd correct,

March 121h, 1904.

GALP IN.

" . 360

100

EDMONDS,

Ex· President aud T,'easurer.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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TIle E ditors d.:l'iille to 'fl(apt a_lIy responsibi!i')' cou nected Witll lite oPiniollS oj Illtir Correspoll '

den ts,

Name alld address mu st a/way s lit given , Itot lIecessari ly fo r p ublication, but as a

g uaranlee of good fail/I.

PeJSolla/ilies w ill i l/volve certaiu 1·ejediol1.

L eiters s/,oldd lie

1(JJ'itlen 011 olle side of Ine papet· 011/)'.

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J'o tIJe Editors of

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SIttS, Am I co be depri ved of the pri vil ege whi ch has been gra nted me in rece nt ),ears of recordin g th e accomplishments II ttained by 2n d XI. , 2nd XV., and rowing . lours, a nd also the an cie nt custom of I'cco rding the names of the open Sports ;olours on their leavi ng ; for J have nuticed that I have been sadly neglected In seve ral cases in the last issue of •. T he ( '1I Iltua ri an." Yours tru ly, VIRTUTE FUNCTI. l The E ditors have d ecided that the 2nd X I. IUil l 2nd X V. do not necessarily come under the IIllu of "Duces." The privilege was granted hhout precedent. a ye~ r or t wo ago. Spo rts and ,towi ng Colours WIll be mcluded as before.]

Why should not t he Gy m Pair have the same honour bestowed on it as is give n to the two teams? Gy m is a depa rtment of our school li fe in whic h g reat inte rest is taken, and surely th e pair who represent the School at Alcl f:! rshot, and wh ose labour is no less than that of th e tea ms, mig ht leave th eir portraits to adorn the walls, and be examp les to the ri sing ge nerations. \\lith the usua l apologies, I re main, Yours etc., .. ODR l TODO N."

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THE NAVY LEAG U E.

. ': Keep t~ e comm a n ~l of the sea as y Olt val?c na l io ~l\ 1 life. W ith it YOII can do eve rything. W ithou t I t you wli l be speech1y blotted Otl t of th e list of nations. "-A dmiral P . H. Colomb. 13. V IC'I'OIUA S 'I'IUn:T, L ON DON , S . W .

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S IRS,

J\'Tay I appeal to your sense of pat riotism in ventu ring to ask if you will allow me space, on behalf of my Comm ittee, to bring to the nOlice of your readers a Society which has ex isted since 1895.

and whose object, stated shortly. is to ensure to t he British Empi re the ma intenance of British su premacy at sea ?

L EAGUK

shall be absolutely

party politics.

G i ~tinc t

from aU

LgAGUE reserves to itself the right to support crlnd idatcl' for Parlirllnem pleeged to pro· mote, irrespecti ve of prlr ty, the adequrlcy and efficiency of the Navy. "

T he main object of the L EAGUt; IS to s pread informat ion as to the vital importance to the British Empire of the Naval Su premacy upon wh ich depend it~ trade, its food su pply, and its na tional existence, and thereby to ensure always to the Government of the day the support of the people for the expend iture necessary for providing an adequate navy.

I t is probable that, ow ing to the lectures given most of the public schools of Great Britain I ndeed, the experience of the years prior to during the IllSt few years, the name of the NAVY L EAGUE may not be e ntirely unknown to yOll, the foundation of the NAVY LE!\GUF.. had proved but you wil.1 perhaps p~r mit me, notwithstanding, . to demonstration that, no matter which Party was to q uote briefly from the a rticles of its C()m/ill/Ii()/t in power, adequate measures for the proper main· and Pr()gramme ()f Acti()1I. tenance of tl.e Hritish Navy we re but rarely, if ever, taken, except as the dirert "esult ()f au ()utburst 0/ .

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This As~ociation shall be called ' T he NAV V Ill' purrse shan he to secure, a.'< the t~:~~rn(l~tet1:e Sea.t,he muional pol icy, ' T he L~I\GUF..'

•• 2. The general aims or the NAV," L t';AGUg shall he : (n) To spread infornmtivn, showing the vitat importa nce to the British E mpire of the navrll supremac)' upon which depend its tmde, empire, and 113.t ional existence. (oj To Crill atlention to tne enormous demands which war would make upon the Navy, and to t he frld that the Navy is not strong enough tn meet them; and at all times to point out any short comings in this respect. (cj T o call altelllion from lime to time to such measures as lIlay be requisite to secure ad e-quate preR:-1.ration for the mari time defence of the Empire. (d) To ur~e these lIlatteu 0 .. pubtic men and, inparllcular, upon candidatn for Parliament.

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popular opinioll and (eeHng-colJIlI/()nly kutntJII. as a "stare" - and t he L EAGUE was therefore founded in J a\\ua ry, 1895, wi th the express aim of educat ing and VOicing public opinion on a ll mail ers of import connected with the Navy a nd our dependence thc reon, with the view to assi~ting in future the good in tentions of the Governments of the day- as well as of keepill,t:: melt C(mernments

1Ip t() the lIIar!.·. R ecent cvents have shown us what unpreparedness for war means. \Ve know-and our public schools know only too well - what the late Soulh African war cost, not on l), in gold, but in the young and prom ising livr"s of wh ich we are so justly proud. In the cast! of a Naval 1-Vor, the issues would be incalcu lably more lleriollS. If our fl eet were once defeated and \\:t.: lost command of the

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naval subjects-in addition to having: published three editions of the well · known Navy L eague Il/ap of the f'V()r1d, now adorn ing so mn ny a school wall - and it is hoped that the interest, thus early aroused in naval matters at school, Ill:'l.y be retained subsequen tly at the Unive rsit ies, anti later in the manifold walks of public life_

sea, our supplies of food and raw materials would be cut off and the only alternative 10 starvation wou ld be ignoble and humiliating surrender. How far are our Navy and our na\'a l orga nisati on equipped for the strai n ? That is the question wh ich really affects every man, woman and child t hroughout the E mpi re j that is the question to which we must have a re-assuring answe r. It is the e ndeavour of the NAVY LEAGU E to ensure the possibi li ty, nay, the certainty, ofa sntisfactory reply to that question. W ith rega rd to the bea rings of th is q uestion on the youth of the coun try, I can perhaps hard ly (\0 better than q uote the words of one who is the idol of the " man in the st reet ," one who intensely real ises t he im porl ance of the matter, Admira l I.o rd Charles Be resford . What does he say? II I n his future life a boy must play some part , however small, in guiding the destinies of the l·;mpi re_ Some of the boys who are to·da)· at our public schools may. fi ll important posit ions of normolls responsibility whcre success is only to be uhtni ned by brilliant leadership. It is the du ty of the nation to see that its sons are sent out well ('( Illipped with k nowledge, so as to start them fai r III their work fo r their count ry, whateve r t hat work IIlIly be. They should be instructed in those fund nmental facts thnt govern and concern the \\lIII . being of the Empire, and it lUust he impressed IIjHltI them that the exislellCe ()fthe Empire I() which

'"'1 IIdoll.1! depends abs()lutely and eUlireiy 111111 I!.·mpire's suprwlaCJI at sea. . . .

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' ,II lIftl, b)· ,hIJ P011.!CY qf Ille British Fleet, allli Ih e NAV V L I~ AGUE 1II0uld have }wtijied ils cxiJlcllcc II,j,/", lIeve r done a 'IY otlterwork than to b,iug tlds ',I,I hOllle t() the youth 0/ ou r public Scho()Is." "'he re li re 8"auches 0/ tile Lea.¥:lIe nlrcady in the schools in the country, including IIllllillt'ld, Radley, T onbridgc, l\lerchant T ay lm 's, \ d hol1lllt.:, Sedbergh , Repton, West Downs Whlt hl'!Her), Ludgrove, St. Ch ristopher's (East'tUtu ), St. Aubyn's (Rottingdean), whilst among lit 1'/., Presidenls of Ihe L F.AGUE will he found I t 1111\ II CR(lmaSlers of Harrow , Wellington, I 1tI1 1l ~. Rossall, Rad ley, Repton, Bradfield , TOIl11111"." 1'icdb\1 rgh , Eastbournc and Dover Colleges. I IU Il Il I, Ihe L l~,\GUE has offered and cont inues to II I ' IUllly Prit t S annually in schools for essays on

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I n respect to the last preceding sentence let me add that at the Unive rsities of bot h Ox ford and Cambritlge there arc fl ou rishing Branches of th e L ~AGUE; wl> ilst there are also equally vigorous Branchcs in the followi ng U ni versity cities and tow ns : L ondon, Liver pool , Birm inghtHll, Cambridge (T own), E dinburgh, L eeds, and Ma nchester -tn say nothing of many anot her Branch doing ad mirable work within these Islands. But that is not al l. L et me, ere I close, d raw especial attention to thc following fact-one of extreme interest and importance, one of striking signi fi cance-t he fact of the 1varlll aud mergttic support whic/t the NAVY L EAGUE is 1'ueivillg i ll

the Colollies as 1vel/ as ill the United Killgd()m. Many a Branch of the L EAGUE has spru ng into " igorous being upon Colonial soil : (J) 0" Ihe N()r/lt Allleriman d W est IJlaitm StatiollS: T oronto (two branches) , l\i ont real, Kingston (On tario), H al ifax (Nova Scotia), 51. J ohn (New Brunswick) , Summersicle (Prinr.c Edwa rd Island), W innipeg , Ottawa, Bnr hados, British (juiana. (2) 0" tile Pacific SlalioJl; British Columbia and City of Va ncouver. (3) On. the Aus/mlian Statio,,; Sydney, Pe rth (West Austral ia) , Adelaide, Auck land (N e w Zealand), Canterhury (New Zealand), Northem T asman ia . (4) On the China Slatioll .' H ong Kong, Ch ink iang, Shanghai, Singaporc, P erak (Fedem ted ~ I a l ay States), :"Il1d T okio (Japan.) (5) 0 " llie East l udia" StatiM : Mauri tius. Ott

the Cape 0/ Cood Hopt and West Coasl of Africa Stati()ll: Capetown, Durban (Natal ), Klmb.crley, ftn d (7) On the Afu!itenanea" Station: Malta. No less than thirty Branches in all outside thesc islands. May we not tr uly say : It is the v()ice 1101 ()nly Great Britain, it is the v()ice 0/ •. Grealer Brilain" that we htar ?-And he that hath ears to

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Th is appeal, Si r, is made in your p.1pcr in the assured hope that, with its wide circulatIOn amongst your prescnt members and amongst your "O ld Boys" Ihe world over, many a reader of this icHer may he stimulated to add his support to a League for whose conti nuous and contiOlJously vigorolls existence the re is admitted ly such ample need.

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EDITORIAL. The Editorial of a Christmas T erm has its football. that of an Easter T er m its Hports and Boating, and each tries to speed a few ....... words of jest (dulce esl) to ki ~ I'P pace with hasty-footed ti me. But the Editorial ora Summer T erm is always a mere I!l nlonal thing; the thin "foil of the Edito rial" we)J can scarcely co nceal the" I)J "' I\lÂˇath it. Then always lhe eve ning bell of many a school life is beginning to sound. ' l Id,. school life of six, seven, eight, it may be, years, is about to drink of some slow 11111 Ame ri ve r of forgetfulne ss and to pass into th e ever deepen ing mists of oblivion. \ 1'1 disun ited and disintegrated the ghosts of past joys and so rrows, failures and IiI III i esses, will surely still haunt our real sel f; for it is t he mere shell and frame of Iltlll ' that will pass away; the self will enter upon another life, to become e\'en as a I hlltl that is weaned from its mother. T hat old li fe, perhaps, will lie unseen for 11 111 11)' years in some dark co rn er to be taken up and li ve d over again (if indeed it hull he accounted worth living) lived, shall we hope, more fully and more usefull y.

When th e end of a school year is drawing near, even the most callous, those 1,,1 would have scoffed at the idea a year or two back, begin to feel an indescribable 111 111-1'. a so rt of half-poetical se nse of inevitableness, a sentimental pessimism, the

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feelin g of a swim mer who swims easily as if by his o wn stre ngth on some out-d rawi ng tide by which he is born e on, yet co nscious that resistance is hopeless, scarcely caring whither, in th e joy of its supporting powe r. Even an Editoria l written in the heat of summer in th at most romantic of spots, the Baptistry gardens, with the shad ow of Bell Harry (strange ly swollen alas ! and di storted) crossing th e page, mu st face its duties. Let us first of a ll offer Oll f heartiest condolences to our old fri end King H enry , late Funclitor noste r; it is a sad fate which has compelled him to vacate the respo nsible and exalted position which he has held for so many years and to become, as it were, a sleepi ng partner. T hen we a re to ld that the XL is to have a successful season. Hush! tell it not 1n Gath, publi sh it not in th e streets of Askelo n, but just go a nd te ll it to the Marines and let the J e w Apella believe it, This is not in di sparagement, be it understood , b ut as a so rt of butt to catch any wild shots from th e oracular bow of Apollo. Same Apollo, in conclusion, is respectfully requested to assert himself during the comi ng seaso n in his oth er capacity as .1 King of the cloudless sky."

BEQUEST TO THE SCHOOL. Under the will of the Rev. H e rbert Waddington, O.K.S., who died last January, th e Head Master has late ly rece ived a most generous bequest made by him to the S(;hool. H e directed that a sum equal to that which he received from th e School as a leaving Exhibition sho uld be paid ove r for th e bene fit of the School, as the Head Master should thi nk prope r; and also that the books which he received as prizes. so me 30 volumes, should be offered to the Parry Library after the death of his sister. ' Mr. "Vaddington was born in 1827, and entered the School in J anuary, 1838, being t lected to a King's Scholarship in the following December. H e gained an Open Exhibition at Trinity College. Ca mbridge, a nd left the School in 1847' H e was ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1851, and afte r holding three Curacies he was Vicar of Steve nton, Berks, for 10 years, and Recto r of Ranmure, Surrey, for 27 years. In 1899 he was prese nted to the Rectory of Patc hing, in Sussex,twhere he di ed, at th e age of 77. It was only a short ti me ago that Mr. 'Waddington made a valuable present of books to the Libra ry, and his gene rous beq uest is not only most a cceptable in itself but especia lly welcome to us as a mark of the loyalty and affection he always felt for his Alma Mater.

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+ REV.

H. W.

RUSSELL.

\Ve regre t to reco rd the death of the Rev. Harry Wrigh t Russe ll. Born in Lh e Prcd ncts in 1845 he li ved wi th his parents in th e small hOllse next to ~hs . Elmes', and his young life was spent und er th e ve ry shado w of the Cath ed ral he loved. He entered the School in 18S 7 and le ft in 1862. School ga mes we re not orga nized as th ey <.I re now an~l he ne ver took any pr01l1111en t part 111 th em. [-lis tastes lay a noth e r way. His leisure hours we re chi efly passed in country walks, a nd he g re w in ti mate ly acqua in ted with th~' cOllll.try all around ~ ante rbury and \\:as a lust rate botalllst. I n Paper huses, ho weve r. he was always to the 101 (' , ei th e r as hare o r hound ; more ""t' !' he was. ~ capital swimmer. During lli ti ~ch oo l hie he was a pupil of Mr. lOll ~s , Lhe Cathedral · Organist, loved 1II II )o/ IC, <~ nd becam e an excellent pia ni st. f hi 1"a"lng School he entered business Inl n sh? rt tim e ; bu t subsequently wnlL to Ge rmany to learn the language II lId r ·turned a profi cient Germ a n I lI ola r. . I n 1865 Bishop Mitchinson dl1"ollltcd him a n Assistant Master in

th e School, with th e charge of the first form, a nd later on he became Ge rman Master. In 1868 he matricuhued at th e London U ni ve rsity, passed th e 1st B.A. (wi th first class honours in German ) and took his degree, H e was ordai ned in 1872 . Through the influence of Bishop Parry he was ap poin ted in 1874 to an Army Chaplaincy in I ndia, where he remai ned t"'o years. Afte r his return he was Cura te success· ively of a small parish in Hertford shire, of Tilmanstone, near Sandwich, and of Harblcdown j then Assislant Maste r at Berkha mpstead . In 1884- he applied for and obtained th e H ead Mastership of the London Orphan Asylum at Watford, when he married aile of th e daughters of NI l. Pollard, of Hitchin, and continued th ere for four yea rs, doing very re sponsible and successful work. He resigned the H ead Mastership in 188 8 ; th en became Curate to Dr. Alcock, Vicar of Ashford, till in 1893 Lord Hothfield appointed him his Chaplain and Vicar of H othfield in the follo wing year.

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ATHLETIC SP ORTS . KS. v. C.O.S. The annual Athletic Sports against St. Edmund's School were held on the Beverley, on Saturday, IVlarch 26th, in almost perfect circumstances and before quite a large attendance. The result was a most one-sided victory for the School. 'We started with a defeat in the" Under Fourteen" Hundred. but WOIl all the subsequent events and secured second place also in most of them. Olir previous reco rd victory was in 1902, when we won 1 It of the 14 races in the m eeting. No less than four previous ~Schoo l Re~o rds were, lowered whil~ a fifth was equalled. I-luyshe lowered again the Half- iVhle and iVlt le R ecor,ds Wh1Ch he l~ad set up the week before. H is H alf-M.ile in 2 min. 9 sees . was a p;j.rtIcul~rly fine plece ~f

running. Olive rcdu.ced the H urdles Recor~ f~om 18 sees. (standlllg to the credit of C. H. Bodington l!l 1899) to '7t. Tombn l!l the Hundred Yards equalled the record of lot sees. made by F . C. Bovenschen last year, and ran a magllifice~t Quarter in 5 Jt secs., thus easily defeating the 55* secs. which R. D. Wes~on did. against St. Edmund's in 1902. This Qua!"ter ~s. probably the best piece 01 running ever seen at any of the School races. Gner, who was only second, must have been some ten or eleven yards inside previous School Record. Such good times were accomplished at the School Sports this year that particl1 l ~r care was taken by the officials to ensure the absolute accuracy of the track, and It may also be mentioned that in no case Wl"re less than three watches employed to time a race. vVe co nsider that our success was due very largely to the unselfish running of the second and third strings. Both in the open. and "U n~er Six~een" ev~nts the second and third strings devoted themselves entirely to paclllg thea first stnng and the results were most satisfactory. Appended arc the particulars of the vario us events :

HUNDRED YARDS (U NDER 14)'

H. B. Geary (S.E.S.) J. H. Gard ner (KS.) z. J. H. D. Watson (KS.) o. A. W. A. DaVles (S .E .S.) \OYatson was faster off than Geary and led him to sixty yards : . here Geary d rew level and finishing very strongly won by a co uple of ya!ds. Thud very close up. The time, 12-! secs. , is very good indeed for a boy who IS only twelve, and Geary looks a most promising runner. I.

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o. E . C. F. O'Neill (KS.) O. F. Huyshe (KS. ) o. H. B. L. Webb (S.E .S.) z. E. M. Swift (S.E .S.) o. W. Cameron (S.E .S.) o. E. A. Roper (K.S. ) Roper went ont with the lead followed by Huyshe. After J50 yards O'Neill I.

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cal~l C .uP and took Huyshe along in excellent style. Swift then drew up, but Huyshe, ~ pnntll1g at 2.00 yards from .home came st~adi ly away and won by about twenty yards In the splendid time of 2 mm 9 Sp.cs. Tlus very easily defeats the 2 min. Iztsecs.

which Hllyshe set up as School Reco rd the week before. HIGH JUMP ( UNDE R 16 ).

t I. C. G. Williamson (KS. ) t z. R. H oltzer (S.E.S .) t z. W. Lucas (K.S. )

R . .T . Hobso n (S .E .S.)

Wi ll iamso n, Holtzer and Lucas tied at 4- ft. 7'~ ins. j they were given three more Jumps each at this height. Williamson then cleared it but both the others failed. I i oltz I' is a remarkably easy jumper and should, when he has grown a little be IllIiLC good. ' HUNDRED YARDS (OPEN ) . I.

J. L. Tomlin (KS. )

o. W. F. Harvey (S.E.S. ) o. H . R. Morgan (S.E.S.)

C. H. Budd (KS. )

AJt<:r one false alarm the four got away to a fairly level start, in which Tomlin

III-I<I n shght advantage .. At fifty yards Tomlin led Budd by a yard and then finishing \II I Y r," SL he drew steadily away from Budd who drew away from the St. Edmund's jll\lI. Tomlin's time ( lot sees.) is equal to the reco rd which F. C. Bovenschen set "I' IU Kt Y ar, but it may be remembered that three watches recorded a faster tim e W,III hy four yards, yards between second and third. .

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B; Wickham (KS. ) G. 1-. Olrve (KS. )

o. T . Crick (S.E.S.) o. W. F . H arvey (S.E.S.)

()1I~c and Wickham won at 5 ft. ot in. an d did not j ump the tie off. It should I,. IIlnnllO llcd that Harvey was handica pped by the fact that he had cut his knee 1111 1 " ,)(lly in the Hurdles. H UND RED YARDS (UN DER 16). I.

J. C. Keyser K.S.)

â&#x20AC;˘. 1.'. H. H arriso n (K.S.)

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H. L. Cooper (S. E.S.) R. J. Hobso n (S.E.S.)

I 1' \ Hnr was not quite as fast off as he usually is and at fifty yards he was level 1111 11 11111."on. Then he drew away and fina lly won by five feet. Six yards between 'lul luHl third. Both Keyser and Harriso n will be under sixteen next year also I I 1+IIIIId I H.~ very lIseful to us. Time, I zt secs.

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H URDLES (OPEN). I. 2.

G. F. Olive (K.S.) T. Crick (S.E.S. )

J. J. D. Wickh am (K.S.) o. A. Mustard (S.E.S.)

Olive got away badly but drew level at th e second hurdle . After th at he we nl right away and won as he liked in the record lim e of 17t sees . In c hes only bel wet n second and third . QUARTER - MILE ( UNDER 16) . I. 2.

E . T. Gage (K.S.) C. G. Williamson (K.S.)

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R. J. Hobson (S.E. S ) H. R. Holme (S.E. S.)

Gage led, Qut, follow,cd by, Williamso n. At th ~ Ladi es' Pavilion he led by fi ve yards and he Increased, thIS to cIgh,t ~'ard s al ong ,the Jar side, and was th en g oing vc ry strongly. At the Scoring Box \V!lllam so n sp nnted s lro ng ly. but Gage kept ahea d an9 won by a yard . Both of th em fini shed quite fresh and could probabl y have run qUite a second fa ster. T en yards between second and third. Time, 60 -1 sees. QUARTER-MILE ( OPEN ). I.

J. L. Tomlin (K.S.)

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H . J. F. GrIer (KS. )

H . R. Morgan (S.E.S.) W. F. H arve)' (S.E .S.) Time : 53} sees. Record.

Grier go t ri ght away with the pistol and at the Ladi es' Pavilio n held a lead o f s?mc three or four yards. Alo ng th e far sid e he was trave llin g very fa st and increaspd hIS lead to twelve yards . At this point Grier looked all o ve r a winn er, bll t To mlin making his effort at the Pavilion, caught him wi th com parative ease and fini shin O' at a "Hundred Yard s " pace wo n easily by seven yard s . Grier, wh o ran wi th O'~f." at pluck fini<;hed so me fifteen yards in front of thc S.E .S. representati ve. t;'r hi!'i p~rformance of T o mlin's ( 531- secs.) was undo ubted ly thc best o f the day and stamps hun as a runner of remarkable merit for a boy. LONG JUMP (UN DeR I.

H. M. J. Burdett (K.S.) C. G William son (K.S.)

16). o. A. B. Marcon (S.E S. ) o. G. W. Hutchinson (S.E.S.)

Length : 15 ft. 6in s. Williamson, who only jumped 14 ft. 7 in s., failed to do him se lf justi ce . LONG J UMP (O PEN) . I. 2.

J. B.

Wickham (K.S.) A. de B. Hamilton (K.S.)

o. H. R. Morgan (S.E. S.) o. "1'. Crick (S.E. S.)

:Wi ckham \~o n at J8 ft. 4-t in s., aud a lthough Hamilton' s jumping wa~ ve ry consIstent, he fatled to co ver more than J 1 ft. 1 I in s. Of the four Cn ck loo ked the ' most promising jumper, but each time he failed to take o ff we ll.

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HALF-MILE ( UNDER J 6). I. 2.

E. T. Gage (K.S.) V. W. Barrett (S.F..S.) S. E. Wall (KS. )

o. D. H. Hammonds (KS.) o. H. R. Holme (S.E.S.) o. C. R. Taylor (S.E .S.)

ll ammond s went ofr with thc lead and paced his first string very nicely up to ,I ... Pavilion , th en \·Va ll came up and took Gage round to the Ladies' Pavilion. Here (: .I g' came rig ht away and WOIl by thirty yard.s. Bot~ \~'all a~d Hammonds deserve I Oln mendation for the excell ence o f theI r pacmg. TIme, 2 mm. 22 secs. I.

J 4). o. H. G. Cooper (S.E.S.) o. A. J. Lamb (K S.)

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H. D. Watson (KS.) A. Buckley (S.E.S.)

Lamb went o ut at the start, followed by B uckley. Along the far sid e Watson !'!\ln c up and at the half-distance took the. lead. H e le~ by three yards at the I I'orin g Box and, finishing strongly, won by eIght yard s. T une) 651- sees. ONE MILE ( OPEN) .

O. F . Hu)'she (KS.) 2. E . M. Swift (S.E.S.) J . R. Watson (KS. ) I.

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R. H.W.Brinsle)'-Richards(KS .) H. B. L. Webb (S.E.S.) H. R. Morgan (S.E.S.)

Ri chard s paced Huyshe round t~e first lap which was accomplished in the very hun tim e o f 6 2 secs. i soon afte r, RIchard s fell back and 'Valson came . up closcly In ll owed by Swift. '¥atson then took Hu)'she round the se~ond and thud laps at 1111 1 cl1d o f whi ch the watch recorded 2 min. 18 secs . and '{ mm. 36 secs . respecllvely. 1 '~ lIw ri n g the fourth lap Swift dre w up .an,d ch~I.lenged Huyshe, but ~llrsh e went tl Khl away from six yard s at the LadIeS ~av~llOn ~o ten on ~h e far sld.e. At the \ o l'in g Box, hc led by sixteen yards and fil~IShlOg WIth a magntfice nt spnnt won by III I ly ya rds in 4- min. 49t secs.J t~~reby s~ttmg up .a new Sch ~ol Record. Watson II11h4hocl very pluckily and was gamll1g rapIdly on SWIft at the fil11sh . THE SCHOOL RECORDS NO,\, STAND;-

IIIN(l J UMP :- 19 ft . loi ns. by R. Castley in 189 J. 11 10 11 JUMP :-5 ft. 5 illS. by A. Fenn in J 89 6 . 11 U!~ nl. l~s : - q tsecs . byG. F . Olive in 1904·

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:- Iot secs. by F. C. Bovenschen in J903 and

1)1'''' 1~'I· lm - M IL E :- 5r!- secs. by J. L. T omlin in 1904· IIA ' , I/- I\'IIr~ E :-2 min. 9 secs. by O. F. Huysherin 1904·

J. L. Tomlin

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1'l lt:- 4min. 49tsecs . by O. F. Huyshe in 1904· '¥EIGJ-IT:-30ft. 3ins. by R. D. '¥eston in 19 0 1. II M ILE :-'J mill. 48tsecs. by Mr. Cape's Tutor Set (W. H. Lovatt, W. G.

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Campbell, E . C. F. O'Neill and H . J. Grier) in ' 90 4.

JL is noticeable that every running record has been made o r equalled this year.

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THE BOAT CLUB . The annual races were held last term at Fordwich on March 24th. It was fo und much better to have the Pairs and the Fours both on the same day. The pairs were fewer i.n number and hardly so good as last year, but the Fours had one morc crew and were considerably fasler th an those of last Easte r. The re was a st ron g wind blowing down the course, which in the earlier part of the afternoon made th e water very rough and gave the crews .considerable trouble. Heat

A . -JUNIOR PAIRS.

J. Str. Cox.

W. Lc\vi's T. S. Nelson J. H. D. Watson

beat

S. D, Turner, A. 13. Emden. C. S. Emden.

The lighter crew rowed very pluckily and with their long sta rt might have WOIl, but bows' oar caugh t in the rough watcr and unshipped n,car the linish enabling Nelson' to win by a bare length. . Heat

Bow. 2.

3. Str. Cox.

A.-SENIOR FOURS.

K. B. Dickson V. L. Armitage W. H. Lovall

...

'vV. Ii. St. L. Redpath C. L. Druilt ...

12 10

beat

E. C. Linton D. V. Bacon L. P. Abbolt A. C. Lock J. R. H ayman

7 7 9

10 10

This race was rather a chapter of accidents; Lock's boat whi ch had the front station sta rted across the river and fo ul ed the bank after about thirty yards. This gave Redpath's crew a comfortable: advantage, but a couple of crabs lost them mu ch more than they had gained . Yet another crab, this time in LOCk's boat, changed the luck .once more and Redpath won by a bare length. Heat

B.-JUNIOR-· PAIRS.

Str. Cox.

W. Lucas H. Petley C. L. Druitt

/'eat

O. D. Pearce. A.

J. Lamb. H. . Hayman .

Petler with th e back station gradually got back the handicap . and won by half a length. Reat B .-SENIOR

Bow. 2.

3· Str. COx.

FOt.:RS.

A. H. Sarson A. J.. T rOllsdell R. B. Winser T . S. Adams c. S, Emden

R. 7 8 II

Ibs.

sl.

°6 9

b.cat

K. S. Smith T. F. Pettmn ll L. P. Abbolt E.. K. Barber

J, H. D. Watson

7 8 9 8 6

Ibs. 7 2

8 8 3

THE CANTUARIAN'. Barber's crew had hard lines in losing thei r' three ' just before the races, so the other crews allowed the ' three' in the losing boat of Heat A to take his place. Adams Il.'lined from the start. They travelled well through the rough ,,;ater ~and did -qui~e th e best piece of rowing of the day. Barber's crew were very light, and with 'a It lrilnge three got very scratchy towards th~ end; they rowed very pluckily and were nl)' beaten by half a length. Heat

C . -JUNIOR PAIRS.

Final-Nel son beat Petley.

Petl ey had a long start and it looked as if Neison would not get up in time, but dlll leadi ng crew were rowed out, and almost stopped about twenty yards from the I\ lIi Rh, and Nelson coming up strongly won on the post. Heat C.-SENIOR

FOURS.

Final-·Redpath beat Adams.

Adams' cre w showed nothing like such. good form as in their previous race. Itl'<irJal h's rowed much better and being well coxed by Druitt won by about threequart rs of a length . • The best form was shown by Lock, Lovatt and Smith. Adams stroked well in 11 111 tlrst race, while Winser and Abbott rowed in fairly good form in their first courses, Itlll ·ln their second they lost th ei r swing badly over ' the latter part of the course. 1(I'lipnth and Barber both hurried their crews too much. Pettman did a fair amoun t III \l'f),'k for his weight, but was very sho rt. . . 011 Ascension Day two crews rowed to Grove Ferry and back and created a11ol1u r II 10111 by getting back well within time. ' rew has been in training to row against Tonbridge, consisting of-Pettman, 1111\\ : Ahbott, 2 : Lovatt, 3; Lock, stroke ; Druitt, cox. Unfortunately Abbott got III Iwn b(: forc the race, and we were unable to row, but T onbcid ge have very kindly uil tlrl'd Uti it second date.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT DECEMBE R, '903, " AHM I' IJ( w .-Entered the School, Sept., 1899. Sports' Colours, '903, Colours, '903. LEFT EASTER, ' 904· II

Rowing

, I", (;"'''I<,-Entcred the School, Sept., '90', Football XV" ' 903, I Wil I, g to apologise fo r the omissio n of the above in our first issue last 1111

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CRIC K ET. DATE.

Tn, May 10. 12. Th. Th . " 19· " Tu. " 24·I. Wed. June 2. Th. Tu. "

Rev. L. H. Evans' XI. ... Chartham Asylum

5th Fusilicrs' C.c. Mr. A. Latter's XI. Highgate School

Wed. :: Th. Tu.

21.

Eastbourne College

2~.

S. Law rence "A,"

Th. Sat.

25· 28. Wed . :: 29· Tn. July 5·

Tu.

Fri. Tu.

Tu.

Wed. "

Wed.

" "

12}

31. Ju~~

Th: May 26. Tu. Tu. Sal.

Tu.

7·

II. 21.

Wed. "

22 .

Tu.

28.

" 7· Th. July Th. " '4·

Beverley

... Cha rtham , .. Won. .. . Gravesend ... Won. .. Be verley ... Drawn. ... Highgate Scratched . .. . Beverley .. Drawn.

... ...

S. Edmund's School

Beverley Beverley Walmer Beverley Beve rl ey Dover Beverley

Sutton Valence School :::

Sutton

Dover Col lege ...

M.C.C. ... S. Lawrence

F elsted School

26} O.K.S. 27

...

... ... ..

199 209

106

252

Beverley ..

...

Beverl ey

LOSL

84 1I 8

IOI(lw)

00{6wl:)

-.-

Beverley ..' Beverley Beverley ... S. Edmunrl '~ Blore's Piece Dover Beverley .. . Beverley ... H arbledown

34~7'l--=-

2nd XI.

...

I nn.

... ... ...

.. .

Harbledown C. C.

,"d

I nn.

...

S.A.C.

106

R UNS AG'ST.

... ...

Beve rley Beverley

Harbledo wn C. C. ... S.A.C. ... Dover Col\ege 2~'d XI. .:. S. Edm und's Sch. 2nd XI. S. Eastern Coil. 2nd XI. Dover College 2nd XL ... S. Edmund's Sch. 2nd XI.

:znd I nn.

...

.. . .

RUNS FO R.

Inn.

7· '5· 16.

RE<i ULT.

1st XI.

S. Lawrence "A. " Thanet C.C . Hythe C.C. ... R.M.L.J.

GROUl\[),

O " I'ON":NTS.

Won . \VfJll. Lost. Won.

86 102 100 16 I (7 W )

_..

&S 13 6

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KING'S SCHOOL v. CHART HAM ASYLUM . Played at Chartham on Thursday, Mal' 12th. As the weather had been unfavourabl e for the match against the Rev. L. H. Evans' XL, this was the first match of th~ season, and the team may be congratulated on their excellent start. The home Side batted fir~t on a fairly soft wi cket and found great difficulty in getting the ball aw~y, the fieldl!lg being smart, while the bowling. which was shared by Prest ~nd Wickham, reqUIred attention. So well did they keep the runs down that after elght overs the latter had taken twO wickets for three and the former one for . eight runs. Dr. Everett had hard luck in being run out) after scoring a si ngl e, Graham was the first batsman to remain long, and assisted by Shonfi.eld ano the

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Re v. N. Holt, he took the score past 70 wh en he was caught by Wickham off Strahan. The last named batsman fell to an excellent catch by Hawkes. after making 20 by some free hitting. Dr. Dunstan also was bt!autifully take n at slip by Anderson, th e bowler being Hayes who took the last two wi ckets for 7. The innings thus closed for 84. T omlin and Anderson then opened th e School account with so me livelier cricket, but at 12 the former mistimed a hit to leg and sent the ball into the wicket-keeper' s hands. Hawkes then joined Anderson and the two were together till 123. Anderson was then bowled after mak ing 70 through vigorous, though somewhat lucky, play. Hawkes, who was by this ti me quite at home with the bowling, continued to play sound cricket and aided by Prest ( 14) , Strahan ( 10 ), and Bassett (9) took the sco re within a run of 200 . At this point Huyshe declared, leavi ng him with an excellent 75 not out to his c redit. The best analysis was secured by Smith, who took two for 45 . During the last three-qua rters of an hOllr of play our opponents batted a second time and ma de 44 for the loss of three wickets. Full scores and analysis : CHARTHAM

ASYLUM .

2nd Inuings. c HUY!ihe, b Strahan 5 c T omlin, b Prest I not am 32 b Wickhnm

1st Innings . II. S mith, c Tomlin, b Wickham I L lI ills, c Gillibrand. ], Pr..:st 1)(. l~vc relt, run out 'I', 'mham, c \'V ickham, b Sirahan .. J\ , 'Qknync , c Anders~n, b Wickham Ot. S hern, b Prest ... t'. Shonficld, run oul l((w. N, Ii oit. c Hawkes, b Basse tt III'. Duns tan, c Anderson, b Hayes I " Whil e, e l''!ason, b Hayes I , I)ullo, not out ... E xtras: Byes, 4; Leg Byes, 3

did

not haL

o 7 ' 44

T otal (3 wickets)

Total

KING'S SCHOOL. . I .. T omlin, c Dr. Everett, h H olt { ). 1<. Anderson, b Graham I". R. lI awkes, not out Prest, b Smith .,. I ., . Bassett, not (HIt n. C. Str~ han, c Ilills, b Smith 11 . 11. II nycs } (). 1>'. 11 uysht! A. (:l11ibrnnd did not bal.

11.}.

8 70 75

'4 9

I . Mnson I, 11, Wick hAm I ~x tffl i'l :

Byes, I t ; L eg T ota l ...

Bycs~

2 199

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CANTUARIAN .

BOWLING AN ALYSIS: K ING'S SCHOOl..

lI olt Graham Shonficld Cokaync S mith

.. .

:'ol.

14 15 3 3

2 2

51 49

0 0 0

W. I

0 0 2

15 45

CH ARTII AM .\ SYLUM.

P rest Wickham St rahan

Bassett H ayes

,1 St

In nings.

2nd I nnings.

10 10

2 4

26 15

2 2

6' 1 4

Prest Wickham Slrahan

H ayes

5 5

17 15

2 '3 2

0 0

6 6

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. FIFTH NO RTHUMBJ<:R L!\.N D FUSILIERS C.C. Played at Gravesend on Thursday, :Vlay I qt}}, all el res ulted in a victory for the School by 91 run s. I-Iuyshe won th e toss and sent in T omli n a nd Anderso n to face Carlisle and Leach . The latter bowler came in at once for so me severe punishment from T omlin, and in little more than twe nty minu tes the tota l had reached 39. at which point Anderson was caught at short-slip. Hawkes. who came nex t, was caught at the wicket before seWing dow n to hi~ ga me. wh ile at 56 Tomlin was st umped in going out to Carlisle. H e had played a vigo rous a nd attractive inni ngs which was free from fault " xcept for a chance of stum ping at 18. After his dismissal t he batting became weak, and both Prest and Basse Lt made so me very tat'!le strokes befo re they were sent back in two co nsecutive overs by Sarel. Five wickets had now fall en for 67 and our prospects were far from bright wh en Huyshe and Hayes became partners. However, by so me sound and patient cricket they p r~ve nt e d furthe r disaster before lunch -time, when the score stovd at 1 22. After the interval Hayes wh o.llad hitherto been. batti ng with great caution, hit out boldly an d soon ca ught li p his partner. Runs came at a li vely pace until H ayes was bowled at 176, Huyshe being s~ n t back in th e followi ng over. Of the two batsmen, Hayes undoubtedly showed the most confidence and his innings, the second he has played for the School , was a most creditable pe rfo rman ce upo n which he may well be cong ratulated. The only criticism to be madr: upon it is that he was once or twice at fault in judging a run. Huyshe also played it very good innings and if a trine too ca utious at tim es, he hi t hard at loose balls, and scarcely mad e a bad stroke. Except fo r a few good hits by Strahan the rest of our innings was devoid of any particular interest, the sco re terminating at 209. Carlisle bowled with great effect fo r our opponents, keeping a good lengt h throughout the innings. Sarel, too, bowled well, but was ve ry much knocked about at times.

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CANTUAR IAN .

, Orans and H ardy opened for the home tearn , the attack .being shared by vVickham and Prest. Neither of the School bowlers could find thClr length at first, but at 19 the former beat Ha rdy with a really good ball. Carli sle and Orans then made a few good cut S before the latter was bowled by Pref'~ with the ~c~)fe at 37· Carlisle was caught at slip after 17 more .had b~en added; t l1en. , Leach JOllled Sare~ . For a t ime t hey quite mastered the bowhng w~lch. was becomlll g rather weak, u~tl l Hayes relieved P rest and in his second over dlsml ~sed Sarel, wh o had shewn caplt~l rorm fo r his z8 ; his cu tting especially was or the Illghes t order. Leach \~'as. ou ~ SIX run s later to a brilliant catch by Strahan off his O\\'n bowling, and after h~s dls.mlssal our op ponents' batting quite broke down, though Bromfield made some In g ill ts off Hawkes before a hot return was held by that bo wl er. Strah an bowled v~ry well .all through th e latter part of th e innin.gs while Hawkes as !lsu~l succeeded III temptIn g the later batsmen. The School fi eldlllg as a whole was mdlffe rent, th ough St rahan was a brillian t exception to th is c ri ticism. The School had about an hour's batting in the second innings \~ h ich Prest a nd Anderso n enlivened by some attractive cricket. Full sco re and analysIs: 1s t I nnings. K ING 'S I . L. T omli n, st Wilson, b Carlisle h 1<' Anderson, c Ga thorne· H ardy, b Carl isle )0', R. Il awkcs, c Wilson , b Carlisle 11 . /. Prest, b Sarel ... I" . Bassett, c Bromfield, h Sarel 0 , 'I". lI uyshe, b Ca rl isle II . II. llaycs, bLea c h . . . Ii , C, Stmhan. c and b Carlisle \' S. Adams, b Carlisle I MII"!}O, lbw, b Carlisle \ , II, Wickham, not out c)(\rn s : Byes, 8; Leg·Byes, 2

SC H OO L. 2nd I nnings. 38 c and b Cockle 13 c and b Sard

3 30

34 19

4 c Gathorne-li ardy, b Cockle 5 c L each , b Carlisle 51

54 IS 0

not am

14 o

...

1\)\\', b Cockle

5 b Sarel ... 10 Extras: Byc,

6 I

.. . 106

... 209 T otal (for 6 wickets)

T otal

FIFTH

NORT HUMBER LA ND FUSILI ERS.

I.i ·U\. Orans, b Prest ,. Lieut. li on. N. Gathorne·Hardy, b Wickham W. M. Carlisle, E sq., c Allderson, b Prest I.h,:ul. Sarel, Ibw, b H ayes rnpl, Leach, c and b Strahan .. . 1,\ lit. Bromfield, c and b Hawkes ( 'tIP1. ~ l a ll hews, c Hayes, b H awkes 1.1 ut. Il ervy- Bathurst , c Hawkes, b 5trahan 1.1i1U1. Wi lson , nOlout HI 'lIt. StAples, run out ,., I 1\ " • rpl. Cock le, b Strahan .. . Extms : Byes, 2 ; Leg-Bye, I

T olal

16 II

14 28

19 26 o o

o o 3

lI S

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210

CANTUAH IAN .

B OWUNG ANALVSIS: FIFT H FU SILI ERS.

o. Wickham

Prest H ayes Strahan H awkes

M. 3 0

36 40 19

3 KING'S SCHOOl..

2nd Innings.

1st I nn ings. Carlisle Leach Sare! Gathorne· l-I nrdy Cock le

\V.

23"3

18 2

0 0

KING'S

SCHOOL

2ND

Xl.

Carl isle Sa rcl Cockle

Bathurst

M. 0 0 0 0

4. 2

HARBLEDOWN

o o

C.C.

Played on Thursday, l\lf ay 26 th. The School went in first, but did not make a very a uspicious begin ni ng, five wickets falling for 28. At thi s point, however, Covell and Dunlo p restored the game , and th e in nings closed fo r 86. H arbledown then went in and mad e 42 . The School second in n inos realized 62 for four wickets. The chief feat ure of the match was th e bowling of D unl op, who took all ten wickets, for 2'Z runs. Graty also bowled well, th ough he took no wicke ts, losing only nine run s in as many overs. Score : KING 'S SC H OOL. II. G. Paris, h Scrivener o not alit F. H. Vallghan, b Wallacc not alit G. E. l-Inycs, b Scri vcncr I c Williamson, b Haycs A. G illi brand, b Scrivencr T. R, Grnty, b Scrivcncr 3 C. M. Dll nlop, b H ayes 7 G . C. Covell, nm out 17 2 sl Williamson, b Elmes Vol. N. Kempe, b Scri\'cncr 12 c Williamson, b Stanlcy J. A . S. Aylward, not out F. H . H arrison, b Scrivencr 3 b G reen '" 2 F. Cremer, b Scriveno!r ... 30 Extras: Byes, 6 ; Wide, Exras ; Byes, 22 ; Leg·Byes, 6 ; Wides, 2 '

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II ARIlLEDOWN F. vVallace, h Dunlop F. L. EhlH'!', c Cremcr, h Dunlop S: Slack, c Covell, b Dllnl" p 1'. Godfrcy, c CO\'cll , b Du nlop K Stanley, c Pmi!;, b Dunlop II. E . Grecn, b Dunlop II. H. lia}'es, b Dunlop ... 1". Sc rivener, c Gillibrand, h Dunlop C. G. William son, h Dunlop A. W ood , b Dunlop A. !'II. I-l ilton, not ou t Exlr a~ : Byes, r I

2 11

C.C. 13 I

5 I

0 0

0 0 II

T otal B OWLING A NALYSIS: KI NG'S · S(; II OO L.

2nd I nnings.

1st I nnings.

<;1'1jvcner

I :Ic'cn Wnllllce Il u)'cs

12 '3 8 6 4

:\1-

3 0

23 19

Wallace, 2 Wides.

w. 7 o

Grcen Scrivener Hayes S tanl ey Elmcs Godfrey

3 4 3

o G r(>cn,

\V.

Wide.

o. 9

;\L

Grnl}'

Dunlop

w. o 10

H A R VE Y SOC lET Y . At a meetin g of the Society on !4l1 lurd ay, l'vl ay 7th, a paper was read by the' ec reta ry o n the Natural H istory of the Warren, F olkestone : he began by poi nting out the sui tabil ity of the \Varre n 11 "1 a place for collecting Natural History pe'ci mens, and mention ed th e numbers of I" l,ido ptera and bo tanical specimens to III' procured th e re ; he t ht: n descri bed IlIlIghl)' the fossil s, fl o we rs, re ptiles and hutterfli es to be found in this neighbourhood. On the followin g Thursday, A'Icc nsion Day, twe nty-four membe rs of

the Socip.ty went on an expedition to the 'oVa rren; there was a heavy mist fro m th e sea, but otherwise t he weather was a ll that could be desired; it was ra th er too early in the year fo r flowe rs and bird seggs, but most of the expedition succeeded in finding some good fossils in the Gaul t clay, Linton especially was vcry successful and found some good shark remain s ; th e Society had lun ch and tea at the .. Valiant Sailor II Inn . on the top of the ' Varre ll, and were excelle ntly prov ided for, On Saturday, May 14th , Mr. Varl ey

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read a very interesting pa per o n Canada. After desc ribing th e voyage to H a lifax he went on to s peak of Q uebec, Mo ntreal, Ottawa a nd vVinnipeg, me ntionin g the chief points of inte rest in eac h a nd giving a n account of the journey throug h th e Rocky Mountains. H e criticised the Canadian Government a nd the ine ffi ciency of the Militia and rema rked all the low standard of ath letics in Canada, giving an amu sing desc riptio n of the chie f nati o nal sports. H e also described th e co rn and lumber industries. The paper was illustra ted by lantern slides. There weTe thirty members present at th e meeting. At a meeting of th e Society held on

May :lI st, a paper was read by th e Sec reta ry on "Startin g a Private Museum." Afte r gi ving a short hi story of his own Museum, he proceeded to deal with vari ous Natura l History collections in de tail ; amon g o th er things he described th e stuffin g of birds. fish a nd caterpillars, the prese rvati o n of bird s' nests, th~ cast· ing of speci mens in pl aster of Paris, the mo unting an d arrange ment of fossils and precioLls sto nes a nd th e prese rvati on of specime ns in formalin o r spirit. He concluded the pa per with a sho rt de scripti on of the most suitabl e cases fo r the storin g of th e collectio ns.

SALIXQUE

PILA

ET PLUVIA.

E cce slldes stant infixac : nunc po nit uterqll e Arbite r ex solito virgas,2 albaeque coh ortes F. tecto cxcedunt. Clamor perfertur ad aures Speclantis turbae passim, • pila, qua pila, iacta.' Ad . . enit huc sudium custos, salicesq ue ferentes Nobile par homi num, primo qui s ind ice signum Arbiter expo nit med ium j salicesque prehensant. At pila prima sudem subito rapit: infeli x Yir Deiecti s oculi s tectum petit, et sibi di cit, I Ovum a nati s ' recitans, • Venit vir' fertur ad aures Vox, nec- crede mihi-tutus long um ille mo ratur ; Namqu e pi la m extemplo- cursu quae vcr~it - in auras Pe rcutit: et citius dicto est excepta paratl s Exploratoris ma nibus. un c te rtiu s, in ge ns COllspectu moles, incedit; q uem pila ta rda Tentat, et accurrit: fru stra : virgasq ue sudc sque H eu! retro versus pronas3 in pulve re vidit, Pla usibus at magnis quem lalia fact~ peregit Acclamant oml1 0S, pt:: tasum et menll sse labore . H eu ! nim bum tri stem dmnittit Iu ppiter altus : T e rra mades.cit aq ua : deced it tota caterva : Nec bo na ve rba sonant, at no n sacro o mine feta. l

slu mps ;

bail s;

pocl icnl exaggeration;

(' slumped ').

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SCHO OL NEWS. In the Public Schools Gymnastic Competition held at Aldershot in March last th e School pair J. Twells and G. F. Ohve we re placed eighth o n the list.

The O.K.S. match has been arranged for T uesday and vVcdn esday, Jul y 26th and Âˇq th. AI! who wish to play should com mu ni cate a t o nce with E. C, Green, E sq., Quee n' s College, Cambridge.

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The whole holiday g ranted by the H eadmaster in an ~ wel' t o th e requ est of His Grace the Archbishop, \vas g ive n on June 13th.

vVe heartily cong ratul ate T . S. Adams on hi s elec ti on to a Bible Cle rkship of ÂŁ I 00 a year for four years at All Souls' , Oxfo rd.

"ALL I NEED. " I ask not for one crown of glitterin g gold; I a sk not for o ne prized sil ve r toy ; Nor yet for an y gem tht:: wo rld do th holel, Or e'en for baser metal o r alloy. I ask no t fo r a th ousand colours gay, No r g ilded broidery, no r purple dye : I only wa nt the g lorio us light of cl ay, 1 only ask to gaze upo n th e sky. The varied col ours th at the dea r trees wear Are hues enoug h to dazzle my poor sig ht ; The gorse's gold, the sunbeam's spa rklin g gla re Are all I wish to see befo re th e nig ht!

O. K. S. Captain W. O. Boothby, R. N. CO.K.S. 1876- 187 8) has bee n appointe d to H.M .S. Immortalite. Captain Boothby is, we believc, the youn gest Captain in the Royal Navy. oJ;

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Major Collings, D .S.O., has bee n promoted to the rank of li eut , ~ c olon e l.

I do not need th e organ's mi ghty roll ; I ask to hear no dulcet human voice; 1 pray no ma iden to po ur for th her soul In sweetest so ng,to ma ke my heart rejoice. I see k no hum an muse, no r Orpheus' strain, No vi olin's me lody, no r flute's clear tone : I only ask fo r so me swce t country lane, l only wish to hear the soft winds moan. The g:lad so me songs th e birds in myriads slll g Are tunes e noug h totake awaymy breath : The insect' s hum , the brookl et' s chatte ring Areall I wi sh to hear before comes dea;th !

NEWS. F . C. Bo vensc hcn has been playing c l'ickel regu la rly fo r Corpus Christi College, Oxford .

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E. C. Green has received hi s colours for Queen's College, Cambridge. '# -oJ.

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CANTUAR IAN.

B. C. Covell playing for th e Incogniti against Christ Church, Oxford, made 92. -;.~

Deacon by the ' Bishop of London on Trini ty Sunday in St. Paul's Cathedral.

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\"-Fe have been req uested to stale that two matches have been a rranged for the Canterbury Pilgrims this year.

I n the London Hospital Athl etic Sports. R. C. Paris won the Mile, HalfMile, Half-Mile Hand icap (from sc ra tch), and Quarter l\'IiJe.

Friday, July 29th v . Weslga te, at Westga te. SatllTday, July 30lh v . Old Foresters, al Waltham stowe.

F. S. 'Whalley is rowing in th e London R owing Club Junior Eights.

All wh o wish to play in eit he r of these matches shou ld send in their nam es to Rev. R. F. Elwyn , Felsted School. \'f.~;'

H. A. D. Pe rei ra was

ordained

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C. F. Paget I;~s gone to Manila, wh ere we wish him the best of luck. His address for those wh o wish to write to him will be \,Varn e r, Barnes and Co., Ltd., P.O . Box, '94, Manila.

VALETE. P. W. Wh ite, F. A. Frost, T. Goodacre, A. S. M. Warrand .

CORRESPONDENCE. N. 8. -The Editors decline to aaept an)' respomibilil), comlte/etl 'witlt the' oftiniom oJ Iheil' CorrespolIdUl/s. Name ami address must always be l:ivell, /lot lI!ce.rsari/)' lor publication, but as a .lt llaranlee oJ good j aill" Pc/ sonalilies will illvolvl: certain rejectio/l. . L ellers should be 'lUI il/m ou olle side of tIle paper ol1ly,

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To the Ed/tors

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DEAR S I R S,

May we, as O.K..S., address ourselves, through th e Call!uarian, to other O.K.S., on th e subject of the O.K.S. Supper? By the present arrangement, th e Captain, upon whom all the arrangements devolve, is neve r able to know beforehand the exact number of those for whom he is

to make his arrangements. Conseque ntly, in hi s hospitable zeal to avoid the bares t possibility of inflicting a Barmecide feast upon an y guest. howe ver late, and however un expe cted, he has no altern ative but to provide Supper on a more or less infinite scale. Now it migh t, at fi rst sight, be supposed that all that would be seen to, cheerfully, by the junior portion of th e company, in t he pleasi ng afte rmath

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in the Fourth Back. But the orts and fragments of a repast laid for a possible se venty and partaken of by an actual forty or thirty, wo uld try the resources of eve n the most capacious fag j and it is clear that such a system entails a considerable amount of quite un necessary expense. \¥ hat we should therefo re like to suggest is, that O.K.S. who intend to ome to the Supp e r shoul cl let the Captain kno' . .· befort:hand j whi ch after all is not a preposterou s req uest to make. \Vhat is preposterous is rather that a Supper on 1')0 large a scale, and of so regular a nature, should, any more than a public Di nner, be co nducted with the vagueness lind splendid inconsequence ot catering whi ch di stinguishes t he Mad Hatter's T ca pa rty. The re medy, wh ich we have sugH('1') ted, is sim ple. \Ve can only conclude wi lh it hope that·O.K.S. will adopt it. Yours, etc., E. I. SMITH, R. H. C HARLES, F. C. BOVEN SC HEN.

O.\'jord,

JItI1e,

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1.ll/l H S IR !j,

With reference to the lette r in a nu mber of the Can/liar/ail, sugH' ' 111lK that the O.K.S. should have dlMllilt'livc colours, the School Sports I 'Ullli lliLt 'C , at a meeting held this term, h UVtl ull nnimo usly approved of the plan. AI 11111 Harne meeting it was co nsidered Ih'lll hlrk blue, light blue a nd white, would II! 'III lul)ll~ ·olours. As it was suggested III I hl\ a bo v -men tioned letter that the 11+ I 111110 11 tlhou ld rest with the Sports' 11 ' 1 I' n~

Co mmi ttee, they would we lcome correspondence on the subject from any O.K.S. co nce rned . O. F. HUYS H E, President of the Sports' Co mmittee.

1'0 /Ile Ed/lors of "THE

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DEAR SIRS,

Might I suggest the purchase of a new pair of Rin gs for th e Gymnasium . The present pair disagree with eac h other as to th e le ngth of their ropes, and are apparently willing to part with th e wornout leather, which origi nall y covered the m. Yours etc. {3GA,Tt'wuu:.

[Steps are

b ~ing

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To the Edz'lnrs of

TH E CAN T UARIAN."

DEAR S I RS,

May I be removed to the opposite side of the asphalt tenn is court, and covered with wi re netting ? Under such conditions, I should se rve t wo purposes, and prove of valuable use to the Tennis Cl ub as well as th e Bicycle Clu b. Yours, etc. BICYLE RAILING. [Back play is "rendered s\lfficiently difficult already owing to the presence of bicyclists. - EDD.]

To /IJe Edz'tors

"THE CANTUA IUAN."

D EAR S IR !j,

Why sho uld not hard worked Open Steeplec hasers be allowed Colours if they do not succeed in obtaining th em in other events? You rs in hope, RUNNING COLOURS, (The institution of a steeple-chase against the S.E.S. or Wye College (as suggesled last year) would be an obv ious (emedy. Perhaps the Sports' Committee will consider it .-EOD .

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NOTICE .

We, beg to ackn owl edge with thank s th e receI pt of the following subscriptions : H . M. Cockrem. Esq. (3/6). I-I. Gramsha w. E sq. (3/6). C. W. Swithinbank. E sq.'(3/ 6).

Mrs. Fielding. (7/0). F. H. Durnford. E sq . (3/ 6). \{ . W. Mars hall . Esq . (one dollar). G. F. Paget. E sq. (two dollars ).

OU R CONTEM P OR AR IES.

'Nc beg to ack nowledge th e re cei pt li!fa h'erni{m . C. O. S., PIj 'fll ol il1{1II K in rrs of th e follo wing contemporaries ;S chool . Par~JlJalla. lJi/ agar.i1te, Ch lgwell;;'lI, B uriall , Olavian, Onset ( 3), G il)' 0/ D,ovonall, .FelsledlG1t! K ellJ' Col/ege Chromi:le. L O/~ don ? chool 111ag az z'lIc, 1 he Lity ," , Ulima/moml Chrome/e ('2), S oulll E astern ShlrburJllall , CJlOlmeliall, Blundellian I Colleg e jl~aga z t'lIe. L {IYS Forlllig!Jt(y ( 3), Epsolll1cl1l , Elzzabe/Jr fl ll (2), Carl/IUs/au (2): i l11am.voodlau , S uI/on Valence jJl/agaz/tle ( 2). .f

Gi bbs and Sons, Pri nters, Palace Street , Can lerbury.

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CANTUARIA N . JULY.

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1 0.

E D I TORIAL. Another School year is drawi ng to a close, and for some whose last it is the I" 1111 instinc tively trave ls back to those primeval days (as it seems) when we first

ry insignifi can t place in a public school. At such a mo ment as thi s the hopes, Ih l1 II ltpiralioll s, t he pleasures and the disappointments see m to return to us anew, and IIhll I h (~ traveller standing at sunset in silence on the crest of a hill we gaze back on 1111' wilHling road behind us ann real ize what a shadowy fleeting substance school 11111 1M, And yet T ime, wh o has ever watched our weak effo rts, will in due season II lo ur work to see whether it be tru e metal or base all oy. But enough of th ese IluIIIKhlK, let us take co nfidence and boldly laun ch out into the deep. "'lI tl y 'ar whi ch has just pas t away may reasonably be termed prosperolls. I n It 11111 '. lo which pride of place is bestowed in most hearts- we have not fall en !lIn I ot Oll r predecessors. T he Football F ifteen enjoyed a measure of success for I hl l pÂˇn rs un dreamt of, whi ch we feared was a thing of the past, a nd in Cric ket, 11I11I1 N' h w have been handica pped by the absence of some of the best bats, we have I I U "lil t" LO record seven wins. But whil e thus engaged we have no t lost sight of the , Ihlll)' ohjrct of School life, for thanks to the untiri ng energy of th e Sixth Form ~, II III H V rai di stinctions fell to our representatives at t he Universities. II wu ul d be d iscourteous to omit our congratulations to "the king of the

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cloudless sky II OIl the success that has at last attended his praise worthy efforts to reform in response to the Edito rial req uest. After a p rolOI~ged resistance, worthy of the past traditions of the English climate, the cloud s retire d de feated., and now even the most inveterate grumbler (for such p.eoplc a re kn own ) has lapsed tor a short time into silence. We herewith offer our humble apologies to our quonda m Fundator for th e insult don e to his august Majesty in our last iss ue ; even th ough he I~ as bee n ,removed from his time-honoured position we trust that he may long take an m te rcst 10 our welfare and still direct the fortunes of th e Kin g's School.

31t Memoriam. + G ILBERT

PEVERIL

PEACHEY.

>1< We regret to record the death of Mr. G. P. Peachey, who di ed on April '9th. He was educated at th e Tunior School before going on to Bradfield College. After a successful career at Oxford he e nte red th e Consular Service and was attached to

the Pekin Legation. For his efficient se rvi ce durin g the defence of the Leo-ati ons he was award ed the highest gtaOd e of the three medals given for th e defence and reli ef. He was only 29 years of age at the time of his death.

>I< ROBERT

RHODES.

>1<

Many O. K. S., especially those who were in the Junior School, will learn wi th deep regret th e death of Mr. Rhodes, whi ch took place qui te suddenly on Sunday morning, J uly 24th . Born in 1834, he was for some time a Lay Clerk at York Minster, but in Il:SS9 came to CanterÂˇ bury and was appointed a L.y Clerk

of this Cathedral. H e continued to sing in th e Cathedral Choir for fortyone yea rs, and was for the greater part of that tim e the leading bass. His talents were especially adapted to oratorio music, and in IVle ndelssohn's H Elijah" he had few equals in the representation of the prophet. He also undert ook, in conjunction with

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Mr. Plant, the management of an Annual Concert, which he subse · quently organised by himself, and, ·as the Mayor said at the Farewell Concert in Iq OO, he had not experienced a single failure in thirtyeight years. He was for many years SubLibrarian to the Cathedral , a post whi ch he retain ed to the time of his death, an d many will reme mber the kindness wi th which he delighted to ~ h o w the treasures and curios und er his care to the boys at all times.

In addition to his Cathedral duti es he succeeded Mr. Plant as Music Mas ter at S. Edmund's School in 1865, and some years late r began to teach singing in the ] unior School. Of late years he had been teaching Arithmetic to the smaller boys th ere, and so was still connected with the School a t the time of his death, All will miss him as a good fri end, who took a ge nuine inte rest in th e School and was always ready to do all he could for it.

IMPRESSIONS OF COMO. By mea ns of th e steam-boat we

the right one and se t ourselves to enjoy to Portezza, whence a small th e beauti ful vision spread out before 11.11 11 takes us to Menagg io. the our gaze. As we saw three boats stop II tlll lllllS. on th e Lago di Co mo. at Mellaggio and as all of them took I hi' IllI gine and train both being on a considerable time in unloading luggage, I 11111 11 scale, th e former's whistl e was we felt justified in co nsidering that III III!' !lume quality-the shrill, piercing this was a di stinct stain on th e otherlull k it mitted only resemblin g th e wise adm irable boat service. It is I I! IW of 1\ c roup-stri cken cock. The the same on all the lakes, none of lilli , wi nding like a long . serpent th e various U Societe Navigazione " IlulIlIHI! LIII" pat h he wn for it from the havin g thought of th e simple remedy 1IIIIIIIII Id ll ~ I o pcs. !'eems very out of of providing two ways off the boat, for, ,,1111 lI ud minute a mong th e great as matters now stand, pas s eJ1 ge ~ and ~ II I ICIc k th at form a natural wall luggaO'e share the same gang-way with 1\ II IIIPI Hid" Th rough grand and g reat ° inconve nie nce and discomfort to II II! ",'t'IlNY th e little "treno" the furm er. From Menaggio we saw 11111 d IllolI J.{ till it reached its fi na l the prum.onta ry on which th e town of 111,.1111111 , ~ 1 ~· l mggio, and here we llellaggio stands. The latter place Hili All r boarding two wrong appears a ve ritable town of green from \\1 II ~ IU ::l ~ SlI ceeded in finding th e distance, and has a massive back~ 1I.IV(l II ' d

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ground of snow-capped mountains, the peaks of ~vhich were enveloped in the clo uds. Varenna was

the

first

stopping

place and is a good instance of the saying "the old order changeth and giveth place to the new." At one ti me it was only possible to get to Varenna from th e steamer in a small rowing boat, into which yo u and your luggage were unceremo niously bundled j but now Varenna has a good pier, a railway from Milan and several up-ta- date

hotels. From the boat you can see a small , insignificant looking inn, which glories in the name of "Osteria Garibaldi" : eq uall y unworthy of the great hero and of the place. On either side of the lake th ere run highroads, which must have taken great labour to co nstruct and which, in many places, were tunnelled und er huge rocks, air~holes having been made at intervals. Bellano was our next stop, a town noted for its manufacture . From this place a Hyd ropathic could be seen, a{:cess to whi ch was gained by an un~ sightly and steep cable railway-a great scar o n the green hillside. Everywhere there rose numberless vine terraces from the wat'er's edge as far up as the grassy slope e xtends. only ending when t he gree:n merges gradually into the grey and black of the rocky peaks which are crow ned with a wreath . of white and wh ich seek to enter the vault of blue above them. At the foot of these steep heights the

hand of man has been permitted by the mountain powers to build villages, which may be swept headlong into the lake, whenever they sho w the least sign of pride and of insole nce toward their various sovereig ns. On the gentier slopes, indeed, these powerful monarchs of the rocky world have allowed th e handiwork of mortals to creep higher up , as if to lull human be ings to sleep by a feeling of security, from which some day they may be ru dely awakened. We next reached a small village rejoicing in the name of" Pianella "-a very small plai n indeed by the look of it. Above Pianella a waterfall rushed down to meet the waters of the lake. H ere one saw every va riety of colour-brown, all sorts and conditions of g reen, the red of the peach and apricot, orange, yeJ1ow. the white and grey of houses, olive ; and the blue and white of the sky above all. After a quarter of an hour' s run the boat stopped at Dongo, where a sly, greasy-looking I talian peasant got on : he was one of those men you mistrust at first sight. Shortly after we left the boat at Gravedona,a town situated picturesque ly at the entrance to a ravine. H ere we had some coffee at th e <C Hotel d'Italie" and he re, too, we fouod an English-speaking waiter. The \vorld is already nearly ready to accept a commo n tongue. and that tongue, whe n it comes, will be .English. Ev erywhere we heard it spoken and spoken well too-far better than many Englishmen speak their ow n language, not to mention foreign tongues. Indeed

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â&#x20AC;˘ it is a pity that some English t ravellers should not take the tro ubl e to acquire the few needful phrases of the particular language. Our bill at Gravedona was as follows : Coffee' boiling hot' 2 fro 25 cents. Cl Beard"! 50 cents.

The waite r had only . got a little 11, udcll ed in spelling the last word-he III 'a nt 'bread .' Among the nume rous attractions of (j mvcdona, set forth on a card given us Il L thi s hotel, was a I f Pension nat d'6ducalio n pour les jeunesfilles." H ow many. Wil wond er, had found their way to the nhocl of the fai r ones, only to be turned IUlI'k by a severe and shocked looking IIIIIL

Afte r a brief stay we took the boat IIHlll n.

1\ II th e way back to Menaggio it 1111111111 hard and so we were prevented 1111111 vi siting Cadenabbia and its far-

famed vi lla and gardens, but took the train back to Portezza, where the boat awaited our arriva1. The seats on board being wet, two of our number fo und a hard, yet beautifully warm, resting place on the top of the boiler and soon forgot the disappointment of the afternoon in contem plating our' native' lake again and in feeli ng that in our minds Lugano still occupied the first place in point of general beauty. Como struck us as being a little world in itself, so shut off from the rest of the globe is it. Certainly, as far as fame goes, the Lago di Co mo comes first, for Virgil refers to it in one of the Aeneids, and Longfellow extolls it as the most beautiful of all lakes, summ ing up his thoughts in this verse. I ask myself, is this a dream? Will ' it all ' vanish into air ? Is there a land of sueh supreme And perfect beauty anywhere? HO\~~ver, many people have not agreed WIth the latter poet in g iving Como the title of the' most beautiful 01 lakes.'

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CRICKET. KING'S

SCHOOL v. MR.

LATTER'S XI.

Played on the Beverley on Tuesday, May 24th. Rain interfered with this match -to so great an extent that only about an hour's cricket was possible. During that time 'the scratch. team found little diffi culty with our bowling. Score and analysis:MR.

LATTER'S

A. Latter, not ou t .. ' W. A. E. Austen, b Wickham J. Dean, not out Rev. W. Rashlcigh Major Isacke Hon. W. James Captain Partridge did not bat. G. Gay B. Wacher C. E. H ar ris G. E. V. Austen Extras: Bye, I j LegÂˇbyes, 7 j

XI. 42 22

Wide,

Total BOWLING

ANAl.YSI S.

Strahan H ayes Prest

KING'S SCHOOL v.

R. 22

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39 15

o o o

LAWRENCE

"A."

o. 6 7

Wickham

ST.

This match was played on th e Beverley on Thursday, June 2nd, and proved somewhat disappointing as the start was delayed. by rain, and, in conseq uence, it was impossible to play to a finish. T omlin and Anderson opened for the School, but, in the second over, the latter was taken in the slips. Hawkes succeeded and made a few good strokes to leg, but at 21 T omlin was bowled, and, though Prest stayed a short time, Hawkes skied a ball to leg at 51 and was out for a pretty 23. Three wickets were down for 51, and, at this point, a dismal collapse began. Prest, H ayes, Bassett and Strahan were dismissed for the addition of 12 runs and the School prospects were by no means promising. Fortunately Huyshe, who frequently has come to the rescu e, did not fail us on this occasion and redeemed the situation . \;Vith Mason he took tho score by patient and ~areful cricket to 1 02, when he was out for a most useful innings

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?f $1. :rvlasoI1, ~oo. is to be congratulated on his steady play at a critical time. The Illl1lngs closed for 10.6. .In the hour and a quarter remaining for play our opponents put togeth er 60 f?r SIX WIckets. The first two wickets 'fell in a s'omewhat curious way, ' the bal.l r~boundlng olf .Huyshe's pads int.o: the wicket. Wa~her and Rhodes were soon dIsmls~cd, but Harns and Martin (not .out 20) after some uninteresting cricket l?layed Ollt. hme. For the School, Strahan kept a good length, taking four wickets lor 19, wlllIc. for St. Lawrence, Belsey troubled our batsmen considerably. Full score dnd ana lysis :KING'S

SCHOOL.

L, Tomlin, b Gobel... . D. K. Anderson, c r-,'I artin, h Gobel F. R. H awkes, c Bowen, b Belsey .. If. J. Prest, c and b Belsey .. . 1-1, H. H ayes. h Belsey ... .. . O. F. lIu ),she, c Houlden , b Martin L. J. HaRsett, c Bowen, b Belsey G. C. Straha n, c and b Belsey ... E. i\'fason, c Gobel, h Belsey .. C. M. Dunlop, c Houlden, b Marti n J. B. W ickham, not out Extras: Byes, 2; Leg·byes, 3

6 4 23

31 4

3 5

Tota l

106

ST. LAWRENCE "A, " I.. Rhodes. sl Huyshe, b Prest II. Gobel, SI I-I uy!'; he, b Strahan r.. larti n, not (lu I II, Wacher, bMason ... '1'. BI :J inc, c and b St rahan R. Rhodes, b Strahan ". 1\ , Bowen, Ibw, b Strahan K lI arris, not out .. II , ~ \ a pl cy } II. Uclscy did not bat, N, ll ould en Extras: Byes, 4; L eg·bye, I; Wide, I

20 10

o 9 o

T otal (for 6 wickets)

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Prest ... Strahan Mason Wickham

KING'S

18 19 10

5 2

SCHOOL v. FELSTED

SCHOOL.

This was played on the Beverl ey on Tuesday, June 7th, and proved a most exciting match; the resu lt was a defeat for the School by 88 funs. OUT opponents batten first and D onnton and Jewell went in to face the bowling of Wickham and Strahan. ,"Vhen he had made seven the latter wa s let off in the slips by Bassett, a mistake which perhaps cost the match. The pair soon settl ed down to easy c ri cket, and the sco re ~ad rI scn to 74- b ~ f01:e Dounto n was Ollt! lbw., to ,Dunlop, having made 28. By thi s ~lI!le Jewell was wlthH~ easy reach of hIS 50, whIch he co mpl e ted soo n after being ]ol!lcd by Freestan, whIle the total reac hed three figures wi th the same hit. Things qmckly assumed a gloomy appearan ce, as th e two batsmen. though for a time scori nl)" slowly, seemed to get enti re control of the bowling . Preeston reac hed his 50 whil~ J ewell was still in th e eighties, and soon afterwards Strahan d ro pped an easy chance from the opposing captain, which , if accepted, might have altered the fate of th e day. At 65 again, Preeston narrowly escaped being run out, but. except fo r a mis-hi t Âˇ at 79, this was his last slip; scoring freely, he nearly caug ht his partn er before the latter had reached his century, the total being now 240; soon afterwards he also attained to this honour, an d, a run later, fell to a catch by Strahan off Prest. His in nings, which was a pleasin g di splay, included a five, five fours , and eleve n threes. Jewell did .not s~rvive his captain lon g, and was bowled by Strahan twenty run s later a~ 271. ~IS achieve ment was t he mort: remarkable from the fact that it was practically hI? first c rIcket this season . In a vi gorous and steady innings in which he made no ~l stake, but for a ~ han ce at the beginning and a high one over slip when 100, he hit five ~ours and sIxteen threes. You Ie and H anki n we re now together; the fo rmer gave a dIfficult chance to Dunlop before being caught by Anderson olf Prest (4 for zBJ). Nme runs later H ankm fell to Prest wIth a catch by TomlIn. The last two wickets to fall were taken by Strahan, who secured Lh e best analysis of three for 63. Beaumont ( zo) and Thomas (7) were the not outs wh en the innings was declared closed at 340 for 7. T~e .School fielding was inconsistent, and, th ough it showed occasional sparks of bnlhan~y, J?1ust ?e put dow.n on the whole as indifferent. Considering the length of the IIlllmgs It was credltable that I-Iuyshe only let four balls pass him. The School innings was started by Tomlin and Anderson, the bowlers being Preeston and Thomas. Tomlin was never comfortable and was dismissed by the former with the score at I I. Hawkes came next and helped to add 33 before Anders~)l). s u~cumbed to a brilliant catch in th e slips by Preeston. H e had made 28 by some m ce crIcket. Hawkes had cont ributed a steady 34, when he skied a ball to

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\ '1('8t for a useful ' ~O inl;

the score thus stood at 1 05 for 3. In th e same ove r Shi rreff also dismissed 22, and in hi s next, Bassett, who offered little resistance. Then followed an invalUab le and exciting innings by Huyshe. who, partnered in succession Ily, Dunl op. Strahan and Gillibrand, brought matters within the possibility of a draw. ' j here was g reat excitement as to whether he would acco mplish the double feat of uhtai ning his century and savin g the match, but the fates ruled otherwi se. Strahan plny(.' d unu sua ll y slo w cricket, and, whil e at th e wicket, was let off a hard left-hand I ha ll ce and a high hit on th e off. Gillibrand then joined Huyshe, who was playing In hi s characte ristic style, getting most of his run s by some brilliant leg-hitting. He IlI lt wh en th e sco re stood at 227, with 88 to his credit, which incl uded a five, six fours, ulld ni ne threes. Afte rwards Hayes and vVickham failed to protect their wickets, though ( li lli brand' s 18 dese rved praise ; and so an excitin g match was lost, 340-252. The IIPNL bo wl ing analysis was obtained by Shirre ff, the slow bowl er, who took I) for 38. PII'I'lIlon also caused difficulty to our earlier batsmen. The fielding on the whole was hl' tlt'r tha n that of the Sc hool XL, while Preeston was brillia nt throughout. Full sco re and analysis ; FELSTED SC HOOL. A. i\1. !)ounton, lbw, b Dunlop ,\. N. Jewell , b St rahan ... It S. Prccston, c St rahan, h Prest ." J . S. VOlLlc, c Anderson, b Bassett .. . ll. ~ I. li ankin, c Tomlin, b Prest .. . V. L. G. !Javies, b Strahan .. . '. i\1. Shirrerf, c Anderson, b St raha.n J. I.. Beau1llont, not out A. R. T homas, not out. ('. II. DouglaS, } I'd . 1 t J. C. Gammon, ( I not la Extras: Byes, 10; Leg-byes, 5 j

113 ... 101

14 31

o 8 20

7 Wides, 2;

Total (ror 7 wickets)

No·ball, I

... 340

KING'S SC HOO L.

I I.. Tomlin,

b Preeston ... 11. \(. ,\ncerson , c P reeslon, b Thomas I'. 1(. llawk cs, c J ewell, b Shirrcff 11 . / . PI C!!t, h S hirreff ... I" . Bns!lctt, c Dav ies, h Shirrerf I), F. I I uyshc, h Shirreff ( '. i\ 1. I)un lop, b Prceston I; , l:. SImhan, b Shirreff A, (:i1Iihrand, b Douglas II , II . Ii nyes. not out J II. Wickham, h Shim ·rr Ex tras; Byes, 26 j Leg-byes, 7 j

Total

o ...

88 7 9 18

Wides, 5

38 •.• 25 2

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B OWLI NG ANALYSIS.

FELSTED SCH OOL.

W ickham Strahan Bassett

H awkes Dunlop Prest Hayes

9 29 12

0 3

2 0 1

31 63 33 30 60

23 3

2 0 0

7 II

Gillibrand

KING'S SCHOOL. O.

Prceston

Thomas

6 0 0 0

7 7

Douglas Davies Shirreff Hankin

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SC HOOL v. THE

CAVALRY

5 0

30 39

DEPOT.

Played on the Depot ground, on Saturday, June 12th, and resulted in a victory for the School by 143 runs. OUf opponents won the toss but preferred to field first, and so T omlin and And erso n, as usual , opened the School innings. The laLter mistiming his first ball, made room for H awkes, who opened with a dangero us stroke towards mid-olf, th ough .he soon broke the spell by scoring a two and a four from the rest of the over. After this neither of the batsmen seemed to find any difficulty with t he bowling. and afte r a few uneventful overs, made nms q uite freely . Bennett and Cliff, the first pair of bowlers, gave place to Plum and Kearsley, but the first-named was recalled at 44. and in his first over disposed of Tomlin for a hard hit 20 . H aw kes continued to score free ly all round the wicket, while his new partner, Prest, acted strictly on th e defensive, and had put together 59, chie fly by cut s and powerful leg drives, ont of a total of 88, before he fell to a catch at mid-on. Prest soon followed hi m, and as H ayes also fail ed, half the side was out for 97 . Huyshe came next, but almost immediately had a li fe from mid-on, whil e at I 12 he lost Dassett, who had not bee n shapi ng at all well, and Dunlop (seven for 112 ). Strahan looked like followin g their example at ve ry short notice, giving chances in each of his first two runs. H oweve r. after t.his lucky start he soon settled down to his lIs ual vigoro lls game, and helped Huyshe to add some sixty run s before lunch-time. After the interval Huys he soon reached his fifty, but was bowled almos t immediately afterwards. Except fo r the chance already mention ed, and another to square-leg at 4.8, I~ e had played a sou nd innin gs, making constant use of his leg pull -stroke, wluch If not elegant proved very effective . Gillibrand did not stay long,

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but 路Wickham kept up hi s end whil e Strahan wound up his in ni ngs with some really magnificent drives. H e hit with conSIderable power throughout his innings and showed more jud gment in choosing the right balls. Considering t hat 7 wickets had fallen fo r 112 , o ur total of 237 was a highly creditable perfo rmance. For our opponents Briiton bowled with great effect, his five wicke ts costin g only 36 runs. Our opponents then started with Cli ff and Kearsley, the attack being shared by Strahan and 'vVickham. The fir st few overs were ve ry d ull , though Cliff occasionally puni shed th e loose balls from either bowle r. At 2 } , however, 'vVickham beat Kearsl ey who had been very uncomfortable. Cliff hit out well, but after his dismissal at 45, Ratford and Bean played a ve ry patient innings, takin g some twenty minutes 10 add six run s. \~'al ke r fi lled the vacancy, but could get no one to stay with him fOJ" any length of time . H e was last man out at 94, having contributed z8 out of 43, the only man on the side besides Cliff who reached double fi g ures. Bassett, H ayes an d Dunlop a ll bowled weB for the School, but Strahan, tired, n doubt , by his long innings, did not do himself justice . Full sco re : KING'S SC HOOL.

L. Tomlin, c and b Bennett 路0 . K. Anderson, b Bennett F. R. Il awkes, c Cliff, b Plum II. J. Prest, c \~Talke r, b Plum

59 9

5 o 53 o

L. 1. Bassett, b Britton I I. . H . I-hyes, b Britton O. F. lI uyshe, b Plum C. 1\'1. Dunlop, c Bennett, b Britton G. C. Strahan, b Britton .. . A. Gillibrand, c Walker, b Britton. J. B. Wickham, not (lut Extras

61 2

...

." 237

T otal CA VALRY Mr. Kearsley, b \Vickham .. Mr. Cliff, c and b Strahan ..

Serge Ratford, b Bassett Sc rr~e Bean, b Bassett ... Mr. Walker, c Hayes, b Dunlop ... Hergt. Wortham, c Strahan, b Bassett Pte. Filler)', b Hayes ... ., . 路orp!. Bennett, b Hayes Pt e. Plum. b Hayes 路orp!. Britton , b Dunlop ... "'orp1. Morgan, not out Ext ras T otal

9 19

DEPOT, 2

3~ 5 .. . 28 2

5 o o

...

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228

KING'S

CANTUAR IAN.

SCHOOL v. HYTHE

C.C.

This match was played Oil Wed nesday, June 15th. on the Beverley. The Hythe team was unfortunately not at full strength, and had to be completed by E. C. Green, G. E. V. Auste n, Twyman ' and Harris. The usual pair ope ned to the bowling of Phil pott and Cooper. Tomlin was out Ibw in Philpott's second over, and at lunch five wi ckets were down fo r 56. Bassett and Huyshe now came together, and by some much morc vigorous cricket carried the sco re to 84. when Bassett was dean bo wled by Philpott. He had played very steadily at a time when runs were badly wanted. Strahan now came in and at once made matte rs lively. He hit cleanly and ap peared qu ite at home with the bowling. At 153 Huyshe had bad luck in being caug ht off his glove by Cooper at slip. His 55 included only seven singles, and to him was due the fact that the School were able to make over 200. He played with g reat caution at first, but whe n once set scored at a good rate. Mason assisted Strahan to carry the sco re to 2 07, contrib uting 21 of the number. Strahan was ninth out, caught at slip, at 220 for a hard hit 64, which included six fours. Wickham and Strahan began the bowling for the School, but neither obtained much success at first. Wickham was unable to get his lrngth, and was expensive. At 40 Strahan bowled Langdon, and Bassett relieved Wickham at the pavilion end, and in hi s first over bowled Twyman, and a couple of overs late r Hawkes accepted a chance of Hackney's. vVith the exception of Green, Gray and Denne, the last of whom played a very patient inn ings, there was no performance worthy of notice. It should be noted that H uyshe only let two byes during the innings. Graty's bowling analysis well shews the steadiness with which he bowled. Sco re and analysis: KING'S SCHOOL.

L. T omlin, lbw, b Philpott

D. K . Anderson , b Cooper F. R. H awkes, b Cooper H. J. P rest, b Langdon ... L. J. Bassett, b Philpott H . H . H ayes, b Langdon O. F. Huyshc, c Cooper, b Langdon G. C. Strahan, c Philpott, b Hackney E. Mason, c Philpott, b Hackney ... T . R. Graty, b Philpott- .. J. B. Wickham, not ouL .. Extras.- Leg-byes, 8; \\'ides, 4; Byes, Total ...

3 II

12 25 2

55 64 21

3 o 10

.. 221

T HE

CANT UARIAN. HYTHE C.C.

C. Hackney, c Hawkes, b Bassett L. Langdon, Ib\\', b St rahan G. Twyman, b Bassett ... E. C. Green, c Hawk e.!', h Hayes L. R. Cooper, c I-luyshe, h Strnhan E. Gmy, c {jraly, b Prest R. T. Denne, h Prest C. E. J farris, b Gmt}' G. L.Mackeson, not out G. E. V. Am.te·l, b Gmt}' C. Philpott. c W ickham, b Prest Ex tras: No Bait, I ; Wiele, I

34 21 o 19 6

. ..

19 6 19 o ;

Leg·bye ,

I ;

... Byes, 2

T ota l ..

'" 149 BOWLING ANALYSIS. KI NG'S SCHOOL.

Philpott Cooper Hackney Langdon Harris

42 37 49 48 23

16 15 5

2 3 3 0

w. 3 2

2 3 0

HYTHE C.C.

o. 10 10 7 5 9 6

Wickham Slrahan fiasselt Hayes Prest. Graly ...

KING'S

SC HOOL v.

WA L ME R

37 40 13 13 29 12

3 3 I

w. 0 2 2 I

3 2

GARRISON.

'1'lliM match was played at \~ralmer, on T hursday, J une 16th, in most lovely whk h cont ributed largely to the excellence of the cricket. The only matter "11 It'Hrd was that a game between two such well-matched sides should have had to I. 1111 unfini shed . ( ' III. Quill WOll the toss and himself went in to bat with Sergt. Sutcliffe. another 1111111 nuL unknown to our bowlers. Strahan and \Vickham opened th e attack for the 101111. RUlls came chieHy in singles at a leisurely pace, though neither of our I I h ' " "('l'mec! to present any difficulti es. After sending down five overs Strahan II IIIMI d Illld s , while Bassett relieved vVickham, and the former at once beat Col. Quill 11 11 II 1t 'lIl1y finc ball. the score then standing at 34. Sutcliffe and Bowen then added '1111 IWt1flLY more before lunch, and after the interval hit o ut boldly till at 93 Bowen, I ,HIII II,

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in answer to an appeal, was adjudged caught at point. Neither Godfrey nor Parsons stayed long, but Tupman helped Sutcliffe to take the score to 153 before being bowled for a lively 22. The latter was now thoroughly set and hitting very strongly on the leg-side. \ÂĽatts and Prett both rendered useful aid to their partner, who as he approached the century carried caution to an extreme. As a fact his di latory methods probably saved our opponents from throwing away the matc h by declaring their innings closed too early. ,"Vhen he at length reached three figures. the clos ure was at once adopted, with. the score standing at Z J 6 for 7 wickets. Sutcliffe's innings was quite accurate except for a chance to cover point between 70 and 80. Nearly all his runs were obtained by some very pretty strokes on th e leg-side, though a little variety would have made his innings more attractive. The School bowling kept much the same level throughout ; it was never bad, but had no "devil" in ii. VI/e might have dismissed our opponents for considerably less if the ground fielding had been more energetic. As it was, several of the fieldsmen just waited for the ball instead of running to meet it Our start was not promising, Anderson being out to a smart catch at slip at 14, while four runs later Prest was clean bowled. Hawkes and Bassett, however, then got complete mastery over the bowling and treated the spectators to some of the finest cricket yet seen in any of our matches this season. They made runs at a very quick pace, but scarcely made a bad stroke betwee n th em after they we re set and played all bowlers with equal freedom. Thus they put on 145 before Hawkes was stumped in going out to Watts. Hayes was unluck} in receiving a really good ball almost immediately he went in, the final sco re being 166 for 4- wi ckets. On the whole we may claim to have been in a slightly better position than the home team at the close, while in point of time, the transfe r of a quarter of an hour to our innings would probably have gained us a victory.

Full score and analysis :WALMER GARR ISON. Col. Quil l, b Strahan Sergt. Su tcliffe, not out ... Sergt. Bowen, c Bassett, b Mason Major Godfrey, run ou t ... Major Parsons, b Graty .. . Capt. Tupman, b Dunlop Pte. \:Vatts, b Dunlop .. . Sergt. Prett , b Strahan .. . Pte. Edwards, not out .. . Pte. Richardson }did not bat. CarpI. Syson Extras: Byes, 6 ; LegÂˇ Byes, 2; Wides, 2 T otal (for 7 wickets)

16 100

29 7 o 22 10

...

16 6 10

.. . 216

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CANTUARIAN.

23 1

KING'S SCHOOL. D. K. Anderson, c Richardson, b Watts H. J. Prest, b Prett ... F. R. Hawkes, st. Tupman , b Watts L. J. Bassett, not out... ... H. I-J. Hayes, b Sutcliffe O. F. Huyshe } G. C. Strahan E. l\'Iason C. 1':1. Dunlop did not bat. T . R. Craty J. B. Wickham Extras: Byes, 6; LegÂ·Byes, 3 ; Wides, 4

...

12 2

58 o

13 .. , 166

TOlal (fo r 4 wickets) BOWLING ANALY SIS: WA1.MER.

o. 17

Strahan Wickham ... Hayes Bassett Mason Craty Dunlop Prest

~ 7

HawkeS

Richardson

KI NG'S

43 17 15 27 33 8 25 23

2 I

3 o o

w. 2 0 0 0 I

2 0 0

SC HOOl..

\Vatls Sutcliffe Pretl Edwards

3 o

5 6

3 KING' S

18 9'1 I I 2

SCHOOL v. EASTBOURNE

59 36 37 5 ,6

o o o

w. 2

, 0 0

COLLE GE .

Played on the Beverley, on Tuesday, Jun e 21st: and re~ulted in a draw very much of our opponents. Huyshc's bad luck pursued him and he lost the toss II 11 11. The wicket was fast and, though it kicked a little at one end, our bowlers II ' IIlmblC' to take mllch advantage of this. Bassett and Strahan opened the attack, 11111 1I III I f J 4 run s had been made, Napier was yorked by the former for 19. Young II n l III lind was very nearly bowled first baIJ,-indeed he was distinctly unsteady for

III

1,I VUUf

23 2

THE

CANTUARIAN.

some overs, but then settled down to sound cricket. Jackson survived a confident appeal for a catch at th e wicket off Strahan, but was soon out leg before wicket to Graty, who had gone on for Bassett. Cole came in and was very badly missed by Bassett at mi d-off before he had scored, a very expensive mistake. Hawkes was just to the liking of Young who scored off him freely. aicled by bad fielding in the country on the part of Anderson . Soon after completing his 50 he put one up in the slips just short of Anderson, and when about 60 he was badly missed, twice in three balis, th e first time by Hawkes at mid-off, and the second by Tomlin in the country. The bowling by this time was getting very loose, Dunlop and Masoll, especially, sending down a series of wild full -tosses. After lunch Young gave another ve ry hard chance to Mason at point, and then Cole was caught by T omlin for a vigorous 50, made chiefly by drives and cuts. The fourth wicket soon fell, but the next wicket put all 11 8 before Young was bowled by Strahan for a splendid innings of 195. In spite of the chances mentioned his innings was a very good one, his leg-hitting and off-driving being very vigorous. "Vith the total at 347 for 5 wickets, Young declared I leaving us about two hours and threequarters to play, Hayes and Anderson started and all went well till Jackson went on with slows. and at once got rid of Hayes who was quite at sea with them. Anderson and Hawkes took the score to 69 {vhen the former was bowled in playing back to a ball that was well up. He had made 34 an d. except for his failure to get on to loose balls on the off, had batted well. Bassett soon went l bowled in the attempt to pull a straight one to sq uare leg. Mason and Hawkes, who were batting very well, made a useful stand till the former was caught at the wicket off the slows, and soon after Hawkes was clean bowled for ~6 , a good innings, though it was not easy to see why he got bowled by an apparently simple ball. Five wickets down for i 30 did not look very well. Huyshe, who had been batting very steadily, was th en tempted to have a go at an offball and got caught at cover. Strahan and Prest, however, played very well, though the formerls treatment of the slows was very dangerous. They added 47 before Strahan was given out ieg before wicket, for a valuable 35. T omlin came in and was nearly out first ball. Soon after he tried to run himself out, and a bad bungle on the part of the wicket-keeper alone saved him. Pres t, who was playing in better form l was next caught at the wicket l and Dunlop was bowled. I t was then within four minutes of the time for drawing stump s, but Graty came in, and Toml in managed to play out time. It was a lucky draw. - a moral defeat. Our fielding was extreme ly disapp ointing, for besides the dropped catches, the ground fielding was poor, there was a want of life among the Ji eldsmell to which we are wholly unaccustomed. vVe sincerely hope to see this remedied. Of course it was a long outing l but this slackness was noticeable not on ly in the latter stages of the innings. Even with a strong bowling side, good fielding means a great deall-with weak bowling it means eveq'. thing.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

23i

Full score and analysis :EASTBOURNE COLLEGE

W. L. Jackson, lbw, b Craty V,';. J . Napier, b J3asselt ... J. V. Voung, b Stn.han ... C . P. Colc, c Tomlin, b Prest E. L. Elliott, lbw, b Strahan A. II. Streeten, not Ollt. S. E. Musgrave, not out... W. S. Halliley } D. S. BryanÂ·Brown r 1 ot b.'ll H. K. Steele ( L( n . S. H. Lambe rt Extras

19 195 \0 2

36 9

... 347

Total (5 wickets)

KING'S SCHOOL. D. K. Anderson, b Cole ...

10 46

H. H. Hayes, b Jackson F. R. Hawkes, b J ackson L. J. Bassett, b Cole ... E. Mason, c St reeten, b J ackson O. F. Huyshe, c Yotlng, b Cole G. C. Strahan, Ibw l b Jackson I I. J . Prest, c Street en, b Young J. L. T oml in, not out C. r-,'l . Dunlop, b Voung ... T. R. (iraty, not out EXlms

13 II

5 o o 28

T otal ...

... 202 BOWLING ANALVSIS. EASTilOURNE COl.LEGE.

St rahan lJassett llawk es Cmty f l a)'es

Dunlop Prest l\'I n50n KIN G'S SCHOOL.

Young 'olt..: ncksol1 { .ambe rl

23 17 6 9 5 5 6 3

3 3

72 45 40 40 36 39 33 26

30 59 62 23

o. 12 25 18 4

0 0 0 0

4 2 0

0 0

2 3 4 0

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CANTUARI AN.

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE "A." This match, which was played on the Beverley on June 23rd, resulted in a very easy victory fo r the School, whQ passed their oppo nents' score of 136 with the loss of only three wickets. The wicket was in very good condition and St. Lawrence, winning the toss batted first. Pine and M. Bowen opened their innings. the fonner compiling 26 by some very poor strokes before being taken in the sl ips by Anderson off Strahan, who with Bassp.tt started the School bowling. The third wicket fell for j2, Prest bowling l\!Jartin by a good ball, which he did not attempt to play. Graty, who relieved Bassett, bowled very well, sendi ng clown six maiden overs out of eight, and capturing two _wickets for five . Unti l the last wicket none of our opponents gave mu ch troub le, but Harris and Holden took the score to 13 6 hefore th e latter was run out by a smart return from Graty. Harris, who went in at the fall of the first wi cket, was not out with 45 to his credit. The School fi elding showed considerable improvement on the Eastbourne match . Hayes who batt ed first with Anderson was soon taken in the slips with the score at six, but Hawkes and Anderson took the score to 46, before the fonner was caught at slip, after compiling 22. Anderson was also caught by a low catch at deep slip wh en the score had reached t J 8. Mason made one or two good strokes on the leg before being run out owi ng to a collision with his partner. Bassett, who had gone in at the fall of the second wicket, had been batting in very good styl e all the time, thollgh he rather mistimec1 several leg-hits early in his innings. On being joined by Huyshe, both batsmen hit out very well, Bassett's sco re moun ting very rapidly. At 90 he survived a confident appeal for leg-before, but otherwise he gave no perceptible chance, and his innings was quite a brilliant display. At the last over of the match he was seven short (If his hundred, but t wo very hard leg-strokes brought it up to tOl, and he is heartily to be congratulated on scoring the first century of the season. H is innings contained two fives, and fifteen fours , while Huyshe, who made 20 not out, hit four fours . The score at the close was 203 for four wickets. Among our opponents, T. and M. Bowen, were especially conspicuous for the smartness of their fiel ding. Score and analysis :ST. LAWRENCE "A." II. Pine, c Anderson, b Strahan M. Bowen , Ibw, b Bassett C. E. Harris, not out L. Rhodes, b Gmty Martin, b P rest R. Rhodes, b Grnty ... T. Bowen, c Hawkes, b Prest A. K. Mowll, Ibw, b Hawk es H. Belsey, b Dunlop .. P. Logan, Ibw, b Dunlop W. B oulden, run out Extras: Bye, I ; L eg-byes, 2; W ides, 2 Total

26 6

45 4 3 6 0

8 16

c 17

5 136

THE CANTUARIAN. KI NG'S

135

SC HOOL.

D. K. Anderson, c sub., b i\'fa rtin .. 1-1. I-I. Hayes, c Belsey, b Martin ... F. R. Hawkes, c Belsey, b Mart in .. L. J. Bassett, not out ... E. j\'I ason, run out O. F. I-luyshe, not alit.. G. C. Strahan \

I1.J.P"'1

22 102

9 20

}

r. L. T omlin did not bat. C. M. Dunlop T. R. Grnty Extras : Byes, I; Leg-byes, 4; Wide, I

Total ((or 4 wickets)

203

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

ST.

LAWRENCE

A." O.

Strahan Dassel! Grnty Prest Hayes Hawk es Dunlop

...

6 7'5 8 6 4 5 3

M. 0

6 2 2 0

Prest and I-l ayes bowled I wide each.

31 42 5 I4

w. [

2 2

K I NG'S S.CIIOOL.

Bel sey i\'lartin Pine I-lards M . Dowen

...

Martin bowled

wide.

9 14

2 4

7 5 7

0 0 0

33 49 35 24 56

0 0 0

K\NG'S SC HOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE. About a quarter of an hall I' before the game should have begun a heavy shower ('a me OIl, to whi ch much of the low scoring was due. It cannot be said that this I'XC lI SCS th e want of confidence shewn in batting by all except Strahan, Graty and Wi Âˇkham. T he last two added J 8 runs for the last wiCKet, the biggest partnership or th e first innings. Hayes opened the scoring with a snick to leg off Digby, but ""on a fterward s lifted a long~hop into the hand::; of Griffith at square leg. Anderson l\ wll scored a si ngle off Smith, and four balls later Hawkes was bowled off his pads. J\ lld crson was then caught at wicket, and Mason was out Ibw, while tryiflg to glide Il hlli\ to leg. Huyshe came slowly out to an otf~ball of Smith's, and was caught by

THE

CANTUARIAN.

Digby at wicket. and nine wickets were down for 38. Graty and \Vickham, however, played a brighter game and carried the score to 56. Dover opened as badly as the School, and at the lun ch interval had lost five wickets for 27 runs. They all seemed LO dislike Wickha m's deliveries, and Strahan kept a very good length. Arter lunch two more wi ckets fell quick ly, but when Henderson-Roe joined Griffith. the School total was passed without further loss. H end e rson-Roe was missed twice by Mason at point, mistakes which probably lost t he match, since neither Rawle nor Smith looked like ma kin g runs. The second innings of the School began with the loss of two wickets in the first over. But Hawkes and Bassett, playing a "cry rliffere nt game to that of I heir first attempt, .c arried the score to 60 before H awkes was rUIl out, through indecis ion. Both played a fast, bright game, and neglected no opportunity of getting a run. H awkes made some vcry pretty cuts, while Bassett scored Iv.!arly all his runs in front of the wicket. The order of the first in nings was alte red and Strahan and Wickham went in earlier to do some hitting. Some short runs were indulged in, in fact there were eleven singles running, divided between I-Iuyshe and \Vickham, T ea was taken with the score at 96. Hu)'s he declared ten minutes after the interval , having added 26 runs in that time. \Vith o nly So minutes left for play. Digby and J ones faced Strahan and Bassett. Play was very slow, Bassett's first three overs being maidens. Digby, J ones and Charsley were then successively caught by Bassett at extra slip. That which dismissed Digby was a brilliant piece of fielding, Mu nns fell to a catch by Prest at extra slip in feeling out for a fast ball of \Vickham' s. The School fielding was good as a whole, the bum py state of the out-field gi ving some excuse for o ne or two mistakes in groun d fieldi ng. The slips w.e re especially on the ale rt, and accepted every chance given. Another half-hour' s cricket might have given the School the victory, as both Wickham and Strahan were bowling steadily, a nd appeared difficult to sco re off. Score and analysis : KING'S SC H OOL. 1st Innings. 2nd I nnings. D. 1<. Anderson , cT. Digby, b W. Digby 5 c Tones, b W. Digby H. I-I. B nyes, c Griffilh, b W. Digby 2 b \\'. Digby ... F. R. H awkes, b Smilh ... . .. o run out L. J. Bassett, b W. Digby .. . 7 run oul E. Mason, Ibw, b W. Digby .. . c O. F. Huyshe, cT. Digby, b Smilh .. . 3 nolout G. C . .Slrahan, c W . Digby, ) Smilh 10 c T. Digby, b W. Digby B. J. Prest, b W. Digby .. . o J. L. Tomlin, b W. Digby .. . 4 T. R. Graty, h W. D igby .. . 7 J. B. Wickham, not out.. . ... . .. 9 not out ... Exlras : Byes,s; L eg-byes, 2; Wides, 2 9 L egÂˇbyes, 2 ; Widl:S, 2; NoÂˇhall, T otal

T otal (for 5 wickets)

o o 32 31 ...

20 10

'4 5 ... 1 22

\ THE

CANTUAR I AN .

i37

DOVER COLLEGE. 2nd I nnings. 1st Innings. T. A. Digby, c lI ayes, b Wickham 8 c Bn~setl, h Slrahnn L. Jones, b Wickham ... '.' o c Bassett, b Strahan A. C. 1\'lunns, c Anderson, b Strahan o c Prest, h Wickham R. B. Charsley, c Anderson, I, Strahan II C Bassett, h \Vickham W. E. S. Digby, Ibw, b Sirahan 5 110t out M. Poland. c ;"'l ason, b Wickham I .. 2 h \\' ickham E. A. F. Taylor , Ibw, b Slrahan 1 not out A. L. G riffith, b Gmty ... 22 J . B. Henderson·Roe, !;t ltuyshe, b Presl 12 A. S. Hawlc, nOl olll .. . ... 3 T. B. Smit h , b Graty o Ext ras: Byes, 6; Leg·byes, 7; \~' i de, 1 .• . 14 Wiele, I; No·ball, 1 Tota l

T otal (for

9 o I

15 4

5 wickets)

...

BOW LING ANALYSIS. KING'S SCHOOL. 2nd Inni ngs.

1st Innings. W. Digby '1'. Smith

5 4

10 W. Digby T. Smith 22 14 J. B. H enderson· Roe 3 R. B. 8h:mley 5 DOVER COLLRGE. 2nd I nnings.

1St Innings. Hlrnhnn Wlckhnm " 'I ~!4C I(

1'1('"1 .. . I,tllly .. .

4 3 0 2 0

25 17 10 4 8

9 2 3 2')

7 3

w. 4 3 0

Strahan Wickham Bassett

40 56

10 6 4

4 2 3

27 18 10

w. 3 0 0 0

2 3 0

KING'S SCH OOL v. ST. EDMUND'S SCH OOL. P layed on the Beverley, T uesday, J une 28th, and resulted in a victory for th e l!tnO!. . I ruyshe won the toss sending in H ayes and Adams to face the bowling of MIHIlllrd a nd \Val ker. R uns came very slo wly to begin with, largely to be accounted 1111 hy the slown ess of the wicke t. Adams was sent back when the Sco re stood at 8, Ilid hi. place was taken by Bassett. H ayes kept his place till joined by Huyshe for IliI ~ Ih wicket, when ~e succumbed to Morgan, with a score of 34 to hi s credit. 1111\·.;I\(1 was joined by St rah an, but was caught in the slips off Morgan in his next , ~ For the 7th wicket the sco re only showed 106, and our prospects were not of Iitl IItlglHcs t. l3'ut with the advent of Prest things took a different turn and the 110 \llrk t did .not fall till 150 was reached . After the dismissa l of Gillibrand for a

T.HE

CANTVARIAN.

useful 19. Prest was joined by Graty, but was soon bowled by Coutts, after playing an attractive innings of 32, in which he shewed a pleasing reversion to his last year's form. Dunlop then came ont to help Graty for the tenth wicket, and between them they succeeded in adding no less than 53 runs. After hitting a 5 and no less than eight 4'5 Graty was well caught by Coutts off Mustard for an excellent 40. and the innings came to a close for the lIsefu l total of 222 runs. For the St. Edmund's School Stewart and Coutts were the fi rst to come out to meet the attack of Strahan and Bassett. Stewart was run out when 25 was registered, his place bei ng taken by Nuttall. Graty then relieved Bassett despatching Coutts in his first over. Except A. Mustard who compiled 33, the highest sco re of the innings, no one managed LO reach double fi gures. Dunlop's bowli ng showed the best analysis reading 3 wickets for 8 runs. Strahan and P rest, however, shared most of th e hard work, each taking a couple of wickets, fo r 26 and 15 ru ns respectively. T he in nings ' closed' with a total of 96 runs , thus leavi ng us victors with the comfortable margin of 1 26 runs. KING'S SCHOOL. H, H. Hayes, c Fletcher, h Morgan T. S. Adams, c Nuttall, b Walker ... L. J. Basset!. b Fletcher E. Mason , c Stewart, b Fletcher ... O. F. Huyshe, c Fletcher, b l\'lorgan ... G. C. Strahan, b A. Mustard G. C. Covell, c A. ~·rustard, h l\lorgan I-I. J. Prest, b COlltts A. GilIihrand, b Walker T. R. Graty, c Cuutts, b A. Mustard C. M. Dunlop, not out ... Extras : Byes, 14; Leg-Byes, 5 ; No · Balls, 2

6 9 7

13 10

32 19

...

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•• • 222

ST.

EDMUND'S SC HOOL.

Innings. F . .T . Stewart, run Ollt N. V. Coutts, h Graty . E. A. Nutta ll , c Dunlop, b Strahan A. Mustard , Ibw; b Graty T . S. Tames, Ihw, b PreSt M. F letcher, c Bassett, b Prest V. R. Mustard, c and b Dunlop E. M. Swift, c Prcst, b Dunlop A. G. Knight, Ibw, b Dunlop ... H. R. Morgan, c Basselt, h Strahan B. C. Walker, not out ... .. Ex tras: BYCR, 5 ; Le~ · Byes, 2 ; Wides, 3 .. 1St

Total

40 16

...

2nd Innings. h Grnty 12 b BAssett 3 c Adams, b Graly ... 35 b I layes J not out ...

o 18 o 37 20

4 2

h Mason not out ...

10 10

7 3 0

10 96

Extr.ns: Byes, 2; Leg-Byc!', I Total (5 wickets)

. ..

... 98

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CANTVARIAN.

239

BOWLING ANALYS IS. KING'S SC H OOL.

Mustard Walker Fletcher Morgan Coutts

15·3 13

4 3

33 37

W. 2 2

IS 6

Coutts bowled 2 No·Ralls. ST. EDMUNO'S SCHOOL.

1st I nnings. St raha n Basset t. .. Graty ... Prest nun lop Bassett howled

Wide.

2nd I nnings.

26 25

5 2

2 0 2 2 3

Prcst bowled

KI NG'S

Wides.

SC HOOL v.

Strahan Graty Bassett .. Hayes ... Prcst ... Mason

SVTTON

5 2

7 7 4

M. 0 0 0 0 2 0

6 25 20 15

w. 0 2

VALENCE.

Played at Sulton, Wednesday, June 29th. The toss gave ollr opponents first choice and the School team had to go out nn d field. Strahan and Graty, who shared the attack, each got a wicket in their ~ lIrth over, though neither of them was showi ng his best form. Thew and T ahrum hy a pati~nt game gradually mastered them . and caused them to be relieved by Bassett fi nd Prest. The latter got rid of Tabrum in his fi rst over and Thew and Kay in his Re 'ond, five wickets being thell down for 55 . Meanwhile Bassett was proving rathe r (\x pensive and though Prest took two more wickets in conseclltive overs the score wns 70 when the seventh wicket fell. Prest's analysis at this point read five wickets lor three run s. H amblock hit out pluckily at the end, but Graty resuming a t Bassett's lind finished off the home team's innings for 95 . P rest's performance was parliclliar ly gratifying as the first sign he has yet given 01 r turning to the form he showed in the earlie r part of last season, and the School H,nll ild fielding was on the whole improved, Strahan doing smart work at cover-poin t 1I 11c1 Gillibrand in the long-field. JTayes and Adams started for the School and had a lively partnership against \11\1 )' weak bowling. At 29, however, Hayes was out to a high catc h at mid-off and "11\1(\ place to Bassett, who stayed with Adams till lunch. Afterwards Adams con· 1I11 1t1~d to hit out well, but at 76 Lowry came on and at once howle.d Bassett. At this pnllll lhe batting broke down in an alarming way. The eight remaining wickets 111 11 It'd onfy 44, and no one else got in to double fig ures. It must be admitted that

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the bowling at that stage was of quite another class to that delivered before lunch, but even then our display for a strong batting side was very fame. \Vith a lead of only l5 and scarcely three hours left for play we were in some danger, but fortu nately for us, Strahan had recovered his form and got rid of the first three batsmen with only 28 on the boarel. Kay and Tabrum played up well for the sixth partnership, but when ther were separated at 86 , our bowlers had little further trouble. Richardson, owing to a slight accident during our inni ngs, was unfortunately prevented from batting. The School had to make 83 to win, and after two wickets had fallen for 19. Bassett and Strahan hit Ollt freely and soon settled the result. The former's display was probably the best he has eve r given, and the ball which bowled him at the end might have beaten anyone. Strahan's hitting was not nearly so clean as his partner's, but some of his drives showed co nsiderable power. On the whole the result of the match was satisfactory considering that there were three absentees from the regular team, but the School has done better things. KING'S

SCHOOL. 2nd I nnings.

I nnings. H. H. Hayes, c H amblock, b Sanderson T. S. Adams, b Lowry .. , L. J. Bassetl, b Lowry ... E. 1\-{ason, h Kay O. F. Huyshe ... G. C. Strahan, c Tabnlln, b Low ry . G. C. Covell, b Lowry... H. J. Prest, b Kay A. Gillibrand, b Kay T. R. Gr:ny, not Ollt C. M. Dunlop, b Kay. Extras ... 1St.

T otal

7 45 ...

Extras ...

...

... 120 Total (3 wickets)

SUTTON L. Sandetson, b Gmty ... J. 1\'1. Druce, b Strahan F . A. T hew, c Bassett, b Prest P. vv. Tabrum, c Covell R. G. King(\on , c I-Iuyshe, b Prest S. E. Kay, c and b Prest V. C. Lowry, b Prest R. M. Richardson,b Gmty ... E. Ham block, c Gillibrand, b I-layes D. G. S. Unnson, c H ayes, b Graty E. W_ Pritchard, not out Extras

19 b Lowry 35 c Urmson, b Kay 21 b Sanderson 9 9 I)ot out .. . 4 not out ,,' 4 o

VALENCE. 11 b Strahan ... 4 c Dunlop, b SHahan 21 c Bassett, b Strahan 9 st Huyshe, b Graty .. 12 bPrcst ... o c Dunlop, b Graty . 4 c Strahan, b Bassett 3 b Prest.. 16 st I-Iuyshe, b Prest 2 not out .. 3 ahsent ... 10 Extras ..

10 5

5 13

: ..

... ...

5 25 5 20 0 8

9 0 13 107

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BOWLING KING'S

ANALYSIS: SCHOOL.

l !;t I nnings. ~ande rson

Thew Urmson Lowry ... Kay

24'

2nd

13 7 2 II 8' 1

7 0 0

5 3

R. 28 40

\Y.

0 4

IS 17

a 5

Kay Lowry. Sanderson Urmson Hamblock

I nnings. O. 6 6

0 0 0

4 I

22 21 18

Kay bowled 2 No-Balls. Sanderson bowled 1 NoÂˇBnll.

W. I 0 0

SUTTON VAI.ENCE. lSI

Strahan raty Bflssett ... Prest lI ayes ...

Innin gs.

I 2 0

6 2

R. 26 18 21

\Y.

1 3 0

Strahan Gmt)' Bassett ... Pr e~t

Dunlop

2nd In ning.~. O. M. II 4 II 3 6 0 2 7Âˇ3 0

R. 16 31 21 21

\Y.

2 3 I 3 0

----KING'S

SCHOOL v. M.C.C.

AND

GROUND.

This match was played on the Beverley, on July 5th, and resulted in an easy vi ctory for the M.C.C. The School batting was severely handicapped by the absence of Hawkes, Tomlin and Anderson, but even this cannot excuse the somewhat Inad equate total amassed by the team. Batting first on a perfect wicket the School 'ould raise only 76 . Hayes and Adams openeci om innings, but the former soon return ed a ball to R elf which was held. ' In the next over Adams was clean bowled hy Cranfield, both batsmen having failed to sco re. Bassett and Mason improved IImtters somewhat, the former cutting Relf bea utifully for four . Mason, however, "oon succ umbed and Huyshe carne in . After maki ng ten, the latter fai led to get hold of a ball which he attempted to put round to leg and was easily caught. SLrnhan and Prest played with more confidence and hit hard, but the forme r, afte r Nlmd in g the ball to the boundary three ti mes, had the misfortune to be bowled off hiM pads, the ball j ust dislodging one bail. Gillibrand played carefull y and drove Cru nfieJ d well for three. Graty made seven and the innings soon closed for 76 . On resumi ng, Hope a nd Baker opened to the bowling of \Vickham a nd Straha n, to begin with the former was very wild but imp roved later on. I n his first over. ~h t'llhan clean bowled Baker. In Strahan's next over Noel W:;lS very smartly stumped Ify II lIyshe. At 40, Graty took the ba!l from Wickham but did not bowl up to hi s IUlIIol form . Strahan, who was bowling very steadily, yorked Hope who had been Ill uy ing with grea t caution . Taylor-J ones was caught at the wicket before he had !tuttle many. Orr played steadily for his 7 1, and Moon hit very vigorously for his

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century not out, though he was badl}' missed at point when only seven, and might have been caught in the long field when 71. On reaching the score of 265 for 7 wickets, M.C.C. declared . At the second ventu re the School did better, compiling a hundred odd for the loss of seven wickets, Bassett carrying his bat for a well played 30. KI NG'S SC HOOL. Innings. 2nd Innings. H. H. Hayes, c and b Relf o c Taylor-Jones, b Orr ... • 0 run out T. S. Adams, b Cranfield L . J. Bassett, c Hulton, b Cranfield 15 110 l out E. Mason, c Cr,mfield, b Relf .. _ 6 b Wood O. F. Hu),she, c Noel, b Cranfield 10 c I-h >pe, b W ooel G. C:, Strahan, b C ranfield 12 b Taylor-Jones H. J. Prest, c Whiteside, b Relf IS C Noel, b I-hilton A. Gillilmmd, not out ... c Hope, b }-Iultf}11 T. G. Graly, c ',vhiteside, bReI{ 7 not out." C. (o..f. Dunlop, c Whiteside, b Relf ;} did not bat. J. D. Wickham, b Cradfield ... . .. Extras: Leg-byes, 2; No-ball, J. .. 3 Extras: Ryes, 17 ; No-ball, I... 1st

Total (ror 7 wickets)

Total M.C,C. AND B. Hope, b Strahan .,' S. H. Baker, b Strahan E. B. Noel, sl Hu},she, h Strahan A. E. Wood, b Strahan H. J. Orr, c Huyshe, b Prest Rev. E, \\I. Tayl or-Smith Dr. E. G. Moon, not out C. G. Hulton, c GiJlibrand, b Dunlop Relr, not out ... Crnnfield }d'd t b t Whiteside I no a. Extras: Byes,s; Leg-byes, 3

19 12 30 15 10

o I

18 10<)

GROUND.

o 29

100

4 22

Total (ror 7 wickets) BOWLING ANALYS IS. KING'S SCHOOL.

1st Innings. }{clr Cra nfield ...

o. ...

12'4

R. 22

2nd Innings.

w. 5 .5

Orr ... Baker Noel Wood . T aylor·Jones Hulton

2 0

13 23 22 12

0 0 2

4 ... 3 5

0 0

THE M.C. C.

CANTUARIAN . AND

GROUND.

Wickham Strahan .' Gmty .. Bassett .. . Prt:st .. . Dunlop ... Hayes ...

1\1 .

10 19

50 59

SCHOOL

ST.

6 6

0 0 0 0

KING'S

243

45 4'

,V. 0

26 3

' 5

LAWRENCE.

Played on Friday, July 8th, on the Beverley, and resulted in a win for St. Lawrence by 99 run s. Gree n and Penn bega n for our opponents, but Green was bowled by \Vickham the last ball of the first over. Latter and Pawley were both di smissed without reaching double figures, and three wickets were down for 39 runs. Snowd en and Penn however took the sco re to J 58 before Penn ieft, having scored Hj in just over an hour. James quickly hit up 30 when he was well caught by Graty In the long field. Snowden , H. E. Hayes and Austen left in quick succession, all three wickets falling to H. H. Hayes. With the ' score at 252, lunch was taken. It eves and Norton added I7 for the last wicket, the whole side being out for 269, hy no means a formidable total for a strong batting side. It ought, however, to have ht'en considerably less, as Snowden offered a chance in the slips off Straham quite l'nrly in the innings. Hayes came out with the best analysis, his four wickets costing III I'u ns. Anderson and Adams opened the School innings, but wickets fell rapidly. lfu lJs ,tt made some good strokes in his sco re of 19, and Adams remained a consider~Ihl() time by batting cautiously. Only 77 runs were scored for eight wickets when 1'1l' 8l and Dunlop made a timely stand, adding 78 for the ninth wicket. The whole 11111 1 were out for 170 j Prest was top scorer, and carried. out his bat for 59 i he gave OIlCl chance when his score was 40, but his innings was most useful as runs were IIIIIlIy needed. In their second innings, St. Lawrence lost six wickets for 90 runs. Jt'or the whole match \ÂĽickham's bowling figures were the best; altogether he Itluk II ven wickets, six of which were clean bowled.

The School fielding was poor, Dunlop being the chief offender at third man.

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Full sco re and analysis : ST. Innings. C. Grecn , b Wickham Penn, c Wickham, h fl ayes ... Latler, h Wickham " ... O. Snowden, c Adams, b Hayes Pawley, c Adams, b Strahan

LAWRENCE. 2nd Innings,

1St

E. F. A. A.

4 c Basselt, b i\fason ... 83 b Wickham

'O.

... 86

8 30 c Wickham, b Grnty 29 b Wickham ..

Han . W. James, c Gratl', b Prest ?o.'iartyn, not out ... 1-1. E. I-layes, b Hayes ... ... . .. G. E. V. Austen, c Wickham, !J H ayes Capt:'lin Reeves, b Bassell ... '" N. }. Norton, b Wickham ". Ext ras : LegÂ· bye, I ; Wide, I Tota l

20 7

.'O

I I

'O.

110t OI1I ..

c and b Wickham 7 b W ickham

17 2

Extras : Byes, 6 ..

269

25 4 3 5 20 6

Total (fo r 7 wickets)

KING'S SC HOOL. T . S. Adams, b Snowden O. K. And er;:on, b Snowden L. J. Bassett , b Norton H. H. Hayes, h Snowden ... E. Mason , c Captain Reeves, b Norton O. F. HU ),3he, c Captain Reeves, b Norton G. C. Strahan, c Penn, b Snowden H . J. Prest, not alit .. .. . T . R. Graty, b Snowdcn .. . C. lVI. Dunlop, c Snowden. b Pell n J. C. W ickham, c ~1D.rly n, II Snowden ... Extras: Bycs, 6; Wides, 2 ; Leg-hyes, 7

19 o 2 I

59 18 38 4

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170 BOWt.lNG ANALYSIS. ~T.

I Sl

Wickham S trahan G raty Hassett I-layes Prest

Inn ings. M. o.

8 8 5 4 10 9

0 0 0 0 I

1.AWRgN CE.

2nd Innings. R.

44 49 45 37 41 53

3 I

0 I

Gmty

3 3 2 4 3

Dunlop P rest Mason Wick ham

0 0 0 0

15 26

KI NG'S RC H OOL.

Snowden N orton ... Martyn ... Penp

O. 18. 1

18 4 4

2 2 0 0

61 40 28 21

w. 6 3 0 I

0 0

17 16

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CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL v. THANET C.C.

Played on the Beverley, on Tuesday, July 12th, in perfect weather. The result was a somewhat severe defeat for the Schoo!. The School winni ng the toss, Hayes and Adams were sent in to face the bo wl ing of East and Snowdon . Adams was dismissed in the first over befo re a ru n had been scored. Bassett then joined Hayes, but after a rapidly scored twelve was ca ught smartly off Snowdo n. I n the next ove r H ayes too was dismissed. Huyshe and Mason were soon se nt back, though Tlot before the latter had scored a u s~fu l 16. Strahan the n enlivened matters, playing the only cred itable inni ngs of his side . I-l is 23, scored with characteristic vi gour, was made up of five foUl'S, and he seemed quite at his case against the bowling. Hi s departure was the signal 'for a general collapse, and our innings closed for the poor total of go. Our opponents opened thei r innings with fair success, the first wicket falling fo r 28. The next three wicket!'>, however, went down for only 10 runs, and things began to look more hopefu l. But the rot was stopped by the brilliant innings of East who soon brought th e score past our total. After his dismissal, however, few more run s were scored, and the visitors were left the victors by 52 run s. The second innings of the School dese rves li ttle co mment. The opening by Prest and Bassett, who between them contributed 1.7 runs, was not followed up . The total was 48 for 3 wickets. In spite of th e fact that some of our best bats were necessarily absent, we ('x pected a better display than was made. The bowling of Strahan and Wickham was good and the fielding on the whole fai r. The chief features of th e game were lhe fine innings of East and the bowling of Snowden, who last yea r was ca ptain of the Rugby School team. His average (7 wickets for 27 runs ) is enough to show ho w (\ ~ clive were his slow leg-breaks. Full sco re and analysis : 1st Innings.

K I NG'S

I I. I I. Hayes, c Ashbe ry, b Snowden .. '

'1\ S, Adams, c Mat thews, b Snowden I â&#x20AC;˘. J. Bassett , c East, b Snowden

I ~ I R8o n , c Ashbcry, b Gay .. . 11. F. IIl1yshe , b Snowden .. . l l , ('. St rahan, c James, b Gray .. . II, J. P!,est, c L~ngley , ~ Snowden I ft . Grnty, c East, b Gay ... I ~ I . Dunlop, b ~ n owden II, Wickham, c Suthery, b Snowden ... t 'flIlIler, not alit ". 1':lC ltas : Byes, 1 I ; LegÂˇbye, I; W ide,

Total

I ...

SC HO OL.

5 o 12 16 3 23 0 4 5 2 7 13 90

2nd I nnings.

b Ashbery

not out ..

c Gay, b Daniell c East, b Daniell not out ... Extras: Byes, 4 i Leg-bye, T ota l ((or 3 wickets)

13 2 5 I

5 48

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THANET Hon. W. James, c Hu),shc, b Sirahan

C.C.

R e v. J. Suthery, run out A. O. Snowden, b Wickham G. Gil)" b Strahan .. . C. l"'!althews, b Wickham

26 o

H. East, c Huyshe, h Bassett , .. C'1.plain Parmiter, c Ha$scll . b Graly

o 2

R ev. E. Langley , c Adams, b Cremer

A. Freeman, Ib\\', b Bassett W. Danicli, b Bassett P. Ashhclr, not om .. Extras : Uycs, 5; LegÂ· byes,

~ 5

T otal

14 2

". BOWLING A NAI.YSIS. THANET C.C.

Wickham

36 31 14

St rahan

Gmt)'

6 4 3 2'2

2 0

H ayes

Cremer Bassett

0 I

[6 13

KI NG 'S SC H OO l..

I nnings.

1St

o. Snowden ...

II'S

E..'l.sl

Gay

4 0 2

2nd I nnings. R.

27 23 29

w. 7 0 3

Daniell Ashbery

...

23 20

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247

SCHOOL NEWS . 'We congratulate the following on obtaining th eir colours after the Eastbourne match ;-

1St XL-H. H. Hayes. T . R. Grat)' ; 2nd XL-J.B.Wick ham, C. M. Dunlop, G. E. Hayes. H. G. Paris, W. N. Kempe, F. H . Vaughan; after the Thanet match :1St Xl.-T. S. Adams, J. B. Wici<ham; 2nd Xl.-F. Cremer, R. E. R. Dalwigk, J . A. S. Aylward.

The Scholarships have been awarded as follows :-. EntranCt Sc/l0/arslups:- H. T ownshend ( Dover College Junior School and Kin g's School) for Mathematics, C. B. Simeon (Ki ng's School), B. H. Matheson ( Mr. iVlansfield, Bracknell), E. H. Nelson ~ I\'rr, R ey n o ld ~, South bourne), L. C.Watson ~ Mr. Brooksbank, Aysga rth ), 1. Kett lewell \ Mr. Olive, Wimbledon). 110llse Stllolarships :-C. F. Freeborn ( Mr. J elf, Folkestone), D. K. S. Grant ( Mr. Clark, Winchester). ItUlior Fotmr!.alt'on Scholarships :-R, 1\1. Gent, E. C. Lillton, C. J. N. Adams, II. P. Sparling (for Mathematics), all of J(lng's School. Probahomr Foundation Scholars/ups : II, Townshend (Dover College J uni or HI hool and King's School), C. J. Galpin J!lnior King's School), L. C, 'Watso n ~Ir. Brooksbank, Aysgarth ), P. H . Nixon I nlf' School ), B. H. Matheson (Mr. IlI n, fi cld, Bracknell), H. Parsons (Mr.

Olive, Wimbledon), F . H . E. Martin (Mr. Martin, St. Leona rd's-on ÂˇSea). lI'f1,".,

The final of the Junior Tutor Sets resulted in an exciting victory for Mr. Mason's by 154 and 72, to 160 and 61 scored by Mr. Cape's. For the winning side \Vall scored 52, Roper 24, and Ri cketts and Parso ns 18; Rope r and Hammo nds eac h mad e 18 in th e 2nd innings. For Mr. Cape's, Colla rd contributed 4.6 and Scorer 42; and Lovatt 26 in the 2nd innings. Ri cketts and Thomso n were the most successful bowlers for Mr. Mason; whi le Saunders secured most wi ckets for th e losing side.

An extra Gym. Class has been held regularly every week during this term. Hitherto no doubt the gap of nea rly half a year has serio usly interfered with the training for Aldershot. Future Gym . Pairs will not be able to grumble at lack of work or trai ning . Another improveme nt to the Gymnasium has been sugges ted in the shape of an iron bar, to run along its whole length, for usc in working a class of twe! ve or fiftee n.

*â&#x20AC;˘

* Senior Tutor Sets In th e final of the Mr. Bell's secured a hollow victory over Mr. Auste n's by 15 9 to 28 and 47. Adams contri buted greatly to th e performance of th e winning side by making 57 and taking 8 wickets for 32 j Graty secured an exactly 1\'1r. similar analysis and made 28. Austen's representatives failed unaccountably in both appearances, Townend alone reaching doubl e figures.

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SWIMMING RACES .

T he Annual Swimming Races we re held on Wed nesday, J uly 20th .

The Events were as follows ;-

HU N DRED A N D T WE N TY Y ARDS, OP EN .

T his resulted ill an exciting struggl e for fi rst place. O 'Ni eli led slightl y a ll the way and fina lly beat Lovatt by about 2t- ya rds.

EIGHTY Y ARDS, UNDER I S! .

A very good race. K eyser fir st, Barber within a yard, and Williamson' third , within 2-11 yards of the winner.

H UNfJRE I) YAR DS, UN P":R J 6~ .

A very close race. Keyser defea ting Barber by abou t a yard, Pellman a good third. H U NDRED YA RDS H A ND ICAP.

T his race was prod uct ive of no most excit ing fini sh. T he scrat ch man , Lova lt , just won, wi th Keyser secon d, Chaning. Pearcc, who had the largest ha ndicap, comin g in third .

DI VI NG C OMPETITION .

T he standa rd of all the num erous competitors was very high, and the result was that three, Williamson, Parsons 3 and Deighton l li ed for fi rst place. Afler a second trial, WilJiam ~on and Pa rsons3 again tied, and , afte r a thi rd competition. Pa rsons 3 was declared the winner,

Our thanks are cl ue to the H eadmaster, l\T r. Guest, and the Masters for their gifts of prizes. a nd to Mr. Cape an d Mr. Baly fo r judgi ng. "Vh ile it appea rs from these resul ts that there are two or three fi ne swim mers in the School, th e r~ are not enough wh o practi ce over-hand and other rac ing st rokes, or t rain them selves for lasti ng a distance in t he wate r.

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249

TH E BOAT CLUB .

On Tuesday, J ul), sth , we rowed at T onhridge aga inst their School, a nd were beaten by about a length. The race was originally fi xed for Jun e 1St, but Abbott fell ill just before, so Tonhridge very co nside rately o ffered us an othe r date. U nfortunate ly, be fore the race could co me off, we had th e misfor tun e to lose Lock. Lovatt was moved up to st roke and Budd cam e in at three. Such a whol.esa le cha nge naturally upset the boa t badly. hut, in. spite of the short tim e they had to ge t togeth er, the crew made a very sati::;factory show. Rowing a goo d deal slower stroke, we 111 0re than held T onbridge over th e first part of the course, but, just before the three co rners at the end, th ey made a big effort and got about a length and a half to th e good. Round th e last corne r an d in the few yard s of straight before the fini sh. we go t back so me of this, a nd fini she d a bout a length to the ba d . The crew ro wed a good deal better than they had done in practice. T hey were much stead ier coming forward and were much better togeth er. Lovatt and Pettman showed th e bes t form, an d both Abbott and Budd were rowing better than usual. T he latter had bee n out of th e boat for a week an d only came in again two days before th e race, so that ·he was ve ry short of practice. Druitt' s coxing over a strange and most difficult course is deserving of very high praise. Vve must thank Tonhridge fo r the use of the boat, and also for their offer of a

Ox. who knew the course . T he crew were as follows :-

Bow. 2. •

3·

Stroke. Cox.

T . F . Pettman L . P. Abbott C. H . Budd . . W. H. Lovatt C. L . Druitt.

". 8. ; .

lb.

10.

12. 2.

I I.

II.

4·

25 0

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TENNIS

TIE S.

THE DOUBLES. FIRST Abbott Deighton l Richardson Budd Godwin Wal l GiJl ibrand Prest

}

beal

}

beat

} }

beat heat

{ { { {

ROUND.

Dickson'l Parsonsl, P:usonsl. Hawk es. Smith'l Rudk in. Nat ion l'>'loore.

Wickham Spafford Gard ner St rahan Parsons~

H ayes~

Keyser H uyshe J ohnston H amm onds Barber.

beat

Deighton'

} } } }

beat

beat uC3t heat

( A nderson

Miller. Paris Graty. Bi ttleslon

{ { r-. lackin non. Hamilt on { Dibben.

Olive L ovett fa hye. SECON D

Wickham Spafford Richardson Budd H uyshe Joh nston

}

heat

beat

{ Deighton I Olive L ovatt. Keyser I Parsons

Gilli bran(l Prest Ga rdner Strahan

2•

THIRD

Huyshe J ohnston Covell Howell

RO UND . Coyell H owell

Ha}"es~

Wick ham Spafford.

beat

Gillibr::md Prest.

bea t

}

{

Gillibranc1 Prest Gardner S trahan

Covell H owell FINAL .

Covell Howell

}

Abbott

'. Deighton!. God wi n Wal l.

}a bye.

} a bye. heat

SEMI-FINAL .

Hnyshe J oh nston

RO UND.

} a bye. beat

bea l

beat

{ Huyshe J ohnston.

}

• beat

Richardson.

Budd.

Gardner { Strahan.

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T HE

SINGLES.

FIRST Nation J ohnston Paris Spafford f!.'li l1 cr Budd

beat beat beat bea t beat beat

ROUND.

Prest. Parsons" ,

Wickham Covell Mackinnon Abbott Anderson Wall

Lucas.

Gi11ibrand

Gardner. Barber. Richardson.

beat beat beat beat beal

w. o. w. o.

Hayes'l, Hi ttlcston. H amilton. Dibben . "H ammonds. Lovalt. H awkes .

Oli ve Deighton l } Byes. Deighton 1

SECOND ROUND. Abbott J Ohnston 'ovci l Nn tion

beat beat beat beat

Budd. Miller. Wickham. Deighton l â&#x20AC;¢

Nntion

beat

Mnckin non

w. o.

J ohnston . Abbott.

Spafford Olive Macki nnon Paris

w. o.

D eigh ton2. Gillibland . Wall. Anderson.

beat beat

Olive. Covell.

beat heat beat

THIRD ROUND.

Spafford Paris

SEM I-FINAL.

Spafford P",ris

beat beat

Nation. Mackinnon .

FINAL. Paris

beat

Spafford.

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VALETE

STUDIA.

Eia agite. 0 comites, miseros iam pon ite libros, Nunc meritis tandem grata petenda quies. Grata quies! quantum fessis co nccdere verba Solamen possu nt: carmina clara sonent. Tum pede saltandurn, cum non iam nota Marouis Cannina sint stud io et virginis adve na arnOt. Tuque facesse, Livi, quondam sic ipse solebas Dicere : cui vero fabula major erato Hinc apage, 0 Sophocles, sordet nunc Oedipus iste, Quin miser aspectu: sed sua culpa fuit. Con cepit fur ias-lector, non haec mea verbaAtque ocn ios olim perdidit ipse suos. Nunc satis est: nostr um Cur iam re tempus inani Consumam : stilus scribere plura negat.

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OXFORD LETTER .

D EAR SCHOOL,

H avi ng received. th e usual E(litorial demand co uched in the stern terms that befit an Editor, we hasten to do om best to fulfill his Âˇwishes, lest Ollr neg li gence should retard the appearance of th e Call1uarian. In th e fi rst place we would wi sh the School all success both at cricket a nd in other things. We h~a r rum ours

Ihal a goodly contingent is to increase our numbers next te rm, and rejoice at the l)ro spcct. The Summer T erm has passed, nnd taking all in all. the weather on whi ch llw success of a Summer T erm depen ds, I" .. acquitted itself passably well. The 1IIIIlicr memb ers of our numb er have for I hn most part been hiding th eir res pective Iht hts und er th eir respective bushels. lulth has bee n e nga ~ed . while Ri chard s lid Red man have duri ng th e whol e term lll"wk('n a ll mundane pleasures in pre11'lI lI lioll for the" great II stru ggle. \oVe I ~ h Ih r m all success. IVfarshall, Ryley. .ulI l I': valls have also been ove rawing the I IlIlIitw rs with their show of knowledge. U \ 11'1' is a tower of st rength to the \' 11.1 Hu n c ri cket team, while Evans, " 1'1!' lIlh' nt in th e lig ht and dark blue of

Lir..coln, was to be seen and heard during Eights Week. Charles not infr!,!qucntly lifts up his voice in th e Union, to persuade a House that is on ly too ready to be pe rsuaded. Nairn is a votary of Chev, especially in Eights 'Neek. For the rest of us, we sleep a little, we playa little. and enjoy ourselves a great deal. We have been very pleased to see Mr. Galpin and Mr. Godfrey up here . Covell , Adams and Sa nde rs have also paid us fl eeting visits. To all who re member th e last named 's famous imperso nalion of a member of the crowd in the Tragic English speech a year or so ago, it is superflu ous to mentio n that his ap pea rance in Ben so n's Company brought as mu ch g ra tifi cation to his fri ends as it did hono ur tll himself. 'rYe are all intend in g to come down to Speech Day at th e end of term and have no doubt that we shall enjoy ourselves as usual. Repeating our wishes for the School's success. We remain, Ever yours, OXFORD 0 K .S.

T HE

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O.K.S. NEWS.

MARRIAGE . - On Dec. 21St, 1903. at the Protestant Church, Macao, China.

George Corely. fourth son of the Rev. J. C. W. Valpy, Rector of Staple, near vVingham, to Marian Carey, eldest daughter of th e latc Richard Francis

Dampney, Dorset.

Esq.,

Melplash

Court,

A. P. Methu en rowed in the

1St

Trinity Boat at Henley. ..,. >,:. ~.\

G. N. Ryley has received his Cricket

Colours at Wadham College, Oxford.

CORRESPONDENCE. N. B.-The Editors dec/illt 1o accelJl fln)! respolt$ibiNly comuded with tilt oPinions oj their Con'upoll' dents. Name and address 1II/lsI always be .!?iVCIl, Jlot IItrcssari/y for puMi(olioll, but as a ,I(Uaral1/ce 0/ good faillt. Pusollalilies will involve a rlaiu njedioJt. Leiters snol,/d k~ writtm Oil Ol1t side oj the paper only.

To Ilu Edtle/'s

0/" THE

CANTUARIAN ."

DEAR SI~S,

As one who has been at the School fo r so me ti me and is very kee n on playing cricket. I beg leave to draw yo ur attention to the system on which cricket for those outside the first game is at present managed . I am aware that the chief difficulty is the ground. The extraordinary

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increase in th e number of the fixtures arranged oy the St. Lawrence and one or two other clubs has left the Beverley available for practice games on the rtvtrage, at a libera l esti mate, twice a week. (During one period of three weeks it was available t\\'ice), But regardi ng this question as hopeless for th e present, could not the system be improved so as to divide the coaching and practice

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mare equally among the School? 1 venture to append a few suggestions which, if impracticable them selves, may at least invi te better from more experienced

people. ( I ) That all games o utside the first game sho uld be entire ly re-o rgani sed o n the merit system as in football. (.) That two or three of the masters be asked to superintend in a general way, each one of such games,- as a ll the boys who can coach are occupied in the first game. The master would be ex pected to come lip about once a week and give Huch coaching as he could. ( I) ' I'hnt the School professional should ,,/ways be on the Green Court when nets II are going on, and I linch. Thus th e first game would ",ill have him whenever they werc III Lh nets. and there is no reason why he should have a holiday "hl' nover the first ga me is free. Illul I h professional should occa.IIIII!III)' umpire at the junior games, 1111111 o r twice a fo rtnight (spending tl lIll1 twenty millutes at each game ) !lut! nh w the captains how to j,

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arrange the field .and coach in other ways. (5) That, in order to avoid the overcrowd ing of games, cricket should not be compulsory for members of th e three Upper Forms who wish to go in definitely for boating or tennis. It is often mere waste of

time

for

such

people to play

cricket.

(6) That, in view of the difficulty about a ground , matters mig ht be improved by the indiscriminate use of the Beverley and Blore's Piece for the J unior games. I respectfully offer these suggestions to YOll, Sirs, in the hope that you will invite correspondeilce on the matter, which, considering our rapid in crea se in numbers mu st affect the School cricket even more seriously in the future, and that the Sports' Com mittee will consider some sllch scheme befo re next season. \Vith apo logies for trespassing so much on your space. Your, etc.,

THE CAPTAIN OF A BEVERLEY GAME.

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NOTICE.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

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Felslcdiall , Radlei(m, Chigwelhau J Porlwlil's, Blu1Jdeilian, Eb'zabetlzau. /J'Â£al-

vernia'll,

Culhbertian,

Bradfield

Chronicle, Ktlly College Chrom'cle.

Gibbs nnd Sons, Printers, Palace Street, Canterbury.

College

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THE

CANTUARIAN. OCTOBEI~,

IIII , VI.

q04.

No.

I I.

EDITORIAL. 111t'cr c! cnt demands a~ E~itorial, though experience has long since proved III Jill lilt-rely a waste of 10k, Inasmuch as anythin g worthy of relatio n find s a fuller 1111111 III Ihe iater pages of the Magazine.

'\ "IHHt'ntly" there are sever~l methods of evolving an Editorial; first of all we IIllI tII ~ ns belllg the m,os,t tnte" the conventional grum ble concerning lack of possible to commen ce with a pleasi ng fable-b ut such A third method favours the se ntimental style-this, I 1 ' 1 H or, we ,o ught to say, should be rese rved for the latter part o f the summer III, \ III H the re IS perh ~ps an excuse for s~:)Jn~wh~t m,eiancholy and depressing 1111 .. 11. Under any r:l rCUITI stances, an ed Itonal IIl vanably serves as a so rt of " 111+ 111 f( r a ll manner of quotations. wh ich are very often more ornate than

IIlIl blll lt ll1 8,

etc. Then It

111.t. hi IIiIL :dways forthcoming,

1111

Iltl ' 1 1111 we h arti ly welcome 1\,[r. MaundreJl, who, li ke other O, K, S" has 1If' II III Ilt ll School as a master. I lI"III ' IItUL the Eastern Letter is but the firstofma ny,and that it will bethe means I III ti l IlI l\t O.K.S , into closer touch with each other and the School. In this " 'I I II 1l1li ho w II to ,Point out that the Call1uari1l11 primarily exists for O.K.S., II h ll IltuHI~ whom dIstance prevents from visiting us, and to them it is very

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often the only source of information concerning the doings of the School. vVe take this opportunity of welcoming the movement in favo ur of O.K.S. Colours, whi ch, we understa nd. is making good progress, and is on a fair way to final settl ement. There a re many O.K.S. (as the list of subscribers shows) who regularly receive the Canluantlll, and yet very rarely se nd us accounts of their doings. Let these follow th e excellent example set by the writer of the Easlern Letter and let th em, as a matter of course, se nd us periodical epistles, whic h may be wafted as swee t ambrosial breezes into the midst of this our ancient city. redolent of jam factories and tan-yards.

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v, O.K.S. The O.K.S. malch was played on Tuesday and Wednesday. July 26th and 27 th , and resulted in a draw . It had been arranged to make a start at I '.30 on Tuesday morning, but the weather interfered on behalf of tradition, min falli ng steadily un ti l nearl y two o'clock. The wicket was fit for play about an hour later, but Huyshe, who won the toss, cho'se to venture on the dangerous policy of putting th e O.K.S. in. T he start was promising from our point of view, as Strahan clean bowled Tuke in his first over. Rammell and Ri chardson. however, fo und little difficultv with the wicket or the bowling and made runs mu ch as th ey pleased; Rammell, who sl.:ored chiefly by singles, kept up his end while his partn er hit freely all round the wicket. Strahan and Graty we re severely handled, and should certainly not have been kept on so long, 7 0 having bee n sco red before Prest and Bassett relieved th em. After Rammell had bee n run out at 85, Elwyn hel ped Richardson to add 36 before he was sent back by a good catc h in th e long-field . 'With Paris as his partner, Richardson continued to e nj oy hlmself, and finally scored out of '72 in an hour and a half. H ellard and Pari s then too k up the work of punishm ent, and th ough eight of our team took j.t turn with the ball, added 105 before they were parted, the former's share being 7 1 â&#x20AC;˘ Covell did not stay long, but H. E. Gree n helped Paris to add 40, when both batsmen were dismissed by Huyshe in the same over, eight wick~ts for 329Âˇ The last two wickets were almost thrown away, and the innings e nded for 335. Huyshe excelled himself behind the wicket, having a share in the dismissal of no fewer than seven batsmen, and letting only six byes in a long innings when th e bowling was often very erratic. Probably nothing fine r in this department has eve r been done for the School. The ground fielding of the rest of the team was at times quite dismal. The School had about half-an-hour's batting on Tuesday evening. Three tail wi ckets fell for twelve, but Huyshe and Adams had taken the scor.e to 40 without further loss when stumps were drawn. With only six run s added the next morning, Huyshe was out, but Adams, who was playing a much stronger game than usual,

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co ntinued to hit hard, till at 83 he was stumped while wandering out of his ground long after completing his stroke. Anderso n, too, played well, but the rest of the ~ca ':ll proved very di sappoi~ting, the last four wi ckets' yie lding only 20 runs. The 1I11lll1gS c1os,ed for I J 9, leavmg us 216 runs behind. . Our sta rt was brighter in the follo w-on, as Adams and Anderson came to the n'sc ue once more with useful sco res, while extras, which came freely from Elwyn, Ii 'Iped ~o swell the total. Thus 49 had been compiled when And erson was taken at. ilxtra-shp. Hawkes then had a lively but much too sho rt innings, which lasted only un ov~r and a h~lf. At 67 Adal!ls was caugh.t in the long-field, while taking imprudent Uht'flles, and with Bassett .ou~ III th e followlI1g ove r four wi ckets were down for 74. ,I ~()rt'aL ~10W se~m ed ~ertaI11, If ~he weather should last, when Huyshe joined Hayes. I hl !l p.alT remall1ed till Illn ch-~I m e , and after the interval con tin ued to playa very IliLrtlcLl ve f{ame. Huyshe agall1 ?lade free though more judicious use of his leg"'fok , while Hayes mad e runs c1uefiy on the off-side. The O.K.S. tried eight bowlers " . Wl! .had , done. but the score was 160 when Hayes succumbed to Green. Strahan I .to\(' Ill, but a few minutes later the rain, which had been threatening the whole ,1,1\', (' il Ill C down in torrents. The outlook was so hopeless that several of the team " I I li mped, but, as a fact, three or four o vers were sent down in th e interval between Iwo down- pours At the e nd we were , 8 run s behind with half our wickets in hand IUld MO ShOl~ld. ha~e saved the innings d~feat, tl.lO Ug:h the draw was manifestly against II Iluys hc s lllnlllgs dese rves every praIse for Its VlgOur and ~oundness, and ce rtainly l\'fId Ih ga me for us. ' I'w old mistakes cost us yeT'! ~ea r in this match. T o put in a st ronger batting .,, 1, 11I Kt ve ry seldom pays, whIle It IS also very dan gerous to send I the tail' in wh en 11111/ hi h[\~ f -a n -ho ur l~ft for ba tting. It is Very di scouraging fo r a side to start next ItI 'l luhlH with three wickets down for a small score, no matter what those wickets II I Nl1v('rthelcss, the tea m may be congratulated on avoiding defeat fro m an 1IIIIIIIu"ll1l1l )' stronger side. Ilull Kco re and analysis :O.K.S. 25 I I , 1( IUflll1cH, fun Ollt I

o 11 6 '3

'I Tllk', b

Strahan .._ .. st H lIyshe, b Basselt I ll\" It , Jr'. 1';lwyn. c Graty, b Adams .. I , 1",, 11' , 61 lI uyshc, h lJayes I " l!! twl, c Iluyshe, b Grnty I I ('"vtlll , c Il uyshc, b Bassett II I (hl'l'",c ll uyshc,bHayes I I 1IIt' I'Il, Sf Il uyshe, b Prest I I Ih 'Vl llltclu.:Il, not ou t ... , 1t)! 1, y, Il l\wkcs, h Prest I 'U~ .. I U),('S, 6 i Widcs, 7 1 ~l c hnrd so l\,

19 9

o o

'3 ...

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KIN G'S SCHOOL. 1St Innings. T, R. Graty, b Covell J. L. T omlin, c and b Co\'cH I-I. J. Prest, b Elwyn ...... O. F. Huyshe, c Bovenschen, b Covell T. S. Ad am'> , 5t Rfltllmell, b Richardson D. K. Anderson, c Ryl ey, b Richardson F. R. Hawkes, c Rammell, b Tuke .. I:.. J. Bassett , lbw, b Richardson. G. C. Strahan, c Ryl ey, b nichnrdson H . H. H ayes, b Richardson J. B. Wickham, not out ... ... .,' Extras: Byes, 12; Leg-byes, 7 j W ides, 9 Total

2nd I nnings. 0 0

3 J5 26 20 IO 7

not out not out c Covell, h Paris c Covell, b Hellard C a nd b Hellard b Hellard I absent 6 b H. E. Green 3 28 Byes, 15; Leg· byes,

8 64 28 16 14 12

34 Wides, 5

I ;

Total (s wickets) .. .

11 9

BOWLING ANALYS IS. a,K.S.

o. Strahan ... Graty Prest

14 9

Bassett .. .

7 5 7 8 3

Adams .. .

Hayes Wickham

Hawk es

57 58 40 50 21 28 38 30

0 0 0 0 0

2 2 0 0

KING'S· SCHOOL.

Isl I nnings. Covell . Richnrrlson Elwyn. Ryley Green TlIke

o. 14 14 5 2

6 3

21 30 13

2 0

3 4

CRICKET

6 10

w. 3 5 1 0 0

2nd I nnings. Covell ... Richardson Elwyn ... Green TlIke H ellard Paris E. C. Green

RETROSPECT,

i\I.

13 12 3 3 3 7 5 3

0 2 0 0 0 0

34 37 14 27 16 26 14 9

0 0 0 I

0 3 0

1904.

The record reads as follows: Matches played, '7; won 7; lost 5; drawn 5· It is satisfactory to find the balance on the right side, and the team are to cc congratulated on some very good performances. At the same time we must confess to a certain feeling of disappointment as to the doings of the XI. of '904. They

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IU\l 1 th e advantage of starting with seven members of the successful team of the jl HwiO li S year, and th ei r early performances gave promise of another highly successful ~I'IIIH )I\, but somehow or other they did not come on as well as might have been , pllctcd, and though they did not do by any means badly, except in th e Dover 11 1I1I 1' h, th ey did not come up to expectations. It must not be forgotten, howe ver, Ihlll th ey were much handicapped by the fact that three prominent members of the II Hill were up for Woolwich and Sandhurst, and the exigencies of the Exam. and II HI III' paration for it made cricket a matter of difficulty for them. I\ s last year, there was no star batsman, but there was good level batting all Ilnll uKh, and on several occasions the tail wagged with most. commendable vigour, ~ hili In the two chief School matches, viz. : Felsted and Eastbourne, the team, after th e toss on perfect wickets, played a most plucky uphill game. AM was only to be expected, the loss of Tulloch was mo~t severely felt, and the 111" 11 k was distinctly weak, lacking both steadiness and variety. Strahan was IlIlHtltlornbly the best of a moderate lot. ()f th e fielding, we must regretfully state that it was not up to the average, ,lillllH'h we are convinced that everybody did his best. Far too many easy catches I II dl'opped, and when the attack is as weak as ours was this year, this means a 1\ ~ 1I 'n \. deal. Strahan was at times almost brilliant, but he was not safe enough. 1111 W!I 'kl' l-kcepi ng of Huyshe was, however, almost without reproach and we have 1111 11 IW n a more promising School wicket-keeper; for it must be remembered 11111 1 II' had to deal with erratic .bc.wling, a large amo un t of whi ch was on the leg hh 4 hll ~ it was in dealing with this that he excelled. He captained th e side with Ili d Ju dglll ent and deserves the thanks of the School for th e energy with which he III n IlIHI' " th e many details of the School cricket, and in partic ular for the opportunities 1111 II 1111 gave to any boy who distinguished himselr in the lower games, of getting 1111 1 lllm:ti cc an d coaching at the nets. He goes to Oxford with the best wishes of 1111 11100 1 for a good trial next year. I' jJtlll d d will be found the averages and some remarks on the individual II III hl ' 14 of the team. ~ I I 11 1I\'!oi IIl~ (Capt.) A really excellent wicket-keepe r of whom we hope to hear Mlt1ft t thi ngs at Oxford. Ve ry quick with his hands and takes the leg balls II tlHlI'knbly well. Though not a sOll nd bat, nearly always made run s and played \1 IIII mu h more vigour than last year. Captained the team with judgment and

'''.'IIM

I I

nll' HY'

II A\'/ I' IÂŁ5. The soundest bat on the side, though he hardly came on as much "" m lgh~ have been expected from his form of the previous year. Played with 11111111 I)Ower, but still made most of his run s by cutting and gliding. Very fair

I" hi . As a bowler was not very successful, having lost his length . I'nMI 1 1N' , Vcry disappointing bat, but this was due no doubt to the fact that 1"1 .1$11 1' f work prevented him from getting practice at the nets. Fair field.

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H. J. PREST. Also disappointing considerin g the form he showed last year. ' Lost all the freedom of his batting and was lam entably weak on th e off side.

Bowled well at times.

Fairly safe field, but slow.

D. K. ANDERSON. Suffered from want of net-practice. but played some very useful innings . His batting is lacki ng in cri spness and he does not step across

enough to the off balls. L. ].

Useful field in the slips.

Took some time getting into form, but then played some good innin gs. Must learn to watch th e ball more, and not to drag the right foot in playing forward. Cuts and hits to leg well. As a bowle r, sends down far too many loose balls. Brought off SO:rri~ brilliant slip catc hes, but on the other hand missed some very easy ones G. C. STRAHAN. A vigorous and improved bat and played some very useful innings, but still tries too often to hit balls that are too short to hit. The best bow ler on the sid e, bowling faster and keeping a better length than last year, but did BASSETT.

not have the best of luck.

Good field.

H, H. HAYES. Began well and has plenty of cricke t in him, but was di stinctly disappointing. Fair change bowler. Fairly gafe in the fi eld , but very slow. T . R. GRATY. A steady bowler but lacks sting and vari ety. Improved in the field. Played one good innin gs . T , S, ADAMS. A slow and steady bat, but in creased in vigour towards the end of the season. Very fai r fi eld. J. B. \VICKHAM. Bowled ve ry well on one or two occasions, but was often very erratic in length, and consequently expensive. Good field as a rul e .

FIRST

ELEVEN No. of Innings.

O. F. Huyshe F. R. Hawkes L. J. Bassett. . G. C. Strahan D. K. Anderson H. J . Prest.. J . B.Wickham

BATTING Times not out.

19 5 13 22 4 19 3 IS 0 19' I' 7

AVERAGES. Aggregate.

Hi ghest Score.

Average.

47' 88 33"7 1 404 8I 33"66 442 102% 24'55 338 64 '1 '1 ' , 86 70 19'06 '59 59" 15 " 3 67 '4~ 13'40 T , S. Adams... II 0 125 35 IJ '36 H. H. Hayes 19 195 54 10'83 J . L. Tomlin In 9' 3S 10"0 T. R. Graty . . I I 3 73 40 9'" The following also batted :-E. Mason, "-0-"4-10'33; C. ~r. Dunlop, 10 - ' ,6-9'50; A. Gillibrand, 6-1-45-9; G. C. Covell, 10 and 8; F. Cremer, 7." *N o t ou t.

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BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs.

'1'. R. Graty II. .Prest

n. '. Strahan

II. II Hayes . .

Rassett. . I', 11J.. Wickham

Maidens.

97"3 '3 13 7'5 22 '47'1 47 71" "9 '5

"5"

Runs.

Wickets.

Average.

315 499 697 ,69 4'9 4+'

'0 29 +0 '5

15'75 17"'0 '7'4' ' 7"93 ' 9'95 '4'55

1'1111 rollowing also bowled :-F. Cremer, 3-0- , 6- 1 ; C. M. Dunlop, 4+-7-'0811-18'90 ; T . S. Adams, 5-0-2 1-1; E. 1\1ason. 18- t-85-4-2 I' 25 j F. R. Hawkes, '7 --2-1++-3~48; A. Gillibrand, 4- 0-'7- 0 .

SECO N D XI.

CRICK ET.

I II ntrast to the un fo rtunate season which preceded it, the past has been a very "'''tflll one for th e Second XI. I'h,'), won seven matches out of nine, beating St. Edmund's School 2nd XI., I II gustine's and Harbledown twice each, as well as Dover College 2nd XI. in the I 1111 11 matc.: h at Dover. The two defeats were suffered from Dover in the home 11 lilli' IIIHI from South Eastern College, Ramsgate. t H t.h ose who played in most o f th e matches, Covell did the most useful service 1111 Ibn hat, and with better luck should do well in the first eleven next year. Hayes I... j'iI that he has cons iderable hitting power, but he must learn to judge a run I I'HI \ II lIx l )'ear. The wi ckets thrown away through thi s fault cost his side very dear III IIIIHt thu n one match, Paris too batted well on occasions, but he needs more '1I 11I1nll(' . In Ihl' bowling, Dun lop acco mplished two sensational feats in the only two Ii 111 â&#x20AC;˘ III whi ch he figured, especiall y in the match against Harbledown, when he ~ ,IIII'll wickets for 22 runs. H e was not a success when tried in th e 1st XI. this II hU I pro mi ses to be very useful in the future . Dalwigk and Cremer. who both Kllod nVl'ragcs , were the mainstay of the bowling, and the latter especially has II 1I11~11I~ 1'l of a very fai r bowler. lit. Ilt'lding was ce rtain ly improved, and Kemp e kept down byes well behind 1+ ~I Âˇ L lh ug h he needs to be mu ch smarter in 'putting down .' 1111

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On the whole there is plenty of prom ise for next season both among the actual members of th e 2nd XI. and a mong th ose who also played, of whom J. Deighton and Howell showed the best form. The chief a verages are given below : SECOND

ELEVEN

BATTING

No. of Innings.

G. E. Hayes G. C. Covell H . G. Paris R. E. R. Dal wigk A. Gillibrand . . J. A. S. Aylward W. N . Kempe

9 9 6 7

Average

166 15 8 12 5 69 56

18·44 17"55 15' 61. 13 80 g ·oo

7'70

74 70 14

7'00

10 II 6

BOWLI NG C. M . D unlop R. E. R. Dalwigk F. Cremer A. Gillibrancl H . G. Paris

Aggregate.

2 0

F. H. Vaughan F. Cremer

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T imes. not out.

0 I 2

7"4 0 3.5 0

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Overs.

II'Jaidens.

Runs.

17 ·5 37. 1 46

5 9 8 4 8

1 8 '2

99 IJ2 60 12 9

Wickets.

Average.

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3· 18 5. 82 8·80 12' 00

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SPEECH DAY, THURSDAY,

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The pro~eedings began, as usual , with a celebration o f the H o ly Communion at 7.30, at WI~lCh a grea,t num ber o~ boys, p~re llts, friends and O .K.. S. were present. At the 10 0 clock ServIce, the ~n:l1versa~y ~ermon was preached by the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury. I t IS lI1tere~t11lg to note that th e list of Annive rsa ry Preac hers goes back to the year ' 7 ' t . fhe Voluntary and a lso one of the Chants were co mposed by O. F . Huyshe, Captain of th is year's Cricket XI. Next came the .Speeches and Prize-givi ng in the Chapter H ouse. As usual, th o Speeches were ca rn ed through wi th considerable sp irit, than ks to th~ able coachin"

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of Nlr. Mason, anel in no case was there the semblance of a hitch. It is difficult to wax enthusias ti c over a Latin speech, which always savours of duln ess, but the smug 1Ie- lf-satis faction of Ri chards was distin ctly good. In the" Taming of the Shrew " PI'eslon mad e a good ~Ieal of the difficult character of the Shrew. The Fren ch Speec h was very amusing, and (we are told ) the accent was distinctly above the IIvnage. The best piecB of acting was seen in the Greek Speech, wh ere Olive, in a Mll lfd i part, showed that he possesses very considerable histrionic powers, and we ~ ho\lld have li ked to have seen more of him . Dibben's topical hit, couch ed in somewhat lip Lo~ clate Greek, was not utlered sufficiently clearly to be generally appreciated . I n IIII ! Sce ne fr om .' She Stoops to Conquer" both Richardson and Huysh e were very nod, though the latter o nce or twice fqrgot his dialect. The prog ramme of the pt!uc hcs was as follows :I S' nc from the" AULULARIA," Act iv., Sc. ii . ., Plautus. H . P. V. Townend. Euclio D . J. Preston . Lyconides R. H. W. Brinsley- Rich ards. Strobilus I IIrlio, n miser, is going to hide a pot of gold, and suspects Strobilus, the slave of Lyconides, of It hltlfllJim, and trying to steal something : but, though he examines his hands and clothes, he can It I d tllil .ing, and then goes away to hide his treasure. But the slave follows him, and returns with III 1"11 o( I-Iold, which he takes to his home and hides there. Then Euclio, who hag discovered his loss, I II utl,.1 wit h g rief, even accuses Lyconides, who is to be his son·in·law, of the theft: he denies it, and ,!ttl,,, 10 try and find the money. After Euclio has gone, Strobilus re·appears and tell!) his master I I h,' hnlJ found a pot of gold, and asks to buy his freedom with it. Lyconides indignantly refuses, tttlw lll the restoration of Euclio's treasure, and, as St robi lus will not give it up, hands him over to the

hi' pun ishment.

I it

I'AMING Of THE SHREW,"

Act iv., Sc. iii .

P ' truchio (h usband of Katheril1e)

Shakespeare.

Twells . D. J. P reston . T. S. Adams. A. Gillibrand. F. H. Mosse. H. L. Dibben.

I<ntha rine (the Shrew) 11 rt cnsio (theirfriend) ( : IlIIll i 0 (servant to Petmchio) ' l'ni lor Il lI hcrdashcr 1', \fIlChiO is trying to tame the temper of his wife by depriving her of food and finery. t

III 110m . , L'AvOCAT PATELIN."

Brueys. A. cle B. H amilton . H. P . V. Townend. J. R. Parsons. F. G. L. Scott.

~ l . IIII I"lolin ~ 1. (:\lillaUIll C ~1. I'ntl' lin \~ n l\ln l I I, tI ll' IIhllph 'rd M. Guillaume has been caught in the act of killing some sheep belonging t I, twd hUM cllCflgcd ~ I. Patel in, the lawyer , to defend him before fI'f. Bart,)lin, thej\ldge.

1111 Ii lIlt hi. ell tH 10 nnswer nothing but Be--to all questions, and himself explains to the

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judge that the shepherd 's brain is affected by the blows deah by his master. M. PateHn, who him self has carried off some cloth from the shop of M. Guillaume and has not paid for it acco rding to promise, is astonished to find that M. Guillaume is Agnelcl's accuser, and tries to hide his face with his handkerchief, and disguise his voice. M. Guillaume halfÂˇrecognises him at first , then morc and morc as l\1 . Pa telin grad ually shews his face, and at last gets so confused between the killing of his sheep and the theft of his cloth that the judge gives the case against him, and reprimands him for striking his shepherd. Then, the case over, M. PatcHn demands his fee from Agnelet, who uses the defence taught him and will not pay. THE BIRDS."

Adslophmzes.

Peisthetrerus Priest Poet Oracle-Monger Astronomer Commissioner Hawker of Decrees . .

D. J. Preston. H. L. Dibben . F. H. Mosse. J. Twells. G. F. Olive. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. F. G. L. Scott.

f.-Scene from

Peisthetrerus, weary of life in Athens, has secretly founded among the Birds a new city, which is to he free from all nuisanees j its lla!TIe is Cloud-cuckoo-town. He is just going to sacrifice with his . priest to the Bird-Gods, when, to his astonishment and disgust. there come one aft er another froUl Athens (where his new city has already been heard 00. all the old pests, viz: a poet, an oraclemonger, &c. He bribes some with clothes to. go away, others he whips off, and then at last retires indoors to sacrifice in peace to his New Gods.

5.- 1e SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER," Act v., SC. ii. Hastings ("l love wIll: M.ss Neville) Mr. Hardcastle Mrs. Hardcastle Tony Lumpkin (her SOli)

T. A. J. O.

Goldsmith. S. Adams. D . D . Spafford. P. A. Richardson. F. Huyshe.

Scene: The back of Mr. Hardcastle's garden at night. Mrs. Hardcastle wanls to take her niece, Miss Neville, away from the a ttentions of Mr. Hastings. To ensure speed and secrecy, it is arranged that Tony Lumpkin shall drive the ladies off by night . Bul he, wishing to help the lovers, and being as mischievolls as ever, drives t.he carriage round and round the house and grounds for three hours in the dark ness, with many accidents, until the old lady is too upset and frightened to recognise even her own home or her own husband.

Before the distribution of the Prizes, the H ead Master gave some account of th School's doings and progress during the year, especially alluding to the fact th at in the Higher Certificate Examination, out of 92 E nglish Public Schools, the Kin g' ~ School stood tenth in the number of higher certificates gained. He a lso referred to the various successes won in the way of Scholarships and Exhibitions, &c., and t some valuable additions made during th e year to the School bibliography, includi ng an edition of "The characters of Theophrastus " brought out by Mr. Edmond s 3 n (1 Mr. Austen, a life of Kit Marlowe, and a life of Walter Pater, which, however, is nOL yet through the Press. After mentioning the good results which had been obtainod

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in all bran ches of the School athl etics, he went on to say th at the School had received a beq uest fro m an O .K.S. (the Rev. H . \ÂĽacld in gton) who had bequeathe d Il il the money whi ch he had received fro m it in t he way of Scholarships and I': xh ibitions. T he Dean, a rter readin g the list of honours gained during the year, made a fe w r\~ m ar k s on the varied nature of the subjects upon whi ch th e modern boy co ul d be t,(lu cateci, as co mparea wi th his ancesto rs, an d the proceedings in the Chapte r House IIll' n terminated. ~ ll bseq ll e ntly th e H ead Master ente rtained over 2 0 0 guests to luncheon in th e ( :ymnasium, at t he encl of whic h a short roast list was gone through. Afte r the 1!l lol toasts had been du ly honoured, Dr. R edpath proposed the health of the Dea n Itll d Chapter, as the gove rn i.ng body of the School. H e co ngratula ted them upon ' htl rac t that there were among th em two H eads of Colleges at Oxfo rd and Cambrid ge. IhllMhringing them in to touch with th e U nive rsities. T he Dea n, in reply. paid a HllI l't-ful co mplim ent to th e effi ciency of rvlr. Galpin, who left t hem practically utllllin g to do. H e gave the toast of the IVIayor and Corporatio n to which Si r George " ta llard replied , ex pressing the sati sfacti on whi ch th e City auth orities fel t at havi ng !'lllI t' d the assistance of Mr. Gal pin on their E ducation Committee. Canon H olland !1t Ip OR 'd the O.K. S., and Sir Guilford Molesworth, distingui shed in I ndia as an nKl n 'cr, respond ed, expressing his love for the School, a nd his memory of the hlHh lone whi ch had always prevailed th ere. H e th en proposed th ~ health of II II lId Mrs. Galpin wh ich was drunk wi th enthu siasl)1, an d after t he H ead Master 1IIIl IInidly rep lied, th e gues ts dispersed.

PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1903-1904. 1"I.dIlIR Pri 7.e ( Mi tchinso n) I 1IIIt lllHIli cs ( Mitch inson ) hl.h HI Languages, French (Mitchinson) 1.1 " German (Greaves) 1!l1I1 l! Sci nce ( Mitchinso n) I I, .1, III ( IJ ro ug htOn) . .

Ii."

1'1 ",11\' ( Ilto" ghlon ) .. I"

l.I ' ura l"rc (Slreatfeild ) 11111 VOI nposilion (Dean Farrar) ,I, ( Edward Blore)

H,u" ,

I Jilt PI ,, ~U\ I ~ 1'l wlU 1111 VIIIU\

E. A. Roper, i. R. T. J enkin .

L. T omlin.

T. R. Graty, i. E. C. F. O'Neill, i.

E. A. Roper, i. D. J. P reston (P rize). R. H. W. Brinsley-Ric hards. W. T elfe r. E . A . Roper, i. 1<. H. W. BrinsleyÂˇRicharcis. J. T wells. E. A. Roper, i. F. G. L. Scott. J . Twells.

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Geography (Prize given by J. Henniker Heato~: L. T. Watkins. Esq., M.P. fo r Canterbury English E ssay (ditto) . . .. .. J. R. Parsons, i. Natural History Collections (Head Master) A. B. Emden, i. .. (Horsley) F. H . Masse. Dr~;ving J . R. B. Smith, iii. Holiday Drawing Prize A. J. Trousdell. Shorthand G. F. Rigden, i. Divinity, Va. and Vh. Fonns (Elwyn) " IVa. and IVb. lJ History, VI. Form (Stanley) .. Va . Form (Seneschal)

G. C. Covel!. H. P. Sparling. T. R. Parsons, i. "N. A. J. Milner. C. J. N. Adams, ii. I. D. Ab rahams. M. S. Chaning-Pearce. T. S. Emery, i. E . K. Barber.

.. " .. French,

Vh. Form (Seneschal) IVa. Form (Emden) IVh. Form (Emden) IVa. to IIIc. Forms (Greaves) FORM

PRIZES.

VI. Form (Christmas) Va. Form (Christmas) .. (Midsummer, Gordon ) JI

Compositi on

Army Class (Christmas) " (Midsummer) "

Geometrical Drawing

Vh. Form (Christmas) ~M idSUmmer) .. IVa . Form Christmas) Jt

Mid summer )

IVh. Form (Christmas) " (Midsummer) IlIa. Fonn (Christmas) "

(Midsummer)

IIIh. Form (C hristmas) JI

(M idsummer)

IIIc. Form (C hristmas ) "

(Mid summer)

E. A. Roper, i. G. H. S. Pinsent. G. H. S. Pin sent. G. H. S. Pinsent. R. T. Jenkin. H . G. Paris. C. F. Nation. R. B. Winser (Prize). O. B. Parsons, ii. E. A. Graty, ii. C. B. Simeon. E. K. Barber. S. E. Wal!. M. K. Wardle. B. Crowley, i. B. Wright. H . W. K. Mowll. i. G. N. Gilbert. G. N. Gil bert. A. J. Lamb.

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DIVINITY

PRIZES.

C. N. Smith, i. W. S. Skin ner. G. D. Madear. C. G. \villiamson . I. S. Yates. F. H . Vaughan. E . T . Gage. H. W. K. Mowll, i. L. N. K. O'Neill, ii.

Va. Fo rm Army Class . .

Vh. Form IVa. Form I Vh . Form lIla. Form IIIb. Form IIIc. Form

LOWER

SCHOOL PRIZES.

Divinity

T. E. M. Boultbee. E. G. Bryan. Mathematics (Christmas) W. E. W. Howard. H . W. K. Mowll, i. (Easter) , , Natu;~l Science (Milchmson) L. N. K. O'Neill, ii. Geography (Pnze given by J. ,Henniker l R. E . R. Dalwigk. . Heaton, Esq., M.P. for Canterbury) History P. H . ,Nixon. Dictation B. Wnght. MlIsic G. N. Gilbert, Drawing

F . Cremer.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PRIZES. H . Gardner. 11 11 . Form, Upper (Christmas ) C. J . Gal pin. .. (Midsummer) D. A. Fard el!. Lower (Christmas) B. L. Rigden, ii. .. ,, (Midsummer) C. L. M. Douet. li b. F rm (C hristmas) J . R. Reeve. .. ( Midsummer) N. E . Ashenden, ii. I. Form (' hristmas) .. C. D. D. Best. II ( Midsummer) C. J . Galpin . JJ lvl niLy

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Mathematics (Christmas) ,,(Midsummer) .. English (Prizes given by J. Emery, E sq .) IIa. Form .. .. .. IIb. Form I. Form Drawing Dictation

Music

, ,'

H. Gardner.

C. J. Galpin. C. J. Galpin. J. R. Reeve. C. D. D. Best. A. R. C. Douton. C. J . Galpin. R. E. C, Smith, iv.

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1904. D. J. PRE STON, (Rose) Classical Exhibitioner, Pembroke College, Cambridge. ], TWllLLS, (Stanhope) Classical Scholar, J esus College, Cambridge. A. GILLWRAND, (Parker, Elect) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

THE SHEPHERD GIFT. F. H. MaSSE, Ford Student, Trinity College, Oxford.

THE O.K.S. GIFT. F. It. HAWKES, of the Army Class.

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EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. *R. E. BRINSLEy-RICHARDS, (Rose) Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford. *C. W. C. REDMAN, (Stanhope) Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. R. H . CHARLES, (Rose) Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. %F. H. DURNFORD, ( Parker) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. P. S. F . NAIRN, (Rose) Ford Student of Trinity College, Ox ford. F. C. BovENscn.N, (Rose) Scholar of Corpus College, Oxford. H . A. J ENKIN, (Bullce) Exhibitioner of Jesus College, Cambridge. A. C. DURHAM, (Parker) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge .

â&#x20AC;¢ Vacate lhis JttIJl .

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAR 1903-1904. I) ,

l'wELLS, Cla"ical Scholarship (Rust.t), Jesus College, Cambridge. J. PR ESTON, Open Classical Exhibition. Pembroke College, Cambridge.

I S. ADAMS, Open Classical Exhibition, Peterhouse, Cambriqge.

I 1(. PARSONS, Open Exhibition in History, Magdalen College, Oxford. I,

I I, MassE, Ford Studentship, Trinity College, Oxford. H, II OAMS, Bible Clerkship, 1111 Soul's College, Oxford.

II.

11 ITc HCOCK,

Passed into Indian Police Force, First Place (di,..~cI /t:om tIle

AI'1I!y Class).

I ,

Comm ission in Royal Marine Artillery (d/recl from Ihe A,.,,~ Class).. SK INNER, Naval Assistant Clerkship, 19th place (dz'reclfrom Ille Navy Class) . WIIALI.In', Matriculation at the Central Technical College, KensingtQIl ("(h"r.tcf from Ihe Engineering Class). 'l'UKE,

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R. E. BRINSLEy-RICHARDS, Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford: Second Class in Final Classical School of Literae Humaniores. E. J. SMITH, Exhibitioner of Trinity College, Oxford: Second Class in Final Classical School of Literae Humaniores. H. A. JENKIN, Jesus College, Cambridge: Classical Exhibition, G. B. COCKREM, Certificate of Honour, and Prox. Accessit S cholarsh ip in Arts,

Guy's Hospital, London. Passed 6th out of Woolwich into the Royal Engineers. R. F. NATION. Passed 18th out of the Royal Military College, Sand hurst : Appointment to th e Indian Staff Corps.

A. R. A. IREMONGER, C. M.

SKINNER,

the Miller Prize: Institution of Civil. Engineers.

S C U L LI N G R AC E S. The Annual Sculling Races were held at Fordwich, on Thursday, July 21St. The following are the results :-

JUNIORS. HEAT I.-S. G. Duprey beat L. T. Watkins. HEAT z.-B. Crowley beat W. G. Weekes. HEAT 3.-S. G. Duprey beat 1. R . Madge. A good race. Madge went into the bank near the finish when leading and Duprey just got home. FINAL H EAT.-Duprey, rowing a s lower and longer stroke, caught Crowley about a hundred yards from the finish. SENIORS .

HEAT i.-K. B. Dickson beat V. L. Armitage, easily. H EAT 2.-T. F. Pettman beat E. C. Linton. Linton never got properly going and was bumped about a hundred yards from th e start.

HEAT 3.-A. C. Lock beat Dickson. Lock nearly bumped about half-way down the course, Dickson got away but was caught about fifty yards later. HEAT 4'-W, H. Lovatt beal E. K. Barber. Lovatt with the back station, overhauled Barker about two hundred yards from home. H EAT 5.-L. Abbott beat C. H. Budd . A good race all the way, Abbott winning by about tlVO lengths.

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HEAT 6.-Pettman beal Lock. A close race, Peltman getting home by about half a length. HEAT 7.-Abbott heal Lovatt. Lovatt was hampered by a boat on the course, and was beaten after a good race by a short length. FINAL HEAT. -Pettman steering well kept ahead all the way, and won a fine race by a length.

After the races Mrs. Evans kindly distributed the prizes. We are sorry the O.K.S. have not been able to raise a crew to row t~e School.

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Captain: E . A. ROPER. Captain of Cricket Captain of Football Captain of Games

G. C. STRAHAN. W. H. LOVATT. G. F. OLIVE.

MONITORS: E. A. Roper, R. H . W. Brinsley-Richards, H. P. V. Townend, W. Telfer, H. L. Dibben, F. M. Deighton, G. F. Olive, J. lJelghton, R. Watson, G. C. Covell, R. B. Winser. EDITORS OF THE

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E. A. Roper, R. H . \V. Brinsley-Richards. H. P. V. Townelld. SECRETARY OF THE "CANTUARIAN

It :

F . G. L. Scott. SPORTS' COMMITTEE j

1\. A. Roper, H. P. V. Townend, G. F. Olive, G. C. Strahan, R. B. Winser, W. H. Lovatt, D. K. Anderson.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT JULY, D.

' 904.

PRESToN .-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1899 ; Sixth Form,

Sept. , J()O I; ~ ~I o nitor, J an. , 1 903; Captain of th e School, Sept.. J 9~3; EciI,tor of the Call1uan'oll, Sept., 1903; President of the D~batlng Society, Sept., 1903 ; Sports' Co mmittee, Sept., l C)o3 ; Capt~l n of th~ .I~ oats, j 903-04; School Exhibitio ner, '904 j Open Classical ExlubltlOner of Pembro ke College, Cambridge. J. TWEL LS . - Kin g's Scholar; Ent~ re d the School, Sept I 1848 ; Sixth Fo rm, Sel~t., 190 1 : l\!ol1ltor,. J an" 1<)02; I-l ouse Monitor, Sept. . 1903 ; Edl~or of the Caulflanan, S~pt., ' 902 j Vice-President of Debati ng Society, Sept., 190 3; Spons' Committee, J an" ' 903; Football XV ., 1902- 03 . 03-04 ; H OIl. Sec. Football. 190 .~ -04; Gymn asium Pair, 1903 , '04 ; SGhool Exhibitioner, 1904; Rustat Scholar of J esus College, Cambridge, J. R. PARsoNs.-Entered the School, Sept., 1899 j Sixth Form, Ja n .• ' 902 j Monitor, Jan ., H)03; 9,pen Exhibitioner in History of Magdale n College, Oxford, F, H, MOSSE,-King's Scholar; Entered th e School, Sept. , ,899; Sixth Form , Sept., 190Z; Monitor, Sept., 1903 j Shepherd Gift, 19°4 ; Ford Student of Trinity College, Oxford. T . S. AOAuls.-King's Scholar; .Entered the Sch0 11, Tan., 1894; Sixth Form, Jan ., 1903 j Momtor, Sept., 1904; Cri cket XI, 1<;104 ; Bible Clerk at All Souls' College, Oxrord. A. GILLIBRAND.-EI1~ e red the Sc hool, Sept., Igoo; Sixth Form, J an., ' 903; lVI0nIt?r, Jan., 1903 j Foo tball XV., 190 I-OZ. 'oz-03, '03-04; Captam of Foo~ball, J<}03-04; Sports' Committee, Sept. , 190 3 i H on. Sec. of Cncket, '904 j Parke r Ex hi bitione r at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. O. F. HuysHE.-King's Scholar; En te red the School, Sept., 1899; Sixth Form , Sept., ' 903 j Monitor, Sept., 1903 ; Cricket XL, 190 1, 'oz, '03, '04 j C~ptai n of. Cricket, 1904; Football XV., ' 901-02, '02-03, '03-04; Vlce-C.aptaln, ' 903-04 j Hon. , Sec. of Cricket, 19°3 ; Sport s' Comm lttee, Sept., 190Z j Sports Colours, ' 90z, '03 '04; Captain of Games, Ig03-04.

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D. SPAFFoRD.-King's Scholar ; E ntered the School, J an., 19°0; Sixth Form,

Sept., 19°3 ; Fives' Pair, 14)0 1-02, 'oz-0 3, '03-04· p, A. RICHARDsoN.-Entered the School, Jan ., ' 900; Sixth For m, Sept., 190 3. II. BUDD.-Entered the School, Sept., 1899 ; Sports' Colours, 1904; Rowing Colours, 'g04. I) . \VICKHAM.-Entered th e School, Sept., 19°° j Cricket XL, Ig04 ; Sports' Colours, ' 904. I" J(, GRATY.-Entered the School, May, 1900; Cricket X]', ' 904, I, L. TOMLIN.-Entered th e' School, Sept., 18<;15; Cricket XI., ' 902, '03 , '04; Football XV., 1<;103-04 ; Sports' Colours, ' 902, '03, '04; Fives' Pair, ' 903, '04; Sports' Co mmittee, Sept,. 1903 . It lIAwKEs.-Entered th e School, Sept, Igoo; Cricket XL, 1901, '02, '03, '04; Vice-Captain, 19°4; Football XV., Ig03-04 ; Sports' Committee, Sept" ' 903; O.K.S. Gift, 1904, II I. PREsT.-Entered the School, J an ., ' 90 1; Cricket XL, 1903, '04. '\ C, LocK,-Entered th e School, Sept., 1900; Boating Colours, " F. O'NEILL.-Entered the School, Sept" 1896; F ootball XV" 1903-04; Sports' Colours, 19°4.

EASTERN LETTER. III III

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l)lIblished in the pages of the orten hlllH l'xpec ted and always welcome Ca1l',uOl /III, yo u have at intervals your Oxfo rd Ii 1111, at longe r inte rvals your Ca mbrid ge I. II! I, nnd at va rious tim es your Indian II 11m , IVfay I be permitted to further I II nd the list, and add th ereto what I I "plicmistically term an .. Eastern "114'1'," but whi ch would perhaps be 1111111 \ a curately descri bed as a ragged 1111 1 Ht:an ty collection of Eastern O.K.S. II nll It ? There is, probably, between

Shanghai and Bunnah many an O.K.S. whom I have never seen and shall never be privileged to meet ; bu t possibly, if these lines be deemed worthy of a place in the pages of your magazi ne, the pu blication o f them may induce many other old boys to send me notes of themselves a nd their doings, which when combined will result in a far more interesting and comprehensive letter than [ am now, from my meagre information, enabled to compile. But-to co me to the end of this somewhat lengthy pre-

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amble and to plunge ill medias resduring my stay in China. between April , '9(,1, a nd December, ' 903, it was

not my lot to fall in with an}' O.K.S. at all. I lea rnt . ho wever, from hi s brothe r, that I-I. F. Bell, in the Vth . for m at K. S. in , 89 1, was thriving in Shanghai; he is I beli eve a g reat authority on horses. A. M. Toulm in, who is of more mode rn times, was on th e China Naval Statio n at the e nd of ' 90 2 and was in H. M.S. Blenheim . It was not till I was 011 hoard th e P. & O. M.S. Simla, at the beginning of thi s year, bound fro m H o ng-kong to Singapore, th at I fell in personally with any 0 K. S. On board, amongst a contin;4 cnt of navalmcn, was C. H. (?) Roc, erstwhil e in th e Pre parato ry School, now a Licutc na ntill th e Navy. N. J. ( ?) Cole , brother of th e one-ti me full-back, wh o has survived a won de rfui fall from the royal yard of th e R O)lal Albert, and was at th e tim e I mel him junio r officer in th e S ,Âˇmla. G. F. Paget, I see fro m th e Call /lla r ian, is in business in Manila, so I presume he must be included in th e list. J . B. Scrivenor holds a very good and important post as F ederated l\Ialay States Geologist, and spends his time in travelling at a g reat pace o ve r the StateR in sea rch of gold and tin mines, and in makin g valuable di scove ri es in many branches of scienti fic resea rch. C. H. G. Clark e is a Collector of Land Reven ue in Perak, and is ver\' hard at work. He find s, howeve r, mon{e ots and eve n days of relaxation sometimes, and then works eq ua lly hard in the cri cket field; he has represented Pcrak at cricket, his bowling being described as at times unplayable. G. C . Valp)' is acting as assistant District Officer at Klang. Seiangor; he is a lso

said, by some, to work and entertains hopes, so far unrealised, of startin g or resuscitating a Kla ng Cricket CI llb. T. C. H incks. in the Vl th Fo rm in 189 1, was till recently a n office r in the Malay States Guid es, but has lately bee n compelled , owing to ill -he<llth to resign hi s post and return ho me. This is all th e news relating to O. K. S. in thi s part of th e world that I can at present call to mind, though, as I have befo re said, I am probably, throug h ig norance. omitting Ina llY names whi ch shou ld fi gure in a complete o ri ental li st. If thi s feebl e atte mpt to connect, as far as K .S. is conce rn ed , the past with the present, and the E ast with the \Vest. is approved a nd accorded a humbl e place among the far superio r prod uction s of yo ur papl'r, may 1 be permitted to request al l O . K. S. in China, Japa n, the Philippines, and the Malay Statt.:s and Straits Seltleme nts, who may chance to read these lines, to let me have fr om time to tim e an y inte restin g ite ms of info rmation abo ut th emselves, which can be em bod ied in the fo rm of an O.K.S. lette r? Lastly, [ must offer you on behalf of all O .K.S. Ollt he re my heartiest cong r<ltlliati nns on yo ur rapid development to yo ur prese nt size ; on your many impro vements a nd successes, and especiall y on your Academical distin ction s and your victorious football career. 'With all good wishes and ho ping you will ever pros per more and more. I am, Yours ve ry sincerely, GEORGE C . VALPY, Kl ang, F .lVI.S. Aug. qth , 1904.

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SCHOOL We welcome VV. H. l\faundrcll, Esq . ( c).K .S. 1890- 1895 ), as a Master this I Ilin in place of Mr. H o rley. ~':'~\':'

We hea rtily congratulate J. L. Tomlin, \\ hu passed 45th into t he Roya! Military h ttdtl my. Woolwi ch. .

IV also congratulate W. T elfe r, H . L. Illhhc!" F. M. D eig hton, G . F. Olive, I I) lIghton, R. Watson, G. C. Covell, IllId It B. \,yin ser, on being made l"Ilitors lhi s term. ~.::-~~

I'ho fOll o wing we re pro moted Into t he lit Form at th e e nd of last te rm: 1 1 li S, Pi nsent, K. Moore, ). Deighto n , I \l' 1I1"On, G . C. Straha n, C. C . Covell , I J. Miln er, J. L. Tomlin, R. B. " 111 111'1',

11111 Senior Scholarships, at the end 1". Olive, G. H. S. Pi nsent a nd

\\"III , " n. 11I11It \ I lig hcr Ce rtificate Examination

1.1 III luly, twe lve memb(;; l's of the It! nlliai ned Ce rtifi cales ; J. Tw ells,

II 1III1IHIl'},- Ri chJ.rds. J. R. Parso ns, I \ 'f'owncnd, W. T elfe r, A. de B. Ii tl llnu , ;\. Gi lli bra nd , H . L. D ibbe ll, till,,Âˇ, C. I I. S. Pin sen t, K. Moore, W,tlki ns.

NEWS. The School al so gai ned twelve di stinction s, the hi ghest number we have yet reached. They we re as foll owsD. J. Preston, J. Twells and E. A. Ro per in Latin; J , Twells and E. A. Rope r in Greek; A. de B. Hamilto n in French; D. J. Preston, .T . R. Parso ns, H . P. V . T ownend and T . S. Adam s in H isto ry; W. T elfe r and F. M. Deighton in Add itional Mathematics. ~,

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T he following ne~~' members have bee n elected o n to the Co mmittee of th e D e bating Society :--E . A. Rope r, H . L. Dibben , G. C. Strahan, F. G. L. Scott, G . F. Oli ve, J. Deig hton, R. D. \~' in se r. At a me ~ ting of the Com mittee held on September 24th, E. A. Roper wa s elected Presi dent, R. H. Brinsley- Richards, Vice-President, and H. L. D ibben, I-Jon. Secretary. $

1.,.. 1 hl rm , we re awarded to F. G. L. 111 1 (: .

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A carved chair in fllmed oak has been placed on th e no rth side of the altar in the Sc hool C hapel. Th e des ig n was furni shed by Mr. VV. D. Caroc, th e a rc hitect to the Cathedral, and it harm onises excell ently with the othe r wooel-work in the apse. The cost has beC!l me t by the Chape l offerto ri es. Mr. Caroe ha s a lso desig ned a pUlpit in carved oak, whi ch will take th e place of th e present preachin g-desk . Besides fo rming a bea uti ful add ition to the fittings ill our Chape l il will serve as a memoria l to the Rev. H erbert Waddington, O .K. S. ( 1838 to 1847 ), whose ge neralis beq uest to the School was rccorded in the June number of the CanlllaJlfw.

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O. F. ,Huyshe, Captain of Cricket for 1904. has been play ing for Dorsetshire th rough out August. and has received h is colours.

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Gymnasium.

The following old colours arc left in th e Football team :1St XV.-W. H. Lovatt, R. B. Winser, H. P. V. T ow nend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, G. F. Olive. znd XV.- G. C. Covell, N. A. Bittleston, A. de B. H amilton, E. T. Gage, L. P. Abbott, J. C. Keyser.

FOOTBALL. We append th e Fixtures tor ' 904- 5. DATE.

Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, 19 0 5. Thursday, Wedn esday, Thursday, Saturday, 19 0 4.

Thursday, 'Wednesday, Wedn esday, Thursday, Thursday, ' 90 5. Thursday,

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'904. September October October Octobe r October November N ovem ber November November November November December Dece mbe r

First XV, z9 . .. ... .. Mr. B. C. Covell's XV. . . . .. . . Canterbury. 6 ........ Mr. A. Latter's XV. . .. .. .... . ... . Canterbur)". I J . . . ... .. Wye College .......... . ... .. . .... . . Canterbury. zo . ... . .. Mr. L. R. Cooper's XV ..... . ... . .. Canterbury. z7. . . .. .. Dover College . .... ...... . ....... Canterbury. 1 • • • • • • SuttOH Valence School ... ........ Canterbury. 9 . . .. . . .• Dover College . . . .. .. . ....... .. .... Dove r. 16 . .. ... • • Merchant Taylors School. ,. " . Canterbury. 23 • . .. . • • Sutton Valence School, . . . . . ..... • Sutton. z6 .. ..•••• Wasps F .C. . .. . .. . . .. .. . • . . . . Canterbury. 30 • ...••• Eastbourne College . . " .. . . , • .... : .. Eastbourn e. 6 . ..• . ..• Wye College . . . . . ... . ..... ...... Wye. 20" O.K.So . .. . .. . .. , Canterbury.

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THE CHARACTERS OF THEOPHRASTUS.

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EDMONDS, l\L A., and G . E. V. M.A.-Blackie &> Co. ]

1'1 (,'""rdirl1l in its review of th is book II OW, a nnotated editi on of 'The IMl'I of Theophrastus' has long I II 1IIIII' h needed. The gap is at length II d III .â&#x20AC;˘ manne r altogether satisfactory. I 1. lI to rl-l have brought to their task Ilu ,'!'IH ntial qualifications - sound ,I II hlp. imagi nation, research, The I.. ' \llllarkably well planned a nd IllIt,d , nnd the result is a sc holarly Ihl h' unci reall y ente rtaining volume. I !lui Orlc n that so mu ch research I jllIl Oll t in the modest form of lultil I'ommcntary ; a nd the edi tors I ~ lit IIIOll81ratc that they are qualified II

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to carry th rough a more ambitio us un dertaking. The introd uction sup plies, with other matter, a vi vid picture of Athens and the Agora ill the time of Theoph rastus. and sufficient di sc ussion of the ques tions as to th e date and auth orshi p of the Characters. _ Everyw here, here a nd in in t l~ e com menta ry, th e editors give promllle nce to the details of life in ancie nt Athens; so that their book will be found a valuable reading-book in forms that are set to study the period of Alexande r the Great. In the notes, parallels from modern as well as ancient lite ra ~ ure are freely quoted, and they are so skIlfully used as to be really helpful to a boy,. in ~tea d of merely borjng him as such cltatlOns are apt to do,"

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Il:farn'age.-On 3rd Augu st, at Holy Trinity Church, T aun ton, the Rev. H enry Alvarez Da Costa Perei ra to Hilda l\'I abel Elt:ano r 'Williams. \~le hea rtily congratulate the foll owin g o n thEir several successes :-

S. L. Th ornto n ( O.K.S. 1864- 1869) Puisne Judgeship at Singapo re. R. E. BrinsJey-R ichards, passed 59th in th e Civil Service Examinations. 1St place for Cle rkships in House of Com mon s. R. E. Brinsley-Richards I 2nd Class in E . J. Smith I Final Classical Schools of Literae H um aniores. R . S. Braddell , 2nd Class in Final Schools of Jurisprudence.

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C. \V. C. Redman obtained a 3rd class in the Final Classical Schools, and we take this o pportunity of expressing our sy mpathy wi th him in hi s illness both befo rt: and d uring the Examination, which quite prevented him from doing him self justice. i(, ..,.

All those who wish to play in the O .K. .S. match , which has been fixed for D ecember 20th. are reque sted to send in th eir names as s'o on as possible to A. Gi lli brand, Esq., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ~;.~::;.:.

\¥e a cknowledge with many thankH a kind donation of £5 from the Rev. M. Wi ld, O .K.S . ( 1845 to 1853), toward s the Chapel Fund. It has bee n most useful in helping to de fray the cOSt of the carved oak seat recently placed in t he apse .

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COL 0 U R S.

'Âˇ'or many years the q uestion of III"l l li live Colours for O.K.S. has con 1IIIII1I1y bee n rai sed. With a vie w to

I 1IIIIIng to a defi ni te decision a meeti ng, I dlt1d by a circula r letter (sent to over 'lin O. K.S. of all standil1gs) o ver the 1~ lI lI tures of A. Latter, R. H. CharleS. II 1\ , J onkin a nd O. F. Huyshe, was held III till' Pa rry Library at 9.15 p.m. on '7 th. Dr. Brian Ri gden, the actin g 11111 II of the O.K.S. fund, was elected to 1 1\ 1f ' hnirman and Rev. G. C. E. Ryl ey '11(1tnry. " 11M th e reading of several lette rs "" h Imel bee n received fr om O.K.S. "II \\11 1" unabl e to be present and were I B IIllr o f the object fo r which the IIIIM WIlS called, th e pro positio n " that r ), I( .S. should have distincti ve 111111 II wa s unanim ously carried. II \\11101 una nimously decided" that a I Hllll illitt'c ro r selection of Colours til.! h.. a ppointed to repo rt to a I II ""." tin g of the O.K.S. to be held I @ltlll nL th e annual d in ne r," and II Ih,' ('ommittcc should consist of "" 11I 1 1II r~1 three to fo rm a quorum."

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The foll owing O .K.S. were then elected by ballot to fo rm th e Committee ; B. C. Covell, O. F. Huys he, A. Latter, vI'. H. Maund rell and G . C. E. Ryley. Sugg-estions as to Colo urs rece ived by the Secretary we re read out and other suggestions were offered, all th e s peak~rs beino of opi nio n that th e blue and wlute of the School colours should be retai ned. A vote of than ks to the Chairman termi nated the proceedings.

It is hoped th at O.K.S. wh o may have suggestions to o~er as to choice. of Colours will commUnI cate at once w1th any of th e Co mmittee, viz. :B. C. COVELL, E sq ., Cadeleigh, Kenthouse-road, Syde nham. O. F. H UYSHE, Esq., Keb le College, Oxford. A. LATTRR, E sq., Kin g's School, Canterbury. H. MAUNDRELL, E sq. , King's School, Canterbury. R ev. G. C. E. RYLE Y, The Precin cts, Cante rbury.

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V ALETE . I 11111111, J. M. Mackinnon, W. G. Weeks, A. G. McCnlloch , G . W. Godwin, I II I II li n, II. J. Ferg uso n, E. Mason, B. S. Collard. H. C. Baker, L. J. B. "hIIIlN'

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CO RRES PO N D E NCE. tv. B.-The Editors decline to accept atty respo1lSibility coJt1ttcted with the ohm·ollS oj their CornspOlto dents. Name and add1'ess must always be given, not Iltcessari/y for publication, bitt as a guarantee 0/ good faitlt. Pe, sonalities will involve cel'/ai1t n j ection. Lettel's should be written on one side of the jape,' only.

To lite Edz"tors oj"

"THE CANTUARIAN."

DEA R SIRS,

Are not the di stin ctions gained by our late members worthy of a place upon the School Hon our Boards? Yours, etc. I

ARMY CLASS. [The Honours' Board does not appear to have heen used since r894. We think, that if the list was renewed, a more limi ted O\lmber of distinctions should be included, \;ut we have no definite information at present. - E Do.]

To the Edz'lors

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DEAR SIRS,

May I be allowed through YOllT col umn s to say a wo rd about the Sports Fund Accounts published at th e end of this number, and in particular about the balance which now amounts to the co nsiderable sum of £65. It might appear from this, either that we are receivin g fa r mOTe money than we require, or that we are aimlessly hoarding wea lth. IV1y object in writing is to say that this is not so, but that we are deli berately economizing, whe re economy is possible, with a definite object in view. It may be of interest to point out that the balance has been al most steadily inc reasin g for the last few years, fro m £9 I SS. in 1900 to £17 lOS. in '9 0 1, £++ JOS. in 1902, £ +0 lOS. in ' 903, and £65 in 1904. During this period we have effected

a good many permanent improvements at considerabl e expe nse, as for instance the re nting of a new football grou nd, the provision of a water sup pl y and hose both for Blare's Piece and Green Court, and the drainage of BIore's Piece in connection with Mr. Hod gson's generalis gift of a new Pavilion, while our expenses in other direction s are constantly g rowing, e.g. we have had the rent of the Beverley grad ually increase d from £10 to £50. The de finite object to which I referred, howeve r, has bee n the improvement of the School Fives Courts . One of these, as your readers a re aware, has already been munifi cently improved by the Head Master. Vle wish to make the second Court equally good, first o r all by havin g it treated with the same prepa ration that has been so successfully used in th e other Court, and e ventually, if possible. by having it too converted into a covered Court. Fives' Courts are vcr}' expensive playthings, and we shall have almost to double the existing balance before wo can attempt this. We live in hopes of attaining this object soon by mea ns of careful economy, without, we hope, in any way stinting the actual requirements of the School games. Apologizing for the length of thi H lette r, which, however, seemed to In necessary by way of explanation. Believe me, Yours truly,

ALGERNON LAT'l'E R, ·Hon. 7'reas. SPOIls Fuml.

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ACCO UNT S, S EPT.

R ECRIPTS.

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1I111\Ilct.: in hand, September, '903 lIuy'" Subscriptions, i\lich. T erm, 1903 .. Lent Te rm , ' 904 " Su mmer T erm, 1904 11'lImlions from Masters , Ifllf ll(J ,iflll Subscriptions \ 'II \"~ ( Ren t of Blorc's Piece) I I '\IIMfurrcd from Shop Profi ts III' uf Cricket and F oot bn ll Cards 11111 It '~ t on Deposit Accon nt

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PAYMENTS. DR. £ s. d. Kent County C. C. (Rent of Be\ferley) 40 0 0 o 10 6 " " R ugby F ootball Union Austen (Salary and help ) 28 7 0 l'o ofarsh (Work on Crick et Grounds) 2 18 9 Peat (Salary and Cricket Goods) 76 14 3 C ullen (Ren t of F ootball Ground ) 7 10 0 Gibbs (Cantuaria n) 24 I 6 " (General Printing ) 7 16 9 Lilley (Roll ing, Cn ni ng, etc.) 20 14 0 Bunce (1'ootba ll.5, etc.) 4 16 3~ Rates and T axes ( Blore's Piece ) 4 II 5~ Gentry .. . 260 66o Burton (Traps, etc.) Lee and Wigfull (Sports Prizes) 6 7 7 l\fappin nnd Webb (Sports Prizes) 3 16 6 2 JJ 8 Expenses of School Pair to Aldersh ot H uggett (Fencltlg and H edgi ng) 7 18 II Canterbury Gas a nd Water Co. 4 4 5 H earne and Fagg (Cricket Good s and Pri zes) 4 4 6 Chambers (repairing Mowing Machines, etc. ) 8 10 7 Army and N avy Stores (Weighing Machin e) 4 13 6 Fares and L unches of Scorer and Umpire 2 10 4 Andrews (Cupboard for Crick et Goods) 3 4 7 School Shop (Fives Ba lls, S tationery, etc.) I I o~ P ostage, T elegrams, Cheque Books, etc. 2 3 J I Sund ry small accounts 0 I~ 3 Cabs ... 0 19 0 Balan ce in hand, September, 1904 65 4 6

£345 ALGERNON

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, V beg to acknowledge with thanks the following su bscriptio ns ;_

C. W. Bell, Esq. (1/6), Rev. G. Foster Carter (3/6), G. V. Ormsby, Esq . (3/ b ), Mrs. Corson (3/6), G. E. V. Allsten, E sq. (3/ 6), H. J. Cape, Esq . (3/ b), R. S, Varley, Esq. (3/6), Rev, L. H. Evans (316), H . Ball', Esq. (J/ b), T. A. Izard, Esq, ( 21 /-), G. F . I. Rosenberg, Esq . (3/ b ), A. Latter, Esq. (3/b), E. P. Guest, Esq. (3/ 6 ), Rev. L. G. H . Maso n ( 3/6), A. D. D. Spafford , Esq, (3/b), Rev, N. H. Th eodosillS (3/6), G. Hawkes, Esq. (J / 6), D. J, Preston, E sq. (3/b), T. D, Dixon, Esq. (3/6), E . J. Smith, Esq. (7/- ), Rev.

H. L. Cook ( 14l-), J. Sharman, Esq. (7/-), L. E. Real', Esq, (3/6), F. H . Mosse, Esq. (3/6), Rev. R. G. Hodgson ( 14/-), p, Godfrey, Esq . ( 3/6), W. H . Mallndrell Esq. (3/ 6), Gibbs & Sons (7/-). ' ~.'

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'We venture t~- remind all those who se subscriptions for 1905 we have not yet received, that they are now due and that we sha ll be glad to receive them as early as possible. They should

be addressedF. G. L. Scott, Hon. Sec., Call1uar/an Wingfield House, ' Canterbury.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

vVe beg ,to acknowledge. th e receipt of the follo,wlIlg contemporanes, ;. D ovona1l, Ousei, Cuthberlm1/., Clug-

I well/an, Car/husiall , Efizabetlzan,Epso1lJiaJl Radfeiall, FelstedltW, Shll'burl/.ian.

Gibbs and Sons, Pri nters, Palace St reel , Canterbury.

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EDITORIAL. Willi mig ht the envious point the finger of scorn at the present editorial staff of 1111 I ('lllIlunr ian.' In the last number they them selves gave what purported to be an ltd 111111111 Il'cipe for an editorial, and now after mu ch weary toil an d careful observance f Iltl illlilC'tio ns which ther themselves gave, the resul t is-what follows. It would III Ihlll\ that th e directions given were incomplete, that the dictum 01 first catch til Iltllll" II ppli cs in thi s case as in others, in other words that the actual editorial III hi' ))r od ll f:ed first and th en, and not till then can such litt le adornments as 11.11111111 , rahles, hypocritical selfÂˇ depreciation, be ad ded to impart an appearance I III,

poll. h to the com pleted article, 111 11, ex planation np.cessitated by th e haunting fear of any ill natured remarks t 1I11~1t1 ol he rwi se have bcen passed on our present effo rt, let us proceed to touch I ")'

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f 'h 1111 /I I(' W f th e chief events of the term. I hi I OOll!. o f the Football XV . have been crowned with comparat~ve success; II0ti O\IL o f 12 matcht:s played must be regarded as fairly satisfactory when it 'II lid II Il ld ho w wea k the three -quar ler li ne has been, especially in the earlier part I, ,1"1111, No ne the less we woul d like to see more widespread kee nness both in ,1111 1 III th lower games . There are signs of an inclination in the minds of

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many to allow the few who surpass their fellows in "energy and enthusiasm, to do the major portion of the work . W'ithout wi shin g to depreciate the value of the exertions of such players, we must remind others that the more enth usiasm they put into their play the more enjoyable will the games prove to themselves and to others. Is it too latc to plead for a renewal of int erest in the Debating Society? There has been but one debate this term, and in the past few years the condition of affairs has been little beUer. The Bicycle Club has co llapsed within recent years; tradition hath it that in the dim pa~t there ex isted a Chess Club, which is now no more. Let not the Debating Society fall into similar oblivion. It wou ld need no great expenditure of time and trouble to restore it to a prosperous condition. vVe look forward 10 the Easter ter m in the hope that before long Âˇ we shall be enabled to chronicle a marked improvement. Before end ing thi_s lengthy and overdull flow of words we must thank those O.K.S. who have so readily responded to the appeal which our last number contained, for letters describing their doings. We would like to draw special attention to the proposal contained in the Indian lette r, that a reg ister should be compiled g ivin g the names and occupations of all O.K.S. Though the labour involved in compiling and revising such a list would be great, the effects that it would have in binding more closely together those who have left the School. would be undoubtedly so valuable that we trust some effort will be made to fall in with the suggestion.

FOOTBALL. KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. B. C. COVELL'S .XV. This, the first match of the season was played on Thursday, September 29th, and resulted in a victory for the scratch team by two ~oals and six tries (28 points) to 1111. The School team did not get into their game until after half-time, when the forward s began a really vigorous game, too late to effect th e result of the match . Of the backs the three-quarters were out-played by a faster line and showed that they had not yet got to und erstan d each other's game, but Lovatt did some good kicking, whil e Hamilton played a sound game at half. The play of the team as a whole in the second half promised distinctly well for the season.

The School team was as follows :-C. G. Williamson (back); G. C. COl' II, W. H . Lovatt, F . H. Harrison, L. P. Abbott (three-quarters) ; A. de B. Hamilton, H. G. Paris (halves); R. B. Winser, H. P. Y. Townend, R. Watson, W. G. Campb II, G. F. Olive, N. A. Bittleston, J. Deighton. D. K. Anderson (fo rwards ).

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KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. LATTER'S XV. Played on Thursday, October 6th. and resulted in a victory for the School by two to three tries ( 10 points - 9.)

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In this match, which was won just upon time after a most interesting and even the School team sho wed a distinct improvement on their form in the previous IU(l tci l. The fonmrcis again played a ve ry much harder game in the second than in III<' firs t half, and were chiefly responsible for the e nc ouraging result. Lovatt and

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KING'S SCHOOL v. WYE COLLEGE. 'l'hl A match was played o n Blore's Piece on October 13th. and resulted in

, ,Ii 1,''' 1 f r the School by three goals to a goal and a try. ~

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IlIlgnll to press and after keepi ng the ball in the School twenty five for about ten 1111 111 1111 UV Illually succeeded in scoring a try which was converted. The play still 11111 111 111(1 to be in our half, and in spite of a good ru sh by Hamilton, Vvye scored 1111 Il ililr some loose play ill front of goal, and converted. The School now began 111,1)Âˇ lip be tter and Covell g etting the ball from a scrum ran through the opposing lI ud ~ ored. Abbott kicked the goa l. On changing ends the School at once III 111 III'('SS and the only good piece of passing amongst the three-quarters resulted I IIH II I'Il'or in g again. The kicked failed . The School continued to press, but at \\ \ I ' III r4h 'd the ball away and one of their halves touch ed down behind our goal. \ ,Uf li lt' last score and th e match thus resulted in a defeat for the School. III

II" SO' hool team was as follows: - L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. C. Covell, W. H. II . '" 1>'. Oli\'e, H. Pet ley (three-quarters) ; A. de B. Hamilton, H. G. Paris , I( . Il. Winser, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. Bittleston, D. K. I I , "", ,. Deighton, E. T . Gage, F. G. L. Scott (forwards).

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KI IG'S SCHOOL v. DOVER COLLEGE. This match was played on B1orc's Piece on Tuesday, October zsth, and after a most exciting game, which was full of incident, resulted in Ollr defeat by a goal to a try. The ground was in splendid condition . Throughout the first half we had decidedly th e best of the game owing to tll~ good ane! vigorous work of the rorwards, .and before the game had been in progress ten minutes. a good rush ended in what appeared to be a ce rtain score, but Lovatt, who seemed quite o ut of form, mulled badly and lost a grand opportunity. He also lost a good chance Ol~ scoring shortly afterwards, by kicking into t Ollch instead of passing to Covp.11 who had a clear field. After some time however Olive picked up in th e loose and a fter ma king gro und passed to Petley who tran sferred neally inside to Pa ri s, and the la tte r enabl ed Bittleston to get ove r with a try . Aboott made a fine attempt with the kick , which went wide by inches. Petl ey was sevt'ral times noticeable for good work both in attack and defence, and we were within an act: of scoring on two or threeroccasion s. Half-time arrived moreover with nothi ng further scored, and both sides seemed glad of a respite. On restarting- Dover att.tcked strongly, but the tack ling was generally very good, Petley again di stin guishing himself, whil e Abbo tt performed brilli ant ly, both in field ing, ki cking, and tackling. The forward s were also doin g well and \Vinser got well away onc.:! but unfortunately passed for ward. llittl eston th en broke away from tou ch and afte r a good run passed to \oVilliamson who, howe ver. lack ed the pa<.:c to gc:.t through. The game waxed fa st and furious and at last Digby broke through and scored almost unde r th e posts, an unfortunate fi t of high tackling having momentarily seized our team, three of whom had a fair shot at him . The ki ck was succeesful and Dove r led by two points. For the last quarter of an hour both sides were palpably â&#x20AC;˘ I I done," a nd though there were some good ru shes at tim es on both sides and Hamilton once very ll f"arly got through, nothing furth er was scored. For OO\'e r, Griffiths played a great game forward. and the two halves both did well though Munn s struck us as rath er selfish . For us, Abbott, as we have said, covered himself with glory. Petley a nd Covell both did well, es pecially the former, and Hamiltoll did some goot! things. The forwards did very well ind ~e d, on the whole, Lhoug h th ey hardly stayed as well as th eir opponents. We were unfortuna te in the abse nce of And erson, but we we re ce rtainly the better side forwa rd. \;Yinser, Campb ell, and . Bittl cston. were always to th e fore, and Deighton did good work but mu st lea rn to get round quicke r- a remark that al so applies to Scott. __ Townend did so me fin o tackling and savi ng, and Watso n was doing yeoman service in the middl e of til l ' se rum . It was a splendid match and we may perhaps consider ourselves un fortull.lt in not making at least a draw of it. The School team consisted of :- L. P. Abbott (back); H. PetIey, G. F. O li"."

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W. H. Lovatt, G. C. Covell (th ree-quarte rs) : A. de B. H amilton, I-I. G. Paris lI nlves) ; R . B. Winse r, H. P. V. Townend, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. Ji Ltlestoll, J. Deighton, C. G. ':Villiamsoll, F. G. L. Scott (forward s).

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This matc h was played on Thursday, October 27th. on Blore's Piece, and " uhod in a win for the School by 2 tri es to I . ( )nr opponents kicked off, and during the first te n minutes the game was in 1III IwclIl ty- fi ve. After a good deal of kicki ng backwa rds a nd forwards without finding I lUi h, onc of their three-quarters gained possession of th e ball, and scored a try which II 1t1lt'o nvc rtcd. There was no more scoring during the first half.

I'ht' second half was much faster and we we re attacking most of the t im.e. Soon I Iflll Y had recommenced Olive passed out to Covell who broke through. th e 1'llIf" tl K backs, but was held back on th eir goal- line and just failed to score. Aft~r II Ih l ' l" wcrc somc good rushes by our forward s, and at last an unwary kick by one ! lli d r h11 ks placed th e ball in Abbott' s hands, and he got rOllnd all his opponents Itol liII oroll ncar the touch-line. but fail ed to convert. Our opponents did not quite HI to un de rsta nd the rul e about off-side , a nd severa l times suffered t he penalty for h... wll of thi s rule. The remaind er of the game was in their t we nty-five, and Pa ri s I 11I1I 11 1I K'I'd to ge t over th eir line and scored close to touch; the try was un converted I 1/0 11 nfLt..' r thi s the whistl e ble w, leaving the School victorious by z tries to I.

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v. SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL.

This, the seventh match of the Season, was played at ~lore's Piece, on Tuesday, Nov. 1St. The School were at full strength, but unfortunately the Sutton Captain was unable to play. From the outset the School showed their immense superiority, being quicker behind and heavier in the serum than th eir sma ll and lighter opponents. 'Within three minutes from the start ';Yinser sco red, and soon after Olive, who was playing in the wing for the first time, gained a try, which Abbott improved with a good kick. The School kept up the attack to the end, and tries followed in quick succession and when time was called, the score stood at 7 goals, I I tries, 68 points to nil.

In such a runaway match, it would be diffi cult La individualize the play. Tht; Sutton team played ke~nly all through the game, but were too small, while the School three-quarte rs at tim es passed well, Lovatt in particular taking his passes well. and b eing responsible for five tries. The tries were gained by:-Lovatt (5 ), Olive (. ), Winser (. ), Covell (. ), Petley (z), Paris ( z), Ande rson, BittlesLOl1, Hamilton. The School team was as follows :-L. P. Abb ott ( back) ; G. F . Olive, W. H. Lovatt. G. C. Covell, H. Petley (three-quarters) ; A. de B. Hamilton, H. G. Paris (halves) ; R . B. Winser, H. P. V. Townenrl, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. Bittleston, D. K. Anderson, J. Deighton, C. G. Williamso n (forwards).

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The return match was played at Dover, on \ÂĽednesday, November 9th, and resulted in a decisive victOlY for our opponents by three goals and five tries to a gotd, a try, and a penalty goal. Very soon afte r the start Do\'er got the ball in to our tw enty-five, but a good ki t k by Lova tt which was well followed up enabled us LO attack. By some smart work OUl iii tou ch for which \Vatson and Bittles ton were most conspicuous we threatened tlH ' Dover team more than once, and some seven minutes after the start Hamilton bl k4

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II way from behind th e scrum and by following up his own kick at a good pace "('ored half-way between th e touch-line and the post. The kick which was against the wind, failed. The next few minutes saw plenty of passing among the School three-quarters and Ullce Olive got clear a way but tri ed to pass too late when collared and consequently lu)( t the ball. Hamilton once more broke away but mad e the same mistake as Olive \\ 1111 th e result that the Dover three-quarters were soon rushing down a clear field Ili ul we re only stopped by some desperate defence work. After one or two good I t ums which kept the ball in 01lT twe nty-five, the School forced th e ball down well over 1111 ' half-line, but a good dribble by the Dover halves brought it back and soon afterwards I III! ' f our oppone nts' three-quarters on the wing who was carelessly marked, got IH\',lY and scored a try, which was not converted. 'rh e game at this period was at its fastest and some excellent work was done in

!It hluding, Paris particularly di stinguished himself in falling on the ball to save a I II Ii more than once. Play was chiefly in our twenty-five and the ball was along the three-quarter line seve ral times, who were not closely marked at this period. I1l1n tt tackled well and saved more than one try, but Griffith at last broke away from I hill d a scrum and scored between the posts, making an easy kick for goal. The lillol forwards again played a dashing game and wild kicking twice brought us into t' n flJl P nc nts twenty-five, but Munns by pretending to pass dive rted our three-quarters " " \ 1hilS made an opening whi ch resulted in a try, while very soon afterwards II II t i lto n again broke away on the wing and scored . The three-quarters were very I Ik il l this period but it should be mentioned that an unlucky injury in the first five ",ltllllil" of play, rendered Petley who was playing on the wing practically useless ' ,1 Illi l wh ole game. The School forwards again rnshecl their opponents a nd I 11111 11 11111 made a plucky dribble, while a penalty kick awarded to the School in a " luvo urable position resulted in a goal. The next few minutes saw some good killiK by Lovatt and Olive, but the School was merely defending and after several "411 ,1 \\' I'H capes Simpkin on the wing rushed past our men and scored. A premature 10 "W I' I" ft th e kick a simple one, but the Dover half put the ball down before the hi Ihll n and so no kick was allowed. There was no change before half-time in II â&#x20AC;˘ 1111 whi ch thus stood at '7-6 in our opponents' favour . Iln vN

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of incident. Harrison scored a few minutes after the on th e win g and the goal was kicked. Some good 111 Mnp by 'ampbell and Watson, and tackling by Lovatt, gave our three-quarters I " \Ipnnunit y but th e passing was at fault and Harrison for the third tim e proved I 1I II I IlIr us a nd scored , though this tim e the kick failed. Our opponents soon It " I 10 nur twe nty-five, but Townend and Paris saved well and our three-quarters I ' II HllOLh 'r c hance. However Petley co uld ba~ely move and was quite useless.

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This of co urse lost us several cha nces, especially as Covell did not appear to obse rve it a nd wasted more than one pass in th is way. Still we we re nearly in In ice but once Lovatt just fail ed to pass in t ime, th e oth er tim e Cove ll was tackled on th e line. But the Dover forward s forced the ball back and Munns got clean away and scored our opponents' last t ry, whi ch was converted. \~lith only a few minutes le ft th e School made a final effort and as th e result of some good combination th e three-quarters at las t got an opening. The passing was accurate a nd Olive on th e win g sp rinted past th e Dover backs and scored. Lovatt converted. Alm ost imm t!cliately a fterwa rds time was call ed, leavin g Dover vi cto ri ous as stated ab ove.

The most sa.tisfactory feature of the match from our point of vie w, was the play of the forward s. T hough as a wh ole, th e game was not nearl y as fast as th at played here, some very hard work was done. Campbell and Bittleston especially were seldom not on th e ball and all the forwards' saved' well at tim es. The halves were better than they had been of late, though Paris was still terribly slow. The three.. quarters were the weak spot, thou gh th e accident me ntioned above certainly hampered the m considerably. It would however be idle to deny th at t he best team won and th e School on the wh ole did well against a really strong team. The School tea m was as follows :- .L. P. Abbott ( back) ; G. F. Olive, W. H . Lovatt, G. C. Covell, H. Petley (three ·quarters) ; A. de B. Hamilton, L. F. Pari s (halves) ; R. B Winse r, H. P. V. Townend, R. Watson , W. G. Campbell, N. A. Bittleston, D. K. Anderson, J. Deighton, C. G. 'Wi ll iamson (fofwards).

KING'S SCHOOL v. EASTBOURNE COLLEGE. Played at Eastboume on Monday, November J4th, resulting in a victory for Eastbourne by two goals, two dropped goals a nd a try to nil. At th e outset till' garne was of a sc ram blin g nature. a nd nei the r side seemed abl e to settl e down, bilL from the first it was obvious that the Eastbourne forwards, thou gh lighter, were mow das hin g than ours a nd were cleverer wi t h th eir feet, whil e at ha lf th ey W( · !t ' palpably superior. T he first score came from E lliott, wh o tric ked seve ral of our t 'lUlI by feinting a.nd sco red unde r the posts, the try bei ng easily co nve rted . OUf oppOlw lI l!l attacked agalll, but Lovatt and Bassett relieved by useful ki cks. Then came a high ki ck to Abbott, which he misfielded and thereby let in \OVilsOll, a fast forward , Wh OHI'

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try ,~as also converted . Olive and 'Vinse r were then conspicuous for some good tac kling and Lovatt got a way, but wh en he pa~sed to Olive, the latter was not ready Il nd a good chance was lost. Eastbourn e agatn attacked and were on our line till r{llief cam~ from a kick ?y Hamilton, and L ovatt and Olive again got away, but Olive hnd the Illlsfortune to sllp up, After a good save by Bassett, half-time arrived with th ' sco re at ten points against us. After the interval Ollr team woke up a bit and 11 ft. r good tackling by Ab~ott and Bassett, Covell twi ce got away, but effort' after Ilno rt was th~o wn away oWl.n g t? bad passes being given, or good passes being mulled . I,flvatt especlally offend ed III thlS respect and he seems to have developed a habit of .. pmatching" at the ball. Meanwhile Elliott and King at half-back an d Lambert 11 11 wa rd were frequentlr in evid ence fo r Eastbourne, and eventually Tiely dropped a III'ut goa,l. :\10 re r:tulhng of passes follow ed and then Covell got away, but gave II vI' ry wlld pass winch was snapp ed up by Tucker, and thou gh Covell almost caught hllli a nd would have done so had he not made his effort just too soon a further try III"lI lted, Shortly afte rwa rd s Elliott dropped anoth er goal, a nd th ou,~h we made a II IV K?od rush?s towards the end, nothin g fur t ~l.er ha ppened, and we retired beaten by " IlnlnLs to 1111. The forwards had not got th elr usual dash, the halves were outclassed utI! lh three-q uarte rs we re very weak, th ough Bassett's defence was good. 'I'he School team was . as follows :-L. P. Abbott (back) ; G. F. Olive, 'V. H. I "" Ill, G. C. Co vell, L J. Bassett (three-quarters), A. de B. Hamil ton, H. G. Paris iI.d,,Âˇ,) ; R. B. Winse r, R. Watson, W. G. Campbe ll, N. A. Bittieston, D. K. AnderIII, I, Deighton, C. G. Williamson, E. T . Gage (forward s).

KING'S SCHOOL v. MERCHANT TAYLOR'S SC H OOL. I'hl l! m at~h was played at Cante rbury, on 'Wednesday, November 16th, and ill a Will for the School by I point. \Vin ser ki cked off and fo r the first ten pIny was within t~e enemy's twenty-five. Our forwa rd s heeled well and the I ,,/(ot th ' ~a ll ont q~lckly, but the three-qua rt~ rs , e spe~ially Covell , did not seem II III "'lither It and spolit se ve ral chances of scorIng. OlIve, howe ve r, was in good f III ,IIIIi fl tln cked and defended we ll. On one occasion Hamilton made a good I IIOIM IHld a try should have resulted had he not refu sed to pass unti l it was too { 1111' oppone nts began to press and by a smart piece of work th eir th ree-quarters hili II Kht down th e fi tdcl sco red easily an d the t ry was converted. The School lin II Ihi il point was lament ably feeble. There was no more scorin g in the first II Ilid lill' Sc hool were thus fi ve points to the bad . On res um ing, our opponents 1 lUll II nn d looked bound to score, but Olive relieved by a good kick and the I

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School began to press. On several occasions Leslie found touch very smartly and the game began to ap proach the enemy's twenty-five. Their three-quetrter line, however, by some good combined work ru shed the ball dow n, but in a line out Bittleston got the ball. and, backed up by Deighton and \\1 illian~ so n,. got away and the l at~e r scored a try which Abbott fai led to convert. From this POll1t the School played with great dash and keenn ess, and the tackling im proved g reatl y. Bassett being conspicllous on several occasions, and on the stroke of tim e a good rush by our three-quarters res ulted in a trv by Lovatt which was not converted, and thus the School were left winners, after hard-fought game, by one point. Of th e School forwards Anderson worked very hard, while among the t hree -quarters Olive was co nspicuo us. The School team was as fo llows :-1. P. Ab bott (back) ; G. F. Olive, G. C. Covell, 1. J . Bassett, W. H. Lovatt (three-qu arters) ; A. de B. Hamilton, W. R. N. Leslie (halves) ; R. B. Winser, R. Watson, W. G. Campbell, N. A. Bittleston, D. K. Anderson, J . Deighton, C. G. Williamson , E. T. Gage (for wards) .

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2ND

XV.

FOOTBALL,

XV. v. TONBRIDGE SCHOOL

3RD

XV.

This match was played at Canterbury on the 17th of November. At fi rst the game was ve ry eve n, and the School looked as if they might score sevc~al times. H owever, the T onb rid ge forwards being heavier at length drove th e School 111to th eir own twenty-five and looked as if they might sco re, till Johnston broke away and with a good punt took the ball down th e field. T onb ridge now bega n to get togeth er and sco red several times. T he backs played very well and amongst the forward s, Scorer, Scott and Thomso n. The match ended in a victory for Tonbridge by 28 points to ni l. The School team was as follo ws :-II. H ayes (back) ; G. C. Strahan, G. F. H owell, E . H. 1. Johnston, C. F. P. Battersby (th ree-quarters) ; G. F . Rigd en, H. G. Paris (half-backs); F. G. 1. Scott, L. N. Scorer, I-I . M. J . Burdett, J. A. S. Aylward, F. I-I. Vaughan, J. W. Lewis, A. L. B. Thomson , V. Arnold (forward s).

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2ND

XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE

2ND

XV.

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victo ry. but as matters turn ed out, proved th emselves q uite capable of aSSl l titl5 Ii II.;:;, "ppriority. T he Dover forwa rds were heavier than ours a good deal, but our pack 1'11l\'l'd up better than th ey had ever done before and thei r heeli ng was quite splendid. I h(' whole team showed much more dash than had previously been sholVll and j t,l lIli nu cd to play hard ri ght through the game. At half-time th e score was a try ulld a dropped goal to nil in our favour, and time arrived with one more gO~ll udd('d in our favour, thus securin[, a_ v~ctory for us by 12 poi nts to ml. I II individualize wh en all played so well would be hard, but among the hll wnrds Aylward, Scott and Burdett, showed to ad vantagp., while at back Hayes did ull lhuL was requi red of him . The team are to be heartily congratulated as the ~lli ory was all the more welcome since it was so unexpected. 'rhe School team was as foll ows :-H. H. Hayes (back) i G. C. Strahan, E. H . J"IHUtton , F. H arri son, K. Moore (three-q uarters); H. G. Paris, G. F. Rigden l"iI,"") ; F . G, Scott, J . Aylward, J. W. Lewis, A. Thomso n, J. Burd ett, V. Arn old, I A, Vaughan, W. Lucas (forward s).

KING'S SCHOOL

2ND

XV. v. ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE.

I '''I ~ match was played at Canterbury on Thursday, December

J st, resul ti ng ill vit' to ry for the School. The S<:;.1lOol soon got the ball into th eir opponents' t IIlv livu and Rigden scored. The S.A.C. th en began to press. Johnsto n, howeve r, I i ,I.. II Wlly. an d , after so me good passing by the three-quarte rs, Strahan got in. t Hh nftc rwards Strahan again scored after a forward rush. After the five-ano 111\' "lid been kicked, he again go t away and passed to Dunlop. who was collared. II /Hilu"to n managed to gather the ball and take it over the line. Aylward conI ,II III' tly and th us by half-time th e School were ahead by ' 7 points. \/11 I hril f-ti me a combined ru sh by th e School forwards, who played with Idhlt, das h and vigour throughout the whole game, carried the ball into their II 1111111",' tw nty-fi ve. wh ere it remained ti ll nearly time. Strahan go t away and I 'I'IH'II Moore dribbled over th e line and touch ed down. Paris, Aylward, 1111 111 11 ('f\ h sco red a try, one of which Aylward converted . Scott also broke 1111 1 will,., on the enemy's goal-line passed to Lewis who sco red. Then the 11111 Iliin Ollr twcnty-fi"e, and the School were hard pressed for a tim e. How1111 II ill'it'llcc was successful, and they were left victoriolls by 2 goals and 9 tries I 11111 ; IU lIil. II" ,111101 team was as follows :-H. H. H ayes (back) ; G. C. Strahan , E. H . III, 1"" , (', M. Dunlop, K. Moore (three-quarters ) ; H. G. Paris, G. F . Rigden I' (; , L. Scott, 1. N. Scorer. J . A. S. Aylward, A. 1. B, Thomson, W. St. C. I IV, I, wis, H. J. M. Burdett, F . H . Vaughan (forwards). III I

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~Ve congratulate the following upon receivin g their Colours :' st XV.-N. A. Bittleston, D. K. AnderSOIl, L. P. Abbott, A. de B. Hamilton, J. Deighton, G. C. Covell , C. G. Williamso n, L. J. Bassett, W. R . N. Leslie. 2nd XV.-F. G. L . Scott, J . A. S. Aylward, H. G. Paris, G. F. Rigden, L. N. Scorer, G. C. Strahan, E. H . L. Johnston, A. L. B. Thomson, W. St. C. Lncas, W. Lewis, H . I. M. Burdett. H . H. Hayes.

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\;Ye take this opportuni ty of thanking Mr. Edmonds, who left us . at the end of last year, for his gi ft to the Sixth Form of a large num ber of most interesting photographs of Gree k Sculpture, togethe r wi th a book on th is subject to explain them . . Those who we re fortunate enough to hear lVIr. Edmonds' lectures on Greek Sculpture will know how very deeply he was interested in the subject, and it is to be hoped that with such advantages many members of th e School will make a special study o f it, this being Mr. Edmonds' earnest desire.

Vve should menti on th at the H ead Maste r has added to lVIr. Ed monds' gift a large po rtfolio to co ntain the ph otographs as well as some more books on Greek Sculpture. .'$0

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On Friday, Dec. 2nd, the School Fives Pair (G. C. Covell and E. H. L. Johnston) beat the St. Augustine's Pair by two games.

The Under ,6 Pair (L. J . Bassett and C. J. Adams) beat the St. Edmund's Under 16 Pair. On F riday, Dec. 2nd, the Right R ev. o.res. (,870- , 873) gave the School a most interesting lecture upon his wor~. and e.x perien~es in his Diocese of Bntlsh GUIana. 1 he lecture was illustrated by some excellent lantern slides, which were greatly appreciated.

E. A. Parry.

On Tuesday, Dec. 20th, H is Gmc the Archbishop of Can terbury will dedicate the new pul pit which has been pl~ce~1 in the School Chapel by the s ub sc nptl o n ~ of the friends of the Schoo!.

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LECTURES. On Tuesday. Octobe r , 8th, the Rev. II'heodore \.vood delivered a most interestIng lecture on the subj ectl of "Oddities III the Deep," illustrating his remarks 1.\' light ning sketc hes of various wei rd /I"h III chalk of various colours After hUlI1 orously assuring his hearers t hat he WII K not drawi ng the long bo w, howeve r t )( lrRordinary seemed his statements, he 1111"cribed the Anchor fi sh, which attracts II. \·icli ms into its mouth by waving III luI' it a brightly-sh ining tentacle, II 11I1l~ us of a curious specimen of th is I h, til the interior of which was found I 1\ II which had itself devoured a smalle r Hili' of its kind, in which were yet two tliIlH' unfurtnates. He then descri bed I " nBnr creature which has its haunts • It w ~hO ll sand fathoms below the surface II IltIl Kc<1; at this depth it is naturally 1.1111 1 tlnrk. and in co nsequence th is fish I. I I( llh ~ titute d a small electric lamp fo r 'hi InlloCht tentacle of its more fortunate I,I Ilul ll which dwell in sunni er climes. Ih IIllhIH'Ii nation, we were assured, is by IIU'IllI H uniq ue j there exists a yet II 1I11111u'kabie exampl e, a fi sh that has htllil le ngth of its throat lighted up I dOli hie row of lamps, T hat it is lilt It) that provides the lighting powe r III , I'jUH' i'O is practically ce rtai n. T he 'Ii 1'1.1, Or torpedo, contains a mar· I! Itt h ltl ~c mcnt of electric batteries II I Hiliulators. The lecturer then , 1111 III tlt e subject of the octopus 1 11 111111, t'xplained the action of Ii. hi I t nnd made some astounding 1

statements as to the size to wh ic h the latter attain . Then followed brief desc riptions, and remarkabl y clever sketc hes, of th e brilliantly coloured sea-mOllse: and the sea-cucum ber with its ravenous appetite and conve nient system of curing dyspepsia. T he subject of star-fish was treated at greater length; the lecturer described its methods of locomotion, the manner in which it devoured oysters, not by swallowing them, but by forcing its di gestive organs into their bodies, and its aggravating habit of growing into two new complete &tar-fish if torn in half. H e then passed on to a variety of starfish that seemed to have no greater joy in life than to break itself into small pieces, recounti ng a highly-amusing anecdote describing a scientist's efforts to obtain a complete specimen. After touching on the effects of the burrowing or sea-worms in demolishing chalk cliffs, Mr. ,;Vood concluded his interesting lecture by warning all his heare rs against jelly-fish, particularly a variety which resembled a fair-sized sand-bank, an d the effects of whose sting were peculiarly disastrous to some di spositions. On November l ot h, Mr. Foxton Ferguso n gave a most delightful and instructive lecture on c, Folk-Songs of the Land," wh ich very fitly supplemented th at whi ch many of liS so thoroughly enjoyed eighteen months ago, on c, Folk-Songs of the Sea." As England is primarily a Sea-Power. it is natural that the majority

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folk-songs refer to particular trades. and are marked by the definite rhythm characteris tic of th e trade in question, such as the thud of the blacksmith 's hammer, or the trotting of the ploughboy's team, As examples of this he sang .. Twankydillo," a forge song, which wa;"; already known to the majority of the audi ence, and a tink er's song. entitled <C In Riverly Town," both of whi ch received a most hCdrty welcome, The first song of th e even in g. ,. Through bLl she~ and through briars," was the oldest of them. all, and con sistt:!d of a very pretty melody, most suitable to its worels and character; Mr. Ferguson's rendering of it was thoroughly appreciated . He shewed that it possessed, to a remarkable degree, the leadin g characteristics of folk-song, namely simplicity and repetition, both in phrases and in the air. The fact is that these songs were chiefly sung by the common folk's old minstrels," who went from village to village. and not bv that other member of t!le minstrel ciass, the" court minstrel ," who. however wonderful might be his improvisationary gifts l could not be compared to th e Their songs werc wand ering bard. simple because their composers knew liLLIe, and what little they did know wa s Poker" ought really to be " By St. Sepul- gleaned from hearsay and the pure [onnt clue." He proceeded by putting forward of nature. lV[oreover, they were incapable a suggestion as to the origin 01 so ng in of elaborating simple themes, and so general, and of folk- song in particular. repetition was used , and this took th e' The influence of mu sic was supposed to place of the arti sti c decorati on so later productio ns. lighten work for those whe laboured, and cha racteri sti c uf also to make it mo rc agreeable; and During th e course of the evening hI ' thus, wh en people worked und t r th e sang several othe r songs; two of lIl1'llI emph atic rh ythm of some good old tun c, were from Devonshire, "My Lady'" the work was more systematically effected . Coach ," telling of their tradi tional iell ',I" Consequently many of our commonest about death, and Ie The Hunting Parso n,"

of her traditional songs and tales shol1ld be connected with sea-life, and thus the order in whi ch these two lectures we re presented was remarkabl y significant. The lecturer began by shewi ng that superstition, which accounted for the origin of so many folk-songs both of the sea and ianel. has not yet altogether disappeared, though it is greatly decreasing. The traditional belief that one hair, if properly applied, luis the power of frustrating the efforts of monitorial authority; that the number "13 II will invariably bring disaster j and that a bottle of claret broken on the ship's bow insures goodluck, are all proofs of this. He then shewed that it cannot be supposed that all the folk-songs have come down to us in an absolutely unadulterated form; as they have been handed down from generation to generation, changes (cor respo nding to the well-known changes which the "copyists Il of the books of the Bible, for instance, have made ) have taken place. He gave us some interesting examples of changes in words anti phrases: now-adays we say "thank the pigs for that" instead of <I picksies/'-" tawdry H instead of <l St. Audry."-" J ordan n almonds instead of " Jardin" j and lastly he told us that th e expression .. By the H oly

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' I'h "Oxen ploughing." in which each tl nimal was named, received a most hearty I' II C re, and will not SOon be rorgotten. 1.;UILly, he sa ng two so ngs to exe mplify Ihuse in which there were too many words 1111 t~,e tune j to si ng them consequently 11I'llIIred no small art. The songs in 1,II I'ijLion were entitled, "I wish I was 1iI 1I1J.;'lo again," and "A country song." 1110 lecturer concluded by speaking of ' li n lamentable decline of folk-song in 11 111 IU'csent day. This decline started in 11111 days of the stern Puritans. who, III III ir narrow -mindedness. substituted PI' lIl1i 's" even for "kisses" tota.lly lIurin g anything that toucl~ed upon ',I/lU III 'c. The golden days of folk-song IIIIVI' passed, alth ough not altogeth er dl <'l'lh'an.:d, as is witnessed by the fact Ih,\l 11 some country places th e olel, 1111<, 11111 t'll rhymes and tunes are stil l extant; Âˇd 1111. he gave us a striking example in I 11 11 1{ only gleaned from a village inn 1111111 lh' two weeks previous to the IIHI'. '1'110 chi er reasun s for this change , I ,I) fold; first, as times have chanO'ed 0 , . .. 11111JImty of the old genuin e countryI ,I 1c11V\' c hanged with them, and large 11'1111111" 1" of th em have flocked inte the t \'" 1 I hunged their life amidst nature f I ,,,,lit aillongst thf' constant roa r of "iii 11 11 1 nnd traffic,wheresimplicitYlthe , ~I \ !lot Âˇ of old folk-song ) has been II IIltO the typical conventionality " 1\ 111 0. Secondly, competition has IIUII II"ly in roa sed, life become a more .Mu ggle, and the jubilancy, II IIII'l l to be the characteristic of II It 1111 II. 11:.1 5 bee n changed into the ,"IIIIItlllll Hnd conti nously serious spirit I 111 1"' III clay, for which we are the IthlN ttlO t.: k of so many forei gners. j

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The words of so me h umble bard of comparatively recent times are to a large extent only too true"Folks never will be so light-hearted As they was in the days that's gone by."

On Saturday, November 26th, the School was privileged to listen to a most interesti ng lecture on <I British Birds," by Dr. Stonham, an O.K.S. The major part of the lecture was occupied by a d~pla}' of some remarkable lantern slides, representing various types of birds in a wild state . The photographs from which these slides wert reproduced, were not taken by Dr. Stonham himself. but by a gamekeeper of scientific tastes. Many of them we re unique, and had taken months to obtain, so shy were the birds in question. Before shewing these lante rn slides, the lect urer gave us a short talk upon the f< migration of birds." He informed us that it is a fallacy to believe that but few birds migrate i that all migrate, though this fact is not generally known, because others take their places, Some species fly north in the spring and south in autumn, others reverse the process. There are various problems in connection with this subject j for example as to how birds find their way. This power mu st be ascribed to instinct, dtveloped by th e practice of countless preceeding generations. in a manner analogolls to the flight of locusts and moths, the homing instinct of cats, and the ability of primitive savages to find their way through unfamiliar country. The height at which birds fly forbids the acceptance of the th eory that they guide their path by landmarks, as at four miles above the earth, which is the

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average altitude of their flight. all details of the co untry beneath mu st be invisible. Birds fiy, as a rule, high, to avoid sto rms, fog and mist, and because flight is easier through the rarified air. No general rule can be laid down , however, on this subject, because eve ry species flies in a different manner, and settles to feed in a fashion peculiar to itself. For example, the hawk fami ly never alights exce pt after desc ribing several wi de ci rcles in the air; pigeons descend verti cally j snipe drop like stones, till within two feet of t he earth whe n they da rt off at right angles. at an enorm ous speed. The rate at which even the slowest bi rds fly is extraord inary. The hooded -crow, a heavy slow flier, can sustain with case a speed of 11 0 mileR an hour, while such birds as the swallow fly at a minimum rate of zoo miles an h6ur. T he lec turer mentioned, though apparently with some do ubt, that a member of th is famil y is recorded to have reached on one occasion the in creditable speed of 600 miles an hour, though only over a short dista nce. It is a remarkable fact that the more

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fragile bi rd s, such as swifts and swallows, arc the stronger fliers, sometimes passing ove r immense di stances without a stop. For exampl e, the northern blue throat, a tiny bird, does not stop once on its journey to Scandinavia from Egypt, wh ere it winters. As a rule, birds migrate by night, dropping low in the day to feed. The orde r in whic h they fly is remarkable. After the breed ing season, the youn g birds precede the res t by a bout two months. Then follow in orde r the females and the weake r cock bi rds, the stronger and more handsome cocks bringing up the rea r. I n spring the order of flight is reversed. The cau::;e that impels the m to migrate is ull certain. I n spring it is und oubtedly du e largely to the maternal instinct in the females . which drives them to go to the region most suited fo r their young, though this leaves unex plained the migration of those species whi ch do not then breed . In autu mn it is clue part ly to lack of food, partly to an instinct similar to that which enables all birds to foresee storms even when several thousand miles away.

READINGS.

The first Penny R eading of the season took place on October 2qth, a nd went off very well. The sin ging was bright and good, if somewhat lacking in the breadth of tone which characterized last year's trebles, but they , were

exceptionally good . However, the work done this year is very satisfactory, a nd th ere is nothing left, so far, to be desired in oth er ways. I n one way, there has be ' 11 a great advance. There are more of ti lt' elder boys taking part, some of the voic Ii

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,w: lving prom ise of future excellence when 111111 II red ; anel it is now possible to I Pllct far more from the tenors and h ll14IC1'S t.han in previolls years. The "ulnK were well sung, anel th e readin g WI! cii stin ct and give n with sufficient 1I ,l lIt and emphasis. We were glad to IIVI' lho assistance of so many of the 1,1 1\11'1; , a nd the \varmth of their reccp'II nll "hewed that their contribu ti ons were I , li lly ap preciated by the audie n...:e. PROGRAi\'I ME. II

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among the trebles, and the Faust chorus suffered by being take n far too fast. The programme was made more attractive than usual by th e contributions of th e two ladies who kindly ca me tc. assist, and alRo by Mr. Mason's reading which was greatly to th e taste of his hearers. As was the case in the previolls Entertainment, the boys who took individual parts in th e programm e had taken great pains and carried out what they unde rtook, and their performances gave very evident pleasure to the hea rers. PROGRA ~ I~IE.

1\h. GODFR EY.

.. Oh I who will o'er the downs ". Pearsall.

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The jolly Beggars " .. .... .. iJ1l}lIoy.

1{lw . L. G. i\l,\ SON . 1 1i~!I

.. I I Th e Yarn of lhe Nancy Bell " ., G. F. OLIVE. W . S, Gilbu·t. " ... ... Bosun's Story II • ••.•••••.•• Mol/oy. i\h.. BELL. ..... .Baruby. " " •••• II Lady i\'l i ne" . 11 1 4) . I f i\limoses No. I." ...... ... Gur/i((.

H YMNUS (S.A . T . R) ... P IANO SOLO .... . " SONG ... . .. "

11 ' 1 !t lN ..... . . . . .. . ... ... . ...... . ..... . .... . ..... . .. . I ( I~ ~ . L. 1-1 . EVANS. II

HlIIllry's Song" (Iolanthe j ... Sul/ivall.

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.. " T he \ 'Vnndercrs " . ... .. Calverl;'. R. B. WI" SER.

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Preludio and Ciga " . ..... Corelli .

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SuI/ivan. If doughty deeds" ..... .Sul/ivan. M R. :-"IAUNDRELL.

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Hunting Song" ..... Rheilluerger . MISS HEDLEY.

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Penny Reading took II I! ulul'(lny, Nov. 19th. Encorcs IIIIIIIIIIIII H, S it Illay be presumed I I 1\1 t ' \\,111(' ~ a t i s fied ; other wise th e I III III H WII S scnrcely up to th e 1111 I lI l n l l!l ~i o n was faulty, partly, lid 1m IUH lO an epidemic of colds Mtll ' Uncl

I\ufschwung " ... ... S clllflllmt1l.

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Fa rewell " ... Genna1/. Folksong. II Vuunc; Il erch:trd " S omerset Folksong. ... " . I '

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C. RI CHARDSON . The Bailiff's Daughter " ... Old El1glish.

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•, ., " Loch Lo mond " ... Sto/dl FtJlksOllg. 1\1 R. A. L ATTER.

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Salut D' Amor " ..... ..... .. Elgar.

Jordan " .. ...... Old Euglisll. F . OLI V E.

VIOLIN SOLO ...•.... " Adagio" ... ... ... Frall% Rt"es. IHISS PATTERSON. READI NG ..•..•.. "The Omni bus " ... ...... .. ,Amtey . REV. L. G. ~IA SON.

A Hun ting Day" ... ...... ..... ... ... . E. L. H . J O H~ STO N. Ki rmesse Scene " (Famtj ... GoIfJlod.

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usual length, and nearly all the Pa pe rs for nex t T erm have bee n arranged .

TEIU"'I, 1904.

ROSI!N lHmC, ESQ.

Hon.' Sec .' R. B. WINSER. COII/mittee: THE:. l'RESIOK NT. E. A. H.OI'ER,

1'11& SEC RETAkY.

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SOI'WITH.

C. M. RI CKKTTS.

The lantern sli des for the last two Pape rs have been made by G. H . S. Pin se nt, who has expended lUuch tim e a nd trouble over th em.

Lalllerlt Operafors:

W . 1-1. I..oVATI' and D. H. fhMMONOS.

AfusculIl Curators : A,

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LIST OF PAPERS. OATS.

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"UTIIOR.

Oct. 8. - -" Psych ic Phenomena." S. S. 501'WITI-I. .. ISÂ· - "Superstitions about Animals.1I "

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C. W. B E!.L, Extinct Forms of Animal Life." (With Lantern Illustrat ions.)

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Nov. 12.-" Musica l Composition." P . GODFRIW, E SQ.

Dec. 3.-" British Reptiles." ..

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The Muse um Curators have spent a considerable time in re-a rranging the fORsils, and will eve ntually put in order the rest of the ex hibits.

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(W it h Lant~rn Illustrations.) . Forest Leaves." ,_, A. D. EI\IDEN . (With Lantern Illustrations. )

The H arvey Society co ntinues its flouri shing condition . Over a hundred members have joined the Society for this term. The List of Papers maintains its

REPORTS OF THE PAPERS READ.

On "Psychi c: Phenomena": S.S. Sopwith began by formulating Hutlson'shypot hesis, to which he attri buted th e explanation of al l psychic phenome na. {l.fter fully explaining th e te rm s of the hypothesis, he went on to descri be the phe nomena of mesmerism and hypnotism. a nd also, in conn ectio n with th ese, fai th- healing. The remainder o f the Pape r was devoted to the phenomena of Spiritisn1. He carefull y explained that t he phenomena were ciue, not to Spirit!;, but to th e 1110st important factor in psychi c phenome na, namely suggestIo n. The phenom (mrl desc ribed were, clairvoyance, telepalht , clairaudience, planch ette, and phantasi1I1C appearances.

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14 Superstitions about Animals " : J\f r. Bell, after S0111e statements about Lhc natural intimacy betwee n me n a nd hnimals. men tioned the winged bulls of ~h c Assyrians and the sacred an imals Ilf th e Egyptians. H e tht::n came to !llore modem legends, chie fly about the IlIck, good or ill, brought hy certain ullima ls an d birds, such as cat, magpie. luhi n, pigeo n, cuckoo, stork. li e shewed that many of the lege nds Wllr(} conce rn ed with the Cru cifixion, fo r In WHee the red ness of the robi n's breast, \11/1 ('urse of sparrows.

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manner in which fossil remains are p res~ rv e d by th e exclusion of air and water, described th e c hief forms of the larger creatures of th e past. The ani mals descri bed were Fi sh Lizards and Plesiosauri, the Dinosaurs, Pterodactyls, Crocodiles and Birds, and , lastly, the huge Mammals of th e Tertiary Period. This interestin g Paper was illustrated by about fifteen excellent slides. "M usical Co mposition ": lVIr. Godfrey gave a rou gh sketc h of the composition of a concert orc hestra and also of a military band, and outlined the practical difficulties to be overcome in learning to write for each instrume nt, and also for the orchestra as a whole.

"Extinct Forms of Animal Life ": Linton, afte r an account of th e

R A D lOA C T I V I T Y.

We Ilavt! received tile flllowillg Paper from an, O.K.S. 1\ Indioactive substance emits, or IOllh from itself, "rays", wh ich I 1.. 1 of small particles of matter Ih'l wit h the eth erial ripples caused II" II c~Jl~clio n . These pa rticles a re , 'I' IH I! matte r, but art! an integral " 'ht! slIbsta nce from which th ey II

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whi ch we re named elementary 5: ubstances o r elements, because they could not be furth l' r broken up illto other simpler substan ces by a ny known method. 'I'here a re abollt 78 such elemen ts now known to chemists. Two or three of t hese wHe discovered by Professor and j\路l adame Curie in 1898 ill a brown, powdery sub stance, called pitchblende, which is a waste product of th e Bohemian uraniu m mines. Of these the most intere sti ng is radium . It is an extremely rare metal-

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only two grains of radium chloride or bromide can be got from a ton of pitch.blende-and this fact, together with its marked degree of radioactivity, which property it shares with two other metals called thorium and uranium, has caused it to become the most valuable thing on earth. In 1896 Henri Becqucrei found that uranium emitted rays which quickly

discharged th e electroscope and darkened a photographic pi ate, and it was a fte rwards discovered that radium and thorium had t he same remarkable property.

The rays given ofT by radium arc of three kind s, which are called respectively the "alpha", "beta Il and H gam ma" rays.

Besides this, rad iu m is continu ally

giving off heat, even at the temperature of liquid hydrogen. Professor Rutherford of Montreal says that a pellet or radium is always SO or 60 Fahrenheit above the temperature of the surrounding ai r. The" alpha" rays are found to be particles of matter about twice as heavy as a hydrogen atom. Each particle car ries a positive charge of electricity, and travels at the rate of 20,000 miles a second. If these" alpha" rays are kept confined for a few weeks. till the particles settle dow n. a gas called helium, whose ato mic weight is 2'2, appears. So that these" alpha II rays are really atoms of the element helium hurled out at a tremendous speed by the mass of radium. The following facts have been discovered, after seve ral most ingenious experiments, about the" beta JI rays. These rays are also material particles, but they are very much lighter than those composing the If alpha '.J raysJ

being only the 1/800Âˇ h of a hydrogen atom in weight. These particles J called electrons, are the fastest moving matter kno wn, says Sir O liver Lodge. They travel at th e rate of 1 00,000 miles a second, and so metimes much faster. They are all charged negatively, or, what is far more probable, they actually a re small pieces of negative electricity. S concentrated are these atoms of negativc electricity, that though 800 of them " weigh II the same as an atom of hydrogen does, yet it would tako 1. 000,000,000 of them to occupy the same space as a hyd rogen atom. In 1879 Crookes discovered that from the negative terminal of a conductor conveying an electri c cllr rent, a continuous stream of particles was given off, which he called cathode rays. These cathodo rays are now known to be flying electrons; and it has been found that all electrons are of the same kind , whether they are emitted by som substance or come from the negativo terminal of a conductor of electricity. When a sudden change is made in th e di rection or speed of an electron, th ethe r th rough which it is travelling is disturbed, a nd etherial ripples or waves, called CI radiation ". are caused. Th is ether, of course, is 110t the ether r " gas II of dentist fame, but the ether tha~ fills all space and pervades all thing â&#x20AC;˘. One variety of radiatio n is known iul "light "; another is kn ow n as the abov!.1 mentioned CI gamma JI rays, which arc nOt corpuscular (that is they are not made up of " corpuscles", or small particles of matter, like the I f alpha" and "beta" rays).. They are a ~~ry p.e ne.trati ng for m

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ti l X~rays, a nd will pass through iron 1I\'illyc inches t hi ck. r

a reful ex pe riment with very accurate illHll llll1cnts has shown that al mos t all lUI tn ls arc radioactive to a certain exte nt,

but radioactivity decreases on the whole with the atomic weight. From this it is concluded that if instruments could be made accurate enough to record very slight activity, all elements would be found to be radioactive."

DE BATING S OCIETY.

11110 first debate was held on Saturday, II, I .. IIM 18th.

I~', " Roper, in introducing the IHlllt u that" Capital Punish ment ought II! Ilholis hed," dwelt especially upon I III'i'IM which such a form of punishIII Ilfl1duccd. In the first place he .! III. 111<1 the method itself to be a II I .d of barbarism. The result of I'" 111M th is method was to bru talize It H und to confuse all true laws of III). ~ Iorcover, Capital Punish ment lilt rrent. If a man was villainous IIHh In co mmit murd er no fear of III 11M IIlribu Lion would materially alter 11111 HI <: nduct. I n fact, such a man ultll lllllhtlcS5 fear death much less than III lOll as a convict. It would be I· •• ul uu itute some punishment which lid h liVt; it chance of influencing his I· II I , Indeed hanging was some""Ilil ng loss than torture.

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R . H . Brz'lIs/ey~R1Cllards, opening for the opposition, said that those who objected to Capital Punishment must do so for one of three reasons : eit her because the criminal did not dc::;erve it, ?r beca use Society had no right to inflict It, or because even if Society had a riuht to inflict it, expedie ncy forbad e them 0 to exercise that right. H e then claimed that the few murderers who did not deserve death were pardoned by th e Crown, that Society had eve ry right to protec t itself from crime, and that the c riminal was mOre likely to repent when brought face to face with death than by lano-uishing for years in prison . 0

H. P. V. T OW1lelld, who seconded the motio n, harrowed his audience with further details abo ut the hangman's persecutions. He went on to say that the murderer was commonly a · great benefactor, seeing that he merely rids

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society of worthless people. Those who are weak enough to let themselves be murdered are not likely to be of much use for anythi ng else and may just as well quit th e world. H e asked why s'holiid we be hurdened with the suppo rt of confirmed invalids and decrepit old women? H e concluded by saying that the chief evil in Capital Punishment was the fact that it was irrevocable. It was often discovered, long after the execution, that th e unhappy victim was perfectly innocent of any crime. G. F. Ohve replied for the opposition by shewing certain of th e last sp.:aker's remarks to have been hardly consistent with those of the mover.

kne w that thefts were now much less common than they wece 50 years ago. He stl gcrested that the numbers of ll1urderer~ would decrease in like manner if the severity of t he penalty were lessened. G. C. Sirahan advocated in a patriotic speech the continuanc.:e of Capital Punishment in orde r to do away, as much as possible, with the expense inc urred on the co un try at large by keep ing a number of worthless criminals.

H. L. D ibbm next instanced other

Tlte Preslf!eJlI then spoke agai n, urgi ng the humanitarian side of the question.

methods for the prevention of murder, more likely to be effec tive. He was answered by R . B . Wz·ltser with a reference to Leviticus : "He that kills a man shall himself be killed."

F. G. L. Scoll then carried us back to the old days when such offences as the stealing of a turnip were visiled with hangi ng. Gradually th e brutality of sLlch a punishment was felt .. II~ fac.t men. were only deterred from abohshlllg It eariJer by th ~ fear that the re would be an increase of stealing. Instead of this, however, we

N. A. Billiestoll th en made a clever speech on behalf of the oPP?sition which, though short, was to the pomt. C. S. Emden also spoke.

R. II. BrimlC)I-RiclJards observed that the supporters of the motion werc alternating between humanitarianism and barbarism of the most outrageous type.

H. P. V. Towllend in closing thc debate treated the Stl bj ect from the latt~r point of view, after di sclaiming respollslbility fc·r the opinions of his leader. On a show of hands the motion was lost by 20 votes ( 12-32 )·

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IV, /JubHslt, with

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pleasure, tlte followlllg COIl/rlbUil"OIl from all Ilu appeal til our lasl ?lumber.

281h N ovember, 1904. '111 tIle Editors of" THE CANTUARIAN ."

o. K.S. in. answer to

School and entered upon a commercial career, who have not sometimes meditated with a certain sense of injustice when the IltS, occasion of a Prize-giving, or some such r once heard an eminent physician function, has brought them back within Itl·tk lhe statement, in a jocular way, that the walls of their old School. upon the IIlIw.n.. days about 75 per cent of human honours and attentions lavished over such 1111 rKY is expended in self·advertisement. of their old sc hool mates or their I lhink O.K.S. mus t devote their successQrs as have di sting uished themIIIIU IlIld talents to some other more selves by gaining Scholarships o r II • luI purpose as they seldom, if ever, University prizes. How is it that no I I un account of th emselves in vour worr! is ever said at these occasions IIIO IlIl ~. I see you invite th ese Incogniti co ng ratulating the School upon old 1I1l111II,k themselves by sending you a oI a l umn i" who are out in the world filling, uldhlltio n, and this must be my only with credit, positions of responsibility - I III! .llloll and excuse for troubling you and importance in comme rcial life? 1111 Ihu e nclosed extracts. which as IIIIIIH leI nn O.K.S . may possi hly be of II For it requires something more than ItII 11I1I' rcsL to those of maturer years, a ce rtain facility for composing Greek IIIM h I rear vcry dry reading to your vers e. more even than a knack of retaininCT II II ulilicri bers. until th e exami nation be over, the statistic~ and information which a coach may have I am, imparted, to equip a man for the battle Yours faithfully. of commercial life. Indeed, the whole life of a business man is a continual J. D. examination, in which, moreover, the I /10 111 II l eo(ililg 111m oj" London." crammer can give no assistance. Nothing but his OWIl intelligence and abilities can 1895 edition. WII . uI'P OS(l tha t the re must be few carry him through. It·, h"yo passed lhrou gh a Public . ' I As a successful mall of · business.

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therefore, Mr. James Dixon may be said to co nfer distinction upon the King's School, Canterbury, where he was educated under the Head Mastership of Bishop Mitchinson, reaching the Sixth form at an early age, and holding a Senior Scholarship in the Moderation. Born in 1848, he left School in 1865. and entered the office of Messrs. Dumas and Wylie, Lombard Street. In 1866 he joined his ~ather I ll. th e great bU~ll1~sS of which he IS now one of the pnnclpals. Originall y found ed in the last century, un der th e title of Burton and Bentley, the house ntxt became Bentley, H arris and Dixon, and is now Harris and Dixon, S (. Gracechllrch Street, E.C. Mr. Dixon marri ed at the age of twenty-three, and has his eldest son now in his office as assistant. Staying qualities are infinitely superior to meteoric brilliance, whether academical or otherwise, and Mr. Dixon has been, and is, a hard and di ligent worker, whi le his so und judgment and shrewd intelligence have assisted to bring the business to its present high position . H e possesses the t rue business man's capacity for infinite detail. and there is very little, indeed, that is do ne in his large establishment th at does not come under his direct personal supervisio n. He resides near Sevenoaks. In 1884, Mr. Dixon was one of the gentlemen selected to advise with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain at the Board of Trade as to the law affecting Merchant Shipping and Marine Insurance. H e is one of the most prominent gentlemen engaged in the Shipping and Coal Trades, and is a Past-President of

the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. H e is also a Nlember of the Council of the London Chamber of Commerce, and of the Committee of Lloyd's Register, in both of which bodies he is well known and respected." Ext rac ts from ,/ Aldgale. 1500-' 1904." Just published (fmi dedicated to the prestllt j,o,d Mayor of LOltdOJl.

Frequenters of Aldgate 20 y~ars ago will recolleCt the massive and pnson like buildings at the end of Fenchurch Street, next to Northumberland Aller, formerly belonging to the East India CompanY, later to the Dock Company, and used as a Bonded Warehouse. j,

,. It occupied all the space upon which Dixon House, Lloyd's Register, and Lloyd's Avenue now stand, down to Crutched Friars.

On this spot formerly stood lh residence of the Prior of Haverin g Church to whi ch was nearly attached th o town r~sid en ce of H enry Percy, Earl of North um berland, and his son, who I HL their lives in the \ÂĽars of t he Ro ses, and whose name is still preserved in that of Northum berland Alley, which was a pnn of the site of this Mansion. " l' iV[ ention is made elsewhcr 01 Dixon House and L loyd's Register. 'I'h l remarkably fine avenue of building'R I

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reputed to be the most handsome in 1It.·sign and fitting, and most massive in pro portion of any similar property in th e ('ity. The land, about two acres in exte nt, Oil which Lloyd' s Registry, Dixon House, ('oronation House, Lloyd's Avenue House li nd other buildings now stand, was pm hased about seven years ago by l\lt. Jame'i Dixon, of London, from the I IINl and West India Dock Co., for abo ut 11_ 50 ,000, and the land fo r the New Street, t loyd's Avenue, was given by that HI'IILll· man to the Corporation.

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,lIflld",f!r'.- On Tuesday, Nov·. 1st, at 01""1111', Major Hubert Isacke, (O. K.S. ), II I.nynrd. \\ f

ollt ·r ur hea rtiest congratul ations

II III 'mHo Collard on his re-election

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The value of the land as conveyed for a much required tho roughfare was not less th an £50,000, and the street was constructed upon up-to-date principles, with subway, etc., to the cost of which. Mr. Dixon made a liberal contribution . II

. .. Approximately a sum of £600,000 has been expended on the land an d buildings in Lloyd's Avenue un der the supervision of Mr. T . E . Collcutt, the late Mr. Barrow E manu el, ancl other wellkno wn Architects."

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letter publi.;hed in this number), has been appointed by the Govern ment of India to be Principal of Daly College, Indore. T his is one of the four Colleges in India especially maintained for the tuition of the so ns of Ruling Chiefs ancl Sirdars.

tlilte rbury for the tenth

Ihlll J. I-I. Smi Lh, of Bhuj, 'l'I"IIf'litly si nce writing the Indian

The Rev. J. S. Tuckey, who served ag Chaplain to the Forces during the Boer \:Var, hag been appointed Vicar of Camberley, Surrey.

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R . E . Brillsley- Richards has accepted an appoi ntment as Assi~l~nt S t~ rveyor at th e Post Office in th e CIvil SerVice.

at the T rocad ero Restaurant, Piccadilly Circ lIs. VI., at 7- r 5 p.m ., when the Vc ry Rev. H enry \ÂĽace, D. D., Dean of Canterbury, has kin dly conse nted to take t he chair.

Vve are glad to record also th e followi ng athl etic distinctions : -

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I. B. Hart-Davi,s, Captain of Lhe Rugby Club, has bee n play ing for th e Mi dla nds.

O. F. l-Iu.yslu has bee n awarded his H alf-Blue for Cross Country Ru nning at Oxfo rd.

A . P . lJIiel/mm has been rowing in th e Cambridge Trial Ei ghts.

It is ho ped that a large number of

att end, and that those \Vh? in lend to come wi ll get o th ers p f their o wn standin g to co me to o . An)' wishinO" to come should signify their intent ion'o to B. H . Latte r, Esq., Pi xfield, Bromley, Kent. No ticket.s are issued, but the sum of 7j- each wlll be collected frolll those present at th e D inne.r.

G. R . C. Cooke won both the Bantam\ÂĽeiaht and Fea ther-We ight Boxing o Co mpetitions at Oxford.

The Ann ual O.K.S. D inn er will take place on Wed nesday, January 18th, ' 90 5,

P rior to th e O.K. S. Dinner. a General Meeting of O. K.S. will be held at 7 p.m., in th e Reception Room , to consider the repo rt o r th e Co mm.ittee, appointed on J uly 27th, ' 904, to select O.K.S . Colours.

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l) gA R S CHO OL,

In vie w of certain stro ng hints that MOill e such imm edia te co urse would be a II mely an d pleasing att entio n, we take niT our epistolary hat to. YOll. Are we d uunayed? No. T o set to work to wri l with out hav ing a nythi ng to say is 1111 0 of the privileges of th e age. Vve I!lc'rully avail ourselves of it, and begin. IHllI we write in En glis h ? We arc a l'" lyglot Oxfo rd noll'. Our we ll of E ng lish uud t' til cd (j ust as we th o ug ht we were 'lI"lishin g Greek, too) is cho ked up by II II l' ll'S, nati o ns and lang uages . <J Syrus II I'ibc rim de fl uxit Oro utes " - T he Ild n fl( ~ o . the \Veser, the Zamb esi, th e 1 1011 1 T ennessee Rive r, the Susq uehanna, Ill d I hnl g reat rive r th e river Colorad o, 1111\11\ rorced th eir tributary streams in to Ih. I1l4toll nded I sis. An d what will come '\ 11M? Who is that gigantic fi g ure , ,1 111111 lik a n armadi ll o, wh o moves with 111,11" " boll t the foo tball fi eld? Who is Ihl In tl Lrange g reen garments wieldi ng lit Ii It qu uint but effective oar? \Vho I Ilml who did no t care for hockey and "'IIII H'1i " rull of strange oath s " for th e I h,d l w o und ? Was that a •. Coo-ey" I II I. \ltlt·(\ o ur ancien t qu adrang les? II hl HI at the Cross Roads? \·Ve \1 ,I II·II - never hav ing been clea r II lilt II'o rn ed Professor meant wh o I h. \Y. II4. But ha rk ! th e Gaul-and 111I1h, lind lhc Hun-are at her gate.

E noug h : these are thin gs which concern ourselves ; and hath not Plato , moreover, expressly stated that the young cannot understand allego ry ? What has th e School to do with Mr. R hodes' will ? Such are our se nti ment s : and let us conress fo r our part th at seven O.K.S. freshmen was a chee rin g fi nd in all thi s ba bel. \·Ve will turn then to ourselves. Our freshmen may sing " \Ve are se ven, " but at the ri sk of bei ng rud e WE' mu st rejoin with th e t ruth -loving poet "How can this be? " Is t here no t a lso F. Fre we r at St. J ohn's? Haileybury mar ma rk him fo r her o wn , but does not th e possessio n of a batting style obv io usly acqu ired upon the Green Co urt revea l him ours ? Of the older O.K S. th ere are so me at all stages of th e Academic career. Among these we will cou nt th ree g hosts, who someti mes wa lk among usR. M. Tu ke at S. Edward 's School, and E. J. Smith and R. D . Marsha ll at Cuddesdon. T he fi rst- named was to be seen skating during the recent frost, with a very g raceful glidin g motion, but tan gible enoug h if you go t in hi s way. or th e oth er departed who are not here, we should like to cong ratu late Bri nsleyRichards (as also Smith) o n hi s Class in Greats, and to condole with Red man on hi s aegro tat. Of the doings of those wh o are st ill up, what have we to record ? Nairn, in a ll the leisure of his third, plays

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football weekly ( not weakly) for the H alllpsted vVandp. re rs. Bovenschen, wh en not ex posing Li beral fallacies to a delig hted if main ly Libera! H ouse at the Union, spends hi s leisure with D emosth enes and Cice ro. kind red spirits : perhaps occa:: . ionally ru shing out to lea d his adj oinin g College to some rapid triump h in so me, or any, or eve ry, form of spo rt: by which it may be seen that his sta r is in a measure eclipsed at present till t he e nd o f next te rm, wh e n it will

shin e again with fresh lusture, afte r Mods. Of th e new comers, Huyshc is alre ,ldy achie ving fa me as a ru nner-a H o un d (so it is whispered ) t!1at no H a re cares greatly to fin d itse lf in fron t of.

Are no t

these thin g:; wr itte n in the spo rtilig pape rs? Among the freshm en thi s ter m we we lcome J. R. Parsons at IVIagdalen. F. H. Mosse at Trinity, T. S. Ada ms a t

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Your special correspo ndent has not inflicted a letter on yo u fo r some tim e, c hie fly thro ug h dearth of news. H e fears that e ven no w he can' t promi se much in for matio n; bu t hopes th at he may sllcceed in en listing so me co ntri butions (sta rt not - not monet.1.ry ones, but literary) fro m more O.K.S. out here. H is addre~ s is no t di fficult to remember. " Smith, Bhuj," will find him . I defy any

All So uls', A. D . D. Spafford at University, C. H. Budd at Oriel, and J. B. Wickham at New College. Two O.K.S. meetings have been held. one in Charl es' rooms, one in Bovensc hen' s . Gloomy tidings of D ove r have passed round with bated breath. O n the other hand, 1 5 0 is the usual fi gure no w quoted for the points against Sutton. Such is Loyalty, when it ta ke s to co mposing history j and if meagre Tru th is in c lined to cavil, why wh at is Truth? She must go. \ÂĽe shall be pleased to see prospective recruits at th e end of t he term. and eq uall y pleased to come do wn and l i s t~ n to t he Co ncert, and d efea t yo u on Blorc's P iece. And so we wi sh you good lu ck. Yours ever, O.K.S. OXON.

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othe r place to have inve nted so euphonioll H a name : I re fe r of course to the la tL r name . Smi th I believe is more common. Will In dian O. K. S. kindly note? and II", next time they stick a pig , or get sl Ut' k by o ne, or the ne xt tim e th ey wi n a p to ~c ll rry, or t he next t ime th ey get marril'd l a li ne to Smith, Bhuj, special cor res pOlHI e nt of T he Calltuart'afl. wi ll be wclcollw, and will meander through to the cdi tol htl

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table . Smith, Bhuj, left K.S .C. in '91 : und is a bit out of touch with O.K. S. who have been born si nce. T . Junes is a shadow: he once went lip·to a hill station in South India I +days ' ullor I had left it. That's pretty close work for O.K.S. in I ndia : practically th e ~, IIII C as meeting. Since th en he has HOIl • into Indian obscurity. I o nly know \hllt he was then stationed in S e c und e ra~ hlld. :\ letter fro m \V. H. Eva ns, R.E , \\ lilt- h came some 12 month s o r more IUII 'k, was promptly an swered. but fail ed It! ,'ome again. One ha d to fall back o n /II( 'f'i IfU of India to find out he was off III H ma liland, where one can imag ine hhll Itmiling under a broiling sun . T he IIIUI auth ority tells me he h~s gone on II 11\'4' "ill cc the sho w was ove r. Proba bly lu hUK bee n ro using you up si nce, 11111 lui visin g you all to be R.E .'s. He I Id ways a chee ry custo me r, a nd his I. III I Mubtly co nveyed th e impression that III h~ CIIW still. . I h 'a r A. L. Paris is foll o win g in II I"" wake. You may see him, for he I II j", 11 11 I ave. T ell him to call at Biluj u hhl wuy back. I t is quite easy to ge t I nil ly 10 changes from Bombay, with III. ( 1 ~ h cct of water to cro ~s in an 111111 11 \1, ' steam er, and a 40 mil e dark hi , ,, 11 M ~h ;ll ; a ll within 4-+ ho urs. I I 1. James (left K. S.C., 1890,) has ~ Iii 1111 Kl'c in g you. H e'~ a lazy chap I 1,1. I pi Htl cS. 1 kn o w he is still loyal ( II II / UUn a n, so per haps he wi ll 1111, I bcli eve he is back plam ing II III,d lpn, with a mu ch better armIt I•• _II ill tha n before. I I I I II IlII ft arri ed off Nrajo r~G en e ral I. II I who wns keen 0 11 K.S. C. to the

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last; and al so myoId study- chum C. R. Yo u ha.ve already noted Long field . th ese j but I think you failed to mention that th e latter wa s Chaplain at Sabathll, near Simla , whe n hi s tim e ca me. I have heard nothing of the O.K.S . plante rs of Nlysore. of whom I used to write. so let llS suppose th em to be: still planting. I believe I told YO ll A. R. Stua rt , of th e Madras Railway, got marri ed so me time back; since wh en he has bee n a myth; so have the two Dredin s. In F e bruary I was in I3a ngalore, and met o ne o f th e Net hersoles of Sutton Vale nce. Many O .K.S. will remembe r that g reat family j a nd th ough he was senior to me (abo ut T. E. Ra mmell's date, I think ,) we had a jolly half-hou r talking of our old ri va lries. F. M. Gad ney is no w Acting Deputy Superintend ent of Poli ce at H aida rabad, Sindh. I met a n O xford I.C .S. man o n a steame r the othe r day, wh o hailed fro m H a ida ra bad. I asked him if he kn ew of a Gadney up there. "Oh yes ! my next door neig hb our j best of good fe llows, and a ra re good hand at hi s wo rk." So look out for Gadney' s name nex t dacoity case you see qu oted in the English papers. Cutch and Si ndh are a f<lvo1lTit e haunt of th ese gentl eme n of th e road. O.K.S. dating fro m T. Ramm ell, F. D. Sladen Coss, will remembe r a sa ndy haired, freckl e faced Scotch ma n nam ed In glis. I have reason to believe th a t he is ove rhauli ng locomotive works o n th e N .W. Rai lway (I t Karachi. But defin ite news is lac kin g . That is about a ll tht: infor matio n 1 can give you j fo r our facile princeps,

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H. V. Cobb has not been in the papers lately ; th ough l~ is fairly safe to be so soon . It is rather an an omal y that K.S.C. should provide so few I.C .S. men . I believe Cobb is our onlv re presentative. Buck up you Oxfo rd O.I<:"S., a nd remedy this serio liS disadva ntage under whi c h th e country groans. T/u Call1uarian steadily find s its way to Bhuj; and it is a matter of great joy to me to read of the old School go ing ahead with such elan. Also to find so me of th e old hand s still turning the millwhee l j and to know for certain that prese nt genera tions are being ta ught Horace by Mr. lVl ason in the way in whi ch it ought to be done; that Mr. Godfrey is still sholVin g th e Canterbury folk how music can be played; and that the lawn mower in th e Grange ga rd en still s~llds fell ows to slee p on su nny summer aftern oo ns. I forgot to mention the Rev. F. N. Crowther. He is now elevated to

Canonry. I was goi ng to say canonizefl. but he mi ght object to wearing a halo. He is still down Madras way. I can close with a recommendation which I trust will be well received, and \\'ill prove feasible. This is that a K.S.C. Register should be compiled. It would mean an e normous amount of labour, but there are O.K S. to whom it would be a labour of love to assist; and I feel quite sure that lVlr. Galpin, Mr. Mason, Mr. Evan s, and th e Cathed ral authoriti es. besides a large number of O.K.S., would do their best to forward the mo vemen t once it were set on fout. One would like to have it dating back to the earliest list of scholars of the :M onastic School which can be found, and brought up to the tiniest sh rimp whom Mr. Hodgson has taken under his wing. I would suggest a Committee be ing formed for this purpose at the next O.K.S .. dinner. Yours ever. J. ]-1. SMITH, Dhuj.

CORRESPONDENCE. tV. B.-The Editors decline /0 accept alt)' nspoHsibilitJI co/wee/ed 'with Ihe o/n'uions oj theh' Corres/oll dents. Nallie and address 1II11St always be .Riven, Itot 1ltcessari ly for publication, bUI (III' g uarantee 0/ good fa ith. Pel sOllalilies will involve cerlaill ,'ejectioll. Leiters shoultl '" wn'lteu ou one side of Ihe paper OlllJl.

To tIJe Editors of " THE

sumptu ously trespassing on grounds th tH belon g strictly to the Sports' Comlllitll"~. DRAR SI RS, I was pleased to read, in your lI"t' May I make use of some of yo ur number, of the intenti on o f repair in K 11 11 valuable space in offe ring a suggestion. rema ining School Fives' Court. }\ Iny I but in doing so I hope I am not pre-, suggest that it be converted into all EWII CANTUARIAN."

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To the E ditors of" THE CANTUAR IAN.'J SIRS, Some years ago a lette r appeared in your coiumns, as king ' wh ether it would not be possible for some acco un t of what goes on at th e meetings of the Sports' I thi nk th e majority of people who Committee, to be given in eac h issue of hllYI' played th e three games grea tly prefe r the· Calltuar/all . Surely a tabulated acIhn Eton to either th e \.yincheste r or co un t of its mee tings and the resol utions I{UKhy. Undoubtedlv it is the mnst proposed at th.em,. should ~e give n in IIJlllIifi c j and , therefore, of course, takes each number of thI S MagazlIle . By this IhI' longe r to appreciate. lUeans the School at large, and not only Pe rso nally I can say that evt::n nearly the Members of th e Committee, may 11\'1 ,w ar's play in the excellent Courts at kn ? w what goes on at these meetings, whi ch a re at prese nt a mystery to th e vast I boul has failed to ta ke away my prefermajori ty of the iV[e muers of th e School. I Iii II lor the Eton game. The suggestion was ca rried out in 1896, 1/ ping this suggestion will meet a!ld I think I a~l right in sayin g that, II II t'o nsideratioll, if not with approval. Si nce that year, tillS has been omitted. I remain. I am, yours truly. Yours truly, INQUIS ITOR. "lCnctly with t.hat already improved ? It would, no doubt, involve a little more llil uble, and possibly a little more expense; IHlt th e resul t would give the School p',lt'lically a diffe rent game.

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I "/"If, '- We understand that a Committee " ' 1 11.lul ~ has for some time been debating 1111 qlll'"llon of the Honours' Board, and II. I Ihn\l~h Ihere arc several difficu lties in III Wilt . , I 'ps nrc being taken to complete tit II " ti lt to dn tf'.-E DD.

I illt, "y, ' _ W e hope that the S po rt~' Com· Itlllh I' will Inke steps to find ou t th e opinion

of those wll(l rca lly play Fives upon this matter. e IJlqllisitol .'- \Ve are always glad to publi sh any r csol~lti o n s passed by the Sports' Com mittee, provided Ihat they are of some impon ance or i~le rest .. We ~I? not, however, ca re to puh. IIsh their deCISions on details or busi ness. These arc put on the notice· board for all 10 read. - EOD.

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NOTICES. 'We beg to ackn owledge with thanks J. V. L. Hall, Esq . (3/6), Rev. A. M. Foster (3/0), E. El ham, Esq. (zo/ -),G. B. th e following subscriptions :Cockrcm, Esq. (3/6), Sir George Collarel , G. W. Godwin, E sq. U/6), :VIrs. J. B. Wickham, Esq. ( 3/ b), J. Walsh (3/6), T. R. Graty, E sq. ( 3!b), (7/-), Dixon, (3 /6), Rev. Cano n ~agc C. H. Budd , E sq. U / b), Rev. R. G. Hodg- Roberts E( sq. 14/ - ), F. W. Sturgeon, lesq:, son ( 14/ -) ' R. B. Amos, Esq. (7/ -)' Mrs. (7f-) , C. W. Carrington, Esq. ( 10/ 6), C. E. Bla re ( li / -)" Rev. H. H. H. Bo)'s (j/6), O. 13ax, Esq. ( 3/6), F . W. Furley, E sq. S. W. Bail y, Esq. (4/ -), E . J. S. Athawes, ( 3/b), B. S. Collard, Esq. ( 3/6), R.H edge r, Esq. ( loibl, H. C. Baker, E sq. (3/ 6), Esq. (zo/-), C. H . Barnes, E sq . (3/6), A. B. R. Wallis, lisq. ( 10/ 6), J. R. Wrlcox, R. E. Brin sley - Richards, Esq. (3/ 6), E sq . (7/-), F. H . Durn ford , E sq. (7/-), C. W. Swith in bank, Esq. ( 3/ 6), L. H. T . S. Adams, E sq. (3/6). Very Re v. C. T. Finn, E sq. ( '4/"), G. L. Toulmin, E sq. Dundas ( 10/6), G. N. Finn, Esq. (7/-), (3/6), A. C. Durham , Esq. (3/6), W. J. J. M. Mackinnon, Esq. (3/6), G . . W. Duval, Esq. ( 21 / -1, B. T. Boothby, Esq. ilfaund lell , E sq. (j/ 6) . R N. Mannerrng, E sq . ( 1/6), E. Finn, E sq. (7/ -), A. S. ( 10/6). Blackford, Esq. (3 /6) ; A. C. Lock, Esq. Vole should be glad to receive ~lOtic (3 /b), J. W. T aylor, E sq . (3/ 6), S. W. Cole, E sq. (3/6), W. H unt, E sq. (3/6), of any change of address of subscnbers ; Rev. G . C. E . Ryley, (3/6), P. J. Vinter, also if any O.K,S. could let us have Lh u Esq. ( 10/6), R. M. Tuke, Esq. ( 10/6), Pink Book of Midsummer, 1 900 .

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CANTUARIAN. FEBRUARY,

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No. 13.

EDITORIAL. 'Ilhe Summer Term has been from time immemorial devoted to cricket. the Term to football. The Easter Term, after much waveri ng and divided IVIt II has now found a deity of its own in the 'ru tor Sets. It is, to our mind, a 11111 11 I f( r regret that these sets should now be little else than artificial divisions of III I li ooi for purposes of sport, Vie would not suggest thei r abolition, we woul d , 11 11)' t'vcn that they should change their name, but we would gladly see .something I 1111 j'hllracte r whi ch their name implies, In view of the interest they now arouse lUI IlpK arc, we think, necessary. if the name of "tutor sets" is to have any meaning l'IIII"1i to th em. lit Ii II 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 II 111111 1, No rfo lk, and sister of Mr. F. Sowels, who came to the School as a temporary I t I hll l(i yea rs ago. We offer him, on behalf of the School, our heartiest co n, "lllI nul " I) I best wishes for his happiness. I 11 111 Ih ig Lonn to have another visit from our old friend, the British workman. I I IIh l'IHiy su nL th e architect to mark out his sphere of influence, and .we hear 11,1 \ "H I Ii,) is to build us an addition to the Alford Laboratory. ArchItectural 1\1 II ns th ' entrance to th e Day Boys' hall and the gatekeeper's yard are, lit 10 (I ig:lppear ; but we com fort traditionh;ts with the assurance that .th e I II ~ II , 'oroc, whose views about the Mint Yard are very conservative, and '

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